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Lou Bar-
letta on Monday outlined his goals
in Washington, fielded questions
from citizens and tried to address
their concerns at a
town hall meeting in
his old stomping
grounds City Hall.
Barletta, who left
halfway through his
third term as mayor of
Hazleton to represent
the 11th Congressional
District, had his fifth
Home to House pub-
lic forum in council chambers less
than two months after announcing
he was suspending town hall meet-
ings in favor of roundtable discus-
sions because the townhalls hadbe-
come raucous and counterproduc-
tive.
Monday nights forumstarted out
orderly and remained that way until
about 30 minutes into the event,
when some audience members be-
gan shouting out as Barletta was re-
sponding to questions
from constituents at a
podiumon topics includ-
ing crime, veterans, So-
cial Security, Medicare,
freetrade, jobs andtaxes.
Barletta spoke for
about 20 minutes on re-
ducingthe national debt,
plugging a Balanced
Budget Amendment and
creating a zero-based budget as
important steps. He said over-regu-
lation and talk of raising taxes is
hampering job creation.
11th District congressman outlines his plans,
condemning over-regulation, talk of tax hikes
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta addresses Social Security, Medicare and other issues during his fifth Home to House public
forum Monday at Hazleton City Hall.
Crowd gets rough
at Barletta forum
By STEVE MOCARSKY
smocarsky@timesleader.com
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta faced some harsh
criticism from some audience members
Monday during his Home to House session
at City Hall in Hazleton.
See BARLETTA, Page 2A
the problem
is that were
spending too
much.
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta
R-Hazleton
HARRISBURG Responding to constitu-
ents who risk falling through the cracks,
four area state legislators unveiled a package
of bills they say would bring relief to thou-
sands of families and businesses affected by
recent flooding.
After listeningtostories andhearingtheir
concerns, we were compelled to act, said
state Rep. Eddie Day Pashinski, D-Wilkes-
Barre. Many of the flooding victims are not
eligible for disaster relief and for those who
are eligible, it is taking weeks for them to re-
ceive help.
Pashinski was joinedat a Capitol news con-
ference by fellowNortheastern Pennsylvania
Pa. disaster plan would fill gap
BILL OBOYLE/THE TIMES LEADER
State representatives Eddie Day Pashinski, Phyllis
Mundy and Gerald Mullery at a press conference Mon-
day in Harrisburg, where they announced four bills.
Area state legislators present bills to
help get relief, and get it faster.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
See FLOOD, Page 11A
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Luzerne County commissioners plan to allo-
cate $2 million from the countys revolving
business loan fund to renovate the Market
Street Square train station in downtown
Wilkes-Barre.
The allocation -- $1 million
this year and $1 million in
2012 would allow newer ad-
ditions to be stripped from
the 143-year-old former Cen-
tral Railroad of New Jersey
station, exposing the historic
brick structure, said county
community development di-
rector Andrew Reilly.
The funding would also
cover renovations to make the
building habitable, he said.
Commissioners gave the
countys Redevelopment Au-
thority $6.1 million five years
ago to purchase the property
from businessman Thom Greco and formulate
a design. The 6-acre complex at the corner of
Market Street and Wilkes-Barre Boulevard al-
so includes a strip mall containing four units.
The authoritys original design a $3.5 mil-
lionrenovationfeaturing aneatery, banquet ar-
eas and possibly an area for exhibits was
scrapped when no additional government
funding or private investors surfaced.
The property has continued to deteriorate,
attracting stray cats and the homeless.
County officials had planned to house the
countys Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Charles T. Adams Senior Center and the Penn
State Cooperative Extension in the building so
their combined $134,000 in rent payments
could be diverted to the propertys mainte-
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The former Jersey Central site in
Wilkes-Barres Market Street Square has
been sitting idle for years.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
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Thursday in
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county
courthouse
in Wilkes-
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WILKES-BARRE -- With
about anhour left after introduc-
tory remarks, the Wilkes-Barre
Downtown Residents Associ-
ation had enough time to ask
one question during its Monday
night Luzerne County Council
forumat Wilkes University.
The association chose to ask
the 21 candidates at the forum
what theyll do to ensure the
newcountymanager will beable
to act independently and profes-
sionally oversee-
ing day-to-day op-
erations under the
new home rule
government.
About 130 citi-
zens attended the
forum, which was co-sponsored
by The Times Leader. Voters
will choose 11 out of 28 council
candidates from any political
party on Nov. 8.
Heres a summary of re-
sponses.
Jeremy Packard, 73, King-
ston, a part-time history profes-
sor, said council members must
select acouncil chairpersonwho
interacts with the newmanager,
Council candidates talk
about managers role
About 130 attended
Downtown Residents
Association forum at Wilkes.
See FORUM, Page 14A
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LEHMAN TWP. The Lake-
Lehman School Board approved
several personnel changes at a
meeting Monday evening.
Five positions will be available
within the district as a result of
the resignation and dismissal of
employees.
The board approved the resig-
nations of Mallory Griggs, sec-
ondarymathematics teacher, and
Michelle Russo, elementary spe-
cial educationteacher, andJames
Spencer, head girls basketball
coach. All three positions will be
advertised.
Barbara Lamoreaux, part-time
custodian, was dismissed due to
abandonment of employment.
Esther Liuzzi, elementary health
assistant, was alsoreleasedof her
duties, but Superintendent
James McGovern said he could
not reveal any more details. Both
positions will be advertised.
Other personnel changes in-
cluded the approval of leaves of
absence for Jennifer Loftus, Leh-
man-Jackson Elementary teach-
er, from Nov. 7 through Jan. 27,
and for Corin Frey, Ross Elemen-
tary teacher, from Nov. 16
through March 16.
Gina Major-Ackerman was ap-
provedas senior playadvisor, and
Brian Pipech was approved as
mentor for Jeffrey Shook.
The board also appointed the
following coaches for the 2011-12
year: Erin Cooper as assistant
swimcoach for diving, Kevin Ko-
ziol as assistant girls volleyball
coach and Adrienne Diffenbach-
er as volunteer assistant field
hockey coach.
In other business, McGovern
announced that after the recent
passing of Lake-Lehman High
School alumnus and former foot-
ball star Joe Lopasky, a historian
fromLehightonnamedJimZbick
paid a visit to the district to do-
nate memorabilia from the foot-
ball careers of Joe Lopasky and
his brother, Bill Lopasky.
McGovern said Joe Lopasky
was a standout football player for
Lake-Lehman during the 1950s
and continued his career at the
University of Houston in Texas.
He said one of his greatest ac-
complishments was scoring four
touchdowns duringthe1962Tan-
gerine Bowl in Orlando, Fla.,
against Miami University of
Ohio, becoming the most valua-
ble player of the game.
Zbick offered the district a sta-
dium seat from the Tangerine
Bowl signed by Joe Lopasky, as
well as aSanFrancisco49ers foot-
ball signed by Bill Lopasky, who
playedfor the teamfrom1960 un-
til 1962.
McGovern said the items will
be part of the districts Knights of
the Roundtable program, which
supports alumni who have made
contributions to the community.
L-L district
to have 5
vacancies
The school board takes
personnel actions, including
appointment of coaches.
By SARAH HITE
shite@timesleader.com
LEHMAN TWP. -- Resident
Brian Dorn asked township su-
pervisors on Monday night
about stormwater drainage
problems in the Oak Hill sec-
tion.
Dorn said he wanted to know
if everything had been done to
prevent more flood damage
from the swale that lies behind
the homes on Oak Drive.
Is the swale defined enough?
Can it be upsized to allow more
water? he asked supervisors.
Supervisor Doug Ide said the
swale should be sufficient but
that he knew it needed cleaning
out. He said the township can-
not clean out the swale because
it lies completely on private
property belonging to Aqua
Pennsylvania, a Back Mountain
water company.
This swale is a very conve-
nient trash bin, he said. He said
that he knewpeople use it to dis-
pose of clippings and leaves.
After discussion, the supervi-
sors decided that the next step
would be to approach Aqua
Pennsylvania for permission to
clean out the swale to allow bet-
ter drainage.
We have 55 miles of prob-
lems. Were not caught up from
the first storm, Chairman Dave
Sutton reminded Dorn.
In another matter, Treasurer
Alvin Cragle asked for a resolu-
tion allowing the township to
contract for insurance through
Benecon. He said that Blue
Cross/Blue Shield of Northeast
Pennsylvania was going to re-
quire a 38 percent increase in
premiums due to large claims
last year.
By joining a consortium
through Benecon, the township
would retain the same coverage
with Blue Cross/Blue Shield
with only a 3 percent increase in
2012. Employees wouldkeepthe
same benefits for health, life in-
surance and short- and long-
term disability, and would re-
ceive improved dental coverage.
Cragle estimated that the sav-
ings to the township would be
$25,000 to $30,000 a year.
The resolution to change the
insurance contract passed unan-
imously.
The supervisors passed two
separate resolutions assigning
Ryan Doughton, township engi-
neer, as agent to work with PE-
MA and FEMA on claims from
Hurricane Irene and Tropical
Storm Lee.
Supervisors also passed a res-
olution authorizing Doughton
to prepare an ad for bids for a
new salt shed with the bidding
tobe openedas soonas possible.
The supervisors also ap-
proved the appointment of Mar-
ian DeAngelis as a part-time as-
sistant secretary to aid Town-
ship Secretary Jon Rogers.
In another matter, Scoutmas-
ter Bob McGuire of Troop 241
received permission for the Cub
Scouts and Boy Scouts to re-
place the Lehman Township
sign. The supervisors agreed to
a high school contest to create a
new logo for the township.
Lehman Twp. moving on drainage
Faced with a rate increase,
the board agrees to change
its insurance supplier.
By SUSAN DENNEY
Times Leader Correspondent
PITTSTON TWP. -- Chair-
man Supervisor Joseph
Murph Adams on Monday
night informed residents the
single-lane bridge on Langans
Road has a crack on it.
He said its safe for regular ve-
hicles to travel on, but he
warned that heavier vehicles
should avoid the bridge to pre-
vent further damage to the
bridge.
Adams said he is bringing in
engineer Mike Amatotolookin-
to this issue and repair it as
needed.
Adams also said that resi-
dents who put up portable bas-
ketball hoops on the streets
should take them down or put
them on their own property by
Nov. 1.
He said those who do not
comply with Ordinance 3-20 of
2011 will be fined $300 and the
hoop will be confiscated. He
said there will be no warnings at
this point.
In another matter, supervi-
sors are looking into the reten-
tion pond on Oak Street. Super-
visor Steve Rinaldi said he is
having Solicitor John Finnerty
contact the owner of the reten-
tion pond and have it excavated
to alleviate the flooding that oc-
curs when it rains.
Finnerty said he will contact
the owner of the pondtotake ac-
tions that will solve the flooding
issues that the residents of Oak
Street are putting up with as a
result of the pond backing up.
Rinaldi also said the four po-
lice officers who were recently
hiredwill be able tostart patroll-
ing the township streets after
their certifications are complete
in the next few weeks.
Heavier vehicle drivers told
to avoid Pittston Twp. span
By JIMMORRISSEY
Times Leader Correspondent
Theproblemis not that Wash-
ington taxes too little, the prob-
lem is that were spending too
much, he said.
Some in the audience asked
Barletta if he wouldsupport Pres-
ident Barack Obamas jobs bill,
and Stephen Jones, of Monroe
County, asked Barletta what job-
creating legislation he voted for.
Referring to the jobs bill, Bar-
letta said he would not support
another stimulus package. He
handed Jones a list of jobs bills
that he votedfor inthe House but
went unaddressed in the Senate.
Hazleton resident Antonio Ro-
driguez asked Barletta why so
many newcomers keep moving
to the city if there arent any jobs
there and the unemployment
rate is the highest in the state.
Barletta cited the education sys-
tem, better quality of life, cheap
housing and lower cost of living.
Awoman fromAllentown who
works in Wilkes-Barre and Hazle-
ton asked Barletta what hes do-
ing about Social Security and
Medicare and possibly raising
the retirement age.
Barlettasaidhesupportsaplan
to save Medicare in which any-
one who is now under age 55
would be allotted a government
subsidy to buy a government-ap-
proved healthcare policy. If
there were another proposal, Id
be willing to look at it, he said.
Barletta said the presidents
healthcare bill took $500 billion
out of Medicare. Northeastern
Pennsylvania Labor Union coor-
dinator Roxanne Pauline chal-
lenged that statistic when she
took the podium.
Pauline said cuts to entitle-
ments will only hurt Americans
whoare already suffering. Asolu-
tion, Pauline said, is to, at least
for a while, taxwealthy people.
Theyre holding the money back
for political purposes, she
said, not to create jobs.
I know personally a gentle-
manwhowent tothe Chamber of
Commerce in Scranton and
wants to pay $19 an hour at a fac-
tory. The chamber said, no, we
dont want to pay that kind of
money here in Scranton because
everybodys going to run to these
jobs and the other people are go-
ing to have to up their salary,
Pauline said.
Some people in the audience
began to get unruly as Barletta
began to address Paulines com-
ments. When Barletta said roll-
ing back tax cuts on every Amer-
ican would only pay for 28 min-
utes of the ever-increasing na-
tional debt, one persistent
heckler in the back row yelled,
Its a lie. Show us. Show us.
Sometimes appearing frustrat-
ed, Barletta usually remained
composed and tried to address
questions shouted out of turn.
HazletonPoliceChief Robert Fer-
dinand admonished some audi-
ence members who became per-
sistent in their outbursts.
Stroudsburg resident Jennie
Schaefer, who was waiting her
turn at the podiumafter Pauline,
beganchallenging Barletta, often
cutting him off when he tried to
respond.
You keep saying what you
want to say, spinning it around
and spinning it around. If you tell
yourself that enough times, you
might even believe what youre
saying is true. It isnt, she said.
BARLETTA
Continued fromPage 1A
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Michael Keslosky of Old Forge asks U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta if he is
working to free a U.S. soldier.
NUANGOLA The resigna-
tion of Steven Hudack as a bor-
ough councilman was read and
officially entered into the record
Monday night, effective Oct. 25.
Hudack, who has been criti-
cized for his absence from public
meetings, submitted a letter dat-
ed Oct. 1.
It was accepted by council,
which, according to comment at
the meeting, has 30 days to select
a replacement.
Council President Regina
Plodwick had been under public
pressure to remove Hudack. The
most recent demand came from
John DiRico.
At the September public meet-
ing, DiRico read a series of bor-
oughcode stipulations that could
have paved the way for Hudacks
ouster.
The code, it was stated at the
time by attorney Jack Dean, had
been rescinded by a decision of
the state Supreme Court in De-
cember 2003.
When DiRico inquired again
on Monday if Hudack had re-
signed, Melissa Weber, secreta-
ry/treasurer, produced a brief
hand-writtenletter fromHudack,
in which he outlined his intent to
resign.
Plodwick said there are at least
three people who are interested
in succeeding Hudack. She said a
special meeting will probably
have to be scheduled to select a
successor.
There was also discussion on
the proposed sewer system
which, at the recommendation of
the state Department of Environ-
mental Protection, resulted in an
amendment to Act 537, which
stipulates a change in the engi-
neering plan entailing the instal-
lation of a 6-inch line on Blythe-
burn Road.
There was further comment
that a pumping stationwill be sit-
uated on North End Road.
During the public comment
phase of the session, Maureen
Kiner of Ridge Street protested
that her property is being adver-
sely affected by surface water
runoff. She contended the prob-
lem is being caused by new con-
struction in her neighborhood as
well as a disregard for drains and
piping that recently led to her
basement being flooded and her
land and gardens being inundat-
ed.
Plodwick said she will ask Ste-
phenBieryla, zoningofficer, toin-
vestigate the situation.
Councilmans resignation accepted
Nuangola council president
says at least 3 people have
expressed interest in position.
By TOMHUNTINGTON
Times Leader Correspondent
SHICKSHINNY Councilmen
Mike Steeber and Barry Noss
wereselectedat aspecial meeting
of boroughcouncil onMonday to
represent the borough at upcom-
ingmeetings of theFederal Emer-
gency Management Agency and
the Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Agency.
Council had to take action be-
cause Melissa Weber, secretary/
treasurer, who has beendesignat-
edastheboroughsagent toFE-
MAandPEMA, cannotattenda
Oct. 27 Kickoff Meeting of
FEMA and an Oct. 25 Hazard-
ous Mitigation Grant Program
meetingof PEMA.
The Oct. 25 session entails
the potential buyout of flood-
damagedproperties
It was stated that FEMA re-
quires official agents of the bor-
oughbe inattendance to be eli-
gible for relief funding. After a
brief discussion, council voted
tohave Steeber andNoss serve
onaninterimbasis.
Shickshinny councilmen will be
FEMA, PEMA representatives
By TOMHUNTINGTON
Times Leader Correspondent
BROWNSTOWN TWP., Mich.
A Detroit-area man had his 9-
year-old daughter drive himto the
store because he had apparently
beendrinking, policesaidMonday,
and surveillance video from a gas
station shows him telling a clerk
that his daughter was his desig-
nated driver.
Brownstown Township Detec-
tive Lt. Robert Grant said the girl
was sitting behind the wheel in a
childsboosterseat before3a.m. on
Oct. 8, when an officer opened the
drivers side door of the full-sized
panel van her father uses for work.
Shesaidtotheofficer, What did
you stop me for? I was driving
good, Grant told the Detroit Free
Press and The Detroit News.
Someone called police after
spottingthepair stoppedat thegas
station. Thecaller watchedthegirl
get in the drivers seat and pull the
vehicle onto the road. She drove a
couple miles before police pulled
her over.
The girl told police that her fa-
ther hadbeendrinkingwhiskey all
night. She said he had allowed her
to drive before.
The father, who told officers he
wasteachinghisdaughter todrive,
was arrested and refused a Breath-
alyzer test, Grant said. He was
charged with second- and fourth-
degree child abuse during an Oct.
10arraignment. He was orderedto
have no contact with his daughter.
9-year-old drove drunk dad
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KINGSTON
Library cockroach missing
O
ne of the Hoyt Librarys favorite
in-house pets, Hector the cock-
roach, was taken from the library
Saturday and a reward is being of-
fered to anyone who can return him
alive.
Hector is a Madagascar hissing
cockroach that has been a part of the
learning experience for children at
the library for three years. He is
popular during story time, when the
children take turns holding him, and
he has helped children learn about
bugs, the values of nutrition (as he is
a vegetable eater) and also the im-
portance of being able to care for a
pet.
Hector is a gentle creature that
doesnt bite and likes to be held.
He must be handled with care in
this weather, as cold temperatures
are not ideal for him. He must also
not be put near water.
The cockroach was purchased at a
Pittston area pet shop three years
ago, but since then library director
Melissa Szafran said Monday they
are difficult to find now.
Anyone with any information is
encouraged to call the library at
287-2013 or stop by at 284 Wyoming
Ave.
ASHLEY
Suspect sought in robbery
State police at Wyoming on Mon-
day released a photo of a man want-
ed for questioning
of an armed rob-
bery at S&J Deli on
Ashley Street.
The white male
with a goatee and
wearing a hood
covering most of
his head was cap-
tured by a surveil-
lance camera entering the business
at about 8:43 p.m. Saturday.
State police allege he showed the
handle of a revolver in his waist band
of his pants while demanding money
from a clerk.
The man grabbed an undeter-
mined amount of money from a
register and fled.
Anyone with information about
the man or robbery is asked to con-
tact state police at Wyoming at 697-
2000.
HAZLETON
Teen dies of head injuries
An autopsy Monday revealed Paul
DeNoia, 18, of White Haven, died
from head injuries when he crashed a
vehicle on Club 40 Road, Luzerne
County Coroner John Corcoran said.
DeNoia lost control of his vehicle
that crashed into a tree at about 8:25
p.m. Saturday.
The vehicle erupted into flames
after the impact.
State police at Hazleton are in-
vestigating the crash.
HARVEYS LAKE
New stop signs installed
The state Department of Trans-
portation will install a new multi-way
stop sign on Oct. 23, at the intersec-
tion of Lakeside Drive and Kunkle-
Alderson Road/Beaumont Hill Road.
The new stop signs will have a
temporary red flashing light on each
sign for at least 30 days. The lights
will remain in place as drivers be-
come accustomed to the new stop
signs.
TUNKHANNOCK
Recycling grant is given
A $31,392 state grant has been given
to Wyoming County under the County
Recycling Coordinator Grant Program.
The program, administered by the
state Department of Environmental
Protection, provides grants to reim-
burse 50 percent of the county recy-
cling coordinators salary and expens-
es.
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Hoyt Library officials are looking for
Hector the cockroach.
Suspect
WILKES-BARRE -- We are
trying to make poverty illegal.
Activist andcommunity orga-
nizer Willie Baptists statement
summed up the overall ideal
goal that he and his colleagues
at the Poverty Initiative are try-
ing to accomplish.
Baptist was the guest lecturer
Monday night for the Peace and
Justice Centers 14th Annual
Barbara Sabol Memorial Lec-
ture at Kings Colleges Burke
Auditorium.
Baptist, who coauthored the
recentlyreleasedbookPedago-
gy of the Poor with Jan Reh-
man, spoke about his experienc-
es in organizing people in the
working and impoverished
classes and howthe eradication
of poverty should be the uniting
goal behind all social justice
movements.
One criticism of the recent
Occupy protests in New York
and elsewhere is the lack of a
clear set of demands and stanc-
es from the demonstrators. Al-
though Baptist did not offer to
articulate the broad array of is-
sues that are being addressed at
the demonstrations, he said
thoseinvolvedinthemovement
are united by their anger about
the growing gap between the
wealthy and those who are be-
ing forced into poverty.
Baptist said that while that
anger serves toloosely unify the
demonstrators, the fight to end
poverty could also be a uniting
force because it is at the root of
many economic problems such
as joblessness, homelessness
and student debt.
He drew heavily from his ex-
perience as a national homeless
organizer in illustrating the de-
gree to which poverty has be-
come a life-threateningstruggle
for many in Americas inner ci-
ties.
He spoke of the time he came
upon a homeless man who had
frozen to death in the cold Chi-
cago winter while many homes
in the city were vacant. He said
many choose to live in makesh-
Eradicating poverty top goal, activist says
Community organizer Willie
Baptist brings his message
to Kings College speech.
By B. GARRET ROGAN
Times Leader Correspondent
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Willie Baptist, a scholar-in-residence at Union Theological
Seminary in New York, speaks Monday at the Burke auditorium
on the campus of Kings College in Wilkes-Barre. See SPEAKER, Page 14A
WILKES-BARRE Jurors se-
lected Monday in the Luzerne
County retrial of Lamont Cherry
were given a stern warning by the
judgeinanattempt toavoidanoth-
er blunder.
Judge Tina Polachek Gartley
during her instructions warned
the six men and
six women
picked to serve
on the jury not
to use social
media websites
or use Internet
search engines
to conduct their
own inquiry
about the case.
The only information you
shouldhear about this caseis from
this witness chair, Gartley said,
referring to the witness stand in
front of the jury box.
Cherry, 37, is facing his second
trial on charges he caused the
deathof 1-year-oldZalayiaMcCloe
in May 2009.
He was acquitted by a jury in Ja-
nuary of first-degree murder,
which eliminated the death penal-
ty, before Polachek Gartley de-
clared a mistrial on other charges
after a juror, Gretchen Black, ad-
mitted to using the Internet to
conduct research about retinal de-
tachment, an injury that may oc-
cur when an infant is violently
shaken.
Blacksmisconduct wasbrought
to Polachek Gartleys attention by
other jurors after the juryhadreac-
hed a verdict acquitting Cherry of
first-degree murder. Black was not
charged with any wrongdoing.
Assistant District Attorneys Mi-
chael T. Vough and Maureen K.
Collins are hoping to convince the
jury selected Monday to convict
Cherry of third-degree murder, a
first-degree felony, or involuntary
manslaughter, a second-degree fe-
lony.
A third-degree murder convic-
tion carries a prison sentence of
not more than 40 years, while an
involuntary manslaughter convic-
tion is not more than 10 years in
prison.
AttorneysWilliamRuzzo, Chris-
topher ODonnell and Michael
Kostelaba are defending Cherry
on the two charges.
Wilkes-Barre police and county
detectives allegeCherrycausedfa-
tal injuries to McCloe while he
was babysittingher inside a Carlis-
le Street home on May 29, 2009.
Cherry denied he caused the in-
juriestoMcCloe, statinghefedthe
girl and cleaned the house while
her mother, Christa Smith, was
out.
Opening statements are expect-
ed to begin this morning.
Homicide
trial jurors
are warned
Juror used web for research
during previous trial of Cherry
in death of 1-year-old girl.
By EDWARD LEWIS
elewis@timesleader.com
Cherry
SPRINGBROOKTWP. Pennsylvania
American Water is in the midst of a $26
million upgrade for its 110-year-old Nes-
bitt Dam that officials say will ensure it
will continue to keep downstream com-
munities andresidents safe for at least an-
other century.
Crews from ASI Constructors of Boul-
der, Colo., whichwas hiredtodothe work
that began earlier this year, are in the
process of converting the masonry and
earthen embankment dam to a dam that
will be armored with roller compacted
concrete, according to David Kaufman,
Pennsylvania Americans vice president
of engineering.
This will protect the dam during ex-
treme flood events, Kaufman said.
He noted the current dam has not had
any structural issues. During the heavy
rainfalls this year that resulted in flood-
ing throughout the region, it held up
without issue.
But the dam upgrades were mandated
by the states Department of Environ-
mental Protection to have it meet current
dam safety standards.
Mike Sames, DEPs senior civil engi-
neer from the Wilkes-Barre office, said
the main issue with the old dam was
spillway capacity.
If water rose too much, it would wash
over an earthen embankment. Though it
hasnt caused any problems yet, Sames
said the potential exists.
The intent of this project is to make
structural improvements so that theres
no chance this dam will ever wash out or
fail and cause significant damage or loss
of life downstream, Sames said.
We dont generally like to see water go
over earthen material. We prefer non-
erodible material like concrete, Sames
added.
The work got under way in April and
should wrap up by June, Kaufman said.
The 101-foot-high-dam, which has a
538-foot-long spillway, holds water in the
Nesbitt Reservoir, which is the drinking
water supply for 75,000 customers in 17
municipalities 15 in Luzerne County
and two in Lackawanna County includ-
ing Pittston, Pittston Township, King-
ston, Kingston Township, Luzerne, West
Wyoming, Wyoming, Edwardsville and
Exeter.
Other municipalities served are Du-
ryea, Avoca, Forty Fort, Hughestown,
Moosic, Old Forge, Swoyersville and
West Pittston.
In addition to concrete, rock anchors
will be installed to reinforce the existing
masonry section of the dam.
The dam has served us well over 100
years, Kaufman said. We believe these
improvements will provide that stability
for the next 100 years.
Pennsylvania Americans Nesbitt Dam armored against the elements
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Local employees and members of the media were taken to view the $26 million dam rehabilitation project by Pennsylvania
American Water in Spring Brook Township.
Priority put on prevention
By ANDREWM. SEDER
aseder@timesleader.com
At a previous meeting, Men-
ichini questioned the board
about the qualifications of a
candidate for a cosmetology
position that Menichini had
also sought.
Before the public comment
section of the meeting where
Menichini made her request,
Solicitor Anthony Lupas
made a general comment that
the board does not discuss
personnel matters at the open
public meeting.
He added that he felt the
board had previously made a
valid appointment and if
someone had a differing opin-
ion, there is a substantial
process of law that can be tak-
en.
PLAINS TWP. -- Something
that wasnt on the agenda and
wasnt discussed was the only
thing on the mind of the one
person who addressed the
Wilkes-Barre Area Career &
Technical Center joint operat-
ing committee Monday.
Christine Menichini asked
to be allowed to sign a right-
to-know request at the meet-
ing to see certifications or
salaries that I wish to see.
Solicitor Ray Wendolowski
provided Menichini with the
contact information for the at-
torney who handles the
schools right-to-know re-
quests.
In other personnel-related
matters, the board approved a
retroactive raise for 11 Act 93
administrators. The $1,450 in-
crease is effective for the 2009-
10 school year, when board
members said the administra-
tors received no pay increase.
The board also approved a
settlement agreement be-
tween the school and the
schools educational support
personnel association. The
agreement makes the posi-
tions of in-school suspension
monitor and workforce spe-
cialist part of the professional
association bargaining unit
and makes the positions of
hall monitor, network support
specialist/programmer, tech-
nical support specialist and
data processing and produc-
tion department programmer
part of the non-professional
bargaining unit.
The agreement also set out
some conditions regarding
the duties or functions of the
dean of students relative to
the professional association
bargaining unit, mostly pre-
venting the dean from taking
any disciplinary action direct-
ly against a member of the pro-
fessional bargaining unit.
W-B Area CTC gets request for personnel paperwork
Woman questioning
appointment wants to file a
right-to-know request.
By JANINE UNGVARSKY
Times Leader Correspondent
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isericordia President Mike MacDowell, Carol Keup and Bobby Soper at the Miser-
icordia Trustee Associates Dinner on Saturday. Keup accepted the 2011 Trustee
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Barre. The award is given annually to friends of the university who have demonstrated
outstanding dedication, service and generous support to Misericordia.
WILKES-BARRE A man
was arraigned Monday on
charges he placed the barrel of
a shotgun in a womans mouth
during an argument.
City police charged Dwayne
A. Brown, 47, of Blackman
Street, with aggravated assault.
He was jailed at the Luzerne
County Correctional Facility for
lack of $20,000 bail.
Police arrested Brown on
Sunday night after Michele
Slater claimed he placed a
shotgun barrel in her mouth
and threatened to kill her dur-
ing an argument inside his
Blackman Street residence.
Slater said Brown retrieved the
shotgun after she arrived home
from a night out, according to a
police news release.
WILKES-BARRE City
police are investigating an
armed robbery Sunday night by
two men wearing ski masks at
the China Queen restaurant in
the South Main Plaza, South
Main Street.
Xuda Dong, of China Queen,
told police two men entered
the restaurant and pushed a
female customer outside just
before 9:30 p.m. The suspects
then approached the counter
and demanded money.
Dong said that when he
refused to hand over any mon-
ey, one of the men pulled a
black handgun. The other sus-
pect reached over the counter
and grabbed money from a
register, police said.
A witness exiting a restroom
in the restaurant observed the
robbery, police said.
Police said the suspects fled
the store and sped away in a
dark red sedan that was later
found idling on Davis Place.
The cars owner was unaware
the vehicle was taken from his
residence in Hanover Town-
ship, police said.
Police described the suspects
as black men. One of the sus-
pects is about 5 feet 10 inches
tall and wore a gray coat. The
other is taller and wore a black
coat and black pants.
Police said the men also wore
gloves of an unknown color.
HANOVER TWP. State
police Bureau of Liquor Control
Enforcement reported the fol-
lowing:
Station 33 Inc., 29-31 E.
Diamond Ave., Hazleton, was
recently cited with issuing a
check from an account that had
insufficient funds to purchase
malt or brewed beverages.
Eastern Airport Kitchens
Inc., doing business as Holly-
wood Diner and Sports Bar,
760 Airport Road, Hazle Town-
ship, was recently cited with
issuing a check from an ac-
count that had insufficient
funds to purchase malt or
brewed beverages.
AVOCA Police arrested two
people Friday on charges they
delivered a controlled sub-
stance in a park.
Jeremy Joseph Elston, 19, of
Grove Street, Avoca, and Re-
becca Lee Brojakowski, 26, of
Main Street, Avoca, were
charged with 26 counts of pos-
session with intent to deliver a
controlled substance.
Elston was further charged
with 13 counts of a controlled
substance and Brojakowski was
charged with a single count of
endangering the welfare of a
child. They were arraigned by
District Judge Diana Malast in
Plains Township.
Elston was released Friday
after posting $5,000 bail and
Brojakowski was jailed at the
Luzerne County Correctional
Facility for lack of $5,000 bail.
Police allege Brojakowski
arranged to sell 13 tablets of
vicodin that Elston delivered at
West Avoca Park on Commerce
Street on June 14, according to
the criminal complaints.
Brojakowski was caring for a
child at the time of the alleged
deal, police said.
POLICE BLOTTER
WILKES-BARRE -- The
Committee to Elect George
Brown for Wilkes-Barre City
Council will hold a Meet
the Candidate night at the
Barney Inn, 189 Barney St.,
Wilkes-Barre, on Thursday
from 7 to 9 p.m. Refresh-
ments and food will be
served. Tickets are $25 and
can be purchased in advance
by calling 824-3402 or at the
door.
POLITICAL BRIEF
LOS ANGELES Slowly but
surely Americans seem to be
making peace with the pot pipe.
According to a new poll re-
leased by Gallup on Monday, 50
percent of Americans say mari-
juana use should be legal up
from 46 percent last year. This
year, 46 percent said it should be
illegal.
Those numbers mean that, for
the first time in the polls 42-year-
history, Americans who say that
marijuana should be legal out-
number those who say it should
be illegal.
Societal acceptance of marijua-
na has come a long way since
1969, when Gallup first posed the
question Should marijuana use
be legal? Back then, only 12 per-
cent of Americans favored legal-
ization of the drug. Fromthe 70s
through the mid-90s, support re-
mained in the 20s, but it has been
climbing steadily since 2002.
Some interesting facts, accord-
ing to the most recent poll:
Men are more likely to sup-
port legalizing marijuana than
women (55 percent vs 46 per-
cent).
People in the West are more
likely to support it than people in
the East (55 percent vs 51 per-
cent).
People age18-29 are twice as
likely tosupport marijuana use as
people 65 or older (62 percent vs
31 percent).
Thefindings comeless thansix
months after the federal govern-
ment ruled that marijuana
should remain classified as a
Schedule 1 drug, which means
the government considers it as
dangerous as heroin.
Poll: 50 percent of Americans favor legal marijuana
By DEBORAH NETBURN
Los Angeles Times
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[This is a true story. It happened many years
ago, near the town of Scituate, Massachusetts.
Those are hard names to read! You wont have
to read Massachusetts again in this story.
But if you see that state on a map of the United
States look for the town of Scituate. Its on the
Atlantic coast south of Boston and north of
Cape Cod. This is how you say it: SIT-chew-it.]
CHAPTER ONE
Alone at the Lighthouse
I
t was a ne, sunny day. Abby and her
sister Becky were sitting on the high
round rocks near the lighthouse when
their father came out of the door.
They have put up a ag at Scituate Har-
bor, Father said. Maybe there is news of
the war. I must go to nd out.
News of the war! Abby knew that British
ships were ghting with American ships,
far out on the ocean. She did not want the
ghting to come closer.
In the rst year of the war, two British
ships had sailed into Scituate Harbor at
night, burned ten shing boats and sailed
away! Then American soldiers had been
sent to guard the harbor. The British had
not come back while the soldiers were
there.
But now the American soldiers had gone
to guard another town. Did the British
know that they had gone? Would a British
ship come here again?
Abby did not like to ask. She put her
hand to her eyes and looked out over the
water. The ocean was bright under the
blue sky. Not a ship was in sight.
Will the British come to Scituate again?
Becky asked.
Father said, They surely would not sail
into Scituate Harbor in daylight. But I will
see if there is news of them in town.
May we come with you? Abby asked.
It was a long walk to Scituate, over the big
rocks and across the marsh. But she did
not like to stay here without Father.
Not today, Father said. I must go
quickly, and I can walk faster alone. He
took Abbys hand, and Beckys. If the
British should come back, he said, they
might sail close to the lighthouse, where
they could hide behind the cliffs and not
be seen by the people in town, he said.
If a ship with guns comes this way, he
added, you must go inside and bolt the
door.
We will, Father, Becky said, in her
strong way. We will be ne. Becky was
15.
Abby, who was 10, was not so sure.
Mother was away this week, visiting family.
Their little brother was with her. Their big
brother had gone off with the Army a year
ago. Abby did not want Father to go away,
too! What if a British ship came near when
she and Becky were alone?
Be careful, Father, she said. Come
back soon!
If you will make a good supper, I will
be home in time to eat it, Father said as
he started off to town.
Father was the lighthouse keeper, and
their home was at the base of the light-
house. At the end of each day, Father
climbed up the steep steps to the lamp
room at the top. He lit the lamp that
helped the shermen of Scituate keep
their boats away from the rocky cliffs near
the lighthouse and sail safely into Scituate
Harbor.
Abby loved to go to the lamp room with
Father. Sometimes, after he lit the lamp,
he played songs on the fe he kept near
it. He was teaching Abby to play Yankee
Doodle, but she was not very good at it
yet.
Father kept a spyglass in the lamp room,
too. Abby liked to stand by the window
with the spyglass and look out at the
woods and cliffs and marshes nearby, or
at the endless waves of the Atlantic Ocean,
which seemed to go on and on, as far as
the sky.
The ocean could be wild and danger-
ous. And in this year of 1814, war made
the ocean more dangerous. British war-
ships sometimes sailed near towns and
sent sailors to shore in small boats to take
food and tools from farms and homes. The
ships had guns that could re at the shore.
Abby knew that a British ship could
come near at any time. A ship could come
today!
She stood close to her sister and tried to
look for Father, but he was already out of
sight. Now she and Becky were alone.
Oh, Becky, Abby said, I am She
stopped. She did not like to say it out loud.
But she was afraid.
(To be continued Thursday, Oct. 20)
Text copyright 1999 Betty Miles
Illustrations copyright 1999 Joan Sandin
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The Army of Two
Written by Betty Miles Illustrated by Joan Sandin
SANAA, YEMEN
Yemeni officials say 18
are killed in clashes
C
lashes between troops loyal
to Yemens embattled presi-
dent and his rivals on Monday
left at least 18 people killed and
30 wounded in the capital Sanaa
and the city of Taiz, according
to medical, security and tribal
officials.
They said eight followers of a
powerful tribal leader who de-
fected to the opposition in
March were killed in pre-dawn
clashes with forces loyal to
President Ali Abdullah Saleh in
the northern sector of the cap-
ital.
Four civilians caught in the
crossfire and two pro-regime
soldiers were also killed in the
fighting, in which mortars,
rockets and heavy machine-guns
were used. The city was rocked
by the sound of explosions for
much of the night, until the
fighting ceased at sunrise.
TRIPOLI, LIBYA
Libyan forces seize
most of Bani Walid
Libyan revolutionary forces
have captured almost all of Bani
Walid, one of Moammar Gad-
hafis last remaining strong-
holds, but still face pockets of
resistance as they try to end a
weeks-long standoff, officials
said Monday.
Fierce resistance in Bani Wa-
lid and Gadhafis hometown of
Sirte has prevented Libyas new
leaders from declaring full victo-
ry and setting a timeline for
elections. It has been more than
two months since the former
rebels gained control of the rest
of the oil-rich North African
nation.
In a step toward normalcy, the
transitional leadership council
confirmed it has signed an
agreement with NATO that
partially lifts the no-fly zone
imposed in March over the
country, allowing resumption of
some flights without seeking
NATO approval.
I N B R I E F
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Law enforce-
ment officials launched a new round of
searches for a missing Kansas City baby
on Monday after her mother went on na-
tional television and admitted she was
drunk when the girl disappeared but in-
sisted she did nothing to harm the child.
Ina tearful interviewonNBCs Today
show, Deborah Bradley said she believes
she will be arrested in the disappearance
of Lisa Irwin, who was
10 months old when she
was reported missing in
the early hours of Oct. 4.
Security video from a
grocery store shows
Bradley buying a box of
wine and other goods,
and leaving the store
with a man the family later said was her
brother.
Bradley said she bought boxed wine
and consumed enough to be drunk that
night, but deniedshe didanything to hurt
Lisa.
No, no ... I dont think alcohol changes
a person enough to do something like
that, she said.
Bradley also told Fox News in an inter-
viewairedMondaythat shegot drunkand
may have blacked out. She said she fre-
quently drinks to intoxication but only af-
ter her children are safely in bed. She also
saidshetakes anxietymedicationandhad
taken a dose that day.
Askedhowshewouldrespondtoothers
who would criticize her heavy drinking
while caring for her children, Bradley be-
came defiant.
She was sleeping. You know, I dont
see the problem in me having my grown-
up time, she said. I take good care of my
kids. I keep my house clean, do their laun-
dry. I kiss their boo-boos. I fix them food.
Im involved in their school stuff. I mean,
to me, theres nothing wrong doing what I
want to do after dark.
Not long after the interviews aired, lo-
cal and federal authorities began fresh
searches for the girl, including bringing
tracking dogs into the familys home and
draining a nearby creek.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said
agents brought the dogs into the house af-
ter Lisas parents, Bradley and Jeremy Ir-
win, consented to the search. Dogs were
alsousedtosearcha next-door neighbors
house.
Kansas City mom admits she was drunk
Woman thinks she will be arrested in
disappearance of her baby daughter.
By MARIA SUDEKUMFISHER
Associated Press
Irwin
JERUSALEM The elabo-
rate machinery of a prisoner
swap deal between two bitter
enemies swung into motion
Monday, as hundreds of Palesti-
nians and one Israeli soldier pre-
pared to return home in one of
the most dramatic recent devel-
opments in the otherwise dead-
locked Israel-Palestinian con-
flict.
The Israel-Hamas deal, to take
place this morning is going
ahead despite criticism and
court appeals in Israel against
the release of 1,027 Palestinians
for a single captured Armored
Corps sergeant, Gilad Schalit,
held by militants in Gaza since
2006.
The exchange, negotiated
through mediators because Is-
rael and Hamas will not talk di-
rectly to each other, involves a
delicate series of stagedreleases,
each one triggering the next.
When it is over, Schalit 19
years old at the time of his cap-
ture, and 25 now will be free,
ending what for Israel has been a
prolonged and painful saga. Is-
rael was forced to acknowledge
that it had no way of rescuing
Schalit in a military operation,
though the soldier was held no
more than a few miles from its
border.
Instead, Israel agreed to a lop-
sidedprisoner exchange that Ha-
mas officials have openly said
will encourage them to capture
more soldiers, and which will
free Palestinians convicted of
some of the deadliest attacks
against Israeli civilians in recent
memory.
Numerically uneven swaps for
captured or dead Israeli soldiers
held by armed Arab groups have
taken place a number of times
since the 1980s. The last one, in
2008, saw the release of five mil-
itants in return for the bodies of
two Israeli soldiers held by the
Lebanese group Hezbollah. In a
deal with Hezbollah in 2004, Is-
rael freed about 400 prisoners in
return for a former army colonel
and the bodies of three soldiers.
When todays exchange is
complete, 477 Palestinians held
in Israeli jails will have been re-
leased, several of themafter dec-
ades behind bars. Another 550
are set to be released in two
months.
Palestinians slated to be part
of the initial part of the exchange
have already been moved from
their original prisons toother pe-
nal installations in Israel in prep-
aration for their release. The ve-
ry first group, 27 women, are to
walk free sometime after dawn
Tuesday.
Prisoner swap moves ahead between Israel and Hamas
The deal proceeds despite
criticism and court appeals
against the release.
By MATTI FRIEDMAN
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
A wall painting depicts captured Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit in
Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip.
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ift shacks to avoid the often
dangerous conditions of home-
less shelters.
To Baptist, such a reality
seems immoral in a society
such as that of the United
States, with its access to enor-
mous amounts of wealth.
He said there is often a mis-
conception about who consti-
tutes the homeless in Ameri-
ca. There are many able and
educated individuals who can-
not afford housing because
they cannot find jobs, he said.
Margarita Rose, a Kings
College professor of econom-
ics, elaborated on this issue.
The homeless people you
see might look like theyre on
the fringe, but if you go to a
place such as Ruths Place
youll find there is much more
to the picture, Rose said.
She then reiterated Baptists
point that joblessness is forc-
ing people who have never
known struggle into extreme
poverty.
Chris Simkonis, a formerly
homeless 21-year-old Kings
College freshman, commented
on the role of youth in the
movement to end poverty.
He said he believes tech-sav-
vy youths could utilize mod-
ern forms of communication
to organize individuals with
similar concerns who might
not otherwise ever be able to
touch base with one another.
I think that we can take the
movement from his (Baptists)
generation into our hands and
try to get everyone involved,
Simkonis said.
SPEAKER
Continued from Page 3A
and he questioned whether this
person will be someone chosen
by the majority party.
It is important to have inde-
pendence because we want to
prevent any party majority from
interfering with the county man-
ager.
Edward Brominski, 71,
Swoyersville, a former teacher
and county commissioner, said
all party politics must be re-
movedfrominteractions withthe
county manager, and he would
expose job applicants who at-
tempt to use council members as
references.
I dont believe we should al-
lowpeople oncouncil to be going
around to various offices or mi-
cromanaging.
Jane Walsh-Waitkus, 61, Dor-
rance Township, an English and
American studies professor at
Penn State Hazleton, said the
county must carefully select a
manager who is not political and
then support that person.
To me the answer is very, very
simple. Were going to find a
county manager who will act in-
dependently.
Charles "Bible Buck" Hatch-
ko, 66, of Jenkins Township, a re-
tired county employee, said the
county manager must be quali-
fied and willing to speak out
against corruption.
I will not allowanykindof she-
nanigans. We need a county man-
ager who will act just and up-
right.
Jim Bobeck, 31, Kingston, a
member of the countys Home
Rule Transition Committee and
attorney, said the new home rule
charter prohibits council fromin-
terferinginday-to-day county op-
erations, and the new proposed
ethics code he has helped draft
would impose penalties and pro-
tect whistleblowers.
That is the answer. You need
an enforcement mechanism.
Salvatore Licata, 60, Pitt-
ston, a former Pittston Area
teacher and head football coach,
said county council members
cant micromanage the manager.
Youcanrest assuredthat I will
enforce the roles and responsibil-
ities of the charter and make sure
no one interferes with the job of
our new county manager.
JohnRuckno, 62, Dallas, a re-
tired trust officer and investment
professional and former business
owner, said the council must hire
a manager who is independent,
professional, competent and pro-
fessional.
I think the true answer lies in
the selection of the county man-
ager.
TimMcGinley, 64, Kingston,
director of administration for the
Commission on Economic Op-
portunity, said the council must
select an independent, strong-
willedmanager, andcouncil must
follow the charter restrictions.
We have to build trust and
confidence between the county
manager and the council mem-
bers.
Rick Morelli, 39, Sugarloaf
Township, who works for a bio-
pharmaceutical company, said
the council will have to officially
approve an ethics code that con-
tains penalties for council mem-
bers who exceed their authority.
The key is to ask questions
and to hold people accountable,
and thats one of the jobs of coun-
cil -- to hold people accountable.
Linda McClosky Houck, 53,
Kingston, Wyoming Valley West
School District teacher, said
school board members also have
a code of conduct requiring them
to stay out of day-to-day oper-
ations, and local districts are try-
ingtoenforcethat. Shewants em-
ployees to be free to share con-
cerns without fear.
The workers who are actually
doing the jobs in a workplace see
the problems, and they see the
problems before anyone else
does.
William Bill James, 66, Exe-
ter Township, a race horse trainer
and retired businessman, said he
wants to make sure the county
manager performs as expected.
I will not interferewithday-to-
day operations, but I will take my
concerns andthe concerns of citi-
zens of Luzerne County to the
county manager or to my fellow
council members.
Joyce Dombroski-Gebhardt,
Kingston, who has worked as a
secretary and stenographer, said
council members should be there
to help the county manager,
though it will take her time to
trust the manager and fellow
council members.
I will be watching, though,
and people who know me my
whole life knowI amthe first one
who will come forward when
there is something being done
wrong.
Harry Haas, 35, Wilkes-
Barre, a history teacher at Dallas
Middle School, said councils job
is to find the most capable, pro-
fessional manager and let that
person perform the job.
Our job as county council is to
really cast the vision. Were sup-
posed to be visionaries, and my
vision is lets shrink this debt.
Elaine Maddon Curry, 63,
Butler Township, a library servic-
es supervisor for the Greater Ha-
zleton Health Alliance, said she
worries council members will
contact themanager andmakere-
quests without the knowledge of
others on the board.
Theres going to be a lot of
things that were not aware of, so
we needa manager whohas cour-
age, who has integrity, who has
independenceandsays, Nothats
not your job, when a council
member calls them.
Blythe Evans III, 37, Ply-
mouth, whoowns twobusinesses
in Plymouth, said the county
needs honesty, forward thinking,
competency, inspiration and in-
telligence.
I thinkit all comesdowntothe
manager and what qualities do
we need to look for not just in
terms of the county manager but
in terms of the candidates, too.
M. Theresa Morcavage, 62,
Plymouth, a retired county em-
ployee, said she will support an
ethics code with teeth and will
not interfere with the manager.
I amnot afraidto speak out if I
see something that is going
wrong or something that should
not be done. I will be your eyes
and ears and voice in the county.
Rick Williams, 63, Kingston,
an architect, said the manager
must have a strong backbone
and guts in addition to vision,
experienceandtheabilitytocom-
municate well.
If wehaveastrong, gutsyman-
ager who makes tough decisions
were going to support them, and
if we find thats not working out,
seven of 11 can fire that person.
Thats just the way it is.
Kathleen Dobash, 51, Hazle-
ton, a part-time therapeutic staff
support worker and artist, said
she doesnt want to rush the se-
lection of the manager and wants
a council chairpersonwho will be
trustworthy and share informa-
tion with all council members.
I will file a right-to-know re-
quest each and every time I sus-
pect I am not receiving adequate
information.
Tim Mullen, 52, Kingston
Township, a registered nurse,
compared the situation to his ex-
perience in the military, where
the council is like an officer giv-
ingorders andthe manager is like
a sergeant carrying them out.
The best officers probably
dont micromanage, but the good
officer is always goingtocheckon
the progress of his sergeants.
Michael Lacey, 52, Franklin
Township, owner of a pharmacy
in Freeland for 17 years, illustrat-
ed the point with his business,
saying he and other small-busi-
ness owners must deal with
waste and make decisions.
When that decision is made
everybody supports eachother in
that decision, and thats how I
will act.
Stephen A. Urban, 58,
Wilkes-Barre, a Luzerne County
commissioner since 2000, noted
that Wilkes-Barre City Council
said nothing when Mayor Tom
Leighton hired his children and
obtained a city-funded security
system at his home.
Council has an obligation to
make sure those things dont hap-
pen, and if they do happen, they
have an obligation to call him to
task at the council meetings and
to put him in his place or her in
her placeandtoprevent that from
occurring again.
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FLEETWOOD A year ago
at this time, Brandon Mat-
thews was dealt his first and
only loss of the golf season par-
ticipating in
the Eastern
Regional.
This time
around, he
made up for
that setback.
The Pittston
Area standout
fired a 2-under
par 70 on Mon-
day at Golden
Oaks Golf Club
(par 72) to win
the event by
three shots
over Kyle
Deisher from
Montgomery.
The defend-
ing state champion will be
back in the PIAA Champion-
ships to attempt to defend his
title next week when he meets
dozens of other golfers from
around the state Oct. 24-25 at
Heritage Hills Golf Resort and
Conference Center in York.
Matthews started off his
round on hole No. 4. The very
H I G H S C H O O L G O L F
Matthews
tops at
regional
The Pittston Area senior is
victorious at Golden Oaks by
three shots over the field.
Matthews
UP
NEXT
PIAA
Championships
Oct. 24-Oct. 25
at Heritage
Hills Golf
Resort, York
The Times Leader staff
See REGIONAL, Page 4B
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
For a team in turmoil, this was
one therapeutic win.
It certainly
wasnt pretty or
convincing. But
it did the job for
Rex Ryan and
his feuding New
York Jets.
Darrelle Revis
ranbackthe first
of his two inter-
ceptions 100
yards for a
touchdown and
the Jets did just
enough to beat
the winless Mia-
mi Dolphins
24-6 on Monday
night and end a
three-game los-
ing streak.
Mark Sanchez threw a 38-yard
touchdown pass to Santonio
Holmes andranfor another score
as the Jets who called this a
must-win game capped a
toughweekbypullingout a victo-
ry and sending the Dolphins to
their fifth straight loss.
With the losses mounting and
the seasonalready onthe brinkof
spinning out of control for the
Jets (3-3), they traded wide re-
N F L
Revis INTs
lead Jets
past Fins
See NFL, Page 4B
By BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
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JETS
6
DOLPHINS
DALLAS -- For all of the big
names on the field Monday at Dal-
las, the Class 3A showdown be-
tween Crestwood and the Moun-
taineers came down to the biggest
player on the field.
The Comets Tony Morgante
blocked a punt with 71seconds re-
maining in the first half, which
was covered by Brandon Ruckle.
Morgantes play -- an athletic
charge by a 6-foot-4, 295-pound
tackle -- set up Crestwoods only
score in a 7-6 victory over previ-
ously unbeaten Dallas.
I think weve got our respect
now, Morgante said. No one in
the papers and no one in our
school thought we were going to
win this game. Everyone was psy-
ched up and the fans were loud.
There was a lot of intensity andwe
were ready to play.
With the win, Crestwood (6-1)
and Dallas (6-1) remain second
and third in the Class 3A playoff
hunt. Valley View (7-0) leads Dis-
trict 2.
Morganteburst throughtheline
on a fourth-and-22 at the Dallas
45. Virtually untouched, he found
himself in line to get a piece of the
punt by the Mountaineers Shane
Dunn.
That wasnt a designed play,
Morgante said. Coachjust toldus
all four up front to go (after the
punt). I got through the line easily
and got my hands up.
We didnt have a punt block
on, CrestwoodcoachGreg Myers
said. When he (Morgante) gets
going, hes tough to stop.
Ruckle covered the ball at the
Dallas 38, and quarterback Nick
Aigeldeinger led the offense onto
the field. That unit went back to
the sideline nine seconds later
with a 7-0 lead after Aigeldinger
found an open Eric Pickett on a
wheel route for a 38-yard touch-
down.
The blocked punt really
HI GH SCHOOL FOOTBAL L
Comets knock off Dallas
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Crestwoods Tiler Black, No. 83, and Anthony Survilla, No. 40, gang tackle Dallas Paul Brace during Mondays high school
football game in Dallas.
Blocked punt key to Crestwoods victory
7
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By JOHN MEDEIROS
jmedeiros@timesleader.com
UP NEXT
Crestwood
at Wyoming Valley West
7 p.m. Friday
Pocono Mountain East
at Dallas
1 p.m. Saturday
See COMETS, Page 4B
HANOVER TWP. No Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence football games were held Monday night.
But when Hanover Area hosted Berwick in a
Wyoming Valley Conference DivisionIII boys soccer
showdown, the teams put out their best effort for a
football atmosphere.
The teams gathered at Hanover
Areas football stadium, Gayewski
Memorial and played under the
lights. Those werent the only simi-
larities to the Hawkeyes football
game played Friday night as the
schools cheerleaders were onhand,
the players ran through a poster be-
fore the match, and the Bulldogs
had to deal with a raucous Hawkeyes crowd.
The crowd and atmosphere may have been too
much for Berwick as Hanover Area pulled out a 3-2
victory.
It was a great atmosphere and we came out ready
toplay, saidHawkeyes senior AustinBogart. Espe-
cially with the student section up there. It definitely
put a little pep in our steps.
The Hawkeyes (9-4-1) will clinch their second
straight divisiontitle barringa monumental upset at
the hands of Nanticoke (0-14) tonight or MMI (3-10)
Wednesday. The Dawgs (10-5-1), who have wrapped
up their regular season, are likely to play Holy Re-
W V C S O C C E R
Hawkeyes get kick out of the atmosphere
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Hanover Areas Matt Elmy reacts to scoring the teams second goal of
the game during the first half against Berwick.
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
3
HANOVER
AREA
2
BERWICK
See HAWKEYES, Page 3B
O
n the ride to the biggest regular-
season soccer game of his final
high school season, Jay Dawsey
put on a mix of music to mold his
frame of mind.
Is it any surprise he went straight for
rap?
The way Dawsey rapped around
Pittston Areas league championship
hopes, its clear he took the advice of
rap artist Eminem who encouraged
on a 2005 hit to lose yourself in the
music.
Or maybe Dawsey really found him-
self.
The speedy Lake-Lehman senior
scored four goals at pivotal times Mon-
day, leading the Black Knights to the
Wyoming Valley Conference Division II
title with a 6-2 victory over division
challenger Pittston Area.
Its not just me, its (about) my
team, Dawsey said.
But the team turned to Dawsey at its
most critical moments.
Jays someone were leaning on,
Lehman coach Mike Kostrobala said.
The kid welcomed that pressure.
In a game where Pittston Area start-
ing keeper Taylor Roberts was stopping
everything before leaving with a gash
above his eye, Dawsey found a way to
get the ball past him twice for a 2-0
Lehman lead.
And when that advantage disap-
peared with a furious two-goal Pittston
Area rally in the second half, Dawsey
gave Lehman control again with his
third and fourth scores for another
two-goal Black Knights lead.
Jays got a lot of leadership, Kostro-
bala said. He understands the flow of
the game. You hear him the whole
match, talking to kids, giving them
pointers.
That Dawsey was able to keep point-
ing the Black Knights in the right di-
rection isnt surprising.
He is one of the leading scorers in
the conference with 28 goals and 12
assists, the guy who creates opportuni-
ties for his teammates and the one who
immediately captures the attention of
opponents.
I was getting good angles, getting
through the defense well, Dawsey
said. Then he smiled, thinking back to
all the hard practices he went through,
and said, They paid off for me.
Pittston Area knew he was a big-
money player, that he was dangerous
before the game even began, and made
it a point to try and hold Dawsey
down.
Whoops, there goes gravity.
Dawsey seemed to float through
Pittston Areas defense all day, finding
openings and creating opportunities as
if it was all second-nature to him.
Hes a really nice player, Pittston
Area coach Pat OBoyle said.
It was a nice ride back to Lehman for
the Black Knights after Dawsey kept
ramming the ball into the back of the
net.
But it all began on the way up.
I was listening to my music, getting
in my zone, Dawsey said.
Its a state of mind few others can
find, where in a make-or-break mo-
ment, he owned it.
PAUL SOKOLOSKI
O P I N I O N
Dawsey makes
Patriots face
the music
Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports
columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or
email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.
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and will be held Tuesday, Wednes-
day, and Thursday evenings from
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. through
March.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Pace Setter Athletic Club of North-
eastern Pa. will sponsor a series of
basketball tournaments in the
coming weeks. The games will be
played at the Greater Scranton
YMCA in Dunmore, Pa. On Sat-
urday, October 29, the event will
feature a 5th and 6th grade girls
division. On Saturday, November
5th the 5th and 6th grade boys
tourney will take place. For further
information contact 570-347-7018,
570-575-0947, or email paceset-
terbasketball@verizon.net.
Superball Six Sunday Sessions will
be held at the Greater Scranton
YMCA in Dunmore, PA the next 6
Sundays from October 9 through
November 12 from12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
each time. The Pace Setter Athlet-
ic Club of Northeastern PA will
sponsor the series of basketball/
fitness training sessions. The two
hour sessions will present one
hour of basketball skills drills and a
second hour of sports specific
physical training. Players may sign
up for all six sessions or as many
as 1 day sessions they wish. In-
terested parties may contact Pete
Setter A.C. at 570-347-7018, 570-
575-0941, or email at pacesetter-
basketball@verizon.net.
CAMPS/CLINICS
Electric City Baseball and Softball
Academy will host a winter base-
ball skills camp and softball skills
camp at Riverfront Sports on
Saturdays, November 26, Decem-
ber 3, 10 and 17 from 4 p.m. to 6
p.m. Cost is $145 or $115 if signed
up by October 23. For more in-
formation call 570-878-8483 or
www.electriccitybaseball.com.
Lake Lehman Girls Basketball
Camp will be held October
24th-27th from 6-8 p.m. at the
high school gymnasium. Cost is
$40 per player or $30 per player if
more than one person from the
same family attends. Players will
be divided into 3rd/4th grade,
5th/6th grade, and 7th/8th grade.
Anyone interested is asked to call
Barry Horvath at 570-477-2789.
The 10th Annual Paul McGloin
Holiday Pitching Camp will be
held at Riverfront Sports on De-
cember 26, 27, and 28 from 9:15
a.m. 11:45 a.m. Cost is $145 or $115
if signed-up by November 23. For
more information call 570-878-
8483 or www.electriccitybaseball-
.com.
The Wilkes-Barre Express AAU
Basketball Program will hold
tryouts for the 2012 AAU season
on November 9 and 10. Tryouts for
players in grades 5th through 6th
will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30
p.m. Tryouts for players in grades
7th through 10th will be held from
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tryouts will be
held at the Wyoming Seminary
Upper School and will cost $25.
You can pre-register online at
www.backcourthoops.com under
the Wilkes-Barre express tab. Walk
ups are also being accepted. If you
have any questions you can con-
tact Bill Callahan at bill@back-
courthoops.com.
LEAGUES
MEETINGS
Hanover Area Baseball Booster
Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. TODAY
at Major League Sports Bar. All
parents are encouraged to attend.
Hanover Area Quarterback Club will
be holding a meeting tomorrow,
October 19, at 7 p.m. at Bar 11 in
Hanover Township. All parents are
encouraged to attend.
Pittston Area Boys Baseball Boost-
er Club will hold a regular monthly
meeting on Wednesday, October
26 at 7 p.m. at the Red Mill Tavern
in Pittston. Parents of any baseball
players grades 7 though 12 are
encouraged to attend.
Pittston Area Boys Basketball
Booster Club will hold a meeting
TODAY at Lizzas Mezzo/Mezzo 711
North Main St., Pittston. Items to
be discussed are fund raisers for
upcoming season. All parents of
boys interested in playing basket-
ball for Pittston Area are asked to
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., Wilkes-Barre, PA18711-0250.
BUL L E T I N BOARD
BASEBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Wednesday
World Series
CARDS 7.5 Rangers
NFL
Favorite Points Underdog
Sunday
Bears 1 Bucs
PANTHERS 3 Redskins
JETS NL Chargers
BROWNS 3 Seahawks
TITANS 3 Texans
DOLPHINS NL Broncos
LIONS 4 Falcons
RAIDERS 3.5 Chiefs
Steelers 4 CARDS
COWBOYS 10.5 Rams
Packers 8 VIKINGS
SAINTS 14 Colts
MONDAY
Ravens 7.5 JAGUARS
Bye week: Bills, Bengals, Patriots, Giants, Eagles,
49ers.
NHL
Favorite Odds Underdog
BRUINS -$180 Hurricanes
CAPITALS -$210 Panthers
BLUE JACKETS -$110 Stars
Sabres -$110 CANADIENS
Flyers -$165 SENATORS
WILD -$110 Penguins
FLAMES -$165 Oilers
CANUCKS -$165 Rangers
Blackhawks -$140 COYOTES
KINGS -$145 Blues
AME RI C A S L I NE
By Roxy Roxborough
NO LINE REPORT: On the NFL board, the no line games are for teams that played
last night. BOXING REPORT: In the WBO welterweight title fight on November 12
in Las Vegas, Nevada, Manny Pacquiao is -$800 vs. Juan Manuel Marquez +$550.
W H A T S O N T V
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
8 p.m.
ESPN2 FIU at Arkansas St.
GOLF
4 p.m.
TNT PGA of America, Grand Slam of Golf, first
round, at Southampton, Bermuda
NHL
7:30 p.m.
VERSUS Pittsburgh at Minnesota
SOCCER
2:30 p.m.
FSN UEFA Champions League, Inter Milan at
Lille
8 p.m.
FSNUEFAChampions League, Otelul Galati vs.
Manchester United, at Bucharest, Romania (same-
day tape)
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
Today's Games
H.S. FIELD HOCKEY
Berwick at Hanover Area
Coughlin at Abington Heights
Elk Lake at Pittston Area
GAR at Tunkhannock
Lackawanna Trail at Wyoming Area
Montrose at Northwest, DH, 3:15 p.m.
H.S. BOYS SOCCER
Crestwood at Dallas
Nanticoke at Hanover Area 5:30 p.m.
Coughlin at Meyers
H.S. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
(4:15 p.m. unless noted)
North Pocono at Delaware Valley
Coughlin at Wyoming Valley West
Dallas at Holy Redeemer
Tunkhannock at Crestwood
Berwick at Pittston Area
WOMEN'S SOCCER
Kings at Wilkes, 4 p.m.
DeSales at Misericordia, 7 p.m.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Eastern at Kings, 7 p.m.
Misericordia at FDU-Florham, 7 p.m
T R A N S A C T I O N S
FOOTBALL
National Football League
DENVER BRONCOS Traded WR Brandon
Lloyd to St. Louis for a conditional 2012 draft pick.
NEWENGLANDPATRIOTSReleased DBSter-
ling Moore and S Ross Ventrone.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS Signed DT Jason Shir-
ley. Placed CB Marcus Trufant on injured reserve.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES Recalled LW Brett
Sutter from Charlotte (AHL) on an emergency ba-
sis.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS Assigned RW Ben
Smith to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS Assigned F Matt
Calvert to Springfield (AHL). Recalled F Cody Bass
from Springfield. Recalled G Mathieu Corbeil from
Springfield on an emergency basis.
MONTREAL CANADIENS Assigned G Peter
Delmas and DOlivier Malka fromHamilton (AHL) to
Wheeling (ECHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES Placed F Andy McDonald on
injured reserve.
VANCOUVERCANUCKS Assigned DChris Ta-
nev to Chicago (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS Assigned G Dany
Sabourin to Hershey (AHL).
SOFTBALL
AMERICANSOFTBALL ASSOCIATIONNamed
Codi Martinez coordinator of marketing and com-
munications.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE Named Jeff Hatha-
way consultant to the commissioner for mens bas-
ketball.
NORTHCAROLINA Dismissed LB Ebele Okak-
pu from the football team.
UNC ASHEVILLE Announced it is reinstating
womens swimming.
VANDERBILT Suspended mens basketball C
Festus Ezeli six games for acceptingameal andho-
tel room from an alumnus of the university.
H A R N E S S
R A C I N G
POCONO DOWNS ENTRIES
Tuesday Oct 18, 2011 Post Time:6:30 PM
First nw4000L5 $9,700 Trot
1. Money Man K (Ch Norris) 5-2
2. Alarming Quick (Da Ingraham) 7-2
3. Fox Valley Rival (Do Irvine Jr) 8-1
4. Clock Stopper (Ty Buter) 12-1
5. Thergosmyvacation (Ro Petitto) 20-1
6. Donnegal (Gr Wasiluk) 5-1
7. Orphan Victor (Mi Simons) 6-1
8. Stogie Hanover (An McCarthy) 4-1
9. Wildfire Bo (Jo Pavia Jr) 15-1
Second 15000CL $15,000 Pace
1. Tiza Mojo (Ji Taggart Jr) 10-1
2. Steuben Jumpinjack (Mi Simons) 3-1
3. Skymeadow Joseph (Ja Morrill Jr) 9-2
4. Prince Polaris (Br Simpson) 5-1
5. Cobalt Man (Ho Parker) 8-1
6. Panfully Cool (Jo Pavia Jr) 4-1
7. Shiswells Delight (Ty Buter) 12-1
8. Supreme Court (An McCarthy) 7-2
Third 12500CLHC $15,000 Trot
1. Red Victor (Ty Buter) 6-1
2. Carscot Nexus (Jo Pavia Jr) 7-2
3. Berndt Energy (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3-1
4. Twocarlane (Ja Morrill Jr) 4-1
5. Lost In The Fog (Ma Romano) 20-1
6. Justherighttouch (Ma Kakaley) 8-1
7. Commander Richards (To Schadel) 15-1
8. Fox Valley Smarty (Da Ingraham) 9-2
9. Miss Wapwallopen (Mi Simons) 10-1
Fourth NW1EXTPMHG $9,700 Pace
1. Dragon Spike (Ty Buter) 15-1
2. Hurricane John (Br Simpson) 7-2
3. Purple Mcrain (To Schadel) 6-1
4. Mr Govianni Fra (Ma Kakaley) 4-1
5. Boys Of Fall (Mi Simons) 8-1
6. Jbs Beach Iscape (Ti Lancaster) 20-1
7. Eastwood Blue Chip (An Napolitano) 3-1
8. Newspeak (Ge Napolitano Jr) 10-1
9. Gotta Go Hanover (Jo Pavia Jr) 9-2
Fifth 10000CL $9,800 Trot
1. Crystal Sizzler (Ma Romano) 15-1
2. Mitleh Hadeed (An McCarthy) 4-1
3. Powerlifter (To Schadel) 20-1
4. Woody Marvel (Te Wing) 8-1
5. Nate K (Ja Morrill Jr) 9-2
6. Smooth Muscles (Ji Taggart Jr) 7-2
7. Lord Burghley (An Napolitano) 3-1
8. Keystone Torch (Ge Napolitano Jr) 10-1
9. Dcs Piggy Bank (Ty Buter) 6-1
Sixth 25000CLCD $14,000 Pace
1. Ya Gotta Go (Ma Kakaley) 5-2
2. Fine Fine Fine (Br Clarke) 12-1
3. Bungleinthejungle (Ma Romano) 8-1
4. Marvelthisbliss (Da Ingraham) 15-1
5. Sharp West Hanover (Jo Pavia Jr) 6-1
6. Stonebridge Deco (Jo Antonelli) 20-1
7. Beckys Dreamboat (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7-2
8. Odin Blue Chip (An McCarthy) 4-1
9. Giant Cooper (An Napolitano) 5-1
Seventh nw6500L5 $12,000 Trot
1. Definitely Mamie (An McCarthy) 3-1
2. Katies Kiss (Ji Taggart Jr) 4-1
3. South Jersey Flash (To Schadel) 7-2
4. Around And Over (An Napolitano) 15-1
5. Beatitude (Mi Simons) 10-1
6. R Sam (Ma Kakaley) 20-1
7. Pucker Up Hanover (Ho Parker) 6-1
8. Celebrity Legacy (Da Ingraham) 9-2
9. Rodeo Red (Br Simpson) 8-1
Eighth nw9750L5 $14,000 Pace
1. Caerleon Hanover (Ma Kakaley) 15-1
2. Rustys All In (Mi Simons) 4-1
3. San Antony-O (Ty Buter) 7-2
4. Voice Of Truth (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3-1
5. Indelible Hanover (An McCarthy) 8-1
6. Whogoesfirst (Ja Morrill Jr) 9-2
7. Drive All Night (An Napolitano) 6-1
8. Winbak Dimensions (Jo Pavia Jr) 10-1
9. Tarver Hanover (Ji Taggart Jr) 20-1
Ninth nw6500L5 $12,000 Trot
1. South Jersey Honey (St Reisenweaver) 6-1
2. Whybabywhy (Ty Buter) 3-1
3. Shelly Ross (Ja Morrill Jr) 20-1
4. Florida Mac Attack (An Napolitano) 4-1
5. Master Buckin Uhl (Ge Napolitano Jr) 15-1
6. Captain Brady (Ch Norris) 9-2
7. Unefoisdansmavie (Jo Pavia Jr) 7-2
8. Staying Smooth (Ma Kakaley) 8-1
9. Southern Beauty (An McCarthy) 10-1
Tenth 25000CLHC $24,000 Pace
1. Bergerac (Jo Pavia Jr) 6-1
2. Lilys Hi Ho (Ge Napolitano Jr) 5-2
3. Four Starz Alex (Mi Simons) 8-1
4. Andy Baran (Ma Kakaley) 7-2
5. Sheer Pandemonium (Ty Buter) 12-1
6. Sleek Hunter (An McCarthy) 3-1
7. Loadedupntruckin (Ja Morrill Jr) 9-2
Eleventh nw4000L5 $9,700 Trot
1. Xtreme Talent (Ji Taggart Jr) 6-1
2. Marion Matilda (Gr Wasiluk) 9-2
3. A Real Laser (Br Simpson) 3-1
4. The Count (Ja Morrill Jr) 7-2
5. Jon Win (Mi Simons) 4-1
6. Skit Er Done (Da Ingraham) 20-1
7. Tonight Aas (An Napolitano) 15-1
8. Tis Himself (Ch Norris) 10-1
9. Billboard King (Ma Kakaley) 8-1
Twelfth 5000CL $4,800 Pace
1. Leutenant General (An Napolitano) 3-1
2. Tattoo Hall (Ja Morrill Jr) 4-1
3. Artful Sky (An McCarthy) 6-1
4. Western Ravenswood (Ty Buter) 9-2
5. Townie Guy (Mi Simons) 20-1
6. Sharkylee (Ma Kakaley) 7-2
7. Mcardles Charm (Jo Pavia Jr) 10-1
8. Jellis As Hecht (Br Simpson) 15-1
9. Cannae Rocky (Ge Napolitano Jr) 8-1
Thirteenth nw4000L5 $9,700 Trot
1. Thors Hammer (Ge Napolitano Jr) 8-1
2. Badboy Paparazzi A (Mi Simons) 3-1
3. B Contemporary (Ji Taggart Jr) 4-1
4. St Giannis (Ma Kakaley) 7-2
5. Mr Hobbs (Ja Morrill Jr) 10-1
6. Secret Image (Da Ingraham) 15-1
7. Intimidator (An McCarthy) 6-1
8. Lukas Rossi (Jo Pavia Jr) 20-1
Fourteenth 15000CLCD $10,000 Pace
1. Badlands Lad (An Napolitano) 6-1
2. Lucky Jove (Jo Pavia Jr) 9-2
3. Blissful Escape (Ma Kakaley) 4-1
4. Prince Sail On (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7-2
5. Here To Stay (Ed Nickle) 15-1
6. Fox Valley Verbeau (Ji Taggart Jr) 8-1
7. Stop Payment (Ja Morrill Jr) 10-1
8. Squaws Philly (Mi Simons) 20-1
9. Ducky T Fra (Ho Parker) 3-1
H . S . S O C C E R
Boys WVC Standings
Division I W L T
*Dallas (2A) ..................................... 13 0 0
Crestwood (2A) .............................. 9 3 0
Coughlin (3A).................................. 9 3 0
Valley West (3A)............................. 8 5 0
Hazleton Area (3A) ........................ 1 12 0
Division II W L T
*Lake-Lehman (2A)........................ 12 3 0
Pittston Area (3A)........................... 9 5 1
Tunkhannock (3A).......................... 9 7 0
Wyoming Seminary (A) ................. 8 6 2
Holy Redeemer (2A) ...................... 8 7 1
Meyers (A)....................................... 4 10 0
Division III W L T
Hanover Area (2A) ......................... 9 4 1
Berwick (2A).................................... 10 5 1
Wyoming Area (2A) ....................... 4 10 0
MMI (A) ............................................ 3 9 0
GAR (2A) ......................................... 3 13 0
Nanticoke (2A) ................................ 0 14 0
*-- Won division championship
Luzerne County Cup
Girls
U-11
Back Mountain 1, Hanover 0
U-12
Nanticoke 8, West Side United 0
U-14
Plains 2, Bear Creek 1
U-16
Plains 2, Forty Fort 1
B A S E B A L L
Major League Baseball Post
Season Glance
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7)
American League
All games televised by Fox
Texas 4, Detroit 2
Saturday, Oct. 8: Texas 3, Detroit 2
Sunday, Oct. 9: Detroit at Texas, ppd. rain
Monday, Oct. 10: Texas 7, Detroit 3, 11 innings
Tuesday, Oct. 11: Detroit 5, Texas 2
Wednesday, Oct. 12: Texas 7, Detroit 3, 11 innings
Thursday, Oct. 13: Detroit 7, Texas 5
Saturday, Oct. 15: Texas 15, Detroit 5
National League
All games televised by TBS
St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2
Sunday, Oct. 9: Milwaukee 9, St. Louis 6
Monday, Oct. 10: St. Louis 12, Milwaukee 3
Wednesday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 3
Thursday, Oct. 13: Milwaukee 4, St. Louis 2
Friday, Oct. 14: St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 1
Sunday, Oct. 16: St. Louis 12, Milwaukee 6
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7;x-if necessary)
All games televised by Fox
Wednesday, Oct. 19: Texas (Wilson 16-7) at St.
Louis (Carpenter 11-9), 8:05 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 20: Texas (Lewis 14-10) at St. Louis
(Garcia 13-7), 8:05 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22: St. Louis (Jackson12-9) at Texas
(Holland 16-5), 8:05 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23: St. Louis (Lohse 14-8) at Texas
(Harrison 14-9), 8:05 p.m.
x-Monday, Oct. 24: St. Louis at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
x-Wednesday, Oct. 26: Texas at St. Louis, 8:05p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 27: Texas at St. Louis, 8:05 p.m.
F O O T B A L L
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England .......................... 5 1 0 .833 185 135
Buffalo..................................... 4 2 0 .667 188 147
N.Y. Jets ................................. 2 3 0 .400 121 125
Miami ....................................... 0 4 0 .000 69 104
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tennessee.............................. 3 2 0 .600 105 94
Houston................................... 3 3 0 .500 141 124
Jacksonville............................ 1 5 0 .167 72 132
Indianapolis............................. 0 6 0 .000 104 163
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore................................. 4 1 0 .800 148 71
Cincinnati ................................ 4 2 0 .667 137 111
Pittsburgh................................ 4 2 0 .667 119 102
Cleveland................................ 2 3 0 .400 91 117
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego ............................... 4 1 0 .800 120 109
Oakland................................... 4 2 0 .667 160 150
Kansas City............................. 2 3 0 .400 77 150
Denver..................................... 1 4 0 .200 105 140
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants.............................. 4 2 0 .667 154 147
Washington ............................ 3 2 0 .600 96 83
Dallas ...................................... 2 3 0 .400 115 121
Philadelphia............................ 2 4 0 .333 145 145
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay.............................. 4 2 0 .667 113 145
New Orleans........................... 4 2 0 .667 177 151
Atlanta ..................................... 3 3 0 .500 135 147
Carolina................................... 1 5 0 .167 133 163
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay............................. 6 0 0 1.000 197 114
Detroit.................................... 5 1 0 .833 178 114
Chicago................................. 3 3 0 .500 146 132
Minnesota............................. 1 5 0 .167 121 145
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco......................... 5 1 0 .833 167 97
Seattle...................................... 2 3 0 .400 94 122
Arizona.................................... 1 4 0 .200 96 121
St. Louis .................................. 0 5 0 .000 49 137
Sunday's Games
Green Bay 24, St. Louis 3
Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 13
Philadelphia 20, Washington 13
San Francisco 25, Detroit 19
Atlanta 31, Carolina 17
Cincinnati 27, Indianapolis 17
N.Y. Giants 27, Buffalo 24
Oakland 24, Cleveland 17
Baltimore 29, Houston 14
New England 20, Dallas 16
Tampa Bay 26, New Orleans 20
Chicago 39, Minnesota 10
Open: Arizona, Denver, Kansas City, San Diego,
Seattle, Tennessee
Monday's Game
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23
Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 1 p.m.
San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Denver at Miami, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Chicago vs. Tampa Bay at London, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 4:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m.
Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, N.Y. Giants, New En-
gland, Philadelphia, San Francisco
Monday, Oct. 24
Baltimore at Jacksonville, 8:30 p.m.
NCAA
The AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college
football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses,
records through Oct. 15, total points based on 25
points for a first-place vote through one point for a
25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
...........................................................Record Pts Pv
1. LSU (41) ...................................... 7-01,452 1
2. Alabama (11)............................... 7-01,411 2
3. Oklahoma (6) .............................. 6-01,372 3
4. Wisconsin.................................... 6-01,252 4
5. Boise St. (1)................................. 6-01,218 5
6. Oklahoma St. .............................. 6-01,186 6
7. Stanford ....................................... 6-01,164 7
8. Clemson....................................... 7-01,064 8
9. Oregon......................................... 5-11,020 9
10. Arkansas.................................... 5-1 946 10
11. West Virginia............................. 5-1 778 13
12. Kansas St. ................................. 6-0 762 17
13. Nebraska................................... 5-1 748 14
14. South Carolina.......................... 6-1 690 15
15. Michigan St. .............................. 5-1 610 23
16. Virginia Tech............................. 6-1 597 19
17. Texas A&M................................ 4-2 467 21
18. Michigan .................................... 6-1 442 11
19. Auburn ....................................... 5-2 374 24
20. Georgia Tech............................ 6-1 281 12
21. Houston ..................................... 6-0 238 25
22. Washington............................... 5-1 221NR
23. Illinois......................................... 6-1 207 16
24. Arizona St.................................. 5-2 144 18
24. Georgia...................................... 5-2 144NR
Others receiving votes: Penn St. 130, Notre Dame
107, Southern Cal 87, Baylor 19, SMU19, Texas12,
Cincinnati 4, Southern Miss. 4, Wake Forest 3,
Rutgers 2.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
The USA Today Top 25 football coaches poll, with
first-place votes in parentheses, records through
Oct. 15, total points basedon25points for first place
through one point for 25th, and previous ranking:
..........................................................Record PtsPvs
1. Oklahoma (31) ........................... 6-01,426 1
2. LSU (15)...................................... 7-01,410 2
3. Alabama (12) .............................. 7-01,403 3
4. Wisconsin (1) ............................. 6-01,262 4
5. Stanford....................................... 6-01,222 5
6. Oklahoma State ......................... 6-01,173 7
7. Boise State.................................. 6-01,172 6
8. Clemson...................................... 7-01,028 8
8. Oregon........................................ 5-11,028 9
10. Arkansas................................... 5-1 931 11
11. Nebraska.................................. 5-1 775 14
12. South Carolina......................... 6-1 765 13
13. Michigan State.......................... 5-1 690 19
14. West Virginia............................ 5-1 688 16
14. Virginia Tech............................ 6-1 688 17
16. Kansas State ............................ 6-0 678 18
17. Michigan ................................... 6-1 458 10
18. Texas A&M............................... 4-2 415 23
19. Georgia Tech........................... 6-1 396 12
20. Houston .................................... 6-0 359 22
21. Illinois ........................................ 6-1 260 15
22. Penn State................................ 6-1 253 25
23. Auburn....................................... 5-2 202 NR
24. Washington.............................. 5-1 174 NR
25. Arizona State............................ 5-2 86 20
Others receiving votes: Georgia 60;Notre Dame
36;Rutgers 31;Southern Methodist 27;Texas
26;Cincinnati 14;Southern Mississippi 14;Baylor
9;North Carolina 9;Temple 3;Virginia 3;TCU1.
H O C K E Y
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT
Pittsburgh....................................... 6 3 1 2
Philadelphia................................... 4 3 0 1
N.Y. Islanders................................ 4 3 1 0
New Jersey.................................... 4 3 1 0
N.Y. Rangers................................. 3 0 1 2
Northeast Division
GP W L OT
Toronto........................................... 3 3 0 0
Buffalo............................................ 4 3 1 0
Boston............................................ 5 2 3 0
Montreal ......................................... 4 1 2 1
Ottawa ............................................ 5 1 4 0
Southeast Division
GP W L OT
Washington ................................... 4 4 0 0
Carolina.......................................... 5 2 2 1
Florida ............................................ 3 2 1 0
Tampa Bay..................................... 5 1 2 2
Winnipeg........................................ 3 0 3 0
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT
Detroit............................................. 4 4 0 0
Chicago.......................................... 4 2 1 1
Nashville ........................................ 4 2 1 1
St. Louis......................................... 5 2 3 0
Columbus....................................... 5 0 4 1
Northwest Division
GP W L OT
Colorado ........................................ 5 4 1 0
Minnesota...................................... 5 2 1 2
Vancouver...................................... 5 2 2 1
Edmonton ...................................... 3 1 1 1
Calgary........................................... 4 1 3 0
Pacific Division
GP W L OT
Dallas ............................................. 5 4 1 0
Anaheim......................................... 4 3 1 0
Los Angeles................................... 4 2 1 1
Phoenix.......................................... 4 2 1 1
San Jose ........................................ 3 1 2 0
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime
loss.
Sunday's Games
Anaheim 4, St. Louis 2
Monday's Games
Colorado 3, Toronto 2
Florida 7, Tampa Bay 4
Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Edmonton, 9:30 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Today's Games
Carolina at Boston, 7 p.m.
Florida at Washington, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Chicago at Phoenix, 10 p.m.
St. Louis at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday's Games
Winnipeg at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
T E N N I S
ATP World Tour If Stockholm
Open Results
Monday
At Kungliga Tennishallen
Stockholm, Sweden
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Purse: $832,500 (WT250)
Singles
First Round
Philipp Petzschner, Germany, def. Lukasz Kubot,
Poland, 6-2, 7-5.
Tommy Haas, Germany, def. Somdev Devvarman,
India, 7-6 (4), 6-4.
Doubles
First Round
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, and Frank Moser, Germa-
ny, def. Paul Hanley, Australia, and Dick Norman,
Belgium, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, and Juan Martin del Po-
tro, Argentina, def. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram,
United States, 4-6, 7-5, 10-6 tiebreak.
WTA HP Japan Open Results
Sunday
At Utsbo Tennis Center
Osaka, Japan
Purse: $220,000 (Intl.)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Quarterfinals
Zheng Jie, China def. Petra Cetkovska (4), Czech
Republic, 0-6, 7-5, 6-3 comp. of susp. match
Semifinals
Marion Bartoli (2), France, def. Angelique Kerber
(3), Germany, 6-1, 7-6 (5).
Sam Stosur (1), Australia, def. Zheng Jie, China,
7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-3.
Championship
Marion Bartoli (2), France, def. Samantha Stosur
(1), Australia, 6-3, 6-1.
Doubles
Semifinals
Vania King, United States, and Yaroslava Shvedo-
va (1), Kazakhstan, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and
Abigail Spears (3), United States, 6-0, 6-2.
Championship
Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, and Zhang Shuai (4),
China, def. Vania King, United States, and Yarosla-
va Shvedova (1), Kazakhstan, 7-5, 3-6, 11-9 tie-
break.
N A S C A R
Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
1, Carl Edwards, 2,203.
2, Kevin Harvick, 2,198.
3, Matt Kenseth, 2,196.
4, Kyle Busch, 2,185.
5, Tony Stewart, 2,179.
6, Brad Keselowski, 2,178.
7, Kurt Busch, 2,176.
8, Jimmie Johnson, 2,168.
9, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,143.
10, Ryan Newman, 2,142.
11, Jeff Gordon, 2,137.
12, Denny Hamlin, 2,117.
13, Clint Bowyer, 868.
14, A J Allmendinger, 865.
15, Kasey Kahne, 857.
16, Greg Biffle, 856.
17, David Ragan, 829.
18, Marcos Ambrose, 821.
19, Juan Pablo Montoya, 819.
20, Mark Martin, 816.
Money
1, Carl Edwards, $7,365,084.
2, Kyle Busch, $5,687,409.
3, Jimmie Johnson, $5,612,979.
4, Kevin Harvick, $5,537,614.
5, Matt Kenseth, $5,445,104.
6, Kurt Busch, $5,342,376.
7, Jeff Gordon, $5,202,179.
8, Tony Stewart, $5,173,381.
9, Clint Bowyer, $4,825,111.
10, Denny Hamlin, $4,747,518.
11, Ryan Newman, $4,665,023.
12, Brad Keselowski, $4,529,804.
13, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,440,886.
14, Jamie McMurray, $4,232,122.
15, A J Allmendinger, $4,196,259.
16, Marcos Ambrose, $4,192,434.
17, Regan Smith, $4,063,983.
18, Kasey Kahne, $4,009,952.
19, Bobby Labonte, $3,995,678.
20, David Reutimann, $3,821,776.
S O C C E R
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-Sporting Kansas
City ............................. 12 9 12 48 49 40
x-Philadelphia........... 11 7 15 48 44 35
Columbus .................. 13 12 8 47 41 41
x-Houston.................. 11 9 13 46 42 40
New York................... 9 8 16 43 49 44
Chicago...................... 8 9 16 40 43 43
D.C. ............................ 9 12 11 38 48 50
Toronto FC................ 6 13 14 32 34 57
New England............. 5 16 12 27 36 56
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
y-Los Angeles........... 19 4 10 67 47 25
x-Seattle..................... 17 7 9 60 53 36
x-Real Salt Lake....... 15 11 7 52 43 35
x-FC Dallas................ 15 11 7 52 40 35
x-Colorado................. 11 9 13 46 42 40
Portland...................... 11 14 7 40 38 46
Chivas USA............... 8 13 12 36 40 40
San Jose.................... 7 12 14 35 36 43
Vancouver ................. 6 17 10 28 34 53
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
x- clinched playoff berth
y- clinched conference
Wednesday's Games
FC Dallas 2, Chicago 1
Vancouver 2, D.C. United 1
Friday's Games
Colorado 0, Real Salt Lake 0, tie
Houston 2, Portland 0
Saturday's Games
Sporting Kansas City 2, New York 0
Philadelphia 1, Toronto FC1, tie
Chicago 2, D.C. United 1
Columbus 3, New England 0
FC Dallas 2, Vancouver 0
Seattle FC 2, San Jose 1
Sunday's Games
Los Angeles 1, Chivas USA 0
Wednesday, Oct. 19
Portland at D.C. United, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 20
Philadelphia at New York, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22
New England at Toronto FC, 12:30 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Sporting Kansas City at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Seattle FC at Chivas USA, 10:30 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23
Los Angeles at Houston, 7 p.m.
B O X I N G
Fight Schedule
Oct. 19
At Newcastle, Australia, Anthony Mundine vs. Ri-
goberto Alvarez, 12, for the interimWBAWorld light
middleweight title.
Oct. 22
At the Theater at Madison Square Garden, New
York (HBO), Nonito Donaire vs. Omar Narvaez, 12,
for Donaires WBC-WBO bantamweight titles.
At Panama City, Panama, Alberto Mosquera, vs.
Brunet Zamora, 12, for the interim WBA World light
welterweight title.
At Sinaloa, Mexico, Hugo Ruiz vs. Francisco Arce,
12, for Ruizs interimWBAWorldbantamweight title.
Oct. 24
At Tokyo, Pornsawan Porpramook, vs. Akira Yae-
gashi, 12, for Porpramooks WBA World minimum-
weight title.
Oct. 28
At Bangkok, Thailand, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
vs. Edgar Sosa, 12, for Wonjongkams WBC fly-
weight title.
At Ballys Event Center, Atlantic City, N.J. (SHO),
Tony Thompson vs. Eddie Chambers, 12, IBF
heavyweight eliminator; Brandon Gonzales vs. Os-
sie Duran, 10, middleweights.
Oct. 29
At Hermosillo, Mexico, Hernan Marquez vs. Luis
Concepcion, 12, for Marquezs WBA World fly-
weight title.
Nov. 4
At Moscow, Ismayl Sillakhvs. Chris Henry, 12, WBC
light heavyweight eliminator; Denis Lebedev vs.
James Toney, 12, cruiserweights.
Nov. 5
At Quebec City, Canada (SHO), Lucian Bute vs.
Glen Johnson, 12, for Butes IBF super middle-
weight title; Steve Molitor vs. Sebastien Gauthier,
10, junior featherweights; Pier-Olivier Cote vs.
Jorge Luis Teron, 10, junior welterweights.
At Cancun, Mexico (HBO), Alfredo Angulo vs.
James Kirkland, 12, junior middleweights; Peter
Quillin vs. Craig McEwan, 10, middleweights.
At El Domo, Leon, Mexico, Chris Arreola vs. Alonzo
Butler, 12, heavyweights.
Nov. 6
At Tokyo, Takahiro Ao vs. Devis Boschiero, 12, for
Aos WBC junior lightweight title; Shinsuke Yama-
nakavs. ChristianEsquivel, 12, WBCbantamweight
eliminator; Toshiyuki Igarashi vs. Wilbert Uicab, 12,
WBC flyweight eliminator.
Nov. 12
At MGMGrand, Las Vegas (PPV), Manny Pacquiao
vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, 12, for Pacquiaos WBO
welterweight title; Timothy Bradley vs. Joel Casa-
mayor, 12, for Bradleys WBO junior welterweight
title; Mike Alvarado vs. Breidis Prescott, 10, junior
welterweights; Luis Cruz vs. Juan Carlos Burgos,
10, junior lightweights.
Nov. 19
At Houston(HBO), JulioCesar Chavez Jr. vs. Peter
Manfredo Jr. 12, for Chavezs WBC middleweight
title.
Nov. 30
At Perth, Australia, Krzysztof Wlodarczyk vs. Dan-
ny Green, 12, for Wlodarczyks WBC cruiserweight
title.
C M Y K
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S P O R T S
ST. LOUIS That chant of
Happy Flight! Happy Flight!
has been exceptionally joyful
lately for the St. Louis Cardinals.
They celebrated in Philadel-
phia after knocking off the favor-
ed Phillies in the National
League division series, then
hushed a packed crowd in Mil-
waukee and sprayed champagne
in the visitors clubhouse after
winning the franchises 18th pen-
nant.
The clinching blowout victory
over the Brewers on Sunday
night was the 15th consecutive
time the Cardinals had won be-
fore heading for the airport, a
run theyll risk against the
American League champion
Texas Rangers.
The wild-card Cardinals have
the home-field advantage for the
first time, thanks to Prince Fiel-
ders three-run homer in the Na-
tional Leagues All-Star victory.
Theyre underdogs against the
Rangers, making their second
straight trip to the World Series.
Its nothing new for this late-
blooming team that was boosted
by several trade deadline pick-
ups.
All those getaway victories
fueled an improbable surge for a
team that trailed Atlanta by 10
1
2
games for the wild card on Aug.
25. Entering the final month,
they were in serious danger of
finishing out of the postseason
for the fourth time in five years
since winning the 2006 World
Series.
The Cardinals were after-
thoughts in 06, too, after win-
ning just 83 games. Albert Pu-
jols, Chris Carpenter, Yadier Mo-
lina, Skip Schumaker and in-
jured pitcher Adam Wainwright,
who got the last out in both the
NLCS and World Series, are
holdovers from that team.
When you get to the postsea-
son anything can happen, Pu-
jols said. We got to the postsea-
son and we were riding hot.
Were swinging the bats pretty
well and the bullpen has been
unbelievable.
The momentum was just
enough to overtake the fading
Braves on the final day of the
season. Fortified by Rafael Fur-
cal, a hit in the leadoff slot and at
shortstop, starter Edwin Jack-
son and relievers Marc Rzepc-
zynski and Octavio Dotel, they
havent played like plucky under-
dogs in October.
Even as its happening, players
find themselves shaking their
heads in wonder. Clutching a
lucky stuffed squirrel during the
postgame shindig in Milwaukee,
Dotel said when he goes to bed
he thinks, Wow, we are in this
position!
Its crazy to be where we are
right now. I dont know how to
explain that to you. The only
thing I know is were here and
were looking forward to keep
winning games, he said.
Speaking of lucky live squir-
rels, the Cardinals may not be
totally caught up. The team
trapped four squirrels, releasing
them in a wildlife preserve, but
doesnt believe it has nabbed the
squirrel that has been embraced
as a good luck totem after dis-
tracting Phillies pitcher Roy Os-
walt when it scooted across
home plate during Game 4.
Both teams have their rota-
tions aligned for the World Se-
ries, with St. Louis ace Chris
Carpenter set to oppose Texas
16-game winner C.J. Wilson in
the opener Wednesday night.
Carpenter was bothered by el-
bow irritation after his last start
but has been pronounced good
to go.
WO R L D S E R I E S
Surprise NL champs have home-field advantage
By R.B. FALLSTROM
AP Sports Writer UP NEXT
WORLD SERIES GAME 1
Texas Rangers
at St. Louis Cardinals
8:05 p.m. Wednesday
TV: Fox 56
HUGHESTOWN After
watching control suddenly slip
away, Jay Dawsey knew it was
now or never for his Lake-
Lehman Black Knights.
I was thinking we had to
pick up the intensity, Dawsey
said.
He made sure the Black
Knights picked up a victory,
and along with it, another
Wyoming Valley Conference
Division II championship.
Dawsey scored two of his
four goals over the games final
14 minutes Monday as Lehman
staved off Pittston Area and
sharp-shooting Jordan Con-
sagra, 6-2 for the division title.
Felt great, Dawsey said.
We were able to step up and
get the win. It was a big oppor-
tunity for us to get the division
title again.
For the Patriots, it was op-
portunity lost.
They rallied to tie the game
at 2-2 after a listless 55 min-
utes behind a pair of unassisted
second-half goals from Con-
sagra, one of the leagues elite
strikers who now has 29 goals
this season.
He creates opportunities for
himself, Pittston Area coach
Pat OBoyle said of his scoring
star. The kid knows how to
score.
But Dawsey took out Pitt-
ston Areas divisional title
dreams.
The Lehman senior began
the game with a pair of goals
for a quick 2-0 Black Knights
lead, then broke the second
half deadlock with goals in the
66th and 69th minutes to get
Lehman rolling again. Mike
Novak and Austin Harry fin-
ished out the scoring, with
Dawsey contributing a nice
crossing assist on Novaks goal.
They really took it to us the
last 10 minutes, OBoyle said.
That allowed Lehman to
celebrate the league title with a
sigh of relief.
The 12-3-0 Black Knights
entered the day holding a slim
lead over 9-5-1 Pittston Area in
the Division II standings with
one game to play but that
regular season finale promises
to be a difficult battle with
Crestwood, the WVC Division I
runnerup.
It was nice to take care of
business (Monday), Lehman
coach Mike Kostrobala said. It
was nice to get it out of the
way.
Nothing stood in Dawseys
way, even on an uncomfortably
windy day at the Pittston Area
soccer field.
He rifled home goals in the
15th minute and the 52nd
minute to give Lehman con-
trol, 2-0.
Consagra nearly wrestled it
away, with a score from the
corner and a wicked riser in
the 59th minute that allowed
the Patriots to even things at
2-2.
He did a nice job of getting
us back in it, OBoyle said.
But Dawsey answered with
his third and fourth goals of
the day, triggering a four-goal
barrage for the Black Knights
that ended the game and the
Division II suspense after
Pittston Areas starting keeper
Taylor Roberts left the field
with a gash that occurred when
he was kicked above his eye.
We were up 1-0, we kind of
got a little lackadaisical, Daw-
sey said. (Then) we played
with the intensity we needed
to play with.
Lake-Lehman 6, Pittston Area
2
Lake-Lehman............................................ 1 5 6
Pittston Area............................................. 0 2 2
First half: 1. LL, Jay Dawsey (Cody Spriggs) 16th
Second half: 1. LL, Dawsey (Kris Konicki)
52nd; 2. PA, Jordan Consagra 55th; 3. PA, Con-
sagra 59th; 4. LL, Dawsey (Austin Harry) 66th; 5.
LL, Dawsey (Chris Edkins) 69th; 6. LL, MikeNovak
(Dawsey) 69th; 7. LL, Harry (Jeremy Jayne) 73rd
Shots: LL 18, PA 13; Saves: LL 12 (John
Butchko), PA 12 (Taylor Roberts); Corners: LL 5,
PA 5.
Dallas 4, Wyoming Valley West
2
John Murray and Danny
Saba each scored twice help
the Mountaineers clinch the
Wyoming Valley Conference
Division I Championship.
Danny Engel and Nick Sing-
er each scored for Valley West.
Dallas............................................................ 2 2 4
Valley West.................................................. 0 2 2
First half: 1. DAL, John Murray (AJ Nardone),
33:15; 2. Murray (Nardone), 27:36
Second half: 3. WVW Donny Engel (Connor
Dolan), 37:53; 4. DAL, Danny Saba (Brian Step-
niak), 27:41; 5. Saba (Brandon Scharff), 23:10; 6.
WVW, Nick Singer (Colin Harrison), :04
Shots: DAL 18, WVW 9; Saves: DAL 8 (Ryan
Koslozski), WVW 9 (Chris Jaworski); Corners:
DAL 4, WVW 1.
GAR 4, Nanticoke 2
Luke Height scored two
goals to lead GAR to a narrow
win over Nanticoke.
Dennis Hynes and Thomas
Williams each scored one goal
to contribute to the win.
For Nanticoke Winston Go-
day and Jake Niewiski each
scored once.
Nanticoke .................................................. 1 1 2
GAR ........................................................... 1 3 4
First half: 1. NAN, Jake Niewinski (Dave Stecco),
23:40; 2. GAR, Luke Height, 33:26
Second half: 3. NAN, Wiston Goday, 38:11; 4.
Height (Justin Galbraith), 36:30; 5. GAR, Dennis
Hynes, 33:11; 6. GAR, Thomas Williams (Edgar
Tapia), 3:42
Shots: NAN16, GAR23; Saves: NAN7 (Mike
Mavus), GAR10 (Nick Rybitski); Corners: NAN2,
GAR 6.
Wyoming Seminary 1,
Tunkhannock 0
Austin Shin scored with 53
minutes remaining to help
Wyoming Seminary edge Tunk-
hannock.
Zach Daniels had nine saves
in the net for Tunkhannock
Wyoming Seminary.................................... 0 1 1
Tunkhannock............................................... 0 0 0
Second half: 1. Austin Shin, 53:00
Shots: WS 12, TUN 3; Saves: WS 2 (Frank
Henry), TUN 9 (Zach Daniels); Corners: WS 5,
TUN 4.
Coughlin 2, Hazleton Area 1 OT
Pat Malone scored the game-
winning goal with 7:04 left in
overtime to lift Coughlin over
Hazleton Area in a hard-fought
victory.
Justin Okun scored one goal
and had one assist to contrib-
ute.
For Hazleton Area, its only
goal came from Max Pozzess-
ere.
Coughlin ................................................... 1 0 1 2
Hazleton Area.......................................... 0 1 0 1
First half: 1. COU, Justin Okun, 27:24
Second half: 2. HAZ, Max Pozzessere (Tyler
Bicking), 16:32
Overtime: COU, Pat Malone (Okun), 7:04
Shots: COU 16, HAZ 6; Saves: COU 7 (Josh
Feathermen), HAZ 10 (Logan Yacowatz); Cor-
ners: COU 14, HAZ 3.
H . S . B OY S S O C C E R
Dawsey leads L-L
to Division II title
By PAUL SOKOLOSKI
psokoloski@timesleader.com
KINGSTON -- Wyoming Semi-
nary swept Mid Valley 5-0 in the
District 2 Class 2A Girls Tennis
Team Tournament quarterfinals
Monday night.
In singles, District 2 doubles
champions Nathalie Joanlanne
and Sheena Syal both won their
singles matches. Joanlanne
defeated Marissa Troiani 6-2,
6-2, and Syal defeated Vicki
Maza 6-1, 6-2. Madison Nardone
defeated Julie May 6-2, 6-4 to
complete singles play.
In doubles, Emma Path and
Jane Henry defeated Jessie
Brudinki and Delaney Reynolds
6-1, 6-1, and Alaina Schukraft
and Anita Gosh won their
match 6-1, 6-1.
Crestwood 3, Honesdale 2
Crestwood won a district
team tournament match for the
first time in school history.
The Comets swept singles
play as Kristi Bowman defeated
Abriana Nolan 6-3, 6-2, Brittany
Stanton defeated Maggie Walsh
6-2, 6-3, and Melanie Kobela
defeated Maddie Putzi 6-4, 6-4.
In doubles action, Honesdale
won both matches. Rachel Fitz
and Mackenzie Dirlam defeated
Jenn Snyder and Melanie Snyd-
er 7-6 (3), 6-3, and Jalena Gibbs
and Brittany Odell defeated
Mary Kate Coulter and Corey
Gallagher 6-4, 6-3.
D I S T R I C T 2 T E N N I S
PETE G. WILCOX
Emma Spath of Wyoming Seminary hits a return in Mondays
doubles match against Mid Valley in Kingston.
Sem, Crestwood
serve up success
The Times Leader staff
deemer (8-7-1) on Thursday for
the right to advance to the Dis-
trict 2 Class 2A tournament.
Ive workedwiththese seniors
since seventh grade so weve
spent a lot of time together and
its all coming together in their
senior year, Hanover Area coach
John Nealon said. Im proud of
my boys. They did well and lets
hope we get another champion-
ship.
Bogart gave the Hanover Area
fans something to cheer about in
the first half when he received a
pass fromPat Cook and beat Ber-
wick keeper Alex Buck with a
header for his 31st goal of the sea-
son to put the team ahead 1-0 at
the 19:45 mark. Bogart, a senior,
now has 67 points this year.
But Berwick, whichpacks a po-
tent punch on offense, wasnt go-
ing away without a fight.
Kyle Venditti (28 goals, 12 as-
sists, 68 points) foundthe back of
the net on a header of his own off
a corner from Brandon Dougher-
ty to even the score at 1-1 with
10:53 left.
Before the first half came to an
end, Hanover Areas Matt Elmy
gave his team a 2-1 lead after get-
ting anassist fromJeff Albert and
knocking in a rebound for the
score. The Hawkeyes opened a
3-1 lead in the second half when
Cook struck the net from 30-
yards out for an unassisted goal.
Again, the Bulldogs werent go-
ing away.
Richard Umana (32g, 11a,
75pts), who leads the WVC in
goals andpoints, assistedona tal-
ly by Arlinson Reyes with 11:46
remainingtopull the score to3-2.
Berwicks offense, which has
scoreda WVC-high92 goals, kept
pushing until the final buzzer
sounded. The team outshot the
Hawks 17-12 and was driving
hard into Hanover Area territory
in the final minutes, but the de-
fense cleared three balls to ruin
any chance of evening the score.
Nealon didnt mark the two
Berwick stars, he just played a
zone defense marking every play-
er, not just Umana and Venditti
and that plan worked well.
Ive been watching their
scores and theyve been scoring
an awful lot of goals so what we
did was we stacked up our de-
fense because a tie wouldve been
just as good as a win tonight,
Nealon added.
Hanover Area 3, Berwick 2
Berwick ......................................................... 1 1 2
Hanover Area............................................... 2 1 3
First half: 1. HAN, Austin Bogart (Pat Cook) 19:45;
2. BER, Kyle Venditti (Brandon Dougherty) 10:53; 3.
HAN, Matt Elmy (Jeff Albert) 5:43
Second half: 1. HAN, Pat Cook 28:46; 2. BER,
Arlinson Reyes (Richard Umana) 11:46
Shots: BER 17, HAN 12; Saves: BER 2 (Alex
Buck), HAN 8 (Dan Tomko); Corners: BER 2, HAN
2.
HAWKEYES
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FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Berwicks Jeremy Moyer (No. 4) and Hanover Areas Austin Bo-
gart (No. 14) try to win the ball during the first half.
Audrey Hiedcavage had 36
assists and nine service points
to lead Wyoming Area to 3-2
victory over Hanover Area in
Wyoming Valley Conference
girls volleyball action on Mon-
day by scores of 14-25, 25-23,
22-25, 25-15, 15-6.
Gabby Bohen contributed
with11kills, Melissa Kazmenck
had one block and11kills, and
SamAcacio had12 kills.
For Hanover Area Brea Bon-
ing had12 service points with
four kills and four digs while
Jolene Domyan had three kills
and17 digs, and Shawna Rab-
bas had nine service points,
eight aces, three kills and17
digs.
Nanticoke 3, MMI 0
Nanticoke swept MMI 25-14,
27-25, 25-9.
Kayley Schinski lead the way
with six service points and11
kills while Brittany Sugalski
contributed with five service
points, and seven kills, and
Allie Matulewski had three
service points, one ace, five
kills, and a block.
For MMI, Kristen Young had
five kills and11digs, Alyssa
Priane had 22 assist with one
kill, and Kayla Karchuer had13
digs and eight kills.
Lake-Lehman 3, Meyers 2
Tiffany Oplinger had 22
service points and16 kills to
lead Lake-Lehman to victory by
scores of 25-7, 21-25, 25-13,
26-24, 15-5.
Laura Casterline had 20
service points and10 kills while
Carol Mosier had 22 service
points and 31assists to contrib-
ute to the win.
For Meyers Kyra Wolsieffer
had 29 digs and three kills
while Brandi Soto had 20 digs
and eight kills, and Teff Sauer
had15 service points and16
digs.
H . S . G I R L S V O L L E Y B A L L
Warriors pull out close victory
The Times Leader staff
TORONTO David Jones
scored 1:11 into overtime to
give the Colorado Avalanche a
3-2 victory over the Toronto
Maple Leafs on Monday night.
Jones buried the rebound of
Kyle Quinceys shot past goalie
James Reimer.
Daniel Winnik and Milan
Hejduk also scored for Col-
orado (5-1). Phil Kessel and
Nikolai Kulemin had goals the
Maple Leafs (3-0-1).
The Avalanche went 5-0 on
their longest road trip of the
season. It was Colorados first
perfect mark in a trip that long.
Panthers 7, Lightning 4
TAMPA, Fla. Kris Ver-
steeg and Stephen Weiss both
had two goals and two assists,
defenseman Brian Campbell
had four assists, and the Flor-
ida Panthers beat the Tampa
Bay Lightning.
Versteeg put the Panthers up
5-3 with his second power-play
goal of the game when he beat
goalie Dwayne Roloson from
the low right circle 25 seconds
into the third period. Florida
scored five goals in nine chanc-
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Jets 2, Penguins 1
WINNIPEG, Manitoba
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reborn Winnipeg Jets earned
their first win by beating the
Pittsburgh Penguins.
Tanner Glass netted Winni-
pegs other goal, Alex Bur-
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Ondrej Pavelec stopped 28
shots to earn the win for the
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Q: What can you tell
me about a disorder
called PANDAS?
Our pediatrician be-
lieves our son may
have it.
D.J. Sugar Hill,
Ga.
A: PANDAS stands for Pediatric
Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Dis-
order Associated with Streptococcus.
Its a rare and controversial condition
where certain behavior changes are
observed in a previously healthy child
within just a few weeks after a strepto-
coccus bacterial condition like strep
throat. The most common behavioral
changes seen are the abrupt devel-
opment of obsessive-compulsive per-
sonality disorder (OCD) and Tourettes
syndrome with uncontrollable motor
and/or vocal tics. One theory linking
infection with neurological changes
suggests that in these children, their
immune systems overreact and not
only attack the streptococcal bacterial
infection, but parts of the brain respon-
sible for movement and behavior.
Treatment of suspected PANDAS is
often empiric use of an antibiotic like
Augmentin, even though the current
belief is that the symptoms of PANDAS
are due to an exaggerated immune
system response to a recent streptococ-
cus infection and not an active infec-
tion itself. For more information, con-
tact the PANDAS Foundation at:
www.internationalpandasfoundatio-
n.org.
Q: I use Primatene spray for my
asthma condition. Although it tends to
make my heart race a bit, I only need it
occasionally. Im hearing that it will no
longer be available after Dec. 31. What
do you recommend I use in its place?
G.R., Huntsville, Ala.
A: Primatene mist inhalers use a CFC
propellant thats bad for the ozone
layer. Thats why its being pulled off
the shelves at least until they get
FDA approval for the more environ-
mentally friendly HFA propellant in
replacement. While the absence of
Primatene spray will be temporary,
many physicians remain concerned
over the safety and appropriateness of
using inhaled adrenaline (the active
ingredient in Primatene) to manage
asthma.
Here are the issues with Primatene:
1) Inhaled adrenaline used on an as
needed basis can lead to inadequate
treatment of asthma. Persistent asthma
is a disease of underlying inflammation,
and adrenaline (or even the prescrip-
tion albuterol) inhalers do nothing to
help that problem; 2) There is a tenden-
cy to overuse Primatene since its avail-
able without a prescription. 3) It can
raise blood pressure and is not good for
folks with hypertension; and 4) Asthma
is a chronic disease that should be
under the supervision of a physician.
ASK DR. H
D R . M I T C H E L L H E C H T
PANDAS can
result from
strep infection
Dr. Mitchell Hecht is a physician specializing
in internal medicine. Send questions to him
at: Ask Dr. H, P.O. Box 767787, Atlanta, GA
30076. Personal replies are not possible.
Senior volunteers needed
Community Counseling Services
of NEPA is recruiting volunteers,
ages 55 years and older and home-
bound senior citizens ages 60 and
older for the Senior Peer Counsel-
ing Program in Wyoming and Lu-
zerne counties. The program pro-
vides one-to-one supportive coun-
seling to seniors who are confined
to their homes or who dont feel
comfortable in a traditional mental
health setting.
Volunteers should be able to
devote up to three hours a week,
have good listening skills and enjoy
relating to new people. For more
information, call Rhoda Tillman at
836-3118.
Communication fair set
The Luzerne-Wyoming Counties
Mental Health/Mental Retardation
Program is sponsoring a free Com-
munication Fair from10 a.m. to
noon Thursday at the Luzerne
County West Side Annex, Wyom-
ing Avenue, Forty Fort.
Information on communication
devices for individuals with in-
tellectual disabilities and SMART
911 will be provided. To register,
call 825-9441 or 1-800-816-1880.
MDA Bowl-A-Thon set
The National Association of
Letter Carriers will hold a Bowl-A-
Thon to benefit the Muscular Dys-
trophy Association from 3 to 5 p.m.
Sunday, at Chackos Family Bowl-
ing Center, 195 N. Wilkes-Barre
Blvd., Wilkes-Barre. Cost is $25 for
adults and $15 for children younger
than 10 years old and covers shoes,
two hours of bowling, pizza and
beverage. Cash prizes will be
awarded. Teams of five bowlers per
lane and individuals are welcome.
To register, contact George at 239-
4804 or Matt at 606-7703.
Childhood obesity class
Triangle Pharmacy, Mountain
Top, is offering a class on prevent-
ing childhood obesity from 6 to 9
p.m. Oct. 26 at the pharmacy.
Cost is $10 and pre-registration
is required. For more information,
contact the Triangle Pharmacy
Diabetes Center at 474-6590 or
trianglepharmacy@aol.com.
IN BRIEF
Frustrated dieters may ask, When
is someone gonna write a weight-
loss book that allows me to eat at
7-Eleven? Their wish has been
granted by Charles Platkin, the
Diet Detective syndicated colum-
nist and assistant professor at the
CUNY School of Public Health. His
new book, set for release in Janu-
ary by Rodale Books, is The Diet
Detectives All-American Diet.
Take our quiz based on food choic-
es at quintessential American
establishments.
1. Its late in the dark night of a
dieters soul. You find yourself at a
7-Eleven. Caloriewise, which is the
best choice?
a) 7-Eleven Fresh To Go Chicken
and Bacon Cobb Salad
b) 7-Eleven Chicken Tenders (three
pieces)
c) 7-Eleven Corn Dog Roller
2. Youve been driving all night.
Whats that up ahead? Sunrise?
No, its the yellow Dennys sign.
Which breakfast side dish should a
calorie-conscious dieter select?
a) Bacon (four strips)
b) Turkey bacon (four strips)
c) Hash browns
3. Youve tried to resist the lure of
KFC. You know you have. But
youre only human and have suc-
cumbed. Yet youre trying to be
good by ordering from the grilled
chicken menu. Which is your best
caloric choice?
a) drumstick
b) breast
c) thigh
4. You went running today, so you
figure you can reward yourself
with dessert in the freezer aisle.
Which is the best caloric option?
a) Skinny Cow Vanilla Low Fat Ice
Cream Sandwich
b) Weight Watchers Vanilla Ice
Cream Sandwich
c) Smart Ones Key Lime Pie
ANSWERS: 1: c (corn dog: 320
calories; cobb salad: 350 calories;
chicken: 540 calories); 2: a (bacon:
140 calories; turkey bacon: 150
calories; hash browns: 210 calo-
ries); 3: a (drumstick: 80 calories;
thigh 160 calories; breast 210
calories); 4: b (Weight Watchers:
120 calories; Skinny cow: 140 calo-
ries; pie: 190 calories).
From The Times Leader wire ser-
vice
N U T R I T I O N Q U I Z : Diet detective
A
rea school districts are making the grade in nutrition by offering a wider selection of fruits,
vegetables and increasing whole-grain foods into their menus.
Pluots(part plum, part apricot) andbloodorangesarenot thetypical fruitsfoundinaschool
cafeteria, but Mallory Rosenberg, nutritiondiet technicianfor the NutritionGroupservingthe Wilkes-
Barre Area School District, said the goal is to teach the children the variety of healthy food choices.
Gone are the days of having so-
da, white bread, white flour prod-
ucts, and an assortment of sweet
treats in school cafeterias. Today,
students are choosing between fla-
vored and white nonfat milk, a se-
lection of fruits, vegetables and
cookies made from whole grain.
Emphasis to improve the nutri-
tion of school meals by cutting
back on unnecessary calories, fat,
sodium and sugar is in effort to
fight childhood obesity and result-
ing chronic health problems.
David Feller, food service direc-
tor withthe NutritionGroup, serv-
ing Wilkes-Barre Area School Dis-
trict, and Lori Mount, food direc-
tor with Nutrition Inc., servicing
Lake-LehmanSchool District, said
their districts are pushing to be
ahead of the state requirements of
the Healthy Kids Hunger-Free Act,
which will make these menu
changes mandatory for the 2012-
2013 school year.
Districts are also using the new
MyPlate nutrition icon instead
of the Food Pyramid to teach stu-
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
A display used to show the students of Heights Elementary School in Wilkes-Barre some of the healthy foods served
in their cafeteria.
Cafeteria cooking
New school year features healthier lunch fare
By EILEEN GODIN Times Leader Correspondent
Student of the Youth Advisory Council
from Heights Elementary listen as David
Feller, food service director, talks about
healthy choices that are offered for the
school lunch program. (left to right) Malik
Burton, Akra Payne, Ashley Delessandro
and Jennifer Ajao.
Parents dont always have the
best habits when it comes to
packing healthy school lunch-
es. There are lots of ways to
make things more varied, fun
and colorful, says Jennifer
Shea, a Boston-based dietitian who works
with several grocery chains. Here are some
donts:
Not involving kids. Let them offer in-
put on new fruits and vegetables they
would try and help pack their lunchboxes.
Tossing in chips. As an alternative,
have kids create their own bags of trail mix.
Possible ingredients: whole-grain pretzels
or cereal (anything with at least three
grams of fiber and less than nine grams of
sugar per serving), nuts, dried fruits
and mini dark-chocolate chips. If a
child has a nut allergy, dried eda-
mame is a good substitute.
Packing fruit and vegetables
plain ... Many kids will be happier
with a side of dip: hummus or a mix-
ture of salsa and low-fat sour cream
is popular for veggies and light vanil-
la yogurt mixed with cinnamon and raisins
for fruit.
... and whole. Most kids prefer produce
cut into slices. You can also make kabobs
with chunks of fruit, vegetables and low-fat
cheese.
Relying on white bread ... Plain white
lacks the fiber that keeps kids full. Go with
By ALISON JOHNSON
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)
How to avoid lunchbox mistakes
See LUNCHBOX, Page 2C
See LUNCH, Page 2C
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on the "Videos" tab
to hear what the
Heights Elementary
Youth Advisory Council has to say
about the new dietary guidelines
for schools.
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dents what a balanced meal
should look like.
Rosenberg explained the new
MyPlate portions icon to the
Heights Elementary Youth Ad-
visory Council. The circle is di-
vided into four roughly equal
quadrants indicating howmuch
protein, grain, fruit and vegeta-
bles should be on their plates at
each meal. A smaller circle out-
side the plate represents a serv-
ing of low-fat dairy.
Feller saidthe newiconis eas-
ier for students to understand
how much and what types of
foods they should be eating. Un-
der the newguidelines, children
should be eating half a cup of
fruits and vegetables with every
meal, Mount said.
Even pizza, a longtime lunch
favorite, has received a nutri-
tional facelift. Feller saidpizzais
now made with a whole grain
crust and low-fat cheese.
Rosenberg said whole grains
provide extra fiber to a diet but
also help keep children full and
focused until their next meal.
Whole grainhas replaced51per-
cent of the breaded products on
the menu, Rosenberg said.
Breaded items such as chick-
en nuggets will be phased out,
she said. Grilled chicken will
be offered instead.
So how do these changes fair
to the most desiring food crit-
ics? Fifth- and sixth-grade stu-
dents at the Heights Murray
Elementary School, Wilkes-
Barre, gave the newlunch menu
a thumbs-up.
The pizza is way better, said
fifth-grader Malik Burton.
Six weeks into the school
year, manystudents didnot real-
ize they were drinking skim
milk. Jennifer Ajar, 10, and Ash-
ley Dalessandro, 11, both fifth-
grade students, said the milk
tastes better. Rosenberg added
the nonfat milk provides the
necessary calciumand vitamins
without the extra fat.
Providing healthy choices
combined with state funding
cuts may affect the school lunch
program next year, Mount said.
Healthier items are more expen-
sive, even in the grocery stores,
Feller said.
Currently, the cost of a school
lunch at Lake-Lehman is $1.75
for a high school student and
$1.65 for elementary students.
The cost of a school lunch at
Wilkes-Barre Area is $1.60 for a
high school student and $1.30
for elementary students.
Lunch fees in the Wilkes-
Barre School District have
stayed the same for four to five
years, Feller said.
He saidbefore any determina-
tion is made on next years pric-
ing, the district should wait a
year to see how the changes af-
fect it fiscally.
LUNCH
Continued fromPage 1C
Breaded items such as
chicken nuggets will be
phased out.
Mallory Rosenberg
Nutrition diet technician
100 percent whole-wheat
breads or, if your kids wont eat
something brown, whole-
grain white.
... and sliced bread alone. For
variety, fill whole-wheat wraps
or pita pockets with turkey,
lean ham, hummus and vegeta-
bles or natural peanut butter
with 100 percent fruit jam. Or
use cookie cutters to create
sandwiches with cool shapes.
Packing high-sugar drinks.
Choose water, 100 percent juic-
es or fat-free or 1 percent milk
over soda or sports drinks.
Automatically including
candy. Dessert can be yogurt
with a little granola, or fruit
with a sweet dip.
LUNCHBOX
Continued fromPage 1C
TODAY
INFERTILITY SUPPORT
GROUP: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
Area RESOLVE peer-led sup-
port group, 7 p.m., Kistler
Learning Center, Geisinger
Wyoming Valley, 1000 East
Mountain Blvd., Plains Town-
ship. Visit www.resolve.org or
contact Stacey at 814-6552 or
stacft@aol.com.
WEDNESDAY
ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA
SUPPORT: for family, friends
and professionals, 6:30 p.m.,
Oakwood Terrace, 400 Gleason
Drive, Moosic. Call Sylvia at
451-3171, ext. 1 16 for more in-
formation.
CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: 4
p.m., Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital, radiation-oncology
department, 575 N. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call 552-1300 to
register.
MEMORY CARE: support
group, 6:30 p.m., Oakwood
Terrace Assisted Living Com-
munity, 400 Gleason Road,
Moosic. Call 451-3171.
PARKINSONS SUPPORT: for
those with Parkinsons Disease
and their caregivers, 4 p.m.,
board room, Charles Luger
Outpatient Center, Allied Ser-
vices, Moffat Drive, Scranton.
For information, call 348-1407.
THURSDAY
CARDIAC SUPPORT: 7 p.m.,
Mercy Hospital, second floor,
Scranton. Call 587-5755 or
leave message at 340-4842.
CHEMOTHERAPY SIDE EF-
FECTS: 6-7:30 p.m., Candys
Place, 190 Welles St., Forty Fort.
Call 714-8800 for reservations.
CHRONIC ILLNESS SUP-
PORT: Successful Living with
Chronic Illness, 12:00 p.m.,
Lupus Foundation of Penn-
sylvania Branch Office, 615
Jefferson Avenue, Scranton.
For information, call 558-2008.
GRIEF SUPPORT: Your Jour-
ney Through Grief presented
by Heartland Hospice, 1-2:30
p.m., Pittston Area Memorial
Library,47 Broad St., Pittston.
Call 654-9565.
HIV CLINIC: for Wilkes-Barre
residents only, 2-4 p.m., Kirby
Health Center, 71 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call 208-4268 for
information.
LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP:
including an Autoimmune
Disease Support Group with the
objective of Overcoming Obsta-
cles Creatively with Art, 1 1 a.m.,
Lupus Foundation of PA, 615
Jefferson Ave., Scranton. Call
(888) 995-8787 or visit
www.lupuspa.org.
HEALTH CALENDAR
The health calendar is limited to
nonprofit entities and support
groups. To have your health-ori-
ented event listed here, send in-
formation to Health, Times Leader,
15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA
1871 1-0250; by fax: 829-5537; or
e-mail health@timesleader.com.
New and updated information must
be received at least two weeks in
advance. To see the complete
calendar, visit www.timesleader.com
and click Health under the Features
tab.
LUZERNE COUNTY: The Wyoming
Valley Chapter of the American
Red Cross hosts community
blood drives throughout the
month. Donors who are 17 years
of age or older, weigh at least 1 10
pounds and are in relatively
good health or 16 years old and
have a parental permission form
completed, may give blood every
56 days. To learn more about
how to donate blood or platelets
or to schedule a blood donation,
call 1-800-REDCROSS (733-
2767). In addition to those listed
below, blood drives are conduct-
ed at the American Red Cross
Regional Blood Center, 29 New
Commerce Blvd., Hanover Indus-
trial Estates, Ashley, Mondays
and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to
7 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays
from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; and
Sundays 7:30 a.m.-noon. Ap-
pointments are suggested but
walk-ins are accepted. For a
complete donation schedule,
visit redcrossblood.org. Area
blood donation sites include:
Today, noon-6 p.m., Thomas P.
Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville.
Monday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Blue Cross
of NEPA, 70 N. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre; 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., John
Heinz Institute, 150 Mundy St.,
Wilkes-Barre Township; 12:30-
6:30 p.m., Wright Township Fire
Hall, 477 S. Main Road, Mountain
Top.
Oct. 25, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.,
Genetti Hotel and Conference
Center, 77 E. Market St., Wilkes-
Barre; noon-6 p.m., Dallas Amer-
ican Legion, 730 Memorial High-
way, Dallas.
Oct. 29, 1 1 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Moun-
tain Top Presbyterian Church, 9
Chestnut St., Mountain Top.
Oct. 31, 12:30-6 p.m., Sundance
Vacations, 264 Highland Park
Blvd., Wilkes-Barre Township.
BLOOD DRIVES
BACK MOUNTAIN FREE MED-
ICAL CLINIC: 6:30 p.m. Fridays,
65 Davis St., Shavertown. Volun-
teers, services and supplies
needed. For more information,
call 696-1 144.
BMWFREE COMMUNITY
HEALTH CLINIC: 6-8 p.m.,
second Thursday, New Covenant
Christian Fellowship Church, rear
entrance, 780 S. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre. Free basic care for people
without health insurance and the
underserved. Call 822-9605.
CARE AND CONCERN FREE
HEALTH CLINIC: Registration
5-6:30 p.m. Wednesdays, former
Seton Catholic High School, 37
William St., Pittston. Basic health
care and information provided.
Call 954-0645.
PEDIATRIC HEALTH CLINIC for
infants through age 1 1, former
Seton Catholic High School, 37
William St., Pittston. Regis-
trations accepted from 4:30-
5:30 p.m. the first and third
Thursday of each month. Par-
ents are required to bring their
childrens immunization records.
For more information, call 855-
6035.
THE HOPE CENTER: Free basic
medical care and preventative
health care information for the
uninsured or underinsured, legal
advice and pastoral counseling,
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Mondays; free
Chiropractic evaluations and
vision care, including free re-
placement glasses, for the unin-
sured or underinsured, 6-8 p.m.
Thursdays; Back Mountain Har-
vest Assembly, 340 Carverton
Road, Trucksville. Free dental
hygiene services and teeth
cleanings are available 6-8 p.m.
on Mondays by appointment.
Call 696-5233 or email hopecen-
terwv@gmail.com.
VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: 9
a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through
Friday, 190 N. Pennsylvania Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Primary and pre-
ventive health care for the work-
ing uninsured and underinsured
in Luzerne County with incomes
less than two times below feder-
al poverty guidelines. For ap-
pointments, call 970-2864.
WILKES-BARRE FREE CLINIC:
4:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and
5:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. on the first
Wednesday, St. Stephens Episco-
pal Church, 35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Appointments are
necessary. Call 793-4361. A
dental clinic is also available
from1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday by
appointment. Call 570-235-5642.
Physicians, nurse practitioners,
pharmacists, RNs, LPNs and
social workers are needed as
well as receptionists and inter-
preters. To volunteer assistance
leave a message for Pat at 793-
4361.
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Kaden Lamar Conklin, son of
Erin Conklin and Brandon
James, Wilkes-Barre, is cele-
brating his sixth birthday today,
Oct. 18. Kaden is a grandson of
Donna Conklin and Andre and
Christine James, all of Wilkes-
Barre, and David Conklin, Moun-
tain Top.
Kaden L. Conklin
Georgia Tsioles, daughter of
Theodore and Michele Tsioles,
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seventh birthday today, Oct. 18.
Georgia is a granddaughter of
Bernie and Beverly Price, Sha-
vertown, and George and Foto
Tsioles, Kingston. She has two
sisters, Foto, 1 1, and Rina, 9.
Georgia Tsioles
Maleea Kaycee Rembish, daugh-
ter of Kenneth Rembish and the
late Kimberly Rembish of Wilkes-
Barre, is celebrating her sixth
birthday today, Oct. 18. Maleea is
a granddaughter of David and
Diane Prizniak, Hanover Town-
ship, Theodosia Rembish, Miners
Mills, Wilkes-Barre, and the late
Walter Rembish.
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Madelyn Paige Evan, daughter of
Mark and Heather Evan of Forty
Fort, is celebrating her sixth
birthday today, Oct. 18. Madelyn
is a granddaughter of James E.
Kratz, Pittston, the late Linda
Borowski, Norman and Stella
Yatko, Sheatown, and the late
John Evan. Madelyn has a broth-
er, Mitchell, 14.
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Michael Cumbo, son of Mike and
Debbie Cumbo of Dallas, is cele-
brating his sixth birthday today,
Oct. 18. Michael is a grandson of
Leonard and Linda Kozick, Dal-
las, Florence Cumbo, West Pitt-
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rees Association will convene at
1 p.m. Wednesday for a Dutch-
treat lunch at Perkins Pancake
House, state Route 309. The
business session will follow with
Loretta Wilski presiding.
EXETER: The Cosmopolitan
Seniors, a Project HEAD club,
will meet at 1 p.m. today at St.
Anthony Center. Vic Malinowski
will preside. Hosts are Aggie
Abromavage, Maureen Gosart,
Ron Gosart, Kay Haddock and
Marge Zinkavich.
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at 12:15 p.m. Thursday at the
Falls Senior Center, state Route
92. For more information, call
388-2623.
JENKINS TWP.: The Jenkins
Township Senior Citizens will
meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the
Jenkins Township Hose Compa-
ny. For more information, call
Jean at 654-9710.
KINGSTON: Kingston Senior
Center, 680 Wyoming Ave., will
have a presentation by John
Heinz on Better Breathing at
11 a.m. Wednesday.
On Thursday, nursing stu-
dents from Wilkes University
will host a health fair. Anyone
60 years of age and older in the
community is invited.
Ghost Stories will be told by
Gina Thackara at 11 a.m. Friday.
The Apprise Program will
host two open enrollment ses-
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tions on Oct. 25 and Nov. 15.
Both sessions will run 9 a.m. to
noon. Call 287-1102 to register.
ORANGE: Orange United
Methodist Church, West Eighth
Street, will sponsor an AARP
Driver Safety class from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5
p.m. Sunday.
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coordinator Kay Love by calling
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members and $14 for nonmem-
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PLAINS TWP.: The Plains
Senior Citizens will meet
Wednesday at SS. Peter and
Paul School. Hosts Emily Strin-
koski, Jean Tosky, Florence
Waraback, Kathleen Wysocki,
Theresa Tempalski and Jean
Bohac will arrive by 11:30 a.m.
Food and paper supplies will be
collect for the food pantry.
The Christmas party will be
chaired by Yolanda Mariani,
Antionette Pascucci, new mem-
ber Rita Morrisey, Frances Mat-
tiucci, Viola Rubbico, Emily
Strinkoski, Kathleen Wysocki
and Virginia Pasquariello.
The group will travel to Hunts
Landing, Matamoras, Nov. 3 for
A Patriotic Salute. For more
information, call Mike Bon-
check at 823-2871.
PLYMOUTH: The Senior
Citizens Friendship Club of St.
Marys in Plymouth announces
50/50 winners are Rosemary
Piston, Bernadine Clark and
Ann Janusews. Special Project
winners are Mollie Winters and
Jeanette Shonk.
The next meeting is a Hallo-
ween party at 1 p.m. Monday at
the Holy Child School on Wil-
low Street. Costumes are en-
couraged. Serving will be Felix
and Regina Pietrzykoski, Flo-
rence Shaw, Dolores Stabulis
and Romaine Valovicz.
SWOYERSVILLE: The
Swoyersville Seniors will meet
at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Holy
Trinity Church Hall. President
Liz Zdancewicz will preside.
Winners of the 50/50 fun-
draiser are Jennie Tressa, Helen
Yurevick and Eleanor Hudak.
WILKES-BARRE: Charles T.
Adams Senior Center, 5 E. Mar-
ket St., is accepting members
for its bowling team.
For more information, call
825-3484.
WILKES-BARRE: The Rain-
bow Seniors of Wilkes-Barre will
meet at 1 p.m. today at Albright
United Church, Dana and Grove
streets. Bingo will be played.
Servers are Jack and Dorothy
Coach and Edward Evans. Mon-
ey for the Christmas party is
due.
WILKES-BARRE: St. Robert
E. Bellarmine announces the
winner of the springer is Jean
Escarge; 50/50 raffle winners
are Mary Arruzo, Ann Kaufer
and Bernadine Elick.
The Christmas party Dec. 8 at
Happy Pizza, Plymouth, will be
chaired by Kathleen Chernav-
age. New members introduced
at a recent meeting are Ann
Williams, Bernadine Sherbenco
and Marie Kumiega.
WILKES-BARRE TWP.: The
RCA Nipper Club will convene
at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Old
Country Buffet, East End Cen-
tre. Members are asked to bring
canned goods and nonperish-
able foods for charity.
WYOMING: The Wyoming-
West Wyoming Seniors will hold
its Halloween Social today in St.
Monica meeting rooms. Cos-
tumes are optional. Dinner will
be served at 1 p.m. A short
meeting and bingo will follow.
Servers are Joe Kosloski,
Angie Mastruzzo and Char-
maine Potenza.
October birthday celebrants
are Reggie Spitali, Helen Mark-
ert, Nancy Marcy and Eleanor
Saneski. The 50-50 winners are
Elinor Yurek, Ann Kosloski,
Theresa Alexander and Ma-
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winner is Mickey DeSalvo.
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Queen Amanda Mitchell of the Heather Highlanders chapter of the Red Hat Society sponsored a bus
trip to the Hamptons. Several other Red Hat chapters joined the fun. Highlights included tours of West-
bury Gardens, the Ogden Phipps Estate, the historic Whaler Church, Montauk Lighthouse and Palmer
Vineyards. Participants, first row, are Queen Romaine Stout, Mitchell, Ruth Teti, Ann Kasavage, Paula
Orass and Lois Chudzinski. Second row: Donna Casserella, Queen Sharon Schultz, Queen Evelyn OHara
Stein, Queen Fran Goldman and Pattie Nee. Third row: Pam Hummell, Kathy Roos, Sue Butcher, Jose-
phine James, Queen Jane Scott and Queen Loraine Risley. Fourth row: Irene Miller, Jane Bauman, Ange-
la Stritzinger, Kay Sunday, Kathy Boback, Peggy Dennis and Dottie Morrissey. Fifth row: Marilyn Burton,
Nancy Snyder and Ruth Macik.
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Dear Abby: I have a
dear friend, Angie,
who lost her father
to suicide several
years ago. Whenever
life throws her a
curveball, she talks
about ending it
all. This bothers me tremendously
because I went through the heartache
and distress with her when her father
took his life.
Angie has a loving family moth-
er, sister, beautiful children and a
boyfriend. I, on the other hand, am
completely alone, yet I muddle along
without threatening suicide at every
bump in life.
How can I get my friend to stop
and realize how lucky she is to have
such a wonderful support system
when there are those of us who have
no one yet we find the strength to
carry on?
Not Giving Up in Las Vegas
Dear Not Giving Up: You have in-
ner resources that it appears Angie
does not. However, if a friend of mine
whose relative had committed sui-
cide told me repeatedly that she was
considering doing the same, I would
report it to her family and urge them
to see that she got professional help.
Thats what you should do, in case de-
pression and suicidal impulses run in
her family, as is sometimes the case.
Dear Abby: I appreciate frugality, es-
pecially now that we all have to watch
our spending. However, my neighbor
is incredibly frugal. She often asks if
she can borrow something instead
of buying whatever it is she needs.
Her latest request was for socks
yes, socks! For her daughters
dance recital. I put socks in the same
category as underwear, something
a little too personal to be lending
out. Before that, it was leggings, a
CD the list goes on and on. She
always returns the items, but enough
is enough!
I work, she doesnt. I feel as though
Im expected to provide for them
because I have a job. I dont know if
I should say anything to her about
her constant borrowing or simply say
no to all future requests, which, of
course, there will be.
What Next?
Dear What Next?: If your neighbor
isnt working because she chooses not
to, then say no. If shes not working
because she hasnt been able to find a
job then treat her as you would want
to be treated if you were in her shoes.
Dear Abby: My father, who is happily
married to his third wife, recently
came across some photos of his first
wedding to my mother in 1961. Ap-
parently, the walk down memory lane
didnt stop there for him. He asked
his wife, who evidently agreed, if he
could have a party to celebrate the
50th anniversary of this event.
I am appalled and kind of nause-
ated by the thought. Do you think Im
overreacting? I have considered refus-
ing the invitation. Should I just suck
it up, or tell my father I think the idea
is narcissistic, insensitive and foolish?
Sick to My Stomach
Dear Sick To My Stomach: While
you and I might consider his idea to
be ill-conceived, resist the urge to
indulge in name-calling. Let him hear
from others that the idea is narcis-
sistic, insensitive and foolish. And, by
the way, you are not obligated to ac-
cept every invitation you receive.
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ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Frustration is an energy zapper.
But you can avoid the feeling by
simply refusing to believe that
life should be happening at a dif-
ferent pace. Affirm to yourself: I
have all the time in the world.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Its
time you had an imaginary con-
versation with that wise version
of yourself who sits inside the
tiny cave of your heart. It will
feel good to be completely can-
did about your feelings.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Youll
enjoy what you do, mostly
because you resolve to enjoy
it. Your attitude is stellar. Youll
receive invitations and other
nifty perks as people respond to
your smile.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). A ter-
rific daydream helps you glimpse
your future. You envision your-
self having a great time achiev-
ing one of your lifes ambitions.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You have
developed solid relationships,
and you continue to put in the
work to maintain the connection.
An out-of-town friend may want
to come for a visit.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You feel
lucky. Having that feeling and
holding on to it automatically
makes you luckier. The best part
is that you attract good fortune
that is extremely useful to oth-
ers, as well as yourself.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Youre
about to grow your intellect
and skill set. There is a strong
social aspect to your learning
style. Youll find out more about
your area of interest when you
join clubs, groups, meet-ups and
social networks.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You
prefer to think the best of peo-
ple. Sometimes they misbehave,
and you give them a free pass
anyway, assuming they didnt
mean it or didnt know any bet-
ter. Youd rather move on.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
You speak words of kindness.
You dont want anything, its just
that you genuinely notice whats
nice and see whats remarkable
about the people you meet.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19).
You may realize that youve
been psychically leaning on
someone because you didnt feel
complete in some regard. Now
you notice the void and start to
fill it with enjoyable activities
and entertainments.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The
answers you need may be lost in
the mail, dropped in the middle
of the call or floating in cyber-
space. However, you will eventu-
ally get to the bottom of it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). If
youre wondering why you
keep making people laugh, its
because you say things that are
true, and others feel compelled
to agree in ways that go beyond
mere words.
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (Oct. 18).
You know at a deep level that
you can handle whatever comes
your way, and this knowledge
inspires you to take more excit-
ing risks this year. A new income
source shows up in November.
December brings social fun.
Family makes you proud in
February. New work comes in
March. Scorpio and Leo people
adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 30, 1, 22, 48 and 50.
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