Times Leader 05-14-2012

KUCHAR CAPTURES
TITLE AT PLAYERS
Matt Kuchar looked be-
yond the edge of the 16th
green at a scene packed
with enough stress it
could wipe away even his
smile.
Across the water was an
island green that was
awaiting him Sunday in
The Players Champion-
ship. The guy dressed all
in orange and pumping
his first was Rickie Fowler
after making a 20-foot
birdie putt on the par-3
17th to cut Kuchars lead
to two shots.
Kuchar stepped over his
15-footer and answered
with a birdie just as big.
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THINGS
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THIS WEEK 5
>> GOODBYE, GIBBS: Televisions top-rated show not
named American Idol bids the glowing box adieu this Tues-
day when NCIS airs its 2011-12 finale. Our witty, crime-solving
heroes put a lid on their ninth season with an episode titled
Till Death Do Us Part. You can bet terrorists are involved, at
least one murder and some head-slapping. The show airs at 8
p.m.
>> LIL SWIMMERS: Consider, for a second, the lowly
brine shrimp. Science types refer to these tiny crustaceans as
Artemia fromthe family Artemiidae. Kids, and adults who live
a maturity-optional lifestyle, like to call themSea-Mon-
keys. And if youve ever wanted an excuse to raise yourself a
kingdomof the critters, then this Wednesday is your day. Its
National Sea-Monkey Day, of course. Stir up a batch of the
little tykes and throw yourself a Sea-Monkey party. Just make
sure you can tell the punch bowl apart fromthe monkey
tank. That could be disastrous.
>> IMGOING TO WONDERLAND: Looking for
something to do with the kiddos -- other than sit at
home and watch SpongeBob? Then pack your little
ones in the family truckster, and drive straight down
the rabbit hole this Friday at the F.M. Kirby Center.
The American Family Theater will be performing
Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland with a show
at 10 a.m. The kids will love the tale of talking rab-
bits with bad time management, good-natured
invisible cats, mentally unstable headwear makers
and temperamental monarchs with Machiavellian
ideals of justice. Dont explain it to them
THAT way, though.
>> THEYTHUS BLOWED UP
MIGHTILY: Action movies
often get labeled as mindless entertainment. So, to combat
that, weve hired WilliamShakespeare to pitch an upcoming
film: Be thou fencing with idleness Or this Saturdays eve?
Then align ye walking pedestals in synchronous harmony and
alight to yon theatre. Where a battle most foul doth brew,
betwixt warriors of seafaring iron and a rain of devils
fromthe starry heavens. Battleship, be thus the
moniker of the stirring yarn, that taketh place with-
out copious abundances of spandex. TRANSLA-
TION: The new action flick Battleship opens on
Friday. Its got explosions, aliens and big boats, but
it aint The Avengers.
>> DANCE, MEET THEATER: The Little
Theater of Wilkes-Barre will be hoofin it this
weekend when it presents the dance-filled produc-
tion of Stepping Out. Just to be clear, its a play
about a group of folks in a tap-dancing class, not
about some people who go outside for a quick
smoke. That play would be boring. Showtimes
are 8 p.m. on Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday
at the theater on North Main Street.
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NANTICOKE For years,
the city has been working to
create the Greater Nanticoke
Area Recreation Park as part
of a revitalization of the
downtown.
Now, the city is one step
closer to making the park a
reality after filing eminent
domain proceedings in Lu-
zerne County Court to ac-
quire nearly 90 parcels of
land.
The $1.1 million plan began
nearly seven years ago.
The planned park will in-
clude bleachers, a concession
stand, practice football field,
several pavilions, skate park,
tee-ball field, basketball
courts, softball field, sitting
areas, open practice fields,
natural and camping areas,
walking and biking paths,
and a boat launch and fishing
area.
The first step is land acqui-
sition.
No agency will give us
funding (to start the project)
if we dont have the land to
make something happen on,
Holly Cirko, Nanticoke city
administrator said. We
wont get funding until thats
over. Until thats done, were
kind of on hold.
The declaration of taking
proceedings filed April 10 in
county court includes nearly
90 parcels of land that will
Nanticoke park dreams closer
City files to acquire land to
start long process of creating
recreation park downtown.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
This soccer field on Lower Broadway Street is on land already
owned by Nanticoke that will be part of the new recreation area. See PARK, Page 12A
A FLOWERY DAY BLOSSOMS FOR MOM
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here is something about flowers and Mothers Day. Maybe they are the perfect gift; especially those ready
to plant for a summer bloom. The sunshine and the occasion Sunday brought out people to shop at the
flower tent on Wyoming Avenue, Wyoming. Lori Sullivan, right, loaded a flat with some pansies, daisies and
marigolds. Meanwhile her daughter Morgan, behind Lori, checked out the assortment of annuals for sale.
WILKES-BARRE Attorney
Tom Marsilio knows exactly what
to tell his clients who have been
charged with alcohol-related
crimes.
His own story.
Hes been there. For 15 years,
Marsilio strug-
gled with an alco-
hol addiction.
And then?
I was sick and
tired of being sick
and tired. Thats
the honest-to-
Gods truth, Mar-
silio said. I woke
up and decided thats it. Im done
drinking.
Marsilios story appeared recent-
ly in the May/June issue of The
Pennsylvania Lawyer, published by
the Pennsylvania Bar Association
and distributed to 30,000 readers
six times a year.
Marsilio, 63, says he began drink-
ing at age 22, the same age when he
joined the U.S. Marine Corps.
He tells his clients he has driven
drunk on three different conti-
nents, but luckily was never arrest-
ed.
He can recall falling asleep in the
back of a Denver police cruiser af-
ter an alcohol-related crash in
which he was an inebriated passen-
Giving it
to them
straight
Attorney Tom Marsilios own
story of battle with alcohol
appears in Pennsylvania Lawyer.
By SHEENA DELAZIO
sdelazio@timesleader.com
Marsilio
See MARSILIO, Page 12A
NEW YORK The class of 2012 is
leaving college with something that
many graduates since the start of the
Great Recession have lacked: jobs.
To the relief of graduating seniors
and their anxious parents the outlook
is brighter than it has been in four years.
Campus job fairs were packed this spring
and more companies are hiring. Students
arent just finding good opportunities,
some are weighing multiple offers.
In some ways, members of the class of
2012 got lucky. They arrived on campus
in September 2008, the same month that
Wall Street investment bank Lehman
Brothers collapsed, touching off a finan-
cial crisis that exacerbated the recession.
On campus, they were largely insulat-
ed from the collapsing U.S. economy.
While older brothers and sisters gradu-
ated into a dismal job market, they took
shelter in chemistry, philosophy and lit-
erature classes.
They used their college years to pre-
pare for the brutal realities of the job mar-
ket that would await them. They began
networking for jobs much earlier, as
freshmen in some cases. They pursued
summer internships not simply as re-
sume boosters, but as gateways to perma-
nent jobs. And they developed more real-
istic expectations about landing a job in
the ideal place and at the ideal salary.
On campuses across the country, spir-
its are more upbeat this spring, and the
12 grads entering better job market
See JOBS, Page 12A
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
AP Business Writer
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Holloway, Ruby
Karichner, Albert
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Lansberry, Wilma
Lewis, Mary
Neberdosky, Walter
Rehm, Ann
Reid, Lucy
Smith, Emma Jean
Welles, Mike
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HARRISBURG No player
matched all five winning
numbers drawn in Sundays
Pennsylvania Cash 5
game, so the jackpot will be
worth $225,000.
Lottery officials said 40
players matched four num-
bers and won $316 each;
1,407 players matched three
numbers and won $15 each;
and 19,024 players matched
two numbers and won $1
each.
No player matched all
five winning numbers in
Saturdays Powerball game
so Wednesdays jackpot will
be worth at least $90 mil-
lion.
The Powerball numbers
drawn were:
10-24-35-53-58
Powerball: 22
LOTTERY
MIDDAY DRAWING
DAILY NUMBER 6-1-0
BIG 4 7-1-9-5
QUINTO 5-3-0-5-0
TREASURE HUNT
02-09-10-16-17
NIGHTLY DRAWING
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BIG 4 7-1-3-1
QUINTO 9-4-7-8-2
CASH 5
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W
ilma Mae Lansberry, age 74, of
Lehman, peacefully went
home to be with the Lord at her
home on Saturday, May 12, 2012.
Wilma was born in Dallas Town-
ship, on May 24, 1938, and was the
daughter of the late Earl and
Mildred Higgins Weidner.
She graduated fromDallas Town-
ship High School in 1956 and was
employed as a secretary for the for-
mer Commonwealth Telephone
Co., Dallas, for several years and
was later employed by Grecos
Apothecary, Kingston.
Wilma and her husband, Willard
Russell Lansberry, who were mar-
ried on March 31, 1962, recently cel-
ebrated their 50th wedding anniver-
sary.
She worked tirelessly on their
dairy farm and was a loving mother
to her children.
Wilma was a member of the Leh-
man-Idetown United Methodist
Church, Lehman. Her beautiful
voice adorned church choirs
throughout her life, and her Chris-
tian values brought comfort and un-
derstanding to all who knew her.
She was preceded in death by her
brothers Richard and Donald
Weidner.
Surviving, beside her husband,
Willard, are children, Deborah Mis-
son and her husband, William, of
Hunlock Creek; Russell Lansberry
andhis wife, Mary, of Lehman; Law-
rence Lansberry of Lake Township;
grandchildren, Heather Perry, Tho-
mas Perry, Joshua Perry, Sarah Per-
ry, Lucas Lansberry and Justin
Lansberry; twin brother William
Weidner and his wife, Ellen, of Alle-
gany, N.Y.; sisters-in-law, Betty
Weidner of Centermoreland and
Shirley Weidner of Lehman; nieces
and nephews.
A memorial service will be held
Tuesday at 11 a.m. from the Leh-
man-Idetown United Methodist
Church, Mountain ViewDrive, Leh-
man, with the Rev. Robert Ryder of-
ficiating.
Friends may call at the church
from 10 to 11 a.m. prior to the ser-
vice on Tuesday.
Aprivate interment will be in the
LehmanCenter Cemetery, Lehman.
The family wouldlike to thank all
those who visited, prayed and cared
for her, including Asera Care Hos-
pice, and a special thanks for the
prayers and guidance from the
Cross Creek Community Church,
Trucksville, and the Lehman-Ide-
town United Methodist Church.
The family requests that inlieuof
flowers, memorial contributions be
made to the Lehman-Idetown Unit-
ed Methodist Church, PO Box 1,
Lehman, PA18627.
Funeral arrangements are by the
Curtis L. Swanson Funeral Home
Inc., corner of routes 29&118, Pikes
Creek. Online condolences may be
made at clswansonfuneralhome-
.com.
Wilma Mae Lansberry
May 12, 2012
A
nn Begley Rehm, 85, of Brooks
Estates, Pittston, died Sunday,
May 13, 2012.
She was the eldest daughter of
her dearly departed parents, Hilda
Welsch Begley and Walter J. Begley,
of Pittston.
She was a graduate of St. Johnthe
Evangelist HighSchool andPittston
Hospital School of Nursing.
Upon obtaining her R.N. degree,
she moved to New York and joined
the staff of The Jewish Hospital of
Brooklyn, where she also attended
Brooklyn College.
It was in Brooklyn where she met
and married her lifes love, Michael
J. Rehm, who preceded her in death
in 1989.
She loved nursing and continued
to advance in the profession
through many hospitals in New
York City, retiring as Administrator
of Nursing from Knickerbocker
Hospital in 1975.
She and her husband relocated to
Laflin after his retirement from
Chemical Bank, New York, in 1975,
where they both became active
members of St. Maria Goretti Par-
ish.
Annwas precededindeathby her
brother Walter and sister and broth-
er-in-law Rosemarie and William F.
Clarke. Also preceding her in death
was her nephew William F. Clarke
Jr.
She is survived by her brother
and sister-in-law Joseph and Grace
Begley, Fairfax, Va., andbrother and
sister-in-law John and Elaine Be-
gley, Pittston, and a sister-in-law
Dorothy Begley, Christiana, Pa. Al-
so surviving are several nieces and
nephews.
Funeral services are entrusted
toGrazianoFuneral Home Inc., Pitt-
ston Township.
There will be no viewing hours
held.
Anns family will receive friends
for one hour on Wednesday, May16,
2012, from10 to 11 a.m. at St. Maria
Goretti Church, Laflin, prior to the
celebration of her funeral Mass.
The funeral Mass will be held at
11 a.m.. on Wednesday, May 16,
2012, from St. Maria Goretti
Church, Laflin.
Interment will take place in St.
John the Evangelist Cemetery, Pitt-
ston.
Memorial contributions may be
madeinAnns nametooneof thefol-
lowing organizations: St. Jude Chil-
dren Research Hospital, 501 St.
Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or
ASPCA Animal Shelter, Jumper
Road, Plains.
Ann Begley Rehm
May 13, 2012
MOTHERS DAY GIFT
SUBMITTED PHOTO/GEISINGER WYOMING VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER
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aylee McGreary of Laceyville gave birth to a son Sunday morning at Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township. Noah McGreary weighed 8
pounds, 1.6 ounces and was delivered at 9:36 a.m. He was one of three babies born
on Mothers Day at the hospital. Noah was the first son for McGreary and Brandon
Davis of Wyalusing.
LOS ANGELES The
Avengers is takinga page out of
Supermans comic book fly-
ing faster than a speeding bullet
to the billion-dollar mark at the
box office.
The superhero blockbuster
took in$103.2 millionto leadfor
a second-straight weekend, rais-
ing its domestic total to $373.2
million, accordingtostudioesti-
mates Sunday.
With $95.4 million more over-
seas, The Avengers lifted its
international receipts to $628.9
million and a worldwide haul of
just over $1 billion, only 19 days
after it beganrollingout insome
markets.
You never think that it can
happen this quickly, said Dave
Hollis, head of distribution for
Disney, whose Marvel Studios
unit produced the ensemble
filmafter alongbuildupinits so-
lo superhero outings. You hope
you can get to this day, and the
fact that it is happening this
early is a testament to a lot of
work that went in on the Marvel
side over the last six years to get
us to a place where people want-
ed to see the Avengers assem-
ble.
The Avengers easily fended
off Johnny Depp and Tim Bur-
tons vampire romp Dark Shad-
ows, which had a so-so domes-
tic start of $28.8milliontofinish
a distant No. 2.
Thats far below such past
Depp-Burton collaborations as
Alice in Wonderland, which
opened with $116.1 million, and
Charlie and the Chocolate Fac-
tory, which debuted with $56.2
million.
Dark Shadows added $36.7
million in 42 overseas markets
for a worldwide total of $65.5
million.
The Avengers was the first
movie ever to pull in more than
$100 million domestically in its
second weekend, passing the
previous best of $75.6 million
for Avatar. The film also
topped $300 million domesti-
cally Saturday after just nine
days in release, beating The
Dark Knight.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
Marvel-ous ticket sales
Avengers blockbuster leads
for second-straight weekend,
bringing in $103.2 million.
The Associated Press
MOOSIC -- The Toyota Pavil-
ion at Montage Mountain ush-
ered in its summer concert sea-
son a little early Saturday night
withthree metal bands pummel-
ing an enthusiastic, fist-pump-
ing crowd.
The show, which drew some-
where in the neighborhood of
7,000 fans despite the lawn sec-
tion being closed, was co-head-
lined by Megadeth and Rob
Zombie who really pulled out
all the stops visually -- and was
opened by a gothic metal band
from Milan, Italy.
Lacuna Coil, which means
empty spiral in English, is
fronted by vocalists Cristina
Scabbia and Andrea Ferro and is
a sort-of latter day Jefferson Air-
plane, but much, much heavier.
Five of its members wore uni-
forms of some sort, with em-
blems all over them including a
red cross on the back that made
them look a little like long-
haired paramedics.
The bands 40-minute set was
highlighted by a trio of songs
from its latest album Dark
Adrenaline includingthe single
Trip the Darkness, Upsid-
edown and Give Me Some-
thing More. The other stand-
out was Heavens a Lie, the
bands award-winningsongfrom
its 2002 breakthrough album
Comalies.
Next up was Megadeth, led as
always by guitarist and singer
Dave Mustaine, who first ap-
peared wearing a white button-
down shirt and holding a white
Flying-V guitar.
Mustaine has kept Megadeth,
considered one of heavy metals
Big Four, going for the better
part of 28 years with a revolving
door of band mates, including
longtime bassist David Ellefson
(who played in the band fromits
inception in 1983 through 2002
and again since 2010) and more
recent recruits, guitarist Chris
Broderick and drummer Shawn
Drover.
Mustaine displayed a wicked
sense of humor to go along with
his wicked guitar chops, relay-
inga story about the last time he
was in Scranton.
I missed my flight and had to
take a later one, so the only way
to get here on time was to be
picked up by the police with the
sirens andlights andeverything.
As I was getting naked in the
back of the car, changing from
my street clothes to my stage at-
tire, I realized what I was doing,
sitting naked in the back of a po-
lice car.
I have done some stupid
things in my time, but that just
about rose right to the top.
Megadeths set was highlight-
ed by Head Crusher, Sweat-
ing Bullets and the epic title
track from its 1986 album,
Peace Sellsbut Whos Buy-
ing? Other standouts included
the two singles fromits latest al-
bum Thirteen -- Public Ene-
my No. 1 and Whose Life (Is It
Anyways?).
The crowd then anxiously
awaited the arrival of Zombie as
the stage crew feverishly set up
the massive, horror-movie in-
spired set behind a curtain fea-
turing a black-and-white image
of the original King Kong.
When Zombie and his band fi-
nally took the stage at 10 p.m.
with a song called Jesus Fran-
kenstein, the place nearly
erupted as the crowd filling the
mosh pit and the 100- and 200-
sections collectively got to its
feet and started pumping its
fists.
And it never let up, as weird
beings (besides Zombie and his
band members) paraded on and
off stage during various num-
bers and the crowd shouted
along with the hook-heavy cho-
ruses to each song. They even
helped out with a two-word
phrase not suitable for publica-
tion during the bands recent
single Sick Bubblegum.
Highlights included Zombie
serenading the ladies of the
audience, who he commanded
to the shoulders of the guys they
were next to, with Living Dead
Girl, Never Gonna Stop and
the White Zombie (Robs previ-
ous bandbefore he went solo) fa-
vorite More Human than Hu-
man.
The main set ended with an-
other White Zombie standout,
Thunder Kiss 65, with Zom-
bie making his way through the
crowd as guitarist John 5 wailed
away on stage, finishing up with
the opening lines of The Star-
Spangled Banner played with
his teeth a la Jimi Hendrix.
After the stage went dark,
Zombie showed a two-minute
trailer from his upcoming mo-
vie, The Lords of Salem, and
came back to the stage to encore
withDragula as images of Her-
man Munster in a drag racer fil-
led the video screens.
The next concert at the Toyo-
ta Pavilion is Dave Matthews
Band, returningtothemountain
after a summer off the concert
schedule. Montage Mountain
will host more metal on Aug. 4
when Slipknot, Slayer, Motor-
head, Anthrax and eight other
bands jointogether for the Rock-
star Energy Drink Mayhem Fes-
tival.
A heavy metal hit
Monstrous good time on the mountain
AMANDA HRYCYNA PHOTOS/FOR TIMES LEADER
Rob Zombie performs Saturday night at the Toyota Pavilion at
Montage Mountain in Scranton.
Rob Zombies theatrics on
stage fired up the enthusiastic
crowd at the Toyota Pavilion.
R E V I E W
By BRAD PATTON
For The Times Leader
HANOVER TWP. -- Hanover
Township native Zach Redding
was recently elected president of
the West Virgin-
ia University
Student Gov-
ernment Agen-
cy.
Carrying a
dual major of
political science
and internation-
al affairs, Red-
ding, 21, said he hopes one day
to be a big-time lawyer or CEO
of a major corporation maybe
his own company.
Im ecstatic, Redding said of
his victory.
Redding will sit on the 15-
member university Board of
Governors having a vote in all
Area native
to lead WVU
student govt
Zach Redding elected president
of West Virginia Universitys
Student Government Agency.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
Redding
See REDDING, Page 4A
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Woman dies in car crash
AScranton woman was killed early
Sunday when she was struck by multiple
vehicles after being thrown froman SUV
vehicle involved in a crash on Interstate
81in Lackawanna County.
Jeri Todd, 28, was pronounced dead at
the scene as the result of multiple trau-
matic injuries, said Lackawanna County
Coroner TimRowland.
Todd was a passenger in a 2004 Chev-
rolet Trailblazer traveling north on the
interstate around 3 a.m. when it went off
the west side of the roadway and slid
back across the left lane into the trailer
portion of a tanker truck at mile marker
200.3, state police said.
The impact caused the SUV to spin
around and slide off the west side of the
roadway, state police said.
Todd and the driver, Jason Wood, 28,
also of Scranton, were not wearing seat-
belts and were thrown fromthe SUV,
state police said.
Wood was taken to Geisinger Commu-
nity Medical Center, Scranton, with
moderate injuries.
The driver of the tanker truck, Richard
Synakowski, 50, of Holland Patent, N.Y.,
was wearing a seatbelt and not injured,
state police said.
State police continue to investigate
the crash.
ROSS TWP.
Claims consultant at office
Aclaims consultant fromthe Wilkes-
Barre Veterans of Foreign Wars will be at
the Sweet Valley office of state Rep.
Karen Boback, R-Harveys Lake, from10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to assist veterans
and their families.
Veterans assistance
hours are held at the
office located at 5929
Main Road on the third
Tuesday of each
month. Appointments
are not necessary.
Contact either the
Sweet Valley office at
570 477-3752 or Tunkhannock office at
570 836-4777. Residents also can call
toll-free at (800) 278-3930.
More information about Bobacks
efforts to assist veterans is available at
RepBoback.comand Facebook.com/
RepBoback.
DUNMORE
Construction work listed
The PennDOTDistrict 4 office advises
motorists the construction and roadwork
are expected to significantly affect traffic
this week on the following roadways:
Interstate 81
Exit 178A(Wilkes Barre/Scranton
Airport) to Exit 182 (Davis Street) north-
bound: Left lane will be closed from8
a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Tuesday for
base repair and crack sealing.
Exit 180 (Moosic) to Exit 178 (Avo-
ca), southbound: Patching from8 a.m. to
3 p.m. today through Thursday.
Exit 180 (Moosic) Off-ramp: Ramp
closed and detour in place from8 a.m. to
2 p.m. Friday for extensive base repair
and crack sealing.
Exit 182 (Davis Street/Montage
Mountain Road) to Exit 185 (Central
Scranton Expressway) northbound:
Right lane will be closed from7 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday for extensive base repair
and crack sealing. Delays are expected.
Exit 182 (Davis Street) to Exit 185
(Central Scranton Expressway) north-
bound: Alternate lane closures from8
a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday
for extensive base repair and crack seal-
ing. Major delays are expected.
Exit 184 (Moosic Street) to Exit 182
(Davis Street/Montage Mountain Road)
southbound: Today through Thursday
beams will be placed on the St. Marys
Cemetery Bridge and the travel lane will
be closed 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.
There also will be intermittent, short-
termrolling road blocks stopping traffic
in both lanes for approximately five
minutes as the beams are set.
State Route 93 (Broad Street Project
in Hazleton): Work continues 7 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays and Saturdays from7
a.m. to 3 p.m. Work will continue along
Washington Street (SR924) fromBroad
Street to PutnamStreet. One lane of
traffic will be open and the area will be
highly congested. Motorists should
either avoid the area, if possible, or allow
for extra travel time.
State Route 309 (Cross Valley) south-
bound Exit 1: Friday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
patching.
State Route 1011(Veterans Memorial
Pierce Street Bridge) Single lane, both
directions. Motorists should allowextra
time when traveling between Kingston
and Wilkes-Barre as delays are expected.
I N B R I E F
Boback
WILKES-BARRE The city
Parking Authority is expected to
approve the Request for Qualifica-
tions (RFQ) at its meeting on
Tuesdayandthensit backandwait
to see if any bidder is willing to
plunk down at least $20 million to
lease the citys parking assets.
Desman Associates, a parking
consulting firm from Chicago, has
been retained by the authority for
$5,000 to look at all of the citys
parking financial records and as-
sure that the RFQis complete and
will offer prospectivebidders accu-
rate information upon which to
base their bids.
Tom Torbik, the authoritys ex-
ecutive director, said Desman will
determine if the $20 million up-
front payment that Mayor Tom
Leighton said would be a mini-
mum the city would accept is ac-
curate.
Jerry Salzman, of Desman Asso-
ciates, is handling the city ac-
count. He said he hasnt deter-
mined what the upfront figure
should be.
We wont know by Tuesday, ei-
ther, Salzman said.
If the recommendation from
Desmanfor theupfront payment is
less than the $20 million Leighton
put out there, Torbik said he still
thinks the RFQs will go out.
Its a good question, Torbik
said. But I still think we want to
findout what level of interest there
is. We are looking for ballpark fig-
ures on where the numbers are.
Torbik said the goal is to get the
maximum upfront payment as
possible.
Ed Katarsky, a member of the
authority board, grilled Alan
Wohlstetter, the attorney fromFox
Rothschild hired to consult on the
leasing process, about the $20 mil-
lion figure. Katarsky asked several
times how the figure was arrived
at.
The $20 million doesnt seem
to be realistic, Katarsky said.
Parking
proposal
on tap
City authority expected to
pass request for bids to lease
W-Bs parking assets.
By BILL OBOYLE
boboyle@timesleader.com
See PARKING, Page 4A
W
ILKES-BARRE Nickels and dimes led the way to success
for Frank Woolworth. Four local students are hoping dol-
lars will pave their way tothe KennethE. BehringNational
History Day Contest in Maryland this June to shed light on this in-
novative man.
National History Day is a writing-intensive academic programpro-
motingthestudyof historythroughresearch, writingdocumentaries,
performances and papers.
Every year, National History Day
has a different theme, which is re-
leased in the spring. The students
start working on their projects during
the fall, said Jody Finnegan, mother of
student Rachel Finnegan.
This years theme was Revolution,
Reaction, and Reform in History.
After competing together for five
years, students Rachel Finnegan,
Amanda HalchakandThomas Caffrey,
sophomores at Holy Redeemer, and
Ben Sullivan, a freshman at Scranton
Prep, made it to the national competi-
tion at the University of Maryland
June 10-14.
Afundraiser will be held from6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday in Rodanos, Wilkes-
Barre, to help them on their way.
Janine Halchak, coach and mother
of Amanda Halchak, said they are
starting with a budget of $600, a dona-
tion from Holy Redeemer. She esti-
mates the cost to be about $800 each
for student and a chaperone, totaling
$3,200.
For $10, participants can receive a
pizza, a soda and enjoy historical pre-
sentations from the students, as well
as other local students who had com-
peted on the local and state levels.
Theywill be competingagainst hun-
dreds of other teams from all over the
world, Janine Halchak said.
Inspired by their parents memories
of Woolworths Five and Dime, the
foursome said they learned a lot about
Woolworth, including that he became
a forgotten man in his hometown of
Lancaster, and a connection to Wilkes-
Barre with a local businessman, Fred
Kirby.
Sullivansaidhe was surprisedtosee
that many residents in Lancaster did
not know who Woolworth was.
There was once a plaque in town,
but it was torn down years ago, he
said.
Caffrey said he surprised to see a
close tie to the Wilkes-Barre area and
how it helped Woolworth to change
the retail world.
The students also uncovered a con-
nection with Kirby, who financially
backed Woolworth to start his own
business. This step would lead Wool-
worth to design a store where custom-
ers could touch and feel the quality of
KENNETH E. BEHRING NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST
Amanda Halchak, Thomas Caffrey as Frank Woolworth, Ben Sullivan as Fred Kirby and Rachel Finnegan prepare for
their performance in the National History Day competition in the play A Revolutionary Empire Built on Nickles
and Dimes.
Bringing it all to life
Local H.S. students seek funds to compete in event
By EILEEN GODIN Times Leader Correspondent
A fundraiser will be held 6 to 8
p.m. Wednesday at Rodanos,
Wilkes-Barre, to help a team of
four students compete in the
Kenneth E. Behring National
History Day Contest at the Uni-
versity of Maryland.
For $10, participants can receive
a pizza, a soda, and enjoy histor-
ical presentations from the
students, as well as from other
local students who had compet-
ed on the local and state levels.
IF YOU GO
See HISTORY, Page 4A
NOXEN -- Having one mother (or
grandmother, aunt, whomever you
choose to celebrate) on Mothers Day is
certainlyenoughofablessing, butvisitthe
annualMothersDaypowwowontheNox-
en Volunteer Fire Department grounds
and youll find you have much more than
that.
These kids you see running around
right now, well, theres about 100 grand-
mothers on these grounds and theyre all
watching them, powwow coordinator
NatalieBowersox, whogoesbyher Amer-
ican Indian-given name Wisteria, said.
Whenyoucome here, youre family.
The annual gathering emphasizes just
that, a sense of community and a safe
haven to come together and celebrate,
whether AmericanIndianor not.
This is a day to not only gather, but to
educate, Bowersox said. We want peo-
ple to know that there are still Native
Americans livingintheUnitedStates. We
want them to understand that were very
spiritual people and we honor everything
-- the earth, sky, wind, animals.
Sunday markedthe last day of the pow-
wow, a day that kicked off around noon
with various different dancers and drum-
mers. Theceremonyopenedwiththehon-
oring of veterans as several made the
grand entrance bearing flags that marked
what unit of military or war they were a
part of. Leading the way was a mancarry-
ing an eagle staff, what Bowersox called
the Native Americans version of the
Americanflag.
The celebration also called for dances
thathonoredthosewhohavepassedaway,
children and, of course, mothers. The
dancers danced and dressed in the mens
and womens tradition, wearing buckskin
dresses and feather bustles. There were
young women dressed up in fancy shawl
regalia, which is a more upbeat way of
dancing.
In addition to the dancing, vendors
lined the outer rimof the grounds selling
various crafts. Many who were present
hadastorytotell ortraditiontoshare, and
all were more thanwillingtodoso.
Murph Hislop, who ran the powwows
before passing the responsibility on to
Bowersoxsevenyears ago, hadbeenorga-
nizingsuchthingsfor25years. Heremem-
DON CAREY /THE TIMES LEADER
Dancers take part in the Mothers Day intertribal powwow on Sunday at the
Noxen Fire Company grounds. For Click photos from the event, see Page 1C.
Honoring tradition on Mothers Day
See POWWOW, Page 12A
Intertribal powwow in Noxen
emphasizes values that anyone
should be able to relate to.
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spokorny@timesleader.com
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university matters.
After his victory, Redding
told the school newspaper, The
Daily Athenaeum, Imgoing to
take what I hear from the stu-
dents and what Ive learned
over the past few years and use
that to make the best-informed
decisions for the students.
Redding, the son of Mitch
and Kim Quinn of Hanover
Township, and brother to Katie
and Kearney Quinn, had to get
1,500 petition signatures of his
fellowWVUstudents just to get
on the ballot.
We campaigned for two
weeks, speaking to groups,
clubs and organizations and
standing in front of places that
are popular with students, he
said. We also had a debate in
front of the student body.
There are approximately
30,000 students on the Morgan-
town, W.Va., campus.
He said one of the major is-
sues facing the school is its
transition in athletics from the
Big East Conference to the Big
12.
Realignment to the Big 12 is
the biggest issue at West Virgin-
ia, Redding said. We want to
make a good impression and es-
tablish West Virginia as a power
in the Big 12.
He said the position is a one-
year term. He said health insur-
ance is a major issue for stu-
dents.
Within the next year or two,
every student will have to have
it, Redding said. We want to
ensure students get the best
coverage at the lowest possible
rate.
Redding has served as presi-
dent of the Kappa Sigma frater-
nity, as well as being head of the
alumni and social committees.
Redding is a 2009 graduate of
Holy Redeemer High School,
where he played basketball and
volleyball, and served as a cap-
tain on both squads.
Redding and Vice President-
elect Jarred Zuccari were part
of the United Party who defeat-
ed the Golden Ticket candi-
dates.
Redding was quoted in his in-
augural speech as saying, To-
day we are here to celebrate a
victory. Not for ourselves or
our party, but for the students
of this university.
He also said, We will step up
to the plate and represent the
students of this university to
our greatest ability. The United
Partys goals include instilling
fundamentals back into SGA,
increasing social justice, and
curbing unacceptable student
behavior on campus.
After Reddings election, he
was informed by The Center for
American-Russian Engagement
of Emerging Leaders (CA-
REEL) that he was accepted in-
to the Kremlin Fellows Pro-
gram. Only 15 student leaders
nationwide are selected to par-
ticipate in the summer 2012 ex-
change program sponsored by
the Russian Federations Feder-
al Agency on Youth Affairs.
Redding will travel to Mos-
cowMay 25 to June 3 and repre-
sent WVU in meetings with
Russian government officials,
entrepreneurs and student
leaders. The Kremlin Fellows
Program enables the most ac-
complished young American
leaders to visit and meet with
their Russian peers.
During this exchange, Red-
ding will meet with students at
Moscow State University, Mos-
cow State Institute of Interna-
tional Relations, Bauman Mos-
cow State Technical University
and Skolkovo Open University.
Zach is the grandson of Paul
and Regina Chmil of Ashley,
and Marty and Barbara Quinn
of Pittston. He is the great-
grandson of Helen Brigido of
Pittston.
REDDING
Continued from Page 3A
Realignment to the Big 12 (athletic conference) is
the biggest issue at West Virginia. We want to
make a good impression and establish West Virginia
as a power in the Big 12.
Zach Redding
of Hanover Township
Was it just a number they
pulled out of a hat? Was any-
thing done mathematically to
determine that $20 million is a
reasonable expectation to be
paid up front?
Katarsky, a financial analyst,
said he thinks bidders will not
go for the $20 million upfront
payment.
I doubt any bidder will even
be close to that number, he
said.
Torbik said any discussion on
rates going up if a private com-
pany takes over is speculation.
He said if rates do increase sig-
nificantly, customers could be
lost. He said the authority
wouldbe involvedinany discus-
sions about rate hikes before
any leasing agreement being
struck.
Just because you can raise
rates doesnt mean youre going
to, Torbik said. Bidders have
to figure out what they need to
dotopay the city whatever their
bid is.
PARKING
the merchandise and that of-
fered price-lining.
This was innovative for the
time. Halchak and Finnegan
said that before these changes,
customers were not allowed to
touch the products and prices
varied.
Sullivan added Woolworth al-
so was the first businessman to
offer his employees sick time
and vacation time.
The students made frequent
trips to Lancaster, where Wool-
worth opened his first store.
They visited the historical so-
ciety and researched in libraries
as well as online. But one source
of information stood out from
the rest.
A man named Jim Morrison,
of Paradise, Pa., had a replica of
a Woolworths Five and Dime in
his basement. The students and
their parents visited several
times.
It was like walking into
Woolworths, Janine Halchak
said. It brought tears to my
eyes.
Morrison gave the students
original 5-cent and10-cent price
tags from Woolworths to use in
their presentation.
Dressed in early 1900s cloth-
ing, they do a skit based on
Woolworths early days and his
climb to success building a mul-
timillion-dollar empire.
Woolworth laid the ground
work for many of todays retail
stores, including Kmart, which
started as a five-and-dime store
in Detroit, Mich.
HISTORY
K
N A T I O N & W O R L D
ATHENS, GREECE
Radical left skips talks
G
reek state television on Sunday
said radical left Syriza party leader
Alexis Tsipras has refused to attend a
meeting of party leaders to be con-
vened today by the countrys president
to seek a solution to the deadlock in
forming a coalition government.
President Karolos Papoulias called
the meeting for this evening after last-
ditch efforts to find a solution foun-
dered Sunday.
The meeting was to be between the
heads of the parties that came in the
top three spots in last weeks inconclu-
sive elections: the conservative New
Democracy, radical left-wing Syriza and
socialist PASOK, plus the head of the
small Democratic Left party which is in
a king-maker position.
NEW YORK
JPMorgan execs to quit
Three executives at JPMorgan
Chase, the largest bank in the United
States, are expected to leave their jobs
this week after a $2 billion trading
blunder, The Wall Street Journal re-
ported Sunday.
The Journal, citing people familiar
with the situation, reported that one of
the executives is Ina Drew, who for
seven years has run the risk-manage-
ment division at the bank responsible
for the loss.
A JPMorgan spokeswoman did not
immediately return a request for com-
ment from The Associated Press.
Earlier Sunday, NBC aired an in-
terview in which JPMorgan CEO Jamie
Dimon said that he was dead wrong
when he dismissed concerns about the
banks trading last month.
MEXICO CITY
Bodies found along highway
Mexican authorities, acting on an
anonymous tip, on Sunday found about
50 mostly mutilated bodies dumped on
the side of a highway between Monter-
rey, Mexicos wealthiest city, and the
U.S. border.
The bodies of at least 43 men and
half a dozen women were found in
plastic garbage bags near the town of
Cadereyta Jimenez, the location of a
large state-run oil refinery, officials in
the state prosecutors office said. Deter-
mining the exact number of dead was
made difficult by the condition of the
bodies.
Army troops and police descended
on the site and temporarily closed the
highway, a major thoroughfare from
Monterrey to the border city of Nuevo
Laredo.
Sundays discovery apparently was
linked to a string of increasingly vio-
lent attacks as rival drug-trafficking
gangs battle for control of the lucrative
northeastern corridor of Mexico.
BEIRUT
Syrian relations worsening
Syrian forces killed at least five peo-
ple when they raided a Sunni farming
village on Sunday, torching homes and
looting shops in what activists said is a
sign of worsening relations among the
countrys religious groups.
Tensions stemming from the 14-
month-old uprising against President
Bashar Assad also touched off clashes
across the border in Lebanon as the
revolt threatened to morph into a
broader conflict.
The relentless violence further un-
dermines a U.N.-backed peace plan that
is supposed to bring an end to Syrias
deadly crisis. A cease-fire that was
supposed to begin on April 12 has had
only a limited effect, throwing into
doubt the rest of the plan that calls for
talks between Assads regime and those
seeking to end his rule.
I N B R I E F
AP PHOTO
Little monk marks a milestone
A South Korean Buddhist monk
shaves the head of Hye Oh during a
service to celebrate Buddhas up-
coming birthday at Jogye temple in
Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, 2012. He
is one of the nine children who en-
tered the temple to have an experi-
ence of monks life for three weeks,
called Little Buddha Camp.
KABUL, Afghanistan Un-
known assailants shot and
killed a senior Afghan peace
negotiator Sunday, govern-
ment officials said, inthe latest
major blow to President Ha-
mid Karzais 2-year-old effort
to negotiate a truce with insur-
gents.
The peace envoy, Arsala
Rahmani, a former minister in
the deposed Taliban govern-
ment, was on his way to work
Sunday morning when a car
stopped next to his vehicle in
western Kabul. A gunman
openedfire andkilledhimwith
a silencer-equipped weapon,
said Mohammad Zahir, the
head of Kabul polices criminal
investigation division.
The bullet hit Rahmanis
heart, so he passed away a few
seconds after he was shot, Za-
hir said.
A spokesman for Karzai, Ai-
mal Faizy, said at a news con-
ference that the attack was car-
ried out by enemies of the
country who are against peace,
stability and prosperity in Af-
ghanistan.
The Taliban, which had pre-
viously vowed to target mem-
bers of the High Peace Council
as part of their spring offen-
sive, denied responsibility for
the attack.
The Mujahideen of the Is-
lamic Emirate have no hand in
his assassination, said Zabi-
hullah Mujahid, a Taliban
spokesman, using the groups
official name. We deny any
kind of involvement.
Rahmani had been a key fig-
ure in negotiations between
the Afghan government and
the Taliban. Perceivedas a rela-
tive moderate, he reconciled
with the Afghan government
and Karzai appointed him two
times as a senator to the upper
house of Parliament. He was
chairman of the peace coun-
cils committee on political
prisoners and was seen as the
main negotiator in efforts to
get the Talibans detainees re-
leased from U.S. military pris-
ons.
In a prepared statement, the
U.S.-led military coalition in
Afghanistan, the International
Security Assistance Force,
condemned the killing and
praised Rahmani, saying that
he chose to make a positive
contribution to his nation by
turning his back on an insur-
gent movement that continues
to be wholly detrimental to the
future of Afghanistan. His deci-
sion to help make the future
brighter for Afghans serves as
an inspiration to us all and his
contributions will be missed.
Senior Afghan peace envoy shot dead
Taliban denies responsibility
in death of ex-minister in
deposed Taliban government.
By ALI SAFI
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON In 1988, well-
heeled gay activists went to Mi-
chael Dukakis presidential cam-
paign with an offer to raise $1 mil-
lion for his election effort.
The campaign said no, according
to the activists. They turned us
down flat because it was gay mon-
ey, said longtime gay rights advo-
cate David Mixner.
Less than a quarter-century later,
the gay and lesbian community
ranks as one of the most important
parts of President Barack Obamas
campaign-finance operation. The
campaign has hosted a slew of
events targeted at gay donors, from
intimate dinners to extravagant ga-
las. Wealthy gay business execu-
tives and philanthropists fill the
ranks of Obamas top bundlers.
Twenty-one prominent gay individ-
uals and couples raised a total of at
least $7.4 million for the presi-
dents re-election through the end
of March.
Born of the desperate urgency of
the AIDS crisis, the fundraising
powerhouse assembled by the gay
community has propelled its con-
cerns to center stage. The Obama
campaign and gay activists reject
the suggestion that the presidents
endorsement of same-sex marriage
was tied to fundraising. But there is
no doubt that a once-marginalized
constituency is now mainstream,
influencing electoral politics from
city hall to the White House.
People just have a better under-
standing and appreciation about
how much impact they can have,
said Chuck Wolfe, president of the
Gay &Lesbian Victory Fund, which
works to elect openly gay and lesbi-
an officials. Its budget has in-
creased nearly sixfold in the last
decade.
Theyre electing state legisla-
tors who can deal with marriage is-
sues. Theyre electing school board
members who can talk about bully-
ing, Wolfe said.
Democratic candidates have
overwhelmingly benefited from
gay and lesbian support, an alliance
bolstered by presumptive GOP
nominee Mitt Romneys reiteration
last week that he opposes same-sex
marriage.
Donations
from gays
now major
President Obamas campaign has
hosted many events targeted at
gay and lesbian donors.
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
V
IENNA A draw-
ing based on infor-
mation from inside
an Iranian military
site shows an explosives con-
tainment chamber of the type
needed for nuclear arms-re-
lated tests that U.N. inspec-
tors suspect Tehran has con-
ducted there. Iran denies
such testing and has neither
confirmed nor denied the ex-
istence of such a chamber.
The computer-generated drawing
was provided by an official of a coun-
try tracking Irans nuclear program
who said it proves the structure ex-
ists, despite Tehrans refusal to ac-
knowledge it.
That official said the image is
based on information from a person
who hadseenthe chamber at the Par-
chin military site, adding that going
into detail would endanger the life of
that informant. The official comes
from an IAEA member country that
is severely critical of Irans assertions
that its nuclear activities are peaceful
andasserts they are a springboardfor
making atomic arms.
A former senior IAEA official said
he believes the drawing is accurate.
Olli Heinonen, until last year theU.N.
nuclear agencys deputy director gen-
eral in charge of the Iran file, said it
was very similar to a photo he re-
cently saw that he believes to be the
pressure chamber the IAEA suspects
is at Parchin.
He said even the colors of the com-
puter-generated drawing matched
that of the photo he had but declined
to go into the origins of the photo to
protect his source.
Warnings by Israel that it may at-
tack Irans nuclear facilities eased af-
ter Iran and six powers -- the United
States, Russia, China, Britain, France
and Germany -- met last month and
agreed there was enough common
will for talks May 23 between the six
and Tehran in Baghdad.
IRAN MILITARY SITE Sketch shows chamber needed for nuke-weapons-related tests
AP FILE PHOTO/DIGITALGLOBE
The military complex at Parchin, Iran, about 19 miles southeast of Tehran. In its next round of nuclear negotia-
tions with world powers, Iran is seeking possible pledges by the West to ease sanctions.
Ominous discovery
A chamber of the type needed for nuclear arms-related tests that U.N.
inspectors suspect Tehran has conducted at the Parchin military site.
The official who provided information for the drawing demanded he and
his country remain anonymous in exchange for sharing the information.
Any evidence that such a structure exists is significant in International
Atomic Energy Agency attempts to investigate the alleged experiments.
Data comes from official of nation tracking Iran
AP PHOTO
By GEORGE JAHN
Associated Press
CHICAGOOne in 3 young adults
with autism have no paid job experi-
ence, college or technical school near-
lysevenyears after highschool gradua-
tion, a study finds. Thats a poorer
showing than those with other disabil-
ities including those who are mentally
disabled, the researchers said.
With roughly half a million autistic
kids reaching adulthood in the next
decade, experts say its an issue policy-
makers urgently need to address.
The study was done well before un-
employment peaked from the reces-
sion.
Ian Wells of Allentown, N.J., is 21,
autistic and wont graduate from high
school until next year. He is unlikely to
attend college because of his autism.
He wants a job but has only found un-
paid internships and is currently work-
ingpart-time andunpaidas a worker at
a fastener factory.
Hes a hard worker, with good me-
chanical skills, but has trouble reading
and speaking, said his mother, Barbara
Wells.
The study, publishedonline today in
Pediatrics, was based on data from
2007-08. It found that within two years
of leaving high school, more than half
of those with autismhad no job experi-
ence, college or technical education.
Things improved as they got older.
Yet nearly seven years after high
school, 35 percent of autistic young
adults still had no paid employment or
education beyond high school.
Those figures compare with 26 per-
cent of mentally disabled young
adults, 7 percent of young adults with
speech and language problems, and 3
percent of those with learning disabil-
ities.
Prospects dim for autistic young adults
AP PHOTO
Ian Wells, 21, of Allentown, N.J., has
autism and has had trouble finding
paid employment.
A third lack job experience, college
or tech school education, study
being published today finds.
By LINDSEY TANNER
AP Medical Writer
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HANOVER TWP. Township police re-
ported the following:
The owner of Sagers Auto Repair on
Breaker Road reported Sunday radiators were
stolen from six vehicles. The hoses were cut
on the vehicles being used for auto repair
parts. The thefts occurred between Saturday
and Sunday.
Jennifer Miers reported Saturday after-
noon she was struck in the face and her hair
was pulled by a woman known to her while
at a residence on Center Street.
A manager of the CVS Pharmacy on
Carey Avenue reported Saturday afternoon a
man took a Craig DVD player from its box
and left the store without paying for it. Store
manager Esther Krupa described the person
as a white man, bald, wearing a black banda-
na and black jacket. He was last seen heading
south on foot toward the Hanover crossroads.
WILKES-BARRE City police reported
the following:
A man tried to steal a juke box, vacuum
pump and a ramp kit from the A&A Auto
Store on South Main Street on Thursday. The
suspect was described as a white male in his
20s, approximately 6 feet tall with short
brown hair, wearing a white T-shirt and blue
sweat pants with two white stripes. He drop-
ped the merchandise, fled to the rear of the
store and then left in an unknown direction.
Philip Danni of Macungie was arrested
and charged with criminal trespass and loiter-
ing and prowling Saturday after he fled the
residence of Chris Gazdick on Birch Street.
Witnesses said they saw Danni step out from
the residence onto a roof and poke his head
out. He went back into the residence and fled
before police arrived, but was later appre-
hended based upon the description provided
by witnesses. Police said he was taken for an
overnight arraignment at the Luzerne Coun-
ty Correctional Facility and later released on
bail.
Adam Hobson of East Chestnut Street
reported Saturday his apartment was burglar-
ized. A PlayStation 3, two controllers, an HP
laptop computer, an iPad 2 and clothing were
stolen.
Jesse Rowles of Almond Lane was arrest-
ed early Sunday morning after police respon-
ded to a report of a man trying to enter vehi-
cles on Regent Street. A records check deter-
mined Rowles was wanted in Snyder County
for failure to appear on charges, police said.
He was committed to the Luzerne County
Correctional Facility to await extradition to
Snyder County.
James Valenti was charged with retail
theft Saturday after he returned to the Video
Game Store on South Main Street where he
POLICE BLOTTER
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WASHINGTON For about a
year, Pennsylvania wine-lovers
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Wine & Good Spirits store to pick
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They could swing by the grocery
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states, with one major caveat: They
had to purchase the wine from a
state vending machine. To get their
bottle out of the machine, they had
to blowinto a breathalyzer and wait
for a state employee in a central of-
fice to verify their identity and so-
briety.
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control
Boards initial attempt to modern-
ize its retail operations with wine
vending machines in grocery stores
ended in September after a little
more than a year of operation. An
audit released last August found
that the wine kiosks were inconve-
nient and took in $1.12 million less
than the cost of operating them.
They frequently malfunctioned and
were shuttered on Sundays, the top
sales day for grocery stores.
Public vs. private
Eighteen states have an agency
charged with overseeing the whole-
sale or retail sale of liquor or wine,
but only Pennsylvania and Utah ex-
ert complete control over all such
sales. Now Pennsylvania is one of
several states grappling with
whether to modernize its system or
get out of the alcohol business en-
tirely.
Proponents of privatizing retail
and wholesale purchases of wine
and liquor in Pennsylvania believe
the vending machine episode is
proof the state doesnt belong in the
booze business. They are free to
run their business however they
like without any concern for market
demands; its a monopoly, said
Rep. Justin Simmons, a Republi-
can. They spent millions of dollars
on wine kiosks and it was a total
bust.
Simmons likes to remind people
what former Gov. Gifford Pinchot
said when he created the Pennsyl-
vania Liquor Control Board at the
end of Prohibition. He said that he
was going to make the sale of alco-
hol as inconvenient and expensive
as possible, and thats essentially
the same system we have today.
An online campaign from a free-
market think tank, the Common-
wealth Foundation, at freemydrink-
.com lays out the case even more
bluntly. Somehow, the PLCB
thought customers would like the
convenience of blowing into a pub-
lic breathalyzer and gazing into a
state-run camera where an off-site,
taxpayer-paid employee verified
their sobriety and identity. The
Blowand Go fiasco shows just how
inept government can be when they
ignore customer needs and try to
imitate the benefits of free mar-
kets.
Changes in Washington state
Last November, voters in Wash-
ington state approved a ballot mea-
sure that will make Washington the
first state since the 1930s to aban-
don its role in retail and wholesale
liquor sales. Youve had the same
basic structure among the states
since the end of Prohibition, said
Leonard Gilroy, director of govern-
ment reform at the Reason Founda-
tion, another free-market think
tank that advises states and locali-
ties on privatization. Not much
has really changed on the map.
Washington auctioned off its
state-run liquor stores earlier this
month, and it will complete the
transition to a private system by
June 1. Weve really taken a billion-
dollar business with 300 locations
and brought it to a screeching halt
in less than six months, said Pat
McLaughlin, business enterprise
director for the Washington State
Liquor Control Board. One thou-
sand state employees will lose their
jobs after the transition.
However, opponents have chal-
lenged the validity of last Novem-
bers ballot initiative, arguing that
it is unconstitutional because it in-
cluded more than one measure. The
state Supreme Court will review
the case on Thursday.
The measure attracted heavy in-
volvement frombusiness, and Cost-
co poured about $20 million into
promoting it. Its chief opponents
were wine and liquor distributors
concerned about a rule that allows
retailers to purchase directly from
distilleries. Large retailers are also
allowed to warehouse products
themselves.
In Washington, smaller retailers
could bid for the former state sites
that were put up for auction, but on-
ly retailers with more than 10,000
square feet of space are allowed to
sell liquor at a new location.
Pa., others taking liquor sales heat
FOTOLIA.COM PHOTO
Eighteen states have an agency charged with overseeing the wholesale or retail sale of liquor or wine, but only
Pennsylvania and Utah exert complete control over all such sales.
Critics say wine kiosks fiasco
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ARNOLD Richard, funeral Mass
10:30 a.m. today in the Church of
St. Mary of the Immaculate
Conception, 130 S. Washington
St., Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call
at 9:30 a.m.
BINIEK Andrew Jr., funeral 9 a.m.
Tuesday in the Michael J. Mikelski
Funeral Home, 293 S. River St.,
Plains Township. Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Ss.
Peter and Paul Church, Plains
Township. Friends may call 4 to 8
p.m. today in the funeral home.
CONAHAN Patricia, Mass of
Christian Burial with cremated
remains 11 a.m. Tuesday in St.
Leos/Holy Rosary Church, Man-
hattan Street, Ashley.
DIAZ Ismael, funeral 5 p.m. today
in the George A. Strish Inc. Funer-
al Home, 105 N. Main St., Ashley.
Friends may call 3 to 5 p.m.
FEDEROWICZ Matilda, Memorial
Mass 11 a.m. Saturday in All Saints
Parish, Plymouth.
FRANQUET Munjia, friends may
call 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday in the
Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030
Wyoming Ave., Exeter.
GOBER Leona, Mass of Christian
Burial 10 a.m. Tuesday in St Jo-
sephs Church of St. Monicas
Parish, 97 East 6th St., Wyoming.
All relatives and friends are
asked to go directly to the church
the morning of the service.
Friends may call 1 to 4 and 6 to 9
p.m. today in Gobers Deco
Lounge, 1248 Wyoming Ave.,
Exeter.
HENNING Betty, memorial ser-
vices 1 p.m. Saturday in the Rus-
sell Hill United Methodist Church,
Rt. 6, Tunkhannock.
JOHNSTON Stephanie, Mass of
Christian Burial 9:30 a.m. Tues-
day in the Church of the Holy
Redeemer (Corpus Christi Par-
ish), Harding. Those attending are
asked to go directly to the church
on Tuesday morning as there will
be no procession from the funer-
al home. Friends may call 5 to 8
p.m. today in the funeral home.
KOHL Charles Sr., Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 10:30 a.m. today in St.
Mary Our Lady Hope of Chris-
tians Church, Dorrance Corners,
Wapwallopen. Friends may call
9:30 a.m. at the church.
KOPINSKI Joseph, funeral 9 a.m.
Tuesday in the Jendrzejewski
Funeral Home, 21 N. Meade St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Mass of Christian
Burial at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of
Hope Parish, Wilkes-Barre.
Friends may call 4 to 8 p.m.
today.
LIGUORI Dominick, service 8 p.m.
Tuesday with military honors in
the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc.
Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming
Ave., Forty Fort. Friends may call
6 to 9 p.m.
RUDZKI Christine, funeral 10 a.m.
today in the Lokuta-Zawacki
Funeral Home, 200 Wyoming
Ave., Dupont. Funeral Mass at
10:30 a.m. in the Holy Mother of
Sorrows Church, 212 Wyoming
Ave., Dupont. Friends may call 9
to 10 a.m.
SWETTS Eleanor, funeral 9:30
a.m. Tuesday in the Wroblewski
Funeral Home Inc., 1442 Wyoming
Ave., Forty Fort. Mass of Christian
Burial at 10 a.m. in Holy Trinity
Church, 116 Hughes St., Swoyers-
ville. Friends may call 5 to 8 p.m.
today in the funeral home.
WESNAK Robert, Mass of Chris-
tian Burial 9:30 a.m. today in St.
Joseph Marello Parish at Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Church,
237 William St., Pittston. Those
attending the Mass and inter-
ment are asked to go directly to
church.
FUNERALS
M
ary Rosaleen (Dowd) Gavigan,
a resident of West Pittston,
died Friday, May11, 2012, in Wesley
Village.
She was born December 3, 1924,
in Pittston, daughter of the late
John Dowd and Laura (Gill) Dowd.
husband, Raymond Gavigan.
She graduated from St. Johns
High School and Wilkes-Barre Busi-
ness College. She was a charter
member of the local chapter of
Pennsylvanians For Human Life.
Surviving are sons William and
wife Grace Gavigan, Laflin; Joseph
Gavigan, Cedar Hill, Texas; Gerard
(Jerry) and wife Patty Gavigan ,
Plains; daughters, Mary and hus-
band William Long, Wayne, Pa.;
Jane Denion and fianc Mark
OConnor. West Wyoming; Anne
Smith, Chandler, Ariz.; Eileen
Greene and companion Gary Ted-
der, Soddy Daisy, Tenn.; Laurie and
husband Paul Bosco, West Pittston;
brothers Jack Dowd, Leo Dowd;
granddaughters, Laura, Shannon,
Kathleen, Jude, Maura, Emily, Ka-
tie, Leslie, Michelle; grandsons, Mi-
chael, Chris, Evan, Matthew, Brian,
John; great-granddaughters, Kasey,
Catherine, Leah; great-grandsons,
Justin and T.J.; numerous nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in death by son
OwenGavigan, whopassedaway on
Jan. 19, 2011, and brothers Joseph
Dowd and William Dowd; sister,
Agnes Swift, and son-in-law, T.J.
Smith.
Funeral Services are entrusted
toGrazianoFuneral Home Inc., Pitt-
ston Township.
Viewing hours will be held from5
to 8 p.m. on Monday, May 14, 2012,
at the funeral home.
Funeral services will begin at the
funeral home on Tuesday, May 15,
2012, at 9 a.m.
AMass of ChristianBurial will be
held from St. John the Evangelist
R.C. Church, Pittston, on Tuesday,
May 15, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., with the
Rev. Paul McDonnell, O.S.J, officiat-
ing. Interment Services will follow
at St. Johns The Evangelist Ceme-
tery, Pittston.
The family would like to recog-
nize the staff at Wesley Village and
Dr. Charles Manganiellofor the care
and compassion they showed Mary.
Also the family would like to give
special thanks to Marys roommate,
Margaret Doris Davies.
Donation can be made in Marys
name to St. John the Evangelist
Church, 35 WilliamSt., Pittston, PA
18640, or The Care &Concern Clin-
ic, 35 William St., Pittston, PA
18640.
Mary Rosaleen (Dowd) Gavigan
May 11, 2012
A
lbert S. Karichner, 87, a resident
of Harding, Exeter Township,
died Saturday, May 12, 2012 in the
Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Plains Township,
following a lengthy illness.
Mr. Karichner was born in Hugh-
estown, son of the late George and
Margaret Karichner, and attended
Hughestown High School. During
World War II, Mr. Karichner served
with the 55th Field Artillery Battal-
ion, U.S. Army, in New Guinea and
in Luzon, the Philippines, earning
the American Theater ribbon; the
Asiatic-Pacific Theater ribbon with
two bronze service stars; the Philip-
pine Liberation ribbon with one
bronze service star; the Good Con-
duct Medal; Distinguished Unit
Badge and the World War II Victory
Medal. In addition to the preceding,
Mr. Karichner was awarded the
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious
service against the enemy in Ba-
guio, Luzon, Philippine Islands. He
organized the defenses of his units
perimeter, installing barbed wire,
an alarm system and machine gun
nests, contributing greatly to the
success of his mission, despite unfa-
vorable terrain and inclement
weather.
Following his military service,
Mr. Karichner was employed by the
Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Co.,
Exeter, for several years andprior to
his retirement, due to ill health, he
was associated with Roy Stauffer
Chevrolet Co., West Pittston, for
some time.
He was a faithful member of St.
Peters Lutheran Church, Hughes-
town and had been a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was a homebody who espe-
cially enjoyed his home, family and
woodworking.
He was preceded in death by a
daughter, Linda M. Ament; brother,
George Karichner and sisters, He-
len Dean, Dorothy ODell and his
twin sister, Alberta Keiderling.
Surviving are his wife of 65 years,
Myrtle Lumley Karichner, at home;
a son, Don A. Karichner and his
wife, Holly, Shavertown; grandchil-
dren, Ronald and Warren Ament
and Jill and Ryan Karichner; great-
grandchildren, Devon and Claire
Ament; several nieces andnephews,
including Kevin McCracken and his
wife Ganella, and Charles Karichn-
er.
Funeral will be held Wednes-
day at 11a.m. fromthe H. Mer-
ritt Hughes Funeral Home, Inc., a
Golden Rule Funeral Home, 211 Lu-
zerne Avenue, West Pittston, with
the Rev. Robert F. Sauers, retired
Lutheran pastor, officiating. Inter-
ment will be in Memorial Shrine
Cemetery, Carverton. Friends may
call Tuesday 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.
and Wednesday from 10 a.m. until
the service.
The family requests that flowers
be omitted and that memorial dona-
tions in Mr. Karichners name be
made to St. Peters Lutheran
Church, Center and Rock streets,
Hughestown, PA18640.
Albert S. Karichner
May 12, 2012
M
ike Welles, 71, of Wilkes-Barre
Township, passed away on Sat-
urday, May12, at home, surrounded
by his loving family.
Born in Scranton, he was the son
of the late Michael Jay and Eliza-
beth Haines Welles. He graduated
from St. Leos High School, Ashley,
and attended Mansfield College.
Mike served in the U.S. Coast
Guard, and spent most of his work-
ing years covering Northeastern PA
as a tire salesman. Most recently, he
was employed with T&F Tire in
Kingston.
Mike lived a simple life, and re-
cently retired to enjoy it. He loved
quiet nights outside conversing
with his wife, and watching his
grandchildren grow. Energetic, up-
beat and often smiling, he was a joy
tobe around. He enjoyeddinner and
friendshipat theBarneyInn, anden-
joyedholidayvisits andcelebrations
with his family, especially Christ-
mas, where he taught his childrento
decorate and take in the joy of the
season.
Mike excelled in sports as a
youngmanandwas proudtobe part
of St Leos 1958 State Champs. He
was an avid Philadelphia Phillies
and Eagles fan and enjoyed spend-
ing time at Cape May, N.J.
He was preceded in death by
brothers James, Frederick and Rob-
ert Welles.
Mike is survived by his beloved
wife, Barbara; son Michael and his
partner, Chris, Dallas; daughter, Jo-
dell, and her husband, Brian, Moun-
tain Top; son Kevin and his wife,
Nancy, Wilkes-Barre; and son Tim
and his wife, Stacy, Plymouth; step-
children, Corinne Gilsky and her
husband, Jason, Mountain Top, and
Stephanie Andrejko, Hanover
Township; grandchildren, Ronald,
Alec, Brandon, Emily, Megan, Ke-
vin, Tess, Carissa, Cady, Lily, Max
and Emily; brothers Gary Welles
andwifePat of PlymouthTownship,
and Thomas Welles and wife Don-
na, Plymouth.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 10
a.m. at the Lehman Family Funeral
Service Inc., 689Hazle Ave., Wilkes-
Barre, with the Reverend Thomas J.
OMalley officiating.
Friends may call today from5to8
p.m. or Tuesday from 9 a.m. until
time of service at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family re-
quests that donations be made in
Mikes name to Hospice Communi-
ty Care, 601 Wyoming Avenue,
Kingston, PA18704.
Condolences may be sent by vis-
iting Mikes obituary at www.leh-
manfuneralhome.com.
Mike Welles
May 12, 2012
MARY CONRAD, 84, widow of
Leonard Conrad, of Nanticoke
Towers, passed away Sunday
morning, May 13, 2012 under the
care of Hospice Community Care
in the Inpatient Unit at Geisinger
South Wilkes-Barre.
Funeral arrangement details
anda complete obituary will be an-
nounced by Davis-Dinelli Funeral
Home, 170 East Broad Street, Nan-
ticoke.
MICHAEL J. KEPICH, 89, a res-
ident of Exeter, passed away on
Sunday morning, May 13, 2012, at
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medi-
cal Center, Plains Township. His
loving wife is Frances F. (Stanish-
efski) Kepich. Together, Michael
and Frances shared 63 years of
marriage.
Funeral arrangements are
pending and have been entrusted
to the care of the Wroblewski Fu-
neral Home, Inc., 1442 Wyoming
Avenue, Forty Fort.
DOMINICK F. KILLINO, 95,
OldForge, diedSaturday inthe Re-
gional Hospital of Scranton. His
wife is the former Celia Pienta. He
served in the Navy during World
War II. Also surviving are a daugh-
ter, Diane Reviello, Moosic; a son-
in-law, Thomas Colburn, Sr., Old
Forge; three grandchildren; four
great grandchildren; and nieces
and nephews. He was preceded in
death by a daughter, Pamela Col-
burn; brothers, Frank and Sam;
and sisters, Grace Morock, There-
sa Embrico, and Genevieve Meca-
don.
The funeral will be Wednes-
day at 9:30 a.m. fromthe Vic-
tor M. Ferri Funeral Home, 522
Fallon St., Old Forge, with Mass at
10 a.m. in St. Marys Church, Old
Forge. Interment will be in Holy
Cross Cemetery, Old Forge.
Friends may call Tuesday from5 to
8 p.m. To leave an online condo-
lence visit www.ferrifuneralhome-
.com.
WALTER NEBERDOSKY, 67,
of Larksville, passed away on Fri-
day. Walter was a drummer and
leadsinger for the Nomads andthe
Detour Bands. Walter was a taxi
cab driver for Plymouth Taxi and
was employed by many silk mills
throughout the area. He was pre-
ceded in death by parents, Edward
and Josephine Neberdosky; infant
daughter, Sandra; brother, Ed-
ward; sister, Carol. Surviving are
wife, Stella; son, Walter J., Nanti-
coke; grandson, Darius; brother,
Joseph, Wilkes-Barre.
Funeral will be Tuesday at 11
a.m. fromthe S.J. Grontkowski Fu-
neral Home, Plymouth. Calling
hours are Tuesday from 9 a.m. un-
til funeral time.Visit www.sjgront-
kowskifuneralhome.com for direc-
tions or to submit condolences.
E
mmaJeanSmith, 96, of Nicholson
Township, died Friday at Abing-
ton Manor in Clarks Summit.
Her husband of 57 years, Otis W.
Smith, died in 1996.
Born in Peckville, she was the
daughter of the late Harry E. and
Blanche M. Oberts Young. Jean grew
up on Colburn Avenue in Clarks Sum-
mit, graduating from Clarks Summit
High School in 1935.
She was also a graduate of Lacka-
wanna Business College, where she
studiedaccounting. Jeanandher hus-
band moved to Nicholson Township
in the 1950s where they opened a
dairy farm for more than 30 years.
She enjoyed watercolor and oil
painting, playing cards, sewing, cook-
ingfantastic meals andbakingbeauti-
fully decorated birthday cakes for her
family.
Jean built many finely crafted
stone walls on the farm, gathering
stones from the pastures. She built
her final wall, using a hammer and
chisel to crack the stones, at age 85.
She was a longtime member and
deacon of the First Baptist Church of
the Abingtons in Waverly Township.
Surviving are a son, Gary Y. Smith,
and wife Dale, Tunkhannock; and a
daughter, Sandra S. LaCoe, and hus-
band William; Nicholson Township;
nine grandchildren, Laura Anderson
and husband Roland, Tunkhannock;
Steven Smith and wife Marie, Retta;
Tammy Jones, Meshoppen; Jennifer
James and husband Donny, Union-
dale; Crystal Smith and husband
Brett, Lawton; Brandie Sue Smith,
Nicholson Township; Brandon
Smith, Nicholson Township; Jean Ly-
nott and husband Jerry, Nicholson
Township; and Scott LaCoe and wife
Stephanie, of Montrose; and numer-
ous great-grandchildren and great-
great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be held
Wednesday at 10 a.m. from the Law-
rence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S.
State St., Clarks Summit, with ser-
vice by the Rev. Ken Knapp, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of the Abing-
tons, Waverly.
Interment will follow in the Clarks
GreenCemeterywithher ashes of her
beloved golden retriever, Maggie.
Friends may call Tuesday from6 to
8 p.m. in the funeral home.
For directions or to sign the online
guestbook, go to www.lawren-
ceeyoungfuneralhome.com.
Emma Jean Smith
May 11, 2012
J
oan S. Booth, age 82, of Lake
Township, was mercifully re-
leased from the grip of Alzheimers
disease and allowed to join her be-
lovedhusbandandfamilyinHeaven
with her Lord and Savior, on Satur-
day, May 12, 2012, at the Meadows
Nursing Center, Dallas.
Mrs. Booth was born February
25, 1930, in Plymouth, and was the
daughter of thelateGordonandMa-
bel Obitz Shafer.
She graduated from Harter High
School, West Nanticoke, in 1948.
Joanwas a dedicatedhomemaker
who was a devoted wife, loving
mother, grandmother and great-
grandmother. She was an avid read-
er, especially of the Bible, and was
member of the Outlet Bible Taber-
nacle.
Her husband, theRev. KennethE.
Booth, died in 1995. She was also
preceded in death by a brother,
James Gordon Shafer, and sisters;
Ruth (Toni) Blackwell, Jeri Shafer
and Tillie Calvert.
She is survived by her son, Gary
E. Booth, and his wife, Peggy, of
Harveys Lake; Lynn Browning and
her husband, Rick, of West Salem,
Ohio; Carol Glass and her husband,
Roy, of Blacksburg, Va.; Beth Sufrin-
ko and her husband, Mark, of Wap-
wallopen; Jennifer Acquisto andher
husband, Sal, of Mountain Top;
eight grandchildren; 16 great-grand-
children.
Friends and family are invited to
attend Joans funeral service on
Wednesday at 10 a.m. fromthe Cur-
tis L. Swanson Funeral Home Inc.,
corner of routes 29 & 118, Pikes
Creek, with the Rev. William Stritz-
inger officiating.
Interment will be in the Chestnut
Grove Cemetery, Loyalville.
Friends may call 6 to 8 p.m. on
Tuesday.
The family requests that inlieuof
flowers, memorial contributions be
made to the Alzheimers Assoc.
Northeastern PA Chapter, 63 N.
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA
18701.
Onlinecondolences maybemade
at clswansonfuneralhome.com.
Joan S. Booth
May 12, 2012
M
r. James T. Koprowski, age 65,
of Plymouth, died Saturday
eveningat the Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital.
He was born in Kingston, a son of
the late Frank and Florence Janus-
ziewicz Koprowski. He graduated
from Plymouth High School, class
of 1964, and Kings College.
He had served in the Air Force
during the Vietnam War.
Prior tohis retirement in2005, he
had been employed for many years
by the American Asphalt Co. as a
Human Resource Manager.
Mr. Koprowski was a member of
All Saints Parish, the American Le-
gion and the VFW, all of Plymouth.
He enjoyed bowling with the Shaw-
nee MixedBowlingLeague, golfing,
traveling, and most especially
spending time with his four grand-
children.
He was preceded in death by a
brother, Frank.
He is survived by his wife of 42
years, the former Mary AnnJones of
Plymouth; daughters, Kerry Coxe
and her husband Michael, Sanato-
ga, Pa.; Kelly Marchlenski, Ply-
mouth; grandchildren, Sydney,
Ryan, Tyler and Madison; sister,
Mary Lou McMann, Plymouth;
brother, JohnandcompanionDotty,
Bear Creek, and several nieces.
A funeral service will be held
Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. from
the William A. Reese Funeral Chap-
el, rear 56 Gaylord Ave., Plymouth,
followed by a Mass of Christian
Burial at 10a.m. inAll Saints Parish,
Willow Street, Plymouth. Friends
may call Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Interment will be in St. Marys
Cemetery, Hanover Township.
Memorial donations may be sent
to the Plymouth Public Library, 107
W. Main St., Plymouth, PA18651.
James T. Koprowski
May 12, 2012
M
ary F. Lewis, 95, formerly of East
Union Street, Nanticoke, passed
away early Friday morning, May 11,
2012, at the home of her son, Keith
Lewis, in Browns Mills, N.J.
Born on December 31, 1916, in
Nanticoke, she was a daughter of the
late David and Martha Jones Ho-
wells.
She attended the Nanticoke public
schools and early in life was employ-
ed by the former Duplan Silk Mill.
From 1955 to 1976, she resided in
Browns Mills, N.J. She had been em-
ployed as a pharmacists aide at the
New Lisbon State School for 2
years.
Mrs. Lewis also resided in Girard-
ville, Schuylkill County, for six years,
where her late husband, the Rev. Wil-
liam C. Lewis, had served as a Prim-
itive Methodist minister. They re-
turned to live in Nanticoke in 1982.
She was a member of Nebo Baptist
Church, Nanticoke.
husband, the Rev. William C. Lewis,
in 1995; a daughter, Janice Wetter-
skog; a sister, Olwen Kivler, and a
brother, Robert Howells.
Surviving are her sons, William R.
Lewis, Nanticoke; David A. Lewis,
Brooksville, Fla.; Keith J. Lewis (Tra-
cey), who cared for her in their home
since 2005; and Wayne C. Lewis
(Maureen), Elmer, N.J.; 11 grandchil-
dren; numerous great- and great-
great-grandchildren; nieces and ne-
phews; and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth
(Betty) Howells, Nanticoke.
Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 11 a.m. from Davis-Di-
nelli Funeral Home, 170 East Broad
Street, Nanticoke, with Pastor Tim-
othy G. Hall, of Nebo Baptist Church,
officiating.
Interment will follow in Hanover
GreenCemetery, Hanover Township.
Visitation will be Wednesday from
9 to 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family would
appreciate contributions in Mrs. Le-
wis memory be made to Nebo Bap-
tist Church, 75 S. Prospect St., Nanti-
coke, PA18634.
Mary F. Lewis
May 11, 2012
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LUCY GUPKO REID, 94, of
Northumberland, formerly of Ha-
nover Township, died Sunday,
May 13, 2012, at Maria Hall, Dan-
ville. Surviving are a son, James,
and his wife, Constance, Black-
hawk, Colo.; daughters, Patricia
Reid, Milton, and Margaret Reid
and her husband, Dr. Edward
Gross, Falmouth, Mass..; grand-
children, Jessica Cox and her hus-
band, Marcus Cox; Alex Gang and
Samantha Gross; brother, Donald
Gupko, Spotswood, N.J.; nieces
and nephews.
The funeral will be Wednesday
at 9 a.m. fromthe George A. Strish
Inc. Funeral Home, 105 N. Main
St., Ashley, with a Mass of Chris-
tian Burial at 9:30 a.m. at St. Leo
the Great/Holy Rosary Church,
Ashley. Interment will be in St.
Marys Cemetery, Hanover Town-
ship. Friends may call Tuesday
from 4 to 7 p.m.
R
uby Holloway, 79, of Mountain
Top, passed away peacefully
Friday evening at Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital.
Born on February 22, 1933, in
Aiken, S.C., she was a daughter of
George and Julia (Simkins) Hollo-
way, Sr.
In addition to her parents, Ruby
was preceded in death by two
brothers, Coley Jenkins and Ge-
orge Holloway, Jr., three sisters,
Maggie Walters, Sarah Holloway
and Thelma Jones.
Ruby is survived by two sisters,
Hattie Carter and Mary Jane Hol-
loway, both of Wilkes-Barre; a
brother, Warren Holloway, N.Y.,
N.Y.; several nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank
all the Advocacy Alliance caregiv-
ers whohelpedRubyleadafull life,
especially Dawn, Drew, Roxanne,
Amber, Sam, Tatlynn, Brenda,
Vicki and Randi over the years.
Services will be private and at
the convenience of the family. Offi-
ciating will be the Reverend Mi-
chael Brewster, of Mt. ZionBaptist
Church, Wilkes-Barre. Interment
will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Ha-
nover Township.
Online condolences are availa-
ble at www.BestLifeTributes.com.
Ruby Holloway
May 11, 2012
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SCRANTONMichael Stefa-
novs 9-year-old son just wanted
to play hockey.
Though hed been diagnosed
withstrepthroat a dayearlier, the
boy was feeling better, his pediat-
rician cleared him to skate in a
pair of weekend games and Stefa-
nov gave the OK.
Then Danielle Ross swooped
in and stole the puck.
Playinghockey, he will be hot,
sweating and in an ice cold ice
rink, she declared. I do not
agree he should play and am rec-
ommending accordingly.
And that was that. The guardi-
an had spoken, and there was
nothing Stefanov says he could
do about it.
As a court-appointedguardian
ad litem, Ross is supposed to be
a childrens advocate in custody
disputes. In reality, critics say,
she wields enormous power over
the daily lives of hundreds of
northeastern Pennsylvania par-
ents. Some beleaguered moms
and dads complain she billed
them hundreds or thousands of
dollars for services they didnt
want and hauled them into
court if they paid late while
bragging she had the final word
on decisions involving their chil-
dren. And she allegedly issued
threats, including the loss of vis-
itationrights, if theydidnt follow
her instructions.
Nowparents are fighting back.
Four years after gettingthe job,
Ross faces a civil lawsuit, a state
inquiry and a federal criminal
probe that some parents hope
will expose a system they say is
broken and beyond repair.
Ross lawyer says she is doing
exactly what the courts askof her
and attributes the sniping to dis-
gruntled parents fighting over
their children. She has not been
chargedwithany crime, nor been
subject to discipline, and contin-
ues to work as a guardian ad li-
tem.
But Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin, a
family law attorney in the Phila-
delphia area, said Lackawanna
County judges have
given Ross free rein
to impose her will,
abdicating their re-
sponsibility to chil-
dren and parents.
As soon as you
file a custody case,
you lose control of
your child to some-
one whos never met
your kid? she said.
I would be scared to
live in that county as
a parent.
Karen Kaminski
has firsthand knowl-
edge of the Scran-
ton-based guardian
program.
She said Ross turned on her af-
ter her 11-year-old daughter be-
gan losing weight and was admit-
tedtothe hospital, where doctors
could find nothing wrong.
Kaminski said Ross told the
judge inher custody case that Ka-
minski was making her kids sick
because she couldnt get over the
fact that her husband had moved
on, even though it was Kaminski
who left what she called an abu-
sive relationship. Kaminski
wound up losing custody for six
weeks and spent $1,000 on a
psychological evaluation ordered
by Ross that she says turned up
nothing.
Bruce Levine tells a similar
tale. Ross was appointedtobethe
guardian of Levines two sons af-
ter a judge denied his request for
a protection order against his ex-
wife. Ross accused Levine of
alienating the boys from their
mother and recommended that
he be limited to one hour per
week of supervised visitation, a
situation that lasted 14 months.
Levine said
Ross told him
that, as guardian,
she was driving
the bus and
would make life
uncomfortable
unless he did ex-
actly as she said.
The boys
mother later died
of a suspected
drug overdose.
Levine, who
said Lackawanna
County ignored
his complaints
about Ross, has
since organized
other parents who say they have
been hurt by Ross and the guardi-
an system.
The parents have made their
case to state and federal author-
ities. The FBI launched an inves-
tigation several months ago
Ross billing records were sub-
poenaed while the Adminis-
trative Office of Pennsylvania
Courts, at therequest of theLack-
awanna County court system, is
conducting its own review of the
guardian office.
Stefanov, meanwhile, has filed
a federal suit seeking to disman-
tle the program, arguing that
Ross has trampled on parents
rights. He previously lost a state
court bid to get Ross booted from
his custody case.
Ross, an attorney, argues she is
entitled to judicial immunity and
wants a judge to dismiss the fed-
eral suit. Another defendant,
Lackawanna County, argues the
federal court lacks jurisdiction
andhas alsoaskedthat Stefanovs
lawsuit be tossed. The remaining
defendants a trioof Lackawan-
na County judges have yet to
respond.
Nicholas Mattise, Rosss law-
yer, said that while he cannot
comment on specific complaints,
its the nature of a custody dis-
pute that one or both parents will
be unhappy with the process.
Mattise also said theres legal
precedent that guardians are per-
mitted to make day-to-day deci-
sions incustodymatters if ajudge
orders it.
Under the law, a guardian may
be appointed to represent the
best interests of a child in fam-
ily court. In practice, Pennsylva-
nia family lawexperts say, guard-
ians are used rarely and only in
the most difficult custody cases,
such as those involving allega-
tions of abuse.
No so in Lackawanna County,
where a guardian is automatic in
any custody case that meets any
one of 13 criteria, including lack
of communication between par-
ents and domestic instability.
Andthat means parents wholand
in family court are likely to have
to deal with Ross.
Lackawanna County custody official under fire
Court-appointed guardian ad
litems wield too much power
over Pa. parents, critics say.
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
Associated Press
As soon as you
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case, you lose
control of your
child to someone
whos never met
your kid?
Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin
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This is a guy who was as familiar
as a bedtime story.
Arsenio Hall
The comedian and former talk show host
characterized the late Johnny Carson, whose life is
the subject of a public television show that
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American Masters portrait, is set to air at 9 p.m. on WVIA-TV.
T
HE RECENT elec-
tions in France and
Greece suggest that
an insidious myth is
starting to take hold across
Europe.
It was best articulated by
Frances new socialist presi-
dent, Franois Hollande, in
his victory speech. Europe is
watching us, he said, with
characteristic Gallic self-ef-
facement. Austerity can no
longer be the only option.
That is fast becoming the
new economic orthodoxy. In
Greece, the governing coali-
tion that signed the country
up to the European Unions
fiscal stability pact was humil-
iatedby the anti-austerity par-
ties, including the neo-Nazi
Golden Dawn. In Spain there
is growing unrest at the scale
of unemployment, particular-
ly among the young. In Italy
and Portugal people are bri-
dling at the pace of fiscal con-
solidation.
The com-
mon theme
here is that,
four years af-
ter the crash,
voters are no
longer pre-
pared to ac-
cept austerity measures. In
place of self-sacrifice, there is
a growing popular belief that
there might be some magical,
pain-free way out of this crisis.
This is a cruel illusion, with
which responsible political
leaders should have no truck.
The only rational course of
action is for governments to
spend less. Yet the elections
showthat a great many voters
are nowhappy to suspend log-
ic and go for the soft option,
whichwill of course cost them
far more dearly in the long
run.
The Telegraph, London
WORLD OPINION
Elections reveal Europe
unwilling to sacrifice
Hollande
N
ATIONAL Democrat-
ic Party leader Tho-
mas Mulcair is bor-
rowing from Ontario
Premier Dalton McGuintys
playbook, laying the blame for
Central Canadas economic
struggles at the feet of Albertas
oilsands.
Alberta is accustomed to be-
ing the target of criticism over
the oilsands, and indeed, stiff
scrutiny can be partially credit-
ed with existing and planned
measures to improve the indus-
trys environmental perform-
ance. But suggesting the oil-
sands are somehow bad for
Canada reveals remarkable ig-
norance by a senior Canadian
political leader as well as a sad
lack of ambition.
Both leaders overlook the
fact Ontarios economy is the
countrys second-largest benefi-
ciary fromthe production of Al-
berta crude, according to a
study by the Calgary-based
Canadian Energy Research In-
stitute. Between2010and2035,
it says Ontario will realize $63
billionineconomicspinoffs and
65,520 oilsands-related jobs.
Nations around the world
look at Albertas energy wealth
with envy, not only for the eco-
nomic value it represents, but
also its assurance of a fair mea-
sure of energy security.
No, instead of maligning
Canadas economic engine,
Mulcair should be champion-
ing investment in machinery
andequipment across thecoun-
try.
Calgary Herald
Canada
Oil is Canadas security
T
HE DEVASTATING
accident at the Fu-
kushima No. 1 nucle-
ar power plant last
year has evoked serious public
distrust of politicians, bureau-
crats and scientists.
The government has prom-
ised to promote national de-
bate as part of its efforts to
map out a new nuclear power
and energy policy. Specifically,
it plans to sort out the possible
policy options that have been
discussed by related advisory
councils and study groups and
present them to the people.
The government says it is
aiming to build a national con-
sensus on the future direction
of the policy by summer. But
not all the assumptions for the
debate are clear. The govern-
ments committee looking into
the nuclear accident has yet to
compile its report. The pro-
posed new nuclear safety
watchdog, tentatively named
the Nuclear Regulatory Agen-
cy, has yet tobecreated. It will
be even longer before new nu-
clear safety standards are es-
tablished.
A well-thought-out plan and
its careful implementation are
vital. A rough-and-ready ap-
proach could even deepen the
peoples distrust.
The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo
Rebuilding trust in Japan
QUOTE OF THE DAY
PRASHANT SHITUT
President and CEO/Impressions Media
JOSEPH BUTKIEWICZ
Vice President/Executive Editor
MARK E. JONES
Editorial Page Editor
Editorial Board
MALLARD FILLMORE DOONESBURY
Rep. Karen Boback ally
has grown disillusioned
A
s much as I liked and supported state
Rep. Karen Boback in the past, I now
find it difficult. Her vote against cut-
ting the size of the state Legislature is one
reason.
I know only too well that rural areas
might be affected; however, its in the best
interest of all taxpayers. Population in
Pennsylvania has decreased dramatically
over the years with the end result of a loss
of seven U.S. congressional seats, but life
goes on. Its not feasible to continue to pay
unneeded lawmakers with huge salaries,
pensions, perks, taxpayer-paid office rents,
etc. You got it wrong, Mrs. Boback.
Her support for the voter ID law also
was, in my judgment, bogus. What about
all the senior citizens in nursing homes,
personal care homes or those who live
alone and dont drive? The argument was
to keep the integrity and honesty of those
elected. Yet look at our school boards,
county and local governments, the jurists,
and the list goes on.
You also profess that you co-sponsored
legislation to eliminate the school property
tax. What bill number? How many spon-
sors? Did it ever reach a floor vote, and if
not, why?
I collected hundreds of signatures. I gave
my signed petitions to Grace Griffin, a
thoroughbred in the fight for taxpayer
justice. Still, many years have gone by and
yet no positive result. States such as Mary-
land, Virginia and Arizona have no school
property taxes, but Pennsylvania keeps
chugging along with an outdated, unfair
system.
Your illustrious governor calls it not
feasible. He passed the buck by cutting
school aid.
Its a shame when lawmakers dont listen
to their constituents. They dont even
abide by the law. Lawmakers in this com-
monwealth have been found guilty of the
most grievous crimes against the people
they were elected to protect, and yet still
keep their names on the ballot for re-elec-
tion.
Its time for all elected officials to get off
the fence and do whats right. Only then
will honesty, integrity and economic fair-
ness prevail.
Michael Yashowitz
Wright Township
Red-light camera menace
shouldnt spread to state
T
he state Legislature and the Philadel-
phia City Council have legalized the
use of a product that injures and kills
motorists, for the profit of a few special
interests. A red-light camera is not a safety
device.
I want no extension of Phillys red-light
cameras under any circumstances, and no
expansion of cameras anywhere else in
Pennsylvania. I want the use of red-light
cameras to cease on June 30.
Write your legislators and demand it.
TomMcCarey
Berwyn
Lottery could benefit
even more Pa. residents
M
ay is Older Pennsylvanians Month, an
ideal time to honor our states older
residents and celebrate how the Penn-
sylvania Lottery has generated $21.5 billion
for vital programs that support older
adults.
The Pennsylvania Lottery recently
marked its 40th anniversary. Far from
having a midlife crisis, our lottery is
healthy and strong. However, now is the
right time for us to make sure lottery reve-
nues keep growing to meet the needs of
our states changing population.
Today, our state is home to nearly 2
million people over the age of 65, more
than 300,000 of whom are 85 or older. But
the Baby Boomers are coming, and coming
fast. By 2030 nearly a quarter of the states
population will be over age 65, and the
85-plus population is expected to grow by
80,000 people. This means demand for
lottery-funded services will only increase.
To be ready, were exploring a private
management agreement for the lottery.
The Pennsylvania Lottery performs well,
but we want to tap private sector innova-
tion to find new ways to maximize its
performance. Because we take very seri-
ously our mission to fund services for
older adults, we want to ensure that our
funding support grows along with the
population.
Last year the lottery provided more than
$960 million, or about 30 cents of each $1
ticket sold, to fund low-cost prescription
drugs, free and reduced-fare transit, prop-
erty tax and rent rebates, long-term living
services and a variety of social, educational
and recreational programming through a
statewide network of 52 Area Agencies on
Aging and hundreds of full- and part-time
senior centers.
With the help of lottery funds, on aver-
age last year older Pennsylvanians enjoyed
more than 22,800 hot meals, every day.
Through the free transit and reduced-fare
shared ride program, the lottery helped
older Pennsylvanians get to medical ap-
pointments, grocery stores, family visits
and other errands through more than
108,500 rides, every day. And last year the
Property Tax/Rent Rebate program dis-
tributed more than $178 million in rebates
of up to $975 to more than 605,000 house-
holds.
Our mission will not change. The lottery
is proud to support programs benefiting
older Pennsylvanians. Every day.
Todd Rucci
Executive director
Pennsylvania Lottery
Air quality has improved,
but its still not safe
A
s a pulmonologist practicing in Dela-
ware for three decades, I have seen
patients suffering from a variety of
lung diseases. Ive seen them struggle to
breathe and struggle to understand why
they could not. Ive met them in the hospi-
tal and in the emergency room, as their
struggles to breathe became near impossi-
bility. What I have not seen in all of these
years is a decrease in the number of people
suffering from lung disease.
Lung disease is still the same killer that
it was when I first began practicing med-
icine. And yet, Im optimistic for the fu-
ture.
The American Lung Association recently
released its 13th annual State of the Air
report. It shows that while the air most
Americans breathe is still polluted, still
filled with too much smog and soot, its
getting better.
But better is not safe. More than 127
million people are living in counties with
dangerous levels of either ozone or particle
pollution. And for those people who al-
ready have lung diseases such as asthma,
COPD or bronchitis, polluted air makes
their symptoms much worse.
Thanks to the Clean Air Act, weve made
great progress. But theres still a lot of
work to be done.
The Philadelphia metro area, which
includes five New Jersey counties, was
listed in the 2012 State of the Air report as
being in the worst 25 city areas for ozone
and for daily and year-round particle pollu-
tion.
Pennsylvania had two counties among
the 25 most polluted in the nation for
short-term particle pollution and three
counties among the 25 most polluted in
the nation for year-round particle pollu-
tion.
I urge everyone to visit www.stateofth-
eair.org and learn about the air quality in
your community. Then, take a moment to
think about your friends, your neighbors
and your loved ones who have lung disease
and need our support to fight for air thats
safe for everyone to breathe.
Join me in the fight for clean healthy air.
Learn how to protect yourself and your
family from air pollution by visiting
www.stateoftheair.org.
Dr. Albert A. Rizzo
National volunteer chair
American Lung Association
Newark, Del.
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bers hearing stories from his
grandfather asachildandnot real-
izinguntil he was mucholder that
they were not only true, but about
his family.
Ill never forget a story he told
where my grandmother was run-
ning fromIndians and crawled in-
toa logtohide, but whenthe Indi-
ans passed by they saw a cobweb
on the entrance of the log, so they
figured no one could be in there,
anditsavedher. Tothisday, noone
in my family will kill a spider.
More than 20 different nations
were represented at the powwow,
though Bowersox said just who
was of no concern.
We dont ask you what tribe
yourefromherebecauseit doesnt
matter,shesaid. What mattersis
that youre here and youre having
a good time.
There is so much history here,
especially in the valley, Hislop
said, its something that people
arereallystartingtolookintonow.
The one thing I would say to any-
body, whether they were Indian,
Polish, whatever -- honor your her-
itage. Thats what were trying to
do.
POWWOW
Patrick Little Wolf Brooks, a member of the Tuscarora tribe
from upper New York state, dances at the 7th annual Mothers
Day intertribal powwow at the Noxen Fire Company grounds on
Sunday.
sive master plan.
The plan, drafted by the
Borton-Lawson architectural
and engineering firm, was up-
dated in 2009 with a $15,000
state grant, Yudichak said.
Its a lot of land, with sev-
eral different land owners, de-
funct coal land and rail land,
Yudichak said. With the
(states) budget situation
ultimately make up the
134.58 acres of the planned
park.
After the Agnes Flood in
1972, William Finnegan, the
citys solicitor, said most of
the land on Lower Broadway
Street in the city was used to
house Federal Emergency
Management Agency trailers
for residents to get back on
their feet. After the flood, the
lots were sold off or people
left, creating title problems.
Finnegan said he doesnt
expect any problems in ac-
quiring the land, and that a
meeting will be held soon to
update city administrators on
the eminent domain proceed-
ings.
Any land owner who ob-
jects must do so in writing to
the court within 30 days. As
of Wednesday, no objections
were filed.
Finnegan said many of the
parcels are small, which is
why so many are needed to
make up the proposed park.
The parking lot (on the
property now) alone was 20
parcels, Finnegan said.
Construction in 2013
Most recently, in Decem-
ber, the city obtained a
$60,400 grant from the state
Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources. Con-
struction on the land the city
already owns is expected to
begin some time in 2013.
The DCNR said the funding
will be used for the construc-
tion of a pavilion, parking ar-
ea improvements, pedestrian
walkway, observation area,
rain garden, installation of
site amenities, removal of in-
vasive species, handicap ac-
cess, landscaping and sig-
nage.
State Sen. John Yudichak,
D-Plymouth Township, who
has been working with the
city on the project, said the
DCNR grant will pay for the
20,000-square-foot area.
The entire project has
gained some funding from the
beginning, including a
$100,000 state grant used to
come up with a comprehen-
over the last two years, and
the elimination of the com-
munity development pro-
gram, it resulted in a loss of
$100 million that curtailed
our efforts.
Yudichak said the DCNR
grant is good news, and a way
to begin work on the project
that has taken years to put
together.
We want to see it done. It
would be a new recreational
entrance to downtown (Nan-
ticoke), an attraction for the
city, and would bring the
business district closer and
the community connected to
the (Susquehanna River),
Yudichak said.
Most of the area has under-
gone environmental work
that still continues with the
state Environmental Protec-
tion Agency -- testing soil,
monitoring a nearby stream
and planning for future flood-
ing of the area, Yudichak said.
We want something people
of all ages can use, Cirko
said of the park. Were eager
to see some construction
start (with the DCNR grant).
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ger and passing out in Philadel-
phia from a standing position
while wearing his Marine uni-
form.
Marsilio served five active
years in the Corps and 19 in the
reserves.
At age 37, Marsilio says he
had his wake-up call. He decid-
ed to swear off alcohol.
I stayed in situations where
alcohol was consumed, but I
wouldhave soft drinks, he said,
noting willpower and not want-
ing to return to alcoholismwere
his form of rehabilitation.
I remember I went into a bar
once and some guy poked fun at
me because I was drinking Co-
ca-Cola. I expected that, but it
didnt bother me, he said.
Over the years, Marsilios al-
coholism crept back into his
life, but in a way he didnt ex-
pect.
On a vacation to the Carib-
bean, he said, a woman who
worked at the hotel he was stay-
ing at approached him with an
Alcoholics Anonymous pam-
phlet. Thanks to him, she said,
she joined AA and was sober.
When did I tell her my sto-
ry? Marsilio said he wondered.
After thinking back, he recalled
telling her the year before while
on vacation.
If I can make a difference in
someones life by telling this
story, I certainly want to do it,
Marsilio said.
Now, he helps his clients who
are struggling with alcohol ad-
diction.
I tell themmy story, he said.
I encourage them to just quit
drinking.
Its a problemthat is common
among families in our area,
Marsilio said, partially because
the substance is legal. Marsilio
has previously worked as a pros-
ecutor and has owned his pri-
vate practice in which he han-
dles criminal defense, injury
and other cases since 1981.
He also urges his fellowattor-
neys that alcohol addiction af-
fects all social, economic and
intelligence spectra.
Just as tenacious as I was
about consuming alcohol, I am
now equally hell-bent on absti-
nence, Marsilio wrote in The
Pennsylvania Lawyer article. I
shall not and I shall never sub-
ject myself to the scourge of al-
coholism ever again.
Marsilio mentions his 34-
year-old son, Jeff, who practices
law in Los Angeles, in the arti-
cle. Jeff says his father is a posi-
tive role model who made him
confident and strong enough to
also not drink.
Im prouder of the fact that I
beat it than I amashamed it had
me in its clutches, the elder
Marsilio said.
MARSILIO
employment outlook is espe-
cially promising, according to
interviews with three dozen se-
niors and career center direc-
tors.
Its just been such a dramatic
change from what we saw in
2008, says Mercy Eyadiel, who
oversees career development at
Wake Forest University in Win-
ston-Salem, N.C. Back then,
openings disappeared over-
night and companies were call-
ing recent graduates to rescind
offers. It was a very bad, ugly
situation.
The job market remains
tough, even for those graduat-
ing from the best universities.
Hiring is not back to its pre-re-
cession level and plenty of se-
niors are leaving campuses
without jobs. Yet this years
graduates are less likely to face
the disappointment of moving
back in with mom and dad, or
being forced to work at a coffee
shop to pay off loans.
I was nervous that my col-
lege degree would go to waste,
says Laura Mascari, who ar-
rived on the University of Dela-
wares Newark campus in the
fall of 2008. Mascari, who re-
ceived two job offers, will work
inmarketing her major for
chemicals giant DuPont.
Between September 2008
and August 2010, 6.9 million
American jobs were eliminated.
In the last year and a half, 3.1
million jobs have been created.
The strengthening job market
has made a big difference to se-
niors who are job-hunting in
their final semester.
The unemployment rate for
college graduates 24 and under
averaged 7.2 percent fromJanu-
ary through April. That rate,
which is not adjusted for sea-
sonal factors, is down from the
first four months of 2011 (9.1
percent), 2010 (8.1percent) and
2009 (7.8 percent.) For all
Americans, the unemployment
rate is 8.1 percent.
Wake Forest senior Lesley
Gustafson started her job
search during her freshman
year.
She met with a career coun-
selor to discuss her goals. Gus-
tafson picked a double-major
computer science and political
science that made her more
marketable. And she found in-
ternships every summer that
helpedher buildskills anda net-
work of professionals to offer
advice. Gustafson was aggres-
sive in other ways, too: She took
part in mock interviews offered
by the campus career center so
that shed be better prepared for
real employer interviews.
Gustafsons work paid off. In
March, she was offered a job
withconsulting firmAccenture.
I knew I would find some-
thing, Gustafson says. I was
more nervous finding some-
thing that I would be interested
in rather than having to take a
job just to take one.
College career centers across
the country are reporting see-
ing more students and seeing
them earlier.
At the University of Chicago,
just 46 percent of freshman
sought advice in the 2008-2009
school year. This year, it is ex-
pected to be more than 80 per-
cent.
Students expectations have
also changed. . Seniors are in-
stead focusing on stepping-
stone positions that will hope-
fully lead to better opportuni-
ties.
Jonathan Fieweger, a senior
at New York University, doesnt
have a long-term job offer. But
he was able to turn a public rela-
tions internship with TV net-
work Showtime into a year-
long, post-graduation job.
Others are willing to move to
less desirable locations and set-
tle for lower salaries. Pay for
new graduates fell 10 percent
during the recession, according
to the John J. Heldrich Center
for Workforce Development at
Rutgers University. Despite the
lower pay, students today have
more confidence in the job mar-
ket. Two years ago, career direc-
tors say, seniors were so afraid
of the recession that they
flocked to graduate schools to
wait out the dark times.
That trend is reversing. The
number of U.S. students taking
admissions exams for graduate
business school and law school
are down 8 percent and 16 per-
cent.
This years grads also have an
advantage over those a year or
two out of school with equal
qualifications. Employers
would rather have somebody
fresh out of college than some-
body who spent two years work-
ing at a local book store waiting
out the market.
JOBS
AP PHOTO
Martina Ryberg, right, of Plymouth State University talks with Tara Rossetti of On Call Interna-
tional during a job fair for college students in Manchester, N.H. To the relief of many students
and their anxious parents the prospects for this years graduates are looking brighter than any
other class in the last four years.
earlier stole a video game con-
troller. Video surveillance foot-
age showed Valenti, 32, of North
Wells Avenue, Kingston, lean
over a glass display case con-
taining video game controllers
and remove an Xbox 360 con-
troller and put it in his pocket
on Wednesday, police said.
PITTSTON A resident of
New Street scared off an in-
truder early Saturday morning,
police said.
Police said the woman who
lived in the residence reported
she was awoken around 1:15
a.m. by a male standing at the
rear of her bed. She screamed
and he ran out the residence.
When police arrived they
noticed the rear door open and
met the woman inside. She
described the intruder as having
a very skinny build, standing 5
feet, seven inches and wearing a
dark puffy jacket. He wore a
covering over his face, she said.
Police advised residents to
ensure all doors and windows
are locked and secured. If any-
one sees suspicious activity
around their property they
should call Luzerne County 911.
Police asked anyone with
information about the intruder
to call 911 or Pittston police at
570 654-2425.
DUNMORE -- State police
recovered four life vests scat-
tered along Interstate 84 west-
bound near Exit 1on Saturday
afternoon.
Whoever owns the vests
should contact state police at
Dunmore at 570 963-3156 and
provide a description of them.
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KINGSTON TWP. For the
first time in its 21-year history
the Wyoming Valley Striders
Spring (5.3-mile) Trail Run on
Sunday at Frances Slocum State
Park was run as an age group
handicap race.
Runners depending on their
gender and ages were given
head starts.
Some runners (older females)
were given as much as an11-min-
ute headstart, while others, such
as males ages 35-39 were given
just a 56-second head start. Male
runners 34 and younger were
classified as open division com-
petitors and didnt receive a
handicap.
Tony Korchrantohis thirdvic-
tory in the Spring Trail Run,
breaking the tape in 53 minutes,
15 seconds. Korch, 52, of Nanti-
coke was given a 4:20 head start.
Sandy Jesse won top female
honors, finishing 9th overall in
63:57. The 39-year-old from Dal-
las was given a four minute head
start.
It was different, said Jesse.
Its a little hard running in a
small group. I enjoy starting off
inalargegroup. I likehearingthe
sound of the starting gun.
But Jesse pointed out that her
group featured some good run-
ners.
Deedra (Porfirio) went out
quick in our group, said Jesse.
So I had someone to chase. If
Deedra hadnt run the wrong
way, she wouldhave beat me eas-
ily.
Mike McAndrew and Porfirio
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Mike McAndrew and Deedra Porfirio head toward the finish line
Sunday at Frances Slocum State Park. The pair were actually the
top male and female finishers in the race, but were disqualified
because they took a wrong turn.
S T R I D E R S S P R I N G T R A I L R U N
Event tries out age group handicap race
See RUN, Page 5B
Some runners were given a
head start based on their age
and gender.
By ROBERT MINER
For The Times Leader
NEWYORKAndy Pettitte repeated-
ly shook his head, smiled and glanced
down at the table in the interview room
while he tried in his aw shucks man-
ner to find one thing that made his re-
turn to the big leagues feel strange.
Pettitte was back on the mound Sun-
day for the Yankees, getting lavished with
adoration while pitching into the seventh
inning despite giving up a pair of two-run
homers in NewYorks 6-2 loss to the Seat-
tle Mariners.
It was as if he never left.
I just cannot believe how comfortable
this is for me, Pettitte said. I dont know
how to explain it.
Nearly lost amid the excitement over
Pettittes first major league appearance
since retiring after the 2010 season was
party crasher Kevin Millwoods perform-
ance for Seattle helped by three dou-
ble plays. The 37-year-old Millwood (1-4)
gave up three hits in seven innings and
got his 2,000th career strikeout as Seattle
avoided a three-game sweep.
The Yankees tried to prevent their old
pal Pettitte from taking the loss with a
rally in the eighth against four Seattle re-
lievers. Robinson Cano was walked with
two outs by Charlie Furbush with the
bases loaded to make it 4-2. Mark Teixei-
ra, though, struck out to end the inning.
The lovefest for Pettitte (0-1) began
when the lefty appeared with several
AP PHOTO
Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte wipes
his face after being removed during the
seventh inning from the game Sunday.
M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
Pettittes return to Yanks spoiled
Yankees starter says he was
comfortable on mound despite
suffering loss.
By HOWIE RUMBERG
AP Sports Writer
See PETTITTE, Page 5B
6
MARINERS
2
YANKEES
DARLINGTON, S.C. Those
Busch brothers cant seem to
avoid the spotlight at Darlington
Raceway.
AyearafterKyleBuschtangled
withKevinHarvickinthepits fol-
lowing Regan Smiths first Sprint
Cupwin, thecrewfor Kurt Busch
scrummed with Ryan Newmans
group while Rick Hendrick and
Jimmie Johnson celebrated the
car owners 200th career victory
at the Southern 500 on Saturday
night.
Kurt Buschs temper rose after
he slid six laps from the end.
Newmanwas caught upinthe in-
cident as well. Busch sped out of
the pits near Newmans crew. Af-
ter the race, Buschhit the backof
Newmans car and further an-
gered rival crew members. Mo-
ments later, both sides were
packed together and a series offi-
cial was knocked backward on
Buschs car hood.
NASCAR is reviewing the fra-
cas toseeif penalties arewarrant-
ed, said vice president of compe-
tition Robin Pemberton.
Thats just Southern500emo-
tion, said racer, teamowner and
broadcast analyst Michael Wal-
trip.
Seems the Buschboys cant es-
cape that at Darlington.
In 2011, Harvick was angered
byKyle, theyounger of theBusch
brothers, after the two had con-
tact lateintheracewonbySmith.
While Smith and his underdog
team celebrated, Harvick con-
fronted Busch and tried to throw
a punch through the window.
Kyle Busch eventually pushed
Harvicks driverless car out of the
way. Both drivers were fined
$25,000, placed on suspension
AUTO RACI NG
Marred milestone
AP PHOTO/AUTOSTOCK
The teams of Kurt Busch and Ryan Newman tangle after the race for Saturdays NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Darlington
Raceway on Saturday in Darlington, S.C.
Kyle Busch tangles with opposing pit crew
By PETE IACOBELLI
AP Sports Writer
See NASCAR, Page 5B
MEMPHIS, Tenn. The Los
Angeles Clippers refused to let a
third chance to knock the Mem-
phis Grizzlies out of the playoffs
slipaway.
Kenyon Martin scored seven of
his 11 points in the fourth quarter,
and the Clippers advanced to the
Western Conference semifinals
with an 82-72 win over the Mem-
phis Grizzlies in Game 7 on Sun-
day.
Thatswhyits
seven games,
Martin said. If
youdont doit be-
fore, you get an-
other chance. So
they did what
they had to do,
they came and
stole home court
backonour floor.
... We had a
chance to close it
out. We knewwe
letitgo, anoppor-
tunityget away.
The Clippers
blew an eight-
point lead in the
fourth quarter Friday night. So
Martin huddled the Clippers to-
gether at the start of the fourth
quarterSunday, andtheveteranled
the bench in outscoring the Griz-
zlies 25-16. Chris Paul hadthe only
bucket by a starter in the final 12
minutes, and the Clippers bench
outscored the Memphis reserves
41-11overall.
Our benchwas our MVP, Clip-
pers guardRandyFoyesaid. They
realized what they had to do. We
had a lot of guys hurt, so we just
continuedtogrind.
Now, the Clippers have their
third postseason series win in 41
years and their second since relo-
cating to Los Angeles. They last
beat Denver in 2006. The Clippers
also avoided becoming the ninth
NBA team to blow a 3-1 lead in a
best-of-sevenseriesinmovingonto
play the top-seeded Spurs starting
Tuesdaynight inSanAntonio.
Iwanttheguystoenjoythis,and
then well regroup tomorrow and
focus in on that, Clippers coach
N B A P L AYO F F S
Clippers
advance
by beating
Grizzlies
Los Angeles avoids collapse to
win just third playoff series in
franchises 41 years.
By TERESA M. WALKER
AP Sports Writer
See CLIPPERS, Page 5B
82
CLIPPERS
72
GRIZZLIES
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.
Matt Kuchar looked beyond
the edge of the 16th green at a
scene packed with enough stress
it could wipe away even his
smile.
Across the water was an island
green that was awaiting himSun-
day in The Players Champion-
ship. The guy dressed all in or-
ange and pumping his first was
Rickie Fowler after making a 20-
foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th
to cut Kuchars lead to two shots.
Kuchar stepped over his 15-
footer and answered with a bird-
ie just as big.
Yeah, absolutely I saw the
putt, Kuchar said. Watched the
thing disappear and he gave a big
fist pump. I knew it got him to
within two shots and he could
birdie 18 to bring it within one.
That could have changed the
whole scenario of how I would
have approached and played 18.
So I was really excited to drop
that birdie on 16. That was big.
Everything was big for Kuchar
on the TPC Sawgrass most of
all, that smile.
After a three-putt bogey he
could afford on the 17th, and a
tap-in par on the final hole with
his family watching, Kuchar
closed with a 2-under 70 for a
two-shot victory, his fourth ca-
reer win and by far the biggest in
so many ways.
It was his first win in 38 starts
P R O G O L F
Kuchar is
clutch at
Sawgrass
Big putt on island green seals
Players Championship victory
for Matt Kuchar.
By DOUG FERGUSON
AP Golf Writer
AP PHOTO
Matt Kuchar celebratesthe 18th
green after winning the Players
Championship golf tournament
at TPC Sawgrass on Sunday.
See PGA, Page 4B
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Tigers -$112 WHITE SOX
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H . S . G I R L S
S O C C E R
WYOMING VALLEY CONFERENCE
STANDINGS
Division 1-A........................... W L T GF GA
y-Dallas ................................... 10 1 0 62 7
y-Coughlin............................... 10 2 1 39 16
y-Berwick................................. 7 3 1 27 13
y-Crestwood ........................... 8 4 0 63 28
Holy Redeemer ...................... 3 9 0 17 52
Division 1-B.......................... W L T GF GA
xy-Lake-Lehman................... 9 3 0 39 21
y-Delaware Valley................. 6 7 0 22 24
y-Hazleton Area.................... 4 7 1 17 25
Nanticoke............................... 1 11 0 11 60
Wyoming Valley West .......... 0 11 1 3 53
Division 2-A........................... W L T GF GA
xy-Pittston Area...................... 10 3 0 58 13
Hanover Area.......................... 6 5 1 27 28
North Pocono.......................... 6 5 1 16 13
Honesdale............................... 2 9 1 19 40
Wyoming Seminary ............... 2 9 1 14 50
Division 2-B......................... W L T GF GA
xy-Wyoming Area ................ 10 2 1 48 29
Tunkhannock........................ 8 2 2 37 13
GAR....................................... 8 4 0 62 30
Meyers................................... 5 6 1 29 26
MMI Prep............................... 0 12 0 7 75
x Clinched division title
y Clinched playoff berth
DISTRICT 2 PLAYOFF QUALIFIERS
4 Div. 1-A teams
3 Div. 1-B teams
2 Div. 2-A teams
1 Div. 2-B team
Today's Games
Crestwood at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Holy Redeemer at Berwick, 4:15 p.m.
Lake-Lehman at Hazleton Area, 6 p.m.
Meyers at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m.
North Pocono at Honesdale, 4:15 p.m.
Tunkhannock at GAR, 7:30 p.m. at Wilkes-Barre
Memorial
Wyoming Seminary at Hanover Area, 4:15 p.m.
Wyoming Valley West at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
Tuesday's Game
Berwick at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
WVC SCORING LEADERS
DIVISION 1-A G A Pts
Ashley Dunbar, Dallas......................... 28 14 70
Gabby Termini, Crestwood................. 20 10 50
Ivy Nulton, Coughlin............................. 15 3 33
Colleen McDonald, Dallas .................. 11 9 31
Olivia Termini, Crestwood................... 10 10 30
Vanessa Parsons, Dallas.................... 6 13 25
Nora Fazzi, Coughlin........................... 3 12 24
Sarah Andrews, Crestwood................ 7 7 21
Morgan Kile, Crestwood...................... 5 11 21
Hannah Coffin, Crestwood.................. 8 2 18
Abby Takacs, Berwick ......................... 5 7 17
Megan Lercara, Coughlin.................... 6 4 16
Emily Orrson, Crestwood.................... 6 2 16
Caty Davenport, Berwick..................... 6 2 14
Ashley Strazdus, Dallas ...................... 6 1 13
Emily Schramm, Holy Redeemer....... 3 6 12
Karleigh Hartman, Berwick ................. 4 2 10
Olivia Zurad, Holy Redeemer ............. 4 2 10
Shaina Dougherty, Holy Redeemer... 4 1 9
Hannah Sulkowski, Crestwood .......... 4 1 9
Talia Szatkowski, Dallas...................... 3 3 9
Marissa Lercara, Coughlin.................. 4 0 8
Olivia Conklin, Berwick........................ 3 1 7
Briana Floryshak, Berwick................... 2 3 7
Summer Lentini, Coughlin .................. 2 3 7
Elaina Tomaselli, Dallas...................... 3 1 7
Jade Welsh, Berwick ........................... 3 1 7
Grace Fazzi, Coughlin......................... 2 2 6
Bailey Novak, Coughlin........................ 1 4 6
Sabrina Zurek, Dallas.......................... 1 4 6
Kaitlyn Pearage, Coughlin .................. 1 3 5
Olivia Gregorio, Holy Redeemer ........ 2 0 4
Erin Gruber, Holy Redeemer.............. 1 2 4
Kara Pawloski, Coughlin...................... 2 0 4
Hallie Rexer, Holy Redeemer............. 2 0 4
Bethany Carpenter, Crestwood.......... 1 1 3
Kelly Sheptock, Berwick...................... 0 3 3
DIVISION 1-B G A Pts
Shoshana Mahoney, Lake-Lehman .... 21 2 44
Kyrsten Brockmann, Delaware Valley. 10 3 23
Emily Sutton, Lake-Lehman................. 5 8 18
Brittany Sugalski, Nanticoke................. 5 3 13
Kelly Cappello, Delaware Valley.......... 5 2 12
Anna Chamberlin, Delaware Valley..... 6 0 12
Kaylee Hillard, Lake-Lehman ............... 2 8 12
Krista Leitner, Hazleton Area............... 5 2 12
Morgan Goodrich, Lake-Lehman......... 3 4 10
Monica Baranko, Hazleton Area .......... 3 1 7
Nicole Semenza, Hazleton Area ......... 3 0 6
Nikki Sutliff, Lake-Lehman.................... 1 4 6
Aleaha Blazick, Lake-Lehman ............. 1 3 5
Josie Zapatosky, Hazleton Area.......... 2 1 5
Katie Heindel, Lake-Lehman ................ 2 0 4
Francesca Matriccino, Hazleton Area . 1 2 4
Cassie Yalch, Nanticoke....................... 2 0 4
Kloey Cimakasky, Nanticoke................ 1 1 3
Jessica McMahon, Nanticoke .............. 1 1 3
Samantha Nice, Nanticoke ................... 1 1 3
Brielle Whitenair, Hazleton Area ......... 1 1 3
Amy Ahlers, Delaware Valley ............... 0 2 2
Cathy Byrnes, Wyo. Valley West ......... 1 0 2
Alexandra Echavarria, Hazleton Area. 1 0 2
Gianna Pampalone, Delaware Valley.. 1 0 2
Ashley Jackson, Lake-Lehman............ 1 0 2
Lindsay Lane, Nanticoke....................... 1 0 2
Meagan Markowski, Nanticoke............ 0 2 2
Heidi Mejia, Hazleton Area................... 1 0 2
Stephanie Serafin, Wyo. Valley West . 1 0 2
Alyssa Shaver, Wyo. Valley West ....... 1 0 2
Hannah Stull, Lake-Lehman................. 0 2 2
Denae Sutliff, Lake-Lehman................. 1 0 2
DIVISION 2-A G A Pts
Allie Barber, Pittston Area..................... 36 3 75
Gabby Murphy, Hanover Area ............. 13 1 27
Liz Mikitish, Pittston Area ..................... 9 8 26
Haylee Goodenough, Honesdale ........ 5 0 10
Seneca Propst, Honesdale .................. 4 1 9
Larrisa Bannon, Hanover Area............. 3 2 8
Nicolette Bradshaw, Pittston Area....... 4 0 8
Madison Cardinale, Pittston Area........ 2 4 8
Bridget McMullan, Wyo. Seminary ...... 3 2 8
Casey OConnell, North Pocono ......... 3 1 7
Jackie Sanchez, Honesdale................. 3 1 7
Danielle Fereck, Pittston Area.............. 1 4 6
Alyssa Hamill, North Pocono................ 3 0 6
Kayla Keating, Hanover Area................ 2 2 6
Desirae Santarsiero, North Pocono .... 3 0 6
Skye Marte, Honesdale ........................ 1 3 5
Michelle Stefanelli, North Pocono ....... 2 1 5
Allison Weidner, Honesdale................. 2 1 5
Carly Filipski, Pittston Area .................. 0 4 4
Katelyn Pugliese, Pittston Area............ 1 2 4
Hailee Shuman, Hanover Area ............ 2 0 4
Molly Turner, Wyoming Seminary....... 2 0 4
Mariana Azevedo, North Pocono......... 1 1 3
Mallorie Deschaine, North Pocono ..... 1 1 3
Rhea Fowler, Honesdale...................... 1 1 3
Julie Grosek, Wyoming Seminary....... 1 1 3
Renee Mackunis, Hanover Area.......... 1 1 3
Sarah Richards, Hanover Area............ 1 1 3
Lindsay Warriner, Wyo. Seminary....... 1 1 3
Alexis Burkavage, Honesdale.............. 1 0 2
Megan Chen Wyo. Seminary ............... 1 0 2
Bridget Fennell, Honesdale.................. 1 0 2
Christine Harris, Wyo. Seminary ......... 1 0 2
SinDera Harris, North Pocono ............ 1 0 2
Joi Jones, North Pocono....................... 1 0 2
Megan Karuzie, Pittston Area .............. 0 2 2
Marissa Keegan, Hanover Area........... 1 0 2
Alissa Kincel, North Pocono................. 0 2 2
Nikki Masher, Hanover Area ................ 1 0 2
Jenny Meck, Pittston Area.................... 1 0 2
Sara Moss, North Pocono .................... 1 0 2
Jamita Wemple, Wyoming Seminary.. 1 0 2
DIVISION 2-B G A Pts
Brea Seabrook, GAR ............................ 34 5 73
Jenna Skirnak, Wyoming Area ............ 14 1 29
Valerie Bott, Wyoming Area................. 10 4 24
Jenn Bone, Wyoming Area................... 12 3 27
Cheyenne Brown, Tunkhannock ......... 10 7 27
Ingrid Ritchie, Meyers ........................... 8 7 23
Bre Mosier, GAR.................................... 10 1 21
Janel Kalmanowicz, Tunkhannock ...... 8 2 18
Aubree Patronick, Meyers..................... 6 2 14
Mara Sickler, Tunkhannock.................. 5 3 13
Kaleigh Bubblo, GAR............................ 4 4 12
Vanessa Novinger, MMI Prep .............. 5 2 12
Riley Conahan, Meyers......................... 5 1 11
Paige Elmy, GAR................................... 3 5 11
Bri Majikes, GAR.................................... 4 3 11
Leanne McManus, Meyers ................... 5 1 11
Myiah Custer, Wyoming Area.............. 3 2 8
Danielle Stillarty, Wyoming Area ......... 4 0 8
Kyra Wolsieffer, Meyers........................ 3 1 7
Lexi Prebola, Tunkhannock.................. 3 0 6
Katie Flannery, Meyers.......................... 2 1 5
Amanda Tredinnick, Meyers................. 0 5 5
Lizz Jones, Wyoming Area................... 1 2 4
Sam Kirschner, GAR............................. 1 2 4
Selina Sosa, GAR.................................. 2 0 4
Mya Toczko, Tunkhannock................... 2 0 4
Vicki Williams, Tunkhannock................ 2 0 4
Sam Acacio, Wyoming Area................. 1 1 3
Kaitlyn Kovach, GAR............................. 1 1 3
Julianna Leco, GAR............................... 1 1 3
Madison Nichol, GAR............................ 1 1 3
Alyson Wilbur, Tunkhannock................ 1 1 3
L O C A L
C A L E N D A R
TODAY
H.S. BASEBALL
Berwick at Wyoming Area, 4:15 p.m.
Coughlin at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m.
Crestwood at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m.
Hanover Area at Northwest, 4:15 p.m.
Meyers at Wyoming Seminary, 4:15 p.m.
Pittston Area at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
Holy Redeemer at Berwick, 4:15 p.m.
Lake-Lehman at Hazleton Area, 6 p.m.
Meyers at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m.
North Pocono at Honesdale, 4:15 p.m.
Tunkhannock at GAR, 7:30 p.m. at Wilkes-Barre
Memorial
Wyoming Valley West at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. SOFTBALL
Berwick at Wyoming Area, 4:15 p.m.
Coughlin at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m.
Crestwood at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
Dallas at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m.
GAR at Lake-Lehman, 4:15 p.m.
Hanover Area at Northwest, 4:15 p.m.
Holy Redeemer at Pittston Area, 4:15 p.m.
Lake-Lehman at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m.
Meyers at Wyoming Seminary, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. TRACK AND FIELD
District 2 Class 3A Meet at Scranton Memorial Sta-
dium, 3 p.m.
H.S. BOYS VOLLEYBALL
Coughlin at North Pocono
Delaware Valley at Hazleton Area
Hanover Area at Berwick
Wyoming Valley West at Dallas
H.S. BOYS LACROSSE
District 2 semifinals
TBD at Delaware Valley, 4 p.m.
H.S. GIRLS LACROSSE
District 2 semifinals
TBD at Wyoming Seminary, 4 p.m.
Dallas vs. DelawareValley at WyomingSeminary, 6
p.m.
COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD
Misericordia at Swathmore, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY
H.S. TRACK AND FIELD
District 2 Class 2A Meet at Scranton Memorial Sta-
dium, 3 p.m.
H.S. BASEBALL
Lake-Lehman at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
H.S. SOFTBALL
Crestwood at Hazleton Area, 4:15 p.m.
Tunkhannock at Lake-Lehman
H.S. BOYS TENNIS
PIAA Team Championships First round
Wyoming Seminary vs. Moravian/Allentown Cen-
tral Catholic
WEDNESDAY
H.S. BASEBALL
Coughlin at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
GAR at Meyers, 4:15 p.m.
Hazleton Area at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m.
Pittston Area at Crestwood, 4:15 p.m.
Wyoming Valley West at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. SOFTBALL
Coughlin at Nanticoke, 4:15 p.m.
GAR at Meyers, 4:15 p.m.
Hazleton Area at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m.
MMI Prep at Northwest, 4:15 p.m.
Pittston Area at Crestwood, 4:15 p.m.
Wyoming Valley West at Tunkhannock, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
Delaware Valley at North Pocono, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. BOYS TENNIS
District 2 doubles tournament first three rounds
Berwick at Coughlin
Dallas at Delaware Valley
North Pocono at Crestwood
H.S. BOYS LACROSSE
District 2 final
H.S. GIRLS LACROSSE
District 2 final
THURSDAY
H.S. BOYS TENNIS
District 2 doubles tournament semifinals and finals
H.S. BASEBALL
Hanover Area at Meyers, 4:15 p.m.
Nanticoke at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m.
Northwest at MMI Prep, 4:15 p.m.
H.S SOFTBALL
Nanticoke at Holy Redeemer, 4:15 p.m.
Hanover Area at Meyers, 4:15 p.m.
Nanticoke at Wyoming Valley West
Tunkhannock at Holy Redeemer
FRIDAY
H.S. BASEBALL
Crestwood at Hughesville
H.S. SOFTBALL
North Schuylkill at Berwick, 4:15 p.m.
H.S. GIRLS SOCCER
District 2 tournament first round
ECAC Championships
SATURDAY
ECAC Championships
W H A T S O N T V
CYCLING
5 p.m.
NBCSNTour of California, Stage 2, San Francis-
co to Santa Cruz, Calif.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN Chicago Cubs at St. Louis
SNY Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets
COMCAST Houston at Philadelphia
YES N.Y. Yankees at Mets
NBA
7 p.m.
TNT Playoffs, conference semifinals, Game 2,
Philadelphia at Boston
NHL
8 p.m.
NBCSN Playoffs, conference finals, Game 1,
New Jersey at NY Rangers
T R A N S A C T I O N S
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLESSelected the contract of
OF Xavier Avery from Norfolk (IL). Optioned RHP
Stu Pomeranz to Norfolk.
BOSTON RED SOXPlaced OF Darnell McDo-
naldonthe15-day DL, retroactivetoMay12. Select-
ed the contract of 1BMauro Gomez fromPawtucket
(IL). Transferred OF Jacoby Ellsbury to the 60-day
DL.
NEW YORK YANKEESSelected the contract of
LHP Andy Pettitte fromScranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).
Optioned RHP Cody Eppley to Scranton/Wilkes-
Barre. Transferred RHP Mariano Rivera from the
15- to the 60-day DL.
National League
PITTSBURGH PIRATESReinstated RHP Joel
Hanrahan from the bereavement list. Placed RHP
Daniel McCutchen on the 15-day DL.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTSActivated LHP Jere-
my Affedlt fromthe15-day DL. DesignatedLHPTra-
vis Blackley for assignment. Optioned INF Conor
Gillaspie to Fresno (PCL). Recalled INF Charlie
Culberson from Fresno.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALSActivated 1B Lance
Berkman off the 15-day DL. Optioned OF Shane
Robinson to Memphis (PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALSPlaced C Wilson
Ramos on the15-day DL. Selected the contract of C
Sandy Leon from Double-A Harrisburg.
Eastern League
ALTOONA CURVEAnnounced LHP Kris John-
son was promoted to Indianapolis (IL).
TRENTON THUNDERAnnounced INF Yadil
Mujica was assigned to the team from Scranton/
Wilkes Barre (IL).
American Association
AMARILLO SOXReleased OF Danny Gallinot
and C Chris Hannick.
LAREDO LEMURSSigned OF Luis Uribe.
LINCOLN SALTDOGSReleased C Michael Derr
and RHP Jeremy Brewer.
Can-Am League
QUEBECCAPITALESSigned CPatrick DAoust,
RHP John Mariotti, INF Josh Colafemina, RHP TJ
Stanton, OF Bobby Wagner and RHP Guillaume
Duguay.
Frontier League
FLORENCE FREEDOMReleased RHP Steve
Winnick.
GATEWAYGRIZZLIESSignedRHPZac Treece.
ReleasedOFHaroldBrantley, Jr., RHPErick Carril-
lo, CJustin Dunning, SSBrian Harris, UT Nick Pop-
escu, RHP Travis Ruppel, OF Derrick Shaw and
INF Blair Springfield.
JOLIET SLAMMERSReleased OF Reid Chen-
worth, C Michael Corrigan, LHP Kevin Crimmel,
RHPSeth Hobbs, OFKris Kasarjian and RHPChris
Sobota.
LAKE ERIE CRUSHERSReleased INF Justin
Correy Figueroa, OF Patrick Norris and RHP Jon
Sintes.
SCHAUMBURGBOOMERSReleasedOFPat Bi-
serta, INFJordanCastaldo, RHPWally Goodline, C
BradHawn, RHPAndyHeston, LHPVinnyLallyand
SS Ellis Lowe.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERSSigned C Blake
Whitt.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ATLANTA FALCONSSigned OL Peter Konz, FB
Bradie Ewing, S Charles Mitchell and DT Travian
Robertson to multiyear contracts.
N A S C A R
Sprint Cup-Bojangles'
Southern 500 Results
Saturday
At Darlington Raceway
Darlington, S.C.
Lap length: 1.366 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 368 laps, 141.1
rating, 48 points, $319,786.
2. (8) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 368, 116.4, 43,
$238,656.
3. (17) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 368, 103.1, 41,
$209,415.
4. (5) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 368, 120.9, 41, $178,123.
5. (6) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 368, 117.2, 40,
$147,554.
6. (19) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 368, 96.7, 38, $154,776.
7. (7) Carl Edwards, Ford, 368, 104.8, 37, $145,906.
8. (3) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 368, 108.8, 37,
$108,790.
9. (28) Marcos Ambrose, Ford, 368, 74.8, 35,
$130,748.
10. (21) Joey Logano, Toyota, 368, 90.6, 34,
$104,715.
11. (26) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, 368, 86.1, 33,
$120,969.
12. (1) Greg Biffle, Ford, 368, 115.4, 33, $107,580.
13. (14) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 368, 76.4, 31,
$100,705.
14. (9) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 368, 79.4, 30,
$117,488.
15. (15) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 368, 75.9, 29,
$124,725.
16. (23) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 368, 85.1, 28,
$136,391.
17. (24) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 368, 75.9,
28, $96,930.
18. (10) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 368, 69.9, 26,
$126,530.
19. (13) Aric Almirola, Ford, 368, 67.3, 25, $124,416.
20. (18) Mark Martin, Toyota, 368, 65.1, 24,
$87,605.
21. (25) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 368, 87, 23,
$110,063.
22. (31) Casey Mears, Ford, 367, 54.2, 22, $99,063.
23. (4) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 367, 79.1, 21,
$125,263.
24. (27) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 366, 57,
20, $113,696.
25. (36) David Gilliland, Ford, 366, 54.5, 19,
$94,913.
26. (20) Landon Cassill, Toyota, 366, 57, 19,
$108,575.
27. (34) Dave Blaney, Chevrolet, 365, 51, 17,
$78,255.
28. (37) David Ragan, Ford, 364, 38.7, 16, $90,152.
29. (22) Bobby Labonte, Toyota, 364, 55.3, 15,
$88,680.
30. (42) Reed Sorenson, Ford, 363, 39.7, 0,
$89,505.
31. (38) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 362, 44.5, 0,
$76,980.
32. (33) Travis Kvapil, Toyota, 362, 40.4, 12,
$76,805.
33. (16) A J Allmendinger, Dodge, 357, 70.9, 11,
$121,480.
34. (11) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 345, 63.7, 10,
$107,813.
35. (12) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 339, 80.9, 9,
$124,466.
36. (41) David Reutimann, Toyota, 314, 43.4, 8,
$84,380.
37. (43) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, clutch, 132, 32.5, 7,
$75,915.
38. (39) ColeWhitt, Chevrolet, vibration, 35, 30.9, 0,
$75,682.
39. (32) David Stremme, Toyota, overheating, 32,
34.1, 5, $72,225.
40. (40) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, power steering,
27, 31.4, 0, $72,050.
41. (35) Mike Skinner, Toyota, electrical, 20, 29.6,
0, $71,875.
42. (29) Scott Speed, Ford, overheating, 20, 29.5, 2,
$71,780.
43. (30) Josh Wise, Ford, vibration, 19, 27.3, 1,
$72,139.
Race Statistics
Average Speed of Race Winner: 133.802 mph.
Time of Race: 3 hours, 45 minutes, 25 seconds.
Margin of Victory: 0.781 seconds.
Caution Flags: 8 for 38 laps.
Lead Changes: 22 among 8 drivers.
Lap Leaders: G.Biffle 1-48;K.Kahne 49;J.Johnson
50;L.Cassill 51;Ky.Busch 52-72;G.Biffle
73-98;D.Hamlin 99-100;J.Johnson
101-172;Ky.Busch 173;J.Johnson
174-179;Ky.Busch 180-188;J.Johnson
189-194;Ky.Busch 195;D.Hamlin 196-199;K.Kahne
200-231;D.Hamlin 232-280;D.Earnhardt Jr.
281;M.Truex Jr. 282-298;D.Hamlin299;M.Truex Jr.
300-307;J.Johnson 308-312;Ky.Busch
313-324;J.Johnson 325-368.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led):
J.Johnson, 6 times for 134 laps;G.Biffle, 2 times for
74 laps;D.Hamlin, 4 times for 56 laps;Ky.Busch, 5
times for 44 laps;K.Kahne, 2 times for 33 laps;M-
.Truex Jr., 2 times for 25 laps;D.Earnhardt Jr., 1
time for 1 lap;L.Cassill, 1 time for 1 lap.
Top 12 in Points: 1. G.Biffle, 411;2. M.Kenseth,
409;3. D.Earnhardt Jr., 397;4. D.Hamlin, 394;5.
J.Johnson, 372;6. M.Truex Jr., 372;7. T.Stewart,
369;8. K.Harvick, 361;9. Ky.Busch, 349;10. C.Ed-
wards, 337;11. C.Bowyer, 335;12. B.Keselowski,
328.
NASCAR Driver Rating Formula
A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race.
The formula combines the following categories:
Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running
Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under
Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Fin-
ish.
I N T E R N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
At A Glance
All Times EDT
North Division
W L Pct. GB
Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 25 13 .658
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 20 15 .571 3
1
2
Buffalo (Mets)........................... 21 16 .568 3
1
2
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre
(Yankees) ................................. 18 17 .514 5
1
2
Syracuse (Nationals)............... 16 21 .432 8
1
2
Rochester (Twins) ................... 14 22 .389 10
South Division
W L Pct. GB
Gwinnett (Braves) ................... 23 13 .639
Charlotte (White Sox) ............. 19 18 .514 4
1
2
Norfolk (Orioles) ...................... 16 20 .444 7
Durham (Rays)......................... 14 24 .368 10
West Division
W L Pct. GB
Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 21 15 .583
Toledo (Tigers)....................... 20 16 .556 1
Columbus (Indians)................ 17 19 .472 4
Louisville (Reds) .................... 11 26 .297 10
1
2
Saturday's Games
Syracuse 11, Rochester 0
Pawtucket 7, Columbus 6
Lehigh Valley 5, Louisville 3, 10 innings
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 3, Durham 2, 10 innings
Indianapolis 5, Norfolk 4, 14 innings
Gwinnett 3, Toledo 2
Charlotte 5, Buffalo 4
Sunday's Games
Durham 3, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 1
Pawtucket 5, Columbus 4
Norfolk 2, Indianapolis 0
Syracuse 4, Rochester 2
Lehigh Valley at Louisville, ppd., rain
Toledo at Gwinnett, ppd., rain
Buffalo 7, Charlotte 6
Monday's Games
Norfolk at Indianapolis, 11:05 a.m.
Rochester at Syracuse, 12 p.m.
Columbus at Pawtucket, 12:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Louisville, 5:05 p.m., 1st game
Durham at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, 7:05 p.m.
Toledo at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Buffalo at Charlotte, 7:15 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Louisville, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game
Tuesday's Games
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Toledo, 6:30 p.m.
Syracuse at Columbus, 6:35 p.m.
Gwinnett at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Pawtucket at Durham, 7:05 p.m.
Indianapolis at Lehigh Valley, 7:05 p.m.
Louisville at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Charlotte at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
H A R N E S S
R A C I N G
Pocono Downs Results
Saturday
First - $25,000 Trot 1:52.0
1-Fox Valley Iliad (Th Jackson) 4.60 2.80 2.20
2-Monsignor Flan (Ty Buter) 4.20 2.80
7-Lolique (An Napolitano) 3.40
EXACTA (1-2) $18.20
TRIFECTA (1-2-7) $49.20
50 CENT TRIFECTA (50 Cent) $12.30
SUPERFECTA (1-2-7-4) $194.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $9.71
Scratched: Equity
Second - $8,500 Pace 1:52.3
4-Booze Cruiser (An Napolitano) 2.80 2.20 2.10
1-Donnie Bop (Th Jackson) 6.60 5.00
6-Skedaddle Hanover (Ty Buter) 3.40
EXACTA (4-1) $22.00
TRIFECTA (4-1-6) $110.80
SUPERFECTA (4-1-6-5) $700.40
DAILY DOUBLE (1-4) $11.00
Scratched: Cardmaster
Third - $12,000 Pace 1:50.1
2-Rader Detector (An McCarthy) 26.60 3.20 3.80
4-Grinning Breed (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.20 2.10
3-Card Hustler (Th Jackson) 2.60
EXACTA (2-4) $61.80
TRIFECTA (2-4-3) $265.80
SUPERFECTA (2-4-3-1) $518.40
Fourth - $16,000 Trot 1:54.3
9-Marion Miss Julie (Er Carlson) 24.40 11.80 6.40
5-Ax Man (Ty Buter) 11.80 8.00
1-Looking To Score (To Hall) 4.60
EXACTA (9-5) $253.40
TRIFECTA (9-5-1) $2,447.60
SUPERFECTA (9-5-1-3) $30,817.20
10 CENT SUPERFECTA (10 Cent) $1,540.86
Fifth - $8,500 Pace 1:53.2
1-Dial A Dragon (Er Carlson) 10.00 6.00 3.80
3-Multiple Choice (Th Jackson) 14.20 8.80
4-Starspangledpanner (Ty Buter) 6.00
EXACTA (1-3) $68.40
TRIFECTA (1-3-4) $382.00
SUPERFECTA (1-3-4-7) $2,195.80
PICK 3 (2-9-1) $750.00
Sixth - $18,000 Pace 1:49.3
3-Whogoesfirst (Ge Napolitano Jr) 5.40 3.00 2.20
4-Amillionpennies (Ma Romano) 4.80 3.20
5-Southern Allie (Ma Kakaley) 2.40
EXACTA (3-4) $28.00
TRIFECTA (3-4-5) $78.60
SUPERFECTA (3-4-5-8) $217.00
Seventh - $17,000 Pace 1:52.2
5-Kiddie Mccardle (Ge Napolitano Jr) 7.80 4.60
3.60
9-Southwind Trini (An Napolitano) 9.00 5.60
2-Fashion Majorette (Er Carlson) 6.40
EXACTA (5-9) $87.60
TRIFECTA (5-9-2) $985.40
SUPERFECTA (5-9-2-6) $3,663.20
Eighth - $21,000 Pace 1:48.2
3-Transcending (Ma Kakaley) 12.00 5.40 3.00
2-American Rage (An Napolitano) 6.80 4.40
1-Real Flight (Er Carlson) 3.80
EXACTA (3-2) $58.60
TRIFECTA (3-2-1) $156.20
SUPERFECTA (3-2-1-4) $384.00
Ninth - $16,000 Pace 1:50.4
7-Adams Hanover (Ma Kakaley) 4.20 3.20 2.10
1-Sea Me Now (Er Carlson) 5.20 3.00
8-Top Notch Hanover (An Napolitano) 6.60
EXACTA (7-1) $20.00
TRIFECTA (7-1-8) $146.60
SUPERFECTA (7-1-8-6) $1,978.40
PICK 4 (3-5-3-(7,9) (4 Out of 4)) $78.80
Scratched: Bettor Win
Tenth - $25,000 Pace 1:49.0
2-Rockin The House (Ma Kakaley) 9.00 2.80 2.20
1-Big Bay Point (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.10 2.10
7-A J Corbelli (Br Simpson) 2.20
EXACTA (2-1) $18.00
TRIFECTA (2-1-7) $38.40
SUPERFECTA (2-1-7-3) $214.40
Scratched: Fitzs Z Tam
Eleventh - $14,000 Pace 1:52.0
1-Theetownlittleguy (Ty Buter) 7.20 3.20 2.20
3-Theredandpanlines (Ge Napolitano Jr) 2.60 2.20
2-Literate Hanover (An Napolitano) 2.20
EXACTA (1-3) $16.00
TRIFECTA (1-3-2) $44.60
SUPERFECTA (1-3-2-5) $149.00
Scratched: Another Homer N
Twelfth - $16,000 Pace 1:49.3
1-Three New Dawns (Ge Napolitano Jr) 4.60 3.00
2.40
4-Legacy N Diamonds (Gr Merton) 3.00 2.40
3-Elusive Reward (Er Carlson) 3.00
EXACTA (1-4) $22.20
TRIFECTA (1-4-3) $91.80
SUPERFECTA (1-4-3-7) $773.80
PICK 3 (2-1-ALL) $14.40
PICK 3 (2-ALL-1) $14.40
PICK 3 (ALL-1-1) $14.40
Thirteenth - $14,000 Pace 1:51.1
7-Hurrikane Scotty J (Jo Pavia Jr) 5.80 3.20 2.80
2-Oil Magnet (An McCarthy) 3.00 2.40
5-Cambassador (Ty Buter) 3.20
EXACTA (7-2) $25.60
TRIFECTA (7-2-5) $111.20
SUPERFECTA (7-2-5-4) $642.20
Scratched: Jimmy Cowan N
Fourteenth - $10,000 Pace 1:52.0
2-Ahead Ofthe Curve (Er Carlson) 7.40 3.80 2.60
7-Twinscape (Ma Kakaley) 3.40 2.40
3-Dvc Givemeattitude (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3.00
EXACTA (2-7) $32.40
TRIFECTA (2-7-3) $108.40
SUPERFECTA (2-7-3-8) $233.80
Scratched: Mr Vitti
Fifteenth - $17,000 Pace 1:51.3
3-Fearless Diablo (An McCarthy) 2.80 2.40 2.10
2-ShowdownAt SunUp(AnNapolitano) 30.007.60
8-Eastwood Blue Chip (Ge Napolitano Jr) 3.60
EXACTA (3-2) $79.00
TRIFECTA (3-2-8) $371.80
SUPERFECTA (3-2-8-5) $6,103.60
LATE DOUBLE (2-3) $17.60
Total Handle-$255,859
G O L F
The Players Championship Scores
Sunday
AtTPC Sawgrass, Players Stadium Course
Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Purse: $9.5 million
Yardage: 7,215;Par 72
Final
Matt Kuchar (600), $1,710,000 .68-68-69-70275
Ben Curtis (203), $627,000 .......68-71-70-68277
Rickie Fowler (203), $627,000..72-69-66-70277
Zach Johnson (203), $627,000.70-66-73-68277
Martin Laird (203), $627,000.....65-73-72-67277
Luke Donald (110), $342,000 ...72-69-72-66279
Bo Van Pelt (94), $296,083 .......71-70-70-69280
Kevin Na (94), $296,083............67-69-68-76280
Jhonattan Vegas (94),
$296,083 ......................................68-74-68-70280
Carl Pettersson (80), $247,000.71-72-69-69281
David Toms (80), $247,000.......69-74-73-65281
Blake Adams (68), $199,500.....66-73-72-71282
Jonathan Byrd (68), $199,500...68-70-72-72282
Geoff Ogilvy (68), $199,500......70-73-70-69282
Brendon de Jonge (54),
$137,988 ......................................69-71-72-71283
Bob Estes (54), $137,988..........73-69-76-65283
Peter Hanson, $137,988............73-71-71-68283
Martin Kaymer, $137,988 ..........73-69-70-71283
Spencer Levin (54), $137,988...74-68-72-69283
David Mathis (54), $137,988 .....72-71-69-71283
Adam Scott (54), $137,988........68-70-74-71283
Henrik Stenson (54), $137,988.71-71-71-70283
Chris Couch (48), $95,000 ........72-71-71-70284
John Huh (48), $95,000 .............75-66-72-71284
Tim Clark (42), $66,548 .............71-70-71-73285
Brian Davis (42), $66,548..........68-70-72-75285
Jim Furyk (42), $66,548.............72-70-72-71285
Bill Haas (42), $66,548...............68-71-74-72285
Phil Mickelson (42), $66,548.....71-71-70-73285
Pat Perez (42), $66,548 .............69-75-70-71285
Ian Poulter (42), $66,548 ...........65-76-71-73285
John Rollins (42), $66,548.........72-72-69-72285
Kevin Stadler (42), $66,548.......68-71-73-73285
Charlie Wi (42), $66,548............71-67-73-74285
Keegan Bradley (34), $46,835..72-70-74-70286
Tom Gillis (34), $46,835.............70-71-73-72286
Jeff Maggert (34), $46,835........70-71-71-74286
Johnson Wagner (34), $46,835 69-73-69-75286
Jimmy Walker (34), $46,835 .....71-70-71-74286
Kris Blanks (29), $37,050...........69-74-72-72287
J.J. Henry (29), $37,050 ............71-73-74-69287
Bryce Molder (29), $37,050.......72-72-70-73287
Alvaro Quiros, $37,050 ..............72-72-72-71287
Tiger Woods (29), $37,050........74-68-72-73287
Marc Leishman (26), $31,350 ...73-70-73-72288
Ricky Barnes (23), $26,334.......74-69-72-74289
Harrison Frazar (23), $26,334...68-76-69-76289
Brian Gay (23), $26,334.............71-72-71-75289
Ryan Moore (23), $26,334.........69-72-75-73289
Josh Teater (23), $26,334..........71-71-76-71289
Brian Harman (18), $22,496......73-68-76-73290
Chris Kirk (18), $22,496.............71-73-72-74290
Justin Rose (18), $22,496 .........76-68-75-71290
Kevin Streelman (18), $22,496 .72-68-72-78290
Michael Thompson (18),
$22,496 ........................................68-71-75-76290
Sergio Garcia (13), $21,280......73-71-68-79291
Trevor Immelman (13),
$21,280 ........................................72-72-72-75291
Robert Karlsson (13), $21,280..70-74-76-71291
Rod Pampling (13), $21,280 .....71-72-78-70291
Nick Watney (13), $21,280 ........71-70-76-74291
Robert Allenby (9), $20,520 ......72-72-75-73292
Sung Kang (9), $20,520.............75-68-72-77292
Lee Westwood (9), $20,520......71-70-74-77292
Stewart Cink (6), $19,855..........71-72-78-72293
Harris English (6), $19,855........70-67-79-77293
George McNeill (6), $19,855.....70-73-82-68293
Heath Slocum (6), $19,855........73-70-78-72293
Jason Dufner (3), $19,285.........73-71-76-75295
David Hearn (3), $19,285 ..........69-75-77-74295
Graham DeLaet (1), $18,905 ....71-73-76-76296
Justin Leonard (1), $18,905 ......75-68-74-79296
Cameron Tringale (1), $18,620.73-71-77-76297
N H L
All Times EDT
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
N.Y. Rangers 4, Washington 3
Saturday, April 28: NY Rangers 3, Washington 1
Monday, April 30: Washington 3, NY Rangers 2
Wednesday, May 2: NY Rangers 2, Washington 1,
3OT
Saturday, May 5: Washington 3, NY Rangers 2
Monday, May 7: NY Rangers 3, Washington 2, OT
Wednesday, May 9: Washington 2, NY Rangers 1
Saturday, May 12: NY Rangers 2, Washington 1
New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1
Sunday, April 29: Philadelphia 4, NewJersey 3, OT
Tuesday, May 1: New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1
Thursday, May 3: NewJersey 4, Philadelphia 3, OT
Sunday, May 6: New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 2
Tuesday, May 8: New Jersey 3, Philadelphia 1
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Phoenix 4, Nashville 1
Friday, April 27: Phoenix 4, Nashville 3, OT
Sunday, April 29: Phoenix 5, Nashville 3
Wednesday, May 2: Nashville 2, Phoenix 0
Friday, May 4: Phoenix 1, Nashville 0
Monday, May 7: Phoenix 2, Nashville 1
Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 0
Saturday, April 28: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1
Monday, April 30: Los Angeles 5, St. Louis 2
Thursday, May 3: Los Angeles 4, St. Louis 2
Sunday, May 6: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 1
CONFERENCE FINALS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Monday, May14: NewJersey at NYRangers, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16: New Jersey at NY Rangers, 8
p.m.
Saturday, May 19: NY Rangers at New Jersey, 1
p.m.
Monday, May 21: NYRangers at NewJersey, 8 p.m.
x-Wednesday, May 23: NewJersey at NYRangers,
8 p.m.
x-Friday, May 25: NYRangers at NewJersey, 8p.m.
x-Sunday, May 27: New Jersey at NY Rangers, 8
p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Phoenix vs. Los Angeles
Sunday, May 13: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Thursday, May 17: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 20: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
x-Tuesday, May 22: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
x-Thursday, May 24: Phoenix at Los Angeles, 9p.m.
x-Saturday, May 26: Los Angeles at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
N B A
Daily Playoff Glance
All Times EDT
(x-if necessary)
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
Wednesday, May 2
San Antonio 114, Utah 83
Indiana 97, Orlando 74
Memphis 105, L.A. Clippers 98
Thursday, May 3
Miami 87, New York 70
Oklahoma City 95, Dallas 79
Friday, May 4
Boston 90, Atlanta 84, OT
Philadelphia 79, Chicago 74
Denver 99, L.A. Lakers 84
Saturday, May 5
Indiana 101, Orlando 99, OT
L.A. Clippers 87, Memphis 86
Oklahoma City 103, Dallas 97, Oklahoma City wins
series 4-0
San Antonio 102, Utah 90
Sunday, May 6
Philadelphia 89, Chicago 82
New York 89, Miami 87
Boston 101, Atlanta 79
L.A. Lakers 92, Denver 88
Monday, May 7
San Antonio 87, Utah 81, San Antonio wins series
4-0
L.A. Clippers 101, Memphis 97, OT
Tuesday, May 8
Indiana 105, Orlando 87, Indiana wins series 4-1
Atlanta 87, Boston 86
Chicago 77, Philadelphia 69
Wednesday, May 9
Miami 106, New York 94, Miami wins series 4-1
Thursday, May 10
Philadelphia 79, Chicago 78, Philadelphia wins se-
ries 4-2
Boston 83, Atlanta 80, Boston wins series 4-2
Friday, May 11
Saturday, May 12
L.A. Lakers 96, Denver 87, L.A. Lakers wins series
4-3
Sunday, May 13
L.A. Clippers 82, Memphis 72, L.A. Clippers wins
series 4-3
Saturday, May 12
Boston 92, Philadelphia 91, Boston leads series1-0
Sunday, May 13
Miami 95, Indiana 86, Miami leads series 1-0
Monday, May 14
Philadelphia at Boston, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 15
Indiana at Miami, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 16
Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City 9:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 17
Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 9:30 p.m.
Friday, May 18
Boston at Philadelphia, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 19
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 20
Miami at Indiana, 3:30 p.m.
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Monday, May 21
x-Philadelphia at Boston, TBD
x-L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, TBD
Tuesday, May 22
x-Indiana at Miami, TBD
x-L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, TBD
Wednesday, May 23
x-Boston at Philadelphia, TBD
x-Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, TBD
Thursday, May 24
x-Miami at Indiana, TBD
Friday, May 25
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, TBD
Saturday, May 26
x-Philadelphia at Boston, TBD
x-Indiana at Miami, TBD
Sunday, May 27
x-L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, TBD
x-L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, TBD
A H L
Playoff Glance
All Times EDT
(x-if necessary)
BEST OF 7
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Norfolk 4, Connecticut 2
Wednesday, May 2: Connecticut 3, Norfolk 2, OT
Friday, May 4: Norfolk 4, Connecticut 1
Sunday, May 6: Norfolk 4, Connecticut 3
Monday, May 7: Connecticut 4, Norfolk 1
Wednesday, May 9: Norfolk 4, Connecticut 0
Friday, May 11: Norfolk 2, Connecticut 1, OT
St. John's 4, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3
Tuesday, May 1: St. Johns 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton 1
Wednesday, May 2: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3, St.
Johns 1
Saturday, May 5: St. Johns 2, Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton 1, OT
Sunday, May 6: St. Johns 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
2, OT
Tuesday, May 8: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 3, St.
Johns 2, 2OT
Friday, May11: Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 4, St. Johns
2
Saturday, May12: St. Johns 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scran-
ton 2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Toronto 4, Abbotsford 1
Tuesday, May 1: Abbotsford 3, Toronto 1
Thursday, May 3: Toronto 5, Abbotsford 1
Saturday, May 5: Toronto 4, Abbotsford 1
Tuesday, May 8: Toronto 3, Abbotsford 1
Wednesday, May 9: Toronto 3, Abbotsford 2, OT
Oklahoma City 4, San Antonio 1
Thursday, May 3: San Antonio 6, Oklahoma City 4
Saturday, May 5: Oklahoma City 5, San Antonio 4,
OT
Monday, May 7: Oklahoma City 2, San Antonio 1,
OT
Thursday, May10: Oklahoma City 2, San Antonio1,
OT
Friday, May 11: Oklahoma City 4, San Antonio 3
CONFERENCE FINALS
BEST OF 7
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Norfolk vs. St. John's
Thursday, May 17: St. Johns at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday, May 19: St. Johns at Norfolk, 8 p.m.
Monday, May 21: Norfolk at St. Johns, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, May 22: Norfolk at St. Johns, 6 p.m.
x-Saturday, May 26: Norfolk at St. Johns, 6 p.m.
x-Tuesday, May 29: St. Johns at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m.
x-Wednesday, May 30: St. Johns at Norfolk, 7:15
p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Oklahoma City vs. Toronto
Thursday, May17: Torontoat OklahomaCity, 8p.m.
Friday, May 18: Toronto at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.
Monday, May 21: Oklahoma City at Toronto, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, May 23: Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7
p.m.
x-Friday, May 25: Oklahoma City at Toronto, 7 p.m.
x-Monday, May 28: Toronto at Oklahoma City, 8
p.m.
x-Wednesday, May 30: Torontoat OklahomaCity, 8
p.m.
C M Y K
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M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L
PHILADELPHIA Cole
Hamels was stellar on the
mound in his return from a
five-game suspension, working
seven innings of one-run ball
Sunday to help the Philadel-
phia Phillies beat the San Die-
go Padres 3-2.
Hamels (5-1) was suspended
by major league baseball after
the Phillies left-hander in-
tentionally threw a pitch that
hit Washington rookie Bryce
Harper a week ago.
Hamel allowed five hits
while striking out five.
Jonathan Papelbon worked a
perfect ninth striking out
two of the three batters he
faced for his 10th save.
Marlins 8, Mets 4
MIAMI Giancarlo Stanton
hit a two-out grand slam to cap
a ninth-inning rally by the
Miami Marlins, who beat an
angry Frank Francisco and the
New York Mets.
The walk-off victory was the
second in the three-game se-
ries for the Marlins, who have
won 10 of their past 12 games.
The Marlins trailed 4-2 when
Emilio Bonifacio led off the
ninth with his second triple of
the game against Francisco
(1-3). John Buck walked and
pinch-hitter Greg Dobbs fol-
lowed with an RBI single.
Reds 9, Nationals 6
CINCINNATI Joey Votto
hit a grand slam in the ninth
inning for his third home run
of the game, rallying the Cin-
cinnati Reds to a rain-delayed
victory over the Washington
Nationals.
Pirates 3, Astros 2
PITTSBURGH Josh Har-
risons 12th-inning single drove
in Clint Barmes and the Pitts-
burgh Pirates came back for a
win over the Houston Astros.
Cubs 8, Brewers 2
MILWAUKEE Ian Stewart
hit a solo homer and scored
the go-ahead run on an error,
helping the Chicago Cubs beat
the Milwaukee Brewers to
avoid a three-game sweep by
their division rivals.
Braves 7 Cardinals 4
ST. LOUIS Jason Hey-
ward ended a 10-pitch at-bat
with a bases-clearing double in
third inning, helping the Atlan-
ta Braves give rookie Lance
Lynn his first loss and beat the
St. Louis Cardinals to complete
a three-game sweep.
Giants 7, Diamondbacks 3
PHOENIX Melky Cabrera
singled four times to extend
his hitting streak to 11 games,
Gregor Blanco drove in three
runs with a pair of hits and the
San Francisco Giants beat
Arizona to take two of three
from the Diamondbacks.
Dodgers 11, Rockies 5
LOS ANGELES Bobby
Abreu hit a three-run double
and A.J. Ellis added a three-run
homer during a sixth-inning
rally Sunday that carried Ted
Lilly and the Los Angeles
Dodgers to a victory over the
Colorado Rockies.
N AT I O N A L L E A G U E R O U N D U P
AP PHOTO
The Phillie Phanatic, right, helps his mother during a Mothers
Day skit between innings in the Phillies game with the San
Diego Padres on Sunday in Philadelphia.
Hamels returns to pitch
Phillies over Padres
BALTIMORE Elliot John-
son and Ben Zobrist homered,
Carlos Pena ended an extended
slump with two doubles and
two RBIs, and the Tampa Bay
Rays held on to beat the Balti-
more Orioles 9-8 Sunday and
avert a three-game sweep.
James Shields earned his
sixth win for the Rays, who
snapped a three-game skid and
won for only the second time
in eight games. Tampa Bay
entered the series tied atop the
AL East with Baltimore.
The Rays led 7-1 in the
fourth inning and 9-6 in the
eighth, but it was 9-8 when
Fernando Rodney got Matt
Wieters to ground out in the
ninth with runners on second
and third with two outs.
Rangers 13, Angels 6
ARLINGTON, Texas
Nelson Cruz hit his third ca-
reer grand slam, Josh Hamilton
drove in three runs and the
Texas Rangers beat the Los
Angeles Angels 13-6 on Sunday
night to hand Jered Weaver his
first loss.
The slam by Cruz capped a
five-run third for the Rangers.
Hamilton chased Weaver an
inning later with a two-run
double that made it 8-2.
Tigers 3, Athletics 1
OAKLAND, Calif. Justin
Verlander struck out eight in
seven innings to win his fourth
straight decision and Detroit
beat ailing Oakland to salvage
a series split.
Red Sox 12, Indians 1
BOSTON Jarrod Saltala-
macchia homered during a
six-run seventh inning and
drove in five runs to lead Bos-
ton past Cleveland.
Royals 9, White Sox 1
CHICAGO Jeff Francoeur
hit his first homer of the sea-
son and pinch-hitter Johnny
Giavotella had a two-run dou-
ble to lead Kansas City over
Chicago.
Alcides Escobar went 3 for 3
with two walks for Kansas City,
which broke it open with six
runs in the ninth inning. Fran-
coeur also had an RBI single
and made a nice play in right
field.
Twins 4, Blue Jays 3
MINNEAPOLIS Scott
Diamond pitched seven shut-
out innings, Brian Dozier hit
his first career homer and
Minnesota Twins held on to
beat Toronto.
Ryan Doumit and Jamey
Carroll added two hits apiece
for the Twins, and Matt Capps
pitched a scoreless ninth for
his seventh save in as many
chances.
Yunel Escobar and Eric
Thames knocked in runs for
Toronto, which closed a 5-5
road trip.
A M E R I C A N L E A G U E R O U N D U P
Johnson, Zobrist homer
as Rays defeat Orioles
STANDINGS/STATS
S T A N D I N G S
All Times EDT
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away
Baltimore........................................ 22 13 .629 6-4 L-1 11-8 11-5
Tampa Bay..................................... 21 14 .600 1 4-6 W-1 13-3 8-11
New York ....................................... 19 15 .559 2
1
2 6-4 L-1 11-8 8-7
Toronto........................................... 19 16 .543 3
1
2 5-5 L-1 8-7 11-9
Boston............................................ 15 19 .441 6
1
2 4 4-6 W-3 7-11 8-8
Central Division
Cleveland....................................... 18 16 .529 4-6 L-3 8-10 10-6
Detroit............................................. 17 17 .500 1 2 5-5 W-1 9-9 8-8
Chicago.......................................... 16 19 .457 2
1
2 3
1
2 4-6 L-2 6-11 10-8
Kansas City ................................... 13 20 .394 4
1
2 5
1
2 6-4 W-2 4-13 9-7
Minnesota...................................... 10 24 .294 8 9 4-6 W-1 6-12 4-12
West Division
Texas ............................................. 22 12 .647 5-5 L-1 9-6 13-6
Oakland.......................................... 18 17 .514 4
1
2 1
1
2 6-4 L-1 9-10 9-7
Seattle ............................................ 16 20 .444 7 4 5-5 W-1 7-8 9-12
Los Angeles .................................. 15 19 .441 7 4 6-4 W-1 9-8 6-11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Atlanta............................................ 22 13 .629 7-3 W-3 8-5 14-8
Washington ................................... 21 13 .618
1
2 6-4 L-1 12-4 9-9
New York ....................................... 19 15 .559 2
1
2 6-4 L-1 10-6 9-9
Miami .............................................. 18 16 .529 3
1
2 1 8-2 W-1 8-6 10-10
Philadelphia................................... 16 19 .457 6 3
1
2 4-6 W-1 7-9 9-10
Central Division
St. Louis......................................... 20 14 .588 4-6 L-3 8-7 12-7
Cincinnati ....................................... 17 16 .515 2
1
2 1
1
2 6-4 W-1 9-8 8-8
Pittsburgh ...................................... 16 18 .471 4 3 6-4 W-2 10-8 6-10
Houston ......................................... 15 19 .441 5 4 5-5 L-2 10-8 5-11
Milwaukee...................................... 15 19 .441 5 4 4-6 L-1 9-9 6-10
Chicago.......................................... 14 20 .412 6 5 5-5 W-1 9-10 5-10
West Division
Los Angeles................................. 23 11 .676 6-4 W-4 15-3 8-8
San Francisco.............................. 17 17 .500 6 2 5-5 W-2 8-7 9-10
Arizona ......................................... 15 20 .429 8
1
2 4
1
2 2-8 L-2 7-12 8-8
Colorado....................................... 13 20 .394 9
1
2 5
1
2 2-8 L-3 8-10 5-10
San Diego..................................... 12 23 .343 11
1
2 7
1
2 4-6 L-1 9-14 3-9
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Saturday's Games
L.A. Angels 4, Texas 2
N.Y. Yankees 6, Seattle 2
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 3
Boston 4, Cleveland 1
Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 0
Toronto 2, Minnesota 1
Oakland 3, Detroit 1
Sunday's Games
Seattle 6, N.Y. Yankees 2
Boston 12, Cleveland 1
Tampa Bay 9, Baltimore 8
Kansas City 9, Chicago White Sox 1
Minnesota 4, Toronto 3
Detroit 3, Oakland 1
L.A. Angels at Texas, (n)
Monday's Games
N.Y. Yankees (Nova4-1) at Baltimore(Hammel 4-1),
7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Niemann 2-3) at Toronto (Morrow4-1),
7:07 p.m.
Seattle (Vargas 4-2) at Boston (Lester 1-3), 7:10
p.m.
Kansas City (B.Chen 1-4) at Texas (Feldman 0-0),
8:05 p.m.
Cleveland (J.Gomez 2-2) at Minnesota (Pavano
2-3), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Smyly 1-0) at Chicago White Sox (Danks
2-4), 8:10 p.m.
Oakland (T.Ross 1-3) at L.A. Angels (Haren 1-3),
10:05 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Cleveland at Minnesota, 1:10 p.m.
Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 2:10 p.m.
Seattle at Boston, 4:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
Oakland at L.A. Angels, 7:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.
Kansas City at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Saturday's Games
Milwaukee 8, Chicago Cubs 2
N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 3
Pittsburgh 5, Houston 2
San Diego 2, Philadelphia 1
Washington 2, Cincinnati 1
Atlanta 7, St. Louis 2
San Francisco 5, Arizona 2
L.A. Dodgers 2, Colorado 1
Sunday's Games
Miami 8, N.Y. Mets 4
Cincinnati 9, Washington 6
Pittsburgh 3, Houston 2, 12 innings
Philadelphia 3, San Diego 2
Chicago Cubs 8, Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 7, St. Louis 4
L.A. Dodgers 11, Colorado 5
San Francisco 7, Arizona 3
Monday's Games
Chicago Cubs (Dempster 0-1) at St. Louis (West-
brook 4-2), 7:05 p.m.
Houston (Harrell 2-2) at Philadelphia (Blanton 3-3),
7:05 p.m.
San Diego (Stauffer 0-0) at Washington (Detwiler
3-2), 7:05 p.m.
Cincinnati (Bailey1-3) at Atlanta (Delgado 2-3), 7:10
p.m.
Milwaukee (Gallardo 2-3) at N.Y. Mets (Batista 0-1),
7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Lincoln 2-0) at Miami (A.Sanchez 2-0),
7:10 p.m.
Arizona (I.Kennedy 3-2) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw
2-1), 10:10 p.m.
Colorado (Friedrich 1-0) at San Francisco (Vogel-
song 1-2), 10:15 p.m.
Tuesday's Games
Houston at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m.
San Diego at Washington, 1:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 1:45 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Miami, 7:10 p.m.
Arizona at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
Colorado at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m.
N A T I O N A L
L E A G U E
Phillies 3, Padres 2
San Diego Philadelphia
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Maybin cf 5 0 2 0 Rollins ss 4 1 1 1
Denorfi rf 3 1 1 0 Pierre lf 4 0 2 1
Alonso 1b 3 0 0 0 Contrrs p 0 0 0 0
Guzmn lf 3 1 2 1 Bastrd p 0 0 0 0
Hundly c 4 0 0 1 Papeln p 0 0 0 0
Darnell 3b 4 0 1 0 Victorn cf 4 0 1 0
Parrino 2b 3 0 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 0
Bartlett ss 3 0 0 0
Wggntn
3b-1b 4 1 1 0
Venale ph 1 0 0 0 Mayrry 1b-lf 3 0 0 0
Suppan p 2 0 0 0 Galvis 2b 2 0 0 0
OHudsn ph 1 0 1 0 Schndr c 2 1 2 1
Hinshw p 0 0 0 0 Ruiz ph-c 2 0 1 0
Brach p 0 0 0 0 Hamels p 1 0 0 0
Headly ph 1 0 0 0
Polanc
ph-3b 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2 Totals 31 3 8 3
San Diego.......................... 001 000 010 2
Philadelphia....................... 110 010 00x 3
EAlonso (5), Darnell (1). DPSan Diego 1.
LOBSan Diego 8, Philadelphia 8. 2BDenorfia
(6), Guzman (8), Pierre (1), Schneider (1). HR
Rollins (1). SBMaybin (10), Denorfia (2), Alonso
(1), Guzman (2), Victorino (11). SDenorfia, Ha-
mels.
IP H R ER BB SO
San Diego
Suppan L,2-1........... 6 6 3 2 0 1
Hinshaw.................... 1 1 0 0 1 1
Brach........................ 1 1 0 0 2 2
Philadelphia
Hamels W,5-1.......... 7 5 1 1 3 5
Contreras H,3..........
2
3 2 1 1 0 1
Bastardo H,6............
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Papelbon S,10-10... 1 0 0 0 0 2
WPHamels.
UmpiresHome, DaleScott;First, CBBucknor;Se-
cond, Bill Miller;Third, Dan Iassogna.
T2:42. A45,442 (43,651).
Pirates 3, Astros 2
Houston Pittsburgh
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Schafer cf 5 0 0 0 Tabata lf-rf 4 1 0 0
Lowrie ss 5 0 0 0 Walker 2b 5 1 2 0
JDMrtn lf 4 0 0 0 AMcCt cf 4 0 1 1
Maxwll lf 1 0 0 0 PAlvrz 3b 4 0 1 1
Ca.Lee 1b 5 2 2 0 McGeh 1b 2 0 0 0
Bogsvc rf 4 0 1 0 McLoth ph 1 0 0 0
CJhnsn 3b 5 0 1 1 Hanrhn p 0 0 0 0
FRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 J.Cruz p 0 0 0 0
JCastro c 5 0 2 1 Watson p 0 0 0 0
MGnzlz
2b-3b 4 0 0 0 JMcDnl ph 1 0 0 0
WRdrg p 3 0 0 0 Navarr rf 3 0 0 0
Myers p 0 0 0 0
Presley
ph-lf 2 0 0 0
MDwns ph 0 0 0 0 Barajs c-1b 4 0 1 0
WLopez p 0 0 0 0
Barmes
pr-1b 1 1 1 0
Wrght p 0 0 0 0 JHrrsn ss 4 0 1 1
Altuve 2b 0 0 0 0 AJBrnt p 2 0 0 0
GJones ph 1 0 0 0
Grilli p 0 0 0 0
McKnr c 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 2 6 2 Totals 39 3 7 3
Houston.................... 000 010 100 000 2
Pittsburgh ................ 100 000 001 001 3
Two outs when winning run scored.
EA.J.Burnett (1). DPHouston 1, Pittsburgh 2.
LOBHouston 5, Pittsburgh 6. 2BCa.Lee (5),
Walker 2 (5), A.McCutchen (7), Barmes (8). S
J.Harrison. SFP.Alvarez.
IP H R ER BB SO
Houston
W.Rodriguez ........... 8 3 1 1 1 7
Myers BS,1-10 ........ 1 1 1 1 2 1
W.Lopez................... 1
2
3 1 0 0 0 2
W.Wright .................. 1 0 0 0 0 3
Fe.Rodriguez L,1-4 0 2 1 1 0 0
Pittsburgh
A.J.Burnett ............... 8 6 2 2 0 4
Grilli........................... 1 0 0 0 1 1
Hanrahan.................. 1 0 0 0 1 0
J.Cruz....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
Watson W,3-0.......... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Fe.Rodriguez pitched to 2 batters in the 12th.
Marlins 8, Mets 4
New York Miami
ab r h bi ab r h bi
ATorrs cf 5 0 0 0 Reyes ss 2 0 1 1
Niwnhs lf 4 1 2 0 Infante 2b 5 0 0 0
DWrght 3b 3 1 1 0 HRmrz 3b 4 1 1 0
Duda rf 4 0 0 1 Kearns lf 4 1 1 0
DnMrp 1b 3 1 2 1 Stanton rf 5 1 3 4
Cedeno ss 2 1 0 0 GSnchz 1b 4 0 0 0
Vldspn 2b 4 0 1 0 Bonifac cf 4 2 3 0
RJhnsn c 3 0 1 0 J.Buck c 2 1 1 2
Baxter ph 0 0 0 0 Hayes pr 0 1 0 0
Nickes c 0 0 0 0 Zamrn p 2 0 0 0
Niese p 1 0 0 0 Morrsn ph 1 0 0 0
I.Davis ph 1 0 0 0 Mujica p 0 0 0 0
RRmrz p 0 0 0 0 Bell p 0 0 0 0
Rauch p 0 0 0 0 Dobbs ph 1 1 1 1
Turner ph 1 0 1 2
Frncsc p 0 0 0 0
Acosta p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 4 8 4 Totals 34 811 8
New York ........................... 000 200 002 4
Miami .................................. 000 000 206 8
DPNewYork 2, Miami 2. LOBNewYork 6, Mia-
mi 7. 2BDan.Murphy (9), Turner (3).
3BBonifacio 2 (2). HRStanton (7), J.Buck (4).
SBReyes (9). CSD.Wright (4). SNiese. SF
Reyes.
IP H R ER BB SO
New York
Niese ........................ 6 5 0 0 3 4
R.Ramirez BS,2-3... 1 3 2 2 0 1
Rauch ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
F.Francisco L,1-3.... 0 2 3 3 1 0
Acosta BS,1-1.........
2
3 1 3 3 1 0
Miami
Zambrano................. 7 5 2 1 3 7
Mujica....................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
Bell W,2-3 ................ 1 2 2 2 2 0
F.Francisco pitched to 3 batters in the 9th.
HBPby Acosta (Kearns). WPNiese. PB
J.Buck.
UmpiresHome, Todd Tichenor;First, Larry Vano-
ver;Second, Brian Gorman;Third, Tony Randazzo.
Red Sox 12, Indians 1
Cleveland Boston
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Damon lf 3 0 0 0
Sweeny
cf-rf 5 0 1 0
Kipnis 2b 4 0 2 0 Pedroia 2b 4 1 1 0
ACarer ss 2 0 0 1 Punto 2b 1 0 0 0
JoLopz ph-3b 1 0 0 0 Ortiz dh 3 2 1 1
Hafner dh 3 0 0 0
Shppch
ph-dh 1 0 0 0
CSantn c 4 0 1 0 AdGnzl 1b 4 2 2 0
Choo rf 3 0 1 0 MGomz 1b 1 0 0 0
Cnghm rf 1 0 0 0 Mdlrks 3b 3 3 2 2
Brantly cf 4 0 3 0 Nava lf 2 3 2 3
Ktchm 1b 4 0 0 0 C.Ross rf 3 0 0 0
Hannhn
3b-ss 3 1 0 0 Byrd cf 0 0 0 0
Sltlmch c 4 1 3 5
Aviles ss 4 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 35121211
Cleveland......................... 001 000 000 1
Boston.............................. 401 001 60x 12
DPCleveland 1, Boston 2. LOBCleveland 8,
Boston 4. 2BBrantley 2 (12), Pedroia (13), Ad-
.Gonzalez 2 (13), Nava 2 (4). HRMiddlebrooks
(4), Saltalamacchia (5). SBNava (1), Aviles (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Cleveland
Masterson L,1-3...... 6 7 6 6 1 4
Wheeler.................... 1 5 6 6 1 0
Asencio .................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Boston
Bard W,3-4............... 6 6 1 1 4 2
R.Hill ......................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Albers....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Atchison ................... 1 1 0 0 0 2
HBPby Masterson (C.Ross, Nava, Nava). WP
Masterson, Wheeler.
UmpiresHome, Ron Kulpa;First, Jim Wolf;Sec-
ond, Derryl Cousins;Third, Alan Porter.
T2:37. A37,611 (37,067).
Cubs 8, Brewers 2
Chicago Milwaukee
ab r h bi ab r h bi
DeJess rf 5 1 2 0 Aoki cf 4 0 2 0
Campn cf 5 1 3 1 Lucroy c 4 0 0 0
SCastro ss 5 0 2 1 Braun lf 3 1 1 0
LaHair 1b 4 1 0 0 ArRmr 3b 3 1 1 0
ASorin lf 4 0 1 1 Hart rf 3 0 1 0
K.Wood p 0 0 0 0 Green 1b 3 0 1 2
JeBakr ph 0 0 0 0 Conrad 2b 4 0 0 0
Bowden p 0 0 0 0 Maysnt ss 3 0 0 0
IStewrt 3b 5 2 2 1 MParr p 0 0 0 0
Soto c 3 1 1 0 Chulk p 0 0 0 0
Barney 2b 4 1 1 1 Morgan ph 1 0 1 0
Smrdzj p 1 0 0 0 Estrad p 2 0 0 0
RJhnsn ph 1 1 1 1 Loe p 0 0 0 0
Camp p 0 0 0 0
CIzturs
ph-ss 2 0 0 0
Cardns ph 1 0 0 0
Russell p 0 0 0 0
Mather lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 39 813 6 Totals 32 2 7 2
Chicago.............................. 000 011 123 8
Milwaukee.......................... 000 101 000 2
ELaHair (3), I.Stewart (3), Maysonet (1). DP
Milwaukee 2. LOBChicago 7, Milwaukee 8.
2BA.Soriano (6), I.Stewart (4), Soto (2), Barney
(6), Hart (10). 3BAoki (1). HRI.Stewart (4), Re-
.Johnson (1). SBCampana (8), Barney (1), Braun
(5), C.Izturis (1). CSAoki (1). SHart. SF
Green.
IP H R ER BB SO
Chicago
Samardzija............... 5 3 1 1 2 6
Camp W,1-1
BS,1-1 ...................... 1 2 1 1 1 0
Russell H,4 .............. 1 0 0 0 0 0
K.Wood H,3............. 1 1 0 0 0 0
Bowden.................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Milwaukee
Estrada..................... 6 5 2 2 1 4
Loe L,2-1.................. 1 1 1 0 0 1
M.Parra .................... 1 2 2 2 1 0
Chulk ........................ 1 5 3 3 1 2
WPSamardzija, M.Parra 2.
UmpiresHome, Adrian Johnson;First, Gary Ce-
derstrom;Second, Lance Barksdale;Third, Fieldin
Culbreth.
T3:17. A42,167 (41,900).
Braves 7, Cardinals 4
Atlanta St. Louis
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Bourn cf 5 0 2 1 Furcal ss 3 0 3 0
Prado lf 4 2 2 1 Rzpczy p 0 0 0 0
Fremn 1b 4 2 2 1 MCrpnt ph 1 1 1 0
Uggla 2b 4 1 1 1 Jay cf 4 0 0 0
Heywrd rf 4 0 1 3 Beltran rf 4 2 1 1
JFrncs 3b 3 0 0 0 Craig lf 5 1 3 3
OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 Brkmn 1b 5 0 1 0
Hinske ph 1 0 0 0 Freese 3b 4 0 0 0
JWilson ss 1 0 0 0 Descals 2b 1 0 0 0
D.Ross c 3 1 1 0 Hollidy ph 1 0 0 0
Pstrnck ss 4 1 1 0 VMarte p 0 0 0 0
CMrtnz p 0 0 0 0 McCllln p 0 0 0 0
Venters p 0 0 0 0
Schmkr
ph-2b 1 0 0 0
Hanson p 2 0 0 0 T.Cruz c 4 0 1 0
Durbin p 0 0 0 0 Lynn p 2 0 0 0
C.Jones 3b 1 0 0 0
Greene
ph-2b-ss 2 0 0 0
Totals 36 710 7 Totals 37 410 4
Atlanta ................................ 003 000 310 7
St. Louis............................. 000 001 003 4
ED.Ross (1), Greene (2). DPSt. Louis 2.
LOBAtlanta 8, St. Louis 10. 2BFreeman 2 (10),
Uggla (8), Heyward (4), D.Ross (3), M.Carpenter
(7). HRBeltran (13), Craig (5). SBPrado (4),
Pastornicky (1), Furcal (7), Jay (4). CSBourn (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Atlanta
Hanson W,4-3 ......... 5 5 1 1 3 9
Durbin H,2................
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
OFlaherty H,5......... 1
2
3 3 0 0 0 4
C.Martinez ............... 1
2
3 2 3 3 1 0
Venters.....................
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
St. Louis
Lynn L,6-1................ 6 4 3 3 3 7
V.Marte.....................
2
3 4 3 3 0 2
McClellan ................. 1
1
3 1 1 1 2 1
Rzepczynski ............ 1 1 0 0 0 1
Hanson pitched to 3 batters in the 6th.
HBPby Lynn (Prado). WPC.Martinez. PB
T.Cruz.
UmpiresHome, Brian Knight;First, Mike Winters-
;Second, Mike Muchlinski;Third, Wally Bell.
T3:33. A45,729 (43,975).
Reds 9, Nationals 6
Washington Cincinnati
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Dsmnd ss 6 1 2 0 Stubbs cf 4 2 0 0
Berndn lf 4 1 2 1 Heisey lf 4 1 0 0
TMoore ph 1 0 0 0 Votto 1b 5 4 4 6
HRdrgz p 0 0 0 0 BPhllps 2b 4 0 1 0
Zmrmn 3b 4 0 0 0 Bruce rf 3 0 1 2
LaRoch 1b 5 1 2 1 Frazier 3b 3 0 0 0
Harper rf 5 2 2 0 Hoover p 0 0 0 0
Espinos 2b 4 1 2 2 Ludwck ph 1 0 0 0
Ankiel cf 3 0 2 0 Marshll p 0 0 0 0
Flores c 4 0 2 1 Hanign c 4 1 2 0
EJcksn p 2 0 0 0 Mesorc pr 0 1 0 0
Lmrdzz ph 1 0 1 0 Valdez ss 3 0 1 0
Grzlny p 0 0 0 0 Arroyo p 1 0 0 0
Tracy ph 1 0 1 1 Costanz ph 0 0 0 1
Matths p 0 0 0 0 LeCure p 0 0 0 0
SBurntt p 0 0 0 0 Cairo 3b 2 0 0 0
Nady ph-lf 1 0 0 0
Totals 41 616 6 Totals 34 9 9 9
Washington ....................... 011 020 110 6
Cincinnati ........................... 100 110 024 9
EDesmond (5), Hanigan (2). LOBWashington
14, Cincinnati 4. 2BDesmond (10), Bernadina (6),
LaRoche (9), Espinosa (4), Lombardozzi (4), Votto
(16), Bruce (9), Valdez (2). HRVotto 3 (5). SB
Bernadina (4). SValdez. SFFlores, Costanzo.
IP H R ER BB SO
Washington
E.Jackson................ 5 5 3 3 0 4
Gorzelanny H,2....... 1 0 0 0 1 0
Mattheus H,6 ........... 1
1
3 0 1 0 0 2
S.Burnett H,5...........
2
3 2 1 1 0 2
H.Rodriguez L,1-3
BS,3-11....................
2
3 2 4 4 2 0
Cincinnati
Arroyo....................... 5 11 4 4 1 6
LeCure ..................... 1
2
3 2 1 1 3 1
Hoover...................... 1
1
3 1 1 1 1 1
Marshall W,1-2........ 1 2 0 0 0 2
UmpiresHome, Marty Foster;First, Tim Tim-
mons;Second, Jeff Kellogg;Third, Eric Cooper.
T3:45. A28,361 (42,319).
Dodgers 11, Rockies 5
Colorado Los Angeles
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Scutaro 2b 4 2 2 1 GwynJ lf-cf 4 2 1 0
Colvin 1b-cf 4 1 2 0 M.Ellis 2b 3 2 0 0
CGnzlz lf 4 1 1 2 Kemp cf 2 0 0 1
Cuddyr rf 3 0 1 1 Abreu lf 2 1 1 3
Tlwtzk ss 4 0 0 0 Ethier rf 3 0 0 0
RHrndz c 4 0 0 1 VnSlyk rf 1 1 1 2
Nelson 3b 4 0 0 0 Loney 1b 3 2 1 0
Fowler cf 1 1 0 0 A.Ellis c 4 1 2 4
Pachec 1b 2 0 0 0 AKndy 3b 3 0 1 1
White p 2 0 1 0 Sellers ss 3 1 1 0
MtRynl p 0 0 0 0 Lilly p 2 0 0 0
Brothrs p 0 0 0 0 Elbert p 0 0 0 0
JHerrr ph 1 0 0 0 Belisari p 0 0 0 0
Roenck p 0 0 0 0 Uribe ph 0 1 0 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0 Guerra p 0 0 0 0
WRosr ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 7 5 Totals 3011 811
Colorado.......................... 300 100 100 5
Los Angeles .................... 110 060 12x 11
EA.Ellis (2). DPLos Angeles 1. LOBColora-
do 5, Los Angeles 7. 2BWhite (1), Gwynn Jr. (3),
Abreu (4), Van Slyke (1), Loney (8), A.Kennedy (1).
HRA.Ellis (3). SBC.Gonzalez (6), Cuddyer 2
(5), Van Slyke (1). SA.Kennedy, Lilly.
IP H R ER BB SO
Colorado
White L,0-2 .............. 4
1
3 5 6 6 3 1
Mat.Reynolds...........
2
3 2 2 2 2 1
Brothers ................... 1 0 0 0 0 2
Roenicke.................. 1 0 1 1 2 1
Rogers...................... 1 1 2 2 3 1
Los Angeles
Lilly W,5-0................ 6
1
3 6 5 4 3 1
Elbert ........................
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
Belisario H,3............ 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Guerra...................... 1 0 0 0 0 0
WPMat.Reynolds, Roenicke.
UmpiresHome, Mark Carlson;First, Cory Blaser-
;Second, Ed Rapuano;Third, Angel Hernandez.
T3:15. A49,124 (56,000).
Giants 7, Diamondbacks 3
San Francisco Arizona
ab r h bi ab r h bi
GBlanc rf 5 1 2 3 Pollock cf 2 1 1 1
Arias 3b 5 0 1 0 Kubel lf 4 0 3 2
MeCarr lf 5 2 4 1 J.Upton rf 3 0 0 0
Pill 1b 5 1 1 2 Gldsch 1b 4 0 0 0
Pagan cf 5 0 2 0 MMntr c 3 0 0 0
HSnchz c 5 1 2 1 Ransm 3b 3 0 0 0
Culersn 2b 4 0 1 0 Cllmntr p 0 0 0 0
BCrwfr ss 3 2 1 0 Blmqst ph 1 0 0 0
Zito p 3 0 0 0 Zagrsk p 0 0 0 0
Hensly p 0 0 0 0
RRorts
2b-3b 3 2 1 0
A.Huff ph 1 0 0 0 JMcDnl ss 4 0 0 0
Affeldt p 0 0 0 0 JSndrs p 0 0 0 0
Romo p 0 0 0 0 A.Hill 2b 2 0 0 0
Totals 41 714 7 Totals 29 3 5 3
San Francisco.................... 002 220 100 7
Arizona............................... 010 200 000 3
DPSan Francisco 1. LOBSan Francisco 8, Ari-
zona 6. 2BB.Crawford (8), Pollock (2), Kubel 2
(9). HRPill (3). SJ.Saunders 2.
IP H R ER BB SO
San Francisco
Zito W,2-1 ................ 6 5 3 3 3 5
Hensley .................... 1 0 0 0 1 0
Affeldt ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 1
Romo........................ 1 0 0 0 0 3
Arizona
J.Saunders L,2-3 .... 5 10 6 6 1 1
Collmenter ............... 3 3 1 1 0 2
Zagurski ................... 1 1 0 0 0 1
HBPby Zito (M.Montero).
UmpiresHome, Chad Fairchild;First, Tom Hal-
lion;Second, Alfonso Marquez;Third, Brian ONora.
T2:43. A35,430 (48,633).
A M E R I C A N
L E A G U E
Mariners 6,
Yankees 2
Seattle New York
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Ackley 2b 4 1 1 0 Jeter ss 4 0 1 0
C.Wells lf 4 1 2 3 Grndrs cf 3 0 0 0
ISuzuki rf 5 0 1 0 AlRdrg 3b 3 0 0 0
JMontr c 3 1 1 0 Cano 2b 3 0 0 1
Smoak 1b 4 1 2 2 Teixeir 1b 4 1 1 0
Liddi 3b 3 1 2 0 Swisher rf 4 0 2 0
Carp dh 4 0 0 0 Ibanez lf 3 0 0 0
MSndrs cf 4 0 1 0 ErChvz dh 4 1 2 0
Ryan ss 3 1 0 0 Martin c 1 0 0 1
Totals 34 610 5 Totals 29 2 6 2
Seattle ................................ 000 202 002 6
New York ........................... 000 010 010 2
ERapada (1). DPSeattle 3, NewYork 2. LOB
Seattle 6, New York 6. 2BI.Suzuki (8), Liddi (2),
Swisher (10), Er.Chavez (1). HRC.Wells (1),
Smoak (4). CSM.Saunders (2).
IP H R ER BB SO
Seattle
Millwood W,1-4 ....... 7 3 1 1 4 6
Wilhelmsen H,6.......
1
3 2 1 1 0 1
Luetge H,3...............
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
Delabar..................... 0 0 0 0 1 0
Furbush H,1.............
1
3 0 0 0 1 1
League ..................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
New York
Pettitte L,0-1............ 6
1
3 7 4 4 3 2
Wade........................ 1
2
3 2 1 1 0 3
Rapada..................... 1 1 1 0 2 1
Wade pitched to 1 batter in the 9th.
Delabar pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
WPPettitte.
UmpiresHome, Scott Barry;First, Jerry Meals-
;Second, Gary Darling;Third, Chris Conroy.
T3:00. A41,631 (50,291).
Rays 9,
Orioles 8
Tampa Bay Baltimore
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Zobrist rf 4 2 3 3 Avery lf 4 0 0 0
BUpton cf 4 0 0 0 Betemt ph 1 0 0 0
Joyce lf 5 1 2 1 Hardy ss 4 3 2 0
Scott dh 5 0 0 0 Markks rf 4 1 2 3
C.Pena 1b 5 1 2 2 AdJons cf 5 0 1 0
Kppngr 3b 4 1 1 0 Wieters c 5 2 2 2
SRdrgz 3b 1 0 0 0 NJhnsn dh 3 1 1 1
Rhyms 2b 5 0 2 1 C.Davis 1b 4 0 1 1
Gimenz c 3 1 0 0 Andino 2b 4 1 1 0
EJhnsn ss 4 3 3 2 Flahrty 3b 4 0 1 0
Totals 40 913 9 Totals 38 811 7
Tampa Bay......................... 031 300 020 9
Baltimore............................ 010 003 211 8
EC.Pena (2), Rhymes (2). DPTampa Bay 1.
LOBTampa Bay 7, Baltimore 6. 2BZobrist (7),
C.Pena2(7), Hardy (8), Markakis 2(7), Wieters (6).
HRZobrist (5), E.Johnson (2), Wieters (8),
N.Johnson (2). SBZobrist (2), B.Upton (4),
Rhymes (1), E.Johnson (5).
IP H R ER BB SO
Tampa Bay
Shields W,6-1.......... 6
1
3 7 6 4 2 5
Badenhop H,2 .........
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
McGee H,3 ..............
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Jo.Peralta H,7 ......... 1 1 1 1 0 1
Rodney S,10-10...... 1 2 1 0 1 1
Baltimore
Arrieta L,2-4............. 3
2
3 10 7 7 2 6
Gregg ....................... 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 0
Patton ....................... 3 2 2 2 1 6
ODay........................ 1 0 0 0 0 1
WPArrieta.
UmpiresHome, Gerry Davis;First, Phil Cuzzi;Se-
cond, Greg Gibson;Third, Vic Carapazza.
T3:22. A29,552 (45,971).
Royals 9,
White Sox 1
Kansas City Chicago
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Dyson cf 1 2 0 0 Lillirdg cf 3 1 1 0
Getz 2b 3 0 1 0
De Aza
ph-cf 2 0 1 0
Giavtll ph-2b 2 0 1 2 Bckhm 2b 4 0 0 0
AGordn lf 4 1 0 0 A.Dunn 1b 3 0 1 0
Butler dh 3 1 0 1 Konerk dh 2 0 1 1
Francr rf 5 1 2 2 Rios rf 4 0 1 0
Hosmer 1b 5 1 1 1 Viciedo lf 3 0 0 0
Falu 3b 5 0 1 1 Fukdm ph-lf 1 0 0 0
AEscor ss 3 2 3 1 Flowrs c 3 0 1 0
Quinter c 5 1 1 0 Przyns ph-c 1 0 0 0
Morel 3b 4 0 1 0
EEscor ss 4 0 2 0
Totals 36 910 8 Totals 34 1 9 1
Kansas City ....................... 000 000 216 9
Chicago.............................. 001 000 000 1
EFalu (1). DPKansas City 2. LOBKansas
City 9, Chicago10. 2BGiavotella(1), Quintero(6),
De Aza (9), E.Escobar (1). HRFrancoeur (1).
CSDyson (2), A.Dunn (1).
IP H R ER BB SO
Kansas City
Duffy .........................
2
3 0 0 0 1 1
Mendoza W,2-2 ...... 5
2
3 7 1 1 2 4
K.Herrera H,4..........
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Mijares H,3 ..............
1
3 0 0 0 0 1
G.Holland H,1..........
1
3 1 0 0 1 1
Collins H,3 ...............
1
3 0 0 0 0 0
Broxton..................... 1 1 0 0 0 0
Chicago
Humber .................... 6
2
3 4 1 1 3 7
Thornton L,1-3
BS,2-3 ......................
1
3 1 1 1 1 0
N.Jones.................... 1 1 1 1 0 1
Reed.........................
1
3 2 6 6 3 1
Stults.........................
2
3 2 0 0 0 0
HBPby Humber (Dyson), by Reed(Butler). WP
Mendoza, Thornton. PBPierzynski.
UmpiresHome, Joe West;First, Sam Holbrook-
;Second, Andy Fletcher;Third, Rob Drake.
T3:21. A22,636 (40,615).
Athletics 3, Tigers 1
Detroit Oakland
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Kelly cf-2b 4 0 1 0 JWeeks 2b 2 1 2 0
Dirks lf 3 0 1 0
Pnngtn
ph-ss 2 1 1 1
MiCarr 3b 4 0 0 0 Barton 1b 4 0 1 1
Fielder 1b 4 0 0 0 Reddck rf 4 0 1 0
DYong dh 4 1 1 0 JGoms dh 4 0 1 1
Avila c 3 0 0 1 S.Smith lf 4 0 0 0
Boesch rf 4 0 2 0 Inge 3b 3 0 0 0
RSantg ss 2 0 0 0 KSuzuk c 4 0 1 0
Worth 2b 2 0 0 0
Sogard
ss-2b 3 0 1 0
AJcksn ph-cf 1 0 0 0 Cowgill cf 2 1 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1 Totals 32 3 8 3
Detroit................................. 000 000 001 1
Oakland.............................. 100 000 20x 3
EFielder (3). DPDetroit 1. LOBDetroit 6,
Oakland 7. 2BD.Young (5). 3BPennington (1).
SBBoesch (1). SFAvila.
IP H R ER BB SO
Detroit
Fister L,0-1 .............. 6 5 1 1 2 8
Coke .........................
2
3 3 2 2 0 0
Dotel ......................... 1
1
3 0 0 0 0 3
Oakland
McCarthy W,3-3...... 7 4 0 0 0 10
R.Cook H,9.............. 1 0 0 0 1 1
Fuentes S,2-3.......... 1 1 1 1 0 1
HBPby McCarthy (R.Santiago). WPFuentes.
UmpiresHome, Tim Welke;First, Laz Diaz;Sec-
ond, Mike Everitt;Third, Paul Schrieber.
T2:35. A20,077 (35,067).
Twins 4, Blue Jays 3
Toronto Minnesota
ab r h bi ab r h bi
KJhnsn 2b 5 1 1 0 Span cf 4 1 1 0
YEscor ss 4 1 1 1 Dozier ss 5 2 2 1
Bautist rf 4 0 1 0 Mauer 1b 2 1 1 0
Encrnc 1b 4 0 3 0 Wlngh lf 3 0 0 1
BFrncs dh 3 0 0 0 Doumit dh 4 0 2 2
Thams ph-dh 1 0 0 1 Plouffe 3b 3 0 1 0
Lawrie 3b 4 0 1 0 Komats rf 3 0 1 0
Rasms cf 4 0 0 0 Butera c 3 0 0 0
Arencii c 4 0 1 0 JCarrll 2b 4 0 2 0
Mathis pr 0 0 0 0
RDavis lf 3 1 2 0
Lind ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 310 2 Totals 31 410 4
Toronto............................... 000 000 030 3
Minnesota.......................... 001 030 00x 4
ER.Davis (1), Plouffe (3). DPToronto 3, Minne-
sota 1. LOBToronto 7, Minnesota 11.
2BEncarnacion (9), Mauer (7), Plouffe (2). HR
Dozier (1). SBEncarnacion (6), Lawrie (4), R.Da-
vis 2 (5), J.Carroll (4).
IP H R ER BB SO
Toronto
R.Romero L,4-1 ...... 5
1
3 9 4 4 5 0
Carreno.................... 1
2
3 1 0 0 3 0
Oliver ........................ 1 0 0 0 0 0
Minnesota
Diamond W,2-0....... 7 5 0 0 0 4
Burton.......................
1
3 4 3 3 0 0
Perkins H,4..............
2
3 0 0 0 0 0
Capps S,7-7 ............ 1 1 0 0 0 1
WPPerkins. PBArencibia.
UmpiresHome, Jeff Nelson;First, Bill Welke;Se-
cond, Tim Tschida;Third, D.J. Reyburn.
T2:59. A36,889 (39,500).
N L L E A D E R S
BATTINGDWright, New York, .400; Furcal, St.
Louis, .383; Kemp, Los Angeles, .359; MeCabrera,
San Francisco, .348; Jay, St. Louis, .347; LaHair,
Chicago, .340; McCutchen, Pittsburgh, .339.
RUNSKemp, Los Angeles, 29; Beltran, St. Louis,
28; CGonzalez, Colorado, 26; Uggla, Atlanta, 26;
MEllis, Los Angeles, 25; Furcal, St. Louis, 25;
Bourn, Atlanta, 24; Freeman, Atlanta, 24; DWright,
New York, 24.
RBIBeltran, St. Louis, 32; Ethier, Los Angeles,
32; Freeman, Atlanta, 28; CGonzalez, Colorado,
28; Kemp, Los Angeles, 28; Bruce, Cincinnati, 26;
Freese, St. Louis, 26.
HITSBourn, Atlanta, 51; Furcal, St. Louis, 51; Me-
Cabrera, San Francisco, 49; SCastro, Chicago, 46;
DWright, NewYork, 46; DanMurphy, NewYork, 45;
Kemp, Los Angeles, 42.
DOUBLESVotto, Cincinnati, 16; YMolina, St.
Louis, 12; Alonso, San Diego, 11; Ethier, Los An-
geles, 11; 7 tied at 10.
TRIPLESOHudson, San Diego, 5; MeCabrera,
San Francisco, 4; 9 tied at 3.
HOME RUNSBeltran, St. Louis, 13; Kemp, Los
Angeles, 12; Braun, Milwaukee, 10; Bruce, Cincin-
nati, 10; LaHair, Chicago, 8; 7 tied at 7.
STOLEN BASESBonifacio, Miami, 17; SCastro,
Chicago, 12; DGordon, Los Angeles, 12; Bourn, At-
lanta, 11; Schafer, Houston, 11; Victorino, Philadel-
phia, 11; Maybin, San Diego, 10.
A L L E A D E R S
BATTINGHamilton, Texas, .402;Jeter, New
York, .372;Ortiz, Boston, .348;Konerko, Chicago,
.333;Sweeney, Boston, .333;AJackson, Detroit,
.320;Pedroia, Boston, .319.
RUNSHamilton, Texas, 30;Kinsler, Texas,
30;AdJones, Baltimore, 27;AJackson, Detroit,
26;De Aza, Chicago, 25;Pedroia, Boston, 25;Jeter,
New York, 24;Ortiz, Boston, 24.
RBIHamilton, Texas, 41;MiCabrera, Detroit,
29;Encarnacion, Toronto, 29;ADunn, Chicago,
26;Butler, Kansas City, 25;Ortiz, Boston, 25;Scott,
Tampa Bay, 24;Swisher, New York, 24.
HITSJeter, New York, 54;Hamilton, Texas,
49;Ortiz, Boston, 46;Pedroia, Boston, 46;Andrus,
Texas, 41;Cano, NewYork, 41;AdJones, Baltimore,
41;Konerko, Chicago, 41;ISuzuki, Seattle, 41.
DOUBLESOrtiz, Boston, 14;AdGonzalez, Bos-
ton, 13;Pedroia, Boston, 13;Sweeney, Boston,
13;Brantley, Cleveland, 12;AEscobar, Kansas City,
12;ACabrera, Cleveland, 11;Cano, New York,
11;Moustakas, Kansas City, 11.
TRIPLESJoyce, Tampa Bay, 3;Kipnis, Cleve-
land, 3;Rios, Chicago, 3;Zobrist, Tampa Bay, 3;9
tied at 2.
HOME RUNSHamilton, Texas, 18;ADunn, Chi-
cago, 11;Encarnacion, Toronto, 11;Granderson,
New York, 11;AdJones, Baltimore, 10;Bautista, To-
ronto, 8;Hardy, Baltimore, 8;Reddick, Oakland,
8;Wieters, Baltimore, 8.
STOLEN BASESJWeeks, Oakland,
9;DeJennings, Tampa Bay, 8;AEscobar, Kansas
City, 7;Lillibridge, Chicago, 7;Pennington, Oakland,
7;7 tied at 6.
Rangers 13, Angels 6
Los Angeles Texas
ab r h bi ab r h bi
Trout cf 4 1 2 0 Kinsler 2b 4 2 2 1
MIzturs ss 5 0 1 1 Andrus ss 5 1 4 1
Pujols 1b 5 0 1 1 AlGnzlz ss 0 0 0 0
KMorls dh 4 2 1 1 Hamltn cf 5 0 2 3
Trumo rf 4 1 3 2 Gentry cf 0 0 0 0
HKndrc 2b 5 0 0 0 Beltre 3b 4 1 1 2
V.Wells lf 4 1 2 1 MYong dh 5 1 1 0
Callasp 3b 4 0 0 0 DvMrp lf 4 1 0 0
BoWlsn c 4 1 2 0 N.Cruz rf 5 3 4 4
Napoli c 4 2 3 1
Morlnd 1b 5 2 2 1
Totals 39 612 6 Totals 41131913
Los Angeles .................... 020 000 301 6
Texas ............................... 105 220 30x 13
DPLos Angeles 1. LOBLos Angeles 9, Texas
8. 2BTrumbo (7), Kinsler 2 (11), Andrus (9), Ha-
milton (5), M.Young (7), N.Cruz (10), Napoli (2).
HRK.Morales (3), Trumbo (6), V.Wells (5),
N.Cruz (3). SBN.Cruz (2). SFBeltre.
IP H R ER BB SO
Los Angeles
Weaver L,5-1........... 3
1
3 10 8 8 1 2
Pauley....................... 2
2
3 4 3 3 1 1
D.Carpenter............. 1 3 2 2 1 0
Isringhausen............ 1 2 0 0 0 0
Texas
Feliz W,3-1 .............. 6 4 2 2 2 5
M.Lowe.....................
2
3 5 3 3 1 2
Uehara H,2 .............. 1
1
3 1 0 0 0 1
Nathan ...................... 1 2 1 1 0 1
Pauley pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.
WPM.Lowe.
UmpiresHome, Dan Bellino;First, Jerry Layne-
;Second, Bob Davidson;Third, Hunter Wendel-
stedt.
T3:27. A46,669 (48,194).
C M Y K
S P O R T S
Today is the
final full day of
the final sea-
son of Wyom-
ing Valley
Conference
girls soccer in
the spring. So
its time to hand out some
awards.
These are just my opinions,
although some were formed
through informal discussions
with coaches and others in the
know.
So without further ado, here
are some awards that are sure
to stir the pot.
Division1-A MVP: Dallas
Ashley Dunbar. Dunbar
emerged as a big-time scorer,
netting 28 and assisting 14
more with two games to play.
The 14 assists lead all WVC
players. Coughlins Ivy Nulton
(15 g, 3 a) doesnt have as im-
pressive stats because she
played defense early in the
season, but she received con-
sideration as well.
Division1-B MVP: This was
by far the toughest choice after
narrowing it down to three
Lake-Lehman players. Sopho-
more Shoshana Mahoney can
run like the wind and is an
incredible finisher. Fellow
sophomore Emily Sutton really
hustles at midfield and is part
of the reason Mahoney has a
division-high 21 goals.
But the two underclassmen
lose out to a senior teammate
midfielder Nikki Sutliff. Sutliff
has just one goal and four as-
sists, but her leadership and
contributions throughout her
career are the overriding fac-
tors.
Division 2-A MVP: Slam
dunk here Pittston Area fresh-
man Allie Barber. She zips
around defenders like a high-
performance sports car on a
road course track. Her 36 goals
are the most in the WVC.
One coach asked me if Bar-
ber could start on Division1-A
teams, which are traditionally
the strongest in the WVC. The
answer absolutely.
Division 2-B MVP: Another
slam dunk GAR freshman
Brea Seabrook. Seabrook set
the school single-season goal
record the other day, increasing
her total to 34 with a game to
play. She has a powerful, accu-
rate shot and does much more
than just score.
Coach of the Year: Wyoming
Areas Mike Sokolas. Sokolas
became the Warriors third
coach in as many years, and
had to quickly learn the
strengths and weaknesses of
his 34-player roster that lost its
best player, Katie Scalzo, to
graduation. The result was a
10-2-1 record and the Division
2-B title.
Moreover, Wyoming Area
won many tight games without
a true superstar in the lineup.
The Warriors are just a solid
bunch that played hard and
showed plenty of teamwork.
Most Improved Player: Dal-
las keeper Amber Yang had the
honor hands down until a mid-
April injury sidelined her. Since
then, another player has caught
my eye Coughlin sophomore
midfielder Nora Fazzi.
Maybe I just didnt notice her
last season or maybe she just
wasnt that noticeable. Either
way, Fazzi has made her mark
with her active play at midfield
and her 12 assists, third most in
the WVC.
Rookie of the Year: Pittston
Areas Allie Barber. Her play is
similar to four-time All-WVC
selection Bella Jaffin, a former
Berwick star who finished her
first season at Kutztown Uni-
versity. She is very similar to
Jaffin in stature as well.
Toughest Luck: Holy Re-
deemers Hallie Rexer. Rexer
signed with Division I St. Fran-
cis prior to the season, but the
rest of her senior year hasnt
been as memorable. She was
sidelined with an injury that
wiped out most of her season.
Rexer has scored twice since
her return, but after a 15-goal
junior season big things were
expected.
Best Big Game: Wyoming
Area 2, Pittston Area 1 double
overtime. The two eventual
divisional champions and ar-
chrivals played an incredibly
exciting game before a nice
sized crowd at Tenth Street
Elementary.
Wyoming Area appeared to
have a 1-0 victory locked up
until Pittston Areas Liz Mikit-
ish curved in a corner kick with
under two minutes left in regu-
lation. The teams continued
their slugfest until Jenn Bone
ended it with a direct kick with
two minutes gone in the sec-
ond overtime.
Worst Big Game: Coughlin1,
Dallas 0 double overtime.
Coughlin vs. Dallas is the best
rivalry in WVC girls soccer. Its
one of the best in any WVC
sport. The teams have played
some memorable games
throughout the years.
This just wasnt one of them.
Sure, Coughlin knocked
Dallas from the unbeaten list
and broke the Mountaineers
10-game winning streak. But
the end was anticlimactic, with
the Crusaders converting a
penalty kick to win. The previ-
ous 97 minutes were a rather
dull stalemate.
COACHES MEETING
Another reminder to WVC
coaches about the coaches
meeting to select divisional
all-stars. Its 6 p.m. Sunday at
Marvelous Muggs, which is off
Interstate 81s Davis Street exit
in Moosic.
Stats, Standings, Page 2B
H . S . G I R L S S O C C E R
Time to hand
out the awards
JOHN ERZAR
N O T E B O O K
Quick quiz:
What do Albert
Pujols, Troy
Tulowitzki,
Joey Votto and
Robinson Cano
have in com-
mon? (Other
than they are four people who
have never been in Cliff Cla-
vins kitchen.)
The answer: They have as
many home runs combined
this season as the Rangers
Josh Hamilton has since Mon-
day. (That would be 9) And
every one of them was a first-
round pick in most fantasy
drafts.
Hamiltons been so good,
that if he started his season on
May 7, hed already be in the
top 10 among HR leaders. Hes
even on pace to top Barry
Bonds 73 home run mark
from 2001. Scientists have a
name for that kind of perform-
ance: pretty darn good.
And yet, a month and a half
ago at fantasy draft time, he
was ranked as third- or fourth-
round material. Why is that?
Much of those pre-season
rankings are based on past
performance sprinkled with a
dash of speculation, but how
accurate are they once the
cleats hit the basepaths? Lets
find out, shall we?
Heres a consensus All-Star
fantasy team, looking at only
the hitters, thrown together
from pre-season rankings.
Theyre followed by the num-
ber one ranked fantasy player
at that position so far in 2012.
Well see how the spring train-
ing darlings are doing.
CATCHER: Fantasy No.1:
Carlos Santana, Indians. 2012
Reality: Carlos Ruiz, Phillies.
Where did this come from?
Chooch has been a good
real-baseball catcher for years,
and a clutch postseason player,
but a .340 average, 6 HRs and
22 RBIs on May 12? I hope he
keeps it up, as hes on my
fantasy team AND my favorite
team, but his career suggests
hell slide back a bit.
FIRST BASE: Fantasy (tie)
Miguel Cabrera, Tigers; Albert
Pujols, Angels. Reality: Adam
Dunn, White Sox. Using a
strict position eligibility guide-
line here, but Dunn has re-
bounded from a DREADFUL
2011 to be a power-mashing,
run-producing force for Chica-
go. Pujols struggles wont
continue, and Cabreras a mon-
ster in Detroit, but Dunn has
them both beat right now.
SECOND BASE: Fantasy:
Robinson Cano, Yankees. Real-
ity: Jason Kipnis, Indians.
Kipnis earned his street cred
in the minor leagues, winning
Clevelands Minor League
Player of the Year award in
2010, so its no surprise his
game has translated over to
the big leagues. Hes no fluke.
He may give Cano a run for
top 2B in the 2013 draft.
SHORTSTOP: Fantasy: Troy
Tulowitzki, Rockies. Reality:
Derek Jeter. Yep. THAT Derek
Jeter. The Only Yankee with
3,000 hits Derek Jeter. Hes
back! Well, for now, anyway.
He turns 38 in June and hes
seen his stats decline over the
last few years, but it seems
like hes taken Doc Browns
DeLorean back to 1999. Prob-
ably wont keep this pace up
the whole year. And beware of
Tulowitzki. Hes a notorious
second-half hitter.
THIRD BASE: Fantasy: Jose
Bautista, Blue Jays. Reality:
Edwin Encarnacion, Blue Jays.
OK, so lets explain. Bautista
is an outfielder but eligible at
third base. Encarnacion is a
third baseman who also plays
first and DHs. So two guys
from the same team are eligi-
ble at the same spot. See how
that works? Either way, Encar-
nacion is having a huge season
with 11 HRs and 29 RBIs. Hes
been a good, but not great
player in the past, so temper
your expectations.
OUTFIELD: Fantasy: Matt
Kemp, Dodgers; Ryan Braun,
Brewers; Jacoby Ellsbury, Red
Sox. Reality: Josh Hamilton,
Rangers; Carlos Beltran, Cardi-
nals; Kemp. OK, finally, fanta-
sy and reality collide. Kemp
was the NL MVP in April, and
is one of the games best hit-
ters. Even with a recent slump
hes still in the top five in HRs
and RBIs. Hamilton we all
know about. Hes on pace to
hit, like, 40,000 HRs this year.
But where did Beltran come
from? Wasnt he finished as a
fantasy force? Apparently not.
Lost in Hamiltons big week, is
that Beltran hit 5 homers and
drove in 12 runs himself since
Monday. Of these three, only
Beltran comes with a concern.
His knees have been an issue
in the past and theres no guar-
antee he holds up over a sea-
son. If he does, hes gold. You
can bank on Hamilton and
Kemp.
RICH SHEPOSH
F A N T A S Y B A S E B A L L
Taking a second look at draft-day projections
SANTA
ROSA, Calif.
Peter Sa-
gan overcame
a punctured
back tire in
the final five
miles to chase
down the field
and capture
the first stage
of the Tour of
California on
Sunday.
The Liq-
uigas-Cannon-
dale team
rider lost about 20 seconds
during a mechanical change in
the last sprint. Sagan survived
a crash ahead of him and mas-
terfully guided through a tech-
nical decent in serene Sonoma
wine country to finish just
ahead of Heinrich Haussler
and Fred Rodriguez.
It was a confusing finish.
There were very few people in
the peloton, said Sagan, who
won his fourth stage victory in
the Tour of California.
The 115.9-mile opening
stage of North Americas most
prominent cycling race began
the eight-day, 733.5-mile jour-
ney that ends in downtown
Los Angeles.
After weathering pelting
rains in the past and canceling
the opening stage in the Sierra
last year because of late-sea-
son snow, the only downer in
wine country came in the form
of morning fog.
The stage started with two
leveled laps around downtown
Santa Rosa in front of a cow-
bell clanging, horn-blowing
crowd that turned out by the
thousands in this cycling-
loving city.
Eight sprinters built a 10-
minute lead by the time the
peloton returned for the first
of two trips and the far
flatter route to the citys
main drag. Patches of sun-
shine broke through in the
afternoon for a mountainous
loop out to the Pacific Ocean
and back that brought the
days total climbing to more
than 6,000 feet.
The breakaway maintained
the firm lead through the
rolling hills, verdant vineyards
and blooming wildflowers
synonymous
with Sonoma
County. The
scene shifted
through a red-
wood forest
and another
curving climb,
when the pelo-
ton pulled the
lead trio
Maxime Bouet,
Jeffry Louder
and Ben Jac-
ques-Maynes
by the end
of a difficult
descent down
Highway 1
along the coastal cliffs.
Giro dItalia
LAGO LACENO, Italy
Domenico Pozzovivo of Italy
won the eighth stage of the
Giro dItalia on Sunday after a
strong ride on a tough uphill
finish while Ryder Hesjedal of
Canada kept the overall lead.
Pozzovivo made his break
with less than 4
1
2 miles from
the finish of the 142-mile leg
from Sulmona to Lago Laceno
to win in 6 hours, 6 minutes, 5
seconds. The Colnago-CSF
Inox rider was 23 seconds
ahead of Movistars Benat
Intxausti.
Joaquin Rodriguez led the
main pack over the line 27
seconds after Pozzovivo to
close the gap on Hesjedal to
nine seconds in the overall
standings.
C YC L I N G
AP PHOTO
Riders pedal on a climb during Stage 1 of the Tour of California on Sunday in Cazadero, Calif.
Slovak wins first stage in California
The Associated
Press
Peter Sagan, center, of Slovakia, receives kisses on the podium
after winning Stage 1 of the Tour of California cycling race Sun-
on the PGA Tour, dating to The
Barclays in 2010. He won $1.71
million, the richest prize in golf,
and moved to No. 3 in the Ryder
Cup standings and a career-high
No. 5 in the world ranking. His
parents moved to Ponte Vedra
Beach, so he stayed with themall
week and delivered the perfect
gift on Mothers Day to the wom-
an who taught him to have fun
while playing golf.
Even at scary Sawgrass, that
was never a problem.
Not so for Kevin Na.
Already struggling with a pre-
shot routine of practice swings,
waggles and a few intentional
whiffs so he could start over, Na
heard it from the fans who heck-
led him with chants of Pull the
trigger! and Hit it! He lost the
lead for good with four bogeys in
a five-hole stretch to finish the
front nine, and when he hit his
tee shot in the water on the par-3
13th, fans serenaded him with,
Na-na-na-na ... good-bye.
He closed with a 76, keeping a
peculiar record intact since
The Players moved from March
to May in 2007, the 54-hole lead-
er has not shot better than 74 in
the final round, with an average
score of 76.3.
I backed off and theyre boo-
ing me, Na said. I said, Look,
guys, I backed off because of you
guys. ... But it is what it is. I also
felt that a lot of people were turn-
ing towards me and pulling for
me, which I really appreciate.
Fowler missed an 8-foot birdie
putt on the last hole the differ-
ence of $399,000 and shot 70
to settle for a four-way tie for sec-
ond. He was joined by Ben Cur-
tis, who holed a 10-foot birdie on
the last hole for a 68; Zach John-
son, who shot 68; and Martin
Laird, who made bogey on the
18th for a 67.
Laird made the strongest run
on a cloudy, breezy afternoon, ty-
ing for the lead with his third
straight birdie on No. 12. Laird
lost his momentum with a poor
tee shot on the 14th that led to
bogey, and with a bogey on the
final hole, he needed big mis-
takes from Kuchar that never
came.
Luke Donald finished alone in
sixth after a 66, not quite enough
to replace Rory McIlroy at No. 1
in the world.
Tiger Woods shot 40 on his
front nine and rallied for a 73, at
least finishing The Players
Championship under par. That
was the smallest of consolations.
Far more alarming was that he
tied for 40th, the first time in his
career that he has finished no
better than 40th in three straight
tournaments. The streak began
after a five-shot win at Bay Hill
for his first PGA Tour title in 30
months.
Just keep working. Keep
working, Woods said when
asked what he could take out of
the week.
Kuchar opened with a tee shot
into the woods and a bogey,
though that was his only signif-
icant mistake until he could af-
ford one with the three-putt at
the 17th. The key shots turned
out to be pars inthe middle of the
back nine.
PGA
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. The
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees
wasted a strong outing by start-
ing pitcher Manny Banuelos,
falling to the Durham Bulls 3-1
on Sunday afternoon.
Banuelos had his longest out-
ing of the sea-
son, going six
innings while
allowing just
one unearned
run on five hits,
seven strikeouts
and no walks.
The prized
prospect threw
89 pitches, an
incredible 61 of
them were
balls.
The Bulls got
on the board
first in the top
of the third in-
ning. Kyle Hud-
son scored from
second when left fielder Ronnier
Mustelier bobbled at single by
Shawn OMalley.
The Yankees answered in the
bottom of the fourth . Steve
Pearce doubled and later scored
when Bulls catcher Craig Alber-
naz threw the ball into center-
field while trying to catch a run-
ner stealing second.
Once Banuelos was taken out
of the game, Durham took ad-
vantage of the Yankee bullpen,
scoring a single run in each the
seventh and eighth innings off
Chase Whitley and Adam Mill-
er.
The Yankees and Bulls play
the final game of their four
game series at Frontier Field at
7:05 p.m. Monday. Right hander
Adam Warren (2-1, 5.34 ERA) is
expected to start for the Scran-
ton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees while
Durham will use right hander
Alex Cobb (1-4, 4.71 ERA).
S W B YA N K E E S
Banuelos
sharp, but
Yanks fall
SWB starter allows just one
run in his longest outing of
the season.
The Times Leader staff
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YANKEES
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S P O R T S
actually finished 1-2 in the race,
but were disqualified, along with
third-place finisher Reginald
Thomas andfourth-place finisher
Greg Bassham for going the
wrong way that resulted in a
short cut. Bill Lawrence, who ac-
tually finished 14th overall, dis-
qualified himself for going the
wrong way.
Tom Walski, an avid runner
fromNanticoke and a member of
the Striders running club, sug-
gested the idea of using this for-
mat to Striders officials. And the
officials decided to give it a go.
The handicaps were deter-
mined by the World Masters As-
sociation, an organization that
collects statistics on how much
runners slowdown with age. The
format gives older runners a
chance to pull off a big win.
The handicaps are determined
mathematically. Theoretically,
all runners should finish around
the same time.
Walski, who finished tenth
overall in the race, said that there
are races like this throughout the
United States, including one run
in California in Dipsea County,
near the Golden Gate Bridge,
that has been run for 107 years.
But, as far as Walski can deter-
mine, there has never been a race
using this format run in North-
eastern Pennsylvania.
After the race, the consensus of
opinion among the runners was
to go back to running the race the
way it had always been run in the
past and forget about the age
group handicap format.
Wyoming Valley Striders 21st annual Spring
(5.3-mile) Trail Run results
Top 15 award winners
Tony Korch, 52, Nanticoke, 53:15
Joe Dutko, 65, Mountain Top, 56:09
Joe Drumsta, 43, Scranton, 58:53
James Ryan, 19, Wilkes-Barre, 59:08
Aaron Stredny, 31, Forty Fort, 60:11
Bob Warnagiris, 52, Hunlock Creek, 60:13
Rich Pais, 51, Wilkes-Barre, 62:03
Robert Miller, 56, Forty Fort, 63:52
Sandy Jesse, 39, Dallas, 63:57
Tom Walski, 61, Nanticoke, 64:36
Traci Dutko-Strungis, 43, Mountain Top, 65:06
Leo Turissini, 60, Scott Twp., 65:14
Mike Rawls, 53, Mountain Top, 65:18
Kevin Moran, 51, Harveys Lake, 65:21
Ron Lozowski, 42, Warren Glen, 65:23
Note: Mike McAndrew, Deedra Porfirio, Regi-
nald Thomas and Greg Basshamactually finished 1-
2-3-4 respectively, but were disqualified because
theywent thewrongway. Bill Lawrence, whoactually
finished in 14th place, disqualified himself for going
the wrong way.
The following is a list of when the runners started
out once the clock started ticking: W70 and older, 0;
W65-60, 3:39; W60-64, 6:50; W55-59/M70 and ol-
der, 9:32; M65-69, 11:37; W50-54, 11:57; M60-64,
13:11; W45-49, 13:59; M55-59, 14:38; W40-44,
15:25; M50-54, 15:59; W35-39, 16:19; WO-
PEN,16:50; M45-49, 17:12; M40-44, 18:20; M35-
39, 19:23; MOPEN, 20:19.
Field: 53 (41 men and 12 women). Official start-
er: Vince A. Wojnar. Timing: Vince P. Wojnar. Re-
sults: Wyoming Valley Striders. Race directors:
Vince A. Wojnar and Don Grose.
Schedule
Sunday: JewishCommunity Center of Wyoming
Valleys River Street 3 Mile Run/Walk at the JCC, S.
River St., Wilkes-Barre at 10:30 a.m. Info: Bill Buzza,
824-4646.
Monday, May 28 (Memorial Day): Forty Fort Li-
ons Old Fort 5 Miler at the borough park, Wyoming
Ave., Forty Fort at 9 a.m. Info: Bernie Popson, 498-
7665.
Saturday, June2: 35thannual West PittstonAn-
thracite 4 Mile Run/Walk at the borough building,
Exeter Avenue, West Pittstonat 9a.m. Info: Borough
office, 655-7782.
FRED ADAMS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER
Runners race along the shore line of Frances Slocum State Park during Sundays Wyoming Valley
Striders Spring Trail Run.
RUN
MIAMI LeBron James was
promised some rest. It never
came.
The MVP didnt care, not after
he andthe Miami Heat struckthe
first blowagainst theIndianaPac-
ers.
James accepted his third MVP
trophy from Commissioner Da-
vid Stern before the game, then
scored 26 of his game-high 32
pointswhileplayingeverysecond
of thesecondhalf addingasea-
son-high15reboundsaswell as
the Heat survived some rough
stretches to beat the Pacers 95-86
onSundayinGame1of theirEast-
ern Conference semifinal series.
I just looked at himstraight in
theeyesandsaid, Youcanflat-out
not get tired, period, Heat coach
ErikSpoelstrasaid. Andhemade
MVP plays on both ends of the
court.
Dwyane Wade scored29points
for the Heat, who won the game
but lost Chris Boshfor thesecond
half and possibly longer. Bosh
scored 13 points before leaving
late in the first half with a lower
abdominal strain, with the team
sayinghewasbeingscheduledfor
anMRI examtodeterminethese-
verity.
Hopefully (Monday) we get
good news, Wade said. We all
just want to make sure Chris is
healthy. So thats all we know
right now. Our brother is goingto
go (Monday) to see if he can get
backout there andplay withus. If
not, then weve got to have some-
one step up very big. You cant fill
Chris Boshs shoes, but you can
have a few guys step up. So well
see.
David West and Roy Hibbert
each scored 17 points and com-
binedfor 23rebounds for the Pac-
ers, who got 10 points each from
Darren Collison and George Hill.
Indiana controlled long stretches
of the first half and didnt trail by
more than two points at any time
until the fourth quarter, when it
was outscored 25-16.
Indiana shot 50 percent in the
first half, 30 percent in the sec-
ond.
We started to get defensive
stops, James said. We started
getting things rolling.
Game 2 is Tuesday in Miami.
Were not just here to play.
Were here to win, Hibbert said.
We need to win Game 2 and
come back strong.
Playing one star down, James
and Wade raised their games ac-
cordingly after halftime. They
combined for 42 points in the
third and fourth quarters, four
more than the entire Indiana ros-
ter. The Pacers scored 16 in the
fourth, and James had that many
alone.
We definitely let this one get
away, Indianas Paul George
said. It seemed like we werent
supposed to win this one. Every-
body in this room knew we had
this game.
N B A P L AYO F F S
MVP James gets 32; Heat top Pacers in Game 1
AP PHOTO
Indiana Pacers forward David West passes as he is guarded by
Miami Heat center Joel Anthony during the second half of Game 1
of the Eastern Conference Sunday in Miami.
By TIMREYNOLDS
AP Sports Writer
and stole the spotlight from
the success of Smiths one-car
operationrunout of Denver far
fromNASCARs Charlotte hub.
The latest Darlington drama
unfolded as one of the sports
most respected NASCAR lead-
ers in Hendrick enjoyed his
long-anticipated milestone vic-
tory. Johnson broke free from
Tony Stewart and Denny Ham-
lin on the final restart. The vic-
tory capped16 races of waiting
since Johnson won Hendrick
Motorsports 199th race at
Kansas last October.
As the celebration played
out in victory lane, Kurt Busch
came into the pit and knocked
into Newmans car. Newmans
gas man, Andy Rueger, moved
toward Busch on pit road and
the driver had to be held back
by his team members.
A Sprint Cup official fell
back on Buschs car, but Pem-
bertondidnt thinkit was anag-
gressive move toward the offi-
cial.
Were looking at film, were
still getting all the facts
straight, Pemberton said after
the race. We havent talked to
Kurt; we talked to Ryan a little
bit. He talked to Kurt after-
wards andhetoldhimhedidnt
mean to hit him, he was taking
his helmet off and looked up
and hed run into the back of
him. So right now thats really
all the facts that we have.
Anger issues cost Kurt
Busch his ride with Penske
Racing as both sides mutually
parted after last season. Busch
acknowledged the split came
about because he was tootight-
ly wound. He said he started
seeing a sports psychologist
last December.
Busch did not talk to report-
ers following the Southern
500. But Newman wasnt buy-
ing Buschs explanation to
NASCAR.
Newman said he and his
team were upset because
Busch sped through their pit
after the last stop.
Its easy to say that Kurt
blew a fuse again, Newman
told SI.com. Im not sure why
he did it and tried to run over
our guys and NASCAR offi-
cials. Andnobodyis. I thinkthe
chemical imbalance speaks for
itself. Kurt drilled me in pit
lane and said that he was tak-
inghis helmet off, andhedidnt
see where he was going. Im
pretty sure there were 42 other
guys that are taking their hel-
mets off and doing whatever
for the last 10 years, and thats
the first time thats happened
to me.
Circumstances I think are
that he liedandwas so frustrat-
edthat he doesnt knowhowto
deal with his anger, Newman
said.
There were only smiles and
gratefulness fromHendrckand
his organization at their latest
accomplishment.
Johnson presented the car
owner with a commemorative
helmet signedbyall thedrivers
who worked for Hendrick
since he opened what was then
called All-Star Racing in 1984.
Geoff Bodine captured Hen-
dricks first victory at Martins-
ville that season and through
theyears therechristenedHen-
drick Motorsports has fielded
10 series driver champions, in-
cluding five with Johnson.
NASAR
players in videos welcoming
fans to Yankee Stadium after
batting practice. The cheers
grew as he strolled out to the
bullpen for warmups and fans
rosefor a standingovationwhen
the five-time World Series
champion followed his team-
mates onto the field for the first
inning.
I thought it was so awesome.
I was so excited. I know we lost
today and thats what a lot of
people are going to focus on I
could really care less about
that, Yankees outfielder Nick
Swisher said. We got our boy
back.
The Core Four member even
got special treatment from the
Bleacher Creatures. They broke
protocol after their roll call and
started a chant for Pettitte that
most of the 41,631in attendance
joined in on. The Creatures nor-
mally dont include the starting
pitcher when calling out play-
ers names in the first inning.
Yankee Stadium got awful
quiet, though, when Casper
Wells homered in the sixth to
give Seattle a 4-1 lead with his
first of the season, an opposite-
field drive off the netting on the
right-field pole. Justin Smoak
homered for Seattles first hit
with two outs in the fourth.
Pettittes return had become
more important to the Yankees
because their rotation had been
struggling, with Freddy Garcia
demoted to the bullpen. But
through the first five games of
this homestand, the teams
starters were 4-0 with a 1.31
ERA and Girardi thought their
performance would take some
of the pressure off Pettitte.
The broad-chested 39-year-
old appeared calmas ever in his
first big league start in 573 days,
since Game 3 of the AL cham-
pionshipseries against Texas on
Oct. 18, 2010. He sat out last sea-
son before deciding in mid-
March to make a comeback.
With his cap pulled low, and
peeringover his glove heldupin
front of his nose, it looked as if
No. 46 never left New York.
Tomeit lookedlikehehadnt
missed a beat, Yankees manag-
er Joe Girardi said.
After Swisher caught leadoff
batter Dustin Ackleys fly to
right with a leap at the wall, Pet-
titte walked Wells. He then got
Ichiro Suzuki to ground into a
double play. Pettitte walked
Alex Liddi with two outs in the
secondbut Mike Carpgrounded
out to end the inning.
Not having allowed a hit two
outs into the fourth, Pettitte
walked former Yankees pros-
pect Jesus Montero and Smoak
lined a homer to left. Pettitte
showed characteristically little
emotion on the mound.
PETTITTE
Vinny Del Negro said. But obvi-
ouslyanotherbigchallengeforus.
Paul scored 19 points despite
playing with a strained right hip
flexor. Nick Young had nine of his
13off thebenchinthefourthas the
Clippersfinishedoff theserieswith
their biggest margin of victory.
Paul was soconfident of victory he
bought plane tickets for his wife
and son to San Antonio on Satur-
day.
I felt like we should have won
earlier, Paul said. But it doesnt
matter. Aslongasyouwin, Ithinkit
is a step in the right direction for
our franchise.
Rudy Gay and Marc Gasol each
had 19 for Memphis, which lost a
Game 7 at Oklahoma City a year
agointhesecondroundof theplay-
offs. Zach Randolph had a game-
high12 rebounds.
Unfortunately, no one on the
bench stepped up and helped us,
Memphis coach Lionel Hollins
said.
The Clippers, who trailed 56-55
after three quarters, took control
by opening the fourth with an11-2
runstartedby a jumper by Martin.
He tippedina shot for a 66-58 lead
with 8:41 left. Mo Williams
matchedthe Clippers biggest lead
to that point at 10 with a 3-pointer
pushingitto71-61with7:04leftina
16-5 spurt to open the quarter.
CLIPPERS
GLENDALE, Ariz. Dwight
King scored his second goal of
the game into an empty net and
the Los Angeles Kings opened
the Western Conference finals
with a 4-2 victory over the Phoe-
nix Coyotes on Sunday night to
remain unbeaten on the road in
the playoffs.
The Kings dominated early
despite a week off and outshot
Phoenix 48-27.
Anze Kopitar scored 4 min-
utes in, DustinBrownhada goal
and an assist, and King had his
first career two-goal game to
give the Kings their sixth
straight road victory of the play-
offs.
Derek Morris beat Jonathan
Quick from the center line, and
Mikkel Boedker also scored for
the Coyotes, whotrail ina series
for the first time this year.
Game 2 is Tuesday night in
the desert.
This was the Western Confer-
ence finals few expected.
The Coyotes werent picked
to evenmake the playoffs, enter-
ingthe seasonwithanunproven
No. 1 goalie and no owner for
the third straight year.
Grinding and relying on Mike
Smiths breakout season in goal,
the Coyotes won their first divi-
sion title as an NHL franchise
and beat Chicago and Nashville,
two supposedly better teams, in
the first two rounds to make
their inaugural appearance in
the conference finals.
The Kings had expectations,
but didnt quite live up to them.
Los Angeles was among the
NHLs worst-scoring teams all
season, costing coach Terry
Murray his job in December,
and squeaked into the playoffs
as the last team in the West be-
hind Quicks stellar season.
The Kings, too, were under-
dogs in the playoffs and didnt
seem to mind, racing through
Vancouver and St. Louis to re-
ach the conference finals for the
first time since 1993 and be-
come the first No. 8 seed to
knock off the top two teams in
the same playoffs.
That set up what figured to be
a testy series between Pacific
Division rivals.
The Coyotes and Kings know
each other well, playing six
times every season, a familiarity
thats led to some brutality, in-
cludinga fight betweencaptains
Shane Doan and Brown in Feb-
ruary.
Playing for a spot in the Stan-
ley Cup finals, it didnt figure to
let up any.
Game 1 was certainly testy,
with multiple scrums, hard hits
anda roughing penalty ona goa-
lie (Smith) in the first period
a trend that continued through-
out the game.
The Kings hadthe games first
eight shots andKopitar scooped
up a loose puck in front before
flipping a backhander past
Smiths glove side early in the
first period.
With Los Angeles still in con-
trol a 12-3 advantage in shots
Morris caught everyone off-
guard, particularly Quick, by
ripping a slap shot from the red
(center) line past the Vezina
Trophy finalist. That tied it at 1
and left Kings coach Darryl Sut-
ter smirking in disbelief on the
bench.
After outshooting the
Coyotes 17-4 in the first period,
Los Angeles kept up the pres-
sure in the second, setting up
Kings rebound goal on a 2-on-1
with Mike Richards midway
through.
S TA N L E Y C U P P L AYO F F S
Kings defeat Coyotes
for another road win
By JOHN MARSHALL
AP Sports Writer
AP PHOTO
The Los Angeles Kings Jonathan Quick makes a save on a shot
by the Phoenix Coyotes Keith Yandle during Game 1 of the
Western Conference finals Sunday in Glendale, Ariz.
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Average 69/47
Record High 88 in 2004
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Yesterday 0
Month to date 66
Year to date 4900
Last year to date 6127
Normal year to date 6111
*Index of fuel consumption, how far the days
mean temperature was below 65 degrees.
Precipitation
Yesterday 0.00
Month to date 1.58
Normal month to date 1.39
Year to date 9.49
Normal year to date 11.67
Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg
Wilkes-Barre 5.53 -0.89 22.0
Towanda 3.26 -0.54 21.0
Lehigh
Bethlehem 3.07 0.75 16.0
Delaware
Port Jervis 3.86 -0.29 18.0
Todays high/
Tonights low
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Highs: 64-72. Lows: 53-57. Showers likely.
Rain likely tonight, possibly heavy at
times.
The Poconos
Highs: 64-72. Lows: 57-61. Showers with a
chance of thunderstorms. Rain likely
tonight.
The Jersey Shore
Highs: 68-72. Lows: 49-54. Chance of
showers. Becoming partly cloudy tonight.
The Finger Lakes
Highs: 72-74. Lows: 60-61. Showers and
thunderstorms. Rain likely tonight.
Brandywine Valley
Highs: 67-75. Lows: 61-67. Showers and
thunderstorms. Rain likely tonight.
Delmarva/Ocean City
Anchorage 44/37/.00 49/37/sh 54/38/pc
Atlanta 76/60/.66 77/60/t 80/58/t
Baltimore 81/54/.00 71/62/t 75/61/t
Boston 76/59/.00 69/57/sh 67/56/sh
Buffalo 70/54/.00 71/50/sh 72/50/s
Charlotte 71/54/.19 75/60/t 79/60/t
Chicago 71/53/.00 74/52/s 80/53/pc
Cleveland 69/53/.00 68/49/sh 72/54/s
Dallas 82/62/.00 79/60/pc 81/59/pc
Denver 61/36/.00 73/45/pc 80/50/s
Detroit 70/50/.17 73/54/s 73/57/pc
Honolulu 80/66/.00 83/68/s 85/71/sh
Houston 83/64/.00 86/66/pc 82/64/t
Indianapolis 75/54/.00 77/51/pc 79/57/pc
Las Vegas 96/71/.00 99/75/s 100/74/s
Los Angeles 65/57/.00 66/58/s 67/58/s
Miami 84/75/.17 85/74/t 87/73/t
Milwaukee 67/49/.00 74/52/s 75/51/pc
Minneapolis 75/49/.00 80/55/s 80/53/pc
Myrtle Beach 72/66/.00 77/68/t 78/65/t
Nashville 68/63/1.46 74/58/t 81/56/pc
New Orleans 79/64/.00 83/70/pc 84/64/pc
Norfolk 78/59/.00 77/65/t 78/64/t
Oklahoma City 76/55/.00 78/57/pc 81/54/s
Omaha 74/50/.00 82/54/pc 85/57/pc
Orlando 82/64/.00 89/70/t 90/69/t
Phoenix 102/72/.00 106/72/s 106/73/s
Pittsburgh 62/55/.16 73/54/sh 76/52/s
Portland, Ore. 86/51/.00 87/52/pc 78/50/s
St. Louis 77/56/.00 78/52/pc 82/58/pc
Salt Lake City 75/44/.00 82/59/s 86/60/s
San Antonio 84/62/.00 85/64/pc 81/60/t
San Diego 69/61/.00 68/58/s 68/57/s
San Francisco 66/51/.00 63/49/s 69/52/s
Seattle 78/49/.00 82/51/s 75/49/s
Tampa 86/73/.00 88/69/t 88/68/t
Tucson 98/62/.00 101/72/s 100/68/s
Washington, DC 80/62/.00 71/63/t 77/61/t
City Yesterday Today Tomorrow City Yesterday Today Tomorrow
Amsterdam 57/37/.00 59/49/sh 57/49/sh
Baghdad 102/77/.00 98/75/s 96/70/s
Beijing 73/57/.00 75/59/pc 79/62/s
Berlin 52/39/.11 66/48/s 68/46/sh
Buenos Aires 64/39/.00 66/48/pc 63/54/pc
Dublin 59/41/.00 54/39/sh 50/34/sh
Frankfurt 57/39/.00 66/44/pc 59/42/sh
Hong Kong 90/79/.00 89/80/t 88/81/t
Jerusalem 77/57/.00 77/55/s 78/56/s
London 63/39/.00 55/42/sh 53/42/sh
Mexico City 70/57/.00 70/55/sh 75/49/pc
Montreal 70/57/.00 76/61/pc 74/54/sh
Moscow 57/48/.00 55/38/c 61/47/c
Paris 61/39/.00 69/46/s 58/44/sh
Rio de Janeiro 79/70/.23 74/62/sh 75/63/sh
Riyadh 106/84/.00 107/83/s 106/80/s
Rome 73/55/.00 73/51/t 68/54/pc
San Juan 87/78/.00 86/76/pc 85/76/pc
Tokyo 70/54/.00 74/60/sh 72/59/r
Warsaw 52/41/.07 61/39/c 61/48/sh
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
72/61
Reading
70/59
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
68/56
69/56
Harrisburg
70/58
Atlantic City
66/59
New York City
72/60
Syracuse
72/54
Pottsville
67/55
Albany
72/58
Binghamton
Towanda
71/54
66/54
State College
69/52
Poughkeepsie
72/59
79/60
74/52
73/45
78/62
80/55
66/58
62/50
76/54
86/51
82/51
72/60
73/54
77/60
85/74
86/66
83/68
49/36
49/37
71/63
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Sunrise Sunset
Today 5:46a 8:15p
Tomorrow 5:45a 8:16p
Moonrise Moonset
Today 2:23a 2:30p
Tomorrow 2:49a 3:29p
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like it will be
above average
temperature-
wise, but we
could see up to
an inch of rain
within the rst
few days of the
week. A cold
front will move
through our area
today, bringing
rain that will last
through Tuesday
and Wednesday.
We could see up
to an inch of rain
by Wednesday
morning.
Clearing will
begin Thursday
and tempera-
tures will rise to
75. Friday will be
partly cloudy
with the chance
for a few light
showers. Rain
may stick
around for a bit
on Saturday, but
it will be mainly
partly cloudy.
Sunday looks
like it will be nice
with partly
cloudy skies and
a high of 75.
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the southern Rockies and the southern Plains today. A few of these storms may be strong to severe,
with locally heavy rainfall possible. Another storm system will bring numerous showers and thunder-
storms to the Southeast and the Mid-Atlantic, while showers will be seen in the Northeast.
Recorded at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Intl Airport
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Rain
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showers
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50
SATURDAY
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sunny,
showers
75
50
SUNDAY
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sunny
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50
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52
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eign Wars Post 8353 will meet
6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Amer-
ican Legion Post 539, 62 New-
port St. Commander John F.
Pickle will preside.
The election of officers for
the fiscal year 2012-2013 will be
held.
Also on the agenda are the
appointment of delegates to the
state convention in Erie and the
finalization of plans for Memo-
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are urged to attend.
HANOVER TWP.: The Ha-
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Committee and Veterans Group
will meet to plan Memorial Day
events at 7 p.m. on Tuesday
and May 22 at the American
Legion Post 609, Lee Park
Avenue.
For more information contact
Louis Sewell at 991-1816 or
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KINGSTON: The Disabled
American Veterans will meet 7
p.m. Thursday at the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, 757 Wyoming
Ave., across from Thomas
Market. Special issues will be
discussed.
PITTSTON: Tobyhanna
Army Depot retirees will meet
8 a.m. Wednesday at the Per-
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Route 315. All depot retirees
and current employees are
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For more information contact
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SWOYERSVILLE: Andrew
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Post 644, 259 Shoemaker St., is
holding nomination of legion
officers at the regular meeting 7
p.m. May 21.
SWOYERSVILLE: The Ca-
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Thursday at the Swoyersville
American Legion. Commander
Donald Rakus will conduct the
meeting.
The Catholic War Veterans
Home Association will meet
immediately following the post
meeting. President John Tobias
will preside.
WILKES-BARRE: The Penn-
sylvania Department of Military
and Veteran Affairs is conduct-
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p.m. Wednesday at the Wyom-
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All area veterans are encour-
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For more information, con-
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Freeland VFW Post 5010 and its Home Association recognized
MMI Preparatory School junior Matthew Yurish with a certificate of
merit and monetary award for his participation in this years Voice
of Democracy Program, sponsored by The Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States and its Ladies Auxiliary. The theme of
this years essay was Is There Pride in Serving in Our Military?
Yurish, the son of Thomas and JuleAnn Yurish, Freeland, received
his award from representatives of the Freeland VFW and the Home
Association. At the presentation, from left: Bob Kislan, president,
Home Association; Yurish; Ray Clymer, junior quartermaster, Free-
land VFW; Joe Barna, honor guard, Freeland VFW; and Thomas
Hood, head of school, MMI.
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Mayor Tom Leighton recently proclaimed March 31, 2012, Bowl
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conjunction with the 30th anniversary of Bowl For Kids Sake,
which is the largest annual fundraiser of Big Brothers Big Sisters of
The Bridge. Big Brothers Big Sisters of The Bridge is a program of
Catholic Social Services and is a United Way partner agency. All
proceeds from Bowl For Kids Sake help provide mentors to the
young people of Northeastern Pennsylvania. This years event
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8756. From left: Tanya Olaviany, program director, Big Brothers Big
Sisters of The Bridge, and Mayor Leighton.
W-B mayor proclaims Bowl For Kids Sake Day
In celebration of its Day of Caring events 20th anniversary on
June 21, United Way of Wyoming Valley is hosting a Childrens Book
Drive competition. The goal of the drive is to collect 2,000 books
which will be distributed to area youth. Early donations have been
received from Penguin Putnam, 135 books, and the staff at Lord &
Taylor, 277 books. There is a need for a wide variety of books. New
and gently used books are being accepted, Monday through Friday,
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at United Ways office, 8 W. Market St., Suite 450,
Wilkes-Barre. Donations will be accepted until June 20. For more
information, contact John Winslow or Amy Zawada at 829-6711,
ext. 237 or ext. 222. United Way staff members, from left, are Ellen
Parmenteri, Amy George, Cathy Beretski, Sue Jones, Bryne Lewis,
Melissa Davis and Walter Klepaski.
United Way conducting book drive for area youth
The Junior Leadership program of Leadership Wilkes-Barre
recently received a $2,500 donation from the Pennsylvania State
Education Association (PSEA). The donation will be used to en-
hance leadership training and provide assistance to participants in
the form of assistance and waivers of application fees. At the
check presentation, from left: Tom Williams, advisory council chair,
Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre (JLWB); Shelby Foster, JLWB Class
of 2011 graduate and advisory council representative, Lake-Leh-
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Erin Marie Hines, daughter of
Robert and Katherine Hines,
Mountain Top, is celebrating her
1 1th birthday today, May 14. Erin
is a granddaughter of Dorothy
Farrell, Wilkes-Barre; the late
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Hines; and the late Robert Hines.
She has two sisters, Meghan, 14,
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DALLAS: Community volun-
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auction to be held July 5-8. Vol-
unteers, 12 years of age and
older, are needed to assist with
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WILKES-BARRE: The Salva-
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will hold its annual tea1p.m.
May 21. Entertainment will be
provided by Lee Strubeck, the
Piano Man. Cost is $10.
The Womens Auxiliary meets
the third Monday of every month
at 1p.m. at The Salvation Army,
17 S. Pennsylvania Ave. All wom-
en are invited.
For more information, contact
the Salvation Army at 824-8741.
IN BRIEF
The Women Veterans Pro-
gram at the Wilkes-Barre De-
partment of
Veterans Af-
fairs Medical
Center will
hold its an-
nual spring
luncheon at
noon on Fri-
day in Liberty
Hall on the second floor of the
medical center.
Mary Babcock, registered
dietitian at the center, will dis-
cuss A Healthy Plate for a
Healthy Heart, and Thomas
Franko will present Choleste-
rol Medication Myths De-
bunked. A Healthy Kitchen
cooking demonstration will
be given by Nutrition Servic-
es.
Staff will be available to pro-
vide information about the
various health care programs
available to women veterans.
Any female veteran that
would like to attend can call
Pat Conroy, manager, Women
Veterans Program at 1-877-
928-2621 ext. 7517 by today.
Women veterans plan spring luncheon
Babcock
I.O.O.F. Lodge 899 and Twin Boro Lions co-sponsored an Easter party that was attended by 60 chil-
dren from the Twin Boros of Sugar Notch and Warrior Run. The children received Easter goodies and
visited with the Easter Bunny. Helping to pack the treats are members from I.O.O.F. 899 and Twin Boro
Lions, from left, first row, Mike Pegarella Jr., Kaitlyn Stasko and Mike Pegarella. Second row: Bob Min-
nick, Dave Luette, Charley Seiger, Henry Moriarty, Charley Chase and Hank Jablonski. Third row: Chris
Olejar, Chris Stasko, Steve Brezna, Ed Bliss, Ed Brogan, John Pechulis and John Bath.
I.O.O.F. Lodge 899, Twin Boro Lions sponsor childrens Easter party
Larksville Borough Council recently purchased a new truck for the boroughs Street Department.
With the truck, from left: Mayor J. Zawadski; Ms. Chackon; J. Richards; J. Romanaskey, council chair-
man; J. Pekarovsky; J. Gimble; R. Altavilla; and L. Adamski.
Larksville Borough receives new truck
The Dallas Lions Club re-
cently held its 62nd annual
Charter Night celebration at a
dinner meeting at Irem Coun-
try Club in Dallas. Repre-
sentative Karen Boback was
the featured speaker. She
brought the club members
and their guests up to date on
the latest legislative happen-
ings in Harrisburg and dis-
cussed Marcellus Shale devel-
opments. At the event, from
left, are Lion Gary Hozempa,
committee chairman for Char-
ter Night, and Rep. Boback.
Boback speaks at
Lions Charter Night
Collaboration between the Misericordia University Department
of Occupational Therapy and Pride Mobility of Exeter resulted in
seven gently used wheelchairs being donated to Wheels for the
World through a local contact at Joni and Friends International
Disability Center. Wheels for the World will refurbish the chairs
and give them to people who have a need for mobility. Delivering
the wheelchairs, from left: Jim Miller, Ashland, occupational
therapy student; Betsy Packer, Shavertown, Joni and Friends;
and Jessica Harper, Bethlehem, occupational therapy student.
Wheelchairs collected to benefit those in need
The Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross re-
cently presented Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania
(BCNEPA) with an original Sue Hand painting in gratitude for the
companys principal financial support for flood-relief efforts last
fall. The painting depicts the Red Cross response to the 1936
flooding that impacted the Wyoming Valley. In addition to
$20,000 in corporate support, BCNEPAs employees collected
cleaning supplies which were donated through the Red Cross to
help families with their clean-up efforts. At the painting presenta-
tion, from left: Craig Harley, regional chief development officer,
NEPA Region of the American Red Cross; Joanna Springer, re-
gional development coordinator, Wyoming Valley Chapter; Denise
S. Cesare, president and chief executive officer, BCNEPA; T.J.
Fjelseth, vice president, Human Resources, BCNEPA and Wyom-
ing Valley Chapter board member; and Cynthia A. Yevich, senior
director, Corporate Affairs, BCNEPA.
Red Cross thanks Blue Cross for flood-relief support
The Dupont Lions Club recent-
ly held its annual Easter egg hunt
at the Dupont Little League Field.
Over 450 Easters bags with
candy and prizes were presented
on the field and eight bicycles
were awarded to four different
age groups. Committee mem-
bers, from left, with the Lion
mascot are Susan Gregory, De-
nise Hudzinski-Rowan and Janet
Rooney, chairperson.
Dupont Lions Club
sponsors egg hunt
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Dear Abby: My
niece, Amy, got
her drivers license
last November. Since
then she has been
stopped six times
for violations. Unfor-
tunately, she wasnt
ticketed for any of them just given
warnings. Who knows how many
other times she should have been
ticketed?
When Amy told me about it, she
acted like it was a joke and something
she was proud of. Her parents are
divorced and her father spoils her
beyond reason. He gives her whatever
she wants, including buying her a
new car. Her mother has little control
over her.
My niece doesnt seem to
understand the possible consequenc-
es or what serious damage a car can
do to her or to someone else. How
should I handle this? I have no con-
tact with her father. Any ideas?
Concerned Aunt in Massachusetts
Dear Concerned Aunt: Although
Amy was old enough to get her li-
cense, she is not yet mature enough
to handle the responsibility that goes
along with driving. For her sake I
hope you will impress upon her moth-
er that LIVES could depend upon her
exerting control over her daughter.
Many states restrict conditions
under which a teen may drive a car.
In addition, many parents draft a
driving contract that stipulates things
like what kind of grade-point average
their teenager must maintain to keep
his or her driving privileges, limiting
the number of passengers he or she
can transport and distance limits.
Other restrictions can be added at
the parents option. A version of the
following contract has appeared in
my column before:
I ( ), agree to the stipulations stat-
ed below granting me the privilege of
driving. If, at any time, I violate this
agreement, my driving privileges will
be forfeited.
(1) Should I get a traffic ticket, I
agree to pay for the ticket, as well as
the difference in the insurance pre-
mium for as long as the premium is
in effect.
(2) I agree to pay for damages
that I incur that are not covered by
insurance.
(3) At no time will I ever text or
use a cellphone while driving.
(4) At no time will I ever drink al-
coholic beverages and drive, nor will
there ever be any in my car.
(5) I will not drive the car until I
and all passengers have buckled up.
(6) I will keep the car I drive clean,
inside and out, be aware of its need
for gas, oil, etc., and wax it as needed.
I have read the above agreement
and will sign it in accordance with
the rules.
SIGNED: (CHILD)
I hope you will share this informa-
tion with Amys mother, because
in careless hands a car can be as
dangerous as a loaded gun. It is not a
toy, even though your niece appears
to be treating it like one.
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(Shipping and handling are included
in the price.)
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(Postage is included.)
ARIES (March 21-April 19). After
much effort on your part, youll
have an uncanny stroke of luck
this afternoon. Could it be that
the very thing you were looking
for was, all along, trying to find
you?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Youll
appreciate what a gentle, natu-
ral environment can do to your
mind, how it can bring a softness
to your experience. Music ripples
in your thoughts like a brook
meandering over pebbles.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Repetition will work for you
over the next 48 hours. Youll
assimilate new behaviors into
your habits until eventually they
become second nature.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). You
may have trouble staying moti-
vated toward a particularly
challenging goal. Consider this
a long-term project, and set a
series of short-term goals to
help you stay focused.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). If you were
wondering how you came to be
the way you are, looking at your
parents may answer a few ques-
tions. At the intersection of irri-
tation and compassion, you just
may find self-acceptance.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Living
at a distance from the ones you
love brings its own bag of mixed
blessings. The time you spend
together will be concentrated
and full of emotion.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). When
you have a terrific feeling about
what it is to be you, youll pro-
duce stellar results. When you
produce stellar results, youll
have a stellar feeling about what
it is to be you.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Lately,
it seems like every week brings
a new twist. Instead of resisting,
you have a remarkable ability to
move and groove with the way
life is. Others around you tire,
and you still have energy.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
Today brings you the gift of
comparison. Youll gain insight
into how you treat one person by
comparing the experience with
the way you treat another.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Self-
esteem is more than a belief that
you are, down deep and on the
surface, pretty awesome. Self-
esteem is also an attitude that
directs your actions to honor
and support the good in others.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Teach
someone else how to produce
winning results, and youll have
a new appreciation for what you
know. You also may find a new
stream of income in the process.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your
sense of purpose is fortified by
the days events. You know that
you dont have to do everything,
but you feel the impulse to do a
certain something.
TODAYS BIRTHDAY (May 14).
Youll do what those before
you wanted to do but couldnt
for some reason. Youll be an
example of strength and for-
bearance. Financial maneuvers
improve your situation during
this six-week cycle. A love story
plays out in July. August brings
adventure, probably shared
with family. An exchange in
September favors you. Aries and
Libra people adore you. Your
lucky numbers are: 4, 25, 19, 39
and 16.
F U N N I E S MONDAY, MAY 14, 2012 TIMES LEADER www.timesleader.com
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