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WILKES-BARRE, PA $1.00Sunday, August 26, 2012

All the info you

need for going

back to school.

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Largest crowds

ever for this years

Tomato Festival

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Greater Pittston

junior football

season underway.

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School dayshere again

Tomato festwrap up

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Parishioners pin donations on the statue of St. Roccobefore they process along the streets of the Oregonsection of Pittston last Sunday. Story, Page 4.

VIV

A SA

N ROCCO

VIVA SAN ROCCO


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I hate to disagree with all theexperts but education has littleto do with a score on a test.

It would make things mighty

simple if it did but that just isnot the case.

An education, i.e. what weactually know, is much moreakin to this:

Education is what remainsafter one has forgotten every-thing he learned in school.

Thats not me talking.Its Albert Einstein.What he means is that a true

education must endure far be-yond the classroom.

It comes down to the stuffthat sticks to your ribs. Thethings you know inside out.

An education amounts to the

things that become part of you.I rolled this around in myhead at the start of the fall se-mester a few years ago trying tofigure out what causes studentsto really learn.

What is something they alllearned and will probably neverforget, I pondered. Driving acar came to mind.

With few exceptions, kids incollege classes know how todrive.

How did they learn that skill?

In a classroom?True, some may have taken

drivers ed but the vast majoritylearned in a manner that hadlittle resemblance to school.

Most of them learned from adad who had not a lick of train-ing in pedagogy and even less

patience.They learned from a dad

who, at the end of an exhaust-ing work day and only to ceasea long litany of begging, tookthem out to some deserted

parking lot where he screamedand swore and berated them tothe point of tears.

There were no handouts inthese classes. No PowerPointpresentations. No grades.

Still, the students learned.And more importantly, they

never forgot.Why?The question can be answer-

ed in one word: motivation.They learned to drive because

they wanted to.Better put, they really, really,

really wanted to.So no matter how horrible the

teacher, no matter how horriblethe educational experience, nomatter how difficult the task,they learned.

Its so simple. Yet, in mostformal educational settings,motivation is disregarded, or

better put, misunderstood.Punishment is not motivation.

Neither are threats.Yet, these are the motiva-

tors educators have used fordecades.

As a result, most studentsview school as an evil fact oflife rather than an excitingopportunity to grow. School is

something to be endured asopposed to enjoyed.It does not have to be this

way.Learning to drive was moti-

vated by something to which allof us can relate: whats in it forme?

Granted its not as easy toanswer that question when

trying to motivate a student tolearn history, math or English,

but unless the benefit is madeclear very little learning is go-

ing to take place.In an ideal world, becoming a

better, more interesting personwould be motivation enough. Inreality, making a ton of moneyis what gets young peoplesattention. So lets capitalize onthat.

If a good job translatedhefty paycheck is the goal,then lets show kids how thethings we are trying to teachthem will get them there.

Several years ago a student inone of my classes said some-thing like, Me and Chad aregoing for coffee after class.

You know thats not properEnglish, I said.He shrugged.How many of you know

thats not the correct way totalk? I asked the class of 30 orso. They all raised their hands.

How many of you would sayChad and I instead of Meand Chad? Only a few hands

went up.Why? I asked.Because wed sound stupid,

one said.

Proper English makes yousound stupid? I said. To methat sounds stupid.

To which the first kid said,What difference does it make?You knew what I meant.

Heres the difference, I toldhim. If someday you are beinginterviewed for a good job andyou tell your prospective bossMe and you will make a goodteam, guess what? Someoneelse will get the good job and

be driving a Porsche beforelong while you are riding your

bicycle to your friends housewhere Me and Chad are going

to play a video game.I then added, And if thathappens, I will be the one to

blame for allowing you to keeptalking like that.

Is the potential to make bigmoney the best motivation foreducation?

I think not.But its a start.

Ed Ackerman, [email protected]

The most important ingredient

Back to school...................................................3St. Rocco procession. ................. ................. ....4New business ............... ................. ................. ...6Capozucca anniversary...................................7Local Chatter..... ................ ................ ...............8

Travels in Africa...............................................10Editorial /Cartoon ................. ................ ..........14Nutrition............................................................15Tomato festival wrapup .......... ................. ......16Peeking into the Past ............... ................ ......18

Town News ................ ................ ................. .....39Sports ................ ................. ................. ............45Obituaries........................................................59Birthdays.........................................................B4Faith ............... ................ ................. .............B6, 7I

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More than 5,700 publicschool

students return to school onWednesday.

School officialssaid 3,311 stu-dents are enrolled in Pittston Ar-ea and 2,468 students are en-rolled in Wyoming Area.

All schools will be closed on

Monday, Sept. 3 in honor of La-bor Day.

Retiring Pittston Area Assist-ant Superintendent Jack Lussi

said a new superintendent, Mi-chael Garzella, will start onMonday. He said the Intermedi-ate Center has a new principal,Dr. Janet Donovan. She replacesStanley Waleski who retired af-ter 36 years in the district.

Everything else is prettymuch like last year, Lussi said.

Lussi offered a grade-by-grade breakdown: 265 students

are heading into kindergarten;260 in first g rade; 260 in secondgrade; 263 in third grade; 226 infourth grade; 272 in fifth grade;243 in sixth grade; 245 in sev-enth grade; 246 in eighth grade;271 in ninth grade; 272 in tenth

grade; 266 in eleventh grade;and 221 are set to graduate onJune 14, 2013.

Wyoming Area Secondary

Center Principal Vito Quagliasaid the district is now workingwith Seneca Valley School Dis-trict to provide in-district cyberclasses.

Studentswould be able to geta WyomingArea diploma,Qua-

glia said. We will be incorporat-ingour curriculum into thecyberclasses.

Quaglia said thedistrict is also

getting proactive with its anti-bullying policy.

The Ambassadors are a groupof Wyoming Area students that

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CustodianMikeCliffordsweeps the lobby of thePittstonArea IntermediateCenter in anticipation of thearrivalof students onWednesday.

Sharpen those pencilsPittston Area, Wyoming Area starts Wednesday, parochials soonerBy [email protected]

See SCHOOL, Page 32

INSIDE: More coverage, Pages 34-38


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Parishioners from the now-consolidatedSt. Roccos Parish carried their saints statuethrough the streetslastSundayas part oftheFeast of St. Rocco celebration.

After Mass held at the consolidatedchurch, St. Joseph Marello Parish, St. Roc-cos statue was fastened to the back of a

pickup truck and moved across town to theold church on West OakStreet where congrega-tion members waited.Parishioners gatheredaround to touch the statueand fasten dollar bills toribbons around itsneck, atradition of believers whohave needs, especiallyill-

nesses,theywantSt. Roc-co to bring before theLord.

The church bells rangout to celebrate, thoughno Mass has been heldtheir since its doorsclosed last month.

As the entourage hoist-ed the saint on his car-riage, shouting Viva,

San Rocco! the Cino Paci Band struck upLa Triestina, an Italian marching songandthe procession began throughthe streetsof Pittstons Oregon section.

In between musicalnumbers, theRev. Jo-seph Sibliano said prayers of the rosary asnearly100 members of hiscongregationfol-lowed, some praying along, some taking

pictures, almost everyone smiling.Tony Giardina has been walking during

the celebration his entire life.Im69, Giardina said. I was a littleboy

Familiar sound of Viva, San Rocco rings out through Oregon section

A tradition continues


Rev. Joseph Sibilano leads the St. Rocco's procession along Tompkins Street.

Seven-month-old Maria Schillaci, left, ofJenkins Township, holds a carnation withher 'Nona,' also named Maria Schillaci ofWest Pittston, before the start of the St.Rocco's procession.

By JON OCONNELLSunday Dispatch Correspondent

I just lovethat music.My fatherwas here, Iam herenow withmy chil-dren andgrandchil-dren.

Tony Giardina

Lifelong

parishioner

See TRADITION, Page 5


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Oblates of Saint Joseph Seminary Chapel

Highway 315 Laflin, PA

Annual Triduum & Celebration HonoringSt. Joseph The Worker

Labor Day Weekend August 31 - September 3

TRIDUUM MASSES(Friday-Saturday-Sunday)

LABOR DAY MASSMonday, September 3 10:30AM

7:00 PM - Mass with homily each evening, celebrated byRev. Brian J. Crawford, O.S.J., General Councilor of the Oblates of

St. Joseph, Rome, Italy, followed by prayers to St. Joseph the Worker.

Celebrated by Very Rev. Philip Massetti, OSJ and the Oblate Fathers.Bread will be blessed & distributed at the conclusion of the Mass

as a symbol of the fruit of our labor.

and I was walking here with myfather. Giardina is carrying onthe tradition set by his father, aSt. Roccos Parish founding

member.The band kicked up for anoth-

er number and Giardina stopped,mid-sentence. He turned to lookat the musicians playing at the

rear of the procession. He stoodstill for a moment and stared.

I just love that music, hesaid. Theyve been playing thatfor as long as I can remember.My father was here, I am herenow with mychildrenand grand-children.

He pointed out some of his 10grandchildren, all walking in the

procession.Residents along the streets

poked their heads out windowsto view the commotion. Somesat waiting on their porches and

approached the small parade topin money to St. Roccos rib-bons.

Mostcould not recall just howlong the feasts parade has con-tinued through Pittstons streets;however, the consensus was atleast 80 years.

Now that the old church hasbeen closed, Giardina said the

congregation of the consolidatedchurch will have to work togeth-er to sustainthe old, precioustra-ditions.

TheSt.Rocco's processionmakes itswayalong TompkinsStreet.


The Cino PaciBand performs as

theSt.Rocco'sprocessionmakes

itsway alongTompkinsStreet.

Tradition

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Community leaders welcomedDempseys Fashionable Laundryto downtown Pittstonon Wednes-day.

Owner Bobby Dempsey cut aceremonial ribbon, officiallyopening the drop-off store. The

business started operations onAug.13.

The century-old family drycleaning business headquarteredin Dunmore is now open at 16 S.Main.

Company spokesman CanioCostanzo saidthe companylocat-ed in Pittstonfor three reasons.

The first, he said, was Pittston

didnot have a dry cleaningestab-lishment.Secondwas therevitalizationof

Pittstons downtown.Ifyou just look around, thear-

eais just sovibrant, hesaid. Thechanges theyve made are phe-nomenal andwewanted tobe partof it.

Finally, he said, Pittston lead-ers really threw out the welcomematto us.

The Pittston location will be adropoffandpickuppoint.Clotheswill be dry cleaned in Dunmorewitha 48-hour turnaround.

If you have a shirt, a suit, ablouse, youll drop it here, Cos-tanzo said. One of our drivers

picks it up and takes it to Dun-

more.Our family has been involved

in the cleaning business since the

early1900s, Dempseysaid. Ourmission has always been to pro-videthe highest qualitydry clean-ingservicesat a fair price.

Local lawmakers, includingstate Rep. Mike Carroll and JoeBoylan, local directorof theofficeof Sen. John Yudichak, gatheredon Main Street on Wednesday towelcome the store. Also on handwere city officials Mayor JasonKlush, City Manager Joe Mosko-vitz, Downtown Manger RoseRandazzo, Mike Lombardo ofPittston Redevelopment Author-ity, City Controller Chris Latona,Police Chief Robert Powers and

councilmen Joe McLean and Jo-seph Chernouskas.Dempsey has said the ongoing

revitalization of the downtownwas an incentive to locate in Pitt-ston.

We were attracted to down-town Pittston after meeting withMichael Lombardo and RoseRandazzoandlisteningto their vi-sion for the future of the down-town area. We have already beengetting positive feedback fromPittstonresidents.We arevery ex-cited to be opening in Pittston.

The business will employ twocounter workers to start with,and

may addmore iftheyaddan alter-ations side to the business in thefuture.

Dry cleaner sets up shop in Pittston

At the ribbon cutting for Dempsey'sFashionable Laundry'snewMainSt.,Pittston location, first row, fromleft, Renee Christman,

employee; Nicole Revesz,employee; Canio Costanzo, sales; RoseRandazzo, downtown manager; Bobby Dempsey, owner; ChrisLatona, PittstonController; Joe McLean, Pittston councilman;Mayor Jason Klush. Second row, fromleft, Robert Powers,Pitt-ston police chief; MikeLombardo, Pittston Redevelopment Au-thority; State Rep. MikeCarroll; Pittston manger Joe Moskovitz;Joe Boylan, local director of the office of Sen. John Yudichak, andJosephChernouskas,Pittstoncouncilman.

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A Pittston family that celebrat-ed 50 years in business with a

party at Our Lady of Mt. CarmelParish Center last weekend gotits start at Hershey.

No, theyre not chocolatiers,theyre plumbers.

BrothersAl andRay Capozuc-ca enrolled in the Milton Her-shey School(MHS)in 1949,fouryears after their father - Italianimmigrant Albert Capozucca -died of black lung.

Their mother, Emma, sentthem to Hershey after their older

brotherReno quit eighthgrade to

take his turn in the anthracitemines that had killed the boysfather.

Emma got the idea to send heryoungest sons to MHS, thenknown as the Hershey IndustrialSchool, andsavethem fromlivesinthe mines froma family friendand MHS alumnus, Dino Stella.

At MHS, Ray and Al not onlylearned a trade that would servethem and their families for therest of their lives, but they madelifelong friends as well.

In the spring issue of ThyTraditions Dear, the MHSalumnimagazine,Ray said, Thefriendships, the closeness wehad. Its an experience you gothroughlike being in the service.Its hard to explain. Our ties arestill very strong.

Al has missed only threehomecomings since he gradu-ated MHS in 1954, two when hewas in the service and one whenhis son was born.

After MHS, the brothers re-turned to Pittston, worked for

plumbers and electriciansto pickup a second trade.

But they found they werentgetting enough work and consid-ered leaving the Pittston area.

Instead, they decided to try

their own business. Ray foundedthe business in 1962, workingout of his basement at 168 OakSt., while his Al was still in theservice.

Al joined his brother sixmonths later when he was dis-

charged. In 1966, they built anoffice and garages on the Pitt-ston By-Pass.

About 20 years later, they add-ed a fuel and oil business and

built an addition for the deliverytrucks.

Al retired in 2005 and gavehalf the business to his son, Al-lan.Rayplansto dothe sameforhis son, Ray, in a few years.

Both brothers believe MiltonHershey Schooland MiltonHer-shey, who died four years beforethe brothers enrolled, shapedtheir lives.

As Ray said in the alumnimagazine story, Milton Her-shey School gave me my life.

Capozuccas owe it all to chocolateMilton Hershey Schoolsaved brothers from mines

TONY CALLAIO/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH

Albert Capozucca, and Ray Capozucca Sr., With Albert's son Allan Capozucca

By [email protected]

COURTESY OF THY TRADITIONS DEAR

That's Al Capozucca in the back row on the left at the Hersheyschool in the 50s.


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What are you chattin about? Call 602-0177 or email [email protected] and let us know.

Two local faculty membersre-cently received teaching awardsor were named to establishedprofessorships at Kings Col-lege.

Dr. Amy Parsons, JenkinsTwp., was selected to receive thePNC Distinguished Service Pro-fessorship. She is professor ofmarketing.

Lou Palmeri, of Kingston, anative of West Pittston, has re-ceived the Adjunct Faculty Ex-cellence in Teaching Award atKings College. The award rec-ognizes a part-time instructorwhose presence is important infulfilling Kings mission and inexhibiting excellence in theclassroom.

Palmeri, a 1973 graduate of

Wyoming AreaHigh School anda 1977 graduate of Kings Col-lege, teaches in thesociology de-partment.

Distinguished Service Profes-sorships honor faculty who, be-cause of their dedication toteaching and commitment tolearning, serve as exemplaryprofessors to their students.

Classic car show today

The Plains Boys Club, a clas-siccar club in the Wyoming Val-ley, willhold its5th annualHelp-ing Hands Car Cruise to benefita local veteran in need. Thisyears recipient is RichBelles Jr.of West Wyoming.

Belles is a 1988 Pittston Areagraduate and U.S. Navy veteranwho served in Kuwait. He lostmost of hisarm in a tragic indus-

trial accident.The event will be held today,

Sunday Aug.26, from 1 p.m. to 6p.m. at the Polish American Vet-erans Club on Oak St. in theHudson section of Plains.

Muscle cars, antique cars,trucks and motorcycles will beon display. Those wishing to dis-plays vehicles are welcomealong with spectators.Therewillbe food and refreshments, a 50/50, basket raffles and bake sale.

Entertainment by DJ Tony K.A $10 donation per vehicle

will be collected.All proceeds and donationswill be used to assist in Bellescontinued rehabilitation.

Thisevent is sponsored byThePlains Boys Cluband ThePolishAmerican Veterans Club,Plains.

For more information call JoeRogalski (The Plains Boys ClubPresident) at (570) 362-1526.

PALS event today

The annual PALS (PreventALS) of Jimmy Duffy get-to-gether to commemorate Jimmyslife will be held today, Sunday,August 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.

ALS is also known as LouGehrigs disease.

Past PALS benefits were heldat Lackawanna County Stadiumbut this year the stadium isclosed for repairs, so the outingwill be at Alan Hanczycs house

219 Rock Street, Hughestown.

Food will be cooked on site byUncle Bucks Barbecue, Ply-mouth. The menu will be pulledpork, chicken, hot dogsand ham-burgers. Side dishes will includebaked 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 tobring bathing suits and towels.

Proceeds will go to the Phila-delphia ALS Association.For tickets or more informa-

tion, phone Mary at 947-9120 orFlorence at 655-1763.

Correction

In a story in last weeks issueregarding the appointmentof Dr.Michael Garzella to the positionof superintendent at Pittston Ar-ea High School, we reported thevoting of theschool board incor-rectly.

Thearticle should havereport-ed that John Donahue voted forMichael Garzella, the successfulcandidate, while Marilyn Starnavoted for Joseph Gorham.

Birthday greetings

Happy birthday to Robert andAndrew Ryzner, of Duryea,who celebrated on Aug. 22.

Two with local ties honored at Kings College

Pittston tomatoes really do grow anywhere.Sunday Dispatch reader Bill DAlbaalerted us to a tomato plant growing outof a drain grate on

the corner of KennedyBoulevard and EastStreet, at the entrance to theOregonSectionof Pittston,and staffer Joe Healey snapped this photo.

The ubiquitous Pittston Tomato

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A lot on Kennedy Boulevard,abandoned for many years, willget new life when Fidelity Bankreturns to Pittston.

Plans are underwayto build aneco-friendly branch on the cor-ner of Kennedy Boulevard andWaterStreet, adjacent to the FirstBaptist Church.

Dan Santaniello, FidelitysPresident and Chief ExecutiveOfficer, said the company iscommitted to returning to Pitt-ston.

Were very enthusiastic aboutthe prospect of a new location inPittston andto contributing posi-tively to the economic growth ofthe area, Santaniello said in astatement. Were currently inthe development stages but hopeto break ground by early 2013.

Fidelity was last in Pittston

when it had a small branch in theformer Brunos supermarket.

The stunning glass-front WestScranton branch is a prototypefor the Pittston Branch.

The owners of the property,the Joyce Brothers, operating asWills Development, originallyannounced the project in 2008,

but it has been on hold for severalyears dueto a pooreconomic cli-mate.

Fidelity, headquartered inDunmore, has 11 branch officesin Clarks Summit, Dunmore,Eynon, Green Ridge, KeystoneIndustrial Park, Kingston,Moosic, Peckville, West Pitt-ston, Scranton and West Scran-

ton.Mike Lombardo, of the Pitt-ston Redevelopment Authority,said the property had a gas sta-

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Criss Guys father describedhis 19-year-old son as a hoodie

guy. So the younger Criss Guywasnt quite ready for winter inJuly.

But thats what he found whenhe landed some 9,000 milesfrom here after a 24-hour flightto Cape Town, South Africa. Heflew out of Lehigh Valley to Da-kar, the capital of Senegal in

Northwestern Africa, then to Jo-hannesburg and Cape Town.

As my dad said, the youngerGuy wrote in an email, I wasnt

prepared for the winter weatherhere. Even though my studyabroad program prepped me bysaying it got cold some nights

here during the winter, I was notexpecting it to be so cold so of-ten!

To save room in my luggage,I left behind most of my jacketsand winter coats. To put theweather andenvironment in con-text, I saw snow covering moun-tains a day after I went to the

beach and went kayaking. Theweathers a little all over the

place, to say the least.Even though the weather has

been a little unpredictable thesefirst two months,the South Afri-can winter is quite mild in com-

parison to the ones Ive been

through in Pennsylvania.Guy - a 2010 Pittston Areahonors graduate and an AmherstCollege sophomore - choseSouth Africa as a study-abroaddestinationbecause of his major.He is enrolled in four classes -twoEnglish courses,psychologyand a Xhosa language class.Xhosa is the second most com-mon native language in Africa.

I chose the University ofCape Town in large part becauseof my academic interests, hesaid. I am an English major atAmherst, and I have taken sever-al Black Studies classes as well,and might wind up double ma-

joring in that. South Africais theperfect place for me to study be-cause I can study a new style ofliterature outside of the Franco-

phone African literature I havestudied already. Many of myBlack Studies classesbrought up

themeson race andidentity thatIhave found interesting. Becauseof South Africas unique racialhistory, pre and postApartheid, Icant help but learn more aboutand get real world experiencedealing with race and race rela-tions issues.

Guy has seen a wide-range ofcultural, economic and geo-graphical dynamics in just twomonths in South Africa. Hesseen extreme poverty in town-ships where homes with corru-gated sheet metal roofs and

wooden planks walls stand lessthan a mile from Western-stylesuburban neighborhoods.

Hes seen slow-developing,dirt-road, rural areas, a legacy ofthe Apartheid era, but lives in a

Chriss Guy, a 2010 Pittston Area honors graduate, is studying abroad in South Africa

Whats this Guy doing in Africa?By [email protected]

SUBMITTED PHOTOS

Above, AsCriss Guylearned, it'swinter inSouth Africa.At left, theview fromTable Moun-tain was worththe hard hike.

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university town not unlike a bigPennsylvania state universitylike West Chester or Blooms-

burg. UCT is located in a prettyurban area, and is less than halfan hour away from the city ofCape Town,a metropolitanplacewith shades of the US and Eu-rope, he said. Theuniversity is

a really interesting place to ex-plore and do different thingswith a rather diverse and en-gaged student body.

His living quarters in WestCape are fairly typical of a U.S.college town. Hehas a flatwitharoommate on a street populated

by other Interstudy Program stu-dents. The flat Im in is prettysimple,but nice - two bedrooms,a common area, kitchen, bath-room. Theres a TV, but we getfiveor sixchannels, allnews andsoap operas in other languages.That made watching the Olym-

pics difficult and sometimes im-

possible. But, I would actually beupset with myself if I wound upwatching TV regularly while inanother country, so its probablyfor the best to have the receptionwe do.

Guylearned theSouthAfricangovernment census, last taken in2011, provides four categories

for people to classify them-selves: African blacks, whites,coloreds, and Indians. In CapeTown and UCT, I see mostly

blacks and whites, he said.Asked how the people he

meets regard Americans, Guysaid, Ingeneral, I think thepeo-

ple here are indifferent aboutAmericans. Ive spoken withSouth African students andheard others say that they can in-stantly pick out Americans oncampus.Otherthan that, they are

not overly excited to hear aboutAmericaor dying toknowevery-thing about Americans.

While most of the local shopsandstorescloseearly hehas yetto see a 24-hour Walmart or afast food strip there is a Ken-tucky Fried Chicken restaurantnear the campus and other West-ern food - pizza, chicken and

pasta are common.He has enjoyed a taste of the

local fare, too. There are eventscalled braais that are basicallyall day barbeques, tons of meatand sandwiches, which is finewith me.

Guy said its not a stereotypeto associate South Africa withexotic wildlife and scenery.South Africa is full of amazingwildlife, somewhich I have seenalready. I have been to parks andreserves to seelions,tigers, leop-ards, elephants and baboons.Ive also seen the penguins na-

tive to South Africa, which wasfun untilthey all hid once itstart-

edto rain andwehad toleavethepark. As of now, I havent book-ed a trip to go shark cage diving,

but Id love to go soon (Sorry,Mom and Dad!)

I hiked Table Mountainwhichoverlooks thecape andtheuniversity,he continued. It wasa lot more work than I expected,

but it was an incredible experi-ence with an amazing view ofthe

city and ocean.Guy admitted that once he

committed to go South Africaheexperienced anxiety but got overit quickly.

Although I was initially wor-ried about being so far removedfrom my own culture, I have

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as I can in this new culture andhave been loving it so far. Given

that, I still miss my family andfriends, although Facebook andemail has made staying in touchmuch easier. I especially missmyparents,Criss andLisa,who I

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Criss Guy has experienced lots of exotic wildlife in Africa.


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The sounds of Viva, San Rocco,which rang throughout the Oregon sec-tion of Pittston last Sunday afternoonare music to our ears.

Its what the parishioners of the re-cently closed St. Roccos church shoutevery time they hoist the statue of St.Rocco to their shoulders as they processthrough the streets on the feast day oftheir patron saint. Its a tradition thatdates back generations and one whichwe are pleased to see continue especial-ly now following the merging of theparish into St. Joseph Marello parishand the closing of the church.

Residents of South Pittston have fondmemories of this and two other proc-essions staged annually and worried thatwith changes in the parish these proc-essions might be things of the past. We,as they, hope not.

Therefore we encourage attendance ata meeting this coming Wednesday night,Aug. 29, at 7 p.m. at Tonys Wine Cellarto formulate plans for the continuanceof the Mother of the Rosary processionon October 7. This was always spon-sored by the Montedoro Society but allinterested are welcome to participate.

For more information call Nicole La-zowski, 451-1501 or 589-9287.

Traditionstoo valuableto ignore

On Sunday, August19, thelast day of thePittston Tomato Fes-tival,a four-year oldboy walked across thestage to participate inthe search for Little Mister Tomato.

His name?Sammy Daley.His dad is Sam Daley and his g randfather was Sam Daley.

His uncle, Val DElia, founded the Pittston Tomato Festival.Home Town Proud cannot begin to describe the feelings of

my brother Sam and myself or the remembered lovethatmy dadand uncle had for Pittston.

Jane Daley HarrisMiami, Florida

A proud Tomato Festival moment for this family

OUROPINION

With school starting this week weonce again remind motorists to be alertfor children on local streets.

Its one thingto speedon the turnpikeon the way to a Phillies game and verymuch anotherto flydown a side street at50 mph.

If anything be over cautious when be-hind the wheel of your car. Ignore theguy behind you blasting his horn. Andcertainly dont be that guy.

Also, we urge parents to talk to yourchildren about crossing streets or evenwalking on sidewalks going to andfrom school. Warnthem about cars andwarn them about strangers.

Lets make this a safe, healthy, pro-ductive school year for all students.

Be carefulout there YOUROPINION

Wordscannot expressthe gratitude andthanksfeltby thekind-

ness and support that was shown to and by our family andfriends, community, and all involved who donated and attendedand made the Cruise for the Cure for Joe Long benefit a suc-cess.

It was a wonderful day and Joe got to spend time with familyand friends from all over who came in his support.

We are very humbled by this experience and wish to express

our most whole hearted thanks to all. May Godcontinue to keep

you and bless you all.Joe and Barb Long and Family

Carmen and Jack Karp and FamilyTammy and Mike Patton and Family

Michelle and Scott Kinney and FamilyJohn and Diane Sneed and Family

Long family expresses thanks for benefit

TheFriends of thePittston Memorial Librarywill hold a meet-ing at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 30 in the library to finalizeplans for the annual Fall Festival.

The festival will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,Sept. 15 on the library grounds on Broad Street.

A book sale featuring childrens, adult, biography, fiction,nonfiction, andspecialtybooksis housed inthe lower levelof thelibrary on shelves according to the initial of the authors lastname, making it easy to locate favorite authors.

Vendorsare being sought andare welcome to participate inthefestival.

Space to be utilized for flea market items, crafts and noveltiesis $5 perspace.More than onespace may be purchased. Vendorsare responsible for providing tables, chairs, bags and anythingnecessary for selling their wares. Applications or informationmay be obtained by calling the library at 654-9565.

Raffles on the third in a series of baskets prepared by theFriends will be available. The basketwhich weighs approximate-ly 50 lbs. is filled with school and fall items.

Theannualbake sale will be partof thefestivalagainthis year.Hotdogs and other refreshments will be available. Face paintingwill be repeated.

Library Friends plan annual fall festival


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Research hasshownthatprotein andwholegrainrich foods arekeyfoods to include in your breakfast every day. Keeping hunger painsaway and your concentration level up is most important for those of

us whoare in school,learning or atwork.Nutrients like simplecarbo-hydrates enter the body quickly and tend to be used up quickly. Forexample, foods like candy, juice, soda, pastriesand white breads willdigest quickly and hunger pains will quickly set in.

When hunger pains set in, our concentration lowers and we beginto drift away or, in the case of our children, unable to sit in the class-roomwith attentiveness.Protein and whole grain rich foods keep thehunger pains away.

For breakfast, we should offer at least one-third of daily proteinneeds to our children. Many times, breakfast consists of mostly car-

bohydrates. For example, juice, waffle and syrup would all be carbo-hydrates.Changing thejuice to low fatmilk and syrup to peanut but-ter increases the protein content significantly.

When parents take the time to eat with their children in the morn-ing, it models good breakfast actions. Themoretimes we eat togeth-er, the healthierwe eat and, of course,do ourbestat school! Evenif itis only for five minutes, it is a time to discuss the day and find out

about everyones agenda.How muchprotein does food contain? Hereis a short list.Read thefood label if you do not find your food item listed:

1 egg - 6 grams (protein is mostly in the white, not the yolk)3/4 oz of cheese - 4 grams2 Tablespoons of peanut butter - 7 grams1 cup of milk, whether it is low fat or whole milk -8 gramsHere are some key foods to include both in yours and your childs

breakfast:Grilled veggies leftover from last nights dinner; broccoli, toma-

toes, mushrooms, topped with shredded cheese rolled up in a tortillashell

Whole grain breads with peanut butter and a glass of low fat milkLow fat yogurt topped with whole grain granola or 5-10 almondsLeftover vegetable cheese pizza with low fat milkCold whole grain low sugar cereal with low fat milkIf you are not a milk drinker, try a yogurt shake by mixing plain

yogurt with orange juice orTry this make-a -head breakfast to boost the protein and fiber inyour breakfast:

Make-Ahead Mini Muffin Omelets6 eggs or 12 egg whites2 cups of your favorite veggies slightly cooked (onions, broccoli,

zucchini, green pepper, mushrooms)1/2 cup low fat cheese2 Tablespoons dehydrated onionsSpices to tasteMix eggs or egg whites, cheese and seasoning together in a bowl.

Spray muffin cupwith non fatcutting spray. Add 2 tbsp of veggiestoeach muffin cup.

Pour or dipusing a ladle egg-milk mixtureinto muffin cup.Fill2/3full.

Bakeat 375 degreesuntil a knifeinsertedcomes out clean - around15-20 minutes.

Freeze in vapor proof package.Reheatin microwave on low for30-40secondsor until hot.Place in

whole grain pita or tortilla shell.

NUTRITIONCORNER

Breakfast should include protein

Mary R. Ehret, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., is with Penn State CooperativeExtension, Luzerne County, 16 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, Pa., 18643.(570) 825-1701/602-0600. Fax (570) 825-1709. [email protected].

As summer ends fall beginsand with it comes the newschool year. Sleeping-in be-comes reserved for weekendsand seven-hour school days eatup students time.

Whether a student looks for-ward to school or not, there isa particular type of sadness atthe end of summer. During thesummer, school responsibilitiesare gone, shorts and tank topsare average attire, andthere are two-and-a-half months of time to

be carefree.Then, to replace the

summer, comesschool where studentsare responsible forschool assignments, adress code regulates their cloth-ing, and it seems as if endless

months of work are ahead.In all reality the conversion

from summer to school is notcompletely terrible for stu-dents, but it is only human forthem to mourn the loss of free-dom.

At Wyoming Area Second-ary Center the students return-ing for the upcoming schoolyear will see many changes.Some changes are minor andof little importance to students,such as the completion of theroof construction.

Then there are major chang-es like the retirement of Mr.

Frank Parra, former athletic di-rector and teacher.The student body itself does

not exhibit any major changefor the school with over 97%of the students returning foreach school year. Having sucha consistent student body fromyear to year gives students acertain sense of comfort atWyoming Area.

Perspective affects the im-portance of some of the chang-es for the new school year.

The graduation of an entireclass, for example, is a hugechange to those students whohad friends and siblings amongthe graduates but not an impor-

tant change for students whodid not know any graduates

personally.The teachers have their own

unique view of the year-to-yearchanges at the school since

they are more concerned andconnected with the educational

aspect of school.Mr. David Pizano, a physics

teacher at Wyoming Area, said,It seems with every year, thereis a new assessment procedureand/or educational philosophyto follow. Most recently it has

been the PSSAs and the transi-tion to the Keystone exams.

Students, on the other hand,do not typically look for aca-demic changes but rather socialchanges. Interacting with andseeing friends again is upper-most on many students mindsfor the new school year.

An 8th grade student at

Wyoming Area, Amy Troy,said, Im looking forward to

being another year closer tograduating and being able tosee my friends again.

Graduation is a sought afteraccomplishment by many stu-dents, such as Troy, and a rightof passage into the adult world.However, once senior yearcomes around graduation does

not seem quite so glamorousanymore.

Senior year is a hectic yearfor students while they strive tocomplete their senior projects,get their college applicationcompleted and sent out, andfigure out just what they want

to do with the rest of theirlives.

As of last June the seniorclass at Wyoming Area num-

bered 181 students, slightly be-low the average of 200 students

per class.One of those 181 se-

niors is Jessica Martinwho said, despite herexcitement to go tocollege, Im definite-ly not ready for grad-uation. There are somany things Ill miss

about high school.The majority of students,

even those who dread goingback for another school year,regret having to leave the secu-rity of high school for good.

While Wyoming Area sendsits students off well preparedfor college, with 87% of lastyears graduates going on tocontinue their education, leav-ing the comforting arms ofWyoming Area is not and willnot be easy for any student.

Although summer does notofficially end until September21 this year, students considerthe beginning of the schoolyear the end of summer. So for

Wyoming Area students, sum-mer will unofficially end thisWednesday, August 29, thefirst day of school.

Angela Raieski, a WyomingArea senior, spent 20 hoursduring the summer shadow-ing Dispatch editor Ed Acker-man who asked her to preparethis article.

G U E S T C O M M E N TA R Y

School brings down curtain on summer

By ANGELA RAIESKI

The majority of students, even those

who dread going back for another

school year, regret having to leave the

security of high school for good.

The Duryea Little League would like to thankthe American Legion Post of Duryea for sponsor-ing the recent trip to the Little League World Se-ries.

Itwastruly a greatdayfor thechildrenand their

parents.Their generosity was greatly appreciated.Thank you very much for your support.

Duryea Little LeagueBoard of Directors

Y O U R O P I N I O N

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I

ts hard to gauge attend-ance at the PittstonToma-to Festival.

But from the amount ofgarbage collected and the

amount of rolls that Sabatelles

Fine Food Market went through,it was a very good year.

Festival co-chairman MichaelLombardo said it was likely thelargestcrowdtheyve ever had inthe 29 years of the four-day fes-tival, which ended last Sunday,

Aug. 19.We had a little rain on Friday

night, but that didnt seem tomatter, Lombardo said. He esti-mated attendance in excess of50,000 people.

All of our vendors reportedrecord-breaking sales, he said.When youtake thetomatof ightand the parade and the race andthe festival itself, there were a lotof people downtown.

He said this is the first yearthey filled a trash packer.

And last year on Saturday, Sa-batelles went through 32 dozen

rolls, used for their famous so-presatta sandwiches. This year,Lombard said, they used 78 doz-en.

We definitely broke some re-cords this year, Lombardo said.

In addition to the festival,Lombardo was glad to show offthe polished downtown.

Nice thing about it is, thedowntown was on display,Lombardo said. We had awhole bunch of people walkingaround downtown and explor-ing. A lot of those people willcome back and eat at our restau-

rants andfrequentall of ourbusi-nesses.

Saucy competition

Sam Marranca, owner of CafItalia on River Road, won bestmarinara sauce in the SauceWars competition.

Craig Lukatch, the executive

director of the Greater PittstonYMCA, said six other restau-rants competed: Palazzo 53 inPittston; Napolis in Pittston;Valentis in Exeter; Salernos inLuzerne; Peppes in PlainsTownship; and Bucca Del Vino

in Laflin.He said this year the competi-

tion wasnt blind, meaning thejudges knew whose sauce theywere tasting.

It allowed the restaurantsmore exposure, Lukatch said.He said the Marrancas sauce re-ceived the most votes out of the705 castoverthe four-day festiv-al.

Voters paid $2 to sample theseven sauces and the proceedswent to the GreaterPittston YM-

P I T T S T O N T O M A T O F E S T I V A L


The runners-up and winners of the LittleMiss and MisterPittston Tomato pose for a photo at theconclusion of thepageant Sundaymorning. From left: runner-up ReeceFisher, Little MissPittston Tomato VanessaMaslowski, Little Mister Pittston TomatoMikey Colarusso,and runner-upTrip Foley. BILL TARUTIS/FOR THETIMES LEADER

Tomato records smashedBy JOE [email protected]

SeeTOMATO, Page17


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CA. A raffle was also held at thestand. TheYMCA raised $2000,Lukatch said.

Its an old family recipe,Marrancatold theTimesLeader.

Tomatoes are in it but goodluck getting the otheringredients

from him.Its not for sale, he said.

Little Miss and Mister

Sunday was dedicated to thekids.

TheLittle Missand LittleMis-ter TomatoFestival 2012 Pageantwas held. Vanessa Maslowski, 6,of Duryea, was crowned LittleMiss Pittston Tomato Festival2012 and Mikey Colaruso 2 1/2 ,

of Exeter, wascrowned LittleMister PittstonTomato Festiv-al 2012.

AngelNoone, theMiss TomatoFestival in1996, orga-nized the pag-eant. She said35 girls and 11boys compet-ed.

The kidswere all socute, she said.

The LittleMiss Runner

Up was Reece Fisher, 4, ofPlains, and the Little Mister

Runner Up was Trip Foley, noage or address listed. (He leftbefore we could get his informa-tion, Noone said.)

The winners received a $50Boden gift certificate,a trophy, asash and a $25 Toys R Us giftcertificate from Liberty Tax.The runners up received a $25Toys R Us gift certificate fromLiberty Tax and a Boden bookbag. All the contestants get a rib-bon.

Marina Maida of PittstonAreawas crowned Tomato FestivalQueen last Saturday. Maida, 15,of Jenkins Township, edged out

1st runner up, Rebecca Zaneski,16, a junior from Wyoming Val-ley West.

Other contestants were: Ta-bithia Filipski, Jenkins Town-ship.; Casey Kane, Exeter; Ra-chel Lazevnick, Pittston; Chel-sea Pietrzyk, Glen Lyon; Jamie

Lombardo, Wilkes-Barre; Jac-queline Buckley, Nanticoke; andRebecca Colwell, West Pittston.

Thecontest wasopen to youngladies between the ages of 14 to19 who vie for prizes, gifts and a$500 cash college scholarship

and $250 to the runner-up.

Coming soon

Lombardo said the TomatoFestival Committee hopes to ex-


Tomato


SamMarranca, owner of Cafe Italia in Jenkins Township, secondfrom left, receives theSauce Wars trophy (right) at thePittstonTomato Festival Sundaynight. From left, Greater PittstonYMCAExecutive Director Craig Lukatch, Marranca, 2012Festival QueenMarina Maida, and Jenna Gupkoof theYMCA.


Jenna Gupko of theGreaterPittston YMCA ladlesout some toma-to sauce for sampling at the SauceWars boothon Sunday after-noon.

SeeTOMATO, Page19

Vanessa Mas-

lowski, 6, of

Duryea, was

crowned LittleMiss Pittston

Tomato Fes-

tival 2012 and

Mikey Colaru-

so 2 1/2 , of

Exeter, was

crowned Little

Mister Pitt-

ston Tomato

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Question

In 1973, whatprogram did 35area women

participate inthat area mensaid they wishedwas available to them?

1953 59 Years AgoThere was a bit of a mystery

at the Greater Pittston Voca-tional School. AdministratorCharles Cookfound brandnew coffee, ice cream andsnack vending machines liningthe halls of the Tunnel StreetSchools third floor. He had noidea where they had come fromand, more importantly, whoapproved the installation.

At a subsequent board meet-ing, Cook questioned boardmembers as to who allowed thevending machines to be in-stalled. All agreed that in a

prior meeting Leonard Berkosiand Robert Ash of Avoca pre-sented the proposition of vend-ing machines to the board who,in turn, left the decision up toAdministrator Cook.

The gentlemen must havethought Cooks silence in themeeting was an authorizedokay. Cook directed the boardto find out how much electric-ity the machines used. At thetime, the school had 131 WorldWar II veterans and 176 KoreanWar veterans enrolled.

Esther Langan of Pittstonappeared on the NBC network

radio program Search forTalent. A vocalist with theFrankie Reynolds orchestra, she

performed the song, SayYoure Mine Again. The pro-gram locally broadcast byWSCR in Scranton was heardcoast to coast. The Reynoldsorchestra based in Ohio record-ed on Bluebird Records forRCA.

The Sunday Dispatch In-quiring Photographer asked,Do you think children begin-ning school are brighter than inthe era before television?

Josephine McDonnell, of

Inkerman, answered, They arenoticeably more intelligent.

Sam Lizza, of Pittston, add-ed, They have a better oppor-tunity to learn by seeing.

Mike Lieback, of Old Bos-ton, stated, They pick up an

awful lot. If it wasnt for televi-

sion, it might take them a cou-ple more years to get it all.

1963 49 Years Ago

Although certain she wouldnever get it back, Mrs. King, ofPittston, called police head-quarters to report she had losther purse. Police MagistrateJim Casalo was happy to tellher that three young men, JohnMcHale, Michael Bidwell andWinfield Davis had found her

purse at the Corner of Carrolland Radcliffe Streets and hadtaken it to police headquartersearlier in the day.

Gilmartin Parkin Pittstonheld an end-of-the-season trackand f ield event. Over 30 chil-dren participated. The winnersincludedRosemary Redding-ton, Leo Monteforte, Rosem-ary Richard, Diane Falcone,Ronnie Quinn, Dennis Wid-dick, Ed Jacoboski, MaryJoyville, Charles Turco, JohnWiddick, Tom Tigue andDaveHayko.

Joseph Hannon, chairmanof Avoca Borough Council, wasin the hospital being treated for

a ruptured appendix. During hisstay, he received numerousget-well cards. As he was sort-ing through the envelopes, hefound one from the WhiteHouse. It wasnt a get-well card,

but a card of thanks to Hannonand other members of councilfor a sympathy note they had

sent to the President and Mrs.John Kennedy on the death oftheir son, Patrick.

Pagnotti Enterprises em-ployee Louis J. Marino Jr., ofPittston Township, was one ofthe key personnel handling theriggings and drills at the Shepp-ton Mine near Hazleton after itcollapsed on Aug. 16, trappingDavid Fellin, Henry HankThrone and Lou Bova.

The men were given up fordead, but to quell the concernof immediate family members,it was decided to drill a 6-inch-wide borehole in an attempt to

hear any sound that would in-dicate the miners were stillalive. The hole took two days todrill. A microphone was low-ered.

To the surprise of rescueworkers, they heard two of theminers speaking.

Drilling of larger boreholescommenced immediately. A17-inch borehole was drilled byequipment loaned by billionaireHoward Hughes.

On Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1963,Fellin and Throne were pulled

from the mine. Bova perished,his body never recovered. Aheadstone surrounded by awhite picket fence just off Nu-remburg Road marks his grave.

1973 39 Years ago

West Wyoming Boroughended the three-day celebration

of its 75th anniversary with aparade. Residents dressed incostumes reminiscent of thelate 1800s, which includedKeystone Cops uniforms. Fer-denando Begliomini was hon-ored as the oldest citizen of the

borough.Jean Shalna, president, and

Laura Zawadzki, vice presi-dent, of the Falls Senior Citi-zens Club were extremely hap-

py that the Nutrition Programor Diners Club had formallyopened at the Falls Hose Housefor senior citizens. The newnationally-funded program

enabled senior residents toenjoy a hot lunch and socialize.Over 75 seniors signed up forthe program sponsored by Unit-ed Services Agency and Bureaufor the Aging.

Scout Troop 352 in WestPittston did not have a goodstart. Beginning in 1921, it was

known as Troop 2 and afteronly one year was abandoned.

In 1923, the unit was re-activated and chartered with the

National Council, Boy Scoutsof America and sponsored bythe First Methodist Church.In 1973, nine young men AlanFreed, Kevin Jones, Drew

Whyte, Paul Pugliese, HarrySchmaltz, John Polak, RobertReid, Donald Griffin andDavid Emanuel all of WestPittston received their EagleScout Badges, making a total of57 earned by the troop since itsre-activation. Each candidateundertook a community projectto qualify for the award.

These included raising fundsfor the West Pittston Library,collecting eyeglasses for thePittston Lions Club, SalvationArmys Christmas Kettle, plant-ing hundreds of shade trees,

painting the community swim-

ming pool, assisting the CherryBlossom Festival committee,cleaning historic Jenkins Ceme-tery and painting St. AnthonysChurch Hall. Each young manhad passed 21 or more merit

badges and served in leadership

Local helped rescue trapped miners in 63Peekinginto the past

With Judy Minsavage

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pand to the third tier, behind thePittston Library, in 2013.

We want to make a venue forthe younger people in the com-munity, Lombardo said. Wehope to put up another stage andbook some bands for teens. We

may have a few vendorsup there,too. Someonewith relevantfood,maybe burgers and fries.

The committee also plans tobuild a permanent, multi-use,multi-story support facility onthe lot to be used for storage. Itcould also be used by the city tostore items for the DowntownBusiness Improvement District,such as Christmas wreaths andbanners for the light posts. Hesaid the festival committee willbuy the materials, but city volun-teers will build the structure.

Well build it ourselves andbuild it to suit our needs, Lom-

bardo said. He said it will alsohouse a water truck and a plat-form to assist in changing ban-ners downtown.

Dispatch gives back

At the Sunday Dispatchsbooth at the festival, the paperraised $1,121 for the Care andConcern Ministries of St. Johnthe Evangelist Parish Communi-ty.

For a $1 donation, patrons gotto spin a prize wheel. Prizes in-cluded a limited-edition SundayDispatch T-shirt and a bright yel-low, die-cast limited edition toy

Porsche Boxster featuring theSunday Dispatch logo. Otherprizes included glow bracelets,quick repair eyeglass kit, mag-neticmemo board andpen, waterbottles, Frisbees, plug-in nightlight, assorted color flashing keychains and tote bags.

Editor Ed Ackerman said theSunday Dispatch was happy to

help a worthy, Pittston charity.During the Dispatchs 66-

year history, weve supportedthousands of causes in GreaterPittston, Ackerman said. But

none is more fun for the staffmembers than using our booth atthe Tomato Festival. The folks atCare and Concern partner withus in running the booth. Dis-patch readers enjoy stopping byand walking away with a prize.And the Care and Concern Min-istries benefit. Everybody wins,and we like that.


Tomato


JOE HEALEY/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH

Dispatch editor Ed Ackerman presents the proceeds of the Dispatch's PittstonTomato Festival booth to the Care and Concern Minis-tries of St. John the Evangelist Parish Community, represented by Peggy Burke, center, andGloria Blandina.


First-time tomato fighter BillCabreraof Trucksville gets pelted by tomatoes during the tomato fightsat the Pittston Tomato Festival on Saturday afternoon.


Three-year-oldLandonPolleckofWest Pitt-ston

watchesthe Pitt-ston Toma-to FestivalParade.


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***A court decision on pit bulls has outragedmany dog owners while some lawyers,parentsand victimsare cheering.Marylandshighest court ruled that pit bulls areinherentlydangerous,and thatno specicprior acts are required to establish liability.

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The West Pittston AmericanLegion, 1st Lt. Jeffrey DePrimoPost 542 in conjunction with theWest Wyoming Post 904 and the1st Lt. Jeffrey DePrimo Founda-tion hosted patients from theVeterans Administastion Medi-cal Center Nursing Home andCatholic SocialServices at a pic-nic at Frances Slocum State

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Post 542 is looking for newmembers to carry on the effortsof the Post. Anyone interested isasked to call Ron Gitkos at 654-2261.

West Pittston Legion posts play hosts to VA patients

A veteran and resident at theVA Medical Center Nursing Home salutes during the picnic.

Russell Endresshandles theBBQ grill for theday.


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capacity in the troop.Troop committee members

were C. Russell Robertson,Clarence Boone, StanleyMemory, Thomas Kutzer,Michael Pugliese Sr., WilliamHarding, Carlo Saporito,Thomas Marriott Sr., Domin-ick Aritz, Robert Seeley, Pa-

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Four Greater Pittston Areaathletes and members of theY-Stars softball team left-fielderLisa Gigliello, center-fielderJoAnn Matt, catcherLori Guitson and designatedhitterMary Jane Grella were set to travel to the A.S.A.Class A National SoftballChampionships in Hayward,California.

Team coach Kathy Potera

commented, The girls dedi-cation and discipline madethem among the finest top-notch players in the country.

The Ys would compete against1972, 80 and 82 national win-ners San Diego Astros and 1981title holder Montclair 81s.

If anyone knows the outcomeof those games, please call theSunday Dispatch at 602-0168.

The Greater Pittston Stonerssoccer team began practice forits initial season with theWyoming Valley SoccerLeague. Sixty-five boys andgirls, ages 6-14, registered.

Coaches for the Stoners wereKlaus Gfeller, Chuck Leib-man, Joe McDonnell, JoeHeffers, Al Melone, Tony

Fabrizio andJack Nardone.

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Thirty-five local women wereset to graduate from the PowderPuff Mechanics course spon-sored by area businessmenNello Scatena, Frank Neher,Vernon Johnson, Frank Ru-dolph andNick Billings.

The women commented thattheir husbands had wished therewas an equivalent course for

them.The course included chang-

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Wyoming Area CatholicSchool will open for the 2012-2013 school year on Monday,Aug. 27 forall students in Pre-K

to eighth grade. For the firstweek of school, students will bedismissed at 11 a.m. There will

be no after-school care or lunch-es the first week of school.

DATESTOREMEMBER

Aug. 30 6 p.m., Meet theTeachers Night

Sept. 3 -No School in observ-ance of Labor Day

Sept. 4 After-school care be-gins. The After Care Programwill providesupervisionin an at-mosphereof cooperation and re-sponsibility. Time will be pro-vided for snack, play, rest andhomework. For snack time, eachchild must bring his/her ownsnack. After care starts at 2:45

p.m. and continues until 5:45p.m. on regular school days andfrom11a.m. to5:45 p.m.on earlydismissal days.

Sept. 4 Cafeteria opens forlunches. Snacks and fresh fruitare available everyday at a mini-mal cost. Choices of drinks in-clude white and chocolate milk,orange drink, iced tea, water andgrapejuice.Mrs. Mary Ann Ma-tosky andMrs. KathyCirelli will

be back as cafeteria managers.Lunch orders with payment for

September are due Wednesday,Aug. 29.

Sept. 7 - Drive-in movie; backto school fun

Sept. 14 Book Fair, studentpreview day

Sept. 15 and 16 8 a.m. to 1p.m., Book Fair, St. Cecilias

Church hallSept.17-19 BookFair,8 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m., shopping hoursscheduled by class

Sept. 19 7 p.m., FamilyMass. Refreshments will beserved after the liturgy.

Sept. 19 Book Fair will beopened after Family Mass.

Mrs. Theresa Sabetta, librar-ian, is coordinator of the BookFair.

REMINDER

Forthe first day ofschool, par-ents are asked to send in com-

pleted emergency forms and

supply fees.

B A C K T O S C H O O L

First day of schoolMonday at WAC

In connection with the Tomato Festival, the Knights of Columbus in Pittston conducted a raffle for abasketof cheer. The winningticket was pulledon Sunday nightat the conclusion of the festival.From left,

are Jim Tighe, Exeter, basket winner; Ken Burke, board member; and Jim Schappert, president.

K of C basket of cheer raffle winner


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The Knights of ColumbusCouncil 372 Pittston is sponsor-ing a family outing from 11 a.m.to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.15 atthe Plains Pavilion Clarks Lane

(top of the hill) in Plains. Clams,cornon thecob, hamburgers,hotdogs, beer, soda and water willbe available. Participants areasked to bring a covered dish toshare. This is a BYOB event.

Music will be provided byOp-

timium and there will be gamesand contests for children andadults. Cost for Council 372members and their family mem-bers is $15 per person. Non-members andguestswillpay $20per person, $50 for a family of

four. Children under 12 years ofage will be admitted free.

For tickets, contact Fran An-kenbrand at 954-8147, Greg Ser-fass at 262-5554 or stop at theclub at 55 S. Main St., Pittstonafter 7 p.m.

Members of theplanning committee for the Knights of Columbus familypicnic are, from left, Grand Knight JimNardone, Rick Korpu-sik, Fran Ankenbrand, Greg SerfassandKenBurke.

Knights of Columbus plan family picnic

Hughestown Hose Companywill feature craft beers at its an-nual pig roast set for Saturday,

Sept. 1.The event, which isopento thepublic, runs from 5 to 10 p.m. atthe hose company grounds, 30Center St., Hughestown.

A donation of $20 includesfood and music. A $25 donationadds libations to the menu with25 different items of refreshmentto choose from including craftsfrom the new SusquehannaBrewing Company of Pittston.

Above prices are in advanceonly. Tickets at the door will beavailable for $30.

Craft beersavailable atHughestownpig roast

Wyoming Area Class of 1982will hold a 30th anniversary re-union mixer on Sunday, Sept. 2,at 5:00 p.m. at Coopers Cabanain Pittston. Any questions, callPatrice at 570-881-0135.

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HOUSING AUTHORITY SETSFIVE-YEAR PLAN

In accordance with HUD requirements, the Housing Authority of theCity of Pittston has prepared a ve-year plan and an annual agency

plan for scal year 2013.

It will be available for review on August 27, 2012 at the HousingAuthoritys ofce, 500 Kennedy Boulevard, In fantino Towers, Pittston.

The Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing on October15, 2012 at 6:00 P.M. at the authoritys ofce to discuss the agency

plan and invite public comments.Comments and suggestions will be taken into consideration by the

Board of Commissioners, Housing Authority staff and ResidentAdvisory Board.

The Pittston Memorial Li-brary will remain closed for ren-ovations until at least Monday,Aug. 27, at noon, library offi-cials announced.

Items to be returned may beplaced in the book drop or re-

turned to any other LuzerneCounty library.

If you need to renew an itemyou can do so online atwww.pittstonmemoriallibra-ry.org or bycalling any other Lu-zerne County library.

Hook OMalley 5KRun

The 20th Annual HookOMalley 5K Run/Walk againstCancer will be held today, Sun-day, August 26, at McDade Park.Registration will be from 8:15 to9:45 a.m. with a 10 a.m. start.Race day registration is $20.

There will be awards given in

variousage groups andt-shirts tothe first 50 registrants.The race is held in memory of

Hook OMalley who believed inthe spiritual, emotional andphysical health of the youth inhis community and will be runregardless of the weather.

Volunteers needed

Heartland Hospice is recruit-ing volunteers to augment hos-pice services. Volunteers offersupport, companionship andpractical support to patients andtheir families, including runningerrands, reading or staying with

a patient so family members cantake a break. Comprehensivetraining is required and free ofcharge. Contact LouiseMcNabb, volunteer coordinator,at 654-0220 for more informa-tion.

WA studentparking

Juniors and seniors attendingWyoming Area Secondary Cen-termay now pick up applicationsfor parkingpermitsfor the 2012-2013 school year at the Princi-pals 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 attainedduring school hours.

Wyoming FarmersMarket

The Wyoming Farmers Mar-ket in the Park is held at 9 a.m.

every Saturday in the ButlerStreet Park, off Eighth Street.Craft and food vendors will alsobe 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.

Prince of Peace raffle

Tickets for the $10,000 raffleat Prince of Peace Parish in OldForge are still available. Ticketscost $50 each. There are only400 tickets being sold withprizes of $5,000, first prize;$3,000, second prize; $1,000,third and fourth prize.

Tickets may be purchased by

visitingthe rectory123 W. GraceSt. in Old Forge, calling the rec-tory at 457-5900 between 9 a.m.and 4 p.m. or mailing a check.

PA Class of 72

The Pittston High SchoolClassof 1972 willholda reunionon Aug. 28. All those interestedin attending are asked to call Joeat 451-3823 for further details.

PA Class of 2013

The Pittston Area class of2013 will be selling lottery tick-ets at Redners in Pittstonon Sat-urday, Sept. 1, from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. The lottery tickets will beforthe month ofOctober. Ticketsare $5 and benefit the all nightparty.

All Class reunion

The Pittston Twp. combinedclass reunion will be held fromnoon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sep.1 at the Plains Pavilion on ClarkLane in Plains. Music will be

furnishedby ChicColarusso. Allpersons interested in attendingand have not received an invita-tion areaskedto call 654-2876or

654-2081.Any person who attended Pitt-

ston Twp. schools at any time orany resident of the township iswelcome to attend. It anyoneknows someone residing out oftown whohas notbeen contactedyoure asked to inform them.Price is $33 per person andcheck may be mailed to All-Class Reunion at 42 NormanStreet, Pittston, PA 18640.

PA Class of 2002

Pittston Area Class of 2002will celebrate its 10th anniver-sary reunion on Sept. 1 at Van

Fleets Grove, Moscow.Cost is $40 per person or $80per couple.

Reservations mustbe made byAug.18.

Complete reunion details canbe found on the Pittston AreaClass of 2002 Reunion Face-book. For additional informa-tion, email [email protected]

WA Class of1992

Wyoming Area High SchoolClass of1992is planning its20thanniversary reunion for Satur-day, Sept. 1 at Rodanos inWilkes-Barre.

Those interested in attendingare asked to e-mail their addressand contact information to [email protected] or call655-0238.

PHSClass of1962

ThePittston Area HighSchoolClass of 1962 will hold its 50thanniversary reunionon Sept. 2 at

Brews Brothers. Committeemembers are looking for contactinformation for fellow class-mates JoanCarolyn Barbara Go-

ham and Edward Thomas Carey.For more information, call Flo-rence at 655-3228 or Jo-Jo at655-0468.

The final committee meetingwillbe at noonon Saturday, Aug.18 at Savos Pizza in PittstonCommons.

WA1982 reunion

The Wyoming Area Class of1982 will hold a reunion from 1to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 2 attheCheckerboard Inn,385 Carv-erton Road, Trucksville withfood, refreshments and music byOld 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 ride

The Greater Pittston CharityTrain Ride railroad excursion toJim Thorpe is Sunday, Sept. 9.

The excursion in a 1920s eraopen 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 and sentto the Greater Pittston CharityTrain Ride c/o Pittston MemorialLibrary, 47 Broad St., Pittston,PA 18640. Formore information,

call Gloriaat 693-0766or T

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