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NEWS, 9A WILKES-BARRE, PA SundAy, MAy 26, 2013 $ T HE T IMES L EADER 6 09815 10077 2013 ELECTION Obama sees end to terror war WASHINGTON — Some call it wishful think-ing, but President Barack Obama has all but de-clared an end to the global war on is not claiming final victory over ex-tremists who still seek to kill Americans andother Westerners. Instead, he is refocusing thelong struggle against terrorism that lies ahead,steering the United States away from what hecalls an equally frightening threat — a country in a state of perpetual war. In doing so, Obama recasts the image of the terrorists themselves,from enemy warriors to cowardly thugs and r speech he gave Thursday was designed tomove America’s mindset away from a war foot-ing and refine and recalibrate his own counter-terrorism strategy. Obama asserted that al-Qai-da is “on the path to defeat,” reducing the scale AP PHOTO President Obama’s recent speech sought torecalibrate his terrorism strategy; he assert-ed that al-Qaida is on the path to defeat.’ New approach recasts perpetrators as criminals ByROBERTBURNS AP National Security Writer See WAR, Page 14A Have welost all desireto vote? Low turnout seen astrouble for democracy IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER M ichael Stadulis Jr., 12, of Wilkes-Barre, checks out the view from the driver’s seat of a city fire truck at the Hollenback FireStation during National Emergency Services Week on Saturday morning. For the story, see Page 3A. BOSTON — Rosy Spraker was only a half-mile from the finish line of her sev-enth Boston Marathon when the bombs went off. She received her medal later inthemailatherLorton,Va., bring herself to wear it until Sat-urday, when she and thousands of otherathletes joined victims of the blast to runand walk the last mile of the race.“Now I feel like I’ve earned my medal,”Spraker said, beaming, after she crossedthe Boylston Street finish line, encour-aged by a cheering crowd. “I wanted torun for the victims, for freedom, to showthe world that nothing is going to stopus.”“Somebody that thinks that they’re go-ing to stop a marathoner from running doesn’t understand the mentality of a marathoner,”saidherhusband,Lesley,af-ter he placed the medal around Spraker’ April 15, explosions near the fin-ish line killed three people and woundedmore than Saturday morning, about 3,000 DALLASTWP.— his first visit through the majestic archway onto the Misericordia University campus in the fall of was a presidential finalist then and vividly recalls a maintenance building with a coal smoke-stack in the heart of the small campus. He was nota fan of the eyesore.“I came back a second time a few months laterand that smokestack was gone. I was pleased,” he Thousands walk, run final mile of Boston Marathon Waiting to breathe – on his own It’ll be at least five weeksbefore Charlie Lucas will beable to swim. The 16-year-oldsaid he might even try diving for the first of Kingston Town-ship, was given a tracheos-tomy at birth, a procedurethat left a breathing hole atthe base of his neck, and it hasrequired that he keep his headabove water for his entire is undergoing proceduresthis month at Children’sHospital of Philadelphia toremove the breathing hole andopen his windpipe. While in his mother’s womb, Charlie developeda disease called CongenitalHigh Airway ObstructionSyndrome, or CHAOS. nearl 3,000 joi i emo-tioal eig toviolece-marrerace. ByAMYCRAWFORD Associated Press See BOSTON, Page 11A While other row offices were eliminated,Luzerne County’s home rule charter keptthe controller to independently scrutinizeits $260 million in spending, 1,400-plus workers and more than 50 departmentsproviding services from tax assessment to911 dispatch. The public — not county employees orofficials — pick the person who fills this$64,999 elected post forthe next four years to bethe fiscal an estimated256,800 residents areeligible to vote on thisdecision, the number who narrowed down thecontroller finalists fromfour to two in Tuesday’sprimaries was 31,000 —only 12 percent of theover-18 population.“When you break itdown and see the per-centage of the populationmaking the decision,that’s pretty trouble-some,” said Barry Kauff-man, executive directorof the nonprofit citizenadvocate group CommonCause turnout in Lu-zerne County’s Demo-cratic and Republicanprimaries was — a record low,according to severalpast and present county not only a problemhere. Eight of the 11 othersimilarly sized, third-class Pennsylvania counties reported turnout lower than Lu-zerne’s on County, which had a heatedHarrisburg mayoral battle, had a primary turnout mirroring Luzerne’s — “I thinkmost folkson a dailybasis com-plain aboutthe qualityof govern-ment, yetwhen weask them tocome outtwo timesa year toperform acivic duty,they’reMIA.” Eric Epstein Coordinator ofRock the Capital,a voter educationorganization ByJENNIFERLEARN-ANDES jandes See TURNOUT, Page 11A MacDowell led Misericordia’s transformation AP PHOTO Charlie Lucas, 16, isundergoing a string ofsurgeries this monthto open his windpipe. Teengettingsurgeriestoopenwindpipe ByJONO’CONNELL joconnell See CHARLIE, Page 13A AIMEE DILGER /THE TIMES LEADER Michael and Tina MacDowell left their imprint onMisericordia campus. aseder See MACDOWELL, Page 13A WILKES-BARRE — One area grad student thinks the govern-menthasnoplaceaskingpeopleto Vacula, 24, a mentalhealth counseling student atMarywood University, hung a banner that reads “Nothing Fails Like Prayer” on PublicSquare this week in responseto the May 2 National Day of PrayerandtheCircletheSquare with Prayer events held by area churches at the same a member of theNEPA Freethinking Society,said he knows the messagemight sound a little harsh, butdoesnotintendforittobeaper-sonal affront to Christians, rath-er a loud invitation to talk aboutreasons for praying. He tookexception to the federally rec-ognized day of prayer becausepeople should be able to choosetheir own beliefs.“I don’t think that’s the busi-ness of the government,” Vacula said. “People should make deci-sions on their own.”A self-described atheist and a skeptic, Vacula said he has hisbeliefs — or lacks them — be-cause he needs evidence first,something he hasn’t seen to validate his faith in a completed his undergrad-uate studies at King’s Collegeand spent time with people of faith. He met people there whofollowedtheBiblicalmandatein1 Peter 315, to defend beliefs with gentleness and respect,Vacula said.“If all the religious people inthe world were like the minis-ters and theologians at King’s,I’d have no problem,” Vacula secured $50 from Free-dom From Religion Foundation,a national organization of whichhe is a member, to pay Wilkes-Barre to hang his banner for the week. The foundation also sup-plied the banner. The following real estate transac-tions have been recorded in theLuzerne County Office of theRecorder of Deeds for the week ofMay 20• Donald Sr. and Mary Jane Galla-gher to Jonathan and Jo AnnetteGrisham, Marsh Creek Road, Hun-tington Township, $106,000.• George and Sharon Huntzingerto Yalick CCJ LLC, 168 HomesteadDrive, Dallas Township, $175,000.• Bonita L. Bradley to James J. andEricka L. Zaremba, 5 Regina Drive,Wright Township, $235,000.• Martin V. Timek to Joseph Novicki Lane, West Wyo-ming, $154,000.• Barbara A. Dombroski to Matthewand Catherine N. Lipo, 3 EvergreenSt., West Wyoming, $124,000.• Kimberly Selach Gritman to Cath-erine and Albert Brown, LakesideDrive, Harveys Lake, $344,000.• David R. Paden to KennethKarboski and Nicole Balchune, 105Blueberry Drive, $290,000.• Ryan and Sandra Beaudin to JoEllen Habas, 45 Pineview Estates,Rice Township, $115,500.• Estate of Ruth Zalepa to AmandaAlba, Tunkhannock Avenue, WestPittston, $105,000.• Jeanne Elly to John and PatriciaCoats, Brian Thomas and MarilynCoats-Thomas, 64 Nuangola Ave.,Nuangola, $197,000.• Estate of Genevieve Maleshefskito William Lewis, 152 Tunkhan-nock Highway, Dallas Township,$95,000.• Nancy Bingham and NancyWeston to William A. Swire,19 Sachse Ave., Conyngham,$159,000.• David Ickes to Jesse Gydosh,66 W. Pettebone St., Forty Fort,$61,000.• Rebecca S. Harris to Maria C. Pi-azza, 158 Lathrop Court, Kingston,$109,900.• Anthony M. and Carmine Carrato,Ann D. McCullough and Ann to Victor Medeiros, 914Peace St., Hazleton, $82,000.• Terry L. and Linda R. Hower toPPL Nuclear Development LLC,1091 Salem Blvd., Salem Township,$150,000.• Wayne A. and Kathleen to Alexis Perez, 81 Cliff St.,Pittston, $75,000.• Carl G. and Beverly Boos toJonelle M. Lasky and CroeyR. Kime, 224 Mill St., Pittston,$66,000.• Troy A. and Jennifer M. Sites toShane M. and Chantel Levardi,12 Altair Drive, Salem Township,$142,500.• Cecelia M. Vincelli to Brian RR3 Box 220, Eighth St.,Franklin Township, $189,000.• Denise A. Ruminski to Megan 7 Manor Drive, KingstonTownship, $131,000.• Housing Development Corp. ofNortheastern Pennsylvania to Rob-ert R. Grudzinski, 397 McGowanSt., Wilkes-Barre, $120,000.• Iris and Douglas P. La Barr andDonna La Barr Kachmar to AmyL. Puffenberger, 58 Shaver Ave.,Kingston Township, $110,000.• Pennstar Bank to NORSEC RealtyPartners, Route 315, Plains Town-ship, $400,000.• 200 North Washington Proper-ties LLC to King’s College, 39 St., and 200 N. WashingtonSt., Wilkes-Barre, $95,000.• Virginia H. Zikor to Susan L. Hal-bing, 149 N. Gates Ave., Kingston,$115,000.• Thomas J. and Lisa Kelly Sepelato National Transfer Services LLCand WHR Group Inc., 560 Blvd., Wright Township,$216,000.• Nicolae and Livia Lucaciu to War-ren T. Blume, 201 W. Butler Drive,Butler Township, $165,000.• Robert J. Brocki and Karen Ho-lodick to William A. Daniels III andJennifer M. Caggiano, 28 VireoDrive, Wright Township, $260,000.• Lori R. Gramley to Glen R. andRobin E. Geisinger, 299 GrassyPond Road, Ross Township,$200,000.• Joseph T. and Kimberly A. San-tangelo to Colburn Joint Revo-cable Trust, 108 Wakefield Road,Kingston Township, $530,000.• Housing Development Corp. ofNortheastern Pennsylvania to JoseR. Urena and Carmen RodriguezBruno, 24 Courtright Ave., Wilkes-Barre, $120,000.• Northwest Area School District toHelena E. Shultz, West Vine Street,Shickshinny, $54,590.• Suzanne N. Dunbar to Williamand Bonnie Pfeiffer, 755 MilfordDrive, Kingston, $185,000.• Michael D. and Gillian Onachillato James G. Jr. and Greta Kreidler,333 Deer Run Drive, Wright Town-ship, $470,000.• David E. and Lynne M. Blyden-burgh to Frank and MatthewSokola, Lakeside Drive, LehmanTownship, $192,000.• Youssef H., Abeer Mosa and AliHussein Kazimi to Elizabeth andRobert Malacheski, 26 Penny Lane,Plains Township, $270,000.• Thomas A. and Phyllis K. Regulato Marion K. Pearsall, LakesideDrive, Pole 255, Harveys Lake,$1,375,000.• Edwin R. Ringer Jr. to William Deborah L. Hritzak, 7 TerraceSt., Forty Fort, $184,000.• Mark J. and Mary Beth Luchi toDaniel H. Benedict, 98 DogwoodRoad, Butler Township, $189,900.• Kenneth G. III and Jonathan and Laura J. Fedorick toJonathan G. Torbik, 1005 CharlesSt., Wilkes-Barre Township,$74,000.• Mega Ravi LLC to Eileen TavaLLC, 120 Grove St., Wilkes-Barre,$189,000.• Estate of Frank G. Gluc to Stevenand Tabitha Houck, 21 Caffrey St.,Wilkes-Barre, $88,000.• Northeastern PennsylvaniaHealth Corp. and Hazleton GeneralHospital to 1 Assisted Living LLC,former St. Joseph Medical Centerand related parcels, Hazleton,$300,000.• Nathan Spagnuolo to John 9 Richard Lane, HarveysLake, $50,000.• Frank A. and Brenda K. Piro toMichael T. Morris, 225 Queenof Peace Road, Harveys Lake,$325,000.• Denise Olexa to Reinaldo Osoria,631 Sybert St., Hazleton, $65,000.• Susan Miedaner and Daniel to Danielle A. Alexan-der, 809 E. Third St., Nescopeck,$97,400.• Joseph Anthony Ash to Cath-erine Jaindl-Leuthe, 13 Hazle St.,Swoyersville, $58, Secretary of Housing and UrbanDevelopment to Nicole L. Luchetta,705 Samuels Ave., Hazleton,$72,400.• Ann Ellis to Ayele Ayivi, 67 GroveSt., Wilkes-Barre, $52,000.• Estate of Nicholas Souchik to MGRealty LLC, 46 Frothingham St.,Pittston Township, $50,000.• Deutsche Bank National TrustCo. to Yuriv Vas and Mariya 74 Wilcox Drive, Wilkes-Barre, $70,000.• Edward J. and Elaine Rasmus toNanticoke City, 218 Rear Arch St.,Nanticoke, $85,846. Newsroom 829-7242jbutkiewicz Circulation Jim McCabe – 829-5000jmccabe Delivery Monday–Sunday $ per weekMailed Subscriptions Monday–Sunday$ per week via USPSPublished daily byImpressions Media15 N. Main PA 18711Periodicals postage paid atWilkes-Barre, PA and additional mailing officesPostmaster Send address changesto Times Leader, 15 N. Main St.,Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 +ISSN No. 0896-4084USPS 499-710 Issue No. 2013-146 TIMES LEADERSunDAy, MAy 26, 2013 DETAILS WEEKLY LOTTERYSUMMARY Daly Number, Mdday Sunday 4-0-3Monday 0-1-9Tuesday 4-7-1Wednesday 9-2-1Thursday 7-6-4Friday 2-0-1Saturday 7-9-1 Bg Four, Mdday Sunday 5-3-8-8Monday 0-9-5-3Tuesday 5-8-2-0Wednesday 9-9-0-5Thursday 5-3-7-2Friday 1-1-6-7Saturday 7-3-0-0 Qunto, Mdday Sunday 6-5-6-6-7Monday 0-5-7-4-5Tuesday 1-0-6-4-0Wednesday 5-8-5-8-4Thursday 2-4-9-3-1Friday 1-7-2-8-2Saturday 8-5-1-7-0 Treasure Hunt Sunday 09-14-22-24-30Monday 11-14-18-21-27Tuesday 02-04-13-17-23Wednesday 06-11-20-26-27Thursday 02-04-05-11-12Friday 01-02-05-13-29Saturday 07-09-16-25-29 Daly Number, 7 Sunday 5-0-3Monday 6-8-3Tuesday 7-7-7Wednesday 9-0-8Thursday 1-2-0Friday 0-7-6Saturday 8-7-0 Bg Four, 7 Sunday 7-0-2-6Monday 9-5-6-5Tuesday 6-1-7-1Wednesday 5-5-7-7Thursday 5-1-6-7Friday 4-5-3-3Saturday 4-1-5-6 Qunto, 7 Sunday 8-6-7-6-3Monday 6-3-1-1-4Tuesday 8-0-5-2-6Wednesday 4-4-3-9-7Thursday 7-9-1-0-5Friday 8-6-7-1-6Saturday 8-6-4-5-9 Cash 5 Sunday 09-13-15-16-40Monday 01-06-09-13-32Tuesday 05-22-23-34-43Wednesday 27-30-33-39-43Thursday 19-21-22-32-41Friday 04-07-09-28-30Saturday 16-28-30-31-42 Match 6 Lotto Monday 16-20-21-31-32-39Thursday 04-14-16-21-27-40 Powerball Wednesday 09-31-35-41-57powerball 26Saturday 02-06-19-21-27powerball 25 Mega Mllons Tuesday 02-15-17-48-55Megaball 11Megaplier 04Friday 04-05-16-18-53Megaball 28Megaplier 04 OBITUARIES Atknson, ThomasBorum, MarkBurgna, JosephDalessandro,ArthurDougherty, MaryGaughan, RosemaryKrajewsk, AmelaHelbrunn, SaranneKopec, Theodore WesleyMackn, MaryMakarczyk, SusanMangan, PatrckRappaport, Marvn Page 8A T HE T IMES L EADER A CIvITAS MEDIA company WALT LAFFERTY Regional Business DevelopmentDirector &GeneralManager 570 970-7158 wlafferty JOE BUTKIEWICZ VP/Executive Editor570 970-7249 jbutkiewicz DENISE SELLERS VP/Chief Revenue Officer570 970-7203 dsellers LISA DARIS VP/HR and Administration570 829-7113 ldaris PAGE 2A PROPERTYTRANSACTIONS ASHLEY - The 131st an-nual Ashley Memorial Day Parade will begin at 9 It is the oldest con-tinued Memorial Day paradein the will follow attheMapleHillCemeterywithguest speaker Luzerne Coun-ty Judge Thomas F. Burke is the lineup for theparade UNiT 1 Ashley Police DepartmentAshley American LegionLuzerne County Sheriff’s De-partmentIrem Temple Band, Struttersand Clown unitParade Association PresidentThomas McGovernWilkes-Barre Police Depart-mentAshley Mayor Rick OravicCatholic War Veterans Post 274Catholic War Veterans Women’sSocial ClubAncient Order of HiberniansLadies Ancient Order of Hiber-niansWyoming Valley Pipe and DrumBandAshley firemanAshley ambulance UNiT 2 Sugar Notch Police Depart-mentVeterans of the Vietnam WarPost 56 color guardPennsylvana Army NationalGuard 109th Field ArtilleryBattery CArea dignitariesGuest of Honor, Luzerne Coun-ty Judge Thomas F. Burke parade president and Manof the Year Eugene TomczakState Rep. Eddie Day PashinskiArea clergy, Rev. Rebecca Tan-ner, Rev. Thomas O’Malley andRev. Sarah Sauers81st Pennsylvania VolunteersSt. Leo’s Knights of ColumbusRaccoon ClubClassic carsAshley ambulance UNiT 3 Wilkes-Barre Township PoliceDepartmentWilkes-Barre Township MayorCarl Coast GuardKorean War Veterans of Wyo-ming ValleyAshley Lions ClubArea scout troopsDaisy troop 2280 Warrior RunCannonHuber Breaker PreservationSocietyCoalville Lodge 474 F & AMMasonic LodgeUnit 4Warrior Run Police DepartmentWVSA floatAshley Boys and Girls LittleLeagueKnights of Columbus 12814Sugar NotchWarrior Run soccer teamsWarrior Run Odd FellowsWilkes-Barre Township FireDepartmentHanover Township Fire Depart-mentSugar Notch Fire DepartmentTransMed ambulancesPreston Fire Department Ashley MemorialDay Parade lineup Councilman recalled as hardworking KINGSTON - Chances are Mar- vin Rappaport got to know many of his constituents while walking through the neighborhoods withhis wife Barbara and working inhis pharmacy. The longtime councilman died Thursday at age 79 after an ill-ness. As a Republican incumbent,he had won a nomination in theprimary two days Mayor James Hag-gerty said Rappaport, whom hecalled “Marv,” was one of the lon-gest serving council members at24yearsinoffice.“Hewaselectedin 1989,” Haggerty said at-tributed thelongevity toRappaport’spopularity, hard work on counciland respect inthe community where he raiseda family, wor-shipped and owned and operatedJacobson Pharmacy.“Marv Rappaport had a tonof friends, which showed in hiselection results,” Haggerty said,adding he was often the top vote-getter. The unofficial results from theprimary had Rappaport tied forsecond with Sandra Kase at 320 votes, three behind the leaderRobert Thompson was common to see Rappa-port and his wife walking all overtown, Haggerty said. “He was a vigorous guy. He had a lot of en-ergy,” the mayor also bowled withHaggerty’s father in a league es-tablished by area pharmacists,and he rooted for the MajorLeague Baseball team the Cleve-land President Sandra Kasecampaigned three times withRappaport and served with himfor eight years on council. “It wasa pleasure working with him,”Kase trusted him and lookedto him to address concerns they raised. “They knew that if they called him, he would get the jobdone,” Kase said.“He was a friend to everyone ,but when it came down to busi-ness, he was committed to doing the right thing,” she honor of his service, there willbeapoliceescortofhisfuner-al procession today on Wyoming Avenue and the fire department will pay tribute to him.“We’re all deeply saddened by his passing,” said Kase. “The en-tire community will miss him. ” ByJERRYLYNOTT jlynott SUBMITTED PHOTO Area student’s banner refutes validity of prayer Justn Vacula’s banner hangs on Publc Square. POlICEblOTTER WiLKES-BARRE — Policeare investigating a shooting thatinjured two men in a car early Saturday morning. They drove to the emergency room at Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospital. Police impounded further details were avail-able at press time. HAZLETON — A city man was arrested for stealing bags of frozenshrimpFridayfromGiantFood Stores along South LocustStreet, police Palumbo, 49, also was wanted by Luzerne County Sheriff’s Department for skip-ping a hearing, police his arraignment beforeDistrict Judge Joseph Zola, Pa-lumbo was jailed at LuzerneCounty Correctional Facility inlieu of $10,000 bail WiLKES-BARRE — City po-lice reported the following • Pedro Rubi was issued a citation for harassment aftersending text messages and voice mail messages to a rela-tive involved in a dispute over a car, police said. The relative re-ported the harassment to policeon Thursday. • John Jones of Jones Street said Friday the rear window anda driver’s side rear window of his car appeared to be smashed with a rock while it was parkedoutside his residence. The car’strunk also was damaged. • Obiora Igwilo told police that cash, a computer and a GPS unit were stolen from hiscarwhileitwasparkedonNorthEmpire Court between 6 645 Friday. • Tara Horne Price was is -sued a citation for retail theftSaturday after she allegedly at-tempted to leave Schiel’s Mar-ket on Hanover Street withoutpaying for two containers of body wash. • David Bowman was issued a citation for public drunken-ness after he allegedly wasfound lying in Horton StreetSaturday afternoon. Jsti Vacla took exceptioto the federal govermetrecogizig a da of praer. ByJONO’CONNELL joconnell Rappaport It’s retro, it’s versatile, it’spractical and it’s fun. Butthere’s a much more mean-ingful reason that “King” TimNulton loves his plum-coloredPT Cruiser. Nulton’s son, Jordan, hasautism, and he hated going toparades because sudden loudsounds such as wailing fire-truck sirens and horns, cheer-ing and applause were upset-ting. “I said, You don’t have to worry about going to can be in the parade,’”Nultonpreviouslytoldhisson, who turned 21 on Thursday. Nulton,53,ofWestPittston,got the idea to drive his vehi-cle in parades and show it off at other public events as partof a club to help make Jordanfeel included and, at the sametime, to raise money for au-tism got the word out about what he wanted to do. “Oneby one, PT Cruiser ownerscame out and joined in,” Nul-ton said he or his son Tyler, 17, will be driving theplum Cruiser in Monday’s WILKES-BARRE — City emergency responderswrappedupNationalEmer-gency Medical Services Week with a day of and medical staffers were stand-ing by at fire department locationsalong Ross Street and Washington Av-enue on Saturday to explain how they handle emergency situations, what toexpect from their crews in an emergen-cy and also teach about new life-saving practices for area residents to use. This was the department’s first at-tempt at an EMS Week open house; at-tendance was light for most of the day. Sean Chandler, Wilkes-Barre EMS chief paramedic, removes electrode leadsfrom Michael Stadulis Jr., 12, of Wilkes-Barre, after monitoring his vital signs. TIMES LEADER SunDAy, MAy 26, 2013 PAGE 3A L OCAL WYOMING/WEST WYOMING Holiday parade set for today A Memorial Day parade will be heldin the boroughs Monday. The parade will begin at 915 Daley Park on Shoemaker Avenue, West Wyoming, and end at First Streetin of the Coast Guard will lead the parade. The grand mar-shal is Army Sgt. George C. speaker is Army retired William D. Lewis. Representing the clergy is Rev. Marcelle Dotsonof the Wyoming United Memorial Day ceremony —includ-ing a gun salute, taps and a flyover— will be held after the parade at the Wyoming programs also will be heldat 730 at the VFW war monu-ment on Wyoming Avenue, at 7 at the Wyoming Borough build-ing Breese Street war monument, andat 820 at the war monument atEighth Street corners, West Wyoming. WILKES-BARRE Library book sale scheduled The Friends of the Osterhout FreeLibrary will hold the 37th annual booksale on the library patio at 71 S. Frank-lin Street. The dates and times are Saturday,June 15, 930 to 4 Monday,June 17, 930 5 Tuesday,June 18, 930 to5 Wednesday,June 19, 930 5 Thursday,June 20, 930 to Friday, June 21,930 to 7 Saturday, June 22,930 to June 22, is the traditional“bag day,” as book lovers are welcometo buy a “bagful” of books for $5 andunder. Book sale ends when all itemsare this year is a raffle for a two-day, all-inclusive stay at any CoveHaven Entertainment Resort. Theraffle winner will be drawn on June21. Tickets are available at the mainlibrary starting June 3 and throughoutthe book sale for $3 each or 2 for $ 500 tickets will be sold. For moreinformation, call 823-0156. HARVEYS LAKE Jewish alliance camp to open The Jewish Community Alliance of Northeastern Pennsylvania will openits 40-acre facility, near Harveys Lake,on June 22. The facility features day and overnight camping experiences forchildren, beginning at age 2, and theirfamilies. There will be an open house forcampers and their parents to meet with camp staff from 1 to 3 onJune 23. The first day of camp is June24, with bus service beginning at Before- and after-care is availableat the campsite and at the local center,60 S. River St. The facilities include three tenniscourts, three swimming pools, a div-ing well and sliding board. Activity areas include archery, a gym, baseball,soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, dance,theater, arts and crafts, floor hockey,nature, high and low ropes course, bik-ing trails and football clinics with area high school and college facilities will be open from noonto 6 Saturdays and Sundays andfrom 330 to 6 weekdays. Theheated swimming pools are availablefor individual and family use, along with a snack bar, located across fromthe for classes are being ac-cepted for Yoga for Grief, directed by Mindy Hill, on Saturdays and Sundaysat 10 Tennis and swim lessonsalso are available. There will be a “children’s splashand dash” and 3-mile run for teens andadults on Aug. more information, contact RickEvans at 570-824-4646. PRINGLE Animal Refuge fundraiser set A benefit for Blue Chip Farms Ani-mal Refuge will be held from 5 to June 17 at Keeley’s Alehouse andGrille, 199 Division St., percentage of the evening’s sales will be donated to Blue Chip will be on hand to collect wish-list items for Blue Chip Farmssuch as 55-gallon trash bags, tallkitchen bags, laundry cleaning solu-tions, sponges, paper towels and 6-inchpaper Keeley’s at 570-287-1500. IN BRIEF See CRUISER, Page 10A L E A R n M O R E For or nforton on jon-ng t PT Ownr Cub or tonvt t cub to prtcptn n vnt or pr, c TNuton t 570-899-6434 or tn45y or on t group twww.ngt.b Cruisin’ to help son, autism fight BySTEVEMOCARSKY smocarsky Da nlto takes PT Criseri parades with his clb adshows it off at other evets. ClaRk VaN ORdeN/The Times leadeR Tim Nulton of West Pittston and his PT Cruiser, which hewill drive in the West Pittston Memorial Day Parade. Pictureyour kidas winnerof contest ByJERRYLYNOTT jlynott Cash prizes available iseveral categories for oliecotest that begis Je 2. WILKES-BARRE — Dressthem up. Pose them. Let thembe themselves. We’re talking about kids. Andbe sure to send us photos. The Times Leader is present-ing a Cutest Kids contest online withcashprizesavailableforthetop vote recipients in six catego-ries as well as an overall free and free is Sunday, June 2, pho-tos of those cute kids can beuploaded to this website, Click on thelink for the contest and followthe will follow later inthe month. Winners will be an-nounced on July 14. The categories are 0 to 12months; 1 to 2 years; 2 to 4 years; 4 to 6 years; 6 to 9 years;and 9 to 12 years. The winner of each category will receive a $70 cash prize. Anoverall winner will be chosenand awarded a $175 cash category will have a sponsor. So far, Edible Arrange-ments is sponsoring the 6-to-9- years grandparents, auntsand uncles, brothers and sisters,neighbors — heck, even the petdog and goldfish — can submitan entry and vote, a campaign on Twit-ter, Facebook and other socialmedia for your favorite kid. Ev-eryone can monitor the chang-ing contest voting online and details will be publishedin print and online throughoutthe contest period. White Haven library, visitors center opens WHITE HAVEN — Thegrand opening of the WhiteHaven Community Library and Visitors Center was muchmore than a celebration of theprovision of a wonderful col-lection of books to area resi-dents, its proponents said. It was the reflection of the com-munity’s spirit and also was a reflection onthecommitmentofvolunteers whostaffthelibraryandmadethe opening of its new build-ing possible, they said. The renovated building re-flectsthehistoryanddiversity of the area. Nestled on the Le-high River bank, it once was a Lehigh Valley Railroad enginehouse. Visitors are greeted with a full-sized rendering of a train as it might have ap-peared there in the Lamson, presidentof the library board of direc-tors, lauded the borough forpurchasing the building in2002 and making the renova-tion possible. Over the last 11 years, volunteers’ efforts andsponsors’ contributions haveallowed the vision to becomea reality.“The library and visitorscenter retains its railroad-ness,’” said Seth Isenberg,co-chairman of the WhiteHaven Scenic Rail ExcursionCommittee, which is looking forward to using the library asa base for an upcoming excur-sion through the Lehigh Val-ley Gorge. This weekend’s event, wellattended by area residents,included building tours, a guided walking tour along the Lehigh River, an art exhi- ByGERIGIBBONS Times Leader Correspondent Commit fids ew sefor former Lehigh ValleRailroad egie hose. Bill TaRUTis PhOTOs/FOR The Times leadeR Wilkes-Barre City EMS paramedic Michael Stadulis, right, assists his daughter Hope, 9, in performing hands-only CPRon a mannequin at the Hollenback Fire Station during National Emergency Services Week on Saturday morning. W-B has hands-on style for EMS week ByJONO’CONNELL joconnell Open houses were held at two firedepartment sites in the city, wherepeople learned hands-only CPR. See EMS, Page 10ASee OPENING, Page 10A PeTe G. WilCOX/The Times leadeR Adria Hardy, 4, left, of White Haven, talks to children’s bookauthor Danielle Bernstein, right, of Conyngham, as Adria’smom, Teisha, and little brother Gavin, 3, read through Bern-stein’s book The Magic in a Mermaid’s Tear’ during Satur-day’s grand opening of the new White Haven CommunityLibrary and Visitors Center in White Haven.

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