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WILKES-BARRE, PA
Diocese to buy Heritage House
SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 2011
GETTING READY TO GO FISH
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Charges of DUI possible
The facility, now an affiliate of a hospital system, will become St. Luke’s Villa.
Ingestion of the drug can designate it as illegal substance when driving.
By MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – The Diocese of Scranton announced Friday that it is “in the process of acquiring the assets of The Heritage House,” a 113-yearold institution now located on Northampton Street that offers a range of services to elderly First residents, inreported at cluding person4:28 al care, hospice p.m. care and assistive living. timesleader .com According to a press release issued late Friday afternoon, the diocese formed a new nonprofit entity called St. Luke’s Villa, which will purchase Heritage House, currently an affiliate of Wyoming Valley Health Care System, owned by the Tennessee-based Community Health Systems. Diocesan spokesman Bill Genello said Heritage House will be renamed St. Luke’s Villa. According to its website, Heritage House was founded in 1893 to provide “food, shelter, clothing and other necessities of life to women who have no home.” The mission changed over the decades, and the current facility, built in 1977, has 50 licensed skilled nursing beds, 80 personal care home beds, and 31 independent living apartments. The diocese currently runs Little Flower Manor, a skilled See HERITAGE, Page 4A
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By EDWARD LEWIS elewis@timesleader.com AIMEE DILGER PHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER
aniel and Joshua D Kehr and others gather, above, to
watch as trout are stocked in Lily Lake on Friday. At left, Matt Kehr helps his son Joshua, 11, dump a bucket of fish into Lily Lake. Trout season officially opens locally and throughout most of the state on April 16. Today is opening day in 18 Southeastern Pennsylvania counties.
Afghans storm U.N. office
Seven foreigners are killed due to anger over burning of a Quran. By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghans angry over the burning of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. compound in northern Afghanistan on
Friday, killing seven foreigners, including four Nepalese guards. Afghan authorities suspect insurgents melded into the mob and they announced the arrest of more than 20 people, including a militant they suspect was the ringleader of the assault in Mazar-i-Sharif, the provincial capital of Balkh province. The suspect was an insurgent from Kapisa province, a hotbed
Being under the influence of bath salts and driving a vehicle can lead to criminal charges, a DUI expert said. Bath salts, when ingested, snorted, injected or smoked alters perception and behavior, as seen by the recent wave of arrests in the region. When that happens, bath salts is classified as a drug under state law, said George Geisler, law enforcement services director for the PA DUI Association in Harrisburg. George Geisler Geisler said the definition of PA DUI “drug” under state law is lengAssociation in thy, but he pointed to a threeHarrisburg. sentence paragraph that designates bath salts as an illegal substance when driving. “It is any substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body,” Geisler said. See DUI, Page 14A
of militancy about 250 miles southeast of the city, said Rawof Taj, deputy provincial police chief. The topic of Quran burning stirred outrage among millions of Muslims and others worldwide after the Rev. Terry Jones’ small church, Dove Outreach Center, threatened to destroy a See AFGHANS, Page 6A
“It is any substance other than food intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body.”
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
This is a sample of the synthetic drugs known as bath salts.
W-B less safe, security firm says Trent Miller, head of Legion stop using civilians and permit Legion Security’s head Security, said the city’s costs have only police officers to monitor responds to state ruling that increased significantly, but the the surveillance system. police alone monitor cameras. quality of service has decreased In a press release issued Friday,
WILKES-BARRE – The president of the security firm that lost the contract to monitor the city’s surveillance system blasted the job city police officers have done since the department assumed the duty.
ever since his employees relinquished monitoring duties to police officers in February. Legion’s $131,000 contract was suspended on Wednesday by Hawkeye Security Systems, the nonprofit company formed to implement the camera system. The action was in response to a Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board ruling that ordered the city to
Mayor Tom Leighton defended the job police have done. He lauded the overall performance of the surveillance system, which he said has aided police in many cases and had helped the city reduce crime. Miller said the city would be better off having an additional of-
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Saporito sees his varied experience key in judge race
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By SHEENA DELAZIO sdelazio@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – Even temperament, accountability, integrity, experience and equality. Those are the characteristics attorney Joseph Saporito Jr. says make a good judge, he told The Times Leader endorsement board. Of the 16 candidates running for one of six open seats on the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, Saporito said he’s up to the challenge. “My experience is really
JOSEPH SAPORITO Age: 51 Education: Gradate of Scranton Preparatory School, Villanova University and Dickinson School of Law Law experience: Part-time assistant public defender; private practice attorney; several solicitorships; has practiced law in state and federal courts Community affiliations: Member of
broad,” Saporito said. “As a judge, I will be able to solve conflicts.” Saporito has been working part time in the county Public Defender’s Office for the past 25 years, and practicing law private-
the board of directors, Greater Pittston Chamber of Commerce; Knights of Columbus, Council 372; board member, Earthly Angels Autism Board; trustee, Scranton Preparatory School; board member, Pittston Memorial Library Association Family: Wife, the former Giovanna Falcone; children, Sarah and Joseph III; son of the late Joseph and Dolly Saporito
ly at Saporito, Saporito & Falcone, Pittston, for 26 years. The father of two has handled everything from homicide to disSee SAPORITO, Page 14A
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Joseph Saporito Jr. is running for Luzerne County judge.