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2 GOLackawanna Sunday, March 4, 2012

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The last week hasshown me thepower of per-sistence in anumber of dif-ferent ways.

I had thepleasure of meeting

two sisters whose time sur-rounded by hot wings madethem wonder: Why cantI get agood hot wing sauce rightfrom the bottle?

Launched last week, PeggysWing Sauce is admittedly a de- veloping success story in thepower of persistence. The sis-ters themselves admit thatthe y carri ed e ach otherthrough taking the risk of in-

vesting in a brand new prod-uct.Support came quickly as

they landed a deal with Gerri-

tys Supermarket to sell thesauce which, I might add, ispretty fantastic.

Second, after breaking armsand rebuilding swords, thetoys (or playable sculptures, asIvecometo call them)thatImcrafting for my kids turnedfrom disastrous to delightful with about an hour of workeach night.

Johns original Link sculp-

ture of thehero fromThe Leg-end of Zelda series will soonbe cast and painted for him toplaywith.Thatis,of course,if I

have the willpower to success-fully see my way through themolding process after creatinga silicone tomb for him the lasttime I tried.

But the most exciting exam-ple of the persistences tri-umph over gloom came last

week when Staff Writer RichHowells and I drove out toNew York City for the unlike-liestof events a cast andcrewreunion from the Nickelodeonshow The Adventures of Peteand Pete.

Itslast newepisodeairingal-most 17 years ago, the brothersPete are akin to missing acomet for those who grew upin the early- to mid-1990s and

missed their irreverent brandof humor. After all, what chil-drens program features an 8- year-old with a tattoo and his

own superhero? The opportunity to relive

some of the shows greatestmoments with a room full ofstrangers was incredible. Akinto attending a concert withfriends, it was the most com-fortable Ive been in a crowd in

quite some time.Id think it were a figment of

my imagination were it not forthephotos and signed posters Ibrought back with me.

Rich and I almost didntmake it to the show, but whenwediscovered a second set hadopened the day before theevent, we immediately boughttickets.

Giving up on attending, in

hindsight, would have beenlike a fatal papercut.Thank goodness for persist-

ence.

Clich, yes, but persistence paysBEHIND THEBYLINESC H R I S T O P H E R J .H U G H E S

CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES doesnt

give up easily. Email him at

[email protected].

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SCRANTON After

50 years, planning

on how to keep the

public safe during what

some consider Scran-

tons Mardi Gras stilltakes several months of

collaboration.

Scranton Police Chief

Dan Duffy said planning

forthe citys 51st annual St.

Patricks Parade began

shortly after the 2011 event

concluded and wrapped up

with a meeting betweenpolice and the parade com-

mittee on Feb. 10.

This year, throughthehelp ofa local business, more officers

than ever will help ensure thatcelebrations between the cityspubs and parade route dont in-tertwine.

Road Scholar Trucking hasoffered to come down to the

city andbringsomeof their spe-cialtytrucks to block offcertainintersections, Duffy said, not-ing that intersections were pre-

viously blocked by uniformedpolice officers.

Were still going to employthe same amount of officers forthe parade. Were just deploy-ing them in a different direc-tion. Now, theyre going to beable to rove up and down thestreetin orderto detector deter

anycriminalactivity so thefam-ilies canenjoy their time more.

There will be locationswhere officers are fixed, accord-ing to the departments plan,and significantly more officerswill be employed than any tra-ditional Saturday. The parade

Duffy was satisfied with the50th annual parade held lastyear.

The overall feeling was that

it was really calm. The policedepartment and emergency

Scranton PD gets help from Dunmore truckcompany, other agencies for St. Patricks event


Scranton Police Chief Dan Duffy reviews plans for the annual St. Patricks Parade in his office on Wednesday.

PREPARED FOR THE PARADEBy CHRISTOPHER [email protected]

See PARADE, Page 6

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To say that Parade Day is atradition in the city of Scrantonmight be a bit of an understate-ment. The 51st annual St. Pa-trick Parade on Saturday, March10 brings plenty of excitement,anticipation, and so much more

to the citys downtown.Perhaps one of the biggest

community events besides theparade itself is the all-ages, fam-ily-friendly celebration happen-ing at the Scranton CulturalCenter, 420 N. Washington Ave,Scranton, during their ParadeDay Party.

Its a part ofourmissiontobea center for the community andfor families, marketing coordi-nator Amy Dickerson said. Its

kind of ourgiftto the communi-ty for parade day.

The parade route ends justoutside of the Cultural Center.As the performers finish theirroutines outside, they will tran-sition into the ballroom.

Musicians, step dancers, andbagpipers are just a few of thethings onthe entertainment ros-ter throughout the day. Kilrush,the New York state-based Celticband named after a town in Ire-

land, will be playing live setsthroughout the day.

We want to give everyone anauthentic Irish experience,Dickerson said. Its not a bar,which on parade day is a greatthing. Parentsdont have to wor-ry about finding a babysitter sothey can go into a bar. They canhave a drink here and find greatfood for their kids. Its a safetime, and when youre inside,the fun is in excess.

Its recommended that fam-ilies come downtown early next week. Scranton police, withsome help from Road Scholar Transport, will begin closingroadsaroundtheparade route atabout 10:30 a.m.

Whatever your tradition maybe, the Cultural Center is hop-ing they can become a part of itby extending the party insidethe historic Masonic Templeand offering entertainment all

day long.Wear your green, get in yourIrish spirit, and have fun, saidDickerson.

SCC keepscelebration

family-friendlyByMATTMORGIS

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The County of Lackawanna Transit System will hold aseries of public hearings topresent its plan to increasefares for the first time since

1994.Our short-term goal is to

increase fares to the rate ofinflation, but we are sensi-tive to the economic impactthis will have on our ridersso were are looking at a two-pronged approach over two

years, COLTS Executive Di-rector Robert Fiume said in aprepared release

The meetings will be held

Tuesday, March 6, from 10a.m. to noon and from 1 p.m.t o 3 p .m . i n t he C OLT SB oa rd Ro om , 8 00 N or th

S outh Rd., S cranton;Wednesday, March 7, from 11a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.to 7:30 p.m. at The Mall atSteamtown, 2nd floor, next

to the Variety Shop; and Sat-urday, March 24, from 11a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Mallat Steamtown, 2nd floor nextto the Variety Shop.

A 30-day public commentperiod will begin March 6and end April 5. Only writtencomments will be accepted.

Residents can submit com-ments to COLTS Fare In-crease, 800 North South Rd.,

Scranton, Pa., 18504, or viae-mail to [email protected] with Fare Increase in thesubject line.

COLTS eyes transit fare increase

SCRANTON Despite CityCouncils unanimous endorse-ment of new rental registrationlegislation, the ordinance was

tabled at the March 1 meetingto tackle wording issuesthroughout the ordinance.

The original rental registra-tion program fell apart in2008 due to employment cuts

within the city, and penaltiesfor noncompliance lackedteeth as well as enforcement,according to council.

In the current legislation,property owners would owe anannual rentalregistrationfee of

$15 per rental unit and an an-nual permit fee of $50 per site.Itliststhe duties of owners andrequires them to obtain a mini-mum of $50,000 in firelegallia-bility insurance and casualtyinsurance in an amount suffi-cient to either restore or re-move the building.

Several city officials are au-thorized to enforce the ordi-nance, and the Licensing, In-spections, and Permits depart-

ment may close a rental unit ifthree or more violations of theordinance occur, among otherprovisions.

Peter Lamandre, the 2012president of the Greater Scran-ton Board of REALTORS, saidhis organization supports theconceptbut has someconcernsabout thecurrentway in whichtheordinance is being enforcedandsome ofthe language inthenew legislation. Among those

concerns: References to an appoint-ed agent must be consistentand make reference to the li-censing requirements in theCommonwealth. An unintend-ed consequence has been theencouragement of unlicensedparties to hold themselves outas property managers.

When an agentis designat-ed, he or she must be the pri-mary point of contact for the

city. Oftentimes the propertyowner is not notified about thefirst or second disruptive con-

duct report, so the threestrikesrulemay notalways befair.

Agents and landlords musthave access to disruptive con-duct reports to allow them toenforce the lease provisions.Members have reported thataccess to police reports havebeen prohibited unless thelandlord or agent was named

on the report. There must be considera-tion for the amount of time ittakes to evict a disruptive ten-ant, a process which can takefrom 30 to 60 or more days forthe landlord to comply withstate laws.

We feel the ordinanceshould not punitively punishthose landlords thatarevictimsof the actions solely of the ten-ant but help to foster strong

communities, reduce blight,and help to increase propertyvalues, Lamandreadded via e-mail on March 2.

One rental property owner,Lee Morgan, told council thathe felt that there was an awfullot of problems with the legis-lation as it stands.

In my opinion, I think whatwere doing here with these or-dinances is were blaming thepeople that have rental proper-

ties for the citys problems,Morgan said.We have to worry about

landlords who have tenants

who do massive damage totheir propertyIthink we haveto worry about this law(being)misapplied considering all thehomes were condemning inthis city and tearing down.

Councilman Bob McGoff, who has championed thechanges in the legislation forabout two years during councilmeetings, defendedthe newor-

dinance from public criticism,saying that this will create amore equitable situation that

would place more accountabil-ity on the occupants and givelandlords more control, but hedid ultimately agree to tablethe legislation due to wordingissues.

There are very few changesfrom what we originally had.Most of it was in language, andits trying to strengthen the po-

sition of thecity. Whereitsaidthe city may do something,some of the wording waschangedto shalldo somethingsothatit gaveit a little bitmoreforce to what the city could doas far as inspections and deal-ing with some of the rentalproperties, McGoff explained.

He said the goal was not toincrease revenue so much ascreate a self-sustaining pro-gram with more efficient en-

forcement of the fees.Thefirstthingthat wewant-

SCRANTON CITY COUNCIL

Realtor questions citysnew rental ordinanceByRICH HOWELLS

[email protected]

RICH HOWELLS PHOTO

Peter Lamandre from the Greater Scranton Board of REAL-

TORS addresses council on Thursday.

See COUNCIL, Page11

The radio station broadcastfrom Marywood University be-cameone of thetop contendersfor a 2012 mtvU Woodie Awardthis week, according to MusicDirector Justin Troutman.

Troutman said crews frommtvU, a division of ViacomsMTV Networks that producesa 24-hour television channel,

visited the campus earlier this

week to document the onlyPennsylvania station remain-

ing in the running.Marywood is also the small-

est college or university toland in the top 10, Troutmansaid.

Station managers are seek-ing support in an online votingcontest accessible through

www.vmfm917.org/votenow.Voting for the top 10 stationsends at noon on March 9.

VMFM can be heard locallyat 91.7 FM.

Marywood radio station

moves into MTV top 10

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SCRANTON Yet anotheranonymous donor has giventheir money to the Scranton Po-lice Department to give officersmore tools to do their job effec-tively.

Chief Dan Duffy said Wednes-day, Feb. 29, that the donor who

wished to remain anonymousgave $1,000 towards the $1,550purchase of 30 first aid kits andCPR masks for the departments

vehicles.The gentleman who came in

basically said he wanted to dosomething positivefor thepolicedepartment, Duffy recalled.

Ten of the recently purchasedkits were being put into patrolcars this week, and another 20are due to arrive in less than 10days, according to Duffy.

The Scranton resident whomade the anonymous donationdid so in order to acknowledgetheyears ofserviceof OfficerRayKelly,a West Scrantonpatrol offi-cer, Joe Harris, a West Scrantoncorporal, Duffy said.

I dont know what history hehas with these two officers, thechief said. But I thanked theseofficers forthe positiveinfluencethey had on this person. Theiractions and influence motivated

him enough to say that theScranton Police Department is agood police department.

The kits were the latest dona-tion to the department, includ-ing four automated external de-fibrillators from a former citizenadvocacygroup in andan anony-mous donation of 30bolt cuttersand fouranimalcontrol snares inDecember.

The public is really doing agreat job in helping us be able toprovide a better service to

them, Duffy said. Its phenom-enal.

First aid kitslatest donation

to policeBy CHRISTOPHER J. [email protected]

SCRANTON Police posteda photo and description of 21-

year-old Jarren Scottto thenewBe Part of the Solution pageon Facebook early Wednesday.

About eight hours later, theman who allegedly sold mari-

juana to undercover police in

September turned himself in.He got a number of phonecallsfrompeoplewho said theysaw him on Facebook, ChiefDan Duffy said.

The department is workingto fullyharness thepowerof so-cial networking through thepage launched this week, Duffysaid. Bilingual posts in Span-ish and English are put up

with the help of Citizen PoliceAcademy graduate and bilin-

gual paralegal Blanca Rosen-

thal of the Foley Law Firm.Thechief received additional

help from Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Watch President Karen

Foster and John Chilet, whowill also serve as page adminis-trators, he said.

The page is the latest addi-tion to the public-private part-nership towards crime preven-tion promoted by the depart-mentwhichhas includedpublicservice announcements, bum-per stickers, and more.

Scranton Ptlm. LawrenceSpathelf said officers had previ-ously conducted surveillance

outside Scotts home following

the drugpurchases,but officersnever had an opportunity to ar-rest him. Spathelf said Scott re-ceived more than a dozen textmessages from friends abouthis wanted poster online.

I think this is a fabuloustool, Spathelf said. There areso many people on Facebook.

Spathelf said the innovative

crime fighting method sends amessage to would-be criminalsabout the number of eyes andears police now have at theirdisposal.

Its going to be a lot harderfor them to hide from us, hesaid.

The chief stressed that citi-zens should notify police andnot act on their own shouldthey spot a wanted man.

We want to encourage peo-

ple to notify us anonymously if

they have information, he em-phasized. We dont want peo-ple jeopardizing their own safe-ty, but we want to notify themof whats happening.

Posts will not just includephotos of wanted suspects.

Theyll also contain contact in-formation for the citys neigh-borhood watch organizations,data on the departments anon-

ymous tip lines and www.cri-mereports.com maps, updateson community events, and

more.Police posted information

Wednesday about 58-year-oldJohn Edward Snow who is

wanted for a November case al-legedly involving stolen scrapmetal.

Snow is described as a whitemale, 511, 207 pounds, withbrown hair and brown eyes.Anyonewith informationon his

whereabouts should call Scran-

ton police at (570) 348-4134.

Wanted man turns self in after FB postPolice say friends texted Jarren Scott after his photo

was posted to the new Be Part of the Solution pageBy CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected] the Be Part of the Solutionpage on Facebook at http://ow.ly/9n43x.

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servicescanttake fullcredit forthat. Its the people that attendand make the right decisions,he said.

One things for certain,though. Were not going to tol-erateany nonsensein thedown-town area. We want people tocome down here and enjoy theparade.

Archives show that Scrantonpolice made 37 arrests on Pa-rade Day in 2011, up from 32 in2010. Charges included drugpossession and driving underthe influence. The majority ofcalls received on Parade Day

are alcohol related, but someturninto physicalfightsand do-

mestic disputes, according toDuffy.

The Pennsylvania State Po-lices mounted unit will return

this year after a successful testlast year. Scranton police will

also collaborate with the Penn-sylvania Bureau of Liquor Con-

trol Enforcement, the Lacka-wanna County Sheriffs Depart-ment, University of Scrantonpolice, and the Lackawanna/Susquehanna Office of Drugand Alcohol Programs to detercrime and inform parade goersabout the dangers of drinkingand driving.

Scranton Police Capt. CarlGraziano said roads will beclosed downtown beginning atabout 10:30 a.m. Closures runfrom Mulberry Street to Lacka-

wanna Avenueand from Mifflinto Jefferson avenues.

The parade begins at 11:45a.m. at the corner of MulberryStreet and Wyoming Avenue. Itturns left onto Lackawanna Ave-nue, wraps around to JeffersonAvenue, turns onto Spruce

Street, andendsin the400blockof N. Washington Avenue.

PARADEContinued from page 3

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The Emerald Isle Step Dancers rehearse just before the start of

the parade route in 2011.

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SCRANTON LackawannaCounty Commissioners an-nounced on Friday, March 2 that14positions reopened through agovernment efficiency effort an-nounced in January were filledby current administrative offi-cials.

The county retained Chief ofStaff Maria Elkins, GeneralCounsel for Litigation Atty.Lawrence Moran, Director forHuman Services WilliamBrowning, Chief InformationOfficer Jeffrey Mando, Directorfor Elections Marion Medalis,Director for Parks and Recre-ation William Davis, Directorfor Arts and Culture MaureenMcGuigan, Deputy Director forVeterans Affairs Robert Tuffy,Deputy Director for AssessmentJohn Foley, Deputy Director forCommunity Corrections Pa-trick Lynn, Deputy Director forGISand Assessment AppealsJo-seph Sheehan, Deputy Directorfor Tax Claims Ronald Koldjes-ki, Deputy Director for Coordi-nated Transportation John Tom-cho, and Electric City TrolleyMuseum Manager Wayne Hill-er.

New hires include RecreationProgram Manager Andy Kudzi-nowski; Community Outreach

Manager Fran Pantuso; DeputyDirector for Aging ColinHolmes; Commissioner Jim

Wansaczs Confidential Assist-ant Ashley Yando; Director forCommunity Relations BrianJeffers; Deputy Director forCommunity Relations JamesRodway; and Community Rela-tions Coordinators Gerard Het-man, John McGurl, MichelleNewberry, and Rick Notari.

Rodway, Hetman, McGurl,Newberry, and Notari make uppart of thecountys new Depart-ment of Economic Develop-

ment, which was created by thecommissioners through theelimination of 12 positions onJan. 26, including seven that

were already vacant.Jeffers ranfor county commis-

sioner alongside Wansacz in the2011 primary.

According to a release issuedFriday, the county is saving$28,543 through the new hires,

with several individuals takingsalaries more than $5,000 less

than the level at which theyrecurrently funded.

County rehires 14 in top positionsBy CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected]

FULL DISCLOSURE: Gerard Hetman

is a former Go Lackawanna corre-

spondent and Rick Notari is a col-

league from the Sunday Dispatch, a

sister publication of Go Lackawanna.

SCRANTON Walkingthrough 1000A Pear St., Scran-ton, Police Chief Dan Duffy en-

visioned spaces where officers

can coordinate meetings to ex-ecute search warrants or con-duct interviews with suspects.

The newest police precinctat the Valley View Terraceapartment complex unveiledthis week in South Scrantongives officers yet another op-portunity to work directly inthe areas that they serve.

Duffy has strategicallyplaced the precincts through-

out the city since last spring inaneffortto maximize efficiencyat little to no additional cost totaxpayers.The North Scrantonprecinct on Keyser Avenue, forexample, is made possiblethrougha $1annuallease to thelandowner. In most cases, thedepartment is only paying forutilities and Internet service.

The cost is very minimal tothe taxpayer, but the benefits

certainly outweigh everythingelse. It provides a more effec-tive, efficient police depart-ment, he said.

The Scranton Housing Au-thority offered the space to thepolice department after thesuccessful opening of theNorth precinct last month, ac-cording to the chief.

Duffy acknowledged that various police investigations

come back to persons stayingat apartments at Valley View or

HilltopManor, butitsnot often

tied to residents.

If theres information of

criminal activity coming out of

thislocationnotfromtheresi-dents that live here but from

the people that are allowed to

stay here off the books, under

the radar were going to ad-

dress it, he said.

We want to give every

neighborhood the attention

they deserve.

While the Scranton Housing

Authority employs two city of-

ficers on extra duty assign-

ments throughout the week in varying hours at Valley View,

the new satellite office pro-

vides an additional presence in

South Scranton. Officers can

complete paperwork more

quickly and return to their pa-

trols.

They can deploy right from

the locations theyre in, and

theyre more accessible to the

public, Duffy said. The offi-

cers that work in this area aretheones thatown theproblems

inthisarea, sowhy not make itmore accessible to the memberof the public they serve?

The neighborhood precinctsare also more approachablethan police headquarters, hesaid.

A second South Side officeand new Hill Section locationare still on the chiefs radar inadditionto thosealreadyestab-lished in West Scranton andNorth Scranton.

South Side gets precinct


The first of two planned South Scranton precincts is situated

in the Valley View Terrace apartments.

Third satellite officeof Scranton PoliceDepartment unveiledthis week.By CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected]

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BLAKELY Planning commission, March 5, borough

building, 1439 Main St., Peckville.

CARBONDALE Industrial Development Authority, Tues.,

March 6, 7 p.m., Carbondale City Hall.

DALTON Sewer Authority, Mon. March 5, 7 p.m.,

authority offices.

DICKSON CITY Borough council, work session, Tues.,

March 6, 7 p.m., administration building,801 Boulevard Ave., Dickson City.

DUNMORE Zoning board, Thurs., March 8, 7 p.m.,

municipal building, 400 S. Blakely St.Business includes request by Paul C. andDorothy M. Mariotti, 16 Butler St., OldForge, for a variance for a private forprofit academy school and a variance fora play area located at 919 E. Drinker St.

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP Board of Supervisors, Mon., March 5, 7:30

p.m., municipal building, 487 Cortez Rd.,Jefferson Township.

LAKELAND Board of Education committee meetings,

Mon., March 5, personnel at 6 p.m., safety

at 7 p.m., Lakeland Jr. Sr. High Schoollibrary. Policy work session at 8 p.m.

Board of Education committee meetings,Tues., March 6, buildings and grounds, 6p.m., technology at 7 p.m., Lakeland Jr. Sr.High School library.

MID VALLEY School board, special work session, Wed.,

March 7, 6:15 p.m., district board room.

RANSOM TOWNSHIP Board of supervisors, Mon., March 5, 7

p.m., municipal building, Hickory Lane,

Ransom Township.

RIVERSIDE School board work session, Thurs., March

8, 7 p.m., Riverside Jr-Sr High Schoollibrary, 310 Davis St., Taylor.

SCOTT TOWNSHIP Planning commission, reorganization

meeting, Tues., March 6, 7 p.m., Joe TerryCenter, 1038 Montdale Rd. Conditional usehearing follows regarding request byCanio and Susan Padula to operate a dogbreeding facility at 345 Stone Rd.

Board of supervisors work session, March

8.

SCRANTON Housing Authority commissioners, Mon.,

March 5, 5 p.m., 400 Adams Ave. School board meeting, location changed,

Mon., March 5, 7:30 p.m., now at WestScranton High School, 1201 Luzerne St.

Recreation authority, Tues., March 6, 7p.m., Weston Field House, 982 ProvidenceRd.

Redevelopment authority, Wed., March 7,12:15 p.m., 538 Spruce St., Suite 812.

City council, Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., CityHall, 340 N. Washington Ave.

WEST ABINGTON TOWNSHIP Meeting, Tues. March 6, 7 p.m., Dalton Fire

Company.

MEETING NOTICES

SCRANTON While Warden RobertMcMillansaid lastweek thatovertime atthe Lackawanna County Prison is cur-rentlyrighton budget,he noted thatin-creasing salary costs may become an is-sue as the year goes on.

Overtime costs, which have largelygone up due to transportation and ex-penses associated with inmate medical

trips to outside facilities, have steadilyrisenand continued to be an annualbud-getary issue, costing the county$907,690.69 in 2009, $1,228,934.76 in2010, and $1,382,613.30 in 2011and going$157,613.30 over budget last year.

This year, $1.3 million in overtime hasbeen budgeted, with $153,602.05 spent

thus far.Whatyou haveto remember is theres

a 4 percent increase to the salaries thatsrelated to the overtime. During last year,they received the retroactive 1.75 andthen 2.25 percent increase, so that mon-eyisnowontopofwhattheovertimewasthe last year, McMillan told the PrisonBoard at its Feb. 22 meeting.

Hoping to avoid any future taxincreas-es, Commissioner Corey OBrien said

thatarobustdialoguemustbehadwiththe unions and every provision of everyunion contract must be brought up andreviewed closely.

All of these issues have to be on thetable. We cannot continue to move for-

ward andhavethistypeof impact on tax-payers without engaging our union rep-

resentatives and seeing how they canwork with us to make sure that we canaffordwhat weredoinghere, OBrienre-sponded.

Im hopeful that wecan allgettogeth-er because a strongsystem works fortheadministration and also for theunionTheres got to be a balance. Ithink they will be receptive to sittingdownand tryingto work outsomething.

McMillan said that he wants to startnegotiations during March or April, and

OBrien stressed that talks mustnot con-tain an us versus them mentality.Theyshouldwant,andI thinktheydo

want,thesamethingswe do a safe facil-ity. We also want to make sure that wehave an efficient government for tax-payers, OBrien said. They are tax-payers, and so are we.

County watching overtime payPrison OT on budget, but costs may riseByRICH HOWELLS

[email protected]

More jail time for Simonson

Michael Simonson, who isserving a life sentence in the2009 beating death of Ply-mouth resident Donald

Skiff, had20 to 49

years add-ed to thatsentenceMonday inLackawan-na County

Court.Simon-

son, 35, of Plains Township,had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, having takenturns beating Skiff, then 34,

with Elvis Aaron Riccardi,34, of Wilkes-Barre, on April27, 2009.

Simonsons attorney,Bernie Brown, said Simon-son was sentenced to anadditional 10 to 20 years for

the attempted voluntarymanslaughter of NicholasPinto, a prisoner he at-tacked in Lackawanna Coun-ty Prison in 2010.

Simonson also was sen-tenced to an additionalthree to seven years onescape charges and a com-bined six to 20 years onrobbery, aggravated assaultand reckless endangermentcharges and another year for

fleeing and eluding policefor his escape from theLackawanna County Prisonon Sept. 28, 2011.

Cordaro in NY federal prison

Former LackawannaCounty commissioner Rob-ert Cordaro has been trans-ferred to a federal prison insoutheastern New York toserve his 11-year prisonsentence on corruptioncharges.

Cordaro, 50, is now at theFederal Corretional Institu-tion in Otisville, a mediumsecurity facility locatedabout 70 miles from NewYork City.

Cordaro was sentenced in

January for his convictionon 18 charges, includingracketeering, bribery, extor-

tion, mon-ey launder-ing and taxevasion.Prosecu-tors saidCordaroand formerfellowcommis-

sioner A.J.Munchak used their posi-tions to extort money fromcompanies that did business

with the county.Munchak, 65, was sen-

tenced to seven years inprison for his role in thescheme. He is scheduled toreport to start serving hissentence on April 3.

Cordaro filed notice anappeal of his conviction

with the Third Circuit Courton Monday. Munchak ap-pealed his conviction to thecourt in mid-February.

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The following criminal complaintswere filed in Lackawanna CountyCourt between Feb. 27 and March 1.All accounts are derived from policereports and all charges are pendingfollowing preliminary hearings.

Jewelry thief high onsynthetic drugs

Lake Ariel resident MichaelJacques Kemps, 21, allegedly ad-mitted to police that he stole anecklace and bracelet from his

sister, Kristina. Kemps allegedly soldthe bracelet to Carlos Jewelry inScranton and threw away thenecklace because it was worthnothing. He told police he washigh on spice when he stole theitems.

He faces one count each of theftand receiving stolen property andwas released on $5,000 unsecuredbail after a Feb. 28 arraignment. Apreliminary hearing is set for March5.

Mall security attacked

Raymond Mazzarella, 46, of NorthHyde Park Avenue, Scranton, alleg-edly punched Mall at Steamtownsecurity Lt. Charles Swisher in theface after Mazzarella was asked toleave the mall at 9:05 a.m. becauseit was closed. Mazzarella allegedlyyelled several obscenities at thesecurity guard and told him Illknock your (expletive) lights out!

He was charged with simple

assault, terroristic threats, defianttrespassing, disorderly conduct, andcriminal mischief. Mazzarella washeld for $2,500 bail after a March 1

arraignment. A preliminary hearingis set for March 6.

Suspected coke dealerarrested

Dunmore police used a confiden-tial informant to allegedly purchasecocaine from Onyx Berrios, 1412Jackson St., Scranton, in late Febru-ary. The informant allegedly pur-chased drugs from Berrios on twoseparate occasions, and each testedpositive for cocaine. He allegedlyadmitted his intent to sell cocainein a written statement.

Berrios, 23, was charged with

possession with the intent todeliver a controlled substance andpossession of drug paraphernaliaand a controlled substance at a Feb.29 arraignment. He was held for$70,000, and a preliminary hearingis set for March 8.

Happy Feet heroin arrest

made

Victor Murcia, 32, of PittstonAvenue, Scranton, allegedly soldheroin marked Happy Feet to a

criminal informant on Feb. 28.Murcia was a wanted man from thePennsylvania State Parole depart-ment, according to police affidavits.He allegedly sold $150 worth ofheroin to the informant and wasarrested after a traffic stop.

Murcia was arraigned Feb. 28 oncharges of delivery of a controlledsubstance, criminal use of a com-munication facility, and possessionof drug paraphernalia and a con-trolled substance. He was held for

$100,000 bail, and a preliminaryhearing is set for March 8.- CHRISTOPHER J.

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whelmingly approved a tentativecontract following a weekend ofmarathon negotiations, accordingto SFT President Rosemary Bo-land.

The union met with district offi-cials for nearly 20 hours on Feb. 24and25 to reachthe newagreement.

The last teachers contract ex-pired in Aug. 2011.

Teachers ratified the contract attheir meeting on Wednesday, Feb.29 at Scranton High School, clear-ing the path for Mondays motionby the board to accept the agree-ment.

Boland said s alary increases andhealth care costs were the biggestconcerns to both educators andparaprofessionals in the district.

In addition, the board plans toapprove its contract with Millenni-

um Administrators, Inc. The boardapproved a three-year consultationagreementwith theorganizationinearly February.

The board may also hire a newpermanent solicitor at its nextmeeting. Longtime solicitor HarryMcGrath was let go in November,and the firm of Minora, Minora,Colbassani, Krowiak, and Mattioli

was appointed as interim solicitorfor at least 90 days.

Mondays meetingwill be held at

West Scranton High S chool at 7:30p.m.

Important SSDvotes pendingMondayBy CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES

[email protected]

SCRANTON - Re-

pairs to the gymna-

sium floor at West

Scranton Intermediate

School could cost up to

$750,000, Gene Petersfrom Peters D esign

Group, the districts engi-

neer, told board mem-

bers at their work session

on Monday, Feb. 27.

Cracks were discovered inthe gym floor more than a

year ago, according to GoLackawanna archives. Peterssaid compaction grouting

will help prevent future set-tlement of ash under thebuilding, but it will essential-ly destroy an existing con-crete slab.

The movement under-neath the building hasbee n i solate d to thegym, and Assistant Su-perintendent of FinanceGregg Sunday recalled

Monday that the school was built upon an ash

dump.Geo-Science Engineering

representative Rich Scheller

originally told the board inN ovem be r that costs of grouting and replacing theconcrete slab would only re-ach $500,000. The district al-so must decide if they willput a synthetic or woodenfloor into the gym.

Its a plan that should bemoved on immediately if youplan to occupy that gym inSeptember, Peters said ofthe three- or four-month pro-

ject that must be completed while students are not inclass.

HS uniforms debated

Board members may con-sider a full uniform policy at

t he d is tr ic ts t wo h ig hschools. Superintendent Wil-liam King said the thoughtarose from a recent discus-sion with administratorsabout disciplinary issues.

It makes it pretty clear what the expectation is,King said of a full uniform

policy. It could make lifeeasier for the teachers andadministrators, and possiblyin the long run for parents as

well.Director Sean OShea said

he believes that a uniformpolicy would be a good thingas long as it is enforced prop-erly and included a tieredpunishment policy, and Di-rector Jason Shrive said thepolicy should also be easy forparents to afford.

Director Kathleen McGui-gan said moving the highschools to a full uniform pol-icy is a horrible idea be-cause we have a dress codedown there that is largely ig-

noredby the administrators.

Board President Bob Leshsaidthe district hashad someproblems with gangs and vio-lence in the past.

I think by putting every-body on the same page, wecan probably lessen some ofthat violence, Lesh said.

In other business: The district may once

again offer Latin classes tostudents at West ScrantonHigh School this fall using

distance learning equip-m ent, an e xi sting Latinteacher at Scranton HighSchool, and a class facilita-tor. Shrivesaid offering equalopportunities to students atboth high schools is of greatimportance.

Buildings and GroundsDirector Jeff Brazil said thedistrict will likely have to re-place all fire doors at Scran-ton High with heavier doors.

The doors, according to Bra-zil, were intended to be leftopen and shut electronicallyi n the case of a f ire , notopened and closed by hun-dreds of students each day asthey are now.

Gym repair now estimated at $750GScranton board hears of increased costs at West

Intermediate due to ash settling under building.By CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected] Scranton School Board willmeet Mon., March 5 in the WestScranton High School gymnasi-um, 1201 Luzerne St., at 7:30 p.m.

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M

aggie Snyder of Scranton, left, shares a laugh with Organizing for America Pennsylvania

volunteer John Hudanish, ofCarbondale,as shesigns in at thegrand opening ofthe cam-paigns Scranton field office at 216 Wyoming Ave. on Wednesday, Feb. 29. The office will

serve as a hub for Lackawanna County including upcoming voter registration, phone bank, and

community canvassing events.

Approximately 90 people turned out to the event organized to build momentum behind the

reelection campaign for President Barack Obama. Among those in attendance Wednesday was

Debby Merino, a Clifton Township resident and Pocono Mountain School District teacher.

The conservative Republicans on the ballot frighten me, to be perfectly honest, Merino said.

They dont speak for me, they dont represent me, and theyre completely out of touch with the

average person. I felt I had no right to complain if I didnt get involved.

The field office will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday to Saturday, according to Regional

Field Director Jane Slusser.

- CHRISTOPHERJ.HUGHES / GO LACKAWANNA

Obama office opens

CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES PHOTO

On Sunday, March 11, fromnoon to 5 p.m., the AnthraciteHeritage Museum will cele-brate Charter Day in Penn-sylvania. It is traditionally aday when Pennsylvania His-torical and Museum Commis-sion sites open admission-freein commemoration of thedocument by which KingCharles II granted to WilliamPenn the vast tract of landknown today as Pennsylvania.

March is also WomensHistory Month. At 2 p.m.,Karol Weaver, associate pro-fessor of history at S usque-hanna University, will presenta program entitled: Neigh-borhood Women: MedicalCaregivers in the AnthraciteRegion, in the museumsauditorium. Copies of hernew book, Medical Caregiv-ing and Identity in Pennsylva-nias Anthracite Region, 1880-

2000 will also be sold in theMuseum Store.

Illness, injury and othermedical needs were often metthrough neighborhood care-givers. Patch towns aroundthe anthracite region of north-eastern Pennsylvania usuallyhad at least one midwife whoassisted with childbirths,often without the aid of aphysician. After 1910, mid-

wives were certified by the

state, and they registerednewborn infants. Midwiveshelped look after the house-hold and, in some instances,took the newborn to the min-ister or priest to be baptized.

Mothers were the primarycare givers in most mininghouseholds. Health manuals

were available to assist in thecare of sick or injured familymembers, and women fromother families or the extend-

ed family usually lent a hand.For common problems,families relied on immigranttraditions or home remediesmore than medicines pur-chased at the store or pre-scriptions from the doctor.

Warm milk and bread wereused as poultices for infec-tions such as boils or felons;mustard plasters were usedfor treating colds, pneumonia,or bronchitis, as were cookedgarlic and onions or branbags; and blackberry winemight be used for stomachproblems.

Of course, the miners workwas hard and injuries andailments were common. Forthe mining family, one of themost important plants in thegarden was comfrey (Sym-phytum officinale). This plant

was used to help heal broken

bones and to ease the painfrom sprains, arthritis, andrheumatism. The leaves androots of the comfrey weremade into ointments or wereplaced in rubbing alcohol fora few weeks to make a lini-ment called zykost.

Some mine workers andtheir families had supersti-tions regarding safety in themines. They carried specialcharms written by a local

pow-wower, a personthought to possess magicalhealing powers. Other moredevout mine workers tooksymbols of their religiousfaith with them, such asblessed crucifixes or holyimages.

When major illness, injuryor death affected a minersfamily, particularly the bread-

winner, financial burdenscould become overwhelming.

For protection, many families joined sick-benefit societiesthrough their churches orethnic fraternal organizations.In the days prior to healthinsurance and Social Security,these associations were vital.

Perhaps the most commondisease found in mining townfamilies was black lung, oranthracilicosis. Years of expo-sure to coal dust often con-demned a man to a slow,

painful death by suffocation.In Pennsylvania, black lunglegislation passed in 1965provided some assistance forthe miner and his family.Federal black lung legislationcame with the Federal CoalMine Health and Safety Actof 1969.

The Pennsylvania Anthra-cite Heritage Museum islocated in McDade Park, offKeyser Avenue, in Scranton.For more information, call(570) 963-4804 or visit

www.phmc.state.pa.us orwww.anthracitemuseum.org.

Local program recognizeswomens role in medicine

MINING HISTORYC H E S T E R K U L E S A

ed to do was to get a more accu-rate database from which to

work on rental registration, toupdate the number of rental

propertiesthat exist in the city,McGoff continued. Unless youbasically volunteered to sendthemoney, manytimeswe donteven know that these rentalproperties exist.

Councilman Pat Rogan notedthatthe legislationwill alsohelpcrack down on absentee land-lords, an ongoing issue through-out the city.

They dont live in our com-munity, and a lot of them dontcare. Now some of them aregoodbusinessmenjust trying tomake an honest dollar, but a lot

of them are just looking for thatcheck every month, Rogansaid.

The key is the inspection.The fee Im fine with as long astheres an inspection. If theres afee without an inspection, itsnot a fee its a tax.

McGoff said that Tax Collec-

tor Bill Courtright informedcouncil that newly identifiedpropertieswould alsobe subjectto the business privilege tax,

which they were likely not pay-ing before.

The final vote to tablethe leg-islation was 3-0. Council Presi-dent Janet Evans and Council-man Jack Loscombe were ab-sent fromthe meetingdue to ill-ness.

In other business, councilunanimously passed amendedlegislation that will allow delin-quent tax collector Northeast

Revenue Service, LLC to ex-pandits collection services to in-clude the collection of delin-quent refuse fees for the city

while the city will continue tocollect current fees.

Council also unanimously in-troduced legislation to executeand enter into a settlement

agreement between the city, theScranton Redevelopment Au-thority, and Pennstar Bank tosettle litigation filed against thecity by Pennstar concerning adefaulted $2,296,570 creditloanand security agreement.

In the agreement, the city ac-knowledges its obligation to re-purchase the tax claims in theprincipal amount of $1,560,398.80 along with inter-est in the per diem amount of$227.56 from May 19, 2011, thedate of the notice of default, un-til it is paid in full.

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Whereelse could oneexpectto find

strategy board game pieces, belly

dancing, and a tribute to the Teen-

ageMutant Ninja Turtlesbut at First

Friday Scranton.

The citys monthly artwalk had a

wide varietyof attractions thismonth

including a celebration of the heroes

in a half shell at The Keys, 244 Penn

Ave., featuring more than 20 artistscrafting ooze containers from TGRI

and so much more.

Cultures of the Silk Road at Ex-

hale Hookah Lounge and Kabob

Grill, 136 Wyoming Ave., featured

performances and food celebrating

the countries that were found along

the historic and famous Silk Road

Trade stretching from China through

Asia to Europe.

West Pittston native Rebecca Bat-

tles photos in Factorium at Cam-

erawork Gallery, 515 Center St., ex-

amined thestatusof Americanmanu-

facturing through digitally weath-

ered pictures of closed factories in

northeastern Pennsylvania and Los

Angeles, Calif.

For details on how to get involvedin nextmonths event on Friday,April

6, visit www.firstfridayscranton.com.

What The Shell? celebrated the Teen-

age Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Blissfully Unaware by Mike Trovato. Custom TMNT shoes at The Keys Trovatos sculptures on display at Mar-

quis Art and Frame.

RICH HOWELLS PHOTOS

A trio of First Friday attendees checks out the works featured at Marquis Art and Frame.

Carrie Kolosinsky has her face painted by Rachel Lavelle of Lollipop Party Ser-

vices.

Photographer April Holgate with her

work at Electric City Tattoo Gallery.

Anothernight onthe town

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NOTICE:PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR FARE INCREASE

COLTS is increasing its bus fares and would like to hear from you. COLTS last increased bus fares in 1994, more than 17 years ago. Our short-termgoal is to raise fares equal to ination. However, COLTS is sensitive to the impact that a fare increase could have on our customers so we are rec-ommending implementing the increase in a two-pronged phase over the next two years.

COLTS will hold ve public hearings to present and discuss the implementation of fare increase over the next two years: Tuesday, March 6, from 10 a.m. to Noon and from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in the COLTS Board Room, 800 North South Road Wednesday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at The Mall at Steamtown, 2nd Floor next to the Variety Shop. Saturday, March 24, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at The Mall at Steamtown, 2nd Floor next to the Variety Shop.

Below are COLTS current bus fares, pass and ticket prices along with the proposed increases:

Fare Instrument

Full Cash Fare

Half Cash/Reduced FareSenior Citizens FareChildrens FareTransfersHalf Fare TransfersDay Pass10-Ride Adult Pass10-Ride Student Pass31-Day Adult Pass31-Day Student Pass

Current price

$1.25

.60FreeFree.25n/an/a$11$10$40$20

Proposed Price for July 2, 2012

$1.50

.75FreeFree.50.25

$3.50$13.50$6.75

$48$24

Proposed Price for July 1, 2013

$1.75

.85FreeFree.75.35

$4.00$15.75$7.85$56$28

COLTS is conducting a 30-day public comment period to obtain input from riders, the public, local agencies and businesses, and government officials from Tuesday,March 6, 2012 through Thursday, April 5, 2012. During this time, anyone wanting to submit comments to COLTS may do so using the following methods. You can submitcomments in writing to: COLTS Fare Increase, 800 North South Road, Scranton, PA 18504.You can also submit comments via e-mail to: [email protected].


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f you have been follow-

ing my tips for the past

few weeks, right now

you should be building a

little stockpile with prod-

ucts youve gotten for free

or at a very reduced price.

There is still time to stock

up, and this week were

taking a close look at how

to find deals at Walgreens.

Walgreens is very differentfrom CVS and Rite Aid sincethere it does not have a storeloyalty card. The way custom-ers can earn cash back is differ-ent because the Register Re-

wards arent printed on yourreceipt as a store coupon orstore cash like they are in theother two drugstores.

Register Rewards are printedfrom the Catalina machine at

the register and can be used fora dollar amount off your next

transaction. The WalgreensRegister Rewards are consid-ered to be an equal to a manu-facture coupon. If you purchasetoothpaste for $3 and plan touse a manufacture coupon, youcannot use the Register Re-

wards, for example. You will

have to buy a second item inorder to use both the couponand the reward.

If you plan on rolling Regis-ter Rewards, be careful if youare trying to roll on the sameproduct. For example, if youbuy toothpaste for $3 and get$3 in Register Rewards youcannot use the Register Re-

ward that you just earned. Youcan buy another item that will

earn you Register Rewards andcome back to buy the tooth-

paste once you earn more re-

wards.In essence, you cannot buy

the same product that youearned rewards on with your

Register Rewards.

You also cannot roll itemsfrom the same company. If you

are buying Crest toothpaste

and earn $3 in Register Re-wards and then try to use those

rewards for Crest toothbrush-

es, the machine will not printanother reward coupon. You

would want to buy the Crest

toothpaste, buy something inbetween, and then go and buy

the Crest toothbrush in order

to earn the reward again.

Although there is no cardtracking your purchases to

limit how many free items that

you can get, you cannot pur-

chase an armful of items and

expect to get Register Rewards

without doing separate trans-

actions. If you are buying

toothpaste and plan on buying

three in order to get three for

free, make sure that you buy

these in three separate trans-

actions. If you buy them all inone transaction you will only

receive one $3 Register Re-

ward.

These are just a few tricks

for you to follow when shop-

ping at Walgreens. As always,

its important to know the store

coupon policy, which can be

found at www.walgreens.com

What items have you gotten

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WALGREENS DEALSThursday Talks! Home

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The View with a Scran-ton Attitude: Lets Hear itfrom Both Sides, Fri., March30, 7 p.m., Scranton CulturalCenter, 420 N. WashingtonAve., Scranton. Cost: $6.

Grand Civil War Ball, Sat.,April 14, 7 p.m., CenturyClub, 612 Jefferson Ave.,Scranton. Cost: $35 per

person, $60 per couple. Info:www.scrantoncivilwarday-.com.

Overeaters Anonymousmeetings, First PresbyterianChurch, 201Stone Ave.,Clarks Summit, weekly,Mon. and Wed., 7 p.m.;

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Submit your events to [email protected], via fax at (570)

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SCRANTON - As part-ownersof Kellys Pub and Eatery in SouthScranton for the last 22 years,Peggy Cosgrove and KathleenCosgrove Fritch have seen theirshare of hot wings.

In a brand new business ven-ture separate from Kellys, the sis-ters have branched out and creat-ed a hot wing sauce inspired bythe restaurant thats ready to useout of the bottle.

We told the bottler that wewantedthe flavor of finishedwing

sauce, explained Fritch, 42, ofWaverly. Whenyou go to thegro-cery store, youre stuck withFranks Red Hot and you have tofigure out how to make it.

Whetheryou prefermild,medi-um, or hot sauce, Peggys WingSauce takes the guesswork out ofcreating a spicy supper or week-

end treat with a kick.The first bottles were finished

on Feb. 20 and delivered to allnine locations of Gerritys Super-markets on Feb.24. The7,200bot-tles thatretailfor $4.98 eachwerefilled in Pennsylvania and madeusing only products grown in thestate, Cosgrove, 41, of ScrantonsGreen Ridge section, and Fritchsaid.

A Philadelphia-area food con-sultant helped guide the sistersthroughthe process, and a launch

Sisters launch hot sauce inspired by South Side eateryBy CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected]

See WINGING, Page 21


Sisters Kathleen Cosgrove Fritch,left, and Peggy Cosgrove have de-veloped Peggys Wing Sauce.

Peggys Wing Sauce is available atall nine locations of Gerritys Su-

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shrimp onto skewers and discard themarinade. Grill shrimp on each side,

basting frequently, for approximatelytwo minutes or until cooked.

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VISUAL ARTSAFA Gall ery, 514 LackawannaAve., Scranton. Info: (570) 969-

1040, www.artistsforart.org.Paintings by Heather Martyak andAnnmarie Ciccarelli.ArtWorks Gallery and Studio,503 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton.Info: (570) 207-1815, www.art-worksnepa.com.Works of David Bender, throughMarch 29.Beko Sushi and Grill, 414 SpruceSt., Scranton. Info: (570) 341-0205, www.bekosushi.com.Paint the Town, paintings bySheila Sankar.The Bog, 341 Adams Ave., Scran-ton. Info: (570) 341-6761,www.thebogscranton.com.Coal Country, photographs ofMoira Hauer.Camerawork Gallery, 515 CenterStreet, Scranton, (570) 344-3313, www.cameraworkgalle-ry.org.Factorium: A Pictorial Essay ofAmerican Factories, photographsof Rebecca Battle, continues toApril 2.The Fanciful Fox, 342 AdamsAve., Scranton. Info: (570) 558-3001, www.fancifulfox.com.Personal Works of Derek Zielinski,charcoal and oils.Glen Oak Country Club, 250

Oakford Rd., Clarks Summit.Art auction, benefitting RotaryClub of the Abingtons, Fri., March23, 6:30-9:30 p.m. Cost: $10. Info:Donald Myer at (570) 586-1317 orNorbert Mayr at (570) 335-2467.Laura Craig Gallery, 307 LindenSt., Scranton, (570) 963-7995.Open Your Heart, small works tobenefit the American Heart Asso-ciation.

Linder Gallery, Keystone Col-lege, One College Green, LaPlume. Info: (570) 945-8335,www.keystone.edu/lindergallery.Works of Jennie Baresse, to

March 9.Marquis Art & Frame, Scranton,515 Center St., Scranton, (570)344-3313, www.marquisart-frame.com.Shine, paintings by Leigh Paw-ling.New Visions Studio and Gallery,201 Vine St., Scranton. Info:(570) 878-3970, www.new-visionsstudio.com.

Natures Finest Art, works ofDana Gabel, Mark Charles Roo-ney, Amy Lynn Wyman, and Be-thel Wyman, opening reception,March 2, 5-10 p.m., exhibit contin-

ues to March 30.Shields Center for Visual Arts,Marywood University, 2300Adams Ave., Scranton. Info:(570) 348-6278, www.mary-wood.edu/galleries.Michael Mirabio: Lost Voices, inthe Suraci Gallery, continues toMarch18.Photography on Campus, in theMahady Gallery, continues toMarch18.

THEATERF.M. Kirby Center for the Per-forming Arts, 32 Public Square,Wilkes-Barre. Info: (570) 826-1100, www.kirbycenter.org.Cirque DOr, Sun., March 25, 3p.m. Cost: $21.50, $31.50, $41.50,$61.50.

KISS Theater Company, 58Wyoming Valley Mall, Kingston.One Last One Laugh at Least,Sat., March 17, 7-8:30 p.m. and9:30-11 p.m. Cost: $15. Reserva-tions at (570) 970-8553.Scranton Cultural Center, 420N. Washington Ave., Scranton.Info: (570) 344-1111, www.scran-tonculturalcenter.org.Ballroom dancing, to beneift theChoral Society of NEPA, Fri.,March 16, 8-11 p.m. Cost: $10. Info:Rick Walling at (570) 417-7036.

CONCERTSCovenant Presbyterian Church,550 Madison Ave., Scranton.Info: Timothy Smith, (570)

346-6400.Timothy Smith, organist, Sun.,March 11, 3 p.m. Cost: Free, dona-tions accepted.F.M. Kirby Center for the Per-forming Arts.Beethoven Festival, Sat., March 10,8 p.m. Cost: $28, $44, $52, $60.New Visions Studio and Gallery.ShamRock Show 2, with BlindedPassenger, Silhouette Lies, This isa Movement, Sarah Yazkanin, andChuck Silsby (of The Way), Fri.,March 16, 8-11:30 p.m. Cost: $5.Platform Lounge @ Trax, Radis-son Lackawanna Station Hotel,700 Lackawanna Ave., Scran-ton. Info: (570) 342-8300,www.facebook.com/traxradis-son.Jim Carro, Fri., March 9, 5 p.m.Tom Petty Appreciation Band and

Mullen (A Salute to U2), Sat.,March 10, 1-7 p.m.

COMEDYF.M. Kirby Center for the Per-forming Arts.Best of Second City, Fri., March23, 8 p.m. Cost: $28.Scranton Cultural Center.Up and Coming Comedy series,Sat., March 24, 7 p.m. cocktailhour, 8 p.m. show. Cost: $16.

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This untitled photograph by Bethel Wyman is among the pieces

featured this month in Natures Finest Art at New VisionsStudio and Gallery.

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Many musicians owetheir early roots totheir high schoolmarching bands.

Now, they have a chance to giveback with the West ScrantonMarching Band Boosters sec-ond annual Band OPalooza at

The Vintage Theater in Scran-ton.

After holding a very success-fulfirstyear, theMarch 9 all-ag-eseventwill featurefiveoriginallocal bands again for only $6 Eye on Attraction, Wicca PhaseSprings Eternal (featuringAdam McIlwee of Tigers Jaw),Crock Pot Abduction, Halfling,and Langor.

Its tough to find fundraisersthat are new and different, andthis was something that we justcame up with on our ownIt

wasa win-win situation becausethe bands reallyenjoyed playing theyre original bands, so theyliked having thevenue andourboostersmadea nice profit on itand everybody that was therehad a great time, Debra Belfan-ti, organizer and band parent,explained.

Its the night before St. Pa-tricks Day, so we figured we

would have something that theunder-21crowd, the high schoolcrowd, could enjoy. We hadquite a good showing last year.

Involved with the organiza-tion for nine years, Belfanti saidthemoney is used to subsidize afield trip at the end of the year;send drum majors to camp inthe summer; and pay for a ban-quet, uniform accessories, andfoodand beverages for practicesand performances, among otherintegral uses to the band.

We feel like its a way for thestudents that are involved inmusicto usetheir musicin a dif-ferentway besideswith the highschool marching band. Theyhave developed these bands ontheir own, and we just like giv-ing them a place to promotetheir music and support thearts, she said.

Belfanti said she feels musiceducation is important to achilds brain development.

When you study music, itopens up your brain not just to

music, but to math and scienceandit helps topromotethose ar-eas. I think that children that

play instruments do better inthose other subjects as a result.Also, I feel like it can provide acareer for the future as well as alifelong hobby.

With two sons already gradu-ated from the program and her

youngest, Joseph, currently involved in the marching band,she knows this to be true first-hand. Joseph Belfanti is also amember of Crock Pot Abduc-tion, and her son, Matthew, is amember of So Long, Pluto, an-other band playing original mu-sic in the area.

Andrew Merkle,a collegestu-dentand drummerfor participa-ting act Eye on Attraction, canalso attest to the importance ofthe marching band in a buddingmusicians career.

I was in the marching bandfrom sixth grade until I gradu-ated, so I was in it for about six

years. I was president of themarching band. The marching

band iswhat got meintodrums,hands down. If I hadnever donethat, Id be a completely differ-ent person, so the marchingband means everything to me,Merkle enthused.

I come from a really smallmarching band, and I know thisisnt the biggest marching bandeither, so any bit of money wecan raise for them is awesome.

Theyre thefirstprogramsto getcut, and to me thats the mostimportant program at a school.

Marching to the same beat

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Eye on Attraction is among the featured acts at Fridays Band OPalooza, benefiting the West Scranton Marching Band.

By RICHHOWELLS

[email protected]

Langor, also known as Brian Langan, will also perform at Band

OPalooza.

WHAT: Band OPalooza featuringEye on Attraction, Wicca PhaseSprings Eternal (featuring Adamof Tigers Jaw), Crock Pot Ab-duction, Halfling, and Langor.WHERE: The Vintage Theater,119Penn Ave., Scranton.WHEN: March 9, doors at 6 p.m.,show at 6:30 p.m.COST: $6.

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SCRANTON An online crowdfunding effort helped launch Chet

Williams new album.Now, hes hoping the album will

fostera fulfilling career.Williams, 20, a Scranton native,

held his second CD release showinas manyweeks on Saturday, March3,at TheVintageTheater, 119PennAve., Scranton, alongside openingacts A Fire With Friends, Snoozer,and Roofdoctor.

The junior marketing major atTemple University held a first re-lease party for We All Walk FastandNodin Unison onFeb. 25with

an event atPhilaMOCAin Philadel-phia. Thealbumwas funded inpartthrough a campaign on www.kick-starter.comthat raised $1,817to payforrecordingcosts andmore.

ThealbumwasrecordedfromJu-ly to Octoberat EastRoomRecord-ings in Philadelphiaand mixed and

mastered throughout the winter.ItwasthefirsttimeIwasdoinga

really big,full-length album by my-self.Iknewitwasgoingtotakealotof time,Williamssaid.

Fans familiar with Williams pre-viousworkwithbandslikeSoLong,Plutoand AwkwardSilence werentsurewhattoexpectonthenewdisc.

I think theyre kind of sur-

prised,he admitted. Theyhaventreally seen me front my own bandbefore I actually had a 12-pieceband behind me for both shows.People really enjoyed seeing thatmanypeople on stage at once, play-ing together.

Thelivebandrepresentsmany of

theguestmusiciansfeaturedon thealbum, including folk vocalist Brit-tanyAnn; RhodespianistKevin Bo-land ofBobbyDavisand theSmart-est Man; and Todd Fausnacht, De-

von Greider, and Josh Parry of thereggae/soul/rockoutfitTheSnails.

Igottotakemytimewithitalotmore,Williamssaid,noting the ad-dition of strings, multiple guitar

parts, and vocal harmonies thatgive a richer, more orchestratedsound to hislatestwork.

Sales of the album and live per-formances will be the continuingforce behind his career, as opposedto furthercrowd funded endeavors.

Mygoalwastoliterallyhavethat

as a kick start to make this album.Hopefully I cansustainmyself fromhere, he said. Thats the ultimategoal.

Fans who would like to purchaseacopyofWeAllWalkFastandNodin Unison can visit WilliamsFace-book page at www.facebook.com/ChetWilliamsMusic. Discs are ex-pectedto be pressedin mid-March.

NEPA native feels crowd funded album is start of something biggerBy CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES

[email protected] a free down-load of ChetWilliamsDrowned in theRiver atwww.golackawan-na.com.This is the firstsneak peek of

anything fromthe album Imgiving, so Im soexcited for peo-ple to hear it,Williams said.

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I had this

bizarre dreamtheother daythatoneof mybest friends,myboss,andIwere hanging

out in some ballroomwith theentire cast of TheAdventuresof Pete andPete, chattingabout the 90sNickelodeonshow andsnapping picturesuntil the wee hours of the fol-lowingmorning.In truth, thatwas actuallymy

Fridaynight, and I havetheautographedMr. Tasteeposterto proveit.It all cametogetherjustas

randomly. Ticketsto spendAnEveningwith theCast andCrewofTheAdventures of Pete andPeteatTheBowery BallroominNewYork City,hostedby TheOnions A.V. Club, sold outalmost instantly last month, so I

figured thatmyone andonlychance tomeet the reunitedganghad moved onas quicklyas an ice creamman pesteredbynoseychildren.I sent ane-mail to the venue

inquiringaboutpress creden-tials,but receivedno response.I put itout ofmyplate-less

head untilmyeditor, ChrisHughes,who is anevenmoredie-hard fan of the showthan Iam,encouragedme to followup

the day beforethe event withaphonecall.As I pulledup thewebsite, I found that a second,later showhad openedupwithtickets readily available.Noteven anOrange Lazarus-

induced headache could havestopped us now.Joinedbymy friendSophia,

we tookoffforThe Big Applethefollowing evening, unsureofwhat to expect fromsuch arandom occasion. Afterall,whenwas thelast timeyou everheard ofthecast ofa cultTVshowreunitingafter17 yearsapart?TheA.V. Clubmayhavehelda similar gatheringearlierinLos Angeles, butI doubt itwas as surprise-filled as thatevening.

Weweregreetedby a bigscreenplaying episode clipswhilecameras fromVH1shinedbrightly in thefaces of star-struck fans as they shookhandswithMikeMaronna, betterknownasBigPete. Little PeteDannyTamberelli made amuchmore dramatic entrance soonafter, taking thestage withactualmembers ofTheBlow-holes, his characters fictionalband, to play several songs fromthemusic-heavy show, includ-ingthat catchy opening theme,HeySandy.Surroundedby other 20- to

30-somethings likely relapsinginto theirownnostalgia-in-

duced comas,we listened to anhour-and-a-halfquestion andanswer session withPete; Petesbrother, Pete;Momand DadWrigley; Ellen;andArtie, theStrongestMan in theWorld; theshows creators,WillMcRobbandChris Viscardi; andwriter/directorKatherineDieckmann.Allseem surprised, butde-

lighted andhumbled, that we sovividly recalledevery quirkyepisodeafteralmost twodec-

ades, but asour lives canattest,shows as odd,touching,andcaptivating as Pete andPetedont come aroundvery often.Muchlikeon theseries, Toby

Huss, still instantly recogniz-ableas Artie,stole the showwith his raw energy anddirtyone-liners, but eachpersononstage had a story to tell.Amongthe highlights:

Petes brotherwasoriginal-lygoingto bea dog namedPete, buthaving a dogwouldhavebeentoomuchof a pain.Maronna, whowasthrilled

thatbeinga redhead actuallygavehima casting advantageforonce,wasmainly hired be-causehe was theonly child

actorwho didnt repeatedlyblink duringhisaudition. Being anoddball, low-

budget show thatthe studiodidnt get, the creatorsneverknewwhen the last episodewouldbe and just keptmakingthemwhile hoping for the rat-ings to improve, though theyunfortunately didnt. Husswas accosted and

knocked to the groundbyacomplete strangersimply for

wearing theMr. Tastee maskduringa shoot. Husscame upwith the

characterof Artie onhis ownandwasbrought ontothe seriesafter thecreators sawhiscome-dy act, andhe later left theshowin Season2 ofhisownaccord. AlisonFanelli,who played

Ellen,wasso embarrassed to

kissMaronnaon-screen as a kidthatshe made hermother leavethesetso shecouldnt watch.Maronna brought a toothbrush. TheWrigleys, Judy Grafe

andHardyRawls,acted likesecondparents to thePetesontheset,but said they werentabove corrupting theyoung

actors. Thoughwhen GrafegaveTamberelli a VHScopy of Mon-ty PythonandtheHoly Grail,sheeditedthepartswith nudityout,which henever knew exist-eduntilhe saw thefilm later incollege.If noneof this is familiarto

you, I apologize, but Pete and

Pete was just one of thosethings you hadto growupwithto understandits magic.Startingout as a seriesof

(ultimately)26 shorts, then fivespecials and three seasonscon-

The Krebstars of Wellsville reunite in NYCINFINITEIMPROBABILITYR I C H H O W E L L S

Judy Grafe (Joyce Wrigley), show co-creator Chris Viscardi,

Danny Tamberelli (Little Pete Wrigley), and Michael Maronna

(Big Pete) discusss the offbeat Nickelodeon series The Adven-

tures of Pete and Pete at a cast reunion on Feb. 24.

SOPHIAKOWALCZYKPHOTOS /

FORGO LACKAWANNA

Danny Tamberelli performswith The Blowholes.

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event organized by John Mack-

ey, Cosgroves neighbor, washeld Friday night at the Radis-son Lackawanna Station Hotelin Scranton.

Not just for wings

Whilethe newhot sauce men-tions wings directly in the prod-ucts name, the sisters said theyhope consumers will be adven-turous with their appetites.

Since July, weve been eatingeverything with wing sauce on

it, Fritch said with a laugh.Weve been cooking stromboliandshrimpand scallops andpotstickers. Weve been trying it onevery recipe we could think of.

Andevensome youmightnotthink of.

Cosgrove raved about deviledeggs with an extra bite, turkeyburgers and chicken meatballs,and believe it or not a HotMess martini made with a littlebit of her sauce.

Taste was important, Fritchsaid, and she and Cosgrovemade sure each tier of the hotsauce had the right amount offlavor with theappropriate levelof heat.

The mild sauce doesnt havea lotof heat,butit hasthat buffa-lo flavor. Ive found that whenyou go out and have it at a res-taurant, its all buttery, Fritchsaid.

The pair also made sure the

bottleswereunique. While eachlabel features a reproduction ofGreater Scranton Chamber ofCommerce President AustinBurkes painting of the ElectricCitysign asa means toalsopro-mote Scranton, the different fla-vorscarry Cosgroves recipes forhot wing dip, grilledchicken, orgrilled shrimp.

Additional recipes and an on-line order form are available at

www.peggyswingsauce.com, where Cosgrove said ordersfromas closeas Archbaldand asfar as California and Floridahave been placed.

Community support

Cosgrove said shes drawnsome additional inspiration forthe hot sauce from students inher family and consumer sci-ence classes at Scranton HighSchool.

Theyve taught me how tocook,shesaid. Ihave a verydi-verse classroom,and theyve ex-posed me to all of their hotsauces and ethnicfoods from allover the world.

She said students are exited

for Miss Coz to enter a newrealm, andits already a hit withmany of them.

The other day, they were lit-erally taking chips and pouringit on and eating them, Cos-grove said.

Colleaguesin thedistrict havealso congratulated her on thenew product after spotting Cos-groves face on billboardsthroughout the region.

Perseverance paysBottling a homemade recipe

for sale to the public isnt a newidea.So manypeople talk aboutputting their ownsauces, soups,and dips on supermarketshelves, butfewreachthisstage.The difference,Cosgrovesaid, isthe perseverance she and Fritchshared throughout the process.

We took this on all on ourown, Cosgrove said. It wasnteasy. Its a risk, but were willing

to take it and were excitedabout it.As she continues, Cosgrove

already has aspirations for widerdistribution and some newproducts yet to be developed.

Cosgrove said that life is nota dress rehearsal and you onlyget one chance to live out yourdreams.

Im ready for a new adven-ture, she said.


Peggys Wing Sauce - available in mild, medium, and hot - is

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WINGINGContinued from page 14

TURKISH CULTURE CELEBRATED

CHRISTOPHER J. HUGHES/GO LACKAWANNA

Kurt Massoudi, left, receives a cup of freshly brewed Turkish coffeefrom Nariman Kerimoglu during the "Turkish Coffee and Culture

Night" held at the Electric City Trolley Museum, 300 Cliff St., Scran-

ton, on Wednesday, Feb. 29. The event presented by the Lackawanna County

Department of Arts and Culture featured music, food, and more about the

country that connects the continents of Asia and Europe. Arts and Culture

Director Maureen McGuigan said Turkish families are part of a newer group of

immigrants to northeastern Pennsylvania, which is why evenings like Wednes-

days cultural event are important.

- CHRISTOPHER J.HUGHES / GO LACKAWANNA

taining 34 episodes, ViscardiandMcRobbsaid that their

goal was to capture thespirit ofwhat its liketo bea kid,andwhen kids telltheir stories,theydont always makesense,which explains the showspeculiar tone entirely funny,sad, weird,and beautiful.

Withso many sitcoms des-perately trying to capture thetypical Americanfamily, Peteand Pete instead defied con-ventionsand authority, em-bracingand championing

weirdness.What fascinated me most

about the eveningwasnt the

fact that therewere fans show-ing up withlegitimate Petuniatattoos andsinging along toevery word of Little Petesfavorite song, Summerbaby.Itwasthatthecastandcrewthemselves were just as tou-

chedby its eccentric legacy.Rawls sported his DontGive UpHopet-shirtfromsome of the latest Artie-infusedepisodes, and Tamberelli, nowa musician, recalledthat hisinterestin music started be-cause of theshow, learningbass fromfrequent guest starIggyPop himself.

Members of the supportingcast, including thosewhoplayed bus driver Stu Benedict,

Teddy Forzman, Wayne ThePain Pardue, and Kreb ScoutMonica Perling,unexpectedly

showedup and hungout intheaudienceof their own volition.They allseemed just so thrilledto bein thesame placetogeth-er again, andthats what reallymade thenight forme.

Its onething to revisit your

childhoodby popping in a DVDof oneof your favorite TVshows, but its completelyanother to relive it with thosewho brought itto lifein thefirst place. Andthank Artiethey did, because if theIn-ternational Adult Conspiracyhadwon outand Pete andPete never aired, who knowswhere wed all be?

Certainly not in Wellsville,which for one night reappeared

ina small roomin NYC.Icouldnt think of a better seriesfinale.

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