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Sticker shock

Inspectionstickers arepeeling off ofvehicles, andstate officialsare offering asolution. Page 5

Running out of optionsBP’s CEO Tony Hayward admitshe has underestimated the possibleenvironmental impact of the Gulf ofMexico oil spill. Page A1

Schools move forward in tournamentCoughlin and Dallas advanced to theDistrict 2, Class AA soccer champion-ship with wins over Berwick and Lake-Lehman respectively on Monday. Page 29

Historic home gets new lookThe Luzerne County Medical Soci-ety will debut a mix of old and newfeatures inside its building at anopen house today. Page 10

ON THE COVERDemocratic U.S. Senate nomineeJoe Sestak talks with reportersfollowing a stop at the Atriumrestaurant in Kingston on Monday.(MARK MORAN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE)

Daily Number Day: 327 Daily Number Night: 970

Big 4 Day: 0721 Big 4 Night: 2591

Quinto Day: 85157 Quinto Night: 64582

Treasure Hunt: 4, 11, 16, 18, 23

Cash 5: 2, 15, 16, 27, 35

Mix & Match: 11, 14, 9, 10, 1

Cash 5: Tuesday’s jackpot will be worthat least $225,000 because no playersmatched all five numbers drawn in Monday’sgame.

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Almanac 39

Advice 16

Birthdays 17

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OBITUARIESAUSTIN, Helen C.

BABINCHAK, Joseph M.FALZONE, Joseph J.ISKRA, Joseph Benedict.

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FOR THE RECORD

King’s graduate takes stance on oil spillBy Patrick SweetStaff Writer 

WILKES-BARRE — Pat-rick Murray’s graduationcap stood out at the King’sCollegegraduationceremonyat Mohegan Sun Arena at

CaseyPlaza on Sunday.In the style of a no-smok-

ingsign,Murray hadthe let-tersBP crossed out onthetopof hiscap. The message wasa direct response to BritishPetroleum’s struggle to pluga spewing oil well at the bot-tom of the Gulf of Mexico.The well began leaking oilafter BP’s rig exploded onApril 20,killing 11 workers.

“I figured I’m in the spot-

light, why not make a state-ment,”Murray said. “I don’tthink enough has been saidaboutthe oilspilland what’shappening.”

Murray, 22, received hisbachelor of arts in environ-mental studies and startedan internship at CromwellValley C.S.A., an organiza-tion dedicated to teachingorganic, community-support-ed agriculture in Baltimore.

Brian Mangan, professorand director of the environ-mental studies program atKing’s, wasn’t surprised byhis former student’s act of expression.

“I think it’s an example of a young person who istryingto practice and get the wordout about what he preaches,”

Mangan said.Mangan said Murray is

very passionate about envi-ronmental issues. On top of that, Mangan said, Murrayhad been listening to him

“vent about what happenedin thegulf.”“(The spill) is just another

case of big industryhaving aproblem and apparently nothaving theoversight andfol-lowing the regulations thatcould have nixed this prob-lem,” Mangan said.

BPis planninga “top kill”

operation, where drilling flu-

ids are pumped into the well

to slow the spill and eventu-

allystop it altogether, accord-

ing to BP’s Web site. They

ma y s e a l th e w e ll w i th

cement,also, if successful.Murray said he’s been fol-

lowing the gulf incident “a

littlemore than thecommon

person, but not too much.”

His goal atgraduation wasto

spark moreawareness of the

spill.

“I wasn’t really looking for

any straight up response,”

Murray said, “but to maybe

get it in their heads, to get

them tokeepan eye onit.”

Murray is looking at the

University of Maryland’s

sustainable development and

conservation biology andenvironmental policy gradu-

ate programs for the fall. He

isn’t entirely certain exactly

whathe wantsto do, but heis

certain how he feels about

his graduation ceremony.

“I think it was one of the

best ways I could have gone,”

Murraysaid.

KRISTEN MULLEN / THE CITIZENS’ VOICE

Environmental Studies major graduate Patrick Murray uses his mortar-board to make a statement against BP during the King’s College com-mencement ceremony on Sunday.

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Some clouds, then sunshinetoday. Winds light and vari-able. Clear and mild tonight.Winds east 3-6 mph.83 57

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Average normal highs/lows for the week: 74/52: Verywarm and humid tomorrow with clouds and sun. Winds north-northwest 4-8 mph. Very warm Thursday with a thunderstormpossible.

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Univ. of Scranton seeks $65M in bonds from W-B authorityBy Josh MrozinskiStaff Writer 

The University of Scran-ton is seeking $65 million intax-exempt bonds through afinance authority in Wilkes-Barre for a planned studentresidence hall on MulberryStreet and a science centeron MonroeAvenue.

The Wilkes-BarreFinance

Authority is holding a hear-ing on the university’s appli-cation on Friday at 10:30a.m. at Wilkes-Barre CityHall.

The university hopes touse the bonds for a $83 mil-lion science center underconstructionat Monroe Ave-nue and RidgeRow and a $33million student residencehall planned for MulberryStreet.

“I’m very supportive of the projects,”Scranton May-or ChisDoherty said. “Everytime they do a constructionproject, we gain revenuefrom permit fees.”

Dohertysaid he hopes theuniversity gets approval forthe tax-exempt bonds.

Before the universitybeginsto build theMulberryStreet residence hall, how-

e ve r, i ts pla n s mu s t beapproved by the ScrantonPlanning Commission andCity Council.

University spokesmanStan Zygmunt said the uni-versity is using a combina-tion of grants, bonds, inter-nal funding and a capitalcampaign to fund the proj-ects.

“ W e n e e de d a le ga llyauthorized authority to

issue the bonds,” Zygmuntsaid. “This is the financeauthority that provided themost competitive proposalforus,”

The bonds would be ratedA, Zygmunt said.

The university has usedtax-freebonds before,includ-ing in 2007 when it received$30 million through theS c r a n t o n - L a c k a w a n n a

Health and Welfare Author-ity to finance constructionof a student residencehall.

Public finance authoritiesact as the conduit throughwhich organizations secureta x - e x e mpt bo n ds . Th eunderwriter packages thebonds and sells them to thepublic. The underwriter forthe$65 million tax-free bondis PNCCapital Markets.

Tax-exempt bonds allow

universities and other orga-nizations to borrow moneyat a lower cost becauseinvestors do not pay anytaxes, said Wilkes-BarreFinance Authority solicitorBrian Koscelansky.

The authority plans tocharge the university a one-time $6,000 fee for issuingthe bonds and a $1,250annu-al fee for ongoing expenses

for the life of the bond. Kos-celansky said the fee reve-nue would be used to fundauthority operating expens-es.

The terms of the $65 mil-lion bond, including interestrate andlength,willbe avail-able when PNCCapital Mar-kets issue the bonds, Kosce-lansky said.

 jmrozinski@timesshamrock.com

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