7/31/2019 The Pittston Dispatch 08-19-2012 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/the-pittston-dispatch-08-19-2012 1/73 WILKES-BARRE, PA $1.00 Sunday, August 19, 2012 Homeroom assignments, WA bus schedule >> SECTION B Marina Maida is crowned Tomato Festival Queen >> PAGE 6 Garzella named superintendent at Pittston Area >> PAGE 9 It’s that time of year Will reign over festival Returns to alma mater COUPON SAVINGS INSIDE WORTH $248.30 BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH Jake Vaxmonsky of Port Griffith is covered in rotten tomatoes after the Tomato Fights on Saturday. Coverage begins on Page 3. SEEING RED
Beth Farley stepped out of the morgue – the place wherewe keep old copies of the Dis- patch – with tears rolling down
her cheeks. “I found my father’sobituary,” she said.Beth was holding a yellowed
1971 issue of the paper.About an hour earlier on
Friday morning Beth had cometo the counter with a simplerequest: would it be possible tolook through our files? Sheseemed shocked when we said simply “yes.”
As I led her to the morgue, I began to tell Beth the experi-ence she was in for. “Peoplecome in all the time looking for something but when they startleafing through the old issues,
they wind up spending a coupleof hours,” I said. “The old pa- pers bring back memories.”
She did not anticipate thathappening to her, she said, because she did not grow uparound here. In fact, this washer first visit to Pittston.
Beth grew up in Maryland,
and still lives there. She alwaysknew her dad was originallyfrom Pittston and thought for years about taking a drive in
search of her roots. She said she saw something about thePittston Tomato Festival onlineand decided this was the year.
“When I told my friends whatI was planning, they thought Iwas crazy,” she said.
Married – her husband Tim-othy actually was born inScranton – and mother of three,Beth made the trip alone and said she was camping whilehere. She said she found her way to the Pittston Library onlyto discover it was closed for renovations and then went tothe West Pittston Library where
she was told about the SundayDispatch and given directions.I told her a little about the
paper and how a friend of minealways calls our morgue “thechronicle of a small town.”
“We’re in our 66th year,” Iexplained, “and in theory, a person could go into our f iles
and find a photo of his parentson their wedding day, an an-nouncement of his birth, photoson himself on birthdays, per-
haps himself in a kindergartenclass photo, as a member of aLittle League team or BoyScout troop, a high schoolgraduation photo, his own wed-ding picture and the announce-ments of his own children’s births.”
I always say “in theory” I told Beth because, sadly, our filesare incomplete. There’s noexplanation except, I suppose,for carelessness in the earlyyears, but half the papers aremissing for some years, thereare merely two ragged issuesfrom 1951, and mysteriously we
have not a single paper from1982.That one has us baffled.Beth said she was interested
in the older papers and quitefrankly wasn’t sure what shewas looking for.
We made her comfortable ata desk, showed her where she
could find the files and left her to her own devices.
“We’d be glad to make copiesof things you find,” I said, al-
though I had misgivings abouther f inding anything.I was wrong.Early in her search Beth
emerged excitedly announcingshe had found her uncle in a photo of a sports team. Wemade a photo copy but she alsowent out to her car for a cameraand took a picture of it.
There were other tidbits, too,and every time Beth found one,we looked up from our comput-ers and smiled.
Then came her dad’s obit.I doubt I will ever forget the
sight Beth standing there sob-
bing. Her dad, Anthony Atmo-navage Jr., was only 36 when hedied. He was living in Mary-land then. Beth was just elevenyears old.
Without sounding one bit likeshe was complaining, althoughshe had a right to, Beth, strug-gling to talk, looked at the pa-
per and said, “His name isspelled wrong in the headline.”
Can you imagine?Here she had sifted this gold
nugget from our less-than- perfect files and it was flawed.“I don’t even know how to
say this,” Beth went on throughher tears, “but would you ever consider re-running it with acorrected headline. I know it’s probably too much to ask butI’d love to see it in print theright way.”
“We’ll not only re-run it,” Isaid, “but I also will write astory about this whole thing.”
This is the promised story.And the obituary of Anthony
Atmonavage Jr., finally correct-ed after 41 years, appears on
page 59.Beth had one final request,this one of Dispatch readers.
“If anyone remembers myfather, I’d love to talk withthem,” she said.
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A sweet, thick aroma hungover Pittston as batches and batches of good summer carni-val food simmered in the friersand baked in the ovens.
Former mayor, Mike Lombar-do, chatted with City Clerk JoeMoskowitz and city councilman
Volunteers and vendors bus-tled all week and fired up the en-gines thathavemade thePittstonTomato Festival a success for 29years.
Michael Lombardo, who is hiscousin, in front of the festivalcommittee tenton Thursday, sur-rounded by the fruits of their la- bor.
Moskowitz gloated a bit at theefforts of his companion.
If you want to talk to anyone,
talk to this guy, he said pointingto Lombardo. “He put in about50 hours this week already.”
“I don’t know about that,”Lombardo said.
The former mayor keeps a full
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BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH Krista Freeh of Pittston and Kate Weber of Long Island, N.Y. go on theoffense during the Pittston TomatoFights.
Festival fun continues todayLittle Miss/Little Mr. Tomato contest opens activities 10:45to noon - Little Miss and
Little Mr. Tomato Contest12:15 to1 p.m. - The Perfect Har-mony School for Music and thePerforming Arts1:45to 2:45 p.m. - Stanky and theCoal Miners3:45 to 5:30 p.m. - The Poets6:30to 7:30 p.m. - The SperrazzaBand8:30 to9:30p.m. - Hill BillyDeluxe
time job. He said he uses two of his vacation days to prepare for the festival, putting up tents and readying the grounds.
He said the vendors who ac-tuallyget a spotin thefestivalarefortunate, and if anyone backs
out, a long lineof food sellersawaits for their own piece of tent space.
FestivalcommitteechairwomanLori Nocitolooked excited to see thingsgetting under-way.
Nocito said she was able torelax just a lit-tle as the open-
ing ceremoniesdrew near.“This is my favorite part,” she
said. “You know, because nowyou get to watch people comeout and enjoy.”
She said, now that the festivalhas begun, the committee willspend time after each day eval-uating their successes and areasthat may need improvementwithnightly wrap-up sessions. BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Aftermath of the annual Tomato Fights in the parking lot of Cooper's Seafood Restaurant on Kennedy Boulevard.
ZacharyDorsey of Pittston, right,goes to get a piece of candywith EmilyArtmont, 5, on Main Street during theparade
Luke Yendrziewski, 5, right, tormentshis little brother Ethan, 3, before the start of the Tomato Festiv-al Parade on Saturday morning
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“A lot ofcustomerscome inand say ittastes alot liketheirgrand-mothers’.”
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“We’re always evolving and improving. The moment youstop moving forward is the mo-ment you start moving back-wards,” she said.
She said her husband, Attor-
ney Frank Nocito, supports her efforts, though she hinted duringthe festival, she might not seehim as much as she’d like to.
“If he’s looking for me in thenext four days, he’ll know whereto find me,” she said with achuckle.
After the event, Nocito willlead herteam inwrapping up and take few months off. They’ll be-gin preparations for the 30th an-nual Pittston Tomato Festival inFebruary or March.
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Greater Pittston YMCA life guard Brittani Shearer of West Pittstonwaves in theparade
At left, Tomto crates have see-throughholesfor easy aim.
Marina Maida of Pittston Areawas crowned Tomato FestivalQueen Saturday at the annual pageant.
Maida, 15, of Jenkins Town-ship, edged out 1st runner up,Rebecca Zaneski, 16, a junior from Wyoming Valley West.Other contestants were: TabithiaFilipski, Jenkins Township.;Casey Kane, Exeter; Rachel La-zevnick, Pittston; Chelsea Pietr-zyk, Glen Lyon; Jamie Lombar-do, Wilkes-Barre; JacquelineBuckley, Nanticoke; and Rebec-ca Colwell, West Pittston.
Maida was crowned by the2011-2012 queen, Rachel Lean-dri, a senior at Wyoming Area.
This year’s contestants hailed from Pittston Area, Wyoming
Area, Wyoming Valley West, Nanticoke and Delaware Col-lege of Art and Design.
Angel Noone, 1996 TomatoQueen, and Dawn Centi served as co-chairs of the pageant.
“The pageant this year had to be one of the most competitiveoneswe’ve had since the1990s,”said Noone.
Contestants had to battle theheat and hot pavement as somedanced their routines on the as- phalt.
Maida’s talent portion of the pageant was reciting a commer-cialon behalf of the TomatoFes-
tival.Zaneski performed a danceroutine.
Zaneski’s mom, the former Linda O’Boyle of Dupont, wasnamedTomatoFestival Queen in1988.If Rebeccahad taken theti-tle, it would have been the firstmother-daughter combo ascrown-winners.
Thecontest wasopen to youngladies between the ages of 14 to19 who vie for prizes, gifts and a$500 cash college scholarshipand $250 to the runner-up.
Scoringwas based on an inter-view, stage performance/talent.
Judges forthe pageantwereallformer Tomato Festival Queens:Lindsey Pace Jankowski, MariaRose Lobrutto, Bryn Harvey,Stephanie DeGillio and JessicaLinskey. Dr. Joseph Lombardoserved as master of ceremony.
“It’s been an absolute honor to
represent Greater Pittston thisway. I have greatly enjoyed myreign over thelast12-monthsand have appreciated theopportunityto stand out in the community. Iwish everyone the best in the fu-
tureand hopethattraditions suchas the Tomato Festival itself stayalive,” Leandri said.
Maida willnow represent Pitt-ston as the 2012 Tomato FestivalQueen over the next 12-months.
There she is, Miss Tomato Festival
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Marina Maida, 15, of Jenkins Township, was crowned Tomato Festival Queen Saturday at the annual pageant by last year's winner,Rachel Leandri.
Doc Lombardo has a light moment while interviewing RebeccaZaneski.
Angel Noone, red shirt, far right, co-chair of the Tomato FestivalPageant, gives last minute instructions to the contestants.
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Nocito recommended onefood seller in particular, Gram-ma Aita’s Kitchen, for home-made ravioli, one of her festivalfavorites.
Marie Ferriero, of Exeter, has
run the operation using her grandmother Aita’s recipe for 12years.
Ferriero said she remembershergrandmother makingthe rav-ioliwhenshe was littleand someof her customers share in thenostalgia.
“A lot of cus-tomers come inand say it tastesa lot like their grandmoth-ers’,” Ferrierosaid as shescooped pulled pork onto rolls,
another pop-ular item fromGramma Ai-ta’s.
Her grand-mother was part of theWyoming La-dies’ Auxiliaryand they maderavioli dinnersfor fundraisers.The recipe wasshared with
families all over, but Ferrierokeeps it alive every year at thefestival.
As the crowd grew, more con-tented-looking customers ate bruschetta, kids shared big icecream cones with their parentsand fathers carried plates of piz-za topped with the worksto their families waiting at tables.
Hoots fromthe Knightsof Co-lumbus prize wheel caller rangout over the din of the crowd.
Serious-looking taste testerssavored tomato sauces from lo-cal Italian restaurants as part of The Greater Pittston YMCA’sSauce Wars, which allows any-one play judge and jury for therestaurants.
During the opening ceremony,Msgr. John Bendik, pastor of St.Johnthe EvangelistParish Com-munity, encouraged everyone toenjoy the food, enjoy each other and have some fun.
By all accounts, everyone wastaking his advice.
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During theopening cere-mony, Msgr.John Bendik,pastor of St.John theEvangelistParish Com-munity, en-couragedeveryone toenjoy thefood, enjoyeach otherand havesome fun.
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Parade grand marshal Jerry Mullarkey rides along Main Street.
Paulie Ferentino, 4, front, his cousin Dominick Ferentino, 4, andtheir grandmother Rose Ferentino-Grimes, all of Pittston, watchthe fire trucks in the parade.
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Mallory Yozwiak, daughter of Charles and Melanie Yoz-wiak, of PittstonTownship , has been selected to receive a schol-arship grant from the StephanieL. DeGuire Foundation. SLDFscholarship award decisions aremade based exclusively on theessays submitted by the appli-cant.
Yozwiak will attend WestChester University of Pennsyl-vania, majoring in Business and Marketing. She is the grand-daughter of Angela Yozwiak, of Moosic; and the late Frank Yoz-wiak of Harding; and Frank and
Nancy Jescavage, of Benton.
Flanagan earns PhDNina M. Flanagan, daughter
of James and Marie Delmonte,of Hughestown, recently earned her PhD in Nursing from theState University of New York atBinghamton. Dr. Flanagan’s dis-sertation was titled “The Role of Family Assessment in DetectionofDeliriumin the OlderAdult inPost Acute Care Setting.”
A Pittston Area High Schoolgraduate, Dr. Flanagan gradu-ated from St. Luke’s Hospital
with a diploma in nursing. Sheearned her bachelor’s degreefrom Cedar Crest College and master’s degree from the StateUniversity of New York at Bing-hamton. She holds a port-mas-ter’s in psychiatric nursing from
the University of Pennsylvania.She is nationally certified as a
geriatric nurse practitioner and clinical specialist in adult psy-chiatric mentalhealth. Dr.Flana-gan has presented on geriatrictopics nationally and interna-tionally.
She most recently served asone of only two nurses on theAmerican Geriatrics SocietyEx- pert Panel to update the BeersCriteria of Medications to avoid in older adults.
Dr. Flanagan resides in Dun-more and is employed by Moun-tain View Center as a geriatricnurse specialist.
Happy birthdayHappy birthday wishes go to
Amy Hartwigsen Graham ,wife of Scott Graham and moth-er of Brendan Graham, WestPittston, who will celebrate her 40th birthday on Tuesday, Aug.21.
Sheis the daughter of Williamand Rosanne Hartwigsen, of Bear Creek, and the sister of
Becky Hartwigsen Crawford, of Maryland.Also, birthday wishes to for-
mer State Rep. Thomas Tigue(Aug. 23) and to Hughestown’sTom O’Malley (Aug. 24).
NewbornsGeisinger Wyoming Valley
Medical Center announces new- borns.
A daughter was born to Man-
dy and Tom Malkemes, of Wyoming, on July 21.
A son was born to CharleneSilberg and Mike Major, of Pittston, on July 22.
A son was born to Jesse and Anthony Capitano, of Pittston,on July 23.
A son was born to Virginiaand Jared Jordan, of West Pitt-ston, on July 27.
Jenkins Lunch BunchThe Jenkins Township Class
of ’51LunchBunchwill meet for lunch on Thursday, August 23,2012 atnoonatLuigi’’s Pizzaand Restaurant, Wyoming Avenue,Exeter.
All classmates are welcome
Bark for LifeThe American Cancer Society
will hold a first-time event onSaturday, Aug. 25, that will al-low dogs and their owners tohave fun together while fightingcancer.
“Bark for Life” of WyomingValley, which is a dog walkingevent, will be heldfrom 9 a.m. tonoon that day at Nesbitt Memo-rial Park in Kingston.
It will have a lot of activitiesfor dogs and their owners, in-cludinga ceremonyto honor petsthat have cancer or have died from cancer.
Volunteers neededHeartland Hospice is recruit-
ing volunteers to augment hos- pice services.
Volunteers offersupport, com- panionship and practical supportto patients and their families, in-cludingrunning errands, readingor staying with a patient so fam-ily members can take a break.
Comprehensive training is re-quired and free of charge.
Contact Louise McNabb, vol-unteer coordinator, at 654-0220for more information.
Yozwiak’s essay writing earns a scholarship
The Wyoming Free Library will hold a book sale on Friday, Aug. 24, in the United MethodistChurchnext to thelibraryfrom12-6 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 25,the book sale will be from10 a.m.to6 p.m.In addition,there willbe a HiFive event.Peoplecanplace their names and handprintson acanvas for $5or buya t-shirt for $10. Therewill beraffletickets and a palm reader. Allfunds raised will benefit library programs.
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Forty-two years after he firstleft,MichaelGarzellahasreturn-ed to Pittston Area.
The Pittston Area SchoolBoardhiredGarzella,59,ofWestPittston, as superintendent onTuesday, replacing George Cos-grove,whose retirementis effec-tiveOct.8,butwhoisusingaccu-mulated vacationtime until then.The board voted unanimouslyTuesday toapprovethat vacation.
The split school board voted 5-4 to hire Garzella.
Board President AnthonyGuariglia, Kent Bratlee, BruceKnick, Charles Sciandra and Marilyn Starna voted forGarzel-la. Bob Linskey, Richard Gorz-kowski, John Donahue and Jo-seph Kelly supported NorthwestAreaSchoolDistrictElementaryPrincipal Joseph Gorham. Gor-ham, whois alsoa councilmaninAshley Borough, lost a bidto fillthetop spotat Northwest last Oc-tober.
Garzella,whoservedas super-intendent in the WyomingValleyWest School District from2006-2009, graduated from PittstonArea High School in 1970, and will be the first graduate of theschool to lead the district.
“Quite frankly, it’s great to be back,” Garzella said. “PittstonArea has always had a place in
my heart.”
Garzella’s salary hasn’t beenfinalized andhe hasnot yetinked acontract.HisfirstdayonthejobisOct.9,whenCosgrove’s tenureofficially ends. Until then, Gar-zella, who was also appointed substitute superintendent fromAug. 27 through Oct. 8, will be paid$498 perday, a maximumof five days a week.
Native of Pittston
Born and raised on ParsonageStreet in Pittston, Garzella at-tended the former JeffersonSchool.He attended highschool,fromseventh to10thgrade,in the
former Pittston High School onDefoe Street, and then moved tothe current Pittston Area HighSchool when it wasbuilt in1968.He was a member of theschool’ssecond graduating class in 1970.
Garzella received bachelor’s
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Garzella ready to take the reins
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Dr. Michael Garzella sits in hisoffice in the PittstonAreaAdministration suiteon Friday. The schoolboard hired Garzella as superintendent on Tuesday, replacing George Cosgrove, who retired.
School board hires PAgrad as superintendentBy JOE HEALEY
Two of the three highest posi-tions in the Pittston Area SchoolDistrict have been eliminated.
Assistant Superintendent Dr.Jack Lussi announced his retire-
ment at Tuesday’s school board meeting and the board reas-signed Dr. Janet Donovan from principal of curriculum to build-ing principal at the IntermediateCenter.
The assistant superintendentandprincipalof curriculumposi-tions won’t be f illed.
The changes come on theheels of the retirement of Super-intendent George Cosgrove. Hewas replaced Tuesday night byformer Wyoming Valley WestSuperintendent Michael Garzel-la.
Lussi, who headed Tuesday’s
meeting, announced his retire-ment effective Dec. 21, thoughhe also asked for and received approval to use accumulated va-cation before then. His last daywill be Aug 24.
“This will bemy lastmeeting,”he told the board. “I enjoyed serving with every one of you.We don’t always agree. That’s just the way I am. I always giveyou my honest opinion. But Iwill tell you that whatever posi-tion I take is the position I feel isin the best interest of our kids.AndI know you’re thesame way.That’s why sometimes we dis-agree.”
Lussi served thedistrict for40years. Hestartedas a social stud-ies teacher, and then was thehomeand schoolvisitor, director of pupil services, transportationcoordinator, middle school prin-cipal, high school principal, dis-
trict principal and finally assist-ant superintendent.
“And now, enough’s enough,”Lussi joked.
The board thanked him for hismany years of service.
The board voted to bump Do-novan to principal at the Inter-mediate Center, which housesthird , fourth and fifth grades.The plan is to eliminate the prin-cipal of curriculum post and have the district’s school princi- pals and Garzella assume the re-sponsibilities.
Donovan will replace StanleyWaleski, who submitted his let-ter of retirement.
Board member Bob Linskeyobjected to the demotion and ar-gued that many board memberslikely didn’t know theamount of work Donovan has been doing.
“Thisis a very asininemove tomake,” Linskey said. “We just
voted on a newsuperintendent tocome in.Wedon’thave an assist-ant superintendent any longer.We really have no one that’s thego-to person, that’s second incommand.”
Donovan spoke to the board andlistedmuch of theworkshe’sdone in the past three years.
She said she revised and im- plemented a district strategic plan,arranged andmanaged pro-fessionaldevelopment for teach-ers, coordinated in-service ses-sions, worked with the LuzerneIntermediate Unit, purchased text books, coordinated technol-ogy framework issues within thedistrict and helped write grantapplications that netted$1.2 mil-lion.
Donovan was a school admin-istratorfor theDioceseof Scran-ton and Northwest Area SchoolDistrict prior to joining the staff
at Pittston Area.Board president Tony Guari-
glia said the district can’t afford the position.
“Iknow how importantherpo-sition is, unfortunately, financialconstraints are forcing us intothis,” he said. “As sad as I am toseeus losethat position, becauseI believe it’s a vital position, eco-nomically, we couldn’t sustainit.”
Eliminating the position savesroughly $100,000.
But Guariglia said Donovanwill be an assetto the Intermedi-ate Center.
“My son is in that building,”he said. “I can’t think of anybodythat would do a better job. She isoutstanding.”
When asked, Donovan said she is willing and able to fill infor the superintendent if needed.
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District now without second or third in commandBy JOE HEALEY [email protected]
degrees in elementary and spe-cial education from King’s Col-lege in 1974. He earned a mas-ter’s degree in special educationfromthe former Marywood Col-lege and a doctorate in educa-tional technology from LehighUniversityin Bethlehem.He alsotook additional credits and ob-tained his superintendent letter of eligibility.
In his career, he first taughtspecialeducationfor theLuzerneIntermediate Unit, then becamespecial education supervisor. Hewas at the LIU for 17 years. In1991, he was hired by the Hazle-ton Area School District as as-sistant director of special educa-tion,subsequentlybecame direc-tor of technology and then as-sumed the role of director of federalprograms.
In2006, hewashired assuper-intendent at the WyomingValleyWest School District. He left in2009with oneyear remainingonhis contract.
Since then, he has been em- ployed by Wilkes University,first as associate dean and cur-rently as a professor of educa-tion.
Garzella is married to the for-merCarmella Vullo, a Wyoming
Area graduate. They have twodaughters, Lynn, who is married to Joseph Lundy. They live inChester Springs, Pa., and haveone son, Jack, 21 months. And Jamie, who is married to LiamGoodrick. They also live inChester Springs, and have adaughter, Nina, who is four months.
Remembering high schoolSome of Garzella’s fondest
memories areabout playing foot- ball and baseball for PittstonAr-ea.
“I believetherewasthishome-
coming game,” he said. “It wasextremely cold out and theground wasfrozen.So frozenour spikes wouldn’t even sink intothe ground.”
That was the game, he said,against Tunkhannock, where heranfor an 80-yardtouchdown af-ter catching a pass from quarter- back Jack Linskey.
“Many of the friendships I’vekept my entire life,” he said of people he met while playingsports.
JonMcHale, abackfieldcoachat Pittston Area, supported Gar-zella during his high school ca-
reer. Bob Barberi and Hank Walker were two others.
“I can remember one game,someone was injured,” he said.“Coach McHale grabbed me bythebackof thejerseyandliterallythrew me in the game. I think hesaw things in me that others maynot have.”
Garzella feels sports helpsteach discipline.
“Being involved in sports, ithelped build a strong character.There were so many life lessonslearned through athletics. It’s re-
markable.”Other applicants
Guariglia and Linskey said there were 11 applicants hopingto replaceCosgrove,and that the board opted to interview four.One withdrew, leaving Garzella,Gorhamand a third.Linskey said all three were excellent candi-dates, but he voted for Gorham because Gorham seemed moreup to date on educationtrends.
Garzella believeshe hasstayed up to date because he trainsteachers at Wilkes University,andmustknowthe latestchangesin public education.He saidthat,despitebeing outof a school dis-trict for the past three years, he’skeptuponallthechangesinK-12education.
“Everychange thathappens inthe school district first happensin higher education where we
teach it.”Linskey worried Garzella
won’t stay with the district verylong.
“With Mr. Gorham, we mayhave gottensomeonewhowould bewithus for a numberof years,”Linskey said. “I’m afraid thatwith Mr. Garzella, it’s probablygoing to be three years, if that.And out.”
But Guariglia said GarzellawasanaturalfitforPittstonArea.
Twomajorareas ofconcernthe board wanted to address were
technology and special educa-tion.“Both of those, respectfully,
are very costly but certainly wewanted someone with experi-ence in those two areas,” Guari-glia said. “Mr. Garzella fit the bill.
“Mike Garzella will do thisdistrictproud,”headded“He willmovethisdistrict forward. I think he’ll concentrate on the areas weneed to concentrate on, first and foremost.”
Garzella saidthejob atPittstonArea is a “great challenge and agreat opportunity.”
“My goal is to do my best tomake thedistrict thebestwe can.I want to make sure all studentsare prepared and put a focus onintegratingtechnologyin thedis-trict,” he said. “I alsohave a greatdeal to offer with special educa-tion. That’s my background.”
GarzellaContinued from Page 9
SUNDAY DISPATCH FILE PHOTO
Dr. Michael Garzella shows off a wireless keyboard used to con-trol a remote device to communicate with other classes at Hazle-ton Area in his 2002 file photo. Garzella is now ready to take thereigns at Pittston Area School District.
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After hisfatherlostabattlewithlymphoma in June, Chris Meni-chiniis determined to finda solu-
tion to what his family believescaused his father’s early death.Menichini addressedcitycoun-
cil members Wednesday nightabout an improperly closed bore-hole, part of the Butler mine tun-nel, behind the family’s homealong Carroll Street.
Menichini said he believes re-sidual substances in the boreholeledto his father’s contractinglym- phoma.
“(The borehole) should have been capped off and filled withgrout,” Menichini said. “Itwasn’t.”
He said that after digging be-
hind his house, he found a thick gooey substance, kindof likepud-ding, where theborehole was sup- posed to have been capped.
He said the council can expectto hear from him regularly until asolution is discovered. He had been quiet until his father’s deathattheageof58,butnowhesaidhe
wants to see something done.In other matters:• After a sewer line project left
spruce up the building’s curb ap- pealwithfresh flowers andshrub- bery.
Joel Derhammer, head land-scape designerat Rave Landscap-ing in Dallas, finished the plant-ing on Wednesday. He said he planted a progressive bloom thatwill remain colorful in every sea-son. He said the arrangement in-cluded walker’s low nepeta,knockout roses, endless summer hydrangea, birds nest spruce,snow hill salvia, and weeping Norway spruce.
PittstonCityAdministrator JoeMoskovitz said the landscaping
was partially paid for with grantmoney, and some city cash wasused.
“We’reall proud ofour 70-year-old City Hall,” Moskovitiz said.“So we want to keep it lookinggood. A few flowers and shrubs
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Shrubs, flowers, now deck City Hall
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Joel Derhammer, head landscape designer at Rave Landscaping in Dallas, finished plantingshrubsand flowers in front of City Hall on Wednesday.SeeCITY, Page 12
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are to play in their season’s firstgame against the Plains YankeesAugust 26 at noon on their homefield.
Councilman Joe McLeanlauded the youth football coachBob Fahey for his efforts.
“We’re very proud of every-thing they’ve been doing,” hesaid.
• Jim Norris of Chapel Streetstood to commend the councilfornewly paved roads aroundthecity.
He said that fresh asphaltmakes property look more desir-able to prospective home-buyersand would hopefully bring ingood, taxpaying families to livein the many of the city’s homesfor sale.
Mike Early, a resident whospeaks out regularly at councilmeetings aboutdelayedresurfac-
ing on the streets surroundingCarroll Street, piped up. Councilmembers agreed that the roadsare dangerous now, and will onlyget worse in cold weather.
Mayor Jason Klush said road crews are waiting for water com- pany contractors to finish pro- jects. Resurfacing would be a
waste becausetheywould have torip everything back up again.
Moskowitz said they haveasked the contractor on the job,Reilly and Associates, to com- plete base level patching in themost hazardous areas, but itcould be a year or more beforethe streets get the full treatment.
• Fulton Street residents said they have experienced a string of petty burglaries within in the lastfew weeks.
Marie Manganiello said alawnmower and wheel barrowhad been stolen fromher proper-ty, her neighbor lost two rockingchairs from her front porch and ahouse down the street reported two bicycles stolen.
Manganiello said she had spo-ken to the police and noticed in-creased patrols on the street, butshe wanted the council to beaware of the problem.
• Sam Lombardo, of MillStreet, asked if the council had made progress in drafting a noiseordinance theytabled last month.
Lombardo said the other nighthe heard dogs barking for morethan three hours. Some of hisneighbors shared in his assertionthat excessive barking has be-come a real problem, as those inthe room from the area allseemed to agree.
Police Chief Robert Powerstold Lombardo that a dogbarkingordinance is in place, but action
wouldrequirea claimand histes-timony before the district judge.
Councilman Michael Lombar-do said the proposed noise ordi-
nance could be re-examined. Hesaid he felt some of its nuancesneededto be worked outbefore itwas presented again.
“We couldgo back tothe draw-ing board and come up withsomething more workable to puton the table,” he said.
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The Pittston communitymourns the death of former Mayor Thomas A. Walsh.
Walsh,88, died Aug.13 at Re-
gional Hospital of Scranton.Former Pittston Mayor Mi-
chael Lombardo, who broughtdown Walsh’s nearly 20-year legacy in the mayor’s office, wasthe first to speak of what a gen-tleman Walsh was.
“Thenight thatI won,he camein the door at my victory party,stayed most of the night,” Lom- bardo said. “In a time whenlocal politics are so combative, weshould all aspire to be a littlemore like Tom Walsh.”
Lombardo said much of thedowntown renovations that have become apparent over the pastyear started under the adminis-tration of Mayor Walsh.
“And as downtown redevelop-
ment continues, it’s unfair not tomention Mayor Walsh. He reallystarted the ball moving on pro-gress in the downtown,” Lom- bardo said. “To put things in per-spective, when Tom started asmayor, I was a sophomore inhigh school and he served until Itook over. He really loved thecity.”
Jimmy Bannon, 94, and JohnBegley visited with Walsh, aWorld War II veteran, monthly at
the Gino J. Merli Veterans Cen-ter in Scranton where Walsh re-sided for the past four years.
“When he was the mayor, he’d help anybody,” Bannon said of his long-time friend. “He’d doanything forthe people.He was agood, friendly guy.”
Both Bannon and Walshworked on many jobs together asBannon was a bricklayer fore-
Longtime Pittston mayor Walsh dies
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Former Mayor Thomas A. Walsh, shown in this undatedfile photo,died Monday, Aug.13, at theage of 88.
apologizesto those he letdownand serveshis time. Now let’s say he gets out on parole or
probation. A condition of hisparoleis thathe must have a job. Well, what’s he sup- posed to do, be a cook? He’s a trained and experienced carpenter, so he goesback tocarpentry and keeps his nose clean.
He gets his second chance. That’s theAmerican way isn’t it?
Well, yes, unless, to hear some peopletell it, your name is Ross Scarantino.
If you are Ross Scarantino you aretrained and experienced in public educa-tion, but now that you have served your time andare onparole,accordingto some,you should be a pariah to other men and
women in public education.School board members, educators, ad-ministrators must shun you like a leper or be castigated as criminals themselves.
Really? Now, we’re not saying that Scarantino
should work for a school district again, but education is what he knows so wearen’t surprised to hear reports that he isworking for a private company that sellsan elementary literacy program.
Butwe aresurprised to hear reports thatat least oneschool superintendentsaid hisschool won’t buy a program from a pri-vate company that employs Ross Scaran-tino.
That makes no sense to us. If the pro-gram isgood and worththe money, thenitis those things that matter not who is sell-ing it.
We wonder if that super would pass onhiring an trained andexperienced carpen-ter because of something the carpenter did in his past and atoned for.
Scarantino’s crimes were despicable, but theywere aboutmoney,not abouttext- books and classrooms.
Now that he must work, why wouldn’the look for work in the field he knows?
Maybe he’s handy, we don’t know, buthe’s no carpenter, he’s an educator.
Andhe deserves hissecondchance, justlike the carpenter or anyone else.
By the way, we might add, unlike someof the officials around here arrested for corruption, Scarantino took his medicinelike a man.
He pled guilty, he apologized, he blamed no one but himself, he served histime.
Now it’s back to work.
If he werecarpenter
Inspiration!Plain and simple, when Barack Obamatook officethree and a
half years ago, what I thought this country needed was someoneto climb on top of that soap box and inspire us.
Cuz, “Ain’t that America” as JohnMellancamp so passionate-ly sings.
Yes, I was sucked in.Sucked in by his inspiration of “yes we can.”God, just watch this video of his inauguration and you almost
get sucked in again.Well, I have a confession and an apology to make this week.First, asmany of youknow, I lean right withmy politicalviews
and have been a registered Republican all my life.Well, four years ago during the primary, I switched to Demo-
crat.I switched for two reasons.One, I wanted to participate in a contested presidential pri-
mary which Pennsylvania was never really a factor in past elec-tions.
Two, realizing that a Democrat would most likely win theWhite House, the thoughts of another Clinton in the White
House kindanauseatedme.Looking back, Hillary is like Ronald Reagan compared to Obama
So, with that, I voted and supported Barack Obama. In fact, Iwas writing for the Dispatch at the time and expressed mythoughts in one of my columns.
During one of my visits to Dispatch, Associate Editor Jack Smiles lookedat melikeI hadthreeheads cuz hewas wellawareof my conservative views.
“Why?” he asked.
“Inspiration!” I replied. “And, weneed someoneto inspirethisgreat country in the right direction.”“But he’s a socialist,” Jack responded.“No Jack,” I quipped back, “he’s inspirational.”Well, Obama’s inspiration was anything but in the “right” di-
rection. It was in the “left” direction, far left direction.So, yes, I owe Jack Smiles and apology.Jack, please forgive me for being suckered in. You were
“right” and I was wrong. I accept full responsibility for my mo-mentary lapse of reason.
Joe Valenti
Valenti says he owes Jack Smiles an apology
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I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to allthose that helped make the Fourth Annual Joseph F. Coyne IIIMemorial Tournament a success.
With the help of all those who dedicated their time, and thosewho helped donate, we were able to raise over $6,000 for theStoshak Family and 5-year-old Faith. This year brings our four year total to over $22,000 that went to help local families withsick children.
When I had the idea to start this event, I never imagined it
wouldbecome as successful as it has, andI trulycannot expressmy appreciation enough to all those involved.
I would like toespecially thankLindoSabatini, ourmainspon-sor the past four years, and the staff at Sabatini’s Pizza for thewonderful job they do each year.
I want to also congratulate Cuz’s Bar, the winners of the tour-nament, and I am looking forward to seeing everyone next year.
My daughter and I were discussing bathingsuitsrecently.
Specifically, what she would be allowed to wear
and what I would be appalled to wear.While thumbing through a catalog, she ex-claimed: “This is the perfect bathing suit for you,Mom!”
I was thrilled that she had taken such an (unusu-al) interest in my needs!
I peered…and then, screeched…“YOUDON’TMEAN THIS SUIT, DO YOU? IT HASA….A….SKIRT!
Is this how my daughter really viewed me?Does she not see the girl I am in my mind… no
cellulite and a spring in my step? No frown lines, no bunions?Well.The truth hurts, but
not as much as sit-ups.So began my odys-
sey with a little diet Ilike to call: “The NOWAY CAN I TOUCHTHAT BAGEL Diet”.
Join me on my jour-ney of unmitigated carb-control hell as Icommence upon thediet’s first phase,which I refer to as the “Ding Dong The Wicked Bread is Dead Phase”.
Apparently, I must stringently follow the guide-lines for the first 14 days of this plan or I’ll be va- porizedupon contact with a sugar or carbohydrate.Scary.
Day One Not bad!
I woke up to enjoy a filling breakfast of baconand eggs.Whomissesher bagel? Notme. Notone stinking
bit. I ate more than I usually eat in a day, but I stillfelt lightheaded and vacant at times.
Oh wait, that’s not the diet. That’s just me. Oops.Day TwoAnother egg. How many more days to go?Day ThreeCan I just lick the outside of a hard boiled egg
and make it count?The day goes well with me rubbing a TastyCake
on my pulse points and pretending my sugarlessgum was pizza.
Who thinks it worked?Who thinks I need therapy?Day FourBreakfast is here. Again.I will prevail.I am strong.I am woman, hear me roar.I am woman, see me weep!I am hungry, see me starve.For lunch today I got crazy and drizzled an extra
1/8 teaspoon of vinaigrette on lettuce.
Wow. I’m in Disneyland.Day FiveI went out to lunch with skinny friends…and it
was not pleasant.Really, who the hell deemed sugar the enemy? Ithought Castro was the enemy.
I’d sell a child for a brownie.Day SevenLast night, I dreamt I was making cannoli with
Grandma, and she ate them all!But, thewholepointof this diet isnot tolooklike
grandma when I’m 50 … who, by the way, wasshaped like a fire hydrant.
Lovedher,but do NOT want those ancestral low-er arms flailing in the wind.
Day 8My husband brought Peanut Butter Ripple into
my home today.Enabler!If he brought in a
slab of burning as- bestos, I would have been less trauma-tized.
He may have adeath wish.
Days 9-13It’s getting eas-
ier… aside fromchasing the Little Leaguer for a French fry on Day10.
I just wanted to smell it! Is that illegal?Anyway – I’mnot supposed to get within15 feet
of the ballpark now.Whatever.Only one more day left!Day 14
Ordeal is almost over! I mean diet. I mean bootcamp.I mean near-death experience.But was weight loss really the whole point?
Didn’t I also need to become healthier and weanmyself off the sugar and bread that were my life- blood?
Oh, who am I kidding?I just don’t want to wear that stupid bathing suit
with the petticoat and cape.How will I cope with Phase Two of this diet?Woops, I’msorry… it’s now a “wayof life”, not
a diet.HaveI reallylearned how to eata morenutritious
and a less caustic range of foods?Stay tuned.And whenyousee meat Harvey’s Lake– notone
word!And when you see me at Dunkin Donuts – pre-
tend you don’t.
MOTHER’S DAZEMaria Jiunta-Heck
My near-diet experience
Maria Heck, starving as she is, still finds the ener- gy to write her column which appears in this spaceevery week.
Days 9-13: It’s getting easier… aside fromchasing the Little Leaguer for a French fryon Day 10. I just wanted to smell it! Is thatillegal? Anyway – I’m not supposed to getwithin 15 feet of the ballpark now.
It’s Tomato Festival time in Pittston!Homegrown tomatoes are at our roadside stands and may be ready
to pick in our backyards.They aremore flavorfulthan ever andare rich in vitamins andmin-
erals. Vitamin C, beta-carotene, potassium, folic acid, iron and fiber top
the list for tomatoes.They also contain lycopene. Lycopene, is a plant chemical found
higher in a cooked tomato,has been found to reduce the risk of pros-tate cancer.
Did you knowthatthe tomato is actuallya fruit? A fruit is defined as the edible portion of the plant that contains seeds. A vegetable isthe edible stems, leaves, and roots of the plant. In 1893 the US Su- preme Court ruled that tomatoes must be considered a vegetable be-cause they had lower import taxes!
Tomatoes are a real easy food to combinewithother family favor-
ites. Poultry, fish, rice, pasta as well as other vegetables are greatcombos.You can eat them raw, stuffed, baked, stewed or grilled.Here is how to determine if your tomato ripe. Very gentlypress the
tomatowithyourthumb.If no mark isleftthenthe tomato isnot ripe.If an indentation appears, then disappears, the tomato is ripe. If theindention remains, then the tomato is overripe.
Try this homemade salsa recipe to lessen calories and boost nutri-tion at your next summer gathering. Note: when peeling ripe toma-toes, drop in boiling water for 30 - 60 seconds, then dip into cold water. The skin will slide off.
Homemade Salsa
1 cup finely chopped, peeled tomato1/2 cup tomato sauce1/4 cup yellow or red onion1/4 cup finely chopped green pepper 2 Tbsp. vinegar 2 cloves garlic, minced 1-3 jalapeno peppers, seeded and chopped (use caution; wear rub-
ber gloves and do not rub your eyes when chopping peppers)Optional Ingredient: 1/2 cup fresh chopped cilantroMixall ingredientsin a glass bowl.Refrigerate until ready to serve
Zucchini and Tomatoes
1 medium zucchini, sliced 1 tsp. olive oil1 large tomato, chopped 1 1/2 tsp. fresh oregano1 1/2 tsp. fresh rosemary1 1/2 tsp. fresh thyme1/2 tsp. minced garlic1/4 tsp. sugar 2 cups cottage cheese or ricottaSautee zucchini with olive oil until slightly tender Add tomato and remaining ingredients. Stir.Cover and simmer until tomatoes and zucchini are soft.Dab cottage cheese or ricotta cheese on top. Cover until melted.
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By Mary R. Ehret, MS, RD, LDNPenn State Cooperative Extension
Summer fresh tomatoesare here at the festival!
Mary R. Ehret, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., is with Penn State Cooperative Extension, Luzerne County,16 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, Pa., 18643.(570) 825-1701/602-0600. Fax (570) 825-1709. [email protected].
what unusualsituation did local residentsRay Calabrese,Stanley Kab-chinski, Steve Harmonas,Tom Butler, Walt Charneyand Ed Connors find them-selves?
1956 – 56 Years AgoSome of the “old timers” in
Exeter remembered hardwaremerchant Elisha AthertonCoray Sr . for his signaturehigh hat, and “glittering” car-riage pulled by “sleek” horses.
He was a presence in thecommunity in the early1900s but, as explained in an article inthe August19,1956, SundayDispatch, he helped to save theUnion after the disastrous battleof Bull Run during the CivilWar.
Coray owned 140 acres of land known as Corey’s Glennear Harding in Exeter Town-ship. In 1859, he became amember of the New York Stock Exchange and began an associ-ation with Daniel Drew the“King of Wall Street.” He and Drew purchased government bonds to ward off a collapsingeconomy after the legendaryBattle in 1861.
As a warm hazy summer drew to a close, Oregon Park supervisors Marie Campenniand Joseph Sobeski sponsored
a doll contest. Over 30 girlsentered their dolls to be judged by Madeline Amico , MarySoska and Mary Ann Deluc-
ca . Winners were Rose Ann
Favata and Sandra Arfanellafor biggest dolls, CharlenePolit for best dressed, AnnAlessandro , tiniest; twin sistersGeraldine and Estelle Belgio , best twin dolls; Carol Scaran-tino , prettiest and June Sundb-erg , oldest doll.
Louis Greco , a teacher in the“Wyoming Schools” and Com-mander of District 12 AmericanLegion, took first place in aKnow Your Country Contestsponsored by American Mercu-ry Magazine. Greco answered 20 contest questions correctlyand received a cash prize.
His name appeared in theSeptember 1956 issue of themagazine. To read more aboutAmerican Mercury Magazine’scolorful past, log on towww.theamericanmercury.org.
1966 - 46 Years AgoYatesville playground in-
structors Lillian Burke, AnnDeLuca, David Lello, Antho-ny Chairge, Michael Hopkins,Peter Fiume and Roger Noce-rino held a beauty pageant for the young girls of the borough.Judges Louis Capone, MaryClaire Gallagher and ElaineDotter announced the winnersfor Yatesville: Kathy Lizzathird place; Ann Heffron sec-ond place; and Rosemary Se-menza winner; and Pittston
Township – Mary Clare Mo-ran third place; Ann Paglia-nite second place; and Kath-leen Granahan winner. Thegirls were awarded crowns and flowers.
U.S. Navy Chief Petty Offi-cer in World Ward II HaroldG. Traher, of West Pittston,was awarded a plaque at a con-vention of 226th Sigvet Corpsin Allentown. This presentationdeemed “unusual” by the vets because of the difference in branches of service, stemmed from the treatment Anthony E.Granahan of Duryea and Ho-ward J. Fear, of West Pittston,received from Traher during thenaval invasions of Sicily and Italy during the war.
The plaque inscription read in part “let it be known thatChief Petty Officer H.J. Traher USNR with his devotion totheir welfare and comfort dur-
ing their detached duty fromthe U.S. Army in World War IIwill be remembered as the mostnoble shipmate of all.”
The Sunday Dispatch In-quiring Photographer asked,“What benefits do you think the new Pittston Area HighSchool building will bring tolocal students?”
Rose Ann Rostock, of Exe-ter, answered, “It will providemany excellent and challengingopportunities for people likemyself and those already in theteaching profession.”
James Colarusso, of Pitt-
ston, added, “Students will be better equipped to face thefuture.”
Joseph Anzalone, of Pitt-
ston, said, “I think it’s the great-est thing that has happened inthis area.”
Detato’s Super Marketadvertised chuck roast for 45cents per pound, Scott bath-room tissue for10 cents per rolland a ten-pound bag of potatoesfor 39 cents.
The Thomas R. Davis Com-pany in West Pittston listed 9-volt Eveready batteries at 74cents for two.
Luchetti Sales in Exeter advertised the two-door 1966Rambler Classic for $1,820.That same year, The AmericanMotor Company felt that thename “Classic” was no longer a positive factor and began mar-keting the Rebel and St. Moritzmodels.
1976 – 36 Years AgoWest Pittston Borough Coun-
cil filed an appeal to the Feder-
al Disaster Assistance Adminis-tration after they were notified that $49,914.50 earmarked asreimbursements for repairs tothe West Pittston Library weredenied. The library suffered extensive damage during thedevastating flood resulting fromHurricane Agnes in 1972. TheFDAA believed the library wasa private institution and deter-mined ineligible.
A match-up between theMark-Line Liners and WhiteBirch Inn teams in the second half of the Greater PittstonWomen’s Softball League was played in protest. It seemsMark-Line was unable to comeup with an official home plate,so the game was rescheduled.
Lucky for them, because thesecond game gave the Linersthe second-half championshipwith a 4-0 record. Taking con-trol were big hitters SharonLaNunziata , Gemma Me-halchick, Kathy Delaney,Cindy Chisarick and DebbeyWysocki . Fielders Dee DeeSabola , Diane Jones and JoanRogers kept White Birch fromscoring big.
Jack Delaney, Joe Lumiaand Leo Yarashunas wereextremely happy for EmilioCasagrande, of Pittston. Hehad made his first hole in one
at Picasso Country Club on the par 3 fourth hole. The groupwas practicing for the BinkyOccupenti Tournament.
Question #2Who were the six Sunday
Dispatch Student Athlete award recipients in 1976?
Casagrande had hole-in-one in 1976Peekinginto the pastWith Judy Minsavage
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First thing, the Little Miss To-mato and Little Mister Tomato pageant will start the festival off at 10:45 a.m. From 12:15 to 1 p.m., the Perfect HarmonySchool for Music and the Per-forming Arts will perform.Stanky andtheCoalminers takes
the stage from 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.The Poets will perform from3:45 to 5:30 p.m. The SperazzaBand willplayfrom 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.AndHill BillyDeluxetakesthe stage from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m.
The YMCA’s Sauce Wars, a booth where festival-goers cantaste and then vote for their fa-vorite marinara sauce, will runthrough the festival, with thewinner being announced at 6 p.m.
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The Applause Theatre Co Inc.which is moving intoDowntownArts II in the former St.Casmir’sChurch at 65 Church Street inPittston is having an open cast-ing call for the classic musicalWizard of Oz.
Audition dates previously list-edin thepaperhave changeddueto construction delays at Down-townArtsII. Auditions areMon-day, Aug 27, Tuesday, Aug. 28,Tuesday, Sept. 4 and WednesdaySept5from6–9p.m.eachdayatthe former Seton CatholicSchool, 37 William St, Pittston.Males and females ages 8 toadults welcome.
Those auditioning should be prepared to read from script.Musicaldirector will have music provided or you may come pre- pared.No memorized monologs.Head shots a plus, but photogra- pher will be there to take head shots for director. This is a non-
fee production.Call Applause director Wally
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vember will be the ApplauseTheater’s grand openingproduc-tion at the Church Street site.
Also Applause Theatre is pre-senting “Hyronomous A. frog(the Frog Prince)” Friday, Aug.24 and Saturday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 26 at 3 p.m. at Good Shepherd Churchhall, 1780 N. Washington St.Scranton.
Doors will open a half-hour before the curtain. There will berefreshments available for pur-chase. Bring your whole familyfor one of the best kid’s playsaround. Tickets available at thedoor or call and reserve today at570-430-1149. Adult tickets are$10 and tickets are $8 for chil-dren 12 and under.
Auditions for Wizard of Oz at old Seton schoolNov. production willbe grand opening forDowntown Arts II
Cast of Hyronomousfrom left,Gloria good witch (Mary Metzg-er), Hyronomous (Karissa Bar-barevech), Delphinium (CharJeffers), Aunt Bea ( Kathy Elga-way), Gladiola (Shaylyn McIn-tyre). Kneeling in front, Arthur(Mason Bagusky)
A PorkBBQ/Fly-In fundraiser with a Christian theme forFallenOfficers Remembered will beheld from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. onSept.15 atthe FortyFort Airport.
Admission is free. The eventincludes food vendors, a Chris-tian puppet show, face painting,scenic flights, K-9 demonstra-tion, moon bounce, Ident AChild, WWII airplane rides, aChristian magic show, a Chris-tian balloonist, Christian and other vocal performances.
For more information, call Ja-clyn at 760-9034 or email [email protected].
Fly-In/BBQ fundraiser for OfficersRemembered
Wyoming United MethodistChurch will hold a chicken bar-
beque from 4 to 6:30 p.m. onSaturday, Aug. 25. Tickets for the eat-in or take-out dinners are$9 for adults and $5 for children between the ages of 5 and 12.
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Tony Sindaco’s 35 years as achef has taken him a long wayfromthe streets of West Pittston.
In 1978, Sindaco began a classi-cal European apprenticeship us-ing the brigade de cuisine and ACF certification at BuckhillInn in the Poconos under chef Rene Mettier for four years.
Upon completing his appren-ticeship, Sindaco accepted a po-sition as Commis De Cuisine atthe world-renowned Michelin 5-Star Palace Hotel in Gstaad,Switzerland, becoming one of only three Americans to receivethe status ofChefde partie atthattime. He then received his diplo-ma of Chef Tournant.
So how does a kid from the
hallways of Wyoming Area get a passion for food? Easy. It’s alldue to his grandmother, SaraManganiello, better known asAra, thanks to Sindaco’s older brother, Paul, now deceased.“Paul couldn’t pronounce Sara,so it became Ara and it stuck,”said Sindaco.
With all his education, all hisexperiences, all his accolades, itall comes back to what helearned from Ara.
Sindaco, who’s lived awayfromGreater Pittston forthe past35-years, neverforgot hispast. “Istill keep up with many friendsfrom back home and it’s beenabout five years since I’ve visit-ed my mom and dad (Ann and Jerry Postupack),so I thinka tripwill be in order in the very near future.”
Since the early days of his ca-reer, Sindaco has worked in NewYork City at the Five Diamond Helmsley Palace, The NassauInn in Princeton, New Jersey;The Carlton Hotel in Washing-ton, D.C.; The Lowes VentanaCanyon in Tuscan, Arizona; and the Ocean Reef Club in KeyLar-go, Florida.
The former owner of the Sun-fish Grill in Fort Lauderdale,Sindaco is currently the proprie-tor of SEA, established in July2011 and located at 235 Com-mercial Blvd. #105, Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.
At SEA, Sindaco utilizes notonly all the knowledge he’s ac-
quired from great chefs fromaround the world, but the mostimportant chef of them all… his
grandmother.“When I make meatballs, itsmells like her house and it just brings me back. I think abouther all the time when I’m cooking,”he said. “You know, back homewhen we were kids, everythingwas made from scratch. Saucewas made from home-grown to-matoes andvery littlecame fromthe can.”
Sindaco goes on to say, “Imake all of my Italian food fromAra’s recipes.”
Even thoughall theItalian rec-ipes come from Ara’s kitchen,some had to be altered because
people from Naples, Floridawouldn’tunderstandthe cookingfrom Naples,Italy. GrandmaAra put dandelion in salad, hequipped. “People in Floridadon’t eat dandelions.”
ChefSindaco lovesto see peo- ple from Greater Pittston walk through his doors and invites ev-eryone from back home to stop
in and say hello. If you’re notsure how to get there, you cancall (954) 533-2580 to get direc-
tions or log onto http://www.seatherestaurant.com.“I think my generation is the
last generation to experience thekitchen being the center of thehome like it was when I was akid,” said Sindaco.
By “bringing” his grandmoth-er to work with him everyday,Sindaco keeps Ara’s kitchenalive and well.
WP man’s Florida restaurant homage to ‘Ara’Tony Sindaco was inspired by his grandmother ‘Ara’ Manganiello
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Tony Sindaco poses next to a hand-painted octopus on the wall ofhis restaurant, the SEA.
Tabbouleh, a Middle Eastern salad prepared at SEA, is one ofmany dishes served by Chef Sindaco at his establishment.
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The Greater Pittston RegionalCompost Facility on 67 GardenDrive officially opened for busi-ness on Tuesday, Aug. 14.
Representatives from the six participating municipalitieswere present, along with State
Representative Michael Carrolland State Senator John Blake,for the grand opening.
In May 2011,DupontBoroughwas awarded a $461,000 gaminggrant for the purchase of ma-chineryto convert yard waste in-to compost.
The Recycling Center is builtona 33-acre parcel ownedby the borough on Commerce Road and Garden Drive.
Councilman Stan Knick, whoinitiated the idea of using the borough’s land approached thesurrounding municipalities and today six towns, including Du-
pont, Avoca, Duryea, Hughes-town, Jenkins Twp. and PittstonCity, have joined efforts in thisshare service.
The compost generated fromthe facility will be available freeof charge to participating towns
residents. Operating hours are 8a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesday.
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Representative Carroll and Senator Blake visit thesite of the new Dupont Municipal Garage on CommerceRoad. From left, are State
Rep Mike Carroll, Dupont Councilman Jeff Kaminski, Senator John Blake, Mayor Dan Lello, Council President Stan Knick and Council-man Mark Kowalczyk
Membersof the Regional Facilitystanding in front of the ̀ Son of the Beast' grinder, are, from left,Jason Klush, mayor, Pittston City; Jeff Kaminski, Dupont Council; Frank Groblewski, Duryea Coun-cil; Joe Zelonis, Jenkins Twp supervisor; State Representative Michael Carroll; Tom Fritz, AvocaCouncil; Stan Knick, Dupont Council; Pa State Senator John P. Blake; Mayor Dan Lello, Dupont;
Mark Kowalczyk, Dupont Council; Bob Gable and David Stefanoski, Hughestown.
State RepresentativeMichael Carroll andState Senator John
Blake share a fewwords. From left, areStan Knick, resident
was the state building on Lacka-wanna Avenue in Scranton,” hesaid.
After their retirement, themenregularly met for breakfast atAgolino’s in West Pittston.
“He’d haveeggs andbacon;I’d have coffee and toast,” Bannonsaid.
Wil Toole, retired former Pitt-ston city clerk, told The TimesLeader that Walsh used his plumbing experience to main-tain the Pittston pool to keep itopen.
“People never knew howmuch he saved the city,” he said.“He did many of the jobs him-self.”
Toole remembered Walsh pulling together a crew to repair a sewer line near Cooper’s on
Kennedy Boulevard, saving thecity thousands of dollars.
Pittston Mayor Jason Klushled a moment of silence for Walsh before the Pittston CityCouncil meeting Wednesdaynightand ordered city flags to beflown at half staff.
“The projects we’re complet-ing now, a lot of them were start-ed under Mayor Walsh,” Klushsaid. “All the mayors before mehavehad a part ofthe success thedowntown is seeing right now.”
Walsh served as councilmanfor 10 years and as mayor for 18years. He was defeated by Lom- bardo in a heated Democratic primary in 1998.
For Lombardo, hisonly differ-ences with Walsh were political.
“Tom Walsh was a class act,”Lombardo said. “Hecared aboutthe city beforehe was mayor. Hecared about thecity while he wasmayor. He cared about the cityafterhewas mayor. As theToma-to Festival approaches, it’s worthnoting it was started under hisadministration.”
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Members of the Pittston HighSchool Class of 1952 are mark-ing their 60th anniversary by at-tending Mass at 9:30 a.m. today,
Sunday, Aug. 19 at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, WilliamStreet,Pittston.The Masswill becelebratedfor all living membersofthe classandin memory ofthedeceased members. TheresaButera Armando will cantor.
Following Mass, the groupwill gather for breakfast at theAvenue Diner in Exeter. Allmembers of the class and their families are welcome to attend. No reservation is necessary.
Local class members willmeet in a formal celebration at6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug.22 at Arcaro & Genell’s in Old
Forge.Interested class members maycallTomWarabakat 655-4126or Evelyn Borzell Levendowski at654-6316.
Animal hospice fundraiserA fundraiser is being held
from 2 to8 p.m.today, Aug.19 at
Nails First Salon, 207 S. MainSt., Taylor to benefit Tracey’sHopeHospiceCare Programand Rescue for Domestic Animals,
Inc. A variety of services will beoffered such as: manicures, ped-icures, nail fills, waxing, and more.
There will also be live enter-tainment by Dani-elle Khela, awine and cheese table and psy-chic readings.
For more information or toschedule an appointment, callDenise Kumorat at 457-1625
Volunteers neededHeartland Hospice is recruit-
ing volunteers to augment hos- pice services. Volunteers offer support, companionship and practical support to patients and their families, including runningerrands, reading or staying witha patient so family members cantake a break. Comprehensivetraining is required and free of charge. Contact LouiseMcNabb, volunteer coordinator,at 654-0220 for more informa-tion.
WA student parkingJuniors and seniors attending
Wyoming Area Secondary Cen-
termay now pick up applicationsfor parkingpermits for the2012-2013 school year at the Princi- pal’s Office.
Parking spots will be reas-signed from the previous year.Students may request their spotfrom last year if it has not beenassigned. Permits canbe attained during school hours.
Wyoming Farmers’ MarketThe Wyoming Farmers’ Mar-
ket in the Park is held at 9 a.m.every Saturday in the Butler Street Park, off Eighth Street.Craft and food vendors will also be on hand.
Additional vendor spaces arestill available. Call the boroughoffice at 693-0291 to register.The event is sponsored byWyoming Borough and theWyoming Recreation Board.
Medical center boardThe Exeter Township Medical
Center Board of Directors willhold its bi-monthly meeting at7:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 20 atthe Falls Senior Center, Rt. 92 inFalls. The board is looking for new members. This volunteer board meets every other monthand oversees the physical build-ing that houses the Rural HealthMedical Center and the dentalofficeof SantoLaFoca on Rt. 92in Falls.
This board needs to havemembers from the followingfive townships: Exeter Town-ship, Luzerne County; Exeter Twp., Wyoming County; FallsTwp., Franklin Twp., and North-moreland Twp.
For more information, call Ti-na Smith at 388-6898.
Prince of Peace raffleTickets for the $10,000 raffle
at Prince of Peace Parish in Old Forge are still available. Ticketscost $50 each. There are only400 tickets being sold with prizes of $5,000, first prize;
$3,000, second prize; $1,000,third and fourth prize.
Tickets may be purchased byvisitingthe rectory123W. Grace
St. in Old Forge, calling the rec-tory at 457-5900 between 9 a.m.and 4 p.m. or mailing a check.
Cosmopolitan Seniors meetThe Cosmopolitan Seniors, a
ProjectHEADClub, willmeetat1 p.m. on Tuesday Aug. 21in St.Anthony’s Center, Exeter.Hosts/hostesses are Toni Hall, Joe Kle- back, Connie Lahart, Tom La-hart and Tony Matreselva.
Library reopensThe Pittston Memorial Li-
braryat47 BroadSt.,will reopenat 9 a.m. on Aug. 22
Italian American AssociationThe August dinner meeting of
the Italian American Associ-ation of Luzerne County will beheld on Thursday, Aug.23 atGe-netti’s Hotel and ConventionCenter. Arrival time is 6 p.m.with dinner served at 6:30 p.m.Price is$25per person.MusicbyGary Dee with dancing until10:15 p.m. For reservations and membership information, pleasecall Judy Deice at 654-7600 or Louise Castellani 654-6454.
President James Deice will pre-side.
Chicken barbecueWyoming United Methodist
Church will hold a chicken bar- beque from 4 to 6:30 p.m. onSaturday, Aug. 25. Tickets for the eat-in or take-out dinners are$9 for adults and $5 for children between the ages of 5 and 12.
For more information, call693-2821 or 693-1303.
Polish Alliance bus tripThe Polish Women’s Alliance,
Council 40, is sponsoring a bustripto theNationalShrineof Our Lady of Czestochowa, Doyles-town, on Sunday, Aug. 26. Thechapel of Our Lady of Czesto-chowa is an exact replica of thealtar in the Shrine at Jasna Gora
and a link to the Polish home-land. An outdoorprayerarea, in-cludingStations of theCross and Grottoof OurLady ofLourdes is
a setting for meditation.The bus will leave at 8 a.m.from Wegman’s parking lot inWilkes-Barre and at 8:15 a.m.from St. Monica’s parking lot(formerly St. Joseph’s), EastSixth Street, Wyoming. For in-formation and reservations, callBernadine Regis at 693-2293,Felicia Perlickat 443-9940 or Jean Scupski at 824-1829. The bus will depart fromDoylestownat 4 p.m.
PA Class of ‘72The Pittston High School
Class of1972 will hold a reunionon Aug. 28. All those interested in attending are asked to call Joeat 451-3823 for further details.
All Class reunionThe Pittston Twp. combined
reunion committee recently fi-nalized plans for its upcomingreunionto beheldfrom noon to7 p.m. on Saturday, Sep. 1 at thePlains Pavilion on Clark Lane inPlains
Music will be furnished by aD.J. Cost of the reunion is $33 per person.
Checks can be mailed to Pitt-ston Township Combined Re-union, 42 Norman St., PittstonTownship, PA 18640. For moreinformation, contact Joe Sper-razza at 654-2081 or 654-2876.
All Pittston Township resi-dents are invited to bring a non-resident guest.
PA Class of 2002Pittston Area Class of 2002
will celebrate its 10th anniver-sary reunion on Sept. 1 at VanFleet’s Grove, Moscow.
Cost is $40 per person or $80 per couple.
Reservations mustbe made byAug.18.
Complete reunion details can be found on the Pittston AreaClass of 2002 Reunion Face-
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Pittston City as an art Mecca?That’s how Rose Randazzo,
downtown manager, sees it.“People want to be surrounded by beautiful things,” Randazzosaid. “We’re involved in three projects right now that will add some culture to the flourishingdowntown.”
The first is a massive muralthat will cover the entire side of thePittston Dentalbuilding. Theimages depict three stages of Pittston heritage.
“We’re going to go from thecoal miners and the breakers, tothe garment industry, and then back into steam engines and mining,” said artist Dwight Kir-
kland on Friday. “It’s kind of atimeline of Pittston history.”Kirkland of Black Leaf Studio
in Mifflintown will be workingon his mural with his partner,Michael Colley, for the nextweek.
We’re using sepia tones, the browns and the golds,” he said.“It’ll look like an old photo-graph.”
After the mural, they plan towork on the other side of the building facing Napoli’s Pizza.They’ll be painingfaux windowsto look like the windows at therestaurant. A pocket park is cur-
rently being constructed on thesite.
Blackleaf Studio specializesin award-winning murals, origi-nal fine art and illustrations, and
is featured in galleries, distin-guishedhomesand in alltypesof corporate advertising and mar-keting in the United States and abroad, according to the artist’swebsite.
The mural is being paid for byfunds from the state Local ShareAssessmentthat come fromcasi-no proceedsand the city’s FaçadeEnhancement Program.
Another project is called Por-tals to Progress. The object is todecorate various doors and en-tranceways around the down-town.
“Maybeit willbe a knockeron
one door, or a wreath on the an-other,” Randazzo said.
The YMCA has some tattooarta door there. ArtSeen is coor-dinating the displays.
The final project is on displayon the new Dempsey’s DryCleaning window.
Ascrewswerecleaning outtheformer Majestic Building, theyfound a vintage 1920s dressmannequin.
Local artist Joanne Raynis is painting the modelwitha tomatovine, to tie it in to the TomatoFestival.
“Get as much public arton thestreet as possible,” Randazzosaid.
New building-sized mural will depict bygone eras of coal mining, dress making and railroads
Downtown getting a history lesson
Mural artist Michael Colley of Black Leaf Studios airbrushes theimage of a coal miner on theside of Pittston Dental on South MainStreet in Pittston Wednesday afternoon.
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Mural artist Michael Colley of Black Leaf Studios airbrushes theimage of a coal miner on theside of Pittston Dental on SouthMainStreet in Pittston Wednesday afternoon.
Lead artist Dwight Kirklandof Black Leaf Studios describes thefinished mural as depicting the coal mining, garment, and trainindustries on the side of Pittston Dental on SouthMain Street inPittstonWednesday afternoon.
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Class of1992is planningits 20thanniversary reunion for Satur-
day, Sept. 1 at Rodano’s inWilkes-Barre.
Those interested in attendingare asked to e-mail their addressand contact information to [email protected] or call655-0238.
PHS Class of 1962ThePittston AreaHighSchool
Class of 1962 will hold its 50thanniversary reunionon Sept. 2 atBrews Brothers. Committeemembersare looking for contactinformation for fellow class-mates JoanCarolyn BarbaraGo-hamand Edward Thomas Carey.For more information, call Flo-rence at 655-3228 or Jo-Jo at655-0468.
The final committee meetingwillbe atnoonon Saturday, Aug.18 at Savo’s Pizza in PittstonCommons.
WA1982 reunionThe Wyoming Area Class of
1982 will hold a reunion from 1to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2 attheCheckerboardInn, 385Carv-
erton Road, Trucksville withfood, refreshments and music by“Old Friends.”
Cost is $50 per person. Makechecks payable to Patrice Yurek,120 Butler St., Wyoming, PA18644
For moreinformation, call Pa-trice at 881-0135.
Charity train rideThe Greater Pittston Charity
Train Ride railroad excursion to
Jim Thorpe is Sunday, Sept. 9.The excursion in a 1920s era
open window coach pulled by adiesellocomotive willdepart at9a.m. from Duryea and return atapproximately 6:45 p.m.
Tickets are $65 each. Checksshould be made payable andsentto the Greater Pittston CharityTrain Ridec/oPittstonMemorialLibrary, 47 Broad St., Pittston,PA18640. Formore information,call Gloriaat 693-0766or Tinaat407-0579. Tickets are limited andavailableon a firstcomefirstseated basis.
Taste of Greater Pittstontickets
Tickets are now available for the first “A Taste of Greater Pitt-ston” set for 2 to 5 p.m. on Sept.23 on the Pittston Librarygrounds. Tickets are $30 eachand available at the library.
Bus trip to playhouseThe UnitedMethodistWomen
of the First United MethodistChurch of West Pittston are
sponsoring a bus trip to Hunter-don Hills Playhouse in New Jer-sey on Thursday, Oct. 4. For more information, contact DorisDushok at 654-2689 or Karen
Weed at 654-4446.Taste of Greater Pittston tick-
etsTickets are now available for
the first “A Taste of Greater Pitt-
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The NEPA Bonsai Societywill hold its 22nd AnnualOpen House from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8 atMidway Garden Center, 1865Highway 315, Laflin.
In June 1988, six peoplewho shared a common interestin the ancient art of dwarf trees and whose experienceranged from practically noth-ing to over 20 years, met in-formally to discuss ways and means of sharing their collec-tive skills and expanding localinterest in this ancient oriental practice.
From these meetings, the Northeast Pennsylvania BonsaiSociety was born. Its objec-tives remain to provide a placefor its members to come to-gether to expand and sharetheir knowledge and skills and to advance and promote in-terest in bonsai among thegeneral public in NortheasternPennsylvania.
The agenda on Sept. 8 willinclude a large bonsai tree dis- play by the society’s members,various demonstrationsthroughout the day and many bonsai trees and related itemsfor sale!
There will also be Shakuha-chi flute entertainment by Ja-mie Orfanella and a friendly bonsai tree competition opento all members.
“Our goal this year is tohave a larger display, moredemonstrations, and a greater turn out from the public,” saysCarl Achhammer, bonsai so-ciety president. It should be areally great day and I encour-age people to come out toenjoy the trees and an art formthat has been around for over 2000 years.”
Society members will be onhand to answer any questions,show bonsai tress owners howto work on their bonsai or helpanyone interested pick outtheirfirst tree.
As a new bonsai enthusiast,
vice-president of the bonsaisociety and co-chairwoman of the event, Constance Orchard finds a great need to promote bonsai to everyone she meets.
According to Orchard, “Thequiet grace and beauty of a
tree is soothing to the soul.
The living art form of bon-sai gives one an up close and personal relationship with your own “scaled down forest.”
For more information, callSue or Carl at Midway GardenCenter at 654-6194.
Bonsai Society ‘open house’ set Sept. 8Societyheadquarteredat MidwayGardenCenter, Laflin
Bonsai trees on display at Midway Garden Center in Laflin.
Pride Mobility Products Cor- poration generously sponsored JA BizTown Summer Camp atJunior Achievement of North-eastern PennsylvaniaInc. in Pitt-
ston Township.Students entering fifth and
sixth grades took charge of JABizTownbusinesses as entrepre-neurs, advertising executives,chief financial officers, salesmanagers and even the mayor of JA BizTown at the recent camp.
For a week, campers experi-enced whatit islike tobe anadult by working in their businessesandearninga paycheck,openinga checking and savings account,writing checks and paying their bills.
Thecamp took placein theJu-nior Achievement Mericle Fam-
ily Center for Enterprise Educa-tion.The Center is home to a life-
size replica of a small Americantown featuring retail stores, a bank, café, radio and televisionstations and city hall.
Through the center’s interac-tive sessions, campers share tal-
ents, gain new skills and learnthe importance of giving back to
thecommunity, while havingfun along the way.
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Pride Mobility sponsors JA BizTown event
Students who recently participated in JA Biztown Summer Camp at Junior Achievement of Northeastern Pennsylvania are, from left, first row, Dominick Angradi, ErinKnappman, McKaylia Ward, Patrick Burke, Peter Maria, Dominic Arbie, Nina Limongelli, Jason Isely, Vincent Maria, Josh Gronka. Second row, Colton Mackell, unnamedstudent, KierstenGrieco, Kearney Turant, Madison Maguire, Isabel Maria, Therese Young, Elena Pfleckl, Isabel Hou, Charlie Boswell, Ethan Meuser, Matthew Krasucki,Lauren Fletcher. Third row, Matt D'Elia, Christina Heppding, Kaitlyn Lokuta, Isabella Gorzkowski, Morgan Price, Genavieve Pursell, Elizabeth Arbie, Samantha Nordmark,Meghan Keenan, Larry Corridoni, Alana Simrell, Leslie Hessmiller, Naqueilla Paul, Brenna Klaproth. Fourth row, Peyton McNulty, Sarah Liskowicz, Lauren Best, MadelineSkutack, Bianca Mazzarella, Lauren Cawley, Kaylee Magda, Michael Skutack, Michael Mucciolo, John Vernagis, Alex Meuser, Sam Boedeker, Donald Shaw, Abbey Mali-noski.
A car cruise and dinner fun-draiser for Tracey’s Hope Hos- pice Care Program and Rescuefor Domestic Animals, Inc., Du-ryea, was heldThursday, Aug. 16at Thomas’Barbecue Restaurant4810 Birney Ave., Moosic.
In addition to the car show,there were raffles, giveaways,live entertainment and a portionof Thomas’ profits fromthe eve-ning were donated to Tracey’sHope.
There will be a second fun-draiserfrom 2 to 8:30p.m. today,Sunday, Aug. 19 at Nails FirstSalon, 207 S. Main St., Taylor.
At this event, there will be avariety of services available, in-cluding manicures, pedicures,nail fills and waxing. There willalso be live entertainmentby Da-ni-elle Khela, a wine and cheese
table and psychic readings byDaniel.
For more information, call De-nise at 457-1625.
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Fundraiser held for Tracey’s Hope; another set today
Susan Phillips of Laflin, right, asks Jay Kwiatkowski of Scrantonto fork over some cash forChinese auctionticketsat the Tracey'sHope findraiser.
Volunteers and patrons gather around the Chinese auction tableat Thomas' Barbecue Restaurant in Moosic during the Tracey'sHope fundraiser.
Tracey's Hope Board of Directors members Chris Michalowski,left, and Sharon Hopkins.
Tracey's Hope Board Members Donna Zieba, left, Amanda Zieba,JessicaHelfrich, Rita Warabak, and Denise Kumer have a meetingat Thomas' Barbecue Restaurant during their fundraiser. BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Adoption and rescue volunteer Jackie Russell stands at the Chinese auction table benefiting Tra-cey's Hope Hospice Care Program and Rescue for Domestic Animals inside Thomas' Barbecue Res-taurant in Moosic on Thursday night.
MakaylaMarsh of Pittston, left, and her mom Nicole,pass outinformational flyers at a fundraiser for Tracey's Hope in MoosicThursday night.
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Home of:Miss Pennsylvania/AmericaMiss Pennsylvania/TeenMiss Tomato Festival
1986 – 26 Years AgoResidents of Pittston were
getting ready to celebrate thethird annual Pittston TomatoFestival. Biagio Dente, proprie-tor of Dente’s Catering, had theslogan “world’s quality tomatocapital” painted adjacent to thePittston PA address on his busi-ness vehicles.
Drawings and free items were being offered by businessessuch as Falcone City Carpet,LaFratte’s Restaurant, Fino’s,Majestic Lunch and StarBeauty Academy . The city of Pittston announced free parkingat city meters and Manny Gor-don was named Grand Mar-shall.
Angelo Bufalino, of Pittston,had something unusual in his possession: a tailored, charcoalgrey pinstriped suit. While thesuit was like many other well-made suits, what made it un-usual was who had once owned it. Tailored by Angelo Litrico,of Rome, Italy, the suit wasspecifically made for SovietPremier Nikita Khrushchev.
The suit, along with twoothers, found their way to theUnited States where they wereauctioned off at a benefit for kids. Khrushchev commis-sioned Litrico to produce a fullwardrobe to wear during hisfamous trip to the USA in Sep-tember1959. This included theshoes that would become fa-mous by being slammed on thetable at the United Nations
General Assembly in October 1960. He very well may have been wearing Angelo’s suit thatday.
The Pittston Area SchoolBoard backed a town ordinance banning any Pittston Area stu-dents from smoking near thelocation of the middle and secondary school. The new lawcalled for a fine of up to $70for violators. The board planned to reflect the policy inthe student handbook.
The weather banner for theDispatch read: “Partly sunnyand kinda warm, just a chance
of a thunderstorm.”Answer #1
With the elimination of all but two school districts, manyfootball players who once com- peted against each other found
themselves on the same team.Pittston Area’s Ray Calabreseand Northeast’s Stanley Ka-bachinski once faced eachother as f ierce opponents. SteveHarmonas who played for Exeter was used to trying totackle his now fellow team-mates Tom Butler, of Wyom-ing, and Walt Charney, of West Wyoming, during contests between the schools. Ed Con-nors on the West Pittston linesaw action against Harmonas.All these young men had to bond with former adversaries asPittston and Wyoming AreaSchool Districts were formed and they did so with dignity.
Over 160 boys reported for football practice sessions atPittston and Wyoming Area.
Answer #2The Sunday Dispatch Student
Athlete Awards were presented to the top male and femaleathletes at Wyoming Area,Pittston Area and St. John’sHigh School. The award honorslocal senior athletes who at-tained high scholastic accom- plishments. Coaches, teachersand administrators voted for their respective school students.
Winners in 1976 were Wyom-ing Area students Sandy Selen-ski , of West Pittston; and Paul
Rushefski , of West Wyoming;Pittston Area students RoseMusto , of Pittston Township;and Michael Lokuta , of Avo-ca; and St. John’s High Schoolstudents Susan Brown , of Exe-
ter and Joseph LoBrutto .
How old would you be if youdidn’t know how old you were?
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Ralph Rostock, formerly of Exeter now living in Wyoming, supplied this 1945 photo of young Exeter lads who worked on the LukashFarm in Exeter. Ralph remembered working 10-hour days for 10 cents an hour. From left, seated, are Joe Sincavage, George Frascello,Joe Lukash Jr. Paul Latzko and John Luke. Standing, ` 'Yozzie' Lukash, deceased; holding daughter Gail, Ralph Rostock, Stephen Pes-tak, deceased.
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The Pittston Memorial Li- brary will host “A Taste of Grea-terPittston” on Sunday, Sept. 23,from 2 to 5 p.m. on the librarygrounds.
A few tables are still availablefor any winemakers or restau-
rants thatwould like to showcasetheir products.
To reservea table,e-mail eventco-chair Lisa Joyce at lisa- [email protected] or callCarol Crane at 570-654-9565,ext. 25.
Tickets are now available for theevent which will featurewineand food tasting as well as musi-cal entertainment.
Guest hosts for the event areCandace and Tom Kelly.
Ticket holders will get to votefor the best red and white wine.The winners of the competitionwill be awarded the A Taste of
Greater Pittston People’s ChoiceAward.All proceeds will go to the
Cosgrove Capital Campaign toraise funds to expand the library.
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WHAT A Taste of Greater PittstonWHEN Sunday, Sept. 23WHERE Pittston Memorial LibraryTICKETS Call 654-9565, ext. 25
I F Y O U G O
Planning ` 'A Taste of Greater Pittston' on Sept. 23 to benefit the Pittston Library expansion project are, from left, Lisa Joyce, CarolCrane, Ann Hogya, librarian, and David Joyce.
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Thelate HeleneC. Kretchikof KingstonTwp.,formerly of WestWyoming, was a MisericordiaUniversity alumna who loved her college. Throughout her life,she was quick to share storiesabout her experiences as an edu-cation major and gave high praise to the Sisters of Mercywho sponsored and founded Mi-sericordia, especially those who prepared her for a career in edu-cation.
Upon her death in October 2011, just two months shy of her 90th birthday, Kretchik’s love of Misericordia became her legacywith a bequest of $400,000.
The largest alumni bequest inuniversityhistory will be used toestablish The Helene C. Kretch-ik Scholarship Fund. Incomefrom the fund will be used toaward annual scholarships to de-serving students who demon-strate good moral beliefs.
“Misericordia wasthe founda-tion of Helene’s life,” saidChris-tine Copeman of Harveys Lake,Kretchik’s niece who made the
check presentation. “Misericor-dia afforded her the opportunityto live life to the fullest by con-tributing to the lives of her stu-dentsand making a difference inthelives ofeveryone that shetou-ched. I would like to thank Mi-sericordia for the education thatshe received.”
The youngest of seven chil-dren, Kretchik was born and raisedin WestWyoming andwasa 1939 graduate of West Wyom-ing High School. She earned aBachelor of Arts degree in edu-cationfrom Misericordia in1943followed by a master’s degree in behavioral science from Buck-nell University.
A lifelong teacher, she taughtat both the Exeter and WyomingArea High Schools, where shewas loved and admired by her students and fellow teachers.She remained active with Miser-icordia and was an active mem-
ber of the Misericordia AlumniAssociation. She also took timeto frequently volunteer for theAmerican Red Cross.
Helene Kretchik Scholarship Fund established
Participating in a ceremonial check presentation on the campus of Misericordia University, from left,are J. Frederick Rohrbeck, Esq., of Kreder Brooks Hailstone, LLP, Scranton, Pa.; Christine Copemanof Harveys Lake, Pa., representingthe estate of the late HelenC. Kretchik, present a ceremonialcheck to Barbara Merdiushev, director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving, and Michael A. MacDowell,president, Misericordia University.
The annual PALS (PreventALS) of Jimmy Duffy get-to-gether to commemorate Jimmy’slife will be held on Sunday, Au-gust 26, at 1 p.m.
Jimmy died of ALS.Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
is a disease of the nerve cells inthe brain and spinal cord thatcontrol voluntary muscle move-ment. ALSis also known as LouGehrig’s disease.
Past PALS benefits were held at Lackawanna County Stadium but this year the stadium isclosed for repairs, so the outingwill be at Alan Hanczyc’s house219 Rock Street, Hughestown.
Food will be cooked on site byUncle Buck’s Barbecue, Ply-mouth. The menu will be pulled pork,chicken, hotdogsand ham- burgers.Side dishes will include baked beans, coleslaw, and agreen salad.
The cost per person will be$20 payable prior to August 20.Children10and under areadmit-ted free.
The price includes food,drinks, tent and seating rental,and donation for ALS.
There is a swimming pool, sothose attended are invited to bring bathing suits and towels.
Proceeds will go to the Phila-delphia ALS Association.
For tickets or more informa-tion, phone Mary at 947-9120 or Florence at 655-1763.
Ballrom Dancing Party. Please call for information.
The Cheresko family, de-scendants of Frank and KasildaCheresko of Jenkins Township,held their 25th annual family re-union recently at Carla Wy-
chock’s home in Mountain Top.Pictured are: first row seated:
Kieran Rinish, Alanah Rinish,Ricky Rinish, Daniel Clifford,Joseph Clifford, Wyatt Flicker,
Grey Clifford and Maya Flicker.Second row, kneeling: Pat
Rinish, Rick Rinish, Jackie Rin-ish, Nile Clifford, Jackie Clif-ford, Randy Clifford, Dana Ar-
gento, Sarah Klush and JeanMudlock.
Thirdrow,standing:StephanieWychock, Ann Berecin, FranKosloski, Jim Powers,Marie Wi-leszewski, Chris Tracy, KathyClifford, AbrahamClifford,Car-la Wychock, Sue Draus, DianeGowran, Lynne Flicker, KarenKlush, Mary Ann Rodeghiero.
Fourth row, standing: StanWychock, Tom Kosloski, Sandy
Krapsho, Dorothy Powers, LoriTracy, Bob Stepanski, Rita Ste- panski, Butch Wychock, JamieBerecin, Pat Berecin, Joe Bere-cin, George Wileszewski, DaveRodeghiero.
Fifth row, standing: Harry Ye-kel, Jack Yekel, Brooks Rinish,Harry Krapsho, Michael Wy-chock. Missing from photo: An-nette Yekel, Phil Clifford and Cathy Wileszewski.
Cheresko family gathers for 25th annual reunion
The Friends of the PittstonMemorial Library are seekingvendorsfor their annualFallFes-tival which will be held from 9a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.15 on the library grounds onBroad Street.
Flea market enthusiasts, craftsand novelty vendors are wel-come.
Vendor space is $5 per spaceand more than one space may berented.
Vendors are responsible for
providing their own tables,chairs, bags, etc. Applicationswith instructions are available inthe library.
Additional information may be obtained by calling the Pitt-ston Memorial Library at 654-
9565.A book sale in the lower level
of the library will also be held inconjunction with the Fall Festiv-al. All books are on shelves and categorized according to au-thor’s last name initial, making
searches for particular bookseasier. An abundance of books isavailable for sale.
Other activities at the festivalwill be a bake sale, face paintingfor children, raffle basket and afood stand.
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PhoenixTheatrics will present“Through the Looking Glass”Aug. 24 through Sept.1 at Phoe-nix Performing Arts Centre, 409Main St., Duryea.
Shows are at 7 p.m. on Fridayand Saturday and at 2 p.m. onSunday.
There will be a matinee at 2 p.m. and an evening show at 7 p.m. on Sept. 1.
Tickets are $10 and $8 for stu-dents.
Directors areJenn Stantonand Sandy Doria.
Choreographer is Lee La-Chette and musical director isBrenda E. Nighbert.
“Through the Looking Glass:Where Your Dreams are Shat-tered” is a work of literature by
Lewis Carroll. It is the sequel to“Alice’s Adventures in Wonder-land” (1865). The themes and settings of “Through the Look-ing Glass” make it a mirror im-age of “Wonderland.”
When Alice notices the look-ing glass in the parlour, littledoes she know that she is abouttobecomea pawnin theLookingGlass War.
In a world of grinning identi-cal twins, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, cracked nurseryrhyme characters, HumptyDumpty, gallantry and madness,things are seldom what theyseem.
As the net draws closer on Al-iceand shef ights toreturnhome,thereisone thing shemust dobe-fore all is the right way round.
The balance must be restored.With the help of the decrepit and addled White Knight, Alicemust become Queen before the
world belongs to the Red Queenforever.
‘Through the Looking Glass’ set at Phoenix
Avery McNulty, left, Jade Casella, center, and Sarah McGowan areready forthe opening of ̀ Through the Looking Glass' at PhoenixTheatreon Aug. 24.
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Max Snyder, left, Isabella Snyder, center, and DJ Branham rehearse for the performance of ` ThroughtheLooking Glass' whichopens at Phoenix Theatrein Duryea Aug. 24.
Sarah McGowan, left, and KellyKrieger rehearse for the Phoe-nix Theatre's presentation ofT̀hrough the Looking Glass.'
Shown here in a dress rehearsal scene from ` Through the LookingGlass' are, from left, Maddison Black, Sarah McGowan, OliviaBellanco and Avery McNulty.
Have you noticed some areasaround town have been lookinga little unkempt?
If you haven’t, there’s a good chance your neighbor has, con-sidering the number of conver-sations I’ve had with residentsasking me to address the issueof an untidy town.
The good news is that this isan easy problem to fix and onewe can achieve together.
Here are a few pointers:Be sure your properties and
yards (homes and businesses)are neat.
We have an ordinance in town
which outlines the maximumheight grass can be and theovergrowth of weeds and other vegetation.
When placing your trash out-side, be sure it is tied in a securegarbage bag and kept in a gar- bage can with a lid before it is placed curbside for collection.This will reduce the incidents of wild and stray animals fromtearing into garbage bags and,consequently, spreading gar- bage on the ground.
If you are unable to completetasks such as these on your owndue to a disability or infirmity,reach out to a neighbor or themembers of the Avoca Scouttroops for help.
There are many good peoplein this town who would be morethan willing to lend a helpinghand.
Fire department driveThe Avoca Fire Department’s
fund drive has begun. All prop-erty owners have been sent adonation packet.
Only 40 percent of Avoca’s property owners participated last year, causing the depart-
ment to operate at a deficit.Please support this year’s drivein order to keep the departmentrunning and the town safe. Inaddition to submitting dona-tions via mail, they can also bemade online at www.avocafire-.net.
Happy birthdayHappy belated birthday to
Megan Bartuska who celebrated her special day on Aug. 4.
New boy in townCongratulations to Ashley
and Paul Cozza who welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday, Aug. 7.Luca Vincent joins big sister Ava, 3. Luca’s grandparents areVince and Kathy Fonzo, Avoca;and Joe and Barbara Cozza, New York.
Ashley and Paul also cele- brated their fourth wedding an-niversary on Aug. 8.
Pet hospicefundraiser today
There will be a car cruise and dinner fundraiser for Tracey’sHope Hospice Care Programand Rescue for Domestic Ani-mals, Inc., Duryea, from 2 to8:30 p.m. today, Aug. 19 at Nails First Salon, 207 S. MainSt., Taylor.
At this event, a variety of ser-vices will be available, includ-ing manicures, pedicures, nailfills and waxing.
There will also be live enter-tainment by Dani-elle Khela, awine and cheese table and psy-chic readings by Daniel.
For more information, callDenise at 457-1625.
Queen of ApostlesThe Queen of the Apostles
Parish’s worship committee willmeet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug.20 in the rectory.
The parish feast day, Queen-ship of Mary, is Wednesday,Aug. 22.
The parish feast day family picnic and Mass is from noon to
6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25 atMercatili Segilia Park, Moosic.Mass will be celebrated at 4 p.m. at the park by the Rev. PhilSladicka and at St. Mary’sChurch by the Rev. John Pop-lawski.
All attendees are asked to bring a covered dish to share.Hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks will be provided.
The building and groundscommittee will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 27 in therectory.
The choir will resume prac-tices from 7 to 9 p.m. on Mon-days beginning Aug. 27.
New members are welcome.Please use the handicapped en-trance on the right side of thechurch.
The finance council will meetat 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 inthe rectory.
Faith formation classes willresume on Sunday, Sept. 9 and Monday, Sept. 10 at St. Mary’sSchool, 742 Spring St.
The First Eucharist class willmeet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. onSept. 9 and students in gradesK-8 will meet from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 10
Registration forms will besent to all students and willneed to be returned by Sept. 3.
Prayer group meetingThe Light of Christ Prayer
Group will host the CatholicCharismatic Renewal regional prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. onMonday, Aug. 20 in St. Mary’sSchool auditorium, 742 SpringSt.
A combined music ministrywill lead prayer and praise.
Yard waste collectionAvoca Borough will have a
yard waste collection on Tues-day, Aug. 21, weather permit-ting. In addition to collectinggrass clippings and leaves, bor-ough workers will also collectother yard waste, includingshrubs, hedge clippings and treelimbs.
Grass clippings and leavescan be placed in the same con-tainer; however, brush must be placed in a separate container.
The recycling center will notaccept grass and leaves that arecombined with yard waste.
Tree limbs should not exceed three feet in length and one-half
inch in diameter.Rocks, stones, dirt and animalwaste are not acceptable formsof yard waste and will not becollected.
A maximum of three opencontainers, not exceeding 30 pounds, will be allowed per col-lection.
Residents are asked not to putcollection items in plastic bags.
Collection items should be placed curbside by 8 a.m.
Avoca classes reunionAvoca High School Classes
of the 1960s reunion will take place from 6:30 to11:30 p.m. onSaturday, Aug. 25 at St. Mary’sSchool auditorium, 742 SpringSt., Avoca.
The menu includes pizza,stromboli, antipasto, soda and ice.
Alcohol will not be provided, but guests may bring their ownlibations.
Cost is $25 per person and checks should be made payableto AHS Classes of the 60s and sent to Cathy Appnel, 515Grove St., Avoca, Pa. 18641.
Please send in your paymentas soon as possible or call App-nel at 457- 7974 to make a res-ervation and pay at the event.
Everyone attending is asked to bring pictures or memorabi-lia.
Combined servicesThe congregations of the
Moosic and Langcliffe Presby-terian Churches will have com- bined Sunday services at 10:30a.m. through Aug. 26 at theLangcliffe Presbyterian Church,1001 Main St.
Durkin Open Sept. 1The Thomas P. Durkin Me-
morial Avoca Open will take place Saturday, Sept. 1 at thePine Hills Golf Course, Taylor.
Registration is at 7:30 a.m.with an 8 a.m. shotgun start.
The format is captain and mate.
The cost is $90 per golfer which includes the green fees,the use of a cart as well as din-ner, refreshments, awards and prizes at the West Side SocialClub immediately following thetournament.
To register, stop by the WestSide Social Club, 711 McAlpineSt., on Thursday evenings or mail the your name, shirt sizeand payment to Avoca A.O.H.P.O. Box 5045 Avoca, PA 18641 by Saturday, Aug. 18.
All proceeds will benefit theAvoca A.O.H. Scholarship and local charities.
Lions food bankThe Avoca Lions Club will
have its monthly food bank from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,Sept. 6 at the Bethel United Methodist Church, 532 Main St.
Volunteers are needed at 1:30 p.m. to help unload the truck.Attendees are asked to bring boxes.
VFW BAR-BQMembers of the Avoca V.F.W.
Post 8335 will have their chick-en barbecue dinner from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15 at the post home, 915 Main St. Take-outs will be available.
Tickets are $9 each and avail-able by calling the post home at457-7673.
Call goes out to help keep Avoca tidyAvoca Fire Department fund drive is underway
Brian Nesgoda has officiallyresignedhis positionon boroughcouncil. Council informed the borough of his resignation atTuesday’s regular council meet-ing.
Nesgodahas servedas a coun-cil member since 2001 but hasnot attended a meeting sinceMarch of this year when he wasarrested in connection with analleged assault.
With a year and a half remain-ing onhis term,Council passed amotion to accept applicationsfromresidents interestedin serv-ing the remainder of that term.
Submissions are to be sent toDupont Municipal Office, 600Chestnut St., Dupont byWednesday, Aug. 29.
Council will hold a specialmeeting on Tuesday, Sept4 to re-view the applications and onTuesday, Sept11will swear in thenewappointment at theregularlyscheduled council meeting.
Trap set for nuisance bearHey there it’s Yogi Bear….A 400-pound blackbear,a reg-
ular visitor this past summer inthe neighborhood of Holden and Everhart streets,will soonhaveanew home.
ThePennsylvaniaGameCom-mission has been contacted by borough officials and traps will be set to capturethe smarter thanyour average bear and take himsafely to a new Jellystone Park.
Elko’s & Sons LanesElko’s & Sons Lanes will reo-
pen today, Aug. 19 with open bowling from noon to 6 p.m. and continue with open bowlingfrom1to6p.m.theweekofAug.20and Aug. 26.Theleagues willstart their season on Monday,Aug. 27.
Crime Watch fund raiserDupont Crime Watch is spon-
soring a fundraiser for Dupont’sK-9 cop Bruizer.
The organization is selling T-Shirts to help contribute to thecost of veterinary care and food.
The cost per T-Shirt is $15 for adults, $10 for children and $25for sweatshirts.
T-shirts canbe orderedby con-tacting PinaHansen,presidentof the Crime Watch, or Sgt. JohnSaranchuck, Bruizer’s handler.
The next Crime Watch meetingwill be held at 6:30 p.m. on onTuesday, Aug. 28 in the James
Cocco Council Chambers at theDupont Municipal Building.
Eco-tipHere is Joey Jones’ eco-tip of
the week: If you are buying agrill, buy a propane grill instead of a charcoal grill. Propane burns cleanerand is betterfor theair.
HMS flea marketVendors are needed for the gi-
ant flea market which will beheldfrom9 a.m. to5 p.m. onSat-urday, Sept. 8 on Holy Motherof Sorrows Church grounds,Wyoming Avenue.
Thisevent willbe held oneday prior to the Dozynki Festival intheBig Tent.Outside vendors, aswell as parishioners, are wel-come to participate.
The cost is only $10 per table.The church provides tables and chairs.
There will be food sale (piero-gi, potato pancakes, etc.) Any-one interested in renting a tableis asked to call Mrs. Regina Ba-haley at 457-2378 as soon as possible.
Reservations have to be pre- paid with checks made payabletoHolyMotherofSorrows. HolyMother of Sorrows 36th Dozyn-ki/Harvest Festival biggest eventof the year will be held from 11a.m. to dusk on Sunday, Sept. 9on the parish grounds.
The Blessing of HarvestWreathCeremonywill beheld at2 p.m.
Live music will be performed by Joe Lastovica & The PolkaPunch from 3 to 6 p.m.
There will be a variety of homemade ethnicfoods: pierogi, potatopancakes,gołubki,kluski,kiełbasa, sausage, soups, funnel
cakes,as well asAmerican foods(hot dogs, burgers).
Homemade baked goods will be available. Country store-freshvegetables and fruits will beavailable all day long. Other at-tractions at the festival include
50/50 Bingo: Big Raffle, Chi-nese Auction, Arts & Crafts,Children’s and Youth Stand.
Lions food distributionThe monthly food distribution
sponsored by the Dupont Lionswill be held from 4 to 5 p.m. onThursday, Aug. 23 at the Sacred Heart of Jesus ParishHall, Lack-awanna Avenue.
Allqualifyingresidents ofDu- pont and Suscon are eligible.
VFW 4909 meetingThe nextmeetingof the V.F.W.
Post#4909 will beheldat 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 27 at the post home.Commander Gary Carwardinewill preside.
The Home Association meet-ing will follow. Food and re-freshments will be served.
Gas service applicationsApplications for gas service
are available at the Dupont Mu-nicipal offices during regular business hours.
UGI representative MikeTrussa stated at the April Coun-cil meeting that, in order for thecompany to have program ap- proval for placementof gas lines,residents’ applications must be
filed with UGI.For more information, contactTrussa at 829-8664.
Polish Club golf tourneyThe Polish American Citizens
Club will resume its annual golf tournament this year on Satur-day, Sept. 22 at Edgewood in thePines’ with a shotgun start at 9a.m.
Format will be Captain and Crew. Cost per person will be$80.
Prizes, dinner and refresh-ments will be served after the
outing at the Polish AmericanCitizens Club, Elm Street, Du- pont.
Signups will be held from 6 to8 p.m. every Friday at the club.Hole sponsors are welcome. All proceeds benefit the Dupont
Children’s’ Fund.For more information, contact
Bill McDermott at 655-9311,DanLello at 654-6819, KenBar-nak at 237-5922 or Tom Piecho-taat 654-9229.
Sacred Heart MassAll students, from Pre-K
through college, along with their families areinvited tocelebratea“Back to School Mass” at 10:30a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26 at Sa-cred Heart of Jesus Church. Stu-dents are invited to bring alongtheir book bags, backpacks and other school stuff for a special blessing.
Schooluniforms may beworn.Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish
Pastoral Council members willmeet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug.21 in thelower level of therecto-ry.
Oblates BBQAn “Endof Summer”Chicken
Bar-B-QDinneris scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 26 on the groundsofthe Oblates ofSt. Joseph Sem-inary, Highway 315, Laflin.
The day starts with Mass at11a.m. in the seminary chapel withfestivities following until 5 p.m.Dinner tickets need to be pur-chased before the event at theseminary office at $10 per per-son.
There will be a “Kiddie Kor-ner,”alongwith plenty ofgames, pony rides, face painting, spe-cialty baskets, instant Bingo and
live entertainment by the JeanneZano Band.Hot dogs, hamburgers, bever-
ages and ice cream will be avail-able to purchase.
For more information, contactthe seminary office at 654-7542or by email at [email protected].
Theme basket winnersA greatbigthank you toevery-
one from council and the mayor who participated, donated and supported the Party in the Park 2012.
The kitchen helpers, the bands, DJ Mike, Train Club,Paul Perrins mining display,Martha and Silvia on raffle bas-kets, Ron and Gina from Mid-town, Amvets, Leo Club,Springbrook Fireworks and Jer-ry& Eric for their artworkon the
American Legion BrennanRegan Post 585 will haveits sec-ond annual bus trip to the LittleLeague World Series on Thurs-day, Aug. 23. The trip is open tochildren ages 7 to 12 and their chaperones.
Due to the success of lastyear’s trip, Legionmembers planto send two buses this year. For more information, call the posthome at 457-4242.
Tax bills mailedThe 2012 school tax bills have
been mailed. Anyone who did not receive one should call Du-ryea Tax Collector Marty Hanc-zyc at 457-2482. The discount period ends on Sept. 20.
Pet hospice fund raiserA fundraiser for Tracey’s
HopeHospiceCare Programand Rescue for Domestic Animals,Inc., Duryea,will be held from 2to 8:30 p.m. today, Aug. 19 at Nails First Salon, 207 S. MainSt., Taylor.
A variety of services will beavailable, including manicures, pedicures, nail f ills and waxing.There will also be live entertain-ment by Dani-elle Khela, a wineand cheese table and psychicreadings by Daniel.
For more information,callDe-nise at 457-1625.
Rec board partyThe Duryea Rec Board will
sponsor a “Party in the Park”from 2 to 9 p.m. on Saturday,Aug.25 with food, music andac-tivities.
Nativity CCD registration Nativity of Our Lord Parish
will have registration sessionsfor religious education classes(CCD) at 7 p.m. on Wednesday,Aug. 22 and at 5 p.m. on Satur-day, Aug. 25 in the basement of Holy Rosary Church, 127 Ste- phenson St. These sessions arefor first grade students and newstudents in grades 1-6.
Anyoneunableto attendeither of these sessions should call Ju-dy Lambert at 881-4974. Regis-tration forms for those who reg-istered last year will be sent totheir homes at the end of Augustor the beginning of September.
Students presently in seventhor eighth grade and already reg-istered in CCD will receive theSacrament of Confirmation inthespring.Any child planning toreceive the sacrament at that
time but not enrolled in the pro-gram will need documentation
showing they are enrolled in Ca-tholic school or another CCD program.
Classes will begin in Septem- ber and the parish is seekingvol-unteers to serve as teachers and aides.
Legion Sons clean-up detailThe Sons of the American Le-
gion, Squadron 585, will have aclean-up detail at 10 a.m. onWednesday, Aug. 26 at the posthome, 329 Main St. The mem- bers will clean the kitchen and parking lot.
Holy Rosary school eventsHoly Rosary School will have
its fourth annual golf classicSunday, Sept. 16 at Edgewood inthePines,Drums.Registration isat noon and the shotgun start be-gins at 1 p.m. It is a captain and crew format. Singles will be placed on a team. The cost is$100 per player which includeslunch and dinner at the club.Awards will be given for several
golfing contests. There will also be prizes awarded throughoutthe day.
There are also several tourna-ment sponsorship opportunitiesavailable at various donation lev-els. For more information, con-tact Debbie Davis at 451-1762.
The Holy Rosary Craft Fair will take place from10 a.m. to 4
p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 23 at HolyRosary School, 125 StephensonSt. There will be vendors onhand as well as food, raffles and goodies. For more informationor to reserve vending space, callDebbie Davis at 451-1762, Sha-ron Chase at 457-4450 or HolyRosary School at 457-2553.
Little League World Series trip going fast
At the Luzerne-Wyoming Bi Council Meeting held in Wilkes-Barre, members of the American Legion
Auxiliary Unit 585 Duryea presented a check to the American Legion Auxiliary Unit 781 Mt.Topfor araffle they held to support Mt.Top's annual bus trip for veterans to Washington DC. Seated is RitaLewert,vice president of Unit 585, presenting the check to Marcia Finn, Unit 781 president and Bi-County vice president; and Marie Heckman, treasurer. Standingfrom Unit 781 are Martine Columbo,Karen Gayewski, secretary; Barbara Thomas, vice president; and Bobette McDade; from Unit 585 areAnn Edwards, Wilkes-Barre V.A. Auxiliary Hospital Representative; Karen Jones and Sandy Dom-kowski.
Hughestown Police Chief SteveGolya reported to boroughcouncil that he received a letter of praiseand appreciation fortheforce’s involvement with oper-ation “Crush Tomato” on June 8designed to enhancepublic safe-ty and deter criminals.
The letter was sent by DeputyChief John Argento and Super-visor Carmen Lopresto of theLCAPPD.
At thecouncil meeting, Mayor Paul Hindmarsh expressed hissatisfaction with the perform-ance of the police departmentand specifically of the canineunit and Officer Ed Sulima.Council members concurred.
Bids were received for the up-coming sanitary project: SiteService Group, Taylor,$117,034.50; Multiscape, Pitt-ston, $166,840.00; RLE Enter- prises, Moscow, $159,828.25;
Popple Construction, Laflin,$148,122.00; Ed Krusavage,$142,445.00.
Bids were tabled to examine
their cost effectiveness since allwere over the budgeted amount.
Councilman Bob Gable re- ported the police responded to55 incidents during the month: 8
In a closed-door meeting witha Federal Emergency Manage-ment Agency official Tuesdaymorning, West Pittston’s engi-neer and code enforcement offi-cer were told the borough will
haveanadditionaltwo months toupdate its flood plain manage-ment plan.
Theextensioncameless than aweek after the agency informed the borough that it haduntil Oct.1 to make required updates or be placed on probationary statuswith the National Flood Insur-ance Program.
FEMA sent a letter to the bor-ough on June 5 that identified flood plain management viola-tions and program deficienciesthat must be corrected.
Thedeficiencies included fail-
ure to manage flood plain devel-opment in accordance with itsflood plain program and lack of adequate record keeping. Directviolations of the community’sflood damage prevention ordi-nance include lack of enforce-ment on substantially flood-damaged structures after theSeptember 2011 flood thatheavi-ly damaged part of the Susque-hanna River town.
On Tuesday, Nicole Lick, aFEMA mitigation and planningspecialist, met with borough of-ficials and a representative fromU.S.Sen.Bob Casey’s staff to in-form them of the extension toDec.1.
Manager Savino Bonita said the meeting was more of achance for Lick to get acquaint-ed with the new code officer,butBonita said Lick indicated the
borough would have until Dec.1to update its flood plan. He said written confirmation from FE-MA isexpectedby theend of theweek.
West PittstonMayorTony De-nisco said until that document isin the borough’s hands, he willremain cautious.
“We’ll wait until we get thatletter,” Denisco said Tuesdaynight.
Messages left with other bor-ough officials, including Coun-cil President Barry Hosier and Code Enforcement Officer Wil-liam O’Donnell,werenot return-ed Tuesday. Nicholas Morici, aFEMA spokesman for Pennsyl-vania, said more informationwould be forthcoming later thisweek,but he couldnot commenton the issue on Tuesday.
JohnRizzo,presssecretary for
Casey, confirmed the extensionwas promised at the morningmeeting and noted the senator “believes that FEMA’s decisionto grant West Pittston an exten-sion is a step in the right direc-tion.”
“Putting West Pittston on pro- bation would serve no useful purpose and simply result inhigher flood insurance costs for residents while doing nothing toimprove the borough’s flood plan.
In the coming months, all practical steps to help West Pitt-ston bolster its flood plan whileavoiding probation must be tak-en,” Rizzo added.
Theimpact of being on proba-tion would be felt by the 358flood insurance policyholders inthe borough.
They would be levied a $50
surcharge on each policy sold or renewed in the community.
According to a FEMArelease,if the borough fails to make pro-gress bythe deadline, it could besuspended from the program.That would lead to the loss of federally backedflood insurancein the community, meaning resi-dents would not be able to pur-chase or renew their flood insur-ance policies.
Mortgages on properties inflood zones alsorequireflood in-surance.
It would also mean that if aflood disasteroccurs, mosttypesof federal disaster assistance for structures within the SpecialFlood Hazard Area, includingfederal assistance to individualsand households, would not beavailable.
FEMA grants WP flood plan extensionBy ANDREW M. SEDER [email protected]
The Exeter Open, will be held today at the Emanon CountryClub, Falls.Starttimesare as fol-lows:
11 a.m. - Brogan and crew;11:10 a.m. - Burns and crew;11:20 a.m. - Petrucci and crew;11:30 a.m. - Cassetori and crew;11:40 a.m. - Yurkon and crew;11:50 a.m. - Sadowski and crew; Noon - Parulis and crew; 12:10 p.m. - Zavacki and crew; 12:20 p.m. - Johns and crew; 12:30 p.m. - Degraba and crew; 12:40 p.m. - Clarke and crew.
Borough notesStreet sweeping the first Fri-
day of every month. There will be a parking ban in effect onWyoming Avenue. Cars will beticketed by the police depart-ment if not moved.
Residents are not to take their recyclables to the recycling building. They are to be placed curbside for pick-up on Mon-days. Also, yard waste is to be placed curbside on Thursdays.
Businesses in town which
have not purchased a recyclingor refuse sticker for 2012 will nolonger have recyclables picked up and will becited bythe policeand subject to a fine . Anyonewhohasa private dumpstermustreport their tonnage to Karen
Szwast, the recycling coordina-tor 654-0933.
Reunion noticeThe Wyoming Area Class of
1977 will hold its 35th anniver-sary reunion from 1 to 8 p.m. onSept. 29 at The Checkerboard Inn, Carverton Road, Trucks-ville. Cost is $40 per person.
Reservations can be made bysending checks payable to WAClass of ’77, c/o Cindy YudiskiLynch, 355 Susquehanna Ave.,Exeter, PA 18643 or by visitingthe Wyoming Area Class of ’77Facebook page.
WAEA-R breakfastTheWyomingArea Education
Associationof Retirees (WAEA-R) will hold its 10th annual breakfast at 10 a.m. on Wednes-day, Aug. 29 at the Avenue Din-er, Wyoming.
Paid reservations are required and are due by Aug. 22. Call theWA Credit Union at 693-1339 toregister. The price is $10 whichincludes $1 membership dues.
There will be door prizes and special favors.
Those who are unable to at-tendor donot belongto thecred-it union can send a check for thedues or reservation made out toWAEA-R to WAFCU, 800Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, PA18644.
Current officers are Phil Rus-so, president; Steve Harmanos,vice president; Gloria Lawler,treasurer; and Sandy Touw, sec-retary.
Scholarships soughtWyoming Area School Dis-
trict is beginning to make plansfor its fourth annual scholarshipandawardcelebrationwhich will be held on May 23, 2013.
Any civic organization, busi-ness, athletic group, individualsor families that would like to of-
fer a scholarship or graduationaward are welcome to join thecelebration.
For further information and/or help in developing a scholarship/award, call Mrs. Rabel in theguidance office at655-2836, ext.2339. Over 75 awards were
granted with approximately 360 people in attendance at thisyear’s program.
Since Wyoming Area’s incep-tion, over $1million has beenawardedatgraduation.Theseare just the local awards. This year’sawards amounted to over $95,000. One of the awards isvalued at approximately$44,000. It is given every four years.
Golden Age ClubThe Golden Age Club will
meet on Thursday, August 23 at1:30 p.m. at the Parish Center.Hostesses are: Toni Hall, ReginaLepore and Grace Loftus.
Cosmopolitan SeniorsThe Cosmopolitan Seniors, a
ProjectHEADClub, willmeetat1 p.m. on Tuesday Aug. 21in St.Anthony’s Center, Exeter.Hosts/hostesses are Toni Hall, Joe Kle- back, Connie Lahart, Tom La-hart and Tony Matreselva.
Forty ninemembers attend the
previous meeting. After the callto order by President Malinow-ski, VP Kleback led thegroup in prayer,Pledgeof Allegiance, ac-companied by Bill Kull on theorgan, a patriotic song and the birthday song for July and Au-gust celebrants. Secretary Terri
Mislan read the minutes of thelast meeting. In the absence of the treasurer, President Vic an-nounced the bank balance.
After the meeting, the groupenjoyed refreshments while lis-tening to the organ music played by Bill Kull. Bingo was played.Betsie Williams won the specialgame prize. MaryDirhanandEd Stankoski shared theBingojack- pot. Fifty/fifty winners wereBernie Bednar, Johanna Mali-nowski, Bernard Serbin and Ve-ronica Wyandt.
Travel coordinator Johanna isaccepting reservations for a tripto Mount Airy Casino onWednesday Sept. 12 with pick-ups in Exeter and Pittston. Non-members are welcome. For de-tails call Johanna at 655-2720.
St. Barbara’s newsTheClasson Catholicismcon-
tinues at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays atSt. Monica’s and at 7 p.m. onTuesdays in St. Barbara’s ParishCenter. The August WeddingAnniversaryMass willbe held at7 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 22.All couples celebrating their wedding anniversary in themonth of August are invited toreceive a special blessing.
Tee times listed for today’s Exeter Open golf tourneyEXETER EILEEN [email protected]
The West Pittston Open isscheduled for next Sunday, Aug.26 at Emanon Country Club,Harding.
The Parks and RecreationCommittee encourages residents
and non-residents to come outand enjoy a round of golf fol-lowed by dinner.
There are still openings avail-able.
As West Pittston continues torebuild after lastyear’s flood,thevolunteers of theParks Commit-tee continueto work hard to pro-vide eventssuch asMovies in thePark, the Fun Run for Kids, theAnthracite 4-mile Run, Hallo-ween Parade and others.
To join the fun, stop by or callEllen in the borough office at655-7782, option 1. Cost is $80and includes golf, cart, prizes,
and dinner.
Neighborhood WatchFollowing the devastating
flood of September 2012, WestPittston Borough has realized the need for an enhanced crisisand emergency management.Emergencynotification couldbetimelier if residents developed a plan to cooperate with the bor-ough emergency managementteam.
One such program, as high-lighted by the recent conveningof the post-flood group Safety
and Appearance Committee,coupled with concerned WestPittston residents, is the plan tocreatea warningsystemto better notify the community and its in-habitants of impending emer-gency.
In the case of a flood, this sys-tem would warn residents toevacuate in a timely manner.This system would work closelywith the police, fire and emer-gency management teams al-ready in place within the bor-ough.
Thetime hascometo organizea dedicated West Pittston Safety
and Awareness Team,whichwilladminister an organized WestPittston Neighborhood Watch &Block Captain Program in theimmediate future.
The 2012 flood has made itabundantly clear that our bor-ough is in need of extraneous
systems and a large contingencyof volunteers to make this pro-gram a success.
Towards that end, Grace Ho-sier, WP Safety Committeechairperson, is actively seekingWest Pittston residents’ input on Neighborhood Block Commit-tees and Safety Block Captainsin order to move forward withthe next steps of this agenda.
It is imperative to have theneighborhood’s participationand active involvement in order make the emergency notifica-tion system as well as all follow-
up notices feasible.Thegoal of thesafetycommit-tee is to develop and implementsafety and health standards for all properties in West Pittstonand to ensure all communitymembers are aware of emergen-cy procedures when a disaster suchas Hurricane Leestrikes thecommunity.
These projects would enhance public safety during emergen-cies and in ordinary circum-stances through improved com-munications, resident and busi-ness education.
Individuals will be trained through recognized universal programs such as Storm Readyand CERT to respond when nec-essary.
The Safety and AppearanceCommittee thanks Mayor TonyDenisco, Police Chief Paul Pro-ferrio and Police Officer Mi-chael Tuner for their assistance.
Anyone interested in becom-ing involved is asked to contactHosier at [email protected] or 655-7566.
WA retired teachersTheWyomingArea Education
Associationof Retirees (WAEA-R) will hold its 10th annual breakfast at 10 a.m. on Wednes-day, Aug. 29 at the Avenue Din-er, Wyoming.
Paid reservations are required and are due by Aug.22.
Call the WA Credit Union at
693-1339 if you plan to attend.The price is $10 which in-
cludes your $1 membershipdues.
Those unable to attend or donot belong to the CU can send acheck for theduesor reservationmade payable to WAEA-R toWAFCU, 800 Wyoming Ave.,Wyoming, PA 18644.
There will be door prizes and special favors.
Library newsA Wine and Cheese Tasting
event will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 9 at theWest Pittston Library, corner of Warren and Exeter Avenues.
Ticket donations are $20 per personor $35 forcouplesand areavailable from the library or anyFriends member.
Cheese and crackers will beoffered as well as light snacksand finger food desserts.
Therewillbe a basket raffle inaddition to the wine event. NewFriends members are alwayswelcome.
For tickets or new member in-formation, contact Sara Kelly at883-7079, sarashanekel-
Motorcycle Run for EricEric Speicher, of West Pitt-
ston, an eighth-grader at Wyom-ing Area, was diagnosed withEpendymoma, a typeof brain tu-mor, hadsurgeryand subsequenttherapy in his recovery.
The past March, the tumor re-surfaced and is being treated atSloan KetteringHospital in NewYork City.
To help defray medical and travel expenses, a motorcycle
ride/picnic will be held in hishonor at 11 a.m. on Sept. 9 atFour Seasons Golf Club, Shoe-maker Avenue, Exeter.
A picnic will follow. Registra-tion is at 10 a.m.
Advance registrationfor riders
is $20 and includes a t-shirt and wristband for food and drink.Fee for passengers is $15.
Day of event registration is$25 for riders and $18 for pas-sengers.
Non-rider t-shirts are $12 and $15, depending on size.
Non-rider picnic wristbandsare $10 and include food and drink
For more information, call Ed or Amanda Shedlock at 655-4336.
Borough CouncilResidents are reminded that
roof gutters and leaders cannot be directly connected into thesewer laterals. All roof leaders,which enter directly into theground, must be cut off and al-lowed to drain onto the propertysurface.
The remaining pipe under-ground needs to be capped.
This is a requirement of theDEP, the WVSA and West Pitt-ston’s ordinance.
In the work zone of the York Avenue Sewer Project, failure toimmediately disconnect one’sroofleaders willresult in projectdelays andpossiblya stoppageof work.
Borough officials thank ev-eryone for their co-operation.
WA parking permits
Juniors and seniors attendingWyoming Area Secondary Cen-ter may now pick up an applica-tion for parking permits for the2012-2013 school year duringschoolhours at theprincipal’s of-fice.
All parking spots will be reas-signed from the previous year.Students may request tyheir spotfrom last year if it has not beenassigned.
Street department notesYard waste will be picked up
from Montgomery Avenue toErie Streeton Mondays andfromMontgomery Avenue to Susque-hanna Avenue on Tuesdays.
Residents are asked to placeyard waste in open containers. No plastic bags will be picked up.
Tree limbs should not exceed four feet in length or 1/2-inch indiameter and must be tied in bundles.
Any resident requesting chip- ping of tree limbs is asked to call
the Public Works Building at655-7786 to be placed on aschedule.
Tax collection notesGeorge L. Miller, tax collec-
tor, announces theWyomingAr-ea school taxes have beenmailed. Therebateperiod is untilOct. 3 and the face value untilDec. 3.
The borough tax penalty peri-od will be honored through De-cember.
Office hours during rebate arefrom 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday and
Wednesday.It is the property owner’s re-sponsibility to forward tax billsto their financial institution for payment.
If a receipt is requested, a self-addressed/stamped envelopemust be included with payment.
For appointments, call 655-3801or 655-7782 ext. 232.
Birthday notesCelebrating this week: Julian-
na Borzell, Peter Moore, Aug.19; Lauren DeLuca, Amy Hart-wigsen,NancyRodano, Aug.21;Marci Hosier, Caitlin Vitale, Ni-na Mattioli, Aug. 25.
Thought of the weekGood company in a journey
makes the way seem shorter.
Quote of the week“The principle goal of educa-
tion is to create men who are ca- pable of doing new things, notsimply of repeating what other generations have done - menwho are creative, inventive and discoverers.”
– JeanPiaget,Swiss psycholo-gist and pioneer in the study of
child intelligence.
Bumper stickerLet your tongue speak what
your heart thinks.
WP Open Golf Tournament next SundayInput from residents sought on potential Neighborhood Watch
The Sunday Dispatch ran afront-page article on MadisonElisabeth Steransky as “TinyMiracle” in its July 26, 2009 is-sue.
Madison’s family is hosting a
blood drive with the AmericanRed Cross in her honor from12:30 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug.27 at the Luzerne Volunteer FireCompany.
Madison was born on April23, 2009, weighing only 2 lbs. ¾ ozs.and measuring just13½ inch-es tall.
She was in a neo-natal inten-sive care unit for 56 days.
Today, Madison loves playingwith her older brother, Justinwho is 9 years old.
WWW seniors meeting
The Wyoming/ West Wyom-ing Seniors will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 21 in StMonica’s meeting room withFrank Perfinski presiding.
At the previous meeting, re- ports weregiven by the secretaryJoAnn Kwasny and treasurer Genny Labaty.
Fifty/Fifty winners were Ma-ryann Paluck, Genny Rooney,Betty OHara andStanleyMules-ky.
Bingo jackpot winner was JoeShymanski.
Birthday celebrants for Au-gust were Olga Mizin, Joe Kos-
loski, GennyRooney, Genny La- baty and Angie Zagursky. Serv-ers for the next meeting are AnnKosloski and Genny Rooney.
The wimpie luncheon will beserved after the meeting. Therewill be refreshments and Bingowill be played.
Guest speaker for the Nov. 6meeting is Kathleen Kroll fromM&T Bank.
The topic will be Elder Fraud.Plans were discussed for the
annual Christmas Dinner to beheld Dec. 4.
9/10 Boys All Stars
The Wyoming/West Wyoming9/10 Boys All Stars posted a 7-1record enroute to winning the2012 Tommy’s Pizza Corner Tournament.
Team members were BretBednarski, Riley Rusyn, Steve
Ames, Joe Chiampi, Toby Hall-man, SethKopcza, RyanPetruc-ci, Josh Cumbo, Adam Wisnew-ski, Dillon Williams and GavinBryan.
Coach were Mike Hallman,Jeff Serafin, Steve Ames, BillPetrucci and Matt Wisnewski.
Night at the RacesWest Wyoming Hose Compa-
ny #2 will hold a Night at theRaces on Saturday, Oct.6. Doorswillopen at6 p.m.andposttimewill be 7 p.m.
Members are currently sellinghorses. Cost of a horse is $10.
Horse owners receive admis-sion to the races as well as freefood and drink for the evening.
Horses can also be purchased by calling or faxing the fire de- partment at 287-1182 and leav-ing a detailed message withname and phone number.
PTO elects officersThe new Wyoming Area 10th
Street PTO officers were elected for the 2012-2013 school year.They areLesleyRatchford, pres-ident; Brunee Coolbaugh, vice president; Sue Sharkey, treasur-er; and Marcy Petrucci, secreta-ry.
PTO meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the 10th StreetSchool Cafeteria.
The first meeting is at 7 p.m.on Aug. 23. The fundraiser will be sent home with the studentsduring the first week of school.
ThePTO meetingdatesfor theyearare:Aug.23,Sept.6, Oct. 4, Nov. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 3, Feb.7,March 7, April 4 and May 2.
WAEA-R breakfastTheWyomingArea Education
Associationof Retirees (WAEA-R) will hold its 10th annual breakfast at 10 a.m. on Wednes-day, Aug. 29 at the Avenue Din-er, Wyoming.
There will be door prizes and special favors. Paid reservationsare required andare due byAug.22.
Call the WA Credit Union at693-1339 to register.
The price is $10 which in-cludes $1membership dues.
Those who do not belong tothe CU can send a check for thedues or reservation made paya- ble to WAEA-R to WAFCU, 800Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, PA18644.
Current officers are Phil Rus-so, president; Steve Harmanos,
vice president; Gloria Lawler,treasurer; and Sandy Touw, sec-retary.
Dems golf tourneyThe Luzerne County Demo-
craticCommitteewill hosta golf tournament on Sunday, Sept. 16at the Blue Ridge Trail Golf Club, Mountaintop.
Registration begins at noonwith a shotgun start at 1 p.m.
Thefee is $125 per personand includes green fees, cart, dinner,refreshments and a gift.
To register,maila check toLu-
zerne County Democratic Com-mittee, 39 Public Square, Suite1000, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702.Corporate checks cannot be ac-cepted.
Hole sponsorships are alsoavailable for $100.
For additional information,contact John Bolin, tournamentchairperson, at 760-6137 or [email protected].
Reunion noticeThe Wyoming Area Class of
1977 will hold its 35th anniver-sary reunion from 1 to 8 p.m. onSept. 29 at The Checkerboard Inn, Carverton Road, Trucks-ville.
Cost is $40 per person. Reser-vations can be made by sendingchecks payable to WA Class of ’77, c/o Cindy Yudiski Lynch,355 Susquehanna Ave., Exeter,
PA 18643 or by visiting theWyoming Area Class of ’77Facebook page.
Farmers’ market
There will be fresh local pro-duce this Saturday at the Farm-ers’Market in thePark.The mar-ket opens at 9 a.m. every Satur-day in the Butler Street Park off Eighth Street.
Craft andfood vendorswill al-sobeonhand.Additionalvendor spaces arestill available. Call the borough office at 693-0291 toregister.
The event is sponsored byWyoming Borough and theWyoming Recreation Board.
Compost yard schedule
The West Wyoming compostyard will beopenfrom10a.m.to2 p.m. on Saturdays for residentsof West Wyomingand WyomingBoroughs.
The compost yard accepts brush, branches, leaves and grass. Residents are reminded totake care that yard waste doesnot contain plastic or recyclable bags. The compostyard does notaccept stones or dirt.Compostisalso available free of charge toresidents of both towns.
St. Monica’s news
A 10-part series began onTuesday, June26thand willcon-tinue each Tuesday until Aug.28. The presentations will beheld at10:30 a.m. inSt.Monica’sChurch Hall in West Wyomingand at 7 p.m. in St. Anthony’sCenter in Exeter.
The topic for this week’s pre-sentation is “The Fire of HisLove - Prayer and the Life of theSpirit.” For more information,call St. Monica’s at 693-1991 or St. Barbara’s at 654-2103. Noregistration is needed.
St. Monica’s sweat-shirt/T-shirt sale is still underway. This
sale offers red t-shirts for $10,crew sweatshirts for $18, hooded sweatshirts for $26 and zip -uphooded sweatshirts for $30.These will be available in bothyouth and adult sizes. Adult siz-es 1X and up will require an ad-
ditional charge. Order forms areat the entrances of each churchsite. For more information, con-tact Tom Tomsak at 237-2188.
A word of thanks to all whocontributed to the success of the
recent Bingo!Over $1,000 was raised for the
parish. Needs always occur un-expectedly…such as when light-ning struck the cross on the topof the Church and reduced it torubble. Take a look when youdrive in.
The Annual Bus Trip to Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doyles-town is plannedfor Sunday, Aug.26. The The bus will leave fromSt. Joseph’s Church site at 8:15a.m. For more information and reservations, call Bernadine Re-gis at 693-2293, Felicia Perlick at 443-9940 or Marilyn Mazza-
rella at 693-0265.
Library newsThe Wyoming Free Library
now offersWi-Fi. Bingyour lap-tops and study away.
The next book sale is fromnoon to6 p.m. onFriday, Aug. 24and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. onSaturday, Aug. 25.
After browsing at the book store located in the church nextdoorto thelibrary, enjoy a chick-en barbeque from 4 to 6 p.m. onSaturday on the church groundshosted by the Methodist church
pastor, staff and parishioners.The book sale includes book specials, face painting, T-shirtsale, Teddy Bear book table,great raffles and giveaways.
A presentation by Little MissLibrary Grace Washney entitled “IGotHigh Fived” at theWyom-ing Free Library will be held at10 a.m. on Saturday.
Check outthe doll clothes saleof clothes designed and donated by the “Crafty Ant.” All sales godirectly toward funding pro-grams at the Library.
For more information, log on-to www.wyominglibrary.org or
call 693-1364.The library is located at 358WyomingAve.Hours are10a.m.to 6 p.m. Monday through Fri-day, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdaythrough Thursday and 9 a.m. to4 p.m. Saturday.
‘Tiny Miracle’ Blood Drive set for August 27West Wyoming Hose Company sets Night at the Races Oct. 6
Dupont’s FourthAnnual Party in theParkwas held onSaturday, Aug.11.The event featured food, face paintingand entertainment.
Leo's Club membersErica Stolan from the Old Forge Leo's Club and Dominick DelPriore from the Pittston Area'sLeo Club manthe face painting tent during theannual Partyin the Park in Dupont.
AmVets Post 189 members are, from left, seated, Bill Pupa, judgeadvocate; Tom Skrzysowski, first vice president; Dick White,chaplain; and George Parrick, color guard. Standing, BernieMcDonald, commander.
Fire Fly wastheopening musical actat Partyin thePark.Sitting is Rob Lidyon drums. Fromleft, standing, Mi-chael McDonald,
Josh Zurekand TimLello.
Jan Lokuta brings out the creativetalentsof the younger residents of Dupont via painting. This mu-ral, painted by community children, will be displayed at the municipal building.
Paul Perrins displays his collection of coal miningitems at theParty in the Park. Mr. Perrins spent manyyears working at Moffat Coal Company and M&GCoal Company. Pictured is Paul Perrins and his wife,Sandy, with daughter Martha Doran.
When Joe Curry fired hisstarter pistol yesterday morningat 10 a.m. on North Main Streethe setin motiona Tomato Festiv-al 5k record f ield of 310 runnersaged 12 to 68.
Among them were Joe Cos-
grove, the attorney and former interim Luzerne County Judge,whohad heart bypasssurgeryfor five 90 percent blocked arteriesin November, and Pittston Areagirls basketball coach KathyHealey, who said jokingly, “Myonly goal is not to be last.”
One runner wore a Downing-
town Runners Club T-shirt nextto a friend sportingan Elizabeth-town College tee.
Just before the gun, a squad of Pennsylvania State Troopersmarched up behind the field toan ovation from the runners and spectators.
Meanwhile down Main Street
in front of theTomatoFestival lota 100 or so spectators waited atthe f inish line. They didn’t haveto wait long. A littleover 16 min-utes later the lead motorcycleturned the bend into view withJeff McCabe in a sprint right be-hindit onhis way tohis fifthTo-
mato 5K win.
McCabe, 28, crossed the fin-ishin 16:20,13 seconds ahead of Matt Flynn, 26, from Media.McCabe and Flynn were ahead of the rest of the field by almosttwo minutes. Third place finish-
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Jeff McCabe of Exeter is the first male finisher of the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run with a time of 16:26.
er Michael Batyko, 26, was in at18:01. Batyko is from Scranton.
McCabesaid he was confidentgoing in but not overly so. “Itwas myf ifth andmy mostskepti-cal. I was thinking that I mightfinally get beat. It was my firstrace in exactly five months. TheLos Angeles Marathon wasMarch 18. I tested myself onTuesday on the track to seeif mylegs could move relatively fastand I just builtup my confidencefrom Tuesday and told myself itwas ay least worth trying.”
McCabe, a Catholic, said hedrew strength fromhis church.“Iwas at the St. John’s bazaar lastweek and there were so many people asking me if I was goingto run because they wanted tocheer me on. And that meant alot to get that support from the parish community and so thiswas an effort for them. And itwas an effort to get back training
therightwayand havebetterper-formances the way I used to.”
Pittston Area headcross coun-try coach Dave Jiunta and Wyoming Area assistant coachRyan Kennedy were at thef inishwith stopwatches timingthe run-ners from their teams.
WA runner Eric Filipak, 17,was sixth overall in 18:28 and second in his age group behind Brandon Hampton, 19, who ranfor PA cross country last season.Hampton was fourth overall in18:10.
Sandwiched between Hamp-ton and Filipak, at fifth overall,
was 50-54 agegroup winnerBob Nugent from Binghamton.Jiunta said he was pleased
with the PA runners. MichaelHarvilla, 15, was eighth overall,Pat Cadden was 11th, DimitriShea was 18th, Eric Sklanka 21
and Catherine Lombardo was24th. Lombardo was the first fe-male in the 15-19 age group.
Theoverallf irstfemale finish-er was 17-year-old AlexandriaPlantfrom Swoyersville in19:16.She was 20 seconds ahead of thesecond female Deedra Porfirioof West Pittston, who was thefirst female in the 35-39 agegroup.
Pat Leonard, 32 from Pittston,was seventh overall and first inhis age group. Mark Arzie, 16,from Scott Township was ninthand Mike McAndrew, 52, fromAvoca was 10th.
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Alexandria Plant of Swoyersville is the first male finisher of the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run with a time of 19:16.
Members of the Pittston Area girls cross country team poses in front of the Tilting Tomato before thestart of the 5K run. From leftL Mackenzie Carroll, Abigail Sheerer, Kristen Lombardo, Olivia Lanza,Katherine Lombardo, and Tara Johnson.
Runners take off to begin the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run onSaturday morning.
The high school girls tennisseason gets underway this week with an unusual start, as PittstonArea and Wyoming Area kick-
off the first match of the seasonagainst each other on Tuesday,August 21on the Wyoming Areacourts on Boston Avenue in WestPittston.
In thepast thecross-river rival-ry wasscheduledat end ofa sea-son or close to it.
Both PA and WA are comingoff losing seasons and will havetheir hands full with plenty of growing pains. If both teamshave success from the new play-ers,theymightsurprise someop- ponents along the 13-matchschedule.
After the opening match,
which also kicks off the BridgeAward race, WA will be on theroad with Tunkhannock on
Thursday while PA hosts the pe-rennial power Wyoming Semi-nary team.
For District purposes PittstonArea is AAA with Valley West,Crestwood, Hazleton and Coughlin.
WA is AA with Dallas, GAR,Hanover, Holy Redeemer, MMI,Tunkhannock, Wyoming Semand Berwick
Pittston AreaThis year at Pittston AreaKim
Collinsmoves into herninth year of coaching high school tennisandwillbe aidedby first-year as-sistant coach and former PA player Amanda Wascavich.
Coach Collins will be replac-ing four-starters out of sevenfrom last year’s line-up but will be counting on the powerful vet-eran Miranda Warunek at No.1
singles.“We are experiencing a biglearning curve this year, but I’m
happy to seeour girls putting ex-tra time on the court outside of practices,” said Collins.
Also working their way intothemix is senior AliciaChopyak and juniors Haleigh Zurek and Tatiana Supinski.
Coach Collinswill be trying tofill in the void with six-sopho-mores and a freshman.
Outside of the usual heavyweights, Collins feels the leaguemight be fairly even.
Wyoming AreaFive-yearWyoming Areahead
coach Tony Callaio stepped down last week citing work and scheduling conflicts. Once board approved, whichis expect-ed to happen at this week’s meet-ing, stepping up will be hisdaughter, assistantcoach TiffanyCallaio. Tiffany is former Divi-
sion II college player.Callaio said his daughter has been prepping herself to take
over. “Tiffany has been workingwith the team all summer-long,drilling and preparing them for theseason. I’mconfident shehaswhat it takes to move the teamforward.”
The Lady Warriors were hit
pretty hard losing six seniors tograduation, but they do returnno.1 singles player and four-year veteran, ValerieBott, whois alsoa soccer player. With girls soccer switching to fall Bott is on bothteams. There are four dateswhere the tennis and soccer teams play atthe same time. Bottis going to split them, missingtwo soccer games and two tennismatches.
Also returning are junior JuliaGober, who played frequentlylast year, junior Britney Benkos-ki and sophomore Julia Banas.
“Theleague is pretty level this
year, so we just don’t knowwhere wewillland, but we’re go-ing to give it our best shot,” said Tiffany Callaio. “We are strug-gling with experience, but thesegirls really want to learn and get better.”
Wyoming AreaAug. 21 vs. PAAug. 23 at Tunkhannock Aug. 27 vs. Holy Redeemer Aug. 29 vs. Wyoming SemAug. 31 at MMISept 4 vs. Hanover Sept. 6 at Valley WestSept 10 at Crestwood Sept 12 at GAR Sept 14 vs. CoughlinSept. 18 vs. Berwick Sept 20 at HazletonSept. 24 vs. Dallas
Pittston AreaAug. 21 at WAAug. 23 vs. Wyoming SemAug. 27 vs. Berwick Aug. 29 vs. CoughlinAug. 31 vs. Tunkhannock Sept. 4 vs. Holy Redeemer Sept 6 at Crestwood Sept 10 at GAR
Sept 12 at HazletonSept 14 vs. DallasSept.18 at Valley WestSept 20 at MMISept. 24 vs. Hanover
H I G H S C H O O L T E N N I S
PA at WA to open tennis season TuesdayBy JACK SMILES [email protected]
Left, PA tennis seniors, Miranda Warunek and Alicia Chopyak. Right, Wyoming Area senior, Valerie Bott will be doing double duty this fall playing tennis and soccer.
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For 2012 the PIAA broke thestate’s high school teams intotwo divisions: AAA and AA. Inthe past there was one golf divi-sion meaningthere was oneDis-trict champion and one statechampion.This seasonthere will be AAA and AA district and state champions.
In response the Wyoming Val-ley Golf Conference has beenshaken up for the 2012 season.The WVC is broken into four di-visions: AAA Division 1 and 2and AA Division 3 and 4.
Pittston Area is in AAA Divi-sion1 with Tunkhannock, Dallas
and Coughlin.Wyoming Area is in AA Divi-sion 3 Wyoming Area, GAR,Holy Redeemer, Wyoming Semand Meyers.
Hazleton, Valley West, Crest-wood and Berwick compriseAAA2. Hanover, Lake Lehman,Lake Lehman and MMI com- prise AA 4.
The bad news is Pittston Areaand Wyoming Area are notscheduled to play each other.
The good news is they will play each other in an exhibitionmatch Tuesday at 7 a.m. at FoxHill Country Club.
PA has 10 league matches,home and away against their di-vision teams and one match withthe other AA division teams.Wyoming Area has 12.
Though Pittston Area lostone-time state champion, two-timestate medalist and Fox Hill re-
cord-holder Brandon Matthews,the Patriots do return a lot of ex- perienced golfers. “I have six re-turningseniors,” coach LenBen-fante said. “Allhavematchexpe-rience and four have lettered.”
The Pittston Area seasonopens tomorrow at Fox Hillagainst Tunkhannock. Fox Hill ishome to both local teams.
But she does like coachingwith her. After Comiskey washired at WA she connected withThomas on Facebook and asked her to be her assistant.
Fall girlWyoming Area senior Vala-
rie Bott might have been thefirst casualty of fall girls soc-cer. The PIAA mandated thatall the state’s scholastic girlssoccer leagues move to the fallsports schedule. Before thisseason girls soccer had been aspring sport in half the stateincluding here in the WyomingValley.
While it makes sense to havesoccer state-wide in the sameseason rather than have two setsof District tournaments and twostate tournaments, it does put a
lot of two-sport girls in a bit of a dilemma as the fall alreadyhad girls volleyball, girls tennisand field hockey.
Bott is the no. 1 singles play-er for Wyoming Area, has beenfor the past two seasons, and she’s a forward and an integral player on the soccer team.
It’s been known that the moveto fall soccer was coming for awhile, so Bott had time to think out what to do. She decided todo both. “Right from the begin-ning I thought I’d try to do both,” she said. “Hopefully theywon’t interfere too much.”
As it turns out there are four WA tennis matches scheduled
As the Wyoming Area field hockey program enters seasoneight, Lunda Comiskey is on board as the program’s f ifthhead coach. She succeedsMegan Krebs who resigned
after one season.Comiskey does have some
familiarity with WA. She wasan assistant under Mary BethBrozena , the program’s win-ningest coach, in 2010.
Though this is her first highschool head coaching job, Co-miskey, 28, has tons of field hockey experience. She was a player at Valley West, graduat-ing in 2002, and at MisericordiaUniversity.
She was an assistant coach atWilkes University and interimhead coach there last season.She’s also the coach of the
Kapow Indoor Hockey ClubU16 team.But her main day job is being
a mom to three sons ages six,four and two.
Comiskey said her coaching philosophy is to first foster some togetherness. “We are building the team as a familyand then building from back tofront, from defense to offense.”
Her assistant, CourtneyThomas , was once her neme-sis. Thomas, who played atDallas area, was a top player for Misericordia when Comiskeycoached Wilkes. “I didn’t like
coaching against her,” Co-miskey said.
tournament the team won inHershey.
The team is headed to Dela-ware for a regional tourney nextweek.
Young Mike is enteringeighth grade at Monsignor McHugh grade school in Cres-co, where he is on the basket- ball team.
Mike will also continue play-ing travel baseball and soccer inthe fall. His mother is Dr. Lor-raine Hamel .
Minooka and a son who isworking on his own athleticlegacy.
His son, also Mike, played ontwo traveling championshipteams in soccer and baseballthis summer. He was the goaliefor the Pocono Mountain Titansand worked a shout out in thechampionship game of thetravel league.
As a third baseman on thePocono Mountains Warriors baseball team is was selected team MVP in a championship
simultaneously with WA soccer games.
Valarie decided to be fair to both teams and herself so shewill split the games missingtwo tennis matches to play
soccer and two soccer games to play tennis. “I enjoy both and it’s my senior year and I didn’twant to quit either.”
Since singles tennis is anindividual sport she practiceswith the soccer team and prac-tices tennis when she can. “Ican find time to hit with myfather,” she said.
Chip of the old Warrior blockMike Bone was a good all
around athlete at WyomingArea in the late1970s, but he ismostly remembered on theWest Side for two catches he
made in the last ThanksgivingDay football game.It was 1977 at Wyoming Area
Stadium and Wyoming Areawas behind Pittston Area 7-0late in the fourth. The Warriorsand quarterback CharlieMcDermott engineered an85-yard drive for the winningscores on passes to Bone. On afourth down Bone caught onefor a TD. Then WA went for a2-point conversion and an 8-7win. Bone’s catch for the two points, amid four PA defenders,is legendary on the West Side.
These days Bone, who played
football at Colgate University,is a dentist with an office in
New WA field hockey coaches, assistant Courtney Thomas,left, and head coach, Lunda Comiskey
Benfante said he expects se-niors Ryan Tracy, Matt Carroll,C.J. Lynch and Calvin O’Boyleto be his topfour. He’s also look-ing for seniors Matt Pierontoniand Connor Mitchell to comethroughand providesome depth.
Benfante expects his Patriotstobe inthemix inAAAwith Ha-zleton, Valley West, Crestwood and Berwick.
Though Pittston Area did winwhat was then theWVC East lastseason with a 9-1 recordthey lost by stroke to Holy Redeemer, led
by Mariano Medico, in the Dis-trict 2 team championships.
ThePatriotswon’t haveto dealwith Medico this season. HolyRedeemer is in AA.
Wyoming AreaWyoming Area, though, does
play Redeemer. They opened their season against the Royalson Thursday. (See below.)
Unlike the Patriots with their six seniors, WA coach GordonWilliams has just one senior inhis top six, Zach Mulhern.
The restof his top five are twogirls, junior Courtney Melvin,who has a full season of experi-ence and surprisning freshmanMadeline Wharton, who Wil-
liams said, “plays like a senior.”Sophomore Mike Kollesar
and freshman Gavin Kross arethe fourth and fifth players,while there is a battlefor number six between freshman Bill Peck and sophomore Jude Polit.
Led by Mariano Medico Re-deemer is the obvious favorite inAA. WA, 3-7, last season, hopesto improve on that.
Pittston AreaAug. 20 vs. Tunkhannock Aug 22 at CoughlinAug. 29 at DallasAugust 31 vs. Valley WestSept. 4 at Crestwood Sept 6 vs. Berwick Sept 9 at Hazleton
Sept. 12 vs. CoughlinSept. 18 at Tunkhannock Sept 20 vs. Dallas
Wyoming AreaAug16vs. Holy Redeemer ( L )Aug. 22 at GAR Aug. 24 vs. MeyersAug. 29 at Wyoming SemAug 31 at Holy Redeemer Sept. 4 at NanticokeSept. 7 at MMISept. 10 vs. Lake LehmanSept 12 at Hanover Sept. 17 vs. GAR Sept 19 at MeyersSept 21 vs. Wyoming Sem
Redeemer136 WA149Mariano Medico shot the low
round of the match witha 36 and Chase Makowski and RyanCrossin each fired a 37 in HolyRedeemer’s 136-149 defeat of Wyoming Area Thursday at FoxHill Country Club.
Zach Mulhern led WyomingArea with a 38.Courtney Melvinwas four shots behind him at 42.
Holy Redeemer (136) – Mar-iano Medico 36, Chase Makow-ski 37, Ryan Crossin 37, Matt
Lavoski 39, Alex Rowan 40,Mike Boland 41Wyoming Area (149) – Zach
Mulhern 38, Courtney Melvin42, Madeline Wharton 48, BillPeck 48, Gavin Ross 53, MikeKolessar 53.
The Patriot Cup preseasonsoccer tournament at PittstonArea field added a girls divisionthis year and the Wyoming Area booster club team won the Inau-gural Patriot Cup Girls Tourna-ment. The team went 2-0-1 in pool playand 2-0 in the playoffs.
Wyoming Area girls take inaugural Patriot Cup
The Wyoming Area boosterclub team which won thegirls division of the PatriotsCup, front row, from left,Emily Shemanski, JordanKelly, Myiah Custer.Second row, Amanda Gal-lagher, Jordan Chiavacci,Valerie Bott, Claudia Waltz,Alee Pettit, Nicole Cumbo,Brianna Shinko.Third row, Head Coach MikeSokolas, Danielle Harper,Chaslyn Facciponti, DanielleStillarty, Jenn Bone, Saman-tha Acacio, Lizz Jones,Daniella Vigueras, AssistantCoach Michelle Mezick.Not pictured, assistant
coach, Carlos Fernandes andMarissa Charney.
The Wyoming/WestWyoming9/10 Boys All Stars posted a 7-1record en route to winning the2012 Tommy’s Pizza Corner Tournament.
Wyoming/West Wyoming 9/10 stars ‘corner’ trophy
The WWW 9-10 all-starteam which won the Tom-my’s Pizza Corner Tourna-ment, kneeling, from left,Bret Bednarski and RileyRusyn. First row standing,Steve Ames, Joe Chiampi,Toby Hallman, Seth Kopcza,Ryan Petrucci, Josh Cumboand Adam Wisnewski. BackRow, Mike Hallman, JeffSerafin, Steve Ames, BillPetrucci and MattWisnew-ski. Not pictured, DillonWilliams and Gavin Bryan
proximately 200 players entered in the tournament, nicknamed “Angels in the Outfield.” Therewere a total of 33 games played throughout the day. The winningteam was Team Gamerz spon-sored by Bednarski FuneralHome and Monument. PlainsPub was the runner up.
At the end of the tournamentTeam Gamerz along with thethree families litsky lanternsand let them go into the air in honor of the three Fallen Warriors.Each family also received a
game ball at the end of the tour-nament signed by the winningteam Gamerz.
An estimated 1,200 peoplecame throughout the day to hon-or the boys.
Representative Phyllis Mundycame down to the tournament inthe afternoon and during inter-mission of the games said a fewwords.
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Right, the Gamers were thewinners of theAngels in the
Outfield tournament. Kneeling,left to right: Mike Lis, MattRynkiewicz, Chuck Medico,
Ricky Bartolini. Standing: MikeFanti, Nick O'Brien, AlanHan-
cyzc, Chris Murphy, RandyMcDermott, Chris Bone, KodyNowicki. Absent: Trent Grove.
Far left, Brian Alba
puts a hard tag of MikeLis as he slides intohome for an out. Alba’sGamers were the even-tual tournamet win-ners. Left, Jack Borzellspoke to WBRE PA Livehost and WyomingArea graduate, DaveKuharchak eft to right:Christopher Chipoli,Jack Borzell, MaryClair Borzell, SteveChipolis, Kuharchak,Gina Chipolis (hidden),Marissa Dushok, Ju-lianna Brozell..
Committee membersofthe Angelsin theOutfield softball tour-nament. Kneeling, left
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This summer Joe Erzar, a se-nior member of Wyoming Area
football team, attended Lauren’sFirst and Goal Foundation Foot- ball Camp at LafayetteUniversi-ty.
All proceeds from the campwent to the foundation, whichsupportsthe fightagainst pediat-ric brain cancer.
Erzar is starting a pledge drivefor the foundation to which any-one can pledge any amount for all the points that the WyomingAreafootball team scores for theentire season. All proceeds for the drive will be donated to theLauren’s First & Goal Founda-
tion.If someone pledges one cent
and the team scores 400 points,that pledge would be $4.A nick-el pledge would equal $20.
At theend of the season, drop-off points will be set up for thecollectionof pledgesor other ar-rangements can be made.
Erzar is projected as the start-ing center for the Warriors thisseason. He is the son of Joe and Kelly Erzar of West Wyoming.
To make a pledge, email theamount along with your nameandphonenumberto [email protected] or call 693-3163 after 5 p.m.
Warrior linemanscores for braincancer research
Joe Erzar is seeking pledges for pediatric brain cancer research.
will hold a meeting at 2:30 p.m.today, August 19 at Granteed’s,Parsonage Street, Pittston.Transportation is available to anyticket holder. Season tickets arestill available. Contact any clubmember for information.
WA Ice Hockey newsThe WA Ice Hockey will be
holding its monthly parentsmeeting on Wednesday August22, West Wyoming BoroughBuilding at 7 p.mThe team’s an-nual Car Wash Fundraiser will be held Saturday, August 25from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m at Dileo’sService Station in Wyoming.Tickets can be purchased at $5
from any team player. Drive upsales anddonations arealsowel-come during event.
Jenkins LL picnic, meetingJenkins Twp Little League’s
Family Picnic is Saturday, Au-gust 25 beginning at 4 p.m. fea-turing dunk tank, bouncy house,
lots of food and games for thekids and an outdoor movie. Costis $15 for parents and non-play-ers. Players are free.
Please contact your manager to register for the picnic. Therewill be a monthly meeting held on Monday, August 13 at 6 p.m.at the field house to discuss theup coming picnic and fall ball.Allmanagers and interested par-ents are urged to attend.
Girls fast pitchWyoming Valley Flames will
be holding tryouts for girls fast pitch softball at Ashley softballfield on Conyngham St. inWilkes-Barre on the followingdates:
The 10U and 12U age group
will be on Aug. 20 and 21 at 6 p.m., and Aug. 25 at 10 a.m.The 16U age group will be on
Aug 22and23 at6 p.m.andAug25 at 11 a.m.
For more information, call Patat 466-9644.
S P O R T S B R I E F S
Hughestown Sportsmeeting today
Three teams went undefeated
this week.Roberts’Repairs andthe Dyll-
er Law Firm both won threematches while JetSurge Power Cleaning won two. Roberts’ Re- pairs recovered nicely after atough previous week.
Their captain Ralph Campa-nella ledthey way for teammatesTony Russo, Harold Kiesinger and Jon Campanella.
JetSurge, trying to make the playoffs, had a very well bal-ancedperformancewith allplay-ers contributing equally. The power cleaners are Henry Kor- pusik, Dave Ziegler, Larry Ro-
deghiero and Phil Bosha.The team is still rooting for itsrecovering mates Henry Ro-deghiero and Al DeAngelis.
The show of the night be-longed to the Dyller Law Firm.The Firm partners are Tony Rie-
no, Paul Minichelli, Bob Bar-
bacci and Barry Dyller. Dyller had a major role in the team’ssuccess. One of his teammatescalledBarry’s performance “siz-ziling.”
Withtwoweeks leftin the sec-ond half all the playoff spots areup for grabs.
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YAT E S V I L L E B O C C E B A L L
Standings tighten up
The 2012 calendar says sum-mer, but the 2012-13 school year calendar says fall. Practices for fall high school sports started this week for all sports and thefall season actually started al-ready for one team.
The Wyoming Area golf team
had a match on Thursday.With the addition of girls soc-
cer which moved from spring tofall this school year, Both Pitt-ston Area and Wyoming Areafield nine fall teams: golf, girlssoccer, boys soccer, girls tennis,girls volleyball, field hockey,
boys cross country, girls crosscountry and football.
Below WA football coachRandy Spencer looks over his players as they stretch and thePittston Area girls soccer teamruns a shooting drill.
I found myself searching for anew adventure earlier this week.MydaughterBriannaandI hadaday off together and we werelooking for something to do thatwould get usout ofthe houseand away from rat race. I started bychecking the river levels for a possible kayaking trip. I don’tenjoy kayaking when the river isso low and slow. I need somespeed andwhite water. I then en-tertained the idea of a father/daughter hike at Rickets GlenState Park butthatwould also betoo slow paced and unchalleng-ing. Then I remembered thecraze that’s taking the ski resorts by storm. It is called zip lining.
The concept behind a zip lineis quite simple. A long metal ca- ble is attached to a tower on thetop and bottom of a mountain.The adventure seeker then at-taches his harness to the wire
with a series of small roller wheels and then proceeds tomake his way to the bottom of the slope. There are differenttypes of zip attachments butthat’s the basic concept. Many of the local zip lines including theone at Sno Cove on MontageMountain offer long scenic runswith speeds reaching up to fiftymiles per hour.
I decided to reach out to mylongtime friend Rick Koval.Rick is a full time Naturalist atSkytop Lodge in Monroe Coun-ty. This popular resort opened aZip Line and a Tree Top Adven-
ture at the end of last year. Hestrongly suggested we experi-ence it for ourselves. Briannaand I made an appointment for early afternoon. The experiencestarts by being fitted with a har-nessand a pairof gloves. We pur-chased our gloves for a couple of dollars but you can take youown. Once we were all rigged upitwasoffto the training areaforalesson on proper safety proce-dures and equipment usage. Wethen jumped onto an old stylemilitary personnel carrier withour guide and made our way tothe top of the sky slope. Each
group of a dozen or more peoplegets their own guide.Thecourse begins with a short
ladder climb to the first plat-form. Then we had to walk fromtree to tree across varying typesof walkways, nets, swings and slides. Theimportant thing to re-
member is that you are alwayssecurely attached to the guide-lines with a double safety sys-tem. The course is securely sus- pended 10 to 50 feet off theground with a total course lengthof over 3,000 feet. I never oncefelt unsafe or insecure. The
walkways do shake back and forth as you make your wayacross but that is all part of thefun. I must add that you use ev-ery muscle in your body as youtry and balance on the movingwalkways. It does take some up- per body strength at times and
definitely a good sense of bal-ance.
Brianna and I instantly caughton and started looking ahead tothe next section. The entire trav-eling process changed after four or five walkways when we cameupon our first Zip Line. The ca-
ble was stretched from one treeto the otherwitha slightdecline.This is designed to be enjoyed one person at a time. We hooked ourselves on the wire using our roller guide and launched to-wards the tree at the end. Thefeeling is almost indescribable.You aresoaring throughthe airattreetop level without any con-trols. The momentum takes youquickly to the end and an await-ing tree wrapped in a cushion.When you are safely untethered from the Zip Line and attached to the tree you givean “all clear”yell and the next person beginshis zip.
Thecourseis designedto keepyou on your toes and constantlyguessing what’s next. After ashort Zip Lineor two itis backtothe moving walkways includingan aerial surfboard and scram- blingwalls. The course is broken
An adventure in the Tree Tops
OUTDOORS WITH JAKEby Don Jacobs
Brianna Jacobs prepares to take off on the Zip Line. Don Jacobs makes his way across one of the hanging bridges.
into three different sections eachof which aredifferent and equallyfun. It makes its way through thetreetops to a hillside where a 500foot Zip Line awaits.
This is perhaps the most breathtaking and exciting ride of the adventure.It is hardto see theend of the zip as you connect tothe cable and prepare to fly. Thefeeling is that of weightlessnessand freedom as you quicklywatch the end of the ride appear.Suddenly you’re greeted by an-other guide and a smile.
The entire experience took
about two hours and forty f iveminutes andit was well worththecost.Briannaand I will searchoutsimilar experiences to share. Iknow weenjoyedour timeat Sky-top. For more information on theTree Top Adventure at SkytopLodge, you can call 570-595-8988 or check them out on theweb atwww.skytop.com. Re-member thatreservations aresug-gested.
Pheasant Stocking Just GotBetter
Due to a series of MarcellusShale leases approved by theBoard of Game Commissionersin 2011, Pennsylvania GameCommission officials announced that hunters will see the agency’s
pheasant stocking efforts in-creaseto 200,000 birdsfor theup-coming small game seasons for the first time since 2004. The110,090 males and 89,910 female pheasants to be stocked this year includes 15,000 birds for the ju-nior-only season (Oct. 6-13) and 1,500 pheasants allocated for those clubs sponsoring mentored pheasanthunts for juniors on Oct.6.
Major changes to the program
came about back in the 2004-05fiscal year. It was then that theGame Commission made drasticchanges when the cost of doing businessincreased andthe moneyraised through license revenuescouldn’t keep up. The agency’slast license fee increase took ef-
fectin the1999-2000license year,many operational line-items,such as the price of gasoline and other habitat improvement mate-rials, increased at a faster pace.The pheasant propagation pro-gram was one budget item theywereforced to cut,resulting in theclosure of one game farm and a50 percentreduction in thepheas-ant production level from200,000 to 100,000. The moneyfrom gas leases allows for the re-
turn to 200,000 birds per year.The pheasant stocking effortswill begin October 5, when theagency will release 15,000 birds(7,580 males and 7,700 females)for the junior pheasant huntscheduled for October 6 to 13. Alisting of stocking locations for
the youth hunt can be found on pages 25-27of the 2012-13 Penn-sylvania Hunting and TrappingDigest, whichis provided to eachlicense buyer.
Opening day of the general pheasant hunting season is Octo- ber 20, and closes on November 24. Pre-season stockingof pheas-ants will take placein each region prior to October 20, followed byfour in-season stockings, as wellas a late season stocking.
Outdoor LifeBe sure to watch Pennsylvania
Outdoor Life tonight at 6:30 onWNEP-TV. We’ll take you fish-ing on the Susquehanna River with a local guide. Have a greatday!
OutdoorsContinued from Page 56
The Allied swim team com- peted in the PennsylvaniaKeystone Games Aug. 2 and 3in York. The team is a USASwimming participant and theonly long course training pro-gram in Northeast Pennsylva-
nia. Age group swimmersfrom the Pittston YMCA,Wilkes Barre CYC, BDA,WVW and DMAC are, fromleft, first row, Krystina Prince,Jenna Doromal Patron, Katri-na Dillon, Jenea Doromal
Bayuga, Kendal Day, MadisonDay, Nicole Rose Lukesh,Emily Easton, Gary Weaver,Madison Hurst, DonovanMcCall, Abby Capin and Claire Capin. In the second row are high school swimmers
from from Pittston Area,Wyoming Seminary, Holy Re-deemer, Wyoming ValleyWest and Lake-Lehman. Fromleft, Mia Nardone, Nina Fish-er, Brandon Winters, ShannonBrady, Mike Johnson, Lor-
raine Johnson, Julie Ann Mah-le, Lucy Reilly, George Evans,Michael Senese, Brianna Gay-lets, Adin Greenwald, AndrewGreenwald, Julie Baur, Sa-mantha Sabol. Dallas: KristaVivian and Kathleen Brown.
Merchants spent muchof the day Wednesdaygetting ready for the
Pittston Tomato Festival. LouSapolis of Duryea, above,changes light bulbs at theWater Gun Fun game at theTomato Festival lot. At right,Frank Paluck, owner of Pa-luck’s Pork Barbecue, hangs
his sign on his booth. At right,folding chairs and band shellhave been delivered to thetomato festival lot Wednes-day afternoon.
Ed. Note: Anthony Atmonavage, a Greater Pittston native, died in1971 in Maryland.When his obituary ap- peared in the Dispatch,
on Oct. 24, 1971, hisname was misspelled inthe headline. Today, 41 years later, we correct that mistake. For more, see Ed Ackerman, opti-mist, page 2.
Anthony Atmonav-age Jr., 36, of 4414Briggs Chaney Road,Beltsville, Md., died onOctober 22.
HeisasonofMr.and Mrs. Anthony Atmo-navage Sr., 18 Cole St.,Sebastopol.
Survivors include hiswife, the former Mary
Elizabeth St. Ledger, of Scranton; and childrenBeth Annand Anthony; brother Vincent, Lan-dover, Md.; sister Mrs.Mary Ann Roman,
Lanham, Md.; severalnieces and nephews.
He was a graduate of Jenkins Township HighSchool, class of 1952,and served three yearsin the U.S. Army, sta-tioned for two years inFrance.
He was employed bythe U.S. Postal Service.
He was a member of St. Joseph’s Roman Ca-tholic Church, Belts-ville.
Funeral serviceswere under the care of
Gasch’s Funeral Home,Hyattsville, Md.
Anthony Atmonavage Jr.October 22, 1971
Devoted wife, mother, grandmoth-er, great-grandmother and sister Ma-ry G. (Menichelli) Pavlico, residentof Pittston, passed away on Tuesday,August14, 2012in the Golden LivingCenter, East Mountain Blvd.,Wilkes-
Barre.Born February 27,1921 in Pittston,
she was a daughter of the late GiulioMenichelli and Palmina (Sarti) Men-ichelli. She was married to the lateFrank Pavlico Sr.
She attended the Pittston TownshipSchool.
Mary was a longtime active mem- ber of St. Rocco’s Roman CatholicChurch, Pittston, where she was amember of the church choir and theConfraternity of Christian Mothers.She was also a member of St. Ga- briel’s Retreat League.
Marywas co-ownerof Frank’s Res-taurant, located on Main St., Pittston.
Survivingher arechildren Maryan-na Pavlico, Pittston; Joseph and his,
wife, Michele Pavli-co, Charlotte, N.C.;Daniel and his wife,Judy Pavlico, Pitt-ston; David Pavlico,White Haven; Pal-
mina Pavlico and her husband, Ken Mohn, PittstonTownship; Eugene Pavlico and JoyceKasisky, Exeter; 17 grandchildren, Nicole Pavlico, Frank Pavlico III,Robert Parrick, Susan Parrick, MaryMargaret Bone, Joseph Parrick, De- bra Pavlico, Mary Jo Slaney, JosephPavlico, Daniel Pavlico, Anitra Pav-lico, David Pavlico, Ken Mohn, Jef-frey Mohn, Eugene Pavlico, MichaelPavlico, Craig Roman; 16 great-grandchildren; sister Janet Morgan,Pittston. Also surviving are severalnieces,nephews,great-nieces andne- phews, and many extended familymembers.
She is preceded in death by broth-ers, Dante Menichelli, Albert Meni-
chelli; sisters Eleanor Zambetti and Anna Ritter; son Frank Pavlico Jr.
Funeral services were Saturday,Aug. 18, 2012, fromthe Graziano Fu-neral Home Inc., Pittston Township,with a Mass of Christian Burial from
St. Joseph Marello Parish (Our Ladyof Mt.CarmelR.C. Church),Pittston.
Interment Services took place at St.Rocco’s R.C. Cemetery, PittstonTownship.
To submit online condolences, please visit GrazianoFuneralHome-.com.
The family would like to expresstheir thanks to the Staff of GoldenLiving Center located on East Mtn.Blvd, Wilkes-Barre, fortheir care and compassion.
In lieu of flowers,donations may bemade to either, St. Joseph Oblates,1880 Highway 315, Pittston Town-ship, or to The Care and Concern
Clinic, 37 William St., Pittston.
Mary G. (Menichelli) Pavlico August 14, 2012
The Pittston Kiwanis Club in-vited the Pittston Area Key Clubto attend its monthly meetingand present a report on activitiesduring themonth of August.Themeeting also included a reportand discussion about the rechar-
ter ofa Builder’s Club inthe Pitt-ston Area Middle School, head-ed by Sarah Donahue. From left,first row, are Karlee Patton, Mi-randa Warunek, Key Clubmem- bers; Sarah Donahue, PittstonArea Builder’s Club moderator;
and Jessica Booth, Kiwanismember. Secondrow,Ron Faust,Kiwanis secretary; SurajPursna-ni, Key Club vice-president; J. J.Anthony, Kiwanis vice-presi-dent; Jeremy Homschek, KeyClub member, Armand Filipini,
Kiwanis member, Sal Bernardi,Kiwanis president; and Frank Thomas, KiwanistTreasurer.Absent at the time of the photowas Judy Greenwald, PittstonArea Key Club adviser.
Kiwanis Club, Key Club discuss activities
Robert M. Chmarney, presi-dent of the Luzerne County Slo-vak League of America, Branch474, announced that the annualouting will be held today, Sun-day, Aug. 19, starting at noon atthe Plains Pavilion, Plains Twp.
There will be music and games along with goulash and other ethnic foods.
The current officers of theleague are: Robert M. Chmar-ney, president; Andrew J. Baril-la, vice president; Christopher
Nalewajko, treasurer; George A. Nisky, secretary; Mark Manga-naro,chaplain; JosephSevernak,sergeant-at-arms; EugeneMcKeown, Bernard Novabilskiand David Ciotola, trustees.
Anna Mae Czerniakow-ski, 76, of the Village of Shantytown, Jenkins Town-ship, entered into EternalLife at her home on Friday,August10,2012, surrounded
by her loving family.She was the widow of
Frank Czerniakowski.Anna Mae was born June
13, 1936, in the Village of Shantytown. She was thedaughter of the late Frank Mudlock and Anna Matus-ick Mudlock. She was agraduate of Jenkins Town-ship High School, the classof 1954. Prior to retirement,Anna Mae was employed atWesley Village as a nurse’saide for 20 years. She was afaithful member of Ss. Peter
and PaulCatholicChurch,Plains, and a former member of
St. Mark’sCatholic Parish, Inkerman.
In addition to her parentsand husband Frank, she was preceded in death by her sons David and Joseph; her brothers William Mudlock,Leonard Mudlock and An-drew Mudlock.
Surviving are her sonsFrank and his wife, Carol,San Antonio, Texas; Ronald and his wife, Gina, Plains,and her daughter, CindyPhillips, and her husband,Robert, North Moreland
Township; her grandchil-dren, FrankAndrew, Ronald,Lauren, Brittany, Sara, Mor-gan and Robert; her great-grandson, Frank Joseph; her brother Frank Mudlock, La-
flin; and her sister, BernicePodrasky; numerous niecesand nephews and friends.
Funeral services wereheld on Thursday, Aug. 16,2012, from the Simon S.Russin Funeral Home 136Maffett St., Plains, with aMass of Christian Burial inSs. Peter and Paul CatholicChurch, 14 Hudson Road,Plains, with the Rev. JosephGreskiewicz, pastor, as cele- brant. Interment was in the parish cemetery, PlainsTownship.
Anna Mae Czerniakowski August10, 2012
Jerome F. Zelinsky, 79, of the Shawanese section of Harveys Lake, died Tuesday,August 14, 2012, in the De- partment of Veterans AffairsMedical Center, PlainsTownship, where he had been a patient.
Born January 30,1933, inLuzerne, he was a sonof thelate Joseph W. and RachelJanosky Zelinsky. Heattend-ed Luzerne schools.
Mr. Zelinsky was a U.S.Army veteran of the KoreanConflict.
Prior to his retirement, hewas employed as a truck driver for various localtrucking companies. He was
a member of the AmericanLegion Post 967, HarveysLake.
Prior to moving to Har-veys Lake, he resided for manyyearson Murray Streetin Forty Fort.
Mr. Zelinsky was preced-ed in death by his wife, theformerPatricia Veronica So- boleski, in 1985. Also pre-ceding him in death were brothers, Vincent D. and Jo-seph E.
Surviving are sons, Je-rome Jr., Forty Fort, Paul,Exeter; daughters, LisaShiplett, Shickshinny, Mar-ian Zelinsky, Plymouth;grandsons, Alan Shiplett Jr.,
Shickshinny, Ryan Zelinsky,Plymouth; sister, Mrs. Ge-orge(Larayne)Alles,Dallas;several nieces and nephews.
Funeral for Jerome washeld Saturday morning,Aug. 18, 2012, from theHugh P. Boyle& SonFuner-al Home Inc., 416 WyomingAve.,Kingston,with DeaconJohn E. O’Connor of St. Ig-natius of Layola parish, offi-ciating. Interment was in St.Mary’s Lithuanian Cemete-ry, Pringle.
Memorial donations, if desired, may be made toCandy’s Place Cancer Re-source Center, 190 WellesStreet, Forty Fort, PA 18704.
Jerome F. Zelinsky August14, 2012
Martha Witkowski Bender, 92, of Mooresville, N.C., passed away onSunday, Aug. 12, 2012.
She was born on June 12,1920, inDuryea, to the late John and MarthaWitkowski. She was a lifelong resi-
dent of Duryea. In 2005, she moved to Mooresville, N.C., to live withher son, Joseph, and his wife, Mary.Martha graduated from DuryeaHigh School in 1938. She was amember of Sacred Heart of JesusChurch, now Nativity of Our Lord Parish, and was a member of theChristian Mothers Society. She wasalso a member of St. Therese Ca-tholic Church in Mooresville, N.C.Martha was a member of the LadiesAuxiliary of the American LegionPost 585 in Duryea. She was alsoone of the founders of the DuryeaAmbulance Association and mem- ber for over 50 years. She was a
member and past president of theDuryea Senior Sunshine Club and past president of Excelsior HoseCompany’s Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors are Joseph Bender and wife Mary; two grandsons, Joseph
Benderand wife Li-sa, of Greenwood,S.C., and JamesBender and wifeTresa, of Moores-ville,N.C.; andfour
great-grandsonsand numerous nieces and nephews.
Martha was preceded in death byher husband, Joseph Bender, and brothers, Adam White and CarlWitkowski Sr.
The funeral was on Thursday,Aug. 16, 2012, at SacredHeartof Je-sus Church. Interment was in HolyRosary Cemetery, Duryea.
Arrangements were by Bernard J.Piontek Funeral Home, Duryea.
The family wishes to extend their appreciation to the Brian Center inMooresville for their outstandingcare of Martha.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may
be made to St. Therese CatholicChurch Building Fund, 2317 Braw-ley School Road, Mooresville, NC28117, and/or St. Ann’s Monastery,1233 Saint Ann St., Scranton, PA18504.
Martha Witkowski Bender August 12, 2012
William Ulivitch Sr., 80, of WestPittston, passed away Wednesday,August 15, 2012, at the RegionalHospital Hospice, Scranton.
Born in Pittston on December 25,1931, William was a son of the lateAlbert and Winnie (Milkowski) Uli-vitch. William was a member of Sa-cred Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont.He was a graduate of Pittston HighSchool. William was an Electroluxdealer for 45 years. William was anavid trout fisherman and enjoyed fishing the lakes and streams all over Northeastern Pennsylvania. Most of all, Bill loved to spend time with hisfamily and friends and his dog, Pony.He will be greatly missed.
In addition to his parents, Bill is preceded in death by his wife, Olga(Silvanage) Ulivitch, who passed
away in 2000, and his brother, Leo-nard Ulivitch.
He is survived by daughters, Vale-rie Lokuta, Pittston Township, and Melanie Ulivitch, Plains Township;son, William Jr., West Pittston. He isalso survived by sister, Alberta Cap-
itano and her hus- band, Anthony, Pitt-ston; grandchildren,Peter and his wife,Dorinia Gutowski,Paul Gutowski, Ed-mund Lokuta Jr.;
great-grandchildren, Peter GutowskiJr. and Ashleigh Gutowski; severalnieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Monday, Aug. 20, 2012, at10 a.m. at Sacred Heart of JesusChurch, 215 Lackawanna Ave., Du- pont, with Fr. Joseph Verespy offi-ciating. Friends may call at thechurch from 9:30 a.m. until time of Mass. Interment will be held at the parish cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made to the Amer-
ican Cancer Society, 712 SouthKeyser Ave. Taylor, PA 18517. Ar-rangements made by Kiesinger Fu-neral Services Inc., 255 McAlpineSt., Duryea. line condolences may be made to www.kiesingerfuneral-services.com.
William Ulivitch Sr. August 15, 2012
TheSundayDispatchpublishesobituariesoflocalindividualswhoreside,formerlyresided or
John H. McDermott Jr., 87, for-merly of Ashley and Kingston, passed away on Saturday, August11, 2012, at ManorCare, Kingston.
He was born in Ashley on July30,1925.Hewasthesonofthelate
JohnH. Sr. andLulu Aten McDer-mott.
He was a graduate of AshleyHigh School.He was a U.S. CoastGuard veteran of World War II,serving from July 1943 to May1946. He was lastemployedby theAmerican Red Cross, Hanover Township, where he was an avid blood donor.
He enjoyed spending his timefishing and woodworking.
He served as a volunteer fire-manfor boththe Ashleyand King-ston f ire departments.
Hewas preceded in death byhisfirst wife, Marguerite; second
wife, Bernice, and infant daugh-ter, Bonnie Lee.He is survived by his daughter
Donna Ahl- brandt and her husband, Do-nald, Tuckerton, N.J.; son, Jack McDermott, and
his wife, Su-zanne, Ashley; stepdaughter,Joyce Zulch, and her husband,Steve, Monroe, N.Y.; stepson,William Wermuth, Kingston;grandchildren, Kim, Donald, Ni-cholas, Kristin and Jesse; stepgrandchildren, Allison, Malloryand Rebecca; great-grandchil-dren, Patrick and Emily; sister,Doris Shock, Plymouth; brother,Delbert McDermott, West Wyom-ing, several nieces and nephews.
A private military funeral ser-vice was held from the George A.Strish Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N.Main St., Ashley, with the Rev.
Rebecca Tanner officiating. Inter-ment was in Oak Lawn Cemetery,Hanover Township.
John H. McDermott Jr. August11, 2012
Angelo F. Dominick, 71, of Hughestown, passed away Mon-day, August 13, 2012, in Geisinger Community Medical Center,Scranton.
Born in Pittston on September 13,1940, he was a sonof Julia Maf-fei Dominick of Pittston, and thelate Frank Dominick.
Hewasa graduateof St. John theEvangelist High School, Pittston,and served in the U.S. Navy from1958 to1963servingon theCharlesR. Ware.
Hebegandrivinga busforYates-ville Bus Company and was em- ployed by the County of Lacka-wanna TransitSystemfor 39 years.He truly enjoyed his work drivingthe bus. He also enjoyed watching NASCAR and football.
He was a member of St. JosephMarello Parish,Pittston;a third de-gree member of theKnightsof Co-lumbus, JFKCouncil 372; a mem- ber of the International AmericanLegion anda formerstewardof theATU 156.
He was a loving and dedicated son, husband, father, papa, and hewill be greatly missed.
Surviving, inaddition to hismother, is hiswife, DorothyGorcenski Do-minick.Theycel-ebratedtheir 44th
weddinganniversaryon August10;daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Patrick Pisano, Hughestown;aunts, uncles, sisters-in-law, broth-ers-in-law, cousins, nieces, neph-ews and close friends The DeLeoFamily, Rob, Kelly, Danny, David and Papa’s little girl, Erin; alongwith cats, Mittens and Patches.
Funeralserviceswere Saturday,Aug. 18, 2012, from the Peter J.Adonizio Funeral Home, 251Wil-liam St., Pittston, with a Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Ma-rello Parish, with his cousin, theRev. Louis Grippe and the Rev.Paul McDonnell, as celebrants. In-terment was in St. John theBaptistCemetery, Schooley Avenue, Exe-ter. In lieuof flowers, memorialdo-nations may be made to theSPCA.Online condolences may be madeat www.peterjadoniziofuneral-home.com.
Angelo F. Dominick August13, 2012
Jean A. Dungan, 88, of EastBennett Street, Kingston, passed away Saturday, August11, 2012, at Lakeside Healthand RehabilitationCenter,Dal-las.
She graduated from Larks-ville High School and received her Registered Nursing degreefrom Chester Hospital Schoolof Nursing.
Jean had previously resided on East Bennett Street, inKingston, since 1961.
She had previously beenem-
ployed atGeneral Cigar Company.She was amember of Dorranceton
United Meth-odist Church.
Preceding her in death washerson, William R. Dungan Jr.,January5,1998; sister, BlanchePicchi.
Surviving are her husband of 66 years, William R. DunganSr.; daughter, Sandra J. Hus- band, and her husband, Frank,Wyoming; granddaughters,Jennifer Elsier, King of Prus-
sia; Jessica Husband, Philadel- phia; and Danae Morrow, Sha-vertown; several nieces andne- phews.
She will be sadly missed byher family.
A private funeral servicewerefromthe Hugh B.Hughes& Son Inc. Funeral Home,1044 Wyoming Ave., FortyFort.
Interment was in Hanover Green Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Memorial contributions, if desired, can be made to theSPCA, 524 E. Main St., PlainsTownship, PA 18702.
Jean A. Dungan August11, 2012
Ann Mazarki, 90, of FarrellStreet, Hilldale, died Thursday,August9, 2012 at Wilkes-BarreGeneral Hospital.
Born in Irishtown section of Hudson, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Irene Fe-rence Koches. Ann was a grad-uate of Plains Memorial HighSchooland was a chartermem- ber of Holy Trinity OrthodoxChurch, Wilkes-Barre. Shewas formerly employed atLee’s Manufacturing.
Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Dino Mazarki
who died April4, 2007;grand-
son, Sean Ne-ville; sister,Mary Brown; brothers, Pe-ter and Walter Koches.
Survivingare son, Dino and wife, Karen,Dallas; daughters, DeannaRemsky Jr. and husband, Ro-nald, Hilldale; Irene Dal Can-ton and husband, Brian, Re-dondo Beach, Calif.; grand-children, Ronald Remsky Jr.and wife, Kim, Pittston; Mi-chele Johnson, Encinitas, Cal-
if.; Heidi Luke and husband,
Thomas, Parkville, Mo.; great-grandchildren, Elise Gilmore, Nicholas Remsky, Alec Luke.
Funeral services wereMon-day, Aug. 13, 2012, from theYeosock Funeral Home, 40 S.Main St., Plains Township,with the Very Rev. David Schewczyk officiating.A Req-uiem Service was held at HolyTrinity Orthodox Church. In-terment was in Italian Inde- pendent Cemetery, Wyoming.
Memorial contributions can be made to HolyTrinity Ortho-dox Church, 401 E. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre.
Ann Mazarki August 9, 2012
Thomas Mosko, 80 of PlainsTownship, died Tuesday morn-ing, Aug. 14, 2012, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born in the Hilldale sectionof Plains Township, he was ason of the late Michael and Frances (Yanko) Mosko.
Tom was a graduateof PlainsMemorial High School, and was employed in production inlocal manufacturing and later self employed.
He was a member of the for-merSt. Joseph’s Church in Jen-kins Township and currentlySt.John theEvangelist Church,
Pittston.Tom en-
joyed base- balland goingto localgames, remi-niscing about
the“good-olddays”and spend-ing time with his nieces, neph-ews and family.
He was preceded in death byhis brother, JohnMosko;sister,Theresa Sokaloski; and twinsister, Evelyn Szortyka.
Surviving are many nieces,nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral was held Friday,Aug.17, 2012, from the Corco-ran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S.Main St., Plains Township,with a Massof Christian Burialin St. John the EvangelistChurch, Pittston. Intermentwill be in Mount Olivet Ceme-tery, Carverton.
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OBITUARIES
Thomas A. Walsh, 88, former Mayor of Pittston, a resident for the past four years of the Gino J.MerliVeterans Center, Scranton, passedawayMonday, August13,2012, at Regional Hospital of
Scranton. His wife, Elizabeth“Betty” Bigan Walsh, passed away in 1996.
Born in Pittston, he was a sonof the late Thomas and MarySweeney Walsh. Thomas waseducated in the Pittston schools.He was an Army veteran, havingserved during WWII.
Prior to retirement,he was em- ployed as a consultant to theWyoming Valley Sanitary Au-thority and had also worked for Walsh Bros. Plumbing, Pittston.
He was a member of St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, Pittston.
He was also a member of the
Knightsof Columbusand Amer-ican Legion, both of Pittston,VFW, and the Plumbers & Pipe-fitters Union.
Thomas served as the Mayor of Pittston for over four terms,from 1980 to 1998. The PittstonTomatoFestival beganduring histerm. Healso servedfor tenyearson the Pittston City Council.
Thomas was a loving and de-voted grandfather, great grand-father, brother and uncle, whowill be dearly miss by all wholoved him.
The family would like to ex-tend their gratitude to the staffof
the Gino J. Merli Veterans Cen-ter for their compassionate careover the years.
Surviving is his Grandson,Joshua Walsh and wife, Keira,
Pittston and two greatgranddaught-ers, Hayley Le-wis and AvaWalsh; sister,
Betty McAn-drew, Carbondale; brother, JohnWalsh and wife, Josie, Berwick;several nieces and nephews,great nieces and great nephews.
In addition to his parents and his wife, Thomas was preceded in death by his son, Thomas R.Walsh, who passed away in2005; three sisters, Joan Tigue,Marie Simmons, Jean Soska,andthreebrothers,Joseph, Frank and Jerry Walsh.
The funeral was held Thurs-day, August16, 2012, fromBalo-ga Funeral Home, Inc. 1201Main St.Pittston, (Port Griffith),
with a Mass of Christian Burialin St. John the EvangelistChurch, William St., Pittston,celebrated by Msgr. John J.Ben-dik. Interment was in the parishcemetery.
Pallbearerswere David Walsh,Michael Tigue, Kevin Tigue,Bob Jones, John Begley and James Begley.
Military services were con-ducted by the AMVETS Honor GuardPost189, Greater Pittston.
Memorial contributions may be madeto the Careand ConcernMinistries of Saint John theEvangelist Parish Community,
35 William Street, Pittston, PA18640.To send an online condolence,
please visit www.BalogaFuner-alHome.com
Thomas A. Walsh
August 13, 2012
Neil L. Bellanca, 24, of King-ston Township, passed away onThursday, Aug. 9, 2012.
Born in Kingston, he was theson of Louis and Elaine JoivellBellanca.
Neil was an Eagle Scout and agraduate of Bishop Hoban HighSchooland LehighUniversity.
Neil enjoyed nature, the out-doors andspendingtime with hisfamily.
Neil was preceded in death byhis grandparents, John and Vir-giniaJoivellof Pittston,andLouisand Catherine Bellanca, also of
Pittston.Inadditionto
his parents, heis survived bythe followingaunts and un-
cles, John and Liz Joivell, Huntington, Pa.; Vir-ginia Bressler and companionKevin Jones, Taylor; Rick and Mary Joivell Burkhart, Tunkhan-nock; Hilary and Karen Joivell,HarveysLake;EdwardandDianeUranowski, Drums; Steve and Margaret Bellanca, Pittston; Saland Mary Lou Bellanca, Clarks
Summit. He is also survived bycousins, Kristin and Jessica Joi-vell;Louis, Christopher,Gregoryand Joseph Paul Bellanca.
Private funeral services wereheld at Kizis-Lokuta Funeral
Home, Church Street, Pittston,followedbyacelebrationof Neil’slife at St. John the EvangelistChurch, 35 William St., Pittston, by Monsignor John Bendik. In-termentwasinPittstonCemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made in his name to St. Johnthe Evangelist Church, 35 Wil-liam St., Pittston, PA 18640.
Neil L. Bellanca
Aug. 9, 2012
Paul Soltishick, 86, of King-
ston, died Sunday, August 12,2012 in Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospital.
He was born in Edwardsville,son of the late Constantine and Helen Smagula Soltishick.
HeattendedKingston schools,and worked last for Roth Amer-ican until his retirement.
He was a U.S.Navy veteran of
World War II.
He was a lifelong member of St. Vladimir’s UkrainianCathol-ic Church, Edwardsville.
He was preceded in death byhis brother, Michael Soltishick;andsisters,Ann Soltishick, Mar-tha Young, Helen Katsaba and Mary Yasenchak.
ter, Kimberly Shambora,and her husband, Michael,Laflin;niecesand nephews.
Funeral was Thursday, Aug.16, 2012, from the Kopicki Fu-neral Home, 263 Zerbey Ave-nue, Kingston, with Divine Lit-urgy in St. Vladimir’s Church.
Intermentwas inMountOlivetCemetery, Carverton.
Paul Soltishick
August12, 2012
Ann Marie (Futch, Bidwell)Beaver, 96, of West Pittston, passed away peacefully August9, 2012 surrounded by her lov-ing family.
Shewasa belovedwife,moth-er, grandmother, great-grand-mother, daughter, sister and aunt. Born in Wilkes-Barre, shewas the daughter of the late Jo-seph and Agnes (Donnelly)Futch of Wilkes-Barre.
AnnMarie grew upin Wilkes-Barre and the Back Mountain,and was a graduate of CoughlinHigh School. Her deepest joywas spending time with her
great-grandchildren, grand-daughter and children. She will be deeply missed by all whoknew and loved her.
Inadditionto herparents,AnnMarie was preceded in death byher husbands, Warren Bidwell
and Edward Beaver, and threesiblings, William Futch, JamesFutch and Carmel Poepperling.
Surviving are her children,daughter, EllenHeck,West Pitt-ston; son, Patrick Bidwell, and his wife, Lashawn, BocaRaton,Fla.; and granddaughter, StacySmulowitz, and her husband,John, and their children, Victo-
ria and Alexander, Shavertown.A memorial was held Tues-day, Aug.14,2012, at Mt. OlivetCemetery, Shavertown.
Arrangements are made byKiesinger FuneralServicesInc.,255 McAlpine St., Duryea.
Online condolences may bemade to www.kiesingerfuneral-services.com.
It’s hard to believe it’s beentwo years since we lost you.
Not a day goes by that wedon’t think of you, speakof you and miss you.
You are ALWAYS in ourhearts.
Sadly Missed and Loved by Son and Family
7 7 3 2 2 2
In Loving Memory of
Joseph J. Dulny
August 15, 1906
The angels bowed their heads theday the Lord had called you home,for they knew your time had come
and your family would now be alone.Foreseeing what the years ahead
would bring and wondered how we’d cope,but knowing what you had always said
was never give up hope. We live by that each day that comes
and somehow make it throughbecause your strength is in your family
as a nal gift left by you. Deeply Missed and Always Remembered
by Wife, Daughters and Son-in-law. 7 7 3 2 3 4
Happy Anniversary in Heaven8/23/81 - 8/23/12
Leroy A. Knowles
What would I give to clasp his hand,His happy face to see,
To hear his voice and see his smileThat meant so much to me.
The rolling stream of life rolls onBut still the vacant chair
Recalls the love, the voice,the smileOf the one who once sat there.
Nothing can ever take awayThe love a heart holds dear.
Fond memories linger everydayRemembrance keeps him near.
Miss and Love YouWife Carol
OBITUARIES
Mrs. Anna Kobi, 95, of Pitt-ston, passed away Monday, Au-gust 13, 2012 at the ScrantonHealth Care, Scranton.
Born in Duryea, she was adaughter of the late Andrew
and Anna Solak McKitish. Sheattended Pittston schools. Prior to her retirement, she was em- ployed in the area garment in-dustry.
She was a member of St. Mi-chael’s Byzantine CatholicChurch, Pittston.
She was preceded in deathbyher husband, John Kobi, who passed away on July 4, 1983;son, Joseph Kobi; infantdaughter, Dolores; brothers,George, Alex, Michael and Stephen McKitish.
Surviving are sons, RobertKobiand his wife, Gini, of Ala-
bama; Edward Kobi and hiswife, Mary Catherine, of Pitt-ston; daughter-in-law, LouiseKobi of Pittston; six grandchil-dren, Kimberly Sutter and her husband, Brad, of Arizona; Jo-seph Kobi Jr. and his wife,Beckie, of Pittston; KristinaLenza and her husband, Jay, of
Shavertown; Kathy-LeeChiampi and her husband, Mi-chael, of Maryland; MargieHemen of Texas; John Kobi of California; six great-grandchil-dren, Jessica and Kassie Kobi,
Sophia and Marco Lenza,James Hemen, John Kobi; sis-ters, Mary Wisniewski of Mar-shalls Creek, Helen Billack of New Jersey, Margaret Josephof Duryea, Elizabeth Federos-ko of New Jersey; sister-in-law,Joan McKitish of Duryea; sev-eral nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held Saturday,August 18, 2012, from the Ber-nard J. Piontek Funeral HomeInc., 204 Main St., Duryea,with Mass in St. Michael’sByzantine Catholic Church,Pittston, with the Rev. JosephBertha. Interment will be in the
parish cemetery, Pittston.The family would like thank the staff at Scranton HealthCare and Dr. Gibbons for theexcellent care that was given toAnna. In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may bemade to St. Michael’s Byzan-tine Catholic Church.
Anna Kobi
August 13, 2012
Albert A. Bartolai, a residentof Falls, passed away peacefullyat home on Saturday, Aug. 11,2012.
He was born April11,1928, inPittston, a son of the late Isadore
Bartolai and Georgia (Bernardi)Bartolai. He was a graduate of Pittston Township High School,class of1946.
Hewasa proudmemberof theU.S. Army, where he served inthe European OccupationsForces in Salzburg Austria, from19501952. HewasStaffSergeantin the engineering division.
He worked in the bread indus-try as a driver/salesman for over 30 years. He worked for Wil-liams Baking Co., Scranton, and retired 19 years ago from Stroh-man’s Baking Co., Scranton.
Al hadbeen employedby Gra-
ziano Funeral Home for the last20 years.
Albert wasthe president &founder of Bar-tolai Winery inFalls, where hespent a lot of
his time greet-ing customers and sharing hislove forwinemaking, people and travels throughout Europe and the oldcountry. Hewas a regular at Thursday night happy hours
Al’s inspiration for wine mak-ing started in Italy, where hisfamily made wines for four gen-erations back.
A familydinnerof “polenta onthe board” always marked theend of the year’s wine makingseason.
Surviving are sons, Raymond and companion Cindy, Falls;Vince and wife Elizabeth Barto-
brother Geno Bartolai; sister,Anita Giovagnoli; grandsons,Joseph Bartolai and RJ Bartolai;granddaughters, Janice Bartolaiand AlenaBartolai; great-grand-son, Lucca Raymond Bartolai.
He was preceded in death by brother Arthur Bartolai.
Funeral services were Thurs-day, August 16, 2012, from theGraziano Funeral Home Inc.,Pittston Township, with a Massof Christian Burial at St. JosephMarello Parish(Our Lady of Mt.Carmel Church), Pittston. Inter-ment services were at Glenwood Mausoleum, South AbingtonTownship.
In lieu of flowers, donationscan be made in Albert’s name tothe Lions Club, Falls.
The family would like to ex-tend a special thanks to the doc-
tor’s offices of Dr. James Kosik and Dr. Robert L. Fiorelli.
Albert A. Bartolai
Aug. 11, 2012
John Arthur Jones, 84, of Ap- palachian, N.Y., went to be withthe Lord Monday, August 6,2012. He died at home surround-ed by his loving family. He will be remembered as a loving and devoted husband, father, grand-father, brother and brother-in-law.
Born on July 21,1928, he wasa son of the late Fred Jones and Ida (Woolford) Jones.
Johnwas a graduateof Wyom-ing High School, class of 1947.He participated in football, bas-ketballand track sports. His loveof sports involved him in coach-ing youth football and littleleague baseball for many years.
He also attended Penn StateTechnical School in 1953.
He served in the U.S. Navyaboard the USS Coral Sea from1948 to 1952.
Johnworked forGeneral Elec-tric for 35 years before retiring.He was also a dedicated and ac-tive member of Memorial Park Baptist Church for 50 years.
He was preceded in death byhis brother, Fred Jones.
John is sur-vived by hisloving wife of 55 years, Mar-garet (Phillips)Jones; sons,John and wife,
ViRene, Woodstock,Ga., Danieland wife Lori Ann, Salt Point, N.Y., Mark and wife Beth, Syra-cuse, N.Y.; grandchildren, Johnand wife Cara, Chris and wifeApril, Devin, Derek and Kelly;great-grandchildren, Drake and Kadence; two sisters, Lois(Jones) Philipp and husband Russell, Broomall, Pa., Ida MaeJones, Wyoming; sister-in-laws,Joan (Phillips) Altman and hus- band, John, Linda (Phillips) Sta-dulis and husband Joe, MaryJane (Phillips) Kopp and hus- band Robert; brother-in law,Hayden Phillips and wife Zee.
Funeral services for Johnwere held on Thursday, August9, in the Memorial Park BaptistChurch, Vestal, N.Y., with theRev. Marlene Steenberg officiat-ing. Burial with full MilitaryHonors followed in Vestal Park
Cemetery. Memorial donationscan be made in his name to Me-morial Park Baptist Church,1013 Front St., Vestal, NY13850.
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St.John theEvangelistChurch,Pittston wasthe settingon July7, 2012 forthe weddingof AlexandraCeliaKokuraand NicholasFrank Kravitz. Reverend Richard J. Cirba officiated the ceremo-ny.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs. Madelyn Kokura, of Dupontandthe late ThomasKokura.She isthe granddaughter ofthe lateJoseph and Ceil Shandra and Martha Kokura, of Nesquehoningand the late John Kokura.
The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Kravitz, of Pitt-ston. He is the grandson of Regina Marriggi, of Pittston, the lateFrank Marriggi and the late Joseph and Mary Kravitz.
Given in marriage by her godfather, Gerald Mancinelli, the bride wore an ivory and blush colored f itted-to-flare style gownmadeof French tulle and silkorganza, complementedby a cathe-dral-length veil. She carried a bouquet of ivory roses.
The bride chose her close friend, Christal Gentile, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Gina Kravitz, sister of the groom;Megan Mancinelli, Rachelle Armbruster, Emily Bills, JennaMay, Nicole Caterino, Catherine Gallagher and Katie Hengler,friendsof thebride.The bridesmaidsworeblush-colored dresses,accentedwith black horsehairsashesand carried bouquetsof ros-es, peonies and hydrangea.
The groom chose his brother, John P. Kravitz, as his best man.Groomsmen were Anthony Kravitz, cousin of the groom; PaulWalsh, Joseph Carroll, Joseph Tracy, Sean Healey, Thomas Kar- bowski, Jude McDonough and Patrick Scanlon, friends of thegroom.
Theflowergirlwas niece ofthe groom, KayleeKravitz,nieceof the groom. Ringbearers were John Jacob and Benjamin Kravitz,nephews of the groom.
Linda Mancinelli, aunt of the bride; Madeline Calabro, cousinofthe bride;and, DianeMarriggi,auntof the groom,gave Scrip-tural readings. Offertory gifts were presented by Josephine De-Lucia, Josephine Katz, Peggy Russo, fairy godmothers of the bride; and Toni-Lynn Kudajeski, sister of the bride.
An evening reception was hosted by the mother of the bride atthe Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre and a rehearsal dinner hostedby thegroom’s family was held at Fox HillCountry Club,Exeter.
The couple was honored with an engagement party hosted byGerald and Linda Mancinelli at theWestmorelandClub, lastAu-gust. A bridal shower at the Colonnade, Scranton was given bythe bridesmaids.
The bride is a graduate of Scranton Preparatory School and Lehigh University, where she earned a degree in InternationalRelations. The bride alsoearned a Juris Doctorate fromthe Wid-ener University School of Law. She currently serves as an attor-
ney with Lackawanna County Family Court.The groom is a graduate of The University of Scranton, wherehe earned a degree in Criminal Justice. He earned a Juris Docto-ratefromthe Thomas M.CooleySchoolof Law. Mr. Kravitzis anattorney with Myers, Brier and Kelly, L.L.P. Scranton.
Followinga weddingtripto theRiviera Maya,Mexico,the cou- ple resides in Dupont.
Alexandra Celia Kravitz
Kokura, Kravitz are married
Kathleen Romanowski and Michael Herron, together withtheir families, announce their engagementand approaching mar-riage.
Thebride-to-be isthe daughterof Eugene andElizabethRoma-nowski,of Harding. Sheis thegranddaughterof thelateBernard and Helen Romanowski, of Harding, and the late Richard and Jesse Rooney, originally from Staten Island, N.Y.
The prospective groom is the son of Lawrence and RosemaryHerron, of Exeter. He is the grandson of the late Robert and Louise Herron, of Exeter, and the late Eugene and Grace Fox, of Pittston.
Miss Romanowski is a graduate of Wyoming Area HighSchool andLuzerne County Community College.She is employ-ed with Sordoni Construction Services, Forty Fort.
Mr. Herron is a graduate of Seton Catholic High School and attended King’s College. He is employed with US Foodservice,
Pittston.Thecouplewillexchangetheirvows duringan outsideceremo-ny on Aug.25, 2012, at the Appletree Terrace, NewberryEstates,Dallas.
Kathleen Romanowski, Michael Herron
Romanowski, Herron to wed
Kellyann Daley and John Schuh were united in marriage onAugust 20, 2011 at St. John the Evangelist Church, Pittston. Theceremony was performed by Monsignor John Bendik.
The bride is the daughter of Rosemary and Gerald Daley, of Pittston. She is the g randdaughter of the late Margaret Mary and Francis Lavelle, of Pittston and the late Theresa and Francis Da-ley, of Pittston.
Thegroom istheson ofElaineand John Schuh,ofAvoca. Heisthe grandson of the late Nancy and Charles Jones, of Avoca and the late Virginia and John Schuh, of Scranton.
Escortedby herfather, thebride choseher sister,KimberlyDa-ley, as her maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Kate Yanchis, Pitt-ston; Lindsay Myers, Duryea; Noell Haldeman, Nanticoke,friends of the bride; Kelsey Matteucci, Colchester CT, niece of the groom; and Carly Thomas, Plymouth, cousin of the bride.
The groom chose Matthew Felter, of Moosic, as best man.Groomsmen were Doug Krafjack, Pittston; Jerry Coggins,Moosic; Jon Munski, Avoca, friends of the g room; and BrandonWhipple, Pittston, nephew of the groom.
Nico Matteucci, nephew of the groom, was ring bearer. Ro-seAnn Lavelle and James Daley, godparents of the bride, gaveScripture readings. Lori Romanowsky and Raymond Schuh,godparents of the groom presented the offertory gifts.
Following the ceremony, a reception was held at Colarusso’sLaPalazzo, Moosic. The couple honeymooned in Oahu, Hawaii.They reside in Pittston.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schuh
Daley, Schuh are married
Chuck and Missy Thomas, of West Pittston, are celebratingtheir 40th wedding anniversary today, August 19.
They were married at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church byRev. Joseph Sibliano, O.S.J. on August 19, 1972.
Mr. Thomas is the son of the late Allen and Peg Thomas, of Bethlehem and Mrs. Thomas is the daughter of the late Angeloand Rose Rotondaro, of Pittston.
The couple is the proud parents of a son, Jason, 24; and adaughter Gabby, 21.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are college sweethearts, both g raduatesof Penn State University, class of 1971.
Mr. Thomas worked as a caseworker at Luzerne County Chil-dren andYouth. Heis now happily retiredand enjoys serving as a board member of the PittstonYMCA, where he is an avid swim-mer and has just completed his 5000th mile.
Mrs. Thomas is employed at United Rehab Services as a pro-gram manager where she has worked for 38 years.
Thecouple is mostgrateful fortheirlife together, their childrenfamily, friends, and their beloved dog Belle.
Mr. and Mrs.Thomas celebrated their anniversary witha fam-ily trip to Emerald Lakes.
Chuck and Missy Thomas
Thomases married 40 years
Lindsay Ann Balchune and Casey Kelly Przywara, together with their families, arepleasedto announcetheirengagementand upcoming marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Frank and Florence Bal-chune, of Duryea. She is the granddaughter of the late Williamand Stella Balchune, of Duryea and the late Barney and AnnaMahalsky, also of Duryea.
Theprospective groomis theson of Henryand RosePrzywara,of Old Forge. He is the grandson of Irene Milenkiewicz and the
late Stanley Milenkiewicz, of Old Forge and the late Henry and Maria Przywara, also of Old Forge.Thecouplewillbe happily unitedin marriageon September8,
2012, at the Nativity of Our Lord Church, Duryea.
Lindsay Ann Balchune, Casey Kelly Przywara
Blachune, Przywara engaged
Alexa Lynn Belcher, daughter of Jackie Silveri and David Belcher, of Pittston Township, was baptized on Sunday, August12 at the Corpus Christi Parish in West Pittston by Monsignor John Sempa.
She was born on June 14. She is the granddaughter of Bruceand Barb Silveri, of West Wyoming and the late David Belcher,Sr. She is the great-granddaughter of Ray and Pat Yunkunis, of West Pittston; Joan Silveri, of West Pittston; and Charles Shan-
non, Sr., of Pittston.Hergodparents areLisa Shymanskiof Dillsburg; and MattSil-
veri, of Olyphant; and Andrea and John Tomkiel of Pittston.A dinner was held in Alexa’s honor.
PAGE 2B SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2012 SUNDAY DISPATCH➛ S C H O O L S
Wyoming Area SecondaryCenter Administration VitoQuaglia and Mrs. Cathy Ranieliannounce the homeroom assign-ment listing for students ingrades 7 through 12 at theWyoming Area Secondary Cen-ter, Memorial Street, Exeter.Wyoming Area Secondary Cen-ter session for the 2012-2013school year will begin Wednes-day, Aug. 29.
Allstudents, with exception of the seventh-grade students, willreport to their assigned home-rooms which arelistedin thispa- per. All seventh-grade studentswill report to the auditorium,whichis located onthe firstfloor in the area of the principal’s of-
fice. Students in grades 8through 12 must be in their homerooms by 7:45 a.m. onAug. 29.
All students are listed inhomerooms alphabetically. List-ed are the sections, the home-room number, the teacher as-signed to the homeroom and then the beginning of the home-room (first initial and last nameofthe firstand last student in thehomeroom) students whose lastnames fall in between the firstand lastname of eachdesignated section will be assigned to thathomeroom.
For more information regard-ing the homeroom assignments,call the Wyoming Area Second-
ary Center, Principal’s office at655-2836, ext. 2361.Assignments are listed below.Anystudentplanning toattend
the Secondary Center which in-cludes grades 7 through 12 whohas not yet registered should callthe registration office at 655-2836 ext. 2359.
Entrancebell forall studentsis7:45 a.m. All students, duringthe course of the school year,should be in their homeroomsby7:45 a.m. 7:46 is the late bell for allstudents. Studentsare dismis-sed at 2:29 p.m.
Also:• Juniors and seniors attend-
ing Wyoming Area SecondaryCenter maynow pickup applica-tions for parking permits for the2012-2013 school year at the principal’s office. Parking spotswill be reassigned from the pre-
vious year. Studentsmay requesttheir spot from last year if it hasnot been assigned. Permits can be attained during school hours.
• School pictures will be tak-en at Wyoming Area SecondaryCenter only on the followingdays: Wednesday, Sept. 5 – Sev-enth and eighth grades; Thurs-day, Sept. 6 – Ninth and 10thgrades; Friday, Sept. 7 – 11thgrade. Make-up day will be Fri-day, Sept. 7.
• REMINDER: - Clear back- packs are required for all stu-dents K-12.
• Wyoming Area homeroomassignments 2012-2013 schoolyear
SEVENTH GRADESection 7-01 - Room 207, Mr.Kennedy, B.Al-Salem- K. Chro-mey
WAVE - 9th/10th/11th/12th – AV ROOM, Mrs.Berti,Studentsfrom 2012-2013
ELEMENTARY
SCHOOLSWyoming Area EEementarySchools will reopen on Aug. 29.
Parentswho have notyet regis-tered children are encouraged todo so before the first day of school. Registration for all stu-dents, Kindergarten through12th grade, will take place at theSecondary Center, MemorialStreet, Exeter. Call 655-2836,ext. 2359.
DAILY SCHEDULE8:30 a.m. - Student arrival/
breakfast program begins8:50 a.m. - All students must
report to their homeroomStudents arriving after this
time will be marked tardy.9 a.m. – Instruction begins3:20 p.m.- Student Dismissal
BREAKFAST AND
LUNCH PROGRAMThe breakfast and lunch pro-
gram will begin the first day of school. All students who werefreeand reducedlast yearwillre-ceive meals until Sept. 14. All parents must submit new appli-cations forthe 2012–2013schoolyear bySept. 7.Breakfast will beserved on all early dismissaldays.
CLASSROOMASSIGNMENTS
Due to confidentiality con-cerns, students’ and teachers’names will not be published.Students will report to designat-ed areas in their assigned build-
ing for teacher assignment.Teachers will guide students asthey enter their assigned build-ing.
Teacher assignment forgrades1 - 6 will not be given over the phone prior to the first day of school.
KINDERGARTENWyoming Area has a full-day
kindergarten program.All kindergarten students
should wear the name tags re-ceived during the summer orien-tation building visits.
Bus riders will also wear bustags given on the first day of school. These tags should beworn for the first two weeks.
MONTGOMERY AVE-NUE
For the first day only, Studentarrival times are 8:30 to 8:50 p.m.
Students will assemble in spe-cific areas to receive their class-room assignments.
Kindergarten will enter theschool at the Wyoming Avenueentrance. Mrs. Burdett and Mrs.Augello willmeet andescort thechildren to their classrooms.
Grade 1 students will enter through the Wyoming Avenueentrance and proceed to the firstlevel to Mrs. DeMichele’s class-room. (The first classroom onthe right) Teachers will thenguide the students to the appro- priate classroom.
Grade 2 students will enter through the Wyoming Avenue
entrance and proceed to the firstlevel.The studentswillturn rightand proceed to Mrs. Harding’sroom. (Thelast classroomon theright.) Teachers will then guidethe students to the appropriateclassroom.
Grade 3 students will enter through the Wyoming Avenueentrance. The students will pro-ceed to Mrs. Vanness’s room.(The second classroom on theleft.) Teachers will guide stu-dents to the appropriate class-room.
Grade 4 will entertheschoolatthe Montgomery Avenue en-trance and proceed as directedtothe cafeteria for their assign-ment.
Grade 5 students will enter through the Montgomery Ave-nue entrance. The students will proceed to the downstairs gym.Teachers will then guide stu-dents to the appropriate class-room.
All students arriving by busshould enter through the aboveassigned entrances for the firstday only. The students will fol-low the arrival and departure plan listed after the first day of school.
Parents and Guardians should leave their children at the schoolentrance.
Parents/Guardians should notescort their children to the class-rooms.
ARRIVAL AND DEPAR-TURE
(Beginning the second day of school)
Student arrival times are 8:30to 8:50 a.m. Any student trans- ported by bus or car and allwalk-ersmust go directly to thecafete-ria between 8:30 to 8:45 a.m.Students will be released to their homerooms at 8:45 a.m.
Parents transportingtheir chil-dren toschool aretodropoffK-4students on Linden Street to al-low entrance at the WyomingAvenue entrance. Grades 5 willalso be dropped off on LindenStreet. Grades 5 will walk to thefront of the school to enter through the Montgomery Ave-nue entrance.
Allwalkers mayenter through
W Y O M I N G A R E A N E W S
Grades 7-12 given homeroom seats
SeeWYOMING, Page 8B
John Haas, principal of Pitt-ston Area High School, an-nounces the high school home-room assignments for the year 2012-2013 school term are asfollows. Listings are teacher,room and students’ last names.
SENIORSMr. Richards - C-13, Adk to
CoeMrs. Cocco- C-14, Colto GalMr. L. Hazlet - C-15, Gar to
KosMr. Caprari - C-16, Koy to
McLMrs. Miller- C-17,Mel to PieMr. Russick - C-18,Polto SellMrs. Mattingly - C-19, Selv
to TonMrs. Pietras - C-21, Tra to
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JUNIORSMrs. Distasio - B-02, Ant to
CareMr. J. Walsh - B-01, Carl to
DeFMrs. A.Hazlet- C-02, Del to
HaaMs.C.McGarry- C-05,Halto
KovMrs. Sutton - C-06, Lan to
MazMs. Karaffa - C-07, McG to
NapMr. Anthony - C-08, Nea to
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Mr. T. Joyce - C-09, Rea toSheMrs. Vincelli - C-11, Shi to
VogMrs. Plis - C-12, Wal to Zur
SOPHOMORESMrs. Getrige - B-17, Ait to
BraMr. Zangardi - B-16, Bul to
DelMrs. Turner - B-15, Del to
GatMrs. Saunders - B-13, Gia to
JoyMs. Rugletic - B-11, Kam to
MacMr. Victor - B-10,Mai to Mor Mr. Carroll - B-08, Mor to
PsaMs. Valeski - B-05, Pug to
SchMs.Martin- B-04, Scito VaxMrs.Keren- B-03, Vel toZyd
to MolMr. Amitia - A-11,Mor to PreMrs. Adams - A-13, Qui to
SchMrs. Greenwald - A-16, She
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Parking permits
Parking permits for the 2012-2013 school year will be issued to seniors and juniors on Aug.21, Aug. 22 and Aug. 23. Park-ing permits will not be issued Aug.27 and 28, due to teacher-inservice. Applications can be picked up in the security office between 9 a.m. and noon onTuesday, Aug. 21; Wednesday,Aug. 22; and Thursday, Aug.23.
Any junior or senior whowishes to drive to school mustapply for and receive a parking permit before the start of school.Parking permits issued duringthe 2011-2012 school year arenot valid for the 2012-2013school year. In order to receive a parking permit, students musthave a valid driver’s license, ve-hicle registration, proof of insur-ance andthe applicationmustbesigned by a parent or guardian.
Freshman orientationPittston Area Senior High
School willhosta FreshmenOri-entation from 9 a.m. to 11:30a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28. Allninth-grade students and newly-enrolled transfer students(grades 9 thru 12) and their par-ents/guardians are encouraged to attend. Students and their par-ents are to report to the highschool auditorium promptly at 9
a.m. for a short presentation.Students will have the opportu-nity to receive their schedules,lockers and student handbooks.Also, students and parents willhave the opportunity to tour the
school and meet teachers, coun-selors and principals.
Middle School orientationMiddle School orientation
will be held from 9 to10 a.m. on
Monday, Aug. 27. All studentsmust be accompanied by a par-ent or a designated adult (grand- parent, aunt, uncle, adult sibling,etc.) and everyone must providetheir own transportation to and
from the orientation. The pro-gram will begin in the MiddleSchool cafetorium where Mr.Bilbow, principal, will discuss
P I T T S T O N A R E A N E W S
PA lists homerooms, orientation setPA Key Club assists Alex’s Foundation
The PittstonAreaKey Club rana lemonadestand fundraiseron Sunday, Aug.5 at Quinn's Marketin Pittstonto raise funds for Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundationfor researchand treatment ofchildren'scancer. Key Club memberssold lemonade and baked goods and gave away stickers,balloons and tattoos as well as information on the charity. Fromleft, are Liz Scialpi, WebMaster,2012, Mackenzie Carroll, member, Danielle Fereck, president, 2011 and Kristen Fereck, president,2012. Absent at the timeof the photo were Michael Hizny,Shannon Turner, KaitlynnKuchta andAllie Anastasi.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Rebecca Lynn Jurchak,daughterof JoeandBren-da Jurchak, of Exeter, iscelebrating her second birthday today, August19. Maternal grandpar-ents are Evelyn and thelate JohnShaughnessy, of Nanticoke. Paternalgrandparents are JanetandJimJurchak,of Hard-ing. Great-grandmother is Claire Jurchak ,of Harding.
Rebecca Jurchak Jhett Leonard Lieback,
son of Akeizhia Copp, of Hugheston,is celebratinghis second birthday today,August 19. He is thegrandson of Leonard Copp, of Hughestownand the late Donna Coppand Pete and Sharon Lie- back, of Hughestown. Heis the great grandson of Leonard and Clara Copp,of Hughestown. Jhett’sgodparents are Nathanand Tannille Copp.
Jhett Lieback Madelynn Ann Orth
daughterof BrianOrth,of JenkinsTwp.and ChelseyKarp, of Duryea, cele- brated her first birthdayon Thursday, August 16.She is the granddaughter of Ralph and Lela Cre-mard, of Duryea and Brian and Maureen Orth,of Jenkins Twp. A partyin Madelynn’s honor wascelebrated with familyand friends.
Madelynn Orth
Jeffrey Keith Romanc-zuk, son of Jeff and KellyRomanczuk, of Duryea,celebrated his second birthday on August 14.His paternal grandpar-ents are Robert and Elea-nor Romanczuk, of Sus-con. His maternal grand- parents are Ed and Ro-semary Yanchulis, of Suscon. A family partywill be held today, Aug.19 to mark the occasion.
JeffreyRomanczuk
Stop by or mail your birthday photo to:
The Sunday Dispatch109 New Street
Pittston, PA 18640
Pictures can run in back and white for $2 or color for $10.Deadline is Wednesday at 5 p.m., but space is limited, so pic-tures will be published on a first-come, first-served basis. Anyquestions, please call 602-0168.
Happy birthday!
Checks can be made payable to The Sunday Dispatch.
the middle school’s academic programs. Next, Assistant Prin-cipal Mr. Booth, will review thedistrict’s policies on discipline,the dress code and transporta-tion.Finally, Dr. Cosgrove,guid-ance counselor, will address ser-vices provided by the guidance
department as well as standar-dized testing.Anyone planning to attend the
orientation is asked tocall theschool at 655-2927 or 655-2928to reserve a spot.
First day/Labor DayThe first day of school for the
2012-2013 academic year isWednesday, Aug. 29. Studentsare to be in their homerooms nolater than 7:58 a.m.
The Pittston Area School Dis-trict will be closed on Friday,Aug. 31 and Monday, Sept. 3 inobservance ofthe LaborDay ho-liday. Classes will resume onTuesday, Sept. 4.
Act 80 dayAn Act 80 day will be observ-
ed on Friday, Sept. 21. . Middle
school students will be dismis-sed at 1 p.m.
Back to School NightTheMiddle Schoolwillhold a
“Backto SchoolNight”at 6 p.m.onWednesday, Sept.12.All mid-dle school studentsandtheir par-ents are welcome to attend. Thenight will begin in the cafetori-um with a welcome from Mr.Bilbow, principal, and a discus-sion of discipline proceduresfrom Mr. Booth, vice principal.Dr. Cosgrove,guidancecounsel-or, will then speak on our school’s academics and PSSAschedule. Finally, Ms. Boyt, di-rector of special education, willdiscuss special services at Pitt-ston Area.
Following the meeting in thecafetorium, visitors willhave theopportunity to tour the school.
Electronic device policyDuring school hours, students
in possession of any cellular de-vices must keep said devicesturned off and in their schoollockers. At no time should a cel-lular device be found in a stu-dent’s possessionin a classroom,gym, locker room,cafeteria,lav-atory, hallway, etc. during the
school day. Other electronic de-vices, including but not limited to, Internet enabled devices,dig-ital cameras, MP3 players, por-table video games, etc. are not permitted in school unless spe-cifically provided to a student bythe district for the purpose of completing an assignment. Stu-dents found in violation of theElectronic Device Policy willhave the device confiscated, and itwillonlybe returned tothepar-ent or guardian of the studentwho possessed it.
Timely remindersAll students must be at school
and in homeroom no later than7:58am. Ifa student fails tobe inattendance at this time, they will be recordedas beinglate. Afterastudent hasbeenlatethreetimes,disciplinary action will be takenin accordance with district pol-icy. In addition, a parent confer-ence will be required if a studentis habitually late.
Dress codeParents and students are re-
minded to review and observethe district’s structured dresscode which is available throughthe district’s web-site at
www.pittstonarea.com. The in-tent ofthispolicy isto ensurethatstudents dress appropriately, arenot disruptive to the educational process and do not compromisethe safety and security of theschool.
MyNutrikids.comMyNutrikids.com is a pro-
gram accessible through the dis-trict’s website which offers easy,convenient and secure online prepayment services for stu-dents’ school meal accounts.This service also provides par-ents the ability to view their child’s account balance and transaction history as well as ar-rangeto receivenotificationsviae-mail if their child’s account isgetting low. For more informa-tion, click on the MyNutrikid-s.com link located in the “Cafe-teria” section on the district’shomepage at www.pittstonarea-.com.
Primary Center NewsFirst Day of School Informa-
tionThe first day of school is
Wednesday, August 29th. Infor-mation on bus times, class as-signments, andnametagsfor the
first day will be mailed thisweek.
If there is any change whenyoureceive yourchild’s informa-tion in the mail, please call theschool at 655-3785.
School TimesStarting time – 8:40 A.M. Dis-
missal times: Students who are picked up are dismissed at 3:20.Dismissal numbers are manda-tory for student release. Studentswho ride buses are dismissed at3:30.
School ScheduleStudents report to their class-
rooms at 8:40. Parents drivingtheir child to school for the firstday will berequiredto walktheir child into the building to com- plete dismissal information. If you have already received a dis-missal number you must bringthe dismissal number and verifyyour information.
Class AssignmentsFirst grade students will be
met by their teachers in the cafe-teria on the first day of school.Studentswho ride thebuswill bedirected to the cafeteria.
Students will follow their teachers to their classrooms to become familiar withthe school.
Secondgradestudentswill re-
port to their classrooms.Important DateTherewill beno schoolon Fri-
day, August 31 and Monday,September 3rd, in observance of Labor Day. School resumes onTuesday, September 4th.
VIP FolderRemember to check your
child’s yellow VIP folder dailyfor important information and homework assignments. Allcommunication between schooland home will be sent via theVIP folder.
Structured Dress CodeThe Pittston Area School Dis-
The policy is on the PittstonArea website at www.pittstona-rea.com.
A copy of the policy is alsoavailable in the office of allschools.
September EventsThe Primary Center will hold
First Grade Parent Night onTuesday, September 11 at 7:00P.M. in the gym. Second Grade
Parent Night will be held onThursday, September 13 at 7:00P.M.in the gym.
PA INFOContinued from Page 2B
The Falls Senior Center sponsored by the Area Agencyon Aging for Luzerne/Wyom-ing counties invites anyone 60 plus to the following activities:
Wed. Aug. 22 - 9:30 a.m.,walking
Fri. Aug. 24- 11:15a.m.,pre-sentation on Medicare by BethLutz from the Area Agency onAging“GettingHelp withYour
Prescription Drug Costs.”Tues. Aug. 28 -11:30 a.m., a presentation on arthitis by Mi-chelle Toman from MedicalDynamics.
The Center offers daily freecoffeeandrefreshmentsas wellas Wii, card games, shuffle- board, Scrabble and other games.
Anyone wishing to enjoy ahot meal at noon for a suggest-eddonationof $2should RSVPto Twila at 388-2623 by 12:30 p.m. the day before.
The center is located onRoute 92 in Exeter Townshipand is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Falls senior centerlists upcoming events
AMVETS Post #189 willhostits annual AMVETS Post No.189 Family Picnic from 2 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 26 at thePlains Lions Pavilion (onClark’s Road, Plains).
This community event willinclude food, refreshments and livemusicand allproceedsfromdonations will fund AMVETS programs to benefitPittston Ar-ea veterans and their families.Veterans from the Gino MerliVets Center in Scranton will beshuttled to the event.
During the picnic, an awardsceremony will be held to recog-nize Pittston Area elementaryandhighschool student winners
of the AMVETS AmericanismProgram. AMVETS offers the patrioticprogramtoschools and youth organizations as a re-source for teaching children inkindergarten through12thgradeabout their American heritage,civics and citizenship. The pro-gram includes flag drawing, poster and essay contests thatare grade specific and age ap- propriate.
AMVETS and AMVETS La-dies Auxiliary sponsor a seriesof contests at the local and statelevel wherein children designflags or posters and write es-says. The winners at the locallevel progress to the state con-
tests and the state winners arethen entered into the nationalcompetition.
“We are proud to host our AMVETS Americanism Pro-gram winners and share their success with the veterans in thenursing homes that the studentswrote about, along with our friends and neighbors in thePittston Area community,” said Jerry Gurnari, Post Adjutant &Past State Commander.
The winning students fromthePittstonAreaSchool Districtwere contestants in the AM-VETS state competition onMarch 31in Harrisburg.PittstonAreafirst-placewinnerswillget
awards and were entered in theAMVETS National Competi-tion Aug. 10 at the AMVETS National Convention in Dayto-na, Florida.
The donation for picnic tick-etsis $15 foradults,$10 forchil-dren ages 7 to 17 and free for children age 6 and younger. To purchase tickets or to join AM-VETSPost#189,call Post Com-mander Bernie McDonald at817- 4858, Post Adjutant JerryGurnari at 479-2366 or PicnicChairman Richard White at407-2044.
AMVETS family picnic, awardsset for August 26 in Plains Twp.Pittston Area student essay winners will be honored
The Cosmopolitan Seniors, aProject HEAD Club, will meetagain at1 p.m. on Tuesday Aug.21 in St. Anthony’s Center, inExeter.Hosts/hostesses are ToniHall, Joe Kleback, Connie La-hart, Tom Lahart and Tony Ma-treselva.
Forty nine members attend the previous meeting. After the
call to order by President Mali-nowski, VP Kleback, led thegroup in prayer, Pledge of Alle-giance, accompanied by BillKull on the organ, a patrioticsong, and the birthday song for the July and August celebrants.Secretary Terri Mislan read theminutes of the last meeting .President Vic announced the
bank balance in the absence of the treasurer.After the meeting, the group
enjoyed refreshments while lis-teningto theorgan musicplayed by Bill Kull. Bingo was played.BetsieWilliams wonthe specialgame prize. Mary Dirhan and Ed Stankoski shared the Bingo jackpot. Fifty/fifty winners
were Bernie Bednar, JohannaMalinowski, Bernard Serbinand Veronica Wyandt.
Travel coordinator Johanna isaccepting reservations for a tripto Mount Airy Casino onWednesday Sept. 12 with pick-ups in Exeter and Pittston. Non-members are welcome. For de-tails, call Johanna at 655-2720.
Cosmopolitan Seniors set next meeting
Members of the Pittston Se-nior Centerwillenjoy a potroastdinner and entertainment on
Tuesday, Aug. 21 to celebration National Senior Citizens Day.Dinner reservations must bemade atleastonedayin advance
bycallingthe centerat 655-5561 before 1 p.m.
A special meeting will beheld
at 2 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24 atthe center for those attendingthe Wildwood, New Jersey tripSept. 9-13. All those with reser-
vations for this trip are urged toattend. Important information,luggage tags, etc. will be given
at this time.Reservations are open for thefollowing trips: BloomsburgFair on Monday, Sept. 24; din-
ner and show, “Viva Italia!” onTuesday, Oct. 9; Penn’s Peak onWednesday, Oct. 24; Rainbow
Dinner Theater on Monday, Nov. 19. To make a reservationor for further details, contactConnie Andrews at 655-5561.
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Next Sunday, August 26, theOblates of St. Joseph Seminary,Route 315, Laflin, will host anendof summer chickenbarbecuedinner on the seminary grounds.Theday’s festivitieskickoffwitha special Mass at 11:00 a.m. inthe chapel.
Dinners will be served under the tent from noon to 5 p.m.Tickets must be purchased any-time this week at the seminaryoffice or at St. Joseph MarelloParish Office, William St., Pitt-ston, or at St. Barbara’s, Memo-rialSt., Exeter. Costis $10.00per dinner.
A “Kiddie Korner” will be provided with pony rides, face painting, magic show and boun-cy house.
Hamburgers and hot dogs willalso be available for purchase,along with beer, soda, water and ice cream.
Live entertainment will be provided by the Jeanne ZanoBand.
There will also be a wide va-riety of specialty baskets, raffle prizes &instant bingo.
Father Paul McDonnell, OSJ,seminary rector, invites every-oneto come andenjoy thefestiv-ities and help say goodbye tosummertime fun and events.
Labor DayTriduum
For more information, contactthe seminary office at 654-7542ore-mail: [email protected]
The annual Labor Day Tridu-um honoring St. Joseph theWorker will be held over the La- bor Day weekend (Friday-Sun-day), Aug.31– Sept. 2 attheOb-lates of St. Joseph Seminary
Chapel, High-way 315, La-flin.
Masses will be held eachevening at 7:00 p.m., followed by special prayers to St.
Joseph for workers and the un-employed.
Confessions will be heard be-fore all Masses.
Preaching this year’s Triduumis Rev. Brian J. Crawford, OSJ,General Councilor of the Ob-lates of St. Joseph Congregationand Rector of the Generalate,Rome, Italy.
The triduum concludes with aspecial Mass on Labor Daymorning, Monday, Sept. 3, at10:30 a.m. honoring St. Josephthe Worker in the Oblates of St.Joseph Seminary Chapel, High-way 315, Laflin. Mass will becelebrated by the Oblate Fathersand bread will be blessed at itsconclusion as a symbol of thefruit of our labor and distributed to the faithful.
All area faithful are invited to participate.
For more information, contactthe seminary officeat 654-7542.
Pediatric ClinicThe Care and Concern Pediat-
ric Health Clinic, located in theformer Seton Catholic School building on William Street inPittston, will be open the firstand third Thursday of eachmonth.
Freehealthcare is providedfor infants through age 11.
Registration is from 4:30 to5:30 p.m. Participants should
bring your child’s immunizationrecords with them. Parents or guardians must be present tohave their child examined. Allservices are free and confiden-tial.
The clinic is sponsored by theCare and Concern ministries of the Parish Community of St.John the Evangelist, Msgr. JohnBendik, Pastor.
For more info call 855-6035.
Reformed PresbyterianChurch of Wyoming Valley
1700 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort
Pastor Rev. R.F. Dymond Morning Worship: 10:30 a.m.
Bible School: 11:45 a.m.Wednesday evening prayer
service: 6:30 p.m. every other Wednesday
Foradditionalinformationcall570-693-1918.
Bennett Presbyterian
501Bennett Street, LuzerneEveryone is welcome.The church is handicap acces-
sible.Information can be obtained
by calling 288-7361 or 695-2853.
Bethel United Methodist
532Main St. Avoca(570) 457-2566 Pastor Sharon Dietz (570)
282-0104
Sunday – Worship Service -11:15 a.m.
Communion first Sunday of each month – non perishablefood items will be collected thisday.
Mondays – Bible study – 6 p.m. alternating each week withBrick UM Church, Duryea.
1st Thursday of each month – food give-away 4 to 6 p.m. for needy of Avoca and Duryea.
Non-perishable food itemsand monetary donations are ac-cepted at this time.
If you have a prayer request,call Pastor Dietz.
Brick United Methodist935 Foote Ave., Duryea(570)457-4424 Pastor Sharon Dietz (570)
282-0104Sunday Worship Service 9:45
a.m. Sunday School –10:15 a.m.during morning Worship
Services for ages 3-12Communion first Sunday of
each month – non perishablefood items will be collected thisday.
Mondays – Bible study – 6 p.m. alternating each week withBethel UM Church, Avoca.
Miracle of Awareness– coffeetime – 6 p.m. meeting 7 p.m.
Thursday – New beginningsmeeting 7 p.m. Third Thursdayof each month – United Metho-
dist Women – 6:30 p.m.Christian and MissionaryAlliance Church
Luzerne Ave. and Parke Street West PittstonThe clothes closet will open
on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m.People with emergency needs
cancallthe churchofficeat 654-2500 for special appointments.
Thecloset accepts gently used clothing and shares it with thecommunity without cost.
First BaptistChurch
Rev. James H. Breese, pastor,Water Street, PittstonSunday 9:30a.m. Worshipand
Wednesday evening Biblestudy and prayer service at 7:00.
ThechurchalsohoststheRoseof Sharon Church withRev. Vin-cente Torres on Sunday after-noon at3:00p.m.for theHispan-ic community.
GlendaleGospel Church105 Church DriveGlendale/Pittston TownshipSunday Service10:45 a.m.
Harding Churchof Christ
RR 1 Box187A, FallsSunday services: 10:00 a.m.
Sunday School and 11:00 a.m.Church Service.
Call 388-6534www.hardingchurchofchris-
t.org
Holy Mother of SorrowsPNCC212 Wyoming Avenue, Dupont Rev. Zbigniew Dawid, Pastor Sunday Mass, 8:00 a.m.; Tra-
ditional Mass,10:30 a.m.Daily Mass, 9 a.m. Monday
through SaturdaySept.1 - AnnualTrack & Field
Meet to be held at the MinookaFieldnextto St.Stanislaus Cem-etery. There will be a Mass at 10a.m. at the Gratto on the ceme-tery. The events on the field willstart at 11:30.
Sept 8 - Annual Flea Marketwillbe heldfrom 9a.m.to 5 p.m.Outside vendors are needed aswell as parishioners. Tables torent are $10 each. If you are in-terested in renting onecall Regi-na Bahaley 457-2378. If youhave any questions she will havethe answers.
Sept. 9 - Annual Harvest Fes-tival (Dozynki) will take placeon the church grounds from 11a.m. till 6 p.m. Also Polish food, plus other picnic food will beavailable. JoeLastowicaand ThePolka Punch will provide music.
Independent Bible Church328 Main Street, Duryea, PA
School for all ages at 9:30 a.m.Sunday morning Worship at
10:45 a.m.Prayer meeting, Wednesdays
at 7:00 p.m.Celebrate Recovery Ministry,
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Nativity Of OurLord
Stephenson St., DuryeaMass ScheduleSaturday4:00p.m. HolyRosaryChurch5:30 p.m. Sacred Heart of Je-
sus ChurchSunday8:00a.m. HolyRosaryChurch9:30a.m. HolyRosaryChurch11:00 a.m. Sacred Heart
Oblatesof St. Joseph
Highway 315, PittstonMasses are held daily in the
seminary chapel at 7:00 a.m.(Monday – Friday) and on Sat-urday mornings at 8:00 a.m.There are no weekend Masses.
Confessions are heard dailyfrom 9:00 a.m. – noon and from3:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Office hours are Monday – Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.,evenings and weekends by ap- pointment. Office phone num- ber is 654-7542.
Every Wednesday eveningMass iscelebratedat 7:00 p.m. inconjunction with the Novena toSt.Joseph & St.Joseph Marello.
Novena prayers and the blessingof the first-class relic of St. Jo-seph Marello, Founder of theOblates of Saint Joseph Congre-gation, immediately follow theMass. All are welcome.
St Joseph Marello Parish
William St., PittstonThere will be one Mass only
during the week: Monday to Fri-day at 11:30 a.m.
Saturday Evening: 4:00 and 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.m.The Altar & Rosary Society
Bus Trip will depart at 9:15 a.m.from the Park & Ride, Oak St.,Pittston Twp., on Sunday Aug.19.
There will be a meeting for allCCD teachers and aides onWednesday, Aug. 29, at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Center.Volun-teers who helped with CCD pro-gramsin thepastare encouraged to attend, and anyone who is in-terestedin helping is welcome.If you cannot make the meeting, but are interested in volunteer-ing, call Terri Audi at 654-3326or the Rectory at 654-6902.
CCD Registration for the2012-2013 school year will beheld on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at6:30 p.m. in the Parish Center.Parents and guardians must reg-ister allpublic schoolchildreningradesK thru8. Theregistration
fee is $10 for the first child in afamily, $5 for the second child,and $5 for the third child. Addi-tional children are free.
Classes for Kindergarten tograde 6 on Wednesday, Sept. 12.Opening Mass for the ReligiousEducation Program will be held onSunday, Sept.16at 11:00 a.m..
The Feast of St. Rocco will becelebrated today, Sunday, Aug.19. There will be a processionimmediately following the 11:00a.m. Mass. Participants willleave from Mt. Carmel Church by car and travel to South Pitt-ston where they will walk through thestreets ofthe Oregonas has been a tradition.
After the procession a recep-tion will be held at St. Rocco’sAuditorium.
Corpus Christi Parish
Luzerne Ave., West PittstonThis is the last week for print-
ing the ministry schedule in the bulletin. All altar servers, lec-tors, EMs and cantors are asked to take a new schedule home.
Census ReminderTo date theparish hasreceived
hundreds of census forms. Re-member, if you did not receive acensus form, it is very importantyou fill one out. Additionalforms can be found in the vesti- bules of the churches or on thewebsite (www.corpuschristine-
pa.com).Fall Lottery FundraiserMany returns have beenmade.
This lottery runs from Sept. 1
thru Dec. 31. Tickets are availa- ble at the rectory.
Religious EducationCCDclasseswillstart onSun-
day, Sept. 16, for children pre-K and older. Registration formshave been mailed out to studentswho attended CCD classes lastyear. If you did not receive aform or need additional forms,they can be found in the vesti- bules of the churches or on thewebsite. The registration fee of $25 per child ($50 per family)can be paid at a later date.
Seniors PicnicLast fall, Msgr. Sempa started
a “seniors group” who meet thelast Wednesday of the month at
1:00 p.m. in ICC rectory. Thegroup plays cards, games or justchats. On Wednesday, Aug. 29,this lively group will host a coo-kout on the rectory grounds,open to everyone.
OurLady of the EucharistParish
535 N Main Street, Pittstonwww.eucharist-pittston.org Mass ScheduleSaturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30
a.m.Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.Reconciliation (Confes-
sions)Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. and by appointmentReligious EducationClasses forgrades1 – 6 will be
held from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. be-ginning Sunday, September 9th.Confirmation classes willbeheld from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.Beginning on Sunday, Septem- ber 16th. If you have any ques-tions with regard to theprogram, please call Sister Mary Ann at654-0263.
Scripture StudyFather Tom will lead a Scrip-
tureStudy beginningon TuesdaySeptember 18, 2012. There will be two programs, one on Tues-day mornings from 8:30 a.m. un-til10:00a.m. andone onTuesdayevenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Both programs will be held in the parish hall at Our Lady of the Eucharist. The title of thisstudy will be Revelation. In or-der to be able to order the neces-sarymaterials, call theparish of-fice (654-0263) or e-mail ole- [email protected] to register.The program is open to all fromthe Pittston area.
Liturgical MinistryThe schedule for Liturgical
Ministers for September,throughJanuary 6, 2013 has been posted on the parish website.
Prince of Peace ParishOld ForgeSt. Mary’s Church, Lawrence
Street, Saturday Vigil 4 p.m.
Sunday, Mass 8 and 10 a.m.St. Lawrence Church, MainStreet, Saturday Vigil 5:30 p.m.Sunday Mass 11:15 a.m.
Sacred Heart of Jesus Lackawanna Ave., Dupont This week’s Mass schedule:Monday through Friday at 7
The August Wedding Anni-versary Mass will be held onWednesday, Aug. 22, at 7 p.m.All couples celebrating their wedding anniversary in themonth of August are invited toreceive a special blessing.
Queenship of Mary will becelebrated on Wednesday, Aug.
22 at the 7 p.m. Mass.The Golden Age Club willmeet on Thursday, Aug. 23, at1:30 p.m. at the Parish Center.Hostessesare: Toni Hall,ReginaLepore and Grace Loftus.
Religious EducationParents, remember that you
must register your children for Religious Ed/CCD classes thisyear. Registration forms areavailable at the back of thechurches. Return forms either tothe office or in the collection nolater than Aug. 26.
Volunteers are still needed toassistas teachers,assistants, sub-stitutes and attendance takers.Call the office and leave a mess-age. Classes will be on Sundayfrom 9 until 10:15 a.m.
St. Johnthe EvangelistParish Community
35 William Street Phone: 654-0053 PittstonOn Sunday, Aug, 26, the par-
ish will celebrate its 158th anni-versary of its founding.
Bereavement support groupwillmeet Tuesday, Sept.11, from7 to 8:30 p.m. For more informa-tion call the parish office.
Knitting Ministry – Aug. 19 -6:30 to 8 p.m.
Religious Education Meeting – Aug. 22 - 7 p.m. Seton Cafete-ria.
Altar and Rosary SocietyMeeting – Sept. 10 – 2 p.m.Church Hall
Holy Name Society meeting – Sept.16 – 11 a.m. Seton Audito-rium
The Greater Pittston Food Pantry is sponsored by the Careand Concern Committee of St.John the EvangelistParish. Any-one in need of food is asked tocall 654-9923. Distribution of food is by appointment only.
TheFreeHealth Clinicis openat 5:30 p.m. everyWednesday inthe former Seton Catholic HighSchool, f irst come first serve.
Greater Pittston Kids Closetcelebrating its third anniversary provides new and gently used
clothing.Hours are Wednesday from 9
to 11:30 a.m. and 5 to 7 p.m.The Closet always accepts do-
nations of new and gently used clothing.
St John’s Lutheran
7 Wood St., Pittston570-655-2505, stjohnspitt-
[email protected] Pastor John CastellaniOrganist - Marcia ColleranReade - Tom KorneyAcolyte– RichardDrummond Greeter - Nancy CastellaniGLS is our year round fund
raiser. Leavea message forTracyifyouhaveanyquestionsor wantto get involved.
The parish’s 2nd Annual Pig
MATTERS OF FAITH
Chicken barbecue next Sunday at Oblates
Father Paul McDonnell, OSJ, Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary rector, and committee members pose for a photo in conjunction withthe announcement that an end of summer chicken barbeque dinner will be held on the seminary grounds next Sunday beginningwith Mass at 11 a.m. in the chapel and continuing with a variety of activities including a barbecue chicken dinner from noon to 5.
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Roast will be held on Sept. 22
from 2 to 6 p.m. There will be a bake sale and basket raffle againthis year. Amy Saunders is thecontact person for this event
Acolyte list: Aug. 19 Richard Drummond; and 26 Shelby Ri-naldi.
Sept. 9, Pastor John andCoun-cil are forming a committee for care and growth of the Congre-gation. Anyone interested canleave a message for Pastor John.
Altar Guild for August is Ha-zel Dennis, Jennifer Petersonand Sharleen Palimia.
Aluminum cans, preferablycrushed,are stillbeing collected.JimFoxand BobSchumaker arespearheading this project.
Speakingof recycling,LWMLare saving postage stamps for missions. For every pound of stamps one bible is printed and shipped into the Mission Field.
AdultBibleClass will bestart-ing up once again in the fall.They are every other Tuesday.
The parish is on facebook atwww.facebook.com/StJohn-sLutheranChurchPittstonPa
Guests are welcome to wor-ship andperhapsto join this fam-ily. If you have any questions,comments or suggestions calland, leave your name number.
St. John’s P.M. Church316 Main St., Avoca Pastor Rich Rock
570-457-8281Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.Holy Communion the first
Sunday of every monthBible Study every Wednesday
6:00-7:30 p.m.
St. Maria Goretti Laflin Road, Laflin, PA. 18702 Pastor: Monsignor Neil Van
[email protected] www.stmariagoretti-laflin.org Elementary school children
attend Religious EducationClasses on Sunday morning9:30-10:45am. The registrationforms and full schedule for theyear are in the foyer of theChurch this weekend.
The first C.C.D. class will beon Sept. 9.
Of extreme importance is the parents’ meeting for all Confir-mation students onSunday, Sept.16, at 9:30 a.m. in the ParishCenter. Children in grades 6th,7th or 8th grades, who have notreceived Confirmation, are re-quired to join this class.
Any adult or high school stu-dentinterestedin volunteering inthe C.C.D. program can call theParish Office at 655-8956.
The St. Maria Goretti Tree of Life islocatedon theinterior eastwallof theChurch,in view oftheassemblyand very near theAltar of Repose where the Blessed Sacrament is reserved. This is agreat way to remember the sig-nificant people and importantevents in your life, commemo-rate a birth, birthday, wedding,anniversary, other special eventsor keep alive the names of your loved ones who have passed through death to new life.
Parish calendar
Sept. 9 - C.C.D. - 9:30 a.m. -10:45 a.m. Classes begin for ele-mentary school students in the basement of the Church.
Sept. 16 - Meeting of Parentsof Confirmation Students - 9:30a.m. in Parish Center.
Sept. 17 - Spiritual Life Com-mitteeMeeting- 6:30 p.m. in theParish Office.
Oct. 10 - Harvest Tea - 7:00 p.m. in the Parish Center.Oct. 28 - Confirmation Class -
6 to 7 p.m. for public and paro-chial students in the Parish Cen-ter.
St. Mary’s Polish NationalCatholic Church
200 Stephenson St. Duryea Rev. Fr. Carmen G. Bolock,
4:30 p.m., Mon. – Fri. Phone: 570-693-1991 Email: [email protected] www.stmonicanepa.com. Father Leo McKernan, Pastor Mr. William Jenkins, DeaconMass Schedule
CCD Registration: will beheld in the Church Hall from9:45 – 10:45 a.m. and after the11:00 Mass on Aug. 26. All par-ents will meet with Father McKernan prior to registration.A Baptismal certificate must be presented.A donationof $20per family will be due on registra-tion. If this is a hardship, pleasetalk to Elaine Kelley (693-1521.)Parochial students must register
as well. Anyone interested inteaching CCD or helping withthe program should call Elaineas well.
CCD teachers meeting will beonAug. 27at 6:00 p.m. followed by a cookout at the parish recto-ry.
St. Monica’s sweat-shirt/T-shirt sale is still underway. Thissale will be offeringred t-shirts -$10.00, crew sweatshirts $18.00,hooded sweatshirts $26.00 and zip up hooded sweatshirts$30.00; these will be available in both youth and adult sizes. Noteadult sizes1x andup will requireadditional charge. Order formsare at the entrances of eachChurch site. Any questions con-tact Tom Tomsak at 237-2188.
Women’s Evening of Reflec-tion – Monday, Sept. 10, at 6:00 p.m.Masswill be celebratedfol-lowed with a Conference at 7:00 p.m. given by Sister Joan of theCapuchin Sisters of Nazareth.Other Capuchin Sisters will joinher. At 8:00 p.m. there will be asocial in the Church Hall. At8:45 Sung Compline (NightPrayer of the Church). A regis-tration sheet will be available inthe Church Hall or anyone whowould like to attend may call theParish Office a 693-1991.
R.C.I.A – Rite of ChristianInitiation of Adults – After La- bor Daythere willbe a newclassstarting for those adults interest-ed in becoming Catholic or in-quiring intothe Faith.Call Father McKernan or the Parish Officeat 693-1991 or email [email protected].
Queen of the Apostles Parish715 Hawthorne St.(570) 457-3412 [email protected] www.stmaryavoca.4lpi.comThe Queen of the Apostles
Parish Youth Group will meetfrom 6:30 to 8 p.m. today, Aug.12 in St. Mary’s School auditori-um. For more information, callLori Ostrowski at 457-8840.
Thepastoralcouncil will meetat 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 13 inthe rectory, 715 Hawthorne St.
The worship committee willmeet at 7 p.m. on Monday, Aug.20 in the rectory.
The Light of Christ Prayer Group will host the CatholicCharismatic Renewal regional prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Aug. 20 in St. Mary’sSchool auditorium, 742 SpringSt. A combined music ministrywill lead prayer and praise.
The parish feast day family picnic and Mass is from noon to6 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 25 atMercatili Segilia Park, Moosic.
The choir will resume practic-es Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. beginning Monday, Aug.27. New members are welcome.Please use the handicapped en-trance on the right side of thechurch.
The finance council will meetat 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 28 inthe rectory.
Daily Masses: 8 a.m.(Wednesday at 7 p.m.)
Eucharistic Adoration: Tues-days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Wednesday following the 7 p.m.Mass
Weekends Masses: Saturdayat 4 p.m.; Sunday at 8, 9:30 and 11 a.m.
Confession: Saturdays 3-3:45 p.m.; anytime upon request bycalling 457-3412.
Prayer Chain: 457-5867
Second Presbyterian143 Parsonage St., Pittston654-1411Sunday, August 12, 10 a.m.,
WorshipTuesday, August 14, 7 p.m.,
AA Meeting
Trinity Episcopal ChurchSpring Street and Montgom-
ery Avenue, West PittstonParish Mission: “To live and
build holy community.”All welcome: Worldwide An-
glican Communion: “We believe
in one holy, Catholic apostolicchurch.”Web of information and links
at www.trinityepiscopalchurch-westpittston.org and www.dio- beth.org.
Sunday Holy Eucharist: 11
a.m. every Sunday.Food Pantry: July items need-
ed are cereals, soups and crack-ers.
Gerrity’s giftcards, cashdona-tions and other non-perishablefoods also accepted.
Prayer network. Open To Pub-lic. Daily prayer for those withneeds requesting prayerful sup- port.
Start Prayer network at parishoffice 654-3261.
YouthProgram:10:45a.m. ev-ery Sunday.
Weekday special events and service projects as announced.
Faith Forum for Adults: En-richment for adults seeking spir-itual renewal and opportunitiesfor ministry and volunteerism.
Parish Life Events Team: Bi-monthly first Sundays.
Parish Council: Every second Sunday.
Womenof Trinity:Every third
Sunday.WOT Ministry Invitation. TheWomen of Trinity have under-taken a ministry to help supportGood Shepherd EpiscopalChurch of Scranton in their ou-treach to the homeless of the re-
gion.Each month after enjoying a
home cooked meal at Good Shepherd all who have needsmay “shop” for necessities likeclothing, shoes, toiletries in astore-like setting in the church’srefurbishedbasement of donated items.
The Woman of Trinity hassupported this ministry by deliv-ering donations of clothing, newundergarments and socks and toiletries to the Scranton church.
WOT will continue to collecttrial size and hotel toiletries and invites the parish community to joinwith themin helping the lessfortunate.
Donations of trial size and sample size toiletries are wel-come.
Party and Banquet Space. Newly renovated banquet roomand kitchen.
All DayRental$100.Reserva-
tions at 654-3261.Visit www.musictogether.comfor information on Music To-gether.
Next semester starts in Sep-tember 18. Forregistration infor-mation call 654-3261.
Website www.umcpittston.orgDate Changed: Hoagie Sale
will beon Tues., Sept.18.Choic-es areham, salamiand cheeseor turkey and cheese with or with-out onion. Price of hoagies are$4 each. Orders must be in bySunday, Sept. 16. To place an or-deror foradditional informationcall 654-3936 or 693-1572.
On Wednesday, Sept.19, there
will be an Ad. Council meetingat 7 p.m.A chicken dinner is scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 20, additionalinformation will be forthcom-ing.
High School TransportationSecondary School7th through 12th grades and Private/Parochial students9th through 12th Birchwood Estates students only
SECONDARY CENTERFalls-Harding-Exeter Township-Exeter-Wyoming-West WyomingBus 1Walker’s Hollow 7:15Stone Bridge 7:17West Eighth St / Playground 7:19West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:21Browncrest Dr & Shoemaker Ave 7:24Ferretti Drive (Entrance) 7:26Fifth Street Manor 7:28Birchwood Estates 7:30
Bus 4Rt 292 (Top Of Hill) 6:47Rt 292 (Bottom Of Hill) 6:50Emanon Rd (Old State Rd) 6:54River Road 6:56Rt 92 @ Falls Bridge 6:57Rt 92 @ Falls Camp Area 6:59Rt 92 b/w Falls Bridge & 52 Diner 7:01Rt 92 b/w Rt 292 & 52 Diner 7:05Rt 92 b/w Rt 292 & Pine Ridge Inn 7:08Rt 92 & Jennings Rd 7:10Mountain View Estates 7:11Rt 92 b/w Mt View Estates & Lockville Rd 7:12Taft Rd 7:14Harding Ave 7:15RT. 92 B /W Wil so n Av e. & C oo lba ug h’s S to re 7 :17Rt 92 b/w Oberdorfer Rd & Merlino’s 7:19Robert’s Country Store 7:21Rt 92 b/w Robert’s Store & Coxton Rd 7:22Byrd St 7:24Exeter Ave @ Bennett St 7:25
Harding-Exeter Township-West Wyoming-ExeterBus 5Riverview Village 6:58R t 9 2 b /w A ppl et re e R d & R iv er view Vi ll ag e 7 :01Appletree Rd 7:03
Oberdorfer Rd 7:08Slocum St b/w Packer Ave & Schooley Ave 7:11Slocum St & Schooley Ave 7:12Schooley Ave Development 7:13Schooley Ave & Chestnut St 7:15
Bus 8Riverview Village 7:00Schooley Ave Development 7:10Wilson St & Sturmer St 7:13Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 7:17West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:19Birchwood Estates 7:23PENN AVE. & WYOMING AVE. 7:27Plains Drop Off (ALC) 7:50
Bus 15Lewis Rd5 6:48Bodle Rd5 6:52S utt on C re ek R d b /w R ed mo nd ’s & B od le R d 6 :55Mt Zion b/w Appletree Rd & SJD Elem 6:57Mt Zion b/w Appletree Rd & Oberdorfer Rd 7:00Mt Zion b/w Schooley Rd & Oberdorfer Rd 7:03Campground Rd 7:05Mt Z ion b /w Kings ton Twp L ine & Campg’d Rd 7 :08West Fourth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:15West Third St & Shoemaker Ave 7:16Mt Lookout Trailer Park 7:17Wilson St & Jackson St 7:18
Falls-Harding-Exeter TownshipBus 23Wilson St 7:00Dymond Hollow 7:03Lockville Rd 7:06Hex Acres 7:08Terrace Ave 7:10Coolbaugh’s Store 7:12Rt 92 b /w Harding Hose Co & Riverview Vi ll age 7 :16Troback Dr 7:22
Harding-Exeter Township- West Wyoming- ExeterBus 25Rozelle Rd 6:55Schooley Rd 7:00Searfoss Rd 7:03West Eighth St & Morgan Ave 7:13Eighth St & Wyoming Ave 7:15Sixth St & Wyoming Ave 7:17Birchwood Estates 7:19
Bus 26Peck’s Rd 6:40Sweitzer Rd 6:45Marcy Rd 6:47Miller & Marcy Rd 6:48S utt on C re ek R d b /w R ed mo nd ’s & S JD E le m 6 :49Sut ton Creek Rd b /w Rr’v iewVi ll age & SJD Elem 6 :50Rt 92 b/w Appletree Rd & Oberdorfer Rd 7:01Rt 92 @ Bolis BP 7:06Fairway Dr 7:09Packer Ave 7:13
IN TOWN SCHEDULEExeter-West Wyoming-Wyoming- West PittstonBus 10Washington St & Watson St 7:05ShoemakerAve & S ti te s S t (Hose Company #2) 7 :07Lee Ann St & Shoemaker Ave 7:10Swetland Ln & Shoemaker Ave 7:11Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 7:12West Pittston Municipal Building 7:20
Bus 11Third & Monument 7:20Sixth St & Monument Ave 7:30
Bus 14West Sixth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:10Eighth St & Monument Ave 7:15Tenth St & Wyoming Ave 7:18
Bus 21Bennett St 7:11West Pittston Municipal Building 7:16
Bus 22Colonial Acres 7:15Washington St & Watson St 7:18ShoemakerAve & S ti te s S t (Hose Company #2) 7 :20Moonlite Dr 7:23Lee Ann St & Shoemaker Ave 7:24Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 7:26West Pittston Municipal Building 7:30
TENTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBus 1Delaware Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:05Third Street & Wyoming Ave 8:10Third St & Monument Ave 8:11Fourth St & Monument Ave 8:12Fifth Street Manor 8:16
West Fourth St & Shoemaker Ave 8:20Ferretti Drive (Entrance) 8:21West Third St & Shoemaker Ave 8:22Browncrest Dr & Shoemaker Ave 8:24
Bus 6
Montgomery Ave & Tunkhannock Ave 8:01Blue Ribbon Dairy (CDC) 8:03West Pittston Municipal Building 8:05Parke St & Exeter Ave 8:07Spring St & Exeter Ave 8:08Luzerne Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:11Montgomery Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:13Boston Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:16Memorial & Penn Ave. 8:17Penn Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:18Lincoln St & Wyoming Ave 8:20Grant St & Wyoming Ave 8:21Schooley Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:22Birchwood Estates 8:24
Bus 8Walker’s Hollow 8:10Stone Bridge 8:14West Eighth St / Playground 8:16West Eighth St & Morgan Ave 8:19Eighth St & Wyoming Ave 8:21Third St & Monument Ave 8:24
Bus 14Bryd St 7:50Red Barn 7:53Troback Dr 7:57Packer Ave & Wild ower 8:00Ida’s & Park St 8:05Lincoln St & Grove St (Day Care) 8:06Slocum St b/w Packer Ave & Schooley Ave 8:08Mason St & Mary Tilley’s (Day Care) 8:09Schooley Ave Development 8:10Lincoln St & Warsaw St 8:14Lincoln St & Mason St 8:18Schooley Ave & Mason St 8:20Barber S t & WyomingAve (Sunshine Day Care) 8 :23West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 3:13
Bus 22West Sixth St & Avenue B 8:10West Sixth St & Avenue E 8:11Lee Ann St & Shoemaker Ave 8:14Swetland Ln & Shoemaker Ave 8:16Moonlite Dr 8:17ShoemakerAve & S ti te s S t (Hose Company #2) 8 :20Miscavage & Lincoln St 8:22Washington St & Watson St 8:24Colonial Acres 8:26Busy Bee Day Care 3:15
Bus 32Rt 292 (Top Of Hill) 7:25Rt 292 (Bottom Of Hill) 7:27Rt 92 @ Falls Bridge 7:30Rt 92 b/w Rt 292 & 52 Diner 7:33Hex Acres 7:38Rt 92 b /w Exe te r Twp Munic ipal B ldg & Rr’v iew 7 :43Riverview Village 7:46Rt 92 b/w Appletree Rd & Oberdrfer Rd 7:49Rt 92 b/w Oberdorfer Rd & Greenhouse 7:52Oberdorfer Rd 7:55Campground Rd 7:58Mt Z ion b /w Kings ton Twp L ine & Campgrd Rd 8 :03Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 3:14
Bus 33Peck’s Rd 7:35Marcy Rd 7:38S utto n C re ek R d b/ w R ed mo nd’s & S JD E lem 7 :4 2Bodle Rd 7:48Fairway Dr & Slocum St 7:58Wilson St & Harding St 8:02Wilson St & Jackson St 8:04Wilson St & Sturmer St 8:05Mt Lookout Trailer Park 8:08Sixth St & Wyoming Ave 8:13Sixth St & Monument Ave 8:15John F. Kennedy
Bus 3RT. 92 at Bolis BP Station 8:02Fairway Dr & Slocum St 8:04Lincoln St & Warsaw St 8:09Ida’s & Park St 8:11Lincoln St & Grove St (Day Care) 8:13Lincoln St & Mason St 8:15Mason St & Mary Tilley’s (Day Care) 8:17Schooley Ave & Mason St 8:18Birchwood Estates 8:21Scarboro Ave & Sullivan St 8:23Scarboro Ave & Trayor St 8:25
Bus 10Barber S t & WyomingAve (Sunshine Day Care) 8 :15
Bus 18Blue Ribbon Dairy (CDC) 8:05Bennett St 8:06Bryd St 8:07Troback Dr 8:10Packer Ave & Wild ower 8:12
Slocum St b/w Packer Ave & Schooley Ave 8:14Irene & Slocum St. 8:15Whitlock St @ Sturmer St 8:17Wilson St & Sturmer St 8:18Wilson St & Jackson St 8:20Wilson St & Harding St 8:21Slocum St & Roosevelt St 8:22Mt Lookout Trailer Park 8:24Schooley Ave Development 8:27Schooley Ave & Chestnut St 8:28Schooley Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:29Grant St & Wyoming Ave 8:30
MontgomeryAvenueBus 16Barber S t & WyomingAve (Sunshine Day Care) 7 :58Schooley Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:00Grant St & Wyoming Ave 8:02Lincoln St & Wyoming Ave 8:04Penn Ave & Wyoming Ave 8:06Tunkhannock Ave. & Chase St. 8:08Delaware& Tunkhannock Ave. 8:10Red Barn 8:13RT. 92 at Bolis Station 8:15Bryd St 8:17Bennett St 8:19Wilkern St & Exeter Ave 8:21Blue Ribbon Dairy (CDC) 8:23
Bus 21Birchwood Estates 8:05Scarboro Ave & Sullivan St 8:07Schooley Ave & Mason St 8:11Mason St & Mary Tilley’s (Day Care) 8:12Lincoln St & Mason St 8:14Lincoln St & Grove St (Day Care) 8:16Ida’s & Park St 8:18Lincoln St & Warsaw St 8:19
Bus 25Slocum St b/w Packer Ave & Schooley Ave 7:56Packer Ave & Wild ower 8:00Troback Dr 8:02Fairway Dr & Slocum St 8:04Mt Lookout Trailer Park 8:09Wilson St & Jackson St 8:13Wilson St & Harding St 8:14Wilson St & Sturmer St 8:16Whitlock St @ Sturmer St 8:18Slocum St & Roosevelt St 8:19Schooley Ave Development 8:21
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Bus 4Barbe r S t & WyomingAve (Sunshine Day Care) 7 :55Blue Ribbon Dairy (CDC) 8:00Hex Acres 8:15Terrace Ave 8:17Bodle Rd 8:25
Bus 5Oberdorfer Rd 7:46Mt Zion b/w Schooley Rd & Oberdorfer Rd 7:50Rozelle Rd 7:57Schooley Rd 8:00Searfoss Rd 8:02Campground Rd 8:08Mt Z ion b /w Kings ton Twp L ine & Campgnd Rd 8 :12Mt Zion b/w Appletree Rd & Oberdorfer Rd 8:17Appletree Rd 8:19Riverview Village5 8:23Sut ton Creek Rd b /w Rr’v iew Vi ll age & SJD Elem 8 :25
Bus 11Schooley Ave Development 8:10RT92 B/W Roberts & Oberdrfer Rd. 8:15Rt 92 b/w Oberdorfer Rd & Greenhouse 8:17Rt 92 b/w Appletree Rd & Oberdrfer Rd 8:19R t 9 2 b /w A ppl et re e R d & R iv er view Vi ll ag e 8 :24Mason St & Mary Tilley’s (Day Care) 3:30
Bus 15Coolbaugh’s Store 7:55Lockville Rd 7:57Dymond Hollow 7:59Hex Acres 8:09Terrace Ave 8:10Peck’s Rd 8:13Marcy Rd 8:16Sweitzer Rd5 8:19S utt on C re ek R d b /w R ed mo nd ’s & S JD E le m 8 :22Bodle Rd 8:25S utt on C re ek R d b /w R ed mo nd ’s & B od le R d 8 :28
Bus 26Rt 92 b/w Kehoe & Pine Ridge & Jenning’s 7:50Rt 292 (Bottom Of Hill) 7:55Rt 292 (Top Of Hill) 8:00Rt 92 b/w Falls Bridge & 52 Diner 8:02Rt 92 Senior Citizen’s Center 8:05Rt 92 b/w Rt 292 & 52 Diner 8:06Rt 92 @ Falls Bridge 8:08River Rd 8:10Falls Camp Area 8:11
Old State Rd 8:15Rt. 92 B/w Rt. 292 & Pine Ridge Inn 8:17Mountain View Estates 8:20Rt. 92 B/W Mt. View Est. & Lockville RD. 8:22Rt 92 b/w Wilson Ave & Coolbaugh’s Store 8:24Harding Ave 8:25Rt 92 b /w Exe te r Twp Munic ipal B ldg & Rrv iew 8 :27
West Side TechBus 9Rt 92 b/w Falls Bridge & 52 Diner 6:55Rt 292 (Top Of Hill) 7:00Rt 92 b/w Rt 292 & Pine Ridge Inn 7:04Rt 92 b/w Mt View Estates & Lockville Rd 7:06Rt 92 b /w Harding Hose Co & Riverview Vi ll age 7 :09Robert’s Country Store 7:11Rt 92 b/w Robert’s Store & Coxton Rd 7:12West Pittston Municipal Building 7:15Sixth St & Delaware Ave 7:17Wy omin g Ar ea S ec on da ry C en te r (Tra nsf er) 7 :20Schooley Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:25Modern Lanes 7:30Sixth St & Wyoming Ave 7:32Tenth St & Wyoming Ave 7:34Schooley Ave Development 7:38Wilson St & Sturmer St 7:40Mt Lookout Trailer Park 7:41West Fourth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:42West Sixth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:44Browncrest Dr & Shoemaker Ave 7:45West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:46Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 7:47ShoemakerAve & S ti te s S t (Hose Company #2) 7 :49
PrivateBus 3West Third St & Shoemaker Ave 7:14Wilson St & Sturmer St 7:17Schooley Ave. Development 7:18Troback Dr 7:20Packer Ave 7:22Lincoln St & Grove St (Day Care) 7:27Wyoming Area Catholic (Drop Off) 7:30
PrivateBus 10Exeter Ave & Freemont St 7:28Park St & Exeter Ave 7:30Spring St & Exeter Ave 7:31Montgomery Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:35Delaware Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:37
Barber St & Wyoming Ave 7:40Schooley Ave & Mason St 2:50
PrivateBus 12Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 6:55Wilson St & Jackson St 6:58Wilson St & Sturmer St 6:59Packer Ave 7:02Bennett Streer 7:04Exeter Ave & Freemont St 7:05Park St & Exeter Ave 7:06Spring St & Exeter Ave 7:07Warren St & Exeter Ave 7:08Delaware Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:11Boston Ave. & Wyoming Ave. 7:12Penn Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:14Schooley Ave & Wyoming Ave 7:16Third St & Wyoming Ave 7:18Sixth St & Wyoming Ave 7:19Eighth St & Wyoming Ave 7:21Tenth St & Wyoming Ave 7:23
PrivateBus 18Shoemaker Ave Park / Playground 7:05West Eighth St & Morgan Ave 7:08West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 7:09Eighth St & Wyoming Ave 7:10Eight St. & Dennison St. 7:12Tenth St & Wyoming Ave 7:14Sixth St & Wyoming Ave 7:17Third St & Wyoming Ave 7:19Birchwood Estates 7:21Wyoming Area Catholic (Drop Off) 7:23
PrivateBus 28Rt 292 (Bottom Of Hill) 6:47Taft Rd 6:57Lockville Rd 7:00Hex Acres 7:04Rt 92 & Peck’s Rd 7:09Appletree Rd 7:12Oberdorfer Rd & Rozelle Rd 7:17West Eighth St & Morgan Ave 2:50West Eighth St & Shoemaker Ave 2:53West Third St & Shoemaker Ave 3:00Schooley Ave. Development 3:05Packer Ave 3:08Troback Dr 3:10
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The summer mailing was sent
homeseveral weeksago.Anyonewho has not received it is asked to call the school office at 457-2553andit willbe sentto you.Afew datesand timesfor thecalen-dar regarding the first days of school: Grades 1-8 will beginMonday, Aug. 27; kindergartenwill begin Tuesday, Aug. 28; thePK 4-year-old program will be-ginWednesday, Aug. 29;and thePK 3-year-old program will be-gin on Tuesday, Sept. 4.
There will be 11 a.m. dismiss-als each day of the first week of school. There will be no lunch period on Monday, the f irst dayof school. Students do not need to bring or purchase a lunch onMonday.
Uniform giveaway
TheuniformgiveawayonAug.2 was a huge success and therearestillhmany “nearlynew” uni-form jumpers, skirts, blouses,shirts, and pants available. Dur-ing these last weeks of summer,stop by between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m.Monday through Friday and browse through the uniform se-lection displayed in the gym.Other sizes may be available, soif you don’t see what you need,stop inthe officeor call Mrs. Ter-rana at 457-2553 for more infor-mation.
There is no charge for anyitems; however, if youwould like
to make a contribution, all mo-nies will be donated to theFather Charles W. Rokosz ScholarshipFund.
Gift certificate schedule
Summer gift certificate hoursareavailablefrom4 to6 p.m. and thefinal summersaledaywill beThursday, Aug. 23. For more in-formation, call the school officeat 457-2553.
OrientationsPreschool and kindergarten
orientations for students and their parents are scheduled for thefollowing times: Preschool4-
year-old – 9 to 10 a.m., Monday,
Aug. 27; Kindergarten – 1 to 2 p.m., Monday, Aug. 27; and Pre-school 3-year-old – 1 to 2 p.m.,Tuesday, Aug. 28.
After school care program
Holy Rosary School will offer an After School Care Program(ASCP) forthe 2012-2013schoolyear. Students enrolled in gradesPre-K 4 to eighthgradeare eligi- ble.
On regular school days, the program will operate from thetime school is dismissed at 2:30 p.m.until 5:30p.m. Theprogramwill notbe available on earlydis-missal days or when school isclosed andwill begin onTuesday,Sept.4. Allfamiliesparticipatingin the program must complete aregistration form, which will beincluded in thefirst day folderof the oldest child in each family.
Cafeteria informationMrs. Cathy Ostrowski will be
the cafeteria manager for our lunchprogram, andwill continueto prepare our “home-cooked”lunches, assisted by Mrs. Jennif-er Ostrowski. Mrs. Candice Leewill continue as food service di-rector.
School lunch will begin onTuesday, Aug.28 andwill alsobeserved on Wednesday, Thursdayand Friday of the first week. Nolunch will be served on Monday,
Aug. 27, the first day of school.School lunch prices for the2012-2013school yearare $3 per day and reduced price luncheswill be $.40 per day. Seconds areavailable at nominal prices (i.e.,hot dog - $.50). Applications for free/reduced price lunches areavailable in the school office.
Golf Classic 2012
Holy Rosary’s Fourth AnnualGolf Classic will beheld onSun-day, Sept. 16 at Edgewood in thePines Golf Course in Drums.Registrationandlunch willbeginat noon and the tournament willopen with a shotgun start at 1
p.m. Fee is $100 per player and
includes lunch and dinner,course fees and a cart. If a four-some signs up together, their $400 fee will include a tee spon-sorship.
There will be prizes awarded for special shots and holes and greatraffles,includingan iPadasthe grand prize.
For sponsorship and registra-tion, contact Debbie Davis at451-1762 or the Holy RosarySchool office at 457-2553.
Holiday Market Place
The 2012 PTO Holiday Mar-ketplace will be held from 10a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept.23 in the school auditorium. Awide variety of vendors will bewith us, and of course, there will be food available to purchase.Admissionis $3foradultsand$2forchildren,and childrenunder 6areadmitted free.Interestedven-dors may contact Debbie Davisat 451-1762.
Tab collection
The Holy Rosary StudentCouncil will collect ring tabs for the Ronald McDonald Housethroughout the school year.Please send them to school withyour children.
RecyclingIn addition to cartridge recy-
cling,we also havecell phonere-cycling. Select cell phones can be dropped off in the same loca-tion and recycled for credit. For more information or for a list of qualifying cartridges, visitwww.fundingfactory.com or contact Mrs. Skutack at 457-2553.
Labels and box topsCampbell’s Soup labels and
Box Tops for Education are be-ing collected at Holy RosarySchool. Please continue your support of these programs bysending in your labels to theschool office or by placing themin the church vestibule.
H O LY R O S A R Y N E W S
Holy Rosary school set to openthe Montgomery Avenue or
Warren Street entrance.After the first day of school,all bus students will enter through the Montgomery Ave-nue entrance.
Parents should not drop off or pick up students on Mont-gomery Avenue. Buses and school vans will pick up onMontgomery Avenue.
Students will be released totheir homerooms at 8:45 a.m.
TENTH STREET ELE-MENTARY
ARRIVAL AND DEPAR-TURE
Studentarrival timesare 8:30to 8:50 a.m.
Parents transporting their children to andfromschool aretouse theTenthStreet main en-trance. At dismissal, grades1-6walkers will use the DennisonStreet cafeteria doors and theKindergarten walkers will bedismissed through the Denni-son Street Kindergarten doors.
All bus riders will arrive and departthroughthe back doors– doors #1 and #3.
REPORTING PROCE-DURES
Kindergarten students willreport directly to their rooms.Grades 1-4 will report to thecafeteria for room assignment.Grades 5 and 6 will report tothe gym for room assignment.Teachers willbe available to di-rect students to assigned areas.Parents are asked to leave their children at the entrance.
JOHNF. KENNEDYELE-MENTARY
REPORTING PROCE-DURE
Studentarrival timesare 8:30 – 8:50
All students will enter theschool through the main en-trance and will be directed tothe appropriate areas for as-signment.
Grades 2 – 3 will proceed to
the library.Grade1 will meet in the area
outside the library.Kindergarten students will
report directly to their rooms.Teachers will meet each
group of students. Kindergar-ten students will receive their teacher assignment at the building orientation visit.
JOHN F. KENNEDYARRIVAL AND DEPAR-
TURE
After the first day of school,students will enter the buildingthrough the front door. Stu-dents will be sent to their homerooms from the cafeteriaand Art room.
Buses drop off and pick upon Penn Avenue. Bus studentsaredismissed through the EAstend doors of the school.
Parents may drop car riderson Memorial Street and walk
them to the door.After school, parents areasked to park on MemorialStreet. Parents will proceed tothe main entrance to meet their car riders.
Parkingin front ofthe schoolisfor busesand schoolvans on-ly.
SARAH J. DYMONDELEMENTARY
REPORTING PROCE-DURES
Studentarrival timesare8:30to 8:50 p.m.
Grades K, 1, 2 will enter thenew addition closest to themain entrance and will meet inthe hallway to be assigned ateacher. Grades 3, 4, 5 will re- port to the cafeteria using themain entrance. Teachers willescort students to the assigned classrooms.
After the first day of school,allstudents will enterthe build-ing through the main entrance.All other doors will remainlocked.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information, callMontgomery Avenue Elemen-tary at 654-1404, Sarah J. Dy-mondElementary at 388-6527,Tenth Street Elementary at693-1914 or J.F.K. Elementary
at 655-2146.
PTO officersThenew WyomingArea10th
Street PTO pfficers were elect-ed for the 2012-2013 schoolyear. They are Lesley Ratch-ford, president; Brunee Cool- baugh, vice president; SueSharkey, treasurer; and MarcyPetrucci, secretary.
PTO meetings will be held at7 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month in the 10th StreetSchool Cafeteria. The firstmeeting will be held on Aug.23. The fundraiser will be senthome with the students duringthe first week of school.
AP scholarsWyoming Area Guidance
Department has notified thatseveral Wyoming Area stu-dents were designated APScholars. The16 seniors desig-nated as AP scholars scored anaverage of 4.04 on a scale of 5.All of the AP Scholars aremembers of the Class of 2012.The following students weredesignated as AP Scholars.This designation is granted tothose students having received scores of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP Exams. These stu-dents are Brittany Bender, Ra-chel Campbell, Sarah Crake,Theresa Kelly, Nathaniel Mill-er and Louis Vullo.
The following students weredesignated AP Scholars withHonor. This designation isgranted to those students hav-ing received an average score
ofat least3.25on allAP Examstaken,and scoresof 3 or higher on 4 or more of these exams.These students areJohn Barce-lon, Kimberly Golden, JamesRose and Nicholas Szewczyk.
The following students weredesignated AP Scholars withDistinction. Thisdesignation isgranted to those students hav-ing received an average scoreof at least 3.5 on all AP Examstaken and scores of 3 or higher on five ormore of these exams.These students are Trevor Al-der, Allison Golden, JessicaHollister, Megan Potoski,James Scrobola and JonathanScrobola.
