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Money for next 12 years for Luzerne, Lackawanna counties decreased by 24 percent.
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State cash for NEPA projects is slashed
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TROJANS ON TOP USC is No. 1 in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar place in the rankings with a boost from LSUs problems. USC earned the top spot in The APs preseason college football poll for the seventh time in school history.
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Barbara and Daniel Piestrak discuss retirement and Social Security with a reporter at the Kingston Senior Center.
People retiring today will get less

Editors note: First of a threepart series examining Social Securitys changing financial dynamics and what that means for workers, retirees and their families.
By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
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WASHINGTON People retiring today are part of the first generation of workers who have paid more in Social Security taxes during their careers than they will receive in benefits after they retire. Its a historic shift that will only get worse for future retirees, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. Previous generations got a much better bargain, mainly because payroll taxes were very low
when Social Security was enacted in the 1930s and remained so for decades. For the early generations, it was an incredibly good deal, said Andrew Biggs, a former deputy Social Security commissioner who is now a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. The government gave you free money and getting free money is popular. If you retired in 1960, you could expect to get back seven times more in benefits than you paid
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Pennsylvanias budget choices will be felt in Northeastern Pennsylvania for years as shrinking funds for transportation projects mean motorists will drive on rough roads and construction timelines will stretch. Earlier this month, the state Transportation Commission downgraded its spending plan for the next dozen years. The result: the $41.6 billion transportation improvement fund is 19 percent lower than the plan the commission approved just two years ago and down 38 percent when compared to the long term plan adopted in 2008. In Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, the cuts are more pronounced. The new plan decreases funding by 24 percent from 2010 dropping from $906 million to $688 million. The recently approved 12-yearplan allocates funds for the states airports, highways, bridges, railroads and public transit systems. Sue Hazelton, the portfolio manager for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportations District 4, said even though the long-term plan will see a 24-percent budget cut, no projects will be eliminated. Instead, James May, the local PennDOT spokesman, said, Whenever funding is reduced, we look at compensating in two ways. First, we may reduce the
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ROUGH ROADS AHEAD?

Transportation funding statewide and locally has plummeted in each of the last three 12-year Transportation Program plans drawn up by the State Transportation Commission every other year. Total budgeted statewide (billions) 08 10 12 $70 $60 $50 $40 -38.7%
Social Security important for local residents

By BILL OBOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com
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KINGSTON Anne Herman collects Social Security survivor benefits from her late ex-husbands account. She said she gets more than she would get if she filed a claim for herself. Herman, 68, of Kingston, had owned the Gateway Peanut Shop in Edwardsville. I keep hearing Social Security is good until 2029 or 2034, Herman
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said. It wont make much difference to me. Maybe it will to my kids, but thats their problem. But, she noted, If I didnt get that, well lets say my quality of life would drop dramatically.
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Anne Herman collects from her late ex-husbands account.
State pct. (billions) 2010 2012 change Total $51.623 $41.600 -19.4% Public transit $19.500 $15.700 -19.5% Lackawanna/Luzerne Cos. (millions) Total $906 $688 -24.1% Public transit $93 $52 -44.1%
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GM and Isuzu recall SUVs in U.S., Canada

GM has reports of 28 fires. It doesnt know of any injuries caused by the problem.
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer
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The 2006 Chevy TrailBlazer SS sport utility vehicle. More than 258,000 SUVs are recalled because window and door lock switches can cause fires.
DETROIT General Motors and Isuzu are recalling more than 258,000 SUVs in the U.S. and Canada to fix short-circuits in power-window and door-lock switches that can cause fires. The recall covers Chevrolet TrailBlazer, GMC Envoy, Buick Rainier, Isuzu Ascender and Saab 97-X SUVs from the 2006 and 2007 model years. The SUVs were sold or See RECALL, Page 7A
registered in 20 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., and Canada, where salt and other chemicals are used to clear roads in the winter. GM has reports of 28 fires. It doesnt know of any injuries caused by the problem. Fluid containing the road-clearing chemicals can get inside the drivers door and cause corrosion in the powerwindow and door-switch circuit boards, according to documents posted on the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration website. The corrosion can cause short-circuits, knocking out the switches and causing
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Benefit is a good match for singles, charity

All About Singles donates half more than $3,000 for the cause. Attendees were aware of the of luau proceeds to significance of the fundraising Alzheimers Foundation. aspect of the event.
By GERI GIBBONS Times Leader Correspondent
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WILKES-BARRE Sharon Smith, founder of All About Singles, Wilkes-Barre, views ownership of the organization as both an opportunity to make good matches and a duty to assist the community in raising money for worthy causes. Smith held a luau-themed fundraiser at the Genetti Hotel & Convention Center, WilkesBarre, on Saturday night to benefit the Alzheimers Foundation of America, with approximately 50 percent of the proceeds going to that organization, focused on support of caregivers and research. Approximately 174 members and guests attended, and the event was anticipated to make
Alzheimers is a 24/7 proposition, said Kristin Leesment, director of development for the foundation. It is important to support caregivers as well as victims. Leesment said that without such fundraising activities provided at Saturday nights event, the national organization could not do its work. She lauded volunteers and contributors as the foundation of the organization. The cause is especially close to Smiths heart because her father, Howard Gilcrease, is afflicted with the disease. A former Navy officer, Gilcrease now needs constant care. This event gave me an opportunity to honor my father, who was a very honorable man, said Smith, saying her fathers faith was a great example to her entire family.
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All About Singles proprietor Sharon Smith greets Michael Hilstolsky, left, of West Wyoming, and Larry Schaefer, of Hughestown.
Attendees of the luau said that they were happy to participate in an event that provided both fun and opportunity to support a good cause. Debi Destefano, a member of
All About Singles, said because she does home health care, she is very aware of the need for support of Alzheimers research and prevention. And we are also having a
whole lot of fun, said Destefano, Pittston. It works, said Virginia Butler, Nanticoke, when asked her thoughts about merging a singles activity with fundraising for a worthy cause. Smith lauded her clients at All About Singles for their generosity. She said many members that did not attend Saturday nights event gave a monetary donation. All of the members who were able to attend said that they fully enjoyed the music, food and atmosphere provided by the event. Many settled into the pool area to relax and socialize. Smith intends to continue assisting other worthy organizations with fundraising, including the Hope for Ethiopia Foundation and leukemia research support. But Alzheimers disease will be the cause I hold closest to my heart, said Smith.
Man charged in Hazleton homicide

By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com
Journey to new start

Almost 80 students celebrate receiving diploma and start of a new career.
By CAMILLE FIOTI Times Leader Correspondent
KINGS COLLEGE SUMMER COMMENCEMENT
HAZLETON Police on Saturday arrested and charged Breon Judon in the fatal beating of a man found earlier this month unconscious and bleeding from the head on Carson Street. Judon, 19, also known as Doc, was taken into custody around 7 p.m. at his home on Lafayette Court on charges of homicide, kidnapping,robberyandconspiracyin connectionwiththedeathofAaron Reznick of Ebervale, police said. PolicesaidJudonconspiredwith anotherpersonandatleastoneother arrest is pending. Reznick, 29, died Monday at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, from injuries suffered in an assault. He was found lying in the street around12:20 a.m. Aug. 4 and taken to Hazleton General Hospital. From there he was airlifted to Lehigh Valley. Police said he was brutally beaten, had no identification, was wearing scant clothing and was barefoot.Theyappealedtothepublic for help identifying him. Theywereabletoidentifyhimafter locating his vehicle, which was taken by police and processed for evidence. Detectives from the Luzerne County District Attorneys Office as well as the Pennsylvania State Police, the county Sheriffs Office and Hazleton Fire Department investigated the case with police. Police are still asking for assistancefromanyonewithinformation about the case. They should contact Hazleton Detective Sgt. David Bunchalk at 570 459-4950.
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WILKES-BARRE City police reported the following: Christa Langdon of River Road, Hanover Township reported Friday four vehicle tires were stolen from the back porch of a residence on Hutson Street. Dustin Sebo, 19, of High Street, was charged with retail theft Friday after he admitted he stole a can of Pringles Cheddar Cheese chips from the CVS pharmacy on South Main Street. Police were in the area around 7:50 p.m. and saw that Sebo had a bulge under his shirt as he left the store. Police said they were familiar with Sebo from prior retail thefts. Police stopped Sebo and saw that he had tucked the Pringles under his shirt and in his waistband. He said he stole the item because he did not have money to pay for it.
WILKES-BARRE Its been a long, hard road with several stops and starts along the way, but Mike Charneski finally earned his Bachelor of Science degree at Kings College summer commencement Saturday. Held in St. Marys of the Immaculate Conception, almost 80 students received masters or bachelors degrees. Charneski, 41, of WilkesBarre, has worked at Kings as an evening custodian since 1999. I always felt that education was important, said Charneski, who began taking classes in 2004. He took two classes each semester and studied before and after work and during breaks. I took what he could, and its a big relief to get it done, he said. I was always stressed out about paying my bills and going to school. Charneski said hes thinking about continuing his education and pursuing a masters degree. If I wasnt working here, I wouldnt have been able to complete my degree. Kristen Piazza, 23, was among the 38 graduates who received a masters degree in physician assistant studies. Its amazing, Piazza said of finally reaching graduation day. All of our hard work finally paid off, she said. Im looking forward to a rewarding career. Piazza, of Pittston, was awarded one of only six post-graduate residencies in surgery at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She will begin her oneyear residency in late October. Its a day of great celebration, guest speaker Susan F. Sordoni, M.D., told the class. Sordoni is chairwoman and
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The Kings College summer graduates enter St. Marys Church of The Immaculate Conception on Washington Street in Wilkes-Barre for Saturdays commencement. For Clicks, see Page 11A.
volunteer physician of the Volunteers in Medicine Clinic in Wilkes-Barre and the medical director of Hospice Community Care in Kingston. She is currently a member of the Commonwealth Board of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and serves on the board of the Sordoni Foundation Inc. She also is the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Kings. Sordoni told the graduates to try to control the stress in their lives and others. More than 50 percent of people that enter a physicians office are on anti-depressants, she said. Its a sign of the times. Its a sign that the biggest pathological problem is stress. She offered them some pearls of advice. Always remember that the (journey) from where you came from to where youre going is a very short ride. Sordoni also told the class that the secret to happiness is to find someone they love, who loves
them back, and to work at something they feel passionate about. She told them to remember the words of Maya Angelou as they go about their lives: People may not always remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel. List of graduates
MASTER OF EDUCATION CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION Annette Conigliaro Adair, Dunmore; Kristin Lynette Brice, Wilkes-Barre; Charles Dinofrio, Freeland; Michele Lynne Kordek, Wilkes-Barre; Donna Marie Rentschler, Huntington Mills; and Kristin Vanderhoff, Wilkes-Barre MASTER OF EDUCATION READING Alyssa Jamie Aritz, Exeter; Kathleen M. Burns-Szafran, Wilkes-Barre; Megan Leigh Dreabit, Plains; Jaime Ann Maddon, Breiningsville; Samantha Ann Pisano, Hughestown; Julie Marie Schlude, Ashley; Erin Svilokos Shymanski, West Wyoming; and Zoe Isabelle Van Jura, Tunkhannock MASTER OF SCIENCE HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION Kevin C. Boyanowski, Wilkes Barre; Devon Rae Grochowski, Forty Fort; Michelle Marie Jewett, Leraysville; Vincent James McClosky, Wilkes-Barre; Andrew Zachary Miller, Mountain Top; Corey John Roccograndi, West Wyoming; and Catherine Ann Sommers, East Norriton MASTER OF SCIENCE PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES Daniel Andrew Carducci, Columbus, Ohio; Adriane Yvonne Cimino, Galeton; Sarah Ann Cordani, Wolcott, Connecticut; Christine Anne Cowell, WilkesBarre; Jacquelyne Marie Dalczynski, New Britain, Connecticut; Michael Paul Dana, Kingston; Megan Colleen Devine, Harveys Lake; Anna R Domday, Summit Hill; Julie Ann Edwards, Easton; Nicole
Lynn Fonos, Munhall; Brendan John Hartman, Hatfield; Kaitlyn Elizabeth Hefferan, Macomb, Michigan; Colleen Hoeg, Piscataway, New Jersey; Shannon Kay Hoffman, Boyertown; Andrew Walter Hunadi, Palmerton; Sara Lynne Hunter, Dupont; Chelsea Lyn Keehfuss, Philadelphia; Ashley Nicole Keramas, Bethlehem; Kimberly A. Kleinberger, New City, New York; Zachary Randolph Leonard, Vestal, New York; Colleen Margaret Lizewski, Pine Grove; Carly Marie Morcom, Scott Twp.; Elyssa M. Nieddu, Shenandoah; Allison Marie Pamlanye, Ronkonkoma, New York; Kristen Marie Piazza, Pittston; Victoria Grace Posatko, Dallas; Jennifer Ann Posner, Boynton Beach, Florida; Laura Leigh Provenzano, Kunkletown; Audrey Catherine Reighard, Kingston; Jenna M. Schappell, Ringtown; Jessica M. Sekelski, Dunmore; Theodore Robert Siskovich, Plains; Lindsay M. Smith, Plains; Katie Sopp, Old Forge; Chelsey A. Spadt, Bethlehem; Jillian Michal Tallarico, Lancaster; Jamie Lee Woolfolk, Hanover Township; and Megan S. Yetter, Saylorsburg BACHELOR OF ARTS COMMUNICATIONS Erika Ann Samuels, Larksville CRIMINAL JUSTICE Russell Oho Keen, Dickson City ENGLISH Margaret Farrell Height ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES John Michael Morgan, Weatherly PSYCHOLOGY William Joseph Baratta, Wapwallopen; and Mary Kay Zekus, Plains BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BIOLOGY Matthew C. Kujat, Freeland CLINICAL LAB SCIENCE-MED TECH Chelsea Elizabeth Farling, Allentown; and Eric H. Weiss, Hellertown COMPUTER SCIENCE Michael Joseph Charneski, Wilkes-Barre HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT Victoria Lyn Stuccio, Swoyersville INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Navruz Cangoz, Clarks Summit MARKETING Michael L. Jordan, Hughestown PSYCHOLOGY Kerri A. Ladines, Hanover Twp
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Owner believes someone set fire at Tee Box bar and restaurant
By MATT HUGHES mhughes@timesleader.com
PLAINS TWP. Authorities are investigating whether someone started a small fire outside The Tee Box bar and restaurant on Hudson Street. Firefighters responded at approximately 2:30 p.m. Saturday to a reported porch fire at the business at 115 Hudson Road. Officer Brian Baranski of the Plains Township Police Department said a 911 caller reported flames leaping up to 6 feet high
from a small back porch area along a side wall at the rear of the building. When he arrived on scene the porch was still burning, though the flames were less than a foot high, Baranski said. The three-step porch sustained minor fire damage, while the adjacent door was warped and slightly charred and nearby siding was stained with soot. An overturned metal drum in a separate area at the rear of the bar was also covered in ashes, and the siding nearby was also marked
with soot. The view of the back of the bar is partially obscured by surrounding woods. Baranski said he smelled an odor, possibly gasoline or another accelerant, upon arrival. Id say its suspicious at this time, Baranski said. The bars owner, George Vukovich, said he believes the fire was set. Somebody lit something, Vukovich said. Even over there, on top of that barrel, my siding was singed, he
added, gesturing to the ash covered overturned barrel. Vukovich said he was not at the business at the time of the fire, though he was there earlier in the day. He was preparing for a charity pasta dinner and left about 40 minutes prior to the fire, he said, adding that he did not notice anything out of the ordinary when he left. Firefighters extinguished the flames without incident in a matter of minutes, according to Fire Chief Carl Baker.
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class action lawsuits rescheduled the final hearing on the payout to Nov. 15. In an order issued Friday U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo pushed back the settlement conference by a little more than two months. Real estate developer Robert MerMericle icle agreed to pay the money to resolve a number of class action suits filed against him for his role in the juvenile justice scandal in Luzerne County Court. Former judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan were convicted on corruption charges related to the scandal and sentenced to federal prison. Caputo said the conference will address a number of issues including, the fairness of the master settlement agreement affecting thousands of juveniles, whether the court should approve the fees and costs submitted by the attorneys involved in the suits, and whether a final approval order terminating the suits should be entered in to the court docket.
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LOCAL Scarantino calling school districts

Ex-Pittston Area leader and convicted felon promoting curriculum program.
By MARK GUYDISH mguydish@timesleader.com
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Former Pittston Area Superintendent and convicted felon Ross Scarantino has been calling area school districts and pitching a curriculum program, apparently for Step by Step Learning, a private, Whitehall-based company that specializes in literacy programs. Superintendents in several districts confirmed Scarantino has called on behalf of the company, though it was not clear if he was an employee or consultant.
Wilkes-Barre Area Superintendent Jeff Namey said Scarantino had contacted district administrators a few times on behalf of Step by Step, a company the district does contract Scarantino with. Hazleton Area School District also has contracted with Step by Step for several years, but Superintendent Francis Antonelli and Assistant Superintendent Donald Bayzick both said they had not been contacted by Scarantino and had no knowledge of anyone in the district being contacted by him.
Scarantino has contacted Wyoming Valley West and Greater Nanticoke Area, but Greater Nanticoke opted for a program provided by the Luzerne Intermediate Unit based in Kingston. Pittston Area School Board President Anthony Guariglia said he has occasionally run into Scarantino in Pittston and that he understood the former superintendent was doing some sort of work with Step by Step, but that Scarantino had never contacted him as a representative of the company. Scarantino pleaded guilty in May, 2009, to accepting money in exchange for helping a contractor obtain work with the school district. He was sentenced in October of that year to 13 months in prison,
and was released to home confinement in October, 2010, for the remainder of his term. The downfall was thorough. Scarantino had worked for nearly 42 years in education and was poised get an annual pension worth about $115,415, but two months after pleading guilty, a certified letter was sent to the district by the Pennsylvania Public School Employee Retirement System saying the pension would be denied because the plea meant he had violated the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act. As of Friday, The Times Leader had
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Authorities said the shooting deaths of two men found in a Monroe County park were homicides. Autopsies were conducted Saturday on the bodies of Bertoldo Velez, 55, and Joseph King, 38, both of East Stroudsburg at Lehigh Valley Hospital. Both men had gunshot wounds and Velez also suffered trauma to the head from a rock. Kings body was found inside a car and the body of Velez was on the ground next to it, according to the Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department. An officer on patrol of the Coolbaugh Township Park in Tobyhanna discovered the bodies around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Police said it did not appear to be a random act.
Deaths ruled homicides
New report shows county probation services had 2ndhighest employee reduction.
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Prison staff gets the most cutbacks
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Fight highlights tomato festival

By STEVEN FONDO Times Leader Correspondent
It was a real smash
First-time tomato fighter Bill Cabrera of Trucksville gets pelted by tomatoes during the tomato fights at the Pittston Tomato Festival on Saturday afternoon. For Clicks, see Page 11A
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The PA Gunners Law Enforcement Motorcycle Club will hold a Rerun Ride for Coats and Shoes for Kids on Sept. 8, starting and ending at Jefferson Park. Registration will take place from 10 a.m. to noon in Jefferson Park, followed by the motorcycle ride. Registration fees are $15 per rider and $10 per passenger. Non-riders are also encouraged to enjoy food, refreshments, childrens games and entertainment at the park for a $10 donation. The club will also accept donations of new unused shoes and coats.
Motorcyle club plans ride
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class reunions around the festival. Nocito said the event was founded by Pittston resident Val Delia as a way to PITTSTON Thousands of pieces of celebrate the many local gardeners who tomatoes flew through the air as hunhad begun raising tomatoes in Pittstons dreds of goggle-wearing combatants rich acidic soil. competed Saturday in the Tomato Fight Tomatoes taste better when theyre that marks the height of the annual Pittgrown in acidic soil, Nocito explained. ston Tomato Festival. Weve got the worlds tastiest tomatoes. Festival organizers said 350 cases of The four-day event features a large near-rotten tomatoes weighing more than firemans parade, an annual Tomato Fes5 tons were used in Saturdays fracas. tival Queen beauty contest as well as The Tomato Festival is like a big games and entertainment for the entire Norman Rockwell painting, said event Chairwoman Lori Nocito. Were all about family. The star of the festival each year is the wonderful food, offered by vendors families and home-time values. People actually plan their summer vacations and from throughout NEPA.
This years Italian fare included fresh porketta, gnocci, stuffed shells, pasta salad, lasagna and scampi, as well as Italian pastries, gelato and funnel cakes. We came for the food, said Joe Joyce of Scranton, who came with his wife, Maggie, and their daughter, Annabel. We like to eat; so what better place to be. The crowds have been phenomenal and the weathers been great, said Jane Sabatelle, as she operated her popular food concession. This is such a wonderful week for all of us at Sabatelles Market. We look forward to all our family and friends stopping by to say hello.
Funfest Committee officials will hold their annual booth vendors meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in their offices at the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, Citiscape, 20 W. Broad St., Hazleton. The meeting is required for anyone who has signed up to operate or sponsor a booth at this years Funfest Street Fair to be held on Sept. 9 along Broad Street. More than 50 nonprofit organizations have already registered to operate or sponsor a booth. Funfest organizers will show vendors their specific location assignments, review guidelines and answer questions. The meeting is held to solve problems and avoid confusion the weekend of the street fair. All participating organizations are required to be represented at the meeting, and in the case of organizations whose booths are being operated by a commercial vendor, both the organization and the vendor must be represented. More information about Funfest and the Booth Vendors Meeting can be obtained by calling Funfest headquarters at (570) 455-1509, or e-mail funfest@hazletonchamber.org.
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Put People First aims to unite local activists

More than a dozen residents from the Wyoming Valley and surrounding areas met for a summer leadership school.
By B. GARRET ROGAN Times Leader Correspondent
WILKES-BARRE If youre not walking down the right road, youre not going to get to the right place, Frank Sindaco, a Wilkes-Barre-based community organizer, told a gathering on Saturday. Sindaco hopes the involvement of his organization, NEPA Organizing Center, in Put People First Pennsylvania, a statewide campaign to organize individuals to accomplish shared social objectives, will ultimately help communities to resolve some of societys most challenging problems. A diverse group of more than a dozen residents from the Wyoming Valley and the surrounding areas gathered at the NEPA Organizing Centers downtown Wilkes-Barre headquarters to share stories and concerns about a variety of topics such as homelessness, education, public transportation and environmentalism, among others. In addition to sharing stories and concerns, the group also discussed ways to or-
Rod Gereda of the Peace & Justice Center speaks at the Put People First Pennsylvania gathering Saturday.
ganize individuals on the basis of their feelings and values, as well as ways to identify and combat the causes of modern social challenges. The Put People First campaign finds its roots in Vermont, where organizers in that
state went from county to county to successfully establish a referendum that led to universal health care for the people of Vermont. Put People First Pennsylvania is similarly dedicated to building a framework of organized individuals who will be able to develop new ways to positively influence the directions of their respective communities. Sindaco feels it is imperative to do so in a thorough and responsible way. Any organization or structure that seeks to influence the public, has to ultimately be accountable to the public, he said. He also believes that the first step towards uniting individuals is the simple process of getting people together to share their stories and their feelings. When we share our stories, we are building relationships, Sindaco said. In the coming months, the NEPA Organizing Center will be looking to have local volunteers active within the community as a means to not only provide tangible help to those who need it, but to establish a momentum for the Put People First campaign. The group also plans to have those volunteers meet regularly to refine their abilities to continually provide the kind of help that struggling people in the area need..
Luzerne Countys prison system has the most employees of all county departments and also sustained the largest number of staff cuts, according to a new report issued by county Manager Robert Lawton. The county correctional system had 338 employees in January 2011 and 316 this August, a loss of 22, the report said. Probation services had the second highest em- Lawton ployee reduction during the S E E T H E period 16 R E P O R T and a current count of 111 Luzerne County Manager workers. Robert LawThe proba- tons financial tion depart- analysis is ment has less- posted under ened the im- the county pact of staff re- managers ductions by section of the county website leaning more at www.luheavily on zernecoundrug court, ty.org. mental health court and the day reporting center, said county Acting Court Administrator Michael Shucosky. These programs reduce the amount of time probation officers must be in the field monitoring offenders, he said. Each probation officer also must supervise more offenders, Shucosky said, noting the average caseload is currently about 90 cases per officer. The county assessors office ranked third in reductions, losing 12 employees for a current count of 19, the report said. The district attorneys office and security and 911 departments each lost seven staffers since January 2011, while building and grounds is down six employees, the report shows. Lawton included the staffing comparison and a listing of all positions and salaries by department in his mid-year financial analysis publicly presented to county council last week. The overall employee count went from 1,622 in January 2011 to 1,524 in August, a reduction of 98, his report shows. Lawton didnt include the countys reduction of 45 transportation workers because
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GOP accuses president of using Medicare as "piggybank" for health law.
By PHILIP ELLIOTT and JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press
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Rolling and rafting down the river
Rafters speed down a traditional raft lane of the Rodach River near Wallenfels, southern Germany on Saturday.
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THE VILLAGES, Fla. President Barack Obama castigated the Republican presidential ticket Saturday for peddling trickle-down snake oil in the form of tax cuts for the rich, and both campaigns jockeyed for advantage over Medicare, a dicey subject for everyone in the game. Speaking to seniors in Florida, GOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan accused Obama of using Medicare as a piggybank for the presidents
health care law. A champion of changing Medicare, Ryan spoke passionately in defense of the program, introducing his mother to voters to drive home the point that the health program was there for our family and we have to keep that guarantee. Ryan tried to strike a careful balance on the subject in his speech at a sprawling retirement community. Mitt Romney and his running mate have come under withering criticism from Obama for Ryans proposals in Congress to overhaul Medicare. Ryan says Medicare will be protected for people in and near retirement, and he wants to see younger generations offered alternatives to the entitlement. Obama, campaigning in New
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Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, wave to supporters.
Hampshire, cast the choice on Election Day as one between two fundamentally different approaches to the governments
responsibility to its citizens. His approach of casting Romneys plans as a giveaway to the rich was familiar but seemed to
have a particularly sharp bite. Theyve been trying to sell this trickle-down snake oil before, Obama told an audience in Windham, N.H. It did not work then. It will not work now. It will not reduce the deficit, it will not create jobs. Its the wrong direction for America. Ryan took the stage in The Villages with his mother, Betty Ryan Douglas, 78, while Romney scheduled a series of fundraisers in Massachusetts. The Wisconsin congressman said he saw Medicares benefits firsthand as a young man when his grandmother, with Alzheimers, moved in with his family. My mom and I were her two primary caregivers, Ryan said before shifting to his mother and the promise of Medicare for her.
Egypts leader to visit Iran
Morsi E gypts President Mohammedlater will attend a summit in Iran
this month, a presidential official said on Saturday, the first such trip for an Egyptian leader since relations with Tehran deteriorated decades ago. The visit could mark a thaw between the two countries after years of enmity, especially since Egypt signed its 1979 peace treaty with Israel and Iran underwent its Islamic revolution. Under Morsis predecessor Hosni Mubarak, Egypt, predominantly Sunni Muslim, sided with Saudi Arabia and other Sunni-dominated Arab states in trying to isolate Shiite-led Iran. The official said that Morsi will visit Tehran on Aug. 30 on his way back from China to attend the Non-Aligned Movement Summit, where Egypt will transfer the movements rotating leadership to Iran. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not yet authorized to make the announcement.
NATO, Taliban in verbal warfare

By DEB RIECHMANN Associated Press
Both sides have been issuing dueling statements to win public support.
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Shell serious about plant

Shell Oil Co. is years away from building a huge petrochemical plant in western Pennsylvania, but the company is already reaching out to the local community and getting a wholehearted welcome. Dan Carlson, a Shell general manager, spoke to a gathering of about 50 people Wednesday night at a high school auditorium in Monaca (population 5,700) where the company hopes to build the multibillion dollar plant. The site is about 40 miles north of Pittsburgh. The so-called cracker plant would convert the bountiful Marcellus Shale natural gas into more profitable chemicals such as ethylene, which is used to make plastics, tires, antifreeze and other products.
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Tracy and Matthew Keil of Parker, Colo. The couple spent thousands on in vitro fertilization. The Senate is considering a bill to expand the VAs medical benefits package so other veterans dont have to bear the same expense.
Bill expands fertility coverage

Veterans unable to have children
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
Tonight Show cuts staff

Published reports say The Tonight Show has laid off about two dozen workers and host Jay Leno has taken a large pay cut to save the jobs of other staffers. The moves are part of a restructuring to save money at NBC. NBC Universal imposed the cutbacks Friday, according to reports in The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times. Both newspapers cited an unnamed person familiar with what happened. The layoffs and Lenos salary concessions were first reported by Deadline Hollywood, a website that tracks the entertainment industry. NBC Universal declined comment. The network has been losing money, increasing the pressure to cut expenses under corporate parent Comcast Corp.
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WASHINGTON The roadside bomb that exploded outside Andrew Robinsons Humvee in Iraq six years ago broke the Marine staff sergeants neck and left him without use of his legs. It also cast doubt on his ability to father a child, a gnawing emotional wound for a then-23year-old who had planned to start a family with his wife of less than two years. The catastrophic spinal cord injury meant the couples best hope for children was in vitro fertilization, an expensive and time-consuming medical procedure whose cost isnt covered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Robinson and his wife were forced to pay out of pocket, with help from a doctors discount and drugs donated by other patients. A bill being considered in the Senate would expand the VAs medical benefits package so other veterans, and their spouses or surrogates, dont have to bear the same expense. The department currently covers a range of medical treatment for veterans, including some infer-
tility care, but the legislation specifically authorizes the VA to cover IVF and to pay for procedures now provided for some critically injured active-duty soldiers. The bills meant to help wounded veterans start families as they return home from war and to address a harrowing consequence of combat that can radically change a couples marriage but receives less attention than post-traumatic stress disorder and brain injuries. Its common sense: a male veteran cannot have a kid by himself. It doesnt happen. They need obviously to have it with their wife or a partner, said Robinson, of Florence, N.J., who is now 29 and was injured in a 2006 explosion in Al Anbar province. So for the VA to say, Oh, we can only cover this part of it, it just kind of doesnt make sense. In vitro fertilization, the process of mixing sperm and eggs in a laboratory dish and transferring the resulting embryo into a womans uterus, costs thousands of dollars and each cycle can take weeks. Its physically taxing too, requiring hormone injections and other inva-
sive steps, and can take multiple tries to produce a viable pregnancy. For many wounded veterans, it represents the most promising option. More than 1,830 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have suffered pelvic fractures and genitourinary injuries since 2003 that could affect their abilities to reproduce, according to Pentagon figures provided to Sen. Patty Murray, the bills sponsor and chairwoman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. Because they served our country, they now cant have a family, which is part of their dream, said the Washington state Democrat, who hopes the committee will act on the bill after returning from August recess. I think we now have a responsibility to not take that dream away. Combat injuries can dampen a soldiers ability to have children in any number of ways, said Mark Edney, a Maryland urologist and Army reservist who treats veterans. For men, a blast to the genitalia can harm sperm-producing testicles, while a spinal cord injury can cause erectile dysfunction or ejaculatory problems. For women, shrapnel can injure the pelvis and fallopian tubes, preventing fertilization.
Ex-leader blames police

Miners and their families welcomed expelled politician Julius Malema on Saturday as he told the thousands who gathered at the site where 34 miners were killed this week that South African police had no right to fire the live bullets that killed them. Malema, the former youth leader of the governing African National Congress, arrived as family members continued to hunt for loved ones missing since Thursdays shootings. Women said they did not know if their husbands and sons were among the dead, or among the 78 wounded or some 256 arrested by police on charges from public violence to murder. They had no right to shoot, Malema said, even if the miners had opened fire first.
Government welcomes new U.N. point-man

Syrians hope former Algerian diplomat will help halt countrys escalating civil war.
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press
BEIRUT The Syrian government on Saturday welcomed the naming of a former Algerian diplomat as the U.N.s new point-man in efforts to halt the countrys escalating civil war. Activists reported more shelling by regime troops, including an air attack on a northern border town where scores died earlier this week. In a statement, the office of Vice President Farouk al-Sharaa not only expressed support for Lakhdar Brahimi, it also denied reports circulating in Arab media that al-Sharaa had defected to the opposition.
Al-Sharaa did not think, at any moment, of leaving the country, the statement said. The vice presidents cousin Yaroub, a colonel in the military defected to the opposition earlier this month, appearing on the pan-Arab Al-Arabiya TV. The regime of President Bashar Assad has suffered a string of prominent defections in recent months, though his inner circle and military have largely kept their cohesive stance behind him. The highest-ranking political defector so far, Assads former prime minister Riad Hijab, has gone to Qatar where he may reveal his future plans, according to Syrian rebels and a relative of Hijab. Qatar is among a group of Gulf Arab nations that have backed the rebellion against Assad. The new U.N. envoy, Brahimi, takes over from former Secretary-General Kofi
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An injured Syrian fighter arrives at a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday.
Annan who is stepping down on Aug. 31 after his attempts to broker a cease-fire failed. His appointment comes as U.N. observers have begun leaving Syria, with their mission officially over at the end of Sunday.
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bombing at a wedding, a deadly airstrike on a village, grenades in a mosque hundreds of Afghan civilians are dying violently this summer, while the Taliban and the NATO coalition wage verbal warfare. A U.N. report says 1,145 civilians were killed and 1,954 others injured during the first half of the year, 80 percent of them by militants. But like other aspects of this decade-long war, facts are often obscured by perception and propaganda. That has left both sides locked in a battle of words, crafted to win the Afghan publics support. The foreign forces and Taliban fighters have been issuing dueling statements ever since the conflict began more than a decade ago. Civilian casualties are the latest focus of the information war. In a message ahead of Eid alFitr, the feast that marks the end of Ramadan this weekend, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar instructed his fighters once again to avoid killing or wounding Afghan civilians. Employ tactics that do not cause harm to the life and property of the common countrymen, the one-eyed chieftain of the insurgency said in an eightpage message released to news organizations. It came days after at least 50 people were killed in bombings and gun battles that erupted on either end of the country in the deadliest day of violence for civilians this year. The Taliban has not yet claimed responsibility for carrying out the attacks Tuesday in Kunduz and Nimroz provinces, but the coalition wasted no time in hanging the blame on Omars shoulders. Omar once again writes that his thugs should pay close attention to the protection of life, property and honor ... employ tactics that do not cause harm to life and property of the common countrymen, U.S. Gen. John Allen, the commander of American and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said Friday in his written response to Omars message. Yet, as we saw in Nimroz and Kunduz provinces just days ago, Omar sent his assassins to slaughter dozens of innocent Afghan men, women and children. Either Omar is lying, or his henchmen are not listening to him.
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Celebrating the tomato
The Wyoming Area and Pittston Area marching bands perform together in the Pittston Tomato Festival Parade.
2011 Little Mister Pittston Tomato Benecio Carpentier waves to the crowd during the festival parade.
Jim Geiger of Hazleton sinks his teeth into a Soppersatta sandwich from Sabatelles.
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Greater Pittston YMCA life guard Brittani Shearer of West Pittston waves during the Tomato Festival Parade on Saturday.
Three-year-old Vanessa Van Deusen performs with Lynettes Twirlers along Main Street in Pittston.
Meghan Francis, 2, front, brother Patrick, 4, and mom Katie watch the fire trucks.
Two tomato fighters prepare to lauch a counterattack during the Pittston Tomato Festival Fight on Saturday afternoon.
2012 Pittston Tomato Festival Queen Marina Maida of Pittston, left, gets her crown from 2011 Queen Rachel Leandri.
Three-year-old Landon Polleck of West Pittston watches the Pittston Tomato Festival Parade.
The Pennsylvania State Police Honor Platoon for late Trooper Joshua Miller runs in the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run Saturday morning.
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There are more than 115 Luzerne County projects listed in PennDOTs 12-year plan. Among the larger ones are: $41.5 million for LCTA, which includes tires, land acquisition and battery packs $32 million for bridge replacements on I-81 in Laflin and Jenkins Township $23.7 million for the South Valley Parkway project in Hanover Township and Nanticoke $18.2 million for an alignment to the access road at the WilkesBarre/Scranton International Airport $11.7 million for the replacement of the Route 115 bridge over I-81 in Plains Township $11.5 million for restoration of an I-81 bridge in Plains Township
scope of the project. So, for example, where we may have looked at possibly replacing an entire bridge, we will now go back and see if maybe we can simply replace the superstructure. Second, we may need to expand the time frame in which we complete our projects. So maybe a project that was in design and projected to start 10 years from now may start in 11 years. However, all the projects that are currently in process such as the airport access road and the South Valley Parkway Bypass -- will continue as planned. Periodic re-evaluation The state is required to adopt a new 12-year-plan every two years to serve as a blueprint PennDOT. No capital project can move forward unless it is included in the program. Funding has dropped over the last three 12-year-plan approvals. In 2008, the commission adopted a 12-year-plan with $67.9 billion. In 2010, the dollar amount was down to $51.623 billion. Now it is $41.6 billion. The reduction in a state that consistently ranks at or near the top of national lists of deficient bridges will make maintaining those structures and other dilapidated roadways even more challenging. Its the era of doing more with less, although the state is working with the certainty of guaranteed federal funding for the next two years something that hadnt been in place for a few years.
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The Veterans Memorial Bridge also called the Pierce Street Bridge has been reduced to one lane each way while the deck is replaced. The work will continue into next year and will keep the bridge down to one lane in each direction.
Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, knows all too well. Were beyond the crisis stage with transportation in Pennsylvania, said Yudichak, who has been lobbying without much success for a special session on transportation. Weve put it off way too long. In June, after 27 months of 90day stopgap funding measures, Congress passed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century plan. The $118 billion federal measure stabilizes federal transportation funding for two full years. Pennsylvanias cut of the pie is $1.6 billion in each of the two years. Thats approximately $100 milBeyond the crisis stage lion less than previous years alloIts an issue state Sen. John cations.
There was some good news from the federal government on Friday, however. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that more than $473 million in unspent infrastructure project earmarks from 2003-06 will be freed up and states will be able to decide how to spend their share, which will be $28.5 million in Pennsylvania. The newly adopted12-year program, which takes effect Oct. 1, anticipates just over $9 billion being available for highway and bridge projects in the first four years. Public transit is in line for $5.4 billion; aviation, $360 million; and the states rail-freight systems are expected to receive $204 million. PennDOT is working very hard to make the most of every The fire burned the entire drivers side of the vehicle, a portion of the front passenger seat and the roof, she wrote. The TrailBlazer was the biggest seller among the SUVs, which helped to make the truckbased sport utility vehicle popular in the U.S. The SUVs were
available dollar, said department Secretary and Transportation Commission Chairman Barry J. Schoch. This plan, which was developed in partnership with all regions of Pennsylvania, focuses on preserving our current infrastructure while living with the reality of flat or reduced federal and state revenues. Taking perhaps the biggest hit, from a percentage standpoint, is public transportation, which saw a $3.8 billion, or 19.5 percent, decrease. The new 12-year-plan calls for $15.7 billion for public transit, which includes organizations such as the Luzerne County Transportation Authority, Hazleton Public Transit and the County of Lackawanna Transit System. Those systems will see funding phased out in 2009 and replaced by more efficient car-based crossovers such as the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia. GM manufactured the Ascender for Isuzu, and Saab was part of GM back when the SUVs were built.
cut from $93 million in the 2010 plan to $52 million included in the latest plan, a 44 percent slice. Bridges of Luzerne County PennDOT spokesman Michael Taluto said that in June 2010, there were 161 structurally deficient bridges in Luzerne County. As of this June that number climbed by one. As recently as five years ago, the state was fixing about 500 bridges a year, Steve Chizmar, another PennDOT spokesman, said. That dropped to 300 by 2010. This current plan brings the average down to about 200. Typically about 300 bridges become structurally deficient in the state each year, on average, Chizmar said.
You start to lose ground on structurally deficient bridges after we started to gain ground, he said. Overall, statewide, weve been making great headway. But with dwindling federal dollars available and rising construction and materials costs, PennDOT has to make due with the money at hand. Yudichak noted another longterm issue with putting off projects today for 10 years or more. Each year that goes by, construction costs get higher and higher and taxpayer dollars dont go as far, the senator said. Theres only so many dollars in the pot and the reality is you have to decide which projects will make the most impact on the area, Chizmar said. Safety is still our number one priority and we have to focus efforts on existing infrastructure rather than building new roads.
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LILLYANNE GRACE SCOUTON, infant daughter of Robert J. and Michelle Hobbs Scouton, Lake Township, passed away shortly after birth on Friday, August 17, 2012 at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. She is survived by her brothers, Jeremy, Hunter, both at home; paternal grandparents, Kevin Frey, Noxen, Paulette Palmer, Wapwallopen; maternal grandparents, Edward and Arlene Gallagher Hobbs, Plymouth. A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the Dymond section of Orcutts Grove Cemetery, Noxen, with the Rev. Lynn Mokwa, pastor of Bowmans Creek Free Methodist Church, officiating. Arrangements are by the Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc., Pikes Creek. Online condolences may be made at www.clswanswanson funeralhome.com. JACK EDWARD ENNESSER, JR., 53, of White Haven, Foster Township, died Friday morning, August 17, 2012, with his loving companion, Darlene, by his side. Born in Philadelphia, he was a son of the late Jack and Margaret Bilson Ennesser. He was employed as a carpet installer prior to retiring. Jack and Darlene loved the White Haven area, going for walks, rescuing dogs and sitting on the deck enjoying each others company. He was preceded in death by his sister, Margaret McCloy. Jack is survived by his best friend and partner, Darlene Stuber; three nieces; two nephews and a brother in law. Arrangements are by the Lehman Family Funeral Service Inc., 403 Berwick Street, White Haven. Condolences and cards may be sent by visiting Jacks obituary at www.lehmanfuneralhome.com PETER J. (P.J.) DUNBAR, 59, of Wilkes-Barre, passed away Friday morning at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced from the Bednarski & Thomas Funeral Home, 27 Park Ave., WilkesBarre. SARAH JANE (SALLY) LEE BOWMAN, 83, resident of The Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2012. She was born February 22, 1929, in Larksville, a daughter of Arthur Lee and Alma Moss Lee. Preceding her in death are brothers, Francis Lee, Robert Lee, Sparky Lee; and sister, Doris Atkinson. Surviving are her husband, Arthur Bowman, Hunlock Creek; children, Billie K. Johnson, Hunlock Creek, Annette Billings, Luzerne, Romaine Trzesniowski, WilkesBarre, Jerome Trzesniowski, Nanticoke; brother, Louis Lee, WilkesBarre; six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. There will be no calling hours. Arrangements are by the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek.
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Creek, passed away Friday morning, August 17, 2012, at Hospice Community Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He was born in Hunlock Creek on June 6, 1941, a son of the late Stephen A. and Emily Fedor Andrasko. He was a graduate of Lake-Lehman High School. He served in the United States Army. Prior to retiring, he was employed by the LIUNA Local 130 Laborers Union of Scranton. He was a member of American Legion Post 350, Nanticoke. He was a member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Lake Silkworth. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Stephen G. and Richard. Surviving are his brother, Thomas and his wife, Cathy, Edwardsville; nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. from the Charles L. Cease Funeral Home, 634 Reyburn Road, Shickshinny, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, 2011 state Route 29, Lake Silkworth. Interment will be in Maple Grove Cemetery, Pikes Creek. Friends may call Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. For directions or to leave online condolences, visit www.charleslceasefuneralhome.com. F. (Willie) W illiam Fedor Road,Andrasko, 71, of Hunlock
gust 18, 2012. She was born in New Jersey on September 23, 1917, a daughter of the late Michael and Katherine Kubasik. Irene was preceded in death by her husband, Michael Sudol; brothers, Tony Kasik, Frank Kubasik; sisters, Sophie Staskiel, Mary Vansant and Julia Butz. Surviving are daughters and sons-in-law, Charlotte and Thomas Waclawski, Williamsport, Kathleen and Samuel Bush, Tunkhannock; brother Steve Kubasik, Berwick; five grandchildren and seven greatgrandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhannock, with Father Daniel Doherty of the
Church of the Nativity BVM, Tunkhannock. Interment will be in St. Michaels Cemetery, Glen Lyon. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.sheldonkukuchkafuneralhome.com.
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Behm, of Crystal Ridge, Hazle Township, P atricia A.morning,74,Augustdied Wednesday 15,
2012, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. She was born in Hazleton, a daughter of the late Chester and Frances (Comshick) Mistal. She was a member of Holy Name of Jesus Parish at the Church of the Transfiguration, West Hazleton. Pat enjoyed many things throughout her life of 74 years. Dancing as a young woman in glitzy dresses and, at times, entering a dance contest or two. Although she still loved to dance, as she aged, the pace began to slow. She played a mean game of pinochle, and was often sought out as a prime partner. Later, pinochle would be replaced with a fast game of bingo. Her favorite place at home was sitting on her porch swing enjoying the warmth of the sun while looking at the flowers in her yard. As college football season began, you would find her glued to her television, watching her favorite team, Penn State. She loved to talk with family and friends daily on the phone, but never during meal times, the 6 oclock news, Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy. Pats greatest love was her family. She felt such joy laughing and joking with all of her family, but there was no greater joy than watching the smiles and hearing the laughter of the children. She believed in the forgiveness of God and was comforted by her faith in knowing he had prepared a place for her in his home. She was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by son, Mark DeFrancesco; daughter Suzanne DeFrancesco; and brother, Gerald Mistal. Patricia is survived by her children, Robert DeFrancesco, Hazleton; Francine Lamont, Shavertown;
breast cancer on Friday, August 17, 2012, at the Cancer Treatment Center of America in Philadelphia. Born on April 16, 1964, and raised in Larksville, she was a daughter of Philip and Sandra Daley Yeager. She was a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School, class of 1982. She was employed by CVS Caremark, Hanover Township and by Dr. Joseph Moran, Chiropractic Office, Plymouth. Dawna was an avid bowler. She and her husband, Dave, organized and ran the Chiazza Mixed Bowling League. She greatly enjoyed camping, walking and gardening her flowers. Over the years, she and her husband were very active with various clubs and activities throughout the area. She loved spending time with her family, especially her son, William. She was an avid animal lover and adored her pet cats. Dawna will forever be remembered as a soft-hearted, kind and loving person. In 2011, Dawna walked and finished the Susan G. Komen 3-Day, 60 Mile, Walk for the Cure, in Philadelphia. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Philip Yeager and maternal grandmother, Freida Daley Pisano. Dawna is survived, in addition to her parents, Philip and Sandra, by her loving husband of 16 years, David M. Estock; son, William A. Mur-
ray V, Larksville; stepchildren, David M. Estock Jr. and his wife, Lauren, Nanticoke; Caitlin M. Estock, Wilkes-Barre; Christopher R. Estock, Wilkes-Barre; grandchildren, Pippa and Fox Estock; paternal grandmother, Anne Alexander Yeager; brother, Philip Raymond Yeager and his wife, Crystal, Center Moreland; numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. in the S. J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth, with Reverend James Sincavage, officiating. Family and friends may call Monday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Contributions may be made in Dawnas name to an animal shelter of the donors choice. Please visit www.sjgrontkowskifuneralhome.com for directions or to submit online condolences to Dawnas family.
Albert Luchetti
August 17, 2012
Jennifer Brady and husband, Robert, Drums; four grandchildren, Christian Lamont, Abbey Novotny, Nicole Brady, Mason Brady; two great-grandchildren, Lillian Novotny, Dillion Lamont; four brothers, Richard Mistal and wife, Paula, Hazleton; Edward Mistal and his wife, Dr. Deborah Mistal, Drums; Thomas Mistal and wife, Karen, Olyphant; Robert Mistal, Florida; several nieces and nephews. Special thanks to all who helped care for her recently at Smiths Health Care, Mountain Top Senior Care, and especially Barbara, her home health aide of Comfort Keepers. Your skill, care and compassion were evident and appreciated by all, especially our mother, Pat. She loved you. Funeral services will be held on Monday at 9 a.m. in the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Inc., 542 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Name of Jesus Parish at the Church of the Transfiguration, West Green Street, West Hazleton. Interment with the Rite of Committal will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. Olyphant resident Albert P. ("Aber") Luchetti died early Friday, August 17, 2012, at the age of 80 after complications from a fall. He leaves the legacy of a devoted husband, father, grandfather, bluecollar stalwart and community volunteer. He was a son of the late Primo Luchetti and Elizabeth Lizzie Tomasetti Luchetti, Pittston and Olyphant. Although the National Guard and Army werent his introduction to leadership he was president of his class at Olyphant High School his time in the military provided arguably the most formative years of his life. Two years after he enlisted in the National Guard at the age of 16 in 1948 and joined the 28th Infantry Division. In those years, he cemented the most important relationship of his life by courting his gradeschool sweetheart, Marie, who eventually accepted his marriage proposal after he was honorably discharged from the Army. Albert and Marie married in 1954. They eventually settled in their hometown of Olyphant. He studied at Penn State, Scranton, and earned an apprenticeship in tool making at Chrysler, Eynon, under sponsorship of the UAW International Apprentice Committee. He and Marie started a family while he worked for Chrysler, then General Dynamics as a machine operator and toolmaker. A longtime member of the UAW Local No. 1193, he retired from General Dynamics in 1992 and had a wonderful time leading Camp Pop-Pop at his home for his grandchildren. In addition to his wife, Marie, Albert is survived by his sister, Delores Warholic; daughter, Linda Karpovich and her husband, Ed; sons, Kenneth Luchetti, Albert Luchetti and his wife, Mair; daughter, Maria Luchetti Non and her husband, Sergio; grandchildren, Edward (E.J.), Michael, Madison, Taylor; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his brother Carlo. Friends and loved ones may call at the viewing Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the HudakOShea Funeral Home Inc., 115 Garfield Ave., Olyphant. Funeral services will be on Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the funeral home. Mass will follow at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Cross Parish at St. Patricks Church, Delaware Street, Olyphant. Father August A. Ricciardi, godson, will officiate. Interment will follow in the parish cemetery. Military services will be held by American Legion Raymond Henry Post 327, Olyphant. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to St. Josephs Center Foundation, PO Box 388, Dunmore, PA 18512-0388. For directions or online condolences, please visit www.hudak-osheafuneralhome.com.
Catherine Comito
August 17, 2012
atherine Comito, 99, a lifelong resident of the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre, passed away on Friday, August 17, 2012, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born December 22, 1912, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of the late Samuel and Concetta Scrivano Condosta. Catherine and her late husband, Joseph operated Comitos Grocery Store on Scott Street, Parsons, for over 30 years. She was employed in the garment industry and later as a lunch aide at Plains Junior High School. Mrs. Comito was a member of the former Blessed Sacrament Church, Miners Mills. She loved cooking for her family and spending time with her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph; sons-in-law, Peter Comerota, Robert Meehan; brothers, Albert, Samuel, Daniel Condosta; sisters, Stella Bisulca, Elvira Soluri, Mary Koter; and brother-in-law, Nicholas Comito. Surviving are her daughters, Deanna Comerota, Laflin; Joyce Meehan, Wilkes-Barre; grandchildren, Robert Meehan, Paul Meehan and his wife, Susan; David Meehan, Catherine Meehan, Peter Comerota and his wife, Stacy, Joseph Comerota, Thomas Comerota and his wife, Kelly, Michael Comerota; great-grandchildren, Paul Meehan Jr., Samuel Meehan; sister, Laurie Smith, Peoria, Ill.; many nieces and nephews, including her devoted niece, Marlene Koter. The funeral will be held Monday at10:30 a.m. from E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, 159 George Ave., Wilkes-Barre, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. in St. Benedicts Church, Austin Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Entombment will be in St. Marys Mausoleum, Hanover Township. Friends may call Monday from 9 a.m. until time of the service. Condolences can be sent to the family at www.eblakecollins.com.
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BEHM Patricia, funeral services Monday 9 a.m. in the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Inc., 542 N. Wyoming St., Hazleton. Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Name of Jesus Parish at the Church of the Transfiguration, West Hazleton. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. today. CARLE Lynda, memorial service for Lynda and her mother Catherine 1 p.m. Saturday in Kingdom Hall, Hildebrant Road, Dallas. CENTINI John, memorial Mass at 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy Saviour Church, Wilkes-Barre. CRISPELL Ellen, memorial service 2 p.m. Sunday, August 26, in the Forty Fort United Methodist Church. GRANTEED Samuel, special memorial Mass 7 p.m. Monday in the Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary Chapel, Highway 315, Laflin. HELFRICH Charles, funeral services 9 a.m. Monday in the Mamary-Durkin Funeral Services, 59 Parrish St., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial in St. Aloysius Church, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. today in the funeral home LEIGHTON Mercedes, funeral services 8:30 a.m. Monday in McLaughlins The Family Funeral Service, 142 S. Washington St., Wilkes-Barre. Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. in St. Nicholas Church, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m. today. LUCHETTI Albert, funeral services 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Hudak-OShea Funeral Home Inc., 115 Garfield Ave., Olyphant. Mass at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Cross Parish at St. Patricks Church, Olyphant. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. NICHOLS Fred Jr., memorial service 7 to 9 p.m. Monday in the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Rd., Hunlock Creek. PAYAVIS Walter, funeral services 10 a.m. Monday in the Wroblewski Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Swoyersville. Friends may call 9 to 10 a.m. in the funeral home. ROGUS Kathleen, Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Monday in the Mercy Center Chapel. Friends may call 2 to 5 p.m. today in the Nash Parlor at Mercy Center, 301 Lake St., Dallas. ROLAND Lillian, friends may call 2 to 4 p.m. today in the Karl E. Blight Funeral Home, 392 Wyoming Ave., Kingston. SILBERMAN Mildred, Shiva will be observed from 7 to 9 p.m. today at 116 Butler St., Kingston. ULIVITCH William, Mass of Christian Burial 10 a.m. Monday in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 215 Lackawanna Ave., Dupont. Friends may call 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass in the church. WASLICK Lottie, funeral services 10 a.m. Monday in the Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., Kingston. Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Church. Friends may call 9 a.m. until time of service in the funeral home. YOKAVONIS Christine, memorial service 6:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Clarke Piatt Funeral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Lake Road, Hunlock Creek.
Florence Long
August 17, 2012
of Mountain Top, entered into rest on F lorence Long, 88,eternalHospice Friday, August 17, 2012, at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was a daughter of the late John Peter and Norah (Costello) Gallagher. She was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church, Kingston, and a member of the churchs Alter and Rosary Society. Florence was preceded in death, in addition to her parents, by her husband Robert, and her two sisters and three brothers. She is survived by her children, Florence Amato and her husband, Sal; Robert Long and his wife, Catherine; Nora-Ellen Long and her partner, Rose Bodin; Terrence Long and his wife, Pamela; Peggy Finn and her husband, Jim; Claire Bernardo; grandchildren, Gabrielle Tafuro, Anthony Amato, Robert Long, Matthew Long, James Finn, Elizabeth Bernardo, Thomas Bernardo, Luke Bernardo, Emma Finn; five greatgrandchildren; sisters, Ann Flannigan, Lillian Dorman; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at the convenience of the family. There will be no public viewing. Interment will be in Pine Lawn Memorial Park, Farmingdale, New York, and will be at the convenience of the family. McCune Funeral Home, Mountain Top, is assisting the family with the arrangements. View obituaries online at mccunefuneralserviceinc.com.
Phyllis Olexa
August 16, 2012
S. (Manns) Olexa, formerly City Heights M rs. Phyllispassedofinto Beilman Apartments, Eternal Beilman, Moscow; Thomas G. Beilman, Aberdeen, Md.; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren. Interment will be private and at the convenience of Phyllis family in Denison Cemetery, Swoyersville. As per her request, there will be no public calling hours. The John V. Morris Family is honored to care for Mrs. Olexa and her family at this time. In lieu of floral tributes, memorial contributions may be made in Phyllis name to the Social Concerns committee of Saint Andre Bessette Parish, 666 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18705. To send her sons and family online words of comfort and support, please visit our familys website at www.johnvmorrisfuneralhomes.com.
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MAN IN A BOX FILMING GETS OUT OF GATE
WEST WYOMING Borough council voted Friday to refinance the balance of a general obligation loan in the amount of $443,900. The new note, with an interest rate of 2.89 percent, is through Franklin Security Bank and will pay off an unfunded loan, which was taken out to pay off debt in 2010 and had an interest rate of 3.89 percent, said council President Eileen Cipriani. This new loan will be paid off at the same time, but with a lower rate and lower payments, she said.
Also during the meeting, council awarded a contract for the Charney Park restoration project to Chilewki Enterprise, Fleetville, in the amount of $31,550. Chilewki and Strack Construction were the only bidders, with Chilewki submitting the lower of the two. The project, which is in collaboration involving the borough, the recreation board and the Wyoming Rotary Club, is funded in part by a $60,000 state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources grant. The project includes new playground equipment and a handicapped-accessible walkway.
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STATE COLLEGE Penn State trustees will be holding an oncampus retreat next weekend that will include public sessions. According to an overview of events planned for the weekend, the retreat will feature a session on board structures and governance, team-building exercises and board committee seminars. The two-day retreat is not a normally scheduled meeting. It comes as the board is trying to move the university past the the Jerry Sandusky scandal. The retreat starts with a visit to football practice Friday afternoon, according to a copy of the agenda. On Saturday, trustees will hear from a partner with Weil, Gotshal & Manages, an international law
firm, on governance issues, including financial duties, risk oversight, conflict of interest, board structure and leadership, and governance best practices. That will be followed by teambuilding sessions. Davis Taylor, of TAI Inc., a leadership consulting company, will meet with people from the university beforehand to discuss issues, including the culture at Penn State and what role the board should have in leadership culture at the university. Those meetings, at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, are only for voting board members. A public meeting will start at 3 p.m., followed by board committee meetings that are also open to the public. Next Sundays meeting is scheduled to start at 9 a.m. and continue until 2 p.m. life insurance coverage for 13 years, 70 percent of his last years salary over a period of five years, family health insurance coverage for a decade, payment for 30 unused vacation days and $100 a day for 447 unused sick days. To avoid those payouts, the board initially refused to accept his letter of resignation, then worked out a termination deal. Under the deal, Scarantino ac-
hannon Grzenda and Kevin Davis rehearse a scene for the movie Man in a Box Saturday at Arts YOUniverse. Davis looked over the actors giving voice to his film effort, well aware as filming began that this was not simply a successful creative effort or a collection of talented cast and crew, but a reflection on the value of perseverance and a nod to the local community. Davis especially credits Sally Healey, an instructor at Luzerne County Community College, who taught him not only how to write, but to think in a new way. Healey allowed us to think out of the box, said Davis, and to believe that anything is possible. Filming for Davis production of Man in a Box, a thriller that includes both murder and message, began on Saturday at the Wilkes-Barre arts building on North Franklin Street and will continue in upcoming weeks in other areas, including Scranton and Kingston. When the film is completed, Davis plans to present it at a local theater and also will enter it in several film festivals throughout the country.
knowledged he was fired for cause. The board in turn agreed to pay for the 30 vacation days and 125 of the sick days, but did not pay for insurance, the 70 percent of final years salary, or 332 sick days, saving the district $310,296. While in prison, Scarantino also surrendered his various state education certifications qualifying him to work in school administration, as an elementary school principal and as a superintendent. By voluntarily turning the certifications in, Scarantino avoided state disciplinary action in the wake of his plea and sentencing. Contracting with outside companies for various services, in-
those employees now work for the transportation authority as part of a merger. Some of the reports staffing swings require further explanation. For example, the solicitors office went from zero to seven employees during the period, but several lawyers employed by the county were stationed in other departments in January 2011. The county administration department staff count increased from 20 to 27, but the latest figure includes the addition of 11 part-time, elected county council members under home rule. Most of the 98 reductions stem from budget-related layoffs earlier this year. Some positions also remained vacant after employees quit or retired. Several cuts resulted from the elimination of elected row officer posts under the new home rule government, including two jury commissioners, a sheriff, coroner, treasurer and recorder of deeds. Lawton told council further reductions in personnel costs will be necessary to erase the remaining $875,000 year-end deficit and sustain next years budget, though he wants to work with unions and managers to discuss options before resorting to forced layoffs or other cuts. and Drug Services, Childrens Service Center of Wyoming Valley, Inc., The Graham Academy in Luzerne, and Behavioral Health Associates in Lehighton.
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The Penn State Cooperative Extension held a 4-H Day at Thursdays Farmers Market on Public Square in WilkesBarre. Helen Frederick, left, and Joan Roginski were there to help.
The unofficial tomato capital of the world opened its 29th festival honoring its crown jewel on Thursday. The four-day Pittston Tomato Festival, featuring music, contests, food and fun events, will conclude today at 10:30 p.m. Cathy and Mike Tigue of Hughestown were there to enjoy the fruits of the festival.
Kings College held its summer commencement ceremony Saturday at St. Marys of the Immaculate Conception in Wilkes-Barre. Among those participating were Andrew Miller, left, and Cory Roccograndi.
Molly Rupert, 17, and Micayla Gray, 15
Samantha Williams, left, and Matthew Walsh, both of Pittston
Vince McClosky and Devon Grochowki
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Marie and Bill Cousin, both of Kingston
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Josh Woodworth, 10, left, and Saul Woodworth, 8
Matthew Sawicki, left, and Chyla Walsh, both of Palazzo 53
Megan Anascavage, left, and Elle Deb Butler
Emily Richters, left, and Cristina Sanchez
Fifteen-month-old Alexa Reynolds, left, and her mom Kate, both of West Pittston
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Survey found retirement prospects were the major driver of economic anxiety.
By BILL OBOYLE boboyle@timesleader.com
KINGSTON Maureen Lewis will be 62 in September, and the Kingston woman like many fellow baby boomers is concerned whether Social Security will be there throughout her life. Lewis worked in health care for 37 years and took an early pension option. She suffered a slight stroke that affected her speech and, as she says, I cant write as well as I used to. Lewis says she cant go back to work. What do I do? she asked. I hadnt really thought about filing for Social Security, but I de-
cided to sign up. My checks start on Nov. 14. Its this uncertainty that affects Lewis and many others her age as the Baby Boomer generation approaches retirement age. A recent survey by the American Association of Retired People, AARP, found retirement prospects were the major driver of economic anxiety among 1,852 registered voters questioned, including 1,331 ages 50 and older. The AARP survey found: 72 percent of non-retired boomers believe they will probably be forced to delay retirement, and 50 percent have little confidence they will ever be able to retire. 65 percent have little confidence they will have the means to live comfortably in retirement.
59 percent fear the negative effects of the economic downturn on their retirement savings will force them to rely more heavily on Social Security and Medicare -- programs they are concerned that elected officials arent doing enough to protect. Trula Hollywood, executive director at the Area Agency on Aging, said many senior citizens return to the workplace after they retire because Social Security doesnt meet their needs. We see many retirees going back to work, Hollywood said. And we help them find jobs. Hollywoods agency has a Senior Employment Program that allows people to be trained in certain areas to help them find both full-time and part-time positions. Theyre trying to make their Social Security stretch by work-
ing again, she said. And they are worried that Social Security might run out. Carol Elston made her decision to retire and she says she will never look back. Elston, who will turn 65 this month, said contemplating retirement is not just about Social Security. Its about retirement, she said. When you retire, life begins again. Elston said too many people worry needlessly about Social Security and its future. She said anyone nearing retirement should start looking into whats available to senior citizens. Elston retired less than a month ago from Pride Mobility in Exeter. The Kingston resident said she hasnt applied for Social Security yet she will wait until she turns 66. If I sign up now, I would re-
ceive a lot less, she said. Most women in her age bracket and position single and living alone need to seek parttime work, she said. I will consider that in the future, she said. Its a big change for me after working full-time for so many years. Elston said she intends to get involved within her community. She is a frequent visitor to the Kingston Senior Center a resource that she believes should be high on the list for all retired and soon-to-be-retired people. But as the days go by, Elston said she has a lot to think about. She talks to friends her age, but most of them are married. With two incomes, it makes a big difference, she said.
Bill OBoyle, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 829-7218.
Social Security is cheapest

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER Associated Press
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in Social Security taxes, and more if you were a low-income worker, as long you made it to age 78 for men and 81 for women. As recently as 1985, workers at every income level could retire and expect to get more in benefits than they paid in Social Security taxes, though they didnt do quite as well as their parents and grandparents. Not anymore. Pay more but get less A married couple retiring last year after both spouses earned average lifetime wages paid about $598,000 in Social Security taxes during their careers. They can expect to collect about $556,000 in benefits, if the man lives to 82 and the woman lives to 85, according to a 2011 study by the Urban Institute, a Washington think tank. Social Security benefits are progressive, so most low-income workers retiring today still will get slightly more in benefits than they paid in taxes. Most high-income workers started getting less in benefits than they paid in taxes in the 1990s, according to data from the Social Security Administration. The shift among middle-income workers is happening just as millions of baby boomers are reaching retirement, leaving relatively fewer workers behind to pay into the system. Its coming at a critical time for Social Security, the federal governments largest program. The trustees who oversee Social Security say its funds, which have been built up over the past 30 years with surplus payroll taxes, will run dry in 2033 unless Congress acts. At that point, payroll taxes would provide enough revenue each year to pay about 75 percent of benefits. To cover the shortfall, future retirees probably will have to pay higher taxes while they are working, accept lower benefits after they retire, or some combination of both. Future generations are going to do worse because either they are going to get fewer benefits or they are going to pay higher taxes, said Eugene Steuerle, a former Treasury official who has studied the issue as a fellow at
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Neta Homier looks over bills in her home in Toledo, Ohio. Homier says she relies on Social Security to pay her bills.
the Urban Institute. Live longer, collect more How can you get a better return on your Social Security taxes? Live longer. Benefit estimates are based on life expectancy. For those turning 65 this year, Social Security expects women to live 20 more years and men to live 17.8 more. But returns alone dont fully explain the value of Social Security, which has features that arent available in typical privatesector retirement plans, said David Certner, legislative policy director for AARP. Spouses can get benefits even if they never earned wages. Children can get benefits if they have a working parent who dies. People who are too disabled to work can get benefits for life. Because of spousal benefits, most married couples with only one wage earner will continue to get more in benefits than they pay in taxes for the foreseeable future. You are buying this lifetime inflation-protected benefit that you can never run out of and that will always be there for you, Certner said. It protects your spouse, protects your family and protects you from disability. Certner noted that private pensions, retirement savings and home values took a big hit when Seniors depend on SSI Rachel Pollard, is 71 and shes quick to say she couldnt live without her monthly check. Congress has been depleting Social Security for years, and they never paid it back, she said. We hear about billions of dollars that we send to other countries. What are we getting back? Nothing, thats what. Pollard, of Plymouth, said she and others shouldnt have to worry about Social Security, and America should take care of Americans first. Charity begins at home, she said. Then, if we can, help other countries. Stanley Lagosky, 85, of Parsons, gets $1,200 a month in Social Security his primary source of income. Im glad I have it, he said. If I didnt, Id be in the poor house. But many people feel payments arent high enough and
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there are about 2.8 workers for each beneficiary, a ratio that will drop to 1.9 workers by 2035, according to projections by the Congressional Budget Office. About 56 million people now collect Social Security benefits, a number that is projected to grow to 91 million in 2035. Monthly benefits average $1,235 for retired workers and $1,111 for disabled workers. Social Security provides most older Americans a majority of their income. About one-quarter of married couples and just under half of single retirees rely on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income, according to the Social Security Administration. Social Security is whats carrying me, said Neta Homier, a 79-year-old retired hospital worker from Toledo, Ohio. Theres no way I would have made it without it. The kids, theyre on their own, now, and Im not going to be a burden for them. Thats what it would have been if I hadnt had Social Security. Homier said she started receiving Social Security when she was 63 and now gets about $800 a month, after her Medicare premiums are deducted. She said her father died at 51, so he never received Social Security, and her mother died at 71 and collected benefits for only a few years. Another perspective At 52, Anthony Riley of Columbus, Ohio, has a different perspective. Riley said he has a private retirement account because he worries that Social Security wont provide adequate benefits throughout his retirement. I use to think that it was worth paying for your Social Security, but now I dont think so, Riley said. At 22, Mackenzie Millan of Los Angeles has even greater doubts about whether Social Security will be a good deal for her. The money that I put aside now, its not like that money is going to be waiting for me. That money is going toward someone else, the recent college graduate said. If I wanted Social Security 50 years from now, when I wanted to retire, I would have to hope that someone else is still working and putting money aside in their paychecks to pay for my Social Security at that point.
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WASHINGTON Compared with most public pension systems in Europe, Social Security is downright frugal. On average, European pensions are much more generous than Social Security, providing retirees with benefits that come closer to matching the wages they earned when they were working. Americans are expected to rely more heavily on private pensions and savings when they retire. European workers also have been able to retire earlier than American workers, though many European countries are retreating from those policies, a subject that has caused more than a little unrest. Taxes also are higher in most European countries and some of their retirement systems are facing worse financial problems than Social Security. Thats why austerity has become the buzzword across Europe. Among developed nations, the U.S. is one of only a few that havent made changes to their public retirement systems the past few years, said Edward Whitehouse, who studies the systems for the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. Countries which had been reluctant reformers, France and Italy and Greece and so on, have been reforming like mad, Whitehouse said in an interview. Greek lawmakers, for example, voted in 2010 to raise the retirement age to 65. Previously, some Greek workers could retire in their 50s and get full benefits. The U.S. has been gradually increasing the full retirement age for Social Security from 65 to 67. It is now at 66. How Social Security stacks up against public retirement systems in Europe and the United Kingdom. Retirement age when workers can get full benefits: United States: 66. France: 65. Germany: 67 Greece: 65 Italy: 66 for men; 62 for women. United Kingdom: 68 Note: Some countries offer early reduced benefits; others offer full benefits at any age after working a certain number of years. Share of wages replaced by retirement benefits for average worker: United States: 39 percent. France: 49 percent. Germany: 42 percent. Greece: 96 percent. Italy: 65 percent for men; 51 percent for women. United Kingdom: 32 percent. Tax rates dedicated to public pensions in 2009: United States: 12.4 percent. France: 16.7 percent. Germany: 19.9 percent. Greece: 20 percent. Italy: 32.7 percent. United Kingdom: No separate pension tax. Note: Tax rates reflect combined rates paid by workers and employers. The Social Security tax rate for the U.S. was reduced to 10.4 percent in 2011 and 2012 but is scheduled to return to 12.4 percent in January. Share of Gross Domestic Product spent on cash benefits in 2007: United States: 4.2 percent. France: 12.5 percent. Germany: 10.7 percent. Greece: 11.9 percent. Italy: 14.1 percent. United Kingdom: 5.4 percent. Sources: OECD; Social Security Administration; reporting by The Associated Press.
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the economy collapsed, putting a dent in the retirement plans of many Americans. When you have that combination of factors, Social Security becomes more and more important, Certner said. Social Security is financed by a 12.4 percent tax on wages. Workers pay half and their employers pay the other half. Self-employed workers pay the full 12.4 percent. The tax is applied to the first $110,100 of a workers wages, a level that increases each year with inflation. For 2011 and 2012, the tax rate for employees was rethat they arent adjusted for cost of living as often as needed. Im glad Social Security is there, Lagosky said. The government cant give it up; they gotta keep it around. I couldnt exist without it. When he watches TV ads that claim one side or the other will take away Social Security and Medicare, Lagosky puts it all in perspective. I cant live without them, he said. They cant take them away. Joe Sperazza, 66, of Bear Creek, retired early from PennDOT on a disability claim. If Social Security didnt exist, he wonders, where and how could we live without it. Sperazza is skeptical of the government. He said Congress doesnt want the public to know how bad things could get. We paid into Social Security over the years, he said. Congress keeps giving itself raises
duced to 4.2 percent, but is scheduled to return to 6.2 percent in January. The payroll tax rate was only 2 percent in 1937, the first year Social Security taxes were levied. It didnt surpass 6 percent until 1962. Even with low tax rates, Social Security could afford to pay benefits in the early years because there were more workers paying the tax for each person receiving benefits than there are today. In 1960, there were 4.9 workers pay- MONDAY: A flood of baby boomers ing Social Security taxes for each retiring will bring new challenges to person getting benefits. Today, Social Securitys future. and we get cut. John ORourke, 74, of Kingston, a self-appointed ombudsman at the Kingston Senior Center, keeps up on the issues and legislation affecting senior citizens. Most people are jumping the gun on (Republican vice presidential candidate Paul) Ryan, he said. Social Security and Medicare need to be addressed, but people over age 55 wont be affected, said the retired Acme Markets worker. The people that paid into it will get it, he said. It may be reduced or they may raise the age requirement, but it will be there. ORourke said cost-of-living increases have to be given annually. He said some action needs to be taken to make Social Security solvent, and Congress must stop taking money out of the fund. If nothing was ever taken out, Social Security would be solvent
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today, ORourke said. The problem is the Social Security fund wasnt used for the purpose it was established. Planning for later years Dan and Barbara Piestrak of Hanover Township said retirement has been good for them. Dan took early retirement from the State Correctional Institute at Dallas when he was 55, pension in hand. Now 70, Dan says he enjoys fishing, hunting and other hobbies. People have to plan. If they only rely on Social Security for retirement, theyre in deep trouble, he said. Barbara, 70, retired recently and shes loving every minute of it. After 47 years of marriage and four kids, I love being home, she said.
Bill OBoyle, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 829-7218.
To thousands of Luzerne County seniors like Herman, Social Security is their main income source. Important locally Statistics provided by the county Area Agency on Aging point to the importance of Social Security locally: In Luzerne County, 77,670 people, nearly 1 out of 4, collect Social Security benefits. More are poised to collect soon: There are 84,573 individuals age 60 or older within a total population of 349,194 in Luzerne and Wyoming Counties. By 2020, the number of individuals age 60-plus living in Luzerne County will be almost 1 in 3. Now they account for 24 percent of the population.
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Mary Long practices walking through a labyrinth she helped outline with Ellen Bintz Meuch at the Wheaton, Ill., home of Bintz Meuch. The two are coordinating a labyrinth walk in memory of Longs son Eric, who was shot and killed in March.
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Labyrinths unlikely friendship takes on murderous foe
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Ellen Bintz Meuch looks over the outline of a labyrinth at her Wheaton, Ill., home.
HICAGO After 25 years of drug addiction, theft, forgery and prostitution, Mary Long hardly appeared to be a messenger of peace. The church lady and the inmate In a DuPage County, Ill., jail cell and desperate to Long is black and was raised on the West Side and in escape her existence, she signed up for all 17 programs the notorious Robert Taylor public housing developoffered to inmates. At the end of the list was something ment on the South Side. She was single and in prison shed never heard of: Walking the Labyrinth. Long when her only child, Eric, graduated from didnt even know what a labyrinth was. eighth grade. But when Ellen Bintz Meuch, a WheaThe downward spiral of her life started ton, Ill., church member who volunteered Although spotty, when she was 17 years old, began using at the jail, laid out the concentric path deresearch suggests drugs then dropped out of school. At the signed to create calm contemplation in walking a labyrinth time of her last arrest on Sept. 19, 2001, those who walk it, Long followed along. It she was 43, on probation in two counties, changed her life. reduces anxiety had six outstanding warrants and acThat was in 2001. Since then shes beand stress while knowledged using heroin daily, court come friends with Bintz Meuch, gotten enhancing calm documents show. clean and earned an early release from Bintz Meuch, 52, is white and was prison. She obtained her GED and carpenreflection and raised in Wheaton, where she and her try certificate. She became a leader in a empowerment. husband also raised four children. Shes Methodist congregation, and after earnchief operating officer at a family busiing associates and bachelors degrees, ness started by her father. Long now works as a counselor for female In 1999, her pastor at Gary United Methodist Church addicts. in Wheaton asked Bintz Meuch to research labyrinths Then, in March, her son was shot eight times while to educate the congregation. Bintz Meuch thought one he sat in a car in a restaurant parking lot. Long prayed might help the inmates at DuPage County and brought over his body in the hospital, searching for what to do her first labyrinth to the jail in 2001. with all that heartbreak. She didnt choose anger or bitWhen I walked, it was like a connection that I terness. She didnt choose pity. She called her friend made, said Long, 53. That connection was to this Bintz Meuch and asked a question: world, to God and the universe, she said, that all our Can you help me bring a labyrinth to the place where lives affected one another. my son was murdered? God had a line of communication with me now. Could they at least try to bring peace to one of Chicagos most violent, hopeless neighborhoods during the See PEACE, Page 8B citys murderous year?
Her friend said sure. That walk, Long said, sipping a cold drink in a West Loop cafe 11 years after she first walked the labyrinth I owe a lot to that walk.
MEET FRANK PROCOPIO

from Christian Brothers Academy in Fayetteville, N.Y. He received a degree in economics from Kings College. Frank and his wife, Lucille, live in Wilkes-Barre and have two children: Steven and Shelley.
You mentioned that teaching was your avocation early in your career. What jobs did you hold throughout the years before coming back to teaching? I originally taught high school for four years after college. I then left teaching for the business world and started an 1 1-year career with Jewelcor in the sales department. After that stint I hooked up with a financial services company as a municipal pension administrator. A couple of years ago my thoughts turned back toward teaching. In 201 1 I received my teachers certification in general science and social studies history. I have been busy as a substitute teacher at six different schools the last year. So when did teaching chess come into play? It goes back to around 1988. My wife, Lucille, was teaching at St. Josephs in Hudson. I was a rep at that time and my wife called me one day to teach chess to a seventhgrade class. There was great reception to it and I taught the game till the school closed in 1995. During that time I became a certified chess coach in1990. My wife then taught at St. Peter & Pauls in Plains Township and I continued to teach the strategies of chess for the next decade there. Around 2005 I expanded and started to teach a series of smaller schools that fed in Bishop Hoban. Tell us about your growing business, the Academy of Chess LLC. How did it come about? I decided to take the game I love and turn it into a business around 2010. I started it with my wife and in 201 1 we opened it to students in both private and public schools in the entire county. It has evolved into a great platform for kids in grades 3
rank Procopio is a certified chess coach and principal instructor of the Academy of Chess LLC. Procopio, 65, graduated
through 8 to learn strategy and gain self-confidence. What can kids hope to gain from your teachings? Its a basic course. It has two parts. The first half of the classes teaches students strategies, tactics and theories while they participate in over-the-board casual play. The second half of the course we hold round robin tournaments and provide medallions and trophies for those who compete. A student will most likely see improvement in their game play and academic scores as they stay with the program. I once had a student who had no wins in fourth and fifth grade. He won a few games in sixth grade and by the seventh grade he could not lose. He now wants to be a teacher and is attending college. I had a student who had ADHD and I had no idea he had it as I taught him. He gained great confidence and eventually graduated from college as well. Those are just some of the great memories or stories that have partly resulted from some of my students learning this great game, I believe. So these success stories are actually part of what you like to see continue as a trend in Northeastern Pennsylvania? I definitely think that kids need better self-image in these parts. They need to feel more confident
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and feel as if they can make a difference or contribute within society. The tools are here and the kids have the ability. They just need more places to use them, like these chess clubs. You could say these kids have someone to look up to in you. Who was a role model to you growing up? Without a doubt it would have been my mother and father. They were always there for me, supporting me. What do you like to do in your spare time? The wife and I like to make what we call Pocono or Tunkhannock runs. We like to visit small towns and look at antiques and crafts for relaxation. We also like to visit historical places like Jim Thorpe and Gettysburg. Speaking of relaxation, what type of music is soothing to your ears? I really like music. The spectrum can go from the Rolling Stones to Celtic music by Loreena McKennitt. I love guitar music because I play the guitar. Musicians like Simon and Garfunkel and Peter, Paul and Mary are also some of my favorites. What book are you reading? 11/22/ 63 by Stephen King. It is a time travel story about a man who travels in time to try and prevent the Kennedy assassination. I also enjoy science or history
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LCCC students receive departmental recognition at luncheon GNA first-graders collect box tops for school supplies
Helen Balutas first-grade class at Greater Nanticoke Area recently collected the most box tops for Box Tops for Education. The class received an ice cream party for its efforts. The box tops are used to purchase school supplies for the district. Participants, from left, first row, are Alicia Knorr, Trentyn Harter, Hailie Bourque, Asia Perrins, Aiden Zwiebel, Connor Goss and Patrick Height. Second row: Charisma Sedorchuk, Makenzie Haydock, Helana Miller, Lakota Williams, Ava Fedak, Krystionah Dickshinski, Joshua Ryan and Adam Reiss. Third row: Blaise Margalski, Haylee Smith, Zoey Daum, Destiny Stritzinger, Joseph Skipkoski, Helen Baulta, Lacey Gushock, Alexis Schultz, Kendall Housenick and Gabriel Olexy. The Luzerne County Community College Student Development Division recently held an honors luncheon for students who were selected for special awards and departmental recognition. At the luncheon, from left, first row: Shanice Thomas, Wilkes-Barre; Deborah Hess, Hazleton; Sonia Wickershaw, Wilkes-Barre; Bobbie Lynn Tondera, Pittston Township; Carolyn Haney, Huntington Mills Township; and Vickie Searfoss, Berwick. Second row: Montie Perry, Swoyersville; Jamie Lane, Wilkes-Barre; Roxann Palmieri, Drums; Brandon Cohick, Shamokin; Mark Beleski, Nanticoke; Nicole Labenski, Nanticoke; Amanda Carannante, Nanticoke; and Thomas P. Leary, president, LCCC.
Math-A-Thon at St. Jude raises money for childrens hospital

St. Jude School students recently participated in the Math-A-Thon, an educationally based fundraising program in which students obtain sponsors for the number of math problems completed in special workbooks. Through sponsors, the students are able to assist in providing funds for St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. The students collected $1,987, which brings the total raised over the years by St. Jude School students to more than $67,000. Tim Gallagher had the highest sponsorship amount with $395. There was a tie for second highest between Patrick Curley and Delaney Curley, who raised $250 each. Several students chose to donate the prizes they had earned back to St. Judes Hospital. Highest collectors, from left, first row, are Thomas Mayernik, Connor Spencer, Molly Jameson, Ashleigh Button, Emerson Zito, Delaney Curley and Tea Amerise. Second row: Patrick Curley, Derek Petrochko, Tim Gallagher, Julianna Powis, Gabrielle Tammarine and Jimmy Lavan. McKaylia Ward was also a high collector.
Meyers students excel in Spanish Examinations

Several world language students from E.L. Meyers Junior-Senior High School received national and local chapter recognition for their performance on the 2012 National Spanish Examinations. Jessica Narveza and Fernando Ramirez received trophies from the local chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese. They also were awarded silver medals at the national level. Anzhela Turyanytsya, Michelle Chavez, Eric Smith and Brooke Yanovich won local and national honorable mention awards. Darlene Abraham, Jaqueline Hernandez and Ana Maria Mejia also won national honorable mention. Meyers Spanish teachers are Tamara Pegarella and Susan LaCoe. Award winners, from left, first row, are Mejia, Hernandez, Narveza, Yanovich and Chavez. Second row: Pegarella, Turyanytsya, Smith, Abraham and LaCoe.
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Kathleen Jenkins, Shavertown, an English major at Misericordia University, has been selected to present her research paper at the 2012 Jenkins Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) conference in Pittsburgh in November. MAPACA is an academic organization dedicated to critical analysis of various aspects of popular and American culture. Jenkins was accepted to present in the Science Fiction and Fantasy category. Her presentation, The Transcendentally Queer Role Models of Harry Potter: A
Deconstruction of the Popular Fantasy Series, addresses two different literary theories and how they relate to the Harry Potter novels. Jenkins is the secretary and former president of the Library Club and the student representative to the Friends of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library. She also participates in Ally, Misericordias organization to support the GLBT population on campus. Timothy Gryziec, a psychology major from Hanover Township, was recently inducted into the Delta Epsilon Sigma National Honor Society at Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia. Delta Epsilon Sigma is a national scholastic honor society for students, faculty and alumni of colleges and universities following a Catholic tradition. It recognizes academic excellence, encourages scholarly activities and creates an intellectual community among members.
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Crossin, Rodano
Rodano and Francis Joseph Crossin A my LynnSept. 3,were united in Kokura, Kravitz marriage on 2011, at the First United Methodist Church in West t. John Pittston. The ceremony was officiPittston, was the setting on July S2012, forthe EvangelistofChurch, ated by Pastor Janet Tiebert. 7, the wedding AlexThe bride is the daughter of Frank and Nancy Rodano. She is the granddaughter of William and Clara Players, West Pittston, and Marie Rodano and the late Joseph Rodano, Plains Township. The groom is the son of Frank and Donna Crossin, Kingston. He is the grandson of the late Francis Chink and Helen Crossin, Luzerne, and the late Joseph and Eileen Schilling, Dallas. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She chose her sister, Christina Rodano, as maid of honor and her close friend, Lindsey Maiolatesi, as matron of honor. Bridesmaids were Stephanie Rodano, cousin of the bride, and Maria Godfrey, Samantha Bellas, Nacole Turner, friends of the bride. Flower girl was Sophia Medico, cousin of the groom. The groom chose his brother, Michael Crossin, as his best man. Groomsmen were Robert Anders and Dan Fetko, cousins of the groom; Joseph Rodano, cousin of the bride; and Anthony Decker, Bryan Bellas, P.J. Piscorik, friends of the groom. Readings were given by Emily Scappatura and Ryan Crossin, cousins of the bride and groom. Amy is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. She graduated from Empire Beauty School and is a stylist and co-owner of Stazione Salon, Old Forge. Francis is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and a graduate of Kutztown University. He is employed at Commission on Economic Opportunity. An evening cocktail hour and reception were held at the Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel, Scranton. The bride was honored with a bridal shower hosted by her bridesmaids and mothers of the bride and groom at Rodanos, Wilkes-Barre. Parents of the bride hosted a rehearsal dinner at Rodanos. Following the wedding, the couple honeymooned in French Polynesia, visiting the islands of Tahiti and Moorea. They reside in Plains Township.
Carey, Park
and Mrs. John Carey are pleased announce the marD r. of theirtodaughter, Morgan Jean riage Carey, to Rick Joseph Park. The very unique and personal event took place on July 21, 2012, under a ceremonious willow tree at the Careys home on Lake Louise in Dallas, Pa. Amidst family and friends, including the brides grandmother, Francis Davis, the couple exchanged touching vows. The brides maid of honor was her sister, Devin Anne Carey. Also in her wedding party were friends Molly Guntli and Veronica Wronski. The brides cousin, Steven Weber, officiated the ceremony. The grooms best man was friend, Dustin Keys, along with groomsmen Michael Holmes and Scott Park. In attendance from Portland, Ore., were the grooms father and stepmother, Larry Park and Connie Callow, along with his mother and stepfather, Joan and Joe Maiolo, Beckley, W.Va. The wedding was described as a community event as everyone generously offered a hand to help create the couples dream wedding. From flowers to photos and from food to firewood, the wedding was an event to be remembered. The family is truly grateful for all the generosity. Following the ceremony the celebration continued with a cocktail hour, reception and a campout all at the Careys home. A few of the brides favorite moments were walking down the aisle with her father, unintentionally accompanied by the family dog; looking at the floral centerpieces created by friends and family made from local Queens Anne Lace and Limelight Hydrangeas; and setting off magical wish lanterns at dusk with all her family and friends. The couple honeymooned in Cape May, N.J., following the wedding. Morgan and Rick live in Portland, Ore. Morgan is an elementary teacher with the Hillsboro School District. Rick works at United Pacific Forest Products and attends Portland State University, pursuing a degree in environmental science. The couple is very happy and have high hopes for an adventurous future filled with camping, hiking and lots of love.
andra Celia Kokura and Nicholas Frank Kravitz. The Rev. Richard J. Cirba officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Madelyn Kokura, Dupont, and the late Thomas Kokura. She is the granddaughter of the late Joseph and Ceil Shandra; Martha Kokura, Nesquehoning; and the late John Kokura. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kravitz, Pittston. He is the grandson of Regina Marriggi, Pittston; the late Frank Marriggi; and the late Joseph and Mary Kravitz. Given in marriage by her godfather, Gerald Mancinelli, the bride chose close friend, Christal Gentile, as her maid of honor. The groom chose his brother, John P. Kravitz, as his best man. The flower girl was niece of the groom, Kaylee Kravitz, and the nephews of the groom, John Jacob and Benjamin Kravitz, were ring bearers. An evening reception was hosted by the mother of the bride at the Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. A bridal shower at the Colonnade, Scranton, was given by the bridesmaids. The bride is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School, Lehigh University and the Widener University School of Law. She serves as an attorney with Lackawanna County Family Court. The groom is a graduate of the University of Scranton and the Thomas M. Cooley School of Law. He is an attorney with Myers, Brier and Kelly, L.L.P., Scranton. The couple resides in Dupont.
The Kulmaczewskis
Wis., where the couple now resides. Leo was originally from Wilkes-Barre Township and graduated from WilkesBarre Township High School in 1956. The couple has five children and 12 grandchildren. On Aug. 5 they participated in a Jubilee Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by Bishop William P. Callahan of the Diocese of LaCrosse. They also celebrated with a Mass and renewal of vows on Aug. 18 at St. Patricks Catholic Church, 50 years after being married there. Their children hosted an open house for family and friends the evening of Aug. 18 at the Onalaska American Legion, where Leo is a life-time member. were married Aug. 18, 1962, at St. Leo and Sally Pearson Kulmaczewski Patricks Catholic Church, Onalaska,
The Smiths
and Patricia B. celebrated wedding R ussell E.ontheir 50th2012.Smith anniversary Aug. 18, They were married on Aug. 18, 1962, in Freeport, Texas. The son of Loyal L. and Mary Fleming Smith, Mr. Smith is from Plainville, Conn. The daughter of Albert L. and Margaret Hamilton Blair, Mrs. Smith is from Lake Jackson, Texas. The couple made their home in Plainville, Conn., for many years before moving to Shavertown, Pa. Mr. Smith graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1960. He worked for Aetna Life and Casualty Insurance Company for many years and then the Prudential Life Insurance Company, from which he retired as a director. Mrs. Smith is an artist who occasionally exhibits her work in local art galleries. The couple has four children and six grandchildren. Their daughter Cara, and her husband, Patrick Shackelford, with daughters Julia and Diana, live in North Carolina. Their son Michael, and his wife, Sandra, with daughters Maura and Abby, live in Ohio. Their daughter Maureen, and her husband, Jeff Doctoroff, with daughters Hannah and Lily, live in Massachusetts. Their son Samuel lives in Massachusetts. The couples children honored their parents anniversary with an intimate family gathering.
Loftus-Vergari, Cetta
Frosini, DePhillips
r. and Mrs. burn, Pa., are proud to announce MengagementPeter Frosini, Glenthe of their daughter, Elizabeth Anne Frosini, to Justin Michael DePhillips, son of Victor and Denise DePhillips, Clarks Summit. Ms. Frosini holds a masters degree and a bachelors degree from The George Washington University School of Business in Washington D.C. She works as associate director of college guidance at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School. Mr. DePhillips holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y. He is a sales account executive for Signature Building Systems of PA LLC. The wedding is planned for June 22, 2013, at The Church of St. Gregory, Clarks Green, and a reception will be held at The Scranton Cultural Center.
r. Josiana Marie Cetta and Jeffrey Joseph Loftus-Vergari, together with their parents, announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. Josiana is a graduate of Westwood High School. She earned a bachelors degree in English and Spanish from Bucknell University and her doctorate in clinical school psychology from Widener University. Dr. Cetta is employed by the Y.A.L.E. School in Cherry Hill, N.J. Jeffrey is a graduate of Crestwood High School. He earned a bachelors degree in aerospace engineering from Penn State University and is pursuing a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University. He is employed by the Boeing Company in Philadelphia. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas Cetta, New Jersey. She is the granddaughter of Josephine Viteritto and the late Michael Viteritto and the late Dr. Peter and Mary Cetta, all of Nutley, N.J. The groom is the son of Cynthia and Joseph Loftus-Vergari, Mountain Top. He is the grandson of Donald Loftus and the late Lois Loftus, Carbondale, and Attilio and Alice Vergari, Peckville. The wedding will be held on Sept. 8, 2012, at St. Bernadettes Church in Canadensis with a reception to follow at Skytop Lodge in the Poconos.
Killian, Bonham Dailey, Zupko

together with their parents, anM elissa Zupko and Jason Dailey, nounce their engagement and upcoming wedding. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Edward and Ann Marie Zupko, Plymouth. She is the granddaughter of Edward and Dorothy Mathews, Plymouth, and the late Edward and Elizabeth Zupko, Nanticoke. She is a 2003 graduate of Bishop OReilly High School and a 2008 graduate of Bloomsburg University with a bachelors degree in early childhood/ elementary education. She also earned a masters degree in elementary education and her special education certification from Wilkes University in 2011. She is employed by the Wyoming Valley West School District as a firstgrade teacher. The prospective groom is the son of Bonnie Dailey, Plymouth, and Harold Dailey, Hanover Township. He is the grandson of Margaret Dailey and the late Harold Dailey, Kingston, and the late Eva and Thomas Davis, Plymouth. He is a 2000 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and is employed by Coca-Cola, Pittston. The couple will be united in marriage on Oct. 6, 2012, at All Saints Parish in Plymouth. Killian Jarrid C. Bonham exchanged vows before S hannon Raeand Godand Saturday, family, friends on May 26, 2012. The bride is the daughter of James and Lisa Killian, Hunlock Creek. She is the granddaughter of Duane and Donna Meyers, Hunlock Creek, and the late C. Edwin and Yvonne Killian. She is the great-granddaughter of Raymond Meyers, Hunlock Creek, and Emma Featherman, Berwick. The groom is the son of Sandy Bonham, Hunlock Creek, and the late David Sharrow. He is the grandson to Paul and Barbara Bonham, Red Rock, and the late Carl and Stella Sharrow. Their bridal party consisted of friends and family members. The groom chose Josh Jones, friend of the groom, as his best man; Nate Bonham, brother of the groom, and Raff Killian, brother of the bride, as his groomsmen; Jamison Morris, family friend, as his junior groomsman; and Chase Meyers, cousin of the bride, as his ring bearer. The bride chose Chrissy Geiser, friend of the bride, as her maid of honor; Courtney Hack and Sarah Manley, friends of the bride, as her bridesmaids; Janelle Meyers, cousin of the bride, as her junior bridesmaid; and Joslynn Jones, friend of bride and groom, as her flower girl. Together the couple wants to thank everyone who took part in their special day.
Hook, Lushefski
Jonelle Marie Hook and Mr. Robert John Lushefski Jr., together Dr.their families, announce their with engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Gerard and Jocelyn Hook, Swoyersville. She is the granddaughter of the late Edward and Gloria Chernetsky and the late Jay and Agnes Hook. Jonelle is a 2000 graduate of Bishop OReilly High School and a 2004 graduate of Misericordia University. In 2010, she earned a PhD in mathematics from Lehigh University. She is a professor at Mount St. Marys University, Emmitsburg, Md. The prospective groom is the son of Denise and Robert Lushefski Sr., Plymouth. He is the grandson of Mary Lushefski and the late Edmund Lushefski and the late Thomas and Eva Davis. Robert is a 1998 graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School. He is employed by Brook Lane Health Services in Hagerstown, Md. The couple will exchange vows on Nov. 9, 2012, at All Saints Church in Plymouth.
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Dudzinski, Parduski
John were united in marriage June 9, L eah Dudzinski andbeachParduski 2012, on the beautiful of Negril, Jamaica. The bride is the daughter of Mary Novak and David Dudzinski. She is the granddaughter of Mary and Peter Dudzinski and Betty Jane and the late Henry Novak. She is a graduate of Pittston Area High School and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the Pennsylvania State University and a Master of Social Work degree from Marywood University. She is employed at Community Counseling Services as a child and family therapist. The groom is the son of Desiree and John Parduski. He is the grandson of Ruth Zier and Edward Updyke and the late Helen and Joseph Parduski. He is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and is a member of field management with Dollar General. The bride was given in marriage by her father, who also served as the man of honor. She was attired in a formallength gown featuring a surplice neckline and an empire waistline adorned with Swarovski crystals. The back of the gown featured a deep V-neckline and chapel train. The groom wore a cream-colored three-layered suit accented with ocean blue attire. The groom chose his childhood friend, William Creasy, as his best man and Robert Doman and Christopher Decker as groomsmen. Following the beach ceremony, the couple and their guests celebrated a week of festivities at Riu Club Hotel. The newlyweds then honeymooned in Ocho Rios.
The Monteleones
Monteleone, Spring City, Pa., will celebrate S heryl and Gabrielanniversary on their 25th wedding Aug. 22, 2012. They were married in St. Hedwigs Church, Kingston, Pa. Sheryl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Schultz, Larksville. Gabriel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel Monteleone, Swoyersville. They are the proud parents of three children, Katie, Gabriel, and Maria. They celebrated their anniversary with a family trip to Las Vegas and California.
The Corbetts
bald, celebrated their 65th wedD aniel and Mary Corbett, Archding anniversary on Aug. 16. Formerly of Wilkes-Barre, the couple was married in 1947 at St. Aloysius Church. They were attended by Helen Corbett Senunas, sister of the groom, and Thomas Roan, friend of the groom. They are the parents of three children, Carol Corbett Pawlush, Cheshire, Conn.; Daniel Corbett, Jr., Dallas, Pa.; and Noreen Corbett Zadarosni, Archbald, Pa. They have six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
The Thomases
They were married at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church by the Rev. Joseph Sibliano, O.S.J., on Aug. 19, 1972. Mr. Thomas is the son of the late Allen and Peg Thomas, Bethlehem, and Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of the late Angelo and Rose Rotondaro, Pittston. The couple are the proud parents of son Jason, 24, and daughter, Gabby, 21. Chuck and Missy are college sweethearts, both graduates of Penn State University, Class of 1971. Mr. Thomas worked as a caseworker at Luzerne County Children and Youth. He is now happily retired and enjoys serving as a board member of the Pittston YMCA, where he is an avid swimmer and has just completed his 5,000th mile. Mrs. Thomas is employed at United Rehab Services as a program manager, where she has worked for 38 years. The couple are most grateful for their life together, their children, family, friends and their beloved dog, Belle. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas celebrated their anniversary with a family trip to Emerald Lakes. Missy Thomas, West Pittston, their 40th C huck andare celebrating Aug. 19. wedding anniversary today,
Mitchell, Gugliotti
Gugliotti and Albert J. Mitchell D eborah KayJr., together with their families, would like to announce their wedding and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Shirley and Charles Reisser Sr., Kingston. She is a graduate of Nanticoke Area High School and Luzerne County Community College. She is employed by Metz Culinary Management and works at Misericordia University. The prospective groom is the son of Gloria Mitchell, Glen Lyon, and the late Albert Mitchell Sr. He is a graduate of Nanticoke Area High School and is employed by Del Monte Pet Products as a filling associate. The couple will marry and honeymoon in Las Vegas, Nev., in the fall.
Middle school orientation to be held at Dallas

Dallas Middle School will hold an orientation program for newly registered middle school students and families from 9:30-11 a.m. on Thursday. Guidance counselors and the principal will meet with students and families in the library to overview key information about the middle school. Tours of the building will take place after the meeting. New student registrations are accepted daily. District building offices are open daily 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The first day of school is Aug. 29. Participants, from left, first row: Dr. Thomas Duffy, principal; Shelly Maransky, secretary; Lynn Wilson, secretary; Raelene Daring, guidance counselor; and Michael Shevock, guidance counselor.
Western Day celebrated at Kingston Senior Center The Benders Mukhija, Woloski
upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Umesh and Shashi Mukhija, WilkesBarre. She is the granddaughter of Jugal Kishore and the late Pushpa Rani Mukhija and Chander Prakash and Chander Kanta Guglani, all of India. The prospective groom is the son of Cheryl and John Woloski Jr., Plains Township. He is the grandson of the late Pearl and John Woloski Sr., Plains Township, and Bernardine Polak and the late Raymond Polak Sr., Wilkes-Barre. Paran is a 2006 graduate of James M. Coughlin High School and a 2012 magna cum laude graduate of Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, with a Doctorate of Pharmacy. She is employed at Sheehans Pharmacy, Plains Township. Jason is a 2006 valedictorian of James M. Coughlin High School and a 2010 summa cum laude graduate of Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, with a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry. He is pursuing a medical degree at Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia. The couple will exchange vows Dec. 22, 2012, at St. Stanislaus Church, Wilkes-Barre, with a reception at the Woodlands Inn and Resort. Jason Raymond Woloski, together with their P aran Mukhija andengagementfamilies, announce their and
The Kingston Senior Center recently celebrated Country Western Day. Members were encouraged to dress in western attire and a special meal was served. Many of the center members provided entertainment at the event. Some of the participants, from left, first row, are Rosalie Kolesar, Carolyn Tavella, Betty Lee Frusciante, Arlene Finley, Frank Elick, David Domashinski and MaryAnn Prince. Second row: Art Spindler and Gene English.
r. and Mrs. John E. Bender, Mountain Top, will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary tomorrow. They were married Aug. 20, 1977, in the Presbyterian Church of Mountain Top by the Rev. Eric Fagans. Mrs. Bender is the former Kimberly Hopkins, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James S. Hopkins. She retired from Crestwood School District as a speech and language pathologist in 2009. For her wedding, Mrs. Bender was attired in her mothers wedding gown. Mr. Bender is the son of Shirley Bender, Coal Township, and the late John R. Bender. He retired from Crestwood School District in 2002, where he was band director for 11 years and an instrumental music teacher. Following the wedding ceremony, the newlyweds were surprised by the Crestwood Marching Band outside of the church. The students played several musical selections. Mr. and Mrs. Bender are the parents of two daughters, Kate Ashley, a doctor of pharmacy student at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, and Courtney Ann, a beverage supervisor at Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs and a student at College Misericordia pursuing a degree in business management. The Benders celebrated their anniversary with a fabulous two-week vacation to Oahu and Maui, Hawaii.
Morris, Lamoreaux
and Erin Lamoreaux, Shavertown, C urtistheirannounce the engagement of daughter, Larissa Ariana, to Dillon Thomas Morris, son of John and Stephanie Morris, Dallas, and Bradley and Erin Williams, Lakeland, Fla. The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Richard and E. Jane Goodwin, Lehman, and Allan and Norma Lamoreaux, Shavertown. The prospective groom is the grandson of Thomas and Sandra Morris, Shavertown; Judy Morris, Binghamton, N.Y.; James Bowser and the late Anita Bowser, Winter Haven, Fla.; and Maryellin Barrett, Polk City, Fla. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Lake-Lehman High School and a cum laude graduate of Luzerne County Community College, where she earned an associates degree in human services. She is employed by Step-by-Step Inc. The prospective groom is a graduate of Dallas High School and is a member of the United States Army. He will be attending Johnson College of Technology in the spring of 2013 to pursue his studies in biomedical equipment technology. The couple plans to wed in 2014.
Cheerleaders holding fundraiser at Charming Charlies

The Pittston Area cheerleaders are holding a social from 6-8 p.m. tonight at Charming Charlies at the Shoppes at Montage. Tickets are $5 and are available from junior varsity and varsity cheerleaders. Tickets will also be available at the event. The store will be closed to the public during the social. Each ticket holder will receive 20 percent off items except for red ticket ones. Light refreshments will be served. Members of the varsity squad, from left, first row, are Maria Capitano and Samantha Hoban. Second row: Allie Anastasi, Kaitlynn Wolfram, Alex Cawley, Kiki Erfman, Katrina Lutecki and Shelby Rinaldi. Third row: Maria Lussi, Kayla Vogue, Kyla Balchune, Carly Walker and Bridget Starinsky. Fourth row: Hunter Antal, Leanne Para, Tabitha Filipski, Lauren Senese and Jennifer Mattioli. Fifth row: Marina Maida, Morgan Shea, Nicole Psaila, Marissa Facciponti and Katie Wynn.
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B9336C 2006 Toyota Avalon............................................. L11664A 2006 Ford Explorer Limited................................ T29873A 2009 Toyota Camry .............................................. CH5553A 2007 Chrysler Sebring Touring.......................... H27968A 2009 Honda Civic LX............................................ T29912A 2007 Volkswagen Jetta Wolfsburg ................. A11407A 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe SE ................................. K13124A 2007 Jeep Commander Sport ........................... H27711B 2007 Kia Sorento .................................................. T29544A 2007 Toyota Camry .............................................. T30006A 2009 Toyota Corolla ............................................. A11389A 2006 Honda Accord EX 3.0................................ A11447B 2005 Ford F-250SD XLT....................................... KP15857 2010 Hyundai Elantra SE .................................... H27843A 2008 Toyota Camry .............................................. J5325A 2005 Cadillac SRX V6........................................... A11205B 2010 Honda Civic LX............................................ BP15712B 2008 Honda Accord EX 2.4................................ T29692A 2010 Toyota Camry .............................................. T29342A 2006 Jeep Commander Base............................. H28684A 2007 Honda CR-V EX........................................... T30082A 2007 Toyota RAV4................................................ K13118A 2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS.................................. AS0392A 2010 Honda Fit Sport........................................... T29354A 2009 Subaru Impreza 2.5i ................................... M7957A 2008 Hyundai Tucson.......................................... KP15861 2010 Hyundai Elantra GLS.................................. KP15863 2010 Hyundai Elantra Blue................................. 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Cassidy Regina Dotzel, daughter of Eric and Becky Dotzel, Bear Creek, is celebrating her second birthday today, Aug. 19. Cassidy is a granddaughter of Fred and Regina Dotzel and Sylvia and Jerry Grencavage, all of WilkesBarre Township. She has two brothers, Dylan, 1 1, and Eric, 8 months.
Katie Williams
Katie Williams, daughter of Brad Williams and Wendy Novicenskie, Hillsborough, N.C., celebrated her seventh birthday Aug. 12. Katie is a granddaughter of Robert and Marcia Novicenskie, Laflin, and Deborah Williams and the late Jack Williams, Stem, N.C. She is a great-granddaughter of Anna Mihalik, Mount Carmel. Katie has a brother, Connor, 9.
Seminary Lower School students earn awards at graduation ceremony

Wyoming Seminary presented awards to 24 outstanding Lower School students at the annual eighth-grade graduation ceremony held recently on the Lower School campus in Forty Fort. Awards were presented by Kip P. Nygren, school president; William Davis, interim dean, Middle School; and Eddie Plaksa, coordinator, Middle School. Award-winning students, from left, first row, are Connor McGowan seventh grade; Richard Hughes IV; Alex McCarthy; Alexander Grosek; Stefan Olsen; Jody Karg; Courtney Sminkey; and Kira Zack. Second row: Sujay Murthy; Dominique DiLeo; Louise Cornell; Megha Sarada; Alexandra Cuddy; Gabrielle Grossman; Emily Peairs; and Grace Leahy, seventh grade. Third row: Jake Kolessar, Garrett Boyd, Jacob Ridilla, Elijah Miller, Jacqueline Meuser, Isabelle Cordaro, Alexandra Zaloga and Leana Pande.
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Isabella Margaret Evans, daughter of Scott and Jennifer Evans, White Haven, is celebrating her eighth birthday today, Aug. 19. Isabella is a granddaughter of Jean Evans and the late Paul Evans, Bristol; the late David Cool Sr., St. Johnsville, N.Y.; and Karen Cool, Dolgeville, N.Y. She is a great-granddaughter of Margaret Bissett, Dolgeville, N.Y. Isabella is the adopted granddaughter of Catherine Penska and the late Joe Penska, White Haven. She has two brothers, Sebastian, 5, and Mitchell, 2.
The first-grade classes at Schuyler Avenue Elementary School, Wyoming Valley West School District, Kingston, recently held its annual spelling bee. Students in Lenora Minetolas and Sara Papes classes competed. Michaela Shillabeer won first place. Participants, from left, first row: Alyssa Sciandra; Sophie Vincent; Zachary Phillips; Kim Nguyen, third-place winner; Sierra DiBiase, second-place winner; Shillabeer; Savannah Serrano; Ghalijah Harris; Justin Shaffner; and Liam Hartman. Second row: Charles Brewer, Sully Gombeda, Chase Griffiths, Carrie Barletta, Paige Sipsky, Jasmine Mathan, Abigail Roe, Ashanti Jones-Rampel, Ivan Prodanets, Zachary Magoski, Malachi Ezad, Aaron Barber, Jacob Stillarty, Joseph Rossavik and Novah Coryell. Third row: Brian Biga, Joshua Zuccaro, Jordan Turak, Hunter Rubano, Alexis Nastanski, Elizabeth Rivera, Haylie Brieling, Alyssa Pearson, Thanaporn Meejinda, Giana Rossi, Chance DAgostino, Jorden Millirons, Jordyn Kiehart, Logan Dwyer, Scarlet Dombek, Aaliyah Castillo and Zoe McNeill.
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She walked the labyrinth six times in the nearly seven months she spent in the county jail and found a sense of direction and value to her life, Long said. She learned meditation, became a Christian. Although spotty, research suggests walking a labyrinth reduces anxiety and stress while enhancing calm reflection and empowerment. Estimates place the number of labyrinths worldwide at more than 10,000, and interest continues to grow. After pleading guilty to forgery in March 2002, Long was sent to a womens prison in Decatur. She received emotional support from her sister, Linda, who took in Longs only son, Eric. Long and Bintz Meuch stayed in touch, exchanging letters. Bintz Meuch sent her the book Sacred Contracts, which guides the reader toward a life
hol and drug abuse counselor. A year later, Long enrolled at National Louis University, where she studied human services and graduated in June. But her life derailed March 12. Before leaving for school that morning, Long made sure her son got out the door to his carpentry classes. After school at National Louis, she gathered with classmates at a Bennigans to celebrate completing their course work for their degrees. About the same time, Eric, 25, was eating dinner in his car in the parking lot of a restaurant three blocks from the church. A man in a gray hooded sweatshirt approached his car and started firing, police reports state. Her phone rang and a friend of Erics said her son had been shot. Then another phone call this one from Renye Owens, Erics fiancee, crying, telling Long to get to the hospital right away. When Long arrived in the waiting room, Owens sobbed and uttered two words. Hes gone. At that moment, Long said,
it was like all the breath was sucked out of my body. I was still alive but I was in a state of shock. It didnt seem like I was breathing. Rumors circulated that the shooting stemmed from a dispute over a woman. No arrests have been made. In the days before Erics death, Owens told him she was pregnant with his child a son. Hell be named Eric, Long said. Her sons voice A few weeks after the shooting, Long called Bintz Meuch to break the news and propose the labyrinth. The two set up a threehour assembly, march, labyrinth walk and prayer and candlelight vigil for Sunday, starting at Ingleside-Whitfield. She remains steadfast about the labyrinth project, saying the voice of her son the young man whose violent end she hopes may spark a peace movement has been speaking to her. Hes telling me, OK, Mom, you know what youre supposed to be doing, Long said.
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FORTY FORT/KINGSTON: Wyoming Seminary, with campuses in Kingston and Forty Fort, will begin its 169th year of classes at the end of August. The Upper School in Kingston will register boarding and day students on Aug. 25 and 26 for grades 9-12 and postgraduate. New students will participate in orientation activities and freshmen and new students will attend a special New Student Retreat on Aug. 26. A special opening-of-school convocation service will be held on Aug. 27 at the Upper School. Caroline Reppert of Kingston, Seminary government president, will offer words of welcome and will ring the historic Cokesbury bell 16 times, one for each decade of Wyoming Seminarys existence, to usher in the new academic year. Jason Sherry, a member of the English faculty, will address the student body. The Lower School, Forty Fort, will open for its first day of classes for pre-kindergarten to eighth-grade students on Aug. 29 with a convocation for students in fifth through eighth grades. The convocation for primary students will be held on
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The Trojans, coming off a two-year bowl ban, edge LSU and Alabama in close vote in preseason rankings.
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NEW YORK Southern California is No.1in the AP Top 25, tossing off the weight of NCAA sanctions and returning to a familiar We defi- place in the rankings with a boost from LSUs nitely problems. didnt USC earned the top come here spot in The Associated Press preseason college to be un- football poll for the sevderdogs. enth time in school history and the first time in five The rank- seasons, edging out No. 2 ing doesnt Alabama and No. 3 LSU. The Trojans, who were mean banned from postseason weve done play the past two seasons, received 25 of a possible anything 60 first-place votes from a as a team. media panel in a close vote. USC received 1,445 But its points. Defending nationgood to al champion Alabama see were had 17 first-place votes and points while back where LSU, 1,411Crimson Tides the were sup- SEC rival, got 16 firstplace votes and 1,402 posed to points. be. We definitely didnt come here to be underT.J. McDonald Trojans safety dogs, Trojans safety T.J. McDonald said Saturday. The ranking doesnt mean weve done anything as a team. But its good to see were back where were supposed to be.
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Former winners capture Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run on Saturday morning.

By ROBERT MINER For The Times Leader
McCabe, Plant back up front
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Theodore Woodberry, 9 of Mountain Top, rides a slider as he takes part in the USA Luge Slider Search held in the Toyota Pavillion parking lot at Montage Mountain Saturday.
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line to represent the United States at the Sochi Olympics in 2014, got his start with the SlidMOOSIC Our greatest luger, Jayson Terdiman of Berwick, er Search program. His parents, Kathryn and Jay, were at Monwas not there. But the next tage Mountain on Saturday to Jayson Terdiman might have see the action. been, or may show up today. Kathryn Terdiman said JayUSA Luge, the national govson went to erning body for the This is where most of our two search events first sport, is athletes come from. Eight in New York, holding a the following Slider of our 10 Olympians in Search at Vancouver started in this year in the Philadelphia the Toyota area before Pavilion at program. latching on Montage Fred Zimny with the naMountain Manager of recruitment and this weekdevelopment for USA Luge tional program. end. Nearly Today, he is 40 kids, ages among the 8-13, came worlds elite. out Saturday for the two sesWe are not just looking to sions. expose the kids to the sport, This is where most of our said Zimny of the search, which athletes come from, said Fred has been around for about 25 Zimny, manager of recruitment and development for USA Luge. years. We are also looking for our next athletes. This program Eight of our 10 Olympians in really works. Vancouver started in this proThose showing the most gram. Terdiman, now a regular on the World Cup circuit and in See LUGE, Page 9C
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Theodore Woodberry, 9 of Mountain Top, drags a slider up the hill for another run Saturday. The event will be held again 9 a.m. to noon and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
PITTSTON Jeff McCabe ran to his fifth win and Alexandria Plant scored her second victory in three years in the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run on Saturday. McCabe, 28, of Exeter, led a record field of over 300 runners, breaking the tape in 16 minutes and 26 seconds. He outran second-place finisher and last years winner, Matt Flynn, 26, of I was a Media, by 13 seconds. Mike little unBatko, 26, of sure about Scranton, finished third in this one. 18:01. This was I was a little my first unsure about this one, said race is five McCabe, who months has been suffering with a re- and I curring leg inju- wasnt ry. This was my first race is sure how five months my leg (McCabe finished 10th would hold among 10,000 up. runners in the Jeff McCabe LA Marathon in Who has been March) and I suffering with a wasnt sure recurring leg how my leg injury would hold up. I was a little skeptical about how I would do. In fact, McCabe said that he normally registers for the race early. But this year he didnt sign up for the 5K until the morning of the race. Thats how unsure I was, he said. McCabe said he was running in about 20th place when the lead pack reached the first bridge going into West Pittston (about 50
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Another chance for the taste of glory

As a member of Misericordia Universitys NCAA playoff baseball team, Frank Santarsiero grew accustomed to experiencing big moments during his first two college seasons. But nothing gave him a greater thrill than a big run down the football field and into the end zone again. I really just missed football a lot, said Santarsiero, a junior with sophomore eligibility and a former two-sport standout at Dunmore High School. Angelo Scaffido just missed home. He played as a college freshman at Huntington College in Alabama after playing some
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solid high school ball at Wyoming Valley West. Then Scaffido, from Swoyersville, decided to transfer to Misericordia where his dad is a director of security and where his family could watch him regularly. On the track and field team. My first thing, Im a javelin thrower, Scaffido said. I was going to do track. His thinking changed tracks, though, when Misericordia announced last year it was starting a football team. I decided to go for it, Scaffido said, be a part of history. Some of Misericordias first football team may have figured
their football days were a thing of the past. But they were revived by Misericordias decision to start up football. It gave a whole bunch of incoming freshman a chance to feel like pioneers. It gave inside linebackers coach Ted Jackson something to do on Saturday afternoons this year after he lost his long-time head coaching job at Dallas High School. Mostly, though, it gave some of the older players on the young team new life. I thought it would be great to have the opportunity to play again, Santarsiero, also a junior, said. They want to win badly, and not next year or the year after.
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A Misericordia University player stretches prior to an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday.
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BASEBALL Favorite American League Rangers TIGERS White Sox ANGELS AS MARINERS YANKEES National League REDS NATIONALS BRAVES Dbacks BREWERS CARDS Marlins Giants Favorite STEELERS Monday PATRIOTS Favorite August 30 S Carolina C Florida BALL ST s-Texas A&M CONNECTICUT Ucla BYU Minnesota S ALABAMA August 31 a-Tennessee 4 Nc State 7 23.5 3.5 7 25.5 16 13.5 8 6 VANDERBILT AKRON E Michigan LA TECH Massachusetts RICE Washington St UNLV Tx-S Antonio 3 College Football Points Underdog Eagles 8.5 8.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 8.5 10 6.5 NFL Pre-Season Points 4 Underdog Colts Cubs Mets Dodgers ASTROS Phillies Pirates ROCKIES PADRES 9.0 8.5 9.0 7.5 7.5 7.5 9.0 BLUE JAYS Orioles ROYALS Rays Indians Twins Red Sox Odds Underdog MICHIGAN ST STANFORD September 1 i-Notre Dame W VIRGINIA PENN ST Northwestern OHIO ST ILLINOIS Tulsa CALIFORNIA NEBRASKA BOSTON COLL c-Iowa d-Colorado GEORGIA FLORIDA TEXAS HOUSTON a-Clemson USC ar-Alabama Rutgers Oklahoma ARIZONA WASHINGTON Troy DUKE LSU OREGON September 2 LOUISVILLE BAYLOR September 3 VA TECH 7.5 Ga Tech 14.5 11 Kentucky Smu 16.5 24 6.5 1 22.5 9.5 1 11.5 17.5 1 6.5 5.5 37.5 29 28.5 37.5 3 38.5 12 17.5 30.5 10.5 14.5 5.5 4 43.5 35.5 Navy Marshall Ohio U SYRACUSE Miami-Ohio W Michigan IOWA ST Nevada So Miss Miami-Fla No Illinois Colorado St. Buffalo Bowling Green Wyoming Texas St Auburn Hawaii Michigan TULANE UTEP Toledo San Diego St UAB Florida Intl N Texas Arkansas St 7 25.5 Boise St San Jose St
Today's Games Buffalo at Pawtucket, 1:05 p.m. Columbus at Louisville, 2:05 p.m. Indianapolis at Syracuse, 5 p.m. Gwinnett at Durham, 5:05 p.m. Toledo at Lehigh Valley, 5:35 p.m. Yankees at Rochester, 6:05 p.m. Charlotte at Norfolk, 6:15 p.m.
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Eastern Division W L Pct. GB Trenton (Yankees)................... 72 53 .576 New Britain (Twins) ................. 67 57 .540 412 Reading (Phillies) .................... 66 59 .528 6 Binghamton (Mets).................. 60 65 .480 12 Portland (Red Sox).................. 58 65 .472 13 New Hampshire (Blue Jays)... 51 74 .408 21 Western Division W L Pct. GB Akron (Indians) ....................... 74 50 .597 Bowie (Orioles)....................... 67 58 .536 712 Richmond (Giants) ................. 63 62 .504 1112 Altoona (Pirates)..................... 59 65 .476 15 Harrisburg (Nationals) ........... 57 68 .456 1712 Erie (Tigers) ............................ 53 71 .427 21 Friday's Games Portland 0, New Britain 0, tie, 4 innings, susp., rain Harrisburg 6, Erie 1 Richmond 10, Binghamton 3 New Hampshire 3, Altoona 2 Bowie 12, Trenton 6 Akron 9, Reading 1 Saturday's Games Portland 9, New Britain 2 New Britain 4, Portland 2, 8 innings, comp. of susp. game Richmond 4, Binghamton 0 Reading 1, Akron 0 Harrisburg 2, Erie 1 Bowie 3, Trenton 2 Altoona at New Hampshire, late Today's Games New Britain at Portland, 1 p.m. Reading at Akron, 1:05 p.m. Richmond at Binghamton, 1:05 p.m. Harrisburg at Erie, 1:35 p.m. Altoona at New Hampshire, 1:35 p.m. Bowie at Trenton, 5:05 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 25 Indianapolis at Washington, 4 p.m. Detroit at Oakland, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m. St. Louis at Dallas, 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 26 San Francisco at Denver, 4 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Jets, 8 p.m.
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CAMPS/CLINICS 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. Jerry Greeley, the Kings College baseball coach, will host training and games at the Wyoming Valley Sports Dome during September and October. The program, which is open to all area players ages eight to 12, will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday and Thursday nights beginning September 10. Instruction and drills will provide players with sound fundamentals, disciplined work habits and drill work for personal improvement. Early registration is recommended as spots are limited. For more information, email Coach Greeley at baseball@kings.edu Maximum Impact will be having an Advanced Hitting Clinic for all ages this Saturday August 25 from 3:30 5 p.m. The clinic will include vision, mental approach of hitting and power. Space is limited, there are only a few spots left! The price is $10 for the hour and a half. Call 822-1134 to register. Maximum Impact Instructional Coach Pitch League begins September 1 for ages 5-7. Practices are held on Tuesdays at 6 p.m. for 10 weeks. Call 822-1134 for more information. Misericordia Baseball is hosting a summer exposure camp for high school players interested in playing college baseball on Aug. 26. The camp will run from 9:30 a.m.- 4:45 p.m., and will feature the first organized baseball activity on the new Tambur Field. For details and registration form, visit athletics.misericordia.edu. MEETINGS Crestwood Football Booster Club will have its monthly meeting Aug. 22 at 7 p.m. at Tonys Pizza. Parents of players are encouraged to attend. Hanover Area Boys Basketball Booster Club will meet on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m. at Tubbies in Lee Park. Hanover Area Youth Soccer will hold its monthly meeting Monday, Aug. 20, at 6 p.m. at the Route 29 Sports Complex. All board members are urged to attend. PIAA Soccer Officials and high school boys and girls soccer coaches will have an annual mandatory rules interpretation meeting today at 7:30 p.m., at the McGowan School of Business at Kings College. Dr. William Walthour will preside. For more information, contact Bob Ebie at 388-6235 or email LLCSOA@juno.com. Solomon/Plains will hold a cross country meeting Monday at 8 a.m. at the Solomon locker room for any boy or girl in grades 7-9 that are interested in cross country. Wyoming Area Ice Hockey will hold its monthly parents meeting Aug. 22, West Wyoming Boro. Building at 7 p.m. WA Ice Hockey teams annual Car Wash Fundraiser will be held Aug. 25 from 9 a.m. 2 p.m. at Dileos Service Station in Wyoming. Tickets can be purchased at $5 from any team player. Drive up sales and donations are also welcome during event. Wyoming Valley ASA Chapter of Umpires will meet Monday, Aug. 20 at 8:15 p.m. at Konefals Restaurant in Edwardsville. REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS Hanover Township Open has entry forms available in various businesses in the township, Ashley and Sugar Notch. This years event is set for Sunday, Aug. 21, with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. The tournament is open to former and current residents of the Hanover Area School District. However, one can bring up to three guests. Fee is $75 per person and includes golf, cart, prizes, food, refreshments, hat and commemorative golf balls. Hole sponsors also are being solicited by members of the committee for the two $500 scholarships that are awarded annually to deserving Hanover Area School District students. For more information, call John Zimich at 829-1086 or Jim Lohman at 829-3272. NEPA/Abington Wildcats U16 fastpitch travel softball organization
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EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Connecticut.................... 15 5 .750 Indiana............................ 11 7 .611 Atlanta............................. 10 10 .500 Chicago .......................... 8 10 .444 New York ....................... 7 12 .368 Washington.................... 4 16 .200 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota..................... 16 4 .800 San Antonio.................. 14 5 .737 Los Angeles ................. 15 6 .714 Seattle ........................... 10 10 .500 Phoenix......................... 4 16 .200 Tulsa ............................. 3 16 .158 Friday's Games Minnesota 98, Washington 69 San Antonio 89, Tulsa 79 Atlanta 82, Chicago 76 Saturday's Games Indiana 86, Atlanta 72 Connecticut 85, New York 74 Los Angeles at Seattle, late Today's Games Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Tulsa at Minnesota, 7 p.m. GB 3 5 6 712 11 GB 112 112 6 12 1212
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Horgan III ........................................71-73144 Steve Pate ...............................................71-73144 Fuzzy Zoeller...........................................69-75144 Sandy Lyle ...............................................72-72144 Rod Spittle ...............................................71-73144 Robin Byrd...............................................74-70144 Bob Tway .................................................72-73145 Tom Kite...................................................74-71145 Mark Brooks ............................................74-71145 David Eger...............................................71-74145 Hale Irwin.................................................71-74145 D.A. 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will be hosting tryouts for their fall 2012/summer 2013 teams. The team will be attending several college showcases. Tryouts will be today from 1-3 p.m. at Abington Heights High School. For more information or to schedule a private tryout, contact Vic Thomas at 351-5187, Mike Thomas at 2417030, John Kelly at 504-4808 or by email at AbingtonWildcats@yahoo.com. Rollin Thunder 18-Under Softball Team will hold tryouts today and today from 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on both days. Tryouts will be held at the Jessup Youth Sports Complex. Check-in will start at 9 a.m. For more information or to pre-register, call Mark at 687-4735 or email ave3024@aol.com. Wyoming Valley Flames will be holding tryouts for girls fast pitch softball on the following dates: 10U & 12U age group will be on Aug. 20 and 21 at 6 p.m., and Aug. 25 at 10 a.m. 16U age group will be on Aug 22 and 23 at 6 p.m., and Aug 25 at 11 a.m. All tryouts will be at the Ashley softball field on Conyngham St. If you are unable to make these dates or for more information, call Pat at 466-9644, Hank at 328-2643, Bernie at 239-3627, or Bob at 574-5075. UPCOMING EVENTS/OTHER Commonwealth Medical College will host its annual golf tournament Sept. 14 at Huntsville Golf Club in Shavertown. Proceeds will benefit the TCMC student scholarship fund that will help defer the cost of medical school tuition. Registration and a continental breakfast begin at 9 a.m. followed by a shotgun start at 10 a.m. The captain and crew format is limited to 128 golfers. The cost is $300 per golfer and $1,200 for a foursome, which includes 18 holes of golf, a golf shirt, breakfast, lunch, dinner and awards ceremony. Collared shirts, slacks or Bermuda shorts are required. Sponsorships are available. For more information, call 504-9619 or to register online, go to www.thecommonwealthmedical.com/golf. If youre unable to participate and would like to contribute to the student scholarship fund, email Nina C. Dei Tos at ndeitos@tcmedc.org. Greater Pittston Friendly Sons of St. Patrick will host its annual Black Shamrock Open Aug. 26 at Blue Ridge Trail Golf Course. The format of the tournament is captain and crew and the entry fee is $75 per golfer. The event will kick off with a 1:30 p.m. shotgun start. Refreshments and a buffet meal following the tournament at the golf course will also be available. If interested, call president Jimmy Clancy at 881-4176 or any active member of the G.P. Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Registration should be completed as soon as possible. Hanover Area Football will have a chicken BBQ dinner at the Ashley Firemans Park today from noon to 4 p.m. The cost of the dinners is $9 and they can be purchased at the door. If you have any questions, call Sharon at 510-9190. Knights of Columbus Council 302 of Wilkes Barre is hosting its annual charities golf tournament August 25 at Sand Springs Country Club. For more information, call Joe Licosky at 239-0133 or Jerry Nash at 262-8983. Little Flower Manor, St. Therese Residence, and St. Lukes Villa 13th Annual Golf Tournament will be held at Mountain Laurel Golf Club, White Haven, Sept. 14. There will be a 1 p.m. shotgun start and the tournament will conclude with an awards dinner. Run for the Cannoli 5K will take off today at 3 p.m. at the Queen of Heaven Parish on 13th and Vine streets in Hazleton. Cash prizes are given to the top three male and female finishers. The race runs in conjunction with the St. Mauros Italian Festival. All runners will receive a t-shirt, $5 in festival food tickets and a cannoli. Registration is $22 on day of race. Race applications can be obtained online at neparunner.com. For more information, call Dino Oberto at 401-8168. Bulletin Board items will not be accepted over the telephone. Items may be faxed to 831-7319, emailed to tlsports@timesleader.com or dropped off at the Times Leader or mailed to Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250.
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H.S. GIRLS TENNIS Pittston Area at Wyoming Area MMI Prep at Wyoming Seminary Holy Redeemer at Wyoming Valley West Hazleton Area at Coughlin Hanover Area at Crestwood GAR at Dallas Tunkhannock at Berwick
T R A N S A C T I O N S BASEBALL
Major League Baseball MLBSuspended Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly two games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his excessive arguing in the top of the second inning of an Aug. 16 game. American League BALTIMORE ORIOLESRecalled LHP Zach Britton from Norfolk (IL). Optioned INF Joe Mahoney to Norfolk. BOSTON RED SOXRecalled INF Mauro Gomez from Pawtucket (IL). Placed LHP Felix Doubront on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 10. National League CHICAGO CUBSRecalled LHP Brooks Raley from Iowa (PCL). CINCINNATI REDSRecalled RHP Todd Redmond from Louisville (IL). COLORADO ROCKIESPlaced OF Carlos Gonzalez on the bereavement list. Recalled OF Charlie Blackmon from Colorado Springs (PCL). SAN DIEGO PADRESRecalled RHP Nick Vincent from Tucson (PCL). Optioned RHP Ross Ohlendorf to Tucson.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 22
H.S. GOLF Crestwood at Wyoming Valley West Hazleton Area at Berwick Pittston Area at Coughlin Tunkhannock at Dallas Meyers at Holy Redeemer Wyoming Area at GAR Hanover Area at Nanticoke MMI Prep at Lake-Lehman
F O O T B A L L
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE East ......................................W L T Pct New England ............... 1 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Jets ...................... 0 1 0 .000 Buffalo .......................... 0 2 0 .000 Miami ............................ 0 2 0 .000 South ......................................W L T Pct Jacksonville ................. 2 0 0 1.000 Houston........................ 1 0 0 1.000 Indianapolis ................. 1 0 0 1.000 Tennessee................... 1 1 0 .500 North ......................................W L T Pct Cincinnati ..................... 2 0 0 1.000 Cleveland ..................... 2 0 0 1.000 Baltimore ...................... 1 1 0 .500 Pittsburgh .................... 0 1 0 .000 West ......................................W L T Pct Denver.......................... 1 0 0 1.000 Kansas City.................. 1 0 0 1.000 San Diego .................... 1 0 0 1.000 Oakland........................ 0 2 0 .000 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East ......................................W L T Pct Dallas ........................... 1 0 0 1.000 Philadelphia................. 1 0 0 1.000 Washington ................. 1 0 0 1.000 N.Y. Giants .................. 0 1 0 .000 South .........................................W L T Pct Carolina.......................... 1 1 0 .500 Tampa Bay ..................... 1 1 0 .500 New Orleans .................. 1 2 0 .333 Atlanta............................. 0 2 0 .000 North .........................................W L T Pct Detroit ............................. 1 1 0 .500 Minnesota ...................... 1 1 0 .500 Chicago .......................... 0 1 0 .000 Green Bay ...................... 0 2 0 .000 West ......................................W L T Pct San Francisco.............. 1 0 0 1.000 Seattle .......................... 1 0 0 1.000 Arizona ......................... 1 2 0 .333 St. Louis ....................... 0 1 0 .000 Thursday's Games Cleveland 35, Green Bay 10 Cincinnati 24, Atlanta 19 Friday's Games Tennessee 30, Tampa Bay 7 Minnesota 36, Buffalo 14 Jacksonville 27, New Orleans 24 Detroit 27, Baltimore 12 Carolina 23, Miami 17 Arizona 31, Oakland 27 Saturday's Games N.Y. Giants 26, N.Y. Jets 3 San Francisco at Houston, late Kansas City at St. Louis, late Washington at Chicago, late Dallas at San Diego, late Seattle at Denver, late Today's Game Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m. Monday's Game Philadelphia at New England, 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 23 Green Bay at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Jacksonville at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m. Arizona at Tennessee, 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 New England at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m. San Diego at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Seattle at Kansas City, 8 p.m. Chicago at N.Y. Giants, 8 p.m. PF PA 7 6 6 17 20 43 24 43 PF PA 59 55 26 13 38 3 47 34 PF PA 41 25 54 27 43 44 23 24 PF PA 31 3 27 17 21 13 27 34 PF PA 3 0 24 23 7 6 31 32 PF PA 36 43 27 37 47 44 36 55 PF PA 44 31 42 31 3 31 23 56 PF PA 17 6 27 17 58 71 3 38
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EXTREME SPORTS GOLF
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BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDERAgreed to terms with F Serge Ibaka on a multiyear contract extension.
FOOTBALL
National Football League ATLANTA FALCONSReached an injury settlement with WR Michael Calvin. CINCINNATI BENGALSSigned DE Luke Black.
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EASTERN CONFERENCE ....................................... W L T Pts GF GA Sporting Kansas City ..14 7 4 46 31 22 New York......................12 7 5 41 40 34 Houston ........................11 6 7 40 35 27 Chicago ........................11 7 5 38 28 25 D.C. ...............................11 8 3 36 36 29 Montreal .......................10 13 3 33 36 43 Columbus ..................... 8 8 5 29 21 22 Philadelphia ................. 7 12 2 23 23 27 New England ............... 6 12 5 23 26 29 Toronto FC................... 5 14 5 20 27 43 WESTERN CONFERENCE ................................... W L T Pts GF GA San Jose...................14 5 5 47 47 29 Real Salt Lake .........13 9 3 42 36 30 Seattle .......................11 6 7 40 34 24 Los Angeles .............11 11 4 37 44 40 Vancouver ................10 9 7 37 28 33 FC Dallas ................. 7 11 8 29 31 34 Chivas USA ............. 7 9 5 26 14 25 Colorado................... 8 15 1 25 31 35 Portland .................... 5 12 6 21 22 39 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's Games Columbus 1, Los Angeles 1, tie Toronto FC 2, Portland 2, tie FC Dallas 2, Vancouver 0 Saturday's Games Seattle FC 2, Vancouver 0 Sporting Kansas City 1, Toronto FC 0 Montreal 3, San Jose 1 New England at Chicago, late FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, late Chivas USA at Colorado, late Today's Games Philadelphia at D.C. United, 5 p.m. Portland at New York, 7 p.m. Columbus at Houston, 9 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22 Chicago at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24 Real Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25 D.C. United at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. New England at Columbus, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Vancouver at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
Major League Soccer MLSSuspended Vancouver MF Barry Robson one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for aggravated dissent against an assistant referee during an Aug. 15 game.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
Noon ESPN2 World Series, Vancouver, British Columbia vs. Aguadulce, Panama at South Williamsport, Pa. 2 p.m. ABC World Series, Petaluma, Calif. vs. Goodlettsville, Tenn., at South Williamsport, Pa. 5 p.m. ESPN World Series, San Antonio vs. New Castle, Ind. at South Williamsport, Pa. 7 p.m. ESPN2 World Series, Tokyo vs. Taoyuan, Taiwan, at South Williamsport, Pa.
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North Division W L Yankees.................................. 72 56 Pawtucket (Red Sox) ............. 69 59 Lehigh Valley (Phillies).......... 68 60 Rochester (Twins).................. 65 62 Syracuse (Nationals) ............. 62 66 Buffalo (Mets) ......................... 61 66 South Division W L Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 75 53 Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 65 63 Durham (Rays)......................... 59 69 Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 57 71 West Division W L Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 75 52 Columbus (Indians)................ 66 61 Toledo (Tigers)....................... 52 76 Louisville (Reds) .................... 48 80 Friday's Games Toledo 6, Syracuse 2 Indianapolis 4, Rochester 3 Buffalo 4, Lehigh Valley 2 Yankees 8, Pawtucket 5 Columbus 4, Durham 3 Norfolk 3, Gwinnett 2, 10 innings Charlotte 2, Louisville 0 Saturday's Games Buffalo 2, Pawtucket 0 Louisville 3, Columbus 2, 10 innings Lehigh Valley 4, Toledo 3 Charlotte 12, Norfolk 3 Yankees 10, Rochester 3 Indianapolis at Syracuse, late Gwinnett at Durham, late Pct. GB .563 .539 3 .531 4 1 .512 6 2 .484 10 .480 1012 Pct. GB .586 .508 10 .461 16 .445 18 Pct. GB .591 .520 9 .406 2312 1 .375 27 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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Earnhardt, Johnson will start at back

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Lehman grad hopes MLB organizations take notice
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Lake-Lehman graduate Scott Davis played independent ball this season in hopes of catching on with a major league organization.
An independent path to a major dream

By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com
Playing a full season of college baseball and not getting selected in the Major League Baseball Amateur Draft is something thousands of players go through every season. But there is a way to get recognized in hopes of latching on with a Major League organization. Thats by playing independently. There are currently several independent leagues throughout the country that hopefuls can play in ranging from the Frontier League, which has been around since the 1990s, to the Pecos League, which just finished second season of play in Colorado, Texas and New Mexico. Lake-Lehman grad Scott Davis was one of the unfortunate successful college players to get overlooked and wasnt drafted this past June. He just finished his career at Delaware State and posted solid career numbers for
the Hornets, batting .353 as a sophomore, .418 as a junior and .272 for the 2012 campaign. Even though he wasnt picked in the draft, he wasnt disappointed about the result. Kind of, but not really. If I had a season like I did last year, I think I wouldve been disappointed, Davis said. But I didnt really have a great year so it would have shocked me if they did. I thought last year there wouldve even been chance that I wouldve (been drafted). Since he wasnt drafted, Davis spent the last few months playing in the Pecos League for the Santa Fe Fuego. The team, which was playing its first season in the league, finished last in 2012 in the six-team league. But the shortstop still had a good season, hitting .306 (37-for-121) in 35 games with three doubles, a triple, 19 RBI, two stolen bases, 17 walks and .421 on-base percentage, which also included seven hit by pitches. Davis joined the league
around midseason and after getting a call from the Fuego coach. He was inserted right into the starting lineup as the leadoff hitter and starting shortstop. It was awesome. The first night it was awesome. I batted leadoff the first night and they called me out there the new Fuego shortstop Scott Davis and the crowd was pretty pumped up for me, Davis recalled. There is always the possibility of latching on with a Major League organization in the Pecos League as four players did this past season. One pitcher even threw against Davis team and then two days later signed with the New York Yankees. Relief pitcher Charlie Short is currently playing in the Yankees minor leagues with Single-A Charleston. Now that the season is over and Davis is back to working at Huntsville Golf Club for the time being, hes still exploring options of getting more exposure. Hes looking into playing ball in a
winter league and will try out for the Frontier League for the 2013 season. Hes even sent emails to clubs in the Frontier League now in hopes of catching on with a team for the upcoming playoffs. If that doesnt work out, he will be back in the Pecos League.
AN NCAA RECORD Davis didnt only finish his collegiate career at Delaware State with good batting numbers, he also is the co-holder of one NCAA Record. Davis was hit by a pitch 37 times this season for the Hornets, tying the record for most times hit in one season with Vanderbilts Brian Harris, who set the mark in 2010. I guess I have a magnet on me. I dont move out of the way, Davis said. Its a free base so Im always going to take that. Davis would have the record all to himself, but twice this season umpires wouldnt give him the free pass because he didnt attempt to move out of the way.
BROOKLYN, Mich. Dale Earnhardt Jr.s return to Michigan isnt off to a great start. Earnhardt, who won at Michigan International Speedway in June to snap a four-year losing streak, will have to start from the back today in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race. He rubbed against the wall in practice Saturday and will need to go to a backup car. We were making some changes on the car and got the car too loose, and it just came out from under me in the corner, Earnhardt said. I probably was running harder than I should have been in practice. Series points leader Jimmie Johnson also will be in back because of an engine change. Earnhardt tested his backup car at MIS, back in June. We know a lot about the car here at this particular track, where in most cases you dont. So we have that going for us, Earnhardt said. We should be able to put a car out there thats relatively in the ballpark. Other than just starting in the back, I dont think that its hurt our chances too much. Johnson said his team discovered an issue before practice Saturday and decided to change the engine. We probably could have run some of this practice, but I think we had to change the engine regardless, he said. We didnt want to oil the track or create an issue and crash our car. Johnson was third in qualifying Friday. Earnhardt was 22nd. Earnhardt broke through at this track in June, winning for the first time in 144 Cup races. Hes fourth in the points standings and has nine top-five finishes, but lately he has had his share of problems. He led the points race even after finishing 32nd at Pocono two weeks ago he was forced to the garage at one point because of a busted transmission. Then last weekend at Watkins Glen, he was in the top 10 before a late spin sent him on his way to a 28thplace showing. The last driver to sweep the two Cup races at MIS was Bobby
Allgaier nips Villeneuve to win

MONTREAL Justin Allgaier passed Jacques Villeneuve on the final lap during a green-white-checkered finish and won the Nationwide race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, depriving the French Canadian of his first victory at any level in NASCAR. Villeneuve, who started third, survived three late restarts in a wild race that went six extra laps and saw Danica Patrick lead 20 laps. But Villeneuve, who had been saving fuel, slowed briefly on the final one and Allgaier slid past for his second win of the season and third of his career. Sam Hornish Jr. finished second and Villeneuve was third, followed by Elliott Sadler and Ron Fellows. Kyle Busch, who flew in from the Cup race in Michigan to drive his No. 54 Toyota, arrived about 2 hours before the green flag, started at the back of the field because of a driver change, and finished 10th after briefly challenging Villeneuve for the lead with 20 laps left around the tricky, 2.7-mile 14-turn layout. Patrick led 20 laps and ran second to Villeneuve for another 12 laps before she suffered track bar issues in her No. 7 Chevy after hitting a shoe thrown on track.
Labonte in 1995. Earnhardt has nine top-10 finishes in 26 starts at the track. Getting over that hurdle, getting that first win does a lot to relieve you, Earnhardt said. It reassures you that your team can win. I think if we were still winless, we would still feel a bit snake-bitten, or somewhat cursed I guess in a way. That might mess your psyche a little bit, mess with you mentally. But once you do break through that barrier, it definitely gives you a reason to believe that you can do it again. Hell have his work cut out for him today after his practice mishap, but the victory two months ago has helped Earnhardts confidence.
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Russ Canzler, Hazleton Area, Columbus (Cleveland, Triple-A): A grad from Hazleton Area, the 26-year-old played four games against his old team this past week. He had only three hits in 17 at-bats against the Durham Bulls, but two of those hits were home runs. Last year playing for the Bulls, he won the International League MVP award. After a slow start to this season, hes now batting .262 with 19 home runs and 65 RBI for the Clippers. He also has 30 doubles, three triples and a .327 onbase percentage. As baseball goes, hes in a mild slump over his last 10 games batting just .237 (9-for-38).
Kyle Landis, Hazleton Area, Akron (Cleveland, Double-A): An 18th-round pick by the Indians in 2007, the right-handed reliever seems to be back on track after a few rough outings, allowing no runs and just two hits in his last three appearances. For the season, he still has solid numbers for the Aeros, with a 3.45 ERA in 37 games while striking out 51in 6013 innings and posting a 6-4 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 returned from the disabled list two weeks ago after missing more than a month with a head injury. For the season, hes batting .278 with one home run, 36 RBI and 25 stolen bases in 32 attempts to go along with seven triples, 11 doubles and 46 runs in 82 games.
Ray Black, Coughlin, San Francisco (TBA): A power pitcher, Black, 22, had shoulder surgery two weeks ago and recovery time is a year. He hasnt pitched competitively since signing with the Giants. The seventh-round draft pick (237th overall) out of the University of Pittsburgh last June is ranked the No. 24 overall prospect in the organization, according to Baseball America, and has been known to reach in the high 90s with his fastball. He is also listed as an Under the Radar player for the organization, according to MLB.com.
Rich Thompson, Montrose, Durham (Tampa Bay, Triple-A): A 33-year-old speedy outfielder, has cooled off a bit, hitting just .268 over his last 10 games. His batting average for the season still stands at a healthy .307. The average goes with two homers, 19 RBI and 15 stolen bases in 47 games since being sent to the Bulls. 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 .302 batting average with 18 stolen bases and an on-base percentage of .372.
Kyle McMyne, Old Forge, Bakersfield (Cincinnati, Class A Advanced): The righthanded reliever continues to be in a slump, giving five runs in his last 123 innings pitched over two games. He was tagged for the loss in one of the two games. For the season, he is 4.81 ERA and a 5-5 record. Before his promotion, in Low A Dayton he threw in 24 13 innings with 22 strikeouts and just eight walks. He was 3-2 with a 2.59 ERA in 18 appearances, holding opponents to a .215 batting average and only allowing one home run.
GREENSBORO, N.C. Sergio Garcia shot a 4-under 66 on Saturday to take the lead at 14-under 196 after three rounds at the Wyndham Championship. Tim Clark and Bud Cauley were a stroke back, with Jason Dufner, Harris English and Carl Pettersson at 12 under entering the final round of the last event before the FedEx Cup playoffs. Dufner shot a 63, Cauley had a 66, Clark a 67, and English and Pettersson 68s. Garcia whose secondround 63 marked his best PGA Tour round in a decade made a move with consecutive birdies midway through the back nine that briefly helped him leapfrog his playing partner, Clark. Garcia plopped his tee shot 4 feet from the flagstick on the par-3 12th and tapped in, then followed that with a birdie on No. 13 to move to 14 under. Then, after just his second bogey of the tournament, he bounced back with a birdie on No. 15.
U.S. AMATEUR CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, Colo. Michael Weaver opened Garcia a big lead, and then hung on to beat Justin Thomas 3 and 2 to advance to the final in the U.S. Amateur at Cherry Hills. Weaver, from Fresno, Calif., and the University of California, will face Steven Fox, a Tennessee-Chattanooga senior from Hendersonville, Tenn., on Sunday in the 36-hole championship. Fox beat Brandon Hagy, Weavers teammate at Cal, 2-up. Thomas, from Goshen, Ky., plays at Alabama.
SAFEWAY CLASSIC NORTH PLAINS, Ore. Japans Mika Miyazato shoot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the LPGA Tours Safeway Classic Miyazato, tied for the firstround lead with Sydnee MiDICKS SPORTING chaels after a 65, had an 11GOODS OPEN under 133 total on Pumpkin ENDICOTT, N.Y. DefendRidges Ghost Creek Course. ing champion John Huston shot South Koreas So Yeon Ryu, a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke the Toledo Classic winner last lead over Brad Faxon after the week, was second after a 68. second round of the Dicks Cristie Kerr and Inbee Park shot Sporting Goods Open. 70 to reach 8 under, and MiHuston had a 12-under 132 chaels had a 72 to join toptotal in the Champion Tour ranked Yani Tseng and Paula event at En-Joie Golf Club. FaxCreamer at 7 under. Tseng had a on shot a 66.
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Mets 2, Nationals 0
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SWB Yanks overwhelm Rochester

The Times Leader Staff
New York Yankees catcher Russell Martin tags out the Boston Red Soxs Pedro Ciriaco, who was trying to score from third in the ninth inning of a game Saturdayat Yankee Stadium in New York. The Red Sox defeated the Yankees 4-1.
Washington ................................... Atlanta ............................................ New York ....................................... Philadelphia................................... Miami.............................................. Cincinnati ....................................... Pittsburgh ...................................... St. Louis ......................................... Milwaukee...................................... Chicago.......................................... Houston ......................................... San Francisco ............................... Los Angeles .................................. Arizona........................................... San Diego ...................................... Colorado ........................................
Lester and Gonzalez lead Sox over Yanks

Dodgers 6, Braves 2
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NEW YORK Jon Lester shut down the Yankees offense for seven innings, Adrian Gonzalez provided an early lead with a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat New York 4-1 Saturday for a badly needed win. Yankees nemesis Pedro Ciriaco was 4 for 4, raising his average against New York this year to .517 (15 for 29), and Boston reliever Craig Breslow and catcher Ryan Lavarnway became what is thought to be the first all-Yale battery in the major leagues since 1883. The fourth-place Red Sox won for just the fourth time in 11 games as they try to right their foundering season. Lester (7-10) won consecutive starts for the first time since mid-May, allowing five hits with four strikeouts. Curtis Granderson homered in the fourth for the Yankees only run.
Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1
mark he shared with Francisco Cordero, who was successful on 21 chances in a row in 2004. Nathan was the sixth pitcher for Texas.
Orioles 3, Tigers 2
DETROIT Chris Davis hit a three-run homer and the Baltimore Orioles snapped the Detroit Tigers four-game winning streak with a victory. Adam Jones and Matt Wieters opened the seventh inning with consecutive singles off Rick Porcello (9-8). Davis then drove a 1-1 pitch over the wall in left for his 19th homer, snapping the scoreless tie. Zach Britton (2-1) struck out five in seven sparkling innings and Jim Johnson got three outs for his 36th save.
Royals 9, White Sox 4
AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Detroit 5, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 6, Boston 4 Toronto 3, Texas 2 Kansas City 4, Chicago White Sox 2 Oakland 6, Cleveland 4 Tampa Bay 12, L.A. Angels 3 Seattle 5, Minnesota 3 Saturday's Games Texas 2, Toronto 1 Boston 4, N.Y. Yankees 1 Baltimore 3, Detroit 2 Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 4 Cleveland at Oakland, (n) Tampa Bay at L.A. Angels, (n) Minnesota at Seattle, (n) Sunday's Games Baltimore (W.Chen 11-7) at Detroit (Fister 7-7), 1:05 p.m. Texas (M.Harrison 13-7) at Toronto (H.Alvarez 7-10), 1:07 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Quintana 5-2) at Kansas City (Guthrie 2-3), 2:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (M.Moore 9-7) at L.A. Angels (Greinke 1-1), 3:35 p.m. Cleveland (Masterson 9-10) at Oakland (J.Parker 7-7), 4:05 p.m. Minnesota (Deduno 4-0) at Seattle (Beavan 7-7), 4:10 p.m. Boston (Beckett 5-10) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 11-8), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games Kansas City at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Texas, 8:05 p.m. N.Y. Yankees at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 10:05 p.m. Cleveland at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games Washington 6, N.Y. Mets 4 Cincinnati 7, Chicago Cubs 3 Atlanta 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 11 innings Arizona 3, Houston 1 Milwaukee 6, Philadelphia 2 Pittsburgh 2, St. Louis 1 Miami 6, Colorado 5 San Francisco 10, San Diego 1 Saturday's Games Cincinnati 5, Chicago Cubs 3, 1st game St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh 4 Arizona 12, Houston 4 N.Y. Mets 2, Washington 0 Chicago Cubs 9, Cincinnati 7, 2nd game L.A. Dodgers 6, Atlanta 2 Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 3 Miami at Colorado, (n) San Francisco at San Diego, (n) Sunday's Games Chicago Cubs (Volstad 0-9) at Cincinnati (Latos 10-3), 1:10 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Billingsley 9-9) at Atlanta (Minor 6-9), 1:35 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Hefner 2-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 15-6), 1:35 p.m. Arizona (I.Kennedy 10-10) at Houston (Galarraga 0-3), 2:05 p.m. Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-9) at Milwaukee (Wolf 3-9), 2:10 p.m. Pittsburgh (Karstens 4-3) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 3-4), 2:15 p.m. Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-9) at Colorado (D.Pomeranz 1-7), 3:10 p.m. San Francisco (Vogelsong 10-6) at San Diego (Richard 9-12), 4:05 p.m. Monday's Games Atlanta at Washington, 7:05 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee, 8:10 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 10:05 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre was victorious again Saturday night, this time in a 10-3 victory over Rochester at Frontier Field. In the first inning, Darnell McDonald scored first for the Yankees (73-56) after he was walked, moved to third on a Corban Joseph single and then scored on a Brandon Laird single. The Yankees scored three runs in the second after Joseph nailed a three-run home, making it 4-0 for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees scored three more times in the third with Laird, Austin Romine and Melky Mesa crossing the plate to increase their lead to 7-0. The Red Wings (65-63) finally got on the board in the fifth inning after a Tsuyoshi Nishioka two-run home run cut the deficit to 8-2. They tacked on another run in the inning. The Yankees finished with 20 hits. Mike OConnor went five innings, striking out eight, to improve to 3-0. The two teams will play at Frontier Field in Rochester at 6:05 p.m. today.
Yankees McDonals lf Joseph 2b Nunez ss Laird 1b Romine dh Cervelli c Mesa cf Fukudome rf Pena 3b ab 5 6 6 6 5 3 5 3 5 r 1 4 2 1 2 0 1 1 1 h bi 2 0 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 0 Rochester Nishioka 2b Dozier ss Dinkelmn 2b Parmlee 1b Ramirez lf Escobar 3b Thomas cf Bigley rf Chang dh Rivera c Lehmann c ab 5 1 0 5 4 4 3 3 4 2 2 r 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 h bi 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
Phillies 4, Brewers 3
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TORONTO Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer, Joe Nathan converted his team-record 22nd straight save opportunity and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays. Nathan broke the Rangers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Mike Moustakas hit a three-run shot and the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox, overcoming Adam Dunns 400th career homer. Moustakas connected in the eighth and drove in four runs for the Royals, who have won four of five. Alcides Escobar had four infield singles, scored three runs and had his teamleading 24th steal.
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Red Sox 4, Yankees 1
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Orioles 3, Tigers 2
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Totals 44102010 Totals 33 3 8 3 Yankees............................. 133 100 020 10 Rochester.......................... 000 030 000 3 E Dozier (5) LOB Yankees 12, Rochester 8 2B Romine (2), Ramirez (12) 3B HR Joseph (12), Romine (1), Nishioka (2) IP H R ER BB SO Yankees OConnor (W, 3-0)... 5 6 3 3 2 8 Perez ......................... 2 1 0 0 2 3 Cedeno...................... 1 1 0 0 1 0 Rochester Martis (L, 2-3 ............ 2.1 7 6 6 1 2 Lanigan ...................... 1.1 5 2 1 1 1 Turpen ....................... 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 Thielbar ..................... 1.1 4 2 2 0 0 Guerra ....................... 1.2 2 0 0 1 0
Reds 5, Cubs 3
First Game Cincinnati ab r h bi ab r h bi DeJess rf 3 1 0 0 Cozart ss 4 0 1 0 Vitters 3b 4 0 0 0 Heisey cf 3 0 1 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 0 0 0 0 ASorin lf 4 2 2 2 BPhllps 2b 4 0 0 0 SCastro ss 3 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 1 1 0 WCastll c 4 0 2 1 Frazier 3b 3 2 2 2 T.Wood pr 0 0 0 0 Paul lf 3 1 1 2 BJcksn cf 3 0 0 0 Cairo 1b 3 1 1 1 Mather ph 1 0 0 0 Hanign c 3 0 1 0 Barney 2b 3 0 1 0 Cueto p 3 0 0 0 Smrdzj p 2 0 0 0 Ludwck ph 1 0 0 0 Belivea p 0 0 0 0 Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 Corpas p 0 0 0 0 Valuen ph 1 0 0 0 AlCarr p 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 3 5 3 Totals 31 5 8 5 Chicago.............................. 200 000 001 3 Cincinnati ........................... 020 200 01x 5 ESamardzija (1). LOBChicago 4, Cincinnati 7. 2BCozart (30). 3BBruce (2). HRA.Soriano (22), Frazier (17), Paul (1), Cairo (1). SFFrazier. IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Samardzija L,8-11 .. 5 6 4 4 0 5 Beliveau ................... 1 0 0 0 2 0 Corpas...................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Al.Cabrera ............... 1 2 1 1 1 0 Cincinnati Cueto W,16-6 .......... 8 3 2 2 0 8 Chapman S,29-33 .. 1 2 1 1 1 2 HBPby Samardzija (Heisey), by Cueto (DeJesus). WPSamardzija. BalkBeliveau. UmpiresHome, Paul Schrieber;First, David Rackley;Second, Laz Diaz;Third, Tim Welke. T2:48. A28,754 (42,319). Chicago
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Molina helps Cardinals to win over Pirates

Diego, 32;Prado, Atlanta, 31. TRIPLESFowler, Colorado, 11;Bourn, Atlanta, 10;MeCabrera, San Francisco, 10;SCastro, Chicago, 8;Pagan, San Francisco, 8;Reyes, Miami, 8;Colvin, Colorado, 7;DeJesus, Chicago, 7. HOME RUNSBraun, Milwaukee, 33;Beltran, St. Louis, 28;Bruce, Cincinnati, 25;Kubel, Arizona, 25;McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 24;Hart, Milwaukee, 23;Holliday, St. Louis, 23;LaRoche, Washington, 23;Ludwick, Cincinnati, 23;Stanton, Miami, 23. STOLEN BASESBourn, Atlanta, 32;Bonifacio, Miami, 30;DGordon, Los Angeles, 30;Pierre, Philadelphia, 29;Reyes, Miami, 28;Stubbs, Cincinnati, 28;Victorino, Los Angeles, 27. PITCHINGCueto, Cincinnati, 16-6;AJBurnett, Pittsburgh, 15-4;Dickey, New York, 15-4;GGonzalez, Washington, 15-6;Strasburg, Washington, 14-5;Hamels, Philadelphia, 14-6;Lynn, St. Louis, 13-5;Bumgarner, San Francisco, 13-7;Miley, Arizona, 13-8. STRIKEOUTSDickey, New York, 175;Strasburg, Washington, 173;Hamels, Philadelphia, 168;Kershaw, Los Angeles, 165;GGonzalez, Washington, 158;MCain, San Francisco, 154;Gallardo, Milwaukee, 154. SAVESHanrahan, Pittsburgh, 34;Kimbrel, Atlanta, 31;Chapman, Cincinnati, 29;Motte, St. Louis, 28;Papelbon, Philadelphia, 27;Clippard, Washington, 26;Jansen, Los Angeles, 25.
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Cardinals 5, Pirates 4
St. Louis ab r h bi ab r h bi 2 1 1 0 Furcal ss 5 2 2 0 MCrpnt YNavrr lf 2 0 0 0 rf-1b 4 0 1 1 Mercer 2b-ss 4 1 2 2 Hollidy lf 4 0 1 0 AMcCt cf 5 0 0 1 Craig 1b 4 1 2 0 GJones 1b-rf 4 0 1 1 Boggs p 0 0 0 0 Snider rf 2 0 0 0 Descals 2b 0 0 0 0 JHughs p 0 0 0 0 Freese 3b 2 1 0 0 JHrrsn ph-2b 2 0 1 0 YMolin c 4 1 3 2 SRonsn PAlvrz 3b 3 0 0 0 cf-rf 4 0 2 2 Barajs c 3 0 0 0 RJcksn 2b 2 0 0 0 Barmes ss 3 1 1 0 Beltran ph 1 0 0 0 McKnr ph 1 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0 J.Cruz p 0 0 0 0 Lynn p 2 0 0 0 Bedard p 2 0 0 0 Brwnng p 0 0 0 0 GSnchz 1b 2 1 2 0 Rosnthl p 0 0 0 0 Schmkr ph 1 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0 Jay cf 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 8 4 Totals 33 511 5 Pittsburgh .......................... 001 020 001 4 St. Louis ............................. 100 220 00x 5 EFreese (10). DPPittsburgh 2. LOBPittsburgh 10, St. Louis 8. 2BMercer (4), G.Sanchez (13), Furcal (17), Y.Molina 2 (24), S.Robinson (6). SFG.Jones. IP H R ER BB SO Pittsburgh Bedard L,7-13 ......... 423 9 5 5 3 4 J.Hughes.................. 213 0 0 0 0 1 J.Cruz ....................... 1 2 0 0 0 1 St. Louis Lynn .......................... 413 4 3 3 3 8 Browning W,1-2 ...... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Rosenthal H,1 ......... 23 0 0 0 0 1 Mujica H,19.............. 1 1 0 0 0 0 Boggs H,23.............. 1 2 0 0 0 2 Motte S,28-33.......... 1 1 1 0 0 1 HBPby J.Cruz (Jay), by Motte (Mercer), by Lynn (S.Marte). WPBrowning. UmpiresHome, Jim Reynolds;First, James Hoye;Second, Jim Joyce;Third, Lance Barrett. T3:17. A40,313 (43,975). SMarte lf Pittsburgh
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ST. LOUIS Yadier Molina had three hits and two RBIs in his return to the lineup, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to a big 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday. St. Louis bounced back from Friday nights 2-1 loss in the series opener and pulled within a game of Pittsburgh for the second NL wild-card spot. Jaime Garcia is expected to come off the disabled list to start Sundays series finale against Pirates right-hander Jeff Karstens. Molina also had two RBIs and scored a run after missing the previous three games with a sore back. He hit a tiebreaking two-run double off Erik Bedard (7-13) in the fifth inning to give the Cardinals a 5-3 lead.
Reds 5, Cubs 3 Cubs 9, Reds 7
Niese pitched into the eighth inning and Ike Davis hit a two-run homer in the seventh to lead the New York Mets over the Washington Nationals.
Dodgers 6, Braves 2
Rangers 2, Blue Jays 1

Texas Kinsler 2b MiYong ss Andrus ss Hamltn lf Beltre 3b N.Cruz dh DvMrp rf Morlnd 1b Gentry cf Toronto ab r h bi RDavis lf 5 0 1 0 Rasms cf 5 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 2 0 0 0 Cooper 1b 4 0 1 0 YEscor ss 4 0 1 0 McCoy 3b 0 0 0 0 KJhnsn 2b 3 0 0 0 Mathis c 4 0 1 0 Gose rf 3 1 1 0 Hchvrr LMrtnz c 2 0 0 0 3b-ss 3 0 2 1 LMartn ph 1 0 0 0 Soto c 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 5 2 Totals 33 1 7 1 Texas.................................. 000 020 000 2 Toronto............................... 001 000 000 1 EJenkins (1). LOBTexas 2, Toronto 10. 2BBeltre (23), Hechavarria (2). HRN.Cruz (19). SBR.Davis (38), Gose (10). CSDav.Murphy (3), Gentry (6). SHechavarria. IP H R ER BB SO Texas Oswalt ...................... 423 2 1 1 2 5 R.Ross ..................... 113 3 0 0 0 3 Scheppers H,3 ........ 13 2 0 0 1 0 Kirkman W,1-2 H,2 . 23 0 0 0 0 0 Mi.Adams H,22........ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nathan S,24-25 ....... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Toronto Villanueva L,6-3 ...... 613 4 2 2 1 4 Loup.......................... 23 1 0 0 0 0 Jenkins ..................... 113 0 0 0 0 1 Oliver ........................ 23 0 0 0 0 0 Loup pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. HBPby Oswalt (Encarnacion). PBMathis. BalkOswalt 2. UmpiresHome, Jeff Nelson;First, Bill Welke;Second, Angel Campos;Third, Tim Tschida. T2:47. A30,033 (49,260). ab 4 3 0 4 4 3 3 3 3 r 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 h bi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0
ATLANTA Hanley Ramirez drove in four runs with two homers, including the first of three straight shots by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second inning during a win over the Atlanta Braves. Ramirez, James Loney and Luis Cruz hit consecutive homers in a span of four pitches from Ben Sheets. Ramirez added a three-run homer in the sixth.
Diamondbacks 12, Astros 4
Cubs 9, Reds 7
Second Game Cincinnati r h bi ab r h bi Valuen 3b 1 2 1 Stubbs cf 5 0 1 0 Mather lf 1 1 0 Valdez ss 5 1 0 0 Rizzo 1b 2 1 1 BPhllps 2b 5 1 2 0 SCastro ss 1 3 2 Ludwck lf 4 3 2 3 LaHair rf 1 1 2 Frazier 1b 5 0 1 1 Russell p 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 2 2 0 Camp p 0 0 0 Rolen 3b 3 0 1 1 Marml p 0 0 0 Mesorc c 4 0 0 0 Clevngr c 0 0 0 Rdmnd p 1 0 0 0 BJcksn cf 1 1 1 Simon p 0 0 0 0 Cardns 2b 1 2 1 Heisey ph 1 0 1 1 Barney 2b 0 0 0 LeCure p 0 0 0 0 Raley p 0 1 0 Paul ph 1 0 0 0 Corpas p 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0 DeJess rf 1 1 1 Cairo ph 1 0 1 1 Ondrsk p 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 913 9 Totals 39 711 7 Chicago.............................. 010 313 001 9 Cincinnati ........................... 010 012 210 7 EValbuena (6), Redmond (1), Frazier (6). DP Cincinnati 1. LOBChicago 10, Cincinnati 7. 2BValbuena (14), S.Castro (17), Cardenas (6), B.Phillips (24), Rolen (12). 3BS.Castro (9), Cairo (2). HRB.Jackson (1), DeJesus (5), Ludwick 2 (25). SBS.Castro (20), LaHair 2 (4). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Raley W,1-2............. 513 5 4 3 2 4 Corpas...................... 123 3 2 2 0 1 Russell ..................... 0 1 1 1 0 0 Camp H,13............... 1 1 0 0 0 1 Marmol S,15-17 ...... 1 1 0 0 0 2 Cincinnati Redmond L,0-1 ....... 313 7 4 4 5 2 Simon ....................... 123 2 1 1 0 2 LeCure ..................... 1 3 3 1 0 3 Marshall ................... 2 0 0 0 0 4 Ondrusek ................. 1 1 1 1 0 0 Russell pitched to 1 batter in the 8th. UmpiresHome, Mike Everitt;First, Laz Diaz;Second, Tim Welke;Third, David Rackley. T3:28. A41,236 (42,319). Chicago ab 4 5 5 5 3 0 0 0 4 5 4 1 4 0 1
CINCINNATI Brett Jackson hit his first career home run to help Brooks Raley earn his first major league win, leading the Chicago Cubs to a victory over the Cincinnati Reds and a split of their daynight doubleheader. Starlin Castro had three hits and two RBIs as the Cubs rebounded after losing the first two in the four-game weekend series. David DeJesus added his fifth home run of the season in the ninth. Raley (1-2) gave up four runs, three earned, and five hits in 5 1-3 innings. Ryan Ludwick went deep twice and drove in three runs for the Reds
Mets 2, Nationals 0
HOUSTON Aaron Hill hit a three-run homer in a nine-run fifth inning, Chris Young had four hits and the Arizona Diamondbacks routed the Houston Astros.
Phillies 4, Brewers 3
BATTINGTrout, Los Angeles, .339;MiCabrera, Detroit, .332;Mauer, Minnesota, .322;Revere, Minnesota, .319;Jeter, New York, .317;Ortiz, Boston, .316;Konerko, Chicago, .314. RUNSTrout, Los Angeles, 93;Kinsler, Texas, 82;MiCabrera, Detroit, 81;Granderson, New York, 81;AJackson, Detroit, 76;Hamilton, Texas, 75;Cano, New York, 74;AdJones, Baltimore, 74. RBIMiCabrera, Detroit, 104;Hamilton, Texas, 101;Willingham, Minnesota, 89;Fielder, Detroit, 88;AdGonzalez, Boston, 84;ADunn, Chicago, 83;Encarnacion, Toronto, 82;Pujols, Los Angeles, 82. HITSJeter, New York, 160;MiCabrera, Detroit, 157;AdGonzalez, Boston, 143;Cano, New York, 141;AGordon, Kansas City, 140;AdJones, Baltimore, 139;AEscobar, Kansas City, 137;Rios, Chicago, 137. DOUBLESAGordon, Kansas City, 39;AdGonzalez, Boston, 37;Choo, Cleveland, 35;Brantley, Cleveland, 34;Cano, New York, 32;Kinsler, Texas, 32;Pujols, Los Angeles, 32. TRIPLESAJackson, Detroit, 8;JWeeks, Oakland, 8;Andrus, Texas, 6;Rios, Chicago, 6;ISuzuki, New York, 6;Trout, Los Angeles, 6;6 tied at 5. HOME RUNSADunn, Chicago, 35;Hamilton, Texas, 34;Granderson, New York, 32;MiCabrera, Detroit, 31;Encarnacion, Toronto, 31;Willingham, Minnesota, 31;Trumbo, Los Angeles, 29. STOLEN BASESRDavis, Toronto, 38;Trout, Los Angeles, 38;Revere, Minnesota, 28;Crisp, Oakland, 25;AEscobar, Kansas City, 24;Kipnis, Cleveland, 23;JDyson, Kansas City, 22;DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 22;BUpton, Tampa Bay, 22. PITCHINGPrice, Tampa Bay, 16-4;Weaver, Los Angeles, 15-3;Sale, Chicago, 14-4;MHarrison, Texas, 13-7;Vargas, Seattle, 13-8;Sabathia, New York, 12-3;Scherzer, Detroit, 12-6;Verlander, Detroit, 12-7;Darvish, Texas, 12-9;PHughes, New York, 12-10. STRIKEOUTSVerlander, Detroit, 180;Scherzer, Detroit, 178;FHernandez, Seattle, 174;Darvish, Texas, 172;Shields, Tampa Bay, 161;Price, Tampa Bay, 159;Peavy, Chicago, 150. SAVESRodney, Tampa Bay, 37;JiJohnson, Baltimore, 36;CPerez, Cleveland, 32;RSoriano, New York, 30;Aceves, Boston, 25;Nathan, Texas, 24;Broxton, Kansas City, 23;Valverde, Detroit, 23.
WASHINGTON Jonathon
MILWAUKEE John Mayberry Jr. and Erik Kratz hit back-to-back home runs and Cole Hamels tied a season high with 10 strikeouts to help the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers. Hamels (14-6) gave up eight hits and three earned runs in 7 2-3 innings. He walked just one batter, but gave up a two-run homer to Ryan Braun with two outs in the eighth. Jonathan Papelbon came on and struck out Aramis Ramirez, then pitched a scoreless ninth to record his 27th save. Hamels entered the game having thrown 22 consecutive scoreless innings over his previous three starts.
Royals 9, White Sox 4

Kansas City ab r h bi ab r h bi Wise cf 4 0 1 0 L.Cain cf 5 0 1 0 Youkils 3b 4 1 1 0 AEscor ss 5 3 4 0 A.Dunn 1b 3 2 2 2 AGordn lf 5 2 3 1 Konerk dh 4 1 1 2 Butler dh 4 2 3 3 Rios rf 4 0 0 0 Mostks 3b 4 1 2 4 Viciedo lf 4 0 1 0 Francr rf 5 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 Hosmer 1b 4 1 1 1 Flowrs c 4 0 1 0 B.Pena c 4 0 1 0 Bckhm 2b 3 0 0 0 Giavtll 2b 4 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 8 4 Totals 40 915 9 Chicago.............................. 000 002 020 4 Kansas City ....................... 102 011 04x 9 EYoukilis (9), Rios (5), Flowers (2), Beckham (6). DPChicago 1, Kansas City 1. LOBChicago 4, Kansas City 9. 2BWise (4), A.Dunn (15), A.Gordon (39). HRA.Dunn (35), Konerko (20), Moustakas (19), Hosmer (11). SBWise (8), A.Escobar (24). IP H R ER BB SO Chicago Peavy L,9-9 ............. 513 9 5 3 1 6 N.Jones .................... 0 2 0 0 0 0 Veal........................... 13 0 0 0 0 1 Humber .................... 113 0 0 0 0 1 Myers........................ 1 4 4 4 0 0 Kansas City B.Chen W,9-10 ....... 6 5 2 2 1 5 K.Herrera H,15........ 1 1 0 0 0 0 Collins H,7 ............... 13 2 2 2 0 1 Crow H,14................ 23 0 0 0 0 2 L.Coleman ............... 1 0 0 0 0 1 N.Jones pitched to 2 batters in the 6th. HBPby Peavy (Butler). UmpiresHome, CB Bucknor;First, Cory Blaser;Second, Bill Miller;Third, Dan Iassogna. T2:59. A23,858 (37,903). Chicago
Diamondbacks 12, Astros 4

ab r h bi Altuve 2b 3 1 1 0 R.Cruz p 0 0 0 0 Greene ss 4 1 2 2 Pearce 1b 4 0 1 0 Maxwll lf 4 0 0 0 BFrncs rf 4 0 0 0 Wallac 3b 4 1 2 0 BBarns cf 4 0 0 0 CSnydr c 3 1 1 2 Lyles p 2 0 0 0 XCeden p 0 0 0 0 Fick p 0 0 0 0 FMrtnz ph 1 0 0 0 SMoore 2b 0 0 0 0 Totals 41121310 Totals 33 4 7 4 Arizona............................. 010 090 110 12 Houston ........................... 001 210 000 4 EWallace (3), Altuve (11). DPHouston 1. LOBArizona 9, Houston 3. 2BG.Parra 2 (16), M.Montero (17), C.Young (19), Altuve (30). HR A.Hill (15), C.Young (13), R.Wheeler (1), Greene (6), C.Snyder (6). IP H R ER BB SO Arizona Corbin W,5-4 ........... 7 7 4 4 1 5 Bergesen ................. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Zagurski ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Houston Lyles L,2-10 ............. 4 8 7 5 3 4 X.Cedeno................. 23 0 2 0 1 2 Fick ........................... 213 3 2 2 1 1 R.Cruz ...................... 2 2 1 1 2 3 Lyles pitched to 6 batters in the 5th. WPLyles. BalkFick. UmpiresHome, Paul Nauert;First, Dana DeMuth;Second, Doug Eddings;Third, Kerwin Danley. T2:59. A20,838 (40,981). GParra lf A.Hill 2b Elmore ph-2b J.Upton rf Gldsch 1b MMntr c Bergsn p Zagrsk p CYoung cf Drew ss RWhelr 3b Corbin p Nieves c Arizona ab 6 4 0 6 4 3 0 0 5 4 4 4 1 r 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 h bi 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Houston
T H I S D A T E I N B A S E B A L L
1909 The Philadelphia Phillies were rained out for the 10th consecutive day, a major league record. 1913 The Chicago Cubs tagged Grover Alexander for nine straight hits and six runs for a 10-4 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies. 1921 Detroits Ty Cobb got his 3,000th career hit at age 34, the youngest player to reach that plateau. The milestone came on a single off Elmer Myers of the Boston Red Sox. 1951 Eddie Gaedel, a 65-pound midget who was 3-foot-7, made his first and only plate appearance as a pinch-hitter for Frank Saucier of the St. Louis Browns. Gaedel wearing No. 18 was walked on four pitches by Detroit Tigers pitcher Bob Cain and then was taken out for pinch-runner Jim Delsing. The gimmick by Browns owner Bill Veeck was completely legal, but later outlawed. 1957 New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham announced that the teams board of directors had voted 9-1 in favor of moving to San Francisco. 1965 Jim Maloney of the Cincinnati Reds no-hit the Cubs 1-0, in 10 innings in the first game of a doubleheader at Chicago. Leo Cardenas homered in the 10th for the Reds. Earlier in the year, Maloney lost 1-0 in 11 innings after holding the Mets hitless for 10 before Johnny Lewis homered leading off the 11th. 1969 Ken Holtzman of the Cubs blanked the Atlanta Braves with a 3-0 no-hitter at Wrigley Field. Ron Santos three-run homer in the first inning provided the Cubs offense. 1992 Bret Boone made history when he became part of the first three-generation family to play in Major League Baseball. Boone is the grandson of Ray Boone, who played from 1948-60, and son of Bob Boone, from 1972-90. Bret, 23, completed the triangle when he started at second base for the Seattle Mariners against Baltimore.
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L E A D E R S
BATTINGMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .356;MeCabrera, San Francisco, .346;Posey, San Francisco, .329;CGonzalez, Colorado, .320;DWright, New York, .319;YMolina, St. Louis, .317;Altuve, Houston, .306;Holliday, St. Louis, .306. RUNSMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, 85;MeCabrera, San Francisco, 84;Bourn, Atlanta, 83;Braun, Milwaukee, 78;CGonzalez, Colorado, 78;JUpton, Arizona, 78;Holliday, St. Louis, 75. RBIBeltran, St. Louis, 83;Braun, Milwaukee, 83;Holliday, St. Louis, 81;CGonzalez, Colorado, 79;Kubel, Arizona, 77;LaRoche, Washington, 77;FFreeman, Atlanta, 76;Posey, San Francisco, 76. HITSMeCabrera, San Francisco, 159;McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 154;Bourn, Atlanta, 147;Prado, Atlanta, 138;Altuve, Houston, 137;CGonzalez, Colorado, 137;Holliday, St. Louis, 137;DWright, New York, 137. DOUBLESArRamirez, Milwaukee, 39;Votto, Cincinnati, 36;Goldschmidt, Arizona, 35;DWright, New York, 35;DanMurphy, New York, 33;Alonso, San
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TIGHT ENDS
may end up being the top WR in Pittsburgh. Or maybe Austin Collie for the Colts. If Andrew Luck has a good year, he could elevate Collie. In Arizona, it looks like Ryan Williams is poised to be the starting RB. Maybe he breaks out. C.J. Spiller from the Bills could be a first round pick next year if he gets the starting job all to himself. Robert Griffin II could be the next Cam Newton. It all depends on Luck. Not Andrew -- Lady Luck.
Antonio Brown could haul in 90 passes and 8 TDs this year. Maybe.
QUARTERBACKS
8:
PHILIP RIVERS
CHARGERS
15:
R. FITZPATRICK
BILLS
1: ROB GRONKOWSKI,
PATRIOTS
Rivers really should be higher of this list. Hes got potential to be a 35 TD and 4,500 yard guy as long as he doesnt turn into a 20 interception guy again. If he can put a bad 2011 behind him, and party like its 2009, hell return to top five fantasy status.
A very schizophrenic QB in Buffalo. He had great games in 2011, followed by royal stinkers. If he can increase the ratio of good vs. garbage, he can be a sneaky lateround pick.
If you toss tight ends into the wide receiver pool (theyd make a big splash), then Gronk would have ranked second among all fantasy pass catchers last season. His size gives defenders fits AND nightmares. Hes just impossible to cover. Add the fact he has great hands he hauls in over 70 percent of balls thrown his way and the Patriots have so many weapons, opponents cant key on him. Physicists call that an unstoppable force.
16:
BUCCANEERS
JOSH FREEMAN
2:
JIMMY GRAHAM,
SAINTS
9: ELI MANNING
GIANTS
What happened to the promise he showed in 2010? It went down the toilet in 2011. Still, if the new coaching staff turns him around, he could be a surprise in 2012.
1: AARON RODGERS, 2:
PACKERS
If you called central casting for the perfect fantasy QB, theyd send you Rodgers. Need 300 yards and 3 TDs every week? Rodgers is your guy. Green Bay has no running game to speak of, a stable of great wideouts and a defense that gives up a ton of points. That means another season of 40 TDs and 4,500 yards is a sure bet in Mr. Rodgers neighborhood. He should be the first QB taken on draft day.
Eli is sort of the anti-Romo. As a fantasy QB, hes an above average but not spectacular stat-master. Step into the real-NFL world, and hes a two-time champion. Eli likes it that way, Im sure. You wish hed be more consistent numbers wise.
Like Gronkowski, Graham was a tight end who put up elite wide receiver numbers. He would have ranked fifth in fantasy points among WRs and TEs in 2011. And there are some signs he might even be better in 2012. New Orleans targets the tight end more than any other team not named the Patriots, and Graham is still developing as a receiver. Yeah. A guy who caught 99 passes and 11 TDs is still developing. Scary.
17:
CARSON PALMER
RAIDERS
He struggled last year after his mid-season trade to Oakland. But with time to learn the offense, he should have a good 2012. Oakland runs the ball tow much for elite QB status however.
3: ANTONIO GATES 10: JACOB TAMME

CHARGERS BRONCOS
10:
P. MANNING
BRONCOS
18: R. GRIFFIN III

REDSKINS
DREW BREES,
SAINTS
Theres some concern the offseason maelstrom surrounding the Saints will impact Brees, and may cause some owners to pass on him in the draft. Those owners are called losers. Brees will be fine in 2012. He may not rewrite the record book like he did last year, but hes on a short list of guys who can top 40 TDs.
Want a detailed analysis of the Patriots QB? Here it is: Hes Tom Brady. Hes pretty good. A worsecase scenario for Brady is 30 TDs and 4,000 yards. Best case? He flirts with his record-setting 51 TDs from 2007. Thats the last time he played under offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels. And guess who the Patriots just rehired?
3:
TOM BRADY,
PATRIOTS
Did you ever think youd see the day when Peyton was the second-best QB in his own family? Four neck surgeries, a year off and a new team will do that. Manning should come close to his old self in Denver, but chances are it takes a little time. Be patient.
How you think of RG3 depends on whether you think the Cam Newton lightning can strike twice. Griffin has all the makings of a fantasy star. Just not this year.
Not long ago, it was Gates who was THE elite TE. The only thing that slowed him down was a foot injury. Entering 2012, Gates says hes healthy. And early returns suggest hes not lying. If thats the case, expect typical Gates-like numbers: 85 receptions, 1,000 yards and 10TDs.
When the Colts Dallas Clark was hurt in 10, Tamme stepped up and became a star. His QB back then was Peyton Manning. Know what? Tammes in Denver now, and guess whos there with him?
11:
J. GRESHAM
BENGALS
19: ANDY DALTON

BENGALS
4: VERNON DAVIS
49ERS
Lets play a game of Know Your Bengals. A.J. Green is the no. 1 WR in Cincy. Whos no. 2? Sanu? Tate? Who knows? What that means is, Gresham will get a lot of looks from QB Andy Dalton.
A slight improvement over 2011 would give him 24 TDs and 3,500 yards. That would be great in 2003, but these days thats pedestrian.
11:
B. ROETHLISBERGER
STEELERS
20: ANDREW LUCK

COLTS
4:
MATTHEW STAFFORD, LIONS
Another example of great realworld quarterback, OK fantasy guy. What could change that a bit is the Steelers new offensive coordinator was responsible for a high-powered passing attack in Arizona. That should mean better numbers for Ben, if not quite a top tier rank.
Hell probably have a nice rookie season. His upside is high, and if he surprises, hell surprise by doing better than expected. Expect 20 TDS and 3,000 yards.
With a better QB, Davis could be as good as Gronkowski and Graham. Hes shown signs of it at times, but then seems to fall back. Whats different for 2012? He finished last year on a roll, and had a dominating playoff performance against the Saints. This could be the year he puts it together.
12:
FRED DAVIS
REDSKINS
His numbers would have been better if not for a four-game suspension. His role in an RG3run offense has yet to be defined, but hell be a target for the young QB, and has the potential to move higher on the list.
5:
A. HERNANDEZ
PATRIOTS
13:
JARED COOK
TITANS
Staffords the last of four QBs with a built-in template for fantasy success: Talent, no running game, great WRs and a lousy defense. He also has the added benefit of throwing to the games best WR. What he doesnt have is a history of staying healthy. If he does, like he did last year, hell challenge the Big Three for fantasy honors.
12:
MATT RYAN
FALCONS
21:
JOE FLACCO
RAVENS
5:
CAM NEWTON,
PANTHERS
If you predicted hed be as good as he was his rookie year, you need to change your first name to The Great and stock up on crystal balls. No one saw 35 total TDs coming from Newton. Theres a risk he could hit a sophomore slump his numbers did decline in the second half of 2011 but if he improves, youll regret passing on him.
With all the receiving talent in Atlanta, Ryan should have a better fantasy track record. How do you underwhelm when youve got Roddy White, Julio Jones and Tony Gonzalez? There are signs the Falcons want to get more pass happy. That makes Ryan a nice pickup, but not a star
What helps the best fantasy QB reach elite status great WRs no running game, bad defense is exactly the opposite of what Flacco has.
New Englands other tight end put up better fantasy numbers last year than anyone whose last name isnt Gronkowski or Graham. He had just nine fewer targets than Gronk, yet he missed two full games. Tack on a few more catches and scores and he could end up third on the list.
He was a sleeper pick who slept through much of last year. When he woke up, he put up 21 catches, 337 yards and a TD in the last three games. If he can do that for a whole year ...
14: BRENT CELEK

EAGLES
22:
ALEX SMITH
49ERS
6: JASON WITTEN
COWBOYS
Overall, Celek had an inconsistent 11. When hes involved in the offense, hes a great option. But he disappears too much.
13:
JAY CUTLER
BEARS
A monster NFC playoff game against the Saints has raised hopes of a breakout. But one game is not enough. Smith is a fantasy backup at best.
6:
TONY ROMO
COWBOYS
7:
MICHAEL VICK
EAGLES
Romo is a lesson in fantasy vs. reality. Its December and a real-live NFL playoff spot is on the line. Do you want Romo as your QB? No. But in the statistic-driven fantasy football world, you want the 30 TDs and 4,000 yards he can put up. You need him on your wall.
If the NFL went to a touch football format, Vick would move up about five spots. But people get hit in this game and Vick gets hit more than most. When hes healthy, hes top three among QBs in fantasy production. But he tends to wear down over time. Huge risk. Huge reward.
If you believe being reunited with his soulmate from Denver, Brandon Marshall, will make a big difference, move him up to No. 10. The Bears could be a much better offensive team this year, and Cutler could have a big year. He needs to prove it first.
23: MATT CASSEL

CHIEFS
Witten was going to be ranked no. 4 guy until the words lacerated spleen entered the conversation. Word is he may play in Week 1, but if surgery is required hell miss a few regular season games. Hes Romos most consistent option in the passing game, and he will be back. Its the when thats worrisome.
15:
D. KELLER
JETS
Good in 2011, Keller s got the Sanchez/Tebow show in town now, and the workings of that beast have yet to be unveiled. 16: GREG OLSEN, Panthers: With Jeremy Shockey gone, Olsens the unquestioned no. 1 guy at TE. But there are too many goal line options in Carolina for him to top the 5 TDs he had in 11. 17: KELLEN WINSLOW, Seahawks: He was a decent option in Tampa, but Winslows in Seattle now, and thats not exactly an aerial circus out there. He will be involved, though. 18: HEATH MILLER, Steelers: A below average line forced him to block more. A better line may mean more receptions. 19: ANTHONY FASANO, Dolphins: At best, Fasanos average. But new coach comes from Green Bay where TE was used often. 20: OWEN DANIELS, Texans: Once an above average option, Daniels is now a fantasy backup. 21: COLBY FLEENER, Colts 22: DALLAS CLARK, Bucs 23: SCOTT CHANDLER, Bills 24: TONY MOEAKI, Chiefs 25: ED DICKSON, Ravens 26: KYLE RUDOLPH, Vikings
14: M. SCHAUB
TEXANS
As long as Dwayne Bowe is in K.C., Cassel has a target. And that means some success. But the Chiefs are powered by the running game.
7:
JERMICHAEL FINLEY
PACKERS
Schaub has been a good fantasy QB in the past. If he recovers from the injury that ended his 2011 season, hell make a good spot fantasy starter. The Texans are a running team, and that keeps Schaub from elite status.
24: MATT FLYNN

SEAHAWKS
At first glance, youd think Finleys eight TDs were a good thing. But three of them came in one game in September. In the other 15, he had only 48 catches, five TDs and no 100-yard efforts. Hes still a weapon in that offense, though, and that means you cant let him fall too far.
His Week 17 performance for Green Bay set team records and got him a job in Seattle. That makes him an intriguing pick, if not a wise one.
8: TONY GONZALEZ
FALCONS
KICKERS
The fantasy value of kickers varies wildly from year to year. Which is why the sage advice is to wait until late in the draft to grab one. The other dirty little secret about kickers is theres very little difference, fantasy wise, from the no. 1 guy and the No. 12 guy. Last year, the 49ers David Akers kicked a record 44 FGs. The Packers Mason Crosby tied for 14th with 24. Crosby led the NFL in points after TDs. And tied for 14th on that list? Yep. Akers. Figuring each FG is worth three fantasy points, when you do all the math, Akers was worth an average of 3.2 fantasy points a week. Thats not worth reaching for on draft day. Still, if you MUST have a ranking of the top kickers ...
4: Mike Nugent, Bengals 5: Mason Crosby, Packers 6: Rob Bironas, Titans 7: Matt Prater, Broncos 8: Robbie Gould, Bears 9: Jason Hanson, Lions 10: Alex Henery, Eagles 11: Matt Bryant, Falcons 12: Dan Bailey, Cowboys
Thought the old man was finished, huh? Think again. An 80-catch season and 7 TDs are good numbers for any tight end. Yes, hes 36 and one day hes going to fall off the fantasy map, but theres no reason he cant squeeze one more good season out of his career.
9:
B. PETTIGREW
LIONS
1: David Akers, 49ers 2: S. Janikowski, Raiders 3: S. Gostkowski, Patriots
He was the second most-targeted tight end in the NFL last year. Which was good. He caught 77 passes for 5 TDs. Which was OK. He needs to score more to be considered top-shelf material.
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RUNNING BACKS
16: MICHAEL TURNER

When Atlanta has a lead, Turner is golden. When they fall behind, hes invisible. Hes shown signs of wear recently, but still scores enough to be a worthwhile pick.
WIDE RECEIVERS
17:
ANTONIO BROWN
STEELERS
Quiz: Who was the Steelers most targeted WR last season? Brown, of course. Brown is the heir apparent to Hines Wards role as possession guy. An 80 reception, 8 TD year is a real possibility.
17:
ADRIAN PETERSON
VIKINGS
18:
MILES AUSTIN
COWBOYS
On draft day, do you feel lucky? If you do, draft Peterson. If he didnt tear his knee up last year, hed be a first-round stud. Hes is practicing and says hell play, but dont expect his usual.
Injuries ate away at his 11 season, but Austin has been Dallas best receiver the last few years. But best is a relative term. He posts huge numbers, and then disappoints. A risky WR1.
1: ARIAN FOSTER, 2:
TEXANS
18: DOUG MARTIN

BUCCANEERS
If there is any debate over who should be the first RB taken in drafts, that debate is among fools. Heres a fact: Arien Foster is the biggest stat monster in football hands down. He missed all of three games and most of a fourth last year, and was still a top three scorer. Average his numbers out over 16 games and theyd look like this: 1,506 rushing yards, 15 total TDs, 64 receptions and 807 receiving yards. So hed rank first in standard and point-per-reception leagues. Is there anything else you need?
The rookie was been getting compared to Ray Rice. Right now, thats WAY too high praise for him. But hes got promise, and should be involved in the passing game.
1: CALVIN JOHNSON,
2: VICTOR CRUZ
GIANTS
19:
LIONS
BRONCOS
D. THOMAS
19:
AHMAD BRADSHAW
GIANTS
Heres the scoop on Johnson. Hes the best. End of story. His 16 TDs in 2011? Ranked No. 1 among all WRs. His 1,681 receiving yards? Yep. No. 1 also. Its almost a disappointment his 96 receptions were only third. Johnson is the only receiver worth drafting in round one. If you can get him, youve got yourself one of the few difference makers at any position. Only injury can stop him. The opposition sure cant.
There are so many questions with Demaryius Thomas, but if those questions are answered positively, he could be a star. ThatManning fella will help.
20:
JEREMY MACLIN
EAGLES
LESEAN MCCOY,
EAGLES
McCoy gets the No. 2 spot on the list based on his 20 (count em) TWENTY total touchdowns in 2011. And he scored those 20 TDs in basically 14 games. He hurt his ankle in Week 16 and sat out the final game. Throw those two weeks out, and McCoy scored at least one TD in 13 of 14 games. Hes the primary runner on a high-scoring offense and is also a receiving target. Thats a formula for success.
Figure this out: The Giants normally love to run the ball, but finished last in the NFL is rushing last year. If they return to a more groundbased attack, Bradshaw will be a steal.
8: GREG JENNINGS
PACKERS
20:
FRANK GORE
49ERS
Technically, Rice is No. 3 on this list, but he really should be 2A. As a runner, he had 1,364 yards and 12 TDs. Great numbers, huh? But wait. Theres more. Rice was targeted in the passing game as much as some wide receivers. Sprinkle in his receiving stats 76 receptions and 3TDs and youve got yourself a versatile scoring machine.
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A first-round draft fixture for years, Gore has seen his better playing days. Injuries and age are taking their toll. Hell have good games, but not a good season.
21: ISAAC REDMAN

STEELERS
Cruz caught two passes for 17 measly yards in the first two games last year. Over the next 14, he outpaced every receiver not named Calvin Johnson. His 82 catches, 1,500 yards and nine TDs were what football scientists call righteous. And dont think he cant do it again. The Giants will throw the ball a plenty.
OK. Heres some simple deductive reasoning. Packers QBs threw for 5,161 yards and 51 TDs last year. Greg Jennings is the No. 1 WR in that offense. Therefore, draft Greg Jennings. If you dont, logic suggests you are a dunderhead. Only injury can keep him from 1,200 receiving yards and double-digit TDs.
Illness and injury held him back at times, but when he played, he was very productive. The Eagles have a good offense, and Maclin is the Philly wideout you want.
21:
STEVIE JOHNSON
BILLS
Buffalos improving offense means good days for Johnson. The key word there is good. Think of him more as a complimentary piece, not a cornerstone.
4: M. JONES-DREW 9: RYAN MATTHEWS

JAGUARS CHARGERS
He gets the starting job while Rahsard Mendenhall rehabs. The Steelers shored up their O-line and that could help the running game, and make Redman a nice pickup.
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9: B. MARSHALL
BEARS
22: D. JACKSON
EAGLES
Maurice JonesDrew IS the Jacksonville offense. Everyone and their mothers knew MJD was going to run the ball, and no one was able to stop him. He also got better as the season wore on, scoring nine of his 11 TDs after Week 8. Dont worry too much about his holdout unless it stretches into the season. He didnt play a lick in the preseason last year, and did fine.
It took Matthews all of one preseason carry to hurt his draft stock. He would have been the fifth back on this list until he broke his collarbone. Still, hes expected back in Week 2 and is the best runner in an RB-friendly system.
22:
WILLIS MCGAHEE
BRONCOS
10: FRED JACKSON

BILLS
McGahee will be the RB in a Peyton Manning offense. Thats a good thing. But hell be 31, and has some competition, so dont expect him to be in that role the whole season.
Welkers the No. 1 receiver in an insane passing circus. Tom Brady loves the guy (not literally) and consistently targets him. Dont buy the theory Brandon Lloyd will steal Welkers chances. He played with Randy Moss from 2007 to 10 and still had 100 plus catches and 1,200 yards ever year. He will do it again.
Marshall spent 2011 in Miamis dead-from-the-elbow-up passing attack, and still managed 81 catches, 1,200 yards and six TDs. Now hes in Chicago and reunited with his old Denver buddy, Jay Cutler. The marriage should give birth to 85-90 catches and 10 TDs.
DeSean Jackson pouted his way through a bad season, but that didnt stop the Eagles giving him 51 million shiny, new dollars. If you think that motivates him, move Jackson up a few spots.
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Jackson got the starting job to himself in 2011 and was just short of awesome. Only a broken leg in Week 10 stopped him. His age (31) is a concern, but he should be a big part of a sneaky good Bills offense.
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BJ GREEN-ELLIS
BENGALS
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CARDINALS
BJGE, as the abbreviated-minded call him, figures to inherit the Rudi Johnson/Cedric Benson role for Cincy. Can he handle the moderate-to-good legacy? Probably.
A contract dispute and the NFL lockout took a toll on him in 2011. Owners who drafted him could have filed for federal fantasy disater aid, he was so bad. Hes flashed some of his old self this preaseason, which suggests hell have a much better year. MUCH better.
11:
D. MURRAY
COWBOYS
DeMarco Murray is Darren McFadden light. When he inherited the RB job in Week 5, he was electrifying. Then, a broken ankle ended his season early. If he can stay healthy, hed be a mid-first round pick.
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PANTHERS
Its sad these guys share carries because Carolinas running attack is going to be one of the NFLs best. If you draft one, you almost have to hope the other gets injured.
Oh, where have you gone Kurt Warner? If Fitzgerald had a decent QB, hed be the best WR in the NFL. But hes got Kevin Kolb and John Skelton. In 2011, he caught more TDs when Skelton was at the helm. Right now, rumor has it, the Cards are leaning toward starting Skelton. That could help Fitzgerald a bit.
Talent? Check. A high ceiling? Check. A good QB throwing the ball? Ehhhhhh. Well get back to you on that one. Green should improve this year, but needs QB Andy Dalton to improve as well to be a 1,500 yard, 14 TD kind of guy. But, 1,100, 10TDs? That he can do.
Like Demaryius Thomas, Deckers fate is tied to Peyton Mannings arm. Will he be Denvers No. 1, or will Thomas? Thats the big question.
24: TORREY SMITH

RAVENS
11:
STEVE SMITH
PANTHERS
A.J. Green and Julio Jones were higher-profile rookies, but Smith wasnt that far behind. The Ravens offense runs on Ray Rice, but Smith is their best WR.
Theres an asterisk here. This ranking assumes QB Cam Newton takes a step forward in his sophomoreyear. If Newton falters, then Smiths value will tumble faster then Facebook stock. Heres thinking Newton and Smith do fine.
25: REGGIE WAYNE

COLTS
12:
JAMAAL CHARLES 25: DONALD BROWN, Colts:

CHIEFS
6: MATT FORTE
BEARS
Fortes never been much of a touchdown scorer, but he more than makes up for it with his role in the passing game. Chicagos offense figures to be much improved, and Hes a big part of those plans.
The good news: The explosive Charles is the primary back in a run-heavy offense. Bad news: Hes coming off of ACL surgery, and K.C. signed goal-line stud Peyton Hillis as part of a RB committee.
Keep expectations low, but if Luck can spark the offense, Brown could be a really good find.
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RODDY WHITE
FALCONS
12: PERCY HARVIN

VIKINGS
Wayne went from being a top tier fantasy WR, to roster filler. What happened? Curtis Painter happened. Early returns on Andrew Luck look good and that will help Wayne. 26: DWAYNE BOWE, Chiefs: His success is tied to Matt Cassels health. Without Cassel, Bowes just ordinary. 27: VINCENT JACKSON, Bucs: Hes not in a high-powered passing attack, but Jackson will be the teams WR1. 28: DEZ BRYANT, Cowboys: Supposed to be the Boys next great WR, but hes only been able to rise to better-than-average. 29: PIERRE GARCON, Redskins: Here iz ze feeling zat Garcon will be ze favorite target of Monsieur Griffin de Trois. 30: BRANDON LLYOD, Patriots: Lloyd will put up good stats in the N.E. passing frenzy. 31: DENARIUS MOORE, Raiders: Hell probably be the Raiders most productive wideout. 32: MALCOM FLOYD, Chargers: Floyd has the upper hand to be the Chargers No. 1 WR. 33: D. HEYWARD-BEY, Raiders: DHB had a good season in 2011, and could do even better in 2012. 34: AUSTIN COLLIE, Colts: He was Andrew Lucks go-to guy in his first NFL game. 35: KENNY BRITT, Titans: Would have been a top 10 guy if not for injury and stupidity. 36: ANQUAN BOLDIN, Ravens 37: ROBERT MECHAM, Chargers 38: TITUS YOUNG, Lions 39: NATE WASHINGTON, Titans 40: LAURENT ROBINSON, Jags
26: STEVEN RIDLEY, Patriots: Ridley should be the No. 1 RB, but the Pats run on Tom Bradys arm. 27: C.J. SPILLER, Bills: When he got the chance to start late in 2011, he was fantastic. 28: PEYTON HILLIS: Chiefs: Just a hunch: Hillis will be a top RB before the year is out. 29: SHONN GREENE, Jets: As a feature back, he hasnt stepped up yet. Dont see it happening. 30: KEVIN SMITH, Lions: The situation in Detroit is set up for Smith. 31: ROY HELU, TIM HIGHTOWER, EVAN ROYSTER, Redskins: Someone WILL run the ball in D.C. this year and will be productive. Hunch no. 2: Royster will be the guy -- eventually. 33: RYAN WILLIAMS, Cardinals: Williams may end up winning the Cardinals starting RB spot. 34: BEANIE WELLS, Cardinals: Did you know his given name is actually Chris? Do you care? No. 35: MICHAEL BUSH, Bears 36: BEN TATE, Texans 37: TOBY GERHART, Vikings 38: RONNIE BROWN, Chargers 39: MARK INGRAM, Saints 40: JAMES STARKS, Packers 41: MIKEL LESHOURE, Lions 42: RASHAD JENNINGS, Jags
14: STEVEN JACKSON

RAMS
Its a simple idea: You cant catch a pass if no one throws you the ball. White does not have that problem. He was targeted an NFL-high 180 times in 2011, catching 100 for 1,300 yards and 8 TDs.
Going on the theory that a lateseason surge can predict future success, Harvin is ready to become a star. He had seven quality fantasy performances in his last nine games of 2011.
13: MIKE WALLACE

STEELERS
His best years are in his rearview mirror, but if has one good season left in him, this will be it. Jeff Fishers his new coach has a history of being good for your average running back.
6: JULIO JONES
FALCONS
7:
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RAIDERS
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SAINTS
His role as a pass catcher is where If he can only his value lies. The Saints are a stay healthy, pass-happy operation, and Sproles McFadden would was second on the team in receprank among the tions in 11. top three fantasy backs. But thats T. RICHARDSON a gigantic, mutaBROWNS nt-sized if. McFaddens never played in more than 13 games Rookies often dont reach full a season. Draft him, and pray. If potential in year one. And while your prayers are answered? WOW! Richardson will be a bellwether back, recent knee troubles and first-year unknowns mean expect MARSHAWN LYNCH good, not great this year.
Jones was having a decent rookie season, but came on like gangbusters in the last four games: 20 catches, 393 yards, six TDs. And in the preseason opener, when no one cares, he had 109 yards and a TD. He could be the next star WR.
Wallace clocks in at No. 13 based on two assumptions. 1: His holdout doesnt last too much longer and he picks up the offense quickly. 2: The Steelers throw the ball more this year. (That was actually three assumptions, wasnt it?) No. 2 seems likely. No. 1 needs to be seen.
14: HAKEEM NICKS

GIANTS
Talent-wise, hes the better wide receiver on the Giants. If he can avoid the injuries that have hampered him over the years, he could outproduce Victor Cruz.
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TEXANS
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PACKERS
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SEAHAWKS
Floundering just south of crummy after seven games, Lynch exploded. In the last nine games, he topped 100 yards six times and scored nine of his 12 TDs. Careful though. A suspension looms after an offseason DUI arrest.
15:
REGGIE BUSH
DOLPHINS
Bush thrived as a workhorse back, a role few thought he could do. With Brandon Marshall gone, Bush could do better this year, since hes one of the Dolphins few weapons.
On draft days, Johnsons been the proud holder of Best Fantasy WR for a few years now. And then the season starts, and he doesnt live up to it. Not because of talent. Oh no. Johnsons a beast when hes on the field. Its been a series of nagging injuries that has held down his value. He needs to avoid them.
Nelson was one of only three WRs with more than 10 TDs last year. Thats nice. Did you know six of those were in games Jennings was hurt? Dont expect a repeat. Think happy thoughts and 8-10 TDs.
16: M. COLSTON
SAINTS
Hes the No. 1 WR on the Saints, but hell probably finish third in receptions. Still, there are enough passes to share and Colston will be a nice fantasy option.
DEFENSE
If youve spent time reading the fantasy profiles of the sexy skill positions, you may have noticed a lack of San Francisco 49ers. Alex Smith, Frank Gore and Michael Crabtree arent really high on anyones fantasy wish list in 2012. But SF was 13-3 last year and figure to compete for a NFC title again. Why? Because in the real NFL, its defense, special teams and the kicking game that equal wins. And notice what team holds the top spot in fantasy kicker and defense rankings.
1: San Francisco 49ers 2: Pittsburgh Steelers 3: Houston Texans 4: New York Jets
5: Baltimore Ravens 6: Chicago Bears 7: Denver Broncos 8: Philadelphia Eagles
9: Cincinnati Bengals 10: Seattle Seahawks 11: Washington Redskins 12: Kansas City Chiefs
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moved the link and have said they cant discuss confidential student information covered by federal privacy laws. Peppers The link showed Peppers received some of his highest grades in classes in the Department of African and AfroAmerican Studies (AFAM). A school investigation has since found fraud and poor oversight in 54 AFAM classes between summer 2007 and summer 2011, with football players making up more than a third of the enrollments and student-athletes making up 58 percent of the overall enrollments in those suspect classes. I can assure everyone that there is no academic fraud as it relates to my college transcript, Peppers said in the statement. I took every course with qualified members of the UNC faculty and I earned every grade whether it was good or bad.
CHAPELHILL,N.C.Former North Carolina football star Julius Peppers confirmed it was his academic transcript that was posted on the universitys website and insists there was no academic fraud with it. The Chicago Bears defensive end released a statement through his agent Saturday, nearly a week after a link to the transcript surfaced. This week has been an upsetting and challenging week for me, as one of my most private academic documents appeared on the universitys website for public examination, Peppers said. Im terribly disappointed in the fact that my privacy has been violated, as well as frustrated with whoever negligently and carelessly committed such a flagrant error. The school never confirmed the authenticity of the transcript, which lists Peppers name at the top, but has said it is investigating how the document wound up on the website. School officials reAP PHOTO
I was never given unapproved assistance or preferential treatment in terms of my academic career because I was a student-athlete. I was also never deemed ineligibletocompeteonanyofthefootball or basketball teams. Peppers played two seasons for the mens basketball team under Bill Guthridge and Matt Doherty, serving as a reserve on the team that reached the Final Four in 2000. He was the No. 2 pick of the Carolina Panthers in the 2002 NFL draft, spent eight seasons there before signing with the Bears and is a six-time Pro Bowl defensive end. Nine of the 10 classes in which Peppers earned a B-plus, B or Bminus that couldve helped ensure his eligibility came in the AFAM department where he was majoring, according to the transcript. Three were listed as independent study classes, another problem area cited in the schools probe for a lack of supervision of work often a research paper performed by students.
Everett Golson is one of two contenders for the Notre Dame starting quarterback spot for the season opener against Navy.
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ternational man of mystery, a combustible talent who offers no one the foggiest idea of what will happen. Andrew Hendrix, though largely unproven, has game experience. The 6-foot, 185-pound Golson has a sparkling spring game performance, a purported overflow of physical gifts and roughly seven to eight months of taking this whole quarterback thing seriously. Its not recess, as I like to tell him about every five minutes: Dude, that was recess. Thats what you did during recess, offensive coordinator Chuck Martin said. The teacher is not going to come out and yell at you if you threw the wrong read. Recess gets us beat. Hes doing a very good job, and some of the things he does, hes just naturally gifted. So he never really has had to take time to be a student of the game. He had no choice during 2011, when preserving a year of eligibility and academic concerns dovetailed to shuttle Golson down to scout-team reps. That humbled him, leaving him to observe the offense via practice film and absorb what he could. There is minimum diligence the position requires at the college level being on time for meetings and being prepared for them and Golson never had grasped it. I can admit: I wasnt the best nition and be preseason No.1is very exciting for our fans because a lot people thought two years ago that this would not be possible for USC, coach Lane Kiffin told the AP. Kiffin was an assistant coach for USC during its last great run. From 2001-09 under coach Pete Carroll, the Trojans won two national titles and played for a third, made seven straight BCS appearances and had three Heisman Trophy winners in Carson Palmer, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush. At one point, USC spent a record 33 straight weeks at No. 1. But Carroll left for the NFL after the 2009 season and Kiffin was hired to replace him. A few months later the NCAA hit USC with a two-year bowl ban, plus scholarship limitations and probation because Bush and his family received impermissible benefits. USC went 8-5 in 2010, then charged back to 10-2 last season. And when star quarterback Matt Barkley decided to stick around for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft, the Trojans, free from the bowl ban, were set to make a run at No. 1. Theres not a roof over our heads now, McDonald said. And USC is once again trendy in Los Angeles. Do you feel that? Sure you do, Kiffin said. Games already sold out. Just the energy around it. All those different things. Thats how it was before. Ive talked to these players about it. With Barkley, the preseason Heisman favorite, along with reat that, Golson said. His spring game showing 11 of 15 passing for 120 yards and two touchdowns represented a step forward. As did throwing one interception in 126 passing opportunities through the first two weeks of camp, per Irish coach Brian Kelly. Then there was Golson demonstrating some shrewdness, scouring film of the similarly undersized Drew Brees and Russell Wilson, monitoring their mechanics in finding passing lanes over linemen six to eight inches taller. One thing I wanted to develop was obviously the science part of being a quarterback, Golson said. So Im starting to get there a little bit, getting more comfortable with what I see, and more confident. Said Kelly: You build trust. You dont just give it. Ironically, Notre Dame will give trust freely Sept. 1. Even Martin conceded as much, saying it still will be an unknown when either Golson or Hendrix starts against Navy. Golson, the more tantalizing and terrifying option, evidently has tried to leave little to improvisation. Coming into fall camp, I thought it was a dream, Golson said. I couldnt actually fathom the idea of being the quarterback. But now its kind of settling in: OK, I gotta to prepare myself. I gotta get ready.
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Getting ready for the fall
Venus Williams injures back, loses to Li Na

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT Kevin Oricoli finally has bragging rights over his big brother. Not many 12-year-old boys can say they hit a two-run single at the Little League World Series. Oricolis two-out clutch hit keyed a three-run third inning, and Matt Kubel silenced Nebraskas bats to help Fairfield, Conn., avoid elimination Saturday at the Little League World Series with a 12-0 victory. Oricoli is savoring the moment and not just because his team is one step closer to a Little League title. His 14-year-old brother, Jack, played on the Fairfield American All-Star team last year that lost in the regional semifinals. Egged on by his manager, Bill Meury, Oricoli didnt waste an opportunity to talk smack following Saturdays win after a reporter asked who was getting the last laugh in the Oricoli family. Right now, right now, everyone except my brother. As you know, I made it farther than him, Oricoli said, smiling, as Meury laughed. Now, hes jealous of me and now its kind of awkward around him now because hes jealous. The kids from Curacao were feeling pretty good, too, after staying in contention with a 14-2 victory over Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The Kearney, Neb., team and Germany will play Monday in a consolation game after both teams were eliminated. Mexico also relied on the lumber in eliminating from contention the adopted hometown favorites from Uganda, 12-0. New Jersey and Oregon were scheduled to face off in the nightcap, with the loser facing Uganda in another consolation game Tuesday. Connecticut gets a wellearned day off before returning to the diamond Monday. Kubel, a 13-year-old lefty whose favorite player is Yankees ace lefthander C.C. Sabathia, frustrated his foes with well-placed fastballs and about a half-dozen harmless bouncers to third. Kubel, who struck out six over 423 innings, was a little anxious coming into the elimination game. Obviously, you get a little nervous looking at 10,000 people in the stands, but I just tried to focus and play my game, he said with an ice pack strapped to his left elbow. Nebraskas strategy to swing early in the count to avoid falling behind to Kubel and his big curve didnt work. After Connecticuts own slow start, the offense exploded for three runs in the third and six in the fourth. Both times, the bottom of Connecticuts order got the rallies going. Ninth-place hitter Patrick Steed reached base on a walk in the third before coming home on Oricolis single.
MASON, Ohio Venus Williams reinvigorating week ended with a gritty comeback that wasnt quite enough. Williams played through a bad back that forced her to get treatment and reduced her serve to 63 mph before finally fading in the third set. Chinas Li Na reached the final of the Western & Southern Open with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-1 victory Saturday night.
Li is trying for her first title this season. She lost in finals at Sydney, Rome and Montreal, where Petra Kvitova beat her a week ago. Kvitova played Angelique Kerber in the other semifinal. Kerber ended Serena Williams 19-match winning streak a day earlier. Serena watched from the stands while her older sister struggled, showing the strain of a week capped by her fourth grueling, full-set match.
LUGE
More chances to slide

The Slider Search continues today at Montage Mountain, with sessions open to boys and girls at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sessions are 2-3 hours in length, and there is no charge. Walk-ups are welcome if space allows. You may call Fred Zimny at 201-602-6928 to have your child participate. A parent must accompany a child to the search, and all participants receive a T-shirt for their efforts.
Jordan Zezza makes a tackle for Wyoming Area on Colton Coolbaugh during a scrimmage against Tunkhannock on Saturday. Saturday was the first day of scrimmages for high school football teams. The season begins on Friday, Aug. 31.
NFL
Giants stifle Sanchez and Tebow

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Rookie Jayron Hosley returned an interception of Mark Sanchez 77 yards for a touchdown, and the New York Giants defense stifled the Jets starters in a 26-3 preseason victory between the hometown rivals on Saturday night. Tim Tebow, making his home debut for the Jets (0-2), didnt fare much better in his six series. But the backup quarterback led the Jets (No. 14 in the AP Pro32) to their only points of the night Josh Browns 30-yard field goal. Lawrence Tynes kicked four field goals for the Giants (1-1). Eli Manning and the Giants (No. 3) starters were mostly quiet, with the Super Bowl MVP going 7 of 14 for 62 yards and an interception. Sanchez finished 9 of 11 for 59 yards and the costly interception, and was under pressure nearly every play. AP PHOTO He was sacked three times, including twice by Jason New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow is sacked for an eightPierre-Paul. yard loss by New York Giants defensive back Will Hill during Texans 20, 49ers 9 HOUSTON Matt Schaub threw a touchdown pass to Lestar Jean, Trindon Holliday returned a punt for another score and Houstons defense stifled San Francisco in the Texans win over the 49ers. Schaub completed 11 of 14 passes for 128 yards in two quarters, looking sharp in his second game since fracturing his right foot in Week 10 last season. The 5-foot-5 Holliday, who returned a kickoff 90 yards for a score in the Texans preseason opener, scored in the fourth quarter. rio, 35, of West Pittston, by 20 seconds. Caitlin Gaughan, 26, of Scranton, finished third, just two seconds behind Porfirio. I felt really good strong, said Plant, who will be a senior at Wyoming Valley West High School where she runs track and cross country and also swims (IM specialist). I stayed back over the first mile. Just after mile one, I took off. I passed a couple of other females and moved in front. Once I had the lead I just tried to get into a steady pace and maintain it. I knew there was that last hill up ahead. So I didnt want to kill myself. I wanted to save something for the hill. Her strategy worked. The weather was great, Plant said. It was a great day for running. Indeed. In fact, the cold front that moved in overnight cooled
the second half of a preseason game Saturday in East Rutherford, N.J.
potential from the national Slider Search stops will be invited to Lake Placid, N.Y., to try luge on the ice track used for training the national team. Participants were given a basic overview of how to ride and steer a luge sled before putting on a helmet and numbered bib just like at an Olympic event and climbing up a small ladder onto the starting platform. The first child down the starting ramp and sloped parking area used for testing was 9-yearold Theo Norton of Mountain Top. He admitted some nerves were associated with being first down the hill, but he enjoyed the ride. Yeah, its like sledding, the fourth grader at Rice Elementary said. Youre riding down the hill, just no snow now. For a boy who enjoys hockey, baseball, skiing and skateboarding, it was his first time on a luge sled. The test sleds are fitted with rollerblade-style wheels to accommodate the lack of an ice track. In front of his parents, Jessica and Tom, Theo Norton made eight successful runs down the hill. But he was undecided on if it got any easier as he gained experience.
Well, not really ... but yes, Theo Norton said, trying to explain how, while he became more at ease with piloting the sled, the course became more difficult. Riders started by simply going down the hill, then Zimny and his crew added slalom gates to give the riders the opportunity to steer through turns. As the children continued down the hill, the slalom gates were narrowed to require more precise steering. After the luge runs, the participants did some physical testing standing long jump, medicine ball tosses and measured flexibility exercises. And participants got to meet current U.S. Junior National Team members Theresa Buckley, of Allentown, Grace Weinberg and Tristan Jeskanen, as they are among the staff helping with instruction at the Slider Search. Its good to see him have success. Scaffido felt a sense of accomplishment with just the chance to tackle some teammates. Hes a very good athlete, good player, Ross said. He can be an impact-type player for us. Hes not there yet, but hes got a lot of potential. The last competitive football game for Scaffido before Saturday came at the end of Huningtons 2010 season, so he quickly became aware of what hed been missing. An adrenalin rush, Scaffido called it. It felt like a relief. You love the feeling of the first hit of the game. The first football season at Misericordia promises more hits, and hitting holes, to come for Scaffido and Santarsiero. Nothing compares to the first time in a long time.
Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.
CHANCE
The Texans (No. 6 in the AP Pro32) held the 49ers to 267 yards and 13 first downs. Alex Smith completed 5 of 9 passes for 49 yards for the 49ers (No. 4). He was sacked twice by the Texans firststring defense.
Governors Cup game. Lance Kendricks and Danny Amendola scored on catches of 23 and 8 yards, and Steven Jackson ran for 49 yards on seven carries in a 151-yard first quarter that handed the backups a twotouchdown cushion. The Rams 31, Rams (1-1) totaled 215 yards Chiefs 17 in a 38-3 loss last week at Indianapolis. ST. LOUIS Sam BradBradford was 6 for 9 for ford threw touchdown passes 102 yards for St. Louis (No. on his first two drives, and 28 AP Pro32). the St. Louis Rams made Matt Cassel played the improvements on the other first half for Kansas City side of the ball in a presea(1-1) and was 13 for 18 for son victory over the Kansas 142 yards. City Chiefs in the annual
Nobody here is going to believe in, Its the first year, were not going to be that good, Scaffido said. Were planning on having a winning season. That was obvious by the way they played an intrasquad scrimmage Saturday. At one point, Santarsiero broke free on a 60-some-yard touchdown run. I feel really good, Santarsiero said. Its been a couple years. It comes right back to you. Before that, the last time he played competitive football was back in August of 2010 in the Dream Game, the Lackawanna Conferences All-Star game for high school seniors. I was happy for Frankie on that play, said Cougars head coach Mark Ross, who wasnt as happy about some over-pursuit by the defense that set up the scoring burst. Hes a great kid.
RUN
meters into the race). He didnt actually take the lead until about halfway over the second bridge coming back into Pittston (about a half mile into the race). Thats when it became a twoman (McCabe and Flynn) race, he said. After about two miles, I began to pull away. McCabe, who ran for Wyoming Area and Edinboro University, was heading to Philadelphia after the race for his graduation ceremony at Temple University where he was to receive his Masters degree in social work. Plant, 17, of Swoyersville, who won the 5K two years ago and finished third in last years race, won the female division in 19:16. She outran second-place finisher and last years winner, Deedra Porfi-
things down for the race. And the Dec. 2011; and Justin Burns, of race started at 10 a.m. this year. Avoca, who died at age 9in May. Pittston Tomato Festival's 14th annual Miles ` In the past, the race began at 11 for Michael' 5K Run results Top 10 a.m. And the sun stayed behind Jeff McCabe, 28, Exeter...............................16:26 Matt Flynn, 26, Media....................................16:39 the clouds for almost the entire Mike Batko, 19, Scranton ..............................18:01 Brandon Hampton, 19, Pittston ...................18:10 race. The sun came out from beBob Nugent, 51, Binghamton, N.Y. ............18:15 Eric Filipak, 17, Wyoming.............................18:28 hind the clouds just as McCabe Pat Leonard, 32, Pittston ..............................18:31 was about to cross the finish line. Mike Havrilla, 15, Pittston.............................18:32 Mark Arzie, 16, Scott Twp............................18:33 Notes: The race is now atMike McAndrew, 52, Avoca .........................18:36 Male winners: McCabe; 2. tached to the Pittston-based Flynn; 3. award Age groupOverall: 1. 14 & under: Batko. winners: Seth Slarin, Broadheadsville, 18:48. 15-19: Brandon Miles for Michael organization, Hampton, Pittston, 18:10. 20-24: Chris Dailey, Dal18:47. 25-29: Bob Yanick, Forty Fort, 19:07. 30created in memory of Michael las, Pat Leonard, Pittston, 18:31. 35-39: Don James, 34: Joyce, of Duryea. The organiza- Hunlock Creek, 21:55. Masters division: 40-44: Paul OHara, Scranton, 18:52. 45-49: Bill Urbanski, tion provides support for cancer Kingston, 20:33. 50-59: Bob Nugent, Binghamton, N.Y., 18:15. 60 & over: Bill Ash, Hewitt, N.J., 25:00. patients and their families. OffiTop female finishers Alexandria Plant, 17, Swoyersville, 19:16 cials from the race will donate $4 Deedra Porfirio, 35, W. Pittston, 19:36 Caitlin Gaughan, 26, Scranton, 19:38 from each entry fee to the Miles Female award winners: Overall: 1. Plant; 2. Porfirio; 3. Gaughan. Age group winners: 14 & unfor Michael charity. der: Tara Johnson, Avoca, 20:40. 15-19: Catherine BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER Jerry Mullarkey, who served as Lombardo, Pittston, 19:54. 20-24: Michelle Wallace, Emerson, N.J., 19:46. 25-29: Jenn Swiderski, Kinga co-race director of the race for ston, 20:12. 30-34: Christal Zemore, Avoca, 26:02. Runners take off to start the Pittston Tomatio Festival 5K Run on 35-39: Joanne Flynn, Exton, 21:20. Masters divi13 years, was Saturdays grand sion: 40-44: Sherri Yelen, Kingston, 22:44. 45-49: Saturday morning. Mary Leonard, New York City, 22:59. 50-59: Aggie marshal of the tomato festival pa- Walton, Dallas, 26:30. 60 & over: Cathie McHale, Pittston, 33:53. Field: 320 registered, 290 finishers. Run at 7 p.m. Info: www.wilkesbarreracing.com 38th annual Cliff Robbins Sr. Memorial High School rade. Starter: Joe Curry. Timing: Vince Wojnar (WyomFriday, Aug. 31: River Street Mile and 5K runs Invitational Cross Country Races at Letterkenny ing Valley Striders). Results: Insta Results. Race (the one miler is the last of three races of the Fastest Fields, just off 42nd Street, Dallas Twp., at 9:30 a.m. Saturdays race was run in directors: Jay Duffy and Michelle Hopkins. Festival Person series) at River and Northampton streets, Info: Vince Wojnar, 474-5363. Wilkes-Barre. The 5K starts at 6:15 p.m., the one Saturday, Sept. 1: Wendys Wonderful Kids memory of two young cancer vic- chairpersons: Lori Nocito and Mike Lombardo. Schedule miler starts at 7p.m. Info: www.wilkesbarreracing- 10K Run and Half Marathon at River and Northamptims: Sean T. Walsh, of Jenkins Wednesday: Giants Despair Challenge (second .com ton streets, Wilkes-Barre, at 8 a.m. Info: www.wilkesrace of three in the Fastest Person series) at Laurel Saturday, Sept. 1: Wyoming Valley Striders barreracing.com Township, who died at age 38 in
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OUTDOORS
Early season for Canada geese starts Sept. 1
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HUNTS FOR HEALING will host its first Red, White and Blue Rally from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. today at the American Legion Post 510 in Laceyville. The family event will feature a chicken barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers, raffles, 50/50 drawing and a baked goods sale. HICKORY RUN STATE PARK NATURALIST MEGAN TAYLOR will host the ninth hike in the 2012 Hickory Run State Park Hiking Series today at 9 a.m. The 2.5 mile hike is classified as difficult. Meet at the Hawk Falls Trailhead on Route 534, east of the park office. This hike will feature some small but very steep and rocky sections on Hawk Falls and Orchard Trail Loop. For more information, contact Taylor at hickoryrunenvedsp@pa.gov or 570-4032006. THE FACTORYVILLE SPORTSMENS CLUB will hold two archery events this year. The first scheduled shoot is on Saturday, Aug. 25, followed by Sunday, Sept. 23. The events are open to the public and offer a challenging array of targets. This is a through the woods course, and participants are encouraged to dress appropriately. An egg shoot is held at the end of the course, with prize money available. Starting time is at 9 a.m. with member and non-member fee of $6 and $8 respectively, with 12 to 18 year old archer fee of $6. Under 12 is no charge. For more information check the club website at www.fscweb.org or call Paul at 561-3748. THE NORTH MOUNTAIN BRANCH OF THE QUALITY DEER MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION will host a Family Fun Activity Day on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Factoryville Sportsmens Club in Factoryville. The event will feature a 30-target 3D shoot, claybird shooting, horseshoe tournament and a chicken BBQ dinner. A gun raffle and 50/50 drawing will also be held. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and dinner is served between noon and 4 p.m. For more information or to register, contact Chris Denmon at 477-2238 or Linda Coolbaugh at 836-2765. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES VOLUNTEER DAVID KRUEL will host an early morning beginners bird walk at 8 a.m. on Aug. 25 at Nescopeck State Park to celebrate the Global Birding Initiatives Pledge to Fledge program. From Aug. 24-26, birders across six continents will be sharing their interest in birds by bringing friends and other non-birders out to truly see and enjoy birds for the first time. The goal of the program is to share enthusiasm toward bird watching to transform non-birders and casual birders into citizens concerned about bird conservation and the environment. This program is free and will meet at the wood bridge near the education center at Nescopeck State Park. A limited number of binoculars will be available. Please wear sturdy shoes and bring water along. Registration is required by calling 4032006. THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES will host a bus tour highlighting seven sites throughout Luzerne County that showcase a variety of management techniques such as riparian buffers, rain gardens, parking lot bio-infiltration, grass parking pads, green roofs, pollinator gardens, native grassland meadows, community gardens and more. The tour, which was also organized by Penn State Cooperative Extension and PA Environmental Council, will be held from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., on Sept. 20. Participants will begin at the Kirby Park Natural Area in Wilkes-Barre, where they will board a charter bus and travel to the Plains Animal Hospital, Lands at Hillside Farm, Butler Township Community Garden/ Center for Landscape Stewardship and Design, Life Expression Wellness Center, and Nescopeck State Park. The cost for the program is $30 which includes the bus tour, lunch, and a tour booklet highlighting our stops. Tour sponsorships are also available. For more information and to register please contact the Penn State Cooperative Extension at 825-1701. 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 Times Leader, c/o Sports, 15 N, Main St., WilkesBarre, PA 18711-0250.
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OUTDOORS
Did a black cat actually cross their paths?

arlene DeAnthony and Carol Hudson dont know each other. DeAnthony lives in Bear Creek and Hudson resides 1,100 miles away in Florida. Despite the distance, they both share a common bond. DeAnthony and Hudson both claim to have seen a black mountain lion. Hudson spotted it first at 6:50 p.m. on July 14. She and her husband were on Interstate 81 driving home from Maine when Hudson spotted what she believes was a black panther standing in the median, just north of Exit 170. She said it had a shiny, black coat, stood taller than a German shepherd, had a cat-like face and a crook in the last four inches of its long tail. It was walking and I saw the entire profile, Hudson said. I was thrilled to death to see it. About a week later, about a mile away, DeAnthony was traveling along Jumper Road when she saw a black cat. The details larger then a German Shephard, long tail -- are identical to Hudsons account. It took two leaps for the cat to leap across the road and disappear into the woods. For a few days the sighting was the subject of some kidding from her husband, Victor. That was until we saw the letter from Carol Hudson in the paper, and we both said whoa, he said. Its unbelievable, sure, but when you have two different people saying they saw this thing in the same area, within a week I dont know. Neither do I. I do think its highly improbable to see a mountain lion, much less a black panther in Pennsylvania. Considering there are no known instances of a melanistic mountain lion the feline that DeAnthony and Hudson saw, given its size it would have to be melanistic leopard or jaguar. They can be found in the wild in Asia but not in North America, ruling out the possibility that the black cats migrated here from another state. Perhaps someone raised one in captivity and let it loose around here? Possible, but not likely. According to Bill Williams, information and education supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commissions northeast region, the agency has issued just two permits in the area for the possession of exotic wildlife. One of the permitted locations is in Monroe County where a cougar and a bobcat are possessed. The other is in Marshalls Creek, and that individual has a cougar, two leopards and a bobcat. As far as Williams knew, none are black and none have escaped. And as far as someone from out of the area releasing a black leopard or jaguar in our area, Williams is doubtful. Acquiring such a big, rare cat is obviously expensive to begin with. The sightings, Williams said, could be a case of mistaken identity a black bear, a large black domestic cat or even a fisher. But DeAnthony and Hudson arent the only ones claiming to have seen a panther or mountain lion in the area. Williams said each of the regions four PGC dispatchers gets three to four mountain lion calls each month. Just about all of the calls, he said, come in during the spring, summer and fall. Thats too bad. Winter would be the best time for such a sighting because then there could be snow on the ground. And a cat bigger than a German shepherd would surely leave plenty of tracks. Still, DeAnthony and Hudson are certain of what they saw, and I dont doubt them. And what they saw was shocking enough to link two strangers more than 1,000 miles apart.
Tom Venesky covers the outdoors for the Times Leader. Reach him at tvenesky@timesleader.com
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The early Canada goose season is designed to target resident geese, which can be a problem at parks, golf courses and residential areas.
Tough goose to cook

By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com
Season starts Sept. 1

The early statewide season for resident Canada geese will open Sept. 1 and continue through Sept. 25. The early season retains a daily bag limit of eight Canada geese and possession limit of 16. Bag limits are restricted in in certain areas. Migratory game bird hunters, including those afield for doves and woodcock, are required to obtain and carry a Pennsylvania migratory game bird license ($3.70 for residents, $6.70 for nonresidents), as well as a general hunting, combination or lifetime license. All waterfowl hunters age 16 and older also must possess a federal migratory game bird and conservation (duck) stamp. Visit www.pgc.state.pa.us for more information.
When it comes to the early season for Canada geese, John Levitsky feels the hunting is easiest on opening day. After that, he says, something happens. There are birds that are very old in the flocks that have seen all these decoy spreads and heard these calls before, Levitsky said. When they suspect something is amiss, they can be very difficult to bring into gun range. Its that challenge that has Levistsky excited for the Sept. 1 opener of the early Canada goose season. The season is designed to target resident geese, whose numbers remain high in the state. Liberalized seasons and bag limits have reduced the statewide population of resident geese by 14 percent. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the 2010-12 three-year average Pennsylvania spring resident Canada goose population was estimated at 232,820, which is below the recent nine-year average of 271,049. However, the population remains significantly above the agencys management goal of 150,000. Levistsky said the goal will be tough to attain. There are just so many un-huntable locations in suburban and urban areas that keep them protected, he said. If they come under pressure, the birds know the safe spots to go city parks, industrial parks and private land. Those birds are very difficult to bring down in number. Still, its important to control resident geese numbers due to the damage they can inflict on property, mainly with their droppings. Locally, resident geese numbers are strong, according to Bill Williams, information and education supervisor with the PGCs Northeast Region. Most of our (Wildlife Conservation
Special youth hunt
Young Pennsylvania hunters will be provided with two days of special waterfowl hunting on Saturday, Sept. 15 and 22. The Youth Waterfowl Days, which previously were limited to one day, are open to those 12 to 15 years old who hold a junior hunting license. To participate, a youngster must be accompanied by an adult, who may assist the youth in calling, duck identification and other aspects of the hunt. During these special two days of hunting, youth can harvest ducks, mergansers, coots and moorhens. In addition, because the Youth Waterfowl Days and the early Canada goose season overlap this year, youth and the adults accompanying them may harvest Canada geese. The daily limit for the Youth Waterfowl Days for Canada geese is the same as the daily limit for adults in the area being hunted. Youth Waterfowl Days bag limits for ducks, mergansers and coots will be consistent with the limit for the regular season, which will be announced in mid-August after the annual Waterfowl Symposium on Aug. 10.
Officers), especially along the Susquehanna River, are indicating another good year for goose hunters, Williams said. Its tough to predict what theyll do after the season starts, but right now the outlook is good. Levitsky added that spring reproduction for resident geese was good, so the numbers and hunting opportunities are there. The problem, he said, is outsmarting the geese. The key is find-
ing feeding areas, but people get frustrated with hunting them in fields and go in and shoot the birds flying into roost areas, he said. That causes them to change patterns or pushes them into non-huntable areas. When you find birds to work, theyre moderately easy to hunt with decoys and calling. But they smarten up very quickly. As an example of just how hard it can be to outsmart Canada geese, Levitsky recalled an incident on a local golf course
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W E E K LY B A S S T O U R N A M E N T R E S U LT S
Suskie Bassmasters (Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the Nesbitt ParkBoat Launch in WilkesBarre (www.suskiebassmasters.comorwww.teamrosencrans.org): Aug. 15 results: 1. David M. McGovern - 16 inches, 2.81 lbs. 2. Dan Byorick Jr. - 17inches, 2.49 lbs. 3. Ed Mrochko - 16 inches, 2.10 lbs. 4. David R. McGovern 16 inches, 1.95 inches 5. Chris Ostrowski 18 inches, 1.82 lbs. Small fish pool winner Mike Nichols .87 lbs. Top 10 Season Standings (total weight in pounds): 1. Chris Ostrowski - 13.82 lbs. 2. Jim Lacomis - 12.51 lbs. 3. Larry Fetterhoof - 12.07 lbs. 4. Frank Slymock - 11.90 lbs. 5. Ed Mrochko - 11.79 lbs. 6. John Centak - 11.36 lbs. 7. Joe Halesey - 11.32 lbs. 8. Lori Mrochko - 11.21 lbs. 9. Chuck Saypack - 11.18 lbs. 10. Hunter Lacomis - 11.03 lbs. Harveys Lake Wednesday Night Bass Tournament (Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the state boat launch; for more information, call Duke Dalley at 991-0080): Aug. 15 results (33 boats, 55 anglers): 1. Chuck Peterman - 3.92 lb. largemouth 2. Mike Adamshick - 3.63 lb. largemouth 3. Gary Mikulski - 3.14 lb. largemouth 4. Leon Morgan - 3.12 lb. smallmouth 5. Ken Kosloski - 3.11 lb. smallmouth Top 10 Season Standings (total weight in pounds): 1. Dave Brill - 19.85 lb. 2. Greg Mikulski Jr. - 19.42 lb. 3. Gary Mikulski - 19.12 lb. 4. Mike Adamshick - 18.78 lb. 5. John Niezgoda - 18.77 lb. 6. Greg Mikulski Sr. - 16.98 lb. 7. Ken kosloski - 16.81 lb. 8. Tom Bralczyk - 15.01 lb. 9. Joe Kosloski - 14.13 lb. 10.George Hogan - 13.64 lb. Upcoming Tournaments Catching Dreams at Harveys Lake Tournament Today. Registration begins at 5 a.m. and tournament runs from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.; open buddy tournament; all proceeds benefit Catch A Dream Foundation. For more information, call Nicole OConnor at 639-7114 or Clarence Hogan at 793-5187. A bass tournament will be held at White Oaks Pond in Wayne County on Aug. 26, at the PFBC boat launch. Registration opens at 4:30 a.m. and tournament runs from safe light until 1 p.m. Fee is $40 per team and a $10 lunker option. For more information, contact Vincent Sabatiniatbasslunker40@aol.com, or Christopher Jonesatbigbuck326@aol.comor 991-6176. PA BassCasters Lake Carey Open Buddy Tournament on Sept. 2; Begins at safe light and weigh-in is at 2 p.m.; registration and boat check open at 4:45 a.m.
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OUTDOOR NEWS
Fish for free Labor Day Monday, Sept. 3 marks the second of two free fishing days in the Commonwealth. Fish For Free Days allow anyone residents and nonresidents to legally fish in Pennsylvania. From 12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. on both days, no fishing license is needed to fish in Pennsylvanias waterways. All other fishing regulations apply. The first 2012 Fish for Free Day was Memorial Day. Fish-for-Free days are a convenient way to introduce friends and family to the sport of fishing, said Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission executive director John Arway. Many families spend the day at lakes and parks throughout the state. Now they can try fishing at no cost. We know that once people try it, particularly kids, they will see that fishing is a great recreational activity and they will want to do it more. To make it even easier to get started or restarted in fishing, the PFBC will host Family Fishing Programs at three locations in the northern portion of Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept. 1. The Family Fishing Programs are free educational experiences designed for families with little or no fishing experience, said Carl Richardson, PFBC manager of Education and Outreach. Participating families will learn basic fishing skills and have an opportunity to practice those skills while fishing together during the program. The programs will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at these locations: Mauch Chunk Lake County Park, Carbon County; Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County; and Maurice K. Goddard State Park, Mercer County. The fishing license requirement is waived for registered program participants 16 and older. The program is open to all ages. However, the program is designed for children ages 5 and older. All equipment, bait and tackle will be provided. Space is limited at the event, so pre-registration is required. Deadline for registration is Aug. 31, and there will be no registration taken the day of the event. Visit www.takemefishingpa.com to register and learn more about these events and Labor Days Fish-for-Free Day. Grant for bats The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service awarded two grants to support conservation planning in Pennsylvania and acquisition of vital habitat for threatened and endangered animals in West Virginia.
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MENLO PARK, Calif. Mark Zuckerberg wired together nearly 1 billion people on the Web. Now the ambitious young entrepreneur is building another kind of community, this one out of bricks and mortar. Construction is booming along a bustling stretch that cuts through the center of Facebook Inc.s campus in Silicon Valley, where staffers stroll or ride bikes and RipStiks between buildings. Here the social networking giant is designing its own Main Street, putting in storefronts that will cater only to Facebook employees, whether theyre in the mood for a straight-razor shave or nigiri rolls. Call it Zucker Burg. See MAIN, Page 2D
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ST. LOUIS Larry Wilson quit counting his employment applications about the time he sent his 100th into the job search maw. Working as a substitute teacher the past five years, and having pretty much abandoned any hope of landing fulltime work, Wilson waxes philosophical about the odds facing a displaced worker older than the age of 50. We all know that people are supposedly created equal, and that theres no discrimination, said the 57-year-old Wilson, a resident of St. Charles County, Mo., who was last employed fulltime eight years ago. Then theres the real world. Reality is an unemployment rate among the 55-and-older crowd that has risen by 103 percent since the onset of the recession, according to a data analysis by the AARP. Equally sobering is the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics notation of the 56 weeks, on average, that unemployed job-seekers older than 55 wait to find a new job. Job searches for the remainder of the unemployed population end at the 38week mark. Older workers with a wealth of experience contend the reasons for their difficulties are both obvious and unstated. Its difficult to prove without a shadow of doubt that its discrimination, AARP President Robert Romasco said during a recent visit to St. Louis. But if you talk to anyone over 50 looking for a job, you know theyre not feeling the love. Older job-seekers suspect employers harbor assumptions that experienced employees will command higher salaries, strain the budgets for employee health care and lag behind younger workers in adapting to the latest technology. Michael McCarty, a director of Business Persons Between Jobs and an adjunct marketing instructor at Maryville
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Melanie Wade, vice president of enrollment services at Wilkes University, has noticed a shift in the courses of study students are choosing due to the economy.
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As teacher layoffs make headlines, the number of freshmen declaring education as their major has dropped off. The same is true for other fields where the economy has caused layoffs or downsizing, and for stagnant industries such as architecture and journalism. Local college officials said as a result students and their parents keep an eye on what majors will likely land graduates a job and students have flocked to what Melanie Wade, Wilkes Universitys vice president for enrollment services, called clear career path majors. Nursing, engineering, occupational therapy and culinary arts are all on the rise as job shortages in those fields are publicized. Computer science also is making a comeback after a few years of declining enrollment.
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he dour economy of recent years has shifted shopping and driving habits and influenced other major life decisions from buying a car or house to choosing a college. Local college administrators say it also has caused a shift in the courses of study students are choosing.
The advent of Google, Facebook, Twitter and those who became millionaires thanks to their role in creating them has spurred students to see if they can invent the next big app such as Angry Birds or the next must have download for smartphones, Wade said. are taking notice. At Wilkes, elementary education majors enrolled 30 students out of 125 applications in 2007. This fall, out of an application pool of 61, the school will enroll 11 students in the general education major. Not all schools are seeing interest plummet. Jane Dessoye, executive director of enrollment management at Misericordia University, said she feared the economy and teacher layoffs would reduce the number of students enrolling in that program at the Dallas Township school. It did not, she noted.
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BACK-TO-SCHOOL crunch time is here. And our friends at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA are helping children in need get school supplies and residents to keep their summer bodies once the swimsuits are packed away. The YMCA is offering a $20 first month membership fee for a new annual membership if you drop off a new backpack with school supplies before Aug. 26. The $100 initial membership fee also will be waived. Backpacks will be donated to students through Volunteers of America. If youre already a Y member, you will receive $20 off your next months membership fee. Call 823-2191for more information. Its still summer and that means nightly ice cream runs are permitted. So head qualify. Get Rite Aid hand sanitizer for $1, Restless Legs Cream for $11and Sleep Sheets Honey Dreams Sleep Aid for $5. STEALS & DEALS If you have a wee one, Gymboree has some nice clothes. If you fill out the online form here: www.gymboree.com/ over to the Cold Stone Creamery, on Mundy Street in Wilkes-Barre Township mktg/offer_registration.jsp?promoName=FREEBODYSUIT youll be or Montage Mountain Road in Moosic, with a coupon for a buy one creation with emailed a coupon for a free $7.95 bodysuit with any $10 purchase at any Gymfour mix-ins and get another one free boree. Theres one at the Wyoming Valley deal. The coupon is valid through Aug. Mall and one at the Mall at Steamtown. 30 and can be found here: http://coldStarbucks K-Cup fans, listen up! Go to stone.fbmta.com/members/ViewMailhttp://starbuckskcup.rewardpromo.com ing.aspx?MailingID=45097164872 and do two things. Enter the contest for a Rite Aid has been a bit light on its free year of Starbucks K-Cup packs, and print after Up Rewards rebates deals recently. out a rebate for a $5 Starbucks card when But theyre making up for it this week with three items that you can buy and get you purchase certain K-Cup or Tazo K-Cup packs by Sept. 30. the full purchase price refunded with a I mentioned the free Lowes Build and coupon printed out on your receipt for a Grow Kids Clinics earlier this summer. I future store purchase. Just remember now know when the next workshop will you must use your Wellness+ card to
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be held and what will be made. On Saturday, Sept. 8 at10 a.m., kids will build a Chuck E. Roller. If youve never done these before with your little guy or girl, it takes less than an hour and theyre great hands-on events that teach kids how to use tools to build something. Kids also get a free apron, goggles, and iron-on patch. Register early as each clinic only has between 50 and100 spots and they fill up fast, even one thats still a few weeks out. The Lowes stores in Edwardsville, Wilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Scranton are offering this workshop. Register and learn more here: https:// www.lowesbuildandgrow.com/pages/ default.aspx
Andrew M. Seder, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 829-7269. Email local steals or deals to him at aseder@timesleader.com.
reg and Ellen Williams moved their Studio 309 Music store to Shavertown in March, hoping the more accessible location would boost traffic. A little over a month later, the barriers went up and customer visits died down as work began on a long-delayed project to replace the Center Street bridge. Its literally killed us, Ellen Williams told me in her shop filled with guitars, other music equipment and antiques. Four months later shes hearing the estimated October completion date has been pushed back, perhaps to next spring. In Kingston, Ken Bond accepts that the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Pierce Street and North Street in Wilkes-Barre needed repairs. But the owner of Pierce Street Deli didnt understand why it was supposed to take two years to finish the work, as I told him. It turned out I was wrong; completion isnt slated until 2014, PennDOT construction manager Jeff Novitski told me. Given that the Empire State Building was constructed in less than two years, on time and under budget, its hard to understand how repairs to a bridge can stretch on for years. Or more correctly, after seeing the skeleton crews at work, to understand why scheduling appears so loose, given the disruption the work causes to nearby businesses and residents. Im all for infrastructure work, and not as a temporary job creation program. Beat up roads and bridges and rickety rail lines exact a daily cost on businesses and individuals in the form of slower commutes, delivery delays and damage to vehicles and equipment. I recently read that the new Dodge Dart compact car is based on an Italian Alfa Romeo substructure that had to be beefed up for American roads. Perhaps these drawn-out schedules save PennDOT money Novitski said they probably are cheaper than working double shifts but they cost businesses dearly and may even inflict mortal wounds. Ellen Williams said the only way Studio 309 survives is by selling on eBay and at the Garden Drive-In flea market, neither of which requires a storefront and certainly not one customers are challenged to get to. Some people say burdensome regulations slow things down, and I guess theres some truth in that. I ran into a couple of guys from United Water at the Shavertown site and theyd heard DEP was holding up the project for some unknown reason. But DEP spokeswoman Colleen Connelly said its just the opposite; the department has been waiting for several weeks for PennDOT to provide basic data about a proposed culvert. Novitski said its more complicated; once contractors started digging it became apparent a different approach was needed. Theyre working slow because they dont have the approved design yet, Novitski said. Any change to the construction and we have to revise our permits. I dont think its wise to abandon environmental standards for expediency; instead it seems like better planning and coordination is needed. Or perhaps were seeing the end result of state government budget restrictions that put short-term savings ahead of long-lasting improvements. That esoteric argument doesnt address the effect on businesses, particularly small, single site ones like Studio 309 Music and Pierce Street Deli, where work shifts have been shortened to account for a slowdown in business. Were feeling it and you can see it, Bond said, before only half-jokingly saying hed be willing to pick up a hammer and help out if it would get the job done faster.
Ron Bartizek, Times Leader business editor, may be reached at rbartizek@timesleader.com or 970-7157.
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OFFICE COACH
Contractor unlikely to change agencys culture

By MARIE G. McINTYRE MCT Wire Services
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James G. McClure, M.H.A., L.P.N., has been hired as market director, Eastern Region. McClure received his Bachelor of Arts in psychology with a minor in neuroscience from Kings College; a Master of Health Services Administration from Marywood University; and has direct McClure clinical experience as a surgical nurse for Wilkes-Barre General Hospital from 1996 to 1999.
Q: I am the executive director of a small community mental health center. Recently, the county department of social services contracted with us to provide counseling to children in foster care. Shortly after beginning this collaboration, we were blindsided by the negative organizational culture at DSS, which is replete with blaming, bullying and downright meanness. Although the children appear to be benefiting from our services, the partnership with DSS has not been a positive experience. Since we specialize in mental health, I would like to suggest that we conduct an organizational intervention to address their
management problems. Would this be a wise move? A: Sadly, organizations designed to help others dont always do a good job of managing their own interpersonal issues. Although your desire to assist is commendable, doing so could put your contract at risk, because managers in a dysfunctional agency are likely to view your well-intentioned suggestions as intrusive meddling. Every organizational culture is heavily influenced by the values and traits of upper management. Since toxic leaders are incapable of seeing their contribution to the problem, interventions in these organizations are usually doomed to fail. If the negativity at DSS originates at the top, a leadership change may be the only reNAMENT: Friday, 1 1 a.m., Blue Ridge Trail golf course, Mountain Top. Registration begins at 10. Continental breakfast, snacks, cocktail reception and buffet dinner. Four golfer team $440; dinner only $50 per person. Call 823-2101, ext. 131 for information or reservations.
al solution. Instead of trying to fix the entire agency, concentrate on building positive relationships with the individuals involved in your collaboration. Coach your staff on how to cope with any destructive attitudes they may encounter. But if the DSS culture ever begins to infect your own organization, you may want to reconsider this contract. Q: Two years ago, I applied for a promotion that I did not get. I was told by upper management that they wanted me to work in other areas and that a title change and pay increase would follow. Since then, I have been given much more responsibility, but my salary and title remain the same. Our company has suffered
some financial difficulties, so perhaps that explains the delay. Nevertheless, I feel that I deserve what I was promised. How should I handle this? A: Even if management had a valid reason for reneging, you still should have received an explanation. Its quite possible, however, that this commitment has simply been forgotten. Unfortunately, managers sometimes mention future possibilities, then fail to follow through, leaving employees to wonder what happened. Instead of continuing to wait resentfully for benefits that may never arrive, take the initiative to restart this conversation. First, create a chart showing how your job has changed, then use it to re-
mind your boss of the previous promises. For example: Two years ago, when my responsibilities began to increase, senior management indicated that I would eventually receive a new title and a raise. I would like to find out when I might expect that to happen. Hopefully, your inquiry will spur some immediate action. But if your boss cites recent financial reverses as an obstacle, ask when it would be appropriate to revisit this request, then mark that date on your calendar.
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.
THE MALL AT STEAMTOWN

Roger Dell has been named general manager/vice president for property management and leasing for the mall, a Prizm Asset Management Company. He will oversee additional Prizm properties in Scranton, Lebanon and Reading.
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RED CARPET BREAKFAST: Wednesday, 7:45-9 a.m., Meas restaurant, 8 W. Broad St., Suite 50, Hazleton. Featuring Ed Pane, Serento Gardens executive director and Chief Frank DeAndrea, City of Hazleton Police Department. Greater Hazleton Chamber members $20; non-members $25. Reservations required; call 455-1509 or email jferry@hazletonchamber.org. TRANSPORTATION ROUNDTABLE: Thursday, 1 1 a.m.-1 p.m., Top of the 80s, West Hazleton. Robert E. Latham, executive vice president and chief staff officer of the Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, will lead a discussion on regional transportation concerns. The cost, including lunch, is $37 for Northeast Pennsylvania Manufacturers and Employers Association members and $74 for non-members. To register, email drobbins@maea.biz, or call 622-0992. THE FIRST STEP: STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS: Thursday, noon-2 p.m., Small Business Development Center, 7 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes University Small Business Development Center consultants will answer questions about starting a business. Free, pre-registration is required, call 408-4340. GWB CHAMBER GOLF TOUR-
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James H. Wert, Jr., CFP, a financial adviser at Cross Valley Federal Credit Union, has been named to the senior adviser leadership team. Dell earned his Bachelor of Science in economics/finance from the University of Scranton and holds the certified financial planner designation.
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NETWORKING MIXER: Aug. 28, 5-7 p.m., model home at Valley View Townhomes, Alliance Drive off the Airport Beltway, Hazleton. Free for Greater Hazleton Chamber members, employees, co-workers and guests. Complimentary hors d oeuvres and beverages, door prize raffle. Reservations required; call 455-1509 or email jferry@hazletonchamber.org. OSHA FOCUS FOUR HAZARDS TRAINING: Aug. 29, 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Greater Hazleton Chamber office, 20 W. Broad St., Hazleton. Learn about the four leading hazards that cause 90 percent of deaths and injuries in construction. $79 per person, $39 each addl. person from same company, includes lunch and materials. Reservations required; call 455-1509 or email jferry@hazletonchamber.org.
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Misericordia University recently welcomed the addition of new full-time faculty members for the 2012-13 academic school year. Seated from left, are Tracy Golder, M.S.N., assistant professor of nursing; Brenda Pavill, Ph.D., associate professor of nursing; Paul Nardone, M.S., visiting assistant professor of business; and Elisa Korb, Ph.D., J.D., assistant professor of fine arts. Standing: Zhen Ma, Ph.D., assistant professor of business; Christopher Stevens, Ph.D., assistant professor of history and government; Christopher M. Carr, Ph.D., assistant professor of religious studies; Abigail P. Davis, M.P.A.S., P.A.-C., assistant professor of physician assistant studies; Jennifer Dessoye, O.T.D., assistant professor of occupational therapy; and Richard A. Boada, Ph.D., assistant professor of English.
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HONORS AND AWARDS

Kings College has named two faculty members to established professorships and presented teaching awards to three others. Gregory Bassham, Mountain Top, professor of philosophy, was named to the Herve A. LeBlanc distinguished professorship. Amy Parsons, Jenkins Township, professor of marketing, the PNC distinguished service professorship. Bridget Costello, Woodstock, Vt., associate professor of sociology, the recipient of the Donald Grimes, C.S.C., annual award for servicelearning teaching excellence. Greg Janik, Dallas, clinical professor of athletic training, the Max and Tillie Rosenn award for faculty excellence, presented annually to an outstanding faculty member among nominations by students and alumni. Lou Palmeri, Kingston, the adjunct faculty excellence in teaching award; recognized as a part-time instructor fulfilling Kings mission and exhibiting excellence in the classroom. Palmeri, a 1977 graduate of Kings, teaches in the sociology department. Family Service Association of Wyoming Valley and its Help Line Program announces five staff members with more than 30 years combined experience have successfully passed an international certification examination for their profession. The Help Line caseworkers are Tracy Bogdan, Jerrica Boyer, Brad Cecconi, Mark Landi and Lindsey Riddell and are now certified information and referral specialists (CIRS).
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ade ago, the nursing shortage of today is creating an abundance of job openings and some hospitals are offering signing bonuses or offering to pay off hired nurses student loans. At local colleges, students are flocking to nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy and other medical related fields where patient needs are increasing. At Wilkes, in 2007, there were 239 applicants for the nursing program. This year that number jumped 21 percent to 303. At Luzerne County Community College, the local college with the largest graduating class of nurses annually, applications for the program skyrocketed 87 percent since 2008. It also helped, Provost and Dean of the LCCC Nursing School Dana Clark said, that the school opened its new Health Sciences Center in downtown Nanticoke which features new technology and state-of-theart equipment for student use. Clark said the overriding factor in application surges for the program can be attributed to the nursing shortage in the region as well as nationwide. Other health care fields are attracting incoming students who see potential careers immediately after earning their degree. ed that when former tenant Sun Microsystems occupied it, the campus was nicknamed Sun Quentin, after the prison of the same name. Facebook wont say how much it has spent on the site, which accommodates about 2,000 employees and is not open to the public. University of California-Berkeley architecture professor Margaret Crawford said the remote location put Facebook at a disadvantage. So bringing in outside merchants in a Main Street format is actually an inventive idea, she said. Facebook has to give employees something more to like if it wants to catch the best and brightest,
reer path students are choosing is culinary arts, because everyone has to eat, even in a recession. That program saw applications increase 172 percent over the past five years. The colleges recently built Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute, has also drawn significant attention and interest to our culinary degree programs which are closely linked to career placement and success, noted Rosana Reyes, dean for enrollment management and stuPlacement success dent development at the NantiAfter-graduation employment coke-based community college. data supports the trend. All students who received their Not just money Not every student chooses a masters degrees in occupational therapy from Misericordia in the college major based on the odds weekday and weekend entry level of landing a job, though some programs in May 2011 are em- lucked out in choosing a major ployed. All of the weekday mas- they love that also happens to be ters degree students who gradu- a great one for securing employated this May also are employed, ment out of college. Niki Patel, 19, of Wright TownKrzywicki said. Despite the slow economic re- ship, fell in love with engineering covery, nursing and related health at an engineering camp at Penn care occupations are still projected State Hazleton while she was a as having the largest number of job Crestwood High School student. It definitely was not the econopenings, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor omy that drove her to pick her Statistics, and will continue to be major, she noted. The rising junior enrolled in that way in the future, said Mary Ghilani, LCCCs director of career the mechanical engineering program at Wilkes and said she is services. Jim Anderson, director of ad- very confident shell be able to missions at Kings College, said land a job in her field upon graduthree of that schools top four ation. She said shell likely lean gainers in the past few years have toward some sort of medical field been biology, physician assistant related engineering job because shes learned thats where a great and athletic training. Ghilani said another steady ca- need is right now. At Misericordia, spokesman Paul Krzywicki said that in recent years the demand for occupational therapists has inPatel creased and the interest in among prospective students has followed suit, culminating in a record number of applications received this year.
University and St. Louis University, said he believes the suspicions make sense. Its the nub of the jobs crisis that hiring managers wont or cant acknowledge, McCarty said. If someone has been employed in a single profession or with a single company, they are deemed too old and too expensive to hire. Larry Wilson, for all intents and purposes, worked steadily from the moment he was able to ride a bike and deliver papers until his 2004 layoff as an accounts manager assisting the business operations of a Japanese firm in North and South America. If you look at my resume, it looks like Id cost a fortune, he said. A hiring manager might think he covered both North and South America; he must have made at least $100,000, so he wont settle for $50,000$60,000. Thats what I would think if I was on the other side of the desk. Your experience doesnt work for you anymore; it works against you. Wilson in fact would settle for an annual salary in the $50,000 range. Experts say a willingness to move in another career direction is essential if laid off employees of a certain age are to have any chance of returning to the full-time workforce. Laid off as an executive assistant in April, Daisy Wilson, 51, is actively seeking a position that will capitalize on a recently earned Lindenwood University degree in human resources management. You either reinvent or retreat, said Wilson, Larry Wilsons wife. I choose to reinvent.
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wealth, Facebook is pouring money into its effort to turn this clump of generic low-slung stucco buildings into a vibrant community that can lure Silicon Valleys brightest workers. Facebook is breaking new ground in employee perks, something for which the valley is already famous. Early pioneers such as HewlettPackard Co. gave gifts to newlyweds and new parents, hosted annual picnics and showered staffers with free snacks and coffee. The
practice got a big boost in the 1980s when Steve Jobs began offering his Macintosh team at Apple Inc. extras such as unlimited fresh orange juice and twice-weekly massages. High-tech superpowers such as Google Inc. and Facebook are engaged in an escalating race to pamper employees with free food and luxuries such as complimentary laundry and dry-cleaning services. But Facebook had to come up with new carrots when it moved its headquarters a few months ago to a suburban outpost at the edge of tidal mud flats and salt marshes cut off from the rest of Menlo Park by a six-lane highway. Its so isolat-
who might be drawn to new opportunities at up-and-comers such as Pinterest. Facebook has lost some of its sheen since its bungled initial public offering in May, which saw its stock price and market value nosedive. Its just a great perk: My company has created a little city for me, said Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile, co-author of The Progress Principle, who studies how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their performance. It makes employees feel valMCT PHOTO ued, and that means they are more likely to be creative and produc- A bridge painted in the same shade of orange as the Golden Gate tive, she said. Bridge connects some of the buildings on the new Facebook campus.
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DULLED Platinum has been the most expensive precious metal for much of the last 20 years. But platinum has lost its shine this year. On Tuesday, gold was about $1,600 per ounce, while platinum was below $1,400 per ounce. The price Platinum vs. Gold price per ounce difference between the two has recently been $2,500 as wide as $227, an all-time record, Barclays 2,000 commodities analysts Platinum 1,500 say. The reason: Platinum goes in automobile catalytic 1,000 converters and has other industrial uses. So 500 Gold demand for it can fall when the economy is 0 weak, like it is now. 98 00 02 04 06 08 10 12 SOME STOCKS ARE OK Investors keep dumping stocks. Last month, they withdrew a net $2.37 billion from mutual funds that own a blend of large-cap stocks, for example. Its not surprising, given the markets big swings since the recession. But some pockets of stock funds still garner interest: ones that focus only on industries considered safer investNet investment in mutual funds in July ments. Health care $327 million Health care stock funds stock funds drew a net $327 million in $113 Utilities stock funds investment last month, according Financial stock funds to Morningstar. -$38 Financial stock funds, which are Industrial stock -$38 considered riskier, saw net withdrawTechnology stock funds -$203 als of $38 million.
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LOVE THAT ACCENT In the corporate marriage world, international hookups are becoming more common. U.S. companies have spent $111.8 billion this year acquiring foreign companies, according to Dealogic. Thats 22 percent of all deals, a record for this point of the year. It breaks the prior record of 20 percent set a year ago. Even though economies abroad have been just as limp if not weaker than the U.S., companies are looking for growth opportunities. Industrial gas company Air Products & Chemicals bought a majority stake in Indura SA of Chile for $884 million in June, for example.
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Where to go for income

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Babak Zenouzi
Title: Chief investment officer of the real estate securities and income solutions group at Delaware Investments What he suggests: Dont chase the highest yields
Income investors have it tough. A 10-year Treasury offered a yield of 1.7 percent Tuesday, down from 4.6 percent five years ago. Many investors have responded by simply looking for the highestyielding alternatives. But Babak Zenouzi warns that just because something has a high yield does not mean that it will provide a high total return. His Delaware Dividend Income fund (DDIAX) has had better annual returns than the S&P 500 over the last 15 years, with smaller swings in price. Do you agree with the fears that the popularity of dividend stocks has made them expensive? It depends on what end of the high-yield equity market you look at. There are certainly parts that we feel are expensive: In general, utilities, telecoms and consumer staples are extended in terms of valuations, relative to their dividend growth. But there are sectors that we feel are undervalued that exhibit better dividend growth, like health care, energy and industrials. What about real-estate investment trusts? Theyve been very popular dividend payers. Given the flexibility that we have in the fund, we were as high as 17, 18 percent in REITs four years ago. Now its 7 or 8 percent. We still like the fundamentals such as a lack of supply but not the valuations. The issue that were monitoring is that there is a lot of hot money coming from Japanese investors. In the last two-and-ahalf, three years, Japanese investors have gone from zero to $40, $45 billion in the industry (on promises of strong returns by mutual funds). So for that reason, weve trimmed it back. High-yield bonds have also been popular. But youre not as worried about them? I look at how much more they offer in yields than Treasurys. For high yield, the lowest potential yield possible without the issuer defaulting is now below 7 percent, and that historically has been a worrisome sign. But Treasurys today are at 1.7 percent, so theres still a nice spread. But were watching the flows there. Sounds like a dangerous time to be an income investor. Income investors need to be careful. Thats why our yield is lower than some of our competitors. Some have double the yield that we do, yet our returns have been very competitive or better. Were mindful of this, and we worry about it. We see these Japanese investor dollars flowing into REITs, flows into bonds, flows into utilities, telecom stocks. Income investing in general is not about just yield. Its about total return. Over the long term, dividend growth outperforms high yield. Dont chase the highest yield, because those yields now are very correlated to Treasurys, and if those yields rise, you could be facing capital losses. Answers edited for content and clarity.
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Investing globally can help ensure more consistent returns through diversification, but it also introduces exchange rate risk. Investors can lessen that risk using currency exchangetraded funds, which make placing money in foreign currency as easy as buying and selling stocks. There are dozens available, some invest in a single currency and others in several at once. Earlier this month, BlackRock, the leading provider of ETFs, filed with regulators to launch 14 ETFs to enable investors to profit from currency movements. Currency ETFs take U.S. dollar deposits and convert them into the foreign currency, sometimes directly in an interest-yielding bank account, other times by buying bonds or futures contracts. The investor makes money if the value of the dollar declines against the foreign currency. The best justification for investing in foreign currency is if you think the purchasing power of the U.S. dollar is
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going to decline, says Morningstar analyst Michael Rawson. Over the past year, the U.S. dollar has gained strength against many currencies, including the euro, as global economic uncertainty heightened the appeal of dollardenominated investments. Still, the U.S.s own debt woes and mammoth trade deficit have set the stage for a future slide in the dollar. Either way, Rawson says its best to view currency ETFs as a short-term investment one year or less. Thats because, over the long-term, keeping your money in cash doesnt keep up with the rate of inflation.
Yields, mortgage rates rise

The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose, helping to pull mortgage rates higher for the third straight week. The average rate on 30-year fixed mortgage was 3.62 percent last week, according to Freddie Mac. Thats up from 3.59 percent a week before and its record low of 3.49 percent set last month. Treasury yields have climbed following several better-than-expected reports on the economy.
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Converts U.S. dollars into Australian currency and parks the money in a bank. The Australian dollar is up 3 percent vs. the U.S. dollar this year. YTD return: 4.8% Yield: 3.6% Assets: $615 million Expense ratio: 0.40%
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Wisdom Tree Emerging Markets Local Debt (ELD)

An international bond fund that converts U.S. dollars into other currencies and buys government and corporate bonds. YTD return: 7.8% Yield: 3.6% Assets: $1.2 billion Expense ratio: 0.55%
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Right-wing terrorism is its name

CAN WE finally say the thing we have not said so far? This month, a white supremacist shot up a Sikh temple near Milwaukee, killing six people and wounding three. It is considered likely that the shooter mistook the Sikhs, whose men wear beards and turbans, for Muslims. The massacre came a few weeks after a characteristically baseless charge by Michele Bachmann and several other conservative legislators that a Muslim aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has ties to Islamic extremism. The juxtaposition of those two events is emphatically not meant to suggest Bachmann somehow caused the Wisconsin rampage. No, the point is that we are looking for terror in all the wrong places. Or, perhaps more accurately, that we are not looking for it in all the right places. In the almost 20 years since the first attack by Muslim extremists on the World Trade Center, the following things have happened: the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City leaves 168 dead and 500 injured; one person is killed, more than 100 wounded, in a bombing at the Olympics in Atlanta; seven people are arrested for plotting to attack U.S. military bases; Dr. Barnett Slepian is shot and killed in Amherst, N.Y.; five people die in a shooting spree near Pittsburgh; the FBI arrests a man who tried to buy ingredients for sarin, the deadly nerve gas, from an undercover agent; Dr. George Tiller is shot and killed in Wichita, Kan.; a man and his daughter are killed in their home in Arivaca, Ariz.; a man flies a small plane into a building in Austin, killing himself and one other. And now, this. These incidents and dozens more comprise a list maintained by the Southern Poverty Law Center. What they all have in common is that they spring from motivations (i.e., opposition to taxation, government, immigrants, blacks, gays, abortion and Muslims) that more or less define modern, mainstream, conservatism. So yes, it is time to say the obvious thing no one seems to be saying: America is under attack by right-wing terrorists. And here, again, it is necessary to say what the point is not. Namely, it is not that conservatism equals terrorism. These criminals are fanatics, and fanaticism is restricted to no particular ideology. Ironically, thats an argument to which conservatives often turn deaf ears when it is made on behalf of Muslims, but that doesnt make it any less true or applicable here. That said, whats telling is that we wont even call this what it is. When the Symbionese Liberation Army and the Weather Underground were committing violence in the 1970s, we were not slow in decrying left-wing terrorism and requiring progressives to disown it. When al-Qaida kills and maims, we are not shy about branding it Islamic terrorism and requiring moderate Muslims to disown it. For some reason, though, we are reluctant to call right-wing terror by name. And you can forget requiring conservatives to distance themselves from it. Rather than see a pattern that grows more glaring every day, we see a series of discrete events this individual tragedy here, that one there, regrettable certainly, but surely not suggestive of any larger picture. Maybe this is because the perpetrators of these crimes are overwhelmingly white Christian men and thus, invisible in a nation where danger is routinely defined as Them, not Us. Maybe its because news media have become cowed and self-censoring, reflexively flinching from that which might bring accusations of anti-conservative bias. Either way, one wonders how we can confront what we wont even name. These plots hatched in the fetid backwaters of conservative paranoia ought to be called what they are. The blood of victims demands an honest accounting. We have given them a dishonest silence instead.
Leonard Pitts Jr. 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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This country could do with a little boring

WITH MITT Romneys announcement that Paul Ryan will be his running mate, we finally can extricate ourselves from one of the sillier debates and put to rest the narrative of the benighted boring white guy (BWG). BWG, which prompts about 17 million Google links, is the thing that Romney had to avoid at all costs, according to the Consensus, which consists of 20 or 30 pundits, all of whom seem to hook themselves up to the same dream in which the thought was implanted: A boring white guy will doom Romney. They scrambled to their keyboards: Romney already has the BWG vote wrapped up, they intoned. He needed to show the electorate that hes willing to be bold, that he has vision, that hes likable and, pause for meaningful throat-clearing, that he gets it. Gets what? That the American electorate is so daft that anyone with a certain skin tone or ethnic background or who isnt boring is a better candidate than one who is: male, Caucasian and someone who doesnt have a clue who the father of Snookis baby is, or for that matter, who Snooki is? Its difficult to glean who exactly birthed the anti-BWG trope, but my guess would be a self-loathing BWG. Meanwhile, what exactly is a BWG, and why would he be bad for Romney and presumably the country? Did we really need a cool, with-it, popularity contest winner whos all about the buzz? No inference intended. This conversation stemmed from the assumption that a vice presidential pick must be, if not helpful in ensuring votes from his/her home state, at least a symbolic statement about the person running for president. In fact, we know that the VP choice doesnt really matter much. Historically, vice presidential picks are worth a net of about two percentage points in their home states, according to Nate Silver, who interprets American life statistically on the New York Times FiveThirtyEight blog. Nevertheless, some political analysts had been insisting that Romney should go with someone such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio to secure the Sunshine States Latino vote. Rubio, of course, is of Cuban descent, and is therefore Not White. But he is boring by the medias definition a pro-life, red-meat-eating, tea party conservative who makes Romney look like, well, OK, the Fonz. In other words, Rubio, for all his presumed Latino pizzazz, is in reality a boring white-ish guy who speaks excellent Spanish. Even considering his appeal and political talents, his selection would have been viewed as transparent pandering to a demographic whose members for some reason are believed to care only about the status of undocumented workers of similar heritage. The other relatively bold, anti-BWG pick would have been a woman, though Condi Rice the GOPs straight flush declined all overtures. Other Republican women either arent (yet) quite right or are paying for the sins of John McCain. So Palin-averse are Republicans these days (hows that winky-blinky thingy workin for ya?) that theyd sooner skip over Margaret Thatcher than risk the wrong woman. This left Romney with allegedly sensible and safe choices that are deficient in exciting pigmentation and/or demographic sex appeal. Is Ryan too boring and too white? Only if youre a superficial moron, which apparently is how many political strategists and commentators view most Americans. Checkboxing our way to idiocracy is a sad exit for a country where statesmen once roamed and the nations identity was simply American. Romney-Ryan is a ticket that says the GOP is all about the economy. This is where Romney has wanted to keep the conversation away from divisive social issues and on jobs. Whether Democrats allow him to stay on that message is doubtful given that social issues are the best ammunition the Obama campaign has to pull independents away from Romney.
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ASHINGTON Paul Ryan has made a startling rise in the past four years from a relatively obscure congressman representing southern Wisconsin to the darling of conservative thinkers and now Mitt Romneys choice as the Republican candidate for vice president. Hes done it with hustle, affability and a sweeping manifesto that Republicans in Congress have embraced as their vision for the future and that includes a hugely controversial transformation of Medicare, the countrys health insurance program for people 65 and older. Ryan, a fit 42-year-old policy wonk with a relaxed and noncombative demeanor, has become a superstar, a lightning rod and the new identity of the GOP. The House of Representatives Republican caucus voted nearly unanimously for Ryans budget plan in March, and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, hailed him Saturday as a reformer and proven leader who will be a great partner to Gov. Romney. Republican colleagues called him a serious mind, a person who immerses himself in the details and offers a solution instead of just criticizing the presidents policies. Ryan is also known for a willingness rare among ambitious politicians to take risks, such as pushing to transform the popular but financially challenged Medicare program by cutting spending on future retirees and offering them a subsidy to buy private insurance. He isnt known for compromising with
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Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) spoke on August 11, 2012 in Norfolk, Virginia. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Saturday chose the House of Representatives budget committee chairman as his running mate.
As attacks add up, are we ever safe?

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Experts say you cant fully prepare for a mass shooting, but these are things to keep in mind: Be aware of your surroundings at all times. Think about ways to escape any place in any situation. Take mental notes of anything and anyone that seems out of the norm. If something does happen, dont freeze: Take immediate evasive action. Consider running or hiding. Dont become a hermit. Mass shootings remain rare, and experts note that theres a difference between being cautious and being ruled by fear.
DALLAS - Mondays shooting spree in College Station, blocks from the Texas A&M campus, left three people - including the shooter - dead, and one frightening question: Is anywhere truly safe? The deadly shooting in Aggieland came eight days after a man with white supremacist ties killed six people inside a Wisconsin Sikh temple, and less than a month after the horrific mass slayings of 12 people at a Colorado movie theater by a graduate student. Experts on mass shootings and criminal justice say that while its not time to panic, safety can no longer be taken for granted, and ordinary citizens may have to soon start thinking and acting - like the police as they go about even their most routine activities. What we talk about from a law enforcement standpoint is awareness, said Dr. Robert Taylor, a criminology professor with the University of Texas at Dallas and a consultant on terrorism and intelligence issues. They call it having a 360-degree presence of
mind, and I think the average everyday citizen is going to have to start thinking that way as well: Is it dark? Is it lighted? Is security there? What is that person doing? People are going about their daily lives and unfortunately and sadly, theyre getting murdered, Taylor added. We call them spree shootings or random shootings, and unfortunately, they are increasing. Taylor and other experts said that an underlying factor in most of the mass shootings is mental illness on the part of the suspect. While the investigation into the College Station shooting is in the early stages, the mother of Thomas Alton Caffall, the shooter, told reporters her son had
been having difficulties with his mental health in recent years. That mental health aspect, combined with the current state of the economy, will make it all but impossible to eliminate mass shootings, those who study them say. And that makes them even more terrifying, even if the occurrences are still relatively rare. With the cutbacks in mental health systems, we are seeing more people released into society who are not on their meds, who are not in constant treatment, and we are seeing people who are more easily agitated, said Dr. Larry Barton, a professor at the
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firm. Ryans life changed as a16-yearold when he found his father dead of a heart attack. Hes called it a defining moment in which he decided he needed to step up in life. Ryan was class president and prom king in high school, with his classmates naming him biggest brown-noser his senior year. Ryan went to college at Miami University in Ohio, where he met William Hart, an outspoken libertarian professor of economics. Hart recalled in an interview Saturday that Ryan was already a conservative in college, and one who stood out for his intellectual curiosity. The two became fast friends, and met to discuss political philosophy. Hart said he spoke to Ryan about philosopher Ayn Rand. Ryan later credited Rand as an influence for him going into public service, describing it as individualism vs. collectivism. Ryan told The Weekly Standard in 2003 that he gave Rands books as gifts and tried to make his interns read them. Hes since distanced himself from Rands teachings, saying in particular that he never believed in Rands atheism. Hart said Ryan was especially interested in Austrian economist Friedrich Hayeks arguments for free market capitalism. Ryan clearly had an interest in politics, said Hart, who recommended Ryan for an internship in the ofbut its tough to know of those who are acting strange who is going to do something outrageous. Blumstein noted that in the Aurora, Colo., shootings, at least one psychiatrist had warned University of Colorado at Denver police about the alleged shooter, James Holmes, who had been a student there. But Blumstein said that after Holmes left the university, hes not sure if that information ever got passed on to outside authorities. And even if anyone had monitored him, Blumstein said, they wouldnt find very much to make us think he would open fire on innocent people. The randomness of those acts, Barton said, often results in
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Democrats to find common ground that could make it through the partisan divide in Congress and become law. Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz described Ryan as a true believer and an extremist who by force of personality and with the help of tea party-inspired freshmen took control of the House Republican caucus from its leaders. Wasserman Schultz serves on the House Budget Committee, which Ryan chairs, and also leads the Democratic National Committee. I have watched him craft one of the most extreme visions for our economy I have ever seen, Wasserman Schultz said Saturday in an interview. Paul Ryan is a pleasant enough person. I get along with him well; hes not acerbic. But his policies are really backward. Ryans path to vice-presidential choice started in Janesville, Wis., where he was born and still lives with his wife, Janna, and their three children. Its a riverfront city of 63,000 people thats just over 75 miles from Milwaukee and a little further than that from Chicago. The Irish Catholic Ryan family has been prominent in the town for five generations, starting a major road construction
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fice of then-Wisconsin Republican Sen. Bob Kasten. Ryan soon went to work as a speechwriter for Empower America, a conservative research center that included the late Rep. Jack Kemp, a New York Republican and former NFL quarterback who championed tax cuts as a central tenet of economic growth and whom Ryan has called a major influence. Ryan also worked as a Republican congressional staffer before running for the U.S. House of Representatives in 1998 at the them being even more deadly. He said that when catastrophic events take place, such as a shooting, a flash fire or even an earthquake, many people fall into a trance-like state he called milling, where they dont immediately react to what is occurring. In an attack, theres a sense of thinking, I cant believe this is happening to me. So often in a catastrophic situation, if people fall into milling, they freeze and they die, Barton said. If you move quickly in the first 10 or 15 seconds of anything that seems wrong, and that includes an earthquake, your chances of sur-
age of 28, winning the seat with the help of connections in Washington, D.C., and Wisconsin. Hes been in Congress ever since. Including his time as a staffer and with Empower America, hes spent nearly half his life in the Washington sphere. Ryan rose through the ranks over more experienced Republicans after the 2006 election to win the top Republican position on the Budget Committee. Idaho Republican Rep. Mike Simpson, who joined Congress at the same time as Ryan, said Ryans command of budget details and his personality gained him influence among House Republicans. Paul is a likable guy, Simpson, whos also on the Budget Committee, said Saturday in an interview. He doesnt belittle those who disagree with him. Ive never seen him be harsh. Ryan, who once moonlighted as a fitness trainer at Washington Sport and Health Club, is known for his punishing morning workouts. His ascendancy to his role as the policy voice of House Republicans began in 2008, when he issued what he called the Roadmap for Americas Future. The budget plans reception wasnt always smooth. Republicans in and out of Congress at times resisted Ryans push to overhaul entitlement programs such as Medicare. Newt Gingrich last year described Ryans Medicare proposal as right-wing sovival are much, much higher. But Barton acknowledged that even with the most recent spate of spree shootings, Americans remain very safe in almost all places, whether thats at work, in a house of worship or at a mall. Former Dallas Police Chief William Rathburn agreed. He said that while such shootings are often shocking to the masses, he said that people need to keep in mind that such events are not the norm in American society. It seems like theres a rash of these incidents, but I dont think its a crisis situation, said Rathburn, who was chief in Dallas
Republican colleagues called him a serious mind, a person who immerses himself in the details and offers a solution instead of just criticizing the presidents policies. Ryan is also known for a willingness rare among ambitious politicians to take risks, such as pushing to transform the popular but financially challenged Medicare program by cutting spending on future retirees and offering them a subsidy to buy private insurance. He isnt known for compromising with Democrats to find common ground that could make it through the partisan divide in Congress and become law.
cial engineering, a comment he later disavowed. But with the help of conservative media and think tanks Ryan began to gain traction, and Republicans who were looking for an alternative to President Barack Obamas policies increasingly pointed to him. Democrats said Saturday that they relished taking on Ryan. Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, the top Democrat on the Budget Committee, said in a statement that Ryans push on Medicare and his support to keep the Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans showed that Romney was doubling down on an agenda that favored the rich over the middle class and senior citizens. But Republicans said the nation is in debt, entitlement changes need to be made and Ryan is the perfect person to defend his own plan. Influential conservative publications urged Romney to choose Ryan as running mate over what were considfrom 1991 to 1993 and is now a consultant. Weve had them, well always have them. I think its coincidence theyre happening in close proximity time-wise, but they arent that bad and I dont think theyll get that bad. But Taylor at UTD said people who are worried about spree killers have every right to be. ered safer picks. Although Ryan is a conservative star, a recent CNN poll found that 54 percent of the public said they didnt know him or had no opinion about him. Ryan set about introducing himself to the nation Saturday at a campaign rally, and he did it in sweeping terms, not talking about a Medicare overhaul or his budget proposals. I represent a part of America that includes inner cities, rural areas, suburbs and factory towns. Over the years I have seen and heard a lot from families, from those running small businesses and from people who are in need. But what I have heard lately troubles me the most, Ryan said, appearing at ease in his new role as vice-presidential choice. There is something different in their voice and in their words. What I hear from them are diminished dreams, lowered expectations, uncertain futures.
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I dont think its going to go away. We will see more of this, Taylor said. Theres no magic bullet, theres no wave of the hand thats going to stop this problem. Police are as confounded with it as anyone else. We just dont know what it will take to stop these random shootings.
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Make the change or move aside

EFORM OR RESIGN. For the nine Wilkes-Barre Area School Board members who oversee Luzerne Countys most corruptiontainted school district, the options for saving face and recovering public confidence essentially have been narrowed to two. Either reform the system by adopting a new hiring policy with a no-nepotism rule that strictly bans school directors from hiring their relatives and otherwise showing area residents that you intend to follow best board practices rather than business as usual. (For example, a good start would be to hire the next superintendent from outside the district.) Or resign. The days of delaying, ducking, deflecting and denying are over. That became evident at Wednesdays board meeting, attended by at least one vocal board critic, multiple TV and print reporters and two Secret Service agents who served the district with multiple subpoenas. If board members continue to drag their heels on reform measures, the clouds of suspicion will only intensify. Luzerne County residents, since a federal crackdown on corruption began here in 2009, witnessed a massive overhaul of the countys justice system, including courthouse procedural changes and many new judges on the bench. Similarly, a majority of reform-minded voters decided to completely redo county government, tossing out the former three-commissioner setup in favor of home rule. Meanwhile, the tarnished Wilkes-Barre Area School District has done what? Anything? Three former WBA school directors became ensnared in the Federal Bureau of Investigations corruption crackdown. Each man subsequently admitted to accepting or passing a bribe in exchange for conducting school business, resulting in prison time or home confinement. Even so, certain see-no-evil school directors strapped on their blinders and pretended they didnt need to respond with institutional changes. All is OK, they insinuated. Leave us be. Since then, the districts longtime solicitor has been federally charged with operating a Ponzi scheme, and a review by this newspaper indicated his bills to the school district had increased astronomically in recent years but apparently not drawn the boards attention. Plenty of area residents are fed up. Dont take our word for it; hear it from them. Below is a recent sample of readers online comments in regard to the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board. rollin in my chair wrote: WE didnt elect you so you can hire your kin. WE hired you because we thought you were aware of what we wanted, and that was to stop with the hiring of family members. If someone with a 4.0 shows up for a job and you give the job to your 3.0 child, the children are then getting cheated. EJ wrote: The school district is wrought with nepotism. Its their way of life. Citizenreader wrote: While it is true that there are fewer secondary math teachers available for hire at any one time, there is certainly no shortage these days. I know quite a few teachers who are certified (and qualified) in secondary math who have expressed great frustration at finding jobs here in NEPA. Carl E. wrote: I remember early in the corruption probe that a Wilkes-Barre Area school director admitted taking a bribe from a teacher for a job. The teachers name was never revealed and remains shrouded in a wall of protection by the W-B School District and the union. That teacher is just as corrupt for offering a bribe as the convicted school director who accepted it, yet is that person still teaching our children? Do they still enjoy the benefits of health care, subsidized continuing education, negotiated annual salary increases and state-supported retirement? You bet they do! Id like to know the names of teachers who broke the law to get their jobs. Id like to know whether theyre still employed and Id like to know when theyll be terminated so their positions can be filled by people who gain the position through their qualifications, not their pocketbooks or connections. KevinDougherty wrote: A reasonable person would find it difficult to defend the actions of the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board. For how much longer will area residents such as these be compelled to wait before this school board demonstrates with words and actions that the message has been received and true reforms are under way? For how much longer will certain board members block progress? For how much longer will district taxpayers and others wonder if the board cant get this decision right, what kind of logic is it applying to decisions impacting school costs and students educations? Were waiting for an answer. Reform? Or resign?
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He is holding to his faith in this what now? world

HE KNEELS in garden beds. He trims branches and lays mulch. Once upon a time, five months ago, he had an important position as a security official for Fidelity Bank, a place where hed worked for 38 years. He wore a suit and tie to work. Today, he wears shorts and a tank top and prunes hedges or clears flowerbeds for neighbors or older folks. It is, to date, the only work he can find. I have to make ends meet, he says. His name is Rick Vallee, he is 59 years old, and he is one of so many Americans who thought life was going to be different. He thought by this age, hed be winding down, looking forward to retirement. Instead, he is unemployed, he cannot afford health insurance, and he can barely cover his bills, supporting a wife and family, including a disabled son. The bank he worked for was purchased by another. The new bank used him for transition, then told him he was done. He handed his key to a woman he barely knew, and walked out the door of his once-familiar working life into a new corner of America, a vast and depressing landscape known as What Now? As a devoted Christian, Rick says, This is where the rubber meets the road. But just because Im a believer doesnt mean I dont have concerns. Ricks story will sound sadly familiar. He started as a bank teller in 1974 and worked his way up through the company. Branch management. Security officer. Eventually he was named a vice president charged with enforcing the Bank Secrecy Act, a government initiative aimed at identifying security
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concerns such as identity theft and terrorism funding. At its peak, he says, Fidelity had a portfolio of more than a billion dollars. Rick handled security for all 15 branches. Then the economic downturn happened. Things began to darken. The bank was failing. There were rumors of a sale. Rick hoped the buyer would be a growing company, which might have use for his expertise. Instead, Fidelity was purchased by a much larger firm. Rick came home and told his wife, This is it. He sensed he would not be needed in a place that already had so many people. He was right. He endured the painful, antiseptic end, a Friday afternoon visit by government officials and new ownership, who waited until 5 oclock, then began dismantling his office, taking his computer, stripping the Fidelity name, losing all shreds of the old regime. A few months later, they lost him, too. After 38 years. No severance. No pension. No company. Just an offer of COBRA insurance, which can be laughingly unaffordable once youre fired. I know Rick. It was my idea to write about him, not his. He is not a complainer. Quite the opposite. He is humble, soft-spoken, embarrassed to even mention that he continues his weekly charity work with a local food pantry. He lives modestly, in a small ranch house in Shelby Township. He has never adopted a Why should I care
His name is Rick Vallee, he is 59 years old, and he is one of so many Americans who thought life was going to be different. He thought by this age, hed be winding down, looking forward to retirement.
anymore? approach. He tried all his banking contacts. There were simply no jobs. He looked at his prospects, looked at his bills and picked up some landscaping tools, hoping to earn a few dollars. He was not ashamed to do physical labor, despite all the work suits in his closet. There are some times out there when I cant believe it, he admits. But I know God has a plan for me. I just wonder what it is. You dont know anymore in this country. That white-haired guy in Starbucks might have been a district manager somewhere last year. That woman taking your order at Dennys might have been an executive assistant. And that man cutting your hedge might have once made sure your money was safe. Rick still prays a company could use his skills. He remains upbeat, and there is something inspiring in that, people who take the bitter yet hope for the sweet. But it is no longer a great distance from the office to the flowerbed, and while the promise of this country always will glow, we are all learning this: You cannot count on the strength of your workplace, only your own.
Mitch Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Readers may write to him at: Detroit Free Press, 600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226, or via email at malbom@freepress.com.
Who will deliver great moments in October debates?

MR. OCTOBER is the designation reserved always for Reginald Martinez Jackson, a native of Wyncote, north of Philadelphia in Montgomery County. A 1964 graduate of Cheltenham High School, Jackson attended Arizona State University on a football scholarship, was better at baseball, and entered the 1966 Major League Baseball draft. To everyones amazement, the New York Mets bypassed Jackson with its No. 1 pick and selected a catcher who never made it out of the minor leagues. Surprised at the Mets oversight, Charlie O. Finley, owner of the Kansas City As, drafted Reggie Jackson No. 2 overall. Jackson played nine years for the KC/ Oakland As before spending a year in Baltimore and five each with the Yankees and Angels before returning to Oakland in 1987 for his final major league season. It was during Game 6 of the 1977 World Series, however, that Jackson, then a Yankee, earned the moniker Mr. October. With his team trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by a run at Yankee Stadium on the afternoon of Oct. 18, and after having walked in the second inning, Jackson homered in each of his next three at-bats, on the first pitch, off three different pitchers, to win the game and capture the Series. He did great things in great moments, wrote Jackson biographer Mike Lupica. Baseball will celebrate the 35th anniversary of Jacksons October feat in the
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midst of our nations 2012 October presidential debates. The Commission on Presidential Debates (www.debates.org) oversees these great moments featuring presidential candidates having 15 percent of the vote in national polls and who are on the ballot in enough states to accumulate the 270 electoral votes necessary to become president. The commission has scheduled three debates between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. It also has arranged for Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential nominee-designate U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to meet once for a discussion of issues foreign and domestic on Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Ky. Great moments in October that will command an enormous television audience, decide the 2012 presidential election, the future of Medicare, Social Security, ObamaCare and the direction our nation will take for decades to come. The commission plans to take the candidates from behind their podiums and seat them at a table with one moderator, for 90 minutes. The first Obama-Romney sit-down will be moderated by Jim Lehrer, executive editor of the PBS NewsHour, on Oct. 3 at the University of Denver in the very swing state of Colorado.
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Viviette Applewhite The Philadelphia woman, 93, was issued a temporary photo ID card last week, making her eligible to vote in November. Her attorneys say she had tried unsuccessfully for years to get a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation-issued card but was rebuffed because she was adopted early in life, making the name on her birth certificate different than that on other paperwork.
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he Pew Center on the States recently issued its report, Inaccurate, Costly, and Inefficient: Evidence That Americas Voter Registration System Needs an Upgrade. It found that approximately 1.8 million dead people are still on the voter registration files and approximately 2.75 million people are registered in more than one state. Before the detractors of voter ID laws get apoplectic by being confronted with hard numbers, it is worth pointing out that Pew used an organization called Catalist to provide the lists for this analysis. The president of Catalist is Harold Ickes, a former Clinton staffer who is identified on its website as an architect of both President Clintons 1996 re-election campaign and the 1996 Democratic National Convention. Another report, Voting Irregularities in Philadelphia County, 2012 Primary Election, was released in July. That report identified evidence that voting was allowed by non-registered individuals, voting was allowed in the incorrect partys primary, precincts had more votes cast than voters, individuals were allowed to vote a different legislative district than where they resided, individuals voted more than once, voter impersonation occurred and illegal immigrants were registered to vote. This, from a small sampling of precincts in one election in only one of Pennsylvanias 67 counties. Allowing fraud to continue erodes the value of all of our votes, weakening our voice as a people. All of us, regardless of our party membership, deserve better than that. Providing identification when you vote will go a long way toward guaranteeing our
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etroAction, Northeastern Pennsylvanias leading micro lender, is pleased to announce to the community that its 2011-12 annual report is available for viewing at http://metroaction.org/ blog/. This years annual report, Rebuilding Communities, Transforming Business, features several of our newest borrowers who have overcome challenges and found success through our financing and training programs. It also highlights many businesses devastated by the 2011 flooding that have turned to our Luzerne County Flood Recovery Loan Program to rebuild their businesses. In addition, you will find information concerning our expanded loan programs, awards, trainings and achievements throughout the 2011-12 year that have helped small businesses grow. For nearly 35 years, MetroAction has remained committed to supporting the growth of small businesses, whether through providing loans, development assistance, training or other assistance to small businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania. MetroAction proudly serves nine counties: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuylkill, Susquehanna,
Wayne and Wyoming. Some examples of the work that MetroAction has accomplished in the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre region include: Launched $4 million Luzerne County Flood Recovery Program, spearheaded by state Sen. John Yudichak, D-Plymouth Township, and provided $1.3 million in financing within the first nine months. Hosted a number of training seminars to help entrepreneurs, including Small Business Institute, Marketing Mastery, Search Engine Optimization, Working with the Media and Getting Started with Facebook. Launched the Main Street Scranton Facade Grant and Loan Program, and provided more than $10,000 in financing within the first year. Provided loans to Lackawanna and Luzerne county businesses that could not receive traditional bank financing through loans, the Main Street Scranton Facade Grant and Loan Program and the Luzerne County Flood Recovery Loan Program. Loaned more than $3,560,970 to businesses in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties since inception. Graduated several Lackawanna and Luzerne county entrepreneurs from the Small Business Institute and Marketing Mastery programs. Since its inception in 1977, MetroAction has been committed to providing the tools and resources that businesses need through all stages of development to increase their chances of long-term success. MetroAction is looking for-
Blaum column left out key facts
his is in response to Kevin Blaums July 22 commentary regarding the Sandusky scandal (Whats real reason behind failure to act on Sandusky?). While I respect Blaums right to offer his opinion, he did a tremendous disservice to the readership of The Times Leader by attempting to offer his opinion as fact. He used the Freeh Report to support his position, but we know that the Freeh Report is not a legal document and in many areas where a proper paper/email trail was lacking, Louis Freeh formed his own conclusions and fed them to the news media as gospel. Blaums column for the most part accurately detailed the investigation that was conducted of Jerry Sandusky in 1998, but he failed to include some key facts. Those being, Sandusky was required to undergo a psychological evaluation, the results of which indicated that his profile did not meet that of a child predator. The 11-year-old boy involved in this incident would further confirm for investigators that nothing of a sexual nature took place. Based on all of the facts, no formal charges were filed and the case was rightfully dismissed. Blaum also should have shared with readers that investigations regarding children, especially when sexual abuse is suspected, are of the strictest confidence, and that
coach Joe Paterno would not have known the true nature of the investigation or any of its details a fact that he testified to when he appeared before the grand jury. What is disturbing to me is Blaums suggestion that University President Graham Spanier and Paterno should have escorted Sandusky from campus, never to return. What legal right would Spanier, Paterno or anyone connected to the university have to take that course of action based on 1998? As a former commonwealth lawmaker, Blaum knows very well that such action would constitute wrongful termination and would leave the university and all parties open to a legal suit. Yet this didnt stop him from trying to influence The Times Leaders readers into thinking that this was entirely possible. Blaum further used the Freeh Report to offer his opinion as to how powerful Mr. Paterno was believed to be. Blaum wanted us to accept that Paterno was a horrible man who abused his position. Yes, Mr. Paterno was a powerful man; but to suggest that he could not be approached with something as serious as child abuse is an unfair and reckless assertion on Blaums part. I know of no reported case in which Mr. Paterno set out to fire someone for doing their job or fulfilling their legal and moral obligation. I could understand how some entry-level employee might have been hesitant to approach him; that could never be easy. Im sure people viewed Blaum as a powerful lawmaker and might have been hesitant to act in a similar situation. Blaum laid no blame on the janitor who failed to come forward in the 2000 case that might have exposed Sandusky for the monster that he turned out to be. Just think how many victims could have been protected if he went to the
police. Yet, somehow Blaum rationalized Mr. Paterno to be the bad guy in that situation, one that he never knew about. Shame on you, Mr. Blaum. Im not excusing Penn State officials for not doing more, but at the time this wasnt as easy a call as Blaum would make it out to be. If only PSU officials had his crystal ball and were able to see beyond 2001. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, particularly when you get to use it to your advantage. The Times Leaders readers expect more of Mr. Blaum.
Eugene Calogero Clarks Summit
Area Night Out a big success
e thank our residents, their families and friends, neighbors, and especially the children, who came and supported the Pringle Crime Watch National Night Out event. A special thank-you to the following sponsors: Thomas Family Markets, Gerritys, Wegmans, Sams Club, Walmart, Pepsi, Price Chopper, Fitch Allstate Insurance, Sonic, J.S. Party Rentals, Effects Unlimited, Josies Italian Ice and Cuppy from Dunkin Donuts, Wilkes-Barre. Invited guests and participants included the mayors of Pringle, Kingston and Swoyersville, Pringle council, Swoyersville Councilwoman Debbie Layaou, state Rep. Phyllis Mundy and many others. Monetary gifts were provided before National Night Out by John Ontko, Gail Brennan, Phil Kolendowicz, Attorney and Mrs. Daniel Flannery and Mr. and Mrs. William Stash. Our special helpers were Sarah Touey, Courtney and Dolores Kaufer. If we omitted anyone, we apologize.
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Romney is the present, but Ryan is the future

any. This time could be different. The Democrats Mediscare barrage is already in full swing. Paul Ryan, it seems, is determined to dispossess grandma, then toss her over a cliff. If the charge is not successfully countered, goodbye Florida. Republicans have a twofold answer. First, hammer home that their plan affects no one older than 55, let alone 65. Second, go on offense. Point out that President Obama cuts Medicare by $700 billion to finance Obamacare. Its a sweet judo throw: Want to bring up Medicare, supposedly our weakness? Fine. But now youve got to debate Obamacare, your weakness and explain why you are robbing grannys health care to pay for your pet project. If Romney/Ryan can successfully counterattack Mediscare, the Ryan effect becomes a major plus. Because: (a) Ryan nationalizes the election and makes it ideological, reprising the 2010 dynamic that delivered a shellacking to the Democrats. (b) If the conversation is about big issues, Obama cannot hide from his dismal economic record and complete failure of vision. In Obamas own oncamera commercial the choice ... couldnt be bigger whats his big idea? A 4.6 point increase in the marginal tax rate of 2 percent of the population. Thats it? Thats his program? For a country with stagnant growth, ruinous debt and structural problems crying out for major entitlement and tax reform? Obamas plan would cut the deficit from $1.20 trillion to $1.12 trillion. Its a joke. (c) Image. Ryan, fresh and 42, brings youth, energy and vitality the very qualities Obama projected in 2008 and has by now depleted. Hope and change has become the other guy killed a steelworkers wife. From transcendence to the political gutter in under four years. A new Olympic record. While Ryans effect on 2012 is as yet undetermined it depends on the success or failure of Mediscare there is less doubt about the meaning of Ryans selection for beyond 2012. He could well become the face of Republicanism for a generation. Theres a history here. By choosing George H.W. Bush in 1980, Ronald Reagan gave birth VICE presidential picks are always judged by their effect on the coming election. They rarely have
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to a father-son dynasty that dominated the presidential scene for three decades. The Bush name was on six of seven consecutive national tickets. When Dwight Eisenhower picked Richard Nixon in 1952, he turned a relatively obscure senator into a dominant national figure for a quarter-century, appearing on the presidential ticket in five of six consecutive elections. Even losing VP candidates can ascend to party leader and presumptive presidential nominee. Ed Muskie so emerged in 1968, until he melted down in New Hampshire in 1972. Walter Mondale so emerged in 1980 and won the presidential nomination four years later. (The general election was another story.) Winning is even better. Forty percent of 20th-century presidents were former VPs: Theodore Roosevelt, Coolidge, Truman, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Bush (41). Before Aug. 11, Ryan already was the partys intellectual leader and de facto parliamentary leader youngest-ever House Budget Committee chairman whose fiscal blueprint has driven congressional debate for two years. Now, however, he is second only to Romney as the partys undisputed political leader. And while Romney is the present, Ryan is the future. Romneys fate will be determined on Nov. 6. Ryans presence, assuming he acquits himself well in the campaign, will extend for decades. Ryans importance is enhanced by his identity as a movement conservative. Reagan was the first movement leader in modern times to achieve the presidency. Like him, Ryan represents a new kind of conservatism for his time. Ryans role is to make the case for a serious approach to structural problems a hardheaded, sober-hearted conservatism that puts to shame a reactionary liberalism that, with Greece in our future, offers handouts, bromides and a 4.6 percent increase in tax rates. If Ryan does it well, win or lose in 2012, he becomes a dominant national force. Mild and moderate Mitt Romney will have shaped the conservative future for years to come.
Charles Krauthammers email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.
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Meddling with Medicare injustice to all Americans

IN THE never-ending, nauseating effort of neoconservatives to return us to the Gilded Age, where we can once again bask in the glory of slave wages and no protections from either pregnancy or banks, they dismiss Medicare as an entitlement with the underlying meaning of the word being unearned. They even want to raise the age at which you can get Medicare to 67, which is an injustice to American workers. Sometimes I wonder if these people ever come out from behind the gates of their country clubs. At a mere 57 years old, I can tell you that just getting an interview for a job is hard enough, let alone getting a job with health benefits, which is like winning the lottery. In our own minds we might think that we are fit and spry, quick-witted and knowledgeable. But to a 30-year-old manager, I am an old man who is going to get sick and die any day now. I wonder if U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romneys vice presidential choice, would be as cavalier about Medicare if he were my ripe age. Of thy over Kennedys death and the subsequent mastery of the Senate by his successor, President Lyndon Johnson. In early COMMENTARY 1965, Johnson defined Medicare: The Social Security course, Ryan, who seems like health insurance plan, which a decent guy, is a true believer President Kennedy worked so hard to enact, is the American in supply-side economics, way. It is practical. It is senwhich means he isnt smart sible. It is fair. It is just. enough to realize that it Ironically, the legacy of doesnt work. Americas first Catholic presiAnd like the Mittster, Ryan dent is the main target of the grew up very wealthy, his budget proposal of Paul Ryan, father making a fortune on himself a Catholic, which government contracts, so he would essentially privatize doesnt have much empathy Medicare. for the average worker. Of course, Privatize Ryan, The youngins might not to paraphrase Lloyd Bentsens know of the gut-wrenching remark about Dan Quayle in struggle it was to get Medithe 1988 vice presidential care passed into law in 1965. debate, is no Jack Kennedy. President Harry Truman The Romney campaign is was the first to call for universal health care, saying that trying to obfuscate the true nature of the Ryan budget it would be morally and ecoplan, which would turn Medinomically correct to provide care into a voucher program health insurance for all in and create yet another lucraAmerica. But Truman could not get a bill through what he tive market for the insurance cartel, by conjuring another called a do-nothing Conblatant, shameless lie, that gress. Sound familiar? President Obama has stolen In 1960, when John F. Kennedy was elected, the poverty $716 billion from Medicare to rate among the elderly was an fund the Affordable Care Act. I take my lead on Paul Ryan unbelievable 35.9 percent. and his 19th century ideology Kennedy proposed Medicare three separate times, and from Sister Simone Campbell, it lost in the U.S. Senate each leader of the recent Nuns on time by fewer than five votes. the Bus tour that protested Medicare ended up passing Ryans budget plan, calling it immoral. in 1965, primarily in sympa-
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The Romney campaign is trying to obfuscate the true nature of the Ryan budget plan, which would turn Medicare into a voucher program and create yet another lucrative market for the insurance cartel
Noting that Ryan often cites his Catholic faith as a guiding light, Sister Campbell explains the part he is missing. Paul Ryan talks a lot about the individual, she says. His whole budget is about the individual and about shifting money to the top. While individual responsibility is certainly a part of being a good Catholic, she said, so is being engaged in community, which is the part Ryan misses. In 1965 America had the character to wage a War on Poverty and provide health care for its senior citizens. Today, people such as Romney and Ryan seem determined to wage a war on the poor and let you worry about your own health care in your later years.
John Watson is the former publisher of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston. He lives in Seattle. Contact him via email at jwatson@timesleader.com.
Adherence to ethics code needed to assure good county government

ETHICS IN Luzerne County government? The topic of this essay ends with a question mark. The reason for the question lies in the undercurrent heard in the recent conversations in Luzerne County. The conversations lie between two poles. One pole is anchored in hope and possibility; the other is anchored in skepticism and cynicism. At the first pole, the conversation is of people who are sick and tired of corruptive actions in the recent past and are weary of the ridicule directed to Luzerne County and its residents. They think and hope that ethical practices in county government are a real possibility. At the second pole, the conversation is of people who hold that it is impossible to have ethics in government and that the power that comes with public office is corruptive in itself. They point to the recent past at all levels of county government as evidence to support their cynicism and skepticism. And they claim for themselves by personal privilege or privilege of office or profession an exclusion from the requirements of good government. notice on public officials that they are called to serve the interests of the public. It demands the respect of appropriate confidentiality in the perMARGARET MONAHAN formance of duties. It requires the HOGAN disclosure of financial interests. It forbids the exertion of improper influTo support the hope and promise of ence by its specific restrictions on gifts, loans, benefits and considergood government government that ations, and by its limitations on priserves the people the residents of vate business enterprises. It proscribes Luzerne County are experimenting with a new form of government. There patronage, nepotism and unjust discrimination. It encourages public is a new commission embedded in officials to report violations of existing that new government. It is the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Com- law and binding codes, and it provides mission, and it has a code to direct its them whistle-blower protection. It provides guidance for voting conflicts, work the Accountability and Ethics use of county resources, political activCode. The ethics code to be applied by the ity, honoraria and contracts. Adherence to the ethics code can commission requires that all public officials adhere to the practice of good provide a framework within which lies the possibility of good government in government or risk application of the sanctions found in the code. The code Luzerne County. It will require the support of all public officials as well as is inclusive in its application. It apcounty residents. plies to the county manager and all The code itself requires that covered employees who serve under the manager, the county council members and persons sign a document attesting to the facts that they (1) received a copy all who serve the council, the judges of the code, (2) understand its conand all who serve the judiciary, all tents, and (3) agree to abide by its members of authorities, boards and provisions. The code does not replace commissions, all elected officials and any codes of professional conduct, and all who serve in their offices. the provisions of the code are not in The code requires honor and integconflict with any laws or statutes. It rity of all public officials and serves
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simply calls all public officials to ethical conduct in discharging the duties of their offices. The Luzerne County ACE Commission calls upon all public officials starting from the top county council, the county manager, the judiciary, all elected officials, boards, commissions and authorities to show their commitment to ethical government in Luzerne County by reading the code and attesting, by their signatures, to their willingness to abide by its provisions. Residents of Luzerne County can contribute to good government by their adherence to the codes and laws of the county and by their appropriate participation in government. Adherence to the ethics code requires them to forego improper influence on their own behalf and to use the appropriate mechanisms for solving their disagreements with public officials or public bodies. The ACE Commission cannot be asked to behave unethically, to unilaterally initiate action to correct a perceived wrong or to resolve disputes that are legislative in nature rather than ethical. The ACE Commission provides access to its complaint forms and its timeline for reviewing complaints on the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics page on the Luzerne Coun-
ty website (www.luzernecounty.org). It also cautions citizens of the possible violation of law and sanctions should they knowingly file a complaint with false information. The requirement of ethics bears on the citizens as well as the officials. Research in developing ethical organizations whether business, political or academic indicates that there are several key factors that determine the character of the organization. Among them are the following: (1) there is buy-in from the top, (2) there is a set of clear guidelines, (3) there is public evidence (often a signed statement) of commitment on the part of all to the enterprise as an ethical one, and (4) there is a receptive culture. The time for Luzerne County is now. There is a set of clear guidelines. There is a public hopeful of the possibility of good government. There is a new team legislative, executive and judicial in place. We look forward now to the stepping up of the leadership the leadership of public officials and of citizens of Luzerne County.
Margaret Monahan Hogan, of Exeter Township, is chairwoman of the Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission for Luzerne County.
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Eye injury a risk in youth sports
housands of eye accidents happen each day; 90 percent of these are preventable with the use of appropriate eyewear. Because there are adequate eye-safety regulations in the workplace, sports-related eye injuries are one of the fastest growing sources of preventable eye injuries. According to a recent study, more than 38,000 sports-related eye injuries occur each year of a severity that requires a trip to the emergency room. In one year alone children between the ages of 5 and 14 endured a significant amount of injuries due to sports including basketball, baseball, softball, swimming, football and racquet sports. Eye injuries are the leading cause of acquired blindness and visual impairment. More than 25 percent of those injuries occur during sports.
since they help keep the eyes and surrounding ocular region protected. Contact your ophthalmologist, optometrist or optician for a sports vision screening to ensure that you and your children are equipped with the best defense against sportsrelated eye injuries.
Thomas Engle Engle Eyewear Wilkes-Barre
When a child participates in a sport, the impact of a ball or other equipment as well as an opponents fingers, hands and elbows become a threat to a childs visual safety. If a person plays a sport that requires a helmet or faceguard, do not make the mistake of thinking their eyes are protected from injuries. Their eyes are still exposed to danger from sports equipment or an opponents finger penetrating the openings of a facemask. Likewise, if a child wears glasses, everyday street eyewear is not held to the same protective standards as eyewear products labeled as protective eyewear for sports use. The lens in non-protec-
tive sport frames could easily pop out and puncture or cut the eye, as could a frame mangled from impact. The good news is that you can help prevent a young person from being sidelined because of a serious eye injury. You can make the decision to help protect their eyes by adding protective sport goggles to their equipment bag. Remember, while protective sports eyewear can provide significant protection, it is not guaranteed to be unbreakable or guard against all foreseeable impacts. However, quality eye protection equipped with the appropriate polycarbonate lenses to meet sport safety standards can be sight savers,
their opponent(s). Regardless of who we might vote for in November, lets vote intelligently, and lets hope our choice was the correct one for this countrys future good and the well-being of all American citizens. In my opinion, the 2012 presidential election is the most important election in this countrys history. I hope most people agree.
John Hollenback Greenfield Township
Vote intelligently come November
n regard to the vicious Democratic and Republican Presidential committees and super PACs ads that are appearing on TV stations across the United States, its a shame that both parties have been engaged in the nasty gutter politics and rhetoric that are dividing this countrys voters. Im an independent whos not committed to vote for only one party. I vote according to who I feel will be better than
Hometown Heroes a great success

ith the conclusion of the sponsorship campaign for this years Dallas Lions Club Hometown Hero Project, the club once again thanks Frontier Communications for its hard work in getting all of the banners placed before Memorial Day. Thirty additional banners were hung this year, along
with 28 banners sponsored from 2011. Wayne Devine, Ted Wilson and their crew did a great job in getting the 58 banners placed while negotiating around road work in the borough. The Dallas Lions Club also thanks the borough council for its involvement in the project. The Hometown Hero banners will remain on display through Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Since the Lions Club has received requests for sponsorships for more banners, the Hometown Hero Project has been extended to next year. The 2013 campaign will run from January through March. The club will once again give all who have sponsored a banner in 201112 the option of placing their banners in the borough next year or having their banners released to them.
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and just thinking about how beautiful it was, Elena Castrignano said, describing Wilkes-Barre. To see the photographs of those buildings now They were just incredible, breathtaking. Some of the buildings were just so magnificent, but now theyre all gone.
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Greene: from Twilight to fright night

By AMY LONGSDORF For The Times Leader
In the course of making the Twilight movies, Ashley Greene conquered most of her fears. But, she says, it wasnt easy for her. She made her film debut in the first entry of the high-profile franchise playing the perky Alice Cullen, sister to Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and best buddy to Bella Swann (Kristen Stewart). You know Twilight was, essentially, my first job and there was a lot of pressure on me, the actress, 25, recalls. It was nerve-racking because I didnt know what to expect from the experience or from the press or the fans. I was a real newbie. Four years and five Twilight movies later, Greene believes shes changed for the better. Now, when I go on set, Im a lot more confident of the choices Im making, she says. I have a lot more fun helping develop my character. I dont have anymore worries about delving into the work and meeting with directors or co-stars and saying, Hey, this is what I came up with. What do you think?
It feels more like an artistic process to me than it did before. I think before there was just a lot of paranoia and caution and fear. Fear is a subject thats been on Greenes mind a lot lately thanks to The Apparition, her latest supernatural thriller and the first that finds her in the starring role. In the movie, Greene and Sebastian Stan star as a young couple who believe their new house is haunted. They quickly discover the apparition responsible for wrecking all the havoc was uncorked during a university parapsychology experiment gone awry. What makes the ghostly presence so terrifying is that it feeds on the fears of Greene and Stan and torments them no matter where they go. The couples only hope for salvation is a supernatural expert played
by Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series). Just as Twilight isnt your run-ofthe-mill vampire drama, The Apparition was conceived as a ghost story with a realistic twist. Greene compares the chiller (opening Friday) to the spookfests The Strangers and Poltergeist for its ability to get under your skin and stay there. The film is a supernatural thriller that really keeps you guessing until the end, she says. The scares are built through suspense and a fear of the unknown, rather than with blood or gore. The Apparition gave Greener the opporSee GREENE, Page 6F
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Ashley Greene, of Twilight fame, will star in the upcoming supernatural thriller The Apparition.
SEATTLE Could the erotic best-seller Fifty Shades of Grey do for Portland and Seattle what the Twilight series of books and movies did for the sleepy town of Forks on Washingtons Olympic Peninsula? Tourism promoters hope so. Many of the steamiest scenes take place in Seattle and Portland, and there are plans to turn the novel into a movie. Were getting people making dinner reservations, people in the bar, people just coming in to look around because a friend told them, or they read the book, says Chris Erickson, general manager of Portlands Heathman Hotel. Its more than I expected, and its been a lot of fun. Mention of the Heathman pops up 18 times in the book, as young Anastasia Steele and her billionaire boyfriend Christian Grey meet in elevator No. 3 and have dinner in a second-floor private dining room. Erickson says he has no plans yet for public tours but says he welcomes tourists who have been dropping in to look around, ride the elevator, snap photos and book rooms.
For those who want to create their own fantasy, hotels in Seattle and Portland have come up with elaborate packages.
For those who want to create their own fantasy, hotels in Seattle and Portland have come up with elaborate packages. Seattles Hotel Max offers a $1,669 twonight package that includes a skipperedsunset cruise, inspired by the Puget Sound sail enjoyed by the books characters. Bigger spenders looking to re-create Steeles birthday party can opt for the Heathmans $2,750 Charlie Tango No Limits package, including appetizers, wine, dinner and a helicopter ride over
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Dear Abby: I have been with my wonderful boyfriend for almost five years, and we have a 4-year-old daughter together. The problem is, his parents are hoarders. Their house is a disaster. Its falling apart from the inside out. They have piles of junk in the house and yard, and six dogs that live in the house with them. My daughter has just been diagnosed with a severe allergy to mold. I dont like her to go to their house, but they adore her and want to spend time with her. I dont know what to do! I have tried talking to my boyfriend about it, but hes in complete denial about his parents situation and says Im overreacting. I dont want to hurt their feelings, and I dont want to keep my daughter from her grandparents. Help, please! At a Loss in Texas Dear At A Loss: The loving grandparents can spend time with the child at your home rather than theirs. Schedule an appointment with your daughters pediatrician or allergy specialist for you and your boyfriend. Because your daughter has severe allergies, he needs to understand what that means and how serious her allergic reactions could become. If your daughter is allergic to mold, she also may be severely allergic to other things like animal dander and dust. Dear Abby: My daughter was recently married in our hometown. Although she was born and raised here, shes now living in another state, so it was a destination wedding for many of the invitees. It wasnt a large affair only 60 people attended. I received an email today from an old friend who was surprised to hear about the wedding and wanted to know why she wasnt invited. Im at a loss as to how to respond. I have known her a long time and now I feel guilty for not having invited her, but we had decided early on that only family and a few close friends would be invited. Is there a polite way to respond to her? I feel it was rude of her to even ask. Mother of the Bride Dear Mother Of The Bride: For the woman to ask why she wasnt on the guest list was, indeed, rude. A polite response would be to tell her the wedding was very small family and only a few friends were invited but youll be sure to let her know when the grandchildren start arriving. Dear Abby: Years ago, my sister developed a frecklesized spot on her arm that was diagnosed as skin cancer. She was treated, and nothing more came of it. Recently, she has been telling people shes a cancer survivor and participating in survivor walks. I applaud her willingness to help and be involved, but it seems shes comparing herself to people who have undergone breast cancer, chemo, major life-altering conditions, loss of family members and worse. Are my family and I being overly critical? Or is there some way we can make her realize that what she has gone through is not nearly as devastating as the experiences of those who have truly survived this ordeal? Brother Dave in Pennsylvania Dear Brother Dave: Yes, you are being overly critical. That cancerous freckle might have been melanoma, which is a very serious cancer. Your sister is lucky it wasnt life-threatening. If she wants to participate in cancer fundraisers, she has earned the right to be there. To My Muslim Readers: Happy Eid al-Fitr its time to break the Ramadan fast. May God make yours a blessed feast.
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The 50-year-old Hanover Township resident and Luzerne County Community College librarian is helping to preserve the images from her youth by working with Arcadia Publishing, a company that preserves the past through book series in various categories, such as Then and Now, Postcard History, Images of Rail and Legendary Locals, that focus on specific regions in the United States. One of the most popular series is Images of America, which records a towns or citys story through more than 200 historic images. Castrignanos Wilkes-Barre title will publish in December, and a book focusing on Mountain Top will be released Aug. 27. Castrignanos first title with Arcadia, however, is Wilkes-Barre Postcard History. I began collecting vintage postcards as a way to connect with a fellow library worker who had an interest in them, she said. I ended up getting a lot of them off eBay and had a large collection, which eventually turned into a book. One of the most surprising finds for Castrignano is now in that book. I never knew it, but there was a greenhouse on the River Common that was built after the courthouse was built, as a shadow of the courthouse, similar style. They grew all the plants for the city parks there. The Images of America, WilkesBarre book will still focus on local structures but includes people of the city as well. There were so many people that made a difference in the world that lived right here, she said. Lyman Howe, who lived on Riverside Drive, created one of the first moving pictures by taking pictures from a biplane. Castrignano said she hopes to continue to put together more photo books and would like to focus next on the West Side. Arcadia depends on authors like Castrignano to produce books. Though they sometimes seek out authors in certain places, it often happens that authors come to them. Arcadia has a hand in making sure the story the author wants to present
special-collections librarian and university archivist at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Luzerne County Photographs provided by the Luzerne County Historical Society depict businesses, churches, coal culture, street scenes, area disasters, entertainment, railroads, steamboats and veterans, including the last survivor of the Battle of Wyoming in 1778 and the Civil War from a county that began its settlement in 1769. Authored by Harrison Wick Italians of Northeastern Pennsylvania This book focuses on the Italians of the region, who proudly celebrate their heritage through many traditional events, such as La Festa Italiana, La Corsa dei Ceri in Jessup and Dunmores procession in honor of St. Rocco. This collection of photographs shows how the Italian immigrants of the area became wellrespected community leaders. Authored by Stephanie Longo, a 1999 graduate of Bishop OHara High School who holds a bachelors degree in Italian and French and a masters degree in history and a masters degree in journalism. She is a correspondent for the local publication Go Lackawanna. Dunmore Vintage photographs illustrate the towns history, which has come a long way from the small village named Bucktown to its 150th anniversary, which is celebrated this year. Authored by Stephanie Longo. Yet to be published: Wilkes-Barre, by Elena Castrignano and the Luzerne County Historical Society. To be published Dec. 10. This book takes a look at Wilkes-Barre from its inception to now, including not only structural standouts but many public figures who were important to the area. Mountain Top, by Joseph Kubic, Darlene Miller-Lanning and the Mountain Top Historical Society. To be published Aug. 27. Mountain Tops history is rich, beginning with settlers who established lumber camps, sawmills, and farms and having grown into a suburban community of nearly 17,000 people.
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Call me dubious. When Henry Holt announced this week that it would be reviving Raymond Chandlers detective hero Philip Marlowe 54 years after the authors final Marlowe novel, Playback I was (to put it mildly) underwhelmed. Partly, thats because the idea isnt new: Robert B. Parker did it 20-some years ago, first with Poodle Springs, a novel Chandler started before his death in 1959, and then with Perchance to Dream, a sequel to The Big Sleep. If the notion of writing a sequel to the first novel in a series seems redundant, then youre beginning to see the source of my skepticism. Yet equally worrisome, perhaps, is the involvement of John Banville, who will write the new book as his alter ego Benjamin Black. In reviewing Banvilles most recent Black novel, Vengeance, I described my discomfort with the relationship between author and pseudonym. Why, I wonder, does Banville insist on writing mysteries under a nom de plume, especially when we all know its him? If Vengeance is any indication, one reason may be that he holds crime fiction to a different standard, not taking it as seriously as his more literary work. Banville is entitled, I suppose, but it makes him an interesting choice to pick up the Marlowe mantle. Chandler bristled against the belief expressed most witheringly by the critic Edmund Wilson that mysteries are simply a kind of vice that, for silliness and minor harmfulness, ranks somewhere between smoking and crossword puzzles.
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n a characteristically chatty letter from Paris to her sister-in-law, Freddie, Julia Child expresses curiosity
about a newfangled sensation called television.
How much do you really use it? How do you like the programs? My heavens, I am beginning to feel very out-of-date indeed. It was 1952. Television was a novelty, and Child was debating the wisdom of collaborating with her new friend Simone Beck on the cookbook that would become Mastering the Art of French Cooking. No one, least of all Child, could have predicted shed become food TVs first superstar.
There are plenty of deliciously ironic moments like this one in Dearie, Bob Spitzs detailed and broadly contextual new biography of Child, which debuted in time for her 100th birthday. After Julie and Julia (book and movie), As Always (a compilation of Childs letters to friend and literary agent Avis DeVoto) and Childs own posthumously published memoir, My Life in France, a nearly 600-page hagiography might seem like overkill. But Dearie has much to add to these personal accounts. A consideration not only of her life but of her place in 20th-century American history, the book makes a strong case for Child as a cultural guerrilla on par with Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan and Helen Gurley Brown. Born into a wealthy family in Pasadena, Calif., Julia could have followed a conventional path, marrying well and pursuing the country-club lifestyle to which she was destined. But natural
restlessness and a wild streak prevented her from settling down. After graduation, she cast about for meaningful work in publishing and merchandising, finding time to swill martinis with the smart set. The war provided her with a reason to travel. She joined the OSS (a predecessor to the CIA) and spent almost a year in Ceylon, contributing to the intelligence effort. In Ceylon she met Paul Child, a career diplomat and frustrated artist who became her biggest supporter. After their marriage, a felicitous posting in postwar Paris ultimately led her to the classrooms of the Cordon Bleu. The French Chef became an instant public-television in 1962. Childs apparent spontaneity was part of her appeal. In reality, she left very little to chance. Of the pilot episodes, she said, I knew my lines, and Paul had mapped out a master plan, like an Arthur Murray dance diagram.
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OUNT AIRY, N.C. In the town of Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show, a smalltown sheriff and his trusty deputy always outwitted big-city crooks, and problems never got much bigger than a trigger-happy kid with a slingshot.
But while Mayberry was fiction, it was inspired by a real place: Mount Airy, N.C., the late Andy Griffiths hometown. And more than a half-century after the series first aired, fans are still coming to Mount Airy, looking for a glimpse of small-town life and the simpler times portrayed on the show. Here visitors can eat at the Snappy Lunch, which Griffiths character, Sheriff Andy Taylor, once recommended as a nice place to take a date. They can satisfy a sweet tooth at Opies Candy Store, named for the sheriffs son, or book a Squad Car Tour of the city at Wallys Service Station. Businesses with Mayberry in the name are too numerous to count, but they include the Mayberry Motor Inn and Mayberry Trading Post. Theres also an Andy Griffith Museum and a bed-and-breakfast created from the actors childhood home. Recent visitors to the museum included Kimberly Lambert of DeRidder, La., and her family. If I make a statement that doesnt quite fit in with the thinking of 2012 and the liberalism of things, Ill usually say that they may sound a little bit Mayberry to someone else, but thats what we believe, Lambert said. Its a way of life. Ive always perceived the Mayberry show as a way of life. People come to Mount Airy to walk where he walked, said Tanya Jones, executive director of the Surry Arts Council. This is Andy Griffiths hometown. This town influenced his creation of the fictional town. I dont think in any way that Mayberry is Mount Airy. But I definitely, absolutely, unequivocally think Mount Airy influenced his creation. Tourism in Mount Airy is up since Griffith died, with about 10,400 people visiting the Andy Griffith Museum in July, almost double the 5,300 who visited in July 2011. More than 2,500 showed up at the museum in the three days after Griffiths death July 3, and so many came for autographs from actress Betty Lynn who played Thelma Lou, the deputys girlfriend that fans had to be turned away after the first 500. People cry when they meet me, said Lynn, 85. Its the nostalgia. ... I dont know. But its very touching. She still watches The
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Mount Airy, N.C.: www.visitmayberry.com. Mayberry Days, Sept. 27-30: http://www.surryarts.org/ mayberrydays/mdshows.html. Andy Griffith Museum: 218 Rockford St., Mount Airy, N.C.; www.andygriffithmuseum.com/ or 336786-1604. Open daily. MondayFriday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sundays, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Admission, $3.
An exhibit at the Andy Griffith Museum in Mount Airy, N.C., displays keys to the jail from The Andy Griffith Show. Tourism is up in Mount Airy since Griffiths July 3 death, with 10,400 people visiting the museum in July.
Andy Griffith Show on a local channel at 5:30 p.m. each weekday, sometimes skipping the dinner thats served at the same time in her residential community. The show still makes her laugh, she said, recounting the episode where the sheriff and his steady girl Helen Crump get stuck in a cave. Griffiths recent passing may also attract more visitors to the 52nd annual Mayberry Days, scheduled for Sept. 27-30. The event typically attracts 25,000 to 30,000 people. This year, the Surry Arts Council, which sponsors the event, plans tributes to both Griffith and George Lindsey, the actor who played Goober and who died in May. Tourism, with an estimated economic impact of more than $100 million, is the second-most important industry in Mount Airys home of Surry County, behind agriculture. Its growth has helped to staunch the loss of 10,000 jobs in the past decade with the demise of textiles and furniture. Andy saved the town, says Emmett Forrest, Griffiths friend since childhood and proprietor of the museum. Forrest points out
shopping centers with big-box stores on each side of Mount Airy, a scenario that usually dries up Main Street. But because of Andy and our tourism, weve got a Main Street with no empty stores. But sustaining tourism and the mythology Griffith built around his hometown sometimes means keeping the real world at bay, just as the show did. The show aired during a tumultuous era 1960 to 1968 but its scripts studiously avoided references to current events, serving instead as a refuge from headlines about the Vietnam War, civil-rights clashes and the assassination of President Kennedy. You wont learn about Griffiths politics at the museum named for him (though he supported President Obamas health care plan), and political and advocacy groups are prohibited from taking part in Mayberry Days, where guests are asked to avoid politics in their speeches. On that weekend, were celebrating the anniversary of The Andy Griffith Show and Andy Griffiths legacy and life, said Jones. And were celebrating the
whole atmosphere of Mayberry, the simpler time. And thats what visitors want. Its been a dream of ours to come up here for a long time, said Clint McHan, of Ackerman, Miss., who visited the museum with his wife, Jamie, and their son, Paxton. I just wanted to be on the street, knowing that he walked on that street. On the show, he said, you dont have to worry about anything. Asked if that time ever really existed, the 34-year-old said he wasnt old enough to know. But another visitor, Melanie Pledger of Winston-Salem, says it did at least at her house. I certainly respected my mom and dad, said Pledger, who came to the museum with her mother, Carolyn Courtney of Benton, Ark., and her three sons. We all sat down and ate dinner. I didnt realize everybody didnt do that. Pledger thinks people are looking for down-home values, family, God, country, that kind of patriotism, when they visit Mount Airy. I think Americas really hungry for that, she said.
tunity to showcase a number of emotions. I (had to act) vulnerable and sad and hurt and strong, the actress told Cinematical in a recent interview. Its not a horror film; we want it to be elevated and scary along the lines of Poltergeist, so I definitely didnt want (my character) to be one of those scared, dumb girls in a horror movie. So we all worked together. Its been a huge collaboration in making these characters really smart. Unlike the Twilight movies, The Apparition allowed Greene to create a character and then quickly move on to her next role, which turned out to be a supporting part in the stillunscheduled comedy Butter with Hugh Jackman and Jennifer Garner. It was so nice to play a character for three months and put everything you had into it and then give it up and go run off to a whole other character and a whole other world, she says. It makes my job seem fresh and exciting. Theres never a dull moment Growing up in Jacksonville, Fla., Greene dabbled in modeling until she was told that she wasnt tall enough at 5 foot 5 to make it in the big time. After taking a few acting classes, she became fascinated with the profession. She graduated from high school early and moved to Los Angeles when she was just 17 years old. Part of me thought I knew it all at 17, she says. I didnt really grasp the reality of the acting business. I knew I was passionate about it. I knew it was what I wanted to do and what I was going to do. There was no second option. I didnt think, What if this doesnt happen? I wasnt ever terrified about not making it. Going home was never an option. Greene admits her parents were not quite so confident. When I moved to L.A, they said, Well let you chase your
dreams. They knew I was responsible enough. But they said if nothing happened for a year, I had to come home and finish up college. But every time theyd say, Now, its time to come home, Id book an episode on a TV show. They were sort of tapping on my back again when Twilight happened and changed the rest of my life. Green was cast as Alice Cullen in Twilight back in 2008. She reprised the role in the 2009 sequel New Moon as well 2010s Eclipse and 2011s Breaking Dawn Part 1. In November, the final chapter in the Twilight saga will hit movie screens when Breaking Dawn Part 2 is released. In the finale, Greene will get a lot of screen time when she and Jackson Rathbone (who plays Jasper) team up to help save the life of Renesmee, Edward and Bellas half-vampire, half-human baby. Now that Alice is in the rearview mirror, Greene says the role remains the one thats nearest and dearest to her heart. Alice is such a beautiful character, she says. When I first got the role, I went back to the (Stephenie Meyers) books, and I found out all I could about Alice. All the little details really helped me, like she was put in a mental hospital by her parents because she had these visions. I also researched the vampire world, but the Cullens are probably the least vampiric vampire to date. Were trying so hard to be human-like. Greene also drew on some of her own memories of growing up in Jacksonville. Im extremely close to my family, just like Alice is, she says. I have the same kind of feeling of love and loyalty that she has. That made her so easy to relate to. the night, a requirement for any author whose book is on display in the Heathmans library. Erickson says he skimmed the book, the first in a trilogy, after a guest put a copy on his desk last September. Now, like millions of others, hes curious to learn more. If I ever get a day off, Im going to dive into those books cover to cover.
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NOW
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9,899*
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13,399*
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2008 DODGE NITRO 4X4
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13,499
13,999* 2012 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER AWD $14,599* 2011 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER TECH AWD $14,999* $ 2010 TOYOTA COROLLA S 15,799* $ 2011 KIA SOUL 16,399* 2011 DODGE AVENGER $ 16,999* 2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA PREMIUM 4X4 $16,999* 2009 SUBARU FORESTER LIMITED AWD $18,599* $ 2009 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT 4X4 18,899
Stk# S2132A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks, CD, All Wheel Drive Stk# S1731B, Power Windows & Locks, Automatic, CD, Only 8K Miles! Stk# P14720, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# P14705, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Navigation, Power Windows & Locks Stk# P14704, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, Alloys Stk# S2228A, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks
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18,999* $ 19,499* $ 20,899*

22,799
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2010 JEEP WRANGLER 2DR 4X4 $ 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB 4X4 $
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22,899
24,599* 2011 HONDA RIDGELINE RTL 4WD $29,999*

Stk# P14713, Leather, Sunroof, Navigation, Bed Cover
999* 1996 SUBARU IMPREZA WAGON AWD $ 1,199* 1984 PONTIAC FIRE BIRD COUPE $ 1,299* 1997 CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO COUPE $ 1,299* 2001 FORD TAURUS SEDAN $ 1,599* 2001 KIA SPORTAGE 4X4 $ 1,699* 2001 FORD FOCUS HATCHBACK $ 2,199* 2000 INFINITI G20 SEDAN $ 2,399* 2002 CHEVROLET MALIBU SEDAN $ 2,799* 2004 SATURN ION SEDAN $ 2,999* 2003 DODGE DAKOTA EX CAB 4X4 $ 3,399* 2008 SUZUKI FORENZA SEDAN $ 3,599* 2001 DODGE RAM 2500 EX CAB 4X4 $ 3,899*
Stk# S2262A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2283A, Automatic, A/C, All Wheel Drive! Stk# S2304A, Runs And Drives!!!
JUST TRADED AS TRADED!

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1996 TOYOTA CAMRY SEDAN
Stk# S1966B, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks
Stk# P14708, Power Windows & Locks, Automatic
Stk# P14700, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2294A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks Stk# S2201B, Sunroof, Leather, Automatic, PW, PL
Stk# S2268A, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks
Stk# P14719A, Power Windows & Locks, Automatic, CD
Stk#S2219A, 4 Wheel Drive
Stk# S2250A, Power Windows & Locks, Automatic
Stk# S1797B, Plow Package w/Plow, Automatic
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09 Mercedes GL450, 7 passenger. Too many options to list. 30K miles. Garage kept. Creme puff. $47,800 04 Nissan Armada, 7 passenger. 4wd. Excellent condition. $11,900 93 UD Tow Truck with wheel lift. 64k. $10,000 96 Jeep, Grand Cherokee, 4 wheel drive, 4 door, runs excellent $3,995 95 Buick Park Ave 54k. $3,995 96 Plymouth Voyager 82k $3,495 99 Chevy Cavalier, 89k. 4 door. $2,495 00 Chevy S10 Blazer. 4 door. 4wd. Red. $2,795 96 Nissan Maxima, V6, 4 door, air, auto, sunroof. 103K. $3,495 96 Buick Skylark Auto, 4 door, 81K $2,495 96 Jeep Grand Cherokee,wd auto, runs great! $3,995 949 Wyoming Ave, Forty Fort
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HYUNDAI 03 ELANTRA GS
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CHEVROLET `02 IMPALA 68,700 miles, 4
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MARK III CONVERSION VAN. Hightop. 93K. 7 passenger. TV/VCP/Stereo. Loaded. Great condition. $3,495 (570) 574-2199
CHEVY 95 ASTRO
navigation system. 4 cyl, silver w/ black interior. Satellite radio, 6CD changer, heated leather seats, high, highway miles. Well maintained. Monthly service record available. Call Bob. 570-479-0195
HONDA 08 ACCORD 4 door, EXL with
AWD, loaded with options including power sun roof, heated seats, cruise, power windows, etc. NADA book value $12,995 Our Special $6,995 00 Ford Taurus Station Wagon Silver, grey leather interior, 132,000 miles, all options work. $2,895 02 Mercury Mountaineer AWD, green exterior, tan leather interior, lots of options. $4,500 99 GMC Sierra Pickup 4x4, extended cab, bed cap, gray, 132,000 miles $4,795 05 CHEVY AVEO Silver, 4 door, grey cloth interior, A/C, re-built transmission with warranty, 4 cyl. 79,000 miles $4,995 03 Mazda 6 5 speed, yellow with grey interior, 4 door, loaded with options. $5,295 Warranties Available
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door, 4 cyl, auto, $15,400 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227 444 Market Street Kingston
HONDA 09 CIVIC 42,000 miles, 4
HONDA 12 ACCORD LX 4 door, 4 cyl, automatic, showroom condition, 6,000 miles. $20,900 Warranty MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227 444 Market Street Kingston
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condition, per kelly blue book, Quatro awd, abs 4 wheel, navigation system, integrated phone, plus all standard Audi options, super clean, garage kept, recently inspected. If you ever wanted an Audi, heres your opportunity! Asking $5,200. 570-881-5257
AUDI `01 A6 4.2 Engine, good
sedan, black, black leather, only 71,900 miles. One female owner, always maintained at BMW dealer, garage kept, loaded, pristine condition. $17,900. Call 570-784-5572 Limited. V6. 4 door, silver exterior, grey interior, fully equipped, power everything. 94k original miles. Snow tires included. Currently inspected. Family car. $2900. 570-675-2468
BMW `07 328XI
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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
DODGE 02 VIPER GTS 10,000 MILES V10
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6 cylinder automatic. 52k original miles. $1500. 570-899-1896
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V6, 120k, female driven, black, auto leather, 6 disc cd, flowmaster, intake, 17 wheels & tires, no leaks, cold air, new top. $6000 OBO. (347) 452-3650 (In Mountain Top) 41,000 miles, red with black interior. very clean. A-title auto. $9800. 570570-331-2409
MERCEDES-BENZ `91 500 SL CONVERTIBLE Red with tan leather

interior, power windows, am/fm with CD player, removable hard top. 80k. $16,000 OBO (570)704-6789
375 W Main St, Plymouth, PA 18651
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Instruction & Training
Fully loaded, 14,000 miles, automatic, all power, leather interior, showroom condition. Silver. $25,000. Call Mike 570-779-4351
CADILLAC `08 DTS
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CHEVY 01 TRACKER LT
radio, leather, moon roof, loaded excellent condition. 136k miles. $4,995.
CADILLAC 00 DTS Tan, satellite

570-814-2809
380
Travel

Needs work. $500 570-855-4229
DODGE `96 NEON 90,00 miles.
clean and sharp, $7,995 MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227 444 Market Street Kingston
CADILLAC 03 DEVILLE low miles. extra
2 Available At This Price!
2.5L V-6, 7 Spd Automatic, ABS, 17 Alloy Wheels, Temp. Control Dual Zone, Leather, Heated Front Seats, 6 Spk AM/FM/CD Stereo System
with Moonroof
Lease For:
AUTO SERVICE
DIRECTORY
289
MSRP $38,095
For 18 Months* +Tax
PER MONTH
18 Month Lease - Tax & Tags addl, $1999 due at signing, 12,000 Allowable Miles Per Year. All incentives applied. No security deposit required.
150 Special Notices

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with Premium Pkg
468
Auto Parts
472
Auto Services
Lease For:
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499
For 39 Months* +Tax
PER MONTH
Tax and tags additional. Not responsible for typographical errors. All applicable incentives applied. Offers End 8/31/12.
570-574-1275
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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* *
B I G
STK# N22340 M O DEL# 13113 V IN# 100062 M SRP $23,410
2013 N IS S A N A L TIM A 2.5S S E DA N

8 A V A IL A B L E IL T H IS IC A T TH IS P R IC E
4 Cyl, CVT , Zero Gra vity S a t, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt, F lo o r M a ts , T he Bes tAltim a Y et! M u s tS ee & Drive T o d a y!
22,222
B U Y FOR
* OR + T/T
*$249 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 24 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r Res id u a l= $17,089; h a h ; m u s tb e a p p r ved t u NM AC @ T ier1; $1995 ca s h d o w n o rt a d e eq u it (+ ) p lu s o hr r y. r t a t n f ; t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. egis r io ees o a
249
L EAS E FOR
* ER P
+ T/T
A L L 2012 N IS S A N ROGUE S IN S TOCK
A N IA M AN IA
S OL D!
OR M O RE !
ROGUE ROGUE
W IL L BE
S A V I N G S
2012 N IS S A N M A XIM A 3.5S V S E DA N

SA VE O VER $7000 O FF M SR P !!!
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
29,995
B U Y FOR
3 A V A IL A B L E IL A T T H IS P R IC E TH IS IC
+ T/T OR
W / $3 0 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $5 0 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H
*$279 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $20,063.70; m u s t h a h b e a p p ro ved t NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt d e eq u it (+ ) p lu s regis t t n f ; hru ra y. ra io ees t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1725 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a t o a e
279
L EAS E FOR
*P ER
+ T/T
M O.
M O.
2012 N IS S A N FRON TIE R S V V -6 CRE W CA B 4X4

9 A V A IL A B L E IL A T TH IS P R IC E T H IS IC
2012 N IS S A N M URA N O S AW D
H U G E S A V IN G S O N IN S A L L 2 0 1 2 M U R A N O S
SA VE O VER $5500 O N A LL 2012 M U R A NO S
SA VE $5000 O N A LL 2012 FR O NTIER C C SVS & SLS
V6, CVT , A/C, PW , PDL , Cru is e, T ilt F lo o r , M a t , Ca rgo Co ver& s S p la s h Gu a rd s
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!
S A V E $4,000 $26,995 OFF M S RP

B U Y FOR
2 A V A IL A B L E IL A T T H IS P R IC E TH IS IC
+ T/T OR
*$279 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $14,281.10; m u s tb e h a h a p p ro ved t NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt d e eq u it (+) p lu s regis t t n f ; hru ra y. ra io ees t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $1500 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a t o a e
279
L EAS E FOR
* P ER
+ T/T
M O.
25,8 30
B U Y FOR
+ T/T OR
*$239 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $18,498; m u s tb e h a h a p p ro ved t NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt d e eq u it (+ ) p lu s regis t t n f ; hru ra y. ra io ees t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. $125 Nis s a n L ea s e Reb a t o a e
239
L EAS E FOR
* ER P
+ T/T
M O.
2012 N IS S A N ROGUE S FW D
O VER 100 2012 R O G U ES A VA ILA B LE 10 A VA ILA B LE A T TH IS P R IC E
STK#N 21750 M O D EL# 22112 V IN # 282868 M SR P $23,050
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
V6, Au t , A/C, PW , o PDL , Cru is e, T ilt , S t Ra ils & F lo o r ep M a t , M u ch M o re! s
STK# N22416 M O DEL# 20212 V IN#125283 M SRP $22,750
2012 N IS S A N JUK E S A W D
2 AT TH IS P R IC E!
24,995
W / $150 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE, $50 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H
B U Y FOR
+ T/T OR
*$289 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $14,638; m u s tb e h a h a p p ro ved t NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt d e eq u it (+ ) p lu s regis t t n f ; hru ra y. ra io ees t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50. o a
28 9
L EAS E FOR
*P ER
+ T/T
M O.
4 Cyl, CVT , A/C, PW , PDL , Cr is e, T ilt u , F lo o rM a t & s S p la s h Gu a r s d
2012 N IS S A N P A THFIN DE R S 4X4

$6000 O FF M SR P O N IN STO C K 2012 P A TH FINDER S!
20 ,995
W / $5 0 0 N IS S AN R EB ATE & $5 0 0 N M AC CAP TIVE CAS H
B U Y FOR
+ T/T OR
*$269 p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r Res id u a l= $12,740; h a h ; m u s tb e a p p r ved t u NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt a d e eq u it o hr r y. (+ ) p lu s r t a t n f ; t t l d u e @ d elivery= $2,202.50. egis r io ees o a
269
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A LL 2012 R O G U ES M U ST G O
$
$
W
L EA S
*P ER
+ T/T
M O.
OR
* $189 yea r ; @ r egis
W / $ 15 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
18 ,9 9 5
N .E. P A
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P L U S TA X
* P ER M O.
*
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!
+ T/T
p erm o n t p lu s t x, 39 m o n t lea s e; 12,000 m iles p er h a h Res id u a l= $12,677.50; m u s tb e a p p r ved t u N M AC o hr T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rt a d e eq u it . (+ ) p lu s r y ta t n f r io ees ; t t l d u e @ d eliver o a y= $2202.50. $1000 N is s a n L ea s e Reb a t e.
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FOR EACH KIA SOLD,
AUGUST 18th -august 31st
we will Donate $100 to the MDA!
WE WILL BEAT ANY COMPETITORS PRICE ON A NEW WE WILL BEAT ANY COMPETITORS PRICE ON A NEW KIA GUARANTEED OR WE WILL PAY YOU $1,000!*** KIA GUARANTEED OR WE WILL PAY YOU $1,000!***
MPG
35
2013 KIA OPTIMA LX

Automatic
#K2386
ONLY $199
MPG
Per Month*
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*Plus tax and tag.
NO CREDIT APPLICATION WILL BE REFUSED.

35
2012 KIA Soul
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$
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Per Month1
RATES AS LOW AS
1.9%
#K2210
MPG
40
2013 KIA Rio LX
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$
159
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29
2013 KIA Sorento LX

$
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$
5 DOOR
159
Per Month1
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Our shelves are restocked! We have the cars and we have the deals! HIGHEST PRICES PAID FOR TRADES!
Wyoming Valley Motors

560 Pierce Street Kingston, PA 18704 570-714-9924 www.wyomingvalleykia.com
AMERICAS NEW CAR ALTERNATIVE
AFTER SALE
#18590, Alloys, PW, PL, Bluetooth
OUR 12
TH
ANNUAL
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE
Do To Our Highly Successful Credit Union Sale with UCFW We Are Now Stocked Full with Trades. We MUST SELL To Make Room!
2011 KIA OPTIMA
16,499*
QUAD CAB SLT
2012 DODGE RAM
2011 HYUNDAI SONATA

#18647, PW, PL, CD, Air, Auto
16,499*
#18653, PW, PL, CD, Air, Low Miles
2011 CHRYSLER 200
14,999*
Low Miles, 4x4, Alloys, PW, PL

MSRP When NEW
$33,930
DONT MAKE A $10,000 MISTAKE
23,930*
#18880, Alloys, Auto, PW, PL, CD
Our Price
#18652, Alloys, Rear Spoiler, Stripe Kit
2011 DODGE AVENGER
14,999*
#18668, Stripe Kit, Alloys, PW, PL, CD
2011 DODGE CALIBER
14,499*
#18711, Sunroof, Alloys, Bluetooth, V6
SPECIAL FINANCING RATES! 2011 NISSAN MAXIMA 2012 FORD FOCUS SE
19,999*
14,999*
2011 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

#18841, AWD, Alloys, PW, PL
25,999*
MAXIMUM TRADE-IN VALUES!

2011 TOYOTA TACOMA DOUBLE CAB
#18699A, Sport Pkg, Auto, V6, 4x4, 20K
25,999*
2011 HONDA CRV

$
MANAGERS SPECIAL!
#18886, AWD, PW, PL, Alloys, Great Gas Mileage!
2011 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA

#18655B, Navigation, PW, PL, 4x4, Keyless
14,999*
2012 FIAT 500
YOUR CHANCE TO STEAL A DEAL!

2011 MAZDA 6
$
#18706, PW, PL, CD, Auto #18732, Leather, Alloys, PW, PL, Low Miles
20,999**
$
2011 BUICK REGAL CXL
15,700*
#18698, Auto, Air, CD, Low Miles
18,999*
13,999*
#18892, Alloys, PW, PL, CD, Keyless
#18896, PW, PL, CD, Auto, Keyless
2011 MAZDA 2
1999 TOYOTA 4RUNNER 4X4

$
4,999*
#18816C, Alloys, PW, PL
2004 DODGE DAKOTA QUAD CAB 4X4

$
6,999*
#18858, Alloys, PW, PL, Cap
13,999*
#18731B, Sunroof, 4x4, Alloys, PW, PL
#18895, Alloys, PW, PL, CD, Stripe Pkg
2011 CHEVY AVEO LT

$
2007 PONTIAC TORRENT AWD

#18725A, Rear DVD, Alloys, Low Miles
2011 NISSAN ALTIMA CP

$
2007 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE

#18768A, Leather, Sunroof, Alloys, 4x4
2012 BUICK ENCLAVE

$
10,999*
FINANCE RATES AS LOW AS
OVER 200
12,999*
17,999*
10,999*
32,999*
#18855, Leather, AWD, Alloys, Bucket Seats
2002 JEEP LIBERTY
4,499*
VEHICLES AVAILABLE!
** 1.74 APR
%
*PRICES + TAX & TAGS. ARTWORK FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. OFFER ENDS 8/31/2012 **UP TO 63 MONTHS WITH BANK APPROVAL
CARS, TRUCKS CONVERTIBLES SUVS, VANS
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2012 SUZUKI SX4 CROSSOVER AWD

Stk#S2315
2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI S FWD Stk#S2207
MSRP 18,019* 3-Mode Intelligent All-Wheel $ Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Ken Pollock Sale Price 16,499* Power Windows, Power Locks, $ Manufacturer Rebate - 1,000* Power Mirrors, 6 Speed $ Owner Loyalty Rebate - 1,000* Manual Transmission
$
I Love My Suzuki $ Car Club! 14,499*

BUY NOW FOR:
Join The
$ 8 Standard Airbags, Dual Digital MSRP w/ Accessories 20,493* Climate Control, Power $ Ken Pollock Sale Price 18,999* Windows, Power Locks, Power $ Mirrors, AM/FM/CD, 6 Speed Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* $ Manual Transmission Owner Loyalty Rebate - 1,000*
$
NEW
NEW
2012 SUZUKI SX4 LE POPULAR SEDAN
These People Did
16,499*
BUY NOW FOR:
2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI S AWD Stk# S2209
Stk#S2147
LE Popular Package, 8 Standard Airbags, Automatic Transmission, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Alloy Wheels
MSRP $ Ken Pollock Sale Price

Manufacturer Rebate Owner Loyalty Rebate
- 1,000* - $ 500*
18,439* 16,999* $
The G Family from Pittston, PA
Advanced Intelligent All-Wheel $ Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Dual MSRP Zone Digital Climate Control, $ Automatic CVT Transmission, Ken Pollock Sale Price $ TouchFree Smart Key, Power Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* Windows, Power Locks, Molded $ Owner Loyalty Rebate - 1,000* Mud ap package
23,294* 21,799*
15,499*
CROSSOVER AUTO AWD
Matthew from Pocono Lake, PA
BUY NOW FOR:
$
NEW
NEW 2012 SUZUKI SX4

Stk#S2169
19,299*
24,554* 22,799*
BUY NOW FOR:
2012 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA 4WD Stk#S2133
3-Mode Intelligent All-Wheel Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Power Windows, Power Locks, Power Mirrors, Automatic, OVER 25 AVAILABLE AT THIS PRICE!
MSRP $ Ken Pollock Sale Price

Manufacturer Rebate Owner Loyalty Rebate
- 1,000* - $ 1,000*
19,895* 17,999* $
$ MSRP 4 Wheel Drive, Voice Activated $ Navigation w/ Blue Tooth, Ken Pollock Sale Price Automatic Transmission, Power $ Windows, Power Locks, Power Manufacturer Rebate - 1,500* $ Mirrors, Electronic Stability Control Owner Loyalty Rebate - 500*
15,999*
BUY NOW FOR:
$
Jeff and Patricia from Nicholson, PA
20,799*
BUY NOW FOR:
*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 prices includes $500 Suzuki Owner Loyalty on 2012 Suzuki SX4 Sedan, Equator, and Grand Vitara. Buy now for sale price includes $1,000 Suzuki Owner Loyalty on 2012 Suzuki SX4 Crossover and Kizashi. All Ken Pollock Suzuki discounts applied. Artwork for illustration purposes only. Dealer not responsible for typographical errors. Prices are VALID ON IN STOCK VEHICLES ONLY **0% Financing up to 72 Months with approved credit for S Tier Customers. $13.89 for every $1,000 Financed. 0% Financing in lieu of Manufacturer Rebate. Offer Ends August 31, 2012. ***Based on 2010 and 2011 Presidents Club Standings.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012 PAGE 7G Trucks/ SUVs/Vans 451 Trucks/ SUVs/Vans 708 Antiques & Collectibles 744 Furniture & Accessories
746 Garage Sales/ Estate Sales/ Flea Markets
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1009 Penn Ave Scranton 18509 Across from Scranton Prep
343-1959
PONTIAC 07 G6 GT
Good condition. 68k miles. FWD, Auto, All power, Remote start, 4 Door, Heated leather seats, Silver. $9,500. Call Denise at 570-793-3412
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
12 BRAND NEW SCOOTER
Sprint blue, black / brown leather int., navigation, 7 spd auto turbo, AWD 10 CHEVY MALIBU LS blue 4 cyl. auto 09 CHEVY IMPALAM LS Silver, V6 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 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS, blue, sunroof, 79K miles 05 FORD 500 AWD grey, auto V6 05 CHEVY IMPALA silver, alloys, V6 04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS silver, auto, sunroof 03 CHEVY MONTE CARLO LS blue V6 auto 03 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS blue sunroof 49,000 miles 03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO, mid blue/light grey leather, navigation, AWD 02 FORD ESCORT SE red, auto, 4 cyl 01 TOYOTA CELICA GT silver, 4 cyl auto sunroof 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 08 DODGE NITRO SXT orange, auto, 4x4 08 FORD ESCAPE XLT SILVER, V6, 4X4 07 DODGE CARAVAN SXT green, 4 door, 7 pass mini van 06 INFINITY QX56 Pearl white, tan leather, Naviga tion, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB, Black, V8, 4x4 truck 06 FORD EXPLORER XLT, black, 3rd seat, 4x4 06 CHEVY TRAILBLZAER LS, SILVER, 4X4 05 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT green, V6, 4x4 05 FORD FREESTAR SE, white, 7 pax mini van 05 CADILLAC SRX black, leather, V6, AWD 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 04 MITSUBISHI OUTLANDER XLS red, auto, 4 cyl., AWD 04 KIA SORENTO EX blue, auto, V6 AWD 04 FORD EXPLORER XLT silver, 3rd seat, 4x4 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 02 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT, silver, V6, 4x4 02 FORD F150 SUPERCAB XLT silver, 4x4 truck 01 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT, red, V8, 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 DODGE RAM 1500 QUAD CAB SPORT, green, V8, 4x4 truck 00 CHEVY 1500 SILVERADO X-CAB green, 4x4 truck 99 NISSAN PATHINDER gold, V6, 4x4
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TOYOTA 04 CELICA GT
All ready to ride, electric start, automatic transmission, disk brakes, rear luggage trunk, under seat storage, around 100 mpg, fully street legal, all ready to go! only $1,595. Call 570-817-2952
Like new! $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
CHEVYAbsolutely 99 BLAZER 4x4,
TOYOTA AVALON 1 XLS 41,000 miles,

owner, $7,495 WARRANTY MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227 444 Market Street Kingston
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
BMW 2010 K1300S Only 460 miles! Has
Town & Country. Touring Edition, all power options, stow & go seating, 72k miles. Automatic trunk & sliding doors. Book value $11,500. sell for $9,995. 570-479-7063
CHRYSLER `06
4x4, 5 speed, extra clean truck $3,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
MAZDA 01 B3000
MIRROR NYC skyline 8x5 shows 2 world trade centers approximate 25 years old $250. cash. 1964 GI Joe doll uniform, hat, dog tags, marine manual, original box 4150 cash. IRAQI most wanted playing cards, issued to our troops in 2003, unopened $30. cash. 570-8620248 after 10 am
COUCH 80x32 $20. 570-829-2082 COUCH, loveseat, recliner $350. Set oak coffee table & 2 end tables $50. Computer desk $50. 570-655-6081 DINING room table, 6 high back chairs $800. Small kitchen set, 4 chairs $50. Rectangle kitchen set 4-6 chairs $70. Round glass table, 4 chairs $85. 570-357-0264
752 Landscaping & Gardening

LAWN TRACTOR Wheel Horse 11HP. Cutting deck 42. New carburetor, belts, & new blades. $500 or best offer. Call 570-388-6348 TRIMMER Ryobi string trimmer 15 cut 31CC (2 spools) $15. 570-379-3107
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710
Appliances
1518 8th Street Carverton, PA Near Francis Slocum St. Park Front wheel drive, 4 cyl, 5 speed, sunroof, clean, clean SUV! $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
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$15,000 FIRM. Call 570-262-0914

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1 owner, leather sunroof, 3rd row seat $6,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
DODGE 04 DURANGO
FORD `04 F150
automatic, all-wheel drive, 4 door, air conditioning, all power, CD player, leather interior, tinted windows, custom wheels, $13,000 Call 570-829-8753 Before 5:00 p.m.
SUZUKI `07 XL-7 56,000 miles,
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 BEERNEISER Summit, holds either quarter or half barrels. Asking $350. 570-823-7507 FREEZER 16 cu. ft. upright, works good $75. 570-675-2358 REFRIGERATOR Danby compact 1.7 cu. ft. for college $40. 570-822-9240
* 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 LAMPS brand new large table lamp $40; small table lamp $10; pole lamp $15. 570-262-4421
FURNISH FOR LESS
40 ROOD ST. Saturday & Sunday 8 am to 3 pm Toddler Clothes, toys, changing table, kitchen wares camping,chairs. You name it we probably have it!!
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$ $ $ $ $
Mattress A Queen Size Pillow Top Set Still in Plastic Must Sell!!! $150 570-280-9628
Pole 197 Sunday 10am-2pm -At Dudley Avenue Follow signs to Dudley Avenue. something for everyone! No earlybirds.
HUGHESTOWN
VW 10 JETTA
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 Silver, 4 wheel drive, automatic, 56,000 miles, extra tool box, leather cover and plastic bed. Runs perfect, asking $7,500. Cell-570-472-8084 Home570-825-2596
457 Wanted to Buy Auto
We Beat All Competitors Prices! Twin sets: $139 Full sets: $159 Queen sets: $199 All New American Made 570-288-1898 PATIO DINING SET 4 sling spring chairs with 4 round glass top table, very good condition. $100. 570-714-4350 SOFA, CHAIR, OTTOMAN. Leather. $1500 new, Asking $300. 655-9798 TODDLER BEDS complete. One pink & one blue $20 each set. Excellent condition. Call after 12 noon 570-824-8501 WATERBED king size $75. obo. Call (570) 714-3693
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949 Wyoming Ave,
BUYING USED VEHICLES
Forty Fort, PA
288-8995
SUVS, VANS, TRUCKS, 4 X4s
15,900 miles, standard transmission. Garage kept, white with sunroof. $15K 570-387-8639
415 Autos-Antique & Classic
CHEVROLET `76 PICKUP 4 Cylinder

Very Good Condition! NEW PRICE $2,500. 570-362-3626 Ask for Lee $47,000
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
YAMAHA 97 ROYALSTAR 1300
600 FINANCIAL
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R E F R I G E R AT O R side by side, excellent crushed ice, cubes water on door $350. Also has a rubbermaid shed 76 high 56 wide 30 deep $100. Also steel kennel 8 wide x 4 wide. $100. Moving lots for sale. Full size complete bed wooden $150.Excellent couch comes with cover $100. (570) 690-3709 REFRIGERATOR, compact, for dorm or bedroom like new $50 825-3534 REFRIGERATOR, dorm size, Black & Decker, $40. MICROWAVE, dorm, Kenmore, $40. Both less than 1 year old. 570-542-5823 R E F R I G E R AT O R . Frigidaire. 18.2 cu. ft. auto defrost, $200. WASHER. Whirlpool, 2 speeds, 5 cycles. Negotiable $100. 570-655-2154 STOVE Frigidaire white, gas, fair condition $125. Neg. Call 570-825-4405
12 SUNRISE LANE August 17, 18 & 19 8 am to 1 pm OLD & NEW ITEMS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
260 Broadhead Ave Saturday & Sunday August 18 and 19 9am - ???? Contents of house to include: Furniture: Dining Room, Bedroom Furniture, Chairs, Curio Cabinet, Desks, Coffee Tables, End Tables, Shelving Units, Commercial Garland Stove, etc. Household Items: Mirrors, Lamps, Wall Art, Vases, Knick-Knacks, Curtains, Bedding, Pillows, Silk Flowers and Trees, Frames, Christmas Tree, Christmas Decorations, Halloween Decorations, Kitchen Items, Trays, Tools, Radial Arm Saw, Drills. Collectibles: Vintage Clothing, Shoes, Purses, Gloves, Vintage Textiles, Military Items, Uniforms, Books, Buttons, Sewing Items, Lace, Mannequins, Clothing Racks, Ruby Glass, Collection of Polish Dolls, Men's and Women's Jewelry, Matchbox and Hot Wheels Cars, Games.
754
Machinery & Equipment
John Deere Garden. Front end loader attachment. Other attachments incl., many extras. Low hours. excellent condition. Serious only. $6500 e-mail for alto.ptd.net. photos/questions.
TRACTOR
756
Medical Equipment
LIFT CHAIR/RECLINER. Electric, blue upholstery. Excellent condition. $335. 570-696-1896
758 Miscellaneous
LAKE ROAD LARGE MOVING/HOUSE
HUNLOCK CREEK 42 SYLVAN
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FORD 02 F150 Extra Cab. 6 FORD 73 F350
CHEVY 30 HOTROD COUPE FORD 76 THUNDERBIRD

Kit Car $5,500 OR TRADE JUST REDUCED (570) 655-4884 All original. $9,000
442 RVs & Campers

2011 Palomino Pop Up Like new, 2 queen size beds, 2 benches with a table between and a side bench. Gas stove for inside or out, fridge, heater and sink, lots of storage space. $7500 call 570-379-3898
MERCEDES 29
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. $4900 or best offer Call 570-687-6177
1 owner, garage kept, 65k original miles, black with grey leather interior, all original & never seen snow. $7,995. Call 570-237-5119
MAZDA `88 RX-7 CONVERTIBLE
EXPEDITION 03 37U CUMMINS 300 DIESEL PUSHER
4x4. Cap, extra tires, $1500 FIRM Runs great! 570-639-3089
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232 Poland St. Fri., Sat., Sun. 9am -2 Shop-a-holics yard sale. Help us downsize! WEST PITSTTON
570-574-1275
CANES & walking sticks. 30 available. Many different sizes, heights, shapes, made from slippery maple trees $5. each. Christmas & household over 200 items available for $60. includes trees, ornaments, lights, vases, knickknacks, figurines, lamps, baskets, flowers, Samsonite belt massager, 4 pieces luggage, much more. Electric sewing machine with folding cabinet & drawer, excellent condition $55. 570-735-2081
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1118 Plane St. Fri., Sat., & Sun. 10am-3pm RAIN OR SHINE Power tools, 2 stage air compressor, clothes, furniture, sand blaster, auto spray guns, exercise bike, antiques, & too much more to list!
WEST WYOMING
6th Street
712
Baby Items
HIGH CHAIR Graco biege & green colors, locking wheels very good condition. $20. 570-735-6638 HIGHCHAIR, Maple, excellent, $20. Car seats, 60 lbs, excellent (3) $25 each. Stroller, folding, good, $15 570-474-9866
with certificates. Wide variety of sizes and styles. Call 570-262-2845 DISHES Farberware service for 8 also includes sugar bowl, creamer, platter, serving bowl. Excellent condition asking $100. 570-655-3032
COLLECTIBLE DOLLS
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. Priced to Sell! $23,000. Call 570-825-6272
MERCEDES-BENZ `73 450SL with Convertible
BACK MOUNTAIN
MIXED SEASONS
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
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
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Clothing
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COAT Cashmere, off white, 3/4 length with mink ring color, size medium $90. 570-283-1911 UNIFORMS. Good Shepherd Academy. Girls, size 12. $5 each.570-825-3534
WYND TREE OAK ESTATES 2 WIDENER DR. Sat. 8/18 9-3 Sun. 8/19 9-1 Boys & girls clothing (school), 31 gift products, porcelain dolls, new pressure cooker, DVDS toys, (like new for Christmas!) toaster oven, bread maker, deep fryer, misc., baking pans, cook books, original Poly Pocket older collection, linens, Disney VHS, & board games. Call for directions 570-824-3074 NAME BRAND LIQUIDATIONS
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Saturday 10am-2pm Sunday 8am-4pm
WEST WYOMING
Model 8526RLS Mountain Top,PA $18,500 570-760-6341
FOREST RIVER`08 5TH WHEEL
4X4, leather, sunroof, like new! $5,995 570-696-4377
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Computer Equipment & Software
KEYBOARD. Dell Model SK8000 Quietkey. Never used. $10. 570-822-0658 TOWERS, 2 Pentium 4, HP Compaq machines. DVDrom/cdrw. 1.5gb ram. Windows XP pro. Delivery. $60 each or $100 both. 570-654-0574
DALLAS
427
Commercial Trucks & Equipment
1 owner, Black with charcoal leather interior, remote keyless entry, auto garage openers, power moonroof, tow package, 6 CD, 3rd row seating and 17 aluminum wheels. 34,000 miles. $12,500 (570)823-7507
MERCURY `03 MOUNTAINEER Premiere
Only 12,000 miles. Vehicle in like new condition. $19,000. 570-288-4322
CHEVY 08 3500 HD DUMP TRUCK 2WD, automatic.
436
Mopeds
Type A gas, 460 V10 Ford. Excellent condition, 11,000 miles. I slide out, 2 awnings, 2 color flat screen TVs. 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 Camper with slide out 1998, large refrigerator, queen bed, Air, stereo system, microwave, large bathroom with skylite. Excellent condition. Many upgrades, sleeps 6. $8500. neg. 570-881-3550
PACE ARROW VISION 99 M-36 B (FORD)
130,000 miles, new brakes, rotors, tires, & radiator. No rust. Leather. clean. $2950. 570-2889507 or 881-6315
GMC 99 YUKON
All Patio Furniture Chairs, Tables, Sets, Gazebos Retail Price $200-$1400 Our Price $50-$350 Cash Only This Weekend! Also a nice selection of lawnmowers, tillers, weedeaters, tool chests, bicycles, exercise equipment, small appliances and more every day! All items are new, but quantities are limited! Find us at Merchants Village 1201 Oak Street Pittston or call 570-592-3426
75% off
857 West 8th Street Saturday & Sunday 9 to 3 Clothes, electronics, collectibles, toys, kitchenware, etc. RAIN OR SHINE
WEST WYOMING Hoarders
The Times Leader will accept ads for used private party merchandise only for items totaling $1,000 or less. All items must be priced and state how many of each item. Your name address, email and phone number must be included. No ads for ticket sales accepted. Pet ads accepted if FREE ad must state FREE. You may place your ad online at timesleader.com, or email to classifieds@ timesleader.com or fax to 570-831-7312 or mail to Classified Free Ads: 15 N. Main Street, WilkesBarre, PA. Sorry no phone calls. FREEZER, Upright, Kenmore, $150. Air Conditioner, 18,000 btu, 1 yr, $250. TV, projection RCA, $200, Saw, scroll, $50, Pipe wrench, (2) $50, Pipe CUtter, $50, Sewer snake, $25, Various garden tools, $20-$50, Furniture clamps, (2) $10, Spackle knives, large size, $25 all. Downsizing. Lori 570-262-6596 GARAGE SALE LEFTOVERS Microwave, 1500 watts $10. Cabinet will hold VCR, TV, Tapes, etc $10. Sanyo radio record player, double cassette, CD player $25. White toilet $10. Lamps mint green ginger jar style, pair $10. lamps gold & crystal pair $10. 570-826-9004 GRILL Table top, $100, Air Compressor, $200, Snow Thrower, Craftsman, $200. 570-288-8767 ITEMS NEVER USED FOR A YARD SALE ALL FOR $100. 570-474-1097
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AT 50% OFF RETAIL
6 cylinder 4 WD, air conditioning power windows, door locks, cruise, dual air bags, tilt wheel, AM/FM/CD. keyless remote. 130k miles. $5400. 570-954-3390
JEEP 02 GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO
732
Exercise Equipment
TREADMILL, Weslo, electric with safety key, folds for storage $100. obo. 570-868-5886
742
Furnaces & Heaters
breaks, automatic transmission. Cruise at 55mph all day. Only 600 miles. Price $1,800. 570-954-0577.
ROKETA 11 SCOOTER 250 cc, red, disk
WILDERNESS 33FT.
700 MERCHANDISE
702 Air Conditioners
HEATERS gas wall heaters 2 for $80. 570-654-4440
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744
439
Motorcycles
condition, low miles, all power. Must Sell! $11,995 570-237-2412
NISSAN `06 MAXIMA SE Immaculate
CHEVROLET `03 S-10 HARLEY 10 DAVIDSON 6 cylinder, 2x4 autoNear Mint 174 miles - yes, One hundred and seventy four miles on the clock, original owner. $8000. 570-876-2816
excellent condition, detachable tour pack, $7,800. Call 570-678-3790
99 HARLEY FHLT 27,000 miles,
451
Trucks/ SUVs/Vans
Owner, Extra Clean SUV! $5,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
JEEP 04 GRAND CHEROKEE cyl, 1 LOREDO 4x4, 6
Furniture & Accessories
WILKES-BARRE
BACK TO SCHOOL 10 Birch Ave. Birchwood Hills Saturday & Sunday 9AM - 3PM August 18 and 19 Clothes, jewelry, collectibles, household, small/large appliances, too much to list.
AIR CONDITIONER 8000 BTU Carrier window. $150 Call 570-655-2624
BED, tubular, steel, queen, head/ foot/ frame $150. 570-654-4440 BED. Sauder, childs white. Single bed, long dresser, tall dresser, night stand bookcase. $250. 570-825-3534 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
708
Antiques & Collectibles
1 owner, 4 cylinder. $16,500 MAFFEI AUTO SALES 570-288-6227 444 Market Street Kingston
TOYOTA 09 CAMRY 18,000 Miles,
SPORTSTER CUSTOM Loud pipes.
matic, 45k, extended cab and cap. $8,500 (570)722-8650
Sport utility, 4 door, four wheel drive, ABS, new inspection. $4200. 570-709-1467
CHEVY 99 BLAZER
SATURN 06 ION-3 5 speed,sunroof, 1

owner, like new! $4,995 Call For Details! 570-696-4377
FIGURINES: lot of 7 different ceramic porcelain figurines from Occupied Japan & others all for $10. CANDLE holders Woodbury pewter candle holders 6 pewter vase all in good condition all for $5. Red Rose tea animal figurines lot of 8 pieces in excellent condition all for $5. 735-6638 ICE CREAM PARLOR, Vintage table and 4 chairs. $175. 570-674-0340
SWEET VALLEY
Holy Mother of Sorrows Church 212 Wyoming Ave. Saturday, Sept. 8 9 am to 5 pm RAIN OR SHINE / All tables under tent Potato Pancakes, Pierogies, Haluski & more!! Tables Only $10. Vendors Wanted! Call 570-457-2378 For More Information
465 S. River St. Sun., Aug. 19, 9:30-5. Kitchen tables, couches, tools, stained glass & much more!
Selling Your Furniture? Do it here in the Classifieds! 570-829-7130
570-301-3602
750
1205 STATE ROUTE 118, 6 MILES W OF RT 29 OR 6 MILES E OF RT 487. AUGUST 18, 9-4 & AUGUST 19, 10-4. ALL ITEMS PRICED TO SELL
Jewelry
RING. Engagement diamond 14K yellow gold. Round diamond center, with 24 round diamond side stones. Recently appraised for $3,000. Asking $950. 570-814-7614
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Green, 86K, Was $5,250
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02 ACCORD LX V6, GOLD, 88K
HONDA ACCORD SD ONDA SDN
02 HONDA ACCORD EX V6 SEDAN

Gold, 88K
Now
$8,250
04 HONDA CIVIC LX SDN

Gray, 84K, 5Spd, Was $8,500
07 CHRYSLER SEBRING TOURING SDN

Blue, 71K, Was $9,850
Now
$8,500
Now
$9,500
RIDGELINE 4WD 11 RIDGELINE RTS Black, 19K ...........................NOW $28,500 09 RIDGELINE RTL Black, 34K ...........................NOW $27,500
HONDA CRV 4WD
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02 LX, GOLD, 80K
05 HONDA CIVIC LX SEDAN

Gray, 49K
Now
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ACCORDS 09 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 16K, Was 17,950........NOW $16,950 09 ACCORD EX SDN Beige, 31K, Was $18,500 ........NOW $17,950 11 ACCORD LX 5SPD SDN White, 16K, Was $18,750 NOW $17,750 10 ACCORD LXP SDN Silver, 28K, Was $18,950 .....NOW $18,500 10 ACCORD EXL SDN Red, 30K, Was, $19,950 ......NOW $19,750 09 ACCORD EXL V6 SDN Silver, 37K, Was $20,500 .NOW $19,950 10 ACCORD EXL V6 Gray, 38K..............................NOW $20,950 09 ACCORD LX Gray, 48K........................................NOW $14,950 09 ACCORD LX Gray, 36K........................................NOW $16,500 10 ACCORD LXP White, 18K....................................NOW $16,950
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04 PONTIAC GRAND PRIX GT SDN

Gold, 37K
Now
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Now
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Silver, 37K
07 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER 4WD

Silver, 68K
Now
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Now
$12,500
08 SATURN VUE XE-V6 AWD

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08 PONTIAC TORRENT AWD

Now
Now
$12,950
$12,950
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06 HONDA PILOT 4WD

EX, White, 76K EXL, White, 56K
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for 72 Mos.
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$26,990
$
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$23,990
$
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$21,990
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$17,490
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$11,990
$

CERTIFIED

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for 72 Mos.
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for 72 Mos.
269
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191
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for 48 Mos.
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$33,990
$
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$25,990
$
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$24,990
$
$20,990
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$16,990
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Story by Marianne Tucker Puhalla Advertising Projects Writer A pool, two stocked ponds, a waterfall and a two-story barn are all a part of the attraction at this sprawling raised ranch on a 12-acre lot in Pittston Twp. Check out 542 Langan Rd., conveniently located off Suscon Rd., just minutes from the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Interstate 81. Listed by George Pugh of ERA One Source Realty for $569,000, this fourbedroom, two and a half bath house offers extraordinary room sizes, an exceptional Italian tile kitchen and striking master bedroom complete with skylights. The home and property will be open for tours at an Open House next Sunday, Aug. 26 from 1-3 pm. Built in 1980, this home offers 3,748 square feet of space, with amenities that include a replace in the living room, two families rooms, a separate den and a laundry room that measures 24 feet long. It is easy to enjoy the Italian ceramic tile and hardwood oors found throughout. For as beautiful as the house is, the property and setting are an equal draw. The home overlooks a picturesque pond to the side and has an in-ground pool to the rear. There are multiple patios and windows that make it easy to enjoy the natural surroundings. The exterior is comprised of vinyl shake siding with red brick trim. A paved driveway leads to an oversized two-car garage and offers plenty of extra parking. A stone porch leads inside where you nd yourself in the 18-by-12 living room. You are greeted by stunning hardwood oors, a brick replace and a four-panel bow window that faces front. There are two separate doorways that take you rear to the 31-by-21 kitchen. It is more than just the rooms size here that makes it noteworthy. You will come away talking about the two-tiered design that offers a cooking area and breakfast room that share two walls of windows that overlook the
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nearby pond. It is hard to not enjoy cooking or even doing the dishes when you have such a view. There is an amazing number of oak cabinets topped by Italian ceramic tile countertops with a matching tile oor. Appliances include a stainless steel refrigerator, electric range and dishwasher. A vegetable sink is located in an island and there is a built-in desk to help with clutter. A door leads to a covered patio. The adjacent family room measures 19-by17 and has more of the Italian tile ooring, a unique tray ceiling, and two windows that overlook the pool. Steps down lead to the 12-by-11 sunroom that sports its own tan tile ooring and has two more walls of windows that overlook the pool, the side patio and the pond. Also on the main level, a hall with skylights leads to the decidedly spacious 29-by21 master bedroom. Hosting three skylights
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All brick ranch with many possibilities! 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, 2 half baths, new laminate oors, living room/dining room combination, original hardwood oors in bedrooms, den with stone replace and French doors to the patio. #12-3023 $154,900 Christine Pieczynski 696-6569
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50 SNOWDEN STREET, FORTY FORT Attractive, well-kept 4 bedroom, 2 bath colonial home on landscaped corner lot. Features: living room; dining room; family room; sun room; modern eat-in kitchen; hardwood flooring. Lower level rec room. Great rear yard. MLS#12-1994 $152,500 JOE MOORE
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YATESVILLE WILKES-BARRE Better than new 5 Unit property for sale on end unit townthe campus of Wilkes Unihouse with 3 bedversity with a Cap Rate of room, 2.5 baths, 1 8.14%. Annual Net Opercar garage, modern ating Income of $32,169. kitchen with break100% occupancy over the fast bar, dining area last 5 years. and all appliances $395,000 included. Master bedroom with beautiful master bath. Fenced yard Call Darren Snyder with patio. Call Darren Snyder 570-825-2468 $235,000 570-825-2468
LOWER DEMUNDS RD., DALLAS Like new! This 2,500 sq.ft. home features 4 bedrooms; new kitchen; 2 1/2 new baths; new hardwood flooring; new heating system; new plumbing; newly finished lower level. MLS#11-4504 JOE MOORE $185,000
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WILKES-BARRE Elegant tudor with 4800 WILKES-BARRE sq ft in Downtown WilkesVery spacious 5 bedroom, Barres Historic District. 1 1/2 bath home in very The 1st oor oce has good move-in condition 1860 sq ft w/ central air with with a modern kitchand 2 restrooms. The resien, 3 car garage and fenced dence upstairs includes 5 yard and many updates. bedrooms, 2 baths, custom kitchen w/ an island & sunny breakfast $89,500 room, formal dinning room. The formal living room has a tray ceilCall Darren Snyder ing, picture windows and wet bar. Also, a cozy den. Private drive, 570-825-2468 OSP for 5 cars. Call Darren Snyder 570-825-2468 $325,000
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of its own, this vaulted room has atrium doors that open to a private rear deck. There is a large bank of windows on the end wall that feature half round tops. This room has moss green walls and more of the Italian tile ooring. There is a nearby walk-in closet with plenty of built-ins and a stunning master bath offering pale gray tile with burgundy accents, a matching oval, jetted tub set into a tiled surround. There is a separate one-piece walk-in shower. This bath has two windows rear. To the left off the living room, a hall leads to the homes second full bath where you nd a cream Formica vanity with tan ceramic tile countertops, and blush-colored xtures, such as a one-piece tub and shower surround. There are three bedrooms nearby ranging in size from12by-11 to 10-by-10. All have carpeting and a double closet, with a varying numbers of windows. The lower level of the home, measuring 1,596 square feet, is as big as some houses. Here you nd a second family room, sized at 11-by-20, with tan and blue vinyl ooring and knotty pine wainscoting. A single window faces front. A nearby hall, with a private entrance to the driveway and the garage, includes a coat closet and a door to the 13-by-12 den/ofce that has a similar dcor to the family room. A half bath on this level offers a white vanity and a tan vinyl oor with rust accents. Size comes into play with the adjacent laundry room, which measures 24-by-7 and offers plenty of storage. There is additional storage space in a separate 25-by-16 utility room. This home has oil hot water heat, central air conditioning and a private well and septic system. To get to he Open House, from Route 315, take Bear Creek Rd. which turns into Suscon Rd. Make a left at the entrance to Grimes Industrial Park onto Commerce Rd. and go three-quarters of a mile and make a right onto Freeport Rd., which after a half mile becomes Langan Rd. Continue one mile and home is on the left. For additional information or to make an appointment to see this unique property, contact George Pugh, ERA One Source Realty, (570) 587-9999;(570) 906-7446; gpugh140@ hotmail.com SPECIFICATIONS: Raised Ranch 3,748 square feet BEDROOMS: 4 BATHS: 2 full, 1 half PRICE: $569,000 LOCATION: 542 Langan Rd., Pittston Twp. AGENT: George Pugh REALTOR: ERA One Source Realty, (570) 587-9999; (570) 906-7446; gpugh140@hotmail.com OPEN HOUSE: Next Sunday, Aug. 26, 1-3 pm
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Having trouble paying your mortgage? Falling behind on your payments? You may get mail from people who promise to forestall your foreclosure for a fee in advance. Report them to the Federal Trade Commission, the nations consumer protection agency. Call 1-877FTC-HELP or click on ftc.gov. A message from The Times Leader and the FTC. ALDEN PRICE REDUCED! Bear Creek-Out of the city, but close to everything! 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, finished basement, two fireplaces and a wood stove provide plenty of warmth or ambiance. Lots of yard for the kids with a double lot. The kitchen has been remodeled and there is an abundance of hardwood flooring, the large garage can also be a great workshop. Dont forget the Bear Creek Charter School. A great place to raise a family! #12-1350 $179,900 Paul Pukatch 760-8143 94 Grandview Ave. Medallion Home 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,. Large family room with gas fireplace, 3 zone gas heat, central air, walking distance to Dallas School Systems. Priced to Sell. $172,000 Call (570)674-5505 DALLAS 248 Overbrook Rd. Lovely 4 bedroom cape cod situated in a private setting on a large lot. Vaulted ceiling in dining room, large walk in closet in 1 bedroom on 2nd floor. Some replacement windows. Call Today! MLS 11-2733 $94,900 Jay A. Crossin Extension 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 DALLAS Built in 2004, this delightful home is centrally located in Dallas. Very well maintained with central air, large yard, 23 x 13 living room with gas fireplace, gas hot water baseboard heat (1st and 2nd floors). In addition electric heat pumps/central AC to save on gas bills if you desire....radiant heat in basement floors...2 1/2 baths and 3 bedrooms...This Dallas home is ready to welcome its new owners! Directions: Rte 415 towards Harveys Lake. Left on W Center Hill Rd, house is on left. MLS# 12-2362 $209,900 Call Charlie Boyek 570-430-8487 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100 1107 Spring Street Superb two story with 3 bedrooms & 1 baths. Hardwood floors, gas heat, vinyl siding, large yard with garage. Call Jim for details. Offered at $169,500 Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 or 570-542-5708 705 Blueberry Lane Large 4 bedroom Bi-level with large master bedroom with sliding glass doors leading to private deck. Modern kitchen with skylights, skylights also in master bath. Dining room with sliding glass doors to deck. Large corner lot with attached 2 car garage ready to move right in.For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2379 $244,900 Call Fred 570-817-5792
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95 JACKSON ST. New Stainless steel appliances. Great Low Cost Utilities, Taxes and no Water bill. Your own fresh Water well. Bath on each floor, 3 Good sized Bedrooms, Paved Drive leading to an oversized Garage. Owner Motivated. MLS 12-2006 $179,000 570-675-4400
97 Chittenden St. Flood damaged home with new furnace, electric box, water heater, outlets and switches. 1st floor gutted but already insulated and ready for sheetrock. 2nd floor has 4 bedrooms and bath with double sinks. Large yard. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-1225 Sorry, cash buyers only! Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
Enjoy sitting on the front porch of this well maintained 4 bedroom, 3 bath home on nicely landscaped lot in desirable neighborhood. Family room with gas fireplace, central air/gas heat, covered & open patios. Two car garage. Tastefully decorated. Above ground pool. MLS 12-2656 $269,900 Call Sandra Gorman 570-696-5408
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Exclusive privacy with this 61 acre 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with vaulted ceilings and open floor plan. Elegant formal living room, large airy family room and dining room. 322 sq. ft 3 season room opening to large deck with hot tub. Modern eat in kitchen with island, gas fireplace, living room, and wood burning stove basement. Oversize 2 car garage. This stunning property boasts a relaxing pond and walking trail. Sit back and enjoy the view! MLS 12-2085 $425,000 Sandy Rovinski EXT 25 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 BEAR CREEK
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Private & beautiful lovely brick chalet on 11.85 acres. Custom brick work, tongue & groove interior & oversized 3 car garage. Features whirlpool tub, heated sunroom, kitchen island & hickory cabinets, laundry room. Basement is plumbed & ready to finish. MLS# 12-817 $315,000 Call Ken Williams Five Mountain Realty 570-542-8800 DALLAS
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Attractive 7 year old 2-story with eat-inkitchen, oak cabinets, granite countertops, island & tile floor. Master bedroom with solid cherry hardwood floor, walk-in closet & master bath. Dual fireplace. Gas heat/ central air. Three car garage. Home Protection Plan. MLS# 11-2035 $279,900 Sandra Gorman 570-696-5408
Small one story home on 9.5 acres, home is a fixer upper, no steps, home has mold. Private driveway off of Jake Moore Road, grown in by brush. $150,000 MLS# 12-2114 Call Michael Nocera
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6650 Bear Creek Blvd Well maintained custom built 2 story nestled on 2 private acres with circular driveway - Large kitchen with center island, master bedroom with 2 walk-in closets, family room with fireplace, custom built wine cellar. A MUST SEE! MLS#11-4136 PRICE REDUCED $285,000 Call Geri 570-696-0888
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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 youre looking for a Ranch, dont 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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Charming well maintained 3 bedroom, 1 bath home located on a quiet street near Blueberry Hills Development. Features a modern kitchen with breakfast bar, formal dining room, and family room with gas stove, hardwood floors in bedrooms, deck, large fenced yard, shed and offstreet parking. #11-2947 $99,500 Karen Ryan 283-9100 x14
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3 year old townhome in gated community of Forest Heights with pool use. Cathedral ceilings & skylights, air, cherry floors & cabinets, granite countertops, fireplace, 3 bedrooms with 1st floor master bedroom & walk in closet. 2.5 tiled baths, waterfall sinks in master bath & powder room. All season sun porch & large private patio. Full basement. End unit with 2 car garage. $309,000.
362 Susquehanna Avenue Completely remodeled, spectacular, 2 story Victorian home, with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, new rear deck, full front porch, tiled baths & kitchen, granite countertops. All cherry hardwood floors throughout, all new stainless steel appliances & lighting. New oil furnace, washer/dryer in first floor bath. Great neighborhood, nice yard. $174,900 (30 year loan, $8,750 down, $887/month, 30 years @ 4.5%) NOT IN FLOOD 100% OWNER FINANCING AVAILABLE Call Bob at 570-899-8877 570-654-1490
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$15,000 PRICE REDUCTION! Serious Sellers are looking for serious buyers who are ready to move into this 1620 sq. ft. bilevel home with 3 bedrooms, 1 and baths. This gem is located in a great neighborhood on a quiet dead-end street in Exeter. The home is quality constructed & has been well-maintained by the original owners. Special features included 2x6 construction and hardwired smoke alarms with battery backup for your familys safety. A large eatin kitchen with tile floor exits to the 26x12 cedar deck for convenient outdoor cooking and entertaining. Or host a more formal dinner in the spacious dining room with new poplar hardwood flooring. The remainder of the main floor includes 2 bedrooms and a full bath. The lower level has beautiful family room with gas fireplace, a 3rd bedroom, bath, large laundry center and ample storage space. The laundry area and bath have tile floors and provides an easy exit to the rear yard with the deck and above-ground pool. For more information and to view the photos go to www. prudentialealestate. com and enter PRU2A8T2 in the Home Search. Now listed at $152,900. MLS #12-2654. Call today for your appointment. Mary Ellen Belchick 696-6566 Walter Belchick 696-2600 ext. 301
311 Lockville Road Stately brick 2 story, with in ground pool, covered patio, finished basement, fireplace and wood stove, 3 car attached garage 5 car detached garage with apartment above. MLS# 11-1242 $659,000 Please call Donna 570-613-9080
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
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
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NEW LISTING! This home was built with energy efficiency in mind. Nestled in a wooded setting and close to Wilkes -Barre and Clarks Summit. Floor to ceiling windows in the 3-season sun room, hardwood and tile throughout, spacious room sizes, wood/coal stove for those winter evenings. 3 bedrooms, with 16x20 master and adjacent sitting room or den. Call for an appointment today. Maribeth Jones 570-696-6565 or Chris Jones 570-696-6558. #12-3048 $205,000
64 Fort St. Large vinyl sided 2 story home on nice street awaiting a new buyer with open arms. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, 1st floor laundry. Detached garage and 5 years young 3 zoned gas heat. A little makeover will make this a great place to call home! MLS 12-3157 $99,900 Mark R. Mason 570-331-0982 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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MULTI USE SINGLE, DOUBLE, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES Over 2800 square feet in this one of a kind property on a corner lot. Property featuring 4 bedrooms, formal dining room, large living room with gas fireplace, family room with pellet stove, modern baths, front and side porches. A Must see property! MLS# 12-1559 NEW PRICE $199,900. Call Florence 570-715-7737
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696-2600 WILKES-BARRE 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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Oakwood Lake Estates Brand new 2011 Redman 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, propane heat, A/C. $42,000 Call (908)227-6707
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Well cared for 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath single home. Eat in kitchen, off street parking, garage. Newer roof, windows, gas heat, 3 season porch. Spacious attic, private fenced in yard. Move in condition. $85,000. Call 570-823-8418
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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
$84,900 Classic 4 square
303 Market Street, Pittston
Totally remodeled! Pittston by pass, R on Broad St. R onto Wall St., R onto Market. House on Left. MLS#11-4336
$131,900 14 Mapleseed Drive, Dallas 00 0
Beautiful home with ultra modern kitchen in the Maples. MLS#12-1630
$425,000
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
Price Drastically Reduced!
173 Cummings Road, Dallas
Charming home on 10 acre wooded lot. Built in pool. MLS#11-3824
$325,000 25 Marina Drive, Harveys Lake $220,000 00 0

Enjoy living at the lake in this Stunning town house! Many upgrades. MLS#12-898
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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
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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
72 Lyndwood Ave. Move right in to this large yet cozy 4 bedroom, 2 bath home in a great area. The beautiful finished basement adds even more living space. This well maintained home has a Split AC sys. with heat pump, alarm system, private drive. Motivated sellers. Asking $105,000 MLS# 12-535 Appointment only. Call Don Marsh 570-814-5072
HARDING $249,900
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 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
11 Sunrise Lane $184,000 Bilevel, containing 8 rooms, 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths on two levels. Features include: brick fireplace witih gas logs, granite kitchen countertop; corian bathroom sink, in ground pool and private fenced rear yard. Prequalification letter required. Owner has real estate license in escrow. Call Pat or Charlie 570-655-4124
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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
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 KINGSTON
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 $109,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770 KINGSTON
HARVEYS LAKE 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 HUNLOCK CREEK
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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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
22 Allenberry Drive Move right in! Central air, hardwood floors, central stereo system. Gas heat under $700 yearly expenses. 2 bedrooms, 1 car garage. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com. MLS 12-2739 Call Tom 570-262-7716
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184 West Point Ave. Family size home and yard with a country feel. Walking distance to school and Little League Field. 4 bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths, vinyl siding, many newer windows. Modern eat in kitchen, lovely view of back yard and adjoining woods. 20x10 unfinished room on 2nd floor for 5th bedroom. Bright and cheery and not a drive by. Come and see it! MLS 12-2992 $89,900 Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 HARVEYS LAKE
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40 Downing St. Great 3 bedroom family home on a beautifully landscaped lot, close to parks and schools. 2 car attached garage, pool, fenced in yard with lots of room to run! MLS 12-2567 $129,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 HANOVER TWP.
''Country Charm'' at its best describes this 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath 2 story situated on 1.87 scenic acres with many updates. Knotty pine kitchen, breakfast room, living room with gas propane stove, dining room, hardwood, office with electric stove, deck, gazebo & detached garage. MLS# 12-2813 $214,900 Call Marie Montante 570-881-0103
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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, from front wrap around porch and 2 of the bedrooms and rear yard. Also includes 33.3 ft of shoreline with dock & lawn area. Home in need of updating and repairs and is being sold as is. MLS 12-1607 $179,900 Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
Immaculate 3 bedroom ranch on beautiful 1.3 acre lot. Modern kitchen & baths, hardwood floors, private patio. Finished lower level with bar area. MLS# 12-2033 $154,300 Call Jill Hiscox at 570-696-0875
121 Vaughn St. Nicely Maintained 3 bedroom 1 bath 2 story on a quiet street in Kingston. Large yard includes garage which is presently being used as a storage building. MLS# 12-2408 $95,000 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100
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
1 YEAR HOME WARRANTY! Come create family traditions in this fabulous home in a great location. Huge dining room for entertaining, AMAZING updated kitchen with granite, lovely sun room, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths and partial finished lower level. Hardwood floors under carpet. Walking distance to 2 Universities, Kirby Park, downtown & much more. Dont miss out call or text Donna 570-9473824 or Tony 570855-2424 for more information or to schedule your showing. $159,000.
SELLER RELOCATING, PRICE REDUCED TO $285,000 1341 Mountain View Drive 360 degree viewEnjoy panoramic views from this stunning, 3 bedroom, 2 bath hideaway cradled on 9 acres only 20 minutes from town. In unique natural setting high on a hill, it offers vistas worthy of professional photographers. Offering formal living room/dining room, with lovely modern kitchen/ baths and 2 family rooms. Oversized 3 car detached garage + 3 car attached. Inground heated pool with cabana sure to please all family members. Zoned agricultural-horses welcomed, take a look today. MLS# 12-1800 $285,000Call Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883
46 Farmhouse Rd. REDUCED! MOTIVATED SELLER Lovely 10 room vinyl sided ranch home, with 2.5 modern baths, formal dining room, gas heat, central air, 2 car garage & large deck. Lower level consists of 2 large recreation rooms. Office, half bath and workshop. Lower level all ceramic tiled floors. MLS# 12-1359 $282,900 Call Florence 570-715-7737
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
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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 $39,500 Call Michelle T. Boice 570-639-5393 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 HANOVER TWP. NEW PRICE!
Youll Experience Country Living in this move in ready ranch situated on almost an acre of lush landscaping just minutes away from every thingthere is new carpet in living & dining rooms, 3 bedrooms with double closets, large fully applianced eat in kitchen, first floor laundry, 1.5 baths, central air, lower level recreation room, large workshop for do it yourselfers or contractors, and an oversized 2.5 car garage with wraparound driveway which provides plenty of parking for guests....$175,000 MLS #12-2773 Call Pat today @
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Midway Manor Ranch 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room, 3 season porch, gas heat, central air, 2 car garage. MLS #12-1935 $177,000 Besecker Realty 570-675-3611
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177 Third Avenue COMPARE WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY! Modern 3 bedroom end unit townhouse, with 2 1/2 baths (master bath). Central air. Family room, foyer, deck with canopy, patio, fenced yard, garage. Extras! $123,000. MLS # 12-3012 Ask for Bob Kopec Humford Realty Inc 570-822-5126
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 LUZERNE
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
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 $99,500 Kelly ConnollyCuba EXT. 37 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
60 ICE LAKE DRIVE Outstanding & immaculate 4 bedroom with many upgrades. Beautiful finished lower level could be an apartment for an extended family member. Floor to ceiling fireplace in stunning family room. Heated pool, hot tub, screened porch & much more on a 6.54 acre lot Crestwood School District. $619,000. MLS# 12-1557 Call Pat @715-9337 Lewith & Freeman Real Estate 570-474-9801
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
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OPEN HOUSE Sun., Aug 12, 1-3pm 183 Gracedale Ave. 3 bedroom, 2 story home on large lot with creek. Above ground oval swimming pool, 24 x 24 deck with gazebo. Newer roof & replacement windows. Over sized 1 car garage with attached storage shed MLS # 12-2758 $109,000 James Banos Realtor Associate 570-991-1883 Caldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate 570-474-2340
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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
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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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663 Bennett St. Great 2 bedroom on a nice street. Lovely yard with alley access in rear, driveway in front. MLS 12-2701 $60,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-782-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-287-0770
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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! $329,900 Call Pat Guesto 570-793-4055 CENTURY 21 SIGNATURE PROPERTIES 570-675-5100
297 Susquehannock Drive Traditional 4 bedroom home with 2.5 baths, 2 car garage. Large yard 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
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from your private dock! Quiet setting. Year-round or summer-only home with oversized 2car garage on nearly 1/2 acre. Two bedrooms eat-in kitchen, living room, den/ study, bath & sun porch near Pole 141.570-885-4748. $195,000. No realtors please.
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Very nice 2 story with 3 bedrooms and 2 full baths. Replacement window with great screened porch for outdoor living without the bugs. Very neat and clean. MLS 12-3029 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
NEW LISTING!! ADD YOUR TOUCHES!! Genuine hardwood floors, doors & trim will catch your attention as you arrive through the entry foyer into the sunny living room, formal dining room & eat-in kitchen. You will be pleased with the spacious bedroom sizes & closets. Terrific walk-up attic for you imagination. Whole house fan will keep you cool. Attached garage with large, full B-Dry Basement. Great Yard! Virtual Tour. MLS#12-2785 $120,000 Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046
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
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
111 Laflin Road Nice 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath Split Level home with hardwood floors, 1 car garage, large yard and covered patio in very convenient location. Great curb appeal and plenty of off street parking. Rt. 315 to light @ Laflin Rd. Turn west onto Laflin Rd. Home is on left. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2852 Keri Best 570-885-5082
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 LUZERNE
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523 Bennett St. Older well kept home with off street parking. Roof 5 years old. New windows on 2nd floor and walk up attic for lots of storage or added bedrooms. MLS 12-2699 $79,000 Donald Crossin 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 MOUNTAIN TOP 33 LEE AVE.
715 Maple St. Handymans dream. NOT a nightmare. A little paint, carpeting and water lines and this house is good to go. Large yard. 2 bedrooms. For more info and photos visit: www. atlasrealtyinc.com. MLS 12-2332 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
Nice fully rented 2 family investment in quiet conveniently located neighborhood. Separate heat, electric and water. Large wide double lot with off street parking on each side. Fenced rear yard. $54,900 MLS 12-2311 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 NEWPORT TWP MULTI FAMILY
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ONE OF A KIND Completely & tastefully updated & remodeled Townhouse with unique kitchen with snack bar & dining area, den, concrete patio overlooking treed/landscaped planters. Excellent condition! A must see! Near Casino and Interstate. $125,000 MLS# 122792 Call Marie Montante, (570) 881-0103
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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 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
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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
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 $99,900 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0776
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Great Rancher in move-in condition, 3 bedroom, hardwood floors, modern eat-in kitchen, garage, no flood. PRICE REDUCED! $152,000 12-1399 Call Nancy Answini Joe Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444
NEW LISTING OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 12-2 DIRECTIONS: 309S bear right at the triangle and Lee Ave. is the second street on right. Move in ready house with premium upgrades. Completely remodeled from top to bottom. new kitchen & bath with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances, refinished hardwood floors, finished basement, 3 season porch, attic pull down, ceiling fans, Florida room, hardwood floors, porch, recreation room, workshop. and too much more to list. A cant miss o p p o r t u n i t y ! $227,500 MLS-12-2979 Call Dave Wychock 570-885-1670
1235 Lincoln Ave. REDUCED! OWNER SAYS SELL! 3 bedroom two story with an extra room on 1st floor could be a 4th bedroom. Move in as is and do some TLC at your own pace. Gas heat and off street parking. $38,000. MLS# 12-1107 Pat @ 715-9337 Lewith & Freeman Real Estate 570-474-9801
Nice fully rented 2 family investment in quiet conveniently located neighborhood. Separate heat, electric and water. Large wide double lot with off street parking on each side. Fenced rear yard. $49,000 MLS 12-2008 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449
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NANTICOKE 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
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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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Very comfortable 2 bedroom home in move in condition. Great sun room, large yard, 1 car garage. Deeded lake access. Reduced $107,000 MLS # 11-2899 CALL KATHIE
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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
23 Ridge Street OPEN HOUSE Sunday 12pm-2pm 4 Bedroom Colonial Home in Pocono Ridge Estates. Large 2 Car Garage, Paved Driveway, Electric Heat & Central Air, 1.5 Baths, Large Eat in Kitchen & Dining Room. Double Deck with Hot Tub. Low Taxes. $219,000 Call 570-212-1404 PITTSTON
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Nice Bi-Level 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
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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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 TRUCKSVILLE REDUCED!!
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 WEST PITTSTON
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SHICKSHINNY PLYMOUTH Growing family needs this house sold! Beautiful inside and out, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath hoe features many improvements such as central air, new kitchen, oversized bath and fenced-in yard. Local tax is only $36/year. Located on a deadend street with low traffic volume. #12-95 $159,900 Paul Pukatch 696-6559
107 Nuangola Ave. LAKEFRONT! Totally remodeled home with a newer dock and a boathouse. This could be your ticket to paradise all year round. Features 3 large bedrooms and a wonderful Florida room with gorgeous lakeviews. Less than five minutes to Interstate 81. Crestwood School District. $399,900. MLS# 12-2775 Call Pat @715-9337 Lewith & Freeman Real Estate 570-474-9801
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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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
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 $150,000 Jackie Roman 570-288-0770 Ext. 39 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SWEET VALLEY
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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! Dont forget the above ground pool with deck. MLS 12-1699 $149,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WAPWALLOPEN
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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OPEN HOUSE August 19th 12-1:30 688 8th Street Unique design,outstanding craftsmanship and quality finishes make this home a must see! Move in ready featuring a modern kitchen with handcrafted cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Living room with hardwood floors opens to the dining room which boasts a fabulous brick and stone fireplace. Game room with french doors lead to a private patio and fenced in yard with an above ground pool with a deck. Two generous sized bedrooms and two baths on the second floor. Family room with built-in lighted display cases and bath on the lower level. Private driveway leads to 1 car garage with storage loft, and additional parking. MLS 12-2032 $174,900 Call Mary 696-0729
3 plus bedroom home on Logan St. in Wilkes Barre with off street parking, fenced-in yard and newer furnace and water heater. Great potential on third floor. Replacement windows, double lot, close to shopping. #12-2005 $67,000 Paul Pukatch 696-6559
696-2600
WILKES-BARRE $76,500
Charming Victorian 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, two car garage, modern eat-in kitchen, living, dining & family rooms, fireplace, radiator heat, high ceilings, hardwood floors, crown moldings. $275,000. Call 570-430-9537

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 Colleen Turant 570-237-0415
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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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 Great Investment just waiting for a new owner. Many updates In both units. Building has extra unused space in attic and basement that be be finished with many options. Out of flood zone, huge lot and off street parking. MLS 12-1586 $124,900 Call/text Donna 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424 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
Own a Historical Gem!!! This home was built in 1907 and is STILL in near original condition. All the woodwork, glass and light fixtures are there, all you have to do is modernize the mechanical systems. Never ruined by a cheap remodel and the woodwork was never painted over. Dont take my word for it, go on line and check out the photos at www.atlasrealtyinc.com. If you like classic features youll love this home! MLS 12-2781 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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
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Split Level in good condition with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, Owens Corning walls in basement, walk-in cedar closet, whirlpool tub, Granite counter tops, 4 Season Sunroom, open floor plan, quality ceiling fans, french doors in Master bedroom, plus 2 car detached garage all sitting on 3 Acres of land. $179,900. MLS 12-1293 Ken Williams 570-542-8800 Five Mountains Realty
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 WAPWALLOPEN
WEST PITTSTON REDUCED TO $69,900
WHITE HAVEN $189,999! 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 Call Colleen 570-237-0415
318 Chase St. 3 bedroom, one bath home with extra large kitchen. Has newer gas furnace. Was not flooded in Sept. 2011. Why rent when you can own your own home? Interest rates will probably never be lower. If youre employed and have good credit dont wait, buy now! For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2837 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
PITTSTON $78,900
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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
Completely renovated in 2008, This two-story sits on a private alley lot. Central air and maple hardwood floors throughout. $98,000 Call Ed Appnel 570-817-2500 570-654-1490
2 story, 3 bedroom home. New bath, new furnace & new central air, all appliances included. Hardwood floors downstairs, carpet upstairs. Great yard. Out of the flood zone. Nice neighborhood. By appointment only. Call 570-287-1029 SHICKSHINNY
Vinyl resided, new shingles in 2008, quiet location with level, open ground. Replacement windows, new well pump. MLS #12-760 New price $49,500 Call Dale 570-256-3343 Five Mountains Realty WEST NANTICOKE
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PRICE CATCHES YOUR EYE? WAIT UNTIL YOU TAKE A TOUR! This meticulous 3 bedroom home located in the Crestwood school district offers spacious kitchen and dining area, ductless air, bath off the master bedroom, finished lower level rec room, workshop, bath/laundry, zoned heating. oversized heated detached garage in addition to the 2 stall built in garage. Covered rear deck overlooking the enclosed yard accented by mature landscaping. Lower deck leading to the pool - the list goes on! Just minutes from major interstates. Schedule your showing today to truly appreciate this property! MLS#12-872 JILL JONES 696-6550
WILKES-BARRE (Riverside Park) Corner of Dagobert and Gordon Ave.
15 Amherst Ave PRICE REDUCED! Why rent when you can OWN this home for only $320./month and under $2,500.down? 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 walkin 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 to $69,900 CLASSIC PROPERTIES 570-793-9449 Call Steve Shemo 570-718-4959 WILKES-BARRE
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8 Tunnell St. 3 bedroom, 1 bath 2 story with extra large kitchen in very private location with newer vinyl windows. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2944 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
SWOYERSVILLE 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 TILBURY TERRACE Tilbury Avenue Superb 3 bedroom single. Hardwood floors, fireplace, garage. Well maintained. Great Neighborhood. REDUCED TO $179,900 Towne & Country Real Estate Co. 570-735-8932 570-542-5708
PITTSTON $79,900
Duplex. fully rented with 2 bedrooms each unit. Owner pays heat. Tenants pay electric and hot water. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2973 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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
14 Pine Road Lovely brick home in great development. Hardwood floors, 2 car garage, newer roof, large laundry room with office space, covered back porch, large Family room on first floor with fireplace, possible 3rd Bedroom over garage. 12-2688. $198,000 Call Nancy Answini Gilroy Real Estate 570-288-1444 PLAINS
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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
524 Hunlock Harveyville Rd 3 Bedroom, 1 bath 2 story home in good condition with detached garage on approximately 6 1/4 acres. $165,000. MLS# 12-2749 Call Ken Williams Five Mountain Realty 570-542-8800 SHICKSHINNY LAKE
187 Shoemaker St. Adorable 3 bedroom, 1 bath, Cape Cod. Completely remodeled inside and out. Hardwood floors throughout, duct work in place for central air installation. Back yard deck for summer cook outs and much, much more. Not a drive by! MLS 12-1595 $142,500 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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
696-2600 WHITE-HAVEN 501 Birch Lane
2 bedroom modular rancher (large master bedroom) with a 20x 22 family room and a woodburner. Paneled interior. 10x12 three season porch. Carport. 2 driveways. Many extras.(FHA: $2,345 down, $376/month, 3.875% interest, 30 years.) $67,000 MLS# 12-2092 Ask for Bob Kopec. Humford Realty, Inc. 570-822-5126
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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 WHITE HAVEN
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 WILKES-BARRE
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Nice 3 bedroom unit in back and a nice studio apt up front. Great investment opportunity. Large yard and off street parking plus out of the flood zone. MLS 12-1587 $89,900 Call/text Donna 570-947-3824 or Tony 570-855-2424
193 Market St. Great starter home, excellent potential. Very nice neighborhood, nice corner lot. MLS 12-2869 $69,500 David Krolikowski 570-288-0770 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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 $64,500 Please Call 570-822-8708 or 570-301-2455
Lake Front Property at Shickshinny Lake!!! 4 Bedrooms, 2.75 baths, 2 kitchens, living room, large family room. 2 sunrooms, office & laundry room. Plus 2 car attached garage with paved driveway, AG pool, dock & 100' lake frontage. $382,500. MLS #12-860 Call Kenneth Williams 570-542-2141 Five Mountains Realty
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
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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
1 Cypress St. Move in condition. Large private yard, off street parking and a central location. MLS 12-2302 $62,000 Kevin Sobilo 570-817-0706
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Washington Street Large half double, gas hot water heat, modern kitchen with new built in appliances, laundry room, dining room, 1 bath, and 3 bedrooms. New roof and wall to wall carpeting, full attic. $60,000. Call for appointment (570)822-3927
WILKES-BARRE 358 North
NEW! HUGE! Remodeled 4 bedroom, 2 story home, previously had 3 additional bedrooms on heated 3rd floor, gas fireplace, fenced yard, eat in kitchen, large rooms. A must see! Only $75,900. Deremer Realty 570-477-1149
NEW LISTING! Beautifully restored Cape Cod located on a lovely tree lined street. Ultra modern kitchen has granite counter tops, tiled floors and washer dryer hook-up. Three bedrooms, 2 baths, new gas furnace, water heater and electrical. Quality laminate flooring throughout first floor. Large master bedroom suite on 2nd floor has a walk-in closet, a cedar closet and adjoining office/exercise room or a 4th bedroom. #12-2753 $149,900 Karen Bernardi 283-9100 x31
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 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
173 Austin Ave. Completely remodeled home in the Parsons section of Wilkes-Barre. Updates include high efficiency gas furnace and electric hot water heater, kitchen w/laundry, drywall, paint, recessed lights, doors, tile, carpet, Pergo flooring, andwindows. MLS 12-2566 $85,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE
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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 #12-2223. Call Donna for more information or to schedule a showing. 570-947-3824
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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
Multi-purpose commercial bldg. Central air, gas heat, 4 baths. Studio Apt w/tenant in place. Priced to sell! MLS#121086 ANNA HIZA 788-7517
Former Tavern w/2 apts. No liquor license. Needs work. Addl 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
Large 8000 SF building looking 2 bldgs zoned commercial. for a new lease on life! Zoned Commercial. 1 consists of retail space & apts, the MLS#11-4058 other is a 2-story home. MLS#10-4056 SANDY 970-1110 or DAVID 970-1117 MIKE JOHNSON
6000+ SF furniture store, plus apt. & lots more space. High traffic area. MLS#11-3865 RAE DZIAK 714-9234
Multi-Purpose Bldg Convenient location on State St - Adjacent lot available for sale $90,000. MLS#10-4590 MARGY 696-0891 or MIKE J 970-1100
This 2400 SF bldg features offices & garage w/overhead door. Across from Hollenback Golf Course. MLS#11-4561 JUDY RICE 714-9230
Prime commercial storefront + 3 spacious Apts. Parking lot in rear. MLS#12-687 DONNA S 788-7504
Unique bldg currently used as single residence. May be converted to suit your needs (w/zoning approval). MLS#12-844 DAVID 970-1117
Auto repair & body shop w/state certified paint booth. 2nd flr storage. MLS#11-2842 ANDY 714-9225
Prime office building for 2 or 3 3 BR, Ranch w/gar+ Established turn-key tenants. Move-in condition w/one tenant. attached bldg. Zoned HWY COMM. Ideal restaurant w/2 apts. Business & for office or sm business. MLS#10-4367 Gas heat & central air. MLS#12-932 building priced to sell! MLS#11-130 RAE 714-9234 GERALD PALERMO 788-7509 ANDY 714-9225
2-Story masonry bldg on Great income property! 7 units - good condition - many updates 96x180 lot w/pkg for 36 cars. Ideal for apts or small mfg business. MLS#12-1758 - tenant occupied. MLS#12-1646 MIKE 970-1100 or MARGY 696-0891 RAE DZIAK 714-9234
Well located building for Great location for professional Opportunity to own your own Prime location offices & apts. Short walk to YMCA, Wilkes office. Private drive in rear. Zoned C-3. ZONED HWY COMMERCIAL- 4 BR Cape restaurant/pizza business. Includes University, Public Square or River Common. Property being sold "as is". MLS#10-4362 Cod on 100x556 lot. MLS#11-229 equipment & liquor license. MLS#12-1658 MLS#12-2805 TINA 714-9251 JUDY RICE 714-9230 RAE 714-9234 ANN LEWIS 714-9245
Brick & block prime office bldg. Includes professional office space + restaurant. MLS#12-366 GERALD PALERMO 788-7509
5 Unit building w/private Victorian 5 Unit in excellent condition! New fencing. Laundry, parking. Well kept - fully rented w/long term tenants. MLS#10-3866 3 garages & OSP for 9. MLS#12-2487 TERRY DONNELLY 715-9317 RAE Dziak 714-9234
Warehouse w/office area. 28,000 SF w/overhead door. Ample parking. Easy access to Rte 81. Motivated Seller! MLS#12-2947 JUDY RICE 714-9230
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
Great location for multi-use commercial business. Ample pkg, office & workspace. MLS#12-685 PAT G 788-7514 or BEN T 788-7516
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
Ideal bldg for retail sales or prof offices. High traffic location on Route 309S. Zoned Commercial. MLS#121534 MIKE JOHNSON 970-1100
Outstanding brick bldg! Parking for 7-10 cars. MLS#08-2790 PEG 714-9247
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
Large office space for rent on Main St. 3 sep offices w/1 bathroom. High traffic area. Utilities not included. MLS#123101 TINA 714-9251
6700 SF building on the San 32,000SF, Prime Location 30+ parking, including trailer spaces Souci Parkway. Modern office space available. 1900SF - 12 pkg spaces. MLS#09Parking for 30+ cars. MLS#12-1342 MLS#08-1305 3085 MATT HODOROWSKI 714-9229 VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371 MARGY 696-0891
Prime retail or office space in high active shopping plaza. Close to Price Chopper, Kost Tires & Wegmans. MLS#122554 GERI 696-0888
Lease this building w/nice offices, conference room & Kit. Ample parking. MLS#11-419 JUDY 714-9230
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38 Westminster St. Very good condition one story home with off street parking & nice yard. 2 year old roof, new stove & fridge included along with clothes washer & dryer. Large living room, dining room & eat-in kitchen. Full, dry concrete basement, could be finished. Gas heat. $ 64,400. MLS# 12-2605. Directions: Carey Ave. or S. Main to either Wood or Hanover to Westminster. Call Jim Banos 570-991-1883 Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate
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
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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46 Barney Street 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
$99,900 Very nicely updated & maintained 2 story home, 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, 4season sunroom with huge backyard & deck. Newer carpeting, off street parking & security system. ONE YEAR HOME WARRANTY. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-2886 Keri Best 570-885-5082
74 Regent St. 1/2 double with 3 bedrooms, new bathroom, front steps, carpeting, shed and fence. Extra storage in walk up attic. Move in condition. MLS 12-2972 $44,000 Jay A. Crossin EXT 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0776
Beautifully kept split level in desirable Barney Farms. 3 car attached garage, finished basement & attic. Landscaped lot, covered deck with custom pull down shades. Hardwood living room, formal dining room, cathedral ceilings in living room & kitchen. Full wet bar in finished basement, walk out patio for your parties/cookouts. MLS# 12-1874 $254,900 Ann Devereaux 570-212-2038 Classic Properties 570-587-7000 790 Northern Blvd. Clarks Summit, PA 18411 WILKES-BARRE
NEW ON THE MARKET! Affordability For You! This spacious home features formal dining room, three bedrooms, convenience of a bath on each floor, an extra benefit of a walk-up attic, newer windows, door, screen doors, deck to relax on and fenced-in yard for children & pets. Within Your MeansLock The Door On High Rent!!!! View The Virtual Tour. MLS# 12-2990 $45,000 Michele Hopkins 570-540-6046.
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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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 Call Michele 570-905-2336
Convenient city living on almost one acre corner lot. Beautiful views, quiet street. Home has large room sizes & wrap around porch. Additional enclosed porch in back, finished basement with kitchen, bath & bar which could be used as separate apartment. Two car detached garage. Private property. Must see to appreciate! MLS # 12-1651 $105,000 Call Jill Hiscox
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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
Beautifully maintained double block on large landscaped lot. Newer roof and windows, hardwood under carpet, ceiling fans, plaster walls and ample off street parking. Live in one side and let rent from other side help pay your mortgage. Must see! $108,000 Call CHRISTINE KUTZ for details 570-332-8832
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332 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 $99,900 Jay A. Crossin EXT. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 WILKES-BARRE REDUCED
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 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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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
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 $72,000 Jay A. Crossin Ext. 23 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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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
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SHICKSHINNY LAKE
DUPONT $89,900
KINGSTON 7 Hoyt St
PITTSTON
SHAVERTOWN
WILKES-BARRE
Well maintained 3 bedroom home with 1.5 baths. Home has newly remodeled kitchen with Brazilian cherry hardwood floors. Pantry off kitchen that leads to new bath. In-ground pool. 2-car detached garage. #12-2545 $129,900 Call Christine Pieczynski 696-6569
696-2600 WILKES-BARRE
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. Dont miss out MLS 12-1745 $89,000 Debbie McGuire 570-332-4413 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
AVOCA $79,900
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 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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 mortgage 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
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 KINGSTON REDUCED
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
EDWARDSVILLE
KINGSTON
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). Off-street 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 283-9100 x20
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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
AVOCA REDUCED TO $89,000
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 EDWARDSVILLE
100 Union St. Great location in high traffic area. Completely remodeled and updated. Professional space. Move in ready with office furniture included in price. Reception area, eat in kitchen and outside deck. MLS 12-2784 $85,000 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 KINGSTON
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 $299,000 Shelby Watchilla 570-762-6969 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 5770-288-0770 KINGSTON REDUCED
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! $130,000. Call Steve at (570)468-2488 PITTSTON PRICED REDUCED NEW PRICE $79,900
PITTSTON
570-283-9100 WILKES-BARRE
Nice, clean 3 bedroom, 6 room home in very good condition, parking at rear for 3+ vehicles, newer rear porch with trees shading porch. Side lot is nicely landscaped, 2nd floor has rear porch off bedroom. Large storage area on 2nd floor which can be converted to a 2nd bathroom. Replacement windows throughout, natural woodwork on 1st floor and stairs. Kitchen remodeled with new stove and dishwasher. #12-2213 $59,000 Louise Laine 283-9100 x20
25 St. Marys 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. MLS #10-3872 Call Charlie 570-829-6200 VM 101
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
299 Rutter Ave. Large well maintained Duplex on a 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 570-288-0770 KINGSTON
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 KINGSTON REDUCED!
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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
PLYMOUTH
NEW LISTING! COMMERCIAL LEASE 30 Carverton Road, Historic Back Mountain church with modern updates ready for your professional office, retail, antique or craft store. The possibilities are many; property is Zoned B-1. Beautiful tiled entry foyer leads to the reception/cashier area and a waiting room or additional retail space. Along the center open hallway (with vaulted ceiling) are five private offices/rooms, each measuring approximately 10x10. There is a storage room and half-bath. The lower level has its own entry (also accessed from the 1st floor) and includes an open office area, a 16x13 private office, a room for a mini-kitchen/break room, another half bath and more storage. The building is heated with a 2zone gas system and has a Trane High Efficiency air conditioning system. The property has parking adjacent to the building and directly across the street (a total of 32 spaces with 3 designated for handicap parking). This unique property is listed at $1500/month. Tenant will be responsible for gas, electric and water utilities, along with their furniture, equipment and liability insurance. The owner will pay taxes, DAMA sewer and basic trash/recycling expense and insurance on the building. Photos and other information about this property are available online at www.poggijones.com. CLICK on the link for Commercial and investment properties and enter 12-2089 in the MLS Search. For additional information or to schedule an appointment please contact Walter or Mary Ellen Belchick at 6966566 or email mebelchick@poggijones.com
399-401 Madison St Fully occupied and maintained 4 unit building in nice section of Wilkes-Barre close to General Hospital, schools and public transportation. MLS 12-2460 $99,500 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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
JENKINS TOWNSHIP Prestigious
Looking to buy a home? Place an ad here and let the sellers know! 570-829-7130
WILKES-BARRE
Location, Location, Location A most unique & desirable lakefront 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! MLS# 11-1269 $179,900 Call Dale Williams Five Mountains Realty 570-256-3343
SUGAR RUN River Run Lane W. Beautiful 1/2 acre wooded lot on the Susquehanna River in the Sugar Run area. Prime location for camper, cabin or cottage. Great fishing & hunting. MLS 12-3104 $14,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 SWEET VALLEY Grassy Pond Road 6.69 wooded acres. Great building site and/or ideal hunting property. No utilities. REDUCED $65,000 Call Pat Doty 570-394-6901 McDermott Real Estate 570-696-2468 TRUCKSVILLE REDUCED
NEW LISTING
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 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
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
Build your new home in a great neighborhood. Convenient location near highways, airport, casino and shopping
LAFLIN $32,900 Lot#9 Pinewood Dr
to laflin Rd; make left off Laflin Rd onto Pinewood Dr. Lot is on corner of Pinewood Dr. and Hickorywood Dr. MLS 11-3411 atlas realtyinc.com Call Keri Best 570-885-5082
156 X 110 X 150 X315 45 DIRECTIONS Rt
BEAR CREEK $149,900
696-2600
It's that time again! Rent out your apartment with the Classifieds 570-829-7130
WYOMING
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 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
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
299 Rutter Ave. Large well maintained Duplex on a 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 570-288-0770 KINGSTON
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
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
696-2600
WEST PITTSTON
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
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 $89,900 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770 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 PRICE REDUCED! $154,900
NEW LAND BARGAINS: HIGHEST QUALITY TIMER LANDS, WATERFRONT & CABINS. 6 acres- along snow trails- $12,995. 73 Acresgorgeous, pine forest$69,995. 5 AcresHemlock lodge cabin- $25,995. 6 Acres-trout stream$19,995. Call 800229-7843 Or visit landandcamps.com LEHMAN 9 Acres on Lehman Outlet Road. 470 front, over 1,000 deep. Wooded. $150,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611 BUILDING LOT $29,900 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. Call Charlie
LEHMAN TWP
Bi-Level features many upgrades to kitchen, living room, dining room, 1/2 bath. Move-right-in to this lovely home setting on .36 acre. Ultra-modern kitchen, DR with sliders to rear deck, LL FR w/fireplace, playroom, office, great storage, attached 2 car garage. MLS# 12-2456 $225,000 Call Lynda (570) 696-5418
DUPONT $79,900
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 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
P E N D I N G
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 FORTY FORT
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 KINGSTON
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
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
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
MOOSIC
NANTICOKE
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ASHLEY
DURYEA $39,900
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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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
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
93 Main 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 Call Tom 570-262-7716
Income Property & Duplex Home. Out of flood area On same lot. 7 apartments, 5 in excellent condition. Hardwood floors. $119,000 570-822-9697
HANOVER Repossessed
Modern, 1 bedroom loft townhouse in gated community, sleeps 4; taxes $400/year. Maintenance fee $70/month. Asking $35,000 or rent for $500/month. 5 minutes to Hazleton, 1 mile to Eagle Rock Resort. 570-824-6887 or 570-793-9390
ZIONS GROVE
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
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 WILKES-BARRE
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 WILKES-BARRE
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
P E N D I N G
MOUNTAIN TOP Several building lots ready to build on! ALL public utilities! Priced from $32,000 to $48,000! Use your own Builder! Call Jim Graham at 570-715-9323
4 building lots each measuring 68x102 with public utilities. For more info and photos visit: www.atlas realtyinc.com MLS 12-439 Call Charlie 570-829-6200
WYOMING $39,900 EACH FIRST ST.
912 Lots & Acreage

BACK MOUNTAIN
915 Manufactured Homes

2 bedroom. Clean. Needs no work. Remodeled throughout. $16,000. 570-851-6128 or 610-767-9456 SWEET VALLEY
PITTSTON TWP
NEWPORT TWP. Rolling Meadows Developers Special Back Mountain Lot 20 .46 acres. Available at discount price of $49,900 if under contract by Sept 30, 2012. Your choice of builder with developer approval. Buy now and you have 3 years to build. Underground utilities: electric & gas, and public sewer Call Geri at 570.696.0888 or Rae at 570.714.9234 for details.
LOTS - LOTS - LOTS

1 mile south of L.C.C.C.
399-401 Madison St Fully occupied and maintained 4 unit building in nice section of Wilkes-Barre close to General Hospital, schools and public transportation. MLS 12-2460 $99,500 John Shelley 570-702-4162 CROSSIN REAL ESTATE 570-288-0770
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
210 frontage x 158 deep. All underground utilities, natural gas. GREAT VIEW!! $37,500 2 LOTS AVAILABLE 100 frontage x 228 deep. Modular home with basement accepted. Each lot $17,000. Call 570-714-1296
DALLAS TOWNSHIP 63 acres with about 5,000 roadfront on 2 roads. All Wooded. $385,000. Call Besecker Realty 570-675-3611
New Homes From $275,000$595,000 570-474-5574
LivingInQuailHill.com
Exceptionally nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath mobile home nestled on a 1.8 acre lot. Attractive eat-in kitchen, all appliances included. Large living room & laundry. Enjoy breezes on your screened porch. One owner. MLS # 12-2457 $74,900 Barbara Metcalf 570-696-0883
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WYOMING
OPEN HOUSE TODAY 1:00-3:00 PM Lot 1 Woodberry Dr., Mountaintop
OPEN HOUSE TODAY 1:00-2:30 PM DALLAS

10 DAKOTA DRIVE
OPEN HOUSE TODAY 1:00-2:30 PM

615 CHARLES STREET

688 WEST 8TH STREET
DALLAS
77 YOLANDA DRIVE
EXETER Large brick Ranch in Exeter. 3BRs, 1 3/4 bath, LR w/HW floors, DR w/marble. Basement can be finished. Nice yard. With some TLC this home can be a showplace again. MLS# 12-3033 ANDY 714-9225 $165,000
WYOMING Charming Ranch home with 3BRs, fenced yard, HW floors, 2 car garage & stainless steel appliances. MLS# 12-3110 TINA 714-9277 $119,900
DALLAS DAKOTA WOODS - Carefree Condo -Bright & spacious w/3 BRs, 1st flr master, study/library, kit w/granite & upscale appls, 2 car gar. MLS#11-3208 RHEA 696-6677 $379,000 DIR: Rt 309N to R into Dakota Woods
KINGSTON A must see! Steel & concrete construction put together this exceptional 4BR, 5 bath home. Great location & fenced yard, property features maple HW flrs - cherry kitchen cabs - unique bronze staircase tile baths & much more. MLS# 12-531 JULIO 239-6408 or RHEA 696-6677 $279,900 DIR: Wyoming Avenue to E. Dorrance to L on Charles, home on R.
WEST WYOMING Unique design, outstanding craftsmanship & quality finishes make this home a MUST SEE! MLS# 12-2032 MARY D. 696-0729 $174,900 DIR: 8th Street between Shoemaker Ave & Carverton Rd.
SHAVERTOWN Spacious home. Wonderful flr plan & elegant detail throughout. Fantastic 2 story great rm w/gas FP great kitchen, , MSTR on 1st flr, 5BRs, 5 baths & great finished LL w/custom cabinetry. MLS# 11-3697 MARGY 696-0891 $425,000 DIR: Rt.309N - L on Hillside Road - Approximately 4 miles - L on Jackson - L into Amber Woods - R on Yolanda.
DALLAS
WHITE HAVEN
DALLAS Elevator - great feature! Beautiful 3BR Condo. Wood floors, custom kitchen, dramatic windows, 2 car garage. MLS# 12-970 VIRGINIA 714-9253 $284,500
WHITE HAVEN Move-in ready meticulously kept 2-story home features 3BRS, 1.5 baths, FR, DR, LR, eat-in kitchen, 1 car attached garage. Double lot, storage shed, Trex deck, C/A & FP A must see! . MLS# 12-178 EVELYN 715-9336 $164,900
Preview this 4BR, 3bath 2 story model w/ lots of HW & tile. Granite counters in kit, MSTR Suite w/2 walk-in closets & tiled bath w/ dbl vanities, shower & whirlpool. Home/lot packages available. TERRY D. 715-9317
Dir: 309S. to Right on S Main, Right on Nuangola, RIght on Fairwood Blvd. to end. Straight into Woodberry Manor. 1st house on left.
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BLAKESLEE 5BR, 3 bath charming Cape Cod on a 2 acre wooded lot. Cathedral ceiling in FR, large modern kitchen. MLS# 12-1969 JOAN 696-0887 $390,000
FORTY FORT Gracious 3BR, 3 bath Cape Cod. HW floors, crown molding, large eat-in kitchen, large lot. Create family memories here! MLS# 12-2007 LESLIE 696-0841 $249,900
LEHMAN 4BRs, 4 baths, stone-wood burning FP in LR, gas FP in kitchen. Computer nook off kitchen w/pantry. Sunroom or exercise rm off MBR w/sliding doors to balcony. 3 car garage. 2.8acres! Many upgrades. MLS# 12-2205 EMMA 714-9223 or RAE 714-9234 $575,000
BEAR CREEK VILLAGE Fall in love w Whispering Pines in scenic Historic Bear Creek Village set on a knoll w/lake glimpses. Spacious, comfortable traditional features 3FPs, HW flrs, mod kit, GE appls. Come for a visit & stay for the lifestyle! MLS# 12-186 Ann Lewis 714-9245 $259,000
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 & Sub-Zero - 5BRs, 4 baths - Beautifully landscaped property is complete with a carriage house & Bocce court. MLS# 11-2533 RHEA 696-6677 $699,000
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POINT BREEZE 4BR, 2.1 bath home on level lot w/40 prime lakefront. Large open LR/DR w/terric view of the lake; FR w/ skylights & FP; eat-in kitchen w/all appliances; MBR Suite; 1st oor laundry; 3 garages & deck PLUS large modern 2BR apt; 40 feet of lakefront w/dock & boatslip.
44 Birchwood Drive, Mountaintop 73 Sutton Road, Dallas $475,000 MLS#12-2443 $269,900 MLS#12-3162 3 REDUCED! REDUCED!
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15 Vine Street, Dallas

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438 Schuyler Avenue, Kingston

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110 Elmcrest Dr., Dallas 5 Aster Road, Dallas $179,900 MLS#12-2125 $235,000 MLS#12-2244 5
DIR: Rte 309S to R on S. Main Rd to R on Nuangola Rd to R on Aleksander into Polonia Estates, R on General Pulaski. Jennifer Winn 570.760.1622
$299,000 MLS#12-2772
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DIR: Rte 309 to Kirby Ave to R on Farmhouse to R on Village Green. Jennifer Winn 570.760.1622 $147,900 MLS#12-2783
Custom home is perfectly situated on over 3 acres in Windsor Hills
MOSCOW
$649,900 MLS#12-3050
Country Estate, minutes from the Valley. sprawling ranch, 12 acre park-like setting
PITTSTON
$569,000 MLS#12-1707
This Pocono Chalet sits on a very private lot located in a wooded development
WHITE HAVEN
With Rae, Service = Sales
$299,000 MLS#12-1623
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ESTATES
PINE RIDGE ESTATES - 4BR, 2 story, 2.5 bath, 6yrs old. C/A, HW in LR, DR, FR. Large room sizes. Move-in condition. Large deck. Security system. MLS#12-259 $234,900 Dir: West on E. Main St. from Mohegan Sun to left onto Mayock St. to right on Samantha Dr. to left on Sarah.
DURYEA
Bi-Level 3-4BR, 2 kitchens, 2 full baths, 2 gas replaces, in-ground kidney shaped pool, large lot $149,900 MLS#12-1051
MULTIFAMILY
Is Developing Nicely! See our spec home and lots today!
Bi-Level located in Blueberry Hill Estates, plenty of storage, nished LL, double lot
DURYEA
$235,000 MLS#12-1696
4BR property in the Edgewood Terrace Development, living room with replace, 2-car garage $188,000 MLS#12-3103
DRUMS
SWOYERSVILLE
Ranch home, beautiful landscaping, many features, Blueberry Hill Estates
$179,900 MLS#12-2035
Single level living! 3 BR ranch is close to schools and LCCC. Huge private backyard. $129,900 MLS#12-2927
NANTICOKE
EVERY NEW HOME CONTRACT INCLUDES HEATING AND COOLING BILLS FOR
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Smith Hourigan Group (570) 696-1195
LOT PRICES STARTING AT $40,000 $40 000

LOTS READY FOR IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION For Specics Call Connie Yanoshak 829-0184
10 YEARS
(570) 675 9880
DALLAS TOWNSHIP Spectacular wooded and rolling topography provides backdrop for one of the Back Mountains most successful new neighborhoods. Created by Halbing-Amato Developers, you can work with Summit Pointe Builders to design your dream home or choose your own builder. Offers public, water, sewer, gas, electric, phone and cable. Call Kevin Smith (570) 696-5420 Kevin.Smith@Century21.com
Completely renovated eat-in kitchen + NEW appliances, walk-in pantry, new master suite! $119,000 MLS#12-1282
PLYMOUTH
5BR home, 2 kitchens, possible in-law suite on 2nd level, over-sized garage, large deck $114,900 MLS#12-2218
EXETER
2-store, 3BR home on large lot, eat-in kitchen with SS appliances, modern baths, garage $89,900 MLS#12-2543
WILKESBARRE
Duplex with 3BR units on each side, original woodwork throughout, corner lot, OSP $74,000 MLS#11-1607
MULTIFAMILY
EDWARDSVILLE
3-4BR corner property, eat-in kitchen, pool, patio, 2-car garage,
PECKVILLE
Priced from $52,900 to $89,900.
$69,000 MLS#12-204SCR
Directions: From Kingston. Route 309 to a right on Center Street. Left at the T onto Ondish Road. Follow 3/4 mile to Saddle Ridge Entrance on the Right.
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3138 Memorial Hwy., Dallas

Across From Agway
Luxurious Twins in Kingston
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* Approx 2100 Sq. Ft. * 2 Car Garage with Storage Area * 2 Story Great Room * Cherry Kitchen with Granite * Fenced in Yard with Patio * Gas Heat/AC Directions: From Wyoming Ave. take Pringle St. to the End, take left on Grove St. Twins on left 267 Grove St. Kingston
2 Story home, eat-in kitchen, 3 BR, large living room, den, 3-season porch, large yard, OSP $67,500 MLS#11-4229
PITTSTON
2-story home, three 3-season porches, walk up attic, basement close to General Hospital $60,000 MLS#11-1779
WILKESBARRE
Move right in! wood oors, formal dining room with bay window, spacious eat-in kitchen $54,900 MLS#12-706
EDWARDSVILLE
3 bedroom double, + renished LL apartment with a kitchen, full bathroom, and 2 rooms
WILKESBARRE
$44,900 MLS#12-2436
Four Great Styles... 3 with rst oor master

1/2 double, Rolling Mill Hill section, storage with a walk up attic, newer roof , nice yard $35,000 MLS#12-2495
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WILKESBARRE
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Starting at $219,000
Mountaintop (570) 403-3000
$198,900
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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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DIRECTIONS: From William St., Pittston, turn onto Fulton St. At 4-way, cross Butler St. and go straight to Grandview Dr.
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HARVEYS LAKE
AUGUST 19 10AM-12PM 264 S. MAIN ST. 3 Bedrooms, 1 1/2 bath. Private driveway. Fenced yard. Newer appliances. Partially finished basement. $129,000 Prudential Real Estate Robert Bartorillo 283-9100
PITTSTON OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY
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
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
FORTY FORT 1 BEDROOM, 2ND
apts. 1st floor, 2 baths plus. 2nd floor 1.5 baths & den plus. All appliances, washer/dryer included. Carpeted, A/C, garage, no pets/smoking, lease. (570) 287-1733
KINGSTON 2 Deluxe 3 BR
2 BEDROOM LUXURY APARTMENT WITH A PARK VIEW. this totally renovated & gutted space is within walking distance to downtown Wilkes-Barre & Kirby Park brand new everything! Tiled eat in kitchen, tiled bath, ceiling fans, closets & a screened porch $795/month includes heat Call Pat Today!!!
KINGSTON
Nice, clean, 2 bedrooms, heat, hot water, trash collection included. Stove, air conditioning, washer dryer availability. No pets, no smoking. Security. $575/month. Call 570-542-5610 2 bedroom, includes, fridge, stove, heat, garbage stickers. Off street parking avail. $500/month plus security 570-388-2271
NANTICOKE
1st floor, 1 bedroom 1 bath, newly remodeled. All appliances, washer, dryer. Off street parking, no pets. $575 month plus utilities, security and references. 570-954-2972
WEST WYOMING
PITTSTON
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
WILKES-BARRE
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Apartments/ Furnished
FORTY FORT
Nice, clean, 1 bedroom, water, sewer, garbage fee included.Washer/dryer, refrigerator & stove availability. Security, $465/ month. No pets, no smoking. 570-542-5610
NANTICOKE
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
WILKES-BARRE VICTORIAN
1693 Wyoming Ave. Beautiful spacious 1500 sq. ft. 1st floor apt. Hardwood floors, extra large living room with real fireplace, large formal dining room, 3 bedrooms with closets. 1 full bath with wall to wall tiler, washer/dryer hookup in basement. Deck off back. Off street parking with garage. $900 month plus utilities. No pets. Application and employment verification. Call 570-239-1010 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, 1 bath, off street parking, NO PETS, NO SMOKING. Water, Sewer, Garbage included. Lease & Deposit, $625/month. Call 570-466-0005
3 bedroom, 1 bath, large living room, nice kitchen, laundry room with washer/dryer hookup. 3rd floor completely finished (not for use as a bedroom). Our company prides itself on offering very clean homes! This home has newer wall-towall carpeting, fresher paint throughout, remodeled bathroom and more. $795/mo + 1.5 mo security deposit + utilities; no pets; no smoking; credit check, background check. 908.246.9434
KINGSTON
PITTSTON
Mayflower Crossing Apartments 570.822.3968 2, 3 & 4 Bedrooms

- Light & bright open floor plans - All major appliances included - Pets welcome* - Close to everything - 24 hour emergency maintenance - Short term leases available
1 & 2 bedroom apartments. Starting at $440 and up. References required. Section 8 OK 570-357-0712 WILKES-BARRE
WILKES-BARRE SOUTH SECURE BUILDINGS
Lease Space Available, Light manufacturing, warehouse, office, includes all utilities with free parking. I will save you money!
PITTSTON COOPERS CO-OP
PITTSTON
84 Loveland Ave. 2 bedrooms, 1 modern, oversized bath, walk in closet, air in Master. Refrigerator, stove, washer/dryer. Basement storage, freshly painted & includes all window shades. No pets, non-smoking. $600/month + utilities, security & references 570-814-7268
KINGSTON
3300 Square foot lake front home, has 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, modern kitchen, living room with fireplace that opens to dining room. Sitting room in the corner off the kitchen. $2,250/month + utilities. Call Kevin at 696-5420
ROSEWOOD REALTY LLC
Townhouse conveniently located on residential street, ultra modern, 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath, large eat-in kitchen, central air, gas heat, off street parking, outside maintenance provided, heat & utilities by tenant, no pets, no smoking, 1 year lease, and 1 month security. Call
KINGSTON
CLEAN & apt. 2nd SPACIOUS 4 room

floor, stove & refrigerator, off street parking. Water, sewer & garbage included. Non smokers & no pets. $575/month. 570-655-2567
Lots of light, wood floors. Short term ok. $425. All utilities included. No pets. 570-826-1934
STUDIO NEAR WILKES
399 - 401 Elm Ave. Quiet convenientneighborhood. Newly remodeled apartments. 2nd floor, 2 bedroom apts. $550 each + utilities NO PETS, No section 8 housing. References and security required. 570-301-2785
KINGSTON
PITTSTON Large 3 bedroom 2nd floor apartment. Includes refrigerator, range, washer dryer hookup. Sewer & trash. $575 + security. Call Bernie 1-888-244-2714
Call TODAY For AVAILABILITY!! www.mayflower crossing.com

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West River St. 2 blocks from Wilkes U. 3rd floor, spacious 1,100+ sq. ft. 3 to 4 bedrooms. Dishwasher, washer/dryer hook up in unit. Balcony. $840, heat & hot water included. Pets OK with additional rent. Call 570-798-7051 WILKES-BARRE 1 bedroom water included 2 bedroom water included 2 bedroom single family 5 bedroom large 2 bedroom, heat & water included 3 bedroom, half double, immaculate condition 3 bedroom single PITTSTON Large 1 bedroom water included AVOCA 3 Bedroom, water included HANOVER TWP. 2 Bedroom, half double PLYMOUTH 1/2 double, 3 bedroom McDermott & McDermott Real Estate Inc. Property Management 570-821-1650 (direct line) Mon-Fri. 8-7pm Sat. 8-noon
WILKES-BARRE
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. Call Charlie 570-829-6200
OFFICE SPACE $1,000/MONTH Attractive modern
2 bedroom, 1 bath, stove washer/ dryer. Near Hollenback Golf Course. Living room, pantry, carpeting, gas heat. $550/month + utilities & security. (570)655-8639
MINERS MILLS
SMITH HOURIGAN 570-696-1195
PLYMOUTH
3 bedroom, 1 bath. Located on Academy St. $650 + utilities & security. Small pets OK with extra security. Call 570-262-1577
near school, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, all appliances, fenced yard, off street parking, deck, beautiful home. $975 / month, 1st, last & security. Call 570-714-3693 392 Bennett St.
KINGSTON
570-287-6822
PITTSTON MUST SEE!!!! Modern 1 bedroom,

sunroom/patio, all appliances. Off street parking. Air, utilities by tenant. No Pets. $575/mo. Security & References required. 570-655-6598 Leave message
315 PLAZA
1,750 SQ. FT. & 2,400 SQ.FT OFFICE/RETAIL 570-829-1206
LUZERNE
941
FORTY FORT
74 W. Hartford St 1 bedroom + computer room. 1st or 2nd floor. Water, fridge, stove. No pets. Security, lease, application fee. $500 + utilities. 570-472-9494
ASHLEY
DALLAS
1 bedroom, 2nd floor. No pets. $400 month + security. Leave message at 570-760-6354 DALLAS Central location. 3 rooms & bath. Newer fridge & stove. 2nd floor. No pets. $400 + utilities. 570-675-3611 DALLAS Remodeled 2 bedroom. Convenient location washer/ dryer hook-up. Off street parking. $700/month + utilities, no pets. Call 570-862-7432 Call Geri 570-696-0888
ately 2nd floor, 2 bedroom, off street parking, kitchen with appliances included., washer/dryer hookup, sewer included. $575 + utilities & security. Call 570-760-2362
FORTY FORT Available Immedi-
A vailable Now! 2nd floor. Located in quiet neighborhood. Kitchen, living room, dining room. Sunroom. Bath. 3 bedrooms; 2 large & 1 small. Lots of closets. Built in linen closet & hutch. Hardwood and carpeted floors. Fireplace. Storage room. Yard. Washer / dryer, stove / fridge. Heat and hot water included. One year lease+ security. $950 570-283-4370
KINGSTON 72 E. W alnut St.
LARKSVILLE
FREE HEAT 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove, off-street parking, small pets OK. $600/month + 1 month deposit. Call 570-262-1577
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 / KINGSTON Efficiency 1 & 2

WILKES BARRE
WEST PITTSTON
One block to elementary school. 2-3 Bedrooms. Off-Street Parking No Smoking. $675. + utilities, security, last month. 570-885-4206
MAINTENANCE FREE!
Gas heat. Washer /dryer hookup, dishwasher, stove & refrigerator. Fenced in yard, partially new carpet. Offstreet parking, yard. $725 + utilities. (570) 288-3438
2 BEDROOM HOUSE
2 bedroom, 2nd floor, off street parking, large living space, washer/ dryer hook up. $425/month + utilities. No pets or smoking. Call 570-820-8822 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
PLAINS
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
PLAINS
3 bedrooms, 1 bath. Newly remodeled. $700/month + security. 215-932-5690
WILKES-BARRE
wall to wall, freshly painted, fridge and stove incl. $575/mo plus security. Heat, water, sewer, trash included. Tenant pays electric 201-304-3469
GLEN LYON 1 bedroom, new
1st floor, Large 1 bedroom, bath with shower, wall to wall carpet. Off street parking. $525 + utilities. References required. Gas heat. No pets or smoking. 570-407-3991 or 570-779-4609
KINGSTON Available Sept. 1st
WILKES-BARRE 307-309 South St E.

2 bedroom, 1st floor. New windows & carpet. Ceramic tile in kitchen & bath. $650/month. Landlord pays water & heat. No Pets. 1 month security & 1 months rent. Call Manny 718-946-8738 or 917-295-6254
228 Wilkes-Barre Twp. Blvd. Prime retail or office space in a highly active shopping plaza in close proximity to Price Shopper and Wegman's, 1500 sq. ft. available in end unit.Plenty of parking. Prominent marquee signage available. $1250/month Call Geri,570-696-0888 Lewith & Freeman R.E. 570-696-2075.
Academy Street 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
WILKES-BARRE
Available September 1st. 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, Dining room, washer/dryer included. Small pets negotiable, no cats. $900/per month+ utilities. Background check, security deposit, Call 570-868-3585
MOUNTAINTOP
953 Houses for Rent
2nd floor, small 1 bedroom. Gas heat. $445. Some utilities included. Lease, security. No pets. 570-220-6533 after 6pm
LUZERNE
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 PITTSTON Completely remodeled, modern 2 bedroom 1/2 double. 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 570-899-8877 or 570-479-6722
Clean & bright 3 bedroom apartments. Heat, water, garbage & sewer included with appliances. Off street parking. No pets, non smoking, not section 8 approved. References, security, first and last months rent. $725/month 570-852-0252
HANOVER TOWNSHIP West End Road
sized executive style apartment in large historic home. Two bedrooms, one bath, granite kitchen, hardwood floors, dining room, living room, basement storage, beautiful front porch, washer/ dryer. $1,100 monthly plus utilities. No smoking. Call 570-472-1110
KINGSTON Beautiful, over-
Available Sept. 1st. 2nd floor, 1 bedroom & bath. All appliances. Heat, water, hot water & sewer included. Air, washer & dryer. Newly painted. No pets, non-smoking. Security, lease & references required. $600/month. Call (570) 288-4253 Leave message 5 rooms 1st floor heat and water furnished. $745 4 rooms 2nd floor heat and water furnished. $675 Security and references 570-457-7854
LUZERNE
Clean and efficient first floor. One bedroom, off street parking. Incl. stove, fridge, sewer and garbage. Laundry facilities. Security and references no pets. $550/month plus utilities. 570-466-4176 570 388-6468
PLAINS/HUDSON
WILKES-BARRE
baths, all appliances, washer/ dryer hookup, no pets. Private, large yard. $750/month + utilities, security & references. 570-388-6858 DALLAS
CENTERMORELAND 2 bedrooms, 2
2 bedrooms, 1 bath, newly remodeled, all new carpeting, washer /dryer hookup, off-street parking. $650/per month plus security, tenant pays utilities. Call 570-883-1463, 570-654-6737 or 570-362-4019
PITTSTON
PLYMOUTH Large 1 bedroom
Let the Community Know! Place your Classified Ad TODAY! 570-829-7130
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Commercial Properties
apt includes heat, water, sewer, fridge & range. $500. month plus $500 month security. Call Bernie 888-244-2714
MOOSIC
2 to 3 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer, single car detached garage, gas heat, no pets. $825/month + electric & 1 month security. 570-760-0612
HANOVER TWP.
KINGSTON
Bring Rover or Kitty & move right in. 2 bedroom apt. Off street parking, coin laundry on premises. $600/month + gas, heat & electric. Call 570-262-1577
214 Taft Street 2nd floor. Modern 2 bedroom. Newer kitchen, bath, stove & fridge. Washer & dryer in basement. $510 + utilities & security. No pets. No smoking. Call (570) 825-6259
HANOVER TWP.
1 Bedroom apartments for elderly, disabled. Rents based on 30% of ADJ gross income. Handicap Accessible. Equal Housing Opportunity. TTY711 or 570-474-5010 This institution is an equal opportunity provider & employer.
MOUNTAIN TOP
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
er / dryer hookup. Gas heat. No smoking, pets. $650 + utilities, security. 570-709-4795 Large 2 bedroom 2nd floor apartment. $675/mo. + utilities. Sun porch & private laundry area, all appliances included. No smoking, no pets. Requires 1 year lease, first & last months rent, credit check and references. Call 570-239-9447.
KINGSTON FIRST FLOOR 2 bedroom, washKINGSTON
1st floor, 1 bedroom, kitchen, living room. Stove, refrigerator, and microwave provided. Washer and dryer hookup. Two rooms wall to wall carpeting. Sewer included. Quiet neighborhood. No pets. $460/month, lease, 1st, security deposit, and references required. 570-498-0949
DURYEA
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.
MOUNTAIN TOP WOODBRYN 1 & 2 Bedroom.
TWO SPACIOUS APARTMENTS: 2 BEDROOM 1 bath + office space / nursery. $750. 2 BEDROOM 2 bath + office space/nursery $850. Very clean living space. Tenant pays utilities. Very affordable sewer/off street parking included. New carpet throughout. Contact 570-855 8781 for more details to set up a walk through. NO SECTION 8. NO CEO. No smoking indoors. We are looking for reliable trustworthy people to rent clean living space. CLOSE TO WYOMING VALLEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL AND MAIN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PLYMOUTH
3rd floor, 1 bedroom. Fridge & stove included. No pets. Security, application fee + utilities. $400/month 570-472-9494
WILKES-BARRE 460 Scott Street
Rte. 315 2,400 Sq. Ft. professional office space with beautiful view of Valley & Casino. will divide office / retail Call 570-829-1206 KINGSTON
DOLPHIN PLAZA
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
166 Davenport St. TOWNHOUSE 2 years old. 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, central air, hardwood floors, 1st floor laundry room. $1600 month + utilities, MLS# 12-2031 Call Geri 570-696-0888
80 River Street Newly remodeled two story, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, refrigerator, stove & dryer, washer hookup, two car driveway, fenced yard, no pets. $800/month + utilities. 1st, last & security. Call 570-417-9781 To view house go to www.wilkesbarre djs.com/ 789PhotoAlbum
PITTSTON
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 APARTMENTS FOR RENT!
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 KINGSTON
BEST $1 SQ. FT. LEASES YOULL EVER SEE! Warehouse, distribution, storage, light manufacturing. Gas heat, sprinklers, overhead doors, parking for 30 cars. Yes, that $1 sq.ft. lease! We have 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
WILKES-BARRE
DALLAS
Newly remodeled six rooms, separate laundry room, refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer, micro wave included. Gas heat, off street parking, no smoking or pets. $725/month + security. Available 8/25. 570-237-5216
PITTSTON
947
Garages
KINGSTON
1st floor, spacious, attractive, 2 bedroom, living room/den, Dining Room, large kitchen, AC, washer/dryer, gas heat, QUIET/SAFE. Ideal for SENIOR DOWNSIZING. $695 + utilities after discount. No smoking, No pets, No Section 8. Other Kingston apartments available. 574-9827
floor. W/w carpeting, w/d hookup, stove and fridge included. Large porch. Utilities by tenants. 1 year lease. $350/mo + security. No pets. Credit and background check. Not section 8 approved. 570-779-5218
EDWARDSVILLE 1 bedroom, first
bedroom, off-street parking, no pets, $495/month, plus utilities & security. Call 706-5628 AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY!! Spacious 2 bedroom, 2nd floor with balcony. W/d hookup. Includes. heat, hot water and water. No pets. $675 + 1 month security. 845-386-1011
KINGSTON Modern, 1st floor, 1

LARKSVILLE
painted, appliances included. $550/ month + 1st, last & security. No Pets. Utilities by Tenant. References & background check 570-814-1589
NANTICOKE 2 bedroom, freshly
sprawling & nice 6 room apartment in nice building. 1,215 sq. ft. overall. Has 5 closets & large linen closet in a very large bathroom. Gas heat, water, cooking gas & sewer all included. Close to I-81, mall & only 3 miles to Central Wilkes-Barre.Lease. $685/monthly. 570-650-3803
SUGAR NOTCH Very spacious,
duplex. Stove, hookups, parking, yard. No pets/no smoking. $490 + utilities. Call 570-868-4444
WILKES-BARRE Clean, 2 bedroom,
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
2 bedroom Living room, kitchen. Off street parking. Heat, water and all appliances included. 570-430-3095 West Pittston, Pa. GARDEN VILLAGE APARTMENTS 221 Fremont St. Housing for the elderly & mobility impaired; all utilities included. Federally subsidized program. Extremely low income persons encouraged to apply. Income less than $12,400. 570-655-6555, 8 am-4 pm, Monday-Friday. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
WEST PITTSTON
113 Edison St. Quiet neighborhood. 2 bedroom apartments available for immediate occupancy. Heat & hot water included. $625 Call Aileen at 570-822-7944
LAFAYETTE GARDENS ! S
AVE MONEY THIS YEAR
WILKES-BARRE
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 KINGSTON
GARAGE SPACE AVAILABLE $70/month. Ideal for cars, small boats, RVs, trailers, etc. 570-430-9537
PITTSTON
19 Richard Drive Great 3 bed, 2 bath townhome with open kitchen & wonderful deck $1,250/month plus utilities. MLS#11-64 570-696-3801 Call Margy 570-696-0891
Single family ranch home. 3 bedrooms. Quiet area, large deck, private driveway. $750/month + security & utilities. 570-883-7220
PITTSTON TWP.
PLAINS
2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, off street parking, yard/patio $800/per month Call 570-823-4503 38 Hurbane St. Central location. 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath, all new appliances. Off street parking. Lease/security. Pets negotiable. $775 + utilities. 570-237-0275
PLAINS 2$125/month CAR GARAGE

950
570-714-9234
2 bedroom, 2 bath, off street parking, washer/dryer hook up. No pets. $575. Security & lease. Tenant pays ALL utilities. Small back yard. 570-675-1795
DURYEA Newly Remodeled
PRINGLE
Half Doubles
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
FORMER KARATE STUDIO 1,000 sf with full
2 bedrooms, new tile kitchen & bath. Stove, washer/dryer hookup, offstreet parking. No pets. $750/month + utilities & security. Call (570)237-2076 A vailable Sept. 1 2 bedroom, newly renovated, custom oak kitchen cabinets, tile floors, paddle fans, 1.5 baths. Off street parking, deck and patio, $800 + utilities; gas, electric and water, washer dryier hookup. References required, no pets or smoking. 570-779-4609 570-407-3991
EXETER/WYOMING
FORTY FORT
Charming single family home. 3 bedrooms plus office. Large kitchen. $1200/mo + utilities. Lake access included. Year lease and credit check. Call Mark 570-406-8195 HUNLOCK CREEK Executive 2 story quality 4 bedroom home on 18 wooded acres in private setting. Quality construction with too many features to list. $1500/month + utilities. 1 year lease required. Call Dale for Specifics. 570-256-3343 FIVE MOUNTAINS REALTY
HARVEYS LAKE
Beautiful, meticulous contemporary 1 bedroom. Gas heat, air, fully furnished, fireplace, hardwood & tile flooring, carpeting. Carport & lovely garden. Most utilities included. $1,000/month. Please call 570-881-0320 S. Mountain Blvd. Brick ranch with living & dining rooms, kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths & 2 car garage. I year lease required. $1,2000/month + utilities. Call Dave @ 570-474-6307 or 570-715-7750
SHAVERTOWN
MOUNTAINTOP
bathroom, kitchen, large waiting area & super big studio area. All for $495/month + utilities. 570-706-5628
room, refrigerator & stove, washer/ dryer hookup, offstreet parking, no pets. Water, sewer & garbage included. $550/month + utilities & security. (570)388-4242
EXETER 2nd floor, 1 bed-
2 bedroom. Remodeled. Stove, refrigerator Washer/ dryer hookup. $675 Heat included. Call 570-814-0843
KINGSTON
3 bedrooms,1 bath, $650/per month, Call 570-760-0511
PLYMOUTH
bedroom. Hardwood floors, w/d hookup, stove, fridge, dishwasher. Off street parking. $600 + security & utilities. No pets. 570-954-5903
LARKSVILLE Very nice, clean, 2
apartment. Hardwood floors. Full kitchen. Large dining room. No pets, no smoking. $465. Water, sewer & trash included. 570-262-5399
NANTICOKE Large 1 bedroom
Roomy, 2 bedroom, new carpeting, clean. $510/month, + utilities, security & references. Garbage included. Section 8 Approved Call 570-815-2265
NANTICOKE
3 apartment near General Hospital. $575 utilities, first, last & security deposit. No pets. 570-417-3427
WILKES-BARRE bedroom, 1 bath
1st floor, 2 bedroom. Heat & water included. Washer/dryer hook up, yard. $635/month. No pets. Lease, 1st, last & security. References & background check. 570-822-4302
WILKES-BARRE MUST SEE!
OFF STREET PARKING INCLUDED Suite 1725 sq ft Utilities included Suite 21,450 sq ft Utilities included Units are unfinished & can be fit out to your specifications. Call: 570-655-3329 Extension 2 Margie
MODERN OFFICE SPACE WEST PITTSTON
3 bedroom, 2 baths, no yard. Non-smoking, no pets. $550 + utilities & security. 570-825-1474
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
3 bedroom, 1 bath, half double, $700 plus utilities, sewer included. No pets. Call 570-443-0770
KINGSTON
Beautiful, spacious 1 family house, 3 large bedrooms, 2 baths, large living room, dining room, eat-in kitchen, large family room. $725 + 1 months security. Available now. Call 609-356-8416
NANTICOKE
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
THORNHURST
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2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 4x4

#312115 5.3L V8 MSRP Berger Discount GMC Rebate GM Trade Assistance $29,025 -$1,026 -$2,000 -$1,000
*Plus Tax & Tags. Must Trade 99 or Newer Car or Truck For Trade Assistance Bonus.
2012 GMCTERRAIN SLE-2

#312126 EPA HWY UP To 38 MPG
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
SALE $
*Plus Tax & Tags.
SALE $
24,999*
$38,795 -$1,500 -$2,000 -$1,000 -$500 -$2,000 -$3,000
25,490*
2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 EXTENDED CAB

MSRP Power Tech Package Berger Discount Trade Assistance Loyalty or Conquest GMC Bonus Cash GMC Rebate
#312114 18 Chrome Clad Wheels
2012 BUICK LACROSSE AWD

#712048 Leather Group, Chrome Wheels. MSRP Berger Discount Buick Rebate Conquest Cash $36,375 -$1,076 -$1,000 -$1,000
*Plus Tax & Tags. Must Own A 99 or Newer Non-GM Car or Truck, Need Not Be Traded.
SALE
28,795*
$47,075 -$2,076 -$2,000 -$1,000
*Plus Tax & Tags. Conquest or Loyalty Must Own A 99 or Newer Car or Truck. Excludes Chevrolet or Cadillac.
SAVE $10,000 or 0% Financing For 60 Mos.
SALE $
33,299*
2012 BUICK ENCLAVE AWD

#712086 Leather Group, Sunroof. MSRP Berger Discount Buick Rebate Conquest Cash
2012 BUICK LACROSSE

#712092 Leather Group, White Diamond, Chrome Wheels. MSRP $34,725 Berger Discount -$1,026 Buick Rebate -$1,000 Conquest Cash -$1,000
BUY IT
#312058 Sunroof
41,999*
$45,420 -$2,021 -$2,000 -$500
SALE $
31,699*
$41,930 -$1,531 -$2,000 -$500
2012 GMC ACADIA SLT-1 AWD

MSRP Berger Discount GMC Rebate Loyalty Conquest
2012 GMC ACADIA SLT-1 FWD

#312077 Sunroof MSRP Berger Discount GMC Rebate Loyalty Conquest
SALE $
40,899*
*Plus Tax & Tags. Must Own A Non-GM Car or Truck For Conquest, 99 or Newer. Loyalty Excludes Cadillac and Chevrolet.
SALE $
37,899*
$40,785 -$2,386 -$2,500 -$500
or 0% Financing For 72 Mos.
2012 GMC SIERRA 1500 CREW CAB SLE 4x4

MSRP $41,970 Power Tech Package -$1,500 Berger Discount -$2,571 GMC Rebate -$3,000 Trade Assistance -$1,000 Bonus Cash -$500 Loyalty Conquest -$500 #312111 Z-71 PKG, Sunroof
2012 GMC SIERRA 2500 EXT CAB SLE

#312085 MSRP Berger Discount GMC Rebate Loyalty Conquest
SAVE $9,091!
SALE $
33,499*
SALE $
35,399*
2-YEAR/ 30,000 MILE MAINTENANCE PLAN. BALANCE OF FACTORY WARRANTY PLUS AN ADDITIONAL 12 MONTH /12,000 MILE BUMPER TO BUMPER WARRANYY. 3 DAY / 150 MILE MONEY BACK GURANTEE !!!
GM CERTIFIED PREOWNED
2011 GMC SIERRA EXTENDED CAB 4x4 2007 CHEVROLET SILVERADO LTZ CREW CAB 2009 PONTIAC G-6 SEDAN 2010 BUICK LACROSSE CXL A
#312015A 12,900 Miles.
SALE PRICE
12/12 Bumper To Bumper Warranty Warranty Expires 5/02/15
31,995*
#512012A 37,000 Miles.
SALE PRICE
12/12 Bumper To Bumper Warranty
27,995*
#612199A 26,671 Miles, White Diamond, FWD.
SALE PRICE
15,995*
#712005A All Wheel Drive, 19,800 Miles, One Local Owner.
SALE PRICE
27,995*
2007 CHEVY IMPALA LTZ
2009 CHEVY COBALT LT SEDAN
2008 CHEVY COBALT FRONT WHEEL DRIVE
#712064A Leather, Sunroof
SALE PRICE
*Plus Tax & Tags.
11,900*
#512116A 2.2L, Gas Saver!
#312051A
SALE PRICE
13,900*
SALE PRICE
16,900*
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STK. #612126 VIN# JM1BL1V86C1578218 Automatic, Cruise, Alloys, CD, Bluetooth, P. Windows, P. Locks, Traction Control, Stability Control.
ND BRA W NE
Sale
2012 Mazda3 i
40 MPG HWY $20,345 -$2,346 -$500 -$500
TOURING SEDAN
2012 Mazda 3i
STK. #612278 VIN# JM1BL1V88C1661455 5 Speed, Alloys, CD, Cruise, Bluetooth, P. Windows, P. Locks, Mirrors
TOURING SEDAN
80 AVAILABLE!
80 Mazda3s AVAILABLE
39 MPG HWY
Summer Discount Owner Loyalty Trade Assist
*Tax & Tags. Owner Loyalty Must Have A Mazda In Same Household. Trade Assistance- Must Trade A Mazda.
$16,999
2012 Mazda2 Sport
STK. #612261 Air Conditioning, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, Traction Control, Stability Control. 35 MPG HWY $15,455 -$960 Summer Discount -$2,346 VIN# JM1DE1KZ7C0150695
Summer Discount Owner Loyalty Trade Assistance
+ Tax & Tags
Sale $16,467*
30 MPG HWY 40 MPG HWY
$21,520 -$1,021 -$500
$19,600 -$2,133 -$500 -$500
+ Tax & Tags
2012 Mazda MX5 Miata Sport

STK. #612260 VIN# JM1NC2JF7C0225984 Alloys, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, Convenience Pkg., Fog Lights, Keyless Entry, Ready For Summer Fun! 28 MPG HWY
2013 Mazda 6i Sport Sedan

STK. #613044 VIN# 1YVHZ8BH7D5M12557 P. Windows, P. Locks, 5 Speed, CD, Traction Control, Stability Control
2012 Mazda 3i Touring Sedan

STK. #612181 VIN# JM1BL1V89C1615570 Moonroof/Bose Stereo CD, Auto, Alloys, Bluetooth, Cruise, P. Windows, P. Locks, Much More!
$14,495
2013 Mazda 6 i Sport
STK. #613013 VIN# 1YVHZ8DH5D5M00601 Auto, CD, Cruise, P. Windows, P. Locks, Traction Control, Stability Control, Much More! 31 MPG HWY
$25,530 Summer Discount -$2,035 Owner Loyalty -$500
Summer Discount Owner Loyalty
+ Tax & Tags
$22,995
+ Tax & Tags
Sale $19,999* Sale $18,805*

+ Tax & Tags + Tax & Tags
$22,250 -$2,445 $19,805 -$500 -$500
2013 Mazda CX-5 Touring

STK. #613041 VIN# JM3KE4CE6D0127826 Alloys, CD, Bluetooth, Foglights, P. Seat, P. Windows, P. Locks, Cruise & Much More!
All Wheel Drive
2012 Mazda CX-9 SPORT AWD

STK. #612263 VIN# JM3TB3BVXC0361345 Alloys, Third Row Seat, Tri-Zone Air Cond., Cruise, CD, Traction Control, Stability Control & Much More! 22 MPG HWY
2012 Mazda 3
5Door i Touring
STK. #612225 Plus 0% VIN# JM1BL1L83C1645599 Financing Auto, Alloys, Cruise, CD, For 60 Mos! P. Windows, P. Locks, Bluetooth
2013 Mazda CX-5

Touring AWD
STK. #613051 VIN# JM3KE4C#5D0131995 Moonroof, Bose CD, Alloys, Cruise, Bluetooth, P. Seat
2013 Mazda CX-5

Touring AWD
STK. #613052 Plus 0.9% VIN# JM3KE4CE8D0133210 Financing Available! Alloys, Bluetooth, P. Seat, Cruise, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks
Plus 0.9% Financing Available!
HIGHEST MPG OF ANY SUV INCLUDING HYBRID!

31 MPG HWY
39 MPG HWY
31 MPG HWY
31 MPG HWY
$21,695 $24,999 $26,999 $18,869 $26,199 $24,999*

* * *
* *
+ Tax & Tags + Tax & Tags + Tax & Tags
$24,270 -$2,075 -$500
$24,940 -$441 -$500
Summer Discount Owner Loyalty Trade Bonus
$32,015 -$4,016 -$500 -$500
Sale
$20,945 -$1,076 -$500 -$500
Sale
$27,225 -$526 -$500
Sale
$25,940 -$441 -$500
+ Tax & Tags
+ Tax & Tags
+ Tax & Tags
#512098B Only 6K Miles! Auto, CD, P . Windows, Cruise, Kona Blue.
2010 Mazda 6i Sport
2010 Mazda3 i Touring Sedan

#613012A 33K, Auto, P Windows, . P Locks, Alloys, Black, . Gorgeous!
2011 Mazda Tribute i Grand Touring 4WD

STK. #412065A 19K, Leather, Moonroof, Alloys, Heated Seats, P. Seat, Cruise, & More
SALE $17,995*
SALE
$15,995
#613032A 23K, Auto, Alloys, Moonroof, Bose 6CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, Celestial Blue!
SALE
$21,995*
+ Tax & Tags
12/12 Bumper To Bumper Warranty Powertrain Good Until 12-9-16 or 100,000 Miles.
12/12 Bumper To Bumper Warranty Powertrain Good Until 6/15/17 or 100,000 Miles.
12/12 Bumper To Bumper Warranty Powertrain Warranty good until 1/13/18 or 100,000 Miles
2010 Mazda3 S Sedan

#612236A 13K, Auto, Alloys, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, Cruise, CD, Celestial Blue!
2010 Mazda3 5 Door
2011 Mazda Tribute i Touring 4WD

STK. #511254A Only 5,900 Miles! Alloys, P. Seat, Cruise, P. Windows, P. Locks
SALE
$16,995*
SALE
$17,995*
#512098A 17K, Alloys, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, Cruise, Copper Red!
SALE
$22,995*
+ Tax & Tags
2010 2005 Mazda 5 Sport Wagon

#412027B 38K, Alloys, CD, P. Windows, Cruise, Black!
2010 Mazda CX-7i Sport
2010 Mazda 3S 5 Door

STK. #613035A 18K, Auto, Alloys, Cruise, CD, P. Windows, P. Locks, & More!
SALE $15,995*
SALE $18,995*
SALE
$16,995*
+ Tax & Tags
DRIVE WITH EXPERIENCE
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Auto., CD, PW, PL, Tilt, Alum. Wheels, Tilt, Pwr. Seat, Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Sirius Satellite Radio, Anti-Theft Sys.,Keyless Entry, Message Center, Pwr. Moonroof, SYNC
FORD REBATE....................................1,500 FORD BONUS REBATE........................1,000 FMCC REBATE..................................1,000 OFF LEASE REBATE............................1,000 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP. .445 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP................466
NEW 2012 FORD FUSION SE
NEW 2012 FORD FUSION SEL
Auto., Alum. Wheels, Tilt, PDL, PW, Safety Pkg., CD, Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, SYNC, Keyless Entry w/Keypad, Message Center, Pwr. Moonroof, Pwr. Leather Heated Seats, Drivers Vision Group, Blis w/Cross Traffic Alert, Rearview Camera, Rear Spoiler
FORD REBATE............................................1,500 FORD BONUS REBATE.................................1,000 FMCC REBATE...........................................1,000 OFF LEASE REBATE....................................1,000 FORD REGIONAL DISCOUNT OFF MSRP.......................1,445 COCCIA DISCOUNT OFF MSRP...........................711
*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 8/31/12.
NEW 2012 FORD FUSION SEL AWD

CD, Alum Wheels, Tilt, PW, PDL, Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., Side Impact Air Bags, 1st & 2nd Air Curtains, Anti-Theft Sys., Sirius Satellite Radio, Keyless Entry w/Keypad, Message Center,
APR
PLUS
M O S.
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DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012

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NIKO J. KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER

+(ISSN No. 0896-4084) USPS 499-710

Issue No. 2012-232

Published daily by: Impressions Media 15 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711

Settlement hearing set

LOCAL Scarantino calling school districts

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012

Deaths ruled homicides

Prison staff gets the most cutbacks

BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER

Fight highlights tomato festival

It was a real smash

INSIDE: For more photos see Pages 6A, 11A

Motorcyle club plans ride

Funfest Committee meets

Put People First aims to unite local activists

DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER

SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012

Both parties clash over Medicare

Rolling and rafting down the river

Egypts leader to visit Iran

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NATO, Taliban in verbal warfare

Shell serious about plant

Bill expands fertility coverage

Tonight Show cuts staff

Ex-leader blames police

Government welcomes new U.N. point-man

An injured Syrian fighter arrives at a field hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Friday.

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012

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