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INSIDEPage 7 Riverside considers Wilkes-Barre career center

Page 14 Become a student of saving

Page 18 Crossword puzzles

Page 25 West Scranton finds a new coach

Page 28 Obituaries

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Coal Mining info sought, Carl Ore-chovsky, research editor of Anthra-cite Archives, Old Forge, is seekinginformation about the coal miningindustry during the 1950s and 60s inOld 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 [email protected].

The West Scranton Hyde ParkNeighborhood Watch will hold itsnext meeting on Thursday, Sept. 20at 7 p.m. at All Saints Auditorium,1403 Jackson St., behind St. PatricksChurch. Info: http://hydeparkneigh-borwatch.wordpress.com/.

The group will host a Business Watchmeeting on Monday, August 27 at 7p.m. at the Victor Alfieri SocietyUpper Meeting Room, 206 No. Main

Ave. Scranton. Info: 878.7368.

The Playwrights Project will pre-sent Providence Speakeasy, onSunday, August 26 at the Old BrickeTheater, located at 126 W. Market St.,Scranton. The theater will be trans-formed to look like a speakeasyfrom the 1920s, complete withcostumes, a jazz band and deco-

rations. All proceeds from the eventwill go towards the production costsof Dyonisia 12, the playwrightsfestival.

Johnson College will hold Comput-er Numerical Control (CNC) Train-ing from August 27 to February 7,2013. Classes will be held Mondaythrough Thursday, 4 to 10:15 pm inthe Woolworth Buildings PrecisionMachining Classroom. The Collegeis located at 3427 N. Main Ave.,Scranton.For more information or to register,visit http://www.johnson.edu/contin-uing-education/upcoming-training/or call 702.8979.

The Catholic Choral Society will

begin its 64th season on Tuesday,September 4, with rehearsals onTuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at theIHM Center at Marywood University.The group, composed of membersfrom both Luzerne and Lackawannacounties, performs sacred, classical,Broadway and popular music atperformances in both Luzerne andLackawanna counties. New mem-

bers are welcome and no auditionsare required.The groups first concert is sched-uled for October. For more informa-tion, visit www.catholicchoralsocie-ty.org or call 587.2753.

Riverworks III: Lackawanna RiverCorridor Association, Celebrating25 Years will be held September 6through 29 with an opening recep-tion on First Friday, September 7from 6 to 9 p.m.The theme for this juried exhibitionis the river and its watershed. For

information on the LRCA, includinga complete description of the wa-tershed and its access points, visitwww.lrca.org.

For information on entering theexhibition, visit http://www.artwork-snepa.com.

Fight For Air Walk kick off lun-cheon will be held at Unos Restau-rant in Dickson City on ThursdaySept13 from noon to 1 p.m. to learnabout our upcoming Fight For AirWalk to be held at Nay Aug park on

Saturday, Oct. 13. RSVP is necessaryto attend the luncheon. Info:823.2212. To register for the walk,visit www.lunginfo.org/scrantonwalk.

Laughter With A Purpose: ABenefit for Michael Meoni will beheld at the AFA Art Gallerys secondfloor on Saturday, Sept.15. Themoney raised at the event, hostedby the gallery, located at 514 Lacka-wanna Ave., Scranton. Tickets forthe event are priced at $20. Thisnight of entertainment includesimprov groups Here We Are In Spain

and Unorganized Business, jugglerMike Simon, rock band Fire WithFriends and acoustic guitar playerBrendan Regan. Shows are sched-

uled for 8 and 10 p.m. Tickets aretime specific, and can be purchasedat the door, or in advance at604.1874.

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presents a check for $500 to Bill Jackowitz, cochairman of the Kids Swim Free program atNay Aug Park in Scranton. This year it cost children $5 to swim at Nay Aug Park and thisdonation was used to benefit those who could not afford to pay the fee.

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This weekend, Arcaro & Genell Restaurant will be bringingits Old Forge taste to downtown Scranton.

The restaurant will be one of close to 100 vendors taking

part in La Festa Italiana scheduled for Saturday through

Monday, Sept. 1 through 3 on Courthouse Square.

We use it more as a meet and greet, said Angelo Genell,

who owns Arcaro & Genell with his brother, Mark.

We get to see our customerswho we havent seen in a while.

Sometimes we only get to seethem at the festival. Its just a funthing to be involved in.

If numbers are any indication,Genells sentiments are shared bymany in Northeastern Pennsylva-nia, with 80 vendors signed up totake part in La Festa again thisyear, and over 60 selling food.

I like it. I like working out-side, said Austin Ge-nell, whos been help-ing his father at La

Festa for years.Its different work-

ing outside than whenyoure in a kitchen allday, its a nice atmo-sphere.

One of the main dif-ferences is being out-side gives the staff atall the tents a chanceto be face to face withtheir customers, andwith Chris DiMattio, president

andchairman of La Festa Italiana,estimating there are 5,000 to7,000 people walking around thesquare every two hours, thats alot of face time.

Founded in 1976, the year ofthe bicentennial, according to Di-Mattio, La Festa was started atthe encouragement of the thencounty commissioners.

At the time (they) were encou-raging ethnic organizations to

have pride in being American andof their heritage, so a lot of themhad festivals. So La Festa was

born on Columbus Day in 1976and it was pretty cold, laughed

DiMattio.Several festivals were held thatyear, and La Festa has managedto hang around, the reason forwhich DiMattio thinks is fairlysimple.

Terrific food, homemade Ital-ian food, entertainment and cul-ture, I think thats what made thisfestival great, said DiMattio.

After snow hit theevent in 1980, La Fes-ta was moved to La-

bor Day weekend in1981.

In addition to thedate, the amount ofentertainment has al-so changed, growingthrough the years, go-ing from eight bandson one stage, to over40 acts performing onthree stages.

You dont have tohave a dollar in your pocket to

have fun at La Festa, but thenwhen youre stomach starts grow-ling you have 80 vendors tochoose from, said DiMattio.

DiMattio was asked to helpwith La Festa in 1987 by founderSamCali. During that time hehashad the opportunity to see theevent grow in sizeand reputation,with word of the yearly eventtraveling all over the East Coast.

While a bulk of the vendors are

either nonprofits or family busi-

PROMOTING

heritage

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Arcaro & Genells Austin Genell is excited to once again be part of La Festa Italiana.

Downtown Scrantonwelcomes La Festa Italiana

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What: La Festa Ital-

ianaWhen: Saturdaythrough Monday,Sept. 1 through 3,Saturday and Sunday11a.m. to 10 p.m., andMonday 11a.m. to 9p.m.Where: On Cour-thouse Square indowntown Scranton.Info: www.lafestaita-liana.org

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MOOSIC At a time when many

small businesses are struggling,

Candice Chilektook theleap to reo-

penThomas Barbecue in Moosic,becoming

the third generation of her family to run the

restaurant.

TheMoosiclandmark wasopened 83 years

ago by Chileks grandmother, Caroline, fi-

nanced by a low-interest loan of $500.

Over the years, Thomas Barbecuepassed from her grandmother to herAunt Theda Thomas. In 2003 thelong-standing business closed itsdoors.

Withthe economy emerging fromasevere recession, Chilekreopened thebusiness in 2010 after a seven year hi-atus.

Somepeople advisedher notto reo-pen the restaurant, especially duringthe tough economy, and she had oth-er options for the property.

Many other types of business

wanted this spot, even a few law offic-es, Chilek said.

Inspired by her grandmothersdrive and perseverance, Chilek pur-sued her dream.

We allworked here,she said.Mymom worked here. It was my first jobat age 13.

Some renovation was needed, butChilek kept the originalretrothemedatmosphere.

One dining room still has a

TIMES LEADER/PETE G. WILCOX

Candice Chilek chats with customers Ann Frances Kurzweil, Seymour Kurzweil, and Ralph Jimmie at Thomas Barbecue in Moosic.

EATERYREOPENSOwner: CandiceChilekAddress: 4810 BirneyAve., MoosicHours: 4-8 p.m.,Tuesday and Wednes-day; 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m.Thursday;11:30 a.m.-9p.m. Friday and 4-9p.m. Saturday.Phone: 457.5720

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1930s-1940s feel to it, she said.There is a World War II room anda pinup wall.

Even the kitchen still boastsoriginal equipment, including apotato peeler dating back to 1948.

We still use it all, Chilek said.But this is not what makes the

food taste so good. After watchingher family for years make the se-cret barbecue sauce, Chilek car-ries on the tradition.

It is not written down, she

said. When I make the sauce, no-body is allowed to add anything.Nobody.

She goes to great lengths tomaintain secrecy. When she goesaway on vacation, she will make apot of sauce for the staff to use un-til she returns.

Chilek said her grandmother,who lived in Kingston at the time,developed the recipe in her kitch-enand beganmaking barbecuestosell.

Her children would collect or-ders for barbecues whenthey wentto school, she said.

Her grandfather, a mason, wasoutof workdue to theDepression.They had six childrento feed and amortgage to pay.

She made her money with 25-cent barbecues and 5-cent Cokes,she said.

What started as just a way to

make ends meet grew into a thriv-ing business, and when an afforda-ble property became available, hergrandmother purchased it.

It was formerly a cow pasture,she said.

The original 15-foot-by-15-footbuilding is now surrounded byyears of expansion. Pictures scat-tered throughout the buildingshow changes over the years, aswell as her grandmother, aunt,mother and other family mem-

bers.Itis a tribute to mygrandmoth-

er, mother, and aunt, she said.

TIMESLEADER/PETEG. WILCOX

The interior of Thomas Barbecue on Birney Avenuein Moosic still has a

vintage look and feel. Candice Chileks grandmother, the original owner,

opened the restaurant during the Depression. The establishment was

closed for a time before Candice took over the business and reopened it.

Candice Chilek is a third gener-

ation owner of Thomas Barbecue.

EATERYContinued from page 4

The original 15-foot-by-15-footbuilding is now surrounded by years of

expansion. Pictures scattered throughoutthe building show changes over the years,

as well as her grandmother, aunt, motherand other family members.

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Fun took on a new definition at theToyota Pavilio n at Montage Mounta inthis past weekend, as dozens of kidsturned out for a USA Luge SliderSearch.

During the weekend-long free clinic,held Aug. 18 and 19, 54 children, some

traveling as far as Syracuse, N.Y., puttheir sliding skills to the test while rid-ing down a 100-yard track in the ToyotaPavilion parking lot. Sliders used theirbodies to steer the roller sleds aroundsets of cones placed throughout thetrack.

Dominick Deseta, 10, of Clarks Sum-mit, said he became interested in theclinic after seeing a newspaper ad. De-seta said he plays both soccer and la-crosse and enjoyed the challenge that

luge provided.I liked how they made it

more challenging each time,Deseta said.

USA Luge recruiter FredZimny said Sunday he will bevisit ing three more cities be-fore the search finishes in Bal-timore in October. Zimny en-

couraged the children to re-main positive about their per-formance, as the children whopossess the skills to competein the sport would be asked toattend a second clinic in LakePlacid, N.Y. at the U.S. Olym-pic Training Center and will beconsidered for selection to theU.S. Junior Development LugeTeam.

Though interest is growing,

outreach to schools remainssmall due to the sport beingfacility driven with only twof ac il it ie s i n t he c ou nt ry equipped with an ice-filledsledding track. Zimny said oneis in Lake Placid and another isin Salt Lake City, Utah.

Justin Bistovich, 11, from Sy-

racuse, N.Y., said the clinic wasthe first time his family hadvisit ed the area. A three- sportathlete in baseball, basketballand soccer, Bistovich said hebecame interested in the sportafter watching luge races onTV during the Winter Olym-pics and visiting Lake Placid.

Bistovichs parents said theydecided to make the trip in thehopes their son could catch

the eye of a USA Luge recrui-ter.

Bistovich and the other par-ticipants took part in a seriesof runs down the parking lotfrom an elevated platform,then tested their arm and legstrength competing in a seriesof physical drills: long jump-

ing, a ball toss and sit-ups.Zimny said the purpose ofUSA Luge clinics is to get chil-dren interested in the sportand to discover the next gener-ation of Olympic athletes.

Its tough to get them out atfirst. Once they see what weredoing, essentially skateboard-ing but taken to a next level,there are few kids who dontlike it.

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Aiden Wharton of Scranton takes a run during the USA Luge Slider Search.

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The Riversid e Scho ol Distri ctwill send its stud ents to Luzern eCounty for career and technicaleducation starting next month,Superintendent David A. Woodshas confirmed.

"We have entered talks withWilkes-Ba rre Area Career andTechnical Center in Plain s,"Woods said Friday after noon,Aug. 24. "Our plan is to send ourstudents to that facility."

While any agreemen t had yetto be formalized, Woods ex-pressed confidence that "comeSept. 4, the plan is in motion"Parents of the districts career-tech students have been sent aletter inviting them to tour thePlains Twp. school this Thurs-day, he added.

Riversides current budget forsending 41 students to CTC is$199,000, Woods said. The dis-

trict would realize a savings bymoving the students, but he saidit was premature to discuss exactfigures on Friday. The Plains

Twp. facil ity also would offer

"more programs overall," he add-

ed.The superi ntend ents anno un-

cement came just days after Riv-erside sued in a bid to sever ties

with the Career Technology Cen-ter of Lackawanna County. Thedistrict no longer believes itscontinued participation in CTCprograms is the best way of pro-

vidin g vocat ional and techn icaleducation to the students itserves, according to a lawsuit fil-ed Tuesday, Aug. 21 in Lackawan-na County Court.

CTC is a consortium of nine ar-ea districts. In addition to River-side, its members are Carbon-dale, Dunmore, Forest City, Lake-land, Mid Valley, North Pocono,Scranton and Valley View. River-side was one of the foundingmembers in 1968. According toCTCs website the facility openedin 1973 and serves about 600 stu-dents. It is funded by member

districts based on a formula in-cluding factors such as their re-spective enrollment in the pro-

SeeRIVERSIDE, Page 11

Riverside students will tour

Wilkes-Barre career center

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It may not be a major thoroughfare or abusy state road, but at just over six blockslong, West Grace Street is one of the bor-oughs most heavily-traveled streets,thanks to legions of school buses travelingto and from Old Forge Elementary twiceeach day during the academic year.

Several blocks of West Grace, together

with part of Baker Street in the borough,will be getting a makeover this fall under a

plan set to go out to bid this week.Engineer Harold Ash, project managerfor Penn Eastern Engineers, received Bor-oughCouncils blessingTuesdaynight, Au-gust 21, to seek bids for paving West GraceStreet from Marion Street to MelmoreStreet, as well as Baker Street fromMcClureStreet to Sibley Avenue. In partic-

ular, he cited the need to "beef up" the sur-face of West Grace due to bus traffic.

The project will cost approximately$100,000, he said. Officials hope to openthe bids on Sept. 11 and bring them beforecouncil for legislative approval at the pan-els next regular meeting on Sept. 18, Ashsaid.

The work is expected to begin by themiddle of October and be completed with-

in "a couple of weeks," he added.In response to questions from council

members, Ash said he will be sure to con-tact gas and water company officials to en-sure thatthe pavingproject doesntconflict

with utility work.Borough Council President Brian Rinal-

di said buses will have alternate routes toreach the school while the work is under

way.

Old Forge Borough Council to seek bids for West Grace Street paving projectRogerDuPuisII

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TMS Health, a division of the$23 billion Xerox Corp., willadd150 new positions at its callcenter on Montage Mountainby theend of 2012, thecompanyannounced Tuesday, August 21.

While the jobs are primarilycustomer care operations,

there also will be a need for su-pervisors, trainers and manag-ers, said Bill McKee, a Xeroxspokesman.

Xerox subsidiary AffiliatedComputer Services Inc. tookover TMSin October 2010, buy-ing it from private equity firmPalm BeachCapital. The acqui-sition made Xerox one of thelargest customer-service pro-

viders to the pharmaceutical,biotech and health care indus-tries.

The local expansionis drivenby new business, McKee said.

This is for a couple of differ-enthealth care clients,he said.

Employeesat thelocal centerwill handle both outbound edu-cation and sales and marketingcalls to physician offices and

pharmacies and incoming callsfrom consumers responding todrug company advertising.

They also will help recruit andscreen patients for clinicaltrials.

TMS Health opened the facil-ityon GlenmauraNationalBou-levard in mid-2010, saying it

would hire up to 100 people.McKee said there are about 75employees there now.

Hiring is under way now,McKee said. We hire in groupsbased on available trainingspace so the pace varies de-pending on projects and availa-ble space.

He declined to give pay ratesbut said they will be competi-tive and a range of benefits willbe offered.

Xerox employs more than38,000 people in 150 call cen-ters worldwide, the companysaid in the announcement. Ithas 140,000 employees in all,1,400 of them in Pennsylvania.

The past few months haveseen up-and-down announce-ments of employment in the ar-

ea. In June, Sallie Mae said itwould add 100 positions at itsHanover Industrial Estates fa-cility and Cigna said it wouldhire 160 at its offices at Mon-tage.

But window maker Dove In-dustries shut down its SansSouciParkwayplant earlier thismonth, idling 106 employees.

The unemployment rate inthe Wilkes-Barre/Scranton ar-ea rose to nine percent in June,ledby LuzerneCountys 9.8per-cent rate. The regions joblessrate has been the highest inPennsylvania for severalmonths.

JOBS FOR MOOSICTMS Health will hire 150RONBARTIZEK

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WILKES-BARRE Beau

Biden, son of Vice

President Joe Biden

andan Iraq War veteran,said the

Obama administration has in-

creased spending for veterans

benefits every year and will con-

tinue to do so next year.Biden held a press conference in

downtown Scranton on Wednes-day afternoon, August 22, andlaterstoppedat TheTimesLead-

er to discussveteransbenefits ashe campaigned for the Obama-Biden Democratic ticket.

To help veterans returningfrom war with psychologicalchallenges and those who havebeen injured in action, Bidensaid the Department of VeteransAffairs recently announced a na-tional recruitment program tohiremental-health professionals.

This isnt just about the sui-ciderate, Biden, 43,said. Its al-so about the more than 50,000

wounded veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, orthose with head trauma injuriesor amputees. Thats why thepresident has allocated moremoney than any president in his-tory for veterans.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazetterecently said suicide kills moremilitary members than armedconflict or roadside bombs.

The Post-Gazette noted Julywas the worst mo nth for mil itarysuicides 38 sincetheArmybe-

gan keeping detailed records in2009. In June, 26 active-duty per-sonnel took their own lives.

Biden, who is attorney generalfor the state of Delaware, saidPresident Barack Obama recog-nizesthecostof war goes beyondeconomics.

The president realizes the

Vice presidents son touts administrations increased funding for veterans

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Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden speaks to supporters in downtown Scranton.

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enormous costs to military per-sonnel and their families, hesaid. Thats why he has madesuch a strong commitment toallveterans.He hasput hismon-ey where his mouth is.

Budget dictates priorities

Biden said the Democraticpolicy on veterans is in sharpcontrast to the Republicanteam of Mitt Romney and PaulRyan. He said the Ryan budget

calls for 17 to 20 percent acrossthe board cuts, including veter-ans and the VA.

My grandfather used to say,Dont tell me what your prior-ities are show me your budgetand Ill tell you what your prior-ities are, he said.

Biden said the Romney-Ryanbudget plan would be disas-trous for middle-class families,

vetera ns, seni ors and stud ents raising taxes on the middle

class, cutting funding for veter-ans programs and education in-

vestm ents , and turn ing Medi-care into a voucher program topay for tax breaks for million-aires and billionaires.

Bidens stop in the region was

thelast ofa series ofeventswithvete rans in Penns ylvan iaWednesd ay. He visi ted Phila -delphia and Allentown earlierin the day.

Headded thatunder theRom-ney-Ryan plan, Pennsylvaniastudents and teachers couldfeel a devastating impact, in-cluding:a cutof $186million forK-12schools; 12,000 fewerspotsfor Head Start programs in the

next two years; and an averagecut of $810 in Pell Grants for313,000 Pennsylvania students.

Republican response

Kate Meriwether, Romneyspokeswoman, responded by

stating the House-passed bud-get spends more than Obamasproposed budget when it comesto veterans funding.

A Romney-Ryan administra-tion will ensure our veterans

andmilitary familiesareprovid-ed every ounce of support theyhave earned, including a fullfunding of veteran programs,she said. It is unfortunate theObama campaign would resortto this type of attack. Mitt Rom-ney and Paul Ryan are strongsupporters of our veterans and

will sto p Presid ent Obam aslooming defense cuts that hisownSecretary of Defensecalleddevastating and could over-

whel m Veteran s A ffa irs.Meriwether said Obamas pol-

icies have made it harder forvetera ns to find job s.

The Romney-Ryaneconomicplan will ensure that our veter-ans have better prospects forfinding work when they returnhome from defending our coun-try, she said.

Biden said Pennsylvania is akey state in the 2012 electionand Northeastern Pennsylvania

is a critical region in winningthe states 20 electoral votes.

The president and my fatherare proud to have carried Penn-sylvania in 2008, he said. Itsalways good to be back in thisbeautiful part of the country.

BIDENContinued from page 8

CLARKVAN ORDEN/THE TIMESLEADER

Beau Biden, Attorney General of

Delaware and son of Vice Presi-

dent Joe Biden, talks with peo-

ple on North Main Street in

Wilkes-Barre Wednesday after-noon, August 22.

ly voted against the projectand against a related bond is-sue. While Woods would notdiscuss the lawsuit, he reiter-ated that project cost con-cerns loom large for his dis-

trict, which would face a pricetag of $109,000 each year forthe next 20 years.

"We cant afford it," Woodscontinued, adding that River-side lost about $900,000 instate funding over the pasttwo years and voted earlierthis month to furlough eightteachers in the face of a $1.2million budget deficit.

"Our concern, and it shouldbe our primary concern, is the

communities that make upthe Riverside district and thestudents that make up theRiverside district," Woodssaid when asked about howhis districts decision wouldaffect CTC and the othermember districts.

Jack Dean, acting solicitorfor the Wilkes-Barre Areaschool, confirmed that stu-dents from neighboring OldForge already attend the facil-

ity in Plains Twp., and thatWilkes-Ba rre Area "coul d takeon over 40" more students atpresent.

"Its a nice p rogram ,"Woods sa id o f th e Pla ins Twp.school.

grams.Riversides suit is couchedas a l egal argum ent ove r

wheth er a $400,00 0 printe rlease constitutes a capital ex-penditure, with the districtseeking a judgment that it hasthe right to pull out underterms of the 1968 agreementthat state the pact ends whenthere are no capital expendi-tures outstanding.

Clearly hovering over the

case, however, is Riversidesongoing dissatisfaction withCTCs plans for a multi-mil-lion dollar renovation project,on which construction has yetto begin.

In particular RiversideSchool District does not agree

with the major ity of the par-ticipating (CTC) members that it is appropriate to incurdebt of $18.1 million in orderto reconstruct or rehabilitate

the building housing the cen-ter, the lawsuit states.

Calls to CTC Administra-tive Director Vincent P. Nalloand to solicitor Ned Abraham-sen were not returned.

Riversides board previous-

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Leadership Lackawannasfive-week Executive Pro-gram, which engages profes-sionals more deeply in thegreater Scranton area, broad-ens their social network andincreases their overall knowl-edge of the community, be-gins Tuesday, Oct. 23.

Participants meet key busi-ness and community leaders

as theyreceive an overview ofLackawanna Countys historyand culture, economic andpolitical structures and com-munity events.

The next Executive Pro-gram will run for five consec-

utive Tuesdays until Novem-ber 20.

Each session is held from5:30 to 8:30 p.m.and includesdinner and cocktails.

The Program accepts appli-cations from public and pri-

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spouse or guest ableto attendat no additional charge.

For more information, visitwww.leadershiplackawanna-.com.

Leadership Lackawannaaccepting applications

Thomas Churilla, a fourth-yearmedical student of The Common-

wealth Medical College (TCMC)and Scranton native, was awardedthe Physicians of Tomorrow Awardfrom the American Medical Associ-ation(AMA)Foundation.

Churilla wasone of18 fourth-yearoutstanding medical studentsacross the nation who received a$10,000 scholarship to defray medi-

cal school expenses.Recipients were nominated by

their medical schools and chosen

based upon aca-demics, financialneedandcommu-nity involvement.

The AMAFoundation aimsto ensure that thebestandbrighteststudents can ac-

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east Radiation Oncology Center(NROC) on Vitamin D deficiency incancer patients. He presented theabstract at the national meeting ofASTRO (the American Society forRadiation Oncology), in Miami,Floridain October2011.

Churilla is a member of TCMCscharterclasswho willbe graduatingin May 2013. Over thecourse of the

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Scranton native awarded scholarship

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Of the 9.1 million adults inPennsylvania, 51.6 percent visiteda public library in person duringa years time, and an additional13.2 percent connected with oneonline.

In all, public libraries in Penn-sylvania totaled 40.8 millionin-person visits in the year pre-ceding the study. Nearly halfinvolved adults and nearly 40percent involved school-age chil-dren.

People visit public libraries in

person for many purposes tocheck out a book, CD or DVD; tofind reference information or doresearch; or to use a library com-puter just to name a few.

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A large number of people whouse online library services closeto half are researching family orpersonal issues.

At least half of the time, users

considered the information theyobtained, whether in person orby online library services, to beabsolutely essential to them.Users value public libraries be-cause they perceive them to beconvenient and easy to use. Theybelieve that the information istrustworthy, that libraries are thebest source of information andthat using the library helps themsave time and money.

All of this comes as no surpriseto Jack Finnerty, director of theAlbright Memorial Library.

Libraries are, and always havebeen, cost effective. They allowpeople to share resources whichthey may need to access period-ically. but do not need to own,

said Finnerty.Michele Legate, the librarys

assistant head of reference, seesthis every day when helpinglibrary users access the comput-ers and book collection on thelibrarys second floor and sees aconnection with current econom-ic conditions.

With the economy the way it

is, we see more and more peoplewho cant afford a computer andInternet connection at home,people who really need to access

job search and training informa-tion. I am not sure what thesepeople would do without thelibrary, said Legate.

Your Lackawanna CountyLibrary System library card opensthe gate to free information andentertainment in the Scrantonarea. You can read or listen to a

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VISUAL ARTSArtWorks Gallery and Studio, 503

Lackawanna Ave., Scranton. Info:

(570) 207-1815, www.artworksnepa-

.com.

Riverworks III: Lackawanna RiverCorridor Association, Celebrating 25Years will be held September 6through 29 with an opening receptionon First Friday, September 7 from 6 to9 p.m.The theme for this juried exhibition isthe river and its watershed. For in-formation on the LRCA, including acomplete description of the watershedand its access points, visitwww.lrca.org. For information onentering the exhibition, visit http://www.artworksnepa.com.

Vintage Theater, 326 Spruce St.,

Scranton. Info: scrantonsvinta-

getheater.com

Various pieces of work by artists HeidiVan Lueven & Jenna Casaldi will be ondisplay Sept. 7 to 30. The openingreception will be held on First FridaySept.7, 6 to 10 p.m.

THEATERScranton Public Theatre, Olde Brick

Theatre, rear 128 West Market St.,

Scranton.

Providence Speakeasy will be heldSunday, August 26. The theater willbe transformed to look like a speak-easy from the 1920s, complete withcostumes, a jazz band and deco-rations. All proceeds from the eventwill go towards the production costsof Dyonisia 12, the playwrights fes-tival.Actors Circle at Providence Play-

house, 1256 Providence Rd., Scran-

ton, Info: (570) 342-9707, actor-

scircle.org.

Bell, Book & Candle by John VanDruten will run September 20 to 23and 28 to 30.Vintage Theater, 326 Spruce St.,

Scranton.

Info: scrantonsvintagetheater.com

Staged reading of Ted LoRussos ALie Is A Venial Sin will be held onSunday, November 11.

CONCERTSCovenant Presbyterian Church,

550 Madison Ave., Scranton. Info:

Timothy Smith, 346-6400.

Simple Gifts, international folk

music, Sun., Oct. 7, 3 p.m. Cost: Free,donations accepted.Vintage Theater, 326 Spruce St.,

Scranton. Info: scrantonsvinta-

getheater.com

Grand Reopening Party, a free andopen celebration of the theaters newlocation featuring musical perform-ances by A Fire With Friends, Days InTransit, Zach Graham, Matt Montellaand more will be held Friday, Sept. 14Those Clever Foxes will perform withEdelweiss and Shop Local! on Sat-

urday, Sept. 22

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nesses from Northeastern Penn-

sylvania, there are a few who trav-el from New York, and some fromas far as Florida, to sell theirbaked goods or arts and craftsduring the weekend.

The notoriety helps increasethe appeal of the event, which inturn helps promote Italian Amer-ican heritage, which is the reasonmany volunteers got involved

with the event in the first place.Im honored just to be in-

volved, and I think most of ourboard feels that way as well, that

we can continue our Italian Amer-ican heritage and promote ourItalian American heritage for gen-erations to come, said DiMattio.

When Sam asked, I could re-member that day like it was yes-terday, I was honored and thrilled,because, growing up as a ItalianAmerican, La Festa was it, justlike the St. Patricks Day Parade isin Scranton, youre so proud of

your Irish heritage, I was soproud.

With the success of La Festa de-pendent on volunteers to keep itgoing, there is a constant need for

younger people to come in andhelp to ensure the event contin-ues, and DiMattio is hoping thatone of those future volunteersshares his last name.

Im so happy that I have threeyear old son and a seven year oldson, and the seven-year-old

(Louis) loves La Festa, and hellcome down and help me measure

the tents and help me move picnictables. Hes into it now, he reallyloves it, so hopefully hell be thenext leader 20 years down theroad.

DiMattio went on to say that LaFesta would not be possible with-out the cooperation from the cityof Scranton, the LackawannaCounty Commissioners and thelocal IBEW.

For more information, visitwww.lafestaitaliana.org/.

HERITAGEContinued from page 3

FILE PHOTO/ DON CAREY

Jamie Van West (left), and Jack Bordo of Fab 3 perform at last years

La Festa Italiana in Scranton.

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The Steamt own Showc asewill be featu ring all types oforiginal local bands throughoutdowntown Scranton on Sunday,Sept. 2, but one in particular iscurrently working with a majorNew York producer on their

next album, which they hopewill take their indie rock to thenext level.

A Social State began whenmembers of three local bandsstarted jamming together in late2009, though bassist Jon Fletch-er, 24, of West Scranton firstpicked up his instrument in sev-enth grade at the age of 12.

I basically just started be-cause my friend Mike Gibbonstold me to buy a bass. He had a

guitar and we knew a coupledrummers. I wanted to play mu-sic and everything and I justkind of decided on bass becauseit was needed at the time,Fletcher recalled.

Over the years, he had playedwith drummer Nick Ogonos kyin Losing Caufield and with gui-taristCJ Williamsin Livingston,so with the addition of Ed Cuoz-zo from Melded, Fletcher saidthe musicians were able to findtheir own sound really natural-ly.

Ed is our main songwriter.He basically brings the bones ofthe structure of the song to usand wekind offillin all the orga-nsand tendonsand allthatstuff.Just from jamming right off thebat, just us four with nothingplanned, it just had its own feelto it. I dont know the soundkind of justcamenaturally,and I

dontthink anyof ouralbums re-ally sound the same, so I cantreally say that we have a setsound, either, he explained.

Within three month s, theyproduced their own self-titledEP and then entered Sound In-

vestmen ts Recording Studi o inOldForgein 2008 torecord theirfull-length debut, EveryonesYour Friend, though the 13songs they came out with wereeventually scrapped for a whole

new set recorded live to analogtape.

When we first started out

changing things up by breaking

down for an acoustic set, whichthey have never done before,with the help of some addit ionalmusicians. Former member Bil-ly Trently will be joining onacoustic guitar, Chelsea Collinsof A Fire With Friends will playpiano, and Steve Werner fromBlinded Passenger will handledrum duties.

So farwevegot a pretty goodset list going, but its a littlemore difficult becauseits not

as easy as just working with my-self and Ed and Nick and CJ be-cause were so used to justthrowing outideasat each otherall the time. But its working outreally well and the stuff issounding really good. Its acous-tic, but it definitely has more ofan interesting feel to it, Fletch-er said.

All in all, its a good learningexperience, I guess, and I hopethat we can do this more acous-tic sort ofsound inthefuturebe-cause without Nick behind thedrums, I dont think our band isat 100 percent, but doing thismore acoustic thing and withhavingpeople notexpect it to be

what they re normal ly used toseeing, I think it could work out

well f or us in t he f uture.Fletcher is also eager to play

another show at The Keys, 244Penn Ave., Scranton, which he

credits as one of the few venuesthat support original music inthe area. With doors at 5 p.m.,theband isscheduled togo onat8 p.m. with a $5 cover, though$10 all-day hopper passes areavailable at www.steamtowns-howcase.com.

Im really excited just to playa show because we haventplayed a show in a long time,and I hope people come out. Ihope I get surprised to see all

the people who have been wait-ing for our little hiatus to end,he enthused.

Fletcher pointed out.Hes got a couple gold re-

cords underneath his beltItsmuch more reassuring that

when it co mes ou t I t hink it wil lbe receiveda littlebit betterandmaybe taken even more serious-ly than just us as another localband.

They ve laid down seventracks sofar,and whilethe origi-nal plan was to create an EP,considering the high recordingcosts as an unsigned band, theydecided to make it another full-length after hearing the qualityof the recording, which they

plan to tackle when Ogonoskyreturns from winter break.

Its just a lot about growingup and not always feeling ac-cepted as an adult, I think, andkind of reminiscing on the daysof the past and wishing thatthings were as simple as they

were when we were kids and justtryingto come to termswith theobstacl es of growi ng up,Fletcher said of the albums con-tent.

A Social State has played theSteamtown Showcase in thepast, but this year they plan on

cause right now were really fo-cusing on our new album that

were recording with StevenHaigler at Vu Du Studio up inPort Jefferson (New York), so

were kin d of just writin g s ongsacoustically and then sendingthem down to Nick, who gets afeel for them. Once we get intothe studio, its all unrehearsed.Its kind of just an on a whimthing, but its been coming outpretty awesome so far, Fletchersaid.

Haigler has worked with thePixies, Fuel, Skid Row, Clutch,Brand New, Muse, The Dear

Hunter, and many more nation-ally-known acts, so the band

jumped at the opport unity to re-cord with him.

Our producer actually foundus on ReverbNation and he con-tacte d us and he told us hecouldnt record us completelyfor free, but hed like to worksomething out because he likedthe way that we recorded thelast album and everything. Iguess you could say if we didnt

do the last album live to tape hemight not have necessarily beenas impressed with our sound,

playing, we wanted to play a lit-tle bit harder rock music andthings that were inspiring us atthe time, like Foo Fighters andSaves the Day a lot of thingsthat were just more upbeat,rocking. For Everyones YourFriend,we kind of wanteda bet-ter mix of songs, so we startedplaying around with chillingthem out a little more. We alsohave big rock songs on that CDtoo,butwe triedto find a middleground between what we weredoing and trying to bring our in-fluences in from bands of thepast andalso create a whole new

sound at thesame time,Fletch-er described.

For our first attempt at mak-ing a live CD to tape, I think itcame out pretty good, but at thesame timeI thinkour new songsare even more developed andmore of what were trying to gofor now.

A Social State practiced andplayed constantly until Ogonos-ky left for school in Savannah,Ga., though that didnt slow

their musical progress down.After Nickleft, thingsstarted

dying down a bit,but its nice be-

A Social State set to break

SUBMITTED PHOTO

A Social State, from left, Ed Cuozzo, Nick Ogonosky, Jon Fletcher and CJ Williams, are working on a new

album with producer Steven Haigler.

RICHHOWELLS

[email protected] What: Steamtown Original MusicShowcase

When: Sunday, Sept. 2Info: www.steamtownshowcase-

.com.

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The 20-year-old Philadelphiaresident will serve as the host of abenefit show for the United Waywith five other comedians on Sat-urday, Sept. 1 at the 20th Ward,2028 Pittston Ave., Scranton.

Like many funny men, it wasclearfrom a youngage what his fu-ture profession would be.

I was always the funny kid

growing up, and I didnt knowwhat I reallywanted to do, so at 17,myfriends hadtoldme I shouldtrystand-up comedy, so I did and itjust kind of got me hooked, Pryalrecalled.

I always watched (SaturdayNight Live) growing up, andit wasalways my dream to be on SNL. Alot of comedians wereon SNL, so Ifigured that was the fastest routeto get there, and the fact that I justlike making people laugh.

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people, but I could be a little bitcocky, but its kind of like a sarcas-tic cocky, he described.

Ill bring something up thathappens in my life so that peoplecan see it the way I saw it. Its a lotofthe stuff that happens to meper-sonally. It can range anywherefrom living in Philadelphia to justthe atmosphere from peoplearound here, butat thesame time Ihave materialrangingfrombeingalittle kid playing TV tag to Presi-

dentObama,so Im kindof allovertheplace. I have materialtouchingon everything.

The first time Pryal tried stand-up at an openmic,fellowScrantoncomedianPaul Spratt washosting,and the two became good friendsover their sharedpassions forcom-edy and helping others.

We both had an idea of wherewe wanted to go in comedy, so wegot along, and then we decidedthat ifwe weregoingto docomedyinScranton,we want (it)to benefitpeople just because its a cool feel-ing to be able to do something youlove and at the same time supportgood causes, Pryal explained.

The charities, he continued, arechosen mostly by random, butthey are open to any worthy causethat approaches them for help.Workingfor free,the comedians in-clude locals Spratt, Jay Thyberg,and Father Paul along with Phila-delphian Kevin Ryan and headlin-ing New Yorker Jessimae Peluso.

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cited to hear what she has to

SUBMITTED PHOTO

Scranton native Jeremy Pryal recently won Best Up and Coming Comic at the Comedy Cabaret in Phi-

ladelphia.

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Brothers Nicholas and Michael Gowarty held a

lemonade stand in front of their home on the 300

block of North Everett Avenue in Scranton on Sun-

day, August 19, from 1 to 4 p.m.

The boys donated all of the proceeds from the

lemonade stand to the Hope for Hannah Rescue.

The non-kill rescue rescues and places dogs inhomes; supports the housing and medical care of

foster dogs; sponsors dogs in need of veterinary

care; and educates the public on rescues, puppy

mills., the importance of neutering and current leg-

islation.

The two adopted their dog Cabela from the rescue

eight months.

Word of mouth helped the fundraiser grow from a

lemonade stand to a block party. The Scranton

Police Department agreed to block off the street for

the event, a DJ donated his time and services and

the Gowartys neighbors donated baked goods to be

sold.

The boys were able to raise $2,417 for the rescue.

For more information on the Hope for Hannah

Rescue, visit www.hopeforhannahrescue.org.

Jacob Deluca and Michael Gowarty.

Susan Gazoo and Ruby.

Michele Phillips and JeffSophia and Katie Deluca.

Brothers

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bring, Pryal commented.

Were open to new char-ities for anyone. Were trying

to get comedy in Scranton

and were trying to help peo-ple atthesametime. Its not a

typical comedy show. Its

comics we personally hand-picked to be on the show-

You can come up to the

comics after the show andtalk to us. Well buy you a

drink. Were really friendly.

Recently moving with hisgirlfriend to the City ofBrotherly Love, the young

comic felt it was a good city

to build up material and ex-perience before moving to

Los Angeles in search of his

dreams.The comedy scene down

here isbetterthanScranton.I

wouldnt say its incredible,but its a lot more competi-

tive. Therere probably about100 comics at each open mic,and you really have to be

good for people to see you,

Pryal noted.I love saying a premise

andseeing theexcitement on

the crowds face and thesmiles and then hitting them

with the punch line and then

seeing them explode. Thatmakes me feel good because

all my material comes from

the ground up, so it feelsgood to know thatsomething

I created in my head is mak-

ing a room full of peoplelaugh. I really get enjoyment

out of that.

Staying busy entertainingclubs and festivals, he won

Best Up and Coming Com-

ic at the Comedy Cabaret inPhiladelphia, where comics

like Jay Leno, Ray Romano,

and Kevin James got theirstart.

It was a good feeling, but

Im not done. Thats just a

milestone for me. I wantmore and more to come, he

said of the award.

Im never going to stopdoing stand-up comedy, but I

am heavy on writing and act-

ing. I want to combine allthree just so my business

card hascredibilitybecauseitsays, Comedian, writer, ac-tor. Its kind of my push.

COMICContinued from page 19

Despite being a diehard

metal fan most of his

life, Chris Howorth

hadnever been toOzzfest,the

annual heavy music festival

founded by Ozzy Osbourne.

He told his friends that he

wouldnt go until Im playing

it. Little did he know he

would soon get his wish and

then some as the guitarist

for In This Moment.

Growingup in Kansas, Howorthlatched onto the outcast aspectof hard rock bands like MotleyCrue and Judas Priest at a youngage, but it was KISS that decidedhis future.

I saw a KISS concert my par-ents took me and after that wasover, I waslike,Imbeing ina bandand Im playing guitar, Howorthexplained.

He moved to Los Angles at theage of 19 to pursue his career andwas trying to make it for about adecade before meeting singer Ma-ria Brink through a mutual friend.

When I first heard her sing, Iknew shewas awesome anddecid-edright then that wewere goingto

startworkingtogether. I triedwitha lot of bands to make it. Everyband I was in I thought was goingtomakeit,but MariaandIsprojectjust instantly started getting a lotof attentionand peoplestarted lik-ingit.WeputituponMyspaceandit just took off, unlike everythingelse Ive done, he recalled.

After forming the sludgier Dy-ing Star, Brinkand Howorth brokeaway to form what would become

In This Moment.We would put everything onMyspace, he noted. Maia hadbeen hearing about it from somefriends and she was like, Weshouldgetourstuffup onthisMys-pace thing. Its pretty cool. So weput it up there and got good re-sponses right off the bat. We wererealizing if we worked actively onthere andtalkedto people andadd-ed people from other bands thatwere actively commenting on mu-

sic that we could get some kind offeedback going. Once that started,it seemed to kind of snowball.

Seemingly out of nowhere, thepairreceived a message fromOzzyOsbourne bassist Rob Blasko Ni-cholson, who ended up managingthe band and taking them on the2007 national Ozzfest tour. Theysoon found themselves openingfor Osbourne on his subsequentarena tour and recording with hisproducer, Kevin Churko.

It felt just amazing to be get-tingthe phone call. Hey, I got youthis tour. Hey, I got you that tour.Its still amazing, but even todayits kind of surreal, getting to dostuff like that, Howorth shared.

Maria being a pretty girl andlooking sexygot peoples attentionright off the bat; that combinedwith the fact that we have an ag-gressive style and the songs areheavy and shes singing andscreaming and stuff like that. Its

kind of a double-edged sword,though, because thatalways drawspeople in, but therere a lot of peo-

plethatjust donttakeus seriouslybecause of that.

This only motivates Howorth towork harder to prove that theresmore to the band than a prettyface.

Even thoughtheinitialreactionof, Girl singer!or Hotgirl singer!is what kindof gets peopleto look

at us, we have to have substancebecause thererea lotof bands withhot girl singers that dont do any-thing. They dont have any goodsongs or whatever it takes.It takesa lot more than that, but I thinkthat does help get everything go-ing, get people excited, he said.

In just a few short years, InThisMoment have already made fouralbums; their latest, Blood, wasreleased on Aug. 14. Howorth ad-

mittedthathe andBrink may havebutted heads over the years overtheir ever-developing sound, butafter the group lost two of itsfounding members in 2011, it ac-tually brought them closer togeth-er to create therecordtheyre mostproud of.

At first when it happened, itwas very scary, and you never real-ly want to do that kind of stuffwhen youre in a band. We didntreally realize what it was at the

time, andnow that its done, its somuch betterforthebandthanit ev-er could have been. It opened us

up.It basicallystrippedus down toMaria and I to make this recordwith Kevin (Churko), and thatopenedus upto a wholenewworldof drums and what we wanted todo. There were no other opinionsthat mattered besides Maria andmine. We didnt have to consideranybody else besides Kevin, he

emphasized.It changed the energy in the

band, andgettingthesenews guysinwho are amazing players andve-ryexcitedto bewhere they are andhungry for doing this and appre-ciating everythingGetting thatnew energy into thebandjust kindof reinvigorated Maria and I andjust changed everything for uswith those guys leaving in a goodway. We havethe bestalbum of our

career and it wouldnt have hap-pened with those other two guys.The band is sounding tighter andbetter than ever before.

Its appropriate, then, that at theheight of this energy that they re-turn to another heavy musicfestiv-althissummer ontheRockstarEn-ergy Drink Uproar Festival, stop-ping by the Toyota Pavilion atMontage Mountain on Aug. 28, togain more fans .

We love the summer touring

situation.Its a lotof fun. Its kindoflike summercampforbands, saidHoworth.

Moment still climbing

In This Moment will perform at the Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain on Aug. 28 as part of the

Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival.

RICHHOWELLS

[email protected]

What: Rockstar Energy Drink Up-roar Festival with Shinedown,Godsmack, Staind, In This Moment,and moreWhere: Toyota Pavilion at MontageMountain,1000 Montage MountainRd., ScrantonWhen: Tuesday, Aug. 28, doorsopen at 1 p.m.

Cost: $25-$85

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SWB Yan-kees LLC isbanking on

fans beingimpressed bythe recon-structed PNC

Field that will open in Moosic intime for the 2013 InternationalLeague baseball season.

What the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees are doing in themeantime is something fanshave to be impressed by even ifthey cannot see it for them-selves.

While PNC Field is beingrebuilt, the Yankees have spent ayear on the road, stopping at arotation of temporary homefields along with the half of theirschedule that technically consistsof away games.

The road schedule, thoughuntried in the history of theleague, hardly seems like a for-mula for success.

It has not, however, stopped

the Yankees.Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, a

description that hardly fits theteam this year, occupies the topline of the IL North standings.

After the last week, it appearsthe Yankees are ready to remainthere for the fifth time in sixseasons.

The Yankees continued theirimprobable season by taking anequally improbable eight-gamewinning streak into the weekend.

The streak reached eight withextra-inning wins Aug. 22 and 23in Buffalo. At that point, anycombination of five Yankees winsor Pawtucket Red Sox losseswould give the title to Scran-ton/Wilkes-Barre.

Of the other13 teams in theIL, 11 had distinctly better re-cords at home.

The Yankees were virtually thesame at home (40-28) and away

(38-28), which makes perfectsense because, other than whobats first, they are essentially thesame thing.

The streak includes back-to-back, 10-3 and 6-0 romps inRochester, but it also includesthree one-run wins and twomore by two runs.

It started Aug.16 when theYankees were in danger of fallingout of the lead after losing two ofthree games in Pawtucket.

The Yankees overcame a latethree-run deficit that night,winning 5-4 over Pawtucket on a

two-run, seventh-inning single byMelky Mesa.

Darnell McDonald had athree-run homer and Mesa atwo-run shot in an 8-6 win overPawtucket to complete a seriesvictory and re-establish controlof the division race.

Corban Joseph hit a three-runhomer and Austin Romine atwo-run homer to lead a bal-anced, 20-hit attack in the 10-3romp.

Joseph drove in four runs andJohn Maine worked six scorelessinnings in the next rout of Roch-ester.

Mesa and Eduardo Nunezwere each 3-for-4 in a 7-5 winwhen the streak continued inBuffalo.

Joseph doubled in the tyingrun and scored the winner in a

4-2 victory over Buffalo.Francisco Cervellis12th-inning

sacrifice fly and some clutchrelief pitching by Ryota Igarashiproduced a 2-1 win in 12 innings.

Mesa hit an 11th-inning homerin the 4-3 win on Aug. 23.

The nuances of minor-leaguebaseball and past history heretell us that about half the faceswill change between the appar-ent-championship Yankees teamof 2012 and the next true Scran-

ton/Wilkes-Barre team in 2013.Mesa and Joseph, two candi-

dates to be around next season,get as much credit as anyone forthe longest winning streak of thelast two years.

Mesa is a 25-year-old centerfielder playing at the Class AAAlevel for the first time. The 2010Florida State League Player ofthe Year was hitting just .182 in16 Scranton/Wilkes-Barre games

before the streak started. Hewent 12-for-32 (.375) with fourhomers and nine RBIs in sevengames.

Joseph, 23, is a second base-man who is also in his first AAAseason. He is 12-for-31in thestreak to raise his average 14points to .265.

If the recent performancescontinue, local fans can expectnext years new surroundings tobe the scene for some of the

same-old success by the ILsmost consistently successfulfranchise in recent seasons.

SWB Yankees in title huntKEEPING SCORET O M R O B I N S O N

Academic honors for Genello

University of Scranton golfer

Michael Genello, a junior from

West Scranton, was honored by

the Empire 8 Conference for his

performance in the classroom.

Genello and the Scranton team

were recognized on the Presi-

dents List for their efforts in the

spring semester.

Genello had a 3.96 grade point

average as a biology major.

Penguins open in Binghamton

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Penguins will open the American

Hockey League season away

from home for the first time

since their 1999 debut.

The Penguins play at the Bing-

hamton Senators Oct. 13 at 7:05

p.m. to open the season.

After playing at Springfield

Oct. 19, the Penguins will openthe home portion of their 76-

game schedule Oct. 20 against

the Bridgeport South Tigers.

The schedule includes three

neutral site games, including the

AHL Outdoor Classic Jan. 20

when the Penguins will play the

Hershey Bears at Hersheypark

Stadium. The Penguins will also

play the Albany Devils Nov. 25 at

Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City

and the Adirondack Phantoms

Feb. 22 at Wells Fargo Center in

Philadelphia.

Miners on road today

The NEPA Miners will put first

place in the Regional AmericanFootball League Central Division

on the line today, Sunday, Aug.

26 in a 4 p.m. game against the

host Philadelphia Gators at Rox-

borough High School.

The Miners won the first meet-

ing, 17-14, by stopping the Gators

on fourth-and-goal in the closing

seconds.

Scranton favored

in womens soccerThe University of S cranton

womens soccer team has been

established as the preseason

Landmark Conference favorite in

a poll of conference coaches.

Scranton is predicted to finish

fourth in the Landmark in mens

soccer and field hockey.

Marywood picked in two sports

Marywood University is favor-

ed to win its third straight Colo-

nial States Athletic Conference

womens cross country title,

according to a preseason poll of

conference coaches.

The Pacers are also favored towin the conference in womens

soccer.

The Marywood mens cross

country team is picked second,

while Keystone College is third

and Baptist Bible College fifth in

mens cross country.

Keystone and BBC are also

picked third and fifth in womens

cross country.

Marywood is picked second in

the CSAC in mens soccer, fourthin womens volleyball and sixth

in field hockey.

SPORTS BRIEFS

SEASON KICKS OFF

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Moosic Raiders coach Eric Paroby, Sr talks with Joey Mancuso on the sidelines during theRaiders first game of the season. Week one scores from the All-County Conference Junior

Football League (ACCJFL) A-division: Olyphant 2, Wayne Highlands 0; Pocono Mt Cardinals33, Old Forge 7; Dunmore 19, Lakeland 13; West Side 33, North Pocono 0; Moosic 25, ValleyView 12; Taylor 2, Wallenpaupack 0. B-division: Wayne Highlands 25, Olyphant 14; Pocono MtCardinals 35, Old Forge 0; Dunmore 26, Lakeland 6; North Pocono 13, West Side 6; Valley View27, Moosic 0; Wallenpaupack 26, Taylor 0. C-division: Olyphant 12, Wayne Highlands 0; OldForge 25, Pocono Mt Cardinals 6; Dunmore 19, Lakeland 12; North Pocono 7, West Side 6; ValleyView 19, Moosic 0; Wallenpaupack 19, Taylor 0.


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DanielleDalessandro startedher final high school sea-son the way much of the

rest of her golf year has gone.Dalessandro already has won

onetournament andcontendedinanother.

The Scranton Prep senior fromMoosic rallied on the back nineTuesday, August 21to finishwith a4-over-par, 76 at Scranton Munici-palGolf CoursewhilewinningtheJackman Memorial Girls Tourna-ment for the second time in threeyears.

Thisis sort ofa big dealaround

here, Dalessandro said of theJackman title. Winning it givesme confidence throughout thewhole season.

It also gives Dalessandro aboost after finishing second to Se-lena Cerra of Holy Cross at theMarian Catholic Invitational toopen the school year the previousweek.

That kindof gaveme the moti-vation and drive I needed, Dales-

sandro said.Cerra finished third in the Jack-

man.Dalessandro has played well

throughoutthe year despitebeingin herfirst year back from surgeryto repair a torn anterior cruciateligament, a knee injury thatcaused her to miss her entire ju-nior basketball season. Dalessan-dro washurt in an AAUbasketballgame last October, finished thegolf season on the injured kneeand had reconstructive surgeryNov. 11.

It was not really a problemwith the swing,but bending downto read putts was kind of hard forme at first, said Dalessandro,who plans to play basketball forthe Classics this winter. It wouldget sore.

Now, its good. Its just the firstbend of the day, then Im good.

Dalessandros golf game has re-

mained strong.She posted a six-stroke win in

May at the American Junior Golf

Association event at Cripple

Creek in Delaware and finished

32nd outof 47playersat theNorth& South Junior at Pinehurst, N.C.

Locally, Dalessandro won the

Anthracite Junior Golf Associ-

ation Tournament of Champions

with rounds of 78 and 83 at Fox

Hill Country Club and the Lacka-

wanna County Junior Amateur at

Scranton Municipal.

Dalessandro usedbirdies on10,

14 and 15 to shoot 37 on the back

nine Tuesday. She hit the ball

close forthe first twobirdies,then

drained a 45-footer at 15.

I was just trying to two-putt,

she said. That was kind of nice.

Itwas notone thatI expected.

A member at both Glenmaura

National and Huntsville, Dales-

sandro won the tournament,

which drew five full teams and a

total of 46 golfers.

Central Dauphin won the team

title by shooting 338 to beat Holy

Cross by seven strokes.

Dalessandro helped ScrantonPrep finishthirdwith 368. Wallen-

paupack shot 422 and Marian Ca-

tholic shot 429.

Central Dauphins Alli Cooper

finished one shot back with a 77

and won the low sophomore

award.

After the individual champion,

the top two players in each class

receive awards.

Cerra was low senior with a 79.

Montroses Katie Clark was sec-ond with an 81.

HolyCross also hadthetop two

juniors. Emily Okrepkie shot 83

and Rachel Mackrell 86.

Wallenpaupacks Julia Santo

was second among sophomores

with a 78.

Central Dauphins Alexis Hart-

wick was the low freshman with

an 83. Wallenpaupacks MollyMo-

watt was second with a 101.

McKenzie Evanusa, the loneRiverside entry, shot 122.

Title boosts golfers

CONFIDENCE


Danielle Dalessandros golf game has remained strong since having surgery in November to repair a tornanterior cruciate ligament.

Moosic resident wins Jackman title

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Jerry Skotleski hasbeen wait-ing for a chance to return tothe role of golf coach.

Skotleski has that chance thisyear, taking over the West Scran-ton program.

I couldnt wait to get backhere, said Skotleski, whocoached the Bishop Hannan golfteam for 11 years until the schoolclosed. Its one of the most funjobs there is.

Skotleski anticipated being outof coachingwhenBishopHannanand Bishop OHara merged to

form Holy Cross.

I have been wanting to getback intothissince thedayI left,Skotleski said. I knew (when)they closed the school that Iwould be out of a coaching job.

Tom Paddockhas beencoach-ing at Bishop OHara, and nowHoly Cross, for about 30 years.

Skotleski,who teachesU.S.his-tory and law to sophomores andseniors at Scranton High School,sat out five seasons while watch-ing for an appropriate coaching

job to open.The return will be a challeng-

ing one.

West Scranton has just seven

players on the team after going 1-9-1 and tying for 10th in the 12-team Lackawanna League South-ern Division last year. One ofthose players is brand new to thesport and will be learningthroughout theyearat practice aslong as the other players remainavailable to fill the six lineupspots.

Returning starters Sam Alecky,Ryan Fletcher and Mark Marin-chak join Austin Riviello and

Nick Ivanoff to give the Invadersfive seniors and juniors who havebeen in the program.

Fletcher led the team at last

weeks season-opening JackmanMemorial by shooting 96 atScrantonMunicipal while Marin-chak shot 97.

Paul McNally will fill the laststarting spot while fellow fresh-man Jake Hiller learns the game.

Theseniorsare learning,too,Skotleski said. I spent a lot oftime over the last week or twoworking on swings and hoping toget them to understand the golfcourse.

The goal is to be competitiveand win a few matches.

The Invaders play their home

matches on the back nine at Pine

Hills. They willcompete this sea-son in the new Big School Divi-

sion of the Lackawanna League.

West Scrantonopens its league

schedule at home Monday, Au-

gust 27 against Scranton.

The complete league schedule

is:Aug. 27,SCRANTON;Aug.29,

ABINGTON HEIGHTS; Sept. 3

at Wallenpaupack; Sept. 5, VAL-

LEY VIEW; Sept. 10 at Scranton

Prep; Sept. 12, HONESDALE;

Sept.17, at DelawareValley;Sept.24, NORTH POCONO; Sept. 26

at Western Wayne.

West Scranton finds new golf coach in Jerry Skotleski


West Scrantons Ryan Fletcher led the golf team at last weeks season-opening Jackman Memorial Boys Golf Tournament by shooting 96.

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West Scranton makes a signif-

icant step up in boys soccer

competition this season, but at

least it comes at a good time for

the Invaders.

I think were showing prom-

ise, West coach Mark Schultz

said of his team, which returns

eight starters. Were playing in

a little better Division1.

They moved us up.The Lackawanna Leagues

new format combines enroll-

ment size and geography.

Seven of thenineleagueoppo-

nents arenew to theWest Scran-

ton schedule.

The Invaders played only Val-

ley View and Western Wayne

while going 4-8 to finish in a

fifth-placetie out of seven teams

in the old Division 2.

This years schedule calls for

West Scranton to play twice

against its Division 1 rivals

Scranton, ScrantonPrep, Abing-

ton Heights and Valley View

andonce eachagainst Division2

opponents DelawareValley, Wal-

lenpaupack, Western Wayne,

Honesdale and North Pocono.

Schultz considers Abington

Heights, the Division 1 cham-

pion last year, as the division fa-vorite with Valley View as a po-

tential challenger.

The Invaders return seniors

Jorge Guevara, Joshua Hughes,

Jayvon Jones andTim Merkel to

thestarting lineupalongwith ju-

niors Vinny Arcieri, Gordan Ho-

danichand Corey Lestansky and

sophomore Carlos Perez.

Were developing a real good

passing game, Schultz said.

Were not just a kick-and-runteam.

Other players back from last

years team are: seniors Brandon

Sadoni, John Waltman andZach

Jacobson; juniors Zach Hiller

and Brandon Stempkowski; and

sophomores Antonio Cicco, Ce-

sar Colchado, Noah Gerrity and

Tyler Jakes.

Sophomore Jerome Gayle is

new to the team, along with

freshmen Nino Trozzolillo, JonRuddy, Jake Krupovich and Da-

niel Sherman.

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Jenn Spott needed less than a week to pick upher first win as West Scranton girls tenniscoach.

The Lady Invaders, who were winless a year ago,broke a 20-match Lackawanna League losingstreak Thursday, Aug. 23 with a 4-1 victory atRiverside.

Emily Graziano battled past Riversides AshleyFuentes, 6-2, 6-3, at number-one singles.Devan Scott also won a singles match and West

Scranton swept both points in doubles.Scott defeated Morgan Gable, 6-2, 6-2, at third

singles.Nancy Ramirez-Coletta Rempe won first doubles,

6-1, 6-2, over Victoria Pettyjohn-KelseyShaughnessy and Lisette Cobo-Kaylee Zarickwon second doubles, 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (11-9) overKayla Creedon-Christina Mansfield.

Riversides only point came at second singleswith Samantha Keoonelas 6-2, 6-1 win overMackenzie Madigan.

The match was the season opener for Riverside,

which had its first match with Elk Lake post-poned.West Scranton fell to defending champion Abing-

ton Heights in Tuesdays league opener.

GOLFOld Forge won its Lackawanna League Division 2

opener Wednesday over Elk Lake, leaving theBlue Devils as one of four divisional teams at1-0.

Lackawanna Trail is the only team off to a 2-0start.

Riverside split its first two matches.

CHAMPIONSHIP CHANGESDistrict 2 of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic

Athletic Association began planning fall cham-pionship events during its August meeting.

Golf team championships will be Oct. 5 at Pau-pack Hills. The individual titles will be decidedOct. 8 at Fox Hill Country Club.

Cross country will be held Oct. 24 at Elk Lake.Both sports are undergoing major changes this

year.

Golf will split into two classifications for the firsttime.

Cross country is switching from two to three

classifications.There are 22 Class AA and 18 Class AAA boys

golf teams in District 2. Old Forge and River-side are Class AA while West Scranton is ClassAAA.

There are17 Class AA and 15 Class AAA teams ingirls golf.

The top six boys in each class and the top threegirls in each class will advance to the PIAAEast Regional.

In boys cross country, there are nine Class AAAteams,17 Class AA and 15 Class A.

There are seven Class AAA,19 Class AA and 15Class A teams in girls cross country.

West Scranton is a Class AAA team and River-side is in Class A.

District 2 will award10 medals each in Class AAAboys and girls,15 medals each in Class A boysand girls and 20 medals each in Class AA boysand girls.

The district will have two team qualifiers and 10additional individual qualifiers for the statemeet in Class AA boys and girls and Class Agirls. It will have one team qualifier and fiveadditional individuals in Class AAA boys andgirls and Class A boys.

HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS NOTEBOOK

W.S. Lady Invaders break losing streak

That familiar anxious feeling,the one that hits every August, isback. For Matt McGloin, itsstronger than ever.

Its notjustthat hell bebackonthe football field next week for alive game hisfirst since Thanks-giving weekend but that it willrepresent a turn of the page atPenn State.

Im more excited for Sept. 1

than any start Ive had before,said McGloin, who will start inthe Nittany Lions opener thatday against Ohio. Being thegame onestarteris different fromwhat Ive had in the past. Ivebeen getting anxious and tryingto stayfocused.But youcanthelpbut think about what thats goingto be like running out of that tun-nel Sept. 1.

McGloin has made 10 starts atquarterback for the Lions, butthis will be his first in a seasonopener. And this one happens tobethe first game withBil

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