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WILKES-BARRE Tyler Win-stead was a normal 14-year-old kidwho loved playing basketball, foot-ball and video games.
Tyler, an eighth-grader whoachieved high honor status atWilkes-Barre Areas GAR Junior/Se-nior High School, died after beingshot in front of 115-117 Hill St., twohouses away from his home at 121Hill St. just after 7:30 p.m. Thurs-day.
City police said little Friday aboutthe ongoing homicide investigation.
There was a stu-dious side to Tyler,his grandmotherCarol Golden ex-plained Friday, be-ca use he h ad astrong interest inscience and com-puters.
I used to call him my little nerdboy, Golden said. He was a goodkid, period! He wasnt hanging onthe streets.
Mayor Tom Leighton said in a
W I L K E S - B A R R E S H O O T I N G Grief overflows in wake of slaying of eighth-grader
A super, super kid is mournedBy EDWARDLEWIS
Winstead
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Annie Bryantvisits the me-
morial estab-lished onthe
sidewalk alongHill Street in
Wilkes-Barre
for 14-year-oldTyler Winstead,
whowasgunneddown
near his homeon HillStreet
on Thursday
night.
SeeSHOOTING, Page 10A
MOOSIC Constructioncrews began mobilizing Fri-dayin an anticipationof thefi-nalization of a sales agree-ment that will allow for thestart of stadium reconstruct-ion and the return of profes-sional baseball to Moosic in
time for the2013 sea-son.
Weregetting pre-pared,Lackawan-na CountyCommis-sioner Co-
rey OBriensaid in a tel-ephone in-terview Fri-day. Werecomfortablenow thatwere that
far along.Lackawanna County has
been in negotiations withSWBYankees LLC,a jointven-ture of the New York Yankeesand the Mandalay Entertain-ment Group.
Under the proposed agree-ment, the county-owned Tri-ple-Abaseball franchisewouldbesold theSWB YankeesLLC,
Crews ondeck torebuildstadiumLackawanna County officials
say theyre close to a deal
on Yankee franchise sale.
By TOMROBINSONTimes Leader Correspondent
SeeSTADIUM,Page10A
While at-
torneys for
both sides
began prepar-
ing the docu-
ments for the
final sale, the
constructionmanager was
authorized to
begin project
mobilization.
Former Luzerne County CommissionerGreg Skrepenak is housed in a halfway housethrough a pre-release program under the ju-risdiction of the federal Correctional Com-munity Office in Philadelphia, according to aspokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Skrepenak, who had been incarcerated at afederal prison in West Vir-ginia, was released Wednes-day to the halfway house tofinish serving the balance ofa two-year prison sentenceimposed for his guilty pleato a corruption charge, saidBOP s po ke sm an C hrisBurke.
Under federal law, in-mates are eligible for release to a halfwayhouse when they have a year or less left ontheir sentence, Burke said.
Skrepenak, 42, was given a two-year sen-tence for his guilty plea to accepting a $5,000kickback as a reward for supporting a real es-tatedevelopersentry intoa programto delaypayment of taxes on the project. He was sen-tenced on Aug. 11, 2010 and reported to pris-on on Sept. 16, 2010.
C O U N T Y S C A N D A L
Skrepenak
is halfwayto freedomThe former NFL player and county official is
out of prison but in a halfway house.
By TERRIEMORGAN-BESECKER
Skrepenak
SeeSKREPENAK, Page 10A
GREATER LOVE THAN THIS
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Jesus, portrayed by Nicholas Zarola during the Living Stations of the Cross on Good Friday atSt. Robert Bellarmine Parish in Wilkes-Barre, dies on the cross.
U.S.Rep.Tim Holdenis inunfamiliarterri-tory.
Thanks to newly redrawn congressionaldistrictlineshe willhave to introducehimselfto voters in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroeand Northampton counties none of whichwere in the17th Districtthat elected him twoyears ago. Along with the new boundaries,the10-termincumbentfinds himself ina com-
petitive Democratic Party primary electionfor only the third time in his career and onlythe second time since he was first elected.
Ive always had to fight Republicans, but
this is a new situation tome, said Holden, 55,who met earlier thisweek with The TimesLeader news and edito-rial staff members.
The redistrictingprocess that put him in
this predicament also placed him squarely ina Democrat heavy district forthe first timeinmore thana decadeand willmeanin alllikeli-
hood that the primary election will deter-mine who serves the 17th District in Con- CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
U.S. Rep. Tim Holden finds himselfpoised
to represent part of Luzerne County.
Its a new battle in a new worldfor Congress veteran Tim HoldenByANDREWM. SEDER
20 1 2ELECTION
SeeHOLDEN,Page10A
FAIRVIEW TWP. Therewouldnt be so many vehicle acci-dents on state Route 309 be-tween Mountain Top and Ashley
through what is known as Solo-monGap in PenobscotMountainhas drastically increased from alow of four wrecks in
if motorists obeyed the 45 mphspeed limit, Fairview TownshipSupervisor Russell Marhold be-lieves.
The number of vehiclecrasheson the highway as it twists
Official: Speed villain on 309
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Route
309be-tween
Mountain
Top andAshley is
the sceneof more
crashesrecently,
includingone fatal-
itylast
month.
Hilly highways crash toll skyrocketingBy EDWARDLEWIS
SeeHIGHWAY, Page 7A
DALLAS A white SUV sits in the garage at325 West Center Hill Road with a familiarlicense plate SKREP75.
Greg Skrepenak, who wore number 75 at theUniversity of Michigan and in the NationalFootball League, has been released from feder-al prison and has been sent to a halfway house.At some point, Skrepenak, a former LuzerneCounty commissioner convicted in the corrup-
tion scandal, could get to serve out his sen-tence under home confinement.For those who know Skrepenak, being con-
Skrepenak may gettime with familyBy BILLOBOYLE
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PLAINSTWP. Townshippolice reported the following:
The Perugia Club, 203Ridgewood Road, was burglar-
ized sometime after Monday.An undisclosed amount ofmoney was stolen and a win-dow was smashed to gain en-try.
Dans Keystone Grill onUnion Street was burglarizedbetween Wednesday night andThursday morning. It is notknown what, if anything, wasstolen.
HAZLETWP. State policeFriday said a 16-year-old boyfaces weapons charges in con-nection with the discovery ofammunition inside the Hazle-ton Area 9th Grade Center.
The boy voluntarily surren-dered the handgun bought onthe street after it was stolen ina burglary in Kline Township,Schuylkill County. The boywas charged with possession ofa firearm by a juvenile, carry-ing a firearm without a license,receiving stolen property andterroristic threats. He is held inthe Northampton County juve-nile detention center whileawaiting a hearing in LuzerneCounty Juvenile Court.
On Thursday state policesaid two 16-year-old boys whoare students at the school willbe charged in juvenile courtwith bringing .22-caliber am-munition onto the school prop-erty on Tuesday.
No information has beenuncovered to indicate therewas a plot to harm anyone atthe school, state police said.
The investigation is ongoingand other charges are pending.
PLAINSTWP. Four peoplewere injured Thursday in atwo-vehicle crash on Interstate81 northbound near mile mark-er 172.7, state police said.
Susan Kosloski, 47, ofWilkes-Barre and her passen-gers Carson, 13, and Avery, 5were transported to GeisingerWyoming Valley Medical Cen-ter, Plains Township. Theirconditions were not available.The driver of the other vehicle,Danielle Berry, 31, of PittstonTownship also was taken toGeisinger. Her condition wasnot available.
According to state police:
Kosloski was traveling in a2004 Mitsubishi Endeavorsport utility vehicle on theroadway around 5:45 p.m.Kosloski turned from the rightlane into a 2005 Honda Accorddriven by Berry who was trav-eling in the left lane. Bothvehicles went out of controland the Mitsubishi rolled overseveral times before striking aconcrete median on the westberm where it came to rest.The Honda struck a guide railon the west berm, crossed theroadway and struck a guide railon the east berm where it cameto rest.
The investigation is ongoing.
WILKES-BARRE City
police reported the following: Linda Ritter, of Parrish
Street, reported Wednesdayher mailbox was damaged.
Debra Hughes, of DanaStreet, reported Wednesdaymoney from her wallet wasstolen at her residence.
ASHLEY Police said theyare investigating a burglary atthe Family Dollar store onSouth Main Street on Wednes-day night.
A glass door was smashed atabout 11:25 p.m.
Police said at least two peo-ple were spotted at the store.
Surveillance video is beingreviewed, police said.
Anyone with information
about the burglary is asked tocall Ashley police at 822-6995.
HANOVER TWP. Town-ship police report the follow-ing:
Paul Gately, of West Ger-mania Street, reportedWednesday that the screen to akitchen window was cut in anattempted burglary.
A middle-age white manwearing a gray hooded sweat-shirt and a green camouflagehat concealed a can of cashews
under his shirt and left theDollar General store on theSans Souci Parkway onWednesday.
The man threw the can at anemployee when confrontedoutside the business before
riding away on a bicycle.
PITTSTON A man wasarraigned Thursday in Wilkes-Barre Central Court on chargeshe burglarized a residence andassaulted two people.
Joshua Lee Lambert, 29, ofSearle Street, Pittston, wascharged with four counts ofcriminal attempt to commitsimple assault, three counts ofcriminal mischief, two countsof harassment, and one counteach of burglary, resistingarrest and disorderly conduct.
He was jailed at the LuzerneCounty Correctional Facilityfor lack of $20,000 bail.
According to the criminalcomplaint:
Kevin Patterson of MillStreet told police Lambertforced his way inside the resi-dence and assaulted him andgirlfriend Dawn Gutowski atabout 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Patterson said he ran afterLambert outside and bangedLamberts head off a utilitypole.
Police said Lambert wasfound exiting a tavern on Cen-ter Street.
Lambert struggled withpolice by kicking his legs atofficers and banging his headoff a sidewalk, the criminalcomplaint says.
Police said Lambert kicked awindow in a cruiser four times,and continued to struggle withofficers at police headquarters.
Lambert was treated at Geis-inger Wyoming Valley MedicalCenter.
Patterson and Gutowskirefused medical treatment.
A preliminary hearing isscheduled on April 11 beforeSenior District Judge AndrewBarilla in Pittston.
HANOVER TWP. Town-ship police reported the follow-ing:
Money was stolen from aTouch Tone jukebox and alaptop computer was stolenduring a burglary at Bar Elevenon Main Road. Several doors tothe business were damaged.
Steve Skiro, owner ofSkiros Lawn and Garden Cen-
ter on Main Road, reportedFriday money and checks werestolen from an unattended cashregister.
Scot Martinelli, of Moun-tain Top, reported Thursdaycopper pipes were stolen fromproperty he owns on CenterStreet.
Police said money wasstolen during a home burglaryon Lyndwood Avenue. Theburglary occurred from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Thursday through abasement window.
WILKES-BARRE Citypolice reported the following:
City police said they areinvestigating an armed robberyat Crown Fried Chicken on
South Main Street Thursdaynight.
A clerk told police a blackmale entered the store andasked for an iced tea at about11:11 p.m. The clerk said whenthe beverage was placed on thecounter, the man demandedmoney.
The clerk said the man had apistol and fled the store withan undetermined amount ofcash.
Police said the man wore ablack leather jacket with ablack hooded sweatshirt andlight blue jeans with a hole inthe thigh area.
Adam Herrington reportedSunday two men kicked open adoor to his room at16 E. Jack-
son St., and yelled at him.
HAZLETON City policesay they were dispatched tothe area of James and Sprucestreets for a report of shotsfired at 3:53 Friday morning.
Officers located "numerousshell casings in the area on thestreet and sidewalk," accordingto a release issued by the de-partment.
Anyone with information isasked to call city police bydialing 911.
POLICE BLOTTER
James HughMcGeever, 90,diedpeacefullyThursdaymorning at hishome in Dor-rance Town-ship, with hisfamily watch-
ing over him, ending a life well-lived.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he wasthe son of the late James H. andRuth (Humphreys) McGeever. Hewas educated in Wilkes-Barreschoolsandwas agraduateof GARHigh School.
As a young man, Jim orMcGee, ashe wasknown, forged
his hardened persona in the coalmines inAshley,untilthe AirForcecalledhim tothe skies. Hededicat-ed years to flying P-51 MustangsandB-29Bombers whilein theser-vice.
Following that, he returned toNortheast Pennsylvania and to-gether with his wife, Marion, es-tablished a home on the moun-tain where family and friendswere always welcome to relax,have fun and enjoy their times to-gether.
He was employed by Gulf Oil
Inc. and after retiring in 1986,McGee was free to spend his daysraising horses, tending to his fruittrees, keeping the pond stockedwith trout and making dandelionwine.
Hewas preceded in death byhisbrother William of Wilkes-Barre.
Heis survivedby hislovingwifeof 53 years, the former MarionMcDonald; his son James (SaltLake City); his daughter Tracy(Dorrance Township) and manynieces and nephews.
Asperhiswishes,there willbeno final ritesor anymum-
bo-jumbo. He will not lie in statefor all to see. Rather, his crematedremains will be scattered through-
out the airfields of the U.S and thegreat fishing rivers of the west.Regardless of his certain disap-
proval, there will be a celebrationof life for friends and family onMay13,2012at3 p.m.in thegroveat McGeevers Pond.
Funeral arrangements havebeen entrusted to The DesiderioFuneral Home Inc., 436 S. Moun-tain Blvd., Mountain Top.
In lieu of flowers, the family re-quests a consideration of supportfor Hospice Community Care inKingston.
James Hugh McGeeverApril 5, 2012
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MODESTO, Calif. A formerCalifornia teacher who made na-tional headlines when he left hisjob and family to movein with an18-year-old student was arrestedFriday on suspicion of sexuallyabusing a different student morethan a decade ago, police said.
Christopher Hooker, 41, wasarrested at his home and bookedin Stanislaus County Jail on onecount of oral copulation with aminor.
Police said the abuse occurredwith a 17-year-old girl in 1998
when Hooker was a teacher atDavis High School in Modesto.The girl was a student at a differ-ent school, police said.
In a statement, police saidHooker befriended the 17-year-old. The department did not im-mediately return a call seekingclarification of how the two met.
Hooker appeared in court Fri-day. A judge entered a not guiltyplea on his behalf, set his bail at$50,000 and assigned him a pub-licdefender, theModesto Beere-ported.
Hooker requested that his bailamount be reduced, and thejudgeset a hearingfor Tuesdayto
consider the matter.Police said the investigation
started after Hooker announcedhis relationship in February withJordan Powers, whom he taughtat EnochsHigh Schoolin Modes-to.
Hooker has three children, in-cluding one who was a junior atEnochs.
The underage victim was dis-covered in the course of that in-vestigation, police said.
The couple maintains that,while they met when Jordan was14, their relationship did not be-come physical until she was ofage, making it permissible undercurrent laws. Californias age ofconsent is18.
Teacher faces new sex chargeChristopher Hooker, who left
his family for a student, is
accused in a 1998 incident.
The Associated Press
SEDER MARKS BEGINNING OF PASSOVER
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Ida Millerbegins the
Seder dinnerwith the light-ing of the can-dles on Fridayat the JewishCommunityCenter inWilkes-Barre.The Seder is aJewish ritualfeast thatmarks the be-ginning of theJewish holidayof Passover.The ritual in-volves a retell-ing of the storyof the liber-ation of theIsraelites fromslavery in an-cient Egypt.Seder customsinclude drink-ing four cups ofwine, eatingmatzo, partak-ing of symbolicfoods placedon the Passov-er Seder Plate,and reclining incelebration offreedom.
WEST PITTSTON Police saida resident of The Garden VillageApartments fell from an enclosed10th-floor solarium Friday morn-ing.
Joyce Williams was listed in crit-ical condition at the GeisingerWyoming Valley Medical Center.
We dontsuspect foul play, saidborough police officer MichaelTurner.
The investigation is ongoing andpolice are interviewing witnessesand reviewinga surveillancevideo.
Williams, who is in her mid-60s,wasalone in the closed-in glassso-larium around 11:50 a.m., saidTurner. He described the solariumasa sitting roomfor residentsat theapartment buildingat 221FremontSt. located next to the boroughsmunicipal building on Exeter Ave-nue.
A resident hearda loudbangandreported thefall to LuzerneCounty911, said Turner.
Woman injuredin 10-story fallBy JERRY LYNOTT
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CONYNGHAM
Scouts to honor BarlettaThe Boy Scouts of America, Greater
Hazleton area chapter, will honor U.S.Rep. Lou Barletta, R-Hazleton, at its
Greater HazletonFriends of ScoutingDinner next week.
Barletta was chosenas the 2012 Distin-guished Citizen of theYear, and will be hon-ored at the April 12reception and dinnerheld at the Valley
Country Club, Country Club Lane,Conyngham.
Barletta is being recognized for hissignificant achievements and service tothe community and the areas youth.The award recognizes individuals whoset a positive example for others anddemonstrate selfless concern and carefor their communities.
For more information, call Paul Os-wald, district executive, Boy Scouts ofAmerica at 570-578-8927 or [email protected].
WILKES-BARRE
Proposals being acceptedThe Blue Ribbon Foundation of Blue
Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania isaccepting proposals for its first grantcycle of 2012. Applications must bereceived electronically by 5 p.m. on ,
May 4 to be considered.The nonprofit Blue Ribbon Founda-
tion invests in health education andprevention initiatives that producemeasurable health improvements andhelp manage long-term health costs forresidents of northeastern and northcentral Pennsylvania.
Nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organizationslocated in and serving the foundations13-county service area, which includesLackawanna, Luzerne and Wyomingcounties, may submit proposals forhealth and wellness projects under thefoundations mini grant, impact grantand access to health care for the unin-sured and underinsured grant cate-gories.
For more information on eligibilityrequirements and funding priorities
and to download the electronic applica-tion visit www.bcnepa.com/Communi-ty/BlueRibbon.aspx or call (570) 200-6305.
WILKES-BARRE
Comedian to be at WilkesLocal comedian Teri Granahan will
give a presentation at Wilkes Universi-tys Womens and Gender StudiesConference on April 17 from 4 to 5:15p.m. in the Miller Conference Room inthe Student Union Building at WilkesUniversity. She will focus on the nega-
tive messages womenreceive from themedia and how tocounteract them.
A standup comedi-an since 2000, Grana-han has been perform-ing everywhere fromScranton to New YorkCity. My comedy
already comes with a message. Assomeone over 40, I understand thechallenges women face when it comesto how others look at us. The impor-tant thing is to acknowledge howstrong we really are. Performing at thisconference will allow me to push themessage a little farther, Granahansaid, explaining her interest in theconference.
This years conference theme isWomen Across the Globe. A numberof students, professors and communitymembers also will present.
The free event is sponsored byWilkes University and co-sponsored by
Kings College. For more information,contact Jennifer Thomas, Wilkes direc-tor of Womens and Gender Studies, at408-4567 or [email protected].
WILKES-BARRE TWP.
Egg hunt at Dome todayAn Easter egg hunt sponsored by the
LOGAN Foundation will be held todayat the Wyoming Valley Sports Dome.
The hunt, specifically designed forany individual with special needs, willtake place from 11 a.m. to1 p.m. at thesports dome, Bear Creek Boulevard.
The LOGAN Foundation was formedso that parents and caregivers mayhave information and a place to assistin their search for answers. L.O.G.A.N.
is an acronym for Little Ones Geneticand Neurological as well as being thename of a little boy named Logan.
I N B R I E F
Barletta
Granahan
Even a dragons fire might not havebeen enough to save Quentin Hellersapple crop from an icy night Thursdayinto Friday.
Workers at Heller Orchards in Wap-wallopen were out at 4 a.m. running aFrost Dragon, an industrial-size pro-pane heater and blower capable ofwarming temperatures over severalacres, in an effort to stave off frost.
Temperatures dropped below freez-ing in parts of Luzerne County over-night; cold enough to threaten fruittrees that are blossoming early becauseof a warmer-than-average March, andforecasters predicted thecold would re-turn Friday night into today.
Heller wasnt sure if the artificial
warming was enough to save his applecropfromthe overnightchill,buthewasoptimistic.
I suppose there may be some dam-age, but it only takes a few blossoms togeta crop,Heller said. We havent ful-ly determined yet how things are goingto be.
With local fruit trees sprouting early, current freeze big threat to orchards
Weather brings crop of worriesByMATT HUGHES
DONCAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
Quentin Heller fears thatthe coldtemperatures overnight mayhave damaged
fruit trees, including these peach trees, at Heller Orchards in Wapwallopen.SeeFREEZE,Page 4A
I suppose there may besome damage, but it onlytakes a few blossoms to get acrop.
Quentin Heller
Farmer
HAZLETON The citys decade-old New Years Eve celebration hasbeen canceled this year because offederal funding cuts and difficultyfinding sponsors, Mayor Joseph Yan-nuzzi said.
The cancel lation of First Night Ha-zleton came up at the city councilmeeting this week when CouncilmanJack Mundie inquired about city eco-nomic development officer Lena Ko-tanskys position.
In addition to her economic devel-opment duties, Kotansky coordinat-ed the citys annual family-orientedentertainment event since it began in2001.
Mundy asked how it was decidedthat Kotanskys job would be elimi-nated.
Annetta Williams,director of the Officeof Community Devel-
opment, said Kotan-sky probably wouldhave been laid off fora time, but her jobwas not elimina ted.
She found anoth-er job; she resigned,Williams said.
Mundy asked whenthe administrationfound out that statefunding for economicdevelopment wouldbe cut.
City administratorMary Ellen Lieb saidthe c ity was in-formed after budgettalks were complete.
Obviously we knew that we we-rent going to have enough (funding)to take us through the year with theemployees we have, Lieb said.
The O ffice of Communi ty D evelop-ment had two full-time positions andone part-time position funded in thebudget. Kotanskys full-time positionpaid about $51,000.
Lieb said funding was cut last year,and the city was notified that officialsshould expect another cut this year.She said she planned to revise thebudget to reflect the cut when thecity received this years grant awardand present it to council at that time.
Kotansky has said the only fundingFirst Night got from the city was in-kind police service, the time it tookstreets department employees toerect and take down a few saw horsesto block traffic, and a few hours of
free trolley bus rides in an eight-square-block radius for First Nightpatrons.
Hazletons
First Nighta victim ofeconomicsLena Kotansky, the citys economic
development officer and coordinator
for the event, leaves her post.
By STEVEMOCARSKY
The cancella-
tion of First
Night Hazle-ton came up
at the city
council meet-
ing this week
when Council-
man Jack
Mundie in-
quired about
city economic
development
officer Lena
Kotanskys
position.
PLAINS TOWNSHIP Surroundedby thesoundof hammersandnails,85-year-old Steven Solovey sat on a lawnchair in between his current and for-mer home on Friday.
A trailer provided by the FederalEmergency Management Agency liesto his left, and to his right the RiverRoad home he build from the groundup more than 55 years ago.
The latter was heavily damaged byrecord September flooding,but thanksto volunteers from across the country,Solovey and his wife, Beatrice, arecloser than ever to being back in theirrightful home.
Evacuated in September, the Solo-
veysweresplittingtime betweenlivingwithrelativesand livingout of a FEMAtrailer when they were contacted byrepresentatives from Presbyterian Di-saster Assistance.
It all started from there, Soloveysaid.
Volunteers from Inglewood Presby-
D I S A S T E R R E C O V E R Y
PETEG. WILCOXPHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER
Steven Solovey, 84, saw hishomebadly damaged inthe 2011 flooding. But, likeothers in the area, he is getting help
fromPresbyterian DisasterRelief volunteersso he can move backin.
The kindness after the flood
Presbyterian Disaster Relief volunteer BethKearney paints the windowtrim
at the Solovey home while reconstruction work goeson Friday.
See HELP,Page4A
A church group from the state of
Washington helps local victims of
Tropical Storm Lee recover.
By JOEDOLINSKY
Times Leader Intern
WILKES-BARRE Gov. TomCorbettwill be in Wilkes-Barre Monday to signSenateBill 815 thenewjuvenilejusticebillsponsored by state Sen.Lisa Baker.
Jen Wilson, spokeswoman for Baker,R-Lehman Township, said the signingwillbe heldMondayat 1 p.m.at the Lu-zerne County Courthouse.
Sen. Baker is honored to have the
governor come to the community tosign the bills, Wilson said. It demon-strates the importance of the reform
measures.Wilson said the
event is open to thepublic.
SB-815 requiresthat legal counsel bepresentat juvenilede-linquency hearingsandit eliminatesnear-
lyallwaivingofcounselinjuveniledelin-quent hearings.
Baker saidrecentlythata juvenilesys-tem marked by fairness, integrity, andtrue justice is the goal that this legisla-tionshould helpto guarantee.
Shesaidthateven withthe new laws,new rules, and new oversight proce-
dures, it still comes down to havingquality people with integrity and forti-tude to make the system work as it
should.Baker also is sponsor of three other
bills regarding juvenilejustice.SenateBill816establishesanOfficeof
Victim Advocateto represent and advo-cate for the interests of victims of juve-nile crime; Senate Bill 817 restricts theuse of restraints on juveniles duringcourt proceedings,and SB-818would re-quirejudgesto stateon therecord theirreasoning for placing youths in deten-tion centers.
The bills address problems with thestate juvenilejustice system exposed inthe corruption scandal, in which ex-Lu-zerne County judges Mark Ciavarellaand Michael Conahan were accused of
incarcerating juveniles for profit. Bothmen now are serving federal prisonterms.
Corbett will be in Wilkes-Barre to sign juvenile justice bill
Corbett
Signing of Senate Bill 815,
sponsored by state Sen. Lisa
Baker, will be at courthouse.
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The National Weather Service
at Binghamtons temperature da-ta, measured at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton InternationalAirport in Pittston Township,said the overnight low reachedonly 32 degrees, recorded at11:59 p.m. Thursday, but farmersindicated temperatures droppedmuch lower in other areas of Lu-zerne County overnight.
Hellersaid temperaturesdrop-ped as low as 27 degrees in hisorchards. While apple trees cansurvive a few degrees belowfreezing, Heller said, it was closeenough to the danger zone todraw his concern.
Its hard to tell by looking howmuch damage the trees sus-tained, Heller said, because theemerging apples are now in atightcluster.Eventuallythey willseparate into several that willmature. He said he wont knowfor several weeks if the crop willbe spared the June drop, a phe-nomenon in which apples whoseseeds did not form properly dueto early frost fallfrom trees early,in June.
The freeze Thursday into Fri-day added one more worry forfarmers already on edge from anunseasonably warm spring,which caused fruit trees to budweeks earlier than farmerswould have liked. The averagetemperaturein March wasnearly49 degrees, almost 12 degreesabove average, with temper-atures swinging from a low of 20
onMarch6 toa highof78 March23.
Its crazyweather Ill tellyou,Heller said. Im beginning tothink there might be somethingto this global warming business;
I never saw a season like this.We have a ways to go yet, he
added. Were not out of thewoods by a mile.
Chris Maylath of MaylathFarm and Orchard in Sugarloaf,said temperatures this springhave been slightly cooler insouthern Luzerne County thanthey have been further north,whichhas keptapple treeson thefarm from budding too early.
The apples at Maylath Farmare now in the pink stage, whichcomes after green buds form butbeforethe clusterstagethat Hell-ers apples have entered. Whilelast night was cold, the budswere probably hearty enough towithstand it, Maylath said.
We actually might be in half-decent shape as long as it doesntget any colder, he said. You re-ally wont know until the applestarts to develop in seven to 10days, but right now I think weregoing to be OK.
Cold temperatures were ex-pected to continue overnight.
The National Weather Service is-sued a freezewarning forWilkes-Barre, Hazleton and Scrantonfrom 2 a.m. until 11 a.m. today,predicting temperatures coulddrop into the middle to high 20s.
FREEZEContinued from Page 3A
The National Weather Serviceissued a freeze warning in effectuntil 11a.m . today. Overnight tem-peratures are expected to warmup slightly early next week, butwill remain around freezing.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 59.Breezy, with gusts as high as 32mph.Tonight: Clear, with a low around30Sunday: Sunny, with a high near64. Winds could gust as high as 29mph.Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with alow around 35Source: The National WeatherService at Binghamton, N.Y.
C O L D T O C O N T I NU E
United Methodist Church thatworks with similar churchesthroughout the country to pro-vide relief and spiritual supportto those affected by disasters.
Susquehanna ConferenceNortheast Coordinator DouglasSivers said the coalition alsoworks with representatives of
terian Church of Kirkland,
Wash., began making repairs tothe home Monday by reframingand bleaching walls, adding drywall and insulation and remov-ing trash.
The job they did in just oneweek is wonderful, he said.
Theresa Shipe was one ofabout a dozen of the volunteerswho made the 2,750-mile jour-ney to Pennsylvania and the So-loveys flood-ravaged residencein Plains Township.
We help people who arent ina position to help themselves,Shipe said.
Whether its from next dooror across the country, just beinghere and having presence mat-ters, she said.
The volunteers were coordi-nated through the SusquehannaConference, a member of thePennsylvania Conference of the
FEMA, providing them withnames of flood victims and howbadlythey wereaffectedby Trop-ical Storm Lee.
We send teams to scope outthe magnitude of the disasterand then wefind thepeople whoneed help themost,Sivers said.
According to Sivers, addition-
al events are planned for thesummer in the areas of PlainsTownship and West Pittston,with recipients of volunteerwork being determined on acase-to-case basis.
Repairs to the Solovey homeareexpected to be completed byMay15.
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PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Steve Umbinetti, cen-
ter, smooths edges ofdrywall inside a closet
while Brent Becker,left, spackles a wall at
the Solovey home in
Plains Township on
Friday. Many of thePresbyterian DisasterRelief volunteers came
from the state ofWashington to work on
the reconstruction ofSoloveys home and
other buildings dam-
aged by flooding fromtropical storm Lee last
September.
LOS ANGELES Al Gores
Current TV is blasting back at
fired host Keith Olbermann.
Ina courtfilingFriday, thenet-
work attacked the liberal opin-
ion-maker as "arrogant" and "im-
mature" and said that he had
failed to show up for nearly half
of his recent workdays. The pa-
pers were a response to Olber-
manns $70 million breach-of-
contract lawsuit filed Thursday
against Current, which hired
him as its star last year but dis-
missed him in late March after
months of turmoil.Currentsaid it doesnt have to
"pay a dime" to Olbermann,"who, having already been paid
handsomely for showing up spo-
radically and utterly failing tokeep his end of the bargain, now
seeks to be paid tens of millionsmore fornot working at all." The
papers also point out that Olber-mann told David Letterman,
during a TV appearance thisweek, that "I screwed up" at Cur-
rent.The network, founded by the
former vice president with legalentrepreneur JoelHyatt, accuses
Olbermann of leaking his $10million salary to the media tohelp justify his decision to join
Current, which has roughly 68million subscribers but very lowratings.
Current TV calls fired host Olbermann arrogant, immatureBy SCOTTCOLLINS
Los Angeles Times
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WASHINGTON
More GSA spending probed
The General Services Administrationdeveloped an employee awards
program that spent more than$438,000 over three years, far exceed-ing the agencys per-gift limit of $99,congressional investigators reportedFriday.
Investigators for the House Trans-portation and Infrastructure Commit-tee said the Hats Off Program initial-ly gave out items of nominal value.Over time, the awards became iPods,digital cameras, GPS devices and otherelectronics. The spending was for the
2007 through 2010 budget years.The agency has been under fire from
Congress after its inspector generalreported this week that GSA lavishlyspent $820,000 for a Las Vegas confer-ence in 2010. The head of the agencyresigned, two deputies were fired andother employees were suspended. TheTransportation panel and the HouseOversight and Government ReformCommittee are just starting investiga-tions of the agencys wasteful spending.
MOSCOW
Russia setting up missilesA Russian newspaper has reported
that the military has begun deployingS-400 mobile surface-to-air missiles inKaliningrad, the Baltic exclave bor-
dered by Poland and Lithuania.Izvestia cited unnamed military
officials as saying the missiles arrivedFriday, but did not say how many. TheDefense Ministry declined comment onthe report.
S-400s, Russias most advanced sur-face-to-air missiles, have a range of120-400 kilometers (75-250 miles).
The report comes amid rising ten-sion between the U.S. and Russia overWashingtons plans for a missile-shieldsystem in Europe, which Russia con-tends threatens its own defenses.
CAIRO
Islamists back candidateThousands of Islamists marched to
Tahrir Square on Friday to support
Salafi presidential hopeful Hazem AbuIsmail, whose candidacy is in jeopardyover revelations this week that hisdeceased mother was a U.S. citizen.
Protesters chanted against the rulingmilitary council, which they claim isbehind an ongoing "conspiracy" againstIsmail. "Down, down with militaryrule; Abu Ismail is a red line," theyshouted.
The protesters said the Egyptianarmy and the U.S want to force Ismailout of the race over fears that if hewins, Islamic law would deeply influen-ce public life and Egypts foreign policycould be dramatically changed.
ST. LOUIS
Search on for alligatorsThe 50 baby alligators were cutelittle critters, each roughly the size of a
pencil, when a Colorado man soldthem out of a trailer in the parking lotof the Kennett Eagles Club in southeastMissouri.
Fourteen months later, Kennett au-thorities are worried about whatsbecome of those animals.
Now theyve grown and theyre notcute anymore, Humane Departmentofficer Tina Petix said. Theyre tryingto bite people.
So Petix is on a gator hunt, hoping toconvince any owners that small-townMissouri life is neither good for thereptile nor the people and pets it mayencounter.
So far, three alligators have beenlocated and removed. One woman waskeeping two as pets, often in a back-
yard next to a home where 3-year-oldtwins live. The other nearly snappedoff its owners hand.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Making beauty immortal
A photographer takes pictures oftulips in Beijing, China on Friday.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. Emergencycrews searched the charred remains of aVirginia Beach apartment complex Fri-day after a fighter jet crashed into it justafter takeoff in what Navy officials calleda catastrophic mechanical malfunc-tion.
Two Navy pilots a student and aninstructor from nearby Naval Air StationOceana ejected just before the jet ca-reened into the apartment complex, de-molishing sectionsof somebuildingsandengulfing others in flames. Some 40apartment units were damaged or de-stroyed in the crash, but hours later nofatalities had been reported.
Seven people, including both pilots,weretakento a hospital. Allexcept oneofthe pilots were released by late after-noon.
Virginia Beach Fire Department Capt.Tim Rileysaid morethan two dozenresi-dents remained unaccounted for, al-though all but the six most damaged
apartments had been searched.What Im praying for, what Im think-
ing about now is that we dont find anymore victims, Virginia B each MayorWill Sessoms told reporters.
The two-seat F/A-18D Hornet haddumped loads of fuel before crashing,though it wasntclearif thatwas becauseofa malfunctionor anintentional maneu-ver by the pilots, said Capt. Mark Weis-gerber with U.S. Fleet Forces Command.
Bruce Nedelka, the Virginia BeachEMS division chief, said witnesses sawfuel being dumped from the jet before itwent down, and that fuel was found onbuildings and vehicles in the area.
The plane not having as much fuel onboard mitigated what could have beenan absolute massive, massive fireball and
fire, Nedelka said.The crash happened in the HamptonRoads area, which has a large concentra-tion of military bases, including NavalStation Norfolk, the largest naval base inthe world. Naval Air Station Oceana,where the F/A-18D that crashed was as-signed, is located in Virginia Beach.
VA . J E T C R A S H Seven hurt after unmanned fighter careens into complex
Terror falls from the sky
AP PHOTO
The burning fuselage of an F/A-18DHornet lies smoldering after crashinginto a residential building in VirginiaBeach Friday. Seven people were hurt,more than 24 were unaccounted for.
By ZINIE CHENSAMPSON
Associated Press
REYHANLI, Turkey Afterdays of relentless shelling andsniper attacks, thousands of Syr-ian refugees streamed acrossthe border into Turkey with hor-rific accounts Friday of massgraves, massacres and burned-out homes.
The latest reports of escalat-ing violence fueled accusationsthat President Bashar Assad isrushing to stamp out as much ofthe year-old uprising as he canbefore a U.N.-brokered cease-firenext week.
The trigger for the new wavesof refugees was an offensive inIdlib province, which bordersTurkey and has become increas-ingly rebellious against the As-sad regime.
Activists reported about 100dead in the vil-
lages of Tafta-naz and Killi inrecent days.
A photo-graph providedto The Associ-ated Press by aSyrian activistshowed at leasta dozen corps-es wrapped inblankets inwhat appearedto be a massgrave in Tafta-naz. The APcould not veri-fy the authenticity of the pho-tograph, but witnesses also de-scribed a mass grave.
They destroyed the wholevillage, a refugee who asked tobe identified by only one name,Anas, told the AP on Friday af-ter fleeing Killi. If he has tokill, Bashar would even kill 1million people. He doesntcare.
Hikmet Saban, another Syrianrefugee who reached Turkey, de-scribed the devastation in Tafta-naz, located several miles out-side the city of Idlib.
Helicopters and tanks arebombarding continuously, hetold Turkeys state-run Anadoluagency. Taftanaz has beenburnt to the ground for threedays. Activists posted videothey said showed a helicoptergunship firing a missile at Tafta-
naz and a mosque hit by shell-ing.
The escalating violence hasdimmed hopes that the fighting,which the U.N. says has killedmore than 9,000 people, willend anytime soon. The countryappears to be spiraling towardcivil war a fearsome devel-opment that could bring a re-gional conflagration.
A vital geopolitical linchpin,Syria borders five other nationsand has close ties to Iran andpowerful militant groups, suchas Lebanons Hezbollah.
Syrianrefugeesrun fromviolenceThe trigger for the new waves
of refugees was an offensive
in Idlib province.
By ANDREAGLIOTIand
ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY
Associated Press
The escalatingviolence has
dimmed hopes
that the
fighting,
which the U.N.
says has
killed more
than 9,000
people, will
end anytime
soon.
RED BUD, Ill. The tiny Illi-nois farm town of Red Bud is thekind of place with few strangersandfew secrets. Yet thecommuni-ty of 3,700 hasa lingeringmysteryonits hands: Whobought thewin-ning Mega Millions lottery ticket,and why hasnt the winner of theworld-record $646 million jackpotcome forward?
Though secrecy surrounds theticketsoldat theMotoMartconve-nience store, lottery officials noteits not unusual for winners to laylow.
Its exactlywhat theKansas win-nerof theMarch30 Mega Millionsdrawing decided to do. KansasLottery Director Dennis Wilsonsaid the person came to the agen-cys Topeka headquarters Fridaymorning with an attorney andsome financial advisers. Wilson
said the person does not want tobe identified, even by gender something Kansas law allows.
They obviously dont need thepublicity, Wilson said.
A third winning ticket was soldin Maryland, and questions festerabout awomanclaimingto have it.Mirlande Wilson, a McDonaldsworker, claimedto haveone of thewinning Mega Millions tickets,only to tell NBC News on Thurs-
day that she misplaced it.For all of its promise, instant
riches come with a price, startingwith the immediate barrage ofcalls from relatives and distantfriendseagerfor a handout. Nevermind theneedtohirespecialiststoaddress tax implications and crafta disciplined investment strategythatcould avoidthe fateofpastlot-tery winners whove spectacularlyburned through vast fortunes.
Its a real jackpot when some big lottery winners can remain anonymous
Questions fester
about a
Maryland
woman who
claimed she had
a winning ticket
then said she
misplaced it.
ByJIM SUHR
Associated Press
ROME Pope Benedict XVI encour-aged those threatened by unemploymentandother economicwoesto draw courageandstrengthfromthe sufferingof thecruci-fied Jesus Christ as the pontiff presidedover a Good Friday candlelit Way of theCrossprocessionat theancientColosseum.
Benedict, who turns 85on April 16, didnt carrythe cross during the hour-long procession itself. In-stead, he listened intentlyto mediations on sufferingthat he asked an elderlyItalian couple to composefor the traditional ceremo-ny. Then, as the final reflection was readaloud, the pontiff was handed the slender,lightweight wooden cross, which he heldsteadily fora fewminutes.
Thousands of tourists, pilgrims and Ro-mans jammed the boulevard outside theColosseum andthe ancientRomanForum
to pray with him on a mild, cloudy nightandlistento hymns.
Faithful clutched candles and prayerbooks. A few held palms or olive branchesthey had saved from Palm Sunday, whichopened solemn Holy Week ceremonies inthe CatholicChurch.
The experience of suffering and of thecross touches all mankind. It touches the
family, too, the pope saidina briefhomilyat the endofthe procession,whichheobserved from an elevatedlanding.
Dressed in red robes tosymbolize the blood shedby Jesus, the pope addedthat these days, too, the
situationof manyfamiliesis madeworsebythethreatof unemployment andotherneg-ativeeffectsofthe economiccrisis,suchasworry about thefutureof youngpeople.
ButBenedictadvisedfamiliesto look toChrists cross. There we can find the cour-ageand strength to presson.
GOOD FRIDAY
AP PHOTOS
A Christian cross is lit prior to the start of the Way of the Crosstorchlight procession celebrated in front of the Colosseumon Good Friday in Rome. Pope Benedict XVI presided over the procession.
A focus on strength
Pope Benedict XVI, right, receives thecross on Good Friday in Rome.
By FRANCESDEMILIO
Associated Press
But Benedict advised fam-
ilies to look to Christs
cross. There we can find
the courage and strength
to press on.
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JACQUELINE KARAZIA, for-merly of Wilkes-Barre, passedaway Thursday at Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center.Funeral arrangements arependingfrom StraubKane FuneralHome, 55 Park Avenue, Wilkes-Barre.
BETTY LOU MACCARTNEY,64,of Plains Townshipdied Fridaymorning at the Wilkes-Barre Gen-eral Hospital.
Funeral arrangements arepending from the Corcoran Funer-al Home Inc., Plains Township.
TYLER T. WINSTEAD, 14, ofWilkes-Barre, passed away Thurs-dayeveningat GeisingerWyomingValley Medical Center, PlainsTownship.
Arrangements are pendingand services will be announced byKniffen OMalley Funeral HomeInc., 465 S. Main Street, Wilkes-Barre.
Frank L. Lewicki, 86, of PlainsTownship, passed away Thurs-
daymorning at GeisingerWyomingValley MedicalCenter,Plains Town-ship.
Born in the Hudson section ofPlains Township, he was the son ofthe late John and Bertha (Borow-ski) Lewicki.
Frank attended Plains MemorialHighSchool andwasan Armyveter-an of World War II serving with the182nd InfantryRegiment,CompanyL, in the Pacific Theater. Frank washonoredin September2011with theBronze Star Medal from U.S. Sen-atorBob Casey forhis servicein thePhilippines and Solomon Islands
during World War II.Hewas employed asa Senior Lab
Technician for Airco Labs of Union,N.J. Frankwasthe townfix-ithandy-man, loved to go to the Sunday pol-ka dances in Dupont, go for longwalks and was proud of his timespent at Airco Labs in New Jersey.He was a member of SS. Peter &Paul Church, Plains Township, andthe Dupont V.F.W. Post 4909.
Frank and his wife, the formerAnne Gemski, would have celebrat-ed their 60th wedding anniversaryin June of 2012.
He was preceded in death by hisbrothers, Chester, John andStanleyLewicki, sisters, Anne Dalton, Jose-phine Smar, Mary Kozelski andTheresa Gallagher.
Surviving, in additionto hiswife,Anne, are his son Joseph Lewicki,Eureka, Montana; daughter DianneMunkittrick and her husband,Mark, Santee, S.C.; grandchildren,Kyle Munkittrick, Queens, N.Y. andHana Munkittrick, Phnom Penh,Cambodia; brother Leonard Olan-
der and his wife, Rebecca, PlainsTownship, several nieces and neph-ews.
Funeral will be held Tuesdayat 9 a.m. from the Corcoran
Funeral Home Inc. 20 South MainStreet, Plains Township, with aMassofChristianBurialat9:30a.m.in Ss. Peter & Paul Church, PlainsTownship. Interment with MilitaryHonorswill beheldin Mount OlivetCemetery, Carverton.
Friends may call Monday from 6to 8 p.m.
Memorial donations may bemadetothe AmericanHeart Associ-ation, 71 North Franklin Street,Wilkes-Barre, PA18701.
Onlinecondolencesmay be madeat www.corcoranfuneralhome.com.
Frank L. LewickiApril 5, 2012
Anna Mae (Hogan) Mariani, 47,passed away Thursday, April 5,
2012, in the Hospice CommunityCare Inpatient Unit at GeisingerSouth Wilkes-Barre surrounded byher loving family.
Mrs. Mariani was born Septem-ber 4, 1964, in Wilkes-Barre. Shewasthe daughterof Josephand Ver-naYelland Hogan ofFortyFort.Shewasa graduateof WestSide Vo-Techand is a member of Forty Fort Unit-ed Methodist Church.
AnnaMaewas employed atLake-side Nursing Center for eight yearsas the business office manager.
Sheenjoyedcamping, golfingandwatching the Pittsburgh Steelerswith her husband Mark and daugh-ter Brittney. She enjoyed familygatherings,herdog, Sheba,and catsLucey and Luler and simply just re-
laxing.She was preceded in death bygrandparents, Joseph and MarionHogan, Thomas and Anna Yelland;godfather,Felix (Fox) Mascelli,Lin-daYelland,auntandcousinMicheleMarie Langdon Ayus.
Surviving, besides herparents, isher husband, Mark, of 21 years.They would have celebrated their22nd anniversary on April 7, 2012.Also surviving are daughters, Am-ber Steele and her husband, Tom,California, and Brittney, at homeandsoon-to-begrandsonNoahMar-kus; siblings, Josephand wife, Char-line, Larksville;Mark andwife,Che-ryl, Avoca; Dana and wife, Kim,Kingston; Hope Kalchko and hus-band,Kevin, SweetValley, andAprilLewis and husband, Donny, FortyFort. Anna Mae is the oldest of thesix.She wasleader ofthe pack. Also
surviving are goddaughter, KayeaHoganand godmother AnnaLouiseMascelli, mother and father-in-law,Jack and Marlene Cacozza; Chris-tine Mariani; several nieces and ne-
phews and one great-niece, manyaunts, uncles and cousins.Funeral servicewill be on Tues-
day at 10 a.m. at Forty Fort UnitedMethodist Church, Wyoming andYeageravenues,Forty Fort,with herpastor, the Rev. Donald A. RobertsSr., officiating. The interment willin Mount Olivet Cemetery, King-ston Township. Friends may call onMonday from 5 to 8 p.m. at theHughB. Hughes & SonInc. FuneralHome, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, For-ty Fort.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-tributions can be made on behalf ofAnna Mae to Hospice CommunityCare or Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Anna Maes family would like tothank Hospice Community CareStaff and InterMountain MedicalGroup, Shavertown and especiallyDr. Krishnakant Patel.
Anna Mae (Hogan) Mariani
April 5, 2012
Raymond R. Walton, 65, of theNewtown section of Hanover
Township, went into the lovinghands of the Lord on April 5, 2012.
Ray was born on February 24,1947 and was the son of the lateEmil H. and Irene Draina Walton.He was a 1964 graduate of HanoverMemorial High School and attend-ed Wilkes-Barre Business School.He and his wife, Roselie, celebratedtheir 10th wedding anniversary onFebruary 24th, 2012.
Ray was formerly employed atSuburban Publishers, Great North-ern Press and Unigraphics. He waspast president and director at theC.W.V. Post 274, Hanover Town-ship. He also served in the U.S. Ar-my Reserves. He was a lifelongmember of the Holy Rosary-St.Leos Catholic Church, Ashley.
Ray enjoyed spending lovingtime with his wife, family andfriends. He enjoyed backyard par-ties,drivinghis T-birdandfuntimesat the C.W.V.
In additionto his parents, he waspreceded in death by his brotherJohn.
He is survived by his loving wife,Roselie, and daughters, Raeann,Sheena and Fallon; stepson Jamee;
brother Richard and his wife, Nancy;sister Donna Sherbin and husband,Charles; mother-in-law Lucy Tinde;brothers-in-law, Dante and Greg;grandchildren, Aalijah, Kiana andNoah; uncles, aunts, nieces and neph-ews.
We love you Ray, "Poppa," "Dad."Therewill beno callinghours.AMass of Christian Burial will be
held on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. at St.Leos Church, Ashley.
Funeral arrangements are by Char-lesV. SherbinFuneral Home, HanoverTownship. Condolences may be sentto [email protected] [email protected].
Raymond R. WaltonApril 5, 2012
CHARLOTTE MACAREK, ofWilkes-Barre, died Friday morn-
ing, April 6, 2012, in Wilkes-BarreGeneral Hospital.Funeral arrangements are
pending from the Lehman FamilyFuneral Service, Wilkes-Barre.
EMANUEL WITTY, Esq. of Po-cono Lake, died Thursday eve-ning, April 5, 2012, in GeisingerWyoming Valley Medical Center,Plains Township. Born in theBronx, N.Y., he was the son of thelate Hyman and Asya Biber Witty,wasa graduate of HobartUniversi-
ty and New York University andserved in the U.S. Navy. AttorneyWitty is survived by his lovingwife, the formerStarr Espriel;son,Daniel Witty, Farmingdale, N.Y.;daughters, Susan Witty, EllicottCity, Md.; Judy Teeple, PoconoLake, Debbie Shectner, SilverSprings, Md.; 10 grandchildrenand two great- grandchildren.
Graveside funeral servicewill be held Sunday, April 8,
2012, in Temple Israel Cemetery,212 Denison Street, Swoyersville,at 12:30 p.m. Arrangements are byRosenberg Funeral Chapel, 348 S.River Street,Wilkes-Barre.Memo-rial contributions may be made toChildren of Israel.
MARK TARNECKI, 57, of Mountain Top and formerly ofNanticoke, passed away Thursdayevening at Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospital.
Funeral arrangements arepending and will be announcedfrom the Bednarski & Thomas Fu-
neral Home, 27 Park Avenue,Wilkes-Barre.
Dr. Joseph M. Baloga, age 47, ofLaguna Hills, Calif. and former-
ly of Shavertown, passed away un-expectedly Saturday, March 31,2012 at his home.
Born May 7, 1964, in Kingston,Joseph was the son of the late JohnM. and F. Patricia Gaj Baloga. Hegrew upin Swoyersvilleand Shaver-town.
As a youth, Joe was a member ofBoy Scout Troop 233 and achievedthe rank of Eagle Scout. He gradu-atedwithhonors fromDallasSeniorHigh School and was active in thedrama curriculum, including play-ingthe leadroleinthe schooldramaHarvey.
Joe was an active member of St.Thereses Church, Shavertown,wherehe wasan altarserver andlec-tor.
Diagnosed with Type I diabetesattheageof 7,Joededicatedhislifeto helping fellow diabetics withtheirdisease.He graduatedSummaCum Laude with a BS in Microbiol-ogy from Penn State University. Hereceived his Doctorate in Medicinein1990from TheOhioStateUniver-sity College of Medicine. Joe com-pleted his internship and residencyin 1993 at University of RochesterMedicalCenterand wasBoardCer-tified inInternal MedicineaswellasEndocrinology and Metabolism. Hecompleted his fellowship at TheUniversity of California, San Diego,and The San Diego Veterans Med-ical Center, contributing to impor-
tantearlyresearchon insulin resist-ance.Dr.Baloga remained in California
as a practicing physician in SantaCruz and South Orange County. Hespecializedin TypeI andTypeII dia-betes and treatment of growth hor-mone deficiencies at South OrangeCounty Endocrinology. Dr. Balogawaslisted in theUS Newsand WorldReportsrankingas anationalexpertin his field and was highly regardedfor his compassion and profession-alism.
While at home in Laguna Hills,Joe enjoyed gardening, gourmet
cooking, caring for his pets and trav-eling. Joseph was a member of St. Ni-cholas Church, Laguna Woods, Calif.
Preceding him in death, in additiontohis parents, werean infantsister, Pa-tricia,and brother-in-law, Troy E. Con-nor.
Survivingarehisbrothers,John andwife,Pat, Rochester,N.Y.; Stephenandwife, Patti, Harrisburg; Thomas andwife, Gayle, Goshen, N.Y.; David andwife, Donna, Dallas; sister, Alice Con-nor, York. He will be sadly missed bynumerous nephews, nieces, great-ne-phews, great-nieces and cousins, aswell as his dear friend, Kenneth R.Wells, Laguna Hills, Calif.
Funeralserviceswill be held Tues-day,April10,2012at 9:30a.m.fromtheHarold C. Snowdon Funeral HomeInc., 140 N. Main Street, Shavertown.A Mass of Christian Burial will followat10a.m. in St.Thereses Church,Pio-neerAvenue andDavisStreet,Shaver-
town. Interment will be made in HolyTrinity Cemetery, Swoyersville.Friends may call at the funeral homeMonday, April 9, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Memorial contributions may bemade to the American Diabetes Asso-ciationor SanDiegoHouseRabbitSo-ciety, P.O. Box 261553, San Diego, CA92196.
Dr. Joseph M. BalogaMarch 31, 2012
Daniel S .Chergosky, 62,of Pottstown,South Coven-try Township,husband of thelate Patricia A.(Cheben)Chergosky,
passed away on Friday, March 30.Bornand raisedin Wilkes-Barre,
he was the son of the late Samueland Helen (Potsko) Chergosky.Danwastheownerof hisownbusi-ness, P&D Contractor in Pott-stown. He was a member of St.Matthews Lutheran Church inChester Springs, where he was anactive member of the choir, and asan usher and lector. He was also amember of the F&AM Mt. Picker-ing Lodge #446.
Surviving are his son RobertBoehm,husbandofNoel,of Aldan;daughters, Deidre Jones, wife of
Bradley, of Covington Township;TraceyMurphy,wife of John,of BocaRaton, Fla., and Kimberly Smith ofAshley; his sister, Jane Verhanovitz,wifeof Richard,of Royersford;grand-children, Casey and Kayley Jones,Michael Smith and Lauren Miller;nephew Bryan Verhanovitz, nieceBeth Clark; great-nephew Noah andgreat-niece Sydney.
A memorialservicewill be Tues-day, April 10, at 7 p.m. at St. Mat-thews Lutheran Church, 2440 Con-estogaRoad,Chester Spring,Pa. Vis-itation will be Tuesday from 6 to 7p.m. atthe church.Burialwillbe pri-vate.
Memorial donations maybe madein Dans name to St. Matthews Con-gregation Cares Fund at the aboveaddress. Catagnus Funeral Home &Cremation CenterInc., Pottstown, isin charge ofarrangements.Viewobit-uaries or send condolences atwww.catagnusfuneralhomes.com.
Daniel S. ChergoskyMarch 30, 2012
BAUER Anna, funeral services 9a.m. Tuesday in the S.J. Gront-kowski Funeral Home, Plymouth.Mass at 9:30 a.m. in All SaintsParish, Plymouth. Friends maycall 5 to 8 p.m. Monday.
BERNOSKI Deborah, blessingservice11a.m. today in the Stan-ley S. Stegura Funeral Home Inc.,614 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke.Friends may all 10 a.m. until timeof service.
BEST James, funeral 9 a.m. Mon-day in the Howell-Lussi FuneralHome, 509 Wyoming Ave., WestPittston. Mass of Christian Burialat 9:30 a.m. in St. Anthony ofPadua Church, Exeter, St. BarbaraParish. Friends may call 5 to 8p.m. Sunday.
DIGIACOMO Arnold, funeralservices 9:30 a.m. Tuesday fromthe A J Kopicki Funeral Home,with Mass held at10 a.m. in the
Church of St. Ignatius, Kingston.Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m.Monday at the A J Kopicki Funer-al Home, 263 Zerbey Ave., King-ston.
ELCHIN Charles, funeral services9:30 a.m. today in the Grontkow-ski Funeral Home P.C., 51-53 W.Green St., Nanticoke. Friends maycall 9 a.m. until service time.
HAHULA Victoria, funeral10 a.m.Monday in the E. Blake CollinsFuneral Home, 159 George Ave.,Wilkes-Barre. Mass of ChristianBurial at 10:30 a.m. in St. Johnthe Baptist Church. Friends maycall 9 to 10 a.m. at the funeralhome.
KREBS Thomas Jr., celebration oflife 2 p.m. today in the YeosockFuneral Home, 40 S. Main St.,Plains Township. Friends may call1 to 2 p.m.
MCHENRY Frederick Jr., funeralservices 2 p.m. Monday in theDean W. Kriner Inc. Funeral Home
& Cremation Service, Benton.SCHOONOVER Frank, funeral
services1 p.m. Monday in theSheldon-Kukuchka Funeral HomeInc., 73 West Tioga St., Tunk-
hannock. Friends may call 11a.m.until the time of the service.
STEPANSKI Dorothy, funeralservices 9 a.m. Thursday in theJendrzejewski Funeral Home, 21N. Meade St., Wilkes-Barre. Massof Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. inOur Lady of Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 5 to 8p.m. Wednesday.
WEAVER Shirley, funeral service10:30 a.m. today in the YeosockFuneral Home, 40 S. Main St.,Plains Township. Friends may call9:30 a.m. until time of service
ZAMBITO Frances, memorial Massof Christian Burial10 a.m. Mondayin the Church of St. IgnatiusLoyola, North Maple Avenue,Kingston. There are no publiccalling hours. Family and friendsare asked to go directly to thechurch on Monday.
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Charles(Slugger)Schifano,98, ofPittston, beloved father and
grandfather, passed away Sunday,April 1, 2012 in Geisinger Wyoming
ValleyMedicalCenter,Plains Town-ship.Born in Pittston, on October 13,
1913, he was the son of the late An-drew and Bridget Alaimo Schifano.
He attended Pittston Schools.After serving in the U.S. Navy
during World War II in the Pacific,he returned to Pittston where heworked for Volpe Coal Company,Medico Industries and retired fromPagnottiEnterprises after a longca-reer as a diesel mechanic.
He was a member of St. JosephMarello Parish at St. RoccosChurch, Pittston; a member of thePittston Senior Citizens; a formermember of the Montedoro SocietyandtheBig BandSociety. Hewasal-so an avid New York Yankees fan.
He was preceded in death by hiswife, Susan Natalie Schifano in Ja-nuary 2001;brothersand sisters,Jo-seph Schifano I ; Victoria Schifano;
Victoria Tirone; Patrina Schifano;Josephine Hyjek and Joseph Schifa-no
Surviving are two daughters, Pa-tricia Freeman, Pittston; CharleneKing and her husband, Robert, Du-
ryea; one granddaughter, Natalie Sca-rantino, Philadelphia; one sister, KayColozza, Fairless Hills, Pa.; numerousnieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial willbe Monday, April 9, 2012 at 9:30
a.m. in St.JosephMarelloParishat St.Roccos Church, Pittston. The familywill receivefriends and relatives in thechurch from 9 a.m. until the time ofMass on Monday. Interment willbe inSt. Roccos Cemetery, Pittston Town-ship. Funeral arrangements are en-trustedto thePeterJ. AdonizioFuner-al Home, 251 William Street, Pittston.Online condolences may be made atwww.peterjadoniziofuneralhome-.com.
Charles G. SchifanoApril 1, 2012
Jane Territo, 83, formerly of WestWyoming, passed away on Sun-
day April 1, 2012 at the home of her
daughter, Josephine, in VirginiaBeach, Va.Bornin Moscow, Pa., shewas the
daughter of the late Owen andBlanche Malone Davies.
Janewas activein WestWyomingyouth programs, Little League,Mini Football and Cub Scouts Pack366, where as a Den Mother, shewas on a committee that helped es-tablishthe Godand CountryBadge.She was also very active in thechurch.In WestWyoming,shewasacommittee member of the UnitedMethodist Church at the 8th St.Chapel. In Tennessee she was amember of the St. Paul UnitedMethodistChurchwhere she partic-ipated in Disciple Study and theEmmaus walk. In Virginia Beachshe was a member of the Cour-thouse Community United Metho-dist Church .She was also a long-time employee of the former Zayre
Department Store in Wilkes-Barreandwas loved by friendsand neigh-bors and will be greatly missed byall.
Shewas preceded indeathby herhusband, Joseph Sr., in 1990; a son,Joseph Jr., in 2002; her son-in-lawHerbert Rosengrant; brothers,OwenBuddy Davies,Jack Davies,andsisters,Lois Nerozzi, Mary JaneHerbert and Candice Holmes.
Surviving are her daughters,Joanne and her husband, KennethWeaver, Exeter, and Josephine Ro-sengrant, Virginia Beach, Va.; sons,LorenzoTerritoII, Exeter, andMar-cus Territo, Kingston;brother,Tho-mas Davies, Acre Lake, Pa.; and sis-ters, Sandra and her husband, Wil-
liam Harper, Kingston, and MaxineSpault, Forty Fort; 10 grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchildren; fourgreat-great-grandchildren and nu-merous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be onTuesday April 10, 2012 at 2 p.m.from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home,1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter with
the Rev. Roger E. Griffith, pastor ofthe Trinity Presbyterian Church,Dallas presiding.
Interment will be in MemorialShrine Burial Park, Carverton.
Relatives and friends may call onMonday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.at the funeral home.
Donations may be made to TheSociety of Memorial Sloan Ketter-ing Cancer Center, 1233 York Ave.,NewYork,N.Y.10065or tothe Cour-thouse Community United Metho-dist Church, 2708 Princess AnneRoad, Virginia Beach, Va. 23456.
To send the family an expressionof sympathy or an online condo-lence, pleasevisit www.gubbiottifh-.com.
Jane TerritoApril 1, 2012
John J. Du-da, 90, MartzManor, Ply-mouth,former-ly ofLarksville,died Wednes-day, April 4,2012 in theWilkes-Barre
General Hospital.Born in Edwardsville, he was
thesonofthelateJohnandMartha
PinchockDuda.Hewas a graduateof Edwardsville High School,Class of 1940. He was a carpenterby trade and worked at SordoniConstruction Company until hisretirement in 1984.
He wasa BronzeStar ArmyVet-eranof WorldWarII.He was a life-long member of SwoyersvilleAmerican Legion, Post 644.
Hewasa member ofSt Johnthe
Baptist Church, Larksville.He was preceded in death by his
brothers, Stephen, Mickey and Jo-sephand sisters,Julia Stefonko, Mar-thaLeese,KatieDuda,BettyQuarte-roni and Josephine Erwine.
Surviving is his wife of 60 years,theformer FlorenceJanoski;sonanddaughter-in-law, John and Ellen Du-da, Wilkes-Barre; granddaughters,Melissa and Alison Duda; brother,Matthew Duda, Edwardsville, and
sisters, Mary Michaels, Luzerne,Agnes Rossick, Edwardsville; nu-merous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be heldMonday at 10:30 a.m. in the
Chapel at Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ha-noverTownship, withthe Rev. JamesQuinn officiating.
Arrangements are by Kielty-Mo-ran Funeral Home Inc., 87 Washing-ton Ave., Plymouth.
John J. DudaApril 4, 2012
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2008 to a high of 48 crashes in 2010, a 12-fold
increase, according to statistics from the Pennsyl-vania Department of Transportation.There was a total of 92 crashes from 2006 to
2010, the last year statistics were compiled, in-cluding three fatalities during the five-year period.
Three people were killed in two crashes on thesame stretch of roadway in 2011, according toTimes Leader archives.
The latest occurred March 30, when an Ashleywoman died in a crash on Route 309 near SouthLehigh Street.
Fairview Township police and the Luzerne Coun-ty Coroners Office said Sandra L. Heuer, 49, driv-ing a GMC SUV, struck a guide rail in the north-bound lanes and went down an embankment.Heuers vehicle burst into flames at the bottom ofthe embankment, police said.
After a Mountain Top man died in a fiery wreckin May 2009, PennDOT studied the roadway mak-ing safety modifications to a short stretch of Route309 that included adding rumble strips in the
northbound, left passing lane and installing addi-tional speed limit and warning signs.
Robert Wasilchak, PennDOT District 4-0 trafficstudies/safety supervisor, said in an email thisweek there are no plans to lower the speed limitand no additional safety modifications are consid-ered to the roadway at this time.
State Rep. Gerald Mullery, D-Newport Town-ship, said he does not have the authority to requestPennDOT to conduct a traffic study. Such a requestmust come from officials in Fairview and Hanovertownships, Mullery said.
Hanover Township Manager John Sipper saidtownship commissioners will likely discuss the is-sue and send a formal request to PennDOT.
Marhold said the roadway is a concern but mostof the crashes can be blamed on speeding.
People going down that hill doing 60, 70 mph,is that PennDOTs fault? No, Marhold said. Ifpeople abide to the speed limit, I dont think it is
an issue.Despite the modifications made in 2009, crasheshave risen dramatically.
Out of the 92 wrecks from 2006 to 2010, 71crashes were into embankments, guide rails andother fixed objects.
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BISMARCK, N.D. Republi-can presidential candidate RickSantorums plan to use state con-ventions to pull supportfrom Mitt Romney hasstalled in North Dakota,where Romney has thelargest group of backersamong the states dele-gates to the partys na-tional convention.
Santorum won NorthDakotas Republicanpresidentialcaucuses on March 6.But at last weekends state partyconvention, Romney ended upwith the most supporters amongthe states 28 delegates to the Re-publican National Convention inAugust.
Almost all the national dele-gates interviewed by The Associ-ated Press said they plan to abideby the March 6 caucus results,meaning Santorum would get tokeep his delegates. But his weak
showingat thestate convention isa blow to his strategy to eat awayat Romneys formidable lead inthe racefor delegates.
Santorum, a former Pennsylva-nia senator, got 40 percent of the
vote in NorthDakotas cau-cuses. TexasRep. Ron Paulgot 28 percent,Romney got 24percent and for-mer HouseSpeaker NewtGingrich got 8
percent.ThestateGOP initiallysaid del-
egates would be awarded in pro-portion to the caucus results,though the delegates would re-mainfreeto votetheirconscience.If delegates were awardedpropor-tionally, Santorum would get 11,Paul would get eight, Romneywould get seven and Gingrichwould get two.
But at the state convention,Romney supporters successfullyelected the most delegates even though the former Massa-chusetts governor finished thirdin the caucuses. In interviewswiththeAP,12delegatessaid theybacked Romney, eight supportedSantorum, two favored Paul andonepreferred Gingrich.Two dele-gates said they had nofavorite.
Rounding out North Dakotas28 delegates arethreemembers oftheRepublican National Commit-
tee who willautomatically attendthe convention. Among them,Sandy Boehler supports Romneywhile Curly Haugland and StanStein, the state GOP chairman,are uncommitted.
The delegates said they plan tomeetprior to thenationalconven-tion to decide how they will votewiththe ideathat theywould div-vy up votesto reflectthe resultsofthe caucuses.
Shane Goettle was elected as adelegate at the state convention.He supports Romney, but said hewould honor the results of theMarch 6 caucuses, even if thatmeansvoting forSantorumat thenational convention.
Im willing to support who I
must in order to try to achievethat,Goettle said.Gary Emineth,a Santorumdel-
egate and former North DakotaRepublican party chairman, saidhe believed Santorum could stillgain a majority of the states dele-gates.
Myconcernis Rick hastohavesome big wins in the next 45days, Emineth said Friday.
Emineth said Romney backersare overstating the support forRomney to try to shut down San-torum. ...They want to force anend to this process.
Romney leads the overall racefor delegates with 658, followedby Santorum with 281, Gingrichwith135and Paulwith 51, accord-ingto theAP count.It takes1,144
delegates toclinchthe GOPnomi-nation for president. Romney ison pace to reach the threshold inJune.
Santorumdelegate
plan hitswall in N.D.Former Pa. senator wanted to
use state conventions to pull
support from Romney.
By DALEWETZEL
Associated Press
Santorum
WASHINGTON President Ba-rack Obama is embracing an unlike-ly group of political icons as he triesto paint Mitt Romney as extreme:Hes praising Republican presidentsfrom Abraham Lincoln to DwightEisenhower and Ronald Reagan.
The Democratic president typi-cally offers up GOP leaders of thepast as evidence of how both par-ties can work together in Washing-ton to pursue big ideas and rebuildthe economy. With Election Day
seven months away, Oba-ma hopes to persuade vot-ers that he, like his Repub-lican predecessors, is a rea-sonable moderate. At thesame time, hes castingRomney as a candidatewho would embrace too-conservative policies outof step with most Amer-
icans and with their own party inyears past.
Obama invoked Reagans namefour times in a speech this week toThe Associated Press annual meet-ing. He said the conservative hero,never accused of being a tax-and-spend socialist, still recognized theneed for tax increases as well asspending cuts to tame federal def-icits. Obamas verdict: He couldnot get through a Republican pri-mary today.
Painting Romney as an ideolog-ical extremist might seem a some-what curious strategy for Obamagiven that the GOP nominationfront-runner has been consideredthe moderate candidate in the Re-
publican primary field and hasstruggled to consolidate supportamong conservatives in the party.But Obamas team hopes to defineRomney in a negative light beforethe former Massachusetts governorhas a chance to pivot toward thegeneral election and emphasize hispast positions that could appeal tomoderates of both parties and theindependent voters who can decideclose races in polarized America.
Obama has cited Reagan more
than 40 times in speeches and pub-lic events since 2009, according toan analysis of public statements andtranscripts by the AP. But Eisen-hower is Obamas favorite Repub-lican for name-dropping the
president has referenced him morethan 90 times. Lincoln is right be-hind with 80 mentions in publiccomments covered by the tran-scripts.
Among Democrats, Obama hascited Bill Clinton more than 60times and Franklin Delano Roose-velt 45 times at public events. Jim-my Carter? Four times.
Romney, taking the same stage asObama this week, a day later, toldeditors and publishers that the pres-
ident was wrong. Reagan, he said,would win handily in a primary,frankly, in all the primaries, if hewere running today. Romney ac-cused Obama of setting up a strawman to distract us from his record.
President often praises Republican presidents
Obama has GOP heroes
APPHOTO
President Barack Obama speaks at the White House Forum on Womenand the Economy, Friday.
ByKEN THOMAS
Associated Press
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