University

of Scranton

The university has named Patricia Tetreault as vice president for human resources. Tetreault joined the staff at Scranton in 2009 as director for compensation and benefits in the Office of Human Resources. She has served as the university’s associate vice president for human resources since 2014. Tetreault holds national certifications from the Society for Human Resource Management as a senior certified professional and senior professional human resources. She has more than 25 years of human resources/employee benefits experience in a variety of industries.

Wilkes University

Diane Wenger was promoted to full professor of history. She joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 2003 and was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor in 2009. Her academic specialties are Pennsylvania history and the history of underrepresented groups, with a focus on African Americans and Native Americans. Her current research and scholarship focuses on the Pennsylvania tobacco industry, with emphasis on the role of women. She has served for the last 10 years as adviser to the Wilkes chapter of the Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society.

Edward T. Bednarz III was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of mechanical engineering. Bednarz returned to the university as an adjunct instructor while working as a senior mechanical engineer at the Tobyhanna Army Depot. Bednarz joined the faculty as an assistant professor in 2013. His research has focused on identifying the magnitudes and location of loads on beams and he was awarded a patent in 2018 for a device used to assess loads. It is Bednarz’s fourth patent.

Kalen Churcher was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of communication studies. Her research interests include minority populations and the media, the intersection of print media and culture, and teaching innovation in communication. Churcher is advisor to The Beacon student newspaper. She also coordinates the annual Tom Bigler Journalism Conference, which welcomes high school students and educators to the university each year.

Emily Havrilla was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of nursing. Havrilla joined the faculty in 2005 as an adjunct clinical instructor and became an assistant professor in 2006. Havrilla’s research focuses on serving vulnerable populations. Her recent research growing out of her doctoral studies focuses on the relationship among food insecurity, perceived stress, general self-efficacy and obesity in female heads-of-households with children.

Christopher Henkels was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of chemistry. Henkels has been a member of the faculty since 2012. His research focuses on protein structure, dynamics and ligand binding via unnatural amino acid incorporation. Since joining the university, he has established a strong research program with his students focusing on the in vivo overexpression of proteins in which certain amino acids have been specifically replaced by residues that do not occur naturally.

Del Lucent was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of physics. He joined the faculty in 2012 as an assistant professor in electrical engineering and physics with a courtesy appointment in biology. Lucent’s research involves using computer modeling to simulate protein folding in the body, with the goal of developing more effective treatments for life-threatening diseases. His research has been published in 16 peer-reviewed, internationally ranked journals with seven having been published while at the university.

Andrew Wilczak was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of criminology and sociology. He joined the faculty as assistant professor in 2012. Wilczak’s research interests include examining how violence and exposure to violence influence adolescent development and how the desistance process varies by neighborhood context, gender and crime. He has been recognized at the university with the Innovative/Non-Traditional Teaching, the Outstanding New Faculty, and the Outstanding Adviser awards.

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Clarks Summit

The Gathering Place for Community, Art and Education, 304 S. State St. , will host a class to help those reaching the age to be eligible for Medicare.

The class is free and for those turning 65, said Paula Baillie of the Gathering Place. Called “New to Medicare” and presented by the Apprise program of the Voluntary Action Center, the class will review Medicare, what it covers and when to enroll.

Registration for the class is necessary. Anyone who wants to register for the class can do so by calling the Voluntary Action Center at 570-347-5616.

— CLAYTON OVER

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The Abington Community Library will be involved in two upcoming fundraisers:

■American Girl and LEGO bingo

Sunday, Sept. 23, doors open at noon and the event is from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Clarks Summit Fire Company firehouse, 321 Bedford St.

This is a joint fundraiser between the Abington Community Library and the Taylor Community Library. It will feature food, 30 raffle baskets, a 50/50 and, of course, bingo games. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door and can be purchased at either library.

■Tasting by the Book

Saturday, Oct. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit.

This event highlights local community cooks. Attendees will be able to sample various bites while listening to live music provided by Mike Waskovich and sipping Maiolatesi wine. Tickets are $20, which includes two complimentary alcoholic drinks and samples at each community cook station.

— CLAYTON OVER

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Jermyn

Firefighters from across the region will polish their trucks and clean their gear to look their best for the 88th annual Northeastern Pennsylvania Volunteer Firemen’s Federation Convention and parade in two weeks.

On Sept. 15 at 2 p.m., firefighters will drive 70 or more trucks in a parade through the streets of Jermyn, beginning on Rushbrook Street, heading down South Washington Avenue and concluding on Lackawanna Street, Artisan Volunteer Fire Company Capt. Bob Chase said.

On the parade route, judges will critique the firefighters on their apparatus, their uniforms and how they’re marching, as well as questioning them about their gear and inspecting their trucks, Chase said. There are between 50 and 60 departments in the federation, but he doubts they will all attend.

Following the parade, judges will give out awards in categories including nicest ladder truck, nicest brush truck, nicest functional, antique apparatus and even an award for the department that traveled the farthest to attend, Chase said.

“There’s a lot of different special awards,” he said.

There will also be food trucks and live music for the community to enjoy after the parade, and some proceeds from the food trucks will go to the Artisan Volunteer Fire Company, Chase said. The festivities are open to the public from the start of the parade and onward, he said.

The convention and parade is in a different location each year, and the Artisan Volunteer Fire Compamy wanted to host this year’s events to celebrate their 120th anniversary, he said.

“When those alarms go off, there’s no competition. We all have to work together,” Chase said. “I’d as soon grab one of those guys off another truck and go into a burning building.”

— FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY

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Scranton

A grateful nation will honor its heroes later this month at a Vietnam War commemoration event to be held on Courthouse Square.

Beginning at 11 a.m. on Sept. 23, the ceremony will recognize veterans who fought in Vietnam and those who served in the U.S. armed forces during the Vietnam era, which covers a 20-year period between Nov. 1, 1955, and May 15, 1975. Eligible recipients do not need to have physically set foot in Vietnam.

All such veterans in

attendance will receive a commemorative Vietnam Veteran lapel pin in recognition of their service. Emblazoned on the front with the image of a bald eagle, the pin bears a message of gratitude on the reverse: “A Grateful Nation Thanks and Honors You.”

For more information,

visit vietnamwar50th.com, call 877-387-9951 or send an email to whs.vnwar50th@mail.mil.

— JEFF HORVATH

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Dealership donates

to family walk/run

MotorWorld Toyota donated $1,500 to Family Service Association of Northeastern Pa. in support of its 10th annual Pauly Friedman 5K Family Walk/Run, which was held Aug. 5 at Misericordia University. Over 180 individuals participated in the 5K. Proceeds benefit Help Line/211, a program run by Family Service Association. Help Line/211 serves 17 counties across Northeast Pennsylvania as an information and referral service and first response point for crisis calls. The free and confidential service is available 24/7.

Bank supports

Lions organization

Wayne Bank is supporting the Honesdale Lions Club in its continuing effort to repair the Honesdale borough pool with a recent $5,000 donation to the Wayne County Community Foundation. The pool is used by hundreds daily during the summer months, including the Dyberry Day Camp and the YMCA. During the past year, the Honesdale Lions Club has overseen repairs including the installation of new water filtration and pumping systems, with digital monitoring to aid in operation. However, the pool is still in need of concrete and coping repair or replacement on the pool perimeter, sand blasting, tile repair and painting.

Scranton native to

open new business

Ashley Beifeldt is moving back to her hometown of Scranton to open a Right at Home senior in-home care company based on the success it has seen in Potts­town. She will use her experience from her former position as caregiver as part-owner of the Scranton location with Pottstown owner Steve Gettins. The decision came after a member of Beifeldt’s family experienced a fall and she realized the area needed in-home care services to help benefit the community’s 17 percent of residents over 65 years old.

Leadership taking

fall applications

Leadership Lackawanna’s five-week executive program is now accepting applications for the fall. The executive program engages professionals more deeply in the Scranton region, broadens their social network and increases their overall knowledge of the community. Participants meet key business and community leaders as they receive an overview of Lackawanna County’s history and culture, economic and political structures, community events, civic groups, recreational activities and nonprofit organizations. This year’s sessions will be held at various locations throughout the area from 5-8 p.m. on Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 9, 16 and 24.

The deadline to apply is Thursday. The cost is $925, with a spouse or guest able to attend at no additional charge. Make checks payable to Leadership Lackawanna.

To apply, visit www.leadershiplackawanna.com. For information about the Leadership Lackawanna Executive Program, contact Nicole A. Morristell at 570-342-7711 or nmorristell@scrantonchamber.com

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TOBYHANNA TWP. — Michael Blaine revved his chain saw and went to work.

The rough form of a bear’s head jutted from a stump of pine in the workshop of Blaine’s Pocono Pines business, Dream Wood. The New Hampshire native glided the tip of the chain saw across the bust and started to bring it to life. With each surgical swipe guided by three decades of experience, details of the bear’s fur began to emerge. Wood chips flew everywhere. The smell of pine seemed to fill the world.

“And I’m still learning,” Blaine said.

Tucked away in Monroe County, Dream Wood with Blaine behind the chain saw takes custom orders for wood carvings ranging from the simple to the extremely complex. Blaine has been carving sculptures out of several-hundred-pound pieces of wood for 30 years. His business, called Dream Wood by Michael & Aya Blaine, aims to carve out dreams.

I’m most proud of the custom orders,” Blaine said. “Fulfilling people’s dreams.”

On a scorching hot day last week, Blaine and his 10-year-old son, Freddy Blaine, toured the selection of wood sculptures for sale at his lot at Route 940 and Stoney Hollow Road.

Some of them are relatively small and worth a few hundred dollars. Others, larger and more intricate, are a few thousand. The ones carved personally by Blaine have MB etched in the back.

A family stopped by and browsed through the selection. Freddy fetched brochures featuring the custom orders Blaine has filled: football players, gunslingers, dragons, totem poles and, for good measure, a Paul Bunyan twice Blaine’s height.

The brochure boasts Blaine as a four-time international extreme power carving champion.

“I have an international reputation,” Blaine said.

Chain saw carving is a saturated market, he said. He said he allows word of mouth and his reputation to do most of the advertising.

He plans to continue sculpting with a chain saw for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the next generation is eyeing the job.

Freddy Blaine watched his father sculpt from the low seat of his bicycle. The chain saw roared. The beads in Freddy’s spokes clicked.

Asked if he would like to follow in his father’s footsteps, Freddy had a simple answer.

“Probably,” he said.

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On May 7, 1967, The Sunday Times published a series of images of a “happening” at the Cave that featured the band the Gas Company.

The Cave was a music venue located at 315 N. Main Ave. in Scranton.

“The kids love it, and why not,” the paper said. “This is their element. Fellow students are there, the place is dim and atmospheric and the music is the music of the young crowd.”

From the photographs, the walls of the Cave were covered in art that depicted dinosaurs, cave people and comic book characters such as the Hulk. The entrance to the venue actually looked like you were entering a cave.

If you happen to recognize yourself, email bfulton@timesshamrock.com or call 570-348-9140. We would love to put names to these faces of the youth of Scranton in the swinging ’60s.

BRIAN FULTON, library manager, oversees The Times-Tribune’s expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history. Contact Brian at bfulton@timesshamrock.com or 570-348-9140.

Super students

Scranton Prep students R yan Chan, Amanda Kornutiak, Allen Papp and Quinn Pietriyk competed and achieved recognitionat the 2018 National Technology Student Association Conference at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta this June.

The students qualified in the state competition and placed in the top 12 nationally during the national conference.

Amanda, Prep’s Technology Student Association founder and club president,achieved the top 12 in the individual event Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics careers, where she developed a specific skill and completed a thorough project about the skill’s relationship to a STEM career area.

The team achieved the top 12 in the team event SciVis (Scientific Visualization), where they used either 2D or 3D computer graphics tools and design processes to communicate, inform, analyze and/or illustrate a STEM topic.

Ryan, Allen and Quinn achieved the top 12 in the team event Software Development, where they used their knowledge of cutting-edge technologies, algorithm design, problem-solving principles, effective communication and collaborative teamwork to design, implement, test and document a software development project of educational or social value.

This was the third year Scranton Prep participated in this TSA STEM program and the school membership in this club doubles every year. Kathyn Oakley is the school’s sponsor for TSA.

Amanda, who is planning to pursue a civil engineering degree with a minor in architectural engineering, and Ryan are now seniors at Prep and have qualified for nationals three years in a row.

Stars in stripes

Dunmore’s Quartermaster 3rd Class Zachary Cicerini is aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney as the ship deploys to Rota, Spain, on its fifth patrol in the United States 6th Fleet area of operations. The deployment is in support of regional allies and partners as well as national security interests in Europe and Africa.

Cicerini was on the ship as it transited the Bosphorus Strait on Aug. 12.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Tom Brickler is an aerographer’s mate and serves as the 3M manager aboard the Guam-based submarine tender, USS Frank Cable.

Brickler, a 1991 Abington Heights High School graduate and North Abington Twp. native, provides critical maintenance capability to the Navy’s submarine force in the Pacific as part of a hybrid crew of sailors and civilian mariners working aboard the expeditionary submarine tender, one of only two such ships in the Navy, according to the Navy.

High notes

Joanne Pezzuti was installed as the newest member of the Rotary Club of the Abingtons.

Pezzuti is the AVP and branch manager for the Abington office of the Fidelity Bank.

DUNMORE — One by one, Rhys Otto, 8, asked each of his family members to share a memory of a loved one who passed away as they sent paper lanterns drifting into the night sky as part of Angel Night at the Dunmore Elementary Center on Saturday.

Angel Night officially began in 2015 when people set off about 2,000 lanterns to honor Kelcey Hallinan and Carissa Dartt, Kelcey’s mother, Alicia Hallinan said.

Kelcey, 18, passed away in November 2013 after a battle with Hodgkin lymphoma. Carissa Dartt, a 22-year-old aspiring pediatrician, died in 2002 from an accidental fall.

As the clock struck 8:45 p.m., dozens of people released colorful paper lanterns from the elementary center parking lot to honor loved ones.

Proceeds from lantern sales go toward a scholarship fund for Dunmore High School students in her daughter’s name, Hallinan said.

“One of the only regrets she had in life was that she wasn’t going to college,” she said. “She and I decided together that we would start a scholarship fund.”

When people buy lanterns from her, they share their own stories about loved ones who passed away, Hallinan said.

“It’s not all about Kelcey,” she said. “Everybody has somebody. Everybody is honoring someone.”

Together, Rhys and his parents, Carolyn and Chuck Otto of Dunmore, and his grandmother, Donna Smith of Scranton, held onto a blue lantern in honor of Rhys’ godfather and their close family friend, Bryan Toth. They picked blue because Toth loved Penn State, Carolyn Otto said.

“What do you remember about Uncle Bryan?” Rhys said. “I remember that he was a great godfather.”

Looking at his mom in the blue glow of the lantern, he repeated the question.

“He was a great friend,” she said.

Chuck Otto remembered Toth as generous. The two were best friends and college roommates and had been ushers in each other’s weddings, he said.

“It’s bittersweet, but at the same time, knowing Bryan, he wouldn’t want any of this,” Carolyn Otto said, explaining that Toth liked to “fly under the radar.”

Rhys also remembered that Toth loved Legos. He did, too, and they shared tips when they were both building spaceships from Star Wars.

Additionally, they sent off a lantern for Carolyn Otto’s father, Gerald Smith.

“My dad was the dad of dads,” she said, adding that Rhys was “his pride and joy.”

As she watched a lantern for her husband slowly disappear into the sky, Donna Smith said she almost wanted to cry.

“I hope it reaches him,” she said. “I know it will.”

Rachel Becchetti of Dunmore wrote notes remembering loved ones on a yellow lantern with her daughter, Mia Becchetti, 3, and her niece and nephew, Brooke Chorba, 7, and Shawn Chorba, 11.

“I thought that my experience would just be watching paper go up in the air,” Shawn said. “But it was just a lot more than that.”

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SCRANTON — As historic trains slowly rumbled through the Steamtown National Historic Site railroad yard Saturday afternoon, cameras clicked away and tripods panned as enthusiasts young and old from across the country captured pieces of American history at Railfest 2018.

An estimated 2,000 to 2,500 train enthusiasts came out to share their love of locomotives for opening day of Railfest, said Superintendent Debbie Conway.

The annual event featured train excursions, photo exhibits, live workshop demonstrations, and most importantly for some, an opportunity to view historic trains up close.

After stepping away to film a passing train on his phone, Adam Rothschild, 13, of Marlboro, New Jersey, explained that he got his love of trains from his grandfather, Ben Soloff, a former conductor, tower operator and train dispatcher for the New York City Transit Authority. It’s exciting sharing his passion with his grandpa, Adam said.

“I’m going to remember these moments for the rest of my life,” he said.

Soloff, 75, developed his own love for trains when his father bought him a Lionel train set as a child, he said.

With some help from his brother, Ethan, 15, Adam shot video for his YouTube channel,which is dedicated to filming trains.

Friends Max Harris, 16, of Philadelphia, and Ethan Brodie, 17, of Elysburg, finally got to meet in person at this year’s Railfest after becoming friends on Facebook over their shared enjoyment of trains.

Ethan’s dad got him into trains when he was 4 years old, and a love for trains runs in Max’s family, with his father, grandpa, uncles and cousins all enjoying trains at one time or another. Ethan is especially a fan of steam engines because of their historical significance.

“Since there’s not a lot around the whole country, at least quite a few still operate here today in Pennsylvania alone,” he said.

One of the site’s most well-known trains is a behemoth known as Big Boy. Although the black paint is fading to gray, white lettering along the steam locomotive still boldly displays its official name: Union Pacific 4012. The American Locomotive Co. of New York delivered the first batch of “big boys,” including Steamtown’s, in 1941, according to the National Park Service website. Fully laden with 24,000 gallons of water and 28 tons of coal, the entire thing weighed nearly 1.2 million pounds, according to the NPS.

Clad in a navy-blue shirt showing Big Boy blowing a cloud of steam, Jack Hogan traveled from Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, with his parents, Chris and Diehnee Hogan, to see Big Boy. The 13-year-old train enthusiast aspires to someday become an engineer on a freight or passenger train. The Hogans planned their trip eight months ago thanks to Jack’s enthusiasm, his mom said.

“It’s really cool to see these old locomotives and cars finally run instead of just sitting in some scrap heap collecting dust,” Jack said. “I really would like to see them keep restoring them. It’s an era that helped create the United States, and I don’t want to see those rail cars that helped build the United States go to waste.”

Railfest will continue today from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and all proceeds will go toward next year’s festival, Conway said.

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Labor Day looming, Bob Lesh ended his summer vacation and abandoned his beach buddies in the Scranton Federation of Teachers.

At high tide, you sink or swim. At Thursday’s Scranton School Board meeting, Lesh displayed an Olympics-worthy backstroke.

A high school dropout and two-term president of the Scranton School Board, Lesh missed several recent school board meetings, including a special session he called to “ratify” the district’s no-bid busing contract with Dunmore-based DeNaples Transportation Inc.

Lesh claimed widespread basement flooding drowned his special meeting, not a drought of votes for a status quo that favors DeNaples over taxpayers and more than 10,000 students whose education has long been an afterthought in the daily business of the district.

With the state attorney general investigating the district, every move Lesh makes generates speculation about his motives. He changed the subject of Thursday’s meeting just by showing up.

Lesh’s part in a unanimous vote to lay off 16 teachers was an object lesson in misspent trust for Rosemary Boland, the perpetually dyspeptic president of the Scranton Federation of Teachers. Boland and the union spent years cozying up to Lesh and fellow high school dropout and former President Bob Sheridan.

The Bobs robotically served the union’s needs, costs be damned. The SFT endorsed Sheridan in his last, failed run for re-election. Lately, the union has distanced itself from Lesh, but history has a way of catching up with those who make it.

“I was very good to you people!” Lesh roared at a spring board meeting as teachers booed him from the cheap seats. Do some people a favor, and they never stop mewing at your back door. With his vote Thursday, Lesh shooed the union off his property.

Some have complained about my noting that two recent former Scranton School Board presidents are high school dropouts who earned GEDs. I have nothing but respect for people who dropped out and went back to earn a degree.

That said, no high school dropout should serve on a school board, let alone as its president. Anywhere else, the very idea would be dismissed as preposterous.

This is Scranton, however, and even allegedly educated voters back unqualified candidates who serve their immediate, unsustainable interests. Boland told me Friday she has no regrets backing directors whose main qualification is fealty to union interests.

“Not at all,” she said.

Not at all.

CHRIS KELLY, the Times-Tribune columnist, wishes you and yours a safe, happy Labor Day. Contact the writer: kellysworld@ timesshamrock.com, @cjkink on Twitter. Read his award-winning blog at timestribuneblogs.com/kelly.

1. Mountain Sky, an outdoor music venue taking steps to become a nonprofit organization, is located where?

A. Archbald

B. Scott Twp.

C. Blakely

D. Jefferson Twp.

2. As Scranton teachers prepare to begin a second school year under an expired contract, union leaders are urging teachers to do what?

A. Stop volunteering for activities outside the school day

B. Picket outside school board meetings

C. Write their congressmen

D. Call school board members in protest

3. What local institution of higher education has rescinded honors for the Most Rev. James C. Timlin, retired bishop of the Diocese of Scranton?

A. The University of Scranton

B. King’s College

C. Marywood University

D. All of the above

4. Covington Twp. police charged two brothers with abandoning a dog at a shopping plaza in August. What type of dog was it?

A. French poodle

B. Boston terrier

C. Chihuahua

D. Beagle

5. UPMC Health Plan will offer in-network coverage for whom?

A. Geisinger patients

B. Penn State Health patients

C. Coordinated Health patients

D. Commonwealth Health patients

6. Scranton police probed people's claim that they were sprayed with what substance on North Washington Avenue?

A. Spaghetti sauce

B. Water

C. Hot tar

D. Red wine

7. The president of the University of Scranton, the Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, announced in a video that he is battling what disease?

A. Lou Gehrig’s disease

B. Multiple sclerosis

C. Lupus

D. Congestive heart failure

8. True or false: A jury sided against state police in a civil case claiming they violated a man’s rights when troopers questioned him about a 2014 sniper attack.

A. True

B. False; the jury sided in favor of state police

9. What distinction did Senior U.S. Judge William J. Nealon hold when he died Thursday at age 95?

A. He was the nation’s tallest jurist

B. He was the nation’s oldest judge

C. He was the nation’s longest-serving U.S. district judge

D. He had the most guilty verdicts

10. A third-grade teacher at Valley View Intermediate School decorated her classroom in what theme?

A. The Lion King

B. Harry Potter

C. Bedknobs and Broomsticks

D. Star Wars

Answers:

1. B; 2. A; 3. D; 4. C; 5. D; 6. C; 7. A; 8. B; 9. C; 10. B

Shawn Christy

Wanted by: U.S. Marshals, FBI.

Fugitive since: June.

Wanted for: Threats against the president of the United States and interstate communication of threats.

Description: White man, 27 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 165 pounds, brown hair, green eyes.

Contact: 911.

Elijah M. Watson

Wanted by: Wayne County detectives.

Fugitive since: 2017.

Wanted for: Possession with intent to deliver, criminal use of a communication facility and related offenses.

Description: Black man, 31 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 200 pounds, black hair, brown eyes. Last seen driving a silver 2006 Chrysler 300 with New Jersey registration H19-JHF.

Contact: Wayne County detectives, 570-253-5970, ext. 2255.

Michael Ubaldini

Wanted by: Scranton office, state Board of Probation and Parole.

Fugitive since: April 18.

Wanted for: Two counts of robbery with serious bodily injury. Sentenced to two to four years of incarceration. Paroled July 27.

Description: White man, 52 years old, 5 feet 11 inches tall, 190 pounds, brown hair, gray eyes.

Contact: Agent Gary Demuth, 570-614-7244 or 800-932-4857.

Jose C. Clark

Wanted by: Scranton office, state Board of Probation and Parole.

Fugitive since: May 23.

Wanted for: False identification to law enforcement, criminal trespass, default in required appearance. Sentenced to two years to four years, 11 months and 15 days of incarceration. Paroled July 11, 2016.

Description: White man, 47 years old, 5 feet 9 inches tall, 160 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes.

Contact: Agent Joe Harte, 570-614-7247 or 800-932-4857.

Matthew Colachino Jr.

Wanted by: Lackawanna County Adult Probation/Parole.

Fugitive since: March 24, 2017.

Wanted for: Probation violations for underlying offense of indirect criminal contempt.

Description: White man, 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 155 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes.

Contact: Warrant Officer Jerry Spiegel, 570-963-6876, or Spiegelj@Lackawannacounty.org.

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SCRANTON — Police in Scranton have located a 73-year-old woman with dementia who wandered away from La Festa Italiana.

Police say Mary Anne Hughes of Thornhurst Twp. was found in South Scranton.

— STAFF REPORT

SCRANTON — Visitors to Steamtown National Historic Site for this weekend’s Railfest 2018 may have noticed something missing from the parking lot.

Scores of somethings, actually.

Since last fall, the National Park Service has taken down about 100 dead or dying ash trees in and around the lot after discovering they were infested by the emerald ash borer.

“We had to remove most of them,” Steamtown Superintendent Debbie Conway acknowledged. “It’s a little barren compared to what it was.”

Although the borer managed to wipe out the historic site’s ash in a relatively short period of time, Conway said replacing the trees lost to the invasive beetle will be a multiyear process.

Steamtown has planted some shrubs in the parking lot and plans to purchase and plant a few replacement trees later this fall, she said.

It comes down to cost, she said.

“We’re having to phase this in,” she said. “We’re buying them when we can. Cutting down the trees and replacing all of them wasn’t planned in our budget process, so we’re kind of phasing them as funding allows.”

The emerald ash borer, which is native to Asia, was initially discovered in the United States in 2002 in Michigan. It was found in western Pennsylvania in 2007 and was documented in Lackawanna County for the first time in 2016. Once the bug moves into an area, the ash mortality is close to 100 percent.

Steamtown officials noticed last summer many of the ash trees in its parking lot appeared unhealthy, with dying canopies, and thought the borer might be responsible. A U.S. Forest Service biologist did an evaluation and confirmed their suspicions.

In replacing the parking lot trees, Conway said Steamtown won’t make the same mistake it did originally, when someone decided to plant mostly ash.

“We are going to mix the variety of species so that — and I hate to say it — when the next blight comes through, it doesn’t wipe them all out in one fell swoop,” she said.

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A new program will help local seniors keep tabs on their health between doctors appointments.

The Remote Older Adult Monitoring program, or ROAM, connects Lackawanna County residents age 60 or older with students from the University of Scranton. The students, trained as telehealth technicians, use noninvasive, FDA-approved medical devices weekly to track the seniors’ vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse, blood oxygen and weight. The information is reviewed by nurses at the county’s Area Agency on Aging, who will contact participants if they see anything abnormal.

The free program is a partnership

between the Area Agency on Aging and the United Way of Lackawanna and Wayne counties.

Dr. Richard Martin, a family physician at Geisinger Mount Pleasant, recommends people start paying closer attention to their vitals when they enter their 50s.

“People begin to get their chronic illnesses around mid-life, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis pain,” he said.

Martin said he thinks ROAM is a great idea and a big help to himself and other medical professionals.

“When we see people in the office, we see them 20 or 30 minutes every few months and only get a snapshot of their vital signs,” he said. “But what goes on in the rest of their lives is more like a full-length feature film.”

Although the program started this summer, the number of attending seniors grows weekly, largely because of the personal connections made with volunteers like Tyler Bielinski, 22, a graduate student in biochemistry at the University of Scranton and a supervisor of ROAM.

On the first day he and other telehealth techicians arrived at the Carbondale South High Rise to spread the word about the program, residents weren’t expecting them. They slowly warmed up, though.

“They were so thankful that there was something to do and someone to talk to,” he said.

Bielinski said the program also helps address seniors’ isolation, as some residents don’t have family members in the area, or at all. They also plan to incorporate mental health screenings in the future.

“We’re not here to replace any type of traditional medicine. We are here so that, in between doctor visits, we can help out,” Bielinski said. “It gives them a sense of empowerment and makes them feel like they’re more in control of their health.”

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Interested residents can get information or sign up on:

Mondays at the Scott Twp. Municipal Building, 1038 Montdale Road, No. 101, Scott Twp., from 1-2:30 p.m.;

Wednesdays at the Carbondale South High Rise, 60 S. Main St., Carbondale, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.;

Thursdays at the Old Forge Borough Building, 310 S. Main St., No. 2, Old Forge, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.;

Fridays at the North Pocono Library, 1315 Church St., Moscow, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Dickson City

Cub scout: Cub Scout Pack 322 information and registration, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 6 p.m., rain gutter regatta, boats available to race, kindergarten-fifth grade, Dickson City Ambulance Building, Eagle Lane.

Dunmore

Reunion potluck: RH Donnelley/DEX One former employees reunion, Saturday, Sept. 15, 12:30 p.m., Sherwood Park Pavillion, Dunmore, $5/adult, kids free, bring potluck dish. Contact: Bill, bwriter602@gmail.com.

Mayfield

Christmas bazaar: St. John’s Russian Orthodox Cathedral, Christmas bazaar, Nov. 9, 10, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.; Nov. 11, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., parish center, Hill Street.

Newton

Recreation center: Newton Recreation Center fall hours effective Tuesday; Monday-Friday, 3:30-8:30 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday, noon-5 p.m; fall programs start Sept. 17: open volleyball, Mondays, 6-8 p.m., $2/player, ages 18+; pickleball, Tuesdays, 4-5 p.m., $2/player, ages 18+; sensory play, Thursdays, 4-5 p.m., free, up to age 3; open basketball, Fridays, 6-8 p.m., $2/player, ages 18+. Contact: 570-586-7808.

Scranton

Free clothing: St. Francis free clothing store, 504 Penn Ave., Scranton, offers free, lightly-used clothing to those in need, including clothing for men, women and children; to make a donation, visit the store Tues­days, Wednesdays and Thurs­days, 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m.

Wayne County

Civil service: Those seeking jobs as county caseworker 1 and clerk/typist 1 can test and receive a score in advance of applying for a specific job. For assistance in applying for a civil service position in Wayne County, contact Julian Doyle, 570-253-4262 or jdoyle@wayne

countypa.gov.

Women-in-science: The fourth annual Women in Science symposium, Sept. 18, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Heritage Nightclub at Woodloch Resort, $25/check, $26/credit card; registration: www.wpworkforce.org/calendar or 570-390-7613 for more information.

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Dear J.T. & Dale: I know I’m worth more than what I currently make, but the one thing holding me back is fear of hurting my boss’s feelings. He’s a great guy; unfortunately, there’s not much upward mobility here.

— BECCA

J.T.: If there is no room to grow, then you need to start a job search. If your boss can’t create more opportunity for you, then he will have to accept that you will move on. Business owners understand this. He may be sad or disappointed, but he will be OK. This is your life and your career. I would start looking for a new opportunity.

DALE: Here’s how to look at it: If your boss is the commendable person you know him to be, then he will want what’s best for you. If that isn’t his reaction, then he isn’t the man you thought he was. So, either way, you can conclude that you need to go ahead and look for another job.

J.T.: When you find the right opportunity, you can do your best to make the transition as easy as possible. Try to help him find your replacement. The more you show him how much you appreciate him, the easier it will be for him to accept. There are going to be tough situations like this throughout your career. It’s best to deal with them. Sticking around would only make you start to resent him and the job.

DALE: As you look for that better opportunity, never forget how important it is to work for someone you admire. Most people look for the salary and title, maybe the commute; however, it’s the excellence of management that determines how quickly you will evolve and whether you will look back in anger at our advice to leave your old job.

Dear J.T. & Dale: I applied for a new job recently. A couple days after, I could see that the hiring manager checked out my LinkedIn profile. But I haven’t heard anything. Can I reach out to him and ask what he thinks of me as a candidate for the job?

— JOHAN

DALE: Even though anyone familiar with the workings of LinkedIn would know that it’s possible to see who’s looked at your profile, there’s still something that feels to me a bit stalker-ish. Am I just being old-school here, J.T.?

J.T.: No, you’re not alone in that feeling. That’s why I wouldn’t blatantly mention that you know he checked out your profile. Instead, I’d ask him to connect, sending a message with something like: “We’ve never met, but I came across your profile while researching ___ company. I just applied to the ___ position and would love the opportunity to connect and get your perspective on what I can do to earn the opportunity to interview.” If he accepts, you could start up a conversation. If he doesn’t, then I’d assume he has decided you aren’t a fit for the role.

JEANINE “J.T.” TANNER O’DONNELL is a career coach and the founder of the leading career site www.workitdaily.com. DALE DAUTEN is founder of The Innovators’ Lab. Visit them at jtanddale.com, where you can send questions via email, or write to them in care of King Features Syndicate, 300 W. 57th St, 15th Fl, New York, 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803.

SCRANTON — Shadows grew long on Linden Street where the Harris family met for day three of downtown’s biggest festival of the year.

The mostly Welsh family’s ties to Italy are tenuous at best, but the four-day La Festa Italiana on Courthouse Square, which ends today, with its food and unceasing live entertainment, was reason enough for Alan Harris, 66, who lives in Mesa, Arizona, and son, Aaron, 19, to plan their trip home around it.

Alan Harris’ wife, LuAnn, couldn’t get the time off work. He’s sending her pictures of La Festa food, he said, chuckling.

A family reunion in 2011 was the last time the Harrises were all together.

On Sunday, the four siblings gathered around their matriarch, Evelyn Harris, 86, of Scranton. A military life and the frequent uprooting in their childhoods forged ties like iron between them and cut distinguishable traits in each one as they moved to places such as the Philippines and Long Island.

They looked adoringly at Alan Harris, the eldest, as a prodigal son returned home.

The rest of the family hits up La Festa every year since they settled down in Lackawanna County in the 1980s. Sunday was the first time for him and his son.

Keith Harris, 65, offers newcomers a strong handshake and warm greeting, and quietly leaves the bantering to his brothers and sister.

Denise Fueshko, 63, the only girl in the brood, remembers that when she was 18, her then-boyfriend Dave Fueshko took her on a date to the festival, where she tried porketta for the first time. Back at home, she asked her mother why they never had it before.

“We’re Welsh, honey,” Evelyn Harris told her. “We have pork chops.”

Glenn Harris, 61, and the youngest of the crew, strings together wisecracks like strands of fettuccine tumbling from a pasta roller.

Alan Harris will spend about a month visiting, he said. He and his musically inclined siblings will likely spend some of their time together playing as they’ve done their whole lives. One plays the fiddle, one the guitar, another plays the concertina.

“We don’t play out anywhere,” Denise Harris said. “We just jam. It’s nice to jam.”

Evelyn Harris remembered the cacophony when they were children, with trumpets, the drums and stereo cranked up loud in different parts of the house.

“Oh, you wouldn’t want to be there,” she said, needling her kids at the prospect of more jam sessions. “You’d need earplugs.”

Families often use La Festa as an unofficial stand-in for family reunions. The Harrises had camp chairs set up near the back of the gallery and said they planned to stay until the last act.

Aromas of basil, tomato and olive oil rode a cool breeze over the throngs, cutting through the day’s humidity as Chris DiMattio, festival president and big band crooner, took the stage in a black tuxedo.

“I love the life I have,” Alan Harris said. “But I miss my family. I’ve always been very close to my family.”

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SCRANTON — Outside City Hall, a small statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary sits near the Benjamin Franklin Firefighter Memorial along Mulberry Street.

Four blocks away, a similar statue stands at the base of the lawn sign of the Police Department headquarters on South Washington Avenue.

The religious statues placed on city properties appear to violate the First Amendment’s establishment clause requiring separation of church and state. However, the situation is not cut-and-dried; other factors come into consideration, said Ian Smith, an attorney with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a Washington, D.C.-based nonpartisan advocacy organization.

“It depends on the city’s policies,” said Smith.

Government can choose to “open a public forum” on governmental property to provide a place where citizens can engage in temporary displays of free speech, Smith said. This typically would be done by creating a policy and rules for use of a particular public forum space or spaces.

“If they’ve done that, then they’re not violating the separation of church and state,” Smith said. “If they do that, they have to treat everybody who wants access to the forum equally. You have to let everybody speak, you can’t exclude anyone, and that includes religious viewpoints.”

The city did not create policies for opening public forums in these two particular spots, but rather members of the public just put the religious items there, officials said. The religious statue at the police headquarters has been there about three years while the one near the firefighter memorial appeared near the end of July. Several other small religious figurines, including angels, the Crucifixion and the Nativity scene also were placed in an exterior window-frame recess on City Hall near the Firefighter Memorial.

By not removing the statues, the city could be creating a de-facto public forum in these areas, Smith said.

“If it allows people to put things up on a property and doesn’t do anything about it, then it creates a public forum by inference,” Smith said. “You’re saying, ‘We’re fine with it,’ but then you’re creating a situation where anyone can plunk something down and you can’t take it away.”

Mayor Bill Courtright said the city did not direct the placement of religious items on the city properties and he does not know who put them there.

He said he would have to ask the city solicitor to review the issue to determine whether the city must remove the items.

The small Blessed Virgin Mary appeared at the police headquarters shortly after

Patrolman John Wilding’s

line-of-duty death in July 2015,

Police Chief Carl Graziano

said.

At that time, people left several small religious mementos, including a cross and angels, on the lawn sign, which is next to a police memorial.

Those items are no longer there, but the Blessed Virgin Mary statue remains, Graziano said.

“That one has just weathered the time,” he said.

“That was put there by a citizen the night John (Wilding) died and I’m not going to be the one to remove it. If the (city) law department says you have to remove it, then it is what it is.”

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In a conference room last week, two dozen business and government leaders and academics spent an hour swapping ideas to fix one of the biggest problems facing the state’s economy.

Older workers are retiring faster than young ones can replace them.

As the workers fortunate enough to get the day off celebrate Labor Day, and as the ones who aren’t spend it toiling, The Times-Tribune found stories of the region’s emerging workforce, of people pursuing careers in high-demand jobs that offer sustaining wages.

Their fledgling career arcs share a common thread. They all chose two-year schools, consciously rejecting the traditional four-year track.

Not all students are cut out for four-year programs, the business and government leaders at the conference table agreed. Trade and technical programs can get young workers in the field faster, often for less money. They fill a widening gap in construction and technical fields, one wrought from decades of parents and high school guidance counselors insisting on a four-year college degree.

Here are three stories of recent trade school graduates who are making it work.

‘I went backwards’

HONESDALE — Robert Suhosky’s voice echoed up the stairs at his small Honesdale engineering firm as he bid good night.

“Good night, Bob,” Bettina Dorow hollered back from behind dual computer screens in the upstairs drafting room. “See you tomorrow — 6 o’clock?”

It was already after 6 p.m. The 27-year-old electrical designer from Dunmore would work for another four hours that night before knocking off.

“I might as well just stay at this point,” she said grinning.

Dorow wears many hats at Northeast Infrastructure LLC. Headquartered in a stately home on Church Street, large format printers, ergonomic office chairs and stacks of rolled drawings are tucked in among the antique fixtures and winding, interconnected rooms.

The company built a reputation mitigating Legionnaires’ disease at veterans hospitals. Pipes with little or no water flow, called “dead legs,” become petri dishes where the disease can grow. Northeastern Infrastructure locates them for removal and does the same to find electrical and mechanical problems as well as systems design for new construction.

The team is currently mapping the wiring system at a 1.2-million-square-foot hospital in Manhattan among other projects across the northeast part of the country, said Dorow’s supervisor, Dale Englehart.

The hospital has electrical problems still lingering after Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

“In the consulting business, there’s a lot of variables,” he said. “One day you’ll be in a suit … the next day we’re in jeans and hard hats crawling around crawl spaces.”

Dorow, he said, gracefully bounces between both roles.

Northeast Infrastructure hired her as an intern in 2015 during her first semester at Johnson College. She was 25.

Her college career derailed a few years earlier when her dad, renowned racing motorcycle tuner Manfred Hecht, became ill with a poor prognosis. A professor at the University of Scranton urged her to prioritize family and spend time with her dad. She left school.

After her dad died, she didn’t return and instead built furniture with her mom, Cari Comart, who owns Starlight Mills in Wayne County.

She bought her first house, a fixer-upper with fire damage, at 23 and started renovating it on her own.

About the time she decided to get her career moving again, a friend at Johnson College’s admissions office encouraged her to try a two-year program where she could get job skills under her belt faster.

“You can do something if you come here,” the friend told her. “It’s not going to be like going for your four-year degree and asking, “Now what do I do?’”

Her predilection toward the technical trades was fostered at an early age.

Before she was born, her parents retrofitted an old bread bakery in an industrial part of Brooklyn, in the shadow of the Williamsburg Bridge, where she lived until sixth grade.

Her mom, then a documentary editor for national TV networks in New York City, worked long hours and had a cutting room in their home.

She watched her mom splice lengths of film together to make documentaries. And she leaned over her dad’s shoulder, watching him work on motorcycle engines.

At the beginning of her time at Johnson, a professor assigned her to visit a job fair and collect three business cards. There, she spoke with a Northeast Infrastructure recruiter for a half hour, who insisted she submit her resume.

“I went backwards,” she said. “I got the job, then used the job as my internship.”

Mechanical design isn’t the end. She’s working toward an electrical engineering degree, on top of long hours, and finishing her second home renovation.

A two-year degree is enough to get started, but to take her career where she wants, ultimately, she needs that four-year engineering degree, she said.

‘Not just turning wrenches’

WILKES-BARRE — Aris Torres, 23, of Scranton, loved working with cars since he was a kid.

When he got older, he initially went to a community college in New York to study computer information systems.

When he moved to the area, he decided to enroll in the two-year automotive program at Luzerne County Community College where the cost was lower than other colleges he considered.

He graduated from LCCC in May and quickly got a full-time job working as an automotive technician at MotorWorld in Wilkes-Barre on the Chrysler team.

MotorWorld provided Torres with a $5,000 scholarship toward his education and he started working at the car dealership while he was in school.

His initial job was moving and parking cars. Then, he began practicing with the technicians and worked with them as an apprentice. As he got better at it, he was hired as a full-time automotive technician.

“There are a lot of electronics, so it’s good to know both,” Torres said. “I’m actually thinking of going back to finish in computer information systems because there are computers in cars.”

Cheryl Oravic, human resources business partner at MotorWorld, wouldn’t disclose the salary for automotive technicians but she said it’s a good-paying job with benefits.

“We’re consistently looking for automotive technicians and body shop technicians and they’re very hard to find,” Oravic said.

With the rising need, Oravic said MotorWorld has been trying to recruit more technicians by going to the area’s vocational technical schools, Luzerne County Community College and Johnson College in Scranton.

“We’re even getting them right out of school or while they’re in school,” Oravic said. “What’s nice is our training is 100 percent paid for.”

MotorWorld, the region’s largest vehicle dealership that sells 13 brands on its 77 acres that extend through Plains Twp. and Wilkes-Barre, receives job applications from many people who have four-year college degrees and “we don’t have places for them,” Oravic said.

“We need body shop technicians and service technicians,” Oravic said. “We’re reaching out to technical high schools and local colleges and trying to grow them. We’ll start them, train them how we do things here and move them up the ladder.”

MotorWorld services more than 300 cars a day and the technicians are always busy.

After technicians work in the job for a year, MileOne Autogroup also offers opportunities for a $10,000 scholarship to further their education, she said.

“We’re trying to find things to go above and beyond to get the kids right out of school into these technical jobs,” Oravic said. “It’s not just turning wrenches anymore. You need to know computers.”

Marrying math and art

CARBONDALE — Art or analysis — most people excel in one or the other. Matthew Fornes needs both.

The 20-year-old detail drafter from Archbald grew up in a home where his mom’s family flourished with musical ability. Folks on his father’s side worked in the construction and technical trades. Fornes stepped out of the classroom in May and into a job at Pleasant Mount Welding Inc. in Carbondale..

His primary tasks among the 40-plus other draftsmen in his department include translating and recasting blueprints so the fabrication team and equipment can cut and shape metal to client specifications.

Pleasant Mount specializes in building metal structures for wastewater treatment, environmental projects and other industrial uses. The company made its mark regionally by building the portable floodwall on the Susquehanna River at the Market Street Bridge in Wilkes-Barre, which shielded the city when the river flooded in 2011.

Fornes developed his artistic flair during his childhood. He estimates he filled dozens of sketchbooks with drawings. Now he has to marry that skill with math.

“The artistic side has to lead a little bit,” he said. “But then you can never forget about the mathematics.”

His father teaches at Johnson College, as did his grandfather.

Despite his personal connection to the two-year school, and a growing effort among business leaders and some educators to steer more students toward technical institutions, he still felt pressure to go for his bachelor’s degree after high school, he said.

School leaders told him he would struggle to succeed without one.

“They were really forcing four-year schools on all of us,” he said. “I wish I was more encouraged in public school. … People need to realize that technical schools aren’t just a place to go for two years and not get a job.”

Pleasant Mount President Bob Non forged close ties with Johnson College. Fornes’ father, Rick Fornes, helped the company develop automation systems for some of its equipment through a partnership with the college.

In turn, Non welcomes Johnson interns — many of them become full-time employees — and helps ensure the curriculum has real-world applications.

Beyond the plans that clients send to them, Fornes will work with Pleasant Mount’s engineers who design new products from scratch to make sure the production floor has a clear road map.

“That’s where these guys come in,” Non said. “We’re relying on Matt to do that.”

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