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EternalOptimist
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Sunday Dispatch editor and Optimist columnist Ed Ackerman reacts to playful jabs from Maria Capolarella Montante at the Jean Yates Award Dinner Wednesday night.
Ackerman received the award for distinguisted library service, including his assistance in bringing the John P. Cosgrove Collection to the Pittston Memorial Library.
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Vol. 67, NO. 10
We can change the world
Rearrange the word
Its dying
To get better
Graham Nash, 1968
Nothing underscores the hypoc-risy of my generation the BabyBoomers out to change the world more than the opening nightin 1988 of Imagine, the movie
based on John Lennons era-defn-ing song of 1971.
Twenty years after GrahamNash penned the lyrics displayedabove, 17 years after Lennonwrote imagine no possessions,I wonder if you can, no need forgreed or hunger, a brotherhood ofman, many of us who claimedwe believed all that stuff hoppedinto our BMWs, wearing our $225shoes and $85 cologne, and went
to movie theaters to do what we asadults loved to do: to be seen.
There we were, one-time pro-fessed individuals, falling rightinto step. We knew exactly whereto be, what to wear and what tosay.
Few of us that night stoppedto wonder what kind of peoplewe had become. We were moreconcerned with which restaurant
we were heading off to after theshow, and whether the sushi wouldbe fresh.
If ever a generation lost its soulit is ours, the self-professed ideal-ists of the Age of Aquarius.
Ah, the Age of Aquarius, whenpeace was going to guide theplanets and love was going torule the stars.
Right.Trust no one over 30 we said
back then.Well, all these years after joining
the over 30s ourselves we shouldlook in a mirror. We said we didntwant to turn into our parents. Howbetter off for everyone if only wehad.
The people we didnt want totrust handed us a nation far betterthan the one were dumping on ourchildren.
Im sorry but its true.We Boomers have botched
things up.Our parents built for us an
America based on values andmorality, where right was rightand wrong was wrong, wherea persons word was his bond,where hard work paid off, whereexcuse making was not tolerated,where children were protected
and allowed to be children, whereneighbors looked out for oneanother, where there was a genuinerespect, and where those withplenty preferred to hide it ratherthan risk being labeled show offs
and those without held their headshigh because the one thing they didhave was their pride.
That is the world we believedneeded changing?
Maybe it needed a little espe-cially in areas of race relations andwomens rights but, to borrow aline from the band The Buoys inthe 70s, God, what did we do?
The answer is all around us.Imagine no possessions?
We Baby Boomers worshippossessions. Cars, clothes, gadgets.You name it, we bought it. Theycouldnt make houses or televi-sions or even hamburgers
too big for us.No need for greed or hunger?
We grew fat while millions inthe world starved. We throw outmore food in one day than millionsget to eat in a month. And then wejoined health clubs to work it alloff. Wearing designer sweatsuitsand $150 sneakers, of course.
A brotherhood of man?
Theres no end to the list of
people we hate some across theworld, others across the street. Andthen we wonder why people hateus back.
We Boomers changed the worldall right. We made it meaner and
scarier and more corrupt and morematerialistic.Along with less tolerant, less
spiritual, less friendly and lesshopeful.
As I said, Im sorry. But weBaby Boomers own this. It hap-pened on our watch.
But maybe its not too late forus. All of our lives we Boomershave made up the biggest portionof the population. Thats why, asKen Dychtwald observes in hisbook Age Wave, Dr. Spock soldso many baby books in the late40s and why so many kinder-gartens had to be built in the mid
50s. And why there are so manyradio stations playing The Beatlesin 2013.
Well, we are on the verge ofdominating another demographicgroup: senior citizens. Baby boom-ers are turning 60 years old atthe rate of 100 every 18 minutes.Millions of us have already retiredand many more millions will incoming years.
It looks like we are not going tobe quite as wealthy in retirementas we once thought, but that mightbe a good thing. What I mean is,maybe we are being given a sec-ond chance. A second chance to do
the good we once said we wantedto do.With many of our 401-Ks
tanked and the equity in our homeseither wiped out or re-mortgaged,maybe instead of retiring to anocean side retreat and days ofdoing nothing but sipping Coro-nas with lime, as we may havedreamed, maybe instead we candedicate our remaining years tocleaning up our own mess.
Maybe we can devote ourselvesto worthy causes. Some right inour midst already have. Exhibit A:The Care and Concern Ministriesat St. John the Evangelist Parish.
Maybe we can turn away frommaterialism and return to spiritual-ity. It surely appears that the newleader of the Catholic Church isheading that way.
And maybe we can, fnally,change the world.
Maybe we can, rearrange theworld.
After all, its still dying to get better.
Ed Ackerman, [email protected]
Maybe its not too late
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P i t t s t o n M e M o r i a l l i b r a r y s j e a n y at e s a wa r d
BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Pittston Memorial Library Vice President Kelly Carroll, left, and President Barbara Quinn, right, present Ed Ackerman with the Jean Yates Award.
A book of honor
He likes to say yes.
But Ed Ackerman, the
2013 recipient of the Pittston
Memorial Librarys Jean
Yates Award and editor and columnist of
Pittstons Sunday Dispatch, said hes not
a yes man.
The award, presented annually to a
person who has exhibited dedicated ser-
vice to the library, is named in honor of
the late Jean Yates, a library benefactor,
volunteer and board member. It was pre-sented to Ackerman at St. Joseph Marel-
lo Parish Center Wednesday night.
Ackerman read off a list of words he
wanted to use as cues when giving his
remarks.
One of the words, he said, was yes.
A long time ago, I thought: I want to
be able to say yes to as many requests as
I possibly can, he said. And I thought,
Does that make me a yes man? I hope
not. I think it makes me a man that likesto say yes.
Ive often said I think there are a lot
of people out there who love to say no.
I dont want to be that guy. I want to say
yes, he added. So, as Ive gone through
my life, when peopleask me things, I say
yes.
When former Sunday Dispatch sports
editor Jim Gilmartin asked Ackerman to
write sports forthe paper, the 17-year-old
Ackerman said yes.And I did that for a long time as dif-
ferent jobs came up at the Dispatch. I
said yes.
And when people asked to him to get
things in the newspaper or write a story
for them, he said yes.
Ed Ackerman, editor of the Sunday Dispatch, cited for service
By JOE [email protected]
See, ACKERMAN, Page 8
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Not a lot of choices for voters in the primaryWhere have all the candidates
gone?
The list of borough mayoral and
council and township supervisor
candidates for party nominations
in the May 14 primary election
in Pittston and Greater Pittston is
small.There are 37 mayoral, council
and supervisor seats on the ballots.
If there were just two Democratic
and two Republican candidates for
each seat, there would be 148 can-
didates, but there are only 62 and
26 of those are unopposed.
Candidates running unopposed
is nothing new but in this cycle, the
lack of candidates is greater than
usual. In Avocas First Ward, there
is onlyone candidate, Democrat in-
cumbent Tom Fritz, for two 4-year
seats.
In Yatesville, there are no candi-
dates for the mayoral nominations,though incumbent Anthony Lizza
plans to mounta write-incampaign.
He needs at least 10 write-ins.
Of the nine other mayoral slots
in the boroughs, only one is con-
tested. Thats in Pittston where
Gene Rooney is taking on incum-
bent Jason Klush on the Democrat
side. In Avoca, Dupont, Duryea,
West Wyoming, and Wyoming
and, incumbent Democrat mayors
are running unopposed.In Hughestown, where incum-
bent Hindmarsh chose not to run,
Democrat Wayne Quick is running
unopposed.
West Pittston incumbent Tony
Denisco is the only Republican
mayoral candidate and he is unop-
posed.
Of the 62 candidates for mayors,
councils and supervisors, only 10
are Republicans, ve of those in
West Pittston, including Denisco
and four incumbent councilmen
who are also unopposed. There
are no Democrats running in West
Pittston.
The only other Republican can-
didates are John Coolbaugh and
Donald Kreseki who are running
against each other for an Exeter
Township supervisor Republican
nomination, Dom Pepe who is un-
opposed for the Pittston Township
supervisor nomination, Theresa
Ritz Mulesky who is unopposed
for the Yatesville council nomina-
tion and Mike Baloga who is unop-
posed for a Wyoming Third Ward
council nomination.
One race which bucks the trend
is for the Democratic nomination
for one Pittston Township supervi-sor seat. Five candidates Ron
Marcellini, Dave Kaminski, Car-
men Timonte, Barbara Attardo and
Mike Savokinas are running for
that nomination.
Four borough council races are
contested. In Dupont, there are four
Democratic candidates Mark
Kowalczyk, Paul Houdyshell, Ber-
nie Zielinski and Stan Knick for
three nominations for 4-year seats.
In Duryea, there are eight Demo-cratic candidates Valrie Ol-
szewski, Audrey Marcinko, Sean
Shay, Jim Balchune, Joan Orloski,
Ed Amieka, Frank Groblewski and
Mike McGlynn for four nomi-
nations for 4-year seats. In Exeter,
there are ve Democratic candi-
dates Joe Pizano, Tom Shannon,
Mark Casper, Betty Ann DeRober-
to and Rich Turner for nomina-
tions for three 4-year seats.
In West Wyoming, there are ve
Democratic candidates Gloria
Bubblo, Walt Stevens Jr., Michael
Polan, Dan Grescavage and Ralph
Conetti for three nominations
for 4-year council seats.
In Pittston, there are three can-
didates Mike Lombardo, Ken
Bangs and Barb Zangre for two
nominations for 4-year council
seats. In each case, there are no Re-
publicans on the ballot.
In Jenkins Township, there are
two candidates, Bob Linskey and
Corine Milazzo, for one Democatic
nomination for one 6-year supervi-
sor seat.The Pittston Area and Wyo-
ming Area School Boards each
have 4-year terms on the ballot. At
Wyoming Are, all nine candidates
are cross led as Republicans and
Democrats Kimberly Yochem,
Nick DeAngelo, Jerry Stofko,Ree
Ree DeLuca, John Bonin, John Bo-
lin, Toni Valenti, Michael Brown
and John Marianacci.
At Pittston Area, ve candidates
Marty Quinn, Roseann Ricotta,
Kent Bratlee, Bruce Knick and
Marylin Starna are cross led
and two, John Adonizio and Vito
Quaglia, are running for Democrat-
ic nominations only.
Dupont council eyeing future of Ben Franklin school
The Dupont Borough
Council held its regular
monthly meeting on Aug. 16
where council members and
residents discussed waysto
fund continued improve-
ments within the community.
Dupont ofcials are keep-ing an eye on developments
regarding the Pittston Area
School Districts possible
closure of the Ben Franklin
Kindergarten Center, located
within Dupont.
Council President Stanley
Knick stated his hopes to see
the building converted to ac-
commodate senior citizen
housing if the school is ul-
timately closed and the bor-
ough can obtain the property.
Council member Bernie
Zielinski referred to the orig-
inal agreement that granted
the land to the district, stat-
ing it his belief that the bor-
ough is entitled to the rst
opportunity to regain that
land if it were to again be-
come available.
Theschool hadbeenhome
to the Dupont Elementary
School prior to the absorp-
tion of Dupont schools into
the Greater Pittston Area
School District in 1983.
Dupont ofcials have con-
sulted with county and state
representatives regarding
funding.
During the meeting,
Knick and Mayor Daniel
Lello were told that the dis-
trict will not make an ofcial
decision before July of this
year, but will keep borough
ofcials informed.
Pittston Area Superinten-
dent Dr. Michael Garzella
would not provide an esti-
mate as to how much the
school facility and property
might be worth. He stated
that an architectural engineer
involved with surveying the
land refused to speculate at
this point, given the amount
of variables.
In other matters, Lello ad-
vised community members
to be alert, proactive and
vigilant following a string
of break-ins and incidents of
vandalism in and around the
100 block of the boroughs
Main Street.
Police investigation into
the crimes is ongoing, so ex-
tensive details were not pre-
sented, but Lello shared his
view that an aware populace
is the best defense against
petty crime.
Council unanimously vot-
ed to allow a Pittston liquor
license to be transferred into
Dupont so that restaurateur
Amouri Oliviera can utilize
it when he opens Continental
Bar and Grill at 317 Main St.
Oliviera has previously
found success founding the
Ipanema Grill, the regions
rst eatery to offer Brazil-
ian-style rodizio steakhouse
faire. Continental Bar and
Grill, however, will be far
more casual featuring bil-
liards and occasional live
music as well as catering.
The next meeting will be
held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,
May 17.
B.GARRETT ROGANDispatch Correspondent
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City, fire unionink 4-year deal
The city and its reghtersinked a 4-year contract that hassignicant healthcare savings forthe city and pay raises each yearfor the workers.
City council approved the con-tract with the Pittston City FireFighters Local 840 InternationalAssociation of Fire FightersWednesday night.City Manager JoeMoskovitz negoti-
ated the deal withGeorge Tomasak,president of theunion.
The reghtersunion was the fourthand nal city unionto agree to BlueCross of Northeast-ern Pennsylvaniahealth plans thatcould save the city$300,000 over theterms of the con-tracts.
The police, cleri-caland publicworks
unions also agreedto the new health-care plans, but all four unionshad to agree for the changes to bemade.
The major concession by theunions allowed the city to dropthe expensive high-end traditionalBlue Cross plan. Two plans, theBlue Cross PPO and Blue CareHMO plans, are now the only ones
offered.Its a signicant step in the
right direction in terms of negoti-ating future contracts, Moskov-itz said. Employees are going tohave to pick up a larger share ofthe cost of their healthcare ben-et.
Moskovitz said, depending onthe insurance premiums, the citycould save $75,000 a year. In areturn concession, the city agreed
to 3 percent raises eachyear for the union re-ghters.
Itsin line with simi-lar departmental con-
tracts throughout theregion with cities simi-lar in size to ours with aunionized department,Moskovitz said. Fromthe citys perspective,there were concessionsby both sides.
The union representssix reghters and onenew one that will behired. The departmentalso has 17 part-time,non-unionized workerson the roster.
According to thecontract, the base salary
in 2013 is $47,910 and it increaseseach year by 3 percent, with the2016 base salary at $52,353. If thecity provides a higher wage in-crease to any other city union, thecity will grant the same increase toreghters.
JOE HEALEY/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Pittston City and its firefighters union agreed to a four-year
contract that adds healthcare savings for the city and sees 3
percent raises each year for its members. Pittston Fire Head-
quarters is shown here.
By JOE [email protected]
Its a signifi-cant step in the
right direction interms of negoti-ating future con-
tracts. Employ-ees are going tohave to pick up
a larger share ofthe cost of theirhealthcare ben-
efit.Joe Moskovitz
Pittston Administrator
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The Pittston CityCouncil opened
its April 17 regular monthly meet-ing by hiring two police ofcers.
Kyle Shumosic and Samuel
Desimone are the newest of the
citys eight full time police ofcers.Shumosic, a 25-year-old West
Pittston resident originally from
West Nanticoke, had previously
served as a part-time ofcer forPittston as well as for West Pittston.Desimone, 22, originally from Old
Forge but now residing in Clarks
Summit, served on Avoca bor-
oughs police force before coming
to Pittston.The two placed at the top of a
pool of eight applicants who went
through the civil service testing
process.When city resident Jim Norris
complained that heavy truck trafcis ruining the quality of the Wil-
liams Street, Mayor Jason Klush
pointed to the hiring of the two
ofcers in stating that the city willnow be able to aggressively pursue
trucks in violation of Pittston regu-
lations.The city has seen an inux of
large trucks transporting sand from
companies on Railroad Street to
arious natural gas drilling sights
throughout the region.
When Norris inquired as to theavailability of impact fees that the
natural gas companies might have
to pay to Pittston, City Manager
Joe Moskowitz explained that, al-though the city is negatively im-
pacted by the industry in this re-
spect, it is ineligible for impact fees
ecause there are no natural wells
within the city limits.In other matters
City ofcials announced thatApril 27 will ofcially be knownas Josephine Lazzari Day to com-
memorate the life-long city resi-
dents 100th birthday.Lazzari is still a vibrant and ac-
tive member of society, volunteer-
ing for several community groups.She pointed to prayer and the love
of her family as the reasons for her
health and longevity. Council heard extensive com-
plaints from resident Anthony
Yusavage regarding a reghtersconduct during a housere at a Da-mian Street property he owns on
Feb. 14.While Yusavage praised the work
of the rst reghters who arrivedon scene and expressed his thanksthat no one was hurt, he took issue
with a city re ghter who arrived
in a second truck.
Yusavage claimed the reghterabandoned his post when he left
to speak with re ghters from Jen-kins Township who responded but
were not taking action.
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Donovan position change fails to pass again
For the second consecutive
month, the Pittston Area School
Board voted down a motion in-
tended to change the job function
of Pittston Area Intermediate Cen-
ter principal Janet Donovan.By a vote of 6-3, the board opted
to refrain from naming Donovan
the acting assistant superintendentand director of curriculum. Dono-
an was formerly the districts prin-
cial of curriculum.Directors Kent Bratlee, John
Donahue, Anthony Guariglia,
Bruce Knick, Marilyn Starna and
Charles Sciandra all voted against
the move, citing their preferences
to act on the matter after next yearsbudget is in place.
Directors Joseph Kelly, Robert
Linskey and Richard Gorzkowski
each voted in favor.Kelly repeated his comments
from the March regular school
board meeting that Donovan is
sorely needed to aid the districts
superintendent, Dr. Michael Gar-
zella.Kelly dismissed allegations from
Guariglia that he had a personal
interest in the matter and argued
that the district has missed out on
grant opportunities because the ad-
ministration is understaffed.Garzella, when pressed, stated
that the grant funding that Pittston
Area has applied for over the
course of the school year has been
minimized.Kelly also stated his belief that
Donovans aid will be essential as
the district grapples with the llingof several upcoming administrative
vacancies and the possible closure
of the Benjamin Franklin Kinder-
garten Center in Dupont.
With regard to that facility, theboard heard from Dupont Borough
Council President Stanley Knick Jr.and Mayor Daniel Lello who hope
that the borough will have the rstoption to obtain the property and
facility if the district opts to close
the school.
Dupont had previously owned
the property, but transferred it to
the Greater Pittston Area School
District when Dupont schools were
absorbed into the district.At the time, the property was
sold to the district, as a point of
formality, for $2. Dupont ofcialsjokingly stated they were willing to
double that amount.The land transfer agreement also
included a stipulation that the bor-ough be given rst considerationshould the land become unneeded
by the district.Pittston Area ofcials will not
likely make a decision before July
of this year, but pledged to keep
Dupont ofcials informed.
If the school is closed, Dupont
oficals hope to possibly convertthe facility to accommodate senior
citizen housing.In other matters, Linskey and
Starna each stated their disappoint-
ment that there has not yet been a
public meeting to discuss budget-
ary items for the next school year.Al Melone, a nancial consultant
contracted by the borough, pointed
outthatextensive e-mails have beensent to boardmembersin hopesthat
some of the more mundane and ba-
sic issues might be addressed prior
to the May board meeting.The next Pittston Area School
Board meeting will be held at 7
p.m. on Thursday, May 23.
BYB.GARRET ROGANDispatch Correspondent
Pittston City Council votes to hire two full-time officers to police departmentByB.GARRETTROGANDispatch Correspondent
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When ofcials at Wilkes Uni-versity and later at Luzerne CountyCommunity College asked him toteach journalism, he said yes.
When former Pittston MayorMichael Lombardo asked him to
serve on the library board, he saidyes.
When we heard about the JohnCosgrove Collection, and it wasbrought up to us with the questionWould you like to have that? Iwas the guy who made the motionto say yes.
Hes said yes all his life.And when Barbara Quinn called
me to say that I was selected for theJean Yates Award, I had an awfultime saying yes to that, he said.
Ultimately, as his character dic-tates, he said yes.
Id much rather give an award
than get one, he said. And so Icame here feeling very uncomfort-able.
Ackerman offered an apology tothe organizers and past recipientsof the Jean Yates Award. He said hetold his family it wasnt a big dealto receive the award.
Ackerman and his wife, MaryKay, an operating room nurse, re-side in Pittston. He has two chil-dren, Greta, 29, of Los Angeles,Calif.,and Michael, 26,of Chicago.Both work in the eld of advertis-ing.
When his daughter, Greta, an-nounced she would y in from
California for the event, Ackermansaid thats when he realized what abig deal it was.
I thought, my daughter is doingthat for one day, putting herself outlike that. Right then and there, I re-alized it was a big deal, he said.
And introducing my daughterto all of you today has been sucha wonderful experience, he said.And its breaking my sons heart
that he cant be here today.Quinn, president of the Board of
Trustees of the Pittston MemorialLibrary, said the Jean Yates Awardis presented to a person who hasprovided outstanding service to thePittston Memorial Library in orderto keep Yates dream alive of keep-ing the library growing and thriv-ing.
Ackerman was a good t, Quinnsaid.
Ed Ackerman certainly fulllsthe criteria for this award, althoughhe was quite mystied as to whywe selected him, Quinn said. Wedisagreed and he humbly consentedto accept this award.
There hasnt been an event orhappening in the Greater Pittstoncommunity that doesnt owe itssuccess to the wonderful coverageprovided by Eddie and the SundayDispatch, she said.
Ackerman is credited with beingthe force behind bringing the mas-sive private collection of Pittstonnative and Washington, D.C. in-
sider John Cosgrove to the libraryand the librarys expansion to makeroom for it.
Of course, Im not always surewhether to thank him for this orstrangle him, Quinn joked.
Cosgrove could not attend theceremony, but Quinn read a letterfrom him.
We are grateful for (Acker-mans) strong and inspired supportfor all the good that the library isdoing every day in my hometowncommunity, Cosgrove wrote. Ifmy books at some time seem toturn their backs on him, please tellEddie that the volumes are proudly
renderinga saluteof appreciationtohim for all he has done to preserveand expand his hometown library.
Quinn said plans for a commu-nity room and expanded childrensart area are moving forward.
We have our revised plans forthe new addition, have met with thearchitects and construction com-mittee, picked out the furnishingsand are ready to go to bid, she
said. Hopefully, construction willstart in the very near future.
Quinn also thanked library di-rector Anne Hogya, fund-raisingdirector Howard Grossman, sup-port staff Jean Decker, GemmaWilliams, Patricia Joyce, KathyDePasquale, Elaine Marriggi andWinnie Williams, library controllerEileen Bartoli and board secretaryAnn Noone.
An anonymous friend made a$5,000 donation in Ackermanshonor, Quinn said.
An invocation was offered by theRev. Joseph Sibiliano, pastor of St.Joseph Marello Parish, and a bene-diction was sung by MonsignorJohn Bendik, pastor of St. John theEvangelist Parish Community. Li-brary board member Joseph Longacted as toastmaster.
Quinn also honored board mem-ber Mike Ostrowski, who died lastyear.
He was a truly wonderful man,and we still miss him and his zanysense of humor, Quinn said of Os-trowski. Im sure the angels areeither rolling on the clouds withlaughter or jumping off.
Past winners of the Jean YatesAward include Michael Lombardo,SandyInsalaco,TomTigue,Friendsof the Library, Eileen Burns, EllenMondlak, Eva Mae Falcone andMaria Capolarella-Montante.
Capolarella-Montante, presidentof Friends of the Pittston Library,
Honoree Ed Ackerman, right, greets long-time friends Inge
Markarian, left, and the Rev. Dr. John Markarian.
Gloria Blandina, center, chats with guests at the Jean Yates Award Dinner sponsored by the
Pittston Memorial Library at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Center in Pittston on Wednesday night.
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
Centerpieces incorporating issues of the Sunday Dispatch adorn
the tables at the Jean Yates Award Dinner honoring Sunday
Dispatch Editor Ed Ackerman.See ACKERMAN, Page 9
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spoke of what an asset Ackerman
is to the library.
He works hard on behalf of the
library and he does it with kindness
and caring, because thats the kind
of person he is, he said. Thats
reected in his column each Sun-
day.She presented a book to the li-
brary in Ackermans name on be-
half of the Friends.
But, she joked with Acker-
man, If you want to read it, you
have to go to the library and check
it out.
Ackerman said he washappy the
event turned into a class reunion.
He was valedictorian of the rst
class of Pittston Area High School
in 1967.
Al Kridlo, Bill Keating and John
A. Brogna spoke of their good
friend and classmate.
We came here to honor Ed,
Kridlo said. Hes done so much
for me personally, and so much for
this community. Hes one of those
guys that goes out of his way for
you. Hell do things for you and
remain in the background.
He always made our classproud, Keating said.
Hes an unsung hero, Brogna
said.
Gloria Blandina, director of the
Care and Concern Clinic, grew up
across the street from Ackerman
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH
A happy Ed Ackerman with daughter Greta who flew in from Los Angeles for the Jean Yates
Award Dinner.
Luzerne County Community College President Thomas Leary,
right, and Michael Lombardo attend the Jean Yates Award Din-ner honoring Sunday Dispatch Editor and LCCC Professor Ed
Ackerman.
Continued from Page 8
ACKERMAN
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Rose Galasso still throwing in the 90s
Rose Galasso of Pittston willcelebrate her 93rd birthday onApril 24 the same way she cel-ebrated her 90th by throwing
out the frst pitch at a minor league
baseball game.Rose will toss out the frst pitch
at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Rail-riders game on Wednesday.
DONATES HAIR
Elisabeth Lampman of Avoca
proudly donated 9 of her hair to
Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Thisprogram provides free wigs to can-
cer patients and helps improve thequality of their lives.
Her hair was cut by Tammy Sat-kowski of Tammys Styling Sensa-tions.
Elisabeth is the daughter of Su-san and Michael Lampman andattends 4th grade at Holy RosarySchool.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Happy Birthday to Bill DeAlbaof Pittston who celebrated on April16.
Also to Lenny Brown of OldForge who celebrated on April 20
andMichael English Sr.
, PittstonTownship celebrating on April 25.Greg Dewey of Exeter hits the
big 48 on April 21.Happy birthday Greg from your
wife Eileen, mother-in-law RosalieMurtha and your fur children.
HONOR SOCIETY
Stephanie Winters of Dupontand Alexandria Schraeder ofWest Pittston were inducted into
Phi Kappa Phi at The Honor Soci-ety of Phi Kappa Phi.
WHOS WHO
Three local students are among34 Luzerne County CommunityCollege students who will be in-cluded in the 2012-13 edition ofWhos Who among Students inAmerican Junior Colleges.
Ryan Joyce from Avoca is in theabove photo,second from left in thesecond row. Whos Who studentsnot pictured are Jillian Falkowskiand Christopher Twardowski,both from Pittston.
CASINO TRIP
The Lady Birds Bowling Leagueis running a bus trip to CeasersCasino in Atlantic City on Sunday,April 28.
The cost is $27 with a $25 casinorebate.
The bus will leave at 8 a.m. fromthe Park n Ride lot on Rt 315 andOak Street.
Call Tricia at 947-4107 for reser-vations or more information.
Rose Galasso of Pittston celebrated her 90th birthday on
April 24, 2010, by throwing out the first pitch at the Yan-
kees vs Iron Pigs baseball game. She is scheduled to repeat
the feat on her 93rd birthday on Wednesday.
AIMEE DILGER/DISPATCH FILE PHOTOThree local students are among 34 Luzerne County Community College students will be included
in the 2012-13 edition of Whos Who among Students in American Junior Colleges.
Ryan Joyce from Avoca is in the above photo, second from left in the second row. Whos Who
students not pictured are Jillian Falkowski and Christopher Twardowski, both from Pittston.
First row, from left, Tom Walter, Dallas; Hayden Schutz, Wilkes-Barre; Leah Kowalski, Nanticoke;
and Melissa Lohman, Luzerne. Second row, Thomas P. Leary, Kingston, president, LCCC; Ryan
Joyce, Avoca; Richard Irving, Wilkes-Barre; Michael A. Maul, Glen Lyon; David Fox, Drums; and
Rosana Reyes, dean, enrollment management and student development, LCCC.
Elizabeth Lampman, before and after
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Entrepreneurs of the Year are
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Mills, Craft Oil Corp., a Petro-
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The extraordinary efforts of
these individuals will be recog-
nized during a dinner and induction
ceremony set for Thursday, May 30
at Genettis in Wilkes-Barre.
The JA Business Hall of Fame is
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Blake, Fidelity Bank, First National
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For information about sponsor-
ships and tickets to the event, con-
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janepa.org or 602-3600.
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State decision gives board less leeway in raising taxes
Already feeling a budget crunch,the Wyoming Area School Boardwill have less leeway in raisingtaxes, according to Tom Melone,the districts nancial manager. At
the April 16 board meeting, Mel-one explained that the state hasreduced the amount of exceptionsthe district can use when settingtax rates. The Pennsylvania State
Department of Education has noti-ed the district that the exceptions
total $227,512, meaning a reduc-tion in the amount of tax increasethe board can approve.
Melone will do a budget presen-tation at the regular board meetingon April 23.
Budget woes are causing Wyo-ming Area School Board membersto reconsider thepractice of allowingprivate sports groupsuse the districts fa-cilities for free. Sev-eral groups, includ-ing the West Pittston
Rams, are requestingfee waivers.
Fees are dened
per district policy. At
present, the fees re-quired by the policystand at $300 for useof the gym, $500 for the use of theauditorium and $1,000 for use ofthe stadium.
Board vice president DeannaFarrell said that no freebies should
be given while the teachers remainwithout a contract.
But board memberFrank Casarella tooka more lenient line,saying he believesgroups should con-tribute something tothe upkeep of facilitiesthey use. We have
the responsibility forthe upkeep and themaintenance, he said.
Theres a lot of things
we need to tighten ourbelt on and thats one
of them.
Board member Carl Yorina saidthe board found itself in a dilemma.
You have these wonderful facili-ties. You want kids to use them.
Superintendent Ray Bernardisuggested, We should reconvene
our policy committee and come upwith something fair and equitable.
On a positive note, the WyomingArea Football Alumni Associationhas requested permission to updateand renovate the districts weighttraining facility.
Yorina felt the board needed in-formation on the scope of work the
association plans before permissioncan be granted.
The board also discussed a planto create a foundation similar tothose which have been created
by other districts. The foundation
would be a 501(c)(3) tax exemptorganization separate from theschool district.
According to Ferentino, therewould be a tax advantage to busi-nesses and individuals who con-tributedto the proposed foundation.
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Enticing exteriorsTwo more downtown Pittston
buildings are getting a facelift.Thanks to a new round of faade
grants, the Brunelle Building onNorth Main Street and the Virginia
DeSpritio Hair Fashions/AdvanceBeauty Supply building on SouthMain Street will get new looks.
The grants are funded throughthe state Local Share Assessment
program whichuses revenuesfrom casinos,said PittstonRedevelopment
Authority mem-ber Mike Lom-bardo.
Grants aretypically $1,500
and must bematched, dollarfor dollar, bythe business or
building owner.
The applica-tions are handled through Down-town Manager Rose Randazzoand awarded through the DesignReview Committee, an arm of the
redevelopment authority. The com-mittee approved the new round ofgrants last week.
A business incubator with secre-tarial and support staff for several
small ofces is set for the rst oor
of Brunelle. It is currently vacant,but had residential units on the
oors above it at one time.DeSpirito plans to move her
businesses nearer to the back ofthe building and the front would be
available for rental. Lombardo saidthere are several businesses lookinginto locating there,but that decision
would be DeSpiritos.Lombardo said the plan is to put
$100,000 a year of grant moneyinto improvements with $85,000going to facades and $15,000 to
signs.
More than 10 businesses havetaken advantage of the program.Recent faade grants were awardedto Napoli Pizza, Pittston Dental,
Sabatelles, Fuji, the Red Mill tav-ern and Lizzas Mezzo Mezzo.
He stressed theRed Mill andLiz-
zas really dene the Main StreetCorridor on both ends of town.
Sapphire Salon and Rock StreetMusic buildings are in the applica-tion process, he said.
Lombardo said the improve-ments could be as complex as nec-
essary, ranging from a completely
new front, like the Red Mill, to anew coat of paint, like Sabatelles.
In order to be approved for a fa-ade grant, the building must be up
to date on garbage and sewer fees
and current on taxes.Lombardo said a lot of down-
town businesses have weatheredeconomic storms and a formerlylackluster downtown in the past.
New businesses are great, butwe need to take care of our main-
stays as well, he said.He said nobody sets out to have
an unattractive business, but, intougher economic times, you may
have to decide that you need our
for dough rather than paint for thefront of the building.
The LSA account was estab-lished by the Pennsylvania Horse
Race and Gaming DevelopmentAct and distributes cash generated
by licensed gaming facilities oper-ating in the state, including Mohe-gan Sun at Pocono Downs in Plains
Township, to local community andeconomic improvement projects.
Were really trying to maximizethe potential of the businesses,Lombardo said.
Pittstons facade grantprogram helps downtownbusinesses with aesthetics
By JOE [email protected]
Virginia DeSpritio Hair Fashions/Advance Beauty Supply building on South Main Street, left, will get a new look because it wasawarded a facade enhancement grant. At right, the proposed enhancements.
Lombardo said
the plan is to
put $100,000
a year of
grant money
into improve-
ments with
$85,000 going
to facades and
$15,000 to
signs.
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OUROPINION
Save old BenDupont Borough Council President
Stanley Knick Jr. and Mayor Daniel Lelloshowed a sense of humor and just plainsense at the PA school borad meeting onTuesday.
Knick said if the school district closes
the Benjamin Franklin Kindergarten Centerin Dupont, the borough, which sold thebuilding to the district decades ago, wouldbuy it back and the district could doubleits money. The borough sold it for $2 andwould buy it back for $4.
It may not happen that the district closesthe school, and if it does, it wont happenuntil the summer, but Knick and Lello saidif the borough reacquires the building itwould consider converting the old schoolbuilding into apartments for the elderly.
Thats where the good sense comes in.If that happens it will continue a trend ofturning old buildings into beautiful livingquarters.
It worked in Pittston, where the old Lin-coln, or Pittston high school, building wasconverted into apartments.
And it worked in West Pittston wherethe old Hitchner Bakery was turned intoapartments.
Dupont is one heck of a progressivetown and, based on their recent track record(helping with paving of the industrial parkroads, stepping up with the compost site,supporting the airport trafc realignment)
they will probably do a good job withwhatever plans they have for Ben Franklin.
In Wyoming borough residents raisedheck when the borough imposed a sewerfee. They packed a council meeting andone after another complained bitterly. Somesaid the incumbent council and mayorwould pay at the ballot box.
But then when the time came nobodychallenged the incumbents. Three councilseats and the mayoral seat are unopposed inthe primary
Same deal in West Pittston where manyresidents were angry over sewer construc-tion costs and ood response and where all
the incumbents whose seats are up in thiscycle are unopposed.
Now, were not saying the councils and
mayors should be voted out in those towns,in fact we believe they did what they had todo, were just illustrating that even whereresidents have issues with their elected of-cials, nobody wants to run.
And look at the Luzerne County Councilballot. When the council was created by thehome rule charter, 59 candidates ran for the11 seats. This cycle, there are 12 running.
Were not offering a solution, or sayingthere has to be one, we just wonder why sofew want to run.
Y O U R S P A C E
At the recent Father-Son Communion Breakfast at Corpus Christi parish in West Pittston, chairperson Jerry Yakobitis got his
family members together to pose for a photo with an issue of the Sunday Dispatch. Dispatch editor Ed Ackerman served as principal
speaker for the breakfast. In the photo, seated left to right Michael Yakobitis; John Yakobitis Sr.; John Yakobitis III; Andrew Yakobi-
tis.
Standing Ronald Yakobitis; John Yakobitis Jr.; Ken Yakobitis; Jerry Yakobitis.
Yakobitis family fans of the Sunday Dispatch
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YOUROPINION
I attended a military funeral in Plains Township and was very
impressed with what I saw.
Some 20 members of the Plains Township volunteer honor
guard of American Legion Post No. 558 performed their military
assignments with excellence and precision at the funeral, church
and cemetery.
I watched the people that attended on this cold, windy and
rainy dark day, observed the honor guards snap to attention andsalute as the casket passed by with one of their own.
At the cemetery, there were tears and sadness in their eyes.
During the playing of TAPS (a military tradition) more than half
of the 150 people attending the funeral had tears going down
their cheeks and were weeping.
This is a very moving and lasting experience that everyone
should see at least once in their life time.
You will never forget it and will have a memory of this funeral
for life.
I have attended many funerals in the past as a law enforcement
Ppolice ofcer and elected PA state constable (on and off duty) in
Luzerne, Lackawanna Wyoming and other counties for over 50
years.
This funeral rated number one for the best-organized funerals I
had the pleasure of attending.
I would like to congratulate the ofcer in charge of that honor
guard unit and every member of that honor guard and other
honor guard members everywhere in the state for what they do.Remember, everyone appreciates what you do as a volunteer
and especially as a veteran.
Im sure you will be rewarded someday by someone high
above with more rank than we could ever dream of.
Thank you veterans everywhere and God bless every one of
you for a job well done and God bless America.
William Dillon USAF
Korean Veteran
Jenkins Township
Writer lauds American Legion honor guard
Few are running
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BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCHJean Yates Award winner Ed Ackerman gets a hug from presenter Barbara Quinn, president of the
Pittston Memorial Library Board of Trustees.
Msgr. John Bendik sings the Benediction at the
conclusion of the Jean Yates Award Dinner as
honoree Ed Ackerman listens.
Dana Keller, great niece of Jean Yates, offers a
few words.
and has known him since the
fourth grade.
Eddie is kind, insightful and hes
interested in other people, she said.Hes sincere and his words are so
touching.
After Gilmartin brought Acker-
man to the Dispatch, Ackerman
remained at the paper for 23 years,
rising to the position of managing
editor. After serving as an adjunct
professor at Wilkes University, he
became a full-time professor at Lu-
zerne County Community College
where he is now in his 23rd year of
teaching.
While continuing his career in
the college classroom, Ackerman
returned to the Sunday Dispatch in
2000 to serve as part-time editor.
He resumed writing his weekly
column, Ed Ackerman, optimist,
for which he has won a rst -laceKeystone Award presented by the
Pennsylvania Newspapers Publish-
ers Association. It appears each
week on page 2 of the Dispatch.
Jean Yates younger sister, Joan
Speziale, was in attendance, along
with Yates niece, Ann Keller, and
great niece, Dana Keller.
She wasa very loving and giving
person, Speziale said. She worked
hard.
Keller spoke of her aunts legacy.
Quinn praised Yates.
She exemplied outstanding
library service with her dedication
and generosity, Quinn said.
During his remarks, Ackerman
spoke of a scene near the end of the
lm, Saving Private Ryan. A dy-
ing soldier who took a bullet duringthe rescue told Private Ryan to earn
this.
You all said a lot of nice things
about me tonight, Ackerman said.
Im a recipient of the Jean Yates
Award, but I like to think of all the
things I could have done to really
be the recipient. So what I will say
now is I will honor your selection
and honor Jeans memory by earn-
ing this.
Continued from Page 9
ckerman
NUTR I T I ON
March to the beetof the drum
W
hen you were young, did your
mother make you eat beets? Or did
you eat them willingly? If she did,
your mom was and/or is a smart
lady to introduce you to this wonderful vegetable
lled with lots of nutrients and little calories.
Beets are an excellent source of folate, along with potassium, vita-
min C and ber. They are low in calories and, as most vegetables, are
fat and cholesterol free. One cup of cooked beets are only 31 calories
and eight and one-half grams of carbohydrates.
Many people today are roasting beets along with carrots, parsnips
and potatoes. Its an easy way to prepare them. If you dont like to peel
them and get your ngers pink, try scrubbing with the skins on, then
wrapping them in foil, just as you would a baked potato.
The pink color gives us the natural photochemical. Beet greens
(leaves) are very nutritious and delicious, too. They are an excellent
source of vitamins A and C, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron and
copper.
Trying new vegetables at home can be a challenge but, in the long
run, worth it. New vegetables add color, interest and nutrition to the
meals.The American Institute for Cancer Research suggests using beets in
the common dessert, red velvet cake. Instead of red food coloring, use
canned beets.
A beet adds moisture and reduces some of the oil and gives the red
color naturally.
Although this recipe adds an extra step of making a beet puree, you
might want to experiment and use this puree as you would other fruit
purees in mufns and or breads.
Red Velvet Cupcakes
1 cup canned beets, drained (see note)
1/2 cup reduced-fat buttermilk, divided
1/2 tsp. white vinegar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup plus
2 Tbsp. unbleached all-purpose our6 Tbsp. unsweetened natural cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/3 cup canola oil, chilled
3/4 cup sugar
1 large egg, cold
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Drop paperliners into cavities of a 12-cavity regular size mufnpan.
Drain and coarsely chop beets.
Place beets in blender, add 1/4 cup buttermilk and whirl until beets
are nely chopped. Add remaining buttermilk, vinegar and vanilla and
whirl to a puree, making sure no lumps of beet remain.
Set beet mixture aside.
In small bowl, combine our, 6 tablespoons of cocoa, baking pow-
der, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and set aside. In medium bowl,combine cold oil and sugar.
With hand mixer on medium speed, mix until sugar is evenly moist-
ened. Add cold egg and beat at high speed until mixture resembles
mayonnaise and sugar is almost completely dissolved, 90 seconds.Add
beet mixture and beat until combined.
Sift dry ingredients into bowl and mix, either on low speed or by
hand until combined with wet ingredients.
Divide batter evenly among lined mufn cups, lling them about
two-thirds full. Bake cupcakes for 28-30 minutes.
Edited, source American Institute for Cancer Research
By MARY R. EHRET, MS, RD, LDNPenn State Cooperative Extension
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An artists journey down the river
One might imagine that Sue
Hand held a paintbrush in one
hand and a canoe paddle in the
other as she created her lat-
est epic series, the 300-pieceSusquehanna Song.
Hand, an artist from Dallas,
paddled the North Branch of
the Susquehanna River for the
past ve years, accompanied by
fellow artist
Peggy David-
son and their
river guide,
David David-
son, Peggys
husband.
The two
artists will
unveil their
river works today, April 21 at
Heinz Rehab Hospitalin Wilkes-Barre.
Included in the exhibit is a
portrait of the Susquehanna
owing through Pittston.
The Susquehannas North
Branch ows from Cooper-
stown, New York to Northum-
berland where it meets the West
Branch and continues its jour-
ney to Harrisburg and on to the
Chesapeake Bay.
The resulting Susquehanna
Song is a 300-piece collection
of watercolor, acrylic and oil
paintings by Hand, plus oils and
watercolors by Davidson.All of the pieces were custom
framed by Hands husband, Joe
Hand.
The public is invited to the
grand opening celebration from
1 to 5 p.m. today, April 21 at
Heinz Rehab Hospital, 150
Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre Town-
ship. Therewill be an artiststalk
at 2 p.m. and guided tours by the
artists every half-hour through-
out the afternoon.
In addition, several non-prot
groups and organizations dedi-
cated to the Susquehanna River
will display their information.
These groups include the
Susquehanna Greenway, the Lu-
zerne County Historical Society,
Plymouth Historical Society,
Shickshinny Historical Society,
Luzerne County Conservation
District, Eastern PA Coalition
for Abandoned Mine Reclama-
tion, and Tioga Point Museum
among others.
Hand
Artist Sue Hand makes a
stop in Pittston for her
Susquehanna Song
Sue
Hands
panting
of the
Water
Street
Bridge
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Free Family Fun Day at Pittston YMCA SaturdayFree Family Fun Day will be
celebrated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Saturday, April 27 at theGreaterPittston YMCA.
Schedule of events:
10 a.m. Family 2K Fun Run,sponsored by Blue Cross of North-eastern Pennsylvania
10:30 a.m Family obstaclecourse
11:30 a.m Kids zumba andhip hop
11:30 a.m Family aqua Aero-bics
Noon and 12:30 p.m. Pitch-
ing clinics for ages 8 and up12:30 p.mDive-in movie in
the pool1 to 2 p.m Open swim
All day activities include abounce house by TEAK BounceHouses, arts and crafts, healthysnacks and music by Sound Ser-vice Mobile DJs.
Participants include the Pittston
and West Pittston Libraries, Mon-tage Ski and Water Park, CedarBMX, Luzerne Intermediate Unit#18 (Brain STEPS Program), Wal-
greens, New York Life (Child ID
CDs), Advocare, Penn State Ex-tension (Food Wellness Presenta-tion), Allied Services (Think FirstProgram), HKQKids, PittstonAm-
bulance, Wyoming Valley Alcoholand Drug Services, Luzerne Coun-ty Children and Youth Services,MedExpress Urgent Care, Phoenix
Rehabilitation and Health ServicesFor more information, contact
the Greater Pittston YMCAat 655-2255.
West Pittston Librarylists upcoming events
The West Pittston Library an-nounces upcoming events.
ADULT PROGRAMSiPad Classes for Adults, $10
Session 7: Playing music -Wednesday, April 24, 1 to 2 p.m.
What is Community SupportedAgriculture?
Youre invited to attend a pre-
sentation and discussion at 5:30p.m. on Wednesday, April 24 withowners of Fertile Grounds,a multi-acre CSA farm located in the Back
Mountain. Organic salad mix willbe served.
CHILDRENS PROGRAMSStory Time with Misericordia
Students from the Speech-Lan-guage Pathology Department ofMisericordia University will con-duct this Story Time at 6:30 p.m.on Friday, April 26 as well as edu-
cate parents and caregivers on lan-guage and literacy. Pre-registrationis required.
The Duryea Borough streetdepartment will collect tires onWednesday, May 1. Residents areasked to place the tires at the curbwith rims must be removed. Tires
will be collected from residentialproperties only.
Duryea Borough held an elec-tronic collection on March 27 andcollected 11.04 tons of electronic
equipment which was delivered to
the recycling center. Another col-lection will be scheduled in lateJune.
At the Duryea Borough councilmeeting, Council approved the pur-
chase of a 2013 Peterbilt recyclingtruck. The natural gas-poweredtruck will be 90 percent funded bya recycling grant awarded from theDepartment of Environmental Pro-
tection.
Duryea to get new vehicle;
recycling of tires on May 1
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Man, machine working side by side
Jam Works Robotic Solutions and Keystone Automation use this machine to introduce clients and
prospective clients to the benefits of robotics.
Robots in Duryea?
The machines took over the fa-
cility in Duryea last week at Key-
stone Automation and Jam Works
Robotic Solutions.
Members of the community
were invited see state of the art
machines during a two-day open
house held by Keystone Auto-
mation and Jam Works Robotic
Solutions. The two companies
are partnered to combine theirresources, which includes design,
manufacturing and operation of
custom robots to assist corpora-
tions all over the U.S.
People in this area dont even
know about our robots, engineer
and owner of Jam Works John
Mele said. Were letting them get
to know us and our machines.
Throughout the two days people
were allowed to interact with cus-
tom robots and attend presenta-
tions by specialists and different
partners. Our bots do jobs that
people cant do, Mele said, jobs
that are otherwise very danger-ous.
According to Mele, the robots
minimize injuries and mistakes
while increasing quality. With
robots, there are no mistakes, he
said, and were doing this [the
open house] to tell people about
all this great information.
President of Keystone Automa-
tions Mark McKinnie said they
also hope the open house will
alert new and upcoming engineers
to the benets of robotics. We
are constantly trying to get more
young people involved, McKin-
nie said, the jobs in manufactur-
ing are skyrocketing right now.
Mele agreed with his partner.
We want to help bring those jobs
back to this area, he said. We
want to give it a place on the map
with competitive machinery. The
open house, aptly titled Bots and
BBQ, allowed attendees to win
prizes, socialize with others overrefreshments and even offered at-
tendees fresh roasted pig on both
days.
We hope this [the open hous-
es] to let everyone know were
here, Keystones McKinnie said,
so far, so good!
From left to right: president of Keystone Automation Mark
McKinnie, district director Bob Morgan, representative of
Congressman Matt Cartwright, CEO of Keystone Automation
Mike Duffy and owner of Jam Works Robotic Solutions John
Mele pose next to the iRVision Visual Tracking robot duringthe open house on Thursday.
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P R I M A R Y E L E C T I O N 2 0 1 3
DeAngelo running
for WA school boardNick DeAngelo, a member of the
Wyoming Area School Board foreight years, is a candidate for anoth-er four-year term on both the Demo-cratic and Republican ballots. He isrunningas a team memberwithToniValenti. DeAngelo and his wife, theformer Lisa Tochery, are lifelongresidents and graduates of WyomingArea. They have three children, allof whom attend or attended WA.Daniella and Elena are graduatesandJulianna is in 10th grade. DeAn-gelo was born and raised in Exeterand lived there for 36 years. For thelast 17 years, the familys home has
een in Wyoming. He is a memberof St. Barbaras Church and theHoly Name Society. He is a lifetimemember of the Exeter Fire and Res-cue Hose Company No. 1, a formercoachfor theExeterPanthers C teamand assistant coach in the Wyoming West Wyoming Little League.
He is the son of Catherine Vasil
DeAngelo and the late Nicholas
John DeAngelo. While a member ofthe WA Board, he served as treasurerand vice- president and a one-yearterm on the West Side VocationalTechnical Joint Committee SchoolBoard. He has been employed for38 years in retail sales, 22 of which
have been in managerial positions.
Nick DeAngelo
Valenti seeking WA school nomination
Toni Valenti of West Pittston is
a candidate for school cirector in
the Wyoming Area School District.
She will seek both the Democratic
and Republican Nomination and
is running for election with Nick
DeAngelo.
Valenti is a graduate of Saint
John the Evangelist High School
and is employed as ofce man-
ager for Cenera Auto Parts, WestPittston.
Valenti served 20 years on the
Wyoming Area School Board,
where she held the positions of
president, secretary and treasurer.
Valenti represented Wyoming
Area for four years on the Luzerne
Intermediate Unit 18 board and
was elected the rst female presi-
dent.
She served on the West Side
Voc-Tech Board and was legisla-
tive representative for both the
Wyoming Area and West Side
Voc-Tech Boards. She was on the
Strategic Planning Committee at
Wyoming Area and represented
the board at the Parents Awareness
Group meetings.
Valenti is a member of Immacu-
late Conception Church and its Al-
tar and Rosary Society, where she
served as president for three years.
She has been involved in Scout-
ing for the past 28 years, serving
as den mother for eight years and
chairperson of Cub Scout Pack 302
for the past 20 years.She is treasurer of the West
Pittston Cherry Blossom Com-
mittee, helped organize the West
Pittston/Pittston July 4th celebra-
tion, committeewoman for the
West Pittston Democratic Organi-
zation and former member of the
Board of Directors of the Luzerne
County Transit Authority.
Valenti is a member of the Ex-
eter Lions Club where she wasthe
rst female member and the rst
female president.Valenti served as president of
the Wyoming Area Basketball
Parents Organization, chairperson
of the 1990 Wyoming Area All
Nite Party, was involved with the
West Pittston Little League for 14
years, serving as president of the
Little League Ladies Auxiliary
and secretary of the Little League
Board of Directors.
Valentiis the daughterof thelate
Albino and Antoinette Forlenza
Ciampi. She is married to Faust
Valenti and they are the parents of
a son, Michael, who is married to
the former Mara Pagnotti. Michael
and Mara Valenti are graduates of
Wyoming Area. Valenti has two
grandchildren, Nina and Julia.Yochem seeks nodfor WA school board
Kimberly (Prebola) Yochem is acandidate forWyomingArea SchoolBoard running on a team with Mi-chael J. Brown and John Paul Boninon both the Democratic and Repub-lican ballots. Yochem grew up inHarding and is a 1991 graduate ofWyoming Area School District. Shegraduated from Dickinson College
in 1995 with a Bachelors Degreein Economics and went on to pur-sue a Masters Degree in HealthcareAdministration, graduating fromKings College in 1999.
Yochem has spent most of herprofessional career focused in mar-keting and provider relations withinthe healthcare industry. Currently,she is an Account Executive inProvider Network Management foran insurance company serving themedical assistance population. Herresponsibilities have included de-
eloping strategic marketing plansin order to facilitate market sharegrowth, creating marketing mate-
rials for distribution and outcomemeasurement. She has worked onmedia campaigns, including ads inprint, radio and television.
Yochem has written press re-leases and articles for both com-munity and company newsletters.In addition, she has organized largescale conferences, contracting withnationally-known speakers and pro-
iding continuing education creditsfor healthcare professionals. She has
been responsible for marketing bud-gets, prot/loss statements and hasworked in contract negotiations.
She was recognized by her for-mer employer as the CommunityOutreach Coordinator of the Year in1995. She has served on the Board
of Serving Seniors in LackawannaCounty, was a founder of the Senior
Networking Alliance, a non-protorganization in Lackawanna Countyand was the 2010 Co-chair for theAlzheimers Associations MemoryWalk.
Yochem is married to Rob Yo-chem, a 1986 graduate of WyomingArea School District. Theyhave twosons who are students in the Wyo-ming Area School District.
Bonin running for WA school boardJohn Paul Bonin is a candidate
for Wyoming Area School Board
running on a team with Michael J.
Brown and Kimberly Prebola Yo-
chem on both the Democratic and
Republican ballots.
Bonin grew up in Swoyersvilleand graduated from Wyoming
Valley West High School. He is a
graduate of Luzerne County Com-
munity College with an Associate
Degree in Science and Wilkes Uni-
versity witha Bachelors Degree in
Earth and Environmental Sciences
in 1992.
He completed his Masters De-
gree in Business Administration in
2003 from Wilkes University.
Having entered the private sec-
tor for employment, he has worked
for several regional and national
family businesses in distribution.
He also worked for a large, global
agribusiness as a regional salesmanager for the northeast U.S.,
managing 15 direct reports while
overseeing seven other sales terri-
tories that met or exceeded yearly
nancial sales objectives.
He was voted Rookie Salesper-
son ofthe year in1999,as well asa
member of the O.P.T. Club in 2000.
He was selected to participate in
the Agribusiness Leadership Plus
Program at Purdue University,
Center for Food and Agricultural
Business, receiving a certicate
of completion with the class of
2005-2007. This corporate leader-ship program focused on Business
Strategies, Marketing, Human Per-
formance Management, Econom-
ics, Corporate Financial Metrics
and Supply Chain Logistics. He
also has completed coursework
with the American Management
Association.
Currently, he is the Manager of
Business Development for special
projects nationally, working with
seven regional representatives
throughout the U.S and Canada.
In addition, he prepares yearly
sales budgets and strategies.
He also co-authors specialty
product press releases and mar-
ket advertisements, while man-aging the sale of proprietary
products to distributors and cus-
tomers for the professional ag-
ricultural, nursery and horticul-
tural markets.
He is also acting national sales
andtechnical lead for a new mar-
ket introduction, directing sales
efforts in the mid-west, mid-
south, southeast and northeast
U.S.
Bonins wife is the former
Tara Conden, a 1988 graduate
of Wyoming Area High School.
They have two children who at-
tend school in the Wyoming Area
School District.The family has re-sided in Harding since 2005.
As a community volunteer,
Brown serves as a member of the
board for the Harding/Mt. Zion
Community Ambulance Associa-
tion and this past summer was an
assistant coach for tee-ball at the
Exeter Little League. He is also a
member of the Exeter Township
Planning Commission.
John Paul Bonin
Kimberly (Prebola) Yochem
Toni Valenti
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Greater Pittston Person of the Year,was honored at an event sponsoredby the Sunday Dispatch in Marchat the Open Space in Pittston. Dur-ing the event more than $700 wascollected in his honor for the WestPittston Salvation Army.
Major Sheryl Hershey, pastor, ac-cepted the donation which she saidwill be split between the day and
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