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EternalOptimist

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Sunday Dispatch editor and Optimist columnist Ed Ackerman reacts to playful jabs from Maria Capolarella Montante at the Jean Yates Award Dinner Wednesday night.

Ackerman received the award for distinguisted library service, including his assistance in bringing the John P. Cosgrove Collection to the Pittston Memorial Library.


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Vol. 67, NO. 10

We can change the world

Rearrange the word

Its dying

To get better

Graham Nash, 1968

Nothing underscores the hypoc-risy of my generation the BabyBoomers out to change the world more than the opening nightin 1988 of Imagine, the movie

based on John Lennons era-defn-ing song of 1971.

Twenty years after GrahamNash penned the lyrics displayedabove, 17 years after Lennonwrote imagine no possessions,I wonder if you can, no need forgreed or hunger, a brotherhood ofman, many of us who claimedwe believed all that stuff hoppedinto our BMWs, wearing our $225shoes and $85 cologne, and went

to movie theaters to do what we asadults loved to do: to be seen.

There we were, one-time pro-fessed individuals, falling rightinto step. We knew exactly whereto be, what to wear and what tosay.

Few of us that night stoppedto wonder what kind of peoplewe had become. We were moreconcerned with which restaurant

we were heading off to after theshow, and whether the sushi wouldbe fresh.

If ever a generation lost its soulit is ours, the self-professed ideal-ists of the Age of Aquarius.

Ah, the Age of Aquarius, whenpeace was going to guide theplanets and love was going torule the stars.

Right.Trust no one over 30 we said

back then.Well, all these years after joining

the over 30s ourselves we shouldlook in a mirror. We said we didntwant to turn into our parents. Howbetter off for everyone if only wehad.

The people we didnt want totrust handed us a nation far betterthan the one were dumping on ourchildren.

Im sorry but its true.We Boomers have botched

things up.Our parents built for us an

America based on values andmorality, where right was rightand wrong was wrong, wherea persons word was his bond,where hard work paid off, whereexcuse making was not tolerated,where children were protected

and allowed to be children, whereneighbors looked out for oneanother, where there was a genuinerespect, and where those withplenty preferred to hide it ratherthan risk being labeled show offs

and those without held their headshigh because the one thing they didhave was their pride.

That is the world we believedneeded changing?

Maybe it needed a little espe-cially in areas of race relations andwomens rights but, to borrow aline from the band The Buoys inthe 70s, God, what did we do?

The answer is all around us.Imagine no possessions?

We Baby Boomers worshippossessions. Cars, clothes, gadgets.You name it, we bought it. Theycouldnt make houses or televi-sions or even hamburgers

too big for us.No need for greed or hunger?

We grew fat while millions inthe world starved. We throw outmore food in one day than millionsget to eat in a month. And then wejoined health clubs to work it alloff. Wearing designer sweatsuitsand $150 sneakers, of course.

A brotherhood of man?

Theres no end to the list of

people we hate some across theworld, others across the street. Andthen we wonder why people hateus back.

We Boomers changed the worldall right. We made it meaner and

scarier and more corrupt and morematerialistic.Along with less tolerant, less

spiritual, less friendly and lesshopeful.

As I said, Im sorry. But weBaby Boomers own this. It hap-pened on our watch.

But maybe its not too late forus. All of our lives we Boomershave made up the biggest portionof the population. Thats why, asKen Dychtwald observes in hisbook Age Wave, Dr. Spock soldso many baby books in the late40s and why so many kinder-gartens had to be built in the mid

50s. And why there are so manyradio stations playing The Beatlesin 2013.

Well, we are on the verge ofdominating another demographicgroup: senior citizens. Baby boom-ers are turning 60 years old atthe rate of 100 every 18 minutes.Millions of us have already retiredand many more millions will incoming years.

It looks like we are not going tobe quite as wealthy in retirementas we once thought, but that mightbe a good thing. What I mean is,maybe we are being given a sec-ond chance. A second chance to do

the good we once said we wantedto do.With many of our 401-Ks

tanked and the equity in our homeseither wiped out or re-mortgaged,maybe instead of retiring to anocean side retreat and days ofdoing nothing but sipping Coro-nas with lime, as we may havedreamed, maybe instead we candedicate our remaining years tocleaning up our own mess.

Maybe we can devote ourselvesto worthy causes. Some right inour midst already have. Exhibit A:The Care and Concern Ministriesat St. John the Evangelist Parish.

Maybe we can turn away frommaterialism and return to spiritual-ity. It surely appears that the newleader of the Catholic Church isheading that way.

And maybe we can, fnally,change the world.

Maybe we can, rearrange theworld.

After all, its still dying to get better.

Ed Ackerman, [email protected]

Maybe its not too late


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Pittston Memorial Library Vice President Kelly Carroll, left, and President Barbara Quinn, right, present Ed Ackerman with the Jean Yates Award.

A book of honor

He likes to say yes.

But Ed Ackerman, the

2013 recipient of the Pittston

Memorial Librarys Jean

Yates Award and editor and columnist of

Pittstons Sunday Dispatch, said hes not

a yes man.

The award, presented annually to a

person who has exhibited dedicated ser-

vice to the library, is named in honor of

the late Jean Yates, a library benefactor,

volunteer and board member. It was pre-sented to Ackerman at St. Joseph Marel-

lo Parish Center Wednesday night.

Ackerman read off a list of words he

wanted to use as cues when giving his

remarks.

One of the words, he said, was yes.

A long time ago, I thought: I want to

be able to say yes to as many requests as

I possibly can, he said. And I thought,

Does that make me a yes man? I hope

not. I think it makes me a man that likesto say yes.

Ive often said I think there are a lot

of people out there who love to say no.

I dont want to be that guy. I want to say

yes, he added. So, as Ive gone through

my life, when peopleask me things, I say

yes.

When former Sunday Dispatch sports

editor Jim Gilmartin asked Ackerman to

write sports forthe paper, the 17-year-old

Ackerman said yes.And I did that for a long time as dif-

ferent jobs came up at the Dispatch. I

said yes.

And when people asked to him to get

things in the newspaper or write a story

for them, he said yes.

Ed Ackerman, editor of the Sunday Dispatch, cited for service

By JOE [email protected]

See, ACKERMAN, Page 8


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Not a lot of choices for voters in the primaryWhere have all the candidates

gone?

The list of borough mayoral and

council and township supervisor

candidates for party nominations

in the May 14 primary election

in Pittston and Greater Pittston is

small.There are 37 mayoral, council

and supervisor seats on the ballots.

If there were just two Democratic

and two Republican candidates for

each seat, there would be 148 can-

didates, but there are only 62 and

26 of those are unopposed.

Candidates running unopposed

is nothing new but in this cycle, the

lack of candidates is greater than

usual. In Avocas First Ward, there

is onlyone candidate, Democrat in-

cumbent Tom Fritz, for two 4-year

seats.

In Yatesville, there are no candi-

dates for the mayoral nominations,though incumbent Anthony Lizza

plans to mounta write-incampaign.

He needs at least 10 write-ins.

Of the nine other mayoral slots

in the boroughs, only one is con-

tested. Thats in Pittston where

Gene Rooney is taking on incum-

bent Jason Klush on the Democrat

side. In Avoca, Dupont, Duryea,

West Wyoming, and Wyoming

and, incumbent Democrat mayors

are running unopposed.In Hughestown, where incum-

bent Hindmarsh chose not to run,

Democrat Wayne Quick is running

unopposed.

West Pittston incumbent Tony

Denisco is the only Republican

mayoral candidate and he is unop-

posed.

Of the 62 candidates for mayors,

councils and supervisors, only 10

are Republicans, ve of those in

West Pittston, including Denisco

and four incumbent councilmen

who are also unopposed. There

are no Democrats running in West

Pittston.

The only other Republican can-

didates are John Coolbaugh and

Donald Kreseki who are running

against each other for an Exeter

Township supervisor Republican

nomination, Dom Pepe who is un-

opposed for the Pittston Township

supervisor nomination, Theresa

Ritz Mulesky who is unopposed

for the Yatesville council nomina-

tion and Mike Baloga who is unop-

posed for a Wyoming Third Ward

council nomination.

One race which bucks the trend

is for the Democratic nomination

for one Pittston Township supervi-sor seat. Five candidates Ron

Marcellini, Dave Kaminski, Car-

men Timonte, Barbara Attardo and

Mike Savokinas are running for

that nomination.

Four borough council races are

contested. In Dupont, there are four

Democratic candidates Mark

Kowalczyk, Paul Houdyshell, Ber-

nie Zielinski and Stan Knick for

three nominations for 4-year seats.

In Duryea, there are eight Demo-cratic candidates Valrie Ol-

szewski, Audrey Marcinko, Sean

Shay, Jim Balchune, Joan Orloski,

Ed Amieka, Frank Groblewski and

Mike McGlynn for four nomi-

nations for 4-year seats. In Exeter,

there are ve Democratic candi-

dates Joe Pizano, Tom Shannon,

Mark Casper, Betty Ann DeRober-

to and Rich Turner for nomina-

tions for three 4-year seats.

In West Wyoming, there are ve

Democratic candidates Gloria

Bubblo, Walt Stevens Jr., Michael

Polan, Dan Grescavage and Ralph

Conetti for three nominations

for 4-year council seats.

In Pittston, there are three can-

didates Mike Lombardo, Ken

Bangs and Barb Zangre for two

nominations for 4-year council

seats. In each case, there are no Re-

publicans on the ballot.

In Jenkins Township, there are

two candidates, Bob Linskey and

Corine Milazzo, for one Democatic

nomination for one 6-year supervi-

sor seat.The Pittston Area and Wyo-

ming Area School Boards each

have 4-year terms on the ballot. At

Wyoming Are, all nine candidates

are cross led as Republicans and

Democrats Kimberly Yochem,

Nick DeAngelo, Jerry Stofko,Ree

Ree DeLuca, John Bonin, John Bo-

lin, Toni Valenti, Michael Brown

and John Marianacci.

At Pittston Area, ve candidates

Marty Quinn, Roseann Ricotta,

Kent Bratlee, Bruce Knick and

Marylin Starna are cross led

and two, John Adonizio and Vito

Quaglia, are running for Democrat-

ic nominations only.

By [email protected]

Dupont council eyeing future of Ben Franklin school

The Dupont Borough

Council held its regular

monthly meeting on Aug. 16

where council members and

residents discussed waysto

fund continued improve-

ments within the community.

Dupont ofcials are keep-ing an eye on developments

regarding the Pittston Area

School Districts possible

closure of the Ben Franklin

Kindergarten Center, located

within Dupont.

Council President Stanley

Knick stated his hopes to see

the building converted to ac-

commodate senior citizen

housing if the school is ul-

timately closed and the bor-

ough can obtain the property.

Council member Bernie

Zielinski referred to the orig-

inal agreement that granted

the land to the district, stat-

ing it his belief that the bor-

ough is entitled to the rst

opportunity to regain that

land if it were to again be-

come available.

Theschool hadbeenhome

to the Dupont Elementary

School prior to the absorp-

tion of Dupont schools into

the Greater Pittston Area

School District in 1983.

Dupont ofcials have con-

sulted with county and state

representatives regarding

funding.

During the meeting,

Knick and Mayor Daniel

Lello were told that the dis-

trict will not make an ofcial

decision before July of this

year, but will keep borough

ofcials informed.

Pittston Area Superinten-

dent Dr. Michael Garzella

would not provide an esti-

mate as to how much the

school facility and property

might be worth. He stated

that an architectural engineer

involved with surveying the

land refused to speculate at

this point, given the amount

of variables.

In other matters, Lello ad-

vised community members

to be alert, proactive and

vigilant following a string

of break-ins and incidents of

vandalism in and around the

100 block of the boroughs

Main Street.

Police investigation into

the crimes is ongoing, so ex-

tensive details were not pre-

sented, but Lello shared his

view that an aware populace

is the best defense against

petty crime.

Council unanimously vot-

ed to allow a Pittston liquor

license to be transferred into

Dupont so that restaurateur

Amouri Oliviera can utilize

it when he opens Continental

Bar and Grill at 317 Main St.

Oliviera has previously

found success founding the

Ipanema Grill, the regions

rst eatery to offer Brazil-

ian-style rodizio steakhouse

faire. Continental Bar and

Grill, however, will be far

more casual featuring bil-

liards and occasional live

music as well as catering.

The next meeting will be

held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday,

May 17.

B.GARRETT ROGANDispatch Correspondent


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City, fire unionink 4-year deal

The city and its reghtersinked a 4-year contract that hassignicant healthcare savings forthe city and pay raises each yearfor the workers.

City council approved the con-tract with the Pittston City FireFighters Local 840 InternationalAssociation of Fire FightersWednesday night.City Manager JoeMoskovitz negoti-

ated the deal withGeorge Tomasak,president of theunion.

The reghtersunion was the fourthand nal city unionto agree to BlueCross of Northeast-ern Pennsylvaniahealth plans thatcould save the city$300,000 over theterms of the con-tracts.

The police, cleri-caland publicworks

unions also agreedto the new health-care plans, but all four unionshad to agree for the changes to bemade.

The major concession by theunions allowed the city to dropthe expensive high-end traditionalBlue Cross plan. Two plans, theBlue Cross PPO and Blue CareHMO plans, are now the only ones

offered.Its a signicant step in the

right direction in terms of negoti-ating future contracts, Moskov-itz said. Employees are going tohave to pick up a larger share ofthe cost of their healthcare ben-et.

Moskovitz said, depending onthe insurance premiums, the citycould save $75,000 a year. In areturn concession, the city agreed

to 3 percent raises eachyear for the union re-ghters.

Itsin line with simi-lar departmental con-

tracts throughout theregion with cities simi-lar in size to ours with aunionized department,Moskovitz said. Fromthe citys perspective,there were concessionsby both sides.

The union representssix reghters and onenew one that will behired. The departmentalso has 17 part-time,non-unionized workerson the roster.

According to thecontract, the base salary

in 2013 is $47,910 and it increaseseach year by 3 percent, with the2016 base salary at $52,353. If thecity provides a higher wage in-crease to any other city union, thecity will grant the same increase toreghters.

JOE HEALEY/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH

Pittston City and its firefighters union agreed to a four-year

contract that adds healthcare savings for the city and sees 3

percent raises each year for its members. Pittston Fire Head-

quarters is shown here.


Its a signifi-cant step in the

right direction interms of negoti-ating future con-

tracts. Employ-ees are going tohave to pick up

a larger share ofthe cost of theirhealthcare ben-

efit.Joe Moskovitz

Pittston Administrator

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The Pittston CityCouncil opened

its April 17 regular monthly meet-ing by hiring two police ofcers.

Kyle Shumosic and Samuel

Desimone are the newest of the

citys eight full time police ofcers.Shumosic, a 25-year-old West

Pittston resident originally from

West Nanticoke, had previously

served as a part-time ofcer forPittston as well as for West Pittston.Desimone, 22, originally from Old

Forge but now residing in Clarks

Summit, served on Avoca bor-

oughs police force before coming

to Pittston.The two placed at the top of a

pool of eight applicants who went

through the civil service testing

process.When city resident Jim Norris

complained that heavy truck trafcis ruining the quality of the Wil-

liams Street, Mayor Jason Klush

pointed to the hiring of the two

ofcers in stating that the city willnow be able to aggressively pursue

trucks in violation of Pittston regu-

lations.The city has seen an inux of

large trucks transporting sand from

companies on Railroad Street to

arious natural gas drilling sights

throughout the region.

When Norris inquired as to theavailability of impact fees that the

natural gas companies might have

to pay to Pittston, City Manager

Joe Moskowitz explained that, al-though the city is negatively im-

pacted by the industry in this re-

spect, it is ineligible for impact fees

ecause there are no natural wells

within the city limits.In other matters

City ofcials announced thatApril 27 will ofcially be knownas Josephine Lazzari Day to com-

memorate the life-long city resi-

dents 100th birthday.Lazzari is still a vibrant and ac-

tive member of society, volunteer-

ing for several community groups.She pointed to prayer and the love

of her family as the reasons for her

health and longevity. Council heard extensive com-

plaints from resident Anthony

Yusavage regarding a reghtersconduct during a housere at a Da-mian Street property he owns on

Feb. 14.While Yusavage praised the work

of the rst reghters who arrivedon scene and expressed his thanksthat no one was hurt, he took issue

with a city re ghter who arrived

in a second truck.

Yusavage claimed the reghterabandoned his post when he left

to speak with re ghters from Jen-kins Township who responded but

were not taking action.

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Donovan position change fails to pass again

For the second consecutive

month, the Pittston Area School

Board voted down a motion in-

tended to change the job function

of Pittston Area Intermediate Cen-

ter principal Janet Donovan.By a vote of 6-3, the board opted

to refrain from naming Donovan

the acting assistant superintendentand director of curriculum. Dono-

an was formerly the districts prin-

cial of curriculum.Directors Kent Bratlee, John

Donahue, Anthony Guariglia,

Bruce Knick, Marilyn Starna and

Charles Sciandra all voted against

the move, citing their preferences

to act on the matter after next yearsbudget is in place.

Directors Joseph Kelly, Robert

Linskey and Richard Gorzkowski

each voted in favor.Kelly repeated his comments

from the March regular school

board meeting that Donovan is

sorely needed to aid the districts

superintendent, Dr. Michael Gar-

zella.Kelly dismissed allegations from

Guariglia that he had a personal

interest in the matter and argued

that the district has missed out on

grant opportunities because the ad-

ministration is understaffed.Garzella, when pressed, stated

that the grant funding that Pittston

Area has applied for over the

course of the school year has been

minimized.Kelly also stated his belief that

Donovans aid will be essential as

the district grapples with the llingof several upcoming administrative

vacancies and the possible closure

of the Benjamin Franklin Kinder-

garten Center in Dupont.

With regard to that facility, theboard heard from Dupont Borough

Council President Stanley Knick Jr.and Mayor Daniel Lello who hope

that the borough will have the rstoption to obtain the property and

facility if the district opts to close

the school.

Dupont had previously owned

the property, but transferred it to

the Greater Pittston Area School

District when Dupont schools were

absorbed into the district.At the time, the property was

sold to the district, as a point of

formality, for $2. Dupont ofcialsjokingly stated they were willing to

double that amount.The land transfer agreement also

included a stipulation that the bor-ough be given rst considerationshould the land become unneeded

by the district.Pittston Area ofcials will not

likely make a decision before July

of this year, but pledged to keep

Dupont ofcials informed.

If the school is closed, Dupont

oficals hope to possibly convertthe facility to accommodate senior

citizen housing.In other matters, Linskey and

Starna each stated their disappoint-

ment that there has not yet been a

public meeting to discuss budget-

ary items for the next school year.Al Melone, a nancial consultant

contracted by the borough, pointed

outthatextensive e-mails have beensent to boardmembersin hopesthat

some of the more mundane and ba-

sic issues might be addressed prior

to the May board meeting.The next Pittston Area School

Board meeting will be held at 7

p.m. on Thursday, May 23.

BYB.GARRET ROGANDispatch Correspondent

Pittston City Council votes to hire two full-time officers to police departmentByB.GARRETTROGANDispatch Correspondent


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When ofcials at Wilkes Uni-versity and later at Luzerne CountyCommunity College asked him toteach journalism, he said yes.

When former Pittston MayorMichael Lombardo asked him to

serve on the library board, he saidyes.

When we heard about the JohnCosgrove Collection, and it wasbrought up to us with the questionWould you like to have that? Iwas the guy who made the motionto say yes.

Hes said yes all his life.And when Barbara Quinn called

me to say that I was selected for theJean Yates Award, I had an awfultime saying yes to that, he said.

Ultimately, as his character dic-tates, he said yes.

Id much rather give an award

than get one, he said. And so Icame here feeling very uncomfort-able.

Ackerman offered an apology tothe organizers and past recipientsof the Jean Yates Award. He said hetold his family it wasnt a big dealto receive the award.

Ackerman and his wife, MaryKay, an operating room nurse, re-side in Pittston. He has two chil-dren, Greta, 29, of Los Angeles,Calif.,and Michael, 26,of Chicago.Both work in the eld of advertis-ing.

When his daughter, Greta, an-nounced she would y in from

California for the event, Ackermansaid thats when he realized what abig deal it was.

I thought, my daughter is doingthat for one day, putting herself outlike that. Right then and there, I re-alized it was a big deal, he said.

And introducing my daughterto all of you today has been sucha wonderful experience, he said.And its breaking my sons heart

that he cant be here today.Quinn, president of the Board of

Trustees of the Pittston MemorialLibrary, said the Jean Yates Awardis presented to a person who hasprovided outstanding service to thePittston Memorial Library in orderto keep Yates dream alive of keep-ing the library growing and thriv-ing.

Ackerman was a good t, Quinnsaid.

Ed Ackerman certainly fulllsthe criteria for this award, althoughhe was quite mystied as to whywe selected him, Quinn said. Wedisagreed and he humbly consentedto accept this award.

There hasnt been an event orhappening in the Greater Pittstoncommunity that doesnt owe itssuccess to the wonderful coverageprovided by Eddie and the SundayDispatch, she said.

Ackerman is credited with beingthe force behind bringing the mas-sive private collection of Pittstonnative and Washington, D.C. in-

sider John Cosgrove to the libraryand the librarys expansion to makeroom for it.

Of course, Im not always surewhether to thank him for this orstrangle him, Quinn joked.

Cosgrove could not attend theceremony, but Quinn read a letterfrom him.

We are grateful for (Acker-mans) strong and inspired supportfor all the good that the library isdoing every day in my hometowncommunity, Cosgrove wrote. Ifmy books at some time seem toturn their backs on him, please tellEddie that the volumes are proudly

renderinga saluteof appreciationtohim for all he has done to preserveand expand his hometown library.

Quinn said plans for a commu-nity room and expanded childrensart area are moving forward.

We have our revised plans forthe new addition, have met with thearchitects and construction com-mittee, picked out the furnishingsand are ready to go to bid, she

said. Hopefully, construction willstart in the very near future.

Quinn also thanked library di-rector Anne Hogya, fund-raisingdirector Howard Grossman, sup-port staff Jean Decker, GemmaWilliams, Patricia Joyce, KathyDePasquale, Elaine Marriggi andWinnie Williams, library controllerEileen Bartoli and board secretaryAnn Noone.

An anonymous friend made a$5,000 donation in Ackermanshonor, Quinn said.

An invocation was offered by theRev. Joseph Sibiliano, pastor of St.Joseph Marello Parish, and a bene-diction was sung by MonsignorJohn Bendik, pastor of St. John theEvangelist Parish Community. Li-brary board member Joseph Longacted as toastmaster.

Quinn also honored board mem-ber Mike Ostrowski, who died lastyear.

He was a truly wonderful man,and we still miss him and his zanysense of humor, Quinn said of Os-trowski. Im sure the angels areeither rolling on the clouds withlaughter or jumping off.

Past winners of the Jean YatesAward include Michael Lombardo,SandyInsalaco,TomTigue,Friendsof the Library, Eileen Burns, EllenMondlak, Eva Mae Falcone andMaria Capolarella-Montante.

Capolarella-Montante, presidentof Friends of the Pittston Library,

Honoree Ed Ackerman, right, greets long-time friends Inge

Markarian, left, and the Rev. Dr. John Markarian.

Gloria Blandina, center, chats with guests at the Jean Yates Award Dinner sponsored by the

Pittston Memorial Library at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Center in Pittston on Wednesday night.

BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCH

Centerpieces incorporating issues of the Sunday Dispatch adorn

the tables at the Jean Yates Award Dinner honoring Sunday

Dispatch Editor Ed Ackerman.See ACKERMAN, Page 9

Continued from Page 3

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is to the library.

He works hard on behalf of the

library and he does it with kindness

and caring, because thats the kind

of person he is, he said. Thats

reected in his column each Sun-

day.She presented a book to the li-

brary in Ackermans name on be-

half of the Friends.

But, she joked with Acker-

man, If you want to read it, you

have to go to the library and check

it out.

Ackerman said he washappy the

event turned into a class reunion.

He was valedictorian of the rst

class of Pittston Area High School

in 1967.

Al Kridlo, Bill Keating and John

A. Brogna spoke of their good

friend and classmate.

We came here to honor Ed,

Kridlo said. Hes done so much

for me personally, and so much for

this community. Hes one of those

guys that goes out of his way for

you. Hell do things for you and

remain in the background.

He always made our classproud, Keating said.

Hes an unsung hero, Brogna

said.

Gloria Blandina, director of the

Care and Concern Clinic, grew up

across the street from Ackerman

BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/THE SUNDAY DISPATCH

A happy Ed Ackerman with daughter Greta who flew in from Los Angeles for the Jean Yates

Award Dinner.

Luzerne County Community College President Thomas Leary,

right, and Michael Lombardo attend the Jean Yates Award Din-ner honoring Sunday Dispatch Editor and LCCC Professor Ed

Ackerman.


ACKERMAN

See ACKERMAN, Page 15


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21,2013 L O C A L C H A T T E R

Rose Galasso still throwing in the 90s

Rose Galasso of Pittston willcelebrate her 93rd birthday onApril 24 the same way she cel-ebrated her 90th by throwing

out the frst pitch at a minor league

baseball game.Rose will toss out the frst pitch

at the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Rail-riders game on Wednesday.

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Elisabeth Lampman of Avoca

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cer patients and helps improve thequality of their lives.

Her hair was cut by Tammy Sat-kowski of Tammys Styling Sensa-tions.

Elisabeth is the daughter of Su-san and Michael Lampman andattends 4th grade at Holy RosarySchool.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Happy Birthday to Bill DeAlbaof Pittston who celebrated on April16.

Also to Lenny Brown of OldForge who celebrated on April 20

andMichael English Sr.

, PittstonTownship celebrating on April 25.Greg Dewey of Exeter hits the

big 48 on April 21.Happy birthday Greg from your

wife Eileen, mother-in-law RosalieMurtha and your fur children.

HONOR SOCIETY

Stephanie Winters of Dupontand Alexandria Schraeder ofWest Pittston were inducted into

Phi Kappa Phi at The Honor Soci-ety of Phi Kappa Phi.

WHOS WHO

Three local students are among34 Luzerne County CommunityCollege students who will be in-cluded in the 2012-13 edition ofWhos Who among Students inAmerican Junior Colleges.

Ryan Joyce from Avoca is in theabove photo,second from left in thesecond row. Whos Who studentsnot pictured are Jillian Falkowskiand Christopher Twardowski,both from Pittston.

CASINO TRIP

The Lady Birds Bowling Leagueis running a bus trip to CeasersCasino in Atlantic City on Sunday,April 28.

The cost is $27 with a $25 casinorebate.

The bus will leave at 8 a.m. fromthe Park n Ride lot on Rt 315 andOak Street.

Call Tricia at 947-4107 for reser-vations or more information.

Rose Galasso of Pittston celebrated her 90th birthday on

April 24, 2010, by throwing out the first pitch at the Yan-

kees vs Iron Pigs baseball game. She is scheduled to repeat

the feat on her 93rd birthday on Wednesday.

AIMEE DILGER/DISPATCH FILE PHOTOThree local students are among 34 Luzerne County Community College students will be included

in the 2012-13 edition of Whos Who among Students in American Junior Colleges.

Ryan Joyce from Avoca is in the above photo, second from left in the second row. Whos Who

students not pictured are Jillian Falkowski and Christopher Twardowski, both from Pittston.

First row, from left, Tom Walter, Dallas; Hayden Schutz, Wilkes-Barre; Leah Kowalski, Nanticoke;

and Melissa Lohman, Luzerne. Second row, Thomas P. Leary, Kingston, president, LCCC; Ryan

Joyce, Avoca; Richard Irving, Wilkes-Barre; Michael A. Maul, Glen Lyon; David Fox, Drums; and

Rosana Reyes, dean, enrollment management and student development, LCCC.

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Entrepreneurs of the Year are

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The extraordinary efforts of

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ceremony set for Thursday, May 30

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The JA Business Hall of Fame is

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21,2013 W Y O M I N G A R E A S C H O O L B O A R D

State decision gives board less leeway in raising taxes

Already feeling a budget crunch,the Wyoming Area School Boardwill have less leeway in raisingtaxes, according to Tom Melone,the districts nancial manager. At

the April 16 board meeting, Mel-one explained that the state hasreduced the amount of exceptionsthe district can use when settingtax rates. The Pennsylvania State

Department of Education has noti-ed the district that the exceptions

total $227,512, meaning a reduc-tion in the amount of tax increasethe board can approve.

Melone will do a budget presen-tation at the regular board meetingon April 23.

Budget woes are causing Wyo-ming Area School Board membersto reconsider thepractice of allowingprivate sports groupsuse the districts fa-cilities for free. Sev-eral groups, includ-ing the West Pittston

Rams, are requestingfee waivers.

Fees are dened

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present, the fees re-quired by the policystand at $300 for useof the gym, $500 for the use of theauditorium and $1,000 for use ofthe stadium.

Board vice president DeannaFarrell said that no freebies should

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But board memberFrank Casarella tooka more lenient line,saying he believesgroups should con-tribute something tothe upkeep of facilitiesthey use. We have

the responsibility forthe upkeep and themaintenance, he said.

Theres a lot of things

we need to tighten ourbelt on and thats one

of them.

Board member Carl Yorina saidthe board found itself in a dilemma.

You have these wonderful facili-ties. You want kids to use them.

Superintendent Ray Bernardisuggested, We should reconvene

our policy committee and come upwith something fair and equitable.

On a positive note, the WyomingArea Football Alumni Associationhas requested permission to updateand renovate the districts weighttraining facility.

Yorina felt the board needed in-formation on the scope of work the

association plans before permissioncan be granted.

The board also discussed a planto create a foundation similar tothose which have been created

by other districts. The foundation

would be a 501(c)(3) tax exemptorganization separate from theschool district.

According to Ferentino, therewould be a tax advantage to busi-nesses and individuals who con-tributedto the proposed foundation.

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Enticing exteriorsTwo more downtown Pittston

buildings are getting a facelift.Thanks to a new round of faade

grants, the Brunelle Building onNorth Main Street and the Virginia

DeSpritio Hair Fashions/AdvanceBeauty Supply building on SouthMain Street will get new looks.

The grants are funded throughthe state Local Share Assessment

program whichuses revenuesfrom casinos,said PittstonRedevelopment

Authority mem-ber Mike Lom-bardo.

Grants aretypically $1,500

and must bematched, dollarfor dollar, bythe business or

building owner.

The applica-tions are handled through Down-town Manager Rose Randazzoand awarded through the DesignReview Committee, an arm of the

redevelopment authority. The com-mittee approved the new round ofgrants last week.

A business incubator with secre-tarial and support staff for several

small ofces is set for the rst oor

of Brunelle. It is currently vacant,but had residential units on the

oors above it at one time.DeSpirito plans to move her

businesses nearer to the back ofthe building and the front would be

available for rental. Lombardo saidthere are several businesses lookinginto locating there,but that decision

would be DeSpiritos.Lombardo said the plan is to put

$100,000 a year of grant moneyinto improvements with $85,000going to facades and $15,000 to

signs.

More than 10 businesses havetaken advantage of the program.Recent faade grants were awardedto Napoli Pizza, Pittston Dental,

Sabatelles, Fuji, the Red Mill tav-ern and Lizzas Mezzo Mezzo.

He stressed theRed Mill andLiz-

zas really dene the Main StreetCorridor on both ends of town.

Sapphire Salon and Rock StreetMusic buildings are in the applica-tion process, he said.

Lombardo said the improve-ments could be as complex as nec-

essary, ranging from a completely

new front, like the Red Mill, to anew coat of paint, like Sabatelles.

In order to be approved for a fa-ade grant, the building must be up

to date on garbage and sewer fees

and current on taxes.Lombardo said a lot of down-

town businesses have weatheredeconomic storms and a formerlylackluster downtown in the past.

New businesses are great, butwe need to take care of our main-

stays as well, he said.He said nobody sets out to have

an unattractive business, but, intougher economic times, you may

have to decide that you need our

for dough rather than paint for thefront of the building.

The LSA account was estab-lished by the Pennsylvania Horse

Race and Gaming DevelopmentAct and distributes cash generated

by licensed gaming facilities oper-ating in the state, including Mohe-gan Sun at Pocono Downs in Plains

Township, to local community andeconomic improvement projects.

Were really trying to maximizethe potential of the businesses,Lombardo said.

Pittstons facade grantprogram helps downtownbusinesses with aesthetics


Virginia DeSpritio Hair Fashions/Advance Beauty Supply building on South Main Street, left, will get a new look because it wasawarded a facade enhancement grant. At right, the proposed enhancements.

Lombardo said

the plan is to

put $100,000

a year of

grant money

into improve-

ments with

$85,000 going

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OUROPINION

Save old BenDupont Borough Council President

Stanley Knick Jr. and Mayor Daniel Lelloshowed a sense of humor and just plainsense at the PA school borad meeting onTuesday.

Knick said if the school district closes

the Benjamin Franklin Kindergarten Centerin Dupont, the borough, which sold thebuilding to the district decades ago, wouldbuy it back and the district could doubleits money. The borough sold it for $2 andwould buy it back for $4.

It may not happen that the district closesthe school, and if it does, it wont happenuntil the summer, but Knick and Lello saidif the borough reacquires the building itwould consider converting the old schoolbuilding into apartments for the elderly.

Thats where the good sense comes in.If that happens it will continue a trend ofturning old buildings into beautiful livingquarters.

It worked in Pittston, where the old Lin-coln, or Pittston high school, building wasconverted into apartments.

And it worked in West Pittston wherethe old Hitchner Bakery was turned intoapartments.

Dupont is one heck of a progressivetown and, based on their recent track record(helping with paving of the industrial parkroads, stepping up with the compost site,supporting the airport trafc realignment)

they will probably do a good job withwhatever plans they have for Ben Franklin.

In Wyoming borough residents raisedheck when the borough imposed a sewerfee. They packed a council meeting andone after another complained bitterly. Somesaid the incumbent council and mayorwould pay at the ballot box.

But then when the time came nobodychallenged the incumbents. Three councilseats and the mayoral seat are unopposed inthe primary

Same deal in West Pittston where manyresidents were angry over sewer construc-tion costs and ood response and where all

the incumbents whose seats are up in thiscycle are unopposed.

Now, were not saying the councils and

mayors should be voted out in those towns,in fact we believe they did what they had todo, were just illustrating that even whereresidents have issues with their elected of-cials, nobody wants to run.

And look at the Luzerne County Councilballot. When the council was created by thehome rule charter, 59 candidates ran for the11 seats. This cycle, there are 12 running.

Were not offering a solution, or sayingthere has to be one, we just wonder why sofew want to run.

Y O U R S P A C E

At the recent Father-Son Communion Breakfast at Corpus Christi parish in West Pittston, chairperson Jerry Yakobitis got his

family members together to pose for a photo with an issue of the Sunday Dispatch. Dispatch editor Ed Ackerman served as principal

speaker for the breakfast. In the photo, seated left to right Michael Yakobitis; John Yakobitis Sr.; John Yakobitis III; Andrew Yakobi-

tis.

Standing Ronald Yakobitis; John Yakobitis Jr.; Ken Yakobitis; Jerry Yakobitis.

Yakobitis family fans of the Sunday Dispatch

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YOUROPINION

I attended a military funeral in Plains Township and was very

impressed with what I saw.

Some 20 members of the Plains Township volunteer honor

guard of American Legion Post No. 558 performed their military

assignments with excellence and precision at the funeral, church

and cemetery.

I watched the people that attended on this cold, windy and

rainy dark day, observed the honor guards snap to attention andsalute as the casket passed by with one of their own.

At the cemetery, there were tears and sadness in their eyes.

During the playing of TAPS (a military tradition) more than half

of the 150 people attending the funeral had tears going down

their cheeks and were weeping.

This is a very moving and lasting experience that everyone

should see at least once in their life time.

You will never forget it and will have a memory of this funeral

for life.

I have attended many funerals in the past as a law enforcement

Ppolice ofcer and elected PA state constable (on and off duty) in

Luzerne, Lackawanna Wyoming and other counties for over 50

years.

This funeral rated number one for the best-organized funerals I

had the pleasure of attending.

I would like to congratulate the ofcer in charge of that honor

guard unit and every member of that honor guard and other

honor guard members everywhere in the state for what they do.Remember, everyone appreciates what you do as a volunteer

and especially as a veteran.

Im sure you will be rewarded someday by someone high

above with more rank than we could ever dream of.

Thank you veterans everywhere and God bless every one of

you for a job well done and God bless America.

William Dillon USAF

Korean Veteran

Jenkins Township

Writer lauds American Legion honor guard

Few are running


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BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/FOR THE SUNDAY DISPATCHJean Yates Award winner Ed Ackerman gets a hug from presenter Barbara Quinn, president of the

Pittston Memorial Library Board of Trustees.

Msgr. John Bendik sings the Benediction at the

conclusion of the Jean Yates Award Dinner as

honoree Ed Ackerman listens.

Dana Keller, great niece of Jean Yates, offers a

few words.

and has known him since the

fourth grade.

Eddie is kind, insightful and hes

interested in other people, she said.Hes sincere and his words are so

touching.

After Gilmartin brought Acker-

man to the Dispatch, Ackerman

remained at the paper for 23 years,

rising to the position of managing

editor. After serving as an adjunct

professor at Wilkes University, he

became a full-time professor at Lu-

zerne County Community College

where he is now in his 23rd year of

teaching.

While continuing his career in

the college classroom, Ackerman

returned to the Sunday Dispatch in

2000 to serve as part-time editor.

He resumed writing his weekly

column, Ed Ackerman, optimist,

for which he has won a rst -laceKeystone Award presented by the

Pennsylvania Newspapers Publish-

ers Association. It appears each

week on page 2 of the Dispatch.

Jean Yates younger sister, Joan

Speziale, was in attendance, along

with Yates niece, Ann Keller, and

great niece, Dana Keller.

She wasa very loving and giving

person, Speziale said. She worked

hard.

Keller spoke of her aunts legacy.

Quinn praised Yates.

She exemplied outstanding

library service with her dedication

and generosity, Quinn said.

During his remarks, Ackerman

spoke of a scene near the end of the

lm, Saving Private Ryan. A dy-

ing soldier who took a bullet duringthe rescue told Private Ryan to earn

this.

You all said a lot of nice things

about me tonight, Ackerman said.

Im a recipient of the Jean Yates

Award, but I like to think of all the

things I could have done to really

be the recipient. So what I will say

now is I will honor your selection

and honor Jeans memory by earn-

ing this.


ckerman

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you eat them willingly? If she did,

your mom was and/or is a smart

lady to introduce you to this wonderful vegetable

lled with lots of nutrients and little calories.

Beets are an excellent source of folate, along with potassium, vita-

min C and ber. They are low in calories and, as most vegetables, are

fat and cholesterol free. One cup of cooked beets are only 31 calories

and eight and one-half grams of carbohydrates.

Many people today are roasting beets along with carrots, parsnips

and potatoes. Its an easy way to prepare them. If you dont like to peel

them and get your ngers pink, try scrubbing with the skins on, then

wrapping them in foil, just as you would a baked potato.

The pink color gives us the natural photochemical. Beet greens

(leaves) are very nutritious and delicious, too. They are an excellent

source of vitamins A and C, potassium, magnesium, calcium, iron and

copper.

Trying new vegetables at home can be a challenge but, in the long

run, worth it. New vegetables add color, interest and nutrition to the

meals.The American Institute for Cancer Research suggests using beets in

the common dessert, red velvet cake. Instead of red food coloring, use

canned beets.

A beet adds moisture and reduces some of the oil and gives the red

color naturally.

Although this recipe adds an extra step of making a beet puree, you

might want to experiment and use this puree as you would other fruit

purees in mufns and or breads.

Red Velvet Cupcakes

1 cup canned beets, drained (see note)

1/2 cup reduced-fat buttermilk, divided

1/2 tsp. white vinegar

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

3/4 cup plus

2 Tbsp. unbleached all-purpose our6 Tbsp. unsweetened natural cocoa

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon

1/3 cup canola oil, chilled

3/4 cup sugar

1 large egg, cold

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Drop paperliners into cavities of a 12-cavity regular size mufnpan.

Drain and coarsely chop beets.

Place beets in blender, add 1/4 cup buttermilk and whirl until beets

are nely chopped. Add remaining buttermilk, vinegar and vanilla and

whirl to a puree, making sure no lumps of beet remain.

Set beet mixture aside.

In small bowl, combine our, 6 tablespoons of cocoa, baking pow-

der, baking soda, cinnamon and salt and set aside. In medium bowl,combine cold oil and sugar.

With hand mixer on medium speed, mix until sugar is evenly moist-

ened. Add cold egg and beat at high speed until mixture resembles

mayonnaise and sugar is almost completely dissolved, 90 seconds.Add

beet mixture and beat until combined.

Sift dry ingredients into bowl and mix, either on low speed or by

hand until combined with wet ingredients.

Divide batter evenly among lined mufn cups, lling them about

two-thirds full. Bake cupcakes for 28-30 minutes.

Edited, source American Institute for Cancer Research

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Hand, an artist from Dallas,

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son and their

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son, Peggys

husband.

The two

artists will

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river works today, April 21 at

Heinz Rehab Hospitalin Wilkes-Barre.

Included in the exhibit is a

portrait of the Susquehanna

owing through Pittston.

The Susquehannas North

Branch ows from Cooper-

stown, New York to Northum-

berland where it meets the West

Branch and continues its jour-

ney to Harrisburg and on to the

Chesapeake Bay.

The resulting Susquehanna

Song is a 300-piece collection

of watercolor, acrylic and oil

paintings by Hand, plus oils and

watercolors by Davidson.All of the pieces were custom

framed by Hands husband, Joe

Hand.

The public is invited to the

grand opening celebration from

1 to 5 p.m. today, April 21 at

Heinz Rehab Hospital, 150

Mundy St., Wilkes-Barre Town-

ship. Therewill be an artiststalk

at 2 p.m. and guided tours by the

artists every half-hour through-

out the afternoon.

In addition, several non-prot

groups and organizations dedi-

cated to the Susquehanna River

will display their information.

These groups include the

Susquehanna Greenway, the Lu-

zerne County Historical Society,

Plymouth Historical Society,

Shickshinny Historical Society,

Luzerne County Conservation

District, Eastern PA Coalition

for Abandoned Mine Reclama-

tion, and Tioga Point Museum

among others.

Hand

Artist Sue Hand makes a

stop in Pittston for her

Susquehanna Song

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celebrated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.on Saturday, April 27 at theGreaterPittston YMCA.

Schedule of events:

10 a.m. Family 2K Fun Run,sponsored by Blue Cross of North-eastern Pennsylvania

10:30 a.m Family obstaclecourse

11:30 a.m Kids zumba andhip hop

11:30 a.m Family aqua Aero-bics

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All day activities include abounce house by TEAK BounceHouses, arts and crafts, healthysnacks and music by Sound Ser-vice Mobile DJs.

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the Greater Pittston YMCAat 655-2255.

West Pittston Librarylists upcoming events

The West Pittston Library an-nounces upcoming events.

ADULT PROGRAMSiPad Classes for Adults, $10

Session 7: Playing music -Wednesday, April 24, 1 to 2 p.m.

What is Community SupportedAgriculture?

Youre invited to attend a pre-

sentation and discussion at 5:30p.m. on Wednesday, April 24 withowners of Fertile Grounds,a multi-acre CSA farm located in the Back

Mountain. Organic salad mix willbe served.

CHILDRENS PROGRAMSStory Time with Misericordia

Students from the Speech-Lan-guage Pathology Department ofMisericordia University will con-duct this Story Time at 6:30 p.m.on Friday, April 26 as well as edu-

cate parents and caregivers on lan-guage and literacy. Pre-registrationis required.

The Duryea Borough streetdepartment will collect tires onWednesday, May 1. Residents areasked to place the tires at the curbwith rims must be removed. Tires

will be collected from residentialproperties only.

Duryea Borough held an elec-tronic collection on March 27 andcollected 11.04 tons of electronic

equipment which was delivered to

the recycling center. Another col-lection will be scheduled in lateJune.

At the Duryea Borough councilmeeting, Council approved the pur-

chase of a 2013 Peterbilt recyclingtruck. The natural gas-poweredtruck will be 90 percent funded bya recycling grant awarded from theDepartment of Environmental Pro-

tection.

Duryea to get new vehicle;

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cility in Duryea last week at Key-

stone Automation and Jam Works

Robotic Solutions.

Members of the community

were invited see state of the art

machines during a two-day open

house held by Keystone Auto-

mation and Jam Works Robotic

Solutions. The two companies

are partnered to combine theirresources, which includes design,

manufacturing and operation of

custom robots to assist corpora-

tions all over the U.S.

People in this area dont even

know about our robots, engineer

and owner of Jam Works John

Mele said. Were letting them get

to know us and our machines.

Throughout the two days people

were allowed to interact with cus-

tom robots and attend presenta-

tions by specialists and different

partners. Our bots do jobs that

people cant do, Mele said, jobs

that are otherwise very danger-ous.

According to Mele, the robots

minimize injuries and mistakes

while increasing quality. With

robots, there are no mistakes, he

said, and were doing this [the

open house] to tell people about

all this great information.

President of Keystone Automa-

tions Mark McKinnie said they

also hope the open house will

alert new and upcoming engineers

to the benets of robotics. We

are constantly trying to get more

young people involved, McKin-

nie said, the jobs in manufactur-

ing are skyrocketing right now.

Mele agreed with his partner.

We want to help bring those jobs

back to this area, he said. We

want to give it a place on the map

with competitive machinery. The

open house, aptly titled Bots and

BBQ, allowed attendees to win

prizes, socialize with others overrefreshments and even offered at-

tendees fresh roasted pig on both

days.

We hope this [the open hous-

es] to let everyone know were

here, Keystones McKinnie said,

so far, so good!

From left to right: president of Keystone Automation Mark

McKinnie, district director Bob Morgan, representative of

Congressman Matt Cartwright, CEO of Keystone Automation

Mike Duffy and owner of Jam Works Robotic Solutions John

Mele pose next to the iRVision Visual Tracking robot duringthe open house on Thursday.

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P R I M A R Y E L E C T I O N 2 0 1 3

DeAngelo running

for WA school boardNick DeAngelo, a member of the

Wyoming Area School Board foreight years, is a candidate for anoth-er four-year term on both the Demo-cratic and Republican ballots. He isrunningas a team memberwithToniValenti. DeAngelo and his wife, theformer Lisa Tochery, are lifelongresidents and graduates of WyomingArea. They have three children, allof whom attend or attended WA.Daniella and Elena are graduatesandJulianna is in 10th grade. DeAn-gelo was born and raised in Exeterand lived there for 36 years. For thelast 17 years, the familys home has

een in Wyoming. He is a memberof St. Barbaras Church and theHoly Name Society. He is a lifetimemember of the Exeter Fire and Res-cue Hose Company No. 1, a formercoachfor theExeterPanthers C teamand assistant coach in the Wyoming West Wyoming Little League.

He is the son of Catherine Vasil

DeAngelo and the late Nicholas

John DeAngelo. While a member ofthe WA Board, he served as treasurerand vice- president and a one-yearterm on the West Side VocationalTechnical Joint Committee SchoolBoard. He has been employed for38 years in retail sales, 22 of which

have been in managerial positions.

Nick DeAngelo

Valenti seeking WA school nomination

Toni Valenti of West Pittston is

a candidate for school cirector in

the Wyoming Area School District.

She will seek both the Democratic

and Republican Nomination and

is running for election with Nick

DeAngelo.

Valenti is a graduate of Saint

John the Evangelist High School

and is employed as ofce man-

ager for Cenera Auto Parts, WestPittston.

Valenti served 20 years on the

Wyoming Area School Board,

where she held the positions of

president, secretary and treasurer.

Valenti represented Wyoming

Area for four years on the Luzerne

Intermediate Unit 18 board and

was elected the rst female presi-

dent.

She served on the West Side

Voc-Tech Board and was legisla-

tive representative for both the

Wyoming Area and West Side

Voc-Tech Boards. She was on the

Strategic Planning Committee at

Wyoming Area and represented

the board at the Parents Awareness

Group meetings.

Valenti is a member of Immacu-

late Conception Church and its Al-

tar and Rosary Society, where she

served as president for three years.

She has been involved in Scout-

ing for the past 28 years, serving

as den mother for eight years and

chairperson of Cub Scout Pack 302

for the past 20 years.She is treasurer of the West

Pittston Cherry Blossom Com-

mittee, helped organize the West

Pittston/Pittston July 4th celebra-

tion, committeewoman for the

West Pittston Democratic Organi-

zation and former member of the

Board of Directors of the Luzerne

County Transit Authority.

Valenti is a member of the Ex-

eter Lions Club where she wasthe

rst female member and the rst

female president.Valenti served as president of

the Wyoming Area Basketball

Parents Organization, chairperson

of the 1990 Wyoming Area All

Nite Party, was involved with the

West Pittston Little League for 14

years, serving as president of the

Little League Ladies Auxiliary

and secretary of the Little League

Board of Directors.

Valentiis the daughterof thelate

Albino and Antoinette Forlenza

Ciampi. She is married to Faust

Valenti and they are the parents of

a son, Michael, who is married to

the former Mara Pagnotti. Michael

and Mara Valenti are graduates of

Wyoming Area. Valenti has two

grandchildren, Nina and Julia.Yochem seeks nodfor WA school board

Kimberly (Prebola) Yochem is acandidate forWyomingArea SchoolBoard running on a team with Mi-chael J. Brown and John Paul Boninon both the Democratic and Repub-lican ballots. Yochem grew up inHarding and is a 1991 graduate ofWyoming Area School District. Shegraduated from Dickinson College

in 1995 with a Bachelors Degreein Economics and went on to pur-sue a Masters Degree in HealthcareAdministration, graduating fromKings College in 1999.

Yochem has spent most of herprofessional career focused in mar-keting and provider relations withinthe healthcare industry. Currently,she is an Account Executive inProvider Network Management foran insurance company serving themedical assistance population. Herresponsibilities have included de-

eloping strategic marketing plansin order to facilitate market sharegrowth, creating marketing mate-

rials for distribution and outcomemeasurement. She has worked onmedia campaigns, including ads inprint, radio and television.

Yochem has written press re-leases and articles for both com-munity and company newsletters.In addition, she has organized largescale conferences, contracting withnationally-known speakers and pro-

iding continuing education creditsfor healthcare professionals. She has

been responsible for marketing bud-gets, prot/loss statements and hasworked in contract negotiations.

She was recognized by her for-mer employer as the CommunityOutreach Coordinator of the Year in1995. She has served on the Board

of Serving Seniors in LackawannaCounty, was a founder of the Senior

Networking Alliance, a non-protorganization in Lackawanna Countyand was the 2010 Co-chair for theAlzheimers Associations MemoryWalk.

Yochem is married to Rob Yo-chem, a 1986 graduate of WyomingArea School District. Theyhave twosons who are students in the Wyo-ming Area School District.

Bonin running for WA school boardJohn Paul Bonin is a candidate

for Wyoming Area School Board

running on a team with Michael J.

Brown and Kimberly Prebola Yo-

chem on both the Democratic and

Republican ballots.

Bonin grew up in Swoyersvilleand graduated from Wyoming

Valley West High School. He is a

graduate of Luzerne County Com-

munity College with an Associate

Degree in Science and Wilkes Uni-

versity witha Bachelors Degree in

Earth and Environmental Sciences

in 1992.

He completed his Masters De-

gree in Business Administration in

2003 from Wilkes University.

Having entered the private sec-

tor for employment, he has worked

for several regional and national

family businesses in distribution.

He also worked for a large, global

agribusiness as a regional salesmanager for the northeast U.S.,

managing 15 direct reports while

overseeing seven other sales terri-

tories that met or exceeded yearly

nancial sales objectives.

He was voted Rookie Salesper-

son ofthe year in1999,as well asa

member of the O.P.T. Club in 2000.

He was selected to participate in

the Agribusiness Leadership Plus

Program at Purdue University,

Center for Food and Agricultural

Business, receiving a certicate

of completion with the class of

2005-2007. This corporate leader-ship program focused on Business

Strategies, Marketing, Human Per-

formance Management, Econom-

ics, Corporate Financial Metrics

and Supply Chain Logistics. He

also has completed coursework

with the American Management

Association.

Currently, he is the Manager of

Business Development for special

projects nationally, working with

seven regional representatives

throughout the U.S and Canada.

In addition, he prepares yearly

sales budgets and strategies.

He also co-authors specialty

product press releases and mar-

ket advertisements, while man-aging the sale of proprietary

products to distributors and cus-

tomers for the professional ag-

ricultural, nursery and horticul-

tural markets.

He is also acting national sales

andtechnical lead for a new mar-

ket introduction, directing sales

efforts in the mid-west, mid-

south, southeast and northeast

U.S.

Bonins wife is the former

Tara Conden, a 1988 graduate

of Wyoming Area High School.

They have two children who at-

tend school in the Wyoming Area

School District.The family has re-sided in Harding since 2005.

As a community volunteer,

Brown serves as a member of the

board for the Harding/Mt. Zion

Community Ambulance Associa-

tion and this past summer was an

assistant coach for tee-ball at the

Exeter Little League. He is also a

member of the Exeter Township

Planning Commission.

John Paul Bonin

Kimberly (Prebola) Yochem

Toni Valenti


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Greater Pittston Person of the Year,was honored at an event sponsoredby the Sunday Dispatch in Marchat the Open Space in Pittston. Dur-ing the event more than $700 wascollected in his honor for the WestPittston Salvation Army.

Major Sheryl Hershey, pastor, ac-cepted the donation which she saidwill be split between the day and

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Adonizio was honored along withDr. Lewis Druffner Jr, the 2012 Jo-seph Saporito Lifetime of ServiceAward Winner.

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