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2 GOLackawanna Sunday, June 17, 2012

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FATHERS DAY BREAKFAST

Boy Scout Troops from Jessup and Scranton and the Scranton Base Submariners attend-ed a Flag Retirement Ceremony at the Northeastern Detachment Marine Corps League

and Museum, located at 1340 Alder St. Scranton on Saturday, June 9.The Northeastern Detachment Marine Corps League will hold its annual Fathers Day SOSbreakfast at the Detachment on Sunday, June 17 starting at 9 a.m. Tickets are priced at$8.50 and available at the door.

Overeaters Anonymous meetings,First Presbyterian Church, 201Stone Ave., Clarks Summit, weekly,Mon. and Wed., 7 p.m.; Tues. and

Thurs., 9:30 a.m. and Sun., 4 p.m.Info: 587-4313.

Coal Mining info sought, CarlOrechovsky, research editor ofAnthracite Archives, Old Forge, isseeking information about the coalmining industry during the 1950sand 60s in Old Forge.Anyone interested with informationor photos of mine openings, build-ings, miners, breakers or stories oflife and workings in the mines cancontact Orechovsky evenings at702-4217 or e-mail info@oldforge-

coalmine.com.Free karate classes at the TaylorCommunity Center every Monday

and Wednesday, at 6 p.m. Childreninterested in learning Shinko-RyuKarate can sign up in front of thecenter located at 700 S. Main St.,Taylor. Those interested are re-quired to sign up by June 30. Formore information, email 570do-

[email protected] .Villa Capri Cruisers Car Club Inc.

is sponsoring a car show on Sun-day, June 17 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.at Nay Aug Park in Scranton. Info:969.8998.STACKS Writing Group will bemeeting at 6:30 p.m. the secondand fourth Tuesday of everymonth at The Banshee, 320 PennAve., Scranton. Writers are invitedto send an unpolished sample oftheir fiction, maximum of 15 pages,to Stef and Chris at [email protected] by Saturday,June 30, to be shared with otherparticipants for constructive cri-tique prior to first session onTuesday, July 10.For more information, visit

STACKS Writing Group on Face-book.The West Scranton Hyde ParkNeighborhood Watch will hold itsnext meeting on Thursday, June 21at 7 p.m. at All Saints Auditorium,1403 Jackson St., behind St. Pa-tricks Church. Info: http://hyde-parkneighborwatch.word-

press.com/.Paws for a K-9 Cause Weekendwill be held at Bigsys Bar & Grill,1420 Lafayette St., Scranton onSaturday and Sunday, June 23and 24.The upcoming benefit is beingheld to help in the cost of pur-chasing a new K-9 dog for theScranton Police Department.A Scotch Doubles Pool Tourna-ment will be held on Sunday,starting at 11 a.m.For more information, call 702-1716.Amazon Expedition will takeplace Thursdays in Mercatelli-Seglia Park on Birney Avenue inMoosic, July 12 through August 9

from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Info: 457.7460or email [email protected] Circle at Providence Play-house,1256 Providence Rd. willpresent "Where the BLEEP is PoorTom?" written by John McInerney,directed by Lou Bisignani, July 12through15, shows begin at 8 p.m.Cost: $8/$6/$4. Info: 342.9707.

The fifth annual Jazz Instituteat Keystone College in La Plumewill welcome a wide variety of jazzaficionados from students toeducators and amateurs to profes-sionals from July 23 to 27 oncampus.The Jazz Institute, presented inpartnership with the PennsylvaniaJazz Alliance, will offer an oppor-tunity for local musicians to studyand perform with several of North-east Pennsylvanias and NewYorks finest touring and recording

jazz artists. Following the week-long educational event, participa-nts will present a student jazzensemble at the Scranton Jazz

Festival on August 5.For more information, contactCrystal Seigle at 945-8580.

COMMUNITYCALENDAR

3 NEWSPage 4 New parking tickets

Page 5 Community shows support for K9 Unit

Page 6 City Council approves transfer of funds

Page 8 Willard Wildcat News returns

Page 12- Vikings volunteer their time

Page 13- Junior Penguins donate memorial tree

Page 15- Obituaries

Page 16- Filmmaker sues distributor

Page 20- Old Forge High School graduation

19 ARTSPage 19 Those Clever Foxes release EP

Page 23 Gifts for good grades

26 SPORTSPage 26 Moosic field hockey player returns to National

Team

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When West Scranton residentTedMichalowskiwasa youngboy,he, like many people in northeastPennsylvania, grew up hearing a

lotof Polish jokes.But while having lunch withhis

father one day, he recalled twobusinessmen sitting next to themsaying what a dumb Polak theirpartner was. His father immedi-ately corrected themand saidthatthis ignorance would not be toler-ated, as bothof Teds parentsareofPolish descent.

The two guys went belly upand piped down. My state went

from discomfort to absolute awe.My father was suddenly standing100 feettall,a towerofstrength,as I sawhim. I still do: mydad is my absolutehero,Michalowskibeamed.

My dads grand-parents came rightfrom Poland, mymoms great-grand-parents came right

from Poland, andIm the sixth childofa sixth child,so Irealized my familymembers who hadthe strongest Pol-ish roots were pass-ingaway. I thought,Nowweregoing tobecome less Polishand more Americanized, so Iwanted to travel there and con-nect.

His fathers sense of strength,theesprit decorps,turnedouttobehis favoritetrait hefound inthepeople of Poland when he finallyconnected with his ancestralhomeland for the first time with atrip in 2009. Each year since, Mi-chalowski, 38, has made greatfriends and artistic collaboratorswhen he returns for two weeks totour three different cities withDrawcore Poland, drawing ran-

dom portraits, murals, and morewhile his best friend from anoth-er planet, JasonSmeltzer, travelswithhim and plays the theremin.

Many in Scranton are familiarwith Michalowskis spontaneous,on-the-fly artistic style, as he is anillustrator/educatorat Marywood

University and Keystone College,a rostered artist for the Pennsylva-nia Council ontheArts,thehostofLifeDrawing sessions every Tues-day and Drawing Socials everySunday atthe AFA Gallery, andaninstructor for the upcoming ArtsAlive summer program in July.

The people of Poland, however,were new to his self-dubbedDrawcore, a social formof draw-ing whose subjects are as random

as those Michalowski meets ac-companied by original music,thoughheknewthathe would soon findhis niche.

Everyone whodoesnttravel to oth-er areasof theworldsee it through theeyes of television orthrough Hollywood.I saw it through theeyes of social net-

works. I was alwaysimpressed with theinnovative images,photography andartwork, that wouldshowup from Polishyouth on the socialnetworks and stylesand personalitiesthat would come up

thatseemedverysideways andce-rebral to me, conceptual. So I wasvery excitedto meetthem, he ex-

plained.I went by myself thefirst time,

and I made no other reservationsor arrangements than a planeflight there. I knew some peoplethroughsocialnetworksthat I metupwith,soIwasntwithoutaplaceto stay, but I didnt have anythingguaranteed. It certainly wasnt avacation. It was quite an adven-ture. I wanted to see how far Icould getusing drawing as curren-

cy, and it actually took me quitefar.

Making friends and art in Poland

PHOTO COURTESY OF MALWINA PAPROCKI

Ted Michalowski, a West Scranton resident, toured three different cities in Poland in two weeks.

Scranton artist connects with hiscreative heritage

RICHHOWELLS

[email protected]

Theres a

romance to it

because Im

an American

artist with

Polish rootsin the moth-

erland."Ted Michalowski

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Following his fathers first les-sonof makingas many friends ashe could, his Polish companionsare nowcoming to anticipate hisannual excursions, and they findcommonground in their uncon-ventional, intuitive, sidewaysway of thinking.

Theres a romance to it be-

causeImanAmericanartistwithPolishrootsin themotherland,sowhen I go over there, they wel-come menotas ifImvisiting,butas if I should be there, as if I wasan artistborn in thewrongcoun-try. They view me as I finallyfound my home, and they viewJason Smeltzer as an alien whosfinally founda planet with intelli-gent life forms. Theyve givenhimmanynames nowhes KrlJerzy Bzdurny (King George the

Senseless), and the personal ver-sion of my name is Tedziu, Mi-chalowski shared.

Even though we have a veryunique thing, I think that manypeople would receive hospitalitythats quite surprising becausePolish people areknown fortheirhospitality. They even set an ex-tra place, and empty seat, at din-nersfor weary travelers.

His mission to make friends,

make art, and make an impactwas easy to achieve this yearwhen he and Smeltzer met upwith Micha Dziekan, a Warsaw

illustrator and winner of RichardSolomons Breakthrough con-test, and Kamil Kos, a Wrocawmusician, for livedrawingeventsand collaborations, including amural of the devil who lives un-der Wilda, according to Polishfolklore, and portraits for okiet-ka 5 Infopunkt Nadodzre inWrocaw, a non-profit organiza-tion that aids high-risk under-privileged children..

That camaraderie strength-ens our collaborations. Theyhave such a sense of fortitude,

mettle. They dont get embar-rassed or self-conscious or squea-mish. They stand tall and along-side their friends, always, hesaid of the peoplehe met.

After the weekend Drawcorefinale, we celebrated in Plan B ofWarszawa. Walking home withthese guys, I felt like I wasamongst brothers, brothers increative, collaborative blood.

Hehas also learned a lotaboutPolish humor and wit over the

years, particularly when he wascommissioned in 2011 to draw amural King Kong attacking Poz-na city hall for a tourism cam-paigncalledPozna I LoveYou.

Thisis the image you wanttobring tourists here. I said, Whywouldyou pick King Kong? Andthey said,Becausewedo notlikeGodzilla, Michalowski retoldwith a laugh.

Later on, they said, Godzilla

destroys. King Kong saves. Ithought, OK, that makes sense,but why not butterflies or dovesor something?

Though his experiences wereunique to Poland, he couldnthelp but be reminded of home.He comparedhis okietka 5 Info-punkt Nadodzreprojectto hisart-ist in residence work for theNortheast Educational Interme-diate Unit at theHawley Alterna-tive Center, and he attended aFirst Friday event similar to FirstFriday Scranton, though theirswas held in parking garages andbasements with no electricitythat had been turned into artspaces.

This unity can be found, es-tablished, and developed here.Its camaraderie fueled by thecre-ativespirit, andthe creativespiritignited by camaraderie. And thishappens no heavier than in andthrough the arts. We have thathere in Scranton. I think we justneedmorepeopleto engage,Mi-chalowskiemphasized,citingthestudents he watches connect ev-eryyear at Arts Alive.

My goalin lifeis tobring peo-

ple together through my love ofart.

Andthroughart,hewasabletodiscover thetruth about thepeo-ple of Poland, which was far re-moved from the misinformedjokes he was told as a kid.

I said to Smeltzer every day Iwoke up, This is the best placeand today isthebestdayto beinPoland. I never look back untilIm on the plane and think about

how great it all is because everyplace is my favorite when Imthere, and every day is my favor-iteday. Its really the truth.

POLANDContinued from page 3

PHOTO COURTESYOF JASONSMELTZER

Ted Michalowski introduced the people of Poland to his self-dubbed Drawcore.

SCRANTON City Councilunanimously adopted an ordi-

nance on June 7 that establish-es a new procedure for the is-suance of parking tickets bythe Scranton Police Depart-ment, including changes in theviol atio ns, fine s, and the loca -tion where fines will be paid.

According to the legislation,the violations listed on the oldwhit e ticke ts areout-of- date andmust be updatedwith in Penn sylva -nia Department ofTranspor tati onregulations withincreased fines.The proced ure topay fines was alsoin need of an up-date, so ticke tsmay now be paidat Police Depart-ment Headquar-ters, 100 S. Washington Ave.

With the stat ion open 24hours a day, seven days a week,it will be more convenient forviol ators to pay fine s therethan at the City Treasurers of-fice, it reads. This does not in-clude tickets issued by theScranton Parking Authority,whic h will stil l be paid at theCity Treasurers office at CityHall, 340 N. Washington Ave.,or at the authoritys office, 140Adams Ave. All tickets issued

state the location in which itshould be paid.

It was a way for us to bemore accessible to the public,and sometimes maybe there isa legitimate dispute on a ticketwhic h (c an) be so lved befo re iteven has to go to a citation orgo to a hearing, Police ChiefDan Duffy explained when re-ached for comment on June14.

We encourage people to pay

their parking tickets and nothave to worry about them go-ing to a warrant.

Violators who fail to pay

fines within five days will bereported to the District Judgein the magisterial districtwhere the viol atio n occ urred

and the judge will issue a sum-mons to collect the fine withany additional filing fees, con-stable fees, and court costs. Byallowing citizens an easierway to pay thei r fine s, Duff ysaid that will likely mean moreofficers in the streets and lessin court hearings, saving time,

money, and mak-ing better use ofresources.

Th e o ff ic erwoul d have to at-tend a courthearing becausethe person neverresponded to ito r t he pers onwant ed to dis-pute it for somereason or anoth-e r. I n the l ongrun, thi s could

cut down on a lot of red tape

that we in the department gothrough, he continued.

The new ticke ts will incl udea list of 10 violations and theaddition of an eleventh:

1. Parking in a handicappedzone;

2. Parking within 15 feet of afire hydrant

3. Permit parking only4. Obstructing a cross walk5. Parking on a sidewalk6. Double parking

7. Parking in a prohibitedzone

8. Parking obstructing traf-fic

9. Parking within 30 feet of astop sign or traffic control sig-nal

10. Parking in front of a pub-lic or private driveway

11. Miscellaneous violationslisted in the Scranton Code, in-cluding no parking in an ally

or court, no all night parking,no store front loading if facil-

Scranton Police

issue new parkingtickets, regulationsRICHHOWELLS

[email protected]

See PARKING, Page 5

We encourage

people to pay theirparking tickets andnot have to worryabout them goingto a warrant.

Police Chief Dan Duffy

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ities are available in the rear ofthe building, and no parking avehic le with a For sale signon a street or highway.

Violations of numbers oneand two will cost $50 while allother violations will be $25.

The Polic e Depa rtmen t willsend a monthly report and re-mit money collected from vio-lations to the Business Admin-istrator with a report copy tothe City Controller, according

to the legislation.Councilman Jack Loscombe

sai d he discussed the ordi-nance with Duffy before it waspassed and found that addingan additional line item thathad been removed years ago

would help offi cers ticke t forviol atio ns outs ide tho se list ed.

Theres a line item on therethat they can fill in the code

viol atio n base d on parkin g thewrong way, parki ng on side -walks and hand icap ped spot s,so its actually opened the doorfor the police officers, Los-combe explained during coun-cils June 7 meeting.

Duffy said he is planning torun a series of parking enforce-ment details, but not as a reve-nue generator, but rather to ad-dress regular complaints thedepartment t receives from ci-tizens.

Yo u w ou ld b e v er y s ur -prised to hear that the vast ma-

jori ty of comp lain ts tha t thePolice Department receives isnot on major crimes that aretalking place. The vast major-ity of complaints that we re-ceive are traffic related and al-so parking related, Duffy said.

Were going to try and besomewhat lenient where weregoi ng to i ssue m aybe a re d

writt en warn ing first . Were go-

i ng t o a t l ea st d o t h at a s acourtesy to let people knowthat we understand that youvebeen parking on the sidewalks,but youve been wrong for along time. At least were goingto let people ease into it.

Duffy feels the ticket chang-e s are not onl y ove rdo, butsimply a no-brainer.

Its going to be a benefit forthe agency because people may

be m ore p rone to p ay the irtickets because now they havethe ability to do it a lot easier.

PARKINGContinued from page 4

Bob Zeb Evans and Adele Pollack helped the

Scranton Police Department move one step

closer toward adding a new member to the

force.

The two donated $2,500 to the Scranton Police De-

partments K9 Unit on Tuesday, June 12. The money

will be used to purchase another K9 officer.

Having an additional dog forus is a force multiplier, and its re-ally going to benefit the city tentimes over. Its going to benefittheofficersanditsgoingtotakedrugs off the street. Its going totakecriminalsoffthestreet,saidScrantonPoliceChiefDan Duffy.

The donation is the last re-

maining funds of the now-dis-banded group Citizens Con-cerned About Taxes. Evans andPollack, members of the group,

said they werelooking fora wor-thycauseto donatethefundsto .After learning about the PoliceDepartments needfor a K9,theydecided to donate the funds tothem, and made the donation inmemory of latemembers Myron

Wolkoff, Elaine Dougherty andJackLipman.

Tome,astheheadoftheorga-nization, to see that theres peo-ple out in our community thattrust us as an organization so

much, that says a lot for the offi-

cers,said Duffy. Itsaysa lotforthe K9 unit, and to me its thegreatest compliment that I cansee for our agency, so I really ap-preciateit.

We appreciate it as citizensthatwe havethis protection,so itgoes both ways, said Pollack.

Sincebeingreinstatedin 2002,the Scranton Police Depart-ments K9 Unit has become a vi-tal component in the Police De-

partments mission to keep thecity safe.These dogs are such a tre-

mendous asset to our city. They

not only make it safer for us aslaw enforcement, they make itsafer for the entire city. Howmany drug seizures, how manypeople aredeterred by the dogit-self? said Duffy.

Just the other day, (K9 Offi-cer) Yogi, we had a guy in thebushes, he waswanted on a felo-ny drug warrant, thecommandsto thisgentlemen were comeout

with your hands up otherwisethe dog will be released on you.Im complying, Im complying,he was yelling. So thats a primeexample.We never hadto releasethedog,weneverhadtogointhe

woods afterhim. He cameout af-ter hearing thedog bark.

The K9 Unit went down fromfour to threeK9s in early Mayaf-ter Officer Grizzly passed away.

A new K9, which is already

lined up, will cost the Police De-partment an estimated $7,000.

GO LACKAWANNA/DON MCGLYNN

Robert "Zeb" Evans and Adele Pollack presented Scranton Police Chief Dan Duffy with a check for $2,500. The money is beingdonated to the Scranton Police Departments K9 fund.

Step in the right directionDONMCGLYNN

[email protected] What: Paws for a K-9 CauseWeekend Bigsys Bar & Grill

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Sensei Jerry Rizzo, said heis theonly certifiedinstructorin north-east Pennsylvania in both theFight Like a Girl and Girl onGuard systems.The two systems

were developed by Steve Kar-dian, a New York City PoliceOffi-cer, who instructed Thomas.

Thomas stressed that whilethe students are using martialarts moves, this is not a martialarts class.

Its just a class of safety and

personal protection, said Tho-mas.

We train people to prevail onthe street, its reality-based.Groin strikes are legal, chops tothe throat and eye socketsare le-gal.

Thomas went on to explainthat the length of time someonehas to invest is also drasticallydifferent in his Girl on Guardclass compared to a traditionalmartial arts class.

In a traditional martial artsclass, he said it could take yearsbefore a studentobtainsa self-de-fense knowledge base, whereas

Thomas is confident if someone

Duringthis time of a year, a lotof youngwomenare preparingtoenter the next phase of their life,and Robert Thomas of The 570Dojo in Tayloris hopingtheyaddlearning how to defend them-selvesto theirlist of thingsto do.

Thomas will be hosting threeclasses of Girl on Guard, at CoreFitness in Scranton, starting

with a free demonstration on

Wednesday, June20 at 7:30p.m.,followed by classes on Wednes-day, June 27at 7:30 p.m. andSat-urday, June30 at2 p.m.at a costof $10.

With many women in the areajustgraduatinghigh school,Tho-mas said he felt the time wasright to hold the class.

In a few short weeks fromnowtheyregoingto be going offto different colleges, universi-ties, job fields, new environ-ments. So, any time youre in anew environment you need tohave your guard up, said Tho-mas.

The highest rate of sexual as-sault in America, age-wise, is 16to 26. So, every girl going off to

school, senior in high school orcollege freshman, sophomore,they allfallintothatbracket.The

mostprevalent timefor an attackto occur, studies show, is (be-tween) freshman orientation

weekend and Christmas break,so that first semester theyre themost vulnerable.

Following the dates at CoreFitness, Thomas will continuetheclass at The 570 Dojo in Tay-lor.

The female-only class is de-signed to teach women how tohandle themselves if they are at-tacked using martial arts-basedmoves, in a non-martial arts set-ting.

Thomas, who has 20 years ex-perience in the martial arts andhas a third degree black belt inShinko-Ryu Karate, under

Keeping your guard up

GO LACKAWANNA/JASON RIEDMILLER

Brittany Talvera trains with Robert Thomas at The 570 Dojo.

See GUARD, Page 10

DONMCGLYNN

[email protected]: Girl on GuardWhere: Core Fitness, 1003 North

Keyser Ave., ScrantonWhen: Wednesday, June 20 and

27 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday,June 30 at 2 p.m.

Info: 562.2579 or visitwww.570dojo.com

IF YOU GO

Print journalism is alive andwell at Willard ElementarySchoolin West Scranton thanksto thehard work anddetermina-tion of Enzo Cicco.

The fifth-grader, who saidhes thinking about a career in

journalism when he gets older,is the editor-in-chief of the Wil-

lard Wildcat News, a schoolnewspaperwith articleswrittenby the second, third, fourth andfifth -grade students.

I knew there used to be one,and I wanted to start anotherone, said Cicco.

Once he decided that hewanted to bring the schoolnewspaper back, Cicco went to

Willard Elementary SchoolPrincipal Jessica Leitzel whosaid she was thrilled with theconcept.

We had a school newspaperonce before, probably four or

five years ago, and it fell apart,because the children that wererunning it did a fabulous job-but they werent able to keepit going. They were putting too

The future of newspapersDONMCGLYNN

[email protected]


Enzo Cicco is the editor-in-

chief of the Willard Wildcat

News.

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were to begin training with himnow, they willbe better preparedby the timetheygo off tocollege

for an attack, if one were to hap-pen.

The techniques are designedfor women of every size, and

Thomas said the techniques arenot about size and strength, butrather leverage, balanceand atti-tude.

In addition to techniques, theclass also goes over role playing,situational awareness tech-niques and what to do if you areattacked.

We alsotalkabout what todowhenthe fight-or-flight re-sponse occurs. There are somany systems out there wherethey dont even teach you whatto say or what to shout, said

Thomas.In martial arts movies, like

Bruce Lee and stuff, makingthose funny noises, are not justforthe camera,thats fora reasonthat gets the breathing going. If

someone were to grab you andyou clam up and dont say any-thing,youregoingto tense up.If

you could relax and shout back,No, and start the strikingthebreathing will start, the muscles

willget oxygen,youllbe morere-laxed and be able to respond ap-propriately.

There are also things a personcan do that can possibly stop anattackbefore it starts,the easiestof which is keep yourself fromlooking like a target.

Its part of the animal king-

dom, predators prey on theweak.so we talk about usingthebuddy system. And that goes

intoadulthood, if women are go-ing to the senior citizen center,dont walk in alone. If youre go-ing Christmas shopping, or go-ing to the mall, take someone

with you, go in groups.If youre alone, and you have

your armsfull of bags,and youretotally distractedand yourefum-bling for your keys, youre a tar-get.

Thomas began teaching Girl

on Guard classes four years ago,and since that time he has re-ceived a lot of positive feedback

from students who the class hashelped either because they havehad to use what theyve learned,or because it has given them asense of security.

I feel safer, said Brittany Tal-vera, who completed Level 1 ofGirl on Guard. You never know

when a stranger could attackyou, and you need to know whatto do.

Whilethinking about,and pre-paring for, something like an at-tack mightnot bethe most pleas-antthought forsome people, thereality is this is something thats

valuable for women to learn andgrows more valuable each daydueto thedifferentwaystechnol-ogycan aide someone looking tocause harm.

With technology these days,all of us are more vulnerable, es-pecially young girls, said Tho-mas. Too much information isout there these days. WithiPhones there are apps you canpurchase that will give you an-other iPhone users where-abouts.

Theres anotherapp where, ifperson A, the stalker, is infatuat-ed with person B, the person be-

ing stalked, this app will calcu-late the things the person talksabout and it will give you a

higher percentage of theirwhereabouts at different loca-tions.And theseapps areperfect-ly legal...its crazy.

Different types of cyber stalk-ing and ways to protect yourselfagainst it are also covered in theclass.

In addition Girl on Guard, The570 Dojo also offers a WomensSelf-Defense, which teaches es-sential self-defense techniquesfor women; Tsunami Self-De-fense, a co-ed class featuring re-ality-based martial arts; andMushin-Do, the most traditionaland formal course path. Thisbelt-rank course delves into ad-

vanced techniques of self-de-fense and overall wellness.

Private, small group and cor-porate classes areavailableby ap-pointment with Thomas.

The 570 Dojos head assistantinstructorShanta Lee,or itsnew-est assistant instructor Talveraare on hand for these classes.

Those interested in participa-ting in the Girlon Guard classatCore Fitness are encouraged toregister in advance.

To register, or for more infor-mation about The 570 Dojo, call

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Robert Thomas will be teaching a Girl on Guard class at Core

Fitness in Scranton on Wednesday, June 20 and 27 and Sunday,June 30.

much on me, and obviously Idont have time to run a stu-dent newspaper from mydesk, said Leitzel.

Enzo really was persistentin coming to me and saying,Ok, were ready to put out thenextedition. He would alwayscome to me and ask for mysupport, but he did all theleg work for this paper. Im re-ally proud of him.

Cicco sent a letter out to all

the students in grades twothrough five requesting arti-cles. Students interested inmaking submissions dropthem off in Leitzels office,

who gives them a quick readbefore passing them offto Cic-co.

With the help of a classmate,Rachael Mehal, who readseach article to Cicco as hetypes it into the computer, hethen edits thearticles, lays out

the paper and chooses the clipart during his lunch period.

The first edition was pub-lished in December, and sincethen Cicco has put one out ev-ery month. Leitzel said thehard work he has put into theproduct has been noticed andis appreciated by all the stu-dents in the school, especiallythe ones who contributed arti-cles.

Thekids whoare publishedin it, you see them saying,Whens the paper comingout? and being excited to seetheir article printed. Theyshare it with their friends,teachers and family, so its real-ly exciting, said Leitzel.

The Willard WildcatNews is

fifty cents an issue, and theschool has been saving theprofits all year and will be us-ing the money to buy pet foodand supplies that will be do-nated to the Griffin Pond Ani-mal Shelter.

Cicco, who willbe attendingWest Scranton IntermediateSchoolin thefall, said hes hap-py that the Willard WildcatNews will continue next year,

with his cousin, Antonio Pu-

gliese, taking over the dutiesof editor-in-chief.

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SCRANTON - Global insur-ance company Cigna will hireapproximately 160 customerservice associates for its Scran-toncall center betweennow andOctober, the company an-nounced on June12.

"We are especially grateful tobe able to offer these positionsin this current economic cli-mate," Mary Krashnak, custom-er service manager for Cigna,said in a statement.

Cigna customer service asso-ciate job responsibilities and ca-pabilities include serving di-

verse customer needs as re-quired; strong oral and writtencommunication skills;proficien-cy in data entry, typing and us-ing personal computers; theability to locate and interpretcomplex information; and theability to provide high-quality

work in a team environment, ac-cording to the company.

Training requirements in-clude a 10-week training course

with both classroomand on-the-

job training.Hiredassociatesstart withinasalary rangeof $27,500- $30,000based on experience and educa-tion. New employees will be im-mediately eligible to receivemedical, dental and 401K bene-fits, as well as tuitionreimburse-ment after six months of em-ployment.

The Scranton facility also of-fers an on site Healthy Life Cen-ter including a fitness center,

Nurse Practitioner, on site Em-ployee Assistance Program andcafeteria.

Cignas customer service cen-ter, located at 53 GlenmauraNa-tional Blvd., has earned multi-ple industry awards, includingits recent designation as the top"large call center" from thebenchmarking and certificationorganization, Benchmark Por-tal.

Interested candidates can ap-ply via Cignas website,

www.Cigna.com, using the Job

ID number 81320. Cigna will al-

so sponsor several open housesthis summer where job seekerscan submit resumes and learnmore about open positions. Cig-na Corporationis a globalhealthservice company providing in-surance products and servicesthrough operating subsidiaries,including Connecticut GeneralLife Insurance Company, CignaHealth and Life Insurance Com-pany, Life Insurance Companyof North Americaand CignaLifeInsurance Company of NewYork.

Suchproductsand services in-clude medical, dental, behavior-al health, pharmacy and visioncare benefits and other relatedproducts including group life,accident and disability insur-ance.

Cigna maintainssales capabil-ity in 30 countries and jurisdic-tions, and has approximately 70

million customer relationshipsthroughout the world.

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he Riverside Vik-

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cream scooper on Thurs-

day, June 14.

Members of the team

were guest scoopers at Bit-

ty Bills Ice Cream & Ital-

ian Ice on Birney Avenue

in Moosic from 5 to 9 p.m.

Fifty percent of the sales

made during the night

were donated to the River-

side Touchdown Club.

The team raised $500.


Chris Reed, Nico Munley, Jason Ford, John Pliski, Charlie Koytekand Nick Killino raised $500 for the Riverside Touchdown Club.

Vikings invadeBitty Bills

Chris Reed and Ana Sottilescoop out ice cream.

OF STUDENTS HONORED

SUBMITTED PHOTO

This year, students in Colleen Moulins Old Forge French classes, levels one throughfour, volunteered to participate in the National French Exam. Students were testedon their knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, culture, reading and listening comprehen-

sion. This test is administered throughout the United States. Melaina Pepsin, eighthgrade, placed 12th in the level one category in the Northeast PA Chapter. Her scoreplaces her in the top 20 percent in the chapter and in the top 50 percent in the UnitedStates. Kayla Grasso, ninth grade, placed 12th in the level two category in the North-east PA Chapter. Her scores also place her in the top 20 percent in the chapter and inthe top 50 percent in the United States. Both girls will be receiving special certificatesfrom the National French Contest. Melaina Pepsin, Kayla Grasso and Colleen Moulin,French and Spanish teacher, from left, celebrated the news.

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The Scranton School Board ofDirectors heard from West Scran-tonHigh School seniorGalenHag-gertyduringits regular meetingonMonday, June11.

Haggerty, who had participatedinthechorusprogramattheschool

in yearspast, shared whatshe feelswere the negative effects that re-sulted in the decision to split thechorus program between twoteachers instead of having onefull-timeteacher.

Karen Lotz, who wasthe chorusteacher at the high school, wasmovedtoJohnF.KennedyElemen-tary School for the 2011-12 school

year. West Scranton High Schoolband and orchestra teachers splituptheclasses.

This ended up causing difficul-ty in preparing for concerts sincethe teachers did not coordinate

what songs were going to be per-

change the board was eager tomake.

Its just sad. This is a thing thatwe as a board are frustrated over,very frustratedover. Thisgovernor(Tom Corbett), he has done noth-ing but take away, take away and

give nothingback,said Lesh.Hes forgettingabout thesechil-

drenrightnowhes robbingthemof one of the best opportunities toreviveculture in thisarea.

Another drawback for studentswanting to take chorus this yearthat Haggerty explained was thatchorus practices before and afterschoolcouldnot bescheduled,lim-iting membershipto onlystudents

who could fit the class into theirschedule.

As a result, students, like Hag-gerty, who had been a member of

formed(in theconcert),saidHag-gerty.

Theswitch wasmade as the dis-tricts answer to cuts in funding bythestate. Thedistrict didnt wanttoeliminatethe program,but mov-ing a dedicated teacher like Lotz-

changedthe program.Its unfortunate, those aresome

of the things that happen whenfunding is cut (in) the school dis-tricts. Fortunately, we didnt haveto eliminate the (chorus)program,but sometimes certain personal,they are the music program, so

while it wasnt eliminated,the per-sonwho really hadtheir heart andsoulin it gotbumpedinto differentposition, so its an unfortunate sit-uation,said King.

School Board President BobLesh offered Haggerty an apologyfor the adjustments made to theclass,andtriedtoexplainitwasnta

WSHS student makes her

voice heard at board [email protected]

See BOARD, Page 14

TAYLOR The Rivers ideSchool Board has decided to

wait for a f inal deci sion on thestates budget before voting

on the districts budget forthe 2012-13 school year.

During last months meet-ing a tentative preliminarybudget, for $22.98 million forthe 2012-2013 school year,

was pass ed on a 7-2 vote bythe board, but the board de-clined to vote on a final bud-get during i ts m ee ti ng onMonday, June 11.

Were looking at seeingab ou t t he f un d b ala nc e

amount we projected to usefor this school year; perhaps if

we didn t use all of tha t thenwe h ave some add itio nal mon-ey, said Riversides BusinessManager Jospeh Surridge.

This final product will not

be pretty, it could have a taxincrease, which no one wants,and so what Im trying to sayi s I m trying to m ake i t as

pretty as possible. .One of the big driving costs

for thi s year i s the Publi cSchool Employees Retire-ment System, or PSERS bene-fit plan, a state retirementfund.

Each school district is obli-gated to contribute to the sys-tem, but the rate for this yearhas gone up roughly 40 per-cent, which amounts to about$400,000 of an increase in the

budget for Riverside.The fina l vote on the bud-

get will take place on Thurs-day, June 28.

The sch ool boa rd me ets at 7p.m. in the Riverside HighSchool library.

Riverside School

Board is playing thewaiting gameTYLERMILES

Go Lackawanna Correspondent

TAYLOR The Rive rsideSchool Board voted unani-mously to approve accepting amemorial tree donated by the

Wilkes- Barre Scra nto n Juni orPenguins in honor of the late

Gary Lukasiewicz during theboards meeting on Monday,June 11.

Lukasiewicz, 18, of Taylor,passed away at his home onMay 19, after a two-year fight

with can cer.Inspired by the memorial

tree, Board President RobertBennie shared his vision of ameditative park with the treebeing the center piece on thegrass island in front of River-

side High School.Benches would be placed

around the six pine trees on

the island, creating a comfort-ing atmosphere, and a profes-sional sign would be set upnear the bottom of the hill,

welco ming all driv ing up tothe high school.

If the project did becomemore than an idea, the fund-ing would be solely based oncommunity support.

Bennie stressed that thisplan is in its infancy and saidthere are no drawings orplans made up for it at thistime.

In other news, the board ap-proved the offering of a SATPrep Course at Riverside HighSchool during the month of

August, for grades the sixthrough10, at a cost of $20 perstudent.

Junior Penguins donatememorial tree to RiversideTYLERMILES


include an increase in real estate

tax millage rates by 29 percent in2013, 20percentin 2014, and15per-cent in 2015 to eliminate the re-maining projected deficits for a to-talof a 64percent increaseoverthenext three yearswith a onepercentincreasein the non-resident earnedincome tax.

It also includes selling or leasingthe citys storm water conveyancesystem to the Scranton Sewer Au-thority and the citys parking me-ters to the Scranton Parking Au-

thority as wellas increasesin refusefees, the levying of an amusementtax, and across-the-board salarycuts.

Evans said counciloutlinedtheirown requirements for a plan, butmany of those were not included,such as new revenue generatorsand a plan to begin payment of the2011 Supreme Court decision in fa-

vor of the citys public safetyunions. The court found that Act47 does not supersede the Police-men and Firemen Collective Bar-gaining Act, or Act 111, forcing thecity topay upon roughly10years of

collective bargaining awards,though a final amount has still notbeen released.

Mayor Doherty knowscouncilsplan very well. PEL and (the De-partment of Community and Eco-

nomic Development) know coun-cils plan. They dont agree and areattemptingto bullyCity Councilin-to an approval of their poorly-con-ceived plan which will financiallycrush taxpayers. Following sixmonths of negotiations in which Iparticipated in good faith, I havelearned that Mayor Dohertydoesnt want councils input,Evans said.

Council willnot approvethe Re-vised Recovery Plan as submitte-

dIf themayorwantsa RevisedRe-covery Plan, let him fully incorpo-ratecouncils recommendationsin-to his plan and sign off on it.

Hughes added that, in his legalopinion, the submitted plan vio-lates the Recovery Act.

Evansnotedthat thecouncil ma-jority, excluding Councilman BobMcGoff, refused to attend amediation session in Harrisburg

with DCED andthe mayor, placingblame on them for the dire finan-cial straits of the city and callingDCED the root cause of the over$30 million Supreme Court Award

to Scranton police and fire.You cannot negotiatewith peo-

ple who say, Whats mine is mineand whats yours is negotiable,Evans said.

In addition to seeking unfunded

borrowing, she also encouragedthe administration to seek anotherTaxAnticipationNoteof $5milliontopay forthe citys dailyoperationsand offer a monthly portion of theearned income tax revenue as pay-ment for the TAN.

By payingthisdebt,it gives usagreater opportunity to move for-

ward on the unfunded debt, on thepossibility of a TAN-B, that type offurther borrowing, McGoff said of

Thursdays transfer vote for the

SPA. Failureto have paid this, I be-lieve, would have negated any pos-sibility of us getting a TAN, of usgetting unfunded debt, of any fur-ther type of borrowing, so while itmay not be thebestof situations, Ibelieve it at least gives us a chanceto move forward.

McGoff defended the adminis-tration, saying the Business Ad-ministrator Ryan McGowan hastirelessly pursued borrowingsince January, but said the onlybank interested backed away aftercouncil let the SPA slip into eventof default.

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Riverside High School heldits graduation ceremonyfo r the Cla ss of 2012 onWednesday, June 6 in theschools auditorium.

The clas s valedi cto rian was

Stephanie Tilberry.Riverside High School is lo-

cated at 300 Davis St. Taylor.For more information, visit

www.rivers idesd .com

FILE PHOTO/JASONRIEDMILLER

Taylor Berto graduated from Riverside High School on June 6.


Stephanie Tilberry was the class valedictorian

RIVERSIDE GRADUATION

the chorus and were unable to fitthe class into their schedule, werenot able tobe a partof the program

this year andwere not givenan In-vaderAward,whichisanawardgiv-en to students whoparticipate in aschool club, activityor sports teamfortwoyearsincludingtheirsenioryear.

King and Lesh both said theywere unaware that the studentswho were unable to take the classthis year, but had participated inthepast,did notreceivean InvaderAwardandtheywouldlookintothe

matterandtry andgetthestudentsthe award.Inotherbusiness,theboardofdi-

rectors approved a revised version

of the 2012-13 schoolyear calendar.The first day of school for stu-

dents will be Tuesday, September4,and thelast day willbe Monday,June10,2013.

The directors also approved anincrease in the minimum gradepoint average required for provi-

sional and full membership in theNational Honor Society from an89.5 percent un-weighted, cumula-tive GPA to a 92 percent weighted,cumulative GPA to begin officiallywith the incoming freshmen classof 2012 at Scranton High SchoolandWest ScrantonHighSchool.

King also announced that WestScrantonHighSchools graduationwill be held at 5 p.m. andScrantonHigh Schools will be held at 7 p.m.

on Tuesday, June19.Both graduationswill be stream-ing live on the schools website atwww.scrsd.org/ssd/.

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OBITUARIES

Robert P. Bird, 75, of S cran-ton, died Saturday morning,June 9, at Hospice CommunityCare in Dunmore. His wife theformer Elma Joy Phillips, diedDecember 19, 2009.

Born on June 8, 1937 inScranton and educated in New-ton Township Schools, he wasthe son of the late John andRose Dennis Bird. Before hisretirement, Bob worked forMaid Rite Steak Company, Inc.for many years. He was an avidsportsman, especially hunting,

was a true Boston Red Sox fanand cheered for the Philadel-phia Eagles.

The family would like tothank the Moses Taylor Hospi-tal third floor nursing staff fortheir care, compassion andunderstating they gave to their

father the past few weeks.Surviving are four daughters,

Cynthia J. Mickavicz and hus-

band, Michael; Diane H. Youngand fianc, Bruce Simonson;Sherri A. Sable, and husband,

James; all of Scranton; ColleenR. Martin and husband, Steve,Springbrook Township; a son,Bob P. Bird, and wife, S andi,Scranton; 21 grandchildren, 12great grandchildren; four sis-ters, Jane Church, Doylestown;Florence Campo and husband,Dave, Moscow; Lois Reese andhusband, Charles; and ShirleyLavelle, all of Scranton; niecesand nephews.

A son Paul Robert, twobrothers, Jack and Roonald;and two sisters, Ellen Bird andElizabeth Howells, precededhim in death.

The funeral was conductedon Wednesday, June 13 in theSemian Funeral Home, 704Union St., Taylor with servicesby the Rev. Wayne Shontz.

In lieu of flowers memorialcontributions may be made tothe Greater Pennsylvania Chap-

ter Alzheimers Association, 57North Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701

Robert P.Bird

JUNE 9, 212

Gavin Van Descartes, twoand a half months old, died

suddenly on Sunday, June10, athome.

Born on March15, 2012, hewas the son of Jason R. Des-cartes and Samantha Pham,Moosic.

Also surviving is a sister,Kaylie, at home; paternalgrandparents, Ralph and Mag-gie Descartes, Mount Pocono;maternal grandparents, Keoand Sharon Pham, Moosic;

Aunts, Christina McNeice-

Burian and husband, DavidStrain, Olyphant; Kimberly andUt Pham both of Moosic; Becky

Tuffy and Lori McClane both ofScranton; Elizabeth Descartes,Mount Pocono; April Bonitz,New Jersey; Uncles, James

Shoto, Clarks Summit; Jo-nathan Diel, Hanncok, NY; andRafael Descartes, Mount Poco-no.

A blessing service was heldon Wednesday, June13 in theSemian Funeral Home, 704Union St., Taylor, by the Rever-end Michael Delaney. Memo-rial contributions may be madeto S.I.D.S. of Pennsylvania Suite250 Riverfront Place - 810 River

Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15212

GavinVan Descartes

JUNE 10, 2012

A forme r LackawannaCounty insurance agent wasarrested on Monday, June 11and charged with stealingmore than $50,000 in insur-ance policy premiums, whichhe allegedly converted for hisown use.

Attorney General Linda Kel-ly identified the defendant asRonald Madajeski, 63, 800Clay Ave., Scranton. Madajes-ki was a licensed insurance

age nt and owner of RMIGroup located in DicksonCity.

According to the criminalcomplaint between 2010 and2011, Madajeski allegedly col-lected more than $50,000 forinsurance policy premiumsfrom various businesses for a

variety of related insurancepolicies such as liability insur-

ance, workers compensationinsurance and cargo insur-ance.

Kelly said that once Mada-jeski collected the moneyfrom his business clients hefailed to forward the funds tothe appropriate insurance un-derwriters and instead keptthe monies for his personaluse.

The charges state that Ma-dajeski also allegedly altered

documentsissued by insurers,despite being unauthorized tomake those adjustments. Kel-ly said that the alterations in-cluded increasing the premi-um cost of policies and direct-ingthe insured to make premi-um payments directly toMadajeskiand not the insurer.

Kelly noted that Madajeskiallegedly continued to solicit

policies, quote insurance pre-miums and collect additionalmonies from businesses de-spite having his insuranceagent license suspended bythe Pennsylvania Departmentof Insurance in March 2011.

Madajeski was taken intocustody on Tuesday, June 12and is charged with eightcounts of theft by deception,four counts of insurance fraudand one count of forgery.

Attorney General Kellythanked the Pennsylvania In-surance Department for theirassistance with the investiga-tion.

The case will be prosecutedin Lackawanna County by Se-nior Deputy Attorney GeneralRobert LaBar of the AttorneyGenerals Insurance FraudSection.

Insurance agent arrested

Amazon Expedition will be-gin Thursday, July 12.

On each expedition, explor-ers will participate in large,group music, drama, and fun

at the crash site activities.Each week explorers will dis-cover Gods hand in history.

With each adventure, the ex-plorers will see how the Bibleand science complement eachother.

The adventure will take

place Thursdays in Mercatel-li-Seglia Park on Birney Ave-n ue in M oo sic , Ju ly 12

through August 9.A free simple supper will be

held at 5:30 p.m., the programwill be from 6 t o 8: 30p.m.

Explorers age six through

adult are welcome.Info: 457.7460 or email sec-

[email protected].

Mercatelli-Seglia Park hosts Amazon Expedition

The city of Scranton had en-gaged in a cooperative effort ofall departments to improve thequality of life for residents byfocusing on blight, abandoned

vehiclesand generalhome safe-ty as it applies to fire preven-tion.

The cooperative effort result-ed in the following from the

West Scranton area of the city:Eighteen homes are now pro-tected with83 smoke detectorsbeing installedby theScrantonFire Department; 52 homes

with blight concerns were ad-dressed, of those 52, 36 havesince complied, 10 citations

were filed and seven are beingrechecked; 89 abandoned vehi-

cles have been tagged parkedon streets in West Scranton;

there have been numeroustrash pickups at various loca-tions by DPW; and several stop

work orders have been issuedand home inspections/con-demnations took place as well.

The city departments initia-tive, which was headed by theScranton Police Department,started in West Scranton at the

Taylor border and is now com-plete in theWestScrantonarea.

The initiative is heading intoNorth Scranton starting next

week.Scranton Police Chief Dan

Duffy is requesting that anyad-ditional concerns in the WestScranton area regarding blight,abandoned vehicles, requests

for smoke alarm installation,which is a free service by the

fire department, or crime is-sues be forwarded to the WestScranton Day Shift Patrol Ser-geant David Dunn.

West Scranton residentspoint of contact for concernson day shift can be submitteddirectly to the sergeant incharge of this area, which isSergeant Dunn, his email [email protected]. Theafternoon shiftsergeant is Rob-ert McCool, [email protected], and the midnightshiftsergeantis SergeantKevinGreen, [email protected].

The area sergeants are re-sponsible for issues withintheir area and residents are

urged to use them as theirpoints of contact .

West Scranton focuses on fire prevention

GO Lackawanna publishes obituaries of local individuals

who reside, formerly resided, or have family living in the

West Scranton, Old Forge, Taylor or Moosic area. Obituaries

should be submitted by 12 p.m. Saturday to ensure publi-

cation in the same weeks edition. Email is preferred for

submission, but mailed entries will be acceptable with con-

tact name and phone number. Entries not including a contact

name and telephone number will not be published. Email

obituaries to [email protected] or mail them to109 New St., Pittston, PA 18640,

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SCRANTON While themakers of Forged may havepicked up international filmfesti val accol ades i n N ewYork, Providence, Los An-geles, and San Diego for thefilm about redemption, a law-suit filed last week in federalcourt alleges it hasnt earnedthe money it is due from a dis-tributor.

The civi l suit , file d June 13

in U.S. District Court in theMiddle District of Pennsylva-nia, alleges that Revere Pic-tures, 515 Center St., Scran-ton, is owed at least $75,000from Maya Corporation Enter-tainment Group, Inc., of LosAngeles, Calif., for the distri-bution of the movie filmed innortheastern Pennsylvania in2009.

Maya purchased distribu-tion rights to Forged i n

March 2011, and was shown inNew York City, Los Angeles,San Antonio, Chicago, Callas,Miami, and San Francisco last

year as a part of the agree-ment. A local red carpet pre-miere was held at the Marquee

Cinema in downtown Scran-ton in early Aug. 2011.

Revere Pictures owner andCEO Joe Van Wie, of Scranton,has sent numerous corre-spondence/emails requestingpayment since Aug. 26, 2011,but Maya has not responded to

any message, according to thelawsuit.

Revere alleges a breach ofcontract and unjust enrich-ment in the suit filed by attor-ney Anthony J. Piazza of theScranton law firm Murphy,Piazza and Genello.

Scranton film co. sues distributorCHRISTOPHER HUGHES

[email protected]

TheDemocraticNationalCom-mittees Romney Economics:

TheMiddleClass Under theBustour stopped in Scranton on Fri-day at Courthouse Square.

According to a statement fromthe Democratic National Com-mittee,the touraimedto discussMitt Romneys real economic re-cord and highlight the brokenpromises Romney made whilerunning for governor of Massa-

chusetts.Former congressman PatrickMurphy opened the tour with astatement supporting PresidentBarack Obama while attacking

whathe called Romneys suggest-edpolicyof trickle-down econom-ics.

Itis very, very clear that Rom-ney economics of trickle-down

would protect onlythe wealthiest1 percent of Americans, Murphysaid. Murphy introduced Massa-

chusetts state Rep. John Scibak,who cited several statistics aboutMassachusetts while Romney

was governor from 2003 to 2007.Sciback,who hasbeenstaterepre-sentative since 2002, said underRomneys termas governor, Mas-sachusetts fell from 36th among

statesinthecountryinjobgrowthto 47th when Romney left office.

Sciback also said Massachusettsalso had the highest debt in thecountry. Since 1999, Massachu-setts has ranked no lower thansecond among states with thehighest per-capita debt in the na-tion.

GO LACKAWANNA/GERARD NOLAN

Matt Cartwright, Democratic candidate for Pennsylvanias 17th

Congressional District seat, introduces state Rep. John Scibakof Massachusetts, a speaker at The Democratic National Com-

mittees bus tour.

Dems bash RomneyCORY BURRELL


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T

he studentsin MissEmily Millers kinder-

garten class at Old Forge Elementary

School were busy on Wednesday, June 13,

making their dads a gift for Fathers Day.

Miller andApril Cieslakhelpedthe students make

a Dad Rocks paperweight. Some of thechildren

also shared with Go Lackawanna what they plan on

doing for their fathers on Sunday, June 17, to cele-

brate Fathers Day.

Happy Fathers Day!

Arthur Casella

Take him to the

store.

Anthony MuccioloMake him a card.

Nicole Terra-Rivero

Give him plants.

Gabriele CiulloGet him an iPad.

Elizabeth

Cummings

Give him a hug.

Ashley Beilman

Help him do workaround the house.

Aislyn Andrukitis

Go to the park.

Natalie HarrisMake him break-

fast.

David Eymer

I might be taking

him to the beach.

Meghan Marianelli

Give him a hug.

Emma Krenitsky

Help with thelaundry.

Hunter Tisdel

Make him break-

fast.

Jeremy Tobin

Give him flowers.

Abagayle Toraldo

Go to eat (at) Ap-

plebees.

Joshua GashiI want to give him a hug and

a big present and make a

drawing for him.

Emma PriceGo camping with him,

but not in the woods,

because Im scared.

Dominick PalmaGive him a hug.Tyler Zamerowski -Help

him around the house.

Logan Walker - Give my

dad a great bighug.

Willard ElementarySchool held a FieldDay on Thursday,June 14.

Students in grades kindergar-ten through fifth spend the dayenjoying games and activities

planned by the teachers and vol-unteers.

The event was one of the lasttheschool will hold this year. The

final day of school at Willard Ele-mentary School will be Tuesday,June19.

Ready for summer

Autumn Walsh participated in Willard Elementary Schools Field

Day.

John Velasquez


Brittany Mendoza

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If DougGriffiths has to classifyhis largely Scranton-based band,hesaystheyarepunkindie,butunlike most bands, he cannotclearly define his role, as eachmember of Those Clever Foxeslives up to their name by switch-ing from instrument to instru-ment and even sharing vocals.

We all are involved in thesongwriting process, so whenwecome down toit, itusuallycomes

down that Sean (Flynn) willwrite a guitar part and somebodyelsewilljump onthe drumsforit.It all really just depends onwhoever. We kind of just let it bearbitrary, Griffiths explained.

Alotof times itwilleven workout where somebodys havingtrouble on their instrument, sotheyll switch with somebodyelse and the song will come to-gether in a completely differentway or format. It really justcomes down to whatever werefeeling at the time.

Founded by his friend Flynn,the singer/guitarist for anotherlocal act, Echo Whiskey Charlie,Those Clever Foxes have learnedto share their musical strengths

and weaknesses to form a cohe-sive and original band that isntafraid to experiment and chal-lenge themselves.

Those Clever Foxes release debut EP

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Those Clever Foxes will perform on Saturday, June 23 at New Visions Studio & Gallery.

RICHHOWELLS

[email protected]

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ArtWorks Gallery & Studiowill presen t Su mmer Son ata:

The Pain ting s of Sha ron Cos -grove during the months of

Jul y and Au-gust. A recep-t io n w il l b eh el d o n Fr i-day, July 6 at 6p.m.

Born inWashing ton ,D.C., Cos-grove is a pro-

fessor of art based in Wilkes-Barre, where she maintains aprivate studio and teaches un-dergraduate courses in paint-ing and printmaking.

She holds a BFA, MA, andMFA from the University ofNew Mexico and a BA fromShepherd College. Her paint-ings and prints have been ex-hibited in over fifty invitation-al, solo, and juried shows, na-tionally and internationally

and can be found in both pub-lic and private collections.

Cosgrove is the recipient ofthe Medici Award in Paintingfrom the International Bien-nale Exhibition of Contempo-rary Art in Florence, Italy, andhas been a Visiting Artist atthe Brandywine Workshop inPhiladelphia, The Internation-al School of Art in Umbria, Ita-ly and The American Academyin Rome. Serving in an am-

bassadorial role for cross-cul-tural exchange, Sharons workhas been selected for the Art

in Embassies Program spon-sored by the U.S. Departmentof State and will be displayedat the U.S. Embassy in Astana,Kazakhstan. As part of thisprogram, she also traveled toKazakhstan in March 2012 tooffer presentations and masterclasses in conjunction withwomen s hist ory mont h.

Cosgrove will be on hand fora special presentation at Art-Works on Thurs day, Augus t 2

from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.The presen tati on will be

highlighting her recent expe-rie nces i n e xhibiting andteaching art in Kazakhstanthrough the Art in EmbassiesProgram sponsored by theU.S. Department of State.

Events are free and open tothe public.

For more information, visitwww.ar tworks nepa .co m orcall 207.1815.

ArtWorks welcomes Sharon Cosgrove

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The work of Sharon Cosgrove will be on display at ArtWorks Gal-lery & Studio during July and August.

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Old Forge HighSchool h el dits graduation

cere mony for theClass of 2012 on Fri-day, June 15 in theschools auditorium.

There were 83

s tudent s in t hegraduating class.The clas s valedi c-torian was MichaelPhan.

Old Forge HighSchool is located at300 Marion St., OldForge.

For more informa-tion, visit http://ofsd.cc/main.cfm,or call 457.6721.

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Old Forge High School held its graduation ceremony on Friday, June 15

Class President Anthony Trotta Salutatorian Kelly Kempa

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Nick VieiraandJoeFortini.

ValedictorianMichaelPhan

Samantha ZiembaandKelci Wolfe.

CorinneBreymeyer andJohn Licci

Thegraduatesmarch into OldForge High School. Thegraduationwasheld in the schoolsauditorium. There were 83students in thegraduatingclass.


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Eric F. Trump, the Executive Vice President of Devel-opment and Acquisitions of Trump Organization, wasthe keynote speaker at The Greater Scranton Chamber ofCommerces 144th Annual Dinner on Monday, June 11 at theScranton Cultural Center. Trump spoke about a variety oftopics, including his experiences as an entrepreneur, busi-ness man, and his role on the popular NBC reality show,Celebrity Apprentice. He also discussed his ties to the

Scranton area, his interest in economic development, hisfamily, and his foundation, The Eric Trump Foundation forSt. Judes Childrens Hospital. Trump met with local busi-ness owners and guests in the VIP area in Shopland Hall onthe Cultural Centers fourth floor before the dinner and hisspeech.

THEATERActors Circle at Providence

Playhouse, 1256 Providence

Rd., Scranton, Info: (570)342-9707, actorscircle.org.

Where the BLEEP is Poor Tom?written by John McInerney,directed by Lou Bisignani, July12 through 15, shows begin at 8p.m. Cost: $8/$6/$4. Info:342.9707.

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Acting Classes, Wednesdays andFridays through June 29 from4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

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Tuna Christmas preview week-end, July12, 13, and 14; regularperformances Thursdaysthrough Saturdays July 19, 20,21, 26, 27, 28 and August 9, 10, 11,16, 17, 18. All performances beginat 8:15 p.m. Cost: $10 for pre-

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ARTS CALENDAR

I startedout a trombone play-er, and just being such a hugefanof music, I just started to branchmore into learning guitar andbass. Drums Im the newest at,but I took a course back in col-lege about drum playing andIvebeen using that little bit ofknowledge. Were not all fantas-tic musicians, but I think we allare really passionate about it, sowe try to do the best that we canand we just try to fit the songwith what we need, Griffithsshared.

Were all pretty big fans of

bands like Brand Newand, local-ly, TheMenzingers,and were al-

so really big fans of bands likePhoenix and Vampire Weekend.Because we love that, we try towritewhat we enjoysonically, sowe just kind tried to meld thosetwo styles of sounds togetherandits been working out so far.

The 22-year-old Dalton resi-dent is really excited to havethat sound released in physicalform with their four-song debutEP calledFourBedrooms,cele-brating with a showon Saturday,June23 at New VisionsStudio&Gallery,201Vine St., Scranton. Afifth song will be available fordownload on the bands Band-camp.com page that same day.TheCD release showwill also in-

clude performances from LesserAnimals and Down to Six.

Weve been playing showssinceaboutOctober nowandImsure theres a couple people whoknowthe words fromseeingus alotor whatever, butI think it willbe really cool to have somethingto say, Here, if you like whatyoure hearing right now, rather

FOXESContinued from page 19

See FOXES, Page 23

What: Those Clever Foxes CDRelease Show with LesserAnimals and Down to Six

Where: New Visions Studio andGallery, 201 Vine St., Scranton

When: Saturday, June 23, doors at7:30 p.m., show at 8 p.m.

Cost: $6

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Does your child want to campunderthe stars? Be a truckdriveror a fireman? Fly like an eagle orbe a singer in a rock n roll band?

The Scranton Public Libraryoffers children and young adultsthe opportunity to explore all ofthese dreams andmore this sum-mer at its four locations: Al-bright Memorial Library, Lacka-

wanna County Childrens Li-brary, Nancy K. Holmes Branchand our newest branch, LibraryExpress at the Mall at Steam-town.

Are you wondering what to dowith your children during theselong hot summer days? Look nofurther; join our annual summerreading program. Children staybusy and entertained and im-prove their skills. Regular con-tact with print materials

books, magazines, writinggameshelps little children getready to read and helps big kidsraise their scores.

Every summer the Lackawan-na County Library System spon-sors a free, convenient, fun wayto encourage children to read:the summer reading program.Sign up is free with a Lackawan-na County Library card. Registeratoneof our sites and you willbeeligible for prizes,incentives andan end of summer partyfor thosechildren who completed the re-quirements. Hundreds of chil-dren, babies through teens, visittheir libraries to enroll in sum-mer reading programs. Whilethey might think theyre amus-ing themselves, educators knowinformal reading in the summermaintains and even increaseschildrens reading skills.

In addition to the summer

reading program, there are op-portunities for children andteens to explore and participatein age appropriate, fun and infor-mational programs. Children cango on a scientific exploration ofthe world of dinosaurs, fossils,plants, bugs, undersea creatures,rocks and minerals with paleon-tologist Bill Straka or even be areptile hunter and experiencethe most unusual and excitingreptiles with reptile expert Leo

Skinner. For readers in fourththrough sixth grade, Junior Bat-tle of the Books is a competitive

reading contest where teams willbe quizzedon fiveselected booksat the end of the summer in acountywide contest.

Teens in seventh through 12thgrade can also enjoy the summer

with the library.There is Teen Read, our teen

summer reading program, withlots of exciting prizes. Also,teens can now join the AlbrightMemorial Library Teen Green

Team and learn about beinggreen while also having lots offun.

Internationally known painter,Tina Imel will conduct a paintingworkshop for four afternoons inJuly and August.

At the end of the summer, onAugust 16, there will be a Battleof the Books for teens as well. Soteens, bring your library card orif need be, for goodness sakes

sign-up for one because a librarycard is all you need to participatein these free summer activities at

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The end of the scho ol yearis finally here and reportcards have been handed out.Many children display reportcards on the fridge, in aframe or in a scrapbook, butbefore tucking away thosegood grades why not cash inon some of the rewards fromlocal businesses.

As always, its a good ideato call ahead to make surethat your location is partici-pating in the rewards pro-

grams.Uno Chicago Grill offers

elementary through middleschool aged children an op-portunity to make their ownpizza for free. Bring in yourreport card showing anytype of improvement to cre-ate a personalized pizza.

Pizza Hut offers a rewardeach marking period, anychild who has three As orthe equivalent thereof, will

receive one personal panpizza and a small soft drink,

or a carton of milk, by pre-senting his or her reportcard to the manager. Thisoffer is good for elementaryand middle school students.

This off er is availa ble fordine-in customers only. Stu-

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than having to come back to thenext show or having to wait forthe next show for that matter,heres a physical representationofwho weare.Wecan let peoplelisten to that and try and spreadthewordabout whatweretryingto do, he continued.

The album of songs inspiredby their day-to-day lives was re-corded at 119 Productions inScranton with their friend JayPreston mixing the album.

Aside from being multi-instru-mentalists, he believes thebandsmost outstanding trait is their

down-to-earth personalities andattitude.I think wereall justreallyper-

sonable and friendly. Musically,were doing what we care about,andI think itreally comesacross,but I think the biggest thing isthatwerejust fourguysjust play-ing music. We dont have a rockstar mentality that certain peo-ple do have. Were just there tohang out. We play shows withour friends, he emphasized.

I know a lot of other bandshave thatmentalitytoo, so its re-ally nice. I think its like youre go-

ing to see a group of friends en-joying what theyre doing ratherthan some band thats going tosell t-shirts to you for $40.

Those Clever Foxes often en-couragemembers ofthe publictogo out and attend more localshows, even if its not their own.

Ive been playing music inbands for a longtime and I thinkright now the scene in Scrantonis one of the most talented andprobably the friendliest sceneIveever beena partof. I thinkallthe musicians are fantastic andtheyreall very good at whattheydo. Bands like Silhouette Lies

theyputononeofthemostmem-orable shows Ive ever seen andbands like A Social State and A

FirewithFriends just puton per-formance after performance of

just musical perfection, hepointed out.

The biggest issue with thescene is a lack of knowledge, Ithink, from the general publi-cThe general peopledont real-ly know whats going on with ittoomuch andI think thats some-thing that all the musicians inthis area really want to get to-gether and change.

So passionate about whattheydo, the band plans to return thestudio in just a few weeks to re-cord anotherEP tobe releasedbythe end of the summer and maysoon take their act on the road.

Were all really excited aboutthe new stuff weve written and

what were continuing to write.Were kind of focusing more onwhat were capableof doing rath-er than what we know we candoWere really going to pushourselves more and moreto

what we think is our limit, Grif-fiths insisted

Its such a clich thing to say,butI reallyfeellikeevery showtome is just as memorable as thelast one. We try and do our bestevery single time, and every sin-

gleshow weve donetheres beensomething cool thats happenedor something unique about it.

FOXESContinued from page 22

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Those Clever Foxes are releas-

ing a four-song debut EP called

Four Bedrooms.

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Rossis14 Post8

The winning pitcher was Zach

Rebar. Nick Krenitsky had three

singles, Adam Zaykowski had

two singles and a double, and Pa-

trick Donovan hita double, triple

and a homerun for the Rossis.

Evan Currubba had two singles

and a double for Post.

Rossis6 Honor Awards0

The winning pitcher for was

Donovan. Krenitsky had threehits for the team, Donovan andKevinWelsheach addeda doublefor the win.

Rossis 2 Pagnotti 1

The winning pitcher wasWelsh. Zaykowski had a double,Donovan and Jonathan Nicholoffeach had two singles for Rossis.Joey Verespey had a double for

Pagnotti.

Rossis 4 Pagnotti 3

The winning pitcher was

Welsh. Krenitsky had two sin-

gles, Donovan and Welsh each

had a single for Rossis. Mason

Boettegerhad a single and a dou-

ble for Pagnotti.

Rossis 4 Pagnotti 3

The winning pitcher was

Welsh. Nick Krenitsky had two

doubles. Boetteger had a single

and a double for Pagnotti.

Old Forge/Taylor Little League

Moosics Kathleen Sharkey maintained herspot on the U.S. Womens National Team afterhelping her New Jersey squad to the title atthe USA Field Hockey National Champion-ships, but fell short of a berth on the U.S.Olympic Team.

Sharkey was joined by former WyomingSeminary teammate Kelsey Kolojejchick, oneof four new additions, on the National Teamthat was announced June 8 following the com-pletion of the National Championships.

When 16 O lympi ans were select ed from that27-member team Monday, Sharkey did notmake the cut. Dallas graduate Paige Selenskiwas one of the players select ed to represe ntthe United States in Londonthis summer.

Team USA head coach LeeBodimeade observed as 84playe rs, split ove r e ight

teams, c ompe te d in fiv ematches each over an eight-day stretch in the NationalChampionships in CollegePark, Md.

Following the tournament,Bodimeade named the latestversio n of the Nati onal Teamand Developmental Squad.Kolojejchick was elevated from the Develop-mental Squad to the National Team.

Sharkey led her New Jersey team to a re-peat of its title by finishing tied for second in

goals scored during the tournament with sev-en.

I have been really impressed with the stan-dard and elevation and the continual upwardgrowth pattern we have seen since we in-corporated the National Championships,Bodimeade said, according to a USA FieldHockey press release. To see the new players

coming into the tournament at a much higherlevel of skill is showing us we are headingdown the right track.

Kolojejchick, Alesha Widdall, Stephanie Feeand Emily Wold were named to the Devel-opment Squad last year. They moved up tothe National Team, joining 23 returning play-ers. There were 25 healthy players among the27 who were then up for consideration for theOlympic Games in London.

Kolojejchick had 15 goals and 23 assists forthe University of North Carolina as a sopho-more. She has joined the National Team forsome international competition while stilltechnically a member of the DevelopmentalSquad.

Kolojejchick and Widdall have been a partof the Olympic preparationsin the Central Training Pro-gram so their progressionfrom the Dev elopme ntS qu ad t o t he N at io na l

Squad is just a reward fortheir hard work in becom-ing better hockey players,Bodimeade said.

Sharkey, who took a yearoff from Princeton Universi-ty to concentrate on nation-al team play, and Selenskiwere alrea dy with the Na-

tional Team for the past year. Sharkey was theleading scorer at last years national cham-pionships and opened this years tournamentwith a four-go al game.

New Jersey went 5-0, including a 4-0 victoryover Pennsylvania in the title game.

Selenski joined Sharkey as part of the three-way tie for secon d in tour namen t scor ing.

Bodimeade selected a larger national teamroster because of the possibility of retire-ments and time off for team members follow-ing the Olympics.

Sharkey returns to National

Team, bypassed for OlympicsTOMROBINSONFor Go Lackawanna

To see the new playerscoming into the tourna-ment at a much higher lev-

el of skill is showing us weare heading down the righttrack.

USA head coachLeeBodimeade

There aretwo things youneed to knowto understandhow tough theonly headcoaching ex-

perience was for Joe Zabiel-ski.

Zabielski never won a gameas a head football coach.

The Old Forge gradua tewas asked to step down in t hemiddle of a season, a rarity onthe high school level.

There are two things aboutwhat Zab ielsk i did next thatsay a lot about where he isnow.

Zabielski resigned as headcoach, but remained with histeam as an assistant, trying to

help the Susquehanna Sabersdig out from the programslowest point.

The next step for Zab ielsk iwas coach ing as an ass ista nton the college level, commut-ing 65 miles from work dur-ing the school year, in a waygoing back to school himselfto learn to be a better coach.

Zabielski has two shininge xample s of w hat kin d of

coach he is now.At Valley View, where he isalso a math teacher, Zabielskiis a prominent part of two ofthe Lackawanna Leagues big-gest success stories.

With Zab ielsk i as defen sivecoordinator, Valley View wonthe Lackawanna FootballConference Division 1 andDistrict 2 Class AAA cham-pionships.

Zabielskis defense held the

first 11 Valley View opponentsto single digits in scoring. Inthe 12th game, the Cougarskept Dallas off the scoreboardfor the final three quarters,giving the offense the chanceto recover from a tough startand advance the team into thestate playoffs with an 18-12district championship victo-ry.

Defense is the hallmark ofZabielskis work on a different

field in the spring.A s a ss is ta nt c oa ch , h e

works with the outf ielderswho made two of the bigges tplays of the postseason whilehelping Valley View reach Fri-

days state Class AAA titlegame before falling.

Its a great ride, Zabielskisaid after a parade with theteam through the Valley ViewSchool District Wednesdaynight. Its surreal.

The 1991 Old Forge gradu-ate rose quickly in coachingafter playing football at Buck-nell where he was a three-yearletterman and starting tightend. Z abielskis reward was

one of the most difficult as-signments in northeasternPennsylvania high schoolsports before his 30th birth-day.

The guy who had about astough an experience as a headcoach can go through is thriv-i

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