SCRANTON — A Throop man is accused of drunkenly fleeing from police after he stole propane tanks from a city business Wednesday.

Daniel Cleveland, 48, 11 Memorial Drive, faces charges of theft by unlawful taking, DUI, fleeing and eluding police and related counts.

Officers responded to Azek Building Products, 888 N. Keyser Ave., on Wednesday after staff there reported about 20 propane tanks stolen from the property. Employees saw a Chevrolet Cobalt driving on the property with a tank in the trunk. Police got the license plate number from video footage and found the vehicle at Keyser Oak Shopping Center, where the driver, later identified as Cleveland, fled from police. Officers eventually found Cleveland in the car on Cusick Avenue. A breath test showed his blood alcohol content at 0.281 percent; he refused a blood test.

Officers found four propane tanks in the car, police said.

Cleveland is held in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $75,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Thursday.

— CLAYTON OVER

DUNMORE — Lackawanna Recycling Center Inc., owned by businessman Louis DeNaples, soon may start refusing contaminated or improperly prepared loads at the Lackawanna County Recycling Center.

The Lackawanna County Solid Waste Management Authority voted 3-0 at last week’s meeting to authorize Lackawanna Recycling Center Inc., the private operator of the authority-owned facility, to alert municipalities that it will begin monitoring each load of recyclables before and after they are dumped there. Starting about April 1, the operator may begin rejecting municipal loads and those dropped off by private haulers if it deems them contaminated with trash or materials that cannot be recycled, officials said.

Authority member Al Senofonte did not attend last week’s meeting.

The recycling center uses a dual-stream process. Newsprint, corrugated cardboard and magazines make up one stream, while certain glass, plastic, aluminum and tin cans and containers make up the other. While many private haulers serving municipalities accept single-stream recycling, which allows materials to be mixed together, municipalities and haulers using the facility must keep the two streams separate.

Authority solicitor Thomas Cummings said at the meeting that loads coming into the facility are often contaminated with nonrecyclable materials and, in some cases, garbage. The operator, Cummings said, has been bearing the cost of hauling and disposing the junk material at Keystone Sanitary Landfill, which DeNaples also owns.

From the beginning of 2018 through the end of January, the operator disposed of almost 2,678 tons of nonrecyclables and trash at a cost of about $191,048, according to figures Cummings provided. That amount was not billed to the authority or the county, he said.

The operator also reserves the right to reject deliveries in which the two recycling streams are mixed together, according to a draft letter provided to The Times-Tribune.

Municipal options

In those cases, municipalities will be responsible for disposing of the contaminated loads. They may also decontaminate the loads and bring them back to the center. If the contaminated recyclables already have been dumped, the municipality will be charged a disposal fee, according to the letter.

Authority officials described the next two months as a “courtesy period” allowing municipalities to remind residents what can and cannot be recycled. Last month, county Recycling Coordinator Barbara Giovagnoli encouraged municipal officials to get back to the recycling basics — bottles, cans and jars.

Not all items can be recycled, and those that can should be clear of debris and rinsed of any food waste, she said. Recycling information is available online at recycling.lackawannacounty.org.

Dickson City Borough Manager Cesare Forconi said the borough will make efforts to inform residents of what should be recycled. If municipal crews see a bin filled with contaminated or nonrecyclable materials, Forconi said they likely will not take it and will leave information for the resident on how to correct the issue, among other steps.

The borough provides recycling information on its website, dicksoncityborough.org.

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TUNKHANNOCK — Wyoming commissioners are mulling a new ballot system that could be in place by the May primary.

At this week’s meeting, commissioners heard from county elections Director Florence Kellett about the new Clear Ballot election system.

The Department of State instructed all 67 Pennsylvania counties in April to select “voter-verifiable paper record voting systems” — which produce a paper audit trail for each vote cast — no later than Dec. 31, 2019, and implemented the following year for the primary.

The price quote for 32 precinct scanners and 32 ballot marking devices came in under $30,000, and the state is supposed to cover half, Kellett said.

“It’s one of the only systems that has the adjudication software and risk limiting audit capability,” she said. “We can program the precinct scanner to take all ballots from that polling location and still give out different precinct totals.”

The scanners take photos of each ballot as well, according to Commissioner Judy Mead.

“Pending certification, I would like to have it implemented for the May primary,” Kellett said.

Also at Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners approved a yearly computer maintenance agreement with IntegraONE for the courthouse at $52,568.97. The price has not changed from the past, Henry said.

The commissioners approved the promotion of Cpl. Robert Warriner at the Wyoming County Correctional Facility to sergeant, with a pay increase per union contract to $19.20.

Contact the writer:

bwilliams@wcexaminer.com;

570-836-2123 x36

SCRANTON

United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania will receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

United Neighborhood Centers, plus the Commission for Economic Opportunity in Luzerne County, will receive $212,440 in Continuum of Care funds from the department. The Continuum of Care program is part of a strategic plan to solve homelessness for veterans, adults, families, youth and children. The program provides federal funding to nonprofit organizations and state and local government agencies to rehouse homeless individuals, increase access to mainstream programs for the homeless, and promote self-sufficiency.

The funding is for new planning, Unified Funding Agency costs, and Domestic Violence Bonus projects.

— CLAYTON OVER

MARRIAGE LICENSES

• Michele Catherine Kovach, Moosic, and Michael J. Abbot, Scranton.

• Lauvern Oneka McAlmont and Terrence D. Daniel, both of Cresco.

• Dustin James Reynolds and Brianna Michelle Wells, both of Scranton.

• Ana Karen Gomez and Ruben Emilio Guillandeaux, both of Scranton.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

• Live Well Financial Inc., by Singlesource Property Solutions LLC, as its attorney in fact, Lansing, Mich., to Cory Melvin, Olyphant; a property at 728 Doloff Drive, Dickson City, for $155,000.

• Mary A. Trunzo and Amanda Black, now by marriage, Amanda Imperiale, Carbondale, to Daniel J. and Amy L. Witko, Jermyn; a property at 15 Gilbert St., Carbondale, for $40,000.

• Robert Baron, by and through his court-appointed receiver, Mark Baron, to Chandani Patel; a property at 115 Mackie Lane, Taylor, for $176,000.

• Erich M. and Lydia D. Ross, South Carolina, to Michael P. II and Stephanie A. Gardner, Scranton; a property at 826 N. Webster Ave., Scranton, for $185,500.

• Mark and Nicole E. Yazinski, Olyphant, to Desirae and Jason Morales, Florida; a property at 149 Harriet St., Throop, for $111,300.

DIVORCE SOUGHT

• David C. Maciak, Clarks Summit, v. Dena Jean Maciak, Clarks Summit; married Aug. 22, 1997, in Clarks Summit; Gregory S. Skibitsky Jr., attorney.

LAWSUIT

• Julianna Mary Rinaldi, 706 Wilson Court, Dickson City, v. Alec Jordan Sebastianelli, 5 Country Club Place, South Abington Twp.; seeking an amount in excess of $50,000, which exceeds the jurisdictional amount requiring arbitration referral under the Pennsylvania rules of civil procedure and the local rules of court, for injuries suffered in an automobile accident on July 4 at approximately 9:19 p.m. while traveling down Gino Merli Drive toward Main Street in Blakely; Brian J. Walsh, attorney.

ESTATES FILED

• Charles S. Szlachetka, also known as Charles Stephen Szlachetka, 516 St. Mary’s Villa Road, Moscow, letters of administration to Cynthia Schneider, 396 Vly Road, Niskayuna, N.Y.

• James Coughlin, 1316 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, letters of administration to Colette Russoniello, 98 White Oak Way, Jefferson Twp.

• Joan L. Lubash, 415 Delaware St., Mayfield, letters testamentary to Theresa Lubash, same address, and Joseph Lubash, 277 Grow Ave., Montrose.

ONLINE:

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SCRANTON

A homeless woman faces charges after police said she scratched another woman’s face and threatened her in a city parking garage.

City police arrested Jeannette Heal, 45, after responding to a parking garage in the 500 block of Mulberry Street for the report of a fight. Officers found Heal, who told police she was sleeping in the garage when a woman jumped her. Heal acted erratically, had dilated pupils and had several prescription medications in her backpack, police said.

Officers talked to another woman in the garage, Monique Torres, who told them she pulled into the garage, where Heal lay under a blanket. Heal got up, charged at her car, threatened to kill her and when Torres got out of the vehicle, Heal scratched her face, police said.

Heal is charged with making terroristic threats, simple assault and related charges. She is held in Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Feb. 13.

— CLAYTON OVER

Archbald

Seeking classmates: Members of the Archbald High School class of 1969 have formed a 50th anniversary class reunion committee and are seeking current addresses of classmates; visit Archbald High School Class of 1969 Facebook page or annie813@comcast.net, or call 570-575-0651 or 570-313-1073 with any information.

Dickson City

Crime watch: Dickson City Neighborhood Crime Watch meeting, Feb. 20, 7 p.m., Borough Building on Eagle Lane; guest speaker Jeff Kovaleski, president of Dickson City council; refreshments served.

East Scranton

Casino trip: East Scranton seniors casino bus trip to Hollywood Casino, March 14, leaving at 9:30 a.m. and leaving casino at 5 p.m.; $34, includes $30/slot rebate and $5/food, photo ID required; Tom, 570-280-5096.

Equinunk

Covered dish: Equinunk United Methodist Church covered-dish supper, Feb. 16, church basement, Lordville Road; doors open 5:30 p.m., dinner, 6, bring a dish to share; snow date is Feb. 23; 570-224-6361.

Lackawanna County

Food commodities: Food commodities will be distributed to income-eligible county residents, Tuesday, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Throop Civic Center, 500 Sanderson St.; distribution via the Federal Emergency Food Assistance Program administered by the Scranton-Lackawanna Human Development Agency Inc.; residents may bring their own bags or boxes, offer is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Scranton

Nursing center: Linwood Nursing Rehab Center new facility, open house, Saturday, Feb. 16, 1-4 p.m.

Class clambake: Scranton Central, Scranton Technical class of 1974 and Bishop Klonowski having a clam bake to celebrate 45 years together, Saturday, June 29, noon-7 p.m., East Mountain, Waldorf Park, tiki bar; next planning meeting, Feb. 20, 6 p.m., Alfredo’s, South Scranton. Contact: Mary Alice Finnerty Browning, 570-650-9862; Mari Hoban Emmi, 570-309-2623; Patty Hartman, 570-342-7229; Debbie DeSanto Godek, 570-689-4069; or Debbie Granahan Clark, 570-342-4507.

Susquehanna County

Soup luncheon: Most Holy Trinity Parish, St. John the Evangelist, annual soup luncheon, free to all, Wednesday, Feb. 20, noon-1:30 p.m., St. John’s Parish Hall, 15 E. Church St., Susquehanna, reservations requested. Contact: parish office, 570-853-4634.

Wayne County

Caregivers support: Caregivers Support Group, sponsored by the Wayne County Area Agency on Aging, meeting, Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Earl J. Simons Senior Center, 323 10th St., Honesdale; 570-253-4262.

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FORTY FORT — A few punches to the head last year likely saved Alyssa O’Boyle’s life.

An out-of-control patient pounded O’Boyle in the back of the head multiple times one day in January 2018 while she was working as a mental health technician at First Hospital.

Concussion tests detected something abnormal — possibly a cyst. Further analysis revealed the 20-year-old had one of the rarest cancers in the world, leading to multiple surgeries to remove the tumor and reconstruct her face over the past year.

O’Boyle’s cancer was only the 12th known case worldwide of spindle cell ameloblastic carcinoma, according to her doctors at the University of Pennsylvania.

“I’d rather be known for something else — anything else really,” O’Boyle said recently.

The cancer developed in her face near her sinuses, the result of a rare tooth growth abnormality.

She had no symptoms, however.

If it wasn’t caught when it was, the cancer likely would have grown and spread to the point it was untreatable, doctors told her.

“They said it would have went right to my brain and down my spinal cord,” O’Boyle said.

O’Boyle’s cancer was so rare it was at first assumed to be a benign cyst following a biopsy at a local hospital.

Her family sought a second opinion at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. There, a team of world-renowned doctors did another biopsy and eventually made the spindle cell ameloblasic carcinoma diagnosis.

“This was a very complex tumor,” said Dr. Rabie Shanti, O’Boyle’s cancer surgeon.

Shanti said the tooth abnormality O’Boyle had leads to a benign tumor in about one in every 2 million cases. There are only about 12 known instances in the world, including O’Boyle’s, for such a tumor to be cancerous, Shanti said.

O’Boyle turned 21 on March 29.

On April 3, she had her first of three surgeries, a major 11½-hour operation to remove the tumor and much of the left side of her face.

“It was the worst pain you could imagine. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Every single day I was in tears for hours. I was taking pain pills and it didn’t even help,” O’Boyle recalled.

She has had two more surgeries since, with more work to be done.

O’Boyle credits her mother, Stacy, with helping her get through everything, calling her “Superwoman.”

As of now, there is no more sign of cancer in O’Boyle’s body.

Shanti said he won’t consider her cured until she remains cancer-free for five years. “It’s still a journey,” Shanti said. “It’s not over for her yet. This journey is still going for her.”

O’Boyle is happy to be where she is right now, thankful for a few punches to her head that led to an examination that found the cancer.

“We had no idea the tumor was there. It was an incidental finding. It wasn’t my time, I guess,” she said.

O’Boyle admits she’s very self-conscious about her appearance after the major facial surgeries she’s endured.

“As soon I was able to go out, I wouldn’t even go out in public. I hated it. I just recently started going out with friends,” O’Boyle said.

O’Boyle is hoping to get back to work soon and resume classes at Luzerne County Community College in the fall.

Shanti promises to be a source of support for her throughout the rest of her life. “She is someone who is very important to me. She is one of the strongest people I ever met. She has a resiliency. I’ve learned from her resiliency,” Shanti said. “She is an unbelievable spirit and is very strong minded.”

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570-821-2055;

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WHAT: “Fight with Alyssa” benefit

WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday

WHERE: Rodano’s, Public Square, Wilkes-Barre

COST: $25 (includes food and drinks)

DETAILS: Proceeds benefit Alyssa O’Boyle, who was diagnosed with a rare form of facial cancer last year. She was the 12th known person in the world to have spindle cell ameloblastic carcinoma.

CORRECTION

Salary vote

A story published on Page A5 of Thursday’s edition should have said the Lackawanna County commissioners voted 2 to 1 in favor of 4 percent annual salary

increases for commissioners and other row officers the next four years. Commissioner Laureen Cummings voted no.

SCRANTON — City officials return to court next month for permission to continue imposing a tripled annual local services tax of $156 on most who work in the city.

City officials filed a petition in Lackawanna County Court this week for the tripled local services tax, and issued a required public notice in The Times-Tribune on Wednesday, Thursday and today.

As expected, the petition seeks approval to maintain this year a local services tax of $156, or $104 higher than the city’s prior LST of $52 a year imposed before 2015.

About 30,000 workers pay the tripled LST, which the city budgeted in 2019, to generate $4.65 million in revenue.

A tripled LST — allowed under a 2014 revision to state Act 47 law under which Scranton has been labeled as financially distressed since 1992 — remains a plank of the city’s recovery plan but requires annual approval from court.

The city received court approvals for an LST of $156 for 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.

If the 2019 petition is approved, the tax would continue to be $3 a week, or $156 a year per worker. The LST previously was $1 a week, or $52 a year per most workers.

Under law, LSTs above $52 a year contain exemptions for those earning less than $15,600 a year.

The city’s recovery plan also anticipates the city levying an annual LST of $156 through 2020, according to the petition filed by city Solicitor Jessica Eskra and Assistant City Solicitor Joseph Price.

“The local services tax being levied at $156 represents a vital aspect of the plan as well as a key role in bringing about meaningful change to Scranton’s economic status,” the petition says.

The deadline for anyone to file a response in court to the LST petition is Feb. 22 at the clerk of judicial records, 123 Wyoming Ave. A hearing on the petition will be held 1:30 p.m. March 6 in Lackawanna County Court.

The public notice issued Wednesday and Thursday gave incorrect information. The newspaper will publish a public notice in today’s edition of The Times-Tribune with the correct date and location for the hearing, Eskra said.

A Jan. 16 court order involved in the LST petition required the city to publish — once in a newspaper of general circulation and once in the Lackawanna County Jurist — a public notice of the petition for the tripled LST, the deadline for responses and date of the hearing; and to do so at least 20 days before the hearing.

The city’s LST petitions for 2015 and 2016 had no opposition.

The 2017 LST petition was opposed by eight residents, represented by attorney John McGovern, who contended the city violated a cap on a certain group of taxes allowed under state Act 511, including the local services tax and wage, business privilege/mercantile and amusement taxes. A judge dismissed that opposition but noted the objectors could pursue a different legal avenue. They then sued the city in 2017, claiming it violates the Act 511 tax cap. That lawsuit remains pending in county court.

Last year’s LST petition drew opposition from four workers, also represented by McGovern, who raised objections similar to those in 2017.

McGovern said he would check with his clients to see if any wanted to formally respond in court to the 2019 LST petition.

Contact the writer: jlockwood@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9100 x5185; @jlockwoodTT on Twitter

Scranton’s tripled local services tax

Scranton received court approvals in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 for a tripled local services tax of $156 a year, up from the typical LST of $52 a year, on those who work in the city and annually earn above $15,600.

The city seeks permission from Lackawanna County Court to continue imposing in 2019 a tripled local services tax of $156 a year.

Anyone wishing to file a response to the city’s 2019 LST petition must do so by 4 p.m. Feb. 22, at the clerk of judicial records, 123 Wyoming Ave., Scranton. A copy of any response also must be served by the deadline at the city’s Law Department at City Hall, 340 N. Washington Ave., Scranton.

A hearing on the 2019 LST petition will be held at 1:30 p.m. March 6 in Courtroom 6 at the Lackawanna County Courthouse, 200 N. Washington Ave., Scranton.

NORTH ABINGTON TWP.

A Lackawanna County native is returning home to oversee the Lackawanna State Park Complex.

Robert Barrese, 41, former manager of Mount Pisgah State Park in Bradford County, was appointed manager of the local complex Thursday. He will oversee Lackawanna in North Abington Twp.; Prompton in Wayne County; Archbald Pothole in Lackawanna County; and Salt Spring in Susquehanna County.

Barrese, 41, grew up in Carbondale, where he hunted, fished and visited the local parks before leaving to serve in the Navy. He also holds a master’s degree in education from Lock Haven University and spent 14 years in higher education. He replaces James Wassell.

— KATHLEEN BOLUS

SCRANTON

The deadline to register to participate in the Scranton St. Patrick’s Parade is Thursday, Feb. 28, at midnight, the parade association announced.

Parade Day is Saturday, March 9, in Scranton. The parade steps off at 11:45 a.m. on Wyoming Avenue.

For details or to register to march in the parade, visit www.StPatParade.com.

— KATHLEEN BOLUS

ESTATES FILED

■ Virginia Benson, 486 Jackson Ave., Susquehanna; letters testamentary to Jodi Benson, same address.

■ Theresa Diehl, 8663 SR 3004, Springville; letters testamentary to Christina Curry, 4765 SR 706, Montrose.

■ Thomas Law, 207 Lynn Drive, Springville; letters testamentary to Sabina Kneeland, 1447 Ellis Hollow Road, Ithaca, N.Y.

■ Robert Griffin, 4282 Turnpike St., Friendsville; letters testamentary to Joseph Griffin, 4164 Turnpike St., Friendsville, and John Griffin, 4046 Turnpike St., Friendsville.

■ John Gardner, 5865 SR 3001, Auburn; letters testamentary to John C. Gardner, 651 Stony Mountain Road, Tunkhannock.

■ Stephen Mowry, 820 Johnson Pond Road, Montrose; letters testamentary to Donna Evens, 17 Stever Drive, Binghamton, N.Y.

■ Ellen Bixby, 293 Main St., Susquehanna; letters testamentary to Mary Ellen Norris, 23927 SR 92, Susquehanna.

■ Vivyenne Pascoe, 2049 SR 2009, Hop Bottom; letters testamentary to Douglas Pascoe, 2049 SR 2009, Hop Bottom.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

■ Charles Church, New Milford, and Cassidy Shea, Hallstead.

■ Scott Ramage and Karen Bailey, both of New Milford.

■ Andrew Haliscak and Kerri O’Hara, both of Susquehanna.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

■ Thomas and Diane Foster to Jeffrey Burns, a property in Herrick Twp. for $80,000.

■ Jean Hirsch to Richard Harrington, a property in Bridgewater Twp. for $230,000.

■ H. Daniels to James Warren, a property in Jackson Twp. for $45,000.

■ Roy and Teresa Lemasurier to Montrose Hillbillies V LP, a property in Franklin Twp. for $200,000.

■ Robert Wert and Linda Collins to SR Three LLC, a property in Bridgewater Twp. for $750,000.

■ EGK LLC to Kurt Sr., Deborah and Tiffany Burns, a property in Clifford Twp. for $235,000.

■ Robert and Karen Owens to Montrose Municipal Authority, a property in Bridgewater Twp. for $110,000.

■ Christopher Tracy to Tracy Family LP, a property in Harford Twp. for $136,000.

SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY COURT NOTES appear weekly in The Times-Tribune.

President Judge Michael Bar­rasse sentenced the following defendants recently in Lacka­wanna County Court:

Scott Morgan, 33, 306 12th Ave., Scranton, to 26 to 60 months in state prison, followed by two years’ probation, for possession with intent to deliver.

Zachariah Zwickel, 40, 1371 N. Washington Ave., Scranton, to 27 months to five years in state prison for escape and theft by deception.

Judge Vito Geroulo sentenced:

Mark Fetter, 52, 65 S. Main St., Plains Twp., to three to 11½ months in county prison, $500 in fines and $8,000 in restitution for flight to avoid apprehension, reckless driving and accidents involving damage.

Judge Andy Jarbola sentenced:

Robert Barnes, 19, Wood Street, Scranton, to four to eight years in state prison for robbery.

Judge Margaret Bisignani Moyle sentenced:

Keith Tyminski, 51, 912 W. Linden St., Scranton, to five years’ court supervision, including six months’ house arrest and a $1,500 fine for DUI — tier two, third offense.

Amanda Zieminski, 21, 203 Donnelly Court, Scranton, to three years’ probation for corruption of minors.

Joshua Price, 32, 73 Fairview Park, Mountain Top, to one year of probation for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Vincent Lavolpe, 52, 87 Archbald St., Carbondale, to five years’ court supervision, including one year of house arrest, for possession with intent to deliver.

David Guzzy, 24, 209 Sussex St., Old Forge, to one year of probation and $7,394.33 in restitution for receiving stolen property.

Tyler Burke, 19, 2215 Jefferson Ave., Dunmore, to two days to six months in county prison and a $500 fine for DUI — tier two, first offense.

Tanya Emel, 457 Madison St., Jermyn, to one year of probation for criminal trespass.

Joshua Flores, 29, 401 Main St., Apt. J, Childs, to two years’ probation and $387.80 in restitution for theft by unlawful taking.

Jason Barney, 44, 288 Park St., Carbondale, to 10 years’ court supervision, including 15 months’ house arrest, and a $1,500 fine for DUI — tier three, second offense and DUI — tier two, third offense.

PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

■ Wayne Bank and North Penn Bank to Gerard B. Kiah and Catherine E.C. Kiah, property in Nicholson for $50,200.

■ Graham Shoemaker Sr. and Joann Shoemaker to Frederick W. Howell Jr. and Lucinda L. Howell, property in Lemon Twp., for $155,000.

■ Lawrence F. Twordusky Jr. and Linda J. Twordusky to Chase Hottenstein and Samantha Carfi, property in Lemon Twp., for $220,000.

■ Dale A. Kitchnefsky Sr., Lorie A. Kitchnefsky, Wendy A. Rezykowski, Zigmond F. Rezykowski II, Ella M. Occulto and Bert L. Occulto, to KR Real Estate Holdings LLC, property in Overfield Twp., for $80,000.

■ Benjamin J. Dziuba POA, Lou Ann Dziuba and Benjamin J. Dziuba, to Select Sires Inc., property in Eaton Twp., for $883,450.

■ Geno A. Bartolai Jr., trustee, and Bartolai Geno A. Sr. Trust, to Gregory F. Stapleton Sr. and Richelle Stapleton, property in Lemon Twp., for $1,800.

MARRIAGE LICENSE

Jacob Scott Morrison and Gabrielle Lucianna Bond, both of Noxen.

ESTATES FILED

■ Julie M. Myers, late of Monroe Twp., Letters testamentary to William F. Myers. c/o attorney Catherine J. Garbus, 24 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

■ Richard L. Macialek Sr., late of Eaton Twp., letters testamentary to Richard Louis Macialek Jr., c/o attorney Catherine J. Garbus, 24 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock.

WYOMING COUNTY COURT NOTES appear weekly in The Times-Tribune.

Feb. 8, 1944

Girl, 2, swallowed by mine subsidence

Jule Ann Fulmer, 2 years old, was walking with her aunt and brother on a trip to the grocery store when she was swallowed by a mine subsidence that opened underneath her feet on Mill Street in Pittston. Her aunt, Marie Mitchell, and brother, David, were unharmed.

As soon as the child fell, Pittston police, firefighters from the Eagle Hose Company and American Red Cross workers got to work to try to rescue her from the subsidence. After some digging, hose company firefighter Joseph Ruane was lowered into the hole to find Jule. He was unsuccessful.

Miners from the No. 9 Coal Co. arrived and took charge of the rescue efforts. The rescue crew created a winch-and-pulley system to remove the dirt from the hole faster. The rescue teams reported that the subsidence was very deep and it was possible that Jule was alive and trapped in an air pocket underneath debris from the collapsed sidewalk.

A steam shovel was brought in to aid in the digging. Timber braces were placed in the hole, but at 9:30 p.m. the earth in the hole shifted and broke the braces, and more dirt and debris fell into the subsidence.

As the rescue workers continued their efforts into the night, hundreds gathered in vigil along Mill Street.

The next day, Feb. 9, rescue efforts were suspended for a time after a mechanical problem with the steam shovel. The shovel was fixed and the work continued.

At 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, the body of Jule Ann Fulmer was uncovered some 40 feet below ground. Luzerne County Coroner Lewis S. Reese and Deputy Coroner Charles E. Howell said she died from suffocation.

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.

A man’s ex-girlfriend damaged one of his vehicles and stole another Friday, Hazleton police say.

Carmen Moya Dominguez, 42, of Wilkes-Barre, was charged with theft, criminal mischief and harassment by Hazleton police and was released on $5,000 unsecured bail Saturday by Magisterial District Judge Michael Dotzel, Wilkes-Barre.

According to arrest papers, Moya Dominguez smashed the windshield on a man’s 2005 Mazda with a large piece of ice at 570 W. Maple St. The vehicle owner went outside to view the damage after his landlord told him about it when he was attacked from behind by Moya Dominguez, who was hiding behind another vehicle, police wrote. She scratched his face and chest and got into his 2012 Chevrolet Traverse and drove away, court papers state.

She used an extra key for the Chevrolet that he stored in the Mazda, according to officers, who called her at 3 p.m., telling her to return the vehicle or she’d face arrest. She agreed to return it but didn’t follow through. Police called her over three hours later, finding she wasn’t returning it after all.

TUNKHANNOCK — State and county officials recognized Tunkhannock Area seventh graders in the STEM Academy this week for being the first full grade level in the state to receive training in how to help in medical emergencies.

All 175 students in the seventh grade class underwent Heartsaver CPR AED and Stop the Bleed training through Commonwealth Health as part of its community outreach program. The students also received training in administering naloxone, a drug that reverses an opioid overdose.

The initiative began in the spring of 2018, when STEM Academy Principal Kelly Carroll saw a news report about Stop the Bleed training and wanted to get Tunkhannock students involved.

It took months of coordination and about three months of implementation to certify the students, Carroll said. It gives her peace of mind to know her students are prepared in the event of an emergency.

“It’s a lifesaving technique that I think every student across the commonwealth should understand,” she said.

Gail Malloy, trauma injury prevention and outreach coordinator for Commonwealth Health, provided the training with Ted Kross, Commonwealth Health’s director of emergency services.

The Stop the Bleed training consisted of a lecture followed by a hands-on course where students, faculty and staff learned how to pack a wound, recognizing bleeding, apply a tourniquet and more. Tunkhannock Area faculty and staff also received Stop the Bleed training.

“We feel it’s very important that, not only with the crime and unfortunate shootings across the country, being in a rural environment, it’s good for them to know how to stop bleeding, for example, from a farm accident, motor vehicle accident, any kind of accident,” Kross said.

They also learned the importance of CPR, which is another skill that can be used in any setting. For the separate CPR training, he and Malloy collaborated with Commonwealth Health EMS.

Kross said in the future, they hope to train other grade levels at Tunkhannock, as well as students in other area schools.

Wyoming County Commissioner Tom Henry commended the students.

“I don’t think I’ve ever felt safer in a building,” Henry said. “You’ve really done an awesome job. We’re very grateful for that.”

Cheryl MacDonald-Sweet, director of Commonwealth Health’s trauma service line, mentioned that Gov. Tom Wolf is working on a proclamation congratulating the STEM Academy students.

Jason Burkhart, a representative of the American Trauma Society of Pennsylvania, presented the school district with a Stop the Bleed kit, and Shealynn Shaver, executive director of the Wyoming County Health Foundation, gave the district Stop the Bleed bags to go in 250 classrooms, as well as on school buses.

Malloy passed out certificates to each student at the end of the program.

Zoe Powers, a Tunkhannock seventh grader, was a little nervous at first to receive the CPR and Stop the Bleed training, but feels safer knowing her whole class is certified.

“Everybody should have the technique to be able to save someone’s life if it’s ever needed,” Zoe said.

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JERMYN — The borough’s long-delayed Rushbrook Creek Project won’t begin until at least 2022, but a vital $385,000 grant for the project is set to expire in June.

The state Department of Community and Economic Development awarded the grant to Lackawanna County in 2013, and the county has requested extensions on the grant for the past five years, borough Manager Dan Markey said. However, the grant will expire June 30, and borough officials learned that grants generally aren’t extended past five years, he said. The county is the grantee, so the borough doesn’t have direct involvement in the grant or extension requests.

Officials from the DCED and county are looking into whether the grant can be extended again, but as of Thursday, the borough had not heard, Markey said.

If the grant falls through and the borough is responsible for putting up the money, council President Frank Kulick will recommend that council vote to pull its sponsorship from the project.

“There’s no way for us to come up with the money for that,” he said in a phone interview before the meeting.

If council pulls out of the project, borough officials would speak to the state Department of Environmental Protection about dredging the creek, and they would request that the county repair its bridges over the creek on Madison and Lincoln avenues, Kulick said, explaining that Lackawanna County is holding off on the much-needed repairs until the creek project is complete.

The Lincoln Avenue bridge has been blocked off for years, he said.

The $4 million-plus project, which was authorized in 1996, would include the construction of a concrete channel to direct water flow and prevent future flooding. Officials on the borough, county, state and federal level are all involved in the project.

During Labor Day weekend 2003, Rushbrook Creek overflowed its banks, flooding the borough. Last summer, heavy rains nearly caused the creek to overflow its banks a second time.

“It’s been one setback after the other,” Kulick said. “We’ve done everything we can as far as exerting political pressure.”

The expiring grant would have paid for the movement of utility poles that are in the way of the project, as well as easements, Kulick said.

“If that’s gone, we’re gone” unless the borough finds funding elsewhere, he said, adding that the project costs likely have risen since the grant was awarded in 2013.

Markey hopes the grant will be extended because the project will give residents a sense of security.

“If they see people working on the creek ... they’re probably going to feel safer,” he said. “And probably rightfully so.”

The borough’s problems with the creek often come from outside Jermyn, Markey said.

Most recently, the borough was informed of a potential log jam in the creek in Carbondale Twp., and council asked borough solicitor William Aquilino on Thursday to draft a letter to the township to look into the possible jam.

Also at Thursday’s meeting, Kulick read a letter of resignation from longtime borough Fire Chief Ray Rood. Rood, 69, said he has been the borough’s fire chief for 15 years, and he has been involved with the Crystal Fire Company for 51 years. He will step down when the borough appoints his replacement.

The borough is accepting resumes until the next council meeting Feb. 21. Applicants must reside in the borough.

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Feb. 8, 1944

Girl, 2, swallowed by mine subsidence

Jule Ann Fulmer, 2 years old, was walking with her aunt and brother on a trip to the grocery store when she was swallowed by a mine subsidence that opened underneath her feet on Mill Street in Pittston. Her aunt, Marie Mitchell, and brother, David, were unharmed.

As soon as the child fell, Pittston police, firefighters from the Eagle Hose Company and American Red Cross workers got to work to try to rescue her from the subsidence. After some digging, hose company firefighter Joseph Ruane was lowered into the hole to find Jule. He was unsuccessful.

Miners from the No. 9 Coal Co. arrived and took charge of the rescue efforts. The rescue crew created a winch-and-pulley system to remove the dirt from the hole faster. The rescue teams reported that the subsidence was very deep and it was possible that Jule was alive and trapped in an air pocket underneath debris from the collapsed sidewalk.

A steam shovel was brought in to aid in the digging. Timber braces were placed in the hole, but at 9:30 p.m. the earth in the hole shifted and broke the braces, and more dirt and debris fell into the subsidence.

As the rescue workers continued their efforts into the night, hundreds gathered in vigil along Mill Street.

The next day, Feb. 9, rescue efforts were suspended for a time after a mechanical problem with the steam shovel. The shovel was fixed and the work continued.

At 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9, the body of Jule Ann Fulmer was uncovered some 40 feet below ground. Luzerne County Coroner Lewis S. Reese and Deputy Coroner Charles E. Howell said she died from suffocation.

BRIAN FULTON, library manager, oversees The Times-

Tribune’s expansive digital and paper archives and is an authority on local history.

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