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WILKES-BARRE – Geisinger Health System wants its employees to slim down and take control of their health, and is offering them an incentive to do so in the form of lower monthly insurance payments. Under the plan, employees who enroll will undergo “Employfree health screenings testing their body mass index, ers are blood pressure, total and looking at LDL cholesterol and blood glucose. Those whose met- incentive rics fall within a healthy programs range or who make prothat drive gress toward bringing them below employer-defined behavior maximums by October will change.” pay a smaller share of their Allison Hess insurance premium in 2013 Geisinger than those who do not. director of Employees who meet the wellness conditions will pay 6 perprograms cent of their health insurance premium next year, while those who don’t will pay 12 percent. Employees currently pay 8 percent, but Geisinger’s Human Resources head insisted the increase is not a tax on outof-shape employees. “There’s a basic increase in the cost of health insurance anyway,” Margaret Heffers said. “Part of it is our usual cost adjustment that we see each year. Certainly I think insurance premiums will continue to rise.” Geisinger Health System is not the first company to enroll in the program offered by its affiliated health insurer the Geisinger

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showed patience at the plate Saturday in its American Legion League game, except when it counted. Bart Chupka hit a first-pitch fastball down the left field line for a three-run double as Pittston defeated Tunkhannock 6-0. 1C

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Expert: Area on brink of more drug deaths

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This region is a magnet for drug traffickers, an expert in gang assessment said. That’s because of a network of highways and interstates crossing the landscape, a dozen low-income apartment complexes within a 12-mile radius and six colleges and universities in one county. “When I was the assistant

urders, according five years, fatal drug violence to FBI statistics, has only accounted for about occur every 35.6 13 percent of the caseload. minutes in the Double that number died from domestic violence. United States. Some – But Luzerne County like the recent triple is poised to see more homicide in Plymouth INSIDE: Reasons for homdeadly violence from sparked by a drug deal icides, 12A the growing drug gone bad – prompt trade, according to public outcry for acPaul Lindenmuth, a professor tion and change. But, according to a Times of criminal justice at King’s Leader review of homicides in Luzerne County over the past See HIGHER, Page 12A

EX-SWB YANKEE A HIT IN MILWAUKEE Cody Ransom, now 36

years old, was a big contributor to Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre’s Governors’ Cup championship run in 2008 and in 2009 when the SWB Yankees were runner-up in the International League. The journeyman infielder seems to have found a spot with the Milwaukee Brewers. In a career season, he’s already hit more home runs this year for Milwaukee (8) then he did in parts of three seasons with Philadelphia and New York. 3C

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Several factors make region very attractive for dealers from N.Y., Philly.

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STATE COLLEGE — Veteran Penn State football coach Joe Paterno began talks that resulted in a sweetened retirement contract in the same month that he testified before a grand jury in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case, and all members of the board of trustees weren’t informed of the new package before the scandal engulfed the university, according to a published report. Paterno Paterno and the university reached agreement on the amended contract that eventually totaled $5.5 million in August, months before charges were filed against Sandusky, but they began negotiat-

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Plymouth ordinance would make landlords accountable By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

PLYMOUTH – Even before the July 7 fatal shootings during a drug deal inside an apartment on First Street, officials were working on a landlord-ten-

ant ordinance in the borough where renters nearly equal the number of homeowners. Borough council has been reviewing ordinances from other municipalities and fashioning its own, picking and choosing

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W-B council suggests mayor have a review panel look at clauses in LAG Towing pact. By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – Should the mayor act on council’s recommendation and set up a committee to review the performance of LAG Towing Inc., the company’s owner said he would look forward to the scrutiny. At its meeting Thursday night, council opted not to start termination proceedings against LAG and Leo Glodzik and instead voted to ask the administration to create a review panel. “I welcome it,” Glodzik said Saturday. “Because every question they have I have an answer for it.” At the meeting, councilman Tony George accused Glodzik of price gouging and failing to respond to the city’s request for receipts. George proposed that Mayor Tom Leighton begin the process of ending LAG’s contract, but the three other council members present did not back him. Maureen Lavelle was excused from the meeting. Councilman Bill Barrett recommended the creation of the review panel to look at the severability and performance clauses in the contract. His proposal passed by a 3 to 1 margin with George casting the lone “No” vote. It’s up to the mayor to act on the recommendation, said Barrett. Glodzik addressed council at the meeting and had the support of the mayor, who said complaints against LAG are acted on and there is no reason to terminate the contract. LAG is in the third year of its second five-year towing contract. “I had to go to the meeting to defend my name,” said Glodzik. He said he issues a receipt when payment is made to retrieve a towed vehicle and not all vehicles are claimed. Each month, he said, he provides a list to the police department of every tow. The people who complained to council about LAG had done so before and fabricated their stories, he said. They showed no respect at the meeting, he said, and in turn showed, “They don’t have respect for themselves.”

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SAN DIEGO — Godzilla is coming. Legendary Pictures chief Thomas Tull made the announcement Saturday at Comic-Con without saying a word. He just rolled the never-before-seen footage and the crowd of more than 6,000 erupted. The brief clip showed crumbling buildings, a flattened train and human bodies flattened like bugs, then a glimpse at the massive, multi-limbed monster. The clip closed with Godzilla’s threatening roar. Tull introduced the film’s director, Gareth Edwards, who said he almost cried at the audience’s enthusiastic response. Edwards “wanted to see this movie his whole life.” He said, “There’s nothing sci-fi about this movie. It’s all very realistic, down to Earth.”

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amily and friends attend a memorial service Saturday for Nicolas Maldonado, 17, of Stroudsburg at the Desiderio Funeral Home Inc. in Hanover Township. He was among the three people killed last week in a shooting inside a Plymouth apartment. His brother, Danny Maldonado, 19, survived and remains in critical condition at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Half brothers Shawn Hamilton, 18, and Sawud Davis, 16, of Philadelphia were charged in the shootings.

Airport officials hope event gives airfield a lift By STEVEN FONDO Times Leader Correspondent

FORTY FORT – An eager crowd of people lined the tarmac at the Wyoming Valley Airport on Saturday, each waiting their turn for an airplane ride high above the valley, as part the local aviation hub’s "Airport Day" celebration. Airport officials said the day was organized as a way for local residents to find out about the history of the West Side facility, learn about the various aircraft housed in the facility or get information on learning to fly. The all-day event featured a slow-smoked barbecue, face-painting for the children, hangar tours, as well a plane rides and flying demonstrations by Valley Aviation pilots in vintage aircraft. "We do two or three of these events each year," explained Maj. John Baum of the U.S. Air Force, a demonstration pilot and former member of the Air Force’s world-famous Thunderbirds team. "We want to generate community interest in the airport." Baum said the Wyoming Valley Airport has a proud history and actually served as a training ground for pilots during World War II. Baum thrilled the crowd when he took to the sky in his Albatross L-39 jet-powered fight-

POLICE BLOTTER WILKES-BARRE – Seth Rollins, 18, of 79 S. Welles St., was charged with simple assault after a domestic dispute with Hailey Williams, who reported to police that Rollins grabbed and slapped her at his residence at about 5 p.m. Thursday, police said in court papers. WILKES-BARRE – Joseph Bullaro, 48, of 17 W. Ross St., Wilkes-Barre, was charged with retail theft after he allegedly tried to leave Schiel’s Family Market, 30 Hanover St., on Thursday morning with two packages of Delmonico steaks down his pants without paying for them. The steaks were valued at $48.77, police said. Police said Bullaro was on probation and a detainer was issued on him. Bullaro was arraigned before District Judge Richard Cronauer, who set bail at $3,500, and was placed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility.

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Bob Lynch of Mountain Top, front, is about to go for a ride in a Xtra 300 plane piloted by Air Force Maj. John Baum, a former Thunderbird pilot.

er as part of an aerial demonstration in sup- events have gone to Wounded Warriors and to help purchase body armor for local police offiport of the local chapter of Make-a-Wish. According to Baum, proceeds from past cers.

FOSTER TWP. – Christine Drauschak, 56, of Foster Township, reported that someone cracked the windshield of her vehicle, causing $600 in damage, while it was parked on state Route 940. WILKES-BARRE – Police are investigating several reports of criminal mischief overnight Thursday into Friday. According to police, on that evening the windshield of a vehicle parked at 293 S. Welles St. was smashed, someone spray painted the side of 8 Hillside St., someone slashed three tires and damaged the passengerside window of a vehicle parked at 193 S. Meade St. and someone slashed the front passenger tire of a vehicle parked at 57 Logan St.

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Zola, Hazleton, and committed to Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of bail. Paulino is being held on $50,000 monetary bail; Brito is being held on $40,000 monetary bail. PITTSTON – Diane’s Deli and Internet Café, 206 S. Main St., was cited by the Pennsylvania State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement, Wilkes-Barre, on charges the establishment used a loudspeaker that could be heard beyond the property line of the business in violation of the state Liquor Code.

HAZLETON – State police are searching for an inmate who escaped from the MINSEC transitional living facility at 145 West Broad St. Friday. State police said Richard Joseph HAZLETON – Police charged Hazelton, 39, of Scranton, was given a pass to leave the facility Alexis Paulino, 21, of Allentown, with drug-related offens- temporarily on Friday. He was to return by 4 p.m. State police es and assault following an filed a charge of escape against incident in the area of West 1st Hazelton and issued a warrant Street and Lee Court Wednesfor his arrest when he did not day. Police said Paulino struck return by that time. Hazelton is an officer during the incident, described as a white male, 5 but the officer was not injured. feet, 10 inches tall, weighing Police also arrested Krystal 180 pounds. He was last seen Brito, 21, of Parkwood Street, HAZLE TWP. – Peggy Buchanan, 58, of Hazleton, report- and charged her with hindering wearing khaki shorts, work boots, a gray T-shirt with a logo ed that someone stole the hand- apprehension or prosecution, and a black baseball cap. icap placard from her unlocked tampering with evidence and other charges. Police said Brito vehicle while it was parked in HANOVER TWP. – Police attempted to grab items that the Walmart parking lot besaid Saturday they arrested police discovered in Paulino’s tween 4 p.m. Tuesday and 2 Martin Gushock, 43, of Boland a.m. Wednesday, state police in possession. Avenue, on charges he violated Both women were arraigned Hazleton said. a protection from abuse order before District Judge Joseph

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Urbanski wants chair

B ing election as chairman of the

ill Urbanski of Kingston is seek-

Luzerne County Republican Party at today’s convention of the county party. He will seek to oust current chair Terry Casey, who is expected to seek re-election. Urbanski said he would be a more visible party leader during his fouryear term and work to re-elect Republicans in key county posts, including District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis and Controller Walter Griffith, as Urbanski well as U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Hazleton. He also said he would work to eliminate unnecessary expenditures and bureaucracies and build a more inclusive county party. Urbanski is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. He attended Wilkes University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Dickinson College in Carlisle as well as a law degree from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio. He has been active in local Republican politics for the last 14 years and serves on the Kingston Zoning Board. He maintains a solo private law practice in Scranton, resides in Kingston, and owns a family farm in Rice Township. The Luzerne County Republican Party holds a convention for the election of its chairperson every four years. This year’s convention will be held at the Genetti Hotel and Conference Center in downtown WilkesBarre. All Republican committee persons elected in April’s primary are eligible to vote.

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Group wants city hall railing removed Wilkes-Barre Taxpayers Association calls barrier ‘a form of intimidation.’ By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

Members of the recently formed Wilkes-Barre Taxpayers Association are seeking to bridge the contentious divide between their group and Wilkes-Barre’s City Council – in a physical sense, anyway. Association member Linda Urban said in an email Saturday the group will send a letter to council and the city administration asking that the railing di-

viding the City Council chamber be removed. She calls the barrier “a form of intimidation.” “Why are we required to sit or stand inside a gated area,” Urban asks. “Are we being held against our will or purposely being held up for humor by the elected… as (we) wrestle with the gate? “The notorious gate and rail system is always a problem for taxpayers. And especially for first time taxpayer commentors (sic).” The City Council chamber is divided by a wooden and iron rail about 3 feet high with metal gates to the left and right providing access to the two sec-

tions of the chamber. Council members typically enter the chamber from an office on one side of the railing while the public enters through a door at the other end of the chamber across the railing. Members of the public wishing to address council must pass through one of the gates and speak from a table directly in front of the desk where council members sit. Council Vice Chairman Bill Barrett said Saturday he doesn’t believe the barrier is intimidating to city residents, citing instances when Bob Kadluboski, See RAILING, Page 10A

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Linda Urban turns and speaks to someone before addressing council from within the rail in the council chambers last week.

Old train car still sits idle in W-B

It had been auctioned off nearly two months ago at Market Street Square. By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

HAZLE TWP.

Summer Picnic is planned The Greater Hazleton Health Alliance will hold its annual Senior Choice Summer Picnic on Tuesday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., rain or shine, at the Hazle Township Community Park’s large pavilion. Picnic-style food, entertainment, refreshments, bingo and more are on the agenda. Approximately 85 members have pre-registered for the picnic. The park is located off of state Route 93 behind Nathan’s Furniture Store. The park can also be accessed from the Airport Beltway by turning onto Community Park Road. The Senior Choice program was designed with a commitment to provide its members with educational, social, and healthy living opportunities to help them maintain their mental and physical vitality now and into the future. The program is specifically for persons 55 years of age and older. Members pay an annual membership fee. Membership in the Senior Choice program includes monthly Lunch & Learn education programs along with a variety of other health and wellness, social opportunities and free or discounted programs. Contact Joan Warner, Senior Choice adviser, at (570) 454-4752 for additional information or to register for the Senior Choice program. KINGSTON TWP.

Water Day Camp is set Pennsylvania American Water and The Lands at Hillside Farms will hold the Wonderful World of Water Day Camp next month. Campers will learn how human activity affects the quality of water in rivers and streams, discover solutions to water pollution and explore watershed basics. The campers also will be able to participate in various activities on the farms and learn about the importance of water in the farms’ operation. The free camp will run from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. between Aug. 13 and 17. Children between the ages of 7 and 11 can attend. To register visit www.hillsidefarms.org/watercamp. A $10 deposit will hold a reservation and will be refunded upon arrival at the camp. For more information contact The Lands at Hillside Farms by e-mail at paawcamp@hillsidefarms.org or call 570 995-1711 and leave a message.

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London Jenkins dances during the United We Stand, Divided We Fall’s Drug-Free Block Party on Public Square, Saturday.

United against drugs Block party features music, food and fun By CAMILLE FIOTI Times Leader Correspondent

WILKES-BARRE – Sporting a purple T-shirt with the words “Walkin’ with Jesus,” Maxine Harrell, 55, swayed to the music during the annual Drug-Free Block Party on Public Square Saturday. Harrell, 55, said she moved to Wilkes-Barre from Newark for a more peaceful life – away from crime and drugs. “They have to be with God and he’ll help them get over it,” she said referring to drug addicts and dealers. “He

fights,” he said. Having battled drug and alcohol abuse, Zuckerwar said he wants to help Luzerne County District Attorney Stefanie Salavantis and law helped me a lot.” enforcement catch drug dealThe annual event, sponers and clean up the streets. sored by United We Stand, “You can have more fun Divided We Fall, featured without using drugs and alcomusic, food, raffles, and a dunk tank. Bridget Lemon, 33, hol,” said Zuckerwar. “It’s a joyful high to not wake up in a of Kingston, said the increase jail cell or wonder if I hurt in recent drug crimes has anyone last night.” given the area a bad name. Recalling last week’s sen“We need more things like tencing of Jaboar Stanley, who this,” she said. “We still have shot and killed Emmanuel people that care about each other and future generations.” Felix in February 2011 during a poker game in Hazleton, Julius Zuckerwar, 49, of Swoyersville, said being arrest- Salavantis said drug abuse ed 8 ½ years ago saved his life. ruins lives. “He and his friend were “Every time I drank I got into

playing cards and he was under the influence of several illegal drugs,” she said. “That person must not only live with the grief of killing his friend but will spend the next 20 years locked away from his family – imprisoned for something that should have never occurred. “Ultimately, I cannot adequately convey in words the very serious dangers and tragic results associated with drug use,” added Salavantis. “It is a battle that myself and law enforcement cannot fight alone. We need every parent, every child, and every friend not only to heed the warning, but to pass the word and fight the battle with us.”

W-B will repair golf course clubhouse, building Hollenback structures were damaged by last year’s flooding. By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – The city is seeking bids to repair damage to the Hollenback Golf Course clubhouse and maintenance building caused by last year’s flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. The property was inundated when the Susquehanna River reached a record level of 42.66 feet on Sept. 8 and prevented Laurel Run and Mill creeks from emptying into it. The creeks flow near the golf course on North Washington Street. Drew McLaughlin, assistant to Mayor Tom Leighton, said the clubhouse is open and described the repairs as “routine.” “There are interior and exterior improvements that are funded through the federal government,” he said. The low-lying property was one of the last areas in the city to drain as the river level receded last year and has experienced flooding in the past including in 1996 and 2006

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The Hollenback Club House was damaged by the 2011 flooding.

when the Susquehanna crested at more than 34 feet. The Wyoming Valley Levee System provides Tropical Storm Agnes level protection. During that storm the river crested at 40.91

feet on June 24, 1972. Bids will be accepted at City Hall until 3 p.m. on July 26 and publicly opened at 3:30 p.m., according to a legal notice published Friday in The Times Leader.

An old train car at the Market Street Square complex auctioned off nearly two months ago still hasn’t moved. The delay stems from verification that the train car obtains asbestos, said Andrew Reilly, acting director of the Luzerne County Redevelopment “If they’re Authority, which is try- willing to ing to sell it. comply, we Asbestos is an issue be- can move cause the forward.” high bidder – Andrew Reilly Lackawanna Acting director County metof the Luzerne al recyclers County Jim Williams Redevelopment Jr. and his faAuthority ther, Jim Williams Sr. – want to cut the car into three pieces on site and haul away the material for scrap, Reilly said. The authority is working with the state Department of Environmental Protection to determine what procedures must be followed by the Williamses to comply with the law, Reilly said. “If they’re willing to comply, we can move forward,” Reilly said. A contract placing liability on the Williamses also must be executed before the work proceeds, Reilly said. The Williamses did not want to remove the car in one piece because of the road permit costs to move an oversize load. The Williamses submitted a bid for $5,000 at an auction on May 19. The auctioneer has received their check but has not cashed it. Reilly said the authority has not discussed how it will proceed if an agreement isn’t reached with the high bidder. The car was once part of the Joe Palooka Diner. Reilly said discussions still continue on county Manager Robert Lawton’s suggestion the authority sell the historic downtown train station at the 6-acre site at the corner of Market Street and Wilkes-Barre Boulevard. Lawton wants to cancel a $2 million county allocation for train station renovations, and the authority doesn’t have its See TRAIN, Page 10A

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Film backing gas drilling screened in area Industry-sponsored group Energy In Depth and gas drill companies funded film. By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

The truth sometimes depends on whom you ask. In the film Truthland, Susquehanna County resident Shelly Depue embarks on a cross-country journey to learn “the truth” about natural gas drilling and its impact on the environment by interviewing scientists, environmental regulators, industry professionals and residents of drilling areas. The film was funded by gas drilling companies and industrysponsored group Energy In Depth, which hosted a screening Thursday at the Hilton Scranton and Convention Center. The film notes that neither Depue nor those interviewed were paid for appearing in the movie, though Depue does have a natural gas well pad on her property for which she receives royalty payments. Her son works for a drilling company. The film frames itself as an alternative to the HBO documentary Gasland, which left a blemish on the gas industry’s reputation. Energy In Depth has been trying to scrub that reputation clean since Gasland’s release several years ago. Depue’s crosscountry journey begins, according to the film’s narrative, after she watches Gasland and has second thoughts about the natural gas lease her family signed. “I’d never spent much time away from the farm, but getting the truth was important for our family,” she says before depart-

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Trevor Walczak, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, Pennsylvania, right, answers a question as John Augustine of the Marcellus Shale Coalition and Shelly DePue look on, Thursday.

ing. “Guess it’s time to fire up the Chevy for a road trip.” Depue’s trip is portrayed through a series of interviews in which she asks simple questions with a folksy, know-nothing delivery to “experts” offered in counterpoint to Gasland’s claims. “What is this fracking?” she asks Penn State professor Terry Engelder, whose work pioneered some of the hydraulic fracturing techniques used in unconventional drilling today. “Is the U.S. natural gas industry good or bad?” is another question she brainstorms near the start of the movie. Some interviewees offer criticism of Gasland. Former Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary John Hanger, who was also inter-

viewed by Gasland director Josh Fox, says flatly that “the Gasland movie is misleading.” “It has a mission; its mission is to shut down the gas industry,” Hanger says. “The truth about the gas industry is much more complex.” “There’s a lot of companies doing a real good job and some doing a less good job,” says Jim Marston, director of the Environmental Defense Fund. “most of the problems we see in the natural gas area are due to poor well construction ... or spilling stuff on the ground.” Others, though, offer little more than loosely supported opinions. Drilling caused a problem in Dimock, the Susquehanna County town at the center of Fox’s film, but the industry fixed it,

says a Dimock landowner, who contends those who still aren’t happy are seeking to get rich from a lawsuit. A Shreveport, La. pastor hasn’t noticed noise or air pollution from the drilling pad near his church, so presumably no one else has either. Considerable time is spent “debunking” the image that has become synonymous with Gasland; that of homeowners lighting their tap water on fire, presumably as a result of nearby gas drilling. “The flaming faucet,” Depue says. “Everyone around here knows it’s a natural thing. It’s been going on for generations; way before natural gas.” There is also a strong undercurrent portraying Fox as a Pennsylvania outsider who unfairly portrayed the impact of drilling

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in Susquehanna County, Colorado and elsewhere to advance his career as a filmmaker. “He lives in New York City and makes movies for a living; I’m just a Pennsylvania mom,” Depue says near the start of the film. Later, she concludes that “so much in Gasland is either half true, unfairly presented or just plain false. I was beginning to doubt Josh Fox’s motives.” The comments during the panel discussion that followed the screening indicated the film had little impact on the mostly pro-drilling crowd of about 40. “I already knew that a lot of the stuff that was in Gasland was false,” said James Bounty Jr. of Mehoopany, adding he learned from his grandmother that his well water was flammable from the time he was 6 years old. The handful of drilling opponents in the crowd probably weren’t swayed either. Kelly Finan of Hop Bottom called the film “a 35-minute commercial for the gas industry.” “I think this woman (Depue) is really nice but she’s been misled,” Finan said. But those who would go out of their way to attend a screening like Thursday’s event in Scranton may not be the only audience the film’s producers and proponents are trying to reach. “This is an opportunity for each one of us to get involved and pass it on,” said Trevor Walczak, of the National Association of Royalty Owners, Pennsylvania. “When my brother in Indiana first saw Gasland he called me up and said do you see what’s going on; this is your backyard .... Now there’s something I can show him.” The film and extended versions of interviews within can be viewed atwww.truthlandmovie.com and on YouTube.

Dr. Wilma Subra said gas waste is exempt from federal hazardous waste laws. By STEVEN FONDO Times Leader Correspondent

KINGSTON TWP. – The hydraulic fracturing process used in gas drilling in Northeastern Pennsylvania can negatively affect the region’s surface and ground water tables, air quality, agricultural land and property values, as well as roads and emergency response costs, says a renowned chemist and environmental activist. Dr. Wilma Subra Subra spoke Wednesday night at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation Church in Kingston Township and Tuesday night at Temple B’nai B’rith in Kingston during presentations sponsored by the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. Subra explained that waste products produced in the hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, process are exempt from federal hazardous waste laws and regulations, even though up to 60 percent of all fracking waste that is tested is found to be toxic. Hydraulic fracturing is the process in which water, sediment and chemical additives are injected through a well to create fissures and release the natural gas trapped in shale. The water remaining in the earth after the drilling process in the Marcellus Shale Reserve contains a number of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals including benzene and formaldehyde, which can cause a host of serious illness in humans, Subra said. She said Pennsylvania is "illprepared" to deal with the potential hazards of natural gas drilling in the state and further regulations are needed to strengthened environmental protections. "For years, the natural gas industry has been disposing of fracking waste in municipal sewage treatment plants," said Subra. "The problem with this is that the plants are not designed to treat fracking water, and adding chlorine to the waste only produces additional toxic compounds." Subra continued that until environmental scientists intervened by raising concerns, Pennsylvania allowed gas drillers to use waste water in sprinkler trunks "to tamp down dust" near drilling areas. Additional information on the potential health hazards from Pennsylvania’s natural gas drilling industry are available at the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition’s website, GDACoalition.org. Subra, who appeared in the award-winning 2009 documentary "Gasland," about the potential health and environmental hazards associated with the natural gas drilling industry, graduated from Southeast Louisiana University and is a past winner of the MacArthur Award for Chemistry. Subra was profiled on CNN’s Health Report; and was voted one of 2012’s "fiercest women" in 2010. She is the president of the Subra Company, which provides technical assistance to individuals and community groups dealing with natural gas drilling and other environmental issues.

Neighbor says Truthland star should have talked to her By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

In Truthland, Susquehanna County teacher Shelly Depue travels cross country to learn the facts about hydraulic fracturing, but Tammy Manning thinks Depue would have heard a different story if she just went down the street. Manning lives about a mile from Depue in Franklin Township, Susquehanna County. Her water well is located about 7,000 feet from the gas drilling pad on Depue’s property and about 4,000 feet from a well pad on another property. “She’s never been here to ask

us any questions or anything,” Manning said. “I certainly wouldn’t have given the gas company a good review if she would have come here and asked my opinion.” Manning said she has never met Depue, though Depue said at Thursday’s Truthland screening that they had met and spoken several weeks ago. On Dec. 6, Manning said her well, which always had “a little tiny bit of methane” in it, erupted with bubbles of natural gas. “You could shine a flashlight into our well and it looked like it was at a rolling boil, all the methane that was coming out

of it,” she said. Initial tests by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection found gas in the well to be 82 percent methane before the well was vented, Manning said. The operator of the two wells near her property, WPX Energy, has provided drinking water to Manning and two other Franklin Township residents since the incident. Manning said she isn’t sure whether the methane contamination originated with the Depue pad or the closer, Hollenback well pad, as DEP’s investigation of the incident has not concluded. Manning and

her husband, Matt, have filed a lawsuit in federal district court against WPX, alleging negligence on the company’s part, though she doesn’t blame Depue for what happened. “We don’t hold it against the Depue family or the Hollenback family …” Manning said. Depue also said there is no bad blood between her and Manning, and hinted that the methane contamination in Manning’s well may have been natural or unrelated to the well on her property. “The lawsuit is not against us and we understand that,” she said. “That’s a lawsuit against

WPX … She lives a mile and a half away and there’s lots of other water wells in between that have no water problems at all.” Depue’s involvement in Truthland, however, was a different story for Manning. “If she doesn’t like what we’re saying that’s too bad,” she said. “I don’t think other people should have this happen to them because they don’t know what’s going on. We want to inform the people in the next county or the next state that this can happen to them. It doesn’t happen to everybody, but it happened to us.”

Study results give ammunition to both sides of drilling By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com

The question of whether the millions of gallons of water and chemical additives injected underground by companies drilling for gas in the Marcellus and other shale basins can seep into aquifers has been the source of some controversy surrounding unconventional gas drilling. Though it has largely been brushed off by the industry because the Marcellus lies thousands of feet below the aquifer level, a new study by geologists from Duke University and California State Polytechnic University at Pomona suggests that water originating far below aquifers has entered Northeastern Pennsylvania drinking water sources

in the past, and that geologic pathways for contamination exist. The study, published in the most reKlemow cent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, examined water samples taken from more than 150 wells in six Northeastern Pennsylvania counties and found brine and other elements likely originating in layers of earth much deeper than the aquifer level. However, it also found no link with the proximity of natural gas wells. The study has already become a political football. Some natural gas opponents champion it as evidence that drilling additives are polluting aquifers. Supporters, among them industry group Energy In Depth, question the validity and relevance of its find-

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ings. Terry Engelder, the Penn State professor of geosciences whose hydraulic fracturing research fueled the Marcellus gas boom, also criticized the study in a letter to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Among other criticisms, Engelder notes that the study does not establish a time frame for when the brine may have permeated aquifers – was it 100 years ago or one million – and says the study suggests without grounds that the seepage came from the Marcellus rather than another deep rock layer. He also states that the Marcellus and other gas shales are “good seals” that wouldn’t allow liquids to pass through. As Wilkes professor Ken Klemow summarized, “there’s an undercurrent in his feedback that the Duke folks don’t really understand Northeastern Pennsylvania geology.”

Klemow, head of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research and chair of Wilkes’ Biology and GeoEnvironmental Science departments, called the dispute between the study authors and Engelder emblematic of the difficulty inherent in studying the Marcellus Shale scientifically. Such disagreements happen all the time in science, Klemow said, and often scientists try to work them out by combining their efforts in new studies. “The problem though is that being that this relates to Marcellus Shale, we are now in this white-hot public debate where people will use this research to support their own views on whether drilling is a good or a bad thing,” Klemow said. For his part, Klemow said the study “does provide some evidence that there appears to be a connection between deep ground water and shallow

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President’s ad aims to keep rival on defensive about private equity firm. By JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press

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A lamprey is held during the annual lamprey harvest at the Willamette Falls Friday, along the Willamette River, in Oregon City, Ore. As long as Indians have lived in the Northwest, they have looked to lamprey for food. This jawless fish popularly known as an eel has steadily declined.

GLEN ALLEN, Va. — An unrelenting President Barack Obama jabbed at Mitt Romney’s record with a private equity firm in an ad Saturday that aimed to keep his rival on the defensive just as the Republican challenger’s campaign hoped to take advantage of poor economic data to gain an edge on the incumbent. Obama met Romney’s plea for an apology for the attacks with a mocking ad that charged that the firm shipped American jobs to China and Mexico, that Romney has personal wealth in

investments in Switzerland, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands, and that as Massachusetts governor, he sent state jobs to India. “Mitt Romney’s not the solution. He’s the problem,” the ads says as Romney is heard singing “America the Beautiful.” Pressure was building on Romney from within his own party to be more forthcoming with his finances, a day after he declared he would not release past income tax returns beyond his 2010 tax records and, before the November election, his 2011 taxes On the sidelines of the National Governors Association meeting in Williamsburg, Alabama’s Republican governor, Robert Bentley, called on Romney to release all the documents requested of him.

contested Virginia, hewed to his middle class-centered pitch in remarks in the district represented by one of his top Republican nemeses, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. He attacked Romney and his Republican allies for pursuing what the president branded as outdated and discredited economic policies. Obama spoke to about 900 people in Glen Allen, arriving in a downpour. He eschewed a rain jacket or umbrella and apologized to the women for their ruined hairdos. AP PHOTO Obama didn’t dwell on Romney’s business record, leaving President Barack Obama addresses a crowd in the pouring the sharpest attacks to his camrain during a campaign stop at Walkerton Tavern in Glenn Allen, Va., Saturday. paign and the new television commercial. Still he played up “If you have things to hide, lease everything to the Ameri- the charge that Romney and the private equity firm he founded then maybe you’re doing things can people.” A soaked Obama, campaign- in 1984, Bain Capital, sent jobs wrong,” Bentley said. “I think you ought to be willing to re- ing in a downpour in closely overseas.

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uthorities have reopened a 2007 fondling complaint against a priest A who taught at a suburban Philadelphia

high school and is now the Roman Catholic bishop of West Virginia. The complaint stems from Bishop Michael Bransfield’s days at Lansdale Catholic High School in the 1970s. The Philadelphia Archdiocese said it did not find the complaint credible at the time, and passed it on to Montgomery County authorities. But the archdiocese said last week that the complaint has been reopened. “The Archdiocese of Philadelphia promptly reported the allegation against Bishop Bransfield to the Montgomery County D.A.’s office in 2007. ... The situation is again being reviewed by law enforcement authorities,” spokesman Kenneth Gavin said in an email. The development comes with the recently completed Philadelphia priestabuse trial in which a witness testified that a priest who abused him told him that Bransfield was sexually involved with a young teen.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton used her first meeting with Egypt’s new Islamist president to press Mohammed Morsi to start a dialogue with military leaders as a way of preserving the country’s transition to democracy. Clinton voiced support for the “full transition” to civilian rule at a time when Morsi’s backers are in a political standoff with the generals who have ruled since President Hosni Mubarak was ousted last year. Resolving the impasse “requires dialogue and compromise, real politics,” Clinton said. GDANSK, POLAND

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Polish officials unveiled a statue of former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II on Saturday, honoring two men widely credited in this Eastern European country with helping to topple communism 23 years ago. The statue was unveiled in Gdansk, the birthplace of Lech Walesa’s Solidarity movement, in the presence of about 120 former Solidarity activists, many of whom were imprisoned in the 1980s for their roles in organizing or taking part in strikes against the communist regime. CENTERVILLE, MASS.

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Seven weeks after she hanged herself, Mary Richardson Kennedy was reburied in a Cape Cod cemetery 700 feet from her original grave near other Kennedy family members. Frank Maki, superintendent of the St. Francis Xavier Cemetery near Hyannisport, told The Associated Press on Saturday that Robert Kennedy’s estranged wife was exhumed earlier this month. She was first buried on May 19 near her husband’s aunt and uncle, Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver. Robert Kennedy Jr. reportedly asked that Mary Kennedy be reburied on a hilltop surrounded by empty plots he’s negotiating to buy.

Database will challenge people’s right to vote if citizenship in doubt. By CHARLES BABINGTON Associated Press

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Iraqi adventurer Fareed Lafta, right, and Bend, Ore., gas station owner Kent Couch lift off Saturday from Couch’s gas station in Bend, Ore., as they attempt to fly some 360 miles to Montana.

Bad weather tables chair flight By JEFF BARNARD Associated Press

BEND, Ore. — An Oregon gas station owner and an Iraqi adventurer trying to fly from Central Oregon to Montana in tandem lawn chairs suspended from party balloons made a hard landing Saturday after having to abort their flight due to thunderstorms — but their craft kept flying. Kent Couch and Fareed Lafta were about seven hours into their flight when they were forced to descend, coming down near a reservoir about 30 miles east of their starting point. But after they scrambled out of the contraption, it float-

ed up again, flight organizer Mark Knowles said. “They came down hard,” Knowles said by cellphone. “The craft went back up. It’s sitting up in the sky right above us.” Earlier Saturday, about 90 volunteers and several hundred onlookers counted down and then cheered as the pair lifted off from Couch’s Shell gas station in Bend. Volunteers had filled 350 5-foot diameter red, white, blue and black balloons with helium and tied them to Couch’s homemade tandem lawn chair rig. The balloons were arranged in bunches to represent the colors of the U.S. and Iraqi flags.

An American flag flew from the bottom of the framework supporting the chairs. The duo safely cleared a two-story motel, a coffee stand and a light post, then floated about 30 miles north. Winds pushed them back to the south before sending them to the east, the direction they wanted to go. But thunderstorms gathering in the region forced them to abort the flight, descending from an altitude of about 10,000 feet, Knowles said. Before the flight, Couch said landing was the scariest part of his several lawn chair balloon flights.

Suicide bomber kills 23 at Afghan wedding By DEB RIECHMANN and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan — A suicide bomber blew himself up among guests at a wedding hall Saturday in northern Afghanistan, killing 23 people including a prominent ex-Uzbek warlord turned lawmaker who was the father of the bride. The attack was the latest to target top figures from the country’s minority groups and dealt a blow to efforts to unify ethnic factions amid growing concerns that the country could descend into civil war after foreign combat troops withdraw in 2014. Ahmad Khan Samangani, an ethnic Uzbek who commanded forces fighting the Soviets in the 1980s and later became a member of parliament, was welcoming

guests to his daughter’s wedding Saturday morning when the blast ripped through the building in Aybak, the capital of Samangan province. Three Afghan security force officials also were among those killed. About 60 other people, including government officials, were wounded in the attack, which left the wedding hall’s floor covered with shattered glass, blood and other debris. Dead bodies were piled into the back of Afghan security force vehicles. Afghan Army helicopters ferried some of the wounded from the wedding hall. The bride and groom survived, but never got the chance to exchange vows. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Saturday’s attack.

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An Afghan man wounded in a suicide attack lies in a hospital in a province north of Kabul Afghanistan, Saturday.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a phone call that the Taliban neither confirmed nor denied responsibility for the attack.

WASHINGTON — In a victory for Republicans, the federal government has agreed to let Florida use a law enforcement database to challenge people’s right to vote if they are suspected of not being U.S. citizens. The agreement, made in a letter to Florida Gov. Rick Scott’s administration that was obtained by The Associated Press, grants the state access to a list of resident noncitizens maintained by the Homeland Security Department. The Obama administration had denied Florida’s request for months but relented after a judge ruled in the state’s favor in a related voter-purge matter. Voting rights groups, while acknowledging that noncitizens have no right to vote, have expressed alarm about using such data for a purpose not originally intended: purging voter lists of ineligible people. They also say voter purges less than four months before a presidential election might leave insufficient time to correct mistakes stemming from faulty data or other problems. Democrats say that the government’s concession is less troubling than some GOP-controlled states’ push to require voters to show photo identification. But Republicans count it as a victory nonetheless in their broad-based fight over voter eligibility, an issue that could play a big role in the White House race. That’s especially true in pivotal states such as Florida, Colorado, Nevada and North Carolina. Republican officials in several states say they are trying to combat voter fraud. Democrats, however, note that proven cases of voter fraud are rare. They accuse Republicans of cynical efforts to suppress voting by people in lower socio-economic groups who tend to vote Democratic. The Homeland Security decision may affect places beyond Florida, because Colorado and other states have asked for similar access to the federal database.

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Was it a conspiracy? By EDWARD COLIMORE The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)

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An image of Jordan Anderson and a letter from Anderson to his former master, published in the Cincinnati Commercial paper.

Ex-slave’s letter to ex-master endures Brother Jordan Anderson’s document has been published all over the world. By ALLEN G. BREED and HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writers

NEW YORK — The photograph, scratched and undated, is captioned “Brother Jordan Anderson.” He is a middle-aged black man with a long beard and a righteous stare, as if he were a preacher locking eyes with a sinner, or a judge about to dispatch a thief to the gallows. Anderson was a former slave who was freed from a Tennessee plantation by Union troops in 1864 and spent his remaining 40 years in Ohio. He lived quietly and likely would have been forgotten, if not for a remarkable letter to his former master published in a Cincinnati newspaper shortly after the Civil War. Treasured as a social document, praised as a masterpiece of satire, Anderson’s letter has been anthologized and published all over the world. Historians teach it, and the letter turns up occasionally on a blog or on Facebook. Humorist Andy Borowitz read the letter recently and called it, in an email to The Associated Press, “something Twain would have been proud to have written.” Addressed to one Col. Patrick Henry Anderson, who apparently wanted Jordan to come back to the plantation east of Nashville, the letter begins cheerfully, with the former slave expressing relief that “you had not forgotten Jordon” (there are various spellings of the name) and were “promising to do better for me than anybody else can.” But, he adds, “I have often felt uneasy about you.” He informs the colonel that he’s now making a respectable wage in Dayton, Ohio, and that his children are going to school. He tallies the monetary value of his services while on Anderson’s plantation — $11,608 — then adds, “we have concluded to test your sincerity by asking you to send us our wages for the time we served you.” Turning serious, he alludes to violence committed against women back in Tennessee and wonders what would happen to his own family members. “I would rather stay here and starve — and die, if it come to that — than have my girls brought to shame by the violence and wickedness of their young masters.” He asks if there are schools now for blacks. “The great desire of my life now is to give my children an education, and have them form virtuous habits,” he writes. Then he signs off with a swift, unforgettable kick. “Say howdy to George Carter,” he says, “and thank him for taking the pistol from you when you were shooting at me.” Anderson’s words, a timeless kiss-off to a hated boss, are also a puzzle: How could an illiterate man, newly released from bondage, produce such a work of sophisticated satire? After the letter resurfaced online earlier this year, along with questions about its authenticity, The Associated Press sought answers. From documents compiled by the AP and in interviews with scholars, Anderson emerges as a very real person and the very real author of his story — though, from the beginning, it was reported to have been “dictated.” His letter is an outstanding, but not unique, testament to the ability

of slaves to turn horror into humor. “The sly irony is very much in the Mark Twain style,” Twain biographer Ron Powers says of the letter, especially the request for unpaid wages. “Whammo.” “It is that wonderful combination of serious thought and satirical chastisement,” says Yale University history professor David Blight, who loves to read the letter during a lecture class on Reconstruction. “It represents so many definitions of freedom — dignity, access to education, family. And in the end, it also meant wages.” According to available records, Jordan Anderson was born somewhere in Tennessee around 1825 and by age 7 or 8 had been sold to a plantation owned by Gen. Paulding Anderson in Big Spring, Tenn. Patrick Henry Anderson was one of the general’s sons and, by the mid-1840s owned Jordan and other slaves. Jordan Anderson married Amanda McGregor in 1848 and they apparently had 11 children. Union troops camped on the plantation, and Jordan was freed in 1864 by the ProvostMarshall-General of the Department of Nashville. Roy E. Finkenbine, a professor at the University of DetroitMercy who is planning a biography of Anderson, thinks it’s likely Jordan was given to Patrick (born in 1823) as a playmate and personal servant when they were young.

PHILADELPHIA -- Eugene C. Zorn Jr. wasn’t prone to exaggeration. He was a nationally recognized economist, a sober, nononsense man who dealt with facts and figures. So his son, Robert, was caught off guard when, in 1980, the elder Zorn offered an unusual preface before launching into a story: “After you hear this, you may think your old man’s off his rocker.” “I was driving and my hands tightened on the steering wheel,” Robert Zorn recalled. “He never referred to himself as my ‘old man.’” His father then began a riveting tale that kept the 22-year-old Wharton School student up all night. He was convinced he had solved the “crime of the century,” the 1932 kidnapping of the son of the aviator Charles Lindbergh from the family’s home in Hunterdon County, N.J., Eugene Zorn said. He knew the mastermind, a mysterious figure known in the press simply as “Cemetery John,” and his younger brother, Eugene Zorn claimed. They were his neighbors in the South Bronx. Even more incendiary, he believed he had witnessed the pair plotting the kidnapping with Bruno R. Hauptmann, who was convicted and executed in the murder of the Lindbergh baby. “It was mind-boggling,” said Robert Zorn, a former software company owner whose new book, “Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind of the Lindbergh Kidnapping,” is the subject of a Nova documentary expected to be shown early next year. “That night, I lay in my dorm room, staring at the ceiling,” he said. Eugene Zorn didn’t think about the men until 1963, when he came across a True magazine in a Dallas barbershop. The cover story detailed the case against Hauptmann and mentioned suspected accomplices, including Cemetery John, who had never been arrested. Zorn began to piece together

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This is a 1932 photograph of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr., shortly before he was kidnapped on March 1 from his parents’ home.

three-decade-old memories. He was 15 in 1931 when neighbor John Knoll, a German immigrant, offered to take him to Palisades Amusement Park across the Hudson River from Manhattan. “Waiting for John (at the park) was his youngest brother, Walter, and a third German-speaking man they called Bruno,” Robert Zorn said. Eugene Zorn “heard them talking about Englewood,” N.J., his son recalled. After reflecting on the longago conversation, he became convinced he had witnessed the kidnappers’ early planning, Robert Zorn said. John Knoll was “Cemetery John,” Eugene Zorn told his son. He thought the unfamiliar Bruno was Hauptmann. And Englewood was where the Lindberghs were staying with family while their home, near Hopewell, was being built in 1931. Zorn shared his information with a handful of people, and wrote to Lindbergh in 1972 - two years before the aviator, famed for his solo crossing of the Atlantic, died. The letter was delivered by Zorn’s friend Robert. B. Anderson, who had been secretary of the Navy and the treasury. “My father was an accomplished economist and had no need for publicity,” said Robert Zorn, 54, of Dallas.

But “Lindbergh didn’t want to open old wounds,” the younger Zorn said. According to his father, Anderson watched as Lindbergh “folded up the letter dismissively and stuffed it in a pocket.” Robert Zorn researched the case with his father and promised him on his death bed, at age 90 in 2006, to “someday tell the story to the world.” Originally, said the younger Zorn, he knew only what most people knew about the highly publicized crime, what the newspapers and history books reported. “Little Lindy,” Charles Lindbergh Jr., was placed in his crib at 8 p.m. on March 1, 1932, and was discovered missing at 10 p.m. His father, known as “Lucky Lindy,” discovered a handwritten ransom note on a radiator in the nursery. It was filled with spelling and grammatical errors, but was clear enough: Lindbergh was to pay $50,000. Authorities put up a reward of $25,000 for the child’s return, and the Lindberghs offered $50,000 more. Offers of help poured in from the famous and infamous, including President Herbert C. Hoover, who vowed to “move heaven and earth” to find the baby, and imprisoned crime boss Al Capone, who said he would assist in re-

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Charles A. Lindbergh stands by his plane on Feb. 17, 1929 at Bolling Field in Washington.

turn for cash or legal favors. A retired teacher and Bronx personality, John F. Condon, added $1,000 to the reward and reached out - through a letter in a local paper - to the kidnappers. Unknown to police, a meeting between Condon and a man identified as a kidnapper took place at a Bronx cemetery. The man, who provided only his first name, came to be known as Cemetery John. A police sketch of the suspect, based on Condon’s description, closely resembles a photo of John Knoll, obtained by Robert Zorn in 2010. A fleshy lump on Cemetery John’s right thumb matched one seen in another photo of Knoll. And writing on a ransom envelope addressed to Condon is strikingly similar to samples of Knoll’s script in Zorn’s possession. Condon met Knoll again at another Bronx cemetery and gave him $50,000 in gold certificates and regular currency, provided by Lindbergh. The suspect passed him a note with the location of the 20month-old child: Little Lindy was being held on a boat on Martha’s Vineyard. The vessel was never found, and the infant’s body was discovered May 12, 1932, by a truck driver about four miles from Lindbergh’s home. The boy’s skull was fractured.

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LEO C. BUTLER, 73, of Toms River, N.J., passed away Saturday, June 30, 2012 at the Lourdes Specialty Hospital, Willingboro, N.J. Born in Ashley, he resided in Sayreville, N.J., before moving to Toms Rivers three years ago. Prior to his retirement in 1999, he was employed as a Production Manager for Edison Plastics in Edison, N.Y., for 30 years. Mr. Butler was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the Sayreville American Legion Post 211. Leo was preceded in death by his parents, James and Irene Butler, and his brother, James. He is survived by his sons, Kevin, New Egypt, N.J.; Robert, Stillwater, N.J. and his grandsons, Robert and Kyle. Private interment was held in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Hanover Township. Condolences may be sent by visiting www.lehmanfuneralhome.com. JOHN A. VELGUS, 90, of White Haven, died Saturday morning, July 14, 2012, at home. He served in the United States Marines. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, the former Mary Atkinson, son, James, siblings, Veronica Velgus, Mary Roskowicz, Josephine Wentzel, Michael, Andrew and Donald Velgus. He is survived by children, John, David, Donald, Robert, William, Anthony, Josephine Hambley, Carol McMillan, Margaret Wilson; 11 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; brothers, Joseph, Plymouth and Thomas Velgus, Plymouth. Military funeral service will be Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 403 Berwick Street, White Haven, with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Patrick’s Church. Visitation will be Monday, July 16, 2012, from 6 to 8 p.m. CLAIRE MARIE VENTANNI, age 90, a lifelong resident of Old Forge, passed away Friday evening at Hospice Community Care in Dunmore. She is survived by her beloved sister, Vera Marquard of Old Forge; her nephew, Anthony Freda and wife, Marguerite, of Eynon; several great-nieces and greatnephews, including Dr. Anthony Freda and wife, Tamara, of Clarks Summit, and William Freda of Somerset, New Jersey; three greatgreat-nieces and nephews, Anthony Freda Jr., Alexis Freda and Alyssa Freda. Blessing services are scheduled for Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., 517 North Main Street, Old Forge. Entombment will follow in the Cathedral Cemetery, West Scranton. Relatives and friends may pay their respects on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Celia Barnes Whytashek July 13, 2012

elia Barnes Whytashek, age 99, passed away on July 13, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Tunkhannock, where she had been a resident. Celia was born in Marstella, Pa., on November 11, 1912, daughter of Matthew and Aloysa Barnes. She moved to Glen Lyon, at the age of 14, where she lived until she moved to Tunkhannock in 1971. She was married to the late William (Ben) Whytashek of Glen Lyon, who died in 1988. Surviving are a daughter, Janice Susz and her husband, Thomas, of Tunkhannock; son John Whytashek and wife, Margie, of Tunkhannock; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Private funeral services will be from the Church of the Nativity BVM in Tunkhannock. Interment will be in Pieta Cemetery, Tunkhannock. Arrangements are by the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sherldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.

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at home on Friday, July 13, 2012 surrounded by her loving family, following a brief illness. Born in Old Forge, on August 21, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Jenny Heal Johns and Thomas Johns. Mary graduated from Old Forge High School. Mrs. Alba was a member of St. Joseph Marello Parish. She celebrated the Feast of the Mother of the Rosary and hosted a family gathering annually in October. Mary was a member of the ILGWU and worked in the garment industry most of her life. She retired from Lee Manufacturing, Pittston. Mary was married to the late Sam J. Alba. She was his loving wife for 62 years. Mary was a kind and sweet woman. She was an affectionate mother and an adoring grandmother. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. She was predeceased by her brother Thomas; her brother in law, James Alba, Dunmore, and sistersin-law, Fanny Pace, Connie Corridoni, Rose Verdine and Rita Falzone. Surviving are her children, Angela Dessoye and her husband, Francis, Pittston Township; Sam Alba and his wife, Annette, Laflin; grandchildren, Amy Dessoye Oliveri and her husband, Carl, Laflin; and Sam Alba Jr., Laflin; brothers, Clayton Johns, Buffalo, New York; Archie Johns and his wife, Peggy, Old Forge; and her sister, Ester Besecker, Buffalo, New York, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank

Dr. Joseph Lombardo, Dr. Mauer Biscotti, Dr. Robert Potorski and his nurses, the 8th floor nurses at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Commonwealth Home Health and Hospice of Wilkes-Barre for their support and attention to Mary’s care. Funeral services are entrusted to Graziano Funeral Home Inc. Viewing hours will be held at the funeral home on Monday July 16, 2012 from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 9 a.m. from the Graziano Funeral Home, Pittston Township, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. from St. Joseph Marello Parish (Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church), William Street, Pittston, with celebrant the Rev. Paul A. McDonnell, O.S.J. Interment will follow at St. Rocco’s Cemetery, Oak Street, Pittston Township. To submit online condolences or for directions to the funeral home, please visit www.grazianofuneralhome.com

and Ashlee Pilger; one step-greatgrandchild, Isabelle Pilger; his loving dogs, Bailey and Cody. The funeral service for Lionel will be conducted on Monday, July 16, 2012, at 1 p.m. at the Hugh P. Boyle & Son Funeral Home Inc., 416 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, with the Rev. Roger E. Griffith, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church, officiating. Interment will follow in Chapel Lawn Memorial Park, Dallas. Friends are cordially invited to a visitation with the family on Monday from 11 a.m. until time of service. Memorial donations may be made to the Jonathan R. Davis Fire Company, Idetown, PA18612, or the SPCA of Luzerne County, Fox Hill Road, Plains Township, PA 18705, or the donor’s choice.

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the 11 a.m. funeral Mass. Vigil Mass 7 p.m. today in Holy Rosary Church, Duryea. STRUCKE – Antoinette, funeral services 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Anthony Recupero Funeral Home, 406 Suquehanna Ave., West Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial at 3 p.m. in the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary Chapel, Highway 315, Laflin. Friends may call 2 to 6 p.m. today in the funeral home. TEAL – Shirley, funeral services 3 p.m. Monday in the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Friends may call 1 to 3 p.m. in the funeral home. TURNER – Florence, funeral services 11 a.m. Monday in the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes Creek. Friends may call 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the service. TWARDOWSKI – Dorothy, funeral services 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Lokuta-Zawacki Funeral Home, 200 Wyoming Ave., Dupont. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today.

Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Carol Homschek Knowles. Born May 30,1939, in Pittston, he was the son of the late Leroy and Josephine Prandy Knowles of Pittston. He graduated from Pittston High School, Class of 1957, and served in the U.S. Army. He worked at Tobyhanna Army Depot for 41 years, retiring in 2006 as the Supervisor of the Carpentry Shop. Music was a large part of his life, being a great guitarist with many groups over the years. An excellent carpenter, he created many beautiful, artful masterpieces. One of the great enjoyments of his life was being on his boat fishing on the Susquehanna River. Also surviving are three sons, Joseph, Leroy and William with wife, Debra; a daughter, Joanne Mortim-

Chelsea Rea McDermott, Ashley; Krystal Scales, Dallas Township; Cody, Grace and Alayna Stang, all of Meshoppen; brother Nelson and his wife, Hilda Conden, Maryland; sisters, Marilyn and her husband, Richard Stevens, New Jersey; and her lifelong best friend and sister Linda and her husband, Boyd Barber, Harveys Lake. Funeral will be held Tuesday, July 17, 2012 at 11 a.m. at the Kunkle United Methodist Church, Noxen, with the Rev. Linda Bryan, officiating. Friends may call at the church from 10 a.m. until time of service. Arrangements are under the direction of The Richard H. Disque Funeral Home Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway, Dallas. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the Kunkle United Methodist church, Noxen. Those who know your name will trust in you, for you, LORD, have never forsaken those who seek you. Psalm 9:10

er with husband, John; two stepsons, Stephen Nyzio with wife, Leanne, and Joseph Nyzio with wife, Toni Ann; nine grandchildren, Amanda, Briana, Kelsey and Alyssa Knowles, Jordan and Alexandria Mortimer, Joleen, Anthony and Nicole Nyzio; three nephews, Salvatore Morreale, Alan and Jeff Homscheck; a niece, Amy Morreale; a sister-in-law, Mary Jo Morreale; aunts, uncles and family; and his favorite companions, his cats, Buddy and Sweetie. The funeral will be Tuesday from the Paul F. Leonard Funeral Home, 575 North Main Street, Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish, Pittston. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 9 to 10:45 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the SPCA.

Edward Krevis July 13, 2012 J. Krevis, 82, of Horton E dward Street in Wilkes-Barre died Fri-

day at Golden Living Center - Summit. Born October 3, 1929 in New Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of the late Raymond and Margaret Dombroskas Krevis. Ed was a graduate of Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, New Jersey, and attended Upsala College. He proudly served our country while enlisted in the Navy for two years. Ed worked for Otis Elevator for a few years before accepting a position with Macy’s Department Stores. He retired as lead elevator technician after 40 years with the company. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus. His first wife, Barbara Janet Dumin Krevis, died September 19, 1988. An infant son and eight brothers and sisters also preceded him in death. He will be greatly missed by his wife, the former Patricia Dumin; sons, Albert R. Krevis of Worcester, Massachusetts; Daniel F. and his wife, Elise Krevis, of Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Mark G. and his wife, Joanne Krevis, of Parsippany, New Jersey; Edward J. Krevis Jr. of York; Michael J. Krevis and Margaret Krevis, both of Wilkes-Barre; 10 grandchildren; brother, Francis Krevis of Ballwin, Missouri; sister, Laverne Stokes of Toms River, New Jersey; and other family and friends. Celebration of Edward’s life will be held Tuesday at noon at McLaughlin’s – The Family Funeral Service, 142 South Washing-

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Street, Newtown section of Hanover Township, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in Little Flower Manor, WilkesBarre. Born March 21, 1921, in the Newtown section of Hanover Township, she was the daughter of the late George and Ellen Strome Lehman. She was a graduate of Hanover High School. She was employed for many years by McCrory’s 5 and 10 cent store. Prior to her retirement, worked for Prestige Shoe Factory, WilkesBarre. Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Drank; brothers, George, James and Gerard Lehman and longtime companion, Fred Knight. She is survived by her brother, Robert and his wife, Jean Lehman, Hanover Township; sister-in- law, Margie Lehman, Hanover section of Nanticoke, and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral service will be conducted Monday, July 16, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. from the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., WilkesBarre, with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at 10 a.m. in St. Leo the Great Church, 33 Manhattan St., Ashley, with the Reverend Thomas J. O’Malley officiating. Visitation will be today from 6 to 8 pm at the funeral home. Condolences may be sent or for more information, visit the funeral home website at www.lehmanfuneralhome.com.

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lizabeth “Betty” H. Kiley, age 98, passed away Tuesday, July 10, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Betty was born June 14, 1914 in Oakland, Calif. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Ursilla Trebilcox Hooper. She attended Vassar College and was a graduate of Stanford University. Betty was a former resident of Kingston and the Back Mountain area before moving in 1998 to Cincinnati, Ohio. She was a former member of the Planned Parenthood Association, Wilkes-Barre, the Wyoming Valley Children’s Service Center and First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre, and its Women’s Association. Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas H. Kiley, and daughter, Linda Davis. Surviving are daughters, Sharon Heck and her husband, Stan, Cincinnati, Ohio; Ann Morgan and her husband, Vin, Upper Nyack, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Private funeral services will be held. Interment will be made at Fern Knoll Burial Park, Dallas. Online condolences may be sent to the Kiley family via email at snowdonfuneral@frontier.com. More Obituaries, Page 9A

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BRAY – William, funeral services 10:30 a.m. Monday in the DavisDinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad St., Nanticoke. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home. CARLESI – Steve, funeral services 10 a.m. Monday in the S.J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in All Saints Parish, Plymouth. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. today. DRANK – Mary, funeral services 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 689 Hazle Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Leo the Great Church, Ashley. Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. today in the funeral home. FISK – Arthur, memorial service 4:30 p.m. today in Kingdom Hall, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mayock St., Wilkes-Barre GAULDINE – Carol, shiva will observed at Bruce’s home, 570 N. Gates Ave., Kingston, today and Monday 2 to 4 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m. HOGUE – Helen, memorial Mass 10 a.m. Friday in Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, Pittston. ROKOSZ – The Rev. Charles, Pontifical Mass of Christian Burial 11 a.m. Monday in Holy Rosary Church, Duryea. Friends may call 3 to 6:30 p.m. today in Holy Rosary Parish, 127 Stephenson St., Duryea, and Monday prior to

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Lionel B. Bulford ionel B. Bulford, 78, former chief of police of Lehman Township and Harveys Lake Borough, died Thursday, July 12, 2012, in WilkesBarre General Hospital shortly after admission. Born July 3, 1934, in Tunkhannock, he was the son of the late Thomas and Dorothy Brown Bulford. Moving to Dallas at an early age, he attended Dallas Township schools and was a graduate of the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers Education & Training Commission. He was a member of the Luzerne County Chiefs of Police Association and the Northeast Pennsylvania Police Chiefs Association. He was a lifelong resident of Briar Crest Road, Lehman Township. Mr. Bulford was a charter member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church, Irem Road, Dallas. An avid outdoorsman, Lionel loved to hunt and fish. He was predeceased by brothers, Ronald and Thomas and a sister, Anna Mae Lawrence. Surviving are his wife, the former Jenny Rita Birkbeck; brothers and sisters, Ernest, Barbara Stanczyk, William, Caroline Ridley, David, Carol Faust; stepbrothers, John Ridley and David Ridley; stepsister Ellen Van Luvender; stepchildren, Carol Dulaney, Robert John Pilger, Mark Pilger and James Pilger; stepgrandchildren, B.J., Jared, Dylan

2012 at her residence. Sharon was born in Kingston, daughter of the late Merle and Vera Martin Conden. She attended Dallas High School and University of Phoenix, earning her bachelor’s degree in Business. Sharon was a Data Technician with the Social Security Administration. She was also affiliated with the Democratic National Committee locally during the Carter years. Sharon was a member of the Back Mountain JC’s and taught CPR for the Red Cross. She was a Dale Earnhardt Jr. and NASCAR fan. She was an avid sports enthusiast with a particular interest in the Pittsburgh Steelers. Sharon was a member of the Kunkle United Methodist Church and had recently received a service award last December from the Church. Sharon spent all her free time with her children and grandchildren, who adored her greatly. Sharon lived out the gospel she believed and was an example of real love, 1 Corinthians 13. She will always be remembered for her deep love, no matter the cost, for her family and friends. Surviving are her husband, Lloyd “Butch” Jennings, and a son, Bernard F. McDermott III, Hunlock Creek; daughters, Tracy McDermott, Lehman Township; Donna and her husband, Kurt Stang, Meshoppen; Jennifer Scales, Dallas Township; grandchildren Erik Lee Merle McDermott, Hunlock Creek;

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A visitor to the exhibit ‘Lunch Hour NYC’ plays with an automat at the New York Public Library in New York, Wednesday.

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New York Public Library exhibit serves up history of famous Big Apple eats. By ULA ILNYTZKY Associated Press

NEW YORK — An exhibition on the history of lunch in New York City over the past 150 years serves up some delicious tidbits. But don’t rush to see it on your lunch hour. You’ll want much more time to digest all the visually appetizing props and displays at the free exhibition at the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue. “Lunch Hour NYC” transports visitors back in time with sections and artifacts from the library’s vast collection on street foods, home lunches, school lunches and the once popular Horn & Hardart Automats. The first gallery sets the stage with a wooden cart filled with white (faux) oysters, an aluminum 1960s hot dog stand with a redand-blue umbrella, a basket piled high with pretzels and a delivery bicycle purporting to carry Chinese takeout. It reveals that the midday

meal in colonial times was dinner but changed to lunch with the advent of industrialization and New York’s importance as a center of commerce and finance. With that, the demand for a quick, inexpensive lunch increased. “New York was a city focused on time, speed and efficiency,” the exhibition notes. “Pocket watches became widespread, and punch clocks were introduced to make sure employees arrived and departed strictly on time. The most important part of the lunch break was not the food but how long it took to eat.” “There’s something unique to New York, this emphasis on speed and efficiency and getting back to work and making money,” said Rebecca Federman, the NYPL’s culinary librarian and co-curator with culinary historian Laura Shapiro. Visitors also learn the etymology of the word “lunch” as provided by Samuel Johnson in 1755. He defined it as “as much food as one’s hand can hold” — a description even more apt today with such staples as sandwiches, pizzas and falafels among popular lunchtime items.

Anyone old enough to remember the Automat that dispensed sandwiches, hot dishes and desserts through coined-operated compartments from 1912-1991 will delight in seeing an original on display at the exhibition. There are no edible items now but the exhibition offers the next best thing: The small glass cubicles are filled with original Horn & Hardart recipes for such dishes as macaroni and cheese and creamed spinach. Clips from films with scenes featuring the Automat play nearby, including “That Touch of Mink” from 1962 with Doris Day. In the home lunches section — decorated like a 1950s apartment complete with white-andred checked Formica table and matching chairs — an array of colorful recipe books line a pink wall, and metal storybook lunchboxes fill another. Cafeteria and restaurant menus, handwritten and printed, also are on display, part of the library’s 45,000-menu collection dating from 1842 to the present and started by one of its longtime volunteers, Miss Frank E. Buttolph.

Voting rights backers demand governor postpone law until voters can be educated. By PETER JACKSON Associated Press

HARRISBURG — No matter what people say about Pennsylvania’s new photo ID requirement for voting, the debate is clearly filling the summertime void in this high-stakes election year. Four months before the new mandate takes effect on Election Day, Nov. 6, voting rights advocates were sounding the alarm and demanding that Republican Gov. Tom Corbett and the Legislature postpone it so that the state’s 8.2 million voters can be more thoroughly educated about the change. At least two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the law are pending in state Commonwealth Court — one filed by a legal team that includes the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, the other by the Allegheny County Board of Elections. A trial on the ACLU suit is

scheduled to start July 25. Voters themselves, meanwhile, apparently love the statute, one of the nation’s most stringent voter ID laws. A Quinnipiac University poll released in June showed voters supported the law by a 2-1margin. Republicans, whose majorities in the House and Senate crafted and passed the law without a single Democratic vote, seem eager to see the effects of the new requirement. While GOP leaders generally hew to the party line that the law is a common-sense precaution against election fraud, state House Majority Leader Mike Turzai recently gained notoriety when he boasted at a party event that it would allow Republican nominee-apparent Mitt Romney to carry Pennsylvania in the presidential election. Democrats contend that the law is a thinly disguised effort to suppress the vote for President Barack Obama. They predict that it will disenfranchise many poor people, senior citizens and minorities, who are less than likely to have the photo IDs that all voters

Betty J. Emma July 14, 2012 etty J. Emma, 87, Avoca, died Saturday at home following an B illness.

Her husband, Joseph Emma, died Jan 8, 1996. She was born in Taylor and was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Sarah Burnside Kemeys. Betty was a graduate of Duryea High School, a member of the Langcliffe Presbyterian Church, Avoca and a member of the Senior Citizens Club of Moosic. Betty was an amazing seamstress and enjoyed making quilts. She was loved by her family and will be missed by all who knew her. Surviving are two daughters, Anne Kachline and her husband, Robert of Pittston, Theresa Quinn and her husband, Patrick of Avoca; More Obituaries, Page 8A

three grandchildren, Sarah, John and Jason; two great-grandchildren, Zachary and Fallon; a sister, Rhea Thomas; nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Isabel Falzone and a brother, Robert Kemeys. The funeral will be Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. from the Jacob Davis Funeral Home, 422 S. Main St., Taylor, with services by the Rev. William Lukesh, pastor of the Forty Fort Presbyterian Church. Interment will be at Pittston Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, 500 S. Washington Ave, Scranton, PA 18505

will have to show in order for their ballots to count. Democrats suggest that Turzai, R-Allegheny, implied as much in his comment during last month’s meeting of the Republican State Committee and credited the remark for a recent spike in campaign fundraising and at least a doubling in the pace of volunteer recruitment. “I think that was probably what a lot of people were thinking, but to have an elected official of his stature to come out and say that really lit a fire under our base,” said party spokesman Mark Nicastre. Many of the volunteers have specifically asked how they can help voters comply with the law, he said. “Why are they (Democrats) fighting a measure that only fights fraud and corruption?” grumbled Turzai spokesman Steve Miskin, who maintains that his boss’ comment was taken out of context. Ground zero in the photo ID debate is the State Department, the Corbett administration agency in charge of overseeing Pennsylvania’s county-run elections, which seems under siege these days as it shoulders responsibility for educating voters about the new law and tweaking policies in an attempt to make it more userfriendly. But the department, which originally estimated only 1 percent of Pennsylvania voters lacked a driver’s license or other acceptable ID, set off a small bombshell around the July 4 holiday by announcing a database comparison showing that more than 758,000 voters, or nearly 8 percent, lacked any PennDOT-issued ID. That prompted an outcry from critics of the law and their calls for the law to be postponed. Corbett shrugged off the development at a news conference this week, asserting that the earlier estimates of how many voters lacked valid IDs were “all guesses as to what it might be.”

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own funds to proceed with the project. The authority canceled its July meeting and will next meet the third week of August, Reilly said. Lawton informed the authority of his plans to halt the funding in May. He said the $2 million would have come from a community development loan fund primarily intended to create jobs. The renovation would create space to relocate several county offices but not increase jobs, he said. A sale also would return the property to the tax rolls, Lawton said. The county gave the authority $6.1 million six years ago to purchase and develop the 143-yearold former Central Railroad of New Jersey station. The authority paid $5.8 million to buy the propDON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER erty from businessman Thom Greco, based on appraisals. The An old dining car at the Market Street Square complex in Wilkes-Barre was auctioned off nearly two complex also includes a strip mall. months ago but hasn’t budged because the presence of asbestos will impact its removal for scrap.

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ing in January, The New York Times reported Saturday. The amended contract, which was reported on by The Associated Press in April, included a $3 million career bonus if Paterno retired at the end of the 2011 season, as well as well as forgiveness of $250,000 in outstanding indebtedness and an additional $100,000 in loans. The package also included access to a stadium box for his family for 25 years as well as parking privileges and access to on-campus hydrotherapy equipment for his wife.

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Health Plan, but with 14,000 benefit-eligible employees it is the largest. Eleven employers are offering some form of the program, according to Allison Hess, director of wellness programs for the health plan, and five additional groups are in the process of rolling out similar programs. “This is an industry-wide trend,” Hess said. “I think Geisinger was probably one of the pioneers in it but we are seeing an increase across the industry. I believe a lot of it is around managing costs and developing a more cost-effective population management strategy, and I also think employers are seeking opportunities to be involved around wellness programs and being active in their health care.” Blue Cross of Northeastern

The newspaper cited university records in saying Paterno first broached the idea of revisiting his contact in January, the same month he made a brief appearance before the grand jury, and some top university officials had also testified before the panel before the agreement was reached in August. But the paper, citing “people with knowledge of the events,” said details of the agreement were known to a handful of board members but not shared with the full board, which only learned about the lucrative contract when Sandusky was arrested in November and two university officials were charged. Paterno then publicly announced he would retire at the

end of the season in a statement that also told school trustees to focus their attention on other matters. “I have decided to announce my retirement effective at the end of this season. At this moment the Board of Trustees should not spend a single minute discussing my status. They have far more important matters to address. I want to make this as easy for them as I possibly can,” Paterno said at the time. “This is a tragedy. It is one of the great sorrows of my life. With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more.” Trustees, who agreed Paterno had not done enough to stop the abuse, fired him later that same day, a decision that was followed

by rioting in State College. Paterno died of lung cancer in January at age 85. Sandusky is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of 45 counts of having molesting 10 boys over a 15-year period. Paterno family attorney Wick Sollers told the Times on Friday that it was Penn State that proposed the lucrative retirement package, and that many elements such as the luxury box and use by Paterno of a private aircraft had existed in previous contracts. Asked Friday if the university planned to try recover money from the Paterno estate, trustees chairwoman Karen Peetz said, “Contracts are contracts, and no, there’s no plan to do that.”

Pennsylvania also offers a number of wellness programs employers may choose to offer their employees. Hess said the program demonstrates the evolution of employee wellness programs over the last five to 10 years. A few years ago, employers offered little more than a walking program, she said. “The traditional voluntary type programs are definitely on the decline and employers are looking at incentive programs that drive behavior change,” Hess said. Offering an incentive program will not immediately change the overall cost of health care for an employer, Hess said, but it’s based on the idea that employees who lead healthier lives will use health insurance less frequently, and therefore rein in costs over time. Healthier employees also have lower absentee rates, she added, and tend to be more productive when they are present. Employers have options in set-

ting up the program, Hess said. Some have offered incentives like gift cards, while others lower the deductible employees pay rather than the premiums. There are limits to how many pounds the employers will ask employees to drop. Even if it doesn’t bring them within the BMI boundaries, an employee who loses 12 pounds by October will qualify for the discount rate even if his or her BMI is still above the maximum, and any of the conditions can be lifted at a doctor’s recommendation. Employees with diabetes, for example, could be exempted from blood glucose requirements with a physician’s approval. There are also legal limits on, for example, how great a difference may exist between the premiums paid by employees attaining and not attaining fitness goals. Geisinger Health System has set a relatively low hurdle in establishing eligibility require-

ments. To qualify in the BMI category, for example, an employee must have a BMI below 30, which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines as the dividing line between “overweight” and “obese.” Employees must also be nonsmokers or quit smoking to qualify. Some employees have expressed discomfort about “big

BALTIMORE — A doctor who ran against Mitt Romney for Massachusetts governor a decade ago is poised to do it again, this time as the Green Party’s presidential nominee. Jill Stein, an internist from Lexington, Mass., acknowledges that her candidacy is a super long shot. Still, she notes that a growing number of people are expressing frustration with the two major political parties and she cites the Occupy Wall Street movement as an example of that. “We are in it to win it, but we’re also in it to build it, and those are both wins in my book,” Stein, 62, said in an interview at

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an outspoken critic of council, crossed the railing to pour himself a glass of water. “It’s a historic building,” Barrett said. “That railing is probably as old as the building and I’m not in any hurry to remove it.” The railing is low enough that council members and meeting attendees can look each other in the face while seated, but does provide him “a certain sense of security” during meetings that have become increasingly contentious, Barrett said. Urban also suggests the rail presents an illegal barrier preventing disabled or wheelchairbound residents from addressing council. Barrett responded that the gap in the rail is wide enough for a wheelchair to pass brother” overtones in the idea, Heffers said, but overall it has generated interest and excitement. About 8,000 employees, or more than 57 percent of the total, have signed up. “I ran into one individual who

the Green Party’s convention in Baltimore, where she was prepared to give her acceptance speech in Stein the afternoon. Stein was far ahead of comedian Roseanne Barr for the party nod. Convention organizers said Barr was not expected to attend. Stein hopes the party will qualify in at least 40 states, but the total now stands at 21 and does not include state hosting the convention. Stein also notes that the Green Party has qualified for federal matching funds for the first time in its 11-year history. through, and that council has always made accommodations to allow disabled persons to attend meetings and speak. Councilman Tony George said he has “no problem with the rail being there or not being there” but said he believes it is up to the city administration to make the decision to keep or dismantle the railing since it is part of the city’s buildings and grounds. Councilwoman Maureen Lavelle said she doesn’t find the rail intimidating, and that removing it could actually “be a hindrance to doing business.” “You could have a throng of people just pushing through,” she said. “As it is now you could actually conduct business and speak with people.” Mayor Thomas Leighton and council members Mike Merritt and George Brown did not return requests for comment Saturday. took the 12 pounds (she needs to lose to qualify) and divided by what she thought it would be worth (in lower annual premiums),” Heffers said. “She thought that she was worth $25 a pound, and that she would do it for that.”

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College. “Police are going to see more and more homicides (locally) relating to the drug industry,” he said. “It just goes hand-in-hand.” Lindenmuth, a former longtime detective with the Bristol Township Police Department near Philadelphia and a former special agent with the Department of Justice, said homicides relating to drugs have been a problem in larger cities like Philadelphia for years. “This area is behind the times due to the fact that this type of crime hasn’t been occurring for some time,” Lindenmuth said. AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER “When I came here 14 years ago, I was surprised that people had the Police investigate a crime scene in a playground. ‘A lot of money can be made dealing drugs,’ expert ability to keep their houses and Paul Lindenmuth said. ‘Dealers have a perception that they have to protect themselves.’ doors unlocked. The times have changed.”

ber of rental properties. Tenants span the occupancy spectrum from weeks to years, and without an ordinance requiring registration of tenants the borough has no idea whom they are. “It behooves us to know,” said the mayor. For proponents, the ordinances go a long way toward eliminating nuisance properties and problems associated with them. But for at least one property manager, they go after the wrong people, holding a third party accountable for the actions of others. “You got to hold the responsible party responsible, not the most responsible person,” said Jim Straub, who manages 54 properties in three municipalities with ordinances.

Paranoia factor In most cases, people involved with selling drugs use the drugs themselves, Lindenmuth said. That drug use can cause paranoia. In the nine homicides between 2007 and the present stemming from drug deals, three of the 11 suspects had been previously charged with drug-related crimes in Luzerne County. Three of the nine victims had also been previously charged with drug-related crimes. “A lot of money can be made dealing drugs,” Lindenmuth said. “Dealers have a perception that they have to protect themselves.” In drug deals, he said, the buyer is armed as well as the dealer. When you have a situation like the incident in Plymouth, Lindenmuth said, where someone believes they are cheated in some way, they believe they have to defend themselves. “And they end up shooting someone,” Lindenmuth said. Violence also occurs, Lindenmuth said, when the quality of a specific drug isn’t what a purchaser thinks it should be. For example, a dealer may sometimes sell a good quality of crack cocaine, but others may cut down that quality by mixing in baking soda so that they can make more of a profit, he said. “They know they aren’t going to get the same high. They get angry. Then they argue. Someone’s got a weapon and violence occurs,” he said. Lucrative for some The lure of making large quantities of money, Lindenmuth said, is what keeps people selling. He said he worked on a case in Philadelphia in which a 17-yearold was arrested after a two-year investigation. That 17-year-old was making $3.5 million a year selling crack cocaine and had 15 people working for him. “How do you tell a young person that (they) must give up a life of crime to finish high school and work full time at McDonalds for minimum wage?” Lindenmuth said. “They aren’t going to do it. It’s a means to an end.” A means to continue making money to provide a living and to continue to sell to those who are addicted to the drug. It’s about supply and demand,

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(Luzerne County adult probation) chief, I interviewed the Crips, the Bloods, Jamaicans and Columbians,” King’s College criminal justice Professor James Marinello said Friday. “It always fascinated me why they would come here.” A 2011 report titled, Eastern Pennsylvania Drug and Gang Threat Assessment, includes a map illustrating the source of illicit drugs in urban areas of Eastern Pennsylvania. Northeastern Pennsylvania’s source for heroin, cocaine and marijuana is New York/New Jersey via Interstates 80, 380 and 84, while drug peddlers from Philadelphia use the Northeastern Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, according to the 2011report. A low cost of living and a high demand for illicit drugs makes it an easy attraction for traffickers and gang members, Marinello

Domestic violence county’s 2nd-highest homicide cause

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Homicides involving heated arguments or a robbery of money have always been a problem. In Luzerne County, 35 deaths ruled homicides in the last five years were attributed to those problems. The second-highest number, 18, were due to domestic violence. Domestic violence, said Paul Lindenmuth, a professor of criminal justice at King’s College, is a problem because of power and control. “Domestic violence builds up over time,” Lindenmuth said. “It doesn’t just happen. It boils over a period of time.” According to the FBI, a woman in the U.S. is battered every nine seconds. In Luzerne County, law enforcement responds to domestic violence incidents on the average of 24 times a day. For 2009, Luzerne County was ranked third in the state behind only the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh metro areas in the number of domestic violence-related homicides, according to the local domestic violence center. The Domestic Violence Service

Center in Wilkes-Barre characterizes domestic violence as emotional, physical or sexual, according to their website. Abuse may begin with a light push or slap. It can become a punch or kick. If abuse is not stopped, it will get worse. Abuse can include threats and can be a gradual but consistent wearing down of any good feelings. Abuse can result in the death of the victim. The center says abusers often keep their victims away from family and friends, and limit financial resources to prevent them from running away. If not stopped, abuse will get worse, the center says, and abusers may threaten to harm a victim, their family, their children and event pets. “Abuse can be a gradual but consistent wearing down of any good feelings you might have about yourself. Abuse can include stalking, dating violence, jealousy or manipulation,” the centers website says. Lindenmuth said domestic violence situations are the most dangerous for law enforcement officers because they are thrown into a volatile situation.

Luzerne County, he’s said he’s seen homes sell for only a few thousand dollars. “(Dealers) make that in several hours.” According to U.S. Census records from 2010, the median value of an owner-occupied housing unit in Luzerne County is $113,300. In Philadelphia, that number jumps to $135,200; and in New York City, to a staggering $513,900. “The big city is finding its way here,” he said. Lindenmuth said cheap housing and demand for drugs provides a fertile ground for drug dealers. “You start selling drugs, you’re sort of the king of the walk,” he said. “There’s a lot of people coming into the area, and a lot of those people are good.” Lindenmuth said the increase in crime began in the Poconos, and that it is now spreading into the Wyoming Valley. Cost-of-living issues “Race doesn’t matter … selling A home in Philadelphia, Lin- drugs is a means to an end,” Lindenmuth said, costs several hun- denmuth said, adding he is bothdreds of thousands of dollars. In ered when Section 8 housing is

Lindenmuth said. Dealers come from larger cities to sell drugs in smaller areas, he said. As time goes on, the number of individuals involved in drug-related deaths goes up. But why would they come here? The answer may be thanks to Luzerne County’s social economic status, Lindenmuth said. “The cost of living here … is chump change to a drug dealer in Philadelphia,” he said. Half brothers Shawn Hamilton,18, and Sawud Davis,16, who were charged in the Plymouth triple homicide last week, were both from Philadelphia, according to court papers. The two were staying at a Nanticoke apartment rented by another for a number of months before the July 7 shooting and had no local record of lawful employment.

said. “It’s a market and it’s a good market,” Marinello said. Street gangs have capitalized on that. The state Office of Attorney General and Wilkes-Barre police in October 2008 busted two street gangs – the Long Island Boys and the Jersey City Boys, which operated out of the Sherman Hills apartment complex in WilkesBarre and in the South WilkesBarre neighborhood, respectively. The Long Island gang sold 3,000 to 5,000 heroin packets a week with an estimated street value of $60,000 to $100,000 a week for nearly two years, according to the AG office. Members of the Long Island Gang were linked to the torture of a 15-year-old boy in an apartment on Coal Street, arrest and court records say. After the two gangs were dismantled with arrests, the Sex, Money, Murder faction of the Bloods moved in the area, selling

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blamed for crime. “People say minorities are responsible. No, there’s white (people) involved, too,” he said. Population changes The Wyoming Valley has generally been a safer community than the state’s bigger cities because of its population. For years, the region had a large number of residents 65 and older, according to census records. As of 2011, according to the census, 20 percent of the population is under 18 years of age, while 17.9 percent are 65 and older. Now, as a younger generation take over and new residents come into the community, kids get bored, Lindenmuth said. “They have nothing to do. (You’d likely find) the popularity and accessibility of drugs in our schools is high,” he said. Lindenmuth said the problems have a lot to do with budgets and finances being cut in communities that cannot afford the equipment and training for officers. “It’s a problem nationwide that there doesn’t seem to be a solution for,” he said. “…There needs to be an aggressive effort (by the) criminal justice system to take care of those individuals that are involved in the drug trade.”

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Site of the July 7 murders at 401 First St. in Plymouth. Easy access via roadways makes it easy to get drugs to region.

2,500 to 5,000 heroin packets a week, earning at least $15 million before that gang was busted in October 2010. The ring leader of Sex, Money,

Murder, identified as Albert “Smirk” Rosembert, 28, of Newark, N.J., was sentenced in Luzerne County Court in April to seven to 14 years in state prison.

Among leader in renters The shootings the night of July 7 that left three people dead and a fourth in critical condition occurred in what Petrosky described as a nice neighborhood with a mix of single family houses and apartments. The building where the shooting occurred had several apartments. The most recent housing data from the 2010 Census showed a total of 3,140 housing units in the West Side borough with a total population of 5,951. Of the total units, 2,575 were occupied. Of that,1,360 or 53 percent were owner-occupied compared to 1,215 or 47 percent renter-occupied. There were 3,158 residents in the owner-occupied units and 2,785 living in the renter-occupied units. “We’re one of the leaders in renters,” said Frank Coughlin, president of Plymouth council. In the past, young people left to get an education and did not return to live and work in the borough, he explained. When their elderly parents died the children did not want the family homesteads and sold them, sometimes to out-of-town buyers who neglected the properties and did not care whom they rented to, he added. Coughlin’s been the point man on the borough’s planned ordinance for more than a year. He said he routinely looks at ordinances in an effort to update them. “The first time I think I discussed this at council was April 2011,” he said, to dispel any talk the ordinance was done in haste in reaction to the shootings. Drafting the ordinance Plymouth has an ordinance imposing a $25 fee on landlords for an occupancy permit when someone moves into a rental unit. After looking at landlord tenant ordinances from Kingston, Forty Fort and Edwardsville and from around the state, Coughlin said he picked what were the best points from them and conferred with borough solicitor Mike Kostelansky on drafting the ordinance. It’s expected to be presented at the Aug. 14 council meeting for a vote so something can be on the books, he said. Amendments can be made as needed. “This ordinance isn’t going to stop everything,” Coughlin said. Straub, who manages properties for his Kingston-based company Dream Rentals, viewed the ordinances as well intentioned, but misdirected. “We’re business people,” he said of others like him. He compared the ordinances to going after the gas station where a person filled up their car and then drove it to rob a bank. “I think most of these places that pass these laws, it gives them a good feeling they’re doing something,” Straub said. Sure there are bad landlords, he said, but “more so there are inexperienced landlords.” He acknowledged seeing changes in the Wyoming Valley over the years as a manager. “There’s a lot more things you have to worry about,” he said. He said he screens tenants, does credit checks and doesn’t rent to anyone who’s been evicted. Going a step further than some ordinances, he said, “I work on two strikes you’re out.” Instead of coming down on

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landlords, the towns should work with them to solve problems, he said. “It’s a tough racket. I sympathize with these towns,” he said. Lacking ‘three-strikes’ Coughlin saw it differently. If the manager or landlord did the right thing, “why should you have a problem?” he asked. The borough’s ordinance would require landlords to register the number of rental units and the number of occupants in each one. The names will be kept on file with the borough. Coughlin said he couldn’t answer how the planned ordinance would have made a difference in the case of the shootings. But the borough would have the names of the person or people supposed to be living there. “At least we would know if there should be five people or 25 people or if it just didn’t match up,” he said. Plymouth’s ordinance lacks the “three-strikes” language contained within the Forty Fort ordinance for intolerable behavior committed by tenants, including actions that result in citations, fines and warnings by the code enforcement, police and fire departments. In Forty Fort landlords must report the behavior to borough officials and include a clause in their agreements with tenants spelling out that after “threestrikes” it leads to “immediate eviction proceedings.” Coughlin said the Plymouth ordinance is more like Kingston’s which directs landlords to use all legal means to evict tenants who “routinely engage in disorderly conduct, disturb the public peace, create excessive noise or violate” the states criminal laws relating to dealing drugs three or more times within a 60-day period or more than eight times in a consecutive 12-month time frame. “We’ve successfully used that eight times,” said Paul Keating, Kingston’s municipal administrator. Kingston enacted its ordinance in September 2010 to ensure everyone required to do so paid the 1.999 percent earned income tax and to make sure landlords maintained their properties and their tenants were good neighbors. Some landlords have complained about the $25 charged for an occupancy license for each unit and inquired what the borough does with the money, Keating said. The borough has hired two code enforcement officers since enacting the ordinance and each month issues letters and citations to property owners, said Keating. Keating said he, Mayor James Haggerty and the solicitor are going to review the ordinance, look at its effectiveness and identify weaknesses and take the changes to council for consideration. Keating likened the ordinance to any tool used by the municipality to deal with issues. “It’s necessary any more with the increase in the amount of transient residents that pass through our area,” said Keating. “Crime, decay and problems do not have political boundaries.”

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OS ANGELES - Not a single public opinion survey would have hinted at it in the mid-1970s, but it turns out that stories about Norwegian bachelor farmers, mock ads for the American Duct Tape Council and musical sets mashing together bluegrass and bossa nova have a bit of staying power. Writer and radio host Garrison Keillor has

proved, once again, that people don’t know what they want until you give it to them. He has serenaded public radio audiences with his vaguely plaintive, bemused voice and idiosyncratic variety show since Gerald Ford sat in the White House. When Keillor and the cast of “A Prairie Home Companion” return to the Hollywood Bowl on Friday night, it will be with a commitment to

keep the indomitable act going, albeit with the recognition that the time for changing ringleaders might not be that far down the turnpike. “We are a variety show, an absolute variety show,” Keillor said of “A Prairie Home Companion.” “There are none on television or anySee PRAIRIE, Page 3B

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ody Kyttle is the manager at CK’s Summer Treats in Dallas. Kyttle, 26, is engaged to his fiancée, Gina, and has a son, E.J. Cody attended Lake-Lehman High School and lives in Sweet Valley. CK’s is known in Dallas for its Mexican cuisine and a variety of ice cream treats. How did the establishment come into existence and how were you involved? “In January of 2009 I was working at a motorcycle shop that was about to close. My parents, Lonnie and Eli, wanted to start an ice cream place with food in the offering, too. So in July of 2009 we opened CK’s. The ice cream was popular, but the Mexican food that we offered really took off. We ended up being a year-round restaurant serving ice cream

from May to October and regular food all year long.” What’s on the menu? “We have tacos, burritos, enchiladas, chicken, fish, shrimp, pork and ground beef. We also offer cheesesteak hoagies, hot dogs, fries and a large variety of ice cream treats.” What were some of the jobs you did growing up? “I worked at the Back Mountain Tomato Farm when I was a sophomore in high school. I was also employed as a truck washer at Pike’s Creek Sand and Gravel when I was a senior.” Has CK’s been involved in any charitable events? “We were actually involved with the Dallas Harvest Festival one year and raised money that was donated to the Misericordia Women With Children Program. The program is geared towards academically qualified single mothers of all ages. It provides them the opportunity to attend classes while living on the campus with their children.” Your family and CK’s served as an in-

spiration when it comes to charity. Who was someone in your life you looked up to and admired who helped you grow into the person you are today? “My father really helped me because of his work ethic and the way he carried himself through the years. I learned a great deal from him.” When you are not working what do you like to do? “I really enjoy mountain biking and hanging out with my family.” Where have you been or where would you like to go? “I went to the Daytona 500 twice and that was a blast. Someday I would love to travel to Yellowstone National Park.” What are some of your favorite places in Northeastern Pennsylvania? “I enjoy my own backyard, actually.” How about restaurants other than the one you run. Do you have any favorites? “I like to get breakfast at the Red Rooster in Pike’s Creek. I also enjoy meals at Connor’s See KYTTLE, Page 3B

ome recent queries on the Luzerne County Genweb have given new proof to the old adage that “there’s more than one way to skin a cat.” Translated, that means if you’re a genealogist who’s finding that the usual ways of tracing ancestors aren’t working, don’t give up. Read, study, ask questions and find another way. Let’s say that you’re trying to track down an ancestor who lived in Luzerne County many generations ago. You’ve got that much from an old U.S. census or family lore. But, try as you might, you can’t find parentage, immigration data, marriage records or anything else you need to flesh out your search. It’s time for History 101. Hitting the books, you’ll find that present-day Luzerne County is just a small part of what used to be an enormous county covering most of Northeastern Pennsylvania. That could mean your ancestor lived in what is now an entirely different county, and maybe that’s where you should look for information. Here’s a brief guide. Luzerne County was created out of Northumberland County in 1786. In 1810 two more counties – Susquehanna and Bradford – were created out of Luzerne, greatly reducing its acreage. Then, in 1878, Lackawanna County was created out of Luzerne. So if your long-ago ancestor farmed land near Towanda (Bradford County), attended church in Montrose (Susquehanna County) or operated a business in Carbondale (Lackawanna County), this “Luzerne County” ancestor might best be researched elsewhere. Official governmental records, of course, probably are in Luzerne County. But other records – burial, historical, biographical and the like – probably aren’t. Here are websites that will get you into these counties. Search them and you will find references to historical societies and libraries, as well as information on county history and availability of official records. Try www.susqco.com, www.bradfordcountypa.org and www.lackawannacounty.org. Luzerne County’s site is www.luzernecounty.org. Those sites, of course, will tell you exactly where you should be looking. If you live far away, inquire about research services. Today, many historical societies and libraries are thoroughly devoted to genealogy. You can also post queries on the appropriate county Genweb message board, again not limiting yourself to present-day Luzerne County. Records Update: No decision is yet in sight on the question of how Luzerne County is going to deal with its two centuries of paper records – now stored in a building that has been criticized for its inadequacies. County Manager Robert Lawton, who has been on the job only a few months, recently reiterated his policy of exploring all options before committing the county to a course of action. A holdup is that much of the money (about $860,000) the county had built up in its records fund, has been spent, and how that happened has become part of a wideranging investigation. The county Records Improvement Committee is now under new leadership and is meeting regularly. Meanwhile, Lackawanna County has been putting its records online, free and easily accessible by the public. Some other Pennsylvania counties have built user-friendly records centers that are open to the public. News Notes: Mining – once Northeastern Pennsylvania’s dominant industry - is on the agenda for the next meeting of the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation will offer “Mine Pool and Borehole Monitoring for Lackawanna Valley.” The society meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at 1100 Main St., Peckville. Go to www.grsnp.org or call (570) 383-7661. Tom Mooney is a Times Leader genealogy columnist. Reach him at tmooney2@ptd.net.

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Plymouth High Class of ’45 holds luncheon The Plymouth High School Class of 1945 recently held a Dutch-treat luncheon at Patte’s Sports Bar and Restaurant, Wilkes-Barre, to celebrate its 67th anniversary with spouses and friends. Attendees, from left, first row, are Dorothy Narren, Jacqueline Fraiser Bromack, Myra Daugherty Davis, Joan Small Healey, Dolores Piszczek Wrazen and Elsie Jones Daniels. Second row: Bernard Narren, Abdail Phillips, Bernard Healey, George Burk, Joseph Wrazen and Herbert Daniels. Absent were Albert, Helen and Mary Romanick and Florence Redyker Bryan.

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Students in the Luzerne County Community College Professional Truck Driving Program recently completed the program at the college’s Public Safety Training Institute. The program is dedicated to providing quality training for professional entry-level tractor-trailer drivers. Participants (above), from left, first row: Jeff Panetta, Nanticoke; Ed Carle, Kingston; Joe Rovelli, Wilkes-Barre; and Wayne Jeckell, West Nanticoke. Second row: Kyle Poluske, Dallas; Justin Neare, Dallas; Peter Domanski, Beaver Meadows; Harold Fisher, coordinator, truck driving program; and John Walko, instructor, truck driving program. More participants (below), from left, first row: John Belles, instructor, truck driving program; Troy Kull, Plymouth; Corey Davis, West Wyoming; Shannon Fisher, Mountain Top; and Jim Somers Jr., Hazleton. Second row: John Walko, instructor, truck driving program; Chris Foote, Wilkes-Barre; Jim Lavelle, West Pittston; Jim Serfass, Harveys Lake; and Harold Fisher, coordinator, truck driving program.

University of Scranton The University of Scranton recently announced its Dean’s List which recognizes students for academic excellence during the 2012spring semester. The list includes students from the university’s College of Arts and Sciences, the Kania School of Management, the Panuska College of Professional Studies and the College of Graduate and Continuing Education. Luzerne County: Rubia Ahmed, Mountain Top; Sara M. Aijaz, Mountain Top; Julia D. Alperin Frakes, Kingston; Christina M. Amato, West Wyoming; Joshua J. Bayzick, Sugarloaf; Maria P.

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A couple of anthologies of his writing are in the making, “which is what a person does when one turns 70.” He’ll be sailing on the Queen Mary to Europe when the birthday hits next month. (Once there he will host a “Prairie Home Companion” cruise “for 1,200 of my closest friends,” who will tour Spain and Portugal.) He said he welcomes the milestone. “To be in your late 60s is to live in trepidation,” he said. “It will be a relief to get over the line.” Not that the veteran performer isn’t conscious of other people watching him for signs of decline. During a recent show at Tanglewood, he was in the midst of a traditional walkabout through the audience when he wavered slightly on the uneven ground. “I didn’t fall or even exactly stumble,” Keillor said. “It was just a little hitch, and I had to grab the railing. You could hear the whole audience inhale. It’s ’Oh, dear, this old galoot is about to take a tumble.’” He said he has no intention of pressing on past his due date. “I don’t ever, ever want to be in front of an audience and feel them pitying me,” he said. “That is the worst.”

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r. and Mrs. Randy Faux are honored to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Shannon Marie, to Alan Robert Brown, son of Richard and Pamela Brown, Dalton, Pa. The bride-to-be graduated from Misericordia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in medical imaging and is employed as a CT technologist at Geisinger CMC. The prospective groom graduated from Keystone College with an associate’s degree in business and is employed as a maintenance technician at Cascades Tissue Group. The wedding ceremony will take place at 4 p.m. on Aug.10, 2012, at Lake Winola United Methodist Church. A reception will follow at Montdale Country Club in Montdale, Pa.

and approaching marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Robert and Jane McManus, WilkesBarre. She is the granddaughter of Robert and Rita McManus and Dale Rinker, all of Wilkes-Barre, and the late Anne Rinker. The prospective groom is the son of Philip and Maria Mertz, Forty Fort. He is the grandson of George and Madeline Mertz, Bainbridge, N.Y., and the late Dinos and Jenny Bardoutsou, Patra, Greece. Alison is a 2007 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing and finance from King’s College in 2011. She is employed by IBEW Local Union 1319 in Wilkes-Barre. Alex is a 2003 graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from St. Joseph University in 2007 and earned his certificate of education in secondary studies from King’s College in 2012. He is employed by MD Medical Management in Kingston. The couple will exchange vows in summer 2013 at Bennett Presbyterian Church, Luzerne.

Gavalla, Dougherty he engagement of Sarah Dougherty, daughter of Florence DoughT erty and the late Martin U. Dough-

erty, Forty Fort, to Michael Gavalla, son of Michael and Mary Gavalla, Dunmore, is announced by the bride’s mother. Sarah is a 2005 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and a 2009 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications. She is pursuing a master’s degree in early childhood education at Towson University, Maryland. Michael is a 2000 graduate of Dunmore High School and a 2005 graduate of The Pennsylvania State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management. He is employed as a project manager for James G. Davis Construction Corporation, Rockville, Md. A summer 2013 wedding is planned in State College.

Bell, Miller wayne and Becky Miller, Mountain Top, are happy to announce the D engagement of their daughter, Brandi Lyn, to Michael Bell, Pittston, son of Michael and Debbie Bell, Pittston. Brandi is the granddaughter of the late Barney and Nelda Miller, Mountain Top, and the late Leo and Maryann Dempsey, Howell, Mich. Mike is the grandson of Imelda Simonson and the late Marvin (Bucca) Simonson and the late Michael and Margaret Colarusso Bell. The happy couple got engaged in Delaware, one of their favorite places to vacation. An April 2013 wedding is planned.

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and approaching marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Anthony and Pamela Piazza, Pittston. She is the granddaughter of Gladys Dale and the late Thomas Dale, West Pittston, and the late Concetta and John Piazza, Swoyersville. Kimberly is a 2003 graduate of Pittston Area High School. She graduated from King’s College with a Bachelor of Arts degree and certification in elementary education in 2007 and earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction in 2011 from King’s College. Kimberly is employed by Pittston Area School District as a kindergarten teacher. The prospective groom is the son of Jay Hughes, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and the late Deborah Hughes. He is the grandson of Virginia Smith and the late Robert Smith, Mountain Top, and the late Marian and John Hughes, Wilkes-Barre. James is a 2003 graduate of Crestwood High School. He graduated from King’s College in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and teaching certifications in biology and middle school math in 2009. He earned his master’s degree in instructional technology from Wilkes University in 2011. He is employed by C3i as a help desk technician. The couple will exchange vows on July 22, 2012, at the Waterfront Banquet Facility, Plains Township. The couple will honeymoon on a cruise to Bermuda.

Gelsleichter, Taroli lison Marie Taroli and Eric Gelsleichter, together with their famA ilies, announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of attorney Garry and Kathleen Taroli, Dallas. She is the granddaughter of Marilyn Taroli and the late Henry J. Taroli, Kingston, and the late John and Rita Bustin, Forty Fort. The prospective groom is the son of William and Nadine Gelsleichter, Tunkhannock. He is the grandson of the late William and Ginger Gelsleichter and the late Murray and Doris Hoyt, all of Wilkes-Barre. The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Bishop Hoban High School. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from King’s College in 2007. She earned a Master of Science degree in natural resources policy from the State University of New York and a Juris Doctorate from Syracuse University in 2010. She is employed as a patent and trademark attorney at Steptoe & Johnson, LLP in Washington, D.C. The prospective groom is a 2003 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from King’s College in 2007. He is completing his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. The couple will exchange vows on Oct. 13, 2012, at The Highlands in Dallas.

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Rosengrant and Abram Blandina and Jay Weinschenk A shlie Lewis were united in marriage on were united in marriage on May J26,aime Oct. 8, 2011, at the Dallas United 2012, at the Oblates of Saint Joseph in Pittston by the Rev. Paul McDonnell. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James M. Blandina, Wyoming. She is the granddaughter of Helen Adonizio and the late Charles Adonizio Jr., Pittston, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Blandina, Wyoming. The groom is the son of Attorney and Mrs. Alfred Weinschenk, Clarks Green. He is the grandson of the late Attorney and Mrs. Alfred Weinschenk, Dunmore, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Houlihan, Clarks Summit. Given in marriage by her father, the bride chose her sister-in-law, Arienne Blandina, as her matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Molly McDonald and Amy Green, sisters of the groom. The groom chose his father as his best man. Groomsmen were Michael Blandina, brother of the bride, and Patrick McDonald and Chris Green, brothers-in-law of the groom. Ring bearers were Daniel Green, Matthew Green and Connor McDonald, nephews of the groom. The Rev. Paul McDonnell welcomed the wedding party and guests to the Oblates of Saint Joseph. The Rev. Joseph Adonizio, cousin of the bride, concelebrated the Mass. Jane Adonizio Lukas, aunt and godmother of the bride, and Sara Port, cousin of the groom, gave scripture readings. Offertory gifts were presented by Julia and Jake Adonizio, cousins of the bride. An evening reception was hosted by the parents of the bride at the Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre, and a rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at Glen Oaks Country Club, Clarks Summit. The couple was honored with a cocktail party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenthal, dear friends of the bride, at the Apple Tree Terrace, Dallas. The parents of the bride entertained friends and out-of-town guests at a brunch in the garden of their home on Sunday after the wedding. The bride is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory High School and a graduate of the University of Delaware, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration with a minor in international marketing. She is employed with Geisinger Health System as an operations manager in the Community Practice Service Line in the Scranton Department. The groom is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory High School and a graduate of Catholic University, Washington, D.C., where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in financial manager. Mr. Weinschenk also earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Scranton. He is employed with Net Driven as a client relations executive. The couple plans to honeymoon later this year. They reside in Dallas, Pa.

The Shinals

r. and Mrs. Gerald Shinal Sr., Wilkes-Barre Township, celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on July 6, 2012. They were married July 6, 1957, by the late Rev. Cyril M. Frankovich in St. Joseph’s Slovak Church, WilkesBarre. Mrs. Shinal is the former Theresa Citsay, daughter of the late Theresa and Charles Citsay, Wilkes-Barre Township. She is retired from the dietary department at River Street Manor. Mr. Shinal is the son of the late John and Anna Shinal, Wilkes-Barre Township. He is retired from the banking industry. They have two children, Gerald Jr. and his wife, Anita, Wilkes-Barre Township, and Robert Shinal and his wife, Megan, Wilkes-Barre Township. They also have three grandsons, Gerald III, Robert Jr. and Jacob Shinal.

Methodist Church. The bride is the daughter of Ernest Rick Rosengrant, Tunkhannock, and Lori Hardik, Noxen. She is the granddaughter of the late Walter I. and Doris Galka, Noxen, and the late Ernest and Florence Rosengrant, Tunkhannock. The groom is the son of the Rev. Dr. William and Sharron Lewis, Dallas. He is the grandson of the late Davie and Margaret Gibbs, Scranton, and Jean Lewis, Gouldsboro, and the late George Lewis. The bride was escorted down the aisle and given in marriage by her father. She chose her sister, Kylie Rosengrant, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Nichele Costello, Kelli Harvey, Rebecca Pastrovich and Kristy Buchman. The groom chose his best friend, Aaron Littzi, as the best man. Groomsmen were Ethan Lewis, brother of the groom; Scott Rosengrant, brother of the bride; and friends Barry Griffiths, Anthony Waskevich and Joseph Spagnuolo. The ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Dr. William Lewis, father of the groom. Music was provided by Peter Uritz, organist; Matthew Blom, trumpeter; and Wong Menggi, violinist. A cocktail hour and reception were held at the Irem Country Club, Dallas, after the ceremony. The bride is a 2002 graduate of Tunkhannock Area High School and a 2006 graduate of East Stroudsburg University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education. She is employed by the Tunkhannock Area School District as a fifth-grade teacher. The groom is a 1998 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and a 2002 graduate of the University of Vermont, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in geography. He is employed by the Luzerne County GIS Department. The couple honeymooned at Hermitage Bay in Saint John, Antigua. They reside in Dallas with their energetic dog, Bentley.

ary Beth Barber and David Pacchioni were united in the sacrament of M marriage on July 9, 2011, at St. Barbara’s

Parish, Exeter, by the Rev. Paul McDonnell. The bride is the daughter of Stephen and Sophie Barber, Pittston. She is the granddaughter of Joseph and Barbara Barber, Kingston, and Rebecca Egan and the late Donald Egan, Yatesville. The groom is the son of Victor and Maria Pacchioni, Exeter. He is the grandson of Thelma Pacchioni Stella and the late Victor Pacchioni and the late Vincent Stella, Pittston, and the late Yolanda and Charles Nilsen, Exeter. The bride was escorted down the aisle and given in marriage by her father. She chose her friend, Kira Jugus, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Allison Barber, sister of the bride; Lisa Carl and Lisa Jannone, friends of the bride; and Quinn Egan and Kayla Barber, cousins of the bride. The flower girl was Paige Smith, cousin of the bride. The groom chose his brothers, Victor and Anthony Pacchioni, as his best men. Groomsmen were Joseph Demark and Mario Palmieri, friends of the groom, and Stephen Barber, brother of the bride. Junior groomsmen were Mason Egan and Henry Barber, cousins of the bride. Ring bearer was Ryan Nestorick, cousin of the bride. Following the ceremony, an evening cocktail hour and reception were held at the Waterfront Banquet Facility, Plains Township. The bride was honored with a bridal shower given by the bridesmaids and mothers of the bride and groom at the Waterfront Banquet Facility, Plains Township. The rehearsal dinner was hosted by the parents of the groom at Marianacci’s Restaurant, Wyoming. The bride is a 2005 graduate of Pittston Area High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in speech language pathology from East Stroudsburg University in 2009. The groom is a 2004 graduate of Wyoming Area High School and earned a bachelor’s degree in secondary education with a concentration in mathematics from East Stroudsburg University in 2008. He is employed as a mathematics teacher with the Pleasant Valley School District. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia. They reside in West Pittston.

Tony Muskas celebrates 80th birthday ony Muskas, Terrace Drive, MounT tain Top, celebrated

The Rymans ick and Caprice Ryman, Kingston, recently celebrated their R 30th wedding anniversary. They were

married on June 18, 1982, in St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre. Their attendants were Elaine Blessing, Eileen McFadden Clair, Robert Ryman, Joseph Ryman and Frank Curcio Jr. Mrs. Ryman, the former Caprice Hayes, is the daughter of the late Edmund C. and Ann Wideman and is employed by the Wyoming Valley West School District. Mr. Ryman is the son of the late Patrick and Flora Ryman and is employed by Wilkes-Barre Cleaning Company. Their son Tyler will be a sophomore at Drexel University and their daughter Devin will be a senior at Wyoming Valley West High School. The couple was honored at a surprise dinner party given by their children.

his 80th birthday on June 16. His wife of 57 years is the former Maureen Long. He is the father of four children, Debi Cox, Patti Shinko, Tony Muskas and Kelly Thunstrom. He also has five grandchildren, Stas Shinko, Haley Van Cox, Tony Muskas, Jason Shinko and Sara Muskas and five great-grandchildren, T.J., Colin, Ryan, Julia and Caiden Muskas. Tony was employed by Bridon American until his retirement. Tony’s birthday was celebrated at the home of his daughter, Kelly, in Royersford, with a Hawaiian theme to commemorate his time of service in the Coast Guard. His children also surprised him with a limo ride to and from his overnight stay in Atlantic City, N.J.

OUT-OF-TOWN BIRTHS Bloomsburg Hospital Seibert, Sharron and Gerald Walker, Hunlock Creek, a daughter, June 22. Grandparents are Isabel M. Giuglieno, George J. Walker, Carole Liles and Richard D. Hoag.

Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg Kingsbury, Karissa and Matthew, Muhlenburg, a son, June 20. Grandparents are Joseph and Kathy Capitan, Kingston, and John and Beth Kingsbury, Red Rock.

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Four generations of Rugh family gather for 81st birthday our generations of the Rugh family gathered to celebrate the birthF day of Doreen Rugh, 81, on June 22 in

The Sariks r. and Mrs. Robert Sarik, Lancaster, recently celebratM ed their 30th wedding anniver-

sary. Mrs. Sarik is the former Kathryn Hopkins of Laurel Run. The couple was married April 17, 1982, in Calvary Bible Church, East Stroudsburg, by the Rev. J. Christopher Smith. Mr. Sarik retired from Bell Atlantic Corporation. Mrs. Sarik is a retiree of Verizon Communications, Inc. The couple celebrated the event with an 18-day trip in June to Egypt, Jordan and Israel. Highlights included the Sphinx and Pyramids at Giza, the Cairo Museum, Petra, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead Sea, Masada and the Sea of Galilee.

Oil City. Doreen is a mother of three, grandmother of six and great-grandmother of four. She also celebrated her 60th wedding anniversary with her husband, Harold, on June 28. The family celebrated Doreen’s birthday by having a barbecue surrounded by family and friends at the Rugh home in Oil City. Four generations, from left, are Doreen Rugh; Darlene Weaver, Wyoming; Tia Miller holding Kaydence Miller, Plymouth.

Pi Beta Gamma Club members enjoy summer party The Pi Beta Gamma Club of Wyoming Valley recently held its annual summer party at Map’s Restaurant, Nanticoke. The club’s officers, Susan Najaka, Delphine Kaminski, Jane Straub and Joyce Latoski, made the arrangements for the party. Prizes were won by Ruth Sorber, Mary Ann Smith, Carla Kaminski, Irene Jones, Estella Parker-Killian, Bernadine Clark, Florence Sowa, Patricia Reese, Susan Najaka and Sandra Najaka. Estella Parker-Killian, regional director for the Alzheimer’s Association, accepted the club’s annual charitable donation on behalf of the Alzheimer’s Association. Diane Pelczar, Ruth Sorber and Carla Kaminski were on the Charity Research Committee. At the party, from left, first row, are Betty Straub, Carla Kaminski, Parker-Killian, Sorber and Delphine Kaminski. Second row: Jones, Reese, Sandra Najaka, Sowa and Clark. Third row: Janet Babskie, Sandra Margavage, Jane Straub, Smith, Latoski and Susan Najaka.

lock Creek, a daughter, June 22.

BIRTHS Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Holland, Amy, Nicholson Township, a son, June 21. Destefano, Krystal and Kelvin Pena, Tobyhanna, a son, June 21. Chepalonis, Shari and Jason, Harding, a daughter, June 21. Rains, Carla and Brandon Bell, Ashley, a daughter, June 21. Matias, Gloria and Bobby Linton, WilkesBarre, a son, June 22.

son, June 28.

Villano, Cassandra and Joseph Lennox, Luzerne, a son, June 22.

Polidora, Gina and Matthew, Drums, a daughter, June 28.

Steltz, Cassandra and Kurt Mager, WilkesBarre, a son, June 23.

Choudrhy, Ambreen and Sharoon, WilkesBarre, a daughter, June 28.

Parks, Tricia and Justin Wahl, Kingston, a daughter, June 24.

Gutierrez, Janine and Joseph, Shavertown, a daughter, June 28.

Magana, Cydney and Michael Law, Pittston, a daughter, June 24.

Marriggi, Amanda and Ronald Royce Emlaw, Avoca, a son, June 28.

Gazda, Dawn and Jamie Merlino, Old Forge, a daughter, June 25.

Chu, Antoinette and Aaron Howell, Mehoopany, a son, June 28.

Cave, Caryn and John, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 25.

Cragle, Rayanne and Josh Greising, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 29.

Glorianne, Sjanna and David Shreve, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, June 26.

Smith, Ann Marie, Taylor, a daughter, June 29.

Culver, Gail and Brad Artley, Plains Township, a son, June 26.

Asiri, Fatimah and Brahim Brnawi, WilkesBarre, a son, June 29.

Quinn, Ashley and Scott, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 22.

Bailey, Devon, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 26.

Hitt, Molly and Austin Patton, Mountain Top, a son, June 22.

Kolatis, Barbara and Daniel Herchenroeder, Pittston, a son, June 27.

Roberts, Dana and Ryan, Duryea, a son, June 22.

Stitzer, Joanne and Matthew, Kingston, a son, June 27.

Taylor, Kailee and Matthew Neary, Hun-

Roman, Jacqueline and Frank, Kingston, a

Newton, Anisha and David, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 29. Monego, Marisa and Chris Planutis, WilkesBarre, a daughter, June 30. Roman, Jessica and Justin Andress, Mountain Top, a daughter, June 30.

The Shimkos oseph and Betty Romanecz OUT-OF-TOWN Avoca, are celebrating JtheirShimko, 40th wedding anniversary

today, July 15, 2012. They are the parents of Kenneth Ruddy, Hanover; Drew Shimko, Jonestown; and Todd Shimko, Selinsgrove. They have three grandchildren, Keilani, Emma and Todd Jr. Joseph is a retired vice president from the Cross Valley Federal Credit Union, where he continues to serve on the board of directors. Betty was a former data entry supervisor for the Social Security Administration.

degree in music education. Kaitlin Magni, Sweet Valley, Bachelor of Science degree in English, education. Dylan Tyree, Stillwater, Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice administration.

University of New Haven, West Haven, Conn.

Alfred State, Alfred, N.Y.

Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind.

Ursinus College, Collegeville

Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.

The College of Saint Rose, Albany, N.Y.

GRADUATES

Megan Brooks, Berwick, degree from the architectural technology program.

Travers Schmidt, Tamaqua, Bachelor of Science degree in biological engineering. Gina Volpicelli, Ashley, Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Jennifer Misunas, Wilkes-Barre.

Kelsey Fish, Berwick, Bachelor of Music

OUT-OF-TOWN DEANS’ LISTS Drew University, Madison, N.J.

Marissa Kraynak, Plymouth; River Merz, Albrightsville.

Duquesne University, Pittsburgh

Christina Flaherty, Hanover Township.

Elizabethtown College

Marisa Del Gaudio, Dallas; Matthew Rimbey, Hazle Township; Jessica Tarence, Mountain Top; Megan DiBernardino, Drums.

Fairfield University, Fairfield, Conn.

our generations of the Grilli family recently gathered for a family reunion and holiday celebration. Four generations, from left: Levio, father; Christopher, grandson, holding Maxwell Levio, great-grandson; and Joseph, son.

Elizabeth Boyle, Mountain Top, Bachelor of Arts degree.

University of Charleston School of Pharmacy, Charleston, W.Va. Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, Chance Kuchinskas, Plymouth, Doctor of N.J. Pharmacy degree. Mansfield University

Four generations of Grilli family gather for holidays

Amber Triano, Tamaqua, Bachelor of Arts degree in humanistic studies.

Molly Feeney, West Wyoming; Andrew Jackowitz, Moosic; Sara Hoegen, Kingston.

Lackawanna College, Scranton

President’s List: Matthew Berlew, Pittston; Jane Burroughs, Dunmore; Lauren Christiansen, Lake Ariel; Kevin Cleary, Scott Township; Alaina Cruz, Sugarloaf; Jasmine Davis, Lake Ariel; Luke Dinan, Lake Ariel; Shaymaa Elmiligi, Dunmore; Ralph

University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass.

Jacqueline Kobal, Pittston.

Emmett, Pittston; Tammy Estus, Avoca; Kevin Fitzgerald, Lake Ariel; David Gilligan, Lake Ariel; James Gist, Sugar Notch; Kathleen Gregory, Tunkhannock; Peter Haasz, Dunmore; Erica Hunsicker, Dunmore; Megan Hunsinger, Hazleton; Tracy Letcher, Hazleton; Nina Mari, Dunmore; Liam Munley, Lake Ariel; Angelia Polasky, Old Forge; Edward Stobodzian, Hanover Township; Brittany Surace, Scott Township; Dana Sword, Hazleton. Dean’s List: Andrew Augustine, Wilkes-Barre; Carson Baker, Lehman; Alexander BaumannNelson, Lake Ariel; Colin Buchanan, Lake Ariel; Thomas Butler, Dunmore; Tiffaney Card, Hazleton; Joseph Carlson, Old Forge; Joshua Covey, Lake Ariel; Marie Daday, Lake Ariel; Kyle Dodgson, Dunmore; Raymond Dugan, Lake Ariel; Angela Farkus, Drums; Jessica Fernandez, Lake Ariel; Alicia Franco, Old Forge; James Gallagher, Lake Ariel; Allison Grevera, Old Forge; Jane Harris, Old Forge; Chelsey Karp, Duryea; Jonathon Kaville, Old Forge; Garth Lakitsky, Tamaqua; Christina Lesko, Wilkes-Barre; Ryan Mahovich, Hazleton; Gina Mancuso, Old Forge; Jamie Marejka, Old Forge; Emily McColl, Lake Ariel; Matthew Mischello, Old Forge; John Mumie, Sugarloaf; Alicia Murray, Lake Ariel; Kena Patel, Dunmore; Crystal Perez, Old Forge; Troy Prescott,

Amanda Brooking, Wapwallopen, Bachelor of Science degree in forensic science.

Katie Banas, Dallas, Bachelor of Arts degree in media and communication studies and art.

Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.

Matthew Connelly, Kingston, Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude.

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Del.

Sara Alsaleh, Bear Creek Township, Juris Doctor degree. Megan Kwak, Wyoming, Juris Doctor degree. Lindsay Malia, Forty Fort, Juris Doctor degree.

Pittston; Nicholas Ranella, Dunmore; Mark Reilly, Duryea; Christina Salvaggio, West Wyoming; Marissa Sluko, Dunmore; Christen Tomasetti, Lake Ariel; George Weitz, Dunmore.

Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Antonio Mena, Tamaqua; Fiona Steel, Edwardsville.

Rider University, Lawrenceville, N.J.

Stephen Brand, Kingston; Alexandra Forte, Hazleton; Adam Wayman, Wilkes-Barre.

Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y. Andrea Butchko, Dallas.

University of Pittsburgh

Christopher Clemson, Dallas.

University of Scranton Nicole Clemson, Dallas.

Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg

Meredith Demark, Exeter; Ryan Molitoris, Plains Township; Andrew Race, Hughestown; Cassandra Shannon, Pittston.

Gina M. Stefanelli, Thornhurst, recently earned a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Stefanelli is the daughter of Karen and Anthony Stefanelli, Thornhurst, and the sister of Tony Stefanelli, Stefanelli Philadelphia. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of Scranton in 2006 and a Master of Science degree with a concentration in forensic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2012. Dr. Stefanelli is continuing her medical training in internal medicine at Mercy Suburban Hospital, East Norriton. Andrew J. VanLoon, son of Mark and Stephanie VanLoon, Dallas, recently graduated from Ohio Northern’s Pettit College of Law at Ohio Northern University. He earned the degree of Juris Doctor. VanLoon VanLoon was active in the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity. He earned his undergraduate degree from The Pennsylvania State University. Randolph I. Granger, Kingston, academic dean and member of the history department at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, received the Frances and Louis Maslow Upper School Award for excellence in teaching during the school’s commencement ceremony. Granger received the Granger honor in recognition of his effective teaching, support of the academic program and ideals of the school and positive influence on the lives of the students. Since joining the school in 1994, Granger has served as a teacher of American history, chair of the history department, associate dean of students, director of financial aid, associate director and director of admissions, Advanced Placement coordinator, dean of faculty and academic dean. He has also served as a dormitory parent and an assistant lacrosse, boys ice hockey and football coach. In addition, he served as co-chair of a steering committee which established the National Association of Independent School Admission Professionals. Prior to joining Seminary, he served as chair of the history department, director of summer school and a member of the admission committee at the Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant, Utah, and was associate director of admission and a history teacher at Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Trinity College and a Master of Science degree in education from Wilkes University. Ann Romanowski, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Romanowski, West Pittston, recently received the Harry W. Wilson Memorial Award during commencement ceremonies at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory Romanowski School. She received the award in recognition of her excellence and versatility in sports and for true sportsmanship. Prior to commencement, she also received the Karen Klassner Award in recognition of her achievement through perseverance in athletics. Mary Elizabeth Griseto, Kingston, recently accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars, a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first- and secondyear college students. Membership is by invitation only.

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Daniel M. Belikov

Victoria L. Harper

Daniel M. Belikov, son of Irene Keselman and Michael V. Belikov, is celebrating his fourth birthday today, July15. Daniel is a grandson of Natalia and Valery Belikov, WilkesBarre, and Nadya and Boris Keselman, New York. He is a great-grandson of Nina and Mykhaylo Belikov and Manya Keselman.

Victoria Lynn Harper, daughter of Paul and Michaline Harper, Mountain Top, is celebrating her ninth birthday today, July15. Victoria is a granddaughter of Michaline Grzymski, Mocanaqua; the late Sylvester Grzymski; Rita Harper, Wyoming; and the late Francis Harper. She has a brother, Jeremy,12.

Swaback Family helps beautify Forty Fort Cemetery The Swaback family from Forty Fort recently volunteered for several weekends to help clean up the Forty Fort Cemetery and surrounding areas. The family had the permission of the borough council to help beautify the area. At the cemetery, from left, are Robert, Rachel and Matthew Swaback.

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Zoey R. Matosky Zoey Rae Matosky, daughter of John and Tiffany Matosky, Forty Fort, is celebrating her first birthday today, July 15th. Zoey is a granddaughter of Jack and Margaret Matosky, Plains Township; Ron Reed, Wilkes-Barre; and Noni Robin Greeley, Blakeslee. She is a great-granddaughter of Ann Marie Reed, Harding. Zoey has a brother, Jake, 3.

IN BRIEF DALLAS: Misericordia University is holding an open house for adult learners from 4-7 p.m. on Aug. 14 in Huntzinger Room 218 of Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall. The event is open to adults interested in obtaining more information about the university’s undergraduate and graduate programs and those who have general questions about entering or returning to college. Members of the faculty and representatives from admissions and financial aid will be available for consultation. Appointments can be made, but registration is not necessary. For more information, contact the Admissions Office at 674-6791 or visit www.mi-

MEETINGS Friday NANTICOKE: The Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club, 7 p.m., Room 109, Advanced Tech-

Seventh- and eighth-grade students from St. Nicholas-St. Mary School recently participated in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science state competition at Penn State, University Park. First-place award winners were Nicholas Brown, Alexis Davison, Brynn Kukosky, Monica Morrison, Shelby Smith and Gabby Tomasura. Second-place award winners were Cameron Brennan, Nicole Cavanaugh, Collin Gatrone and Julia Randazzo. Shelby Smith received special recognition with a perfect score for her research on toxic nail polish, a topic recently highlighted on Good Morning America. Participants, from left, first row, are Randazzo, Brown, Cavanaugh, Gatrone and Smith. Second row: Janice Szczechowicz, teacher and sponsor; Davison, Tomasura, Kukosky, Morrison and Brennan.

Kayla Rizzo Kayla Rizzo, daughter of Stephanie Farris, Kingston, and Bryan Rizzo, Swoyersville, is celebrating her third birthday today, July 15. Kayla is a granddaughter of Judy and Joe Laurito, Jim and Krysy Farris, Lynne RizzoBurns and Dmitri Burns. She is a great-granddaughter of Nancy Humiston, Sam Rizzo and Kimberly Rizzo.

sericordia.edu/adulted. The university is also holding an open house for high school students and their parents from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Aug. 18. Registration begins at 9 a.m. in the Anderson Sports and Health Center and a special “Meet the Coaches” session will take place from 9-10 a.m. The schedule includes refreshments, campus tours, a faculty session luncheon and meetings with representatives of student services, athletics and financial aid. A special session will also be held on the Alternative Learner’s Project for students with learning disabilities. For more information, or to register, contact the Admissions Office at 675-4449, toll free 1-866-262-6363 or email admiss@misericordia.edu. nology Center at Luzerne County Community College. New members welcome. All attendees should bring a type of fungi for identification purposes. For more information contact Phil Yeager at 7793594 or 332-4841.

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Webelo moves on to Troop 302 Webelo Mark Schechter recently graduated from Cub Pack 302 into Troop 302, both groups sponsored by the Corpus Christi Parish, 605 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston. At the ceremony, from left: Patrick Messina, Scout Master, Troop 302; Mark Schechter; William Schechter; Julie Schechter; and Rosalie Messina, Cub Master, Pack 302.

Kiwanians get update on Ronald McDonald House Sem grads receive Wandell Scholarship Award Wyoming Seminary graduates Olivia Bolus, Exeter; Sun Ho Lee, Seoul, South Korea; Katherine Marsman, Wantagh, N.Y.; and Ashlyn Reiser, Shavertown, received the Jennie Hess Wandell Scholarship Award during commencement. The award is given in recognition of the students’ academic achievements and school leadership. Award winners, from left, are Bolus, Reiser, Lee and Marsman.

Wyoming Area Kiwanians recently heard a report on the Ronald McDonald House in Scranton from Rich Bradshaw, executive director, and Michael Nicholas, family room coordinator. The Scranton Ronald McDonald House has eight bedrooms and caters to people from all over the Northeast whose children are hospitalized in the greater Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area. Interested groups, like the Kiwanis Club, undertake painting, mailing, clean up and food preparation for the guests. The house also provides van transportation for the families. At the meeting, from left: Nicholas; Bradshaw; Bob Orlando, president, Kiwanis; and Megan Kuffa, lieutenant governor-elect, Kiwanis.

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Wyoming Seminary Middle School William Davis, interim dean, Wyoming Seminary Middle School, recently announced the Academic High Honor Roll and Academic Honor Roll for the third trimester of the 2011-2012 academic year. Grade 5: High Honor Roll: Dimitri Gnall, Julia Iskra, Christina Kilyanek, Jessica Kilyanek, Zane Nardone, Benjamin Paglia, Mia Raineri, Ethan Tost. Honor Roll: Nicolas Bufalino, Angelina DiLeo,

HONOR ROLL Dallas Senior High School Jeffrey D. Shaffer, principal, Dallas Senior High School, recently announced the Honor Roll for the fourth marking period. Grade 12: Honors with Distinction: Somiah Almeky, Sarah Bilski, Nicholas Delmar, Kelsey Dissinger, Christopher Ehret, Stephanie Force, Rachael Gerstein, Angelina Hoidra, Elizabeth Hoover, Chelsea Martin, Kassondra Michno, Marilyn Mizenko Alyssa Monaghan, Kelly Monaghan, Alexandra Owen, Deep Patel, Madeline Payne, Amelia Pietraccini, Sarah Pomfret, Brandy Popple, Emily Prater, Andrew Santora, Adam Stofila, Kirby Szalkowski, Jonathan Weaver, Aaron Weir, Laura Zimmerman. First Honors: Mariya Ackerman, Jess Adams, Kara Augustine, Alyssa Charney, Jessica Congdon, Casey Conway, Morgan Dingle, Justin Ellis, Brooke Evans, Bethany Flanders, Sarah Gillette, Taylor Gingell, Megan Grabowski, Ashley Gross, Aubrey Gryskiewicz, John Hodle, Dana Jolley, Lindsey Kelly, Amanda Kotch, Jenna Lombardo, Erika McCabe, Christine McCarthy, Caitlin Meehan, Caitlyn Metz, David Miller, Jessica Missal, Eric Novroski, Danielle Olenginski, Amir Paris, Jacob Piskorik, Alexandra Rego, Kaylin Russell, Allison Spencer, Michelle Thompson, Thomas Tidey, Stephanie Titus, Zachary Zimmerman, Alexander Zubko, Sabrina Zurek. Second Honors: Aaron Aciukewicz, Donald Behm, Alyssa Blamire, Benjamin Brace, Gavin Carolan, Karli-Rose Cimino, Emily Collins, Chelsey Conahan, Francesco Costantino, William Dixon, Zachary Downs, Shane Dunn, Chelsea English, Nicholas Evans, Matthew Fasulka, Kelly Healey, Timothy Kennedy, Alyx Koehler, Amanda Kornak, Erica Luzetski, Colleen McDonald, Amanda Mikolaitis, Brianna Morgan, Shane Panagakos, Alex Protheroe, Damien Rutkoski, Joshua Shilanski, Tyler Steve, Rebecca Stull, Ryan Thomas, Theadora Treslar, Melissa Tucker, Kayla Yaglowski, Sarah Zerfoss, Leah Zumchak. Grade 1 1: Honors with Distinction: Chloe Alles, Bridget Boyle, Christopher Colacito, Rebecca Darling, Blake Donovan, John Emil, Tanner Englehart, Megan Fleming, Jessica Hiscox, Taylor Hodle, Luisa Klemm, Merissa Konnick, Ryan Kozloski, Joshua McEntee, Alyssa Menzel, Katherine Metcalf, Taylor Newhart, Rachel Olszewski, Krysti Oschal, Andrea Parmelee, Megan Redlich, Rebecca Schnable, Olivia Sod, Jamie Wise, Danna Yu, Ryan Zapoticky. First Honors: Cody Adanosky, Stephanie Amann, Amy Avillion, Alyssa Belskis, Bryan Biesecker, Stephanie Burba, Michael Carey, Colin

Grade 6: High Honor Roll: Bobby Austin, Riley Calpin, Julia Gabriel, Lillian Hornung, Eli Idec, Faizan Khalid, Richard Kraus, Olivia Meuser, Daniel Paglia, Avani Pugazhendhi, Emily Sims, Ryan Straub, Samuel Sweitzer, Mia Zaloga. Honor Roll: Samantha Banks, Arianna Bufalino, Naomi Dressler, Duncan Lumia, Meghna Melkote, Kiran Sharma, Gabrielle Snyder, Levi SundayLefkowitz. Grade 7: High Honor Roll: Max Crispin, Dominick D’Alessandro, Garrett Gagliardi, Andrew Kim, Michael Kim, Grace Leahy, Reeya Lele, Nicole Lukesh, Erica Manson, Connor McGowan, David Casto, Maria Chielli, Ronald Chupka, James Delpriore, Ashley Dunbar, Kristian Dyrli, Amanda Foote, Nicole Giampietro, Morgan Gilhooley, Brian Goyne, Allison Grose, Clara Grube, Emily Harchar, Dylan Hertel, Lauren Jones, Elizabeth Kravitz, Christopher Lafratte, Loreal Lyback, Tess Macarty, Stephen Mingey, Madeline Mulhern, John P. Murray, Meghan O’Brien, Gates Palissery, David Payne, Jillian Payne, Sarah Payne, Greg Petorak, Michael Podskoch, Cara Pricher, Francois Ross, Christopher Schmid, Brandon Scott, Morgan Silvestri, Jason Simonovich, James Smith, Brian Stepniak, Skyler Velazco, Marcus Wagner, Eric Zawatski. Second Honors: Anas Adudaeyyah, Leah Benedetti, Miranda Besecker, Caitlin Cameron, Julie Casey, Paige Cuba, Deidre Deluca, Matthew Diaco, Christina Diltz, James Duffy, Alyssa Horvath, Megan Johnson, Nathan Kish, Briana Konecke, Richard Luksic, Mary Manganello, Katharine Marianacci, Jack Matusiak, Casey McAndrew, James McGovern, Nicholas Michalisin, Jenna Morgan, Courtney Phillips, Kristopher Roccograndi, Daniel Saba, Courtney Sickel, Joshua Smith, Danielle Spencer, Jonathan Strausser, Tyler Tuck, Kendra Vanesko, Nathan Vario, Alyssa Whittle, Kyle Williams, Eric Yurko. Grade 10: Honors with Distinction: Decklan Cerza, Lauren Charney, Drew Cohen, Kristi Culp, Stephanie Cybulski, Bethany Dennis, Magdalena Fannick, Amber Habib, Jonathan Higgins, Sara Hudak, Kelly Jacobs, Leonard Javick, Patrick Madaya, Amanda Martin, Erin Muldoon, Andrew Nardone, Patrick Newhart, Samuel Reinert, Regan Rome, Jillian Simon, Michelle Thompson, Kayla Wanek, Joshua Weaver, Haley Wilcox, Krista Zimmerman, Samantha Zimniski. First Honors: Lily Amadio, Allison Amos, Britnee Atherholt, Abigail Berger, Olivia Birdsall, Emily Blessner, Lauren Butruce, Carmen Cabrera, Dana Capitano, Jennifer Cave, Kathryn Comitz, Kelsie Davis, Bryanna Dissinger, Catherine Gawlas, Patrick Gelso, Ryan Georgetti, Drew Harding, Jared Hoats, Frank Hullihen, Sarah Kerdesky, Leah Kleynowski, Peter Kuritz, Emily Lofing, Anna Lucas, Patrick Maley, David Matcho, Gurmail Mathon, Lauren McDermott, Erin Michael, Michael Mihal, Samantha Missal, Jaime Moran, Bryan Morgan, Emma Niznik, Megan Ostrum, Vincenzo Parente, Blake Pertl, Michael Pierce, Amanda Rando, Peter Shaver, Michael Stachnik, Nigel Stearns, Joseph Steve, Jacqueline Sutton, Kaila Thomas, Nora Tidey, Ryan Totten, Cortlyn Van Deutsch, Annastina von Schmeling, Taryn Weaver, Stephen Wempa, Sarah Wittle, Madison Ziemba. Second Honors: Nell Adams, Kellyann Anderson, Stephanie Baines, Christopher Behm, Sarah Blamire, John Blat,

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Coughlin students earn Crusader Medallions Coughlin High School recently announced the 2012 Crusader Medallion award winners. Ellie Schwab, owner of Lasting Impressions by Wilkes-Barre Trophy, is the sponsor of the annual award. An achievement medallion is earned by a student who stands apart, succeeds despite circumstances or contributes in some special way to the Coughlin community. Students are nominated by faculty and a committee selects each winner. At an afternoon ceremony, the following students were presented with certificates and Crusader Medallions, from left, first row, are Heather Gaydos, Desiree Buck, Danyelle Barrow, Cindy Anusiewicz, Stephanie Zedolik. Second row: Adam Giovanelli, Marcia Archibold, Shamus Gartley, Corey Keen and Patrick Patte, principal.

St. Jude pre-kindergarten classes attend prayer service The three-day and five-day pre-kindergarten students at St. Jude School, Mountain Top, concluded their academic year with a prayer service in St. Jude Church. Welcoming remarks were given by Principal Jeanne Rossi. The student-led program included prayers, the Pledge of Allegiance and vocal selections. The students also sang and signed the song ‘Holy Ground’ under the direction of Ann Papciak. Deacon Eugene Kovatch offered reflections about the class and assisted Rossi with the presentation of certificates. Friends and family members attended a reception in the school cafeteria after the ceremony. Participants, from left, first row, are Matthew Corradini, Ryan Sechleer, Natalie Dopp, Tommy Dugan, Shannon Jameson, Joe Januszewski, Isabella Sinclair, Sophia Andahazy, Ava Evans and Grace Onufer. Second row: Madelynn Krupa, Kaitlyn Puzzetti, Allison Van Pelt, Hayden Fleegle, Anna Ostaltsov, Ava McConnell, Avery Cloutier, Ella Brady, Shreema Rupareliya and Brittany Buyo. Third row: Syndey Beddingfield, Michael Modrovsky, Katherine Modrovsky, Tommy McLaughlin, Jackson Rhodes, Audrey Shebelock, Kendall Petrosky and Lukas Phillips. Fourth row: Kovatch; Diane Adams, teacher; Rossi; and Rose Lee Bednarz, teacher.

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Reflection in an Unhappy Valley Nittany Lions consider how to move forward as more details of the school’s abuse scandal are revealed.

By MARC LEVY Associated Press

child sex-abuse scandal — and a report that said school officials hid accusations against him — the school is bracing for civil lawsuits and perhaps NCAA sanctions. Meanwhile, Penn Staters are trying to protect Happy Valley, the almosttoo-good-to-be-true nickname for the campus enclave at the foot of Mount Nittany and the protective veil the community feels in its central Pennsylvania home. “I think it’s one of the finest universities around and the crimes of a few doesn’t dictate the university’s reputation,” said Craig Lehnowsky, whose son just finished getting three degrees in eight years. “If today was the day to deAP PHOTO cide where my son would go (to college), he’d be coming here.” The release of the Freeh report on Thursday has Penn State students and

STATE COLLEGE — They’ve had to reconcile the school whose sports programs vow “success with honor” with one of the worst scandals in sports history. Almost inconceivably, they have been forced to reconsider the integrity and iconic status of the late Joe Paterno, the longtime football coach whose program helped turn a school focused on agriculture into one of the nation’s biggest and most respected research universities. In the wake of the Jerry Sandusky See PSU, Page 7C

alumni re-examining their feelings on Joe Paterno and the university as a whole. Reminders, such as the name on a school library, remain everywhere.

LITTLE LEAGUE

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South Wilkes-Barre scored five runs in the final two innings to open the Section 5 tournament with a win. By JOHN ERZAR jerzar@timesleader.com

DALLAS — South Wilkes-Barre won the District 16 title via some big hits. It took a small one Saturday to get the offense going in the first round of the Section 5 Little League Major baseball tournament. Kyle Ostrowski beat out a chopper to third to start the fifth inning and a rally as South Wilkes-Barre opened with a 5-1 victory over Old Forge at the Back Mountain Little League. South Wilkes-Barre S. WILKESwill play D31 champ BARRE Back Mountain American at 5:30 p.m. today at Back Mountain Little League in the winners OLD FORGE bracket final. D17 champion Old Forge will play at 7:30 p.m. today against D32 champ Green Ridge in the elimination final. American defeated Green Ridge 18-2 in Saturday’s nightcap. South Wilkes-Barre, which scored in double digits several times in the D16 tournament, had a lone hit going into the fifth – a double by Simon Peter in the fourth. But after Ostrowski – the No. 9 hitter – legged out his single, Old Forge replaced starting pitcher Mason Boettger. Boettger had six strikeouts to that point as Old Forge clung to a 1-0 lead. Reliever Shane Smith did fare well after getting the first out of the fifth. Josh Montalvo followed with an infield single, and he and Ostrowski scored when Jake Tomolonis doubled down the leftfield line. Paul Fox then singled to left, giving South Wilkes-Barre a 3-1 advantage. “The bottom of our order picked us up today and really got things going and really made the difference,” South WilkesBarre manager Vito Pasone said. “That’s

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Jack Danko makes his way out of the starting area onto the Giants Despair Hillclimb. The Danko family remains heavily ingrained in the event as Jack’s brother Darryl goes for a course record today. By JAY MONAHAN For The Times Leader

LAUREL RUN — Darryl Danko can’t catch a break with the 1998 Lola Indy. Save for a test run in last year’s race, the sixtime winner hasn’t competed in his prized vehicle at the Giants Despair in three years. With a course record on the line, his Lola Indy met mechanical malfunctions that slowed it to a 40.1-second time in the first day of competition at the Giants Despair Hillclimb on Saturday. Danko leads George Bowland, of Mill Spring, N.C., by a 2.64-second margin. Competition continues today on the East Northampton Street course in Laurel Run. “We had limited runs,” Danko said. “We did the best we can with the mechanical problems. We had a lot of things fighting us.” The Indy car experienced mechanical issues. It had problems

with the throttle position sensor and the right side of the car began scraping several places throughout the day. “The car is just a handful at that point,” Danko said. “I have to go a lot slower through the turns than I want to.” Danko did not return to the bottom of the 1-mile hill following the fifth run of the day. Unlike

previous years, he and his team drove straight to his Laurel Run garage to make alterations on the Indy. “We’re trying to correct some of those problems overnight,” Danko said. “We’re trying to raise it up a little bit so we don’t scrape bottom so bad.” Bowland, Danko’s top competition, had to make an early exit from the race due to mechanical issues with his custom-built 2002 BBR car. Bowland ended Danko’s five-year championship streak in 2010 and did not compete in last year’s Hillclimb. “I don’t know if he could catch this car when it’s running,” Danko said. “I would have loved to see him to try to catch up to a 40 (second time). When this is running right, his car doesn’t have the horsepower that we have. He’s a great driver, and he’d give it everything he’s got. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t going his way today.” See HILLCLIMB, Page 7C

SENIOR LEGION BASEBALL

Greater Pittston cruises into today’s final round

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Chupka. But Chupka’s thinkGREATER ing also paid off for GP PITTSTON as he laced a three-run double in the bottom of the fifth when he clobbered a first-pitch fastTUNKHANball down the left field NOCK line from Tunkhannock pitcher Alex Zaner to catapult Greater Pittston to a 6-0 win in the win-

RICE TWP. — A great number of pitchers have been throwing complete games during the Wyoming Valley American Legion League season. The Greater Pittston coaching staff decided to make opposing pitchers work for the accomplishment telling their players to take pitches and not swing at the first one delivered. Everyone on the team stuck to that philosophy on Saturday, except for Bart See LEGION, Page 11C

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Greater Pittston’s P.J. Bone (right) dives safely back to first base ahead of the tag of Tunkhannock’s Ryan Weiss in American Legion baseball playoff action on Saturday afternoon in Rice Township.

PAUL SOKOLOSKI OPINION

A place where Paterno statue would fit best

t shouldn’t be this difficult for Penn State to decide what to do with the Joe Paterno statue still sitting outside Beaver Stadium. Put it in the darkest room of the Lasch Building. Then lock it away for good. That would be the perfect place to remember a man whose historic coaching career was so revered, yet is now reviled by many. Only because protecting the reputation of his proud football program apparently meant more to Paterno than protecting young boys from a sexual predator in his midst. It says so in the Freeh report. That’s the Penn State-sanctioned investigation by former FBI Director Louis Freeh that determined the school’s most powerful leaders, including Paterno, buried sexual abuse allegations against former defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, perhaps to avoid bad publicity for the school and its football team. That cover-up enabled Sandusky to continue preying on young boys from his Second Mile charity for more than a decade. He was recently convicted of charges against him and is facing life in prison. Paterno’s life ended in January, when he passed away following a battle with lung cancer and after being fired during the 2011 season from a head coaching job he held at Penn State for 46 years. And life at Penn State changed – for the football players, coaching staff, students and administrators – with the blight of the Sandusky scandal. Yet some who still patronize Paterno’s legacy want his statue standing outside Beaver Stadium until the end of time. Others want it destroyed, now painting a portrait of Paterno as a pathetic figure following the findings in the Freeh report. Really, the statue should find a proper resting place in the Lasch Building. It’s the football facility where Penn State’s players have practiced for years, and where Paterno did much of the work during the week that made him the winningest head coach in major college football history. His supporters can pay tribute to Paterno’s legacy there. And they can also remember how their once-great football leader lost his way. Because the Lasch Building is also where some of the most horrific crimes Sandusky committed took place. It is where former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary reported seeing Sandusky sexually abusing a child in the showers in 2001, which led to Sandusky’s arrest and a grand jury investigation that ended last year. It also led to Paterno’s downfall. McQueary testified he told Paterno about witnessing Sandusky’s attack, and Paterno fumbled away the opportunity to be the real leader everyone at Penn State always believed him to be. It turns out Paterno may have persuaded university officials not to call the cops on Sandusky and his deviant behavior a couple years before the 2001 incident, according to the Freeh report. If he were alive today, Paterno may be facing charges for perjury, conspiracy and child endangerment. All because the super-secretive coach always insisted on serving as lawyer, judge and jury for any matter regarding his football program, shielding it from the eyes of the outside world. So put his statue in a dark room at the Lasch Building, to represent the dark secrets he carried with him to the grave. Maybe there, the memory of an iconic football coach being allowed too much power will finally be buried.

Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.

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Stakes racing continues tonight with four divisions of The Stallion Series for Pennsylvania breds, featuring three-year old colt & gelding BY ROXY ROXBOROUGH trotters. The same series rolls on into Tuesday, with the three-year BASEBALL old trotting fillies the main attraction. So if you like trotters, then Odds Underdog you’ll be set the next couple of nights at the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Favorite American League Downs. YANKEES 9.5 Angels BEST BET: WING TIPS (9TH) BLUE JAYS 9.5 Indians VALUE PLAY: CIVIC DUTY (8TH)

POST TIME 6:30 p.m. All Races One Mile First-$8,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $10,000 4 Brave Call G.Napolitano 3-1-3 Takes the opener 6 Erichs Best D.Miller 4-2-4 Tioga import 3 KDK Bellagio M.Kakaley 7-4-3 Down a bit in price 5 Lombo Powershot A A.McCarthy 7-3-1 Moves into Adams barn 7 Itsabouttime J.Kakaley 5-1-8 Tough level for him 2 Supreme Court T.Buter 3-4-5 Notch below these 1 Carpe Diem T.Jackson 3-7-8 Gapper Second-$20,000 The Stallion Series 8 American Gangster M.Kakaley 1-8-7 Fits better in here 6 Avenue Of Dreams D.Miller 7-1-5 Romped two back 3 Its On J.Plutino 9-1-1 Use in exactas 1 Celebrity Hall A.McCarthy 5-9-9 Down from the PA All Stars 7 On The Podium T.Jackson 8-4-6 Couldn’t stay with Uncle Peter 2 Pilgrims Power T.Buter 9-3-5 Lacks muscle 4 Keystone Wyatt B.Zendt 7-3-4 Goes for team Zendt 5 Charles Ray C.Norris 3-7-9 Can’t keep up 9 Notech E.Carlson 2-4-6 No way Third-$20,000 The Stallion Series 6 Fogelberg C.Norris 8-1-8 Soft hands of Norris does it 1 Beluga Ridge D.Miller 6-4-1 Miller in for the evening 4 Trustworthy Kid B.Zendt 1-3-3 Been racing strong on fairs 9 Overandovervictory E.Carlson 3-7-3 2nd time lasix user 8 Hawaiiancaviar D.Irvine 7-2-1 Again saddled outside 2 Meadowbranch Jack T.Schadel 2-4-4 Schadel training at .197 3 Chapter Eleven T.Jackson 6-1-2 Not a stakes caliber horse 5 Bullvillcomeonjohn J.Taggart 5-6-3 Beat down 7 Order By Me A.McCarthy 3-6-2 Rounds out the field Fourth-$20,000 The Stallion Series 1 Upfront Billy B.Zendt 3-1-1 Lives up to name 6 Bob And Bobby D.Miller 1-2-1 Likes to win 4 Inside Broadway G.Napolitano 1-1-4 Going for 3 in a row 7 Astarsborn Hanover M.Simons 4-1-6 Yet to hit board in 2012 5 Can Do R.Paver 3-4-6 Career best is 2:01.2 3 Abbi’s Gabbi A.McCarthy 1-2-8 Lightly raced animal 2 The Big Thea Thea T.Buter 8-5-1 Small indeed 8 Clete Hanover M.Romano 1-2-3 Tires at the half 9 Baron Nishi T.Jackson 6-2-1 Stuck in reverse Fifth-$8,000 Cond.Pace;2yr olds 2 Westernator M.Simons 3-3-x Wins at first asking 4 I’m Banksy T.Jackson 1-3-x Art Major colt debuts 3 Uf Rocking Dragon D.Miller 6-5-4 Hard used at the Big M 5 Acid Rain G.Napolitano 5-3-2 Baby in learning process 6 Southern Jasper M.Kakaley 3-7-x Elliott good with youngsters 8 Electric Guitar T.Buter 8-2-8 Sing another tune 1 Native Boy Le Ru H.Parker 5-x-x Slow in the AM 7 David On Ice A.McCarthy 6-7-x Slips up 9 Phenomenon M.Macdonald 5-4-5 Slows abruptly Sixth-$18,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $23,000 last 5 3 Monsignor Flan M.Kakaley 5-3-2 No Sevruga in here 3 And Heez Perfect A.McCarthy 3-2-3 Nice Harrah’s shipper 6 Sonny Mcdreamee B.Simpson 6-1-3 Often overlooked 2 Green Day H.Parker 1-7-3 Dream trip in win 1 The Lindy Reserve T.Buter 8-1-1 Broke stride in Philly 7 Neighsay Hanover T.Jackson 6-7-5 I’d say no 5 Opinion Hanover M.Simons 4-4-1 Best work at Tioga Seventh-$15,000 Cond.Pace;n/w $15,500 last 5 6 Princess Mcardle N T.Buter 4-6-6 Di Domenico done well at PD 4 Jack’s Magic Jewel M.Kakaley 5-2-2 Tyler opted off 2 Shaghai Lil M.Macdonald 4-1-2 Mark done good at Pocono 1 So Easy Baby M.Simons 8-5-8 Looking to time the brush 3 Outahere Hanover G.Napolitano 3-2-1 Note the driver change 5 Bombilla Hanover D.Miller 8-1-1 2nd start since shipping north 7 Mano Cornuto B.Simpson 4-3-6 Drops, but a bit dull 8 Farouche Hanover A.Napolitano 5-7-6 Little to offer Eighth-$16,000 Clm.Hndcp Trot;clm.price $20-25,000 4 Civic Duty G.Napolitano 5-4-4 Darkhorse of the night 2 Sir Alex Z Tam E.Carlson 1-1-1 One hot trotter 9 Blessed Victory D.Miller 1-3-1 Just beat this type 3 Litany Of Lindy A.McCarthy 9-2-1 Worthy longshot 6 DC’s Piggy Bank J.Pavia 1-2-8 Nap opted off 1 Jeter Marvel M.Simons 4-2-1 Not much in PD comeback 5 Tia Maria Kosmos T.Buter 8-5-8 Returns from the Bronx 7 Speculation A.Napolitano 1-5-3 Big move up ladder 8 San Remo Kosmos M.Kakaley 2-3-4 Shut down Ninth-$20,000 The Stallion Series 1 Wing Tips B.Zendt 1-3-2 Flies away from the field 6 Fashion Astral M.Kakaley 1-7-7 Comes off career mile 4 Blockbuster Hanover D.Miller 4-2-7 Does retain Miller in bike 3 White Russian B.Simpson 4-3-3 Has some early foot 8 Andover Again H.Parker 6-4-5 Parker the new reinsman 1A Woodway D.Irvine 2-4-6 Weaker half of entry 7 Campo Basso J.Pavia 9-5-6 Sailed south 2 Radical Ridge T.Jackson 7-7-6 Rough spot for maiden 5 Follow My Ashes J.Raymer 5-9-9 Crushed Tenth-$25,000 Open Trot 4 Big Rigs D.Miller 4-1-4 Main reason David is here 5 He’s Spooky M.Kakaley 1-6-1 Sharp trotter 1 Tagyoureit Hanover G.Napolitano 1-1-1 Goes for 4 in a row 8 Rose Run Hooligan J.Pavia 3-4-2 Closing in on $1 million life 7 Ice Machine A.McCarthy 4-8-1 Picks up the pieces 6 Lanson D.Swick 6-7-6 Swick with rare seat time 3 Sand Top Gun M.Macdonald 8-4-1 Not an Open trotter 2 Dig For Dollars J.Oscarsson 7-1-7 Stuck in the ground Eleventh-$8,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $10,000 1 Itchy Pickle’s G.Napolitano 9-2-2 Worthy of second chance 2 Prestissimo A.McCarthy 1-5-8 Found that class 3 Herzon A.Napolitano 5-7-3 Looking for fast fractions 4 Track My Desire T.Jackson 6-4-1 TJ owns-trains-reins 5 State Of The Union M.Kakaley 1-9-6 Some effort in 64-1 win 6 Artsbred Camotion D.Miller 2-7-2 Chased deuce last time out 7 Standupnkissme T.Buter 8-3-5 Stood up 8 Persuader Raider B.Simpson 6-6-8 One more race to go Twelfth-$16,000 Clm.Hndcp Trot;clm.price $20-25,000 8 Commander K G.Napolitano 6-2-3 Ell has him ready 4 Mr Caviar D.Miller 2-1-9 Just missed last wk 5 Zero Boundaries A.McCarthy 3-3-1 Fairly steady 7 Meadowcraft Man T.Jackson 2-3-5 Rounds out the superfecta 1 Definer M.Kakaley 7-1-2 Didn’t like the half 2 Home Towne Jeff T.Buter 7-1-7 Tired badly in most recent 3 Badboy Paparazzi A M.Simons 3-1-4 I’ll pass 6 Nice Dream A.Napolitano 8-7-4 See ya on Tues

L O C A L C A L E N D A R TODAY'S EVENTS PREP LEGION BASEBALL (All games 1 p.m. unless noted) Abington White at Back Mountain Dunmore at Mountain Top Moscow at Swoyersville Nanticoke at Green Ridge South Scranton at Swoyersville, 4 p.m. Valley View at Abington Blue LITTLE LEAGUE Section 5 Major Baseball Tournament (at Back Mountain Little League) South Wilkes-Barre vs. Back Mtn. American, 5:30 p.m. Old Forge vs. Green Ridge, 7:30 p.m.

MONDAY, JULY 16

TUESDAY, JULY 17

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AUTO RACING 1 p.m. TNT — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, LENOX Industrial Tools 301, at Loudon, N.H.

CYCLING

8 a.m. NBCSN — Tour de France, stage 14, Limoux to Foix, France

GOLF

8 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Scottish Open, final round, at Inverness, Scotland 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, John Deere Classic, final round, at Silvis, Ill. NBC — USGA, U.S. Senior Open Championship, final round, at Lake Orion, Mich. 7 p.m. TGC — Web.com Tour, Utah Championship, final round, at Sandy, Utah

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1 p.m. YES — L.A. Angels at N.Y. Yankees 1:30 p.m. SNY — N.Y. Mets at Atlanta 2 p.m. ROOT — Pittsburgh at Milwaukee 3 p.m. WQMY — Philadelphia at Colorado 8 p.m. ESPN — St. Louis at Cincinnati

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

1:30 p.m. SE2, WYLN — Bowie at Reading

3-1 4-1 7-2 8-1 10-1 6-1 9-2 20-1 15-1 5-2 3-1 4-1 10-1 5-1 12-1 6-1 15-1 20-1 7-2 4-1 3-1 8-1 9-2 6-1 10-1 15-1 20-1 3-1 5-2 8-1 7-2 9-2 6-1 12-1 5-1 3-1 7-2 4-1 9-2 8-1 10-1 12-1 10-1 7-2 4-1 15-1 3-1 9-2 6-1 8-1 20-1 3-1 5-2 4-1 9-2 6-1 3-1 10-1 15-1 12-1 5-2 4-1 7-2 5-1 10-1 12-1 6-1 8-1 7-2 3-1 10-1 8-1 9-2 5-1 4-1 12-1 5-1 7-2 9-2 8-1 4-1 3-1 10-1 12-1

MOTORSPORTS 8 a.m. SPEED — MotoGP World Championship, Italian Grand Prix, at Mugello, Italy 5:30 p.m. SPEED — MotoGP Moto2, Italian Grand Prix, at Mugello, Italy (same-day tape) 11 p.m. SPEED — AMA Pro Racing, at Lexington, Ohio (same-day tape)

SOCCER

4 p.m. ESPN — MLS, Seattle at New York

TENNIS

4 p.m. ESPN2 — WTA Tour, Bank of the West Classic, championship, at Stanford, Calif.

BASEBALL

PREP LEGION BASEBALL (All games 5:45 p.m. unless noted) Mountain Top at Back Mountain Swoyersville at Nanticoke LITTLE LEAGUE Section 5 Major Baseball Tournament (at Back Mountain Little League) Winners bracket finalist vs. Elimination bracket finalist, 5:30 p.m.

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T R A N S A C T I O N S

LITTLE LEAGUE Section 5 Major Baseball Tournament (at Back Mountain Little League) Elimination bracket finals, 5:30 p.m.

W H A T ’ S

5-2 7-2 3-1 8-1 6-1 9-2 12-1

American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES — Reinstated C Taylor Teagarden from the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of RHP Miguel Socolovich from Norfolk (IL). Assigned C Ronny Paulino outrighted to Norfolk. Designated LHP Dana Eveland for assignment. DETROIT TIGERS — Placed LHP Drew Smyly on the 15-day DL, retroactive to July 7. Recalled RHP Luis Marte and Danny Worth from Toledo (IL). LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Reinstated RHP Jerome Williams from thd 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Brad Mills to Salt Lake (PCL). SEATTLE MARINERS — Placed OF Franklin Gutierrez on the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Stephen Pryor to Tacoma (PCL). National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Reinstated LHP Joe Saunders from the 15-day DL. Optioned LHP Patrick Corbin to Reno (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES — Recalled SS Tyler Pastornicky from Gwinnett (IL). Optioned C J.C. Boscan to Gwinnett. HOUSTON ASTROS — Reinstated OF Justin Maxwell from the 15-day DL. MIAMI MARLINS — Placed OF Giancarlo Stanton on the 15-day DL. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Reinstated 1B Lance Berkman from the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Shane Robinson to Memphis (PCL).

Tigers

8.0

ORIOLES

RAYS

8.0

Red Sox

A’s

8.5

TWINS

White Sox

8.5

ROYALS

Rangers

8.0

MARINERS

Nationals

7.5

MARLINS

Mets

8.5

BRAVES

BREWERS

8.5

Pirates

CUBS

D’backs ROCKIES

National League

Phillies

GIANTS

6.5

Astros

DODGERS

7.5

Padres

REDS

8.5

Cards

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

Lap length: 1.058 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 133.417 mph. 2. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 133.403. 3. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 133.399. 4. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 133.338. 5. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 133.319. 6. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 133.277. 7. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 133.254. 8. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 133.198. 9. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 133.045. 10. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 132.938. 11. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 132.873. 12. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 132.868. 13. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 132.572. 14. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 132.549. 15. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 132.425. 16. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 132.425. 17. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 132.393. 18. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 132.333. 19. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 132.264. 20. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 132.2. 21. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 132.186. 22. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 132.085. 23. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 131.833. 24. (22) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 131.556. 25. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 131.465. 26. (10) David Reutimann, Chevrolet, 131.266. 27. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 131.234. 28. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 131.234. 29. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 131.184. 30. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 130.833. 31. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 130.662. 32. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 130.14. 33. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 129.834. 34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 129.807. 35. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 129.679. 36. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 129.525. 37. (32) Ken Schrader, Ford, 129.318. 38. (49) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 129.274. 39. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 129.156. 40. (30) David Stremme, Toyota, 129.094. 41. (23) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 128.863. 42. (79) Kelly Bires, Ford, 128.515. 43. (33) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 128.182. Failed to Qualify 44. (19) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 128.07.

B A S E B A L L Minor League Baseball International League North Division W L Pct. Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 53 40 .570 Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 51 43 .543 Yankees ................................... 50 43 .538 Buffalo (Mets)........................... 48 45 .516 Rochester (Twins) ................... 45 48 .484 Syracuse (Nationals)............... 44 48 .478 South Division W L Pct. Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 52 42 .553 Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 48 46 .511 Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 44 50 .468 Durham (Rays)......................... 43 51 .457 West Division W L Pct. Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 57 36 .613 Columbus (Indians)................ 47 46 .505 Toledo (Tigers)....................... 37 55 .402 Louisville (Reds) .................... 34 60 .362 Friday's Games Yankees at Syracuse, ppd., rain Rochester 7, Toledo 3 Buffalo 8, Pawtucket 2 Louisville 22, Gwinnett 1 Charlotte 4, Durham 3 Lehigh Valley 4, Norfolk 1 Columbus 2, Indianapolis 0 Saturday's Games Buffalo 8, Pawtucket 2 Louisville 10, Gwinnett 8 Yankees 8, Syracuse 1 Rochester 4, Toledo 3 Columbus at Indianapolis, late Durham at Charlotte, late Lehigh Valley at Norfolk, late Today's Games Buffalo at Pawtucket, 1:05 p.m. Columbus at Indianapolis, 1:15 p.m. Durham at Charlotte, 2:15 p.m. Syracuse vs. Yankees at Syracuse, 5 p.m. Gwinnett at Louisville, 6:05 p.m. Lehigh Valley at Norfolk, 6:15 p.m. Toledo at Rochester, 6:35 p.m.

GB — 21⁄2 3 5 8 81⁄2 GB — 4 8 9 GB — 10 191⁄2 231⁄2

Eastern League Eastern Division W L Pct. GB Trenton (Yankees) ................. 52 39 .571 — New Britain (Twins) ............... 51 40 .560 1 Reading (Phillies)................... 48 43 .527 4 Binghamton (Mets) ................ 43 48 .473 9 Portland (Red Sox) ................ 39 54 .419 14 New Hampshire (Blue Jays) . 36 56 .391 161⁄2 Western Division W L Pct. GB Akron (Indians)......................... 53 39 .576 — Harrisburg (Nationals)............. 49 43 .533 4 Richmond (Giants) .................. 46 47 .495 71⁄2 Altoona (Pirates) ...................... 44 46 .489 8 Bowie (Orioles) ........................ 44 47 .484 81⁄2 Erie (Tigers) ............................. 44 47 .484 81⁄2 Friday's Games Binghamton 2, Erie 0, 1st game Portland 4, New Hampshire 3, 8 innings, 1st game Richmond 4, Harrisburg 0, 1st game New Britain 9, Trenton 2 Reading 7, Bowie 6 Akron 3, Altoona 0 Binghamton 5, Erie 4, 8 innings, 2nd game Portland 3, New Hampshire 1, 2nd game Harrisburg 3, Richmond 2, 2nd game Saturday's Games Portland 9, New Hampshire 1 Bowie 4, Reading 2 Binghamton 1, Erie 0 Richmond at Harrisburg, late Altoona at Akron, late Trenton at New Britain, late Today's Games New Hampshire at Portland, 1 p.m. Altoona at Akron, 1:05 p.m. Erie at Binghamton, 1:05 p.m. Trenton at New Britain, 1:35 p.m. Bowie at Reading, 1:35 p.m. Richmond at Harrisburg, 2 p.m.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association BOSTON CELTICS — Re-signed F Kevin Garnett, F Brandon Bass and C-F Chris Wilcox. DETROIT PISTONS — Signed C Vyacheslav Kravtsov to a multiyear contract.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Signed F Matt Clackson to a one-year, two-way contract.

SOCCER

CONCACAF — Announced acting general secretary Ted Howard is returning to his previous position as deputy general secretary.

COLLEGE

MONTANA — Dismissed QB Gerald Kemp from the football team.

A U T O

R A C I N G

NASCAR Sprint Cup-Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Lineup After Friday qualifying;race Sunday At New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, N.H.

C Y C L I N G Tour de France Results Saturday At Le Cap d'Agde, France 13th Stage A 134.8-mile, mostly flat ride from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to the Mediterranean resort of Le Cap d'Agde with a single Category 3 climb near the finish 1. Andre Greipel, Germany, Lotto Belisol, 4 hours, 57 minutes, 59 seconds. 2. Peter Sagan, Slovakia, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time. 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Norway, Sky Procycling, same time. 4. Sebastien Hinault, France, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 5. Daryl Impey, South Africa, Orica GreenEdge, same time. 6. Julien Simon, France, Saur-Sojasun, same time. 7. Marco Marcato, Italy, Vacansoleil-DCM, same time. 8. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, BMC Racing, same time. 9. Peter Velits, Slovakia, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, same time. 10. Danilo Hondo, Germany, Lampre-ISD, same time.

THE TIMES LEADER

11. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time. 12. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time. 13. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, same time. 14. Kevin De Weert, Belgium, Omega PharmaQuickStep, same time. 15. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, same time. 16. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, same time. 17. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, same time. 18. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, same time. 19. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 20. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, same time. Also 22. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, same time. 23. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, same time. 30. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, same time. 33. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, same time. 39. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSharp-Barracuda, same time. 40. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, same time. 96. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 12 minutes, 31 seconds behind. 97. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda, same time. 140. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 14:04. 151. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-SharpBarracuda, same time. Overall Standings (After 13 stages) 1. Bradley Wiggins, Britain, Sky Procycling, 59 hours, 32 minutes, 32 seconds. 2. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky Procycling, 2:05. 3. Vincenzo Nibali, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 2:23. 4. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC Racing, 3:19. 5. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Belgium, Lotto Belisol, 4:48. 6. Haimar Zubeldia, Spain, RadioShack-Nissan, 6:15. 7. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, BMC Racing, 6:57. 8. Janez Brajkovic, Slovenia, Astana, 7:30. 9. Pierre Rolland, France, Team Europcar, 8:31. 10. Thibaut Pinot, France, FDJ-Big Mat, 8:51. 11. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:29. 12. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, RadioShack-Nissan, 9:45. 13. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, France, AG2R La Mondiale, 10:49. 14. Jerome Coppel, France, Saur-Sojasun, 11:27. 15. Christopher Horner, United States, RadioShack-Nissan, 12:41. 16. Denis Menchov, Russia, Katusha, 17:21. 17. Maxime Monfort, Belgium, RadioShack-Nissan, 17:41. 18. Egoi Martinez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, 18:04. 19. Rui Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 19:02. 20. Chris Anker Sorensen, Denmark, Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, 20:12. Also 32. Levi Leipheimer, United States, Omega Pharma-QuickStep, 47:17. 41. George Hincapie, United States, BMC Racing, 1:04:55. 50. Christian Vande Velde, United States, GarminSharp-Barracuda, 1:11:03. 99. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-SharpBarracuda, 1:43:09. 163. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-SharpBarracuda, 2:37:16.

F O O T B A L L Arena Football League NATIONAL CONFERENCE Central Division ........................................................ W L y-San Antonio ...............................14 3 Chicago.......................................... 9 7 Iowa................................................ 6 10 Kansas City ................................... 3 13 West Division .......................................................... W L x-Arizona..........................................12 5 x-Utah...............................................12 5 x-San Jose.......................................11 6 Spokane ........................................... 8 8 AMERICAN CONFERENCE South Division .........................................................W L New Orleans .................................. 8 8 Georgia........................................... 8 8 Jacksonville ................................... 8 8 Tampa Bay ..................................... 7 9 Orlando ........................................... 3 13 Eastern Division ........................................................ W L z-Philadelphia ...............................14 3 Cleveland....................................... 7 10 Milwaukee...................................... 5 11 Pittsburgh ...................................... 4 12 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference Friday's Games Utah 83, Cleveland 63 San Antonio 62, Arizona 61 Saturday's Games Jacksonville 48, Orlando 34 Pittsburgh 51, Georgia 48 New Orleans at Tampa Bay, late Spokane at Kansas City, late Chicago at Milwaukee, late Iowa at San Jose, late

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B A S K E T B A L L Women's Basketball Association All Times EDT EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Connecticut .................. 15 4 .789 Indiana .......................... 10 7 .588 Atlanta ........................... 9 10 .474 Chicago......................... 8 9 .471 New York ...................... 6 12 .333 Washington .................. 4 14 .222 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota..................... 15 4 .789 San Antonio.................. 13 5 .722 Los Angeles ................. 15 6 .714 Seattle ........................... 9 10 .474 Phoenix......................... 4 15 .211 Tulsa ............................. 3 15 .167 Friday's Games Washington 70, New York 53 San Antonio 91, Atlanta 70 Connecticut 80, Chicago 78, OT Seattle 83, Phoenix 64 Saturday's Games No games scheduled Sunday's Games No games scheduled

GB — 4 6 6 81⁄2 101⁄2 GB — 11⁄2 1 6 11 111⁄2

BULLETIN BOARD CAMPS/CLINICS Crestwood Football will hold a camp July 16-18 for players entering grades 3-9 from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Registration begins at 8 a.m. July 16. Walk-ins are welcome. The camp includes instruction from local high school and college coaches. For more information please e-mail greg.myers@csdcomets.org. Electric City Baseball and Softball Academy will host its annual Fall Baseball Little League Camp at Connell Park August 20, 21 and 22 from 9 a.m. - Noon. Cost is $85. More information: call 955-0471 or visit www.electriccitybaseball.com. Holy Redeemer Jr. High Soccer Team will be holding a soccer camp from August 6 to August 9 from 9 a.m.- 10:30 p.m. at Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre. The cost of the camp is $80. This camp is open to those in grades 7,8, and 9 are interested in playing soccer for Holy Redeemer Jr. High in the fall. To register please contact Nikki Pekarski at npekarski@gmail.com or 690-1029. Must register by August 1 to obtain a spot. King’s College Field Hockey Camp will be held July 16-20 from 9 a.m. to noon. Camp includes t-shirt, team photo and awards. For more information contact Cheryl Ish at 208-5900, ext. 5756, or email Cherylish@kings.edu King’s College Men’s Lacrosse Camp will be held at Betzler Fields from July 30 -August 2. This camp will be open to all boys ages 10-17. Campers will be grouped by age and experience and be coached by college coaches in a structured learning environment focused on improving skill and having fun. Camp will start at 9 a.m. and finish each day at 4 p.m. Drop off can be as early at 8 a.m. and pick up no later than 5 p.m. please. Space will be limited to ensure optimal coach to player ratios in each age and skill group. Contact andreworlowski@kings.edu for camp application. Miners Baseball is hosting a summer baseball and softball camp from July 16-20 at Connell Park Little League. Cost is $150 and the times will run from 9-12:30.Coaches Joe Ross and Bill Zalewski will be directing the camp with 12 high school and college coaches. For more information, inquire at scrantonminersbaseball@gmail.com. Mountaintop Area Little League is offering its Fall Ball (Baseball/ Softball) programs, for boys and girls, ages 8 through 11. Age based on 2012 regular season. Season runs late August through mid October. Registration fee is $40 and sing up dates will be Thursday, July 19 6 – 8 p.m. Tuesday, July 24 6 – 8 p.m. and Saturday, July 28 Noon – 2 p.m. All sign-ups are at the Alberdeen Complex. Call George at 760-1097 for information or visit our website at: www.mountaintoparealittleleague.com. Scranton Miners Baseball Camp will hold its third annual camp for softball and baseball players ages 7-14, from July 16-20 at Connell Park Little League. Cost is $150 and the times will run from 9-12:30. Coaches Joe Ross and Bill Zalewski will be directing the camp with 12 high school and college coaches. Questions and camp brochure please inquire at scrantonminersbaseball.com or scrantonminersbaseball@gmail.com. LEAGUES

B O X I N G

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Teener League will host it’s annual late summer/early fall Wooden Bat League every Saturday and Sunday beginning August 18 through October 20, with all games played at Christian Field in Wilkes-Barre. Teams with players ages 13-15 will play Saturdays and those 16-18 with play Sundays. Cost is $50 per team plus umpire fees. Each team will provide one new baseball per game. For information call, Nick at 793-6430.

Fight Schedule

MEETINGS

July 16 At Wing Hat Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan, Sonny Boy Jaro vs. Toshiyuki Igarashi, 12, for Jaro’s WBC flyweight title; Takashi Uchiyama vs. Michael Farenas, 12, for Uchiyama’s WBA World super featherweight title. July 20 At Edgewater Casino, Laughlin, Nev. (ESPN2), Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Cesar Vazquez, 10, junior lightweights. At Chumash Casino, Santa Ynez, Calif. (SHO), Miguel Acosta vs. Art Hovhannisyan, 10, lightweights. July 21 At US Bank Arena, Cincinnati (HBO), Adrien Broner vs. Vicente Escobedo, 12, for Broner’s WBO junior lightweight title; Marcos Maidana vs. Keith Thurman, 10, welterweights. July 27 At Resorts Hotel & Casino, Atlantic City, N.J. (ESPN2), Hank Lundy vs. Raymundo Beltran, 10, lightweights. July 28 At HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. (SHO), Robert Guerrero vs. Selcuk Aydin, 12, for the interim WBC welterweight title. Aug. 3 At Texas Station, Las Vegas (ESPN2), Mercito Gesta vs. Ty Barnett, 10, lightweights; Mickey Bey vs. Rob Frankel, 10, lightweights. Aug. 10 At Morongo Casino Resort & Spa, Cabazon, Calif. (ESPN), Darley Perez vs. Michael Katsidis, 10, lightweights. Aug. 11 At Bell Centre, Montreal (SHO), Tavoris Cloud vs. Jean Pascal, for Cloud’s IBF light heavyweight title. Aug. 20 At Baja California, Mexico, Antonio DeMarco vs. Alejandro Sanabria, 12, for DeMarco’s WBC lightweight title. Aug. 25 At 02 World, Berlin, Robert Stieglitz vs. Arthur Abraham, 12, for Stieglitz’s WBO super middleweight title.

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Crestwood Football Booster Club’s monthly meeting will be held July 18 at Tony’s Pizza at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend as the season is fast approaching. Hanover Area Booster Club will meet at Tubbies at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, July 18.

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Kingston Huskies Football and Cheerleading is starting practice July 16 at the Church Street Field at 5:30 p.m. Anyone interested in signing up may do so. Please bring the following information (first time participants) a copy of the child’s birth certificate, a small photo of each child (that will be kept), and two proofs of residence. Moosic Miners Baseball will be hosting tryouts for ages 8-12 for this coming season. Tryout dates are today at Connell Park from 9-11 a.m., and July 22 at East Scranton Little League from 9-11a.m. Fill out contact form at www.scrantonminersbaseball.com or email scrantonminersbaseball@gmail.com. U13 Girls Back Mountain Wild Things Local Travel Soccer Team is looking for a few more players for the upcoming fall season. Interested players should contact Molly Brown at mollybrown18708@msn.com or Steve Pileggi at s_pileggi@Hotmail.com. Wyoming Valley Vipers Travel Softball will hold tryouts July 21 at Kirby Park. Tryouts for 10u are from 10 a.m. to noon and tryouts for 12u run from noon to 2 p.m. For more information, call Steve at 417-7217, Ed at 417-1119, Jay at 2396779 or Doug at 240-6893. UPCOMING EVENTS Fifth Annual John Viercinski Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled for August 3 at Edgewood in the Pines course in Drums. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with a captain-and-crew shotgun start at noon. The tournament costs $85 a person or $340 for a foursome. The price includes greens fees, cart, refreshments on the course, dinner, awards and prizes. Proceeds of the tournament will benefit local veterans in Northeastern, Penn., through the “Disabled Veterans of Pennsylvania” organization. Sponsorships are available, with recognition opportunities provided on the course and in the dinner program. If interested in playing in the tournament, call Kurt Kienle at 655-3571 or email him at kkienle@comcast.net. 26th Annual Dallas Kiwanis Golf Tournament in Memory of Walter Kozemchak at Mill Race Golf and Camping Resort is scheduled for July 27. Proceeds benefit the Back Mountain Halloween Party, Senior Girls All-Star Softball Game, Dallas and Lake Lehman Key Clubs as well as other youth sports programs. The cost is $75 a person and $300 a team. Please register as a full team only. The price includes green fees, cart, refreshments, dinner and prizes. Registration starts at 11 a.m. with a noon shotgun start. Refreshments will be available prior to start of play. Dinner is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Please make your check payable to Dallas Kiwanis Club. For more information, call Harold Stout at 574-7888 or Bev Atherholt at 675-7295. Butler Township Police Officers Association Annual Golf Tournament will be held Friday, July 20 with an 8:30 a.m. shot gun start at Sand Springs Country Club. Cost is $70 per player or $280 per team with a format of 4 Man-Scramble. Costs include green fees and cart, buffet dinner, beverages and snacks, prizes, and cash awards. Deadline to enter is July 1 and tournament limit is 100 golfers. Call 233-6664 for more information. Kindred Spirits will hold its 10th Annual Three-Toed Sloth Golf Tournament at the “Stone Meadows” Golf Club in Bear Creek Sunday, August 26. Registration starts at 10 a.m. with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. A picnic will follow the tournament. This is strictly a fun nine-hole scramble with four person teams with players limited to three clubs each. If interested, sign up and pay the fee at Robert Christians Restaurant in Pocono Lake or contact Bob Kasper at 646-6600 no later than August 15.The tournament costs $40 and the picnic costs an extra $20. Plains Lions Club will hold its golf tournament today at the Sand Springs Country Club. It will be captain-and-crew format with a 1 p.m shotgun start. Cost is $80 per golfer and includes cart, green fees and dinner after the tournament. Non-golfers and friends of Lions may participate in the dinner at a cost of $30. Contact Tom Mulhern at 606-9944 or dyscodog@comcast.net.

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Reading Phils host Double-A All-Stars By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

The All-Star break wasn’t only in the Major Leagues last week. The minor leagues were also the recipient of much-needed time off as the International League and Eastern League took a break for a few days. The Reading Phillies hosted the Eastern League classic with six R-Phils representing the organization. Reading’s Troy Hanzawa gave the home crowd something to cheer about by drawing a twoout walk in the bottom of the ninth inning to keep the game alive. He then scored the gamewinning run as the East Team knocked off the West 5-4. If not for the run scored, the game would have ended in a tie. Cesar Hernandez (1-for-2, run scored), Darin Ruf (1-for-1, run), Leandro Castro (1-for-4) and Sebastian Valle (0-for-1) also saw time. Jordan Whatcott got two outs, including a strikeout in the top of the ninth to represent Reading. In the Triple-A All-Star Game, Lehigh Valley’s Tyler Cloyd got the nod and was hit with the loss allowing two runs on three hits in one inning and IronPigs shortstop Kevin Frandsen was 0-for-2. Here are Philadelphia’s top 10 prospects according to MLB.com and how they are faring in 2012. 1. Trevor May, RHP, Reading (Double-A): He’s starting to show some command issues having walked 15 and struck out just nine over his last three outings spanning 15 innings. For the season, he is 7-7 with a 4.85 ERA, 95 strikeouts and 48 walks in 942⁄3 innings. 2. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Clearwater (A-Advanced): He took his first loss in more than a month last week giving up three runs in 4 1⁄3 innings. For the season, he’s 5-4 for the season with an ERA of 3.38. He has also punched out 90 hitters in 88 innings. 3. Brody Colvin, RHP, Clearwater (A-Advanced): In his last four starts after a stint in the bullpen, he’s 2-0 while only giving up four earned runs in 25 innings. To date for the Threshers, he has a 4.06 ERA with a 5-4 record to go with 79 strikeouts in 882⁄3 innings. 4. Larry Greene, outfielder, Williamsport: The 19-year-old first-round pick from last June is heating up. Known as a power hitter, he’s still homerless, but he’s hitting .359 (14-for-39) over his last 10 games to raise his average for the season up to .291. He is also getting on base with a .404 on base percentage. 5. Phillippe Aumont, RHP, Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): The 6-foot-7, 260-pound reliever earned save No. 11 of the season last week after a scoreless streak was snapped. Currently for the IronPigs, he’s 2-1 with a 4.18 ERA fanning 37 in 28 innings. 6. Sebastian Valle, catcher, Reading (Double-A): The 21year-old is mired in a little slump hitting just .207 (6-for-29) in his last 10 games. His average has dropped to .247 for the season. He also has 10 home runs and 34 RBI. 7. Justin De Fratus, RHP, TBA: On the disabled list, he could begin a rehab assignment soon. 8. Maikel Franco, third base, Lakewood (Class A): The 19year-old is getting in a rhythm having hit safely in 15 of his last 16 games. During the span, he’s hitting .358 (24-for-67) to raise his average to .241 to go with eight homers and 54 RBI. 9. Jonathan Pettibone, RHP, Reading (Double-A): After missing a start, he pitched last week and gave up six runs in five innings for his sixth loss. He is 7-6 with a 3.65 ERA and 65 strikeouts in 982⁄3 innings. 10. Roman Quinn, shortstop, Williamsport: The 19-year-old speedster has nine stolen bases in 23 games and is batting .270 with an OBP of .354.

Four shine for Eastern League Today Syracuse 2 p.m. at Syracuse

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Tuesday Charlotte 7:05 p.m. at Rochester

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Milwaukee’s Cody Ransom hit his first career grand slam on Friday, giving the Brewers the lead in a game against Pittsburgh at Miller Park. A career journeyman at age 36, Ransom now has eight home runs since joining Milwaukee.

Former SWB slugger prospers Staff and wire reports

Cody Ransom has bounced around with nine different organizations in the last 12 years. He has always had power potential, but has had trouble sticking with one organization since being drafter by the San Francisco Giants in 1998. That includes stints with the Yankees organization in New York and Scranton/WilkesBarre, and with the Phillies in Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley. Ransom, now 36 years old, was a big contributor to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre’s Governors’ Cup championship run in 2008 and in 2009 when the SWB Yankees were runner-up in the International League. In his two years with Scranton/WilkesBarre, he combined to hit 25 home runs, drive in 87 runs and posted a batting average of .252. He played in New York in 2008 and 2009 combining to play in 64 games for the Bronx Bombers. But he only combined to hit four home runs and drive in 18 runs over the span. The

next year, 2010, he played in 22 games for the Phillies and only hit .190 with a pair of longballs and five RBI. The journeyman infielder seems to have found a spot with the Milwaukee Brewers. He walloped his first career grand slam Friday night to help the Brewers beat the Pirates 10-7. In a career season, he’s already hit more home runs this year for Milwaukee (8) then he did in parts of three seasons with Philadelphia and New York. The funny thing about Friday’s grand slam is that he did expect Pittsburgh to intentionally walk Rickie Weeks to load the bases to with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning to get to Ransom. But he did not expect left-handed pitcher Tony Watson to remain on the mound to face the right-handed hitting Ransom. “I was surprised they left the lefty in,” said Ransom. “There was a righty in the bullpen and I figured they’d probably bring

him in. Am I surprised about (the intentional walk)? No, I hadn’t done anything today.” “We intentionally walked the guy in front of him to load the bases. We wanted to go right at him, go ahead in the count. With two outs, I was hoping to put something in play and let the defense work,” Watson said. Ransom, however, hit a 2-2 pitch over the wall in left-center for his eighth homer of the season. After the game, members of the media waited to interview Ransom outside his locker while he had to take a drug test. “That’s a Major League Baseball thing,” he said. “They tell you when they tell you.” CLIPPING THE COMPETITION Ransom isn’t the only former Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankee paying dividends for a National League team. Tyler Clippard pitched for SWB in its inaugural season as a

Yankees affiliate in 2007. That year, the Yankees got the playoffs and lost in the semifinal round. Clippard, who was a starter back then, got 14 starts for the Yankees posting a 4-4 record with a 4.15 ERA. He was shortly traded to the Washington Nationals, where he was converted to a reliever and now, the team’s closer. The former Yankee prospect, who was once ranked by Baseball America as one of the top 10 prospects in the Yankees organization, has turned into one of the best closers in all of baseball converting 14 saves in 15 chances this season for the Nats and only allowing eight earned runs and 20 hits in 39 games posting a 1.88 ERA. He recently had a 19 2 ⁄3 scoreless innings streak snapped as a run crossed the plate against him for the first since in nearly two months. Even though he got the closer’s job due to injuries in Washington’s bullpen, he’s expected to remain the ninth-inning man when others are healthy.

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Russ Canzler, Hazleton Area, Columbus (Cleveland, TripleA): The Hazleton native participated in the Triple-A All-Star Game for the second straight year and went hitless in one at-bat. But he’s back on track after a slow start as his average is at .270 after a slow start to go with 12 home runs and 50 RBI. He also has 22 doubles, two triples and a .333 on base percentage for the Clippers. Canzler was originally drafted by the Cubs in the 30th round in 2004. He was signed as a minor league free agent by Tampa Bay last year and then traded to Cleveland.

Kyle Landis, Hazleton Area, Akron (Cleveland, Double-A): An 18th-round pick by the Indians in 2007, the right-handed reliever pitched as scoreless inning for the West in last week’s Eastern League All-Star Game. For the season, he has a putting up a 3.77 ERA in 28 games while striking out 41 in 451⁄3 innings and posting a 4-3 record with two saves. Landis had a short stint for Triple-A earlier this season, pitching three innings for the Clippers. His best year in the minors was in 2011, when he combined to go 10-2 with a 2.54 ERA in 42 appearances spanning three affiliates.

Cory Spangenberg, Abington Heights, Lake Elsinore (San Diego, Class A advanced): The 10th overall pick in 2011 by the Padres hasn’t played since June 28 nursing a head injury. For the season, he’s batting .288 with one home run, 33 RBI and 21 stolen bases in 27 attempts, to go along with six triples, 11 doubles and 40 runs in 67 games.

Ray Black, Coughlin, San Francisco (extended spring training): A power pitcher, Black is nursing a shoulder injury which arose at the end of spring training and he’s been sidelined since. He is still rehabbing in Scottsdale, Ariz. The seventh-round draft pick (237th overall) out of the University of Pittsburgh last June is hoping to join the short season SalemKeizer Volcanoes in Oregon or the Low Class A team in Augusta or possibly join the Arizona Rookie League Giants.

Rich Thompson, Montrose, Durham (Tampa Bay, Triple-A): A 33-year-old speedy outfielder, is batting .292 with eight RBI and nine stolen bases in 25 games since being sent to the Bulls. For the Rays, he had just one hit in 17 at-bats for the Rays, picked up two stolen bases, scored two runs and knocked one in. Last month, he was traded to Tampa from the Phillies and was immediately called up to the big leagues. Before the trade, he was hitting .307 for Lehigh Valley with seven stolen bases along with an on-base percentage of .390 for the IronPigs. His minor league totals this season include a .294 batting average with 16 stolen bases and an on base percentage of .375.

Kyle McMyne, Old Forge, Bakersfield (Cincinnati, Class A Advanced): The righthanded reliever is starting to get save chances after a promotion from Low-A ball. Taken by the Reds in the fourth round (145th overall) of last year’s draft, he also continued a scoreless stretch pitching 8 1⁄3 scoreless innings allowing just four hits in the 10-game stretch while earning four saves. For the season for Bakersfield, he has given up nine earned runs in 22 1⁄3 innings, but his ERA dropped by more than three runs to 3.63 after the impressive stretch. He is 1-1 with 21 strikeouts against 12 walks.

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Trenton, the Double-A affiliate of the Yankees, was wellrepresented in the Eastern League All-Star Game last week at Reading’s FirstEnergy Stadium with four players getting a shot to showcase their skills. And the foursome did not disappoint their fans. Starting pitcher Brett Marshall got the starting nod for the Eastern Team and pitched two innings allowing one run on three hits and a walk. Third baseman Kevin Mahoney was a bigger factor in the East’s 5-4 win over the West as he was on base when the winning run scored. But more importantly, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth of a game that could have ended in a tie, Mahoney singled to keep the game alive and finished 1-for-3. Thunder outfielder Melky Mesa went hitless in four at-bats during the contest, while Trenton reliever Kelvin Perez tossed a scoreless eighth inning with one strikeout to help the East’ dramatic victory. Here are the New York Yankees top-10 prospects according to MLB.com. 1. Manny Banuelos, LHP, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (TripleA): The left-hander, currently on the disabled list, is 0-2 with a 4.50 ERA in six starts for Yankees with 22 Ks in 24 innings. According to ESPN New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he will pitch again this year. 2. Dellin Betances, RHP, Trenton (Double-A): The 6foot-8, 260-pounder, who was demoted from Triple-A a few weeks ago, pitched the first game after the All-Star break for Trenton and picked up his first Double-A win since last year. In the outing, he fanned six and walked just one in 6 2⁄3 innings. This season for Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre he totaled 69 walks in 74 2/3 innings along with a 6.39 ERA. 3. Gary Sanchez, catcher, Tampa (High-A): The 19-yearold was promoted from Charleston after hitting .297 with 13 home runs, 56 RBI and 11 stolen bases two weeks ago and appears to be picking up where he left off. In seven games with the T-Yanks, he’s 6-for-25 with to homers and a stolen base. 4. Mason Williams, outfielder, Tampa (High-A): Just like his teammate Sanchez, he was promoted to Tampa two weeks ago, but it struggling early on in 10 games. So far, he is 7-for-40 with a home run and two RBI. 5. Jose Campos, RHP, Charleston (A): A 19-year-old acquired from Seattle is currently on the DL with elbow inflammation and is currently 3-0 with a 4.01 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 24 2 ⁄3 innings. According to ESPN New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he will pitch again this year. 6. Slade Heathcott, outfielder, Tampa (A): He got a late start because of injury and has played just 19 games for the T-Yanks hitting .206 with two homers, 8 RBI and six stolen bases. 7. Austin Romine, catcher, TBA: The 23-year-old has begun a rehab assignment with the Gulf Coast Yankees and may join a club by next week. 8. Dante Bichette Jr., third base, Charleston (A): Bichette was New York’s first pick in 2011 (51st overall) and is batting .249 on the season with two home runs and 32 RBI. 9. Cito Culver, shortstop, Charleston (A): The 19-year-old switch-hitter continues to get on base at a solid clip for the RiverDogs despite a .206 batting average. On the season, he has a .314 on base percentage. 10. Adam Warren, RHP, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (TripleA): He pitched the first game for the Yankees after the break and threw seven shutout innings of a 14-inning thriller against Syracuse. He is 5-6 with a 3.90 ERA in 99 1⁄3 innings for SWB.

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Isner makes Hall of Fame title match

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U.S. practice channeling ‘Midnight Madness’

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NEWPORT, R.I. — John Isner feels comfortable being back in the United States. He’s showing it by dominating his opponents. Top seed and defending champ Isner advanced to the final at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships by beating fellow American Ryan Harrison 7-6 (4), 6-3 on Saturday afternoon. Isner, ranked 11th, will face Australia’s Lleyton Hewitt in the title match Sunday. Hewitt, a former world No.1, defeated American Rajeev Ram 6-4, 5-7, 6-2. The matches were held after Jennifer Capriati and four others were enshrined into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Isner is looking to become the first repeat champion on Newport’s grass courts since France’s Fabrice Santoro in 2008. Joining Capriati in a 90-minute oncourt ceremony were recently retired player Gustavo Kuerten, master player Manuel Orantes, tennis industry executive Mike Davies and wheelchair champion Randy Snow, who was honored posthumously. Isner took control by winning the first set tiebreak, improving his record to an ATP-best mark of 24-10 in tiebreaks this year. Similar to last year, he’s used his overpowering serve to take charge in matches. So far this week, he’s held serve in 46 of 47 chances. “It’s feeling very similar actually, eerily similar,” he said. “Last year I wasn’t playing well and I came here and I desperately needed wins and confidence. This year I’m ranked a lot higher (than last year) but I didn’t play well in Europe — simple as that.” He realizes his play improves with his return to America. “I’m always most comfortable in the States. That’s something I need to work on. I really want to do well here,” said Isner, looking for his fourth ATP tour title. “I’ve been focused since the first day I practiced.” He wrapped up the match with a forehand winner down the line. Hewitt, coming off five surgeries in four years, entered the week ranked 233rd and was looking to accumulate matches in his comeback bid before he represents Australia for the London Olympics. “It’s about getting wins and putting yourself in position,” said Hewitt, looking for his 29th career ATP title. “I think more than anything it’s about self-belief and self-confidence. “You doubt yourself a little bit more when you’re coming back from surgery. You can’t just click your fingers and start moving and playing the way you want to play. That’s sometimes frustrating.”

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USA Basketball brought in military personnel and their families to watch practice. Kobe Bryant poses with one spectator, U.S. Army Corporal Cody Stanton, as U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Larry Bailey snaps a picture.

Some Olympic fun Hey, mascots are allowed to be rusty during the offseason, too. WASHINGTON — Dancers were Of course, they don’t have games performing during breaks in the that count in two weeks. action. Dunks were greeted with And while France, the Amer“MVP!” chants. icans’ opening opponent in LonMascots, merchandise givedon, was playing an exhibition aways, and hot dog stands had the game against fellow medal contenfeel of an NBA arena, not the U.S. der and reigning Olympic silver Olympic men’s team’s workout. medalist Spain on Saturday, the Of course this was no game. As Americans were taking part in Allen Iverson would say: We talkin’ what felt like a pep rally, a workout about practice. environment loaded with distracThe U.S. Olympic basketball tions that called to mind Rocky’s team went through a most unusual training camp before his first fight workout Saturday, an open practice against Clubber Lang in “Rocky for military personnel and families III.” at the D.C. Armory that felt more Yet because of the people watchlike Midnight Madness on a college ing, and Krzyzewski’s military campus than a team getting ready background, the day was worth it to defend a gold medal. for the Americans. “We understand it’s kind of — “Coach K talked about this being actually every day with USA Bassuch a great day for USA Basketketball is a little bit different,” ball, but for America, and undercoach Mike Krzyzewski said. “Not stood the significance of it,” said bad, but certainly different. But ESPN analyst Jay Bilas, who played today was different in a very specfor Krzyzewski at Duke and served tacular way. All of our guys were as the emcee of the practice. proud to be here.” “To be able to come here and say The best dunks were not by thank you for our men and women LeBron James or his U.S. teamin uniform, they were here today mates, but by G-Man, the Washing- but they’ve always been there, ton Wizards mascot who struggled they’ve always been there for us. I a bit early before getting better as think he understands it on a level his routine went along. that many of us can’t because of

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the time he spent in and around the military, and how much not only knows it but feels it.” Krzyzewski played and coached at the U.S. Military Academy and attained the rank of captain before resigning from the Army in 1974. He has had a career-long dedication to USA Basketball, being involved with 12 teams as a head or assistant coach. Bilas said when Krzyzewski and Jerry Colangelo began putting together the national team program in 2005, they sought to emulate the military in some ways. Service people were involved throughout the day, from a shooting contest in which a representative from each branch teamed with a U.S. player, to a moving moment at the end of practice in which soldiers gave the American flag patch from their sleeve to a U.S. player to carry to London. “Just being here in front of these guys, the troops and the military, you can’t put into words how that made us feel,” forward Carmelo Anthony said. “I never heard nobody cheer in practice before,” Anthony said. “Coach K usually don’t let nobody talk in practice, but I don’t know how he was going to control to this crowd today.”

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LOUDON, N.H. — Ryan Truex remembers when the workers on his older brother’s car would stuff him in a box used to hold dirty rags and tape up the hole on top. Terrifying stuff at the time but an amusing memory now that he’s racing himself. “I was little, but still, I was scared,” Truex said Saturday. “I didn’t like it.” At least his tormentors left holes in the box to help him breathe. The 20-year-old Truex competed in the Nationwide race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Saturday and finished 10th. On Sunday, Martin Truex Jr. starts from the fourth position in the Sprint Cup race. And now the 32-year-old driver in eighth place in the Sprint Cup standings is very proud of the sibling who suffered at his staff’s hands. “He’s staying in my garage because he’s broke, trying to make a living in racing. That’s what you do. You put your life on hold and you go race cars,” Martin said. “I admire his passion for

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the sport, his passion for what he’s doing. He eats, breathes, sleeps racing.” The brothers, plus their father, are quite fond of the one-mile oval at New Hampshire. All three have won races here. Martin Truex Sr. won in the K&N Pro Series East in 1994. Martin Truex Jr. posted wins in that series in 2000 and 2003, then won the Nationwide event in 2005. Ryan won twice in the K&N Pro Series East in 2010. “It’s always exciting for me to come up here,” Martin Truex Jr. said. “This is the only track that all three of us have won at so it’s a cool place to come. I’ve got a lot of great memories here.” One of the best involves a racing legend. Martin Jr. figures he was no more

than 12 years old when he was in the garage helping work on his father’s car. He looked up at the car next to it. Dale Earnhardt’s car. “He was my favorite driver as a kid,” Martin Jr. said. “I remember him being up in the fender well working on his carburetor and stuff like that. I just thought it was the coolest thing. That was probably one of my greatest memories and not only because I saw Dale, but I was sitting there thinking that my dad is going to race against Dale Earnhardt.” While he’s been successful in the Sprint Cup, his younger brother is trying to make a name for himself in the second-tier Nationwide series. Ryan has a six-race contract with Joe Gibbs Racing. “I’ve got two more races with them this year,” he said. “My goal is to go full time next year. (I’m) just trying to find the funding to do it and put things together. We’re working on it.” His brother’s status for next year hasn’t been settled either. But he

sounded optimistic that he would stay with Michael Waltrip Racing. “We’re kind of finalizing some details, but I’ve been obviously extremely happy with the performance of the team this year,” Martin Truex Jr. said. “I’m looking forward to spending a lot more years at Michael Waltrip Racing and, hopefully, we can get that wrapped up soon.” Keselowski wins Nationwide race LOUDON, N.H. — Brad Keselowski has won the Nationwide race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The pole-sitter passed Kevin Harvick with about 21 laps left in the 200lap race on the one-mile oval when Harvick got caught in traffic with Amber Cope, who was 30 laps down. Keselowski, also entered in Sunday’s Sprint Cup race, stretched it from there and won by just over seventenths of a second. He also won the pole the last two years in Nationwide races in New Hampshire, but Kyle Busch won both times.

LAKE ORION, Mich. — Bernhard Langer has surged into the lead at the U.S. Senior Open. Langer shot a 6-under 64 on Saturday to move to 10 under for the tournament, putting him ahead by four strokes. The two-time Masters champion opened with three straight birdies and eight in 12 holes. The 54-year-old Langer had a double bogey at 13 and a bogey at 18 to give the field a glimmer of hope on Sunday. Tom Lehman and Corey Pavin were in a five-way tie for second at 6-under 204. Fred Couples moved up the leaderboard with a 65. He was part of a pack, along with Fred Funk and Jay Haas, that was five shots back at the Champion Tour’s fourth of five majors. SCOTTISH OPEN INVERNESS, Scotland — Francesco Molinari held off a barrage of challengers at the Scottish Open, shooting a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead into the final round. The Italian, who held the overnight lead with Alexander Noren, remained consistent in changing weather around the Castle Stuart links to stay in front at 17 under. After a third straight low-scoring day, Anders Hansen is Molinari’s closest challenger after a 65. Hansen upstaged his top-ranked playing partner Luke Donald (68), while Phil Mickelson also carded a 65 and three shots back in a tie with three others. Noren was among that quartet at 14 under. The Swede, who finished with a 70, kept pace with Molinari until a triple-bogey 8 on No. 12 after losing his ball in bushes off the tee. JOHN DEERE CLASSIC SILVIS, Ill. — Troy Matteson shot a 5-under 66 to take a three-shot lead into the final round at the John Deere Classic. Steve Stricker, who also shot a 66, sits in second place at 15 under in his quest for a fourth straight tournament title. Stricker birdied four straight holes beginning at the 14th, but bogeyed the par-4 18th, stubbing a chip shot and missing a 15-footer for par. Both Matteson and Stricker bogeyed the last hole, setting up their finalround pairing together at TPC Deere Run, where Stricker, a Wisconsin native who was an all-American at Illinois, has become a local favorite by winning the last three years. Former Masters champion Zach Johnson also carded a 66 to climb into contention at 14 under, along with left-hander Brian Harman. US AMATEUR PUBLINKS MIDWAY, Utah — T.J. Vogel made six birdies over a seven-hole stretch, coasting to a 12-and-10 win over Kevin Aylwin at the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship. With the victory, the University of Florida senior earned a spot in the 2013 Masters.

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As versatile as they come

Player of the Year Nulton did it all for Coughlin

By JOHN ERZAR jerzar@timesleader.com

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Fullback Berwick – Jr. Sheptock earned all-WVC honors for a third time. Her defense was stellar once again, giving the Dawgs a physical presence inside. She also moved into the offensive end on corner kicks, scoring a goal and assisting on three more.

Talia Szatkowski

Fullback Dallas – Fr. Szatkowski took over a spot vacated by her sister and continued the family tradition of playing outstanding defense. She also scored four goals and had three assists, showing her offensive skills in the postseason.

Numbers sometimes only tell part of the story. Or sometimes they don’t tell any of it as in the case of Coughlin senior Ivy Nulton, the Times Leader Player of the Year in Wyoming Valley Conference girls soccer. Nulton’s final scoring numbers were impressive. She finished with 15 goals to lead the Crusaders and added three assists. The goal total was well above the nine she scored as a junior. But overall, there were more prolific scorers – at least on paper. The reason was simple. Nulton’s versatility, which led to a stint on defense early in the season, kept her from tallying higher numbers. “You get a completely different view of the game,” Nulton said of playing sweeper. “At forward, it’s more like ‘OK, I need to score, I need to score.’ You have one mindset that you need to get to the net. “But as a defender, you have so much more pressure on you. It gives me more anxiety to play there and there’s so much pressure because they’re relying on you. You basically have the team on your back. I have so much respect for defenders because I played that.” Nulton was so good at defense she earned all-star honors as a junior. But while Nulton’s outstanding play was keeping opponents off the board this season, Coughlin’s offense was struggling. The Crusaders were shut out their first two games. They scored lone goals in two of the next three games. Coughlin was 0-2-1 after three games and a promising season needed a boost to get back on the correct path. Nulton provided it once she moved up to the attacking line. She began scoring at will. Her speed and skills, both prevalent while preventing goals, mushroomed as the Crusaders went on a 10-game winning streak to end the regular season. “When (coach Joe Spagnuolo) was like ‘We’re going to move you back up top. There’s no other way to go. We need you,’ ” Nulton said, “I was like ‘Yes, I will go up top, I will play up top, I get some action.’ I was happy.” The joy was because Nulton always considered herself a forward. She started there as a freshman and sophomore. She played there as a junior until an injury on defense shifted her to sweeper. Nulton has come a long way since stepping on a soccer field at age 5. She played at the club level starting at 9, with two stints with the Wyoming Valley Soccer Club and

Nora Fazzi

Midfielder Coughlin – So. Fazzi took her game to a new level in 2012, becoming a force in the middle because of her speed and skills. She led the Crusaders with 12 assists and scored three times.

Amanda Sax

Keeper Coughlin – Sr. The four-year starter finished her career in outstanding fashion. She was instrumental in a 10-game winning streak, stopping three penalty kicks in that span, as Coughlin made it to the District 2 finals.

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Coughlin’ s Ivy Nulton (5) started as a defender and a forward for the Crusaders as a senior en route to Player of the Year honors. She will play in college at King’s.

another with Lower Dauphin County United. She also participated in Pennsylvania’s Olympic Developmental Program. And she’s ready to take the next step this fall when she will play at King’s College. But Coughlin will always bring some fond memories. “Just my girls. They’re just like my fam-

ily,” Nulton said of her what she’ll miss most. “It’s going to be hard. We had a special group there. We started off my freshman year with having almost 50 girls on the team. We used to have to take two buses everywhere. “My senior year, we had about 20 girls. You kind of get to be a close-knit family.”

SECOND TEAM Jenn Bone ...........Wyoming Area Cheyenne Brown ..Tunkhannock Hannah Coffin............Crestwood Grace Fazzi.....................Coughlin Morgan Kile ................Crestwood Megan Lercara ..............Coughlin Liz Mikitish.............Pittston Area Gabby Murphy......Hanover Area Vanessa Parsons................Dallas Jenna Skirnak.....Wyoming Area Emily Sutton .........Lake-Lehman Abby Takacs ....................Berwick Olivia Termini .............Crestwood Sarah Wilczynski ............Berwick

Lindsey Humanik

Fullback Coughlin – Sr. The four-year starter was also an All-WVC selection as a sophomore. She was a steady, strong performer and one of those players whose value was immeasurable because of the position she played.

Marissa Lercara

Fullback Coughlin – Sr. Lercara provided stellar defense in the middle while also being a valuable link to midfield. The two-time All-WVC selection helped out offensively as well, scoring four goals, which were third-most on the team.

Nikki Sutliff

Midfielder Lake-Lehman – Sr. The two-time All-WVC selections showed her versatility. As a steady force at midfield, she scored once and assisted four goals. She shifted to sweeper late in the season and became one of the WVC’s best at the spot.

Colleen McDonald

Midfielder Dallas – Sr. The three-time All-WVC pick and Drexel University recruit fought through some late-season knee ailments. Yet, she managed to score 11 goals and assist nine more for the Mountaineers.

Caty Davenport

Forward Berwick – Jr. After healing from an early-season injury, Davenport showed the ability that made her an all-WVC selection last season. She scored a team-high 13 goals and added four assists for the two-time District 2 champion.

Bridget Orlando

Brea Seabrook

Fullback Berwick – Jr. The two-time all-WVC selection once again proved excellent defense in helping Berwick to its second District 2 title. Her task inside was even harder considering the inexperience on the wings of the defense.

Midfielder GAR – Fr. Seabrook burst onto the scene with a shot that was accurate from short and long range. She led Division 2-B in scoring with 34 goals and added five assists.

Amber Yang

Gabby Termini

Keeper Dallas – Jr. The aggressive, athletic Yang was having an outstanding season, posting three consecutive shutouts before missing time with a knee injury. She came back late in the year and played, although not at 100 percent.

Ivy Nulton

Forward Coughlin – Sr. The Times Leader Player of the Year started the season at fullback where she excelled. She the moved up front and scored 15 goals and assisted three more. She was all-WVC as a junior.

Ashley Dunbar

Forward Dallas – Jr. Dunbar proved to be dangerous any time she touched the ball. She led Division 1-A in scoring with a team-high 31 goals and a team-tying 13 assists to earn her first trip to the All-WVC team.

Shoshana Mahoney

Forward Lake-Lehman – So. After a strong freshman season despite some nagging injuries, the speedy Mahoney continued her attack on opposing defenses. She led Division 1-B in scoring with 23 goals and two assists.

Allie Barber

Forward Pittston Area – Fr. Barber showed incredible speed and skills slicing through defenses in helping the Patriots to the Division 2-A title. She led the entire WVC in goals with 36 and added three assists.

Forward Crestwood – So. Termini, a constant threat near the 18-yard-line, earned all-WVC honors for a second consecutive season. She led the high-scoring Comets with 20 goals and her 11 assists were tied for the team lead.

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Danko seeks to make a run at his 38.36 second record, set in 2007. The asphalt following last year’s resurfacing has finally settled, and creates the most opportune time for him to make his mark in the record book. “The road might be the best it’ll ever be for a while,” he said. “That’s why we really want to get a good run. “I was really happy with the first run. I thought it was going to be a progressive day from there. It didn’t progressive like we wanted to. Hopefully tomorrow is a new day. We’ll go out and give it another shot.”

On Thursday, former FBI Director Louis Freeh, who was hired by the university’s trustees to investigate, issued a report that said Paterno, former university president Graham Spanier and two other school administrators buried allegations against Sandusky out of a desire to “avoid the consequences of bad publicity.” Their inaction allowed the retired assistant coach to continue molesting boys, Freeh’s report found. On Saturday, artist Michael Pilato removed a halo he had added to Paterno’s image on a large mural in State College after the coach died in January. He said he usually puts a halo over one of his subjects when they die, but felt after release of the report that it should be removed in Paterno’s case. “It’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done in my life, but I’m glad I did it,” he told The Associated Press. Instead, Pilato added a large blue ribbon on Paterno’s lapel symbolizing support for child abuse victims — an idea he said Paterno endorsed before his death. Pilato earlier removed Sandusky from the mural. He said he hasn’t made a decision on the image of Spanier but will make some kind of change. “People are doing it for me pretty much — there’s eggs being thrown at him, and different things like that,” he said. “I was thinking about putting a blindfold on him or something.” After all these months, many have come to the conclusion that the school is still the same tight-knit, happy place they imagined it to be. Lauren Shevchek’s sister, an alumna, encouraged her to go to Penn State, even more so after the scandal broke in November with charges against Sandusky. “The second you walk on campus, you feel right at home,” she said. Briana Marshall, a junior from East Stroudsburg, said: “I love this school. This is my dream school. ... There’s so much Penn State has to offer. It’s a bump in the road, but student-wise, we’re still family.” Others contend that the Happy Valley image is a construct and that the Freeh report confirmed the way Penn State has been run for years: to protect the school at all costs to avoid negative publicity. “There’s almost a little bit of relief in it for me to see those who have been abusing this power for so long” exposed, said Jennifer Storm, 37. She calls the campus her “second home” but remembers feeling like the school didn’t do enough when black students and gay students, including herself, received death threats in 2001. Blue ribbons and fundraising jars for child abuse awareness have sprung up around town and school leaders say they are taking aggressive steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Shevchek, 18, said she believes no such crime will ever happen again at Penn State — or any other college, for that matter. But Penn Staters have also tired of the scandal, and the media’s treatment of the school and Paterno. It’s “tedious,” Marshall said. The actions of a few should not define the rest, they repeatedly say. Then there’s the damage to the school’s reputation some worry about. What will prospective employers think when they see Penn State on the resume? What about the scorn they’ll get from strangers for wearing a Penn State sweatshirt in another part of the country? Then they worry about the NCAA punishing their beloved football program, or even shutting it down. Penn Staters also want to move on. “It’s a new coach, it’s a new team,” said Christian Beveridge, 40, a masonry restoration worker who grew up near the campus and was working on a building there Thursday. “We’re going to keep on going.”

Giants Despair Results

Super Street Prepared: 1. Mark Aubele, East McKeesport, 46.794; 2. Daniel Reed, Trafford, 49.874; B Street Prepared: 1. Kendrick Giambattista, Geigertown, 49.915; 2. Michael Daley, Mohnton, 59.569; E Street Prepared: 1. Ray Kochin, Weatherly, 49.522; 2. Jeremy Sereyka, 49.72; 3. Mikey Robinson, Perkasie, 50.152; 4. Donna Robinson, Perkasie, 56.884; F Street Prepared: 1. Mike Ancas, Pittsburgh, 57.264; 2. Neal Ross, 63.328; Showroom Stock C: 1. Dave Arron, Mays Landing, N.J., 63.958; 2. Donald DeHart, Akron, 66.107; Spec Miata: 1. James Naedone, 59.762; 2. Larry Long, Jersey Shore, 64.743; Special Touring O: 1. Junior Zabriski, 53.427; E Production: 1. Dave Miller, 54.467; H Production: 1. Daniel Ahn, Allentown, 60.183; 2. Glenn Hoffman, 64.574; GT-1: 1. Brian Halecki, Wilkes-Barre Twp., 44.938; 2. Larry Simpson, 51.293; 3. Bob Katarsky, Mountain Top, 52.307; GT-3: 1. Joe Specht, Reading, 56.388; 2. Grace Huntzinger, Mullica Hill, N.J., 59.072; GT-Lite: 1. Don McLaughlin, Duncannon, 63.95; American Sedan: 1. Gary Polakoski, Wilkes-Barre, 54.084; Improved Touring S: 1. Matt Herd, Lyndell, 55.128; 2. Jason Ackerman, Pottstown, 57.159; 3. George Ackerman, Pottstown, 58.37; 4. George Witman, Lebanon, 76.937; Inex (Mod): 1. Rod Holtznapple, Mifflinburg, 49.588; 2. Bill Kotyk, Mountain Top, 53.131; C Sports Racer: 1. Jack Danko, 44.058; 2. Howard Balbach Jr., Shavertown, 48.316; D Sports Racer: 1. Kurt Eikenberg, Stewartstown, 46.201; Formula Continental: 1. Bull Feist, Bear Creek Twp., 45.934; 2. Ted Klaus Jr., Marysville, Ohio, 50.028; Formula Ford: Tony Preston, York, 53.597; Formula 500: 1. Brandon Usloski, Wilkes-Barre Twp., 53.275; Formula V: 1. John Pitman, Carlisle, 56.009; 2. Joe Karatsky, Harding, 58.261; 3. Keith Bower, WilkesBarre, 61.753; Formula S: 1. Timm Murphy, Pittsburgh, 46.642; Club Ford: 1. Migel Cass, Gibsonia, 53.147; 2. Steve Mestrow, Philadelphia, 53.571; Solo V: 1. Michael DiCola, Hadley, Mass., 62.996; Street Mod: 1. Steve Lewis, 45.117; 2. Nancy Lewis, 54.360; Super Street Mod: 1. William Handy, Clarksburg, W.Va., 49.691; Street Mod F: 1. Ray Hollister, Quakertown, 48.934; Vintage 1: 1. Peter McCarthy, Newton, N.J., 57.823; 2. Bruce Whipple, Newton, N.J., 62.550; Vintage 2: 1. Sue Salsburg, Mays Landing, N.J., 62.550; Historic 1: 1. Paul Vanbemmelen, Bryn Mawr, 67.375; Historic 2: 1. Richard Good, Mohnon, 50.518; Special 1: 1. George Bowland, Mill Spring, N.C., 42.164; Special 2: 1. John Hartnett, Jenkintown, 44.473; 2. Morgan Wilson, York, 46.639; 3. Steve Marsh, Hunlock Creek, 50.466; Special 3: 1. Darryl Danko, Laurel Run, 40.1; 2. Charles King, Bethlehem, N.H., 46.462; 3. Jeffrey Rossi Jr., Weatherly, 50.486; 4. Phil Kastar, North Oxford, Mass., 52.684

Gwendolyn Keezer sits atop her father Jason’s shoulders to see the cars race through the Hillclimb course.

Brian Halecki of Wilkes-Barre Township draws some sparks as his car tries to navigate the winding course.

Wilkes-Barre Township’s Brandon Usloski was the lone entrant in the Formula 500 category on Saturday.

LITTLE LEAGUE ROUNDUP

Back Mountain American opens sectionals with a bang doubles while T.J. Wozniak had a single and a double and Ben Yozwiak had a single, a triple and three RBI Frank Castano had two RBI’s for Plains as well. Kris Seiwell, Nate Kritzer, Tyler Pokranchak each had a single for Nanticoke.

By JOE BARESS For the Times Leader

Back Mountain American scored 12 runs in the final two innings to cruise to an 18-2 victory over Green Ridge in the opening round of the Section 5 Little League Major baseball tournament. J.D. Barrett fueled American’s bats early when he crushed a two-run homer to deep center field in the top of the first. American added two more runs in the top of the second while Barrett shut down Green Ridge in the bottom half of the inning. Barrett earned the victory on the mound, allowing just one hit and no runs while striking out one in two innings of work. Back Mountain American produced two more runs in the top of the third, but Green Ridge fought back in the bottom half of the inning. Noah Nalevanko hit an RBI double, which cut the deficit to four runs. Josh Holdredge ended any chance of a Green Ridge Comeback when he doubled off the wall in right-center with the bases loaded. Two scored on the extra-base hit. American added another run in the fourth to increase its lead to 9-2. David Schuster struck out three in the bottom of the fourth and kept the American lead at seven runs. American capitalized on the opportunity to put the game away with a nine-run barrage in the top of the fifth. Christian Roberts highlighted the hitting barrage with a tworun shot over the wall in right center. Schuster closed out the game with a flawless bottom of the fifth to seal the victory. Schuster pitched three innings, allowed two runs and struck out three. Nalevanko was credited with the loss on the mound for Green Ridge. Noah Granet added a double for Green Ridge, which will play Old Forge at 5:30 p.m. today. With the win, Back Mountain American moves on to face South Wilkes-Barre at 7:30 p.m. today.

Wyoming/West Wyoming 6, Jenkins Township 1

Alex Hawk threw a two-hitter and struck out eight. Matt Silinskie added three hits, including an RBI double and a two-run homer. Tanner Williams also had an RBI double. Jason Mapes had a hit and scored two runs Jonathan Winters had an RBI double for Jenkins Township. Ray Zelonis had a base hit. Kingston/Forty Fort 11, West Side 1

Winning pitcher Nial Vender got support from Jack Malia (three hits, double), Colin Conway (two hits,double), Stephen Banas (two hits) and James Piccola (two hits). Kenny Vought Matthew Bobeck each had a hit for West Side.

WILKES-BARRE REC 11-12 TOURNAMENT Kingston/Forty Fort 10, West Side 2

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Back Mountain pitcher J.D. Mathers gets a high-five from manager Steve Mathers after hit a tworun home run in the top of the first inning on Saturday against Green Ridge.

DISTRICT 16 JUNIOR BASEBALL

Nanticoke 13

Plains 7, Duryea/Pittston Township 4

Dave Ceklosky went 6 ⁄3 innings on the mound for the win and led the way at the plate with a 3-for-4 performance to help Plains capture the district championship. Leroy Fettig got the final two outs for the save. Josh Gartley and Tyler Kurilla both finished 2-for-4 for Plains. Duryea/Pittston Township’s Dylan Rotzin and Jim Pliska each went 2-for-3. Plains advances to the Section 5 tournament, which opens Wednesday. 1

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Taylor Baloga hit a three-run home run as Jenkins/Pittston Township/Duryea won a wild game for the district title. Minda Lieback finished 4-for-5 and Julie Lieback went 3-for-5 to win the championship. Haylee Bobos topped Nanticoke with a two-run homer.

DISTRICT 31 JUNIOR BASEBALL

Northwest 11, Greater Wyoming Area 1, 6 innings

Eric Evans was the winning pitcher and Tyler Harry and Reese Godfrey had three hits apiece as Northwest won its first district title. Hunter Nice had two hits for Northwest. Northwest play Wednesday in

Kingston in the Section 5 tournament.

SWOYWERSVILLE TOURNAMENT U12 BASEBALL Mountain Top Red 4, Hanover 2

Wyatt Kindler and Steven Wegener pitched Mountain Top to victory Kindler also led Mountain Top with two hits. Matt Taleroski, Evan Knapp, Colin Macko and Justin Garden also contributed at the plate. Leading Hanover with hits were Mike Piscotti, Colin Cook, Matt Clarke, Noah Jackson and Brett Stephens. Plains 6, Nanticoke 2

Darryn Marek was the winning pitcher and batted two

Josh Payne was the winning pitcher while Austin Sienkiewicz nailed a three-run home run. Josh Moses and Charlie Keefer each recorded a double to contribute to the win. Adam Harbaugh had a triple and Jake Racker hit two singles for west Side.

TOMMY’S PIZZA CORNER 9-10 TOURNAMENT

West Side 8, South Wilkes-Barre 7

Jacob Shusta scored two runs and was the winning pitcher and David White was 2-for-4 with an RBI in the West Side win. Tyler O’Kane had a triple and a single, Chris Matello had a single and a run scored and Carson Canavan had a double and two RBI. Ryan Casey had a double, Mike Gavin had a single and two RBI’s, Ken Dewey had a double and one RBI in the effort for South Wilkes-Barre.

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The New York Yankees’ Mark Teixeira, left, greets Alex Rodriguez at home plate as Los Angeles Angels pitcher Jerome Williams reacts after Rodriguez scored on single by Robinson Cano in the sixth inning of a game Saturday at Yankee Stadium in New York. The Yankees won 5-3.

Cano, Granderson homer, lead Yanks

stunning fashion, hitting a NEW YORK — Robinson two-run homer in the 13th Cano and Curtis Granderson inning that sealed a victory each hit two-run homers off over the Detroit Tigers. Jerome Williams on Saturday, In a crazy, back-and-forth leading the New York Yankees duel that lasted 4 hours, 43 to a 5-3 victory over the Los minutes, Baltimore scored Angeles Angels. three runs in the 13th for its Freddy Garcia and three 10th straight extra-inning win relievers kept Mark Trumbo in and snapped Detroit’s six-game the ballpark, denying him a winning streak. homer in a record sixth straight Rays 5, Red Sox 3 game against the Yankees. Nick Swisher, who appeared ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — to rob Trumbo of a second long David Price outpitched Clay ball Friday night in helping Buchholz and the Tampa Bay New York rally late for a win, Rays scored twice in the sevmade another leaping catch at enth inning without a hit for a the right-field wall. His flashy victory over the Boston Red grab of Howie Kendrick’s drive Sox. to end the fifth inning, however, Price (12-4) allowed three would have landed on the warn- runs and six hits in 7 1-3 innings ing track. to become the first 12-game Cano added an RBI single winner in the American that bounced high off second League. base in the sixth to help the Athletics 9, Twins 3 Yankees secure a second straight winning season against MINNEAPOLIS — Chris their nemesis. Carter and Yoenis Cespedes each homered and drove in Blue Jays 11, Indians 9 three runs, powering the OakTORONTO — Edwin Encar- land Athletics past the Minnesota Twins. nacion hit two home runs, Yunel Escobar also went deep and the Toronto Blue Jays used Royals 6, White Sox 3 an eight-run third inning to beat KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Althe Cleveland Indians. cides Escobar hit a pair of homers off Jake Peavy, the Orioles 8, Tigers 6 second a go-ahead shot with two outs in the seventh inning, BALTIMORE — Taylor Teaand the Kansas City Royals beat garden ended his first game the Chicago White Sox. with the Baltimore Orioles in The Associated Press

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Dempster’s shutout streak reaches 33 innings in win CHICAGO — Ryan Dempster tied the Cubs’ record with a 33-inning scoreless streak, pitching six solid frames and leading Chicago over the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 on Saturday. Dempster matched the club shutout streak set by Ken Holtzman in 1969. Dempster (5-3) allowed four hits and set a career best by winning his fifth straight start. He leads the majors with a 1.86 ERA.

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Reds 3, Cardinals 2

CINCINNATI — Ryan Ludwick led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a full-count homer that barely cleared the wall in left field, sending the Cincinnati Reds to their fifth straight win. Cincinnati’s surge has moved it back into first place in the NL Central. The Reds have matched their season high at 11 games over .500. Marlins 2, Nationals 1

MIAMI — Mark Buehrle pitched seven innings for the Phillies 8, Rockies 3 Miami Marlins in a win over DENVER – Vance Worley the Washington Nationals. evened his record at 5-5 with 6 Carlos Lee and John Buck 2/3 strong innings as the Phila- drove in the runs for Miami, delphia Phillies defeated the which snapped a three-game Colorado Rockies. losing streak. Carlos Ruiz hit his 14th Pirates 6, Brewers 4 home run of the season. MILWAUKEE — Andrew Braves 8, Mets 7 McCutchen hit a two-run shot ATLANTA — Jason Heyfor his fourth homer in the last ward singled to cap a three-run three games and the Pittsburgh rally and the Atlanta Braves Pirates beat the Milwaukee took advantage after the umBrewers. pires reversed a call, beating Casey McGehee also went the New York Mets for their deep and Kevin Correia sixth straight win. pitched six effective innings as The Braves’ comeback prethe Pirates remained tied with vented a shaky R.A. Dickey the Cincinnati Reds for the NL from getting his 11th win in a Central lead. Correia (6-6) row. allowed four runs, two earned, Mets manager Terry Collins and four hits while improving was ejected while disputing a to 4-0 with a 3.81 ERA in his call in Atlanta’s two-run fifth. last five starts.

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All Times EDT AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 33 .621 — — 41 .529 8 — 1 ⁄2 42 .523 81⁄2 44 .500 101⁄2 21⁄2 44 .500 101⁄2 21⁄2 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 39 .552 — — 42 .517 3 1 43 .511 31⁄2 11⁄2 71⁄2 48 .442 91⁄2 51 .414 12 10 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 34 .609 — — 40 .545 51⁄2 — 43 .511 81⁄2 11⁄2 52 .409 171⁄2 101⁄2 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division L Pct GB WCGB 35 .588 — — 39 .552 3 1 31⁄2 42 .523 51⁄2 45 .483 9 7 51 .427 14 12 Central Division L Pct GB WCGB 38 .563 — — 38 .563 — — 42 .523 31⁄2 31⁄2 46 .471 8 8 52 .402 14 14 54 .379 16 16 West Division L Pct GB WCGB 40 .545 — — 1 40 .540 ⁄2 2 45 .483 51⁄2 7 53 .391 131⁄2 15 54 .386 14 151⁄2

AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Detroit 7, Baltimore 2 N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 5 Cleveland 1, Toronto 0 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1 Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City 8, 14 innings Oakland 6, Minnesota 3 Texas 3, Seattle 2 Saturday's Games N.Y. Yankees 5, L.A. Angels 3 Toronto 11, Cleveland 9 Baltimore 8, Detroit 6, 13 innings Tampa Bay 5, Boston 3 Kansas City 6, Chicago White Sox 3 Oakland 9, Minnesota 3 Texas at Seattle, (n) Sunday's Games L.A. Angels (Weaver 10-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 10-3), 1:05 p.m. Cleveland (D.Lowe 8-6) at Toronto (Villanueva 3-0), 1:07 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 9-5) at Baltimore (Mig.Gonzalez 1-0), 1:35 p.m. Boston (Beckett 4-7) at Tampa Bay (Shields 8-5), 1:40 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 10-2) at Kansas City (Mendoza 3-5), 2:10 p.m. Oakland (J.Parker 5-4) at Minnesota (Duensing 1-5), 2:10 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 11-4) at Seattle (Iwakuma 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Monday's Games L.A. Angels at Detroit, 7:05 p.m. Toronto at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Boston, 7:10 p.m. Cleveland at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

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Cubs 4, Diamondbacks 1 Arizona

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Chicago

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Reds 3, Cardinals 2

St. Louis

Cincinnati

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NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games Chicago Cubs 8, Arizona 1 Cincinnati 5, St. Louis 3 Washington 5, Miami 1 Atlanta 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Milwaukee 10, Pittsburgh 7 Colorado 6, Philadelphia 2 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 1 San Francisco 5, Houston 1 Saturday's Games Chicago Cubs 4, Arizona 1 Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 7 Cincinnati 3, St. Louis 2, 10 innings Pittsburgh 6, Milwaukee 4 Miami 2, Washington 1 Philadelphia 8, Colorado 5 Houston at San Francisco, (n) San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, (n) Sunday's Games Washington (Strasburg 9-4) at Miami (Nolasco 8-6), 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (J.Santana 6-5) at Atlanta (Sheets 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 10-2) at Milwaukee (Gallardo 7-6), 2:10 p.m. Arizona (Cahill 7-7) at Chicago Cubs (Garza 4-7), 2:20 p.m. Philadelphia (Hamels 10-4) at Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-3), 3:10 p.m. Houston (B.Norris 5-6) at San Francisco (M.Cain 9-3), 4:05 p.m. San Diego (Marquis 1-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 4-9), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Westbrook 7-7) at Cincinnati (Cueto 10-5), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Arizona at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m. Washington at Miami, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. Houston at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh

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Pirates 6, Brewers 4

N AT I O N A L L E A G U E New York

A M E R I C A N L E A G U E

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Milwaukee ab r h bi ab r h bi Sutton lf-rf 4 0 0 0 Aoki cf 4 1 1 0 Walker 2b 4 2 2 0 Ishikaw 1b 5 0 0 0 AMcCt cf 4 1 1 2 Braun lf 2 1 0 0 GJones rf 3 0 2 0 ArRmr 3b 4 1 1 0 Hague ph 1 0 0 0 Hart rf 3 1 2 2 Resop p 0 0 0 0 RWeks 2b 4 0 0 1 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 Mldnd c 4 0 1 0 Barajs ph 0 0 0 0 CIzturs ss 3 0 1 0 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0 Estrad p 2 0 0 0 McGeh 1b 5 1 3 2 Loe p 0 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 0 0 0 MParr p 0 0 0 0 McKnr c 3 0 0 0 Kottars ph 1 0 0 0 Barmes ss 4 1 1 0 Thrnrg p 0 0 0 0 Correia p 2 0 0 0 Morgan ph 0 0 0 0 JHrrsn ph 0 1 0 0 GHrndz lf 1 0 0 0 Totals 35 6 9 4 Totals 32 4 6 3 Pittsburgh .......................... 002 001 210 — 6 Milwaukee.......................... 022 000 000 — 4 E—P.Alvarez (14), Loe (1), Braun (5). LOB—Pittsburgh 8, Milwaukee 7. 2B—Ar.Ramirez (28), C.Izturis (3). 3B—Hart (4). HR—A.McCutchen (20), McGehee (7). CS—Walker (3). S—J.Harrison, C.Izturis. SF—Hart. IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Correia W,6-6.......... 6 4 4 2 1 6 Resop H,4................ 1 1 0 0 1 0 Grilli H,22 ................. 1 1 0 0 1 1 Hanrahan S,24-27 .. 1 0 0 0 1 1 Milwaukee Estrada..................... 52⁄3 6 3 3 1 11 Loe L,4-3 BS,4-4..... 2⁄3 2 2 1 1 1 M.Parra .................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Thornburg ................ 2 1 1 1 2 3 HBP—by Thornburg (Barajas). PB—M.Maldonado. Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza;First, Larry Vanover;Second, Dan Bellino;Third, Jerry Layne. T—3:23. A—42,029 (41,900).

Marlins 2, Nationals 1 Washington

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Miami

ab r h bi Reyes ss 4 1 1 0 Infante 2b 3 0 1 0 Ca.Lee 1b 3 0 1 1 Ruggin rf 4 0 1 0 HRmrz 3b 3 0 0 0 Bonifac cf 3 1 1 0 DSolan lf 1 0 0 0 Cousins Berndn pr-lf 1 0 1 0 ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Flores c 3 0 2 1 J.Buck c 2 0 1 1 GGnzlz p 1 0 0 0 Buehrle p 2 0 0 0 DeRosa ph 1 0 0 0 Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0 Stmmn p 0 0 0 0 Choate p 0 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 1 7 1 Totals 27 2 6 2 Washington ....................... 000 010 000 — 1 Miami .................................. 000 110 00x — 2 DP—Washington 1, Miami 1. LOB—Washington 7, Miami 7. 2B—Zimmerman (17), Ruggiano (11). SB—Desmond (13), Bernadina (9), Infante 2 (10), Ca.Lee (2), Bonifacio (21). S—Flores, G.Gonzalez, Infante, D.Solano. IP H R ER BB SO Washington G.Gonzalez L,12-4 . 6 5 2 2 0 9 Stammen.................. 2 1 0 0 3 1 Miami Buehrle W,9-8 ......... 7 6 1 1 2 7 Choate H,13............. 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Cishek S,2-5............ 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 3 HBP—by Stammen (J.Buck). Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper;First, Marty Foster;Second, D.J. Reyburn;Third, Jeff Kellogg. T—2:33. A—28,707 (37,442).

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Phillies 8, Rockies 5 Philadelphia

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Colorado

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Yankees 5, Angels 3 Los Angeles

New York ab r h bi ab r h bi Trout lf 5 1 3 0 Jeter ss 4 1 1 0 Aybar ss 4 1 1 0 Grndrs cf 4 1 1 2 Pujols 1b 4 0 0 0 AlRdrg dh 4 1 2 0 KMorls dh 3 0 0 0 Cano 2b 4 1 2 3 Trumo rf 3 0 0 0 Teixeir 1b 3 0 0 0 Callasp 3b 4 0 1 2 Swisher rf 2 0 0 0 HKndrc 2b 3 1 0 0 Ibanez lf 3 0 1 0 Bourjos cf 4 0 1 0 Wise lf 0 0 0 0 BoWlsn c 3 0 1 1 ErChvz 3b 3 0 0 0 MIzturs ph 1 0 0 0 CStwrt c 3 1 1 0 Hester c 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 3 7 3 Totals 30 5 8 5 Los Angeles....................... 200 100 000 — 3 New York ........................... 202 001 00x — 5 DP—Los Angeles 2. LOB—Los Angeles 9, New York 2. 2B—Trout (17), Al.Rodriguez (11). HR— Granderson (24), Cano (21). SB—Trout 2 (30), H.Kendrick (6), Al.Rodriguez (10). CS—Swisher (2). IP H R ER BB SO Los Angeles Williams L,6-6.......... 6 7 5 5 1 4 Takahashi ................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hawkins.................... 1 1 0 0 0 1 New York F.Garcia W,4-2........ 5 5 3 3 5 4 Eppley H,7 ............... 2 1 0 0 0 0 D.Robertson H,10... 1 1 0 0 0 2 R.Soriano S,22-23 .. 1 0 0 0 0 2 WP—Williams, F.Garcia. Umpires—Home, Paul Schrieber;First, Tim Welke;Second, Laz Diaz;Third, Mike Everitt. T—2:53. A—47,789 (50,291).

Blue Jays 11, Indians 9 Cleveland

Toronto ab r h bi ab r h bi Choo rf 4 0 1 0 Lawrie 3b 4 1 2 1 ACarer ss 4 1 0 0 Rasms cf 4 1 0 0 Kipnis 2b 4 0 1 0 Bautist rf 3 3 1 0 JoLopz 3b 4 1 1 0 Encrnc 1b 4 2 2 3 Hafner ph 1 0 1 1 Lind dh 5 1 4 4 Hannhn pr-3b 0 0 0 0 YEscor ss 5 1 1 2 CSantn dh 3 2 0 0 KJhnsn 2b 4 1 1 0 Brantly cf 4 2 3 2 RDavis lf 4 0 0 0 Duncan lf 4 2 3 3 Arencii c 4 1 2 1 Ktchm 1b 5 1 1 2 Marson c 4 0 1 0 Totals 37 912 8 Totals 37111311 Cleveland......................... 020 200 050 — 9 Toronto ............................ 208 010 00x — 11 DP—Toronto 1. LOB—Cleveland 8, Toronto 8. 2B—Choo (27), Lawrie (17), Bautista (13), Lind (9), K.Johnson (9), Arencibia 2 (13). HR—Brantley (4), Duncan (9), Kotchman (9), Encarnacion 2 (25), Y.Escobar (6). SB—Lawrie (12), K.Johnson 2 (9). IP H R ER BB SO Cleveland Jimenez L,8-8.......... 21⁄3 7 8 8 4 2 Barnes ...................... 12⁄3 3 2 2 2 2 Accardo .................... 2 2 1 1 0 0 Rogers...................... 2 1 0 0 0 1 Toronto Laffey W,1-1 ............ 5 8 4 4 3 4 Loup.......................... 2 0 0 0 0 0 J.Chavez .................. 0 3 4 4 1 0 A.Carpenter H,1...... 2⁄3 0 1 1 2 1 Janssen S,13-14 ..... 11⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 J.Chavez pitched to 4 batters in the 8th. HBP—by Laffey (Duncan). Umpires—Home, Chad Fairchild;First, Alfonso Marquez;Second, Tom Hallion;Third, Brian O’Nora. T—3:15. A—32,517 (49,260).

Orioles 8, Tigers 6 Detroit

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Baltimore

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Rays 5, Red Sox 3 Boston

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Tampa Bay

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Royals 6, White Sox 3 Chicago

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Kansas City

ab r h bi AGordn lf 5 1 1 1 AEscor ss 4 2 2 3 Hosmer 1b 4 0 0 0 Butler dh 4 0 2 0 Bourgs Rios rf 3 0 1 0 pr-dh 0 1 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 Mostks 3b 4 1 2 0 Viciedo lf 4 0 1 1 Francr rf 3 0 2 1 Flowrs c 3 0 0 0 Getz 2b 3 0 2 0 Przyns ph-c 1 0 0 0 S.Perez c 3 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 3 1 1 0 JDyson cf 3 1 1 0 L.Cain ph-cf 0 0 0 1 Totals 33 3 8 3 Totals 33 612 6 Chicago.............................. 001 002 000 — 3 Kansas City ....................... 003 000 12x — 6 LOB—Chicago 8, Kansas City 7. 2B—De Aza (17), Rios (21), Getz (6). 3B—De Aza (5), Viciedo (1). HR—A.Dunn (27), A.Escobar 2 (4). SB—J.Dyson (17). CS—Rios (4), Moustakas (2). S—De Aza, Getz. SF—L.Cain. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Peavy L,7-6 ............. 7 12 6 6 1 5 H.Santiago ............... 1 0 0 0 1 0 Kansas City Hochevar ................. 5 5 3 3 3 4 Crow BS,3-4 ............ 1 2 0 0 0 1 Mijares...................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 G.Holland W,3-2 ..... 11⁄3 Broxton S,22-26...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hochevar pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. Crow pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. Peavy pitched to 3 batters in the 8th. WP—Hochevar, Crow. Umpires—Home, Tim Tschida;First, Jordan Baker;Second, Bill Welke;Third, Chris Guccione. T—2:56. A—24,998 (37,903). De Aza cf Youkils 3b A.Dunn 1b Konerk dh

Athletics 9, Twins 3 Oakland

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Minnesota

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Minnesota .......................... 001 001 010 — 3 E—Span (3). DP—Oakland 2. LOB—Oakland 4, Minnesota 9. 2B—Cespedes (12), K.Suzuki (12), Revere (7), Doumit (17). 3B—S.Smith (2). HR— S.Smith (9), Cespedes (10), Moss (11), Carter (4), Willingham (22), Dozier (4). IP H R ER BB SO Oakland Milone W,9-6 ........... 6 10 2 2 1 4 Norberto................... 11⁄3 3 1 1 0 0 Scribner.................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Blevins...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Minnesota De Vries L,2-2 ......... 5 6 7 7 0 3 Swarzak ................... 1 3 1 1 0 2 T.Robertson ............ 1 1 0 0 0 3 Capps ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Gray .......................... 1 2 1 1 0 0

F R I D AY ’ S L A T E B O X E S Red Sox 3, Rays 1 Boston

Tampa Bay ab r h bi EJhnsn ss 4 0 0 0 C.Pena 1b 4 0 0 0 Zobrist rf 4 1 2 0 BUpton cf 3 0 0 0 Kppngr MGomz 1b 4 0 0 0 2b-3b 3 0 1 0 SRdrgz Mdlrks 3b 4 0 0 0 3b-2b 3 0 1 1 Punto 3b 0 0 0 0 Scott dh 2 0 0 0 Conrad Sltlmch c 3 1 1 0 ph-dh 1 0 1 0 Sweeny rf 3 1 0 0 Rhyms ph 1 0 0 0 Aviles ss 3 0 1 0 DJnngs lf 4 0 0 0 Ciriaco 2b 3 0 3 2 Loaton c 4 0 1 0 Totals 31 3 7 3 Totals 33 1 6 1 Boston ................................ 120 000 000 — 3 Tampa Bay......................... 000 001 000 — 1 E—Aviles (8), M.Gomez (4). DP—Boston 1, Tampa Bay 2. LOB—Boston 8, Tampa Bay 8. 2B—Aviles (23), Zobrist 2 (20), S.Rodriguez (11), Lobaton (6). HR—Ortiz (23). SB—Ciriaco (3). CS—B.Upton (4). S—Ciriaco. IP H R ER BB SO Boston F.Morales W,2-2 ..... 5 2 0 0 3 5 Atchison H,5 ............ 2⁄3 1 1 0 0 1 A.Miller ..................... 0 1 0 0 0 0 Albers H,6................ 11⁄3 0 0 0 0 3 Padilla H,20 ............. 1 2 0 0 0 1 Aceves S,20-24 ...... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Tampa Bay Hellickson L,4-6 ...... 6 5 3 3 4 5 Howell....................... 1 1 0 0 1 1 Farnsworth............... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Badenhop................. 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 McGee...................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Hellickson pitched to 1 batter in the 7th. A.Miller pitched to 1 batter in the 6th. HBP—by Hellickson (Aviles). Balk—F.Morales. Ellsury cf Nava lf C.Ross ph-lf Ortiz dh

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3 0 1 0 Butler dh 4 0 2 0 JDyson Konerk 1b 6 0 1 0 pr-dh 0 0 0 0 Rios rf 7 1 2 1 YBtncr 2b 7 0 1 0 Przyns c 7 1 4 1 Mostks 3b 7 1 1 1 Viciedo lf 5 1 2 3 Francr rf 7 2 3 1 JrDnks pr-lf 1 1 0 0 S.Perez c 5 1 2 0 AlRmrz ss 7 0 2 0 Bourgs pr 0 0 0 0 Bckhm 2b 5 1 1 1 B.Pena c 2 0 0 0 L.Cain cf 6 3 3 1 Totals 55 917 9 Totals 55 817 8 Chicago ............ 300 030 001 001 01 — 9 Kansas City...... 030 200 020 001 00 — 8 E—Septimo (1). DP—Chicago 2, Kansas City 1. LOB—Chicago 15, Kansas City 13. 2B—Rios (20), Pierzynski (10), Al.Ramirez (13), Beckham (15), Francoeur (15), S.Perez (4), L.Cain (1). 3B—A.Escobar (3). HR—A.Dunn (26), Rios (13), Viciedo (15), Moustakas (16), Francoeur (8). SB— Al.Ramirez (11), J.Dyson (16). S—A.Escobar. SF— Youkilis. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Quintana................... 5 8 5 5 3 4 Omogrosso H,1....... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Thornton H,14 ......... 1 2 0 0 0 1 N.Jones BS,1-1....... 2⁄3 2 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 Septimo .................... 11⁄3 Marinez .................... 12⁄3 2 0 0 2 0 H.Santiago ............... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Reed BS,2-15.......... 1 2 1 1 0 0 Axelrod W,1-2 ......... 2 0 0 0 1 3 Kansas City B.Chen ..................... 42⁄3 9 6 6 3 5 K.Herrera ................. 1⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Mijares...................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 1 Crow ......................... 11⁄3 G.Holland ................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Broxton BS,4-25 ..... 1 2 1 1 2 0 L.Coleman ............... 2 0 0 0 1 2 Collins....................... 1 1 1 1 2 1 Teaford L,1-3........... 2 3 1 1 1 2 WP—Quintana 2, Collins.

Rangers 3, Mariners 2

Texas

Seattle ab r h bi Ackley 2b 5 0 0 0 ISuzuki rf 4 0 1 0 C.Wells lf 4 0 2 0 JMontr dh 3 0 0 0 Seager 3b 3 1 2 0 Smoak 1b 4 1 1 0 Olivo c 3 0 0 0 Jaso ph 1 0 1 0 MSndrs cf 4 0 0 1 Ryan ss 3 0 0 0 Peguer ph 0 0 0 0 Kawsk pr 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 3 9 3 Totals 34 2 7 1 Texas.................................. 000 012 000 — 3 Seattle ................................ 000 000 002 — 2 E—Mi.Young (2). LOB—Texas 8, Seattle 8. 2B—N.Cruz (23). HR—Beltre (16). SB—Napoli (1), I.Suzuki (13), C.Wells (2), Seager (8). S—Andrus, L.Martin. IP H R ER BB SO Texas D.Holland W,6-4...... 72⁄3 4 0 0 2 4 Mi.Adams H,16........ 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan S,19-20 ....... 1 3 2 2 1 1 Seattle Millwood L,3-7 ......... 62⁄3 8 3 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 Luetge ...................... 1⁄3 Kelley........................ 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 O.Perez .................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 1 1 Kinney ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP—Nathan. Kinsler 2b Andrus ss Hamltn lf Beltre 3b N.Cruz rf MiYong 1b DvMrp dh Napoli c Torreal c LMartn cf Gentry ph-cf

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San Diego

Los Angeles ab r h bi HrstnJr lf-3b 4 1 1 0 M.Ellis 2b 4 1 1 2 Kemp cf 4 0 2 0 Ethier rf 2 0 0 0 JRiver 1b 3 0 0 0 A.Ellis c 3 0 0 0 Uribe 3b 2 0 1 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0 Abreu ph 1 0 0 0 Belisari p 0 0 0 0 Jansen p 0 0 0 0 L.Cruz ss 3 0 0 0 Kershw p 1 0 0 0 GwynJ ph-lf 2 0 1 0 Totals 34 1 7 1 Totals 29 2 6 2 San Diego .......................... 010 000 000 — 1 Los Angeles....................... 000 002 00x — 2 DP—San Diego 1. LOB—San Diego 10, Los Angeles 4. 2B—Forsythe (4), Grandal (2), Kemp (7), Uribe (8). HR—M.Ellis (3). IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Richard L,6-10 ........ 71⁄3 5 2 2 0 2 Thayer ...................... 2⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles Kershaw W,7-5........ 6 6 1 1 3 6 Guerra H,2 ............... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Belisario H,11.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Jansen S,16-19 ....... 1 0 0 0 1 0 HBP—by Richard (Ethier). WP—Guerra. Denorfi rf Amarst ph-rf Forsyth 2b Headly 3b Quentin lf Grandl c Alonso 1b Maybin cf EvCarr ss Richrd p Thayer p Kotsay ph

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Houston

San Francisco ab r h bi Christn rf 4 0 0 1 JaLopz p 0 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0 Theriot 2b 2 1 1 0 MeCarr lf 4 0 1 0 Posey c 4 1 1 2 Sandovl 3b 4 1 1 0 BCrwfr ss 0 0 0 0 Pagan cf 3 1 2 1 Belt 1b 3 1 1 0 Arias ss-3b 3 0 1 1 Bmgrn p 2 0 0 0 Schrhlt ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Totals 30 1 3 1 Totals 30 5 9 5 Houston.............................. 000 000 100 — 1 San Francisco.................... 220 000 01x — 5 DP—Houston 2. LOB—Houston 6, San Francisco 5. 3B—Sandoval (1), Schierholtz (5). HR—C.Snyder (4), Posey (11). SB—Theriot (9), Pagan (16). SF—Pagan. IP H R ER BB SO Houston W.Rodriguez L,7-7 . 6 7 4 4 2 4 R.Cruz ...................... 1 1 0 0 1 0 Del Rosario.............. 1 1 1 1 0 2 San Francisco Bumgarner W,11-5 . 7 2 1 1 2 5 Ja.Lopez H,10 ......... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Romo H,15 .............. 1 1 0 0 1 1 S.Casilla S,22-26.... 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 2 HBP—by Bumgarner (Maxwell). Umpires—Home, Wally Bell;First, Brian Knight;Second, Mike Winters;Third, Mark Wegner. T—2:35. A—42,116 (41,915). Altuve 2b Bixler rf DelRsr p Maxwll cf JDMrtn lf Lowrie ss CJhnsn 3b CSnydr c MDwns 1b WRdrg p R.Cruz p Bogsvc ph-rf

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WVW grad still going strong When Richard Meeker was growing up in the 70s, he got caught one too many times riding his motorcycle on the road causing his father to sell the bike. Still needing a way to travel the six miles to the job he held at the time, Meeker turned to his father’s bike – the kind without the motor. That simple act of discipline ignited a lifelong cycling career that has seen Meeker reach the heights of the sport. It’s a career in which he has won national championships both on the road and the track, been part of the United States National Team and raced for one the U.S. Postal masters team while Lance Armstrong was winning his seven Tour de Frances. “It’s my love and my hobby” said Meeker, who grew up in Northeastern Pennsylvania, moved to California in 1991 and now calls Corona Del Mar, Calif., home. And at 49, the Wyoming Valley West graduate is still going strong. A quick glance at his USA Cycling webpage shows seven straight victories in Masters divisions races dating back to early May. His most recent victory came

to train properly. “The key is to be rested,” Meeker said. “A lot of riders leave their race legs in training.” CYCLING SCENE Meeker, who is self employed in financial sales, adds that holding down a full-time job in the prestigious Manhattan helps to keep him from overBeach Grand Prix. “Years of dedication,” the son training. His success hasn’t only come of Mary Anne and Richard as a rider. Meeker of Plymouth gave has Meeker has worked with some the reason for his longevity in of the big names in American the sport. cycling, including current Tour Riding for the Breakaway de France rider and Olympian from Cancer masters team, Meeker picked up the victory at Chris Horner. So as he closes in on his 50th Manhattan Beach over an imbirthday, the logical question is pressive field. how long does Meeker plan to “It’s by far the best racing in the country,” Meeker said of the continue racking up victories. “That’s a great question,” he competition in California. “Definitely a higher level of racing out said. “As long as I can.” That could be a very long time here. with the way he is going now. “It’s the cream of the crop.” Meeker gives a lot of his credit Endure around the corner for his success to the coaching The American Cancer Sociehe received early in his career ty’s Endure for the Cure ride and from Dave and Rob Latetieri. run is just around the corner. Thanks to the two Scranton I had a chance to ride the natives, Meeker said he “learned event last year, and it is well to win.” worth your time. Something he has gotten The run is Aug. 11 and the ride better at as he has grown older, is Aug. 12. The registration fee is according to Tom Jones of $40 for the ride, $25 for the run Around Town Bicycles – a high or $50 for both. school classmate of Meeker’s. For more information, go to “He’s really one of those riders acsendure.org. who has got better with age,” Jones told me when I stopped by the shop to pick up a tube on Joe Soprano writes about cycling for Wednesday. The Times Leader. Reach him at According to Meeker, a lot of 829-7164 or jsoprano@timesleadthat has to do with learning how er.com

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LE CAP D’AGDE, France — Andre Greipel of Germany led a photo-finish sprint to win the 13th stage of the Tour de France on Saturday, while Britain’s Bradley Wiggins retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey as the race headed to the Mediterranean. The windy and flat 134.8-mile run, with one major climb from Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux to Le Cap d’Agde, was tailored for a win by one of the race’s sprinters. Greipel’s ability to get over the super-steep Mont Saint-Clair climb, in the picturesque port town of Sete about 14 miles from the finish, helped pave the way for his victory. Several other top sprinters — such as Britain’s Mark Cavendish — struggled up the hill and fell back. Greipel, who turns 30 on Monday, earned his third stage victory of this year’s Tour after winning the fourth and fifth stages in sprint finishes. Still-photo imagery showed he won by half a wheel’s length ahead of Slovakian rider Peter Sagan. Edvald Boasson Hagen of Norway was third. Wiggins trailed close behind in the main pack. Overall, he leads his second-place Sky teammate and fellow Briton Christopher Froome by 2 minutes, 5 seconds. Vincenzo Nibali of Italy is third, 2:23 back, and defending champion Cadel Evans of Australia is 3:19 off the pace in fourth. Saturday’s route was known as a transitional stage because it was mostly flat, and guided riders away from their last big test — the Alps — and toward their next, the Pyrenees. Greipel’s Lotto Belisol team did the hard work of leading the pack through a wind-swept ride along the shore in pursuit of breakaway riders Michael Albasini and Alexandre Vinokourov, ultimately catching them. In a bold move, with less than a mile left, Wiggins powered up to the front of the pack with Sky teammate Boasson Hagen on his back wheel, trying to set up the Norwegian for the stage win. Greipel said he “speculated” that such a plot was being hatched. He pulled up just behind Hagen, then whizzed around him after a final bend and held on. “I’m really happy with this victory ... it was once again a team effort,” said Greipel, who has four career Tour stage wins. “The sprint was very long. I was just on the wheel of Boasson Hagen, and I saw that I could win if I just gave a little extra at the end.” Wiggins said he led the late surge because he wanted to stay in front and out of possible trouble in a big final bend in the road. He also wanted to help Boasson Hagen to return a favor for his

support in the Alps. “Once we knew that Cavendish wasn’t going to come back, everybody said we’d try to do the job for Edvald,” Wiggins said. “Sometimes it’s just good to get on the front and try to repay a friend of mine back.” Still, Spain’s Luis Leon Sanchez, who had been leading in a two-man breakaway that was overtaken by Wiggins, showed his frustration with an angry

hand gesture. Sanchez said he felt Sky was being too dominant and didn’t understand why Wiggins was working to help a teammate win a stage while in yellow himself. Sanchez later appeared to have second thoughts about his first reaction and wrote on Twitter, “I beg (Wiggins’) pardon. He is the leader of the race so he and his team have the right to do whatever they want.”

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BULLETIN BOARD STATE REP. ED STABACK will host his 20th annual Junior Shooting Competition on Sept. 22 at the State Game Lands 300 Shooting Range on Archbald Mountain. In case of rain, the competition will be held on Sept. 23. Held in conjunction with the Richmondale Hunting Club and the Scranton Chapter of the NRA, the competition is for youths 10 through 18 years of age, with the following divisions: 10, 11-13, 14-16 and 17-18. Ten-year-olds will be in a separate division and shoot from a sitting position only. Trophies will be awarded for the top three competitors from each age group in the iron sight and scope categories. The high scorer in the iron sight competition will be awarded the Frank Tedesco Memorial Trophy. The high scorer in the scope competition will be awarded the Mike Rinaldi Memorial Trophy. Pre-registration is required as the competition is limited to 250 children. To register or for more information, call Staback’s office at 876-1111 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Join Hickory Run State Park naturalist Megan Taylor at 9 a.m. on July 18 for a difficult (some gentle uneven terrain) 4.5 mile hike. Meet at the Hickory Run State Park Office located on Route 534. Come out to get some exercise while exploring your natural areas, learning about the natural history along the trail, and relaxing in the fresh air. This hike is the seventh in the 2012 Hickory Run State Park Hiking Series. Please contact Megan Taylor for more information and detailed directions at hickoryrunenvedsp@pa.gov or 4032006. The Greater Hazleton Astronomical Society will host a “Night Out With the Stars” on Saturday, July 28 at 8:30 p.m. at Nescopeck State Park. The program will begin inside with a brief introduction to interpreting the night sky and then continue outdoors to look through telescopes. This program is family oriented and there is no cost to attend. Please bring a flashlight for returning to the car after the program. Registration is required by calling the park office at 403-2006. Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, dropped off at The Times Leader or mailed to The Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 187110250.

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Pair of ‘cinnamon’ bears spotted around Conyngham

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Even nature is trying to beat the heat

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This cinnamon bear, still under the effects of a tranquilizer, was trapped by WCO Dave Allen in 2008 in Hazleton. He recently trapped a second last week in Conyngham Township.

Rare to find two of a kind T By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com

he bear that Wildlife Conservation Officer Dave Allen livetrapped last week in Conyngham Township is so rare that the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s bear biologist has only handled two in 12 years. Out of the several thousand bears harvested each hunting season, only two or three are similar to the one Allen trapped. Making the situation even more unique, Allen believes there is another bear just like it roaming the same area. Responding to a complaint of a bear raiding blueberry bushes, Allen set a live trap at the location near Route 239. After a few days he caught the culprit – a brown-phase black bear. The brown phase is one of four color variations found in black bears, and within the phase there is even more variety. PGC black bear biologist Mark Ternent said brown-phase black bears can have coats that are blond, red, chocolate or cinnamon. Allen’s bear was the latter. “In the western states, the brown phase may represent over 70 percent of the black bear population,” Ternent said. “But it’s rare to have a cinnamon bear at all in Pennsylvania.” Allen said the bear, a young female weighing 185 pounds, was live-trapped

The color of bears

Ternent said black bears have four color phases: • Black – most common • Brown – including cinnamon, chocolate, blond and red • White – now a pure albino; eyes and nose are black; found in coastal British Columbia • Blue – coat is a steel color; found in parts of Alaska

Most black bears aren’t 100 percent black, according to Ternent. Most have some white on their chest, whether it’s a noticeable circle, crescent or V, or even just a few white hairs.

after it was spotted raiding a farmer’s blueberry bushes. The bear was relocated on State Game Lands in the Mountain Top area. “Her coat was thinner because of the summer, but it was still a very attractive, unique bear,” Allen said. “I can only imagine how impressive a bear like this would look in the winter with a full, thick coat.” Based on reports and photos from residents in the area of Conyngham Township, Allen believes there is a second cinnamon bear in the locale. The second bear, he said, appears much larger than the one he trapped and is more blond in color. “The pictures don’t match the one I trapped,” Allen said. “The one we relocat-

ed was pretty red, and the size difference between the two is a dead giveaway.” If there were two brown-phase black bears in the area of Conyngham Township, Ternent said such an occurrence is highly uncommon but not entirely surprising. An area of Lycoming County, he said, produces multiple cinnamon bears with some regularity. “Any cinnamon-phase bear is uncommon, but when they do show up it tends to be in clusters,” Ternent said. “It’s like a little genetic pocket that keeps the trait in that particular area.” The Conyngham Township bruin was the second adult cinnamon bear that Allen has trapped. The first was in 2008 in the Hazleton area. Ternent has handled approximately 150 live bears annually for the last 12 years in Pennsylvania and only two have been brown-phase. He said the color variation is similar to the occurrence of black-phase gray squirrels, but it’s not related to albino deer because color isn’t lacking from the fur. Aside from the unusual color variation, pink lips and nose, Ternent said a brownphase bear is no different from any other bruin. Just a bit more uncommon. “It’s unique, it’s rare, but other than that it’s the same as any other black bear,” he said.

W E E K LY B A S S T O U R N A M E N T R O U N D U P Nanticoke Conservation Club (Annual Susquehanna River Bass Fishing Tournament, held July 7 at the Union Township boat launch; 14 boats, 12 reached the five bass limit): 1. Orbille Ortwine/Steve Lowe, 9 lbs. 10.6 oz 2. Jim Shultz Sr/Jim Shultz Jr, 9 lbs. 3.6 oz 3. Randy Follner/Matt Follner, 8 lbs. 14.6 oz 4. Brent Benedict/Troy Beck, 8 lbs. 13.6 oz 5. Eric Brigham/Ron Wheeler, 8 lbs. 8.4 oz 6. Dan Byorick Sr/Dan Byorick Jr., 7 lbs 13.6 oz 7. Rob Rogo/Derrick Cooney, 7 lbs. 11.0 oz 8. Al Gleco/Len Sklaney, 7 lbs. 6.2 oz 9. Bob Strunk/Sheldon Strunk/Barry Sult, 7 lbs. 5.0 oz 10. Joe Elm/Allen Casal, 7 lbs. 0.2 oz 11. Frank Slymock/Duke Dalley, 6 lbs. 9.4 oz 12. Chuck Saypack/Paul Smith, 5 lbs. 6.0 oz 13. Kyle Evans/Ned Evans, 4 lbs. 2.4 oz 14. Gino Blockus/Travis Birth, 3 lbs. 6.0 oz Lunker – Brent Benedict/Troy Beck, 2 lbs. 10.4 oz.

Suskie Bassmasters (every Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m. at the Nesbitt Park Boat Launch in WilkesBarre; www.suskiebassmasters.com or www.teamrosencrans.org)): July 11 results (35 anglers): Bill Jenkins – 2.57 lbs. Scott Kuzma – 2.37 lbs. Chuck Saypack – 2.14 lbs. Jim Lacomis – 1.92 lbs. Frank Slymock – 1.92 lbs. Top 10 Standings (total weight): 1. Jim Lacomis- 6.35 lbs. 2. Hunter Lacomis - 6.05 lbs. 3. John Centak - 6.05 lbs. 4. Donnie Parsons III - 5.94 lbs. 5. Frank Slymock - 5.82 lbs. 6. Dave Searfoss- 5.80 lbs. 7. Chris Ostrowski - 5.78 lbs. 8. Richard Gab - 5.40 lbs. PA BassCasters (Lake Carey Open Buddy Tourna- 9. Dan Byorick - 5.33 lbs. ment held on July 8; 27 teams, eight brought in a 10. Andy Nealon – 5.28 lbs. Small Bass Pool – Andrew Schweitzer - .83 lbs. limit; 82 total fish weighed): Nat Lussi and Ziggy Flis – 10 lbs. 5 oz. Harveys Lake Wednesday Night Bass Chet Williams and John Pfecke – 9 lbs. 15 oz. Tournament Joe Kosloski and Ken Kosloski – 9 lbs. 6 oz. (every Wednesday, 6 to 9 p.m. at the state boat Joe Zombek and Jonathan Kelly – 9 lbs. 4.5 oz. Lunker – Bob Hawkins and Bobby Hawkins Jr. – 3 lb. launch; for more information call Duke Dalley at 10 oz largemouth (caught by Bobby Hawkins Jr.) 991-0080):

July 11 results (26 boats, 43 anglers): Ken Koslowski – 3.12 lb. largemouth Brad Rinehimer – 2.80 lb. smallmouth George Hogan – 2.78 lbs. Mike Adamshick – 2.61 lbs. Dave Harrison – 2.57 lbs. Top 10 Standings (total weight): 1. Greg Mikulski------10.24 lbs. 2.Gary Mikulski-------9.08 lbs. 3. Dave Brill-----------9.03 lbs. 4. Brad Rinehimer-----8.55 lbs. 5.Jim Roberts---------8.28 lbs. 6. Dave Harrison------7.59 lbs. 7. George Hogan------7.34 lbs. 8. Greg Mikulski Sr.---6.56 lbs. 9, John Niezgoda------6.52 lbs. 10. Ken Koslowski-----6.38 lbs. Upcoming Tournaments: • Cathing Dreams at Harveys Lake Tournament – Aug.19; open buddy tournament; all proceeds benefit Catch-A-Dream Foundation • PA BassCasters – Lake Carey on Sept. 2 • Salvation Army of Ithaca – Cayuga Lake, New York on Sept. 8 and 9; $5,000 purse, $1,250 grand prize; Class A – lake trout, Class B – brown, rainbow and salmon, Class C – bass; Entry fee is $20, $5 optional lunker; proceeds benefit the youth programs of the Salvation Army; for more information visit www.sa-ith.org.

he behemoth woodchuck ambled a few yards into the pasture and munched on a patch of white clover. It was a 90-degree July afternoon, and the succulent clover was temptation enough to lure the fat chuck from its hole. I watched for a few minutes until the woodchuck decided the heat was too much and slowly meandered back to the entrance of its den. There’s nothing unusual about seeing a woodchuck in a field, but this instance was a bit unique. When they’re out in the open, woodchucks are extremely wary. In between mouthfuls of grass they constantly raise their heads searching for danger. If something seems out of place, a chuck doesn’t hesitate to make a quick beeline for the safety of its den. But this particular chuck – which had quite a bit of girth – was very lackadaisical. It didn’t appear sick, but rather simply beaten down by the heat like the rest of us. I’m not complaining about the hot summer we’ve experienced this year. I’ll miss the 90-degree heat and bright sun during those gray February days when winter seems like it will never end. Still, just like the cold and snow poses a challenge to wildlife, so does the heat and sun. While we have the luxury of cranking up the air conditioner to beat the heat, wildlife has to cope in other ways. A recent walk through some farm fields and a swamp provided a few examples. A hen turkey brought her 13 poults into a cut hayfield to feed on insects under the hot sun. From my vantage point behind a tree, I watched as the poults energetically chased and gobbled insects without showing any ill effects of the heat. The hen, however, took it easy. She stood still, allowing body heat to dissipate from her unfeathered head and neck. The hen also panted for brief spells and even fanned her wings out to allow the breeze to penetrate her feathers. In a woodlot nearby I could make out the heads of two deer bedded down underneath thick evergreens. The tree canopy offered plenty of shade for the deer, who were content to wait out the afternoon heat while patiently flicking their ears to scatter flies. While the farmland wildlife was managing pretty well in the heat, I decided to check out a large swamp nestled deep in a hollow to see how the aquatic life was coping with the heat. It was a different story. As I approached the edge of a pond in the middle of the swamp, it appeared that life was on hold. The songbirds were quiet, floating logs were devoid of basking turtles and I couldn’t spot a single frog perched on the water’s edge. The only sign of life was offered by the dozens of dragonflies that darted through the air and buzzed the pond’s surface without fear. For it seemed that the heat was even too much for the largemouth bass, who normally would be ready to smack the surface and gulp a dragonfly. As the afternoon waned, I made one last trip to the pasture to see if the chuck had returned. He didn’t, and after a brief search along the edge of the woods I could see why. I found the entrance to the chuck’s den tucked under the shade offered by a stand of sassafras. The fresh dirt mounded around the hole was surprisingly cool, and I suspected that things were even cooler deep down in the earthen den. Taking a cue from the chuck, I took a seat nearby and waited out the afternoon heat under the shade of the sassafras. No, it wasn’t as cool as sitting in front of an air conditioner, but when it comes to beating the July heat any bit of shade will do.

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The movement to lift the ban has had little traction and change isn’t on the horizon. By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com

A move by a Lancaster Countybased group to take the Sunday hunting issue to court isn’t generating much optimism from the state legislator who has introduced several measures to make the concept a reality. State Rep. Ed Staback (D-Lackawanna) introduced House Bill 1760 last year. The bill would give the Pennsylvania Game Commission the authority to enact Sunday hunting to whichever species or seasons they feel appropriate. The measure has stalled in the House Game and Fisheries Committee because of Republican opposition in the Senate, Staback said. “There was no sense in calling that bill up if you knew it was going to get knocked down in the Senate,” Staback said. “At this point, I don’t think it’s going to come up again for a long time.” The group Hunters United for Sunday Hunting is trying to change that. The group is planning on suing the state government, claiming the ban on Sunday hunting is illegal and shouldn’t exist. HUSH says the Game Commission should have authority over Sunday hunting, just like Staback’s bill called for. In a best-case scenario, Staback said, the courts would rule that the Sunday hunting ban shouldn’t exist and the authority would be given to the PGC. But he isn’t optimistic that will happen. “I suspect that the court would kick it back to the General Assembly and nothing will happen from there. I just don’t see anyone willing to pick up the ball again,” Staback said. “I understand the frustration from those who support Sunday hunting, but if it was going to occur it should’ve happened in the state House.”

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Five teams representing the Factoryville Sportsmen’s Club in Wyoming County competed in the annual PA Eastern Zone Sporting Clays State Shoot in York County. Sixty teams from three states competed, and four Factoryville teams placed in the top 20. The shoot was held at Central Penn Sporting Clays. Four of the five Factoryville teams placed in the event as follows: Varsity team 1 placed 14th overall comprised of Jimmy Lyons, Casey Deaton, and George Schwartz. Varsity team 2 placed 16th overall comprised of Nadia Davies, Will Swisher, and James Maxson. Intermediate Advanced placed seventh overall, comprised of Kyle Hegedty, Kyle Morgan, and Kyle Scalla. Intermediate Entry placed second overall, comprised of Hunter Vandorick, Zack Vrabel, and Nicholas Judd. Rookie team comprised of Avery Billings and Jeramiah Schwartz shot well but did not place in the event. The team members have been practicing on the Club course since late April in preparation for the event. This is the fourth year that Factoryville has participated in the annual state sporting clays competition. Other team members who practiced

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ner’s bracket final at Mountain Post 781. It was a welcomed hit for the GP first baseman who had been struggling of late with the bat. “I was looking for a fastball to hit and I got some pregame advice from coach Lem (Rob Lemoncelli) to keep my hands up and it worked,” Chupka said. “I took my first two at-bats and I struggled so I changed something up and it worked.” With the win, Greater Pittston secures a berth in the Region 5 Tournament and will try to win the league title at 4 p.m. today against a team to be determined. Playing at 1 p.m. today at Mountain Post is Tunkhannock vs. Mountain Post, which defeated Hazleton 6-0 in an elimination game on Saturday. The winner of the 1 p.m. game joins Greater Pittston in the regional event set to begin on Saturday at Connell Park in Scranton. The top two teams from the league advance. Although Chupka’s hit broke open the game – which was just 2-0 at the time – and gave starting pitcher Adam Romanowski more breathing room, Romanowski didn’t seem to need more support. The Wyoming Area grad, who tossed a no-hitter just two weeks ago, was dominant again on Saturday. He only gave up five hits, walked just one and struck out

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five in the complete-game shutout. Romanowski, who will attend the University of Pittsburgh and look to walk-on the baseball team, kept Tunkhannock from putting any sort of rally together by only allowing one leadoff hitter to reach base, and that runner in the sixth was erased on a double-play grounder. Romanowski also pitched the last two outs of Friday’s win against Hazleton. “It’s a great feeling to pitch a complete game because everything is in your hands and it’s great to know the coaches trust me with it,” Romanowski said. Greater Pittston, which has been one of the premier teams in the league over the last 10 years, is looking for its sixth title since 2002 and first since 2010. The team opened the scoring in the bottom of the third without a hit by utilizing the speed of leadoff

FCS Clay Busters Morning Squad, from the left: Hunter Vandorick, Jeremiah Schwartz , coach John Vandorick, coach Larry Lastrange, Avery Billings, Zack Vrabel and Nick Judd.

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with the team but were unable to make the state shoot were Jericho Hendershot, Greg Tracy, Dustin Henry, and Matt Mecca. Coaches were John Hegedty, hitter Nick O’Brien, who reached on an error, stole two bases and scored on a sacrifice fly. Another run came home in the fifth before Chupka’s hit on a runscoring single by Randy McDermott. A Kody Nowicki single plated O’Brien in the sixth for a 6-0 lead as the No. 2 seed displayed a well-played game with pitching, offense and defense committing no errors. GP manager Drew Whyte credited his assistant coaches Charlie McDermott, Rob Lemoncelli and Jerry Rainelli for the hard work they put in during the season and added that his veteran team is ready for the next step. Greater Pittston 6, Tunkhannock 0 Tunkhannock Greater Pittston ab R h bi ab r h bi Zaner p 2 0 0 0 O’Brien cf 4 2 1 0 Goodwin ss 2 0 0 0 Nowicki 3b 3 1 1 1 Custer c 3 0 2 0 Musto c 2 0 0 1 Lee rf 3 0 1 0 Rmnwski p 0 0 0 0 Bernoski 2b 3 0 0 0 Grove dh 3 1 1 0 TWeiss 3b 3 0 0 0 McDrmtt ss 3 1 1 1 Sick lf 3 0 1 0 Bone lf 1 1 0 0 RWeiss 1b 2 0 0 0 Chupka 1b 3 0 1 3 Holton p 1 0 0 0 DeBona rf 3 0 2 0 Sherry cf 2 0 1 0 Carey 2b 2 0 0 0 Loftus ph 1 0 0 0 Totals 24 0 5 0 Totals 25 6 7 6 Tunkhannock........................... 000 000 0 — 0 Greater Pittston ....................... 001 041 x — 6 2B – Chupka IP H R ER BB SO Tunkhannock Zaner (L).................... 5 5 5 5 4 3 Holton ........................ 1 2 1 1 0 2 Greater Pittston Romanowski (W) ..... 7 5 0 0 1 5

head coach, George Hegedty and Phil McCarthy, assistant coaches, and John Vandoric and Larry LaStrange, adult volunteers. vanced to today’s elimination bracket final against Tunkhannock. Dom Sartini had an RBI single in the win. Brady Wolfe tripled for Hazleton, which was eliminated from the tournament. Hazleton

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score from third and Pasone from second. “We play an aggressive style of baseball,” Vito Pasone said. “We have very good team speed and we take advantage of that when we can. And we practice baserunning. I don’t know how many Little League teams practice baserunning, but we do it two, three times a week.”

what I try to tell these kids – it’s 14 as one. Everybody has a role, everybody has to settle into that role and there are times when an unexpected guy is going to come up in a key situation and get things rolling.” South Wilkes-Barre reliever Kenny Macko had the opposite effect on Old Forge. He picked up where starter Colin Pasone left off, pitching 41⁄3 strong innings. After allowing a towering homer to Brendan Mozeleski to start the fourth, Macko worked out of a two-out jam in the fifth and retired the side in order in the sixth. South Wilkes-Barre tacked on its final runs in the sixth when Tomolonis’ strikeout ended up being as effective as his two-run double in the fifth. The third strike escaped the catcher and the throw to first sailed into right field. That allowed Ostrowski to

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JUNIOR LEGION Swoyersville 7, Plains 0 Billy Gregory tossed a three-hit shutout striking out six to lead DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER Swoyersville to the victory at Noah Edwards of South Wilkes-Barre completes a put-out at first Roosevelt Field. base against Old Forge on Saturday. South Wilkes-Barre stayed Ryan Hogan (two hits, triple, RBI), Logan Zavada (two hits, within a run early before rallying for a 5-1 win. three RBI), Keaton Dolan (two hits, two RBI) and Jeremy WorMountain Post 6, OUR LADY OF VICTORY linsky (hit, RBI) paced SwoyersHazleton 0 ville’s offense. Swoyersville plays HARVEYS LAKE ANNUAL MEMORIAL Alex Buchholz and Anthony Nanticoke/Greater Pittston at 1 GOLF TOURNAMENT Caladie each drove in two runs p.m. today in the winner’s brackfor Mountain Post, which ad- et of the league tournament. Friday, August 24, 2012

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in the seventh inning after grounding a single to make it to first. He then stole second base and was hit home by a Pena single making it an 8-0 game. Syracuse (44-49) broke the shutout as Jim Negrych hit a solo home run in the eighth inning. The Yankees and Chiefs wrap up their series at 2 p.m. today at Alliance Bank Stadium in Syracuse. The Yankees will start right-hander John Maine, while Zach Duke heads to the hill for the Chiefs. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will then travel to Rochester to continue the home stand with a four game series against the Charlotte Knights, beginning at 7:05 on Monday night.

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre showed no rust after finishing a suspended game against Syracuse on Friday. The Yankees came back and dominated the Chiefs on Saturday 8-1. The Yankees (50-43) were relentless in the second inning, scoring six runs which all began when Cole Garner singled and then advanced to second after a Ramiro Pena walk. Raymond Kruml singled to allow Garner to score and make the game 1-0. After a Chris Dickerson walk, Kevin Russo singled on a ground ball allowing Pena and Kruml to score with Dickerson advancing to third, making it a 3-0 game. Dickerson would then score off a Corban Joseph single making it 4-0 Yankees. Ronnier Mustelier nailed a single to center field to bring home Russo and Joseph to make the game 6-0. In the bottom of the third Garner singled to first, and then advanced to second on a Pena single line drive. Kruml grounded into a force out as Pena was tagged out but Garner made it to third. He would then score on a Russo sacrifice fly out to center, making it 7-0 for the Yankees. Garner found home plate again

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As Olympics near, P&G ramps up marketing effort By MAE ANDERSON AP Retail Writer

NEW YORK — If a gold medal could be awarded for Olympic marketing, Procter & Gamble would surely be striving for it. With the opening ceremony of the Olympics less than two weeks away, the world’s largest consumer products maker unveiled an ad that shows child athletes arriving in London and getting ready to compete. In the “Kids” commercial, a proud mom watches her son on the diving board and these words are posted on the screen: “To their moms, they’ll

always be kids.” Then, an announcer says the company’s tagline: “P&G, proud sponsor of moms.” P&G is just one of the major companies that pay millions of dollars for sponsorships, ads and other marketing surrounding the Summer Olympics. It’s their attempt to attach their names to the high-profile event and drive sales. The Olympics are an advertiser’s paradise. The 2008 Olympics in Beijing was the most-watched event in U.S. television history: An average of 27.7 million people saw the telecast over 17 nights. Companies

spent $977 million in advertising during the 2008 Olympics to reach that audience, according to Kantar Media. P&G, which was not a sponsor in Beijing, is trying to capture those eyeballs this time around. The “Kids” ad is just a small part of the company’s Olympics marketing efforts, which began in the spring. P&G, which declined to disclose its spending on marketing, has a corporate campaign in addition to initiatives for 34 separate brands, See P&G, Page 2D

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One of Procter & Gamble’s ads titled ‘Kids’ which will begin airing on TV globally after it debuts online. It shows athletes arriving at the London Olympics and getting ready to compete, but they’re all young children.

Parents face different type of college credit

By DAVE CARPENTER AP Personal Finance Writer

CHICAGO — Parents of collegebound students have a decision to make as offers stream in for their soonto-depart teenagers. Should they send their green freshmen off to campus armed with a debit or credit card to learn how to handle money? Or is it better to keep firm control through the Bank of Mom and Dad? The “correct” answer will vary by family and personal preference. The Credit Card Act that took effect 21⁄2 years ago made it much harder for anyone under 21to get a card. Gone are the days of card issuers racking up scads of new customers on campus by handing out free T-shirts or rewards points for spring break. “In the old days, if you could fog a mirror could get a credit card,” says Adam Levin, chairman and founder of Credit.com, a San Francisco-based company that provides information about credit products. Under-21s can still obtain a credit card if they have a qualified co-signer or proof of sufficient income to repay the debt. And card issuers still market aggressively to college students, targeting them with pre-screened mail offers. That makes parents, as the likeliest co-signers, more involved in the cardor-no-card decision. Robyn Kahn Federman of Rochester, N.Y., says there’s “no way” she’ll let either of her two daughters have a credit card at such a financially tender age. Her daughter Sarah, who’s 19 and about to start her second year of college, uses her PayPal card instead. That lets her mom fund the balance as well as see how spends her money. “I don’t think anything related to debt belongs in the hands of a college kid,” says Federman, communications director of a marketing agency. “The vast majority are not experienced enough with money or cognizant enough of the risks.” Some students, though, have shown they’re disciplined enough to have their own card on campus. Scott Gamm, a junior at New York University’s Stern School of Business, used his income from freelance work and blogging to obtain a Visa card and then an American Express card recently. He charges $200 or $300 on them

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Michael Mootz, owner of Michael Mootz Candies, bites into a chocolate-covered pretzel at the family’s candy store in Hanover Township. The business is relocating to a new location later this year.

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Michael Mootz Candies moving to new location CANDY LAND

By ANDREW M. SEDER aseder@timesleader.com

ANOVER TWP. – After nearly 30 years in a rented 5,000-square-foot space in a Sans Souci Parkway strip mall, Michael Mootz Candies will move into a company owned location that adds about 3,000 square feet of space and more parking. Customers won’t have to travel far to find it. Debi and Michael Mootz have purchased the former RJ McGlynn’s Auto Exchange about one-quarter mile down the Sans Souci and plan to renovate the two buildings on the property and build connecting hallways to create one complex. The goal is to move in by November, which kicks off the busiest season of the year that starts with Thanksgiving, and ends at Easter. McGlynn’s moved to a new location in West Nanticoke in May. Debi Mootz, 57, said the move

Michael Mootz Candies is located at 754 Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township, in the Crossroads Shopping Center. Plans are to move 1/4 mile away to the former McGlynn’s Auto Exchange property by November. Contact the shop at 823-8272 or visit www.michaelmootzcandies.com.

A T-shirt features a sweet slogan at Michael Mootz Candies in Hanover Township.

45 spaces dedicated to customers and room in the rear for the business’ 18 employees. Debi Mootz said the former car lot will be reshaped with one 4,000-square-foot building to be used for manufacturing the candy and another of similar size, a former garage and office space, for the retail store and office. “There’s room for growth, certainly,” she said, though there are no immediate plans to increase production.

has been in the works for a while and was spurred by growth and the need for more customer parking. The strip mall’s parking lot includes about 70 spaces for customers and employees of six businesses. The new property will include See MOOTZ, Page 2D

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You can get free Frostys while supporting a worthy cause THANKS TO THE generosity of a national producer of healthy organic foods, we have a giveaway this week. But before we get to that, here are some other important – and money saving – promotions and sales. For just $1, customers at participating Wendy’s restaurants can receive free Jr. Frosty desserts through Dec. 31, while supporting the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Through July 31 (or while supplies last), customers can purchase a Frosty key tag for $1, then show the tag on subsequent visits to Wendy’s and receive a free Jr. Frosty with any purchase as often as they wish. Wendy’s will donate 50 percent of the net proceeds of tag sales to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in support of

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to learn more and enter. Our friends at Annie’s have a sample pack for one lucky Steals and Deals reader. Here’s how to win it. The first reader to email me at aseder@timesleader.com with the correct answer to the trivia question, plus their name and address, will receive the package that includes many of the snacks mentioned earlier. Here is the question: Annie Withey co-founded Annie’s Homegrown, Inc. in 1989. Who was her co-founder? Good luck readers. The name of the winner, plus the answer to the trivia question, will be included in next week’s column and so too will another chance to win a product sample. Andrew M. Seder is a Times Leader staff writer. Email him local steals and deals to aseder@timesleader.com and follow him on Twitter @TLAndrewSeder

et’s agree up front that in a region with a state-leading unemployment rate any jobs are better than none. And some of the promised 150 positions at a Neiman Marcus distribution center in Jenkins Township will pay well, particularly for an area that also suffers with some of the lowest wages in the nation. But many of the jobs will be lowpaying even by those standards, between $8 and $12 an hour, a Neiman Marcus executive said last week. Still, the state is kicking in $453,000 in Job Creation Tax Credits that can be applied to hires paid 150 percent of the minimum wage, or $10.88 per hour. For a full-time, 40 hour worker, that works out to $22,620 a year, hardly a level that can support a family or spending beyond the very basics of life. So should we be happy about this new business? Of course; it will mean 150 fewer people will have to worry about where their next meal is coming from, and some of them will turn an entry level position picking boxes off shelves into a career. And don’t forget the spinoffs, says Greg Shields, senior vice president of operations and distribution at the retailer known for its extravagant Christmas catalog. “They’re going to have to expand that FedEx building,” he predicted, to handle the comings and goings of cases of designer handbags and boutique bedding. “It does provide an umbrella of economic infusion into the area,” Shields said. So perhaps the better question would be: Is that all there is? Do we have to be satisfied with warehouses (distribution center sounds so much more important, but really that’s what this is), or can this region attract higher-skill, higher-pay employers. Bill Moore, the new president of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber, thinks so and believes we must. “I know that you cannot rely on traditional industries to build for the future,” Moore said. They can provide an employment base, but it’s important to look ahead at developing fields, he believes. “High tech is undoubtedly the wave of the future,” he said, and we have good resources to attract those businesses in our universities and an emerging biotech cluster that is growing around The Commonwealth Medical College. He listed other advantages, such as low cost of land and buildings and a high-quality work force. “With a little creativity it’s possible to attract businesses,” Moore said. “All it takes is to get the one or two to start” and that can create a center of excellence where other businesses want to be. We’ve heard similar optimistic assessments before and even committed substantial funds to growing a new crop of employers. Remember Wall Street West and its $15 million promise of thousands of high-paid stock traders and back-office personnel? But while we’ve had big dreams, the reality has been less impressive, more warehouse than Wall Street. It may not seem so, but the present economic malaise presents an opportunity. Businesses of all types are struggling to maintain profits in the face of slack demand, and one way they can do that is by reducing costs. The same qualities that appealed to Neiman Marcus – affordable real estate, access to markets and a responsible population looking for work – should be attractive to higher-level industries. Now is the time for Moore, other economic development types and political leaders to join forces and find those one or two employers that can give us the economic boost we deserve. Ron Bartizek, Times Leader business editor, may be reached at rbartizek@timesleader.com or 570-970-7157.

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CORPORATE LADDER COMMONWEALTH MEDICAL COLLEGE Linda Berardi-Demo has been named associate dean for student affairs and admissions. Berardi-Demo earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of Berardi-Demo Pittsburgh. She is working toward a doctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh and anticipates receiving her doctorate in higher education administration in August 2012.

FIDELITY BANK Jill M. Mannick has been promoted to assistant branch manager at the Green Ridge branch in Scranton. She attendMannick ed Penn State University in WilkesBarre and the Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County. She has also taken classes provided by the Pennsylvania and American Banker’s Association.

GEISINGER HEALTH SYSTEM. Dr. Kenric Maynor was named the director of hospital medicine. He is a 1999 graduate of the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in Chapel Hill, N.C., completed an internal medicine residency at Yale-New Maynor Haven Hospital in 2003, and an internal medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in 2006.

GOVERNOR’S ADVISORY COMMISSION ON LATINO AFFAIRS

Governor Corbett named the following individuals as commission members: Ignacio Beato, Luzerne County; Ofelia Cardesa, Lackawanna County; Angel Jirau, Luzerne County. GACLA is committed to developing and supporting educational, economic and civic opportunities for Latinos/ Hispanics.

LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE Elaine Cook, Drums, has been elected chairman of the board of trustees. Cook is a graduate of West Hazleton High School and is a registered nurse. She received her law degree from Texas Southern University.

THE BACK MOUNTAIN CHAMBER Donald A. Webster, president of Marathon Strategies LLC, has joined the organization in a strategic consulting position. The Times Leader publishes announcements of business promotions, hirings and other noteworthy events on Sundays. Photographs may be included as space allows. Submit an announcement by e-mail to tlbusiness@timesleader.com, by mail to 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711; or by fax to 829-5537. Photos in jpeg format may be attached to e-mails.

HONORS AND AWARDS Arthur F. Silverblatt, whose practice is limited to family law, has been selected as a Pennsylvania Super Lawyer for 2012. This is the seventh year he has Silverblatt been selected. Submit announcements of business honors and awards to Business Awards by email to tlbusiness@timesleader.com; by mail to 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250; or by fax to (570) 829-5537. Photos in jpg format may be attached to email.

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Growth is something the business has seen plenty of since Michael Mootz, 60, made his first batches of products and took them to fairs and farmers markets in 1975. Soon he opened a retail location in the Wyoming Valley Mall and was selling products inside McCrory’s. The Mootzes married in 1979 and they purchased the former Cavanaugh Candy property on Brown Street in Wilkes-Barre to manufacture their candy. Before this the candy had been made at Mootz’s father’s candy shop in Pottsville, which is now closed. By 1984 business was good and the Mootzes began renting the larger space in the Crossroads Shopping Center along the San Souci. Six years ago, they expanded into an adjoining storefront, once home to A Time To Travel. But when you lease, instead of own, your options are limited. “The problem with leasing is not being able to control your

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ABOVE: Giant peanut butter cups at Michael Mootz Candies in Hanover Township. AT LEFT: After nearly 30 years, Michael Mootz Candies will be moving to a new location at 1246 Sans Souci Parkway in Hanover Township. In their current candy store from left are Michael and Debi Mootz with their son Jason.

own destiny,” Michael Mootz said. Their son Jason, 29, got involved in the business and Michael and Debi said his involvement made the decision to move into a larger location to aid in the company’s future more sensible. “If his decision were in doubt we’d have to give it (the move) considerably much more thought,” Michael Mootz said.

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Supervisor passed over for promotion needs talking-to By MARIE MCINTYRE McClatchy Newspapers

Q.: I recently promoted one of the supervisors in my department to a management position. Several of her peers also applied for the job, but I felt she was clearly the most qualified. Unfortunately, one of the unsuccessful applicants has had a hard time accepting my decision. “Carl’s” recent negative attitude has been noticed by both his employees and his coworkers. He seems to be going through some sort of grieving process. Since Carl will soon be reporting to the newly romoted manager, this really needs to stop. How much time should I give him to get over it? A.: Any supervisor who publicly pouts about losing a promotion is hardly management material, so your decision to bypass Carl was obviously correct. At work, people are expected to keep their emotions in check and react to setbacks in a mature manner. Although Carl’s disappointment is understandable, he still needs to maintain his “game face” at the office. To get this point across, sit Carl down for a sympathetic, but firm, discussion of expectations. He must accept the fact that this decision is final and he is about to have a new boss. He also needs to realize that his reaction to this transition could greatly affect his future prospects. For example: “Carl, I understand that you are disappointed about the promotion, but your negativity is beginning to affect other people. Regardless of how you feel, I need you to start acting like a mature, professional supervisor. I also expect you to have a pleasant, cooperative relationship with your new manager. Otherwise, you will only be hurting your own career.”

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If Carl is basically a good employee, that should be enough to snap him out of his funk. But just to be sure, check with his boss occasionally to see how things are going. Q: Although my daughter has a degree in criminal justice, she’s had difficulty finding work since she finished college. Employers always say they need someone with experience, but how can she get experience when no one will hire her? A: Many new grads are surprised to learn that simply having a degree may not be enough to land a job. Fortunately, however, “experience” can be gained from activities other than paid employment, so your daughter should begin seeking opportunities to bolster her resume. Since she presumably has a lot of free time, she might try doing volunteer work for organizations in her field or becoming involved with relevant professional associations. This will not only increase her knowledge and expertise, but also connect her with people who can suggest job leads and serve as references. To improve her odds of getting hired, your daughter should also use this slow period to sharpen her skills in networking, resume-writing and interviewing. Most applicants fail to thoroughly prepare for the job search process, so those who do have an automatic advantage. What she should not do is spend hours and hours randomly applying for jobs online. This will just waste time that could be put to better use. Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace coach and the author of "Secrets to Winning at Office Politics." Send in questions and get free coaching tips at http://www.yourofficecoach.com.

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“It’s a lot easier when you have a son who’s interested.” The Mootzes, who live in Mountain Top, are in discussions with an architect to finish plans for the buildings and hope to have them complete later this month. While they have not made a big public announcement about the planned move, they are not hiding it. A sign at the former car lot tells passersby

that it is the future home of Michael Mootz Candies and any customers that asks is told the same. Those customers, many of them customers since Michael began selling candy at local fairs 37 years ago, are the reason the move was even considered, Debi Mootz said. “We need better parking,” she said. “It’s just time to offer some

better facilities to our customers.” She said they were fortunate to find a suitable property so close to where they’ve been doing business for 28 years. “You could stand outside our store and see our new location in the distance,” she said. “It will be a nice transition for our customers,” her husband added.

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monthly and pays every bill in full. But he has friends who obtained three or four cards within a year and now have big debts to show for their “status symbols.” “The more credit you have access to, especially at that young age, the higher the probability you’ll use that card to finance fancy clothes, restaurants and entertainment,” says Gamm, 20. Credit card issuers have differing standards in determining whether an applicant under 21 has the ability to make payments. Some may say it’s enough if he or she has a job and can afford the minimum monthly payment. That can take the decision out of Mom and Dad’s hands. Any student who gets a card should use it only for emergencies or otherwise pay it off immediately. Gamm, who founded a personal finance website, HelpSaveMyDollars.com, agrees. “Students should view their credit card as a way to build strong credit via minor purchases here and there and not as a way to extend their

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Scott Gamm, 20, a student at New York University’s Stern School of Business poses for a portrait. Parents of collegebound students have a decision to make as credit and debit card offers stream in for their soon-to-depart teenagers.

spending habits,” he says. Co-signing should only be an option if the student can use a credit card responsibly, says Bill Hardekopf, who operates LowCards.com, a credit card comparison site. If so, a card with a very low limit is a good way to start building credit without undue risk. If you don’t think your college kid is ready for a credit card, you can opt for a debit card linked to

a checking account. The downside: These cards don’t help build credit scores. The bottom line for college students and their parents: Be very cautious before you graduate to a full-fledged credit card. “A credit card can be a positive tool,” says Levin. “It can be very helpful in building your credit but it can also be an instrument in your financial self-destruction.”

AP PHOTO

As a mom watches her son on the diving board, copy reads: ’To their moms, they’ll always be kids. The spot ends with P&Gs umbrella tagline P&G, proud sponsor of moms.

P&G Continued from Page 1D

ranging from Pampers to Duracell. Additionally, the company is sponsoring more than 150 global athletes. “It’s the largest multi-brand program we’ve ever done,” says Marc Pritchard, global marketing and brand building officer at P&G. P&G expects the campaign to drive $500 million in sales. That’s much larger than the $100 million in sales the company garnered from its campaign at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the first time P&G was an Olympic sponsor. But the stakes are higher now. The 175-year-old company has some of the most wellknown brands in the world, including Tide and Pampers. But it has lost ground to competitors such as Unilever. And like many consumer

P&G is just one of the major companies tha pay millions of dollars for sponsorships, ads and other marketing surrounding the Summer Olympics. product companies, P&G has been expanding internationally as growth in the U.S. and other mature markets slows. But weakness in Europe and uncertainty about the overall global economy coupled with high costs for commodities such as fuel and packaging, has led to lackluster results. Now P&G is focusing on its most profitable markets, such as the U.S., Mexico, Germany and Brazil, among other countries. It’s also scaling back on introducing new products in some emerging markets like China, rolling back some price increases and cutting costs.

The company, which is one of this region’s largest employers with about 4,000 employees and contractors at its paper products plant near Mehoopany, also is counting on its Olympics campaign to drive sales in its most profitable countries. P&G worked with retailers in those markets to create multi-brand displays in stores, supported by TV and print advertising. It also plans to air the P&G corporate TV spots, including “Kids,” in these countries. “We designed the program to be global, to ensure that we would be successful in top markets,” Pritchard says. The company considers that campaign a success so far. It has had 19 million views of “Best Job,” a short film on the Facebook page and Youtube. “Kids,” which debuted on Wednesday on the company’s Facebook page, will air on TV globally in coming days. It is also on the “Thank you, Mom” page, as well as Youtube.com.

CMYK ➛

THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com

SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 PAGE 3D

MarketPulse BRIGHT SPOT Finally, an encouraging sign about the economy: Household finances are starting to get better. During the first quarter, households had 2.11 times more in bank deposits, stock accounts and other assets than they had in mortgages and other debt. That’s up from 1.99 times in the fourth quarter of 2011, and it’s the biggest quarterly increase since 1999, says Deutsche Bank economist Joseph LaVorgna. The improvement could help support consumer spending, which makes up 70 percent of the economy.

CASH IS INDEED KING The next time a company you own gets a buyout offer, check to see if it’s being paid in stock or in cash. If it’s cash, that’s a good sign. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and New York University looked at merger offers made from 1980 to 2008, but only those that weren’t consummated. That way, they could see what happened to the stock price of the target company after the deal fell through. After bids made with stock fell through, the target company’s stock reverted to where it was before the deal was announced. But in deals where cash was offered, the target company’s stock was generally 15 percent higher after the deal failed.

Emerging opportunities InsiderQ&A

Lewis Kaufman Who: portfolio manager of the Thornburg Developing World fund (THDAX) Track record: His fund has returned an annualized 8 percent from its 2009 inception through June, versus 1 percent for the MSCI Emerging Markets index

FASHION SENSE Styles come and go, in fashion and in the financial markets. Growth-oriented stocks have outperformed value stocks for the better part of five years, including most of this year. But in June, leadership switched to valueoriented stocks for the first time in seven months, according to mutual fund tracker Lipper. Funds that primarily invest in low-priced value stocks returned an average 3.8 percent in June, outpacing the 2.7 percent average for growth-stock funds. What’s more, June was the first month in six that funds investing mainly in small-cap stocks outperformed large-cap funds.

start to look comparatively more attractive. attractive It’s the rise in bond prices that’s driven returns this year. High-yield or junk-bond funds are also among the top performers. These funds invest in bonds with very low credit ratings, which means the issuing corporations pay more interest so they can attract investors. These funds have returned an average 7.4 percent this year. But these trends may not last. A slumping U.S. job market, slowing economic growth in China and India, and Europe’s continuing debt crisis mean riskier bond funds are faltering. Safer options, such as U.S. government bond funds, have been the best performers since the spring. Demand for Treasurys has pushed yields lower. A 10-year note pays about 1.5 percent, down from 3.1 percent a year ago.

Mutual fund returns: A slowdown in emerging markets has caused returns to lag in the last few months.

What he suggests: Consider stocks from smaller emerging markets.

Where are the best buys today? We’re finding great opportunities in Brazil and China. Over the next six to 18 months, that’s where the best value is. But if you look out beyond that, there are markets that I would characterize as growth pockets. They’re almost alternatives to Brazil and China. What are the alternatives to Brazil? In Latin America, they are Peru and Colombia. Colombia is an economy where as recently as 10 years ago, the security was very poor. That’s important because the geology in the energy reserves is very similar to the geology in Venezuela. But because the security was so bad, the capital never came to Colombia: If you built a pipeline, guerrillas might blow it up. Now oil production in Colombia is growing and creating jobs and tax revenue for the government. That’s an economy where you’re going to see much better growth rates than in Brazil and with a more stable currency. Peru is a country that has great copper reserves. We own a bank there, which not only is benefiting from very high loan growth but also has the most consolidated banking position in the world. Three banks command 85 percent of the market there. And the alternatives to China? Indonesia and the Philippines. For economies, size does matter. The reason size matters is if I have a bank, and if they have a good business model, they’re going to be able to replicate it and sell it to a lot of people. Indonesia might not have a billion people, but it has 250 million, which is a big number. It’s also an economy that is relatively isolated from Western demand. They are not an export-driven economy, they are consumption driven: Consumption is 70 percent of GDP, which is a very high number. In the Philippines, this is a country with a lot of people who speak English, and they work as nannies and nurses in the Middle East, in Asia and in the U.S. And they’re making money and sending it home. Remittances are about $20 billion, growing 5 percent, for a $200 billion economy. That money is being spent in the grocery stores, being deposited in the banks, and it’s being re-lent to the economy. Answers edited for content and clarity. AP

7.8

7.4

8.2

2.1

Short-term Short-term bond government

Avg. yields

4.4%

5.1

High-yield Long-term Emerging bond government markets

2.2

6.6

Long-term bond

2.0

TICKER

72.26 4

96.19

79.84

0.02

0.0

-6.3—13.32 3

25.39 0

35.30

35.50

0.79

2.3

11.4 +23.59

Amerigas Part LP

APU

36.76 5

46.47

41.32

0.08

0.2

Aqua America Inc

WTR

19.28 0

26.35

26.85

0.98

3.8

Arch Dan Mid

ADM

23.69 4

33.98

27.39

-1.00

-3.5

AutoZone Inc

AZO

Bank of America

BAC

Bk of NY Mellon

Bon Ton Store

BONT

CVS Caremark Corp

CVS

266.25 9 399.10 380.94 16.42

0.7

3.2

1 27.1a

2.8

s -10.0 —1.85

8.6

7.7

s 21.8 +22.66

5.4

2.5

-3.7

2.6

-4.2 —7.77

4.5

r 17.2 +28.29

1 22.9

...

4.92 6

10.55

7.82

0.16

2.1

t 40.6—22.94 4 -25.3

...

0.5

17.10 6

25.97

21.77

-0.02

-0.1

2.4

9.3—11.41 3 -11.7

2.23 7

10.65

7.71

-0.19

-2.4

s 128.8—19.29 4 -25.1

...

2.6

31.30 0

48.32

48.05

-0.07

-0.1

s 17.8 +30.36

1.4

6.5

3.9—14.57 3

-4.0

0.1

1 10.1

2.6

Cigna Corp

38.79 4

52.95

43.63

1.09

2.6

CocaCola

63.34 9

79.36

77.28

-0.87

-1.1

s 10.4 +16.43

Comcast Corp A

CMCSA 19.19 0

32.50

31.87

0.51

1.6

s 34.4 +31.95

3.7

2.0

Community Bk Sys

CBU

21.67 8

29.47

27.69

0.47

1.7

1 10.6

3.8

Community Hlth Sys

CYH

14.61 0

28.79

27.76

0.58

2.1

s 59.1 +8.35

-8.0

...

Energy Transfer Eqty

ETE

30.78 7

45.21

40.68

-0.07

-0.2

0.2 —3.57

3.9

6.1

Entercom Comm

ETM

4.61 4

8.89

6.32

0.04

0.6

2.8—26.60 4 -20.7

Fairchild Semicond

FCS

10.25 4

17.75

12.95

-1.01

-7.2

7.6—19.71 4

Frontier Comm

FTR

Genpact Ltd

Harte Hanks Inc

-0.4 +14.10

-8.7

...

3.06 2

8.23

3.93

-0.08

-2.0

t -23.7—43.19 5 -11.9

23 10.2

13.37 9

17.88

17.14

0.61

3.7

s 14.6 —1.89

2 13.7a

1.1

HHS

7.00 7

10.24

9.21

0.16

1.8

1.3 +11.32

2 -16.5

3.7

Heinz

HNZ

48.17 0

55.48

55.22

0.37

0.7

2.2 +6.99

6.2

3.7

Hershey Company

HSY

53.83 0

72.97

72.54

0.30

0.4

s 17.4 +28.86

9.1

2.1

Kraft Foods

KFT

31.88 0

39.99

39.71

0.73

1.9

6.3 +15.58

4.8

2.9

Lowes Cos

LOW

18.07 7

32.29

26.72

-1.13

-4.1

5.3 +17.18

-1.4

2.4

M&T Bank

MTB

66.40 8

89.38

83.98

0.10

0.1

t 10.0 —.34

-2.6

3.3

McDonalds Corp

MCD

82.01 6 102.22

92.29

2.63

2.9

-8.0 +11.82

2 14.8

3.0

NBT Bncp

NBTB

17.05 7

24.10

21.85

-0.03

-0.1

-1.3 —1.82

2.7

3.7

Nexstar Bdcstg Grp

NXST

5.53 2

10.28

6.18

-0.37

-5.6

t -21.2—19.74 4 -14.0

...

PNC Financial

PNC

42.70 8

67.89

61.42

1.12

1.9

6.5 +9.07

-1.4

2.6

PPL Corp

PPL

25.00 7

30.27

28.47

0.56

2.0

-3.2 +7.25

5.1

Penna REIT

PEI

6.50 0

16.35

15.43

0.03

0.2

s 47.8

PepsiCo

PEP

58.50 0

70.89

70.41

0.19

0.3

Philip Morris Intl

60.45 0

91.39

90.21

0.76

0.8

Procter & Gamble

57.56 8

67.95

65.09

3.81

6.2

Prudential Fncl

PRU

42.45 3

65.17

49.14

1.34

2.8

SLM Corp

SLM

10.91 9

17.11

16.32

0.04

0.2

SLM Corp flt pfB

SLMBP 39.00 4

57.12

45.85

0.90

TJX Cos

TJX

25.07 0

44.98

44.79

0.36

UGI Corp

UGI

24.07 9

32.35

31.00

Verizon Comm

32.28 0

45.07

45.21

WalMart Strs

WMT

48.31 0

72.62

73.18

Weis Mkts

WMK

36.52 9

45.96

44.82

-6.6

2 -13.6

...

4.1

3.5

3.1

s 14.9 +39.57

1 31.8a

3.4

-2.4 +4.00

3.5

-2.0—17.70 4 -11.0

s 21.8 +3.20

2.0

t 17.6

...

0.0

...

4.8

0.8

s 38.8 +63.87

1 25.6

1.0

0.75

2.5

5.4 -+.03

5.0

3.5

0.79

1.8

s 12.7 +27.80

6.9

4.4

1.82

2.6

s 22.5 +38.29

1 10.0

2.2

-1.00

-2.2

s 12.2 +12.20

2.7

+.75

6.1 +5.23

3.4

2 -20.7

3.4

3.0

3.1

Notes on data: Total returns, shown for periods 1-year or greater, include dividend income and change in market price. Three-year and five-year returns annualized. Ellipses indicate data not available. Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quarters. Rank classifies a stock’s performance relative to all U.S.-listed shares, from top 20 percent (far-left box) to bottom 20 percent (far-right box).

Winners from cheaper oil fall

Stock and oil prices have been moving in tandem more often lately. Recently, that’s meant both have been falling. The reason: Stocks and oil are moving based on perceptions about the global economy’s strength. When investors worStock ry that the economy is Screener faltering, they ratchet down expectations for both corporate profits and demand for oil. Last quarter, worries about a weakening U.S. job market, slower growth in emerging markets and Europe’s continuing debt crisis sent the price of crude down 16.6 perSources: Credit Suisse; FactSet

cent and the S&P 500 index down 3.3 percent. But historically some stocks have risen when oil prices fall. This screen from Credit Suisse shows stocks that have consistently done better than others when oil prices are falling. All the stocks also have “Outperform” ratings from Credit Suisse. Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) leads the group. It makes baby formula and other nutrition products under the Enfamil and other brands. Lower fuel costs mean parents have more money to spend on other things.

Data through July 13

COMPANY

Large-cap

Mid-cap

Small-cap Source: Lipper

MIN INVEST PHONE

YIELD

CHANGE 1MO 3MO 1YR

1WK

0.09 0.20 0.14 0.24 0.62

0.02 -0.03 0.00 -0.03 -0.03

r t r t t

s 0.08 s 0.03 s 0.10 t -0.11 t -0.86

0.12 0.25 0.15 0.44 1.53

0.07 0.01 0.16 0.62

10-year T-Note 1.49 30-year T-Bond 2.58 Money fund data provided by iMoneyNet Inc.

-0.06 -0.08

t t

t -1.45 t -1.66

3.00 4.32

1.45 2.52

t t t t t t

2.76 4.98 4.03 5.25 10.15 1.85

CHANGE 1MO 3MO 1YR

TICKER

FRIDAY NAV

WK CHG

American Funds BalA m ABALX American Funds BondA m ABNDX American Funds CapIncBuA m CAIBX American Funds CpWldGrIA m CWGIX American Funds EurPacGrA m AEPGX American Funds FnInvA m ANCFX American Funds GrthAmA m AGTHX American Funds IncAmerA m AMECX American Funds InvCoAmA m AIVSX American Funds NewPerspA m ANWPX American Funds WAMutInvA m AWSHX BlackRock GlobAlcA m MDLOX BlackRock GlobAlcI MALOX Dodge & Cox Income DODIX Dodge & Cox IntlStk DODFX Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX Fidelity Contra FCNTX Fidelity GrowCo FDGRX Fidelity LowPriStk d FLPSX Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg FUSVX FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m FKINX FrankTemp-Franklin Income C m FCISX FrankTemp-Mutual Euro Z MEURX FrankTemp-Templeton GlBond A mTPINX FrankTemp-Templeton GlBondAdv TGBAX Harbor IntlInstl d HAINX Oakmark EqIncI OAKBX PIMCO AllAssetI PAAIX PIMCO LowDrIs PTLDX PIMCO TotRetA m PTTAX PIMCO TotRetAdm b PTRAX PIMCO TotRetIs PTTRX PIMCO TotRetrnD b PTTDX Permanent Portfolio PRPFX T Rowe Price EqtyInc PRFDX T Rowe Price GrowStk PRGFX T Rowe Price HiYield d PRHYX T Rowe Price MidCpGr RPMGX T Rowe Price NewIncome PRCIX Vanguard 500Adml VFIAX Vanguard 500Inv VFINX Vanguard GNMAAdml VFIJX Vanguard InstIdxI VINIX Vanguard InstPlus VIIIX Vanguard InstTStPl VITPX Vanguard MuIntAdml VWIUX Vanguard STGradeAd VFSUX Vanguard Tgtet2025 VTTVX Vanguard TotBdAdml VBTLX Vanguard TotBdInst VBTIX Vanguard TotIntl VGTSX Vanguard TotStIAdm VTSAX Vanguard TotStIIns VITSX Vanguard TotStIdx VTSMX Vanguard WellsIAdm VWIAX Vanguard Welltn VWELX Vanguard WelltnAdm VWENX Vanguard WndsIIAdm VWNAX Vanguard WndsrII VWNFX Wells Fargo AstAlllcA f EAAFX

19.42 12.89 51.54 33.73 36.62 37.60 31.30 17.41 29.02 28.17 30.12 18.77 18.88 13.71 29.71 109.08 74.65 90.33 38.40 48.09 2.15 2.17 19.81 12.94 12.90 54.98 27.96 12.10 10.54 11.40 11.40 11.40 11.40 46.81 24.64 35.78 6.73 56.06 9.88 125.15 125.14 11.08 124.35 124.35 30.61 14.30 10.78 13.02 11.18 11.18 13.38 33.82 33.83 33.81 58.02 32.94 56.89 49.21 27.73 12.39

+.08 +.04 +.33 +.09 -.07 +.05 -.11 +.09 +.03 -.12 +.18 +.03 -.09 -.01 -.27 -1.43 -.02 +.08 +.01 +.01 +.15 +.05 +.05 -.24 -.10 +.06 +.02 +.03 +.03 +.03 +.03 -.03 +.10 -.28 +.01 -.63 +.03 +.22 +.21 -.01 +.22 +.21 +.07 +.01 +.03 +.03 -.05 -.01 +.35 +.18 +.31 +.15 +.09 +.03

4WK

1.81 3.41 3.10 4.35 6.96 0.86

52-WK HIGH LOW

RETURN/RANK 1YR 5YR

+3.1 +1.1 +3.8 +3.9 +2.8 +3.3 +2.7 +3.4 +2.8 +2.6 +3.9 +2.2 +2.2 +1.3 +2.6 +3.5 +2.4 +3.0 +4.2 +3.3 +2.9 +2.9 +5.3 +3.5 +3.5 +2.6 +1.7 +3.2 +1.0 +1.4 +1.4 +1.4 +1.4 +.4 +3.9 +2.2 +2.5 +2.6 +1.4 +3.3 +3.3 +.2 +3.3 +3.3 +3.6 +1.0 +.7 +2.9 +.9 +.9 +3.6 +3.6 +3.7 +3.6 +2.4 +2.7 +2.7 +3.3 +3.3 +2.1

+6.1/A +7.0/C +5.0/A -4.3/B -12.3/B -.2/D -.5/C +5.7/A +3.0/B -3.9/B +6.3/A -3.9/D -3.6/C +5.8/D -14.9/D -.6/D +4.9/A +1.0/B -1.6/A +5.2/A +3.5/B +3.0/C -5.7/A -.6/E -.3/E -10.6/A -1.4/E +3.2/A +3.4/A +6.9/C +7.0/C +7.3/B +7.0/C -3.5/E +3.3/B +5.0/A +5.9/C -1.6/B +6.7/C +5.3/A +5.1/A +5.7/C +5.3/A +5.3/A +3.7/B +8.7/B +2.6/B +.8/B +7.2/B +7.2/B -14.2/D +3.6/B +3.7/B +3.5/B +9.8/A +5.4/A +5.5/A +5.6/A +5.5/A +.2/

+2.3/B +4.2/E +.2/C -2.6/B -3.7/A -1.0/B -1.3/D +1.2/C -1.4/C -.6/A -.7/A +2.2/B +2.4/B +7.2/B -6.0/B -4.3/D +2.1/A +3.5/A +1.1/A -.5/B +2.6/D +2.1/D -3.3/A +9.0/A +9.2/A -3.3/A +3.3/A +6.1/A +5.7/A +8.9/A +9.1/A +9.4/A +9.1/A +7.3/A -1.5/B +1.1/B +7.3/B +3.0/A +7.3/B -.5/B -.6/B +7.2/A -.5/B -.4/B /A +5.8/B +4.5/B +.6/A +7.0/B +7.1/B -6.0/B -.1/A /A -.2/A +6.6/A +3.1/A +3.2/A -1.9/B -2.0/B +1.3/

Rank: Fund’s letter grade compared with others in the same performance group; an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.

ANNUALIZED PERFORMANCE FRIDAY’S WHEN OIL FALLS CLOSE

Mead Johnson Nutrition (MJN) 10.2%

52-WK HIGH LOW

-0.87 -1.45 -0.50 -0.83 -0.10 -0.92

MutualFunds

52-WK RANGE FRIDAY $CHG %CHG %CHG %RTN RANK %RTN LOW HIGH CLOSE 1WK 1WK 1MO 1QTR YTD 1YR 1YR 5YRS* PE YLD

AWK

FRIDAY YIELD

GROUP, FUND

APD

2.1

-0.13 -0.20 -0.11 -0.08 -0.07 -0.02

3-month T-Bill 1-year T-Bill 6-month T-Bill 2-year T-Note 5-year T-Note

1.4

Amer Water Works

2.4

1.81 3.41 3.10 4.35 7.15 0.88

Emerging markets

Air Products

2.9

1WK

TREASURYS

LocalStocks COMPANY

3.9

FRIDAY YIELD

Broad market Lehman Triple-A corporate Moody’s Corp. Inv. Grade Lehman Municipal Bond Buyer U.S. high yield Barclays Treasury Barclays

1.8 Long-term government

3.7

Another week, another record low for mortgage rates. The average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 3.56 percent from 3.62 percent a week earlier. It was 4.51 percent a year ago but has been below 4 percent for the last four months. Mortgage rates have followed Treasury yields lower: A 10-year note yields roughly 1.5 percent, about half what it yielded a year ago.

U.S. BOND INDEXES

0.8 0

4.3

PRIME FED Taxable—national avg 0.01 RATE FUNDS Direxion US Govt MMF/Cl A 0.11 $ 25,000 min (800) 851-0511 FRIDAY 3.25 .13 Tax-exempt—national avg 0.01 6 MO AGO 3.25 .13 Invesco Tax-Exempt Cash Fund/Cl A0.09$ 1,000 min (800) 659-1005 1 YR AGO 3.25 .13

3-month return

8.3

Growth funds

Money market mutual funds

2012 return The best long-term opportunities in emerging market stocks are no longer in the big names of Brazil or China, says Lewis Kaufman. He is focusing on smaller economies with stronger growth prospects. He looks for companies with strong balance sheets and that generate lots of cash. He avoids investing in businesses that are dependent on selling stock or bonds to raise funds to grow.

InterestRates

11.6

Value funds

Yields, mortgage rates fall again

Midyear bond report Half way through 2012 2012, bond mutual fund investors are witnessing a change in momentum. Emerging market funds have posted some of the strongest results so far this year, an 8.2 percent return through Wednesday. Emerging markets have been the main growth engine for the global economy since the recession. But investors are still mindful of their history of high-proﬁle bond defaults, like Argentina’s in 2001. Returns for bond mutual fund investors come from two sources: the interest that the bonds pay, plus any price increases for the bonds in the mutual fund portfolio. Recently, interest payments have become skimpier. But the falling yields have pushed up the price of existing bonds, because their interest rates

June 2012 returns

YTD STOCK CHANGE

$77.02

11.7%

Ralph Lauren (RL)

8.8

141.00

PRICEEARNINGS (BASED ON LAST DIV. 12 MOS) YIELD

1.6%

4.8

1.1

AutoZone (AZO)

7.5

380.94

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An infantile attachment to ideology

Derangement takes over on campaign trail

“And a little child shall lead them.” – Isaiah 11:6 JONATHAN is a symbol of what is wrong in American politics. That is a not a character assessment. To whatever degree one can judge such things from a distance, he seems a decent kid — smart, likable, nerdy, a 17-year-old Georgia boy bound for New York University in the fall. But in 2009, just before he turned 14, Krohn gave a short speech at CPAC — the Conservative Political Action Conference — video of which went viral and made him a star. Preternaturally poised for an adolescent — or for anybody, come to think of it — he outlined his four “principles” of conservatism. Conservatives fell in love. Someone in the audience actually ululated with joy. He was interviewed on Fox “News.” Newt Gingrich blurbed his self-published book. Three years later, conservatives hate him. “Douche” and “vacuous freak” are among the more printable things they are calling him in online forums. Krohn’s sin? He changed his mind. He now embraces marriage equality and health care reform, among other apostasies of conservatism. The news broke a few days ago in an interview with Politico. Conservatism, it seems, was just a phase he was going through. Not that Krohn now considers himself a liberal. No, he rejects the very idea that we must be defined by political ideology. Good for him. Here is a newsflash for those bemoaning Krohn’s defection: kids change, they try on different identities. Conservatism was simply Krohn’s version of Goth attire or Bieber fever. Given that he is still a kid, he might have some entirely new passion six months from now. The fact that so many on the political right had such faith in the utterances of a child, the fact that they feel so profoundly betrayed now, suggests the degree to which our perception of, and relationship to, political ideology has changed in the years since Ronald Reagan rode off into the sunset. Back then, ideology was something that guided you. Now, it is something that defines you, a thing you are (like your race or religion), as opposed to a thing you merely support. It is there in the sweeping statements of conservatives’ native moral, intellectual and even physical superiority (Rush Limbaugh believes conservative women are better looking than others). There in the brutish dismissal of competing views (“Liberalism is a mental disorder” writes Michael Savage). There in the brazen willingness to alter history that contradicts their claim to supremacy (conservatives started the Civil Rights Movement, says Glenn Beck). To reject conservatism, then, is not simply to change your mind, exercising your God-given right to reconsider or dissent. No, it is to commit heresy, blasphemy and apostasy, to abandon the one truth faith, to become a sellout, an Uncle Tom, an Oreo. The right has come to embrace a kind of ideological McCarthyism stultifying of and antithetical to independent thought and intellectual rigor. Small wonder a steady trickle of true believers has come to question and even abandon true belief. As in a conservative federal judge, appointed by Reagan, who recently called the conservative GOP “goofy” and a “crowd of lunatics.” The plain truth is that neither liberalism nor conservatism owns a monopoly on good ideas — or bad ones. Smarter people in a healthier nation would realize this and do as Krohn has done, climb out of the political boxes, give themselves permission to embrace an idea based not on ideology, but on whether it is right and whether it will work. In thinking otherwise, in believing there was something inherently holy or true about conservatism, Krohn was just going through an adolescent phase. Apparently he’s grown out of it. That’s more than some of us can say. Leonard Pitts Jr., winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary, is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132. Readers may write to him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

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ASHINGTON — Leaks are springing. Trial balloons are floating. Egos are being stroked. Wanna-bes are auditioning. And, chances are, lies are being told. Somewhere, amid all of the shenanigans, Republican Mitt Romney is considering his choices for a running mate, one of the most significant decisions of his presidential campaign.

spoken New Jersey Gov. Chris The secrecy that shrouds the Christie “really is something?” selection of a modern presidenWhy did Romney pull back the tial running mate has given rise veil last month to announce that to political sideshows that play Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida was out in public while the more seribeing “thoroughly vetted” for ous search operation takes place vice president after reports to the at a largely subterranean level. contrary emerged? Names of new Romney shortConsultant Bob Shrum, who’s listers emerge; others fall by the worked on numerous Democratwayside. AP PHOTOS ic presidential campaigns, says a Any kind of proximity to Romclosely held search operation is a ney — or his opponent — gener- Republican presidential good thing because it protects the ates questions about GOP veep candidate Mitt Romney is people who open up their lives to ambitions. tight-lipped about his veep the campaign to be thoroughly Why did Sen. Kelly Ayotte of of choice. checked out as potential running New Hampshire walk in a July Fourth parade with Romney? Why did Gov. Bob- mates. But the lack of public information creates an by Jindal of Louisiana and former Gov. Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota turn up in Ohio and Pennsylva- opening for all sorts of political gamesmanship, nia during President Barack Obama’s Midwest including self-promotion by short-listers who bus trip? Why did Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio write aren’t on the short list at all and denials by actual a Cleveland newspaper column criticizing the short-listers who feign nonchalance. That makes it hard for voters to know what’s represident’s policies just as Obama headed for the al and what’s simply for show. Which is just fine state? Comments by Romney and his team are parsed with Romney. Take all the recent attention on Portman, busy for deeper meaning. What to make of Ann Romney’s remark this raising his own profile. He invited reporters to an past week that women are under consideration? What about Romney’s earlier comment that out- See VEEP, Page 2E

George H.W. Bush surprised everyone with an announcement at the GOP convention in 1988 that he had selected Sen. Dan Quayle.

When George W. Bush settled on Dick Cheney in 2000 more than a week before his running mate was to be announced, aides worried the secret might not hold.

WE’RE STILL a few weeks from summer’s dog days and the conventions, and already feral rabidity has set in. Add to the long list of psychopolitical syndromes the “Romney Derangement Syndrome.” There is simply no other way to explain what has transpired in the few days since Mitt Romney’s speech to the NAACP. If you read a headline or watched the news, most likely you’re aware that Romney was booed for saying he would repeal “Obamacare.” What you might not know is that Romney also left the stage to a standing ovation. Suppose you were an editor, which headline would you prefer: “NAACP boos Romney during speech about ‘Obamacare’” “NAACP convention gives Romney a standing O” Hmmmmm. In the aftermath, conservative talk shows and bloggers have made haste to clarify the event, but not before several on the other side of the aisle had made some stupendously strange remarks. It is true that Romney was booed at the mention of “Obamacare” and his intention to repeal the Affordable Care Act as one of several programs that he says are too costly in these dear economic times. Was Romney surprised at the response? Of course not. The vast majority of African-Americans support the nation’s first African-American president and most are favorably inclined toward his signature health care act. While grudgingly giving Romney credit for showing up, commentators and politicos on the left have joined the birthers in being just plain weird. The narrative du jour is that Romney purposely used the term “Obamacare” to ensure that he was booed in order to ... incite his racist white base. Exacto-rama, Robin! How could I have missed this brilliant maneuver!? Among those advancing this, ahem, “theory” is Nancy Pelosi, who said it was a “calculated move.” MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell said Romney was making a play for white racists. Over at The Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky called Romney a “race-mongering pyromaniac,” and wrote: “You don’t go into the NAACP and use the word ‘Obamacare’ and think that you’re not going to hear some boos. It’s a heavily loaded word, and Romney and his people know very well that liberals and the president’s supporters consider it an insult. ... Romney and team obviously concluded that a little shower of boos was perfectly fine because the story ‘Romney booed at NAACP’ would jazz up their (very white) base.” Yes, I see. That’s a very astute analysis, Mr. Tomasky. Now just keep your eyes closed and try to relax. When I snap my fingers, you’ll wake up and remember nothing. You’ll just feel calm and optimistic about the future. The notion that Team Romney wanted to jazz up all those “very white” racists requires a level of delusion that one usually associates with the fringies. Does anyone really imagine that Romney is worried about the racist vote? While we’re hearing voices, let’s eavesdrop on a Very Secret Meeting: “Mitt, you know, there’s one demographic we’re worried about.” “What’s that, Stu?” “Well, sir, the Aryan Nation. Their votes? Hanging from the precipice, sir. We have to reel them in.” “Holy moly, Stu, but how?” “I have a plan. When you speak to the NAACP next week, we’re gonna have you say ‘Obamacare.’ You’ll get booed, of course, but no Aryan will vote for Barack Obama, I can promise you that, sir.” “Jumpin’ Jehosaphat, Stu, that’s sheer genius! But won’t the liberal media figure it out? Won’t they see our plan?” “With all due respect, sir, don’t be ridiculous.” Is anyone tethered to Earth anymore? Romney said he would repeal ‘Obamacare’ because he always says this. What would the word parsers have said if he had adjusted his message to be more See PARKER, Page 2E

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off-the-record dinner during the primaries, chatted them up on the press bus during a Romney tour of Ohio, and held a round-table with national media Saturday in New Hampshire, where he headlined a fundraiser for the state GOP. He said he was in the state “mostly on a college tour” with his daughter, but also expected to speak at some events in Boston on Monday to benefit Romney’s campaign. Who’s really floating his name as a veep contender? “Is that a Romney float or is that a Portman float or is that a friends-of-Portman float?” asks Paul Light, a professor of government at New York University. “You just don’t know.” There’s an easy remedy available to wanna-be contenders who’ve been left off the short list, says Light. All it takes is a wellplaced whisper from a friend of a friend to land on the veep list. “Instead of saying, ‘I could’ve been a contender,’ you can say, ‘I am a contender’ even if you’re

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naires as part of a thorough vetting process. Steve Schmidt, a senior strategist to McCain’s 2008 presidential run, said campaigns are “very careful to have a very inclusive list of people” as potential running mates to avoid giving offense. Last month, when word surfaced that Rubio wasn’t being vetted, it could have created considerable grief for Romney in Florida and with Hispanics. Romney quickly came out and said that Rubio was being “thoroughly vetted.” More often, though, Romney clams up when asked about his search efforts. That’s a far cry from the vice presidential selection process of earlier decades, when candidates were paraded before cameras and, ultimately, very publicly ruled out, causing considerable embarrassment. Walter Mondale, the Democratic nominee in 1984, would fly potential running mates to Minnesota for interviews and hold joint news conferences. More recently, candidates have gone to great lengths to keep their deliberations secret until they’re ready to announce a

“Within hours, it was attracting all the ink and TV time we had counted on for George’s official rollout as nominee,” James Baker, Bush’s campaign chairman, wrote in his memoir. Light said leaking names of serious contenders gives campaigns an opportunity to see what unsavory issues might be dredged up by interest groups and the press, and to find out whether the questions will peter out or mushroom. He likens it to entering a horse in lower-profile races before the Kentucky Derby. “You want to see how your horse does under real conditions against strong competitors,” Light said. Romney promises to reveal his decision on a running mate before the GOP convention in late August but won’t share much more. When his wife was asked by CBS last week if she had a favorite candidate, she said: “I like to think that I have a few that I really like a lot.” Romney himself would add just three words: “What she said.”

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palatable to a crowd from which no one expected more than basic civility? They would have said he was a deceiver, a shape-shifter, a manipulator and a dishonest broker. As for the term “Obamacare,” this is widely used, including by columnists who are strictly limited by word count. I’ll never use four unwieldy words that most people don’t recognize, such as “The Affordable Care Act,” for one word that everybody understands: “Obamacare.” It has a ring to it that means nothing beyond what it is – short, memorable and to the point, sort of like “Romneycare,” which Democrats use frequently. What sort of dogs are they whistling to, one wonders? Trying to stoke the rage of all those “very black” or “very Latino” Mormon haters? Ridiculous. Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost.com.

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OUR OPINION: PLYMOUTH KILLINGS

A group effort can curb crime

HE SLAYINGS OF three young people inside a Plymouth apartment last weekend spurred worried borough residents to show up at a council meeting, demanding changes in a community described by some as overrun by drug dealers. Atop the residents’ list of desires: added police protection. Most didn’t even squirm, initially, at the thought of paying higher taxes to put more officers on the street. Expecting to write a check to solve this safety problem, however, is akin to trying to shed 50 or so pounds of fat with a pill. It ain’t that easy. You have to exert some effort and stick with it. The more realistic response, and one championed by some of the council meeting attendees, is to collaborate on community-enhancing efforts, such as the startup of a crime watch program. Concerned neighbors looking out for one another, and relaying their observations to the police, can result in arrests and signal to would-be troublemakers that they should go elsewhere. Moreover, an active crime watch program helps participants to connect with likeminded neighbors, and to sense the power and possibilities of collective action. You are not alone. Consult with crime watch proponents at the Luzerne County District Attorney’s Office or in nearby communities, such as WilkesBarre, where a dedicated corps of members maintain an active Crime Watch Coalition. (Several of the area’s anticrime groups will hold events for National Night Out on Aug. 7.) Explore strategies for preventing youth violence. Plenty

G E T T H E FA C T S Visit these online resources for information on preventing youth violence. • Striving To Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere (STRYVE): www.vetoviolence.org/stryve/ • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov/ ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/ • Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence: www.colorado.edu/cspv/ • Center for the Prevention of School Violence: www.ncdjjdp.org/cpsv/

of expertise is available online from government and nonprofit agencies. Likewise, tap into the Wyoming Valley’s existing resources. Can you take lessons, for instance, from the people who several years ago started the Greater Nanticoke Area Drug Task Force? Do the issues facing your community dovetail with those across the Susquehanna River, where concerned Wilkes-Barre residents recently coalesced around a grassroots movement called Building Bridges? Plymouth, like most places in our region, can probably do the most good by not focusing exclusively on rounding up bad guys but by reaching out and supporting youths before they make bad life choices. For that, residents could call on – and team with – professionals at organizations such as the Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Bridge, proven drug-and-alcohol rehabilitation programs and the public school district. “More cops” might sound like a quick fix to Plymouth’s problem. But to truly minimize the odds of having bloody crime scenes in the borough, consider “more citizen involvement.”

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I want to look at this very methodically, very carefully and very analytically to ensure that everyone’s being treated fairly.” Bill Barrett The Wilkes-Barre councilman last week called for an administrative review of the city’s contract with LAG Towing Inc. based on a growing number of complaints about the company’s vehicle-towing practices and fees.

First two years of home rule will be basis for success LUZERNE COUNTY has completed its first six months of home rule government after operating under a commissioner form of government since 1794. With time a critical factor, the elected county council immediately undertook the responsibility of implementing key provisions and structures under the home rule charter. From formulating new laws, instituting new boards and commissions, and selecting a county manager, the charter set forth an extensive list of items that needed to be addressed within the first six months. However, the work of new government continues to grow, and the first two years of home rule government will be critical to its ultimate success. With the passage of home rule, a new system of government was ushered in. Born out of a culture of corruption and failed government policies, and inheriting a debt anticipated to reach $415 million before it’s paid off in 2027, home rule has faced daunting challenges from its inception. However, home rule doesn’t only enact the council-manager form of government; it provides an opportunity to give rise to a new government culture in which the charter can flourish. It provides hope for the future through the establishment of good procedures for government operations. While many people will judge home rule by each decision made within the first year, it is just as important to create an open and effective atmosphere in which good decisions can be incubated for years to come. The charter itself does not create financial savings, but instead provides the county with several options to find savings and institute better gov-

COMMENTARY JAMES L. BOBECK ernmental practices. Creating a positive culture around the new government will be just as important in ensuring the new government’s success. The passage of the charter was just a beginning, and the hard work of standing up a government that existed only on paper a short six months ago will continue for years to come. The charter aims to promote professionalism in county government by attempting to minimize the effects of politics. In the first six months of home rule, Manager Robert Lawton and the first county council have promoted that cause by not giving thought to the politics of the argument, but instead putting forth a government in which the art of persuasion will depend only on the marshaling of facts, clarity, conviction and the truth of the matter asserted. Mr. Lawton is a dedicated man ushering in a new sense of fiscal integrity. However, as this is a new government born out of an ill past, there are many who scrutinize home rule with a zealous eye. While such zealousness at times will miss the mark and attempt to shade an unfavorable color over the tireless efforts of some public servants, this new wave of hyper-vigilance is not something unwelcome, but instead a necessity that should always have existed. At a meeting several months ago, an audience member told me to act stricter with county residents when they spoke at meetings so they realize who’s now in charge. However, unbeknownst to that person, the council was demonstrating its understanding of who’s

really been in charge all along – it’s the citizens of this county who are in charge, and who always will be in charge, and their thoughts must always be heard. Make no mistake, the work is laborious and time-consuming. However, a government cannot do anything of significance without the support of its citizens; with support, Luzerne County can achieve a governmental success that its citizens have long deserved, yet not realized. About 44 percent of voters were against the charter in November 2010, and some people still hope for its failure. However, none of that matters, as we will all rise or fall together. As we progress further, please always remember that, in the end, home rule is a system of laws and practices chosen by the citizens. The elected officials, county manager and county personnel work in furtherance of that chosen system. The fate of home rule will never rest on the shoulders of one person, but instead constantly will need smart and intelligent citizens to step up, dedicate themselves to helping in this great undertaking and move the yardsticks of progress a few inches farther. Years from now, most people will barely remember the names of council members and other county personnel; however, what people will never forget is whether home rule moved Luzerne County forward. And that is the ultimate goal to which we all are committed. Head up, ego down, and keep pushing forward! James L. Bobeck, an attorney and Kingston resident, has served as chairman of the Luzerne County Council since the newly formed group assumed control of county government in January. The 1 1-person council replaced the county’s traditional three-commissioner form of government.

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PSU failure offers Hollywood pairs wed for 10 years? That would be news cautionary tale COMMENTARY

NEW REPORT confirms that legendary football coach Joe Paterno and his program abused their power at Penn State University, putting pride in an institution over protection of innocent children. As a result, a former assistant – Jerry Sandusky – was allowed to sexually abuse children for years. Paterno controlled the athletic director, and the athletic director dictated to the university’s top administrators. The trustees failed to set the balance right. Nobody stood up to Paterno, and the result was a disaster. Louis J. Freeh, the former federal judge and FBI director who led the latest investigation, summed up the sordid

conclusions Thursday: “The most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who Sandusky victimized.” This sad episode provides a cautionary tale for university presidents and athletic directors across the country. Muchvaunted athletics, led by excessively paid football and basketball coaches, must be tempered by responsible leadership. As the cover-up of Sandusky’s actions at Penn State illustrated – and as the cover-ups by powerful Catholic officials of their own sexual abuse scandal have shown – institutions suffer lasting damage when they don’t vigilantly protect innocent children.

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IF I were king of the world, I would insist on a moratorium for Hollywood marriages: no talking about them until their 10th anniversary. No photos. No magazine covers. No gossip page items. No selling the video rights. Actors, rock stars, famous celebrities, reality TV show participants – all would be forced to wed quietly and privately with no media attention whatsoever. In other words, like most people’s marriages. You know what? Few would bother. In Hollywood, if you remove the attention, you remove much of the intention. From the days when movie studios conveniently arranged actors’ romances, the sincerity of the Hollywood couple has been largely a sham. Like publicity, in Hollywood, there’s no such thing as a bad love affair – as long as it gets coverage. What baffles me is how people keep falling for it. Come on. How many Charlie Sheens do you need? This is why I would issue my moratorium. No talk shows. No jumping on Oprah’s couch. No stories about canoodling at the Cannes film festival. No tweets or Facebook posts. No People magazine covers. Think of all the paper we would save! All of this comes to mind in the wake of recent news that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are divorcing. This is the same Tom Cruise who jumped on Oprah’s furniture and insisted loudly, “I’m in love!” while the crowd roared as if he were throwing them

and Jennifer Aniston? Sorry. Fell five years short. Pamela Anderson’s three trips to the altar? Never heard a peep. Same for Drew MITCH ALBOM Barrymore’s. Only one of Elizabeth Taylor’s eight marriages would make the cut, and only one of Zsa Zsa Gabor’s nine. mortgage payments. A world where we didn’t report on celebThis is the same Katie Holmes who, around the same time, gushed through a W rity marriage and divorce would not only be quieter, it might be healthier. Watching the magazine interview: “I’ve found the man of way a new Hollywood love affair is wormy dreams” and “It just felt like I’d known him forever” and “Tom and I will always be shiped by our infatuated media can make regular folks wonder why they don’t feel in our honeymoon phase.” that way about their partner, who somehow For all that noise, you’d have thought lacks the youth, physique or cheekbones of they’d be in love for eternity. Instead, their the person they see on TV. marriage lasted five years. True, that’s conLikewise, when the split-up occurs – so siderably longer than Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries (72 days), Dennis Rodman quickly and so often with gushing sympathy – it might make people question why they and Carmen Electra (nine days) or Britney should bother sticking it out in their own Spears and Jason Alexander (three days) – but it still falls short of a 10-year minimum. relationships. Heck, we might wonder, if there’s someone always out there for Woody Which means, in my wonderful makeAllen, isn’t there someone for me, too? believe world, we never would have heard Seems to me, if we’re going to turn the about them. Never would have endured the breathless gushing over their TomKat love, bright lights on anything, it ought to be the never would have wasted verbal energy over successes. Which is why I offer my fantasy. his sexuality, or whether their daughter was Ten years. Minimum. Until then, no attention. truly his, or whether she liked Scientology. And if celebrities are thinking, “Gee, that They would still be four years away from a sounds like a long, tough challenge,” consingle news story. gratulations. You’ve just had your first inOh, the bliss. sight into what real marriage – not the kind This is not to say some folks in Hollythat lasts as long as a flashbulb – is all wood don’t have true love or strong marabout. riages. They do. Which is why, after 10 years, we could bring them into the light. Throw a party. Celebrate the longevity. Mitch Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free Until then, blackout. All three of Jennifer Press. Readers may write to him at: Detroit Free Lopez’s marriages? Never heard of them. Press, 600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226, or via email at malbom@freepress.com. Both of Madonna’s? No mention. Brad Pitt

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mong all the other “things to not worry about” concerning high-volume, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for natural gas, we can now add earthquakes. This is not to say that the fracking/earthquake connection is a recent development. As long ago as 1990, it was suspected that injection wells in Colorado, where enormous quantities of toxic frack waste fluid are pumped five miles underground, were related to earthquakes. More recently in Arkansas, four injection wells have been shut down after as many as 15 quakes per day occurred in the region where the wells were located. One explanation for this seismic activity relates to the changes in pressure introduced at deep levels. That “slick water” toxic soup is forced into the ground using extremely high pressure. The position of the researchers is that these manmade quakes pose no threat to anyone, because the magnitudes are low on the Richter scale. Although one such quake in Arkansas registered a notable 4.7, many of the quakes have not been strong enough to disrupt anything on the surface. But what about the obvious consideration that these quakes are occurring in the same regions where the massive amount of fluid is buried? Maybe five miles is not deep enough to prevent the poison from finding its way up. The injection well bores have cement casings to help prevent contamination at depths above the injection region. But cement does not last forever, and if the ground surrounding it is shifting, then this sounds to me like a recipe for disaster. According to the article “Don’t worry much about quakes and ‘fracking,’” by AP science writer Seth Borenstein, a National Research Council report concludes that

hydraulic fracturing does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to feel. Whether you can feel them or not, this is just another example of how the activities of the gas-extracting industry are fraught with danger. The study does not address the structural resistance of the pipe casings to these quakes. And if you believe the spin of the gas industry, which bombards us nightly on the television during the news hour, these casings assure the safety of our groundwater supply. We are one nation, and what affects one state affects all. We cannot turn our backs on the problems of Arkansas or Colorado just because we do not live there. We need to constantly question the information put forth by the fracking industry. Water is arguably more important than cheap conventional energy.

San Jose and San Diego are the writing on the wall. The taxpayer there is finally learning that it could mean more surfboards and suntan lotion. Locally, will people finally learn that a concerted effort against the public-sector unions could result in a lot more nights out at the bowling alley, or even an extra mortgage payment or two that could save the homestead from foreclosure? When it comes to political change, this area is light-years behind the times. Please note I make a distinction between public- and private-sector unions. Without private-sector unions we all still could be working for slave wages 12 hours a day, seven days a week. There are two distinct sides to the bargaining table working for the betterment of each party in private-sector negotiations. Destruction of the company means that both sides lose. Contrast that to public-sector negotiations in which unions often are represented on both sides of the table. Representatives for management (the taxpayer) have little or no skin in the game. The taxpayer is perceived to be apathetic with bottomless pockets worthy of a fleecing. Cases that go to arbitration often have unionbiased arbitrators. No wonder that average pay and benefits for public servants often far exceed that of the private sector paying for it all. When Gov. Scott Walker recently survived his recall vote in Wisconsin he received a large percentage of the union vote. Even their brethren in the private-sector unions realize that giveaways to the public sector affect

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Gov. Corbett plays royal Shell game

s a candidate for governor, Tom Corbett promised to work to reduce the burden of taxation. And so, I guess, he is keeping his word by supporting a proposal to allow the foreign-based corporate giant Royal Dutch Shell to reap the economic benefits of the Marcellus exploitation without having to pay its fair share of tax on earnings from the natural gas processing plant that it hopes to build in Pennsylvania. On some fronts, Corbett is working to eliminate state spending. For example, the budget of the state Department of Environmental Protection already has been cut, and the governor is pushing for further cuts. The message to the gas drilling, processing and transport businesses seemingly is this: Not only

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Writer faults article for skewing facts

he biased Associated Press article in Thursday’s newspaper, “NAACP boos Romney” is just one of the many reasons why you can no longer believe everything you read in the newspaper. Nowhere in the article does it report that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney also received applause and an ovation during his speech at the NAACP convention when he voiced his support for “traditional marriage,” or that President Obama would not be addressing the NAACP. The reporting from the lame-stream media has become so bad that it’s reached the point at which I now believe only what I can see and hear with my own eyes and ears. Raymond A. Rinaldi Wilkes-Barre

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Hey, ladies: It’s OK to be a workaholic “BALANCE” is the watchword in the perennial CATHY YOUNG debate on whether pressure jobs are not only women can more family-friendly but “have it all.” more fulfilling. Let’s have more women in But is that the only way? In power, the argument goes, many work/life discussions, and they can remake society there is an implicit assumpin a way that lets both womtion that strong commitment en and men have more flexible lives incorporating work to work is practically selfimposed slavery – or, at and family. least, a poor choice one is But not so fast. “Balance” likely to regret. (Last year’s is not for everyone, and exMargaret Thatcher biopic pecting women in particular “The Iron Lady” suggests, to be its champions is just evidence-free, that Britain’s another form of sexism. There is a common notion former prime minister has been haunted by such regrets that the exorbitant career in old age.) After former investment expected as the General Electric price of success is merely an artificial “Balance” is not CEO Jack Welch raised hackles at a consequence of for everyone, meeting of female patriarchy. In a and expecting executives by statmore egalitarian women in ing that women world, we’re told, you would have particular to be need to “over-deliver” and forget “balenough time to be a its champions is ance” if they want chief executive, top jobs, some Nobel Prize-winning just another commentators took scientist or top-level form of sexism. him to task for policymaker, and ignoring the real still attend your problem: men’s willingness children’s soccer games. to rob themselves of a full True, in some workplaces, people who don’t put in long life in pursuit of top jobs. Yet there are people, of hours are unfairly penalized even if they are as productive both sexes, for whom “work vs. life” is a false choice beas their more work-focused colleagues. Likewise, women cause work is their life – and they find such a life meaning(and, even more so, men) ful. who spend a year or two as Can the workplace be resfull-time parents might be tructured to make it easier to penalized simply for appearcombine work and family? ing to be insufficiently caYes, and we have made major reer-oriented. But let’s face it: some types strides in that direction. But someone who gives nearly all of work really do require of his or her time and energy intense commitment. In to work will, all else being modern science, taking off equal, achieve more at work even a couple of years can than someone who gives easily cause you to fall bemuch less. The only way to hind the most current research. In a competitive busi- prevent such “unfair” competition would be to keep ness environment, spotting and seizing an opportunity at “workaholics” from working as much as they want. the right moment can make Perhaps the answer is not all the difference. A highlevel career in foreign policy more balance for everyone, but more respect for diversirequires being on hand to ty. Here’s a radical thought: respond to a crisis abroad – Women, like men, should be and sometimes (gasp!) to give it a higher priority than able to leave most hands-on child care to a spouse (or a a crisis at home. grandparent, or even a nanThis isn’t to say that the ny) without being stigmaonly way to have a career is tized or guilt-tripped. to be a workaholic. Anne Of course that’s not what Marie Slaughter, who all women want – but for brought all this to a head recently with an essay in the some, such arrangements can look an awful lot like having Atlantic Monthly, has had a it all. productive work life as an academic and writer even after leaving her State DeCathy Young is a regular contribpartment job, in part for utor to Reason magazine and the more family time. For many website RealClearPolitics. This was written for Newsday. women and men alike, low-

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one of us is so far removed from the school cafeteria that we can’t remember the comfort of a favorite food, the hunger for peer acceptance N and the pleasure of making new buddies. That’s a foundation. Let’s start there and build some bridges.

Middle class needs to rise out of the rough IT IS more than condescending for Mitt Romney to avoid any talk about the growing income inequality in America by simply calling it “class warfare” or “envy.” The facts clearly show a massive shift of wealth from the middle class to a few over the past three decades. The numbers are not lying. So why is the Mittster so defensive? Why does he (doth) “protest too much” about the issue of inequality? Romney should relax. We are not jealous of his dough and we don’t want another war against anything. He shouldn’t be so touchy. For Mitt’s sake, let me tell you how we, everybody on Planet Earth, feel about money: We like it. Some of us make it more easily than others, some share it more easily than others, but none of us, Democrat or Republican, turn it down. The issue of inequality vis-

tle and it took a few months of being unemployed. But we all have our own pot of gold. Whatever happened to the COMMENTARY “noblesse oblige” when the super-rich gave back to the people who made them ibly frazzles the Mittster. wealthy? Remember when he was Romney is worth more than challenged by that woman in $200 million, according to Iowa about the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling, estimates, which is only believable if you grew up in rural which, for the first time since China. He’s a billionaire trying the Gilded Age in America to slum it. That’s why he can’t allows a corporation the same tell you what he owns. rights as a person? I don’t care what Romney He nearly came out of his owns, and I don’t expect him to knickers. “Corporations are people, my be his father. George Romney was an early hero of mine. He friend … of course they are,” opposed the Vietnam War, was the Mittster barked at the a strong supporter of civil Rocky Mountain woman. “Evrights and fairness, a brave erything corporations earn liberal Republican. As a busiultimately goes to people. nessman and CEO, George Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? People’s pock- Romney cut his own salary ets. Human beings, my friend.” before he asked a union worker to make a sacrifice. And then the Mittster said So, hopefully the Mittster is that he knows what it was like like his father. Of course, we to be unemployed. “I should thought George Bush would be tell my story,” he said to a like his father, too, and that group of unemployed in Flordidn’t turn out too well. ida. “I’m also unemployed.” These rich guys today carry Yuk-yuk. Not funny to people who are unemployed. I am out an air of entitlement and play here near my grandson in Seat- by different rules.

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After setting the world on financial fire, the Wall Street gluttons cashed in again, giving themselves more than ever. When Jamie Dimon testifies before a Republican House committee, for example, they treat him like the queen of England. Middle-class Americans have to play from the thick, heavy “rough” while these “hoi aristoi” set it up in the fairway. And take mulligans. If we are lucky, maybe we can get a caddy job from the “job creators.” The middle class in America creates demand and demand creates profits, and that is business. So let’s go back to a time when adults didn’t call themselves Democrats or Republicans, and work on this together. And take care of our families. And remember, the best players always came from the public courses. John Watson is the former editor of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston. He lives in Seattle. Contact him via email at jwatson@timesleader.com.

Health care reform law should stand, but not without amendment THE LENGTHY debate about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act did not end in late June when the Supreme Court ruled it constitutional. While Democrats declared a victory for the uninsured and for seizing control of the escalating cost of health insurance, Republicans vowed to repeal the law and characterized it as bad legislation that will not accomplish its stated goals. So which side is correct: the right or the left? Is the Affordable Care Act a landmark piece of legislation that will provide health insurance to millions of uninsured Americans, while also closing loopholes that hurt countless others, at a reasonable cost? Or is it another example of big government expanding its reach and also passing along the most expensive tax increase in American history? The main issue the nation’s high court was asked to resolve was whether the federal government has the power to require every American to buy health care insurance. Under the act, if you do not have health insurance, you must report it on your income tax return and pay a penalty. What is so good about this requirement, you might ask? Think of fire insurance. Those who buy fire insurance hope they never need it. However, the few who do need

burden of charity care and bad debts on health care systems, while also improving the overall health of Americans through wellness programs and other ALLEN C. MINOR services? Conversely, a lot of the people who oppose the act do so over philosophical it are paid out of the funds collected from everyone who buys the insurance. reasons, arguing that it is nothing more than a large tax increase. The Supreme Otherwise, fire insurance companies Court said the act’s penalty is a tax, and would go broke if only fire victims Congress has the authority to tax. Can purchased it. The same can be said about health insurance: The vast major- the federal government require us to ity of Americans pay into the insurance buy something else, such as a Ford or Chevrolet, by creating a penalty tax? funds, and payment for medical serDoes this ruling give the federal govvices will be drawn down from these ernment too much power? What about accounts. An argument has been made that it is small employers that cannot currently inappropriate to require young healthy afford to buy health insurance for their employees? people to buy health insurance that Under the act, state health insurance they do not need. But what if a young healthy person is bitten by a rattlesnake exchanges will be developed. The exchanges will be subsidized to lower and incurs a hospital bill of $125,000? premiums for individuals and employThe difference with health care is that ers that cannot otherwise afford insurwe all will require it at some point in ance. But will the premiums be low our lives. We could make an argument enough to resolve the problem? There that all of us should participate in is a lot of uncertainty about these exhealth insurance. We all pay for it anychanges and how they will work. way. Medicaid and Medicare for the The Affordable Care Act provides poor and elderly are funded through access to health care by increasing the taxes, and other costs – such as employer-provided health insurance, char- income limitations for people to qualify for Medicaid, the health insurance for ity care and bad debts – are passed the poor. An additional 32 million peoalong in the price of goods we purple will be covered by Medicaid chase. Wouldn’t it be better to require every- through this and other provisions of the act. Shouldn’t all Americans be eligible one to have health insurance so the for basic health care? The problem is Affordable Care Act could reduce the

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how to pay for the added volume of patients and ensure the health care system can provide proper care. Pilot projects in the Affordable Care Act pay providers, doctors and hospitals for helping to keep our nation’s citizens healthy rather than paying for sick care. Under our current sick care system, the more services patients are provided, the more money providers are paid. Many of these services – as much as 30 percent – are unnecessary and are harmful, according to several studies. We are receiving too much radiation and unnecessary surgeries, for example. Under the new system, providers will be paid a bundled payment or a “capitation” rate to keep us healthy, thus reducing unnecessary services. It is supposed to reduce health care costs, but it will not be fast enough to pay for the increase in Medicaid patients. Without malpractice reform, unnecessary tests will probably continue, even though providers will lose money by providing these services. A lot of the Affordable Care Act targets reforms in health insurance. For example, health insurance companies are required to provide preventive care without a deductible or coinsurance. Insurance companies cannot refuse to provide coverage because of a preexisting condition for children or cancel policies because someone gets sick. Lifetime limits have been eliminated.

Our health insurance will continue even if we receive an organ transplant that costs more than $1 million. Insurance companies will base premiums on average cost rather than charging one group more because they work in an industry that uses more health care. So why do Republicans want to repeal the law? Shouldn’t we be able to live in a society where we do not have to worry about losing our savings or homes because of an illness? The problem, again, is the cost. Increased taxes, premiums and reductions in payments to providers will not cover the entire bill to provide health care to almost everyone in the country. Write your elected officials and tell them not to repeal the health care reform law. There is a lot of good stuff in there to build upon. Also, tell them not to continue the existing reform law in its entirety because it costs too much. Tell them to set their party loyalties and ideologies aside and amend the law so no American will have to worry about getting high-quality health care. All will have to give a little for a healthier and a more economically stable country. Allen C. Minor is an assistant professor of business and director of the health care management program at Misericordia University in Dallas Township. He can be reached at aminor@misericordia.edu.

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State cuts show disregard for poor

recent newspaper article (“Homeless and losing hope,” June 29) put two actual faces to area women who will be terribly affected by the elimination of a longstanding state program. Several thousand others like them across the state will suffer a similar fate. The women are homeless and staying at Ruth’s Place, an emergency shelter that allows each woman to maintain her dignity while arranging for more permanent lodging. The dream of finding more permanent housing for these women was shattered when the recently passed state budget eliminated the Department of Public Welfare’s General Assistance Cash Grant Program. Some members of the Legislature tried to restore $150 million for this funding stream that has been in place since the Great Depression, but their efforts did not succeed. Until these cuts, the cash assistance program provided a maximum of about $200 per month to nearly 70,000 deserving Pennsylvanians. Most of the recipients are adults with disabilities, but the program also serves victims of domestic violence, children under age 18 in the care of adults who are not relatives, and individuals in drug-andalcohol treatment programs. Besides the outright elimination of the program, an additional 10 percent was cut from state aid for county services programs. These programs include community mental health and mental disability services, aging ser-

vices and child welfare services. A total of $84 million was eliminated from those programs. Obviously, it is relatively easy to eliminate benefits to the poor, who unlike other special-interest groups, lack the voices to shout in protest about program cuts. In this time of great economic hardship, passing a budget with a surplus of $400 million while denying basic human services to the neediest in our communities is heartless. Particularly when it comes only one year after this administration eliminated Adult Basic, the statefunded health plan for 42,000 low-income adults. In Pennsylvania there is certainly a class war developing, but this one is a war against the poor. Perhaps a more efficient way to balance the budget might have been to take a long look at our governing body itself. The 253-member Pennsylvania General Assembly is the second largest legislature in the country and the single most costly state government in the United States. But, of course, the most recent budget did not cut a single nickel from the bloated Legislature despite many well-publicized discussions to do just that. Instead, each of our legislators will soon benefit from the “automatic” pay raises that will cost Pennsylvania taxpayers an additional

$1.7 million. At the very last minute a group of legislators was able to get the government to extend the Assistance Cash Grant Program for one month. It will now end Aug. 1 rather than July 1. This extension sends a clear message from this administration to the 70,000 people affected by the cuts: “You do matter after all ... It’s just that you don’t matter very much.” Elaine Maddon Curry Drums

A ‘legend’ leaves lasting impression

ow that the storm has passed, we don’t know what is in store for the Dallas High School football program. Regardless of what has happened, or didn’t happen, it is still hard to believe we will not have Ted Jackson lead the Mountaineers into the 2012 season. Although some of us were not able to attend the banquet honoring the man who was the face of the high school’s football program, it only

means that we will continue to find ways to honor this outstanding coach. The program Coach Jackson built always will leave an impression on my life. Everyone knows that he built men committed to each other – teaching us all to own what you get and a work ethic to get what you deserve. When you are part of his program, everyone is responsible for their actions and one another. People often criticized this man for what he did to players: a practice after a home game or running drills an entire practice. What you do not hear are the reasons why. As part of the team, it was about owning up to your actions and representing the program on and off the field. You don’t hear that we held a practice after a game we won because of the retaliation we took on the field against a “dirty” team. Or that we spent a practice running because of the choices made off the field. Jackson was just as tough a man off the field, as anyone knows who has ever played basketball with him. I was more sore after a pickup game than any other game I have ever played on the court. It was fun, though! Always competitive, yet played clean, fair and safe. I owe this man a lot for the foundation he gave me. For some people, it is an immediate impact. For others, you begin to realize everything he has done when reality kicks in for life after football. A 1994 graduate, I did not

was to teach resiliency and a sense of self-importance. From the feedback we have received, we were successful. That success was made possible by individuals, businesses and organizations helping to meet our expenses, and we thank the following for their generous donations: Weis Markets, Sam’s Club, Gerrity’s, Price Chopper, Wise Foods, Madison’s Steakhouse, Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, Stegura Funeral Home, Country Tree and Landscaping, Benco Dental, Sanitary Bakery, the Commission on Economic Opportunity, J.P. Mascaro, Misericordia University, Bear Creek Camp, Nanticoke Fire Department, Nanticoke Police Department, Nanticoke Career Firefighters, Northeast Counseling, WELCA of Good Shepherd Lutheran, Holy Trinity Lutheran, Metropolitan Lutheran Council and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church. We also thank the many individual donors and volunteers for their invaluable support, as well as counselors from Penn State University’s Berks campus, who gave tirelessly of their time and talents. We also acknowledge Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota for its efforts in designing and implementing this important ministry.

return to football in 1995 after back surgery. Instead, I had to regroup and needed to make some tough decisions. After attending one of Dallas’ games in 1996, it reminded me of what was important. Watching him from the sidelines, and observing his involvement with the players, was the most important game of my life. That game meant more to me than the 1993 state title. For that, I owe this great man so much. I never truly gave him credit for that game and what it meant. Most say a tradition has been lost at Dallas High School. For me, I see it as we gained a legend. The stories, the history, the seasons will be passed down to our children, friends and families. We always will be in debt to a great coach, an exceptional family man and a community leader. Thank you, for everything! Charles Siglin Leesport

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Merida is the red-haired, bow-and-arrowwielding teenager at the center of the Pixar movie ’Brave.’

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Paul Taren of Kingston applies sun protection before slipping out into the Susquehanna River during the recent Riverfest. Both experienced and novice paddlers are welcome on another river excursion on Saturday.

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ajestic eagles and graceful herons will soar overhead. With dramatic flourish, peregrine falcons will “fold their wings and just swoop” at their prey. Water will lap gently against your boat, and you’ll feel powerful as you see how far each dip of your paddle takes you. • If you already know and love the Susquehanna, Barbara Romanansky suspects she can just tell you the North Branch Land Trust’s 12th annual river trip is Saturday, and you’ll circle the date.

But if you’re a novice, maybe even a never- swim. The stop will take place across the river before paddler, she’s ready to coax you with the mouth of Buttermilk promises of bird sightings, a lovely waterfall from Creek, where people and an experience she’s confident you’ll enjoy. should be able to see “This is a great stretch of river for beginButtermilk Falls “surners,” she said, describing the 9.6-mile trip rounded by hemlocks. from White Ferry to Harding. “There are It’s spectacular.” beautiful palisades (lines of steep cliffs alongIn addition to birds, Daside the river) and it’s a nice calm section. vid Buck of Endless MounThere’s a little bit of ripples here and there, tain Outfitters said, it’s possibut nothing challenging. It’s just fun.” ble to see other kinds of wildlife Romanansky, who is membership and in and around the river. “Just the outreach coordinator for the North other day I saw beavers, adults and Branch Land Trust, expects the trip little babies,” he said. “We’ve seen will include a stop of an hour or so near West Falls for lunch, sightseeing, and if people are interested, a See RIVER, Page 4F

Dave Buck, owner of Endless Mountain Outfitters in Sugar Run, Bradford County, gives kayakers and canoers last-minute instruction before a group heads down the Susquehanna River for a recent trip.

IF YOU GO What: North Branch Land Trust’s 12th annual river trip When: Shuttle leaves at 9:30 a.m. Saturday from West Falls, along Route 92, to White’s Ferry Where: Paddling trip will be 9.6 miles along Susquehanna River from White Ferry to Harding, and a shuttle will return people to West Falls Cost: $50 for single kayak, $65 for tandem kayak or canoe, $20 for shuttle service if you have your own boat. Prices include a donation to Land Trust. To register: Endless Mountain Outfitters at 746-9140 or www.emo444.com

Princesses find inner warriors By REBECCA KEEGAN Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – A princess never lays her weapons on the table. A princess never raises her voice. A princess strives for perfection. A princess, in other words, is a royal bore. At least that’s how it seems to Merida, the red-haired, bow-and-arrow-wielding teenager at the center of the new Pixar movie “Brave” upon hearing her mother’s precepts for ladylike behavior. Merida would prefer to live a more adventuresome life than the tightly scripted one into which she’s been born as the daughter of an ancient Scottish king, an inconvenient yearning that sparks a nasty quarrel with her mother and a crisis in the kingdom. The animation studio’s first female protagonist after 12 features centered on male heroes, Merida is one of a growing band of pop-culture princesses whose defiance, athleticism and pluck would shock their pie-baking, floorscrubbing, dulcet-voiced Disney ancestresses. Driven by cultural changes and marketplace forces, these new screen princesses mix equal parts fantasy and female empowerment. In the dark, PG-13 action film “Snow White and the Huntsman,” Kristen Stewart plays the classic fairy-tale heroine as a Joan of Arc-like figure who commands a ragtag army in a suit of armor and with grimy fingernails; in “Mirror Mirror,” a more whimsical Snow White adaptation also in theaters this spring, Lily Collins trades her skirts for a pair of poufy pantaloons and learns to swashbuckle from the seven dwarfs. Small-screen princesses have evolved too. Ginnifer Goodwin’s Snow White on ABC’s family-friendly “Once Upon a Time” is a selfreliant elementary schoolteacher, while on HBO’s emphatically adult “Game of Thrones,” princess Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) is the leader of a race of nomadic warriors who hatches baby dragons, walks through fire and eats the heart of a stallion. At a time when male characters outnumber females 3 to 1 in family films, according to the L.A.-based Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, the emergence of these warrior princesses has been cause for celebration for some. But princesses carry cultural baggage too, and many modern audiences primarily associate them with the pink ghetto of the toy aisle. “I’m pleased to see more females on-screen and more strong protagonists,” said Peggy Orenstein, author of “Cinderella Ate My Daughter,” a book about the pervasiveness of princess culture. “But I feel very mixed about it. There was a time when a princess was the only fantasy you could have as a female, the only way of getting out and getting power. But that was in the year 1100. You’d like to think there’s another option in today’s world.”

E! wants to offer more class, less trash By MEG JAMES Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES – Hey, Kardashians! Make room for the Jonas Brothers and Tim Tebow. E! Entertainment is getting a makeover. Since it launched more than two decades ago, the sassy, celebrityobsessed cable channel has basked in the glow of Hollywood glitz. For the past five years it has specialized in the high-profile exploits of Kim, Khloe, Kourtney and their mom, Kris. Now the channel that once featured a reality show about tabloid train wreck Anna Nicole Smith is

widening its lens and trying to leave its trashy elements behind. E! is bulking up its newscasts and filling its prime-time schedule with sports stars and musicians – even squeaky-clean ones. Last week the channel celebrated Tim Tebow, the New York Jets’ devout Christian quarterback. This week E! launched “Opening Act,” an online search for singers to open concerts for Rod Stewart and BradPaisley.Nextmonththechannel ties the knot with “Married to Jonas,” a reality series about Kevin and Danielle Jonas finding their way as a young married couple in

suburban New Jersey. “E! is trying to move a little more upscale,” said Ethan Heftman, director of national broadcast for the ad-buying firm Initiative. The seeds of change were planted last year when E!’s owner Comcast Corp. took control of NBCUniversal, and combined its channels E!, Style and G4 with its new portfoliooflucrativecablenetworks,including USA Network, Bravo and Syfy. Steve Burke, a longtime Comcast executive, became chief executive of NBCUniversal. He immediatelytappedNBCUniversal’snet-

work turnaround specialist, Bonnie Hammer – who had turned NBCUniversal’sUSANetworkinto the entertainment company’s most profitable asset, throwing off earnings of more than $1billion annually in recent years – to redesign and elevate E! The channel was already a cash cow for Comcast, making money from its guilty-pleasure programming such as “True Hollywood Story,” red-carpet interview shows MCT PHOTO with biting commentary from Joan Rivers, and, of course “Keeping Up Suzanne Kolb, president of E! Entertainment, says the cable See TV, Page 4F

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mink along the river, and some are lucky enough to see otter.” Participants can rent a single kayak, tandem kayak or canoe from Endless Mountain Outfitters, which will run a morning shuttle at 9:30 a.m. from West Falls, along Route 92, to the put-in. After a safety talk at 10 a.m., the river launch is set for 10:30. Buck recommends people bring binoculars, suitable footwear for water, plenty of sunscreen, snacks, drinking water and lunch. He expects the trip will last about five hours. “It’s great to introduce new people to paddling the river,” said Romanansky, who recently spent five days there herself “It’s so cool to see their reaction to it. PETE G. WILCOX FILE PHOTO/THE TIMES LEADER “It’s such a beautiful resource, and it’s so often overlooked and Paddlers will have a chance to enjoy the Susquehanna on a North Branch Land Trust trip on Satneglected.” urday.

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With the Kardashians.” Profit for E!, which is distributed internationally in 91 territories, has been estimated at more than $300 million last year on revenue that topped $700 million. But Hollywood, and its web of young socialites and hangers-on, suddenly seemed too small a canvas given Comcast’s greater ambitions for E! What’s more, the network had increasing numbers of imitators. “In a lot of ways, their strengths have been overtaken by the competition as Bravo and other brands also have branched out to do celebrity reality shows,” Heftman said. Also, advertisers avoided shows populated by former Playboy playmates, giving the network an incentive to upgrade its programming. Not only that, some of the network’s most successful shows, “E! News,” “The Soup” and “Chelsea Lately” are topical and have limited shelf lives. “Fromtheget-go,itwas,‘Howdo we get E! recognized for the value that it currently has, and then expand the channel’s focus beyond Hollywood into New York, Miami, Nashville, London and Paris – covering pop culture trends in music, fashion, politics and sports?’ ” Hammer said in an interview. Hammer a year ago named Suzanne Kolb, a veteran television marketing executive, as president of E! (Women fill nearly all of the network’s top jobs, a rarity in the industry.) Since Hammer and Kolb took over, they have been on a mission to better understand E!’s identity and audience. Theresult:newshowsandanew logo. “We found we needed to give people more of a reason to watch moreofE!,”Kolbsaid.“Athletesare

as big of celebrities as many A-list movie stars. They are part of the public fascination. If covering celebrities is a key part of what we do, then we have to evolve.” During the most recent television season, E! drew an average of 627,000 viewers in prime time, according to Nielsen, lagging behind competitors Lifetime, TLC and Bravo, which each draw more than 1million viewers a night. But the channel is competitive among the coveted demographic of viewers ages18 to 34. In that category, E! comes in behind Bravo but ahead of Lifetime and TLC. The median age of E!’s audience is 33. The most popular show on the network is the Kardashian chronicle, which this season has averaged 2.2 million viewers an episode, according to Nielsen. The Kim Kardashian wedding special in Octobersetanetworkrecordwithanaudience topping 10 million. But the

marriage lasted just 72 days. “It was not the greatest period of timefortheKardashiansorforE!in terms of negative feedback,” Kolb said. But “you cannot be in the reality business and then be upset when reality happens. The core fans have been very loyal.” Kardashian family members haveagreedtotwomoreseasonsof “Keeping Up” and its spinoffs, “Kourtney & Kim Take New York” and “Khloe & Lamar,” featuring Lamar Odom, who last week signed with the Los Angeles Clippers. Former Olympic gold medalistBruceJenner(whoismarriedto KardashianmatriarchKrisJenner) will represent E! at the Summer Olympics. The Kardashians are “a very loud franchise, and there is a beauty to that,” Kolb said. “But the concern is that you don’t really know the life span of a show, and you need to make sure you are developing other hits.”

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BOOKS Strategists focus on middle class “It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!” (Blue Rider Press/Penguin Group), by James Carville and Stan Greenberg By LAURA IMPELLIZZERI For The Associated Press

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nemployed and nearly broke, Rory Mackenzie returns home to Ransom River only to find a jury-duty summons for what promises to be the case of the century for the small California town: the shooting of an allegedly unarmed man by an off-duty police officer. Before the trial gets off the ground, however, the courtroom is attacked, and Rory is among those chosen as hostages. In the wake of this trauma — I won’t tell you how it is resolved — Rory finds she is among the prime suspects for engineering the attack. Before long, Rory uncovers a connection between the murder case and an unsolved robbery case from long ago. What’s more, that case is somehow connected to her family. I am a fan of Gardiner’s Jo Beckett series and would love to see this stand-alone novel introduce her to waves of new readers. Rory is a fantastic protagonist. She’s smart, quick-thinking, fiercely loyal and resilient. She’s the sort of action hero you want to see in movies: She can take multiple hits, and they just make her stronger. Furthermore, “Ransom River” is everything you want in a blockbuster thriller: multiple plot twists, thoroughly creepy psychotic villains, danger at every turn. Gardiner has an enviable talent for pushing characters and plot elements to the point of straining credibility, but she never breaks the limits of plausibility. And the manner in which Rory pieces things together is satisfyingly unexpected. Gardiner’s conclusion to “Ransom River” leaves open the possibility for a sequel, and to that may I just say: yes, please.

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Longtime Democratic political consultant James Carville and strategist Stan Greenberg have written a recipe for President Barack Obama’s re-election in their book, “It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!” Neither is working directly for Obama. But their credentials are immense, and it was Carville, as an adviser to then-candidate Bill Clinton, who in 1992 led the charge with the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid!” — the campaign come-on that the book’s title apes. Essentially, they’re saying the vast majority of Americans identify themselves as members of the middle class, and Americans are both savvier than politicians realize and more disaffected than ever. So, whether you believe the middle class is shrinking statistically or not, it’s up for grabs. And Democratic candidates are risking everything unless they immediately — and repeatedly — tell voters how they will cut the deficit, heal the economy and guarantee the long-term health of the middle class. Carville’s and Greenberg’s recipe includes raising the tax rate on the highest incomes (but in line with what they see as a deep-seated American respect for financial success, not going after wealth itself); investing in education, research, infrastructure and innovation; and getting out of Afghanistan and similar conflicts. All this must be done, they say, with equal parts deficit cuts and tax increases. To introduce their ideas, they present pages and pages of quotes from focus groups and numerous charts of demographic data, economic trends and survey responses. It’s all very timely, with references to Congressman Paul Ryan’s proposed federal budget, to what must happen “this fall” and to the health care reforms the pair would pitch, whether or not the 2010 overhaul survives (the Supreme Court mostly upheld it last month, after the book went to press, but Republican leaders now vow to block the overhaul’s implementation and repeal it). And the book does get more readable and cohesive as it progresses. But Carville and Greenberg largely omitted the guideposts that readers need to get from one point to the next. And much of the impressive evidence they marshal gets obscured by the book’s format, in which they mimic the frothy backand-forth of the TV talk shows where Carville shines. Here’s a sample from Carville: “Every cockamamie, goofball, jackass, stupid idea that has come up in the last 30 years has come from Representative Ryan and his ilk. I’ll be glad to enumerate (etc.). ... It’s not enough that the working poor have been crushed and he and his kind have gotten every kind of break; they have to have more.” Greenberg frequently modulates, telling Carville: “Well, it is a little more complex.” ... “Well, let’s just say there is a fog machine on our side too.” ... and “You are not far off.” Here, separately, Greenberg comes the closest to a conclusion, this time addressing the reader: “We’ll be honest with you: Only if Obama and the Democrats run on the principle that ‘it’s the middle class, stupid!’ do we have any chance as a country to address the state of the middle class and their dreams. ... The deep problems at the heart of this book have to be at the heart of our politics.”

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All aboard for a scenic ride A delightful trip awaits on the Eastern & Oriental Express

By CHARMAINE NORONHA

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BOARD THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS — Beads of sweat trickle down my forehead on a muggy night in Bangkok when I realize I’m late for the Eastern & Oriental Express train. I’ve missed the shuttle from my hotel, and my baggage bounces over the unevenly paved streets as I run to the station in a panic. As I fly down the platform, my dress billows behind me. I feel like a character in an old movie as I sprint for the train, but it’s not Paris in the 1920s, and I’m not chasing the love of my life. Instead, I plan to be chasing back martinis as I journey through northeast Thailand’s picturesque landscapes of rice-paddy fields and lush hilltops, en route to Laos on this modern luxury train.

Flustered, I hop on seconds before the green and cream train toot-toots out of the station, and just as I imagined, it’s as though I’ve landed in a bygone era. Cherry-wood-walled corridors inlaid with deep-set maroon carpets pave the way to elm-burr paneled cabins, outfitted with floral-patterned furniture and adorned with veneers of rosewood marquetry and intricate inlays. Flamingo pink and brass lampshades create warm, buttery hues inside cozy cabins. Elegantly suited attendants pepper the corridors, ready to oblige your every need. In the distance, a bar piano tinkles Dixieland jazz. The Eastern & Oriental is owned by the same company that took over the storied Orient Express, which began running between Paris and Vienna in 1883. That legendary route changed and expanded over time, and by the 1930s, the trains also served destinations in central and southern Europe. Luxurious interiors and service attracted royalty, diplomats, business executives and the bourgeoisie, and the brand — including sister trains like the E&O — still carries that reputation for luxury. The team that refurbished the modern Venice Simplon-Orient Express train created the interiors for the Eastern & Oriental, which began running in Asia in 1993. Its carriages incorporate Eastern motifs and themes. The E&O has several routes, including journeys to Singapore and through Malaysia. I picked a four-day, three-night round-trip from Bangkok to Laos. Unfortunately, we lost a day’s ride due to flooding that had washed out tracks in the south, so instead of

winding through the countryside by day for a stop in Chiang Mai, we listened to a lecture about Thailand’s textile culture and history at Bangkok’s Mandarin Oriental hotel, followed by a delectable evening spread. With full bellies, we boarded the train just in time for a nightcap, an introduction to our cozy cabins and attendant, and moments later, our bumpy ride into the night began. At dawn, the smell of percolating coffee wafted through the corridors and the jostling of locomotive travel shook us from slumber. Our cabin attendant greeted us with a continental breakfast, including a selection of scrumptious gluten-free baked goods to accommodate my allergy. And then it was off to Phimai, one of the most prominent Khmer ruins complexes in Thailand, which is on the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage sites. In Korat in northeastern Thailand, Phimai was the site of a Khmer city, built between 1579 and1589 by the Khmer King Suriyavaraman I as part of the Khmer Empire. Here, we were treated to a traditional Khmer dance performance and a lecture about the significance and history of the sprawling ancient city. We hopped back onto the train for lunch and journeyed through picturesque Khao Yai, where we disembarked for an afternoon tour of the GranMonte Family Vineyard, a unique grape-growing region and winery in the country’s north. After sampling several international award-winning selections, we stumbled back onto the train to glam it up for dinner. The E&O encourages a formal dress code for its nighttime noshing as a means to help

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The Eastern & Oriental train crosses the Kanchanaburi Bridge on the River Kwai in Thailand. The Eastern & Oriental is owned by the same company that took over the storied Orient Express, which began running between Paris and Vienna in 1883. That legendary route changed and expanded over time and by the 1930s, the trains also served destinations in central and southern Europe.

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Dancers perform for passengers of the Eastern & Oriental train from Bangkok to Laos on a scheduled tour stop at Phimai, the site of an ancient Khmer city in Korat, Thailand.

preserve its glitzy past and encourages passengers to get to know each other, so you’re seated among other guests for a fancyshmancy meal and entertaining conversation. I dined with a couple who had recently lost their home and belongings in the Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake, and who were using the tragic incident as a catalyst to

begin anew, along with a fellow Canadian who regaled me with fascinating stories about working around the world as an international conflict resolution expert with the United Nations. The next morning, the train rode over the Mekong River via the Friendship Bridge on newly laid tracks linking Thailand to Laos. We were greeted by anoth-

er traditional dance, this time Laotian, before setting off to explore the capital city of Vientiane, as well as a textile factory started by a former U.N. development worker originally from Ethiopia. The day of touring did not provide enough time to do the city justice, but we headed back to the train for the last evening of cocktailing and conversation. After a

delightful, waist-expanding three-course dinner, I snuggled into bed for the last night’s journey back to Bangkok. Before drifting off, it occurred to me that if I had been chasing the love of my life, I might have let him go so I could spend more time chasing adventures on the Eastern & Oriental through Southeast Asia.

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PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Pittston Government Study Commission shall conduct a Public Hearing pursuant to 53 PA. C.S.A. §2920 on Monday July 23, 2012 at 7:00 P.M at Pittston City Hall, 35 Broad Street, Pittston PA 18640. The purpose of the Public Hearing is to provide the general public an overview of the work completed to date by the Study Commission and the opportunity to comment on the rough draft of the Home Rule Charter. Copies of the Home Rule Charter rough draft are available to the public for inspection at the City Clerk’s Office. Inquiries concerning the Government Study Commission Public Hearing should be referred to the Pittston City Clerk’s Office (570)6540513, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM except Holidays. Mayor Jason Klush Chairman, Government Study Commission

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In The Court of Common Pleas Of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Civil Action-Law No. 2012-8958 Notice of Action in Mortgage Foreclosure JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Plaintiff vs. Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or Under John J. Garbush, Jr., deceased, Defendant(s). To the Defendant(s), Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns and All Persons, Firms or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest from or Under John J. Garbush, Jr., deceased: TAKE NOTICE THAT THE Plaintiff, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association successor by merger to Chase Home Finance LLC successor by merger to Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation has filed an action Mortgage Foreclosure, as captioned above. NOTICE IF YOU WISH TO DEFEND, YOU MUST ENTER A WRITTEN APPEARANCE PERSONALLY OR BY ATTORNEY AND FILE YOUR DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS WITH THE COURT. YOU ARE WARNED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO DO SO THE CASE MAY PROCEED WITHOUT YOU AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED BY THE PLAINTIFF. YOU MAY LOSE MONEY OR PROPERTY OR OTHER RIGHTS IMPORTANT TO YOU. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS NOTICE TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Luzerne County Lawyer Referral Service North Penn Legal Services, Inc. 410 Bicentennial Bldg., 15 Public Sq., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701 Christopher A. DeNardo, Atty. for Plaintiff Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 3600 Horizon Dr., Ste. 150 King of Prussia, PA 19406 610-278-6800

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ATV, 110 CC. Brand New Tomahawk Kids Quad. Only $695 takes it away! 570-817-2952 Wilkes-Barre

Autos under $5000

BUICK `96 REGAL

3.1 liter V6, auto, A/C. Excellent condition, new tires. 66K. $2,795. 570-288-7249

FORD ’95 F150

4x4. 1 Owner. 91K. 4.8 engine, auto. Runs great. New paint, stake body with metal floor. 570-675-5046. Leave message, will return call. $4990.

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MITSUBISHI `00 GALANT ES A-title, White with

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BUICK ‘02 CENTURY Ltd. V6. Tan. Auto,

ABS, Leather. 99K miles. $3900. 570-371-8607

CADILLAC `05 DEVILLE 89,000 miles, 4

door, loaded, 1 owner, asking $5,995. Please call (570)760-5517

CADILLAC ‘00 DTS Tan, satellite

radio, leather, moon roof, loaded excellent condition. 136k miles. $4,995.

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CHEVY ‘95 ASTRO

MARK III CONVERSION VAN. Hightop. 93K. 7 passenger. TV/VCP/Stereo. Loaded. Great condition. $3,495 (570) 574-2199

CHRYSLER ‘09 TOWN AND COUNTRY LX. All options.

Dual power sliding doors. 55,200 miles. 4 brand new tires. DVD system, Sirius satellite radio and MP3 Single Disc. Backup camera. Quad seating w/table. $14,400. 570-574-6799

CORVETTE ‘64 CONVERTIBLE 327 NOM manual 4

speed transmission, red/black interior, ps, pb, teakwood wheel, original owner 25 years. $38,000. 883-4443

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ATVs/Dune Buggies

HAWK 2011 UTILITY ATV

NEW!! Full size adult ATV. Strong 4 stroke motor. CVT fully automatic transmission with reverse. Electric start. Front & rear luggage racks. Long travel suspension. Disc brakes. Dual stage head lights. Perfect for hunters & trail riders alike. BRAND NEW & READY TO RIDE. $1,995 takes it away. 570-817-2952 Wilkes-Barre

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AUDI S5 CONV.

Sprint blue, black / brown leather int., navigation, 7 spd auto turbo, AWD 08 CHEVY AVEO red, auto, 4 cyl 07 BUICK LACROSSE CXL, black, V6 07 BUICK LUCERNE CXL, silver, grey leather 06 LINCOLN ZEPHYR grey, tan leather, sun roof 06 MERCURY MILAN PREMIER, mint green, V6, alloys 05 CHEVY IMPALA silver, alloys, V6 04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS silver, auto, sunroof 03 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS blue sunroof 49,000 miles 03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO, mid blue/light grey leather, navigation, AWD 02 CHEVY IMPALA LS green, tan leather, sunroof 02 FORD ESCORT SE red, auto, 4 cyl 01 VOLVO V70 STATION WAGON, blue/grey, leather, AWD 00 BMW 323i silver auto 73 PORSCHE 914 green & black, 5 speed, 62k miles, $12,500

SUVS, VANS, TRUCKS, 4 X4’s

09 DODGE JOURNEY blue, 3rd seat, AWD 08 DODGE NITRO SXT orange, auto, 4x4 08 FORD ESCAPE XLT SILVER, V6, 4X4 06 INFINITY QX56 Pearl white, tan leather, Naviga tion, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 JEEP COMMANDER white, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, Black, V8, 4x4 truck 06 FORD EXPLORER XLT, black, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LTD blue, grey leather 4x4 06 CHEVY TRAILBLZAER LS, SILVER, 4X4 05 CADILLAC SRX black, leather, V6, AWD 05 HONDA PILOT EXL blue, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 HYUNDAI TUSCON LX green auto, AWD 05 DODGE DURANGO LTD Black, grey leather, 3rd seat, 4x4 05 JEEP LIBERTY RENEGADE Blue, 5 speed, V6, 4x4 05 DODGE DAKOTA CLUB CAB SPORT, blue, auto, 4x4 truck 04 BUICK RENDZVOUS grey, auto, FWD 04 NISSAN XTERRA XE blue, auto, 4x4 04 CHEVY TAHOE LT 4x4 Pewter, grey leather, 3rd seat 04 CHEVY AVALANCHE Z71, green, 4 door, 4x4 truck 04 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND graphite grey, 2 tone leather, sunroof, 4x4 03 FORD EXPEDITION XLT, silver, 3rd seat, 4x4 02 FORD F150 SUPERCAB XLT silver, 4x4 truck 01 DODGE DURANGO SLT grey, 3rd seat, 79,000 miles. 4x4 01 FORD F150 XLT white, super cab, 4x4 truck 01 FORD F150 XLT Blue/tan, 4 door, 4x4 truck 00 CHEVY 1500 SILVERADO X-CAB green, 4x4 truck 99 SUBARU FORESTER S white, auto, AWD 99 FORD EXPLORER SPORT 2 door black, 4x4 99 NISSAN PATHINDER gold, V6, 4x4 89 CHEVY 1500, 4X4 TRUCK

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700 Sans Souci Highway WE SELL FOR LESS!! ‘98 Volkswagon New Beetle 5 speed, 125k, Warranty. $3,399 ‘11 DODGE DAKOTA CREW 4x4, Bighorn 6 cyl. 14k, Factory Warranty. $20,799 ‘11 Ford Escape XLT, 4x4, 26k, Factory Warranty, 6 Cylinder $19,399 ‘11 E250 Cargo AT-AC cruise, 15k, factory warranty $18,399 ‘11 Nissan Rogue, AWD, 27 k factory warranty $17,999 ‘05 HONDA CRV EX 4x4 65k, a title. $12,799 ‘06 FORD FREESTAR 62k, Rear air A/C $7,999 ‘03 F250 XL Super Duty only 24k! AT-AC, $7,999 ‘01 LINCOLN TOWN CAR Executive 74K $5,399 ‘11 Toyota Rav 4 4x4 AT only 8,000 miles, alloys, power sunroof. new condition. Factory warranty $21,999 TITLE TAGS FULL NOTARY SERVICE 6 M ONTH WARRANTY

FORD `07 FOCUS SES Sedan

Alloy wheels, heated seats, CD player, rear spoiler, 1 owner, auto, air, all power, great gas mileage, priced to be sold immediately! $6,995 or best offer. 570-614-8925

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LEXUS `05 RX 330 All wheel drive,

Champagne tan, navigation, backup camera, lift gate, ivory leather with memory, auto, 3.3 liter V6, regular gas, garaged, brand new condition, all service records. 6 disc CD. Private seller with transferable 1 year warranty, 96K. REDUCED to $16,900. 570-563-5065

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DODGE ‘02 VIPER GTS 10,000 MILES V10

6speed, collectors, this baby is 1 of only 750 GTS coupes built in 2002 and only 1 of 83 painted Race Yellow it still wears its original tires showing how it was babied. This car is spotless throughout and is ready for its new home. This vehicle is shown by appointment only. $39,999 or trade. 570-760-2365

HONDA ‘01 ACCORD

SE. 4 door, 4 cyl. auto, air, factory sunroof, CD, full power, 112,000 mi. $6,900 OBO 570-499-8853

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‘99 GMC Sierra Pickup 4x4, extended cab, bed cap, gray, 132,000 miles $4,795 ‘00 Ford Windstar Minivan 3rd row seat, rear A/C, gray, 132,000 miles $2,995 ‘98 VOLVO STATION WAGON Cross Country, AWD 144,000 miles $3,695 ‘00 FORD WINDSTAR LX 3rd seat, ice cold air, 132,000 miles $2,995 BUICK ‘91 ROADMASTER Station Wagon, white with woodgrain exterior, gold leather interior, 3rd seat. Runs great, high mileage. $1800 LINCOLN ‘02 TOWNCAR Signature series, Silver, grey leather interior, 99,000 miles, runs great $5295 CHEVY ‘05 AVEO Silver, 4 door, grey cloth interior, A/C, re-built transmission with warranty, 4 cyl. 79,000 miles $5200 Warranties Available

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MERCURY `03 SABLE LS PREMIUM 4 door, one owner.

V6, 3 liter, 4 speed, auto. All power, ABS, moon roof & remote. 73,000 miles, very dependable. $4,800 570-333-4827

PORSCHE `01 BOXSTER S 38,500 miles. Black

with beige interior. 6 speed transmission. Air & CD player. Excellent condition. $17,200. Call 570-868-0310

SATURN `03 ION

Maroon with tan interior. 57,000 miles. A/C AM/FM, CD. $5,000 or best offer. 570-287-3672 or 570-760-3560 after 5pm

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PETILLO MOTORS 570-457-5441 www.Petillo motors.com

‘10 Chevy Cobalt LS 50k, $10,995 ‘08 Chevy Impala LS 50k, $11,395 ‘06 Mustang GT Convertible, 30k $17,495 ‘03 Dodge Caravan 68k, $4,995 ‘06 Jeep Liberty 72k, $9,995 ‘99 Ford F350 Duly $8,995 ‘02 Ford Crew Cab $6,995 ‘04 Oldsmobile Olero $4,995 ‘04 Cadillac CTS 83k, $10,495 ‘03 Dodge Caravan 68k, $4,995 ‘00 Ford E150 Cargo Van 3,495 Others to Choose From! Call 570-457-5441

door sedan, 38,000 miles, automatic, all power, CD changer, leather interior, sun roof. Runs great, needs nothing, all options/ accessories work, excellent condition. $10,900. 570-228-8563

TOYOTA `05 SCION TC Manual, AM/FM

stereo, MP3 multi disc, rear spoiler, moon roof, alloys, ground effects, 90,100 miles, Air. $8,300, negotiable. 570-760-0765 570-474-2182

TOYOTA ‘04 CELICA GT

112K miles. Blue, 5 speed. Air, power windows/locks, CD/cassette, Keyless entry, sunroof, new battery. Car drives and has current PA inspection. Slight rust on corner of passenger door. Clutch slips on hard acceleration. This is why its thousands less than Blue Book value. $6,500 OBO. Make an offer! Call 570-592-1629

VW ‘10 JETTA

15,900 miles, standard transmission. Garage kept, white with sunroof. $15K 570-387-8639

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CHEVROLET `76 PICKUP 4 Cylinder Very Good Condition! NEW PRICE $2,500. 570-362-3626 Ask for Lee

DESOTO `36 AIRSTREAM

2 door, stored 60 years. In very good condition. All metal, chrome & headlights intact. Highly restorable. $5,000, OBO 570-823-2307

MAZDA `88 RX-7

CONVERTIBLE 1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995. Call 570-237-5119

MERCEDES-BENZ `73 450SL with Convertible

removable hard top, power windows, AM /FM radio with cassette player, CD player, automatic, 4 new tires. Champagne exterior; Italian red leather interior inside. Garage kept, excellent condition. Reduced price to $26,000. Call 570-825-6272

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570-301-3602 MAZDA `08 CX-7

DODGE ‘05 CARAVAN SXT

67k miles, cloth interior. Clean, New tires. Very good condition. $7900 neg. 570-947-5658

Automatic, black/ black, all power. Great condition. $14,000, OBO. 570-332-5227

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PONTIAC`96 GRAND AM

MUST SELL! Auto, 4 cylinder with power windows. Recently inspected / maintained. $2,150. 570-793-4700

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“The Von Storch Home” 1740 N MAIN AVE., SCRANTON, PA 18508 Full of: Fabulous Antiques, Exquisite Furnishings, Collectibles, Unique Built-in Features, Oak and Marble Fireplace Surrounds,Architectural Moldings & Woodwork, Chandeliers, Mahogany Staircase, Book Cases, Household Items. Scrap Iron. Everything sells regardless of price!!!

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TOMAHAWK`11

Runs good, asking $1,000. Call 570-212-2003

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K E N P OL L OCK N IS S A N

TH E NUM BER 1 DEAL ER I N N. E.AND C ENTRAL PENNS YL VANI A**

2012 N IS S A N A L TIM A

2012 N IS S A N ROGUE

2.5S S E DA N 6 A VA ILA B LE A T TH IS P R IC E!

B U Y FOR

18 ,995

+ T/T

W / $ 2 0 0 0 N IS S A N R EB ATE, $ 5 0 0 N M A C C A P TIV E C A S H

*$169 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 24 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $15,211.35; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1475 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te

2012 N IS S A N FRON TIE R S V V -6 CRE W CA B 4X4

STK# N22053 M O DEL# 32412 V IN# 451247 M SRP $30,830

V6, Au to , Prem Utility Pkg, IPo d In terfa ce, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, F lo o r M a ts & M u ch M o re!

25,8 30

+ T/T OR

W / $2 0 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $5 0 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H

SA VE $5000 O N A LL 2012 FR O NTIER C C SV’S & SL’S

L EAS E FOR

239

P LU S TAX

2012 N IS S A N M URA N O S AW D H U G E S A V IIN NG S O N A L L 2 0 1 2 M U R A N O ’’S S

SA VE O VER $5500 O N A LL 2012 M U R A NO S

STK# N21472 M O DEL# 23212 V IN# 211509 M SRP $32,525

*P ER $ M O.

B U Y FOR

2 A V A IL IL A B L E A T TH T H IS IS P R IC IC E

26,995

+ T/T OR

W / $2 0 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $5 0 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H

+ T/T

*$219 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $18,498; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $125 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te

* P ER M O.

P LU S TAX

B U Y FOR

18 ,995

+ T/T

W / $ 15 0 0 N IS S A N R EB ATE W / $ 5 0 0 N M AC C A P TIV E C A S H

*$189 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p er yea r; Res id u a l= $12,677.50; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1000 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te & $1000 In d . Da y Bo n u s Ca s h.

2012 N IS S A N X-TE RRA X 4X4

SA VE O VER $3000 O N A L L 2012 XTER R A S

STK# N21462 M O DEL# 24012 V IN# 508885 M SRP $28,150

V6, Au to , A/C, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, S tep Ra ils & F lo o r M a ts , M u ch M o re!

L EAS E FOR

259

*P ER $ M O. + T/T

*$259 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $17,563.50; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1500 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te

L O W

B U Y FOR

3 A V A IILL A B L E A T TH T H IS IS P R IC IC E

24,995

+ T/T OR

W / $150 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $50 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H

L EAS E FOR

28 9

*P ER

M O. + T/T

*$269 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $14,638; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50.

P A Y M E N T S 2012 N IS S A N M A XIM A 3.5S V S E DA N

2012 N IS S A N P A THFIN DE R S 4X4

SA VE O VER $7000 O FF M SR P !!!

SA VE O VER $4500 O N A L L 2012 P A TH FINDER S!

STK# N22166 M O DEL# 25012 V IN# 625154 M SRP $32,315

STK# N21743 M O DEL# 16212 V IN# 837460 M SRP $37,155

V6, Au to , A/C, Allo ys , AM /F M /CD, T ilt, Cru is e, Rea rT in ted Gla s s , F lo o rM a ts & M u ch M o re!

V6, CVT , Hea ted S ea ts , M o n ito rPkg, Ba ck-Up Ca m era , L ea ther, S u n ro o f, F lo o rM a ts & S p la s h Gu a rd s

18 9

L EA S E FO R :

* P ER M O.

V6, CVT , A/C, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, F lo o r M a ts , Ca rgo Co ver& S p la s h Gu a rd s

9 A V A IL IL A B L E A T TH T H IS IS P R IC IC E

B U Y FOR

179

O VER 75 2012 R O G U ES A VA ILA B LE!!

4 Cyl, CVT , A/C, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, F lo o rM a ts & S p la s h Gu a rd s

L EA S E FO R :

A LL 2012’S 2 0 1 2 ’S M U SST T GO!

STK#N21750 M O DEL# 22112 V IN# 282868 M SRP $23,050

4 Cyl, CVT , A/C, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, Ala rm , F lo o rM a ts & S p la s h Gu a rd s

H U R R Y O NLY 15 2012 A LTIM A S LEFT!!

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STK#N22173 M O DEL# 13112 V IN# 580672 M SRP $24,145

S FW D

B U Y FOR

2 A V A IL IL A B L E A T TH T H IS IS P R IC IC E

27,795

+ T/T OR

W / $2 0 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $2 5 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H

L EAS E FOR

299

* P ER

M O. + T/T

*$279 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $15,834.35; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1750 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te

B U Y FOR

3 A V A IL IL A B L E A T TH T H IS IS P R IC IC E

29,995

+ T/T OR

W / $2 0 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $5 0 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H

L EAS E FOR

279

2012 N IS S A N L E A F S L A L L E L E CTRIC CA R!

STK# N21439 M O DEL# 17212 V IN# 017671 M SRP $38,270

80K W AC S yn c M o n ito r, Re-Gen Bra kin g S ys tem , XM , Blu eto o th, Ho m elin k, CD, Hea ted F ro n t& Rea r S ea ts , F lo o rM a ts & M u ch M o re!

P ER M O. + T/T

*$279 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $20,063.70; m u s t b e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1725 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te

YOUR FIR ST EL EC TR IC CAR A W A ITS!

B U Y FOR

36,995

+ T/T OR

L EAS E FOR

319

* P ER

M O. + T/T

*$319 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $17,221.50; m u s tb e a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $2999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+ ) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ; to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $3,196.50. $7500 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a te in clu d ed .

*Ta x a nd Ta g a d d itio na l. Prio rSa les Ex c lu d ed . N o tR es po ns ib le fo rTypo gra phic a l Erro rs . All reb a tes & inc entives a pplied . **0 % APR in lieu o f reb a tes . As k fo rd eta ils . **As perN is s a n M o nthly Sa les V o lu m e R epo rta s o f April 2 0 12 . All Pric es b a s ed o n im m ed ia te d elivery in s to c k vehic le o nly. All o ffers ex pire 7/3 1/12 .

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MPG

34 HWY

4 dr, Auto Trans, AC, PW, PL, Cruise, ABS, 6 Air Bags, Tilt, Keyless Entry, AM/FM/CD, Model #CP2F3CEW

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$219 Lease Per Mo. For 36 Months through AHFC. $0 Down Payment. 1st Payment and tags due at delivery. Residual $12,919.20.

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MPG 28 City 39 HWY

• Model #FB2F5CEW • 140-hp 16-Valve SOHC i-VTEC® • 5-Speed Automatic Transmission • Air Conditioning with Air-Filtration System • Power Windows/Locks/Mirrors • Cruise Control • Remote Entry • 160-Watt AM/FM/CD Audio System with 4 Speakers • ABS • Dual-Stage, Multiple-Threshold Front Airbags (SRS) • Front Side Airbags with Passenger-Side Occupant Position Detection System (OPDS) • Side Curtain Airbags ***Lease ease 36 Months through ahfc. ahfc $0 Down Payment. Payment

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MPG 22 City 30 HWY

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‘S 03 CHRYSLER CONCORDE LXI SDN Gold, 71K, Was $6,950

Now

$5,501

03 FORD TAURUS SE SDN Brown, 84K, Was $6,850

Now

$6,007

ODYSSEY 10 Odyssey EX Slate, 24K, Was $25,950..NOW $25,327 10 Odyssey EXL DVD Slate, 24K, Was $27,500..NOW $26,985

02 TOYOTA SIENNA CE

04 HONDA CIVIC LX SDN

Silver, 104K, Was $7,995

Gray, 84K, 5Spd, Was $8,500

Now

ACCORDS

$6,698

Now

$7,771

09 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 16K, Was 17,950........NOW $16,987 02 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE SPYDER CONV Black, 68K, Was $8,950

Now

$8,369

09 ACCORD EX SDN Beige, 31K, Was $18,500 ........NOW $17,617

07 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING SDN Blue, 71K, Was $9,850

Now

$8,874

CROSSTOUR 11 Crosstour EXL 4WD Green, 19K, Was $28,950..NOW $27,963

11 ACCORD LX 5SPD SDN White, 16K, Was $18,750 NOW $17,968 09 ACCORD EX SDN White, 23K, Was $19,500 ........NOW $18,439

03 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4 Red, 80K, Was $9,750

Now

$8,908

03 TOYOTA CAMRY SDN Red, 83K, Was $9,950

Now

$9,209

09 ACCORD EX SDN Silver, 25K, Was $18,950 ........NOW $18,527 08 SATURN VUE XE-V6 AWD

06 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY LTD

Navy, 64K, Was $13,950

Silver, 60K, Navi/R DVD, Was $13,750

Now

$12,434

Now

$12,977

09 CHEVY IMPALA LS SEDAN

07 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT 4X4

Navy, 15K, Was $14,950

Gray, 63K, Was $14,750

Now

$13,645

Now

10 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 28K, Was $18,950 .....NOW $18,544 CRV 4WD

10 ACCORD EXL SDN Black, 39K, Was $19,950 .....NOW $19,499

10 CRV EXL Navy, 37K, Was $23,500............................NOW $21,898

10 ACCORD EXL SDN Red, 30K, Was, $19,950 ......NOW $19,503

11 CRV SE Silver, 8K, Was $21,950................................NOW $21,327

09 ACCORD EXL V6 SDN Silver, 37K, Was $20,500 .NOW $19,620

11 CRV EX Titanium, 5K, Was $22,950 ............................NOW $22,309

Red, 65K, Was $14,950

Now

$14,220

10 NISSAN ALTIMA 3.5 SR Blue, 34K, Was $19,950

Now

$17,857

White, 12K, Was $15,950

Now

$14,636

10 CHEVY EQUINOX LT 4WD Mocha, 28K, Was $20,950

Now

$20,247

Platinum, 39K, Was $13,950

Gray, 75K, Was $14,500

Now

$13,333

Black, 33K, Was $14,750

Now

PILOT 4WD 06 JEEP GR. CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4

06 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 SDN

09 TOYOTA COROLLA LE SDN

$13,660

10 FORD FOCUS SE SEDAN

07 MAZDA Gi SPORT SDN

07 PILOT EXL Black, 55K, Was $20,950.......................NOW $20,341 09 PILOT EX Silver, 34K, Was $24,950..........................NOW $23,468 10 PILOT LX Gray, 25K, Was $24,950 ...........................NOW $23,846 11 PILOT LX Gray, 37K, Was $24,950 ...........................NOW $23,968 11 PILOT EX Cherry, 15K, Was $29,500 ........................NOW $28,214 11 PILOT EX Silver, 8K, Was $29,500 ...........................NOW $28,608 11 PILOT EXL Gray, 21K, Was $30,500........................NOW $29,717

CIVICS 07 CIVIC LX SDN Gold, 32K, Was $13,950 ................NOW $13,629 07 CIVIC EX CPE Blue, 39K, Was $14,500.................NOW $13,894 09 CIVIC LX SDN Gray, 30K, Was $15,750.................NOW $15,183 09 CIVIC EX CPE Black, 40K, Was $15,950................NOW $14,888 10 CIVIC LX SDN Gray, 19K, Was $16,950.................NOW $15,868 09 CIVIC HYBRID SDN Black, 37K, Was $18,500 ...NOW $16,338 09 CIVIC EX SDN NAVI Titanium, 34K, Was $16,950..NOW $16,711 11 CIVIC LX SDN Navy, 13K, Was $17,500.................NOW $16,758

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$13,731

09 SUBARU IMPREZA SDN Silver, 20K, Was $16,250

Now

$14,779

Now

$13,638

09 HONDA CIVIC LX CPE Silver, 34K, Was $14,950

Now

$13,894

07 TOYOTA HIGHLANDER 4WD Blue, 69K, Was $17,950

Now

$16,838

10 TOYOTA CAMRY XLE SDN

10 GMC TERRAIN SLE 4WD

Black, 24K, Was $21,500

Black, 16K, Navi, RDVD, Was $29,950

Now

$20,757

Now

$28,238

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Jim Bufalino Salesperson 19 Yrs. at Coccia

Tom Washington Sales Manager 15 Yrs. with Ford

Toni Grasso Salesperson 9 Yrs. at Coccia

Abdul Alsaigh Sales Manager 5 Yrs. at Coccia

Victor DeAnthony Salesperson 5 Yrs. at Coccia

Rudy Podest Parts & Service Director 28 Yrs. at Coccia

Marcus Ossowski Salesperson 2 Yr. at Coccia

George Geiges Service Manager 25 Yrs. with Ford

Kevin Uren Salesperson 2 Yrs. at Coccia

Steve Mizenko Service Manager 16 Yrs. at Coccia

Jason Kilduff Salesperson 1 Yr. at Coccia

Tony Vetrini Pat McGinty Parts Manager Body Shop Manager 21 Yrs. at Coccia

Mike Hallock Salesperson 1 Yr. at Coccia

Frank Vieira Salesperson 2 Yrs. at Coccia

Barry Williams Finance Manager 25 Yrs. at Coccia

Mark Walsh Salesperson

Len Gierszal Finance Manager 1 Yr. at Coccia

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Auto., AC, Pwr. Mirrors, Advanced Trac with Electronic Stability Control, Side Curtains, CD, Pwr. Door Locks, Tilt Wheel, ,

Auto., CD, Anti-Theft Sys., Side Curtain Air Bags, AC, 16” Alloy Wheels, Tilt Wheel, Instrument Cluster, Message Center, Fog Lamps, Convenience Pkg., Cruise Control, MyKey, Perimeter Alarm, MyFord, SYNC, Sirius Satellite Radio,

Cruise Control, 15” Alum. Wheels, Keyless Entry w/Keypad

24 Mos.

24 Mos. *Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 7/31/12.

APR

M O S.

Auto., Alum. Wheels, Tilt Wheel, Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Side Impact Air Bags, Anti-Theft Sys., Siruis Satellite Radio, PL, PW, Keyless Entry, CD, Message Center,

PLUS

24 Mos.

M O S.

APR Safety Canopy, Air, Side Impact Safety Pkg., Rear Cargo Convenience Pkg., Privacy Glass,16” Alum. Wheels, Fog Lamps, Roof Rack, Pwr. Driver’s Seat, Sirius Satellite Radio, PW, Auto., PDL, Keyless Entry, CD,

M O S.

XL Plus Pkg., Cruise Control, MyKey Sys., Pwr. Mirrors, Pwr. Equipment Group, 40/20/40 Cloth Seat, CD, XL Decor Group

24 Mos.

*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 7/31/12.

APR

CD, Alum Wheels, Tilt, PW, PDL, Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, Message Center, Keyless Entry w/Keypad,

PLUS

2.5L I4 Engine, Rain Sensor Wipers, Pwr. Moonroof, Sony Sound Sys.,CD, Alum Wheels, Tilt, PW, PDL, Safety Pkg., Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, Keyless Entry w/Keypad, Message Center,

APR M O S.

STX, 3.7L V6, Auto., 17” Alum. Wheels, ABS, Cloth Seat, Air, CD, 40/20/40 Split Seat, Decor Pkg., Cruise, Pwr. Equipment Group

Pwr. Windows, Advance Trac with Roll Stability Control, PDL, Remote Keyless Entry with Keypad, MyFord, Air, Convenience Group, Auto. Headlamps, CD, Reverse Sensing Sys

3.5L Engine, MyFord Display, CD, Auto. Climate Control,17” Steel Wheels, Keyless Entry, MyKey, Cruise Control, PW, PM,

Auto., 3.5L V6, SYNC, Reverse Sensing Sys., CD, Keyless Entry with Keypad, PW, 18” Alum. Wheels, Anti-Theft Perimeter Alarm, Sirius Satellite Radio, PDL,

APR M O S.

PLUS

24 Mos.

CALL NOW 823-8888 1-800-817-FORD Overlooking Mohegan Sun 577 East Main St., Plains

Just Minutes from Scranton or W-B *Tax and tags extra. Security Deposit Waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. See salesperson for details. All payments subject to credit approval by the primary lending source, Tier 0 rate. Special APR financing cannot be combined with Ford cash rebate. “BUY FOR” prices are based on 72 month at $18.30 per month per $1000 financed with $2,500 down (cash or trade). *On a retail purchase financed through Ford Motor Credit Company. Photos of vehicles are for illustration purposes only. Coccia Ford-Lincoln is not responsible for any typographical errors. No Security Deposit Necessary. See dealer for details. Sale ends

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421

Boats & Marinas

FISHING BOAT. Like new. 16 1/2’ Trophy Fiberglass. 25 HP Johnson motor, 48 lb thrust, trolling motor with foot control. Recharger, pedestal front seat, carpeted floor. Live well, storage compartment. Excellent condition. $4500. 570-675-5046 after 12 noon

SILVERCRAFT

Heavy duty 14’ aluminum boat with trailer, great shape. $1,000. 570-822-8704 or cell 570-498-5327

424

Boat Parts/ Supplies

BOAT LADDER. Folding, 3 steps, in excellent condition. $20. 570-328-5611

427

Commercial Trucks & Equipment

CHEVY ‘08 3500 HD DUMP TRUCK 2WD, automatic.

Only 12,000 miles. Vehicle in like new condition. $19,000. 570-288-4322

FORD `70 F350

Dual rear wheels, 360 V8, 4 speed, standard transmission, 10 foot cube box. New tires, runs good, 52,000 miles. $1,000 call 570-388-2464

439

Motorcycles

BMW 2010 K1300S

Only 460 miles! Has all bells & whistles. Heated grips, 12 volt outlet, traction control, ride adjustment on the fly. Black with lite gray and red trim. comes with BMW cover, battery tender, black blue tooth helmet with FM stereo and black leather riding gloves (like new). paid $20,500. Sell for

EXPEDITION ‘03 37U CUMMINS 300 DIESEL PUSHER

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451

SUSQUEHANNA RV

OPEN HOUSE

All ready to ride, automatic transmission, disk brakes, rear luggage trunk, around 100 mpg, no motorcycle license required, only $1,595. Call 570-817-2952

HARLEY `06 BOB DAVIDSON STREET Black. Pristine

condition. Garage kept. 3,500 miles. 2 upseat quick detach back rests. 6 speed. 1,450 cc’s. $10,500 570-313-8085

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

HSoft ARLEY DAVIDSON ‘80 riding FLH. King of the Highway! Mint original antique show winner. Factory spot lights, wide white tires, biggest Harley built. Only 28,000 original miles! Never needs inspection, permanent registration. $7,995 OBO 570-905-9348

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

YAMAHA ‘97 ROYALSTAR 1300

Leave message.

12,000 miles. With windshield. Runs excellent. Many extras including gunfighter seat, leather bags, extra pipes. New tires & battery. Asking $4,000 firm. (570) 814-1548

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$15,000 FIRM. Call 570-262-0914

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19,000 miles, 2 slides, 8 kw Gen. 2 Air conditioners, Microwave-Convect Oven, 4 door refwith automatic ice maker, heated holding tanks, Corian counter tops, 2 TV- surround sound, cherry cabinets, ice maker, washer/dryer. Sleeps 6. Queen beds, back up camera, recently inspected, garaged in winter. $64,500 570-288-2649

FOREST RIVER`08 5TH WHEEL

V10 Ford. Excellent condition, 11,000 miles. I slide out, 2 awnings, 2 color flat screen TV’s. Generator, back up camera, 2 air conditioners, microwave/convection oven, side by side refrigerator with ice maker, washer/ dryer, queen size bed, automatic steps. $29,900. 570-288-4826 or 570-690-1464

SOUTHWIND `93

30’ fully equipped RV. Nice condition. Sleeps 6. At Campground with lake rights. $13,495 Negotiable. Call 570-379-2102

SUNSEEKER ‘10 BY FOREST RIVER M3170DS Ford V10, 32’,

2,500 miles. 4 1/2 year extended/ transferable warranty on RV, tires & truck. 2 slide outs, 4 KW Onan generator, power awning, fiberglass roof. 5,000 lb. hitch, heated holding tanks, 2 house batteries, 3 flat screen TV’s, sleeps ten, color back up camera. REDUCED to $60,000 570-655-1903

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Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

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Cylinder, 5 speed. Air. 2WD. $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

4x4, 5 speed, extra clean truck $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

MAZDA ‘01 B3000

MITSUBISHI `11

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD ‘00 EXPLORER XLT

BUICK ‘05 RENDEZVOUS

eXTRA cLEAN! 4X4. $3,995. 570-696-4377

4x4. Extra clean SUV $5,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

Model 8526RLS Mountain Top,PA $18,500 570-760-6341

PACE ARROW VISION ‘99 M-36 B (FORD) Type A gas, 460

451

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD ‘02 F150 Extra Cab. 6

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451

Trucks/ SUVs/Vans

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD ‘04 RANGER

Super Cab One Owner, 4x4, 5 Speed, Highway miles. Sharp Truck! $5,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

CHEVY ‘99 BLAZER 4x4, Absolutely

Like new! $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

Boat? Car? Truck? Motorcycle? Airplane? Whatever it is, sell it with a Classified ad. 570-829-7130

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

DODGE ‘04 DURANGO

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

FORD ‘05 ESCAPE XLT

1 owner, leather sunroof, 3rd row seat $6,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

Front wheel drive, sunroof, 1 owner, like new. $5,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

FORD ‘02 EXPLORER

Red, XLT, Original non-smoking owner, garaged, synthetic oil since new, excellent in and out. New tires and battery. 90,000 miles. $7,500 (570) 403-3016

GMC `92 VANDURA Box Truck. Great

454ci engine, 250K. 2 year old tranny, good rubber. Hydraulic lift, 1600 lb. capacity. Chassis needs welding. $2,500. 570-650-6365

FORD ‘73 F350

OUTLANDER SPORT SE AWD, Black interi-

or/exterior, start/ stop engine with keyless entry, heated seats, 18” alloy wheels, many extra features. Only Low Miles. 10 year, 100,000 mile warranty. $22,500. Willing to negotiate. Serious inquires only - must sell, going to law school. (570) 793-6844

1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park

SATURN ‘06 ION-3

5 speed,sunroof, 1 owner, like new! $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377

GET THE WORD OUT with a Classified Ad. 570-829-7130

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Forty Fort, PA

288-8995

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EXETER

Local well established beer distributor for sale, Including property and license. Call 570-430-0730 or 570-430-0727

Business Opportunities

Stake Body Truck 55,000 Original miles - garage kept, only 2 owners, hydraulic lift gate, new tires, battery and brakes. Excellent condition. No rust. Must see. $6500 or best offer Call 570-687-6177

MERCURY `01 MOUNTAINEER 4wd. White with tan leather seats. 75K miles. $4,500. Call 570-313-8085

restaurant in New Albany, PA, with 2 occupied upstairs apartments. Turn key operation. For more info, call 570-637-4197

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708

LIONEL vintage train transformer speckled case type #4044, checked out good $20. 570-735-6638 SEWING MACHINE Antique table top Singer portable with original leather carrying case all original accessories included, very nice condition, works well. $50. 570-822-8851 WRIST WATCHES Disney Tinkerbell limited edition $25. Lorus Minne Mouse $20. Antique Caravelle swiss movement gold filled ladies wrist watch (not working) $20. 570-822-8851

710

700 MERCHANDISE 702

Air Conditioners

AIR CONDITIONER brand new unused 6,000 BTU original box with all the hardware & components. $149. OBO. call 570 675 0005 AIR CONDITIONER. 7,000 BTU asking $75. 570-636-3151 AIR CONDITIONER. Friedrich 9500 BTU. Used one year, in original box. Paid $900 asking $600. 570-655-4465

708

Antiques & Collectibles

ANTIQUE Cart Railroad $800 Call 570-288-3671 BASEBALL CARDS ‘88 Fleer major prospects league, ‘82 signed Topps ‘77-81 Donruss cards all $35. FOOTBALL CARDS a wide selection, call for details 430-2311 FOOTBALL CARDS Dan Marino collection with rookie + autograph card, no certificate + over 200 different Dan Marino regular issue cards & inserts ‘84present nm-mt condition. All cards in binder & album pages $50. 3200 football cards mostly 2011. autos, inserts numbered cards, tons of rookie cards all in nm-mt condition. $50. 570-822-8851

Antiques & Collectibles

Appliances

Why Spend Hundreds on New or Used Appliances? Most problems with your appliances are usually simple and inexpensive to fix! Save your hard earned money, Let us take a look at it first! 30 years in the business. East Main Appliances 570-735-8271 Nanticoke

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Used appliances. Parts for all brands. 223 George Ave. Wilkes-Barre 570-820-8162

Job Seekers are looking here! Where's your ad? 570-829-7130 and ask for an employment specialist FREEZER Whirlpool, upright, 4’ tall $50. WASHER, Whirlpool, 5 cycle, heavy duty, large capacity, white $50. DRYER Kenmore, heavy duty, yellow $50. REFRIGERATOR Sears, self defrost, 2 door, freezer on top $100. 654-1032 JUICER Jack LaLanne’s Power Juicer, full size, used twice. $75 OBO 570-235-1162 STOVE, GE free standing, electric, black. $400. WASHER/DRYER (electric) $400 for the pair. All used less than 1 year. Moving, do not need. Call for further details. 570-793-5788

712

Baby Items

BABY SWING great condition 2 in 1 Graco infant bouncer and swing! Used only a few times. Vibrating bouncer that can be removed when not in swing, musical box & mobile. $60. 407-276-6011 or email duff3089@ yahoo.com for pictures. CRIB complete dark wood, single dresser/changing table, night stand, conversion kit to toddler bed. $350. 570-674-0340 HIGH CHAIR Eddie Bauer, wood, excellent condition. $40. 570-631-6635

714

Bridal Items

WEDDING DRESS from 1990. Paid $500 from a catalog. sell for $100. Email for photos to cherylsteffen@yaho o.com. 709-7065

716

Building Materials

GLASS DOOR. Andersen sliding. Standard opening. 74x82. $75 neg. 570-655-9472 SWITCH COVERS brass new & used single, double & triple. Total of 13 all for $20. 735-6638

726

Clothing

DRESSES Fredericks of Hollywood & more. Approximate 6 black mini dresses, size 7, excellent condition, Sell as a whole for $80. Email for photos to cherylsteffen@yahoo.com. 570-709-7065

Too many baby toys? Pass them on, sell them with an ad! 570-829-7130 SUIT men’s Hagger tan jacket size 46, slacks size 38. Excellent condition $15. 570-288-0060

730

Computer Equipment & Software

DELL DESKTOP Dimensions E510 with monitor, speakers, keyboard, etc. Windows XP plus more software. $50 570-542-3215

GARAGE JACK, 1883 F. Kellogg, buckboard, Exoelsior #1 $50. Hand Saw, Keen Kutter 15” E.C.Simmons, $50. 570-262-9989

WASHER/DRYER Whirlpool, heavy duty. Approximately 6 years old. Excellent condition. $250 for the pair. Moving, must sell. 570-824-9507

TOWER, dual core Windows Vista, 2.0 ghz dual core cpu. 2gb ram, dvdrw. $70. 2 Dell dimension pentium 4 towers windows xp. 2.8ghz cpu. runs great $55 each or $90 for both. 570-871-8241

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*Tax and tags additional. Buy now for sale price includes Suzuki Manufacturer Rebates of $1,000 on 2012 Suzuki SX4 AWD, and SX4 Sedan; $1,500 Suzuki Manufacturer Rebates on Suzuki Grand Vitara and Kizashi. Buy now for sale price includes $500 Suzuki Owner Loyalty on 2012 Suzuki SX4 Sedan, SX4 Crossover, Kizashi and Grand Vitara. All Ken Pollock Suzuki discounts applied. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Dealer not responsible for typographical errors. Based on 2010 and 2011 President’s Club Standings.

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PRICES FOR EVERY BUDGET!!!

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Value Vehicle Outlet 2001 SATURN SC2 COUPE

Stk# S2158B, Air Conditioning, Power Windows & Locks

NOW

3,999*

2003 KIA SPECTRA SEDAN

Stk# S2212A, Automatic, Air Conditioning, Great On Gas!

NOW

5,299*

2005 SUZUKI FORENZA SEDAN

Stk# S2123A, Power Windows & Locks, CD, Automatic

NOW

5,799*

2005 SUZUKI AERIO WAGON

Stk# S2027A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

NOW

5,999*

2006 FORD FUSION SEDAN

Stk# S1966A, Sunroof, Leather, Stk# S2180A, Only 36K Original Miles, A Stk# P14684A, Power Windows & Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Nice Nice Car! Power Windows & Locks Locks, CD, Alloy Wheels, Auto

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7,999*

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7,999*

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8,799*

Stk# P14674A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD

NOW

9,899*

2008 JEEP PATRIOT AWD

Stk# S2225A, Power Windows & Locks, Alloy Wheels, Automatic

NOW

9,999*

2012 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA LIMITED 4X4

2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI GTS AWD

Stk# S1854A, Sunroof, Heated Leather, 18” Alloys, Navigation w/ Bluetooth!

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14,899* 2012 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER AWD $14,999* 2011 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER TECH AWD $15,299* $ 2007 DODGE DURANGO 4X4 15,899* 2008 CHEVROLET SILVERADO EXT CAB 4X4 $16,599* $ 2009 NISSAN MURANO S AWD 16,999* 2009 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT $ 18,799* 2009 JEEP WRANGLER UNLIMITED 4X4 $ 18,999* 2009 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE COUPE

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Stk#P14671, Leather, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, CD, PW, PL Stk#S2122A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD Stk#P14691, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD

13,199* $ 2009 SUBARU IMPREZA AWD 13,699* 2007 JEEP COMPASS 4WD LIMITED $13,899* 2006 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT 4X4 $ 13,999* $

Stk# S2161A, 1 Owner w/Only 2K Miles, Alloy Wheels, Power Drivers Seat

Stk# P14665, 6 Speed Manual, Power Windows & Locks, Only 100 Miles!

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Stk# S2140A, Custom Leather, Navigation, Auto, Alloy Wheels

Stk# S2099A, Rear View Camera, Heated Seats, Remote Start, Auto

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Stk# S2098A, Sunroof, Low Miles, Automatic, 4 Cylinder, PW, PL

Stk# S2120A, Automatic, Leather, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, 1-Owner!

Stk# P14690, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# S2109A, Automatic, Air Conditioning, AM/FM/CD

Stk# P14687, Leather, Sunroof, Automatic, Chrome Wheel Pkg

2009 HONDA CRV EX-L

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Stk#P14694A, Leather, Sunroof, 3rd Row, Tow Pkg

19,599

NOW

21,499*

JUST TRADED AS TRADED!

1,399* 1997 SUBARU IMPREZA WAGON $ 2008 NISSAN PATHFINDER SE 4X4 1,499* 2003 ISUZU RODEO 4X4 $ 2011 KIA SORENTO LX AWD 1,699* 2002 FORD TAURUS SEDAN $ 1,899* 2009 SUBARU LEGACY LIMITED AWD 2000 DODGE STRATUS SEDAN $ * 1,999 $ * 2012 FORD MUSTANG CONVERTIBLE 22,699 1999 CHEVY BLAZER 4DR 4X4 $ * 1,999 2011 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB 4X4 $23,499* 1998 FORD RANGER SUPER CAB 4X4 $ 3,499* 2004 CHEVY CAVALIER COUPE $ 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB 4X4 $25,499* 3,999* 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 EX CAB 4X4 $ * 4,799 $ * 2011 HONDA PILOT 4X4 26,399 2003 CADILLAC DEVILLE SDN $ 4,999* 2011 CHEVY AVALANCHE LTZ 4X4 $ 41,999* 2005 SUBARU FORESTER AWD $6,499* 2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI SE AWD

Stk# S2179A, GS Package, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, CD, PW, PL

Stk# S2005A, LT Package, Allloy Wheels, Z71 Package

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2005 PONTIAC VIBE

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19,799* $ 20,599* $ 20,799* $ 20,999* $

1994 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Stk# S2203B, Automatic, Alloy Wheels Stk# S2249A, All Wheel Drive! Great Runner

Stk# P14669, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# S2029A, Sunroof, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2218S, Automatic, Great Runner!

Stk# P14659, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD, Alloy Wheels

Stk# P14678A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# P14681, SLT Pkg, Chrome Pkg, Power Windows & Locks

Stk# S1967B, Automatic, 4 Wheel Drive

Stk# S2049A, Sunroof, Automatic, Alloys

Stk# S2251A, TRD Package, SR5 Package, Automatic, Alloy Wheels

Stk# S1797B, Plow Truck Ready for Winter!

Stk# P14635, EX Package, 3rd Row Seating, Alloy Wheels, CD, Low Miles!

Stk# S2078D, Leather, Alloy Wheels, Automatic

Stk# S2197A, Black on Black, Navigation, Leather, Sunroof, Low Miles!

Stk# S2074B, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, AC

*All Prices Plus Tax, Tags, & Fees. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Dealer not responsible for typographical errors. All Value Vehicle Outlet Cars pass PA State Inspection. See sales person for complete details. **1.99% on bank approved credit for 60 month term. Just Traded As Traded Vehicles are sold as is where is with no warranty.

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1205 Wyoming Ave. RJ Brune Cadillac

WYOMING AVE.

From Wilkes-Barre to Scranton Expressway 8 Blocks on Wyoming Avenue *TAX & TAGS EXTRA NC + Non-Certiﬁed

R.J. BURNE

EXPWAY

Lease price based on a 2012 SRX AWD Luxury Edition $41,740 MSRP-$379 per month plus 9% PA sales tax total $414 per month. 24 month lease 10,000 miles per year. 24 monthly payments total $9,912. $.25/mile penalty over 20,000 miles. $2,000 down payment plus $379 first payment plus tax and tags due at delivery. Total due at delivery $2,593 plus tag fees. Lease price based on a 2012 CTS SDN AWD $40,360 MSRP-$249 per month plus 9% PA sales tax total $279 per month. 27 month lease 10,000 miles per year. 27 monthly payments total $7,344. $.25/mile penalty over 21,500 miles. $2,000 down payment plus $249 first payment plus tax and tags due at delivery. Total due at delivery $2,452 plus tag fees. Lease price based on a 2012 XTS FWD Luxury Edition $53,200 MSRP-$599 per month plus 9% PA sales tax total $652 per month. 48 month lease 10,000 miles per year. 48 monthly payments total $31,296. $.25/mile penalty over 40,000 miles. $2,999 down payment plus $599 first payment plus tax and tags due at delivery. Total due at delivery $3,921 plus tag fees. MUST BE A CURRENT LESSEE OF A 1999 OR NEWER NON-GM LEASE. (Only applicable for SRX and CTS) Lessee responsible for excessive wear and tear. Must take delivery by 9/4/12. Requires ALLY Bank Tier S Credit approval. Please see sales person for complete details. Example per thousand $16.67 per month. Example down payment 29%.

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Exercise Equipment

AB ROCKET $40. neg. 570-301-3801 WATER COOLER $100. neg. 570-301-3801

744

Furniture & Accessories

Bennington Pine Dining Room, tressel table with 2 leafs, 6 ladder back chairs, 2 arm chairs, 1 large hutch and 1 large server. $700 OBO, 2 Benninton Pine fireside chairs, 1 large corner table, and 1 Braizer table $400 or $1000 for all. 570-709-9320 CHAIRS, (2) Genuine leather, custom made recliners. Taupe color, like new. $550 each. SOFA, CHAIR, OTTOMAN, 3 TABLES, great for den. Wood and cloth, all in excellent condition. $450. Call after 12 noon 570-675-5046 CHINA CLOSET walnut $200. OBO. 570-208-3685 COFFEE TABLE brown square, color is light brown wood$20.DRESSERbrown, 4 drawer$15. 570-472-1646 CURIO CABINET Pulaski, top of the line. $475. call for details. I can email pictures. 570-288-9843 DESK. Roll Top computer desk. Oak Good condition. $350 570-288-2383 DESK/Computer $30. printer stand $25. 2 drawer file cabinet on wheels $25. 2 drawer file cabinet lite oak finish $20. Desk chair on wheels $25. Wood book case $40. 570-655-4124 DINING ROOM table 6’ cherry, 2 removable leafs plus 6 PA House chairs $500. PA House hutch $400. 287-7245 ENTERTAINMENT center, light wood, holds 27” TV, glass doors, shelves $100. OBO. 570-654-1032 HUTCH. Dark wood, very good condition. Moving must sell. $150. 240-3552

744

Furniture & Accessories

FURNISH FOR LESS

* NELSON * * FURNITURE * * WAREHOUSE * Recliners from $299 Lift Chairs from $699 New and Used Living Room Dinettes, Bedroom 210 Division St Kingston Call 570-288-3607 KITCHEN TABLE $100. 570-301-3801 LAMPS 2 never used, Rembrandt, marble bases. $50. 570-822-9697

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Mattress A Queen Size Pillow Top Set Still in Plastic Can Deliver $150 570-280-9628

MATTRESS SALE

We Beat All Competitors Prices!

Mattress Guy

Twin sets: $139 Full sets: $159 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898 MIRRORS gold trim 38x25.5 $15. 28x22 gold frame $10. 570-779-9791 OFFICE FURNITURE Closing office, selling desks, filing cabinets, shelving, TV & stand, etc. 570-262-0400 SMOKER never used. Paid $200. sell sell for $150. A/C-Frigidaireexcellent condition $60. 570-472-1646 SOFA beautiful camel back sofa, excellent condition, recovered in rose stripe pattern $200. 570-287-2216 SOFA BED & CHAIR. Excellent condition. (End tables also available). $300. Moving must sell. 570-824-9507 TABLE oak round kitchen table with antique white pedestal base includes 2 chairs, seats 4-6 $100. 570-430-2311

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746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets

EXETER

746 Garage Sales/ 746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets Flea Markets

KINGSTON:

TO YARD SALE CUSTOMER would the person that bought china at a hard sale in Kingston on June 2nd please call 570287-7722 many pieces were left behind.

1219 Wyoming Avenue Saturday & Sunday 9-5. Cross Street is Schooley Ave. Sale is in backyard, Everything must go!

PITTSTON

EXETER

1950 Wyoming Ave Sundays 8am-4pm

VENDORS WANTED!

780 SUSCON RD MULTI-FAMILY YARD SALE Saturday 8.a.m-2p.m and Sunday 9a.m-1p.m. Something for everyone! Items for the home, 22 inch rims, toys, toddler size 7 Uggs, Girls clothes newborn-2t, womens clothes, mens clothes,and junior clothes

PITTSTON TWP.

The Discount Warehouse Vendor Market. Indoor spaces, Outdoor spaces, & Storefronts available. Call Chris at 570-709-1639 after 3:30pm.

KINGSTON

84 James St (Corner of James & Rutter Ave) Saturday & Sunday July 14 -15 9am - 4pm

MASSIVE GARAGE SALE! Tub, pedestal sink, toilets, countertop, combination safe, treadmills, dog crates, clothes steamers, commercial floor buffer/polisher, Andrew Wyatt the MILL, Wm Bartlett numbered train & W-B COLLIERY engravings, household, suitcases, washer/dryer combo, dressers, mattresses, queen bedframe, baby stroller & swing, doors, suits, electronics, bedding, door mats, glass shelving, wire shelving and much more!

633 Suscon Rd. Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 8am-7pm Rain or Shine Hundreds of CD’s, Albums & 45’s. Fishing items. Tools. Nascar. Wii system. Sports cards & collectibles. Precious moments, X-mas & many new items!

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PLAINS

12 Cleveland Street July 14th-July 15th 8am -3pm Collectibles, DVDs, TVs, Furniture, CDs, tables, lamps, etc. Football, baseball and basketball cards.

PLAINS

26 Maple St Fox Hill (near Coccia Ford) Sat & Sun 9-1 Sears cargo carrier, bikes, room dividers, air conditioner & lots more!

PLYMOUTH

746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets

VERNON

State Route 292 East Sat & Sun 8-6 Entire house, everything must go, great prices! Furniture, household, medical equipment, tools, miscellaneous

WEST WYOMING 6th Street

127 West Main St Saturday & Sunday July 14 & July 15 8am - 1pm Clothes, household items, home gym & much more!

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PLYMOUTH

OPEN YEAR ROUND SPACE SPACE AVAILABLE INSIDE & OUT Acres of parking

OUTSIDE SPACES - $10 Saturday 10am-2pm Sunday 8am-4pm

WILKES-BARRE TWP.

28 North St. Saturday & Sunday July 14 and 15 8am - 3pm Clothing, household items, tools, designer purses and much more

860 Wilkes-Barre Twp. Blvd. SAT. & SUN. 9AM-4PM Tools, mowers, furniture, wedding dress, household, kid’s toys & clothes, baby items.

SWOYERSVILLE

WYOMING

25 Gillespie Street (off Watkins St.) Sat. Sun. 7/14 & 15 9am-2pm both days Lots of miscellaneous & some furniture

113 Fifth St. Saturday, July 14 9am - 5pm Furniture, household, swing set, tools, toys, some never opened, Halloween costumes, much more

748 Good Things To Eat

PICK YOUR OWN BLUEBERRIES! 8am to 8pm

Closed Sundays Sickler Blueberry Farm - Vernon 570-333-5286 570-333-4944 NO PETS IN THE FIELD!!

752 Landscaping & Gardening LAWN MOWERS. (3) Hi wheel push, one electric, just serviced, perfect. $100 each. SNOWBLOWER, Toro, electric start like new. $350 OBO. GENERATOR, new 3500 watt. $250 OBO. 570-283-9452

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756

Medical Equipment

756

Medical Equipment

MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND EQUIPMENT for sale from small family practice. Items include: Bausch & Lomb Microscope Autoclave Fisher Centrifi 2 Physicians Clinical Scales (350 pounds /HealthOMeter/Dete cto. 1 Baby Scale built in drawers and cabinets (Detecto) Medical Instruments Large white filing cabinet. Metal filing cabinet. Examination table. Phletbotomy Chair Other Medical items Medical Reference Books. Medical Equipment In Boxes, new in boxes Volumetric Infusion Pum I.V. Controller Dual I.V. Controller Cardio Fax MetriPro Stretcher Oxygen Equipment Location: White Haven, PA. Please email for details: drsestate@ hotmail.com

758 Miscellaneous AIR PURIFIER. Oreck XL Professional with user manual. Was $299. Asking $149. 570-636-3151

HOSPITAL BED, fully electric with trapeze bar & transfer board. $130 OBO. Jazzy 600 wide gel seat with external charger, no foot rest. $225 OBO. 570-235-1162 RAMPS adjustable aluminum telescoping wheel chair track ramps $50. 570-690-5825 WHEELCHAIR oversized, like new $25. 570-655-6737

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All Junk Cars & Trucks Wanted Highest Prices Paid In CA$H

FREE PICKUP

758 Miscellaneous

CANOPY with poles $5. Antique shoe makers lathe with 7 fittings $10. Single edged axe, long handle $5. Power rider exercise machine, nearly new $20. 4 circular saw blades $8. Ivory linen tablecloth 68x104, new $5. Fold down desk top $10. Post hole digger $10. Label maker with extra tapes $5. 5 gallon kerosene with pump $10. 570-675-0920

GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS Rain Xcar luggage carrier $20. 17 yards waverly fabric neg. Cuisinart ice cream/sorbet/yogur t maker neg. Large wooden salad bowl & dishes neg. Arts & crafts stamps neg. Weslo cardio glide $30. Longberger basket & liner $8. Night vision glasses $7. Name brand women’s slacks 14 & 16 $3. pair. 570779-1505/814-9062

CHOW MIX, female, free to good home. 7 years old. 570-443-8310 E N T E R TA I N M E N T centerS 54”wx 190”X48”h - 32”x 29” opening for tv $150 also cd, etc. 36”wx70”hx17”d 34”-30” TV, solid wood, CD etc $200. Air conditioner 6100 btu $25. 280-2472 FISH TANK & cabinet, 55 gallon with 2 filters, heater, light, lid & all accessories. $200 OBO. Rim, Dodge Dakota ‘05 & up, 16” aluminum . $30. OBO Johnson 1957 sea horse motor & tank, 7.5 hp, did run, needs work. Great for rebuild or parts. $100. OBO 570-288-0026

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570-574-1275 BIKES girl’s pink 12” $20. Boys’s Diego blue 10” $20. 570-820-8339 Car cargo carrier, Sears, roof top, $30. 570-474-6028 SAFE 16x21x20 Fire Fyter $50. 570-829-2082

GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS BIKE girl’s like new $45. KEYBOARD with stand, very good condition $45. 570-693-6201 GRILL GAS, Thermos, 2 burners, good condition $55. 570-819-1184

JUNGLE GYM 1 Little Tykes 40. 1 medium wheelchair $50. 1 Spacemate folding stepper $40. 570-822-0665

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LADDER 24’ fiberglass extension ladder werner $185. Dormitory refrigerator $50. Boxwood wood stove brand new never used with chimney cap spark arestor firebox size is 15” x 29” $250. Rolling tape measure $50. Contractor’s mud box steel with hoe $45. Mantis 9” tiller with attachments $200. Dewalt cordless drill 18volt, 2 batteries, charger & case $75. 570-735-2236 LEFTOVER GARAGE SALE ITEMS BED, King Size, Brass, $125. BEDROOM SUITE, 5 piece, Bassett, walnut, $250. DINETTE SET, 5 piece, Oak includes upholstered tweed chairs, $250. Call 570-675-5046 after 12 noon.

Line up a place to live in classified! LUGGAGE 3 pieces Atlantic carry on 21”wx15”h $10. Atlantic Duffle bag 20”wx12”h $7. Atlan-tic garment bag 23”wx43”h $15. Pierre Cardin 2 piece luggage 20”w x91/2dx28h small carry on 15 1/2w x 10hx7 $35. 2 folding large director chairs with insulated cup holder & chair cushion $12. 650-8710.

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SUNDAY, JULY 15, 2012 PAGE 11G

SHOP 24/7 WWW.VALLEYCHEVROLET.COM

THE PRICE YOU SEE IS THE PRICE YOU PAY! APR

2012 CHEVY CRUZE LS

2012 CHEVY SONIC LT

Stk. #12680, 1.8L Ecotec-VVT DOHC 4 Cyl, Auto, Stabilitrak, XM Radio, AM/FM/ CD, PDL, A/C, Rear Wiper Washer, Spoiler, OnStar

Stk. #12632, 1.8L ECOTEC VVT 4-Cyl, 6 Speed Manual Trans., PW, PDL, Bluetooth, USB Audio Interface, Front Bucket Seats, Air, OnStar w/Turn-By-Turn Navigation, XM Radio, AM/FM CD

12 AVAILABLE

MPG hwy

16,235

MSRP $

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

2012 CHEVY CAMARO

2012 CHEVY MALIBU

LS COUPE

1LT • 2LT • 2LS 1SS • 2SS CONVERTIBLE

$3451

TOTAL SAVINGS MPG hwy

23,450

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

Stk. #12610

24,240

23 227

2012 CHEVY TRAVERSE

2012 CHEVY EQUINOX

LS FWD

$3006

24,355

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

2012 CHEVY COLORADO CREW CAB 4X4

10 AVAILABLE

26,665

Stk. #12063, 3.5L V6 Automatic, Dual Zone Air Conditioning, Stabilitrak, Six-Way Power Driver Seat, PW, PDL, Tilt, OnStar, XM Satellite Radio

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

22 821

Stk. #12049, 6.2L 436HP 6 Speed Manuarl Trans, XM Radio, Leather, Removable Roof Panel, AC, Performance Pkg., Power Options, Dual Mode Perofmrance Exhaust, Chrome Alum. Wheels & Much More!

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

54 999*

2012 CHEVY AVALANCHE

2012 CHEVY SUBURBAN

1500 LS 4WD

LS 4X4

$4287 TOTAL SAVINGS

40,765

27 578

61,375

MSRP $

Stk. #12730, 3.6L SIDI V6 Auto, Traction Control System, Air, All Star Edition, Power Mirrors, PW, PDL, Front Buckets, 3rd Row Seat, XM Radio, Rear Spoiler, OnStar w/Turn-By-Turn Navigation, 2nd & 3rd Row Split Bench Seats & More

22 999

15 AVAILABLE

MSRP $

Stk. #12726, 2.4L DOHC 4 Speed Auto, A/C, Cruise, XM Radio, OnStar w/Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Bluetooth, 17” Alum. Wheels, Remote Keyless Entry, Tilt, AM/FM CD

TOTAL SAVINGS

30,585

MSRP $

$6376

$7222

TOTAL SAVINGS

20 AVAILABLE

SPORT 1LT COUPE

MSRP $

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

19 999

2012 CHEVY CORVETTE

MPG hwy

Stk. #12702, 2.4L DOHC 4V ECOTEC, 6 Speed Automatic Tapshift Manual Trans., Air, PW, PDL, Onstar w/ Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Remote Keyless Entry, XM Satellite Radio, AM/FM/CD/MP3 Format,

LS SEDAN TOTAL SAVINGS

MSRP $

16 999

2012 CHEVY IMPALA

$3844

MPG hwy

40 AVAILABLE

17,870

MSRP $

15 669

NO NEED TO NEGOTIATE

Stk#12411, VORTEC 5.3 SFI V8, Auto, Air, PW, PDL, Power Drivers Seat, Deep Tinted Glass, OnStar, XM Radio, CD, Luggage Rack Cross Bars, Rear Storage Compartment & More

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

33 543

46,105

MSRP $

Stk. #12606, Vortec 5.3 SFI V8 6 Speed Automatic, 2nd Row Bench, Power Options, F/R Air, XM Satellite Radio, Onstar, Luggage Rack, 3rd Row Seat, Assist Steps, Remote Start Pickup Package

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

41 818*

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO

1500 REGULAR CAB 2WD

1500 EXTENDED CAB 4X4 W/T

SILVERADOS TO CHOOSE FROM

29,270

24,175

MSRP $

Stk. #12505, 3.7L I5 4 Speed Auto, Insta-Trac 4x4 Transfer Case, PW, PDL, Air, Fog Lamps, OnStar w/Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Bluetooth, Keyless Entry, Locking Rear Diﬀerential

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

26 821

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 4LS CREW CAB 4WD

$5987 TOTAL SAVINGS

36,560

MSRP $

Stk. #12584, 5.3L V8, AT, A/C, Power Windows, Power Door Locks, EZ Lift Tailgate, Locking Rear Diﬀerential, Alum. Wheels, OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation, XM Satellite

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

30 573

31,565

MSRP $

Stk. #12525, 4.3L V6 Auto, AC, Cruise, 17” Steel Wheels, Stabilitrak, AM/FM Stereo, Rubberized Vinyl Floor Covering

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

20 622

WE WANT YOUR TRADE CARS • TRUCKS • RV’S • ATV’S •MOTORCYCLES • COMMERCIAL

WE WILL GIVE YOU TOP DOLLAR

MSRP $

Stk. #12257, VORTEC 4.8L V8 Auto, Air, Cruise, AM/FM Stereo, Deep Tinted Glass, Stabilitrak, 17” Steel Wheels, Folding Rear Seat

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

26 499**

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 EXTENDED CAB LT 4X4

$8100 TOTAL SAVINGS

38,455

MSRP $

Stk. #12448, 5.3L V8 Auto, All Star Edition, AC, Remote Start, PW, PDL, P. Drivers Seat, 18” Alum. WHeels, EZ Liftgate, Bluetooth, OnStar w/Turn-By-Turn Navigation, Trailering Pkg. & More

TOTAL CONFIDENCE SALE PRICE

30 344

767010

*Price of vehicle plus tax and tags. Prices include all rebates, “Love it or return it” 60 day guarantee bonus cash; trade-in bonus cash applicable on - select Silverado models. $500 All Star Consumer cash-stock #12448; See salesperson for details). Must take delivery by July 31, 2012. Not responsible for typographical errors. Artwork for illustration only.

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758 Miscellaneous

MARX dump trucks 13” 1940 $70 7 15” 1958 $45. HO steam train set, 5 piece $35. Marx 027 gauge train set, 5 piece $90. 570-574-0271

TOYS & GAMES assorted children’s toys, games & plug & plays. include puppy racers, Winnie the Pooh leggo set, trucks, rescue heroes, 30+ toys in all, very good condition. $25. Assorted Yard Sale Leftovers includes large box of assorted items (2 Children’s lamps and bookends, etc.) + Bread Bakery, counter height stool, Video Buddy with 11 VHS tapes. $25. or all for $45 570-474-2606

MERCHANTS VILLAGE

MERCHANTSVILLAGE.COM

(Former Walmart Building) Oak St., Pittston

COME SHOP WITH US! 3 ACRES INSIDE

AIR CONDITIONED Huge, Huge Inventory

• FOOD ITEMS Huge Selection 1/2 Price! Gatorade

• diapers BABY ITEMS by the case

• BEAUTY ITEMS Make-Up • CLEANING ITEMS • ELECTRONICS • HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

• HEALTHCARE • TOOLS

Food Court

570-891-1972

MUST SELL! Hardwood entertainment center. Holds up to 24" tv. 5 shelves, 2 cabinets with floral designs. Great condition. $50 (4) 205/75/15 studded snow tires with rims. Only used one winter. Excellent condition. Asking $225 (570) 380-4385

NAME BRAND LIQUIDATIONS SNOWBLOWERS New Craftsman. Retails $650-$730. Our price $325$365. MOUNTAIN BIKE Mongoose Saga men’s 26” Retails $240. Our price $120. COMPRESSOR Craftsman, 33 gallon. Retails for $400. Our price $200. PATIO SET 7 piece La-Z-Boy. Retails $1400. Our price $700. REFRIGERATOR Brand New Kenmore 2.4 cu ft compact refrigerator. Sells for $140. new, our price $70! MICROWAVE Brand New Kenmore 1.5 cu ft microwave oven. Sells new for $150. our price $75! VACUUM Kenmore canister retails for $380. Our price $190. TILLER CULTIVATOR Brand New Craftsman electric mini tiller/cultivator. Sells for $250. new, our price $125! TOOLBOXES Brand New Craftsman Toolboxes. 3 bottoms, 3 tops sell new for $160-$320, our price $80-$160! GRILL gas brand new Kenmore 4 burner 50,000 btu sells new for $500. asking $250!

Find us at Merchants Village in Pittston call 570-592-3426 NAVIGATION SYSTEM, Garmin-Nuvi 305 for car, with dash pillow. Excellent, $50. ROCKER, heavy pine-like, new $40, KNIFE COLLECTION, Premium, kitchen, in box, new, 10 knives, $25. 570-489-2675 PORTAPOTTI (new) for trailer or boat, $10, (2) wooden ladders, 10” good condition, 14’ needs some work. Free but must take both ladders. 570-328-5611 SODA COOLER. 27’ x 78”. $200. Good shape. Vegetable Cooler. 103” x 74 1/2”. Nice shape $500. Floral cooler, 36” x 81 1/2. $500. Will deliver. 570-829-0549 TYPEWRITER electric, Smith Corona, hardly used $50,. paper shredder, like new $20. 822-5391

To place your ad call...829-7130 TYPEWRITERS 1200 electric Royal & case. Remington manual & case $50. each or $75. for both. 570-654-1032

760 Monuments & Lots

MEMORIAL SHRINE

Cemetery. 4 lots available. Willing to separate. In Crest Lawn Section. $250 each.570-299-5940

762

Musical Instruments

ACCORDIAN George Riddle with case, 45+ years old. $200. neg. 570-654-1032 DRUM SET. 5 piece complete with all cymbals, pedals and throne. Excellent condition. $300 570-655-9472 MUSICAL GEAR vintage Unicord/Univox stage model 720 & guitar/keyboard amp $250. Johnson by Axl 50s style Fender Telecaster 37x3x12” natural blonde wood white pickguard electric guitar with case $100 Behringer electric guitar amplifier v-tone gm 108 15 watts, works well & has built in effects for analog modeling of the guitar $50. Eleca electric guitar stratocaster profile body red white pickguard $50. Rok Axe Fender Stratocaster style body black white pickguard electric guitar wails $50. Lovely black & white Esteban acoustic/ electric guitar, like new. $85. Morris Hurricane Equinox 2 UK made in the UK 1980s $200. Kent Archtop hollow body made in Japan 1960s, $175. Mike 570-646-9702 email nukejack@ ptd.net PIANO. Kimball upright with bench. Very good condition. Moving must sell. $650. 240-3552 TUBE HEAD. Fender Band-Master VM 40W. $495.Like new. TUBE HEAD. Marshall JCM600 VG, $395.OCTAVE PEDAL, Jimi Hendrix-style, $79. Call Rick. 570-283-2552 rick@wyomingvalley.net

770

Photo Equipment

CAMERA. Olympus Camedia digital cam. $20 570-655-9472

772

Pools & Spas

KREEPY KRAULY automatic pool cleaner for sale for $200. Unit is complete with 40’ of hose & used only 3 times.570-735-5381

776 Sporting Goods BASKETBALL HOOP Lifetime portable. Adjustable height. Fair condition. $20 570-675-4777 BIKE 26” scott mountain, excellent condition. Bought for $700., will sell for $200. Rarely used. 570-709-7065 Email for photos at cherylsteffen@yahoo.com FISHING GEAR lot of 4 tackle boxes with lures, hooks & sinkers, 3 spinning poles & reels, 1 fly reel all for $60. 570-735- 6638 GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS GOLF CLUBS Travelguard $40. Men’s starter Eagles winter coat (L) $25. Kids blue clues (24) halloween costume $6. infant sled $5. 10” boys bike with training wheels $5. 570-237-0451 GOLF CLUBS, ladies with bag, $25, very slightly used. 570-288-1157

780

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OBSERVATION SYSTEM Samsung, black & white SSC12 with 3 built in cameras & wiring, original package, never used $175. cash. 570-430-2311 TV 44” Samsung color projection with built in speaker $25. cash. Needs picture tube. 430-2311

784

Tools

PUMP JACKS (4) $90. 1 ladder jack $10. 13 roof kickers $50. 570-696-3751 SHOP VAC. Craftsman. Large Model. $20. 570-655-9472

Stereos/ Accessories

SPEAKERS 4 car each in individual speaker boxes. Two 8” & two 10” used, but worked great when I last used them. $40. after 11:00 AM. 331-2176

780

Televisions/ Accessories

MUST SELL! 64" HD projection tv with remote. Less than 2 years old. Beautiful picture & sound with many compatibility options. Excellent condition. Asking $800 (570) 380-4385

800 PETS & ANIMALS 810

Cats

CAT. FREE TO A GOOD HOME. Friendly 1 year old female. Excellent companion. 570-709-4135

KITTENS Cutest ever!! 2 orange, 2 black. Free. 12 weeks old, litter trained. 570-655-6246

BED Thomas the Train plastic bed by Little Tikes. $100 or best offer. Kids power wheels $60. 570-855-5260

790

Swimming Pools/Hot Tubs

MUST SELL! Wii system with 1 controller & 11 games. Excellent condition. $150 Original clear green Xbox (not 360) with 2 controllers & 7 games. Excellent condition. $60 (570) 380-4385 XBOX 360 excellent condition $50. XBOX GAMES 10 at $20 apiece DVD-R DISKS 3 packs. $40. 570-472-1646

796 Wanted to Buy Merchandise

1000 SERVICE DIRECTORY 1006

A/C & Refrigeration Services

STRISH A/C Ductless / Central

Air Conditioning Free Estimates Licensed & Insured 570-332-0715

1015

Appliance Service

ECO-FRIENDLY APPLIANCE TECH. 25 Years Experi-

ence fixing major appliances: Washer, Dryer, Refrigerator, Dishwasher, Compactors. Most brands. Free phone advice & all work guaranteed. No service charge for visit. 570-706-6577

1024

Building & Remodeling

1st. Quality Construction Co.

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baseball, football, basketball, hockey & non-sports. Sets, singles & wax. Also buying comics. 570-212-0398

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Roofing, siding, gutters, insulation, decks, additions, windows, doors, masonry & concrete. Insured & Bonded.

Senior Citizens Discount! State Lic. # PA057320

570-606-8438 ALL OLDER HOMES SPECIALIST 825-4268. Remodel / Repair Masonry, stucco, & concrete

ATIE’S CONSTRUCTION

50 Years Experience Stone mason, stucco, re-cast stone, paving, custom cover & design. 570-301-8200

1092 Highway 315 Blvd (Plaza 315) 315N .3 miles after Motorworld

We Pay At Least 80% of the London Fix Market Price for All Gold Jewelry

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July 13th: $1,595.50 Visit us at WilkesBarreGold.com Or email us at wilkesbarregold@ yahoo.com

KITTENS free to a good home. Sugar Notch Area. Call 570-239-4168 or 570-239-4166

Chimney Service

A-1 1 ABLE CHIMNEY Rebuild & Repair Chimneys. All types of Masonry. Liners Installed, Brick & Block, Roofs & Gutters. Licensed & Insured 570-735-2257

CAVUTO CHIMNEY SERVICE

& Gutter Cleaning Free Estimates Insured 570-709-2479

CHIMNEY REPAIRS Parging. Stucco.

Stainless Liners. Cleanings. Custom Sheet Metal Shop. 570-383-0644 1-800-943-1515 Call Now!

COZY HEARTH CHIMNEY

ALL CHIMNEY REPAIR Chimney Cleaning, Rebuilding, Repair, Stainless Steel Lining, Parging, Stucco, Caps, Etc. Free Estimates Senior Discounts Licensed-Insured 1-888-680-7990 570-840-0873

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Cleaning & Maintainence

Connie’s Cleaning 15 years experience Bonded & Insured Residential Cleaning Connie Mastruzzo Brutski - Owner 570-430-3743 Connie does the cleaning!

HOUSEKEEPING

Dependable & professional. Flexible rates and hours. Supplies provided. References Available 357-1951, after 6pm

Northeast Janitorial Services, LLC

Commercial & Residential cleaning, FREE ESTIMATES. Call 570-237-2193

NICHOLS CONSTRUCTION

PARAGON CLEANING SERVICES

570-819-0681

All Types Of Work New or Remodeling Licensed & Insured Free Estimates 570-406-6044

PR BUILDERS Any and all types of remodeling from windows to design build renovations. Handyman Services also, Electric, Plumbing, Building. PA license 048740 accepts Visa & Mastercard call 570-826-0919

ROOFING, SIDING, DECKS, WINDOWS

For All of Your Remodeling Needs. Will Beat Any Price 25 Yrs. Experience Ref. Ins. Free Est. 570-332-7023 Or 570-855-2506

Licensed, insured & PA registered. Kitchens, baths, vinyl siding & railings, replacement windows & doors, additions, garages, all phases of home renovations. Free Estimates 570-287-4067

Highest Cash PayOuts Guaranteed Mon-Sat 10am-6pm Closed Sundays

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OME MPROVEMENT SPECIALIST

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VALLEY CAT RESCUE

824-4172, 9-9 only

DAVE JOHNSON Expert Bathroom & Room Remodeling, Carpentry & Whole House Renovations. Licensed &Insured

Shedlarski Construction H I

WILKESBARREGOLD

All shots, neutered, tested,microchipped

1039

Video Game Systems/Games

GAMES 6 Nintendo games $28. for all. ; 10 Playstation 2, 10 Playstation games, 1 new still in wrapper $30. for all.1 new, rest used. All play. $25. 2 Saitek computer game controllers a flight joystick ST50, other P880 $20. Scott 570-331-2176

CATS & KITTENS 12 weeks & up.

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Dogs

ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD GUARD PUPPIES

4 months old. Raised on ranch with other working dogs. Great with children. $300 each 570-578-4503

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Found Basset Hound mix. Brown-ish red, short legs, about 2 years old, tan collar. Found in Parsons about 2 weeks ago. Free to a good home. 570-823-9438

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Dogs

CAVALIER KING CHARLES SPANIEL PUPPIES

Registration Available, Health Certified. From $700 to $1,500

HAVANESE PUPPIES All colors, both

genders available $700 to $1,300 www.willowspring cavaliers.com 215-538-2179

IRISH SETTERS

Beautiful pups AKC registered. $300. 570-746-3637 607-592-5608

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Dogs

Golden Doodle Half golden retriever/half poodle. Male, 12 weeks old, will send picture via email, up to date with shots. Comes with papers & 1 year warranty. Please call 570-824-0600

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ITALIAN CANE CORSO Mastiff Puppies

ICCF Registered & ready to go! Parents on premises. Blue.Vet Checked 570-617-4880

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Dogs

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Dogs

POMERANIAN PUPPIES

Male & Female. Vet Checked, 1st shots. $350. Family raised. 570-829-1735

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POMERANIAN PUPS Purebred Pups.

Not registered. $350. Poochi Pups. $250. All pups 8 weeks old, 1st shots & worming. 570-280-9596. PUPPY. FREE to a good home. 10 months old. High energy, needs room to run. Spayed female, all shots. 570-654-0620

SHIH-TZU PUPPIES

Parents on premises $500 570-250-9690

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Professional Services Directory

HOT TUB: 6-person. needs new heater, $500. Everything else works. 570-417-9540

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Cats

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786 Toys & Games

PUTTER, Callaway White Ice, $40, Callaway #4 Hybrid, $30, Callaway Driver, $50. Fishing pole and reel combos, $30. 570-655-9472

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Televisions/ Accessories

SPRING BUILDING/ REMODELING?

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Residential/ Commercial Tenant move out. New construction cleanups. “Take a Rest, Call the Best” 570-332-0324

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Concrete & Masonry

A STEP-UP MASONRY

Brick, block, concrete, pavers. Specializing in stone. Free Estimates. Licensed & Insured. Senior Discount. Call 570-702-3225 COVERT & SONS CONCRETE CO. Give us a call, we’ll beat them all! 570-696-3488 or 570-239-2780

D. Pugh Concrete

All phases of masonry & concrete. Small jobs welcome. Senior discount. Free estimates. Licensed & Insured 288-1701/655-3505

H O S CONSTRUCTION

Licensed - Insured Certified - Masonry Concrete - Roofing Quality Craftsmanship Guaranteed Unbeatable Prices Senior Citizen Discounts Free Estimates 570-574-4618 or 570-709-3577 JM OLEJNICK MASONRY All phases of concrete, masonry & construction. Free Estimates. Licensed & Insured. Call 570-288-6862

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Concrete & Masonry

Williams & Franks Inc

Masonry - Concrete Brick-Stonework. Chimneys-Stucco” “NO JOB TOO SMALL” “Damage repair specialist” 570-466-2916

1057Construction & Building ALR CONSTRUCTION INC. Additions, siding, windows, kitchens, bathrooms, new homes & more! A name you can trust. Guaranteed quality you can depend on! 570-606-3462 PA087364 DOUBLE D Construction Co General Contractors. We do all types of work, including concrete, stucco, sidewalks, patios, & all general construction. “We do it all” Call anytime at 570-991-7670 or 570-690-2642 and ask for Dave. FATHER & SON CONSTRUCTION Interior & Exterior Remodeling Jobs of All Sizes 570-814-4578 570-709-8826 G&J Welding & Pressure Washing Mobile Service ICC Bumpers for trucks & trailers Headache racks & bed rails for pickups 570-855-8364

GARAGE DOOR

1129 Gutter Repair & Cleaning

GUTTER CLEANING

Window Cleaning Pressure washing Insured 570-288-6794

1132

Handyman Services

DOPainting, IT ALL HANDYMAN drywall,

plumbing & all types of interior & exterior home repairs. 570-829-5318 VICTORY HANDYMAN SERVICE You Name It, We Can Do it. Over 30 Years Experience in General Construction Licensed & Insured 570-313-2262

1135

Hauling & Trucking

AA1AAlways C L E Ahauling, NING

cleaning attics, cellar, garage, one piece or whole Estate, also available 10 & 20 yard dumpsters.655-0695 592-1813or287-8302 AAA CLEANING A1 GENERAL HAULING Cleaning attics, cellars, garages. Demolitions, Roofing & Tree Removal. Free Est. 779-0918 or 542-5821; 814-8299

ALL KINDS OF HAULING & JUNK REMOVAL SPRING CLEAN UP!

Sales, service, installation & repair. FULLY INSURED HIC# 065008 CALL JOE 570-735-8551 Cell 606-7489

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Dry Wall

MIRRA DRYWALL

Hanging & Finishing Textured Ceilings Licensed & Insured Free Estimates

570-675-3378

1084

Electrical

GRULA ELECTRIC LLC

Licensed, Insured, No job too small.

570-829-4077

SLEBODA ELECTRIC Master electrician Licensed & Insured Service Changes & Replacements. Generator Installs. 868-4469

1093

Excavating

EXCAVATING/MODULAR HOMES

Foundations, land clearing, driveways, storm drainage, blacktop repair, etc. Free Estimates 570-332-0077

1099

Fencing & Decks

ACTION FENCE SUMMER SALE: Discounts on pvc & chain link fence! New & Used. Sales & Installation FREE ESTIMATES! 1-888-FENCE-80

DECK BUILDERS Of Northeast

Contracting Group. We build any type, size and design, staining & powerwashing. If the deck of your choice is not completed within 5 days, then your deck is free! 570-338-2269

1105 Floor Covering Installation

HARDWOOD FLOOR REFINISHING &

INSTALLATION Recoat your hardwood floors starting at $1.25 / SQ FT Free Estimates 570-793-4994

TREE/SHRUB REMOVAL REMOVAL DEMOLITION Estate Cleanout Free Estimates 24 HOUR SERVICE SMALL AND LARGE JOBS! 570-823-1811 570-239-0484 ALWAYS READY HAULING Property & Estate Cleanups, Attics, Cellars, Yards, Garages, Construction Sites, Flood Damage & More. CHEAPER THAN A DUMPSTER!! SAME DAY SERVICE Free Estimates 570-301-3754 C&M Property Management Estate Cleanouts Rubbish Removal Grass Cutting Hedge Trimming Light Excavating Stone & Dirt Delivery. Tree Trimming/Removal Driveway Sealing Chris-570-574-5018 Matt-570-855-4840

FIVEBasements, STAR HAULING

garages, yards, houses, and also roof shingles. Same day service. Licensed & Insured 570-952-4860

Mike’s $5-Up

Removal of Wood, Trash and Debris. Same Day Service.

826-1883 472-4321 1150 House Sitting

Mothers Helper

Do you need time for yourself? Then allow me to do your light housekeeping, watch the kids or run errands for you. Please call 570-852-3474 Kingston area. References available.

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Insurance

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1162 Landscaping/ Garden ARE YOU TIRED OF BEING RAKED? Specializing In Trimming and Shaping of Bushes, Shrubs, Trees. Also, Bed Cleanup, Edging, Mulch and Stone. Call Joe. 570-823-8465 Meticulous and Affordable. F ree E stimates

JAY’S LAWN SERVICE Spring clean-ups,

mowing, mulching and more! Free Estimates 570-574-3406 LIVING PROOF Landscaping/Lawn Maintenance Free estimates, Reasonable rates, Senior discounts, No job to small, we do it all! 570-831-5579 O’NEIL’S Landscaping, Lawn Maintenance,Cleanups, shrub trimming, 20 years experience. Fully Insured 570-885-1918 TOUGH BRUSH & TALL GRASS Mowing, edging, mulching, shrubs & hedge shaping. Tree pruning. Garden tilling. Spring Clean Ups. Weekly & bi-weekly lawn care. Fully Insured. 20+ years experience Free Estimates 570-829-3261

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Masonry

CONCRET E & MASONRY All Phases 570-283-5254

OLD Voted TIME MASONRY #1

MasonryContractor Let A Real Mason Bid Your Project! Brick, Block, Concrete, Stone, Chimney & Stucco Repair, Retaining Walls, Patio & Pavers, Stamped & Colored Concrete, etc. Fully Insured. 570-466-0879

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1189 Miscellaneous Service

VITO’S & GINO’S

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Movers

BestDarnMovers Moving Helpers Call for Free Quote. We make moving easy. BestDarnMovers.com 570-852-9243

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Painting & Wallpaper

A.B.C. Professional Painting 36 Yrs Experience We Specialize In New Construction Residential Repaints Comm./Industrial All Insurance Claims Apartments Interior/Exterior Spray,Brush, Rolls WallpaperRemoval Cabinet Refinishing Drywall/Finishing Power Washing Deck Specialist Handy Man FREE ESTIMATES

Larry Neer 570-606-9638

ALL PHASE PAINT COMPANY

Aluminium Siding Refinishing Experts You Name It, We Know How to Paint It! Over 30 Years Experience 570-313-2262

AMERICA PAINTING

Interior/Exterior. 20 years experience. Insured. Senior Discount 570-855-0387

DAVID WAYNE PAINTING

Interior/Exterior QUALITY WORK AT A FAIR PRICE

570-762-6889

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Paving & Excavating

Mountain Top

PAVING & SEAL COATING Patching, Sealing, Residential/Comm Licensed & Insured PA013253 570-868-8375

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Roofing & Siding

ABSOLUTELY FREE ESTIMATES E-STERN CO. 30 year architec tural shingles. Do Rip off & over the top. Fully Insured PA014370 570-760-7725 or 570-341-7411 EVERHART CONSTRUCTION Roofing, siding, gutters, chimney repairs & more. Free Estimates, Lowest Prices 570-855-5738 GILROY CONSTRUcTION Your Roofing Specialist Free Estimates No Payment ‘til Job is 100% Complete 570-829-0239

H O S CONSTRUCTION Roofing specialist, call today and save $$$ 570-574-4618

J & F CONSTRUCTION All types of roofing. Repairs & Installation 25 Years Experience Licensed/Insured Free Estimates Reliable Service 570-855-4259

J.R.V. ROOFING

Executive Painting & Remodeling. Paint, drywall, Drywall repair, Flood and mold damage and more. Call about our power washing specials! 15 yrs. Exp. Fully insured 570-215-0257 EXECUTIVEPAINTING.BIZ **1 Year Anniversary 10% off** JACOBOSKY PAINTING Power Washing, Quality Painting, Affordable prices, $50.00 off with this ad. Free Estimates. 570-328-5083

M. PARALIS PAINTING

Int/ Ext. painting, Power washing. Professional work at affordable rates. Free estimates. 570-288-0733

Serra Painting Book Now For Summer & Save. All Work Guaranteed Satisfaction. 30 Yrs. Experience Powerwash & Paint Vinyl, Wood, Stucco Aluminum. Free Estimates You Can’t Lose! 570-822-3943

WITKOSKY PAINTING Interior

Exterior, Free estimates, 30 yrs experience 570-826-1719, 570-288-4311 & 570-704-8530

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570-824-6381 Roof Repairs & New Roofs. Shingle, Slate, Hot Built Up, Rubber, Gutters & Chimney Repairs. Year Round. Licensed/Insured FREE Estimates *24 Hour Emergency Calls*

Jim Harden

570-288-6709

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SUMMER ROOFING

McManus Construction Licensed, Insured. Everyday Low Prices. 3,000 satisfied customers. 570-735-0846

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Window Service

PJ’s Window Cleaning & Janitorial Services Windows, Gutters, Carpets, Power washing and more. INSURED/BONDED. 570-283-9840

Collect Cash. Not Dust. Sell it in The Times Leader Classiﬁed section.

Paving & Excavating

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570-474-6329 Lic.# PA021520

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11 KIA FORTE EX

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10 TOYOTA SIENNA LIMITED

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07 LINCOLN NAVIGATOR

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5,995*

2002 Hyundai Elantra

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2000 GMC Jimmy

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4,450*

1998 Ford Contour

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3,695*

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950*

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system. A huge island with breakfast bar separates the dining area from the open 16-by-11 kitchen. This kitchen features oak cabinets topped by butcher-block countertops that result in a large amount of workspace and cabinet storage. There is also plenty of room for collectables thanks to open sofﬁts above the cabinets. Appliances include a microwave, stove, dishwasher and refrigerator The hall to the right has knotty pine wainscoting and leads to three of the four bedrooms. The master bedroom measures 13-by-11 and has tan Berber carpeting, a double closet and windows facing the side and rear. This room also has tongue and groove walls and ceiling.

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tongue-and-groove paneling throughout the interior. A highlight is the vaulted ceiling shared by the living room, dining room and kitchen. Providing a light and airy space for living and entertaining, this open area includes a 27-by-24 living room and dining room area. It offers gray and blue speckled carpeting and two windows front. There are log walls on the exterior and tongue and groove paneling on the interior walls and ceiling. A closet is set near to the front door. The dining area has patio doors that open to the side porch and a full wall of windows that face rear. A table is set in front of the bay of windows offering a view of the deck and surrounding countryside. A propane heater is built into the sidewall and provides a supplement to the home’s electric heating

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The full bath on this level features a double, knotty pine vanity with two mauve sinks and a butcherblock countertop. This bath has knotty pine tongue and groove walls and a single window rear. A linen closet tucked to the side has bi-fold doors. The second and third bedrooms, also on this level, are 12-by-11 and 11-by-11, respectively, each with a double closet, carpeting and at least one large window. The fourth bedroom is located in the basement. It measures 12-by-12 and has gray and cream Berber carpeting, a double closet and its own wooden, beamed ceiling. There is a nearby utility room with floor-to-ceiling shelving for maximum storage. A nearby, three-quarter bath/laundry room has a knotty pine vanity with a gray sink and knotty pine countertop. This bath offers a walk-in shower and washer dryer hook-ups. The family room on this level is a spacious 25-by21 and offers a propane stove that heats much of the house. Atrium doors open to the rear yard with windows side and rear. For entertaining, there is a built-in bar with shelves for storing glassware. A separate television room has space for an entertainment center, office or home gym. Storage is plentiful thanks to a full storage room to the side that has multiple sets of floor-to-ceiling shelves. This home has electric heat supplemented by the propane fireplace, a private well and on-site septic system. To make an appointment to see this unique log home, contact Richard Long of Gordon Long Real Estate, (570) 675-4400; rh.long@live.com. SPECIFICATIONS: Log Raised Ranch 2,464 square feet BEDROOMS: 4 BATHS: 2 PRICE: $229,000 LOCATION: 130 Marvin Rd., Shickshinny AGENT: Richard Long REALTOR: Gordon Long Real Estate, (570) 675-4400; rh.long@live.com

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IS TWO BEDROOMS ENOUGH FOR YOU? Quaint & Quiet renovated two bedroom features new trendy large tiled Kitchen, hardwood floors in living room, formal dining room & bedrooms. New tiled bath with jetted tub to de-stress in. Two porches, yard & plenty of parking. New furnace, hot water heater (with warranty) & new 100 amp box. Great starter home or someone looking to down size. Solid Buy! Taxes are not accurate. Owner is a Realtor. $84,900 11-4472. Please call Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046

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REDUCED 619 Foote Ave. Fabulous Ranch home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, ultra modern kitchen with granite counters, heated tile floor and stainless appliances. Dining room has Brazilian cherry floors, huge yard, garage and large yard. Partially finished lower level. Built for handicap accessibility with exterior ramp, interior hallways and doorways. If you’re looking for a Ranch, don’t miss this one. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-4079 $149,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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DALLAS This outstanding Federal brick & stone home is situated on 7acres & overlooks the Huntsville Reservoir. Inviting foyer w/lovely curved staircase - spacious rms offer HW flrs, period moldings & cabinetry & wonderful arched doorways. Stunning kitchen is classic yet ultra modern w/Viking & SubZero - 5BRs, 4 baths - Beautifully landscaped property is complete with a carriage house & Bocce court. MLS# 11-2533 RHEA 696-6677 $699,000

MOUNTAINTOP Elegance with comfort! 4BR on 6.5acres gathering room w/ cathedral ceiling highlighted by floor to ceiling FP, custom kitchen, finished LL, inground heated pool, hot tub, screened porch & everything you desire! MLS# 12-1557 PAT S. 715-9337 $629,900

SHAVERTOWN Elegant home w/wonderful floor plan-5BRs, 6baths & huge kitchen w/Garland range & bright breakfast area. Great finished lower walks out to patio & stunning Sylvan pool! MLS# 11-37 MARGY 696-0891 $695,000

COURTDALE Peacefully secluded custom built Contemporary on 6.4acs w/4-5BRs, 3.5 bths, ingrnd pool, 3 car gar, LR w/flr to ceiling windows, marble entry w/spiral staircase. LL rec rm w/wet bar, granite tops & gas FP. Sweeping views from 61x9 deck. Country living in town! MLS# 12-1189 DEB R. 714-5802 $428,000

SHAVERTOWN Beautiful setting for this custom all brick 3BR home on 7+acres. HW floors, updated baths, walkout lower level w/bath. MLS# 12-2320 RHEA 696-6677 $535,000

MOUNTAINTOP Brand new 4BR, 2.5 bath 2-Story in Heritage Woods. Great open flr plan, 9’ ceilings, hw flooring, FR w/ FP, custom kit w/ granite, lux MBR w/whirlpool. Gas

DALLAS NEW LISTING Beautiful 2-story brick front Traditional on 1.8acre level lot. Fabulous eat-in kitchen w/granite & custom cabinetry. Modern baths, HW floors, beautiful in-ground pool & grounds! MLS# 12-2521 JILL 696-0875 $485,000

MOUNTAINTOP NEW LISTING Spectacular floor plan in this lovely 2story in Woodberry Manor! Unique features & upgrades set in apart from the rest! MLS# 12-2461 LISA 715-9335 $449,900

DALLAS Elevator - great feature! Beautiful 3BR Condo. Wood floors, custom kitchen, dramatic windows, 2 car garage. MLS# 12-970 VIRGINIA 714-9253 $284,500

SHAVERTOWN NEW LISTING Spacious 3BR, 1 3/4 bath Bi-level features open SHICKSHINNY NEW LISTING Enjoy pri- LR/DR, new kitchen w/stainless applivacy & comfortable living with this 3BR, ances, large FR, 2 car garage situated on 3 bath, 2-story on 2acres being sold with a large corner lot. Quiet neighborhood! adjacent 13acres. MLS# 12-2557 MLS# 12-2491 CHRISTINA K. 714-9235 $256,000 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $209,000

TRUCKSVILLE Well maintained 2BR, 1 bath Split Level situated on a deep double private lot. Eat-in kitchen, LR, DR, FR, office/den, oversized 2 car garage plus carport. MLS# 12-2075 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $149,900

MOUNTAIN TOP NEW LISTING Lovely 4BR, 2-story on cul-de-sac in Highland Woods development. HW floors, in-ground pool, nice location! MLS# 12-2601 LISA 715-9335 $289,900

MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular Twin w/wonderful MSTR Ste. Lrg bath & closet, all mod amenities, stunning granite kitchen w/open flr plan, beautiful staircase, views from every window, deck. 3BRs, 2.5 bths, HW flrs, wonderful moldings, C/A, gas heat, 1 car garage. MLS# 11-2000 LISA 715-9335 or VIRGINIA 714-9253 $219,900

WHITE HAVEN Move-in ready meticulously kept 2-story home features MOUNTAIN TOP Huge 4BR Ranch 3BRS, 1.5 baths, FR, DR, LR, eat-in with a partially finished basement kitchen, 1 car attached garage. Douplus he storage room. ble lot, storage shed, Trex deck, C/A MLS# 11-3664 & FP. A must see! MLS# 12-178 PATTY A. 715-9332 $175,000 EVELYN 715-9336 $164,900

KINGSTON REDUCED 4BR, 1.5 bath, 2.5 story home in convenient location. Eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry, formal FR, Den & LL recreation room. Large yard. MLS# 12-1902 TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $149,000

KINGSTON NEW LISTING 3BR, 1.5 bath home w/new eat-in kitchen, FR, screenedin porch, laundry on 1st floor & nice size yard. MLS# 12-2584 TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $136,000

FORTY FORT Attractive 3BR, 1 3/4 bath Ranch features open LR/DR, spacious finished LL, newer roof, windows & furnace. Private yard, 2 car garage. MLS# 12-1977 CLYDETTE 696-0897 $134,900

KINGSTON REDUCED LOVELY 2STORY, 3BR, 1.5 BATH HOME WITH EAT-IN KITCHEN, FR & 3 SEASON PORCH. WALK-UP ATTIC & PARTIALLY FINISHED LL. MLS# 12-2366 TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $119,000

WILKES-BARRE Spacious 4BR, 2.5 bath home in conveniently located WilkesBarre neighborhood. Amenities include 1st floor HW, modern kitchen & 3 season porch. MLS# 12-1294 TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $129,000

WILKES-BARRE REDUCED CONVENIENT CITY LIVING ON ALMOST 1 ACRE LOT. BEAUTIFUL VIEWS, LARGE ROOM SIZES. 2 CAR GARAGE, TOTAL PRIVACY, PRIVATE LOT. FINISHED LOWER LEVEL. MUST SEE TO APPRECIATE! MLS# 12-1651 JILL 696-0875 $110,000

PITTSTON NEW LISTING Lovely 3BR, 1 bath 2-story home with FR, formal DR & eat-in kitchen area. Large backyard & oversized 1 car garage. MLS# 12-2503 TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $89,900

heat & CA. MLS#12-1056 DONNA S 788-7504

$364,900

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38 Huckleberry Ln Blueberry Hills 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, family room with fireplace, 2 car garage, large yard. Master bath with separate jetted tub, kitchen with stainless steel appliances and island, lighted deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-3071 $309,860 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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19 Garrahan Street Very nice 3 bedroom, 1 Bath single with new modern kitchen and bath. Home features ductless A/C, new carpeting, fresh paint, refinished hardwood floors, large bedroom closets, upstairs hall built-ins, replacement windows, newer roof, walk up attic, nice yard, full basement. MLS 12-2371 $69,900 ANTONIK & ASSOCIATES, INC. 570-735-7494 Ext. 304 Patricia Lunski 570-814-6671

10 Lyndwood Ave Very nice brick and vinyl ranch home with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths. This home has hardwood floors, modern kitchen and baths, finished basement with a separate workshop, lots of storage, a 2car attached garage, deck and fenced-in yard. Come see this house now and you can be enjoying the summer in the beautiful in-ground pool. For more information and to view the photos, go to www.prudentialrealestate.com and enter PRU7W7A3 in the “Home Search”. PRICE REDUCED! $134,500. MLS#12-1821. Call today for an appointment. Mary Ellen Belchick 696-6566 Walter Belchick 696-2600 ext. 301

78 Luzerne St. Not a drive-by. Move right into this sparkling clean, bright and cheery 1/2 double. All new floor coverings and freshly painted interior. 2 zone gas hot water baseboard heat. W/d hookups in basement which has a concrete floor. All measurements are approximate. MLS 12-1129 $45,000 Call Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

1908 Wyoming Avenue Plenty of TLC is reflected in this attractive 3 bedroom, 1 bath home in a convenient location. Offers formal living room/dining room & family room with sliding doors to large rear deck & a great level lot. MLS# 11-2083 Only $99,000 Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883

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274 Hillside Ave. PRICED TO SELL. THIS HOME IS A MUST SEE. Great starter home in move in condition. Newer 1/2 bath off kitchen & replacement windows installed. MLS11-560. $39,500 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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$84,900 Classic 4 square home in desirable neighborhood. Four bedrooms, nice old woodwork, stained glass and built ins plus 3 car garage on extra deep lot. MLS #12-2612. For more information and photos, visit atlasrealtyinc.com. Call Charlie 829-6200 VM 101

Beautifully appointed home on 2 acres. community amenities include private lake with sandy beach, tennis courts, trails for hiking and biking. This home boasts perennial gardens and mature landscaping, fenced rear yard enclosed 20x40 heated in-ground pool, raised garden, custom dog house and run. Entertain and dine on the wrap-around porch with mahogany flooring and electric hurricane shutters. The residence features hardwood flooring, french doors, cherry kitchen, 3-4 bedrooms, updated heat/air. Emergency generator for inclement weather. MLS# 12-1647 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. Priced to sell at $535,000

696-2600 GLEN LYON

HANOVER TWP

Cute as Grandma's house with gracious sized eat-in kitchen. Updates including many Pella windows, doors and furnace 2011. Walk out basement to great back yard. 2 car garage off rear alley. Walk out basement. Call today for a private showing. $59,900 MLS 12-1510 Tracy McDermott 570-696-2468

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530 Cherry Drive Spacious 2 bedroom townhome with hardwood floor, gas heat, central air, end unit with one garage. All appliances, move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-712 $169,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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CHEAPER THAN RENT! 38 Oak Street. Spacious 1/2 double block. Living room / dining room combo. 3 bedrooms on second floor, 3 on the third. 1 1/2 baths. lst floor laundry. 3 porches. Large yard with loads of parking. Aluminum siding. Concrete driveway. Many extras! MLS # 12-711. Conventional financing. $2,750 down, 3.875% interest $288 mo. $55,000 Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126

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Nice size 4 bedroom home with some hardwood floors, large eat in kitchen with breakfast bar. 2 car garage & partially fenced yard. Close to everything! $83,000 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

Grand Victorian Well maintained on a corner lot, with 4 bedrooms, modern baths, modern kitchen with JennAire broiler, formal dining room, front porch & screened side porch, Gas heat, gas fireplace in living room, and pellet stove in the family room. Many touches of yesteryear. MLS# 12-1559 $214,900. Call Florence 570-715-7737

Fully rented 5 unit apt building, new siding, new roof and nice updates inside, off street parking & near the college. Call or text Donna 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424 for more information or to schedule your showing. $117,000

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15 Martin Street Well Cared for 2 Story Boasting 3 Bedrooms, Full bath, off street parking and a large side yard. 12-1832 $79,900 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

Very well maintained 2-story home with 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms, large eat-in kitchen and 1.5 baths. This home also has a first floor laundry room, ductless air conditioner, gas steam heat and a fenced in yard with a shed. This home is in move-in condition just waiting for you to move into. Make an appointment today! #11-4433 $79,900 Karen Altavilla 283-9100 x26

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2 Betsy Ross Drive Warmly inviting 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath Tudor. Striking highlights in this beautiful home include custom blinds, manicured lawn, deck, patio and 3-season porch. Entertain in the finished walkout basement with wet bar or relax by the pool! Outstanding quality! Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

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476 Wyoming St. Nice 3 bedroom single home. Gas heat. Convenient location. To settle estate. Reduced to $34,900 Call Jim for details

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A real beauty….with a beautiful price! Spacious with great quality…hardwood flooring, cherry woodwork, stained and leaded glass windows, kitchen with pantry, formal fining room, living room adjoining a sun parlor. Three bedrooms with possible fourth on third floor, tile bath, gas heat, fenced yard, four car garage. MLS# 11-4133 How much? $69,900! Call Maribeth Jones directly at 696-6565

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COMPOUND Korn Krest Includes 2 newly renovated houses. Great location. Park across street. $140,000. Appointment only. 570-650-6365 HANOVER TWP. LIBERTY HILLS

63 Betsy Ross Dr. Great home in a great neighborhood. Very well cared for 2 story with 3 bedrooms, family room and 2.5 baths. Nice yard with landscape lighting, 2 car garage. Central air, central vac, patio awning, 1st floor laundry. Everything you will need here MLS 12-2192 $205,000 Call Connie 570-821-7022 EILEEN R. MELONE REAL ESTATE 570-821-7022

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 12-2 New Construction. Lot #2, Fairway Estates. 2,700 square feet, tile & hardwood on 1st floor. Cherry cabinets with center island. $399,500. For more details: patrickdeats.com (570)696-1041

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Charming home in very good condition. Nice woodworking, replacement windows, new vaulted ceiling bedroom overlooking amazing view of the river. Vinyl siding, one car garage, private setting on a dead end street, but not flood zone.Reduced! $89,900 MLS 12-990 Call Nancy Answini, Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

323 State Route 2 Surrounded by mature woodland and pasture... Bordered by Sorber Mountain Creeks, this 3 Bedroom 2 bath Country Ranch offers a great retreat and tranquil lifestyle. Only minutes to Game Lands and Pennsylvania's Largest Natural Lake. 12-1729 $136,000 Mark T. Bond CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-352-8874

View this beauty…cedar and stone sided contemporary home on partially wooded lot. Great Room with floor to ceiling fireplace, built-in bookcases adjoining the dining room and entry to the four season porch. 2 year new stainless steel appliances and a breakfast area with beamed ceiling and a wall of glass. First floor den or bedroom, tile and marble bath with walkin master bath with lounge area and a massive closet. Pool surrounded by decking warrants great entertaining…cabana with bath. Separate building to pot your plants. Walk to the marina and slip into your boat. MLS# 12-2542 Call Maribeth Jones directly at 696-6565, office 696-2600 ext. 210 $379,000

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105 Circle Drive

Well maintained Bi-Level on nicely landscaped corner lot. Finished lower level with gas fireplace & sliding doors to private patio. Totally fenced yard, 1 car garage. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $127,900 MLS# 11-1271 Call Cathy (570) 696-5422

2032 ROUTE 92 Great Ranch home surrounded by nature with view of the river and extra lot on the river. Large living room and kitchen remodeled and ready to move in. Full unfinished basement, off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-79 $69,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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NEW LISTING 21 Sunset Terrace Beautifully remodeled 2 story perfect for either a primary home or a lake getaway. Lake view from porch and master bedroom. New kitchen and TWO new baths. MLS #12-2393 $139,900 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723

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1385 Mt. Zion Rd. Great country setting on 3.05 acres. Move in condition Ranch with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, inground swimming pool, hardwood floors. Finished basement with wet bar. 2 car garage, wrap around driveway. For more info and photos visit: www.atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-2270 $249,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

This lovely home is PRICED TO SELL. Three bedrooms, one with new vaulted ceilings. One bath, replacement windows, living room, dining room, modern kitchen and functional basement. The amazing view of the mountains and River from the front of the home is very desirable. Home is not in flood zone and on a dead end street and waiting for new buyer. Reduced! $82,000 MLS 12-990 Call Nancy Answini, Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

Richard Lane 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home at rear of Lake Side Drive between Pole #’s 125 and 126 on Richard Lane. Lake view, including front wrap around porch and 2 of the 3 upstairs bedrooms. and rear yard. Home in need of updating and repairs and is being sold as is. MLS 12-1607 $59,900 Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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139 S. Laurel St Spacious Brick Ranch waiting for your personal touch. Hardwood floors, well-thought out storage in every room. Quality workmanship, well maintained. It's time to enjoy this home with it's large rooms, greenhouse & nice yard! Convenient location. 12-2352 $124,900 Darcy J. Gollhardt Realtor 570-262-0226 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-718-4959 Ext. 1352

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189 Rock St. Spacious home with 4 bedrooms and large rooms. Nice old woodwork, staircase, etc. Extra lot for parking off Kenley St. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3404 $89,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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Large 2 story home in very good condition, features 3 bedrooms, 1 1/2 modern bath rooms, large eat in kitchen with appliances. Dining room with French doors, large family room has fireplace large foyer, with opened stairway and stained glass window. Home has natural woodwork thru-out, with plaster walls, CENTRAL AIR thru out. Many extras must see. Level lot with a 3 bay garage in back. Shown by appointment to qualified buyers only. Home has a "HOME WARRANTY" paid by sellers. Additional photos can be seen at CAPITOL REAL ESTATE WEB SITE, www.capitol-real estate.com Call John Vacendak 823-4290 735-1810

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299 Rutter Ave. Large and well maintained duplex on corner lot in Kingston. 2 bedrooms each unit, separate gas heat and off street parking for multiple cars. New roof, water heater and freshly painted exterior. A really nice property. MLS 12-2447 $139,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

Located within 1 block of elementary school & neighborhood park this spacious 4 bedrooms offers 1450 sq. ft of living space with 1.75 baths, walk up attic, and partially finished basement. Extras include gas fireplace, an inground pool with fenced yard, new gas furnace & more. 11-823

Spacious 4 Bedroom single in good location. 2 fireplace, part finished basement, nice yard with One car garage. Needs TLC. Priced to sell at $82,000. Call Kathie

Beautiful well maintained 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath split level in desirable Oakwood Park development. Large marble entry foyer, large living room with stone fireplace, dining room that opens to deck. Eat in kitchen with all appliances overlooking family room / office area. First floor laundry room and powder room, master bedroom with master bath and jet tub. Hardwood floors. Finished lower level. 2 car attached garage. Security system & intercom. Large corner lot. MLS 12-2705 $275,000 Call Monica 570-714-6113

467 E. State St. Well kept home in a nice neighborhood. Close to new Elementary School and bus stop. New roof and off street parking. MLS 12-2342 $71,000 Charles J. Prohaska EXT. 35 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

OASIS in your own back yard!! This house have everything, 3 bed, 3 full baths and 1 3/4 bath. 2+ acres, your own rec room, screened in porch, modern kitchen with granite countertops, and a 32x16 heated pool. Amazing setting in a great area very private setting MLS 12-2326 $329,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

$54,000 1252 Main St. 3 Bedrooms 1 Bath. Finished Walk-Out Basement. Single Car Garage.

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1182 Main St. Modern 3 bedroom, 2 full bath, single on a double lot. Huge family room, modern kitchen, 1st floor laundry room, additional room on 1st floor could be used as 4th bedroom. Landscaped yard, shed, off street parking For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-1269 $129,900 Call Lu-Ann 570-602-9280

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1717 River Road Completely remodeled home with new siding, windows and modern kitchen & bath. New flooring, walls, heat and electric. Move right in. Off street parking in rear. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2232 $74,000 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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4 Widener Drive A must see home! You absolutely must see the interior of this home. Start by looking at the photos on line. Fantastic kitchen with hickory cabinets, granite counters, stainless steel appliances and tile floor. Fabulous master bathroom with champagne tub and glass shower, walk in closet. 4 car garage, upper garage is partially finished. The list goes on and on. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-210 Price Reduced $375,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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Highland Hills 8 Patrick Road Magnificent custom built tudor home with quality throughout. Spacious 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths, 2 story living room with fireplace and library loft. Dining room, family room and 3 season sunroom which overlooks professionally landscaped grounds with gazebo and tennis/basketball court. Lower level includes recreation room, exercise room and 3/4 bath. Enjoy this serene acre in a beautiful setting in Highland Hills Development. Too many amenities to mention. Taxes appealed and lowered considerably for year 2013. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-723 $399,900 Call Terry 570-885-3041 Angie 570-885-4896

Reduced $99,900

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570-288-6654 38 W. Walnut St. Charming 4/5 bedroom with 1.5 baths. Beautifully appointed kitchen w/granite counter tops, cherry cabinets and hardwood floors. Gas fireplace in living room, leaded glass windows in living room and dining room. Nice back deck, 2 car garage and 4 season front porch. MLS 11-4103 $179,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

431 Chestnut Ave. Charming 2 story single family home with upgrades, including new kitchen cabinets, furnace, hot water heater, 200 amp electric, 2 car detached garage. Walk up attic for additional storage space. MLS 11-4106 $129,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

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This 3 bedroom home offers modern kitchen, with Corian counters accented by marble backsplash, central air, fenced rear yard with deck and patio. Off street parking for 2 to 4 cars. Custom shutters on the first floor windows along with natural woodwork and hardwood floors give this home a charm you are sure to love! #12-1997 $134,900 Jill Jones 696-6550

A must see. Steel & concrete construction put together this exceptional 4 bedroom 5 bath home. Great location & fenced yard, property features maple hardwood floors, tile baths, cherry kitchen cabinets, unique bronze staircase, & much more. MLS#12-531 $299,500 Call Julio 570-239-6408 or Rhea 570-696-6677

13 Fordham Road Totally remodeled custom brick ranch in Oakwood Park. This home features an open floor plan with hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, kitchen, formal living & dining rooms, family room, 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, office with private entrance, laundry room on first floor, tons of closets and storage areas, walk-up attic, great finished basement with fireplace, builtin grill, in-ground pool, cabana with half bath, an oversized 2-car garage & a security system. Renovations include new: windows, gas furnace, central air, electrical service, hardwood floors, Berber carpeting, freshly painted, updated bathrooms & much, much, more. Laflin Road to Fordham Road, on right. $399,700 Call Donna 570-613-9080

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Lovely 2100 sq. ft. remodeled home with amazing views and a quiet neighborhood. Three bedrooms and 2 full baths on first floor and two large bedrooms on second floor. New kitchen with center island and wrap around deck to enjoy the scenery. Bedrooms on first floor presently used as family room and office. Many possibilities. Out of Flood Zone. Reduced! $109,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

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2 W. Sunrise Drive PRICED TO SELL! This 4 bedroom has 2 car garage with extra driveway, central air, veranda over garage, recreation room with fireplace and wet bar. Sunroom For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-296 $199,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

Estate, nice 3 bedroom home in a great neighborhood. Off street parking with a 2 car garage. Large rooms 1 3/4 bath. Home is ready for its new owner and your personal touch. Great value don’t miss out. MLS 12-2250 $59,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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Lovely Ranch home on 1.42 acres. Features 3 bedrooms, full bath, 1/2 bath, kitchen, living room with fireplace, dining room, den & laundry room on Main floor. Kitchen, family room with fireplace, 3/4 bath & storage room on Lower Level. Newer roof, siding, sofit & gutters plus some newer carpeting, pergo flooring, central air & whole house fan, 2 car garage & paved driveway. 12-1010 $176,900 Ken Williams 570-542-8800 Five Mountains Realty

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250 Susquehannock Drive Not your traditional Cape Cod. Super large bedrooms, 1st floor master. 2 car garage, lower level family room. Gas heat, Central air. Bamboo floors, above ground pool with 2 tier deck. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-1093 $289,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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21 Spring Street Lovely Home in a quiet area. Newly painted, new roof and windows. 2 large bedrooms 1 full bath, 1 half bath. MLS 12-2625 $89,900 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

157 Division St. OWNER SAYS SELL! This property has great positive cash flow. 1st floor 2 bedroom and upstairs is 2 floors with 3 bedrooms total. 1st floor has new drywall & insulation, gas heat, new tile tub surround, kitchen counters and carpet. 2nd apt. has newer kitchen & is all electric. Separate utilities and off street parking in rear. Taxes are currently being appealed. MLS 12-1771 $89,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

297 Susquehannock Drive Traditional 4 bedroom home with 2.5 baths, 2 car garage. Large ard with deck and retractable awning. Above ground pool, 1st floor laundry. . For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-945 $254,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

So close to so much, traditionally appointed 3 bedroom, 3 bath townhome with warm tones & wall to wall cleanliness. Modern kitchen with lots of cabinets & plenty of closet space thruout, enjoy the privacy of deck & patio with fenced yard. MLS 11-2841 $123,000 Call Arlene Warunek 570-650-4169

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80 Bennett St. Great Kingston location on a double lot. Close to schools, shopping, restaurants and public transportation. Potential of 2 additional bedrooms on 3rd floor. Partially finished basement. MLS 12-2346 $114,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

76 N. Dawes Ave. Don’t miss this great home with updated kitchen and granite counters, private yard with enclosed sun room. Garage and off street parking. 2 large bedrooms. PRICED TO SELL! For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-41 $109,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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Beautiful well-maintained 3 level, 2.5 bath townhome in very desirable location. Many upgrades include a spacious, custom bathroom with large closets, custom window treatments, built-in wall microwave in kitchen, new roof, and new garage door. Plenty of storage, and a possible 3rd bedroom on 1st level. MLS 12-175 $132,900 Call Mary Danelo 570-704-8000 Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

281 Reynolds St. 3 story single family with 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and lots of space! Lovely entrance foyer, 3rd floor with large room, could be 5th bedroom plus a full tile bath. Fenced in back yard and much more. MLS 12-1863 $119,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0776

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Move in ready 4 bedroom, 2.1 bath ranch. Formal dining room, eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry. Central A/C. Walk out the sliding door from large family room to yard. New roof, patio/sliding door & carpet in family room. Most of house recently painted. MLS# 12-876 PRICE REDUCED $182,500 Call Linda (570) 956-0584

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Totally Remodeled 3 Bedroom home on large lot on a wellkept street in movein condition! Home Includes 1 1/2 Modern Baths w/ stone countertops, tile floors, spacious kitchen with all new appliances & plenty of countertop space! New carpet throughout! MLS 11-3473 $57,900 Call Darren Snyder Marilyn K Snyder Real Estate 570-825-2468

715 Maple St. Handyman’s dream. NOT a nightmare. A little paint, carpeting and water lines and this house is good to go. Large yard. 2 bedrooms. For mor info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS 12-2332 $34,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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130 CHURCH ROAD The feel of a true colonial home with double entry doors off the foyer into the living room and dining room. Spacious kitchen breakfast area, family room leading to a fenced rear yard. 3-season room with cathedral ceiling. Hardwood floors, fireplace, recently remodeled 2.5 bath and 2-car garage. Located on 3.77 acres, all the privacy of country living yet conveniently located. MLS#12-165 $183,900 Jill Jones 696-6550 Prudential:

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143 W. Broad St. Nice 2 story home with 3 bedrooms 1.5 baths, fenced yard, newer furnace with 3 zones and newer 200 amp electrical service, whole house water filter and beautiful hard wood floors. This home has an attached Mother in Law suite with a separate entrance. This can easily be converted to a 1st floor master bedroom with a master bath. MLS 12-1401 $64,900 John W. Polifka Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141 570-704-6846 NANTICOKE

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109 Carpenter St. Completely renovated. New roof, windows, kitchen and bathroom. Freshly painted interior and exterior with fabulous modern colors. Great area and low, low taxes! MLS 12-2055 $109,500 Kelly ConnollyCuba EXT. 37 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Nestled on just under an acre just minutes from 81S this colonial offers 2194 sq. ft. of living area plus a finished basement. Enjoy your summer evenings on the wrap around porch or take a quick dip in the above ground pool with tier deck. The covered pavilion is ideal for picnics or gatherings And when the winter winds blow cuddle in front of the gas fireplace and enjoy a quiet night. MLS 11-2260 Priced to Sell, $179,900 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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3 bedroom, 1 bath. Nice opportunity for a starter home or investment property. Original columns, moldings, and leaded glass windows are intact. Reduced $40,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

25 W. Washington Move right into this very nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Lots of natural woodwork and a beautiful stained glass window. Newer kitchen appliances and w/w carpeting. Supplement your heating with a recently installed wood pellet stove. This home also has a one car detached garage. MLS 12-2171 $76,000 John Polifka 570-704-6846 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY 570-542-2141 NANTICOKE

Large three bedroom brick ranch located on the out skirts of Nanticoke. You'll fall in love with the spacious open floor plan! Large sunken Living room, tiled kitchen with black appliances included, formal Dining room, bath with tiled garden tub & shower, lots of closet space, finished basement with fireplace, three quarter bath / laundry room. On a quiet dead end street. Back yard is currently under going beautiful landscape redesign. $139,000 12-2629 Please call Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046

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NANTICOKE (570) 288-6654 146 Kelly St. Well kept home with garage in rear. Move in condition. New roof and hot water heater. Easy access to Cross Valley and shopping. Out of flood zone. 200 amp service. MLS 12-1801 $119,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 MOUNTAIN TOP

Beautiful 3 bedroom, 2 3/4 bath, with hardwood floors under carpet & 2nd kitchen in lower level for entertaining. screened porch, landscaped yard, heated workshop & much more! $179,900 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 7/15 1pm-3pm (Rear View)4 bedrooms, 3 baths, living room, dining room, new kitchen, heated sunroom, heated exercise room. Brick fireplace, large patio. $195,000 MLS 12-1442 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772

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Greystone Manor. Ten year old home with attached apartment. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Kitchen, living room, dining room & den. Apartment has 1 bedroom, bath, living room, dining room, private entrance. 3 car garage, front porch, large decks. Total 2,840 square feet. On cul-de-sac. Call BOB RUNDLE for appointment.

Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 3/4 bath split level on a beautifully landscaped 1 acre lot. Large sunroom & recreation room with fireplace and wet bar. $205,000 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

1/2 DOUBLE Great starter home in nice area. Close to schools and recreation. Large 3 season porch with cabinetry, great for entertaining. New plumbing, lots of light & huge walk up attic for storage or rec room. $35,000 Call CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

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9 Anne Street Modern bi-level, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, remodeled kitchen with all new appliances. New gas hot water furnace. Hardwood floors. Family room. 3 seasons room & deck. 2 car garage. Large wooded yard. Excellent condition. Convenient location. Reduced to $189,000 OBO 570-823-4282 or 570-823-7540

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Motivated seller! Affordable 3 bedroom 2 story home. Features a study on 1st floor, or could be a 4th bedroom. Semi modern kitchen, includes appliances "as is", gas heat, full basement. MLS#12-1107 Asking $42,500. Call Pat at 715-9337. Lewith & Freeman Real Estate 570-474-9801

415 Jones Street Adorable home with charm & character. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, eat-in kitchen, formal dining room, family room with gas fireplace. 3 season room, fenced in yard with rear deck & shed. $109,900 MLS#12-498 Michael Nocera 570-357-4300

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110 Union St. Fixer upper with 3 bedrooms, new roof, gas heat. Great lot 50 x 173. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1513 $49,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

31 Tedrick St. Very nice 3 bedroom with 1 bath. This house was loved and you can tell. Come see for yourself, super clean home with nice curb appeal. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3544 Reduced to $76,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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12 Laflin Road Like new spacious 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath end unit townhouse, Sliding doors to deck off of living room/dining room. Master suite with vaulted ceiling, modern kitchen, laundry on 2nd floor. Roof and water heater are new. Convenient location and out of flood zone MLS 12-938 $169,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 PITTSTON

175 Oak Street New furnace, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1st floor laundry room, 3 season porch, fenced yard and off street parking. MLS#12-721 $84,900 Call Patti 570-328-1752 Liberty Realty & Appraisal Services LLC

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418 Front St. Check out this large 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath home with a formal dining room, living room and family room. This home is located across the street from a beautiful park and recreation area. Great for people who like the outdoors and have kids. MLS 12-1466 $50,000 Call John Polifka 570-704-6846 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY 570-542-2141

NEW LISTING! NANTICOKEWANAMIE Very well maintained ranch home with 8 rooms, 3 bedrooms (possible 5) 1.5 baths, central air a 3-season porch, 1-car built-in garage and a nice size fenced-in yard, (lot size is 42x150). This home has had a lot of improvements in the last 6 years and has tons of closet space. Set an appointment to see it today! #12-2444 $99,500 Karen Altavilla 283-9100 x28

4 Overlook Drive Great split level home in Whitney Point development, formerly Ridgeview. This home has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 2 car garage, large deck, and lower level family room with a bar and coal stove. Heat your house all winter long with about $150 worth of coal! MLS# 12-2548 $175,000 Call John Polifka 570-704-6846 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

Inviting home with 90’ of lakefront & wonderful enclosed dock. The huge great room features a vaulted ceiling, hard wood floors, handsome stone fireplace, built-in cabinets & long window seat with offering lake view. Modern kitchen with large pantry for entertaining, Master suite opens to 3 season room, also lakefront. 2nd floor guest rooms are oversized. MLS# 11-2954 $319,500 Call Rhea 570-696-6677

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95 William St. 1/2 double home with more square footage than most single family homes. 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, ultra modern kitchen and remodeled baths. Super clean. For more information and photos visit www.atlas realtyinc. com MLS 11-2120 $54,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

182 Robert Street Nice single or duplex. Gas heat. Detached garage. This home is “high and dry”, and available for immediate occupancy. Call Jim for details. Affordable @ $99,500 TOWNE & COUNTRY R.E. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708

62 W. Church St Very nice, well kept and ready to move into. This 3 Bedroom 1/2 double has a modern kitchen with snack bar & modern cabinets and counter top. 3 Bedrooms with large closets and w/w. Full modern bath on second floor. Walk up attic, yard and shed. Home as newer roof, furnace and hot water heater, replacement windows and nice woodwork. MLS 12-2367 $49,900 ANTONIK & ASSOCIATES, INC. 570-735-7494 Ext. 304 Patricia Lunski 570-814-6671

38 Johnson St. Looking for a home with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, modern kitchen, hardwood floors? Also features gas fireplace, new gas furnace, newer windows and roof, deck, fenced in yard. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-328 $129,900 Call Lu-Ann 570-602-9280

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45-47 Swallow St. 3 units include double block home with additional single family home in rear. Double block has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath on each side. Single home has 1 bedroom and 1 bath. Vinyl siding and off street parking. All utilities paid by tenants except sewer. Great income. MLS 12-1989 $119,000 Call Terry 570-885-3041 Angie 570-885-4896

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81 Cliff St. Move in ready, freshly painted, 2 story home. Private driveway, screened in back porch. Nicely landscaped. 4 bedrooms. Must see! MLS 12-2124 $85,000 Call Melissa 570-237-6384

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22 Penny Lane Plenty of space for everyone in this 4/5 bedroom 2 story. Heated 4 season sunroom; enjoy all year! Large family room opens to the sunroom, spacious u-shaped kitchen offers roomy breakfast area. Formal living and dining room. Second floor has 4 bedrooms and 2 full baths. 2 car garage. Above ground pool/deck. Unfinished basement offers more room for expansion. Large mostly level private yard. MLS# 12-1664 PRICE REDUCED $259,900 Call Linda (570) 956-0584

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SELLER WILLING TO SELL - MAKE ANY OFFER! Fixer upper on a deep large lot, close to everything. Home offers off street parking, 4 bedrooms, laundry room and 1 full bath. Brand new furnace installed last year. Great investment opportunity here don't pass it by this house has lots of potential. Seller says bring all offers. MLS 12-367 $30,000 Contact Tony, 570-855-2424 for more information or to schedule your showing.

110 Front St. This well-maintained 3 bedroom, 1.5 baths bilevel home is in move in condition. Spacious eat-in kitchen with custom cabinets, tile floor and counters. Unique lower level family room with wood burning fireplace, office space. laundry/bath combo. Plenty of storage including an 8X6 cedar closet. Outdoor space has covered patio, columned carport and well manicured partially fenced yard. Detached large garage. For more info & photos, go to www.atlasrealtyinc.com NEW PRICE $189,900 MLS# 12-2053 Call Angie at 570-885-4896 Terry at 570-885-3041

Great starter home in convenient location. Bi-Level. 3 bedrooms with hardwood floors, 1 and 3/4 bathrooms and 1-car heated garage. Near VA Hospital, casino, highways, etc. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS # 12-2622 Directions: Traveling South on RT 315; Left on Mundy St; Left on Bear Creek Blvd; Left on ODonnell St. Home is on the right. Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

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308 Stephanie Drive Attractive Brick Front Ranch with 3 Bedrooms, gas heat, Sunroom, attached garage, large yard, shed. Hardwood floors under rugs. Great location. New windows. Basement can easily be finished. Well Maintained. MLS# 121911 PRICE REDUCED $139,900 Call Nancy Palumbo 570-714-9240

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Nice 2 story home sits high & dry on side of Plymouth Mountain. Large eat in kitchen, living room, dining room, oil hotwater baseboard heat. Nice yard, wrap around porch. Directions: Main Street, Plymouth to Coal Street, over small bridge to 1st hard left onto Smith Row-house on right. MLS# 12-2256 $50,000 Call Lynda (570) 696-5418

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137 Hollywood Ave. Beautiful 2 bedroom Townhouse in the River Ridge neighborhood. Modern kitchen/dining area with tile flooring, laundry area on main floor. Living room with gas fireplace and French doors leading to back deck. MLS 12-1109 $163,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 PLAINS

114 W. Union St. Large home with 3 bedrooms, 8 rooms, yard with garage and off street parking. 2 bathrooms. Nice condition. Loads of potential. For more into and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2096 $55,000 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

1610 Westminster Road. DRASTIC PRICE REDCTION Paradise found! Your own personal retreat, small pond in front of yard, private setting only minutes from everything. Log cabin chalet with 3 bedrooms, loft, stone fireplace, hardwood floors. Detached garage with bonus room. Lots to see. Watch the snow fall in your own “cabin in the woods.” For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-319 $279,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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409 Union St. This home has good bones. New windows, furnace, newer addition, tons of renovations. Needs to be cleaned out. Bring it back! MLS 12-2216 $92,500 David Krolikowski 570-287-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770

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136 East Ridge St. A great home features 3 bedrooms, plenty of closet space, modern eat in kitchen with great appliances, living room with wood pellet stove, large family room, 1 1/2 modern bathrooms, washer/ dryer hook-up, second floor has all new replacement windows, exterior has aluminum siding, stain glass window on new front porch, new above ground pool, fenced in level yard, Plenty of off street parking, A+ today. Never worry about parking, its always there. Great location, best price home in today's market, Shown by appointment only, to qualified buyers. REDUCED $47,500 Call John Vacendak 570-735-1810 www.capitolrealestate.com for additional photos

Very nice 2 story with many updates is in ''move-in'' condition with new heating system, central air, newer roof, yard & 1 car detached garage. Directions: Main St., Nanticoke to Market, 3 stop signs to left on E. Union, home on left MLS# 12-2048 PRICE REDUCED! $65,000 Call Lynda (570) 696-5418

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16 Birch Street Great home in Hudson Gardens. 4 Bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, central a/c, new roof & windows, newly painted, screened porch, family room with fireplace and bar. 12-2688 $172,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444

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70 Warner Street 2 bedrooms, move-in ready with appliances, nice yard with shed and deck, Newer roof, and furnace, gas heat. Low taxes. Asking $65,900. Please Call 570-822-8708

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Roomy 2 bedroom single with eat-in kitchen, tile bath, gas heat & 2 car detached garage. Priced to sell at $33,000 MLS 11-2653 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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63 Clarks Lane 3 story Townhome with 2 bedrooms, 3 baths, plenty of storage with 2 car built in garage. Modern kitchen and baths, large room sizes and deck. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 11-4567 $139,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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105 Summit Street Fire damaged home. Sold as is. 60’ x 235’ lot. Public sewer, water & gas. $34,500, negotiable Call 570-675-0446, evenings.

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W NE FORTY FORT Lovely 4BR home w/fabulous eat-in chestnut, Quartz & tile kitchen; LR w/FP; DR; MBR + sitting room; 1st floor laundry; 2 car garage; deck; HW; A must see! MLS# 12-2603 RAE 714-9234 $179,900

DURYEA Polished for the “picky people” this home is perfect! New kitchen & baths, furnace, water heater, panel box. 3BRs, 1.5 baths, garage. MLS# 12-2589 DAVID 970-1117 $124,900

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WILKES-BARRE Convenient city living on almost 1 acre lot. Beautiful views, large room sizes. 2 car garage, total privacy, private lot. Finished lower level. Must see to appreciate! MLS# 12-1651 JILL 696-0875 $110,000

KINGSTON Old World Charm at its best! Beautiful 5BR, 2.5 bath w/mod kit. HW flrs, 2 mantels & 1 wood burning FP, 2.5 car gar, library w/built-ins & FP, DR w/beam ceiling & stain glass windows. C/A on 2nd floor. Fenced-in yard. Agent owned. MLS# 11-2878 MATT 714-9229 $229,900

Dir: 309S. to Right on S Main, Right on Nuangola, RIght on Fairwood Blvd. to end. Straight into Woodberry Manor. 1st house on left.

MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular Estate! 12 gorgeous acres w/pond surround this unique home. 3 fireplaces, 3 decks, vaulted ceilings. MLS# 12-2650 CORINE 715-9331 $459,900

MOUNTAINTOP Private setting surrounds this custom built 2-story home. FR w/floor to ceiling FP, 5BRs, 4 baths, in-ground pool. Home Trust Warranty. MLS# 12-2665 JENNIFER 715-9350 $549,000

MOUNTAINTOP Move-in ready Ranch on 2+acres w/30x64 detached heated garage w/16’ ceilings features 11x31 deck, patio, pool, HW floors, C/A, new kitchen. MLS# 12-2116 EVELYN 715-9336 $299,000

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BEAR CREEK TWP.

MOUNTAINTOP

SHAVERTOWN

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(570) 696-1195

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HARVEYS LAKE Modern 3BR, 2 bath, 2200 SF home w/50’ lakefront; LR w/full glass wall, DR w/FP, modern kit w/appliances; 2nd flr laundry; 2 car+ garage; deck; finished dock. MLS#12-1064 RAE 714-9234 $549,900

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BEAR CREEK TWP. Custom built 10yr old nestled on 2 private acres. Circular drive, large kitchen, office, custom built wine cellar. MLS# 12-1751 GERI 696-0888 $285,000

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MOUNTAINTOP Beautiful 2story located in Fox Run Estates. 5BRs, 4 baths, gas heat, C/A, above ground heated pool, finished basement. MLS# 12-1966 CORINE 715-9331 $279,900

SHAVERTOWN Attractive 2 Story - almost new const. Elegant kitchen w/bkfst bar, FR w/gas FP, 3-4 BR’s, hdwd flrs, 3 car garage & much more! MLS# 12-1433 JUDY 714-9230 $459,900

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24 Meadow Lane, Hunlock Creek $245,000

Move right into this 3BR 3BA 2story w/lg family room, in Applewood Manor in Dallas schools. Large mod kit, DR, LR, LL w/waterprooﬁng system,2 car garage. Seller is ﬁlling in pool. NO HOA fees. Dir: 309 then R as if turning toward high school, but bear left on upper Demunds Road. Go approx 2 miles look for Aster on R. House on R.

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Florence Keplinger

HIGHLAND WOODS - Motivated Seller! Lovely 10 room stone front vinyl ranch featuring sunken LR, formal DR with HW ﬂoor and French doors, modern eat-in kitchen with cherry cabinets, maser bedroom with walk in closet and master bath with whirlpool tub and separate shower. Lower level consists of 2 large recreation rooms, oﬃce, powder room and workshop. Dir: Rt. 309, Mountaintop to Kirby Ave. R on Farmhouse Rd. to home on L.

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WHITE HAVEN

$299,000 MLS#12-1623

MOUNTAINTOP $239,900 MLS#12-1995

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$234,900 MLS#12-2044

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$220,000 MLS#12-2035

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$149,000 MLS#11-3707

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Lovely 4BR home w/fabulous eat-in chestnut, Quartz & tile kitchen; LR w/FP; DR; MBR + sitting room; 1st ﬂoor laundry; 2 car garage; deck; HW; A must see!

$179,900

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Move-in condition, modern 3BR, 2 bath, 2200 SF home w/50’ lakefront; LR w/full glass wall, DR w/FP, modern kit w/appliances; 2nd ﬂr laundry; 2 car+ garage; deck; ﬁnished dock, AC.

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DALLAS DAKOTA WOODS - Carefree Condo -Bright & spacious w/3 BR’s, 1st flr master, study/library, kit w/granite & upscale app’ls, 2 car gar. MLS#11-3208 RHEA 696-6677 $379,000 DIR: Rt 309N to R into Dakota Woods

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PLYMOUTH

$119,000 MLS#12-1282

WHITE HAVEN

$115,000 MLS#11-4188

EXETER

$114,900 MLS#12-2218

DURYEA

$104,900 MLS#11-4227

Stunning 4BR, 2.5 bath home. Large eat-in kitchen w/granite Island, C/A, DR w/HW, FR w/FP, 40’ deck, private rear yard. MLS# 12-1813 $299,500 Dir: Take Route 309 to turn onto Garden Ave., straight thru to Bow Creek to 1st house on left!

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We’re W ’ moving i llots t and d thi this hi exclusive l i d development l t will sell out soon to a fortunate few! Convenient to Wilkes-Barre with spectacular views and 1 to 4.5 acre parcels. 16 - Estate sized sites on a private rolling hillside between Hillside Road and Huntsville Reservoir, Shavertown. Public Sewer - Natural Gas Another Quality Halbing – Amato Development

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FREELAND

$103,900 MLS#12-2415

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$95,900 MLS#12-1661

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MOCANAQUA

$83,000 MLS#12-2307

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$79,900 MLS#11-3457

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SHAVERTOWN Elegant 7yr, 2 story w/ premium finishes throughout. Open 2 story foyer, custom kitchen w/granite tops, walk-out finished LL, private 1.16acre lot. MLS# 12-1617 $432,000

SHAVERTOWN PREMIER, New Construction “SLOCUM ESTATES” This 2 Sty. home offers intricate moldings, Dramatic ceilings, Curved arch ways, Hardwood Floors, Custom kitchen with granite tops, 14 x 40 deck. A must see!! MLS# 11-1987 $525,000

DALLAS Dallas School charmer! Great curb appeal & charm! Fenced yard, large 2 car garage, porch & covered patio a plus! MLS# 11-3085 $119,000

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2000 sq. ft. + open floor plan formal dining room - 3BR/2.5 Bath Priced to Sell $247,000

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222 Blackman Street, Wilkes-Barre (Across from Church) Asking $41,500

285 Blackman Street, Wilkes-Barre (Corner Mayer & Blackman) Asking $36,500

Both are Move In condition 3 Bedroom, 1 Bath *Must see to appreciate!* Your Hosts are Holly Scott 570-406-5661 or Richard Long 570-406-2438

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SWOYERSVILLE

44 Bohac Street Lovely Cape Cod home, with vinyl siding, totally remodeled and re-wired, 2 bedrooms, 1 on 1st floor, off street parking and huge yard. Newer roof & replacement windows, includes newer stainless steel appliances. This home is a gem, is a must see! $134,000 Also listed on Craigslist and Zillow.com Call 570-299-7158

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TRUCKSVILLE

WEST NANTICOKE

157 Carverton Rd. Enjoy country living with scenic views just minutes from 309. This 2,030 sq ft Colonial offers an oak kitchen with new Jennaire gas range, family room with fireplace leading to a spacious rear deck, Formal dining room, 4 bedrooms and 2/1/2 baths plus a 2 car garage. The basement has a work shop area and can easily be turned into additional living area. $195,000 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

TILBURY TERRACE Tilbury Avenue Superb 3 bedroom single. Hardwood floors, fireplace, garage. Well maintained. Great Neighborhood. Affordable at $209,500. Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708

SWOYERSVILLE (570) 288-6654 TRUCKSVILLE REDUCED!! 62 Bohac Street Charming brick front ranch, in a well kept neighborhood, 2 bedrooms, large eat-in kitchen, tile bath, large closets, hardwood floors, 1st floor laundry, full basement, low maintenance aluminum siding, shed, nice yard, asking $105,000 Call 908-876-4108 or 908-797-6682

SWOYERSVILLE

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

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221 Maple St. Beautiful 4 bedroom Back Mtn. home with natural woodwork, pocketdoors, ceiling fans & great light. Sit on 1 or 2 screened rear porches and enjoy awesome views or sit on your front porch in this great neighborhood! Don’t forget the above ground pool with deck. MLS 12-1699 $149,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 TUNKHANNOCK

A GREAT BUY! 4 bedroom older home in Tunkhannock Boro. Room to spread out with over 2,000 sq ft. Priced to sell at $129,900. Shari Philmeck ERA Brady Associates 570-836-3848 W. NANTICOKE

SWOYERSVILLE Large yard, quiet

neighborhood. 2 bedrooms, dining & living rooms, unfinished basement, , $52,000. Call (570)704-9446 SWOYERSVILLE

71 George Ave. Nice house with lots of potential. Priced right. Great for handy young couple. Close to just about everything. Out of flood zone. MLS 12-195

REDUCED $69,900 Call Roger Nenni

REDUCED!!! 78 Maltby Ave. Wonderful family home in a great neighborhood. A large master suite and family room addition make this home a must see! There is an inground pool and attached in-law suite. MLS 11-4572 $195,000 Call Kelly Connolly-Cuba EXT. 37 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770 THORNHURST

1061 Fairway Lane Low maintenance, single story ranch home located in a private golf course community in the Poconos for weekend or year round enjoyment. Modern kit with breakfast bar, formal living room and dinning room. Family room with gas Fireplace. Walk-up master bedroom with bonus room ideal for an office. New front and rear decks in a private setting within 30 minutes to W-B or Scranton. MLS 12-453 $105,000 Call Darren Snyder Marilyn K Snyder Real Estate 570-825-2468

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WEST PITTSTON

*NEW LISTING* 951 Wyoming Avenue OPEN HOUSE JULY 15th 1pm-3pm Bright and cheery, well kept home. Oak kitchen, hardwood floors, large family room. One year home trust warranty. MLS# 12-1858 NEW PRICE! $139,925 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723

WEST PITTSTON -NEW LISTINGSplit level, stone exterior, multi-tiered deck, bluestone patio, flood damaged, being sold as is condition. $73,500 CALL DONNA 570-613-9080

WEST PITTSTON

225-227 Boston Ave Double block. Wyoming Area schools. Out of flood zone. 1 side rented to long term tenant at $525 /month. Other side remodeled - move in or rent at $650/month. 3 bedrooms each side, gas furnaces, sunrooms, large yard. $149,000. Call 570-357-0042

WEST PITTSTON

329 Wyoming Ave. Flooded in Sept. 2011, being sold as is. Great potential in this 4 bedroom 2 3/4 bath house. Off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlasrealtyinc.com MLS 12-716 $49,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

WAPWALLOPEN

18 Circle Ave. Relax and enjoy the beautiful view of Lily Lake right from your sunroom in this quiet lake community. Entire home redone In 2005, beautiful hardwood floors, central air, skylights, coal stove, small pond and so much more. Perfect for all year round or a weekend/summer getaway. Off street parking for 2 vehicles. MLS 12-1892 $145,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

WEST NANTICOKE OPEN HOUSE

SUNDAY 7/15/12 2-4pm

Tilbury Terrace 69 Tilbury Ave All brick, 3 bedroom ranch, large wooded lot, large rooms with beautiful Parquet hardwood floors, plaster walls/ceilings, full walk-up floored attic, full basement with concrete walls & floor, wine cellar, washer/dryer, workshop areas, 2 car attached garage. Quiet, friendly neighborhood, $179,000. ROTHSTEIN REALTORS 1-888-244-2714

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NEW LISTING! 951 Wyoming Avenue OPEN HOUSE JULY 15th 1-3pm Bright and cheery, well kept home. Oak kitchen, hardwood floors, large family room. One year home trust warranty. MLS# 121858 NEW PRICE $139,925 Call Tracy Zarola 570-696-0723

WEST PITTSTON

Townhouse For Sale! Ledgeview Estates 1, 800 square feet. Large eat-in kitchen tile throughout, granite countertops, walk-out deck, living room with hardwood floors, fully finished basement with gas fireplace & sliding glass doors to patio, 2nd floor laundry. 2 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms with tile, central air conditioning/gas heat. Asking $174,900 Please call Marissa @ 570-430-9324 if interested!

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Nice double block, not in the flood area! 3 vehicle detached garage, off-street parking for 4 vehicles, front & rear porches, patio, fenced yard, nice & private. Home also has central air, #410 is updated & in very good condition, modern kitchen & bath. Kitchen has oak cabinets, stainless steel refrigerator, center aisle, half bath on 1st floor & 4th bedroom on 3rd floor. Both sides have hardwood floors on 2nd floor. MLS#12-737 $169,900 Louise Laine 283-9100 x20

WHITE HAVEN

WEST PITTSTON

A bargain at $68,900 A f f o r d a b l e , Updated & Move in Ready 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home - entry foyer with closet, large fully applianced eat-in kitchen with Corian countertops & tile floor, 1st floor laundry complete with washer & dryer; hardwood floors in some rooms, under carpet in others, large bedroom closets, quiet dead end street. MLS #12-361 Call Pat today @

Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group 570-287-1196 WEST PITTSTON

Great Rancher in move-in condition, 3 bedroom, hardwood floors, modern eatin kitchen, garage, no flood. Asking $162,500 MLS#121399 Call Joe Gilroy Real Estate. 570-288-1444

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WHITE-HAVEN 501 Birch Lane

WILKES-BARRE

Beautiful large ranch in a great area of WilkesBarre, Lovely Riverside park. This brick ranch offers a 2 car garage, serene backyard with inground pool, large rooms, finished lower level with kitchen and bar, screened in porch, family room and on just about a half acre. Come take a look at your new home! House sold as is, inspection for buyer information only. MLS 12-2451 $220,000 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

16 Sullivan St. Large 5 bedroom home with a newer roof, new gas furnace, modern kitchen and baths. Close to Central City. MLS 12-1171 $60,000 Charles J. Prohaska Ext. 35 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

Beautiful 4 bedroom, 3 bath. Enjoy the amenities of a private lake, boating, basketball courts, etc. The home has wood floors and carpeting throughout. French doors in the kitchen that lead you out to the large rear deck for entertaining. The backyard has 2 utility sheds for storage MLS 12-1695 $179,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

WILKES BARRE

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510 Fourth St. A nice 2 story, 3 bedroom home in the Wyoming Area school district. Corner lot. Out of the flood zone. MLS 12-1616 $79,000 Jackie Roman EXT 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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WILKES-BARRE

240 Sheridan St. Cute home just waiting for your personal touch. Looking to downsize? Well this is the one for you. 2nd floor could be finished, along with the basement. If you are a handyman you have to see this home. MLS 12-1481 $42,000 Roger Nenni EXT 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

35 Hillard St. Hardwood floors, fenced in yard, large deck. Off street parking. 3 bedroom home with 1st floor laundry. Move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1655 $76,500 Colleen Turant 570-237-0415

WILKES-BARRE

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EXT 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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840 Franklin Street Duplex in good condition. Nice neighborhood. Could be converted to a single home. Rear access to yard for OSP. $31,900 Call Rae 570-714-9234

WILKES-BARRE $139,900

Come invest your time for a great return. Fixer Upper in a nice location, nice neighborhood out of the flood zone. Offers 4 bedrooms and a beautiful large lot. Don’t miss out Call for your showing today. MLS 12-432 $25,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824

19 Lawrence St. Very well kept 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath 2 story with family room, enclosed back porch and fenced in back yard. Nice layout with lots of closet space. Modern kitchen, laundry 1st floor. Replacement windows and much more! MLS 12-1325 $77,000 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

51 Flood Drive Parsons Manor Beautiful Townhouse in great condition. Very spacious with large rooms, one car garage and basement storage. 3 bedrooms. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2292 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

WILKES-BARRE (Riverside Park) Corner of Dagobert and Gordon Ave.

2 bedroom modular rancher (large master bedroom) with a 20x 22 family room and a woodburner. Panelled interior. 10x12 three season porch. Carport. 2 driveways. Many extras.(FHA: $2,450 down, $393/month, 3.875% interest, 30 years.) $70,000 MLS# 12-2092 Ask for Bob Kopec. Humford Realty, Inc. 570-822-5126

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Great Investment. Quiet street close to everything. Nice size rooms. Both sides currently rented. Off street parking in back with a 1 car garage. $79,900. MLS 114207. Call Donna for more information or to schedule a showing. 570-947-3824

WILKES-BARRE WHITE HAVEN

Priced to sell in Woodhaven Estates! This well maintained home located in the Crestwood School District offers features such as, covered deck and lower deck leading to the pool, ductless A/C, zoned heating system, oversized heated 2car garage in addition to the built-in garage. Finished lower level with recreation room, workshop and ½ bath laundry area. The list goes on, come and take a look! Owners are ready to move, are you? MLS#12-872 $199,900 Jill Jones direct: 696-6550

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13 Darling St.

Beautifully maintained 2-story home with 3 bedrooms and 1 and 3/4 bathrooms. Oak floors throughout with chestnut woodwork. Cherry kitchen, stained glass windows, french doors, fireplace and a 3season porch all situated in a countrylike setting in the heart of the city. Huge attic can be converted into master suite or 4th or 5th bedroom. Off street parking. Convenient location. Nothing to do but move in! Must see. atlasrealtyinc.com MLS #12-2620 $99,900 Directions: Traveling south on North River Rd; Left at light at Courthouse onto West North St, Left onto Darling St. Home is in the right. atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082

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2 Story, 3 bedrooms, 1 & 1/2 bath single family. Large eat-in kitchen, 1st floor laundry, hardwood floors, newer furnace & water heater, 1 car garage. Off street parking. Quiet one way street. $49,900 MLS 11-4171 Call Jim Banos Coldwell Banker Rundle 570-991-1883

210 Academy St. Large grand home. Open concept downstairs, 1 st floor laundry, lots of closet space, fenced in back yard, extra large driveway. Garage with floor pit, auto garage door opener. 60 amp subpanel, walk up attic. Loads of potential. MLS 12-1268 $115,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

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Need a huge home with dual function??? look here, we have it for you. This large 5 bedroom home with plenty of space and rooms to personalize however you need. Updated kitchen, wood floors and nice yard. This home is zoned Residential with commercial function! This is a one stop shop home. Don't miss out. MLS 12-2215 $128,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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15 Amherst Ave PRICE REDUCED! Own for less than your apartment rent! Freshly painted 4 Bedroom Dutch Colonial sports a brand new roof & is handicap accessible with wheelchair ramp in rear. 1st floor has Master Bedroom & 3/4 bath with walk-in shower, modern kitchen with breakfast bar, computer room & 1st floor laundry. Great neighborhood walking distance to schools, colleges & bus rte. Come in & see what this great house has to offer. MLS 12-216 REDUCED! $75,900 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959

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254 Sheridan St Nice Bright Traditional with modern ceramic eat-in kitchen & tiled bath, most windows replaced, built-in garage & deep yard. Very convenient to schools, shopping and highways. MLS 12-1512. $74,900. CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 WILKES-BARRE

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WILKES-BARRE Nice home with double lot in Hickory Hill community. Great bi-level with open floor plan and plenty of space for all your needs. Serene wooded lot and a stream that run trough it. Make this your seasons home or your permanent place to call home. House sold as is,Inspections for buyers information only. MLS 12-2385 $107,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

240 Sheridan St. Cute home just waiting for your personal touch. Looking to downsize? Well, this is the one for you.2nd floor could be finished along with the basement. If you are a handyman you have to see this home. MLS 12-1481 $42,000 Roger Nenni EXT 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

216 Franklin St Elegant tudor with 4800 sq ft in Downtown Wilkes-Barre's Historic District. The 1st floor office has 1860 sq ft with central air and 2 restrooms. The residence upstairs includes 5 bedrooms, 2 baths, custom kitchen with an island & sunny breakfast room, formal dinning room. The formal living room has a tray ceiling, picture windows and wet bar. Also, a cozy den. Private drive, Off street parking for 5 cars. MLS 12-1525 $325,000 Call Darren Snyder Marilyn K Snyder Real Estate 570-825-2468

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285 Blackman St Great property. Priced to sell quickly and in move-in condition! Easy access to Interstate 81 & shopping! 11-3215 $36,500 570-675-4400

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Great 4 bedroom home with new kitchen, furnace and bath. Laundry room off kitchen. Newer windows and roof. Hardwood on first floor. Off street parking. Older one car garage. Walk up attic. MLS 11-1478 $59,000 Call Nancy Answini 570-237-5999 JOSEPH P. GILROY REAL ESTATE 570-288-1444

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37 Lynch Lane Add some TLC and this large 2 story home could be the gem it once was. Off street parking, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. Priced to sell in quiet neighborhood. Being sold in ”as is” condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2634 $38,500 Call Michele 570-905-2336

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45 Marlborough Ave Nice brick front Ranch on corner lot. 3 bedrooms, 1 full and (2) 1/2 baths. Finished basement, breezeway to 2 car garage. Fenced yard and central air. MLS 12-1612 New price $114,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

68-70 W. South St. 5 Unit property for sale on the campus of Wilkes University with a Cap Rate of 8.67%. Annual Net Operating Income of $34,238. 100% occupancy over the last 5 years. 12-1522 $395,000 Call Darren Snyder Marilyn K Snyder Real Estate 570-825-2468 WILKES-BARRE 74 Frederick St

This very nice 2 story, 3 bedroom, 1 bath home has a large eat in kitchen for family gatherings. A great walk up attic for storage and the home is in move-in condition. MLS 11-1612 $63,900 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340

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302 Parrish St Warm and Welcome! This lovely well maintained home features 3 bedrooms with large closets, spacious kitchen and low taxes! 12-2296 $44,200 Brenda Suder 570-332-8924 RE/MAX PRECISION PROPERTIES 570-824-9800

59-61 E. Thomas St Fire damaged former multilevel restaurant / tavern with 2nd floor apartment, two car garage & parking lot. Zoned R1; Buyers must do their own due diligence and contact W-B City as to proposed use. This has potential! Please check online photos before scheduling a showing. 12-2151 $39,500 Darcy J. Gollhardt Realtor 570-262-0226 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-718-4959 Ext. 1352

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322 Academy St. Charming 3 bedroom Ranch with unique upgrades including polished concrete countertops in kitchen, and a lovely built in gas fireplace in living room. Up to date landscaping, fenced in yard and above ground pool and hot tub. MLS 12-2441 $102,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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77 Schuler St. Newly renovated with new windows, door flooring, etc. “Goose Island” gem. Large home with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, screened in porch overlooking fenced in yard, driveway, laminate floors throughout. Fresh paint, move in condition. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-845 $99,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

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Handyman Special Extra large duplex with 7 bedrooms, 2 baths, fireplace, screened porch, full basement and 2 car garage on double lot in Wilkes-Barre City. $58,000. ERA BRADY ASSOCIATES 570-836-3848 WILKES-BARRE

46 Bradford St. Pride of ownership everywhere. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, large yard, off street parking. Ready to go! MLS 12-1508 $69,900 Kevin Sobilo 570-817-0706

WILKES-BARRE Just on the market this 2 story offers a modern kitchen, formal dining room, 1st floor laundry plus 2/3 bedrooms On 2nd floor. Affordably priced at $ 27,900 MLS 12-50 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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Beautifully maintained 3 story home, features hardwood floors, built-in cabinet, five plus bedrooms, office, 3 bathrooms and stained glass windows. All measurements are approximate. 12-1081 $99,900 Call Tracy McDermott Realty 570-696-2468

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For sale by owner Located in Wilkes Barre city. 65 Reno Lane Currently rented with a great tenant. Entire home was remodeled 10 years ago, including new plumbing, electric, drywall, and is appraised at $55,000. Features 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 6 rooms total. Partial unfinished basement, with gas heat, and yard with wood deck. All this for $40,000 Great investment property. owner will help with closing!! Rent income is $650.00 agents welcome. Call 570-814-3666

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Great 3 Story Home Completely Remodeled. New Kitchen and Baths with Marble Floors. Numerous Upgrades including New Electric, Plumbing and Privacy Fence just to name a few. MLS# 12-1848 $74,000 Call Jack at 570-878-6225 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100

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NEW LISTING! Large home that is bright and open. Newly remodeled kitchen and bathrooms. Home has 3 bedrooms, living room, dining room and a laundry room on 1st floor. Plenty of room for off-street parking in back of the large lot. Pergo flooring throughout the lower level, new tile backsplash in the main bathroom. #12-2524 $64,900 Call Chris Jones to schedule your showing! 696-6558

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1 Cypress St. Move in condition. Large private yard, off street parking and a central location. MLS 12-2302 $67,000 Kevin Sobilo 570-817-0706

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Nicely remodeled fully rented Duplex, near schools, hospital, parks & bus route. Separate utilities and off street parking. MLS 12599 $96,500. CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 WILKES-BARRE NOW REDUCED!

191 Andover St. Lovely single family 3 bedroom home with lots of space. Finished 3rd floor, balcony porch off of 2nd floor bedroom, gas hot air heat, central air and much more. Must see! MLS 11-59 $54,900 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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DUPONT

238 Main St. Multi Family Investment Property Great opportunity for the experienced investor. Property is large with parking for at least 9 cars. Extra lot, one office and 2 apartments. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2315 $89,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

ASHLEY

NEW LISTING! Convenient location! Near General Hospital. Large kitchen and spacious living room highlight this two-story home. Double wide lot with detached garage and driveway. Home has a newer roof and furnace and a nice backyard with plenty of room. Call today to see this home! #12-2523 $49,900 Chris Jones 6966558

DURYEA 110 Ashley St. Very nice duplex with off street parking and nice yard. Enclosed porch on 1st floor and 2 exits on 2nd. Fully rented. Great return on your investment. Rent pays your mortgage. Don’t miss out MLS 12-1745 $89,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

AVOCA

93 Mail St. Four units. 3 residential and one storefront.Great corner location, flood damaged home being sold as is. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1948 $49,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

EDWARDSVILLE 484 Madison St. Well kept home with finished basement. Move in condition with plenty of rooms, new Pergo floors on 2nd floor and fenced in yard. Newer roof and furnace approximately 10 years old. MLS 12-1291 $74,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE REDUCED

60 Kulp St. 3-4 bedroom, 2 story home with well kept hardwood floors throughout. Private driveway with parking for 2 cards and nearly all replacement windows. MLS 11-2897 $59,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE REDUCED!

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20 Sharpe Street A well-built, wellkept brick front ranch on a level corner lot with screened patio, big, fully applianced kitchen with many cabinets, tiled bath, hardwood floors, roomy closets, ductless air, and spacious semi-finished 2 room basement – this charming property should definitely make your short list MLS# 12-2081 $159,900. Call PAT today!

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Nice 3 bedroom, 1 bath home, with 3 season porch and detached 1 car garage. Good starter home in well established neighborhood. Family owned for many years. $59,900 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

100 Ashley St. Well maintained 3 unit building with extra $50 per month from garage with electric. Off street parking for 4 cars and fenced in yard. Back porches on both levels. Fully rented. Let rental income pay for this property. Must see! MLS 12-1746 $109,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Looking for a home with 5 bedrooms or mother in-law apartment, this is the home for you! This property has many amenities, a privacy rear fence with a concrete rear patio (23’ x23’), large storage building (23’ x 18’). Offstreet parking for 2 vehicles, rear porches on 2nd and 3rd floor. Home has 9 rooms, 2 modern baths, 2 modern kitchens with plenty of cabinets. Replacement windows, newer roof, natural woodwork in living room and dining room. Property is close to all amenities including playground across the street, Dan Flood School, Coughlin High School, General Hospital, Kings College, churches and shopping. #12-1763 $69,900 Louise Laine 2839100 x20

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89 Conwell Street Well maintained 2 story home with a finished lower level and a gas fireplace. New carpets and a walk-up attic, great for storage. $60,000 MLS# 11-4529 Call Michael Nocera

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39 W. Chestnut St. Lots of room in this single with 3 floors of living space. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath with hardwood floors throughout, natural woodwork, all windows have been replaced, laundry/pantry off of kitchen. 4x10 entry foyer, space for 2 additional bedrooms on the 3rd floor. Roof is new. MLS 11-325 $59,900 Jay A. Crossin 570-288-0770 Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Well - maintained three bedroom home with a large yard. Great starter home! 12-2390 $64,500 Darcy J. Gollhardt Realtor 570-262-0226 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-718-4959 Ext. 1352

573 Coon Road This 100+ year old Victorian comes with a lot of amenities inside and out on 6 acres of Country living. Indoor pool, wine cellar, patio, 4 car garage and much more. Property is being sold “as is”. MLS 12-1676 $329,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

33-37 Church St. 4 unit investment property close to shopping and bus routes.Off street parking and large yard. Includes 2 laundry rooms. MLS 12-2383 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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25 St. Mary’s St. 3,443 sq. ft. masonry commercial building with warehouse/office and 2 apartments with separate electric and heat. Perfect for contractors or anyone with storage needs. For more information and photos log onto www.atlas realtyinc.com. Reduced to $89,000 MLS #10-3872 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101

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Lawrence St. Nice 3 unit property. Lots of off street parking and bonus 2 car garage. All units are rented. Great income with low maintenance. $139,900 MLS# 10-2675 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340 FORTY FORT

1012 Wyoming Ave. SUPER LOCATION Needs work. Priced to sell. Great for your small business or offices. Very high traffic count. Property is being sold IN AS IS CONDITION. Inspections for buyers information only. Property needs rehab. MLS 11-4267 $84,900 Roger Nenni 570-288-0770 Ext. 32 Crossin Real Estate 570-288-0770 FORTY FORT

$74,900 Cute little home in very nice neighborhood with 4 bedrooms, large yard and 2 car garage. MLS #12-2614. For more information and photos, visit atlasrealtyinc.co m Call Charlie 829-6200 VM 101

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129 Lampman St. Side by side double block home with 3 bedrooms each side, separate utilities. Includes 2 extra lots. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2253 $79,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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1255 Laurel Run Rd. Bear Creek Twp., large commercial garage/warehouse on 1.214 acres with additional 2 acre parcel. 2 water wells. 2 newer underground fuel tanks. May require zoning approval. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-208 $167,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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107 River St. Large 3 unit apartment building with off street parking for several cars. 3rd floor newly remodeled. Hardwood floors. Large yard, newer furnace and great location. Fully rented. Good investment propertY. MLS 12-2017 $199,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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1301 Murray St. 2 family duplex. Fully rented. Vinyl sided, 2 car garage, off street parking. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2028 $118,000 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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COMMERCIAL Restaurant/bar for sale! 8,525 square feet. Turn key with seating for 125, bar area seats 24, all equipment is included in sale, fixtures, two-walk-in coolers, furnishing, kitchen equipment, liquor license. Two apartments with long term tenants. Gas heat, handicap accessible, high traffic area. MLS# 11-4332 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. $475,000

341 Wyoming Ave. 3 story Victorian located in a high exposure area. Has all the lovely signature woodwork of a grand Victorian of yesteryear! Can be restored for use as a residential home or a landlord investment. Currently subdivided into multiple office spaces and 2 apartments. MLS 12-617 REDUCED $169,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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55 1/2 Main St. Newer side by side double with separate utilities, 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths each side. Buy with 3 1/2% down and low FHA morgage rate if you live in one side. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1851 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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366 Pierce Street (corner lot). 1,300 sq. ft. concrete block commercial building on a 90 x 145 lot. Central air conditioning. Paved parking for 25 cars. Presently a pizza business, but land can be used for multiple uses (bank building, offices, etc.). MLS 12-1279. $325,000 Bob Kopec HUMFORD REALTY 570-822-5126

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LUZERNE COMMERCIAL Over 10,000 square feet of storage space in two buildings…room to build another building…professional, car wash, restaurant, salon, just minutes from the Cross Valley Expressway Exit 6. Survey, storm water/drainage control plan and soil and erosion sedimentation control plan completed if you choose to build a building on this property. MLS# 121647 Call Maribeth Jones, direct number 6966565, office 6962600 ext. 210. REDUCED TO $199,000

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388 Schuyler Ave. Well cared for Duplex in great location. 1st floor has new bathroom and large kitchen, 2nd floor has all new carpeting and long term tenant. Large lot and off street parking for 2 cars. Separate furnaces and electricity, Make an offer! MLS 12-1125 $94,900 Call Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

LAFLIN

64-66 Dorrance St. 3 units, off street parking with some updated Carpets and paint. $1500/ month income from long time tenants. W/d hookups on site. MLS 11-3517 $99,900 Call Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON 7 Hoyt St

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Nice duplex zoned commercial, can be used for offices as well as residential. All separate utilities. Keep apt. space or convert to commercial office space. Adjacent lot for sale by same owner. MLS 11-2176 $79,900 Jay A. Crossin CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 ext. 23

109-111 Welles St. 2 properties for the price of o ne! A 3 unit apartment building and a detached 2 bedroom home. Apartment building consists of a 3 bedroom 1/2 double and two 3 room apartments. Separate utilities. Electric heat in rear home. Bran new roof and other updates. MLS 12-2015 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

NANTICOKE

130-132 E. State St. Nice four units with 1-3 bedroom, 1-2 bedroom, 2-1 bedrooms. All appliances plus coin operated washer /dryer. Newer rubber roof with several new windows. Gas furnace and hot water heaters, fully occupied. City license and occupancy permits issued. $145,000 Call 570-542-5610

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INCOME PROPERTY DUPLEX 2 bedrooms down, 1 upstairs, off-street parking. $82,000. Call (570)704-9446 KINGSTON REDUCED

191-195 W. Grand St. Very nice, well maintained, residential/commercial property. 4 beautiful, large apartments, 2 bedrooms each with appliances including air conditioners and washer/dryers, hardwood floors. Four commercial units with over head doors. New roofs and windows. Gas furnace and hot water heater. City license and occupancy permits issued. $350,000 Call 570-542-5610

NANTICOKE Kingston Wellness Center / professional offices. -Modern Decor and Loft Style Offices -Four Lane Street Frontage -100+ Parking -Established Professional & Wellness Businesses On-Site -Custom Leases Available -Triple Net Spaces Available: 600SF, 1400SF, 2610SF, and 4300SF. 4300SF Warehouse Space available Built to Suit. Call Cindy 570-690-2689 www.cindykingre.com

PRICE REDUCED! Desirable investment opportunity building consist of a vacant storefront which can be used for commercial purposes or remodeled into another apartment. Other units consists of a 3 room apartment and a 6 room, 3 bedroom unit. Close proximity to LCC. Newer roof and furnace, hardwood floors, offstreet parking, corner lot. #11-04019 $39,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

REDUCED 414 Front St. Move right into this modern office building featuring 4 offices, receptionist office, large conference room, modern kitchen, storage room, full basement, central air, handicap access. 2 car garage and 5 additional off street parking spaces. This property is also available for lease. Lease price is $675/mo + $675 security deposit. Tenant pays all utilities. Sells for $85,900 Call John Polifka 570-704-6846 5 Mountains Realty 42 N. Main St. Shickshinny, PA 570-542-2141

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65 1/2 Center St. Two homes on one lot. Both rented. Great income potential. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-1898 $72,000 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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68 William St. Great investment property with 3 units and separate utilities. Each unit has 2 entrances and washer hook up. Roof is 5 years old. For more info visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-1897 $69,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

PITTSTON 21-23 Spring Street Very nice 6 unit with 2 bedrooms each. Well maintained with new roofs & windows. Coin operated washer/dryer. Fully occupied, city license & occupancy permits issued. Off street parking available. $235,000 Call 570-542-5610

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Duplex. Aluminum siding, oil heat, semi - modern kitchens, long term tenant. On a spacious 50’ x 150’ lot. Motivated Seller. REDUCED. $33,260 Ann Marie Chopick 570-760-6769

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LEHMAN TWP 140 Wyoming Ave. Location, Location, Location! Great space in high traffic area. Was used for professional business with a gun shop occupying a small portion of the building. Only the gun shop is occupied. OSP for approximately 11 cars. MLS 12-1735 $325,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 5770-288-0770

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33 Market St. Commercial/residential property featuring Ranch home with 3 bedrooms, newly remodeled bathroom, in good condition. Commercial opportunity for office in attached building. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3450 Reduced $149,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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155 Sharpe St. Nice duplex with separate electric and water. Off street parking in rear. Also listed as residential. See list #12-609 for additional photos. MLS 12-605 $74,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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100 Lincoln St. MULTI FAMILY 3 bedroom home with attached apartment and beauty shop. Apartment is rented. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-941 $82,900 Call Charlie 570-829-6200

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3000 Square Foot Building zoned commercial available for lease. Located in high traffic area. Parking for 20 cars. MLS# 12-1452 PRICE REDUCED! $1500/month Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883

570-288-6654 930-932 South Hanover Street. Well maintained, nice 6 unit plus single home, 4- 2/3 bedrooms, 2-1 bedroom (furnished) plus 2 bedroom single home. Appliances, 6 gas furnaces and hot water heaters. Oil furnace for single home. Coin operated washer/dryer. New windows, remodeled kitchens and bathrooms. City license and occupancy permits issued. $325,000 Call (570)542-5610

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FOR SALE 5 Unit Money Maker Available immediately. Fully rented, leases on all five units. Separate utilities, new roof in 2007, 3 new gas furnaces, off street parking for 6 vehicles, 3 bay garage. Over $29,000 in rents. A true money maker for the serious investor. Must Sell! $140,000. Call Steve at (570)468-2488

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Large 8000 SF building looking 2 bldgs zoned commercial. Great business opportunity. 1st flr has 2 for a new lease on life! Zoned Commercial. BR, Apt. Freshly painted exterior. Zoned 1 consists of retail space & apts, the MLS#11-4058 other is a 2-story home. MLS#10-4056 Community Business. MLS#11-4416 SANDY 970-1110 or DAVID 970-1117 MIKE JOHNSON MATT 714-9229

Former Tavern w/2 apts. No liquor license. Needs work. Add’l lot for OSP. MLS#12-421 JULIO 714-9252 or ANDY 714-9225

900 SF Commercial space on 1st flr. 900 SF 2 BR apt on 2nd flr. Billboard also available to rent on bldg. MLS#10-4309 TINA 714-9251

This 2400 SF bldg features offices & garage w/overhead door. Across from Hollenback Golf Course. MLS#11-4561 JUDY RICE 714-9230

Unique bldg currently used Former automotive/gas station (tanks removed). 1500 SF bldg w/2 bay as single residence. May be converted to garage & pkg for 30 cars. MLS#12-1713 suit your needs (w/zoning approval). MLS#12-844 CLYDETTE 696-0897 DAVID 970-1117

2-Story masonry bldg on Prime office building for 2 or 3 Great income property! tenants. Move-in condition w/one tenant. 7 units - good condition - many updates 96x180 lot w/pkg for 36 cars. Ideal for apts or small mfg business. MLS#12-1758 Gas heat & central air. MLS#12-932 - tenant occupied. MLS#12-1646 MIKE 970-1100 or MARGY 696-0891 GERALD PALERMO 788-7509 RAE DZIAK 714-9234

Prime commercial storefront + 3 spacious Apts. Parking lot in rear. MLS#12-687 DONNA S 788-7504

Brick & block prime office bldg. 5 Unit building w/private Victorian 5 Unit in Includes professional office space + excellent condition! New fencing. Laundry, parking. Well kept - fully rented w/long restaurant. MLS#12-366 term tenants. MLS#10-3866 3 garages & OSP for 9. MLS#12-2487 GERALD PALERMO 788-7509 TERRY DONNELLY 715-9317 RAE Dziak 714-9234

High traffic location. 2900 SF professional office space w/basement storage. Pkg for at least 12 cars. MLS#12416 RHEA SIMMS 696-6677

Retail, Office, Medical Whatever your need - This 4000 SF Bldg can accommadate it! Parking for 10. MLS#12276 JUDY RICE 714-9230

Rental space - office & 32,000SF, 30+ parking, including trailer spaces warehouse, 500SF to 15000SF. MLS#092115 MLS#08-1305 MATT 714-9229 VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371

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CHARM is what you will find in this home. Beautiful original rustic floors, warm coal fire place, option of having 1st floor bedroom, den, office, your own personal get away space. whatever you need. Come put your personal touches in this great value. Sold as is inspection for buyers information only. MLS 12-2152 $69,900 Call / text Donna Cain 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424

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Dallas School District. Cape Cod home with cherry kitchen, stainless steel appliances, tile and Corian, family room with pellet stove, office on first floor, 2 bedrooms up and one on first; deck, in-ground pool with heat pump, fenced yard, 2-car detached garage. Solar credits on electric costs. Call my direct number 696-6565, office number is 6962600 ext. 210. Priced to sell at $219.900. MLS# 122267 Maribeth Jones.

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57 Sara Drive Bright & open floor plan. This 7 year old home offers premium finishes throughout, beautiful kitchen with granite tops, walk-out lower level finished with 3/4 bath - french doors out to private 1.16 acre lot. MLS# 12-1617 $432,000 Call Geri 570-696-0888

Wonderful home in convenient location features spacious formal rooms, beautiful hardwood floors, & grand stone fireplaces. Kitchen opens to bright sunroom/ breakfast area. 4 large bedrooms, office & 2 baths on 2nd floor. Charming wrap around porch offers views of large property with mature oak and pines. MLS#11-528 $499,000 Call Rhea 570-696-6677

Midway Manor Ranch 3 bedrooms, 2 ½ baths, family room, 3 season porch, gas heat, central a/c, 2 car garage. 12-1935 $177,000 Besecker Realty 570-675-3611

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Street Out of flood zone! Large, 2 story frame with 2, three bedroom apartments. Off street parking, Large, dry basement, oil heat, large front porch and yard, also 4 room cottage, with garage in the rear of the same property. $85,000. Great home and/or rental. Please call 570-542-4489 SHICKSHINNY

130 Marvin Rd. Fantastic LOG HOME W/GREAT VIEWS**from Rear Deck, 4 Bedrooms 2 Bath on 1.55 Acres. Beautiful Landscaping. 12-1489 $199,000 570-675-4400

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The best of both worlds. If you crave privacy, consider this 4 bedroom, 3 bath raised ranch on a 4.96 acre wooded lot. A tree lined driveway leads to this spacious 3,300 square foot home. MLS# 12-1407 only $185,000 Adjoining 1+ acre with deeded lake front available for $50,000. Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-3801

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Well maintained raised ranch in Midway Manor. Good size level yard with shed. Large sunroom / laundry addition. Lower level family room with wood stove. $144,900 Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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Outstanding brick bldg! Parking for 7-10 cars. MLS#08-2790 PEG 714-9247

Executive Offices from 600-1000 SF or Retail store front. Ample pkg. Fiber optics, all inclusive rates start @ $7.50/SF MLS#122166 JUDY RICE 714-9230

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3 bedroom, 2.5 bath log sided Ranch on almost 2 acres. Lower level is 3/4 finished. Reduced! $195,000 MLS-11-4038 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

Established turn-key Auto repair & body restaurant w/2 apts. Business & shop w/state certified paint booth. building priced to sell! MLS#11-130 2nd flr storage. MLS#11-2842 ANDY 714-9225 ANDY 714-9225

Beautiful brick building currently used as salon. Separate entrances & utilities. Zoned Commercial. OSP. MLS#122029 JENNIFER HILLA 715-9350

Opportunity to own your own Great location for professional 3 BR, Ranch w/gar+ Prime location office. Private drive in rear. Zoned C-3. attached bldg. Zoned HWY COMM. Ideal ZONED HWY COMMERCIAL- 4 BR Cape restaurant/pizza business. Includes equipment & liquor license. MLS#12-1658 Property being sold "as is". MLS#10-4362 for office or sm business. MLS#10-4367 Cod on 100x556 lot. MLS#11-229 JUDY RICE 714-9230 TINA 714-9251 RAE 714-9234 RAE 714-9234

Wonderful opportunity for commercial bldg w/ice cream stand, storefront & apt. Also storage bldg. MLS#12-370 CORINE 715-9321

Ideal bldg for retail sales or prof offices. High traffic location on Route 309S. Zoned Commercial. MLS#121534 MIKE JOHNSON 970-1100

Multi-Purpose Bldg 6000+ SF former furniture Convenient location on State St - Adjacent lot store, plus apt. & lots more space. available for sale $90,000. MLS#10-4590 High traffic area. MLS#11-3865 MARGY 696-0891 or MIKE J 970-1100 RAE DZIAK 714-9234

408 Cragle Hill Rd. This is a very well kept Ranch home on 6 acres, central air, rear patio and 1 car garage. This is a 3 parcel listing. MLS 11-4273 $154,900 Jackie Roman 570-288-0770 Ext. 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

3235 SF Building on .816 acre. Renovated in 2001. Perfect for truck repair, lanscaper, contractor, etc. MLS#121376 ANDY CISNEY 714-9225

PRIME LOCATION - Vacant land with Penn Dot access already in place. Close to everything! MLS#12-2517 DAVID 970-1117 or SANDY 970-1110

4 Sty brick office bldg, more than half rented. High traffic area. 2 lots included for pkg. MLS#11-1045 ANDY 714-9225 or MARGY 696-0891

Commercial opportunity awaits your business.1st flr 10,000 SF w/offices. 2nd flr storage. Plenty of pkg on 4.62 acres. MLS#10-1110 JUDY 714-9230

3.895 Acres on W-B Blvd700 front feet provides excellent exposure. Utilities, access road, possible KOZ opportunity. MLS#11-1346 VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371

Waiting for developer - this 3.7 acre parcel is highly visible from Rt 81. Easy access. Ideal for many uses. MLS#12-2535 JUDY 714-9230 or CHRISTIAN 585-0614

3000 SF Building zoned Prime Location Prime location on 1900SF - 12 pkg spaces. MLS#09- Memorial Hwy. Unique space-many commercial available for lease. Located in high traffic area. Parking for 20 cars. MLS#12-1452 3085 possibilities. Zoning B-2. MLS#11-669 BARBARA M 696-0883 MARGY 696-0891 MARK 696-0724

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Very nice Ranch home with 4 bedrooms, 2 full baths, kitchen, dining room & living room. Plus propane fireplace in living room, french doors in dining room and large deck with a view. $159,900 MLS 12-287 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

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If you crave privacy, consider this stunning, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, 2 story traditional cradled on a 2 acre lot. Ultra modern kitchen with breakfast area, great room with cathedral ceiling & fireplace, formal dining room & bonus room over 2 car garage. Only $299,000. MLS# 12-679 Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883 LEWITH & FREEMAN 570-696-3801

Totally remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath home on 1 acre with large family room on lower level. property has small pond and joins state game lands. Reduced! $129,900 Could be FHA financed. MLS# 11-4085 Five Mountains Realty 570-542-2141

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129 Townsend St. Wonderful 4 bedroom single family home in quiet neighborhood. Featuring in-ground pool, stamped concrete patio, ceramic tile baths, finished basement, garage, vinyl. Fenced yard and an additional room for extra living space or possible business. MLS# 12-833 $195,000 Jolyn Bartoli

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35 High St. Nice duplex in great location, fully occupied with leases. Good investment property. Separate utilities, newer furnaces, gas and oil. Notice needed to show. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 11-3222 $89,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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155 E Walnut St. Good investment property knocking on your door. Don't miss out, come and see for yourself. Also included in the sale of the property is the lot behind the home. Lot size is 25X75, known as 147 Cherry St. $82,000 MLS# 10-2666 Call Karen Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340 PLYMOUTH

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103 W. Chestnut St. 3 unit investment property. Completely remolded in 2010 including new plumbing and electrical service. Each unit has a laundry room. Large fenced yard and fully rented. MLS 12-2381 $119,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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150 Dana St. Completely remodeled! Modern 5 unit property with hardwood flooring and ceramic tile in kitchens and baths. New furnace in 2009. Secure building. Fully rented. Large concrete basement for Owner’s storage, part of which could be used as an efficiency. All services separate. Utilities included in rent for #5 only. Great money maker MLS 12-1740 $319,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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WYOMING PRICE REDUCED! $154,900

285 Wyoming Ave. First floor currently used as a shop, could be offices, etc. Prime location, corner lot, full basement. 2nd floor is 3 bedroom apartment plus 3 car garage and parking for 6 cars. For more information and photos go to www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS #10-4339 Call Charlie VM 101

912 Lots & Acreage BEAR CREEK

39 Wedgewood Dr. Laurelbrook Estates Lot featuring 3.22 acres with great privacy on cul-desac. Has been perc tested and has underground utilities. 4 miles to PA Turnpike entrance. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-114 $64,900 Call Tom 570-262-7716

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259 Shawnee Ave. 6 unit property with one 2 unit building and a 4 unit apartment building. The 2 unit property has been completely rebuilt from frame up in 2010! Very good condition 4 unit building has many updates also. MLS 12-2016 $269,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SHEATOWN

230 Robert St. 5 unit investment property. Remodeled in 2008. Four 1 bedroom units and one 2 1/2 bedroom unit. Off street parking for 3 cars and a private driveway for unit #2. Property has a community laundry room. MLS 12-2382 $219,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WEST PITTSTON

134 Ann St. Nice Duplex in a great neighborhood. Low maintenance investors. Money maker right from the start. Unit 2 is owner occupied. Rent is projected. MLS 12-575 $119,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WEST PITTSTON

134 Ann St. Nice duplex in a great neighborhood. Low maintenance. Investors: Money maker right from the start. Unit 2 is owner occupied, rent is projected. MLS 12-575 $119,000 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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1st block S. Franklin St. Historic District. Beautiful 3 story building. 2,300 square feet on first floor. Commercial & residential use. 8 parking spaces. $395,000. Call 570-824-7173 WILKES-BARRE

well and in ground septic system. Spring. 1000’ trout stream. 60% clear, 40% wooded. Natural gas lease. $150,000. Call 570-925-6018 Cameron County, PA - 7.7 acres with stream frontage, state forest frontage, electricity, public road frontage. Near Sizerville State Park. $59,900. Owner financing. 800-6688679

912 Lots & Acreage

Earth Conservancy Land For Sale 61 +/- Acres Nuangola - $99,000 46 +/- Acres Hanover Twp. $79,000 Highway Commercial KOZ Hanover Twp. 3+/- Acres 11 +/- Acres Wilkes-Barre Twp. 32 +/- Acres Zoned R-3 See additional land for sale at: www.earth conservancy.org 570-823-3445

LEHMAN 9 Acres on Lehman Outlet Road. 470’ front, over 1,000’ deep. Wooded. $150,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611

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EDWARDSVILLE Great opportunity! Affordable lot in nice neighborhood just waiting for a home. Close to schools, shopping, etc. Public sewer & water. 11-3767 $14,900 Call Mary Carrano at 570-977-9047 COLDWELL BANKER RUNDLE REAL ESTATE 570 474-2340

FARMLAND LIQUIDATION!

5 Acres $19,900 8 Acres $24,900 Gorgeous views, fields, woods! 30 minutes Albany. Just off 1-90. Fully approved for your country home! 888-793-7762 www.NewYorklandandLakes.com HARDING REDUCED Mt. Zion Road One acre lot just before Oberdorfer Road. Great place to build your dream home MLS 11-3521 $24,900 Call Colleen 570-237-0415

WILKES-BARRE

70-72 Sullivan St. Well maintained 4 unit property with enclosed back porches and off street parking for 4 cars. Fully rented. New roof in 2008. Great investment. Make an appointment now! MLS 12-1748 $179,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE

97 Kado St. Duplex on nice corner lot in quiet neighborhood. A little TLC needed. Could easily be converted to a single family. Motivated seller. MLS 12-1867 $84,900 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

WYOMING

3 APARTMENTS Unique, charming 1 Story Nantucket Style 2 bedroom owner’s cottage + duplex 1 & 2 bedroom. Extensive renovations made. 2 rents will pay bills, or rent 3 for max income. NOT IN FLOOD ZONE. Asking $135,900. 570-609-5133

$129,900 SPECTACULAR WATER VIEW! 2 acres overlooking Huntsville Reservoir. Building site cleared but much of woodlands preserved. Perc & site prep done. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832

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building lots. Approx 100 x 150 each. Public sewer available. Paved road. Surveyed. $19,995 each.570-822-7359

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Highland Hills Development .88 Acres. $75,000 570-947-3375 KINGSTON 302-304 Wyoming Avenue One of the only commercial building lots available on Wyoming Ave. Make this extremely busy site the next address of your business. MLS 08-1872 $89,000 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON

DALLAS TOWNSHIP 63 acres with about 5,000’ roadfront on 2 roads. All Wooded. $385,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611 DALLAS WATERFRONT

401-403 Main St. 3 lots together. 2 in Kingston (nice corner paved lot) 1 in Edwardsville (40x60) potential to build with parking or parking for 20-48 vehicles. MLS 12-1465 $75,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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MOUNTAIN TOP

Vacant Commercial Land. Route 309. High traffic location. All utilities.Between St. Jude’s & Walden Park on right. 132’x125’. $46,900 MLS 12-1657 Call Vieve Zaroda (570) 474-6307 Ext. 2772

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NY Land & Cabin Bargain Sale: Classic Adirondack Camp 5 acres $29,995. Cozy Cabin-Base Camp 5 acres - $19,995. Near 1000’s of acres of Stateland, lakes, & rivers. Access to snowmobile & ATV trails. Our best deal ever! Call 800-229-7843. See pics at www.landandcamps.com

Nice country setting close to town for your new home! Lot is 75’ x 107’ with an existing 12’ x 20’ shed. $15,000 CALL CHRISTINE KUTZ 570-332-8832

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Nice 1 acre building lot situated in a country setting amidst mountains, ponds and farmlands. An ideal rural setting for your dream home! #12-2631 $18,500 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

696-2600 SWEET VALLEY Grassy Pond Road 6.69 wooded acres. Great building site and/or ideal hunting property. No utilities. $70,000. Call Pat Doty 570-394-6901 McDermott Real Estate 570-696-2468 TRUCKSVILLE

Beautiful 2.6 acre building lot located in a setting of mountains, pastures and farmlands. An ideal country setting to build your dream home! #12-2632 $29,900 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14

696-2600

Location, Location, Location A most unique & desirable property. This is an opportunity to purchase a centrally situated lot with an unmatched view of this beautiful lake. If you are looking for that special building site, this is it! If you see it, you’ll agree. MLS# 11-1269 $179,900 Call Dale Williams Five Mountains Realty 570-256-3343

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SHICKSHINNY ( 1 mile north of Shickshinny) 2 open efficiencies, right on route 11, Includes heat, central air, garbage, wi-fi, satellite tv, tenant pays electric. $575/per month. Also 1 bedroom apt. available, includes all the above except water. $675/month. New stove and refrigerator included with all apts. Call 570-793-9530

WILKES-BARRE

WANAMIE 2 Miner Ave. Looking to build? Check this lot out! This is on the edge of a hill and has a great view. 440 acres corner of Belles and Miner MLS 12-1007 $14,900 Roger Nenni EXT. 32 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WHITE HAVEN Route 115 Nice level building lot right in front of the golf course! Close to I-80 & PA Turnpike. $14,500 Louise Gresh 570-233-8252 CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-455-8521 WILKES-BARRE 57 Fulton St. Nice residential area. Lot for sale 3080 square feet. MLS 12-1762 $5,000 Kelly ConnollyCuba EXT. 37 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

WYOMING FIRST ST.

4 building lots each measuring 68x102 with public utilities. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-439 $39,900 EACH Call Charlie 570-829-6200

915 Manufactured Homes (Formerly Pocono Park) and San Souci Park. Like new, several to choose from, Financing &Warranty, MobileOneSales.net Call (570)250-2890

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3 bedroom, 2 bath home in great condition in park. $16,000. Financing available with $3,000 down. Call 570-477-2845

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Level *7.5 acres* building lot with a mountain view. Great for horses or organic farming. MLS 12-306 $59,000 570-675-4400

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FULLY FURNISHED 1 BEDROOM APARTMENT

187 Skyline Drive 2 + acres with 2 subdivided lots set in the woods with awesome views. Great location and all utilities. Build your dream home(s). MLS 12-1988 $99,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Waterfront Property 80 Acre Pond 26 Acres of Land $425,000 106+ Acre property with 3 Bedroom Ranch home and pole barn in Franklin Township. Rare opportunity to own Perrins Marsh. Call Now for more information. MLS# 122427 $425,000 Call Cindy King 570-690-2689

MOUNTAIN TOP

5.4 acres in Glendale Manor. Walking distance to Crestwood High School. Is already subdivided into six lots . Perfect for a private custom home site or for development. Call Christine Kutz 570-332-8832.

2 LOTS AVAILABLE 100’ frontage x 228’ deep. Modular home with basement accepted. Each lot $17,000. Call 570-714-1296

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1+ acres on Bunker Hill Road. Great views - builder of your choice. Septic and Well required Seller will provide perc test. MLS #11-268 $59,500 Call Rhea at 570-696-6677

MOOSIC

BUILDING LOT Corner of Drake St. & Catherine, Moosic. 80x111 building lot with sewer & water available, in great area with newer homes. Corner lot. For more details visit www.atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS #12-1148. $29,900 Call Charlie

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DALLAS

62 Hutson St. Duplex in good condition Fenced in yard and back screened porch. Fully rented. Property pays for itself with $$$ left over. Take a look NOW! MLS 12-1747 $59,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Short or long term Excellent Neighborhood Private Tenant Parking $600 includes all utilities. No pets. 570-822-9697

WILKES-BARRE VICTORIAN

CHARM 34 W. Ross St. Fully furnished, 1 bedroom, All appliances and most utilities included. Secure, private off street parking. Historic building is non smoking/no pets. Base rent $700/mo. Security, references required. View at houpthouse.com. 570-762-1453

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

ASHLEY

1st floor, 2 bedroom. Laundry room, off street parking, large yard. Includes water, sewer & garbage References, 1st, last + security required. NO PETS $600/ month 570-735-8730 570-332-8080

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ASHLEY

Available August 5th 1st floor, modern, 2 bedroom. Off street parking. Washer dryer hookup. Appliances. Bus stop at the door. Water Included.$575 + utilities & security. No pets. TRADEMARK REALTY GROUP 570-954-1992

AVOCA 2 bedrooms,

refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer hookup, offstreet parking, no pets. Section 8 Approved. $600/month + utilities & security. 570 457-0497

AVOCA

3 rooms includes heat, hot water, water, garbage & sewer + appliances, washer/dryer hookup, off street parking. Security. No pets. $480/month. 570-655-1606

DALLAS

3 bedroom, 2nd floor of century home in beautiful area. All appliances, heat & gas for dryer included. Lease, security & references required. No pets. $800/month. Call 570-675-2486

DALLAS Demunds Road

1 bedroom apartment. Near Misericordia University. Off street parking. $550. Pets OK. Section 8 accepted. Call 704-975-1491 Dallas, Pa. MEADOWS APARTMENTS 220 Lake St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-675-6936, 8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE DUPONT Completely remodeled, modern 2 bedroom townhouse style apartment. Lots of closet space, with new carpets and completely repainted. Includes stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer hook up. Nice yard & neighborhood, no pets. $595 + security. Call 570-479-6722

Totally renovated 6 large room apartment. Partially furnished, brand new fridge/electric range, electric washer & dryer on 1st floor. Brand new custom draperies, Roman shades, carpeting/flooring & energy efficient windows. Kitchen with snack bar. Full tiled pink bath on 1st floor. Beautiful original Victorian wainscotting, ceilings, woodwork & vintage wall paper. Victorian dining room with wall to wall carpet. Living room with large storage closet, 2 large bedrooms with wall to wall & large closets. Attic partially finished for storage. 2nd floor large front balcony with beautiful view of the Valley. 1st floor back porch with large back yard, off-street parking. Easy access to I-81, airport & casino. Tranquil neighborhood. No smoking. $800 + utilities & security. 570-762-8265

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2nd floor, 2 bedroom, no pets. $450/month. Sewer & garbage paid, 1 month security. 570-412-2886 EXETER Nice one bedroom first floor apartment with extra room in Basement. Washer hookup. Heat & hot water included in rent. References & security required. Non Smoking. $650 per month. Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate (570)237-5999

EXETER

TOWNHOUSE Wildflower Village Like New! 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, living room, large dining/kitchen area, Full basement and deck. $690/mo + utilities. No Pets 570-696-4393

FORTY FORT

1 BEDROOM, 2ND FLOOR APT Very nice, quiet, clean, great neighborhood. Hardwood floors, air, washer /dryer with newer appliances, storage. 1st/last/security with one year lease. References required. $650 + utilities. Water/ sewer by owner, no pets, non-smoking. Call 202-997-9185 for appointment

HANOVER TWP.

LEE PARK Studio apartment or office space. Full kitchen, bath & extra room. $400 + electric. All other utilities included. Call 570-822-6737

HARVEYS LAKE

1 or 2 bedroom, LAKE FRONT apartments. Wall to wall, appliances, lake rights, off street parking. No Pets. Lease, security & references. 570-639-5920

KINGSTON 1 bedroom PRIME location, QUIET + spacious. Yard, porch, storage, washer/dryer hookup. No pets, No smoking, No Section 8. $475 + utilities with discount. 574-9827

KINGSTON

2 bedroom, 2nd floor. Refrigerator & stove provided. Offstreet parking. $525/month includes water. No pets. Call 570-779-1684

KINGSTON

2nd floor, 3 bedrooms, deluxe duplex with den, 1.5 bath, living and dining rooms, eat in kitchen , all appliances+ washer/dryer, carpeted, A/C, garage, no pets/smoking. Lease required. 570-287-1733

KINGSTON

3 bedroom, 1 bath, large living room, nice kitchen, laundry room with washer/ dryer hook-up. 3rd floor completely finished (not for use as a bedroom). Our company prides itself on offering very clean homes! This home has newer wall-to-wall carpeting on 1st & 2nd floors, fresher paint throughout, remodeled bathroom and more. Available August 1st; $795/mo + 1.5 mo security deposit + utilities; no pets; no smoking; credit check, background check. 908.246.9434

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KINGSTON

399 - 401 Elm Ave. Quiet convenientneighborhood. Newly remodeled apartments. 2nd floor, 2 bedroom apts. $600 each + utilities NO PETS, No section 8 housing. References and security required. 570-301-2785

KINGSTON Duplex

Great 1st floor, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, living&dining rooms, eat-in kitchen, all appliances, washer/dryer, carpeted, A/C, garage, no pets/smoking. Lease required 570-287-1733 KINGSTON Modern 2 bedroom 1 bath. Second floor. $600 + utilities. Call Darren 570-825-2468

KINGSTON

Newly remodeled 1 bedroom, central heat & air, wall to wall carpeting, off street parking, washer/dryer hookup, No pets. $450 Call 570-288-9507

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206 Haverford Dr. Oakwood Park Thoroughly modern, completely renovated 3 bedroom 1.5 bath Townhome in centrally located Oakwood Park. All appliances, hardwood floor, central air. $1200/mo + utilities. No Pets. EILEEN R. MELONE REAL ESTATE 570-821-7022

LARKSVILLE

2 bedroom, 1 Bath $725. Double Security. Brand New Hardwood & Tile Floors. Dishwasher, Washer/Dryer. Must see to appreciate! Quality, Affordable Housing.

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

MOUNTAIN TOP WOODBRYN 1 & 2 Bedroom.

No pets. Rents based on income start at $405 & $440. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. 570474-5010 TTY711 This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

NANTICOKE

2 bedroom, wall to wall carpet, offstreet parking, $495 per month+ utilities, security, lease. HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

NANTICOKE

Large 1 bedroom, 1st floor apt, nice, quiet neighborhood, all appliances included and off street parking. $460/month Call 570-441-4101

NANTICOKE

S. Hanover St 1 bedroom + attic. 2nd floor. Fridge/ stove. Hook- ups, yard. No pets. $449 + $300 security. INCLUDES HEAT & WATER. Call 570-824-8786

NANTICOKE

Spacious 1st floor, 1 bedroom apartment. Hardwood floors. Full kitchen. Large dining room. No pets,no smoking. $475. Water, sewer & trash included. 570-262-5399

PARSONS

Newly renovated 1st floor, 1 bedroom. Nice neighborhood. Appliances included. Washer/dryer hookup. No pets. Security & lease. $435/month + all utilities. Call 570-690-3086

PITTSTON

1 room + bath efficiency. Wall to wall carpeting, includes all utilities plus garbage & sewer. Stove & refrigerator included. Security. No pets. $400/ month. Call 570-655-1606

PITTSTON

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Apartments/ Unfurnished

LARKSVILLE

Spacious 2 bedroom, 2nd floor with balcony. W/d hookup. Includes. heat, hot water and water. $675 + 1 month security. 845-386-1011

LUZERNE

1 bedroom, wall to wall, off-street parking, coin laundry, water, sewer & garbage included. $495/ month + security & lease. HUD accepted. Call 570-687-6216 or 570-954-0727

LUZERNE

Large, 2 bedroom, 2nd floor. Wall to wall carpeting. Off St. Parking. Washer / dryer hookup. No pets. $550 + utilities. 570-301-7723

LUZERNE /W-B

$625/$750 QUALITY REMODELED UNITS

1 & 2 bedrooms, new kitchens, appliances, laundry, enclosed sunporches, fireplaces (gas), carports, particulars upon request. Some $625-$750 + utilities. 2 Year Leases. No Pets No Smoking, Employment Verfification.

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MOOSIC 4 room apartment, 2nd floor. $675/month + security & references. Also available, 5 room apartment, 1st floor, $745/month. Both apts. have heat, water & sewer included. 570-457-7854

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MOUNTAIN TOP

1 Bedroom apartments for elderly, disabled. Rents based on 30% of ADJ gross income. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. TTY711 or 570-474-5010 This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.

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3 room apartment, 2nd floor, wall to wall carpet, off street parking. Enclosed porch. $450/month + utilities & security. No pets 570-655-1222

PLAINS

1 bedroom, 2nd floor, stove & refrigerator, washer/dryer hook-up, wall to wall, gas heat, 2 car off street parking, no smoking, no pets. Near Casino & I-81. 1 year lease. $400 + utilities, security, 1st & last month, credit & background checks. 570-639-1564

PLAINS

Modern 2nd floor 2 bedroom. 1 bath, Kitchen with appliances. new carpeting. Convenient location. No smoking. No pets. $550/month plus utilities. 570-714-9234

PLYMOUTH TWP.

2nd floor, 2 bedroom. Heat & water included. Refrigerator & stove, washer/dryer hookup. Upper & lower porches, large yard, off-street parking, no pets, limited closet space. $550 /month + security & references. Close to bus stop. Section 8 Approved Call 570-606-4600

TRUCKSVILLE 1/2 RANCH

2 bedrooms, living & dining rooms, new kitchen, offstreet parking, washer/dryer, basement, yard. Security & references. No Pets. $675/month. Sewer & trash included. Call 570-474-9321 or 570-690-4877

WEST PITTSTON

1st floor, 1 bedroom, refrigerator & stove, washer/dryer hookup, off-street parking, water & sewer, no pets. $550/month, + utilities & security (570)388-4242

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WEST PITTSTON

2 apartments available. 1st floor efficiency $495, all utilities included. Also, Beautifully remodeled 2nd floor, 2 story, 3 bedroom apartment. Large closets. Washer / dryer hookup. Front & Rear porch. No pets. Lease. $650 + heat & electric. Call 570-287-9631 or 570-417-4311

WEST PITTSTON

2nd floor, 4 rooms. Hardwood floors. Heat and hot water included. No pets. $650 + security. Call 570-479-4069

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WEST PITTSTON

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY Clean 1 bedroom, 2nd floor. Washer/ dryer hookup. Water & sewer included. $500/mo. + utilities, security & references. Call (570) 947-8073

WEST PITTSTON One room, 1st

floor, furnished efficiency. Granite bath, built-ins, washer/dryer. Security & references. Non-smokers, no pets. $645 includes heat. 570-655-4311

WEST PITTSTON The Hitchner

530 Exeter Ave Now Accepting Applications! 1, 2 & 3 bedroom units available. Elevator, parking lot, central air, appliances, wi-fi access & more. Income Qualifications required. 570-344-5999

West Pittston, Pa. GARDEN VILLAGE APARTMENTS 221 Fremont St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-655-6555, 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE

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LAFAYETTE GARDENS ! S AVE MONEY THIS YEAR

113 Edison St. Quiet neighborhood. 2 bedroom apartments available for immediate occupancy. Heat & hot water included. $625 Call Aileen at 570-822-7944

WILKES-BARRE LODGE Formerly The Travel Lodge 497 Kidder St., Wilkes-Barre Rooms Starting at: Daily $44.99 + tax Weekly $189.99 + tax Microwave, Refrigerator, WiFi, HBO 570-823-8881 www.Wilkes BarreLodge.com

WILKES-BARRE NORTH, 777 N.

Washington St. 1 bedroom, 1 bath, 2nd floor. Offstreet parking. Garbage removal included. Freshly painted & new carpeting. $490/month + utilities. 570-288-3438

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570-675-4400

DOLPHIN PLAZA

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

WILKES-BARRE SOUTH 2nd floor, 2

bedroom, big living room, off-street parking, washer /dryer hook-up. $500 + utilities & security deposit. 570-690-7721

WILKES-BARRE

South Meade St., 2nd floor. Very large 1.5 bedroom, carpeting, dishwasher & washer/dryer hook-up, off street parking, central air and heat, tenant pays gas heat and electric. $575/month Income verification & 1 month security. 570-824-8517

WILKES-BARRE SOUTH SECURE BUILDINGS 1 & 2 bedroom

apartments. Starting at $440 and up. References required. Section 8 OK 570-357-0712

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WILKES-BARRE / KINGSTON Efficiency 1 & 2

bedrooms. Includes all utilities, parking, laundry. No pets. From $390 to $675. Lease, security & references. 570-970-0847 WILKES-BARRE / PARSONS Spacious 3 bedroom 3rd floor apartment. Large eat-in kitchen. Close to casino. $700 / month + water & cooking gas. Call 570-793-9449

WILKES-BARRE

1 bedroom. 2nd floor, newly painted, new floors, stove, refrigerator. Quiet neighborhood. Credit/background checks required. No smoking. No pets. $395/month, includes hot water & sewer. 570-822-1832.

WILKES-BARRE 646 Main Street

1 block from General Hospital, 3 room apartment, washer/dryer, stove, refrigerator, 1st & last months rent + security, references required. Water Paid. $525/per month 570-706-6487

WILKES-BARRE APARTMENTS FOR RENT!

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

WILKES-BARRE EAST END

4 Rooms, 2 Bedrooms, Wall to Wall carpet, stove, fridge, washer & dryer $550 + security. Heat Included. No pets. Call 570-823-2214 after 1 p.m.

floors. Summer only ok. $425. All utilities included. No pets. 570-826-1934

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WILKES-BARRE

Walking distance to Wilkes University, minutes from King’s Newly renovated. Most utilities included. Professional on site management. Off street parking. Starting at $515. 866-466-0501 or leasing-cumberland @rentberger.com WILKES-BARRE 1 bedroom water included 2 bedroom water included 2 bedroom single family 5 bedroom large 2 bedroom, heat & water included 2 bedroom, totally remodeled 3 bedroom, half double, immaculate condition 3 bedroom single PITTSTON Large 1 bedroom water included AVOCA 3 Bedroom, water included McDermott & McDermott Real Estate Inc. Property Management 570-821-1650 (direct line) Mon-Fri. 8-7pm Sat. 8-noon

183 Market St. Office space available in beautifully renovated professional building. Great high traffic location! 2 separate offices with large reception area. Bonus use of conference room MLS 12-1049 $1000 per month Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

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Lease Space Available, Light manufacturing, warehouse, office, includes all utilities with free parking. I will save you money!

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Attractive modern office space. 2 suites available. Suite A-4 offices, plus restroom and storage includes utilities, 700 sq. ft. $650/month Suite B-2, large offices, 2 average size offices, plus restroom and storage plus utilities, 1,160 sq. ft. $1000/month Call Charlie 570-829-6200

RESTAURANT SPACE

Hazle Street / Park Avenue Triangle, Wilkes-Barre. Some equipment included.

BAKERY FOR RENT

Middle Eastern bakery on Hazle St, Wilkes-Barre. Call 570-301-8200

RETAIL / OFFICE

1188 Wyoming Ave Forty Fort, PA This unique 2,800 Sq Ft. interior (Circa 1879), Features 10’ Ceilings, Distinctive chandeliers, Two fireplaces. French door entrances. Large parking lot. Handicap accessible. Central a/c, Hardwood floors. Signage is perfectly positioned on the 179’ frontage. Over 15,000 vehicles pass daily. Call

570-706-5308

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

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WYOMING

Quiet 2 bedroom apartment. 2nd floor. Yard/storage, heat/garbage included. $650. Available 7/7. Call 570-351-4651.

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WILKES-BARRE

BEST $1 SQ. FT. LEASES YOU’LL EVER SEE! Warehouse, distribution, storage, light manufacturing. Gas heat, sprinklers, overhead doors, parking for 30 cars. Yes, that $1 sq.ft. lease! We have 6,000 sq. ft., 9,000 sq.ft., 27,000 sq.ft., and 13,000 sq. ft. Can combine. There is nothing this good! Call Larry @ 570-696-4000 or 570-430-1565

950

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Cooper St. Nice 2 bedroom, 1 bath 1/2 double with living room, dining room, eat in kitchen with dishwasher, full basement with washer/dryer, fenced yard, parking for 2 cars, & bonus room. Pets ok. $750+ utilities & security. Call Dave 570-675-4881

HANOVER TWP. 221 Boland Ave. 1 bedroom. $325+ utilities Call Mark at (570) 899-2835 (917) 345-9060

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Immaculate 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath in country setting. washer/dryer hookup off kitchen. plenty of storage. 1 year lease. No pets allowed. Credit check required. $695/month. Call Christine Romani 570-696-0840

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3 bedroom, 1 bath, half double, $700 plus utilities, sewer included. No pets.1st months, last months + deposit. Call 570-443-0770

KINGSTON

Sprague Ave. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 1st floor duplex, New w/w carpeting & hardwood floors. Convenient to Wyoming Ave. Washer/dryer hookup, basement storage. Reduced! $540/month + utilities, security, lease. NO PETS. 570-793-6294

MOCANAQUA

A must see half double. Just renovated. 6 rooms, 2 bedroom, 1st floor full bath with laundry hookups. Clean, useable full basement. Large yard with carport. Safe, quiet neighborhood. Near park & public town pool. No pets, no smoking. $600. Includes sewer. All checks required. 570-477-1211

NANTICOKE 1/2 DOUBLE

3 bedrooms. New paint, rugs, nice yard, $650 a month + all utilities, first and last months rent required, no pets. 570-945-3688

NANTICOKE

Large 3 bedroom half double. Front porch, lovely rear yard, off street parking. Newly renovated. New kitchen, bathroom & appliances including washer/dryer. Clean attic and basement for storage or workshop. $750 + utilities Call 570-881-0320

PARSONS

Furnished 3 bedroom across from park. Modern kitchen & bath. Off street parking. Fenced in yard. No Pets. $650 + utilities & security. 570-262-3234 PLAINS 72 Cleveland Street 2 bedroom home, large Living room and kitchen. Washer /dryer hookups, with yard, electric heat $525 + utilities. Call Louise Gresh 570-233-8252 CENTURY 21 SELECT GROUP 570-455-8521

Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 bath with Victorian charm with hardwood floors, neutral decor, stained glass window, large kitchen with washer /dryer hook-up, off-street parking. $700 month + utilities, security & lease. NO PETS. 570-793-6294

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3 Bedrooms. OffStreet Parking No Smoking. $700 + utilities, security, last month. 570-885-4206

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WILKES-BARRE 76 N. Empire St.

3 bedrooms, offstreet parking, pets ok. Section 8 Approved. $550/ month + security. 570-793-0028

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

953 Houses for Rent

BACK MOUNTAIN Residential neighborhood, single family Cape Cod with attached 1 car garage. Covered front porch and open rear deck. Living room, kitchen/dinette. 1 large bedroom, bath, and den with washer/dryer on 1st floor. 2nd floor, large bedroom and bath, and small bedroom/office and attic storage. $850/ month includes trash & sewer. Tenant pays utilities. 1st month and security deposit required. Call 570-696-1821 & leave message. DALLAS

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PLAINS

16-18 Linden St. Professional office space for lease near General Hospital. Ideally suited for medical offices. Other possible uses would include a deli style restaurant. MLS 12-1052 $1200 per month Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770

950

5 rooms, 2 bedrooms, patio, enclosed porch, wall to wall carpeting. Off-street parking, no pets or smoking. $700/ month + utilities & security. 570-237-5216

PLAINS 144 Farrell St.

Single family home for rent. 1,470 sq ft. 3 bedrooms with closets and 1.5 baths. First floor laundry room. New gas water heater. Air conditioning. New heating gas boiler & upgraded carpets. Modern kitchen. New gas stove. New 21 cubic foot refrigerator. New windows, gas fireplace, deadbolt locks. Full basement with gas wall heater. Residential street. Shed. Fenced yard. Covered back porch. Private driveway. 1 year lease. Background & credit check. $790 + utilities & security deposit. Call 215-527-8133 Ask for Bill

SHICKSHINNY bedroom single

1 home, out of flood zone. Partially furnished. For details, Call 570-542-4187

THORNHURST

45 minutes west of the Gap. 4 bed rooms, 3.5 baths, pool community, all appliances, garage, no pets, $900/ month + utilities, 2 months security & references. 718-916-9872

WILKES-BARRE

3 bedrooms, close to Kings and downtown. Includes range & fridge. $700/month, first, last & security. Tenant pays heat, electric & water. Call 718-877-7436 or 718-791-5252

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2 BEDROOM HOUSE

Gas heat. Washer /dryer hookup, dishwasher, stove & refrigerator. Fenced in yard, partially new carpet. Offstreet parking, yard. $700 + utilities. Available August 1st. (570) 288-3438 MOUNTAINTOP Walden Park – 4 Bedroom, 3 bath home. 1 year lease required. Tenant pays utilities. Pets negotiable. $1,500/month. Call Rick @ 570474-6307 or 570-715-7735

SMITH HOURIGAN GROUP HANOVER TWP. 2nd floor apartment with 2 bedrooms, gas heat, walk up attic, hardwood floors and AC wall units. Credit check required. No pets. $600/month + utilities. Call Nicole @ 570-474-6307 or 570-715-7757

Smith Hourigan Group 570-474-6307

NANTICOKE 6 room house for

rent call for details. (570)735-2236

Single family, 3 bedroom, washer/dryer hookup. Fenced in yard. $750 + utilities & security. 570-814-7562

WILKES-BARRE TOWNSHIP Georgetown

Section. 6 rooms, & bath, 3 bedrooms. 2 zoned gas baseboard heat, all appliances including washer/dryer & microwave. Newly remodeled, no pets, no smoking. References & credit check required.$600/per month, plus utilities/ security. Call 570-474-6947 or 570-852-3051

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Rooms

KINGSTON HOUSE Nice, clean furnished room, starting at $340. Efficiency at $450 month furnished with all utilities included. Off street parking. 570-718-0331

WEST PITTSTON

Gorgeous, furnished room for rent in Victorian home. Everything included. Call 570-430-3100 for details

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Roommate Wanted

PITTSTON ROOMMATE Female roommate

wanted. All utilities included. $350. 570-540-0055

971 Vacation & Resort Properties BRANT BEACH, LBI, NEW JERSEY 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, sleeps 10. 1 block to the beach 1/2 block to the bay. Front porch, rear deck, all the conveniences of home. Many weeks still available. $1,000 to $1,950. Call Darren Snyder 570-696-2010

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HARVEYS LAKE

STONEHURST COTTAGES Weekly & monthly rentals. Lake privileges with private beach & docks. $525-$825/week. Call Garrity Realty (570) 639-1891

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