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VATICAN CITY Some 1.5million pilgrims flooded RomeSunday to watch Pope John Paul IImove a step closer to sainthood inone of the largest Vatican Masses inhistory, an outpouring of adorationfor a beloved and historic figureafter years marred by church scan-dal.
The turnout for the beatification
far exceeded even the most optimis-tic expectation of 1 million people,the number Rome city officialspredicted. For Catholics filling St.Peters Square and its surroundingstreets, and for those watchingaround the world, the beatificationwas a welcome hearkening back tothe days when the pope was almostuniversally beloved.
He was like a king to us, like afather, Marynka Ulaszewska, a28-year-old from Ciechocinek, Po-
land, said, weeping. I hope theseemotions will remain with us for along time, she said.
Pope Benedict XVI praised JohnPaul for turning back the seeminglyirreversible tide of communismwith faith, courage and thestrength of a titan, a strength whichcame to him from God.
John Paul is universally creditedwith helping bring down communi- AP PHOTO
Pope BenedictXVI passes a pictureof the late JohnPaul II in St. PetersSquare at the Vatican, Sunday.
Some 1.5 million watch beatification ceremony in Rome
John Paul closer to sainthoodByNICOLEWINFIELDandVANESSAGERA
Associated Press
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WASHINGTON Osamabin Ladenis dead.
President Barack Obama made thedramatic late-night announcementSunday from the East Room of the White House, ending the long, elusiveinternationalmanhunt forthe leaderofthe al-Qaida terrorist organization re-sponsiblefor the Sept.11,2001,attacks.
Justice has been done, Obama saidin an 10-minute address shortly beforemidnight.
Bin Laden, perhaps the most reviledman in the eyes of Americans, also wassought for the 1998 bombings of U.S.
embassies in east Africa.A smallteam ofU.S.operativeskilledbinLaden Sundayin Abbottabad,Pakis-tan,after a firefight,tookcustody ofhisbody and confirmed his identity, Oba-ma said. The president said a possiblelead to Obamas whereabouts emergedlast August,buttookmanymonthstorun down.
He determined last week that therewas enough intelligence to take action,he said. Sundays targeted operationwent down without harm to Americansand without civilian casualty, he said.
Celebratory crowds flocked outsidethe gates of the White House, wavingAmericanflags andsingingthe nationalanthem.
The United States is not and neverwill be at warwith Islam, Obama said.Bin Ladenwasnota Muslimleader. He
was a mass murderer of Muslims. Hisdemiseshould be welcomedby all whobelieve in peace and human dignity.
Obama said the Pakistani govern-ment had cooperated with the UnitedStates to make the operation possible.
An official said the U.S. is ensuringbin Ladens body is handled in accord-ance with Islamic tradition.
BIN LADEN WAS NOT a Muslim leader. He was a massmurderer of Muslims. His demise should be welcomed byall who believe in peace and human dignity. -- President Obama
BIN LADEN DEAD
AP FILE PHOTO
Osama binLaden is seenin October at an undisclosed locationin thistelevisionimage. A person familiar withdevelopmentssaid Sundaythat binLaden is deadand the U.S. has the body.
U.S. missionkills leader
of al-Qaidain PakistanTimes Leader Wire Services
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HARRISBURG Pennsylva-niasRepublicanPartyhas a mess-age forBob Casey: We wantyourU.S.Senate seat,badly.
Energized by the 2010 GOPwave that elected Pat Toomey tothe Senate and restored Republi-can control of the state govern-ment after an eight-year hiatus,party leaders are hoping to oustoneof Pennsylvaniasbest-knownpoliticians and make the statesSenate seats a matched pair in2012.
Several potential Casey chal-lengers are considering whethertorun,and oneRepublicanhasal-readyformedacommitteetoraisemoney forhis Senatecampaign.
But the elec-
tionisstillmorethan 18 monthsaway. AndCaseys 2006landslide oust-er of conserva-tive Sen. RickSantorum,then
the third-ranking Republican inthe Senate, cemented his statusas a political force to bereckonedwith.
One drawback for the GOP isthatthe fewRepublicanswho arehousehold names in Pennsylva-nia are either not interested inrunning former Govs. TomRidge and Mark Schweiker orare preoccupied with other en-deavors. Santorum recently setup a fundraising committee thatallows him to take the first stepstoward a presidential bid nextyear.
At the other end of the spec-trum is Harrisburg lawyer Mark
Scaringi, a formerSantorum aide
who is the only declared candi-date.Scaringi,whohas notprevious-
ly run for public office, has beentravelingacross thestateto drumup support from tea-party activ-ists and similar groups. His cam-paign committee reported a bal-ance of barely $300 at the end ofMarch.
We havent focused on fun-draising at all so far, said Scari-ngis campaign manager, JohnHaynes. Itsall aboutthe hustle.
Thatleavesa numberof Repub-lican congressmen and at leastonestatelawmaker whohavenotruled outa Senatecampaign.
State Sen. Jake Corman, chair-manof theSenateAppropriationsCommittee, acknowledged hehasbeenmakingthe roundswithpartyleadersaboutthepossibilityof challenging Caseys expectedre-election but said Friday thatstate budget negotiations come
first.
I wont make any final deci-sionsuntilafterthebudgetis ap-proved, the Centre County law-makersaid.
U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, whosedistrict includes the Lehigh Val-ley, is undecided about whetherto run for Senate, a spokesmansaid.
U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach, whopublicly flirted with a run for theGOP gubernatorial nominationlastyearbeforehewaselectedtoafifth term in his suburban Phila-delphia district, sent wordthrough an aide that he has "noplanstorun for theSenateatthistime.
Political observers said U.S.Rep.Tim Murphyis weighing hisoptions, but his spokesman didnot return phone messages Fri-day.
RobGleason,thestate Republi-canPartychairman,citeda Quin-nipiac University poll released
last week showing President Ba-
rack Obamas Pennsylvania ap-proval rating dipping to 42 per-cent as evidence that Casey willbe vulnerable next year. Obamacarried the state when he waselected in 2008 and Casey hasbeen a strongsupporter ofthe ad-ministrations policies.
Its going to be fun, Gleasonpredicted.
Casey said the 2012 electionswillbemainlyabouttheeconomyand jobs. He cited the tens of bil-lions of federal stimulus dollarsthatPennsylvaniareceivedandanarray of federal taxcutsas keystoan economic recovery thatis stilltakinghold.
Obama announced his re-elec-tioncampaign earlier thismonth.Casey, whose campaign commit-teehad$2.1milliononhandattheend of March, said he plans toseek another six-year term, butwill probably hold off an announ-cementuntil nextyear.
With 18 months to go, GOP eyes Casey seatOne challenge for Republicans
is finding a candidate with ahousehold name.
By PETERJACKSON
Associated Press Casey
Just moments into Fridaysshow at the Mohegan SunArena at Casey Plaza,Avenged Sevenfold proved why it is one of the biggestnames in heavy metal andhard rock music at the mo-ment.
With a scorching version ofNightmare, the band fromHuntington Beach, Calif. tookover the stage and ushered inits Welcome to the Familytour, complete with a manhanging from the rafters in anoose and enough flames tolight up the darkened arena.
Granted, you wouldnt ex-
actly expect subtlety from abunch of guys with names likeSynyster Gates and ZackyVengeance, but if anyone
doubted the bands powerbefore Friday, all shadows ofthat doubt were gone by thesecond song.
The band showed its versa-tility a few songs later with atouching version of So FarAway, written about thegroups original drummer,James The Rev Sullivan,who died in December 2009.The Nightmare album,which was just in its begin-ning stages at the time ofSullivans death, became thebands biggest release to date,debuting at No. 1 on the Bill-board chart.
Opening the show with athrashing 45-minute set, Sev-endust warmed up the audi-ence in fine fashion with greatversions of Enemy, Drivenand Forever.
Then came Three DaysGrace, the Canadian quartetthat was the most played
band on rock radio in 2007,with a 50-minute set filledwith the standout tracks fromits three top-selling albums.
Highlights included openerGood Life, a rousing sing-along I Hate EverythingAbout You, Never Too Late,and Riot. The band thenclosed its set with Animal IHave Become, as lead singer
Adam Gontier made his wayaround the large crowd.
Not taking the stage untilaround 9:40 p.m., Avenged
Sevenfold came on strong.It was a very large, very
loud crowd. The 100- and 200-sections looked like they werenear capacity and the stand-ing-room-only floor was aboutthree-quarters full.
The next concert at theMohegan Sun Arena is Cana-dian crooner Michael Bubleon June 8.
Avenged Sevenfolds concert is a rock fans dreamAlso joining the Family
tour at the arena were Three
Days Grace and Sevendust.
R E V I E W
By BRADPATTON
For The Times Leader
NIKO J. KALLIANIOTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
MattSanders of Avenged Sevenfold performs withthe bandFriday night at the Mohegun SunArenaat Casey Plaza.
SPRINGCLEANING
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Aidan Fitzgibbon. 5, enjoys the seasonable weatherwhile sweeping his familys walk along Carey Ave-
nue in Wilkes-Barre Sunday afternoon. The boy and hisfather were spending the day getting the yard readyfor summer.
LUZERNE Luzerne Bor-ough Sewer Authority will holdits regular meeting at 7 p.m.Tuesday.
Borough Council will hold itswork session at 7 p.m. Wednes-day. The meeting will take placeat the Luzerne Borough Build-ing, 144 Academy St. The publicis invited.
DALLAS The Eastern StarBuilding Association will behosting an inside and outsidecraft and flea market from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. Itwill be at 15 Foster St., Dallas,behind CVS Drugstore. Lunchedwill be served and Welsh coo-kies will be sold.
For vendor information, callDianne Corby at 675-4893.
SHEATOWN The NewportCemetery Association will meetat 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 11,at the Guardian Health Care.
The meeting will concern thefuture of the cemetery. All offi-cers and lot owners are urged toattend. If planning to attend,
call Jim Griffith Sr. at 735-3292,Thelma Blockus at 735-5489 orJim Griffith Jr. at 735-3506.
PITTSTON -- The Northeast-ern Pennsylvania Nonprofit andCommunity Assistance Center(NCAC) announces the 2011Community Awards finalistsrepresenting the seven-countyregion of Carbon, Lackawanna,Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Schuyl-kill and Wayne counties.
Arts & Culture - First Fri-day Scranton, LackawannaCounty for First Friday Scran-ton; Crayons, LackawannaCounty for Carbondales MainStreet Gallery Art Walk.
Theodore Ted G. DanielsCommunity Development -
Greater Carbondale YMCA,Lackawanna County for 21stCentury Capital Campaign;Luzerne County Flood Protec-tion Authority & River Com-mon.org, Luzerne County forRiver Common Park.
Children & Youth - Schuyl-kill United Way, SchuylkillCounty for Stuff the Bus AnnualSchool Supply Drive; ChildrensService Center, Luzerne Countyfor Juvenile Fire Setters Pro-gram.
Education - The ScrantonSchool for the Deaf & Hard ofHearing, Lackawanna Countyfor The Scranton School for theDeaf & Hard of Hearing; Volun-tary Action Center of NEPA,Lackawanna County for RSVP
Literacy Project. Environmental Action/
Animal Welfare - PennsylvaniaEnvironmental Council (PEC),Luzerne County, for An Eve-ning for Pennsylvanias Envi-ronment; Newport TownshipCommunity Organization, Lu-zerne County for NewportTownship Beautification Pro-gram.
Health & Human Services -Neighborhood Housing Servicesof Lackawanna County, Lacka-wanna County for CarbondaleNeighborWorks Week; S chuyl-kill Alliance for Health CareAccess, Schuylkill County, forHealth Care for the Uninsured For a Healthy Community.
Winners will be announced at
the 2011 Community AwardsDinner Program at 4:30 p.m.June 9 at the Woodlands Inn &Resort, Plains Township.
LOCAL BRIEFS
WILKES-BARRE During ameeting with teachers in amiddle school when she waschancellor of the District ofColumbia school system, Mi-chelle Rhee learned somethingabout the students there.
They demanded to be taughtby their teachers who helpedturn around the schools per-formance, said Rhee.
She recalled the meetingwhile delivering the 30th an-nual Max Rosenn Lecture Sun-day night at the Arnaud C.Marts Center on the campus of Wilkes University.
Rhee had scheduled a meet-ing with the middle schoolsstaff to inquire about the dras-tic improvement of the stu-dents on test scores and en-tered a room of what shethought were teachers anxiousabout sitting down with thechancellor.
When Rhee tried to allaytheir concerns about repeatingthe double-digit increase inscores, they taught her a les-son about the change in stu-dents attitudes. The studentsno longer accepted mediocrityand instead wanted to be chal-lenged, she added.
The teachers werent afraidof me. They were trying to live
up to the expectations of thechildren, said Rhee.
Th e t urna ro un d a t t heschool came after Rhee re-placed the principal with onewho shared her vision of pro-viding the best education pos-sible for the students from the
poor, urbandistrict.
It was one ofthe many
changes Rheem ad e i n h erb ri ef t hre e- year tenure aschancellor af-
ter taking the job in what shelabeled the most dysfunction-al and lowest performingschool district in the country.She left last year after MayorAdrian Fenty, who appointedher for the job in 2007, lost hisre-election bid.
Rhee, a graduate of CornellUniversity and Harvard Uni- versitys Kennedy School ofGovernment, subsequentlyformed StudentsFirst to con-tinue her quest to focus atten-tion and resources on where itmatters most in educatingAmericas youth.
I have a tremendous beliefin the power of teachers, saidRhee, 41, who taught thirdgrade in Baltimore.
Good teachers can do somuch to affect a student andbad ones have just as much aneffect, she noted.
She decried the nations lowranking in reading, math andscience skills when comparedto students of other nationsaround the world. If the UnitedStates performed poorly in theOlympics and lagged behind inthe medal count, Rhee said,there would be a national out-cry and call for a renewed ef-fort to do better. That kind of
response is what is needed tochange the public school sys-tem, she added.
We need to regain our senseof competition in the nationbecause we have gone soft,she said. Let me repeat that;we have gone soft.
Rhee touts impactteachers can haveAt Wilkes, ex-D.C. chancellor
stresses the good and bad that
teachers have on kids.
By JERRY LYNOTT
[email protected] Rhee
NEW YORK Mariah Ca-
rey and Nick Cannon celebrat-ed their third anniversarywithanother milestone becom-ing parents to a baby girl andboy.
Careys representative, Cin-di Berger, confirmed thebirthsto The Associated Press. The
41-year-old singing superstargave birth Saturday at 12:07
p.m. EDT at an undisclosedhospital in LosAngeles.Bergersays the baby girl was bornfirst, weighing 5 pounds, 3ounces, and was 18 incheslong;her brother wasnext, at5pounds 6 ounces, and was 19inches.
Singer Carey gives birth to girl, boyThe Associated Press
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Woman facing 2 countsA woman accused by city police of
placing two young children in a taxi foran unsupervised fare to an addresswaived her right to a preliminary hear-ing in Wilkes-Barre Central Court.
Holly Karpien, 37, of Wilkes-Barre,waived two counts of endangering thewelfare of children to Luzerne CountyCourt on Thursday.
According to the criminal complaint:A Burgit cab driver told police he
was dispatched to the 500 block ofSouth Main Street on March 30 totransport a 10-year-old girl and an 8-month-old toddler to the 100 block of
Jones Street. The transport was notsupervised by an adult, police said.
The driver took the children to theJones Street residence and found itunoccupied. The children were return-ed to Main Street, where Karpien alleg-edly called a second cab to take thechildren to Jones Street, the complaintsays.
Police said in the complaint that thetemperature was in the mid-20s andthe two children were wearing light-weight pajamas. The toddler was notcovered in a blanket, jacket or headcovering, police allege.
WILKES-BARRE
DUI charge goes forwardA man accused by city police of
drunken driving and endangering apolice officer during a pursuit waivedhis right to a preliminary hearing inWilkes-Barre Central Court on Thurs-day.
Jeffery Narkewicz, 41, of Plainfield,Conn., waived two counts each of driv-ing under the influence of alcohol andfleeing or attempting to elude police,and one count each of reckless en-dangerment, resisting arrest, disorder-ly conduct, driving with a suspendedlicense, accidents involving injury andseveral traffic citations to LuzerneCounty Court.
Police charged Narkewicz with flee-ing the scene after he struck a vehicleon Hazle Avenue on April 8. Policespotted Narkewicz in the area of WoodStreet, where he allegedly attempted toescape. An officer jumped on his vehi-
cle when he turned onto SambourneStreet, where he was forced to stop byan oncoming vehicle, according to thecriminal complaint.
Police said in the criminal complaintthat Narkewicz was intoxicated.
NANTICOKE
Armed robbery probedPolice are investigating an armed
robbery that took place at approximate-ly 3:29 a.m. Saturday at Turkey Hill,460 W. Main St.
Police described the suspect as awhite male, approximately 5 feet 9inches tall, with a thin build, and wear-ing a black shirt, gray pants, blackbaseball cap and black shoes.
Police said the man entered the store
and asked the clerk for change for adollar bill. The clerk opened the cashregister, at which point the manshowed a knife and demanded themoney from the register, police said.The clerk gave him an undeterminedamount of money from the register,police said.
Police said the suspect fled ontoMain Street in a small silver vehicle.
Anyone with any information aboutthe incident is asked to call NanticokeCity Police at 735-2200.
HAZLETON
$7K grant helps seniorsThanks to a $7,000 grant from The
Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue Crossof Northeastern Pennsylvania, Serento
Gardens teamed with a nurse and apharmacist to educate more than 300residents at Med-Ed meetings at localsenior centers and housing complexesduring the past year.
The free sessions covered topicssuch as throwing away expired med-icines, the hazards of interactionsamong drugs, the dangers of sharingprescriptions, and how to notice signsof alcoholism among the elderly.
The need for such education is espe-cially great in the Hazleton area, where2010 Census figures indicate that near-ly half the population is age 45 or olderand one in four residents is older thanage 62.
Across the country, poisoning byprescription medicines is currently thesecond-leading cause of unintentional
deaths annually, according to the Cen-ters for Disease Control and Preven-tion.
I N B R I E F
KINGSTON Aschildren arebeingre-moved from a home to enter foster care,theyaregiven10 minutesto filla garbagebagwith personalbelongings, saidLindaCoolbaugh, founderof S.M.I.L.E.,a char-ity benefitingWyomingCounty Childrenand Youth.
This is often the first experience chil-dren have when entering the foster caresystem.
Inan effortto make this transitioneas-ier, S.M.I.L.E collects items such as per-sonal hygiene items along with clothingandother itemsfor fosterchildren,to bereceivedfrom childrenand youth servic-es after the youths are removed from
their homes.Recently, Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church in Kingstonheld a fundraiser forproject S.M.I.L.E. during the 40 days ofLent, starting on Ash Wednesday andending on Easter Sunday. Coolbaughstarted S.M.I.L.E, which stands for Suit-cases Make Individuals Lives Easier, lastOctober.
On Saturday, the church gave severalhundred items to Coolbaugh. Collecteditemsincluded fleece blankets, undergar-
ments, magazines, notebooks, pencils,puzzles, clothing, sippy cups, shampoosand soaps.
Since I started this, I have collectedaboutfourcarloadsofitems,Coolbaughsaid. They (Wyoming County ChildrenandYouth)willcallothercountychildrenand youth agencies to see if they needanything.
Starting last October, Coolbaugh hastriedto get theword out aboutthe needsof children entering foster care throughherlocal newspaper, the WyomingCoun-ty Press Examiner.
HardingresidentCandy Frye,formerlyof Tunkhannock, saw Coolbaughs letter
Reaching out to foster children
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
MatthewWhite, of Wilkes-Barre, loadsitems into a bag to be given to foster
children as part of Project S.M.I.L.E.
Church collects items for youth entering systemByEILEENGODIN
Times Leader Correspondent
See FOSTER , Page10A
To help out with project S.M.I.L.E, contactLinda Coolbaugh at 836-2765 or 905-5834.
F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N
WILKES-BARRE After much
thought and effort, Don Miller an-swered one part of the question andleftthe other partunanswered.
Miller, aWorldWarIIhistorian,au-thorand theMcCrackenProfessorofHistoryat Lafayette College, wasthefeatured speaker Sunday at Holo-caust Remembrance Dayat theJew-ish Community Center.
Hespoke toap-proximately 100peopleon thetop-ic, Whether ornot the Alliescould have orshould havebombed Ausch-witzduring WorldWar II. Approxi-mately 6 millionJews were killedby the Nazi re-gime during the Holocaust, forcingthem into concentration camps likeAuschwitz in Poland.
Idont haveany easyanswers, ac-knowledged Miller, who has servedasa historicalconsultantfor ThePa-cific documentary on HBO, WorldWarIIinHDontheHistoryChannelandason-cameraexpertinthePublicBroadcasting Systems program,TheBombingof Germany.
Allied forces were bombingin thearea of Auschwitz in the summer of1944 and itcould havebeena target,he said. Itwas feasible.
However,thatwas basedon hisre-search, Miller said, which showedtheAmericanaircommandneverun-dertookits own feasibility study.
Miller criticized a review done byJohnJ. McCloy, assistant secretaryofthe war, in 1944 who would not au-thorize the bombing. McCloy con-cluded the bomber flights wouldhave had to originate from England,approximately 2,000 miles awayfrom the camp, and the aircraft andcrews could not be diverted fromtheir critical missions of destroying
Whether Allies could have or should have bombed Auschwitz discussed
Tough issue mulled
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Mitchell Pisarz, 14, lights one of six candles each representing1 million people that died
in the Holocaust. Behind Mitchell are his father, Allan, and grandfather, Morris, a survi-vor of Auschwitz.
I donthave anyeasy an-swers.
Don Miller
Holocaust
Remembrance
Day speaker
By JERRY LYNOTT
See HOLOCAUST , Page 10A
HAZLE TWP. The HazletonArea School Board will hold abudget meeting Wednesday anda finance committee meetingThursday to try to come up with ways to balance the school dis-tricts budget.
Theboardlast Thursday votedto rescind a previous vote thatwould have eliminated all socialclubs and all middle schoolsports.
That was after a gymnasiumfull of concerned parents, teach-ersand students pleadedwiththeboard at themeeting at McAdoo-Kelayres Elementary School tosave the programs.
Board members listened asparents, teachers and studentstook turns stepping to the podi-um to speak in favor of not cut-ting the programs.
After deciding to keep thesports and clubs, they unani-mously approved board memberSteveHahns motionto askall de-
partment heads to cut 5.5 per-cent more off their alreadyslashed budgets.
Another heated agenda itemwas thepurchaseofa $4.4millionmagnet school that will be usedto solve the overcrowding in theclassroomsin thedistrict.A mag-netpublic schoolhas specificpro-grams and instruction that arenot available elsewhere in aschool district and that are spe-cially designed to draw studentsfrom throughout the district. Ac-ceptance in the school would re-quire good grades, interest in aspecific curriculum and teacherrecommendations.
The building is located inDrumsand isownedby CAN DOCorp.
The board voted against a mo-tion to postpone the purchase ofthe building becausethe building would provide the 1,500 seatsneeded to alleviate the over-crowding issue in the district.
Business Manager Tony Rybaexplained that although the ini-tial cost for the magnet school is$4.4 million, the district wouldbe reimbursed 66 percent for thebuilding andan additional25 per-cent would be reimbursed fromconstruction. Final net costwould only be $1.5 million.
The meeting Wednesday be-gins at 5 p.m. in the Administra-tion Buildings second-floor con-ference room. The finance com-mitteemeetingon Thursdayis at
7 p.m. in the Hazleton Area Ca-reer Center, large group instruc-tion room.
Hazletonschools
tacklingbudgetSchool board rescinds vote to
eliminate all social clubs,
middle school sports.
By JIMMORRISSEY
Time Leader Correspondent
The mother of a teenagerwho took his own life severalyears ago has formed a sup-port group in Hazleton forfamilymembers andfriends ofpeople who have committedsuicide.
SamanthaNeaman, 40,saidshe formed the Suicide Be-reavement Support Group tohelp others who have lostlovedonesto suicidedealwiththe special issues in the griev-ing process.
In addition to their grief,surviving familymembersandfriends are often plagued by
guilt that they did not see orrecognize signs that the per-son was in distress. Thatmakes the grieving processthat much more difficult, shesaid.
Its a whole different proc-ess in addition to the normalgrieving process, Neamansaid. Its so beneficial for sur-vivorsto walkintoa roomandbe with people who are goingthrough the same thing.
Neamans 13-year-old son,Kyle Koslop, killed himself onFeb.10, 2007.Neamansaid hersonwas popular, outgoing andan excellent student. He gaveno indication he was suicidal.
He was very bright, funny,popular, she said. He wasjust a fantastic kid. I had no
reason for concern.The formation of the group
comes ata timewhensuicides
areontheincreasein thecoun-ty.
In 2010, 50 people commit-ted suicide, up from 35 in2009, according to the Lu-zerne County Cororners Of-fice. This year, 14 have com-mitted suicide, the coroners
office said.Neaman said she was moti-
vated in part to start a Hazle-
tonareagroupbecausenine ofthe 50 suicides in 2010 in-volved people from the Free-land/Hazleton area.
The group has been formedwith the help of Catholic So-cial Services, which has spon-sored a suicide bereavementgroup in Wilkes-Barre forroughlythe past25 years,saidDenise Rowinski-Mengak, su-pervisor of the adult and fam-ily services counseling pro-gram for CSS.
Neaman said she had beenattending the Wilkes-Barregroup for a number of years.Having a second group in thesouthern part of the countywill help reach more people.
Thegroupwillmeetthe sec-ondandfourthThursday ofev-
ery month from 6 to 7:30 p.m.at Catholic Social Services,214 W. Walnut St., Hazleton.
New group helps family of suicide victimsSurviving members and
friends are often plaguedby feelings of guilt.
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ONEAUDITEDNEWSPAPERIN LUZERNE COUNTY
Marriage license applications
filed in the Luzerne CountyRegister of Wills Office fromApril 25 through 29, 2011:
George Wayne Smith Jr. and
Sandra L. Coach Jonathan Adam Duffy and Kier-
stin Kimberly White John Leonard Stravinski and
Nicole Brielle Higdon Matthew Kenneth Macievic and
Jillian Marie Gadomski William Bryan Ljungquist and
Diane Althea Krolikowski Edward Loftus and Nanci Purcell Joseph Furner and Tina Red-
mond Stephen A. Spirko and Peterlyn
P. Wojtuszewska Michael Joseph Parini and Dayle
Ann Martin Jose Alejandro Mendez Campu-
sano and Josefina A. Colon Lawrence R. Maylath Jr. and
Cynthia Schmidt
Daniel C. Riley and Anita Talarico Robert Holiday and Tnessa Fish-
er
Joseph J. Pericci and Patricia
Connolly Kevin Baranowski and Kristen
Dietrick Ronald G. Latta Jr. and Roberta
Wolfe Brian Joseph Kasarda and Jessi-
ca Ann Ervin Michael Andrew Trovitch and
Nichole Ashley Turnbach John Repko and Flora Lopez Ling Chen and Jinyun Hong James Joseph Kurchock and
Barbara Key Kurchock John Reiser and Shannon Jean
Reilly Andrew Ryan Southworth and
Bethany Lynn Kinney Mario C. Stetts and Danielle Irene
Basile
Brian R. Dacunha and MaryGrace Lloyd
Justin Eric Eddy and Beth Ann
Bukofski Joseph Girard Donahue Jr. and
Stephanie Dillon
John Jacob Welgosh Jr. andJennifer Elizabeth Thiemann
Richard F. Gatusky Jr., and RuthHelen Thomas
Divorces sought and filed in theLuzerne County Prothono-tarys Office from April 25through 29, 2011:
Patrick James Liberaski Jr.,Dallas, and Mayelin Goebel-Liberaski, Dallas
Patrice Lynn Madaya, Shaver-
town, and Edward Francis Ma-daya, SwoyersvilleMelissa Molino, Hazleton, and
Nicholas Molino, Plymouth Carols Vasquez, Freeland, and
Denise Vasquez, Freeland Christine Rock, Wilkes-Barre, and
Alan Waclawski, Wilkes-BarreAnn Heffernan Koval, Dallas, and
Philip T. Koval, Dallas Randy McDonough, Kingston,
and Margaret McDonough, King-ston
Eric Mellas, Mountain Top, andSarah Mellas, Mountain Top
Majel Mauro, Shickshinny, andJohn C. Mauro, Shickshinny
Alison Marie Redmond, SweetValley, and Larry James Red-mond, Sunbury
Orlando Joarbe, Scranton, andDiana Y. Lopez, Allentown
Jessica A Ozehoski, Ashley, andRandolph Ozehoski, HanoverTownship
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.
Launch postponed again
Space shuttle Endeavours finallaunch is off until at least May 8
because technicians need to replace aswitch box in the engine compartment,NASA said Sunday.
The six astronauts led by com-mander Mark Kelly wasted no timeheading back to Houston.
Kellys wife, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords,traveling separately from the crew, wasback in Houston by mid-afternoon. Shewill resume rehab there; she waswounded in a shooting rampage fourmonths ago.
As late as Saturday, the astronauts
and their families were still hoping fora possible launch attempt today. ButNASA gave up on that once it becameclear extensive repair work would beneeded to fix a faulty heater system.The trouble initially prevented theshuttle from blasting off Friday.
TEHRAN, IRAN
President ends boycottIranian President Mahmoud Ah-
madinejad signaled Sunday that he hadbacked down in a power struggle withIrans supreme leader by ending hisapparent boycott of Cabinet meetingsand accusing the U.S. and Israel ofexaggerating internal rifts.
The presidents challenge to theultimate authority of Supreme Leader
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earned himpublic rebukes from Khamenei himselfas well as lawmakers and hard-lineclerics, who regard the supreme leaderas answerable only to God.
The split between the men, who hadbeen close in the past, appeared to becentered on a battle for influence overnext years parliamentary election anda presidential election in 2013. It flaredup this month when Ahmadinejaddismissed the powerful intelligenceminister, whom Khamenei then quicklyreinstated in a slap to the president. Inprotest, the president skipped twoCabinet meetings last week.
BERLIN
Workers make demandsSome 400,000 people took to the
streets in Germany on Sunday asmarchers around the world demandedmore jobs, better working conditionsand higher wages on International Workers Day.
In Berlin, several rallies were scat-tered across the capital, with policesaying10,000 people had taken to thestreets.
Police were out in force as past dem-onstrations had turned violent.
In New York, labor leaders fromWisconsin joined activists to march forthe rights of Americas immigrants andworkers. It was one of dozens of march-es around the nation.
INDIANA, PA.
Reality TV chopper crashesAuthorities in western Pennsylvania
say a helicopter carrying a reality tele-vision crew crashed near Indiana Uni-versity of Pennsylvania, seriously in-juring two of the four people aboard,but no fatalities were reported.
The helicopter went down shortlyafter 8:30 p.m. Saturday in betweentwo apartment buildings. Officials sayno one on the ground was injured.
We heard an airplane sound comingdown real low, IUP freshman LaurenYates of Harrison City in Westmore-land County told the Pittsburgh Tri-bune-Review. It kept getting lower andlower and spun a few times. It landedon the roof and fell down and over onthe cement.
Federal Aviation Administrationspokesman Jim Peters said Sunday thatone of the three passengers, who are all
Canadian citizens, walked away but theother three people were injured. Onewas in critical condition while anotherwas in serious condition.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
May Day celebration in full bloom
William Knodel of Syracuse wears aflower pot hat that he made for the31st Annual May Day celebration atThorden Park in Syracuse, N.Y.
SANAA, Yemen A deal toend Yemens political crisisneared collapse on Sunday af-ter the countrys embattledpresident refused to personallysign it, leaving a deadlock thatthreatens to plunge the impov-erished Arab nation and keyU.S. ally deeper into disorderand bloodshed.
An unraveling of the deal forAli Abdullah Saleh to stepdownafter nearlythreemonthsof protests against his rule
would greatly increase the pro-
spects of more bloodshed in anation long beset by seriousconflict and deep poverty and which is home to al-Qaidasmost active offshoot.
Atleast140people have beenkilled in the governmentscrackdown on the protesters,whohave nonethelessgrown innumber week after week. The violence, which has includedsniper attacks, has promptedseveral top military command-ers, ruling party members, dip-lomats and others to defect tothe opposition, largely isolat-ing the president.
Still, Saleh has clung to pow-er, thanks in part to the keybackingof Yemens besttrainedand equipped military units,which are under the command
of one of his sons and otherclose relatives.
Therewill likelybe more vi-
olence now, said analyst Faresal-Saqqaf. It the end, we mayhave foreign intervention to
end the chaos and bloodshed,
he predicted.Continued unrest in Yemen
risks the stability of a regionthatis home to important ship-ping lanes at the southernmouth ofthe RedSea.Yemenisalsoclose tothemassiveoil andgas fields of the Gulf Arab re-gion.
The country has over theyearsbeen wracked by rampantcorruption, a weak central gov-ernment, a Shiite rebellion inthe north, a secessionist move-ment in the south and, sinceearly February, the massiveprotests demanding Salehsouster.
Inspired by uprisings inEgypt and Tunisia, the protestspose the most serious threat toSalehs authoritarian rule.
Deal to end Yemen political crisis in doubtPresident refuses to sign
proposal to step down aftermonths of protests.
ByAHMEDAL-HAJ
andHAMZAHENDAWI
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Anti-government protestors shout slogans during a demon-
stration in Sanaa,Yemen, Sunday.
BIRMINGHAM,Ala. Macolee Mu-hammed accepted the prayer of a reliefworker whostopped by what wasleftofher Birminghamhome. It didnt matterthat she was Muslim and he was aSouthern Baptist.
If you came here to help, the onlypersonwhosentyouwasGod,shesaid.
The storms that roared across theSouth last week flattened churches and
crushed the homes of pastors and par-ishioners in a ragged stretch from Mis-sissippi to Virginia. At least 342 peoplewere killed and thousands more hurt.
Soon the firstSundayafterthedisas-ter, believers streamed into houses ofworshipto give thanksfor beingspared,tomournthedeadand toponderimpos-sible questions. Why did some survivewithout any explanation? Why did oth-ers die for no apparent reason?
Many people in this highly religiousregion saw God at work, even amid thedevastation.
"God just puthis bigold armsaroundus, said Peggy Blevins, 59, of Rain-sville, Ala. I dont understand why hetakes some people and leaves others.
But I thank him just the same for pro-tecting us.
When the storm drew near, she andher family hid in a hallway of theirhouse. She believes they survived onlybecause some trees fell on the house,pinningit down andpreventing thetor-nado from hurling it through the air.
To some people it might soundcold,butGod does have a plan,"Blevins said."Iknow I sound like oneof those South-ern Baptists, but I am.
In most small towns around here,
churches serve as community centers,town halls and gymnasiums. BesidesSunday services, they host Boy Scouttroop meetings, neighborhood voting,
bake sales, basketball games andWednesday night prayer meetings.
Some churches were wiped out.Some of those left standing have be-come headquarters for rebuilding.
American Christian Academy, a pri-vate school in Tuscaloosa, hosted a ser-vice at a football stadium within walk-ing distance of neighborhoods whereseveral churches were wiped out. Theschool distributed food, clothes, Biblesand other supplies to residents whocame to worship.
"Were hoping to feed them and givethem some spiritual food," said RobCain, the schools athletic director andcampus pastor.
S E V E R E W E AT H E R A C R O S S S O U T H
AP PHOTO
Alberta Baptist Church Buildings and Grounds chairperson Dan Turner takes a moment to pray in the demolished sanctuary of the church in Tuscaloosa, Ala.on Sunday. About 100 church members gathered outside the church Sunday morning for a brief service before helping their neighbors.
Survivors find comfort in faithThe storms that roared across the
South last week flattened churches.
By JOHNCHRISTOFFERSON
andCHRISTOPHERHAWLEY
Associated Press
CAIRO TheSyrian militaryintensified its vigorous assaultonthebesieged city atthecenterof the countrys uprising Sundayas defiant residents who havebeen pinned down in theirhomes for nearly a week strug-gled to find food, pass along in-formationand bury their dead.
President Bashar Assad is de-termined to crush the six-week-old revolt, which began in thesouthern city of Daraa.
Now, the protests are posingthe most serious challenge tofour decades ofruleby theAssadfamilyin oneof themost repres-sive and tightly controlled coun-tries in theMiddle East.
The security solution isnt
working. People are stilldemon-strating, Damascus-based hu-manrightsactivistRazanZaitou-neh said. They cant stop these
(protests) now.Daraa has beenwithout water,
fuel or electricity since Monday,when the regime sent in troopsbacked by tanks and snipers tocrushprotestsseekingthe ousterof Assad. The death toll hassoared to 545 nationwide fromgovernment forces firing ondemonstrators action thathasdrawn international condemna-tion and U.S. financial penaltieson topfiguresin hisregime.
Syrian army tanks shelled theold quarter of Daraa on Sundayand rolled in six armored vehi-cles, flanked on either side bytwo buses packed with more se-curity forces, residents said. Butresidents remained defiant andresourceful, using battery-pow-eredcomputers and satellitetele-phones tocommunicatewith theoutside world, and sneakingthrough alleyways to share infor-mation.
Unable to leave their homes,Daraa residents chant God is
Great! to each other from theirwindows in the evenings, infu-riating security forces and rais-ing each othersspirits.
Syrian residents continueprotesting despite assaultPresident Bashar Assad is
determined to crush the
six-week-old revolt.
ByDIAA HADID
The Associated Press
PARIS Investigatorshave located and recoveredthe missing memory unit ofthe flight data recorder of a2009 Air France flight aremarkable deep-sea discov-ery they hope will explainwhy the aircraft went downin a remote area of the mid-Atlantic, killing all 228 peo-ple on board.
Frances air accident in-vestigation agency BEA saida search by a submarineprobing 12,800 feet belowthe oceans surface locatedand recovered the unit Sun-day morning. The unit isnow aboard theIledeSein,aship thats helping conductthe probe, the statementsaid.
The statement also in-
cluded photos of the record-er a red cylinder partiallyburied in sand on the seafloor. Judging from the pho-
tos, the unit appeared to bein good condition.
Still, BEA officials havewarned that the recordingsmay yet prove unusable,considering the pressurethey were subjected to fornearly two years.
We cant say in advance
thatweregoingto beable tore ad i t u nt il i ts b ee nopened, a BEA spokeswo-man told The Associated
Press in a telephone inter- view. She did not give hername in accordance withher agencys policy.
Last month, the agencysaidtheunderseasearchhadidentified the chassis thathad held the recorder, butthe memory unit was still
missing. Detached from thechassis, the memory unit was found nearby, the spo-keswoman said.
Air France black box recoveredMemory unit from 2009
flight that crashed and
killed 228 may explain why.
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
This photo provided Sunday by Frances air accident probe
agency shows the discovered flight data recorder.
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WARRENK. DAVENPORT, 24,of Shickshinny, died Saturday,April 30, 2011.
Funeral arrangements arepending from the Clarke Piatt Fu-neral Home Inc., 6 Sunset Road,Hunlock Creek.
CECILIA T. NIZNIK, 8 2, of Plain Township, died Saturday,April 30, 2011. She was a daughterof Adam and Anna Mushinsky Ku-nec. She was preceded in death byhusband, Francis; brother, PeterKunec;and sister, Ann Limongelli.Surviving are son, Michael, Me-chanicsburg, Pa.; daughter, Donna Trickle, Ocean City, N.J.; andgrandchildren, Michael Jr., Jenna,and Sean.
Funeral services will be heldat 11 a.m. Tuesday from the Yeo-sock Funeral Home, 40 S. MainStreet, Plains Township, withMass of Christian Burial at 11:30a.m.inSt Stanislaus Church.Inter-mentwill bein SacredHeart Cem-etery, Dallas. Friends may callfrom10 to 11a.m. Tuesday. In lieuof flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Founda-
tion Fighting Blindness, 800-683-5555, or to the Sisters of ChristianCharity, 250 S. Washington St. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.
DAVID SPAK, 54, of Ashley,diedFriday,April29, 2011,at Geis-inger Wyoming Valley MedicalCenter, Plains Township. Surviv-ing are brothers, Thomas Spak,andwife,Cathy;James;sisters, Ei-leen Szychowski, and husband,Clem, and Maryann Spak; niecesand nephews, Matt, Brian, andJoelle Szychowski, Kaitlyn, Britta-ny, and Jillian Spak; uncle, JoeBlat; as well as numerous cousins.
Funeral Services will be heldat 9 a.m. Wednesday from the Ge-orge A. Strish Inc., Funeral Home,105 N. Main St., Ashley, with aMass of Christian Burial at 9:30a.m. from St. Leos/Holy Rosary
Church,ManhattanStreet, Ashley.Interment will be in St. MarysCemetery, Hanover Township.Friends may call from 5:30 to 8:30p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers,donationscanbemadein hismem-oryat thefuneralhometo theSier-ra Club, or the Peace and JusticeCenter, Wilkes-Barre.
ShirleyJ.Connors,84, ofHoldenStreet, West Wyoming, died
Saturday, April 30, 2011, in theMeadows Nursing and Rehabilita-tion Center, Dallas.
Born in Wyoming, she was a
daughterof thelateArthurandAn-na Jones Fritz.
Shirley was a graduate of theWyoming Memorial High School,
class of 1945.Mrs. Connors was employed in
the garment industry for many
years. Prior to her retirement, shewas employed at Carter Footwear,Wilkes-Barre, for 15 years.
She was a member of the FirstBaptist Church, Wyoming, whereshe served as a deaconess andmember of the choir.
Shirley was preceded in deathby her husband, Gerald; son, Ger-ald A Connors, and brother, Fred
A. Fritz.
Surviving are sons, Robert,West Wyoming, Richard, and his
wife, Lois, KingstonTownship; sixgrandchildren; five great-grand-children; two great-great-grand-children; sisters, Jane Carey, Sun
City Center, Fla., Nancy Monroe,Barling,Ark., EdithKraynak,Fran-klinTownship,Pa., andCarolMill-
er, Wyoming; brother; HaroldFritz, Boca Raton, Fla.; as well asseveral nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services will
be held from the Metcalfe andShaver Funeral Home Inc., 504 Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. In-
terment will be in the MemorialShrine Cemetery, Carverton.
There will be no calling hours.
Memorial contributions may bemade to a charity of the donorschoice.
Shirley Connors
April 30, 2011
Susan L. Haddick, 46, of Enola,Pa., entered intoeternal lifeSat-
urday, April 30, 2011, at home.She was born on September 23,
1964, in St. Vincents Hospital,Bridgeport, Conn., and was adaughter of Virginia and StanleyMotyka, Larksville.
Sue was a 1982 graduate ofWyoming Valley West High School,attended the University of Pitts-burgh,and graduatedfrom Blooms-burgUniversity, classof 1987, withaBachelors Degreein SpecialEduca-tion, and later achieving a MastersDegree in Special Education fromShippensburg University.
Sue was a special educationteacher at Good Hope MiddleSchool, Mechanicsburg, Pa., andpreviously at West Perry MiddleSchool, Perry County, Pa.
She was an active member ofCamp Hill United MethodistChurch, being involved in theirnursery program. She was also in-volved in the Epilepsy Foundationof Central Pennsylvania, and, withher family, participated in raisingmoney in the annual walk.
Sue was a loving mom, makingherself available to her children inall situations. She was a devoted wife, daughter, aunt, sister, niece,and friend to all.
She had a dynamic, beautifulsmile, and a great personality. Shewill be greatly missed by family,friends, and all who knew her.
Sue is survived by her husband,Charles E. C.J. Haddick Jr.; a son,Charles E. III, Enola; a daughter,Brynn Elizabeth, Enola; parents,
Virginia (Davis), and Stanley Moty-ka, Larksville; a sister, and her hus-band, TracyL., andDr.DavidMarti-ni, Lincoln University, Pa.; a broth-er, and his wife, Stanley W., and Su-san Motyka, Kingston; as well asnephews; aunts; uncles; and cou-sins.
Memorial services will be heldat 10:30 a.m. Thursday at herchurch, 417 South 22nd Street,Camp Hill. Burial will be held at 3
p.m. Thursday in St. Johns Ceme-tery, Dallas. Visitation will be heldfrom 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Par-themore Funeral Home and Crema-tion Services, 1303 Bridge Street,New Cumberland.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions are requested to 8301Professional Place, Landover MD20785 (www.epilepsyfounda-tion.org).
For more information or to sendmessages of condolence, please vis-it www.Parthemore.com.
Susan HaddickApril 30, 2011
Barbara Schuster, 62, of Moosic,diedSaturdayevening,April30,
2011,at homeafter alengthyillness.She was born in Scranton, a
daughter of the late Robert J. andMary Hastings Bolchune.
Barbara was a member of theTrinity United Church of Christ,and a graduate of West ScrantonHigh School, class of 1967.
She was active with the Marion Terrace Boys and Girls Club, Wilkes-Barre, the Moosic HeightsCrime Watch, and the DowntownScranton Crime Watch.
Prior to her illness she was em-ployedfor25 years,by SchottNorthAmerica Inc., Duryea, as an execu-tive secretary.
Barbara was loved by those whoknew her and she will be missed.
The family would like to thankthe Heartland Hospice for theirkind and compassionate care andSchottNorth AmericaInc.,for theirsupport and kindness.
Barbara is survived by a sister,Esther Phillips, Moosic; two broth-ers, WilliamB. Bolchune,Scranton,and Robert J. Bolchune, Throop; as
well as aunts; uncles; nieces; neph-ews; and cousins.Thefuneral willbe held at 10:30
a.m. Wednesday from the Miller
BeanFuneralHomeInc., 436CedarAvenue, Scranton, with services at11a.m. inthe Trinity UnitedChurchof Christ, at the corner of ProspectAvenue and BeechStreet, Scranton,by the Rev. Harrison Putnam, pas-tor. Interment will follow in TheFirst Primitive Methodist ChurchCemetery, Dickson City.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m.and7 to9 p.m. Tuesdayat thefuner-al home.
Go to www.millerbeanfh.com foradditional funeral information, di-rections, orto submit anonlinecon-dolence card.
Barbara SchusterApril 30, 2011
Angeline G. Strenfel, 89, of LakeSilkworth, passed into eternal
life on Saturday, April 30, 2011, ather home.
Bornon November 5,1921,in Lu-zerne,she wasa daughterofthe lateJohn and Agnes Vrankar Mali Klan-sek.
Angeline had resided at LakeSilkworth her entire life, and was amember ofOur Ladyof Mt.CarmelChurch.
Her husband, Edward J. Strenfel,diedin 1976.She wasalso precededin death by a daughter, Dorothy M.Woychio; sisters, Frances Kazokas,Mary (Rose) Wildoner, AgnesPugh, Mary Poluski, Stella Kusar,Pauline Plesnecher, and Anna Er-zar; brothers, Albert, John, Joseph,and Victor Klansek, and VincentVrankar.
Angeline is survived by daugh-ters, Angie Strenfel, withwhomsheresided, Shirley Watkins, and herhusband,James, Chino Hills, Calif.,Janet Rossi, andher husband,Mod-erno, Hunlock Creek; sons, EdwardStrenfel, Hanover Township, andDavidStrenfel, SweetValley; grand-sons, Michael Woychio, Eric Stren-
fel, Jimmy Watkins, Timothy Stren-fel, David Strenfel, and Jason Rossi;two great-grandsons; daughters-in-law, Donna Strenfel, Kingston, andCathy Strenfel Metric, HanoverTownship; as well as several niecesand nephews.
Funeralwill beheld at10:30 a.m.Tuesday from the Curtis L. Swan-son Funeral Home Inc., corner ofroutes 29and118,PikesCreek, witha Massof Christian Burial at11a.m.fromtheOurLadyof Mount CarmelChurch, Lake Silkworth, with theRev. Joseph Pisaneschi officiating.Interment will be in the Mount Ol-ivet Cemetery, Carverton. Friendsmay call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Tues-day, prior tothe serviceat thefuner-al home.
The family would like to thankthe staff of Care Givers of America,
and Hospice Community Care formakingAngelines lastdays at homeas comfortable as possible.
The family requests that memo-rial contributions be sent to Hos-pice Community Care, 601 Wyom-ing Ave., Kingston, PA 18704.
Angeline StrenfelApril 30, 2011
R
onaldHollisLaSalle,47,of Mor-
ganton, N.C., passed away Fri-day, April 29, 2011, in Wilkes-BarreGeneral Hospital, after a coura-geous two-year battle with cancer.
He was born in Canton, N.Y., onMay 19, 1963, a son of the late CarlFloyd and Arlene Tibbles LaSalle.
Ronwaspresident andchiefexec-utive officer of Burke Hospice andPalliative Care, Valdese, N.C.
Ron served in the U.S. Army,where hewasa member ofthe1984Culinary Olympic Team.
After a seven-year career in foodservice management, Ron changedcareer paths and became a Regis-tered Nurse. After working on amedical surgical floor at a hospitalfor two years, he worked as a Regis-tered Nurse Case Manager for Hos-pice of Jefferson County, Water-town, NY.
In June 2000, Ronwas named ex-ecutive director of Hope Hospiceand Palliative Care, Medford, Wis.
While in this role, he served on theBoard of Directorsof HospiceOrga-nization and Palliative Experts ofWisconsin,andwasa memberof theKiwanisandRotaryClubs. Hewas aPaul Harris Fellow.
Ron relocated to Burke County,N.C., in 2002 with his son, Ronny,where he was active in the commu-nity through his involvement inMorganton Kiwanis and ValdeseRotaryClub.He wasa volunteer forthe Burke County United Way andthe Good Samaritan Clinic.
Ron served on the safe schooltask force at the Burke PublicSchools, and was past chair of theBurke County Chamber of Com-merce, and past president of the Ki-
wanis Club.He was a member of the Burke
County NAACP, and the Walden-sian Presbyterian Church.
In2004,Ron foundedthe Nation-al Hospice Consulting Group, LLC which he served as the presidentand CEO.
Heis survivedbyhis formerwife,
Maureen LaSalle; son, Ronny;daughters, Nichole, Melissa, andKristen; brothers, Randy, Carlton,Alan, and Christopher LaSalle; sis-ters, Carlene McCargar, SherryBlade, and Sandy Lantainge; andfivegrandchildren, Braden,Ella,Lil-ly, Aidan, and Andrew.
FuneralServiceswill be heldat 7 p.m. Wednesday at the
Howell-Lussi Funeral Home, 509 Wyoming Avenue, West Pittston,theRev. James Breese,pastorof theFirst Baptist Church, Pittston, willofficiate. Friends may call at the fu-neral home from 5 p.m. until thetime of service Wednesday. Inter-ment will be held at the conve-nience of the family.
Ronald Hollis LaSalleApril 29, 2011
Amin Elias Khoudary, of Alep-po, Syria, passed away Tues-
day, April 26, 2011, at his home,
surrounded by his family.He was born on October 15,
1926, inAleppo, Syria,a sonof thelate Elias and Afifa KhabbazaKhoudary.
Prior to retiring, he was a nurseat a private clinic for many years.Heservedhonorablyin WorldWarII. He was a member of the St. Ge-orge Melkite Catholic Church inAleppo, Syria. He was a fun-lovingman and took great pride in hisfamily. Hewasalways thereto helppeople in their time of need.
Hewas preceded in death byhisbrothers, AboudKhoudary,JosephKhoudary, and Raymond Khoud-ary.
Surviving are his wife, CamiliaHaffar Khoudary; daughter VivianKhabbaza and her husband, Elias,Ph. D., of East North Port, N.Y.;sons, Elias and his wife, Gracia, of
Aleppo, Syria, Kamal, Ph.D. andhis wife, Laureice, of Aleppo, Sy-ria, Raymond, M.D. and his wife,Malak, of Dallas, and Joseph andhiswife,Daad,of Smithtown,N.Y.;brothers, Edmond and Maureice;and a sister, Nadia Denbackley, allofVillaDe Cura,Venezuela; grand-children, Joseph, M.D., Deena,M.D., Michael, Amin Elias, Nata-lie, Amin Kamal, Tony, Maria, An-thony Amin, Peter, Theresa, Ste-phanieand Christopher;as well asnumerous nieces and nephews.
A memorial Mass will be heldat 7 p.m. Tuesday in St. Anthonyand St. George Maronite Church,315 Park Ave.,Wilkes-Barre.A cof-fee hour will be held after the me-morial service at the church hall.
Memorial donations may bemade to St. Anthony and St. Ge-orge Maronite Church, 315 ParkAve.,Wilkes-Barre, PA18702,withthe proceeds going to Aminschurch,St. George MelkiteCathol-ic Church in Aleppo, Syria.
Amin EliasKhoudary
April 26, 2011
SeraphineKlepadlo Yurek,82, of Wyom-
ing, died Sun-day, M ay 1,2011,at HospiceCare of t heVNA, HeritageHouse, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, on May17,1928, she was a daughter of the lateJoseph and Michaelena SklarowskiKlepadlo.
Seraphine was a member of St.Monicas Parish,Wyoming,and wasa member of the Confraternity ofChristian Mothers, and also was amemberof theAltarand RosarySo-ciety.
In addition to her parents, shewas preceded in death by brothers,Leo, Stanley, Joseph, and Stephen.
Seraphine is survivedby herhus-bandof 57years, Carl Yurek; daugh-ters, Carol Yurek, at home, andElaine McCabe, and her husband,Bill, Wyoming; grandchildren, Kel-
ly, and Christopher McCabe; sis-ters, Helen Swenski, Wapwallopen,and Mary Florio, Plains Township;as well as several nieces and neph-ews.
Funeral services willbe held at9:30 a.m.Tuesdayfromthe Bednar-ski Funeral Home, 168 WyomingAvenue, Wyoming, with a Mass ofChristian Burial at10 a.m. at St. Jo-sephs Church in the Parish of St.Monica, Wyoming. Internment willbe in St. Josephs Cemetery, WestWyoming. Friends may call at 8:30a.m. until the time of service Tues-day.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions may be made in honor ofSt. Josephs Church to St. MonicasParish, 363 W. Eighth St., West Wyoming, PA 18644.
SeraphineKlepadlo Yurek
May 1, 2011
Velma R. Weed,96, of Dallas,andWestPittston diedSunday, May
1, 2011, at The Meadows Nursingand Rehabilitation Center, Dallas.
Mrs. Weedwas bornin West Pitt-ston, a daughter of the late WaltonS. and Helen Morrison Weed, andwas a graduate of the class of 1932,West Pittston High School.
She began her working careerwith the Pennsylvania DepartmentofPublicAssistanceandpriorto herretirement, she had been executivesecretary for several chief adminis-trators at Valley Crest.
Velma had been very active as a50-year member of Dallas Chapter#396, Order of the Eastern Star,where she had served as an officerand organist for many years.
She was also a member of theIrem Womens Auxiliary, and of theShavertown United MethodistChurch, and its Mary Circle.
Velmahad a great lovefor music,andwas avery accomplishedpianistand organist from an early age. Inaddition to her work with the East-ern Star, she had been organist formany years at the First Congrega-tional United Church of Christ, andFirst Presbyterian Church, WestPittston.
As a youngster, sheplayed forthesilent movies at the former GardenVillage Theatre, West Pittston.
She was a devoted wife, mother,grandmother, great-grandmother,andaunt whoselife revolved aroundher family.
In addition to her parents, shewas preceded in death by her hus-band, Ellis K. Weed; her belovedgranddaughter, Amanda JosephineWeed; a brother, Roland J. Moffatt;and sister, Grace Huntley.
Surviving are her son, Charles A. Weed, and his wife, Karen, WestPittston; daughter, Sharon Jones,and her husband, John H., Dallas;granddaughters, Megan E. Nice,
and her husband, George, SweetValley; Rebecca Evansky, and herhusband, John, Hudson Falls, N.Y.;
great-grandson, Hunter ThomasNice; and nephew, Robert H. HahnJr., Tunkhannock, Pa.
The family would especially liketo thank all the staff at MeadowsManor AssistedLiving,andalso thethird floor staff of The MeadowsNursing and Rehabilitation Centerfor the wonderful care given to ourMother.
Funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the H. MerrittHughes Funeral Home Inc., 211Lu-zerne Avenue, West Pittston, withthe Rev. Lynn Snyder, pastor, Sha-vertown United Methodist Church,officiating. Interment will be in West Pittston Cemetery. Friendsmay call from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday.Dallas Chapter #396, Order of theEastern Star, will conduct servicesTuesday.
The family requests that flowersbe omitted, and that donations inVelmas name be made to Shriners
Hospital, c/o Irem Shrine Center,P.O.Box307,Dallas,Pa.18612, ortoPediatricCancer Center, JanetWeisChildrensHospital, GeisingerMed-ical Center, Danville, Pa. 17821.
Velma WeedMay 1, 2011
BALDRICA Albert, funeral 9a.m. today from the CorcoranFuneral Home Inc., 20 S. MainSt., Plains Township. Mass ofChristian Burial 9:30 a.m. inSs. Peter & Paul Church,Plains Township.
BELTRAMI Joseph Jr., funeral9:30 a.m. today from theFierro Funeral Home, 26 W.Second St., Hazleton. Mass ofChristian Burial 10 a.m. inMost Precious Blood Church,Hazleton.
BOBACK Shirl, memorial bless-ing service 8 p.m. today atthe Simon S. Russin FuneralHome, 136 Maffett St., PlainsTownship. Friends may callfrom 6 to 8 p.m. today.
BUDZINSKI Peter, funeral 10a.m. Tuesday from the Corco-ran Funeral Home Inc., 20 S.Main St., Plains Township.Friends may call from 7 to 9p.m. today.
CARWARDINE Linda, funeral 11a.m. Tuesday in the Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral HomeInc., 318 E. Drinker St., Dun-
more. Visitation from 4 to 7p.m. today at the funeralhome.
CHESNEY Gilbert, militaryfuneral 9:30 a.m. Tuesdayfrom the George A. Strish Inc.,Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St.,Glen Lyon. Mass of ChristianBurial 10 a.m. in Holy Spirit/St.Adalberts Church, Glen Lyon.Friends may call from 5 to 8p.m. today and from 8:30 to9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
DEVERS Mary, funeral 9 a.m.Tuesday from the Peter J.Adonizio Funeral Home, 802Susquehanna Ave., West Pitt-ston. Mass of Christian Burial9:30 a.m. in Corpus ChristiParish, Immaculate ConceptionChurch, West Pittston. Friendsmay call from 4 to 8 p.m.today at the funeral home.
FEARICK Marian, Mass ofChristian Burial 9:30 a.m.
today in St. John the Evange-list Church, Pittston. Thoseattending the funeral Mass areasked to go directly to thechurch.
HORNLEIN Thomas Sr., bless-ing service 11 a.m. today at theAndrew Strish Funeral Home, 11Wilson St., Larksville.
JONES Mary, memorial serviceat 11 a.m. Saturday in the Rey-burn Bible Church, Shickshinny.Graveside Military Services willbe held by the ShickshinnyAmerican Legion Post.
KHOUDARY Amin, a memorialservice 7 p.m. Tuesday in St.Anthony and St. George Maro-nite Church, 315 Park Ave.,Wilkes-Barre. A coffee hourwill be held after the memo-rial service at the church hall.
KOREY George, prayer service2 p.m. Saturday, May 28, atthe Mercy Center Chapel,
Misericordia University Cam-pus, Dallas. All are welcome toattend.
MAZUR Florence, PanikhidaMemorial Service 6 p.m. Tues-day at St. John the BaptistOrthodox Church, Zerby Ave-nue, Edwardsville.
MAZUR Peter, memorial ser-vice for both Peter and Flo-rence, 6 p.m. Tuesday at St.John the Baptist OrthodoxChurch, Edwardsville.
MCDERMOTT Kevin, funeral9:30 a.m. today from theDesiderio Funeral Home Inc.,679 Carey Ave., Hanover Town-ship. Mass of Christian Burial10 a.m. at St. Robert Bellar-mine Parish, St. AloysiusChurch, Wilkes-Barre.
NALLON Alice, funeral 9:15a.m. today from the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 N.Maple Ave., Kingston. Mass of
Christian Burial 10 a.m. in St.Therese Church, Kingston.PALTANAVICH John, cele-
bration of life 8:30 a.m. Tues-day from McLaughlins, 142 S.Washington St., Wilkes-Barre.Funeral Mass 9:30 a.m. in theChurch of Maternity of theBlessed Virgin Mary, Wilkes-Barre. Visitation from 5 to 8p.m. today at the funeralhome.
ROBINSON James, funeral 1a.m. Wednesday from the H.Merritt Hughes Funeral HomeInc., 211 Luzerne Ave., WestPittston. Friends may call from5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
SARTORIO- Antoinette, funeral 9a.m. today from the GrazianoFuneral Home Inc., PittstonTownship. Mass of ChristianBurial 9:30 a.m. at St. RoccosR.C. Church, Pittston.
SIMKO Phyllis, funeral 7:30
p.m. today from the BednarskiFuneral Home, 168 WyomingAve., Wyoming. Friends maycall from 6 to 9 p.m. today.
TAGLIATERRA Santo, funeral9:30 a.m. today from theLouis V. Ciuccio Funeral Home,145 Moosic Road, Old Forge.Mass 10 a.m. at the Prince ofPeace Parish - St. MarysChurch, Old Forge.
TUCK Henry Jr., funeral 5:30p.m. Tuesday at the Shaver-town United Methodist Church,163 N. Pioneer Ave., Shaver-town.
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In its first year as a certifiedCommunity Supported Agricul-ture farm, Fertile Grounds landand members cover Luzerne andWyoming counties. According totheir website, Community Sup-ported Agriculture, also known assubscription farming, is a foodsystem in which people pay to be-come members of a farm. In ex-change for annual subscriptionfees, members receive a weeklyshare of fresh, locally grown pro-duce all season long.
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with TheLands at HillsideFarms,becausewe have thesimilar visionthat they do, said Deb Shoval,Project Director of FertileGrounds. They werent able togive usthe acreagewe needed,butthey didgivea one-acrespot,and it(The Lands) is better for traffic.
The acre we are using at TheLands at Hillside Farms will beused as a pick-your-own-cropsfield,where children cancomeandpick their favorites, said Shoval.We will also be selling a line ofseasonal products in their store.
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WILKES-BARRE -- MikeSmith, Magisterial DistrictJudge for Wilkes-Barre, will beholding several meet and greets
during the next few weeks.Some are a part of the Candi-date Cares Program, whereinSmith will be sponsoring aClean for Green Park CleanupEvent, at Huber Park on Sat-urday and Miner Park on Sat-urday, May 14. All cleanupevents will be held from 10 a.m.to1 p.m.
Any child under12 accompa-nied by any adult will receive $1per bag of garbage collected.There will be beverages anddonuts. On Saturday at HuberPark, Smith will be giving outcarnation corsages to the first 50mothers for Mothers Day.
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RYEA There will be a Meetand Greet with Candidate forLuzerne County Judge MikeVough from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdayat the Germania Hose Co., Du-ryea. There will be free food andrefreshments.
WILKES-BARRE - LuzerneCounty Judicial candidate MikeBlazick will hold a meet-and-greet on Tuesday, from 7 to 9p.m. at The Riverside Caf, 187
Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre.The event is free and open to thepublic. Refreshments will beserved. For information, contact
Kate at 706-5216.
CONYNGHAM - The CitizensOpposing Political Suppression(C.O.P.S.) government watchdoggroup has announced the countycouncil candidates its endorsing.
The endorsed Democrats areWil Toole, Bruce Simpson, Mi-chelle Bednar, Thomas Ksiezo-polski, Thomas Rome and ElaineMaddon Curry. The endorsed
Republicans are ModernoButch Rossi, Gina Neven-glosky, Linda Urban, Bill James,Ed Warkevicz and Eugene Kel-
leher.C.O.P.S. is also endorsing twocounty judge candidates -- VitoDeLuca and Fred Pierantoni.
WRIGHT TWP. Mike Vough,Candidate for Luzerne Countyjudge, will hold a meet-and-greetfrom 7 to 9 p.m. May 9, at KingsPizza, Mountain Top. There willbe free food and refreshmentsavailable.
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SHICKSHINNY Chargesof simple assault and terror-istic threats were withdrawnagainst Eric Thomas Crevel-
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Salem Township police hadcharged Creveling after hispregnant girlfriend, DAileeneHack, reported he punchedher several times causinginjuries on April 15, accordingto the criminal complaint.
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BUTLER TWP. TheButlerTownship Recreation BoardissponsoringOpen GymnightsWednesdaysin May from 6 to7:30p.m.Thegym will beopenfor areayouths15 andyounger.Then,from7:30 to9 p.m.,thegymwillbe available forthoseages16and older.
Theprimaryusage will befor basketball; however, if thereis enough interest, the boardmaysetup thegymfor volley-ball laterin May.Thecostperyouth is $2, while attendees 16andolder will becharged $4.Exactpaymentis appreciated.
Forinformation, or to re-quest a volleyballnight, con-tactJohn McGran at 401-9544.Forgym rental information,contact Jane atthe ButlerTownship Municipal Building,788-3547.
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Editorial
We hope Washington realizesthey may have made a mistake
here.TomLeighton
Wilkes-Barres mayor announced late last week thecitys annual Community Development Block Grant
allocation had been cut by 16.2 percent, or $342,610.
THE BEST GIFT forthe bride and groom who have
