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PITTSTON City firefighters
extinguishing a blaze in a resi-
dential neighborhood discovered
a suspected methamphetamine
lab and that resulted in the cap-
ture of suspected meth cooker
Kevin Hall in a nearby cemetery.
The fire at 100 Tompkins St. is
the second associated with Hall
at suspected drug houses.
Hall was found hiding behind a
tombstone near the Tompkins
Street residence Wednesday
night. He suffered burns to his
face and hands from flames that
eruptedafter cookingmethinthe
basement, authorities said.
Hall was jailed in default of
$300,000 bail in Luzerne County
Correctional Facility. Court re-
cords say he was free on bail
awaiting sentencing in another
drug case.
In January, Halls residence at
19 Hill St., Mocanaqua, caught
fire when Brian Engle Jr., 26,
cooked meth, according to court
records.
Engle is facing meth-related
charges in county court and is
scheduled for a pretrial hearing
on Oct. 12.
Hall told state drug agents
Wednesday night he was demon-
strating how to cook meth for
Blaze reveals suspected meth lab
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Kevin Hall of Pittston is arrested on drug charges Thursday in
Pittston after a suspected meth lab was found.
For a second time area man is
involved in a fire at what
police call a drug house.
By EDWARD LEWIS
elewis@timesleader.com
See METH, Page 12A
POST, MEDICO
LEAD THE WAY
Coughlins Mike Post
put up a 76 in the Class 3A
title match and Holy Re-
deemers Mariano Medico
was marvelous again with a
tournament-low 72 in Class
2A, as both led their teams
to Wyoming Valley Confer-
ence championships Thurs-
day at Fox Hill Country Club.
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SPORTS
SHOWCASE
NFL
RAVENS 23
BROWNS16
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BLUE JAYS 6
YANKEES 0
TIGERS 5
ROYALS 4
NATIONAL LEAGUE
NATIONALS 7
PHILLIES 3
METS 6
PIRATES 5
Luzerne County officials must scramble to provide
election office oversight as the Nov. 6 general nears
because acting election bureau director Tom Pizano
unexpectedly submitted paperwork Thursday an-
nouncing his retirement effective Monday.
Pizano, who held elected and appointed county
posts for a period spanning four decades, also was in-
terim clerk of courts. He added the election office to
his duties inApril, whenLeonardPiazza was terminat-
ed as election director.
The county administration has been interviewing
applicants for the election director post, with hopes to
select someone soon to work through the general elec-
tion with Pizanos continued guidance.
Pizano, who could not be reached for comment, in-
formed clerk of court staffers about his departure on
Thursday afternoon.
County election board member John Newman said
Pizanocalledhimaround4p.m. Thursdaysohewould
hear the news from him.
Election office shaken up
As vote nears, chief Pizano to retire Monday
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Vote chief TomPizano
will retire Monday. See PIZANO, Page 12A
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Nation & World 5A
Obituaries 8A
Birthdays 10A
Editorials 11A
B SPORTS: 1B
B BUSINESS: 7B
C CLASSIFIED: 1C
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WEATHER
Aidan Martin
Mostly cloudy, evening
rain. High 68, low 56.
Details, Page 8B
Luzerne County Controller
Walter Griffith has discovered an
error that will boot out four of the
five county Flood Protection Au-
thority members and force their
replacements to vote again on ev-
ery decisionthe
authority has
made this year,
officials say.
Its some-
thing that nev-
er should have
happened.
Were doing
what we have
to now to get it
straightened
out, said coun-
ty Solicitor Vito
DeLuca.
At this point,
county Plan-
ning/Zoning
Director
Adrian Merolli is the only board
member permitted to serve on
the authority, which oversees the
Wyoming Valley Levee and a lev-
ee fee that funds the floodcontrol
systems maintenance and up-
keep.
County Councilman Stephen
A. Urban, who serves as author-
ity chairman, and citizen board
members William Falls, Doug
Ayers and Kevin OBrien cannot
serve because their appoint-
ments were invalid, DeLuca said.
The problem stems from arti-
cle incorporation papers that
must be approvedby the state, he
said.
The papers said five people
must sit on the board: the plan-
ning/zoning director, assistant
county engineer and three com-
missioners.
Anticipating the elimination of
the three commissioners andoth-
er home rule changes, the prior
county government administra-
tion said the incorporation pa-
pers were changed to allow five
citizens to serve in the unpaid
seats.
Merolli and Urban stayed on in
their unexpired terms. Prior
commissioners selected Falls
and Ayers at their last meeting in
December 2011, and council
members appointed OBrien af-
ter a public interview of appli-
cants.
4 flood
authority
members
invalid
Four of 5 must be replaced,
and new members must vote
again on every issue of 2012.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
See AUTHORITY, Page 12A
Griffith
DeLuca
SCARING UP BUSINESS
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
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he whole Wyoming Valley community is getting ready for Halloween and all its fun. Here, Ed Zajac of Berwick
paints a Halloween mural at Dundee Garden Center in Hanover Township for Dundees Halloween display. Dundee
Gardens is located on the Sans Souci Parkway. Stores are filled with Halloween-themed merchandise, including deco-
rations and costumes. Schools, clubs and private homes will be the scene of parties galore to make the day associated
with the dead a fun time. Children wearing costumes will march in parades at their schools. Visitors to Dundee Gardens
will notice Ed Zajacs work when they arrive for their holiday merchandise.
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Presi-
dent and CEO Bobby Soper will leave the
casino to head Mohegan Suns flagship
gaming resort in Uncasville, Conn.
Soper has headed the local casino since
Mohegan Sun took over Pocono Downs in
2005, and has overseen significant expan-
sion of the casino during
his tenure. He supervised
its opening as a slots-only
facility in 2006, the addi-
tion of table games in
2010 and the ground-
breaking on a new $50
million 238-room hotel
and convention center at
the Plains Township property this year.
Its been a good ride, and the property
has certainly evolved over the past six
years, Soper said. But Im one person
amongst 1,700 that are responsible for its
growth.
Soper said Mike Bean, current assistant
general manager of Mohegan Sun at Poco-
no Downs, will replace him as president
and CEO.
While excited, Soper said he has mixed
feelings about leaving the Plains Township
casino to head the larger flagship location
in Connecticut.
Its a great opportunity to be at the helm
of one of the most spectacular entertain-
ment destinations in the country and to be
reunited with some of my former col-
leagues, he said. But my wife and I have
Local casino chief taking on Connecticut assignment
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
President and CEO Bobby Soper will
head struggling larger operation.
By MATT HUGHES
mhughes@timesleader.com
See SOPER, Page 12A
Soper
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Pupa, Letitia
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Shellhamer, Dorcas
Swisher, Christine
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bers and won $264.50 each;
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numbers and won $11.50
each; and 41,529 players
matched two numbers and
won $1 each.
Mondays Pennsylvania
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be worth at least $700,000
because no player holds a
ticket with one row that
matches all six winning
numbers drawn in Thurs-
days game.
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VATICAN CITY The Vati-
can newspaper has added to the
doubts surroundingHarvardUni-
versitys claim that a 4th century
Coptic papyrus fragment showed
that some early Christians be-
lievedthat Jesus was married, de-
claring it a fake.
The newspaper, LOsservatore
Romano, published an article
Thursday by leading Coptic
scholar Alberto Camplani and an
accompanying editorial by the
newspapers editor, Giovanni Ma-
ria Vian, an expert in early Chris-
tianity. They both cited concerns
expressed by other scholars
about the fragments authenticity
andthe fact that it was purchased
on the market without a known
archaeological provenance.
At any rate, a fake, Vian titled
his editorial, which criticized
Harvard for creating a clam-
orous media frenzy over the
fragment by handingthe scoopto
two U.S. newspapers only to see
specialists immediately ques-
tion it.
Karen King, a professor of
early Christianity at Harvard Di-
vinity School, announced the
finding last week at an interna-
tional congress on Coptic studies
in Rome. The text, written in
Coptic and probably translated
from a 2nd century Greek text,
contains a dialogue in which Je-
sus refers to my wife, whomhe
identifies as Mary.
The issue has had resonance
since Christian tradition has long
held that Jesus was unmarried,
and any evidence to the contrary
would fuel current debates about
celibacy for priests andthe role of
women in the church.
As such, its not surprising that
the Vatican would challenge the
claim.
King has said the fragment
doesnt prove Jesus was married,
only that some early Christians
thought hewas. Shehas acknowl-
edged the doubts raised by her
colleagues and says the frag-
ments ink will be tested to help
determine when it was written.
Some scholars attending the
conference questioned the au-
thenticity of the fragment, noting
its formand grammar looked un-
convincing and suspicious. Oth-
ers said it was impossible to de-
duce the meaning of it given the
fragmented nature of the script.
Camplani, a professor at
Romes La Sapienza university
who helped organize the confer-
ence, cited those concerns and
added his own, specifically over
Kings interpretation of the text
assuming it is real.
Rather than taking the refer-
ence to a wife literally, he wrote,
scholars routinely take such ref-
erences in primitive Christian
and biblical literature metaphor-
ically, to symbolize the spiritual
union between Jesus and his dis-
ciples.
The absence of any reference
to Jesus being marriedinhistoric
documents seems more signifi-
cant than the literal interpreta-
tionof a fewexpressions fromthe
new text, which by my reading
should be understood purely in a
symbolic sense, he wrote.
Vatican scoffs at married Jesus manuscript
Some scholars question the
authenticity of a fragment in
which Jesus refers to a wife.
By NICOLE WINFIELD
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
This ancient piece of Coptic script contains a reference to Jesus
having a wife. It has provoked controversy.
Child injured in Wilkes-Barre Boulevard crash
DON CAREY/THE TIMES LEADER
A child passenger in this pickup truck was injured Thursday afternoon when it was in-
volved in a crash with another pickup truck and two cars on North Wilkes-Barre Boulevard
at the traffic light at the intersection with the exit and entrance ramps to the North Cross
Valley Expressway. The crash snarled traffic and temporarily shut down the northbound
entrance ramp to the Cross Valley from the boulevard while Wilkes-Barre police investigat-
ed.
AVOCA Borough officials
learned Thursday night the bor-
ough will have to pay at least
$5,000 to lower a sewer line un-
der Plane Street.
James Kropiewnicki, Penn-
sylvania Department of Trans-
portation utility relocation ad-
ministrator, toldcouncil the line
must be moved because of the
$40 million Interstate 81 inter-
change project near the Wilkes-
Barre/Scranton International
Airport.
He said PennDOTs project
must have a new sewer line
cross the boroughs, and the
original needs tobe reconstruct-
ed deeper. He said that unlike a
public utility that would nor-
mally pay the cost for a conflict
such as this, PennDOT would
only reimburse the borough for
up to 90 percent of the estimat-
ed $50,000 cost to make chang-
es to this sewer line.
PennDOT requires the bor-
ough pay the costs of the project
up front and then request the re-
imbursement. If the borough
does not agree to design, bid
and construct the project, Penn-
DOT would complete it as part
of its interchange project. How-
ever, having the state bid the
project might result in higher
costs than if it were bid locally.
After much discussion con-
cerning the boroughs limited fi-
nances and current financial sit-
uationdue tothe Centaxtaxcol-
lection problems, council decid-
ed to start the process.
Council passed a resolution
authorizing its engineer to pre-
pare and submit the initial pro-
ject paperwork, after review of
all documents by the borough
solicitor, with the stipulation
the borough would not provide
its final approval without confir-
mation of the 90 percent reim-
bursement level.
Avoca must pay
$5,000 for project
PennDOT interchange work
forcing borough to lower one
of its sewer lines.
By WILLIAMBELL
Times Leader Correspondent
PLAINS TWP. A man
accused of leaving the scene
of a crash that claimed two
lives waived his right to a
preliminary hearing.
Walter Paul Raven, 49, of
Industrial Drive, Jenkins
Township, waived two counts
of accidents involving death
and one count each of tam-
pering with evidence, driving
with a suspended license and
five traffic violations to Lu-
zerne County Court. He re-
mains jailed at the county
prison for lack of $150,000
bail.
Raven was scheduled for a
preliminary hearing today.
Luzerne County detectives
and Pittston Township police
allege Raven drove away after
a crash involving a motorcy-
cle, operated by Donnie Piza-
no, 38, of Plains Township,
on state Route 315 in front of
McDonalds on Sept. 2.
Pizano and a passenger on
the motorcycle, Robin Walsh,
39, of Plains Township, were
killed. They were pronounced
dead at the scene by the Lu-
zerne County Coroners Of-
fice.
Authorities allege Raven
and his friend, Donnie Anto-
nini, 46, of Wilkes-Barre, used
a power washer to wash the
vehicle several hours after the
crash, according to arrest
records.
Antonini is facing a charge
of tampering with evidence in
county court.
Raven is scheduled to be
formally arraigned on the
charges on Nov. 30.
Attorney Anthony Moses
represents Raven.
COURT BRIEF
LOS ANGELES An actor
whose character died a violent
death on the TV drama Sons of
Anarchy plunged to his death in
a driveway after apparently kill-
ing his landlady and attacking
neighbors near Hollywood, po-
lice said Thursday.
Johnny Lewis, who played Kip
Half-Sack Epps in the FX show,
is the only suspect in the death of
81-year-old Catherine Davis, ac-
cording to Los Angeles police.
Authorities found them dead
Wednesday morning after neigh-
bors reported a woman scream-
ing inside the home, Cmdr. An-
drew Smith
said.
Lewis death
ended in a tur-
bulent nearly
10-month span
during which
he was repeat-
edly arrested
and officials expressed concerns
about his mental health and the
danger he posed to others.
The home where Davis was
found had been ransacked, glass
was shattered and a dead cat was
found.
Neighbors said a man had
jumped a fence and assaulted a
painter and homeowner next
door.
The body of Lewis, 28, was
found in the driveway. He could
have jumped or fallen from the
roof, garage or balcony, or tum-
bled down stairs from a patio ar-
ea, Smith said.
It appears Davis had been bea-
ten, Smith added.
Because of the circumstances,
investigators were checking
whether Lewis was on drugs or
had mental health issues, Smith
said.
The deaths came about four
months after a probation official
expressed grave concern about
Lewis mental health. The report
was prepared in a case in which
Lewis was accused of attempting
to break into the home of a wom-
an in Santa Monica, Calif., and it
described him as a transient.
That case came about six weeks
after Lewis hit two men over the
head with a bottle during a fight.
Lewis was released from Los
Angeles County Jail a week ago,
according to court records.
He had pleaded no contest to
assault witha deadly weaponand
attempted burglary in separate
cases, according to the records.
Sons of Anarchy actor a suspect
Johnny Lewis allegedly killed
landlady and attacked others
before falling to his death.
By ROBERT JABLON
and ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Associated Press
Lewis
MINNEAPOLIS Police
said the shooter who opened
fire inside a Minneapolis sign
company was found dead froma
self-inflicted gunshot wound
Thursday and was among sev-
eral people killed in the inci-
dent.
We do have several victims
inside that are dead, Minnea-
polis Police Deputy Chief Kris
Arneson said during a news
conference outside the compa-
nys office. When pressed to say
howmany, Arneson refused and
said police were still investigat-
ing.
Police had previously said at
least two people were killed and
four were wounded during the
shootings at Accent Signage
Systems, which is in a largely
residential area on the citys
north side. Arneson wouldnt
release details about the vic-
tims, but said the shooters
body was found inside the
building.
Hennepin County Medical
Center was treating three peo-
ple fromthe scene, all in critical
condition, spokeswoman Chris-
tine Hill said. She said the hos-
pital wasnt expecting more pa-
tients with critical injuries.
Officers received a 911 call
around 4:30 p.m. from inside
the business from someone re-
porting that there was a shoot-
ing.
Dozens of squad cars and po-
lice vehicles were still sur-
rounding the business in the
Bryn Mawr neighborhood by
Thursday evening. Traffic was
stopped on a nearby bridge
along Penn Avenue, where earli-
er in the day law enforcement
officers had rifles drawn and
pointed at a park below.
People from the neighbor-
hood milled around but depu-
ties kept them back.
Marques Jones, 18, of Min-
neapolis, said he was outside a
building down the street having
his picture taken when he and
his photographer heard gunfire
that sounded close.
We heard about four to five
gunshots, Jones said. We
were shocked at what happened
and we just looked at each oth-
er. We all just took off running
to our vehicles.
Accent Signage Systems
website says the company
makes interior signage and list-
ed its founder as Reuven Raha-
mim. A phone message left at
the business and at a residential
listing for Rahamimwas not im-
mediately returned.
Very sad situation in Bryn
Mawr, Mayor R.T. Rybak
tweeted Thursday afternoon.
Please stay away and let the
police do their work.
Workplace shooting at Minnesota company leaves at least 2 dead
By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press
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STATE COLLEGE
Sen. Baker wins honor
S
tate Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Lehman
Township, was selected as the
2012 Legislator of the Year by the
Pennsylvania Chapter of the National
Emergency Number
Association.
The group recog-
nized Baker for her
work on a new
well-site safety law,
pipeline safety laws,
legislation to up-
date the emergency
management laws,
collaborative efforts to improve the
coverage of the statewide radio net-
work and efforts to promote ade-
quate funding of 911 call centers.
WILKES-BARRE
Taxpayers group to meet
The Wilkes-Barre City Taxpayers
Association will be holding its
monthly meeting on Tuesday at 7:30
p.m. at St. Andrews Parish, 316
Parrish St.
Residents are encouraged to at-
tend.
For more information, visit
www.WilkesBarreTaxpayers.com.
The topic of this meeting will be
property tax elimination.
WILKES-BARRE
Deacon ritual planned
Bishop Joseph C. Bambera, head
of the Diocese of Scranton, will cele-
brate the Rite of Candidacy for 18
men who are in formation to serve as
permanent deacons for the Diocese
of Scranton.
The ceremony will take place
Sunday during the 10 a.m. Mass in
St. Peters Cathe-
dral. It will air live
on CTV.
The 18 men to be
accepted as candi-
dates are:
Thomas V. Amo-
roso, Most Holy
Trinity Parish,
Mount Pocono;
Alan S. Baranski, Most Holy Trinity
Parish, Mt. Pocono; William F.
Behm, St. Nicholas Parish, Wilkes-
Barre; Donald J. Crane Jr., St. Bene-
dict Parish, Wilkes-Barre; Albert V.
Giacometti, St. John Neumann Par-
ish, Scranton; Frank H. Hine, St.
Nicholas Parish, Wilkes-Barre.
Also, Michael S. Imbrogno, St.
Maria Goretti Parish, Laflin; Walter
G. Janoski, St. Barbara Padua Parish,
Exeter; Andr F. Kabacinski, Nativity
of Our Lord Parish, Duryea; David
M. Leiby, St. Faustina Kowalska
Parish, Nanticoke; James R. Meiza-
nis Sr., Corpus Christi Parish, West
Pittston; Jos L. Mendoza, Most
Holy Trinity Parish, Mt. Pocono.
Also, Vincent M. Oberto, Holy
Rosary Parish, Hazleton; Joseph P.
Rodgers, Our Lady, Queen of Peace
Parish, Brodheadsville; James A.
Rose Sr., Corpus Christi Parish, West
Pittston; Kevin L. Scheirer, St. Mat-
thew Parish, East Stroudsburg; Tho-
mas M. Spataro, St. Patrick Parish,
Milford; Philip F. Zimich, Most Holy
Trinity Parish, Mount Pocono.
HARRISBURG
New turnpike tickets
Some cash-paying customers on
the Pennsylvania Turnpike have
begun noticing a different look and
feel to the tickets issued at toll-plaza
entry lanes.
Travelers will see new tickets
showing up at a handful of toll plazas
this week including the Wilkes-Barre
Interchange (Exit 105) on the North-
eastern Extension.
SUGARLOAF TWP.
Alzheimers walk is set
The Alzheimers Association Grea-
ter Pennsylvania Chapter invites the
public to participate in the Alzheim-
ers Association Walk to End Alz-
heimers at Penn State Hazleton, 76
University Drive, Sugarloaf Town-
ship, which will host the walk begin-
ning at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. The
Alzheimers Association Walk to End
Alzheimers is the nations largest
event to raise funds for Alzheimers
care, support and research. For more
information, log on to alz.org/walk
or call 1-800-272-3900.
N E WS I N B R I E F
Baker
Bambera
LuzerneCountyManagerRob-
ert Lawton appointed Joan Hog-
garthinterimdirector of theJudi-
cial Services and Records Divi-
sion on Thursday the first of
eight division head selections re-
quired by the countys home rule
charter.
Hoggarth has worked for the
county since 2002, first as an ac-
count executive in the controll-
ersofficeunderformercontroller
SteveFloodandthenasseniorac-
counts manager and deputy re-
corder of deeds since 2005.
She previously worked as a
branchmanager andteller super-
visor at PNC Bank from 1983 to
2001.
Hoggarthhas anassociates de-
gree in accounting fromLuzerne
County Community College and
also studiedaccounting at Kings
College.
Its aninterimappointment be-
cause Lawton must officially rec-
ommend her permanent place-
ment in the post to county coun-
cil and obtain council confirma-
tion. Interim appointments are
permissible up to 90 days under
home rule.
The charter created the judi-
cial services and records division
head position to oversee the
deeds, wills, sheriff, coroner and
civil and criminal court records
departments.
Consolidating and streamlin-
ing those offices and reducing a
criminal court record processing
backlog will be Hoggarths initial
priorities, Lawton said.
I think Joan is in a position to
fully consolidate the divisionand
work closely with the courts and
thestaff of thedivisionstocontin-
ue the progress thats been
made, Lawton said.
Lawton said he is still review-
ingoptions for thesevenother di-
vision head positions overseeing
administrative, operational, cor-
rectional, budget/financial and
human services and the central
lawand public defenders offices.
Hoggarth, 49, of Hanover
Township, said she is eager to
make the offices more efficient.
Hoggarth named to head new records unit
County manager Lawton still
has seven top-rank positions
to fill under the charter.
By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES
jandes@timesleader.com
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
County Manager Robert Lawton congratulates Joan Hoggarth on
her interimappointment to head Judicial Services and Records See HOGGARTH, Page 12A
HAZLETON Two words: Force mul-
tipliers.
Those are the two most important
words state Sen. John Yudichak, D-Ply-
mouthTwp., saidhe took away Thursday
from the fourth in a series of Operation
GangUp community discussions to help
combat gang activity in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
The events main speaker, Peter James
P.J. Jurack, chief of the FBIs Safe
Streets and Gang Unit, had told the ap-
proximately 80 audience members in the
Arthur Street Elementary School audito-
rium there are only 829 special agents in
164 gang task forces across the country.
Thats a Band-Aid on a gaping
wound, Jurack said after noting that
gangs are spreading to rural communi-
ties and operating not in just narcotic
trafficking, but in everything from mort-
gage fraud to prostitution.
We cannot do it alone, which is why
we partner with our state and locals to
have the maximumimpact. Almost like a
special forces group, we work as force
multipliers to do as much as we can,
whether its on the local level, the state
level or the federal level, Jurack said.
That theme of partnering to multiply
the force or impact against organized
street gang crime was restated and
stressed in different ways by each speak-
er on the eight-member panel through-
out the two-hour discussion, beginning
with an introduction by U.S. Rep. Lou
Barletta.
Barletta, R-Hazleton, said police began
noticing gang activity in the city when he
PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER
Peter Jurack, unit chief, FBIs Safe Streets and Gang Unit, explains links to crime in his presentation during Thursdays
gang awareness information session at Arthur Street Elementary in Hazleton.
Ganging up against gangs
Feds partnering with state and local
police to multiply impact against
street gang crime, FBI agent says.
By STEVE MOCARSKY
smocarsky@timesleader.com
Learn more about Operation GangUp at
www.operationgangup.com.
O N T H E N E T
See GANGS, Page 8A
UGI Energy Services will appeal
a zoning decision blocking con-
struction of a natural gas compres-
sor station in West Wyoming, a spo-
keswoman confirmed Thursday.
On Sept. 4 the three-member Lu-
zerne County Zoning Hearing
Board denied the companys re-
quest for a special exception for the
compressor station and a variance
for an associated 100-foot commu-
nications tower. The company is al-
lowed 30 days, or until Oct. 4, to ap-
peal the boards ruling to the Lu-
zerne County Court of Common
Pleas.
The company is in fact planning
to appeal that zoning ruling, com-
pany regulatory affairs manager Lil-
lian Harris said. An appeal had not
beenfiledbythe endof the business
day Thursday, according to county
court records.
On Wednesday UGI Energy Ser-
vices withdrew its application for
an air quality permit for the com-
pressor station.
The DEP air permit withdrawal
is not anindicator that we are not
planning to file that appeal, Harris
said.
Department of Environmental
Protection spokeswoman Colleen
Connolly said Wednesday that UGI
Energy Services can refile its air
quality permit application at any
time. DEP plans to hold a public
hearingbefore issuinga decisionon
that permit, she said.
UGI Energy Services wants to
build the compressor station in an
A1 agricultural zone off Fire Cut
Road as part of a 27.5-mile natural
gas pipeline that will tap into the
Transco interstate pipeline in Lu-
zerne County. It needs a special ex-
ception because compressor sta-
tions are not a permitted use in A1
agricultural districts under the
county zoning ordinance.
Aspecial exceptionis a use that is
envisionedby the governingzoning
ordinance while a variance is re-
quired for a use outside the ordi-
nance, according to zoning board
member Larry Newman.
Opponents argued at an August
hearing that the UGI compressor
station did not fit the definition of a
utility building and yard, the only
special exception use allowed in an
A1 district that could apply to such
a project.
The more than100 area residents
attending the hearing also raised
concerns about the volume of emis-
sions the station would produce, its
potential impact on public health,
its effect on property values, emer-
gency access routes and storm wa-
ter runoff.
UGI plans
appeal of
zoning vote
Companys request for special
exception for gas compressor
station denied by county board.
By MATT HUGHES
mhughes@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE City Council on
Thursday night unanimously approved a
$5.9 million contract with Johnson Con-
trols Inc. to implement a comprehensive
energy savings plan involving upgrades
of streetlights, installation of new toilets
incitybuildings andreplacement of afuel
pump at the Department of Public Works
to protect against theft.
The New Cumberland-based office of
the global company will manage and
oversee the citys energy usage for 20
years and guarantee savings of $2.9 mil-
lion over the length of the performance
contract.
Residents Sam Troy and Bob Kadlu-
boski questionedthedeal andweretoldit
was in the best interest of the city.
Butch Frati, operations director of the
city, said Johnson Controls already sup-
plies the services and equipment and
asked to analyze where savings could be
made after the air conditioning systemat
police headquarters broke down and was
replaced with a temporary fix costing be-
tween $8,000 and $9,000 a month.
They are the largest performance and
guarantee contract company in the na-
tion. Its inwriting, Frati saidof the guar-
anteed savings.
The plan makes it possible for the city
to replace the air conditioning unit at po-
lice headquarters and a pumping station
in the Brookside section and pay for oth-
er improvements.
But Kadluboski, a frequent critic of the
administration of Mayor Tom Leighton,
warned council to be wary and recalled
the canceled plans by the city and its
parking authority to lease its parking as-
sets withthe intent toraise $20millionto
pay down debt, make infrastructure im-
provements and address safety issues.
Imasking council be cautious onthis.
It sounds too good to be true, Kadlubos-
ki said.
But council voted 5-0 for the Johnson
Controls contract andfor the city to work
with Luzerne County and CityVest in the
demolition of the Hotel Sterling.
The city will pay $260,000 and the
county will contribute $232,729 to raze
the downtown landmark. Bids have been
obtained to tear down the building and a
developer has submitted a proposal for
the property.
Withthe pendingdemolitionthere will
be other instances of trespassing, said
Brian Shiner of Kingston. Teenagers got
inside and onto the roof of the building
where they had their picture taken, he
said.
W-B approves energy-saving, Sterling moves
Council OKs $5.9 million contract
with Johnson Controls, approves
$260,000 for hotel demolition.
By JERRY LYNOTT
jlynott@timesleader.com
See COUNCIL, Page 8A
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N A T I O N & W O R L D
BONDURANT, IOWA
Winning $202M ticket
A
winning $202 million Powerball
ticket was purchased at a conve-
nience store in the suburban Des
Moines city of Bondurant, but nobody
had claimed it by midday Thursday.
Iowa lottery officials encourage peo-
ple to consult with an attorney or fi-
nancial planner before stepping for-
ward, so some delay in naming a win-
ner isnt surprising.
The prize is the second giant Power-
ball jackpot sold in Iowa this year. Iowa
requires public disclosure of lottery
winners names.
The single ticket matched the six
numbers drawn on Wednesday night.
They are: 13, 26, 39, 41, 42 and the
Powerball number 10.
NASHVILLE, TENN.
Kids sought after fire
The fire was intense and quickly
collapsed the walls of the Tennessee
farmhouse. Firefighters spent several
hours battling the flames at the house
that sat far back from the road and not
near a fire hydrant, but they were un-
able to save the elderly couple who
lived there.
Now authorities are trying to piece
together what may have happened to
two children the couple were raising in
the home but whose remains were not
found in the rubble.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investiga-
tion was sifting through fire debris
Thursday, a day after agents issued an
endangered child alert for the children,
9-year-old Chloie Leverette and 7-year-
old Gage Daniel.
The two children were initially be-
lieved to have perished in the intense
fire, which firefighters battled over-
night Sunday and early Monday.
BEIRUT
Syrian text: Game over
Syrian authorities sent text messages
over cellphones nationwide Thursday
with a message for rebels fighting
President Bashar Assads regime:
Game over.
The messages signed by the Syrian
Arab Army also urged the rebels to
surrender their weapons and warned
the countdown to evict foreign fighters
has begun.
Syrians say they began receiving the
messages a day after rebels bombed a
military command center in Damascus
a major security breach of the heavi-
ly guarded capital that highlighted the
regimes growing vulnerability in the
face of a rebellion growing in confi-
dence and capabilities.
LOS ANGELES
Mars rover finds old stream
Scientists said Thursday NASAs
newest Mars rover has found signs that
a stream once flowed across the surface
near the site where it landed.
Curiosity touched down in a crater
near the Martian equator last month.
The red planet today is dusty and dry
but scientists think it was once warmer
and wetter.
Evidence of an ancient stream came
from analyzing the size and shapes of
pebbles and gravel near Gale Crater.
Mission scientists said Thursday it
appeared the water was fast-moving
and deep.
Images from space have provided
hints of a watery past at Curiositys
landing site. The latest discovery on
the ground confirms that.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Not the best for storming beaches
Former U.S. Marine Paul Lewis takes
part Thursday in the Walk a Mile in
Her Shoes charity event in downtown
Toronto. The event is held to raise
awareness and funds for the White
Ribbon Campaign to end violence
against women.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. President
Barack Obama and Mitt Romney cam-
paignedineachothersshadowfor athird
straight day, huntingfor votes alreadybe-
ginning to be cast and arguing over who
would be the better job
creator.
The president rallied
voters in Virginia Beach
while Romney told veter-
ans in Springfield, to the
north, that across-the-
board defense spending cuts scheduled
totakeeffect inJanuaryunder adeal Oba-
ma made with Congress are a kind of a
gun-to-your-head opportunity.
Its a strange proposal in the first
place, Romney told about 200 people at
the American Legion post outside Wash-
ington. Itsevenstrangeritsbeingput in-
to place.
The candidates debate spread across
the airways in Virginia and a handful of
other swingstates wherethecampaignis
being waged in its final days. Obama re-
leasedthe latest ina series of newads his
campaign has produced featuring a se-
cret recording of Romney saying that 47
percent of Americansbelievetheyarevic-
tims and are dependent on government.
The latest spot features audio of Romney
speaking over photos of people who
might fit into that 47 percent category:
women with children, veterans, Hispan-
ics and working-class women.
Obama also released a lengthy two-
minute commercial in which he speaks
intothecameraanddescribesaneweco-
nomicpatriotism that hesays will create
1 million manufacturing jobs, cut oil im-
portsandhirethousandsof newteachers.
Both ads are set to air in New Hamp-
shire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Neva-
da and Colorado. They were not running
in North Carolina, Wisconsin and Penn-
sylvania, underscoring the states where
the presidents campaign contends the
election is truly being fought.
Although Election Day is six weeks
away, ballots are already being cast in
some of those swing states.
Obama drove home his commercials
message at the rally, promoting the new
economicpatriotismasrootedinabelief
that a growing economy begins with a
strongmiddle class. I dont thinkwe can
get veryfarwithleaderswhowriteoff half
thenationas abunchof victims, whonev-
er take responsibility for their ownlives,
Obama said.
Romney argued Obama doesnt de-
serve another chance to improve the
economy, pointing to the Commerce De-
partments announcement hours earlier
of sluggish economic growth in the last
quarter. Our economy needs to be rein-
vigorated, he said. We cant afford four
more years of the last four years.
Obama, Romney duel in crucial Virginia
The two candidates pound away on
economic issues.
By NEDRA PICKLER and KASIE HUNT
Associated Press
AP PHOTO
Republican Mitt Romney campaigns
at American Legion Post 176 in
Springfield, Va., Thursday.
AP PHOTO
Democratic President Barack Obama
greets supporters during a rally in
Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday.
20 1 2
ELECTION
UNITED NATIONS Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned
Thursday that Iran will have enough en-
riched uranium to make a nuclear bomb
by next summer and urged the world to
draw a clear red line to stop it in its
tracks.
Saying it was getting late, very late to
stop Iran, Netanyahu flashed a diagram
showing the progress Iran has made to-
wardcreatinga bomb. He saidIranhadal-
readycompletedthefirst stageof uranium
enrichment, andthenhedrewhis ownred
line on the diagramto highlight the point
of no return the completion of the sec-
ond stage and 90 percent enrichment.
Iran is 70 percent of the way there and
... well intothesecondstage. Bynext sum-
mer, at current enrichment rates, theywill
have finished the medium enrichment
and move on to the final stage, Netanya-
hu said. From there it is only a few more
weeks before they have enriched enough
for a bomb.
Netanyahu has repeatedly argued that
time is runningout tostopthe Islamic Re-
public from becoming a nuclear power.
I believe that faced with a clear red
line, Iranwill backdownandit will give
more time for sanctions and diplomacy,
the Israeli prime minister said. Red lines
dont lead to war, red lines prevent war ...
nothing could imperil the world more
than a nuclear-armed Iran.
Netanyahus speech marks perhaps his
final plea before Israel takes matters into
itsownhands. Israeli leadershaveissueda
series of warnings in recent weeks sug-
gesting that if Irans uranium enrichment
program continues it may soon stage a
unilateral military strike, flouting even
American wishes.
The Obama administration has urgent-
lysought toholdoff Israeli militaryaction,
whichwouldlikelyresult inthe U.S. being
pulled into a conflict and cause region-
wide mayhem on the eve of American
elections.
Israel considers a nuclear-armedIranto
be an existential threat, citing Iranian de-
nials of the Holocaust, its calls for Israels
destruction, its development of missiles
capableof strikingtheJewishstateandits
support for hostile Arab militant groups.
I believe that faced with a clear red line, Iran will back down and
it will give more time for sanctions and diplomacy. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
AP PHOTO
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Irans nuclear ambi-
tions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Thursday.
Israeli leader: Stop Iran
Netanyahu says Iran 70 percent of
way toward making nuclear bomb.
By ARON HELLER
Associated Press
HARRISBURG A judge
weighing whether to stop a new
Pennsylvania lawrequiringvoters
to show photo identification
heard testimony Thursday from
people who told of making nu-
merous trips to drivers license
centers to confront clerks con-
fused by a bureaucratic maze of
IDs, requirements and paper-
work.
After being rejected for a photo
ID on her fourth trip to a drivers
license center,
Doris Clark, 68,
finally
screamed: Im
handicapped.
Ive done all I
can do and Im
not going to
vote.
She told the
judge she then
threatened to
report how
shedbeentreat-
ed, prompting
clerks in the Philadelphia center
to sit down with her and help her
get an ID.
Clarks story was similar to oth-
ers Thursday, some of whom re-
ceived crucial help from people
with third-party organizations, in-
cluding a labor union and a com-
munity improvement group in
Pittsburghthat haddeployedpeo-
ple to drivers license centers to
help voters get an ID.
Opponents of the newlawwant
aninjunctionstoppingit fromtak-
ing effect in the Nov. 6 presiden-
tial election, and hope the testi-
mony persuades Commonwealth
Court Judge Robert Simpson that
the state is not making photo IDs
easy enough to access or that the
requirement poses a risk of some-
one losing the ability to vote.
Simpson has hinted that an in-
junction is possible, but said he
would not issue his decision in
court Thursday, the secondandfi-
nal day of testimony in the latest
chapter of a legal challenge to the
6-month-old law.
Simpson is under orders from
the state Supreme Court to halt
the law by next Tuesday just
fiveweeks beforetheelectionif
he finds the state has not met the
laws promise of providing free
and easy access to a photo IDor if
he believes it will prevent any reg-
istered voters from casting a bal-
lot.
The law, amongthe toughest in
the nation, has sparked debate
over voting rights and has be-
come a partisan lightning rod in
the presidential contest.
Voter ID
horror
stories
shared
More give testimony before
judge who could decide state
laws fate before election.
By MARC LEVY
Associated Press
Simpson has
hinted that an
injunction is
possible, but
said he would
not issue his
decision in
court Thurs-
day
WASHINGTON More
thana thirdof Americans wor-
ry their privacy will suffer if
drones like those used to spy
on U.S. enemies overseas be-
come the latest police tool for
tracking suspected criminals
at home, accordingtoanAsso-
ciated Press-National Consti-
tution Center poll.
Congress has directed the
Federal Aviation Administra-
tion to come up with safety
regulations that will clear the
way for routine domestic use
of unmanned aircraft within
the next three years. The gov-
ernment is under pressure
from a wide range of interests
to open U.S. skies to drones.
Oil companies want them to
monitor pipelines. Environ-
mentalists want them to
count sea lions on remote is-
lands. Farmers want them to
fly over crops with sensors
that can detect which fields
are wet andwhichneedwater-
ing. Theyre already being
used to help fight forest fires.
And the list goes on.
State and local police de-
partments say that in many
cases drones are cheaper,
more practical and more effec-
tive than manned aircraft.
Most of them would be small
drones, generally weighing
less than 55 pounds. They
could be used, for example, to
search for missing children or
to scout a location ahead of a
SWAT team.
But privacy advocates cau-
tion that drones equipped
with powerful cameras, in-
cluding the latest infrared
cameras that can see
through walls, listening de-
vices and other information-
gathering technology raise
the specter of a surveillance
society in which the activities
of ordinary citizens are moni-
tored and recorded by the au-
thorities.
Poll shows third of public fears police use of drones
By JOAN LOWY
Associated Press
AP FILE PHOTO
This Vanguard Defense Industries photo shows a drone with
Montgomery County, Texas, SWAT team members.
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NANTICOKE Calling him-
self the Professor of Partying,
Andrew W. K. never removed
his sunglasses Thursday when
he addressed a standing-room-
only crowd of about 250 stu-
dents at Luzerne County Com-
munity College.
The rock singer, entertainer
and motivational speaker is the
pitchman for a soon-to-be re-
leased mobile app called Snip-
Stamp, which allows friends
looking for a party to share in-
formation.
The app was created by
LCCCalumnus Gerard Durling
of Pittston and Jeremy Romani
of Wilkes-Barre. It is scheduled
to launch next week.
It was a party just driving
here from New York City, An-
drew W.K. told the crowd.
As students packed a double
classroom, Andrew W. K.,
whose online biography gives
his name as Andrew Wilkes-
Krier, stood up from behind a
small desk, removed his jacket
and was greeted by a loud ap-
plause.
Holding a yardstick, he an-
nounced he was there to lec-
ture the students on how to
find a party and party hard.
There are norules; its about
enjoying what you do, he said.
The main point of partying is
joy. Partying should be excit-
ing.
Andrew W. K. was the right
man to lecture the students
about partying. His first album
in 2001 titled I Get Wet had
the hit song Party Hard,
which was featured on the EA
Sports 2003 video game Mad-
den NFL.
After a 10-minute lecture
about partying, Durling and
Romani explained the work-
ings of the SnipStamp app be-
fore Andrew W.K. opened the
lecture to questions.
Question: What kind of mu-
sic do you recommend for a
great party?
I wouldnt choose a pipe or-
gan, Andrew W. K. said, draw-
ing laughs from the students.
Anything that makes you feel
good is a good party.
Question: Have you ever par-
tied too hard?
Not yet. I have guardian an-
gels. I have several; they work
in rotating shifts.
Question: What advice do
you have for a student who
doesnt have time because of
classes, work and sleep?
Give one of those things
up.
The lecture was titledParty-
ing 101 but attendance did not
earn credit.
CLARK VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER
Entertainer and speaker Andrew W. K. talks about partying with students at Luzerne County
Community College in Nanticoke.
At LCCC, its Partying 101
Clever mobile app nearing
By EDWARD LEWIS
elewis@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE Aloysius
McLaughlin was the backbone of
his family, prosecutors said
Wednesday.
A loving husband, father,
grandfather and uncle who was
taken fromhis family on June 30,
2011, when he was struck by a ve-
hicle driven by 34-year-old Karen
McCann.
If I wouldhaveknownI hit Mr.
McLaughlin that day, I would
have stopped, McCann, of
Wilkes-Barre, said before she was
sentenced to four to eight years
in state prison Thursday. I did
not know I hit him I am very
sorry.
InJuly, McCannpleadedguilty
to a dozen charges, including
homicide by vehicle while driv-
ing under the influence.
Prosecutors say McLaughlin,
63, was working as a landscaper
in front of a home at 173 Third
Ave., Kingston, at the time of the
incident. Police said McCann
was driving a Chevrolet Trail-
blazer that struck McLaughlin.
He later died at a hospital of mul-
tiple traumatic injuries, accord-
ing to prosecutors.
Prosecutors said McCann had
cocaine and prescription medica-
tions in her systemat the time. A
co-worker of McLaughlins said
he saw the vehicle strike
McLaughlin, and he ran after the
SUV, attemptingtohave McCann
stop.
Assistant district attorneys
Alexis Falvello and Jarrett Feren-
tino showed McCann and a
packed courtroom full of family
and friends, photos of McLaugh-
lins life.
Pictures of McLaughlin or
Wishy as he was known as
among family and friends with
his four grandchildren; with his
wife, Rosemary; at family gather-
ings and holi-
days; at wed-
dings andonva-
cation at the
beach.
You took
something so
precious to
me, McLaugh-
lins daughter, Tamara Sapack,
noting her father would have cel-
ebrated his 65th birthday last
Wednesday.
Sapack heard crying that night
and found her young daughter,
Julia, in her bedroom.
I miss poppy, Sapack said
her daughter told her.
I forgive you, but you need to
be punished, Sapack said, add-
ing she believes McCann needs
help and hopes she can turn her
life around.
(McLaughlin) was truly an in-
nocent victim, Ferentino said.
He was retiredandworking to
help his family and his life was
cut short.
Falvello said she was con-
cerned because McCann has
continually deflected respon-
sibility.
She knewwhat she was doing
andwhat she haddone, she said.
Falvello said McCann is a dan-
ger to the community with her
substance abuse problems that
span more than a 20-year period.
McCann had previously been
charged with driving under the
influence and had been charged
withdrivingoffenses 33hours be-
fore the McLaughlin incident.
McCanns attorney, Peter Mos-
es, said he believed McCanns
sentence was fair and balanced.
Shell be able to get back on
her feet and prove to society she
can be a productive member,
Moses said.
He said he erred on the side of
caution from the beginning, in-
structing McCann not to talk to
any of the victims family mem-
bers until the time of sentencing.
I should have never gotten in
the car that morning, McCann
said. Ill never be free. Ill be sen-
tenced in my mind forever
Driver gets prison
in Kingston fatality
Karen McCann fatally struck
Aloysius McLaughlin as he was
working in front of a home.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
McCann
WILKES-BARRE A man and
woman sentenced in February on
charges they abused a teen boy by
forcing him to touch the woman
inappropriately are facing proba-
tion violation charges after a pro-
bation officer found they pos-
sessed pornography, took a birth-
day outing at a local amusement
park and had inappropriate con-
tact with their dog.
James Antonelli, 68, of Sugar-
loaf, and his wife, Jennie Marie
Moore, 48, with a last known ad-
dress of Ashley, were sentenced in
February to 30 months probation
in a case in which prosecutors say
theboy, now17, wasabusedbyAn-
tonelli and Moore beginning in
April 2007.
Antonelli pleaded no contest to
a charge of criminal conspiracy to
commit indecent assault while
Moore pleadedno contest to inde-
cent assault. Judge David Lupas
ordered the two to register under
Megans Law for a period of 10
years and to have no contact with
minors or places minors frequent.
A probation officer said he
learned of the violations in a
phone conversation and visit.
AccordingtotheLuzerneCoun-
ty probation department, on June
6, Moore called the probation of-
fice andadmittedthat she andAn-
tonelli were having sex with their
Golden Retriever.
(Antonelli) and his wife put
themselves in danger by having
sex with a dog who was not vacci-
nated, a violation report says.
Probation officers also found
pornographic images on a com-
puter belonging to the couple and
saidvideos of pornographyinclud-
ing dogs, horses and adults were
found at Antonellis home.
On Aug. 3, the probation office
said the two went to Knoebels
Amusement Park in Elysburg to
celebrate Moores birthday, also a
violation of their probation since
they are not permitted to be in
places children frequent.
Antonelli also failed to pay $100
towards restitution owed in the
case, the violation report says.
A hearing is scheduled for Oct.
26 before Judge David Lupas.
Moore and Antonelli could be re-
sentenced in the case.
The couples attorney, James
Scallion, could not be reached for
comment.
In the case in which Moore and
Antonelli were originally sen-
tenced, the boy told police that
sometimes he was locked out of a
residence when it was cold and
rainy, and he was forced by Anto-
nelli to perform a sex act on
Moore. The boy said he was as-
saulted if the act was unsatisfacto-
ry.
Couple
allegedly
had sex
with dog
Pair on probation at the time
on indecent assault charges
involving teen boy.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
Sheena Delazio, a Times Leader
staff writer, may be reached at 829-
7235.
SUGARLOAF TWP. Penn-
sylvania Agricultural Secretary
George Greig touted measures
the state has taken to support
farming in a meeting Thursday
morning with about 50 farmers
at Toms Kitchen.
Greigspokeontwolegislative
accomplishments in Harrisburg
-- the elimination of the inher-
itance tax for family farms that
places a heavy financial burden
on surviving farm family mem-
bers, and the Department of
Agricultures requirement to ac-
quire, register, license, protect
and promote the PA Preferred
trademark for use in the sale of
agricultural goods produced in
the state.
Most farms
are passed on
generation to
generation,
Greig said.
Sometimes,
many of the
farms resources
had to be sold to pay the taxes in-
steadof reinvesting inthe farmop-
eration. By eliminating that tax,
farming becomes more viable and
profitable, and it guarantees farm-
ingwill continuetothenext gener-
ation.
Tom and Sara Wenner of
Drums, third-generation farmers,
askedabout farmlandpreservation
and for assurances that Gov. Tom
Corbett will stand up for farmers
and not cut state funding.
Were glad they stopped the in-
heritance tax, Wenner said. If
they didnt do that, kids couldnev-
er afford the taxes and families
would lose their farms.
Rudolph Hoda, 86, of Drums,
whogrows cornandhayandraises
sheep, said the state has to help
farmers.
It costs a lot of money to run a
farm, Hoda said. Thats why the
younger generation doesnt want
to take over.
State Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-But-
ler Township, hosted the break-
fast, noting that agriculture is
Pennsylvanias number one indus-
try.
We are here today to promote
our farms, our PA Preferred Prod-
ucts and take care of our farmers
who work in this tough industry,
Toohil said. I have supported ev-
ery pro-agriculture piece of legisla-
tionthat has comebeforethelegis-
lature in Harrisburg. I amworking
to ensure that our farmers have a
bright farming future.
Toohil is running for re-election
in November. Her opponent in the
116th Legislative District is Demo-
crat RansomYoung, 57, who owns
and operates a fourth-generation
family farm in Butler Township.
Greig attended the Bloomsburg
Fair onWednesday night as part of
his statewide tour to visit with
farmers and hear their concerns.
I think most farmers are thank-
ful for what weve done to make
Pennsylvania more farmer-friend-
ly, he said.
Greig said agriculture generates
$5.7 billion in cash receipts and
provides an economic impact of
$57 billion.
Boots Hetherington, special ad-
viser to Corbett, told the group
that fundingfor fairsand4-HClubs
has gone from $843,000 to $2 mil-
lion.
Greig said overregulation is the
biggest hurdle Pennsylvania farm-
ers have to overcome to be suc-
cessful, and he said he under-
standstheconcernsbecauseheisa
life-long farmer. Greig operates a
650-acre farminCrawfordCounty.
State agriculture chief touts elimination of inheritance tax
George Greig pays a visit to
area to talk with farmers
about their concerns.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
Greig
THE TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 PAGE 7A
N E W S
NEW YORK A key wit-
ness against former Penn State
assistant football coach Jerry
Sandusky, known in court pa-
pers as Victim 1, has a book
deal and will soon reveal his
identity, a publisher an-
nounced Thursday.
Ballantine Bantam Dell said
Silent No More: Victim
(hash)1s Fight for Justice
Against Jerry Sandusky is
coming out Oct. 23. The mem-
oir will beco-writtenbythevic-
tims mother and psychologist
and will share how he sur-
vivedyears of shame andsecre-
cy, harassment and accusation,
before reporting Sanduskys
actions to the authorities, and
will offer a hopeful and inspir-
ing message for victims of
abuse, Ballantine announced.
Victim 1, now 18, will reveal
his identity on the day of the
books release in an interview
with ABCs Chris Cuomo.
Financial terms for the book
were not disclosed. But Ballan-
tine, an imprint of Random
House Inc., plans a donation to
a charity for victims of child
abuse.
Sandusky allegedly fondled
Victim 1 and performed oral
sex on himmultiple times. Vic-
tim1first alerted authorities in
2008 and helped launch the in-
vestigation leading to Sandus-
kys conviction in June on 45
counts of child sexual abuse.
Prosecutors said some of the
assaults tookplace onthe Penn
State campus.
Sandusky is scheduled to be
sentenced next month and is
likely toreceive a sentence that
will keep him in prison for life.
Sandusky
victim has
book deal
The author is expected to
reveal his name on TV the
day the book is released.
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
ANNOUNCEMENT
Dr. Jerey P. DAndrea
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Dr. DAndrea will continue to see current and new patients in
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Patients may call Dr. DAndrea at
570-602-7865
and leave a message with the answering service.
Your call will be promptly returned
to schedule an appointment,
to have prescriptions relled
have questions answered,
and how to make arrangements for the transition to the
new location.
Dr. DAndrea is committed to ensuring continuity of care for
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Yard sale under
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Antique furniture, &
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books, toys, baby
items, pool items &
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Housewares
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FORTY FORT
62 Wesley St. 8-1
Lots of household,
wicker, odds n ends
furniture,holiday
galore,toys,boys
room stuff,boys-
women clothes.
Priced to sell! 2
yards of full of stuff!
HAZELTON
ESTATE SALE, PART 1
9/29 9am-2pm
867 Roosevelt
Street
Too much for 1 sale:
tons of holiday,
craft and house
wares, Everything
priced to sell.
Sale by E.Cook
NOXEN
GARAGE/YARD SALE
(near Harveys
Lake)
164 Tulip Rd
Sat & Sun, 9/29 &30
8am - 1pm
Household items,
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WILKES BARRE
48 Marjorie Ave.
9-29 8:30-3
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Mattress, 2 bed
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tables, coffee table
2 computer tables,
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Sat, 8:30 - 2
Furniture, house-
hold items, Holiday
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Toy. Health
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MOUNTAIN TOP
3 bedroom house
with Barn, 2 car
detached garage,
pond and 14 acres
of land in the Crest-
wood School Dis-
trict. Features
paved driveway,
patio with fire pit.
Remodeled in past
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and hardwood. 2
full baths, 2 full
kitchens, heated
garage. Great
farmland and hunt-
ing property
$219,000
570-592-3327 for
more information.
WHITE HAVEN
Nice home with
double lot in Hickory
Hill Community.
Great bi-level with
open floor plan &
plenty of space for
all your needs.
Serene wooded lot
& a stream that runs
trough it. Make this
your seasonal get-
away or permanent
place to call home.
House sold as is.
Inspections for buy-
ers information only.
MLS #12-2385
$107,900
Call Donna Cain
947-3824
901-1020
WYOMING
OPEN HOUSE
SUN. 9/30 & 10/7
2PM - 4PM
575 Susquehanna
Avenue
FOR SALE BY OWNER
NEVER FLOODED
4 bedroom, 2 full
bath in a great
neighborhood. New
windows entire
home, finished
lower level,
detached garage, 4
season sunroom.
Master suite has
new full bath and
large walk in closet.
New above ground
pool with deck.
Must see!
$189,000 neg.
570-885-6848
DALLAS
2 bedroom, 1 bath
home in convenient
location. Nice size
lot at 3/4 acre.
Detached 2 car
garage, carport on
side. Pets on a
case-by-case
basis. $1400/month
Neg. + 1 month
security. Utilities
not included (elec-
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to background
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2 bedrooms. Living
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Kitchen. $600 +
utilities. 570-424-
6970
After months of struggling to
find a match for the bone marrow
transplant needed to save his life,
Chris Kobela turned to the per-
son who brought him into the
world.
His mother.
Kobela, 25, Kingston, beganhis
second battle against acute lym-
phoblastic leukemia late last year
after a blood test revealed the
cancer had returned.
Chemotherapy treatments
took care of the cancer, but nowa
transplant was needed to replace
the bone marrowthat Kobela lost
in the process. From December
2011to March of this year, Kobela
anxiously
awaited a suita-
ble match from
the national do-
nor registry,
ready to start
his recovery.
While Kobela
waitedeachday
for the phone to ring, but it never
did. It wasnt until he traveled to
Thomas Jefferson University in
Philadelphia to meet with Dr.
Neal Flomenberg when Kobela
realized a match was closer than
he thought.
Flomenbergexplainedthe half-
matchtransplant -- one inwhicha
patients parents are a suitable
match, was aviableoption. Thats
when Kobelas mother, Geri,
stepped up and joined her sons
fight.
When I learned I could serve
as the donor, I felt like there was
finally something I could do to
help my son, Geri Kobela said.
We were relieved.
Geri Kobela, who resides in Al-
lentown, donated the stem cells
her son desperately needed -- a
process she said was as painless
as donating blood, and the trans-
plant was performed on April 19.
After a four-week recovery at
the hospital and another few
weeks of limitedactivity at home,
Kobela is now cancer-free and
back to working his full-time job
as the season-ticket sales execu-
tive for the Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton Penguins.
I feel like my mom has given
melifefor asecondtime, hesaid.
I almost feel back to normal and
I amlucky tohave gottenthrough
it.
But Kobela isnt finished fight-
ing just because the recovery is
over. This time hell be doing it to
help others.
On Saturday, Kobela and a
teamof co-workers fromthe Pen-
guins front office will participate
in the 2012 Northeast Light the
Night Walk at Nay Aug Park in
Scranton. The two-mile walk is
organized by the Leukemia and
LymphomaSocietyandis expect-
ed to draw 2,000 participants.
Kobela is happy to be among
them.
Im really happy to be able to
do it, and my co-workers were ve-
ry willing to help out, he said,
adding his team raised $1,290 in
donations in two weeks.
Kobela hopes that total will top
$1,500.
While there is no fundraising
minimum to participate in the
walk, every walker is encouraged
to become a Champion for Cures
by raising $100 or more to help
fight blood cancer. Funds raised
by teams and individual walkers
will provide lifesaving blood can-
cer research, fund support pro-
grams for patients and their fam-
ilies and personalized assistance
for those fighting the disease.
Light The Night Walk gives
hope to patients and their fam-
ilies andlets themknowthat they
are not alone in their battle
against cancer, saidMaidaR. Mi-
lone, executive director of the
Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter.
It is a night topay tribute tolives
touched by cancer, honor those
we have lost, and celebrate the
lives that have been saved.
With son in danger, a brave mom steps up
Penguins hockey team joins in
communitys fight against
dreaded disease.
By TOMVENESKY
tvenesky@timesleader.com
Kobela
The 2012 Northeast Light the
Night Walk will be held on Sat-
urday at Nay Aug Park in Scran-
ton. Registration begins at 4:30
p.m. and the walk starts at 6:30
p.m. To make a donation to a
specific team or individual, visit
www.lightthenight.org, click on the
donate tab and enter the team
or persons name.
L I G H T T H E N I G H T
WILKES-BARRE A city teen
is facing at least two felony charg-
es in Luzerne County Juvenile
Court in connection with a Sept.
10 shooting, a county judge said
Thursday.
Tony Ransome, 14, appeared in
Luzerne County Court for a de-
tentionhearingbefore Judge Tina
Polachek Gartley, and is facing
two felony counts of aggravated
assault and two misdemeanor
charges of reckless endangerment
of another person in the shooting
and injuring of 20-year-old Chris-
tianShollyonHutsonStreet. Ran-
some andSholly are half brothers.
Ransomes attorneys, Cheryl
Sobeski Reedy, Demetrius Fan-
nick and Ana Mojtahedi, waived
the reading of an affidavit of prob-
able cause outlining the details of
the charges.
Investigators have also not out-
lined details surrounding the
shooting, but neighbors say they
heard yelling coming from the 86
Hutson St. home, including re-
marks that it was an accident, it
was an accident.
Their mother, Theresa Ran-
some, appeared
in court Thurs-
day. Sholly re-
mains in critical
condition at
Geisinger
Wyoming Val-
ley Medical
Center in Plains
Township.
Polachek Gartley said Ran-
some will continue to stay at a ju-
venile detention center in North-
ampton County until a space be-
comes availableat theKids Peace,
a facility in Orefield, Pa.
ThejudgesaidRansomewill re-
mainincustodyuntil anOct. 4ad-
judication hearing.
At an adjudication hearing, a
judge will determine if Ransome
has committed a delinquent act.
Testimony will be heard at the
hearing, Polachek Gartley said.
A second hearing may be held
on the same day or at a different
date for a disposition hearing,
where a judge will determine
placement for a juvenile who has
been adjudicated a delinquent.
Ransome could face placement
in a juvenile detention center un-
til the age of 21.
W-B teen faces felony charges
in shooting of half brother
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
Ransome
HAZLETON The Pennsyl-
vania Department of Correc-
tions confirmed Thursday that
it will not renew two contracts
at the MinSec private correc-
tional facility in downtown,
but a department spokeswo-
man declined to explain why.
Were not prepared at this
point to comment, said Sue
Bensinger, a DOC spokeswo-
man.
State Rep. Tarah Toohil, R-
Butler Township, said the rea-
sons are obvious why the con-
tracts with MinSec/Hazleton
were dropped.
The facts dont lie, Toohil
said. Just lookat the hundreds
of criminal incidents commit-
ted by these criminals that
have been residing at MinSec.
About one-fourth of the in-
mates at MinSec Hazleton
have been transferred to other
correctional facilities, as the
companys contracts with the
state Department of Corrections
to house drug-and-alcohol and
mental-health inmates will not
be renewed when they expire
Sept. 30.
With the transfers, Bensinger
said the DOC will have 100-ish
residents at the Hazleton facility.
Kate Philips, a spokeswoman
for MinSec Cos. in Wallingford,
Delaware County, said the DOC
has assured MinSec the decision
to not renewthe contracts is not
a reflection of the quality of care
provided.
We continue to value our
strong partnership with PA-
DOC, Philips said. We have
drug-and-alcohol and communi-
ty transition residents.
Toohil and Donna Palermo,
president of the Greater Hazle-
ton Chamber of Commerce, said
they want the downtown facility
closed.
We have pleaded with (Gov.
TomCorbett) to close this prison
in the middle of our town, Too-
hil said. This is one big step
one big win for the community.
Palermo said she cant speak
for the state, but the number of
escapes and crimes committed
by MinSec clients over the last
two years offers plenty of reasons
to justify closing the facility.
Weve asked they not renew
any DOC contracts, Palermo
said. Were not sayingtheres not
a need for these type facilities,
but not in our citys downtown.
Palermo said MinSec has
placeda tremendous burden on
law enforcement. She said there
have been 13 escapes from Min-
Sec so far this year.
Im sure that had something
to do with the DOCs decision,
she said. Just a week or two ago,
a MinSec client escaped and
robbed a bank in Hazleton.
Palermo said not renewing the
DOC contracts is a step in the
right direction, but the goal is to
get the facility closed.
Well fill the building with a
tenant thats right for the down-
town, she said.
Controversial MinSec losing 2 contracts
Calls rise for the private
correctional facility in
Hazleton to close.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
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ALLEN Katharine, memorial
services 6 to 9 p.m. today in
Recupero Funeral Home, 406
Susquehanna Ave., West Pittston.
Celebration of Life Mass 9:30
a.m. Saturday in St. Anthonys
Church, Memorial Street, Exeter.
ARLEDGE Irene, funeral 9:15 a.m.
today in the Wroblewski Funeral
Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave.,
Forty Fort. Mass of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. in Gate of Heaven
Church, 40 Machell Ave., Dallas.
BAKER Jamie, funeral 11 a.m.
today in St. Johns Primitive
Methodist Church, 316 Main St.
Avoca.
CAPOZI Margaret, funeral 9 a.m.
today in S.J. Grontkowski Funeral
Home, Plymouth. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 9:30 a.m. in All Saints
Parish, Plymouth. Calling hours
will be 8 a.m. until funeral time
today.
GREENE Lillian, funeral 9 a.m.
Saturday in Wroblewski Funeral
Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming Ave.,
Forty Fort. Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Saint Ignati-
us of Loyola Church, 339 N.
Maple Ave., Kingston. Family and
friends are invited to call today 4
to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
HARZINSKI Kosty, military funer-
al services 9:30 a.m. today in
Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030
Wyoming Ave., Exeter. Mass of
Christian Burial 10 a.m. at Corpus
Christi Parish at Immaculate
Conception Church, 605 Luzerne
Ave., West Pittston.
JENKINS Charlene, funeral noon
today in First Baptist Church of
Wilkes-Barre, 48 S. River St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call 10
a.m. until the time of the service
today at the church.
KASKEL David, funeral 8:30 a.m.
today in Bednarski & Thomas
Funeral Home, 27 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
Burial 9 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope
Parish.
KELLEY William, memorial Mass 11
a.m. Saturday in St. Elizabeths
Church, Bear Creek.
MARKIEWICZ Frank, memorial
Mass 10 a.m. Saturday in Holy
Name of Jesus Polish National
Catholic Church, Prospect Street,
Nanticoke.
MISCAVAGE Donna, memorial
Mass 11:15 a.m. Sunday in St.
Benedict Parish, 155 Austin Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre.
MONTAGNA Matthew, Mass of
Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Sat-
urday in St. Joseph Marello
Parish, 237 William St., Pittston.
PAROBY June, funeral 9:45 a.m.
today in Thomas P. Kearney
Funeral Home Inc., 517 N. Main
St., Old Forge. Mass of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. in Divine Mercy,
Scranton.
PELLAM Charles Jr., funeral 11
a.m. today in Hugh B. Hughes &
Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044
Wyoming Ave., Forty Fort.
PINKEVICH - Pavel, funeral 10 a.m.
Saturday in Russian-Ukrainian
Baptist Church, 63 Hillside St.,
Wilkes-Barre.
PLEBAN Eugene, calling hours 2
to 4 p.m. today in S. J. Grontkow-
ski Funeral Home, 530 Main St.,
Plymouth.
ROMAN Adam, military funeral ser-
vices 10:15 a.m. Saturday in Gubbiotti
Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave.,
Exeter. Mass of Christian Burial at
11a.m. at St. John the Evangelist
Church, William St., Pittston. Friends
may call 5 to 8 p.m. today in the funer-
al home.
SLAPAR Irene, blessing service 11 a.m.
today in Lehman-Gregory Funeral
Home Inc., 281 Chapel St., Swoyersville.
Family and friends may call 10 a.m.
today in the funeral home.
SPISSO Aniello, funeral 8 p.m. today in
Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255
McAlpine St., Duryea. Friends may call
today 5 p.m. until the time of services.
WASKO Barbara, memorial Mass 10
a.m. Saturday in Sacred Heart of Jesus
Church, Dupont. Friends may call 9:30
to 10 a.m. at the church.
YANUSHEFSKI Tillie, funeral 9 a.m.
Saturday from the Bednarski & Tho-
mas Funeral Home, 27 Park Ave.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian Burial
at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope
Parish. Friends may call Saturday, 8:30
to 9 a.m.
FUNERALS
LETITIA A. PUPA, 87, of Pitt-
ston Township, passed away
Thursday, September 27, 2012, in
Wesley Village, Jenkins Township.
Funeral arrangements are
pending and will be announced by
the Peter J. Adonizio Funeral
Home, 251 William St., Pittston.
J
ohn Kriel, 94, of Harveys Lake,
passed away on Wednesday, Sep-
tember 26, 2012, at home, in the
arms of his devotedwife, Julia. They
celebrated 67 years of marriage on
September 2.
John was born on a farm in Cher-
ry Township, Sullivan County. Son
of Justina Kumara and Gregory
Kriel, he was one of seven children.
He honorably served in the U.S.
Army in World War II. A decorated
war hero, he was wounded in two
separate battles and survived a tor-
pedo attack on his ship while on his
way to Africa. He was awarded a
Purple Heart and Bronze Star
among many other commendations
and medals.
Upon his discharge, he married
the former Julia Mehalick of Alden
Station, Pa., and they settled in Har-
veys Lake, where they have lived for
62 years. He owned and operated
Johnnys Body Shop, an automotive
body repair business. His reputa-
tion for honesty was well known in
the area.
After his retirement, he and Julie
shared their time between Tavares,
Fla., and Harveys Lake.
John was a member of St. Vladi-
mirs Orthodox Church of America
in Lopez.
He is survived by his loving wife,
Julia; his sister Nettie Kriel Jawor-
ski, and her husband, Frank, of Sil-
ver Springs, Md. Saddened by his
death, he leaves 22 nieces and neph-
ews and their families. Preceding
him in death are his brothers, Mi-
chael, Peter, Steven; sisters Mary
Huray and Anna Borick.
The family has requested that in
lieu of flowers you may honor John
by donating to St. Vladimirs
Church, P.O. Box 211, Lopez, PA
18628.
Friends and relatives may
pay their respects today from
6 until 8 p.m. at Simon S. Russin Fu-
neral Home, 136 Maffett St. Plains
Township. A Parastas will be held
today at 7:30. There will be a view-
ing at St. Vladimirs inLopez onSat-
urday from10 to 11 a.m. with a Req-
uiem Service immediately follow-
ing and Hieromonk Michael Thier,
Pastor, officiating. Military honors
will be accorded at the interment in
St. Vladimirs Orthodox Cemetery
in Lopez. Those attending the Req-
uiem Service should go to the
church before 11 a.m. There will be
no funeral procession from the fu-
neral home.
John will be remembered for his
strong faith in God, his generous
spirit, kindness and love of family.
John Kriel
September 26, 2012
R
ichard A. Shaffer, 61, of Media,
and formerly of Lovelton, Pa.,
went home to be with the Lord on
September 27, 2012.
Born in Meshoppen, in 1950, he
was a son of Ruby (nee Woodruff)
and Stanley Shaffer, both deceased.
Richard worked for Procter &
Gamble for 35 years.
He was a true man of God who
loved his family and his country
roots.
Richard is survived by his wife,
SusanM. Shaffer; his children, Josh-
ua Shaffer and Annie Shaffer. He
was the dear grandfather of grand-
sons, Hunter, Takota; and grand-
daughter, Jonica. He is also sur-
vived by his siblings, Gary Shaffer
and Connie Knolles.
Relatives and friends are invit-
ed to greet his family Saturday from
1 until 2 p.m., followed by his Me-
morial Service at 2 p.m. at Trinity
Assembly of GodChurch, 1022 Pott-
stown Pike, West Chester. Inter-
ment will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorial con-
tributions may be made, in the
name of RichardAlanShaffer, to the
Jefferson Foundation, 925 Chestnut
St, Philadelphia, PA19107. Arrange-
ments by the Donohue Funeral
Home, 1627 West Chester Pike,
West Chester. Online at www.dono-
huefuneralhome.com.
Richard A. Shaffer
September 27, 2012
JOSEPHM. PURCELL, age 55,
of Harveys Lake, passed away
Thursday, September 27, 2012, at
home.
Funeral arrangements are
pending from the Curtis L. Swan-
son Funeral Home Inc., corner of
routes 29 and 118, Pikes Creek.
M
rs. MarionJ. Gruver, age 93and
three quarters, a resident of
Sullivan Terrace, passed away on
Wednesday evening, September 26,
2012, at the Riverwoods in Lewis-
burg, Pa., with her loving family at
her side.
Marion was born December 10,
1918, in Wilkes-Barre, a daughter of
the late William Daniel and Elsie
Wilson Plummer.
She graduated from the Wyom-
ing High School, a member of the
Class of 1936, and from Albright
College in 1941 with a bachelor of
arts in English.
She had a career in market re-
searchat Research100 inPrinceton,
N.J.
She married Jack Gruver of
Wyoming in 1943, and they resided
for 23 years in East Brunswick, N.J.,
where Jack was employed by the
Sun Oil Company, retiring in 1977.
They retired to Sarasota, Fla., for
the best years of their lives andlat-
er returned to Toms River, N.J., in
1989 and then to the Pittston area in
1993.
Jack preceded her in death on
June 28, 2001, after 58 years of mar-
riage.
Marion moved to Sullivan Ter-
race in Dushore, Pa., in 2002. She
was well known in the community
and was a member of the Dushore
Tuesday Book Club. Marion en-
joyed traveling, especially on trains,
and was an ardent New York Yan-
kees fan. She spent every winter in
Florida until 2011.
She was preceded in death by a
brother, Robert W. Plummer of Ak-
ron, Pa.
Surviving are two sons, William
R. and Joan Gruver of Eagles Mere,
Pa.; Jack Gruver Jr., of Las Vegas,
Nev.; a daughter, Jill, and John Pu-
leo of Lebanon, N.J.; three grand-
children, Amanda Puleo, Alexandra
Puleo, Jackson Gruver; a brother,
William E., and Helen Plummer of
Salem, S.C.; several nieces and ne-
phews.
Funeral services will be held on
Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Eagles
Mere Community Church with the
Rev. Deane S. Shively officiating. In-
terment will be in the Eagles Mere
Cemetery. Friends may call on Fri-
day at the P. Dean Homer Funeral
Home, 206 Water St., Dushore, Pa.,
from 4 to 6 p.m.
The family will provide the flow-
ers and request that Memorial Con-
tributions may be sent to The Lym-
phoma Foundation, PO Box
286236, New York, NY 10128 or
Geisinger Health System Founda-
tion, 100 North Academy Avenue,
Danville, PA 17822 MC40-20. To
send condolences or sign the online
guestbook, please go to www.ho-
merfuneralhome.com.
Marion J. Gruver
September 26, 2012
Z
ita H. Herr, 74, of Mountain
Top, passed away on Monday,
September 24, 2012, at the Geisin-
ger Wyoming Valley Medical Cen-
ter.
Born in Germany, she was a
daughter of the late Matthias and
Maria (Plein) Hardt.
Zita worked as an engineering as-
sistant for the RCA Corporation in
Mountain Top and was a member of
the St. Pauls Lutheran Church.
Preceding her in death, in addi-
tion to her parents, were a brother,
Leo, and two infant sisters.
Surviving are her husband, Mur-
ray Herr; children, Paul Herr and
wife, Erika, Hibbing, Minn.; Becky
Mergo, White Haven; Maria Meade
and her companion, Daniel Augus-
tine, Fountain Inn, S.C.; grandchil-
dren, Autumn, Natalie, Rylee, Levi,
Chris, Devin, Jacob and Daniel; her
sisters and brother in Germany,
Meta Seitz, Elisabeth Hohmann,
HelgaKoppelkammandPaul Hardt;
many nieces and nephews.
Friends may call on Saturday
from 4 until 7 p.m. at the McCune
Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain
Blvd., Mountain Top. Memorial ser-
vices will be held on Sunday at 2
p.m. in the St. Pauls Lutheran
Church, Mountain Top.
Zita H. Herr
September 24, 2012
THOMAS G. DAVIES, 90,
passed away Tuesday, September
25, 2012, in The United Methodist
Homes, Wesley Village Campus,
Jenkins Township.
A Memorial Service will be
held at a time to be announced in
the First United Methodist
Church, West Pittston. Arrange-
ments are by Howell-Lussi Funeral
Home, West Pittston.
D
orcas L. Shellhamer, age 92, a
resident of Kingston Com-
mons Nursing Center, formerly of
Plymouth, died Wednesday eve-
ning, September 26, 2012.
She was born in Plymouth, a
daughter of the late Fred and Lula
Gregory Shellhamer and gradu-
ated from Plymouth High School.
She was a member of the First
Reformed Church of Plymouth,
where she served for many years
on the church consistory board
and as the financial secretary.
She had been employed for 25
years by the former Raiker Paint
Factory, Kingston, and retired
from the Penn Millers Insurance
Company.
She was preceded in death by a
sister, Elva; brothers, Fred Jr., Les-
ter and Robert.
She is survived by a sister, June
Shellhamer of Luzerne; sisters-in-
law, Jane Oaks, Fla., and Mildred
Shellhamer, South Carolina.; sev-
eral nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be
held on Sunday, October 14, at 2
p.m. at the First ReformedChurch,
Willow St., Plymouth, with the
Rev. Jack Jones officiating.
Arrangements are by the Wil-
liamA. Reese Funeral Chapel, rear
56 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth.
Dorcas L.
Shellhamer
September 26, 2012
C
hristine Swisher, 61, of Grant
St., Shickshinny, passed away
suddenly on Wednesday, Septem-
ber 26, 2012, at General Hospital,
Wilkes-Barre.
Born January 28, 1951 in Ber-
wick, she was the daughter of the
late Charles and Pauline (Yustat)
Potoeski.
Christine was a devoted educa-
tor for over 30 years. Teaching in
both New Mexico and Pennsylva-
nia, she was most recently employ-
ed in the Berwick Area School Dis-
trict as a resource roomteacher, re-
tiring in January of this year.
She was preceded in death by
her husband of 35 years, Donald
Swisher Sr., in 2009; both parents,
Charles Potoeski in 1995 and Pau-
line Potoeski in 2010; and an infant
daughter, Sally, in 1990.
Surviving are sons, Charles, of
Duryea, and Donald Jr., at home;
daughter Christy Kunkel of Lans-
ing, Mich.; granddaughters, Seren-
ity, at home, and Brittany, Wilkes-
Barre; grandsons, Ashton and Bry-
cen, both of Wilkes-Barre; many
cousins, nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 9 a.m. at the Mayo Fu-
neral Home Inc., 77 N. Main St.,
Shickshinny, followed by a Mass of
Christian burial at 9:30 a.m. in St.
Marys Church, Mocanaqua, with
the Rev. Donald Williams as cele-
brant. Burial will be in Sorber
Cemetery, Reyburn. Visitationwill
be today from2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9
p.m.
For additional information or to
send condolences, please visit
www.mayofh.com.
Christine Swisher
September 26, 2012
Infant Cam-
den P. Cupil, of
Wilkes-Barre,
passed away
Wednesday,
September 26,
2012, in
Wilkes-Barre
General Hospi-
tal. Born March 30, 2012, he was a
son of Sean Cupil and Amanda
Whitesell, Wilkes-Barre. Besides
his parents, he is survived by
brothers, Jayden Cupil, Nicholas
Bednar; paternal grandmother, Te-
ressa Cupil; maternal grandmoth-
er, Renee Straight; paternal grand-
father, Jermaine Gillard; paternal
great-grandmother, Rose Cupil;
aunts, Corrianna Cupil, Katie
Whitesell, Amelia London; andun-
cle, DavidLondon. Camdenwill al-
so be missed by numerous aunts,
uncles and cousins.
Services will be held today at
11 a.m. from the Straub Kane Fu-
neral Home, 55 Park Ave., Wilkes-
Barre. Interment will be at the con-
venience of the family. Friends
may call 10 a.m. until time of ser-
vice at the funeral home.
Camden P. Cupil
September 26, 2012
Henry
Pudge Jones
Sr., of Ply-
mouth, passed
away Tuesday,
September 25,
2012, in Wilkes-
Barre General
Hospital.
Born March 30, 1934, he was a
son of the late Miles Henry Jones
and the late Letha (Baird) Jones.
He was a graduate of Plymouth
High School, Class of 1954.
Henry was a member of the Elm
Hill Hose Co. 3, Plymouth, for over
40 years. He really enjoyed spend-
ing time at the firehouse and lend-
ing a hand whenever possible,
whether he was selling football tick-
ets or just sitting around shooting
the breeze with the guys. He was al-
so a member of the Fire Police.
Henry was a life member of the
Pennsylvania State Constables As-
sociation, Luzerne County, Chapter
32.
Hewas alsoamember of Masonic
Lodge 332 Royal Arch Chapter,
Wilkes-Barre; Mt. Horeb Council,
Knights Templar; and IremTemple.
He was last employed as a forklift
operator at Trion Industries before
retiring. Henry was also a Navy vet-
eran.
Henry was an avid football fan, es-
pecially the Philadelphia Eagles and
would even root for the Philadelphia
Phillies. He also enjoyed camping.
He was preceded in death by his
wife, Janet G. Jones, and his brother
Benjamin Jones.
He is survivedby children, Freder-
ick (Juvy) Szoke, Korea; Michael
Douglas (Laura) Szoke, Wilkes-
Barre; Susan (Tom) Szoke Eckroth,
Hunlock Creek; Patty (Bob) Szoke
Clark, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Patty
Ann Jones Clarke, Wilkes-Barre;
Sandra Szoke (Jeri Edwards) San
Diego; Henry A. Jones Jr., Plymouth;
Janet Lee Jones, Plymouth; Carol
(Stephen) Stasukinas, Plymouth;
numerous grandchildren; numerous
great-grandchildren.
Afuneral service will be held
on Monday at 11a.m. fromWil-
liams-Hagen Funeral Home Inc., 114
W. MainSt., Plymouth, withthe Rev.
Robert Smith officiating. Interment
in Chapel Lawn Cemetery. Friends
may call Sunday from 5 until 8 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial dona-
tions can be made to the Shriners
Hospital, 3551N. BroadSt., Philadel-
phia, PA.
Henry Jones
September 25, 2012
Richard J.
Horn, 86, for-
merly of King-
ston, passed
away Sunday,
September 23,
2012, at Com-
monwealthHos-
piceinSt. Lukes
Villa, Wilkes-Barre.
Born in Wilkes-Barre, he was a
son of the late Richard and Nora
Healey Horn. He was a graduate of
E.L. Meyers High School, Wilkes-
Barre, and attended the former
Bucknell Junior College, now
Wilkes University.
Richard proudly served his coun-
try in the Navy during World War II
and later as a member of the 109th
Field Artillery. He was one of the
last survivors of the tragic train
crash.
Mr. Horn was on the train with
the 109th Field Artillery Battalion,
enroute fromWilkes-Barre toCamp
Atterbury, when the train became
disabledonthetrackandwas struck
by the Spirit of St Louis train in
Coshocton, Ohio.
His work in various industries
took him all through the United
States. He enjoyed the traveling and
seeing many of the marvelous
sights of our country.
He was precededindeathbya sis-
ter, Mary McGinty, and a nephew,
Albert McCormick.
He is survived by sisters, Cathe-
rine Collacott, Rita Wambold and
Nancy McCormick, all of Wilkes-
Barre, and several nieces and neph-
ews.
As per his wishes, funeral
services will be private. Inter-
ment will be inSt. Marys Cemetery,
Hanover Township.
Arrangements have been entrust-
ed to the Daniel J. Hughes Funeral
& Cremation Service, 617 Carey
Ave., Wilkes-Barre.
Richard J. Horn
September 23, 2012
It needs to be boarded up. It
needs to be secured, he said,
adding the city has done a hap-
hazard job so far.
He suggestedthe city put a lien
on CityVest, the owner of the
building, to pay for the costs of
boarding it up. The owner has in-
come from a nearby parking lot,
he said.
CityVest reportedly has no
funds and spent nearly $6 million
of a county loan on expansion of
the property, demolition and re-
moval of hazardous material.
County Controller and city
property owner Walter Griffith
also questioned why taxpayers
have to bear the cost of securing
the structure and the nearly
$5,000 a month fee for concrete
barriers put in place around the
building to protect people froma
possible building collapse.
It seems that CityVest has
been given a walk on this whole
issue. I think thats unfair to the
people of the county. I think its
unfair to the people of the city,
he said.
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was mayor, and his first instinct
was to try to deal with this just
through our police department,
to try to keep this among our-
selves andreallynot scaretheres-
idents or make it known that we
were having a problem.
Barletta said he soon realized
that was the wrong approach. Af-
ter meeting with Department of
Justice officials in 2005 to seek
federal help, he realized we
neededa buy-infromthe commu-
nity, that parents, teachers,
school officials and all members
of the community would need to
be educated on how to recognize
gang activity and if their chil-
dren, students and neighbors
might be interacting with gangs.
It takes community after com-
munity all of our leaders, all of
our parents and community to
work together and recognize that
we need to work with law en-
forcement and that we do have
a role, Barletta said.
Jurack outlined the FBIs Na-
tional Gang Strategy, which he li-
kened to the FBIs successful at-
tack on the Italian mafia. He also
described some tactics that have
worked well in some communi-
ties, such as the use of civil in-
junctions court orders banning
certaingroups fromsocializingin
public in certain areas.
Police Chief Frank DeAndrea
said reporting suspicious and
suspected gang-related activity is
of utmost importance, noting the
departments anonymous tip line
450-2080. Panel members said
criminals typically dont retaliate
against witnesses, and DeAndrea
noted that witness intimidation
is a serious crime.
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S P O R T S
PHILADELPHIA Gio
Gonzalez became the first
21-game winner in the majors,
Michael Morse hit two homers
and the Washington Nationals
beat the Philadelphia Phillies
7-3 Thursday night to move
closer to an NL East title.
The loss eliminated the
Phillies from the Wild Card
race.
Bryce Harper also connected
for the Nationals, who reduced
their magic number to three.
They have a four-game lead
over Atlanta with six to play.
Gonzalez (21-8) settled down
after a shaky start and lasted
six innings, allowing three runs
and six hits. Hes the first NL
lefty to win more than 20
games since Dontrelle Willis
won 22 for the Florida Marlins
in 2005.
Gonzalez and Mets knuckle-
baller R.A. Dickey (20-6) are
considered the leading candi-
dates for the NL Cy Young
Award.
Mets 6, Pirates 5
NEW YORK R.A. Dickey
became the first knuckleballer
to win 20 games in more than
three decades, tying his career-
high with 13 strikeouts and
leading the New York Mets
over Pittsburgh Pirates behind
David Wrights tiebreaking,
three-run homer in the fifth
inning.
A 37-year-old knuckleballer
who had never won more than
11 games in any previous sea-
son, Dickey (20-6) overcame
an outstanding, climbing catch
by Travis Snider more than 2
feet above the right-field wall
that robbed Mike Baxter of a
home run.
Dickey allowed three runs in
7 2-3 innings. He leads the NL
with 222 strikeouts.
Reds 2, Brewers 1
CINCINNATI Slumping
Todd Frazier tied the game
with a two-out homer in the
ninth inning, and Dioner Na-
varro followed with an RBI
triple that sent the Cincinnati
Reds to a victory and dealt a
major setback to the Milwau-
kee Brewers playoff chances.
The Brewers slipped four
games behind idle St. Louis for
the final NL wild card with six
games left.
Rockies 7, Cubs 5
DENVER Jordan Pacheco
and DJ LeMahieu each home-
red, leading the Colorado
Rockies to a win over the Chi-
cago Cubs for a three-game
series sweep.
Pacheco, Wilin Rosario and
Chris Nelson had two hits
apiece for the Rockies, who
had 12 hits in their final home
game of 2012.
Giants 7, Diamondbacks 3
SAN FRANCISCO Mid-
season acquisitions Hunter
Pence and Marco Scutaro each
hit two-run homers in the
second inning to back Barry
Zito, and the NL West cham-
pion San Francisco Giants beat
Arizona in their regular-season
home finale.
Braves 6, Marlins 2
ATLANTA Tommy Han-
son earned his first win since
July, and the Atlanta Braves
scored two runs on Miami left
fielder Bryan Petersens error
during a victory over the Mar-
lins.
Miami led 2-0 before the
Braves scored four runs in the
fourth inning. Dan Uggla and
Andrelton Simmons had run-
scoring doubles before Jacob
Turner (1-4) walked Jose Con-
stanza to load the bases.
Petersen dropped Martin
Prados sinking liner, allowing
David Ross and Simmons to
score.
N AT I O N A L L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Phils eliminated;
Dickey wins 20th
The Associated Press
AP PHOTO
New York Mets starting pitch-
er R.A. Dickey celebrates his
20th victory against the
Pittsburgh Pirates at Citi Field
in New York Thursday. It was
the first time in 22 years the
Mets have had a 20-game
winner.
TORONTO Brandon
Morrow and two relievers
combined on a five-hitter,
pitching the Toronto Blue Jays
to a 6-0 victory over New York
on Thursday night that
trimmed the Yankees tight
lead in the AL East.
Edwin Encarnacion had
three hits and three RBIs for
Toronto. Brett Lawrie hit a
two-run homer and J.P. Arenci-
bia added a solo shot as the
Blue Jays handed an assist to
idle Baltimore, shaving New
Yorks division lead over the
Orioles to one game.
New York lost for the third
time in five games and wasted
a chance to go two up with six
to play.
Making his third start since
missing 14 games with a sore
right shoulder, Yankees right-
hander Ivan Nova (12-8) al-
lowed four runs and six hits in
4 2-3 innings. He walked two
and struck out four.
Mariners 9, Angels 4
ANAHEIM, Calif. John
Jaso hit a two-run homer and
an RBI double for Seattle, and
the Los Angeles Angels wasted
a golden chance to get within
one game of an AL wild-card
spot with a loss to the Mari-
ners.
Rays 3, White Sox 2
CHICAGO Evan Longoria
hit a tiebreaking homer in the
ninth inning and the surging
Tampa Bay Rays won their
eighth straight game, handing
the White Sox a loss that hurts
Chicagos playoff hopes.
The Rays remained two
games back in the race for the
second AL wild card, while the
White Sox fell two games be-
hind Detroit in the AL Central
after their eighth loss in nine
games. Tampa Bay and Chica-
go have six games to go, in-
cluding three more against
each other. Detroit beat Kansas
City 5-4 earlier Thursday.
Rangers 9, Athletics 7
ARLINGTON, Texas Ian
Kinsler got Texas started with
a leadoff homer, Matt Harrison
earned his 18th victory and the
AL West-leading Rangers held
on to win for a four-game split
with the chasing Oakland
Athletics.
Tigers 5, Royals 4
DETROIT Doug Fister
set an AL record by striking
out nine straight batters and
the Detroit Tigers kept their
lead in the Central, beating the
Kansas City Royals on Alex
Avilas grounder in the ninth
inning.
The Tigers began the day
with a one-game edge over the
Chicago White Sox, who later
hosted Tampa Bay.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Yanks blanked by Jays,
lead down to one game
The Associated Press
STANDINGS/STATS
on quick passes to neutralize
blitzes.
While most of Illinois top
talent is on defense, new co-
ordinator Tim Banks has
struggled to adapt against
the spread, a fact not lost on
Penn State coach Bill
OBrien.
All of us as coaches, we all
tend to have some copycat in
us, OBrien said. Thats
from studying film and
things. So we try to do things
that other teams have had
success with.
One way or another, the
Nittany Lions will look to
keep the Illinois defense frus-
trated.
After a particularly hum-
bling 52-24 loss to the Bull-
dogs at home last week, some
Illini players openly ques-
tioned their coaching staff.
Last year, we blitzed a lot
more with our linebackers,
Akeem Spence, an imposing
nose tackle and future
NFLer, told The News-Ga-
zette in Champaign. And
this year, you know, theyre
sitting back, and theyve got
to read. We were able to
bring pressure from just
about anywhere, from the
corners. ... We just brought it
from a lot of different angles.
Thats what we were used
to.
Injuries to top safeties Su-
po Sanni and Steve Hull have
contributed to the Illinis
more conservative approach
on defense. Both, however,
are expected to play Satur-
day, which could allow Illi-
nois to take more risks defen-
sively.
The question that remains
is whether Penn State will be
able to exploit these same is-
sues. Though the Lions of-
fense has shifted in favor of
the pass under OBrien, the
team does not run a dedicat-
ed spread.
But OBrien refers to his
scheme as a gameplan of-
fense, one that can trans-
form from week-to-week to
best attack the opponent. On
Saturday, that could mean
more time spent in the no-
huddle.
Well have a no-huddle ga-
meplan going into every
game, OBrien said. And
the flowof the game basically
determines how much youre
going to use no-huddle.
When you play a team that
pressures quite a bit, no-hud-
dle becomes more involved
in your gameplan.
Our players are doing a re-
ally (good job with it). Its re-
ally pretty neat to see.
Helping out the Lions will
be the likely returns of key
starters like tailback Bill Bel-
ton and left tackle Donovan
Smith. Both were back to full
practice this week and are ex-
pected to play against Illi-
nois. Exactly how much they
play, however, is unknown.
Smith would help shore up
the Lions pass protection,
particularly if the plan is to
drop back and throw much of
the time.
Belton, who suffered a nag-
ging ankle injury back in the
opener, brings versatility as a
receiver out of the backfield
and a useful checkdown tar-
get for quarterback Matt
McGloin.
Hes back to his old self,
McGloin said. He looks real-
ly smooth with his cuts and
hes running well in practice.
He hasnt lost a step and
the offense will be better be-
cause hes back.
Jones set to transfer
Departed quarterback Paul
Jones will remain enrolled at
Penn State for the rest of the
semester before looking to
transfer for the spring, ac-
cording to OBrien.
It was a tough decision for
Paul and for us, OBrien said
Thursday on his weekly radio
show. Paul felt at the end of
the day that he wanted a
fresh start. I wish Paul the
best. I have a lot of great feel-
ings for Paul. Hes a great kid.
His dream is to be a start-
ing quarterback somewhere.
Thats what he wants to do,
and thats what hes going to
do.
OFFENSE
Continued fromPage 1B
N L S T A N D I N G S
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
z-Washington ................ 95 61 .609
z-Atlanta ......................... 91 65 .583 4
Philadelphia................... 78 78 .500 17
New York ....................... 72 84 .462 23
Miami .............................. 66 90 .423 29
Central Division
W L Pct GB
x-Cincinnati .................. 94 62 .603
St. Louis....................... 84 72 .538 10
Milwaukee.................... 80 76 .513 14
Pittsburgh .................... 76 80 .487 18
Chicago........................ 59 97 .378 35
Houston........................ 51 105 .327 43
West Division
W L Pct GB
x-San Francisco........... 91 65 .583
Los Angeles ................. 80 75 .516 10
1
2
Arizona.......................... 78 78 .500 13
San Diego..................... 74 81 .477 16
1
2
Colorado....................... 62 94 .397 29
z-clinched playoff berth
x-clinched division
Wednesday's Games
L.A. Dodgers 8, San Diego 2
Washington 8, Philadelphia 4
Atlanta 3, Miami 0
Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 1
N.Y. Mets 6, Pittsburgh 0
Houston 2, St. Louis 0
Colorado 6, Chicago Cubs 0
San Francisco 6, Arizona 0
Thursday's Games
Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1
N.Y. Mets 6, Pittsburgh 5
Colorado 7, Chicago Cubs 5
San Francisco 7, Arizona 3
Washington 7, Philadelphia 3
Atlanta 6, Miami 2
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n)
Friday's Games
Cincinnati (H.Bailey 12-10) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Bur-
nett 16-8), 7:05 p.m.
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 6-8) at Miami (Buehrle 13-13),
7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets (Niese 12-9) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 16-6),
7:35 p.m.
Houston (E.Gonzalez 2-1) at Milwaukee (Gallardo
16-8), 8:10 p.m.
Washington (E.Jackson 9-10) at St. Louis (Wainw-
right 13-13), 8:15 p.m.
ChicagoCubs (T.Wood6-12) at Arizona(I.Kennedy
14-11), 9:40 p.m.
SanFrancisco(Vogelsong13-9) at SanDiego(Wer-
ner 2-2), 10:05 p.m.
Colorado (Francis 5-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw
12-9), 10:10 p.m.
Saturday's Games
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 8:10 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 8:35 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Philadelphia at Miami, 1:10 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 1:35 p.m.
Houston at Milwaukee, 2:10 p.m.
Washington at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.
San Francisco at San Diego, 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 4:10 p.m.
A L S T A N D I N G S
All Times EDT
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York ....................... 90 66 .577
Baltimore ........................ 89 67 .571 1
Tampa Bay ..................... 86 70 .551 4
Boston ............................ 69 87 .442 21
Toronto........................... 69 87 .442 21
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit ............................. 84 72 .538
Chicago.......................... 82 74 .526 2
Kansas City.................... 70 86 .449 14
Cleveland ....................... 65 91 .417 19
Minnesota ...................... 65 91 .417 19
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas.............................. 92 64 .590
Oakland.......................... 88 68 .564 4
Los Angeles................... 86 70 .551 6
Seattle............................. 73 83 .468 19
Wednesday's Games
N.Y. Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
Detroit 5, Kansas City 4
Baltimore 12, Toronto 2
Tampa Bay 4, Boston 2
Oakland 9, Texas 3
Cleveland 6, Chicago White Sox 4
L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3
Thursday's Games
Detroit 5, Kansas City 4
Texas 9, Oakland 7
Seattle 9, L.A. Angels 4
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 0
Tampa Bay 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Friday's Games
Boston (A.Cook 4-10) at Baltimore (Tillman 8-2),
7:05 p.m.
Kansas City (W.Smith 6-8) at Cleveland (D.Huff
2-0), 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 14-11) at Toronto (Jenkins
0-2), 7:07 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Weaver 19-4) at Texas (Dempster
7-2), 8:05 p.m.
Detroit (Smyly 4-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 12-8),
8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Hellickson 9-10) at Chicago White Sox
(Floyd 10-11), 8:10 p.m.
Seattle (Beavan 10-10) at Oakland (Griffin 6-1),
10:05 p.m.
Saturday's Games
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 4:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Texas, 4:05 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 4:05 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 7:05 p.m.
Sunday's Games
Kansas City at Cleveland, 1:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.
Boston at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Texas, 3:05 p.m.
Seattle at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
N L B O X E S
Nationals 7, Phillies 3
Washington Philadelphia
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Werth rf 3 0 1 0 Rollins ss 5 0 1 0
Harper cf 4 1 2 2 Frndsn 3b 4 0 2 0
Zmrmn 3b 5 1 1 0 Utley 2b 4 1 1 0
LaRoch 1b 5 1 1 0 Howard 1b 3 1 0 0
Morse lf 4 2 2 4 Mayrry cf 2 1 0 0
Storen p 0 0 0 0 Horst p 0 0 0 0
Dsmnd ss 4 0 0 0 Aumont p 0 0 0 0
Espinos 2b 3 1 0 0 L.Nix ph 1 0 0 0
KSuzuk c 4 0 1 0 Diekmn p 0 0 0 0
GGnzlz p 1 0 0 0 Ruf lf 4 0 2 3
DeRosa ph 1 0 1 0 DBrwn rf 3 0 1 0
EPerez pr 0 1 0 0 Kratz c 3 0 0 0
SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Pierre ph 1 0 0 0
Tracy ph 1 0 0 0 Cloyd p 2 0 0 0
Clipprd p 0 0 0 0 Schrhlt cf 2 0 0 0
Berndn lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 9 6 Totals 34 3 7 3
Washington ....................... 110 112 100 7
Philadelphia....................... 300 000 000 3
LOBWashington 6, Philadelphia 7. 2BWerth
(20), Zimmerman (34), LaRoche (33), Frandsen
(7), Ruf (1), D.Brown (10). HRHarper (21), Morse
2 (16). SBE.Perez (3), Utley (10). SG.Gonza-
lez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Washington
G.Gonzalez W,21-8 6 6 3 3 3 6
S.Burnett .................. 1 1 0 0 0 0
Clippard.................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Storen....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Philadelphia
Cloyd L,2-2 .............. 5 6 6 6 2 4
Horst ......................... 1
2
3 1 1 1 2 3
Aumont ..................... 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Diekman................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Cloyd pitched to 2 batters in the 6th.
WPG.Gonzalez, Horst. PBK.Suzuki.
Mets 6, Pirates 5
Pittsburgh New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
SMarte lf 3 0 0 0 Tejada ss 4 1 1 0
Presley
ph-lf-cf 2 1 1 2 DnMrp 2b 4 2 2 1
JHrrsn 2b 5 0 0 0 DWrght 3b 4 1 2 3
AMcCt cf 4 0 0 0 I.Davis 1b 4 1 1 1
Tabata lf 1 0 0 0 Hairstn lf 4 0 1 1
GJones 1b 3 1 2 0 Baxter rf 4 0 0 0
PAlvrz 3b 4 0 0 0 Thole c 3 0 0 0
Snider rf 3 1 1 0 AnTrrs cf 2 1 0 0
Barajs c 4 1 2 2 Dickey p 3 0 1 0
Mercer ss 3 1 2 1 Rauch p 0 0 0 0
Correia p 1 0 0 0 Parnell p 0 0 0 0
Takhsh p 0 0 0 0
Holt ph 1 0 1 0
Resop p 0 0 0 0
Watson p 0 0 0 0
Clemnt ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 9 5 Totals 32 6 8 6
Pittsburgh .......................... 020 100 002 5
New York ........................... 010 140 00x 6
LOBPittsburgh 7, New York 3. 2BG.Jones
(28), Barajas (11). HRPresley (10), Barajas (11),
D.Wright (21), I.Davis (31). SBDan.Murphy (10).
SCorreia.
IP H R ER BB SO
Pittsburgh
Correia L,11-11....... 4
1
3 7 6 6 1 2
Takahashi ................ 1
2
3 0 0 0 0 2
Resop....................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Watson ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
New York
Dickey W,20-6......... 7
2
3 8 3 3 2 13
Rauch H,16..............
2
3 1 2 2 1 1
Parnell S,5-10 .........
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
UmpiresHome, Gerry Davis;First, Manny Gonza-
lez;Second, Greg Gibson;Third, Phil Cuzzi.
T2:46. A31,506 (41,922).
Braves 6, Marlins 2
Miami Atlanta
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Petersn lf 5 1 1 0 Constnz cf 1 0 0 0
GHrndz cf 4 0 0 0
RJhnsn
ph-cf 2 0 0 0
Reyes ss 4 0 0 0 Prado lf 4 1 1 0
Ca.Lee 1b 3 0 1 1 Heywrd rf 3 1 0 0
Brantly c 4 0 0 0 C.Jones 3b 3 0 0 0
DSolan 2b 4 0 1 0 FFrmn 1b 3 1 1 0
Cousins rf 3 1 1 0 Uggla 2b 4 1 2 3
Velazqz 3b 4 0 2 1 D.Ross c 4 1 2 0
JaTrnr p 2 0 0 0 Smmns ss 4 1 2 1
Kearns ph 1 0 1 0 Hanson p 1 0 0 0
LeBlnc p 0 0 0 0 Avilan p 0 0 0 0
Webb p 0 0 0 0 Hinske ph 1 0 0 0
Cishek p 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0
Dobbs ph 1 0 0 0 Overay ph 1 0 0 0
CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 7 2 Totals 31 6 8 4
Miami .................................. 001 100 000 2
Atlanta ................................ 000 400 20x 6
EPetersen(1), Hanson(5), F.Freeman(11). DP
Miami 1. LOBMiami 8, Atlanta 7. 2BPetersen
(7), Ca.Lee (27), Velazquez (1), Prado (40), Uggla
(29), Simmons (8). SHanson.
IP H R ER BB SO
Miami
Ja.Turner L,1-4 ....... 6 6 4 2 3 5
LeBlanc ....................
2
3 1 2 2 2 1
Webb........................
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Cishek ...................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Atlanta
Hanson W,13-9....... 5
1
3 6 2 1 2 4
Avilan H,4.................
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Venters H,19 ........... 2 1 0 0 0 2
C.Martinez ............... 1 0 0 0 0 0
WPJa.Turner.
UmpiresHome, Ted Barrett;First, Marvin Hud-
son;Second, Tim McClelland;Third, D.J. Reyburn.
T2:46. A27,270 (49,586).
Reds 2, Brewers 1
Milwaukee Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Aoki rf 4 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b 4 0 0 0
RWeks 2b 4 0 1 0 Cozart ss 4 0 1 0
Braun lf 4 0 2 0 Votto 1b 2 0 0 0
ArRmr 3b 4 0 0 0 Frazier 3b 4 1 1 1
Hart 1b 4 0 0 0 Bruce rf 4 1 1 0
Mldnd c 4 0 0 0 DNavrr c 4 0 1 1
CGomz cf 3 1 2 1 Paul lf 3 0 1 0
Segura ss 2 0 0 0 Stubbs cf 3 0 1 0
WPerlt p 2 0 0 0 Latos p 1 0 0 0
Kintzlr p 0 0 0 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0
FrRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Heisey ph 1 0 0 0
Torreal ph 1 0 0 0 Broxtn p 0 0 0 0
Hndrsn p 0 0 0 0
Axford p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1 Totals 30 2 6 2
Milwaukee.......................... 001 000 000 1
Cincinnati ........................... 000 000 002 2
Two outs when winning run scored.
DPMilwaukee 1. LOBMilwaukee 5, Cincinnati
5. 3BD.Navarro (1). HRC.Gomez (17), Frazier
(19). SBC.Gomez (36). SLatos.
IP H R ER BB SO
Milwaukee
W.Peralta................. 5
1
3 2 0 0 1 6
Kintzler H,1..............
2
3 1 0 0 1 0
Fr.Rodriguez H,30.. 1 0 0 0 0 2
Henderson H,13...... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Axford L,5-8
BS,9-42....................
2
3 3 2 2 0 2
Cincinnati
Latos ......................... 7 3 1 1 1 3
Marshall ................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Broxton W,3-1......... 1 2 0 0 0 1
Rockies 7, Cubs 5
Chicago Colorado
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DeJess rf-cf 5 1 1 0 Rutledg ss 4 1 1 0
Barney 2b 5 1 1 0 Blckmn lf 4 1 1 0
Rizzo 1b 3 1 3 2 Pachec 1b 4 2 2 3
ASorin lf 5 0 2 1 WRosr c 3 0 2 0
Campn pr 0 0 0 0 Colvin cf-rf 4 1 1 0
SCastro ss 4 1 1 0 Nelson 3b 3 0 2 1
Valuen 3b 3 1 2 0 McBrid rf 2 1 1 1
Vitters ph-3b 2 0 0 0 Fowler cf 0 0 0 0
Clevngr c 3 0 0 0 LeMahi 2b 3 1 1 2
Recker ph-c 2 0 0 0 Chacin p 2 0 1 0
BJcksn cf 2 0 1 1 Outmn p 1 0 0 0
Sappelt ph-rf 1 0 1 0 Ottavin p 0 0 0 0
Volstad p 1 0 0 0 Brothrs p 0 0 0 0
LaHair ph 1 0 1 1 Belisle p 0 0 0 0
Dolis p 0 0 0 0 RBtncr p 0 0 0 0
Mather ph 1 0 0 0
AlCarr p 0 0 0 0
WCastll ph 1 0 0 0
JChpm p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 513 5 Totals 30 712 7
Chicago.............................. 011 100 002 5
Colorado ............................ 322 000 00x 7
DPChicago 4, Colorado 1. LOBChicago 11,
Colorado 2. 2BA.Soriano (33). HRRizzo (15),
Pacheco (5), LeMahieu (2). SBRutledge (7).
CSW.Rosario (5). SFMcBride.
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Volstad L,3-11......... 3 10 7 7 0 0
Dolis.......................... 2 1 0 0 0 1
Al.Cabrera ............... 2 1 0 0 0 2
J.Chapman .............. 1 0 0 0 1 1
Colorado
Chacin W,3-5 .......... 5 7 3 3 4 2
Outman..................... 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Ottavino....................
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Brothers ................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Belisle....................... 0 3 2 2 0 0
R.Betancourt
S,31-36..................... 1 1 0 0 0 2
Belisle pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.
HBPby Volstad (Nelson). WPAl.Cabrera.
UmpiresHome, Alan Porter;First, Jim Reynolds-
;Second, James Hoye;Third, Jim Joyce.
T3:01. A30,288 (50,398).
Giants 7, Diamondbacks 3
Arizona San Francisco
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Pollock cf 4 0 1 0 Pagan cf 4 0 2 0
A.Hill 2b 4 0 0 0 Scutaro 2b 4 1 1 2
J.Upton rf 4 0 0 0 Sandovl 3b 3 0 0 0
Gldsch 1b 4 1 2 0 Posey 1b 4 1 2 0
MMntr c 4 0 0 0 SCasill p 0 0 0 0
Kubel lf 4 0 1 0 Romo p 0 0 0 0
Ransm 3b 2 2 1 0 Pence rf 4 1 1 2
Elmore ss 3 0 1 1 Belt lf-1b 4 1 2 0
Corbin p 1 0 0 0 HSnchz c 4 2 2 2
CYoung ph 1 0 1 2 Arias ss 4 0 0 0
Shaw p 0 0 0 0 Zito p 2 1 1 0
Nieves ph 1 0 0 0 Kontos p 0 0 0 0
Albers p 0 0 0 0 GBlanc ph-lf 1 0 1 0
Lndstr p 0 0 0 0
Ziegler p 0 0 0 0
Eaton ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 7 3 Totals 34 712 6
Arizona............................... 000 201 000 3
San Francisco.................... 060 000 01x 7
DPArizona 2, San Francisco 1. LOBArizona 7,
San Francisco 4. 2BKubel (29), Ransom(14), El-
more (4), Pagan (36), H.Sanchez (14). 3BPollock
(1). HRScutaro (7), Pence (22), H.Sanchez (3).
SBGoldschmidt 2 (18), Pagan (29), G.Blanco
(24).
IP H R ER BB SO
Arizona
Corbin L,6-8............. 3 7 6 6 0 0
Shaw......................... 2 1 0 0 0 0
Albers....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Lindstrom.................
1
3 2 0 0 1 0
Ziegler ...................... 1
2
3 1 1 1 0 0
San Francisco
Zito W,14-8.............. 6 6 3 3 3 3
Kontos H,4............... 1 0 0 0 1 0
S.Casilla H,11 ......... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Romo........................ 1 0 0 0 0 2
PBM.Montero.
UmpiresHome, Tony Randazzo;First, Todd Ti-
chenor;Second, Brian Gorman;Third, Vic Carapaz-
za.
T2:36. A41,128 (41,915).
Blue Jays 6, Yankees 0
New York Toronto
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Jeter ss 3 0 0 0 Lawrie 3b 4 2 2 2
ISuzuki rf 4 0 0 0 Rasms cf 4 1 2 0
AlRdrg dh 2 0 0 0 Encrnc dh 4 0 3 3
Cano 2b 4 0 3 0 YEscor ss 4 0 0 0
Swisher 1b 3 0 0 0 Lind 1b 4 0 0 0
Grndrs cf 4 0 0 0 Arencii c 4 1 2 1
RMartn c 4 0 2 0 KJhnsn 2b 3 0 0 0
Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0 Sierra rf 3 0 0 0
J.Nix 3b 3 0 0 0 Gose lf 3 2 1 0
Totals 30 0 5 0 Totals 33 610 6
New York ........................... 000 000 000 0
Toronto............................... 002 020 11x 6
DPNew York 1, Toronto 2. LOBNew York 7,
Toronto 6. 2BCano (44), R.Martin (17), Encarna-
cion (24). HRLawrie (10), Arencibia (18).
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
Nova L,12-8............. 4
2
3 6 4 4 2 4
Rapada.....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
D.Lowe..................... 2 3 1 1 0 0
Aardsma................... 1 1 1 1 1 1
Toronto
Morrow W,9-7.......... 7 4 0 0 3 3
Lincoln...................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Oliver ........................ 1 1 0 0 0 0
HBPby Oliver (Al.Rodriguez). WPD.Lowe.
UmpiresHome, TimWelke;First, Paul Schrieber-
;Second, Mike Everitt;Third, Laz Diaz.
T2:36. A23,060 (49,260).
Rangers 9, Athletics 7
Oakland Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Drew ss 4 0 1 0 Kinsler 2b 5 2 2 1
JGoms lf 5 0 3 1 Andrus ss 5 2 2 1
Cespds dh 4 1 1 1 Hamltn lf 5 0 1 1
Carter 1b 4 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 1 3 0
Moss rf 4 1 1 1 N.Cruz rf 3 2 2 1
Dnldsn 3b 4 1 1 0 MiYong 1b 4 1 1 2
Reddck cf 4 2 2 2 Morlnd 1b 0 0 0 0
DNorrs c 3 1 1 2 Napoli dh 4 1 2 3
Kottars ph-c 1 0 0 0 Soto c 4 0 0 0
Rosales 2b 3 1 1 0 Gentry cf 4 0 1 0
S.Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 711 7 Totals 38 914 9
Oakland.............................. 011 200 030 7
Texas.................................. 511 200 00x 9
EJ.Gomes (2), Donaldson (13). DPTexas 1.
LOBOakland4, Texas 6. 2BJ.Gomes (10), Kin-
sler (42), Andrus (31), Hamilton (28), N.Cruz (42),
Gentry (12). HRCespedes (22), Moss (20), Red-
dick 2 (31), D.Norris (6), Kinsler (19), Napoli (21).
SBAndrus (21). SFN.Cruz.
IP H R ER BB SO
Oakland
Blackley L,5-4.......... 1 5 5 5 0 0
J.Miller ...................... 2 4 2 2 0 2
Accardo.................... 2 4 2 2 0 1
Figueroa................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
J.Chavez.................. 1 0 0 0 0 2
Neshek..................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Texas
M.Harrison
W,18-10 ................... 6 7 4 4 1 2
Ogando..................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Mi.Adams.................
2
3 3 3 3 0 2
Uehara H,6 ..............
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Nathan S,36-38 ....... 1 0 0 0 0 2
WPBlackley.
UmpiresHome, Paul Emmel;First, Ron Kulpa-
;Second, Wally Bell;Third, Jim Wolf.
T2:56. A43,796 (48,194).
Tigers 5, Royals 4
Kansas City Detroit
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Lough cf 4 1 1 0 AJcksn cf 3 1 0 0
AEscor ss 3 0 0 0 Berry lf 4 1 1 2
TAreu ph-ss 1 0 1 1 MiCarr 3b 4 1 1 0
AGordn lf 4 0 0 0 Fielder 1b 4 0 2 1
Butler dh 4 1 1 1 DYong dh 2 0 0 1
S.Perez c 4 0 1 0 D.Kelly pr 0 1 0 0
Mostks 3b 4 1 1 0 Dirks rf 3 0 1 0
Francr rf 3 1 1 1 RSantg ph 1 0 0 0
Hosmer 1b 1 0 0 0 JhPerlt ss 4 0 1 0
B.Pena 1b 2 0 0 0 Avila c 4 0 1 1
Giavtll 2b 3 0 0 1 Infante 2b 3 1 1 0
Totals 33 4 6 4 Totals 32 5 8 5
Kansas City ....................... 000 000 031 4
Detroit................................. 220 000 001 5
Two outs when winning run scored.
EA.Escobar (19), A.Gordon (2), Moustakas 3
(14). LOBKansas City 3, Detroit 4.
2BMoustakas (33), Francoeur (25), Fielder (32).
3BBerry (6). HRButler (28). CSJh.Peralta
(2). SFD.Young.
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Mendoza.................. 7 7 4 2 1 6
Crow......................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Collins L,5-4 ............
1
3 1 1 0 1 0
K.Herrera .................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Detroit
Fister......................... 7
2
3 5 3 2 0 10
Coke H,20................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Benoit W,5-3
BS,4-6 ...................... 1 1 1 1 0 1
HBPby Fister (Francoeur). PBAvila.
UmpiresHome, Jeff Nelson;First, Bill Welke;Se-
cond, Cory Blaser;Third, Chris Guccione.
T2:23. A33,019 (41,255).
A L B O X E S
Mariners 9, Angels 4
Seattle Los Angeles
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Ackley 2b 4 2 1 0 Trout cf 4 0 0 0
Gutirrz cf 3 1 1 1 TrHntr rf 5 0 1 0
TRonsn lf 0 2 0 1 Pujols dh 5 1 2 0
Seager 3b 5 0 2 1 KMorls 1b 4 1 2 0
JMontr c 4 0 1 2 Callasp 3b 3 1 1 1
Jaso dh 5 1 2 3 HKndrc 2b 3 0 1 2
Smoak 1b 4 0 1 0 Aybar ss 4 1 0 0
MSndrs lf-cf 5 1 1 0 V.Wells lf 3 0 1 1
C.Wells rf 4 2 2 0 Calhon lf 1 0 0 0
Ryan ss 3 0 1 0 Iannett c 3 0 1 0
BoWlsn c 0 0 0 0
MIzturs ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 912 8 Totals 36 410 4
Seattle ................................ 000 210 402 9
Los Angeles....................... 010 100 020 4
EAckley (7), Hawkins (1), Aybar (15). DPSeattle
1. LOBSeattle 7, Los Angeles 8. 2BSeager
(33), J.Montero (19), Jaso (18), Pujols 2 (48), K.Mo-
rales 2 (24), H.Kendrick (31). HRJaso (10). SB
Aybar (20). ST.Robinson, Ryan, H.Kendrick.
SFJ.Montero.
IP H R ER BB SO
Seattle
Iwakuma W,8-5....... 6 7 2 1 0 3
C.Capps................... 1
2
3 1 2 2 1 2
Kinney ......................
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Wilhelmsen.............. 1 1 0 0 1 2
Los Angeles
Haren L,12-12......... 5
1
3 6 3 2 0 3
Maronde...................
2
3 1 1 1 0 0
Richards...................
2
3 3 3 3 2 0
Walden..................... 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 2
Hawkins....................
1
3 2 2 1 0 0
A.Taylor ....................
2
3 0 0 0 1 0
Maronde pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
PBJ.Montero.
UmpiresHome, Lance Barksdale;First, Fieldin
Culbreth;Second, Adrian Johnson;Third, Gary Ce-
derstrom.
T3:27. A37,377 (45,957).
W I L D C A R D
G L A N C E
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pct WCGB
Baltimore.................. 89 67 .571
Oakland ................... 88 68 .564
Los Angeles ............ 86 70 .551 2
Tampa Bay .............. 86 70 .551 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pct WCGB
z-Atlanta................... 91 65 .583
St. Louis................... 84 72 .538
Los Angeles ............ 80 75 .516 3
1
2
Milwaukee ............... 80 76 .513 4
z-clinched playoff berth
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit 5, Kansas City 4
Texas 9, Oakland 7
Seattle 9, L.A. Angels 4
Toronto 6, N.Y. Yankees 0
Tampa Bay 3, Chicago White Sox 2
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati 2, Milwaukee 1
N.Y. Mets 6, Pittsburgh 5
Colorado 7, Chicago Cubs 5
San Francisco 7, Arizona 3
Washington 7, Philadelphia 3
Atlanta 6, Miami 2
L.A. Dodgers at San Diego, (n)
Rays 3, White Sox 2
Tampa Bay Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DJnngs lf 4 0 0 0 De Aza cf-lf 4 1 1 0
BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Youkils 3b 4 0 3 0
Zobrist ss 4 1 1 0 OHudsn pr 0 0 0 0
Longori 3b 4 1 1 1 A.Dunn 1b 3 1 0 0
C.Pena 1b 3 0 0 1 Konerk dh 2 0 0 0
Kppngr 2b 4 0 1 0 Rios rf 4 0 1 0
RRorts 2b 0 0 0 0 Przyns c 4 0 1 0
Scott dh 3 1 2 1 JrDnks pr 0 0 0 0
Joyce rf 3 0 0 0 Flowrs c 0 0 0 0
Loaton c 2 0 0 0 Viciedo lf 2 0 1 1
Fuld ph 0 0 0 0 Wise ph-cf 1 0 0 0
CGmnz c 0 0 0 0 AlRmrz ss 4 0 1 0
Bckhm 2b 3 0 0 0
DJhnsn ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 31 3 5 3 Totals 32 2 8 1
Tampa Bay......................... 000 110 001 3
Chicago.............................. 000 110 000 2
DPTampa Bay 3. LOBTampa Bay 3, Chicago
10. 2BZobrist (38). HRLongoria (14), Scott
(14). SBAl.Ramirez (20). SFC.Pena.
IP H R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
Shields ..................... 6
1
3 6 2 2 4 6
McGee......................
2
3 0 0 0 1 0
Jo.Peralta W,2-6..... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Rodney S,46-48...... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Chicago
Peavy ....................... 7
1
3 4 2 2 1 6
Myers L,3-4.............. 1
2
3 1 1 1 0 0
HBPby Shields (Viciedo, Youkilis).
T3:11. A18,630 (40,615).
T H I S D A T E I N
B A S E B A L L
Sept. 28
1919 In the shortest nine-inning game in major
league history, 51 minutes, the New York Giants
beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1.
1920 A grand jury indicted eight members of the
Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919
World Series in the Black Sox Scandal.
1938 Gabby Hartnett hit his famous Homer in
the Gloamin in the ninth inning against Mace
Brown to give the Chicago Cubs a 6-5 victory, their
ninth straight, at Wrigley Field. It was a key triumph
en route to the Cubs NL pennant.
1941Ted Williams went 6-for-8 in a doublehead-
er against the Philadelphia As to finish the season
with a .406 average. No player has batted .400
since.
1951 Allie Reynolds pitched his second no-hitter
of the season as the New York Yankees defeated
the Boston Red Sox, 8-0, in the opener of a double-
header. The Yankees clinched the AL pennant with
an 11-3 victory in the nightcap.
1974 Nolan Ryan pitched his third of seven ca-
reer no-hitters, striking out 15 batters and beating
the Minnesota Twins, 4-0, at Anaheim Stadium.
1975 Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and
RollieFingers of theOaklandAs combinedtono-hit
the California Angels, 5-0, on the final day of the
season.
1995 Greg Harris of the Montreal Expos became
the first pitcher in major league history to pitch with
both hands. Harris faced four batters, two from his
usual right side and two from the left, in the ninth
inning of a 9-7 loss to Cincinnati.
1997 San Diegos Tony Gwynn tied Honus
Wagners record by winning his eighth NL batting
title. Gwynn finished at .372, becoming the first
player to win four consecutive NL batting titles since
Rogers Hornsby won six straight from1920-25.
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Defensive
standcut
araest Jhomas
7 SS (cc, cl0)
Jerry hawthorae
l C3 (c0, l70)
Just|a Stap|es
a4 | (c4, c40)
Masoa Moahe|m
41 ||3 (cl, c10)
Pat N|xoaYoumaa
4 |S (al0, l80)
Joaathaa 8rowa
|eocs l||irois ir
toc||es (cc), !||
(a.0) orc soc|s (l.a)
Just|a 0reea
cc C3 (all, l7a)
0|eaa foster
7l ! (c4, c80)
kshaate R||||ams
ca S!Ak (all, c0a)
M|chae| 8uchaaaa
77 | (cc, ca0)
S|moa 0v|[aaov|c
c8 k! (ca, c7a)
0rahamPoc|c
c C (c, 1l0)
Josh ferusoa
c Kk (al0, l8a)
Just|a 0uVerao|s
l8 | (cl, l70)
Jommy 0av|s
l |k (all, c0a)
Jay|or Za|ews||
l4 K (c1, c00)
Nathaa Schee|haase
c O3 (c1, c00)
Just|a hardee
81 Wk/ (cl, l70)
Josh ferusoa
c k3 (al0, l8a)
Jed karras
c7 kC (c4, 100)
huh Jhoratoa
c |! (ca, 1l0)
M|chae| he|tz
4 |C (ca, 10a)
0ffensive
standcut
kyaa Laa|ford |os rot
|eer |orerec |]
irsto|i|it] ot O3 Wit| c41
]orcs receivir orc 4 !s.
Joaathaa 8rowa
4a W|3 (cl, c1a)
k|eemSpeace
74 N! (cl, 10a)
Joa 0av|s
1 !| (c1, c40)
0ffensive
standcut
Matt Staa||ew|tch
a4 C (c1, 10l)
Jesse 0e||a Va||e
17 |k (cl, l70)
k|ex 8utterworth
4a | (al0, c0c)
k|ex keaaey
la Kk (c0, l7c)
Samf|c|ea
7 K (cc, lc)
k||ea kob|asoa
8 Wk (c1, c0l)
8||| 8e|toa
l !3 (al0, c0c)
Joha 0rsche|
c4 kC (c1, 10)
0oaovaa Sm|th
c |! (ca, 1lc)
MI|e farre||
8 k! (cc, 10c)
Matt Mc0|o|a
ll O3 (cl, c0l)
M||es 0|effeabach
ca |C (c1, 100)
k|ex keaaey
la Wk (c0, l7c)
ky|e 0arter
8 |!| (c1, c4)
8raadoa Mosebyfe|der
8a Wk (cc, l7a)
Matt Mc0|o|a tos t|e
3i !er ir ossir, ore
of just ca O3s rotioro||]
o|reoc] ot l,000 ]orcs.
Stephoa Morr|s
lc C3 (a8, l8c)
Stephea 0beakyapoa
SS (al0, c0)
kdr|aa kmos
4 C3 (c0, c0a)
0a0uaa Joaes
7l ! (c1, 1c4)
Jordaa h|||
4 ! (cl, c7c)
0e|oa 8araes
l8 | (c4, c4c)
0|eaa 0arsoa
40 ||3 (c1, c1a)
Ma|co|mR||||s
l0 |S (all, c07)
M|chae| Maut|
4c O|3 (cc, c1c)
Seaa Staa|ey
70 | (cl, c41)
0era|d hodes
c O|3 (cc, c1)
Speacer harr|s
80 Wk/ (c1, l7a)
Defensive
standcut
0e|oa 8araes |os
recorcec t|ree soc|s ir
t|e first four ores of
|is co||ee coreer.
kyaa Laa|ford
lc WkH (c0, la)
Sept. 0hic L, 2^^
Sept. 8 at Virinia L, 76
Sept. 5 Navy W, 34-7
Sept. 22 TempIe W, 24-13
Sept. 29 at !IIincis Noon
Oct. 6 Ncrthwestern Noon
Oct. 20 at !cwa 8 p.m.
Oct. 27 0hic State 6 p.m.
Nov. 3 at Purdue 1BA
Nov. 0 at Nebraska 1BA
Nov. 7 !ndiana 1BA
Nov. 2^ Wisccnsin 1BA
MATCHUP
Illineis
Fihtin Illini
Neen, Saturday
Memorial Stadium(60,670), Champaiqn, lll.
Penn State
Nittany Liens
0AME 0UI0E
BI0 TEN STAN0IN0S
P St t STAT!ST!CAL LEADERS !IIi i
B!C TEN 0VERALL
BI0 TEN
PennStateat lllinois, noon(LSPN)
Minnesotaat lowa, noon(LSPN2)
lndianaat Northwestern, noon(B1N)
Marshall at Purdue, 3:5p.m. (B1N)
No. ^OhioStateat No. 20MichiqanState, 3:30p.m. (ABC)
Wisconsinat No. 22Nebraska, 8p.m. (ABC)
OFF: Michiqan
AR0UN0 THE C0UNTRY
No. 25 Baylor at No. 9 West Virqinia, noon (FX)
North Carolina State at Miami, noon (LSPNU)
1ennessee at No. 5 Ceorqia, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)
No. 7 Clemson at Boston Colleqe, 3:30 p.m. (LSPN2)
Arizona State at Calilornia, ^ p.m. (FX)
No. ^ Florida State at South Florida, 6 p.m. (LSPN)
No. 6 South Carolina at Kentucky, 7 p.m. (LSPN2)
No. 2 1exas at Oklahoma State, 7:50 p.m. (FOX)
Ole Miss at No. Alabama, 9:5 p.m. (LSPN)
No. 2 Oreqon at Washinqton State, 0:30 p.m. (LSPN2)
WHAT T0 WATCH: SATUR0AY
Sept. West. Michian W, 24-7
Sept. 8 at Arizcna St. L, ^5^
Sept. 5 CharI. Scuthern W, 44-0
Sept. 22 Lcuisiana Tech L, 522^
Sept. 29 Penn State Noon
Oct. 6 at Wisccnsin 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 3 at Michian 3:30 p.m.
Oct. 27 !ndiana Noon
Nov. 3 at 0hic State 1BA
Nov. 0 Minnescta 1BA
Nov. 7 Purdue 1BA
Nov. 2^ at Ncrthwestern 1BA
TV: LSPN(Dave Pasch, BrianCriese, JennBrown)
RA0I0: WlLKFM(03.), WlLKAM(980), WKZNAM(300),
WBZUAM(90), (Steve Jones, Jack Ham, LorenCrispell)
WEB: www.qopsusports.com
LINE: lllinois by .5
REC0R0S: PennState (22, 00Biq 1en), lllinois (22, 00)
SERIES: 20thmeetinq, PennState leads 6^(9wins vacated)
LAST MEETIN0: 20, PSUwon07 inState Colleqe (vacated)
KEY MATCHUP: Matt McCloinand PennState's passinq qame
will look to emulate the quick throws and nohuddle spurts that
Arizona State and Louisiana 1echused to hammer the Fiqhtinq
lllini ina pair ol lopsided decisions. Cettinq lelt tackle Donovan
Smithback intothe lineup will qreatly help pass protections.
PLAYER T0 WATCH: Alter missinq the last three weeks withan
ankle in|ury, Bill Beltonis expected to returnlor PennState.
Runninq the ball aqainst the lllinois' impressive lront sevenwill
not be easy but Belton's ability as a receiver out ol the backlield
could qive the lllini headaches.
TELLIN0 NUMBERS: 1he Lions rank third inthe nationin
lourthdownconversions at 70percent (7lor0). 1he lllini are
one ol 0teams yet to allowa lourthdown conversion (0lor).
0I0 Y0U KN0W: PennState is openinq Biq 1enplay onthe
road lor the 2thtime in20years inthe conlerence. 1he Lions
are ollicially 36inthose qames withtwo wins vacated.
0UTL00K: lllinois has looked helpless inits twolosses,
qettinq overwhelmed by a pair ol spread ollenses. PennState
doesn't runa dedicated spread scheme, so it will be touqhto
replicate those results. 1he lllini have yet to lully meshunder new
coach1imBeckman, and withWisconsinnext onthe radar, this
qame becomes a critical one il they are qoinq to reacha bowl.
1he Lions are improvinq, but special teams may cost themaqain.
PRE0ICTI0N: lllinois, 7^
Z01Z SCHE0ULE
Leaders 0ivisien W L W L
Ohio State 0 0 4 0
Wisconsin 0 0 3 1
Purdue 0 0 Z 1
lndiana 0 0 Z 1
lllinois 0 0 Z Z
Penn State 0 0 Z Z
Leends 0ivisien W L W L
Northwestern 0 0 4 0
Minnesota 0 0 4 0
Michiqan State 0 0 3 1
Nebraska 0 0 3 1
Michiqan 0 0 Z Z
lowa 0 0 Z Z
WHEN ILLIN0IS HAS THE BALL
SpeciaI
teams
Prcjected
starters
WHEN PENN STATE HAS THE BALL
Penn State will win if...
0EFENSE
0FFENSE
Bill 0'Brien
RIN JI P0J. L0SS
st season at Penn State
00vs. lllinois
Alma mater: Brown (992)
C0ACH REC0R0S
esite o re|iorce or t|e
oss t|is seosor, |err Stote
|os iver u or|] t|ree
soc|s ir four ores.
Key stat
... t|e Nittor] |iors cor sreoc out t|e l||irois ceferse orc
|ee t|e l||iri off|o|orce Wit| s|ort, tirir|osec otterrs
W|i|e oir to t|e |urr]u rore t|or ir t|e first four Wee|s.
NeWl||irois cefersive coorcirotor !ir3or|s |os stru|ec to
ocjust ooirst t|ot |ire of ottoc| orc sectocu|or|] so, ivir
u reor|] l00 oirts ir t|e teor's tWo |osses.
.500 0 Z Z
SpeciaI
teams
0EFENSE
0FFENSE
Illineis will win if ...
... t|e l|||iri cor use o |eo|t|] Not|or Sc|ee||oose to |is fu||est
o|i|it]. |osier soic t|or core, iver or or||e irjur] t|ot |et
|irout of tWo ores t|is rort|. 3ut |err Stote |os stru|ec
ooirst rurrir uorter|oc|s, os |ot| O|io orc !er|e |oc
success or cesirec |eeers to |ee t|e |iors ceferse
|orest. Ar ece ir secio| teors Wor't |urt eit|er.
|err Stote's ceferse |os ]et
to o||oWo ! ir t|e first |o|f
orc |os rot |eer scorec or
ir t|e first uorter.
Key stat
1HL 1lMLS LLADLR S1AFF
L0SS RIN JI P0J.
^th season overall
st season at lllinois (22)
00vs. Penn State
Alma mater: Findlay (988)
C0ACH REC0R0S
Tim Beckman
.561 0 18 Z3
Prcjected
starters
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H I G H S C H O O L F O O T B A L L
Berwick
(3-1)
at
Selinsgrove
(4-0)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Berwicks George Curry (416-90-5, 43rd year); Selinsgroves Dave Hess (41-16,
5th year)
Last Meeting: Berwick 45-0 in 2011
All-Time Series: Berwick leads 15-10
Quick Fact: The Dawgs snapped a four-game losing streak to Selinsgrove last year.
Scouting Berwick: The Dawgs 11-game winning streak didnt just end against Valley
West, it was demolished. They were dominated in every aspect of the game. The 33-15 final
wasnt as close as it looked.
C.J. Curry had three terrific games to start the season, but was harassed all night and
finished 1-of-12 for 8 yards. RB Matt Cashman has his excellent start come to a halt as well. The
defense 352 rushing yards, more than its first three games combined.
Scouting Selinsgrove: Two years removed from the Class 3A state title, the Seals
slipped to 1-9 in 2011. Part of the reason was turmoil as eight players were dismissed from the
team after the first game.
The Seals, though, have turned things around. They have two shutouts, but have been
winning close games. They needed a 2-yard TD run by QB Tyler Krebs with14 seconds left to
defeat Shamokin 20-13 last week and have won three games by a combined 12 points.
What To Expect: Berwick isnt as bad as it showed last week. Selinsgrove might not be
as good as its record indicates. Looks like a toss-up.
-- John Erzar
Crestwood
(3-1)
at
Tunkhannock
(1-3)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Crestwoods Greg Myers (44-45, 7th year); Tunkhannocks Rod Azar (2-12, 2nd
year)
Last Meeting: Crestwood 49-0 in 2011
All-Time Series: Tunkhannock leads 9-5
Quick Fact: Crestwood shut out Tunkhannock for the first time last year.
Scouting Crestwood: The Comets defeated Wallenpaupack 33-6 last Friday. The victory
might have been a watershed game because a lot of players got their hands on the ball, just
like last years team that was loaded with seniors.
QB Jay Popson had his best game, throwing for 121 yards and three TDs. Four guys ran for 55
yards or more, including WR Kota Kishel who also hauled in 91 yards of passes. The defense was
stingy for a second week.
Scouting Tunkhannock: The Tigers were shut out for the second time this season in a
47-0 loss to Pittston Area. To put that in perspective, there was a 20-game gap between their
two previous shutouts.
The offense mustered a season-low 125 yards and turned over the ball twice. After solid
games vs. Montrose, runners Josh Robinson and Ryan Cwynski led the ground game with 32
yards each vs. Pittston Area. The passing game hasnt added much to balance a run-heavy
attack.
What To Expect: Crestwood might just might be turning the corner and overcoming
its inexperience. That should be enough to win comfortably.
-- John Erzar
Dallas
(1-3)
at
Williamsport
(0-4)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Dallas Bob Zaruta (1-3, 1st year); Williamsports Kevin Choate (0-4, 1st year)
Last Meeting: Dallas 41-6 in 2011
All-Time Series: Dallas leads 3-1
Quick Fact: Dallas has scored 114 points in winning the last three meetings.
Scouting Dallas: The Mountaineers finally broke into the win column last Saturday with a
17-7 victory over Coughlin. The offensive line played much better than previous games against a
pretty darn good defensive front. WR Jason Simonovich led the way with four catches for 105
yards and a TD.
The defense caused some chaos with five turnovers, including a pick-6 by Ryan Kozloski. The
unit has seven turnovers in the last two games after having none in the first two. Moreover, it
didnt allow many big plays.
Scouting Williamsport: Williamsport lost last Friday 48-12 to Hazleton Area, a team
that managed just 12 points in its first three games. Special teams allowed two kicks returned
for touchdowns.
RB Devin Miller had another big game, and Dale Berkheimer stepped in at quarterback and
threw for 175 yards. The Millionaires had just 116 through the air in their first three games. WR
Sadiq Burkholder, a big-play guy, finally got into the mix a little bit.
What To Expect: Dallas next three opponents are a combined 2-10, so it could get itself
back into the postseason picture. But the Mountaineers need to take care of Williamsport first.
-- John Erzar
GAR
(2-2)
at
Holy Redeemer
(1-3)
7 p.m. Saturday
The Coaches: GARs Paul Wiedlich Jr. (24-6, 3rd year); Redeemers Pat Reece (1-3, 1st year)
Last Meeting: GAR 68-26 in 2011
All-Time Series: GAR leads 5-0
Quick Fact: GAR set a school record for points in last years game.
Scouting GAR: The Grenadiers got their offense in gear in a 35-7 victory over Northwest.
QB Corey Moore threw for 201 yards and two scores. A trio of back ran well. Lucas Benton was
among them, but the big thing was he caught five passes for 81 yards and two TDs. He is their
best weapon.
The defense shut down one of the WVCs best runners, Northwests Tony Politz. The young
secondary, though, hasnt been tested yet this season. That will certainly change tonight.
Scouting Redeemer: The Royals lost by another big margin, 42-12 to Lake-Lehman last
Saturday. The running game that showed signs of improving was held to minus-23 yards on 19
rushes.
A bright spot was the passing game. QB Jimmy Strickland threw for 214 yards and two
touchdowns. WR Eric Kerr caught seven passes and leads the WVC with 30 receptions. The
downer was those TD passes came in the fourth quarter with the outcome already decided.
What To Expect: GAR is starting to put it all together and wont give Redeemer much of
a chance to take it apart.
-- John Erzar
Hanover Area
(0-4)
at
Northwest
(2-2)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Hanover Areas Ron Hummer (34-37, 7th year); Northwests Carl Majer (31-18,
5th year)
Last Meeting: Northwest 42-28 in 2011
All-Time Series: Hanover Area leads 4-1
Quick Fact: The first game between the two teams came in 1915.
Scouting Hanover Area: The Hawkeyes played keep-away last Friday vs. Wyoming
Area. It worked for a quarter before big plays in the second quarter led to a 43-8 loss. Special
teams gave up yet another return touchdown.
Hanover Area is a very young team and it has shown in uneven play thus far. RB Brian
Belcher had a great game against Lakeland, but was then shut down last Friday. FB Dillon
Ropietski had his best game, running for 84 yards, but wasnt a big part of the run offense the
first three weeks.
Scouting Northwest: The Rangers were routed 35-7 by GAR last Friday. RB Tony Politz
had his streak of four consecutive 100-yard regular-season games stopped. He finished with 97,
with 39 coming after the mercy rule started late in the third quarter.
As a whole, the offense backslid from its three previous games. The defense did as well,
allowing a season-high 366 yards. Both units need to improve immediately if the Rangers are
going to make a run at the D2-A playoffs.
What To Expect: Hanover Area is making slow but steady progress, although the record
might not indicate that. It could be enough for the Hawkeyes topmost a win.
-- John Erzar
Hazleton Area
(1-3)
at
Pittston Area
(1-3)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Hazleton Areas Jim Drumheller (5-9, 2nd year); Pittston Areas Mike Barrett
(4-10, 2nd year)
Last Meeting: Hazleton Area 27-13 in 2011
All-Time Series: Hazleton Area leads 16-13
Quick Fact: Pittston Area has lost the last nine meetings, including three by shutout.
Scouting Hazleton Area: After scoring 12 points and being shut out twice in their
first three games, the Cougars defeated Williamsport 48-25 last Friday. The 48 points were the
most they scored since trouncing Pittston Area 56-0 in 2007, a span of 52 games.
Special teams helped out as Devion Barlow and Zach Kehler returned kicks for touchdowns.
Zach Zukoski (98 yards) and Jeff Fendrick (97) put some life into a listless running game. The
pass defense, though, was shaky for a third time this season.
Scouting Pittston Area: After a heartbreaking loss to Crestwood, the Patriots took
out their frustrations on Tunkhannock. The result a 47-0 victory was their first shutout since
defeating Tunkhannock 13-0 to start the 2009 season.
QB James Emmett had his best game, throwing three TDs. WR Jordan Houseman returned to
the field and had two catches for 122 yards and a score. The backfield averaged 11.4 yards per
carry.
What To Expect: Both teams received a much-needed boost last week. Which team
carries that momentum through is anybodys guess. Looks like a toss-up.
-- John Erzar
Meyers
(2-2)
at
Lake-Lehman
(3-1)
4 p.m. Saturday
The Coaches: Meyers Corry Hanson (5-9, 2nd year); Lehmans Jerry Gilsky (15-10, 3rd year)
Last Meeting: Lehman 42-14 in 2011
All-Time Series: Meyers leads 28-15
Quick Fact: Lehman has won the last two meetings.
Scouting Meyers: The Mohawks showed in their 45-16 win vs. Nanticoke that they are
more diversified on offense than given credit for. RB Parrish Bennett was bottled up, finishing
with 40 yards on 12 carries. So Meyers went to the air and QB Teaguen Labatch and WR Matt
DeMarco had career games in hooking up for three long TDs.
The defense had its best game, but was on the field quite a bit more than expected.
Scouting Lehman: The Black Knights made quick work of Holy Redeemer 42-12 for their
third consecutive victory. The running game was strong, but the big news was the passing
offense. QB Bill Hillman threw for 160 yards and three touchdowns. He has bounced back
strongly after a rough opener vs. Old Forge.
The defense surrendered 214 yards through the air against pass-happy Redeemer. However, it
was a good chance to work out the kinks with what Meyers did last Saturday.
What To Expect: Its a pretty even matchup overall. It could come down to the brute
running style of Lehmans Dustin Jones vs. the speed and slash of Bennett.
-- John Erzar
Wyoming Valley West
(2-2)
at
Coughlin
(3-1)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Valley Wests Pat Keating (24-13, 4th year); Coughlins Ciro Cinti (37-33, 7th
year)
Last Meeting: Valley West 33-19 in 2011
All-Time Series: Valley West leads 27-17-3
Quick Fact: Valley West has won seven of the last eight meetings.
Scouting Valley West: Valley West bounced back from consecutive losses to defeat
Berwick 33-15. The 18-point margin wasnt indicative of how badly the Spartans trampled the
Dawgs.
RB Derrick Simms rushed for 248 yards behind outstanding blocks, especially from WRs
Lucky Williams and Josh Ortiz at times. The passing game was off, but not needed. It should be
better tonight.
The defense smothered Berwick, holding the Dawgs to 62 yards and no offensive touch-
downs.
Scouting Coughlin: The Crusaders lost for the first time, 17-7 to Dallas. RB Zac Evans
went over 100 yards again, but they were very tough yards. Four interceptions, one of which
was returned for a touchdown, and a fumble stymied any continuity.
The defense was solid against the run, surrendering just 101 yards. But the group was chal-
lenged for the first time by a good passing attack and was exploited at times.
What To Expect: This is a trap game of sorts for Valley West, which is coming off a huge
rivalry win. Coughlin, though, probably wont be able to spring the trap.
-- John Erzar
Wyoming Area
(2-2)
at
Nanticoke
(2-2)
7 p.m. today
The Coaches: Wyoming Areas Randy Spencer (23-24, 5th year); Nanticokes Ron Bruza
(9-14, 3rd year)
Last Meeting: Wyoming Area 48-6 in 2011
All-Time Series: Wyoming Area leads 31-6-1
Quick Fact: Wyoming Area has won the past 13 meetings, scoring at least 35 points in the
last eight games.
Scouting Wyoming Area: It could be a record-setting night as QB/RB Nick OBrien is
closing in on becoming the schools all-time leading rusher. He pulled much closer with a
193-yard, four-TD performance in a 43-8 victory over Hanover Area last week, but still needs 251
more.
Cody Schmitz also returned his second punt for a touchdown last Friday. The defense
continued its strong play, surrendering just 182 yards per game and 3.3 per rush.
Scouting Nanticoke: Nanticoke lost 45-16 to Meyers last Saturday, but the game was
close until late in the first half. Nanticoke concentrated on stopping Meyers running game and
did. The passing game, though, bit the Trojans for several big plays.
RB Pat Hempel ran hard and his 117 yards led a season-best 220 by the team. The Trojans ran
64 plays to Meyers 39, but mistakes and a couple turnovers hurt throughout.
What To Expect: Nanticoke to go all out to stop OBrien and make others make plays.
The Warriors have the guys if the Trojans slow down OBriens big-play ability.
-- John Erzar
car.
At 235-240 pounds, Jones is a
basher who more often than not
takes a straight line between two
points. Heis fourthinthedivision
in rushing with 453 yards, averag-
es4.4percarryandhissixrushing
TDs are tie with three others for
secondinthe conference.
Bennett is a 5-foot-8, 160-pound
slashingspeedsterwholedtheen-
tire WVC in rushing last season
with1,715 yards while at Hanover
Area. He is off the pace this year
with 468 yards, but Nanticoke
made a concerted effort to stop
himlast week. Hefinishedwith40
yards on 12 carries both season
lows inthe 45-16 victory.
While Jones and Bennett are
difference makers, the biggest dif-
ference in both teams recent suc-
cess has been the quarterback po-
sition.
Meyers senior Teaguen La-
batchentersSaturdayscontestoff
a career game where he threwfor
281 yards and four touchdowns.
HissevenTDpasseshavehimtied
with Berwicks C.J. Curry for the
conference lead. His 611yards are
the fourthmost.
Hereallycommittedhimself in
the offseason, Hanson said. He
was in the weight roomevery day
getting stronger. He went to
camps all over thestateandout of
state. He just really committed to
his senior year tobe a better quar-
terback.
Meanwhile, Lehman signal-
caller Bill Hillmanhas rebounded
froma poor debut as the starter in
a50-14season-openinglosstoOld
Forge. Sincethen, heis13-of-25for
293 yards with four touchdowns
andno interceptions.
Hillman has plenty of pass
catchers available. But guys like
Tom Donovan, Josh Sayre and
John Van Scoy will also run the
ball at times. The trio averages
about the same number of carries
per game as Jones.
A big factor for Lehman has
been turnovers. The Black
Knights have one after commit-
tingfouragainstOldForge, ateam
Meyers lost to 42-7.
YoulookattheOldForgegame
and its 10-7 at the half, Gilsky
said. Old Forge is a very good
team, but when you have turn-
overs like we had in the second
half to start out, that kind of took
the windout of our sails.
Meyers other main threat is re-
ceiver Matt DeMarco, who leads
the WVC with six touchdown
catches among his 16 receptions.
His 28.3 yards-per-catch average
leads all receivers with at least 10
grabs. He is coming off his best
game of his career with210 recep-
tionyards andthree TDs.
PACK
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Coming off its first win of the
season, Kings is looking to con-
tinue riding momentum this
weekend when the Monarchs
travel to Williamsport to take
on MAC-leading Lycoming.
Its not going to be easy for
Kings (1-3 overall, 1-2 MAC) to
notch its second straight victo-
ry for the first time in the Jeff
Knarr coaching era, but they
are ready to give it their best
shot.
We met the goals and did the
things we had to do to win that
game, Knarr said. But nowwe
have to put four quarters to-
gether and get off the bus right
and build.
The Warriors (4-1, 3-0) have
won big games in the confer-
ence after dropping their sea-
son opener. First, they beat de-
fending MAC champion Dela-
ware Valley by 10 points, then
took care of Lebanon Valley and
Albright. They havent put up
extraordinary numbers like
some other teams in the confer-
ence, but they have been suc-
cessful by playing smash-mouth
football. Lycoming has run the
ball an average of 40.5 times per
game, picking up 145.2 yards
per game on the ground. The
teamhas two backs who see sig-
nificant carries in Parker Show-
ers and Craig Needhammer.
One thing working against
the Monarchs is that linebacker
Ryan Cordingly will miss his
fourth straight game. Even
though they won last week,
Cordingly is a strong presence
in the middle of the Kings de-
fense. Knarr is hoping his All-
MAC backer returns in two
weeks after next weeks bye.
On paper, the Monarchs total
offense and total defense ranks
higher than the Warriors in
both categories, but Knarr
knows those numbers dont tell
the whole story.
Whats skewed their offen-
sive stats is that theyve created
turnovers and made some plays
in the kick game, Knarr added.
When they have short drives,
youre not going to pack on the
stats from there.
C O L L E G E F O O T B A L L
Dangerous ground
attack powers Lyco
Kings
(1-3, 1-2 MAC)
at Lycoming
(4-1, 3-0)
When: 1:30 p.m. Saturday at David
Person Field, Williamsport
Last Meeting: The Warriors won
42-12 last season.
Last week: Kings picked up its first
win of the season beating
Misericordia 55-17, while Lycoming
defeated Albright 29-14.
About the Monarchs: They are
ranked eighth in the MAC in total
offense with 299.0 per game and are
third in the conference in total
defense, giving up 316.5 yards per
game.
About the Warriors: Their offense
ranks ninth in the league in total
offense with 292.5 yards per game
and are fifth in the MAC in total
defense, allowing an average of
355.5 per game.
Kings will win if it can contain
Lycoming receiver Jarrin Campman,
who is having a stellar season so far
with five touchdowns.
Lycoming will win if quarterback
Tyler Jenny gets the ball to
Campman, and the running game of
Parker Showers and Craig
Needhammer can break some big
runs.
Monarch Team Leaders
Passing: Tyler Hartranft 41-of-88, 5
interceptions, 464 yards, 2 TD
Rushing: Kyle McGrath 84 carries,
475 yards, 4 TD
Receiving: Dan Kempa 8 receptions,
179 yards, 1 TD
Defense: Kris Matthews 30 tackles;
Jake Ksiaszkiewicz 3 sacks; Evan
Crisman 1 interception, TD
Warriors Team Leaders
Passing: Tyler Jenny 61-of-102, 2
interceptions, 582 yards, 5 TD
Rushing: Craig Needhammer 58
carries, 217 yards, 2 TD
Receiving: Jarrin Campman 18
receptions, 178 yards, 5 TD
Defense: Kabongo Bukasa 32
tackles; Nate Oropollo 5 sacks;
Tanner Troutman 3 interceptions
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
The biggest weekend in Mi-
sericordia football history will
get underway Saturday after-
noon.
The Cougars will host sec-
ond-year program Stevenson in
the schools first homecoming
toinclude football. Kickoff is at1
p.m. at Mangelsdorf Field, pit-
ting the two most recent teams
entering the MAC.
Its also the second straight
weekthat the Cougars (0-4 over-
all, 0-3 MAC) will face a winless
teamwith the hopes of claiming
the first win in school history.
Last week, Misericordia fell
to Kings, but put up its largest
point total with 17 and couldve
pulled out a victory if some
things like three turnovers
were avoided. The Cougars
earned praise fromKings coach
Jeff Knarr.
When youre told that heres
a brand new football team
theyre going to have all fresh-
man and didnt play a JV season
the year before, you think
theyre going to be really over-
matched, the Kings coach
said. But they played hard and
battled the whole game and
they execute fairly well.
Stevenson (0-4 overall, 0-3
MAC) was in the same position
as Misericordia a year ago. The
Mustangs enteredtheir first sea-
son in 2011 without a JV season
and won their first game in the
second week of the season be-
forefinishingthecampaignwith
a 2-8 overall record. The Cou-
gars have also begun play with-
out a preliminary seasonandare
still looking for their first victo-
ry.
Also a part of the homecom-
ing festivities are the Athletics
Hall of Fame induction ceremo-
ny and home games for the Cou-
gars field hockey, womens soc-
cer and mens soccer teams.
First victory could make
for warm homecoming
By DAVE ROSENGRANT
drosengrant@timesleader.com
Stevenson
(0-4, 0-3 MAC)
at Misericordia
(0-4, 0-3)
When: 1 p.m. Saturday at
Mangelsdorf Field, Dallas
Last Meeting: This is the first
meeting.
Last week: Stevenson lost to
Lebanon Valley 31-28, while the
Cougars fell to Kings 55-17.
About the Mustangs: They are 0-4
and have been outscored 120-76, but
one game was decided in overtime
and another by just three points.
About the Cougars: Quarterback
Jeffrey Puckett had a big game last
week against Kings, going 17-of-34
for 193 yards and two touchdowns.
Stevenson will win if it continues to
grind out the rushing yards led by
MAC leading rusher K.K. Smith.
Misericordia will win if it can grow
on last weeks outing and start to
score more while not committing
any turnovers.
Cougars Team Leaders
Passing: Jeffrey Puckett 52-of-100,
484 yards, 3 TDs, 4 ints.
Rushing: Cody Lamoreaux 180 yards
Receiving: Paul Brace 21 rec., 208
yards
Defense: Brandon Salazar 20
tackles; Juwan Petties-Jackson, Ben
Camacho 1 int.
Mustangs Team Leaders
Passing: Anthony Reid 35-of-67 357
yards, 2 TD, 3 ints.
Rushing: K.K. Smith 510 yards, 1 TD
Receiving: Jeromie Miller 11 rec., 196
yards, 1TD
Defense: Antonio Lyles 33 tackles;
Mike Sheehan 2 sacks; Emmanuel
Paul 2 ints.
HAZLETON Alyssa Sitch
scored twice and Josie Zapo-
tosky passed out two assists in
Hazleton Areas 3-2 win over
Wyoming Seminary in Wyom-
ing Valley Conference girls
soccer Thursday.
Francesca Matriccino added
a goal for the Cougars.
Nicole Wert and Lily Wil-
liams scored for Wyoming
Seminary
Wyoming Seminary................................. 1 1 2
Hazleton Area........................................... 3 0 3
First half: 1. HA, Alyssa Sitch (Josie Zapotos-
ky) 3rdminute; 2. WS, NicoleWert 6th; 3. HA, Sitch
(Zapotosky) 12th; 4. HA, Francesca Matriccino
38th. Second half: 1. WS, Lily Williams
63rd.Shots: WS9, HA18; Saves: WS14 (Jeanne
Gensel), HA7(HayleyWilkinson); Corners: WS1,
HA 10.
Coughlin 8, Nanticoke 0
Mary Tona recorded a hat
trick in Coughlins win on the
road against Nanticoke.
Coughlin .................................................... 4 4 8
Nanticoke .................................................. 0 0 0
First half: 1. COU, Mary Tona (Nora Fazzi)
31st minute; 2. COU, Tona (Megan Lercara), 30th;
3. COU, Emma Sukowaski (Tona) 38th; 4. COU
,Sukowaski 40th; Second half: 1. COU, Lercara
(Sukowaski) 50th; 2. COU, Fazzi 50th; 3. COU, To-
na 58th; 4. COU Fazzi (Lercara) 61st.
Shots: COU 25, NAN 3; Saves: COU 3 (Jas-
mine Barretto), NAN16 (Shelby Divers); Corners:
COU 4, NAN 1
Wyo. Valley West 7, Meyers 2
Alexis Pileggis two goals
and one assist led Wyoming
Valley West past Meyers at
home.
Meyers....................................................... 1 1 2
Wyoming Valley West............................. 5 2 7
First half: 1. WVW Alexis Pileggi (Alyssa
Shaver) 6th minute; 2. WVW Shaver (Pileggi)
11th; 3. WVWAlex Hargrave17th; 4. WVWPileggi
33rd; 5. WVWEricaNaugle(HollyLangley) 38th; 6.
MEYAubrey Patronick 38th. Second half: 1. MEY
Reilly Conahan (Patronick) 54th; 2. WVW Carissa
Bevan (Shaver) 58th; 3. WVW Ashlee Hogan
(Naugle) 68th.
Shots: MEY 6, WVW14; Saves: MEY 7 (Leah
Merrick), WVW 2 (Paige Heckman, Alyssa Sim-
mers); Corners: MEY 2, WVW 3.
H I G H S C H O O L G I R L S S O C C E R
Hazleton Area edges
Wyoming Seminary
The Times Leader staff
ALLENTOWN Alyssa Mo-
naghan scored twice and added
an assist to lead the Kings field
hockey team to a 6-0 victory
over host Cedar Crest on Thurs-
day.
Jackie Sikora opened the
scoring for the Monarchs 6:44
into the game with an unassist-
ed tally.
The score became 2-0 at
25:24 when Kim Howanitz
added an unassisted goal of her
own.
MENS SOCCER
Wilkes 2, Penn College 0
Eddie Metzger and Michael
Turner each found the back of
the goal in a win for Wilkes at
home.
WOMENS TENNIS
Misericordia 9, Keystone 0
Michelle Cameron and
Breanne Phillips won at first
and second singles, respectively,
before teaming up for a win at
first doubles as Misericordia
won its fourth straight match.
L O C A L C O L L E G E R O U N D U P
Monaghan scores twice in Kings win
The Times Leader staff
cided until a pass by Cleveland
rookie Brandon Weeden sailed
out of the end zone as time ex-
pired. The kept the Browns (0-4)
the only winless teaminthe AFC.
Unlike the controversial end-
ing of the Green Bay-Seattle
game on Monday night, which
heightened negotiations to get
the regular refs back, this game
ended without an argument.
You know we always pride
ourselves in being a face without
a name, Steratore, a 10-year
league veteran, told The Associ-
ated Press about an hour before
kickoff. This will be a little dif-
ferent, but I dont expect it to last
too long. And thats the goal is
that we can let them get through
that portion of this. Its happy to
be back, its happy to be appre-
ciated. But then as soon as the
game starts, its happy to disap-
pear again and let the entertain-
ers entertain.
Everyone on all sides was hap-
py to see the familiar faces they
usually love to boo, and the wel-
come-back love began early.
About an hour before kickoff, the
officials walked on the field and
heard cheers fromthe early arriv-
als. Afewminutes later, Steratore
was shaking hands with Browns
coach Pat Shurmur near midfield
and getting a hug from Ravens
face-of-the-franchise Ray Lewis
at the 30-yard line.
Later, when the crewreturned,
they walked on the field they re-
ceived a standing ovation and
doffed their caps to the crowd.
One fan held up a sign that read:
Finally! We get to yell at real
refs! Welcome back!
AP PHOTO
Baltimore Ravens long snapper Morgan Cox tackles Cleveland
Browns wide receiver Josh Cribbs (16) as Cribbs helmet is dis-
lodged froma hit by another player during the first half of an NFL
game in Baltimore Thursday.
NFL
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NANTICOKE Rees Ro-
berts scored twice and assisted
on Nick Placeks goal in Nanti-
cokes 4-1 win at home against
Hanover Area.
Travis OBoyle scored for the
Hawkeyes.
Hanover Area............................................ 0 1 1
Nanticoke .................................................. 2 2 4
First half: 1. NAN Tyler Robaczewski (Wiston
Godoy) 28th minute; 2. NAN Nick Placek (Rees
Roberts) 39th minute.
Second half: 1. NANRoberts (Steve Kreitzer)
60th minute; 2. HANTravis OBoyle (James Luka-
chinsky) 61st minute; 3. NANRoberts 86th minute
Shots: HAN 14, NAN 28; Saves: HAN 14 (Jo-
seph Gagliardi/Gio Baiamonte), NAN10 (Carmelo
Pioquinto/ShaneBloxham); Corners: HAN1, NAN
1.
Tunkhannock 5,
Pittston Area 0
Jacob Hughes and Dean
Mirabelli each scored two goals
in Tunkhannocks victory.
Tunkhannock............................................ 2 3 5
Pittston Area............................................. 0 0 0
First half: 1. TUN, Jacob Hughes (Aidan Cro-
nin), 9th min; 2. TUN, Hughes, 15th; Second half:
1. TUN, DeanMirabelli (Hughes), 45th; 2. TUN, Mi-
rabelli (ColtonBrown), 47th; 3. TUN, Hughes (Cro-
nin), 52nd.
Shots: TUN 23, PA 12; Saves: TUN 12 (Zack
Daniels), PA16(Taylor Roberts); Corners: TUN0,
PA 1.
Wyoming Seminary 5,
Holy Redeemer 2
Henry Cornell had four goals
and an assist as visiting Wyom-
ing Seminary defeated Holy
Redeemer.
Wyoming Seminary................................. 3 2 5
Holy Redeemer ........................................ 1 1 2
First half: 1. WSAndriyMochanov(HenryCor-
nell) 2ndminute; 2. WSCornell 26thminute; 3. WS
Cornell 23rd minute; 4. HR Brendan Leahigh 43rd
minute
Second half: 1. WS Cornell (Benedikt Buerk)
65th minute; 2. HRLeahigh (Tyler Scott) 81st min-
ute; 3. WS Cornell (Robbie Mericle) 83rd minute
Shots: WS22, HR10; Saves: WS8 (Riku Kai-
zaki), HR17(Ian McGrane); Corners: WS 3, HR0
Wyoming Area 2, MMI 1
In a match from Thursday,
Charlie Johnson and Mike
Murphy each scored in the first
half for the Warriors.
Wyoming Area.......................................... 2 0 2
MMI ............................................................ 0 1 1
First half: 1. WA, Charlie Johnson (Brian
Buckman) 15:35; 2. WA, Mike Murphy (Zack Syp-
niewski) 1:52
Second half: 1. MMI, Noah Beltrami (Casey
Olszewski) 1:50
Shots: WA15, MMI 11; Saves: WA10 (Aaron
Carter), MMI 13 (Terrance Jankauskas); Corners:
WA 4, MMI 5.
B OY S S O C C E R R O U N D U P
Roberts helps Trojans
defeat Hanover Area
The Times Leader staff
Division I W L T
Coughlin (2A) ................................. 6 0 1
Dallas (2A) ...................................... 6 1 1
Lake-Lehman (2A) ......................... 6 2 1
Crestwood (2A) .............................. 5 3 0
Valley West (3A) ............................ 3 4 0
Hazleton Area (3A) ........................ 2 7 0
Division II W L T
Wyoming Seminary (A) ................. 9 2 0
Tunkhannock (2A) ......................... 9 3 0
Holy Redeemer (2A)...................... 6 4 1
Meyers (A) ...................................... 3 5 0
Pittston Area (3A) .......................... 2 5 1
Division III W L T
Berwick (2A) ................................... 6 2 1
Nanticoke (2A)................................ 6 4 0
Wyoming Area (2A) ....................... 4 6 1
GAR (2A)......................................... 1 8 0
MMI (A)............................................ 1 9 0
Hanover Area (2A) ......................... 0 8 1
W V C S TA N D I N G S
WILKES-BARRE Kelley
Mahalak scored three goals as
Meyers defeated Elk Lake 4-0
Thursday in Wyoming Valley
Conference field hockey.
Cathy Quinonez added a goal
and an assist. Allison Berman
had two assists. Goalie Rianna
Daughtry-Smith posted the
shutout.
Elk Lake........................................................ 0 0 0
Meyers.......................................................... 2 2 4
First half: 1. MEY, Kelley Mahalak (Cathy Qui-
nonez), 25:42; 2. MEY, Mahalak (Allison Berman),
17:51; Second half: 3. MEY, Quinonez, 1:51; 4.
MEY, Mahalak (Berman), 1:15.
Shots: EL 6, MEY 19; Saves: EL 14 (Luke
Myers), MEY 4 (Rianna Daughtry-Smith); Corners:
EL 3, MEY 11.
Pittston Area 3, GAR1
Dana Maurizi scored twice in
Pittston Areas defeat of GAR.
Pittston Area ................................................ 2 1 3
GAR............................................................... 0 1 1
First half: 1. PA, Emily Herron (Nicole Chaiko),
13:31; 2. PA, Dana Maurizi (Herron), 11:13; Second
half: 3. PA, Maurizi, 20:57; 4. GAR, Brea Seabrook,
14:06.
Shots: PA 10, GAR 5; Saves: PA 3 (Lea Gari-
baldi), GAR8 (Brittany Vital); Corners: PA 12, GAR
5.
Northwest 8, Montrose 0
Michaela Weber, Morgan
Price and Kirsten Walsh all
scored a pair of goals in North-
wests win at home against
Montrose.
Montrose ...................................................... 0 0 0
Northwest ..................................................... 6 2 8
First half: 1. NW, Michaela Weber (Glenn Carr),
11:11; 2. NW, Morgan Price (Carr), 9:33; 3. NW, Kir-
sten Walsh, 9:00; 4. NW, Carr; 8:13; 5. NW, Weber
(Price); 6. NW, Walsh, :00; Second half: 7. NW,
Price (Weber), 27:42 ; 8. NW, Tori Reinard (Rachel
Crills), 17:15.
Shots: MT 3, NW 27; Saves: MT 19 (Audra Ev-
eritt), NW 3 (Alivia Womelsdorf); Corners: MT 9,
NW 12.
H I G H S C H O O L F I E L D H O C K E Y
Mahalaks hat trick propels Mohawks
The Times Leader staff
WRIGHTTWP. Emily
Sipple had12 kills and12 points
to help Crestwoodto a 3-1victo-
ry over HazletonArea inWyom-
ing Valley Conference girls
volleyball Thursday.
Carina Mazzoni had17 points
andNicole Jankowski added12.
Hazleton Area.................................... 25 25 8 21
Crestwood.......................................... 27 20 25 25
HA: KatieLandis 8 kills, 10 digs; Brittany Torreca
17 digs, 2 aces; ChristieKeschek 17 assists, 4
kills.
CRE: CarinaMazzoni 20 assists, 17 points, 4
kills; Emily Sipple12 kills, 12 points, 8 digs; Olivia
Jankowski 10 assists, 10 points, 5 digs; Nicole
Jankowski 12 points, 7 digs.
N. Pocono 3, Tunkhannock 0
Kelly Bray (12 kills, six aces)
ledNorthPocono ina winon
the road.
North Pocono........................................ 25 25 25
Tunkhannock........................................ 17 13 20
NP: Kelly Bray 12 kills, 6 aces; Emily Cook 8 kills;
Kaitlyn Ivanoff 3 kills.
TUN: Michelle Goodwin 8 kills, 6 points, 2
aces; Erin Smith 5 kills, 5 points; Kiley Holdren 3
kills.
HolyRedeemer 3, MMI 0
Biz Eaton(36 assists, six
service points, four digs) and
Sara Warnagaris (14 kills, 11
digs, sevenservice points)
pacedHoly Redeemer ina win
against MMI Prep.
Holy Redeemer .................................... 25 25 25
MMI ........................................................ 10 6 11
HR: Nicole Savoski 18 kills, 7 points, 5 digs; Sara
Warnagaris 14 kills, 11 digs, 7 points; Biz Eaton 36
assists, 6 points, 4 digs; Kellan Katra 14 points.
MMI:
Hanover Area 3, Coughlin0
Ledby Holley Saraka (eight
digs, five kills) andKimOzmina
(10 assists, six digs), Hanover
Area escapedCoughlinwitha
sweep.
Hanover Area........................................ 25 25 25
Coughlin ................................................ 22 15 19
HAN: KimOzmina10 assists, 6 digs; Holley
Saraka8 digs, 5 kills, 2 aces; Amanda Fuller 6 kills,
5 digs; Chyanne Fine 7 kills, 2 assists.
COU: Summer Kubicki 10 assists, 3 points, 2
kills, 2 digs; Liz Ellsworth 9 points, 7 assists, 7
digs, 2 kills.
H.S. TENNIS
Seminary5, ValleyWest 0
Anita Ghoshgot Wyoming
Seminary off to a goodstart,
winning at No. 1singles, ina
sweep of Wyoming Valley West.
SINGLES-- 1. Anita Ghosh d. Christa Talpash
6-2, 6-3; 2. Madison Nardone d. Devin Ryman 6-3,
6-0; 3. Jacqueline Meuser d. Laura Monto 6-0, 6-3.
DOUBLES-- 1. Alaina Schukraft/Megan
Coulter d. Emily Coslett/Kendall Peters 6-3, 6-1; 2.
Emma Bertram/Leah Goldberg d. Brandi Kultys/
Brittany DeArmitt 6-1, 6-1.
H I G H S C H O O L R O U N D U P
Crestwood wins in girls volleyball
The Times Leader staff
PNC web attack continues
PNC Financial Services Group was
hit for a second day Thursday by a
cyber attack that cut access to its web-
site.
Some PNC customers have been
unable to access the Web site on the
first attempt, while others have no
difficulty, PNC spokesman Fred Solo-
mon said in an email statement.
On Wednesday, PNC and U.S. Ban-
corp both were hit in an apparent de-
nial-of-service attack in which their
websites were flooded with informa-
tion requests that make it difficult for
online users to access the sites.
Computer security experts have said
the cyber attacks do not pose a prob-
lem for customers financial informa-
tion.
Mattress makers merger
Tempur-Pedic, the 20-year-old leader
in foam mattresses, is buying more-
than-a century-old rival Sealy for about
$228.6 million in cash.
The acquisition comes as competi-
tion has increased in the mattress in-
dustry, with makers stepping up their
marketing and promotions to help lure
cost-conscious consumers into making
big purchases.
Tempur-Pedic says it will also as-
sume or pay back all of Sealy Corp.s
outstanding debt.
They say that the transaction will
create a $2.7 billion global bedding
company.
Campbell closing 2 plants
Campbell Soup Co. is closing two
U.S. plants and cutting more than 700
jobs as it looks to trim costs amid de-
clining consumption of its canned
soups.
The worlds largest soup maker said
Thursday that it will close a plant in
Sacramento, Calif., that has about 700
full-time workers. The plant, which
makes soups, sauces and beverages,
was built in 1947 and is the companys
oldest in the country.
Campbell also plans to shutter a
spice plant in South Plainfield, N.J. that
has 27 employees.
Boeing sanctions sought
The European Union said Thursday
it is asking the World Trade Organiza-
tion to impose up to $12 billion per
year in sanctions on the U.S. as part of
a long-running dispute involving gov-
ernment subsidies to plane-makers
Airbus and Boeing.
I N B R I E F
$3.83 $3.50 $3.73
$4.06
07/17/08
BUSINESS S E C T I O N B
THE TIMES LEADER FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2012
timesleader.com
P
ARIS European carmakers
werepreparingforafutureof labor
strife, lower sales and more finan-
cial uncertaintyastheysetouttheirlatest
models at theParis AutoShowonThurs-
day.
Frances Peugeot, Citroen and Renault
seetheevent asachancetoshowoff their
newest cars and prototypes to a home-
town crowd, but European executives
seemed just as preoccupied with the fac-
tories they believe must close to cope
with a shrinking market.
The latest data show new passenger
car registrations in the European Union
dropped 8.9 percent in August, the 11th
consecutivemonthlydecline. Andthein-
dustry is bloated there are too many
factories to build a dwindling number of
cars.
Bailouts from European governments
failed to force the carmakers to overhaul
theirbusinesses, unlikeintheU.S., where
18 car factories were closedafter the U.S.
government bailedout GM, Chryslerand
some suppliers, according to industry
analyst Laurent Petizon of Alix Partners.
Since2010, onlythreeEuropeanfactories
have closed.
The problemis that there hasnt been
a profound restructuring, Petizon said.
Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and
Chrysler, has longadvocatedthat theEu-
ropean Union coordinate such decisions
and help carmakers restructure since
individual countries tend to fight just to
save plants on their home turf.
I think it would be much more bene-
ficial if this became a European problem
as opposed to a national problem, he
said. Theres no flag that will fix this.
Carlos Ghosn, CEO of Renault, said
the crisis stretches well beyond the auto
industry, with ramifications for years to
come: Wehavetoprepareourselvesfora
relatively long period of recovery for Eu-
rope. Itsnot onlyafinancial oracurrency
crisis, Europeisfacingasuper-problemof
competitiveness.
AP PHOTO
Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of Renault and Nissan, says the European car industry faces a super-problem of
competitiveness that will slow recovery. He was showing off new models at the Paris Auto Show on Thursday.
Warning lights on
European automakers see discouraging signals
By LORI HINNANT
Associated Press
WASHINGTON A spate of data
Thursday painted a mixed picture of
the U.S. economy: Demand for long-
lasting manufactured goods fell, and
slightly fewer people signed contracts
to buy homes. At the same time, the
job market looked only a little better.
Taken together, the reports suggest
the economy is growing only modest-
ly and not quickly enough to spur
much hiring.
The economy overall has only
weak forward momentum, Nigel
Gault, chief U.S. economist at IHS
Global Insight, said in a note to cli-
ents. The news fromhousing may be
improving, but manufacturing is
struggling now.
One report appeared to offer some
hope that the job market will improve.
Weekly applications for unemploy-
ment benefits plunged 26,000 to a sea-
sonally adjusted 359,000, the lowest
level intwomonths, theLabor Depart-
ment said. The four-week average, a
less volatile measure, fell to 374,000.
Applications are a measure of the
pace of layoffs. When they consistent-
ly fall below 375,000, it typically indi-
cates that hiring is strong enough to
lower the unemployment rate.
Economists were mildly encour-
aged by the unemployment applica-
tions. Still, many still expect the gov-
ernments employment report for Sep-
tember toshowonlymodest jobgains,
perhaps about 100,000. Thats about
the same as in August.
The September jobs report will be
released next Friday.
Some recent indicators have been
more optimistic. Consumer confi-
dence jumped to a seven-month high
in September, the Conference Board
said Tuesday. Home prices are rising
steadily nationwide. And sales of new
homes remained near a two-year high
in August, the Commerce Depart-
ment said Wednesday.
Data point
to modest
U.S. growth
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
Sunoco Inc. announced Wednesday
that its shuttered Marcus Hook refinery
would be reborn as a facility to process
Marcellus Shale natural-gas products,
fueling new construction and traffic
through the Delaware River port.
Sunocos pipeline subsidiary, Sunoco
Logistics Partners L.P., is moving for-
wardwitha planto transport high-value
propane and ethane by pipeline from
Western Pennsylvania to Marcus Hook,
where the materials will be processedin
a new plant and shipped by sea to do-
mestic and export markets.
State officials hailed the project as a
boost for Pennsylvanias Marcellus
Shale industry by connecting the areas
producing natural gas in Western Penn-
sylvania to markets linked to Philadel-
phia.
The pipeline project is the latest in-
dustrial venture built on confidence
that the Marcellus Shale, where full-
scale production began barely four
years ago, represents a long-term relia-
ble energy supply.
Sunoco Logistics announced the
Mariner East project in 2010 as a way to
repurpose an underused Sunoco pipe-
line that historically moved refined
products from east to west.
Sunoco Logistics and its partner,
MarkWest Energy Partners L.P., con-
ceived of reversing the pipeline flow to
move the abundance of natural-gas liq-
uids derived from the "wet" gas pro-
duced in Western Pennsylvania. Mark-
West, based in Denver, is a leading proc-
essor of natural-gas liquids.
The Mariner East project envisions
moving ethane and propane from Mar-
cus Hookbyseatopetrochemical plants
overseas or along the Gulf Coast that
value the natural-gas liquids as a raw
material for plastics.
Range Resources Corp., the Marcel-
lus pioneer whose drilling operations
are concentrated in liquids-rich parts of
southwestern Pennsylvania, has signed
a 15-year agreement as the anchor ship-
per. Range, based in Fort Worth, Texas,
said it had signed a separate 15-year
agreement with affiliates of INEOS
A.G., a Swiss petrochemical producer
that will take delivery of the material at
Sunocos Marcus Hook docks. INEOS
has plants in Europe, the Americas, and
Asia.
Former Sunoco refinery in Marcus Hook to process shale products
By ANDREWMAYKUTH
The Philadelphia Inquirer
IBM 205.91 +1.91 +12.0
IntPap 36.55 +.52 +23.5
JPMorgCh 40.68 +.44 +22.3
JacobsEng 40.86 +.15 +.7
JohnJn 69.01 +.01 +5.2
JohnsnCtl 27.62 +.20 -11.6
Kellogg 51.65 -.05 +2.1
Keycorp 8.81 +.11 +14.6
KimbClk 85.69 +.33 +16.5
KindME 81.93 +.20 -3.6
Kroger 23.58 +.06 -2.6
Kulicke 10.42 +.33 +12.6
LSI Corp 7.12 +.14 +19.7
LancastrC 73.94 +.45 +6.6
LillyEli 47.64 +.44 +14.6
Limited 49.64 +.37 +23.0
LincNat 24.13 +.36 +24.3
LockhdM 92.46 +.55 +14.3
Loews 41.28 +.32 +9.6
LaPac 13.06 +.44 +61.8
MarathnO 30.02 +.45 +2.6
MarIntA 39.58 +.57 +35.7
Masco 15.31 +.33 +46.1
McDrmInt 12.25 +.25 +6.4
McGrwH 54.81 +.63 +21.9
McKesson 87.15 -.64 +11.9
Merck 45.23 +.22 +20.0
MetLife 34.49 +.50 +10.6
Microsoft 30.16 -.01 +16.2
NCR Corp 23.38 +.50 +42.0
NatFuGas 53.80 +1.18 -3.2
NatGrid 56.29 +.43 +16.1
NY Times 9.91 +.31 +28.2
NewellRub 19.10 -.04 +18.3
NewmtM 56.54 +1.28 -5.8
NextEraEn 70.14 +.19 +15.2
NiSource 25.51 +.04 +7.1
NikeB 96.00 +.51 -.4
NorflkSo 64.18 -.39 -11.9
NoestUt 37.92 -.18 +5.1
NorthropG 66.47 +.28 +13.7
Nucor 38.35 +.26 -3.1
NustarEn 50.78 +.32 -10.4
NvMAd 15.55 +.05 +5.9
OcciPet 86.26 +1.25 -7.9
OfficeMax 7.95 +.09 +75.1
ONEOK s 48.03 +.23 +10.8
PG&E Cp 42.41 -.13 +2.9
PPG 115.23 +.63 +38.0
PPL Corp 28.64 -.23 -2.7
PVR Ptrs 25.29 +.09 -.9
Pfizer 24.96 +.13 +15.3
PinWst 52.64 -.84 +9.3
PitnyBw 14.02 +.08 -24.4
Praxair 104.43 +.58 -2.3
PSEG 31.85 ... -3.5
PulteGrp 15.64 +.34+147.9
Questar 20.06 -.04 +1.0
RadioShk 2.41 -.19 -75.2
RLauren 151.97 +1.06 +10.1
Raytheon 57.54 -.05 +18.9
ReynAmer 43.55 -.11 +5.1
RockwlAut 69.08 +.31 -5.8
Rowan 34.15 +.34 +12.6
RoyDShllB 72.76 +.25 -4.3
RoyDShllA 70.56 +.11 -3.5
Safeway 16.13 +.14 -23.3
Schlmbrg 73.24 +1.19 +7.2
Sherwin 148.73 +2.42 +66.6
SilvWhtn g 39.42 +1.77 +36.1
SiriusXM 2.59 +.09 +42.0
SonyCp 12.12 +.27 -32.8
SouthnCo 45.92 -.19 -.8
SwstAirl 8.88 -.04 +3.7
SpectraEn 29.26 +.12 -4.8
SprintNex 5.60 +.14+139.3
Sunoco 46.54 -.03 +36.4
Sysco 31.25 +.37 +6.5
TECO 17.70 -.02 -7.5
Target 63.59 -.24 +24.2
TenetHlth 6.34 +.07 +23.6
Tenneco 28.20 +.20 -5.3
Tesoro 41.88 +1.19 +79.3
Textron 26.38 +.43 +42.7
3M Co 92.82 +.23 +13.6
TimeWarn 45.38 +.74 +25.6
Timken 37.40 +.07 -3.4
Titan Intl 17.77 +.47 -8.7
UnilevNV 36.00 +.14 +4.7
UnionPac 118.51 -.41 +11.9
UPS B 72.02 +.24 -1.6
USSteel 19.31 -.02 -27.0
UtdTech 78.35 -.18 +7.2
VarianMed 60.04 +.33 -10.6
VectorGp 16.57 -.10 -2.0
ViacomB 54.15 +.74 +19.2
WestarEn 29.59 -.29 +2.8
Weyerhsr 26.69 +.56 +43.0
Whrlpl 83.48 +1.64 +75.9
WmsCos 34.98 +1.00 +29.7
Windstrm 10.30 -.13 -12.3
Wynn 115.43 +1.72 +4.5
XcelEngy 27.45 -.30 -.7
Xerox 7.38 +.13 -7.3
YumBrnds 67.63 +1.09 +14.6
Mutual Funds
Alliance Bernstein
BalShrB m 16.23 +.10 +12.5
CoreOppA m 14.18 +.14 +17.3
American Cent
IncGroA m 27.76 +.24 +15.5
ValueInv 6.37 +.05 +13.9
American Funds
AMCAPA m 21.44 +.21 +14.3
BalA m 20.29 +.12 +13.1
BondA m 12.97 -.01 +5.4
CapIncBuA m53.15 +.23 +11.0
CpWldGrIA m36.34 +.35 +15.5
EurPacGrA m40.02 +.46 +13.8
FnInvA m 40.31 +.42 +15.0
GrthAmA m 33.98 +.40 +18.3
HiIncA m 11.18 +.01 +10.7
IncAmerA m 18.03 +.09 +10.6
InvCoAmA m 30.84 +.22 +15.3
MutualA m 28.42 +.16 +11.8
NewPerspA m30.58 +.32 +16.9
NwWrldA m 52.46 +.60 +13.7
SmCpWldA m39.31 +.46 +18.5
WAMutInvA m31.44 +.21 +12.5
Baron
Asset b 52.11 +.57 +14.0
BlackRock
EqDivI 20.23 +.13 +12.4
GlobAlcA m 19.66 +.15 +9.0
GlobAlcC m 18.28 +.14 +8.3
GlobAlcI 19.76 +.16 +9.2
CGM
Focus 27.36 +.40 +6.7
Mutual 27.59 +.29 +13.1
Realty 29.40 +.15 +10.1
Columbia
AcornZ 31.26 +.33 +14.8
DFA
EmMktValI 28.67 +.37 +11.8
DWS-Scudder
EnhEMFIS d 11.05 +.04 +14.4
HlthCareS d 28.89 +.24 +19.5
LAEqS d 41.01 +.09 +10.0
Davis
NYVentA m 36.08 ... +11.0
NYVentC m 34.64 ... +10.4
Dodge & Cox
Bal 77.00 +.72 +15.7
Income 13.82 -.01 +6.8
IntlStk 33.06 +.49 +13.1
Stock 119.90+1.62 +19.6
Dreyfus
TechGrA f 35.05 +.73 +17.4
Eaton Vance
HiIncOppA m 4.49 +.01 +11.7
HiIncOppB m 4.49 ... +10.8
NatlMuniA m 10.18 +.03 +12.0
NatlMuniB m 10.18 +.03 +11.4
PAMuniA m 9.20 +.03 +7.2
FPA
Cres d 28.85 +.14 +8.7
Fidelity
AstMgr20 13.39 +.02 +6.3
Bal 20.39 +.15 +13.0
BlChGrow 50.81 +.72 +19.8
CapInc d 9.36 +.02 +12.6
Contra 79.99 +.92 +18.6
DivrIntl d 29.27 +.25 +14.7
ExpMulNat d 24.21 +.27 +17.1
Free2020 14.56 +.09 +11.3
Free2030 14.47 +.11 +13.0
GNMA 11.88 -.01 +3.4
GrowCo 98.75+1.51 +22.1
LatinAm d 49.58 +.20 +1.4
LowPriStk d 39.40 +.33 +15.4
Magellan 75.14 +.94 +19.6
Overseas d 31.42 +.22 +18.7
Puritan 19.97 +.15 +13.9
StratInc 11.40 +.02 +8.7
TotalBd 11.31 -.01 +5.9
Value 74.32 +.78 +17.1
Fidelity Advisor
NewInsI 23.63 +.27 +18.4
ValStratT m 28.09 +.34 +20.6
Fidelity Select
Gold d 43.10+1.04 +2.1
Pharm d 15.70 +.13 +16.3
Fidelity Spartan
500IdxAdvtg 51.54 +.50 +17.0
500IdxInstl 51.54 +.50 +16.9
500IdxInv 51.53 +.50 +16.9
First Eagle
GlbA m 49.84 +.48 +10.5
FrankTemp-Franklin
CA TF A m 7.52 +.01 +8.8
GrowB m 47.81 +.39 +12.2
Income A m 2.24 +.01 +11.9
Income C m 2.26 +.01 +11.4
FrankTemp-Mutual
Discov Z 30.19 +.16 +11.6
Euro Z 20.83 +.04 +11.3
Shares Z 22.57 +.13 +13.9
FrankTemp-Templeton
GlBond A m 13.36 +.06 +11.4
GlBondAdv 13.32 +.06 +11.6
Growth A m 18.84 +.17 +15.7
Harbor
CapApInst 43.40 +.56 +17.6
IntlInstl d 59.72 +.68 +13.9
INVESCO
ConstellB m 21.65 +.32 +13.6
GlobQuantvCoreA m11.45+.16+11.4
PacGrowB m 18.86 +.30 +5.7
JPMorgan
CoreBondSelect12.14 -.01 +4.7
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Combined Stocks
AFLAC 47.72 +1.07 +10.3
AT&T Inc 37.99 -.09 +25.6
AbtLab 69.32 +.13 +23.3
AMD 3.43 +.11 -36.5
AlaskAir s 35.53 -.21 -5.4
Alcoa 8.99 +.10 +3.9
Allstate 39.77 +.31 +45.1
Altria 33.90 -.27 +14.3
AEP 43.82 -.54 +6.1
AmExp 56.57 +.43 +19.9
AmIntlGrp 33.20 +.45 +43.1
Amgen 84.24 +.79 +31.2
Anadarko 70.23 +1.47 -8.0
Annaly 16.85 -.01 +5.6
Apple Inc 681.32+16.14 +68.2
AutoData 58.43 +.35 +8.2
AveryD 31.67 +.41 +10.4
Avnet 29.30 +.39 -5.8
Avon 16.19 +.34 -7.3
BP PLC 43.04 +.67 +.7
BakrHu 45.82 +.45 -5.8
BallardPw .68 -.03 -37.0
BarnesNob 12.94 -.05 -10.6
Baxter 60.23 +.40 +21.7
BerkH B 88.26 -.07 +15.7
BigLots 29.43 -.22 -22.1
BlockHR 17.33 +.32 +6.1
Boeing 70.10 -.15 -4.4
BrMySq 33.85 +.19 -3.9
Brunswick 22.85 -.02 +26.5
Buckeye 48.00 -.02 -25.0
CBS B 35.96 +.39 +32.5
CMS Eng 23.38 -.20 +5.9
CSX 21.11 +.11 +.2
CampSp 34.75 -.11 +4.5
Carnival 36.50 -.26 +11.8
Caterpillar 86.92 -.03 -4.1
CenterPnt 21.30 -.15 +6.0
CntryLink 40.82 -.41 +9.7
Chevron 117.20 +.90 +10.2
Cisco 18.80 +.22 +4.3
Citigroup 32.97 +.46 +25.3
Clorox 71.63 -.38 +7.6
ColgPal 107.35 +.60 +16.2
ConAgra 27.58 +.05 +4.5
ConocPhil s57.39 +.38 +3.3
ConEd 59.58 -.51 -3.9
Cooper Ind 74.91 +.69 +38.3
Corning 13.30 +.44 +2.5
CrownHold 36.59 +.09 +9.0
Cummins 92.86 +.59 +5.5
DTE 59.76 -.24 +9.8
Deere 82.10 +.69 +6.1
Diebold 33.89 +.64 +12.7
Disney 52.58 +.64 +40.2
DomRescs 52.81 -.08 -.5
Dover 59.70 +.83 +2.8
DowChm 29.15 +.05 +1.4
DryShips 2.40 +.07 +20.0
DuPont 50.84 +.34 +11.1
DukeEn rs 64.06 -.27 0.0
EMC Cp 27.52 +.77 +27.8
Eaton 47.10 +.82 +8.2
EdisonInt 45.46 -.03 +9.8
EmersonEl 48.35 +.45 +3.8
EnbrdgEPt 29.32 +.48 -11.7
Energen 52.04 +.87 +4.1
Entergy 69.15 -.23 -5.3
EntPrPt 53.53 +.43 +15.4
Ericsson 9.32 +.19 -8.0
Exelon 35.65 +.05 -17.8
ExxonMbl 91.80 +.57 +8.3
FMC Cp s 55.74 +.17 +29.6
Fastenal 42.84 +.26 -1.8
FedExCp 85.77 +1.38 +2.7
Fifth&Pac 12.87 ... +49.1
FirstEngy 44.06 -.36 -.5
Fonar 3.61 +.18 +111.9
FootLockr 36.04 +.26 +51.2
FordM 10.02 +.01 -6.9
Gannett 18.08 +.17 +35.2
Gap 35.38 +.11 +90.7
GenDynam 66.46 -.15 +.1
GenElec 22.73 +.63 +26.9
GenMills 39.89 -.06 -1.3
GileadSci 66.64 +.59 +62.8
GlaxoSKln 46.77 +.22 +2.5
Goodyear 12.46 +.47 -12.1
Hallibrtn 34.22 +.30 -.8
HarleyD 42.48 +.55 +9.3
HarrisCorp 51.34 +.54 +42.5
HartfdFn 19.30 +.62 +18.8
HawaiiEl 26.53 -.19 +.2
HeclaM 6.84 +.39 +30.8
Heico s 38.65 +.36 -17.3
Hess 53.77 +1.37 -5.3
HewlettP 17.23 +.12 -33.1
HomeDp 59.88 +.71 +42.4
HonwllIntl 60.24 +.80 +10.8
Hormel 29.22 +.15 -.2
Humana 70.40 +.73 -19.6
INTL FCSt 19.26 -.13 -18.3
ITT Cp s 20.32 +.01 +5.1
ITW 59.16 +.50 +26.7
IngerRd 45.15 +.47 +48.2
Name Last Chg %YTD Name Last Chg %YTD Name Last Chg %YTD Name Last Chg %YTD Name Last Chg %YTD Name Last Chg %YTD
Stocks of Local Interest
92.79 72.26 AirProd APD 2.56 82.65 +.11 -3.0
39.38 28.34 AmWtrWks AWK 1.00 36.90 +.10 +15.8
46.47 37.00 Amerigas APU 3.20 44.11 -.73 -3.9
26.93 20.16 AquaAm WTR .70 24.48 -.24 +11.0
33.98 23.69 ArchDan ADM .70 27.56 +.08 -3.6
399.10 307.16 AutoZone AZO ... 371.47 -1.42 +14.3
10.10 4.92 BkofAm BAC .04 8.97 +.16 +61.3
24.95 17.10 BkNYMel BK .52 22.82 +.18 +14.6
14.99 2.23 BonTon BONT .20 9.61 +.05 +185.2
48.69 32.28 CVS Care CVS .65 48.24 +.41 +18.3
49.89 38.79 Cigna CI .04 47.02 +.29 +12.0
41.25 31.67 CocaCola s KO 1.02 38.31 +.55 +9.5
36.90 19.72 Comcast CMCSA .65 35.79 +.67 +50.9
29.50 21.86 CmtyBkSy CBU 1.08 28.62 +.08 +2.9
29.59 14.61 CmtyHlt CYH ... 28.87 +.34 +65.4
50.56 29.57 CoreMark CORE .68 48.14 +.28 +21.6
53.78 39.50 EmersonEl EMR 1.60 48.35 +.45 +3.8
46.07 30.78 EngyTEq ETE 2.50 45.34 +.34 +11.7
8.64 4.61 Entercom ETM ... 6.98 ... +13.5
15.90 10.25 FairchldS FCS ... 13.44 +.27 +11.6
7.19 3.06 FrontierCm FTR .40 4.92 -.01 -4.5
17.70 11.76 Genpact G .18 16.82 +.03 +27.9
10.24 6.16 HarteHnk HHS .34 6.97 -.01 -23.3
58.31 48.54 Heinz HNZ 2.06 55.89 +.04 +3.4
73.42 55.32 Hershey HSY 1.52 70.84 +.17 +14.7
42.44 31.88 Kraft KFT 1.16 41.20 -.08 +10.3
32.29 18.55 Lowes LOW .64 30.26 +.26 +19.2
95.98 66.40 M&T Bk MTB 2.80 94.43 +.40 +23.7
102.22 83.74 McDnlds MCD 3.08 93.27 +.07 -7.0
24.10 17.47 NBT Bcp NBTB .80 22.38 +.13 +1.1
11.32 6.00 NexstarB NXST ... 10.82 +.11 +38.0
67.89 44.74 PNC PNC 1.60 63.83 +.32 +10.7
30.27 26.68 PPL Corp PPL 1.44 28.64 -.23 -2.7
17.44 6.50 PennaRE PEI .64 16.04 +.33 +53.6
73.66 58.50 PepsiCo PEP 2.15 70.64 +.22 +6.5
93.60 60.45 PhilipMor PM 3.40 90.66 +.25 +15.5
69.97 59.07 ProctGam PG 2.25 69.30 ... +3.9
65.17 42.45 Prudentl PRU 1.45 54.82 +1.08 +9.4
2.12 .85 RiteAid RAD ... 1.20 -.01 -4.8
16.94 10.91 SLM Cp SLM .50 15.83 +.09 +18.1
51.25 39.00 SLM pfB SLMBP 2.26 51.25 ... +31.4
46.67 26.44 TJX s TJX .46 45.05 +.45 +39.6
31.79 24.07 UGI Corp UGI 1.08 31.56 -.16 +7.3
46.41 35.17 VerizonCm VZ 2.06 45.76 +.17 +14.1
75.24 50.80 WalMart WMT 1.59 73.98 -.21 +23.8
45.96 36.52 WeisMk WMK 1.20 42.71 +.07 +6.9
36.60 22.61 WellsFargo WFC .88 34.76 +.34 +26.1
USD per British Pound 1.6240 +.0086 +.53% 1.5963 1.5654
Canadian Dollar .9806 -.0040 -.41% .9944 1.0174
USD per Euro 1.2917 +.0058 +.45% 1.3336 1.3641
Japanese Yen 77.62 -.10 -.13% 83.09 76.75
Mexican Peso 12.8143 -.0514 -.40% 12.6858 13.3390
6MO. 1YR.
CURRENCY CLOSE PVS. %CH. AGO AGO
Copper 3.75 3.71 +0.90 -3.38 +15.79
Gold 1777.60 1750.60 +1.54 +5.51 +10.03
Platinum 1645.90 1634.40 +0.70 -0.70 +7.69
Silver 34.60 33.88 +2.12 +6.12 +13.53
Palladium 634.25 624.70 +1.53 -4.21 +1.79
Foreign Exchange & Metals
John Hancock
LifBa1 b 13.60 +.09 +12.2
LifGr1 b 13.51 +.12 +13.4
RegBankA m 15.01 +.08 +24.7
SovInvA m 17.38 +.15 +13.7
TaxFBdA m 10.50 +.02 +7.6
Lazard
EmgMkEqtI d 19.60 +.20 +16.7
Loomis Sayles
BondI 15.01 +.05 +11.9
Lord Abbett
ShDurIncA m 4.64 ... +5.3
MFS
MAInvA m 22.03 +.19 +18.5
MAInvC m 21.26 +.19 +17.8
Merger
Merger b 15.94 +.02 +2.2
Metropolitan West
TotRetBdI 11.06 ... +9.9
Mutual Series
Beacon Z 13.23 +.09 +14.1
Neuberger Berman
SmCpGrInv 20.18 +.36 +14.5
Oakmark
EqIncI 29.17 +.22 +7.8
Oppenheimer
CapApB m 43.20 +.55 +15.0
DevMktA m 33.87 +.40 +15.5
DevMktY 33.55 +.39 +15.8
PIMCO
AllAssetI 12.62 ... +12.3
AllAuthIn 11.16 +.02 +14.0
ComRlRStI 7.06 +.07 +10.5
HiYldIs 9.51 +.01 +10.8
LowDrIs 10.66 -.01 +5.5
RealRet 12.58 -.01 +8.3
TotRetA m 11.58 -.01 +8.8
TotRetAdm b 11.58 -.01 +8.9
TotRetC m 11.58 -.01 +8.2
TotRetIs 11.58 -.01 +9.1
TotRetrnD b 11.58 -.01 +8.8
TotlRetnP 11.58 -.01 +9.0
Permanent
Portfolio 49.66 +.42 +7.7
Principal
SAMConGrB m14.37+.13 +11.9
Prudential
JenMCGrA m 32.28 +.36 +16.2
Prudential Investmen
2020FocA m 16.74 +.26 +13.5
BlendA m 18.42 +.25 +12.2
EqOppA m 15.51 +.16 +14.0
HiYieldA m 5.64 +.01 +10.7
IntlEqtyA m 6.04 +.06 +12.7
IntlValA m 19.42 +.19 +10.7
JennGrA m 21.24 +.27 +17.5
NaturResA m 46.61 +.93 +0.6
SmallCoA m 21.94 +.25 +10.3
UtilityA m 11.85 +.03 +11.4
ValueA m 15.38 +.20 +11.5
Putnam
GrowIncB m 14.13 ... +13.8
IncomeA m 7.21 ... +8.9
Royce
LowStkSer m 14.94 +.24 +4.4
OpportInv d 12.10 +.14 +17.2
ValPlSvc m 13.79 +.17 +14.9
Schwab
S&P500Sel d 22.88 +.22 +16.9
Scout
Interntl d 31.78 +.31 +14.5
T Rowe Price
BlChpGr 46.44 +.65 +20.2
CapApprec 23.27 +.09 +12.9
DivGrow 26.41 +.20 +14.5
DivrSmCap d 17.69 +.28 +14.5
EmMktStk d 32.18 +.40 +12.9
EqIndex d 38.99 +.38 +16.7
EqtyInc 26.22 +.21 +15.5
FinSer 14.63 +.15 +23.3
GrowStk 38.47 +.53 +20.9
HealthSci 44.07 +.55 +35.2
HiYield d 6.88 ... +11.6
IntlDisc d 44.74 +.56 +19.9
IntlStk d 13.97 +.17 +13.7
IntlStkAd m 13.89 +.16 +13.4
LatinAm d 40.84 +.27 +5.2
MediaTele 59.17 +.79 +26.1
MidCpGr 59.27 +.76 +12.4
NewAmGro 36.00 +.40 +13.2
NewAsia d 16.20 +.25 +16.5
NewEra 44.02 +.63 +4.7
NewHoriz 36.45 +.57 +17.5
NewIncome 9.95 -.01 +5.2
Rtmt2020 18.05 +.14 +13.5
Rtmt2030 19.03 +.19 +15.1
ShTmBond 4.86 ... +2.6
SmCpVal d 39.17 +.41 +13.6
TaxFHiYld d 11.81 +.01 +11.3
Value 26.30 +.22 +16.7
ValueAd b 26.01 +.22 +16.5
Thornburg
IntlValI d 26.83 +.14 +10.7
Tweedy, Browne
GlobVal d 24.80 +.04 +13.5
Vanguard
500Adml 133.42+1.28 +16.9
500Inv 133.43+1.29 +16.8
CapOp 33.39 +.30 +13.1
CapVal 10.65 +.14 +15.4
Convrt x 12.95 -.08 +12.4
DevMktIdx 9.55 +.11 +12.5
DivGr 16.95 +.11 +11.2
EnergyInv 61.71 +.84 +4.7
EurIdxAdm 57.68 +.58 +14.3
Explr 80.16+1.10 +12.2
GNMA 11.12 -.02 +2.8
GNMAAdml 11.12 -.02 +2.9
GlbEq 18.34 +.21 +15.3
GrowthEq 12.58 +.15 +16.6
HYCor 6.02 ... +10.9
HYCorAdml 6.02 ... +10.9
HltCrAdml 62.87 +.52 +15.9
HlthCare 148.98+1.24 +15.9
ITGradeAd 10.45 -.01 +8.1
InfPrtAdm x 29.20 -.17 +6.4
InfPrtI x 11.89 -.07 +6.4
InflaPro x 14.87 -.08 +6.3
InstIdxI x 132.54 +.57 +16.9
InstPlus x 132.54 +.56 +17.0
InstTStPl x 32.59 +.17 +16.8
IntlExpIn 14.46 +.15 +12.8
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Forecasts, graphs
and data 2012
Weather Central, LP
Yesterday 70/58
Average 68/48
Record High 85 in 1998
Record Low 30 in 1947
Yesterday 1
Month to date 90
Year to date 92
Last year to date 77
Normal year to date 124
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was below 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday 0.04
Month to date 4.68
Normal month to date 3.65
Year to date 27.00
Normal year to date 28.68
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 0.56 -0.17 22.0
Towanda 0.38 0.00 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 2.76 -0.28 18.0
Todays high/
Tonights low
TODAYS SUMMARY
Highs: 64-70. Lows: 47-52. Rain will dimin-
ish to showers today. Expect cloudy skies
overnight.
The Poconos
Highs: 72-76. Lows: 56-61. Showers and
scattered thunderstorms will end today.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 56-63. Lows: 45-47. Expect show-
ers today, with mostly cloudy skies
overnight.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 71-76. Lows: 51-56. Showers and a
few thunderstorms are expected today.
Tonight will be mostly cloudy.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 76-82. Lows: 58-66. Expect a
chance of showers and thunderstorms
today. Tonight will be partly cloudy.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Anchorage 47/41/.00 52/41/r 47/35/sh
Atlanta 87/62/.00 86/64/t 83/65/t
Baltimore 81/63/.00 77/56/sh 72/55/pc
Boston 69/61/.00 60/54/r 65/55/c
Buffalo 64/45/.00 63/47/sh 65/49/sh
Charlotte 83/53/.00 84/62/t 78/60/t
Chicago 65/46/.00 69/50/s 73/51/pc
Cleveland 61/55/.01 66/47/pc 67/51/pc
Dallas 90/74/.00 90/69/t 82/65/t
Denver 65/46/.00 73/49/pc 79/51/s
Detroit 65/48/.00 66/48/s 67/50/pc
Honolulu 85/75/.00 86/71/s 86/70/pc
Houston 88/70/.00 88/73/t 85/67/t
Indianapolis 72/57/.81 71/50/s 72/51/pc
Las Vegas 89/69/.00 93/70/s 95/71/s
Los Angeles 73/63/.00 75/65/pc 80/67/s
Miami 88/78/.01 89/78/t 89/78/t
Milwaukee 60/49/.00 68/50/s 70/51/s
Minneapolis 68/41/.00 78/51/pc 78/48/s
Myrtle Beach 82/57/.00 85/66/pc 82/63/t
Nashville 84/63/.00 79/61/t 77/55/pc
New Orleans 87/69/.09 88/73/pc 85/73/t
Norfolk 84/65/.00 83/64/t 76/64/t
Oklahoma City 71/63/.42 80/64/t 79/61/t
Omaha 77/38/.00 76/48/s 79/49/s
Orlando 91/74/.00 90/70/t 89/72/t
Phoenix 95/74/.00 97/75/s 98/76/s
Pittsburgh 65/61/1.22 66/44/pc 68/45/pc
Portland, Ore. 75/51/.00 80/53/pc 75/48/pc
St. Louis 70/64/.00 75/53/s 75/53/s
Salt Lake City 77/56/.00 79/58/pc 79/58/pc
San Antonio 88/72/.00 87/72/t 80/68/t
San Diego 76/67/.00 78/69/pc 83/69/s
San Francisco 66/51/.00 67/56/pc 75/59/s
Seattle 69/51/.00 73/55/pc 67/49/pc
Tampa 90/74/.00 90/75/t 89/74/t
Tucson 92/68/.00 92/67/pc 94/69/pc
Washington, DC 85/67/.00 79/59/sh 73/58/pc
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Amsterdam 61/50/.00 58/54/sh 56/45/sh
Baghdad 104/68/.00 103/71/s 104/73/s
Beijing 70/54/.00 70/58/s 70/57/s
Berlin 63/54/.00 60/45/sh 66/44/sh
Buenos Aires 66/45/.00 71/60/c 73/58/sh
Dublin 55/45/.00 56/44/sh 56/48/pc
Frankfurt 63/52/.00 61/46/c 62/40/sh
Hong Kong 91/79/.00 86/73/pc 85/75/s
Jerusalem 92/61/.00 91/66/s 90/67/s
London 63/52/.00 62/46/c 58/40/pc
Mexico City 75/59/.00 71/55/t 71/56/t
Montreal 59/41/.00 59/52/sh 50/45/sh
Moscow 59/41/.00 70/48/pc 58/49/pc
Paris 63/52/.00 65/47/c 60/42/pc
Rio de Janeiro 75/64/.00 73/58/sh 75/57/pc
Riyadh 100/72/.00 100/72/s 101/73/s
Rome 81/70/.00 80/71/c 82/67/sh
San Juan 90/77/.10 88/78/t 90/78/t
Tokyo 73/66/.00 79/69/t 82/70/sh
Warsaw 79/54/.00 62/49/sh 65/51/pc
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
WORLD CITIES
River Levels, from 12 p.m. yesterday.
Key: s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sn-snow, sf-snowurries, i-ice.
Philadelphia
75/56
Reading
72/51
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
67/51
67/52
Harrisburg
72/55
Atlantic City
73/60
New York City
72/57
Syracuse
58/47
Pottsville
71/53
Albany
56/49
Binghamton
Towanda
56/45
63/48
State College
69/48
Poughkeepsie
62/51
90/69
69/50
73/49
78/60
78/51
75/65
66/55
76/55
78/52
73/55
72/57
66/48
86/64
89/78
88/73
86/71 50/44
52/41
79/59
Sun and Moon
Sunrise Sunset
Today 6:58a 6:50p
Tomorrow 6:59a 6:48p
Moonrise Moonset
Today 5:51p 5:26a
Tomorrow 6:19p 6:28a
Full Last New First
Sept. 29 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 21
The soaking rain
we had
overnight took a
big bite out of
our rainfall
decit which was
at 1.7 inches for
the year. Today
that decit
stands at less
than one inch.
Drier air now
moving in aloft
will shut off the
rain this morning
and there may
be some peeks
of sun this after-
noon. Another
shower could
arrive early
tonight then on
Saturday a light
northerly wind
will maintain
cool daytime
temperatures
under a mix of
clouds and sun
very fall-like
indeed. Colder
temperatures
aloft on Sunday
will keep skies
mostly cloudy
and heighten the
chance for some
afternoon show-
ers. The full
Harvest Moon is
tomorrow night.
-Tom Clark
NATIONAL FORECAST: Rain and scattered thunderstorms will accompany a low pressure system as it
crosses the Northeast today. Expect scattered showers and thunderstorms from the Mid-Atlantic
states, through the Tennessee Valley and into the Southern Plains, as well. Heavy rain could affect
parts of Texas. Thunderstorm activity will be more isolated over the Intermountain West.
Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Airport
Temperatures
Heating Degree Days*
Precipitation
TODAY
Mostly cloudy, rain
in the evening
SATURDAY
Partly
sunny to
cloudy
65
50
MONDAY
Partly
sunny
67
50
TUESDAY
Mostly
sunny,
warmer
70
47
WEDNESDAY
Mostly
sunny,
warm
75
48
THURSDAY
Partly
sunny, a
shower
75
55
SUNDAY
Mostly
clouds,
showers
70
47
68
56