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Medal
count
as of Aug. 11
LONDON 2012 OLYMPICS
United States 44 29 29 102
China 38 27 22 87
Russia 21 25 32 78
Britain 28 15 19 62
Germany 11 19 14 44
Japan 6 14 17 37
Australia 7 16 12 35
France 10 11 12 33
South Korea 13 7 7 27
Italy 8 7 8 23
Netherlands 6 6 8 20
Ukraine 5 4 9 18
Canada 1 5 12 18
Hungary 8 4 5 17
Spain 3 9 4 16
Brazil 3 4 8 15
New Zealand 5 3 5 13
Iran 4 5 3 12
Jamaica 4 4 4 12
COUNTRY G S B TOT
BOLT STRIKES
3 TIMES
Usain Bolt got the gold
medal and another world
record, too, anchoring the
Jamaicans to victory in
36.84 seconds Saturday
night to cap off his second
straight 3-for-3 Olympics.
The United States finished
in 37.04 seconds, the old
world-record time set by Bolt
and the Jamai-
cans last
year. PAGE
1C
DIVING INTO GOLD
David Boudia ended a
gold-medal drought for the
United States with a dramatic
last dive that scored the most
points of the 10-meter plat-
form competition at the
Olympics on Saturday night.
Boudias victory gave the
U.S. its first gold in diving
since 2000. PAGE 7C
2012 LONDON
OLYMPICS
10 A.M., NBC: Mens basket-
ball, Gold Medal final, Spain vs.
U.S.
7 P.M., NBC: Closing ceremo-
ny.
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NORFOLK, Va. Republican Mitt
Romney anointed Wisconsin Rep. Paul
Ryan, an ardent conservative and devot-
ed budget cutter, as his vice presidential
running mate on Saturday, and the two
men immediately embarked on a tour of
campaign battleground states vowing to
defeat President Barack Obama and re-
pair the long-ailing U.S. economy.
America is a nation facing debt, doubt
and despair, and a transformative
change in leadership is vital, Ryan decla-
Romneys choice is Paul Ryan
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Republican Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, left, and his
running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., look at the crowd.
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Booksl 5F
Ajay Arora and his partners re-
cently bought a two-unit home in
Wilkes-Barre for $25,000 as a
rental property investment.
He was surprised to learn the
countys tax value on the proper-
ty was $86,500.
I didnt know the assessment
was that high, said Arora, who
intends to file an assessment ap-
peal.
Property owners still have a lit-
tle over three weeks, or until
Sept. 4, to file assessment chal-
lenges for 2013.
Theres no simple formula to
help property owners decide if an
appeal is warranted, though the
assessment more than three
times the sale price in Aroras
case is an obvious indicator.
Toobtaina reduction, property
owners must present anappraisal
showing the assessment is too
highor multiple examples of low-
er sales or assessments on com-
parable structures in the same
Property
valuation,
sale price
have gap
Area sale prices dip below
assessed values as deadline
for challenges nears.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
[email protected]
Average
Assessed
value
$134,768
Average
sale
price
$121,962
Luzerne County records show that, for a
sample of 100 real estate transactions
reviewed, sales prices were an average of
9.5 percent below assessed values.
PROPERTY VALUES DROP
-9.5%
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See PROPERTY, Page 12A
George Bedwick has the hippo-
shaped coin banks, statues of saints
and antique wooden phone booth (if
youre willing to hunt for it).
Dominic Fino boasts a wicked spi-
ral staircase in the back that leads to a
room where you can learn ferrets like
the taste of raspberry and reptiles
favor lemon custard.
And Bruce Lefkowitz? Well, hes got
Sugar.
The dog, not the sucrose.
I like the dog! Harry Messersmith
quipped with a wry grin when asked
why he has stuck with Harrolds Phar-
macy for 45 years, even as the big
chains (Walgreens, Rite Aid) and big
box stores (Walmart, Target) bulldoze
into town and bullhorn deals to make
a bargain hunter salivate.
And yes, the utterly disarming and
hopelessly charming golden lab is a
heck of a draw, eager to cozy up to
any customer who even absent-mind-
edly puts a petting hand within
snouts reach.
But unless Sugar found the foun-
tain of youth buried in Harrolds back
room, she cant be the reason the
pharmacy threw a big 65th anni-
versary bash Saturday.
And she most certainly isnt the
reason independent pharmacies con-
tinue to survive throughout Luzerne
County in an era of growing competi-
tion from big-budget corporations and
shrinking profits from reduced insur-
ance reimbursements.
No, ask an independent owner or a
long-time satisfied customer how
In an era of huge chains and mail-order medicine,
the areas independent pharmacies adapt and thrive
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Dominic Jr., Dominic Sr. and Michael Fino man the counters at Finos Pharmacy in Dallas. Customers say they are impressed by
the level of personal service.
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Bedwick Pharmacy in Wilkes-Barre offers items
formerly supplied by the Diocesan Guild Store.
Harrolds Pharmacy is located on Old River Road
in Wilkes-Barre.
Prescription
for success
By MARK GUYDISH
[email protected]
See PHARMACY, Page 6A
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta said Repub-
lican presidential nominee Mitt
Romney made a wise choice desig-
nating Paul Ryan as his vice presi-
dent.
I know him well, Barletta said
Saturday from his Hazleton home.
Barletta said Ryan, a fellow Repub-
lican congressman from Wisconsin,
will be an invaluable resource to the
ticket and the American people.
GOP presidential candidate selects
Wis. representative as running mate.
See CHOICE, Page 7A
By KASIE HUNT
Associated Press
Barletta likes
running mate
[email protected]
See STATE, Page 7A
WHO IS
Paul Ryan?
A profile of
the Wiscon-
sin con-
gressman
and rising
Republican
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time tear-
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SWEET SOUNDS AT PEACH MUSIC FEST
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reg Allman performs at The Peach Music Festival Saturday at the Toyota Pavilion at
Montage Mountain. The festival, which started Friday, wraps up today with a special
Wake Up With Warren acoustic performance by Warren Haynes, plus full gospel-fla-
vored sets from Robert Randolph & The Family Band and the Blind Boys of Alabama. A
weekend wrap-up review of the festival will be published in Mondays Times Leader.
PHILADELPHIA If youre
hungry and its late at night, Phi-
ladelphia is the place to be.
So says Esquire magazine in
naming Philly The Late Night
Capital of the United States in
its September issue, which hits
newsstands Aug. 13.
For those not familiar with the
citys culinary scene, it may come
as a surprise that the ubiquitous
cheesesteak isnt included in Es-
quires summary of Philadel-
phias finest after-hours eats.
The magazine cheers the citys
epic jukeboxes andrandomdart-
boards, roasted meat and melted
cheese, super-hard-to-find beers
andwhiskey neat all servedup
without judgment in an Ameri-
can stronghold for going big into
the wee hours.
And it doesnt hurt that the lo-
cal love for microbrewing, dating
to the late 1600s, shows up on
beer lists so intricately compiled
theyd be described as curated in
more pretentious cities.
Among the dozen places noted
as tops in late-night grub are The
Dapper Dog, a food truck serving
grilled hot dogs with toppings
like mashed potato and Greek
salad, on Fridays and Saturdays
from9:30p.m. to2:30a.m.; Khyb-
er Pass Pub, a hallowed former
rock club thats now a Southern-
influenced tavern with brisket
and poboys on Leidenheimer
rolls flown up fromNewOrleans,
as well as vegetarian wings and
vegan sausage, plus a large array
of craft beers to wash it all down;
and Davids Mai Lai Wah, a Chi-
natown staple that packs in the
post-last call crowdfor pork dum-
plings and salt-and-pepper squid
till 4 a.m.
The Esquire nod comes days
after Saveur magazine published
a summary of its 36-hour gastro-
nomical tour of the city. Of note
were six things the editors said
were foods that only Philadelphia
has from Thai coconut gelato
and made-to-order Turkish-
spiced doughnuts to Capn
Crunch fish tacos and house-
made burrata cheese.
Throughit all there was a con-
tinuous thread of something inef-
fably Philly: bright and optimis-
tic, entirely unpretentious and
yet exacting in quality, the mag-
azine said.
Yo, Phillys more
than cheesesteak
The citys abundance of
late-night eats raises it to
top of the national menu.
By JOANN LOVIGLIO
Associated Press
A glance of the restaurants in
Philadelphia cited as having the
best late-night bites:
North Third, 801 North 3rd St.
Standard Tap, 901 North 2nd St.
The Dapper Dog, parked at 2nd
and Poplar streets
Khyber Pass Pub, 56 South 2nd St.
Davids Mai Lai Wah, 1001 Race St.
McGillins Olde Ale House, 1310
Drury St.
Good Dog, 224 South 15th St.
Kennett, 848 South 2nd St.
Royal Tavern, 937 East Passyunk
Ave.
Cantina Los Caballitos, 1651 East
Passyunk Ave.
South Philadelphia Tap Room,
1509 Mifflin St.
Grace Tavern, 2229 Grays Ferry
Ave.
The Sidecar Bar & Grille, 2201
Christian St.
C H O W D O W N L AT E
PASADENA, Calif. After a
spectacular landing on Mars,
the rover Curiosity wasted no
time embracing its inner shut-
terbug, delighting scientists
with vistas of Gale Crater com-
plete with sand dunes, moun-
tain views and even haze.
Now what?
The nuclear-powered, six-
wheel Curiosity is on a quest to
learn whether the Martian envi-
ronment could have been favor-
able for microbial life. Before it
can drive, it has to slog through
weeks of health checkups. Since
its the most complex spacecraft
ever sent to the red planet, engi-
neers want to make sure its in
tip-top shape before they hand
over the keys to scientists. It al-
ready has done a cursory check
of its 10 science tools, but more
tests are needed. This weekend,
its computers get a software up-
date a process that will last
several days.
When can we watch a movie
of the touchdown?
The footage is recorded and
stored on board Curiosity and
will be downloaded as time al-
lows. It sent back a low-quality
video and several high-resolu-
tion frames that captured the
last few minutes of the descent,
providing a sense of a spacecraft
landing on another planet. In
the video, the protective heat
shield pops off and tumbles
away. It ends with billowing
plumes of dust as Curiosity was
safely delivered to the surface.
What are the first impressions
of Gale Crater?
The missions chief scientist
John Grotzinger said it was like
staring at Californias Mojave
Desert. The landing site is peb-
bly with sand dunes nearby and
mountains off in the distance. A
curtain of haze hung over the
site. Curiositys destination is
Mount Sharp, a 3-mile-high
mountain rising fromthe center
of the crater floor near the equa-
tor. Observations from space re-
veal the base of the mountain
shows signs of past water a
good place to hunt for the chem-
ical ingredients of life.
How did the last Sundays
landing go?
Curiositys performance was
pretty much on target with ex-
pectations. Because it weighed
nearly 2,000 pounds, it had to be
gently lowered to the surface
a routine NASA had never tried
before. A preliminary recon-
struction indicates it landed 1
1/2 miles downrange from the
bulls-eye.
How many rovers are now on
Mars?
Curiosity joins the long-run-
ning Opportunity, which has
been exploring craters in Mars
southern hemisphere since
2004. Opportunitys twin, Spirit,
fell silent in 2010 after getting
stuck in a sand trap. Curiositys
prime mission lasts two years.
AP PHOTO
This image provided by NASA on Thursday shows the first 360-degree color panorama taken on
Mars by NASAs Curiosity rover.
Mars Rover facing checkups
More tests and a software
update are vital before the
science mission can begin.
By ALICIA CHANG
AP Science Writer
AP PHOTO
Doug Ellison, right, of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, discusses
the Mars rover.
ALBANY, N.Y. New Yorks
Capitol has been the workplace
of future presidents, Supreme
Court justices, premier thinkers
and even scoundrels. Now the
statehouse is telling some of its
long-hidden tales by filling its
hallways with artifacts that are
drawing thousands of visitors.
The newly displayed pieces of
Americana include a 1762 slave
bill of sale, early abolitionist de-
crees, Gov. Nelson Rockefellers
massively stretched Lincoln
Continental from the Mad
Men era, anda curious chunkof
old iron: A 3-foot link from Gen.
George Washingtons defense
system, which strung a quarter-
mile chain across the Hudson
River at West Point to stop Brit-
ish ships during the Revolution-
ary War.
In less than a year, marble
halls that for most of their 130
years had been used simply as
routes between offices have
been transformed into a mu-
seum. Every few steps, slices of
American and state history give
even veterans of these hallways
pause.
For decades, most of the arti-
facts were boxed in a warehouse
in neighboring Schenectady
County or storedinclimate-con-
trolled cabinets in the state Ar-
chives. But in the last year, New
York has raided its attic.
The artifacts can be seen in
regular tours of the Capitol or, as
thousands of visitors areincreas-
ingly doing, by wandering
through the working state-
house. Detailed signs are aug-
mented by audio explanations
that can be heard by cellphone.
N.Y.s Capitol turns into history museum
The state highlights its
contributions by moving
historical pieces into halls.
By MICHAEL GORMLEY
Associated Press
HARRISBURG A $300-mil-
lion-a-year state program that
helps school districts pay to con-
struct or renovate buildings will
soon be closed to newprojects, at
least temporarily, as state offi-
cials decide if it needs to be
changed or eliminated.
Some districts are rushing to
get their plans into the pipeline
before the October start of a nine-
month moratorium that was
quietly enacted along with the
state budget earlier this summer.
School districts already under
financial pressure from growing
pension obligations and state
funding cuts are eyeing the mora-
torium warily, concerned that it
could be the first step toward
eventual elimination of the so-
called PlanCon reimbursement.
PlanCon refers to the Educa-
tion Departments Planning and
Construction Workbook, a com-
plicated review that runs from
justifyingthe needfor a project to
designing it, acquiring the land,
building it and paying for it.
Were really in this incredible
squeeze because were just trying
to get through operational costs,
much less construction costs,
said Jay Himes, executive direc-
tor of the Pennsylvania Associ-
ation of School Business Offi-
cials. Without some state sup-
port, those building projects are
going to be more and more and
more difficult.
Republican Gov. Tom Corbett
first raised the idea of a moratori-
um when he proposed a 2012-13
budget in February, but what
eventually passed was scaled
back so that it did not take effect
until October and covered only
newprojects, not those already in
the PlanCon pipeline.
The funding for the current
year remained level there are
about 230 projects currently in
PlanCon but the moratorium
is likely to mean that less con-
struction and renovation will get
under way in the coming years.
Right nowits a money thing,
saidSteve Miskin, spokesmanfor
the House Republican caucus.
Lets see what needs to be done
does it need to be improved,
what doweneedtodoor not do?
One possibility is that the fund-
ing formula, under which more
affluent districts get less support,
could be changed.
But its also possible the entire
program will be shut down. Cor-
betts budget materials from Feb-
ruaryframedthe comingstudyas
a review of the role of state gov-
ernment inthis area of school dis-
trict operations.
It just gives us a breather for
these eight, nine months, said
Education Department spokes-
man TimEller. To look, A, if this
is something the state should be
doing, and B, if any changes need
to be done.
Districts will still have press-
ing needs for construction and
renovation, no matter what the
state does with the PlanCon pro-
gram, said Dave Davare, research
director for the Pennsylvania
School Boards Association.
Some are currently scramblingto
get in under the Oct. 1 deadline,
and recent news accounts have
reflected a struggle by some dis-
tricts to make plans amid the un-
certainty.
Weve got some districts with
some very old buildings, Davare
said. Then you also have some
districts that, if the economy
turns around, could end up being
growingdistricts andaregoingto
need classroom space.
Pa. school building aid
closing for evaluation
Districts fear losing a popular
program that has helped with
construction, renovation.
By MARK SCOLFORO
Associated Press
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PITTSTON
Freshmen orientation set
P
ittston Area Senior High School
will host a freshmen orientation
from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Aug. 28. All
ninth-grade students and newly
enrolled transfer students (grades
9-12) and their parents/guardians are
encouraged to attend.
Students and their parents are to
report to the high school auditorium
promptly at 9 a.m. for a short pre-
sentation. Students will have the
opportunity to receive their sched-
ules, lockers and student handbooks.
Also, students and parents will have
the opportunity to tour the school
and meet teachers, counselors and
principals.
LEHMAN TWP.
Time for Arts at Hayfield
On Aug. 26, more than 120 arti-
sans, musicians, crafters and more
will converge on the Penn State
Wilkes-Barre campus for the 28th
Annual Arts at Hayfield Summer
Festival from10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There will be tours of Hayfield
House, set for 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and
2:30 p.m.
A requested $2 donation for adults
supports an annual achievement
award to an arts-oriented Penn State
Wilkes-Barre student, donations to
public performances offered by the
FM Kirby Center, Misericordia Uni-
versity, the Fine Arts Musical Pro-
gram at the Shavertown United
Methodist Church and to Great
Books at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, as
well as support for arts-oriented
projects at local libraries and pro-
grams at Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
DALLAS
VFW consultant at office
A VFW claims consultant will be
available for scheduled appointments
at state Sen. Lisa
Bakers office, 22
Dallas Shopping
Center, on Friday.
All veterans, not
just VFW members,
can request appoint-
ments between 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. To
schedule a visit
please call (570) 675-3931.
WILKES-BARRE
City offers flu vaccines
The Wilkes-Barre City Health
Department has announced the
following dates for free flu vaccina-
tion clinics at the Kirby Health Cen-
ter, 71 N. Franklin St.:
Friday, Oct. 12, 5 to 8 p.m. (drive-
thru clinic); Saturday, Oct, 13, 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. (drive-thru clinic);
Thursday, Oct. 18, 3 to 7 p.m.; Mon-
day, Oct. 22, 1 to 4 p.m.; Friday, Oct.
26, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Monday, Oct.
29, 3 to 7 p.m.
The clinic hours were set to in-
clude late afternoon and early eve-
ning hours as well as weekends to
maximize convenience for residents
to be vaccinated prior to the up-
coming flu season. The Wilkes-Barre
City Health Department will also
hold vaccination clinics at Kings
College for students and faculty.
ALLENTOWN
Old refrigerators wanted
Think you might have the oldest
refrigerator in the PPL Electric Util-
ities service area, or maybe in the
entire state?
Time is growing short to find out
and possibly win a prize to boot.
PPL Electric Utilities customers
have until the end of August to recy-
cle their old, energy-guzzling icebox
and automatically be entered into
the oldest refrigerator contest being
run by JACO Environmental and
other utilities around the state, in-
cluding PPL Electric Utilities. Some
vintage units have already been recy-
cled.
The PPL Electric Utilities custom-
er who recycles the oldest refriger-
ator in the utilitys service territory
will win a $250 gift card. That unit
will then compete with iceboxes
recycled by other utilities in the state
for a $1,000 gift card and the honor
of being deemed the states oldest
refrigerator. Winners will be an-
nounced in September.
Recycling and contest details can
be found atpplelectric.com/recycleor
by calling 1-877-270-3522.
N E WS I N B R I E F
Baker
WILKES-BARRE Log on and sound
off; anyone with Internet access can of-
fer their virtual two cents on what qual-
ities the next Wilkes-Barre Area School
District superintendent needs, courtesy
of a survey on the districts website
(www.wbasd.k12.pa.us).
Were asking key stakeholder groups
about what they see as the challenges
facingthe district as well as what charac-
teristics they want in the superintend-
ent, said Britta Barrickman, director of
school personnel services at thePennsyl-
vania School Boards Association. The
Wilkes-Barre Area board commissioned
the PSBA to help conduct the search for
a replacement for retiring Superintend-
ent Jeff Namey.
Barrickman said the PSBA has been
advertising online and in key education
publications at the state, regional and
national level, and is in the open appli-
cation period. The board will not be
told who or even howmany people have
applied until the application deadline of
Sept. 10, she added.
The survey is an option PSBA offers,
and Wilkes-Barre Area board members
accepted. There are three sections. The
first asks for general identification of
the interest group that best describes
you, including board member, commu-
nity member, staff member and student.
The other two sections ask the partici-
pant to rate the importance of several
qualifications needed by the candidates
and top challenges faced by the district.
Barrickman said the answers are com-
piled and reviewed with the board. We
utilize it to create well-structured ques-
tions (for candidates) based on what
stakeholders see as key characteristics
as well as challenges to the district.
The PSBA also does initial screening
of candidates, checking references and
making sure they have up-to-date cre-
dentials and required clearances.
We assist the board throughout the
process, including facilitating the inter-
views, Barrickman said, but ultimately
All key decisions of the searchare inthe
boards hands.
Board President Mary Ann Toole said
she had wanted to open up the process
of replacing Namey, who steps down
Aug. 31after working 42 years in the dis-
trict. Toole also said shes been im-
pressed by the PSBAs work.
The survey will remain on the website
until Aug. 30.
You can help find superintendent
Residents can tell Wilkes-Barre Area
officials what they want in new
school leader, via online survey.
By MARK GUYDISH
[email protected]
Mark Guydish can be reached at 829-7161
HANOVER TWP. Residents of Lu-
zerne County deposited an estimated
500,000 pounds of useless answering ma-
chines, televisions, computer equipment,
camcorders and other consumer goods on
Saturday at the 20th Electronic Recycling
Collection sponsored by the Luzerne
County Solid Waste Management Depart-
ment at the Hanover Area Junior/Senior
High School.
For10years the county has beencollect-
ing recyclables, and more than 3.6 million
pounds of electronics were collected be-
tween 2003 and 2011, said Elizabeth De-
Nardi, recycling coordinator for the coun-
ty.
An estimated 2,500 cars rolled through
the collection site organized by county of-
ficials, which DeNardi called another
success.
"Weve never had a bad day," she said.
When looking at the benefits of the pro-
gram, DeNardi cites many. First, it is a free
service for the residents, which they ap-
preciate, she said.
"I wish I had a nickel for every person
whosaidtheywerelookingforwardtothis
each year," she added.
Plus, it saves landfill space, creates jobs,
saves natural resources and helps com-
plete the recycling loop, she said.
The item received in the largest quanti-
ty is televisions, DeNardi said. After 10
years they continue to pour in, even large
console televisions that have flood mud
on them, she added.
Recycling firmEco International, based
in Vestal, N.Y., takes care of the actual
physical collection, hand loading every-
thing into the back of several large trucks.
The company takes the goods, breaks
them down into their various materials
andsells the materials onthe openmarket
for recycling, said Joe Nardone, vice presi-
dent of business development. Approxi-
mately 95 percent of what is collected can
be reused, he said.
In mass, the collected items contain a
lot of commodities," Nardone said,
which includes various precious metals,
plastics, and glass. These materials are in
demand on the open market. Some of the
circuit boards or motherboards found in
computers can actually be sold complete,
he added.
Nardone pointed out Luzerne County
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Rodney Small, left, and Walter Powell move a large TV screen to a trailer for electronic recycling Saturday morning at Hanov-
er Area Junior/Senior High School.
E-cycling is termed a success
About 2,500 cars roll into collection
site, where county residents deposit
estimated 500,000 pounds of items.
By RALPH NARDONE
Times Leader Correspondent
See RECYCLING, Page 9A
HAZLE TWP. Health
and wellness and family fun
were brought together on a
community-wide scale at the
Third Annual Alliance Fam-
ily Fun and Health Day Sat-
urday in Hazle Township.
The event was sponsored
by the Greater Hazleton
Health Alliance at its Health
and Wellness Center cam-
pus, where adults and chil-
dren of all ages gathered to
take part in activities rang-
ing from medication man-
agement to moon bouncing.
About 100 people roamed
the grounds at the center
just after noon under a sunny
summer sky. With the smell
of hot dogs cooking on a grill
and youngsters laughing as
they scurried about with
painted faces, it seemed like
more of a community picnic
than a health fair, but accord-
ing to Barbara Biacco, direc-
tor of marketing and busi-
ness development for the al-
liance, the day was all about
bringing a sense of both to
attendees.
Health Alliance offers public a dose of fun
The Hazleton-area event
mixes vital information with
activities for the family.
By BOBBY MASO
Times Leader Correspondent
Marianne Herbener, left, of Hazleton gets her blood pressure
checked by registered nurse Heather Sugarman. See FAIR, Page 9A
INSIDE: See Click photos from the
event, Page 11A
As PPL Electric Utilities works
to submit an application for a
new power line traversing parts
of Luzerne, Lackawanna and
Monroe counties, possibly by the
end of summer, several state
agencies are hoping to minimize
environmen-
tal impacts
from the 57-
mile span.
The pro-
posed route
of the new
line origi-
nates at the
Jenkins Sub-
station in
Plains
Township,
travels
through
Bear Creek
and Buck
townships
into Thorn-
hurst and
past Lake
Wallenpau-
pak before
culminating
at the exist-
ing Paupak
Substation
in Wayne County. Along the way
the line would pass through sev-
eral state gamelands, the Lacka-
wanna State Forest and tributar-
ies of the Lehigh River.
DeanDruckenmiller, president
of the Lehigh River Coldwater
Association, said his group is
keeping close tabs on the pro-
posed line and hopes impacts on
the river tributaries can be mini-
mized.
We dont like to see any clear-
ing along a waterway because
onceyouremovethat treecanopy
you get a thermal impact on that
stream, Druckenmiller said. It
would be beneficial if they can
maintain a canopy over the
streams.
PPL spokesman Paul Wirth
said streamcrossings for the new
150-foot wide right-of-way are in-
evitable, but the company does
try to minimize the impacts in a
number of ways.
Pole locations are shifted as far
back from the stream bank as
possible, resulting in less clear-
ing along the waterway for a
crane pad, Wirth said.
Also, streamcrossings are usu-
ally made at a right angle so the
cleared area is as narrow as pos-
sible, according to Wirth.
The line crosses portions of the
Lackawanna State Forest along
Power to
prevent
spans
impact
State agencies work to
minimize environmental woes
from PPLs new line.
By TOMVENESKY
[email protected]
See POWER, Page 9A
PPL is seeking
public comment
on the proposed
Northeast/Pocono
Reliability Project
power line.
Comments may be
submitted online
at http://
nep.pplreliable-
power.com/Publi-
cInvolvement or
by phone at 1-888-
654-0823.
PPL offers an
interactive map
for the public to
mark areas of
concern. The map
can be found at
http://nep.pplre-
liablepower.com/
InteractiveMap/
PublicInputMa-
p.aspx.
C O M M E N T S
A C C E P T E D
C M Y K
N E W S
CHICAGO Democrats
pounced on Mitt Romneys selec-
tion of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan
as his running mate Saturday,
saying the pick showed a com-
mitment to budget-busting tax
cuts for the wealthy and greater
burdens on the middle class and
seniors.
President Barack Obamas
campaign team said Romneys
choice made clear that the for-
mer Massachusetts governor
would be forced to adhere to the
principles laid out in the House
Republican budget authored
by Ryan which they said
would undermine entitlement
programs crucial to middle-class
families and seniors. Democrats
said privately that the choice of
Ryan could help Obama in states
withlarge numbers of elderly vot-
ers, suchas Florida, Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
Obama met with top advisers
Saturday at his campaign head-
quarters shortly after arriving in
Chicago for a series of birthday-
themed fundraisers scheduled
for today. The president did not
publicly comment on Ryans se-
lection and aides described the
headquarters stop as a typical
weekly meeting.
Obamas campaign manager,
Jim Messina, said in a statement
that Romney had chosen a lead-
er of the House Republicans who
shares his commitment to the
flawed theory that new budget-
busting tax cuts for the wealthy,
while placing greater burdens on
the middle class and seniors, will
somehow deliver a stronger
economy.
Previewing the campaigns line
of attack, Messina called Ryan
the architect of the radical Re-
publican House budget and said
it would end Medicare as we
knowit byturningit intoa vouch-
er system, shifting thousands of
dollars in health care costs to se-
niors. Ryan was chief author of a
House-backed budget plan that
would curb overall entitlement
spending and convert Medicare
into a voucher-like system in
which future seniors would re-
ceive subsidies to purchase
health insurance on the open
market.
Less thantwo hours after Rom-
ney introduced Ryan as his run-
ning mate, the Obama campaign
released a 90-second Web video
showing footage of the men ap-
pearing together. The ad calls
Ryan the mastermind behind
the extreme GOP budget plan
and includes an audio clip of
Romney saying earlier this year
that it would be marvelous if
the Senate were to adopt the
Ryan budget. The ad ends with
this tagline: Mitt Romney and
Paul Ryan: Back to the failed top-
down policies that crashed our
economy.
Democratic National Commit-
tee Chair Debbie Wasserman
Schultz of Florida said Ryan had
laid the groundwork in Congress
for Romneys budget plan, which
she said gives tax cuts to million-
aires while punishing middle-
class families. She said Romney
and Ryan would repeat mistakes
of former President George W.
Bush.
Senate Majority Leader Harry
Reid, who has blasted Romney
for failing to release additional
years of his tax returns, said in a
statement that by picking Ryan,
Romney has doubled down on
his commitment to gut Social Se-
curity and end Medicare as we
know it.
Dems pile scorn
on Ryan for VP
The Republicans proposals for
entitlement changes, tax
policy draw heavy fire.
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press
JANESVILLE, Wis.
Even before Wisconsin sent
Paul Ryan to Congress, he
was meticulously carving a
path that seemed to point
only upward.
As a young Capitol Hill
staffer, he impressed Repub-
lican lawmakers with his
hustle and intellectual curi-
osity. He blended quickly
with an elite crop of conser-
vative thinkers. By his 30s,
he was a congressman on his
way to becoming a GOP
name brand with his push-
the-edge budget proposals.
Ryans climb reached new
heights Saturday when Re-
publican presidential nomi-
nee Mitt Romney an-
nounced him as his running
mate.
Mitts Choice for VP is
Paul Ryan, said a phone
app Romneys team created
to spread the word to sup-
porters.
As the chairman of the
House Budget Committee,
Ryan gives Romney a link to
Capitol Hill leadership and
underscores Romneys effort
to make the election a refer-
endum on the nations eco-
nomic course. Romney also
could see his standing im-
prove in Wisconsin, a state
President Barack Obama
won handily four years ago
but that could be much
tighter this November.
Even so, Ryan has been a
double-edged sword for
Romney. The congressmans
endorsement of Romney
came at a critical stage of
the GOP primaries, giving
him a boost in the Wiscon-
sin race that effectively
buried Romneys final
threat. But it also meant
Romney was embracing the
Ryan-sponsored budget
proposal that Democrats
fiercely target as painful to
the poor and elderly.
Still, the square-jawed
congressman is viewed as a
bridge between the but-
toned-up GOP establish-
ment and the riled-up tea
party movement.
At 42, Ryan has spent
almost half of his life in the
Washington fold, the last 14
representing a southern
Wisconsin district that runs
from the shores of Lake
Michigan through farm
country south of Madison.
Ryan grew up in Janesville
and still lives just down the
block from where he spent
his boyhood. During sum-
mers in college, Ryan was a
salesman for Oscar Mayer
and once drove the compa-
nys famed Wienermobile.
Ryans father, a lawyer,
died of a heart attack when
Ryan was a teenager.
On Saturday, Ryan leaned
on his fathers memory as he
took his first swipe as a
running mate at President
Barack Obama, suggestive of
the traditional attack role
hell inherit.
Of his father, Ryan said,
Hed say Son, youre either
part of the problem or part
of the solution. Regrettably
President Obama has be-
come part of the problem
and Mitt Romney is the
solution.
The early death of Ryans
father is one reason the
congressman is a fitness
buff, leading fellow law-
makers through grueling,
early-morning workouts and
pushing himself through
mountain climbs.
That same intensity pro-
pelled him on the political
front, too.
He was first exposed to
Congress as a summer in-
tern to former Sen. Robert
Kasten, R-Wis. With an eco-
nomics degree in hand, Ryan
worked his way through
committee staff assign-
ments, a prominent think
tank and top legislative
advisory roles until opportu-
nity arose with an open seat
from his home turf. He lev-
eraged Washington connec-
tions, local ties forged
through the family construc-
tion business and the back-
ing of anti-abortion groups
en route to his surprisingly
comfortable victory.
As a 28-year-old, Ryan
entered Congress brimming
with idealistic views about
forcing government to be-
come leaner and less in-
trusive, principles he
thought even fellow Repub-
licans were abandoning too
readily.
One of the first lessons I
learned was, even if you
come to Congress believing
in limited government and
fiscal prudence once you get
here you are bombarded
with pressure to violate your
conscience and your com-
mitment to help secure the
peoples natural right to
equal opportunity, Ryan
wrote in a 2010 book.
Vice presidential candidate seen as bridge across GOP spectrum
Link to Capitol Hill
By BRIAN BAKST
and TODD RICHMOND
Associated Press
AP FILE PHOTO
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,
touts his 2012 federal budget during a news conference on
Capitol Hill in Washington in 2011.
K
N A T I O N & W O R L D
MOSCOW
Putin will boost air force
P
resident Vladimir Putin promised
Saturday to re-equip the Russian air
force with hundreds of new aircraft as
part of an ambitious military modern-
ization program.
Speaking at an airshow at Zhukovsky
just outside Moscow marking the air
forces 100th anniversary, Putin said the
military will receive more than 600
new combat planes and 1,000 helicop-
ters by 2020.
He said boosting the air force is a
key priority for the government. Im
sure, each of us will feel pride for the
country, for the people who build such
aircraft and pilot them, he said.
Russias defense spending has fallen
sharply since the 1991 Soviet collapse,
leaving the air force to rely on aging
Soviet-built planes and depriving pilots
of the opportunity of regular training
flights.
MADRID
Plane video is plot evidence
Authorities in Spain released a video
Saturday that they claim shows sus-
pected al-Qaida members training for a
bombing raid using a model plane, the
latest development in a case that has
led to three arrests.
Spanish officials allege the suspects
were planning a terrorist attack in
Spain or elsewhere in Europe, but say
investigators managed to intercept
them before they could carry out their
plot.
The undated video clip grainy and
of low quality shows a colorful model
propeller plane noisily taking off. Once
airborne, it drops a small object that
falls to the ground and a man then runs
toward where the object landed. The
identity of the man is not clear from
the clip.
HAVANA
Exiles plan fireworks show
Cuban exiles marshaled a flotilla to
sail from the United States Saturday to
just outside the island countrys territo-
rial waters with plans to put on a night-
time fireworks show and encourage
protest among the thousands of revel-
ers expected at a summer carnival
along Havanas seaside Malecon boule-
vard.
Organizers planned to park the ves-
sels 12.5 miles off the coast of the Cu-
ban capital and launch around 80 col-
orful salvos in what organizers called a
peaceful display of solidarity with their
compatriots.
When you see the lights of freedom,
walk toward the seawall as a silent
protest against censorship of expres-
sion, said Ramon Saul Sanchez of the
small nonprofit group the Democracy
Movement.
LOS ANGELES
Heat wave hits the West
Temperatures soared into triple
digits across the western United States
on Saturday as a continuing heat wave
strained energy supplies and sent thou-
sands to beaches, lakes and shopping
malls in search of cooler climes.
A large and forceful high pressure
system pushed the mercury to roughly
10 degrees above normal across the
west, but relief is in sight the sys-
tem is drifting east. By Tuesday, tem-
peratures should be back to normal,
said David Sweet, meteorologist for the
National Weather Service.
California, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and
Montana all reported higher than nor-
mal temperatures.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Water, water, everywhere
A geyser of water erupts from a bro-
ken 6-inch main near Living Word
Church Friday, in Enid, Okla. Oklahoma
Natural Gas employees were repairing
a gas line leak when the line fractured,
spraying water 60 feet into the air for
more than three hours.
TEHRAN, Iran Two strong earth-
quakes leveled villages and damaged
homes in northwestern Iran on Satur-
day, killing at least 180 people and injur-
ing more than1,350 others, state TV re-
ported. Thousands of people spent the
night outdoors as aftershocks rattled
the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported
that Saturdays first quake at 4:53 p.m.
(1223 GMT) hada magnitude of 6.4 and
struck 37 miles (60 kilometers) north-
east of the city of Tabriz at a depthof 9.9
kilometers (6.2 miles). Its epicenter
was a region between the towns of Ahar
and Haris, about 200 miles (500 kilome-
ters) northwest of the capital Tehran,
according to Khalil Saei, local Crisis
Committee chief, the TV report said.
The second quake with a magnitude
of 6.3 struck 11 minutes later, the
U.S.G.S. reported. Its epicenter was 29
miles (48 kilometers) northeast of Ta-
briz at a depth of 6.1 miles (9.8 kilome-
ters).
The quakes hit the towns of Ahar,
Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan
province, the TVreport said. At least six
villages were totally leveled, and 60 oth-
ers sustained damage ranging from 50
to 80 percent, it said.
At least10aftershocks joltedthesame
area and were felt in a wide region near
the Caspian Sea, causing panic among
the population.
Saei urged people in the quake region
to stay outdoors and spend the night at
parks and open spaces in anticipation of
more aftershocks. Authorities feared
the death toll could rise as rescuers
were still trying to reach people trapped
under rubble and had not yet reacher
some more remote villages.
Iran is located on seismic fault lines
and is prone to earthquakes. It experi-
ences at least one earthquake every day
on average, although the vast majority
are so small they go unnoticed.
In 2003, some 26,000 people were
killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that
flattened the historic southeastern city
of Bam.
Two earthquakes deadly in Iran
At least 180 people are dead and
more than 1,350 injured as
aftershocks continue.
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Victims lie injured at the courtyard of a hospital after an earthquake in the
city of Ahar in northwestern Iran Saturday.
KABUL, Afghanistan An Af-
ghan police officer killed at least
10 of his fellow officers on Satur-
day, a day after six U.S. service
members were gunned down by
their Afghan partners in summer
violence that has both interna-
tional and Afghan forces ques-
tioning who is friend or foe.
Attacks on foreign troops by
Afghans working with the alli-
ance are on the rise and, while
cases of Afghan security forces
killing within their own ranks are
less frequent, together they show
how battle lines have blurred in
the decade-
long war.
The assaults
on internation-
al service mem-
bers have
stoked fear and
mistrust of
their Afghan al-
lies, threaten-
ing to hamper
the U.S.-led coalitions ongoing
work to train and professionalize
Afghan policemen and soldiers.
The attacks also raise questions
about the quality of the Afghan
forces that have started taking
charge of security in many areas
of the country as U.S. and NATO
combat troops move to withdraw
by the end of 2014.
Coalition officials say a few
rogue policemen and soldiers
should not taint the overall integ-
rity of the Afghan security forces
and that the attacks have not im-
pededplans tohandover security
to Afghan forces, which will be
352,000 strong in a few months.
But there is growing unease be-
tween international troops and
their Afghan partners and thats
somethingTalibaninsurgents are
happy to exploit.
Shakila Hakimi, a member of
the Nimroz provincial council,
said the policeman who opened
fire on his colleagues at a check-
point in Dilaram district is be-
lieved to have had ties to mili-
tants. He was killedinanensuing
gunbattle, she said in a telephone
call from the provincial capital of
Zaranj, along Afghanistans west-
ern border with Iran.
The checkpoint is in a remote
area of a remote district, Hakimi
said. The telecommunications
are poor and we are not able to
get more details.
Hakimi saidthe provincial gov-
ernor has sent ateamtothescene
to get more details about what
happened.
Afghan
cop kills
10 fellow
policemen
Attacks raise questions of the
quality of men chosen for
Afghanistan security.
By DEB RIECHMANN
Associated Press
(The mil-
itant) was
killed in an
ensuing
gunbattle.
PHILADELPHIA Thou-
sands of union workers wear-
ing brightly colored T-shirts
gathered Saturday for a rally
to demand attention frompol-
iticians of both parties to is-
sues affectingworkingpeople.
Labor leaders, politicians
and some union members at
the Workers Stand for Amer-
ica rally drew applause as
they portrayed a middle class
being squeezed and called for
a second Bill of Rights that
would guarantee full employ-
ment and a living wage,
quality education, health care
and security in retirement as
well as collective bargaining.
You built the middle class,
youre going to continue to
build the middle class, Sen.
Bob Casey, D-Pa., told the
crowd. You help people who
are sometimes not even in a
union, because you lift all
boats when you fight for those
rights.
AFL-CIOPresident Richard
Trumka drew chants of
Union! Union! after a fiery
speech telling workers that
they were job creators.
We built this country! We
wake it up every day, we make
it runandwe put it to sleep ev-
ery night and its time that
we took it back for the Amer-
icanworker, he said. Anyone
who says America cant afford
retirement security, or health
care, or decent pay for honest
work, or great schools, or a
postal service, or cops or fire-
fighters and teachers and
nurses, well they dont know
what theyre talkingabout and
we wont accept their defeat-
ism!
Democratic National Com-
mittee Chair Debbie Wasser-
man Schultz trained most of
her fire on presumptive Re-
publican presidential nomi-
nee Mitt Romney and his just-
announced running mate,
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan,
whose name drew boos from
the crowd. She called GOP
policies top-down and back-
ward, and said the Republi-
can ticket would return to
what she called the failed pol-
icies of previous GOP Presi-
dent George W. Bush.
As a mother, I believe a
child needs an education
more than a millionaire needs
a tax break, she said.
Members of the crowd,
many of them bearing union
signs and American flags, be-
gan arriving early in the day
on buses from surrounding
states, and the crowd
stretched all the way across
from the stage at Eakins Oval
on the Benjamin Franklin
Parkway to the steps of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art
made famous in the movie
Rocky.
Thousands rally for the workers
Philadelphia event held to
draw attention to issues
affecting working people.
By RON TODT
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Members of the Communications Workers of America participate in a demonstration, Sat-
urday outside Verizons offices in Philadelphia.
RALEIGH, N.C. Hugh Armstrong
hitchhiked and walked 1,000 miles south
from New Hampshire without knowing
who he was. Then he heard his grand-
daughters name in a McDonalds in Ashe-
ville and started to fill in a few blanks.
Armstrong, 72, had been missing for
more than two weeks, when he disap-
peared after going for a walk while on va-
cationnear aNewHampshirelake. There-
tired IBM employee stacked hay for a
Pennsylvania farmer along the way,
hitched a ride to Virginia and made his
way to his home state of North Carolina.
Asheriffs deputyfoundhimwalkingon
U.S. 70 at 1:30 a.m. Saturday, and identi-
fiedhimas a missingpersonby the initials
on his wedding band.
Hes my hero. Thats just a remarkable
feat, said Deputy Brian Walker of the
McDowell County Sheriffs Department.
Armstrong hadnt been able to remem-
ber his name since he fell into a ravine
whilewalkingnear NewHampshiresStin-
son Lake on July 25, but he knew his age
and thought he might know someone in
Asheville. Thats where he found himself
in a McDonalds trying to sort things out.
Andheheardanameheknew. Amother
called her child Emma, and Armstrong
thought he might know someone by that
name. Hesat downwithaphonebookand
looked at road names. He wrote a letter to
Emma inWilmingtonandmailedit toher,
telling her everything he could remember
and that he was headed to her as soon as
he could.
Deputies found him later, about 240
miles from home. His wife and daughter
drove to the sheriffs office to take him
home. Walker said.
Immediately, when the car pulled in,
he recognized the car. When his wife
stepped out, he said, Thats my wife,
Walker said.
Missing vacationer returns home after 2 weeks
New Hampshire man worked odd jobs,
walked and hitchhiked despite injury
from a fall.
By TOMFOREMAN Jr.
and KATHY McCORMACK
Associated Press
C M Y K
N E W S
these stores endure and youre al-
most sure to get an answer akin
to the sentiment of Chris Bed-
wick, wife and store-mate of Ge-
orge, the owner of Bedwicks
Pharmacy.
Were part of the community,
she said. Were the little corner
drug store.
She pauses, and realizes she
missed a vital bit the part that
she, being a non-pharmacist, is
responsible for.
Were the little corner drug
store and gift shop.
Knowing the customers
Its a sentiment Messersmith
echoes without prompting after
picking up his prescription at
Harrolds on Old River Road in
Wilkes-Barre. I know these peo-
ple. They know me. I installed
the electricity in this building.
Moe Schonfield, who has been
patronizing Harrolds almost
since the day it opened, similarly
boasts of doing the plumbing at
the store, though at one month
shyof 86, hewont befittingpipes
in the pharmacys new location
up the street in what used to be
Old River Road Bakery.
At Finos in Dallas you dont
even have to ask. Dominic Jr. ap-
pears behindthecounter and, fas-
ter than you can down a vitamin,
hes talking with a customer
about a shooting range the cus-
tomer is building.
Five feet away, Dominic Sr.
cant get a word out before a
woman asks Hows Ruth? I hard-
ly ever see her.
Let the chit chat commence.
Youre not just a customer,
youre family, 30-year Finos pa-
tron Paulette Bent said.
She recounted times she need-
ed medicines after hours and one
of the Finos returned to the store
to help, or brought the medicine
to her house. They also were will-
ing to order a single bottle of
something they didnt stock.
They really have gone more
than the extra mile, Bent said.
Even when my parents passed
away, they sent flowers. They
didnt have to do that.
George Bedwicks sports figu-
rines displayed behind the coun-
ter (They are not for sale! he in-
tones before being asked) can
spark long conversation.
People spend more time talk-
ing to me about sports than it
takes to fill their prescriptions,
said.
Bedwicks also sponsors a Lit-
tle League team and a booth at
the annual fund-raising bazaar at
St. Nicholas Church spin the
wheel, hit your number and win
... well, some sort of sports mem-
orabilia, of course.
Whenpeoplecomeintheysay
Hi, George, and George calls
them by name, Chris Bedwick
said. A lot of times when people
come in they run into someone
they know, they start to talk. Its
pleasant.
Chains just competition
Toanoutsider, the bigthreat to
independent pharmacies may ap-
pear to be the chains muscling in
or the big boxes plugging phar-
macy sections between groceries
and paper goods.
Not true, all three pharmacists
said.
I can compete with the
chains, George Bedwick said. I
can beat any price, I knowwhat I
paid and I know what insurances
will pay.
Chains are good, healthy com-
petition, Dominic Fino Jr. said.
Our biggest problem is with the
insurance companies. They are
the ones that force our customers
either to go to mail order or to a
chain that has made a deal with
the insurance company.
Wilkes University Associate
Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Adam Welch agreed.
A lot of the Pharmacy Benefit
Management (PBM) companies
are sending the patients to the
mail order system, Welch said.
This is particularly commonwith
patients who take maintenance
meds for chronic conditions
heart disease and high blood
pressure, for example.
If the patient gets three
months of a prescription mail or-
der, the PBM may offer a dis-
count two monthly deductibles
instead of three, he said.
Thats a huge portion of a
pharmacists patient load going
to mail order, Welch said.
And the practice can raise eye-
brows when the PBM also owns
the mail-order operation the pa-
tient is forced to use.
How can the PBM offer to cut
one co-pay out for the mail order,
but not for the independent phar-
macist?
Theres not enough transpar-
ency to answer that, Welch said.
Theres no way to compare how
much a person or employer pays
into insurance to how much the
insurance company is paying out
for a prescription.
Legislation has been proposed
at both the state and federal lev-
els to make the system fairer for
all pharmacists. Welch noted a
proposal in Harrisburg would
give patients the choice toget the
same insurance benefits for or-
dering three months of medicine
from any outlet mail, chain or
independent pharmacy.
U.S. Rep. Tom Marino, R-Ly-
coming Township, introduced
H.R. 1946 in Washington, which
would let independent pharma-
cies negotiate with PBMs collec-
tively for better terms.
In the meantime, independ-
ents are forced to find a market
niche where they are offering a
product or service not available
at the chains, Welch said. Im-
munization, compounding,
home delivery, things that set
them apart. They try to be differ-
ent while still offering that core
service.
Listening proves vital
So you have Sugar to greet you
at Harrolds, where you also can
get special topical, infusion or
oral drugs compounded (for
yourself or a pet). You also get to
sit one-on-one to consult with a
pharmacist.
We survive by listening to our
customers, being sensitive to the
market and changing with the
times, Lefkowitz said. In three
generations, the store shifted
from filling scripts and mixing
malteds to compounding special
items and trying to get the total
picture as a health care provider
working with the doctor and the
patient.
Finos does compounding for
humans andpets as well, whichis
why the upstairs room has that
chart telling what flavors differ-
ent animals prefer.
They even offer what their
website calls triple fish suspen-
sion for cats, a combination of
three different fish pureed to-
gether to hide the bitter taste of
some medicines.
I cant see any bitterness get-
ting through that, Dominic Fino
Jr. said with a chuckle, noting
that when he borrowed the fam-
ily blender to make the concoc-
tion, his wife told him not to
bring it back.
And while Bedwicks doesnt
do compounding, it does offer a
wide array of offbeat items Chris
Bedwick finds from numerous
vendors, including old-fashioned
candy, cleverly shaped coin
banks andtrinket containers, and
lots of religious iconography.
Diocese Guild offerings
They always carried a fewsuch
items, but increased stock sub-
stantially when the Diocese of
Scrantonclosedthe Wilkes-Barre
branch of its Guild store in
2001. The Guild has long been
the definitive source for religious
items among Roman Catholics,
and Bedwicks helped fill the vac-
uum in Wilkes-Barre.
We even have people who
come in to buy religious items
and ask Oh, do you fill prescrip-
tions as well? Chris Bedwick
said with a smile.
And if they can inspire enough
people to stay as loyal as Paulette
Bent, they should survive just
fine.
Other stores try to offer me
deals, get me to go through the
mail. I dont want to go through
the mail. When my husband
needs his medicine he needs his
medicine, Bent said.
And if sticking with Finos
costs a little more, so be it.
I would just as soon give them
a few extra bucks because I dont
want them to close their doors. I
know once that happens, theyre
gone, Bent said.
Bruce Lefkowitz owns Harrolds Pharmacy on Old River Road in Wilkes-Barre. The shop is moving
into larger quarters nearby.
George, Chris and their son Brian are proud of the family business, Bedwicks Pharmacy on Hazle
Avenue in Wilkes-Barre.
PHARMACY
Continued from Page 1A
Arlene Tucker, a five-year customer, pets Sugar the dog while chatting with Moe Schonfeld, a 65- year customer, while waiting for
prescriptions at Harrolds Pharmacy.
Dominic Fino Jr. works in the compounding lab at his familys
pharmacy.
Bedwicks Pharmacy in Wilkes-Barre supplies religious items.
Finos Pharmacy has been an institution in Dallas for many years.
Bedwicks Pharmacy in Wilkes-Barre is one of the independent pharmacies that adapt and continue
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Having worked with Paul
Ryan, I can say theres nobody in
Congress who knows the federal
budget better than he does, Bar-
letta said.
Romney and Ryan have the ex-
pertise to offer solutions to fix
the economy, cut red tape at the
capital, attack the federal deficit
and save needed federal pro-
grams, he said. The Romney-
Ryan ticket also offers a clear
contrast to the failed policies of
President Barack Obama that
have made our economy worse,
he said.
The political world buzzed
with opinions for and against
Romneys selectionafter hemade
the announcement Saturday.
Pennsylvania resident Rick
Santorum, a former Republican
presidential candidate and chair-
man of the grassroots and online
community Patriot Voices, is-
sued a statement saying the se-
lection of Ryan demonstrates
Romneys commitment to re-
turning fiscal sanity to the U.S.
capital.
Ryans knowledgeonhowtofix
the countys economic problems
is unparalleled, Santorumsaid.
In addition to Congressman
Ryans stellar fiscal conservative
positions, he is indeed a full-spec-
trum conservative. He is solidly
pro-life, pro-family, andwill be an
advocate for our military and our
national security priorities, he
wrote.
The Pennsylvania Democratic
Party issued a statement criticiz-
ing Ryans fiscal views.
Ryan is the author of a budget
plan that will increase taxes for
the middle class and end Medi-
care as we knowit, all to fund tax
cuts for the wealthiest Ameri-
cans, the partys release said.
Ryans appointment was the
talk of the town among area
Democrats Saturday, said Lu-
zerne County Democratic Chair-
man Bob Boyer.
I think a lot of Democrats are
happy with this pick. It may have
just won Obama the election,
Boyer said.
He does not believe the major-
ity of voters will support Ryans
proposal to open Medicare to
more private competition. Ryan
argues changes are necessary to
ensure the service is sustained
for future retirees. Ryan also
wants to reduce funding for food
stamps and student loans, Boyer
said.
All these programs needed by
so many people seem to have a
bulls-eye on them, Boyer said.
The principals of the Democrat-
ic candidates in this election are
clearly better for the majority in
America.
The countys Republican Party
Chairman Bill Urbanski dis-
agrees, saying Obamas record
has been abysmal. He de-
scribedRomney andRyanas the
comeback team for America.
Ivebeenabigfanof Paul Ryan
for a number of years, Urbanski
said. I think he is extremely
bright and very capable.
G. Terry Madonna, professor
of public affairs at Franklin &
Marshall College in Lancaster,
said Romneys selection of Ryan
brings the campaign into focus
for voters.
It provides definition and a
sense of direction and turns the
campaign into a much clearer
choice for the American people
on what direction they want the
country to go in, Madonna said.
Ryan should be a good match
against incumbent Vice Presi-
dent Joe Biden in debates, he
said.
Biden, wholivedinScrantonin
his early childhood, has down-
to-earth approach and appeal to
blue collar workers, Madonna
said.
The 42-year-old Ryan is an out-
going and energetic outdoors-
man and young family guy, he
said.
With seven terms as a con-
gressman under his belt, Ryan
will be a very good campaigner
and not afraid to criticize Obama
or highlight distinctions between
the two campaigns, Madonna
said.
Ryanalsois one of the fewpol-
iticians willing to offer tangible
solutions for Medicare and other
programs, Madonna said, noting
Ryans suggested fiscal reforms
already are under opposition at-
tack.
STATE
red to a flag-waving crowd in the
first moments after Romney in-
troduced him as his partner for
the fall campaign.
Regrettably, President Oba-
ma has become part of the prob-
lem... and Mitt Romney is the so-
lution, said the seven-term law-
maker, who at 42 is a generation
younger than Romney, 65. Ryan
is chairman of the House Budget
Committee, the chief architect of
deeply controversial budget
plans and widely viewed by Re-
publican lawmakers as an intel-
lectual leader within the party.
The two Republican ticket
mates basked in the cheers of
supporters in a made-for-televi-
sion debut on a ticket hoping to
make Obamas first termhis last.
I did not make a mistake with
this guy, Romney exulted.
Romney declared that in the
campaign to come, Republicans
will present economic solutions
that are bold, specific and
achievable. ... We offer our com-
mitment tohelpcreate12 million
newjobs andtobringbetter take-
home pay to middle class fam-
ilies.
The party establishment, rank-
and-file conservatives and tea
party groups all cheered the pick
made by Romney, whose own re-
cord as a moderate during his
term as Massachusetts governor
less than a decade ago made his
march to the presidential nomi-
nation an uneven one.
Obamas campaign didnt wait
long to respond. It criticized the
budget blueprints Ryan has au-
thored, particularly his recom-
mendations to fundamentally re-
make Medicare and cut $5.3 tril-
lion in government spending
over the coming decade.
Ryan joins a race that has been
defined from the beginning by a
weak economy and high unem-
ployment, measured most re-
cently at 8.3 percent inJuly. Even
so, recent national polls as well
as surveys in several battle-
ground states indicate a narrow
advantage for Obama.
While Romneys pick unified
Republicans, the impact inswing
states such as Florida, Iowa and
Pennsylvania was an open ques-
tion. All are home to large num-
bers of seniors whose reaction to
Ryans prescription for Medicare
is certain to be tested by Demo-
crats.
Ryans selection as well as
Romneys own nomination will
be ratified by delegates to the Re-
publican National Convention
that begins on Aug. 27 in Tampa,
Fla.
Obama and Vice President Joe
Biden will be nominated for a
second term at the Democratic
convention the following week.
The vice president calledRyanto
congratulate him on his selec-
tion, the presidents campaign
said.
The GOPticket made its debut
at a naval museum in Norfolk,
Va., opening stop of a long-
planned bus tour through four
states in as many days. A trip to
Ryans home state was added to
previously scheduled appearanc-
es in Virginia, North Carolina,
Florida and Ohio.
The USS Wisconsin, berthed
at the museum, provided a bunt-
ing-drapedbackdrop, a symbol of
the nations military strength as
well as an obvious reference to
Ryans home state.
First Romney, then Ryan,
jogged down the ships gang-
plank to the cheers of hundreds
and the stirring soundtrack from
the movie Air Force One.
As his family came on stage,
Ryanknelt to embrace his daugh-
ter, Liza, 10, and sons Charles, 8,
and Sam 7, before kissing his
wife, Janna.
Later, the two held a rally in
Ashland, Va., where Ryan said he
had good news and bad news.
The bad news is that Presi-
dent Obama is the president of
the United States, and the good
news is that on November the
6th he wont be any longer, he
said.
Afired-upcrowdcheeredRom-
ney and Ryan, supporters on
bleachers at one point stamping
their feet tocreate a loudrumble.
One campaign official said
Romney settled on Ryan on Aug.
1, more than a week ago, and in-
formed Beth Myers, the long-
time aide who had shepherded
the secretive process that led to
the selection. The official spoke
on condition of anonymity, not
authorized to be named in pro-
viding details.
Romney and Ryan had an un-
announced meeting last Sunday,
and the congressman accepted
the offer, campaign officials said.
Asked during the day if accept-
ing the offer was an easy deci-
sion, Ryanreplied, It was, it was,
weve got to save the country.
In making his pick, Romney
bypassed other potential run-
ning mates, including Ohio Sen.
Rob Portman, Florida Sen. Mar-
coRubio, former Minnesota Gov.
Tim Pawlenty, Virginia Gov. Bob
McDonnell and New Jersey Gov.
Chris Christie.
Officials said he had called all
five to notify them of his deci-
sion.
I am deeply excited and hon-
ored to join you as your running
mate, Ryan said in his first
words at Romneys side.
Democrats took a dim view of
Ryans record.
The architect of the radical
Republican House budget, Ryan,
like Romney, proposed an addi-
tional $250,000 tax cut for mil-
lionaires and deep cuts in educa-
tion, from Head Start to college
aid, Jim Messina, the presi-
dents campaign manager, said in
a written statement.
His plan would also end
Medicare as we know it by turn-
ing it into a voucher system,
shifting thousands of dollars in
health care costs to seniors.
There was one unscripted mo-
ment during the day, when Rom-
ney mistakenly introduced Ryan
as the next president. He return-
ed to the podium to say, Every
nowand then Imknown to make
a mistake. I didnt make a mis-
take with this guy. But I can tell
you this, he is going to be the
next vice president of the United
States.
As chairmanof the House Bud-
get Committee, Ryan is primary
author of conservative tax and
spending blueprints that the tea
party-infused Republican major-
ity approved over vigorous Dem-
ocratic opposition in 2011 and
again in 2012.
They envision transforming
Medicare into a program in
which future seniors would re-
ceive government checks that
they could use to purchase
health insurance. Under the cur-
rent program, the government
directly pays doctors, hospitals
and other health care providers.
Ryan and other supporters say
the change is needed to prevent
the program from financial ca-
lamity. Critics argue it would im-
pose ever-increasing costs on se-
niors.
Other elements of the budget
plan would cut projected spend-
ing for Medicaid, which provides
health care for the poor, as well
as food stamps, student loans
and other social programs that
Obama and Democrats have
pledged to defend.
In all, it projects spending cuts
of $5.3 trillion over a decade, and
would cut future projected defi-
cits substantially.
It also envisions a far-reaching
overhaul of the tax code of the
sort Romney has promised.
Romney and Ryan appeared
comfortable with each other
when they campaigned together
earlier in the year. The former
governor eagerly shared the mi-
crophone with the younger man
and they shared hamburgers at a
fast food restaurant.
In making an endorsement be-
fore his states primary last
spring, Ryansaid, I pickedwho I
think is going to be the next pres-
ident of the United States I
picked Mitt Romney. ... The mo-
ment is here. The country can be
saved. It is not too late to get
America back on the right track.
... It is not too late to save the
American idea.
Romney was the subject of an
April Fools prank in which Ryan
played a role. Romney showed
up at a supposed campaign event
where he heard Ryan calling him
the next president of the United
States only to find the room
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Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romneys vice presidential run-
ning mate Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis., speaks during a rally, Saturday.
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ty, Karen McRoy; brothers, Allen
Gregorio and Mark Gregorio; sev-
eral nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services will
be held by the family through Boy-
ko Funeral Home, Allentown. In-
terment will be in Mountain View
Burial Park, Harding.
LIBIA M. (NOTARI) TAROLI,
RN, 98, Old Forge, died Friday, Au-
gust 10, 2012 in the Regional Hos-
pital of Scranton. Her husband of
71 years is Chester Taroli. She was
a daughter of the late Frank and
Candida Mancia Notari and was a
registered nurse at Mercy Hospi-
tal, Scranton. She was preceded in
death by son, Nicholas Taroli;
brothers, John and Leo Notari; sis-
ter, Ada Notari. Survivingaresons,
John Jack, Lancaster, and Paul,
Athens, Ala.; grandchildren, Wil-
liam and Cara Taroli, Laura Walsh
and John Taroli; three great-grand-
children; nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be Mon-
day with Mass at 11a.m. in St. Ma-
rys Church, Lawrence Street, Old
Forge. Interment will be held at
Holy Cross Cemetery, Old Forge.
Friends may call at the church
Monday from10 a.m. until time of
Mass. Arrangements are by Victor
M. Ferri Funeral Home, 522 Fallon
St., Old Forge.
JOSEPHINE M. ZIMNISKI, 92,
of Harveys Lake, passed away Fri-
day, August 10, 2012 at Mercy Cen-
ter, Dallas. She was a daughter of
the late John and Lucilla Chrobak
Koziel. In association with her late
husband William, she was owner
and operator of Bills Cafe in the
Sunset section of Harveys Lake.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, WilliamJ. in1994; broth-
ers and sisters. Surviving are
daughter, Kathleen Harris and
husband, James, Mechanicsburg;
son, Darryl J. Zimniski and wife,
Marie, Wilkes-Barre; sister, Helen
Sarago, Pittston; four grandchil-
dren, five great-grandchildren.
Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Ri-
chard H. Disque Funeral Home
Inc., 2940Memorial Highway, Dal-
las, witha Mass of ChristianBurial
at10:30a.m. inOur Ladyof Victory
Church. Friends may call Monday
from 6 to 8 p.m.
CARLE Lynda, memorial service
for Lynda and her mother Cathe-
rine, 1 p.m. August 25 in Kingdom
Hall, Hildebrant Road, Dallas.
CHANDLER Bernard, memorial
Mass 10 a.m. Monday in St. Bene-
dicts Parish, St. Dominic Church,
155 Austin Ave., Parsons. The
family will receive friends one
hour prior to service at the
church.
COOLBAUGH Maybelle, funeral
services 11 a.m. Monday in the
Sheldon-Kukuchka Funeral Home
Inc., 73 W. Tioga St., Tunkhan-
nock. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.
today.
CRISPELL Ellen, memorial ser-
vice 2 p.m. August 26 in the Forty
Fort United Methodist Church.
DRAGON Stella, funeral services
10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Corco-
ran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S. Main
St., Plains Township. Friends may
call 4 to 7 p.m. Monday and 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
GORKA Albin Jr., funeral services
9:30 a.m. Monday in the Jendr-
zejewski Funeral Home, 21 N.
Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Mass of
Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Our
Lady of Hope Parish, Park Ave-
nue, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may
call 2 to 5 p.m. today.
HASCHAK Jane, funeral services
9 a.m. Tuesday with Panachida in
the Thomas P. Kearney Funeral
Home Inc., 517 N. Main St., Old
Forge. Divine Liturgy 10 a.m. in St.
Nicholas of Myra Byzantine
Catholic Church, 140 Church St.,
Old Forge. Friends may call 5 to 8
p.m. Monday in the funeral home.
Parastas at 7:30 p.m.
KIRKPATRICK Sr. Aurea, Trans-
feral to Mercy Center, Dallas, at 2
p.m. Monday with prayer service
followed by visiting hours until 4
p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at
10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Mercy
Center chapel.
KISHBAUGH Helen, funeral
services 11 a.m. Monday in the
Richard H. Disque Funeral Home
Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway,
Dallas. Friends may call 4 to 7
p.m. today.
MASSAKER Laurabelle, memorial
service 2 p.m. Saturday in Vernon
Baptist Church, Tunkhannock.
MITCHNECK Aronita, funeral
service noon today in the Rosen-
berg Funeral Chapel Inc., 348 S.
River St., Wilkes-Barre. Shiva will
be observed 7 to 9 p.m. today
and 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday and Tuesday at the home
of her son and daughter-in-law,
Joseph and Bedonna Mitchneck,
541 Hamilton Ave., Kingston.
OSTOPICK Anna, funeral services
9:15 a.m. Monday in the Simon S.
Russin Funeral Home, 136 Maffett
St., Plains Township. Divine
Liturgy and Requiem Services at
10 a.m. in St. Michaels Byzantine
Catholic Church, 205 N. Main St.,
Pittston. Friends may call 4 to 7
p.m. today in the funeral home.
Parastas service at 7 p.m.
PETRICK Margaret, funeral ser-
vices 9 a.m. Monday in the S.J.
Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530
W. Main St., Plymouth. Mass of
Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Robert Bellarmine Parish, 143
Division St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends
may call 3 to 6 p.m. today.
PRIEBE Verna, memorial service 11
a.m. September 15 in St. Pauls
Lutheran Church, Dallas.
STADTS Richard, friends may call
5 to 8 p.m. today in the Kopicki
Funeral Home, 263 Zerbey Ave.,
Kingston.
TAFT Roseanne, blessing service
8 p.m. Monday in the Baloga
Funeral Home Inc., 1201 Main St.,
Pittston (Port Griffith). Friends
may call 5 p.m. until time of
service.
THOMAS Andrew, funeral services
9 a.m. Monday in the Metcalfe-
Shaver-Kopcza Funeral Home
Inc., 504 Wyoming Ave., Wyom-
ing. Mass of Christian Burial at
9:30 a.m. in St. Josephs Church
of St. Monicas Parish, Wyoming.
Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.
today.
TIGHE George, funeral services
Monday in the Paul F. Leonard
Funeral Home, 575 N. Main St.,
Pittston. Mass of Christian Burial
at 11 a.m. in Our Lady of the
Eucharist Parish, Pittston. Friends
may call 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the
funeral home.
ZIEMBA Ann, funeral services
9:30 a.m. Monday in the Palermo
& Zawacki Funeral Home Inc.,
409 N. Main St., Old Forge. Divine
Liturgy with Office of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Nicholas
Church, 140 Church St., Old Forge.
Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.
today. Parastas at 7:30 p.m.
FUNERALS
M
rs. Helen A. Lutkoski, 97, for-
mer resident of Lehigh Street,
Wilkes-Barre Township, entered in-
toEternal Life Fridayafternoon, Au-
gust 10, 2012, surrounded by her
loving, devoted family at her daugh-
ters residence on South Empire
Street in the city.
Born March 12, 1915 in Wilkes-
Barre Township, she was a daughter
of the late John and Gertrude (Jaku-
bauskas) Tunila. She was educated
in the Wilkes-Barre Township
schools.
Until her retirement, Mrs. Lut-
koski was employed by the former
Shovlin Pharmacy of Wilkes-Barre
Township, and previously by the
Plains and Georgetown silk mills,
where she worked as an operator.
In her earlier years, she assisted
in pierogi making at the former
Saint Josephs Franciscan Friary of
Wilkes-Barre Township.
Mrs. Lutkoski was preceded in
death by her beloved husband, Mr.
WilliamJ. Lutkoski onJuly 22, 1993.
She later suffered the loss of three
brothers, Joseph, Victor and Peter
Tunila as well as her son-in-law, Al-
bert Adomitis, and brother-in-law,
Marvin Wiggers.
Surviving are her children, John
V. Lutkoski and his wife, Cherly,
R.N., Georgia; Barbara McCann and
her husband, Dr. Gerald, Spezia, Ita-
ly, and Marion Adomitis, R.N., with
whom she recently resided, Wilkes-
Barre; seven grandchildren, includ-
ing Dr. Susan Holstine and her hus-
band, Dr. James Holstine, Mrs. Judy
Bonomo, R.N. and her husband, Dr.
Michael Bonomo, Mr. Albert Adom-
itis, R.N. and his wife, Mary Adom-
itis, R.N., Mrs. Jeannine Maggi and
her husband, Dr. Michele Maggi;
Mr. Brian McCann and his wife, Ta-
ra McCann; Mrs. Corrine Gostel
and her husband, Andrew, and Mrs.
DeborahConnelly andher husband,
Dr. Chris Connelly; 13 great-grand-
children; brother, Edward Tunila
and his wife, Rita, Wilkes-Barre; sis-
ter, Mrs. Ruth Wiggers, Lincoln, Ill.;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be con-
ducted Tuesday at 9 a.m. from the
John V. Morris - Charles J. Leagus
Funeral Home, 281E. Northampton
St., Wilkes-Barre Heights, followed
by a funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m. inOur
Lady of Hope Parish, 40 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre, with the Rev. Theo-
dore L. Obaza officiating. Rite of
Committal with final interment will
be in Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
Cemetery, Route 115, Bear Creek
Township.
Relatives and friends may join
Mrs. Lutkoskis family for visitation
and remembrances on Monday
from5 to8 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of floral tributes, memo-
rial contributions may be offered in
Helens memory to the Saint Vin-
cent de Paul Kitchen, 39 E. Jackson
St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701, or to
the charity of the donors choice.
To send Mrs. Lutkoskis family
online words of comfort and sup-
port, please visit our familys web-
site at www.johnvmorrisfuneral-
homes.com.
Helen Lutkoski
August 10, 2012
S
arah Jacqueline Gill, a daughter
of Linda M. Casey and the late
Peter V. Gill, passed away at her
home in Wilkes-Barre on Thursday,
August 9, 2012, the day after her
23rd birthday.
Sarah was described by the many
who knewher as wonderful, warm
and brilliant, lighting up the room
she entered. She was a walking ray
of sunshine.
Her beautiful nature was only
surpassed by her compassionate
spirit. Those who knew her easily
felt close to her, and she helped
them express their dreams and
fears, without effort, nor judgment.
To have met her was to have loved
her. Anunfillable voidwill remainin
the hearts of those she held close.
A2007 Coughlin graduate, Sarah
achieved her bachelors degree in
(both) philosophy andEnglishfrom
Misericordia University in 2011, her
parents Alma Mater. Sarah was em-
ployed at Penfoster at the time of
her death.
In addition to her father, Peter,
she was preceded in death by her
maternal grandparents, Jacqueline
Coyne and Joseph P. Thomas Sr.,
and her paternal grandfather, Nel-
son Gill.
Sarah is survived by family mem-
bers, her grandmother, Elizabeth
Gill, Tom Shanahan; sisters, Maria
A. Ciavarro, Leah Gill and Danielle
E. Casey.
Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Si-
mon S. Russin Funeral Home, 136
Maffett St., Plains Township with a
Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.
inHoly Saviour Catholic Church, 54
Hillard St., Wilkes-Barre. Interment
will follow in St. Marys Cemetery,
Hanover Township. Family and
friends may call on Monday from 5
to 8 p.m.
As a memorial to honor Sarahs
love of books and education, her
family asks that funds in her memo-
ry be donated to the higher educa-
tion of her youngest sister, Danielle
E. Casey.
Sarah Gill
August 9, 2012
ANNA MAE CZERNIAKOW-
SKI, 76, of the Village of Shanty-
town, Pa., entered into Eternal
Life on Friday, August 10, 2012 at
her home, surrounded by her lov-
ing family. She was the widow of
Frank Czerniakowski.
Funeral arrangements are
pending from the Simon S. Russin
Funeral Home, 136 Maffett St.,
Plains Township.
A
nnMazarki, 90, of Farrell Street,
Hilldale, died Thursday, August
9, 2012 at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
BorninIrishtownsectionof Hud-
son, she was a daughter of the late
Frank and Irene Ference Koches.
Ann was a graduate of Plains Me-
morial High School and was a char-
ter member of Holy Trinity Ortho-
dox Church, Wilkes-Barre. She was
formerly employed at Lees Manu-
facturing.
Annwas precededindeathby her
husband, Dino Mazarki who died
April 4, 2007; grandson, Sean Ne-
ville; sister, Mary Brown; brothers,
Peter and Walter Koches.
Surviving are son, Dino and wife,
Karen, Dallas; daughters, Deanna
Remsky Jr. and husband, Ronald,
Hilldale; Irene Dal Canton and hus-
band, Brian, Redondo Beach, Calif.;
grandchildren, Ronald Remsky Jr.
and wife, Kim, Pittston; Michele
Johnson, Encinitas, Calif.; Heidi
Luke and husband, Thomas, Park-
ville, Mo.; great-grandchildren, El-
ise Gilmore, Nicholas Remsky, Alec
Luke.
Funeral services will be at 10:30
a.m. Monday from the Yeosock Fu-
neral Home, 40 S. Main St., Plains
Township, with the Very Rev. David
Schewczyk officiating. A Requiem
Service will be held at 11a.m. at Ho-
ly Trinity Orthodox Church. Inter-
ment will be held at Italian Inde-
pendent Cemetery, Wyoming.
Friends may call Monday from 9
a.m. until time of service.
Memorial contributions can be
made to Holy Trinity Orthodox
Church, 401 E. Main St., Wilkes-
Barre.
Ann Mazarki
August 9, 2012
E
dward A. Mrozinski, 83, of the
Miners Mills section of Wilkes-
Barre, passed away peacefully on
Saturday, August 11, 2012, shortly
after admission to Timber Ridge
Health Care Center.
Born in the Miners Mills on Janu-
ary 23, 1929, he was a son of the late
Anthony and Martha Piotrowski
Mrozinski. He was a graduate of
Coughlin High School, class of
1946, and had joined the United
States Marine Corps, serving at the
end of World War II.
He worked for the United State
Postal Service and retired after 30
years as a mail carrier. He was a de-
voted member of the former St.
Francis of Assisi Church, Wilkes-
Barre, until its closure. He served as
a Senior Acolyte, a Eucharistic Min-
ister, Lector and volunteer for many
church projects.
Ed was a Fourth Degree member
of the Knights of Columbus, Wilkes-
Barre Council and had many hob-
bies. He enjoyed hunting, target
shooting, archery and woodwork-
ing, making toys for his grandchil-
dren. He was a member of St. Bene-
dicts Church, Wilkes-Barre.
He and his beloved wife, the for-
mer Rita Stanukenas, had celebrat-
ed their 61st wedding anniversary,
and he was preceded in death by an
infant son.
In addition to his loving wife, Ri-
ta, surviving are daughters, Joan
Anders and her husband, Jerrold,
Melrose Park; Debra Carroll, East
Norriton; Jane Turner and her hus-
band, James, Plains Township;
grandchildren, Jessica and Douglas
Anders, Jeffrey and Matthew Car-
roll, Courtney and Stephen Turner;
great-granddaughter, Avery Carroll.
Mr. Mrozinskis funeral will
be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m.
from the Mark V. Yanaitis Funeral
Home, 55 Stark St., Plains Town-
ship, witha Mass of ChristianBurial
at 10 a.m. in St. Benedicts Church,
Wilkes-Barre. Interment will be pri-
vate. Friends may call on Monday
from 5 to 8 p.m.
Condolences or directions may
be accessedat www.yanaitisfuneral-
home.com.
Edward Mronzinski
August 11, 2012
ELIZABETH (LIZZY) COS-
TELLO, 84, of Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre, died Friday, August
10, 2012 at Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital. She was the widow of
Francis Costello.
Funeral arrangements are
pending fromthe Yeosock Funeral
Home, 40S. MainSt., Plains Town-
ship.
LOSANGELESAlbert Free-
man Jr., the veteran actor who
played Elijah Muhammad in
Spike Lees epic film, Malcolm
X, has died. He was 78.
Howard University in Wash-
ington, D.C., confirmed his death
Friday night. Freemantaught act-
ing there for years and served as
chairman and artistic director of
its theater arts department.
He was a brilliant professor, a
renowned actor and a master di-
rector who made his mark in the
classroom as well as on stage,
screen and television. ... He has
mentored and taught scores of
outstanding actors. He was a re-
sounding voice of Howard and
will be missed, university spo-
keswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton
said in a statement.
Freeman earned an NAACP
Image Award for playing Mal-
colm Xs mentor in Lees 1992
biography.
He also received an Emmy
nomination for his role as Mal-
colm X in the 1979 miniseries
Roots: The Next Generations.
Malcolm X actor dies at age 78
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Writer
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the southern edge of Lackawan-
na County, and PPL has submit-
ted a right-of-way application to
the state Bureau of Forestry.
Review of the application is
pending and no approval has
been given for any crossing on
stateforest land, accordingtodis-
trict forester Nick Lylo.
Under the proposed route, the
line would cross state forest land
in the Thornhurst area along
with locations adjacent to Choke
Creek Falls and Phelps Road.
At these points the proposed
route could face some environ-
mental obstacles.
One of our most aesthetic and
popular areas is Choke Creek
Falls, and we dont want any im-
pact on that area, Lylo said.
There are also numerous wet-
lands we want to avoid, along
with the Lehigh River drainage
and tributaries, which are classi-
fied as exceptional value.
All that would have to be
looked into and we will do a thor-
ough analysis.
The Pennsylvania Game Com-
mission is scrutinizing the pro-
posed route, which crosses three
gamelands tracts SGL 91 and
135 in Luzerne and Lackawanna
counties, and SGL 312 in Wayne
County.
Pete Sussenbach, land man-
agement supervisor for the
PGCs northeast region, said his
agency has yet to receive a right-
of-way application from PPL but
they do have an idea of areas to
avoid.
Were not in favor of the line
going through the middle of the
large, contiguous forests that are
on state land, Sussenbach said.
Wed rather see it go along the
fringe than open the middle of
that large unbroken forest up to a
pathway for invasive species.
Sussenbach said the fringe ar-
ea of the state land is already de-
veloped with road infrastructure
in place.
Finding a way to minimize im-
pacts to the environment and to
residents in the area is a major
challenge with the project, Wirth
said.
You have competing interests
and its difficult to find a fair bal-
ance. Its extremelytime consum-
ing and costs millions of dollars
in studies, he said.
PPLis negotiatingright-of-way
agreements with property own-
ers along the proposed route
along with conducting environ-
mental studies as it prepares to
submit an application to the Pub-
lic Utilities Commission.
That should happen by the end
of summer or early fall, Wirth
said, and the PUC approval proc-
ess could take a year or more. If
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BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
The Francis E. Walter Dam in White Haven
POWER
outperformedalmost every other
area in the United States, when
measuring the amount of recy-
cled items collected. He attri-
butes that to the work of DeNardi
and the county administration.
Nardone emphasized many of
the items collected are not al-
lowed by Pennsylvania law to be
deposited into landfills. This
means local hauling companies
and landfill operators will reject
taking themor face fines or other
penalties, he added.
The collection allows local res-
idents to take advantage of prop-
er disposal without cost to them,
he added.
Luzerne County receives a
grant from the Pennsylvania De-
partment of Environmental Pro-
tectiontohelpcover the cost, De-
Nardi said. She estimates the to-
tal cost to run the recycling pro-
gram to be about $100,000, with
the grant money covering about
half, she said.
RECYCLING
We feel strongly that we are
a health care community be-
tween Alliance Medical Group,
the Health and Wellness Center
and Hazleton General Hospital
(all of which comprise the Grea-
ter Hazleton Health Alliance),
and that we as a family have to
take care of the health of the
community, Biacco said as she
stood under a food tent, where
about a half dozen people wait-
ed to be served a sizzling hot
dog or cold beverage.
She said the event has grown
over the years, beginning with a
turnout of 600 people the first
year to approximately 1,000 last
year. The hope this year, Biacco
said, was that attendance would
be the same or greater.
Were off to a good start.
Within the first 15 minutes of
todays event, we hit 100 give-
away bags, she said, explaining
the goodie bags were stocked
with a water bottle, lunch bag, a
directory of all Alliance physi-
cians, as well as educational in-
fo on upcoming programs, in-
cluding one set for Aug. 30 on
wound care and another on
Sept. 6 entitled Cycle of Life-
OBGYN.
Biacco was happy to see so
many folks taking advantage of
all the offerings on hand, saying
that the program is a good way
to raise awareness of the Alli-
ances place in the local area.
As our groups specialty
grows, well be able to host oth-
er events as well. Most of all, we
want people to know that were
here, not just in case they dont
feel well, but also because we
want them to stay healthy, she
said.
Tables set up around the
premises were proof as staffers
from the center manned sta-
tions assisting in osteoporosis
heel scans, grip strength test-
ing, body fat composition and
more. Megan Caputo with LSS
Systems Support was on hand
at the neurological conditions
info table, talking to folks about
the addition of a new pediatric
neurologist, while next to her,
medical assistant Reuben Jack-
son chatted to a few curious
people about sports injuries.
Such an array of information
impressed Shirley Singer, 71, of
West Hazleton. Singer said that
although the event ran from 11
to 3, she got there early to start
enjoying the benefits of the
sprawling health fair.
I beat the crowd and got here
at 10. Im still active and I in-
tend to keep doing what Im do-
ing, she said. Ill never quit.
Having just completed screen-
ings for blood pressure, blood
sugar, breast cancer and a bone
scan, Singer said she was glad
the Alliance offered so many
outlets for senior citizens to
keep on track, as did husband
and wife Stan and Regina Bro-
zyna of Conyngham. Stan, 75,
had just completed a blood
pressure screening of his own
and waited with his daughter
Ann while Regina, 76, prepared
to finish one herself. The couple
said they have been to Family
Fun and Health Day before and
feel its a good thing for all.
So did Mason Smith, 2 ,
who was getting a balloon from
Rainbow the Clown and was
waiting to find the inflatable
Moon Bounce house with his
grandmother, Rita Deeb of Ha-
zleton. Nearby, Drums young-
sters Mark Ferdinand, 5, and
Jenna Chulock, 2, finished an
exciting walk with their moms
through the scavenger hunt ac-
tivity. Jenna proudly boasted a
giant balloon hat done in the
image of popular Sesame Street
character Elmo, while Mark fea-
tured a long black balloon
snake. Each little one said
theyd had a lot of fun trekking
through the hunt, happy theyd
found such treasures as square
and circle shapes, juice pouch-
es, candy and pencils.
In addition to the screenings
and activities, other highlights
included a visit from Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton Penguins mas-
cot Tux, a fire safety house, am-
bulance tour and car safety
check.
For more information on the
alliance and happenings at all
health alliance campuses, call
450-4357.
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Scotty, 6, Paula and Jonathan, 9, Bersavage attended
the Greater Hazleton Health Alliance Family Fun and
Health Day at the Health and Wellness Center campus in
Hazle Township Saturday morning. PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
The Old Fashioned Family Picnic was held Saturday at the Amer-
ican Legion Post 644 in Swoyersville. The event drew such people
as Kelly and Sheila Davis.
Wilkes-Barres Crime Watch Coalition hosted a follow-up
firearms safety seminar Wednesday night for experts to
answer questions about using firearms for protection.
Among the approximately 60 citizens there were Doug
Lamoreaux, left, and Daniel Kozick, both of Dallas.
Brody, 9, and Ty, 5, Herness with momLeslie Baughman
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Jessica, Wayne and Kiryn White
Ben Calo Sr. of Luzerne, left, and Ed Gross of Wilkes-
Barre
Talia Logerfo, 12, center, with Ian, 8, and Alexis, 12, Luns-
ford
Lacey, 8, Chloe, 9, and Holly Kishbaugh
Joe DeAngelo of Avoca, left, and Allan Glodzik of Duryea
Hailey Ader, 2, and Amy Michael
Pat Konopki and Alex ODonnell
Ellen Grula, left, and Antoinette Szczecinski, both of
Wilkes-Barre
Kelly, Mercede, 1, Santino, 3, and Louie DeLorenzo
Mack Mansueto and Ian Warunek of Boy Scout Troop 193 in
Swoyersville
Wilkes-Barre Crime Watch Vice President Sharon Kat-
sock, left, and President Charlotte Raup
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neighborhood.
More may qualify
A growing number of property
owners may qualify for reduc-
tions because statistics show
more sales are slipping below as-
sessed values.
The State Tax Equalization
Board recently downgraded the
accuracy rating of the countys
tax base because sales werent
keeping pace with tax values.
A Times Leader review of 100
property sales at the end of July,
including Aroras transaction,
showed44properties soldat pric-
es more than 10 percent below
the assessments.
Another 24 hadsales at least 10
percent above assessed values,
while the remaining 32 fell with-
in the 10 percent range.
County Assessment Director
Tony Alu said the sampling is
what hed expect.
It substantiates whats already
established most properties are
now selling below assessments,
Alu said.
Without a reassessment, as-
sessment challenges are the only
recourse for property owners to
right-size inaccurate tax values.
The Huston Street property
purchased by Arora was listed
through a Realtor at $43,900 and
wasnt part of a foreclosure action
or forced short sale, he said.
Thats an important distinc-
tion because assessments are
supposed to guess the likely sale
price in an arms length transac-
tion between a willing buyer and
willing seller, with neither party
pressured to buy or sell.
The structure has a three-bed-
room and two-bedroom unit and
was listed in good condition,
though one of the apartments
needed minor updating.
Arora said he wouldnt pay
more than $25,000.
Its harder to find tenants for
property in the city, he said.
NewYork resident Michael Lu-
cent said he has already contact-
ed a lawyer to appeal the assess-
ment of a structure he purchased
on West River Street in Wilkes-
Barre, also part of the July sam-
ple group.
Lucent and his wife, Donna,
bought the stately 3,300-square-
foot brick home for $75,000, or
$173,800 below the assessment
of $248,800.
Theprior owner, a relative, had
purchased the property for
$115,000 in 1999. Lucent ac-
knowledged the $75,000 was a
good deal but noted no offers
were submitted when the proper-
ty was listed on the market at
$120,000.
Its assessed pretty high, he
said.
Out of sync in Luzerne
A Luzerne property recently
sold by Gloria and Thomas Sager
has the reverse problem an as-
sessment significantly below the
purchase price.
The Charles Street structure is
assessed at $53,300 and sold for
more than twice that in July, or
$119,900.
Gloria Sager said the property
was a wreck when she and her
husband purchased it for $80,000
in 2010. The recent sales price
was fair, she said, because the
couple added a porch and many
other improvements. The Sagers
didnot recoupall the money they
investedinthe property at resale,
she said.
I find that a lot of these assess-
ments dont make sense, she
said.
Countyofficials havesaidprop-
erty owners may file assessment
appeals seeking increases if they
believe their values are too low,
but the topic generated laughter
at a recent county council meet-
ings because few, if any, are ex-
pected to request higher taxes.
Pringle resident Raymond
Nickersonsaidhes inthe process
of closing on the sale of his dou-
ble-block on Chestnut Avenue in
Kingston, which is assessed at
$99,700.
He said he negotiated a sale
price of $85,000 and couldnt ex-
pect to get more.
These assessments are all out
of whack, he said, noting he had
filed an appeal to obtain past as-
sessment reductions on the prop-
erty.
Seven properties in the July
sample group were on the mark,
with a 1-percent difference in as-
sessments and sales prices.
For example, a single family
home on Red Maple Lane in
Wright Townshipwas assessedat
$179,900 and sold for $177,500.
Another home in the township
on Stone Hedge Place was pur-
chased for $257,500, or $1,600
above the assessment.
Reassessment parameters
Alu said the county should rely
on the states annual analysis to
determine when its time for the
next reassessment because that
study is based on a large volume
of countywide sales throughout
the prior year.
The countys common level ra-
tio the benchmark for gauging
assessment accuracy through
sales is 109.5, or 9.5 percent
above the ideal score of 100, the
state concluded. Alu would rec-
ommendanother reassessment if
theratiois15percent aboveor be-
low100.
The ratio incorporated more
than 3,200 sales in 2011, he said.
The next ratio will be issued in
the summer of 2013.
Prior county commissioners
had passed a resolution in 2003
requiring the county to complete
a reassessment every four years
to prevent stale values, which
meant the next revaluation
would have taken effect next
year.
However, officials backedaway
fromthat promise because of sol-
id ratio results. The countys last
reassessment, which took effect
in 2009, cost $8 million. The next
one should be completed in-
house and cost significantly less,
officials say.
PROPERTY
Ajay Arora may file an assessment appeal on a Wilkes-Barre prop-
erty he recently purchased with others because he believes Lu-
zerne Countys tax value is too high. Arora and his investment
partners paid $25,000 for this two-unit residence on Hutson
Street, and the property is assessed at $86,500.
Pittston Twp. $87,000 $9,000 10.3%
Wilkes-Barre $66,500 $8,500 12.8%
Foster Twp. $56,900 $8,000 14.1%
Fairview Twp. $144,000 $32,000 22.2%
Hazleton $73,000 $17,000 23.3%
Newport Twp. $305,100 $75,000 24.6%
Dallas Twp. $198,400 $54,000 27.2%
Fairview Twp. $69,800 $19,900 28.5%
Wilkes-Barre $86,500 $25,000 28.9%
Wilkes-Barre $248,800 $75,000 30.1%
Plymouth $59,200 $18,000 30.4%
Wilkes-Barre $55,800 $20,000 35.8%
Hazle Twp. $59,100 $21,800 36.9%
Fairview Twp. $83,000 $35,000 42.2%
Wilkes-Barre $93,500 $42,000 44.9%
Wilkes-Barre $54,200 $25,500 47.0%
Pittston Twp. $104,400 $52,000 49.8%
Luzerne $64,100 $32,000 49.9%
Wilkes-Barre $30,000 $17,500 58.3%
Butler Twp. $32,500 $19,000 58.5%
Wilkes-Barre $44,900 $27,900 62.1%
Wilkes-Barre $75,700 $48,000 63.4%
Hazleton $78,500 $52,000 66.2%
West Pittston $362,800 $250,000 68.9%
Sugarloaf Twp. $65,000 $45,000 69.2%
Wright Twp. $158,500 $109,900 69.3%
Plains Twp. $100,300 $70,000 69.8%
Dallas Twp. $67,900 $48,500 71.4%
Wyoming $186,900 $134,900 72.2%
Butler Twp. $70,500 $52,000 73.8%
Franklin Twp. $277,700 $209,000 75.3%
Salem Twp. $56,400 $44,500 78.9%
Edwardsville $148,200 $120,000 81.0%
Conyngham Twp. $377,500 $307,000 81.3%
West Hazleton $211,200 $172,900 81.9%
Wilkes-Barre $89,900 $73,670 81.9%
Butler Twp. $90,600 $75,000 82.8%
Butler Twp. $146,800 $122,000 83.1%
Hazleton $74,100 $61,900 83.5%
Dallas Twp. $173,200 $148,000 85.5%
Nanticoke $109,000 $95,000 87.2%
Hunlock Twp. $207,900 $182,000 87.5%
Wilkes-Barre $220,500 $193,500 87.8%
Butler Twp. $152,400 $134,900 88.5%
Nanticoke $169,400 $152,000 89.7%
Wilkes-Barre $124,500 $115,000 92.4%
Rice Twp. $58,300 $54,000 92.6%
Plains Twp. $122,800 $116,500 94.9%
Dallas Twp. $173,200 $165,000 95.3%
Dallas Twp. $619,400 $600,000 96.9%
Pringle $232,400 $226,000 97.2%
Dupont $113,100 $110,000 97.3%
Exeter $167,000 $164,000 98.2%
Dallas Twp. $131,300 $129,000 98.2%
Wright Twp. $179,100 $176,250 98.4%
Harveys Lake $179,900 $177,500 98.7%
Exeter $111,400 $110,000 98.7%
Hazleton $255,900 $257,500 100.6%
Wilkes-Barre $44,200 $44,500 100.7%
Wright Twp. $69,400 $69,900 100.7%
Kingston $247,200 $249,500 100.9%
Sugarloaf Twp. $130,200 $132,000 101.4%
Wilkes-Barre Twp. $182,600 $186,500 102.1%
Plains Twp. $116,300 $119,900 103.1%
Ashley $174,425 $180,000 103.2%
Hazle Twp. $94,900 $98,000 103.3%
Hollenback Twp. $166,100 $172,500 103.9%
Hanover Twp. $84,200 $87,500 103.9%
Wilkes-Barre $74,900 $78,000 104.1%
Fairview Twp. $87,900 $92,000 104.7%
West Pittston $129,300 $137,000 106.0%
Dorrance Twp. $83,700 $89,000 106.3%
Forty Fort $159,700 $169,900 106.4%
Plains Twp. $76,600 $83,000 108.4%
Franklin Twp. $412,700 $447,900 108.5%
Forty Fort $170,400 $187,500 110.0%
Pittston $206,500 $230,000 111.4%
Hanover Twp. $70,200 $80,000 114.0%
Swoyersville $76,500 $87,500 114.4%
New Columbus $148,100 $170,000 114.8%
Wilkes-Barre Twp. $345,900 $400,000 115.6%
Kingston Twp. $79,700 $92,500 116.1%
Yatesville $198,000 $230,000 116.2%
Kingston Twp. $70,800 $83,000 117.2%
West Wyoming $126,700 $150,515 118.8%
Hanover Twp. $100,000 $119,000 119.0%
Avoca $71,700 $85,860 119.7%
Bear Creek Twp. $81,500 $99,900 122.6%
Wilkes-Barre $121,800 $150,000 123.2%
Yatesville $98,400 $125,000 127.0%
Harveys Lake $271,900 $349,000 128.4%
Rice Twp. $124,600 $165,000 132.4%
Kingston $80,600 $107,000 132.8%
West Pittston $81,800 $112,000 136.9%
Nanticoke $90,800 $129,900 143.1%
Shickshinny $58,700 $90,000 153.3%
Wilkes-Barre $69,300 $119,000 171.7%
Luzerne $110,200 $195,000 177.0%
Union Twp. $79,200 $145,000 183.1%
Ross Twp. $53,300 $119,900 225.0%
Assessed Value
Assessed Sale Pct of
Municipality value price value 0% 50% 100% 150% +200%
Source: Luzerne County Mark Guydish/The Times Leader
ASSESSED VALUE VS. SALE PRICE: 100 EXAMPLES IN LUZERNE COUNTY
Sale price
as percent of
assessed value
Assessment appeal forms are
available at the assessors office
on the second floor of the cour-
thouse annex on River Street in
Wilkes-Barre or on the countys
website, www.luzernecounty.org
(click on departments and then
assessors office).
The filing fee is $25 for a single-
family residential structure and
$50 for a multi-unit building. The
fee ranges from $50 to $150 for
commercial and industrial struc-
tures, depending on the size. The
fee is $25 for a residential lot with
no structure and $50 for undevel-
oped, non-residential lots.
Contact the assessors office at
(570) 825-1859 between 9 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. weekdays for ques-
tions on the appeal process.
A S S E S S M E N T
A P P E A L S
Say you convince a Luzerne
County assessment appeal board
or judge the fair market value of
your property is $100,000.
The final assessment assigned
to your property will now be
$109,400.
The add-on stems from a state
requirement to convert todays
fair market values to the base
year of the countys last reassess-
ment, or Jan. 1, 2008, officials say.
The back-in-time translation
protects property owners who
arent challenging their assess-
ments. It wouldnt be fair toallow
some property owners tofully en-
joy benefits of the real estate mar-
ket value decline today while the
rest have values tied to the base
year, officials say.
The reassessment values were
basedonsales from2004through
2007, before the onset of a reces-
sion.
The directive on what percent-
age must be added to compen-
sate for the market decline since
2008 comes from the State Tax
Equalization Board.
Thestateagencyanalyzed2011
sales and assessments data and
issued a ratio that essentially
shows county sales prices are 9.4
percent below assessments.
That means a property valued
at $200,000 today through an ap-
peal would end up with another
$18,800tackedon, or 9.4percent,
to compute its estimated worth
in 2008.
Another $14,100 would be add-
ed on a property valued at
$150,000.
Conversion needed now
A conversion formula wasnt
necessary in 2010 and 2011 be-
cause the state concluded the
sales and values remained in line
during those years.
Chester County attorney Bert
Goodman, a taxation law expert,
said judges and appeal boards
presiding over assessment chal-
lenges must apply the ratio.
The county would have been
excluded under a section of the
law exempting counties that had
overall assessment accuracy
scores within 15 percent, but the
Supreme Court ruled that ex-
emption was unconstitutional,
said Goodman, of McNees Wal-
lace & Nurick LLC.
If the market, and thus sales,
pickup, the percentage that must
be added to assessment awards
will decrease, Goodman said.
The ratio applied to 2014 appeals
will be issued next summer.
Counties with sales prices ex-
ceeding most assessments may
be entitled to discount ratios at
appeals so theyre not unfairly pe-
nalized for market growth since
the last reassessment, he said.
County Solicitor David
Schwager gave the assessors of-
fice information on the ratio add-
on requirement to prepare prop-
erty owners challenging their as-
sessments.
County officials say they want
property owners to be aware so
they may weigh whether its
worthwhile to contest their val-
ues.
Harveys Lake Realtor Michelle
Boice, a strong critic of the reas-
sessment, said she believes many
should proceed with challenges.
Some of these values are still
so skewed, even when you apply
thecommonlevel ratio, its still in
their best interest to challenge
them, Boice said.
Sept. 4 is the deadline tofile as-
sessment appeals for 2013.
Assessment appeal forms are
available in the assessors office
or on the county website.
Reductions take effect the year
after appeals are filed, which
means property owners who file
this year will receive reductions
in 2013.
Property owners who dont
want to pay for an appraisal may
research the sales prices and as-
sessments of similar properties
in their neighborhood on The
Times Leaders free property da-
tabase at www.timesleader.com
(click on the tax assess icon un-
der the most popular links on the
main page).
The database allows searches
by streets.
Additional property descrip-
tions, including the square foot-
age and age of structures, may be
viewed at the assessors office.
County officials have stressed
the importance of choosing simi-
lar properties for appeal compari-
sons. Appeal board members re-
cently told county officials they
may point to other properties
with higher assessments and
sales if property owners try to
cherry pick only lower compara-
bles in their neighborhood.
Formula will up value even after successful challenge
The rule protects property
owners not challenging their
assessments.
[email protected]
Some of these values
are still so skewed, even
when you apply the com-
mon level ratio, its still
in their best interest to
challenge them.
Michelle Boice
Realtor
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icia Gregory is the author of My Favorite Girl. Grego-
ry, 48, graduated from GAR High School and attended
Luzerne County Community College where she stud-
ied journalism. Licia received her degree in communications
from Bloomsburg University. She has two sons: Dono-
van and Julian. She lives in Wilkes-Barre.
What is your book about?
It is a great cultural Ameri-
can tale about the love be-
tween a mother and her
daughter. It focuses on the ups
and downs of a relationship
that include divorce, teenage
angst, high school achievement
and integration into white, mid-
dle-class society. It shows how a
strong African-American woman can
thrive and grow in society and bring
positive attention to herself despite
some stereotypes or how the media
might portray some women in a bad
light for their beliefs or stances. It pays
homage to women of the 1950s and
has spiritually woven tones or themes
of great gospel music and scripture
within the book.
So how did this book come to frui-
tion? Ive been working on it for many
years and its always been with me and
in my heart. I was adding to it and keep-
ing it up and it got to the point where I
decided to bring it to a publisher. They
wanted more when I presented the first
chapters to them.
What has been the most satisfying
moment that you have achieved
since penning this novel? One of the
greatest rewards was to be able to pre-
sent the story at a book signing at
Barnes & Noble. It felt like all my hard
work had finally paid off and I had ar-
rived. It felt wonderful to be accepted
for my literary work.
For all those individuals out there
who strive to write a book or accom-
plish anything in their life, what
would you tell them? Followit! Do not
listen to negative voices telling you
cannot do something. Use that nega-
tivity as fuel to fire yourself up and
build on it.
Your words are very inspiring. Who
was someone in your life who in-
spired you and how so? Dr. Julianne
Malveaux and Toni Morrison were both
very instrumental in my life. They are
strong and resilient African-American
women in the publishing industry. They
gave me and other women strength
with their inspiring backgrounds.
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follow her.
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HICAGO- The first time Dr. Anthony Caru-
so sawlife created in a petri dish, it brought
tears tohis eyes. Once one of Chicagos lead-
ing reproductive endocrinologists, he
guesses that he helped more than 1,000 children
come into the world.
But two years ago, he walked
away fromhis practice andinto a
confessional at St. John Cantius
Roman Catholic Church to re-
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could not practice the same kind
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We see babies in our Catholic
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Caruso. What doesnt get
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Caruso, now a doctor at Alex-
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opening the St. Anne Center for
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It would be one of a handful of
clinics in the U.S. that helps cou-
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within the Ethical and Religious
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MCT PHOTO
Dr. Anthony Caruso prays before worship at St. John
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one of the citys leading reproductive endocrinologists,
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doing was a sin. He is trying to open a new clinic based
on Catholic principles.
Renowned doctor has change of heart
By MANYA A. BRACHEAR Chicago Tribune
See DOCTOR, Page 2B
I
n my genealogy seminars I rou-
tinely urge family researchers to
keep alert for new resources. Here
are some of the latest.
Family Tree Magazine, the
bi-monthly bible for many geneal-
ogists, offers online training in vari-
ous areas of genealogy. Go to www.fa-
milytreeuniversity.com, and youll
find a list of upcoming webinars on
topics like military records and cut-
ting-edge tools, as well as webinars in
doing research in various states.
The current schedule of full-scale
courses is already under way, but the
site will keep you informed of up-
coming courses. Costs are very rea-
sonable.
By the way, the magazine itself is a
solid resource. Its not on newsstands.
Go to www.familytreemagazine.com
for subscription information. You can
get a paper or online version.
The main library at Penn State
University has put a collection of
county-based historical materials
online. Go to www.pabook.libraries.p-
su.edu and youll find the librarys
Literary and cultural History Map of
Pennsylvania. When you click on a
county youll find a list of materials
pertaining to that county. Samples
Ive checked out include fire insur-
ance maps of communities from the
1900 era (good for information on
neighborhoods and buildings) and
older publications of county historical
societies.
If youre looking to update your
knowledge of genealogy, you might
want to take a look at the offerings of
the Genealogical Society of Penn-
sylvania at www.genpa.org. One up-
coming project is an Oct. 24 webinar
on Quaker research, just one of nu-
merous webinars (at modest cost) the
society offers from time to time.
Check the website for this and other
events.
It might be possible in the fore-
seeable future for online researchers
to access Luzerne County wills and
marriage licenses going back more
than 200 years. County officials are
discussing digitally copying the ar-
chives and making them available
online for a fee, The Times Leader
recently reported. The Recorder of
Deeds office already has its docu-
ments since 1963 available on Landex
(www.landex.com/remote) for a fee.
Most of the countys records are still
on paper and difficult to access.
The Northeast Pennsylvania
Genealogical Society has recently
indexed records, some going back
nearly a century, from numerous West
Side churches, cemeteries, funeral
homes and schools, as well as records
from several Jewish cemeteries
throughout Wyoming Valley. For a
complete list, as well as hours of
operation for the societys research
library, go to www.nepgs.org. Click
on Records Preservation. The library
is at the Hanover Green Cemetery,
Main Road, Hanover Township.
A very public-spirited local orga-
nization, The Courthouse Gang, does
lookups at the Luzerne County Cour-
thouse for a base fee of $7. To tap
into the groups services, go to the
Luzerne County Genweb at www.pa-
genweb.org/-luzerne, or search for
Luzerne County Geneweb (its right
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tration.
TheHHS(U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services)
mandate is the best thing that
happened to me, Caruso said.
What the HHS mandate poten-
tially could do is reawaken the
Catholic Church.
Carusos awakening started
more thanthree decades after the
first IVF baby was born in 1978.
At age 15 in 1979, Caruso ap-
plied to work in the reproductive
laboratories of Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston.
Though he was turned away,
the rejection did not deter him.
After completing his residency in
Springfield, Ill., he chose to spe-
cialize in reproductive endocri-
nology at Chicagos Rush Univer-
sity Medical Center. By then, in-
fertility technology had entered
what he calls early adoles-
cence.
As success rates climbed, Ca-
ruso eagerly sought new ways of
helping couples conceive chil-
dren. He witnessed countless
breakthroughs such as freezing
eggs, finding egg donors, screen-
ing embryos for abnormalities
andenhancingovulationthrough
newmedicines medicines that
enabled him and his wife to have
their six children.
Occasionally asked to justify
his profession as a Catholic, Ca-
ruso had no reservations dismis-
sing the Vaticans instruction,
Donum Vitae, or The Gift of
Life. The 1987 document is-
sued by then-Cardinal Joseph
Ratzinger, who later became
PopeBenedict XVI denounced
in vitro fertilization and predict-
ed advances in artificial repro-
ductive technologies that Caruso
believedwerent rootedinreality.
In 2002, Caruso gave an inter-
view to the Chicago Tribune
about helping a lesbian couple
conceive through IVF.
They struck me as just as in-
tent and caring as any heterosex-
ual couple that I would see, Ca-
ruso told the reporter. The next
week, Carusos parish priest
asked him to step down from the
pastoral council at Christ the
KingparishinLombard. Carusos
words and actions had violated
church teachings, the priest con-
cluded.
That might have beenthe first
salvo, Caruso said. I wasnt an-
gry. I really took what he had to
say to heart.
Caruso had a teaching position
at the University of Chicagos
Pritzker School of Medicine in
2008 when the Vaticans Congre-
gation for the Doctrine of the
Faith released another document
titled Dignitas Personae, or The
Dignity of a Person. That in-
struction clarified why the
church opposed many of the in-
novations in biotechnology that
had evolved since the introduc-
tionof IVF. The fields of embryol-
ogy and genetic engineering had
advanced exponentially, includ-
ing the breakthrough in em-
bryonic stem cell research in
1998 and the mapping of the hu-
man genome.
There was so much in Donum
Vitae (about advances inartificial
reproductive technologies) I saw
potentially not possible, Caruso
said. I would tell you in retro-
spect I was wrong.
Throughout his career, Caruso
had defended the children but
not necessarily the science that
created them. Seeing the
churchs predictions become real-
ity suddenly made him uneasy.
When you talk about in vitro
fertilization, the discussionlarge-
ly centers around the child, Ca-
ruso said. Its really hard when
youre talking on that level to be
able to explain what might be
concerning about that. Theres
nothing wrong with the babies.
We see babies in our Catholic
faith as children of God. Donum
Vitae comes to life whenyoulook
at the process that brought the
babies to be.
By that time, Carusos wife had
lost bothparents andhadbecome
more pious. She led the family to
St. John Cantius parish in Chica-
gos Goose Island neighborhood,
where they celebrated Latin
Mass and regularly gave confes-
sion. To address his professional
qualms, Caruso sought counsel
from the Rev. Bart Juncer.
We preach the beliefs of the
Catholic Church from the pulpit.
We also recognize people have to
internalizethat truth, havetoem-
brace that doctrine in their own
conscience, in their own hearts,
said Juncer, associate pastor of
St. John Cantius. He watched Ca-
ruso undergo what Pope Bene-
dict XVI has called progressive
conversion.
As he was going along, he rec-
ognized what he was doing was
incompatible with the Catholic
faith, he said.
In August 2010, poised to be-
come president of the Chicago
Area Reproductive Endocrinolo-
gy Group, Caruso ended his
membership, resigned from his
teaching job and walked away
fromthis practice. That same day
he made another appointment
for Juncer to hear a culminating
confession.
It wasnt just what I had done
was in the eyes of the church sin-
ful, but actually by my actions I
had been excommunicated from
the church, he said. That con-
fession led to a reunion. I was
brought back into the church
with a whole new prayer, which
felt really good.
Juncer clarified that Caruso
wasnt formally excommuni-
cated.
As a priest, Ive seen so many
heroic people who have had to
face difficulties living their lives
within the teachings of the Ca-
tholic Church and rise to the oc-
casion, Juncer said. Theyre an
inspiration to me. Dr. Caruso is
one example. It takes courage to
change your career and change
your professional path in order to
practice your faith.
DOCTOR
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Wilkes-Barre Academy held its 18th commencement ceremony on May 31 at Appletree Terrace. The
graduates also went on a class trip to Cedar Point, Ohio. Graduates, from left, first row, are Josh Wy-
chock; Durga Follmer; Ariana Notartomaso; Samantha Pollick; Angela Malinovitch, salutatorian; Sa-
marth Desai, valedictorian; Olivia Greer; Samantha Stashik; Michela Torbik; and Sahil Garg. Second row:
Kathryn Roberts, Anna Weis, Jason Poor, Joshua Schrepfer, Nicholas James, Kelsey Kayton, Victoria
Stack, Alexa Smith, Kyle Davis, Moriah Bartolai, John Terrana, Jaclyn Leighton, Marielle McDonald and
Mrs. Huntzinger, director of education.
W-B Academy students graduate
What is a favorite read for
you? I really enjoyed the book
Emperor of Ocean Park by Ste-
phen Carter and all Walter Mosely
books.
Do you have a favorite movie
or Broadway show? I like the
film, The Constant Gardener and
The Lion King on Broadway.
Do you have any favorite mu-
sical artists? I love Whitney
Houston and Aretha Franklin. I am
also fond of Mozart. I cant forget
Common, the Temptations, Sting,
The Roots, Sean OConnor and
Mos Def. Okay, Im done.
What do you think Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania needs to im-
prove upon the most? People
are afraid to go out in the daytime
as well as the nighttime now. Au-
thorities need to bridge the gap
of crime in the area. I was really
affected when Tyler Winstead was
shot. Something has to be done.
Other than your book comple-
tion and signing, what was a
proud moment in your life per-
sonally or professionally? The
birth of my two sons is golden. I
am also proud to be a member of
the Whos Who in Journalism.
That is very special to me.
MEET
John Gordon writes about area
people for the Meet feature. Reach
him at 970-7229.
at the top). Then scroll down
to lookups.
News Notes: Hats off to the
Luzerne Foundation and the
Luzerne County Historical
Society for organizing the
recent Summit of Community
Historical Societies recently.
Sixteen local organizations
met at Bear Creek Village to
coordinate efforts. The most
popular local historical site,
according to a vote, is Eckley
Miners Village, and the most
endangered is the Huber Coal
Breaker, in Ashley. This was
the second summit in what we
hope will be a long series.
Murders & Murderers in
Northeastern Pennsylvania is
the subject of a talk planned by
the Genealogical Research
Society of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania at its meeting at 7
p.m., Aug. 15. Julie Esty is the
speaker. The meeting is set for
the society Research Center,
1100 Main St., Peckville. Call
(570) 383-7661.
MOONEY
Tom Mooney is a Times Leader
genealogy columnist. Reach him at
[email protected].
The General Federation of Womens Clubs (GFWC) Northeastern
Club recently made a donation to the Hoyt Library in Kingston.
The funds were raised during the 2010-2012 club years. At the
check presentation, from left, are Mary Ellen Petcavage, president,
GFWC; Melissa A Szafron, executive director, Hoyt Library; and
Norma Blight, treasurer, GFWC.
GFWC Northeastern Club raises money for Hoyt Library
The Luzerne County Council and Wyoming County Commissioners officially proclaimed the name
change of the Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health/Mental Retardation Program to Luzerne-
Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services at a ceremony held July 25 at the Lu-
zerne County Courthouse. Over 200 families, self-advocates, human service staff and state and county
officials witnessed the unveiling of the new name. At the event, from left, first row: Tom Yoniski, field
representative, Senator Lisa Baker; Gina Galli, chair, Name Change Committee, Luzerne-Wyoming
Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services; Lauren Jones, self-advocate; Pam Zotynia, Arc
Luzerne County; and Ronald Williams, Wyoming County Commissioner. Second row: Richard Burns,
Luzerne-Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services; State Representative Eddie
Day Pashinski (121st District); State Representative Karen Boback (117th District); Debi Reznick, district
office manager, State Representative Tarah Toohil (116th District); and Judy Kraft Mead, chairwoman,
Wyoming County Commissioner. Third row: David Kauffman, executive assistant, State Office of Devel-
opmental Programs Deputy Secretary; David Wilson and Dr. Mahmoud Fahmy, members, Luzerne-
Wyoming Counties Mental Health and Developmental Services advisory board; Mary Dysleski, Luzerne
County Office of Human Services; James Bobeck, chairman, Luzerne County Council; and Brittany
Burgess, clerk, Luzerne County Council.
Mental Health Services unveils new name
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A 59th reunion of members of the Class of 1953 of the former Forty Fort High School was held on
July 27 at Frances Slocum State Park. A catered picnic lunch was served at noon. Plans were dis-
cussed for the 60th reunion that will be held from noon to 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 9, 2013, at the Irem
Country Club. Former classmates traveled from Florida, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Forty Fort and Mountain Top for the occasion. At the picnic, from left, first row, are Nan-
cy Rundle Ney, Jean Boote Krouse, Kathleen Connolly Zahorsky, Patsy Reese Morris, Joan Zekas and
Janice Reid Rice. Second row: Donald Wilce, Louis Coursen, George Lemmond, Marilyn Ritter Rozelle,
William Hessler, Deborah Husband Koch, Floyd Rice, Edwin McLaughlin, Barbara Thomas Balcomb and
Robert Rundle.
Forty Fort High School Class of 53 reunites
The Luzerne County Bar Asso-
ciation Charitable Foundation, a
nonprofit corporation created by
the lawyers of the Wilkes-Barre
Law & Library Association, re-
cently made a donation to
Wyoming Valley Habitat for Hu-
manity (WVHFH). Habitat relies
on contributions from the com-
munity to fund the houses it
builds. Volunteers are always
needed. For more information
call 820-8002 or email informa-
tion [email protected]. At the
check presentation, from left:
Karen Evans Kaufer, executive
director, WVHFH; Joseph P.J.
Burke III, treasurer, Bar Founda-
tion; attorney Kelly Ann Bray,
board member, WVHFH; and
attorney David J. Harris, board
member, WVHFH.
Habitat receives donation
from Law Association
K
A
nn Marie and James Carroll, Du-
ryea, celebrated their silver 25th
wedding anniversary on Aug. 8,
2012.They were married in St. Marys
Help of Christians Church, Pittston.
The wedding ceremony was conduct-
ed by the Rev. William Blake.
Maid of honor was JoAnne Whispell
Robert and best man was Clayton
LaPosta. Bridesmaids were Stacey
Calabro Kratzer, Lisa Race Gorham
and Lisa Chase. Groomsmen were
Keith Moss, Edward Lazevnick and
Lou Chase. Ann Marie was escorted
down the aisle by her grandfather,
Wilson Moss, and the ring bearer was
James Carroll, Jr.
Ann Marie is the daughter of Fran-
cis Calabro and the late Sandra Cole-
man. James is the son of the late Ed-
ward and Sandra Carroll.
Ann Marie and Jim participated in
the Scranton Dioceses Silver Anni-
versary Mass conducted by Bishop
Bambera. On Aug. 8 there was also a
Mass and wedding blessing by the
Rev. Jackson Pinheiro and the Rev.
Joseph Sibilano at Our Lady of Mount
Carmel Church, Pittston.
They are the proud parents of two
sons, James, 25, and Anthony, 22.
Ann Marie and Jim celebrated this
anniversary milestone with a family
trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico. The
highlight of their vacation was having
their wedding vows renewed and the
ceremony was officiated over by their
sons.
Ann Marie and Jim were honored at
an anniversary party that was hosted
by their family and friends to celebrate
the joys of today, the memories of
yesterday and the hopes of tomorrow.
The Carrolls
A
my Marie George and Andrew
Michael Feldman were united as
one in marriage on June 16, 2012, in
an outdoor ceremony at the Inn at
Pocono Manor with the Rev. Donald
Roberts officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Berna-
dette George and the late Arthur
George, Kingston. She is the grand-
daughter of the late Anthony and
Alma Golomb, Nanticoke, and the
late James and Marie George, Wilkes-
Barre.
The groom is the son of William
and Marilyn Feldman, Shavertown.
He is the grandson of the late Mar-
shall and Dorothy Feldman and Eve-
lyn Gross and the late Michael Gross.
The bride was escorted down the
aisle and given in marriage by her
mother. She chose her best friend,
Amanda Kraynak, as maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Sara Urban, Ashley
Kraynak and Meghan Shaddow, all
friends of the bride. The flower girl
was Stella Roo George Feldman, the
couples dog daughter.
The groom chose his best friend,
Michael Piekanski, as best man.
Groomsmen were Frank Heffernan,
Zachary Pizzaro, Colin Nagy and
Samuel Brown, all friends of the
groom.
An evening cocktail hour and re-
ception were held at the Inn at Poco-
no Manors Terrace Ballroom. The
bride was honored at a bridal shower
given by her bridesmaids, mother
and mother-in-law at Canteen 900 in
Forty Fort. The rehearsal dinner was
hosted by the parents of the groom at
the Fireside at the Inn at Pocono
Manor.
The bride is a 1999 graduate of
Bishop OReilly High School and
earned a bachelors degree in ad-
vertising/public relations from Penn
State University in 2003 and her
masters degree in organizational
management specializing in market-
ing from Misericordia University in
2008. She is employed as a campaign
manager for the United Way of
Wyoming Valley and as a fitness
consultant at Odyssey Fitness.
The groom is 2002 graduate of
Wyoming Valley West High School
and earned a bachelors degree in
criminology/psychology from Wilkes
University in 2009. He is employed
by the Wyoming Valley West Alterna-
tive Learning Center as an English
teacher and is also the head wrestling
coach for Wyoming Valley West High
School.
The couple traveled to Montego
Bay, Jamaica, for their honeymoon.
They happily reside in Trucksville,
with their black Labrador, Stella-Roo.
George, Feldman
K
athleen Romanowski and Mi-
chael Herron, together with their
families, announce their engagement
and approaching marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of
Eugene and Elizabeth Romanowski,
Harding, Pa. She is the granddaught-
er of the late Bernard and Helen
Romanowski, Harding, and the late
Richard and Jesse Rooney, originally
from Staten Island, N.Y.
The prospective groom is the son
of Lawrence and Rosemary Herron,
Exeter, Pa. He is the grandson of the
late Robert and Louise Herron, Exe-
ter, and the late Eugene and Grace
Fox, Pittston, Pa.
Kathleen is a graduate of Wyoming
Area High School and Luzerne Coun-
ty Community College. She is em-
ployed with Sordoni Construction
Services, Forty Fort, Pa.
Michael is a graduate of Seton
Catholic High School and attended
Kings College. He is employed with
US Foodservice, Pittston, Pa.
The couple will exchange their
vows during an outside ceremony on
Aug. 25, 2012, at the Appletree Ter-
race, Newberry Estates, Dallas, Pa.
Romanowski, Herron
J
onie Ing and Brad Kondracki,
together with their families, an-
nounce their engagement and ap-
proaching marriage.
Dennis and Amy Ing, Castro Valley,
Calif.
She works as an attorney in San
Francisco, Calif., for Latham & Wat-
kins LLP.
She graduated from the University
of California, Berkeley in 2003 and
earned her Juris Doctorate from the
University of Pennsylvania in 2007.
of Anthony and Louise Kondracki,
Kingston, Pa.
He works as an attorney in Palo
Alto, Calif., for Wilson Sonsini Good-
rich & Rosati, P.C.
He graduated from Cornell Uni-
versity in 2003 and earned his Juris
Doctorate from the University of
Pennsylvania in 2007.
A September wedding is planned
at the Kunde Family Estate in Ken-
wood, Calif.
Kondracki, Ing
A
manda Marie Magda and David
Patrick Plisko, together with
their parents, announce their engage-
ment and upcoming marriage.
Amy and Andrew Magda, Wilkes-
Barre. She is the granddaughter of
Carol and Richard Macko, Wilkes-
Barre, and the late Irene Brodley. She
is the great-granddaughter of Cathe-
rine Liem and Dorothy Gluc, both of
Wilkes-Barre.
Amanda is a graduate of GAR Me-
morial High School. She graduated
from Empire Beauty School and is
employed by the Wilkes-Barre City
Employee Federal Credit Union.
of Mary Kay and David Plisko, Sugar
Notch. He is the grandson of Dorothy
and Joseph Namey, Sugar Notch, and
the late Josephine and Harry Plisko,
Scranton.
David is a graduate of Hanover
Area Jr.-Sr. High School and attended
Wilkes University, where he majored
in elementary education/psychology.
He is employed by the Children Ser-
vice Center.
The couple is planning their wed-
ding for September 2013.
Plisko, Magda
J
ohn Baum IV and Ashley Van
Scoy, together with their families,
announce their engagement and
upcoming marriage.
of John Baum III and Christine Gan-
gler. He is the grandson of the late
John Baum Jr. and Georgiana Baum.
Bridget Van Scoy, Shavertown, and
Tommy Van Scoy, Tunkhannock. She
is the granddaughter of Dr. Charles
and Dorothy Scrobola.
A summer 2013 wedding is
planned.
Van Scoy, Baum
H
olly Koval and James Birster
were united in marriage on May
12, 2012, at St. Nicholas Church,
Wilkes-Barre, by Monsignor Joseph
Rauscher, great-uncle of the bride.
The bride is the daughter of Paul
and Angela Koval, Mountain Top.
She is the granddaughter of Mary
Koval and the late Thomas Koval,
Wilkes-Barre, and the late Vito DeC-
icco and Francesca Gregoraci, Italy.
The groom is the son of James L.
and Maria Birster, Locust Gap. He is
the grandson of Theresa Birster and
the late John Birster, Locust Gap,
and the late Dorothy Olearnick,
Atlas.
The bride was given in marriage by
her father and mother. She chose her
sisters, Robin Lahr and Emily Koval,
as her matron and maid of honor.
Bridesmaids were Nikki Koval, cou-
sin and goddaughter of the bride, and
Caroline Bloss, Kristin Clark, Tracy
Januzzi and Kahle Toothill, friends of
the bride. The flower girl was Ella
Campisano, cousin of the bride.
The groom chose his brother,
Chris Birster, and friend, Bill Ben-
nett, as his best men. Groomsmen
were Mike Broussard, cousin of the
groom; Alex Koval, brother of the
bride; and Jack Gasperetti, Matt
Melnick, and Corey Yentsch, friends
of the groom.
Readings were given by Bridget
Koval, cousin of the bride, and Tam-
my Frasch, cousin of the groom.
An evening cocktail hour and din-
ner reception were held at the Genet-
ti Hotel and Conference Center,
Wilkes-Barre. The bride was honored
with a bridal shower given by her
mother at Capriottis, McAdoo. The
rehearsal dinner was hosted by the
parents of the groom at the Genetti
Hotel and Conference Center, Wilkes-
Barre.
The bride is a 2003 graduate of
Bishop Hoban High School. She
earned a bachelors degree in busi-
ness and a minor in fine arts from
Arcadia University in 2007. She is
employed as email marketing manag-
er at TABcom, LLC, Hazleton.
The groom is a 2000 graduate of
Mount Carmel Area Junior Senior
High School. He earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in computer in-
formation technology and two associ-
ate degrees in computer information
systems from Pennsylvania College
of Technology in 2004. He is employ-
ed as a senior web developer with
Tek Systems, working at MARS, Inc.,
Hackettstown, N.J.
The couple honeymooned to Punta
Cana, Dominican Republic. They
reside in Marshalls Creek, Pa.
Koval, Birster
D
ebbie and Ed Benkoski Jr. cele-
brated their 30th wedding anni-
versary on Aug. 7, 2012. They were
married by the late Monsignor Ger-
ald Burns at Blessed Sacrament
Church, Wilkes-Barre.
They are both graduates of Bishop
Hoban High School Class of 1980,
where they met and started dating.
Mrs. Benkoski is the former Deb-
bie Chabak, daughter of Jean and
Gene Chabak, Exeter.
Mr. Benkoski is the son of Berna-
dine and Edward Benkoski Sr.,
Wilkes-Barre.
Mrs. Benkoski is employed by
Marshall Roussos, Mohegan Sun
Casino at Pocono Downs, Plains
Township.
Mr. Benkoski is the owner of EJs
Preventative Maintenance Compa-
ny.
They are the proud parents of two
children, Stephanie, 26, and John,
22.
A 50-30-50 party is being held in
their honor, hosted by their chil-
dren, celebrating their anniversary
and also their 50th birthdays.
The Benkoskis
A
nnouncement is made of the
engagement and upcoming wed-
ding of Heidi Lehmann, Pleasant
Mount, to Jeremy Patten, Honesdale.
Rolf and Karen Lehmann, Pleasant
Mount.
She is a graduate of Forest City
Regional High School and is employ-
ed by Verizon Wireless.
of James and Kimlyn Patten, Hones-
dale.
He is the graduate of Honesdale
High School and earned a bachelors
degree from John Jay College. He is
employed by Prudential Financial.
A destination wedding is planned
for October with family and friends
in Jamaica.
Lehmann, Patten
M
r. and Mrs. John P. Stoshak, War-
rior Run, were honored by family
and friends for their 65th wedding
anniversary at a surprise dinner party
hosted at Daylidas Restaurant in
Warrior Run by their children, John
Paul Stoshak and Janice May Murphy.
Among the congratulatory mess-
ages received from relatives and
friends were special anniversary greet-
ings from Pope Benedict XVI, Presi-
dent Barack Obama, Congressman
Lou Barletta and Governor Tom Cor-
bett.
The couple was married in St. Mi-
chaels Church, Olyphant, by the late
Rev. Stanley Slominski, on Aug. 9,
1947, and made their home in Warrior
Run.
Mrs. Stoshak, the former Amelia M.
Marek of Olyphant, is a retired tech-
nician from RCA Corporation of
Mountain Top.
Mr. Stoshak retired from Wilson &
Co. when it was located on Pennsylva-
nia Avenue in Wilkes-Barre. He was
then appointed as a supervisor with
the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commis-
sion until his retirement from that
position. Mr. Stoshak was active in his
community for many years, serving as
police chief of Warrior Run and later
as town councilman. He is also the
first and only member of the Hanover
Area School Board elected from War-
rior Run. Active in local politics, Mr.
Stoshak was Democrat Party chair-
man for many years.
The Stoshaks
M
r. and Mrs. David A. Hines, King-
ston and Wilkes-Barre Township,
will celebrate their 10th wedding
anniversary on Aug. 14, 2012. The
Honorable Pastor Nathan A. Ebanks
united the couple in marriage on
Aug. 14, 2002, at the Grand Old
House, Georgetown, Grand Cayman
Island.
Mr. Hines is the son of the late
Gertrude A. Hines, Kingston.
Mrs. Hines, the former Donna
Gatcha, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Gatcha, Bear Creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Hines have three
children, Jonathan, Sierra and Ar-
ianna Hines.
The Hineses
O C C A S I O N S
C M Y K
O C C A S I O N S
A
my Kristen Kane and Ryan Ko-
netski were united in the sacra-
ment of marriage on Aug. 12, 2011, at
St. Nicholas Church by Monsignor
Joseph Rauscher.
The bride is the daughter of Mi-
chael and Margaret Kane, Ashley.
She is the granddaughter of Evelyn
Hummer, Lee Park; Kathleen Kane,
Wilkes-Barre; and the late Francis
Hummer and James Kane.
The groom is the son of Michael
Konetski, Hanover Green, and Susan
Konetski, Lee Park. He is the grand-
son of Jack and Joan Glushefski,
Hanover Green, and the late Ray-
mond and Ruth Konetski.
The bride was escorted down the
aisle and given in marriage by her
father. She chose her sister, Alison
Kane, as maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Lisa Pugh, aunt of the bride;
Jessica Konetski, sister-in-law of the
groom; Kelly Fagula, high school
friend of the bride; Heather Krupp
and Adrian Schaeffer, college friends
of the bride; and Jenna Troutman,
sorority sister of the bride. Flower
girl was Cecelia Pugh, cousin of the
bride.
The groom chose his brother,
Michael Konetski, as best man.
Groomsmen were Jeffrey Konetski
and Kyle Konetski, brothers of the
groom, and Todd Howanitz, Jayme
Murgallis, Matthew Pekar and Jef-
frey Shook, high school friends of the
groom. Junior groomsman was Ni-
cholas Pugh, godson and cousin of
the bride.
Monsignor Rauscher welcomed
the wedding party and guests and
provided a blessing upon the couple
from Pope Bendict XVI. The couple
chose their godfathers, Anthony
Hummer and John Glushefski, as
ushers. Godmothers Kathy Wallace
and Karen Alberola gave scripture
readings specially selected by the
couple. Offertory gifts were also
presented by their godfathers. Mi-
chele Kordek and Danielle McGurk,
high school friends of the bride,
greeted guests upon arrival. Memo-
rial flowers were placed at the altar
by the mother of the bride in honor
of the couples loved ones who could
not be present to celebrate.
The couple was honored with a
sunset cocktail hour followed by
dinner and dancing hosted by the
parents of the bride at the Water-
front Banquet Facility. Fireworks
were presented as a special surprise
gift by Matthew Pekar, groomsman
and friend of the couple. A rehearsal
dinner, hosted by the grooms father,
was held at Pasquales Ristorante.
The bride was also celebrated with a
bridal shower given by the maid of
honor and bridesmaids at R & D
Memories. The couple received
special wedding wishes from Presi-
dent and First Lady Obama as well as
Hall of Fame Coach Lou Holtz.
The bride and groom are 2003
graduates of Hanover Area Jr.-Sr.
High School and 2007 graduates of
Kutztown University. They reside in
Hanover Township with their be-
loved dog, Jovie. They honeymooned
in Ocho Rios, Jamaica.
Kane, Konetski
K
ristina Kultys and Matt Coenen,
along with their families, would
like to announce their engagement
and upcoming marriage.
Kristina is a 2008 graduate of Drex-
el University, Philadelphia, with a
bachelors degree in chemical engi-
neering. She is also a 2003 graduate
of Wyoming Valley West High School,
Plymouth. She is an engineer for a
chemical company in Louisiana.
Mr. Coenen is a 2008 graduate of
Louisiana State University with a
bachelors degree in chemical engi-
neering and a 2002 graduate of Ray-
ville High School, Louisiana. He is a
chemical engineer for an oil refinery
in Louisiana.
Kristina is the daughter of Matt
and Susan Kultys, Larksville. She is
the granddaughter of Matt Kultys
and the late Lorraine Kultys and
Betty Harris and the late Bob Harris.
Matt is the son of Billy and Ruthie
Coenen, Rayville, La. He is the grand-
son of the late William R. Coenen Sr.
and the late Mary Ricard Coenen and
the late Arthur Wilson Slick Mor-
ton and Jane Lawton Morton.
A May 2013 wedding is planned.
Coenen, Kultys
E
amonn Geraghty and Jennifer Lampman, together with their families, are
pleased to announce their engagement and approaching marriage.
The bride-to-be is the daughter of Jim and Debbie Lampman, Pittston. She is
the granddaughter of John Brogna and the late Angela Brogna and the late Eu-
gene and Mary McAndrew Lampman, all of Pittston.
Jennifer is a 2002 graduate of Seton Catholic High School and a 2006 graduate
of Kings College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communi-
cations.
The prospective groom is the son of John and Andrea Geraghty, Nuangola. He
is the grandson of Kathleen Izak and the late Andrew Izak, Scranton, and the late
John and Elizabeth Geraghty, Wilkes-Barre.
Eamonn is a 2003 graduate of Crestwood High School and is attending Kings
College, where he is majoring in mass communications.
The couple will be united in marriage on Sept. 22, 2012, at Saint John the
Evangelist Church, Pittston.
Geraghty, Lampman
B
rynn Lauren Mileski and Brian
Edward Lewis were united in mar-
riage on June 9, 2012, at St. Aloysius
Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Deacon
James Atherton performed the double-
ring ceremony.
Brynn is the daughter of Dr. Deborah
and James B. Mileski, Hanover Town-
ship, Pa. She is the granddaughter of
Charles and Catherine Smith, Swoyers-
ville, Pa., and the late Dr. Bernard and
Pauline Mileski, Hanover Township, Pa.
Brian is the son of Edward and Elaine
Lewis, Sunset Beach, N.C. He is the
grandson of the late Daniel and Phyllis
Foote, Hadden Heights, N.J., and the
late Amelia and John Preidt, Vineland,
N.J.
Presented in marriage by her father,
the bride was attended by close friend
and maid of honor, Erin Leigh
Schmoyer. Bridesmaids were Kelly
Herring, sister of the groom, and Molly
Clary, Meegan Wilson, Hilary Atzrott,
Paige Prucha and Tate Prucha, cousins
of the bride. The couple chose Isabella
J. Waite, godchild of the groom, as
flower girl.
The groomchose his father as best
man. Groomsmen were MatthewMile-
ski, brother of the bride, and Andy
Wright, Kris Deuel, Jonathan Henry,
Brad Ward, Sean Connelly, Jeff Ratliff
and John Batchelor, friends of the
groom. Ushers were Mark Celia and
Craig Celia, cousins of the groom, and
Jason Cushman and Chris Harrell,
friends of the groom. Chas Hudacek
and Josh Prucha escorted the grandpar-
ents of the bride.
Scripture readings were given by
Ernie Herring, brother-in-lawof the
groom, and Stephen Hudacek, cousin of
the bride. Petitions were offered by
MatthewMileski, in memory and hon-
or of family members.
An evening cocktail hour and recep-
tion were held at The Woodlands Inn
and Resort, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. The bride
was honored with a bridal brunch given
by her aunts Dr. Sharon Hudacek and
Rennie Andrews and grandmother and
mother at the Glenmaura National Golf
Club, Moosic, Pa. A pool-side luncheon
for the wedding party was hosted by
the parents of the bride at their home.
The parents of the groomhosted the
rehearsal dinner at the Wyoming Valley
Country Club.
Brynn is a 2000 graduate of Bishop
Hoban High School and a 2004 gradu-
ate of Pennsylvania State University
with a Bachelor of Science degree in
accounting. She earned her MBA in
2007 fromWilkes University and is
employed by the accounting firmof
Clifton Larson Allen LLP, Arlington, Va.
Brian is a 1998 graduate of Chantilly
High School, Chantilly, Va., and a 2002
graduate of East Carolina University
with a Bachelor of Science degree in
finance. He is employed by SAIC, a
government contracting firmin Arling-
ton, Va.
The couple enjoyed a Hawaiian hon-
eymoon on the islands of Kauai and
Maui. They reside in Arlington, Va.
Mileski, Lewis
A
ndrew and Anna Niznik are cele-
brating 60 blissful years of mar-
riage. How they did it, nobody
knowsbut were very glad and im-
pressed! They were married on Sept.
6, 1952, in St. John the Baptist
Church in Larksville. They are the
quintessential high school sweet-
hearts. Anna was a cheerleader and
Andy was the quarterback and kicker
for the Larksville Green Wave, earn-
ing him the long-time nickname,
Boot.
Before retiring a few years ago,
Mrs. Niznik, the former Anna T.
Rychlewski of Larksville, had a long
career in the telephone industry
starting as an operator (one ringy
dingy) and then moving up the ranks
to senior management positions
responsible for customer service.
Anna loves spending time with all the
family and travelling occasionally.
Among her hobbies, she spends some
significant time playing contract
bridge and has become a very ac-
complished player.
Before he retired, Mr. Niznik
served over 20 years in the U.S. Air
Force and was stationed in several
states and all over the world, includ-
ing Japan, Alaska, England and Libya.
Andy loves to cook and ran the cafe-
teria for a local girls college after
retiring from the Air Force. He also
served the local community in Larks-
ville as the road and bridge commis-
sioner for a number of years. Andy
cant sit down. He loves to build
things and fix up the house and spend
time in the yard and his garden. His
home-made pickles are likely the best
pickles in all of Pennsylvania.
The couple has two fabulous sons,
Andy and Brian, and five beautiful
grandchildren. Their sons and their
families feel they are the luckiest
family in the world and are blessed
everyday by Anna and Andys love,
generosity, character and inspiration!
The Nizniks
C
hristina Reimard and Jeremy
Keogh, together with their par-
ents, announce their engagement
and upcoming wedding.
John and Gail Reimard. She is the
granddaughter of Alan and Nancy
Rood and Clara Metz.
Christina is a 2004 graduate of
Lake-Lehman High School. She is
employed at the Mohegan Sun
Casino at Pocono Downs as a dual
rate dealer and supervisor.
of Carol Belles and the grandson of
Daniel and Beverly Belles.
Jeremy is a 2004 graduate of
Pittston Area High School. He is a
veteran of the United States Marine
Corps. Jeremy is enrolled at Fortis
University, where he is studying
heating, ventilation, air condition-
ing, and refrigeration.
The couple will exchange vows
on Sept. 7, 2012, at Shavertown
United Methodist Church.
Reimard, Keogh
D
ana Ellen Daniels and Steven
Charles White, together with their
parents, would like to announce their
engagement and upcoming marriage.
Wayne and Georgia Daniels, Warrior
Run. She is the granddaughter of Effie
Ann Metcalf and the late Charles D.
Metcalf Jr., Hanover Township; the
late Donald and Alice Daniels; and the
late Ann Shoemaker Daniel.
Dana is a 2002 graduate of Hanover
Area Jr.-Sr. High School and a 2003
graduate of Allied Medical and Tech-
nical Careers. She will graduate from
Luzerne County Community College
in December 2012 with an associate
degree as a medical office specialist.
Dana is employed at Gerritys Shur-
Save and Hanover Area School Dis-
trict cafeteria.
The prospective groom is the son of
Terrance and Lynnae White, Carbon-
dale. He is the grandson of the late
Cedric and Thelma Chubb; Gladys
White, Florida; and the late Milton
White.
Steve is a 2002 graduate of Carbon-
dale Area High School and attended
Luzerne County Community College.
He is the task manager for the First
United Methodist Church of Carbon-
dale.
The couple will exchange vows at
the First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-
Barre, on May 11, 2013.
White, Daniels
A
nne Marie and Ross Steinhauer
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary on July 28, 2012.
They were blessed with three chil-
dren, Mona Steinhauer, Lisa Harvey
and Brenda Barnhart, and four grand-
sons, Kyle and Jared Harvey and
Adam and Nathan Barnhart.
They enjoy their retirement years
hiking, biking, camping in Wellsboro
and spending time with family.
The Steinhauers
C
assandra Snider and Christoph-
er Edelman, together with their
parents, announce their engage-
ment and upcoming wedding.
The bride-to-be is the daughter
of Scott and Donna Snider, Dallas.
She is the granddaughter of Adam
and Marie Sarwinski, Nanticoke;
Mary and Don Little, Sebring, Fla.;
and William and Barbara Snider,
Edgewater, Md.
Cassie is a 2006 graduate of Dal-
las High School and a 2010 gradu-
ate of Lock Haven University with a
bachelors degree in biology with a
concentration in marine biology.
She is employed at Dolphins Plus,
Key Largo, Fla., as a marine mam-
mal trainer.
of Mike and Jill Edelman, Elverson.
He is the grandson of the late Jack
and Laura Kurtz, Elverson, and Ray
and Millie Edelman, Glassboro,
N.J.
Chris is a 2006 graduate of Owen
J. Roberts High School; a 2010
graduate of Lock Haven University,
with a bachelors degree in health
science; and a 2012 graduate of
Lock Haven University, with a mas-
ters degree in physician assistant
studies. He is now a certified physi-
cian assistant and will be employed
by the Orthopedic Associates of
West Florida.
The couple will exchange vows
Oct. 6, 2012, on the beach in the
Florida Keys.
Edelman, Snider
T
ogether with their families, Dr.
Duane Sprau and Melissa Foglietta
announce their engagement and up-
coming marriage.
Melissa is the daughter of Michele
Foglietta, Wyoming. She is the grand-
daughter of Richard and Grace Mis-
sett, Wyoming, and Dorothy Teller and
the late Benjamin Teller, Wilkes-Barre.
Duane is the son of Duane and
Sandra Sprau, Dallas. He is the grand-
son of Shirley Zimmerman and the late
Harold Zimmerman, Dallas, and Ho-
ward and Aline Sprau, Shavertown.
Melissa is a 2005 graduate of Wyom-
ing Area High School and a 2009 grad-
uate of Moore College of Art and De-
sign, where she earned a Bachelor of
Fine Arts degree in interior design.
She is employed as an interior design-
er by Geisinger Health System, Dan-
ville.
Duane is a 1999 graduate of Dallas
High School; a 2003 graduate of The
Pennsylvania State University; and a
2010 graduate of Temple Univeristy
Kornberg School of Dentistry, where
he earned a Doctorate of Dental Med-
icine. Duane completed a general
practice residency at the Department
of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,
Wilkes-Barre, and works for Clements
Dentistry, Dallas.
The couple will exchange vows on
Nov. 3, 2012, at St. Thereses Church,
Shavertown.
Foglietta, Sprau
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is serving as chairman of this
years dinner. Honorees are
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Cross Valley FCU recently
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David Michael Hoover, son of
Michael and Alison Hoover,
Luzerne, is celebrating his third
birthday today, Aug. 12. David is
a grandson of Joseph Opsitos
and Jane Evelock, Swoyersville,
and Francis and Barbara Hoover,
Trucksville. He is a great-grand-
son of Josephine Condon,
Swoyersville; Helen Opsitos,
Edwardsville; and George and
Mary Phillips, Hudson. David has
a sister, Sophie, 5 months.
David M. Hoover
Sofia Ann and Samuel Jace Davies, twin daughter and son of Karen
and Jason Davies, Clarks Summit, are celebrating their first birthdays
today, Aug. 12. Sofia and Samuel are the grandchildren of Pat and Paul
Davies and Irene and Dan Wisnieski, Shavertown.
Sofia A. and Samuel J. Davies
Rorey Patrick Purcell, son of
Patrick and Kelly Purcell, King-
ston, is celebrating his fourth
birthday today, Aug. 12. Rorey is
a grandson of Brian Hann, King-
ston; Susan Schlesing, Pittston;
and the late Roger and Mary
Alice Purcell. He is a great-
grandson of Ketora Hann, King-
ston. Rorey has two sisters,
Riley, 6, and Conlon, 18 months.
Rorey P. Purcell
Rayna Jade Peck, daughter of
Stephanie Peck, Harding, is
celebrating her third birthday
today, Aug. 12. Rayna is a grand-
daughter of Stanley and Karen
Peck, Harding, and Robert and
Ruth Wren, Wilkes-Barre.
Rayna J. Peck
Lukas Bernard Ivan Kachinko,
son of Marina and Bernie Ka-
chinko, is celebrating his sixth
birthday today, Aug. 12. Lukas is
a grandson of Mary Ellen and
Nicholas J. Gushka and Mary
Ann Kachinko and the late Ber-
nard Kachinko.
Lukas B. Kachinko
Emma Avery Keating, daughter
of Erynn Wolfe and Jeremy
Keating, Plymouth, is celebrating
her third birthday today, Aug. 12.
Emma is a granddaughter of
Janice Wolfe, Warrior Run, and
John and Kathy Gass, Edwards-
ville. She is a great-granddaught-
er of Edward and Kathleen Keat-
ing, Plymouth, and the late
Helen Cromer, Warrior Run.
Emma A. Keating
Brendan William Graham, son of
Scott and Amy Graham, West
Pittston, is celebrating his eighth
birthday today, Aug. 12. Brendan
is a grandson of Ronald and
Carol Graham, Mountain Top,
and William and Rosanne Hart-
wigsen, Bear Creek.
Brendan W. Graham
Geisinger Wyoming Valley
Medical Center
Warrick, Natasha, Pittston, a son,
July 13.
Wildes, Alyssa and Andrew Kaufer,
Hanover Township, a son, July
15.
Grabko, Heidi and Bennett Bow-
den, Plymouth, a son, July 15.
Marcy, Nicole, Edwardsville, a son,
July 16.
Severcool, Sheena and Jesse
Shadduck, Meshoppen, a daugh-
ter, July 16.
Lykins, Stephanie, West Pittston, a
son, July 16.
Dane, Nicole and Robert Jr., Toby-
hanna, a son, July 16.
Cortright, Carley and Jeffery,
Dimock, a daughter, July 17.
Kelly, Betty Jo and Eric, Hanover
Township, a daughter, July 17.
Ortiz, MariIvette and Jose Sanes,
Hazleton, a son, July 17.
Yanik, Amber and Christopher,
Dallas, a daughter, July 17.
Krause, Kimberly and Joshua,
Tunkhannock, a daughter, July 17.
Powell, Christina and Daniel Balyo,
Wilkes-Barre, a son, July 18.
Churry, Jolene and Kyle Meade,
Nanticoke, a son, July 19.
Szmak, Jessica and Michael Price,
Pocono Lake, a daughter, July 18.
Andes, Amanda and Stephen
Trush, Plymouth, a son, July 19.
Rohwohlt, Taryn and Robert Pic-
carreta, Larksville, a daughter,
July 19.
Moses, Jennifer and Josef, King-
ston, a son, July 20.
Stone, Patricia and Brian Layaou,
Meshoppen, a daughter, July 21.
Malkemes, Mandy and Tom,
Wyoming, a daughter, July 21.
Dunn, Angela and Allen Garrison,
Plains Township, a daughter, July
22.
Silberg, Charlene and Mike Major,
Pittston, a son, July 22.
James, Tammy and Robert, West
Samuels, Kristen and Gary, Forty
Fort, a daughter, July 22.
Pugh, Natalie and Greg, Wilkes-
Barre, a daughter, July 22.
Parache, Auri and Edwin Vasquez,
Taylor, Penny and Christian Sta-
nislowski, Luzerne, a son, July
23.
Barkasy, Joanna and David Sta-
vetski, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter,
July 23.
Capitano, Jesse and Anthony,
Pittston, a son, July 23.
Horensky, Candace and Robert
Schultz, Wilkes-Barre, a son,
July 24.
Metzger, Ashley and Tony Teberio,
Wilkes-Barre, a son, July 24.
Kennedy, Melissa and Duane II,
Podhiny, Rebecca and David, Bear
Creek, a son, July 24.
Peiser, Janelle and Brandon, Ha-
zleton, a daughter, July 25.
Sargeant, Stacey and Marshall Jr.,
Brodheadsville, a daughter, July
25.
Stefanik, Heather and John, West
Hazleton, a daughter, July 26.
Mancini, Alissa and Christopher,
Luzerne, a daughter, July 26.
Jordan, Virginia and Jared, West
Pittson, a son, July 27.
Coulter, Lindsay and Thomas,
Kingston, a son, July 27.
Wert, Kaylene and Devin, Wyom-
ing, a son, July 28.
Brown, Samantha and Glen Don,
Mount Pocono, a daughter, July
29.
Havard, Sandra and Charles Fem-
ber, Plains Township, a daughter,
July 30.
Walker, Debra and Gerard Gilroy,
Plains Township, a daughter, July
31.
Kepp, Barrielyn and Sterling Jr.,
Nanticoke, twin sons, July 31.
Simyan, Karen and John, Moscow,
a son, July 31.
Nesbitt Womens & Childrens
Center at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital
Shultz, Dana L. and Thomas A.,
Nanticoke, a daughter, July 23.
Buonsante, Kendra and Dominic,
Forty Fort, a son, July 24.
Reinert, Kellie and David, Wilkes-
Lefkoski, Renee and Elvis, Wilkes-
Watkins, Tiffany and Stephen
LaBar, Wilkes-Barre, a son, July
24.
Hodges, Heather and Joseph
Johnson, Wilkes-Barre, a son,
July 25.
DiNome, Pamela, Glen Lyon, a
daughter, July 26.
Soto, Melissa and Humberto Cres-
po, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter,
July 26.
Evans, Kelly, Hanover Township, a
son, July 27.
Lucas, Jessica and Gary Havard,
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, July 27.
Sutterer, Lindsay and Chris, Har-
veys Lake, a daughter, July 27.
Claypool, Kayla and Jamil Tucker,
Nanticoke, a daughter, July 27.
Evancho, Jessica Ann and Robbie,
Johnson, Amanda and Billy Smith,
Hughestown, a son, July 27.
Medvec, Ashley, Wilkes-Barre, a
daughter, July 27.
Bahadu, Keisha M. and Corey M.
Warn, Wilkes-Barre, a son, July
27.
Mayo, Jennifer and Christopher
Brown, Hudson, a daughter, July
28.
Scavone, Amanda and Philip Je-
vin, Forty Fort, a daughter, July
31.
Craze, Tiffany and William, Trucks-
ville, a son, July 31.
Dileo, Destiney and Dillon Totten,
Kingston, a daughter, Aug. 1.
Mattie, Lauren and Jamie Ide,
Wyoming, a daughter, Aug. 1.
Morrison, Robin and Joshua Ortiz,
Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, Aug. 1.
Kaskey, Dyanne and Richard,
Dallas, a son, Aug. 1.
Simko, Becky and Matthew Kintz,
Harding, a daughter, Aug. 2.
Hawk, Michele and Michael, Sha-
vertown, a daughter, Aug. 2.
Duffney, Allie and Gabriel Lamber-
ti, Dallas, a daughter, Aug. 3.
Walsh, Trisha and Alan Dudeck,
Wilkes-Barre Township, a daugh-
ter, Aug. 3.
Fowler, Jacinta and Matthew Grad,
Nanticoke, a son, Aug. 3.
Brobst, Alyssa and Adam Jawor-
ski, Trucksville, a son, Aug. 3.
Euqehart, Shameka and Shawn
Jackson, Wilkes-Barre, a son,
Aug. 3.
BIRTHS
Sam Michael (Chiavacci) Fred-
monski, son of Nicole Chiavacci
and Matt Fredmonski, celebrated
his first birthday Aug. 8. Sammy
is the grandson of Richard and
Carmella Chiavacci, West Pitt-
ston, and George and Joanne
Fredmonski, Duryea. He is a
great-grandson of the late Sam
Morreale, Sophie Birochak, the
late Michael Birochak, Margaret
Fredmonski and the late Adam
Fredmonski.
Sam M. Fredmonski
Fletcher Allen Health Care,
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Scavone, Kristen and Phillip, South
Burlington, Vt., a daughter, July
14.
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Eric Dever, Tresckow, Bachelor of
Science degree in business
administration.
Alexander Gallagher, Dallas, Bache-
lor of Science degree in chemical
engineering.
Lynn Kaskie, Shamokin, Master of
Science degree.
Angela Kleback, Wyoming, Master
of Science degree.
Christopher Lambert, Shavertown,
Bachelor of Science degree in
information systems.
Michael Loftus, Mountain Top,
Bachelor of Science and Master
of Science degree in mechanical
engineering.
Kelly Meighan, Forty Fort, Bachelor
of Science degree in mechanical
engineering.
Kayla Rosencrans, Knigston, Bach-
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Daniel Sadvary, Wilkes-Barre, Bach-
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ical engineering.
Corey Walsh, Wilkes-Barre, Bache-
lor of Arts degree.
Marylhurst University, Portland,
Ore.
Matthew Coolbaugh, Exeter, Master
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Berry, was
chosen as a
state finalist
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al American
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Pageant held
Aug. 8-10 at
the Hilton
Towers in
Harrisburg. The National Miss
pageants are held for girls 4-18
and have five different divi-
sions. Andrews, 8, participated
in the junior pre-teen age
division. She is active in the
Brownies, plays soccer for the
Hanover Youth Soccer League
and is a cheerleader for the
Hanover Mini Hawks. Andrews
is also involved in gymnastics,
softball and singing and danc-
ing.
Katie Smith, Bloomsburg, a
student at Luzerne County
Community College, has been
named to the 2012 All-PA
Academic Team. Smith is a
commercial art-photography
major who
carries a 3.67
grade point
average. She
serves as
president of
Beta Iota
Rho, the
colleges
Chapter of
Phi Theta
Kappa. She previously served
as vice president of leadership
hallmark for Beta Iota Rho. She
has participated in the chap-
ters Relay for Life and autism
awareness campaigns and
recently led several members
to the annual convention in
Nashville, Tenn. She is also a
member of the LCCC Literary
Arts Society. In the community,
she serves as a volunteer for
Camp Ability and aided flood
victims in her community last
September. She was listed on
the Deans List for fall 2010 and
spring 2011 semesters. Upon
graduation, she plans to attend
Tyler School of Art at Temple
University to study art history.
Shaylyn Berlew, the daughter of
Robert and Kathleen Berlew,
Duryea, received departmental
honors in art at Susquehanna
Universitys annual student
awards luncheon. Berlew is a
recent graduate. She majored
in journalism. She is also a
2008 graduate of Pittston
Area High School.
NAMES AND FACES
Andrews
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wood Middle School is holding
a Meet the Teachers orien-
tation at 7 p.m. on Aug. 23 in
the high school auditorium.
Attendance is encouraged for
all seventh- and eighth-grade
students and parents. Tours of
the building will be given and
team teachers will be available
for consultation. For more
information, visit csdcomet-
s.org.
NEWPORT TWP.: The New-
port Township Community
Organization will meet at 6:30
p.m. on Tuesday at the Guardi-
an Elder Care Center in Shea-
town.
The group is now involved in
a number of community im-
provement projects, such as a
recycling program, the cleanup
of illegal dumpsites and publi-
cation of a community news-
letter.
All township residents are
urged to attend the meeting
and join in the efforts to im-
prove the quality of life in the
community.
Palmira Gregory Miller is the
president of the organization
and Tom Kashatus and Bill
Hourigan are vice presidents.
IN BRIEF
Friday
NANTICOKE: The Wyoming Valley
Mushroom Club, 7 p.m., Room
104, Building 12, at Luzerne
County Community College. New
members invited. Those attend-
ing should bring in mushrooms
for identification purposes. For
more information contact Phil
Yeager at 779-3594 or 332-4841.
MEETINGS
Tickets are available for the first A Taste of Greater Pittston to be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 23 on
the grounds of the Pittston Memorial Library, 47 Broad St., Pittston. The event will feature tastings of
homemade wine and the Greater Pittstons Choice award will be presented to the winemakers voted as
presenting the best red and white wines. The event will also feature samples of appetizers, entrees and
desserts from area restaurants. Candace Kelly, WBRE-TV News, and her husband, Pennsylvania State
Trooper Tom Kelly, will serve as guest hosts for the event. Music will be presented by David and Ryan
Joyce. There will also be a raffle and tours of the library. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased at the
Pittston Memorial Library or by calling Carol Crane at 654-9565 ext. 25 or emailing Lisa Joyce at lisa-
[email protected]. All proceeds will benefit the librarys Cosgrove Capital Campaign for the construc-
tion of a 5,175-square-foot addition to the library. For more information call 654-9565 ext. 25. Some of
the planning members, from left: Lisa Joyce, Pittston Memorial Library board member and co-chair of
the event; Carol Crane, fundraising director; Anne Hogya, library director; and David Joyce, event co-
chair.
A Taste of Greater Pittston will benefit library
Wilkes University students recently worked with students in
Wyoming Seminarys fourth-grade class to design, write and il-
lustrate picture books dealing with leadership. The Wilkes stu-
dents, enrolled in a sociology course taught by Dr. Mark Allen, met
with the Lower School students during the spring semester to
discuss leadership, identify critical elements of storytelling, devel-
op a story, create the illustrations and plan the storybooks. The
group produced six storybooks which will become part of the
Lower School Sordoni Library collection. With one of the finished
books, from left, are Ashley Tarud, Drums; Nicole Joanlanne,
Dallas; Bari Lefkowitz, Kingston; Gabrielle DeNaples, Moscow;
Rebecca Gordon, Middlebury, Conn., Wilkes University; and Garrett
Larson, West Pittston.
Sem fourth-graders design leadership books
Three Kings College students were recently inducted into Epsi-
lon Chi Omicron, an honor society for students in international
business. Students accepted for admission must be juniors or
seniors with a minimum grade-point-average of 3.2. At the cere-
mony, from left: Bindu Vyas, associate professor of business ad-
ministration and faculty moderator of the society; inductees Col-
leen Barr, Alexandra Mazaleski and Jacqueline Sikora; and Barry
Williams, dean of the McGowan School of Business.
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mons, 100 bronze medalist Justin
Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bai-
LONDON 201 2 OLYMPI C GAMES
Best in history?
AP PHOTO
Jamaicas Usain Bolt earned his third gold medal in three tries in the 2012 Olympics, running the final leg for his world record-winning 4x100-meter
relay team on Saturday. He had to plead with a race official to keep the baton as a souvenir, and it was eventually handed back to him to keep.
C M Y K
SPORTS S E C T I O N C
timesleader.com
W
earing his heart on his
sleeve, Andy Reid returned
to his job fresh off suffering
the most difficult loss of his life.
He came back to lead the Eagles a
day after burying his son.
Im a football coach, Reid said.
He is also a human being with real
emotions.
Philadelphia fans tend to forget
that, and Reid tries hard to hide it in
the name of professionalism as he
shields his personality from the pub-
lic.
After 13 seasons coaching the Ea-
gles, nobody knows what hes like.
But they all remembered what its
like to have common compassion
through the death of 29-year-old Gar-
rett Reid. Andys oldest son was
working with the Eagles strength and
conditioning staff when he was found
dead in his Lehigh University dorm
room last week at Philadelphias
training camp home.
Reid said overwhelming support
from Eagles fans around the city
gave him the strength to get through
it.
And when Reid thanked them for
that through a public announcement
on the scoreboard during Thursdays
preseason-opening victory over the
Pittsburgh Steelers, the same Phila-
delphia fans who called for the
coachs head last season stood and
chanted his name.
Id like to thank the fans for their
spirit, Reid said, from me and my
family. Above and beyond. That stuff
is so humbling. I take that as a com-
pliment to my son and the family. I
appreciate every bit of it. We feel the
love.
From the city of brotherly love.
Philadelphia fans can be crass, if
not merciless, especially Eagles fans.
Theyve booed Santa Claus, taunt-
ed Michael Irvins career-ending in-
jury and viciously turned on their
own time and again.
But in times of need, they are
faithfully generous with their
warmth.
In these kinds of times, thats
important, Reid said.
This is an extremely trying time
for Reid.
He suggested the drug addiction
both his sons battled may have had
something to do with Garretts death.
He cared about people, Andy
Reid said of his late son. He just
got caught up in a bad situation,
terrible situation, that affects a lot of
people in this country. Its like fight-
ing a grizzly bear.
Its hard to win.
But through Garretts death, it
seems Andy Reid and his football
city won each other over.
The love, the outpouring was
incredible, Reid said. It just builds
strength in your family. People care.
I didnt expect that at all.
Who could have expected this?
The normally stoic head coach of
the Eagles, whos spent more than a
decade deflecting attempts to pry
into his personal life, stood up and
opened up some of his soul.
Im a humble man standing before
you, Reid said Wednesday upon
making his return to the Eagles from
a brief bereavement period. Im not
sure you ever think that many people
care.
And even Eagles fans who seemed
to care little for Reid as their coach
in the past opened their hearts to
him over his tragic loss.
When everybody starting chanting
Andys name, Eagles center Jason
Kelce said, I got goosebumps.
There have been plenty of bumps
along the road for Philadelphia fans
and their football coach.
But in a time of tragic sorrow, they
found compassion can be soothing.
PAUL SOKOLOSKI
O P I N I O N
An uplifting
bond built by
raw emotion
Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports
columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or
email him at [email protected].
KIAWAHISLAND, S.C. First came
the black cloud that has been following
Tiger Woods on the weekend at the ma-
jors. The real storm showed up a short
time later Saturday in the PGA Cham-
pionship, halting the brilliant start by
Rory McIlroy and giving Woods a
chance to stop his slide at Kiawah Is-
land.
McIlroy opened with three birdies
and two par saves,
none bigger than on
the third hole when
his teeshot lodgedina
thick tree limb that
was rotting about 7
feet off the ground. He
reached up to remove
theball, tookapenalty
drop and made a 6-foot par putt to con-
tinue on his way.
It all looked so easy for McIlroy, who
was at 6-under par through nine holes
and tied for the lead with Vijay Singh
when the third round was suspended.
Just great position going into tomor-
AP PHOTO
Rory McIlroy shrugged the only thing he could do after a crazy shot on the
third hole of Saturdays PGA Championship ricocheted up into a tree, where it
stuck. Until storms interrupted the day, it was about the only thing that went
wrong for McIlroy, who is tied for the lead at 6-under.
P G A C H A M P I O N S H I P
Weather halts play, momentum
midway through third round
Rory McIlroy and Vijay Singh are
tied for the lead while Tiger Woods
fell back with a rough outing.
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
Singh
See PGA, Page 11C
Team USA will take on Spain in
the mens basketball gold medal
game.
The Spice Girls and The Who are
among the acts celebrating the two
weeks of sporting competition in
todays finale that artistic director
Kim Gavin calls a mashed-up sym-
phony of British hits.
NBC will stream Sundays Olympic
closing ceremony live online. The
stream is available to cable and
satellite customers who go to the
NBCOlympics.com website.
Basketball, mens gold medal
game: 10 a.m., NBC
Modern Pentahlon: 2:45 p.m.,
NBCSN
Closing ceremony: 7 p.m., NBC
Spotlight on Kobe Bryant on final
day. Page 6B
Medals race goes to Team USA.
Page 6B
Maurice Peoples missed an Olym-
pic chance through no fault of his
own. Page 7B
American claims diving gold.
Page 7B
O N L I N E
O N T V
Bolt adds to legend with another gold
By HOWARD FENDRICH
AP Sports Writer
LONDON The names change,
not the results. Just call the U.S.
womens basketball team Olympic
champion again.
The Americans won their fifth
straight goldmedal Saturday, routing
France 86-50 and putting more dis-
tance between themselves and the
rest of the world heading into the
2016 Rio Games.
It just shows the depth and talent
in our country. Womens basketball,
its our sport its our sport, said
Diana Taurasi, who has been a part of
the last three gold medals. We grew
up playing since we were little and
give it every single little bit of energy
we have.
Candace Parker scored 21 points,
including eight straight during the
Team
USAs
Sue Bird
See BOLT, Page 8C
Still No. 1: U.S. captures
fifth straight hoops gold
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
See BASKETBALL, Page 8C
AP PHOTO
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REGISTRATIONS/TRYOUTS
Holy Redeemer Junior High Golf is
beginning its fall program at Leh-
man Golf Club Monday at 9 a.m.
Players must have a physical form
signed and returned prior to
beginning practice. Interested
players may call coach Spencer at
675-1686 for more information.
Players in grades 7-9 must be
enrolled in any one of the feeder
schools of the Holy Redeemer
system to be eligible.
Maximum Impact Sports Training is
now having Spring 2013 girls
softball tryouts. This will be for all
U10, U12, U14 and U16 players.
Tryouts will be held from Sunday,
Aug. 12 until further notice. Call
822-1134 to reserve a tryout time
and date.
Nanticoke Area Little League will be
holding signups for Fall Ball for
returning players ages 7-12 and
Junior Boys & Girls Monday Au-
gust 13 & Tuesday August 14 at the
Newport Field from 6-8 p.m. $30
for 1 player, $40 for family, Juniors
$45. Questions, contact Wade
735-0189.
Pittston Area Golf Tryouts will start
August 13 at 4 p.m. at Fox Hill
Country Club. Tryouts and practice
will run from August 13-17.
Stripes and Strikes 2013 travel
softball teams will hold tryouts at
the 17th Street Field in Hazleton on
today at 5:30 p.m. for U12, 6 p.m.
for U14 and 7 p.m. for U16/U18.
They will also hold tryouts August
15 at 6 p.m. for U12u and 7 p.m. for
U14.
Swoyersville Fall Baseball League is
seeking teams. Ages 12-14. League
will start play on Aug. 18. Final
registration will be today. For more
information, call Al at 881-2626
Swoyersville Kiwanis Club is spon-
soring its 13th annual golf tourna-
ment today at Four Seasons Golf
Club in Exeter. Format is captain-
and-crew with a 1 p.m. shotgun
start. Cost is $65 per golfer, which
includes green fees, cart, dinner,
prizes and refreshments. There will
be a longest drive hole and 50-50
hole. To register, call Gene at
283-1677 or Bar at 287-8783.
Wyoming Valley Vipers, in conjunc-
tion with The Next Level Training
facility, will hold tryouts for girls in
age groups of 10U, 12U and 14U.
Final Tryouts will be held August 15
at 6 p.m. at the Back Mountain
Little League Field in Dallas. If you
are unable to make these dates or
for more information, call Steve at
417-7217, Ed 417-1119 or Doug at
240-6893.
Wyoming Valley West golf tryouts
will be held on August 13-14 at 6
a.m. on the practice green at Irem
Temple Country Club in Dallas. Any
boy or girl entering grades 9-12 is
eligible. Players are reminded to
have all their paperwork at that
time. Practice and match sched-
ules will be discussed. For more
information, call coach Gary Mack
at 430-4649.
UPCOMING EVENTS/OTHER
Brussocks Bowling League clam
bake will be held today from noon
to 6 p.m. at the Swoyersville Amer-
ican Legion picnic grounds on
Shoemaker Street. Contact Fred
Favire 215-0180 or Mazz 288-6309
for more information.
Coughlin Girls Soccer practice will
begin on Monday from 8 a.m. to 10
a.m. and Tuesday from 4:30 p.m.
to 6:30 p.m. at Solomon Junior
High School. Any 9th thru 12th
grade student interested in playing
should attend. Any questions call
Coach Joe Spagnuolo at 820-3756
or 954-0835.
Family Service Association of
Wyoming Valley will hold its
fourth annual Pauly Friedman 5K
Family Walk/Run today at Miser-
icordia University. Registration
begins at 8:30 a.m. and race time
is 9:30 a.m. Cost is $25 per person.
Pre-registration is available by
calling 823-5144 or online at
www.fsawv.org. Event will be held
rain or shine.
The Tom Koch Memorial Golf Tour-
nament will be held today at Sand
Springs Country Club in Drums.
There will be a 1 p.m. shotgun start
and registration is $55. Regis-
tration cost includes green fees,
use of the driving range, and an
Italian open dinner afterwards. To
register, see or call Don Koch of 20
Shaw Drive, Drums, at 788-6304
or 582-4706, or email him at
[email protected].
CAMPS/CLINICS
Kingston Department of Parks and
Recreation will hold the UK Soccer
Summer Camp the week of Aug. 13
at the Church Street Park. From 9
a.m. to 1 p.m., the Youth Soccer
Camp for ages 7-14 will take place
at the cost of $130 a player. From
10 a.m. to noon, the Nippers Camp
for ages 5-6 will take place at the
cost of $90 per player. From 9-10
a.m. daily, the Squirts Camp for
ages 3-4 will take place at the cost
of $60 per player. From noon to 1
p.m., the Goalkeeper Camp will
take places for those ages 8-14 at
the cost of $60 per player. For
more information, call 717-825-
2060 or visit www.uksoccercamp-
s.com.
MMI will hold its second session of
tennis camp with USNTR teaching
pro Don Cassetori and exercise
science coach Joe OBrien from
Aug. 13-16. Daily times are 8:30-
10:30 a.m., and sessions are open
to the public. Cost is $100 per
player. All levels and ages (over 10)
will be accommodated. The camp
will be held at the MMI tennis
courts (rain or shine) and will be
followed by practice for MMI tennis
team members. For more informa-
tion, call 498-1443 or 233-4291.
MEETINGS
2012 Hanover Township Open plans
will be finalized at a meeting set
for Monday at 7 p.m. at the Wyom-
ing Valley Country Club. The cap-
tain and crew event is open to
everyone with the entry deadline
this coming Monday. Entry forms
can be found in businesses
throughout the township, Ashley
and Sugar Notch. Entry fee is $75
per golfer. Singles will be paired by
committee members Joe Howa-
nitz, Max Hritzik, Jim Lohman, Joe
Manoski, John Newman and John
Zimich. There will be a shotgun
start at the Wilkes-Barre Golf Club
at 8 a.m. followed by dinner and
refreshments at the picnic grounds
of Exaltation of Holy Cross Church,
Buttonwood section of the town-
ship.
Checkerboard Inn Bowling League
will meet Thursday, August 16 at 7
p.m. at Chackos Family Bowling
Center. All teams are required to
have a representative attend. Also
the league is seeking bowlers and
teams for the fall/winter season.
The league is an 80 percent hand-
icapped mens league which bowls
Wednesday at 6:45 p.m. If in-
terested, call Chackos Lanes or
Frank Lipski at 675-7532.
Kingston/Forty Fort Little League
will meet Monday at 6:30 p.m. at
the Kingston Recreation Center.
Members are encouraged to at-
tend.
St. Conrads Bowling League will
meet August 15 at St. Conrads
YMS, South Washington Street,
Wilkes-Barre. All teams are re-
quired to have a representative
attend. Any individual or teams
wishing to join should attend. The
league is a 90 percent handicap
mens league that bowls Wednes-
day at 6:45 p.m. If interested, call
Butch Bauman at 954-6009. The
league bowls at Chackos Family
Bowling Center.
Wyoming Area Girls Soccer Team
will be having a parents meeting
Aug. 16 at 5:30 pm at 10th street.
All players should have at least
one representative there. If you
cannot attend, contact Coach Mike.
PRACTICES
Coughlin Boys and Girls Varsity and
Solomon Junior High Cross
Country team will practice on
Monday from 8 to 9:30 p.m.,
meeting at the Coughlin gym
foyer.Any 9th through 12th grade
Coughlin student interested in
running should attend. Any in-
coming 7th and 8th grade Solo-
mon Plains runner should attend-
.For more information, call Paul
McGrane at 407 2830.
Meyers Boys Soccer practice will
begin on Monday at 5 p.m. at
Gibby Field. Everyone who signed
up to play must attend. Anyone
with questions should call Coach
Nolan at 899-0198.
Meyers Girls Varsity Soccer manda-
tory practice will begin Monday at
3 p.m. at Gordon Ave. Field. All
players must attend. Any ques-
tions, call coach Nolan at 881-1141.
Meyers Junior High Coed Soccer
will begin mandatory practice on
Monday at 4 p.m. at Gibby Field.
All boys and girls in grades 7 and 8
interested in playing soccer at
Meyers must attend. Anyone with
questions should call Coach
Leighton at 262-4106.
Solomon Plains Jr. High School
Soccer will be starting practice for
the upcoming season. Students
interested in playing should report
to the Solomon soccer field Mon-
day at 3 p.m.
Wyoming Area Girls in grades 9
through 12 interested in playing
soccer at Wyoming Area this year
should report to 10th street field at
9 a.m. Monday for practice. If you
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BUL L E T I N BOARD
Bambino Hall is in great form for trainer Rene Allard and look for
this four-year old son of TomRidge to continue his winning ways this
evening. Just last Sunday Bambino Hall ripped out of the pocket to
easily dust the pacesetting Mystery Photo in a strong 1:54. Tonight I
look for driver George Napolitano to change it up a bit and take this
versatiletrotter fromoff thepace. Witharaceloadedwithspeedtohis
inside, look for Napolitano to utilize Bambinos strong closing kick
and make it four wins in his last five starts in that tenth race feature.
BEST BET: ALL STEINAM (7TH)
VALUE PLAY: MASTER BEGONIA (6TH)
POST TIME 6:30 p.m.
All Races One Mile
First-$9,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $5,750 last 5
1 Mama Made Me Blue B.Simpson 4-5-3 Wont get much easier 5-2
5 House On Fire M.Simons 2-5-3 Just got beat at 3-5 odds 7-2
7 Luckycharm Hanover J.Pavia 6-3-3 Better is expected 9-2
3 Magnum Kosmos T.Buter 9-1-5 Seems one dimensional 3-1
6 Baileys Photo E.Mollor 2-2-6 Was a nice 2nd in last start 12-1
4 Keystone Activator H.Parker 4-8-5 Struggled of late 8-1
2 Marion Monaco E.Carlson 9-6-2 Drops, but way off 6-1
Second-$6,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $7,500
7 Steuben Jumpinjack B.Simpson 1-1-3 Its a Simpson DD 7-2
2 Master Of Wars E.Carlson 8-7-2 Won last start at PD 3-1
8 Johnny Walker L.Stalbaum 7-3-5 Fast off the wings 8-1
1 Tylers Echo N J.Pavia 7-4-2 Just cant seal the deal 4-1
3 Multiple Choice T.Jackson 7-4-9 Done little since failing pre-race 9-2
4 Carpe Diem H.Parker 2-5-7 Passed tired ones last wk 5-1
5 Mach To The Limit M.Romano 7-9-8 Cant drive 55 12-1
6 Money Paige T.Buter 3-8-8 Crushed by cheaper 10-1
Third-$9,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $5,750 last 5
6 Nice Dream A.Napolitano 4-7-4 Best of weak bunch 7-2
1 Rompaway Brandon E.Carlson 3-4-1 Searching for a bit more 3-1
5 Fun N Pleasure J.Pavia 5-7-6 Note the driver change 6-1
2 Sunset Magic A.Miller 9-4-5 Been tiring on the lead 8-1
4 Pegasus Man T.Jackson 6-9-7 Roughed up 4-1
9 Che Hall M.Simons 8-3-5 Bad habits 9-2
3 I Want Fabulous B.Simpson 6-8-8 Not living up to name 15-1
7 Broadway Victory T.Buter 8-7-4 Raced better out west 20-1
8 Celebrity Legacy D.Ingraham 5-6-5 Case winless in 124 starts 10-1
Fourth-$4,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $5,000
3 The Son Ofa Legend H.Parker 8-8-5 Down to rock bottom, scores 4-1
7 Hes Great A.Miller 9-6-9 Contender in here 9-2
8 Satin Spider J.Kakaley 4-4-7 Marks 2nd start over strip 8-1
4 Thunder Seelster G.Napolitano 5-9-7 Lacks speed 3-1
1 Ducky T Fra T.Buter 4-9-6 One to catch 7-2
2 Exterminator T.Jackson 7-8-4 Classy vet a bit off 6-1
6 Hillside Dude E.Carlson 6-4-7 Gone over 10-1
5 Real Liberator M.Simons 6-9-6 Chances are fake 15-1
9 Matts Boy M.Romano 4-5-1 Better luck at Saratoga 20-1
Fifth-$9,500 Cond.Pace;n/w 1 pm race life
1 Beach Terror J.Pavia 2-2-7 Its her time 3-1
7 Electric Guitar T.Buter 6-2-7 Sent by team Buter 7-2
3 World Cup Cullen H.Parker 4-4-8 Christian Cullen doin well as sire 4-1
2 Knocking Around B.Simpson 5-8-3 Does have experience 6-1
8 Lupara M.Kakaley 3-5-3 Gurfein trained pacer 9-2
4 Talk Strategy A.Miller 4-7-2 Sits the pylons 8-1
6 Net Ten Eom G.Napolitano 5-8-6 Weak in debut 10-1
5 Native Boy Le Ru M.Simons 6-7-6 Dusted 20-1
9 Dawson City T.Jackson 5-2-2 NY sired pacer 15-1
Sixth-$12,000 Clm.Hndcp Trot;clm.price $12-15,000
7 Master Begonia G.Napolitano 1-4-5 Naps choice is mine 5-1
8 Zero Boundaries A.Miller 1-3-6 Cruised in most recent 5-2
9 DCs Piggy Bank H.Parker 7-1-2 Now joins Allard stable 5-1
6 Bluebird Elian M.Kakaley 2-6-2 Decent at this level 3-1
1 Fort Benning J.Pavia 3-3-6 Makes 2nd start for Pavia 6-1
3 Dreaming Of Amy T.Buter 6-1-10 One of many GNap opted off 10-1
4 Showmeyourstuff T.Jackson 7-3-6 Rusty 12-1
5 Tikki M.Simons 4-8-2 Burned 20-1
2 Woody Marvel E.Carlson 8-3-5 Stuck in the breeze 15-1
Seventh-$11,000 Cond.Pace;n/w 2 pm races life
5 All Stienam M.Simons 7-4-3 No Panther Hanover here 5-2
7 Teresas Beach C.Callahan 1-4-1 Corey in for rare visit 7-2
4 Hes Shore Tan B.Simpson 4-2-1 Nice late pace 8-1
1 Yacht Party T.Jackson 2-7-2 Newcomer from Tioga 5-1
2 Newspeak E.Carlson 9-1-8 Just 1 for 27 lifetime 4-1
3 Ringo Hanover M.Kakaley 7-1-2 Didnt enjoy Yonkers 6-1
9 Arc De Triumph G.Napolitano 5-1-3 Nine post knocks 12-1
6 Charger Blue Chip T.Buter 7-1-5 One of two 2yr olds in here 15-1
8 Vavoomster H.Parker 3-4-10 Blown away 20-1
Eighth-$15,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $13,500 last 5
4 Celebrity Playboy M.Kakaley 1-1-10 Down the road 3-1
2 Dream Lake M.Romano 1-5-6 Takes aim from the pocket 4-1
1 Definitely Mamie G.Napolitano 2-8-7 Switches back to Napolitano 5-2
8 Ginger Tree Jimmy L.Stalbaum 1-4-2 Steps up off the victory 5-1
7 Lets Go Baby Go M.Simons 3-2-8 Winner of over $230k life 12-1
9 Habanero T.Buter 7-6-1 Lost his spice 15-1
3 Zeitgeist H.Parker 4-9-1 Tioga import 10-1
5 Home Towne Jeff E.Carlson 9-5-2 Been burning cash 6-1
6 Spectator K C.Callahan 8-4-4 Flattens out 20-1
Ninth-$8,500 Clm.Pace;clm.price $10,000
1 Bagel Man T.Buter 1-1-6 Found his stride 5-2
6 Lombo Powershot A G.Napolitano 6-1-5 Last win was with George 7-2
5 Touch Of Steel M.Kakaley 6-2-2 Goes for team Kakaley 4-1
8 Track My Desire T.Jackson 2-4-1 First off the wings 5-1
4 Winbak Prince A.Napolitano 4-3-1 Notch below these 6-1
7 State Of The Union L.Stalbaum 8-3-3 Back to level of claim 12-1
3 Goodbye So Long E.Carlson 6-4-2 Hot commodity 15-1
2 Lord Of The Bling J.Pavia 5-8-8 Circled quickly 8-1
9 Hanks Kid M.Romano 5-8-4 Riding a long skid 20-1
Tenth-$21,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $30,000 last 5
5 Bambino Hall G.Napolitano 1-3-1 The sharp trotter 7-2
4 Opening Night J.Campbell 3-10-1 JC in for his brother 5-2
1 Mystery Photo A.Miller 2-2-3 Just beaten by top choice 3-1
7 Mr Mcrail A.Napolitano 3-1-1 Draw a killer 6-1
6 M C Felix G.Napolitano 1-1-2 Great rally to beat lesser 8-1
2 Gurf M.Kakaley 4-2-4 Its like a mini-Open 12-1
3 Coach Fox L.Stalbaum 4-7-1 Much better in 2011 9-2
Eleventh-$6,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $7,500
7 CCs Lover N E.Carlson 1-1-5 Got it together 4-1
5 Chaco Hanover G.Napolitano 2-2-1 No slouch 3-1
3 Gladiare Grande M.Kakaley 1-6-4 Finally broke winless streak 7-2
1 Mountain Rocket T.Jackson 3-2-4 Inside post a plus 9-2
8 Skedaddle Hanover H.Parker 5-9-8 Off since June 5-1
2 Deestruction L.Stalbaum 5-7-5 Done by the half 8-1
4 Kels Return B.Simpson 9-6-7 Tires 10-1
6 Bobs Alibi T.Bute 8-8-5 In the back again 12-1
Twelfth-$18,000 Cond.Trot;n/w $18,000 last 5
2 Macs Bad Boy M.Simons 1-1-3 Never better 3-1
7 Chaplin Hall G.Napolitano 8-2-1 Got that late stretch burst 8-1
8 Sonny Mcdreamee B.Simpson 4-3-2 Has to get used early 9-2
6 Keystone Thomas T.Jackson 7-1-2 Best work done near the lead 6-1
9 Florida Mac Attack A.Napolitano 1-2-4 Shown hes still got it 10-1
5 ENS Gliding Condor T.Buter 5-1-3 10yr old still kicking 4-1
4 Hope Reins Supreme E.Carlson 8-2-6 Carlson driving at .229 7-2
1 Civic Duty D.Ingraham 8-2-1 Claimed last four starts 20-1
3 Yanks L.Stalbaum 1-4-9 Recent winner at YR 15-1
Thirteenth-$6,000 Clm.Pace;clm.price $7,500
7 Young And Foolish A.Miller 6-6-3 Starts off late double 4-1
8 Absolutely Michael H.Parker 5-2-7 Completes the exacta 9-2
5 Heza Character T.Buter 1-5-1 Rolls on the throttle 3-1
1 Night Call B.Simpson 9-7-3 Simpson the new pilot 7-2
4 Hot Cowboy B.Adams 6-2-5 Still a tad chilly 5-1
6 Fox Valley Largo G.Napolitano 4-4-5 Out foxed 8-1
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ON THE MARK
By MARK DUDEK
For The Times Leader
BASEBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
American League
Yankees 9.5 BLUE JAYS
Red Sox 9.0 INDIANS
ORIOLES 9.5 Royals
WHITE SOX 8.0 As
Rays 8.0 TWINS
RANGERS 10.5 Tigers
ANGELS 7.0 Mariners
National League
Dodgers 8.0 MARLINS
PIRATES 8.0 Padres
Cards 8.5 PHILLIES
Brewers 8.0 ASTROS
Reds NL CUBS
GIANTS 8.0 Rockies
DBACKS 9.0 Nationals
Braves 7.5 METS
NOTE: There will be no over/under run total (which
wouldbetheovernight total) for all theChicagoCubs
homegames duetotheconstantly changingweather
reports at Wrigley Field. Please check with www.a-
mericasline.com for the latest Cubs run total on the
day of the game.
NFL Pre-Season
Favorite Points Underdog..
COLTS 1 Rams
Monday
RAIDERS 1 Cowboys
AME RI C A S
L I NE
BY ROXY ROXBOROUGH
W H A T ' S O N T V
AUTO RACING
1 p.m.
ESPNNASCAR, Sprint Cup Series at The Glen,
at Watkins Glen, N.Y.
GOLF
11 a.m.
TNT PGA of America, PGA Championship, final
round, at Kiawah Island, S.C.
2 p.m.
CBS PGA of America, PGA Championship, final
round, at Kiawah Island, S.C.
3 p.m.
TGCUSGA, U.S. Womens Amateur Champion-
ship, championship match, at Cleveland
HORSE RACING
6 p.m.
NBCSN NTRA, Saratoga Special Stakes and
Adirondack Stakes, at Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL
5 p.m.
ESPN2 Playoffs, Mid-Atlantic Regional final,
teams TBD, at Bristol, Conn.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1 p.m.
YES N.Y. Yankees at Toronto
1:30 p.m.
ROOT San Diego at Pittsburgh
WQMY St. Louis at Philadelphia
2 p.m.
TBS Oakland at Chicago White Sox
2:20 p.m.
WGN Cincinnati at Chicago Cubs
8 p.m.
ESPN Atlanta at N.Y. Mets
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
5:30 p.m.
SE2, WYLN Rochester at Lehgih Valley
NATIONAL FOOTBALL
LEAGUE
7:30 a.m.
NFL Preseason, Tampa Bay at Miami (tape)
10:30 a.m.
NFL Preseason, Denver at Chicago (tape)
1:30 p.m.
NFL Preseason, St. Louis at Indianapolis
OLYMPICS
6 a.m.
NBC Mens marathon, at London
NBCSN LIVE: mens basketball, Bronze Med-
al;SAME-DAY TAPE: mens volleyball, Bronze
Medal;LIVE: mens water polo, Bronze Med-
al;mens handball: Gold Medal final, SAME-DAY
TAPE: Bronze Medal;womens modern pentathlon,
Gold Medal final, at London
NBC BASKETBALL Mens, Gold Medal final, at
London
7 a.m.
MSNBC LIVE: mens cycling, mountain bike
Gold Medal final;SAME-DAY TAPE: wrestling,
freestyle, at London
8:30 a.m.
CNBC Boxing, Gold Medal finals, at London
9 a.m.
TELEMUNDO Mens volleyball, Gold Medal fi-
nal;mens track and field, marathon;boxing, Gold
Medal finals;gymnastics, rhythmic Gold Medal fi-
nal;mens basketball, Gold Medal final, at London
(same-day tape)
10 a.m.
NBC LIVE: mens basketball, Gold Medal fi-
nal;SAME-DAY TAPE: mens volleyball, Gold Med-
al final;mens water polo, Gold Medal final;wres-
tling, freestyle Gold Medal final;gymnastics, rhyth-
mic group Gold Medal final, at London
7 p.m.
NBC Closing Ceremony, at London (same-day
tape)
12 Mid.
TELEMUNDO Closing Ceremony, at London
(same-day tape)
SOCCER
11 p.m.
ESPN2 MLS, Los Angeles at CD Chivas USA
TENNIS
1:30 p.m.
ESPN2WTA, RogersCup, semifinal, at Montreal
7 p.m.
ESPN2 ATP World Tour, Rogers Cup, cham-
pionship match, at Toronto
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T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX Placed 3B Will Middle-
brooks on the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Danny Va-
lencia from Pawtucket (IL).
CHICAGOWHITESOXSelected the contract of
OF Dewayne Wise from Charlotte (IL). Transferred
LHP John Danks to the 60-day DL.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS Selected the contract
of RHPSteveGeltz fromSalt Lake(PCL). Optioned
RHP David Carpenter to Salt Lake.
NEWYORKYANKEESPlaced LHPCCSabath-
ia on the 15-day DL.
TEXAS RANGERS Placed C/1B Mike Napoli on
the 15-day DL. Recalled C Luis Martinez from
Round Rock (PCL).
National League
CHICAGOCUBS Reinstated RHP Lendy Castil-
lo fromthe15-day DL. Optioned LHPScott Maine to
Iowa (PCL).
COLORADOROCKIESSelected the contract of
RHP Will Harris from Colorado Springs (PCL).
Placed RHP Edgmer Escalona on the 15-day DL.
Transferred 1B Todd Helton to the 60-day DL.
HOUSTON ASTROS Assigned 2B Brian Bixler
to Oklahoma City (PCL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS Agreed to terms with
2B Lance Zawadzki on a minor league contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS Re-signed CB Nick
Hixson. Signed GPaul Fenaroli and TEDaniel Gra-
ham. Waived LB Nate Bussey. Placed CB A.J. Da-
vis and G Andrew Tiller on the waived-injured list.
TENNESSEETITANSWaived LBAlex Watkins.
COLLEGE
NEBRASKAAnnouncedOLTyler Moorehas left
the football team.
VILLANOVA Announced the resignation of
mens assistant basketball coach Doug Martin.
O L Y M P I C S
Sunday's Olympic Schedule
Athletics
At The Mall
Mens Marathon, 6 a.m.
Basketball
At North Greenwich Arena
Men
Bronze Medal
Russia vs. Argentina, 6 a.m.
Gold Medal
Spain vs. United States, 10 a.m.
Boxing
At ExCel
Mens Flyweight (52kg); Mens Lightweight (60kg);
Mens Welterweight (69kg); Mens Light Heavy-
weight (81kg) and Mens Super Heavyweight
(+91kg) final, 8:30 a.m.
Cycling (Mountain Bike)
At Hadleigh Farm, Essex
Mens Cross-Country race, 8:30 a.m.
Gymnastics
At Rhythmic Wembley Arena
Womens Group All-Around final, 8:30 a.m.
Modern Pentathlon
Women
Fencing (At Olympic Park-Handball Arena), 3 a.m.
Swimming(At Olympic Park-Aquatics Centre), 7:35
a.m.
Riding (At Greenwich Park), 9:35 a.m.
Combined Event (At Greenwich Park), 1 p.m.
Team Handball
At Copper Box
Men
Bronze Medal
Hungary vs. Croatia, 6 a.m.
Gold Medal
Sweden vs. France, 10 a.m.
Volleyball
At Earls Court
Men
Bronze Medal
Italy vs. Bulgaria, 4:30 a.m.
Gold Medal
Brazil vs. Russia, 8 a.m.
Water Polo
At Olympic Park-Water Polo Arena
Men
Seventh Place
United States vs. Australia, 5:20 a.m.
Fifth Place
Spain vs. vs. Hungary, 6:40 a.m.
Bronze Medal
Montenegro vs. Serbia, 9:30 a.m.
Gold Medal
Croatia vs. Italy, 10:50 a.m.
Wrestling (Freestyle)
At ExCel
Mens 66kg and 96kg qualifications,
1
8 finals, quar-
terfinals, semifinals, 3:30 a.m.
Mens 66kg and 96kg repechage rounds, bronze
and gold medal contests, 7:45 a.m.
A U T O R A C I N G
NASCAR
Sprint Cup-Finger Lakes 355 Lineup
After Saturday qualifying;race Sunday
At Watkins Glen International
Watkins Glen, N.Y.
Lap length: 2.45 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 127.02
mph.
2. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 126.928.
3. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 126.925.
4. (2) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 126.626.
5. (9) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 126.524.
6. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 126.312.
7. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 126.15.
8. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 126.061.
9. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 126.049.
10. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 125.959.
11. (98) Michael McDowell, Ford, 125.713.
12. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 125.643.
13. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 125.612.
14. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 125.518.
15. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 125.516.
16. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 125.5.
17. (22) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 125.419.
18. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 125.409.
19. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 125.389.
20. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 125.339.
21. (95) Scott Speed, Ford, 125.334.
22. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 125.199.
23. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 125.08.
24. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 124.917.
25. (32) Boris Said, Ford, 124.791.
26. (47) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 124.715.
27. (51) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 124.455.
28. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 124.208.
29. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford, 124.187.
30. (13) Casey Mears, Ford, 124.131.
31. (36) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 124.108.
32. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 123.868.
33. (55) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 123.71.
34. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 123.576.
35. (83) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 123.471.
36. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 123.436.
37. (10) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 123.27.
38. (26) Josh Wise, Ford, 122.531.
39. (33) Stephen Leicht, Chevrolet, 122.335.
40. (19) Chris Cook, Toyota, 118.879.
41. (49) Jason Leffler, Toyota, 118.742.
42. (93) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, owner points.
43. (30) Patrick Long, Toyota, 117.551.
B A S E B A L L
Minor League Baseball
International League
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Yankees ................................... 66 53 .555
Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 66 54 .550
1
2
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 65 56 .537 2
Rochester (Twins) ................... 60 60 .500 6
1
2
Buffalo (Mets)........................... 58 62 .483 8
1
2
Syracuse (Nationals)............... 58 62 .483 8
1
2
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Charlotte (White Sox)............ 68 53 .562
Norfolk (Orioles)..................... 62 59 .512 6
Durham (Rays) ....................... 57 63 .475 10
1
2
Gwinnett (Braves) .................. 53 68 .438 15
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 72 49 .595
Columbus (Indians)................ 64 57 .529 8
Louisville (Reds) .................... 48 73 .397 24
Toledo (Tigers)....................... 46 74 .383 25
1
2
Friday's Games
Toledo 1, Durham1, tie, 4 innings, susp.
Lehigh Valley 6, Syracuse 0
Yankees 10, Buffalo 4
Pawtucket 9, Rochester 3
Columbus 5, Indianapolis 1
Louisville 3, Gwinnett 2
Norfolk 12, Charlotte 7, 12 innings
Saturday's Games
Syracuse 6, Lehigh Valley 0
Toledo 7, Durham 2
Indianapolis 4, Columbus 0
Yankees 5, Buffalo 1
Gwinnett 8, Louisville 2
Rochester 5, Pawtucket 3
Charlotte 2, Norfolk 1
Today's Games
Norfolk at Charlotte, 2:15 p.m.
Yankees at Syracuse, 4 p.m., 1st game
Louisville at Gwinnett, 5:05 p.m.
Rochester at Lehigh Valley, 5:35 p.m.
Durham at Toledo, 6 p.m.
Pawtucket at Buffalo, 6:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Columbus, 6:05 p.m.
Yankees at Syracuse, 6:30 p.m., 2nd game
F O O T B A L L
National Football League
Preseason
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
New England............... 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Buffalo.......................... 0 1 0 .000 6 7
Miami ............................ 0 1 0 .000 7 20
N.Y. Jets ...................... 0 1 0 .000 6 17
South
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
Jacksonville................. 1 0 0 1.000 32 31
Houston........................ 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Indianapolis ................. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tennessee................... 0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore...................... 1 0 0 1.000 31 17
Cincinnati ..................... 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Cleveland..................... 1 0 0 1.000 19 17
Pittsburgh .................... 0 1 0 .000 23 24
West
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
Denver.......................... 1 0 0 1.000 31 3
Kansas City.................. 1 0 0 1.000 27 17
San Diego.................... 1 0 0 1.000 21 13
Oakland........................ 0 0 0 .000 0 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia................. 1 0 0 1.000 24 23
Washington ................. 1 0 0 1.000 7 6
Dallas ........................... 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N.Y. Giants .................. 0 1 0 .000 31 32
South
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay................... 1 0 0 1.000 20 7
New Orleans................ 1 1 0 .500 23 17
Carolina........................ 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Atlanta .......................... 0 1 0 .000 17 31
North
.........................................W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago.......................... 0 1 0 .000 3 31
Detroit ............................. 0 1 0 .000 17 19
Green Bay ...................... 0 1 0 .000 13 21
Minnesota ...................... 0 1 0 .000 6 17
West
......................................W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco.............. 1 0 0 1.000 17 6
Seattle .......................... 0 0 0 .000 0 0
St. Louis....................... 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Arizona......................... 0 2 0 .000 27 44
Thursday's Games
Washington 7, Buffalo 6
Philadelphia 24, Pittsburgh 23
Baltimore 31, Atlanta 17
New England 7, New Orleans 6
San Diego 21, Green Bay 13
Denver 31, Chicago 3
Friday's Games
Tampa Bay 20, Miami 7
Cincinnati 17, N.Y. Jets 6
Jacksonville 32, N.Y. Giants 31
Cleveland 19, Detroit 17
Kansas City 27, Arizona 17
San Francisco 17, Minnesota 6
Saturday's Games
Houston 26, Carolina 13
Tennessee at Seattle, late
Today's Game
St. Louis at Indianapolis, 1:30 p.m.
Monday's Game
Dallas at Oakland, 8 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 16
Cleveland at Green Bay, 8 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 8 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 17
Tennessee at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Jacksonville at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Detroit at Baltimore, 8 p.m.
Miami at Carolina, 8 p.m.
Oakland at Arizona, 10 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 18
N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 7 p.m.
San Francisco at Houston, 8 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Dallas at San Diego, 9 p.m.
Seattle at Denver, 9 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 19
Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 20
Philadelphia at New England, 8 p.m.
C M Y K
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2012 PAGE 3C
S P O R T S
MI NOR L EAGUES
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Yankees have been overcoming
the odds in 2012, so why stop
now?
SWB has not had a home in
one city this season, but still
boasts one of the best home
records in the International
League with a 35-27 mark while
playing as the home team in five
ballparks. They have also got
into a playoff position despite
losing top hitters Steve Pearce,
Russell Branyan and Jack Cust.
In fact, the Yankees are hav-
ing a better season to this point
in this season than they did in
2011, when SWB missed the
playoffs for the first time since
moving to Moosic from Colum-
bus.
The Yankees entered Sat-
urdays game with a 66-53 over-
all record and a half-game lead
over Pawtucket in the Interna-
tional League North Division.
They are also in the race for the
leagues wild card berth in case
the division title doesnt work
out and hold a two-game lead
over Lehigh Valley for that spot.
With just 25 games remain-
ing, the Yankees are in position
to qualify for the playoffs. If they
do, their home games will be
played in one stadium, Frontier
Field in Rochester.
Here are the New York Yan-
kees top-10 prospects according
to MLB.com.
1. Manny Banuelos, LHP: It
was announced last week that
the starter will be shut down for
the rest of the season.
2. Dellin Betances, RHP,
Trenton (Double-A): The 6-
foot-8, 260-pounder picked up
his third win for Trenton last
week giving up just two runs in
five innings. In eight games for
the Thunder this season, hes 3-1
with a 4.23 ERA, 43 strikeouts
and 19 walks in 44
2
3 innings. He
struggled for Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre before the demotion,
totaling 69 walks in 74
2
3 innings
along with a 6.39 ERA.
3. Gary Sanchez, catcher,
Tampa (High-A): The 19-year-
old has played in 29 games for
Tampa after being promoted
from Charleston. For the T-
Yanks, his average is up to .278
after hitting .350 over his last 10
games. He also has three home-
rs, 14 RBI and three steals.
4. Mason Williams, outfielder,
Tampa (High-A): He struggled
early after a promotion to Tam-
pa, but is now batting .277 with
three home runs and seven RBI.
Hes currently on the disabled
list.
5. Tyler Austin, outfield, Tam-
pa (A): Hes jumped up the list
from just outside the top 10
thanks to a .312 batting average
at Charleston. Hes only played
in 17 games for the T-Yankees
and has gone 18-for-66 with a
home run, a triple and 11 RBI.
6. Jose Campos, RHP, Char-
leston (A): The 19-year-old is on
the DL, but has started a throw-
ing program in Tampa. It has
not been announced if he will be
shut down for the season like
Banuelos.
7. Slade Heathcott, outfielder,
Tampa (A): The 29th overall
pick in the 2009 draft has been
on a torrid stretch for the Tam-
pa Yankees and he continues to
hit well recently. Hes been on
fire during his last 18 games,
batting .433 (29-for-67) in that
time as his average has cata-
pulted to .308 for the season. He
also has hit five homers, driven
in 23 and stolen 13 bases.
8. Austin Romine, catcher,
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (Triple-
A): The 23-year-old was rein-
stated off the D.L. last week
after seeing rehab games in
Tampa and has only played in
three games for SWB.
9. Dante Bichette Jr., third
base, Charleston (A): Bichette
was New Yorks first pick in 2011
(51st overall) and is batting .244
on the season with two home
runs and 36 RBI.
10. Cito Culver, shortstop,
Charleston (A): A recent stretch
in which hes hitting .306 over
his last 10 games has the 19-
year-olds batting average up to
.227 this season with 20 stolen
bases and a .336 on-base per-
centage.
YA N K E E S P R O S P E C T S
Nomads playoff
home is Rochester
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
[email protected]
Evaluating a pitcher doesnt
always involve looking at the
win-loss record.
Adam Morgan, a 22-year-old
left-hander is having a stellar
season in Philadelphias system
despite having a 5-10 overall
record.
Drafted out of Alabama in the
third round in 2011, Morgan was
recently promoted from Sin-
gle-A Clearwater to Reading
with a respectable 3.29 ERA in
21 games for the Threshers,
allowing 103 hits in 123 innings.
The numbers that really stick
out are his strikeout and walk
rates. At Clearwater, he fanned
140 and walked just 28.
In his Double-A debut with
the R-Phils, he lasted seven
innings only giving up one hit
and whiffed six to notch the win
against Trenton, the top hitting
team in the Eastern League.
Here are Philadelphias top-10
prospects according to
MLB.com and how they are
faring in 2012.
1. Trevor May, RHP, Reading
(Double-A): He was hit with his
second straight loss last week,
but he hasnt pitched bad in
those outings, allowing four
earned runs total in 12 innings.
For the season, he is 8-10 with a
4.94 ERA, 119 strikeouts and 68
walks in 122 innings.
2. Jesse Biddle, LHP, Clear-
water (A-Advanced): He had his
second bad start in his last three
outings, allowing eight runs in
5
1
3 innings to pick up his fifth
loss of the season. For the sea-
son, the 27th overall pick in the
2010 draft is 7-5 with an ERA of
3.47. The left-hander has also
punched out 122 batters in 116
2
3
innings.
3. Brody Colvin, RHP, Read-
ing (Double-A): He was promot-
ed to the R-Phils two weeks ago
and has made two starts for his
new club. In the outings, hes
1-0, giving up a total of five runs
in 11 innings while striking out
six and walking four.
4. Tommy Joseph, catcher,
Reading: Traded from San Fran-
cisco in the Hunter Pence deal,
he hit .260 with eight homers
and 38 RBI for Richmond. For
the R-Phils he is batting .226
(7-for-31) with a run and RBI in
eight games.
5. Larry Greene, outfielder,
Williamsport: The 19-year-old
first-round pick from last June
continues to struggle, as his
average has plummeted to .249.
For the season, he also has two
homers, 21 RBI and a .348 on-
base percentage.
6. Ethan Martin, RHP, Read-
ing: Since being acquired from
the Dodgers in the Shane Victo-
rino deal, hes got two starts for
the R-Phils and is unbeaten in
those outings. Hes given up
nine hits and two earned runs
for Reading in 12
1
3 innings. In
the Southern League, he was 8-6
with a 3.58 ERA.
7. Phillippe Aumont, RHP,
Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): The
6-foot-7, 260-pound reliever has
allowed just one run over his
last 10
2
3 innings to drop his ERA
to 3.63. Currently for the Iron-
Pigs, hes 2-1 with 13 saves and
53 strikeouts in 39
2
3 innings. His
drawback is that he has walked
32 on the season.
8. Sebastian Valle, catcher,
Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): The
21-year-old hit his first two Tri-
ple-A home runs last week to
help the IronPigs beat division
rivals Pawtucket and Syracuse.
In five games for the IronPigs,
hes 3-for-22 with eight RBI and
two homers. For Reading, he hit
.260 with 13 home runs and 42
RBI.
9. Justin De Fratus, RHP,
Lehigh Valley (Triple-A): A
reliever, hes in the midst of six
scoreless innings. On the sea-
son, hes 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA,
two saves and seven strikeouts
in 9
1
3 innings.
10. Maikel Franco, third base,
Lakewood (Class A): The 19-
year-old continues to be on a
hot streak for the Blue Claws,
having hit safely in 32 of his last
41 games as his average contin-
ues to rise. For the season, hes
batting .255 with 12 home runs,
66 RBI and 57 runs scored as
the teams cleanup batter.
P H I L L I E S P R O S P E C T S
Winning not only
thing with Morgan
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
[email protected]
Today
at Syracuse
(DH) 4 p.m.
Monday
at Syracuse
7 p.m.
Tuesday
Pawtucket
7:05 p.m.
at Pawtucket
Wednesday
Pawtucket
(DH) 5:35 p.m.
at Pawtucket
Saturday
at Rochester
7:05 p.m.
Friday
Pawtucket
7:05 p.m.
at Pawtucket
Thursday
Pawtucket
7:05 p.m.
at Pawtucket
THI S WEEK S SWB YANKEES SCHEDUL E
Russ Canzler,
Hazleton Area, Colum-
bus (Cleveland, Triple-
A): A grad from Hazle-
ton Area, the 26-year-
old is showing played in
his old stomping
grounds last week when
he visited Durham.
In two games, he
went 2-for-5 with a
home run. Last year
playing for the Bulls, he
won the International
League MVP award.
After a slow start to
this season, hes now
batting .263 with 17
home runs and 62 RBI
for the Clippers. He also
has 28 doubles, two
triples and a .332 on-
base percentage. As
baseball goes, hes in a
mild slump over his last
10 games batting just
.158 (6-for-38).
Kyle Landis,
Hazleton Area, Akron
(Cleveland, Double-A): An
18th-round pick by the
Indians in 2007, the
right-handed reliever
seems to be back on
track after a few rough
outings allowing no runs
and just two hits in his
last three appearances.
For the season, he still
has solid numbers for
the Aeros, with a 3.64
ERA in 35 games while
striking out 47 in 54
1
3
innings and posting a 6-4
record with two saves.
Cory Spangen-
berg, Abington
Heights, Lake Elsinore
(San Diego, Class A
advanced): The 10th
overall pick in 2011 by
the Padres returned
from the disabled list
two weeks ago after
missing more than a
month with a head
injury.
For the season, hes
batting .286 with one
home run, 35 RBI and 23
stolen bases in 309
attempts, to go along
with six triples, 11 dou-
bles and 44 runs in 77
games.
Ray Black, Cough-
lin, San Francisco (TBA):
A power pitcher, Black,
22, had shoulder sur-
gery two weeks ago and
recovery time is a year.
He hasnt pitched
competitively since
signing with the Giants.
The seventh-round
draft pick (237th over-
all) out of the University
of Pittsburgh last June
is ranked the No. 24
overall prospect in the
organization, according
to Baseball America,
and has been known to
reach in the high 90s
with his fastball. He is
also listed as an Under
the Radar player for
the organization, ac-
cording to MLB.com.
Rich Thompson,
Montrose, Durham
(Tampa Bay, Triple-A): A
33-year-old speedy
outfielder, he is streak-
ing over his last 20
games hitting .317
(26-for-82) to raise his
average on the season
up to .321. The average
goes with two homers,
18 RBI and 14 stolen
bases in 47 games since
being sent to the Bulls.
Last month, he was
traded to Tampa from
the Phillies and was
immediately called up
to the big leagues.
Kyle McMyne, Old
Forge, Bakersfield
(Cincinnati, Class A
Advanced): The right-
handed reliever contin-
ues to be in a little
slump giving up a run in
six of his last 10 appear-
ances. In the outings,
hes allowed 10 runs in
10 innings as his ERA for
the season rose to 5.34.
But hes saved two
games in his last three.
Taken by the Reds in
the fourth round (145th
overall) of last years
draft, his season num-
bers are a 2-2 record
with six saves and 26
punch-outs in 32 in-
nings.
D I S T R I C T 2 S P R E S E N C E I N T H E M I N O R L E A G U E S
BALTIMORE Upon learn-
ing of his promotion to the big
leagues, 20-year-old Manny Ma-
chado excitedly calledhis moth-
er in Florida to share the excit-
ing news.
She didnt believe him.
And who could blame her?
The Baltimore Orioles are fight-
ing for a postseason berth and
Machado, the third overall pick
in 2010, was playing with Dou-
ble-A Bowie in his third season
of professional baseball.
No matter. The Orioles pur-
chased Machados contract,
paid his way to Baltimore and
put him in the starting lineup
Thursday night against the Kan-
sas City Royals.
Just thought he gave us a
chance to win more baseball
games, manager Buck Showal-
ter said, matter-of-factly.
He was onto something. Ma-
chado slugged two homers in
his second major league game, a
7-1 win on Friday.
Machado was batting .266
with11homers, 26 doubles, five
triples, 48 walks and 13 stolen
bases for Bowie. He was torrid
at the plate in the days leading
up to his promotion, which had
something to do with his sur-
prise journey to Baltimore.
Hes been doing well down
there since the secondhalf start-
ed, in a good spot production-
wise and swinging the bat,
Showalter said. Hes done a lot
of work at third down there.
Machado is a shortstop by
trade, but he started at third
base against the Royals and bat-
ted ninth. He didnt seem to
mind the position change or the
low spot in the lineup, because,
after all, he made it to the ma-
jors before reaching the legal
drinking age in Maryland.
Im super excited. Im be-
yond excited, he said.
Bowie manager Gary Kendall
told Machado the news late
Wednesday night after the Bay-
soxgot off thebus andheadedto
the team hotel after facing Al-
toona on the road.
Very surprised. It wasnt
even crossing my mind that I
was getting called up, said Ma-
chado, who became the young-
est Oriole to ever hit two home
runs in a game. I was just in
shock.
After taking a moment to
gather his thoughts, Machado
called his mom, Rosa Nunez.
I said, Youknow, youhave to
look for a flight to come up to
Baltimore. She goes Why?
Well, ImgoinguptoBaltimore.
Im going to play tomorrow,
thirdbase. She thought I was ly-
ing, Machado said. She was
like, Are you serious or are you
joking? No Im serious. I got
called up. We just shared that
moment together and it was a
good feeling.
Machados mother, aunt, sis-
ter, nephew, girlfriendanduncle
were expected to be at Camden
Yards for his debut.
There appears to be a trend
lately to bring up young players
with unlimited potential, de-
spite the risk of failure. Macha-
do follows Mike Trout of the An-
gels andBryce Harper of the Na-
tionals as prospects getting the
chance to succeedinthe majors.
I dont think you group them
all. Everybodys different,
Showalter said. This has noth-
ing to do with how Trout is do-
ing or howHarper is doing. Our
needs, and where Manny was,
we felt like he could help us.
Weve got 50ish games left and
we think hes our best option.
Baltimore began the day tied
atop the wild-card race with De-
troit and Oakland. Bringing up
Machado wasnt an experience;
it was a necessity.
If it helps this team win, Im
all for it, said Robert Andino,
who could lose playing time if
Machado fares well. Ive only
seen him a few times in spring
training, but yes, hes got talent.
Hes 20 and in the big leagues.
Showalter believes the
chance of Machado playing well
outweighs the risk of him ruin-
ing his confidence.
Its like Billy Martin told me
a long time ago, Showalter
said. Try as you may, you cant
screw up the good ones.
AP PHOTO
Baltimore rookie Manny Machado had an electric start to his major-league career, hitting two home runs in just
his second game with the Orioles on Friday. Machado, 20, was the third overall pick in the 2010 draft.
Machado answers the call at 20
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PHILADELPHIA Matt
Holliday hit a three-run homer
and Jake Westbrook won his
fifth straight start to lead the
St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-1
victory over the Philadelphia
Phillies on Saturday night.
Cliff Lee (2-7) retired 12
straight batters before the
Cardinals tagged him for con-
secutive hits to open the sixth
inning. Holliday followed with
a shot to right for his 22nd
homer of the season.
Lee has allowed eight home-
rs over his last three home
starts and 19 overall on the
season. Lee gave up 18 home-
rs in 232 2-3 innings last sea-
son.
Padres 5, Pirates 0
PITTSBURGH Jason
Marquis took a no-hitter into
the seventh inning before
settling for a two-hitter as the
San Diego Padres beat the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Travis Snider broke up the
bid with an infield single off
the pitchers mound leading
off the seventh inning. Second
baseman Alexi Amarista dived
to his right but the ball
glanced off his glove.
Reds 4, Cubs 2
CHICAGO Ryan Ludwick
hit a two-run double in the
eighth and the Cincinnati
Reds rallied to a win over the
Chicago Cubs.
After Drew Stubbs doubled
and Brandon Phillips singled
off Cubs reliever James Rus-
sell (5-1), Ludwick looped a
pitch down the left-field line
and into the corner.
The comeback made a win-
ner of Bronson Arroyo (8-7),
who held the Cubs to two
runs and five hits over eight
innings. Arroyo gave up both
runs early, but settled down to
improve to 5-0 in his last
seven starts at Wrigley Field.
Giants 9, Rockies 3
SAN FRANCISCO Buster
Posey hit a home run and
drove in two runs to back
Matt Cains seven solid in-
nings and the San Francisco
Giants beat the Colorado
Rockies.
Cain (11-5) gave up two
runs on seven hits in 7 1-3
innings, and added an RBI
single, to win for the first
time since July 15. He walked
one and struck out six. Angel
Pagan hit a two-run triple, and
Marco Scutaro, Hunter Pence
and Joaquin Arias also drove
in runs for the Giants.
Braves 9, Mets 3
NEW YORK Freddie
Freeman had five RBIs in the
first two innings and the At-
lanta Braves battered Johan
Santana in his return from the
disabled list, routing the slug-
gish New York Mets.
Michael Bourn had three
hits, Chipper Jones chased
Santana with an RBI single in
a seven-run second inning and
Atlanta sent the two-time Cy
Young Award winner to the
worst start of his career.
Marlins 7, Dodgers 3
MIAMI Carlos Lee hit
one of the Marlins season-
high five doubles and drove in
two runs, leading Miami to a
win over the Los Angeles
Dodgers.
N AT I O N A L L E A G U E R O U N D U P
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The New York Yankees Derek Jeter swings at a ball fromToron-
to Blue Jays pitcher Aaron Laffey during the first inning of a
game in Toronto on Saturday.
Hollidays home run
lifts Cards over Phils
The Associated Press
TORONTO Ivan Nova
snapped a five-start winless
streak, Casey McGehee hit a
three-run home run and the
New York Yankees won their
fourth straight game Saturday,
beating the Toronto Blue Jays
5-2.
Derek Jeter had two hits,
boosting his AL-leading total
to 150 and joining Hank Aaron
as the only players to record 17
straight seasons with at least
150 hits.
Rajai Davis had two hits and
scored twice but it wasnt
enough as slumping Toronto
suffered its fifth consecutive
defeat and its 11th loss in 13
games.
Nova came in 0-3 with an
8.36 ERA in five starts since
winning at Boston on July 8,
but was sharp against an in-
jury-depleted Blue Jays lineup,
setting down the first nine
batters in order before Davis
singled to open the fourth.
Indians 5, Red Sox 2
CLEVELAND Brent Lil-
libridge homered, drove in two
runs and scored on a squeeze
bunt to back Zack McAllisters
strong pitching as the Cleve-
land Indians beat the Boston
Red Sox.
Lillibridge, acquired on July
24 from Boston, tied a career
high with three hits. He hit his
first homer in nearly a year
and had an RBI single off Fran-
klin Morales (3-2).
McAllister (5-4) allowed
three hits, including a two-run
double by Adrian Gonzalez, in
a career-high eight innings.
Chris Perez pitched the
ninth for his 31st save in 35
chances for Cleveland, 3-1
since an 11-game losing streak.
Boston has lost eight of 11.
Rays 4, Twins 2
MINNEAPOLIS B.J.
Upton hit two home runs,
Matt Joyce also homered, and
David Price earned his 15th
victory as the Tampa Bay Rays
stretched their winning streak
to five by beating the Minneso-
ta Twins.
Ben Zobrist went 3-for-4 for
the Rays, who have won 10 of
13 and kept pace in the AL
East and AL wild card races.
Tampa Bay is on its longest
winning streak since a six-
game run from April 29-May 4.
Price (15-4) held the Twins
to two runs and seven hits in
seven innings. He has worked
at least seven innings in 10
consecutive starts.
Brian Dozier homered, and
Justin Morneau had two hits
for the Twins.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Nova stops his slide
as Yankees beat Jays
STANDINGS/STATS
BUFFALO, N.Y. Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre ended its two-game
series against Buffalo on a high
note with a 5-1 win on Saturday
night at Coca-Cola Field.
Chris Dickerson singled to re-
ach first base, stole second and
then took third after Corban Jo-
seph grounded out. Dickerson
camehomeoff adoublebyEduar-
do Nunez to give the Yankees
(66-53) the 1-0 lead.
The Bisons (58-62) tied the
game in the fifth when Matt Den
Deker doubled to reach second
and was eventually brought
home after a Josh Rodriguez
ground out to make it a 1-1game.
Brandon Laird smacked a solo
home run to give the Yankees the
lead back in the seventh at 2-1.
Ronnier Mustelier would put the
game away in the eighth with a
two-run shot that scored Nunez
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre will
travel to Alliance Bank Stadium
in Syracuse to play the Chiefs
(59-62) in a doubleheader today.
The first game begins at 4 p.m.
with the nightcap following im-
mediately after.
Yankees Buffalo
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Dickerson lf 4 2 1 0 Rodrigz ss 4 0 0 1
Joseph 2b 4 0 1 1 Emaus 2b 3 0 1 0
Nunez ss 4 1 1 1 Satin 1b 4 0 1 0
Mustelier lf 4 1 1 2 Tuiasospo lf 4 0 0 0
Laird 3b 4 1 2 1 Lutz dh 4 0 1 0
Cervelli c 4 0 1 0 Pascucci rf 4 0 1 0
Mesa cf 4 0 0 0 Navarro 3b 4 0 0 0
Fukudome 1b 3 0 0 0 DenDekkr cf 3 1 2 0
McDonald dh 3 0 1 0 Nickeas c 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 8 5 Totals 33 1 6 1
Yankees............................... 100 000 130 5
Buffalo.................................. 000 010 000 1
E Satin (4) LOB Yankees 6, Buffalo 6 2B Nunez
(3), Laird (29), Emaue (7), Den Dekker (10) HR
Laird (14)
IP H R ER BB SO
Yankees
Thomas ..................... 4.1 4 1 1 1 6
Perez (W, 1-0).......... 2.2 1 0 0 0 2
Claiborne................... 1.1 0 0 0 0 2
Buffalo
Wheeler..................... 6.0 2 1 1 3 4
Owen (L, 4-9) ........... 0.2 2 1 1 0 1
Nikowski .................... 0.1 0 0 0 1 1
Cabrera ..................... 1.0 3 3 2 0 1
Hampson................... 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
I L B A S E B A L L
Late homers
lift Yankees
over Buffalo
The Times Leader staff
S T A N D I N G S
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
New York ....................................... 67 46 .593 7-3 W-4 34-22 33-24
Baltimore........................................ 61 52 .540 6 7-3 W-1 29-27 32-25
Tampa Bay..................................... 61 52 .540 6 8-2 W-5 32-27 29-25
Boston............................................ 56 59 .487 12 6 3-7 L-1 29-34 27-25
Toronto........................................... 53 60 .469 14 8 2-8 L-5 28-25 25-35
Central Division
Chicago ........................................ 61 50 .550 6-4 W-1 31-25 30-25
Detroit ........................................... 61 52 .540 1 7-3 W-1 33-23 28-29
Cleveland ..................................... 53 61 .465 9
1
2 8
1
2 3-7 W-1 30-28 23-33
Minnesota .................................... 49 64 .434 13 12 5-5 L-3 23-34 26-30
Kansas City.................................. 48 64 .429 13
1
2 12
1
2 6-4 L-1 21-32 27-32
West Division
Texas............................................ 65 46 .586 6-4 L-1 34-22 31-24
Oakland ........................................ 60 52 .536 5
1
2
1
2 4-6 L-1 34-26 26-26
Los Angeles................................. 60 53 .531 6 1 4-6 W-1 31-22 29-31
Seattle........................................... 51 63 .447 15
1
2 10
1
2 4-6 L-5 25-29 26-34
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Washington.................................. 70 43 .619 9-1 W-7 32-22 38-21
Atlanta........................................... 66 47 .584 4 7-3 W-3 32-26 34-21
New York...................................... 54 60 .474 16
1
2 9
1
2 4-6 L-2 27-30 27-30
Miami ............................................ 52 62 .456 18
1
2 11
1
2 4-6 W-1 28-28 24-34
Philadelphia................................. 51 62 .451 19 12 5-5 L-1 25-33 26-29
Central Division
Cincinnati...................................... 68 46 .596 5-5 W-2 36-20 32-26
Pittsburgh..................................... 63 50 .558 4
1
2 4-6 L-3 35-20 28-30
St. Louis ....................................... 62 52 .544 6 1
1
2 6-4 W-1 34-23 28-29
Milwaukee .................................... 51 60 .459 15
1
2 11 6-4 L-1 33-26 18-34
Chicago ........................................ 44 68 .393 23 18
1
2 1-9 L-2 28-26 16-42
Houston........................................ 37 77 .325 31 26
1
2 2-8 W-1 26-31 11-46
West Division
San Francisco.............................. 62 52 .544 6-4 W-1 33-24 29-28
Los Angeles................................. 61 53 .535 1 2
1
2 5-5 L-1 33-25 28-28
Arizona ......................................... 57 56 .504 4
1
2 6 5-5 L-1 30-25 27-31
San Diego..................................... 51 64 .443 11
1
2 13 7-3 W-6 27-30 24-34
Colorado....................................... 41 70 .369 19
1
2 21 4-6 L-1 21-37 20-33
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Friday's Games
Boston 3, Cleveland 2
Baltimore 7, Kansas City 1
N.Y. Yankees 10, Toronto 4
Detroit 6, Texas 2
Chicago White Sox 4, Oakland 3
Tampa Bay 12, Minnesota 6
L.A. Angels 6, Seattle 5
Saturday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 5, Toronto 2
Cleveland 5, Boston 2
Kansas City at Baltimore, (n)
Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 2
Oakland at Chicago White Sox, (n)
Detroit at Texas, (n)
Seattle at L.A. Angels, (n)
Sunday's Games
Boston (Lester 5-10) at Cleveland (Kluber 0-0), 1:05
p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 11-9) at Toronto (Happ
0-1), 1:07 p.m.
Kansas City (B.Chen 8-9) at Baltimore (Tom.Hunter
4-7), 1:35 p.m.
Oakland (B.Colon 9-8) at Chicago White Sox (Sale
13-3), 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Shields 10-7) at Minnesota (Diamond
10-5), 2:10 p.m.
Detroit (Porcello 9-6) at Texas (Darvish 11-8), 3:05
p.m.
Seattle (Vargas 12-8) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 15-1),
3:35 p.m.
Monday's Games
Texas at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Friday's Games
Cincinnati 10, Chicago Cubs 8
San Diego 9, Pittsburgh 8
Philadelphia 3, St. Louis 1
Atlanta 4, N.Y. Mets 0
L.A. Dodgers 5, Miami 2
Houston 4, Milwaukee 3
Washington 9, Arizona 1
Colorado 3, San Francisco 0
Saturday's Games
Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2
San Francisco 9, Colorado 3
San Diego 5, Pittsburgh 0
St. Louis 4, Philadelphia 1
Milwaukee at Houston, 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta 9, N.Y. Mets 3
Miami 7, L.A. Dodgers 3
Washington at Arizona, (n)
Sunday's Games
L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 10-8) at Miami (LeBlanc
1-1), 1:10 p.m.
San Diego (Ohlendorf 4-2) at Pittsburgh (Bedard
6-12), 1:35 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 13-5) at Philadelphia (Worley 6-7),
1:35 p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 10-8) at Houston (Lyles 2-8),
2:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Cueto 14-6) at Chicago Cubs (Raley
0-1), 2:20 p.m.
Colorado (White 2-6) at San Francisco (Zito 9-8),
4:05 p.m.
Washington (Detwiler 6-4) at Arizona (Corbin 3-4),
4:10 p.m.
Atlanta (Sheets 4-1) at N.Y. Mets (Niese 8-6), 8:05
p.m.
Monday's Games
L.A. Dodgers at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
San Diego at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Houston at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.
Washington at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
Cardinals 4,
Phillies 1
St. Louis Philadelphia
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Jay cf 4 1 1 0 Rollins ss 3 0 0 0
Craig 1b 5 2 3 0 DBrwn rf 3 1 1 0
Hollidy lf 5 1 3 3 Utley 2b 4 0 1 0
Motte p 0 0 0 0 Howard 1b 4 0 1 1
Beltran rf 4 0 1 1 L.Nix lf 4 0 0 0
Freese 3b 4 0 0 0 Schrhlt cf 4 0 0 0
YMolin c 3 0 2 0 Frndsn 3b 3 0 1 0
Furcal ss 3 0 0 0 Kratz c 3 0 0 0
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Descals
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Westrk p 3 0 0 0 Valdes p 0 0 0 0
Rzpczy p 0 0 0 0 Pierre ph 1 0 0 0
MCrpnt ph 1 0 0 0 Schwm p 0 0 0 0
SRonsn lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 410 4 Totals 31 1 4 1
St. Louis............................. 000 003 010 4
Philadelphia....................... 100 000 000 1
ER.Jackson (1). DPSt. Louis 1, Philadelphia 1.
LOBSt. Louis8, Philadelphia5. 2BCraig2(24),
Y.Molina (22), Frandsen (1). HRHolliday (22).
IP H R ER BB SO
St. Louis
Westbrook W,12-8.. 7
2
3 4 1 1 2 3
Rzepczynski H,14...
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Motte S,26-30.......... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Philadelphia
Cl.Lee L,2-7............. 7 10 4 4 0 6
Rosenberg...............
2
3 0 0 0 1 0
Valdes ......................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Schwimer ................. 1 0 0 0 0 3
Cl.Lee pitched to 3 batters in the 8th.
HBPby Rosenberg (Y.Molina), by Schwimer
(Jay). WPSchwimer.
UmpiresHome, Doug Eddings;First, Lance Bar-
rett;Second, Paul Nauert;Third, Dana DeMuth.
T2:44. A44,233 (43,651).
Braves 9,
Mets 3
Atlanta New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Bourn cf 5 2 3 1 Tejada ss 4 1 2 1
RJhnsn lf 5 1 2 0 DnMrp 2b 4 0 0 0
Heywrd rf 5 1 2 1 DWrght 3b 4 0 1 1
C.Jones 3b 5 1 1 1 I.Davis 1b 3 1 1 0
FFrmn 1b 4 1 2 5 Hairstn lf-rf 4 0 1 0
McCnn c 5 0 0 0 Baxter rf 2 0 1 0
Uggla 2b 3 1 1 0 Bay ph-lf 2 0 0 0
Janish ss 4 1 1 0 AnTrrs cf 4 0 2 1
Medlen p 2 1 1 1 Thole c 4 0 0 0
Avilan p 1 0 0 0 JSantn p 0 0 0 0
Gearrin p 0 0 0 0 Hefner p 1 0 0 0
JuTrnr ph 1 0 0 0
Acosta p 0 0 0 0
Rauch p 0 0 0 0
RCeden ph 0 1 0 0
Frncsc p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 913 9 Totals 33 3 8 3
Atlanta ................................ 270 000 000 9
New York ........................... 010 000 020 3
DPAtlanta 2. LOBAtlanta 6, New York 5.
2BRe.Johnson (10), F.Freeman (27), Tejada
(17). 3BAn.Torres (5). HRF.Freeman (14). S
Medlen.
IP H R ER BB SO
Atlanta
Medlen W,3-1.......... 6
1
3 5 1 1 1 7
Avilan ........................ 1
1
3 1 2 2 1 2
Gearrin ..................... 1
1
3 2 0 0 0 2
New York
J.Santana L,6-8....... 1
1
3 8 8 8 1 2
Hefner....................... 3
2
3 4 1 1 0 0
Acosta ...................... 2 0 0 0 0 2
Rauch ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
F.Francisco.............. 1 1 0 0 1 3
UmpiresHome, Chad Fairchild;First, Larry Vano-
ver;Second, Alfonso Marquez;Third, Brian ONora.
T2:44. A30,388 (41,922).
Giants 9,
Rockies 3
Colorado San Francisco
ab r h bi ab r h bi
EYong cf 5 0 2 0 Pagan cf 5 1 1 2
Rutledg ss 4 0 1 1 Scutaro 3b 3 1 1 1
CGnzlz lf 4 0 0 0 MeCarr lf 5 1 1 0
RHrndz c 4 0 1 0 Posey c 4 1 2 2
Pachec
3b-1b 3 0 1 0 Pence rf 4 1 1 1
Colvin 1b-rf 4 1 1 0 Pill 1b 4 1 2 0
McBrid rf 2 0 0 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0
Roenck p 0 0 0 0 Penny p 0 0 0 0
JHerrr ph 1 0 0 0 Theriot 2b 4 1 2 0
Ekstrm p 0 0 0 0 Arias ss 3 2 2 1
Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 M.Cain p 2 0 1 1
WRosr ph 1 0 0 0 Mijares p 0 0 0 0
LeMahi 2b 4 2 2 1 Belt 1b 0 0 0 0
DPmrn p 1 0 0 0
Nelson 3b 2 0 1 1
Totals 35 3 9 3 Totals 34 913 8
Colorado ............................ 000 001 011 3
San Francisco.................... 022 013 01x 9
EArias (7). DPColorado 1. LOBColorado 7,
San Francisco 7. 2BPence (19). 3BPagan (7),
Arias (4). HRLeMahieu (1), Posey (19). CSPa-
checo (1). SM.Cain. SFArias.
IP H R ER BB SO
Colorado
D.Pomeranz L,1-7 .. 4 6 4 4 0 3
Roenicke.................. 2 5 4 4 2 0
Ekstrom.................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Brothers ................... 1 1 1 1 2 2
San Francisco
M.Cain W,11-5........ 7
1
3 7 2 2 1 6
Mijares......................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Romo........................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Penny ....................... 1 2 1 0 0 0
HBPby M.Cain (Pacheco). WPRoenicke,
Brothers, M.Cain.
UmpiresHome, Greg Gibson;First, Manny Gon-
zalez;Second, Gerry Davis;Third, Phil Cuzzi.
T2:46. A42,483 (41,915).
Padres 5, Pirates 0
San Diego Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Amarst 2b 5 0 1 0 SMarte lf 4 0 0 0
EvCarr ss 4 1 1 0 Snider rf 3 0 1 0
Headly 3b 4 1 1 3 GSnchz 1b 1 0 0 0
Quentin rf 5 0 1 0 AMcCt cf 3 0 0 0
Denorfi rf 0 0 0 0
GJones
1b-rf 3 0 0 0
Alonso 1b 4 0 1 0 Walker 2b 3 0 0 0
Venale lf 4 2 2 1 PAlvrz 3b 2 0 1 0
Maybin cf 4 0 1 1 JHrrsn ss 2 0 0 0
JoBakr c 4 0 0 0 JHughs p 0 0 0 0
Marqus p 4 1 2 0 McKnr ph-c 1 0 0 0
Barajs c 3 0 0 0
Grilli p 0 0 0 0
AJBrnt p 1 0 0 0
Mercer ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 38 510 5 Totals 28 0 2 0
San Diego.......................... 101 102 000 5
Pittsburgh .......................... 000 000 000 0
EG.Jones (6), Walker (5). DPSan Diego 1.
LOBSan Diego 9, Pittsburgh 2. 3BEv.Cabrera
(2). HRHeadley (18), Venable (7). SBVenable
(15).
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego
Marquis W,6-6......... 9 2 0 0 1 4
Pittsburgh
A.J.Burnett L,14-4... 5
2
3 9 5 4 2 10
J.Hughes.................. 2
1
3 1 0 0 0 2
Grilli........................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
HBPby A.J.Burnett (Alonso). WPMarquis, A.J-
.Burnett.
UmpiresHome, Mike Winters;First, Mark Weg-
ner;Second, Brian Knight;Third, Wally Bell.
T2:32. A39,485 (38,362).
Reds 4, Cubs 2
Cincinnati Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Cozart ss 5 0 1 0 DeJess cf 4 0 1 2
Stubbs cf 5 1 1 0 Barney 2b 4 0 0 0
BPhllps 2b 5 2 3 0 Rizzo 1b 4 0 1 0
Ludwck lf 4 0 1 2 ASorin lf 4 0 0 0
Chpmn p 0 0 0 0 SCastro ss 4 0 1 0
Frazier 1b 3 0 2 1 Valuen 3b 3 1 1 0
Heisey rf 4 1 1 0 Vitters ph 1 0 0 0
Valdez 3b 4 0 1 1 LaHair rf 2 1 0 0
Hanign c 4 0 2 0 Mather rf 0 0 0 0
Arroyo p 2 0 0 0 Clevngr c 3 0 1 0
Paul ph-lf 1 0 0 0 T.Wood p 3 0 0 0
Russell p 0 0 0 0
AlCarr p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 412 4 Totals 32 2 5 2
Cincinnati ........................... 000 100 030 4
Chicago.............................. 020 000 000 2
DPChicago 1. LOBCincinnati 9, Chicago 4.
2BStubbs (13), B.Phillips (22), Ludwick (22), Hei-
sey (14), Valbuena (11). SBHeisey (5). SAr-
royo.
IP H R ER BB SO
Cincinnati
Arroyo W,8-7........... 8 5 2 2 1 4
Chapman S,27-31 .. 1 0 0 0 0 2
Chicago
T.Wood..................... 7 5 1 1 1 8
Russell L,5-1
BS,2-4 ...................... 1 5 3 3 0 0
Al.Cabrera ............... 1 2 0 0 0 0
HBPby T.Wood (Ludwick).
UmpiresHome, Jim Wolf;First, Ron Kulpa;Se-
cond, Jeff Nelson;Third, Alan Porter.
T2:44. A40,602 (41,009).
A M E R I C A N
L E A G U E
Yankees 5, Blue Jays 2
New York Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Jeter dh 5 0 2 1 RDavis lf 4 2 2 0
Swisher rf 4 0 0 0 Gose cf 4 0 0 0
Teixeir 1b 3 1 1 0 Encrnc dh 3 0 2 2
Cano 2b 4 0 0 0 YEscor ss 1 0 0 0
AnJons lf 3 1 0 0
Vizquel
ph-3b 1 0 0 0
ISuzuki lf 0 0 0 0 Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0
Grndrs cf 3 0 0 0 Sierra rf 4 0 0 0
J.Nix ss 4 1 1 1 KJhnsn 2b 4 0 1 0
McGeh 3b 4 2 2 3 YGoms c 3 0 0 0
CStwrt c 4 0 1 0
Hchvrr
3b-ss 3 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5 Totals 31 2 5 2
New York ........................... 000 401 000 5
Toronto............................... 000 100 010 2
DPNew York 1. LOBNew York 8, Toronto 5.
2BJeter (22), McGehee (2), C.Stewart (7), R.Da-
vis (16). HRMcGehee (1). SBR.Davis (32).
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
Nova W,11-6 ........... 7
1
3 5 2 2 1 10
D.Robertson H,15...
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
R.Soriano S,28-30.. 1 0 0 0 0 1
Toronto
Laffey L,3-3.............. 5
2
3 7 5 5 4 2
Loup.......................... 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Jenkins..................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Lyon.......................... 1 0 0 0 1 2
HBPby Nova (Y.Escobar, Y.Escobar), by Laffey
(Granderson). BalkNova.
UmpiresHome, Jim Joyce;First, Mike DiMuro-
;Second, Jim Reynolds;Third, James Hoye.
T2:47. A45,582 (49,260).
Indians 5, Red Sox 2
Boston Cleveland
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Ellsury cf 4 1 2 0 Donald 2b 4 0 1 0
Crwfrd lf 3 1 0 0 Hannhn 3b 0 0 0 0
Pedroia 2b 4 0 1 0 AsCarr ss 3 1 0 0
AdGnzl 1b 4 0 1 2 Choo rf 2 0 0 0
C.Ross rf 3 0 0 0 CSantn dh 3 1 1 0
Sltlmch c 3 0 0 0 Brantly cf 2 1 0 1
Lvrnwy dh 3 0 0 0 Duncan lf 3 0 0 0
Aviles ss 3 0 0 0 Carrer lf 1 0 1 1
Ciriaco 3b 2 0 0 0
Lillirdg
3b-2b 4 2 3 2
Pdsdnk ph 1 0 0 0 Ktchm 1b 3 0 0 0
Valenci 3b 0 0 0 0 Marson c 2 0 0 1
Totals 30 2 4 2 Totals 27 5 6 5
Boston................................ 000 200 000 2
Cleveland........................... 001 011 11x 5
DPBoston 1. LOBBoston 2, Cleveland 5.
2BEllsbury 2 (12), Ad.Gonzalez (35), C.Santana
(21), Lillibridge (3). HRLillibridge (1). SBAs.Ca-
brera (6), Choo (13), Carrera (2). SC.Crawford,
Marson. SFBrantley.
IP H R ER BB SO
Boston
F.Morales L,3-3....... 5
1
3 2 3 3 4 6
A.Miller .....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Melancon ................. 1
1
3 2 1 1 0 0
Breslow....................
2
3 2 1 1 0 1
Mortensen................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Cleveland
McAllister W,5-4...... 8 3 2 2 0 4
C.Perez S,31-35..... 1 1 0 0 0 0
HBPby F.Morales (Choo). BalkF.Morales.
UmpiresHome, Jeff Kellogg;First, Marty Foster-
;Second, Tim Timmons;Third, Eric Cooper.
T2:40. A27,894 (43,429).
Rays 4, Twins 2
Tampa Bay Minnesota
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DJnngs lf 4 1 1 0 Revere cf 4 0 0 0
BUpton cf 4 2 2 3 JCarrll 3b 4 0 0 0
Joyce rf 4 1 1 1 Mauer dh 4 0 0 0
Longori dh 4 0 0 0 Wlngh lf 4 1 1 0
Zobrist ss-2b 4 0 3 0 Mornea 1b 4 0 2 0
C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 0 Mstrnn rf 3 0 2 1
Kppngr 3b 4 0 1 0 Dozier ss 3 1 1 1
EJhnsn ss 0 0 0 0 Butera c 2 0 1 0
RRorts 2b-3b 4 0 2 0 Doumit ph-c 1 0 0 0
JMolin c 4 0 1 0 ACasill 2b 3 0 0 0
Totals 35 411 4 Totals 32 2 7 2
Tampa Bay......................... 300 010 000 4
Minnesota.......................... 010 010 000 2
DPTampa Bay 2, Minnesota 2. LOBTampa Bay
5, Minnesota 3. 2BZobrist (26). HRB.Upton 2
(12), Joyce (14), Dozier (6). SBDe.Jennings (20),
Zobrist (13).
IP H R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
Price W,15-4............ 7 7 2 2 0 5
Jo.Peralta H,27....... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Rodney S,35-36...... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota
Blackburn L,4-8....... 6 11 4 4 1 2
Al.Burnett .................
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
T.Robertson ............
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Fien........................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Burton....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Blackburn pitched to 2 batters in the 7th.
UmpiresHome, Jordan Baker;First, Tim McClel-
land;Second, Brian Runge;Third, Marvin Hudson.
T2:40. A39,512 (39,500).
A M E R I C A N
L E A G U E
L E A D E R S
BATTINGTrout, Los Angeles, .345; MiCabrera,
Detroit, .323; AJackson, Detroit, .319; Mauer, Min-
nesota, .317; Konerko, Chicago, .316; Ortiz, Bos-
ton, .316; Jeter, New York, .315; Rios, Chicago,
.315; Cano, New York, .315.
RUNSTrout, Los Angeles, 88; Kinsler, Texas, 81;
Granderson, NewYork, 78; MiCabrera, Detroit, 75;
Cano, New York, 72; AJackson, Detroit, 72; Ad-
Jones, Baltimore, 71.
RBIMiCabrera, Detroit, 96; Hamilton, Texas, 96;
Fielder, Detroit, 84; Willingham, Minnesota, 84; En-
carnacion, Toronto, 77; AdGonzalez, Boston, 76;
Pujols, Los Angeles, 76; Teixeira, New York, 76.
HITSJeter, New York, 150; MiCabrera, Detroit,
145; Cano, New York, 140; AdGonzalez, Boston,
136; AdJones, Baltimore, 133; AGordon, Kansas
City, 131; Rios, Chicago, 131.
DOUBLESAGordon, Kansas City, 38; AdGonza-
lez, Boston, 35; Brantley, Cleveland, 34; Choo, Cle-
veland, 34; Cano, NewYork, 32; Kinsler, Texas, 31;
Pujols, Los Angeles, 31.
TRIPLESAJackson, Detroit, 8; JWeeks, Oak-
land, 8; Andrus, Texas, 6; Rios, Chicago, 6; 8 tied at
5.
HOME RUNSADunn, Chicago, 31; Hamilton,
Texas, 31; Granderson, New York, 30; MiCabrera,
Detroit, 29; Encarnacion, Toronto, 29; Trumbo, Los
Angeles, 29; Willingham, Minnesota, 29.
STOLEN BASESTrout, Los Angeles, 36; RDa-
vis, Toronto, 32; Revere, Minnesota, 27; Crisp,
Oakland, 25; Kipnis, Cleveland, 23; JDyson, Kan-
sas City, 22; De Aza, Chicago, 21; BUpton, Tampa
Bay, 21.
PITCHINGWeaver, Los Angeles, 15-1; Price,
Tampa Bay, 15-4; Sale, Chicago, 13-3; MHarrison,
Texas, 13-6; Sabathia, New York, 12-3; Verlander,
Detroit, 12-7; Vargas, Seattle, 12-8.
STRIKEOUTSScherzer, Detroit, 168; Verlander,
Detroit, 166; FHernandez, Seattle, 162; Darvish,
Texas, 154; Price, Tampa Bay, 151; Shields, Tampa
Bay, 151; Sabathia, New York, 140.
SAVESRodney, Tampa Bay, 35; JiJohnson, Bal-
timore, 33; CPerez, Cleveland, 31; RSoriano, New
York, 28; Broxton, Kansas City, 23; Aceves, Bos-
ton, 23; Nathan, Texas, 23.
N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
L E A D E R S
BATTINGMcCutchen, Pittsburgh, .363; MeCa-
brera, San Francisco, .348; Votto, Cincinnati, .342;
Ruiz, Philadelphia, .335; Posey, San Francisco,
.330; DWright, New York, .324; Holliday, St. Louis,
.319; CGonzalez, Colorado, .319.
RUNSMeCabrera, San Francisco, 81; Bourn, At-
lanta, 78; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 78; JUpton, Ari-
zona, 74; Braun, Milwaukee, 73; CGonzalez, Col-
orado, 73; Holliday, St. Louis, 73.
RBIBeltran, St. Louis, 82; Holliday, St. Louis, 79;
Kubel, Arizona, 77; Braun, Milwaukee, 76; Posey,
San Francisco, 75; FFreeman, Atlanta, 74; CGon-
zalez, Colorado, 74; LaRoche, Washington, 74;
DWright, New York, 74.
HITSMeCabrera, San Francisco, 155; McCutch-
en, Pittsburgh, 148; Bourn, Atlanta, 138; Holliday,
St. Louis, 135; DWright, New York, 132; CGonza-
lez, Colorado, 129; Reyes, Miami, 129.
DOUBLESArRamirez, Milwaukee, 37; Votto,
Cincinnati, 36; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 33; DanMur-
phy, NewYork, 33; DWright, NewYork, 33; Alonso,
San Diego, 31; Cuddyer, Colorado, 30.
TRIPLESFowler, Colorado, 11; MeCabrera, San
Francisco, 10; Bourn, Atlanta, 8; SCastro, Chicago,
8; Reyes, Miami, 8; Colvin, Colorado, 7; DeJesus,
Chicago, 7; Pagan, San Francisco, 7.
HOME RUNSBraun, Milwaukee, 29; Beltran, St.
Louis, 28; Kubel, Arizona, 25; LaRoche, Washing-
ton, 23; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, 23; Holliday, St.
Louis, 22; PAlvarez, Pittsburgh, 21; Bruce, Cincin-
nati, 21; Hart, Milwaukee, 21; Stanton, Miami, 21.
STOLENBASESBonifacio, Miami, 30; DGordon,
Los Angeles, 30; Bourn, Atlanta, 29; Pierre, Phila-
delphia, 28; Reyes, Miami, 28; Stubbs, Cincinnati,
27; Victorino, Los Angeles, 27.
PITCHINGDickey, New York, 15-3; AJBurnett,
Pittsburgh, 14-4; GGonzalez, Washington, 14-6;
Cueto, Cincinnati, 14-6; Strasburg, Washington,
13-5; Lynn, St. Louis, 13-5; 6 tied at 12.
STRIKEOUTSDickey, New York, 166; Stras-
burg, Washington, 166; Kershaw, Los Angeles,
157; GGonzalez, Washington, 154; Hamels, Phila-
delphia, 153; MCain, San Francisco, 148; Bumgar-
ner, San Francisco, 144.
SAVESHanrahan, Pittsburgh, 33; Kimbrel, Atlan-
ta, 31; Chapman, Cincinnati, 27; Motte, St. Louis,
26; Papelbon, Philadelphia, 25; SCasilla, SanFran-
cisco, 24; Clippard, Washington, 23; Jansen, Los
Angeles, 23.
T H I S D A T E I N
B A S E B A L L
Aug. 12
1921 Philadelphias George Smith gave up 12
hits and still pitched a shutout as the Phillies beat
the Boston Braves 4-0.
1948 In the second game of a doubleheader, the
Cleveland Indians beat the St. Louis Browns 26-3
with a 29-hit barrage. The Indians set a major
league record as 14 different players hit safely.
1966 Art Shamsky of the Cincinnati Reds con-
nectedfor threehomeruns ina14-11, 13-inningloss
to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Crosley Field. Two of the
homers came in the 10th and 11th innings. The
game featured 11 homers by both clubs. Shamsky
entered the game in the eighth inning for defensive
purposes. Inthebottomof theeighth, Shamsky hit a
two-runhomer toput theReds ahead8-7. Shamsky
hit a solo shot to tie the game 9-9 in the10th. Sham-
sky came back in the 11th inning with a two-run
homer to tie the game again, 11-11. The Pirates
scored three runs in the 13th for the victory.
Marlins 7, Dodgers 3
Los Angeles Miami
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Victorn lf 4 1 1 1 GHrndz cf 3 1 1 1
M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 Ruggin lf 4 0 1 1
Kemp cf 5 1 3 1 Reyes ss 3 1 1 0
Ethier rf 5 0 2 1 Ca.Lee 1b 4 1 1 2
HRmrz ss 4 0 1 0 Stanton rf 4 0 1 0
Loney 1b 4 0 1 0 DSolan 2b 4 1 2 1
HrstnJr 3b 3 0 1 0 NGreen 3b 4 1 1 1
L.Cruz 3b 1 0 0 0 J.Buck c 3 1 2 1
A.Ellis c 4 1 1 0 Nolasco p 1 0 0 0
Blanton p 1 0 1 0 Kearns ph 1 1 1 0
Uribe ph 1 0 0 0 Zamrn p 0 0 0 0
Guerra p 0 0 0 0 MDunn p 0 0 0 0
JRiver ph 1 0 0 0 Petersn ph 1 0 0 0
League p 0 0 0 0 H.Bell p 0 0 0 0
ShTllsn p 0 0 0 0 Cishek p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 311 3 Totals 32 711 7
Los Angeles....................... 000 110 001 3
Miami .................................. 000 040 03x 7
EA.Ellis (6), N.Green 2 (2). DPLos Angeles 1,
Miami 2. LOBLos Angeles 10, Miami 3.
2BVictorino (20), A.Ellis (12), Ca.Lee (20), Stan-
ton (22), D.Solano (6), N.Green (3), J.Buck (14).
SBKemp 2 (6). CSRuggiano (6). SBlanton,
G.Hernandez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Blanton L,8-10......... 5 6 4 4 0 3
Guerra...................... 2 2 0 0 0 2
League .....................
2
3 3 3 3 1 1
Sh.Tolleson .............
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Miami
Nolasco W,9-11 ...... 5 9 2 2 1 1
Zambrano H,2.......... 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
M.Dunn H,13...........
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
H.Bell H,7................. 1 0 0 0 0 0
Cishek ...................... 1 1 1 1 0 1
HBPby Nolasco (M.Ellis). WPLeague.
UmpiresHome, Mark Carlson;First, Angel Her-
nandez;Second, Ed Hickox;Third, Chris Conroy.
T3:04. A27,681 (37,442).
TORONTO CC Sabathia
was placedonthe15-daydisabled
list Saturday with inflammation
and pain in his left elbow, the
New York Yankees aces second
trip to the DL this season.
Manager Joe Girardi an-
nounced the decision after New
York beat the Blue Jays 5-2 for
their fourth straight win. Neither
a corresponding roster move, nor
a starter for Mondays game
against Texas, has been an-
nounced. The move is retroactive
to Aug. 9.
The Yankees have agreed to a
contract with free agent Derek
Lowe and are planning to finalize
the deal and activate him Mon-
day. The right-hander, recently
cut by the Cleveland Indians,
likely will pitch out of the bull-
pen. David Phelps is a candidate
totake Sabathias spot inthe rota-
tion.
Girardi said Sabathia, the 2007
AL Cy Young award winner, felt
stiff twodays after his Aug. 3start
against Seattle but an MRI
showed nothing. Sabathia felt
stiff again after pitching at De-
troit on Aug. 8. He threw on flat
ground Friday rather than throw-
ing his regular bullpen session
and continued to experience
mild discomfort.
Its not any worse than it was
after the first start, but our con-
cern is it didnt go away, Girardi
said.
As far as the concern, its pret-
tylowlevel, because its not like it
got any worse, Girardi added.
He wants to pitch on Monday,
which Im not surprised (at) be-
cause he said he dealt with it be-
fore. We just decided, lets try to
get it cleaned up now.
Girardi said Sabathia is sched-
uled to see a doctor when the
Yankees return home Monday,
and could receive a cortisone in-
jection. Sabathia has been under-
going treatment since the pain
first arose.
The Yankees debated skipping
Sabathia for one start, but decid-
ed an extended break was the
wiser plan.
Either way, Girardi stressed
that Sabathias condition was not
considered especially serious.
M L B N O T E S
Sabathia
lands on DL
C M Y K
S P O R T S
VOLLEYBALL
Americans fall in final
Jaqueline Carvalho had 18 points and
Brazil beat the United States in four
sets to stop the Americans from win-
ning their first Olympic gold medal in
womens volleyball.
Brazil became the third team to
repeat as gold medalist. The Soviet
Union won in 1968 and 1972, while
Cuba won three straight starting with
the 1992 Barcelona Games.
American star Destinee Hooker was
held to 14 points.
BOXING
Brit wins bantamweight
Bantamweight Luke Campbell won
Britains first Olympic boxing gold
medal in his division since 1908, dra-
matically knocking down rival John Joe
Nevin of Ireland midway through the
third round of a 14-11 victory.
Chinas Zou Shiming, light welter-
weight Roniel Iglesias, middleweight
Ryota Murata and Ukrainian heavy-
weight Oleksandr Usyk also won their
divisions.
Shiming defended his light flyweight
gold medal from Beijing with a 13-10
victory over Thailands Kaeo Pong-
prayoon, who angrily protested the
result.
Iglesias beat Ukraines Denys Be-
rinchyk 22-15 for Cubas first boxing
gold in London after failing to win gold
in Beijing.
Murata narrowly won the second
boxing gold in Japans Olympic history,
beating Brazils Esquiva Falcao 14-13 on
the strength of a two-point holding
penalty against Falcao in the final
round.
SAILING
Match race goes to Spain
Tamara Echegoyen, Angela Pumarie-
ga and Sofia Toro of Spain won the
Olympic gold medal in womens match
racing, thanks in part to a boat-hand-
ling error by Australia that swept its
skipper into the water.
With the best-of-five match tied at
one, the boats were sailing nearly side-
by-side downwind in the third race in
big waves on Weymouth Bay when the
Australian crew lost control and its
boat rolled on its side. Skipper Olivia
Price was swept out of the back of the
boat and her crew had to pick her up
before continuing.
CANOE SPRINT
McKeever takes 200M
Britains Ed McKeever won the mens
200-meter kayak sprint in its Olympic
debut, living up to his billing as Usain
Bolt on Water.
McKeever powered his way to victo-
ry in 36.246 seconds in front of British
Prime Minister David Cameron and his
family. Spains Saul Craviotto Rivero
was second and Canadas Mark de
Jonge beat Frances Maxim Beaumont
to bronze by three-hundreths of a sec-
ond.
Ukraines Yuri Cheban (mens singles
200-meter canoe sprint) and New Zeal-
ands Lisa Carrington (womens singles
200-meter kayak sprint) also won gold.
Yury Postrigay and Alexander Dya-
chenko of Russia took the mens 200
kayak sprint.
CYCLING - MOUNTAIN BIKE
Bresset finishes first
Julie Bresset picked up the victory at
her first Olympics, rolling through the
English countryside and waving the
French flag as she finished.
Bresset dominated the picturesque
course at Hadleigh Farm. She took
advantage of a mistake by defending
gold medalist Sabine Spitz of Germany
to build a massive lead, then rolled
through the last of six laps all alone.
The 23-year-old Bresset started blow-
ing kisses to cheering fans on the final
straight. Spitz wound up with the silver
medal, and Georgia Gould of the Unit-
ed States claimed bronze.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Team USAs Destinee Hooker (right)
hugs teammate Megan Hodge after
the Americans lost to Brazil 3-1 during
a womens volleyball gold medal match
at the Olympics in London.
LONDON Kobe Bryant, take a
bow.
No longer the greatest of the greats
on the Olympic roster, Bryant is leaving
the international stage after the London
Games. With one more win, hell com-
plete his exit just as he envisioned.
Bryant, LeBron James, Carmelo An-
thony and the rest of this glittering
American team face Spain on Sunday
for Olympic gold only hours before Lon-
donshuts downthis successful Summer
Games show.
Well, I just want to go out the right
way, Bryant said before practice Satur-
day. You know, go out the right way by
winning a gold medal.
Also Sunday on the Olympics final
day, Brazil plays for its secondmens vol-
leyball gold medal
in three Olympics
when it meets Rus-
sia in the final. In
the pool, its Italy
against unbeaten
Croatia for the
mens water polo
championship.
When the next
Summer Olympics
arrive at Rio de Ja-
neiro in 2016,
Bryant will be push-
ing 38. Old for bas-
ketball legs, indeed.
The Los Angeles
Lakers star turned
30 during his Olympic debut four years
ago in Beijing while still in his basket-
ball prime.
Alesser role inLondonhas done little
to diminish his popularity. Globally,
Bryant remains the most recognizable
face of this roster everywhere he goes.
Fans swarm him, desperate for any mo-
ment with the NBA superstar. Auto-
graph. Photo. A quick word. Any tiny
piece of Kobe will do.
Its beenfun, saidBryant, whospent
part of his childhood in Italy where his
father played pro basketball. You get a
chance togoout intodifferent countries
and you get a chance to meet a lot of
people just walking up and down the
street wanting pictures and autographs.
You get a chance to make a lot of people
happy. I dont get a chance to come out
here too often. They dont really get a
chance to see me play in person too of-
ten, so its a thrill.
Bryant had a bigger presence on the
court in 2008 than he does now. He has
seemed to enjoy his place in London,
taking a back seat to James & Co.
Bryant has watched while James, An-
thony and Kevin Durant command the
worldstage for the unbeatenAmericans
(7-0).
I get a chance to kind of just rest a
little bit and let themdo all the running
and jumping and stuff, and show
glimpses every now and then of what I
can do, Bryant said.
Bryant has picked his spots, cranking
uphis gamewhenneeded. It has worked
out fine for everybody.
Dont let Kobe fool you, Durant
cracked. Hes just restingupfor the sea-
son thats what hes worried about.
But he knows whenhes got to turnit on
hell turn it on.
After a slow start in London, Bryant
stressed he wasnt worried about his
scoring. Then, he produced two clutch
games during the medal rounds to get
the Americans in the very spot theyve
expected to be from the moment they
were brought together this summer:
chasing a second straight Olympic
championship, with Duke coach Mike
Krzyzewski orchestrating this array of
NBA egos.
This team might not have the Dream
Team tag of the 1992 squad led by Mi-
chael Jordan, Magic Johnson and Larry
Bird. But it might wind up outscoring
that team from 20 years ago.
Bryant certainly will do his part
whatever the numbers, whatever his
role.
Bryant biggest star on Games last day
A taped closing ceremony will be
shown on NBC at 7 p.m., after water
polo and volleyball wrap up.
By JANIE McCAULEY
AP Sports Writer
UP NEXT
GOLD MEDAL
GAME
Team USA
vs. Spain
10 a.m. today
TV: NBC
LONDONUsain Bolt made
himself a living legend just ask
him. Michael Phelps swama last lap
into history. A man ran on carbon
blades. Two track stars and a long
jumper produced perhaps the greatest
night in British sports history.
Take a victory lap, London.
The nightmare that was supposed
to be the 2012 Olympics gridlock
and chaos Underground and over-
ground, a city locked down by terror-
ist threats, day after day of gray and
drizzle simply never materialized.
Instead, London threwa five-ring
party.
Nobody wanted to sit this dance
out, said Sebastian Coe, the two-time
Olympic 1,500-meter champion and
chief of the London organizing com-
mittee. Everybody has wanted to be
involved.
Or, as the stately Economist said:
Britain looked at itself and liked
what it saw.
The games were not without con-
troversy. Eight badminton players
were sent home in disgrace for trying
to lose doing it to gain a better
drawin their tournament, but vio-
lating the Olympic spirit of competi-
tion.
Organizers scrambled to sell last-
minute tickets, and ended up giving
some to the military, after unsightly
photos of empty seats were splashed
across the famously cantankerous
British press.
Some moments were downright
ugly. A Greek triple jumper made a
racist joke on Twitter. A Swiss soccer
used a slur to describe the South
Koreans who had just won, and said
that they can go burn.
At what were called the first social
media Olympics, both remarks made
it around the world in seconds. The
punishment came almost as quickly:
Go home.
The athletes who misbehaved were
drowned out anyway. Tens of thou-
sands of people flocked daily into
Olympic Park. They filled Olympic
stadiumfor morning heats. They gave
the handball arena a newname: The
Box That Rocks.
They camped out on the grass to
watch the action on big screens. Flags
the Union Jack most prominently
became shirts and shorts, caps and
capes, earrings and nail polish. Fans
wore their national colors proudly,
and literally.
And what a showthey saw.
Bolt, the Jamaican track sensation,
blewaway the field in the 100 meters
in 9.63 seconds and the 200 in19.32,
becoming the first athlete to win both
sprints at consecutive Olympics.
The United States used a dominant
showing in track and field to blow
past China and lock up the races for
total medals and for golds. Going into
the final day, the United States had 44
gold medals, one shy of its record for
an Olympics on foreign soil.
In the pool alone, they won 31 med-
als. And Michael Phelps, in a dazzling
farewell, became the most decorated
Olympian of all time.
Phelps has 18 golds alone to show
for his career, and 22 overall medals.
Britain piled up 28 gold medals and
will finish third in the table. Not since
another London Games, in1908, has
Britain performed so well.
It peaked on a Saturday night, when
Britain won three gold medals in
track and field in less than an hour
Jessica Ennis in heptathlon, Mo Farah
in the 10,000 meters and Greg Ruther-
ford in long jump to a deafening
roar inside Olympic Stadium.
The reserved president of the In-
ternational Olympic Committee,
Jacques Rogge, made no secret of his
delight at it all.
For two weeks, he said, the
Olympic Park has been the beating
heart of the world.
Rogge will deliver his final verdict
during Sundays closing ceremony,
when the Olympic flame will be ex-
tinguished and the Olympic flag hand-
ed over to Brazilian organizers of the
2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Normally reserved Britons em-
braced, put down their newspapers
and spoke to each other on the Tube,
and reveled in sports like never be-
fore.
The doommongers said it couldnt
be done, said London Mayor Boris
Johnson, who was responsible for one
of the fewmishaps of the games
getting himself stuck on a zip line.
Well, they were wrong, he said.
It was done, it was stunning, and it
will live long in the memory.
The cycling road race blazed by
BuckinghamPalace. The race walk
went by, too, with considerably lower
speed but no less enthusiasm. The
marathon, on Sunday, will finish near-
by.
And perhaps appropriately, these
games will mark a changing of the
guard.
Phelps is going into retirement.
Bolt has hinted he wont be back in
2016. An American basketball team
stacked with superstars toyed with its
opponents and was playing for gold
on Sunday, but NBA stars may be
sidelined if the Olympic basketball
tournament adopts an under-23 age
rule like soccer.
After three-time host London, the
Olympics will move to newterritory
Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Winter
Games; Rio in 2016; and Pyeong-
chang, South Korea, for the 2018
Winter Games.
London spent about $14.5 billion in
public money on its Olympics. The
project has regenerated East London,
and organizers have pledged a long-
termlegacy with no white elephants.
For now, though, no one in London
is worried about that. Its been a jolly
good show.
Concerns about the host city have evaporated
AP PHOTO
Everything from security to traffic to weather had pundits concerned about the quality of the London Games. But
as the Olympics draw to a close, there have been plenty of memorable moments, inside and outside of Olympic Park,
shown above, in London.
Londons five-ring celebration
By STEPHEN WILSON
AP Sports Writer
LONDONSwimming, track
and field, basketball, womens
soccer, Serena Williams and Aly
Raisman. They all found their
way onto U.S. Olympic Commit-
tee chairman Larry Probsts high-
light list from the London
Games.
I like to hear The Star-Span-
gled Banner a lot, Probst
said.
Good thing, because the U.S.
national anthemhas blared more
than any other in London over
these last two weeks, and that
wont change before the Olympic
flame is extinguished on Sunday
night. With one day left, the U.S.
has locked up the overall medals
race over China, andcontinues to
be holding off the Chinese in the
chase to win the most gold med-
als.
It will be the fifthstraight Sum-
mer Games where U.S. athletes
took home more prizes than any-
one else from an Olympics.
The Olympic motto is faster,
higher, stronger. And I think that
every American came here to do
that, U.S. judo gold medalist
Kayla Harrison said Saturday.
Not necessarily fastest, highest,
strongest, but I came here to per-
form at my very, very best and
make America proud as a result.
She wasnt alone.
Through Saturdays medal
events, U.S. Olympians in Lon-
don had claimed 102 medals, 15
more than the Chinese. Ameri-
cans were also leading the gold-
medal chase over China, 44-38.
American swimmers won 31
medals. Track and field now has
29, one marathon medal on Sun-
day away from getting to 30 a
goal that seemed farfetched to
some in the U.S. Olympic move-
ment not long ago. Gabby Dou-
glas won the womens all-around
competition in gymnastics, Rais-
man left that venue with three
medals and Williams won Olym-
pic gold at Wimbledon over Ma-
ria Sharapova inwhat Probst said
was the most dominating per-
formance I have ever seen by a fe-
male tennis player, ever.
Williams rolled over Sharapo-
va that day, 6-0, 6-1.
USOC CEO Scott Blackmun
saidabout 200 Americanathletes
will leave London with a medal, a
figure buoyed by success in plen-
ty of team sports. If his estimate
of 200 holds, that would mean
roughly 38 percent of the U.S.
athletes competing at the games
would make at least one trip to
the award podium.
One of our primary objectives
is to get as many American ath-
letes on the podium as we can,
Blackmun said.
U.S. takes
the gold in
final count
America clinches the medals
race over China and will have
the most first-place medals.
By TIMREYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
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Maurice Peoples, GAR Memorial
Junior/Senior High School graduate,
earned a spot in the 1972 Olympics as a
member of the 4x400-meter relay team.
Although he qualified for the event,
Peoples never stepped onto the track
because three members of the 4x400
relay team couldnt compete.
One of Peoples teammates, John
Smith, pulled his hamstring in the 400-
meter final while Vince Matthews and
Wayne Collett were sent home after not
dressing properly and talking during
the national anthem at the 400 medal
ceremony.
People thought it was unbecoming
of athletes in the United States, so
those two were kicked off the team and
sent home, Peoples coach at GAR,
Vince Wojnar said. It was an unfortu-
nate situation that had nothing to do
with him (Peoples).
Peoples started running track in sixth
grade.
He was one of the most enjoyable
people to be around, Wojnar said. He
was very outgoing, likable and talent-
ed.
Peoples gained an interest in the
sport when his coach gave him an op-
portunity to compete against other
runners at a high level.
If it wasnt for Coach Wojnar, I know
I would not have achieved the accolades
that I did in track and field, Peoples
said. He really took stock in me and I
never had anyone who invested their
time and was as dedicated as Coach
Wojnar.
Peoples loves that each athlete is
responsible for his or her success in the
sport of track and field.
If you lose, you cant blame the offi-
cials, coaches or teammates, Peoples
said. Its all on you, and I liked that.
Peoples competed in a slew of events
including the 100, 200, 400, long jump,
triple jump, 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
The problem as an athlete is trying
to determine which event is your best
event, Peoples said. To be honest, the
400 wasnt my best event. The triple
jump was my best event.
In 1968 and 1969, Peoples earned the
state championship in the triple jump
when he was a junior and senior at
GAR.
After graduating from GAR, Peoples
went to junior college before earning a
full track scholarship to Arizona State.
In 1972, Peoples competed in the Olym-
pic trials not expecting to make the trip
to Munich.
All these people running in the 1972
Olympic trials were people that I
watched as a junior in high school in
1968 Olympic Games, Peoples said. I
had no idea I would make the team. I
was just happy to be there so I ran well
because I had no pressure.
Despite low expectations, Peoples
made the finals in the 400 at the Olym-
pic trials and finished fifth.
When I made the finals, I was the
only collegiate athlete in the finals and I
was the only athlete that people didnt
even know who I was, Peoples said.
They just called me the man in red
because I had a red uniform on.
Peoples also finished fifth in the triple
jump without any formal training.
The guy who won the triple jump
and also made the Olympic team in
1972 commented on how if I got train-
ing and proper technique that I would
have probably beaten the world record,
Peoples said.
After losing three members of the
4x400m relay team, the U.S. was left
with just three runners, including Peo-
ples and two alternates.
In the relay, you are allowed to enter
six names, which I dont like, Wojnar
said. I wish you could enter as many as
you want.
The U.S. wanted to use Jeff Bannister,
a participant in the decathlon, as the
fourth member of the team.
They said it would be all right if we
used another athlete that wasnt desig-
nated as an alternate, but when we got
to the stadium they said we couldnt
run because we might win or take one
of the medals away from the foreign
countries, Peoples said.
Peoples and his teammates warmed
up for the event and prepared to step
onto the track before hearing the news.
It was like when someone passes
away in your family and you didnt
know about it and you get the news
when you get home, Peoples said. We
cried because we were excited and we
knew it was going to take a tremendous
effort to try to win without three of
your best people running.
In 1973, Peoples put the Olympics
behind him and won the national cham-
pionship in the 440-yard dash or 400-
meter dash. With his time of 45.11 sec-
onds, Peoples broke the world record,
which still stands today, in the first year
of the electronically clocked 440-yard
dash. In the same meet, Peoples ran the
fastest quarter mile in collegiate history
when he finished his leg of the 4x400m
in 43.4 seconds.
He was selected to the Olympic
team one year before he really hit his
peak in performance, which is what
really disappointed me, Wojnar said. I
wish there was an Olympics in 1973 or
74.
Peoples continued to run until 1980,
but he never went back to the Olym-
pics. An injury kept Peoples from the
1976 Games and the U.S. boycotted the
1980 Olympics.
I ranked in the top 10 in the world
from1972 until the time I retired in
1980, Peoples said. I won every major
meet but I never ran in the Olympics,
and thats what hurts.
Peoples coached at a community
college in Arizona where his team won
the junior college national champion-
ship in his first year as coach. Peoples
also coached at the University of Mary-
land where he coached Renaldo Nehe-
miah.
He was one of the greatest hurdlers
in the world so it was a tremendous
honor to coach someone of that cali-
ber, Peoples said.
After living in Washington D.C., Peo-
ples moved back to Arizona where he is
a minister and a middle school coach.
I decided to move to Arizona where
I could live a peaceful life, Peoples
said. The people remind me of Wilkes-
Barre. Theyre very friendly, hospitable
and easy going.
A Wilkes-Barre athlete and an Olympic run denied
SUBMITTED PHOTO
GARs Maurice Peoples (foreground, left), shown here in a relay race while in college at Arizona State in the 1970s, had the
makings of an all-time great. His the 1972 Olympics never came, as his relay team never got to compete.
An opportunity lost
By JOE BARESS | For the Times Leader
As the Olympics come to a close, some athletes will
leave London with medals while others return home
disappointed. In 1972, a local track star left the Munich
Olympics without an opportunity to earn a coveted
Olympic medal.
LONDON David Boudia
ended a gold-medal drought for
the UnitedStates witha dramatic
last dive that scored the most
points of the 10-meter platform
competition at the Olympics on
Saturday night.
Boudias victory by 1.08 points
over Qiu Bo
of China gave
the U.S. its
first gold in
diving since
2000, and
was the first
by an Ameri-
can man
sincethelateMarkLenzi wonthe
3-meter springboard at the 1992
Barcelona Games.
Oh, my God, I dont have
words for it, saidGregLouganis,
the diving great who swept the
springboard and platform events
at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics
and who has mentored Boudia.
On the medals stand, Boudia
wiped his brow as if to say,
Whew!
It was that close.
The American scored 568.65
points in the six-dive final. Qiu
took the silver at 566.85.
Tom Daley of Britain settled
for the bronze at 556.95 after
leading going into the final dive
in front of a raucous home crowd
that included David Beckham
and his three sons.
Tom Daley dove the lights
out, Qiu Bo dove the lights out,
Boudia said. I only did what I do
in practice.
Daley scored 90.75 on his last
dive, including one 10, but Bou-
dia and Qiu each did the same
tougher dive in the last round.
Boudia, tied for second with
Qiu going into the last round,
scored102.60 points on a back 2
1
2
somersault with 2
1
2 twists pike
worth a 3.6 degree of difficulty. It
was the highest score of any dive
in the final.
Qiu followed him and scored
100.80, not quite enough to deliv-
er a seventh gold for China in
these games.
I was very nervous, Qiu said.
I have competed so many times
but I have never had that much
nervousness.
AP PHOTO
David Boudia hugs his coach
winning gold in the mens 10-
meter platform diving final at
the Aquatics Centre Saturday.
America
saves the
best dive
for last
David Boudia became the first
U.S. man to win a gold medal
for diving in 20 years.
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LONDON As he left Olym-
pic Stadium, Oscar Pistorius
stoppedfor a moment andlooked
back.
The double-amputee runner
turned to take in the crowd of
80,000 and reflect on his victory
in a four-year fight to compete at
the London Games against the
worlds best able-bodied athletes.
Its something I will definitely
remember for the rest of my life,
Pistorius told The Associated
Press on Saturday, thinking back
to his debut on the biggest track
stageintheworld. Its beenabso-
lutely phenomenal. In a way, Im
glad the pressures over.
But theres still more business
for the Blade Runner in Lon-
don.
In a few weeks, the South Afri-
canwill be backat the same stadi-
um on his carbon-fiber blades for
the Paralympics. He wont be a
sideshow. Hell be the main at-
traction.
Pistorius is the defending
champion in the100, 200 and 400
meters and hell be expected
towinfour goldmedals this time.
He also will be on South Africas
4x100 relay team.
If he wins them all, hell go
home with more gold than Usain
Bolt.
Ive always wantedto be at the
Olympics and Paralympics at the
same games, Pistorius said, still
glowing after running the anchor
leg in the 4x400 final Friday.
Its going to be a challenge,
sure, but the 25-year-old Pistori-
us has gotten used to them over
the years.
Bans, court cases, battles to
qualify and, most recently, a
crashby a teammate inthe 4x400
relay semifinals this week that al-
most ended Oscars Olympics
early.
We wont hopefully have
those (dramas) in the future, he
said, laughing, outside the ath-
letes village. This has been one
of the most special moments of
my life and Im sure the Paralym-
pics later this month is going to
be exactly the same for me.
Then, itll be time to rest and
reflect until next season. And
think about what else he can
achieve.
Next year weve got the world
championships in Moscow, said
Pistorius. Looking forward to
that as well.
AP PHOTO
Done with his historic Olympic
appearance, Oscar Pistorius
now turns his attention to the
upcoming Paralympics.
Pistorius
right back
to racing
The double-amputee next
prepares for the upcoming
Paralympics in London.
By GERALD IMRAY
AP Sports Writer
C M Y K
S P O R T S
game-changing run in the sec-
ond quarter as the U.S. won its
41st straight Olympic game.
This one was special.
Taurasi, who said she doesnt
get emotional, cried receiving
her goldmedal andthenparaded
around draped in an American
flag.
A little trip down memory
lane, Taurasi said. The track
record was going through my
head. My parents, Coach was
there. It was just a lot of things
hit me at once and thats what
happened.
The winning streak started in
the bronze medal game in 1992.
In that stretch, the Americans
have won by nearly 30 points a
game. Only one team has stayed
within single digits of them, and
theyve lost just once in major in-
ternational competitions, to
Russia in the semifinals of the
2006 world championship.
Coach Geno Auriemma didnt
want to get drawn into the de-
bate of where this team ranks
amongthe five that have wonthe
gold.
The United States has had
great teams since 1996 and we
are just another one on the list,
he said. We accomplished the
same thing they did and I dont
knowif that separates us. I think
it just makes us equal.
Teresa Edwards, Dawn Staley,
Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie
got the amazing run started, and
Taurasi, Sue Bird and Tamika
Catchings have continued it.
Withyoung stars Parker, Maya
Moore and Tina Charles a big
part of the success in London it
doesnt look like the run will end
anytime soon.
The players give back. You
have players coming back for a
third Olympics to show the
younger players what it takes to
win a gold medal, said Parker, a
two-time Olympian. I learned a
lot from Tina Thompson, Lisa
Leslie, Katie Smith and now
Dee, Tamika, Sue. Its just the
passing down of what it takes to
win. That commitment to USA
Basketball.
Catchings said the Americans
just wanted to keep that legacy
going.
Edwards, a five-time Olym-
pian, said no worry there.
The legacy is real, said Ed-
wards, who had a front-row seat
Saturday night. What these
kids have beendoing is amazing.
Without much time to practice.
In the middle of the WNBA sea-
son. And they look good. Its like
the whole world knows who we
are. Im really proud of them.
Theyre definitely among
some of the best U.S. teams.
The U.S. faced its only chal-
lenge of the London Games
when Australia took a four-point
halftime lead. It was the first
time in 12 years that the Amer-
icans had been trailing at the
half. There was no panic or wor-
ry. They just stepped up their de-
fenseandvanquishedtheAustra-
lians, winning by 13 points.
Its not easy to just be put to-
gether and be expected to win a
gold medal, Taurasi said. Its a
special feeling.
France, which came into the
gold medal game unbeaten,
stayed with the U.S. for the first
12 minutes before Parker took
over. She scored eight straight
points during a 13-2 run that
gave the U.S. a 37-23 advantage.
Twice the 6-foot-4 Parker
grabbed the rebound on the de-
fensive end and dribbled up
through the defense scoring on
the other.
While Parker who also had
11 rebounds was providing
the offense, the Americans turn-
ed up their defense, holding
France to just one basket over
the final 7:25 of the half.
We always felt like as long as
we played our best ... wed be all
right, Bird said.
The U.S. led by 12 at the half
and poured it on in the third
quarter.
France got within41-31but the
U.S. scored 13 of the next 14
points any thoughts of a monu-
mental upset were forgotten.
On one sequence, Catchings
got a steal and passed to Bird,
who hit Moore in perfect stride
for a finger-roll lay-in down the
lane. It onlygot worse fromthere
for France, which was making its
Olympic debut.
The Americans bottled up
Frances flashy point guard Ce-
line Dumerc, who made only
field goal in the first half and fin-
ished with eight points.
Im just happy to have this
medal around my neck, Dum-
erc saidof her silver. Welost toa
verygoodteamandwemadehis-
tory for womens basketball in
our country.
AP PHOTOS
USAs Maya Moore, left, flashes her gold and celebrates with teammates upon receiving their medals after defeating France on Sat-
urday in London. It was the 41st straight win for the U.S. women in Olympic play.
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Angel McCoughtry jumps on the back of U.S. coach Geno Au-
riemma after the victory. Auriemma wouldnt speculate whether
this team was the greatest of the five gold-medal squads.
ley got the silver in 37.04, equal-
ing the old record that Bolt
helped set at last years world
championships. Trinidad & To-
bago took the bronze in 38.12.
Canada, which was third across
the line, was disqualified for run-
ning outside its lane, and its ap-
peal was rejected.
As Blake and Gay rounded the
races final curve, they were pret-
ty much in sync, stride for stride.
But when that duo was done,
the relay came down to Bolt vs.
Bailey, who was fifth in the 100
meters in 9.88.
Really not a fair matchup.
After transferring the baton to
his right hand, the 6-foot-5 Bolt
churned up the track with his
long-as-can-be strides, andBailey
had no chance to keep up.
Wow, Bailey said. Hes a
monster.
Bolt kept adding to his lead
and actually spared his now-cus-
tomary showboating at the fin-
ish.
He was basically the differ-
ence in the race. It was even all
the way around, Gay said.
Whenhe got the stick, there was
nothing we could do about it.
After seeing the record time,
Bolt began to celebrate, some-
thing he relishes as much as run-
ning, it seems.
He posed with Blake, each do-
ing a signature pose. Bolt did his
To the World move, where he
leans back and points to the sky.
Blake curled his hands as if they
were claws while making a scary
face to match the nickname Bolt
gave him, The Beast.
After removing his spikes, Bolt
danced barefoot to the Euryth-
mics Sweet Dreams (Are Made
of This) as it played on the are-
nas loudspeakers. Later, wearing
his latest gold medal, Bolt waved
his fingers toward the stands, try-
ing to get fans to do the wave.
And they did, of course.
Bolt will turn 26 on Aug. 21,
and already has cast doubt on
whether hell show up for the
2016 Games. As it is, hes a per-
fect 6 for 6 in Olympic finals for
his career, getting gold every
time and setting four world re-
cords in the process.
Bolt came to London with the
stated goal of becoming a living
legend, something he was ready
to declare after his victory in the
200. Before Saturdays race, the
head of track and fields govern-
ing body, Lamine Diack, agreed,
saying the sprinter had entered
the legendary.
Theres a pretty goodcase tobe
made for it.
In the century-plus history of
the modern Olympics, no man
had set world records while win-
ning the 100, 200 and 4x100 relay
until Bolt did it in Beijing.
None had won the 200 meters
twice, let alone completed a 100-
200 double twice until Bolt
did so in 2008 and 2012.
Now hes added a second con-
secutive sprint relay title, too.
And Jamaica did it without Asafa
Powell, who held the 100 world
record from 2005 until Bolt
claimedit in2008 andwas the an-
chor on the Jamaican team that
won the 4x100 four years ago.
No matter. The team drafted a
pretty decent guy to take his
place on the final leg.
And to think: Bolt arrived in
London to a chorus of questions.
Was he completely healthy?
Was he still as fast as the guy who
set the world records of 9.58 for
the 100, and 19.19 for the 200, at
the world championships three
years ago? And, most of all, hav-
ing lost twice to Blake at the Ja-
maican Olympic trials, could
Bolt still claim to be the best in
the world if he wasnt even the
best in his own country?
Three events and three gold
medals provided all the an-
swers.
BOLT
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Juan
Pablo Montoya prefers running
up front, and it grates on him
when he doesnt.
For the second straight week,
he has no reason to beat himself
up going into the race.
Montoya shattered the Sprint
Cup qualifying record at Watkins
Glen International on Saturday.
Montoya won the pole for Sun-
days Finger Lakes 355 with a lap
around the 11-turn, 2.45-mile lay-
out in 69.438 seconds at 127.020
mph.
Kyle Bush set the track record
of 69.767 seconds at 126.421mph
a year ago.
All my life Ive raced to win,
Montoya said after notching his
second straight pole in the series
and ninth of his career. The last
couple of years have been really
frustrating.
Busch qualified second, also
eclipsing the track record. Five-
time Cup champion Jimmie
Johnson was third, followed by
Brad Keselowski and Marcos
Ambrose.
Ryan Newman, five-time Wat-
kins Glen winner Tony Stewart,
Clint Bowyer, Ryan Truex Jr. and
Jamie McMurray rounded out
the top 10.
Points leader Dale Earnhardt
Jr. qualified 16th.
Denny Hamlin and Jeff Burton
were in backup cars after wreck-
ing their primary rides in prac-
tice on Friday, victims of a track
made slippery by Patrick Longs
blown engine. Hamlin was 23rd
and Burton 31st.
Montoya won the pole last
week at Pocono and finished
20th. He has only two top-10 fin-
ishes this seasonandthree DNFs,
one of the main reasons hes 21st
in the points.
Still, he isnt about to concede
with five races remaining before
the Chase for the Sprint Cup
championship.
The only thing you can do is
make sure youre working the
hardest you can, said Montoya,
whose two Cup victories have
come on the road courses at So-
noma and Watkins Glen. Maybe
we still dont have the fastest car,
but if you can play the strategy
right you might come up here
with something and you might
go on to Richmond (the last race
before the postseason) with a
chance of making the Chase. It
would be shocking.
Ambrose won last years race,
besting Busch and Keselowski in
a fender-banging, green-white-
checkered finish. Busch is des-
perate for a victory this time. Hes
fallen out of the top 10 in points
and a win would vault him back
into contentionfor one of the two
wild cards.
The top10 drivers in the points
automatically qualify for NAS-
CARs version of a postseason.
Chasepositions11and12arewild
cards and are awarded to those
drivers between 11th and 20th in
points who have the most wins.
Busch is tied with Gordon, Lo-
gano, and Newman with one vic-
tory apiece, but Gordon has one
of the wild cards. Kasey Kahne,
with two wins and11th in points,
has the other.
For the next five races, its win
or bust, basically, Busch said.
Finishingsecond, thirdor fourth
aint going to get us anywhere.
Johnson, dethroned last year
by Tony Stewart after winning
fivestraight championships, is in-
tent on starting a new streak.
With the overall points being
as close as they are, its tough
now, said Johnson, fourth in
points but only eight out of first.
I want to lead the championship
going into the postseason. Thats
my goal. But there will be some
craziness during the race. We see
that on road courses, period. If
theres a chance to take a risk, I
think youll see a lot of it.
N A S C A R
AP PHOTO
Juan Pablo Montoya hopes his success on Saturdays finally
translates to Sundays. Montoya won the pole for the second
straight week, shattering the course qualifying record.
Record lap earns
Montoya 2nd pole
A week after starting first at
Pocono, the slumping driver
leads the field again.
By JOHN KEKIS
AP Sports Writer
UP NEXT
Finger Lakes 355
Noon today, ESPN
Carl Edwards wins
Nationwide race
WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. Carl
Edwards has won the NASCAR
Nationwide race at Watkins
Glen International.
Edwards, making his first
series start of the season, beat
Brad Keselowski on a two-lap
dash to the checkered flag for
his 38th career victory,
breaking a tie with Kevin
Harvick for third all-time.
Pole-sitter Sam Hornish Jr.
finished third, followed by
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Ron
Fellows.
Kyle Busch, who started
from the back of the field
because his team made
changes to his No. 54 Toyota,
managed to finish sixth despite
shifter and throttle problems.
Danica Patrick, making her
first series start at Watkins
Glen, was taken out on the first
turn of the race by Ryan Truex,
and finished last.
Points leader Elliott Sadler
was 12th.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. The
Panthers reacheda five-year con-
tract extension with running
back Jonathan Stewart on Satur-
day.
Panthers general manager
Marty Hurney says the team is
thrilledtokeepStewart around
toworkwithfellowrunningback
DeAngelo Williams, who re-
ceived a five-year contract last
year, and new fullback Mike Tol-
bert.
The new deal keeps Stewart a
Panther through2017.
Financial terms of the deal we-
rent immediately available.
ESPN, citing sources, reported
thedeal includes $22.5millionin
guaranteed money and is worth
$36.5 millionoverall.
Hurney calls Stewart a play-
maker who came make a differ-
enceingames andthat wehave
seentheimpact heandDeAngelo
Williams have hadonour team.
ThemovecamebeforethePan-
thers opened the preseason Sat-
urday night at home against the
HoustonTexans.
Thedecisionalsoclosesspecu-
lationthe Panthers (No. 20 inAP
Pro32) might attempt to trade
Stewart because of their depthat
running back. Stewart was in the
last year of his contract.
However, Hurneysaidthatwas
never anoption.
We didnt even consider it,
Hurney said. Hes a valuable
player for us. All youhavetodois
look is look at his production. I
thinkyoulookat it as if youtryto
addas manyweapons as possible
on offense, regardless of posi-
tion.
N F L
Panthers Stewart gets 5-year extension
By STEVE REED
AP Sports Writer Schaub makes return, Texans beat Panthers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. Matt Schaub led one scoring drive and threw
an interception in his first action since breaking right foot last
season, and the Houston Texans beat the Carolina Panthers 26-13
on Saturday night in the preseason opener for both teams.
Schaub completed three passes for 52 yards on Houstons
opening drive, including a 22-yard strike on third down the seam to
Owen Daniels to set up a field goal.
Houstons next two possessions ended in turnovers when Arian
Foster fumbled and Schaubs pass was intercepted by linebacker
Jason Phillips on a bad throw over the middle.
Playing without his top weapon Andre Johnson, Schaub finished
3 of 6 for 52 yards for Houston.
Cam Newtons night also was short and not all that productive
for Carolina.
C M Y K
S P O R T S
Its hard to
believe, but we
are almost
halfway
through Au-
gust.
And with all
the back-to-
school commercials appearing
on TV, I can almost feel the
cycling season slipping away.
There was a time when I
would ride well into late No-
vember and early December, but
Im not quite as dedicated (or as
my wife would say, crazy) as I
used to be.
Dont fret, however. Even if
youre like me and your mileage
is lower than you want and your
weight is higher than you would
like, there is still plenty of time
for riding and some great char-
ity group rides left to do.
First up is todays Endure for
a Cure ride to benefit the Amer-
ican Cancer Society.
The ride features 10-, 36- and
62-mile courses. All the routes
feature rest stops, medical sup-
port and a SAG wagon.
Registration is at 7 a.m. today
at Wilkes University. The fee is
$40.
Then next month there is the
Upstate Velos Club Return of
the Great 100.
The ride, scheduled for Sept.
9, will raise money for the
Wounded Warrior Project. It
will feature 31-, 62- and 100-mile
options, all leaving from Lu-
zerne County Community Col-
lege.
But be forewarned even the
31-mile route is a rugged test.
I had a chance to ride the
route about a month ago. The
3,000 feet of climbing along the
route took its toll.
And the dog chasing me just
outside of Shickshinny wasnt
much fun. (But dont worry, the
farm where the dog chased me
did have its cow tied up. So you
dont have to worry about that.)
But if you can survive the
climbs, it certainly is a wonder-
ful ride.
The 62- and 100-mile options
also offer lots of climbing.
The minimum suggested
donation for any of the routes is
$20. Find out more at www.up-
statevelo.com.
Finally theres the Bicycling
Magazine Fall Classic in the
Lehigh Valley on Oct. 7.
This ride allows you to ride
with the editors and writers
from the magazine, and offers
routes of 10, 25, 50 and 90
miles.
And if you are the competitive
type, you will be happy to hear
that the 90-mile ride will be
timed with prizes for top clim-
bers along the course.
Find out more about the Fall
Classic at www.bicycling.com/
fallclassic.
Of course, these are just three
of the many group rides that go
on throughout our region. Keep
an eye on the bulletin board at
your favorite bike shop to find
more.
RACE RESULTS
Speaking of the Lehigh Valley,
David Novak of Tunkhannock
has turned in some impressive
performances down in Trex-
lertown.
Novak, 19, posted a win just
last week in the Fuji Super Tues-
day Pro-Am Series Pro/Cat 1/2
points race. He accomplished
the feat while riding for Pyra-
mid Elite Racing.
He also had a fourth- and
fifth-place finish in the weeks
before his victory.
Summer may be winding down, but the rides continue on
JOE SOPRANO
C Y C L I N G S C E N E
Joe Soprano writes about cycling for
The Times Leader. Reach him at
[email protected] or 829-
7164.
When the average thinks
of wrestling during the
summer they think of the
Summer Olympics.
While that is true, the
Olympics are on a much
bigger stage.
On a smaller landscape,
thousands of high school
grapplers travel all over
the country in hopes of
possibly getting to the
Olympics some day or
achieving the highest med-
al on their current circuit.
Many wrestlers from the
Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence attend camps, clinics,
practices or sessions dur-
ing the summer months to
fine tune their skills in hopes of im-
proving on the previous years finish.
From the time the PIAA says you
can start practicing until the time of
your first meet is only two weeks and
youre really not going to get into the
shape you need to be in that time,
Wyoming Valley West head coach
Drew Feldman said. If you want to
compete and be ready to go, you have
got be working all summer long.
One of the most popular clinics is
at Wilkes University where Colonels
head coach Jon Laudenslager runs the
show. For $150 per athlete, they not
only get instruction but have access
to the facility. Grapplers from Cough-
lin, Crestwood, Dallas, Meyers and
Wyoming Valley West were among
the numerous on hand every Thurs-
day and Sunday night at Wilkes
Marts Center for the courses.
The Spartans Kyle Krasavage, who
will begin his senior year in a few
weeks, was a state qualifier as a fresh-
man and was close to qualifying the
next two seasons. Hes even coming
off a stellar summer where he earned
an All-American finish with a gold
medal at the AAU Disney Duals in
Orlando, Fla., took sixth at the Junior
National Tournament, was first at the
Eastern Nationals and earned an
eighth-place medal for his team at the
NHSCA Duals.
Even though that seems like a lot of
accomplishments in one offseason, he
would still like to improve.
You get to wrestle different people
and see different styles and see a lot
more stuff. Different coaches, Kra-
savage said. You got to get better.
Perfect practice makes perfect. I think
wrestling 11 months out of the year
instead of three months out of the
year makes a big difference.
Like Krasavage, Coughlins Bobby
Hawkins is another of many locals
who have traveled all over
the country this summer.
Hawkins, who will be a
sophomore when school
resumes in a few weeks,
wrestled in over 100
matches this summer
traveling to places such as
Virginia Beach, Va., Lake
Placid, N.Y., and New
Jersey in an attempt to
improve on last years
regional qualifying experi-
ence.
It makes you better for
high school and to stay in
shape, Hawkins said. If
youre not in shape for
high school youre not
going to perform as well.
Almost all of the wres-
tlers in the area go to
some sort of offseason workout.
There certainly isnt a shortage of
them locally. Wyoming Seminary
hosted a Futures Wrestling Camp and
Lake-Lehman was site for the Eagles
Way Wrestling Clinic, which both
were flooded with numerous top col-
legiate names instructing at each
location.
Those clinics helped wrestlers in
two ways. Not only did they get top-
notch instruction but they also got
possible recognition from some of the
elite collegiate programs in the coun-
try. Theres even a year-round clinic in
Luzerne Rock Solid, which is in-
structed by the most famous wres-
tling brothers in District 2, Rocky and
Ricky Bonomo.
From a recruiting standpoint, its
great if you plan on wrestling in col-
lege, said Eagles Way Wrestling Clin-
ics director Jack Davis. Wrestling is
a thing where you share a lot of in-
formation with one another. It doesnt
hurt to share with others.
Whether its to fine tune skills or
get recognized in the sport, one thing
is for sure about wrestling: its no
longer just a sport for the winter
months. Its now a year-round activity.
H. S. WRESTL I NG
Locals take advantage of camps to hone their skills
High school wrestling season doesnt begin for a few months. But the preparation goes on year round for locals, such as
Dallas Dominic DeGraba (top) and Wyoming Valley Wests James Wright, during a summer workout at Wilkes University.
A year-round effort
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
[email protected]
Kyle Krasavage of Wyoming Valley West is one of several local
wrestlers to enroll at summer camp sessions offered by Wilkes
coach Jon Laudenslager at the Marts Center.
Perfect practice makes per-
fect. I think wrestling 11
months out of the year in-
stead of three months out of
the year makes a big differ-
ence.
Kyle Krasavage
Wyoming Valley West senior
BATONROUGE, La. All the
workTyrannMathieuhadput into
oneof hisbiggest weaknesses, cov-
ering receivers one-on-one, had
gotten quarterback Zach Metten-
bergers attention.
He made huge strides in being
able to be a lock-down cover cor-
ner. That was a
big thing he
wanted to work
on this offsea-
son, Metten-
berger said,
thenadded, We
got to look to
the young guys
to make plays
now.
On Saturday, LSU scrimmaged
without Mathieu, a 2011 Heisman
Trophy finalist who was kicked off
the team Friday for what was re-
portedly the latest of several failed
drugtests since his arrival oncam-
pus in 2010.
With Tharold Simon, LSUs
most experienced pass defender,
lined up at one cornerback slot,
Mettenberger said he didnt have
to be toldto throwinthe direction
of freshman cornerback Jalen
Mills, who took most of the snaps
Mathieu would have had with the
first-teamdefense.
Were going to pick on those
young guys ... and see how they
handle the pressure, Mettenberg-
ersaid. Millshashadagreat camp
sofar. Hes got a lot of talent. ... Im
looking for big things fromhim.
As for Mathieu, hes looking for
another place to play this season.
He already has visited McNeese
State, anFCSschool inLake Char-
les, La., about a 3 1/2 hour drive
west on Interstate 10 from his na-
tive NewOrleans.
Mathieus departure left LSU
with major voids to fill both on de-
fense and special teams. Mathieu
had a knack for causing turnovers
as a blitzer and making tacklers
miss as a punt returner.
LSU players, including Metten-
berger and veteran offensive line-
man Josh Dworaczyk, agreed it
would be pointless to deny how
good Mathieu was and howmuch
it hurts to lose himas a playmaker
andateammate. At thesametime,
they stressed that great teams
must be able to overcome the loss
of top players.
I watchedhimcomealongway,
so losing him is going to hurt,
Dworaczyk, a sixth-year senior,
saidof Mathieu. We all took it up-
on (ourselves) as the leadership of
this teamtoreally turntothe back
of the (team meeting) room and
look at the younger guys and say,
All right, whos going to step up?
Whos going to be the next guy
thats going to fill in this position?
We have things todothis year,
Dworaczyk continued. Some-
thing we always do here at LSUis,
through adversity, we continue to
move forward.
In meetings involving both the
full team and those broken down
into position groups Friday eve-
ning, veteran leaders spent a good
half hour or soleadingdiscussions
about the life lessons to be
learned from Mathieus departure
and the importance of responding
with even greater purpose as the
Sept. 1 season opener against
North Texas approaches.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
LSU goals
remain
unchanged
By BRETT MARTEL
AP Sports Writer
Mathieu
SYLVANIA, Ohio For the
lead groups, the final round of
the Jamie Farr Toledo Classic
will be just like a friendly round
back home in South Korea.
Oh, and give the winner a
check for $195,000.
South Koreans Jiyai Shin, Kim,
So Yeon Ryu and Hee Kyung Seo
dominated the leaderboard,
sharing the top spot at 11-under
202 on Saturday through the
third round.
Two more South Koreans, In-
bee Park (69) and second-round
leader Chella Choi (70), were a
shot back along with Japans Mi-
ka Miyazato (69).
Call them the Seoul sisters.
It will be really exciting Sun-
day, said Kim, who will be chas-
ing her fourth career LPGA Tour
victory. These are players that I
grew up with. I know them per-
sonally and I know their family
issues and all that. So, even
though were playing in the U.S.,
having them around I feel much
more at home.
South Koreans have not only
flooded (43 of themon the roster
this year) but also dominated the
LPGA Tour in recent years. Still,
they have seldom taken over a
tournament like the one at High-
land Meadows. In addition to fill-
ing the top four spots and six of
the top seven, South Korea was
represented by players occupy-
ing seven of the top 11 positions
and 11 of the top 25 through 54
holes.
Even though they are extreme-
ly competitive, dont expect any
gamesmanship.
There are a lot of Korean play-
ers on tour, said Shin, who has
won eight times in LPGA events
since 2008, including victories in
the 2010 U.S. Womens Open and
the 2008 Womens British Open.
We are very close because we
came over to play in the U.S. We
were homesick, missing our
friends and family in Korea. And
that has made us close to each
other.
Shin and Kim each shot 5-un-
der 66 for the low rounds of the
day, while Ryu had a 67 and Seo a
68.
The range in scores of the four
leaders is a high of 69 to a low of
66. In other words, almost the
perfect definition of consistency.
Ryu acknowledged that, then
added, Sometimes someone is
crazy and has a low score like
a 61 or 62.
Its not really surprising that
the South Korean contingent is
elbowing everyone else out of
the picture at the Jamie Farr. Af-
ter all, the player who is the ma-
triarch of her countrys players
on the LPGA Tour Se Ri Pak
has won the Farr five times.
And three other players from
South Korea Mi Hyun Kim,
Eunjung Yi and Na Yeon Choi
also have finished first in subur-
ban Toledo.
In fact, since Pak won her first
Farr in1998, South Koreans have
walked off with the title eight of
the 13 years.
P R O G O L F
S. Koreans
share lead
in LPGA
Farr event
By RUSTY MILLER
AP Sports Writer
C M Y K
S P O R T S
OUTDOORS
THE NORTH MOUNTAIN BRANCH OF
THE QUALITY DEER MANAGE-
MENT ASSOCIATION will host a
Family Fun Activity Day on Saturday,
Aug. 25 at the Factoryville Sports-
mens Club in Factoryville. The event
will feature a 30-target 3D shoot,
claybird shooting, horseshoe tourna-
ment and a chicken BBQ dinner. A gun
raffle and 50/50 drawing will also be
held. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and
dinner is served between noon and 4
p.m. For more information or to regis-
ter, contact Chris Denmon at 477-2238
or Linda Coolbaugh at 836-2765.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FISH & BOAT
COMMISSION will host a Family
Fishing Program from 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Wednesday at the Wilkes-Barre River
Commons Fishing Pier.This program is
being offered in partnership with the
Riverfront Parks Committee (www.riv-
erfrontparks.org) and the Luzerne
County Keystone Active Zone (KAZ)
Passport program (www.kazpass-
port.org). The program is free, open to
the public and a fishing license will not
be required.
The program is designed for families
with children ages eight and older
with little or no fishing experience.
Families will learn about safety, fishing
tackle, regulations and basic tech-
niques like casting and knot tying.
Participants will also be given the
opportunity to fish together as a
family.
Equipment and bait will be provided.
Participants are encouraged to bring a
chair and drinking water. Meet at the
River Common fishing pier located
along the Susquehanna River in
Wilkes-Barre. A map and directions
are available at the Riverfront Parks
Committee website at www.riverfront-
parks.org.
Registration is required and available
online by visiting the Family Fishing
Program schedule at http://fishand-
boat.com/fish_fundamentals.htm.
HUNTS FOR HEALING will host its first
Red, White and Blue Rally from11
a.m.-7 p.m. on Aug. 19 at the American
Legion Post 510 in Laceyville. The
family event will feature a chicken
barbecue, hot dogs, hamburgers,
raffles, 50/50 drawing and a baked
goods sale.
NESCOPECK STATE PARK will hold a
birds and butterflies walk today with
enthusiast Jonathan Debalko. The
walk will meander around the butter-
fly garden and lake in search of birds
and butterflies.
Wear sturdy walking shoes and bring
binoculars if you have them. The park
will have a small supply available to
borrow.
This is also a Junior Bird Club event. Kids
ages 9 and up are invited to attend
the birds and butterflies program.
There is a one-time $5 fee for new
members. This club is supported by
the Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon
Society.
If you need an accommodation to partic-
ipate in park activities due to a dis-
ability, contact the park or make
inquiries through the Pennsylvania
AT&T Relay Service at 888-537-7294
(TTY). Bureau of State Parks staff will
gladly discuss how to accommodate
your needs. With at least three days
notice, interpreters for people who are
deaf or hard of hearing are available
for educational programs.
HICKORY RUN STATE PARK NAT-
URALIST MEGAN TAYLOR will host
the ninth hike in the 2012 Hickory Run
State Park Hiking Series at 9 a.m. on
Aug. 19. The 2.5 mile hike is classified
as difficult. Meet at the Hawk Falls
Trailhead on Route 534, east of the
park office. This hike will feature some
small but very steep and rocky sec-
tions on Hawk Falls and Orchard Trail
Loop.
For more information, contact Taylor at
[email protected] or 570-
403-2006.
DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION
AND NATURAL RESOURCES VOL-
UNTEER DAVID KRUEL will host an
early morning beginners bird walk at
8 a.m. on Aug. 25 at Nescopeck State
Park to celebrate the Global Birding
Initiatives Pledge to Fledge pro-
gram. From Aug. 24-26, birders across
six continents will be sharing their
interest in birds by bringing friends
and other non-birders out to truly see
and enjoy birds for the first time. The
goal of the program is to share enthu-
siasm toward bird watching to trans-
form non-birders and casual birders
into citizens concerned about bird
conservation and the environment.
This program is free and will meet at the
wood bridge near the education
center at Nescopeck State Park. A
limited number of binoculars will be
available. Please wear sturdy shoes
and bring water along. Registration is
required by calling 403-2006.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CON-
SERVATION AND NATURAL RE-
SOURCES will host a bus tour high-
lighting seven sites throughout Lu-
zerne County that showcase a variety
of management techniques such as
riparian buffers, rain gardens, parking
lot bio-infiltration, grass parking pads,
green roofs, pollinator gardens, native
grassland meadows, community
gardens and more.
The tour, which was also organized by
Penn State Cooperative Extension and
PA Environmental Council, will be held
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., on Sept. 20. Par-
ticipants will begin at the Kirby Park
Natural Area in Wilkes-Barre, where
they will board a charter bus and
travel to the Plains Animal Hospital,
Lands at Hillside Farm, Butler Town-
ship Community Garden/Center for
Landscape Stewardship and Design,
Life Expression Wellness Center, and
Nescopeck State Park.
The cost for the program is $30 which
includes the bus tour, lunch, and a
tour booklet highlighting our stops.
Tour sponsorships are also available.
For more information and to register
please contact the Penn State Cooper-
ative Extension at 825-1701.
BUL L E T I N
BOARD
P
ut me in the middle of a city
with no map or GPS, and Ill get
lost in a second.
The asphalt streets turn into an
urban maze with left and right turns
that seem to offer no way out.
While I admit my navigational skills
are lacking on the paved city streets,
its a different story on a dirt road.
I never get lost.
Im right where I want to be.
When the tires hit the gravel, driv-
ing doesnt feel like the stressful chore
that it is in the city.
And I know exactly why.
Dirt roads offer a sense of adventure
and anticipation. Surrounded by
mountains or fields, you never know
what youre going to see along a dirt
road.
Last week I spent much of the day
driving the dirt roads in Bradford
County. My friend Keith Goyne and I
went up for a day of farm pond bass
fishing, which is about as relaxing an
activity as there is.
But the enjoyment doesnt begin
with the first cast. It starts when we
turn off the pavement and onto the
dusty, dirt roads.
Thats when the foot eases off the
gas pedal a bit, the air-conditioning is
turned off and the windows go down
to let the fresh air in.
But the truck isnt the only thing
that slows down on a dirt road.
Life does as well.
Our destination was a farm pond in
Wilmot Township that Keith and I
have fished for years. Its loaded with
feisty largemouths, slab panfish and
chunky bullheads.
And the best part about it is it takes
miles of dirt roads to get there.
As a light dust cloud kicked up
behind our slow moving pickup, the
stress and hurry of everyday life oozed
away. We spotted does with fawns out
in the hayfields, a buck standing in the
shade of an apple tree and a hen tur-
key with poults chasing insects in the
tall grass.
We marveled at the towering moun-
tains in the distance and the ancient
barns that still stood as landmarks
along our route. We reminisced about
all the years we traveled these very
dirt roads, beginning not long after we
turned 16, and felt relief to see familiar
sites that hadnt changed.
When you travel a dirt road, you
have time to observe, recollect and
appreciate.
Highways and interstates may be the
main arteries to and from a destina-
tion, but if you really want to get to
know an area in its purest form, take a
dirt road.
Theyll take you over mountains,
through shaded hollows and across
expanses of farm fields places that
are nothing but a blur along a high-
way.
Dirt roads are the heart of a rural
area, but they are becoming fewer and
fewer as progress buries them under
a layer of asphalt.
Its a shame to think that future
generations may never know what its
like to hear the gravel crunch and pop
under the tires and see the dust rise
up in the rear view mirror.
Much like old barns, dirt roads are
vanishing from the rural landscape.
After fishing until dark, we loaded
the boat in the back of the truck and
reluctantly began the drive back home.
The dirt roads that welcomed us
earlier in the day now guided us back,
though neither of us wouldve minded
getting lost and prolonging the trip a
little bit longer.
But we didnt.
We couldnt.
I just cant get lost on a dirt road.
Surrounded by trees, fields and
wildlife, if Im on a dirt road Im al-
ways exactly where I want to be.
TOM VENESKY
O U T D O O R S
Dirt roads offer
a great route
to serendipity
Tom Venesky covers the outdoors for The
Times Leader. Reach him at tvenesky@time-
sleader.com
Suskie Bassmasters
(Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the
Nesbitt ParkBoat Launch in Wilkes-
Barre (www.suskiebassmasters.co-
morwww.teamrosencrans.org):
Aug. 8 results (44 anglers):
1. Alan Casal - 17 inches, 2.49 lbs.
2. Larry Fetterhoof - 17 5/8 inches,
2.21 lbs.
3. Frank Slymock-16 3/8 inches, 2.02
lbs.
4. Bill Jenkins - 15 inches, 1.91 lbs.
5. DavidM. McGovern- 145/8inches,
1.76 lbs.
Small fish pool winner Ed Mroch-
ko - .81 lbs.
Top 10 Season Standings
(total weight in pounds):
1. Chris Ostrowski - 12.00 lbs.
2. Jim Lacomis - 11.49 lbs.
3. Chuck Saypack- 11.18 lbs.
4. Larry Fetterhoof - 10.64 lbs.
5. Frank Slymock - 10.35 lbs.
6. John Centak - 10.22 lbs.
7. Hunter Lacomis - 9.99 lbs.
8. Joe Halesey - 9.89 lbs.
9. Jeremy Miller - 9.78 lbs.
10. Ed Mrochko - 9.69 lbs.
Harveys Lake Wednesday Night
Bass Tournament
(Every Wednesday, 6-9 p.m. at the
state boat launch; for more informa-
tion, call Duke Dalley at 991-0080):
Aug. 8 results
(27 boats, 52 anglers):
1. Mike Adamshick - 4.60 lb. large-
mouth
2. Bob Strunk - 4.39 lb. largemouth
3. John Niezgo - 3.15 lb. smallmouth
4. Rob Polish - 2.91 lb. smallmouth
5. Travis Doty - 2.65 lb. largemouth
Top 10 Season Standings
(total weight in pounds):
1. Greg Mikulski 19.42 lbs.
2. Dave Brill 17.36 lbs.
3. John Niezgoda - 16.44 lbs.
4. Gary Mikulski - 15.98 lbs.
5. Mike Adamshick - 15.15 lbs.
6. Greg Mikulski Sr. - 14.18 lbs.
7. Ken Kosloski - 13.70 lbs.
8.Jim Quinn - 12.90 lbs.
9. Dave Harrison - 12.68 lbs.
10. Tom Bralczyk - 12.25 lbs.
Upcoming Tournaments
Catching Dreams at
Harveys Lake Tournament
Aug. 19, registration begins at 5 a.m.
and tournament runs from 6 a.m. to 2
p.m.; open buddy tournament; all pro-
ceeds benefit Catch A Dream Founda-
tion. For more information, call Nicole
OConnor at 639-7114 or Clarence Ho-
gan at 793-5187.
A bass tournament will be held at
White Oaks Pond in Wayne County on
Aug. 26, at thePFBCboat launch. Reg-
istration opens at 4:30 a.m. and tour-
nament runs fromsafe light until 1 p.m.
Fee is $40 per team and a $10 lunker
option. For more information, contact
Vincent Sabatiniatbasslunk-
[email protected], or Christopher Jone-
[email protected] 991-6176.
PA BassCasters
Lake Carey Open Buddy Tourna-
ment on Sept. 2; Begins at safe light
and weigh-in is at 2 p.m.; registration
and boat check open at 4:45 a.m.
WEEKLY BASS TOURNAMENT RESULTS
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat
Commission wants to make the
churning water that spills out of sev-
eral of the states large reservoirs a bit
more wild.
Last month, the PFBC board voted
to draft a policy that would develop
tailwaters into wild trout fisheries, ri-
valing those found in the western
United States.
Right now, Pennsylvania has plenty
of dams but not manyworldclass wild
trout tailwater fisheries. Six dams in
the state are under consideration, in-
cluding the Francis E. Walter Damon
the Lehigh River.
The key to transforming their tail-
waters into wild trout fisheries is cold
water, something that has long been
an issue with the Lehigh River.
Because the Walter Dam can only
release water from the bottom of the
pool, much of the coldwater is used
up by mid-summer, according to
Dean Druckenmiller, president of the
Lehigh Coldwater Fishery Alliance.
Our goal is to get water releases
that are conducive for trout survival,
and right now you cant do that, he
said. Water needs to be discharged
from the surface in the spring, and
that coldwater at the bottomneeds to
held for later in the summer, but the
tower cant discharge from multiple
levels.
Despite the challenge, Drucken-
miller was enthusiastic about the
agencys new focus on tailwater fish-
eries. Thepolicyshows that thePFBC
is serious about enhancing trout fish-
ing in the tailwaters, he said.
As a group we can only do so
much. We need to have the PFBC on
board, Druckenmiller said. This
isnt only for the Lehigh River, its for
trout fishing in Pennsylvania.
Commissioner Norm Gavlick, who
represents the northeast region, said
installing additional release points on
the existing dam at Francis E. Walter
is impossible. Constructing a new
tower is a long-range, expensive pro-
posal, he said.
Still, the idea is being studied by
Tailwater plan could create wild trout fisheries
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission recently drafted a proposal to enhance wild trout fisheries on sev-
eral tailwaters in the state, including the Lehigh River. Pictured are the tailwaters of the Francis E. Walter Dam in
White Haven.
Something wild
By TOMVENESKY
[email protected]
A proposed PPL power line would cross several tributaries of the upper
Lehigh River, which flows into the Francis E. Walter Dam in Luzerne Coun-
ty.
Dams being considered
Dams being considered by the PFBC
as candidates for creating tailwater
trout fisheries:
Francis E. Walter Dam on the
Lehigh River Luzerne and Carbon
counties
Quemahoning Reservoir
Somerset County
Lake Wallenpaupack Pike and
Wayne counties
Raystown Dam Huntingdon
County
Cannonsville Reservoir
Delaware County, New York (on the
Delaware River which flows into
Pennsylvania)
Beltzville Dam Carbon County
See TAILWATER, Page 11C
C M Y K
S P O R T S
the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers, which owns the dam, and
Gavlick said some of the findings
are encouraging.
According to early model pro-
jections, by releasing water from
different levels, we can keep the
temperature at less than 68 de-
grees for almost 30 miles down-
river, Gavlick said.
Even without a new tower, the
PFBC is still considering the tail-
waters of the dam for improve-
ment under the new policy. The
agency also works with the
USACEtomonitor andadjust wa-
ter releases to maintain colder
temperatures as long into the
summer, and as far down river, as
possible.
We also have to work with the
rafting interest as well and keep
everybodyhappywiththerelease
schedule, Gavlick said.
The new focus on tailwaters
could also bring about some
changes in regards to stocking
trout. Because the shift would
now be on wild trout, Gavlick
said stocking points could be
moved downriver away from the
tailwaters.
He didnt think anglers would
mind the change as long as the
wild trout fishery was viable.
When you talk with anglers,
they understand that mixing
stockedtrout withwildtrout isnt
a good idea, Gavlick said. If we
can make the Lehigh River tail-
waters similar to the wild trout
fishery on the Delaware River, I
think it would be advantageous
for anglers and the local econo-
my.
Druckenmiller said the eco-
nomic impact of a wild trout fish-
ery could be significant to the ar-
ea. He referred to a Trout Unlim-
ited estimate that states tailwa-
ter wild trout fisheries generate
$1million per river mile to the lo-
cal economy each year.
Anglers may not travel as far to
fish for stocked trout, Drucken-
miller said, but they dont mind
venturing a ways for the wild va-
riety.
The rivers out west are thriv-
ing wild trout fisheries and they
are huge economic machines, he
said. People will travel a long
ways to fish for wild trout.
Druckenmiller hoped the
PFBC would continue its strong
push toward enhancing the tail-
water fisheries in the state and
added his group will help when-
ever its needed.
The PFBC needs to take the
lead on this, but at the same time
it has tobe a collaborative effort,
Druckenmiller said. Its hard for
theagencystaff toknowall thein-
tricate details of every trout fish-
ery in the state. Theres just too
many.
Although the tailwater plan is
still in the beginning stages and
could cost quite a bit to imple-
ment, Gavlick is optimistic.
Its a bigproject totake on, but
if it succeeds it will set the stan-
dard for creating wild trout fish-
eries, he said.
TAILWATER
Pheasant farm tours
The Pennsylvania Game Commis-
sion will offer public tours of its four
game farms on Sunday, Sept. 30. Guid-
ed tours are scheduled to begin at noon
and conclude by 3 p.m., rain or shine,
at the game farms in Armstrong, Craw-
ford and Lycoming (two farms) coun-
ties.
The tours are designed to provide
the public an opportunity to learn
more about the Game Commissions
game farms and our pheasant propaga-
tion program, said Carl G. Roe, Game
Commission executive director. While
pheasants are not a native species to
Pennsylvania, or the United States for
that matter, the Game Commissions
pheasant-stocking program continues
to be a service in high demand, pro-
vides a tangible product for the license
buyer, and adds diversity to todays
hunting experience at a time when
wild pheasant populations are low.
Tour stops will include hatcheries,
brooder houses, and rearing, grow-
out and over-wintering pens. Work-
shop discussions will focus on ob-
jectives in propagation management,
including sportsmens organizations
participating in raising day-old chicks
provided by the farms to increase local
hunting opportunities and surplus
day-old hen chicks that are sold to the
public. Also, after registration and
before taking the tour, visitors may
view a brief DVD highlighting farm
operations throughout the year.
When visitors arrive on tour dates,
they will be asked to register before
game farm personnel take them on a
guided tour. In order to maintain bio-
security and minimize human contact
with the birds, visitors will be asked to
remain with tour groups.
Since budget cuts in 2005, the agen-
cy reduced the production of ring-
necked pheasants from 200,000 birds
to 100,000 birds annually at the Game
Commissions game farms, and the
agency temporarily closed one of the
game farms.
Thanks to recent revenues from
Marcellus Shale-related gas leases on
State Game Lands, the agency has
increased its production level to dis-
tribute 200,000 birds for the 2012-13
hunting seasons, and we reopened the
fourth game farm in 2010 to reach that
production level, Roe said. Also, in
recent years, the Game Commission
has invested in many long overdue
game farm infrastructure improve-
ments.
With the increase to 200,000 pheas-
ants being stocked for the 2012-13
seasons, Roe said he hopes hunters
have an even better pheasant hunting
experience in the upcoming seasons.
Were expecting hunters will see
more pheasants in the field, because
the Game Commission will be stocking
pheasants during the first four weeks of
the seasons, which is two weeks more
than in recent years, Roe said. Be-
cause of these improvements and ex-
panded production, we encourage
pheasant hunters, as well as other
interested individuals, to participate in
our public tours of the four game
farms.
Goals for the pheasant propagation
program are found in the agencys
pheasant management plan, which can
be viewed on the agencys website
(www.pgc.state.pa.us) by putting your
cursor over Hunt/Trap in the menu
bar at the top of the page, then clicking
on Hunting and then choosing
Pheasant from the Small Game
listing.
Directions to the local game farms
are as follows:
Loyalsock Game Farm: Lycoming
County, 136 Game Farm Rd., Mon-
toursville, Pa., 17754. The game farm is
five miles north of Montoursville on
Route 87, but the Route 973 bridge
over the Loyalsock Creek still is out
due to last years flood. The game farm
is 1.5 miles east of Warrensville on
Route 973. Follow Warrensville Road
5.7 miles north to Warrensville from
the Warrensville Road exit (Exit 23) of
Interstate 80. Tour starts at the hatch-
ery.
Northcentral Game Farm: Lycoming
County, 1609 Proctor Rd., William-
sport, Pa., 17701. The game farm is 18
miles north of Montoursville off of
Route 87. Tour starts at the hatchery of
the Proctor (northern) farm.
Roe noted that information regard-
ing pheasant stocking plans will be
announced in September.
OUTDOORS NEWS
The Luzerne County Sports Hall of
Fame will induct the class of 2012 at a
ceremony to be held Aug. 19, at the
Ramada Inn on Public Square.
Tickets to the 28th annual induction
banquet must be purchased in ad-
vance. For more information, call
824-7133.
Merle Bainbridge
Football team captain and class
president, he was the quarterback at
West Pittston High School, a two-year
starter on the basketball team, and a
track and field standout.
His football career continued as
quarterback at Lafayette. He also
earned a masters degree from Temple.
A first-team West Side Conference
performer in football, he finished third
in the javelin in his senior year.
Bainbridge went on to coach six
seasons at West Pittston and a year as
an assistant at Wyoming Area. He was
also the head coach at Spring-Ford for
11 seasons and an assistant at Coates-
ville for three seasons and Ursinus
College for 13, serving as defensive
coordinator.
He retired in 1994 after 34 years
serving his communities as a teacher.
Bainbridge and his wife, Alberta, live
in Royersford. They have two sons,
Merle Jr. and Mark, and six grand-
children, Ian, Emily, Max, Weston,
Mariah and Matthew.
John P. Gorham
Currently the principal at Nanti-
coke, he was a track standout for
Wyoming Valley West and Penn State
who reached the U.S. Olympic trials in
2004.
With the Nittany Lions, Gorham set
a number of records and was a four-
time All-American specializing in the
long jump. He won an IC4A champion-
ship and placed multiple times at the
Big Ten Championships.
He won a PIAA long jump title as a
senior at Wyoming Valley West, where
he was also sixth in the triple jump
and a 100 meters semifinalist. He set a
long jump record for the Spartans
and District 2 with a leap of 24 feet.
Gorham won four district champion-
ships at Wyoming Valley West.
Gorham resides in Kingston with his
wife, Tracey, and their four children,
twins Cole and Jack, 9, Noah, 6, and
Gracen, 4 months.
Kevin Gryboski
The former major league pitcher
played in six organizations in a 15-year
professional career.
Gryboski was best known for his
time with the Atlanta Braves, where he
was a set-up man in their vaunted
bullpen during their dominance of the
National League East.
He was also a member of the Mari-
ners, Rangers, Nationals, Pirates and
Giants organizations, and received
Rookie of the Year consideration in
2002 with the Braves. He went 2-1
with a 3.48 ERA in 57 games in his
major-league debut season. He retired
with a 12-8 career record and a 4.07
ERA in 238 major league games.
Gryboski was a two-sport standout
at Bishop Hoban and then Wilkes. The
Venetia resident is married (wife
Leah) and has two
children (K.J., 7, and
Kaylee, 6).
William James
An all-state honor-
able mention as a
senior at Nanticoke,
he was a member of
the schools Class 3A state basketball
championship team, which defeated
Hickory Township 56-46 at the Farm
Show Arena in Harrisburg.
James averaged 17 points and 14
rebounds during his varsity basketball
career, scoring more than 1,100 points
for the Trojans. He was the Wyoming
Valley All-Star MVP as a senior. He
also batted around .333 during four
varsity seasons with the Nanticoke
baseball team.
He went on to play Sunday baseball
in the Wyoming Valley League and
modified fast-pitch softball in New
Jersey for 25 years, winning more than
200 games as a pitcher and batting
better than .400 as a pitcher, center
fielder and shortstop.
James is employed by the New Jer-
sey District Water Commission. He
lives with his wife, Anna, in Totowa,
N.J.
Richie Kiewlak
A standout at Nanticoke, he was a
member of the schools Class 3A state
basketball championship team of 1961.
Kiewlak scored nearly 700 points in
two varsity seasons with the Trojans
and was an all-state honorable men-
tion. He also played four varsity sea-
sons with the Nanticoke baseball
team, batting .444 during his junior
and senior seasons.
He went on to an eight-year career
playing semi-pro baseball, batting .375.
He prowess on the diamond led to a
tryout with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Kiewlak retired from U.S. Steel
Corporation and currently lives in
Fairless Hills. He and his wife, Patri-
cia, have been married 46 years. They
have two sons, Richard Jr. and David,
and three grandchildren, Eric, David
and Ryan.
Kenny Legins
The two-time all-state basketball
player at Nanticoke (1960-61) went on
to play Division I college basketball at
George Washington, accepting one of
39 scholarship offers he received.
Legins scored 607 points as a senior
at Nanticoke and posted nearly 2,000
points during his high school career,
which he capped with a Class 3A state
championship in 1961.
At George Washington, he was a
three-time All-Southern Conference
selection as well as captain of the
Colonials for his final three seasons at
the university.
He became a teacher and coached
basketball, advancing professionally to
retire as vice president of Abitibi Bo-
water Paper Co., in 2008. He resides in
Plymouth, Mass., with his wife, Barba-
ra. They have two sons, Kenneth Jr.
and Keith.
Bob McFadden
Currently a wrestling official in the
PIAA and the NCAA, he was a three-
sport standout at Meyers in the 1980s
for his efforts in cross country, wres-
tling, and track and field.
McFadden was a three-time letter
winner in cross country, qualifying for
states in 1986. In track and field, he
won district gold and silver while
helping the Mohawks to a state team
championship.
His featured sport was wrestling,
where he was 95-9-2 including an
undefeated record in 55 dual match-
ups. He won two Northeast Regionals
and twice placed third in the state. He
continued wrestling at Bucknell,
where he posted a 12-8 record in two
seasons with the Bison.
He also played nearly a decade of
modified softball as a sharp-hitting
second baseman. He earned a bache-
lors degree from Wilkes and a masters
from Misericordia. He lives in Sugar
Notch with his wife, Tracy, and chil-
dren, Scott and Todd.
Dave Anthony Shipula
He starred in youth baseball and
basketball in Hanover Township and
college at Kings, which he sand-
wiched around time as a student-ath-
lete in Virginia.
Shipula attended Staunton (Va.)
Military Academy for high school,
where he played basketball for four
years. As a senior, he was the teams
outstanding player. He averaged 16
points and 18 rebounds per game.
At Kings, he was a starter for two
seasons on the basketball team and
was a Division II All-ECAC honoree
during his junior campaign. Shipula
extended his basketball career by
playing in France in 1977.
Since college, he has been an avid
softball player and coached a number
of youth leagues, and has served on
the PIAA Oversight Council. Shipula
has been active in the community in a
number of causes as well.
He lives in Hanover Township
with his wife, Sharon, and three
children, Alexis, David and
Alyssa.
Jill Hockenbury Snowdon
A multi-sport athlete in both
high school and college, she
excelled at both levels.
Snowdon played three sea-
sons of soccer at Kings, setting
records for goals in a season
(15) and career (37), assists in a
season (9) and career (24), and
points in a season (39) and
career (98). She was a three-
time MAC all-star.
She also played a season of
basketball and was a member of Kings
first lacrosse team.
She started her college career at
PSU Wilkes-Barre, where she played a
season on the mens soccer team,
scoring one goal.
She played four years of basketball
at Bishop Hoban, scoring more than
800 points and leading the team to the
state Class 3A final. She also played
three seasons with the Hoban soccer
team, taking her junior season off to
join the track team as a sprinter.
Snowdon lives in Dallas with her
husband, Brent, and children William
(6) and Elizabeth (3).
Jeff Snyder
A master of martial arts with three
black belts, he overcame injury to
resume a hall of fame career.
Inducted into the Grandmaster Coal
Hall of Fame in 1991, he was forced to
retire due to injury in 1993 after win-
ning more than 150 awards.
He returned to martial arts in 2009
and has added more than 60 titles
since. He is a 10-time state champion,
with eight of those titles coming in
Pennsylvania.
Snyder had won four national cham-
pionships and two world champion-
ships during his career. He has qual-
ified for three events at the 2012 world
championships and is ranked No. 1 in
the nation in his age group for fighting
in Taekwondo.
He works at Nurse Finders and
Golden Living Center. Snyder lives in
Wilkes-Barre with his wife, Bettie, and
children Brock, 3, and Brooke, 1.
Edmund Chick Witkoski
The star quarterback and basketball
player at Plymouth High School re-
corded one of the longest in state
football history.
In a 1939 game against GAR, Wit-
koski returned a botched punt 107
yards for a touchdown in a 19-13 victo-
ry. He was an All-State honorable
mention selection.
After high school, he joined the Air
Force and continued his football play-
ing as quarterback of the Jackson,
Miss., Air Force Base team.
He went on to operate Eds Market
in Plymouth, and after his retirement,
worked for Darings Market in Dallas.
Witkoski is an avid bowler and polka
dancer, regularly featured on WVIAs
Polka Party.
Witkoski has three stepdaughters,
Theresa Flood, Marge Gushka and
Suzanne Smith, and several grand-
children and great-grandchildren.
L U Z E R N E C O U N T Y S P O R T S H A L L O F FA M E
Eleven set to be inducted next Sunday
The Times Leader staff
Bainbridge Gryboski Kiewlak Gorham James
Legins McFadden Shipula Snowdon Snyder
Witkoski
row, and thats all I can really ask for, so
happy with where I am, McIlroy said.
For Woods, it was a grind on another
windswept day at Kiawah Island.
He failed to birdie the par-5 second
hole, and then badly missed a 4-foot
birdie putt on the next hole. He hit a
spectatorwithafairwaymetal off thetee
at the fourth, pulled a shot into the
mounds short of the par-5 fifth hole and
madeyet anotherbogeyonthepar-5sev-
enth with two poor shots to the right, a
wedge over the green into a waste area
and another missed putt.
He made everything Friday to take a
share of the 36-hole lead. He made noth-
ing Saturday. Woods already was five
shots behindandfacinga 6-foot par putt
ontheeighthholewhenthesirensound-
ed to stop play. He was at 1under.
I got off to a rough start today and
couldnt get anything going, Woods
said through a spokesman. Ill come
back tomorrow morning and see what
happens. There are a lot of holes left to
play.
The wind eased as dark clouds gath-
ered over The Ocean Course, and rain
poured down on this barrier island
about an hour later. The 26 players who
didnt finish the round will return Sun-
day morning. The final round was to be
played in threesomes of both tees, rare
for a major championship.
Woods was about the only player go-
ing the wrong direction.
Singh, the 49-year-old who has not
been in contention at a major in six
years, opened with a 15-foot birdie putt
and made a strong recovery from trou-
ble on the par-5 seventh by making a 25-
foot putt to joinMcIlroy atopthe leader-
board.
Right behind was Adam Scott, show-
ingnosigns sofar of a BritishOpenhan-
gover.
Scott blew a four-shot lead with four
holestoplaylast monthat Royal Lytham
&St. Annes amonthagobyclosingwith
four straight bogeys. He came to life to-
ward the end of his front nine Saturday
fourbirdiesinafive-holestretch, capped
by a 45-foot birdie putt on the ninth.
Scott was at 5-under par. Carl Petters-
son, tied with Woods and Singh at the
start of the round, was at 4 under
through eight holes.
This was the second time this year
Woodshadashareof the36-holeleadgo-
ing into weekend at the majors.
Stopping play might be the best thing
that happened to him and a tough
breakfor BoVanPelt andSteve Stricker,
eachof whomshot 67earlierSaturdayto
climb up the leaderboard as the wind
gained strength.
You never know what the weather
will be like whenthey go back out, said
Van Pelt, the clubhouse leader at 3-un-
der 213. Sotheymight get thegoodend
of it or the badendof it. To me, just glad
tobedone. I didwhat I coulddo, andIm
sure before I go to bed tonight Ill know
kind of where I stand going into tomor-
row.
Not really.
Its the first time since 2008 that the
PGA Championship didnt complete
three rounds on Saturday.
Unfortunately, the weather gods
turned against us today, said Kerry
Haigh, the PGAs managing director of
championships.
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derstorms today; partly cloudy tonight.
The Poconos
Highs: 84-88. Lows: 67-72. Chance of
morning thunderstorms today. Partly
cloudy tonight.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 74-82. Lows: 54-63. Scattered
thunderstorms today into tonight.
The Finger Lakes
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Question: With seem-
ingly stable compa-
nies such as AIG,
JPMorgan (Chase),
Fannie Mae, Freddie
Mac, Lehman Broth-
ers, MF Global and
Peregrine having
financial problems, how safe are in-
vestor monies held/deposited with
national brokers such as Scottrade,
(TD) Ameritrade, Vanguard, Schwab
and others?
Answer: Its a shame that people feel
compelled to ask this question, because
it shows how far trust has slipped since
we learned in 2008 and afterward that
we cannot rely on financial companies,
politicians or regulators to protect
investors or taxpayers.
Yet trust is a necessity in making the
economy function well. Paola Sapienza,
a finance professor at Northwestern
University, has studied trust and in-
vesting and oversees a regular survey
on trust. In countries where there is
little trust in the people who handle
investments, even very wealthy people
will not invest in their home stock
market, she said.
She has not polled people specifically
on the breakdown in trust related to the
companies you mentioned. But she says
only 15 percent of Americans say they
trust the stock market, and trust in
banks was the lowest ever in her survey
in June.
The survey was done just after
JPMorgan revealed the giant banking
company suffered a major loss from
trading -- nothing illegal or fraudulent,
but a breakdown in risk management at
the firm.
Only 26 percent of those surveyed
said they trusted banks. In December
2010, trust in banks was at 43 percent,
and in 2008, in the midst of the finan-
cial crisis, it was 40 percent.
Regardless of trust, if your money is
in a bank and the bank collapses, or
there is fraud, your money is protected
up to $250,000 in an account. The
protection comes from the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corp. Before bank-
ing with any organization, see if it falls
within the FDICs coverage.
Credit unions often have federal
protection through the National Credit
Union Administration.
Money in brokerage accounts is also
covered in the case of the collapse of an
institution.
"The Securities Investor Protection
Corp. returns cash, stock and other
securities when a brokerage firm fails,"
said Charles Rotblut, editor of the
American Association of Individual
Investors Journal. If an SIPC-member
brokerage firm goes bankrupt, the SIPC
returns assets held in the account.
SIPC also provides protection against
theft -- cases where securities are stolen
from a brokerage, said SIPC president
Stephen Harbeck. Thats a distinction
from fraud, in which a broker might, for
example, provide false or misleading
information on a security. Accounts are
covered up to $500,000. You can find
information at sipc.org.
Futures are a different matter, as
people with accounts at MF Global or
Peregrine Financial Group have learned
in painful detail lately. There is no
insurance for futures accounts.
Futures firms are supposed to be
monitored through the National Fu-
tures Association and the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, but with
Peregrine and MF Global it appears
that supervision was deficient. MF
Global held a combination of account
types. Commodities and futures cus-
tomers werent covered by the SIPC. In
other words: Buyer beware.
Supervision has failed in too many
cases lately. The most shocking was
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securi-
ties, in which Madoff had been a leader
in the securities industry.
Some Madoff customers were able to
receive money back from SIPC. Har-
beck said those cases fit the definition
of theft rather than fraud.
Still, when going to an investment
firm, make sure your broker is a mem-
ber of the SIPC. And, as a customer,
keep records of all transactions, and
also quarterly statements along with
the statement from the last month.
PERSONAL FINANCE
G A I L M A R K S J A R V I S
With trust low,
check safety
of investments
Gail MarksJarvis is a financial writer at the
Chicago Tribune.
NEWYORKWhats wrong with the
U.S. economy?
Growthcomes infits andstarts. Unem-
ployment has been
more than 8 percent for
three and a half years.
Cutting taxes and inter-
est rates hasnt worked,
at least not enough.
To Joseph Stiglitz,
the Nobel Prize-win-
ning economist, the
economys strange behavior canbe traced
to the growing gap between wealthy
Americans and everyone else.
In his newbook, The Price of Inequal-
ity, he connects surging student loan
debt, the real-estate bubble and many of
thecountrysotherproblemstogreaterin-
equality.
When the rich keep getting richer, he
says, the costs pile up. For instance, its
easier to climb up frompoverty in Britain
and Canada than in the U.S.
Stiglitz has taught at Yale, Oxford and
MIT. He served on President Bill Clin-
tons council of economic advisers, then
left the White House for the World Bank,
where he was the chief economist. Hes
nowa professor at Columbia University.
Below are excerpts from an interview
withTheAssociatedPress, editedforclar-
ity.
Q: The Occupy Wall Street demonstra-
tions are no longer in the news, but you
make the case that income inequality is
more important than ever. Howso?
A: Because its getting worse. Look at
the recent Federal Reserve numbers.
Median wealth fell 40 percent from 2007
to2010, bringingit backtowhereit was in
the early 90s. For two decades, all the in-
crease in the countrys wealth, which was
enormous, went to the people at the very
top.
It may have beena prosperous two dec-
ades. But it wasnt likeweall sharedinthis
prosperity.
The financial crisis really made this
easy tounderstand. Inequality has always
beenjustifiedonthegrounds that thoseat
the top contributed more to the economy
the job creators.
Thencame2008and2009, andyousaw
these guys who brought the economy to
the brink of ruin walking off with hun-
dreds of millions of dollars. And you
couldnt justify that in terms of contribu-
tion to society.
The myth had been sold to people, and
all of a suddenit was apparent toeverybo-
dy that it was a lie.
Q: Markets arent meant to be fair. As
long as we have markets, there are going
to be winners and losers. Whats wrong
with that?
A: Imnot arguingfor theeliminationof
inequality. But the extreme that weve re-
ached is really bad. Particularly the way
its created. We could have a more equal
society and a more efficient, stable, high-
er-growing economy. Thats really the so
what. Even if you dont have any moral
values and you just want to maximize
GDP growth, this level of inequality is
bad.
Q: Youarguethat itsmakingourecono-
my grow more slowly and connect it to
rent- seeking. Thats an economists
term. Can you explain it in laymans
terms?
A: Some people get an income from
working, and some people get an income
Inequality
weighs on
U.S. economy
By MATTHEW CRAFT
AP Business Writer
Stiglitz
See ECONOMY, Page 2D
W
hen Cornell Iron Works looks for future growth,
its gaze shifts overseas.
Were not going to make substantial market
share gains domestically, said Mike Simon, director of in-
ternational sales for the company that makes metal safety
and security doors. If were going to grow, it has to come
from outside the United States.
Powered by companies like Cor-
nell, exports as a share of economic
activity in the Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton region have grown steadily, ac-
cording to a recent study by eco-
nomic research firm IHS Global In-
sight.
The U.S. Metro Economies re-
port, released in July, estimated ex-
ports rose from3.7 percent of gross
metropolitan product in 2005 to 8
percent in 2010.
That made exports a larger share
of the economy in the area com-
prised of Luzerne, Lackawanna and
Wyoming counties than in places
like Boston and Philadelphia, the
report said.
As exports havegrown, sohas the
regions ranking among the 363
metro areas studied. In the decade
between 2001 and 2011, IHS said
growth averaged 3 percent per year
in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton re-
gion, ranking it 278th. While the
rate slowed throughout the nation
as a result of the Great Recession,
the local estimate for 2012 matches
Bill Roushey, left, and Anka Patel, both of Mountain Top, assemble a security grille at Cornell Iron Works.
The company headquartered in the Crestwood Industrial Park is finding increasing growth opportunities
overseas.
EXPORTS FROMNEPA
SHIPPING OUT
Companies find growth overseas
8%
7%
6%
5%
4%
3%
2%
1%
05 06 07 08 09 10
Exports as a percent of Gross Metropolitan
Product in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
Metropolitan Statistical Area, according to
IHS Global Insight, July 2012.
Mark Guydish/The Times Leader
EXPORT GROWTH
By RON BARTIZEK [email protected]
See OVERSEAS, Page 2D
The NEPA Alliance offers vari-
ous forms of export assistance to
regional compa-
nies, including a
local meeting with
Pennsylvanias
international trade
advisors and fi-
nancial support for
overseas business
trips. The latter
are important in establishing fruit-
ful partnerships outside the bor-
ders of the United States, said
Mike Horvath, international busi-
ness development manager at
NEPA Alliance.
If you really want to develop
that relationship you have to meet
the people face-to-face and come
to terms that your interests are
aligned, Horvath said.
Horvath emphasized that com-
panies of all types can participate
in support programs.
No one should think theyre not
able to utilize the programs. We
dont care what size company you
are or what product or service you
have, well try to help, he said.
Among the resources are:
14th Annual "Bringing the
World to Pennsylvania," Sept. 21,
at the Woodlands Inn & Resort,
Plains Township. This year, 19
Pennsylvania trade advisors will be
on hand to meet with local busi-
nesses about developing interna-
tional markets.
Last year, 31 Northeastern Penn-
sylvania businesses participated in
172 one-on-one meetings. Horvath
said hes already received six re-
sponses from a mailing last week.
The meetings and a luncheon are
free, but registration is required.
Global Access Program. The
GAP award is a 1:1 match with a
maximum of $5,000 to help com-
Many forms of export help are available
Horvath_
See ASSISTANCE, Page 2D
C M Y K
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B U S I N E S S
just becausetheyownaresource.
Theirincomeisnttheresultof ef-
fort. Theyre getting a larger
shareof thepieinsteadof making
the pie bigger. In fact, theyre
making it smaller.
Q: So, for example, I put a toll
booth at a busy intersection and
keep all the money for myself.
A: Thats right. Youjust collect
the money. Youre not adding
anything. Itsoftenusedwhenwe
talkabout oil-richcountries. The
oil is there, and everybody fights
over the spoils. The result is that
those societies tend to do very
badly because they spend all
theirenergyfightingoverthepile
of dollars rather thanmakingthe
pileof dollars bigger. Theyretry-
ing to get a larger share of the
rent.
Q: Wheredoyouseethis inthe
U.S.? Can you point to some spe-
cific examples?
A: You see it with oil and natu-
ral resources companies and
their mineral leases and timber
leases. Banks engaged in preda-
tory lending. Visa and Master-
Cardjust settledfor $7billionfor
anticompetitive behavior. They
were charging merchants more
money because they have mo-
nopoly power.
Q: Economic growth is slow-
ingagain. Unemployment seems
to be stuck above 8 percent. Is
that the result of high debts or
slower spending?
A: The fundamental problem
is not government debt. Over the
past fewyears, the budget deficit
hasbeencausedbylowgrowth. If
we focus on growth, then we get
growth, and our deficit will go
down. If we just focus on the def-
icit, were not going to get any-
where.
This deficit fetishismis killing
our economy. And you know
what?Thisislinkedtoinequality.
If we go into austerity, that will
lead to higher unemployment
and will increase inequality.
ECONOMY
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the 1.8 percent projected for all
metro areas.
Another recent report, Ex-
port Nation 2012 by the Brook-
ings Institution, gave the region
even higher status, ranking it
60th in export sales as share of
metropolitan product and 88th
in exports growth from2008-10.
Help available
Mike Horvath, international
business development manager
at NEPA Alliance in Pittston,
said hes seen more small busi-
nesses express interest in ex-
porting.
He recently helpedarrange an
exhibit by five Pennsylvania
companies, including Acton
Technologies of Jenkins Town-
ship, at Eurosatory 2012, a ma-
jor trade show for defense and
security products and services
held in Paris.
All five said the show was
great and they see potential
down the road, Horvath said.
Other participants from the
NEPA Alliance seven-county
coverage region were Gentex
Corp., Simpson, Lackawanna
County, and Megaphase LLC,
Stroudsburg, Monroe County.
In addition to trade missions,
NEPA Alliance hosts annual
gatherings with Pennsylvanias
international trade advisors,
where local companies can
speak directly with advisors to
specific nations and regions.
The next Bringing the World
to Pennsylvania is scheduled
for Sept. 21 at the Woodlands
Inn & Resort in Plains Town-
ship.
Last year 31 companies at-
tended, Horvath said, but hed
like to see at least 40.
The mix of participating busi-
nesses and popular markets
changes each year, he said,
along with economic condi-
tions. For example, two years
ago there was a lot of interest in
Singapore, but not much last
year.
Cornell Iron Works focus has
been on less developed nations
wherelocal competitors arefew-
er or less capable.
Right nowwere doing a very
strong business in the Middle
East andour LatinAmerica busi-
ness is growing nicely, he said.
There are competitors vir-
tually in every market; some are
very competent, some arent,
Simon said. Cornell has avoided
Europe, where local companies
offer high quality, so we cant
compete favorably there.
Middle East contract
The Middle East is the source
of a recent large contract to pro-
vide rolling security grilles for
the newDoha International Air-
port in Qatar. The enormous
complex will include more than
400,000 square feet of retail
store space, amongother securi-
ty needs.
Its a huge, huge project, Si-
mon said.
All of Cornells products are
made in the United States, ei-
ther at its plant in the Crest-
wood Industrial Park in Wright
Township or at plants in North
Carolina and Arizona that came
withthe 2008 acquisitionof The
Cookson Company. Because of
the cost to ship the heavy prod-
ucts, Cornell does not tailor
them to individual markets.
Weve been most successful
working with North American
architects who specify North
American products, Simon
said.
Soft goods sell, too
The report found chemical
and plastics manufacturing was
a leading export industry, and
the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area
fared even better there, ranking
79th. But local companies also
areshippingconsumer products
and other soft goods outside
the United States.
For American Silk in Plains
Township, exports have made
up a steady 8-12 percent of pro-
duction in recent years.
The company sells bulk fabric
to furniture manufacturers. We
go to shows overseas and have
foreign sales representatives,
said Jim Harowicz, chief finan-
cial officer. Mike (Horvath)
helps us out on trade show vis-
its.
The Brookings report listed
paper products as the regions
top export category. One of the
largest producers in the nation,
Procter & Gamble in Mehoopa-
ny, contributed to the total.
Weve shipped paper prod-
ucts for a long time to Canada,
saidAlexFried, a spokesmanfor
the plant. Thats because the
Wyoming County plant is the
closest P&G facility to Canada,
as well as much of the eastern
United States.
Giventheexpenseof shipping
light but bulky products like
Pampers diapers and Bounty
towels long distances, Procter
& Gambles approach is to pro-
duce them close to their final
market.
So while testing a more dis-
tant new market they may ship
from the Mehoopany plant, but
if the company decides theres
strong demand, at that point
were going to put a plant on the
ground, Fried said.
OVERSEAS
There are incentives for compa-
nies that import into the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton region. Close to
900 acres in Mericle Develop-
ments CenterPoint Commerce
and Trade Park is designated as
Foreign Trade Zone. That allows
companies to reduce and post-
pone the payment of duties on
components originating outside
the United States. If the finished
product is exported, no duties
are collected.
While the advantage exists, Mer-
icle spokesman Jim Cummings
said he was not aware of any
park occupants using it.
IMPORT HELP, TOO
Ron Bartizek, Times Leader busi-
ness editor, may be reached at
[email protected] or
570-970-7157.
panies exhibit or attend do-
mestic or international trade
shows, participate in a trade
mission, take a crucial in-
ternational
business trip,
obtain in-
ternational
certification,
international
marketing,
website de-
velopment
and other
purposes.
Applications
are being
taken for
projects that
will take
place from
Oct. 1 to
Sept. 30,
2013.
Market Access Grant.
MAGs help businesses cover
the cost of certain internation-
al activities. MAG provides a
1:1 match up to $3,000. If
Northeastern Pennsylvania
businesses do not use all of
the MAG funds allotted to
them the funds will be return-
ed to Harrisburg and be
awarded to other Pennsylva-
nia businesses.
For more information, visit
www.nepa-alliance.org or call
Mike Horvath at 570-655-
5581.
ASSISTANCE
We dont
care what size
company you
are or what
product or
service you
have, well try
to help.
Mike Horvath
International
business
development
manager at
NEPA Alliance
BORTON-LAWSON
Fred S. DeCusatis has joined the
architectural and engineering
firmas Chief Financial Officer,
working in the firms Wilkes-Barre
headquarters.
DeCusatis has
more than 25
years of experi-
ence building
and directing
finance and
business oper-
ations. DeCusa-
tis was previ-
ously the International Controller
for DeAngelo Brothers Inc., Hazle-
ton. He is a graduate of Kings
College, a Certified Public Ac-
countant and a member of the
American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants and the Penn-
sylvania Institute of Public Ac-
countants.
MISERICORDIA UNIVERSITY
Joseph J. Grilli has been appointed
director of Corporate and In-
stitutional Recruitment at the
Dallas Township
campus. In this
newposition,
he will work
with the direc-
tor of admis-
sions to ad-
vance strategic
recruitment
and admissions
initiatives in the
area of non-traditional student
enrollment, particularly in the
corporate and business sectors.
Grilli also will serve with Miser-
icordia President Michael A.
MacDowell as co-chair of the
Misericordia University Health
Care Advisory Council. Grilli has
more than15 years of experience
in the health care sector, most
notably with the Mercy System,
Blue Cross of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania and Home Health Corpo-
ration of America, where he
served as chief operating officer.
He has more than10 years of
experience in higher education as
a teacher and administrator at
Kings College, Luzerne County
Community College and in previ-
ous positions at Misericordia. He
holds a bachelors degree from
Wilkes University, attended the
Penn State University graduate
programin public administration,
and received his masters and
doctorate degrees in public ad-
ministration fromNova South-
eastern University. He and his
wife, Lisa, live in Jenkins Town-
ship and have two children.
FIDELITY BANK
Logan Hansman has been promot-
ed to the position of Retail Admin-
istration Specialist. Hansman will
provide support to both the retail
services manager and retail sales
manager, working to facilitate
efficient and effective operations
for all Fidelity Bank branches. She
will be working fromthe banks
Scranton Financial Center. Prior
to her promotion, Hansman
worked as a Customer Service
Specialist in the West Pittston
Branch. Hansman earned a Bach-
elor of Science degree in Business
Administration with a major in
finance fromBloomsburg Uni-
versity. She lives in Sugarloaf.
BEN FRANKLIN TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Austin J. Burke, President of The
Greater Scranton Chamber of
Commerce, has been appointed
to the Ben Franklin Technology
Development Authority Board by
Governor TomCorbett. The orga-
nization pro-
vides seed
capital, tech-
nology com-
mercialization
and entrepre-
neurial support
services for the
technology
sector. Burke
was appointed by Governor Tom
Ridge when the Ben Franklin
Technology Development Author-
ity Board was created in 2001. He
was subsequently reappointed
twice by Governor Ed Rendell.
CORPORATE LADDER
DeCusatis
Grilli
Burke
WOMEN IN BUSINESS COUNCIL
LUNCHEON: Tuesday, 11:30 a.m.-1
p.m., Woodlands Inn & Resort,
Plains Township. Topic is what to
include on a reading list, both
business and pleasure. Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber members
$14.50; non-members $16.50.
Call 570-823-2101, ext. 149 for
information or to reserve.
RED CARPET BREAKFAST: Aug.
22, 7:45-9 a.m., Meas restaurant,
8 W. Broad St., Suite 50, Hazle-
ton. Featuring Ed Pane, Serento
Gardens executive director and
Chief Frank DeAndrea, City of
Hazleton Police Dept. Greater
Hazleton Chamber members
$20; non-members $25. Reser-
vations required; call 455-1509
or email jferry@hazletoncham-
ber.org.
TRANSPORTATION ROUND-
TABLE: Aug. 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.,
Top of the 80s, West Hazleton.
Robert E. Latham, executive vice
president and chief staff officer
of the Associated Pennsylvania
Constructors, will lead a dis-
cussion on regional transporta-
tion concerns. The cost, in-
cluding lunch, is $37 for North-
east Pennsylvania Manufactur-
ers and Employers Association
members and $74 for non-mem-
bers. To register, email drob-
[email protected], or call 570-622-
0992.
GWB CHAMBER GOLF TOURNA-
MENT: Aug. 24, 11 a.m., Blue
Ridge Trail golf course, Mountain
Top. Registration begins at 10.
Continental breakfast, snacks,
cocktail reception and buffet
dinner. Four golfer team $440;
dinner only $50 per person. Call
570-823-2101, ext. 131 for in-
formation or reservations.
BUSINESS AGENDA
Lori Nocito, Executive Director of
Leadership Wilkes-Barre, recent-
ly received the 2012 Preceptor
Award at the
national con-
ference of the
National Asso-
ciation of
Leadership
Programs held
in Indianapolis,
Ind. The award
recognizes
directors of
community leadership programs
for outstanding creativity, com-
munication skills, trusteeship,
ethics, mentoring and dedication
in strengthening and trans-
forming the communities they
serve. Nocito is a board member
of the ALP, the Greater Wilkes-
Barre Chamber of Commerce
and Luzerne County Head Start.
HONORS & AWARDS
Nocito
You say potato, I say pot-ah-
toe ... chip. And thats just the
start of it.
Though thin and flat may be
the national standardandbe-
stselling variety of this ubiq-
uitous snack, regional and
sometimes hyper-local prefer-
ences for different calibers of
crunch, thickness, seasonings
and endless other elements
have created a surprisingly di-
verse culinary patchwork of
chip styles around the country.
Thats right the chips you
nosh in the Northeast could be
wildly different than those sa-
vored in the South.
Midwesterners, for example,
prefer a thicker, more substan-
tial chip. Big, hearty chips also
sell well in New England and
the Rockies, thoughinthe latter
area those progressive moun-
tain folk want theirs with artisa-
nal seasonings. Southerners
love barbecue flavor, chipindus-
try executives say, but it needs
to be sprinkled on thin, melt-in-
your-mouth chips.
Southwestern states predict-
ably go for bold and spicy. Local
flavors such as New Orleans
Cajun and Mid-Atlantic crab
seasoningfindtheir wayonto
chips in those places. And peo-
ple all across the country, it
seems, love a curly, shattering
kettle chip.
People like the potato chip
they grew up with, says Jim
McCarthy, chief executive offi-
cer at the Snack Food Associ-
ation, a trade group that repre-
sents the many denizens of con-
venience store shelves. Theres
a very strong brand recognition
and brand loyalty to the chip
you grew up with.
Potato chips are Americas
number one snack, accordingto
the groups 2012 state of the in-
dustry report, and we spent $9
billion on them in 2010, 50 per-
cent more than what we spent
on the No. 2 snack, tortilla
chips. More than half of those
sales go to Plano, Texas-based
Frito-Lay North America,
whose original thin, crispy chip
is the top-seller. But hometown
styles still claim their territory.
In New Orleans, Zapps
makes Spicy Cajun Crawta-
ters, designed to mimic the fla-
vor of a seafood boil. Notting-
ham, Pennsylvania-based Herr
Foods makes a Philly cheese-
steak chip, as well as one meant
totaste like boardwalkfries. For
other Mid-Atlantic producers
such as Hanover, Pennsylvania-
based Utz Quality Foods and
the Mount Jackson, Va.-chip-
peryRoute11PotatoChips, crab
seasoning is a must, but may be
for locals only.
If youve never had a blue
crab experience, or been at a
crab feast, youre kind of like,
What is this? says Sarah Co-
hen, Route 11 president and co-
founder.
Advances inpotato chip-mak-
ing technology and distribution
have flattened what may once
have been a much wider variety
of regional chip preferences,
some analysts and executives
say. Potato chip making began
in the mid-19th century with
mom-and-pop operations in
practically any small town with
access to potatoes, oil and a ket-
tle to fry them in.
Today, the industry uses
chipping potatoes grown spe-
cificallyfor thepurpose, andhas
developed technology to pro-
duce a more uniform chip. Ad-
vances in packaging and the
emergence of big box chains
mean chips now can travel
muchfarther, spreadingoncelo-
cal tastes throughout the coun-
try.
Through the mass marke-
ters, through Costco and BJs,
Walmart, a lot of product that
was regional has now become
national, says the Snack Food
Associations McCarthy. You
canfindUtzpotatochips inCali-
fornia and before you couldnt.
For sure, standardization and
competition from giant pro-
ducers like Frito-Lay may have
squeezed some smaller compa-
nies out of business, executives
say. But it may be the predom-
inance of those flat, mass-pro-
duced chips that has also kept
regional passions alive.
Trying to compete with the
giants out there hasnt beensuc-
cessful, says Inventures Sklar.
Thats where regional players
like Poore Brothers come in
with a different product and
thenregional flavors toenhance
that. Going head-to-head with
Frito-Lay on a flat chip just isnt
going to work.
A patchwork of potato chip varieties
AP PHOTO
From left, Poore Brothers Habanero, Route 11 Chips Chesa-
peake Crab, and Boulder Canyons Red Wine Vinegar potato
chips are shown in Concord, N.H.
By MICHELE KAYAL
For The Associated Press
Q.: Many Hispanic people hold
management positions in the
government agency where I
work. These managers often
speak Spanish in front of employ-
ees who only speak English. This
makes us very uncomfortable,
since were afraid they may be
talking about us. Were not sure
how to approach this, because
some of these managers are at a
very high level.
A.: As our country has grown
increasingly diverse, language
differences have become more of
an issue. Under federal law, em-
ployees have the right to speak
any language they choose during
breaks and lunch, but English
mayberequiredonthejobif man-
agement can demonstrate a busi-
ness necessity. In everyday prac-
tice, however, the best way to
handle this sensitive subject is
with empathy for all concerned.
When people hear co-workers
conversing in a different lan-
guage, they automatically won-
der if they are missing important
information or being personally
discussed. Thats just human na-
ture. It is therefore undeniably
rude to hold work-related conver-
sations in a language which oth-
ers cannot understand.
On the other hand, for people
in a new country, using their na-
tive tongue is comfortable andre-
laxing. Americans working in
China, for example, are undoubt-
edly delighted when they en-
counter English-speaking col-
leagues. So co-workers should
not take offense when people
who share a language are having
an informal chat.
If language differences are be-
coming divisive, a polite request
for change is usually the most ef-
fective strategy. For example:
Were a little hesitant to bring
this up, but the rest of us feel left
out when you and Maria are
speaking in Spanish. Would you
mind using English when were
discussing business issues?
But since approaching your
higher-level managers directly
could be a bit risky, you will need
to find a helpful ally. Fortunately,
every government agency is link-
ed to a human resources depart-
ment, so look for an HRmanager
who is willing to address your
concerns while keeping your
identity confidential.
Q: I have a co-worker who re-
fuses to work with me, even
though I am her supervisor.
When I ask her to do something,
she ignores me. If she thinks Ive
made a mistake, she immediately
runs to inform my boss. I would
like to tell him about her behav-
ior, but Im not sure what to say.
A: This woman is obviously
sending you a message that she
does not accept you as her super-
visor. Talking with your boss is
definitely the right move, be-
cause you will never resolve this
issue without his support. When
you meet with him, factually de-
scribe the situation and ask for
his help.
For example: Mary simply re-
fuses to acknowledge that I am
supposed to be supervising her.
She seems to resent my instruc-
tions and sometimes ignores me
completely. I would appreciate it
if you could meet with us to help
her understand my role.
Let me also point out that you
must be clear in your own mind
about your supervisory status. If
you continue to think of this
woman as your co-worker, she
is less likely to regard herself as
your employee.
OFFICE COACH
Language barrier puts
workers on the defensive
By MARIE G. MCINTYRE
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Marie G. McIntyre is a workplace
coach and the author of "Secrets to
Winning at Office Politics." Send in
questions and get free coaching tips
at http://www.yourofficecoach.com.
C M Y K
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B U S I N E S S
MarketPulse
VIVAMEXICO
Mexican stocks keep climbing. The countrys IPC stock index
reached a record high of 41,476.48 on July 27, and it is up 10
percent for 2012 through Wednesday. One big reason for the rise is
optimism surrounding President-elect Pena Nieto, and expectations
that he will make the
labor market more
flexible. Nomura
analysts expect
Mexicos economy to
overtake Brazils to
become Latin
Americas largest,
possibly by 2022.
They say more
manufacturing jobs
will move to Mexico
as factories leave
China, where labor
costs are rising.
FALLING OFF A CLIFF
Everyones worried about the fiscal cliff. Thats the slate of tax
increases and government spending cuts scheduled to take
effect at the end of the year, unless Congress does something.
But how bad would it be? Many economists have already said
that it will likely tip the
economy back into a re-
cession. JPMorgan strate-
gists say that it could also
send the Standard &
Poors 500 index to 1,100,
down 21.5 percent from
Wednesdays close. It
could also push the yield
on the 10-year Treasury
note down 0.2 percentage
points as investors look
for safer investments. It
was at 1.64 percent
Wednesday.
AP
HOWS THAT WORKING FOR YOU?
Investors who followed the adage to sell in May and go away are no longer
smiling. The strategy suggests selling stocks in May and avoiding the market
until autumn. That way, investors can sidestep whats traditionally a weak six-
month period for stocks.
The strategy worked last
year, when the S&P 500
fell 8.1 percent from May
through October. It
looked like it was work-
ing again this summer,
when the S&P 500 fell
8.6 percent between
April 30 and June 1. But
stocks have since re-
bounded. Investors who
sold in May also missed
out on dividend pay-
ments that companies
made since May. Source: FactSet Source: FactSet
25,000
35,000
45,000
09 10 11 12
Mexican IPC index
p g
nless Congress does something.
ny economists have already said
-10
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0
2%
M J J A
S&P 500
Title: Chief investment officer of
Bernstein Global Wealth
Management
What he suggests: Stocks are still
a good long-term investment
Answers edited for content and
clarity.
Seth Masters
Seth Masters knew it would be
controversial when he wrote The
Case for the 20,000 Dow. The
Dow Jones industrial average
would need to rise more than 50
percent to get there. But Master
says the Dow could do it in 10
years under a few reasonable
assumptions: if earnings for
companies grow at 6 percent
annually, if the price-earnings ratio
for stocks returns to its long-term
average and if stocks average
dividend yield remains at 2 percent.
That would result in a 5 percent
annual gain for the Dow. His firm
manages $407 billion in assets.
Did you expect all the skepti-
cism that youve received?
The whole point of the piece is
that even reasonable assumptions
about earnings growth and
valuations get you what seems
like an absurdly optimistic
outcome. The fact that it seems
absurdly optimistic is itself a sign
of the deep cynicism, skepticism.
People are looking for reasons
why everything thats good has to
be too good to be true.
Earnings growth can keep
rising 6 percent?
What is that ultimately driven by?
How much inflation there is and
how much real (after-inflation)
growth there is, which in turn is
basically how much the population
grows and how much the output
per person grows. Another simple
way of describing output per
person is productivity. I dont
know what you think, but I think
that inflation is probably not going
to be as low as it is now forever. I
also dont think its going to go
through the roof. Long-term,
inflation is something a little over
4 percent. Lets be conservative
and say inflation is 3 percent.
Population growth is pretty
simple, because demographic
changes happen very slowly, and
you can forecast them with great
accuracy. Its likely to grow 1
percent for a long time.
Productivity growth is tricky, but it
has been about 2 percent per
annum for over 60 years. So I think
assuming earnings will grow 6
percent is reasonable. Its 1
percent less than the history of the
last 60 years.
And you think the P/E ratio will
rise?
The market is trading at about 13
times estimated 2012 earnings.
Thats quite below the long-term
average, which is more like 17.5
times. And, usually when interest
rates are low, like they are now,
P/E goes up.
Thats clearly a strong
expression of skepticism that
earnings that companies are
currently registering can be
sustained. One of the things that
we do in the paper is illustrate a
couple of scenarios, including
what if earnings growth fell to 2
percent. The crazy thing is that
even if that were to happen, which
we think is very unlikely, youd still
get to Dow 20,000. It would just
take a little longer (20 years).
The case for
Dow 20,000
InsiderQ&A
AP
Brazil is readying itself for the 2016 Summer
Olympics spotlight. Although preparations will
generate a lot of construction spending and ultimately
tourist dollars, investors should proceed slowly.
Much of the countrys economic growth has been
fueled by demand for its trove of nickel, crude oil and
other natural resources. Brazil
has prided itself on being among
the nations least hit by the 2008
economic crises thanks to the
growing consumption of its
expanding middle class.
But Brazils economic growth
is expected to slow to just 2.5
percent this year. That would be
its weakest pace since 2009.
And now China, Brazils biggest
export market, is also slowing.
Yet there are reasons for a
positive outlook:
Interest rates The government has cut its key
interest rate to an all-time low in a move to
kickstart the economy. A series of interest-rate
cuts began 12 months ago. It usually takes 9 to 12
months for cuts to affect an economy, the
International Monetary Fund says.
Currency The Brazilian real has
declined 19 percent against the dollar
over the last year. Although that has
hurt Brazilian stock returns valued in
dollars, a weaker currency makes
Brazilian exports more globally
competitive.
Stock market Companies in the
Bovespa index of Brazilian stocks trade
at 10 times their earnings per share
over the last 12 months. Thats below
their five-year average of 12.5 times
and may spark additional investment.
Stan Choe; J Paschke AP Source: FactSet; *based on the last 12 months
Time to go to Rio?
Safer bets: These are two of Brazils largest companies that are not producers of commodities, which have
been volatile due to concerns over Chinese growth.
-40
-20
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20
40
60
80%
12 11 10 09 08
Brazilian stock market vs. the U.S.
Annual index change
S&P 500 Bovespa
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Bradesco (BBD)
Bank holding company
A more conservative lender than rivals and has more diverse
sources of earnings, J.P. Morgan financial analysts say.
Thursdays close: $16.60
52-week range:
$13 $19
Ambev (ABV)
Beverage company
Brazils biggest brewer and one of its top soft drink produc-
ers. The company is selling more beer at higher prices.
Thursdays close: $38.40
52-week range:
$28 $45
P/E Ratio*:
24
P/E Ratio*:
10
Air Products APD 72.26 6 92.79 83.73 1.49 1.8 s s -1.7+10.73 3 0.9 15 3.1
Amer Water Works AWK 25.39 9 39.38 37.79 0.17 0.5 s s 18.6+44.41 125.9a 19 2.6
Amerigas Part LP APU 36.76 5 46.47 41.20 -0.97 -2.3 t s -10.3 +6.50 3 10.4 ... 7.8
Aqua America Inc WTR 19.28 9 26.93 25.68 -0.14 -0.5 t s 16.5+30.28 2 3.6 23 2.7
Arch Dan Mid ADM 23.69 3 33.98 25.94 0.40 1.6 t t -9.3 -+1.74 3 -3.5 14 2.7
AutoZone Inc AZO 266.25 8399.10 359.29 -7.01 -1.9 t t 10.6+30.74 2 25.1 17 ...
Bank of America BAC 4.92 6 10.10 7.74 0.31 4.2 t s 39.2+14.92 3-25.2 8 0.5
Bk of NY Mellon BK 17.10 7 24.72 22.25 0.50 2.3 s s 11.8+17.01 3-10.2 12 2.3
Bon Ton Store BONT 2.23 7 9.79 7.21 0.31 4.5 t s 113.9+17.62 2-18.5 ... 2.8
CVS Caremark Corp CVS 31.30 8 48.69 44.95 0.20 0.4 t t 10.2+42.12 1 4.3 16 1.4
Cigna Corp CI 38.79 5 49.89 43.82 1.74 4.1 s t 4.3 +7.03 3 -1.5 10 0.1
CocaCola KO 63.34 9 81.33 78.79 -2.04 -2.5 s s 12.6+26.25 2 9.7 21 2.6
Comcast Corp A CMCSA 19.19 0 35.16 34.73 0.12 0.3 s s 46.5+78.36 1 7.5 20 1.9
Community Bk Sys CBU 21.67 8 29.47 27.56 -0.22 -0.8 t s -0.9+26.44 2 10.3 13 3.8
Community Hlth Sys CYH 14.61 8 28.79 24.55 0.58 2.4 t s 40.7+31.00 2 -6.5 8 ...
Energy Transfer Eqty ETE 30.78 9 44.47 42.24 0.04 0.1 s s 4.1+17.67 2 8.6 26 5.9
Entercom Comm ETM 4.61 4 8.64 6.02 0.02 0.3 t s -2.1 5.20 4-20.8 8 ...
Fairchild Semicond FCS 10.25 0 15.90 15.45 1.26 8.9 s s 28.3+20.23 2 -2.4 26 ...
Frontier Comm FTR 3.06 4 7.79 4.75 0.35 8.0 s s -7.820.28 4 -7.7 30 8.4
Genpact Ltd G 13.37 8 19.52 18.25 -0.41 -2.2 s s 22.1+19.59 2 2.3 24 1.0
Harte Hanks Inc HHS 6.16 2 10.24 6.67 0.15 2.3 t t -26.6 5.66 4-20.0 ... 5.1
Heinz HNZ 48.17 9 55.84 55.06 -0.48 -0.9 t s 1.9+16.79 3 8.6 19 3.7
Hershey Company HSY 53.83 0 72.97 72.23 0.06 0.1 t s 16.9+34.60 2 10.7 25 2.1
Kraft Foods KFT 31.88 0 41.50 40.92 0.41 1.0 s s 9.5+28.29 2 7.7 20 2.8
Lowes Cos LOW 18.07 7 32.29 26.77 1.28 5.0 s t 5.5+51.02 1 0.8 17 2.4
M&T Bank MTB 66.40 0 88.00 86.66 -0.76 -0.9 s s 13.5+27.09 2 -0.3 16 3.2
McDonalds Corp MCD 82.01 4102.22 88.20 -1.39 -1.6 t t -12.1 +8.12 3 15.0 17 3.2
NBT Bncp NBTB 17.05 6 24.10 20.88 -0.15 -0.7 t s -5.6+15.14 3 2.4 13 3.8
Nexstar Bdcstg Grp NXST 5.53 7 9.60 8.28 0.77 10.3 s s 5.6+16.78 3 0.8 30 ...
PNC Financial PNC 42.70 8 67.89 60.73 0.48 0.8 t t 5.3+37.43 1 -0.9 12 2.6
PPL Corp PPL 25.00 0 30.27 29.92 1.24 4.3 s s 1.7+22.33 2 -6.0 11 4.8
Penna REIT PEI 6.50 9 15.77 14.58 0.10 0.7 t s 39.7+50.84 1 -11.4 ... 4.4
PepsiCo PEP 58.50 0 72.95 72.13 -0.74 -1.0 s s 8.7+23.03 2 3.7 19 3.0
Philip Morris Intl PM 60.45 0 93.15 92.21 0.28 0.3 s s 17.5+46.83 128.5a 18 3.3
Procter & Gamble PG 57.56 9 67.95 66.77 1.27 1.9 s s 0.1+17.83 2 3.1 17 3.4
Prudential Fncl PRU 42.45 6 65.17 53.89 1.86 3.6 s s 7.5+15.85 3 -7.4 7 2.7
SLM Corp SLM 10.91 9 16.89 16.12 0.10 0.6 t s 20.3+26.68 2-19.1 10 3.1
SLM Corp flt pfB SLMBP 39.00 5 56.70 46.90 0.60 1.3 s s 20.3 ... 0.0 ... 4.8
TJX Cos TJX 25.07 0 45.50 44.46 -0.53 -1.2 t s 37.8+77.38 1 27.0 21 1.0
UGI Corp UGI 24.07 9 31.51 30.53 -0.33 -1.1 t s 3.8+17.88 2 6.3 18 3.5
Verizon Comm VZ 32.28 9 46.41 44.60 0.14 0.3 t s 11.2+38.44 1 6.9 45 4.5
WalMart Strs WMT 48.31 0 75.24 73.68 -0.47 -0.6 s s 23.3+55.42 1 11.7 16 2.2
Weis Mkts WMK 36.52 7 45.96 43.00 -0.83 -1.9 t t 7.7+21.51 2 2.7 15 2.8
52-WK RANGE FRIDAY $CHG%CHG %CHG%RTN RANK %RTN
COMPANY TICKER LOW HIGH CLOSE 1WK 1WK 1MO 1QTR YTD 1YR 1YR 5YRS* PE YLD
Notes on data: Total returns, shown for periods 1-year or greater, include dividend income and change in market price. Three-year and five-year returns
annualized. Ellipses indicate data not available. Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quar-
ters. Rank classifies a stocks performance relative to all U.S.-listed shares, from top 20 percent (far-left box) to bottom 20 percent (far-right box).
LocalStocks
Sources: FactSet; Credit Suisse Data through Aug 8 * based on last 12 months
Most investors have a good idea
of howApple, Exxon Mobil and other
huge companies make their profits.
But how about Hexcel or Triumph
Group? These are small stocks, with
market values of about $3 billion,
compared with Apples $580 billion.
These smaller companies get less at-
tention not only from investors but al-
so from financial analysts. Apple has
46 analysts following its stock, for ex-
ample. Only 12 cover Hexcel, which
makes carbon fibers and composites.
Because fewer people follow
small-cap stocks, it means greater
opportunities to find ones that arent
being fully appreciated by investors,
small-cap fund managers say.
This screen from Credit Suisse
strategist Lori Calvasina shows which
stocks in the Russell 2000 index of
small caps are most popular with
small-cap stock mutual funds. Hex-
cel is No. 1. Its stock rose 33.8 per-
cent in 2011, when the Standard &
Poors 500 index of large stocks was
flat. Last month, Hexcel reported a
28 percent jump in net income to $48
million from a year earlier on stronger
sales to the aerospace industry.
Hexcel (HXL) 117 $24.44 24.0% 15
Triumph Group (TGI) 111 62.93 34.6 11
SVB Financial Group (SIVB) 103 56.99 17.7 16
Rosetta Resources (ROSE) 99 43.61 3.5 15
Cubist Pharmaceuticals (CBST) 97 44.27 38.3 34
HMS Holdings (HMSY) 97 35.77 64.7 68
Centene (CNC) 96 39.94 43.4 45
Express (EXPR) 95 16.56 -7.4 10
Signature Bank (SBNY) 94 64.35 13.7 18
Wellcare Health Plans (WCG) 93 57.64 42.8 9
Gulfport Energy (GPOR) 93 26.32 11.6 13
Salix Pharmaceuticals (SLXP) 93 44.99 42.1 29
1-YR
STOCK
CHANGE
P/E
RATIO*
NUMBER
OF SMALL-
CAP FUNDS
THAT OWN
THE STOCK CLOSE COMPANY
Well-loved small-cap stocks
StockScreener
American Funds BalA m ABALX 19.91 +.11 +3.4 +19.9/A +3.5/B
American Funds BondA m ABNDX 12.89 -.02 +.3 +5.3/D +4.2/E
American Funds CapIncBuA m CAIBX 52.72 +.05 +3.0 +17.2/A +1.7/C
American Funds CpWldGrIA m CWGIX 35.20 +.28 +5.1 +16.5/B -.2/B
American Funds EurPacGrA m AEPGX 38.44 +.40 +5.6 +7.6/B -1.1/A
American Funds FnInvA m ANCFX 39.20 +.45 +5.4 +23.1/D +1.2/B
American Funds GrthAmA m AGTHX 32.63 +.44 +5.0 +21.5/C +.5/D
American Funds IncAmerA m AMECX 17.80 +.06 +3.1 +18.9/A +2.8/B
American Funds InvCoAmA m AIVSX 30.33 +.40 +5.3 +25.2/C +.5/C
American Funds NewPerspA m ANWPX 29.44 +.22 +5.0 +17.0/B +1.7/A
American Funds WAMutInvA m AWSHX 31.00 +.21 +4.1 +27.2/B +1.0/B
BlackRock GlobAlcA m MDLOX 19.18 +.23 +3.5 +6.8/D +3.4/B
BlackRock GlobAlcI MALOX 19.27 +.23 +3.5 +7.1/D +3.7/B
Dodge & Cox Income DODIX 13.79 -.01 +.7 +6.0/C +7.2/B
Dodge & Cox IntlStk DODFX 31.60 +.54 +7.0 +8.2/B -3.1/B
Dodge & Cox Stock DODGX 116.63 +2.31 +8.3 +28.8/A -1.5/D
Fidelity Contra FCNTX 76.24 +.22 +2.8 +21.3/C +3.6/B
Fidelity GrowCo FDGRX 94.56 +1.98 +5.1 +25.7/A +5.4/A
Fidelity LowPriStk d FLPSX 39.75 +1.02 +3.8 +20.3/D +3.7/A
Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg FUSVX 49.91 +.56 +5.0 +28.2/A +1.5/B
FrankTemp-Franklin Income A m FKINX 2.20 +.01 +3.3 +17.6/A +3.8/C
FrankTemp-Franklin Income C m FCISX 2.22 +.01 +3.3 +16.9/A +3.3/D
FrankTemp-Mutual Euro Z MEURX 20.74 +.34 +4.9 +17.5/A -.9/A
FrankTemp-Templeton GlBond A mTPINX 13.27 +.07 +3.0 +4.7/B +10.0/A
FrankTemp-Templeton GlBondAdv TGBAX 13.23 +.07 +3.1 +5.0/B +10.2/A
Harbor IntlInstl d HAINX 58.05 +.77 +6.2 +11.3/A -.3/A
Oakmark EqIncI OAKBX 28.71 +.52 +3.3 +13.7/D +4.5/A
PIMCO AllAssetI PAAIX 12.40 +.08 +3.0 +8.5/C +6.9/A
PIMCO LowDrIs PTLDX 10.55 -.02 +.4 +3.9/A +5.5/A
PIMCO TotRetA m PTTAX 11.44 -.01 +.6 +6.9/B +8.7/A
PIMCO TotRetAdm b PTRAX 11.44 -.01 +.6 +7.0/B +8.9/A
PIMCO TotRetIs PTTRX 11.44 -.01 +.7 +7.3/A +9.2/A
PIMCO TotRetrnD b PTTDX 11.44 -.01 +.6 +7.0/B +8.9/A
Permanent Portfolio PRPFX 47.63 +.29 +2.3 -.8/E +8.3/A
T Rowe Price EqtyInc PRFDX 25.64 +.41 +5.6 +27.6/A +.8/B
T Rowe Price GrowStk PRGFX 36.65 +.17 +3.0 +24.9/B +2.9/B
T Rowe Price HiYield d PRHYX 6.79 +.01 +1.4 +13.3/B +8.1/B
T Rowe Price NewIncome PRCIX 9.89 -.02 +.5 +5.1/D +7.2/B
Vanguard 500Adml VFIAX 129.89 +1.48 +5.0 +28.2/A +1.6/B
Vanguard 500Inv VFINX 129.87 +1.47 +5.0 +28.1/A +1.5/B
Vanguard GNMAAdml VFIJX 11.07 -.02 +.2 +3.2/C +6.9/A
Vanguard InflaPro VIPSX 14.75 -.08 -.3 +4.4/C +8.0/B
Vanguard InstIdxI VINIX 129.05 +1.47 +5.0 +28.2/A +1.6/B
Vanguard InstPlus VIIIX 129.06 +1.47 +5.0 +28.3/A +1.6/B
Vanguard InstTStPl VITPX 31.66 +.41 +4.6 +27.3/B +2.1/A
Vanguard MuIntAdml VWIUX 14.34 -.02 +.8 +7.3/B +5.8/B
Vanguard STGradeAd VFSUX 10.81 +.01 +.6 +2.9/B +4.4/B
Vanguard Tgtet2025 VTTVX 13.38 +.13 +3.5 +16.1/B +2.2/B
Vanguard TotBdAdml VBTLX 11.16 -.03 +.1 +4.5/D +6.8/C
Vanguard TotBdInst VBTIX 11.16 -.03 +.1 +4.5/D +6.8/C
Vanguard TotIntl VGTSX 14.04 +.25 +5.5 +5.3/D -3.4/B
Vanguard TotStIAdm VTSAX 34.98 +.45 +4.5 +27.2/B +2.0/A
Vanguard TotStIIns VITSX 34.98 +.45 +4.5 +27.2/B +2.0/A
Vanguard TotStIdx VTSMX 34.96 +.44 +4.5 +27.0/B +1.9/A
Vanguard WellsIAdm VWIAX 59.08 +.11 +2.5 +15.8/A +7.3/A
Vanguard Welltn VWELX 33.77 +.20 +3.6 +19.0/A +4.4/A
Vanguard WelltnAdm VWENX 58.33 +.34 +3.6 +19.1/A +4.5/A
Vanguard WndsIIAdm VWNAX 51.12 +.62 +5.1 +29.3/A +.4/B
Vanguard WndsrII VWNFX 28.81 +.35 +5.1 +29.2/A +.3/B
Wells Fargo AstAlllcA f EAAFX 12.71 +.12 +2.8 +7.9/ +2.8/
MutualFunds
FRIDAY WK RETURN/RANK
GROUP, FUND TICKER NAV CHG 4WK 1YR 5YR
Dow industrials
+0.9%
+3.4%
Nasdaq
+1.8%
+3.9%
S&P 500
+1.1%
+3.6%
Russell 2000
+1.7%
+0.1%
LARGE-CAP
SMALL-CAP
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
MO
YTD
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
WEEKLY
+8.1%
+16.0%
+11.8%
+8.2%
Rates rise again
Treasury yields rose, helping to pull mortgage
rates up for a second straight week. Thats been a
rare occurrence this year, as yields and mortgage
rates tumbled to record lows. The average rate on
a 30-year fixed mortgage rose to 3.59 percent last
week, the first time its risen for two straight weeks
since March. But its still not far from its record low
of 3.49 percent.
InterestRates
MIN
Money market mutual funds YIELD INVEST PHONE
3.25
3.25
3.25
.13
.13
.13
PRIME
RATE
FED
FUNDS
Taxablenational avg 0.01
Delaware Cash Reserve/Class A 0.10 $ 1,000 min (800) 362-7500
Tax-exemptnational avg 0.01
Invesco Tax-Exempt Cash Fund/Cl A0.09$ 1,000 min (800) 659-1005
Broad market Lehman 1.84 0.10 s t -0.41 2.55 1.71
Triple-A corporate Moodys 3.48 0.20 s t -0.73 4.77 3.22
Corp. Inv. Grade Lehman 3.01 0.08 t t -0.38 4.03 2.92
FRIDAY
6 MO AGO
1 YR AGO
FRIDAY CHANGE 52-WK
U.S. BOND INDEXES YIELD 1WK 1MO 3MO 1YR HIGH LOW
Municipal Bond Buyer 4.25 0.01 t t -0.81 5.10 4.22
U.S. high yield Barclays 6.76 -0.01 t t -1.80 10.15 6.62
Treasury Barclays 0.96 0.05 s t -0.39 1.45 0.80
FRIDAY CHANGE 52-WK
TREASURYS YIELD 1WK 1MO 3MO 1YR HIGH LOW
3-month T-Bill 0.10 0.03 s s 0.09 0.12
1-year T-Bill 0.21 0.03 s s 0.10 0.25 0.07
6-month T-Bill 0.13 0.00 t t 0.06 0.15 0.01
2-year T-Note 0.27 0.03 s s 0.09 0.40 0.16
5-year T-Note 0.71 0.04 s t -0.31 1.20 0.54
10-year T-Note 1.66 0.10 s t -0.68 2.40 1.39
30-year T-Bond 2.75 0.11 s t -1.02 3.77 2.45
Money fund data provided by iMoneyNet Inc.
Rank: Funds letter grade compared with others in the same performance group;
an A indicates fund performed in the top 20 percent; an E, in the bottom 20 percent.
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NOT surprisingly,
Barbara Bush said it
most succinctly: The
first lady is going to
be criticized no mat-
ter what she does.
And how.
One neednt prod
Michelle Obama for confirmation or
most any other first lady in history.
There is no just right in this, shall
we say, Goldilockean Proviso. Any-
thing is either too much or too little.
A review of first lady comments
posted on The National First Ladies
Library website (www.firstladies.org/
biographies) further confirms the
difficulties faced by the wives of presi-
dents. Mrs. Obama is but the latest to
the challenge. A common thread sug-
gests that more than a few disliked the
role but accepted it as a duty.
Mary Todd Lincoln, politically so-
phisticated and well read, left little to
speculation: I do not belong to the
public; my character is wholly domes-
tic, and the public have nothing to do
with it. Others farther down the line
were unapologetic in their contempt
for the mixed blessing of first lady,
including Bess Truman, who said: We
are not any one of us happy to be
where we are but theres nothing to be
done about it except to do our best
and forget about the sacrifices and
many unpleasant things that bob up.
Thus, anyone who criticized Mrs.
Obama for saying she sometimes
fantasizes that shell walk right out
the front door and just keep walking
doesnt know much about first lady
history.
They were invariably tough, smart
women who sought to find a way to
reconcile their own true selves with
the demands of public expectation.
Like Mrs. Obama, all longed for the
privacy to just be oneself.
In recent years, as politics have
become more broadly partisan and
women have assumed more prominent
roles, first ladies have become fairer
game in the maelstrom we call the
public square.
Hillary Clinton infamously set off
bonfires of inanities with her now
innocuous-sounding remark that she
was not some little woman, standing
by my man like Tammy Wynette. Or
that she wasnt one to stay home and
bake cookies.
Au contraire, as it turns out. Hillary
could teach Tammy a thing or two
about family loyalty, and she was hard-
ly the first to eschew the kitchen.
Sarah Polk proclaimed in the
mid-1800s: If I get into the White
House, I will neither keep house nor
make butter.
Mrs. Obama, though she holds a law
degree from Harvard, has turned away
from Clintons ambitious example and
focused instead on the ultimate in
domesticity not just cooking but
raising the food that goes to table. Her
new cookbook, American Grown,
features glossy photos and a personal
diary of gardening in the city, albeit in
the nations best yard with significant
staff help.
But even such a noble quest to
make the nation healthier and more
aware of nutrition is not without
controversy.
The Washington Post recently fea-
tured comments from fans and critics
of the first ladys gardening platform.
Some dont like her suggestion that
consumers buy locally, insisting that
Big Agriculture feeds the world and is
unjustly maligned. Undoubtedly,
mass-produced food is a boon to the
hungry, but buying a few tomatoes at
the local farmers market is hardly an
indictment of corn subsidies. Eating
locally grown produce in season is a
basic tenet of healthy eating, whether
youre a disciple of macrobiotics or
California Cuisine.
Others are critical of Michelle Oba-
mas choice to focus on uber-domestic
issues rather than directing her in-
tellect and education on more impor-
tant issues. Begging to differ, there is
nothing more important than food
how we raise it, how we distribute it
and how we consume it. At a time of
rampant obesity, especially among
COMMENTARY
K A T H L E E N P A R K E R
The first lady
cant seem to
get it right
See RIGHT, Page 2E
WEVE ALL seen
those pictures of
wilting corn stalks as
a tough drought hits
large parts of the
country.
Is it just another
hot summer?
I doubt it. I think its part of a more
serious long-term trend that will re-
quire us to adjust our thinking sharp-
ly.
Most of us on this planet have been
able to earn or produce enough of
what we need to stay alive. We in the
United States have been particularly
lucky in that respect.
But we are being challenged to
make a big shift.
The present pattern of economic
activity on this planet goes something
like this: Humans work to provide
what they need food and shelter, for
example. By being technically in-
ventive, well-organized and hardwork-
ing, we produce the basic necessities
and enough extra for such services as
schools, health care, transportation,
and cultural and leisure facilities. The
harder you work and the more in-
genious you are, both as an individual
and as a nation, the more you will
advance in producing and enjoying
these things.
One of the assumptions that under-
lies all this is the widespread availabil-
ity of cheap natural resources. Water,
fertile land, forests, fish, minerals,
energy resources and more all these
are assumed to be available in large
supply to draw on for economic activ-
ity. Thats why, in traditional econom-
ic theory, no cost is assigned to them.
But today what used to be plentiful is
becoming scarce. Water tables are
sinking in many parts of the world,
and global warming is sending us
more droughts. Many of the worlds
principal fisheries are badly depleted.
Virtually all the high-quality land that
can be farmed already is under culti-
vation, and the new land being
claimed for farming is either second-
rate or is obtained by cutting down
forests which depletes another crit-
ical natural resource that we need to
produce rain and stabilize the climate.
Some of the forces behind these
trends are well-known: for example, 3
billion people around the world are
moving into the middle class, where
they will use many more raw materi-
als. The global car fleet is projected to
double to about 1.7 billion by 2030.
We all know the oil story shrinking
reserves and rising prices. The pic-
tures of wilting corn tell us that grain
prices are going to go up sharply in
the months ahead. Thats rough on us;
its murderous on poor countries.
In his wonderful book Collapse:
How Societies Choose to Fail or Suc-
ceed, Jared Diamond writes about
past civilizations that did not survive.
He finds they all shared two character-
istics: first, they let natural-resource
Today, what used to be bountiful is now becoming scarce
COMMENTARY
P E T E R G O L D M A R K
See SCARCE, Page 2E
W
ASHINGTON - An uneasy sense
of deja vu is building among ad-
vocates for nearly 2millionwork-
ers who help the elderly and dis-
abled live independently in their
homes.
Because of a 38-year-old amendment to the
Fair Labor Standards Act, home health aides
andpersonal care aides inmany states canbe
paid less than the federal minimum wage -
$7.25 an hour - and not receive overtime pay
when they work more than 40 hours in a
week.
Enacted by Congress in1974, the compan-
ionship services exemption was supposed to
exclude baby sitters and casual companions
for the elderly from overtime and minimum
wage requirements, not to waive federal pay
guidelines for professional caregivers.
So after years of failed efforts to change the
guidelines, President Barack Obama in De-
cember announced plans to modify the ex-
emption and extend overtime and minimum
wage protections to home-care workers em-
ployed by private companies.
Nearly 1.8 million workers in 29 states
wouldlikely see apay boost under the propos-
al, according to government estimates.
But after twice extending the public com-
ment period, the U.S. Department of Labor
has yet tofinalize the rule change, whichmust
be approved by the White House and then
published in the National Register before it
takes effect.
The delay is making labor activists nerv-
ous. When the Clinton administration tried to
close the exemption in late 2000, incoming
President George W. Bush killed the effort.
Unless the Obama administration acts soon,
labor groups fear that if Republican Mitt
Romney wins the White House in November,
he would heed industry and GOPcalls to scut-
tle the proposal yet again.
I think theres a high probability that that
could happen, said Catherine Ruckelshaus,
legal co-director at the National Employment
Law Project. We are very concerned about
the delays, especially given the history with
these regulations.
The Labor Department says the proposal is
still on the regulatory agenda but provided no
time frame for completion.
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A SICK FEELING
JUDY HARRIS, right, of Port Orchard, Wash., cares for a live-in family friend, David
Hoffman, below, who suffered severe burns in a laundry dryer explosion. Medicaid pays
Harris to provide just over two hours of care each day. But she routinely works three
to four additional hours without compensation because Hoffman needs special meals,
delicate care and his room must be wiped down each day to prevent infection. Even if
the exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act is closed, Harris would only be paid for
her overtime work if the state Medicaid agency re-evaluates Hoffmans needs.
Home health workers sweat Obama rule on pay
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McClatchy Newspapers
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In the years since the exemp-
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workers have become the na-
tions fastest-growing occupa-
tion, with more than 1.3 million
new jobs expected by 2020 as
millions of aging baby boomers
reach their golden years and re-
quire care. As profits at home-
careagencies soared, the$84bil-
lionindustryhas fought tomain-
tain the pay exemptions, which
boost revenue by keeping labor
costs down.
Nationally, home-care work-
ers averageabout $20,000a year,
but 40 percent are on Medicaid
or food stamps because few
work 40-hour weeks. Their low
wages typically also make job-
based health coverage unaffor-
dable.
Modifying the exemption
would bring a host of new costs
for the industry, including an es-
timated $16 million in the first
year to increase workers pay to
the minimum wage. It would
add nearly $35 million a year to
pay workers for time spent trav-
eling to clients as well, accord-
ing to Labor Department esti-
mates.
In El Paso, Texas, Elizabeth
Castillo earns the minimum
wage at one home-care agency
and just over the floor wage at
another. Castillo, 57, typically
logs 56 hours a week, but some-
times she gets food stamps
when she doesnt reach 40
hours. Her meager earnings are
further depletedbya $55weekly
gasoline bill for travel to her cli-
ents homes. Neither of her em-
ployers reimburses for mileage.
I dont knowhowI do it, but I
do, she said of her struggles.
Made uplargelyof older wom-
en, minorities and immigrants,
the home-care workforce pro-
vides many services not envi-
sioned when the exemption be-
came law, like administering
medications, assisting with
physical therapy and meal prep-
aration.
Because of the low pay, few
benefits and the tedious nature
of the work, the industry has a
high turnover rate. Experts fear
that couldcauseshortages as de-
mand for services grows.
Only 16 states provide over-
time and minimum wage guar-
antees for workers who would
otherwise be excluded under
the current guidelines. But near-
ly half of the nations home-care
workers are employed in 29 oth-
er states that do not have such
protections, according to the
Paraprofessional Healthcare In-
stitute, which advocates for the
workers.
In 2007, the U.S. Supreme
Court unanimously upheld the
companionship exemption, say-
ingthat only Congress or the La-
bor Department could revise it.
In response to the Obama pro-
posal, RepublicanSens. MikeJo-
hanns of Nebraska and Lamar
Alexander of Tennessee intro-
duced legislation in June that
would preserve the exemption.
The home-care industry,
which is undergoing rapid
growth, says the government is
underestimating the actual
costs of Obamas proposal. It ar-
gues that most home-care work-
ers already earn at least the min-
imum wage, and increasing the
pay of those that dont would
force home-care agencies to
raise prices.
That could cause patients to
hire freelance independent
aides who may not have the
training and experience to en-
sure patient safety, the industry
says.
Higher prices for home-care
services also could jeopardize
patients independence, indus-
try reps argue.
We believe that eliminating
the companionship exemption
will force many seniors and peo-
ple with disabilities into assist-
ed living or institutional care be-
cause of the increased cost of in-
home care, said a statement by
Shelle Womble, chairman of the
Private Duty Homecare Associ-
ation, an industry trade group.
Judy Harris of Port Orchard,
Wash., cares for a live-in family
friend, David Hoffman, who suf-
fered severe burns in a laundry
dryer explosion. Medicaid pays
Harris to provide just over two
hours of care each day. But she
routinely works three to four ad-
ditional hours without compen-
sation because Hoffman, 50,
needs special meals, delicate
care and his room must be
wiped down each day to prevent
infection.
Even if the exemption to the
Fair Labor Standards Act is
closed, Harris, 69, wouldonlybe
paid for her overtime work if the
state Medicaid agency re-eval-
uates Hoffmans care needs.
Overtime pay is equally elusive
for home-care workers at private
agencies.
InTucson, Ariz., TimDoesaid
the home-care agency he works
for pays $9.40 an hour for 40
hours of work. But he usually
works 10 additional hours with-
out pay to complete all his tasks
at the group home where hes as-
signed.
On weekends, Doe works
three 10-hour overnight shifts
for another agency that pays
him $11.30 per hour. He takes
home about $1,100 per week
from both jobs, but he said he
hasnt hada raise oneither jobin
four years. His brutal schedule
also leaves little time for his
three children, ages 5 through
12.
Emotionally, its so hard. But
I dont have a choice, said Doe,
a native of Togo in Africa.
Industry groups argue that
mandating higher pay and over-
time would financially harmthe
22,000 mostly small home-care
agencies that comprise the in-
dustry. But Joan Leah, president
of the Florida Professional Asso-
ciation of Care Givers, doesnt
buy it.
They already charge high
rates to the clients that we
serve, Leah said. And the cli-
ents know that what theyre be-
ing charged is very different
from what the people that take
care of them are being paid.
SICK
Continued from Page 1E
children, nutrition should be a
national priority.
Tracking first ladies through
history is a tour of womens
development from disenfran-
chised chattel to champions of
choice that also offers a
glimpse into how conflicted we
remain about womens proper
role. What upsets so many in
Obamas own political camp is
that this first lady has so viv-
idly chosen family over career,
finding expression in the most
elemental of endeavors dig-
ging her hands into Mother
Earth and offering nourish-
ment to her young.
Such an explicit embrace of
a traditional female role is
nothing short of heresy to
some. In fact, it is a brave
stance by a wise woman whose
priorities deserve to be cele-
brated.
There will be plenty of time
for career and Big Issues be-
yond the family table once the
children are grown a lesson
best learned sooner than too
late.
RIGHT
Kathleen Parkers email address is
[email protected].
shortages get out of control;
second, they failed to respond
to new long-term trends that
spelled trouble.
If those two characteristics
typify our civilization today,
and I think they do, then wed
better adjust our economic
model and our whole way of
thinking about these things.
The evidence is clear that the
squeeze is on. If thats true,
then there is only one way
forward: to consume less, have
population growth level off,
recycle far more, and fiercely
increase efficiency in every
domain to make the existing
resource stock go further.
How can we finance this
change? One logical place to
look is the nearly $1 trillion
spent annually worldwide on
weapons. It would be smart to
figure out how we can divert
some of that from the arms
race to the survival race.
All this is a tall order and a
big change, and we humans
dont change easily. Its not that
I think it cant be done. What
Im worried about is that we
wont buckle down and try.
SCARCE
Peter Goldmark, a former budget
director of New York State, is a
member of the State Budget Crisis
Task Force. He wrote this for News-
day.
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public.
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The Luzerne County controller faulted members of the Luzerne County
Diversity Commission for allegedly voting via the Internet on the
funding of a new program.
THEY WERE homes once,
but they are homes no
longer. They are hollow
dangers. Hiding places.
Drug houses.
They are lurching shad-
ows that stare down our
citys children as they walk to school.
Theres a real home; theres a shell of a
house. Theres a neighbor; theres two shells
of houses. A child wonders who just ducked
behind a smashed window, or why that
doorway is wide open.
The child is scared with good reason.
And we need to stop it.
On Aug. 25, I am helping to organize an
event called 100 Houses to make those
streets a bit less frightening for kids. The
goal is ambitious, but simple:
Board up 100 houses of Detroits aban-
doned houses in a single day.
Thats right, 100 houses.
We can do this. In a way, we must. Be-
cause the Abandoned Home has become a
terrible symbol of Detroit. Left behind by
someone who couldnt pay the mortgage.
Bid farewell by someone who couldnt deal
with the city. These places, like animal
carcasses, are quickly stripped of anything
valuable right down to the pipes and
then begin their steady slide into the muck.
The windows and doors are soon gone,
smashed or destroyed by people wanting to
use the place for shelter, hiding, prostitu-
tion, drugs.
When one house like that goes down, it
affects the block. When many go down, it
affects the neighborhood. Families leave.
They walk away.
And whats the result?
Another abandoned house.
Several times over the last few weeks, we
rode and walked the streets of the chosen
100 Houses neighborhood, around Osborn
High School, by 7 Mile and Hoover. There
is an elementary school in the area and
several parks as well. We charted the struc-
tures we plan to board up. On streets like
Dresden, Waltham, Goulburn, Alcoy. Two-
story houses. One-story houses. Wood.
Brick. With porches. Without porches.
Most were once fine homes. Now they are
bent, broken, peeling, knocked full of holes.
What are you all gonna do? we were
asked by teenagers and middle-age men,
who wandered over in curiosity.
Were going to board these up, we an-
swered.
About time, came the frequent re-
sponse.
And it is. Look. Were not kidding our-
selves that this is a permanent solution.
That will come when these structures are
knocked down or refurbished and occupied
by hopeful citizens rebuilding their neigh-
borhoods.
But if we dont patch up the blocks that
still hold families, there might not be neigh-
borhoods to rebuild. The city doesnt have
the money. It wont for some time. There
are an estimated 40,000 abandoned struc-
tures in the city, and, according to a Free
Press analysis, more than 5,000 within a
quarter-mile of schools.
The state Legislature and governor have
allocated $10 million to knock down hun-
dreds. Good, but not enough.
Mayor Dave Bing has plans to raze 1,500.
Good, but not enough.
So we need to kick in. Human capital can
best make our city human again.
Are you up for boarding up?
Already, several generous and civic-mind-
ed companies have jumped on board 100
Houses. Bolyard Lumber in Birmingham is
providing all the wood. Belfor, a property
restoration company headquartered in
Livonia, is cutting the wood and providing
men, equipment and Dumpsters. Mosher &
Associates in Birmingham is bringing crew
and clearing the brush and overgrowth that
makes these properties even scarier. Home
Depot has offered to help. Blight Busters,
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries and
other community groups are pitching in.
We are looking for volunteers. You
neednt be an expert, just willing to help.
The event will start at 8 a.m., and finish,
hopefully, early afternoon. We will gather at
the Osborn parking lot and move to the
assigned houses. All materials will be pro-
vided. You need only bring the spirit un-
less you happen to be a master carpenter, in
which case, call even faster.
The number: 866-992-4483. Or go to
atimetohelp.org.
100 Houses event aims to board up danger in Detroit
Mitch Albom is a columnist for the Detroit Free
Press. Readers may write to him at: Detroit Free
Press, 600 W. Fort St., Detroit, MI 48226, or via
email at [email protected].
COMMENTARY
M I T C H A L B O M
ITS WISDOM is unde-
niable. The first time it
appears you read it twice,
as if it were an imagina-
tive riddle. Later, even if
only once, its timeless
meaning becomes part of
lifes reality.
Adding to its perpetual relevance is its
occurrence in sports (hope to meet that
team in the finals), job searches, relation-
ships and everything else your heart desir-
es. But never is it more often true than in
politics.
Be careful what you wish for, you may
get it.
Every 10 years the decennial redrawing
of congressional districts generates a long
wish list detailing the deepest political
desire of incumbent members of Con-
gress. Each would like his or her district
to be newly drawn to better ensure re-
election.
By adding towns and counties with
favorable voter registration profiles and
releasing less friendly neighborhoods to
districts nearby, a member of the House
may enjoy a long tenure in our nations
capital.
So it was in 2012. Long synonymous
with Northeastern Pennsylvania, the ven-
erable 11th District represented by Con-
gressman Lou Barletta has been so gerry-
mandered to enhance Mr. Barlettas re-
election chances as to make it unrecog-
nizable.
Incredibly, Barlettas 11th District
once anchored in Luzerne County has
shifted toward central and southern Penn-
sylvania, stretching from Wyoming Coun-
ty to Southampton Township in Cumber-
land County just 11 miles from the Mary-
land border. See for yourself: www.gov-
track.us/congress/members/PA/11
In doing so, Barletta picked up Repub-
lican sections of Dauphin, Perry, Cumber-
land and Northumberland counties, shed-
ding Democratic strongholds in Luzerne,
Lackawanna, Carbon and Monroe to bene-
fit the 17th District represented by Demo-
cratic Congressman Tim Holden.
Theoretically such brazen political
surgery should benefit both Barletta and
Holden. Barletta adds thousands of Re-
publican voters from central and southern
Pennsylvania at the expense of NEPA
and Tim Holden received Lous Democrat-
ic castaways, rounding out Holdens 17th
District. Win-win, right?
In grafting a snake-like artery of those
Democratic towns through Luzerne and
Lackawanna counties for a new 17th Dis-
trict, Old Forge and Moosic from the 11th
District were transplanted to the 17th to
connect Luzerne County to the city of
Scranton. Voila, what could possibly go
wrong?
Be careful what you wish for, you may
get it.
It was out of Moosic that Matt Cart-
wright burst onto the scene. Demonstra-
ting leadership on a variety of issues and
promising a strong voice for Northeastern
Pennsylvania, he defeated Holden in a
stunning primary upset.
Conventional wisdom suggests Barletta,
the former Hazleton mayor, has a clearer
path to victory in November. He will have
multiple times the money of his cash-
strapped opponent and, in a presidential
election year, the political apparatus of
the state Republican Party.
Having obliterated the 11th Congres-
sional District as we know it, just to re-
elect Lou Barletta, Republicans will pull
out all stops to get him first across the
finish line on Election Day.
Barlettas opponent is Gene Stilp of
Middle Paxton Township in Dauphin
County. A native of Luzerne County, Stilp
is an attorney and activist who prides
himself on fighting for taxpayers on a
variety of important issues.
Intelligent and imaginative, Stilp has a
knack for effectively spreading his mess-
age on a shoestring budget. An underdog
in the April Democratic primary and out-
spent by his opponent, Stilp registered an
upset of his own to become the Democrat-
ic nominee for Congress in the 11th Con-
gressional District.
Stilp grew up at one end of the district,
lives at the other and knows the high-
ways, byways and back roads in between.
He has challenged Barletta to a series of
debates and reacted swiftly to Barlettas
votes for a Defense Bill that cut funds to
the Tobyhanna Army Depot and for U.S.
Rep. Paul Ryans budget plan that seeks to
undo Medicare as we know it.
Stilp was every Republicans dream
opponent for Barletta the incumbent. Be
careful what you wish for: You got it.
Be careful what you wish for, especially in politics
Kevin Blaums column on government, life and
politics appears every Sunday. Contact him at
[email protected].
KEVIN BLAUM
I N T H E A R E N A
I
F ONE OF your prized
possessions your house
suddenly droppedinto a
chasm, wrecking its walls
and ruining the foundation,
would you be able to recover
emotionally and financially?
Or wouldyoube, for all prac-
tical purposes, sunk?
In Luzerne County, more
property owners would be
wise to at least ponder those
questions and ask themselves
whether they should be pro-
tected by Mine Subsidence In-
surance especially now that
the state has reduced the year-
ly cost for residences by about
15 percent. Coverage of
$150,000 can be obtained for
$82.50 per year, or less than $7
per month. Rates are even low-
er for senior citizens.
The states Department of
Environmental Protection,
which started its Mine Subsid-
ence Insurance program in
1961, maintains a website with
a premiumrate chart anda ZIP
code database to assess risk in
particular areas. Visit
www.paMSI.org.
Due to this regions history
of anthracite mining, much of
the Wyoming Valley and Grea-
ter Hazleton fall into zones
deemed at risk for subsidence-
type troubles, according to a
news report in Thursdays edi-
tion of The Times Leader.
Based on DEPs figures, 14
claims in Luzerne County re-
ceived payouts between July
2010 and June 30, 2011. Yet the
department tallies fewer than
5,000 mine subsidence insur-
ance polices issued through-
out the county, suggesting
plenty of people are rolling the
dice.
A standard homeowner pol-
icy typically doesnt cover
damage caused by abandoned
coal or clay mines, or sudden
discharges of water from mine
voids. The bill for repairing a
property impacted by subsid-
ence averages about $50,000,
say the promoters of DEPs
nonprofit insurance program.
On weekdays, callers to its toll-
free number (1-800-922-1678)
canlearnmoreabout historical
mining activity ontheir streets
and in their neighborhoods,
helping to assess the need for
this specialized insurance.
Why not make the call? Talk
with your own insurance
agent, too, ensuring that you
have adequate, but not excess,
coverage.
Thenif somethingshouldgo
wrongat your property, at least
you can be confident of receiv-
ing an eventual lift.
OUR OPINION: YOUR INSURANCE
Consider coverage
for subsidence
Get details about the state
Department of Environmental
Protections Mine Subsidence
Insurance program.
Call 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. week-
days: 1-800-922-1 678.
Visit www.paMSI.org.
R I S K Y B U S I N E S S
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President and CEO/Impressions Media
JOSEPH BUTKIEWICZ
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MARK E. JONES
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I
F GOVS. CORBETT and
Christie were in a race to
embrace solar energy, it
would be Christie who
needs to slather on the SPF-50
sunscreen.
As for Corbett and Pennsyl-
vania lawmakers, they still
need to work on their tans.
The New Jersey governor
earned bragging rights recent-
ly by signing legislation that
could revive his states efforts
toexpandits capacityfor solar-
generated electricity, which is
already second only to Califor-
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The measure, cosponsored
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as important, the utilitys So-
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brownfields, warehouse roofs
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gobblingupscarceopenspace.
In comparison to the pace of
moving ahead with solar ener-
gy in Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey has the clear lead.
Pennsylvanias modest goal
to have 0.5 percent of its elec-
tricity come from the sun in
about a decade is too low to
drive demand for more solar
installations, which means the
solar-industry jobs that sprang
up in recent years are at risk. It
also means the states air qual-
ity will continue to suffer, giv-
en the potential of solar to re-
duce the reliance on coal-gen-
erated electricity.
Its no coincidence that coal
producers, along with big util-
ities, have been the ones to
stall efforts to increase Penn-
sylvanias solar standard, as
Jersey has done.
Even a proposal from state
Rep. Chris Ross, R-Chester, to
accelerate the pace of the
move to attain the 0.5 percent
goal has been stalled. Thats
especially wrongheaded in the
midst of a blazingsummer sea-
son when solar could be help-
ingutilities cope withspikes in
demand for power and, most
important, assure against da-
maging blackouts.
For Harrisburg lawmakers
to see the light, they need only
look to Trenton.
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athleen Parkers com-
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neys ideas during his
recent visit to Poland (Rom-
ney strikes right chords in
overseas trip, Aug. 5) certain-
ly foster his economic views.
However, quite wide of the
mark is her opinion that Rom-
neys views correspond to
two of the most important
Catholic social justice princi-
ples: subsidiarity and solidar-
ity. In papal and U.S. Catholic
teachings, both concepts are
understood quite differently
than Parkers views.
Their understanding of
subsidiarity envisions a
strong government that pro-
tects individuals and small
intermediate bodies (families,
small business, labor unions,
etc.) from actions of large
organizations, not only the
state but corporations as well.
Their understanding of soli-
darity is the virtue that im-
pels us to active concern for
the needs of others and must
be used to balance subsidi-
arity. Indeed, subsidiarity is an
application of solidarity not
its opposite.
Rather than blurring the
discussion by the interpreta-
tions of largely discredited
neo-con Catholics such as
Michael Novak, Parker should
go to highly respected Cathol-
ic scholars such as Daniel K.
Finn (Commonweal, July 13)
and Vincent J. Miller (Com-
monweal, Aug. 6).
The Catholic voters and
others can more accurately
assess U.S. Rep. Paul Ryans
budget proposals and Rom-
neys latest economic views.
The country and the church
deserve nothing better. Per-
haps then Lech Walesas repu-
tation will not be tarnished for
a partisan U.S. election.
Rev. Patrick J. Sullivan
Wilkes-Barre
Reader supports
Cummings in 17th
P
lease vote on Nov. 6 for
Laureen Cummings for
Congress in the 17th Dis-
trict.
Laureen is staunchly pro-life
and will vote to repeal Oba-
macare. Unlike her opponent
Matt Cartwright, who strong-
ly supports Obamacare,
Laureen agrees with many
Americans that this law is
unconstitutional.
Obamacare allows an
abortion surcharge that is
required for all people en-
rolled in plans covering elec-
tive abortions. This surcharge
must be at least $1 per month
but can be significantly high-
er, as there is no maximum
rate.
Why should we pay for
someone elses abortion? On
Election Day vote for Laureen
Cummings. She will stand up
for the lives of the unborn.
Ada Magni
West Wyoming
Who made NCAA
judge of morality?
T
he marriage between the
NCAA (aka the No Com-
mon-sense Athletic Associ-
ation) and the Penn State
Board of Trustees was con-
ceived in hell and should
return there.
When was the NCAA ap-
pointed to be the guardian of
our morals? Why did the trust-
ees seemingly reply Yes,
master! when agreeing with
the sanctions. They were
following the NCAA theme,
which was punish the in-
nocent.
The (football) players, fans,
alumni, vendors, students and
coaches, who had nothing to
do with the crimes, were puni-
shed. Why was football
picked? Following their logic,
or lack thereof, it could have
been table tennis.
And how about our politic-
ians? Their stands on this
subject are underwhelming.
Mike Langan
Stroud Township
Alum gives take
on Freeh Report
I
m Penn State proud, always
have been and always will
be. Here is my take on the
Jerry Sandusky scandal and
the NCAA sanctions.
For starters, we have to
accept the fact that Sandusky
was found guilty of multiple
counts of child sexual abuse.
Given that, the fine that the
NCAA levied upon Penn State
and most of the sanctions, but
not all, do not seem inappro-
priate. The penalty that does
not seem appropriate is the
vacating of the football teams
victories from1998 through
2011.
Equally inappropriate was
the removal of the coach Joe
Paterno statue from in front of
Beaver Stadium. Here is my
reasoning.
The conclusions of the
Freeh Report, which I consid-
er to be very subjective, were
in large part based on two
Sandusky incidents: the first
in 1998 and the second in
2001. The 1998 incident was
reported to police and social
service agencies. In the final
analysis the Centre County
district attorney decided not
to prosecute the case. Like it
or not, we have to assume that
the prosecutor concluded that
sexual abuse did not occur.
Thats our system.
The 2001 incident involved
something that was observ-
ed and reported by Michael
McQueary, then a graduate
assistant. There is no record
of exactly what was reported
to Paterno and what he in
turn reported to his superior,
Athletic Director Timothy M.
Curley. It was from this point
forward that the alleged cover-
up occurred. The upcoming
trials of Curley and Gary
Shultz, senior vice president,
might help us conclude if a
cover-up transpired and who
orchestrated it.
The only thing that might
seem to incriminate Coach
Paterno in a cover-up would
be the statement in an email
from Curley to Shultz in Feb-
ruary 2001, in which he stated
that after giving it more
thought and talking it over
with Joe he decided in favor
of approaching Sandusky
about getting counseling. We
have no written record to tell
us what the actual conversa-
tion was between Paterno and
Curley or for that matter if it
actually occurred. And of
course, Coach Paterno is no
longer with us to tell what he
knew.
All that being said, it is
important to remember that
Sandusky was found not guilty
of sexual abuse in the 2001
incident and thus Paterno and
other officials have been un-
justly accused in the Freeh
Report of covering up a crimi-
nal act that in fact did not
happen.
Nonetheless, the university
proceeded to remove the
Paterno statue and, in concert
with the NCAA, vacate wins of
the football team, thus dimin-
ishing Paternos outstanding
coaching record. In my opin-
ion these actions were un-
justified and merely to quiet
the Penn State haters and
the media.
Beyond Sandusky, the other
villains in this awful affair
were the board of trustees
members.
They were not exercising
their responsibility. If, as
seems likely, the football pro-
gram was beyond appropriate
bounds, it was the responsib-
ility of the trustees to rein it
in. Any current members that
were on the board during the
last two decades should be
replaced.
Jack Dunn
Pittston
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THERE ARE
two ways to
run against
Barack Oba-
ma: stew-
ardship or
ideology. You
can run
against his record or you can
run against his ideas.
The stewardship case is
pretty straightforward: the
worst recovery in U.S. history,
42 consecutive months of 8-plus
percent unemployment, declin-
ing economic growth all
achieved at a price of another
$5 trillion of accumulated debt.
The ideological case is also
simple. Just play in toto (and
therefore in context) Obamas
Roanoke riff telling small busi-
ness owners: You didnt build
that. Real credit for your suc-
cess belongs not to you you
think you did well because of
your smarts and sweat? he
asked mockingly but to gov-
ernment that built the infras-
tructure without which you
would have nothing.
Play it. Then ask: Is that the
governing philosophy you want
for this nation?
Mitt Romneys preferred
argument, however, is stew-
ardship. Are you better off
today than you were $5 trillion
ago? Look at the wreckage
around you. This presidency is
a failure. Im a successful busi-
nessman. I know how to fix
things. Elect me, etc. etc.
Easy peasy, but highly risky.
If you run against Obamas
performance in contrast to your
own competence, you stake
your case on persona. Is that
how you want to compete
against an opponent who is not
just more likable and immea-
surably cooler, but spending
millions to paint you as an
unfeeling, out-of-touch, job-
killing, private-equity pluto-
crat?
The ideological case, on the
other hand, is not just appeal-
ing to a center-right country
with twice as many conserva-
tives as liberals, it is also expla-
natory. It underpins the stew-
ardship argument. Obamas
ideology and the program
that followed explains the
failure of these four years.
What program? Obama laid it
out boldly early in his presi-
dency. The roots of the nations
crisis, he declared, were sys-
temic. Fundamental change
was required. He had come to
deliver it. Hence his signature
legislation:
First, the $831 billion stimu-
lus that was going to reinvest
in America and bring unem-
ployment below 6 percent. We
know about the unemployment.
And the investment? Obama
loves to cite great federal pro-
jects such as the Hoover Dam
and the interstate highway
system. Fine. Name one thing
of any note created by Obamas
Niagara of borrowed money. A
modernized electric grid? Ports
dredged to receive the larger
ships soon to traverse a widen-
ed Panama Canal? Nothing of
the sort. Solyndra, anyone?
Second, radical reform of
health care that would reduce
its ruinously accelerating cost:
Put simply, he said, our
health care problem is our
deficit problem a financial
hemorrhage drowning us in
debt.
Except that the CBO reports
that Obamacare will cost
$1.68 trillion of new spending
in its first decade.
The third part of Obamas
promised transformation was
energy. His cap-and-trade feder-
al takeover was rejected by his
own Democratic Senate. So the
war on fossil fuels has been
conducted unilaterally by bu-
reaucratic fiat. Regulations that
will kill coal. A no-brainer pipe-
line (Keystone) rejected lest
Canadian oil sands be burned.
A drilling moratorium in the
Gulf that a federal judge se-
verely criticized as illegal.
That was the program now
so unpopular that Obama bare-
ly mentions it.
Ideas matter. The 2010 elec-
tion, the most ideological since
1980, saw the voters resound-
ingly reject a Democratic Party
that was relentlessly expanding
the power, spending, scope and
reach of government.
Its worse now. Those who
have struggled to create a fam-
ily business, a corner restau-
rant, a medical practice wont
take kindly to being told that
their success is a result of gov-
ernment-built roads and
bridges.
If Republicans want to win,
Obamas deeply revealing,
teleprompter-free you-didnt-
build-that confession of faith
needs to be hung around his
neck until Election Day. The
third consecutive summer-of-
recovery-that-never-came is
attributable not just to Obama
being in over his head but to
whats in his head: a govern-
ment-centered vision of the
economy and society, and the
policies that flow from it.
Four years of that and this is
what you get.
Make the case and you win
the White House.
Building a strong case
against another 4 years
COMMENTARY
C H A R L E S
K R A U T H A M M E R
Charles Krauthammers email
address is letters@charleskrauth-
ammer.com.
E
ach of us can aim for the heavens. But in our zeal, its wise to remember
that to reach lofty heights, what matters most is the unseen foundation
down below.
ANOTHER VIEW
A photograph by Pete G. Wilcox
and words by Mark E. Jones
IT IS as if Mitt
Romney is in
a Mittless
Protection
Program
not allowed to
talk about
anything that
might incriminate him with
the right-wing, Tea-vangelical
base.
He cant talk about his tax-
es, or he might have to show
how much he earned and what
overseas tax shelters he used.
He cant talk about his time as
governor of Massachusetts,
because he was a moderate.
He cant talk about his reli-
gion. He cant talk about Bain
Capital because it leveraged
companies, took huge fees
and discarded jobs. He cant
talk about health care be-
cause, in fact, his program in
Massachusetts was used as
the model for Obamacare.
He cant talk about running
the Olympics because it was
the federal government and
$1.5 billion in tax money that
made the Salt Lake City
games possible.
Theres not a lot the Mitt-
ster can say that wont get
him in trouble with the intol-
erant right wing.
So, the Romney campaign,
eager to get people to change
the subject from why he wont
release his tax returns, has
turned to the lowest form of
demagoguery. Being about as
subtle as a sledgehammer,
they have put into play the
greatest racial dog whistle
of them all: welfare.
In an ad released last week,
one of the most expensive ad
buys ever, Romney alleges
that Obama has rolled back
welfare to work reforms
passed under Bill Clinton in
the 1996 Welfare Reform Act.
Romney says that Obama is
trying to build a society of
entitlement, which is
strange coming from a guy
whose father was the CEO of
an auto company and a gover-
nor.
The ad says that Obama
quietly announced a plan to
gut welfare reform by drop-
ping work requirements. Un-
der Obamas plan, you
wouldnt have to work and
wouldnt have to train for a
job. They just send you your
welfare check.
Thats a whopper, folks. The
only thing more disgusting in
this ad than the absence of
veracity is the absence of
decency.
I wont call the Romney ad
racist, because I think thats
too harsh. But I will concur
with political commentator
Rachel Maddow, who called it
a blunt allusion to the pop-
ulist racial politics of white
economic resentment.
Yet, there is no difference
between the Clinton Welfare
Act and what the Obama ad-
ministration policy has been.
There is no reduction or re-
moval of work requirements.
The Obama administration
has allowed states to acquire
waivers for the welfare to
work program, doing so only
at the request of Republican
governors, one of whom, un-
believably, was Romney him-
self.
Former president Clinton
was forced to respond on
Tuesday. The administration
has taken important steps to
ensure that the work require-
ment is retained and that
waivers will be granted only if
a state can demonstrate that
more people will be moved
into work under its new ap-
proach, Clinton said. The
welfare time limits, another
important feature of the 1996
act, will not be waived.
But lets be real here. This is
an attempt by Romney to trick
the uninformed voters into
an image of Obama as bring-
ing back the days of the wel-
fare queen an image effec-
tively used as a campaign tool
by Ronald Reagan nearly 30
years ago.
It is amazing that Romney,
who is reluctant to talk
straight about anything of
significance, is willing to
stoke racial resentment.
For a candidate who wants
to increase defense spending
(we already spend twice as
much as the next 17 nations in
the world) and decrease taxes
for millionaires, Romney picks
as his target of aggression the
indigent people on welfare,
mostly single mothers.
Nobody on welfare wants to
be on welfare. Welfare to
work requirements are strin-
gent, and in many cases, re-
cipients are forced to travel 50
miles or more each day to
meet the work requirements.
But the Mittster wants to
become president so badly
that he will say anything.
Except, of course, the truth.
Romney chucks truth, decency in latest ad
JOHN WATSON
C O M M E N T A R Y
John Watson is the former publisher
of the Sunday Dispatch in Pittston.
He lives in Seattle. Contact him via
email at [email protected].
This is an attempt by Romney
to trick the uninformed
voters into an image of
Obama as bringing back the
days of the welfare queen
an image effectively used as a
campaign tool by Ronald
Reagan nearly 30 years ago.
ABOUT 7.4 mil-
lion college stu-
dents and their
families received a
financial reprieve
for at least one
more year when
U.S. Senate lead-
ers reached a compromise recently to
freeze student loan rates at 3.4 per-
cent for one additional year instead of
letting it balloon to 6.8 percent effec-
tive July 1. While student loan rates
are important, there are many other
ways collegians and their families can
make a college degree less expensive.
Several recent articles on MSN
(http://money.msn.com/college-
savings/11-worst-public-university-
grad-rates) and Fox Business News
(http://www.foxbusiness.com/per-
sonal-finance/2012/06/07/bad-
grades-5-common-student-loan-er-
rors/) have offered some excellent
donts which are summarized below.
The key to not becoming debt-
ridden upon graduation is to keep
student loans at a manageable level.
Federal student loans are the most
affordable because of the low, fixed
rates they provide, but obtaining
them is dependent upon the credit
rating of the family and/or student. It
is important to optimize your credit
rating before applying for a loan and
to make certain the family member(s)
with the best credit history obtains a
loan or industry cosigner.
Even before you consider student
loans, however, it is important to first
estimate starting salaries in your
chosen profession and the probability
of finding employment in your field of
study so you will know if the loan can
be paid off in a reasonable amount of
time upon graduation. The U.S. Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics, a variety of
other organizations and high school
guidance departments should have
information about starting salaries
and employment opportunities in
various fields. For instance, college
graduates who major in the health
sciences, biosciences, engineering
and related fields initially will have a
higher probability of finding a good-
paying job than students majoring in
the liberal arts. Liberal arts students,
though, tend to do well in the job
market in the long run because the
skills they derive from their college
educations are infinitely applicable to
a variety of careers.
To save money and to incur less
debt as a college student, collegians
and their families also should follow
these tips:
Parents of students should read
the fine print on all student loan doc-
uments to determine the deferment
provisions. For instance, many loans
can be forgiven in part or entirely if
certain careers are pursued. However,
according to Jane Dessoye, executive
director of enrollment management at
Misericordia University, you must
make sure that you are aware of the
provisions of forgiveness.
Many students build significant
debt to cover tuition as well as credit
card and related debt. They live like
they have a good-paying, full-time job
when they are a student and then,
ironically, they are then forced to live
like a student when they get their first
jobs. Theres plenty of time to spend
money after graduation; wait until
then.
Dont borrow too much. Be pru-
dent. Consider part-time work either
on- or off-campus. It is interesting
that students who work part time
actually do better academically than
students who do not work at all.
Try to pay off some of the debt
while you are in still in school. Many
students set aside a portion of their
part-time job income to pay down
debt. It is difficult to give up a spring
break trip, but doing so and using
those funds to pay down debt will
help considerably. The earlier you
begin to pay down the debt the less
the compound interest you will incur.
Graduate on time. Believe it or
not, the statistics on on-time gradua-
tion provided by the federal govern-
ment for a four-year college degree
actually measures degree completion
in six years. Large state institutions,
oftentimes, fill the classes that stu-
dents need for graduation early. Lack
of advising and other services to stu-
dents at these institutions make for a
longer college experience. While it
might cost more each year to attend a
private school, the cost of an addition-
al one or two years in a state school,
coupled with the salary forgone by
entering the labor force, sometimes
makes private schools less expensive
in the long run.
Dont change majors. Think care-
fully about a major before making a
decision. Dont start taking courses in
a specific major as a freshman or first-
semester sophomore. Rather, finish
your core requirements and/or gener-
al education requirements first. These
courses transfer much easier if you
choose to do so, and you wont waste
semesters or years if you change ma-
jors or schools down the road.
Dont change schools. Transfer-
ring usually adds at least a semester,
if not a year, to your college time. And
dont necessarily be swayed by the
idea of going to a community college
to save money for two years and then
transferring. Unless that community
college has a close, long-lived cooper-
ative articulation agreement with the
four-year institution to which you
intend to transfer, you might lose a
large number of credits and stay in
school much longer, thereby spending
more on your college education.
Above all, remember that a college
education, if thoughtfully undertaken,
is worth the investment. The annual
average earnings gap between college
graduates with bachelors degrees and
their peers who have high school
diplomas stands at $22,000.
As it stands today, the average debt
owed by a student upon graduation
from college is about $19,500. In oth-
er words, the additional income you
will earn in one year by having a col-
lege degree can pay almost all of the
debt you incurred to obtain that edu-
cation.
College is indeed one of the best
investments you can make.
Students, families can plan ahead to manage cost of college education
COMMENTARY
M I C H A E L A .
M A C D O W E L L
Michael A. MacDowell is president of Miser-
icordia University in Dallas Township, where
he occasionally teaches economics.
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A RECENT
letter to the
editor raised
questions
about the
Greater
Wilkes-Barre
Chamber that
I am glad to answer. Since 1884,
the chamber has been a strong
and vocal champion for the
business community in Greater
Wilkes-Barre.
The accomplishments of the
chamber are many too many
to list here. I would like to focus
on our most recent accomplish-
ments and where we are going
in the future.
The task of job creation and
retention for our region contin-
ues to be one of our top pri-
orities. The 38 jobs recently
added by Amcor Rigid Plastics
at its new Mountain Top facility
are the latest additions to the
roster of more than 12,700 peo-
ple employed in the five busi-
ness parks directly developed by
the chamber and our affiliate
organizations. The chambers
five business parks (Crestwood
Industrial Park, Hanover Indus-
trial Estates, Hanover Crossing,
Corporate Center at East Moun-
tain and Highland Park) com-
prise approximately 2,637 acres
and generate more than $8.7
million annually in county, mu-
nicipal and school district tax
revenues.
In fact, there are more than
18,000 people working today in
jobs that can be traced to 210
different chamber-assisted busi-
ness location or expansion pro-
jects from1985 to 2011. In 2011
alone, chamber-assisted projects
resulted in the creation of 562
new jobs in the Wilkes-Barre
area.
Our entrepreneurial devel-
opment efforts are equally ro-
bust. An updated economic
impact report for the Innovation
Center at Wilkes-Barre showed
that, during 2010, the facility
generated total estimated eco-
nomic activity of $28.7 million.
It accounted for an estimated
230 direct and indirect jobs and
an estimated $3.1 million in
federal, state and local taxes.
The chamber also has been a
key community development
partner through catalytic efforts
such as the Elevation Lofts
project. As a direct result of the
chambers actions, 20 of these 21
downtown lofts were sold and
are occupied, bringing new
residential activity to downtown
Wilkes-Barre. The positive im-
pact of the chambers center-city
investments goes far beyond
whats visible on downtown
sidewalks. Today, the site of the
University Corners project gen-
erates $250,000 a year more in
annual real estate tax revenue
than it did a decade ago and as
Keystone Opportunity Zone tax
abatements continue to expire,
even more dollars will be added.
In 2011, the chamber led a
consortium of regional institu-
tions and organizations exam-
ining the feasibility of a collab-
orative approach to biomedical
research in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania. Partnering colleges
and universities are now bring-
ing that studys recommenda-
tions to fruition as part of the
Regional Bioscience Initiative, a
multi-phased strategy to in-
crease the size and breadth of
the regions biomedical industry
cluster.
Other community develop-
ment highlights of the past year
include:
Supporting the 2011 pro-
gram season at the River Com-
mon, which attracted more than
4,400 recorded participants to
programs on the downtowns
riverfront.
Convening a meeting of
regional chambers and econom-
ic development organizations to
review and discuss implementa-
tion of the final Bi-county Com-
prehensive Plan and Long-Range
Transportation Plan for Luzerne
and Lackawanna counties.
We will continue to support
these and other initiatives that
make our region a more attrac-
tive place in which to reside and
do business.
As a voluntary membership
organization, The Chamber of
Commerce relies on the dues
investments of its members for
the overwhelming majority of its
income. The Chamber of Busi-
ness and Industry and its affil-
iates receive pledges, rental and
property management income,
and also have received grant
revenue to perform specific
functions tied to the require-
ments of the grants, including
funds to develop, market and
maintain a second business
incubator.
Just as other small businesses
across the country have been
impacted by the recession, so
has the chamber. As a result, the
chambers board of directors
made difficult decisions to re-
direct the efforts of the chamber,
including reducing the number
of staff to 12 and significantly
reducing the salaries of all em-
ployees. The result is a chamber
that is more nimble one that is
more adaptive to the changes
needed in a dynamic organiza-
tion.
The chamber accomplishes
much of its actions through
committees, task forces and the
dedicated effort of its board of
directors. I invite chamber mem-
bers to become more involved
with the work that we are doing.
I also invite those businesses
that are not members of the
chamber to visit its website at
www.wilkes-barre.org to learn
more about what it is doing to
better the economy of Greater
Wilkes-Barre.
Better yet, call me at 823-
2101. Ill be happy to meet with
you and explain why I took the
opportunity to be a part of this
dynamic organization, and why
you should, too.
Chamber key driver of area economy
COMMENTARY
W I L L I A M D .
M O O R E
William D. Moore is president and
CEO of the Greater Wilkes-Barre
Chamber of Business and Industry.
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Those of youwhowiggle out of
family camping trips by claiming
youre just not into roughing it
will have to find another excuse.
A range of camping options
and innovations has made it far
more comfortable to eat, sleep
and otherwise spend time in the
Great Outdoors.
Soft rugged is what so many
Americans are seeking in their
outdoor experience today, says
Jim Rogers, chairman and CEO
of Kampgrounds of America, or
KOA, which runs about 500
campgrounds around the coun-
try. Somuchsothat henowrefers
to the camping industry as out-
door hospitality.
KOA has beefed up some of its
campgrounds to include both ba-
sic and luxury cabins the latter
being the kind more often equa-
ted with family resorts than plac-
es to pitch tents. Rental costs
$100 to $150 per night. Some
sites offer coffee carts, pancake
breakfasts, kids activities anden-
tertainment.
Campers who want things a bit
more but not much more rus-
tic can browse the equipment lin-
ing the shelves at well-stocked
outdoors stores (though some of
the fancy new goodies may hike
the price of that simple camping
trip).
Take, for instance, REIs King-
dom 8 tent, which is big enough
to sleep eight. For $529, the tent
is not just waterproof and bug-
proof but also has moveable
room dividers to create separate
spaces with private entrances.
Fill it with cots, airbeds and per-
haps a ceiling fan created for
tents, andyoure boundtoget ina
good nights sleep. Toss in anoth-
er $100, and you can add to it a
garage to store food or gear
or use it as a place for the family
dog to sleep.
Nifty outdoor stoves and cook-
ing gear have made campfire-
cooked canned beans and hot
dogs moot, unless you really like
them.
REIs camp kitchen, for exam-
ple, is a folding trove of food-prep
workspace and storage all of
which can be carried around in a
zipper bag. It even includes
hooks for hanging up spatulas,
and windproof screens so the ele-
ments dont mess withyour cook-
ing.
Coleman, one of the biggest
manufactures of camping gear,
sells a camping oven that fits
handily onto one of the compa-
nys two- or three-burner grills.
Dont even think about grainy
cowboy coffee or even those clas-
sic enamel percolators. French
presses, specifically engineered
for outdoor use, are now the way
to go if youre picky about your
coffee preparation (though the
experience may not be exactly
what youre used to in your own
kitchen). Coleman sells a pro-
pane-powered drip coffee maker
that you dont even have to put
over heat.
New amenities take the rough out of roughing it
AP PHOTO
A Kampgrounds of America Ventura Ranch Comfort Cabin allows
for concurrent communing with nature and modern conveniences.
By DIANA MARSZALEK
See ROUGHING IT, Page 6F
Footage from the History Chan-
nels American Pickers April visit
to Timothy Haddles Dallas Town-
ship property is expected to air
Aug. 27, according to the shows
producer, Cineflix Inc.
The shows stars, pickers Mike
Wolfe and Frank Fritz, dug through an
old barn and shed on Haddles prop-
erty and the attic of his Saab dealer-
ship off Route 309 in the Kunkle
section of Dallas Township searching
for old car parts, motorcycles, signs
and other objects of interest.
The visit stemmed fromthe shows
request for leads in the area. The
series follows Wolfe and Fritz as they
travel the country poking through
decrepit barns, backyard debris and
private collections for antiques they
often describe as rusty gold. The
men discuss historical tidbits about
the stuff they purchase and tally
their estimated profits at resale for
the shows viewers.
Haddle signed a non-disclosure
agreement to preserve secrecy
before the showpremiers. New
episodes, including the local visit, air
at 9 p.m. Mondays.
A LOCAL PICKERS
Tracy Hutson wanders through a
graveyard of ovens that havent roasted
a turkey or baked a ham since decades
before she was born. Picking through
their discarded parts, she muses: The
rust on this is just so gorgeous.
Her Picker Sisters partner, Tanya
McQueen, agrees yet another itemto
bargain for, purchase and turn into a
high-endpiece of furniture ontheir Life-
time network TV series.
Youll find a similar pair of women,
the Junk Gypsies, doing much the
same thing over at HGTV. And these
two pairs are not alone.
The list of television shows about
huntingfor elusive treasure amidmoun-
tains of discarded stuff keeps growing
like a suburban landfill. At least three
new entries are premiering this sum-
mer, adding to the already double-digit
roster of shows about pickers and
pawn-shop owners and people who bid
for the contents of storage containers.
Why, especially when were so over-
loaded with our own clutter and junk,
are we so fascinated with the search
through other peoples castoffs?
The rush of remembering
Jordan Hembrough, host of Toy
Hunter, which premieres Wednesday
on the Travel Channel, believes people
love junk-hunting shows because they
AP PHOTO
A scene fromthe PBS TV show Mar-
ket Warriors.
Captivated
by castoffs?
TV pickings
are plentiful
By MELISSA RAYWORTH
See TREASURE, Page 4F
h no, 22-year-old Virginia Reinert of Dallas said. She doesnt blame
ballet for her tendonitis. Maybe it was cross-country running in
middle school. Ohyes, 14-year-oldAlessandra Ortiz of Sugarloaf
said. She has given up lots of chances to socialize in favor of re-
hearsals. But shes not complaining. And, oh wow, nerves have
jangled before performances. Im always freaking out back-
stage, 18-year-old Maggie Sullivan of Wilkes-Barre said with a
gentle laugh. But once you get out there, it all comes naturally.
Degnan Ballet dancers embody perseverance
See STRENGTH, Page 5F
Maybe it was an itching in her feet,
or a yearning in her heart. In any case,
19-year-old Julie Degnan realized she
couldnt turn her back on a dance ca-
reer, which perhaps, has been her desti-
ny all along.
It was a hard decision to make, but if
I dont do it nowIll regret it for the rest
More than an avocation:
Julie was born to do this.
By MARY THERESE BIEBEL
[email protected]
See JULIE, Page 5F
By MARY THERESE BIEBEL [email protected]
NIKO J. KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Ballet students stretch in class at the Degnan Ballet Center at the Conservatory of Wilkes University.
Local photog-
rapher Shane
East captured
Julie Degnan in a
thoughtful mood
during a photo
shoot at the Sev-
en Tubs Nature
Area in Plains
Township.
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HOROSCOPE
HOROSCOPE
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Romance is in the air, but
revealing too much and
going too fast might just
spoil it. Be sure to go slow
and steady, no matter how
thrilling and heart-flutter-
ing you find your potential
partner.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
While trying to make a job
easier, you risk inadver-
tently making it more diffi-
cult. Take time to organize
your efforts before you
act, and you will avoid this
phenomenon.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
There will be those people
who cant appreciate
your efforts. Its not their
fault. They have never
made similar efforts, so
they have no comparison.
Continue undaunted.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
By keeping up with basic
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you can manage stress
before it comes. Getting
enough rest and exercise,
as well as proper nutrition,
will keep you strong.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Youre
in a strong position now.
People sense that you
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Witnessing it could be just
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
Sensitive issues come into
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be explored? Unless you
can do so without com-
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an oft-underrated virtue.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
A sweet mental breeze
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Clouds lift. You can see
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What was once foggy
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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec.
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people find relevant.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
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rock. At any given time,
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miles away. Given the pre-
carious balance of life, you
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as possible.
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You wont gamble with
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TODAYS BIRTHDAY (Aug.
12). You have an audi-
ence. Your clever ways will
attract interest, includ-
ing that of a romantic
nature. Theres a happy
break in your professional
or financial scene in the
next three weeks. Yours is
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September. Youll be the
champion of a loved ones
pursuit in October. Help
comes from a distant sec-
tor in November. Aquarius
and Libra people adore
you. Your lucky numbers
are: 4, 19, 24, 17 and 23.
BEG YOUR PARDON
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sustainability programs at Mess-
iah College in Grantham, Pa.,
sees this as a strong explanation
for the popularity of these shows.
Many goods now are designed
to break down and need to be re-
placed, andour desires are social-
ly engineered to want more, bet-
ter, the latest. I think some are re-
discovering the value in these
goods because of the craftsman-
ship and the materials.
Heckman says he is happy
when a TV host can find and re-
purpose an old table or chair
revealing its enduring value and
returning it to daily life.
Television, of course, reliably
delivers those satisfying mo-
ments. Through editing, these
shows offer veryclever storytell-
ing, Baick says. Something well-
made and worthwhile is always
uncovered. Like the hunt for the
Holy Grail, in all the accounts it
ends up being a humble cup of
tremendous value, he says. For
viewers in homes filled with ev-
erydayitems, this is kindof mag-
ical, that you can turn lead into
gold if you have a discerning-
enough eye.
Two shows that premiered last
month PBS Market War-
riors (fromthe producers of An-
tiques Roadshow) and the
American Pickers spin-off
Picked Off raise the bar by
merging the junk-hunting genre
with competition. Picked Off
has a $10,000 grand prize, while
theMarket Warriors winner on-
ly earns bragging rights for
eclipsing his peers, according to
the shows website.
The desire to D-I-Y
For the Picker Sisters and
JunkGypsies, its all about what
these found goodies can become.
These shows, along with sites
like Pinterest, offer fresh and
sometimes outrageous ideas for
affordable do-it-yourself projects.
Whether many viewers actual-
ly try their hand at a project is an-
other question. But its fun to see
someone turn a chipped sink into
a flower-filled planter rather than
tossing it into a landfill, even if
youll never attempt a similar
task.
Although the creation and sale
of DIY items via sites such as Et-
sy.comis atrend, wearealsocre-
ating in many ways a voyeuristic
culture where we can consume
the data and information, Dalen
says. Its easytoorganizeandpin
it for a day that it wouldbe nice to
do it.
The hosts
The last piece of the puzzle
crucial to any successful TV
show is the characters. Junk-
hunting hosts and competitors
fall into two major camps: the
fierce, take-no-prisoners people
whobristle withbravado, andthe
folksy, charming people youd
love to invite over for dinner.
The friction-filled family on
Pawn Stars cant close a deal
without an argument, while tat-
tooed Darrell Sheets lovingly
bumps heads with his son Bran-
don on Storage Wars. Mike
Wolfe andFrankFritz, the stars of
American Pickers, invariably
incur the biting sarcasm of their
office manager, Danielle.
How long will these shows re-
main popular? Well, theres an
awful lot of junk out there. And
our national appetite for a voyeu-
ristic peek into other peoples at-
tics and basements seems to run
deep. (The evil mirror images of
these upbeat junk shows are the
shows about hoarding, where on-
ly misery comes from amassing
so much stuff.)
Craig Dalen thinks that as the
rate of change in our lives keeps
accelerating, our hunger to look
back toward an era of relative sta-
bility this nostalgic kind of
grasping onto what we had is
only likely to grow.
reconnect us with a time we like
to remember as simpler and hap-
pier.
We recognize items instantly,
from toys to household goods to
advertising signage. Previous
generations of Americans kept
things longer, and there was less
to choose fromwhen you did buy
new: Many of us had the same
CorningWare coffee pot, the
same Fisher-Price toys as our
neighbors.
Items designed in the 1950s
and1960s are froma period that
consciouslylookedtothefuture,
says Allen Topolski, associate
professor of art at the University
of Rochester. It was a time of opti-
mism, and although we never
got the jet packs we were prom-
ised, we enjoy revisiting that
feeling as junk-hunting TV hosts
come across this stuff, he says.
This experience wont be the
same for future generations be-
cause we replace things so fre-
quently today. Young people also
are less likely to have the exact
items as their peers. More choic-
es means less shared history,
says JohnBaick, associate profes-
sor of history at WesternNewEn-
gland University, in Springfield,
Mass.
So why do even viewers in
their teens and 20s watch these
shows?
The thrill of the hunt
T.J. Heckman has been into
junk, for nearly all of his 26
years. He, his father andhis uncle
used to go out all the time just
picking up stuff. I remember
when I was 6 years old bringing
home a kitchen table on my bicy-
cle.
In his work as a delivery truck
driver in the Pittsburgh area, hes
constantly scouting roadsides for
anything potentially fun or use-
ful. He loves bringing things
home and loves watching these
shows for the excitement of scor-
ing something awesome at little
or no cost.
The stuff today being made is
garbage compared to the stuff
back then, Heckman says.
They took their time and put ef-
fort into making it.
Craig Dalen, who coordinates
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of my life, said the young
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This is the time in my life
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as much as I can. Thats where
my home really is.
I think shes stepped back
and realized how precious it is,
the gift she has, said her
mother who began dancing
professionally herself at 17,
with the Louisville Ballet Co.
Mom knows its not an easy
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Im excited for her.
Over the years, Julie Degnan
has seen many Degnan Ballet
School graduates go to col-
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dance full time people like
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Gravine, who both teach at the
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I know I want to help life,
she said. Whether its human
or animal.
JULIE
As they waited for class to be-
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My doctors said it would be
highly unlikely if not impossible
that Id ever stand on pointe
again, said Godfrey, who as she
spoke was wearing a pink satin
pair of those tricky-to-balance
shoes. I owe so much of my re-
covery to my background in
dance, because I was always
pushing myself and never want-
ing to give up.
The desire to persevere has
permeated the Degnan Ballet
Center for three decades now,
said Kristin Degnan-Boonin of
Harveys Lake, who co-founded
the ballet center and the compa-
ny Ballet Northeast withher late
husband, Peter Degnan.
There are days when you
think, Oh my goodness, how
will I ever get this ballet fully
staged, when the flu takes out
half the cast or theres been no
money? she said.
But she always kept working.
Sometimes I think it was di-
vine intervention, but all of a
sudden you find yourself at the
finish line with a wonderful pro-
duction, Degnan-Boonin said.
Youappreciateit morewhenits
a struggle.
The challenges have eased
since the Degnan Ballet Center
became affiliated with the Con-
servatory at Wilkes University,
after years as a separate entity
on Schuyler Avenue in Kingston
and, before that, in an former
factory on Forrest Street in
Wilkes-Barre and in the old Ho-
tel Sterling Annex on North Riv-
er Street in Wilkes-Barre.
The center also was housed
for a time in the former studios
of the Wilkes-Barre Ballet Thea-
ter on South Main Street in
Wilkes-Barre, where Degnan-
Boonin studied as a child under
the late Jozia Mieszkowski, be-
fore turning pro as a teen.
Withasmile, theartistic direc-
tor described her methods for
passing along traditions of clas-
sical ballet to the very youngest
dancers.
I crawl along the floor, she
said. Helping the babies align
their feet.
NIKO J. KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Sarah Polansky, right, and Mary Siejak, warm up during the
early part of class at the Degnan Ballet Center.
STRENGTH
Emily Giffin has a wonderful
way with words. But her basic
math skills are sorely lacking.
The best-selling author, whose
latest novel is Where We Be-
long (St. Martins, $27.99),
writes about an adopted 18-year-
old who seeks out and meets her
birth mother.
Readers quickly learn that the
girl, Kirby Rose, was conceived
in July 1995, the unexpected re-
sult of birth-mom Marians reck-
less summer romance.
But wait a minute. July 95?
Doesnt that make Kirby 16 in-
stead of 18?
My husband was the first to
catch that, Giffin says. He said,
Youve got a problem with your
maththere, Sweets. I said, What
are you talking about? Because I
had worked it out so carefully.
But obviously I hadnt.
It was too late to make all the
changes that would make every-
thing square up.
If only it were 2014. So Im
proposing that everyone reread
the book two years from now!
That said, Giffins sketchy
math is the only flaw in an emo-
tionally powerful story that will
ring true with women who have
givena childawayandwiththose
who grew up wondering where
they came from.
Where We Belong has been
out only a few days, and already
the reader feedback has sur-
passed Giffins expectations.
I gave advance copies to very
fewpeople, she says. One read-
er was a supportive fan from
Facebook. After she read it, she
wrote back, I am adopted and I
recently found my family. Ive
read all your books, but this one
resonates with me the most.
I also gave a copy to the recep-
tionist at my kids school. I didnt
knowanything about her, wheth-
er she was married or whether
shes a mother. I just thought she
might enjoy reading it.
I have her note here. It says,
Dear Emily, Where We Belong
is your best yet and, yes, it does
reflect my life. The circumstanc-
es are dissimilar, but that essence
of belongingthat youwrite about
is achingly familiar. After I fin-
ished reading your book, my
daughter read it, too. We now
have common ground to talk
about what is keeping us from
feeling close to each other.
I thought I was just giving
these two women a nice summer
read with a pretty peach cover. I
didnt expect ... to provoke such
intense reactions.
Giffin, dubbed by Vanity Fair
as a modern-day Jane Austen,
may be working with a premise
and plot that is fairly simple. But
theres nothing lightweight
about the emotional turbulence
she creates.
The premise started with a
question, Giffin says. I won-
dered, What would it be like to
have a secret and to keep that se-
cret from everyone for your en-
tire adult life? What would that
do to you and to your relation-
ships?
Life-changing secrets set stage for Where We Belong
By DAVID MARTINDALE
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
I
ts an old-school B-movie setup, a girl gang seething with
crushes, rivalries and vendettas, a cold, beautiful alpha running her
ring of pretties with an iron hand. Transport this vipers nest of femi-
nine evil to a 21st-century high school girls locker room, add text mess-
ages and hoodies and extreme cheerleading stunts, and you have Megan
Abbotts Dare Me, a dark novel that will appeal to both teen readers and their
mothers, the blood-thirsty and drama-hungry market catered to by TVs Pretty
Little Liars. The author says she crossed Lord of the Flies with Richard
III; readers are calling the result Fight Club for girls.
Abbotts 16-year-old narrator, Addy Hanlon, has long played second
fiddle to her best friend, cheer captain Beth Cassidy. Beths rule over
Addy and the rest of the squad is overthrown when their good-ole-girl
coach moves away and is replaced by the taut, ultra-intense Colette
French. French surveys the situation with disgust. She takes away the
girls cell phones during practice, puts them on juice fasts and diet
supplements, has themrunbleacher sprints until they collapse. She
mocks their old routines streaky glitter faces, weak straddle
jumps and pom-poms shaken to Kanye West and drives them
relentlessly toward the most difficult and dangerous compet-
itive cheerleading stunts, like three-tiered standing pyramids
with flying girls thrown up to the top and diving back down.
No one falls inlove withCoachFrenchfaster andharder than
Addy to Beths disbelief, then hurt, then fury. As Addy and
some of the other girls become closer and closer to their new
idol, partying at her house, deconstructing her marriage,
smoking cigarettes in her car, Beth is driven out of the spot-
light andstrippedof her captaincy. Meanwhile, a very good-
looking National Guard recruiter named Sergeant Will ap-
pears on the scene, with his riven-granite profile blurred
by the most delicate of mouths. Bets are placed on who
will be first to lure him into a bit of disorderly conduct,
andthis sets inmotionaseries of power plays andsecret
schemes that spin very far out of control.
If you think all this is working up, Glee-like, to a
final cheerleading contest, or to a sports-novel-type
ending, you are very wrong. By the time the college
recruiter shows up at the last game of the season,
Dare Me has soaked the white sneakers in blood
and turned into a murder mystery. Even if you are
not, as I was, reading this book by flashlight in a
wind-whipped, rain-lashed tent on a camping
trip, you wont be sleeping either.
The potent melodrama of Dare Me is ampedup, page
after page, by the rhythm, imagery and portent of Abbotts
language. Her take on the culture of young women is chill-
ing and knowing, lingering on the edge between reality and
sensationalismtheconstant monitoringof thecell phones,
the hounding, the stalking, the virtual trail left by every con-
versation and act. The ruthless judgments against each others
bodies, homes, families and personalities. No one in this book has a
meaningful relationship with a parent, nobody has a boyfriend, no one
feels loved. If this emptiness is an exaggeration of the teenage condi-
tion, it is one we recognize, one we see the results of in the news all the
time. Dare Me depicts its very real consequence: utter amorality.
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AN FRANCISCO
Reveling in the
lush green canopy
above andsavoring
the fragrance of eucalyptus
trees as we pedaled through
the Golden Gate Park Pan-
handle, we paused for a few
moments to take in the
scene: San Franciscans
youngandoldwanderingby
on foot, on bikes or in stroll-
ers; balls and Frisbees sail-
ing through the air; friends
sipping coffee and chatting.
Against this backdrop, our
tour guide enlightened us with
tidbits of history and local color.
We were on a tour, but we felt
nothing like tourists. We felt as if
we belonged there.
Just then I noticed a tour bus
chugging along a nearby street,
and I realized why touring San
Francisco by bike was the way to
go. Stuck on the bus, those vis-
itors couldonly lookout the win-
dows at places we were experi-
encing with all our senses.
In all we pedaled an 18-mile
(29-kilometer) route that took
us farther and wider than we ev-
er could have gotten on foot,
with stops for delights that in-
cluded treasures tucked away in
the park, a riveting view of the
Golden Gate Bridge, street mu-
rals in the Mission District, and
vibrant street scenes in the Cas-
tro and Haight-Ashbury.
Our tour was run by Streets of
San Francisco Bike Tours,
launchedinearly 2011by a group
of friends who are passionate
about both San Francisco and bi-
cycles and whod worked as trav-
el guides internationally before
returning home to lead their
own tours.
Because my boyfriend, Tim-
othy McCarthy, and I both love
bikes, its natural that we would
gravitate to a city bike tour. But
even if youre not a frequent bike
rider, these tours can be for you,
as long as youre reasonably fit.
SoSF provides city bikes with
easy gearing, and the pace is re-
laxed enough to keep you com-
fortable and enjoying the sights.
There are plenty of stops along
the way, and the bikes have bas-
kets to tote what you need for
the day.
Theres a choice of four basic
tours, ranging from nine miles
(14.5 kilometers) in three hours
to18 miles (29 kilometers) in six
hours, and some customoptions
too. Somehow, they manage to
wiggle around not up al-
most all of the famed San Fran-
cisco hills.
Our journey started in Alamo
Square Park, looking out on the
Painted Ladies, a rowof exqui-
site Victorian houses against a
backdrop of the city below.
Guide andSoSFco-founder Eoin
Canny set us up on the bikes and
gave us an overviewof the day as
well as some safety reminders.
Then we were off and immedi-
ately overcome by the simple joy
of turning the pedals around,
feeling the breeze, and savoring
new sights. It was like being 10
years old again.
After afewmorestops inGold-
en Gate Park, we pedaled to the
Presidio, a woodsy former mili-
tary post nowpart of the Golden
Gate National Recreation area,
with spectacular views down to
the San Francisco Bay. Then it
was on to Crissy Field, with the
Golden Gate Bridge rising from
the fog in the background, and
some magical moments listen-
ing to water music through the
Wave Organ, an acoustic sculp-
ture on a jetty across fromMari-
na Boulevard.
A cruise down the Embarcad-
erotookus tothe FerryBuilding,
whose grand past recalls the his-
tory of commuting by boat on
the water rather than by car over
bridges. It was the perfect place
to pick up what amountedto pic-
nic supplies, which we then en-
joyed on the vast grassy lawn
across the street, as kids and
dogs frolicked around us.
Onward we pedaled, checking
out AT&TPark, home of the San
FranciscoGiants, before heading
on to the Mission District and an
extended stop to chat with an
artist painting another addition
to the neighborhoods famous
street murals. Timothy and I are
big fans of street art, so Canny
gave us a look at some more mu-
rals, on the Womens Building,
and then of course the Duboce
Bikeway Mural in celebration of
our favorite activity.
Bythe time we got backtoAla-
mo Park, my diehard New York-
ness was giving way to a new
love for all the quirkiness that is
San Francisco, while Bay Area
native Timothywas enamoredof
local lore hednever known. Best
of all, we felt as if wedtruly expe-
rienced the city in a personal
way.
Scents, sounds and sights
San Francisco bike tours the authentic way to see it all
By PAULA FROKE
AP PHOTOS
An escalating row of Victorian houses known as Painted Ladies on the edge of Alamo Square Park,
overlooking the San Francisco skyline, at the start of a Streets of San Francisco bike tour.
Eoin Canny explains the histo-
ry of mural art in the Mission
District.
The Cupids Span sculpture is
across from the Ferry Building.
STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO
BIKE TOURS: 385 Linden St.,
San Francisco; http://www.sosf-
biketours.com or 415-448-7673.
Tour prices range from $65 to
$115 depending on distance. The
Food Tour, $95. Custom options
available.
VELO VINO NAPA VALLEY: 709
Main St., St. Helena; http://velovi-
nonapavalley.com or 707-968-
0625.
NAPA VALLEY BIKE TOURS:
6795 Washington St., Yountville;
http://www.napavalleybike-
tours.com or 707-251-8687. Full-
day bike rental options include
hybrids for $39, road bikes for
$65, mountain bikes for $50,
tandems for $78, electric-assist
bikes for $55, kids bikes for $25.
A variety of tours, vacation pack-
ages and custom packages avail-
able including Classic Napa Valley
Bike Tour (with stops at three or
four wineries), $139 per person,
tasting fees not included.
POINT REYES OUTDOORS: 11401
State Route 1, Point Reyes; http://
www.pointreyesoutdoors.com or
415-663-8192. Mountain bike
rentals, $42 a day.
IF YOU GO
Freeze-dried food now in-
cludes dark chocolate cheese-
cake, spinach puttanesca and In-
dian dishes.
Andthe retailer EasternMoun-
tain Sports sells solar chargers
for your portable electronics be-
cause, as its website says, Trees
dont come withelectrical outlets
to charge your iPhone.
Some purists snub the idea of
making camping more comfort-
able. They question whether lug-
ging and using all that stuff di-
lutes the nature of, well, getting
back to nature.
Much of the fancy new stuff is
meant to be driven, not carried,
into a campsite, and is heavy
enough that retailers dont rec-
ommend carrying it far.
Socanyoureallyget awayfrom
it all when you are bringing it all
with you?
There are so many different
kinds of camping experiences,
and they are all camping, says
Avery Stonich, spokeswoman for
the Outdoor Industry Associ-
ation. Its all what it means to
the individual.
You can even go out to dinner
if you go camping, she says.
All of which has spurred a new-
found interest in camping among
folks who might not have tried it
otherwise, says Stuart Bourdon,
editor and associate publisher of
the magazine Camping Life.
Campgrounds near lakes or the
ocean are particularly popular,
with reservations filling up a
good two months in advance, he
says.
The camping experience can
be as close to a home kitchen and
bedroomexperience as you want
to make it, Bourdon says.
The way Rogers at KOAsees it,
the facilities andthe gear are only
small parts of the larger experi-
ence of being on a campground,
which he calls the last small
town in America.
People who consider camp-
ing the Marriott will be very ac-
commodatedbothinterms of the
facilities available and the amen-
ities, he says, adding, Its hard
to have a campfire in a Marriott
hotel room.
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LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF ZONING HEARINGS
Notice is hereby given that the Zoning
Hearing Board of the City of Pittston will
conduct a public hearing on Monday
August 27, 2012 at 5:00pm, prevailing
time, at Pittston City Hall, 35 Broad Street,
First Floor Conference Room, Pittston, PA
18640 to consider the following matters:
1) Request by Mary Louise
Guarnieri for a Variance at 80 Searle
Street, to reduce the required combined
side-yard setbacks to 14 feet from the
allowed 15 feet and to reduce the front
yard setback to 16 feet from the required
25 feet, in an R-2 zone to allow construc-
tion of a new modular single family resi-
dential home following razing of the exist-
ing structure.
2) Request by Richard Walko for a
Special Exception and a Variance at 757
North Main Street to permit construc-
tion of a new modular single family resi-
dential home zone and reduce the
required side-yard setbacks in an I-1 zone
following razing of the existing fire-dam-
aged structure.
3) Request by Patrick Hadley for
Variances at 85A, 85B, 87A, 87B,
89A,89B East Oak Street to reduce
the required rear yard setbacks on all lots;
to reduce side yard setbacks
(combined)to 14 feet at 85 and 89 East
Oak Streets and to allow 60% lot coverage
above the allowed 50% to permit con-
struction of new residential duplex homes
in an R-2 zone.
4) Pittston Memorial Library, 47
Broad Street, in an I-1 zone, for any
required zoning relief for the library expan-
sion project .
5) Stanely Calabro, appealing the
decision of the Pittston City Zoning Officer
regarding placement of a used modular
home on a lot zoned R-2 at Rear John
Street
6) Request by the Lenny Bruce
Foundation. c/o Brandie Kathleen Bruce,
CEO, for a Special Exception under Sec-
tions 308 and 406 of the Pittston City Zon-
ing Ordinance to continue operations of a
board/rooming house treatment facility
known as Lennys House doing business
at 293 South Main Street in a lot zoned
I-1.
A copy of the applications for zoning per-
mits and hearing are on file and available
for public inspection during normal busi-
ness hours in the office of the City Clerk,
City Hall, 35 Broad Street, Pittston. Any-
one requiring special accommodations to
attend the hearing should contact the
administrative offices for the City of
Pittston at 570.654.0513 by 4pm on Friday
August 24th. The City of Pittston does not
discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, sex, sexual orientation, reli-
gion, age, disability or family status on
employment or the provision of services.
For the City of Pittston Zoning Hearing
Board:
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Restaurant
375 W Main St, Plymouth, PA 18651
570-779-2288
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949 Wyoming
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Forty Fort, PA
574-1275
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Compensation up
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month per child.
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570-760-2035
570-542-2277
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330 Child Care
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Mon. thru Fri.
570-655-1897
330 Child Care
DAYCARE
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home. Licensed.
Ages 15 months to 6
years.
570-283-0336
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kids or run errands
for you. Please call
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Kingston area.
References
available.
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Training
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assistance. Com-
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Financial Aid if quali-
fied. SCHEV Certi-
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ATLANTIC CITY
8/26 $39.
NYC WED. $34
AUG 15, 22, 29
JERSEY BOYS
PHANTOM OF
THE OPERA
MAMA MIA
$99 Bus and show
SAN GENARO
9/15, 9/19, 9/22
$36
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489- 4761 489- 4761
BROADWAY
SHOW
BUS TRIPS
WICKED
Wed. Oct. 10
$169
ORCHESTRA SEATS
RADIO CITY
XMAS SHOW
Mon. Nov. 26
$85.
Wed. Dec. 12
$95.
Sat. Dec 15th
$130.
ALL SHOWS
INCLUDE BUS
& SHOW
CALL ROSEANN
@ 655-4247
To Reserve
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CAMEO
HOUSE
BUS TOURS
SEA SEATS STILL TS STILL
A AV VAILABLE FOR: AILABLE FOR:
Southampton
Long Island
Sat. Aug., 18
Reservations
Now Being
taken for:
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Washington DC
Sept 29 & 30
For More Info
Call Anne
570-655-3420
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@verizon.net
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Notre Dame
vs. Purdue
Bus Trip
Includes: Trans-
portation, Game
Ticket, QB Lun-
cheon &
Pep Rally!
September 6th to
September 9th,
4 days/3 nights.
Cost : $575,
based on double
occupancy.
Travel with the
Notre Dame Club of
Hanover Township
For more info call:
Jim @
570-466-9991.
SUMMER GETAWAYS!
Williamsport
Hiawatha
9/1
Murder Mystery
Comedy Show
w/lunch @
Moshulu 8/13
Gettysburg Tour
8/18
Washington DC
8/18
NY State Fair
8/25
Ocean City MD
5 Day
9/3-7
Yankees vs
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Sailing
Enchantment of the
Seas
Departs Baltimore
12/29/2012
From $766.00 p/p
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Celebration
Explorer of the
Seas
Departs NJ
02/10/2013
From $577.00 p/p -
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Tenenbaums
Travel
288-8747
406 ATVs/Dune
Buggies
HAWK `11 125CC
Auto, key start, with
reverse & remote
control. $700. OBO
570-674-2920
HAWK 2011 UTILITY ATV
NEW!! Full size
adult ATV. Strong 4
stroke motor. CVT
fully automatic
transmission with
reverse. Electric
start. Front & rear
luggage racks.
Long travel suspen-
sion. Disc brakes.
Dual stage head
lights. Perfect for
hunters & trail rid-
ers alike. BRAND NEW
& READY TO RIDE.
$1,995 takes it
away.
570-817-2952
Wilkes-Barre
TOMAHAWK`11
ATV, 110 CC. Brand
New Tomahawk
Kids Quad. Only
$695 takes it away!
570-817-2952
Wilkes-Barre
409 Autos under
$5000
CADILLAC `94
DEVILLE SEDAN
94,000 miles,
automatic, front
wheel drive, 4
door, air condi-
tioning, air bags,
all power, cruise
control, leather
interior, $3,300.
570-394-9004
CHEVROLET `99
S-10 PICK-UP
Silver,
85,000 miles,
excellent condition,
covered bed.
$3800
570-822-7657
DODGE `96 NEON
90,00 miles.
Needs work. $500
570-855-4229
HYUNDAI 03
ELANTRA GS
Black. 1 owner.
Non-Smoker. Fan-
tastic Fuel Econo-
my! Florida car
(CLEAN). Freshly
Serviced. 112K
miles. $3300. Call
(570) 822-3005.
409 Autos under
$5000
Inventory
Reduction
Blowout!
Come make an
offer on ALL
vehicles.
No Reasonable
Offer Refused!
02 Pontiac
Sunfire
102k, 5 speed
stick shift,
cold air
01 Ford
Explorer XLT
Leather, moon-
roof, cold air,
124k
99 Plymouth
Grand Voyager
1 owner, 106k,
Same as
Caravan.
00 Chevy
Blazer
2 door, Z71 pack-
age, 58,000
miles
03 S10 Pickup
2 wheel drive,
new inspection.
94 Jeep
Grand
Cherokee
Limited
New brakes and
ball joints, front
and rear, nice
truck!
ALL VEHICLES
ARE
INSPECTED
AND
WARRANTED
JEEP `97
GRAND CHEROKEE
LAREDO
4x4, low mileage,
all options, 6 cyl.
Excellent. $2,875
Call 570-309-7230
NISSAN 95
PATHFINDER
4 door, auto, XE
4WD, 143,000 mi,
runs good, body
very good, no rust,
garage kept, $3200
neg. 570-455-2705
between
10am and 7pm
412 Autos for Sale
08 BMW 328IX
2 door, auto, silver
with black interior,
AWD. 50,000. mi.
Leather, all power,
new tires, way
below book.$19,990
Dallas area
570-406-8455
AUDI `01 A6
4.2 Engine, good
condition, per kelly
blue book, Quatro
awd, abs 4 wheel,
navigation system,
integrated phone,
plus all standard
Audi options, super
clean, garage kept,
recently inspected.
If you ever wanted
an Audi, heres
your opportunity!
Asking $5200.
570-678-5618 or
570-574-3441
Line up a place to live
in classified!
BUICK `97 LESABRE
Limited. V6. 4 door,
silver exterior, grey
interior, fully equip-
ped, power every-
thing. 94k original
miles. Snow tires
included. Currently
inspected. Family
car. $2900.
570-675-2468
CADILLAC `08 DTS
Fully loaded, 14,000
miles, automatic, all
power, leather
interior, showroom
condition. Silver.
$25,000. Call Mike
570-779-4351
CADILLAC 00 DTS
Tan, satellite
radio, leather,
moon roof, loaded
excellent
condition. 136k
miles. $4,995.
570-814-2809
CADILLAC 03
DEVILLE
low miles. extra
clean and sharp,
$7,995
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
CADILLAC 08 SRX
AWD, mint
condition. $19,999
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
CHEVY 95 ASTRO
MARK III CONVERSION
VAN. Hightop. 93K.
7 passenger.
TV/VCP/Stereo.
Loaded. Great con-
dition. $3,495
(570) 574-2199
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 03 IMPALA
V6, Very clean
car! $3,995
570-696-4377
DODGE `07 CALIBER
SXT
Steel blue, power
windows & locks,
90,000 miles, runs
great. $6,800
570-466-1044
412 Autos for Sale
06 Dodge
Stratus SXT 6 cyl,
AT-AC $7,899
2011 Mitsubishi
Endeavor 4x4,
20k, Factory War-
ranty $18,799
11 Ford Escape
XLT, 4x4, 26k,
Factory Warranty,
6 Cylinder
$19,099
11 E250 Cargo
AT-AC cruise, 15k,
factory warranty
$17,599
11 Nissan Rogue,
AWD, 27k Factory
warranty
$17,599
05 HONDA CRV EX
4x4 65k, title.
$12,799
06 FORD FREESTAR
62k, Rear air A/C
$7,899
03 F250 XL
Super Duty only
24k! AT-AC,
$7,599
01 LINCOLN TOWN
CAR Executive 74K
$5,399
11 Toyota Rav 4
4x4 AT
only 8,000 miles,
alloys, power sun-
roof. new condition.
Factory warranty
$21,599
CROSSROAD
MOTORS
570-825-7988
700 Sans Souci
Highway
W WE E S S E L L E L L
F O R F O R L L E S S E S S ! ! ! !
TITLE TAGS
FULL NOTARY
SERVICE
6 MONTH WARRANTY
DODGE 02
VIPER GTS
10,000 MILES V10
6speed, collec-
tors, this baby is
1 of only 750 GTS
coupes built in
2002 and only 1 of
83 painted Race
Yellow it still wears
its original tires
showing how it
was babied. This
car is spotless
throughout and is
ready for its new
home. This vehicle
is shown by
appointment only.
$39,999 or trade.
570-760-2365
FORD 02 MUSTANG
GT CONVERTIBLE
Red with black
top. 6,500 miles.
One Owner.
Excellent Condi-
tion. $17,500
570-760-5833
HONDA 08 ACCORD
4 door, EXL with
navigation system.
4 cyl, silver w/
black interior. Satel-
lite radio, 6CD
changer, heated
leather seats, high,
highway miles. Well
maintained. Monthly
service record
available. Call Bob.
570-479-0195
HONDA 09 CIVIC
42,000 miles, 4
door, 4 cyl, auto,
$15,400
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
HONDA 12
ACCORD LX
4 door, 4 cyl, auto-
matic, showroom
condition, 6,000
miles. $20,900
Warranty
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
MERCURY `79 ZEPHYR
6 cylinder
automatic.
52k original miles.
$1500.
570-899-1896
412 Autos for Sale
VITOS
&
GINOS
949 Wyoming
Ave, Forty Fort
288-8995
09 Mercedes
GL450, 7 pas-
senger. Too many
options to list. 30K
miles. Garage
kept. Creme puff.
$47,800
04 Nissan
Armada, 7 pas-
senger. 4wd.
Excellent condi-
tion. $11,900
93 UD Tow Truck
with wheel lift.
64k. $10,000
96 Jeep, Grand
Cherokee, 4
wheel drive, 4
door, runs excel-
lent
$3,995
95 Buick Park Ave
54k. $3,995
96 Plymouth
Voyager 82k
$3,495
99 Chevy
Cavalier, 89k. 4
door. $2,495
00 Chevy S10
Blazer. 4 door.
4wd. Red.
$2,795
96 Nissan Maxi-
ma, V6, 4 door,
air, auto, sun-
roof. 103K.
$3,495
96 Buick Skylark
Auto, 4 door, 81K
$2,495
96 Jeep Grand
Cherokee,wd
auto, runs great!
$3,995
Junk
Cars &
Trucks
wanted.
Cash paid.
JEEP 12 LIBERTY
6 cylinder, auto,
4x4, 13,000 miles
$21,495
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
LEOS AUTO SALES
93 Butler St
Wilkes-Barre, PA
570-825-8253
GMC Jimmie 00
2 door, 6 cylinder,
auto, 4 wheel drive
$2,150
Volkswagen 98
Cabrio
Convertible
4 cylinder, auto
$1,850
Kia Sedona 04
7 Passenger Van
Leather, air, CD,
sunroof, 6 cylinder,
auto, very good
condition. $3,850
Mercury Tracer
98 4 cylinder, 4
door, auto. $1,550
Current Inspection
On All Vehicles
DEALER
LEXUS `05 RX 330
All wheel drive,
Champagne tan,
navigation, backup
camera, lift gate,
ivory leather with
memory, auto, 3.3
liter V6, regular
gas, garaged,
brand new condi-
tion, all service
records. 6 disc CD.
Private seller with
transferable 1 year
warranty, 96K.
REDUCED to
$16,590.
570-563-2731
Say it HERE
in the Classifieds!
570-829-7130
MERCEDES-BENZ `91
500 SL
CONVERTIBLE
Red with tan leather
interior, power win-
dows, am/fm with
CD player, remov-
able hard top. 80k.
$16,000 OBO
(570)704-6789
412 Autos for Sale
WANTED!
ALL
JUNK
CARS!
CA$H
PAID
570-301-3602
MERCURY `03 SABLE
LS PREMIUM
4 door, one owner.
6 cyl, 3 liter, 4
speed auto. All
power, ABS, moon
roof & remote.
73,000 miles, very
dependable. $4,550
570-333-4827
NISSAN `06
MAXIMA SE
Immaculate
condition, low
miles, all power.
Must Sell! $11,995
570-237-2412
PONTIAC 07
G6 GT
Good condition.
68k miles. FWD,
Auto, All power,
Remote start, 4
Door, Heated
leather seats, Sil-
ver. $9,500.
Call Denise at
570-793-3412
PONTIAC `06 GRAND
PRIX GXP
80,000 miles, auto-
matic, front wheel
drive, 4 door, all
power, sun/moon
roof. $11,000
(570)855-2062
TOYOTA 04 CELICA GT
112K miles. Blue,
5 speed. Air,
power
windows/locks,
CD/cassette, Key-
less entry, sun-
roof, new battery.
Car drives and
has current PA
inspection. Slight
rust on corner of
passenger door.
Clutch slips on
hard acceleration.
This is why its
thousands less
than Blue Book
value. $6,500
OBO. Make an
offer! Call
570-592-1629
TOYOTA 09 CAMRY
18,000 Miles,
1 owner, 4 cylinder.
$16,500
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
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TOYOTA AVALON XLS
41,000 miles, 1
owner, $7,495
WARRANTY
MAFFEI AUTO
SALES
570-288-6227
444 Market
Street Kingston
412 Autos for Sale
VW 10 JETTA
15,900 miles, stan-
dard transmission.
Garage kept, white
with sunroof. $15K
570-387-8639
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a p p ro ved thru NM AC @ T ier1; $1999 ca s h d o w n o rtra d e eq u ity. (+) p lu s regis tra tio n fees ;
STK# N21472
M O DEL# 23212
V IN# 211509
M SRP $32,525
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$
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$5500 O N
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*$289 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p eryea r; Res id u a l= $14,638; m u s tb e
to ta l d u e @ d elivery= $2202.50.
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V IN# 508885
M SRP $28,150
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$
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M O.
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$3000 O N
A LL 2012
XTER R A S
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*$189 p erm o n th p lu s ta x, 39 m o n th lea s e; 12,000 m iles p er
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*Tax and tags extra. Security Deposit Waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. See
salesperson for details. All payments subject to credit approval by the primary lending source, Tier 0 rate. Special APR financing cannot be combined with Ford cash rebate. BUY FOR prices are based on 72 month at $18.30 per month per $1000 financed with $2,500 down (cash or
trade). *On a retail purchase financed through Ford Motor Credit Company. Photos of vehicles are for illustration purposes only. Coccia Ford-Lincoln is not responsible for any typographical errors. No Security Deposit Necessary. See dealer for details. Sale ends
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 8/31/12.
24
Mos.
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied
**Lease payments based on 24 month lease 21,000 allowable miles. First months payment,
$595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 8/31/12.
24
Mos.
Auto., Alum. Wheels, Tilt Wheel,
Pwr. Seat, Safety Pkg., 1st & 2nd Air
Curtains, Side Impact Air Bags,
Anti-Theft Sys., Siruis Satellite
Radio, PL, PW, Keyless
Entry, CD, Message Center,
24
Mos.
3.5L Engine, MyFord
Display, CD, Auto. Climate
Control,17 Steel Wheels,
Keyless Entry, MyKey,
Cruise Control, PW,
PM,
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Mos.
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15 Alum. Wheels,
Keyless Entry w/Keypad
24
Mos.
*Tax and tags extra. Security deposit waived. All factory rebates applied **Lease payments based on 24 month lease
21,000 allowable miles. First months payment, $595 Bank Fee, and $2,500 down payment (cash or trade) due at delivery. Sale ends 8/31/12.
Automatic, Anti-Theft Sys., Side Curtain
Air Bags, 16 Steel Wheels, Tilt Wheel,
Instrument Cluster, Message Center,
PW, Keyless Entry w/Keypad,
Pwr. Side Mirrors, Fog Lamps,
CD, AC, PL, MyKey, SYNC
XL Plus Pkg.,
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Sys., Pwr. Mirrors,
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Group, 40/20/40
Cloth Seat, CD,
XL Decor Group
24
Mos.
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SYNC, Reverse Sensing Sys., CD, Keyless
Entry with Keypad, PW, 18 Alum.
Wheels, Anti-Theft Perimeter
Alarm, Sirius Satellite Radio,
PDL,
Steve Mizenko
Service Manager
16 Yrs. at Coccia
Rudy Podest
Parts & Service
Director
28 Yrs. at Coccia
Pat McGinty
Parts Manager
21 Yrs. at Coccia
Barry Williams
Finance Manager
25 Yrs. at Coccia
George Geiges
Service Manager
25 Yrs. with Ford
Greg Martin
General Manager
22 Yrs. at Coccia
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Used Car Manager
26 Yrs. at Coccia
US NAVY
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Sales Manager
5 Yrs. at Coccia
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Sales Manager
35 Yrs. at Coccia
Tom Washington
Sales Manager
15 Yrs. with Ford
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Salesperson
19 Yrs. at Coccia
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9 Yrs. at Coccia
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5 Yrs. at Coccia
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Mos.
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24
Mos.
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11 AUDI S5 CONV.
Sprint blue, black
/ brown leather
int., navigation,
7 spd auto turbo,
AWD
10 CHEVY MALIBU LS
blue 4 cyl. auto
09 CHEVY IMPALAM LS
Silver, V6
08 CHEVY AVEO
red, auto, 4 cyl
07 BUICK LACROSSE
CXL, black, V6
07 BUICK LUCERNE
CXL, silver, grey
leather
06 LINCOLN ZEPHYR
grey, tan leather,
sun roof
06 MERCURY MILAN
PREMIER, mint
green, V6, alloys
05 HYUNDAI SONATA
GLS, blue, sun-
roof, 79K miles
05 FORD 500
AWD grey, auto V6
05 CHEVY IMPALA
silver, alloys, V6
04 NISSAN MAXIMA LS
silver, auto,
sunroof
03 CHEVY MONTE
CARLO LS blue
V6 auto
03 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE
GS blue sunroof
49,000 miles
03 AUDI S8 QUATTRO,
mid blue/light grey
leather, naviga-
tion, AWD
02 FORD ESCORT SE
red, auto, 4 cyl
01 TOYOTA CELICA
GT silver, 4 cyl
auto sunroof
01 VOLVO V70 STATION
WAGON, blue/grey,
leather, AWD
00 BMW 323i
silver auto
73 PORSCHE 914
green & black, 5
speed, 62k miles,
$12,500
SUVS, VANS,
TRUCKS, 4 X4s
08 DODGE NITRO
SXT orange,
auto, 4x4
08 FORD ESCAPE XLT
SILVER, V6, 4X4
07 DODGE CARAVAN
SXT green,
4 door, 7 pass
mini van
06 INFINITY QX56
Pearl white, tan
leather, Naviga
tion, 3rd seat, 4x4
06 DODGE RAM 1500
QUAD CAB, Black,
V8, 4x4 truck
06 FORD EXPLORER
XLT, black, 3rd
seat, 4x4
06 CHEVY TRAILBLZAER
LS, SILVER, 4X4
05 JEEP LIBERTY SPORT
green, V6, 4x4
05 FORD FREESTAR SE,
white, 7 pax mini
van
05 CADILLAC SRX
black, leather, V6,
AWD
05 HYUNDAI TUSCON LX
green auto, AWD
05 DODGE DURANGO
LTD Black, grey
leather, 3rd seat,
4x4
05 JEEP LIBERTY
RENEGADE Blue,
5 speed, V6, 4x4
04 MITSUBISHI
OUTLANDER XLS
red, auto, 4 cyl.,
AWD
04 KIA SORENTO EX
blue, auto, V6 AWD
04 FORD EXPLORER
XLT silver,
3rd seat, 4x4
04 NISSAN XTERRA XE
blue, auto, 4x4
04 CHEVY TAHOE LT
4x4 Pewter, grey
leather, 3rd seat
04 CHEVY AVALANCHE
Z71, green, 4 door,
4x4 truck
04 JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE OVERLAND
graphite grey,
2 tone leather,
sunroof, 4x4
02 CHEVY TRAILBLAZ-
ER LT, silver, V6,
4x4
02 FORD F150
SUPERCAB XLT
silver, 4x4 truck
01 DODGE RAM 1500
QUAD CAB SPORT,
red, V8, 4x4 truck
01 DODGE DURANGO
SLT grey, 3rd seat
79,000 miles. 4x4
01 FORD F150 XLT
white, super cab,
4x4 truck
01 FORD F150 XLT
Blue/tan, 4 door,
4x4 truck
00 DODGE RAM 1500
QUAD CAB SPORT,
green, V8, 4x4
truck
00 CHEVY 1500
SILVERADO X-CAB
green, 4x4 truck
99 NISSAN PATHINDER
gold, V6, 4x4
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415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
CHEVROLET `76
PICKUP
4 Cylinder
Very Good
Condition!
NEW PRICE
$2,500.
570-362-3626
Ask for Lee
CORVETTE 64
CONVERTIBLE
327 NOM manual 4
speed transmission,
red/black interior,
ps, pb, teakwood
wheel, original
owner 25 years.
$38,000. 883-4443
MAZDA `88 RX-7
CONVERTIBLE
1 owner, garage
kept, 65k original
miles, black with
grey leather interior,
all original & never
seen snow. $7,995.
Call 570-237-5119
415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
MERCEDES-BENZ `73
450SL
Convertible with
removable hard top,
power windows, AM
/FM radio with cas-
sette player, CD
player, automatic, 4
new tires. Cham-
pagne exterior; Ital-
ian red leather inte-
rior inside. Garage
kept, excellent con-
dition. Priced to Sell!
$23,000.
Call 570-825-6272
421 Boats &
Marinas
FISHING BOAT.
Like new. 16 1/2
Trophy Fiberglass.
25 HP Johnson
motor, 48 lb
thrust, trolling
motor with foot
control. Recharg-
er, pedestal front
seat, carpeted
floor. Live well,
storage compart-
ment. Excellent
condition. $4500.
570-675-5046
after 12 noon
YAMAHA
WAVERUNNER
GP800R
2001 2 cylinder
2stroke 784cc
Less than 20
hours of use
Recently serviced
New battery New
spark plugs
No cracks or
fades in seat
Included Yamaha
GP800Cover and
single PWC trailer
Must pick up
$4500.00
Call 570 313 7744
427 Commercial
Trucks &
Equipment
CHEVY 08 3500
HD DUMP TRUCK
2WD, automatic.
Only 12,000 miles.
Vehicle in like
new condition.
$19,000.
570-288-4322
FORD `70 F350
Dual rear wheels,
360 V8, 4 speed,
standard transmis-
sion, 10 foot cube
box. New tires, runs
good, 52,000 miles.
$1,000 call
570-388-2464
436 Mopeds
ROKETA 11 SCOOTER
250 cc, red, disk
breaks, automatic
transmission.
Cruise at 55mph all
day. Only 600
miles. Price $1,800.
570-954-0577.
439 Motorcycles
12 BRAND NEW
SCOOTER
All ready to ride,
electric start, auto-
matic transmission,
disk brakes, rear
luggage trunk,
under seat storage,
around 100 mpg,
fully street legal, all
ready to go! only
$1,595. Call
570-817-2952
99 HARLEY FHLT
27,000 miles,
detachable tour
pack, $7,800. Call
570-678-3790
HARLEY 10 DAVIDSON
SPORTSTER CUSTOM
Loud pipes.
Near Mint
174 miles - yes,
One hundred and
seventy four
miles on the
clock, original
owner. $8000.
570-876-2816
HONDA 98 ST1100
Black, 2 new tires
and fork seals, Tour
pak. excellent con-
dition. $4,200.
570-675-1982
KAWASAKI 07 EX 650
Ninja, blue, low
miles, garage kept,
excellent condition.
$3,000.
570-704-8254
SUZUKI 01 VS 800
GL INTRUDER
Garage kept, no
rust, lots of
chrome, black with
teal green flake.
Includes storage
jack & 2 helmets.
$3600
570-410-1026
SUZUKI 12
BOULEVARD LS650
Under 100 miles
and 400 lbs, must
sell. Serious
inquiries only. Many
Extras $5,000 firm.
570-855-5084
YAMAHA 97
ROYALSTAR 1300
12,000 miles. With
windshield. Runs
excellent. Many
extras including
gunfighter seat,
leather bags, extra
pipes. New tires &
battery. Asking
$4,000 firm.
(570) 814-1548
442 RVs & Campers
EXPEDITION 03 37U
CUMMINS 300 DIESEL
PUSHER
19,000 miles,
2 slides, 8 kw Gen.
2 Air conditioners,
Microwave-Convect
Oven, 4 door ref-
with automatic ice
maker, heated hold-
ing tanks,
Corian counter
tops, 2 TV- sur-
round sound, cherry
cabinets, ice maker,
washer/dryer.
Sleeps 6. Queen
beds, back up
camera, recently
inspected, garaged
in winter. $64,500
570-288-2649
FOREST RIVER`08
5TH WHEEL
Model 8526RLS
Mountain Top,PA
$18,500
570-760-6341
PACE ARROW VISION
99 M-36 B (FORD)
Type A gas, 460
V10 Ford. Excellent
condition, 11,000
miles. I slide out, 2
awnings, 2 color
flat screen TVs.
Generator, back up
camera, 2 air con-
ditioners, micro-
wave/convection
oven, side by side
refrigerator with ice
maker, washer/
dryer, queen size
bed, automatic
steps. $29,900.
570-288-4826 or
570-690-1464
SOUTHWIND `93
30 fully equipped
RV. Nice condition.
Sleeps 6. At Camp-
ground with lake
rights. $13,495
Negotiable. Call
570-379-2102
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
CHEVROLET `03
S-10
6 cylinder, 2x4 auto-
matic, 45k, extend-
ed cab and cap.
$8,500
(570)722-8650
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1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
CHEVY 99 BLAZER
4x4, Absolutely
Like new! $3,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
CHRYSLER `06
Town & Country.
Touring Edition, all
power options, stow
& go seating, 72k
miles. Automatic
trunk & sliding
doors. Book value
$11,500. sell for
$9,995.
570-479-7063
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
DODGE 04
DURANGO
1 owner, leather
sunroof, 3rd row
seat $6,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
FORD 02 EXPLORER
Red, XLT, Original
non-smoking owner,
garaged, synthetic
oil since new, excel-
lent in and out. New
tires and battery.
90,000 miles.
$7,500
(570) 403-3016
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD 02 F150
Extra Cab. 6
Cylinder, 5 speed.
Air. 2WD. $3,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
FORD 73 F350
Stake Body Truck
55,000 Original
miles - garage
kept, only 2 own-
ers, hydraulic lift
gate, new tires,
battery and brakes.
Excellent condition.
No rust. Must see.
$4900 or best offer
Call 570-687-6177
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD 00
EXPLORER XLT
EXTRA CLEAN!
4X4.
$3,995.
570-696-4377
451 Trucks/
SUVs/Vans
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
FORD 03
EXPLORER XLT
4X4, leather,
sunroof, like new!
$5,995
570-696-4377
JEEP 02 GRAND
CHEROKEE LAREDO
6 cylinder 4 WD, air
conditioning power
windows, door
locks, cruise, dual
air bags, tilt wheel,
AM/FM/CD. keyless
remote. 130k miles.
$5400.
570-954-3390
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
JEEP 04 GRAND
CHEROKEE LOREDO
4x4, 6 cyl, 1
Owner, Extra
Clean SUV!
$5,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
MAZDA 01
B3000
4x4, 5 speed,
extra clean truck
$3,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
MITSUBISHI `11
OUTLANDER SPORT SE
AWD, Black interi-
or/exterior, start/
stop engine with
keyless entry, heat-
ed seats, 18 alloy
wheels, many extra
features. Only Low
Miles. 10 year,
100,000 mile war-
ranty. $22,500. Will-
ing to negotiate.
Serious inquires
only - must sell,
going to law school.
(570) 793-6844
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PATHFINDER
ARMADA
Too many options to
list. Runs & looks
excellent. $10,995
570-655-6132 or
570-466-8824
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
SATURN 04 VUE
Front wheel drive,
4 cyl, 5 speed,
sunroof, clean,
clean SUV! $4,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
1518 8th Street
Carverton, PA
Near Francis
Slocum St. Park
SATURN 06 ION-3
5 speed,sunroof, 1
owner, like new!
$4,995
Call For Details!
570-696-4377
457 Wanted to Buy
Auto
BUYING
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VEHICLES
Call
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949 Wyoming Ave,
Forty Fort, PA
288-8995
600
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Seamstress
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for details.
570-675-4634
610 Business
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For more info
call
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630 Money To Loan
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MERCHANDISE
708 Antiques &
Collectibles
COFFEE MAKER
Vintage Maid of
Honor 24 cup drip
coffee maker, Sears
& Roebuck Co. Very
good condition. $10.
570-735-6638
COLLECTIBLE
COINS. Over 55
Graded coins by
NGC, ECGS and
IGG. Many extras.
All must go. $200
OBO. 570-855-3113
DOLL. Shirley Tem-
ple Silver Screen
Series - HEIDI. In
original box, perfect
condition. $100.
570-239-1638
INDY PEDAL CARS
(2) 1 Marlboro Indy
pedal car $100. 1 AJ
Foyt black Copen-
hagen Indy pedal
car, $100. both
570-696-3988
LIONEL TRAIN SET
$150. bUDDY L ride
on dump truck 25 l
1958 $90. Railroad
lamp PDH $40. HO
steam with passen-
ger cars $45.
570-735-1589
MOVING SALE
Philadelphia Phillies
baseball cards 211
for $10. NY Mets
baseball cards 150
$6. cards for $10.
570-313-5214 or
570-313-3859
710 Appliances
Why Spend
Hundreds on
New or Used
Appliances?
Most problems
with your appli-
ances are usually
simple and
inexpensive to fix!
Save your hard
earned money,
Let us take a look
at it first!
30 years in
the business.
East Main
Appliances
570-735-8271
Nanticoke
CONVECTION OVEN
Wolfgang Puck digi-
tal, with additional
accessories. Never
used, parts still in
plastic. Comes with
manual. Bought for
$199. asking $50.
Call 570-388-3026
or 570-328-0659
DRYER gas, large
capacity. Speed
Queen good condi-
tion. $85.
570-328-3046
DRYER, gas Speed
Queen, large capac-
ity, good condition
$85.
570-328-3046
REFRIGERATOR
$75.
570-280-2472
REFRIGERATOR col-
lege dorm Emerson
2.8 cu. ft. excellent
condition & working
order $45. 821-0461
WASHER & DRYER
apt size Whirlpool
works good. Paid
$500 will sell both
$200 or $150 each.
Christmas items $1.
each, some old,
some new.
570-829-3512
WASHER/DRYER.
Gas. GE super
capacity. $225.
570-881-3929
712 Baby Items
BOUNCER, pink,
Boppy, light green,
Bed/carrier, green
fold-up. All for infant,
very good condition.
$40 all. 287-7162
CAR SEAT/CARRI-
ERS. (3) $25,
SWING, infant, $20,
CRIB, white, com-
plete, $75, WALK-
ER, $10.
570-474-9866
CRIB. White, excel-
lent condition. FREE
570-328-5611
HIGHCHAIR, Maple,
excellent, $20. Car
seats, 60 lbs, excel-
lent (3) $25 each.
Stroller, folding,
good, $15
570-474-9866
STROLLER blue,
hooded, belts, $20.
Booster seat $5.
Potty trainer, clean
$5. All excellent
condition. 852-0675
716 Building
Materials
SLIDING GLASS
DOORS with alu-
minum frames for
bath tub $25.
570-824-7743
720 Cemetery
Plots/Lots
MT. ZION
CEMETERY
Luzerne County,
Exeter Twp. 4 plots.
$300 each.
513-382-0070
726 Clothing
COAT/LAMB ladies,
black persian, with
white fur collar, size
large, hardly worn.
$35. 313-5214 or
313-3859
JACKET, Navy blue
blazer, 46R, Student
Holy Redeemer.
Excellent worn one
season, Neil Allen
Career. $45
570-474-9866
730 Computer
Equipment &
Software
COMPUTER Stu-
dent special / price
cut 1 small form
factor computer P4
2.4 gig, 1 gig memo-
ry, 1 80 gig hard
drive, 1 DVD/CD RW,
1 floppy drive, fresh
copy of XP profes-
sional and XP office
& other software
[unit just came off
warranty]; 1 19 LCD
flat screen; 1 com-
puter desk, chair &
lamp; 1 pair speak-
ers, 1 logitech desk-
top microphone; 1
creative pro desk-
top internet camera;
1 kodak printer,
scanner, copier
[ep3 almost new]; 1
fujifilm finepix digital
camera with memo-
ry card & charging
/download cradle
that plugs into com-
puter; 1 USB hub; 1 6
plug surge protec-
tor. $200. Best
offer over $175
cash only. 693-2713
COMPUTER,
Windows XP Profes-
sional, excellent
condition, every-
thing included.
$75.570-824-7354
COMPUTER. Dell
Inspiration Laptop.
Harddrive, window
7, office 2003, WIFI,
new battery Delivery
Available. $150
570-654-0574
732 Exercise
Equipment
PULL UP BAR Body
Solid Power rack
$150. HARD CORE
GYM plate loaded,
cable pulley
machine, lat pull
down, chest press,
peck deck, leg
extension, lower
pulley for curling
$150. 868-6024
STATIONARY exer-
cise bike Ergome-
ter, very good con-
dition $40.
570-693-1288
TREADMILL. Vision
programmable,
model T9300.
Paid $1500; Sell
$850. Scale, Health-
o-meter Physician
Balance Beam. $75
570-407-2638
742 Furnaces &
Heaters
HEATERS VENT
FREE propane or
natural gas heaters,
new in box with
warranty. 20,000
btu $199. 30,000
btu $270. they have
thermostats & blow-
ers. Heaters can be
mounted on wall or
free standing on
floor. Call 570-675 -
0005 after 6:00 PM
744 Furniture &
Accessories
AIR MATTRESS new,
full size, with pump
$40. Mattress top-
per very thick, with
gel, full size $70.
Futon white oak,
Stickley Style heavy
duty cushion
$300.Recliner Lazy
Boy tan, $300. Sofa
beige, floral, 8 way
hand tied springs
$250. 823-2709
ARMOIRE with 2
drawers, $35.
Dresser, 4 drawers,
$25, or both for
$50. Slider Rocker,
$25. Bar Stool with
back, $5.
570-823-0881
BED, single, heavily
padded $200.
570-822-9697
COUCH 1 year old
brown couch asking
for $150. call
570-313-9298
744 Furniture &
Accessories
BED. King size
Cherry sleigh bed
from R/F. New, per-
fect condition, Paid
$1200 sell $800.
570-239-1638
GET THE WORD OUT
with a Classified Ad.
570-829-7130
CHAIR. Queen
Anne. wing back.
gold chenille like
upholstery, antique
leg trim, Excellent.
$25. TV Magnavox,
21 fits in separate
maple cabinet. $25
for both. 639-5066
CHAIRS, (2)
Genuine
leather, cus-
tom made
recliners.
Taupe color,
like new. $550
each. SOFA,
CHAIR,
OTTOMAN, 3
TABLES, great
for den. Wood
and cloth, all in
excellent condi-
tion. $450.
Call after 12 noon
570-675-5046
COFFEE TABLE
large square solid
wood, good condi-
tion $15. Canister
set, country style
ceramic, very nice!
$10. 570-852-0675
COUCH
80x32
$20. 570-829-2082
DESK, Roll Top, $75.
SWEEPER, Elec-
trolux upright, $65,
CAMCORDER, VHS
with case $40,
MEAT SLICER, RIval
$50.570-829-5455
DESK. Solid oak roll-
top. Excellent condi-
tion. $450
570-709-6664
DINING TABLE
oblong highback
with 4 chairs $200.
TV STAND with
wheels and glass
doors $35.
570-696-3988
ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER. Parker
House solid oak.
58x21. Excellent.
32 RCA TV includ-
ed. $150. 824-4383
FURNI SH FURNI SH
FOR LESS FOR LESS
* NELSON *
* FURNITURE *
* WAREHOUSE *
Recliners from $299
Lift Chairs from $699
New and Used
Living Room
Dinettes, Bedroom
210 Division St
Kingston
Call 570-288-3607
FURNITURE Bed,
double, complete
with headboard,
oak. $200. Oak 4
drawer dresser, $75
Oak TV stand $25,
(2) oak end tables
$40, (1) 5 piece
cherry dining room,
$350, (1) 4 drawer
dresser $75 (2)
floor lamps, $25 1
wine cooler fridge
$50. 570-287-1029
FURNITURE. Bed-
room, circa 1949.
Mahogany dresser,
mirror, chest,
desk/vanity, night-
stand. Good condi-
tion. Asking $400
OBO. 570-287-7162
HUTCH white metal
with glass sliding
doors on top $65.
Mahogany two shelf
end table $35.
570-655-1217
LAMPS brand new
large table lamp
$40; small table
lamp $10; pole lamp
$15. 570-262-4421
LOVE SEAT. NEW.
Wine roses and tan
color. $175.
570-868-5806
LOVESEAT in good
condition, $150. 2
concrete lion stat-
ues sold as a pair,
$250. 472-1002
$ $ $ $ $
Mattress
A Queen Size
Pillow Top Set
Still in Plastic
Must Sell!!!
$150
570-280-9628
MATTRESS SALE
We Beat All
Competitors Prices!
Mattress Guy
Twin sets: $139
Full sets: $159
Queen sets: $199
All New
American Made
570-288-1898
NOOK, solid oak for
kitchen. $175. Gas
grill, $125, Pick up
by Friday, moving.
717-439-6639
ROCKER, yellow
pine. New. $30.
(570)489-2675
SL EEPER SOFA.
Dark blue, com-
plete. $150 New
condition, barely
used. 570-735-1129
SOFA BED. Queen,
6ft long. $75 OBO
570-693-1918
SOFA oversized
sofa & matching
oversized chair with
ottoman by Klauss-
ner. Burg-andy,
good condition.
$350.
570.814.2426
SOFA Queen Ann
mane, approximate
1949 $200.
570-287-2216
STORM DOOR 32
white 6 panel storm
door with screen &
glass door. Excell-
ent condition $150.
570-696-3988
WATERBED KING
Size, currently set
up. $250.
Call (570) 714-3693
FORTY FORT
101 Bedford St.
Fri., Sat., Sun.
8am - 1pm
Aug 10,11, 12
Appliances, col-
lectibles books and
more
HANOVER TWP
4 PARK ST
MOVING/
Sat. 8/11 7am-1pm
Sun. 8/12 10am-2
Sans Souci Parkway
to Hanover Area
H.S. left on Ashley
St left on Park St.
to top of hill.
HANOVER TWP.
51 Countrywood Dr.
Saturday, Aug 11
1pm - 4pm
Sunday, Aug. 12
2pm - 4pm
Mostly bedroom
and kitchen furni-
ture, end
tables and TV
KINGSTON
484 Market St. Rear
Sat, Aug. 11, 8-2
Longaberger bas-
kets, antiques,
crafts, bird houses,
KINGSTON
Sun. Aug. 12 8-3
218 SPRUCE ST
CHEST FREEZER,
FURNITURE,
HOUSEHOLD
ITEMS, AND MORE.
LINE UP
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OLD FORGE
507 West Mary
Street
August 11th and
12th
9am-6pm
Entire contents of
an 11 room home,
filled with treasures
from the past..
Antiques, Victorian,
Deco, Vintage,
Circa 1950,
shabby chic and
collectibles, Broyhill
dining room, with
Kane bath chairs,
Basset Buffet &
china closet,
Broyhill bedroom,
and many other
pieces of antique
furniture. Pottery,
china, crystal,
stemware, glass-
ware, Fenton,
Lenox, Hull,
Depression,
Gonder, Silver &
silver plate, house-
ware, cookware,
mirrors, pictures,
wall plaques,
appliances, small
appliances, utensils,
linens, bedding,
beautiful
vintage hats,
purses, shoes
jewelry, clothing,
many plus sizes,
Christmas,
religious, cedars,
patio, books, car-
peting, lighting,
TVs, ceramics,
some tools,
memorabilia, metal
cabinets and
shelving,
canning jars
& much more!!
Come see this
beautiful Sale.
Directions: Turn off
South Main Street
onto West Mary
Street
near Gems and
Jewelry boutique.
PITTSTON
11 New St.
Sunday August 12
8am - 3pm
Glassware, dishes,
small appliances,
Christmas, restau-
rant/kitchen items,
Hess trucks, home
interior, musical
instruments
PITTSTON
251 Broad Street
Saturday & Sunday
9am-4pm
2 Family Garage
Sale
Tools, household
items, antiques, vin-
tage items, and
baby furniture.
PITTSTON
56 Vine St.
Sunday August 12
9am-3pm
Something for
everyone!!!!!
PITTSTON TOWNSHIP
9 CAMBRIDGE CIRCLE
QUAIL HILL
SAT., AUGUST 18TH
8 AM
PITTSTON TWP.
Rain or Shine
633 Suscon Rd
Fri, Sat & Sun,
8am-7pm
CDs, albums and
45s, Atari games,
sports cards and
Nascar, household
and Christmas
items. Toys, tools,
and books, and
much more.
To place your
ad call...829-7130
PLYMOUTH
HUGE
138 CHURCH ST.
Sat-Sun: 10:00-5:00
Christmas items,
Halloween Items,
Jewelry, indian
items, Swords,
Daggers and More!
Something for
everyone!!
SHAVERTOWN
199 North Main St
Saturday & Sunday
9-3 Antique dining
room table, gas
grill, playpens, other
stuff the kids didnt
want, & 55 gallon
aquarium.
WEST WYOMING
450 Washington
Avenue
Saturday
8am-3pm &
Sunday 8am-1pm
Antiques & col-
lectibles, tools,
clothing, electron-
ics, LPs, CDs,
DVDs, books,
toys, posters,
housewares and
much more!
WEST WEST WYOMING WYOMING
6th Street
OPEN YEAR ROUND
SP SPACE ACE
A AV VAILABLE AILABLE
INSIDE & OUT INSIDE & OUT
Acres of Acres of
parking parking
OUTSIDE
SPACES
- $10
Saturday
10am-2pm
Sunday
8am-4pm
WILKES-BARRE
56 Amherst Ave
Sun., Aug 12th, 9-5
Everything Must
Go!!
No Reasonable
Offer Refused!!
752 Landscaping &
Gardening
LAWN MOWER.
Lawnboy, electric
start, self propelled,
rear bagger. Hardly
used and works
great. New $330,
sell $175 FIRM.
Cash only.
570-288-6756
LAWNMOWER
Honda powered self
propelled, mulcher,
bagger, side dis-
charge, new never
used over $400 at
Sears sell for $250.
570-878-2549
756 Medical
Equipment
COMMODE (drive
medical equipment)
new condition $10.
& walker $3. Excel-
lent condition.
570-735-6638
STAIR LIFT. Bruno
13 Electric Ride
Stair Lift. $900
570-675-3496
WHEEL CHAIR.
Electric, Pride
Mobility Jet 3. Never
used. All original
paperwork, still in
delivery pack. Paid
over $5700, asking
$500. 824-6594
758 Miscellaneous
All Junk
Cars &
Trucks
Wanted
Highest
Prices
Paid In
CA$H
FREE
PICKUP
570-574-1275
AUTO PARTS
amber rotating light
for truck roof. $25.
Head lights for plow
truck. 2/$25. Tail-
lights for dump or
box truck, brackets
included 2/$25.
Auto/truck manuals
(10) ranging from
1950-1985. $10.
each. Truck door,
1973-1980 passen-
ger side Dodge
pickup. $75. Pinto
trailer hook for
dump truck. $40.
Railroad jacks 10 ton
each (2) $50. each.
Canvas/tarp, 12x11
heavy weight. $20.
9x89 light weight.
$15. Craftsman 3/4
socket set. 23 sock-
ets in metal box.
$150. EFM oil burn-
er/ motor $30.
570-823-6829
BACK MASSAGER
Homedics 10 motor
with heat. Brand
new $35.
570-821-5916
BAR STOOLS. 7
leather back, Black
with a little silver on
legs. $350. CRIB,
complete, blue.
$25. 570-474-5492
CANES made from
slippery maple
trees, all handles
different, many
shapes & heights,
$5. each. Over 200
Christmas & house-
hold items includes
trees, lights, orna-
ments, figurines,
vases, flowers,
knick-knacks, lug-
gage, exercise
machine & more for
$60. Electric sewing
machine $5. STOVE,
coal/wood. $550
570-735-2081
CEILING FAN
antique brass $20.
White outdoor patio
light $25. Bread-
maker with manual
$20. White bath-
room cupboard with
glass shelves $15.
Chrome wall mount
bathroom light fix-
ture $10. 822-8788
CLOTHING. Girls.
School uniforms,
Christmas dress, All
$4 each. Girls back-
pack. $3, Frames,
$3 & $10. Belt hold-
er, Karate, $8.
570-235-6584
COOLER, Water,
$50, ROCKET,AB
$20, TABLE, kitchen
set $50, SOFA,
1 yr old, $75, AIR
CONDITIONER, $50
570-301-3801
ENTERTAI NMENT
centers 1 colonial
style 52wx48hx18d
$150. Solid wood
611x3w, lights,
cabinets $200. 5
drawer file cabinet
$50. 280-2472
FANS 2 box fans $3.
each. 1 window box
fan $5. Metal ironing
board $3. 50 beer &
soda cans .25 each.
30 old bottles .50
each. 1 kitchen
magician $3. pair
wood crutches 42.
30 womens blous-
es large & Xlarge
.50 each or 3 for $1.
10 old magazines
$2. each. 5 Gib-
bons beer openers
$2. each. 1 box red
road reflectors $3. 3
bags material for
sewing $1. bag. 1
high back green
kitchen stool $5.
2 galvanized chain
link gates 36x43
$12. & 22x62 $10.
4 Bishop Havey
yearbooks Horizon
71, 73,74,75 $10.
each.570-823-6986
PERFIT incontinence
underwear Size
X-L 14 per package
$5 each. 288-9940
Purebred Animals?
Sell them here with a
classified ad!
570-829-7130
746 Garage Sales/
Estate Sales/
Flea Markets
746 Garage Sales/
Estate Sales/
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$
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2012 SUZUKI GRAND VITARA
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MSRP
$
24,554*
$
22,899*
$
1,500*
$
500*
Stk#S2133
NEW
2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI
S AWD
Advanced Intelligent All-Wheel
Drive, 8 Standard Airbags, Dual
Zone Digital Climate Control,
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Windows, Power Locks, Molded
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Stk# S2209
$
19,499*
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$
23,294*
$
21,999*
$
1,500*
$
1,000*
NEW
$
16,499*
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8 Standard Airbags, Dual Digital
Climate Control, Power
Windows, Power Locks, Power
Mirrors, AM/FM/CD, 6 Speed
Manual Transmission
2012 SUZUKI KIZASHI
S FWD
MSRP w/ Accessories
$
20,493*
$
18,999*
$
1,500*
$
1,000*
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Cruise,Tilt,One
Owner,Only30K
M iles,Certified
$11,995 NO W
Certified Stock#N22163A
Red,4 Cyl,CVT,
A/C,Alloys,Spoiler,
AM /FM /CD,One
Owner,Only21K
M iles,Certified
$14,995 NO W
Certified
2011 NISSA N R O G U E
S FW D
Silver,4 Cyl,CVT,
A/C,PW ,PDL,
Cruise,Tilt,One
Owner,Only7K
M iles,Certified
$16,995 NO W
2006 NISSA N 350Z
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Gray,V-6,Auto,
Touring Pkg,Leather,
A/C,Bose Sound,
Fresh Service,Only
26K miles,Certified
$18,995 NO W
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One Owner,
3K M iles,Certified
$18,995 NO W
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Cruise,Tilt,One
Owner,Only30K
M iles,Certified
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Owner,Only30K
M iles,Certified
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2.5S SDN
$18,995 NO W
2011 NISSA N C U B E
SL
Golden Ginger,4 Cyl,
CVT,Navi,Alloys,Backup
Cam,SL Preferred Pkg,
One Owner,
1K M iles,Certified
$19,495 NO W
2009 NISSA N R O G U E
SL A W D
Red,4 Cyl,CVT,
Leather,Heated Seats,
M oonroof,Bose Sound,
Alloys,One Owner,Only
10K M iles,Certified
$19,995 NO W
2.5S SDN
Sonoran Sand,4 Cyl,
CVT,A/C,PW ,PDL,
Cruise,Tilt,AM /FM /
CD,One Owner,Only
6K M iles,Certified
$19,995 NO W
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W hite,4 Cyl,CVT,A/
C,PW ,PDL,Cruise,
Tilt,AM /FM /CD,
One Owner,Only2K
M iles,Certified
$20,995 NO W
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SL A W D
Black,3.5LV6,CVT,
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Sound,One Owner,
Only13K M iles,Certified
$24,995 NO W
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C R O SS-C A B A W D
Black,3.5LV6,CVT,
AW D,Navi,Leather,
AllPowerTop,Camel
InteriorColorThe Best,
Only8K M iles,Certified
$36,995 NO W
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AM /FM /CD,Cloth
Seats,Cargo M gmt
System,One Owner,
Only3K M iles
$22,895 NO W
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2012 NISSA N NV3500 SV
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08 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER LT
Maroon, 50K Miles, Sunroof, P. Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$
17,995
08 MERCURY SABLE
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$
15,995
08 DODGE MAGNUM
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$
13,995
08 HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE
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$
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$
12,995
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$
10,495
03 CHEVY S-10 BLAZER LS
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$
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$
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$
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$
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758 Miscellaneous
FISH TANK.
20.5x14x10.5,
includes 30 stand,
light and all acces-
sories. $25 OBO
570-693-1918
FREE AD POLICY
The Times Leader
will accept ads for
used private
party merchan-
dise only for items
totaling $1,000 or
less. All items must
be priced and state
how many of each
item. Your name
address, email and
phone number must
be included. No
ads for ticket
sales accepted.
Pet ads accept-
ed if FREE ad
must state FREE.
You may place your
ad online at
timesleader.com,
or email to
classifieds@
timesleader.com or
fax to 570-831-7312
or mail to Classified
Free Ads: 15 N.
Main Street, Wilkes-
Barre, PA. Sorry
no phone calls.
HEATER tower
quartz electric $20.
2 Hoover vacuums,
very good condition
$25 or $40. for 2.
13 Sylvania color
TV works good $25.
570-825-5847
HORSE. Radio Flyer
Liberty Spring Horse
with Sound option.
$100. DOORS vari-
ous, $25 each,
FENCING, $150.
570-288-8689
758 Miscellaneous
BEST PRICES
IN THE AREA
CA$H ON THE $POT,
Free Anytime
Pickup
570-301-3602
570-301-3602
CALL US!
TO JUNK
YOUR CAR
LEFTOVER
GARAGE SALE
ITEMS
Boys Navy Blazers,
7,10,12,$3 each,
Boys suit, 18, $5,
Xmas items, .50
each, books, hard
cover, $1 ea., soft
cover .50 ea. bas-
kets, .25 ea, boys
polos, med. .50 ea.
golf clubs, .50 ea,
German books, .50
ea., Vases, large,
.25 ea.
570-822-5560
PORTAPOTTI (new)
for trailer or boat,
$10, (2) wooden
ladders, 10 good
condition, 14 needs
some work. Free
but must take both
ladders.
570-328-5611
REFRIGERATOR/
FREEZER Dormitory
Whirlpool. $55.
CHAIRS adjustable
(2) one with arm
rests $15, one with-
out $10. 333-5298
RIMS. Honda, 4 pair
15 will fit any model
Accord, Civic, and
Del-Sol cars. Brand
new. asking $85.
570-239-6011.
758 Miscellaneous
MERCHANTS
VILLAGE
MERCHANTSVILLAGE.COM
(Former Walmart
Building)
Oak St., Pittston
COME SHOP COME SHOP
WITH US! WITH US!
3 ACRES INSIDE
AIR CONDITIONED
Huge, Huge
Inventory
FOOD ITEMS
Huge Selection
1/2 Price!
BABY ITEMS
diapers by the
case
BEAUTY ITEMS
Make-Up
CLEANING ITEMS
ELECTRONICS
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS
HEALTHCARE
TOOLS
Food Court
570-891-1972
Say it HERE
in the Classifieds!
570-829-7130
PUB CHAIRS (2)
$50. Armoire closet
$20. Childrens
Craftsman tool
bench with tools &
birdhouse, excellent
condition $25. 3
man ten. $30. Boys
Spiderman bike
$25. Trek club cadet
$30. Trek Club
Cadet childrens
bike $30. Mens
small AFX motorcy-
cle helmet $25.
Mens Trek moun-
tain bike $75. Canoe
$175. 570-498-1510
TIRES, 4 BF
Goodrich, size
P21560R 16 $150,
TRUNK, antique
steamer, $60, AIR
CONDITIONER,
Sanyo 8,000 BTU,
$75, WHEELS, 16
Kia 2011 Factory
aluminum (4) $400.
After 3 PM - 570-
655-3197
WATER COOLER.
GE 5 gallon. Hot &
cold, like new, $65.
STEAMER/SHAM-
POOER, Rinse A
Matic. Sold for
$254.29, Sell for
$100. 570-817-5031
758 Miscellaneous
TRAYS w/storage
cart, wood, $40,
CARRIER, pet travel,
$35, HORSE, Childs
Wonder, vintage,
$30 firm, EXERCIS-
ER, ABS Lounge
chair, folds, $40,
WATERGLOBE,
musical Noahs Ark,
$20, WATERFALL,
Thomas Kinkade
collectible, new,
$45, CLOTHES,
maternity, non
smoker - 62 pieces,
$285 or $5 each.
KEYBOARD, Yama-
ha, $35, BUMPER,
VW 73 Chrome,
$90, REEL fishing,
Garcia Mitchell (2)
$35 and $20,
ROCKER, Maple
wood, $40, TUXE-
DO, vintage, non-
smoker, $75.
570-696-1896
WOODCHIPPER 5
hp $200. Casement
air conditioner
10,000 BTU $100.
Electric range $200.
Gateway XGT5662
desktop Phenom x4
9500 $250. Large
dog cage $25. 5 hp
Snapper snow
blower $200. L-
shaped desk $30.
Area rugs $30.
570-825-4186
762 Musical
Instruments
GUITAR Martin dc
x1e, made in Ameri-
ca. Acoustic-elec-
tric with Martin
case. $550.
570-823-3835.
PIANO. Story &
Clark console with
bench. FREE!
750-239-1638
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in the Classifieds!
570-829-7130
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with a Classified Ad.
570-829-7130
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1006 A/C &
Refrigeration
Services
STRISH A/C
Ductless / Central
Air Conditioning
Free Estimates
Licensed & Insured
570-332-0715
1024 Building &
Remodeling
1st. Quality
Construction Co.
Roofing, siding,
gutters, insulation,
decks, additions,
windows, doors,
masonry &
concrete.
Insured & Bonded.
Senior Citizens Discount!
State Lic. # PA057320
570-606-8438
ALL OLDERHOMES
SPECIALIST
825-4268.
Remodel / Repair
Masonry, stucco,
& concrete
DAVE JOHNSON
Expert Bathroom &
Room Remodeling,
Carpentry & Whole
House Renovations.
Licensed &Insured
570-819-0681
GENERAL CONTRACTING
Roofing and Siding
Kitchens & Baths.
Painting. All types
of construction.
Free Estimates.
570-831-5510
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NICHOLS CONSTRUCTION
All Types Of Work
New or Remodeling
Licensed & Insured
Free Estimates
570-406-6044
PR BUILDERS
Any and all types of
remodeling from
windows to design
build renovations.
Handyman
Services also,
Electric, Plumbing,
Building.
PA license 048740
accepts Visa &
Mastercard
call 570-826-0919
ROOFING, SIDING,
DECKS, WINDOWS
For All of Your
Remodeling Needs.
Will Beat Any Price
25 Yrs. Experience
Ref. Ins. Free Est.
570-332-7023
Or 570-855-2506
Shedlarski Construction
HOME IMPROVEMENT
SPECIALIST
Licensed, insured &
PA registered.
Kitchens, baths,
vinyl siding & rail-
ings, replacement
windows & doors,
additions, garages,
all phases of home
renovations.
Free Estimates
570-287-4067
1039 Chimney
Service
A-1 ABLE
CHIMNEY
Rebuild & Repair
Chimneys. All
types of Masonry.
Liners Installed,
Brick & Block,
Roofs & Gutters.
Licensed &
Insured
570-735-2257
CAVUTO
CHIMNEY
SERVICE
& Gutter Cleaning
Free Estimates
Insured
570-709-2479
CHIMNEY REPAIRS
Parging. Stucco.
Stainless Liners.
Cleanings. Custom
Sheet Metal Shop.
570-383-0644
1-800-943-1515
Call Now!
COZY HEARTH CHIMNEY
ALL CHIMNEY
REPAIR
Chimney Cleaning,
Rebuilding, Repair,
Stainless Steel
Lining, Parging,
Stucco, Caps, Etc.
Free Estimates
Senior Discounts
Licensed-Insured
1-888-680-7990
570-840-0873
1042 Cleaning &
Maintainence
Connies Cleaning
15 years experience
Bonded & Insured
Residential Cleaning
Connie Mastruzzo
Brutski - Owner
570-430-3743 570-430-3743
Connie does the
cleaning!
HOUSEKEEPING
I am dependable &
professional. Flexible
rates and hours.
Supplies provided.
References Available
570-357-1951
Northeast Janitorial
Services,LLC
Commercial and
Residential
Cleaning.
FREE ESTIMATES
570-237-2193
1054 Concrete &
Masonry
A STEP-UP MASONRY
Brick, block, con-
crete, pavers. Spe-
cializing in stone.
Free Estimates.
Licensed & Insured.
Senior Discount. Call
570-702-3225
C&C MASONRY &
CONCRETE
Absolutely free
estimates. Masonry
& concrete work.
Specializing in foun-
dations, repairs and
rebuilding. Footers
floors, driveways.
570-766-1114
570-346-4103
PA084504
COVERT &
SONS
CONCRETE CO.
Call for summer
special.
Discounts for vets
& seniors
570-696-3488 or
570-239-2780
D. Pugh
Concrete
All phases of
masonry &
concrete. Small
jobs welcome.
Senior discount.
Free estimates.
Licensed & Insured
288-1701/655-3505
H O S CONSTRUCTION
Licensed - Insured
Certified - Masonry
Concrete - Roofing
Quality
Craftsmanship
Guaranteed
Unbeatable Prices
Senior Citizen
Discounts
Free Estimates
570-574-4618 or
570-709-3577
1054 Concrete &
Masonry
JM OLEJNICK
MASONRY
All phases of con-
crete, masonry &
construction. Free
Estimates. Licensed
& Insured. Call
570-288-6862
Wi l l i ams & Franks I nc
Masonry - Concrete
Brick-Stonework.
Chimneys-Stucco
NO JOB TOO
SMALL
Damage repair
specialist
570-466-2916
1057Construction &
Building
DOUBLE D DOUBLE Ds s
Best Best
Construction Co Construction Co
General
Contractors. We do
all types of work,
including concrete,
stucco, sidewalks,
patios, & all general
construction.
We do it all
Call anytime at
570-991-7670 or
570-690-2642 and
ask for Dave.
FATHER & SON
CONSTRUCTION
Interior & Exterior
Remodeling
Jobs of All Sizes
570-814-4578
570-709-8826
GARAGE
DOOR
Sales, service,
installation &
repair.
FULLY
INSURED
HIC# 065008
CALL JOE
570-735-8551
Cell 606-7489
1078 Dry Wall
MIRRA
DRYWALL
Hanging & Finishing
Textured Ceilings
Licensed & Insured
Free Estimates
570-675-3378
1084 Electrical
GRULA ELECTRIC LLC
Licensed, Insured,
No job too small.
570-829-4077
SLEBODA ELECTRIC
Master electrician
Licensed & Insured
Service Changes &
Replacements.
Generator Installs.
8 6 8 - 4 4 6 9
1099 Fencing &
Decks
DECK BUILDERS
Of Northeast
Contracting Group.
We build any type,
size and design,
concrete, patios,
driveways, side-
walks. If the deck
of your choice is
not completed with-
in 5 days, then your
deck is free!
570-338-2269
1129 Gutter
Repair & Cleaning
GUTTER CLEANING
Window Cleaning
Pressure washing
Insured
570-288-6794
1132 Handyman
Services
DO IT ALL HANDYMAN
Painting, drywall,
plumbing & all types
of interior & exterior
home repairs.
570-829-5318
Find homes for
your kittens!
Place an ad here!
570-829-7130
1132 Handyman
Services
VICTORY
HANDYMAN
SERVICE
You Name It, We
Can Do it.
Over 30 Years Expe-
rience in General
Construction
Licensed & Insured
570-313-2262
1135 Hauling &
Trucking
A A C L E A N I N G
A1 Always hauling,
cleaning attics, cellar,
garage, one piece or
whole Estate, also
available 10 &20 yard
dumpsters.655-0695
592-1813or287-8302
AAA CLEANING
A1 GENERAL HAULING
Cleaning attics,
cellars, garages.
Demolitions, Roofing
&Tree Removal.
FreeEst. 779-0918or
542-5821; 814-8299
A.S.A.P Hauling
Estate Cleanouts,
Attics, Cellars,
Garages, were
cheaper than
dumpsters!.
Free Estimates,
Same Day!
570-822-4582
ALL KINDS OF
HAULING & JUNK
REMOVAL
SPRING CLEAN UP!
TREE/SHRUB TREE/SHRUB
REMOV REMOVAL AL
DEMOLITION DEMOLITION
Estate Cleanout Estate Cleanout
Free Estimates
24 HOUR
SERVICE
SMALL AND
LARGE JOBS!
570-823-1811
570-239-0484
ALWAYS READY
HAULING
Property & Estate
Cleanups, Attics,
Cellars, Yards,
Garages,
Construction
Sites, Flood
Damage & More.
CHEAPER THAN
A DUMPSTER!!
SAME DAY
SERVICE
Free Estimates
570-301-3754
Mikes $5-Up
Hauling Junk &
Trash from Houses,
Garages, Yards, Etc
826-1883 472-4321
1156 Insurance
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Excavating: Bobcat
Shrub/Tree
Trimming
Installation &
Removal
Edging, Mulch,
Stone, Driveways
Handyman/Gutters
Junk/Moving
& more!
Reasonable Reliable
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ARE YOU TIRED
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Meticulous and
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F Free ree E Estimates stimates
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570-574-3406
TOUGH BRUSH
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Mowing, edging,
mulching, shrubs &
hedge shaping.
Tree pruning. Gar-
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Clean Ups. Weekly
& bi-weekly lawn
care.
Fully Insured.
Free Estimates
570-829-3261
TREE REMOVAL
Stump Grinding, Haz-
ard Tree Removal,
Grading, Drainage,
Lot Clearing, Stone/
Soil Delivery. Insured.
Reasonable Rates
570-574-1862
1183 Masonry
ATIES CONSTRUCTION
50 Years Experience
Stone mason, stuc-
co, pre-cast stone,
paving, custom
cover & design.
570-301-8200
OLD TIME MASONRY
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Concrete, etc.
Fully Insured.
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Custom Work
Small Jobs &
Repairs. Free esti-
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570-561-5245
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Service
VITOS
&
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Wanted:
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1195 Movers
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Moving Helpers
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1204 Painting &
Wallpaper
ALL PHASE
PAINT COMPANY
Aluminium Siding
Refinishing Experts
You Name It, We
Know How
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Over 30 Years
Experience
570-313-2262
AMERICA
PAINTING
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Senior Discount
570-855-0387
JACOBOSKY JACOBOSKY
P PAINTING AINTING
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painted today, We
have an eye for
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Quality Painting,
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Free Estimates.
570-328-5083
Lairds Renovation
& Remodeling
Painting and power-
washing, We repair
chimneys-custom
design, no job too
big or too small
Wyoming,PA
Plaster patch, dry-
wall repair. We fix
cracks. Fully
insured, 25 years
experience
570-693-1793 cell
570-690-8536
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Professional work
at affordable rates.
Free estimates.
570-288-0733
Serra Painting
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Work Guaranteed
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30 Yrs. Experience
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Vinyl, Wood, Stucco
Aluminum.
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WITKOSKY PAINTING
Interior
Exterior,
Free estimates,
30 yrs experience
570-826-1719,
570-288-4311 &
570-704-8530
1213 Paving &
Excavating
DRIVEWAYS
PARKING LOTS
ROADWAYS
HOT TAR & CHIP
SEALCOATING
Licensed and
Insured. Call
Today For Your
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570-474-6329
Lic.# PA021520
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Driveways, excavat-
ing & resurfacing.
Free Estimates.
Fully insured. Call
Ron 570-290-2296
Mountain Top
PAVING & SEAL
COATING
Patching, Sealing,
Residential/Comm
Licensed & Insured
PA013253
570-868-8375
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570-829-7130
1237Professional &
Business
PERSONAL
ASSISTANT
Will provide
superior execu-
tive support by
assisting in
scheduling &
coordinating
complex busi-
ness/social cal-
endars, event
planning, and
travel plans for
busy executives
or families. Over
20+ years in cor-
porate, non-prof-
it, and govern-
ment arenas.
570-406-4092
1252 Roofing &
Siding
ABSOLUTELY FREE
ESTIMATES
E-STERN CO.
30 year architec
tural shingles. Do
Rip off & over the
top. Fully Insured
PA014370
570-760-7725 or
570-341-7411
EVERHART
CONSTRUCTION
Roofing, siding,
gutters, chimney
repairs & more.
Free Estimates,
Lowest Prices
570-855-5738
GILROY
Construction
Your Roofing
Specialist
Free Estimates
No Payment
til Job is
100% Complete
570-829-0239
H O S CONSTRUCTION
Roofing specialist,
call today and
save $$$
570-574-4618
J & F
CONSTRUCTION
All types of roofing.
Repairs & Installation
25 Years Experience
Licensed/Insured
Free Estimates
Reliable Service
570-855-4259
J.R.V. ROOFING
570-824-6381
Roof Repairs & New
Roofs. Shingle, Slate,
Hot Built Up, Rubber,
Gutters & Chimney
Repairs. Year Round.
Licensed/Insured
FREE Estimates
*24 Hour
Emergency Calls*
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570-288-6709
New Roofs &
Repairs, Shingles,
Rubber, Slate,
Gutters, Chimney
Repairs. Credit
Cards Accepted
FREE ESTIMATES!
Licensed-Insured
EMERGENCIES
SUMMER ROOFING
McManus
Construction
Licensed, Insured.
Everyday Low
Prices. 3,000
satisfied customers.
570-735-0846
1297 Tree Care
Tree Stump
Removal
Stump grinding,
$45 each for 10 or
more. Tree cut-
down, $150. Call
570-594-1385
1339 Window
Service
PJs Window
Cleaning &
Janitorial
Services
Windows, Gutters,
Carpets, Power
washing and more.
INSURED/BONDED.
570-283-9840
Find homes for
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570-829-7130
762 Musical
Instruments
GUITAR AMP Mar-
shall JCM600 tube
guitar AMP head
$395. Ampeg 4x12
speaker CAB $275.
Fender Squier Strat
electric guitar AR &
practice AMP $129.
Hendrix-Style
Octave pedal, like
new $69. Rick 283-
2552 or rick@
wyomingvalley.net
GUITAR. Acoustic, 6
string electric.Many
extras plus soft
case. $!50
570-855-3113
PIANO. Kimball con-
sole. Includes
bench. Excellent
condition. $400
570-709-6664
PIANO. Upright.
Primrose by
Sohmer. Includes
bench. $500
570-675-6911
766 Office
Equipment
SAFCO 5 drawer
steel flat file file plus
base, excellent con-
dition $700.
570-287-5921
772 Pools & Spas
CHLORINATORS.
(2)automatic pool.
One a Hayward and
one a Waterpik. $25
each.
570-735-5381
776 Sporting Goods
GOLF CLUBS. Youth
set with bag (2sets)
$30, FILE CABINET,
4 drawer, great
shape $30, MONEY
COUNTING
MACHINE, Royal
Soveriegn, $40
570-262-7923
GOLF. XTerra Clubs,
Grafity Shafts, bag
and balls. $75.
570-824-8183
MURRAY BIKE
Good condition
$20.
Call 570-288-7159
POOL TABLE 4x7
slate top, ball rack,
cues $700.
570-288-9940
ROLLER BLADES:
Mens roller blades
size 11 $10. Harley
Davidson snow sled
$10. Fisher Price
Super Wagon $25.
570-822-6258
SCHWINN STING RAY
ORANGE COUNTY
CHOPPER BIKE
Good condition
$100.
Call 570-288-7159
784 Tools
AIR COMPRESSOR.
Craftsman. 5HP, 25
gal. $125. Many
tools, $25 to $175.
Call for description
and details. STAND,
Miter Saw, $60
570-594-4992
COMPRESSOR
Ingersol Rand 20
gallon 2 hp, new in
box, never opened,
originally over $500
sell for $425.
570-878-2849
786 Toys & Games
PEG PEREGO John
Deere Gator HPX
Age range 3-7
years; 2.5 - 4.5
MPH forward, plus
reverse, adjustable
seats & seat belts.
Asking $90. OBO as
is. 570-333-0470
788 Stereo/TV/
Electronics
GARMEN GPS sys-
tem brand new still
in box $100. call
570-696-3988
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796 Wanted to Buy
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$ ANTIQUES BUYING $
Old Toys, model kits,
Bikes, dolls, guns,
Mining Items, trains
&Musical Instruments,
Hess. 474-9544
BUYING SPORT CARDS
Pay Cash for
baseball, football,
basketball, hockey
& non-sports.
Sets, singles &
wax. Also buying
comics.
570-212-0398
796 Wanted to Buy
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Wanted:
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( 570) 48GOLD8
( 570) 484- 6538
Highest Cash Pay-
Outs Guaranteed
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Cl osed Sundays
1092 Highway 315 Blvd
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Aug. 9th - $1,615.00
800
PETS & ANIMALS
810 Cats
CAT. FREE to good
home. 4 year old
black and orange-
brown female. Ella
is spayed and her
shots are up to
date. 570-655-8768
CAT. FREE to good
home. Very friendly
1 year old beige and
black striped Tabby.
Spayed and shots
and litter box. Will
deliver.
570-885-6779
CAT. FREE to good
home. White with
black markings.
Lover, mellow a
sweetheart. Spayed
and vet checked
570-256-3660
will return calls
CATS & KI TTENS
12 weeks & up.
All shots, neutered,
tested,microchipped
VALLEY CAT RESCUE
824-4172, 9-9 only
CATS. Free Kittens
and young adults.
Vet checked,
spayed, next shots.
All colors. Please
help.
570-299-7478
FREE 2 kittens, 1
black male, 1 black
& tan female, 6
weeks. 735-7331
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Great pet or hunter
$300. Dallas area
570-760-8684
815 Dogs
AKC REGISTERED TOY
POODLE PUPPIES
1 black female
$800, 1 black male
$600, shots and
warrantee. Call 570-
676-5296
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Chihuahuas, Pugs
Dachshund, Goldens,
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570-389-7877
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genders available
$700 to $1,300
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215-538-2179
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Mastiff Puppies
ICCF Registered &
ready to go! Par-
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Blue. Vet Checked
Price Reduced!
570-617-4880
ROTTWIELER PUPPIES
Extra large, ACA
registration, 3 gen-
eration pedigree.
All shots & tails
docked. Mom &
Dad on premises.
Ready to go. $400.
570-204-7745
SHIH-TZU PUPPIES
Parents on premises
$500
570-436-3792
YORKIE PUPS
Tiny, registered.
Teddy Bear Faced
Hypo-allergenic
$800-$950
Vet checked &
dewormed
Ready 8/18/12
570-436-5083
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835 Pets-
Miscellaneous
HAMSTERS 2 dwarf.
Friendly, needs a
good home with lost
of attention. Chloe &
Rascal are 2 years
old. $1. each.
570-239-5133
845 Pet Supplies
BIRD CAGE, bird
stand, like new,
large size $300.
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2006 Chevy Colorado P/U.......................$8,800
1999 Honda Civic ..................................$3,000
2008 Chevy TrailBlazer V8....................$19,500
2011 Ford E250 Cargo.........................$18,999
2007 Ford E350 Pass...........................$14,450
2008 Ford Escape XLT .........................$15,999
2008 Ford Mustang GT ........................$18,950
2008 Jeep Wrangler UL Sahara ............$23,999
2009 Jeep Wrangler Sport ...................$20,999
2009 Mercedes-Benz C300 4Matic.........$26,999
2007 Mercedes-Benz CLK550 Conv.........$27,999
2007 Nissan Murano S AWD.................$16,999
2005 Nissan Murano SE AWD...............$13,599
2010 Suzuki Kisashi AWD ....................$15,999
2006 Volkswagen Jetta 2.5..................$11,750
1971 Plymouth Road Runner ................$27,000
2009 Nissan Sentra 2.0FE+ .................$12,949
2007 Toyota Camry Hybrid ...................$13,999
2005 Nissan Sentra 34K Miles ...............$9,999
2004 Chevy Venture...............................$4,500
2011 Ford F150 Crew XLT 4x4 .............$28,999
2012 Kia Rio EX GSI 5K Miles...............$14,999
2009 Lexus IS250 AWD........................$24,500
2010 Lexus RX350 ..............................$33,999
2008 Mazda 3Sport GT ........................$15,987
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$
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*
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$
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$
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*
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$
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*
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$
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*
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$
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*
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*
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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$
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*
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$
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$
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*
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16,999
*
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$
18,599
*
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Stk# S2228A, Sunroof, Alloy Wheels, Automatic, Power Windows & Locks
$
18,899
*
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Stk# S2161A, Only 2K Miles, Power Windows & Locks, Power Seat
$
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*
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Te 1st oor oce has
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Better than new
end unit town-
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with patio. Call Darren Snyder 570-825-2468 $235,000
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Completely remodeled 3 bed-
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$139,900
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570-825-2468
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5 Unit property for sale on
the campus of Wilkes Uni-
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100% occupancy over the
last 5 years.
$395,000
Call Darren Snyder
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Story by Marianne Tucker Puhalla
Advertising Projects Writer
A vaulted ceiling, a skylight and an
open layout are just a few of the ameni-
ties in this striking two-story townhome
in the Eaton Hills section of Tunkhan-
nock.
Listed by Donna LaBar of Century-21
Sherlock Homes Inc., for $229,000, this
home at
140 Grandview Dr. in Eaton Township
is just a few minutes from downtown
Tunkhannock, set high on the mountain
in the area behind Burger King off Route
29. As the street name might suggest,
Grandview offers just that, a gorgeous
view of the Endless Mountains from both
a rear deck and covered patio.
This home offers four bedrooms, three
baths and a full basement with family
room and access to an outdoor patio.
There is also an attached two-car garage.
You can see all there is to offer at an
Open House today from 1-3 pm.
The lot measures 39-by-100 and there
is a community maintenance fee that
includes lawn care and snow removal for
$150 per month.
The exterior is wrapped in tan vinyl
siding with taupe trim. A covered front
porch leads into an entry hall where you
get the rst look at the stunning cherry
hardwood oors found in both the
nearby living and dining rooms.
The living room measures 14-by-15
and a favorite feature is sure to be the
atrium doors that open rear and bring in
the views of the mountains from the rear,
elevated deck.
The open layout comes into play as
the living room opens to the right to
the adjacent 15-by-11 dining room. With
more of the cherry ooring, this room
is amazingly bright with a bay of three
windows to the rear and a triple window
to the side.
Separated from the dining area only
by a breakfast bar peninsula, the kitchen
has plenty of oak cabinets topped by tan
speckled laminate countertops. There
is a large amount of cabinet storage and
countertop workspace. The townhome
comes complete with a full compliment
of stainless steel appliances, including an
electric stove, refrigerator, dishwasher
and microwave. There is additional stor-
age in a pantry closet and a front-facing
door that opens to the garage.
To the left off the entry, a hall leads to
two of the bedrooms and two baths.
The master bedroom is a comfortable
10-by-13 with beige Berber carpeting,
a large walk-in closet and an oversized
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288-1401
2297 W. 8TH ST.,
FRANKLIN TWP. 18612
2 or 3 bedroom 2-story farmhouse
located in the Village of Orange. 1st
foor bedroom, living room with hard-
wood fooring, eat-in kitchen. 1st
foor laundry. garage & shed with
loft. Rear deck overlooking cleared
lot. New furnace, new kitchen foor
(October, 2011) MLS#11-3255
JOE MOORE $109,900
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15 WYNDWOOD DRIVE,
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2 bedroom, 2 bath end unit
townhome in Countrywood II.
Living room with vaulted ceil-
ing. Modern oak kitchen. For-
mal dining room. Central air.
1-car garage. MLS#11-3294
JOE MOORE $132,500
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2-story in good condition with fex-
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dining room; kitchen; TV room; of-
fce; 3/4 bath-laundry. Second foor:
3 bedrooms,full bath. Lower level:
1/2 bath and rec room. Ductless
air-conditioning on frst foor. Private
driveway. MLS#12-2024
JOE MOORE $112,500
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bay of windows facing rear. The vaulted master bath
features a skylight along with an oak vanity with a tan
cultured marble sink, a one-piece shower, and matching
tan vinyl ooring.
A second bath nearby is much the same with tan
vinyl ooring, an oak vanity with cultured marble sink
and a one-piece tub and shower surround. A linen
closet is conveniently located in the hall.
The second bedroom measures 11-by-12 and has
more beige Berber carpeting, a double closet and large
double window front.
Bedrooms three and four, measuring 9-by-11 and
11-by-14, are located in the lower level. A nearby bath
has an oak vanity with cultured marble sink designed
to coordinate with a tan vinyl oor.
A 19-by-27 family room on this level is sure to please,
offering plenty of space for entertaining and relaxing
with two single windows rear and atrium doors that
open to a rear patio. A separate room, measuring 8-by-9,
has a refrigerator and could be considered a downstairs
kitchen.
This home has oil hot water heat, central air condi-
tioning, and public sewer and water utilities.
To get to todays Open House from Wilkes-Barre,
take Route 309 into Dallas, and bear right as its turns
toward Tunkhannock. Follow Route 29 into Tunkhan-
nock. Just past the WalMart and Burger King, make a
left onto Frear Hill Road and turn right into Eaton Hills.
Follow Grandview Dr. up the hill to 140 Grandview on
the left.
For additional information or to make a personal
appointment to see this townhome property, contact
Donna LaBar of Century-21 Sherlock Homes Inc., (570)
836-3457; [email protected].
SPECIFICATIONS:
Townhome
2,604 square feet
BEDROOMS: 4
BATHS: 3
PRICE: $229,000
LOCATION: 140 Grandview Dr., Eaton Twp.
AGENT: Donna LaBar
REALTOR: Century-21 Sherlock Homes Inc.
(570) 836-3457; [email protected]
OPEN HOUSE: Today, 1-3 p.m.
Eaton Hills
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MLS 11-2653
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This charming 3
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Modern bath,
enclosed rear porch
overlooking a deep
yard, with parking.
MLS 12-2305
Priced to Sell,
$55,000
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Cozy Cape Cod
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$59,900
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BEAR CREEK
6650 Bear
Creek Blvd
Well maintained
custom built 2 story
nestled on 2 private
acres with circular
driveway - Large
kitchen with center
island, master bed-
room with 2 walk-in
closets, family room
with fireplace, cus-
tom built wine cellar.
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MLS#11-4136
PRICE REDUCED
$285,000
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BEAR CREEK
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the city, but close
to everything! 4
bedrooms, 2 baths,
finished basement,
two fireplaces and
a wood stove pro-
vide plenty of
warmth or
ambiance. Lots of
yard for the kids
with a double lot.
The kitchen has
been remodeled
and there is an
abundance of hard-
wood flooring, the
large garage can
also be a great
workshop. Dont
forget the Bear
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School. A great
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#12-1350 $179,900
Paul Pukatch
760-8143
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REDUCED $13K
Exclusive privacy
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home with vaulted
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formal living room,
large airy family
room and dining
room. 322 sq. ft 3
season room open-
ing to large deck
with hot tub. Mod-
ern eat in kitchen
with island, gas fire-
place, living room,
and wood burning
stove basement.
Oversize 2 car
garage. This stun-
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boasts a relaxing
pond and walking
trail. Sit back and
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MLS 12-2085
$425,000
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BEAR CREEK
One of the best
deals in Bear
Creek! Recently
reduced to sell! All
brick ranch with
remodeled kitchen,
hardwood floors
and full tile baths.
Nice sized lot has
plenty of room in
the back. Conve-
nient location!
Close to highways,
shopping, recre-
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more! Finished
basement with
bonus and
family room.
#12-1698 $149,000
Paul Pukatch
760-8143
570-283-9100
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Completely remod-
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2 story Victorian
home, with 3 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths,
new rear deck, full
front porch, tiled
baths & kitchen,
granite counter-
tops,.All cherry
hardwood floors
throughout, all new
stainless steel
appliances & light-
ing. New oil fur-
nace, washer/dryer
in first floor bath.
Great neighbor-
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$174,900 (30 year
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DALLAS
94 Grandview Ave.
Medallion Home
3 bedrooms, 2
bathrooms,. Large
family room with
gas fireplace, 3
zone gas heat,
central air, walking
distance to Dallas
School Systems.
Priced to Sell.
$172,000 Call
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DALLAS
95 JACKSON ST.
Great Low Cost Util-
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Water bill. Your own
fresh Water well.
Bath on each floor,
3 Good sized Bed-
rooms, Paved Drive
leading to an over-
sized Garage.
Owner Motivated.
MLS 12-2006
$179,000
570-675-4400
DALLAS
Haddonfield Hills
Corner Lot
4 bedroom, 2
bath split level.
Hardwood floors.
Gas heat.
2 car garage.
MLS #12-1942
NEW PRICE
$194,900
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
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Huge Reduction
248 Overbrook Rd.
Lovely 4 bedroom
cape cod situated
in a private setting
on a large lot.
Vaulted ceiling in
dining room, large
walk in closet in 1
bedroom on 2nd
floor. Some
replacement win-
dows. Call Today!
MLS 11-2733
$94,900
Jay A. Crossin
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DALLAS
Private & beautiful
lovely brick chalet
on 11.85 acres.
Custom brick work,
tongue & groove
interior & oversized
3 car garage.
Features whirlpool
tub, heated sun-
room, kitchen island
& hickory cabinets,
laundry room. Base-
ment is plumbed &
ready to finish.
MLS# 12-817
$315,000
Call Ken Williams
Five Mountain
Realty
570-542-8800
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DALLAS
Small one story
home on 9.5 acres,
home is a fixer
upper, no steps,
home has mold.
Private driveway off
of Jake Moore
Road, grown in by
brush. $150,000
MLS# 12-2114
Call Michael Nocera
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DALLAS
The Greens at New-
berry Estates. Condo
with special view of
golf course & ponds.
3 bedrooms. Family
room. 5 1/2 baths on
2 floors. 4,000 sq. ft.
living area. 12-1480
$449,900
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
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Two story home
with solar system,
2 car detached
garage. Private
driveway. Property
is also for lease.
MLS# 12-1822
$189,000
Michael Nocera
570-357-4300
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DALLAS
Built in 2004, this
delightful home is
centrally located in
Dallas. Very well
maintained with
central air, large
yard, 23 x 13 living
room with gas fire-
place, gas hot
water baseboard
heat (1st and 2nd
floors). In addition
electric heat
pumps/central AC
to save on gas bills
if you desire....radi-
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baths and 3 bed-
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$209,900 Call
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$158,900
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Large 4 bedroom
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also in master bath.
Dining room with
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to deck. Large cor-
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$244,900
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621 Donnelly St.
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4145 Lakeview Drive
NORTH LAKE GREAT HOUSE w/ 90ft of lakefront!
3BR, 2.5 bath Cape Cod w/ Open f plan has extensive
views, 1 f Master opens to screened porch & large
deck. MLS# 11-2958
RHEA 570-696-6677 $319,500
Dir: Rt.118W L @ Sheldons Diner - Go 2.5 miles - Turn
R @ Davis Trophy - At stop sign turn R on Lakeview -
Property on L.
15 Vine Street
DALLAS REDUCED Modern 3BR, 1.1 bath Ranch
on a lovely lot. Large eat-in oak kitchen w/all ap-
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porch; deck; rec room; garage. MLS# 12-2754
RAE 714-9234 $169,900
Dir: From Dallas (Rt 415), L on 42nd St, at stop
sign turn L, make immediate R on Vine, home on
R.
56 Crisman Street
FORTY FORT Why pay rent? Freshly painted, well main-
tained 3BR, 1.5 bath Cape features LR, DR, eat-in kitchen,
LL FR. Private drive, quiet street. MLS# 12-1119 CLYDETTE
696-0897 $109,000
Dir: From Wyoming Ave. in Kingston to L onto Crisman -
Property on L.
1229 Woodberry Drive
MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular foor plan in this lovely
2story in Woodberry Manor! Unique features & upgrades
set in apart from the rest! MLS# 12-2461
LISA 715-9335 $449,900
Dir: Rt. 309S, bear right on S. Main Rd., turn right on
Nuangola Rd., make right into Woodland Estates follow
straight to enter Woodberry Manor go to stop sign make
right & follow around to home on left.
74 Pace St
LARKSVILLE Larkmount Manor Bi-level w/4BRs, 2
baths, newly fnished basement. Lg fenced yard. 2 car
garage. Home Warranty. MLS#12-1105
NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240 $179,500
Dir: Main St, Edwardsville to L on Church, R on Pace,
home on L
615 Charles Street
KINGSTON A must see! Steel & concrete construction
put together this exceptional 4BR, 5 bath home. Great
location & fenced yard, property features maple HW frs
- cherry kitchen cabs - unique bronze staircase tile
baths & much more. MLS# 12-531
JULIO 239-6408 or RHEA 696-6677 $279,900
Dir: Wyoming Avenue to E. Dorrance to L on Charles,
home on R.
183 W. Broad Street
NANTICOKE 100+ year old home in the heart of Nanti-
coke. You would never know it! Home has many updates
& unique features. MLS# 12-1590
SUSAN L. 714-9264 $149,900
Dir: South on Main St, Nanticoke, past Burger King on
L to intersection of Main & W. Broad, sharp L, home
on R.
438 Schuyler Ave
KINGSTON Well-kept to save room! Modern 3BR, 1 bath
2-Story. Lg LR & DR, eat-in Kit w/attractive cabinets &
all appliances, W/D 1st fr, 2 garages, great front porch.
MLS#12-1565 RAE 714-9234 $99,500
Dir: Wyoming Ave to Division St, L on Schuyler, home
on R
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296 N. Main Street
WILKES-BARRE Immaculate, refned, quaint, charm-
ing all defne this beautiful home. New carpet, hard-
wood foors, fresh paint. MLS# 11-2459
SUSAN L. 714-9264 $137,000
Dir: From Kingston to Wilkes-Barre over Pierce St
Bridge, L onto N. Main St, look for home on L.
102 Armstrong Drive
SHAVERTOWN Spacious 3BR, 1 3/4 bath Bi-level fea-
tures open LR/DR, new kitchen w/stainless appliances,
large FR, 2 car garage situated on a large corner lot.
Quiet neighborhood! MLS# 12-2491
CLYDETTE 696-0897 $199,900
Dir: Rt.309 towards Dallas - Turn L on Pioneer to 2nd
stop sign - Turn L on W. Mt. Airy - R on Collins - R on
Armstrong
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SHAVERTOWN Outstanding 4acre lot w/serene view
in Bulford Farms surrounds this custom built brick
2sry: 5BR, 4 full & 2 1/2 bath home. Quality through-
out includes modern Kit w/island & granite open to
FR w/FP & bar. Walls of windows overlook grounds, 2
sty foyer, sunken LR w/FP, 1st foor offce. Finished LL
w/2nd Kit, rec rm & wine cellar. Amazing storage, 4
car garage, tennis court & large patio. MLS# 12-2117
TINA 714-9277 or VIRGINIA 714-9253 $745,000
SHAVERTOWN Spectacular views from this
4300SF 2 story home w/ultra modern eat-in
kitchen, 4BRs, 6 baths on 2 acres. A must see!
MLS# 12-995
TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $599,000
MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular Estate! 12 gor-
geous acres w/pond surround this unique
home. 3 freplaces, 3 decks, vaulted ceilings.
MLS# 12-2650
CORINE 715-9331 $459,900
MOUNTAINTOP Brand new 4BR, 2.5 bath
2-Story in Heritage Woods. Great open fr plan,
9 ceilings, hw fooring, FR w/FP, custom kit w/
granite, lux MBR w/whirlpool. Gas heat & CA.
MLS#12-1056
DONNA S 788-7504 $364,900
DALLAS New HW foors, freshly painted.
Great views! 2BRs plus den, vinyl siding, 2
car garage, LL part fnished. MLS# 11-3797
SALLY 714-9233 $349,000
DALLAS Elevator - great feature! Beautiful
3BR Condo. Wood foors, custom kitchen, dra-
matic windows, 2 car garage. MLS# 12-970
VIRGINIA 714-9253 $284,500
SHICKSHINNY Enjoy privacy & comfort-
able living with this 3BR, 1 full, 1 3/4 &
1 1/2 bath, 2-story on 2acres being sold
with adjacent 13acres. MLS# 12-2557
CHRISTINA K. 714-9235 $256,000
DALLAS Newberry Estates - 3 story Condo
w/2BRs & loft, 3 baths, FP in LR, C/A, gas
heat, modern kitchen. Enjoy golf, tennis &
swimming! MLS# 11-4435
RHEA 696-6677 $132,900
DALLAS Comfortable 3BR Ranch fea-
tures LR, DR, HW foors, enclosed breeze-
way & 2 car garage. Priced to sell!
MLS# 12-2881
JUDY 714-9230 $109,000
MOUNTAINTOP Move-in ready Ranch
on 2+acres w/30x64 detached heated
garage w/16 ceilings features 11x31
deck, patio, pool, HW foors, C/A, new
kitchen. MLS# 12-2116
EVELYN 715-9336 $299,000
MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular Twin w/wonderful
MSTR Ste. Lrg bath & closet, all mod amenities,
stunning granite kitchen w/open fr plan, beautiful
staircase, views from every window, deck. 3BRs, 2.5
bths, HW frs, wonderful moldings, C/A, gas heat, 1
car garage. MLS# 11-2000
LISA 715-9335 or
VIRGINIA 714-9253 $219,900
MOUNTAIN TOP 3BR raised Ranch with HW
throughout except kitchen & bath. 2 car ga-
rage. Nice rear yard. Move-in condition. Newer
roof! MLS# 12-1828
JIM 715-9323 $148,500
KINGSTON Lovely 3BR, 1.1 bath 2 story. LR
& DR; modern eat-in kitchen w/all appliances,
gas heat & A/C; garage, screened porch, LL
+ attic ready to be fnished. NEW COUNTER-
TOPS & BACKSPLASH IN KITCHEN. COME SEE!
MLS# 12-479
RAE 714-9234 $134,900
KINGSTON Lovely 2story, 3BR, 1.5 bath
home with eat-in kitchen, FR & 3 season
porch. Walk-up attic & partially fnished LL.
MLS# 12-2366
TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $119,000
WEST PITTSTON Well maintained double
block-great location, gas heat, large room
sizes, 2 story, detached 1 car garage. Make
an appt today! MLS# 11-4165
DEBORAH K. 696-0886 $139,900
KINGSTON NEW LISTING Convenient lo-
cation & affordable! This Townhouse fea-
tures LR, DR, 2 spacious BRs & covered
deck. MLS# 12-3005
JUDY 714-9230 $99,500
PITTSTON Lovely 3BR, 1 bath 2-story home
with FR, formal DR & eat-in kitchen area. Large
backyard & oversized 1 car garage.
MLS# 12-2503
TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $89,900
PLAINS Spacious home on corner lot
in convenient location. 3 BRs, 3 baths,
DR, LR, eat-in kit, FR, detached 1 car gar.
Must see! MLS# 12-2900
DEBORAH KROHN 696-0886 $74,900
WILKES-BARRE Spacious 4BR, 2.5 bath
home in conveniently located Wilkes-Barre
neighborhood. Amenities include 1st foor HW,
modern kitchen & 3 season porch.
MLS# 12-1294
TERRY NELSON 714-9248 $129,000
Level Building Lots .40 1.50 Acres
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Lynda Rowinski
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$225,000
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$169,900
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DURYEA
REDUCED
$59,900
97 Chittenden St.
Flood damaged
home with new fur-
nace, electric box,
water heater, out-
lets and switches.
1st floor gutted but
already insulated
and ready for
sheetrock. 2nd floor
has 4 bedrooms
and bath with dou-
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yard. For more info
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DURYEA
REDUCED
619 Foote Ave.
Fabulous Ranch
home with 3
bedrooms, 2
baths, ultra
modern kitchen
with granite
counters, heat-
ed tile floor and
stainless appli-
ances. Dining
room has Brazil-
ian cherry
floors, huge
yard, garage
and large yard.
Partially finished
lower level. Built
for handicap
accessibility
with exterior
ramp, interior
hallways and
doorways. If
youre looking
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MLS 11-4079
$149,900
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$309,860
38 Huckleberry Ln
Blueberry Hills
4 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, family room
with fireplace, 2 car
garage, large yard.
Master bath with
separate jetted tub,
kitchen with stain-
less steel appli-
ances and island,
lighted deck. For
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MLS 11-3071
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
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DURYEA
Enjoy sitting on the
front porch of this
well maintained 4
bedroom, 3 bath
home on nicely
landscaped lot in
desirable neighbor-
hood. Family room
with gas fireplace,
central air/gas heat,
covered & open
patios. Two car
garage. Tastefully
decorated. Above
ground pool.
MLS 12-2656
$269,900
Call Sandra Gorman
570-696-5408
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-696-1195
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DURYEA TOWNHOME
3 year old town-
home in gated com-
munity of Forest
Heights with pool
use. Cathedral ceil-
ings & skylights, air,
cherry floors & cab-
inets, granite coun-
tertops, fireplace, 3
bedrooms with 1st
floor master bed-
room & walk in clos-
et. 2.5 tiled baths,
waterfall sinks in
master bath & pow-
der room. All sea-
son sun porch &
large private patio.
Full basement. End
unit with 2 car
garage.
$309,000.
570-479-1084
EXETER
NEW PRICE!
Nice size 4 bed-
room home with
some hardwood
floors, large eat in
kitchen with break-
fast bar. 2 car
garage & partially
fenced yard. Close
to everything!
$78,900
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
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EXETER
Modern, clean, neat
as a pin! Bi-level
with 3 bedrooms
and 2 baths. Quality
construction in
every room. Poplar
hardwood floor in
the dining room. Tile
in kitchen, both
bathrooms and
laundry/storage
area. Family room
with natural gas fire-
place. Lots of sum-
mer remains to
enjoy lounging on
the 26x12 cedar
deck and swimming
in the pool. A great
neighborhood, low
traffic area, located
on a dead-end
street. Nothing to
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enjoy. For more
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Listed at $167,900.
MLS #12-2654. Call
today for your
appointment.
Mary Ellen Belchick
696-6566
Walter Belchick
696-2600 ext. 301
696-2600
EXETER TWP.
311 Lockville Road
Stately brick 2
story, with in
ground pool,
covered patio,
finished basement,
fireplace and wood
stove, 3 car
attached garage
5 car detached
garage with
apartment above.
MLS# 11-1242
$659,000
Please call Donna
570-613-9080
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FORTY FORT
1908 Wyoming
Avenue
Plenty of TLC is
reflected in this
attractive 3 bed-
room, 1 bath home
in a convenient
location. Offers for-
mal living room/din-
ing room & family
room with sliding
doors to large rear
deck & a great level
lot. MLS# 11-2083
Only $99,000
Call Barbara Metcalf
570-696-0883
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FORTY FORT
77 Wesley St.
$84,900
Classic 4 square
home in desirable
neighborhood. Four
bedrooms, nice old
woodwork, stained
glass and built ins
plus 3 car garage
on extra deep lot.
MLS #12-2612. For
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829-6200
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FORTY FORT
77 Wesley St.
$84,900
Classic 4 square
home in desirable
neighborhood. Four
bedrooms, nice old
woodwork, stained
glass and built ins
plus 3 car garage
on extra deep lot.
MLS #12-2612. For
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FORTY FORT
Grand Victorian
Over 2800 square
feet in this one of a
kind property on a
corner lot. Property
featuring 4 bed-
rooms, formal dining
room, large living
room with gas fire-
place, family room
with pellet stove,
modern baths, front
and side porches. A
Must see property!
MLS# 12-1559
NEW PRICE
$199,900.
Call Florence
570-715-7737
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HANOVER TWP
15 Martin Street
Well Cared for 2
Story Boasting 3
Bedrooms, Full
bath, off street
parking and a large
side yard. 12-1832
$79,900
Call Pat Guesto
570-793-4055
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PROPERTIES
570-675-5100
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HANOVER TWP.
$119,900
22 Allenberry Drive
Move right in! Cen-
tral air, hardwood
floors, central
stereo system. Gas
heat under $700
yearly expenses. 2
bedrooms, 1 car
garage. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-2739
Call Tom
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HANOVER TWP.
2 Betsy Ross Drive
Warmly inviting 3
bedroom, 2.5 bath
Tudor. Striking high-
lights in this beauti-
ful home include
custom blinds, man-
icured lawn, deck,
patio and 3-season
porch. Entertain in
the finished walk-
out basement with
wet bar or relax by
the pool! Outstand-
ing quality!
Call Pat Guesto
570-793-4055
CENTURY 21
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PROPERTIES
570-675-5100
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HANOVER TWP.
40 Downing St.
Great 3 bedroom
family home on a
beautifully land-
scaped lot, close to
parks and schools.
2 car attached
garage, pool,
fenced in yard with
lots of room to run!
MLS 12-2567
$129,900
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
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570-288-0770
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HANOVER TWP.
78 Luzerne St.
Not a drive-by.
Move right into this
sparkling clean,
bright and cheery
1/2 double. All new
floor coverings and
freshly painted inte-
rior. 2 zone gas hot
water baseboard
heat. W/d hookups
in basement which
has a concrete
floor. All measure-
ments are
approximate.
MLS 12-1129
$39,500
Call Michelle T.
Boice
570-639-5393
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
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906 Homes for Sale
HANOVER TWP.
New Construction.
Lot #2, Fairway
Estates. 2,700
square feet, tile &
hardwood on 1st
floor. Cherry cabi-
nets with center
island. $399,500.
For more details:
patrickdeats.com
570-696-1041
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HARDING
$249,900
1385 Mt. Zion Rd.
Great country set-
ting on 3.05 acres.
Move in condition
Ranch with 3 bed-
rooms, 2 baths,
inground swimming
pool, hardwood
floors. Finished
basement with wet
bar. 2 car garage,
wrap around drive-
way. For more info
and photos visit:
www.atlasrealty-
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MLS 12-2270
Call Tom
570-262-7716
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HARDING
''Country Charm''
at its best describes
this 3 bedroom, 1.5
bath 2 story situat-
ed on 1.87 scenic
acres with many
updates. Knotty
pine kitchen, break-
fast room, living
room with gas
propane stove,
dining room, hard-
wood, office with
electric stove, deck,
gazebo & detached
garage.
MLS# 12-2813
$214,900
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move in ready ranch
situated on almost
an acre of lush
landscaping just
minutes away from
every thingthere is
new carpet in living
& dining rooms, 3
bedrooms with
double closets,
large fully appli-
anced eat in
kitchen, first floor
laundry, 1.5 baths,
central air, lower
level recreation
room, large work-
shop for do it your-
selfers or contrac-
tors, and an over-
sized 2.5 car
garage with wrap-
around driveway
which provides
plenty of parking for
guests....$175,000
MLS #12-2773
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570-287-1196
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HARDING
PRICE REDUCED
$69,900
2032 ROUTE 92
Great Ranch home
surrounded by
nature with view of
the river and extra
lot on the river.
Large living room
and kitchen remod-
eled and ready to
move in. Full unfin-
ished basement, off
street parking.
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906 Homes for Sale
HARVEYS LAKE
184 West Point Ave.
Family size home
and yard with a
country feel. Walk-
ing distance to
school and Little
League Field. 4
bedrooms, 1 3/4
baths, vinyl siding,
many newer win-
dows. Modern eat
in kitchen, lovely
view of back yard
and adjoining
woods. 20x10 unfin-
ished room on 2nd
floor for 5th bed-
room. Bright and
cheery and not a
drive by. Come and
see it!
MLS 12-2992
$89,900
Michelle T. Boice
570-639-5393
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
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basement, garage
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HARVEYS LAKE
Richard Lane
2 story, 3 bedroom,
1 bath home at rear
of Lake Side Drive
between Pole #s
125 and 126 on
Richard Lane. Lake
view, from front
wrap around porch
and 2 of the bed-
rooms and rear
yard. Also includes
33.3 ft of shoreline
with dock & lawn
area. Home in need
of updating and
repairs and is being
sold as is.
MLS 12-1607
$179,900
Michelle T. Boice
570-639-5393
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
HARVEYS LAKE- FSBO
LAUNCH YOUR
JET SKI OR
KAYAK
from your private
dock! Quiet set-
ting. Year-round or
summer-only home
with oversized 2-
car garage on
nearly 1/2 acre.
Two bedrooms
eat-in kitchen, liv-
ing room, den/
study, bath & sun
porch near Pole
141.570-885-4748.
$195,000. No real-
tors please.
HAZLETON
139 S. Laurel St
Spacious Brick
Ranch waiting for
your personal
touch. Hardwood
floors, well-thought
out storage in every
room. Quality work-
manship, well main-
tained. It's time to
enjoy this home with
it's large rooms,
greenhouse & nice
yard! Convenient
location. 12-2352
$124,900
Darcy J. Gollhardt
Realtor
570-262-0226
CLASSIC
PROPERTIES
570-718-4959
Ext. 1352
HUDSON
NEW LISTING!!
ADD YOUR
TOUCHES!!
Genuine hardwood
floors, doors & trim
will catch your
attention as you
arrive through the
entry foyer into the
sunny living room,
formal dining room
& eat-in kitchen.
You will be pleased
with the spacious
bedroom sizes &
closets. Terrific
walk-up attic for
you imagination.
Whole house fan
will keep you cool.
Attached garage
with large, full
B-Dry Basement.
Great Yard!
Virtual Tour.
MLS#12-2785
$120,000
Michele Hopkins
570-540-6046
Call (570)696-2468
906 Homes for Sale
HUGHESTOWN
$87,900
Very nice 2 story
with 3 bedrooms
and 2 full baths.
Replacement win-
dow with great
screened porch for
outdoor living with-
out the bugs. Very
neat and clean.
MLS 12-3029
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
HUGHESTOWN
STAUFFER HEIGHTS
11 Sunrise Lane
$184,000
Bilevel, containing 8
rooms, 4 bedrooms,
1.5 baths on two
levels. Features
include: brick fire-
place witih gas logs,
granite kitchen
countertop; corian
bathroom sink, in
ground pool and pri-
vate fenced rear
yard. Prequalifica-
tion letter required.
Owner has real
estate license in
escrow. Call
Pat or Charlie
570-655-4124
HUNLOCK CREEK
Beautifully main-
tained Cape Cod
features 3 bed-
rooms & one and a
half baths. Hard-
wood floors in living
& dining rooms,
foyer and first floor
bedroom. Newly
remodeled kitchen &
bathroom. Lots of
storage. New roof
installed in 2010.
Breakfast nook with
built-in table and
benches. Enclosed
porch, above ground
pool and deck.
MLS #11-2706
$144,900
Call Tracy
McDermott
Realty
570-696-2468
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HUNLOCK CREEK
Lovely Ranch home
on 1.42 acres.
Features 3 bed-
rooms, full bath, 1/2
bath, kitchen, living
room with fireplace,
dining room, den &
laundry room on
Main floor. Kitchen,
family room with
fireplace, 3/4 bath &
storage room on
Lower Level. Newer
roof, siding, sofit &
gutters plus some
newer carpeting,
pergo flooring, cen-
tral air & whole
house fan, 2 car
garage & paved
driveway. 12-1010
$176,900
Ken Williams
570-542-8800
Five Mountains
Realty
HUNLOCK CREEK
Rustic country
home with 7 acres,
off Rt. 29 near Moon
Lake. 3 bedroom, 2
bath. Large kitchen
& living room. Sun-
room. 2 car garage.
2 story barn with
fenced in pasture.
This property also
comes with sepa-
rate septic well,
electric, carport &
shed. $235,000.
570-506-5986
JENKINS TWP.
$69,000
1717 River Road
Completely remod-
eled home with new
siding, windows
and modern kitchen
& bath. New floor-
ing, walls, heat and
electric. Move right
in. Off street park-
ing in rear. For
more info and pho-
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2232
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
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JENKINS TWP.
297 Susquehannock
Drive
Traditional 4 bed-
room home with 2.5
baths, 2 car
garage. Large ard
with deck and
retractable awning.
Above ground pool,
1st floor laundry. .
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-945
$254,900
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
JENKINS TWP.
4 Widener Drive
A must see home!
You absolutely must
see the interior of
this home. Start by
looking at the pho-
tos on line. Fantas-
tic kitchen with
hickory cabinets,
granite counters,
stainless steel
appliances and tile
floor. Fabulous
master bathroom
with champagne
tub and glass
shower, walk in
closet. 4 car
garage, upper
garage is partially
finished. The list
goes on and on. For
more info and pho-
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-210
Price Reduced
$375,900
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
Looking to buy a
home?
Place an ad here
and let the
sellers know!
570-829-7130
JENKINS TWP.
Highland Hills
8 Patrick Road
Magnificent custom
built tudor home
with quality
throughout. Spa-
cious 4 bedrooms,
3.5 baths, 2 story
living room with
fireplace and library
loft. Dining room,
family room and 3
season sunroom
which overlooks
professionally land-
scaped grounds
with gazebo and
tennis/basketball
court. Lower level
includes recreation
room, exercise
room and 3/4 bath.
Enjoy this serene
acre in a beautiful
setting in Highland
Hills Development.
Too many amenities
to mention.
Taxes appealed
and lowered con-
siderably for year
2013. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-723
$399,900
Call Terry
570-885-3041
Angie
570-885-4896
HUNLOCK CREEK
Immaculate 3 bed-
room ranch on
beautiful 1.3 acre
lot. Modern kitchen
& baths, hardwood
floors, private patio.
Finished lower level
with bar area.
MLS# 12-2033
$154,300
Call Jill Hiscox at
570-696-0875
KINGSTON
157 Division St.
OWNER SAYS SELL!
This property has
great positive cash
flow. 1st floor 2
bedroom and
upstairs is 2 floors
with 3 bedrooms
total. 1st floor has
new drywall & insu-
lation, gas heat,
new tile tub sur-
round, kitchen
counters and car-
pet. 2nd apt. has
newer kitchen & is
all electric. Sepa-
rate utilities and off
street parking in
rear. Taxes are
currently being
appealed.
MLS 12-1771
$89,900
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
906 Homes for Sale
KINGSTON
177 Third Avenue
COMPARE WHAT
YOU GET FOR YOUR
MONEY! Modern 3
bedroom end unit
townhouse, with 2
1/2 baths (master
bath). Central air.
Family room, foyer,
deck with canopy,
patio, fenced yard,
garage. Extras!
$123,000.
MLS # 12-3012
Ask for Bob Kopec
Humford Realty Inc
570-822-5126
KINGSTON
299 Rutter Ave.
Large and well
maintained duplex
on corner lot in
Kingston. 2 bed-
rooms each unit,
separate gas heat
and off street park-
ing for multiple
cars. New roof,
water heater and
freshly painted
exterior. A really
nice property.
MLS 12-2447
$139,900
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
KINGSTON
38 W. Walnut St.
Charming 4/5 bed-
room with 1.5
baths. Beautifully
appointed kitchen
w/granite counter
tops, cherry cabi-
nets and hardwood
floors. Gas fireplace
in living room, lead-
ed glass windows
in living room and
dining room. Nice
back deck, 2 car
garage and 4 sea-
son front porch.
MLS 11-4103
$179,900
Jay A. Crossin
EXT. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
Beautiful well-main-
tained 3 level, 2.5
bath townhome in
very desirable loca-
tion. Many upgrades
include a spacious,
custom bathroom
with large closets,
custom window
treatments, built-in
wall microwave in
kitchen, new roof,
and new garage
door. Plenty of stor-
age, and a possible
3rd bedroom on 1st
level. MLS 12-175
$132,900
Call Mary Danelo
570-704-8000
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
KINGSTON
DUPLEX
2 bedrooms down,
1 upstairs, off-street
parking. Nice neigh-
borhood. $79,500.
Call 570-704-9446
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KINGSTON
REDUCED
281 Reynolds St.
3 story single family
with 4 bedrooms,
2.5 baths and lots
of space! Lovely
entrance foyer, 3rd
floor with large
room, could be 5th
bedroom plus a full
tile bath. Fenced in
back yard and
much more.
MLS 12-1863
$119,900
Jay A. Crossin
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0776
KINGSTON
REDUCED
80 Bennett St.
Great Kingston
location on a dou-
ble lot. Close to
schools, shopping,
restaurants and
public transporta-
tion. Potential of 2
additional bed-
rooms on 3rd floor.
Partially finished
basement.
MLS 12-2346
$109,900
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
906 Homes for Sale
KINGSTON
This 3 bedroom
home offers modern
kitchen, with Corian
counters accented
by marble back-
splash, central air,
fenced rear yard
with deck and patio.
Off street parking
for 2 to 4 cars. Cus-
tom shutters on the
first floor windows
along with natural
woodwork and
hardwood floors
give this home a
charm you are sure
to love!
#12-1997 $134,900
Jill Jones 696-6550
Find Something?
Lose Something?
belongs
570-829-7130
LAFLIN
$129,900
111 Laflin Road
Nice 3 bedroom,
1.5 bath Split Level
home with hard-
wood floors, 1 car
garage, large yard
and covered patio
in very convenient
location. Great curb
appeal and plenty
of off street park-
ing. Rt. 315 to light
@ Laflin Rd. Turn
west onto Laflin Rd.
Home is on left.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2852
Keri Best
570-885-5082
LAFLIN
Beautiful well main-
tained 4 bedroom,
2.5 bath split level in
desirable Oakwood
Park development.
Large marble entry
foyer, large living
room with stone
fireplace, dining
room that opens to
deck. Eat in kitchen
with all appliances
overlooking family
room / office area.
First floor laundry
room and powder
room, master bed-
room with master
bath and jet tub.
Hardwood floors.
Finished lower level.
2 car attached
garage. Security
system & intercom.
Large corner lot.
MLS 12-2705
$275,000
Call Monica
570-714-6113
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-287-1196
LAFLIN
ONE OF A KIND
Completely & taste-
fully updated &
remodeled Town-
house with unique
kitchen with snack
bar & dining area,
den, concrete
patio overlooking
treed/landscaped
planters. Excellent
condition! A must
see! Near Casino
and Interstate.
$125,000 MLS# 12-
2792 Call Marie
Montante,
(570) 881-0103
LARKSVILLE
467 E. State St.
Well kept home in a
nice neighborhood.
Close to new Ele-
mentary School and
bus stop. New roof
and off street
parking.
MLS 12-2342
$71,000
Charles J.
Prohaska
EXT. 35
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
906 Homes for Sale
LAUREL RUN
OPEN HOUSE
Sun., Aug. 12th. 1-3
OASIS in your own
back yard!! This
house have every-
thing, 3 bed, 3 full
baths and 1 3/4
bath. 2+ acres, your
own rec room,
screened in porch,
modern kitchen
with granite coun-
tertops, and a
32x16 heated pool.
Amazing setting in
a great area very
private setting
MLS 12-2326
$329,900
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
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LAUREL RUN
Great home in a
great location.
Looking for a private
rural feeling home
but still close to
everything.. This is
your place. 3 bed-
room, hardwood
floor, carport, above
ground pool, quiet
setting and so much
more. Too many
reasons to see the
inside?? Call Today!
MLS 12-2384
$81,900
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
LEHMAN
SELLER
RELOCATING,
PRICE REDUCED TO
$285,000
1341 Mountain View
Drive
360 degree view-
Enjoy panoramic
views from this
stunning, 3 bed-
room, 2 bath hide-
away cradled on 9
acres only 20 min-
utes from town. In
unique natural set-
ting high on a hill, it
offers vistas worthy
of professional
photographers.
Offering formal
living room/dining
room, with lovely
modern kitchen/
baths and 2 family
rooms. Oversized 3
car detached
garage + 3 car
attached. Inground
heated pool with
cabana sure to
please all family
members. Zoned
agricultural-horses
welcomed, take a
look today.
MLS# 12-1800
$285,000Call
Barbara Metcalf
570-696-0883
LUZERNE
109 Carpenter St.
Completely reno-
vated. New roof,
windows, kitchen
and bathroom.
Freshly painted
interior and exterior
with fabulous mod-
ern colors. Great
area and low,
low taxes!
MLS 12-2055
$99,500
Kelly Connolly-
Cuba
EXT. 37
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
LUZERNE
146 Kelly St.
Well kept home
with garage in rear.
Move in condition.
New roof and hot
water heater. Easy
access to Cross
Valley and shop-
ping. Out of flood
zone. 200 amp
service.
MLS 12-1801
$119,900
Donald Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
906 Homes for Sale
LUZERNE
523 Bennett St.
Older well kept
home with off street
parking. Roof 5
years old. New win-
dows on 2nd floor
and walk up attic
for lots of storage
or added
bedrooms.
MLS 12-2699
$79,000
Donald Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
LUZERNE
663 Bennett St.
Great 2 bedroom
on a nice street.
Lovely yard with
alley access in rear,
driveway in front.
MLS 12-2701
$60,000
Shelby Watchilla
570-782-6969
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
MOUNTAIN TOP
33 LEE AVE.
NEW LISTING
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY 12-2
D I R E C T I O N S :
309S bear right at
the triangle and Lee
Ave. is the second
street on right.
Move in ready
house with premium
upgrades. Com-
pletely remodeled
from top to bottom.
new kitchen & bath
with granite counter
tops and stainless
steel appliances,
refinished hard-
wood floors, fin-
ished basement, 3
season porch, attic
pull down, ceiling
fans, Florida room,
hardwood floors,
porch, recreation
room, workshop.
and too much more
to list. A cant miss
o p p o r t u n i t y !
$227,500
MLS-12-2979
Call Dave
Wychock
570-885-1670
RUBBICO
REAL ESTATE
570-826-1600
MOUNTAIN TOP
46 Farmhouse Rd.
REDUCED!
MOTIVATED
SELLER
Lovely 10 room vinyl
sided ranch home,
with 2.5 modern
baths, formal dining
room, gas heat,
central air, 2 car
garage & large
deck. Lower level
consists of 2 large
recreation rooms.
Office, half bath and
workshop. Lower
level all ceramic
tiled floors. MLS#
12-1359
$282,900
Call Florence
570-715-7737
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-474-6307
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Your needs.
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MOUNTAIN TOP
Beautiful 3 bed-
room, 2 3/4 bath,
with hardwood
floors under carpet
& 2nd kitchen in
lower level for
entertaining.
screened porch,
landscaped yard,
heated workshop &
much more!
$179,900
Call Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
906 Homes for Sale
MOUNTAIN TOP
Nestled on just
under an acre just
minutes from 81S
this colonial offers
2194 sq. ft. of living
area plus a finished
basement. Enjoy
your summer
evenings on the
wrap around porch
or take a quick dip in
the above ground
pool with tier deck.
The covered pavil-
ion is ideal for pic-
nics or gatherings
And when the winter
winds blow cuddle
in front of the gas
fireplace and enjoy
a quiet night.
MLS 11-2260
Priced to Sell,
$179,900
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
(570) 288-6654
MOUNTAIN TOP
OPEN HOUSE
Sun., Aug 12, 1-3pm
183 Gracedale Ave.
3 bedroom, 2 story
home on large lot
with creek. Above
ground oval swim-
ming pool, 24 x 24
deck with gazebo.
Newer roof & re-
placement win-
dows. Over sized 1
car garage with att-
ached storage shed
MLS # 12-2758
$109,000
James Banos
Realtor Associate
570-991-1883
Caldwell Banker
Rundle Real
Estate
570-474-2340
MOUNTAIN TOP
Spacious 3 bed-
room, 1 3/4 bath
split level on a
beautifully land-
scaped 1 acre lot.
Large sunroom &
recreation room
with fireplace and
wet bar.
$205,000
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
NANTICOKE
$34,900
715 Maple St.
Handymans dream.
NOT a nightmare. A
little paint, carpet-
ing and water lines
and this house is
good to go. Large
yard. 2 bedrooms.
For more info and
photos visit: www.
atlasrealtyinc.com.
MLS 12-2332
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
NANTICOKE
1/2 DOUBLE
Great starter home
in nice area. Close
to schools and
recreation. Large 3
season porch with
cabinetry, great for
entertaining. New
plumbing, lots of
light & huge walk
up attic for storage
or rec room.
$35,000
Call CHRISTINE
KUTZ
570-332-8832
NANTICOKE
25 W. Washington
Move right into this
very nice 3 bed-
room, 1 bath home.
Lots of natural
woodwork and a
beautiful stained
glass window.
Newer kitchen
appliances and w/w
carpeting. Supple-
ment your heating
with a recently
installed wood pel-
let stove. This home
also has a one car
detached garage.
MLS 12-2171
$76,000
John Polifka
570-704-6846
FIVE MOUNTAINS
REALTY
570-542-2141
906 Homes for Sale
NANTICOKE
3 bedroom, 1 bath.
Nice opportunity for
a starter home or
investment proper-
ty. Original columns,
moldings, and lead-
ed glass windows
are intact.
Reduced $30,000
CALL CHRISTINE
KUTZ
570-332-8832
Need to rent that
Vacation property?
Place an ad and
get started!
570-829-7130
NANTICOKE
409 Union St.
This home has
good bones. New
windows, furnace,
newer addition,
tons of renovations.
Needs to be
cleaned out.
Bring it back!
MLS 12-2216
$92,500
David
Krolikowski
570-287-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-287-0770
NANTICOKE
REDUCED
114 W. Union St.
Large home with 3
bedrooms, 8
rooms, yard with
garage and off
street parking. 2
bathrooms. Nice
condition. Loads of
potential. For more
into and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-2096
$55,000
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
NANTICOKE
REDUCED!
143 W. Broad St.
Nice 2 story home
with 3 bedrooms
1.5 baths, fenced
yard, newer furnace
with 3 zones and
newer 200 amp
electrical service,
whole house water
filter and beautiful
hard wood floors.
This home has an
attached Mother in
Law suite with a
separate entrance.
This can easily be
converted to a 1st
floor master bed-
room with a
master bath.
MLS 12-1401
$64,900
John W. Polifka
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
570-704-6846
NANTICOKE
Very nice 2 story
with many updates
is in ''move-in''
condition with new
heating system,
central air, newer
roof, yard & 1 car
detached garage.
Directions: Main St.,
Nanticoke to
Market, 3 stop
signs to left on E.
Union, home on left
MLS# 12-2048
PRICE REDUCED!
$65,000
Call Lynda
(570) 696-5418
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-696-1195
NEWPORT TWP.
4 Overlook Drive
Great split level
home in Whitney
Point development,
formerly Ridgeview.
This home has 3
bedrooms, 1.5
baths, 2 car
garage, large deck,
and lower level
family room with a
bar and coal stove.
Heat your house all
winter long with
about $150 worth of
coal!
MLS# 12-2548
$175,000
Call John Polifka
570-704-6846
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
906 Homes for Sale
NUANGOLA LAKE
28 Lance Street
Very comfortable 2
bedroom home in
move in condition.
Great sun room,
large yard, 1 car
garage. Deeded
lake access.
Reduced $107,000
MLS # 11-2899
CALL KATHIE
(570) 288-6654
PITTSTON
$109,000
Own a Historical
Gem!!! This home
was built in 1907
and is STILL in
near original condi-
tion. All the wood-
work, glass and
light fixtures are
there, all you have
to do is modernize
the mechanical sys-
tems. Never ruined
by a cheap remodel
and the woodwork
was never painted
over. Dont take my
word for it, go on
line and check out
the photos at
www.atlasrealty-
inc.com. If you like
classic features
youll love this
home!
MLS 12-2781
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
PITTSTON
$78,900
8 Tunnell St.
3 bedroom, 1 bath
2 story with extra
large kitchen in very
private location with
newer vinyl win-
dows. For more info
and photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2944
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
PITTSTON
$79,900
Duplex. fully rented
with 2 bedrooms
each unit. Owner
pays heat. Tenants
pay electric and hot
water. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2973
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
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PITTSTON
12 Laflin Road
Like new spacious
3 bedroom, 2.5
bath end unit town-
house, Sliding doors
to deck off of living
room/dining room.
Master suite with
vaulted ceiling,
modern kitchen,
laundry on 2nd
floor. Roof and
water heater are
new. Convenient
location and out of
flood zone
MLS 12-938
$169,900
Donald Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
PITTSTON
193 Market St.
Great starter home,
excellent potential.
Very nice neighbor-
hood, nice
corner lot.
MLS 12-2869
$69,500
David
Krolikowski
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
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RHEA 696-6677 $379,000
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4145 LAKEVIEW DRIVE
NORTH LAKE GREAT HOUSE w/ 90ft of lakefront! 3BR, 2.5
bath Cape Cod w/ Open f plan has extensive views, 1 f Master
opens to screened porch & large deck. MLS# 11-2958
RHEA 570-696-6677 $319,500
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Davis Trophy - At stop sign turn R on Lakeview - Property on L.
SUGARLOAF Classic One of a kind custom built home adja-
cent to VCC. 4BRs, 2 full baths, 3 foors of special living space,
gourmet kitchen. MLS# 11-2619
PAT G. 788-7514 $799,000
PLAINS New Construction - 1839 SF Ranch w/3 BRs, LR &
DR w/hdwood frs. Kitchen w/island & granite. 2 car garage &
more! MLS #12-2914
MATT 714-9229 $295,000
MOUNTAINTOP Brand new 4BR, 2.5 bath 2-Story in Heritage
Woods. Great open fr plan, 9 ceilings, hw fooring, FR w/FP,
custom kit w/granite, lux MBR w/whirlpool. Gas heat & CA.
MLS#12-1056
DONNA S 788-7504 $364,900
DALLAS Pristine 4BR, 3.5 bath Traditional on corner lot. Beau-
tiful kitchen w/breakfast area open to FR w/FP, formal LR, DR
w/custom crown/chair moldings, HW foors. MLS# 12-3004
CLYDETTE 696-0897 $375,000
DALLAS Just gorgeous - describes this 3-4 bedroom Ranch
home on 3.68 acres. Ultra modern kit, hdwoods, tile, etc. 10
ceilings. MLS#12-2423 TRACY 696-0723 $389,900
TUNKHANNOCK COUNTRY CHARMER - 3BR, 2 bath
home on 1.5 acres with perennial gardens, pool and
garage just minutes from town. Gas lease transfers!
MLS# 12-2333 KIM 585-0606 $149,750
NUANGOLA Lovely Lake Nuangola property at end of
street. 100 of waterfront, private dock, exceptional
view. Large screened in porch, spacious LR & cozy
kitchen. Beamed ceilings. MLS# 12-1860
SHARON 970-1106 $279,900
MOUNTAINTOP Like new 3BR, 1.5 bath 4 year old
Townhome w/large deck overlooking large yard.
MLS# 12-2585
JENNIFER H. 715-9350 $129,000
WILKES-BARRE Beautifully maintained 5BR, 2.5
bath home in mint condition on double lot. Modern
kitchen & baths. Large room sizes. MLS# 12-1729
JILL 696-0875 $239,900
MOUNTAINTOP Spectacular Estate! 12 gorgeous acres w/
pond surround this unique home. 3 freplaces, 3 decks, vaulted
ceilings. MLS# 12-2650
CORINE 715-9331 $459,900
MOOSIC Luxury at every step in this architectural masterpiece!
Open foor plan w/custom amenities throughout. A must see!
MLS# 12-2915
TINA 714-9251 $850,000
TWINS AT WOODBERRY MANOR
Spectacular 3br 2 1/2
bath twin on great lot of-
fers beautiful hardwood
foors on 1st fr and
stunning kitchen with
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and stainless steel appl.
Large master suite with
wonderful bath & closet.
All modern amenities,
stately entry and stair-
case, composite deck,
central air, gas heat, 1
car garage.
MLS# 10-2381 Dir: Rt
309S to Mountain Top,
R at triangle to R onto
Nuangola Rd. R into
Woodland Estates to
enter Woodberry Manor.
R onto Woodberry Dr, R
onto Twins Lane.
Prices Start at $219,900
Call Lisa Joseph at 715-9335 or
Virginia Rose at 714-9253 for more information.
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515 RASPBERRY RD., DURYEA
Bi-Level located in Blueberry Hill Estates, plenty of storage, nished
LL, mature landscaping, double lot, pool
Directions: Traveling north on Foote Ave. to L on Phoenix to L
at light in Blueberry Hill Estates to R on Raspberry. Home on R
$235,000 MLS#12-1696
Jenn Winn 570-760-1622
WINDSOR HILLS
Custom home is perfectly situated on over 3 acres in Windsor Hills with
5550 SF, 5 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Soaring ceilings,3 replaces, gourmet
kitchen with plenty of storage space with beautiful cherry cabinets that
harmonize with the sophisticated granite counters, stainless appliances
and custom stained oak hardwood ooring. Fabulous architectural details,
highest quality nishes.
$649,900 MLS#12-3050
MOUNTAINTOP
Beautiful new construction in Crestwood School District. Home features
include hardwood ooring on the rst oor with an oak stairway and
banner. Built with upgraded materials: Anderson windows, Douglas r
timber, 2 zone forced air hvac and more. Spacious kitchen with island,
maple cabinets and beautiful counter tops. Walk-out basement is ready to
nish with Superior walls foundation.
$299,000 MLS#12-2772
NANTICOKE
Great single family home close to schools and
LCCC. Huge private backyard. Basement is useable
but can be nished for more living space!
Property is sold As Is.
$129,900 MLS#12-2927
OPEN HOUSE TODAY 13PM
TRUCKSVILLE
3 bedroom 1.5 bath home being sold as-is. First 15 days of the
MLS listing period oers from owner occupants, select non-
prots and NSP buyers will be considered. Day 16 of the MLS
listing period all investor/non owner occupant
oers will be considered.
$79,900 MLS#12-3008
WILKESBARRE
Two story three bedroom home situated on a
corner lot. Tis well cared for home oers a
newer roof, windows, car port & a nice yard.
$59,900 MLS#12-2526
WILKESBARRE
GREAT INVESTMENT PROPERTY. 3 bedroom half double. Washer/
Dryer hook up, New furnace and gas hot water heater. Some new
plumbing threw out. Additional small apartment in a renished Basement
with a kitchen, full bathroom, and two rooms. Basement apartment is
tenant ready with separate access, electric hot water heater, and electric
baseboard heat. All utilities are separate.
$44,900 MLS#12-2436
SCRANTON
Well cared for 3 unit home located in the Oram Street Section of
Scranton. One side is a 3 bedroom home with partially nished 3rd oor.
Eat-in kitchen, living room & dining room w/hardwood oors & new
carpeting on the second oor. Second side has 2 great apartments w/ 1
br in each. A 4 car garage in rear of home. Live in one side and let your
tenants pay the mortgage.
$89,900 MLS#12-2981
WILKESBARRE
Great starter home fenced yard with swing 3 three season porches full walk
up attic concrete basement near N. MAIN close to GEN HOSP, St Stans
Church. Quiet 1-way str & neighborhood newly painted thru out new kit
cab stained glass window in LR hardwood thru out needs nish or carpet,
5 ceiling fans,Bonus toilet in basement new windows Reasonable oers
consid, OUT OF FLOOD AREA Owner wants SOLD
$60,000 MLS#11-1779
EDWARDSVILLE
3 bedroom 1 bath home on a large lot with o-street
parking. Aordable home! Move right into this nice
2 story. Updated full bath. Plus updated kitchen.
Convenient rst oor laundry. with o street parking
$59,000 MLS#12-1398
EDWARDSVILLE
Nice Duplex out of ood zone with great investment opportunity!
Original woodwork throughout; marble bathroom and a large eat-in
kitchen with tiled oors. Each unit has 3 bedrooms and 1 full bath.
O street parking on a corner lot with a nice side porch.
Live in one unit & rent the other!
$74,000 MLS#11-1607
WEST NANTICOKE
Live above the ood zone! Move right in to this squeaky
clean-2Story-2BR w/large landscaped yard.Corner lot at
top of quiet street. Fresh paint and carpets-sit and relax on
2 enclosed porches.Recently cleaned.
$68,500 MLS#12-2624
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3BR raised Ranch with HW
throughout except kitchen & bath.
2 car garage. Nice rear yard.
Move-in condition. Newer roof!
MLS# 12-1828 $148,500
MOUNTAINTOP
3BR Ranch in very nice condition.
Large LR, DR, large eat-in kitchen,
huge MBR w/large closet. 2 car
tandemgarage, gas heat. Nice rear
yard. MLS# 12-1754 $129,900
(570) 288-9371
Rae Dziak
714-9234
[email protected]
OPEN HOUSES TODAY
15 Vine Street, Dallas
Dir: From Dallas
(Rt 415), L on
42nd St, at stop
sign turn L, make
immediate R on
Vine, home on R.
New Price
$158,500
Dir: Rutter Avenue
to E. Bennett (Tur-
key Hill) home on R
(E. Bennett is one-
way from Rutter to
Wyoming Avenue)
New Price
$59,900
86 East Bennett Street, Kingston
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72 N. Loveland Avenue, Kingston 93 Baird Street, Harveys Lake
Lovely 3BR, 1.1 bath 2 story. LR & DR; mod-
ern eat-in kitchen w/all appliances, gas heat &
A/C; garage, screened porch, LL + attic ready
to be nished. NEW COUNTERTOPS &
BACKSPLASH IN KITCHEN. COME SEE!
$134,900
Totally remodeled 3BR, 1 bath Ranch on
50x161 level lot; LR, DR w/FP; Galley
kitchen; deck; laundry; porch. Beach member-
ship. Insulated for year round living.
$99,900
Priced to sell. Former store perfect for ofces
or small business PLUS 3 modern apartments
for extra income. Great location!
$109,000
854 Shoemaker Ave., West Wyoming
764206
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Immaculate and pretty 3BR, 1 3/4 bath Split level.
Great neighborhood bordering Barney Farms. Eat
in kit to deck, formal DR, LR w/gas FP, family
room, heated sunroom, exercise room, laundry
and storage.1 car garage and fenced yard.
Directions: Carey Ave., to Dagobert to the end,
then Ron GordonAve, Ron Kropp,Lon Marjorie,
house on R.
Cutest house on the street! Nice MOD 3BR 2BA 2
story just blocks from 81 and 309! Awesome starter
home with Big oak eat in kit with sit down island. All
appliances and W/D go with the sale. Gas FP in LR,
fenced yard, koi pond, nicely landscaped.
3-4 parking spaces.
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Convenient to Wilkes-Barre with spectacular views
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16 - Estate sized sites on a private rolling hillside
between Hillside Road and Huntsville Reservoir,
Shavertown.
Public Sewer - Natural Gas
Another Quality Halbing Amato Development
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Lain 61 Rear Market St. 1-3PM Realty World Rubbico Real Estate
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Lain Fordham Rd. 12-1:30PM Gilroy Real Estate
Dupont 230 Wyoming Ave. 1-3PM Classic Properties
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Pittston Twp. Stauffer Pointe Townhomes 1-3PM Stauffer Pointe Development
West Pittston Erie St. & Susquehanna Ave. 10AM-2PM & 4-6PM River Shores Development
KINGSTON/WEST SIDE & SURROUNDS
Kingston 588 Tioga Ave. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Swoyersville 9 Scott St. 1-2:30PM Lewith & Freeman
Forty Fort 56 Crisman St. 12-2PM Lewith & Freeman
Kingston 86 E. Bennett St. 4:30-5:30PM Lewith & Freeman
Kingston 61 W. Walnut St. 1:30-3PM Lewith & Freeman
Larksville 302 Vine St. 1-2:30PM Lewith & Freeman
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Pringle 234 Union St. 12-2PM Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate
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Luzerne Waypoint Townhomes 1-3PM ERA One Source Realty
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Kingston 267 Grove St. 1-3PM Elegant Homes
BACK MOUNTAIN & SURROUNDS
Harveys Lake Pole 11 Lakeside Dr. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Dallas 16 Roosevelt St. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Kingston Twp. 499 Lakeview Dr. 12-2PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Dallas 50 Elmcrest Dr. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Shavertown 122 Manor Dr. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
North Lake 4145 Lakeview Dr. 1-2:30PM Lewith & Freeman
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Dallas 15 Vine St. 3-4PM Lewith & Freeman
Shavertown 69 Perrin Ave. 2-3:30PM Prudential Poggi & Jones
Dallas 39 Idlewood Dr. 2-4PM Besecker Realty
MOUNTAINTOP & SURROUNDS
Mountaintop 478 Strawberry Lane 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Mountaintop 35 Greystone Dr. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Mountaintop 204 Deer Run Dr. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Mountaintop 2108 Slocum Rd. 1-2:30PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
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Lake Nuangola 107 Nuangola Ave. 12:30-2PM Lewith & Freeman
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HANOVER/ASHLEY/NANTICOKE & SURROUNDS
Hanover Twp. 22 Allenberry Dr. 2:30-4PM Atlas Realty
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Hanover Twp. 349 Phillips St. 1-3PMCentury 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Nanticoke 183 W. Broad St. 11AM-12PM Lewith & Freeman
Nanticoke 214 W. Ridge 1-2:30PM Coldwell Banker Rundle Real Estate
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HAZLETON & SURROUNDS
Drums 478 W. Butler Dr. 1-3PM Lewith & Freeman
Barbara F. Metcalf
Associate Broker
Lewith &Freeman Real Estate
(570) 696-3801 (570) 696-0883 Direct
[email protected]
69 N. MEMORIAL HIGHWAY, SHAVERTOWN, PA18708
SELLER RELOCATING - Enjoy panoramic views
from this stunning 3 BR, 2 BA hideaway cradled on 9
acres just 20 minutes from town. Heated 3 bay detached
garage (20x40), as well as 3 bay built-in garage. Inground
pool w/gas & solar heat with 12x18 cabana. Tere are
add l outbuildings & fruit trees. Schedule an appt. today.
MLS#12-1800. Only $285,000
69 N. MEMORIAL H
Lehman Price Reduced
Have you always dreamed of owning a lakefront home?
Dont miss the opportunity to own this stunning 3,000
sq.ft. 3 bedroom 3 bath home w/100 lakefront w/
dock. Oers attractive Florida room w/vaulted ceiling
overlooking the lake, plus formal LR w/FP, DR, FR w/FP,
den & 2-car garage. Power boat for waterskiing & jetskiing
permitted. MLS#12-959 $349,900
HWAY, SHAVERTOWN, PA 1
Shickshinny Lake
MLS LS#12 # -1800.
Harding
Fabulous 3-4 bedroom home on 1 acre. Family Room w/
wet bar & FP. All oak trim & doors, in-ground pool w/
cabana. MLS#12-2181
$282,000
If you crave privacy, consider this stunning 3BR, 2.5 bath 2 story
traditional cradled on a 2 acre lot. Ultra modern kitchen w/break-
fast area, great room w/cathedral ceiling & FP, formal DR &
bonus room over 2 car garage. MLS#12-694 Only $299,000
permitted. M d. M MMMLS#1 LS# LS LS L 2-
Sweet Valley
906 Homes for Sale
PITTSTON
45-47 Swallow St.
3 units include dou-
ble block home
with additional sin-
gle family home in
rear. Double block
has 3 bedrooms
and 1 bath on each
side. Single home
has 1 bedroom and
1 bath. Vinyl siding
ing. All utilities paid
by tenants except
sewer. Great
income.
MLS 12-1989
$119,000
Call Terry
570-885-3041
Angie
570-885-4896
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OPEN HOUSE
175 Oak Street
Sunday 1 to 3
DIRECTIONS:
Rt 309 N, L on
Church, immediate
L on Mather's Dr,
3rd home on Left
New furnace,
3 bedrooms, 1.5
baths, 1st floor
laundry room, 3
season porch,
fenced yard and off
street parking.
MLS#12-721
$84,900
Call Patti
570-328-1752
Liberty Realty
& Appraisal
Services LLC
PITTSTON
REDUCED
$39,900
110 Union St.
Fixer upper with 3
bedrooms, new
roof, gas heat.
Great lot 50 x 173.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-1513
Call Tom
570-262-7716
PITTSTON TWP.
110 Front St.
This well-maintained
3 bedroom, 1.5
baths bilevel home
is in move in condi-
tion. Spacious eat-in
kitchen with custom
cabinets, tile floor
and counters.
Unique lower level
family room with
wood burning fire-
place, office space.
laundry/bath combo.
Plenty of storage
including an 8X6
cedar closet. Out-
door space has
covered patio,
columned carport
and well manicured
partially fenced
yard. Detached
large garage.
For more info &
photos, go to
www.atlasrealty-
inc.com
NEW PRICE
$189,900
MLS# 12-2053
Call Angie at
570-885-4896
Terry at
570-885-3041
PITTSTON TWP.
OPEN HOUSE
SUNDAY
8/12 from
12pm-2pm
4 Bedroom
Colonial Home in
Pocono Ridge
Estates. Large
2 Car Garage,
Paved Driveway,
Electric Heat &
Central Air, 1.5
Baths, Large Eat in
Kitchen & Dining
Room. Double
Deck with Hot Tub.
Low Taxes.
$219,000 Call
570-212-1404
906 Homes for Sale
PITTSTON
Growing family
needs this house
sold! Beautiful
inside and out, this
3 bedroom, 2 bath
hoe features many
improvements such
as central air, new
kitchen, oversized
bath and fenced-in
yard. Local tax is
only $36/year.
Located on a dead-
end street with low
traffic volume.
#12-95 $159,900
Paul Pukatch
696-6559
570-283-9100
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PITTSTON
Completely
renovated in 2008,
This two-story sits
on a private alley
lot. Central air and
maple hardwood
floors throughout.
$98,000
Call Ed Appnel
570-817-2500
570-654-1490
PLAINS
14 Pine Road
Lovely brick home in
great development.
Hardwood floors, 2
car garage, newer
roof, large laundry
room with office
space, covered
back porch, large
Family room on first
floor with fireplace,
possible 3rd Bed-
room over garage.
12-2688.
$198,000
Call Nancy Answini
Gilroy Real Estate
570-288-1444
PLAINS
16 Birch Street
Great home in Hud-
son Gardens. 4
Bedrooms, 2 1/2
baths, central a/c,
new roof & win-
dows, newly paint-
ed, screened porch,
family room with
fireplace and bar.
12-2688
$172,000
Call Nancy Answini
Gilroy Real Estate
570-288-1444
PLAINS
5 Odonnell St.
$114,900
Nice Bi-Level in
convenient location.
Bi-Level. 3 bed-
rooms with hard-
wood floors, 1 and
3/4 bathrooms and
1-car heated
garage. Near VA
Hospital, casino,
highways, etc.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS # 12-2622
Directions: Travel-
ing South on RT 315;
Left on Mundy St;
Left on Bear Creek
Blvd; Left on ODon-
nell St. Home is on
the right.
Call Keri Best
570-885-5082
PLYMOUTH
308 Stephanie
Drive
Attractive Brick
Front Ranch with 3
Bedrooms, gas
heat, Sunroom,
attached garage,
large yard, shed.
Hardwood floors
under rugs. Great
location. New win-
dows. Basement
can easily be fin-
ished. Well Main-
tained. MLS# 12-
1911
PRICE REDUCED
$139,900
Call Nancy Palumbo
570-714-9240
906 Homes for Sale
PLYMOUTH
Nice 2 story home
sits high & dry on
side of Plymouth
Mountain. Large eat
in kitchen, living
room, dining room,
oil hotwater base-
board heat. Nice
yard, wrap around
porch.
Directions: Main
Street, Plymouth to
Coal Street, over
small bridge to 1st
hard left onto Smith
Row-house on
right. MLS# 12-2256
$50,000
Call Lynda
(570) 696-5418
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-696-1195
PLYMOUTH
This 4 bedroom 2
story has a full bath
on the 1st floor and
rough in for bath on
2nd floor. An
enclosed side patio
from the kitchen
dinette area & side
drive are a big plus.
MLS 12-553
Only $24,900
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
570-288-6654
PRINGLE
2 story, 3 bedroom
home. New bath,
new furnace & new
central air, all appli-
ances included.
Hardwood floors
downstairs, carpet
upstairs. Great
yard. Out of the
flood zone. Nice
neighborhood. By
appointment only.
Call 570-287-1029
SHAVERTOWN
CHARM is what you
will find in this home.
Beautiful original
rustic floors, warm
coal fire place,
option of having 1st
floor bedroom, den,
office, your own
personal get away
space. whatever
you need. Come put
your personal
touches in this great
value. Sold as is
inspection for buy-
ers information only.
MLS 12-2152
$69,900
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
SHAVERTOWN
Midway Manor
Ranch
3 bedrooms, 2
baths, family room,
3 season porch,
gas heat, central
air, 2 car garage.
MLS #12-1935
$177,000
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
SHAVERTOWN
NEW PRICE!!!
Well maintained
raised ranch in
Midway Manor.
Good size level
yard with shed.
Large sunroom /
laundry addition.
Lower level family
room with wood
stove. $139,900
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
SHICKSHINNY
130 Marvin Rd.
Fantastic LOG
HOME W/GREAT
VIEWS**from Rear
Deck, 4 Bedrooms 2
Bath on 1.55 Acres.
Beautiful Landscap-
ing. 12-1489
$199,000
570-675-4400
906 Homes for Sale
SHICKSHINNY
3 bedroom, 2.5
bath log sided
Ranch on almost 2
acres. Lower level
is 3/4 finished.
Reduced! $195,000
MLS-11-4038
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
Clean out your
basement, garage
Classified depart-
ment today at 570-
829-7130!
SHICKSHINNY LAKE
Lake Front Property
at Shickshinny
Lake!!! 4
Bedrooms, 2.75
baths, 2 kitchens,
living room, large
family room. 2 sun-
rooms, office &
laundry room. Plus
2 car attached gar-
age with paved
driveway, AG pool,
dock & 100' lake
frontage. $382,500.
MLS #12-860
Call Kenneth
Williams
570-542-2141
Five Mountains
Realty
SHICKSHINNY
LAKE
Price Reduced!
The best of both
worlds. If you crave
privacy, consider
this 4 bedroom, 3
bath raised ranch
on a 4.96 acre
wooded lot. A tree
lined driveway
leads to this spa-
cious 3,300 square
foot home. MLS#
12-1407 only
$185,000
Adjoining 1+ acre
with deeded lake
front available for
$50,000. Call
Barbara Metcalf
570-696-3801
SHICKSHINNY
REDUCED!!!!
408 Cragle Hill Rd.
This is a very well
kept Ranch home
on 6 acres, central
air, rear patio and 1
car garage. This is
a 3 parcel listing.
MLS 11-4273
$150,000
Jackie Roman
570-288-0770
Ext. 39
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
SHICKSHINNY
Very nice Ranch
home with 4 bed-
rooms, 2 full baths,
kitchen, dining room
& living room. Plus
propane fireplace in
living room, french
doors in dining room
and large deck with
a view. $159,900
MLS 12-287
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
SUGARLOAF
Beautiful well kept
home in a great
area. Plenty of room
for all your needs.
Hardwood floors
under the carpet.
30,000 btu Fp in liv-
ing room. Need to
relax, sit on the 11.8
x 21 ft deck and just
enjoy your sur-
roundings. This
home has so much
to offer.
MLS 12-1872
$157,750
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
906 Homes for Sale
SWEET VALLEY
If you crave privacy,
consider this stun-
ning, 3 bedroom,
2.5 bath, 2 story
traditional cradled
on a 2 acre lot.
Ultra modern
kitchen with break-
fast area, great
room with cathedral
ceiling & fireplace,
formal dining room
& bonus room over
2 car garage. Only
$299,000.
MLS# 12-679
Call Barbara
Metcalf
570-696-0883
LEWITH &
FREEMAN
570-696-3801
SWEET VALLEY
Split Level in good
condition with 3
bedrooms, 2 baths,
Owens Corning
walls in basement,
walk-in cedar clos-
et, whirlpool tub,
Granite counter
tops, 4 Season
Sunroom, open floor
plan, quality ceiling
fans, french doors in
Master bedroom,
plus 2 car detached
garage all sitting on
3 Acres of land.
$179,900.
MLS 12-1293
Ken Williams
570-542-8800
Five Mountains
Realty
SWEET VALLEY
Totally remodeled 3
bedroom, 2 bath
home on 1 acre with
large family room on
lower level. property
has small pond and
joins state game
lands. Reduced!
$129,900 Could be
FHA financed.
MLS# 11-4085
Five Mountains
Realty
570-542-2141
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SWOYERSVILLE
187 Shoemaker St.
Adorable 3 bed-
room, 1 bath, Cape
Cod. Completely
remodeled inside
and out. Hardwood
floors throughout,
duct work in place
for central air instal-
lation. Back yard
deck for summer
cook outs and
much, much more.
Not a drive by!
MLS 12-1595
$142,500
Jay A. Crossin
EXT. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
SWOYERSVILLE
689 Main Street
2 bedroom home on
large lot with bonus
efficiency apart-
ment. Large living
room, eat in kitchen,
screened porch.
Freshly painted and
new flooring. See
www.craiglslist.org
$69,000. Call
570-696-3368
SWOYERSVILLE
Large yard, quiet
neighborhood. 2
bedrooms, dining &
living rooms, unfin-
ished basement.
$51,000. Call
(570)704-9446
SWOYERSVILLE
REDUCED!!! REDUCED!!!
78 Maltby Ave.
Wonderful family
home in a great
neighborhood. A
large master suite
and family room
addition make this
home a must see!
There is an
inground pool and
attached in-law
suite.
MLS 11-4572
$195,000
Call Kelly
Connolly-Cuba
EXT. 37
Crossin Real
Estate
570-288-0770
906 Homes for Sale
TRUCKSVILLE
157 Carverton Rd.
Enjoy country living
with scenic views
just minutes from
309. This 2,030 sq
ft Colonial offers an
oak kitchen with
new Jennaire gas
range, family room
with fireplace lead-
ing to a spacious
rear deck, Formal
dining room, 4 bed-
rooms and 2/1/2
baths plus a 2 car
garage. The base-
ment has a work
shop area and can
easily be turned into
additional living
area. $195,000
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
(570) 288-6654
TRUCKSVILLE
REDUCED!!
221 Maple St.
Beautiful 4 bed-
room Back Mtn.
home with natural
woodwork, pocket-
doors, ceiling fans
& great light. Sit on
1 or 2 screened
rear porches and
enjoy awesome
views or sit on your
front porch in this
great neighbor-
hood! Dont forget
the above ground
pool with deck.
MLS 12-1699
$149,900
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
TRUCKSVILLE
REDUCED!!
221 Maple St.
Beautiful 4 bed-
room Back Mtn.
home with natural
woodwork, pocket-
doors, ceiling fans
& great light. Sit on
1 or 2 screened
rear porches and
enjoy awesome
views or sit on your
front porch in this
great neighbor-
hood! Dont forget
the above ground
pool with deck.
MLS 12-1699
$149,900
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
TUNKHANNOCK
Oakwood Lake
Estates
Brand new 2011
Redman 3
bedrooms, 2 baths,
propane heat, A/C.
$42,000 Call
(908)227-6707
WAPWALLOPEN
18 Circle Ave.
Relax and enjoy the
beautiful view of Lily
Lake right from
your sunroom in
this quiet lake com-
munity. Entire home
redone In 2005,
beautiful hardwood
floors, central air,
skylights, coal
stove, small pond
and so much more.
Perfect for all year
round or a week-
end/summer get-
away. Off street
parking for
2 vehicles.
MLS 12-1892
$145,000
Shelby Watchilla
570-762-6969
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WAPWALLOPEN
Vinyl resided, new
shingles in 2008,
quiet location with
level, open ground.
Replacement
windows, new well
pump.
MLS #12-760
$52,900
Call Dale
570-256-3343
Five Mountains
Realty
WEST NANTICOKE
TILBURY TERRACE
Tilbury Avenue
Superb 3 bedroom
single. Hardwood
floors, fireplace,
garage. Well main-
tained. Great
Neighborhood.
REDUCED TO
$179,900
Towne & Country
Real Estate Co.
570-735-8932
570-542-5708
906 Homes for Sale
WEST PITTSTON
$49,900
329 Wyoming Ave.
Flooded in Sept.
2011, being sold as
is. Great potential in
this 4 bedroom 2
3/4 bath house. Off
street parking. For
more info and pho-
tos visit:
www.atlasrealty-
inc.com
MLS 12-716
Call Tom
570-262-7716
WEST PITTSTON
$72,000
3 bedroom, one
bath home with
extra large kitchen.
Has newer gas fur-
nace. Was not
flooded in Sept.
2011. Why rent
when you can own
your own home?
Interest rates will
probably never be
lower. If youre
employed and have
good credit dont
wait, buy now! For
more info and pho-
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2837
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
WEST PITTSTON
510 Fourth St.
A nice 2 story, 3
bedroom home in
the Wyoming Area
school district. Cor-
ner lot. Out of the
flood zone.
MLS 12-1616
$79,000
Jackie Roman
EXT 39
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WEST PITTSTON
Great Rancher in
move-in condition,
3 bedroom, hard-
wood floors, mod-
ern eat-in kitchen,
garage, no flood.
PRICE REDUCED!
$152,000 12-1399
Call Nancy Answini
Joe Gilroy
Real Estate
570-288-1444
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Split level, stone
exterior, multi-tiered
deck, bluestone
patio, flood dam-
aged, being sold as
is condition.
$73,500
CALL DONNA
570-613-9080
WEST PITTSTON
TOWNHOUSE
FOR SALE!
-Across from Blue
Ribbon-
1, 800 square feet.
Large eat-in kitchen
tile throughout,
granite counter-
tops, walk-out
deck, living room
with hardwood
floors, fully finished
basement with gas
fireplace & sliding
glass doors to
patio, 2nd floor
laundry. 2 bed-
rooms, 2 1/2 bath-
rooms with tile,
central air condi-
tioning/gas heat.
Asking $172,000
Please call Marissa
@ 570-430-9324 if
interested!
906 Homes for Sale
WEST PITTSTON
Nice double block,
not in the flood area!
3 vehicle detached
garage, off-street
parking for 4 vehi-
cles, front & rear
porches, patio,
fenced yard, nice &
private. Home also
has central air, #410
is updated & in very
good condition,
modern kitchen &
bath. Kitchen has
oak cabinets, stain-
less steel refrigera-
tor, center aisle, half
bath on 1st floor &
4th bedroom on 3rd
floor. Both sides
have hardwood
floors on 2nd floor.
MLS#12-737
$169,900
Louise Laine
283-9100 x20
570-283-9100
WEST WYOMING
OPEN HOUSE
August 19th 12-1:30
688 8th Street
Unique design,out-
standing crafts-
manship and quality
finishes make this
home a must see!
Move in ready fea-
turing a modern
kitchen with hand-
crafted cabinets
and stainless steel
appliances. Living
room with hard-
wood floors opens
to the dining room
which boasts a fab-
ulous brick and
stone fireplace.
Game room with
french doors lead
to a private patio
and fenced in yard
with an above
ground pool with a
deck. Two gener-
ous sized bed-
rooms and two
baths on the sec-
ond floor. Family
room with built-in
lighted display
cases and bath
on the lower level.
Private driveway
leads to 1 car
garage with stor-
age loft, and addi-
tional parking.
MLS 12-2032
$174,900
Call Mary
696-0729
WEST PITTSTON
NEW LISTING!
Beautifully restored
Cape Cod located
on a lovely tree
lined street. Ultra
modern kitchen has
granite counter
tops, tiled floors
and washer dryer
hook-up. Three
bedrooms, 2 baths,
new gas furnace,
water heater and
electrical. Quality
laminate flooring
throughout first
floor. Large master
bedroom suite on
2nd floor has a
walk-in closet, a
cedar closet and
adjoining
office/exercise
room or a 4th
bedroom.
#12-2753 $149,900
Karen Bernardi
283-9100 x31
696-2600
It's that time again!
Rent out your
apartment
with the Classifieds
570-829-7130
WHITE HAVEN
$189,999!
PRICE CATCHES
YOUR EYE?
WAIT UNTIL YOU
TAKE A TOUR!
This meticulous 3
bedroom home
located in the Crest-
wood school district
offers spacious
kitchen and dining
area, ductless air,
bath off the master
bedroom, finished
lower level rec
room, workshop,
bath/laundry, zoned
heating. oversized
heated detached
garage in addition to
the 2 stall built in
garage. Covered
rear deck overlook-
ing the enclosed
yard accented by
mature landscaping.
Lower deck leading
to the pool - the list
goes on! Just min-
utes from major
interstates. Sched-
ule your showing
today to truly appre-
ciate this property!
MLS#12-872
JILL JONES
696-6550
696-2600
906 Homes for Sale
WHITE HAVEN
Nice home with
double lot in Hickory
Hill community.
Great bi-level with
open floor plan and
plenty of space for
all your needs.
Serene wooded lot
and a stream that
run trough it. Make
this your seasons
home or your per-
manent place to call
home. House sold
as is,Inspections for
buyers information
only. MLS 12-2385
$107,900
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
WHITE-HAVEN
501 Birch Lane
Beautiful 4 bed-
room, 3 bath. Enjoy
the amenities of a
private lake, boat-
ing, basketball
courts, etc. The
home has wood
floors and carpeting
throughout. French
doors in the kitchen
that lead you out to
the large rear deck
for entertaining. The
backyard has 2 utili-
ty sheds for storage
MLS 12-1695
$179,900
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
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WHITE HAVEN
Priced to sell in
Woodhaven
Estates! This well
maintained home
located in the Crest-
wood School District
offers features such
as, covered deck
and lower deck
leading to the pool,
ductless A/C, zoned
heating system,
oversized heated 2-
car garage in addi-
tion to the built-in
garage. Finished
lower level with
recreation room,
workshop and
bath laundry area.
The list goes on,
come and take a
look! Owners are
ready to move, are
you?
MLS#12-872
$199,900
Jill Jones direct:
696-6550
696-2600
WILKES BARRE
120 Darling Street
MOVE IN READY
Just listed!
Only $42,000
Cheaper than rent.
Gas heat, small
yard, 2 bedrooms
plus additional
flex room. Updated
kitchen and bath.
Screened in
porches.
Great home!
Looking for offers!
MLS# 12-2321
Call Theresa
Vacendak directly @
650-5872
for showing or
information.
CENTRAL
REAL ESTATE
(570) 822-1133
WILKES BARRE
3 plus bedroom
home on Logan St.
in Wilkes Barre with
off street parking,
fenced-in yard and
newer furnace and
water heater. Great
potential on third
floor. Replacement
windows, double
lot, close to
shopping.
#12-2005 $67,000
Paul Pukatch
696-6559
696-2600
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
$76,500
35 Hillard St.
Hardwood floors,
fenced in yard,
large deck. Off
street parking. 3
bedroom home with
1st floor laundry.
Move in condition.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-1655
Colleen Turant
570-237-0415
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$99,900
77 Schuler St.
Newly renovated
with new windows,
door flooring, etc.
Goose Island
gem. Large home
with 3 bedrooms,
2.5 baths, screened
in porch overlook-
ing fenced in yard,
driveway, laminate
floors throughout.
Fresh paint, move
in condition. For
more info and pho-
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MLS 12-845
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
WILKES-BARRE
(Riverside Park)
Corner of Dagobert
and Gordon Ave.
2 bedroom modular
rancher (large mas-
ter bedroom) with a
20x 22 family room
and a woodburner.
Paneled interior.
10x12 three season
porch. Carport. 2
driveways. Many
extras.(FHA: $2,345
down, $376/month,
3.875% interest,
30 years.) $67,000
MLS# 12-2092
Ask for Bob Kopec.
Humford Realty, Inc.
570-822-5126
WILKES-BARRE
Beautiful large
ranch in a great
area of Wilkes-
Barre, Lovely River-
side park. This brick
ranch offers a 2 car
garage, serene
backyard with in-
ground pool, large
rooms, finished
lower level with
kitchen and bar,
screened in porch,
family room and on
just about a half
acre. Come take a
look at your new
home! House sold
as is, inspection for
buyer information
only. MLS 12-2451
$220,000
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
or Tony
570-855-2424
WILKES-BARRE
Come invest your
time for a great
return. Fixer Upper
in a nice location,
nice neighborhood
out of the flood
zone. Offers 4 bed-
rooms and a beauti-
ful large lot. Dont
miss out Call for
your showing today.
MLS 12-432
$25,900
Call / text Donna
Cain 570-947-3824
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WILKES-BARRE
13 Darling St.
$99,900
Beautifully main-
tained 2-story home
with 3 bedrooms
and 1 and 3/4 bath-
rooms. Oak floors
throughout with
chestnut woodwork.
Cherry kitchen,
stained glass win-
dows, french doors,
fireplace and a 3-
season porch all sit-
uated in a country-
like setting in the
heart of the city.
Huge attic can be
converted into mas-
ter suite or 4th or
5th bedroom. Off
street parking. Con-
venient location.
Nothing to do but
move in! Must see.
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MLS #12-2620
$99,900
Directions: Travel-
ing south on North
River Rd; Left at
light at Courthouse
onto West North St,
Left onto Darling St.
Home is in the right.
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570-885-5082
WILKES-BARRE
16 Sullivan St.
Large 5 bedroom
home with a newer
roof, new gas fur-
nace, modern
kitchen and baths.
Close to
Central City.
MLS 12-1171
$60,000
Charles J.
Prohaska
Ext. 35
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ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
173 Austin Ave.
Completely remod-
eled home in the
Parsons section of
Wilkes-Barre.
Updates include
high efficiency gas
furnace and electric
hot water heater,
kitchen w/laundry,
drywall, paint,
recessed lights,
doors, tile, carpet,
Pergo flooring, and-
windows.
MLS 12-2566
$85,000
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
210 Academy St.
Large grand home.
Open concept
downstairs, 1 st
floor laundry, lots of
closet space,
fenced in back
yard, extra large
driveway. Garage
with floor pit, auto
garage door open-
er. 60 amp subpan-
el, walk up attic.
Loads of potential.
MLS 12-1268
$115,000
David
Krolikowski
570-288-0770
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358 North
Washington Street
Large half double,
gas hot water heat,
modern kitchen
with new built
in appliances,
laundry room,
dining room, 1
bath, and 3 bed-
rooms. New roof
and wall to wall
carpeting, full attic.
$60,000. Call for
appointment
(570)822-3927
WILKES-BARRE
38 Westminster St.
Very good condition
one story home
with off street
parking & nice yard.
2 year old roof, new
stove & fridge
included along with
clothes washer &
dryer. Large living
room, dining room
& eat-in kitchen.
Full, dry concrete
basement, could be
finished. Gas heat.
$ 64,400.
MLS# 12-2605.
Directions: Carey
Ave. or S. Main to
either Wood or
Hanover to
Westminster.
Call Jim Banos
570-991-1883
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906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
46 Barney Street
Well - maintained
three bedroom
home with a large
yard. Great starter
home! 12-2390
$64,500
Darcy J. Gollhardt
Realtor
570-262-0226
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570-718-4959
Ext. 1352
WILKES-BARRE
60 Saint Clair St
Great 4 bedroom
home with new
kitchen, furnace and
bath. Laundry room
off kitchen. Newer
windows and roof.
Hardwood on first
floor. Off street
parking. Older one
car garage. Walk up
attic. MLS 11-1478
$59,000
Call Nancy Answini
570-237-5999
JOSEPH P. GILROY
REAL ESTATE
570-288-1444
WILKES-BARRE
70 McLean Street
$99,900
Very nicely updated
& maintained 2
story home, 3 bed-
rooms, 1 bath, 4-
season sunroom
with huge backyard
& deck. Newer car-
peting, off street
parking & security
system. ONE YEAR
HOME WARRANTY.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-2886
Keri Best
570-885-5082
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74 Frederick St
This very nice 2
story, 3 bedroom, 1
bath home has a
large eat in kitchen
for family gather-
ings. A great walk
up attic for storage
and the home is in
move-in condition.
MLS 11-1612
$63,900
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
WILKES-BARRE
74 Regent St.
1/2 double with 3
bedrooms, new
bathroom, front
steps, carpeting,
shed and fence.
Extra storage in
walk up attic. Move
in condition.
MLS 12-2972
$44,000
Jay A. Crossin
EXT 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0776
WILKES-BARRE
Beautifully kept split
level in desirable
Barney Farms. 3
car attached
garage, finished
basement & attic.
Landscaped lot,
covered deck with
custom pull down
shades. Hard-
wood living room,
formal dining room,
cathedral ceilings in
living room &
kitchen. Full wet
bar in finished
basement, walk out
patio for your
parties/cookouts.
MLS# 12-1874
$254,900
Ann Devereaux
570-212-2038
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570-587-7000
790 Northern Blvd.
Clarks Summit,
PA 18411
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
Beautifully main-
tained 3 story home,
features hardwood
floors, built-in cabi-
net, five plus bed-
rooms, office, 3
bathrooms and
stained glass win-
dows. All measure-
ments are approxi-
mate. 12-1081
$99,900
Call Tracy
McDermott
Realty
570-696-2468
WILKES-BARRE
Beautifully main-
tained double block
on large landscaped
lot. Newer roof and
windows, hard-
wood under carpet,
ceiling fans, plaster
walls and ample off
street parking. Live
in one side and let
rent from other side
help pay your mort-
gage. Must see!
$108,000
Call
CHRISTINE KUTZ
for details
570-332-8832
WILKES-BARRE
Convenient city
living on almost one
acre corner lot.
Beautiful views,
quiet street. Home
has large room
sizes & wrap
around porch.
Additional enclosed
porch in back, fin-
ished basement
with kitchen, bath &
bar which could be
used as separate
apartment. Two car
detached garage.
Private property.
Must see
to appreciate!
MLS # 12-1651
$107,000
Call Jill Hiscox
570-696-0875
WILKES-BARRE
For sale by owner
Located in Wilkes
Barre city.
65 Reno Lane
Currently rented
with a great tenant.
Entire home was
remodeled 10
years ago, including
new plumbing,
electric, drywall,
and is appraised
at $55,000.
Features 3 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths,
6 rooms total.
Partial unfinished
basement, with
gas heat, and yard
with wood deck.
All this for $40,000
Great investment
property.
owner will help with
closing!! Rent
income is $650.00
agents welcome.
Call 570-814-3666
WILKES-BARRE
NEW ON THE
MARKET!
Affordability For
You! This spacious
home features
formal dining room,
three bedrooms,
convenience of a
bath on each floor,
an extra benefit
of a walk-up attic,
newer windows,
door, screen doors,
deck to relax on
and fenced-in yard
for children & pets.
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MLS# 12-2990
$45,000
Michele Hopkins
570-540-6046.
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NEW! HUGE!
Remodeled 4 bed-
room, 2 story home,
previously had 3
additional bedrooms
on heated 3rd floor,
gas fireplace,
fenced yard, eat in
kitchen, large
rooms. A must see!
Only $75,900.
Deremer Realty
570-477-1149
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
Nice 3 bedroom, 1
bath home, with 3
season porch and
detached 1 car
garage. Good
starter home in
well established
neighborhood.
Family owned for
many years.
$59,900
CALL
CHRISTINE KUTZ
570-332-8832
WILKES-BARRE
Nicely remodeled
fully rented Duplex,
near schools, hospi-
tal, parks & bus
route. Separate utili-
ties and off street
parking. MLS 12-
599 $96,500.
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NOW REDUCED
332 Academy St.
Charming 3 bed-
room Ranch with
unique upgrades
including polished
concrete counter-
tops in kitchen, and
a lovely built in gas
fireplace in living
room. Up to date
landscaping, fenced
in yard and above
ground pool
and hot tub.
MLS 12-2441
$99,900
Jay A. Crossin
EXT. 23
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ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
NOW REDUCED!
191 Andover St.
Lovely single family
3 bedroom home
with lots of space.
Finished 3rd floor,
balcony porch off of
2nd floor bedroom,
gas hot air heat,
central air and
much more.
Must see!
MLS 11-59
$54,900
Jay A. Crossin
570-288-0770
Ext. 23
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ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
OPEN HOUSE
SUN. AUG. 12
12-1:30PM
46 Bradford St.
Pride of ownership
everywhere. 3 bed-
rooms, 1 bath, large
yard, off street
parking. Ready
to go!
MLS 12-1508
$67,500
Kevin Sobilo
570-817-0706
WILKES-BARRE
OPEN HOUSE
SUN. AUG. 12
2-3:30 PM
1 Cypress St.
Move in condition.
Large private yard,
off street parking
and a central
location.
MLS 12-2302
$67,000
Kevin Sobilo
570-817-0706
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
PRICE REDUCED
$129,900
51 Flood Drive
Parsons Manor
Beautiful Town-
house in great con-
dition. Very spa-
cious with large
rooms, one car
garage and base-
ment storage. 3
bedrooms.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-2292
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
WILKES-BARRE
REDUCED
484 Madison St.
Well kept home
with finished base-
ment. Move in con-
dition with plenty of
rooms, new Pergo
floors on 2nd floor
and fenced in yard.
Newer roof and fur-
nace approximately
10 years old.
MLS 12-1291
$74,900
Donald Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
REDUCED!
19 Lawrence St.
Very well kept 3
bedroom, 1.5 bath 2
story with family
room, enclosed
back porch and
fenced in back
yard. Nice layout
with lots of closet
space. Modern
kitchen, laundry 1st
floor. Replacement
windows and much
more!
MLS 12-1325
$72,000
Jay A. Crossin
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
REDUCED!
39 W. Chestnut St.
Lots of room in this
single with 3 floors
of living space. 3
bedrooms, 1 bath
with hardwood
floors throughout,
natural woodwork,
all windows have
been replaced,
laundry/pantry off of
kitchen. 4x10 entry
foyer, space for 2
additional bed-
rooms on the 3rd
floor. Roof is new.
MLS 11-325
$59,900
Jay A. Crossin
570-288-0770
Ext. 23
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ROLLING MILL HILL
Well cared for 3
bedroom, 1.5 bath
single home. Eat in
kitchen, off street
parking, garage.
Newer roof, win-
dows, gas heat, 3
season porch. Spa-
cious attic, private
fenced in yard.
Move in condition.
$85,000.
Call 570-823-8418
WILKES-BARRE
NEW LISTING!
Large home that is
bright and open.
Newly remodeled
kitchen and bath-
rooms. Home has 3
bedrooms, living
room, dining room
and a laundry room
on 1st floor. Plenty of
room for off-street
parking in back of
the large lot. Pergo
flooring throughout
the lower level, new
tile backsplash in
the main bathroom.
#12-2524 $64,900
Call Chris Jones to
schedule your
showing! 696-6558
696-2600
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WILKES BARRE
Well maintained 3
bedroom home with
1.5 baths. Home
has newly remod-
eled kitchen with
Brazilian cherry
hardwood floors.
Pantry off kitchen
that leads to new
bath. In-ground
pool. 2-car
detached garage.
#12-2545 $129,900
Call Christine
Pieczynski
696-6569
696-2600
WILKES-BARRE
Looking for a home
with 5 bedrooms
or mother in-law
apartment, this is
the home for you!
This property has
many amenities, a
privacy rear fence
with a concrete
rear patio (23
x23), large stor-
age building (23 x
18). Off-street
parking for 2 vehi-
cles, rear porches
on 2nd and 3rd
floor. Home has 9
rooms, 2 modern
baths, 2 modern
kitchens with plenty
of cabinets.
Replacement win-
dows, newer roof,
natural woodwork
in living room and
dining room. Prop-
erty is close to all
amenities including
playground across
the street, Dan
Flood School,
Coughlin High
School, General
Hospital, Kings
College, churches
and shopping.
#12-1763 $69,900
Louise Laine
283-9100 x20
570-283-9100
WILKES-BARRE
Nice, clean 3 bed-
room, 6 room home
in very good condi-
tion, parking at rear
for 3+ vehicles,
newer rear porch
with trees shading
porch. Side lot is
nicely landscaped,
2nd floor has rear
porch off bedroom.
Large storage area
on 2nd floor which
can be converted to
a 2nd bathroom.
Replacement win-
dows throughout,
natural woodwork
on 1st floor and
stairs. Kitchen
remodeled with new
stove and dish-
washer.
#12-2213 $59,000
Louise Laine
283-9100 x20
696-2600
WILKES-BARRE
NEW LISTING!
Convenient location!
Near General Hos-
pital. Large kitchen
and spacious living
room highlight this
two-story home.
Double wide lot with
detached garage
and driveway. Home
has a newer roof
and furnace and a
nice backyard with
plenty of room. Call
today to see this
home!
#12-2523 $49,900
Chris Jones
696-6558
696-2600
Need to rent that
Vacation property?
Place an ad and
get started!
570-829-7130
WYOMING
Bi-Level features
many upgrades to
kitchen, living room,
dining room, 1/2
bath. Move-right-in
to this lovely home
setting on .36 acre.
Ultra-modern
kitchen, DR with
sliders to rear deck,
LL FR w/fireplace,
playroom, office,
great storage,
attached 2
car garage.
MLS# 12-2456
$225,000
Call Lynda
(570) 696-5418
Smith Hourigan
Group
570-696-1195
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Edwardsville. Price
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$20,000 to $37,000
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909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
ASHLEY
100 Ashley St.
Well maintained 3
unit building with
extra $50 per
month from garage
with electric. Off
street parking for 4
cars and fenced in
yard. Back porches
on both levels. Fully
rented. Let rental
income pay for this
property. Must see!
MLS 12-1746
$109,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
ASHLEY
110 Ashley St.
Very nice duplex
with off street park-
ing and nice yard.
Enclosed porch on
1st floor and 2 exits
on 2nd. Fully rent-
ed. Great return on
your investment.
Rent pays your
mortgage. Dont
miss out
MLS 12-1745
$89,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
AVOCA
$79,900
129 Lampman St.
Side by side double
block home with 3
bedrooms each
side, separate utili-
ties. Includes 2
extra lots. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
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MLS 12-2253
Call Tom
570-262-7716
AVOCA
25 St. Marys St.
3,443 sq. ft.
masonry commer-
cial building with
warehouse/office
and 2 apartments
with separate elec-
tric and heat. Per-
fect for contractors
or anyone with stor-
age needs. For
more information
and photos log onto
www.atlas
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Reduced to
$89,000
MLS #10-3872
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
VM 101
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$149,900
1255 Laurel Run Rd.
Bear Creek Twp.,
large commercial
garage/warehouse
on 1.214 acres with
additional 2 acre
parcel. 2 water
wells. 2 newer
underground fuel
tanks. May require
zoning approval.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-208
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
DUPONT
$79,900
100 Lincoln St.
MULTI FAMILY
3 bedroom
home with
attached apart-
ment and beau-
ty shop. Apart-
ment is rented.
For more info
and photos visit:
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MLS 12-941
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
P
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D
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DUPONT
$89,900
238 Main St.
Multi Family Invest-
ment Property
Great opportunity
for the experienced
investor. Property is
large with parking
for at least 9 cars.
Extra lot, one office
and 2 apartments.
For more info and
photos visit:
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MLS 12-2315
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
DURYEA
$39,900
93 Main St.
Four units. 3 resi-
dential and one
storefront.Great
corner location,
flood damaged
home being sold as
is. For more info
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-1948
Call Tom
570-262-7716
EDWARDSVILLE
33-37 Church St.
4 unit investment
property close to
shopping and bus
routes.Off street
parking and large
yard. Includes 2
laundry rooms.
MLS 12-2383
$119,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
EDWARDSVILLE
Lawrence St.
Nice 3 unit property.
Lots of off street
parking and bonus 2
car garage. All units
are rented. Great
income with low
maintenance.
$139,900
MLS# 10-2675
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
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FORTY FORT
1012 Wyoming Ave.
SUPER LOCATION
Needs work. Priced
to sell. Great for
your small business
or offices. Very high
traffic count. Prop-
erty is being sold IN
AS IS CONDITION.
Inspections for buy-
ers information only.
Property needs
rehab.
MLS 11-4267
$84,900
Roger Nenni
570-288-0770
Ext. 32
Crossin Real
Estate
570-288-0770
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
FORTY FORT
107 River St.
Large 3 unit apart-
ment building with
off street parking
for several cars.
3rd floor newly
remodeled. Hard-
wood floors. Large
yard, newer furnace
and great location.
Fully rented. Good
investment
propertY.
MLS 12-2017
$199,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
FORTY FORT
1301 Murray St.
2 family duplex.
Fully rented.
Vinyl sided, 2
car garage, off
street parking.
For more info
and photos visit:
www.atlas
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MLS 12-2028
$118,000
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
S
O
L
D
HANOVER
Repossessed
Income Property
& Duplex Home.
Out of flood area
On same lot. 7
apartments, 5 in
Hardwood floors.
$119,000
570-822-9697
Looking to buy a
home?
Place an ad here
and let the
sellers know!
570-829-7130
JENKINS TWP.
$154,900
55 1/2 Main St.
Newer side by side
double with sepa-
rate utilities, 2 bed-
rooms, 1.5 baths
each side. Buy with
3 1/2% down and
low FHA mortgage
rate if you live in
one side. For more
info and photos
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-1851
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
KINGSTON
100 Union St.
Great location in
high traffic area.
Completely remod-
eled and updated.
Professional space.
Move in ready with
office furniture
included in price.
Reception area, eat
in kitchen and
outside deck.
MLS 12-2784
$85,000
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
299 Rutter Ave.
Large well main-
tained Duplex on a
corner lot in
Kingston. 2 bed-
rooms each unit,
separate gas heat
ing for multiple
cars. New roof,
water heater and
freshly painted
exterior. A really
nice property!
MLS 12-2447
$139,900
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
366 Pierce Street
(corner lot). 1,300
sq. ft. concrete
block commercial
building on a 90 x
145 lot. Central air
conditioning. Paved
parking for 25 cars.
Presently a pizza
business, but land
can be used for
multiple uses (bank
building, offices,
etc.).
MLS 12-1279.
$325,000
Bob Kopec
HUMFORD REALTY
570-822-5126
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
KINGSTON
64-66 Dorrance St.
3 units, off street
parking with some
updated Carpets
and paint. $1500/
month income from
long time tenants.
W/d hookups on
site. MLS 11-3517
$99,900
Call Jay A.
Crossin
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
7 Hoyt St
Nice duplex zoned
commercial, can be
used for offices as
well as residential.
All separate utilities.
Keep apt. space or
convert to commer-
cial office space.
Adjacent lot for sale
by same owner.
MLS 11-2176
$79,900
Jay A. Crossin
CROSSIN
REAL ESTATE
570-288-0770
ext. 23
KINGSTON
REDUCED
140 Wyoming Ave.
Location, Location,
Location! Great
space in high traffic
area. Was used for
professional busi-
ness with a gun
shop occupying a
small portion of the
building. Only the
gun shop is occu-
pied. OSP for
approximately
11 cars.
MLS 12-1735
$299,000
Shelby Watchilla
570-762-6969
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
5770-288-0770
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KINGSTON
REDUCED
341 Wyoming Ave.
3 story Victorian
located in a high
exposure area. Has
all the lovely signa-
ture woodwork of a
grand Victorian of
yesteryear! Can be
restored for use as
a residential home
or a landlord invest-
ment. Currently
subdivided into mul-
tiple office spaces
and 2 apartments.
MLS 12-617
REDUCED
$169,900
Jay A. Crossin
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
REDUCED!
155 Sharpe St.
Nice duplex with
separate electric
and water. Off
street parking in
rear. Also listed as
residential. See list
#12-609 for addi-
tional photos.
MLS 12-605
$74,900
Jay A. Crossin
Ext. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
LEHMAN TWP
3000 Square Foot
Building zoned
commercial
available for lease.
Located in high
traffic area. Parking
for 20 cars.
MLS# 12-1452
PRICE REDUCED!
$1500/month
Call Barbara Metcalf
570-696-0883
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909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
NANTICOKE
109-111 Welles St.
2 properties for the
price of o ne! A 3
unit apartment
building and a
detached 2 bed-
room home. Apart-
ment building con-
sists of a 3 bed-
room 1/2 double
and two 3 room
apartments. Sepa-
rate utilities. Elec-
tric heat in rear
home. Bran new
roof and other
updates.
MLS 12-2015
$119,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
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PITTSTON
68 William St.
Great investment
property with 3
units and separate
utilities. Each unit
has 2 entrances
and washer hook
up. Roof is 5 years
old. For more info
visit: www.atlas
realtyinc.com.
MLS 12-1897
$69,900
Call Tom
570-262-7716
PITTSTON
Duplex. Aluminum
siding, oil heat, semi
- modern kitchens,
long term tenant. On
a spacious 50 x
150 lot. Motivated
Seller. REDUCED.
$33,260
Ann Marie Chopick
570-760-6769
570-288-6654
PITTSTON
FOR SALE
5 Unit
Money Maker
Available immedi-
ately. Fully rented,
leases on all five
units. Separate
utilities, new roof
in 2007, 3 new
gas furnaces, off
street parking for
6 vehicles, 3 bay
garage. Over
$29,000 in rents.
A true money
maker for the
serious investor.
Must Sell!
$130,000.
Call Steve at
(570)468-2488
PITTSTON
PRICED
REDUCED
NEW PRICE
$79,900
35 High St.
Nice duplex in great
location, fully occu-
pied with leases.
Good investment
property. Separate
utilities, newer fur-
naces, gas and oil.
Notice needed to
show. For more info
and photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 11-3222
Call Tom
570-262-7716
PLYMOUTH
155 E Walnut St.
Good investment
property knocking
on your door. Don't
miss out, come and
see for yourself.
Also included in the
sale of the property
is the lot behind the
home. Lot size is
25X75, known as
147 Cherry St.
$82,000
MLS# 10-2666
Call Karen
Coldwell Banker
Rundle Real Estate
570-474-2340
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
PLYMOUTH
259 Shawnee Ave.
6 unit property with
one 2 unit building
and a 4 unit apart-
ment building. The
2 unit property has
been completely
rebuilt from frame
up in 2010! Very
good condition 4
unit building has
many updates also.
MLS 12-2016
$269,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
SHAVERTOWN
NEW LISTING!
COMMERCIAL
LEASE
30 Carverton Road,
Historic Back
Mountain church
with modern
updates ready for
your professional
office, retail,
antique or craft
store. The possibili-
ties are many;
property is Zoned
B-1. Beautiful tiled
entry foyer leads
to the
reception/cashier
area and a waiting
room or additional
retail space. Along
the center open
hallway (with vault-
ed ceiling) are five
private
offices/rooms, each
measuring approxi-
mately 10x10.
There is a storage
room and half-bath.
The lower level has
its own entry (also
accessed from the
1st floor) and
includes an open
office area, a
16x13 private
office, a room for a
mini-kitchen/break
room, another half
bath and more stor-
age. The building is
heated with a 2-
zone gas system
and has a Trane
High Efficiency air
conditioning sys-
tem. The property
has parking adja-
cent to the building
and directly across
the street (a total of
32 spaces with 3
designated for
handicap parking).
This unique proper-
ty is listed at
$1500/month. Ten-
ant will be responsi-
ble for gas, electric
and water utilities,
along with their fur-
niture, equipment
and liability insur-
ance. The owner
will pay taxes,
DAMA sewer and
basic trash/recy-
cling expense and
insurance on the
building. Photos and
other information
about this property
are available online
at www.poggi-
jones.com. CLICK
on the link for Com-
mercial and invest-
ment properties
and enter 12-2089
in the MLS Search.
For additional infor-
mation or to sched-
ule an appointment
please contact Wal-
ter or Mary Ellen
Belchick at 696-
6566 or email
mebelchick@poggi-
jones.com
696-2600
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570-829-7130
SHEATOWN
230 Robert St.
5 unit investment
property. Remod-
eled in 2008. Four 1
bedroom units and
one 2 1/2 bedroom
unit. Off street
parking for 3 cars
and a private drive-
way for unit #2.
Property has a
community
laundry room.
MLS 12-2382
$219,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WEST PITTSTON
134 Ann St.
Nice Duplex in a
great neighbor-
hood. Low mainte-
nance investors.
Money maker right
from the start. Unit
2 is owner occu-
pied. Rent is
projected.
MLS 12-575
$119,000
David
Krolikowski
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
WEST PITTSTON
134 Ann St.
Nice duplex in a
great neighbor-
hood. Low mainte-
nance. Investors:
Money maker right
from the start. Unit
2 is owner occu-
pied, rent is pro-
jected.
MLS 12-575
$119,000
David
Krolikowski
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
103 W. Chestnut St.
3 unit investment
property. Complete-
ly remolded in 2010
including new
plumbing and elec-
trical service. Each
unit has a laundry
room. Large fenced
yard and
fully rented.
MLS 12-2381
$119,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
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WILKES-BARRE
150 Dana St.
Completely remod-
eled! Modern 5 unit
property with hard-
wood flooring and
ceramic tile in
kitchens and baths.
New furnace in
2009. Secure build-
ing. Fully rented.
Large concrete
basement for
Owners storage,
part of which could
be used as an effi-
ciency. All services
separate. Utilities
included in rent for
#5 only. Great
money maker
MLS 12-1740
$319,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
399-401 Madison St
Fully occupied and
maintained 4 unit
building in nice sec-
tion of Wilkes-Barre
close to General
Hospital, schools
and public trans-
portation.
MLS 12-2460
$99,500
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
62 Hutson St.
Duplex in good con-
dition Fenced in
yard and back
screened porch.
Fully rented. Prop-
erty pays for itself
with $$$ left over.
Take a look NOW!
MLS 12-1747
$59,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
70-72 Sullivan St.
Well maintained 4
unit property with
enclosed back
porches and off
cars. Fully rented.
New roof in 2008.
Great investment.
Make an appoint-
ment now!
MLS 12-1748
$179,000
Debbie McGuire
570-332-4413
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
97 Kado St.
Duplex on nice cor-
ner lot in quiet
neighborhood. A lit-
tle TLC needed.
Could easily be
converted to a sin-
gle family.
Motivated seller.
MLS 12-1867
$84,900
Donald Crossin
570-288-0770
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
909 Income &
Commercial
Properties
WYOMING
PRICE REDUCED!
$154,900
285 Wyoming
Ave.
First floor cur-
rently used as a
shop, could be
offices, etc.
Prime location,
corner lot, full
basement. 2nd
floor is 3 bed-
room apartment
plus 3 car
garage and
parking for
6 cars. For
more informa-
tion and photos
go to www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS #10-4339
Call Charlie
VM 101
P
E
N
D
I
N
G
ZIONS GROVE
Modern, 1 bed-
room loft town-
house in gated
community, sleeps
4; taxes $400/year.
Maintenance fee
$70/month. Asking
$35,000 or rent for
$500/month. 5 min-
utes to Hazleton, 1
mile to Eagle Rock
Resort.
570-824-6887
or 570-793-9390
912 Lots & Acreage
BENTON TOWNSHIP
12.87 acres with
well and in ground
septic system.
Spring. 1000 trout
stream. 60% clear,
40% wooded. Nat-
ural gas lease.
$150,000. Call
570-925-6018
DALLAS
$129,900
SPECTACULAR
WATER VIEW!
2 acres overlooking
Huntsville
Reservoir. Building
site cleared but
much of woodlands
preserved. Perc &
site prep done.
Call
Christine Kutz
570-332-8832
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
63 acres with about
5,000 roadfront on
2 roads. All Wood-
ed. $385,000. Call
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
Earth
Conservancy
Land For Sale
61 +/- Acres
Nuangola - $99,000
46 +/- Acres
Hanover Twp.
$79,000
Highway
Commercial KOZ
Hanover Twp.
3+/- Acres
11 +/- Acres
Wilkes-Barre Twp.
32 +/- Acres
Zoned R-3
See additional land
for sale at:
www.earth
conservancy.org
570-823-3445
To place your
ad Call Toll Free
1-800-427-8649
HARDING
REDUCED
$24,900
Mt. Zion Road
One acre lot just
before Oberdorfer
Road. Great place
to build your
dream home
MLS 11-3521
Call Colleen
570-237-0415
JENKINS TOWNSHIP
Prestigious
Highland Hills
Development
.88 Acres. $75,000
570-947-3375
KINGSTON
302-304 Wyoming
Avenue
One of the only
commercial building
lots available on
Wyoming Ave.
Make this extremely
busy site the next
address of your
business.
MLS 08-1872
$89,000
Jay A. Crossin
EXT. 23
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
KINGSTON
401-403 Main St.
3 lots together. 2 in
Kingston (nice cor-
ner paved lot) 1 in
Edwardsville
(40x60) potential to
build with parking or
parking for 20-48
vehicles.
MLS 12-1465
$75,000
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
912 Lots & Acreage
LAFLIN
$32,900
Lot#9
Pinewood Dr
Build your new
home in a great
neighborhood. Con-
venient location
near highways, air-
port, casino and
shopping
156 X 110 X 150 X 45
DIRECTIONS Rt 315
to laflin Rd; make
left off Laflin Rd onto
Pinewood Dr. Lot is
on corner of
Pinewood Dr. and
Hickorywood Dr.
MLS 11-3411
atlas realtyinc.com
Call Keri Best
570-885-5082
LAND LIQUIDATION
30 Mile Views
2 Acres $39,900
5 Acres $59,900
Estate sized proper-
ties at cookie cutter
prices, #1 School
District in Area,
Priced to Sell,
Finance with Only
10% Down, No Time
Frame To Build.
Call (570) 245-6288
LEHMAN
9 Acres on Lehman
Outlet Road. 470
front, over 1,000
deep. Wooded.
$150,000. Call
Besecker Realty
570-675-3611
MOOSIC
BUILDING LOT
$29,900
Corner of Drake St.
& Catherine,
Moosic. 80x111
building lot with
sewer & water
available, in great
area with newer
homes. Corner lot.
For more details
visit www.atlasreal-
tyinc.com.
MLS #12-1148.
Call Charlie
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MOUNTAIN TOP
5.4 acres in
Glendale Manor.
Walking distance to
Crestwood High
School. Is already
subdivided into six
lots . Perfect for a
private custom
home site or for
development.
Call Christine Kutz
570-332-8832.
MOUNTAIN TOP
Several building lots
ready to build on!
ALL public utilities!
Priced from
$32,000 to
$48,000! Use your
own Builder! Call
Jim Graham at
570-715-9323
NEWPORT TWP.
LOTS LOTS - - LOTS LOTS - - LOTS LOTS
1 mile south of
L.C.C.C.
210 frontage x 158
deep. All under-
ground utilities, nat-
ural gas. GREAT
VIEW!! $37,500
2 LOTS AVAILABLE
100 frontage x 228
deep. Modular
home with base-
ment accepted.
Each lot $17,000.
Call 570-714-1296
LivingInQuailHill.com
New Homes
From $275,000-
$595,000
570-474-5574
SHICKSHINNY LAKE
Location, Location,
Location
A most unique &
desirable lakefront
property. This is an
opportunity to
purchase a
centrally situated
lot with an
unmatched view of
this beautiful lake.
If you are looking
for that special
building site, this is
it! MLS# 11-1269
$179,900
Call Dale Williams
Five Mountains
Realty
570-256-3343
SWEET VALLEY
Grassy Pond Road
6.69 wooded acres.
Great building site
and/or ideal hunting
property. No utili-
ties. $70,000.
Call Pat Doty
570-394-6901
McDermott Real
Estate
570-696-2468
912 Lots & Acreage
TRUCKSVILLE
REDUCED
187 Skyline Drive
2 + acres with 2
subdivided lots set
in the woods with
awesome views.
Great location and
all utilities. Build
your dream
home(s).
MLS 12-1988
$89,900
John Shelley
570-702-4162
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WANAMIE
2 Miner Ave.
Looking to build?
Check this lot out!
This is on the edge
of a hill and has a
great view. .440
acres corner of
Belles and Miner
MLS 12-1007
$14,900
Roger Nenni
EXT. 32
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WHITE HAVEN
Route 115
Nice level building
lot right in front of
the golf course!
Close to I-80 & PA
Turnpike. $14,500
Louise Gresh
570-233-8252
CENTURY 21
SELECT GROUP
570-455-8521
WILKES-BARRE
57 Fulton St.
Nice residential
area. Lot for sale -
3080 square feet.
MLS 12-1762
$5,000
Kelly Connolly-
Cuba EXT. 37
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WYOMING
FIRST ST.
4 building lots each
measuring 68x102
with public utilities.
For more info and
photos visit:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-439
$39,900 EACH
Call Charlie
570-829-6200
915 Manufactured
Homes
SWEET VALLEY
Exceptionally nice 3
bedroom, 2 bath
mobile home
nestled on a 1.8
acre lot. Attractive
eat-in kitchen,
all appliances
included. Large
living room &
laundry. Enjoy
breezes on your
screened porch.
One owner.
MLS # 12-2457
$74,900
Barbara Metcalf
570-696-0883
938 Apartments/
Furnished
NANTICOKE
Nice, clean, 1 bed-
room, water, sewer,
garbage fee includ-
ed.Washer/dryer,
refrigerator & stove
availability. Security,
$465/ month. No
pets, no smoking.
570-542-5610
WILKES-BARRE
VICTORIAN
CHARM
34 W. Ross St.
Fully furnished,
1 bedroom, All
appliances and
most utilities
included. Secure,
private off street
parking. Historic
building is non
smoking/no pets.
Base rent
$700/mo. Securi-
ty, references
required. View at
houpthouse.com.
570-762-1453
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
ASHLEY
74 W. Hartford St
1 bedroom + com-
puter room. 1st or
2nd floor. Water,
fridge, stove. No
pets. Security,
lease, application
fee. $500 + utilities.
570-472-9494
AVOCA
3 rooms includes
heat, hot water,
water, garbage &
sewer + appliances,
washer/dryer hook-
up, off street park-
ing. Security. No
pets. $480/month.
570-655-1606
DALLAS
Central location. 3
rooms & bath.
Newer fridge &
stove. 2nd floor. No
pets. $400 + utili-
ties. 570-675-3611
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
DALLAS
TOWNHOUSE
Remodeled 2 bed-
room. Convenient
location washer/
dryer hook-up.
Off street parking.
$700/month + utili-
ties, no pets. Call
570-862-7432
Call Geri
570-696-0888
Dallas, Pa.
MEADOWS
APARTMENTS
220 Lake St.
Housing for the
elderly & mobility
impaired; all utilities
included. Federally
subsidized program.
Extremely low
income persons
encouraged to
apply. Income less
than $12,400.
570-675-6936,
8 am-4 pm, Mon-Fri.
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE
EDWARDSVILLE
1 bedroom, first
floor. W/w carpet-
ing, w/d hookup,
stove and fridge
included. Large
porch. Utilities by
tenants. 1 year
lease. $350/mo +
security. No pets.
Credit and back-
ground check.
Not section 8
approved.
570-779-5218
EXETER
Nice one bedroom
first floor apartment
with extra room in
basement. Washer
hookup. Heat & hot
water included in
rent. References &
security required.
Non Smoking. $650
per month. Call
Nancy Answini
Gilroy Real
Estate
570-237-5999
FORTY FORT
1 BEDROOM, 2ND
FLOOR APT
Very nice, quiet,
clean, great neigh-
borhood. Hardwood
floors, air, washer
/dryer with newer
appliances, stor-
age. 1st/last/securi-
ty with one year
lease. References
required. $650 +
utilities. Water/
sewer by owner, no
pets, non-smoking.
Call 202-997-9185
for appointment
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570-288-1422
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REMODELING
IN PROCESS!
1 bedrooms
$625. + utilities;
2 bedrooms
$750. + utilities.
All deluxe, built-
ins, some fire-
places, carports,
en-closed
porches.
No Pets,
No Smoking,
2 YEAR LEASES,
EMPLOYMENT
VERIFICATION.
GLEN LYON
Modern 2 bed-
room, washer/dryer
hook up, yard.
Garbage included.
$420/month + utili-
ties & 1 month
security
Call 570-542-2118
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
Two 1st floor, 1 bed-
room apartments.
All utilities included.
No pets. $600 + 1
month security.
(908) 964-1554
HANOVER TWP
BRESLAU
6 room apt. includes
heat & water $700
month + utilities &
security & refer-
ences. Refrigerator
& stove included.
Parking available.
570-287-8766
HANOVER TWP.
2 to 3 bedrooms,
1 bath, refrigerator
& stove, washer/
dryer, single car
detached garage,
gas heat, no pets.
$825/month +
electric & 1
month security.
570-760-0612
HANOVER TWP.
214 Taft Street
2nd floor. Modern
2 bedroom. Newer
kitchen, bath, stove
& fridge. Washer &
dryer in basement.
$510 + utilities &
security. No pets.
No smoking. Call
(570) 825-6259
KINGSTON
1 bedroom
PRIME location,
QUIET + spacious.
Yard, porch,
storage,
washer/dryer
hookup. No pets,
No smoking, No
Section 8. $475 +
utilities with
discount. 574-9827
941 Apartments/
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KINGSTON
1st floor, spacious,
attractive, 2
bedroom, living
room/den, Dining
Room, large
kitchen, AC, wash-
er/dryer, gas heat,
QUIET/SAFE. Ideal
for SENIOR
DOWNSIZING.
$695 + utilities after
discount.
No smoking, No
pets, No Section 8.
Other Kingston
apartments
available. 574-9827
KINGSTON
2 Deluxe 3 BR
apts. 1st floor, 2
baths plus. 2nd
floor 1.5 baths &
den plus. All
appliances,
washer/dryer
included. Carpet-
ed, A/C, garage,
no pets/smoking,
lease.
(570)287-1733
KINGSTON
2nd Floor, 1
Bedroom, 1 Bath,
Kitchen,
living room,
Washer & Dryer
next to post office,
off street parking
$500 + utilities,
water & sewer
included, 1
year lease
security & refer-
ences, no pets,
no smoking
Call 570-822-9821
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KINGSTON
3 bedroom, 1 bath,
large living room,
nice kitchen, laun-
dry room with
washer/dryer hook-
up. 3rd floor com-
pletely finished (not
for use as a bed-
room). Our compa-
ny prides itself on
offering very clean
homes! This home
has newer wall-to-
wall carpeting,
fresher paint
throughout, remod-
eled bathroom and
more.
$795/mo + 1.5 mo
security deposit +
utilities; no pets; no
smoking; credit
check, background
check.
908.246.9434
KINGSTON
399 - 401 Elm Ave.
Quiet convenient-
neighborhood.
Newly remodeled
apartments. 2nd
floor, 2 bedroom
apts. $550 each +
utilities NO PETS,
No section 8 hous-
ing. References and
security required.
570-301-2785
KINGSTON
72 E. 72 E. W Walnut alnut St. St.
2nd floor. Located in
quiet neighborhood.
Kitchen, living room,
dining room. Sun-
room. Bath. 3 bed-
rooms; 2 large & 1
small. Lots of clos-
ets. Built in linen
closet & hutch.
Hardwood and car-
peted floors. Fire-
place. Storage
room. Yard. Washer
/ dryer, stove /
fridge. Heat and hot
water included.
Available Now.
One year lease+
security. $950
570-283-4370
KINGSTON
800 Block Market
Street. Ground
level, 1st floor, 2
bedroom, refriger-
ator & stove. $670
to $720/month,
includes utilities
Security & refer-
ences. Call Jim at
570-288-3375 or
visit www.dream
rentals.net
KINGSTON
Nice 4 bedroom,
2nd floor. Kitchen
newly remodeled.
Gas heat, w/d
hookup, large living
room with nice front
porch. $650 plus
security and utili-
ties. References
required. Call
570-714-2431
Extension 137
KINGSTON
Nice neighborhood,
John St. 1st floor.
modern, 1 bedroom,
clean, freshly paint-
ed. Off street park-
ing, 2 porches.
$575 includes heat,
fridge, stove wash-
er/dryer. No dogs/
smoking. Lease,
security
570-545-6057
LARKSVILLE
2 bedroom, 1 Bath
$725. Double Secu-
rity. Brand New
Hardwood & Tile
Floors. Dishwasher,
Washer/Dryer. Must
see to appreciate!
Quality, Affordable
Housing.
BOVO Rentals
570-328-9984
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AVAILABLE
IMMEDIATELY!!
Spacious 2 bed-
room, 2nd floor with
balcony. W/d
hookup. Includes.
heat, hot water and
water. No pets.
$675 + 1 month
security.
845-386-1011
941 Apartments/
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LUZERNE
1 bedroom, wall to
wall, off-street
parking, coin
laundry, water,
sewer & garbage
included. $495/
month + security
& lease. HUD
accepted. Call
570-687-6216 or
570-954-0727
LUZERNE
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
washer/dryer
hookup, off-street
parking, no pets,
yard. $650/month +
1 month security &
utilities. Call
570-817-0410
LUZERNE
Available 09/01/12
2nd floor, small 1
bedroom. Gas
heat. $435. Some
utilities included.
Lease, security. No
pets. 570-220-6533
after 6pm
MOUNTAIN TOP
1 Bedroom apart-
ments for elderly,
disabled. Rents
based on 30% of
ADJ gross income.
Handicap Accessi-
ble. Equal Housing
Opportunity. TTY711
or 570-474-5010
This institution is an
equal opportunity
provider &
employer.
MOUNTAIN TOP
WOODBRYN
1 & 2 Bedroom.
No pets. Rents
based on income
start at $405 &
$440. Handicap
Accessible.
Equal Housing
Opportunity. 570-
474-5010 TTY711
This institution is an
equal opportunity
provider and
employer.
NANTICOKE
2 bedroom, freshly
painted, appliances
included. $550/
month + 1st, last &
security. No Pets.
Utilities by Tenant.
References & back-
ground check
570-814-1589
NANTICOKE
2 bedroom, wall to
wall carpet, off-
street parking, $495
per month + utili-
ties, security, lease.
HUD accepted. Call
570-687-6216
or 570-954-0727
NANTICOKE
East State Street
Immaculate 2 bed-
room apartment on
1st floor. All appli-
ances. New car-
pets, washer/dryer
hook-up, Ample
storage. Backyard.
No smokers, no
pets. $585 per
month includes
water, garbage
and sewer.
Call (570) 239-2741
NANTICOKE
Large 1 bedroom
apartment. Hard-
wood floors. Full
kitchen. Large dining
room. No pets, no
smoking. $465.
Water, sewer &
trash included.
570-262-5399
NANTICOKE
Modern 1 bedroom,
washer/dryer
hookup, wall to wall
carpeting, fridge &
range. Water,
sewer, garbage &
off street parking
included. $450/mo.
No pets. Call
570-735-3479
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NANTICOKE
Roomy, 2 bedroom,
new carpeting,
clean. $510/month,
+ utilities, security &
references.
Garbage included.
Section 8 Approved
Call 570-815-2265
NANTICOKE/SHEATOWN
121 Thomas Street
1 bedroom, 2nd
floor, eat-in kitchen
with appliances,
shared yard
and porch, wash-
er/dryer hook-up
$375 + security,
no pets,
no smoking
Tenant pays elec-
tric, water, and oil
heat & garbage.
$375/per month,
Call (570)814-1356
KINGSTON
2 BEDROOM
LUXURY
APARTMENT WITH
A PARK VIEW.
this totally renovat-
ed & gutted space
is within walking
distance to down-
town Wilkes-Barre
& Kirby Park
brand new every-
thing! Tiled eat in
kitchen, tiled bath,
ceiling fans, clos-
ets, & a screened
porch $795/month
includes heat
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570 287-1196
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
PITTSTON
2 bedroom,
includes, fridge,
stove, heat,
garbage stickers.
Off street parking
avail. $500/month
plus security
570-388-2271
PITTSTON
2nd floor, 2 bed-
rooms, living room,
eat in kitchen.
Stove, garbage dis-
posal, fridge, wash-
er & dryer included.
Carpeted & newly
painted, air. Trash &
sewer paid. Off
car. No smoking.
No pets. $575 +
utilities, security &
1st month.
570-696-1485
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PITTSTON
3 bedrooms, 1
bath, living room,
dining room, full
kitchen, laundry
room, off street
parking, 1st floor,
landlord pays
garbage, available
immediately
$750/month Call
Steve at
570-468-2488
PITTSTON
3 room apartment,
2nd floor, wall to
wall carpet, off
street parking.
Enclosed porch.
$450/month + utili-
ties & security. No
pets. 570-655-1222
PITTSTON
CLEAN & SPACIOUS
4 room apt. 2nd
floor, stove &
refrigerator, off
street parking.
Water, sewer &
garbage included.
Non smokers & no
pets. $575/month.
570-655-2567
PITTSTON
Large 1 bedroom
apartment, wash-
er/dryer hookup,
water, sewer &
heat included,
$675/month +
security
Call 570-443-0770
PITTSTON
Large 3 bedroom
2nd floor apartment.
Includes refrigera-
tor, range, washer
dryer hookup.
Sewer & trash.
$575 + security.
Call Bernie
1-888-244-2714
PITTSTON
MUST SEE!
1st floor, 2 bed-
room, quiet area.
No Pets. No smok-
ing. $525/month +
security & utilities.
Call 570-357-1383
PLAINS
Modern 2nd floor
2 bedroom. 1 bath,
Kitchen with
appliances. new
carpeting. Conve-
nient location. No
smoking. No pets.
$550/month plus
utilities.
570-714-9234
PLAINS
Newly remodeled,
2 bedrooms, 1
bathroom, off-
street parking, gas
heat, washer/dryer
& gas hook-up. No
pets. for further
details, Call
(570)823-8035 or
(570)822-4701
PLAINS/HUDSON
Clean and efficient
first floor. One bed-
room, off street
parking. Incl. stove,
fridge, sewer and
garbage. Laundry
facilities. Security
and references no
pets. $550/month
plus utilities.
570-466-4176
570 388-6468
PLYMOUTH
3 bedrooms,1 bath,
$650/per month,
Call 570-760-0511
SUGAR NOTCH
Very spacious,
sprawling & nice 6
room apartment in
nice building. 1,215
sq. ft. overall. Has
5 closets & large
linen closet in a
very large bath-
room. Gas heat,
water, cooking gas
& sewer all includ-
ed. Close to I-81,
mall & only 3 miles
to Central
Wilkes-Barre.Lease.
$685/monthly.
570-650-3803
WEST PITTSTON
2 bedroom luxury
apartment. Living
room, kitchen. Cen-
tral Air. Off Street
parking. All appli-
ances included.
570-430-3095
West Pittston, Pa.
GARDEN VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
221 Fremont St.
Housing for the
elderly & mobility
impaired; all utilities
included. Federally
subsidized
program. Extremely
low income persons
encouraged to
apply. Income less
than $12,400.
570-655-6555,
8 am-4 pm,
Monday-Friday.
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1 BEDROOM
APARTMENTS AVAILABLE
MARTIN D. POPKY APARTMENTS
61 E. Northampton St.
Affordable Senior Apartments
Income Eligibility Required
Utilities Included! Low cable rates;
New appliances; Laundry on site;
Activities! Curbside Public Transportation
Please call
570-825-8594
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11 Holiday Drive
Kingston
A Place To
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Spacious 1, 2 & 3
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Gas heat included
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24 hr. on-site Gym
Community Room
Swimming Pool
Maintenance FREE
Controlled Access
Patio/Balcony
and much more...
570-288-9019
1 & 2 BR
Apts
2 & 3 BR
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Apartments
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570-822-2711
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Unfurnished
WILKES BARRE TWP
1 bedroom, wall
to wall carpet,
separate
kitchen/living room,
tenant pays utilities.
$480 + security. Call
570-401-9124
WILKES-BARRE
Mayflower
Crossing
Apartments
570.822.3968
2, 3 & 4
Bedrooms
- Light & bright
open floor plans
- All major
appliances included
- Pets welcome*
- Close to everything
- 24 hour emergency
maintenance
- Short term
leases available
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WILKES-BARRE /
KINGSTON
Efficiency 1 & 2
bedrooms. Includes
all utilities, parking,
laundry. No pets.
From $390 to $675.
Lease, security
& references.
570-970-0847
WILKES-BARRE /
PARSONS
Spacious 3 bed-
room 3rd floor
apartment. Large
eat-in kitchen. Close
to casino. $700 /
month + water &
cooking gas. Call
570-793-9449
WILKES-BARRE
3 bedroom, 1 bath
apartment near
General Hospital.
$575 utilities, first,
last & security
deposit. No pets.
570-417-3427
WILKES-BARRE
307-309 South St E.
4 bedroom apt on
2 levels. 1 1/2
baths. Hookups. Big
kitchen with 6 x 8
porch outside. $900
month. Landlord
pays water & heat.
No Pets. 1 month
security & 1 months
rent. Call Manny
718-946-8738 or
917-295-6254
WILKES-BARRE
460 Scott Street
3rd floor,
1 bedroom. Fridge
& stove included.
No pets.
Security, applica-
tion fee + utilities.
$400/month
570-472-9494
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WILKES-BARRE
6 rooms, 1 bath.
fridge, stove,Wash-
er & Dryer hookup.
$525 + utilities +
security. ALSO 1
large bedroom, 1st
floor, fridge, stove
$450 + utilities.
Section 8 accepted
CALL 570-301-8200
WILKES-BARRE
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT!
425 S. FRANKLIN ST.
For lease. Available
immediately, wash-
er/dryer on premis-
es, no pets. We
have studio, 1 & 2
bedroom apart-
ments. On site
parking. Fridge &
stove provided.
24/7 security cam-
era presence & all
doors electronically
locked.
Studio - $450.
1 bedroom - $550.
2 bedroom - $650.
Water & sewer
paid. One month
security deposit.
Call
570-793-6377 after
9:00 a.m. to sched-
ule an appointment.
Or email
shlomo_voola
@yahoo.com
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941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE
LAFAYETTE GARDENS
SAVE MONEY THIS YEAR!
113 Edison St.
Quiet neighborhood.
2 bedroom apart-
ments available for
immediate occu-
pancy. Heat & hot
water included. $625
Call Aileen at
570-822-7944
Formerly The
Travel Lodge
497 Kidder St.,
Wilkes-Barre
Rooms Starting
at:
Daily $44.99 +
tax
Weekly $189.99
+ tax
Microwave,
Refrigerator,
WiFi, HBO
570-823-8881
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WILKES-BARRE
NORTH, 777 N.
Washington St.
1 bedroom, 1 bath,
2nd floor. Off-
street parking.
Garbage removal
included. Freshly
painted &
new carpeting.
$490/month
+ utilities.
570-288-3438
WILKES-BARRE SOUTH
SECURE BUILDINGS
1 & 2 bedroom
apartments.
Starting at $440
and up. References
required. Section 8 OK
570-357-0712
WILKES-BARRE
STUDIO NEAR WILKES
Lots of light, wood
floors. Short term
ok. $425. All utilities
included. No pets.
570-826-1934
WILKES-BARRE
Walking distance to
Wilkes University,
minutes from Kings
Newly renovated.
Most utilities includ-
ed. Professional on
site management.
Off street parking.
Starting at $515.
866-466-0501 or
leasing-cumberland
@rentberger.com
WILKES-BARRE
West River St.
2 blocks from
Wilkes U. 3rd floor,
spacious 1,100+ sq.
ft. 3 to 4 bedrooms.
Dishwasher, wash-
er/dryer hook up in
unit. Balcony. $840,
heat & hot water
included. Pets OK
with additional rent.
Call 570-798-7051
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WILKES-BARRE
1 bedroom
water included
2 bedroom
water included
2 bedroom
single family
5 bedroom
large
2 bedroom,
heat & water
included
3 bedroom, half
double, immacu-
late condition
3 bedroom
single
PITTSTON
Large 1
bedroom water
included
AVOCA
3 Bedroom,
water included
HANOVER TWP.
2 Bedroom, half
double
PLYMOUTH
1/2 double, 3
bedroom
McDermott &
McDermott
Real Estate
Inc. Property
Management
570-821-1650
(direct line)
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Sat. 8-noon
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WILKES-BARRE/NORTH
N. WASHINGTON ST.
2 BEDROOM
AVAILABLE NOW!!
Recently renovated,
spacious, wood
floors, all kitchen
appliances included,
parking available.
2 bedroom $500 +
utilities. Call Agnes
570-793-9449
570-540-5312
WYOMING
Clean & efficient 1st
floor 1 bedroom.
Includes stove,
fridge, sewer &
garbage. Laundry
facilities. Private
setting. Security &
references. No
pets, non smoking.
$535/month. Call
(570) 466-4176 or
(570) 388-6468
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Properties
DOLPHIN PLAZA
Rte. 315 2,400 Sq.
Ft. professional
office space with
beautiful view of
Valley & Casino.
will divide
office / retail
Call 570-829-1206
KINGSTON
183 Market St.
Office space avail-
able in beautifully
renovated profes-
sional building.
Great high traffic
location! 2 separate
offices with large
reception area.
Bonus use of con-
ference room
MLS 12-1049
$1000 per month
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
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Full Service Leases Custom Design
Renovations Various Size Suites Available
Medical, Legal, Commercial
Utilities Parking Janitorial
Full Time Maintenance Staff Available
For Rental Information Call:
1-570-287-1161
New Bridge Center
480 Pierce Street
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250 Pierce Street
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270 Pierce Street
Park Ofce Building
400 Third Ave.
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220 Pierce Street
KINGSTON OFFICENTERS
www.lippiproperties.com
Branch Bank or
Credit Union
FOR RENT
For Rental Information Call:
1-570-287-1161
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New Bridge Center
960 Sq. Ft.
480 Pierce St.,
Kingston
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944 Commercial
Properties
MODERN OFFICE
SPACE
WEST PITTSTON
OFF STREET
PARKING INCLUDED
Suite 1725 sq ft
Utilities included
Suite 21,450 sq ft
Utilities included
Units are unfinished
& can be fit out to
your specifications.
Call: 570-655-3329
Extension 2 -
Margie
PITTSTON
COOPERS CO-OP
Lease Space
Available, Light
manufacturing,
warehouse,
office, includes
all utilities with
free parking.
I will save
you money!
PITTSTON
OFFICE SPACE
$1,000/MONTH
Attractive modern
office space. 2
suites available.
Suite A-4 offices,
plus restroom and
storage includes
utilities, 700 sq. ft.
$650/month
Suite B-2, large
offices, 2 average
size offices, plus
restroom and stor-
age plus utilities,
1,160 sq. ft. Call
Charlie
570-829-6200
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1,750 SQ. FT. &
2,400 SQ.FT
OFFICE/RETAIL
570-829-1206
944 Commercial
Properties
WILKES BARRE
228 Wilkes-Barre
Twp. Blvd.
Prime retail or
office space in a
highly active shop-
ping plaza in close
proximity to Price
Shopper and Weg-
man's, 1500 sq. ft.
available in end
unit.Plenty of park-
ing. Prominent
marquee signage
available.
$1250/month Call
Geri,570-696-0888
Lewith & Freeman
R.E. 570-696-2075.
Land for sale?
Place an ad
and SELL
570-829-7130
WILKES-BARRE
16-18 Linden St.
Professional office
space for lease
near General Hospi-
tal. Ideally suited for
medical offices.
Other possible uses
would include a deli
style restaurant.
MLS 12-1052
$1200 per month
Mark R. Mason
570-331-0982
CROSSIN REAL
ESTATE
570-288-0770
WILKES-BARRE
BEST $1 SQ. FT.
LEASES YOULL
EVER SEE!
Warehouse, distri-
bution, storage,
light manufacturing.
Gas heat,
sprinklers,
overhead doors,
parking for 30 cars.
Yes, that $1 sq.ft.
lease!
We have 9,000
sq.ft., 27,000 sq.ft.,
and 13,000 sq. ft.
Can combine.
There is nothing
this good!
Call Larry @
570-696-4000 or
570-430-1565
950 Half Doubles
DUPONT
Completely remod-
eled, modern 2 bed-
room 1/2 double.
Lots of closet
space, with new
carpets and com-
pletely repainted.
Includes stove,
refrigerator, wash-
er/dryer hook up.
Nice yard & neigh-
borhood, no pets.
$595 + security. Call
570-899-8877
950 Half Doubles
HANOVER TOWNSHIP
3 bedroom, 2 baths,
no yard. Non-smok-
ing, no pets. $550 +
utilities & security.
570-825-1474
NANTICOKE
2 BEDROOMS
Fresh paint. New
carpet & flooring.
New fridge & stove.
Washer/dryer hook-
up. Large fenced
yard. Attic, base-
ment. $600/month
plus + utilities. First,
last, security & 6
month. lease.
OPEN HOUSE
234 E. Main St.
Saturday, August 11
from 10am to 2pm
or call for a show-
ing 570-821-0841
PITTSTON
Newly renovated, 6
rooms, 3 bedrooms.
New carpet/paint.
Gas heat. Off street
parking, fenced
yard, walk-up attic.
Washer/dryer hook-
up. $625 + utilities,
security, references
and background
check. No pets. Call
570-388-6461
PLAINS
Spacious, modern 2
bedroom. Wall to
wall carpeting,
bath, living room,
kitchen with all
appliances, off
street parking.
$600 + utilities, 1st
& last months rent
& security.
Absolutely no pets!
570-823-4116
570-417-7745
570-417-2737
PRINGLE
2 bedroom, 1.5
bath, front & back
porch, off street
parking. Washer,
dryer, stove &
fridge included.
Heat, water, sewer
& garbage included.
$650/month
+ security.
(570) 852-3954
SWOYERSVILLE
Large, newly
remodeled 3 bed-
room. Stove, dish-
washer, washer/
dryer hook up, off
street parking. No
pets. $600/month +
utilities. Call
570-301-7723
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WEST PITTSTON
MAINTENANCE FREE!
One block to ele-
mentary school.
2-3 Bedrooms.
Off-Street Parking
No Smoking.
$675. + utilities,
security, last month.
570-885-4206
950 Half Doubles
WILKES-BARRE
994 Scott St.
Large 1/2 double, 3
bedrooms, 1 bath.
Electric heat.
$600/mo + utilities
& security. Credit
and criminal check
required No Dogs
or smoking.
570-696-1592
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953Houses for Rent
BACK MTN
3 Bedroom, 1 bath
Ranch with a Fin-
ished Basement
and lots of storage.
Indoor Heated Pool
and New Kitchen
Cabinets and appli-
ances. Large Yard.
$ 750 per month +
utilities + security
deposit.
570-335-6079
CENTERMORELAND
2 bedrooms, 2
baths, all appli-
ances, washer/
dryer hookup, no
pets. Private, large
yard. $750/month +
references.
570-388-6858
DALLAS
13 Shaver Avenue
3 bedrooms, 2
baths, no pets,
$675/month, +
utilities & 1 month
security. Call
570-592-3023
DALLAS
166 Davenport St.
TOWNHOUSE
2 years old. 3 bed-
rooms, 2 1/2 baths,
central air, hard-
wood floors, 1st
floor laundry room.
$1600 month +
utilities,
MLS# 12-2031 Call
Geri
570-696-0888
953Houses for Rent
DALLAS
19 Richard Drive
Great 3 bed, 2
bath townhome
with open kitchen &
wonderful deck -
$1,250/month
plus utilities.
MLS#11-64
570-696-3801
Call Margy
570-696-0891
DRUMS
BEACH MOUNTAIN LAKES
3 bedrooms, 2.5
baths, A/C, fire-
place, rec room
$1200/per month,
plus utilities, Call
(570)793-4262
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EXETER
Wildflower Village
3 bedroom Town-
house, end unit with
garage. Gas heat
heat, central
a/c,kitchen with
appliances.Hard-
wood floors, fenced
yard. No smoking,
Approved pets
allowed with securi-
ty $1200/mo + utili-
ties + security.
570-407-3600
HARDING
Single Family Home
6 rooms & bath,
no pets or smoking.
$550/month, plus
utilities & security.
Call 570-388-2675
or 570-388-6860
HARVEYS LAKE
Charming single
family home. 3 bed-
rooms plus office.
Large kitchen.
$1200/mo + utilities.
Lake access includ-
ed. Year lease and
credit check.
Call Mark
570-406-8195
953Houses for Rent
HARVEYS LAKE
3300 Square foot
lake front home,
has 4 bedrooms, 4
baths, modern
kitchen, living room
with fireplace that
opens to dining
room. Sitting room
in the corner off the
kitchen.
$2,250/month +
utilities. Call Kevin
at 696-5420
SMITH HOURIGAN
570-696-1195
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special place
called home?
Your needs.
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HUNLOCK CREEK
Executive 2 story
quality 4 bedroom
home on 18 wooded
acres in private set-
ting. Quality con-
struction with too
many features to
list. $1500/month +
utilities. 1 year lease
required.
Call Dale for
Specifics.
570-256-3343
FIVE MOUNTAINS
REALTY
953Houses for Rent
LUZERNE
392 Bennett St.
2 BEDROOM HOUSE
Gas heat. Washer
/dryer hookup,
dishwasher, stove
& refrigerator.
Fenced in yard,
partially new
carpet. Off-
street parking,
yard. $725 +
utilities.
(570) 288-3438
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basement, garage
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829-7130!
953Houses for Rent
MOUNTAINTOP
Available
September 1st. 3
bedrooms, 1 bath,
Dining room,
washer/dryer
included. Small pets
negotiable, no cats.
$900/per month+
utilities. Background
check, security
deposit, Call
570-868-3585
PITTSTON
2 bedrooms,
1 bath, newly
remodeled, all new
carpeting, wash-
er/dryer hookup,
off-street parking.
$650/per month
plus security, tenant
pays utilities. Call
570-883-1463,
570-654-6737 or
570-362-4019
PITTSTON
80 River Street
Newly remodeled
two story, 2 bed-
rooms, 1 bath,
refrigerator, stove
& dryer, washer
hookup, two car
driveway, fenced
yard, no pets.
$800/month +
utilities. 1st,
last & security.
Call 570-417-9781
To view house go to
www.wilkesbarre
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PITTSTON TWP.
Single family ranch
home. 3 bedrooms.
Quiet area, large
deck, private drive-
way. $750/month +
security & utilities.
570-883-7220
To place your
ad call...829-7130
PLAINS
2 bedrooms, 1.5
baths, off street
parking, yard/patio
$800/per month
Call 570-823-4503
SHAVERTOWN
Beautiful, meticu-
lous contemporary
1 bedroom. Gas
heat, air, fully fur-
nished, fireplace,
hardwood & tile
flooring, carpeting.
Carport & lovely
garden. Most
utilities included.
$1,000/month.
Please call
570-881-0320
953Houses for Rent
MOUNTAINTOP
S. Mountain Blvd.
Brick ranch with
living & dining
rooms, kitchen, 3
bedrooms, 2 baths
& 2 car garage. I
year lease
required.
$1,2000/month +
utilities. Call Dave
@ 570-474-6307 or
570-715-7750
Smith Hourigan
Group
THORNHURST
45 minutes west of
the Gap. 4 bed
rooms, 3.5 baths,
pool community, all
appliances, garage,
no pets, $900/
month + utilities, 2
months security &
references.
718-916-9872
WILKES-BARRE
3 bedroom house,
large backyard,
$700 per month
plus utilities. Call
570-817-3191
WILKES-BARRE
Clean, 2 bedroom,
duplex. Stove,
hookups, parking,
yard. No pets/no
smoking.
$490 + utilities.
Call 570-868-4444
WILKES-BARRE
Safe
Neighborhood
Two 2-3 bedroom
properties
$595-$625
Plus all utilities,
security & back-
ground check.
No pets.
570-766-1881
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WILKES-BARRE TWP.
Behind VA hospital.
65 Northampton
Court. 3 bedroom
1.5 bath Townhouse
Sunroom, kitchen
appliances, parking
$800 + utilities.
570-497-6060
953Houses for Rent
WYOMING
TOWNHOUSE
2 bedrooms, 1.5
baths, living/dining
combination, refrig-
erator & stove,
washer/dryer
hookup, off-street
parking, no pets.
Gas heat with
central air. Front &
back porches.
$675/month +
1st month.
570-655-8928
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962 Rooms
KINGSTON HOUSE
Nice, clean
furnished room,
starting at $340.
Efficiency at $450
month furnished
with all utilities
included. Off
street parking.
570-718-0331
965 Roommate
Wanted
FEMALE TO COOK
& clean. Free rent,
food & transporta-
tion. Call
570-313-2444
971 Vacation &
Resort Properties
ORLANDO
2 bedroom condo,
2 baths, all appli-
ances, washer/
dryer, off-street
parking, pets ok,
Sleeps 8 to 10.
7 pools & kids
water park. Lock
out. $500-stu-
dio/$750-2 bed-
room/$1,000 for
both/week, utilities
included. Call
570-779-2292
570-947-5092
Former Tavern w/2 apts. No
liquor license. Needs work. Addl lot for OSP.
MLS#12-421
JULIO 714-9252 or ANDY 714-9225
900 SF Commercial space on
1st flr. 900 SF 2 BR apt on 2nd flr.
Billboard also available to rent on bldg.
MLS#10-4309
TINA 714-9251
Great business opportunity. 1st flr has 2
BR, Apt. Freshly painted exterior. Zoned
Community Business. MLS#11-4416
MATT 714-9229
High traffic - Established
restaurant. Locally owned. Seller willing to
finance w/good down payment. MLS#12-
2835
PAT GENETTI 788-7514
2 bldgs zoned commercial.
1 consists of retail space & apts, the
other is a 2-story home. MLS#10-4056
MIKE JOHNSON
Large 8000 SF building looking
for a new lease on life! Zoned Commercial.
MLS#11-4058
SANDY 970-1110 or DAVID 970-1117
6000+ SF furniture
store, plus apt. & lots more space.
High traffic area. MLS#11-3865
RAE DZIAK 714-9234
Multi-Purpose Bldg -
Convenient location on State St - Adjacent lot
available for sale $90,000. MLS#10-4590
MARGY 696-0891 or MIKE J 970-1100
This 2400 SF bldg
features offices & garage w/overhead door.
Across from Hollenback Golf Course.
MLS#11-4561
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Prime commercial
storefront + 3 spacious Apts.
Parking lot in rear. MLS#12-687
DONNA S 788-7504
Unique bldg currently used
as single residence. May be converted to
suit your needs (w/zoning approval).
MLS#12-844
DAVID 970-1117
Auto repair & body
shop w/state certified paint booth.
2nd flr storage. MLS#11-2842
ANDY 714-9225
Beautiful brick building currently
used as salon. Separate entrances &
utilities. Zoned Commercial. OSP. MLS#12-
2029
JENNIFER HILLA 715-9350
Established turn-key
restaurant w/2 apts. Business &
building priced to sell! MLS#11-130
ANDY 714-9225
3 BR, Ranch w/gar+
attached bldg. Zoned HWY COMM. Ideal
for office or sm business. MLS#10-4367
RAE 714-9234
Great income property!
7 units - good condition - many updates
- tenant occupied. MLS#12-1646
RAE DZIAK 714-9234
2-Story masonry bldg on
96x180 lot w/pkg for 36 cars. Ideal for apts
or small mfg business. MLS#12-1758
MIKE 970-1100 or MARGY 696-0891
Great location for professional
office. Private drive in rear. Zoned C-3.
Property being sold "as is". MLS#10-4362
TINA 714-9251
Prime location -
ZONED HWY COMMERCIAL- 4 BR Cape
Cod on 100x556 lot. MLS#11-229
RAE 714-9234
Opportunity to own your own
restaurant/pizza business. Includes
equipment & liquor license. MLS#12-1658
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Well located building for
offices & apts. Short walk to YMCA, Wilkes
University, Public Square or River Common.
MLS#12-2805
ANN LEWIS 714-9245
Victorian 5 Unit in
excellent condition! New fencing. Laundry,
3 garages & OSP for 9. MLS#12-2487
RAE Dziak 714-9234
5 Unit building w/private
parking. Well kept - fully rented w/long
term tenants. MLS#10-3866
TERRY DONNELLY 715-9317
Warehouse w/office area.
28,000 SF w/overhead door. Ample parking.
Easy access to Rte 81. Motivated Seller!
MLS#12-2947
JUDY RICE 714-9230
3235 SF Building on .816
acre. Renovated in 2001. Perfect for truck
repair, lanscaper, contractor, etc. MLS#12-
1376
ANDY CISNEY 714-9225
PRIME LOCATION - Vacant land
with Penn Dot access already in place. Close
to everything! MLS#12-2517
DAVID 970-1117 or SANDY 970-1110
Former landmark restaurant.
offers 3500 SF on the 1st level plus
basement. Parking for 40 cars. MLS#12-89
GERALD PALERMO 788-7509
4 Sty brick office bldg, more
than half rented. High traffic area. 2 lots
included for pkg. MLS#11-1045
ANDY 714-9225 or MARGY 696-0891
High traffic location. 2900 SF
professional office space w/basement
storage. Pkg for at least 12 cars. MLS#12-
416
RHEA SIMMS 696-6677
Retail, Office, Medical -
Whatever your need - This 4000 SF Bldg can
accommadate it! Parking for 10. MLS#12-
276
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Ideal bldg for retail sales
or prof offices. High traffic location on
Route 309S. Zoned Commercial. MLS#12-
1534
MIKE JOHNSON 970-1100
Outstanding brick
bldg! Parking for 7-10 cars.
MLS#08-2790
PEG 714-9247
Commercial opportunity awaits
your business.1st flr 10,000 SF w/offices.
2nd flr storage. Plenty of pkg on 4.62 acres.
MLS#10-1110
JUDY 714-9230
3.895 Acres on W-B Blvd-
700 front feet provides excellent exposure.
Utilities, access road, possible KOZ
opportunity. MLS#11-1346
VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371
Waiting for developer - this 3.7
acre parcel is highly visible from Rt 81. Easy
access. Ideal for many uses. MLS#12-2535
JUDY 714-9230 or CHRISTIAN 585-0614
32,000SF,
30+ parking, including trailer spaces
MLS#08-1305
VIRGINIA ROSE 288-9371
Rental space - office &
warehouse, 500SF to 15000SF. MLS#09-
2115
MATT 714-9229
Executive Offices from 600-1000 SF
or Retail store front. Ample pkg. Fiber optics, all
inclusive rates start @ $7.50/SF MLS#12-
2166
JUDY RICE 714-9230
Office space in prime location.
Two suites available 1300SF & 2050SF. Can
be combined. Ample parking. MLS#12-1879
JUDY 714-9230
Prime location on
Memorial Hwy. Unique space-many
possibilities. Zoning B-2. MLS#11-669
MARK 696-0724
3000 SF Building zoned
commercial available for lease. Located in high
traffic area. Parking for 20 cars. MLS#12-1452
BARBARA M 696-0883

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