WILKES-BARRE, PA $1.

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Schission collects
school supplies for
Nicaragua school.
>> PAGE 3
Dupont cops
to fight councils
plan for merger.
>> PAGE 6
Mural depicting
local history to be
dedicated Dec. 12.
>> PAGE 9
WA student
on a mission
Police say
not so fast
Ready for
a party?
DOWNTOWN CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING TODAY PAGE11
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Pittston's Shawn Klush performed a concert at the
Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre last week to benefit the
Pittston Library's Cosgrove Expansion Campaign. For
more photos, see PAGES 28-29
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Tony Alu held his mothers
hand as the two walked down
Tompkins Street to Saittas
store. He remembers being all
decked out in his cowboy suit,
six guns at his side.
At 92 Tomkins, just a couple
of doors away from the Alus at
89, stood a mom and her little
boy who looked to be about
Tonys age. They had just
moved in.
Tonys mom, always very
friendly, immediately struck up
a conversation, and as she did,
the little boy said, I have a
cowboy suit and guns too.
He ran into his house and
when he reappeared, he and
Tony went across the street to
an empty lot and played the rest
of the afternoon.
That was nearly 60 years ago,
but sitting at Flahertys bar in
Kingston Thursday night, Tony
told the story like it had hap-
pened yesterday, with Joe Le-
one, the other little boy, sitting
next to him smiling and shak-
ing his head at Tonys uncanny
memory.
Tony and Joe were a little
more than four years old at the
time but we became fast
friends right then and there,
Tony said.
So much so that Tonys moth-
er talked the nuns at St. Roccos
school into allowing Joe to start
kindergarten with Tony even
though Joe would not turn five
until the following February.
They attended St. Roccos right
through 8th grade graduation.
Another story from their
youth, again recalled by Tony,
is the day he told Joe he
couldnt play because his un-
cles were taking him fishing.
Joe said he was going fishing
too. They wound up at the same
place. Joes dad was a shoemak-
er. So were Tonys uncles.
Both now retired Tony from
a career in special education
and Joe from the postal service
the two are returning, so to
speak, to the place where their
lifelong friendship began. Only
they are not on Tompkins Street
these days but in Tompkins
Street, a musical duo they
formed last winter.
In addition to their day jobs,
Tony and Joe have been in-
volved in music most of their
lives. Which is pretty ironic,
Tony said, because I remember
when we used to be playing
baseball on that same lot where
we played cowboys and Joes
uncle we knew him as Profes-
sor Falzone would walk all
the way from Market Street to
give Joe a music lesson and Joe
would run and hide.
He wouldnt hide for long,
however, and by the time Joe
was seven, he performed with
his uncle in the Falzone Duet,
Joe strumming chords to old
Italian standards while Profes-
sor Falzone played melody.
Tony recalls Professor Fal-
zones signature song being
Beautiful Dreamer.
Influenced, as were many of
their generation, by The Beatles
Joe always says I saw them
on Ed Sullivan when I was a
freshman and it ruined my life
and then adds and thats not a
joke each played in several
rock and roll bands throughout
high school and continued to as
adults.
In high school, Tony, who
started taking guitar lessons
when he was 13, teamed up
with friends Richie Giamusso,
Phil DePhillips and Raymond
Calabrese in a band they called
The Spades, while Joe and his
dear friend Mike Paradis (now
deceased) played with Cookie
Pisano and Gary Serafin in The
Queensmen.
Joe, who in his 20s traveled
the country in a club band,
stepped away from music for
several years, but Tony contin-
ued doing a solo act and a few
duos and eventually became
lead singer for the popular local
band The Cadillacs.
In the past few years, Joe has
combined his musical talent
with his faith writing original
songs and performing with a
group called The Living Stones
at contemporary services on
Saturday nights at Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church in Kingston.
Tony, meanwhile, donates a
lot of his time to worthwhile
causes. Right now hes spend-
ing his mornings ringing a bell
at a Salvation Army red kettle
with his friend Jimmy Steer.
Ive been fortunate to be
friends with both Tony and Joe
since high school. Weve spent
a lot of time together over the
years and sitting with them
Thursday night only reminded
of what sweet, gentle, good
guys they are.
Ive been thinking, when all
is said and done, it seems you
can take the boys out of St.
Roccos but you cant take St.
Roccos out of the boys.
The same is apparently true
of Tompkins Street.
Note: You can hear The Tom-
kins Street Duo Friday night,
Dec. 7, in the bar and lounge at
Coopers Seafood Restaurant
on Kennedy Boulevard in Pitt-
ston. Interestingly, before Ken-
nedy Boulevard was created,
Tompkins Street extended right
down to where Coopers is
currently located. Imagine that.
Ed Ackerman, optimist
eackerman@psdispatch.com
Tompkins Streeters come full circle
School supplies for Nicaragua.......................3
Bicycling to Florida..........................................4
Helping local women.......................................5
Against police merger.....................................6
Local chatter.....................................................8
Downtown mural ..............................................9
Peeking into the Past .....................................10
Editorial/cartoon.............................................14
Maria Heck........................................................15
Nutrition............................................................15
Town News ......................................................34
Sports................................................................41
Obituaries .......................................................48
School news....................................................B2
Faith .............................................................B5, 7
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Hes helping build a school a
half a world away.
Austin Shission, a junior at
Wyoming Area Secondary
Center, has started a school
supplies drive for a school in
Masaya, Nicaragua.
FromDec. 28, 2011to Jan11,
2012, Shission traveled to Nic-
aragua as part of the Missionof
Peace, a United Methodist-
sponsored experience for high
school youth.
While there he helped build
homes and worked on a project
to build a school. While at the
project, I found out about the
need for school supplies, he
said.
The school, which has 120
students, started with grades K
to5andrecentlyopenedgrades
6 to 11. He said next year 12th
grade will open.
He worked on Project Cha-
cocente, a non-profit, integrat-
ing programthat aims to trans-
formpeople, not just give them
food and/or housing. It helps
move families from the city
dump of Managua, Nicaragua,
to the clean air and fertile soil
of Masaya, where the people
learnskillsfor livingindepend-
ently.
His said his mission work in
Nicaragua was fulfilling.
It was one of the most life
changing experiences Ive ever
had, he said.
First we traveled a little bit
to see the landscape, he said.
And we interacted with the
people. Mission work is not al-
ways about hands onwork, put-
ting bricks down. Its about
meeting people, getting to
know them.
Shission speaks enough
Spanish to have a simple con-
versation, but he picked up a
great deal more while he was
there.
Despite it being sponsored
by the United Methodist
Church, he said his group was
there to do good, not to spread
religion.
That wasnt what it was all
about, he said. We did go to
churches every night, but we
werent preaching or anything
like that.
A return trip is planned for
February, and Shission hopes
totakeaquantityof school sup-
plies back for the school.
Shissiongot hisurgetotravel
from his mother, who traveled
on a missionary trip to Haiti.
Ive always wanted to go
there, he said. But I got this
opportunity to go to Nicaragua
and I jumped on it.
Items needed for the class-
rooms include crayons, play-
dough, glue sticks, water col-
ors, construction paper, pen-
cils, whiteboard markers,
stickers, pencil erasers, scis-
sors, math flash cards and pen-
cils.
Items needed for science
labs are microscopes, test
tubes, flasks, Erlenmeyer
flasks, beakers, funnels,
Buchner funnels, separating
filters, pipettes, Bunsen bur-
ners, thermometers, forceps,
tripods, filter paper and gradu-
ated cylinders. The marching
band needs bass, floor and
snare drums, tom toms, cajas,
gulro, bell xylophone, trumpet,
coronet, drumsticks and bass
drumsticks.
The music room needs Ya-
maha DGX230 keyboards,
bass guitars, acoustic guitar
and amps, drums, micro-
phones, mic stands, 15-inch
and 18-inch speakers, bongos,
15-foot cables and flutes.
The computer lab needs
desks, chairs, file cabinets,
blank CDs, fans, webcams,
projectors, mouse pads, mouse
controllers, ethernet cables,
extension cords and modems.
The sports program needs
volleyballs, soccer balls, vol-
leyball nets, baseballs, refer-
ence cones, youth baseball
gloves and mitts, boxing
gloves, stopwatches, reference
flags, first aid kits, tennis balls,
whistles, youth aluminum
baseball bats, shin guards and
tennis rackets.
For now, Shission got per-
mission to set up a collection
boxineachof WyomingAreas
schools. But he hopes to ex-
pandit toother districts as well.
I just want to make it easier
for anyone in the Valley to do-
nate, he said.
Even after his next trip, the
collections will continue.
Ill keep doing it until we
get everything they need.
Shission set up a Facebook
page, Nicaragua School Col-
lection, to keep an updated
supply list and a list of drop off
locations. For more informa-
tion, email Nicaraguaschool-
collection@gmail.com.
WYOMI NG AREA
Hes a student with a mission
TONY CALLAIO/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Austin Shission sits behind some of the items needed to be collected over the next several weeks in order to complete his mis-
sion of delivering school supplies to schools in Nicaragua.
School supply
drive to help
new school in
Nicaragua
By JOE HEALEY
jhealey@psdispatch.com
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That three-
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him the idea
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Warabak,
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ber of Pittston
Moose Lodge 1207.
One day in the Lodge so-
cial quarters in West Pittston
he was talking to Lodge Ad-
ministrator Bernie Cassetori
who asked, Did you ever
think of doing the ride as a
fund raiser?
On Saturday, in conjunc-
tion with the Lodges 100th
anniversary celebration, Wa-
rabak will embark on his
bike ride to Florida dubbed
Dougs Tour de Moose to
raise money for the Moose-
haven Endowment Fund.
Moosehaven is a retirement
community near Jackson-
ville, Florida, which will be
the one of the f inal stops on
Warabaks trek.
Warabak used to be a run-
ner. About four years ago he
switched to bicycle because
it is easier on his legs.
To plan his trip he joined
the Adventure Cycling Asso-
ciation, a resource for bicy-
cle traveling. The associ-
ation provided him routes,
mapping and survival tips.
They have maps of proven
trails and they break it down
to 30 mile segments, Wara-
bak said. Bicycles are pro-
hibited on interstates and
turnpikes.
The route
follows sec-
ondary roads
and dedicat-
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and requires
two ferry
rides. His
map shows
bike shops
along the route.
His f irst segment will fol-
low Rt. 115 to near Allen-
town, from where he will go
to Philadelphia to connect
with his son, Nick.
He hopes to cover the
1,300 miles through Pennsyl-
vania, Maryland, Virginia,
North Carolina, South Car-
olina, Georgia and Florida in
22 days pedaling a minimum
of 50 miles a day. They say
after the f irst week the sore-
ness leaves your body you
might extend it out to 90 or
more, he said.
The ride is almost eight
times as long as his previous
longest ride, the 170 miles he
covered crossing Florida in
February.
Hell pack three spare
tubes and a patch kit, a tent,
bed roll, sleeping bag and
may stay in a couple of the
dozen or so Moose lodges he
hopes to visit.
Warabak is on his way to
Florida now.
He left yesterday in his
truck. He plans to leave the
truck there and then fly back
here Thursday before his
Saturday departure.
While in Florida this week
he is going to stop at Moose
Lodge 2366 in New Port Ri-
chey, the terminus of his bike
journey. Ill be making a
personal appearance, so they
know Im serious.
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BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Doug Wara-
bak of Exe-
ter will be
riding his
bicycle
from Moose
Lodge 1207
in West
Pittston to
West Pasco
Moose
Lodge 2366
in New Port
Richey, Fla.,
in his 1300-
mile 'Tour
de Moose'
to raise
money for
the Moose-
haven En-
dowment
Fund.
Moose member Doug
Warabak pedaling to
Florida to raise funds
BY JACK SMILES
jsmiles@psdispatch.com
Lodge members or the public can
pledge to sponsor some of the
miles on Dougs trip. Stop by the
Moose Lodge 425 Exeter Avenue
in West Pittston or send a check
for any amount to Dougs Tour de
Moose, 425 Exeter Avenue, West
Pittston PA, 18643.
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Ed Esposito, of Espositos
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where he met Linda Armstrong
and learned about Luzerne
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Espositos collected over 200
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Charlie Falchetti, Espositos
store manager and a board certi-
fied pedorthist, sanitized, buffed
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Esposito picked up a pair and
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Shoe donations are still being
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Esposito said because of the
success of the collection he and
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gram again next year.
The great thing about it, Es-
posito said, is the shoes stay lo-
cal.
Espositos helps put women on their feet
JACK SMILES/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Charlie Falchetti, Esposito's store manager and board certified pedorthist, with some of the shoes to be donated to area women.
Exeter Shoe
store to donate
over 200 pairs of
shoes to Dress
for Success
By JACK SMILES
jsmiles@psdispatch.com
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drive ...
And just
through
word of
mouth in
the store
we exceed-
ed what we
thought it
was going
to do.
Ed Esposito
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down without a fight.
The Dupont mayor and coun-
cil are considering disbanding
their full-time police force and
contracting Pittston City take
over patrols in the borough.
Aletter addressedto
Dupont residents and
signed Dupont Police
Department lists
point by point why
that would be a bad
idea. Also, a petition
has been set up oppos-
ing the deal and a
prominent union law-
yer sent a warning to
council tonot todoawaywiththe
boroughs police department.
But Duponts mayor, Daniel Lel-
lo, stresses nothing is finalized.
Reasons the Dupont Police
give in the letter include all the
officers will be out of a job, there
will be few patrols, if any, in the
borough, and there will an in-
crease in crime because crimi-
nals will knowis there is no local
police protection.
Also, response times will be
extended, police wont respond
to minor calls, including EMS,
parking and harassment calls,
and Pittston City emergencies
will take priority over Duponts.
Additionally, Pittstons offi-
cers arent knownbyDupont res-
idents and the plan will cost bor-
ough a lot of money if it is decid-
ed to bring back the department
in a year or sooner.
In the past, Dupont has used
state police to patrol the borough
for several shifts and it didnt
work, the letter says.
Pittston City Administrator
Joe Moskovitz said he didnt
want to discuss the letter point by
point, but he said the bullet
points are inaccurate and untrue.
We have a very professional
police force, Moskovitz said.
We understand the Dupont po-
lice officers are unhappy, but
thats not a Pittston City issue.
Mayor Dan Lello said times
are changing and Dupont needs
to adapt. He said state funding,
once freely handed out, is no
longer coming in.
You used to be able to say,
We need a police car and get
one, Lello said. I dont have
that luxury anymore.
I have a car that breaks down,
now its bicycles and horses be-
cause I dont have the
money.
Lello said officials
are simply looking at
options and nothing has
been decided.
Were looking at op-
portunities to save
money, Lello said.
He gave an example
of shared services that
work, a yard waste recycling unit
that Dupont jointly operates with
five other Luzerne County mu-
nicipalities.
Were trying to do more
things like that, he said.
Lello said everyone involved
wants what is best for the bor-
ough.
Heres the bottom line: Im a
DUPONT BOROUGH
Police against possible merger
JOE HEALEY/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
In a letter to
Dupont
residents,
Dupont
police, who
work out of
this office
in the bor-
ough build-
ing, outline
why they
believe
merging
the force
with Pitt-
ston City is
a bad idea.
Cops take measures to
counteract disbanding
By JOE HEALEY
jhealey@psdispatch.com
Mayor Dan Lello
said times are
changing and
Dupont needs to
adapt.
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lice Department?
A group of public officials
were given the pitch Wednesday
night to consolidate services.
Ron Stern, a member of the
state Department of Community
and Economic
Developments
Center for Local
Government Ser-
vices, offered the
states help.
Stern said the
area comprises
26.3 square
miles and in-
cludes Pittston,
Avoca, Duryea,
Dupont, Hughes-
town, Jenkins
Township, Laflin
and Yatesville.
The area has 26,000 people
and collectively cost $2.2 mil-
lion for public safety in 2011,
Stern said.
The combined departments
have 18 full-time and 66 part-
time officers.
State Sen. John Yudichak, D-
Nanticoke, discussed a West
Side police force that was pro-
posed 10 years ago in Plymouth,
Plymouth Township, Larksville
and Edwardsville.
It broke down because of pol-
itics, because of parochialism,
he said. All the numbers were
there. All the logic was there. It
failed because of politics.
He said theres often a sense
by municipal officials that they
were ceding control of their
community.
There are folks that didnt
want to give up control over hir-
ing those officers, he said.
Some folks just like things the
way they are. They dont like
change.
But Yudichak stressed that
criminals dont care about mu-
nicipal boundaries.
Its a fragmented system of
local law enforcements and it
makes it easier for criminals to
do their thing, he said We have
to get ahead of it. And regional-
ization may be the answer.
He said his office would pre-
pare a feasibility study, with sev-
en sections, to examine if a re-
gional police force would work
in the area.
The demographics section
would compare population,
square miles and other such sta-
tistics.
The fiscal data
section would ana-
lyze each of the gen-
eral funds and pull
out public safety ex-
penses.
Wed map it out
so its easy to see
what youre paying,
what your neighbor
is paying, Stern
said.
Manpower sec-
tion would look at
how many officers
and hours are needed in the new
department and an organization
section would set up a new de-
partment, from the chief down.
It would also map out any spe-
cialty departments such as a de-
tective division or K-9 unit.
The budget and cost allocation
sections are the most scruti-
nized.
The budget section will com-
pare each municipalitys true
cost of public safety. Everything
is considered in this section,
from salary and benefits, to jan-
itorial serves and toilet paper.
We need a true cost because
there has to be a way to compare
apples to apples, Stern said.
And cost allocations is what
every municipality must pay,
based on factors such as popula-
tion, road miles or tax assess-
ment.
And finally, a conclusion/rec-
ommendation section.
We may recommend going
ahead with it, or we may not
think its a good idea at this
time, he said.
Stern said the study could take
between 4 and 6 months to com-
plete.
Getting municipalities to
work together is difficult, he
said. We can start small and
build on that. Once other com-
munities see youve got a good
product and its functioning well,
theyre going to come in.
Yudichak stressed that the
towns would have complete con-
trol over forming a department.
Youre going to construct the
department, Yudichak said. It
will be a reflection of your years
of experience, your understand-
ing of your communities, your
budgets.
He said total amount all the
municipalities spend is $2.2 mil-
lion, or about $85 a person, a
year.
Whats the best product you
can put on the street? he said. I
would argue theres probably a
better way to spend $2.2 million.
Youre probably not getting the
best bang for your buck.
State Rep. Mike Carroll, D-
Avoca, said crime is on the rise
in Greater Pittston.
We are all facing difficult fi-
nancial times, Carroll said. We
need to put our heads together
and find out if theres a way we
can provide the best possible po-
lice service to our citizens, with
an eye on price and an eye on be-
ing able to meet the needs of the
community.
Jenkins Township already has
an agreement to patrol Yates-
ville. Neither municipality was
represented at the meeting.
L AW ENFORCEMENT
Towns hear about regionalization
State official, lawmakers discuss benefits of consolidated police force
By JOE HEALEY
jhealey@psdispatch.com
Ron Stern, a member of
the state DCEDs Center
for Local Government
Services, said the area
comprises 26.3 square
miles and includes Pitt-
ston, Avoca, Duryea,
Dupont, Hughestown,
Jenkins Township, Laflin
and Yatesville.
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For the eighth consecutive
year, The UPS Store at the Mid-
way Shopping Center in Wyom-
ing will be a Toys for Tots drop-
off point for the annual U.S. Ma-
rine Corps Reserve drive for toy
donations.
John Minetola, owner, esti-
mates that his store collected
over $3,000 worth of toys in
2011.
The deadline for this year is
Saturday, Dec. 22. In addition to
accepting a new unwrapped toy
donation, The UPS Store is also
participating in the Marine Corp
nationwide Toys for Tots Litera-
cy Program.
Happy birthday
Birthday greetings go out to
Joe Donahue of Pittston Town-
ship who will celebrate his big
day next Tuesday, Dec. 11, with a
family gathering at his home in
Pittston Township.
Also celebrating birthdays are
Anthony Grieco of Hughes-
town who celebrated on Nov. 28;
Liz Guarilia of Duryea cele-
brating on Dec. 4.
Anniversary Wishes
Happy anniversary to Greg
and EileenDewey of Exeter who
celebrated their 15th wedding
anniversary on Nov. 22.
Also to Councilwoman Bar-
bara and Vito Gatto of Hugh-
estown celebrating on Dec. 7.
Newborns
A girl was born to Candice
and Thomas Kelly of Pittston
Twp on Nov. 2.
Aboy was born to Julie Corey
and John German of Exeter on
Nov. 3
A girl was born to Amanda
and Frank Carey of Exeter on
Nov. 6
A girl was born to Sara Bryk
and JimFina of Pittston on Nov.
7
A boy was born to Susan and
Brian Esley of Wyoming on
Nov. 10
A girl was born to Jessica and
Robert Burylo of Exeter on
Nov. 17
St. Elizabeth Seton
Christmas party
The Confraternity of Catholic
Women of St. Elizabeth Ann
Setons parish, Swoyersville,
will hold their Christmas party
on Sunday, Dec. 9 following the
11:30 a.m. Mass in the church
hall. Members and guests are
asked to meet at 11:15 a.m. in the
church hall to attend the service
in a group.
Their pastor and spiritual
moderator, Father Joseph Pisa-
neschi will preside.
Dinner will be served prompt-
ly at 1 p.m. and catered by Ann
Voiteks Catering of West
Wyoming.
Deadline with payment of $12
should be made by December 2
by calling Madeleine Barush or
Fran Krajnak.
Payment can be dropped in the
collection basket or at the recto-
ry office.
Table reservations of eight can
be made when calling in a reser-
vation.
A $5 door prize donation for
those attending is optional.
The party is open to all women
of the parish and their guests.
You do not have to be a member
of the Confraternity to attend.
Oplatky, or the Christmas wa-
fer, will be exchanged among
those attending.
Newly elected officers for
2013and 2014 will be installed
by their moderator, Father Pisa-
neschi prior to the party. They in-
clude Madeleine Barush, presi-
dent; Pat Quinn, vice-president;
Martha Dougalas, Recording
Secretary; Joanne Baker, Trea-
surer and Mary Zukosky, Public-
ity.
UPS Store is Toys for Tots drop-off point
Friends of the Pittston Memorial Library will participate in the Barnes &Noble Book Fair from
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14 and Saturday, Dec. 15 at Barnes &Noble, 421Arena Hub Plaza,
Wilkes-Barre.
Supporters, friends and shoppers will have the opportunity to support the library by mentioning
the PittstonLibrarywhenmakingpurchase at the checkout counter or byusinga BookFair voucher,
available at the library.
Barnes &Noble will donate a portion of a purchasers sale to the library. Free gift-wrapping will
be available on Saturday, Dec. 15 with a receipt.
Event chairperson Janet Delaney is being assisted by Ann Simko, Eva Mae Falcone, Ann Noone,
Patti Gregorio, Charlotte Para, Audrey OBrien, Ann Teresa Engleman, Maria Capolarella Mon-
tante, Betty DeGennaro, Kelly Carroll, Jackie Carroll, Courtney Lomas, Barbara Quinn, Mary Pat
Scarantino, Theresa Ormando, Marla Pupa, Eileen Burns, Ellen Mondlak, Anne Hogya, Susan
Lombardo and Ann Monahan.
In the photo, from left, Maria Capolarella Montante, Betty DeGennaro, Eva Mae Falcone and
Ann Simko.
B&N Book Fair benefits library
Neil Frankavitz, UPS Store sales associate, left, and Josh Mineto-
la, UPS Store assistant manager, will again assist the Marines in
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The downtown Heritage Mu-
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cation will be held in conjunc-
tion with the grand opening of
the new, adjoiningUFCWCredit
Union building. The mural cov-
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Dental building and it depicts
three stages of Pittston heritage,
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Question #1
In 1954, on a visit
to his hometown,
former Pittston native
and major league
baseball legend
Bucky Harris was
surprised to find many residents were
upset with him for something that hap-
pened in 1948. What was it?
1954 58 Years Ago
The Sunday Dispatch distributed the
annual football supplement (now known
as the Goalpost) on Dec. 1. The follow-
ing week the Dispatch published an
apology for the lack of photos of the
Pittston Central Catholic football team,
band, majorettes and cheerleaders.
The apology went on to explain that
the omission of the photos was not an
oversight on the part of the staff, but
unavoidable as the school had placed a
no picture ban on Dispatch photog-
raphers. The schools ban against the
Dispatch began when the paper took
Centrals coaches to task for interfering
with its representatives at an earlier
game.
In the Dispatch, Ramblin Round
Our Town with the Editor column,
local residents were given credit for
some unique Famous Sayings.
Herman Eisen, of Pittston, told Jim-
my Polka how to stay out of arguments
by saying Just remember it takes two to
argue, so you keep quiet.
Art Fulaga, a confirmed bachelor
and member of the Pittston VFW, was
quoted as saying, Many a go-getter is
afterwards sorry he got her.
Jimmy Heffron, of Plank Street,
uttered these prolific words, Self pres-
ervation is the first law of nature, but
too many people act as if it were the
only one.
Jim Murphy, of Church Street, com-
mented, An old timer is a fellow who
can remember when cars and telephones
had to be cranked.
Larry Delaney, of Pittston, was sta-
tioned in Germany with the 6910th Se-
curity Group of the United States Air
Force and led the base touch football
team to Eastern Division honors. Son of
Larry Delaney Sr., a Pittston police
officer, Delaney scored several touch-
downs taking his Arrowheads team to a
43-0 blow out and grabbing the Germa-
ny-Austria title.
Yatesville residents and members of
borough council were scratching their
heads over the disappearance of all the
desks and some of the chairs from the
school building. No forced entry was
evidenced and an investigation did not
produce any trace of the missing items.
Borough officials suspected an unknown
thief who had previously stolen tires off
a truck while parked in the borough
garage.
1964 48 Years Ago
The West Pittston School District
joined several other districts in the
Southeastern section of Pennsylvania to
fight the impending merger of the Pitt-
ston and Northeast School Districts. The
controversial Act 299 mandating the
merger was to go before the Pennsylva-
nia Supreme Court because it was
deemed unconstitutional.
According to the Pennsylvania School
Boards Association, 2,277 school dis-
tricts were in existence in the 1959-1960
school year. Despite the mergers and
jointures of the middle 1960s, 669 dis-
tricts still operated from1969-1970. By
1981, the number held at 501.
In 2009, Pennsylvania Governor Ed
Rendell opened discussions on mandat-
ing additional mergers to reduce existing
school districts to 100.
Boy Scout Cub Pack No. 303 of St.
Roccos R.C. Church met for the first
time. Cub Master Louis DeGrose, along
with Den Mothers Josephine Alfano
and Jane DeGrose, started with 16 boys
and hoped to expand the group as more
Den Mothers volunteered. Organizing
members included Charles Calabro,
Angelo Schifano, Danny Dantone,
Clifford Mansley, Joseph Murphy and
Carmen Alu.
According to the troops website,
Cub Scouting is for boys in the first
through fifth grades, or seven to 10
years of age. The emphasis of Cub
Scouting is to have fun and learn at the
same time.
The Sunday Dispatch Inquiring Pho-
tographer asked, How do you think the
cars of today compare with cars of for-
mer years?
George Legezdh, of Dupont, answer-
ed, They are 100 percent better. The
only thing wrong is they dont build the
bodies like they used to.
Charles Galante, of Browntown,
added, Todays body styles are knock-
outs but bodies of years ago were much
stronger.
1974 38 Years Ago
The Wyoming Area senior girls had
the opportunity to receive scholarships
ranging from $550 to $5,000 by taking
the Betty Crocker American Home-
makers of Tomorrow test.
Sponsored by General Mills, the con-
test offered the girls an opportunity to
participate in a national competition,
receive a scholarship and enable each
state winners school to receive a set of
Encyclopedia Britannica. The program
offered educational grants totaling
$111,000.
In September 1954, General Mills
announced the program. The written
exam tested girls on their family rela-
tionships, spiritual and moral values,
child development and care, health and
safety, utilization and conservation,
money management, recreation and use
of leisure time, home care beautifica-
tion, community participation, and con-
tinuing education. The program ended in
1976.
Upon the 30th anniversary of the
Battle of the Bulge, World War II veter-
ans Ralph Pupa and George Parrick,
of Pittston, and John Basta, of Wyom-
ing, joined other comrades in touring the
European cities they fought in during
the conflict. Fought on Dec. 16, 1944,
the battle was a major element in Gener-
al George S. Pattons plans to march into
Bastogne in Belgium and break German
strongholds along the way. With about
610,000 committed soldiers, Americans
suffered 89,000 casualties, including
19,000 killed. The Battle of the Bulge
was the largest and bloodiest battle
fought on western front in World War II.
Question #2
The 1974 Thanksgiving Day match-up
between Pittston Area and Wyoming
Area football teams attracted close to
8,000 fans and held the lowest score in
the history of the game. What happened
during the game that created another
first in history that year?
1984 28 Years Ago
After undergoing a 1.1 million dollar
11-month renovation project, the Water
Street Bridge connecting Pittston and
West Pittston re-opened. West Pittston
Womens Club members Greta Whyte,
Justine Haddow and Helen Bubul were
especially proud because the club initi-
ated public interest in the need for
bridge repairs. Senator Ray Musto,
Representatives Thomas Tigue and
Frank Coslett, West Pittston Mayor
Merle Bainbridge and Pittston Mayor
Thomas Walsh were present at the
ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Musician and Pittston resident Bob
Bath and Hughestown drummer Rich
Kossuth collaborated on a 12-song al-
bum entitled Traces of Illusion. Fusing
their heavy metal, jazz and rock styles,
Bath and Kossuth combined their talents
to create interesting and innovative pat-
terns and rhythms utilizing their improv-
isational skills. Bath played guitar, bass
and keyboard, Kossuth drums and per-
cussion, Bill Kossuth added keyboards
on two of the tracks, Joe Limongelli
played bass on four songs and Dewey
Vasquez played slide guitar on one
song. A review from the album jacket
stated, The tracks of this recording are
new and innovative. These musicians
have dared to play their inner feelings
with unrelenting enthusiasm and skill.
Answer #1
In 1948, Pittstons Elk Pony League
champions traveled to New York to take
in a Yankees game and hoped to get a
chance to meet Yankee manager and
baseball legend Bucky Harris. Under
the impression Harris knew they were
attending that day, kids and coaches
alike were disappointed at not being
recognized by their hometown hero.
After being confronted by several
disgruntled Pittston residents during his
1954 visit regarding the supposed snub,
he said he wasnt aware of the teams
presence and if he had been, he would
have made the boys and their coaches
feel at home. It was surmised that some-
one in the Pony League forgot to send
Harris a letter stating the plans. All was
forgiven and Harris local snob status
was eradicated. During his lifetime,
Harris was a major league baseball play-
er, manager and executive. To read more
about the life and times of this baseball
Hall of Famer, read Bucky Harris: A
Biography of Baseballs Boy Wonder
written by Sunday Dispatch Associate
Editor Jack Smiles.
Answer #2
Defensive players Jim Carmody, Ken
Detato, Charlie Yurkon, Mark Kelly,
Sam Sakocius and George Mazur for
Wyoming Area and John Licata, Rocco
Barge, Mike Piorkowski and Phil
Dunn for Pittston Area contributed to
making the 1974 Thanksgiving Day
match-up the lowest scoring game in the
history of the annual contest.
Wyoming Area kicker Ken Detato
became the only player to kick a field
goal in the eight-year history of the
games. WA held its 3-0 lead up to the
third period when PAs quarterback Lou
Marinangeli rifled a pass to Kevin
Duffy for the games only touchdown.
The final score was 7-5.
A painter paints pictures on canvas.
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Pittston and West Pittston are
welcoming in the holiday season
with the lighting of their respec-
tive Christmas trees. Pittston
City will light the tree tonight at
6:30 p.m. in the lower Tomato
Festival lot across fromthe Open
Space. Free hot chocolate will be
provided and children can enjoy
a visit from Santa Claus, who
will arrive on a Pittston City fire
truck. There will also be caroling
for those who wish to participa-
te. Come out for a memorable
holiday event in downtown Pitt-
ston.
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the park at Wyoming and Dela-
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Committee are sponsoring the
event. Carols will be sung and
hot chocolate and cookies will
be provided. Special guests in-
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Trinity Episcopal Church, 220
Montgomery Ave., West Pittston
will host a toy swap on Saturday,
Dec. 15, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
the church community room.
The toy swap will provide an op-
portunity for families to trade lit-
tle used toys for others their chil-
drenmight enjoy, andalsofor the
purchase of lightly used toys at a
reduced rate. Toys to be included
in the swap will be accepted Fri-
day, Dec. 14from4p.m. to7p.m.
To sign up or for any ques-
tions, contact Mary Jo at 883-
7235 or email trinityepiscopal-
westpittston@hotmail.com.
Toy swap Dec. 15
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resident of Dupont. All of coun-
cil are residents. Were all in the
same boat. I want to do whats
best for the residents. I want the
best police protection. Everyone
does.
Officer in Charge Sgt. John
Saranchuk did not return a call
for comment.
In preliminary discussions,
Dupont was goingtopayPittston
$130,000 a year for 24-hour po-
lice protection. Pittston even in-
cluded the cash in their recent
budget, but the item may be tak-
en out.
They were shooting for a
launch date of Jan. 1. Moskovitz
has said a loss of jobs would be
unlikely. He said he hopes room
could be made for officers cur-
rently working for Dupont, but
not for Pittston. Moskovitz said
Pittston officials initially ap-
proached Dupont in 2011, but an
agreement was not reached.
Moskovitz and Pittston Police
Chief Robert Powers outlined a
proposal that could save the bor-
ough almost $60,000 over its
current police labor costs, as
well as provide 24-hour-a-day,
seven-day-a-week coverage.
The police department has
done everything in its power to
negotiate a newcontract with the
council and has failed to come to
an agreement after the depart-
ment agreed to all requests from
council for a new contract, the
letter stated.
Labor lawyer Tom Jennings,
of the firm Jennings Sigmond,
P.C., in Philadelphia, sent a letter
to Dupont officials urging them
to tread carefully. The part-time
officers are represented by the
Dupont Borough Police Officers
Association and Jennings repre-
sents the association in dealing
with this matter.
As I trust you are aware,
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that such outsourcing without
the permission of the affected
bargaining unit members is bla-
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He said the union must agree
through collective bargaining
negotiations.
This letter will place the Bor-
ough of Dupont on notice that its
conduct is unlawful and will be
vigorously opposed by the Asso-
ciation, he wrote.
He said the borough could
face financial damages if they
proceed.
I am frankly at a complete
loss to understand Dupont Bor-
oughs adamant refusal to bar-
gain with the Association with
regard to the terms and condi-
tions of a newcollective bargain-
ing agreement, Jennings wrote.
This utter lack of cooperation is
disappointing and, I believe, will
ultimately prove to work to the
great detrement of the taxpayers
of the Borough.
Dupont police are encourag-
ing all resident to sign a petition
at the department and attend the
Dupont Council meeting at 7
p.m. on Dec. 11.
Police
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Frank Casarella is proud of a
lot of things during his tenure as
chairman of the Wyoming Area
School Board of Education.
We successfully completed
workonthe MongomeryAvenue
Elementary school after the
flood, he said.
Casarella presided over his fi-
nal meeting as chairman on Nov.
27.
A reorganization meeting is
set for 6 p.m. on Dec. 4.
He thanked the board, admin-
istration, Quad Three and Joyce
Insurance for all working togeth-
er after the flood.
That project could have
dipped into our fund balance to
the tune of $700,000, $800,000,
Casarella said.
We were able to secure mon-
ey from PEMA and FEMA. All
that with minimal disruption to
the students.
He said other highlights of his
term include passing an anti-
nepotism policy, refinancing a
bond for almost $100,000 to
help the district through some
economic crunches, a new roof
on the high school for $1.1 mil-
lion and a loan to renovate the
Montgomery Avenue Elemen-
tary for $2 million, at a record
low interest.
He added he
helped cut ex-
penditures in
the last two
school years.
This board
has been re-
sponsible for
saving the dis-
trict an amount close to $1.3 mil-
lion, Casarella said. Weve
done that through monitoring
expenses and looking at the reve-
nues that were coming in and
controlling the way they were
spent.
He said all that was done with-
out replacing personnel, without
closing a school and without any
furloughs of teachers.
We had a lot of work to do
there, he said. Im proud of
what we accomplished and Im
looking forward to moving for-
ward in the next year, with the
administration that will be in
place after reorganization.
Superintendent Raymond
Bernardi discussed the recent
Veterans Day program at the
Secondary Center. He congratu-
lated Tenth Street Elementary
students Bayli Grossi and Cassi-
dy Orzel who presented their
winning essays at the event.
In other business, the school
board:
Hired two lawyers to repre-
sent the districts interests in ne-
gotiating with the NEPA Health
Trust. Attorneys John Audi and
George Shovlin were hired at
$185 an hour. The cost will be di-
vided among the school districts
that use their services.
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WA school
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Casarella
See CASARELLA, Page 17
By JOE HEALEY
jhealey@psdispatch.com
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That there are 13 boroughs and town-
ships in the combined 50 square mile area
of the Pittston Area and Wyoming Area
school districts seems charming; that
folks often subdivide even further into
sections like Browntown, Cork Lane, Sul-
livan Park and Toy Town is downright
quaint.
But such provincialism has its draw-
backs in these tough economic times.
Thats why regionalization is a reoccur-
ring topic. Last week there were meetings
on the East Side and West Side about re-
gionalization.
On the East Side the discussion was
about regionalizing police coverage. One
step has already been taken. The Jenkins
Township police force covers Yatesville
and Yatesville has no police force of its
own.
It was hopedthe next stepwouldbe Pitt-
ston City covering Dupont and Dupont
dissolving its force. It seemed like a good
idea, but the Dupont police and Crime
Watch are so strongly opposed it most
likely wont happen.
While we understand howa small town
mayor wouldnt want to look his police
chief in the eye and say you know longer
have a job, it mayjust have tocome tothat.
Look whats happening in Exeter,
where there is a $400,000 budget hole and
where, like all the towns, the biggest ex-
penditure is the police force.
Back to Dupont-Pittston. If Pittston
were to take over Dupont policing, that
would raise the specter of the Pittston
cruisers traveling through Hughestown, a
tiny one square mile town of 1,500, to get
to Dupont.
Pittston is picking up Hughestown gar-
bage now; it seems a no-brainer for the
city to pick up police coverage there, too.
Oh well, it may not happen soon, but if
it doesnt someday, budgets may come
apart at the seams.
Over on the West Side, regionalization
of a different sort is being discussed.
Six West Side boroughs Wyoming,
west Wyoming, Exeter, Larksville, Lu-
zerne and Kingston have formed a
COG with the goal of applying jointly
for an LSA gaming money grant, to pur-
chase equipment such as sewer and leaf
vacs, trucks and street sweepers to be
shared among the boroughs.
The boroughs couldnt afford each of
these items on their own and even if they
could theyd sit idle most of the time.
With a COGthe cost is reduced and the
equipment gets used more often. Sounds
good to us.
Get together
or fall apart
Dupont Borough Council wants to disband the police depart-
ment on Jan. 1, 2013 and pay Pittston City police to cover the
towntotryandsave verylittle money. The police department has
done everything in its power to negotiate a newcontract with the
council and has failed to come to an agreement after the depart-
ment agreed to all requests from council for a new contract.
Council members state they dont have the money but if you
look at the overall budget, Dupont Borough came out ahead by
$54,000.00 in 2012. This fact was also posted in the newspaper.
There are several reasons why that this will not work for the
residents. Here are some major points.
Eight police officers will be out of jobs
There will be very few if any patrols in town
There will be an increase in the crime rate people will know
there is no local police protection
Response time will be extended by several minutes to calls
that police actually respond to
Police will not respond to minor calls (EMS, parking com-
plaints and harassment)
Emergencies in Pittston City will take priority over Dupont
Pittston City officers not known by Dupont residents
This idea has not worked in the past with only a couple shifts
covered by PSP
The plan will cost borough and residents a lot of money if it
is decided to bring back the department in a year or sooner.
There are several more reasons why this is not a good choice.
Council is willing to jeopardize the safety of the residents to save
very little money rather than to keep the police department.
Please come to the next council meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 11 to show your support and stop council from making a
major mistake.
There will also be a petition at the police department which
can be signed every day from2 to 4 p.m., 6 to 8 p.m. and10 p.m.
to 12 a.m. or if there is an officer in the office at the time you
arrive. Calls will also be accepted and we can bring the petition
to you to sign.
Dupont Police Department
Dupont police department has its say
OUROPINION
YOUROPINION
This week we experienced the passing of a valued member of
the lawenforcement community. Too often in our busy lives, we
forget to say thanks to these individuals who had had a direct and
long lasting impact in our lives.
Chief Richard A Simonson (West Pittston police retired) was
one such individual. He served in a variety of roles from col-
league, boss, husband, father, grandfather, and especially that of
a friend. As such, he was never too busy to lend a listening ear or
helpful hand to those in need.
It is for that reason I will always remember the Chiefs smile
and words of wisdom.
His final ride was in the front seat of a West Pittston police car
(to his resting place).
He was not only my friend but he also guided me along lifes
path.
Anyone who knew him knew his famous words: Keep your
powder dry.
I will really miss you, my friend. Im a better man because I
knew you. Rest in Peace and Keep your powder dry.
William Stout
West Pittston Police
Retired
Tribute paid to former WP Police Chief Simonson S
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Are you bored to tears of my Annual Thanks
Column?
You may be.
Okay then, plow forward to the Nutrition Cor-
ner, next door, because this is just more of the
same goodness.
But I mean it all, I really do!
I dodont I?
Probablyso lets get cracking for 2012.
Here is what Maria is thankful for this season:
Thankful that my children dont hate me.
At least I dont think they do. Except in times of
aborted extended curfew attempts and answering
their personal text messages myself.
Thats fun stuff, right there.
That I ammarried 25 years to a man who I dont
think hates me, either, except in times of being
brutally skewered in print and enduring cata-
strophic breakdowns by me concerning that
sport that rhymes with Rudolph.
Thankful that after a
year of Pilates I am not
crying as much (out loud),
whining a tad less (out
loud), and I no longer feel
that my pelvic floor has
rotting cross beams.
Beyond thankful that I
have found a job that
makes me so ludicrously
happy that I literally prance into work every day.
Oh, yes, I can prance.
Rare is the adult who can say they look forward
to going to work and lucky enough to spend their
hours among patrons they have grown to love and
staff that they can laugh with until they literally
have an episode in their Depends.
Thanks, girls.
You and I and the world are all thankful that I
am not yet submerged into full-blown meno-
pause. But, its coming and I suggest everyone
save themselves while they can, because that train
is running off the tracks sooner, rather than later.
Thankful that not everyone translates my enor-
mously loud and unfiltered mouth as being that of
a red-hot gossip.
Just because one has the gift of gab and shares it
with each unfortunate person around her, does not
mean I cannot keep a secret.
Really!
Try me.
I wont breathe a word!
Except if you offer me a bag of Dove Choco-
lates. Everyone knows all bets are off witha Dove.
Thankful beyond reason for Fiber One Brow-
nies. Its the trifecta of awesomenesschocolate,
fiber and low calorie.
Need I really say more?
No, I need not.
Try some.
Your colon and lower intestine will thank me.
I am so very thankful that surgery and technol-
ogy allowme to have a rack once again that really
and truly looks like the old set, but better.
Also verrryyy thankful that my Dr. Bruno, who
did my spectacular nipplage tattooing this week,
is not color-blind, has steady hands and is not
sidetracked by my incessant nervous banter and
inappropriate commentary.
God bless the man.
I just asked my husband what he is thankful for
this year, thinking, ridiculously, he may say that
my health was something to be grateful for or the
well being of his childrenbut, hell no. I asked
him to be serious and search his heart and he
promised he would.
So this what he is thankful for: Notre Dame
being 11-0 so far this season!
I dont even know what that means, but I do
know what this means: Idiot.
I thank God every, single day for the most basic
of things and you may be surprised by the simple
ordinariness of them.
Its the most benign acts
or items that we forget tobe
grateful for on an other-
wise un-extraordinary day:
Spell check
Scrabble
Spanx not spanks
Instant Dry Topcoat nail
polish
No squirrels in my attic this year, making my
husband no longer a raging maniac with a golf
putter on the roof. Dont. Even. Ask. Because
theres a good chance its illegal.
Waking up
The Dewey Decimal System
Our President
My bedroom slippers
Spray-on frizz tamer
My claw footed bath tubinto which I would
drag, if I could, a box of Frosted Flakes, a crate of
Milano cookies, a blanket and a TV and just
live there happily ever after.
Myreallyremarkable friends, botholdandnew,
and my equally delightful family.
They have all stood the test of time quite well.
They know who they are and how much love I
carry in my soul for each and every one of them.
A heated home
West Pittston
And you
My ability to write a few sentences that may
make you laugh every so often is my gift to you
andyour lovelyresponse is your gift tome. I thank
you from the bottom of my little, black heart for
your readership.
Lets keep it going.
Thanks to you.
MOTHERS DAZE
Maria Jiunta Heck
Thanks again
And Maria Hecks readers are thankful for her and
her column which appears every other week in this
space.
Rare is the adult who can say they look
forward to going to work and lucky
enough to spend their hours among pa-
trons they have grown to love and staff
that they can laugh with until they litera-
lly have an episode in their Depends.
Many of us are looking for unique yet usable gifts to give fromour
kids or grandkids this holiday season.
Teachers, caregivers, Sunday school teachers are just a few whom
might be on your list. When we just dont have that time or talent to
make that special homemade, gift, we often default to gift cards.
This year involve your childinmakinga special gift fromthe kitch-
en. Herb blends shakers. Its healthy, fun, reasonably priced and will
be a gift that gets used instead of re gifted.
Herb blends can be used in a number of ways. Some examples are
salad dressing, meat marinades, soup seasoning and also herbal teas.
Choose the blend that best fits your child or that special person. To
make the holidays less stressful, choose only one to two to make.
First start with by choosing a recipe.
Below are three to choose from. Each does not contain salt which
makes it unique yet flavorful.
Next, search look for a special container which holds 1 cup. Many
of the stores sell clear wide whole shakers, but there are other more
decorative food grade containers on the market.
Choose one again with the recipe in mind.
For example, a salad dressing may use an Italian looking container.
A tea would be more fitting in an oriental looking container.
After finding a container, look or have your child make a holiday
card to print the recipe on so folks will know the ingredients.
You may want to attach howto use the blend also. The card can be
attached with a red or green ribbon.
Last but not least, purchase the ingredients with your child. This
will get them ready to make the gift.
Explain that you will be measuring and mixing the ingredients to-
gether to make a special blend of seasonings.
Here are three recipes to get you started. Each yields one cup.
Chinese Five-Spice
Blend 1/2 cup ground ginger, 1/4 cup ground cinnamon, 2 tables-
poon each of ground allspice and anise seeds, and 2 tablespoon
ground cloves.
(To be used in seasoning chicken for a stir fry)
Italian Blend
Blend1/4 cup each of dried basil and dried marjoram, 2tablespoon
each of garlic powder and dried oregano, and 2 tablespoons each of
thyme, crushed dried rosemary and crushed red pepper.
(To be used in making your own salad dressing.)
Mexican Chili Blend
Blend1/2cupchili powder, 2tablespooneachof groundcuminand
onion powder, 2 teaspoons each of dried oregano, garlic powder and
ground red pepper, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon.
(To be used in making lowsodiumchili- attach a recipe for chili or
as a seasoning for tacos.)
The saying goes, its the thought that counts, although this gift is a
healthy thoughtful gift!
For more information on freezing fruits and vegetables, visit the
Penn State Food Safety Web site at: http://foodsafety.psu.edu/pre-
serve.html or the National Center for Home Food Preservation web
site: http://www.uga.edu/nchfp
NUTRITION
CORNER
Mary R. Ehret, MS, RD, LDN
Penn State Cooperative Extension
Luzerne County
Healthy gifts from kids
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Extension, Luzerne County, 16 Luzerne Ave., West Pittston, Pa., 18643.
(570) 825-1701/602-0600. Fax (570) 825-1709. mre2@psu.edu.
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Members of the Pittston High School Class of 1952
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bers. Following Mass, the group gathered for breakfast at
the Avenue Diner in Exeter. A formal celebration was
held at Arcaro and Genells at a later date. Shown here at
the breakfast are, fromleft, Theresa Cardascia, Maria C.
Montante, Ruth Colarusso, Jean Bruzzie, Jean Clonan,
and Dorothy Manganaro. Standing, Wayne Williams,
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Hired Berkheimer One
Source to assist in printing and
mailing the annual Homestead/
Farmstead invitation letters to el-
igible district residents who re-
side in Luzerne County.
Hired the following spring
head coaches: Barry Pryzbilla,
softball; Charles Andrewscav-
age, baseball; and Joe Pizano,
track and field. All three will be
paid $3,965 each.
Approved the following vol-
unteer wrestling coaches for the
2012-2013 winter season: Mike
Schutz, Carmen Mauriello, Jeff
Pepe, Rob Wrobleski, Mark Poc-
cheschi, Anthony Heck and
Mark Ragantesi.
Approved the appointment
of Paul Johnson as assistant ju-
nior high wrestling coach for
$2,163.
Approved the appointment
of Ryan Carey as eighth grade
boys basketball coach for
$1,446.
Approved the appointment
of Alex Brogna as elementary
boys basketball coach for $884.
Approved Dean Carey as a
volunteer coach for eighth-grade
boys basketball and Mike Fanti
as a volunteer track coach.
Appointed Kristina Wil-
liams as eighth grade girls bas-
ketball coach for $1,446.
Appointed the following as-
sistant swim coaches: Michelle
DAmico for $2,163; diving
coach Kenny Bryden for $2,163;
and volunteer Maureen Pikas.
Casarella
Continued from Page 13
PPLElectric Utilities recently
completed a nearly $9 million
upgrade to its Jenkins substa-
tion in Luzerne County, a pro-
ject that will bolster regional
electric service reliability.
Located in Laflin borough,
the Jenkins substation is a hub
for the utilitys regional trans-
mission network and converts
high-voltage electricity from
230 to 69 kilovolts. Power lines
from Jenkins then supply other
area substations that deliver
power to local customers.
The Jenkins substation im-
provements include new circuit
breakers and other equipment
that will bolster substation per-
formance and help maintain the
reliability of a 230-kilovolt
transmission line that feeds the
substation.
The overall project, which
took about 14 months to com-
plete, also included improve-
ments to the switchyard at PPLs
Susquehanna nuclear power
plant outside Berwick, Luzerne
County, and at PPL Electric
Utilities Stanton substation in
Exeter Township. The improve-
ments at the substations will re-
lieve load on equipment and
strengthen reliability.
This project is one of the ma-
jor investments were making in
our electric delivery network to
enhance operations and im-
prove service for customers
across the region, said Stepha-
nie Raymond, general manager
of Transmission and Substa-
tions for the utility.
PPL upgrades substation in Laflin
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During the month of Novem-
ber, faculty and staff of the Old
Forge School District participa-
ted in No Shave November to
benefit staff member Robert
Giacometti.
Containers have been placed
schoolwide to see which class
can raise the most money and
Dress Down days are awarded
to winning classes. All money
will be sent to Mr. Giacometti
who on his road to recovery.
From left, are staff members
FrankBerardelli, Joe DeStafano,
Chris Guida, Chris Gatto, Joe
Sylvester, Shawn Nee, Neil Da-
durka, Joseph Barbetti, Nick
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Your to-do list done
The American Red Cross will
hold a blood drive at the St. John
the Evangelist Church, 35 Wil-
liam Street, today, Sunday, Dec.
2 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Seminary concert
A variety of instrumental and
vocal classical pieces will be
performed at the Wyoming Sem-
inary Student Recital today, Sun-
day, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Great
Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228
Wyoming Avenue, Kingston,
just north of Kingston Corners.
The recital is free and open to
the public.
Among the instrumental
works to be featured are move-
ments from the Violin Concert
No. 3 in G Major by Mozart, the
Sonata in G Minor by J.S. Bach,
the Concerto in GMajor for Vio-
la by Telemann and The Con-
certante for Tuba by Walters.
Vocal selections include Christ-
mas carols and an excerpt from
the oratorio Elijah by Men-
delssohn.
All the musicians are students
at Wyoming Seminary Upper
School.
This recital is part of the 2012-
13 Wyoming Seminary Perform-
ing Arts Series.
Irish history contest
The Ladies Ancient Order of
Hibernians, Division 1 St. John
Neumann, of Wilkes-Barre, is
inviting all Luzerne County stu-
dents to submit essays to the
LAOH 2011-2012 Irish History
Writing Contest.
The LAOH is a charitable or-
ganization of Irish-American
women founded in 1894, and
aims topromote Irishhistoryand
culture.
The contest is open to any stu-
dents (public, private, parochial,
or home-schooled) of grades 6
through 12.
This years topics are Level
1(grades 6-8): The Story of An-
nie Moore Irish Immigration to
America, and Level 2 (grades 9-
12): The Irishandthe Buildingof
the American Infrastructure.
Cash prizes will be awarded to
winners at both the State and Na-
tional levels.
For complete contest rules and
list of prizes, please contact Di-
vision Historian, Mary Ellen
Dooley, at (570) 735-1711, or vis-
it the National website at
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VFW meeting
The Dupont V.F.W. Post #4909
will hold a meeting on Monday,
Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at the post
home. Commander Gary Car-
wardine will preside.
Home Association meeting
will follow.
Food and refreshments will be
served.
Senior Social Club
The St. Josephs Senior Social
Club will meet this evening
Tuesday, December 4, at 6 p.m.
at Valentis in Exeter for their an-
nual Christmas Party.
There will be no regular meet-
ing this month.
The next meeting will be held
Thursday, January 17, 2013.
Newmembers are always wel-
come.
For more information call
Theresa 654-2967
Pierogi Sale
St. Michaels Orthodox
Church, corner of church and
Winter Streets, Old Forge is
sponsoring a pierogi sale on
Wed. Dec. 5.
Orders may be placed by call-
ing 457-9280 or the church hall
457-2875 by Sunday Dec 2.
Price is $6 for potato or cheese
and $6.50 for sauerkraut.
Pick up is Dec. 5 between 2
and 5 p.m.
Toyland Bingo
The Holy Rosary School, 125
Stephenson Street, Duryea will
holdits annual ToylandBingoon
Dec. 7 at 6 p.m.
The event is open to all Holy
Rosary parents, students, sib-
lings as well as surrounding
community.
The event draws over 300 peo-
ple each year.
Admission is three dollars and
includes one bingo card to be
used for all regular games.
Addition cards can be pur-
chased for fifty cents or three for
a dollar.
There will be special games,
with prizes. Refreshments are
sold through the evening.
Library Gift Fair
On Saturday, December 8
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the Pitt-
ston Memorial Library will hold
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Wyoming Seminary Student Recital today in the Great Hall
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a Holiday Gift Fair in the library.
The Gift Fair will feature local
vendors selling their homemade
goods such as rosary beads,
scarves, candles, and soap.
The library will also have one
of its famous book sales, a bake
sale, a raffle, and a reindeer food
bar for the kids.
Folks at the library encourage
everyone to be sure to stop by
and get entered to win one of
many raffle prizes.
Jenkins Twp. Christmas Party
The Jenkins Township Recre-
ation Board will hold a Christ-
mas Party on Sunday, Dec. 8
from1until 3 p.m. at the Jenkins
Township Fire Hall located on
Second Street, Port Griffith, Jen-
kins Township.
All childrenfromthe township
are invited to attend and speak
with Santa Claus.
The Recreation Board will
hold a drawing for two bicycles
with one boy and one girl being
the winner.
Light refreshments will be
served.
VFW Christmas party
The Dupont V.F.W. Post #4909
Home Association will hold
their annual Christmas Party on
Saturday, Dec. 8 at the post
home.
Music provided by the Home
Town Boyz. Dinner buffet
served from 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.
Bar open from7:30 p.m. to12:30
a.m. Donation is $28.
For tickets and reservations
see Bob Lopata at the post home
or contact him at 654-9104.
Deadline for tickets is Friday,
Dec. 7.
Tickets will not be sold at the
door.
San Cataldo Society
The San Cataldo Society of
Pittston will hold its annual
Christmas party on Saturday,
Dec. 8, starting at 5:30 at the so-
cietys hall.
To make reservations, stop by
the club on Saturdays from 7
p.m. or call Carla Scarantino at
655-1551.
Seating is limited.
Denison House Christmas
A re-creation of life in early
Wyoming Valley, will be held on
Dec. 8 and 9 from 1 to 5 p.m. at
the Nathan Denison House. 35
Denison Street, Forty-Fort.
The event will feature the por-
trayal of local historic figures,
kitchen activities, a selection of
prepared desserts and musical
interlude.
Adults $4, children $2.
Poppy seed, nut rolls
Poppy seed rolls and nut rolls
will be sold for the holiday sea-
son by parishioners of St. Peters
Lutheran church, 100 Rock St.,
Hughestown.
Donation is $8 per roll.
Last daytoplace orders is Dec.
12, Call Pamat 655-0043 or 313-
2829.
Pick-up date is Dec. 20.
NARFE Meeting
Greater Pittston, Chapter 1723
has scheduled a meeting to be
held on Thursday, Dec. 13, 1p.m.
at the VFW Post 4909,401 Main
Street, Dupont, Pa. 18641.
President, John Ryan will pre-
side.
Italian American Association
Christmas dinner meeting
The December Christmas
Dinner Meeting of the Italian
American Association of Lu-
zerne County is Thursday, Dec.
13 at Genettis Hotel and Con-
vention Center.
Arrival time is 5:00 p.m. with
complimentary wine and passed
hors doeuvres served from5:30
to 6:30.
Dinner served at 6:30.
Price is $20.00 for members
and $25.00 for guests.
Music for dancing and listen-
ing will be offered by Danny Ar-
go & Friends with dancing to
10:15.
Reservationdeadline is Friday,
Dec. 7.
For reservations and member-
ship information, please call Ju-
dy Deice at 654-7600 or Louise
Castellani 654-6454.
President, James Deice will
preside.
First UM pizza sale
The First United Methodist
Church of West Pittston will
hold a pizza sale on Friday, Dec.
14.
Pizzas can be ordered baked or
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Facing a $400,000 budget gap,
Exeter officials met on Tuesday
night to discuss options and re-
quest recommendations.
They will meet for a formal
vote on Tuesday, Dec. 4 to make
some tough decisions bound to
meet with dissension. Joe Boyle,
a representative from the Penn-
sylvania Economy League
brought in to help the budget
plan, answered several questions
fromthe concerned group of res-
idents as well as the council.
In a previous meeting, when
asked about criticism that bor-
ough officials were budgeting
based on revenue expected from
construction of a Walmart in
mind, Councilman Joe Esposito
concurred. He said he thought
borough officials were anticipat-
ing the Walmart in budgetary
terms for the past three years. Es-
posito was on the council for two
of those three years.
There were plans to erect a su-
perstore on Wyoming Avenue,
but plans fell through earlier this
year.
The borough will essentially
choose between raising taxes or
cutting services, Boyle said.
When asked about other options,
Boyle joked about the borough
possibly winning the lottery.
Boyle said that due to the bor-
oughs labor intensive nature,
the only way to cut costs would
be by either totally eliminating
services or by almost doubling
the real estate tax rate. The gap
wont be filled by just making
adjustments, he said.
Council member Larry Delle-
grotto said the budget quandary
exists due to a spending prob-
lem. He said the borough can-
not avoid decisions that are go-
ing to hurt somebody.
Police union president Sgt.
Len Galli vowed to stand against
any attempts to cut back on po-
lice and fire services. He said
borough officials are targeting
the police budget because it is
the largest and one of only two
real options, the other being pub-
lic works services.
There is no way they can cut
the police budget, Galli said.
We have a collective bargaining
agreement and we will fight for
the police and the residents.
Calling the council a wreck-
ing crew, Galli said its current
budgets for the department are
already unrealistic and ficti-
tious.
Boyle advised the council a
tax increase would be legally
possible since the borough is
well under any mandated munic-
ipal tax caps.
But borough resident Joe
McCabe said the possibility of
raising taxes should be put off.
Theres got to be other op-
tions, McCabe said. We were
supposed to be paid off. Taxes
are getting ridiculous at all lev-
els. We cant take it any more.
Councilman Joe Pizano dis-
cussed using a stockpile of $1.5
million in the boroughs sewer
fund, putting off sewer projects
and using the sewer fund to
mend the general fund.
But Councilman Esposito said
the sewer fund money would on-
ly provide a temporary fix be-
cause there are sewer projects
that need to be done.
Boyle advised the council to
consider borrowing enough to
cover its unfunded debt and pay
it back over a matter of 10 years.
Esposito argued against that
option as well.
The council has a good bit of
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vote, Boyle said.
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State Senator John Yudichak
(D-Luzerne/Carbon/Monroe) is
reminding older area residents
that the deadline is quickly ap-
proaching to file for Pennsylva-
nias Property Tax/Rent Rebate
program.
As the busy holiday season
begins some people eligible for
the rebates may have forgotten
the deadline is December 31,
said Yudichak. I urge everyone
who qualifies for the program to
take advantage of this important
benefit for older Pennsylva-
nians.
Eligible older adults and resi-
dents with disabilities have until
Dec. 31to apply for rebates of up
to $975 from the program. It
costs nothing to apply for a re-
bate. Free filing assistance is
available at Yudichaks district
offices in Exeter, Nanticoke and
Jim Thorpe.
Application forms and assist-
ance are also available at no cost
from Department of Revenue
district offices, local Area Agen-
cies on Aging, and senior cen-
ters.
Yudichak also warned area se-
niors about a company that is
sending out notices offering to
help people file for the rebates
for a fee. There is no need for
anyone to pay for the service
when there is assistance availa-
ble for free. Thousands of people
participate in this important pro-
gram and they should not be
spending any money to file their
application, added Yudichak.
Property Tax/Rent Rebate
claim forms (PA-1000) and in-
formation are also available on-
line at www.PaPropertyTaxRe-
lief.com and by calling 1-888-
222-9190, between7:30a.m. and
5 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To speed processing, claimants
are reminded to provide all re-
quired income property tax or
rent information. Applications
must be postmarked by Monday,
Dec. 31.
The rebate program benefits
eligible Pennsylvanians age 65
and older; widows and widowers
age 50 and older; and people
withdisabilities age18andolder.
The income limit is $35,000 a
year for homeowners and
$15,000 annually for renters and
half of Social Security income is
excluded. The maximum stan-
dard rebate is $650, but supple-
mental rebates for qualifying
home owners can boost rebates
to $975.
The Property Tax/Rent Rebate
Program is one of five programs
supported by the Pennsylvania
Lottery. Since the programstart-
ed in 1971, older adults and
adults with disabilities have re-
ceived $4.8 billion in property
taxandrent rebates. The expand-
ed portion of the rebate program
is being paid for with revenue
from the gaming industry.
Yudichak issues reminder about tax rebates
Garbage fees for residents us-
ing Pittstons service will be
$135 for 60 stickers, $180 for 120
stickers and $225 for 180 stick-
ers.
Those options are considered
the annual fee. Extra stickers are
$30 for a pack of 12.
Bags andstickers will be avail-
able beginning Monday, Dec. 3
in the City Treasurers Office or
by mail to 35 Broad St. for the
above prices plus $3.50 shipping
and handling.
Last years red stickers will be
invalid after Jan. 7.
Hughestown Lions
The Hughestown Lions Club
will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Dec. 3 at the Hughestown Hose
Company.
President Steve Golya will
preside.
On the evenings agenda will
be the annual Peace Poster con-
test, decorating St. Josephs
Home in the borough and the an-
nual visit to St. Josephs to take
gifts to the residents.
Council meeting
The Hughestown Borough
Council will hold a work session
on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.
Wayne Quick will preside.
Borough council requires resi-
dents to show proof of garbage
disposal by collection method.
Pittston City fees will remain the
same with a charge of $30 for
bags due at the end of the year.
ElsworthDisposal is offeringa
fee of $2.60 per 33 gallon bag
not to exceed 30 pounds in
weight with Tuesday as a possi-
ble pick up day.
If residents are interested in
this service they are asked to call
693-1514 or fax to 693-1599.
A property on Hughes Street
has been purchased and is sched-
uled to be cleaned up.
Garbage service bags on sale
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Female senior and junior stu-
dents at Pittston Area high
School squared off in the annual
Powder Puff Football Game at
Charley Trippi Stadium with the
seniors, coached by Colleen
McGarry, prevailing.
The first touchdown of the
game was scored by Antonette
Scialpi who ran past defenders
into the endzone.
No extra points were kicked.
The next touchdown was
scored when Haley Kline hauled
in a deep long pass from senior
quarterback Mia Hopkins.
The juniors, coached by
Amanda Wascavich, were shut
out by the senior girls and failed
to score.
While on offense, junior quar-
terback Ali Brady threw a pass
that was intercepted by senior
Hopkins who ran all the way for
the third and final touchdown,
making the score 18-0 with the
seniors girls on top.
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Winning teamin the annual Powder Puff football game between Pittston Area senior and junior fe-
male students. First row, Kristen Lombardo, Olivia Lanza, Kaitlynn Kutchta, Haley Kline, Shannon
Turner, Mianna Hopkins. Second row, Catherine Lombardo, Jordan Cumbo, Amy Silinski, Chelsea
Balchune, Hannah Zondlo, Elizabeth Mikitish, Jillian Starinsky, Antonette Scialpi. Third row, Colleen
McGarry, Kelly Mitchell, Kristen Fereck, Tiana Stull, Taylor Stull, Carmella Gagliardi.
Pittston Area seniors prevail over juniors
in annual Powder Puff football game
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ter Borough Council 2013 bud-
get meeting on Tuesday, Decem-
ber 4, at 6 p.m. at the borough
building.
At a budget meeting held this
past Tuesday, it was discussed
that there is a budget shortfall
well over $400,000. If this bud-
get is passed in its present form
and no expenses are decreased
(i.e. no changes to police, fire or
public works services), it will be
necessary for Council to in-
crease taxes 100% for the com-
ing year in order to meet expens-
es.
Anticipated revenues are pro-
jected to be $1.3 million and an-
ticipated spending is in excess of
$1.7 million.
Hope to see you at the meet-
ing.
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Exeter Park
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Urges Exeter taxpayers to
attend Tuesdays meeting
Wyoming Area Catholic School Student Council conducted a
service project to benefit military service men and women. Stu-
dents collected excess Halloween candy donated from the entire
student body. Shown here with a sample of the candy collection are
council officers, from left, Samanatha Yencha, Sarah Satkowski,
Bianca Mazzarella and Erika Serafin with Mr. Chris Tigue, princi-
pal.
WAC Student Council
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A Montana Supreme Court decision says
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Police in Vermont are hoping a new law
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metal thefts. The new law says scrap-
metal processors must obtain and record
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ballot questions. State law holds that
schools can print neutral materials
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The federal government cant require
tobacco companies to put large graphic
health warnings on cigarette packages
to show that smoking can disfgure
and even kill people, the U.S. Court of
Appeals in Washington has ruled. In a
2-1 decision, the panel affrmed a lower
court ruling that the requirement ran
afoul of the First Amendments free
speech protections.
On Friday Dec. 7 at 11a.m., the
annual Pearl Harbor Day cere-
mony will be held at the Dupont
Municipal Memorial Lawn.
This years event is sponsored
by AMVETS Post 189 with the
cooperation of VFW Post 4909
and American Legion Post 657.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
On Thursday, Dec. 20 at 6:30
p.m., AMVETS Post 189 will
hold their Annual Christmas
Party at the PACC(Polish Amer-
ican Citizens Club) on Elm
Street in Dupont.
Food, refreshments, and enter-
tainment are provided.
Residents from the Wilkes-
Barre V.A.M.C. Assisted Living
Center will be in attendance.
Post members, auxiliary mem-
bers, Sons of AMVETS, all vet-
erans and veteran supporters are
welcome to attend.
A $10 per person donation is
requested. RSVP your reserva-
tions by calling Jerry at 655-
2924 by Dec. 19.
AMVETS plan
Dec. 7 service,
Christmas party
Heartland Hospice is recruit-
ing volunteers to augment hos-
pice services. Volunteers offer
support, companionship and
practical help to patients and
their families, including running
errands, reading or staying with
a patient so family members can
take a break. Clerical help in the
hospice office is also needed.
Comprehensive training is re-
quired and free of charge. Hours
are flexible. Contact Louise
McNabb, volunteer coordinator,
570-654-0220 for more infor-
mation.
Hospice care volunteers sought
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Shawn Klush, acclaimed Elvis tribute artist fromPittston, performs during a concert at the Kirby Center in W
ston Library.
Ann Marie and John Sedon, Hudson, pose with Elvis tribute artist
Shawn Klush at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre.
Opening act "Sweet Inspirations", who were Elvis Presley's back
up singers, warmup the audience.
Lisa and her son Michael Ostrowski, Avoca, along with Ed Koby-
lus, Avoca, pose with Shawn Klush.
Eddie Klein, Pittston, helps deliver the appetizers to the Kirby
Center for the benefit concert.
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Wilkes-Barre accompanied by the "Sweet Inspirations", Elvis's original back up singers, to benefit the Pitt-
Janice Spayder, Plains, wore this pendent to the benefit con-
cert for the Pittston Library.
Joe and Janice Spayder, Hudson, meet Shawn Klush before his
performance at the Kirby Center in Wilkes-Barre.
Alice Romanelli, Candida Romanelli, Carol Dempsey and Tom
Romanelli, Wyoming.
Sarah Tramuta, Pittston, poses with Shawn Klush at the Kirby
Center concert
P
ittstons own Shawn Klush, acclaimed as the Worlds
Greatest Elvis, brought his show to the Kirby Center in
Wilkes-Barre last Saturdaynight. He performed with the
Sweet Inspirations, backup singers for Elvis Presleyhis entire
career. The show benefited the Pittston Memorial Library ex-
pansion project. About 1,000people attended, according to li-
brary officials. Barbara Quinn, chairwoman of the librarys
board, saidif youclosedyour eyes, youdthinkyouwerelisten-
ing to Elvis. There was a larger Greater Pittston contingent in
the audience but, Quinn said, people came fromall over: Cana-
da, Connecticut, Maryland, Pittsburgh, to name a few places.
Carol Crane, the librarys fundraising director, said final fig-
uredarenot inonhowmuchthelibraryraised. "It wasanover-
whelming success," Crane said. "Shawn Klush is one of a kind.
He got standing ovations throughout the night. What a dy-
namic performer." Quinn said Pittstons Charlie Infantino
played with the band, the Ambassadors.
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unbaked, with or without onions.
Cost for a tray is $11. Toppings of
sweet red peppers, pepperoni or
sausage can be added for $2
each.
Specialty pizzas broccoli
and tomato and garlic are $14 per
tray.
A vegetable pizza for $13 in-
cludes tomatoes, onions, brocco-
li, red peppers and mushrooms,
no cheese.
Orders can be called in to the
church office at 655-1083. De-
livery is available for lunch time
orders.
Poppy seed and nut roll
The Society of St. Michael,
corner of Church and Winter
Streets, Old Forge is sponsoring
a nut and poppy seed roll and
cookie sale on Saturday, Dec. 15.
Deadline for orders is Dec. 11.
Orders can be placed by call-
ing 562-1434, 457-9280 or the
church hall 457-2875, leave a
message.
Price for rolls is $9 and one
pound of cookies $8. Pick up is
Dec. 15 between 11 a.m. and 2
p.m.
Yatesville Christmas party
The Yatesville Borough Aux-
iliary announces the annual
Childrens Christmas Party will
be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.
16 held at the Borough Building.
All Yatesville Borough resi-
dents of 12 years of age and
younger are invited to attend the
party.
Santa Claus will make an ap-
pearance to present all children
with Christmas gifts.
Refreshments will be served.
Those planning to attend are
asked to make reservations by
calling654-7585 or 655-8088 by
Dec. 13.
Lessons and Carols
The Parish Community of St.
John the Evangelist Church is in-
viting the public take a break
from their busy holiday sched-
ules to come and listen to some
of the most-loved and cherished
Christmas carols and hymns
which will be performed at the
church located at St. john the
Evangelist church 35 William
Street, Pittston on Sunday, Dec.
16 at 7 p.m.
Brunch with Santa
Brunch with Santa is set Sun-
day, Dec. 16, from9a.m. - 2p.m.,
in the Irem Clubhouse Restau-
rant, located at 64 Ridgway
Drive, Dallas.
Families are invited to bring a
camera and take free pictures
with Santa.
The buffet brunch costs $11.95
for adults and $6.95 for children.
Reservations are required; call
675-1134, ext. 102.
SJ Class of 1970
There will be a mass for the
deceased members of the Saint
John the Evangelist High School
Class of1970onSaturdayFebru-
ary 23rd at 5 p.m. at Saint John
the Evangelist church, William
St., Pittston.
All classmates and friends are
invited to meet and sit together
during the service.
If you are interested coming
email lkomensky@verizon.net
for more information.
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Seventh and eighth-grade students at Wyoming Area Catholic
School, Exeter, participated in the Young Scholars Competition held
at Scranton Prep. Students are challenged to a multitude of academic
questions while competing with other schools. The Wyoming Area
Catholic team made it to the semi-finals and placed second in its
category. Members of the 2012-13WyomingArea Catholic Teamare,
from left, Ms. Maura Azzarella, moderator; Charles Kulick, James
Kosik, Brenna Satkowski, Marissa Moran and Mrs. Eileen Rishcoff,
moderator and administrative Intern at Wyoming Area Catholic
School.
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WAC students in
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The 3 and 1/2 to 4-year-old morning nursery school class at the Cookie Corner recently learned a
history lesson on the first Thanksgiving. Through song and rhyme, children learned about the pilgrims
long voyage to America.
Ice cream cones filled with cereal, goldfish crackers, raisins, grape halves and apple pieces were their
snack for the morning and, when set on plates, resembled an overflowing cornucopia.
Morning staff includes Mrs. Joan Urban, teacher; Mrs. Doris Conant and Mrs. Theresa Guzik teacher
assistants.
Cookie Corner kids learn about Thanksgiving
Cookie Corner students who recently learned about the first Thanksgiving are, fromleft, first row, Emma Gardner, Aleah Vissotski, Nicholas Triola, James Lange, Blake
Mirabelle, Giana Gallagher and Kenzie Galenty. Second row, Jack Gravine, Gabriel Keezer, Ameera Abuelhawa, Francene Graham, Aiden Gallagher and Marco Rutkoski.
Third row, Aubrey Lewis, Sophia Mead, Adriana Wallace, Leah Haddock and Madison Evans. Absent at the time of the photo was Aiden George.
Students at the Cookie Corner preparing to enjoy a healthy
Thanksgiving snack include, fromleft, Gabriel Keezer, Adriana
Wallace, Leah Haddock, Blake Mirabelle and James Lane.
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Avoca Borough will have its
final yard waste collection for on
Tuesday, Dec. 4, weather permit-
ting.
In addition to collecting grass
clippings and leaves, borough
workers will also collect other
yard waste, including shrubs,
hedge clippings and tree limbs.
Grass clippings and leaves can
be placed in the same container;
however, the other collection
items must be placed in a sepa-
rate container.
The recycling center will not
accept grass and leaves com-
bined with the other forms of
yard waste.
Tree limbs should not exceed
three feet in length and one-half
inch in diameter. Rocks, stones,
dirt and animal waste are not ac-
ceptable forms of yard waste and
will not be collected.
A maximum of three open
containers, not exceeding 30
pounds, will be allowed per col-
lection.
Residents should not put col-
lection items in plastic bags.
They will not be collected.
Collection items should be
placed curbside by 8 a.m.
Queen of the Apostles
Queen of the Apostles Parish
will have its Polish Advent Mass
at noon on Monday, Dec. 3 at St.
Marys Church, 715 Hawthorne
St. The Mass will be celebrated
by the Rev. Stephen A. Krawont-
ka.
Following the Mass, there will
be a luncheon featuring chicken
noodle soup, bread, butter and
dessert in St. Marys School au-
ditorium, 742 Spring St.
The time of the Queen of the
Apostles Parish womens guild
Christmas party taking place to-
dayat Colarussos LaPalazzohas
been changed from 2 to 3 p.m.
Beginning on Dec. 4 and con-
tinuing throughout the Year of
Faith, the chaplet of Divine Mer-
cy will be recited after the expo-
sition of the Blessed Sacrament
and holy hour prayers every
Tuesday following the 8 a.m.
Mass. At 7:30 p.m., the rosary is
prayed before benediction and
reposing of the Blessed Sacra-
ment.
Anyone who can spend one
hour weekly at adoration on a
regular basis is asked to call Ann
Jake at 457-3521or the parish of-
fice.
The fundraising committee
will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 4 in the rectory.
The annual appeal committee
will meet at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Dec. 5inthe rectory.
Masses for the feast of the Im-
maculate Conception, a holy day
of obligation for Roman Catholi-
cs, will take place at 8 a.m. and
noon on Saturday, Dec. 8 in the
church.
The vigil Mass will take place
at 7p.m. onFriday, Dec. 7incon-
junction with the First Friday
Healing Mass.
The youth group will sponsor
a milkshake and cupcake social
at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9
in St. Marys School auditorium.
Anyone interested in joining the
youth group may call Lori Os-
trowski, director of youth minis-
try, at 457-8840.
The pastoral council will have
its Christmas party at 6:30 p.m.
on Monday, Dec. 10 in the recto-
ry.
The womens guild will meet
at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in
St. Marys School auditorium.
The oplatek (Christmas wafer)
have been blessed for use during
Christmas Eve meals. They are
available in the church. Suggest-
ed donation is $2.
Please consider making some-
ones Christmas bright by partic-
ipating in the parishs communi-
ty outreach programs.
The public is invitedtoprovide
a specifiedgift toa personwhois
enrolled in the Christmas Giving
Tree program or to a nursing
home resident residing in the
Little Sisters of the Poors Holy
Family Residence.
The deadline for gift returns is
Sunday, Dec. 16.
For more information on how
you can help, call the parish of-
fice.
Parishioners are currently sell-
ingthe stockingstuffer editionof
their Pot of GoldMatchthe Daily
Number raffle tickets, which are
for January.
Tickets are $10 each.
The winning number is based
on the evening daily number of
the Pennsylvania Lottery. Any-
one who has a specific ticket
number they would like to pur-
chase or to just simply purchase
a ticket may call the parish of-
fice. The ticket will be mailed to
you.
The parish has its annual Little
Blue Book Advent and Christ-
mas devotional available. If you
would like one, call the parish of-
fice at 457-3412.
The youth group is collecting
winter hats and gloves for the
needy. Items may be dropped off
in the designated containers lo-
cated in the back of the church.
Lions food bank
The Avoca Lions Club will
have its monthly food bank from
4 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec.
6 at the Bethel United Methodist
Church, 532 Main St.
Volunteers are needed at 1:30
p.m. to help unload the truck and
pack boxes to keep the food bank
functioning. Attendees are asked
to bring boxes.
Toyland Bingo
Holy Rosary School will have
its Toyland Bingo on Friday,
Dec. 7 at the school, 125 Ste-
phenson St., Duryea.
Doors will open at 5 p.m. and
the Bingo will begin at 6 p.m.
Admission is $3 and includes
one Bingo card.
This card can be used for all
regular games. Additional Bingo
cards for regular games can be
purchased for 50 cents each or
three cards for $1.
There will also be several spe-
cial games featuring larger
prizes. At past events, those
larger prizes included an iPod
Touch, flat screen TVs, Ninten-
do DS, and Xbox game systems
with Kinect just to name a few.
Cards for these games are pur-
chased separately from the regu-
lar cards.
Refreshments will also be sold
throughout the evening.
Council meeting
The Avoca Borough Council
will have its monthly meeting
and work session at 6:30 p.m. on
Thursday, Dec. 13 in the Avoca
Municipal Building, 752 Main
St. Council President Joseph
Satkowski will preside.
Childrens Christmas party
Avoca V.F.W. Post 8335 will
have its annual childrens Christ-
mas party from 1 to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 15 at the post
home, 915 Main St.
Lunch will be served at 1 p.m.
Santa will arrive at 1:30 p.m.
Tax reminder
Avoca Tax Collector Teresa
Wrubel reminds residents the fi-
nal payment for the school tax
bill is due Saturday, Dec. 15.
Waste management
Effective January 1, 2013,
Waste Management will no
longer collect monitors, printers,
peripheral devices or any other
components from computers
and TVs.
Copies of this notice are avail-
able in the front entrance of the
Avoca Municipal Building, 752
Main St.
Final yard waste collection Tuesday
Avoca VFW sets annual childrens Christmas party
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FREE DELIVERY! CALL 457-8881
OPEN DAILY: 6 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday & Sunday til 5 p.m.
REHOSKIS MARKET
Bologna................................................ $3.99 lb.
Stick or Slicing Pepperoni ..................... $4.99 lb.
Baby Swiss Cheese ............................... $5.99 lb.
Boneless Chuck Roast ........................... $2.99 lb.
Lean Stewing Beef ................................ $2.99 lb.
Fresh Cut Minute Steaks........................ $4.99 lb.
Seasoned Butt Porketta......................... $2.99 lb.
Butt Steaks ........................................... $1.99 lb.
Smoked Bacon...................................... $4.99 lb.
Fresh & Smoked Kielbasi
The regular monthly meeting
of the Duryea Borough Sewer
Authority will be held on Mon-
day, Dec. 3 at 7 p.m. at the mu-
nicipal building. The budget for
2013 will be discussed. The pub-
lic is invited to attend.
United States President Fran-
klin D. Roosevelt addressed a
joint session of Congress on
Dec. 8, 1941, requesting a formal
declaration of war against Japan.
This request was made in re-
sponse to the Empire of Japans
surprise attack on the Pearl Har-
bor Naval Base, Hawaii, the pre-
vious day.
In his speech, which is regard-
ed by historians as one of the
most memorable of the past cen-
tury, Roosevelt proclaimed the
previous days events would be
remember as a date which will
live in infamy.
That date, Dec. 7, 1941, is in-
deed engraved in the hearts and
minds of many Americans.
In order to honor the sacrifice
of the brave men and women
who lost their lives 71 years ago
at Pearl Harbor, members of the
American Legion Post 585 and
the V.F.W. Post 1227 will have a
Pearl Harbor Day service at 11
a.m. at the V.F.W., 492 Stephen-
son St.
The public is invited to join
our veterans in honoring the
souls lost on that infamous day.
Council meeting
The Duryea Borough Council
will have its monthly meeting
and work session at 6:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 4 in the Duryea
Municipal Building, 315 Main
St.
Weimaraners rescued
Traceys Hope Hospice Care
Programand Rescue for Domes-
tic Animals, Inc., Duryea is still
accepting donations to support
the veterinary and nutritional
care for the four purebred Weim-
araners recently rescued locally
from inhumane conditions.
These dogs are severely mal-
nourished, very frail and fearful.
However, they are safe at Tra-
ceys Hope.
Donations can be sent to:
Traceys Hope 4 Weimaraners
c/o Pennstar Bank
801 South Main St.
Taylor, PA18517.
For more information, call
Traceys Hope at 457-1625.
Oplatek blessing today
St. Marys Polish National Ca-
tholic Church will have the
blessing of the Advent wreath
and the Christmas wafers (opla-
tek) during the 9:30 a.m. Mass
today, Dec. 2 at the church, 200
Stephenson St.
The oplatek, whichare usedby
families of Polishandother East-
ern European heritages at the
evening meal on Christmas Eve,
will be available following the
9:30 a.m. Mass each Sunday or
at the rectory.
To pick up one up at the recto-
ry, call 457-2291.
Legion Sons meeting
The Sons of the American Le-
gion, Squadron 585, (S.A.L.)
will host a District 12 squadron
meeting at 2 p.m. today, Dec. 2 at
the Brennan Regan post home,
329 Main St. Refreshments will
be served following the meeting.
S.A.L. will hold its monthly
meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday,
Dec. 3 at the post home.
S.A.L. is having a holiday fun-
draiser. First prize is a $500 gift
certificate to Quality Beverage,
Laflin; secondprize is a $100gift
certificate to the Wine and Spir-
its store; third prize is a $50 gift
certificate to Komenskys Mar-
ket, Duryea. Chances are $3
each or two for $5.
They can be purchased from
any S.A.L. member or at the post
home. The drawing will take
place on Dec. 22.
Toyland Bingo
Holy Rosary School will have
its Toyland Bingo on Friday,
Dec. 7 at the school, 125 Ste-
phenson St. The doors will open
at 5 p.m., and the bingo will be-
gin at 6 p.m.
Admission is $3 and includes
one Bingo card. This card can be
used for all regular games. Addi-
tional Bingo cards for regular
games can be purchased for 50
cents each or three cards for $1.
There will also be several spe-
cial games featuring larger
prizes. At past events, those
larger prizes included an iPod
Touch, flat screen TVs, Ninten-
do DS, and Xbox game systems
with Kinect just to name a few.
Cards for these games are pur-
chased separately from the regu-
lar cards.
Refreshments will also be sold
throughout the evening.
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Unit 585 will meet at 6:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at the Bren-
nan Regan post home, 329 Main
St. All members are asked to at-
tend.
Any member of the auxiliary
unit that has not paid their 2013
membershipdues or updatedany
necessary information should as
soon as possible. Dues can be
paid or sent to the post home.
The auxiliary unit is seeking
non-perishable food for their an-
nual Feed The Needy baskets.
All donations can be sent to or
dropped off at the post home.
Call 457-4242 with any ques-
tions.
Rec board meeting
The Duryea Rec Board will
meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
Dec. 12 at the Duryea Municipal
Building, 315 Main St. Officers
will be elected at this time.
Childrens Christmas party
The American Legion Bren-
nan Regan Post 585 will host its
annual childrens Christmas par-
ty from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturday,
Dec. 15.
Children age 10 and younger
of all Legion members are invit-
ed to attend. Interested parties
can make a reservation by stop-
ping by the post home, 329 Main
St., to receive a ticket.
Polish Falcons party
The Polish Falcons, Nest 128
will have its club Christmas par-
ty at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15
at the nest, 631MainSt. All regu-
lar and social members are invit-
ed to attend. Attendees are asked
to bring a covered dish item.
There will be refreshments, a DJ
and perhaps a visit from Santa.
The Polish Falcons will have
its childrens Christmas party
from1to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec.
16 at the nest. The children will
be treated to refreshments,
games, prizes, a gift and a visit
from Santa. Children and grand-
children up to age 12 of regular
and social members are invited
to attend. Reservations can be
made at the nest.
VFW Pearl Harbor Day service Friday
Annual Toyland Bingo Friday at Holy Rosary School
DURYEA
JACKIE BORTHWICK-GALVIN
457-3351
duryeahappenings@verizon.net
The Jenkins Township Recre-
ation Board will hold a Christ-
mas Party from 1 to 3 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 8 at the Jenkins
Township Fire Hall, Second
Street, Port Griffith, Jenkins
Township.
All childrenfromthe township
are invited to attend and speak
with Santa Claus. The board will
hold a drawing for two bicycles
with one boy and one girl being
the winner. Light refreshments
will be served.
Refuse stickers
The Jenkins Township Board
of Supervisors has held the cost
of refuse and recycling stickers
at last years amount. Stickers are
now available at the municipal
office at a cost of $52.50.
A discount is afforded to se-
nior citizens and residents with a
disability, providing proof of a
Medicare card is shown. The
cost for senior citizens and resi-
dents with a disability is $42.50.
The last daytopurchase a 2013
refuse and recycling sticker is
Friday, Jan 21. After this date, a
$10 penalty will be assessed and
refuse and recycling will not be
picked up at residences not dis-
playing the 2013 sticker in a
prominent front window.
Supervisors meeting
The board of supervisors has
scheduled a regular meeting for
7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec.12.
Rec Board sets Christmas
party for children Sunday
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Thanks to the generosity from
the community, the Dupont
VFW has been able to spread
Christmas joy for resident veter-
ans at the VA Hospital in Wilkes
Barre and the Gino Merli Center
in Scranton. The post home has
received a wish list of items that
have been asked for by the resi-
dents, including robes, socks,
gloves, personal hygiene, such
as, deodorant, shaving cream,
toothpaste and brushes; postage
stamps, ink pens, playing cards,
batteries.
Monetary donations are also
accepted and would be used to
support activities and to pur-
chase much-needed items for the
residents of the centers.
Gifts, wrapped or unwrapped,
can be taken to the VFW Post
Home on Main Street by Dec.
20. The Dupont VFW Post 4909
is also a collection site for the
Marine Toys for Tots Founda-
tion.
Council meeting
Dupont Borough Council will
meet at 7 p.m. on Dec. 11 in the
James Cocco Council Cham-
bers. Meeting agenda items in-
clude the final reading and adop-
tion of the 2013 municipal bud-
get plus the new rates for the re-
cycling bags.
Annual dinner
Holy Mother of Sorrows an-
nual Advent Potato Pancake and
Clam Chowder Dinner will be
held from 3 to 7 p.m. on Friday,
Dec. 7 at the parish hall. Take-
outs will be available from1p.m.
Donation is $8. The menu in-
cludes pancakes, soup, dessert
and beverage.
Childrens party
Reservations are now being
accepted for the Dupont Bor-
ough Annual Childrens Christ-
mas Party set for 1 to 3 p.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 15 at the VFW
Post Home 4909. Reservations
can be made by calling Borough
Manager Patty McDonald at
655-6216.
Lokuta sets record
Congratulations to Fred Lok-
uta, who competed in a USA
Powerlifting competition Nov. 17
in Clarks Summit and broke the
masters bench press state record
on his second lift and then again
on his third. He will attend a re-
gional competition in Philadel-
phia in December.
Ladies Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of Post
4909 will hold its monthly busi-
ness meeting and their Christ-
mas dinner on Tuesday, Dec, 4 at
the post home. Auxiliary Presi-
dent Elaine Healey will accept
donations of clothing and linens
for person affected by Hurricane
Sandy. Donations may be drop-
ped off at the post home on Main
Street before Dec. 4.
Joeys eco-tip
Here is Joey Jones eco-tip of
the week: Change your furnace
filters once a month when it is
cold outside. Dirty filters restrict
air flow and increase energy de-
mand.
Caroling tonight
Sacred Heart Parishioners and
friends will gather at 6 p.m. to-
day, Dec. 2 in the church hall to
wander the streets spreading
Christmas Cheer for about an
hour and then return for hot
chocolate and cookies.
Toyland Bingo
Holy Rosary School will hold
its annual Toyland Bingo on Fri-
day, Dec. 7 at Holy Rosary
School, Duryea. Doors will open
at 5 p.m. and Bingo will begin at
6 p.m. Admission is $3 at the
door. Toyland Bingo works just
like regular Bingo except your
prize is a new toy or game.
Job opening
Dupont Borough is accepting
applications for an experienced
employee with a CDL license,
experienced in snow plowing
and heavy equipment operation.
Applications are available at the
borough office.
Womens Wafer Dinner
The Womens Society of Sa-
cred Heart of Jesus Church will
hold its annual Wafer Dinner at 2
p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 13, 2013 in
the church hall with Coopers of
Scranton catering this years
event. Cost is $10 per person and
reservations canbe made bycon-
tacting Diane Skrzysowski at
654-6639 or Carolyn Klimek at
654-3713 by Dec. 28. Payment
can be deposited in the collec-
tion basket or you can drop off
your reservation at the rectory
office during business hours.
Christmas wafers (OPLATKI)
will be blessed this weekend dur-
ing the 4 p.m. Mass at Sacred
Heart of Jesus Church and will
be available in the church hall
following all Masses.
VFW parties
The Dupont VFW Post 4909
Home Association will hold its
annual Christmas Party on Sat-
urday, Dec. 8 at the post home.
Music will be provided by the
Home Town Boyz. Adinner buf-
fet will be served from 7:30 to
8:45 p.m. the bar will be open
from7:30 p.m. to12:30 a.m. Do-
nation is $28. For tickets and res-
ervation,s see Bob Lopata at the
post home or contact himat 654-
9104. Deadline is Friday, Dec. 7.
New Years party
The Dupont V.F.W. Post 4909
Home Association will hold its
annual New Years Eve Party on
Monday, Dec. 31 at the Post
home. A dinner buffet will be
served from7:30 to 9 p.m. with a
six hour open bar available from
7:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Musical
entertainment will be provided
by the Home Town Boyz from
9:30 p.m. to 1:30 .am.
Meat and cheese trays, snacks,
coffee and donuts will be avail-
able before midnight. Hats, leis,
noise makers, horns, balloons
and streamers will be furnished
to all to celebrate the New Year.
Donation is $38 per person and
tickets and reservations may be
made by seeing Bob at the VFW
or calling Bob at 5654-9104.
Deadline is Sunday, Dec. 30.
VFW meeting
The VFW Post 4909 will hold
its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 3at the post home.
The Home Association meeting
will follow. Food and refresh-
ments will be served.
Sacred Heart meetings
The Womens Society will
meet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 4 in the church hall.
Holy Name Installation Din-
ner will be at 6 p.m. on Wednes-
day, Dec. 5 in the church hall.
Choir will meet at 6:30p.m. on
Thursday, Dec. 6inthe choir loft.
Dupont Lions
The Dupont Lions will meet at
6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 10 at
the VFW Post Home.
The Dupont Lions Club has
sponsored a new Lions Club,
The Jenkins Old Time Hockey
Club, andits installationas a Li-
ons Club will take place at the
Charter Dinner on Thursday,
Dec. 20 at the Woodlands .Guest
speaker will be the International
Lion President Wayne A. Cost is
$25 per person with dinner
servedat 7p.m. Deadline for res-
ervations is Dec. 10. Members
can make their reservation at the
Dec. 10 meeting or contact Lion
President Dan Lello or Lion
Chris Kalmanowicz.
Rick Hansen, chairman of the
Lions Highway cleanup an-
nounces the next clear-out is
scheduled for Jan. 19, 2013.
The Lions annual Match the
Daily Lottery Number fund rais-
er began on Monday, Nov. 26 and
will run through Saturday,
Dec.22. Monies from this fun-
draiser is used to help make the
season bright with the snowflake
light and swags plus the annual
Childrens Easter Egg Hunt.
Tickets, at $10 each, can be
purchased by contacting Bart
Bryk at 817-1779, Daniel Lello
at 885-4154, Tony Draus at 466-
7963 or Annmarie Paddock at
406-0231.
Bowling results
Elkos Dupont Jr. Bowlers re-
cently held their annual Thanks-
giving Turkey Shoot. This years
winners are: Courtney Osiecki,
Tyler Spurlin, Zachary Elko,
Connor Morris, Matthew Mesa-
ris, Robert Davidson, Justin
Coyne and Piper Kane.
Magic Circle
VFW Post 4909 seeks items for veterans
DUPONT
ANN MARIE PADDOCK
407-0231
dupont.news@comcast.net
Members of the Pittston Area Leo's Club wrapped over100 gifts for the annual Children's Christmas
Party at the VFWPost 4909. Leo's Club members are, fromleft, Cristian Hansen, Nina Timonte, Abbie
Sheerer, Megan Dougherty and MarieTerese Fox.
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Members of the Wyoming Ar-
ea Kiwanis Club and their spon-
sored student leadership pro-
grams, the Key Club and Build-
ers Club, will host their annual
Breakfast with Santa from 8:30
a.m. to noon today, Dec. 2 at the
High School Cafeteria.
Children will have an opportu-
nity to meet Santa, make Christ-
mas cards for militarypersonnel,
make their own ornament, enjoy
face painting and a stop at Ru-
dolphs lollypop tree.
Toy basket raffles and raffles
for live Christmas trees will be
held.
A breakfast of scrambled
eggs, chocolate chip and plain
pancakes, sausage and beverag-
es will cost $6 for adults and $3
for children 3 through12. Infants
under 2 years of age can eat at no
charge.
Baseball happy hour
The Wyoming Area Baseball
Diamond Club invites all adults
to take a break from the holiday
stress a bit and join them for a
night of fun, food, and laughter
making their fundraiser a hit. A
happy hour will be held from7 to
10p.m. onDec. 15at BoBrothers
restaurant, Wyoming Avenue,
Wyoming.
All proceeds benefit the
Wyoming Area baseball team.
Tickets can be purchased for $10
at the door which includes ad-
mission and choice of beverages.
A gift basket raffle and 50/50
drawing will be held. Advance
tickets can also be purchased by
contacting either Donna Chupka
at 239-3929 or Marlene Wrubel
at 991-1037.
Pasta Dinner/Craft Fair
The Wyoming Class of 2013
Pasta Dinner and Craft Fair will
be held from11a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 9 at the high school
cafeteria. Anyone in need of ex-
tra tickets can contact Mary
Bone at 885-2472 or Gina Mal-
sky at 332-7817. Money and un-
sold tickets should be returned to
Mrs. Kepadlo as soon as possi-
ble.
There will be more than 25
vendors, including homemade
clothes sized to fit American
Doll, home dcor, sports and en-
tertainment memorabilia, hair
accessories, purses, a wide varie-
ty of jewelry, candles, bead and
foamcraft, crochetedandknitted
items, Christmas ornaments,
prepackaged homemade coo-
kies, make-up and much more.
Cosmopolitan Seniors
The Cosmopolitan Seniors
will gather to celebrate their
Christmas partyat noononTues-
day, Dec. 4 at St. Anthony Center
in Exeter.
Forty seven members and one
guest attended the previous
meeting. After the meeting, the
group enjoyed refreshments and
Bill Kull played holiday music,
Bingo was played.
Fifty/fifty winners were Tom
Alpaugh, Rosemary Golenski,
Johanna Malinowski, Ed Stan-
koski and Frances Voveris, Che-
ryl Pipher won the special game
and Edith Jones won the Bingo
jackpot.
Members are reminded that
non-perishable food items are
being collected for the local food
pantry.
Travel coordinator Johanna is
accepting reservations for a trip
to Mount Airy Casino on
Wednesday, Dec. 12 with pick-
ups in Exeter and Pittston. Non-
members are welcome. Details
can be obtained from Johanna at
655-2720.
Borough notes
Recycling must be placed
curbside for pick-up on Mon-
days. Yard waste on Thursdays.
Businesses that have not pur-
chased a recycling or refuse
sticker for 2012 will be cited by
the police and subjected to a
fine. Failure of businesses to
purchase a refuse sticker, recy-
cling sticker or report tonnage is
a violation of the borough ordi-
nance.
Anyone who has a private
dumpster must report their ton-
nage to Karen Szwast, recycling
coordinator, at 654-0933.
All refuse is to be placed in
garbage bags and put in a gar-
bage can and placed curbside by
6 a.m. on Wednesdays.
Loose garbage in garbage cans
will not be taken.
St. Barbaras news
Sister Jane ODonnell, RSM,
from the Mercy Consultation
Center, Dallas, will speak at the
next meeting of the Service, So-
cial Concerns Committee at 6:30
p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6 at St.
Anthonys Parish Center. Sister
Jane will enlighten us about a
program called Listening from
the Heart.
Sister Jane trains parishioners
regarding visits to homes, nurs-
ing homes and hospitals.
St. Barbaras Feast will be cel-
ebrated with Mass at 7 p.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 4 and will be fol-
lowed by the movie, St. Barbara
Convert & Martyr of the Early
Church, which will be shown in
the church.
Feast of the Immaculate Con-
ception, a holy day of obligation,
is Saturday, Dec. 8. Masses for
the Feast will be held at 7 p.m. on
Friday, Dec. 7; at 7 and11a.m. on
Saturday, Dec. 8.
Giving Tree: The trees are up
in both churches. Take as many
tags as you wish as long as the
gifts are returned on time. Gifts
must be returned no later than
Sunday, Dec. 9. The gifts will be
picked up on Monday and sorted
according to size, gender and
item.
Some gift suggestions are
hats, gloves, socks, shirts, I tune
cards, makeup, perfume, colog-
ne or any item you would like to
purchase.
Attention Women of the Par-
ish: St. Barbaras Christian
Women Organization will hold a
Christmas Party at 6 p.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 11 at Fox Hill
Country Club. Cost of the dinner
buffet will be $25. Place in the
church basket, drop off at the
rectory or call Mary King at 655-
4744, Barbara Russo at 654-
8670, Chip Clarke at 654-7480
or Loretta Semenza at 654-0936.
Deadline for reservations is Dec.
4. The party is open to all women
of the parish.
Christmas Wafers are here.
You may purchase them at the
rectory between the hours of 9
a.m. and 2 p.m. There are four
wafers per envelope and the cost
is $2 per envelope. They will be
available after weekend Masses
beginning next week.
Childrens/Youth Choir: Prac-
tice will be held after the 10:30
a.m. and noon masses on Sun-
day, Dec. 9 in the upstairs choir
loft.
Kiwanis Breakfast with Santa today
EXETER
EILEEN CIPRIANI
287-3349
ecipriani@comcast.net
High Scratch Series Scores:
Mens Division: Kyle Wagn-
er, 722; Chris Renfer, 710; Greg
Renfer, 707; Don Whiting, 681;
Drew Nicholson, 599; Paul
Chmiel, 598; Matt Charney, 597;
Rich Jr. Aston, 596; Joseph
Chmiel, 588.
Womens Division: MaryTh-
eresa Pupa, 440; Courtney
McKitish, 337.
Pittston Twp VFW
High Scratch Series Scores:
Wally Moore, 742; Jack Casper,
711; Joe Jr. Walsh, 698; Ed Was-
ko, 620; Joe Argenio, 605; An-
thony Grieco, 601; Joe Sr. Walsh,
585; John Blattner, 570; Jim
Chimento, 563; Peter Chod-
nicki, 556.
Warehouse Mixed League
High Scratch Series Scores:
Mens Division: Tom Clark,
735; Ed Polons, 697; John Do-
ran, 695; Bill Casterline, 681;
John Borgia, 635.
Womens Division: Michelle
Bukofski, 236.
American
High Scratch Series Scores:
Jerry Coggins, 735; Mark Kul-
ick, 734; Dave Kern, 664; John
Grohowski, 657; Gary Sr. Mag-
don, 656; Edward Collins, 650;
Gerry Reilly, 643; Marty
Moughan, 639; Pete Latona,
637; Tom Spurlin, 632.
Dupont Bowlettes
High Scratch Series Scores:
Ann Alfano, 522; Connie Ber-
linski, 515; Marylou Fereck,
483;Debbie Stevens, 481; Ma-
ryAnn Shugdinis, 470; Donna
Kasa, 470; Marytheresa Pupa,
465; Kim Kishel, 462; Grace-
lynn Williamson, 447.
Sunday Night Mixed
High Scratch Series Scores:
Mens Division: Joe Argenio,
590; Russ Stevens, 587; Vito
Buzzetta, 560; Paul Wililamson,
517; Gene Wasko, 506.
Womens Division: Grace-
lynn Williamson, 442; Marythe-
resa Pupa, 430; Tina Evans, 402;
Debbie Stevens, 372; Marianne
Argenio, 337.
Boys Division: Zachary
McKitish, 651
Elkos Bantam/Prep Mixed
High Scratch Series Score:
Boys Division: Ryan Kane,
157; Jacob Dobrowalski, 149;
Matthew Mesaris, 133; Aiden
Hindmarsh, 124; Robert David-
son, 116; Jake Grzech, 108; Ryan
Peck, 105; Zachary Chilson, 95;
Jimmy Soroka, 89.
Girls Division: Kacie Fisk,
109; Makenzie Kaminski, 94;
Madison Mesaris, 85; Sophia
Gronka, 55.
Elkos Mixed
High Scratch Series Scores:
Boys Division: Anthony Zim-
merman, 477; Michael Elko,
453; Paul Greco, 428; Evan El-
ko, 409; Justin Coyne, 400; Evan
Esposito, 388; Bryan Shupp,
382; Zachary Garbarino, 366;
Jesse Carlen, 362; Charles Kul-
ick, 332.
Girls Division: Samantha
Piechota, 356; Morgan Mesaris,
343; Piper Kane, 304; Gina
Kirkpatrick, 270; Halle gronka,
199; Alyssa Bulford, 195; Loren
Gronka, 173; Liena Vest, 171.
Elkos Junior/Senior Friday
High Scratch Series Scores:
Boys Division: Zachary
McKitish, 723; Peter Kulick,
637; Conrad Chapple, 598;
Spencer Saxon, 593; David Zyd-
ko, 551.
Girls Division: Courtney
Osiecki, 479; Irene Magdon,
471; Katie Wynn, 403; Danielle
Zydko, 403; Michelle Gross-
bauer, 357.
Elkos Prep Boys
High Scratch Series Scores:
Ozzie Dobrowalski, 382; Jeremy
Lavelle, 366; Zachary Elko, 361;
Martin Kuna, 350; Marc Piecho-
ta, 340; Connor Morris, 326;
Anthony DePascale, 304; Joey
Wruble, 301; Tyler Cegelka,
274; Noah Donahue, 268.
Service schedule
Dupont Borough service
schedule for the week of Dec. 2:
Monday, Dec. 3 Refuse
Tuesday, Dec. 4 - Yard waste
Wednesday, Dec. 5 Com-
mingle, plastics, glass and cans.
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The West Pittston Library will
have a Book Fair at Barnes &
Noble at the Arena Hub Plaza
from Dec.7- 9. Gift-wrapping
will be provided on this Satur-
day, Dec. 8 at no charge with a
receipt.
Online shoppers can use our
Book fair ID #10884930 when
checking out from Dec. 7-14.
For more information, call or
email Sara at 883-7079 or email:
sarashanekelly@gmail.com.
100th anniversary
The Moose Lodge #1207 will
hold an Open House from1 to 5
p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8. Food
and beverages will be served.
Souvenirs andhistorical artifacts
will be displayed.
There will be a100th Anniver-
sary Dinner from8 p.m. to1a.m.
on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the
Moose. There will be open bar,
food and music.
Rams news
The West Pittston Rams are
seeking applicants for Board of
Directors positions for 2013.
Please send all letters of intent to
President@westpittston-
rams.com. Positions will be
elected during Decembers open
board meeting.
WA pasta dinner
The Wyoming Area Class of
2013 Pasta Dinner and Craft Fair
will be held from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 at the
Secondary center Cafeteria.
Money and all unsold tickets
should be returned to Mrs. Ke-
padlo as soon as possible.
There will be over 25 vendors,
including homemade clothes
sized to fit American Doll, home
dcor, sports and entertainment
memorabilia, hair accessories,
purses, wide variety of jewelry,
candles, bead & foam craft, cro-
cheted and knitted items, Christ-
mas ornaments, prepackaged
homemade cookies, make-up,
candles and much more.
WA baseball
The Wyoming Area Baseball
Diamond Club will hold a happy
hour from7 to10 p.m. on Dec.15
at Bo Brothers restaurant on
Wyoming Avenue. All proceeds
benefit the WyomingArea Base-
ball team.
Tickets can be purchased for
$10 at the door, which includes
admission and your choice of
beverages. A gift basket raffle
and 50/50 drawing will be held.
Advance tickets can also be
purchased by contacting either
Donna Chupka at 239-3929 or
Marlene Wrubel at 991-1037.
Street department
Residents are requested to
rake leaves to the tree lawn and
place in a pile or open contain-
ers. Please do not place leaves in
plastic bags and do not rake unto
the road.
Taxes due
According to George L. Mill-
er, tax collector, face value of
taxes is in affect until Monday,
Dec. 3.
The borough tax penalty peri-
od will be honored through De-
cember. Office hours during re-
bate are from6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday
and Wednesday.
It is the property owners re-
sponsibility to forward their tax
bills to their financial institution
for payment. If a receipt is re-
quested, please include a self ad-
dressed stamped envelope with
payment.
For appointments, call 655-
3801 or 655-7782 ext. 232.
Birthday notes
Celebrating this week Sandy
Lloyd Giunta, Dec. 4; Danielle
Argenio, Patrick Gilligan, Deb
Jallen, Dec. 5; GabbyBohan, Sa-
ra Flannelly, Sara Reilly, Dec. 8.
Thought for the week
It is better to be hated for who
you are than to be loved for
someone you are not.
Quote of the week
Every one says forgiveness is
a lovely idea, until they have
something to forgive. C.S. Le-
wis, British scholar/novelist.
Bumper sticker
If you want to be happy, be.
Library Barnes & Noble Book Fair next weekend
WESTPITTSTON
Tony Callaio
654-5358
tonyc150@verizon.net
Representatives of West
Wyoming Borough will conduct
a phone and mail survey of resi-
dents of West Brady, English and
Fairview Streets to gather infor-
mation essential for an applica-
tion for federal Community De-
velopment Block Grant funding
through Luzerne County for
street improvements on the sur-
veyed streets. All information
will be kept confidential.
Breakfast with Santa
West Wyoming Hose Co #1
will host a Breakfast with Santa
from8 a.m. to noon on Dec. 16 at
the hose company, 926 Shoe-
maker Ave. Tickets are $8 for
adults and $5 for children. For
tickets, call 693-1811.
Tax collector
West Wyoming Tax Collector
Robert Connors would like to re-
mind residents the 2012 school
face period will end on Dec. 5.
The office will be open from6 to
8 p.m. that day. All school taxes
will be collected at the penalty
amount after this date. For more
information, call 693-0130.
Sanitation stickers
Sanitation stickers are now on
sale at the town hall between 8
a.m. and 4 pm. weekdays. All
residents must purchase a stick-
er. The cost remains the same as
last year, $200. If purchased be-
fore Jan. 31, 2013, senior citizens
(65 and older) will receive a $25
rebate ($175), all others receive a
$15 rebate ($185). If purchased
from Feb. 1-28, 2013, the full
price will be charged. After Feb.
28, 2013, the cost will be $300
for the year and citations will be
filed with the district magistrate
for noncompliance withthe ordi-
nance. Stickers are also available
through the mail at West Wyom-
ing Borough Building, 464 W.
8th St., P.O. Box 4035, West
WyomingPA18644. For the add-
ed convenience of residents, Vi-
sa, MasterCard and MACare ac-
cepted. Stickers can also be pur-
chased through the borough at
West Wyoming to conduct survey for grant info
West Wyoming Borough Council members Eileen Cipriani, Dan Gadomski and Gil Atherholt, along with Shade Tree Commission leader
Mary Pat Appel, planted trees in the municipality with students fromWyoming Area and volunteers. Participating students were Nikki
Giordano, Abby Thornton, Audrey Hiedacavage, Ashlee Blannett, Tyler Wrubel, Alex Krispin, Jared Saporito, Evan Rider, Mike Cipriani
and Kyle Memory.
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Tree planting
West Wyoming Borough
Council members Eileen Cipria-
ni, Dan Gadomski and Gil Ath-
erholt, along with Shade Tree
Commission leader Mary Pat
Appel, planted trees in the mu-
nicipality with students from
Wyoming Area and volunteers.
This is the fifth year for the bor-
oughs Shade Tree Commis-
sions program and nearly 200
hundred trees have been planted
in the borough.
Website
Visit the West Wyoming Web-
site at www.westwyoming.org.
Residents interested in receiving
a monthly e-newsletter from the
borough can visit the website for
more details.
Yard waste
ALeaf pickup is scheduled for
Dec. 12. Leaves must be in an
open container or degradable pa-
per leaf bag. Plastic bags will not
be accepted. There will be no
more Saturday hours for the sea-
son.
Recycling reminder
West Wyoming recycling con-
tainers are located behind Hose
Company No. 1.
Recycling can be dropped off
any day of the week.
The following is the list of ac-
ceptable items for recycling:
commingled food and beverage
containers, plastic containers (all
number recyclables are accept-
ed), cardboard, newspaper and
office paper.
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Garbage stickers for 2013 are
nowon sale from9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Monday through Friday at the
Wyoming Municipal Building.
Full year stickers are $200 and
$190 for seniors. Garbage stick-
ers may also be purchased
through the mail by sending a
self-addressed/stamped enve-
lope to Wyoming Borough, 277
Wyoming Ave., Wyoming, PA
18644. The sticker fee includes
garbage pickup, curb-side recy-
cling collection and seasonal
yard waste removal. A monthly
bulk item pickup is also offered
at $5 per item(limited to one per
month.)
Breakfast with Santa
Wyoming Masonic Lodge #
468 will hold a flapjack break-
fast from 8 to 10 a.m. on Satur-
day, Dec. 22 at Applebees
Neighborhood Bar and Grill,
253 Wilkes-Barre Blvd, Wilkes
Barre. Tickets adults $7 for
adults and $4.50 for children un-
der age 12. Tickets can be pur-
chased at the door or by calling
406-6911 or 885-1441.
Fire fund drive
The annual Wyoming Hose
Company No. 1fire fund drive is
currently in progress. Residents
will receive donation requests in
the coming days. Anyone who
does not receive a donation re-
quest cancall 693-1371andleave
a message for John Marianacci,
2013 fund drive chairman
Legion Post 904
The West Wyoming American
Legion Morning Star Post 904
will meet on Thursday, Dec. 13
in West Wyoming Hose Co. No.
1meeting roomwith Command-
er Jerome Domkoski presiding.
Plans for the upcomingChrist-
mas party to held on Dec. 16 will
be finalized.
Any member who has not re-
sponded as of yet is asked to call
one of the following committed
members: Ron Semanski at 650-
5983, George Yurek at 693-1913.
Events for the year 2013 will
be discussed.
Toys for Tots
The Wyoming branch of Lu-
zerne Bank will accept toy dona-
tions for its annual Toys for Tots
drive. A drop box for Toys For
Tots is also located a The Laurels
at 80 Wyoming Ave, Wyoming.
Senior Citizens
The Wyoming, West Wyom-
ing Seniors will hold their an-
nual Christmas party on Dec. 4.
Dinner will be served at noon by
K&L catering.
There will be musical enter-
tainment by Debbie Switzer.
There will be prizes and Bingo
will be played.
Fifty-Fifty winners from the
last meeting were Paul Delaney,
Nancy Marcy, and Frank Perfin-
ski. The Bingo Jackpot winner
was Marion Pocceschi.
December birthday was Ma-
ryann Paluck.
Election of officers was held
and elected were Frank Perfin-
ski, president; Sam DeSalvo,
vice president; Joann Kwasny,
Irene Zelinsky and Donna Poc-
ceschi, treasurer. Past President
Marion Pocceschi conducted the
election.
The next regular will be held
Jan.8, 2013.
Holiday events
The Wyoming Recreation
Board will hold a childrens holi-
day party from 1 to 3 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 9 in the Tenth
Street School cafeteria.
Judging for the Wyoming Ho-
liday House Contest will occur
the weekend of Dec.14-15.
Senior class dinner
The Wyoming Area Class of
2013 Pasta Dinner and Craft Fair
will be held from 11 a.m. to 5
p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9 at the
Wyoming Area High School
cafeteria. Anyone in need of
tickets may call Mary Bone at
885-2472 or Gina Malsky at
332-7817. Money and unsold
tickets should be returned as
soon as possible to Mrs. Kepa-
dlo.
There will be more than 25
vendors, including homemade
clothes sized to fit American
Doll, home dcor, sports and en-
tertainment memorabilia, hair
accessories, purses, wide variety
of jewelry, candles, bead and
foamcraft, crochetedandknitted
items, Christmas ornaments,
prepackaged homemade coo-
kies, make-up and much more.
St. Monicas news
St. Monicas Parish was two
years old on Nov. 25 and Deacon
William Jenkins celebrated his
first year of Ordination on Nov.
26.
Vacation Sweepstakes tickets
Be sure to watch the Big Four
Number for December (7 p.m.
drawing Monday through Satur-
day) if you have purchased a
Sweepstake Ticket sponsored by
St. Monica Parish, West Wyom-
ing. Prizes include a trip to Can-
cun for two, New York City trip
for two, $1,000 in cash (these
three prizes are for exact match-
ing number.) Many other prizes
are awarded for other combina-
tions. Winners will be notified
weekly for all who have pur-
chased winning tickets.
The Fundraising Committee is
at work planning the Nite at the
Races for Feb. 8. Anyone inter-
ested in helping plan the event
can call TomTomsak, chairman,
at 237-2188. Committee mem-
bers are: Mary Smith, Mike Bu-
onsante, Frank Sobeck and Don-
na Piszak. The next planning
session will be at 7:30 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 17.
The Fundraising Committee
will begin selling admission
tickets andhorses for the upcom-
ing Night At The Races begin-
ning today, Dec. 2 and contin-
uing through Feb. 3 after all
Masses at both sites.
For more information, contact
TomTomsakat 237-2188. Forms
will also be available to down-
load from St. Monica web at
www.stmonicanepa.com.
The Senior Citizens meet at
1:30 p.m. on the first and third
Tuesday of the month in the
church hall. The groups Christ-
mas dinner is set for noon on
Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Library news
Storyteller Daria Marie Walsh
and Poet Paul H. Tubb visited the
Wyoming Free Library on Satur-
day, Nov. 24. The couple resides
in the seaside village of Howth,
County Dublin. Daria is a native
of Wilkes-Barre and a graduate
of Bishop Hoban High School
and Kings College.
Daria and Paul have perform-
ed their stories, poems and songs
all over Ireland at events and fes-
tivals, including The Childrens
Books Festival, Listowel Writers
Week and Poetry Now.
The Friends of the Wyoming
Free Library have launched a
brand new web-based store on
Etsy.com! You can buy unique
handcrafted items such as cat
toys and sachets as well as pil-
lows, pet coats and many other
crafts for the holidays. Go to
The Crafty Ant store on Etsy-
.com. All proceeds benefit the
Wyoming Free Library.
Friends of the Wyoming Free
Library invite you to bring your
knitting, crocheting, needle-
point, embroidery, or sewing to
the library from10 to 11:30 a.m.
on the first and fourth Wednes-
days of every month. Call the li-
brary at 693-1364 to register.
Garbage stickers for 2013 on sale Mon. thru Fri.
WYOMING NEWS
EILEEN CIPRIANI
287-3349
ecipriani@comcast.net
Storyteller Daria Marie Walsh and Poet Paul H. Tubb visited the
Wyoming Free Library on Nov. 24, delighting guests with a show
of storytelling, music and poetry fromIreland. Here, the pair pre-
sent John Roberts, director of the Wyoming Free Library, with a
signed collection of their books and a CD. Items in the collection
are available for loan through the library.
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Dedication ceremony held at Pittston YMCA
TONY CALLAIO/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Getting first crack at the new daycare roomis Geno Pugliese, 4, grandson of Dr. Gene and Debbie
DeMinico. Geno's parents are: Marina and Shawn Pugliese.
The new YMCA daycare roomwas dedicated in the name of the
late Eugene R. DeMinico, II. Foreground, Athena, the police dog,
sponsored by Dr. DeMinico, and her handler, Ed Sulima. Standing,
left to right, Dr. Gene DeMinico, Debbie DeMinico, Craig Lukatch,
Hughestown Chief of Police, Steve Golya.
Cutting the ribbon to open the new lobby/front desk is, left to
right: Mike Sowinski, incoming YMCA board president; Lukatch;
Tina Fisher, outgoing YMCA board president; Brian Fallon, YMCA
property manager.
YMCA CEO Craig Lukatch
addresses the audience prior
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Taking part in the dedicating the gymto Harry and Jeanette Weinbergs is, left to right, Atty. Joseph Burke, board trustee; Tina Fisher,
outgoing board president, and Craig Lukatch, YMCA CEO. Burke was the liason between the YMCA and the Weinberg Foundation. S
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The Badger Game is return-
ing to its roots.
Old Forge will be at Wyoming
Area Friday night in a non-
league boys basketball opener
that will serve as the Anthony
Badger Marseco Memorial
Game.
The Blue Devils and Warriors
have opened the season against
each other with the Badger
Game every year since 1995,
when the game was started fol-
lowing Marsecos death earlier
that year in a motorcycle acci-
dent.
For 12 seasons through last
year, the game also functioned as
part of the Marseco Memorial
Tournament, bringing four boys
and four girls teams together for
the start of the season in Old
Forge.
Pittston Area opted out of the
tournament this season, leading
to the decision to go back to sim-
ply a memorial game to start the
season.
The contest honors Marseco, a
member of the 1992 Old Forge
state championship baseball
team and state quarterfinalist
basketball team who went on to
coach in the Wyoming Area
School District.
Old Forge coach Al Semenza
said that part of honoring Marse-
cos memory is an emphasis on
team play.
One of the things we did be-
cause of his thinking he was
never a guy who looked for
awards there is no MVP and no
award other than the Badger Tro-
phy which goes to the winning
team to hold for one year, Se-
menza said.
Semenza, who coached Mar-
seco in high school, spent two
seasons at WyomingArea before
returning to coach the Blue Dev-
ils. It was during that time that
Marseco began coaching at
Wyoming Area, first working
with elementary school students
then spending a season as junior
high coach.
Both coaches indicated a com-
mitment to keeping the game,
which is being held for the 18th
time, intact as a season opener.
The Badger Game is always
going to be our first game, sec-
ond-year Wyoming Area coach
Al Brogna said.
Semenza said the game will
return to its rotation between the
two schools, beginning with this
years contest at Wyoming Area.
Old Forge returns leading
scorer Brian Tomasetti and an-
other full-time starter, Jake Ma-
netti. The Blue Devils also have
part-time starters Brenden Wahl
and Jimmie Aversa back from a
Representatives from Old Forge High School and Wyoming Area School District pose for a photo promoting the annual Marseco game between the two schools to be played
on Friday, December 7 at Wyoming Area. Left to right: Brian Tomasetti, David Chromey, Anthony Piccolini, Brenden Wahl, Jordan Zezza, Trent Grove, Bart Chupka, Mike
Carey.
HI GH SCHOOL BASKETBAL L
Warriors to host Devils in Badger game
Old Forge Wyoming Area to tip off season Friday in Exeter
By TOM ROBINSON
For the Pittston Dispatch
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second in District 2 Class A and
won a preliminary-round state
tournament game.
Wyoming Area returns start-
ers Bart Chupka, the second-
leading scorer, and Mike Carey
along with part-time starter Jor-
dan Zezza from a team that
struggled through a 2-20 season.
Old Forge, an Ateam, plays in
the Lackawanna Conference Di-
vision 3.
Wyoming Area, AA, plays in
the Wyoming Valley Conference
Division 2.
The regular seasons begin af-
ter the New Year.
WA-OF Badger Game dates to 1995
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Pittston Area golfer Ryan Tra-
cy was selected first-team all-
star and MVP of the Wyoming
Valley Conference Division 3A
by the conference coaches. PAs
Matt Carroll, Chris Lynch and
Calvin OBoyle received honor-
able mention in 3A.
In 2A Wyoming Areas Zach
Mulhern and Courtney Melvin
were selected all-stars.
In girls volleyball Wyoming
Areas Samantha Acasio was se-
lected to the second team and
Wyoming Areas Gabby Bohan
and Kate Kross got honorable
mention.
In girls cross country PAs Tara
Johnson and Catherine Lombar-
do were selected to the second
team.
FAL L HI GH SCHOOL SPORTS
Locals all-stars in golf, cross country, volleyball
Clockwise from top left, PA runners Tara Johnson and
Catherine Lombardo were second team cross country
all-stars; WAs Courtney Melvin was a 2A all-star; WAs
Sam Acasio was a second team volleyball all-star; Ryan
Tracy was a first team golf all-star and MVP.
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Chrissy Ryzner of Duryea is a
part time staff member of the
Greater Pittston YMCA during
the day but by night she trans-
forms into Princess Chrissy
Johnson, holder of the East
Coast Pro Wrestling (EPCW)
Womens Championship Belt.
Shell defend the belt Friday at
the Y.
Next Friday at 7 p.m. Johnson
and Rich Howe of Pittston will
be wrestling at an ECPW event
at the Greater Pittston YMCA.
Johnson will be defending her
ECPW Womans Championship
against Pottsvilles own Lil Jack-
ie Daniels. Also, Keystone State
Wrestling Champion, Banger
Rich Howe will defend his
championship as he takes on the
formidable Captain David Law-
less. Howe, fromPittston is mak-
ing his home-
town debut.
Part of the
gate of the
Off the
Ropes event
will benefit
the GP YM-
CA. Tickets
are on sale at
the Greater
Pittston YM-
CA. Front
Row tickets
are $12; general admission tick-
ets are $10 presale and $12 at the
door. Doors open at 7 p.m. with a
7:45 p.m. bell time.
Topurchase tickets or more in-
formation please stop by the
Greater Pittston YMCA 10 N.
Main Street, Pittston or call 570-
655-2255.
Wrestling is an amazing feel-
ing, Ryzner said. To be out in
front of a couple hundred people
and knowing that youre capable
of controlling emotions while
doing something I love.
Ryzner has always been a fan
of wrestling and decided to train
to become what she idolized as a
kid.
I have been wrestling for al-
most seven years. I love wres-
tling because it involves playing
and controlling not only your
own emotions but that of the
crowds as well. Its a rush like no
other.
Ryzner wrestles for the
EPCW, East Coast ProWrestling
Empire State, DWF/Loco com-
pany based out of New Jersey
and the Keystone Wrestling in
Pennsylvania.
Holding the ECPW Womens
Championship belt, DWF Wom-
ens Tag team title and the CPW
Womens title as well as a former
PCWA Womens Champion,
Ryzner is a force to be reckoned
with.
I love traveling to different
states and performing in front of
hundreds of people, she said.
The card will consist of nine
Scheduled Fights, with three
Championship Matches.
In a much anticipated match-
up Smooth Tommy Suede will
be taking on ECPW World
Champion Andrew Anderson in
a battle of co-stars from the mo-
vie The Wrestler.
B.E.T. (Best Elite Talent) will
face off against the Unemploy-
ment Line in a special tag team
attraction match. A 20-man
over-the-top Rope Battle Royal
will determine a newChampion-
ship contender and rumors of a
special challenge being sent out
by ECPW Showcase Champion
Lil Daddy C and the #1 conten-
der tothat title AnarchY, toa new
group of rebels, Team Excite-
ment led by David Gumaer.
Other fights on the card in-
clude:
David Starr vs. Jason the Sui-
cide King
Fatal Four Way Match The
Goods w/ Mr. Dave Trobule vs.
Tyrone Kidd vs. Acid Zero vs.
Johnny Blaze
Garrett Dominance & Bran-
don Alpha vs. Mark Maverick &
Ross Daniels
PROF ESSI ONAL WRESTL I NG
Chrissy Ryzner to defend belt at the Y Friday
Locals Ryzner, Howe headline professional wrestling card at the YMCA
Tickets can be
purchased in
advance at The
Greater Pittston
YMCA10 N. Main
Street Pittston, PA
and online at
ECPW1.com
Questions/info:
973-402-9599
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Chrissy Ryzner of
Duryea is a part time
staff member of the
Greater Pittston YMCA
during the day but by
night she transforms
into Princess Chrissy
Johnson, holder of the
East Coast Pro Wres-
tling (EPCW) Womens
Championship Belt.
Shell defend the belt
Friday at the Y.
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The Duryea Wildcat cheer-
leaders and their coaches had
outstanding performances dur-
ing the 2012 cheer competition
season. The Duryea Wildcats
competed in competitions in
Swoyersville and Duryea and in
the league competition hosted by
Plymouth.
Combined the A-team won 11
trophies: League Competi-
tion-3rd place Sideline Chant,
Hometown, Dance; 4th place
Hello; Duryea Competition -
2nd place Sideline Chant,
Hometown, Dance; 3rd place
Hello; Swoyersville Competi-
tion-1st place Sideline Chant,
Dance; 2nd place Hello. The A-
team Head Coach is Tara Vols
The B-team won 12 trophies,
nine for first place and three sec-
ond place: League Competi-
tion-1st place Hello and Dance,
2nd place Sideline Chant,
Hometown; Duryea Competi-
tion - 1st place Hello, Sideline
Chant, Hometown, Dance;
Swoyersville Competition -1st
place Hello, Sideline Chant,
Dance, 2nd place Hometown
The B-team Head Coach is
MissyConwayandher assistants
are Noelle DeRoberto and Jr Ad-
visor Katie Wynn.
The C-team won 11 trophies:
League Competition-1st place
Hometown, 2nd place Sideline
& Dance, 4th place Hello; Du-
ryea Competition-1st place
Hometown, 2nd place Hello,
Sideline Chant and Dance;
Swoyersville Competition - 1st
place Hello, Dance; 2nd place
Sideline Chant. The C-team
Head Coach is Jen Winburn her
asstistants are Coach Amy Bro-
dy, Jill Dietrick and Jr Advisor
Marina Maida.
The D-team won six trophies:
League Competition - 3rd place
Hello and 4th place Dance; Du-
ryea Competition-1st place Hel-
lo, Dance; Swoyersville Compe-
tition - 1st place Hello, Dance.
The D-team Head Coach
Christa Kirkpatrick her assistant
is Coach Ashley Swartwood
J U N I O R F O O T B A L L
Duryea Wildcat cheerleaders excel in competitions
The Wildcats A-team won 11 trophies, front row, from left, Co-cap-
tains Aftin Felkowski and Joclyn Wilk. Second row: Rachel Corwin,
Jordyn Wynder, Tara Vols, Selena Rubino, and Gabby Azarovich.
Absent from photo, Mariah Toomey.
The D-team won six trophies, front row, Victoria Winters, Vanessa
Maslowski, Arrea McPeek, and Marissa Calogero. Second row,
Avery Wynder, Tina Van Wert, Samantha Thomas, Morgan Hilbert,
and Isabella Bauman. Absent from photo, Amanda Azarovich.
The Wildcats B-team won 12 trophies, front row, Libby Williams, Olivia Grochal and Halie Coggins.
Second row, Kristen Walters, Rylee Shay, Kayla Conway and Starr Johnson. Third row, Emma Coles,
Nicole Bonczek, Ashlynn DeRoberto, Hannah Robbins and Mia Rubino
The C-team won 11 trophies, First row, Emily Dietrick, Lauren Shay, Alexandria Brody, Kailee Winburn,
Katelynn Lyons, Virginia Jacobsen. Second row, Cara Mia Hogan, Samantha Wynder, Emily Rinaldi,
Ashlyn Urbanski, Alexis Wesnak, Kayla Mease. Third row, Hannah Kozlowski, Kelce Wynder, Abagail
Winburn, Janelle Wilk, Tiara George, Alivia Lugin, Julie Frushon. Fourth row, Jill Dietrick, Jen Win-
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Gary Patrick of Exeter
downed a 10 -point 200 lb buck
at 8:30 a.m. on the first day of
buck season in Wyoming county
using his 42-year-old Reming-
ton 700 BDL 30:06
The buck was chasing three
doe about 95 yards away in a
some thick woods when I made
the shot, Patrick said.
The rack spread was 20 inches
inside 22 inches outside. Gary,
62, who has been hunting since
he was 13, said this is the biggest
white tail buck he ever harvest-
ed.
Gary was hunting with his
friends Jerome Lumley, who
helped him drag the deer out of
the woods, Uncle Buck Lumley,
Don Lumley, TimSarnak and his
son Jake.
OUTDOORS
Patrick 10-pointer biggest in 50 years of hunting
Gary Patrick looks through the
rack of the trophy buck he
harvested on opoening day in
Wyoming County.
John Vernagis Jr., 11, fromDu-
pont bagged his first buck while
hunting near Fleetwood on
opening day, Monday, Novem-
ber 26 at 7a.m..
He was with his uncle and
mentor David Yatsko, an avid
sportsman who introduced him
to the sport.
His sister Alexis and Aunt Sue
assisted in transport of the tro-
phy. The deer will be mounted
for the entire family to enjoy.
By the way today is Johns
birthday.
First deer for 11-year-old John Vernagis
Right, John John
Vernagis Jr., 11, with
the trophy buck he
harvested near
Fleetville on opening
day.
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Bianca Chairge, a soccer play-
er for the ScrantonPrepClassics,
accepted a NCAA Division 1
athletic scholarship to St. Jo-
sephs University in Philadel-
phia.
Bianca has deep roots in the
Greater Pittston area. Her father
Joe Chairge owned and operated
Pittston Lumber for over 20
years and was a Pittston YMCA
board member and past presi-
dent. Her late grandfather Joe
Chairge Sr. owned Celestinos
Restaurant in Dupont.
Biancas mother Charlene is
fromWest Wyoming and she is a
graduate of Wyoming Area
Bianca, an honor student at
Scranton Prep, is a graduate of
St. Marys Assumption School,
Pittston. She is a graduate of the
Wilkes-Barre Junior Leadership
class of 2012. At Prep she was a
member of the Spanish Club and
Student Council.
At St. Joes she is going to ma-
jor in business and sports mar-
keting.
She and her family live in Bear
Creek.
Bianca was a two-time All-Re-
gion selection, the 2012 MVP of
Lackawanna Girls Soccer
League DivisionI anda Pennsyl-
vania Soccer Coaches Associ-
ation First Team All-State selec-
tion.
The Classics finished 16-1-1
and reached the state 2Aquarter-
finals where they lost to North-
ern York, 2-0.
They won the District 2 2A
Championship beating Berwick
at Wilkes University 6-1, with
Bianca scoring two goals.
The Classics advanced to the
state tourney and defeated
Northwestern Lehigh, 3-0, at
Wilkes University, becomingon-
ly the second Lackawanna Soc-
cer League girls team to win a
state playoff game.
H I G H S C H O O L S O C C E R
Soccer star charging ahead to St. Joes
Bianca Chairge in action with the Scranton Prep Classics.
By JACK SMILES
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The Pittston Jr. Patriots ban-
quet tickets are onsale today, De-
cember 2 at Tonys Pizza City
Line Plaza from noon to 2 p.m.
Adults tickets are $25.00. For
childrens tickets see Pat.
Equipment out can return it at
this time.
WA swim parents
The Wyoming Area Swim
Parents Association will meet on
Monday evening, Dec. 3, at 7:00
p.m. at the WA Secondary Cen-
ter. Please enter throughthe front
door. The meeting will be in
Room164 or the library. All par-
ents of WAswimmers and divers
are encouraged to attend.
PA wrestling boosters
Pittston Area Wrestling
Booster Club All parents of Pitt-
ston Area Wrestlers should plan
on attending a booster club
meeting on Monday, December
3, 2012, at 6 p.m. at the High
School Cafeteria.
PA baseball to meeting
Pittston Area Baseball Boost-
er Club will meet at the Red Mill
in Pittston on Wednesday, Dec. 5
at 7:00 p.m. to discuss is the
Happy Hour at the Red Mill Tav-
ern on December 15. Questions:
Call Pat McGinty at 313-1350.
Lady Patriot basketball
boosters
The Pittston Area Lady Patriot
Basketball Booster Club will
meet onThursdayDecember 6at
7:00 pm in the high school cafe-
teria. Plans for the season to be
discussed include concession
stand volunteers and products;
the annual program booklet;
cash raffle and television raffle.
Program ads and concession
stand products will be collected
at this time. In addition the
Booster Club group photo will
be taken for the annual program
booklet. Seventh, eighth, ninth,
JVandvarsityparents are invited
to attend.
Red Devils meeting
The Pittston Red Devils
Sportsmen Club will meet Tues-
day, December 4 at 7:30 p.m. at
Dr. Ruggerios home. Winter
events will be discussed includ-
ing the Christmas party at Peru-
ginos in Luzerne on Tuesday,
December 11 at 6 p.m.
WA baseball happy hour
The Wyoming Area Baseball
Diamond Club invites all adults
join themfor a night of fun, food,
and laughter making their at a
happy hour on December 15 at
Bo Brothers Restaurant on
Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming
from 7:00 pm - 10:00 p.m.
All proceeds benefit the
Wyoming Area baseball pro-
gram. Tickets can be purchased
for $10.00 at the door which in-
cludes admission and your
choice of beverages. A gift bas-
ket raffle and 50/50 drawing will
be held. Advance tickets can also
be purchased by contacting ei-
ther Donna Chupka at 239-3929
or Marlene Wrubel at 991-1037.
Roc Rec basketball
The RockRecreationCenter is
accepting registration applica-
tions for the 2013 Upward Bas-
ketball Season. The league is
open to Girls and Boys Pre-K
through 6th Grade. Player eval-
uation day and the final registra-
tion are Saturday Dec. 8. Prac-
tice begins the week of January
2. Games begin Saturday Jan 19
and the final game is Saturday
March16. For More Information
contact the Rock Rec Center at
(570) 696-2769 or www.rockre-
c.org
Lacrosse clinics
There will be two lacrosse
clinics at the Greater Pittston
YMCA on Wednesday Decem-
ber 19 and Sunday January 20,
2013. Registration for the De-
cember 19 clinic will begin at
5:30 p.m. and the session will
run from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
With the help of Marywood Uni-
versity head lacrosse coach Scott
Dalgliesh, his company Premier
Lacrosse, and members of the
current Marywood University
lacrosse team, kids will learn the
basics of the sport (passing, cra-
dling, catching and shooting).
These clinics will be non-
competitive, skills and drills ses-
sions to get kids introduced to
the sport of lacrosse. The cost for
each clinic is $20 per child with a
family discount of $5 for each
additional child.
Players will need a mouth-
guard, sneakers or court shoes
and a stick (extra sticks will be
available on a limited basis.) To
reserve one, please email me
rjswitzer@verizon.net. Equip-
ment can be purchased at most
local sporting goods stores.
The Valley Laxerz, a new lo-
cal lacrosse organization will be
forming for this years lacrosse
season (March June 2013).
The organization will be open
to boys and girls (no experience
needed and they can still play
baseball, softball or track) ages
8-15. Cost to join the team will
be determined based on number
of participants.
Questions can be directed to
Rob Switzer at rjswitzer@veri-
zon.net or Carl Deluca at carlree-
ree@verizon.net.
S P O R T S M E E T I N G N O T I C E S A N D B R I E F S
Pittston Jr Patriots banquet tickets on sale today
Though the Wyoming Area
Warriors lost in the first round
state game to Pen Argyl 20-7,
they did a lot better than the
Warrior teams of 1998 and
2003, when Wyoming Area lost
47-6 to Mount Carmel in the
Class 2A state playoffs in 1998
and 49-0 to Strath Haven in the
Class 3A state playoffs in 2003.
In 1998 Mt. Carmel went on
to win the 2A state champion-
ship. In 2003 Strath Haven lost
eventual state champion Man-
heim Central.
Technically one other Wyom-
ing Area team got to a first
round state game. In 2006 the
District 2 2A tournament had
eight teams and the champion-
ship game, held in week 13,
was considered a first-round
state game.
Wyoming Area lost that
game to Lakeland 26-21 in one
of the most exciting endings to
a WA game ever. Trailing 26-
14, the Warrior made it 26-21
on a 32-yard Td pass from
Justin Piontkowski to Tyler
Serbin with 2:12 left.
After a failed on sides kick,
Lakeland lost the ball on downs
at the WA 28 with 17 seconds
left.
Wyoming Area took over at
its 28 and on the first play
Piontkowski threw a strike to
Dustin Barrett in stride in the
middle of the field. It looked
like Barrett had a path to the
end zone, but a diving shoe-
string tackle tripped him up at
the Lakeland 32. The Warriors
spiked the ball with one second
left. Piontkowski then launched
a pass that was intercepted at
the goal line.
Winter Sports
Then high school winter
sports season is rushing up. The
Wyoming Area boys basketball
team tips things off on Friday in
Exeter versus Old Forge in the
annual Badger Game.
Other PIAA winter sports are
girls basketball, girls swimming
and wrestling. PA and WA also
have club ice hockey teams.
There is at least one new coach
this winter. Lauren Shovlin
takes over the Wyoming Area
swim team succeeding her
sister Maureen Pikas, who will
be helping out as a volunteer.
Shovlins assistants are Mi-
chelle DAmico who, like
Shovlin swam for PA, and div-
ing coach Kenny Bryden, a
former WA diver and soccer
player.
WA and PA are in different
basketball divisions and are not
scheduled to play a WVC regu-
lar season games, though they
will play preseason games. The
boys are scheduled for Sat-
urday, December 22. The PA
and WA girls will play twice
two days apart on December 27
and the again on December 29
in the PA holiday tournament.
The Wyoming Area boys will
run a holiday tournament, too,
though the field hasnt been
announced yet.
The swim teams will swim
each other twice on January 9
in the PA pool and on February
13, the last day of the regular
season, in the WA pool. Not
sure about wrestling.
Upton is Rollins
When the Phillies signed
Jimmy Rollins for three years
and $33 million before last
season, a lot of fans thought
they were crazy. And a lot of
fans think the Phillies are crazy
for using him as a lead off bat-
ter.
Im not saying the Phillies
are crazy, but if they are the
Braves are way crazier, because
they basically gave Rollins $75
million.
Okay it was B.J. Upton, but
hes Rollins. Upton hit .248
with 28 homers and 78 RBI last
season. He stole 31 bases and
struck out 169 times and the
Braves are talking about using
him as a lead off batter. Rollins
hit .248 with 23 and 68 and 30
steals and 96 strikeouts.
The biggest difference be-
tween the two players is Rollins
is four years older, than Upton
who will be 29 next season.
Rollins will get $11 million in
2013 and 2014, and if his option
vests for the 2015 season, he
will make another $11 million.
That looks like a steal now
compared to Upton.
THESMILES FILES
by JACK SMILES - jsmiles@psdispatch.com
Random thoughts
on the sports scene
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The WVSC U -12 girls fin-
ished with a winning record in
the Philadelphia Area Girls Soc-
cer League at 5-3-1.
Six girls fromthe Greater Pitt-
ston area played on the team.
YOUTH SOCCER
Winning mark for
U-12 girls in Philly
Front row, from left, Nicole Mayers (Hughestown), Grace Mim-
naugh (Jenkins Twp.), Aleah Kranson (Exeter), Luchia Carabetta,
(Hughestown) Annemaaike Reitsma (Forty Fort)
Second row, Delaney Kuchkus (Duryea) Christina Schappert
(Trucksville), Trinity King (North Pocono), Emily Matthews (King-
ston), Kayleigh Walker (Hughestown) and Kitt Patla (Harveys
Lake.)
Triboro Christian Academy
completed a successful soccer
season.
Triboros home field was Rob-
ert Yaple Hughestown Park. The
school located in Old Forge
competes in the NY/PENN
Christian school league.
Home- schooled students are
eligible to compete for a position
on the team.
Successful season for
Triboro Christian soccer
Players for the Triboro Christian Academy Co-ed soccer team area, from left, first row, are Hope
Lettieri, Rachel Palm, Ariel Votano, Mandy Lamarca, Zachary Weber, Austin Decker, Aidan Joyce
and Tyler Sepcoski. Second row, Megan Kuna, Kelsey Joyce, Paige Brown, Alesha Carey, Shaiann
Palmer, David Oliver, Dmitry Perry, Charlie McAdarra, Marcus Oliver and Gino Santarelli
Amy Lyn Webb, (Pouser),
63, of Dallas, passed away
Thursday, November 29,
2012, peacefully at her home
following a brief illness.
She was born April 30
1949 in Binghamton, N.Y.
She graduated from Wyom-
ing Seminary and Wilkes
University with a teaching
degree. She taught for many
years until the birth of her
son in 1992.
Amy was a dedicated wife
and mother. She enjoyed
gardening, was an avid read-
er, and loved animals, nature
and crossword puzzles.
She was a wonderful con-
versationalist who loved her
family and friends.
Surviving are her hus-
band: Harmon Webb Jr. of
Dallas; her
son, Scott,
of Dallas;
stepdaugh-
ters, Jen-
nifer Rossi
and her
husband Kevin, Mountain
Top; Christine Orluk and
her husband John of Avoca;
four grandchildren; several
nephews; and her brother,
Richard Pouser of Bangor,
Pa.
Funeral services will be
held at the convenience of
the family from the Met-
calfe-Shaver-Kopcza Funer-
al Home Inc. 504 Wyoming
Avenue, Wyoming.
Memorial contributions
may be made to a charity of
the donors choice .
Amy Lyn Webb (Pouser)
November 29, 2012
Gail M. Hergert, 75, of Bear Creek
Township, died Sunday, Nov. 25,
2012, at the home of her daughter in
Old Forge. She was the widowof Do-
nald Hergert, who died in 2010. Sur-
viving are sons, Ken Hergert, Boyl-
ston, Mass.; and Don Hergert, North
Miami Beach, Fla.; daughters, Mary
Sempa, Old Forge, and Patty Malloy,
Yardley; four brothers, Bill, John,
Phillip and Jimmy Abrams; a step-
mother, Marion Abrams, all of Flor-
ida; 10 grandchildren; nieces and ne-
phews.
The funeral was Thursday, Nov.
29, 2012, with Mass in St. Marys
Church at Prince of Peace Parish, Old
Forge, to be celebrated by Msgr. John
J. Sempa. Interment was in Sacred
Heart of Jesus Cemetery, Dupont. Ar-
rangements are by the Victor M. Ferri
Funeral Home, 522 Fallon St., Old
Forge.
Gail M. Hergert
November 25, 2012
Richard Raymond Man-
ley, 72, of Pittston, passed
away Friday, November 30,
2012 in Wilkes Barre Gen-
eral Hospital.
Born in Pittston, January
17, 1940, sonof the late Ray-
mond and Lottie Growbin-
ski Manley.
He graduated from St.
Johns High School in 1957
and Bloomsburg Universi-
ty.
Prior to his retirement he
was employed as a Parole
Supervisor at Chase Cor-
rectional Institution, Dallas.
He was a member of St.
John the Evangelist Church,
Pittston. Richard enjoyed
Thoroughbred Racing and
was an avid Notre Dame
and St. Louis Cardinal Fan.
He served in the Marine
Corp Reserve.
He is survived by several
cousins
A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held Tuesday
morning, Dec. 4, 2012, in
St. John the Evangelist
Church, WilliamStreet Pitt-
ston at 9:30 a.m. Monsignor
John Bendik will officiate.
There will be no calling
hours.
Anyone attending the fu-
neral mass on Tuesday is
asked to go directly to the
church.
Interment will be in St.
Johns Cemetery, Pittston
Arrangements by Ho-
well-Lussi Funeral Home
509 Wyoming Avenue West
Pittston.
Richard Raymond Manley
November 30, 2012
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Angelo M. Guiliano, 95, of
West Pittston, passed away
Thursday evening, November
22, 2012 in Riverside Rehabilita-
tion and Nursing Center, Taylor.
Born in Pittston on February
10, 1917, he was the son of the
late Michael and Liboria Della-
ria Guiliano.
He attended Pittston High
School and served in the US Ar-
my.
Prior to retirement, he had
been employed as a carpet in-
staller and had been a life mem-
ber of the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of Amer-
ica. He was a member of St. Bar-
baras Parish at St. Anthony of
Padua Church, Exeter.
In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by his
wife, Grace M.
Guiliano on
June 13, 2012.
Also preceding
him in death
were siblings:
Philip Guilia-
no; Josephine Lupo; Joseph Gui-
liano; Connie Restuccia; Samuel
Guiliano; Grace Mack; James
Guiliano and Mary Salatino.
Surviving are his sons, Mi-
chael Guiliano and his wife,
Jeanne, Philadelphia; Victor
Guiliano, Pittston; five grand-
daughters, Susan Guiliano, Phi-
ladelphia; Vicki Marie Guiliano,
Wyoming; Santina Guiliano,
Los Angeles, California; Cheryl
Higgins and her husband, Tim,
Pittston; and Janelle Guiliano
and Dave Nelson, Duryea; six
great-grandchildren, Timmy,
Brennan, Nathan, Gianna, Brai-
den and Colin; brother, Anthony
Giuliano and his wife Marie,
Pittston; sister, Rose Martorana
and her husband, Gaetano, Jen-
kins Township; nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral services were Tues-
day, November 27, 2012fromthe
Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home,
251WilliamStreet, Pittston with
a Mass of Christian Burial in St.
Barbaras Parish at St. Anthony
of Padua Church, 28 Memorial
Avenue, Exeter. The Rev. Paul
McDonnell, O.S.J., officiated.
Interment was in the West Pitt-
ston Cemetery.
Online condolences may be
made at www.peterjadonizio-
funeralhome.com.
Angelo M. Guiliano
November 22, 2012
Mr. Walter J. (Wadz) Zavrot-
ny, 76, of Duryea, passed away
Wednesday at Geisinger Wyom-
ing Valley Medical Center,
Plains Township.
Born in Duryea, he was a son
of the late Frank and Stella Krzy-
nowek Zavrotny. He was a grad-
uate of Duryea High School,
class of 1954. He served in the
United States Army. Prior to his
retirement in 1998, he was em-
ployed PennDOT. He was a
member of Nativity of Our Lord
Parish, Duryea; a member of the
VFW Post 1227, Duryea, and he
formerly served as a Duryea
councilman for 10 years.
The family would like to thank
the nurses and
staff of Geisin-
gers ICU for
the care and
compassion
that was given
to Walter and
his family. He and his wife, the
former Carol Kupcho, celebrat-
ed their 48th wedding anniver-
sary this past Nov. 7th.
He was preceded in death by
two brothers, Joseph and Fran-
cis.
He is survived by sons, Mi-
chael Zavrotny and his wife,
Kathryn, Collegeville; Jeffrey
Zavrotny and his wife, Kimberly,
Abingdon, Md; grandchildren,
John, Zoe, Michael, Kevin, Ja-
cob and Larissa; nieces and ne-
phews.
Funeral will be held Mon-
day, Dec. 3, 2012 at 9 a.m. from
the Bernard J. Piontek Funeral
Home Inc., 204 Main St., Du-
ryea, with the Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Holy Ros-
ary Church, Duryea, with the
Rev. AndrewSinnott officiating.
Interment will be in SS Peter
and Paul Cemetery, Duryea.
Friends may call today, Dec. 2,
2012, from 5 until 8 p.m.
To leave an online condolence
or for further information, please
visit www.piontekfuneralhome-
.com.
Walter J. Zavrotny
November 28, 2012
Mr. Dennis John Tonetti, 68,
of Jacksonville, Fla., passed
away Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at
Shands Hospital in Jacksonville.
He was born in Taylor, and he
was the son of the late John An-
thony and Agnes Regina Salan-
sky Tonetti. He was a graduate of
Duryea High School and attend-
ed the University of Scranton.
Prior to his retirement, he was
employed as a computer analyst.
He is survivedbysister, Carole
Broskoskie, and her husband,
Kenneth, Fall River, Mass.; ne-
phew, Kenneth John Broskoskie;
niece, Kimberly Gornto, and
husband John; great-nephew,
Colton Gornto; aunts, Marie Ko-
mensky, Clark Summit; Dorothy
Kehayros, Kingston, and several
cousins.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church,
Duryea, with the Rev. Andrew
Sinnott officiating. Interment
was in St. Johns Cemetery, Du-
ryea.
Arrangements are by the Ber-
nard J. Piontek Funeral Home
Inc., 204 Main St., Duryea.
To send the family an online
condolence or for further infor-
mation, please visit www.pion-
tekfuneralhome.com.
Dennis John Tonetti
November 24, 2012
John Passeri, 70, of Harding,
passed away on Friday, Nov.
23, 2012, at home surrounded
by his family and friends.
He was born in Rome, Italy,
on July 27, 1942. He arrived in
the U.S. in December of 1954.
John, along with his father
and brother, operated Passeri
Granite Marble & Tile in
Northeast Pennsylvania, where
they were innovators in the in-
dustry.
John was a wonderful hus-
band and a loving father and
Pappy. His pride and joy
were his daughters and grand-
children.
He was preceded in death by
his parents, Carlo and Isabella
(Mariani) Passeri and his
brother, Atello Passeri.
He is survived by his wife of
45 years, Milly (Caputo) Pas-
seri; their loving daughters,
Rachael and her husband, John
Kiwak of Harding, Lisa Pas-
seri of Pittston; his most pre-
cious grandchildren, Olivia
and Dylan.
They were a
source of
great joy to
him. John is
also survived
by his sister,
Rosilda and her husband, San-
to of Plains Township.
The family would like to
thank Dr. Michael Kovalick
and his entire staff at the Dal-
las Geisinger Clinic. They
treated both John and his fam-
ily with the greatest compas-
sion, respect and dignity
through our most difficult
times.
Private services were held
at the convenience of the fam-
ily. A scheduled service will
be held at a later date for
Johns friends and family to
celebrate his life.
To submit online condolenc-
es or to express your fondest
memories of John to his fam-
ily, please visit www.graziano-
funeralhome.com.
John Passeri
November 23, 2012
Joel A. Swingle, 62, of
Scranton, passed away Satur-
day November 24, 2012, at the
Gino Merli Veterans Center,
Scranton.
He was born in Scranton
November 1st, 1950 and was
the son of the late Alton and
Rose (Snyder) Swingle.
Joel was a graduate of
Scranton Tech High School
and served with the U.S. Navy
during the Vietnam War.
Joel retired from Schott Op-
tical, Duryea after 30 years of
employment.
In addition to his parents
Joel is preceded in death by
his grandson, Joshua Swingle.
He is survived by his
daughters Candice Ann Smith
and her husband John, of
Hughestown, Eve Marie
Swingle and her fiance Mi-
chael Kniess, of Old Forge
and his step-daughter Amy
Lockett and her husband Ke-
vin, of Pittston Township. He
is also survived by his grand-
children; Jessica Smith, Kevin
Jr. and Brandon Lockett and
his ex-wife Diane Fino of
Pittston.
Joels family would like to
thank the nurses and staff at
the Gino Merli Veterans Cen-
ter, the nurses and staff of
Hospice of the Sacred Heart
and also Dr. Daniel Kazmier-
ski.
Funeral services were pri-
vate.
Memorial contributions may
be made to S.PC.A. of Lu-
zerne County 524 East Main
St.. Wilkes-Barre PA. 18702.
Arrangements are by Kies-
inger Funeral Services Inc.
255 McAlpine St. Duryea.
Online condolences may be
made to www.kiesingerfuner-
alservices.com
Joel A. Swingle
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Mr. Andrew (Andy) C. Ver-
dine, 82, of Duryea, passed
away Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 at
Linwood Nursing and Rehabil-
itation Center, Scranton.
Born in Yatesville on Feb.
15, 1930. He was the son of
the late Angelo and Philamina
Colarusso Verdine. He was a
graduate of West Pittston High
School. Andy worked as a
sales representative for Hoover
Co. from 1963 to 1992.
He was a member of Nativ-
ity of Our Lord Parish, Du-
ryea. He was a longtime mem-
ber of the Duryea Lions Club.
Aside from being a devoted
father and grandfather, Andrew
was a die hard Yankees fan. In
his free time, he loved nothing
more than walking his two
dogs, Esme and Snickers. Al-
though he has passed on, he
will be greatly
missed by
those who
knew him.
The family
would like to
thank Dr. Guy
Fasciana, Compassionate Care
Hospice, especially his nurse,
Jeanie, and the nurses and staff
at Linwood Nursing & Reha-
bilitation Center for the care
that was given to Andy.
He was proceeded in death
by his wife, the former Ruth
Clarke, who passed away in
2001; his son Drew, who
passed away in 1998; his son
Chris, who passed away in
2004; and brothers and sisters.
Surviving are son Scott Ver-
dine and his wife, Pat, with
whom he resided; grand-
daughter Jennifer Verdine of
Duryea; granddaughter Ashley
Verdine of Florida; grandson
Scott Verdine and his wife,
Marlene, of Duryea; nieces
and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial
was held Monday, Nov. 26,
2012 in Sacred Heart of Jesus
Church, Duryea, with the Rev.
Paul McDonnell officiating.
Interment was in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery, Carverton. Calling
hours were private.
If desired, memorial contri-
butions may be made to The
Duryea Lions Club, PO Box
2085, Duryea, PA 18642. Fu-
neral arrangements were by
the Bernard J. Piontek Funeral
Home Inc., 204 Main Street,
Duryea. To send the family an
online condolence or for fur-
ther information, please visit
www.piontekfuneralhome.com.
Andrew C. Verdine
November 23, 2012
Darryl D. Mease, of Nanti-
coke, passed away, Tuesday,
Nov. 27, 2012, at his home.
Born May 17, 1952, in Cam-
den, N.J., he was a son of the
late Raymond William and
Thelma Ella Heltzinger Mease.
Darryl had attended Penns
Grove Junior High and Sewell
High School, N.J. He was em-
ployed as a craftsman for
many years until becoming ill.
He enjoyed spending time with
his grandchildren, reading,
traveling and
being out-
doors.
He was pre-
ceded in death
by a grand-
daughter, Al-
lyse Adaya ODonnell, on Nov.
17, 2012.
Surviving are his sons, Josh-
ua and his wife, Ann Marie,
Pittston, and Darryl Mease Jr.,
N.J.; daughters, Jessica Slot-
cavage and her husband, Jason,
Gordon, Pa., and Jennifer
Mease and her companion,
Michael ODonnell, Plymouth
Twp; grandchildren, Ryan, Jo-
nathon, Nathan and Jacob Slot-
cavage, Kayla Mease, Joshua
Mease Jr., Mallory McDermott
and Makenzie ODonnell; and
several nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services
were held at the convenience
of the family. Arrangements
are by the Jendrzejewski Fu-
neral Home, Wilkes-Barre.
Darryl D. Mease
November 27, 2012
Dawn H. Remus, 54, of Port
Griffth, Jenkins Twp., passed
away Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 at
home surrounded by her loving
family.
Dawn was born in Pittston.
She was a daughter of the late
Donald Orr and May Yaple. She
attended the Pittston Area High
School and was in the graduat-
ing Class of 1976. Dawn was a
member of the First Baptist
Church of Pittston and was em-
ployed as a data clerk at Diversi-
fied Records
for 19 years.
Dawn was an
avid lover of
her three dogs,
as a reflection
she was a
member of the Dash Hound res-
cue of North America. Dawn al-
so loved camping and being out-
doors.
Surviving are her husband, Jo-
seph Remus; daughters, Jolene
Remus, York, Pa.; Ashley Dee-
ble, Hughestown, Pa.; Jade Re-
mus and her fianc, Eric Taffera,
Pittston, and Jordan Remus,
Plains Twp.; brother, Robin Orr,
Pittston; sister, Donna Wilce,
and husband James, Harding;
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held Friday,
Nov. 30, 2012, from the Howell-
Lussi Funeral Home, 509
Wyoming Ave., West Pittston,
with the Rev. James Breese offi-
ciating. Interment was in the
Fern Knoll Cemetery in Dallas.
Dawn H. Remus
November 24, 2012
Lena Capozza, 86, formerly
from Hughestown, passed
away on Nov. 25, 2012, at
home.
She was a daughter of the
late Margherita and Giovanni
Mastriorio. Lena was a gradu-
ate of Hughestown High
School and a member of St. Jo-
seph Marello Parish.
She was preceded in death by
her beloved husband, Philip;
sisters, Rose Tavaglione, Lucy
Martinelli, Concetta Mascagni;
brothers Joseph, Michael and
John.
Surviving are her daughter,
Connie, and husband Allan
Hetkowski, Plains Township;
grandson, Christopher, and his
wife, Christine Hetkowski;
great-grandchildren; brother
Charles; numerous nieces, ne-
phews, cousins, brothers-in-
law and sisters-in-law.
Memorial donation may be
made in Lenas name to the
Meals on Wheels of Wyoming
Valley, 190 S. Sprague Ave.,
Kingston, PA 18704.
Funeral services are being
handled by Graziano Funeral
Home Inc., Pittston Township.
A Mass of Christian burial
was held on
Saturday,
Dec. 1, 2012,
from St. Jo-
seph Marello
Parish (Our
Lady of Mt.
Carmel R.C. Church), 237 Wil-
liam St., Pittston, with Rev.
Paul McDonnell officiating
services. Interment was in in
St. Roccos R.C. Cemetery,
Pittston Township.
The family would like to ex-
tend a special thanks to Lenas
dear friend and caregiver for
the last two and a half years,
Mary McFarland. The family
also wishes to thank Anne Ma-
rie Gavaghan, all of the staff
from Home Health Hospice,
Hospice Community Care,
Celtic Health Care, Dr. Micha-
lene Torbik, the dedicated and
caring Meals on Wheels volun-
teers and all of the wonderful
neighbors in their townhouse
development who took Lena
under their wing of kindness.
To submit online condolenc-
es or to express your fondest
memories of Lena to her fam-
ily, please visit www.graziano-
funeralhome.com.
Lena Capozza
November 25, 2012
Stephen Paul Oselinsky Sr., a
lifelong resident of Old Forge,
passed away at home, Monday
morning, Nov. 26, 2012, after an
illness.
He is survived by his beloved
wife, the former Phyllis Danks.
WedonJuly14,1962, thecouple
were married for 50 years.
Sonof the late AlexandMary
Tirpak Oselinsky, Steve was a
graduate of Old Forge High
School, class of 1957. Previous-
ly working in sales prior to his
illness, he had then worked 20
years as a teller for Pocono
Downs.
An avid bowler and golfer, he
was amember of St. Nicholas of
Myra Byzantine Catholic
Church, Old Forge.
He will forever be missed by
his family and friends.
Also surviving are his two
children, son, Stephen Oselin-
sky Jr., and wife Lisa; daughter,
Lee Anne Rossi, all of Old
Forge; two sisters, Anna Mae
Nykaza and husband, Frank,
Old Forge, and Elaine Ezbian-
sky and husband, Jack, Macun-
gie; two grandchildren, Lauren
Oselinsky and Dominick Rossi;
andseveral nieces andnephews.
Funeral services by the Rev.
Gary J. Mensinger were con-
ducted on Thursday, Nov. 29,
2012, in St. Nicholas of Myra
Parish Cemetery Chapel. Inter-
ment followed. Arrangements
are by Thomas P. Kearney Fu-
neral Home Inc., 517 N. Main
St., Old Forge.
To leave on online condo-
lence, please visit www.kear-
neyfuneralhome.com.
Stephen Paul Oselinsky Sr.
November 26, 2012
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Anna Kristula, 91, formerly of
Dupont and a resident of Ethels
Country Lane PCH, Tunkhan-
nock, passed away peacefully in
her sleep, Wednesday, Nov. 28
2012, at Ethels Country Lane
PCH, Tunkhannock.
Born in Pittston Junction, on
June 291921, she was a daughter
of the late Joseph and Susan
Cimbak Dunaj.
Anna was a member of Holy
Mother of Sorrows Polish Na-
tional Church, Dupont, and a
former member of the Ladies
Adoration Society, where she
spent many years helping to
make pierogies, especially at the
summer camps at Spojnia Farm.
In addition to her parents, An-
na is preceded in death by her
husband, Michael S. Kristula,
who passed away in Nov. 1974;
her two sons,
Robert Kristula
on July 3, 2003
and Joseph Du-
nayonApril 10,
2005; three
brothers, Mi-
chael, Joseph and her twin, Ste-
phen; and a sister, Mary Martin.
Survivingare twosons, Martin
Kristula and his wife, Rhonda,
Millsboro, Del.; Michael Kristu-
la, Suscon; daughter, Anne Hast-
ie, and her husband, David,
Tunkhannock; nine grandchil-
dren, Anne-Michelle Bodine
and Susan Harvey, Dalton; Jil-
lian Doty, Fla.; Julie Caruso,
Reading; Paul Kristula, Mifflin-
town; David Kristula, New Hol-
land; Lynna Salmon, N.J.; Jack-
lyn Sullivan and Robert Kristula,
N.C.; 10great-grandchildrenand
several nieces and nephews.
Annas family is especially
grateful toEthel Kiddfor the lov-
ingcare andcompassiongivento
Our Babci for the past five
years. She was not just a caregiv-
er, but also a friend.
Funeral services were heldon
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at Kies-
inger Funeral Services Inc. 255
McAlpine St., Duryea with Rev.
Zbigniew Dawid officiating.
Interment will be in Holy
Mother of Sorrows PNCC Cem-
etery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to
Asera Care Hospice, 749 North-
ern Blvd., Clarks Summit, PA
18411
Online condolences may be
made to www.kiesingerfuneral-
services.com.
Anna Kristula
November 28 2012
Gladys Pregmon Russin, 88, of
Old Forge, entered into eternal
life on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012.
She was the beloved wife of Jerry
Y. Russin.
Gladys was born on May 14,
1924. She was a daughter of the
late John Pregmon and Sophie
Gambal Pregmon.
She was a graduate of Old
Forge High School and attended
Keystone College. Mrs. Russin
was employeduntil her retirement
as the assistant to the chief exec-
utive of Elizabeth Arden Compa-
ny. Gladies
lively, caring
personality and
loving kindness
will be remem-
beredbyseveral
generations of
nieces, nephews and cousins as
well as a wide circle of friends.
A communicant of St. Ste-
phens RussianOrthodoxChurch,
she preservedthe customof a joy-
ous celebrationof RussianChrist-
mas every year which will be sad-
ly missed. Gladys enjoyed travel-
ing with her late husband and ex-
cursions withher graduatingclass
from Old Forge High School.
Funeral services were held
Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, in St. Ste-
phens RussianOrthodoxChurch,
St. Stephens Lane, Old Forge,
withVeryRev. Father GermanCi-
uba, Rector, officiating. Arrange-
ments were by Ciuccio Funeral
Home, 145 Moosic Road, Old
Forge.
Funeral arrangements are en-
trustedtotheSimonS. RussinFu-
neral Home, Plains Township.
Gladys Pregmon Russin
November 28, 2012
Robert Morgan, 87, of Shaver-
town, passed away quietly at home
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.
He was born in Plymouth, a son
of the late John and Abbie Gilroy
Morgan and attended the Ply-
mouth schools. Robert was a self-
employed linoleum contractor. He
was a Navy veteran of World War
II. Robert was a member of The
Trucksville United Methodist
Church.
He was preceded in death by
brothers, John, James and Stewart
Morgan; sisters, Sarah Strauser,
Dorothy Jesso
and Lois
Owens.
Surviving is
his wife, the for-
mer Jane Mun-
dy, with whom
he celebrated 64 years of mar-
riage; daughter, Gale and her hus-
band, William Bachman, Wyom-
ing; granddaughter, Keri Kline
and her husband, Kevin, Benton;
grandson, Bryan Bachman, Las
Vegas Nev.; brother, Edward Mor-
gan, Newton, Iowa.
Funeral service was held Mon-
day, Nov. 26, 2012, from The Ri-
chard H. Disque Funeral Home
Inc., 2940 Memorial Highway,
Dallas, with the Rev. Marion Hart-
man, pastor Trucksville United
Methodist Church, officiating. In-
terment was in Chapel Lawn Me-
morial Park, Dallas. In lieu of
flowers, memorial donations may
be made to Trucksville United
Methodist Church, c/o 40 Knob
Hill Road, Trucksville, Pa.
Robert Morgan
November 21, 2012
Dorothy M. Dori Johnson,
62, of West Pittston, passed
away Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012 at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Born on January 31, 1950 in
Avoca, she was a daughter of the
late James J. and Grace Collins
Johnson. She was a graduate of
St. John the Evangelist High
School and Marywood Univer-
sity.
She was employed as a nurse
by the Visiting Nurses Associ-
ation, Edwardsville.
She was a devoted and loving
mother, and enjoyed spending
time with her children and fam-
ily.
In addition to her parents, she
was preceded in death by her
brothers James Johnson III and
Thomas Johnson; andsister Ma-
ry Cary.
Surviving are her sons, Bran-
donJohnson, Salem, Ore.; Cam-
eron Johnson,
West Pittston;
brother Robert
Johnson, Chi-
cago, Ill.; sis-
ters Elizabeth
Bryer, Titus-
ville, Fla.; Patricia Mehalchick,
Wyoming; Joan Johnson, Con-
crete, Wash.; Grace Marie John-
son, Scranton, and Judith Bor-
kowski, Coco Beach, Fla..
A Mass of Christian Burial
was Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, in
Queen of the Apostles Parish,
Avoca. The Reverend Phillip J.
Sladicka officiated. Interment
was in St. Marys Cemetery,
Avoca. Arrangements are by the
Kniffen OMalley Funeral
HomeInc., 728MainSt., Avoca.
To send Doris family words of
comfort and friendship, please
visit www.bestlifetributes.com.
Dorothy M. Dori Johnson
November 24, 2012
Richard Butch Simonson
Sr., 72, of West Pittston, passed
awaySaturday, Nov. 24, 2012, at
home surrounded by his loving
family.
Richard was born in Pittston
and was a son of the late Steve
Simonson and Bertha Bartnick.
He attendedExeter Highschool
and was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of West
Pittston. He was anArmyveter-
an serving the Korean and Viet-
nam Conflicts.
Richard was employed as a
machinist at Atlas Chain, and
then became a police officer in
West Pittston borough for over
35 years, working his way
through the ranks of patrolman,
sergeant and then the chief of
police until his retirement in
1998. After Richards retire-
ment, he worked as the Chief of
Security at the Luzerne County
Courthouse, Wilkes-Barre.
Richard was a member and
past governor of the Moose
lodge in West Pittston for two
terms, a Past Master of the Ma-
sons Masonic Valley Lodge
499, also the Irem Temple Pro-
vost Guard Unit, and the Com-
mander of
American le-
gion Post 542,
West Pittston
1st Lieutenant
Jeffery Depri-
mo, and also a
member of the Fraternal Order
of Police and was still serving
on the Board of Directors.
Richard was preceded in
death by his grandson Mark
Dushok in 2007.
Richard is survived by his
wife, the former Alberta Green;
son, Richard Simonson Jr. of
West Pittston; daughter, Debra
Dushok, and her husband, Ri-
chard, West Pittston; grandchil-
dren, Kevin and Marissa Dush-
ok; aunts, uncle and several
nieces and nephews.
Funeral was held Thursday,
Nov. 29, 2012, at the Howell-
Lussi Funeral Home, 509
Wyoming Ave., West Pittston.,
with the Rev. James Thryren of-
ficiating. Interment was in the
Mountain View Burial Park in
Harding.
In lieu of flowers, donate to
the First Presbyterian Church in
West Pittston.
Richard Simonson Sr.
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OBITUARIES
Daniel J. Volovic Sr., 81, of
Wilkes-Barre, passed away
peacefully surrounded by his
loving family on Monday, Nov.
26, 2012, at the Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Cen-
ter, Plains Township.
He was born in Pittsburgh on
Sept. 27, 1931, a son of the late
George and Mary Bahorich Vo-
lovic. He was a 1949 graduate of
Pittsburgh Schenley High
School, where he was a running
back and defensive back on the
football team. He served as a
Staff Sergeant with the United
States Air Force during the Ko-
rean War with the 4th Fighter In-
terceptor Wing and 4th Commu-
nications Squadron from1949 to
1952.
Dan was a member of St. An-
thony/St. George Maronite Ca-
tholic Church in Wilkes-Barre,
the Plains American Legion Post
#558 and the Disabled American
Veterans. He retired from Lu-
zerne County in 1999 and prior
to that he worked for Associated
Transport Trucking in Dunmore
for over 30 years.
Dan was a past member of the
G.A.R. Football Booster Club.
He was anavidhunter. He was al-
so a Pittsburgh Steelers and Pi-
rates fan and followed them
since his earlydays inPittsburgh.
He was able to view his last
Steelers game along with having
his favorite dessert, ice cream,
the day before his death.
Dan loved to spend time with
his entire family, especially his
wife and grandchildren. He fol-
lowed and supported all activ-
ities of his children and grand-
children. He was a devoted hus-
band and father. He was very
skilled in carpentry and working
on cars. He never complained
and had a tremendous work eth-
ic. Dan also loved to read, espe-
cially about the Civil War. He
liked to listen to Frank Sinatra
andthe music of the bigbandera.
He enjoyed visiting his family at
the Jersey Shore and in Pitts-
burgh, and going back to his
class reunions at Schenley High
School. Dan spent quality time
withhis son, David, whobothen-
joyed reading together and
watching with binoculars differ-
ent planes that would fly through
the skies. He was very happy that
he was able to take his son, Da-
niel Jr., to the last game ever
played at the Pirates Forbes
Field and to the first game ever
played at Three Rivers Stadium.
He will be sorely missed by his
family and friends.
He was preceded in death by
brothers, Frank Volovic and Ge-
orge Krantek; sisters, Ann Kear-
ney, Rose Nowicki, Frances
Broz, Barbara Bombich and Ma-
ry Ostrowski.
He is sur-
vived by his
loving wife of
60 years, Mar-
garet Ann Ge-
orge Volovic;
sons, Daniel J.
Volovic Jr. and his wife, Pamela,
Plains Twp.; David Volovic, his
devoted care-giver, at home;
daughters, Donna Chao and her
husband, Al, Egg Harbor Twp.,
N.J.; Debra Dorsey and her hus-
band, Allan, Pittston Twp.; Do-
reenMcGovernandher husband,
John, Ashley; Darlene Hayhow
and her husband, James, Wan-
tagh, N.Y.; Diane Walker and her
husband, Travis, Selinsgrove;
DeAndrea Roebuck and her hus-
band, David, Forty Fort; grand-
children, whom he loved when
they called him, Pop Pop; Noelle
Volovic, Chicago, Ill; Daniel J.
Volovic III, Plains Twp.; Parker
Dorsey, Pittston Twp.; John and
Brianna McGovern, Ashley;
James and Jason Hayhow, Wan-
tagh, N.Y.; David and Dylan
Roebuck, Forty Fort; sisters, He-
len Marino, Pittsburgh; Marga-
ret Vlasic, Monessen; Catherine
Ostoich, Pittsburgh; nieces and
nephews; his trusteddog, a boxer
named Prince.
A Divine Liturgy was Friday
morning, Nov. 30, 2012, at St.
Anthonys Church, Park Avenue,
Wilkes-Barre. Interment was in
St. Marys Cemetery, Hanover
Township.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made to the
S.P.C.A. of Luzerne County, 524
Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA
18702, or the Disabled American
Veterans (D.A.V.).
Online condolences may be
sent by visiting Daniels obituary
at www.natandgawlasfuneral-
home.com.
Daniel J. Volovic Sr.
November 26, 2012
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OBITUARIES
Nancy Messina Landis, 86, of
Pittston, formerly of Scranton,
passed away peacefully at home
on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 22,
2012, surrounded by her loving
family.
She and her husband, Charles
Sampson Landis, celebrated 66
years of marriage on Oct. 12.
Born in Washington, D.C.,
Nancy was the daughter of the
late Michele and Carmela Ra-
gusa Messina, who emigrated
from Sicily to New York.
Nancy had an inquisitive
mind and engaging spirit, led by
her strong faith in God. She was
an active member of St. There-
sas Church in Wilkes-Barre be-
fore movingtoSt. Pauls Church
in Scranton. She was a leading
participant intheCursillomove-
ment, a lector, minister, teacher
of ministries and helped in the
CCD program at St. Pauls
ChurchinScranton. Sheworked
for many years as a teller super-
visor at the Third National
Bank, Scranton, before retiring
in 1990.
Nancy was
an avid reader,
a bridge-play-
er and was
most joyful
wherever and
whenever her family gathered.
She is survived by her three
daughters, Sister Sarah Landis,
IHM, Wilkes-Barre; Catherine
DurkinandhusbandJoseph, Or-
lando, Fla.; and Maria Landis,
Scranton; two sons, Michael
Landis and wife, Cathy, Cutch-
ogue, N.Y, and Charles Skip
Landis and wife Kelly, Gresh-
am, Ore.; a sister, Grace Bollo,
Southampton, N.Y.; grandchil-
dren, Meghan Landis, Los An-
geles, Calif.; Michael Colin
Landis and wife Heidi, Jersey
City, N.J.; Robert Durkin and
wife Sarah, Orlando, Fla.; Ra-
chel Durkin Stahl and husband
John, New Milford, Pa.; Cath-
leen Durkin, Orlando, Fla.; Ste-
ven Veremeychik and wife Ka-
tie, Rochester, N.Y.; Amanda
Pace, Scranton, and Anne Wil-
liams, Eynon; great-grandchil-
dren, Michayla and Jack Stahl;
and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by
two sisters, Ina Messina and Al-
ba Arnez; sister-in-law, Mary
Landis Lynch, and great-grand-
son, Matthew Waldron Stahl.
The funeral was Wednesday,
Nov. 28, 2012, with Mass of
Christian Burial in St. Paul
Church, 1510 Penn Ave., Scran-
ton, celebrated by Msgr. John J.
Bendik, pastor of St. John the
Evangelist Church, Pittston. En-
tombment was in Mount Olivet
Cemetery, Carverton.
Arrangements were by
McGoff-Hughes Funeral Home
Inc., 1401 Capouse Ave., Scran-
ton.
In lieu of flowers, please con-
sider memorial contributions to
Hospice of the Sacred Heart,
600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-
Barre, PA 18702; or Care and
Concern Ministries, 35 William
St., Pittston, PA18640.
Nancy Messina Landis
November 22, 2012
Ross S. Salvo, of Pittston, died
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, at Hos-
pice Community Care in Dun-
more.
BornApril 21, 1925, hewas the
son of the late Patsy and Mary
Ciali Salvo of Railroad Street in
Pittston.
He graduated from Pittston
TownshipHighSchool. He was a
United States Army veteran,
serving in the 30th Infantry Divi-
sion and was decorated with a
Bronze Star for valor during the
Battle of the Bulge.
He moved to Connecticut in
1950 and was employed as an
electricianwiththe PitneyBowes
Corporation in Connecticut. He
was an active member of the
Knights of Columbus, Sons of
Italy and Saint Matthews
Church.
Ross was a mild-mannered
jokester who was loved by all
who knew him. He enjoyed
working in his garden, reading,
walking and listening to music.
After his retire-
ment, Ross and
his wife en-
joyed traveling
with their
friends and
spending time
with their five grandchildren.
Ross family was extremely im-
portant to him.
He and his wife of 61 years
movedbacktoPittstonin2007to
be closer to them. After moving
back to Pennsylvania, he contin-
ued his faith at Saint Joseph Ma-
rello Parish (Mount Carmel).
He was pre-deceased by his
wife, Marie Davis Salvo; broth-
ers, Samand Charles Salvo.
He is survived by his son, Pas-
quale Salvo and wife, Diane;
daughter, Maryann Salvo Dren-
nen and husband, Tom, grand-
children, Beth Salvo OConnell
and her husband, Corbett; Alyssa
and Kevin Drennen; and Chris-
tine and Ross Salvo. He is also
survivedbyhis brother, JoeSalvo
of Norwalk, Conn. and sisters,
Carrie Murray and husband, Joe
of Ashley; Lucy Salvo of Pitt-
ston; Mary Falzone and husband,
John of Swoyersville, Patricia
Corcoranandhusband, Dennis of
Pittston, and Helen Poole and
husband, Art of Bear Creek; as
well as several nieces and neph-
ews.
Funeral services will beMon-
day, Dec. 3, 2012, at 9 a.m. in the
Peter J. Adonizio Funeral Home,
251WilliamSt., Pittston. AMass
of Christian Burial will follow at
9:30 a.m. in St. Joseph Marello
Parish, 237 William St., Pittston.
Interment will be in Denison
Cemetery, Swoyersville. Friends
maycall today, Dec. 2, 2012, from
3 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
contributions may be made to
Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600
Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre,
PA 18702. Online condolences
may be made at www.peterjado-
niziofuneralhome.com.
Ross S. Salvo
November 29, 2012
Carole Ann Kopicki joined her
Heavenly father and her Earthly
parents and sister on Thursday,
Nov. 22, 2012, while surrounded
by her family and friends.
Carole was born a coal miners
daughter to parents Henry and
Catherine Lukus Pasquali inPitt-
ston, Pennsylvania, on April 12,
1941. She was raised in a modest
house with no plumbing.
Carole was her high school
Valedictorian, graduated from
Wilkes-Barre Business College,
worked as a Secretary and was
even awarded the Pennsylvania
Secretary of the year. She
worked as a copywriter for NBC,
which led to her entry into acting
and modeling when she made a
milk carton commercial.
Carole was working as a Stew-
ardess for TransWorld Airlines
before marrying Robert J. Kop-
icki on May 25, 1963. Their mar-
riage produced a daughter and a
son, Susan and Robert, two
grandchildren, Timothy and
Emily, a step-grandson, Mat-
thew, and two step-great grand-
children, Audrey and Hailey.
Carole and Robert lived in
Texas, Pennsylvania, London,
England, California, Louisiana
and back to Texas again. During
these travels, Carole always
served her community by direct-
ing Welcome Wagon, serving on
the PTA, leading a Girl Scout
and Cub Scout troop, and work-
ing with the 4-Hand her Church.
These trav-
els brought her
into contact
with many
people with
whomher kind
heart and self-
less soul was so recognized and
earned her the love of countless
lifelong friends.
In recent years, Caroles joy
was traveling with her husband
and family in R Moon River,
their motor home.
In addition to the above men-
tioned family, Carole is survived
by her Aunt Delores Korzeniew-
ski.
Words cannot describe, nor is
there roomin this entire newspa-
per, to describe the love con-
tained in our matriarch. Those
who were blessed by her pres-
ence in their lives knowthis to be
true. Her absence leaves a void in
our lives and the world that can-
not be filled.
Funeral services were held
Friday, Nov. 30, 2012, from the
Kopicki Funeral Home, 263 Zer-
bey Ave., Kingston, with a Mass
of Christian Burial in St. Moni-
cas Parishin West Wyoming, Pa.
Carole was laid to rest in St.
Catherines cemetery in Mos-
cow, Pa.
In lieu of flowers, Carole re-
quests a gift be made to the
Wounded Warrior Project at:
www.woundedwarriorprojec-
t.org at 877-832-6997.
Carole Ann Kopicki
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OBITUARIES
Mr. Joseph J. Koval, 82, a be-
loved resident of the North End
section of Wilkes-Barre, passed
into Etenal Life early Saturday
morning, Nov. 24, 2012, in the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
following a brief illness.
Born June 9, 1930 in Wilkes-
Barre, he was a son of the late
John and Josephine (Sapetska)
Koval. Educated in the city
schools, he was a member of the
1949 graduating class of the
James M. Coughlin High
School, Wilkes-Barre, where he
served as senior class treasurer
and more recently, devoted time
to his class reunion planning
committee for their golden an-
niversary.
Mr. Koval proudly served our
country during the Korean War
with the United States Army,
earning the rank of corporal up-
on his honorable discharge in
1954. During his service, he
was deployed with the 1915th
Service Battery, 78th Battalion,
and was a recipient of the Occu-
pation Medal in Germany and
the National Defense Service
Medal.
Until his retirement in 1992,
he was employed as an escort
for the Wyoming Valley Health
Care, Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital, for seven years. Prior
to that, he worked 35 years for
the former B.F. Goodrich Com-
pany of Exeter as a machine op-
erator.
He was a member of Saint
Andre Bessette Parish Commu-
nity, Wilkes-Barre, having pre-
viously attended Saint Stanis-
laus Kostka Roman Catholic
Church. Mr. Koval was a 60-
year member of the Plains
American Legion, Joseph E.
Conlon Post #558, and previ-
ously was active with the Plains
Junior High School and Cough-
lin High School Booster Clubs
for several years.
He is remembered by family
and friends as being a loving,
devoted and caring husband, fa-
ther, grandfather, neighbor and
friend to all who were blessed
for having known him. He was
known as "the mayor" of the up-
per block of Wyoming Street by
his neighbors and friends, who
along with his family, will miss
him greatly.
He andhis best friend, the for-
mer Jean Obuhosky, celebrated
50 years of married life on July
14.
He was preceded in death by
sisters, Celia Terrace, Stella
Krysa, Josephine Franchella,
Agnes Leskiw; by brothers,
Frank and John Koval.
Surviving, in addition to his
wife, Jean, at home, are their
children, Joseph J. Koval Jr. of
Pittsburgh, Lisa A. Wall and her
husband, Robert of Swoyers-
ville, Mary Jean Dragon and
her husband, David of Inker-
man; grandchildren, including
Shaelynn, David and Lauren
Dragon, Jessica, Jason, Robert
and Lindsey Wall, as well as
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services for Mr. Ko-
val were conducted Tuesday,
Nov. 27, 2012, from the John V.
Morris Funeral Home, 625 N.
Main St., Wilkes-Barre, fol-
lowed by a funeral Mass in the
St. Stanislaus Kostka worship
site of Saint Andre Bessette
Parish. The Rev. Kenneth M.
Seegar, pastor, was celebrant.
Interment with Rite of Commit-
tal and full military honors fol-
lowed at the chapel of Mount
Olivet Roman Catholic Ceme-
tery, Carverton section of King-
ston Township.
In lieu of floral tributes, me-
morial contributions may be
made in Mr. Kovals memory to
the American Heart Associ-
ation, 71 N. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre, PA18701.
Joseph J. Koval
November 24, 2012
Gertrude M. Neff, 94, of
Wilkes-Barre, passed on Satur-
day, Nov. 24, 2012 in Hospice
Community Care at Geisinger
South Wilkes-Barre.
She was born in Wilkes-
Barre, on Nov. 4, 1918, a daugh-
ter of the late Francis and Eliza-
beth Gresser Reilly. She attend-
ed St. Nicholas High School.
Prior to her retirement, she had
been employed by the Wilkes-
Barre School District and as a
domestic worker for several lo-
cal families.
Mrs. Neff was an active and
devoted member of St. Nicholas
Church in Wilkes-Barre. She
was a member of its Altar and
Rosary Society and loved to vol-
unteer her time
for church
functions such
as the annual
Church Bazaar.
She was pre-
ceded in death
by her husband, Frank J. Neff, in
1986, and by her brothers, Gil-
bert, Francis and Joseph Reilly,
and by her sisters Marie Andres
and Louise Roos.
Surviving are daughter, Patri-
cia, Exeter; stepdaughter, Jean
Marie, New Jersey; grandchil-
dren, Leigh Fierman, Dawn
Fierman Smith, Joel and Jason
Fierman; great-grandchildren,
Alexandra Fierman, David Fier-
man, Tyler and Jaycee Smith,
Chase Acri, Avery Fierman and
Jaden Fierman; sister Doris Ber-
rettini, Dupont; numerous niec-
es and nephews.
A Memorial Mass of Chris-
tian Burial was held on Wednes-
day, Nov. 28, 2012, in St. Nicho-
las Church, 226 South Washing-
ton Street, Wilkes-Barre. Inter-
ment was in St. Marys
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made to the
St. Nicholas Campaign Fund,
226 South Washington Street,
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
Online condolences may be
sent by visiting Gertrudes obit-
uary at www.natandgawlasfu-
neralhome.com.
Gertrude M. Neff
November 24, 2012
James C. Gist Jr., formerly of
Wilkes-Barre, passed away un-
expectedly at home on Sunday,
Nov. 25, 2012.
Born Aug. 5, 1962, in
Wilkes-Barre, he was a son of
Nancy Rushton Gist and the
late James C. Gist Sr. He attend-
ed GAR High School and for-
merly worked for Valley Distri-
bution, Laflin; Calex Distribu-
tion, Mountain Top, and recent-
ly for Crown Warehouse,
Eynon.
He is survived by children,
Angelina Gist, Hanover Town-
ship; James C. Gist III, Sugar
Notch; grandchildren, Timothy
Gibson and Juliana Gist; sister,
Tracy Back-
len, Nanti-
coke; niece,
Robin Back-
len, Ply-
mouth; fian-
cee Jennifer
Thomas, Scranton, and his for-
mer wife, Deborah Gist, Sugar
Notch.
Funeral was at convenience
of the family.
Arrangements are by the
Mamary-Durkin Funeral Ser-
vice, 59 Parrish St., Wilkes-
Barre. Those who desire may
give memorial contributions at
the funeral home in Jims mem-
ory.
James C. Gist Jr.
November 25, 2012
Melbourne Stocker, of West
Pittston, passed away Thursday,
Nov. 22, 2012 in Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Cen-
ter, PlainsTwp. BorninWest Pitt-
ston, son of the late Warren
Stocker and Ethel Dale. Mel-
bourne attended West Pittston
High School and was a World
War II Veteran member of the
20th Armor Division. He was a
member of the Duryea Congre-
gation of Jehovahs Witnesses.
MelbournewasemployedbyAd-
die Automotive in West Pittston
as amechanicfrom1945to1972.
He then worked at Village Lum-
ber from1972until hisretirement
in1986.
Melbourne is survived by his
wife, Lena Condosta; daughters,
CarolieeStockerofWestPittston,
MelenaHarlowandher husband,
John, of Wallkill, NewYork, and
several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held at
theconvenienceofthefamily. Ar-
rangements are by the Howell-
Lussi Funeral Home, 509
Wyoming Avenue in West Pitt-
ston.
Melbourne Stocker
November 22, 2012
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Social Section
Inside
Schools ..............................2
Birthdays............................3
Faith...............................5, 7
Classified......................8-15
S E C T I O N B
S O C I A L
Announcement is made of the engagement andupcomingwed-
ding of Lindsey Trolio, of Moosic to Dr. David Fultz, of Old
Forge.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Trolio, of
Moosic. She is a graduate of Riverside Junior-Senior High
School anda graduate of the Pennsylvania State Universitywhere
she earned a bachelors degree in Elementary Education. She is a
substitute elementary teacher for the Riverside School District.
The prospective groomis the sonof Mr. DavidFultz, of Duryea
and Ms. Lisa Fultz, of Old Forge. He is a graduate of Old Forge
High School and earned a bachelors degree in Kinesiology from
the Pennsylvania State University. He has also earned his docto-
rate degree from New York Chiropractic College.
Their winter wedding is set for 1 p.m. on Dec. 29 at Holy Ros-
ary Church in Duryea.
David Fultz, Lindsey Trolio
Fultz, Trolio plan to marry
Tony and Leigh Recupero, of Exeter, will celebrate their 30th
wedding anniversary on Dec. 3. They were married by the late
father Carlin at St. Marys Church, Avoca.
Their attendants were Leanne Recupero Nyzio, Thomas
Chairge, Joe and Marie Berlew Burns and Lynn Hill.
Mrs. Recupero is the daughter of Bob and Shirley Berlew, of
Avoca. Mr. Recupero is the son of Nancy Recupero, of West Pitt-
ston and the late Tony Recupero. He is a funeral director and
owner/operator of the Recupero Funeral Home, West Pittston.
Their marriage has been blessed with two daughters, Maria,
Arlington, VA; and Nancy, at home.
Leigh and Tony Recupero
Recuperos married 30 years
Four generations of the Murphy family gathered recently in
Bradenton, FL. Seated is Ginger Murphy, of Pittston, holding her
great-granddaughter Calli Rose. From left, standing are mother
Rachel Mallett and grandmother Karen Roach, both of Braden-
ton, FL. Callis father is Jasin Mallett, manager of Chilis restau-
rant in Bradenton.
The Murphy family
Four generations gather
Joseph and Delores Romanowski, of Harding celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on Nov. 10. They were married at St.
Josephs Church in Port Griffith by Father Walter Skursky.
Mrs. Romanowski is the daughter of the late Adamand Marion
Kowalczyk, of Exeter. Mr. Romanowski is the son of the late Ber-
nard and Helen Romanowski, of Harding.
The couple is the proud parents of six children and 15 grand-
children, Ray and Janice Romanowski, and their children, Billy,
Sara and Matthew; Joe and Natalee Romanowski and their son,
Isaac and wife Stephanie; Judy and Patrick Bohan and their chil-
dren, Casey, Gabrielle andMallory; Theresa andEdWysocki and
their children, Lauren, Jacob and Megan, all of Harding; Bob and
Katie Romanowski and their children, Morgan, Robert and
Grace, of Jermyn; and Nick and Rebecca Romanowski and their
children, Garrett and Ashton. of West Pittston.
The couple was honored at the wedding of their son, Nicholas,
in November and celebrated their years together with their chil-
dren and grandchildren at a special dinner.
Joseph and Delores Romanowski
Romanowskis note 50 years
The 63rd Annual Kosciuszko Ball hosted by the Wilkes-Uni-
versity Polish RoomCommittee will be held from5:30 to11p.m.
on Jan. 19, 2013 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort, Plains Town-
ship.
A $3,000 scholarship will be presented to a student of Polish
background with a high academic average. The Judianne Stanit-
ski Scholarship for $1,000 given by Mr. and Mrs. Frank and Mon-
ica Stanitski will also be presented.
Music will be provided by the George Tarasek Orchestra.
For reservations, call Rose Fritzen 696-3076 or Bernadine Ta-
rasek 824-8323
Members of the Kosciuszko Ball Committee are, fromleft, first
row, Bernadine Tarasek, decorations and publicity; Josephine
Kline, sponsors and patrons; Ivana Kocon, reservations. Sec-
ond row, Jeri Jecen, co-chairperson and programs; Jean Le-
vandoski, chairperson; and Rose Fritzen, invitations.
Kosciuszko Ball set for Jan. 19
Paul and Barbara Wasta, of Pittston Twp. celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on Nov. 24. They were married on Nov. 24,
1962 by the late Rev. Francis Merkel in Sacred Heart Church,
Duryea.
Mrs. Wasta is the former Barbara Gydish, daughter of the late
George and Mary Gydish, of Duryea. She is retired fromthe A.C.
Nielsen Co. as an information data collector.
Mr. Wasta is the son of the late Andrew and Anna Mae Wasta,
of Duryea. He is retired from the U.S. Postal Service, Scranton.
He is currently active in his pallet business.
The couple has five children, Christine MacVicar and husband
Ed, of Avoca; Susan Coyle, of Dunmore; Diane Zydko and hus-
band David, of Duryea; Paul Jr. and wife Chris, of Pittston Twp.;
Mark and fianc Tammy Carvin, of Dupont.
They have seven grandchildren, Emily and Lauren MacVicar,
Abigail Coyle, David and Danielle Zydko, Paul Wasta III and
Mark Wasta Jr.
The couple celebrated the anniversary with the family on
Thanksgiving Day. A vacation in Florida is planned for March.
Wastas celebrate
golden anniversary
Wyoming Area Catholic
School in Exeter announces the
first quarter honor roll for the
2012-2012 school years:
HIGH HONORS
Grade 6
Christian Holmes, Rebecca
Lalko, Bianca Mazzarella, Tyl-
er Mozeleski, Nicholas Prociak
Grade 7
Jocelyn Kosik, Charles Kul-
ick, John Morris, Bryce Yen-
cha
Grade 8
Molly Holmes, James Kosik,
Marissa Moran, Brenna Sat-
kowski
HONORS
Grade 6
Lauren Best, Lindsey Che-
palonis, Adiya Golden, Joshua
Hartigan, Elizabeth Kravitz,
Michael Mecadon, Danielle
Morris, Alexandra VanHorn
Grade 7
James Cunningham, Ryan
Hartigan, Ryan Januszko, Ste-
phen Olson, Molly Poray, Josh-
ua Sepcoski, Erika Serafin
Grade 8
Justin Bella, Nicole Cirelli,
Vanessa Musto, Amy Santaya-
na
WYOMI NG AREA CATHOL I C
WAC lists honor,
high honor roll
PAGE 2B SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012 SUNDAY DISPATCH
S C H O O L S
High School
Ryan Leckey visits Home
EC Classes
Ryan Leckey of the morning
news team at WNEP visited the
Home EC classes at the Pittston
Area High School in October in
order to showviewers some easy
and spooky treats to make for
Halloween. Under the direction
of teacher Mrs. Marlene Ver-
dine, the students made a variety
of snacks and also had perform-
ances by the marching band and
cheerleaders. Photos are at right.
International Food Night
The I.C.E. Club of Pittston Ar-
ea heldtheir annual International
Food Night on Wednesday, No-
vember 7 in the high school cafe-
teria. Featuring homemade dis-
hes representinga dozennations,
this years event also had a basket
raffle and bake sale. The club is
moderated by Ms. Nicole Ru-
gletic. Photos are at right.
Middle School
Science Club
The next Science Club meet-
ing will be held on Tuesday, De-
cember 11 from 3-4pm in room
145 with Ms. Quinn. Students
are responsible for their own
transportation home, and all
rides must be in front of the mid-
dle school no later than 4pm.
Builders Club
The next meeting of the Build-
ers Club will be Tuesday, De-
cember 4 from3 until 3:30pmin
room206 with Ms. Donahue and
Mrs. Martin. Students are re-
sponsible for their own transpor-
tation home, and rides must be in
front of the Middle School no
later than 3:25pm.
Wilkes-Barre CTC Tour
Interested members of the 8th
grade class will have the oppor-
tunity to attend a tour of the
Wilkes-Barre Career and Tech-
nical Center onTuesday, Decem-
ber 4. Permission slips must be
returned in order to attend the
tour which will allowstudents to
experience the career and techni-
cal programs offered to our high
school students.
Veterans Giving Tree
The Martin L. Mattei Middle
School Spelling Bee Club and
the 6th grade teachers would like
to ask for your assistance in sup-
porting our Veterans during the
Holiday Season by participating
in a Veterans Giving Tree drive.
Donated items will be given to
Veterans at the VA Medical
Center, Wilkes-Barre. Your do-
nations will be used for the com-
fort and welfare of the Veterans
and to offer some Holiday cheer
to the men and women who have
served our country. In order to
participate, you are asked to
bring one or more of the follow-
ing items: body wash (no bar
soap), denture adhesive & den-
ture cleaner, deodorant, hair
brushes and combs, lip balm,
shampoo & conditioner (plastic
containers), tissues (small indi-
vidual size), sunglasses and sun-
screen ,books (large print), col-
ored pencils for drawing, deck of
cards (large print), postage
stamps, puzzle books (large
print), current issues of maga-
zines, new hats, robes, t-shirts,
wheelchair bags, telephone
cards, travel-size shaving cream,
cards (birthday, get well, think-
ing of you, sympathy).
Please bring un-wrapped do-
nations to one of the following
rooms by December 7th: Mrs.
Brady, Mr.Deangelo, Mrs.
Noone, Mrs. Brogan, or Ms.
Quinn
Thank you in advance for your
support for makingthe Holidaya
little brighter for our Veterans!!
Intermediate Center
Santa is Coming!!
The Santa Breakfast will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 4 for Third
Grade, Wednesday, Dec. 5 for
Fourth Grade and Thursday,
Dec. 6 for Fifth Grade.
The Santa Sale will be held on
these days. Information came
home last week.
On Monday, Dec. 3 Santa Hats
will be soldfor $2.00each, along
with Elf Hats and Candy Cane
Hats for $3.00 each.
Picture Make-Up Day
Picture make up day is Tues-
day, Dec. 4. Any child that was
absent during picture day or
wants to retake their photo can
contact the school for more in-
formation.
Holiday Book Fair
The IC is pleased to announce
the dates for the December Book
Fair. The Scholastic Book Fair
will be heldDec. 12through17in
the schools lobby.
For those of you to busy with
the Christmas rush to stop on by,
the IC will be offering a first
time online book fair. Orders can
be placed from Dec. 7 19 at
www.scholastic.com/fair
Any questions you can contact
Miss Carr at 654-7176.
PI TTSTON AREA NEWS
WNEPs Leckey visits PAs Home Ec. classes
Ryan Leckey of the morning news teamat WNEP visited the Home EC classes at the Pittston Area
High School in Octoberhown, fromleft, are Hailey Lupyak, Austin Welch, Christina Concert, Ron
DEliseo, Mrs. Marlene Verdine, Ryan Leckey, Angelo Lussi, Kristen Fereck, Marc Romanczuk, Mi-
chael Harding, Aaron Black, Tiffany Newell, Katie Yakabouski, KiKi Erfman, Steve Serovinsky, Shel-
by Rinaldi, Maria Dombrowski, Ali Anastasi, Justin Wilk
Shown, fromleft, area Kristen Santey, Sharece Tillman, Brittany Giamber, TimAllen, Ryan Leckey,
Hailey Lupyak, Christina Concert
International Food Night TeamJamaica, fromleft, James Ardo-
line, Marina Sell, Gary Thomas, and Alan Thomas.
International Food NightTeamItaly fromleft, Chris Russo, Sarah
Driscoll, Anthony Capozucca, and Bryan Russo
International Food NightTeamUSA, fromleft, Kaitlyn Kutchta,
Hannah Zondlo, Josh Reynolds, Kelly Mitchell, and Chelsea Bal-
chune
The Pittston Area Primary
Center held its monthly assemb-
ly on Nov. 9 with special happen-
ings that take place during the
month of November. Mrs. Zam-
bettis first-grade class and Mrs.
Cosimos second-grade class
highlighted special happenings.
The students performed songs,
poems and special movements.
Vocabulary and math skills were
integrated into the performance
through the use of signs and
props. All primary students will
have the opportunity to perform
in one assembly during the
school year.
Students learn about November
Students in Mrs. Zambetti's first-grade class are, fromleft, first row, Aiden Hindmarsh, Milania Seri-
no, Elena Koss, Olivianna Vanesko, Jenna Grieco, Sarah Connors, Olivia Rucco, Julia Rucco, and
Chase Wilgus. Second row, Nora Philbin, Alyvia Doran, Ciaran Bilbow, Madison Jackubowski, Ka-
den Rowan, Sharif Carter, Tyler Osborn, WilliamAlbert. Third row, Dominic Bernardi, Matthew Sow-
den, A.J. Scialpi, Sabrina Fath, Laura Farber, Peter Tomlinson, Chloe Andricks, Brandon Sheffler,
AdamShovlin, Drew DeLucca and Mrs. Zambetti.
Students in Mrs. Cosimos second-grade class are, fromleft, first row, Danielle Whitman, Alex Lap-
pano, Crista Bonk, Caroline Hintze, AdamWickizer, Sierra Walling, Morgan Maida, John Barchi-
Crich. Second row, Nicholas Rios, Zachary Karrott, Joseph Armitage, Jasmyne Rakochy, Jordan
Marstell, Gloria Tabone, Kayleigh Avvisato, Vincenzo Bonomo. Third row, Megan LaRue, Alex Ma-
caluso, David Walker, Leslie Dong, Stephen Clark, Kevin Lockett, Kyle Sante, Justin Welter, James
Oswald. Fourth row, Mrs. Cosimo and Miss Purdy.
The Pittston Area Leos Club
recently held a fundraiser raffle
Lunch with Leonardo which
included lunch with the club
mascot, a gift basket of Pittston
Area t-Shirts, key chains, stadi-
um cushions, four tickets to the
annual Pittston Area and
Wyoming football game and
seven school cafeteria food
vouchers. The winner of the raf-
fle was third-grade Luzerne In-
termediate Unit student Aiden
Mehal, who was crowned King
for the Day by Leos club mas-
cot Leonardo. King Aiden
chose eight friends to serve as
his Knights of the round table.
Members of the Pittston Area
Leos Club and Leonardo sum-
monedAidenandcourt toa spe-
cial lunch at the Intermediate
Center on Nov.15.
Leos Club holds lunch/raffle
King Aidan is shown here with his grandmother and Leo Club
Mascot Leonardo.
Shown here on the special day for King Aiden and his Knights of the Roundtable are, fromleft,
first row, Sir Knights Ozzie Dobrowski, King AIden Mehal and Sir Knight Dominic Januzzi. Sec-
ond row, Sir Knights Alex Prete, Alexander Fusser, Zachary Elko, Tyler Cegelka, Aaron Hall and
Evan Venetz.
SUNDAY DISPATCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2012 PAGE 3B
B I R T H D A Y S
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Lucas James
Dean, son of John
and Pamela Dean,
of Castle Rock, CO
celebrated his third
birthday on Nov. 4.
His mother is the
former Pamela Do-
ran, of Avoca. Lu-
cas is the grandson
of Jim and Karen
Doran, of Avoca
and Jack and Suel-
len Dean, of Oro
Valley AZ. He has a
sister, Makayla, 7
years old.
Lucas Dean
Paige Janine Henni-
gan, daughter of Ed and
Janine Hennigan, of
Exeter celebrated her
fifth birthday on Nov.
30. She is the grand-
daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. AllenBlackwell, of
Edwardsville and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Hennigan,
of Exeter. Paige attends
pre-school at Wyoming
Valley Childrens Asso-
ciation in Forty Fort.
Paige Hennigan
Christopher John Nat, son of
John and Sandra Nat, of Duryea
celebrated his third birthday on
Nov. 27. He is the grandson of
Patrick and Linda Farrell, of
Moosic; the late Frank Skoran-
ski Sr., of Avoca; and Andy and
the late Joan Nat, of Old Forge.
He is the great-grandson of He-
len Hastie. Christophers god-
parents are his cousin Julianna
Nat who celebrated her 21st
birthday on Nov. 30 and his un-
cle Frank Skoranski Jr. Chris-
topher loves trucks, trains and
dinosaurs. A dinosaur party
with family and friends was held
in his honor.
Christopher Nat
Frank Joseph Pacelli,
son of Frank and Kelly
(Walsh) Pacelli, of
Wyoming will celebrate
his first birthday on Dec
6. He is the grandson of
Joseph and Deborah
Walsh, of West Pittston;
Jean Ann Wienches, of
Sugarloaf; and the late
Frank Pacelli, of Hazle-
ton. He is the great-
grandson of Joseph Berti,
of Swoyersville. Frank
likes trucks, trains and
planes.
Frank Pacelli
Samantha Lauren Ren-
fer, daughter of James
and Christine Renfer, of
Suscon celebrated her
fourth birthday on Nov.
28. She has a sister, Joyce,
8; and four brothers, Jo-
nathan, 9; Stephen, 7;
Christian, 6; and Bran-
don, 5. Samantha is a pre-
kindergarten student at
Wyoming Area Catholic
School, Exeter. Her
grandparents are the late
James and Judith Mul-
hern and the late Merle
and Ellen Renfer.
Samantha Renfer
Christian Santos, son
of Jason and Jill Santos,
of Kingston will cele-
brate his third birthday on
Dec 4. His grandparents
are Joe and Carol Trzcin-
ski, of Avoca; Rev. Har-
riet Santos, of Swoyers-
ville and the late Rosendo
Santos. Christian has a
sister, Mattea, 4 years
old.
Christian Santos
Sarah J. Dymond
Elementary
A mock student election
was heldat the SarahJ. Dy-
mond Elementary school
on Nov. 6 when fourth and
fifth-grade students had
the opportunity to vote for
president. Each student
registered and cast their
ballots in handmade elec-
tion booths. Overall, the
popular vote went to Presi-
dent Barack Obama. Mrs.
Gail Devers, a Sarah J. Dy-
mond retired teacher, visit-
ed the students during the
month to explain the elec-
tion process. She also was
at the school on Election
Day to aid students in the
voting process. Photo-
graphs are at right.
High School
The following Decem-
ber meetings were set for
parents and students at
Wyoming Area High
School:
Scholarship Informa-
tion Night will be held at 7
p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6
in the high school auditori-
um. A review of the five
new scholarships in addi-
tion to the newupdated ap-
plicationwill be discussed.
Donors will be on hand to
answer questions after the
presentation. Parents and
students in grades nine, 10,
11and12 are invited to this
program.
Financial Aid Night
will be held at 7 p.m. on
Monday, Dec. 10 in the
high school library. A
PHEAA representative
will be on hand to make
this presentation. She will
present a lot of timely in-
formation concerning this
years FAFSA form. Par-
ents andstudents inGrades
nine, 10, 11 and 12 are
urged to attend this meet-
ing.
Any community orga-
nization, business and/or
individuals interested in
offering scholarships/
awards to graduating
Wyoming Area High
School seniors are asked to
call Mrs. Rabel at 655-
2836m extension 2339.
10th Street Elementary
Smencils are sold on
Tuesdays for $1
WA Beanie Hats are
sold on Tuesdays for $10
The Collector of Pho-
tos is Melissa Pealer. Pho-
tos of field trips, school
events, etc can be put on a
disk and dropped off at the
school or emailed to Me-
lissa@8thstreetadv.com.
Santas Workshop
Dec 3- 7.
Santas Workshop Set-
up is at 4 p.m. on Monday,
Dec 3. If you would like to
help set-up, call Lesley at
814-3401.
Santas Workshop
break-down is Friday, Dec
7 at a time to be deter-
mined.
Santas Workshop vol-
unteer forms were sent
home with the students.
Return forms to your
childs teacher as soon as
possible.
Register your grocery
store card online to help
benefit Tenth Street for
Price Chopper (http://
www2.pricechopper.com/
toolsforschools/)School
Code is 17322.
Keep collecting box
tops and Campbells soup
labels and send them in
with your child. Please
separate them since two
different people collect.
Apparel will be sent
home with students on Fri-
day, Dec. 7. If you would
like apparel left in the of-
fice, call Lesley at 814-
3401.
The next PTO meeting
will beat 7 p.m. on Thurs-
day, Jan. 3, 2013. There
will be no meeting in De-
cember.
WA staffer honored
The Misericordia Uni-
versity Teacher Education
Department recently hon-
ored an educator from
Wyoming Area for excel-
lence in education at a re-
ception held to celebrate
American Education
Week.
A fifth award, the
Guardian Angel Award,
was given to Joan Marie
Radle, a member of the ad-
ministrative staff at
Wyoming Area School
District, recognizing her
assistance to Misericordia
University student teach-
ers on assignment in the
district.
WYOMI NG AREA NEWS
Mock election held at Dymond school
Fifth-grade students at the Sarah J. Dymond Elementary School are, fromleft, first row, Alex Pierce, Richard
Chihorek, Amanda McCormick, Chase Yochem, Mason Hoeffner, C'Jie Price. Second row, Vincenzo Diluzio,
Katelyn Tarity, Kiara Bonning, Morgan Beppler, Alyvia DeNardi, Abby Yatsko, Sarah McCormick, Aiden
Hughes. Third row, Mrs. Gail Devers, Charles Clemens, Hope Littzi, Courtney Herron, Nathan Cable, Mem-
phis Metcalf, Jesse Grieshaber, Michael Orleski, Matt Romanowski and Mrs. Melissa Stevens.
Fourth-grade students at the Sarah J. Dymond Elementary School are, fromleft, first row, Abby Oliver, Kyla
Dougherty, Kayla Kiwak, Logan Grindall, Danielle Meade, AdamElvidge. Second row, AdamRought, Kaylee
Wheeler, Kaitlyn Thornton, Ciara Shainline-Alba, Ashley Songailia, Caley Felker, Colby Gashi, Brandy But-
win. Third row, Mrs. Gail Devers, Jacob Greenfield, Hunter Gashi, Trintin Clemens, Cole Shutter, Nicholas
Puliccia, Jesse Mikoliczyk, Zackary Slusser, Dylan Tilley and Mrs. Sheila Murtha.
Holy Rosary School faculty,
staff, and students are hitting the
ground running upon their return
from Thanksgiving Break as we
prepare for an eventful Decem-
ber. They invite you to join them
at their many religious and fam-
ily events throughout the month
of December.
Grandparents Day
The kindergarten and first-
grade classes of Holy Rosary
School recently celebrated
Grandparents Day with a music
program and luncheon. Students
honored their grandparents with
several songs and enjoyed a
lunch together on this special
day.
Picture retake
The Lifetouch photographer
will be at Holy Rosary School on
Tuesday, Dec. 11. If your child
was absent on Picture Day and
you would like him/her to have a
school photo for the 2012-2013
school year, please send in your
Lifetouch envelope with your
child on Dec.11. Your child is ex-
cused from wearing his/her uni-
form on that day.
Advent Wreath Prayer Service
Our Advent Wreath Service
will be prayedfrom1:30to2p.m.
on Monday, Dec. 3.
Holy Redeemer placement
test
Holy Rosary eighth-grade stu-
dents will take the Holy Redeem-
er placement exam on Wednes-
day, Dec. 5.
Toyland Bingo
The Holy Rosary PTO has be-
gun plans for its annual Toyland
Bingo which will be held at 6
p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at the Holy
Rosary School, 125 Stephenson
St., Duryea. Doors will open at 5
p.m. Admission is $3 and tickets
will be sold at the door. Dona-
tions are needed for all types of
new games, toys and gift certif-
icates. Items for the craft raffle
are also requested. Families and
friends are askedtosendtheir do-
nations into the school office by
Monday, Dec. 3.
HOLY
ROSARY
NEWS
Pictures
set to be
retaken
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The West Pittston Library an-
nounces the followingprograms:
Yoga
Beginner Yoga 1 will be Mon-
days at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.;
Wednesdays at 9 a.m.; and Fri-
days at 10:30 a.m. The class will
helpbuild a strong foundation in
classical yoga postures, proper
breathing and alignment while
increasing strength, flexibility,
range of motion, focus and bal-
ance.
Beginner Yoga 2 will be on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8:30 to 9:30 a.m. This class
builds upon the poses explored
in Beginner Yoga 1. The pace is
faster and the poses more diffi-
cult.
Intermediate Yoga will be on
Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. Sweat,
breathe and flow in this chal-
lenging class. C. All classes are
held on the top floor of the for-
mer American Legion Building
at 316 Linden St. by the Mont-
gomery Avenue Elementary
School. Cost is $7 drop-in and
discounted punch passes are
available.
Book Club
The West Pittston Library
Book Club will be held at 6:45
p.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month. Grab a cup of coffee and
join the WPL Book Club in an
informal discussion of member-
selected books. Theres no need
to purchase the books; just ask at
the circulation desk for an avail-
able copy of the months selec-
tion.
NYC bus trip
ANewYork City Holiday Bus
Trip Fundraiser will be held on
Dec. 8. Cost is $25 and all pro-
ceeds benefit the West Pittston
Library. The library will provide
the bus and the city will provide
the entertainment. A Martz bus
will pick up at the Atlas building
on Fourth Street and Pacific
Avenue in West Pittston at 6:30
a.m. and will drop off and pick
up at 6:30 p.m. sharp on Eighth
Ave between 50th and 51st
Streets. Stop by the library to re-
serve your seat.
Cake decorating
Becky, the West Pittston Li-
brarys newcirculation assistant,
is a Wilton Cake Decorating in-
structor. Join her in the basement
kitchen of Immaculate Concep-
tion Church at 605 Luzerne Ave.
for one or both sessions.
Holiday Petit Fours will be
from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Dec.
10. Cost is $20. Learn how to
make an easy version of petit
fours - trendy bite size cakes sure
to please guests.
Romancing the Cake will be
from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 4.
Cost is $20. Put a special spin on
a strawberry mousse cake just in
time for a romantic Valentines
Day treat.
Paper poinsettias
Create It! Pretty Paper Poin-
settias will be from 6:30 to 7:30
p.m. on Dec. 5. Cost is $10. With
the assistance of Bridget Giunta
Husted, owner of Knot Just Any
Day Photography & Design,
make a cute poinsettia gift pouch
(complete with a to/from tag)
and a present topper out of tissue
paper and pipe cleaners. Bring a
pair of scissors.
iPad class for adults
Retired IBM employee Jack
Szeghy will teach a hands-on
course exploring the basics of
how to use an iPad. He will also
touch upon some of its advanced
functions. Dont have an iPad?
No problem - borrow one at the
library. The class is from 6:30 to
7:30 p.m. on Jan. 29, 2013.
Holiday Story Time for
grown-ups
This program will start at 7
p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14 with the
story at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are be-
ing sold in advance only. They
are $20 each on or before Dec. 10
and $25 each after. Its the event
that puts the fun in fundrais-
ing. Enjoy a hilarious David Se-
daris holiday story read by Dis-
patch Editor Ed Ackerman and
an adult parody of the classic
childrens tale, Elf on the
Shelf by West Pittston Li-
brarys own Summer Belles. En-
joy special (adult) hot cocoa,
candy cane martinis and cozy
desserts. Wear a hideous Holiday
Sweater (suitable for ridicule
and judgment) to enter into a
competition that will earn the
winner bragging rights (and
thats about itit is a fundrais-
er).
Basic Computer Classes
This beginner class offers stu-
dents insight into the basics of a
computer. Learn the different
parts of the computer, manage
your desktop, icons and folders;
master saving files and much
more. Session 1 will be from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays,
Jan. 3 to Jan. 24 and Session 2
will be from6:30 to 7:30 p.m. on
Thursdays, Jan. 31, Feb. 7, Feb.
21 and Feb. 28. Cost is $50.
A food drive for the West
Pittston Salvation Army will be
held from Nov. 1 to Dec. 21. The
librarywill collect drygoods and
canned food items to help re-
stock the shelves of the West
Pittston Salvation Army during
the holiday season.
Barnes & Noble Book Fair
will be from Dec. 7 -9. Do some
holiday shopping at Barnes &
Noble and part of the proceeds
will go to the West Pittston Li-
brary (excludes gift card pur-
chases). Shop at any B&N (or
the Starbucks inside) Dec. 7-9
and present a voucher available
at the library at the time of sale
(or just let the cashier know
youre there to support the West
Pittston Library). The Friends of
the Library will wrap gifts all
day on Dec. 8 at the Arena Hub
B&N. Add the Book Fair
#10884930 during your online
checkout from Dec. 7-14 to help
the library even more.
Gift wrapping at Boscovs
will be from11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Dec. 15. Friends of the West Pitt-
ston Library will wrap gifts for
donations at the Wilkes-Barre
store.
Childrens programs
Story Time is at 1p.m. every
Friday. Each week a fun theme is
chosen, a few books are read
aloud and children and adults
gather to complete a related
craft. Sign up each week by
Wednesday.
PNC For Me, For You, For
Later Story Time Series, an early
financial education series from
PNC Bank and Sesame Street,
continues. Receive a Sesame
Street Financial Basics Kit, a
bank and a passbook with tasks
to complete to earn money
which can be used to purchase
prizes from the library store.
Session 3 - Learning To Wait
will be at 1 p.m. on Dec 7. Chil-
dren will learn how waiting is
important when deciding how to
use money and how practicing
being patient helps with saving.
Session 4 - Value will be at 1
p.m. on Jan. 18. Children will
learn that some important things
dont cost any money and they
will be introduced to the differ-
ent coins and their values.
Session 5 - Working at a Job
and Earning Money will be at 1
p.m. on Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. In this
session, children will learn dif-
ferent ways people make money.
An Evening on The Polar
Express will be at 6:30 p.m. on
Dec. 17. Get the kids in their pa-
jamas and head over to the West
Pittston Library to enjoy a spe-
cial evening reading of The Polar
Express followed by a themed
craft and a yummy snack of hot
chocolate and cookies. Sign up
by Dec. 12.
LibLab is held at 6 p.m. on
Mondays. The Library Labora-
toryis backtoengage kids ages 9
and up in science-based, hands-
on learning activities. Measure,
mix, compare, experiment and
test in a fun environment where
failure is not only possible, its
welcomed!
Session1- Flying High will be
on Dec. 10. Learn about air,
streamlined shapes and energy.
Construct a zappy zoomer and a
catapult plane and hypothesize
which will go further and why.
Then put gravity to the test after
making a spinning paper heli-
copter. All materials will be sup-
plied.
Session 2 - Believe it When
You See It will be on Jan. 7.
Learn how eyes play all kinds of
tricks by exploring merging pic-
tures, invisible shapes, wonky
lines, tricky flowers and create a
3Dimage of a hand. Participants
must bring a ruler from home.
Session 3 - Water, Water, Ev-
erywhere will be on Feb. 11.
Learn about density, absorption
and surface tension by conduct-
ing a layered liquids experiment
and creating blooming flowers, a
soap-powered fish and a floating
water beastie. Participants must
bringa small cleanglass jar anda
large rectangular baking tin.
WEST PI TTSTON L I BRARY
Adult, youth programs
scheduled at library
Falls Senior Center
Members of the Falls Senior
Center sponsored by the Area
Agency on Aging for Luzerne/
Wyoming counties recently en-
joyed a watercolor class given
by local artist Rose Brostoski.
Every Monday and Friday,
complete body stretch exercises
usingweights andbands from11
a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
Fri. Dec. 7 at 11:30 a.m. Lau-
rie Kulak from Caregivers
America will give a presenta-
tion on Medical Equipment pro-
vided by Medicare and from1to
2 p.m. there will be a demon-
stration on making an evergreen
garland as well as making bows.
Cosmopolitan Seniors
The Cosmopolitan Seniors
will gather to celebrate their
Christmas party at 12 Noon on
Tuesday December 4, at St. An-
thony Center, in Exeter.
Forty seven members and 1
guest attended the previous
meeting. Members are remind-
ed that we are collecting non-
perishable food items to be do-
nated to the local food pantry.
After the meeting the group en-
joyed refreshments and Bill
Kull played holiday music, Bin-
go was played. 50/50 winners
were Tom Alpaugh, Rosemary
Golenski, Johanna Malinowski,
Ed Stankoski, and Frances Vo-
veris,. Cheryl Pipher won the
special game and Edith Jones
won the Bingo Jackpot.
SENI ORS NEWS
Seniors get watercolor class
Falls seniors watercoloring, front, Pat Fisher, Atsuko McHale,
Nancy McKinney. Back, Norma Talbot and Darlene Headley.
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R E L I G I O N
The Catholic Choral Society
will present an Advent Concert
at St. Monica Parish, West
Wyoming, today, Sunday, Dec. 2
at 3 p.m. The free concert is open
to the public.
The Catholic Choral Society
has over 60 members from Lu-
zerne and Lackawanna Coun-
ties. Dr. Thomas Rittenhouse
and Brenda Grunza are co-presi-
dents of the Society. Jean Shields
is accompanist and Ann Manga-
niello is the music director.
For information about con-
certs andmembershipplease call
570-587-2753 and see
www.catholichoralsociety.org.
Advent Retreat
An Advent Retreat is sched-
uled to be held at the Oblates of
St. Joseph Seminary, Route 315,
Laflin, next Sunday, Dec. 9, from
2-5 p.m. The Capuchin Sisters of
Nazareth will lead the afternoon
reflection, followed by Eucharis-
tic adoration, confessions, pri-
vate prayer and concluding with
the celebration of Holy Mass by
Rev. Paul A. McDonnell, OSJ,
seminary rector. The retreat,
hosted by the Oblate Lay Associ-
ation, is free and open to the pub-
lic. For more information, con-
tact the seminary office at 654-
7542.
Bethel United Methodist
532Main St. Avoca
(570) 457-2566
Pastor Sharon Dietz
(570) 282-0104
Sunday Worship Service -
11:15 a.m. Communion first
Sunday of each month non per-
ishable food items will be col-
lected. Mondays Bible study
6 p.m. alternating each week
with Brick UMChurch, Duryea.
1st Thursday of each month
food give-away 4 to 6 p.m. for
needy of Avoca and Duryea.
Brick United Methodist
935 Foote Ave., Duryea
(570)457-4424
Pastor Sharon Dietz
(570) 282-0104
Sunday Worship Service 9:45
a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m.
during morning Worship Servic-
es for ages 3-12
Communion first Sunday of
each month non perishable
food items will be collected.
Mondays Bible study 6
p.m. alternating each week with
Bethel UMChurch, Avoca; Mir-
acle of Awareness coffee time
6 p.m. meeting 7 p.m.
Thursday New beginnings
meeting 7 p.m. Third Thursday
of each month United Metho-
dist Women 6:30 p.m.
Christian and Missionary
Alliance
317 Luzerne Avenue
West Pittston
Christs Community Clothes
Closet hours are Tuesdays 9 to11
a.m.; Wednesday 6 to 8 p.m. and
Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
To donate gently used clothing
place it in the shed in the church
parking lot. The church Soup
Kitchen is Mondays from 5 to
6:30 p.m. To volunteer call the
Davis family, at 760-4830.
First Baptist Church
Rev. James H. Breese, pastor,
Water Street, Pittston
Sunday 9:30 a.m. Worship and
Praise Service/Childrens Sun-
day School, Adult/Teen Sunday
School immediately following
service. Wednesday 7:15 p.m.
Bible Study
First Congregational UCC
500 Luzerne Avenue
West Pittston
Rev. Joan Mitchell, Pastor
Sunday,11 a.m. Morning Wor-
ship Service
First Presbyterian Church
14 Broad Street Pittston
Sunday Worship 9:15 a.m.
with Rev. William N. Lukesh.
Dec 3 7 p.m. Boy Scouts; 7
p.m. Charge Conference at For-
ty-Fort UMC
Dec 5 10 a.m. Mommy and
Me, 6 p.m. Daisy Scouts, 7 p.m.
Choir
Dec. 6 7 p.m. Weight Watch-
ers
Dec 7 Pizza Sale
Dec. 9 10 a.m. Worship
Sunday School.
United Methodist Church
Corner of Broad & Church
Sts. Pittston
Rev. Susan Hardman-Zimmer-
man
Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m.; Childrens Sunday School:
9:30 a.m.; Holy Communion: 1st
Sunday each month; Choir Re-
hearsal: Thursdays at 7 p.m. un-
less told otherwise; United
Methodist Women: 2nd Monday
unless told otherwise
Website www.umcpittsto-
n.org. Phone 655-4340 leave
message
The Womens Christmas lun-
cheon is Monday, Dec. 10 at
12:30 p.m. at Agolinos in West
Pittston.
The Childrens Christmas Pro-
gram is Sunday, Dec. 16.
Christmas Eve Service will be
at First Methodist Church Old
Forge at 8 p.m.
First United
Presbyterian Church
West Pittston
Rev. James Thyren 654-8121
The Sessionof the First United
Presbyterian Church of West
Pittston announces the following
schedule for the week of Dec 2:
Sunday, Dec. 2: 10 a.m., Sun-
day School; 11 a.m., Worship at
St. Cecilias; 12:05 p.m., Choir
Rehearsal; 12:30 p.m., Womens
Association Christmas Tea.
Tuesday, Dec. 4: 7 p.m., Trust-
ees.
Services are being held at St.
Cecilias Roman Catholic
Church on 1700 Wyoming Ave,
Exeter as we recover from the
flood of September 2011. There
is parking on Wyoming Avenue
and in the parking lot behind the
church.
Full Gospel Chapel
Avoca
Adult Sunday School, 9:30;
Sunday morning worship at
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday evening Bible
study and prayer service at 7:00.
The church also hosts the Rose
of Sharon Church with Rev. Vin-
cente Torres on Sunday after-
noon at 3:00 p.m. for the Hispan-
ic community.
Glendale Gospel Church
105 Church Drive
Glendale/Pittston Township.
Sunday Service 10:45 a.m.
Harding Church
of Christ
RR 1 Box 187A, Falls
Sunday services: 10 a.m. Sun-
day School and 11 a.m. Church
Service. Call 388-6534
Holy Mother of Sorrows PNCC
212 Wyoming Avenue, Dupont
Rev. Zbigniew Dawid, Pastor
Sunday Masses
8 a.m. Traditional Mass
9:15 a.m. SOCL and Confir-
mation Class also Coffee Hour
10:30 a.m. Traditional High
Mass
Daily Mass
9a.m. MondaythroughFriday.
Wednesday, Polish Class at
5:45 p.m.
Thursday, First Holy Commu-
nion Class at 4:45 p.m.
Friday Dec. 7, there will be a
Advent Potato Pancake Dinner.
Serving will be from 2 p.m. to 7
p.m. Take outs will start at 1p.m.
Donation will be $8. Dinners
will include pancakes, clam
chowder, dessert and beverages.
You can also pick up your pier-
ogie for Advent and also have
them for your Christmas Eve
Supper (Wigilia). Carol Bondur-
ich sells the pierogies on Sunday
after all the Masses.
Christmas Wafer (Oplatek) is
available from Parish organist,
Jan Cwikla. Oplatek is one of the
most important Christmas Eve
Traditions. Christmas Eve Sup-
per should begin with breaking
and sharing the wafer, which
symbolizes love, peace and for-
giveness.
The Childrens Play and
Christmas party is for all the
children and youth of the parish
and their friends. It will take
place on Saturday, Dec. 22, at
4:00 p.m.
Independent Bible Church
328 Main Street, Duryea, PA
18642.
(570) 451-0346 Home/Office.
JLaCava@TheBibleChurch.org
Inkerman Presbyterian
Main St., Inkerman
Services: Sundays, 9 a.m.
Langcliffe Presbyterian
1001 Main St Avoca
Sunday worship 11:15 a.m.
The Langcliffe Church is hand-
icapped accessible. Nursery is
provided for children
Moosic Alliance Church
608 Rocky Glen Road, Moosic
Pastor: Doug Jensen 457-
6020
maccma2@verizon.net
Sunday morning Sunday
School for all ages at 9:30 a.m.
Sunday morning Worship at
10:45 a.m.
Prayer meeting, Wednesdays
at 7 p.m.
Celebrate Recovery Ministry,
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
Nativity Of Our Lord
Stephenson St., Duryea
Mass Schedule
Saturday: 4 p.m. Holy Rosary
Church; 5:30 p.m. Sacred Heart
of Jesus Church
Sunday: 8 a.m. Holy Rosary
Church; 9:30 a.m. Holy Rosary
Church; 11 a.m. Sacred Heart of
Jesus Church
Oblates of St. Joseph
Highway 315, Laflin
Masses are held daily in the
seminary chapel at 7 a.m. (Mon-
day Friday) and on Saturday
mornings at 8 a.m. There are no
weekend Masses.
Confessions are heard daily
from 9 a.m. noon and from 3
6 p.m.
Office hours are Monday
Friday: 9:30 a.m. 5 p.m., eve-
nings and weekends by appoint-
ment. Office phone number is
654-7542. You can now contact
the Seminary on Facebook:
www.Facebook.com/OBLATE-
SOFSTJOSEPH or on Twitter
@OblatesStJoseph
Every Wednesday evening
Mass is celebrated at 7 p.m. in
conjunction with the Novena to
St. Joseph &St. Joseph Marello.
Novena prayers and the blessing
of the first-class relic of St. Jo-
seph Marello, Founder of the
Oblates of Saint Joseph Congre-
gation, immediately follow the
Mass. All are welcome to partic-
ipate!
Tune into Catholic Radio 750
AM. The radio studio is located
in the seminary building and is
broadcast daily from dawn to
dusk. For more information
about this station, contact Ed
Niewinski at 287-4670.
This afternoon the Oblates
welcome to the seminary the
youth group members of Nativ-
ity B.V.M. Parish of Tunkhan-
nock. Theywill have a tour of the
seminary and talks by Father
Paul McDonnell, OSJ, seminary
rector; and Oblate seminarian,
Jim Poppo.
The Josephite-Marellian Laity
Association will hold their
monthly meeting this Wednes-
day, Dec. 5, following the 7 p.m.
Mass/Novena to St. Joseph &St.
Joseph Marello. Final plans will
be set for the next Sundays Ad-
vent Retreat and the Dec. 14
Christmas party at Buca del Vi-
no Restaurant (across the high-
way fromthe seminary). Prelim-
inary plans will also be made for
the annual Feast of the Holy
Spouses (Jan. 23). New mem-
bers are always welcome to join
the society and be of assistance
to the Oblate priests in their spir-
itual and apostolic ministries.
Monthly Vocation Holy Hour
will be Thursday, Dec. 6, at 7
p.m. The Holy Hour consists of
exposition of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, private adoration,
praying the rosary with voca-
tion-theme meditations, Scrip-
tural readingwithreflection, pet-
itions and benediction. All are
welcome to participate in this
monthly Holy Hour as we pray
fervently for an increase of voca-
tions to the priesthood and reli-
gious life, especially in the Ob-
late Congregation and here in
our local diocese.
Blue Army Monthly Prayer
Vigil will be held on First Friday,
Dec. 7, starting with confessions
at 8:00pm, followed by Mass to
the Sacred Heart of Jesus (ap-
proximately9p.m). Devotions to
the Sacred Heart then follow af-
terwards before the Blessed Sac-
rament and concluding with de-
votions to the Immaculate Heart
of Mary. The public is invited to
participate in this night of prayer
and reparation.
St Joseph Marello
William St., Pittston
The Holy Name Society will
meet in the Parish Center on
Monday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. All
menandyoungmenof the parish
are invited.
Religious Education Classes
for Kindergarten to 4th grade on
Wednesdays, from 4:30 to 5:30
p.m. Classes for 5th and 6th
graders are held on Sundays at
8:45a.m. Childrenwill attendthe
9:30 a.m. Mass.
All high school students and
students who have received the
Sacrament of Confirmation are
invited to attend a special pro-
gramon Sunday, Dec. 9 and16 in
preparation of the Christmas cel-
ebration. The program will be
from 5 to 6 p.m.
There will be a Triduum, three
days of prayers, in preparation
for the Feast of the Immaculate
Conception, the Patroness of the
United States. Prayers will be of-
fered especially for children, for
families, for the Parish of St. Jo-
seph Marello and for the Coun-
try. Masses will be celebrated on
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday:
7:30 and11:30 a.m.. On the Feast
Day, Masses will be on Friday at
7 p.m. and on Saturday at 8 and
11:30 a.m. The Feast of the Im-
maculate Conception is a Holy
Day of Obligation.
Friday is the First Friday of the
month. Masses at 7:30 a.m. and
11:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. with devo-
tion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
Corpus Christi Parish
Immaculate Conception and
Holy Redeemer churches
Luzerne Ave., West Pittston
Feast of the Immaculate
Conception
Masses will be celebrated as
follows: 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7
and 7:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 at
Immaculate Conception and
8:30 a.m., Dec. 8 at Holy Re-
deemer.
A Ping Pong Doubles Tourna-
ment, Sponsored by Corpus
Christi Parish Youth Group, will
be today, Sunday, Dec. 2, at Im-
maculate Conception Church
Hall, 605 Luzerne Avenue, West
Pittston. Registration at 12:30
p.m. and the tournament starts at
1 p.m. $10 per team of 2 players,
$20 per teamof 2 (adult) players.
Benefits St. Joseph by the Sea
High School, Staten Island, New
York. Single elimination Best
out of 3 games up to 15 points.
Tournament will be set up by age
groups elementary, middle
school high school and adults.
Refreshments will be sold.
Christmas Wreath Sale
The cost is $10 for a fresh
wreath with a red bow. To order a
wreath, see any member of the
Youth Group or call the rectory
654-2753 or Juel Ann Klepadlo
at 430-1470. You may pick out
your own wreath at Ciampis
Greenhouse on Tunkhannock
Avenue, West Pittston by taking
your prepaid ticket. If you need
your wreath deliveredlet us
know.
Parish Cookbook
All are invited on Monday,
Dec. 3 in Immaculate Concep-
tion Church hall at 6:30 p.m. for
a planning meeting.
Altar & Rosary Society
Will meet on Monday, Dec. 3
at 7 p.m. in Immaculate Concep-
tion Church. The rosary will be
recited at 7 p.m. followed by a
Christmas Gathering in the
rectory. Members are asked to
purchase a small gift suitable for
a man, wrap it and bring it to the
meeting. These gifts will be giv-
en to the Veterans.
Corpus Christi Parishwill host
Brunch with Santa & Friends
(Santa, Mrs. Claus, Rudolph and
Frosty) on Sunday, Dec. 9 at
noon in Immaculate Conception
Church Hall, 605 Luzerne Ave-
nue, West Pittston. Enjoy a hot
buffet while meeting the charac-
ters. There will be Christmas
caroling, treats andgames for the
kids. Cost is $8 for adults, $5 for
children (3years and under are
free). To make reservations call
the rectory at 654-2753
Youth Choir
The children will be singing at
the 4 p.m. Mass at Immaculate
Conception Church on Christ-
mas Eve. The Youth choir meets
for practice on Sundays at 5 p.m.
Today, Sunday, Dec. 2, the youth
choir will meet for practice at 5
p.m. Following practice, they
will decorate Msgr. Sempas
Christmas tree in the rectory and
be treated refreshments. All boys
and girls are welcome.
Our Lady of the Eucharist
535 N Main Street, Pittston
www.eucharist-pittston.org
Mass Schedule
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. and 11:00
a.m. (Please note time change.)
Daily Mass: 8:00 a.m.
Reconciliation (Confes-
sions)
Saturday from 3:30 p.m. to
3:45 p.m. and by appointment
Religious Education
Beginning today Sunday Dec.
2, Religious Education Classes,
grades1-6 will be held from9:30
to 10:30 a.m. Classes in prepara-
tion for the celebration of the
Sacrament of Confirmation will
continue to be held on Sunday
evenings from 5 to 6:30 p.m. If
you have any questions with re-
gard to the program, please call
Sister Mary Ann at 654-0263.
Choir Rehearsals
The Childrens Choir will be-
gin rehearsals for Christmas to-
day Sunday, Dec. 2 fromnoon to
12:45 p.m. The children will be
leading the congregation in mu-
sic at the 4 p.m. Christmas Eve
Mass. For more information
about either choir, call Michael
Sowa at 655-1419.
St. Nicholas Night
All children from the parish
are invited to visit with St. Ni-
cholas, the patron saint of chil-
dren Thursday, Dec. 6 at 6:30
p.m. All will gather in the church
for prayer and a lesson about St.
Nicholas. The children will then
visit with St. Nicholas, followed
by a party in the Church Hall. In
the spirit of giving, each child is
asked to bring an unwrapped gift
whichwill be donatedtoa family
in need. Forms may be found at
the back of the Church and
should be returned no later than
Dec. 2 by dropping it in the col-
lection basket during Mass or
dropping it off at the Rectory.
Reflection on Mary
As we celebrate the Year of
Faith and the Season of Advent,
Our Lady of the Eucharist Parish
invites you to a reflection on Ma-
ry, Mother of God and Mother of
Us All, on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at 7
p.m. in the Parish Hall. The re-
flection will be given by Sister
Anne Mary Boslett, IHM, direc-
tor of the IHMSpiritual Renewal
Center, Cresco.
Lucky number
Letters have beenmailedtothe
sponsors of last years calendar
as well as to those who participa-
ted in the 23rd Annual Lucky
Number Calendar. This is a ma-
jor fundraiser for the parish. If
you would like and are able to
participate this year, please fill
out the form and place it in the
collection basket or call the par-
ish office.
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Lackawanna Ave., Dupont
This weeks mass schedule:
Monday through Friday at 7
MATTERS OF FAITH
Advent Concert today at St. Monicas
MUSIC TOGETHER veteran Zoey Bennett shares her list with Santa during a previous visit at Trinity
Episcopal. Santa Claus will make a stop at Trinity Episcopal Church in West Pittston for a special sing-a-
long session at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8 at the church, 220 Montgomery Ave. Santas visit will be part
of a free demonstration class of Music Together, an internationally-recognized music and movement
program for children from birth through age 5 and the grownups who love them. Families will share the
joy of a Music Together class, with singing, dancing and experimenting with rhythm instruments before
Santa arrives to join in the fun with a few Christmas songs. Santa will have enough time to visit and will
have a small gift for each child. Photograph taking is welcome. Light refreshments will be served. The
event is free and open to the public but reservations are required. Call 654-3261 or email trinityepiscopal-
westpittston@hotmail.com for reservations or more information.
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a.m., Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sun-
day at 8:30 a.m., and 10:30 a.m.
Christmas Wafers (Oplatki)
will be blessed next weekend at
the 4 p.m. mass and will be avail-
able in the church hall following
all weekend masses.
The members of the Womens
Society on Friday, Dec. 7 at 4:45
p.m. will attend the Vigil of the
Immaculate Conception mass.
The Holy Name Installation
Dinner is Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6
p.m. contact Jerry Stanco at 589-
1092.
Christmas Caroling through
the streets of Dupont is Sunday,
December 2 at 6 p.m. Meet in the
church hall. Afterwards return to
the church hall to decorate and
have cookies and hot chocolate.
The Welcoming Committee is
looking for volunteers to bake
cookies. Please call Tammy at
457-3855 or the rectory at 654-
3713. Cookie donations can be
dropped off in the church base-
ment after all masses on that
weekend.
Womens Society Christmas
Wafer Dinner, catered by Coop-
ers of Scranton, will be on Jan.
13, at 2 p.m. at Sacred Heart
Church Hall. The cost is $10.
Reservation deadline is Dec. 28.
Payment can be deposited in the
collection basket (please label
envelopes Womens Society
Dinner).
St. Barbara Parish
28 Memorial Avenue, Exeter
Office Hours: Monday Fri-
day 9:00 a.m. 3:00 p.m.
Evenings, by appointment.
Phone: 654-2103
Feast of St. Barbara
The parish will celebrate St.
Barbaras feast on Tuesday night,
Dec. 4 with Mass at 7 p.m. Fol-
lowed by the movie: St. Barbara
Convert & Martyr of the Early
Church, which will be shown in
the Church.
Feast of the Immaculate Con-
ception, a holy day of obligation;
is Saturday, Dec 8. Masses for
the Feast will be held on Friday,
Dec. 7 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8
at 7 a.m., 11 a.m.
Giving Tree: The trees are up
in both churches. Take as many
tags as you wish as long as the
gifts are returned on time. Gifts
must be returned no later than
Sunday, Dec. 9. The gifts will be
picked up on Monday and sorted
according to size, gender and
item. Some gift suggestions:
hats, gloves, socks, shirts, I tune
cards, makeup, perfume, colog-
ne or any item you would like to
purchase.
Attention Women of the Par-
ish: St. Barbaras Christian
Women Organization will hold a
Christmas Party on Tuesday,
Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. at Fox Hill
Country Club. Cost of the dinner
buffet will be $25. Place in the
church basket, drop off at the
rectory or call Mary King 655-
4744, Barbara Russo 654-8670,
Chip Clarke 654-7480 or Loretta
Semenza 654-0936. Deadline
for reservations is Dec. 4. The
party is open to all women of the
parish.
Social Concerns Committee
Meeting: Thursday, Dec. 6, 6:30
p.m. in St. Anthonys Center. Sr.
Jane ODonnell, RSM, from the
Mercy Consultation Center, Dal-
las will speak at this meeting. Sr.
Jane will enlighten us about a
program called Listening from
the Heart. Sr. Jane trains parish-
ioners regarding visits to homes,
nursing homes and hospitals.
Christmas Wafers are here.
You may purchase them at the
rectory between the hours of 9
a.m. and 2 p.m. There are four
wafers per envelope and the cost
is $2 per envelope. They will be
available after weekend Masses
beginning next week.
Childrens/Youth Choir: All
students interested in singing;
practice will be held on Sunday,
Dec. 9 after the 10:30 a.m. Mass
until noon. Meet upstairs in the
choir loft after Mass. All stu-
dents are welcome.
St. John the Evangelist
Parish Community
35 William Street
Phone: 654-0053
Pittston.
Baptismal instruction will be
held Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 7 p.m. in
the parish center.
Altar and Rosary Christmas
Party Sunday Dec. 9 at 2 p.m.
Seton Catholic Auditorium.
The Holy Name Society will
be held on Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. in
Seton Catholic Auditorium Set
up for Childrens Christmas Par-
ty on Dec. 16. All members are
needed to help. New members
welcome.
Childrens Christmas Party
sponsored by Holy Name Socie-
ty, Sunday, Dec. 16 11 a.m. at
Seton Catholic Auditorium.
Bring canned item to benefit the
Greater Pittston Food Pantry.
Tickets are available at the Par-
ish Center for Feb. 2013 lottery
tickets. Monday through Friday
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and in the vesti-
bule of the church. Lottery tick-
ets are $10 each. Proceeds bene-
fit the Holy Name Society pro-
jects. Return in before Jan 31 in
order to register all tickets.
The Free Health Clinic is open
at 5:30 p.m. every Wednesday in
the former Seton Catholic High
School, first come first serve.
Greater Pittston Kids Closet
celebrating its third anniversary
provides new and gently used
clothing. Hours are Wednesday
from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 5 to 7
p.m.
St Johns Lutheran
7 Wood St., Pittston
570-655-2505, stjohnspitt-
ston@verizon.com
Pastor John Castellani
Organist Marcia Colleran
Reader Tom Korney
Acolyte Justin Lazarowicz
Greeter Cheryl Pipher
The Prayer list goes out to mil-
itary personnel and their fam-
ilies: Lucille Champman, Bren-
da Lispi, Gerturde Lipert, Rob-
ert Schumaker, Karen Korney,
Howard Weislogel, Al Palima,
Margaret Borget, Stephen
Oceanas, Nancy Dymond Hack-
ett, Ray Morgan, Emalee Kar-
hurka, Bobby Drummond, Le-
noard Peterson, Gene Rooney,
Charles Barone, Mike & Jodie
Farrell, and Barb Mizenko,
Shut-ins Mary Agnes Mangle,
Ted Burkel, Donna Capobianco,
Elaine Proietto, Donna Bobbou-
nie and Gladys Bowman
Poinsettias are $5 to be placed
in the Church for Christmas Eve
Service. These poinsettias may
be taken home after the service.
Leave a message for Sara to pur-
chase one. Bulletin and Votive
candle openings are Dec. 2 and
Jan. 20.
December Altar Guild: Nancy
Castellani, Mary Ann Denman,
Sara Garron and Rebecca Per-
schau.
Acolyte Schedule for Decem-
ber: 2 Katie Colleran, 9 Sarah
Ciesla, 16 Emily Goyne, 23
Brooke Cherney, 24 Richard
Drummond, 30 Justin Peterson.
Advent services are Dec. 5, 12
and 19 at 7 p.m.. Soup salad,
sandwiches and dessert will be
served before Wednesday Ser-
vices from 6 to 6:45 p.m.
Week Day School Program/
Play will be on Dec. 23 in place
of regular worship service.
Christmas Eve Service will be at
9 p.m.
Call 655-2505 to be added to a
list of blood donors.
www.facebook.com/StJohns
LutheranChurchPittstonpa
St. Johns P.M. Church
316 Main St., Avoca
Pastor Rich Rock
570-457-8281
Sunday Worship 10:00 a.m.
Holy Communion the first
Sunday of every month
Bible Study every Wednesday
6-7:30 p.m.
St. Maria Goretti
Laflin Road, Laflin, PA. 18702
Pastor: Monsignor Neil Van
Loon
42redwood@comcast.net
www.stmariagoretti-laflin.org
December parish calendar:
2, Fall Flea Market 9 a.m. to 1
p.m.
8 - Immaculate Conception of
Blessed Virgin Mary
8 & 9 - Collection for Retired
Religious
12 - Christmas Confessions
St. Maria Goretti Church - 7 p.m.
16 - Deanery Confessions - St.
John the Evangelist Church ,
Williams St., Pittston - 7 p.m.
16 - Christmas Concert
17 Confession - St. Cecelias,
Wyoming Ave., Exeter - 7 p.m.
24 - Christmas Vigil Masses -
4 p.m. & 5:30 p.m.
25 - Christmas Masses - Mid-
night &10 a.m.
31st - New Years Eve Mass -
4:30 p.m.
The parish has a Christmas
tree and the children will deco-
rate it with gloves/mittens and
socks which will be given to the
Pittston Clinic at the end of the
season. Please send in some of
these items with your children to
hang on the tree. Newitems only.
Practice for Christmas Nativ-
ity Play: Dec. 6, 13, and 21 at 7
p.m.
Dec. 16 Childrens Liturgy 11
Mass
If you have any questions,
please contact Michelle Pinto at
905-5713.
The Choir Concert, under the
direction of Jennifer Johnson,
will take place in the Church,
Dec. 16 at 3 p.m. Everyone is in-
vited to come and enjoy the fes-
tive music and enjoy some re-
freshments after the concert.
The use of the Christmas Wa-
fer is a Central European Chris-
tian Tradition celebrated in Pol-
ish, Slovak, Lithuanian and Ital-
ian families on Christmas Eve.
Christmas Wafers are available
in the back of the Church. An of-
fering of $3 per package would
be appreciated to help defray the
cost.
The Parish Flea Market con-
tinues this Sunday from9 a.m. to
1 p.m.
The Feast of the Immaculate
Conception is on Dec. 8, which
this year falls on a Saturday. The
obligation to attend Mass is not
lifted. Thus, the faithful must
fulfill this obligation by attend-
ing Mass for the Holy Day (ei-
ther Friday vigil or Saturday
noon Mass), and they must ful-
fill their Sunday Mass obligation
(either Saturday vigil or Sun-
day).
St. Marys Polish National
Catholic Church
200 Stephenson St. Duryea
Rev. Fr. Carmen G. Bolock,
Pastor Phone: 457-2291
Email: padre@saintma-
ryspncc.org
Website: saintmaryspncc.org
Holy Mass: Sunday 9:30 a.m.
Weekdays: 8 a.m.
Holy Days: 8 a.m. & 7 p.m.
St. Monicas Church
363 West 8th Street, West
Wyoming, PA 18644
Office Hours - 9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m., Mon. Fri.
Phone: 570-693-1991
Email: olos363@verizon.net
www.stmonicanepa.com.
Father Leo McKernan, Pastor
Mr. William Jenkins, Deacon
Mass Schedule:
Saturday Vigil: 4 p.m.@
OLOS
Sunday: 8:30 a.m. @ STJ; 11
a.m.@ OLOS
New Daily Mass Schedule:
Daily Mass at OLOS Tues,
Wed., Fri. 7 a.m. - Mon. &
Thurs. 7 p.m.
Adoration of the Blessed Sac-
rament Friday after morning
Mass until 11 a.m. Except on
First Friday, Dec. 7 Adoration
is after 7 p.m. Mass until Mid-
night.
Dec. 8 Feast of the Immac-
ulate Conception is a Holy Day
of Obligation. Mass is 5 p.m. at
St. Josephs site on Friday, 12-7-
12 (Vigil) and 7 p.m. at OLOS
site. On Dec. 8th there will be a 9
a.m. Mass at OLOS.
Miraculous Medal Novena
after Monday Evening Mass
Rosary and Chaplet of Divine
Mercy - Before Morning &Eve-
ning Masses at OLOS site.
Bible Study Resumes in Ja-
nuary 2013.
Advent: The Season of Ad-
vent begins today. The Advent
Candles on the Wreath in the
Sanctuary are lit by members of
the Parish Family. For December
1, the Vigil, Janosky Family ; for
Dec. 2 at 8:30 a.m. the Nardell
Family and at 11 a.m. the Swetz
Family.
St. Monica Parish Web Site:
www.stmonicanepa.com.
High School Theology: will
be held on the1st and 3rd Sunday
of each month in the Rectory
from 9:45 to 10:45. All high
school students are invited.
R.C.I.A. - Rite of Christian
Initiation of Adults & Growing
in the Faith through Christian
Formation- the Parish of St.
Monicas invites you to look into
the Catholic Faith; learn more
about your faith if you are a Ca-
tholic; inquiry into the life of
Christ and His Church; enter
more into Sacred Scripture. Peo-
ple of all Faith backgrounds are
welcome. The group meets on
Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at
OLOS Rectory (Back porch
informal &relaxed atmosphere.)
For more information call the
Parish Office at 693-1991 and
speak to Father McKernan..
St. Peters Evangelical
Lutheran Church
100 Rock Street, Hughestown
Stpeters_elc@yahoo.com
654-1009
Sunday School 9 a.m.
Worship sevice 10 a.m.
Confirmation Classes are on
Sunday at 9 a.m.; 7th graders 1st
and 2nd Sunday of the month;
8th graders 3rd and 4th Sunday
of the month.
Dec. 1- Hanging of the Greens
2:30 pm: A service, then deco-
rating the church for Christmas
and everyone is asked to bring
covered dish.
Dec. 8 - at 6 p.m: Blue Christ-
mas Service
Nut &Poppy Seed Rolls $8 ea.
Taking orders up to Dec. 12.
Pick-up Dec. 20, 12 to 4 p.m.
Call Pam @ 655-0043 or 313-
2829
Queen of the Apostles Parish
715 Hawthorne St.
(570) 457-3412
stmarysavoca@verizon.net
www.stmaryavoca.4lpi.com
The time of the Queen of the
Apostles Parish womens guild
Christmas party taking place to-
dayat Colarussos LaPalazzohas
been changed from 2 p.m. to 3
p.m.
The parish will have its Polish
Advent Mass at noon on Mon-
day, Dec. 3 at St. Marys Church,
715 Hawthorne St. The Mass
will be celebrated by the Rev.
Stephen A. Krawontka.
Following the Mass, there will
be a luncheon featuring chicken
noodle soup, bread, butter and
dessert in St. Marys School au-
ditorium, 742 Spring St.
Beginning on Dec. 4 and con-
tinuing throughout the Year of
Faith, the chaplet of Divine Mer-
cy will be recited after the expo-
sition of the Blessed Sacrament
and holy hour prayers every
Tuesday following the 8 a.m.
Mass. At 7:30 p.m. the rosary is
prayed before benediction and
reposing of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. Anyone who can spend
one hour weekly at adoration on
a regular basis is asked to call
Ann Jake at 457-3521or the par-
ish office.
The fundraising committee
will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
Dec. 4 in the rectory.
The annual appeal committee
will meet at 7:30 p.m. on
Wednesday, Dec. 5inthe rectory.
Masses for the feast of the Im-
maculate Conception, a holy day
of obligation for Roman Catholi-
cs, will take place at 8 a.m. and
noon on Saturday, Dec. 8 in the
church. The vigil Mass will take
place at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7
in conjunction with the First Fri-
day Healing Mass.
The youth group will sponsor
a milkshake and cupcake social
at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 9
in St. Marys School auditorium.
Anyone who is interested in join-
ing the youth group may call Lo-
ri Ostrowski, director of youth
ministry, at 457-8840.
The pastoral council will have
its Christmas party at 6:30 p.m.
on Monday, Dec. 10 in the recto-
ry.
The womens guild will meet
at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 11 in
St. Marys School auditorium.
The oplatek (Christmas wafer)
have been blessed for use during
Christmas Eve meals. They are
available in the church. The sug-
gested donation is $2.
The public is invitedtoprovide
a specifiedgift toa personwhois
enrolled in the Christmas Giving
Tree program or to a nursing
home resident residing in the
Little Sisters of the Poors Holy
Family Residence. The deadline
for gift returns is Sunday, Dec.
16. For more information, call
the parish office.
The parishioners are selling
the stocking stuffer edition of
their Pot of GoldMatchthe Daily
Number raffle tickets, which are
for January. Tickets are $10each.
The winning number is based on
the evening daily number of the
Pennsylvania Lottery. Anyone
who has a specific ticket number
they would like to purchase or to
just simply purchase a ticket may
call the parish office. The ticket
will be mailed to you.
The parish has its annual Little
Blue Book Advent and Christ-
mas devotional available. If you
would like one, call the parish of-
fice at 457-3412.
The youth group is collecting
winter hats and gloves for the
needy. Items may be dropped off
in the designated containers lo-
cated in the back of the church.
Daily Masses: 8 a.m.
(Wednesday at 7 p.m.)
Eucharistic Adoration: Tues-
days from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Miraculous Medal Novena:
Wednesday following the 7 p.m.
Mass
Weekends Masses: Saturday
at 4 p.m.; Sunday at 8, 9:30 and
11 a.m.
Confession: Saturdays 3-3:45
p.m.; anytime upon request by
calling 457-3412.
Prayer Chain: 457-5867
Second Presbyterian
143 Parsonage St., Pittston
654-1411
Trinity Episcopal Church
Spring Street and Montgom-
ery Avenue, West Pittston
Sunday Holy Eucharist: 11
a.m. every Sunday.
Food Pantry: December items
needed are canned and boxed
soups and crackers. Gerritys gift
cards, cash donations and other
non-perishable foods also ac-
cepted.
Prayernetwork. Open To Pub-
lic. Daily prayer for those with
needs requesting prayerful sup-
port. Start Prayernetwork at par-
ish office 654-3261.
Youth Program: 10:45 a.m. ev-
ery Sunday. Weekday special
events andservice projects as an-
nounced.
Faith Forum for Adults: En-
richment for adults seeking spir-
itual renewal and opportunities
for ministry and volunteerism.
Parish Life Events Team: Bi-
monthly first Sundays.
Parish Council: Every second
Sunday.
Women of Trinity: Every third
Sunday. WOT Ministry Invita-
tion. The Women of Trinity have
undertaken a ministry to help
support Good Shepherd Episco-
pal Church of Scranton in their
outreach to the homeless of the
region. Each month after enjoy-
ing a home cooked meal at Good
Shepherd all who have needs
may shop for necessities like
clothing, shoes, and toiletries in
a store-like setting in the
churchs refurbished basement
of donated items. The Woman of
Trinity has supported this minis-
try by delivering donations of
clothing, new undergarments
and socks and toiletries to the
Scranton church. WOT will con-
tinue to collect trial size and ho-
tel toiletries and invites the par-
ish community to join with them
in helping the less fortunate. Do-
nations of trial size and sample
size toiletries are welcome.
Party and Banquet Space.
Newly renovated banquet room
and kitchen. All Day Rental
$100. Reservations at 654-3261.
Music Together Classes: Fun
and music for infants and chil-
dren through age five accompa-
nied by a parent or caregiver.
FREE Music Together Demon-
stration and Sing A Long with
Santa, Saturday December 8, 10
a.m. at the church. Reservations
for demo/sing a long required.
Call 654-3261. Winter semester
of Music Together begins Janu-
ary 8. For registration informa-
tion call 654-3261. Visit
www.musictogether.com for in-
formation on Music Together. .
United Methodist Church
Corner of Broad & Church
Sts.Pittston
Rev. Susan Hardman-Zimmer-
man
Sunday Worship Service 9:30
a.m.; Childrens Sunday School:
9:30 a.m.; Holy Communion: 1st
Sunday each month; Choir Re-
hearsal: Thursdays at 7 p.m. un-
less told otherwise; United
Methodist Women: 2nd Monday
unless told otherwise
Websitewww.umcpittsto-
n.org. Phone 655-4340 leave
message
The Womens Christmas lun-
cheon is Monday, Dec. 10 - 12:30
p.m. at Agolinos in West Pitt-
ston. The Childrens Christmas
Program is Sunday, Dec. 16.
FAITH
Continued from page 5B
Advent Concert today in W. Wyoming
The Catholic Choral Society will present an Advent/Christmas Concert today Sunday, Dec. 2 at St.
Monica Parish, Our Lady of Sorrows Church,West Wyoming at 3pm. Sacred and secular choral and
solo selections will be presented along with a Sing-a-Long and accompaniments by the Holy Re-
deemer H. S. Handbell Choir. The Choral Society and Handbell Choir are directed by Ann Manga-
niello ofExeterand Jean Shields is accompanist. The free concert is open to the public. Pictured are
members of the Handbell Choir, first row, fromleft, Ann Manganiello, Director, Mary Pat Blaskewicz
ofWest Pittston, Caroline Jones, Mountaintop. Second row, Jackie Kurovsky, Mountaintop, Abbe
Truschel, Mountaintop, Maria Khoudary,Dallas.
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looking for
OTR/REGIONAL
TRACTOR
TRAILER DRIVERS
3 years minimum experience
with clean MVR. Full time
& part time needed.
Medical benets after 90 days.
Off on weekends.
Home often.
Earning potential
$50,000 to $55,000 per year.
DRIVERS
Please call 570-270-5145
or Mail resume to:
J & S Ralston Trucking, Inc.
8 East Ann Street
Plains, Pa 18705
100
ANNOUNCEMENTS
110 Lost
BEST PRICES
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LIKE
NEW
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&
Batteries
for $20
& Up
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Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
THE HOUSING
AUTHORITY OF THE
CITY OF PITTSTON,
500 KENNEDY
BOULEVARD,
PITTSTON, PA WILL
RESCHEDULE ITS
REGULAR MONTH-
LY MEETING FROM
DECEMBER 10,
2012 TO DECEM-
BER 17, 2012 AT
6:00 PM
William J. Lisak
Executive Director
135 Legals/
Public Notices
LEGAL NOTICE
THE RE-ORGANIZA-
TION MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF THE
PITTSTON AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
WILL BE HELD ON
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 4,
2012 IN THE
LIBRARY OF THE
PITTSTON AREA
SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL, 5 STOUT
ST., YATESVILLE,
PA, AT THE FOL-
LOWING TIME:
RE-ORGANIZA-
TION MEETING
6:30 P.M.
THE REGULAR
MEETING OF THE
BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OF
THE PITTSTON
AREA SCHOOL
DISTRICT WILL
BE CANCELLED
ON TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 18,
2012 AND WILL
BE HELD ON
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER 4,
2012 IMMEDIATE-
LY FOLLOWING
THE REORGANI-
ZATION MEETING
BY ORDER OF THE
BOARD
DEBORAH A.
RACHILLA
SECRETARY
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150 Special Notices
FOSTER PARENT(S)
NEEDED
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Compensation,
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month per child.
IF YOURE NOT SELLING
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HEAVY EQUIPMENT TO
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Payment plans.
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406 ATVs/Dune
Buggies
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ATV, 110 CC. Brand
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409 Autos under
$5000
FORD 95 F150
4x4. 1 Owner.
91K. 4.8 engine,
auto. Runs
great. New
paint, stake
body with
metal floor.
570-675-5046.
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will return call.
NOW $4,295
412 Autos for Sale
CHEVROLET `04
BLAZER
4 wheel drive, auto,
4.3, super clean,
$6,995
CHEVY 01
CAVALIER
Low mileage, auto,
4 cylinder. $4,595
SUZUKI 02
VITARA
4 x 4, auto, clean
$4,595
DODGE 02
NEON SXT
4 cylinder auto.
$4,395.
All Cars Have
3 Month Warranty
BACKROAD
WASH & LUBE &
AUTO SALES
1351 Shoemaker
W. Wyoming
570-693-5823
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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.
$39,999 or trade.
570-760-2365
412 Autos for Sale
WANTED!
ALL
JUNK
CARS!
CA$H
PAID
570-301-3602
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
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415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
CHEVROLET `76
PICKUP
4 Cylinder
Very Good
Condition!
NEW PRICE
$1,500.
570-362-3626
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CHEVY 30 HOTROD COUPE
$47,000
GREAT DEALS!
MERCEDES 29
Kit Car $5,500
OR TRADE
JUST REDUCED
(570) 655-4884
415 Autos-Antique
& Classic
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
To place your
ad Call Toll Free
1-800-427-8649
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
439 Motorcycles
SCOOTER 12
BRAND NEW
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
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
439 Motorcycles
YAMAHA 08 STAR
RAIDER RAVEN EDITION
Mint condition.
Very low miles.
Asking $7400.
Call for details.
570-472-2327
YAMAHA 97
ROYALSTAR 1300
12,000 miles. With
windshield. Runs
excellent. Many
extras including
gunfighter seat,
leather bags, extra
pipes. New tires &
battery. Asking
$4,000 firm.
(570) 814-1548
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Wanted
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$
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Sale Price Starting At
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Conditioning, Tilt Steering, PW, PDL, Bluetooth for Phone,
OnStar w/ Turn-By-Turn Navigation, XM Satellite Radio, Remote
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Dierential, Alum. Wheels,
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Navigation, XM Satellite
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Stk. #13029, 3.6L SIDI 6 Speed Manual Transmission,
PW, PDL, Air, Rear Spoiler, Limited Slip Dierential,
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Navigation, XM Satellite Radio, Bluetooth, AM/FM/CD
2013 CHEVY CAMARO
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MSRP $24,245
$
23,499
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MSRP
$43,885
Stk. #13014, 5.3L SFI V8 6 Speed Automatic, PW, PDL, Deep
Tinted Glass, Remote Starter Prep. Pkg., Dual Power Heated
Mirrors, Cruise, OnStar w/ Turn-By-Turn Navigation, XM
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Side Impact Airbags, Stabilitrak, 17 Aluminum Wheels
$
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Navigation, XM Satellite Radio
MSRP $30,925
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509 Building/
Construction/
Skilled Trades
509 Building/
Construction/
Skilled Trades
533 Installation/
Maintenance/
Repair
533 Installation/
Maintenance/
Repair
548 Medical/Health 548 Medical/Health 548 Medical/Health
MECHANICAL
CONTRACTOR
Seeking individual for office position
in areas of estimating, purchasing,
submittals, change orders, computers,
etc. This individual should have
experience in the construction field,
office experience is not necessary.
Comprehensive benefits package.
Send resumes and salary
requirements in confidence to:
c/o Times Leader
Box 4230
15 N. Main Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711-0250
E.O.E.
VAN/BUS CLEANER
Part-Time
The Luzerne County Transportation Authori-
ty is accepting applications for a part time
Van/Bus Cleaner for the Kingston location.
This position is responsible for interior/exte-
rior cleaning of passenger vans and may
include buses as needed. Applicants must
have valid PA Drivers License, pass a pre-
employment drug screen, and complete
required clearances. Offering a great starting
rate. Candidate must be able to work up to
28 hours per week.
Applications are available at LCTA, 315
Northampton Street, Kingston, PA 18704
The Luzerne County Transportation
Authority is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
ASSIST ASSISTANT DIRECT ANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING OR OF NURSING
Full Time Position
EEI d/b/a~ Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
Works with administration in managing, coordinating and
directing nursing services for a skilled nursing facility.
Knowledge of Federal and State Long Term Care Regula-
tions required. Qualified candidate should possess:
Experience in geriatric nursing
Excellent supervisory and people skills
Related work experience
Current RN License in PA
Wound care experience
Ability to Complete CMS 802 Matrix / Roster
Knowledge of Act 52 and Infection Control Protocol
Competitive salary and benefit package.
Please apply on line at
https://home.eease.com/recruit/?id=499320
by Friday, December 7th, 2012.
Email hr@meadowsnrc.com
Or Apply in person @
Meadows Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
4 East Center Hill Road
Dallas PA 18612
Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center is a Non-Profit
Organization e.o.e. M/F/D/V Drug Free Workplace.
460
AUTOMOTIVE
SERVICE
DIRECTORY
490 Truck/SUV/
Van Accessories
TRUCK CAP
Ford F-150 2008-
2009 A.R.E Truck
Cap. Black, Fiber-
glass, 5 1/2 ft bed
Has break light,
interior cargo light,
clamps. All carpet
on the inside
Sliding side win-
dows with screen
locking back win-
dow/door. Front
window folds down
for cleaning $400.
Call 855-0550,
leave message
518 Customer
Support/Client Care
CSR
RFM Services is
looking for a Cus-
tomer Service Rep-
resentative with
mathematical skills
in the Wilkes-Barre
area. Experience
helpful, but will train
the right candi-
dates. Fax resume
to 570-517-5003.
522 Education/
Training
Needed at our
Wilkes-Barre, Dallas &
Mountain Top
Locations.
CALL 570-905-3322
ASK FOR LAKE GEMZIK
OR EMAIL RESUME TO:
LGEMZIK@
BUILDINGBLOCKS
LEARNINGCENTER.COM
ChildCare Teachers
TUNKHANNOCK
AREA
SCHOOL DISTRICT
Director of Special
Education position
available in the
Tunkhannock Area
School District.
Special Education
Supervisors Certifi-
cate is required.
Must have an
understanding of
Special Education
Law, knowledge of
state computerized
reporting systems,
ability to work with
diverse student
population. Strong
interpersonal
skills/ability to work
with administrators,
parents, students
and staff on a daily
basis. Salary is
negotiable. Appli-
cants should submit
an application pack-
et which should
include: Standard
PA Teaching
Application, letter
of interest, resume,
transcripts, PA
Certification, Act
34, Act 151, Act 114
FBI clearances,
Praxis or NTE
test scores and
three letters
of reference to
Michael Healey,
Superintendent of
Schools,
Tunkhannock Area
School District,
41 Philadelphia
Avenue,
Tunkhannock, PA
18657.
Application dead-
line- 12/21/2012.
527 Food Services/
Hospitality
GRICOS IS
REOPENING!
Hiring: chef, kitchen
prep, servers,
bartender, dish-
washers. Call
654-9120 or e-mail
resume to pat@gri
cosrestaurant.com
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533 Installation/
Maintenance/
Repair
HVAC JUNIOR
DESIGNER
Autocad experi-
ence. Commercial,
industrial, salary to
commensurate with
experience.
570-270-3940
542 Logistics/
Transportation
DRIVERS
NOW HIRING
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS
Best pay. Will train
if necessary.
Pace Transportation
570-883-9797
DRIVERS:
Home EVERY
Weekend! Growing
Company with
Great Pay, Benefits,
Vacation! CDL-A 2
years Reefer expe-
rience. preferred.
Clean MVR.
Mike Miller:
800-852-9190
545 Marketing/
Product
MEDICAL
MARKETING
REPRESENTATIVE
Part-Time/entry
level OK to apply
Fast growing
doctors office
looking for:
*Winning minded
and goal oriented
*Fast Learner
*GREAT
SOCIAL AND
COMMUNICATION
SKILLS
*Intelligent and
hard working
*Ambitious and
motivated to grow
*High energy,
optimistic personali-
ty and enthusiasm
*Healthcare
vocabulary and
experience is a
plus. Apply to APM
420 MAIN STREET
EDWARDSVILLE, PA
18704
FAX (570) 288-7810
EMAIL
TCC22@EPIX.NET
548 Medical/Health
CAREGIVERS AIDES
Will train. Caring
and reliable.
CNAs apply 9-2
51 N Main Ave
Pittston
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PSYCHIATRIC
NURSES
CERTIFIED
NURSING
ASSISTANTS
& PSYCHIATRIC
TECHNICIANS
Full, part time
and per diem posi-
tions available
working as part of a
multidisciplinary
treatment team on
a psychiatric
inpatient unit. Sign
on bonus for
nurses. Please
send resume to:
Northeast Counsel-
ing Services, HR
Dept. 130 W.
Washington St.,
Nanticoke, PA
18634 or via email
ncsjobs@ptd.net
EOE. www.north
eastcounseling.org
551 Other
RESIDENT MANAGER
for large upscale
Wyoming Valley
apartment complex.
Caring individual
with sales and lead-
ership abilities.
Good salary plus
benefits. Please
send your resume
to Amber Green at:
agreen@TheManor
Group.com or
717-393-0463 x 219
554 Production/
Operations
75 POSITIONS
AVAILABLE
In Wilkes-Barre &
Scranton Area
Inspector
Packers/
Warehouse
Associates
1st 2nd & 3rd
Shifts 8-12 hours.
Apply Today!!
Start Tomorrow!!
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Agency, LLC
100 West Broad St.
Suite 113
Hazleton, PA 18201
Call 570-454-2300
MACHINIST
Local firm has
immediate opening
for CNC Lathe
Operator. Experi-
ence preferred, but
will train the right
applicant. 2nd shift -
4 day work week.
Excellent benefits.
R&H Mfg., Inc.
Woodward Hill
Edwardsville, PA
570-288-6648
600
FINANCIAL
610 Business
Opportunities
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A MINI-OFFICE
OUTLET FROM
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SUPPLIES SUPPLIES
Nationwide phone,
mail & internet
sales. Established
28 years. Locate
anywhere. Two
person operation.
Add to your
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570-752-0936
630 Money To Loan
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100% GUARAN-
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say theyve never
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Its a process that
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Learn about manag-
ing credit and debt
at ftc. gov/credit. A
message from The
Times Leader and
the FTC.
700
MERCHANDISE
708 Antiques &
Collectibles
YEARBOOKS.
COUGHLIN (25)
1928-1980, GAR,
(22) 1928-2006,
MEYERS, (22) 1957-
1981, WYOMING
VALLEY WEST, (11)
1970-1992. NANTI-
COKE, (2) 1971-
1979, PITTSTON, (11)
1967-1981HANOVER
(6) 1951-1981 MINT.
Prices vary depend-
ing on condition.
$20-$40 each. Call
for further details
and additional
school editions.
570-825-4721
arthurh302@
aol.com
712 Baby Items
DVDS 5 baby Ein-
stein DVDs, 1 Baby
Genius DVD. Asking
$25 for all 6. Retail
is $25 A PIECE!! For
ages 0-48 months.
Call for details Great
condition! 570-704-
6185
742 Furnaces &
Heaters
FURNACE
Peerless Gas Steam
Boiler series 63-64.
570-287-2065
OIL TANKS (2)
275 gallon indoor oil
tanks. Very good
condition. Convert-
ed to gas. $125.
each. Call
570-760-2793
744 Furniture &
Accessories
CHAIRS, (2)
Genuine
leather, cus-
tom made
recliners.
Taupe color,
like new. $550
each.
570-675-5046
Too many baby
toys?
Pass them on, sell
them with an ad!
570-829-7130
DEN
FURNITURE
Wood/cloth. Reg-
ular size sofa,
chair and
ottoman. Coffee
table, 2 end
tables. Excellent
condition. $325
for all.
570-675-5046
TABLE, Kitchen
Oval, wooden.
Formica top. Good
condition. $25.
570-824-7015
754 Machinery &
Equipment
SNOW
BLOWER.
Craftsman. 12
HP, 32 dual
stage. Electric
start. Track
Drive. $525.
570-675-5046
758 Miscellaneous
BEST PRICES
IN THE AREA
CA$H ON THE $POT,
Free Anytime
Pickup
570-301-3602
570-301-3602
CALL US!
TO JUNK
YOUR CAR
762 Musical
Instruments
KEYBOARD
RadioShack MD-
982, with 100 tones,
100 rhythms, full-
sized keys and
other features.
Everything works.
Battery or 12V AC
power. $35 Call
570-407-4541.
766 Office
Equipment
DESK. Traditional
size office desk.
Cherry, large.
Hutch, side shelves
and file drawers.
Great for business
of home office.
$200 OBO
570-825-9654
776 Sporting Goods
BICYCLE
MURRAY DAZZLER
20 girls. Powder
blue with pink trim
accents & wheels,
white tires. Front &
rear brakes plus
coaster foot brake.
Good condition
$40. 570-814-9574
SKI RACK Bar-
recrafters Sierra
SX-ll. Adjusts to 40-
52. Holds 5 pairs
skis or 2 snow-
boards. Never used.
$25. 570-709-1288
780 Televisions/
Accessories
TV 19 SYLVANIA
color TV with
remote. $25.
Call 814-9574
LINE UP
A GREAT DEAL...
IN CLASSIFIED!
796 Wanted to Buy
Merchandise
CA$H P CA$H PAID AID
1930-1970s
Guitars,
Microphones
Radio/Amplifier
Tubes and
Theater Sound
Equipment.
Call Don
Sugar Loaf NY.
715-377-2558
CASH PAID
Guns & gun parts,
Civil War items,
military items, US &
German, swords,
daggers & knives.
Old toys and coins.
Fishing equipment.
Private Collector
570-417-9200
- LEGO WANTED -
CASH PAID
I buy Legos and
may be interested
in what you've got!
Give me a call or
text any time at
570-371-7469
I pay based upon
the quantity and
will make you a
reasonable offer!
LEGOS ONLY
PLEASE
800
PETS & ANIMALS
815 Dogs
PAWS
TO CONSIDER....
ENHANCE
YOUR PET
CLASSIFIED
AD ONLINE
Call 829-7130
Place your pet ad
and provide us your
email address
This will create a
seller account
online and login
information will be
emailed to you from
gadzoo.com
The World of Pets
Unleashed
You can then use
your account to
enhance your online
ad. Post up to 6
captioned photos
of your pet
Expand your text to
include more
information, include
your contact
information such
as e-mail, address
phone number and
or website.
CHIHUAHUA PUPS
Vet certified. All
males, black &
white and brown &
white. $350. Ready
12/20. Great lap
dogs. No papers.
Deposit will hold.
570-648-8613
815 Dogs
POMERANIAN
AKC, 11 weeks,
1 male, black
$400. 1 sable
male, 11 weeks
$400.
1st & 2nd shots
Vet checked.
Home Raised.
Champion blood
line.
570-864-2643
DONT BE FOOLED!
DEMAND THE BEST
AKC Purebred
Puppies.
Find Breeders at:
www.puppybuyerinfo.com
Birds? Cats? Dogs?
Skunks? Snakes?
Sell Your Animals
with a Classified Ad!
570-829-7130
900
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE
906 Homes for Sale
Having trouble
paying your mort-
gage? Falling
behind on your
payments? You
may get mail from
people who promise
to forestall your
foreclosure for a fee
in advance. Report
them to the Federal
Trade Commission,
the nations con-
sumer protection
agency. Call 1-877-
FTC-HELP or click
on ftc.gov. A mes-
sage from The
Times Leader and
the FTC.
DALLAS
3 bedroom, 2 bath,
modern country
kitchen with Corian
counters, family
room with fireplace,
wet bar and walkout
to patio, multi-level
decks. All appli-
ances included.
$217,000.
570-675-0446
evenings.
EXETER
Beautifully remod-
eled 3 bedroom
home in mint metic-
ulous condition, with
2 full baths, and a 2
car garage, hard-
wood floors, tile
floors, exterior com-
posite wood deck,
fully finished lower
level family room,
large closets, up-
graded kitchen with
stainless steel appli-
ances, granite
countertops, gas
heat, excellent
neighborhood.
$174,900
Bob Stackhouse
654-1490
JENKINS TWP.
$34,900
151 E. Saylor Ave.
Fixer upper with
great potential in
quiet neighborhood.
3 bedrooms, 1 bath
with off street park-
ing and nice yard.
Directions: Rt 315,
at light turn onto
Laflin Rd to bottom
of hill. Turn right
onto E. Saylor.
atlasrealtyinc.com
MLS 12-3672
Call Keri Best
570-885-5082
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
906 Homes for Sale
LAFLIN
$389,900
10 Fairfield Drive
Exceptional & spa-
cious custom built
cedar home with
open floor plan and
all of the amenities
situated on 2 lots in
picturesque setting.
Create memories in
this 5 bedroom, 4
bath home with 18
ceiling in living
room, gas fireplace,
granite kitchen,
large 2 story foyer,
huge finished lower
level for entertain-
ing with bar/full
kitchen & wine cel-
lar. Inground pool
and hot tub. Direc-
tions: Rt 315 to
Laflin Rd., right onto
Oakwood Dr., right
onto Fordham Rd,
left onto Fairfield
Dr., home is on the
right. www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-4063
Call Keri Best
570-885-5082
LAFLIN
20 OLD MILL RD
For Sale By Owner
Beautiful
Custom Built.
Minutes from I-81
Turnpike & Casino.
Move In Condition!
3 to 4 bedroom
Tri-level, Master
bath, 2 full baths &
1 powder room,
central vacuum
system. Living &
dining rooms, fam-
ily room with fire-
place. Gas heat,
central air, large
basement, deck,
three car garage
& 2nd large lot
included.....
$395,000
570-237-0101
NANTICOKE
1472 S. Hanover St.
Well maintained
bi-level. This home
features 2 bed-
rooms, 1 3/4 baths,
recreation room
with propane stove.
Walk out to a 3
season porch. Pro-
fessionally land-
scaped yard. 1 car
garage, storage
shed, new appli-
ances, ceiling fans.
Close to LCCC.
$153,900.
Call 570-735-7594
PITTSTON
35 STARK ST
Completely
Remodeled 3 bed-
room. Home in a
great neighbor-
hood. Includes
refinished hard-
wood and new tile
floors, new bath-
room and kitchen
with stainless steel
appliances and
granite counter-
tops. Gas heat, nice
yard and porches.
$74,900
Call (570)654-1490
PITTSTON TWP.
$175,000
110 Front St.
Great price and
great location.
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
MLS# 12-2053
Call Angie at
570-885-4896
Terry at
570-885-3041
SHAVERTOWN
9 room house, 4
bedrooms, 2 1/2
baths, heated sun-
room, 2 car
attached garage.
570-947-1200
906 Homes for Sale
WILKES-BARRE
$99,900
70 McLean Street
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:
www.atlas
realtyinc.com
MLS 12-2886
Keri Best
570-885-5082
YATESVILLE
603 Willow Crest Dr
TOWNHOUSE
Just reduced by
owner, $174,000.
Move in condition.
2 bedroom, 2 bath
upstairs, down-
stairs, powder
room/shower, large
sunroom/ Franklin
stove. Wrap around
deck. Partially fin-
ished basement.
MUST SEE!
570-235-1553
912 Lots & Acreage
JENKINS TOWNSHIP
New Section in
Highland Hills,
Only 3 lots left
in Charles
Place. Call
570-498-9244
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
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
**BEAUMONT**
Between Dallas &
Tunkhannock.
FREE HEAT &
GARBAGE!
2 bedroom apt.
$575 /month.
Tunkhannock S.D.
Call 1-877-839-
0666 or online at
cipllc.ucanrent.it
Land for sale?
Place an ad
and SELL
570-829-7130
DALLAS
Beautiful, meticu-
lous two story. 2
bedrooms, 2.5 bath
condo at Newberry
Estates. Security
system, central air,
washer/dryer, fire-
place, skylights, pri-
vate master deck.
All maintenance in-
cluded. Amenities
include golf, tennis
private pool. No
Pets. $1,300/month.
Call Susan
570-510-8395
EXETER/PITTSTON
(2) New 2 bedroom
apartments, tile
kitchen and bath,
washer/dryer
hookup, off street
parking, stove and
dishwasher incl.
$600-$700/month
plus utilities.
570-237-2076
KINGSTON
Bright, spacious, 3
bedroom 1st floor
duplex in beautiful
residential neigh-
borhood. Wall to
wall, living & dining
rooms, kitchen with
refrigerator, gas
stove, dishwasher,
garbage disposal,
washer/dryer, air &
full basement. Front
& rear porches, off-
street parking &
garage. $925/
month + utilities.
Security & refer-
ences required. No
pets or smokers.
(570)905-4342
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
FORTY
FORT
570-288-1422 570-288-1422
AMERICA AMERICA REAL REALTY TY
RENT RENTALS ALS
Forty Fort
Office
Location!
Professionally
Managed
1-2 bedrooms
starting
respectively
$625 + utilities /
$750 + utilities.
Descriptive
details available.
ALL 2 YEAR
LEASES/
EMPLOYMENT
VERIFICATION /
NO PETS /
SMOKING.
PERFECTLY
REMODELED &
IMMACULATE!
MOVE IN FOR
XMAS!
1-2-3
Bedroom
Rentals in
Kingston,
Wyoming,
Wilkes-Barre,
Plains.
Call
Property Mgr.
for info &
appt.....
570-899-3407
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!
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.
PARSONS
2nd floor, 2 bed-
rooms, washer,
dryer, fridge, stove
& heat included.
$685/month +
security. No pets.
570-332-9355
PITTSTON
2 bedroom apt.
2nd floor, stove &
refrigerator, off
street parking.
Water, sewer &
garbage included.
Non smokers & no
pets. $550/month.
570-655-2567
PITTSTON
2 bedroom, 2nd
floor, quiet, clean,
available for imme-
diate occupancy.
Carpet, washer/
dryer hookup, stove
& fridge included.
References/lease
required. $600 +
utilities & 1st/ last
/security required.
Heat/water/sewer/
garbage included,
no pets, non-smok-
ing. 570-655-0478
for appointment.
PITTSTON AREA
1 bedroom efficien-
cy apartment, 2nd
floor. Newly remod-
eled. $375/mo.+ util-
ities + security.
Call 570-241-2012
WEST WYOMING
425 West 8th Street
2nd floor, 2 bed-
room with off street
parking, washer/
dryer hook up,
stove. No pets.
$525/mo + security.
Sewer & garbage
included, other utili-
ties by tenant.
570-760-0458
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
West Pittston
THE HITCHNER THE HITCHNER
530 Exeter Ave
Now
Accepting
Applications!
3 bedroom -
$625
Elevator,
parking lot,
central air,
appliances, wi-fi
access & more.
Income
Qualifications
required.
570-344-5999
WILKES-BARRE
1 bedroom
apartment. $400/
month + utilities &
1 month security.
139 Sambourne
St. Section 8 OK.
No pets.
570-460-6173
WILKES-BARRE
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
refrigerator, stove
& dishwasher,
washer/dryer
hookup, off-street
parking, pets ok
with fee, $750/
month, plus security
and utilities.
Call 570-650-1575
WILKES-BARRE
HISTORIC
WHEELMAN
439 S. Franklin St.
Fabulous 1 bed-
room, hardwood
floors. A/C, marble
bath. Security sys-
tem. Laundry, off
street parking.
$650 570-821-5599
WILKES-BARRE/
NORTH
Half Double Block,
2 bedroom, refrig-
erator and stove
included,
washer/dryer hook-
up, no pets or no
smokers. $500 per/
month + utilities.
References, securi-
ty & lease.
570-825-5138
941 Apartments/
Unfurnished
WYOMING
FIRST FLOOR
One Bedroom
apartment with
Basement. Washer
and Dryer hookups,
large kitchen, newly
remodeled bath.
$475 plus utilities.
No pets. No smok-
ing. 1 year Lease.
For appointments
call: 570-237-0260
944 Commercial
Properties
PITTSTON
COOPERS CO-OP
Lease Space
Available, Light
manufacturing,
warehouse,
office, includes
all utilities with
free parking.
I will save
you money!
947 Garages
WYOMING
4 Car Garage for
rent $65/month
per stall, 6 month
minimum lease
required.
For appointments
call 570-237-0260
950 Half Doubles
AVOCA
3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
refrigerator, washer
/dryer hookup,
Garage. Pets nego-
tiable. $600/month,
+ utilities, 1 month
security &
references.
570-852-9204
KINGSTON
Sprague Ave.
CHARMING & SPACIOUS
6 room, 2 bed-
room duplex,
includes 2nd &
3rd floor. Ample
closets. Washer /
dryer hook-up.
$575 / month +
utilities, security
& lease. No Pets.
570-793-6294
To place your
ad call...829-7130
PLYMOUTH
Shawnee Ave.
3 bedrooms, back
yard, basement.
$550/month +
utilities and sewer.
570-332-5723
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White, 74K
Now $12,500
06 HONDA ACCORD
EXL SDN
08 VW PASSAT
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Black, 53K
Now $15,950
Silver, 37K, Was $11,950
Now $9,750
06 MERCURY GRAND
MARQUIS SDN
Red, 35K
Now $14,500
10 TOYOTA COROLLA
S SEDAN
Red, 114K
Now $7,250
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LS 4WD
EX, Silver, 96K $12,750
06 HONDA CRV 4WD
SE, White, 89K $13,750
Navy, 71K, Was $9,850
Now $7,950
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SEBRING TOURING
Club Cab, Black, 26K
07 DODGE DAKOTA
SXT 4X4
Now $18,950
Gray, 56K
Now $13,500
06 HONDA ACCORD
EX SEDAN
Silver, 34K
Now $11,500
09 HYUNDAI SONATA
GLS SDN
White, 87K
Now $15,950
08 HONDA RIDGELINE
RTS 4WD
Black, 28K
Now $24,950
08 LEXUS
RX350 AWD
Beige, 51K
Now $9,250
03 MAZDA
TRIBUTE 4WD
Black, 76K
Now $13,950
05 HONDA
PILOT EXL
Black, Soft Top, 47K
Now $15,950
06 JEEP WRANGLER
X 4X4
Silver, 47K
$8,500
02 BUICK REGAL
LS SEDAN
Gold, 82K
Now $8,500
02 HONDA ACCORD
EXL V6 SEDAN
Gray, 23K, Was $18,950
10 TOYOTA MATRIX
S AWD
Now $14,500
Navy, 35K
07 CHEVY
HHR
Now $10,500
Green, 77K
Now $10,500
06 FORD ESCAPE
XLT 4WD
White, 53K
Now $10,950
08 CHEVY IMPALA
LT SEDAN
Blue
Now $13,950
10 MAZDA 3
4DR H/B
Red, 23K
Now $14,950
11 TOYOTA COROLLA
LE SEDAN
Now $16,500
Laredo, Silver, 45K
Now $15,950
08 JEEP GRAND
CHEROKEE 4X4
Now $18,500
5 Speed, Silver, 122K
Now $6,950
04 HONDA CIVIC
VP CPE
Navy, 70K
Now $10,950
06 HONDA CIVIC
LX SEDAN
Navy, 41K
Now $24,500
10 BMW 328Xi
SEDAN
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906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale 906 Homes for Sale
End Unit Townhouse - 3BR, 2.5 bath with 1st
floor Master Suite, LR & DR with HW floors, kitchen w/granite &
stainless steel appliances, rear deck, 2 car garage, gas forced
air heat & C/A. 12-4144
ANDY 714-9225
From Wilkes-Barre follow S. River, bear R on Maffett St
which becomes S. Main St, R onto Insignia Drive, house on R.
Absolute Masterpiece! This dream home
combines great living & excellent entertaining. Enjoy
entertaining in the DR, piano rm or grand living. A 1st flr
MSTR Ste exercise rm, office & kitchen are all luxurious
but perfectly suited for everyday life.
CHRISTIAN 585-0614
12-448
Distinctive design in the NEW Insignia
Ranch. Open floor plan, granite & stainless steel, HW &
tile floors, full walk-out basements.
MARCIE 714-9267
Well maintained 2-story home located in
Highland Hills Development. The in-ground pool w/large
sunroom is perfect for summer entertaining!
JOAN 696-0887 OR MARION 585-0602
12-1967
Enjoy comfortable living in this 3BR, 1
bath, 2-story w/spacious LR/DR & modern kitchen. Newer
carpet & furnace. Outdoor patio for entertaining & relaxing
PLUS a 1 car detached garage. Priced to sell fast!
JULIO 239-6408
12-3296
Spacious 2-Sty, 4-5BR home in nice
neighborhood. 1st floor FR & laundry. Great yard w/shed.
Needs some updating - great potential.
MARIE 881-0103
12-3527
Polished for the "picky people" this home is
perfect! New kitchen & baths, furnace, water heater,
panel box. 3BRs, 1.5 baths, garage.
DAVID 970-1117
12-2589
Nice 3BR, 1 3/4 bath home on corner lot. LR,
DR, & nice size BRs. Partially finished LL. OSP can be
added easily.
ANDY 714-9225
12-2439
Priced to sell 1/2 Double - 4BRs, 1 bath,
partial new roof, finished attic, recent enclosed porch.
Great view!
SUSAN K. 696-0872
11-3852
Great for summer entertaining! Above ground
pool, deck, patio, Koi pond, nightscaping, large modern
kitchen, MBR Suite & OSP!
MARY M. 714-9274
12-1923
3BR, 1.5 bath 2 story in very good
condition. Fenced yard, large roof, very well kept, oak
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TRACY 696-6674
12-1858
Lovely 3BR, 1 bath 2-story home with FR,
formal DR & eat-in kitchen area. Large backyard &
oversized 1 car garage.
TERRY NELSON 714-9248
12-2503
Ranch home with 2BRs, gas heat, modern
kitchen, deck, large backyard, shed, convenient location.
NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240
12-2690
Stately 2-story Century home w/4BRs,
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12-3170
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JULIO 239-6408
12-3772
Immaculate 3BR home with deep private lot.
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DEANNA 696-0894
12-3562
One of the largest lots in Wyoming! 2-story,
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Complete privacy.
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12-3795
Enjoy low maintenance living in this
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JULIO 239-6408
12-3884
Move-in ready! 3BR Split-level with HW floors &
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DEB ROCCOGRANDI 696-6671
12-3416
Nice 3BR & 1 bath home in Wyoming Area
School District. Low maintenance yard & nice size covered
patio. 2 car detached garage. Gas steam heat.
ANDY 714-9225
12-4243
Spacious 4BR, 3 bath home w/modern
kitchen & baths. Wyoming Area School District. Bonus
income from 2BR apartment over garage. Charming
Gazebo. Large lot.
LESLIE 696-0841
12-4131
Gorgeous remodeled 4BR, 2 bath
home. New granite kitchen & baths, roof, siding, windows,
deck, fireplace & more.
NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240
12-4162
Stately 3-story home w/spacious rooms
& all redone having everything new! 6BRs, deep lot w/
drive-thru garage!
LISA 715-9335
12-3833
Spacious Cape w/finished LL & 2nd floor
Master w/new full bath, HW on main floor, new windows
& much more!
BETH 696-0874
12-4178
Charming Ranch home with 3BRs, fenced
yard, HW floors, 2 car garage & stainless steel
appliances.
NANCY PALUMBO 714-9240
12-3110
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49,844
43,271
15,589
21,136
12,317
62,636
12,232
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$11,489
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$12,549
$12,841
$13,001
$13,418
$13,525
$13,676
$13,761
$13,804
$13,894
$13,938
$13,995
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$14,419
$14,489
$14,540
$14,655
$14,676
$14,995
$14,995
$14,999
$15,044
$15,129
$15,225
$15,478
$15,499
$15,571
$16,120
$16,213
$16,221
$16,234
$16,661
$16,868
$16,878
$16,999
$16,999
$17,070
$17,308
$17,456
$17,577
$17,615
$17,664
$17,762
$17,808
$17,994
$18,083
$18,123
$18,132
$18,479
$18,489
$18,565
$18,733
$18,756
$18,843
$18,900
$18,975
$18,999
$19,160
$19,180
$19,180
$19,193
$19,249
$19,358
$19,377
$19,378
$19,433
$19,499
$19,587
$19,739
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2011 Kia SorentoEX............................................
2010 Honda CR-VEX-L........................................
2010 Hyundai Santa Fe SE.................................
2012 Hyundai Sonata GLS..................................
2011 SubaruLegacy 2.5i.....................................
2010 Toyota RAV4 Sport ....................................
2010 Honda CR-VEX-L........................................
2009 Chevrolet Traverse LT................................
2008 Pontiac G8 GT..............................................
2010 Chevrolet Colorado2LT............................
2009 Cadillac CTS1SB.........................................
2010 Honda AccordEX-L 3.5............................
2010 Honda CR-VEX...........................................
2009 Lexus ES350................................................
2010 Honda Odyssey EX-L.................................
2010 FordF-150 STX............................................
2009 Honda CR-VEX-L........................................
2010 Chevrolet Colorado2LT............................
2011 Chevrolet Equinox LT1LT.........................
2010 Chevrolet Silverado1500 LT....................
2011 GMCSierra 1500 WorkTruck..................
2010 Toyota RAV4 Limited.................................
2009 Toyota Venza Base.....................................
2008 Lexus RX350...............................................
2010 Acura TSX2.4..............................................
2007 Mercedes M-Class ML350........................
2009 Toyota Venza...............................................
2010 Honda AccordCrosstour EX-L...............
2010 JeepWrangler UnlimitedSport..............
2011 GMCTerrainSLT-1......................................
2009 Lexus IS250.................................................
2012 Honda AccordEX-L 2.4............................
2009 Cadillac CTSBase 1SA..............................
2009 Lexus ES350................................................
2009 Lexus RX350...............................................
2010 Lexus HS250h.............................................
2008 Toyota Tundra SR5 Double Cab..............
2010 Lexus IS250.................................................
2010 Acura RDXTechnology Package...........
2010 FordF-150 XLT............................................
2008 Acura MDXTechnology...........................
2011 JeepGrandCherokee Laredo.................
2010 LincolnMKXBase......................................
2011 Chrysler Town&Country Limited.........
2009 Lexus RX350...............................................
2011 Chrysler 300 Limited..................................
2012 Honda CR-VEX-L........................................
2007 Cadillac Escalade ESVBase.....................
2010 Toyota Tundra Grade Double Cab..........
2009 Mercedes C-Class C300............................
2010 Mercedes C-Class C300 Sport 4Matic...
2010 Lexus IS250.................................................
2011 Chevrolet Silverado1500 LT....................
2010 Lexus RX350...............................................
2008 Toyota Sienna..............................................
2011 Honda Pilot EX............................................
2011 Honda Pilot EX-L.........................................
2011 Lexus ES350................................................
2010 Lexus ES350................................................
2010 Mercedes C-Class C300............................
2010 Lexus RX350...............................................
2010 Toyota 4Runner ..........................................
2011 BuickEnclave CXL 2XL............................
2010 Cadillac CTS3.6L Performance...............
2012 Honda Pilot EX-L.........................................
2008 Cadillac Escalade Base..............................
2011 Mercedes C-Class C300............................
2012 Toyota Tacoma Base V6...........................
2010 Mercedes M-Class ML350........................
2011 Chevrolet Avalanche 1500 LTLT1..........
2011 Mercedes-Benz C-Class C300 Sport 4Matic.........
2011 JeepGrandCherokee Overland.............
2012 Mercedes C-Class C300............................
2012 Mercedes GLK-Class GLK350 4Matic....
2012 Mercedes GLK-Class GLK350 4Matic....
2011 Lexus ES350................................................
2010 Mercedes M-Class ML350........................
2012 Lexus RX350...............................................
2012 Cadillac CTSBase.......................................
2012 Audi Q5 2.0TPremiumquattro...............
2012 Lexus RX350...............................................
2011 Mercedes E-Class E350.............................
2011 Mercedes E-Class E350 4Matic...............
2011 Mercedes GL-Class GL450.......................
2011 Cadillac CTS-VBase...................................
2009 Mercedes SL-Class SL550........................
2011 Lexus LX570................................................
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7,253
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16,492
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$23,498
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$23,556
$23,612
$23,655
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$23,978
$23,995
$24,403
$24,944
$24,966
$24,976
$25,163
$25,381
$25,499
$25,499
$25,853
$26,147
$26,280
$26,499
$27,213
$27,479
$27,489
$27,494
$27,507
$27,833
$27,892
$28,372
$28,464
$28,479
$28,479
$28,499
$28,499
$28,895
$29,101
$30,115
$30,499
$30,751
$30,952
$31,336
$32,632
$32,852
$32,999
$33,430
$34,113
$34,479
$35,048
$35,525
$36,479
$36,479
$36,479
$38,999
$39,532
$40,479
$40,499
$40,747
$42,443
$42,493
$47,999
$51,855
$53,106
$63,995
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2D Coupe.....................................
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4D Sport Utility............................
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Both Locations Now Open Sunday 12-5 Until Christmas
The Upper Valley Eye
Bank recently met at Theos
Metro in Kingston hosted by
the Forty Fort Lions Club.
Cornea pledge card and
eyeglasses were collected.
The Eye Bank received an
award from the Northeast
Eye Bank in appreciation
for its efforts in gathering
cornea eye tissue used to
give the gift of sight.
From left, seated, are
P.D.G. Rev. John Martin,
Nancy Baiera, vice presi-
dent; Marina Martin, presi-
dent; Betty Dantone, secre-
tary D.G.; Dennis Cook.
Standing, Mark Serafin,
Joe Atherholt, Bernie Pop-
son, Phil Boyle, Jerry No-
vak.
Third row, Brian Ham-
mond, Kevin Winton, Tom
OConnor, Bill Scott and
Bill McNulty, all members
of the Forty Fort Lions
Club.
The next meeting of the
eye bank is 7 p.m. on Thurs-
day, Dec. 6 at the Associ-
ation for the Blind, 1825
Wyoming Ave., Exeter.
Uppper Valley Eye Bank set
to meet in Exeter on Dec. 6
The Polish American Con-
gress of Northeastern PA will
hold its 37th annual Wigilia, the
traditional Polish Christmas Eve
Supper at 1 p.m. today, Dec. 2 at
Touch of Class restaurant, the
former Golden Palace, George
Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
The evening will begin with
the blessing of the Christmas
Wafer and the lighting of the ad-
vent Wreath following by an 11-
course dinner. There will be a
short program followed by sing-
ing of traditional Polish Kolen-
dy and American Christmas
Carols.
Tickets for the evening are
$25 for non-members and $23
for members. Final day for res-
ervations with payment is today,
Nov. 25. Reservations can be
made by calling Bernadine Re-
gis at 693-2293.
A raffle will be held to benefit
the local scholarship fund and
the PAC Charitable Foundation
which provides needed medical
supplies to childrens hospitals
in Poland. Bernard Dymond
former commissioner of the
Polish National Alliance serves
as president of the local chapter.
Members of the planning committee for the 37th annual Wigilia are, fromleft, seated, Bernadine
Regis, Bernard Dymond, Ted Harowicz, Bernadine Babetski. Standing, Felicia Perlik, Patricia Sulk-
owski, Carol Matiko.
Polish group to hold Wigilia
J.L.W. Mt. Laurel Lions Va-
riety Bingo Party will be held
from 2 to 6 p.m. today, Dec. 2
at West Wyoming Hose Co.
926 Shoemaker Ave., West
Wyoming. Doors open at 1
p.m.
Prizes include Vera Bradley,
Coach Bags, Longaburger, spe-
cialty baskets and more. Ad-
mission includes cards for 20
regular games. Additional
cards available for purchase for
bonus games.
Food will be available and all
proceeds benefit local charities.
Tickets are available at the door
or from any club member.
For information, call Darlene
at 814-8258 or Joan 262-6388.
Lions Club to host
a Vareity Bingo
Planning the J.L.W. Mt. Laurel
Lions Variety Bingo Party are,
fromleft, first row, Charlene
Poulos, President; Ann Rose,
Darlene Walkowiak, Charlotte
McAdarra, Becky Boran, Joan
Milligan. Second row: Rosem-
ary Dressier and Terry Milligan,
all members of the J.L.W. Lions
Club.