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THE ABINGTON

Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Get all the detailson a recentOlympic day heldlocally. For photosand a story, seePage 13.

Big onBMX?

Rotary Club seekssupport tocontinue its annualfireworks display.Find out how tohelp and where to

view this yearsevent. Page 2.

Lastblast?

GLENBURN - Erin Oster-hout is a Glenburn stay-at-homemom whobelieves in everyoneworkingtogetherfor change.This onlyenhancedher abilitiesas presidentof the WaverlyElementarySchool PTA. Shefollows through to make a dif-ference in the community.

Theformer DJ, who onceowned her ownbusiness,elect-ed to stay at home. From thereshe choseto give her childrensafterschool activities a boost.

Club Waverlywas myidea,and itbuilt onthe foundationof afterschool.I just wanted tosee a morecompletecoursethanafastf ive-week

program, so wemadeit a yearcourseso they could reallygrow,Osterhout explained.

She madeit clear thatallofthe things she spearheaded werenot possiblewithout helpfromothers. All of thesethings werenotme alone, shesaid. Noneof it could havehappenedwith-out the boardand everyone. Itscompletely the group.

Osterhoutwanted tostartaglee program for the children

andrealizedthatits plannedtime framewas tooshorttoachieveany goals.So, sheex-pandedit. Then sheinvitedwilling professors to come in asguestplayers and helptrain

MEET THE

PRESIDENT

Workingtogetherfor changeBY KELLY MCDONOUGH

Abington Journal Correspondent

Osterhout

See President, Page 7

Knights, Princesses and Dragons

was the theme at last weeks CampCreate, a day camp at the WaverlyCommunity House designed to en-gage children with special needs.

Upcoming themes include Mount

Olympic, August 6 to 10 and It ISEasy Being Green, August 13 to 17.For more info, visit www.waverly-comm.org.

Rosey Holmes displays her artwork at Camp Create. .

Sir DamienHoward wields

a sword atophis horse atCamp Createat the WaverlyCommunityHouse.

ABINGTON JOURNAL PHOTOS/ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER

Eddie Horgan poses with a lightning bolt prop in front of a castle-in-the-making at Camp Create at the Waverly Com-munity House.

Aidan Fick tries on hisdragon hat at the WaverlyCommunity House.

Thunderboltof inspiration

GLENBURN TWP. Supervisorstoldresidents at theGlenburnTwp. board of super-visors meetingJune18 thatthe DEP, Depart-ment of EnvironmentalProtection, and EPA,EnvironmentalProtection Agency, are devel-oping a programto helpbetter inform resi-dents about well testingand cleanupsin thearea.

EPAs recent settlement with PrecisionNa-tional PlatingServices, Inc., concerning clea-nupin thearea andcontinuingdiscussionswiththe Delaware andHudson Railways overa proposedcommunicationtower were alsodiscussed.

SolicitorMalcolm MacGregor said super-visors were shown a demoof a site-viewingprogramduringa June4 meetingwith DEPandEPA. Theprogramaimsto provideexten-sive informationon cleanupsand well tests.

MacGregor said some featuresdisplayedincludedaccessto testresults, links to dataanddetailsof action plans andmore featuresmay be added before theprogram is officially

EPA, DEPprogramto informGlenburn residents will hear about well

testing, cleanups after recent settlement

with Precision National Plating Services

BY CORY BURRELL


See DEP, Page 3

Dictionariesdefinea hero asanyone whocan anddoesmake a difference in hisor hercommunityand a positiverolemodel for others.

Withinthe Abington com-munity are individuals admiredfor brave deeds, noblequalitiesandselfless contributions andTheAbingtonJournalaims to

recognizethem in print. DianeVietz, Abington Area JointRecreationBoard vicechairandClarks Green Board rep-resentative nominatedas acommunityhero her fellowboard member, Tim McCoy,of Glenburn Townshipbasedon his numerous contributionsthrough projects at the Abing-ton AreaCommunityPark.

McCoy acceptedan in-vitation tojoin theAbingtonArea JointRecreation Boardin 2011,because,as he ex-plained,I thought these guysarereally doing a lothereoutof thegoodnessof theirhearts. I respectedthatfromthe beginning.

McCoy, a constructionmanager andestimator forE.W. McCoy Inc.,a commer-cialand residential construc-

I was surprised to be nomi-nated.I dothattype ofworkbecause I like tobe outdoorsandif I could help peopleout,helppreserve our resourcesandmakeit easierfor otherstoenjoy it, itis a win -winsituation.

Vietz described McCoysdemeanor as calm,efficient

ABINGTON JOURNAL/JOAN MEAD-MATSU

The real McCoy Nominate a heroThe Abington Journalcelebrates heroes in the

community and highlights the

strengths of those individuals

who make the world a better

place. Send a suggestion,

including your name and

contact information, full name

of nominee and 50 words

about his or her community

contributions. Email to EditorKristie Ceruti at

kgrier@theabington

journal.com or mail to The

Abington Journal, 211 South

State Street, Clarks Summit,

PA 18411 Attn: Community

Hero

One man making a differenceBY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI


NewtonTownship resi-

dentDavid Kveragas, ahistorybuff witha

wealth of local knowledge,sharedinsight about Newtonand Ransom townships. Hepointed out that many outsidersinaccuratelyrefer to the twotownshipsas one. (The) bot-tom line is: Newton and Ran-som are akin toScranton andWilkes-Barre. They are oftenlinked, but have littlein com-mon beyond geography. Thetwo are linked historicallyandgeographically, but theyareseparate entities, said Kvera-gas. Unlike Wilkes-Barre, thenames are not based on twopeoples names Newtonis

DemystifiedmisnomerBY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI

Abington Journal CorrespondentThe two are linked his-

torically and geograph-

ically, but they are sep-

arate entities. Unlike

Wilkes-Barre, the names

are not based on two

peoples names. You

can always tell if

someone is not from the

immediate area, as they

will use Newton-Ransom

as if both are one town-

ship.David Kveragas

RANSOM TWP. - Natural gas companyUGI Utilities plans to replace a high-pres-sure gas pipeline protruding out of a creekin Ransom Township, according to compa-ny spokesperson Don Brominski.

The pipeline runs through a large portionof Bud Stanns property, crossing the creekthat runs alongside Dark Region Road. Ac-cording to Stann, it was first unearthed byflooding in 2006. He said since then, he wasin contact with UGI several times regardingconcerns over dangers the exposed sectioncould cause, should heavy objects jam intoit during high waters.

Stann said he looks forward to the prob-lem being fixed, and is hopeful it will stay

that way.Brominski was unable to estimate howlong the process will take, but said the com-pany is currently in the designing stage andseeking the permit required to work in thecreek.

UGI to replaceRansom pipelineBY ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER

[email protected]


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Each summer, First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, 300 School Street, hosts a weekof Vacation Bible School (VBS), where young people are invited to have fun as they learn aboutGods love for them.

This years theme is Adventures on Promise Island: Where Kids Discover Gods LifesavingLove. From Monday through Friday, July 23-27, 9 a.m. to noon, youngsters will participate inlarge-group music, skits and fun in Seaside Celebration; experience Gods promises at Life-guard Lagoon; create crafts with a purpose at Project Pointe; enjoy snacks in the CoconutCaf and play games at Fun Time Falls.

Parents of children ages 4 13 can register their children online at www.fpccs.org or down-load a PDF registration form on that website. Registration forms can also be picked up at thechurch office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information or directions, call 570.586.6306.

Members of the committee for this years Vacation Bible School at First Presbyterian Church,Clarks Summit, are shown, first row, from left: Myrna Diven, Jeanne Prall, Ginny OBrien, MaryOBrien, Grace Farrell and Tori Yankow. Second row: Linda Schuller, Carol LaCoe, Char Lyon,

Anne Rich, Co-chair; Riley Wescott, Joan Thomas, Co-chair and Katie Fisher. Third row: WendyWescott, Bill Keen and Will Cosnett.

First Presbyterian Churchplans summer adventures

CHILDREN AND TEENSUMMER CAMPS

Comm Camp, at The WaverlyCommunity House, 1115 NorthAbington Road, Waverly, from9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Weekdays, June25 through August 3. A six-week summer day camp forPre-K through Grade seven.Info: www.waverlycomm.org or586.8191, ext. 2.

Gospel Lights Sonrise Na-tional Park VBS, June 24through 28, from 6:30 - 8:45

p.m. at Evangelical Free BibleChurch, 431 Carbondale Road,Clarks Summit. For childrenage four through sixth grade.Fun, games, music, crafts andmore. Info: 586.9211.

The Church of the Epiphanyand Trinity Lutheran Church

Annual Vacation Bible School,June 25 through 29 from 9 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. Lunch will beincluded. Music, games, Biblestudy, story-telling, crafts, andmore will feature the theme ofAdventures on Promise Is-land. Open to all children agefour through grade six. Regis-ter: www.epiphanyglenbur-n.org.

Endless Mountains NatureCenters Nature Day Camp,Sessions begin the week of

June 25-29, and continuethrough the week of August6-10. Includes a variety of pro-grams for children pre-K tosixth grade, as well as a Coun-selors-in-Training program forthose in seventh through12thgrade. There is also a FamilyCamp program set for August18-19. Camp sessions will beheld at three different locations:The Nature Center Lodge atCamp Lackawanna, KeystoneCollege in Factoryville andLittle Rocky Glen on LithiaValley Road near Factoryville.Cost: Varies. Info: www.EMN-Conline.org, or contact the

Nature Center at 836.3835.HOLIDAY EVENTS

June 27: Fortnight for Free-dom Daily Holy Hour, in thechapel of Holy Family Resi-dence, 2500 Adams Ave.,Scranton, continuing dailythrough July 4 from 4:30 - 5:30

p.m. Hosted by the Little Sis-ters of the Poor in support ofthe United States Conference ofCatholic Bishops Fortnightfor Freedom, a national callfor prayer for religious free-dom.

June 29: Third Annual Patri-otic Concert, at Waverly Com-munity Church, 101 CarbondaleRoad, Waverly, beginning at 7

p.m. This years concert will

feature the Lenoxville Band,playing patriotic songs, a spe-cial message by the Rev. JamesCohen, pastor, and light re-freshments. The event is free.More info: 587.2280.

June 30: The Rotary Club ofthe Abingtons presents fire-works, at Abington HeightsMiddle School. Sunset. Raindate is July 1. Nominal fee for

parking, however all donationswill be accepted. Rotary Club

will seek donations from peoplewho walk to the show and whoview the show from locationsaway from the middle school.Advance contributions may bemade payable to the RotaryClub of the Abingtons andmailed to the club at PO Box392, Clarks Summit, PA 18411.

DAILY EVENTS

June 2

7: Rich Wilson inConcert, on the lawn of theChinchilla United MethodistChurch, 411 Layton Road,South Abington Twp. Wilsonwith perform standards fromsuch artists as Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin, Elvis Presley,

Hank Williams and others.Refreshments will be provided.Cost: Free, but a free-will of-fering will be taken.

June 29: Homemade PirogieSale, at the St. Johns RussianOrthodox Cathedral churchcenter, Hill Street, Mayfield,from noon to 4 p.m. Home-made pirogie (deep fried oruncooked) will for sale on afirst come first serve basis.Orders of 10 dozen or moremay be placed by calling876.0730 or 876.0391. Businessorders may be faxed to876.2534 no later than June 28.Cost: $6 per dozen.

Native American Lifestyles,

at Lackawanna State Park at7:30 p.m. Join Steve A. Runkleas he gives an overview of

Native Americans and their lifein the Susquehanna River BasinRegion during the 17th and 18thCenturies. Pre-registration isrequired online at www.vistiPa-

parks.com or by calling945.7110.

June 30:Countryside Community

Church Annual Fishing Derby,

at the Abington Heights MiddleSchool Pond from 9 a.m. - 1p.m. Rain or Shine. For Ages1-16. Prizes, Face Painting,pony rides, archery, hotdogs,soda, trophies and more. Info:587.3206 or www.countryside-church.org.

Steamtown Excursion toFounders Day at the Dela-ware Water Gap, at Steamtown

National Historic Site, Scran-ton, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Par-ticipants will embark on anexcursion to the Delaware Wa-ter Gap as it celebrates itsFounders Day with variousactivities. Cost: $54 for adults16 - 61 years old, $49 for ages62 and older and $32 for chil-

dren 6 - 15. Children to age 5are free with a paying adult, buta ticket is required. Info/regis-ter: 340.5204.

ShelterFest 2012, at theGriffin Pond Animal Shelter,967 Griffin Pond Rd, ClarksSummit, from noon 3 p.m.Festival to raise funds andawareness for the shelter.

July 1: "Tango in the Tent",at Seamans Airport, 172Windsock Lane, Factoryville,5:30 - 9 p.m. Argentine Tan-go with Sid Grant, 2011 Na-tional Salon Tango Cham-

pion. Info: 945.4047.

July 5:Dalton Fire Co. Ladies

Auxiliary Meeting, at theDalton Fire Hall at 6:30 p.m.

For additional communi-ty event listings, visitwww.theabingtonjournal-.com

COMMUNITYCALENDAR

In a story that appearedJune 20 about the Waverly

EDITORS NOTE

Steamtown National Histor-ic Site will operate an Amer-icana Freedom passengertrain excursion July 14 toGouldsboro and TobyhannaStations. This diesel-poweredtrip is scheduled to depart theSteamtown Boarding Plat-form at 11 a.m., returning atapproximately 3:30 p.m.

Gouldsboro Station volun-teers will have men and wom-en in Colonial dress aboardthe train to entertain guestswith songs and facts fromthat era, taking passengers ona journey into colonial days.

On arrival at GouldsboroStation, volunteers in periodcostumes will greet excur-sionists and feature a Gameand Craft Tent which willshow children how to makecrafts that were taught toColonial Children by NativeAmericans and listen to sto-ries about how colonial chil-dren lived.

Inside the Station is a mu-seum that interprets the pastlife and experiences ofGouldsboros development.While there, guests will havethe opportunity to meet and

talk to uniformed re-enactors.In the kitchen, women will beserving wonderful recipesfrom the Colonial era, an-swering questions and of-fering some food prepared bystation volunteers.

The program will concludewith a meets the Vets eventwhere passengers can talkwith uniformed military menwho served our country andfought for the independenceand freedom we all love. AnHonor Guard ceremony willoccur just prior to the trainsdeparture for Tobyhanna Sta-

tion.Upon arrival at Tobyhannastation, Lackawanna HeritageValley Ambassador DominicKeating will offer a newlydeveloped tour of an historicmill that was built as a wagonfactory in 1871. The facilityalso served the Tobyhannaregion as a silk mill and, later,a machine shop and boastsmanufacturing the first elec-tric toothbrush in the country.

For ticket information, call570.340.5204 and for an ex-cursion schedule, visitwww.nps.gov/stea.

All aboard for Freedom

Parade entries are now be-ing accepted for the ChristyMathewson Days parade Au-gust 11. Interested parties maycontact Steve OMalley at945.5877.

The parade setup will beginat the main parking lot ofKeystone College at 5 p.m.and the parade will begin at 6p.m., ending at the Lackawan-na Trail Elementary Center.

Mathewson paradeentries sought

Individuals with dis-abilities that keep themfrom using a standard tel-ephone may benefit fromspecialized telephoneequipment, such as ampli-fied telephones, captionedphone s, phone s with largebutt ons, and speake rphone s.

Pennsylvanias Telecom-munication Device Distri-buti on Progr am (TDD P)

provid es speci aliz ed lan-dline telephone equipment,free to eligible Pennsylva-nians with disabilities thatprevent them fro m havingindependent access to thetelephone. This includespeopl e who are deaf, hardof hearing, speech im-pair ed, blind or have vi-

sual problems, or havephysic al or inte llec tualdisabilities.

Applicant must: bePennsylvania residents, besix years of age or older,have a disability that pre-vents independence on astandard phone, have anindividual gross income ofless than 20 percent of thefederal poverty guidelines,have current telephone

service and have the abil-ity to learn how to use therequested device/s.

More information can beobtained by contactingLinda Mesavage at570.347.3357 or [email protected] or byvisiting http://disabili-ties.temple.edu/tddp.

Telephone equipmentavailable to disabled

William Walker Hose Com-pany, Ambulance and Rescuewill hold its 2012 Corn andClam Slam on the companygrounds, 803 Penn Avenue,Mayfield, July 18,19, 20, and21. The event will include avariety of foods, kiddie rides,games, raffles, soft drinks andadult beverages.

Entertainment will be pro-vided by local bands and willbegin at 8 p.m. each night.

Bands include: Jigsaw Johnny,July 19; Jeffrey James Band,July 20 and Graces Downfall,July 21.

A parade featuring manylocal performers and support-ing f ire and rescue companiesthrough downtown Mayfieldwill be held Saturday at 7 p.m.

Admission is free.For more information, visit

www.cornnclamslam.com.

William Walker Hose Co. tohost Corn and Clam Slam

TheAbingtonHeights footballcheerleaders willhold a carwashJuly 7 at Moes in ClarksSummitfrom10 a.m.to 2 p.m.Thecostis $5per car/truck, andall proceeds benefit theAbing-ton Heightsfootball cheerleaders.

Shown are varsity footballcheerleaders, front row, from left:Alexandra Albright, AllyLamanna,Courtney Norton andCasey Wrobel. Middlerow: AlexaGraham, Hollis Coldwater,CamilleDeMatteo, MeghanJudgeandMia Caputo.Backrow:Alexandra Auriemma, LaurenRzeszewski,Samantha Bilardi,JuliaPagnani and Vanessa Duboski.

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A red carpet fashion showfor pets will be one way theGriffin Pond Animal Shelterpremieres a new summerevent, Shelterfest. On June30 from noon to 4 p.m. at967 Griffin Pond Road inSouth Abington Twp., theentertainment will includemusic, food, games, raffles,pet-themed crafts and f acepainting, snow cones andcotton candy for children.The event will be held on thefront lawn of the shelter, butpeople are encouraged to goinside, visit the animals andwalk dogs.

Dont be afraid to comein and tour our tables andvendors. If youve never

been her e bef ore, now is thetime to come, said volun-teer Jen Washicosky.

During the fashion show,shelter animals will be ledout to be introduced to thecommunity, some dressed to

the nines. Shelters officecat, Carly, will wear a minia-ture maids ensemble with apetite black bow on herhead. Kacie Beck, a volun-teer, came up with the ideafor Shelterfest with Wash-icosky and they aim to makeit an annual event. Theyhope it will bring people into consider adopting, foster-ing or donating. If peopledonate animal supplies dur-ing the event, they can winprizes. The soci ety does notreceive government supportand runs entirely on dona-tions, said Beck.

Special sessions at theevent will include a dis-cussion about how to in-tegrate pets into a home withchildren and presentations

from a dog groomer andtrainer.The shelter is hosting a

foster program that Wash-icosky began in March andshe will provide more in-formation about it duringShelterfest. Anyone is eligi-ble t o f oster a pet after meet-ing a few requirements.Those with pets at homeneed to have them neuteredand vaccinated. Those con-sidering first -time pet own-ership can foster as well andbe pai red with an easygoi ngpet.

This is your [the commu-nitys] shelter. Come out and

Shelterfest 2012BY, STEPHANIE ELKO


Art Tech of Carbon-dale removed awindow from the

Clarks Summit BoroughBuilding June 20 inprep arat ion for a mo-mentous move of a lo-cally handcrafted casefor the new ClarksSummit Museum atLoughney Hall.

At 7 a.m. the next day,June 21, Joseph Sparaci-no Movers, along withM.J. Spott Crane Rental,were in place to trans-por t the case from theground floor to the sec-ond floor. At 7:35 a.m.,the case was wheeledout on dollies to thecrane; by 7:45 a.m. itwas strapped for a rideup to the window. Withonly a few precarioussnags on the path up-ward, the case arrived atthe opening, was slowlyslipped through and by 8a.m. was centered alongone wall of Loughney

Hallits new home.The only casualtieswere a few of the baseboar ds, which were eas-ily placed back onto theunderside of the case.

The public can view

volunteers assemblingthe contents of the caseduring regular ClarksSummit Borough busi-ness hours.

Watching the move

were Borough ManagerVirginia Kehoe, BoroughCouncil President GerrieCarey and members ofthe Clarks Summit Cen-tennial Committee, Den-nis and Sharleen Martin.

The move was fundedwith surplus fundsraised by the ClarksSummit CentennialCommittee.

A grand opening of

the new Clarks SummitMuseum in LoughneyHall is planned for earlyAugust in conjunctionwith the Arts Council ofthe Abingtons Arts andWine Festival.

PHOTO COURTESY DENNIS MARTIN

Moving crews assemble on Spring Street June 21.


A large pallet is centered under the case for support.

PHOTO COURTESY DENNIS MARTINCrew members use a guide rope to maneuver the case into the opening.


The case begins a 90-degree turn on its upwardjourney.

History on the move

PHOTO COURTESY SHARLEEN MARTIN

Joseph Sparacino, Dennis Martin, Gerrie Carey and Virginia Ke-hoe with the case at its new home on the Borough Buildingsecond floor.

BY SHARLEENMARTIN

Special to The Abington Journal

activated. He said the programdoesnot give private informa-tion,only public data.

Theboard clarified there-cent settlement between the

EPA and Precision. Precision,which operated a chrome plat-ingfacility in ClarksSummitfrom 1958to 1999that contam-inatedsoil and waterwith thechemical hexavalent chromi-um,has been doing cleanupwork under EPAs supervisionsince 1991.

Accordingto a release bytheEPA, the new agreement,which addresses groundwaterand surface water contam-ination in additionto soil con-tamination, replacesthe oldsettlement from1991 and willinclude extensive monitoringof groundwater wellson thesite and aroundthe perimeter

of thesite.MacGregor said payment of

cleanup in the newsettlementis unchanged and Precision isstill responsible for all costs.MacGregor said he was notgiven an exact time for comple-tionof the cleanup,but heismore focused on thecleanupbeing successful.

Were more concernedthatpeople would have the bestcleanup possible and the safestenvironment possible than wearewith a drop-deaddate forthem to leave thesite.

MacGregor mentioned thecontinuing discussion betweenthe Delaware and Hudson Rail-ways companyand the town-ship concerning the railroadsplanned150-foot communi-cation tower at WaterfordRoad. Therailroad issued acomplaint May18 threateningto file a lawsuit if a stop-workorder issued by thetownship onthe towers construction wasnot pulled. The township issuedtheorderbecause of safetyconcerns for residents by thetower.

MacGregor said discussionshave continued, the townshipsengineers have worked on find-ing a suitable replacement spotandhe remains optimistic an

alternative area for the tower.Hopefully we can worksomethingout whereit can beplaced in an area where it wontaffect thehealth or thesafety orwelfare of the residents, Mac-Gregor said.

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Andalthough he also co-owns B.E.T. HoldingLLC,which hasrentalpropertiesandisa licensed realtor atERAOneSourceRealty, theGlen-burnTownshipresident findstime to dedicate to family and anumber of volunteer projects.

Vietz said of McCoy, Hegives andgives of himself. Hisfamily is partof that equation,too, since he balances themandhis professional obligationsaroundthis volunteer work.Hehasnot once soughtattention oracknowledgement. He hasbeen thoroughlycommittedtothe work athandandsharedhistalent of engineeringand con-structionmanagement.Hisdedication to the park is ex-emplified in a numberof pro-jects.

Those projectsinclude theinstallation of lights byJoyce

Electric on theinternationalfield to allow for night sportingevents; the Boardwalk Build,which is part ofthe WalktheLakeproject and professionalconsultation whichrequireevaluationof fencingand bath-room, safetynetting, artificialfield turf and otheraspects ofaRACP grant. TheWalk theLake project features twophas-es,and when completedwillprovide total accessaround thelake for everyone,includingpeople withdisabilities andstrollers.

This years goal is to com-plete phase one, which pro-vides access halfway around

ber, Dalton LumberDo-It Cen-ter anda $16,000 donationfrom Azekfor theirPVC build-ing product.

Vietzsaid, His volunteerwork at the park involves analmost daily effort to collectinformation, field measure-ments,study of the grantandcostsand options.

McCoyis alsoa deputywild-life conservation officer(WCO)for the PennsylvaniaGame Commission. Mark S.Rutkowski, McCoys super-visor there, said, Tim hasbeena Deputy Wildlife Conserva-tion Officer for thePa.GameCommissionfor thelast 20years. DeputyMcCoys com-

mitmentto theprotectionof thecommonwealths wildlife re-sources has been outstanding.Heis a very important part ofour wildlifeprotectioneffortsthroughout Lackawanna Coun-ty.

Rutkowski added, Timsoutgoing personality, andknowledge gained over hiscareer hasgiven him theabilityto function in all aspectsof thejob. (Tim) being oneof mysenior deputies, I rely on himoftento helpme fulfillourmissionthe sportsmen andwomenexpect fromour Con-servation Officers.

McCoys love for theout-doors throughactivities such as

hiking andcross countryskiingwas one ofthe reasons hebe-came a volunteer withthePennsylvania Game Commis-sion.

That kind ofgot mein-volvedwith that(the gamecommission), said McCoy. Iwouldbe outhikingaroundandId seeillegal activity andcouldnt do anythingabout it,soI decidedone day to findoutwhatit would take tobecomeadeputy. I took the test andwentdown to the trainingschool.Thetraining consists of oneweekof trainingwith a re-quired 80 hours peryear thatincludes firearms qualifica-tions.

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Tyler Memorial Hospital, anaffiliate of CommonwealthHealth, recently welcomed BlueCross of Northeastern Pennsylva-nias 2012 Gallery of Hope dis-play to help spread the messageof breast cancer awarenessamong patients and visitors. Fac-toryville resident Melissa Teleskis one of the breast cancer survi-vors whose stories are included inthis years Gallery of Hope.

To learn more about this yearshonorees, including Telesk, or to

hope. Individuals can also be-come supporters of Gallery ofHope - Blue Cross of NEPA onFacebook and begin receivingregular announcements aboutBCNEPAs breast cancer educa-tion efforts.

Sbown above with the Galleryof Hope display at Tyler Memo-rial Hospital are, from left: De-nise Gieski, CEO, Tyler Memo-rial Hospital; 2012 Gallery ofHope honoree Melissa Telesk ofFactoryville; and Jennifer Deem-

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Dorothy OConnor, owner ofSole to Sole, 535 S. State St.Clarks Summit, has applied for aMISSION: small businessgrant through Chase and Living-Social.

The Waverly resident was in-formed of the $250,000 grant by

her sister, Mary Ellen Hardcastle.If Sole to Sole is awarded thegrant, OConnor plans to use partof the funds to expand her busi-ness and possibly hire anotheremployee. She also plans to usethe grant to help renovate theformer Clarks Summit FireHouse into a space for the Abing-ton Area Community Classroom.

Sole to Sole has been in busi-ness for nine years and has beenat its current location for 2 1/2years.

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FACTORYVILLE Super-intendent Matthew Rakauskasdiscussed revised dress codepolicies and disciplinary con-sequences for violations at theLackawanna Trail SchoolDistrict Board of Educationmeeting held at the Elemen-tary Center June 11.

Parent Teacher Organizationpresident Tracy Wescott saidthere had been no revisions ofthe dress code posted on theschools web site.

Those will be posted to-morrow, Rakauskas said.

He read aloud the disciplin-

ary consequences, which wererevised in the student dresspolicy.

The administration re-serves the right to elevate thelevel of an offense dependentupon its severity, he read.Parent contact will be madefor each violation. Regardlessof the level or consequence,the student may not return toclass unless he or she con-forms to the policy.

He listed consequences foreach number of offenses andsaid that number will not de-cline after a student abides bythe dress code within the 180-day school period.

One of the new require-ments: Socks must be worn ifthe shoe style is closed toe. Inaddition, high school principalJohn Rushefski talked aboutgirls formal attire rule, whichstates that a blouse without acollar may be worn if it meetsmodesty expectations.

Rakauskas mentioned thatSpirit Days dress code will bedesignated and communicatedby administration. Rushefskisaid students are permitted towear a sports jersey or T-shirton Fridays of the last day ofthe school week.

If they are part of a team,

they want to wear a jersey,thats the day to wear it, saidRushefski. If they are notpart of a team, not part of agroup and they bought a T-shirt, they can wear that onthat last day of the week.Were going to try that upuntil midterms if this causedoes pass. Well keep theboard posted if this does passas its written.

Later in the meeting, boardmember Carol Selwood madea motion that the dress codeentitled Dress & Groomingbe approved for a secondreading. The first reading wasdone at the work session June

4. The motion was carried 8-1.In other business, boardmember David Thorne made amotion that Kim Hursts resig-nation as Mathematics De-partment Chairperson be ac-cepted. The board approved.

Board member Judith John-son made motions to appointRobert Fitzsimmons as GirlsBasketball Coach at a stipendof $4,750 and Betty Jo Bergeyas Basketball CheerleadingAdvisor at a stipend of$1,750, as per the collectivebargaining agreement. Theboard approved both.

Board member Dr. MichaelMould made a motion to ap-

point Harry Powell as AthleticDirector . The motion wascarried 8-1.

Trail talks

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BYBEN FREDAAbington Journal Correspondent

Members of the Lackawanna Trail faculty and staff celebrated theirretirement or 25 years with the district recently at State Street Grill,Clarks Summit.

Front row, from left, are: Linda White (25 years) and Terry Hopkins(Retirement). Back row: Diane Smith (Retirement) Judy Martin (25years) and AnnaMae Belles, (Retirement). Retirees Barbara Osmunand Tina Stuble were absent from photo.

PHOTO COURTESY ALICE STUFFLE

Lackawanna Trail facultycelebrate milestones

Reference librarianTier-

neyLyonsand nursinginstructor Michael Evanspresentedtheirresearchtitled, The Useof Asyn-chronous DiscussionBoardsto Increase StudentLearning: An Interdisciplin-aryApproachat theSigmaThetaTau InternationalBeta Sigma Chapter Re-searchDayat Mount Nitta-nyMedical Centerin StateCollege.

The studywas conductedwiththe help of a TeachingProjectGrantfrom theSchreyerInstitutefor Teach-ing Excellence.Theyalso

presentedto their colleaguesand peers at a

facultyseminar held at Penn State Worthing-ton Scranton. The pairs research focused onwhether the use of asynchronousdiscussionboardsas anadjunctive teaching strategy totraditional classroom lecturein an undergrad-uate nursing research courseleadsto differ-encesin student satisfaction and reflectivethinking. Their researchwas conductedat theWorthington Scranton campus duringthe2011 Fall semester in the Nursing200wcourse,taught byDr.MiltonEvans.

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In front: Chris Strein.Back row, from left: Mrs.Pamela Murray, High

School Principal; Mr. MarcWyandt, High School As-sistant Principal; Dr. Mi-chael Mahon, Superintend-ent of Schools; Mr. AndrewSnyder, High School As-sistant Principal. Streinwas honored for havingperfect attendance throughhis entire school career.

Perfectattendance

Nearly900 womenattendedthe LYFE Womens Conferencein June at BaptistBibleCollege,a timeof reunions,spiritualrefreshment and personalgrowththat markedits 30th year.

Carryingthe theme Impres-sions: We areall flawed womenlovedby a flawless God, theeventfocused ona single week-endrather than over two. Those

in attendanceweretreated towordsof best-selling authorLizCurtis Higgs,who served askeynote speaker.She wasjoined

byrecordingartistDamarisCarbaugh, the 321Improv Com-edygroupand numerous work-shoppresenters and speakers.

The 2013LYFEWomensConference,themed SimplyLiving,will beheld June 6-8.Thefeaturedspeaker willbeSherrie Holloway, a veteraneducator and basketballcoach.Theguestartistfor theweekend

willbe performer Jeff Smith ofSalt& Light Ministries.RiSE,aBBC student worship band, willbethe featuredmusical guest.

MelindaKampnichand Lisann Babcockof NewHope BaptistChurch, Watertown,N.Y. attend the2012LYFEWomensConference atBaptist Bible College

in Clarks Summit.

LYFE Womens Conferencemarks 30th year

Navy Cmdr. Michelle D.Morse, whose husband John isthe son of Linda L. Phillips ofClarks Summit, is currentlydeployed. Morse, along withfellow Sailors and Marinesaboard the aircraft carrierUSS Enterprise (CVN 65)commemorated the 70th anni-versary of the Battle of Mid-way with a ceremony, a fittingtribute given the ships closeties to the battle.

The previous USS Enter-prise (CV 6) and her wingplayed a role in the pivotalWorld War II battle that tookplace June 4-7, 1942. TheBattle of Midway is regardedas the turning point in the warof the Pacific. Alongside three

other carriers the USS En-terprise and the U.S. StrikeForces defeated the ImperialJapanese navy carrier taskforce under the direction ofcommander in chief of theJapanese Combined Fleet,Adm. Yamamoto. USS En-terprise and her wing werecredited with sinking three ofthe four Japanese carriers thatday at Midway.

Hamilton, Commander,Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1,Capt. Jeffery L. Trent andCapt. Joseph J. Leonard, com-modore, Destroyer Squadron2, also spoke about the rolesUSS Enterprise, the air wingand the destroyer strike groupplayed during the battle.

Battle of Midway commemorated

University of ScrantonClass of 2010 graduate C.J.Libassi, a native of Daltonnow residing in Washington,

D.C., won a Fulbright Teach-ing Assistantship to Spain.

Libassi graduated magnacum laude with a triple majorin English, Spanish and phi-losophy. He is completing a

two-year term with Teach for America, serv-ing as a foreign language teacher at OakcrestElementary School in Landover, Md. WithTeach for America, Libassi was selected toparticipate as part of a pilot group of just 30second-year corps members to receive spe-cialized support to further advance theirteaching skills. In addition, he was part of ateam in the Washington, D.C. area that col-laborated to design a plan for maximizingsupplemental education services resources toproduce greater learning gains for studentswith the largest educational deficits that wonTeach for Americas D.C. Region InnovationChallenge pitch competition. Libassi is cur-rently pursuing a masters degree in teachingat American University in Washington, D.C.As a Fulbright grantee to Spain, Libassi, whoapplied at large, will teach English to stu-dents at a high school in Madrid.

A graduate of Wyoming Seminary HighSchool, he is the son of Anthony and EloiseLibassi of Dalton.

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students involvedwith chessclub. Osterhout tookthe bull bythehorns to institute an eight-coursecooking program, actingclass andall-star sports.These

resulted in acting performed foran audience andstudentscook-ingdinners forparents. Itworked outso well, said Oster-hout. And it was a lot offun.

Osterhout said these were newtothe PTA.I dida few thingsthatweredifferent. I started therummagesale, talentshow, ClubWaverly, PTAappreciationdinnerand Winter Festival.Parents andstudentsplayed amajor role. Because they didntlikethe traditionalmethodofsupport, asking for moremon-ey, thisapproachwas a wel-come change, shesaid.

Osterhout said thatshe aimedfor a laidbackapproach at PTA

meetings, where it used to bemoreformal. At meetings, sheserved horsdoeuvres. I wasgettingtogetherwith myfriends.Its a very relaxed atmospherewhere peoplecan talkand feelmore comfortable. And every-body gets a gift,she said.

Osterhout says shehas a bud-getof $13,000 to $15,000 percalendar yeartosupport teach-ers, students and classrooms.Each child receives a book fromthebook fair. ThePTAfundssome books forthird andfourthgradesand newsletters.

According to Osterhout, thefundraisers cover the balance,and excess is immediately givento theschool. Even thoughthings havent been great in theeconomy, weve seen tremen-dous success.

Sheserved on theboardfortwoyears as vice president.After leavingfor thebirth of heryoungest child, shewas asked toreturn bythe person whore-placed her. Osterhout feltit wastheperfect opportunityto helpinstitutenew plans.

Parents andteachersare soencouraging.Its a lot of work,butits so much fun,saidOster-hout. Imadethislike wewerealways throwinga party andthats what wedid. ThePTA

recognition dinnerlast yearrecognizedeverybody. It washeld at NicholsVillage.Teach-ers, parents, staffand volunteersleftfeeling good andappreciat-ed for what they did.

As outgoing president, Oster-hout said shelooksforward tostill being involved in theWa-verly PTA. Sarah Van Belle isthenew president stepping upand, Osterhout said, thefutureiswith Van Belle.

Osterhout attended AbingtonHeightsHigh Schooland stud-ied communications and earlychildhood education at EastStroudsburg. Sheis married toDavidOsterhoutwho worksin

South Abington Township aspartof themaintenance androad crew. Theyhave threechildren: Mariah,12; Kylie, 9andAddison,2.

PRESIDENTContinued from Page 1

Meet the President

Interests, Hobbies: Music isa major staple of my life. I sing allday long. I also love gardening,cooking, reading and anything thathad to do with my family.Inspired by: The amazingwomen in my family. If I can behalf as wonderful as my mother,then I will know I have achievedsomething great. She is simply thebest. My grandmothers, aunts,

cousins - not to mention mydaughters- each have shown mesomething fascinating about howwe are all so unique and capableof amazing things. I carry a pieceof each of them with me.Favorite place in the world:

Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. I havenever felt such peace and pureawe of beauty.Favorite Book: I love all books,Hunger Games being my favoriteat the moment.Greatest Achievement:

Marrying the best man. Withoutsuch a great husband, I couldnever be the mother and person Iam. He makes it easy.Perfect Saturday: A sunnyfamily day, goofing with my kidsand husband in the pool.

Be LifeCaf andMarket-place andWoods& Compa-ny, 639 Northern Boulevard,SouthAbington Twp.,part-nered June 21to host an afterhoursbusiness card exchangeaspart of theAbington Busi-nessand ProfessionalAssoci-ation (ABPA) Business intheMix Series.

Proceeds froma 50/50raffle andfrom basketraffle

items donated by associationmemberswill benefit theRotary Club of theAbingtonFireworks fund.More than$200 was collected fordona-tion.

Complimentary horsdoeuvres, beveragesandcocktails wereprovided. BillFitzgerald and Ryan Kresgeprovided musicalentertain-ment.

Business mixersupports fireworks

ABINGTON JOURNAL PHOTOS/JASON RIEDMILLERABOVE: Bill Fitzgerald and Ryan Kresge perform.

AT LEFT: Rebe-kah Gillette and

Val Serine-Lan-gan at the ABPAMixer June 21co-hosted bytheir Chinchillabusinesses BeLife Marketplaceand Cafe andWoods & Compa-ny in Chinchilla.

ABOVE: Dorothy OConnor,Joann Cummings and NettieGoldstein at the eventJune 21.

ABOVE: Tim Franklin, AbingtonBusiness and Professional

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AT LEFT: Leah Ducato Rudolph,ABPA board member at theMixer June 21.

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with festivities that includedmilitary equipment displays, a5K run, car showandtours ofmission areas.

The depot, which employsnearly 2,000LackawannaCountyresidents, is the largestelectronics maintenance facilityin theDepartment of Defense.

TheArmy depot openedforbusiness in1953, andthe Armyhas usedthe grounds asa fieldartillery training camp, a Civil-ian Conservation Corps campandWWII prisoner of warcamp.

Highlighting the event wasthe Golden Knights demon-

stration.The team, based outofFort Bragg, N.C., performs allover thenation as ambassa-dors forthe Army. Theteamalsofeatures unitsthat performin international competitions.Each Golden Knightparachut-isthas an average1,200 jumpsunder hisor herbelt.

Tobegin the demonstration, amemberof theteam,its jumpmaster, jumps outof theair-plane beforethe others, lands,andwith a microphone narrates

therest of thedemonstrationfor the audience.

Within a few minutes, therestof the teamhurtles out oftheairplane from an altitude of10,000 feet, reaching speedsinexcessof 150 milesper hour.

From theground, thejumpersappearto dance aroundone

another,eachjockeyingforposition. Soon they land,one-by-one, on thedesignated areato thecheers andapplauseofthe crowd.

StaffSgt. JenSchaben, ofPortsmouth, Iowa, has beenjumping with theteam forfouryears.

She started civilianjumpingwhile in theArmy anddecided

totry out for the GoldenKnights. She, along with otherstryingout, underwenta two-month assessment and selec-tionprogram where soldiers areevaluated on theirjumpingskills, as well as their ability tobe coached andbe good team-mates.

Its anhonor tobe hereandshowcase what theArmy cando, shesaid.

Sgt.1st ClassJ.D.Berentisexplained how he repacks his295- squarefoot chute.

Beforefolding theshoot, welay itoutwecanlookandseeifthere are holes init, hesaid.He added that because of thenatureof thespecial rip-stop

nylon used, the chutes rarelytear. Thebest way to look forholes,he said,was while theparachuteis in use.

A parachutist formore than20 years, Berentis couldntbehappier with hiscareer choice.

I have definitely gotthe bestjobin theworld, he said.

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named for anarea ofNewJer-seywhere manyoriginalset-tlerscame from, while Ransomisnamedfora heroof theWyomingMassacre. You can

always tell ifsomeone isnotfrom theimmediate area, astheywill use Newton-Ransomas if both areone township.

Only three entities bear thecombination moniker,accord-ing to Kveragas:Newton-Ran-somBoulevard, a state road thatlinks thetwo townships; thefirecompany(Newton -RansomVolunteer FireCompany) andNewton-Ransom ElementarySchool.

The formerNewton-RansomHigh Schoollocated on New-ton-Ransom Boulevard, whichis currentlythe Newton Recre-ation Center, wasat onetimethecoreof thetwo townships.

Thats whyit was the Newton-RansomHigh School, saidKveragas,who servesas anauditor for Newton Township.

Newton Township wasformed in1844 andRansomwas formed fromNewtonTownship, Kveragassaid, whenin1849, accordingto locallegend,Ransom residentssplin-teredoff. The general consen-suson why Ransomwasformedis over (travelfor) vot-ing. It was beforethe adventofautosand traveling was moredifficult.Thisis a fairly com-monreason why so many mu-nis (municipalities) wereformedback then.

He added, Even todayRan-som issplitby the spinesofBaldand West Mountainsandit is impossible to drivefromMilwaukee to MountDeweywithout leavingthe township,saidKveragas.

Someother comparisonsKveragas mentioned: Newtonis 22 squaremiles andRansomis19;2,600people livein New-tonand1,500 livein Ransom.Newton andRansom townshipsareoftenreferredto as ClarksSummit, but neither townshipborders ClarksSummit,said

Kveragas.Thereare similarities,as

evidencedin the richagricultu-ralheritage of Newton andRansom townships, whichhaveretained the pristine sceneryandpanoramic views of thefarmfields as much as possible,despite the growth of residen-tialhousing.

Inthe past, thetwotown-shipswere essentially treatedlike Mikeyin theclassic(LIFE)cereal commercial. If the urbanareasdidntwant somethingtheysent itup here. Thatledtothe ClarksSummitState Hospi-talScrantonMunicipalAir-port, etc., being sited in bothtownships. Yet all,like the com-mercial, turnedout to be goodthingsfor therecipients,asgood paying jobs andotherbenefits were created locally,saidKveragas.

ABINGTON JOURNAL/JOAN MEAD-MATSUI

Dave Kveragas, seated on thesteps of the former Newton-Ransom High School on Newton-Ransom Boulevard in NewtonTownship, offered insight into theneighboring townships.

MISNOMERContinued from Page 1

RANSOM TWP. - At itsmeeting June 18, the RansomTownship Planning Commis-sion discussed plans for a lotimprovement subdivision oftwo land parcels from theDorothy Richards EstateSubdivision, previously final-ized by the township Boardof Supervisors. The PlanningCommission voted approvalof the new subdivision and

resolved to forward the plansto Township supervisors.

Also briefly discussed wasa property subdivision re-

quest made by Paul MerkelJr., owner of property onSouth Sekol Avenue. ThePlanning Commission votedto grant a 90-day extensionfor the plans.

It was noted that no newplans were yet submitted forthe Ransom Recreation orFalling Springs land devel-opment plans.

Subdivisions discussed

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At the beginning of his year-long foray into the mysteries ofmemory, Joshua Foer imaginesthat if he could, like Ben Prid-

more, then the reigning worldmemory champion, remember50,000 digits of pi and memo-rize the order of a deck of play-ing cards in less than a minute,he would become in somefundamental sense, smarter.Right off thebat,I found myselfdisagreeing with this premise,but Im gladthat didnt keep mefrom reading his book, Moon-walking with Einstein: The Artand Science of RememberingEverything. If I remember cor-rectly, it was fascinating, well-researched and surprisingly en-tertaining.

Althoughyoullpick up someinteresting tipsabout how to im-prove your own memory alongthe way, Moonwalking is nota self-help book. Rather, it isFoers account of the year hespends training for and compet-ing in the 2005 USA MemoryChampionship. Foer gets inter-ested in this project after report-ingon theevent forSlateMaga-zine and meeting Ed Cooke, amemorygrandmaster from En-gland, who claims that anyonecanbecomethe proud possessorof a prodigious memory. Foer isskeptical, since, like me, hecant even remember where hehas left his car keys most of thetime, but with Cooke as his

trainer, Foer gives it a try.To establish a baseline, hetravels to the Human Perform-ance Lab at Florida State Uni-versity, where researchers studyhow the minds of people whoare experts in their fields work.His plan is to have his memorytested before and after his train-ing,so hell reallyknowwhetherhis memory has improved sig-nificantly. There he learns aboutthe magic number seven, andhowexperts overcome thismen-tal impasse.According to scien-tists who study memory, mostpeoples brains can only thinkabout seven things at a time.However, people who are ex-

pertsin theirf ields do muchbet-ter. Ergo: the more time youspend learning about a specificsubject area, the more youll re-member about it. Well duh.

There were, for me, manymore well duh moments inthis book stuff I already knewor that was just common sense,and I found this annoying. Forexample: its easier to rememberconcrete things than abstrac-tions; weremember better whenwehave a context andcan makeassociations; and we remembermorewhen wepay attentionandare interested in something.Geeno kidding! All thisseemed likea revelation to Foer,

however.What didnt annoy me, and

why I kept reading,werethe sto-ries of people with exceptionalmemories, from the man whohas no memories to the savantswhose memories are astonish-ing. I also found thematerial onthe history of memory, its psy-chology, and its inherent naturefascinating. Foer did a prodi-gious amount of research forthis book, and he has a gift forcommunicatingcomplex theoryand ideas in a way thats under-standable and interesting with-outtalkingdownto hisreaders. Iwas especially interested in hisexplanationfor why wehavebe

oped.Consider Homer. He didnt

write The Odyssey or TheIliad; he sang or spoke them.

And for a very, very long time,his words were passed downorally. Even after people startedwriting, books were rare andhard to read, so people commit-ted their words to memory. Theancient Greeks and Romans be-lieved that theonly way toknowsomething was to memorize it,and if you had a poor memory,or were lazy, you could like thewealthy Roman Calvisius Sabi-nus, make your slaves memo-rize Homer or Hesiod. Today,we have been made as lazy asSabinus because we too rely onexternal memories. Thanks toour GPS devices, our Blackber-ries,IPadsand Google,we donthaveto remember much of any-thing. Even the phone numberswe used to know by heart arestored in our cell phones. Tech-nology is great, but Foer makesus wonder about the price wepay for all this convenience.

Im sure youre wonderingwhere Foer got the title for hisbook, as I did. It comes from aroom in his memory palace,the place he learned to store re-minders that wouldhelphim re-member long strings of unrelat-ed numbers, names and faces,and the correct sequence in adeckof shuffledcards allskillshe will need to compete in the

USA Memory Championship.Whatyoudo istake a place youremember vividly: your child-hood home, for example. Thenyoucreate associations betweenwhatyou want torememberandvivid person-action-objectdescriptions,or PAOs, andplacethese PAOs in sequence in yourmemory palace. Thus, duringthe competition, when Foermust memorize the order of adeck of cards faster than hiscompetitors, he places, at thefoot of his parents bedroomdoor, an image of himself (fourof spades) moonwalking (kingof diamonds) with Einstein(three of diamonds).

However, when I tried to em-ploy the system in order to re-member the10 things on myto-do list for the day, I discoveredthat theres a tremendous draw-back to the memory palace sys-tem. Oh,I had great funplacingan image of a hog-callerscreaming in mycats earjust in-side myfrontdoor so that Id re-member to call Busters vet firstthing, and so on. But heres therub: you have to remember allthese cute little images andwhere youve put them! Sadly, Icouldnt get past the magicnumber seven. I dont feel toobad about this. After all, Foerhad a year to practice the tech-

nique. Even more comfortingwas the fact that, despite win-ning theUSA MemoryCompe-tition and doubling the numberofdigits hecould recallwhen hewent back to Florida for hispost-test, Foer stillcantremem-ber where hes parked his car, orforthat matter, wherehe has puthis keys.

Anyway, I hope youll re-member to read this book.If mymemory serves me, I enjoyed itvery much.

WithJane Julius

HonchellSEE JANE READ

Moonwalking withEinstein: memorablebook about memory

Jane Julius Honchell, who resides in

Glenburn Twp., is a well-known fea-

tures writer and columnist. She is an

associate professor at Keystone

OBITUARY

Factoryville workersstarted work June 18 on asummerlong road improve-ment project.

Workers began installinga new rainwater drainage

system on RiversideDrive as part of the pro-ject, which is expected tolast through August, ac-cording to borough offi-cials.

ABINGTON JOURNAL/GERARD NOLAN

Workers dig into Riverside Drive, Factoryville, June 18 inpreparation for drainage system repairs.

Factoryvillerepairing roads

Sue A.SuttonHatch, 65,died peace-fully athome April12, 2012,

surrounded by her family.Suzi was born Novem-

ber 18,1946 in ClarksSummit. She was thedaughter of Donald A.and Frances V. (Holgate)Sutton, of Clarks Summit.

Suzi enjoyed fishing,baking, cooking, a goodcup of coffee, but most ofall, spending time withher family.

She will be missed byall who had the privilegeof knowing her.

She is survived by herhusband of 40 years, L.Michael Hatch of Mere-dith; one daughter, Mela-nie Benton and her hus-band Stuart of NewHampton, N.H.; one son,Lars Hatch and his wifeAmy of Laconia, N.H.;two grandchildren, Kait-lyn and Andrew Bentonof New Hampton, N.H.;sister Becky Eckrote andher husband Norman ofDalton; brothers KeithSutton and his wife Sue

of Susquehanna, DonaldSutton and his wife Carolof Forest City, HaydenSutton and his wife Flo-rence of Clarks Summitand Scott Sutton and hiswife Elizabeth of Nichol-son; several nieces andnephews.

She is predeceased byher son Bradley Hatch ofSan Diego, Calif., threebrothers Francis Sutton,Glendon Sutton and GarySutton.

Sue A. Sutton Hatch

April 12, 2012

Gladys Huggler Ran-kin, of Newton Twp,diedWednesday morn-ing, June 20, 2012. Shewas married for 20 years

to WalterC. Huggler,who diedin 1961 andthen for 40years toWilliam

Rankin, who died in

2004.Born July 20, 1921, in

Clarks Summit, she wasthe daughter of the lateRoy and Winford DixonSinger. She had been aresident of Clarks Sum-mit all of her life. Shewas a member of theCountryside CommunityChurch.

Surviving are a son,Allen L. Huggler, ofNewton Twp.; threegrandsons, Mark A.Huggler of Newton,David D. Huggler ofPhoenixville and AllenM. Huggler, of Newton;

a step granddaughter,Rachel Percival of LakeCarey; three great-grandsons, David, Ge-orge and Charles Hug-gler of Phoenixville;three great -grand-daughters, Elizabeth,Catherine and MadelineHuggler of Dalton, anda loyal and devotedfriend for 80 years, Vir-gina Thompson of New-ton.

Gladys was precededin death by her son,Douglas Charles Hug-gler, in 2005.

To sign the online

Gladys Huggler

Rankin

June 20, 2012

FACTORYVILLE- Recy-cling is free for residents ofFactoryville, but accordingto the Factoryville BoroughCouncil costs to the town isexpensive.

Council member Bill Ed-wards said residents need toknow that the town is pay-ing for recycling. I feel theresidents need to know weare paying for it. It is rough-ly $1,100 for recycling,roughly $90 a month, eventhough we are splitting itwith Clinton Township it isstill costing us, said Ed-wards.

Councilmember CharlesWrobel added, Yes, recy-cling does costs us, but ifwe do not offer it thenwhere are things going toend up, on the side of theroad or who knows. It isimportant for our residentsto know it is not cheap torecycle but we are going tocontinue to recycle, it is agood thing to recycle.

Also coming before theboard was i nformation from

FEMA in regard to theChurch Street road damagedue to recent storms thatcaused flood damage on theroadway.

FEMA stated that thedamage was not caused byflooding and they will notcover any of the repairs.

Wrobel said FEMA is notcorrect with this resolution,We need to inform FEMAthat this road damage wascaused by heavy rains weexperienced last year withall the storms. PennDOTwill not help us too much,we need to pursue this issue,we are looking at hundredsof thousands of dollars tofix the caving in pavementand the piping, ChurchStreet was not like this be-fore we had the storms.

The board will forward allinformation to FEMA forreconsideration includingphotos and documents.

Council member Edwardsnoted that he is seekingprices toward t he purchaseof a new dump truck. A newtown website should be upand running soon.

Council: Recycling costlyBY SUSANREBENSKY


NEWTON TWP. - TheJune 11 meeting of the New-ton Township Board includedapproval of a few subdivi-sions The first minor sub-division was for Ben Wil-liams who requested to sep-arate two parcels, plus a sec-tion with a home on it.Lackawanna County ap-proved the subdivision andafter review the supervisors

approved. A subdivision forRichard and Paul Thompsonto separate property fromwetlands, met with approval

of Lackawanna County andthe board. A subdivision lotimprovement was approvedby the supervisors as well asLackawanna County forKeith Eckel.

The supervisors held anexecutive session to discusslitigation, which they dis-cussed briefly afterward.So-licitor Joseph Sileo notedthat June 6, a court decisionwas handed down in regardto an ongoing issue with

Richard Albrights. Accord-ing to Sileo, Albrights start-ed to build a tennis court onhis property and did not ob-

tain proper permits. Theboard issued a stop- workorder and the Albrights fileda complaint against the town.The judge did find in favorof the Albrights, however, hedid not use our town ordi-nance. . If the supervisorswant to appeal this decision,we have to decide tonight,said Sileo.

Supervisor Ron Koldjeskisaid, The judges decisionseems to be flawed and if he

used a different towns ordi-nance I feel we should ap-peal. The board voted toappeal.

Subdivisions approvedBY SUSANREBENSKY


hired contractor before anycleanup begins.

The pilot study of a sec-ondary sewage treatmentsystem is coming to a close.Public works director Tho-mas James spoke withMilnes engineering and bothfeel that no more testing isnecessary A budget is being

the restorations will beginthis month and will focus onwater removal, roof patchingand debris cleanup. Mem-bers of the public i nvolvedin this project are not yetestablished as a non-profitorganization and expressedtheir appreciation for theSupervisors help while they

WAVERLY TWP. - Com-munity memberAmy Broad-bent attended the June 11Waverly township meeting todiscuss progress on theschoolhouse restoration. Agrant has been issued for theproject in the amount of

Schoolhouse to be restoredBY BRITTNEY PIERCE


GordonThomas Sr.,Scott Twp.,died Thursday

evening, June21, at the MidValley Hospi-

tal. His widow is the formerAnna Prusiensky. The couplemarried in 1958.

Born in Carbondale, he wasthe son of the late Edgar N.and Winola Smith Thomas.

Prior to retirement, he was acommercial truck driver, work-ing side by side with his broth-er. After retiring, he was asecurity guard with VectorSecurity. He enjoyed hunting,fishing and shooting. He waslike a father to his nieces andnephews, with a heart of gold.

Also surviving are a son,

Gordon Thomas Jr., Montrose;two brothers, Darwin J. Tho-mas and his wife Ann, NewtonTwp., and Dale E. Thomas andhis companion, Robert Santo-ni, Scranton; a stepbrother,Carl Reese, Hershey; two step-sisters, Dawn Franklin, Mass.and Karen Meyer, Ohio; agranddaughter, Kelly AnnThomas, Berwick; two nieces,Susan Thomas, Throop, andJennifer Thomas, Olyphant; anephew, John Thomas and hiswife Ellen, Wilmington, Del.;a great nephew, John ThomasJr., Factoryville and a greatniece, Paige Barendse, Maca-tawa, Mich.

In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to the AnnaThomas, 418 S. State St.,Clarks Summit PA18411 forthe memorial of her choice.

To send online condolences,visit www.lawrenceeyoungfu-neralhome.com.

Gordon Thomas Sr.

June 21, 2012

Jeanne K.Morgan, Bra-denton, Fla.formerlyof

ClarksSum-mit,died June10at home.

Herhusbandis William D. Mor-gan.

Also survivingare twosons;Sterling ColbornIII andhis wifeSusan, ClarksSummit, DavidMorgan, Mass.; two daughters;Linda Morgan, Conn. andCyn-thiaMorgan,Conn.; fivegrand-children andeightgreat grand-children. In lieuof flowers,memorials may be made to theClarksSummit UnitedMetho-dist Church. To sign theonlineguestbook,visit www.law-renceeyoungfuneralhome.com.

Jeanne K. Morgan

June 10, 2012


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ArtsEtc...

The DietrichChildrens Theatrehasoutdoneitselfagain!Theirrecentproduction of The Gifts of

WaliDad wasjustcharming.Thisfolktale from Pakistan taughtusaboutthe giftof generosityandthe value of friendship.Daycaresandfamiliescame fromClarksSummit,Wyalusing, Stevensville,Scranton, Tunkhannockand Lu-zerne to attend theplay. We wouldlike to thankDietrich ChildrensTheatre actorsBryan Thompson,DoreenTillman,Rich Ryczak andJohn Tillman fordedicatingsomuch timeand energyto thepro-ject aswell astheir director Jennif-er Jenkins. If youmissed thisshow, dont worry;our actingtroupewill beback in early Sep-temberto presenta talefromWales.

TheDietrich willhave evenmore great eventsfor children andfamiliesin July including ourannualbus tripto theEverhartMuseum in Scranton Saturday,July14 from 9:30a.m.to 2 p.m.While at themuseum, wewill takea guidedtour of their visitingexhibit BEEyond that is allaboutbees andbeekeepingand willtakepartin an educational workshoprelatedto the exhibit. Followingtheworkshop, wewill enjoya boxlunchin Nay AugPark. After-wards, participants will have timeto visit Nay Auggorgeand treehouseor explore moreof themu-seum. Tickets are$10per personandincludebus transportationto

andfrom theDietrich Theater,admission to themuseum andabox lunch.The Everhart is a won-derfulresourcein ourregion tovisit.Call theDietrich at570.996.1500 for more informa-tionor to register.Space is limited.

Thetheater willalsobe hostingsome interestingcampsfor kids inJuly. In Food andCulture Aroundthe World, Seasons RestaurantExecutiveChef Bruce Arrowoodand the Dietrichs CulturalAssist-antLaurel Radzieskiwill takestudents ages tento 16on anin-ternational adventureas theyex-plore different cuisines andtheircultures of origin.In thisfour-week series, aspiring chefswillexperiencethe tastesand tradi-tions of a different cultureeachweek whilecooking theirculinarymasterpieces.Students will learnhow to make healthy dishesfromMexico,Italyandmore. Plus, theywillgainthe skillsneeded to pre-pare these meals at home.Soundsgood. Right,mom anddad?Noexperienceis needed and classeswillbe held at theDietrichTheateronMondays,July9, 16, 23andAugust6 from1 to2:30p.m. Ad-mission is $50per chef andspaceis limited. Call usat 570.996.1500to sign up.

Another uniqueDietrich Thea-tercamp that arrivesjustin time

forthe summerOlympicsisMountOlympic: Theatre andVisual ArtsCamp.FromMondayto Friday, July16 to 20 from10a.m. to noon, children ages fivetotwelve yearsold willlearn allabout theOlympicsand itsorigins

MORETHAN

MOVIESDietrich Theater

Erica Rogler

See Dietrich, Page 11

Visual Arts/Performing Arts

Drive- In DowntownOutdoor Movie Series, onCourthouse Square, Scran-ton. Movies include RudyJune28,MammaMia!Ju-ly 12 and Rocky July 19.Another, to be announced,will be shown July 26. Allmoviesbegin at 9 p.m.

The Wyoming SeminaryPerforming Arts InstituteCounselorSolo andCham-berRecital,intheGreatHallof Wyoming Seminary, 228WyomingAvenue,Kingston,

July16 at 8 p.m. The recitalswill featurePAI music coun-selors, who are undergradu-ate and graduate studentsstudying atthe nations majormusic schools and conserva-tories, performing a varietyof classical works. Cost:free.Info: 270.2186.

Concert on the Lawn,June 27at 7 p.m. atChinchil-la United Methodist Church,411 Layton Rd., SouthAbington Twp. Powerhouseentertainer Rich Wilson, willperformthisoutdoorconcert.Attendees are asked to bringtheir own lawnchairsor blan-

kets. Refreshments will beavailable. There is no admis-sioncharge,butafree-willof-fering will be taken. In theeventof rain, theconcert willbe held in the churchs sanc-tuary. Info: chinchillaum-c.org.

Scranton ShakespeareFestival presents: Mid-summer Nights Dream,June30andJuly1at6p.m.atNayAugPark,Scranton.Pre-sented by REV TheatreCompany. Attendees are in-vited to bring blankets orchairs and a picnic to enjoybefore the performance.

Cost:free.Info: 487.3954.

Third Annual PatrioticConcert, June29 at7 p.m.atWaverly CommunityChurch, 101 Carbondale Rd.,Waverly. Features the Lenox-ville Band playing a numberof patriotic songs, a specialmessagebyPastorJamesCo-hen and light refreshments.Cost:free.Info: 587.2280.

Virgina Sosik AnnualStudentArtExhibitionandReception, atThe AFA Gal-lery, 514 Lackawanna Ave.,Scranton, June30 from6 - 8p.m. This exhibitionwill fea-

ture original works complet-ed this past year and will in-cludeoil,watercolors,acrylicand pastelspaintings, graph-ite pencil and color pencildrawings and mixed media.Cost:free.

Camera For A Cure/Timmy Walsh Photogra-phyExhibit,10a.m.- 7 p.m.aspartoftheMainStreetGal-lery of Carbondale Art WalkIV June 30. Walsh will sellhis work through his TRWArt and Camera For A Cure.Exhibitiondatesare June30 -July25, andfireworks willbedisplayed atduskJune30.In-

fo: www.cameraforacure-.comor 604.4355.

Literary Arts

Playwriting for the HighSchool Student, at McDadeCenter for Literary and Per-

forming Arts, weekdaysfrom July23 -August 3 from9 - 11:30 a.m. A two-week,hands-on workshop for highschool students focusing onthe basics of playwriting in-cluding character, storystructure, theme and theatri-cality. Cost: $300. Info:www.thescrantonplayer-s.com, 941.6327 or [email protected].

Arts, Craftsand More

Kathleen Barretts Sum-merChildrensArtCamps,Watercolor Painting, fromJune 25 29; Sculpture,August 6 10; and FashionIllustration, August20 24.Info: 687.2133.

All About Art Chil-drens Classes, at New Vi-sions Studio and Gallery.Continuous classes held ev-ery Saturday for ages 11-16andSundays, Ages5-10.Stu-dents learn a different medi-um each class, ranging fromdrawingto paintingto sculp-ture. All supplies included.Cost: $100-$125 per month(breakdown,$25perclass)or$30 for individual classes totry it out.Info:878.3970.

Last weeks winner:

Tony Shumbresof Clarks Summit

Last weeks answer:

Alec Baldwin

Karina Singeris a dedicated artist who loves to portraypeace,love andnature in heroil paintings.Her uncle,local artist andteacher BarrySinger,comparedit to

work of painterGeorgia OKeeffe,an American artist whohelpedmakea placefor womenin a communitydominatedbymen. For thepast three monthsKarinaSinger hasbeendisplay-ingher art in Be LifeCafand Marketplace, anorganic restau-rant located in SouthAbington Township.

IfI could paint10 hours a day everyday, Id bethe happiestgirlin theworld. Thedays that I haveto stop paintingbecauseofwork,Im nota happycamper, Singersaid.

Shefinds herselfcreating alltypesof paintingsand murals.Sometimes hersubjectsare plants,animals andmusical in-

struments.She also createsmurals, such asthe oneoutdoorsatBe Life, or paintsfurniture forclients,most recentlyfor BeLifes next-door-neighbor Woods& Company. Currently, Sing-

ABINGTON JOURNAL PHOTOS/STEPHANIE ELKO

Art is second na ture for family members Karina Singer, Ann Ross and Barry Singer. The niece, aunt and uncle, respectively,display their art at Be Life Cafe and Marketplace in South Abington Township.

Family as

INSPIRATIONBy Stephanie ElkoAbington Journal correspondent

Karina Singer with her mural featured on the exte-rior at Be Life Cafe and Marketplace in South

Abington Township.See Family, Page 11

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. - Thevotesarein for the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philhar-monic Piano Competition finalistsand the

resultsare in favor of South Abington TownshipandDaltonstudent pianists.Fourstudents fromthese twotowns were selected as finalistsin thejunior andsenior divisionsof thecompetitionthat showcasesstudent pianists between grades7 and12.Now inits thirdyear,thecontest issponsoredby theWilliam R. andNatalie Hen-kelmanFund at theScranton AreaFoundationasa gift tothe arts.

Not allpianostudents havea desirefor amusical careerbut a competition such as thismotivates andencourages those whomight, andpermits then to perform in a moreprofessionalsetting,according to Sr.Joan Paskert I.H.M,

one ofthe judgesfor thecom-petition.

This years competitionbegan with27 contestantsandhasbeen limitedto 11f inalists.

Fivef inalists arefrom theJuniorDivision (grades7-9)and sixfinalistsare from theSeniorDivision (grades10-12).

Thejuniordivisionf inalistsincludeMarala Mackareyof South AbingtonTownship, Dominick Cristofori DAlessandroof West Pittston, Andrew Gallagher of Taylor,Kyler McAllister of Jefferson TownshipandSiennaMarie Tabron of Wilkes-Barre.TheJuniorDivision performances werefeaturedin aspecialradiobroadcastJune 24 on WVIA FM.Twoof thecomposersfeatured were J.S.Bachand Aram Khachaturian.

TheSenior Division finalistsinclude GarrettCraig-Lucas of Dalton,DavidA. Galaydick ofSouthAbington Township,Matthew HuertasofDalton,Nathan Grabow of Lake Ariel, RachelInsalaco of Laflin andRachel AnnLongacreof

Hallstead.TheSenior Division finalistswill be show-

cased July1at 2 p.m.on WVIAFM. Someofthecomposers to be featuredin these perform-ances willbe Chopin,Beethoven,MozartandSchumann.

Accordingto Sister Joan Paskert, One of the

Showcasing talentsStudent performers finalists in Piano CompetitionBY PETER SALVA


Marala

Mackarey

David A. Galaydick of South Abington Township,was one of the areas Senior Division finalists.Others include Garrett Craig-Lucas of Dalton, Mat-thew Huertas of Dalton. See Talents, Page 11

What country is the new movie "Brave" set in?


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The Abington Com-munity Library, ClarksSummit, will be closedWednesday, July 4, inobservance of the Inde-pende nce Day holi day.

Regular library hourswill resume on Thurs-day, July 5, 9 a.m. to 9p.m.

New Fiction for

Adults

The Queens Lover,

by Franci ne Du Ples sixGray. This historicalnovel, based on realfigures and events in18th century Europe, isa fresh vision of theFrench Revolution andthe French royal familyas told through the ill-fated love story ofQueen Marie Antoinetteand the Swedish aris-tocrat, Count Axel vonFersen. Fersen, whobecam e a devoted com-pani on to the enti re roy-al family, broke off hisrelationship with thequeen when he joinedFrench troops in thefight for American in-dependence. He returnsto find France in tur-moil and the king andqueen facing imprison-ment and ultimately theguillotine.

Elsewhere, Califor-nia, by Dana Johnson.The complicated historyof African Americans inthe neighborhoods ofLos Angeles is toldthrough the story ofAvery, a young blackwoman, who has relo-cated from the violent

streets of the city to thesuburbs. The novel trac-es her through her stu-dent years at USC andher career as an artist,into her relationshipwith a wealthy Italian inthe Hollywood hills.

The Lost Artist, byGail Lukasik. Rose Caf-frey discovers three mu-rals on the walls of hersisters old farmhouse inIllinois that depictstrange images of Na-tive Americans and bi-zarre 19th century land-scapes. With the help ofart restorer Alex Hague,

she unravels the muralsmysteries, finding cluesto crimes going backfour hundred years withthe potential to trans-form American history.

Robert Ludlums TheBourne Imperative, byEric Van Lustbader.Jason Bourne mustlearn the identity andpurp ose of the man herescued from the freez-ing sea, who now hasno memory of who heis, before both he him-self and the formerMossad agent, Rebeka,are killed by a terrorist

assassin. Bourne uncov-ers a web of lies andbetraya ls extend ing intoa worldwide conspiracyof monumental propor-tions.

LIBRARYNEWS

BY MARYANN MCGRATH

The Abington Community Library is

located at 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks

Summit. Visit our website,

www.lclshome.org/abington to

register online for events or call the

library at 570. 587.3440.

Dont have a library card? Register

for one at http://www.lclshome.org/

libraryinfo/library_card_reg.asp.

SCRANTON- Everyone hassome dirtylaundry in theirhamper, butnot everyoneisbraveenough to airit outinfront a crowd.

But,for thesakeof entertain-mentand goodold-fashionedstorytelling,Abington HeightsHighSchool rising seniorZoeMcNichols andher mother,Pamela McNichols of ClarksSummit,have gathereda groupoflocal celebrities to dojustthat forthe secondScrantonStorySlam, where theywillshare a true, personal,five-

minute story withoutnotesinspired bythe theme DirtyLaundry.

Thefirst,held at theformerVintageTheaterin Scranton inMarch,wasorganized byZoeasher seniorproject withthehelpof Maureen McGuigan,the Lackawanna CountyDepu-ty Director forArts andCul-ture. Shewas inspired byastoryslam in Brooklyn,N.Y.produced byThe Moth, anorganization that conducts livestorytelling events,and decidedthat Scranton wouldbe thenextamong many othermajor citiesto adopt theevents.

Itwas such a bigsuccess.We hadover160peopleat thelast event, andpeople lovedit.People expressedthat theywanted tobe ableto tell theirown stories. When Zoedid it asa seniorproject thefirst time,weanticipated that it wouldgeta warm receptionhere in Scran-ton. Ideally, wewanted it to besomething thatwasongoinglikeit is in other cities, PamelaMcNichols explained.

We hadno idea what wewouldget, andwe never ex-pectedsuch a great turnout.

Followingthat success, thesecondis scheduledJune 30atThe Banshee, 320PennAve-

.,Scranton, a venuethat willnotonly bemore comfortable,butallowthe storyslams to grow.

The Banshee is much largerand can handlea lot morepeo-pleThey serve food andhaveover 50craftbeerson tap, soIthink peoplewill be happy. Andtheyrewillingto do anall-agesshow, sowe cancontinueto

includethe teens.At thelastevent wehadkids all the way uptopeoplein their70s.It was awide audience, she said.

We alwayspick a generalthemejustto tiethenight to-gether andall thestories togeth-erandalsoto allow thestory-tellersthe freedom to take itwhereverthey wantto goWewanted something that wouldget peoples attention, so its alittle bitracy, butits a broadtheme, sostorytellers cantakeitin any direction. Infact, someof them aretaking it literally, orthey might havea combinationof talkingaboutlaundry butalsoairing dirty laundry in thattheyregoingto besharingsecrets aboutthemselvesortheir families.

Local actor ConorMcGui-ganwill returnas MasterofCeremonies,and the storytell-ers this time are poetandman-ager at LibraryExpressAndreaTalarico; comedian andRock107 DJ DaveDiRienzo;film-makerand Community FilmProject President Jeff Fowler;poet andco-founder ofProseinPubs Jim Warner;freelancewriter, SEOat Solid Cactus,and NEPABlogCon co-orga-nizerMandy Boyle; docu-mentarian andplaywrightMau-

reenMcGuigan;comedian,actor, and accountinginstructorNancyCummings;and illustra-tor,educator, andAFA Gal-lerys Drawing Socialhost TedMichalowski.

We look forpeople whoareactive in theart communitywriters, performers,people thatkind ofhavea followingthat

will wantto comeout and hearthem tella storyIts nice ifpeopleknowthem.That kindofhelpsbecause then you canreally generate somehypeabout theevent, andthen morepeoplecome out,McNicholsnoted.

Courageousaudience mem-bers canalsospill their secretsonstage, astwoof ten spotsinthelineupare reserved forthosewho put theirname ina hat andwillbe chosenat random. Apanel ofjudges, including Ma-rywood UniversityprofessorLaurieMcMillan and Tunk-hannock AreaHigh Schoolteacher Katie Wisnosky, willdecidethe winner, whowilltake home $50and a Slammy,the Scranton StorySlam trophy.

Im lookingforwardto thestories, ofcourse, andalso justbeing togetherand havingagoodtime. The storytellersreallyget excited andtheirfriends really enjoy hearing thetalesIcant wait to hear whatkinds ofstories peoplecome upwithThe possibilities areendless, saidMcNichols.

Formore information,visitwww.scrantonstoryslam.com.

PHOTO COURTESY OF RICHARD TAN, [email protected].

Local celebs willshare true, per-sonal, five-minutestories inspired bythe theme DirtyLaundry duringthe second Scran-ton StorySlam,

organized byAbington HeightsHigh School risingsenior Zoe McNi-chols and hermother, PamelaMcNichols ofClarks Summit.

Celebs givesecondslam a spinBY RICHHOWELLS

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