Gene Kane honored by LC

A luncheon conducted in the Lackawanna College board room honored the late Eugene Kane Sr. as a Distinguished Alumnus. Gene received the highest distinction presented by the college in recognition of his legacy as a business leader in the region.

Members of his family, including Joan, Chris, Dick, Gene Jr., Ned and Chrissy Kane and Addison, Kelly and Alex Stark; and college administrators, including President Mark Volk and Associate Vice President for Advancement Bridget FitzPatrick gathered to recognize Gene, who died in 2010.

A graduate of St. Paul's High School and Lackawanna College, Gene also completed courses in logistics at Temple University and Ohio State University. He graduated from the University of Scranton in 1954.

A year later, Gene took over the family business, a trucking company consisting only of two trucks, which his father started in 1930. He converted a 2,000-square-foot garage and established Kane Warehousing Inc. With more than 50 years of leadership, Gene transformed the humble business into a nationally recognized industry leader and a major employer in Northeast Pennsylvania - Kane Is Able, Inc.

Gene was actively involved in numerous community affiliations and organizations. He was a former executive board member of the Boys & Girls Club of Scranton, the Boy Scouts of America, the Pennsylvania Regional Tissue and Transplant Bank, the Scranton Area Foundation and the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce. Also a past president of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council Boy Scouts of America, he was a trustee of Marywood University, the University of Scranton, and Scranton Prep.

UNICO sets date

UNICO Scranton Chapter charity ball honoring Dr. Peter Cognetti as UNICAN of the Year, will be Saturday, Jan. 26, at Genetti Manor in Dickson City.

Committee members including, Mary Marrara, chairwoman; Sal Mecca, chapter president; Palma Yanni, president of the board of directors; Diane Alberigi, Jim Barress, Dave Bieri, Lisa Bieri, Bonnie Blasé; Frank Blasi, Frank Blasi Sr., Rose Blasi, Jack Brunetti, Bill Buckley, Gayle DeAntona, Carole Dougherty, Mike Fiorelli, Linda Malinoski, Sharon Mecca, Patti Grande Rieder, Ashley Yando and Pat Yanni, have planned an event that begins with a 6 p.m. reception.

High notes

Mary E. McDonald, Thomas (Tim) and JoAnn Speicher, Gary H. Williams, Burkavage Design Associates and M & T Bank, were among the honorees on National Philanthropy Day. A committee from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Northeastern Pennsylvania Chapter, presented Mary with its Lifetime Achievement Award. Tim and JoAnn will be honored as Outstanding Philanthropists; Gary as Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser, the Burkavage Associates as Outstanding Corporation, and M & T Bank as Outstanding Foundation. Philanthropy Day is designated each year by an official Act of Congress to recognize the importance of philanthropy in society and pay tribute to outstanding volunteers, professionals, corporations and foundations whose contributions to our communities embody the spirit of giving.

Only eight of 37 school districts in Northeast Pennsylvania met or surpassed the state average on the 2012 SAT. Only three of those districts surpassed the national average on the test.

The data released by the state Department of Education show the districts in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne and Wyoming counties continue to lag behind scores across the country - and the state.

Abington Heights, Elk Lake and Wallenpaupack Area surpassed both the state average of 992 and national average of 1,010. Crestwood, Dallas, Delaware Valley, Wayne Highlands and Lackawanna Trail surpassed the state average. Scores are for students who graduated high school in 2012.

The SAT math and verbal tests are potentially worth 800 points each, for a possible total of 1,600. Students also take an 800-point writing portion, but the scores are not factored into the totals by The Times-Tribune because some colleges continue to discount the value of the test, which was added seven years ago. The SAT is voluntary and is generally taken by college-bound students.

At Abington Heights, where students scored an average of 1,055 on the test, there is no specific SAT-prep course. Instead, the district relies on its regular course curriculum, Superintendent Michael Mahon, Ph.D., said.

"We're very pleased to hear our scores are up," Dr. Mahon said.

Christian DiGregorio, director of admissions at Marywood University, said SAT scores are just one factor in the admissions process. The scores may be more of a factor in acceptance to majors in which a standardized test is needed for licensing or certification, such as teaching or nursing, he said.

But "it's not the end all and be all," he said.

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Fire hits home in West Side

SCRANTON - The Scranton Fire Department responded to a house fire in West Scranton on Monday night.

No flames were visible, but smoke trailed out of the home as firefighters sprayed down the charred rear of the half-double residence at 1907-1909 Lafayette Street just after 10 p.m.

The Fire Department was still investigating the cause of the fire and interviewing the families affected late Monday, and had not yet determined the cause of the blaze.

People walking through Nay Aug Park on Monday had a chance to view up close something they normally see zipping through the sky on important business - a Geisinger Life Flight helicopter.

Part of a show-and-tell for the Scranton community and staff at Geisinger Community Medical Center, the helicopter's crew spent time at the landing pad at the park to show off the equipment to the community.

Living on Colfax Avenue near GCMC, Victoria Angeli and her 7-year-old daughter, Chloe Berkoski, often see the helicopters pass. On Monday, they had the opportunity to examine the inside of the aircraft.

"She sees it all of the time," Ms. Angeli said of her daughter. "I tell her that it's taking care of people."

Since Community Medical Center officially partnered in February with Geisinger Health System, the Scranton hospital's staff, along with many residents in the community, continues to get to know other parts of the Geisinger system. Usually operating in emergency situations, Life Flight helicopters take people from accidents or hospitals to specialized care.

Redmond Lines, a flight nurse, said he and other emergency personnel enjoy explaining their jobs to the public.

"It's an intense job," he said. "We don't get the opportunity to put the aircraft on display very much."

The helicopter, one of five active helicopters in the Geisinger Life Flight program, is based at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport and has 50 to 60 flights a month, Mr. Lines said. Overall, the regional helicopter service has just under 3,000 flights each year.

Each of the helicopters is equipped with medicine, equipment and staff to handle severe injuries that require the fastest medical attention.

"We're trained at a higher level," said Robert F. Sembrat, a flight paramedic. "You really don't know from day to day what you're going to get."

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The Scranton School District administration has issued letters of reprimand to five teachers and is recommending the firing of another after an investigation into suspected cheating on standardized tests.

A letter from the Department of Education to district Superintendent William King, obtained by The Times-Tribune on Monday, outlines the district's investigation. The state accepted both the district's investigatory report and the resulting actions, according to the letter.

Read the letter HERE

Widespread cheating was not expected, nor was it found, Mr. King said Monday. He would not discuss any specifics of the investigation, citing confidential personnel issues.

Scranton was one of six districts identified by the state in September for possible manipulation of bubble sheets by adults. A forensic analysis by the state looked at PSSA scores from 2009 to 2011 and examined the rate in which answers were changed.

Six school districts statewide - Scranton, Hazleton, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Reading - were under investigation. Scranton schools that included a grade level having a high number of wrong-to-right erasure marks for the 2009, 2010 and/or 2011 tests were:

- Charles Sumner Elementary

- John F. Kennedy Elementary

- McNichols Plaza Elementary

- Neil Armstrong Elementary

- Northeast Intermediate School

- Scranton High School

- South Scranton Intermediate School

- West Scranton High School

The state and school district had previously refused to identify the schools. Mr. King said he conducted a series of interviews of students and teachers at the schools, but was unaware why Sumner and West Scranton High were included on the list from the state, because no wrongdoing was found.

Mr. King refused to discuss what he found in the other schools.

This fall, Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis blamed a decline in test scores statewide on the cheating investigation and the additional security measures taken for the 2012 test. With extra security, a truer measure of student achievement was found, instead of scores being artificially inflated by the cheating of teachers or administrators, Mr. Tomalis said at the time.

The Scranton School Board has not yet acted on the termination because a meeting between the union and administration was scheduled, said Nathan Barrett, the board's vice president.

"I would hope the board stands behind (Mr. King's) recommendation," Mr. Barrett said. "I hope no one would condone this type of behavior."

Mr. Barrett said he could not name specific employees.

The instance that may lead to the termination involves a teacher changing a student's scores so that he or she went from basic or below basic levels to scoring at proficient levels on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment test. That difference meant the student could have been put in more advanced classes, and possibly not given the support needed, Mr. Barrett said.

"I'm hoping it was an isolated incident," he said.

Mr. Barrett said he did not know specifics about what caused the letters of reprimand. Instances flagged by the state may have included a teacher telling a student to go back over an answer, he said. A termination must be a board action, and the teacher's name would be made public then.

Efforts to reach Rosemary Boland, president of the Scranton Federation of Teachers, were unsuccessful Monday.

Contact the writer: shofius@timesshamrock.com, @hofiushallTT on TwitterErasure marks

Scranton schools that had a high number of wrong-to-right erasure marks on PSSA tests were:

- Charles Sumner Elementary

- John F. Kennedy Elementary

- McNichols Plaza Elementary

- Neil Armstrong Elementary

- Northeast Intermediate

- Scranton High

- South Scranton Intermediate

- West Scranton High

Coroner: Woman died of exposure

SCRANTON - A 62-year-old woman whose body was found in West Scranton after she disappeared last month died of hypothermia, an autopsy performed Monday showed.

Sharon Price, Rear 414 14th Ave., who was partially blind and suffered from schizophrenia, disappeared Oct. 27 after an appointment at a Luzerne Street hair salon.

Her body was found by a work crew Friday in woods near Luzerne Street and South Sherman Avenue.

Lackawanna County Coroner Tim Rowland said the investigation continues into the manner of death.

DUNMORE - Dunmore School Board members told a parent Monday that they will look at policies related to notifying parents when students receive injuries at school.

Board members and district Superintendent Richard McDonald said during the meeting they would evaluate existing policies after a fourth-grader at Dunmore Elementary Center was hit by another student on Nov. 8 and the student's parents weren't notified. Mr. McDonald said he discussed the situation with elementary center Principal Matthew Quinn and believes it should have been handled differently.

"They dropped the ball on this one," Mr. McDonald said. "He admitted it."

School board members assured parents that policies would be evaluated related to contacting parents if children are injured at school.

"By you bringing it up, it will be addressed," said board member Joseph Durkin.

Mr. McDonald said the incident involving the fourth-grader led to the student being seen by the school nurse and another student receiving a suspension from school.

"We're going to look into the circumstances related to what happened," Mr. McDonald said. "We're going to review our policies and see if something needs to be done."

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ARCHBALD - A 3-mile stretch of walking trail connecting two municipalities in the Midvalley represents only a small portion of the project to connect 31 municipalities, including 16 in Lackawanna County.

But for Natalie Gelb and officials from the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, the new section signifies hope and the culmination of several years' worth of work.

"It's a huge step forward for this project," said Ms. Gelb, executive director of the LHVA. "It's the largest segment of land we've completed at one time."

Led by Ms. Gelb, the group held a groundbreaking ceremony Monday at the Laurel Street Trailhead to celebrate the opening of the Powdermill Trail, which runs from Delaware Street in Jermyn to the trailhead in Archbald.

The new stretch of trail, which completes an 8-mile section and cost $2.7 million, is part of a project to connect 70 miles of land along the Susquehanna River from Pittston to the New York state border.

Ms. Gelb said the project is more than 50 percent complete, but she didn't want to give an estimated end date, knowing just how quickly things can change.

"We started this entire project just as the economy crashed, so that certainly delayed things," Ms. Gelb said. "We've been very fortunate to find sources of funding for the project."

A supervisor with the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Dennis Demara, said the extension will provide both economic and recreational benefits to those in the area.

"This trail allows residents to enjoy what Northeastern Pennsylvania has to offer and also gives them a chance to venture out to other municipalities," Mr. Demara said. "It also fuels the local economy. For every dollar invested in the trail, it's $12 realized."

Having grown up in the area, state Sen. John Blake, D-22, Archbald, reminisced about the times he played baseball just down the road from the trailhead. Now, he said, he'll be back in the area to exercise - this time, though, he will be riding a bike instead of running around in a field.

"This trail will bring a lifetime of memories to those in the community," Mr. Blake said. "I think it's an extremely rewarding project, and I applaud Natalie and the other officials for their continued efforts."

"The goal of this project is to connect the communities," Ms. Gelb said. "We're getting there."

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Three months after he tried to run over undercover narcotics investigators with a rental car, those same county detectives walked right into William Rojas on Saturday.

Mr. Rojas, 30, unknown address, had just returned to Scranton after months spent on the run when the same two Lackawanna County narcotics detectives who filed a warrant for his arrest after the Aug. 10 incident at Albright Avenue and Grove Street noticed him driving a Jeep on Swetland Street, detectives said.

Mr. Rojas had been wanted on a litany of felony charges since he tried to run down city and county detectives with a rental car that one city cop fired a bullet at to protect himself on Aug. 10.

When the county detectives noticed him by chance while conducting surveillance in an unrelated investigation, they rounded up their team and staked out Mr. Rojas' parked Jeep in the 1400 block of Swetland Street.

At about 5:45 p.m. they saw him walking toward the vehicle, and Mr. Rojas again took off running.

He had outrun the investigators for a few blocks when he barreled through a fence gate in the backyard of 355 N. Lincoln Ave.

As a detective later described it, Mr. Rojas apparently did not realize in the near darkness of early evening that the surface he was about to set foot on in that backyard was actually the cover of an in-ground pool.

After a step or two, he collapsed into the water and then followed the detectives' orders to swim over to the side and was arrested.

A search of Mr. Rojas - who identified himself as Marcus Guerrero - found three cellphones and $851.

Though he pleaded with investigators to use him as an informant to buy "kilos" from the "big fish," even going so far as to drop the names of known drug traffickers in the area, he was denied and taken in on the warrant.

The charges against him from the earlier investigation stemmed from a brief undercover drug investigation that began on Aug. 7, when investigators with the Lackawanna County District Attorney's Office made a controlled purchase of heroin from Mr. Rojas, an associate of Danny Horton, 31, of Scranton, detectives said.

Mr. Horton was a passenger in the vehicle Mr. Rojas used to try and run over investigators after they attempted to take the two men into custody on drug charges.

Mr. Rojas successfully eluded officers that day while Mr. Horton was arrested a short distance from where their car crashed after they fled down Albright Avenue.

After the incident, investigators looked up the rental agreement for the vehicle Mr. Rojas was driving and found the name of a woman he was dating at the time.

Though she did not know many particulars about Mr. Rojas, whom she believed was named Marcus Guerrero, the woman did mention that he had a child with a stripper named Fawn.

Familiar with the woman from previous investigations, detectives looked up Fawn Morgan, 31, at the Lackawanna County Domestic Relations office and found that Mr. Rojas fathered one of her children. One look at Mr. Rojas' picture in a law enforcement database and the investigators identified the man that, until that point, they knew only by his street name, Carmello, detectives said.

Efforts to take him into custody proved unsuccessful until Saturday, when he was also found to have 24 bags of heroin on him.

He was arraigned on 31 counts, four of which were felony aggravated assault. He was sent to Lackawanna County Prison in lieu of $200,000 bail. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 29.

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Valley View hires special ed supervisor

ARCHBALD - The Valley View School Board unanimously voted to hire a supervisor of special education services at Monday night's meeting. Board members approved Donna Carey to the position at a prorated salary of $80,000 a year, effective today. The board also scheduled the annual reorganization meeting of the board for Monday, Dec. 3, at 6 p.m. in the Valley View High School library.

Exhibit features memorial for ship

SCRANTON - A display of photos and artifacts will serve as a memorial to the lost tall ship HMS Bounty.

Starting Friday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m., Care Net of Scranton, 310 Adams Ave., will host a memorial exhibit for the ship that sank off the coast of South Carolina during Superstorm Sandy, killing two of the 16 crew members, a release said.

Kenn Anderson, a friend of the two who died, is chairman of Care Net and has served as a carpenter, electrician, gunner and sailor for several years. The ship was used as a prop in the movie "Mutiny on the Bounty." The exhibit will continue Dec. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Dec. 9 from noon to 5 p.m.

Lupas now in assisted living

WILKES-BARRE - Anthony J. Lupas Jr., whose trial in an alleged $6 million Ponzi scheme has been on hold for eight months while a court-appointed doctor evaluates his competency, has moved into an assisted-living center in Kingston.

Mr. Lupas, 78, has been a resident at Tiffany Court since his release from a hospital one or two months ago, according to one of his attorneys, Joseph Blazosek.

Mr. Lupas' attorneys have sought to have him declared incompetent to stand trial since his indictment in March on charges that he bilked investors and clients.

Mr. Lupas, the former longtime solicitor to the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board and father of a Luzerne County judge, faces 31 counts of fraud and conspiracy.

Ethics commission reviews complaint

WILKES-BARRE - Members of the Luzerne County Accountability, Conduct and Ethics Commission met in closed sessions Monday to review a complaint against a deputy coroner, who allegedly used his county position to solicit private funeral-service business.

The county ethics code prohibits coroner's office employees from soliciting and discussing, while on county business, private funeral services. In recent years, several funeral home directors have claimed coroner's office employees unfairly receive funeral business as a perk.

The ethics commission does not release details about complaints. .

Still no word on cuts in W-B

WILKES-BARRE - Residents still remain in the dark about the city's plan to cut police officers, firefighters and the other service workers employed with their tax dollars, days after the city discussed those plans internally with union officials.

During Monday night's city council meeting, Mayor Tom Leighton again confirmed downsizing the city's work force will be necessary in order to solve its current $2 million deficit and long-term financial uncertainty created by declining revenues. But he did not specify when or how many jobs would be eliminated, echoing familiarly vague statements he's made dating back to his Oct. 15 budget proposal.

"Unfortunately, there will be some difficult decisions made within the next week that will carry into (2013)," Mr. Leighton said. "How deep is unknown."

Abington Heights School District

Game tickets: Tickets for PIAA State Playoff football game featuring the Abington Heights Comets vs. Allentown Central Catholic, scheduled Saturday, 1 p.m., Valley View stadium, available through Wednesday at high school, $6/adults, $3/students.

Archbald

Recycling schedule: Thursday and Friday recycling moved to Monday and Tuesday, respectively, due to holiday; no change in garbage pickup.

Beach Lake

Craft fair: Beach Lake Fire Company Auxiliary holiday craft fair, Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., fire hall, Route 652, $1; food and beverages available for purchase, door prizes.

Carbondale

Pickup changes: City of Carbondale garbage and recycling Thursday route will be collected Friday due to holiday.

Honesdale

Santa parade: Greater Honesdale Partnership Santa Parade on Friday, lineup, 5 p.m., Top Notch parking area, Fourth Street; parade begins, 6; tree-lighting ceremony follows; rain date, Saturday; to enter a float, musical or marching group, contact Gail Tucker, 253-5492, fax, 253-5491, or email, ghp@visithonesdalepa.com.

Vendors needed: Greater Honesdale Partnership, "Honesdale for the Holidays," Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Main Street; seeking craft vendors, antique dealers, artists and artisans, and specialty food vendors; registration form or details, 253-5492 or ghp@visithonesdalepa.com, put vendor in subject line.

Jefferson Twp.

Tree lighting: Tree lighting and open house, Dec. 1, 3-6 p.m., Santa arrives, 4; tree lighting, 5:30; Municipal Building, 487 Cortez Road; light refreshments, ornament crafts, historical society display, entertainment; Joanne Musko 689-7138.

Olyphant

Pierogi sales: Pierogi sales, Fridays, 9-11:30 a.m. and Sundays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., All Saints Orthodox Church, 211 Willow Ave.; orders for Christmas, 489-7701, 383-0785 or church hall, 489-5591.

Scranton

Pyrohy sale: St. Michael's Ukrainian Orthodox Church pyrohy sale, Friday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 540 N. Main Ave., 961-1795.

Holiday celebration: United Neighborhood Centers of NEPA Family & Friends Christmas celebration, Dec. 9, 12:30 p.m., Fiorelli's, 1501 Main St., Blakely; dinner, 1 p.m., music by the Shoreliners and dancing, 1:30-4:30 p.m., cash bar; $20, children under 12/$10, 961-1592, ext. 102 by Dec 3.

South Scranton

Seniors meet: South Scranton Friendly Seniors meeting today, 12:30 p.m, St. Paul of Cross Parish Center, Prospect Avenue.

Spring Brook Twp.

Craft show: Maple Lake United Methodist Church Christmas craft show and cookie sale, Dec. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., 632 Route 690, one block west of Route 307; various craft items and vendors, light lunch served; crafters needed, $10/tables, Julie, 842-8509.

Susquehanna County

Book sale: Blueberry Festival book sale committee used book sale, Nov. 29, 4-8 p.m., Nov. 30, 4-9 p.m. and Dec. 1, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., supports the Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association.

CLIPBOARD ITEMS may be e-mailed to yesdesk@times shamrock.com or mailed to Clipboard, c/o the YES!Desk at 149 Penn Ave., Scranton, 18503. For details, call the YES!Desk at 348-9121.

Funeral Notices

ANDREWSH, ELAINE, Blakely, today, 9 a.m., John J. Turko & Sons Funeral Home, 402 Boulevard Ave., Dickson City. Mass, 9:30 a.m., St. Mary's Visitation Church, Dundaff Street, Dickson City, by the Rev. Walter F. Skiba. Interment, Valley View Memorial Park Cemetery, Mont­dale. No calling hours.

BARHITE, MARTIN P., Clifford, Monday, Shifler-Parise Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Clifford, by Pastor Vernon Tomp­kins. Pallbearers: Martin, Michael and Tyler Barhite; Doug Szyman­ski, Chris Heckendorn and Frank Levai. Interment, Indian Orchard Cemetery, Honesdale.

BONACCI, NICOLINA M., Mary­land, formerly of Carbondale, Mass, Monday, St. Athanasius Church, Maryland, by her brother-in-law, the Rev. Louis Bonacci. Local services, today, 11 a.m., Lawrence A. Gabriel Funeral Home, 2 Hospital St., Carbondale. Interment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill. Calling hours today, 9 to 11 a.m. Contributions: Alz­heimer's Association.

BRESSET, ROSEMARY COYNE, Mount Pocono, formerly of Honesdale, cremation, Maple Hill at Salem Crematory. Mass, today, 10 a.m., St. John the Evangelist Church, Honesdale. Interment, St. John's Cemetery. Arrangements: Hessling Funeral Home Inc., 428 Main St., Honesdale. Contributions: VNA Hospice of Monroe County, 502 VNA Road, East Stroudsburg, PA 18301. Condolences: hessling funeralhome.com.

BYERLY, ELIZABETH, Mountain View Care Center, Monday, Thomas P. Kearney Funeral Home Inc., Old Forge, by the Rev. Carl Brigido, her son-in-law. Pall­bear­ers: Joe, James and Jeffrey Aulisio; John Mayer, Dale Flynn and Timothy Elmer, grandsons. Interment, Forest Home Ceme­tery, Taylor.

CLARK, AUDREY HEMMLER POLLEY, Hollistervile, today, 11 a.m., James Wilson Funeral Home, 143 Gravity Road, Lake Ariel, by the Rev. Daniel Istvanik. Interment, Hollisterville Ceme­tery. Calling hours, today, 10 to service. Contributions: Hollisterville Bible Church, 32 Stanat Road, Moscow, PA 18444. Condolences: jameswilsonfuner alhome.com.

DEL ROSSO, MARY D., Dun­more, Monday, Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Home Inc., Dunmore. Mass, St. Anthony of Padua Church, Dunmore, by the Rev. David Cappelloni. Pallbear­ers: Paul Strauskulage, Dominick DiCindio, Mario and Louis III Del Rosso; Anthony Rotondo and Sean Mauder. Interment, St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow.

DEMBROSKY, EDWARD A., Throop, today, 10:30 a.m., John F. Glinsky Funeral Home, 445 Sanderson St., Throop. Blessing service by the Very Rev. William Chromey, pastor, St. Adalbert's Polish National Catholic Church, Dickson City. Interment, private. Calling hours today, 9 to 10:30. Condolences: jfglinskyfuneralhome@gmail.com.

DOMMERMUTH, MARIE THER­ESA ANGELINI, Suscon, today, Mass, 9:30 a.m., Queen of the Apostles Church, 715 Hawthorne St., Avoca, by the Rev. Phillip Sladicka. Interment, St. Mary's Cemetery, Avoca. No calling hours. Contributions: donor's choice. Arrangements: Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. Condolen­ces: kiesingerfuneralservices.com.

GILLOTT, JOSEPH PETER, May­field, Monday, Carmine J. & Louis C. Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., Carbon­dale. Mass, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Carbondale, by Monsignor David L. Tressler, pastor. Committal prayers by the Very Rev. John Kowalczyk, pastor of St. Michael's Russian Orthodox Church, Jermyn; and Monsignor David L. Tressler. Pallbearers: P.J. III and Peter Paul Gillott; Sam Mosley, Joseph Fasciana, Jerry Docteur, Scott Egyed, Charles Scavo and Gene Staschak. Entomb­ment, St. Tikhon's Mona­stery, South Canaan.

GUMAN, JEAN MARIE, Union City, N.J., formerly of Staten Island, N.Y., and Olyphant, Mass, today, 9:30 a.m., Holy Cross Parish, 200 Delaware Ave., Oly­phant. Interment, private. Calling hours, 8:45 until Mass. Contri­butions: Leukemia and Lymph­oma Society, lls.org.

JOHNSON, RICHARD C. "PAP­PY," Saturday, 3 p.m., Harding-Litwin Funeral Home, 123 W. Tioga St., Tunk­hannock, by the Rev. Lori Robin­son of the Factoryville United Methodist Church. Calling hours, Saturday, 1 to 3. Interment, Sunnyside Ceme­tery, Tunkhan­nock. Contribu­tions: Triton Hose Company, 116 W. Tioga St., Tunk­hannock, PA 18657. Condolen­ces: aplitwinfu neralhomes.com.

KAKAREKA, STANLEY J. JR., Elmhurst, Mass, today, 11 a.m., St. Eulalia's Church, 214 Blue Shutters Road, Roaring Brook Twp., by Monsignor John W. Jordan and the Rev. John J. Kilpatrick. Interment, private. Call­ing hours today, 9 to Mass, church. Contributions: St. Eulalia's Parish, 214 Blue Shutters Road, Roaring Brook Twp., PA 18444; the American Heart Association, 613 Baltimore Drive, Suite 3, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702; or the American Diabetes Association, 1701 N. Beauregard St., Alexandria, VA 22311. Arrangements: Nicholas Chomko Funeral Home, South Scranton.

KOSMO, PETER VINCENT, Stafford, Va., today, 8:30 a.m., Marine Memorial Chapel. Burial, Quantico National Cemetery. Condolences: covenantfuneral service.com.

KRISTOFF, JOHN J. "KRISTY," Taylor, today, 9:30 a.m., Semian Funeral Home, 704 Union St., Taylor. Mass, 10, St. Ann's Basil­ica. Interment with military honors, Holy Cross Cemetery, Old Forge. Condolences: semian cares.com.

LAMOND, LOIS M., Stewarts­town, today, 11 a.m., J.J. Harten­stein Mortuary Inc., 24 N. Second St., New Freedom, by Pastor Robert S. Harris. Inter­ment, private, New Freedom Cemetery. Visitation, today, 10 to 11. Contributions: Hospice & Community Care, 224 St. Charles Way, Suite 200, York, PA 17402; or SPCA, 3159 Susquehanna Trail North, York, PA 17406.

MACKRELL, JOAN ANN EVE­LYN, Eynon, Wednesday, 9 a.m., Harrison Funeral Home, 374 N. Main St., Archbald. Mass, 9:30, St. Mary's Czestochowa Church, Eynon. Interment, St. Cyril's Cemetery, Peckville. Go directly to church. Calling hours today, 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Donations: Christ the King Food Pantry of the donor's choice. Condolences: harrisonfh.com.

MADDEN, JAMES J. "JOE," formerly of Ithaca and Deposit, N.Y., Monday, Joseph W. Scotchlas Funeral Home Inc., Simpson. Mass, St. Rose of Lima Church, Carbondale, by the Rev. Phiilp Sladicka, the Rev. Carsten Martensen and the Rev. Joseph Marcoux. Pallbearers: Joseph Telegadas, Adam and Evan Hill; Tim and George Cari­gan and Robert Umholtz. Inter­ment with military services by VFW Post 4712, Simpson, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill.

PEPSIN, FLORENCE J. KANIA, Chalfont, formerly of Taylor, today, 11:30 a.m., Thomas J. Hughes Funeral Home Inc., 1240 St. Ann's St., Scranton. Mass, noon, SS. Peter and Paul Church, West Locust Street, Scranton, by the Rev. Kenneth M. Seegar. Inter­ment, parish cemetery, Taylor. Calling hours, 9:30 to 11:30. Contributions: Alzheimer's Associ­ation, 57 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.

RAFALKO, FRANCES S., Dun­more, Monday, Carlucci-Golden-DeSantis Funeral Home Inc., Dun­more. Mass, St. Anthony's Church, Dunmore, by the Rev. David A. Cappalloni. Pallbearers: Peter Rafalko, son; Martin T. and Peter J. Rafalko; BJ Golden, Richie and Jason Gornowicz; Michael V. Parks and John Skeba, grandsons. Interment, Dun­more Cemetery.

ROSKOS, GEORGE M., Scran­ton, Monday, Divine Liturgy, St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Kingston. Pallbearers: Doug Boyle, Pat DeSarno, Matt O'Malley, Bobby Blasko, Paul Ludovici, John Richter, TJ Hughes and Joe Gaughan. Interment, Fern Knoll Park, Dallas.

SCHMIDT, MARIE E. GAVIN, West Scranton, Mass, Monday, St. Patrick's Church, Scranton, by the Rev. Steven Krowontka, asso­ciate pastor. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton.

SNITZER, MARION, Olyphant, private services and interment. Arrangements: Michael Wargo Jr. Funeral Home, Olyphant.

TUCKER, DORA ARLENE "GRAM" BARHIGHT, Hamlin, Wednesday, 10 a.m., Brian Arthur Strauch Funeral Homes and Cre­ma­tion Services, 3 First St., Spring Brook Twp., by Pastors Chris Klimecko of Hamlin Centen­ary United Methodist Church and Eric Luczak of Daleville United Methodist Church. Interment, East Canaan Cemetery, South Canaan. Calling hours today, 5-8 p.m. Donations: Hospice Commu­nity Care, 100 William St., Dun­more, PA 18510; or Hamlin Cen­tenary United Methodist Church, Hamlin, PA 18427. Condolences: strauchfuneralhomes.com.

VAN FLEET, KATHERINE, Clarks Summit, today, 11 a.m., Lawrence E. Young Funeral Home, 418 S. State St., Clarks Summit, by Brian Nichols. Inter­ment, Newton Cemetery. Calling hours, today, 10 to service. Condolences: lawrenceeyoungfu neralhome.com. Memorials: Com­passionate Care Hospice, 960 N. Main Ave., Scranton, PA 18508.

WILLIAMS, ALICE, Dunmore, today, 9 a.m., Morell-LaBelle Funeral Home, 301 Chestnut St., Dunmore. Mass, 9:30, St. Anthony's Church, Smith Street, Dunmore. Interment, Cathedral Cemetery, Scranton. Contribu­tions: VNA Hospice and Home Health of Lackawanna County, 301 Delaware Ave., Olyphant, PA 18447. Condolences: Dunmore funerals.com.

WILLIAMS, PAULINE "PENNY," Clifford Twp., Wednesday, 11 a.m., Shifler-Parise Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 18 Airport Road, Clifford, by the Rev. James Major, pastor of Watson Hill Bible Church. Interment, Welsh Hill Cemetery, Clifford Twp. Calling hours today, 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday, 10 to service. Contributions: Watson Hill Bible Church, 3878 SR 492, New Milford, PA 18834. Condolences: parisefuneralhome.com.

WINTERS, JESSIE B. BURNS, Clarks Summit, today, 11 a.m., Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, Clarks Summit, by the Rev. Barbara J. Snyder, pastor, Waverly United Methodist Church. Private interment, Abington Hills Ceme­tery, South Abington Twp. Calling hours today, 10 to 11, church. Contributions: Mountain View Care Center, 2309 Stafford Ave., Scranton, PA 18505. Arrange­ments: Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Service Inc., 111 Colburn Ave., Clarks Summit. Con­dolences: jennings calvey.com.

ZIGMONT, RAYMOND J., Car­bon­dale, Wednesday, 10:15 a.m., Edward A. Wade Funeral Home and Cremation Services Inc., 4 Morris Place at Terrace Street, Carbondale. Mass, 10:30, St. Rose of Lima Church, 6 N. Church St., Carbondale. Inter­ment, Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Finch Hill. Calling hours today, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Condolences: parisefuner alhome.com.

Financially strapped Scranton's 2013 budget contains hefty raises for six city employees, including the part-time solicitors of the administration and council.

The budget comes following a summer in which the city narrowly avoided a financial meltdown, at times unable to pay its bills or convince banks to loan it money. There are no layoffs or salary cuts in the budget.

Administration solicitor Paul Kelly and council solicitor Boyd Hughes each would receive a $15,000 pay hike next year due to their having significantly increased workloads with the city, said Mayor Chris Doherty. Their city workloads have been cutting into their private practices, the mayor added.

Mr. Kelly's salary would go from $52,500 to $67,500, or a 29 percent raise.

Mr. Hughes' salary would rise 33 percent, from $45,000 to $60,000, though he would not receive health benefits.

"They work more hours with us," Mr. Doherty said of the two solicitors. "They've been working long hours and they will next year, too."

Four full-time employees, including the fire chief and three business administration employees, also would have their pay partly restored to their former levels before their salaries were cut in 2011 and 2012 by the council supermajority led by council President Janet Evans, the mayor said.

Fire Chief Tom Davis would get a raise of $16,258, or 24 percent, from $67,228 to $83,486. This hike also is partly attributed to a statutory rank differential of what a chief earns relative to his subordinates, the mayor said.

Business administrator Ryan McGowan, finance manager Mary Lou Murray and human services director Gina McAndrew also each would get a $10,000 raise, as follows: Mr. McGowan's salary would rise from $53,550 to $63,500, or 19 percent; Ms. Murray's pay would increase from $37,400 to $47,400, or 27 percent; and the salary of Ms. McAndrew, an attorney who also is the city's PEL coordinator, would rise from $36,000 to $46,000, or 28 percent.

These employees also had hefty workloads and often worked weekends, as this year was particularly busy year for the city because of its financial difficulties, agreed the mayor and Mrs. Evans.

"I want to keep knowledgeable people in place," Mr. Doherty said. "It's in the city's interest to keep them."

Mrs. Evans said, "We were able to overcome many differences and keep the city operating during one of the most challenging years it's faced and people who worked the hardest deserve to be paid for their skills. For example, Boyd Hughes is arguably the best attorney the city has employed in a very long time."

Mrs. Evans said some of Ms. McAndrew's subordinates who are union members earn more than her, and the business administrator is arguably the most important job in city government.

Resident Gary Lewis, who during this year's financial meltdown of the city became active and has advocated for the city filing Chapter 9 bankruptcy as a solution, said he can understand raises for business administration employees who previously had salaries cut. But Mr. Lewis believes that pay hikes for the solicitors are unjustified because along with their salaries they have received fees this year from city borrowing packages.

"You're talking about granting raises in a town where you're going to have a deficit (in 2013) that you're going to close with borrowing," Mr. Lewis said. "I can rationalize a raise for a guy like Ryan McGowan. I can't rationalize raises for Boyd Hughes and Paul Kelly. I don't think they deserve anything. They've billed for work above and beyond what their salary is."

In defending Mr. Hughes, Mrs. Evans said, "He's been very successful in his dealing with the Scranton Parking Authority and saved a great amount of money for the city on that one issue alone. He handles all of the city's financings. He really has carried the ball on a number of issues."

Asked if the prior cutting of administrative salaries that are now being raised was a mistake, Mrs. Evans said, "No, I don't believe so because it was a situation where we had hundreds of employees, particularly public safety employees, who hadn't received raises in eight years. How does one justify many years of increases in management positions when the remainder of workers were frozen year after year."

Ms. Murray declined to comment, while efforts to reach Mr. Kelly, Mr. Hughes, Mr. Davis, Mr. McGowan and Ms. McAndrew were unsuccessful.

The budget, though presented by the mayor to council on Thursday, was a joint budget that both sides prepared together, officials have said. In the absence of a council meeting this Thursday, the budget is expected to be introduced by council Nov. 29. The budget proposal is not set in stone and amendments may be made, although the mayor and Mrs. Evans do not expect any major revisions.

Some other highlights of the budget include the following:

n The budget would increase $24.3 million, or 29 percent from $85.3 million to $109.6 million. The steep rise has been attributed to new borrowing and refinancing necessary to cover a landmark state Supreme Court arbitration award of $17 million due to the city's police and fire unions, to provide a $5 million increase in the city's mandatory minimum pension obligation, and to pay off interest of a $14 million tax-anticipation note the city will obtain next year.

n The city expects to borrow $25 million in 2013 to fund the back pay and pension increase.

n The budget contains a 12 percent real-estate tax hike, as well as increases in the real-estate transfer, business privilege and mercantile taxes, and a new commuter and amusement taxes. A 1 percent commuter tax must first be approved by a court and the city has a Dec. 10 hearing on its petition.

n The city has negotiated with Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Dunmore a deferred payment of $1 million in landfill fees in 2013, the mayor said. The city budgeted $1.5 million in landfill fees in 2012, but is only budgeting $500,000 in 2013. The mayor said the city has worked out a deal with Keystone to pay back the $1 million by paying $333,000 in each of 2014, 2015 and 2016, Efforts to reach a Keystone representative were unsuccessful.

n The city is negotiating to have its parking meter program run by Standard Parking, which recently merged with Central Parking System, the firm that now runs the city's parking garages. The city would lease its on-street meters to Standard.

"You need one entity in control of the garages and meters for pricing and to make it work with technology and having a business entity attuned to this," Mr. Doherty said. The fate of six parking-meter collection/enforcement employees remains unclear. These six were shifted a few months ago from the unraveled Scranton Parking Authority to City Hall. The takeover of the city's meter program remains under negotiation with Standard and efforts to reach a representative of that firm were unsuccessful.

n The city is budgeting to receive $1 million from "yellow" parking tickets. The city budgeted $700,000 from these parking tickets in 2012, but as of October had only collected $258,000.

n The city is budgeting $1.9 million in parking meter collections. The city budgeted $1.4 million in 2012 but by October had only collected $700,000. An increase is foreseen through a parking meter upgrade that would allow for credit-card and/or remote payments.

n The city's new parking tax is expected to raise $225,000 next year. That is less than half of the $500,000 in new parking tax that had been budgeted as a revenue this year. The tax had not been enacted until mid-year and by October the city had only collected $40,000 in this new parking tax.

n A new amusement tax has been budgeted to generate $200,000, or about $500,000 less than officials initially believed would be possible. "We put in what we think is likely to happen," Mr. Doherty said.

n The city next year expects to receive $1.3 million in payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) donations from nonprofit institutions. This amount is significantly higher than the amounts of PILOTs that the city typically has annually received. For example, the city this year budgeted $183,000 in PILOTs and by October had received $204,000. In case the city falls short of its ambitious PILOT goal for 2013, the $1.3 million has been placed in a contingency fund that would be used to make up any PILOT shortfall, the mayor said.

n The city is planning to store abandoned and/or towed vehicles on a city-owned lot behind the police headquarters, and as a result has budgeted as a revenue $300,000 in new fees from such vehicles. Mrs. Evans said that is a conservative estimate of how much the city would reap in such fees.

n The city is budgeting as a revenue $1.9 million in building permits, much of which is expected to come from permits for construction and improvements by Geisinger Community Medical Center. In 2012, the city budgeted $1.3 million in building permits, but by October had only received $439,000.

n The city is budgeting as a revenue $600,000 in a "repayment from Ice Box development." Mr. Hughes first raised this issue during a council meeting earlier this year, when he claimed the city has been owed $600,000 under a lease of land to BRT Ice, the developer of the Ice Box development at the corner of Providence Road and West Olive Street. Mr. Doherty said, "There's an agreement in place and the development has been successful." Mrs. Evans said, "That was one of council's suggestions (to pursue the BRT Ice payment) and we discussed it with the mayor and he was in complete agreement that the time has come that the debt must be paid." Reached by telephone, BRT Ice developer Bob Burke said he was not aware of the city's claim that it is owed $600,000 by BRT Ice and otherwise had no comment about it.

Contact the writer: jlockwood@timesshamrock.com

When John Halligan lost his son, Ryan, 13, to suicide in October 2003 he knew he had missed some signs.

He's never going to let that happen again.

"I want to give you information I wish my wife and I had," Mr. Halligan, 50, told a crowd of dozens during a presentation in the West Scranton High School auditorium on Tuesday night as part of the school's Anti-Bullying Week program.

Since 2003, Mr. Halligan has been working to educate and inform students and parents about the effects of bullying, cyber-bullying and teen depression so other parents do not have to go through what he and his family experienced when his son took his own life.

Mr. Halligan stressed the importance of remaining vigilant about your child's Internet activity.

After Ryan died, Mr. Halligan said he decided to check his son's computer, which the teen had used unchecked by his parents, and found folders of chat conversations that showed Ryan had been mercilessly bullied in school and on the Internet.

"As I started to read the material, my heart started to break into a million pieces all over again," Mr. Halligan told the audience.

While Tuesday evening's presentation was aimed primarily at parents, a presentation held earlier in the day by Mr. Halligan for students brought more than a few tears, faculty member and school anti-bullying committee member Amy Rummerfield said.

"We all went back to our classrooms and spoke with my students afterwards and they all wanted to share what they had been feeling while he was speaking," she said. "Several of them said that he was the best speaker we had ever had."

Contact the writer: jkohut@timesshamrock.com, @jkohutTT on Twitter

North Pocono tweaks project priorities

MOSCOW - North Pocono School Board members unanimously tweaked a list of high-priority needs on Tuesday for a long-term project totaling $11.17 million.

A project the district has discussed for months, the cost was estimated during the summer at close to $13 million. Some projects were removed from the list, such as a nearly $1 million synthetic turf field. North Pocono School District Superintendent Bryan McGraw said the renovations will likely begin after graduation in June and continue during the summer through 2015.

"We're upgrading our facilities for the next 25 to 30 years," Mr. McGraw said.

While North Pocono High School was built in 2009, other facilities in the school district date to the 1960s. The largest proportion of the project will go to North Pocono Middle School, which will include an upgraded heating and cooling system. Other expenses include new floors, roofing and security systems.

Mr. McGraw also announced at the board meeting that state Department of Education officials recently approved the renovation project to qualify for state reimbursement. While state aid traditionally has paid significant school construction costs, Gov. Tom Corbett's moratorium on new school construction prohibits state support for projects after Oct. 1.

Although approved for potential state reimbursement for a portion of the project, actual reimbursement depends on state funds available.

The North Pocono School Board is expected to finalize the project next month and accept bids in January.

The project isn't expected to result in a tax increase, because the district plans to pay off a significant amount of previously existing debt.

Contact the writer: rward@timesshamrock.com, @rwardTT on Twitter

Regina Galliego comes back for the gravy - her favorite part of the Thanksgiving meal.

But more than dressings and toppings, she comes for the sense of belonging and community she gets every time she walks in the door and sees old acquaintances and friendly faces at the annual Friends of the Poor Thanksgiving celebration dinner. She has been attending the event for about 10 years.

"It makes me feel at home once a year," Ms. Galliego said.

More than 1,100 people ate a feast of turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and various sides in the cozy ballroom and hallway of the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Templeon Tuesday, sitting at tables adorned with candles and flowers, and a jazz band serenading them with holiday tunes at the 36th annual dinner.

Sister Ann Walsh, I.H.M., director of Friends of the Poor, thanked generous donors who helped make the dinner possible and commended the community members for supporting one another.

"It is just such an outpouring of care, concern and love," Sister Walsh said.

Serving the dinner guests were hundreds of volunteers from local businesses, scout troops, the American Red Cross and religious groups. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, state Sen. John Blake, U.S. Rep.-elect Matt Cartwright, Mayor Chris Doherty and Bishop Joseph Bambera, of the Diocese of Scranton, also greeted the crowd and helped serve meals.

As strangers, friends and family chatted and laughed over plates heaped with food and steaming coffee cups, Sister Walsh brought to everyone's attention a Bible verse to sum up the evening of community, unity and giving.

"Saint Paul was right. Love never fails," she said.

Contact the writer: ksullivan@timesshamrock.com, @ksullivanTT on Twitter

WEST PITTSTON - It was the work of an arsonist that gutted the historic 128-year-old home of a local attorney Sunday night, a state police fire marshal said Tuesday.

Joe Castellino, an attorney with a practice in Pittston, learned of the ruling Tuesday while at his three-story Exeter Avenue home sorting through what little could be salvaged after the devastating blaze.

The fire was set near a porch enclosed with lattice, said Trooper Ron Jarocha, a state police fire marshal.

"I just found out. I'm trying to digest it," said Mr. Castellino, 70, who lived in the home with his wife, JoAnn. "I had a feeling. They kept asking me, 'Are you sure there were no accelerants out there?' - because they found proof that it was accelerants that burned it. I had none out there."

Built in 1884

Investigators will now attempt to determine who set the blaze to the home that was built in 1884 and was a destination for tours of historic borough homes organized by the West Pittston Historical Society.

Mr. Castellino said he and his wife just finished dinner when she noticed flames on the porch.

"She started screaming. 'Joe, come here! Joe!' I jumped up, ran back, and there was a fire. I looked, and the flames were already four, five, six feet high," Mr. Castellino said. "I have a fire extinguisher in every room in my house. I grabbed one right near the kitchen door, opened the door and then there's a storm door, and that was melting. I pushed it open with my foot and was blasting the fire at its base like you're supposed to.

"And it just kept coming at me. It blew me back. I got singed - my hair, my forehead, my hands," Mr. Castellino said. "I dropped the fire extinguisher, slammed the door, and said, 'Let's get out of here.' "

West Pittston Assistant Fire Chief Gary Slusser, 41, who lives next door, was just getting home from the firehouse when he spotted an orange glow on his neighbor's porch around 7:30 p.m. He radioed Luzerne County 911 to dispatch fire crews, alerted his family to evacuate and rushed back to the fire house to respond to the blaze.

'Brazen'

Mr. Slusser called the arsonist's actions "brazen."

Mr. Castellino said he lost lots of possessions after the flood of 2011 hammered the borough. His basement was inundated and oriental rugs were ruined by a few inches of water that covered the first floor.

The home was able to survive the flood, but not this, Mr. Castellino said Tuesday.

"It's going to be demolished," Mr. Castellino said.

Contact the writer: bkalinowski@citizensvoice.com, @cvbobkal on Twitter

Fire temporarily closes market

OLD FORGE - An electrical fire Tuesday temporarily closed Ray's Shur Save Market and forced the grocer to throw out food.

Borough firefighters responded to the market at 431 Lawrence St. about 2:45 p.m., where they extinguished an electrical fire sparked in the building's electrical room, Chief Mark Tagliaterra said.

Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture also responded to evaluate the condition of the market's food. When Mr. Tagliaterra left at about 4 p.m., market officials had already thrown out all open produce.

No one was injured in the fire, Mr. Tagliaterra said.

Firefighters from Avoca, Taylor and Moosic also responded to the scene.

Mount Airy fined by gaming board

MOUNT POCONO - Mount Airy Casino Resort in Monroe County was fined for conducting business with companies that were on the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board's Prohibited Gaming Service Provider List.

Mount Airy 1 LLC was fined $5,000 for doing business with Vision Solutions Inc., a software provider out of California, as well as an additional $5,000 for working with Maple Direct Inc., a direct mailing and advertising business based in New Jersey.

Both of those companies were subsequently removed from the Prohibited Gaming Service Providers List after producing addition information that permitted each to be licensed to provide goods and services to Pennsylvania casinos, according to a press release from the Gaming Control Board.

Moscow to hold street lighting

MOSCOW - Borough officials and other community leaders will hold an official street-lighting ceremony today at 5 p.m., recognizing the completion of the decorative downtown street light project.

Held at the gazebo on Main Street, the ceremony will include children of Moscow Borough switching on the lighting project and a ribbon cutting, said Marc Gaughan, borough councilman and chairman of the Department of Public Works.

The street lighting project, part of a larger downtown infrastructure project, includes sections fo Main and Church streets. After the ceremony, downtown businesses will offer snacks to visitors.

Two reactors shut at Berwick

SALEM TWP. - One of the two nuclear reactors at PPL's Susquehanna plant near Berwick was shut down due to an oil leak Monday night after returning briefly to service following an 11-day outage caused by a computer problem.

The leak of hydraulic oil in a system that controls the flow of steam into the turbine at Unit 2 did not affect public or employee safety and was contained to the building housing the turbine, according to a PPL news release. The reactor remained offline through Tuesday.

"Shutting down the reactor is the safest course of action until we can determine the reason for the oil leak and make the necessary repair," PPL Susquehanna Senior Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer Timothy S. Rausch said in the release. "

Sen. Casey pleads W. Pittston's case

WEST PITTSTON - The Federal Emergency Management Agency alerted West Pittston officials to deficiencies in the borough's flood plan seven months before the storm-swollen Susquehanna River ravaged the community last summer, an agency spokesman said Tuesday.

The borough's floodplain management ordinance did not meet agency standards and its enforcement of building codes within the floodplain was unsatisfactory, FEMA spokesman Peter Herrick said.

The borough's flouting of federal regulations led FEMA to threaten it with probation - a penalty that would require each homeowner in the borough to pay a $50 surcharge on his or her federal flood-insurance policy renewal beginning Dec. 1.

With the deadline looming, U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. on Tuesday urged the agency's top officials to reconsider. Mr. Casey pleaded the borough's case in a letter to FEMA administrator Craig Fugate and a telephone conversation with associate administrator Dave Miller.

SCRANTON PREPARATORY SCHOOL

GRADE 12

First honors: John Banas, Karissa Barbarevech, Megan Bershefsky, Franchessa Bianconi, Sabrina Brennan, Michael Brier, Mackenzie Carroll, William Cognetti, Kendra Croker, Nadine Davitt, Sydney Gedman, Caroline Herman, Ashley Hine, Kevin Kelly, Rachel Kennedy, Marshall Kupinski, Alexandre Legrand-Wittich, Neil MacDonald, Rebecca Madden, James McGrath, Meghan McKenna, Colin Moretti, Maura Morgan, Clayton Myers, Kishan Patel, Jordan Paulus, Molly Siebecker, William Smith, Bronwen Stec, Michael Swantek, Bridget Tolan and Danielle Zabielski.

Second honors: Dana Addesa, Evelyn Ayala, Melissa Becker, Brittany Benson, Breanna Betarie, Elizabeth Black, Brian Blomain, Rebecca Brown, Ryan Burdick, Michael Burke, Olivia Burke, Robert Carr, Adam Casper, Jade Cesarini, Bianca Chairge, Kyle Chupron, Brianna Coyne, Griffin DiBileo, Kate Lynn Duggan, Tianna Falcone, Mark Fetter, Louis Finnerty, William Gaynord, Jacqueline Graham, Zachary Griesbach, Janel Harach, Avery Hassey, Christopher Hodakowski, Mariah Hosie, Ashley Javitz, Aidan Joyce, Evan Joyce, Kurt Kushner, Paul LaBelle, Matthew Lawless, Katherine Lord, Morgan Maiolini, Alec Meta, Erin Murphy, Shelby Northup, Jordyn O'Leary, Brittany Ostrowsky, Aaron Para, Michael Rohrbeck, Meghan Rose, Charles Scrimalli, Matthew Sompel, Michael Szynal, William Temples, Jerry Walsh and Charlette Woelkers.

GRADE 11

First honors: Jason Archer, Eastin Ashby, Amanda Aten, Kevin Bannon, Martha Carter, Nicholas Chaump, Paul Chichura, Megan Coffin, John-Carlon Cognetti, Katrina Contorno, Dana Cutler, Caitlin Dermody, Alexa Escalona, Rachel Evans, Molly Farrell, Patrick Feeney, Nicholas Ferraro, Nicholas Fiala, James Fives, Krista Flanagan, Mario Guillorn, Elizabeth Harasym, Kathleen Healey, John Hinton, Daniel Horvath, Gracie Jenkins, Ryan Jones, Jack Joyce, Erin Kelly, Matthew Lovecchio, Caroline Marino, Rachel Marsili, Mary McAliney, T. McGurrin, Sarah Murray, Kristofer Muzzi, Alyssa Napora, John O'Boyle, Ryan O'Hara, Christian Opsasnick, Parsa Otarod, Rachel Para, Danielle Patane, Krishani Patel, Robert Patrician, Nicholas Preston, Gabriella Puteri, Grace Reilly, Erica Russen, Nicholas Sadowski, Mikaela Surace, Kelly Szymanski, Ashtyn Tarapchak, Catherine Wastella, Devin Wood, Heather Yoost and PJ Zaccagnino.

Second honors: David Albertson, Anna Aldcowski, Tinnina Atherton-Ely, Matthew Baker, Marina Bifano, Aidan Burke, Patricia Byrne, Brianna Caljean, Sarah Campo, Christopher Connor, Dean DeBastiani, Margaret Dodgson, Evan Evanish, Melissa Ferkile, Christine Fitzpatrick, Brian Franceschelli, Samantha Genco, Ashley Genello, Andrew Girman, Jillian Gratz, Olivia Hager, Anne Hazzouri, Heather Holzman, Galicia Hynosky, Rachel Insalaco, Cooper Legg, Patrick Marino, Julia Mariotti, Erin McGarry, Margaret McHale, Jordan Moran, Kathryn Neville, Kathryn O'Brien, Patrick O'Shea, Kelsey Osborne, Enrico Pelicci, Daniel Piorkowski, Kelly Pompey, Richard Potter, Maura Powell, Emily Pritchyk, Ian Redmon, Noah Riggenbach, Lily Romanowski, Alisabeth Sabatelle, Christopher Sanborn, Mary Seechock, Ceilia Severini, Neil Shitut, Kayla Solomon, Seth Stafursky, Angela Stahl, Elizabeth Steele, Ellen Thurston, Tyler Trama, Annie Tressler, Gerald Tunney, Mary Walker, William Walsh, Samantha Youngfelt and Brooke Zabady.

GRADE 10

First honors: Bridget Barnic, Justin Belardi, Robert Casey, Zachary Coles, Angelo DeLeo, Emily Donlon, Gabrielle Durr, Ben Evans, Julian Franks, Marissa Galardi, Jessica Genco, Sergey Gnilopyat, Robert Hricko, Kaylyn Kashuba, Taylor Kennedy, Julia Kerr, Brian Klassner, Lauren Kropiewnicki, Peter Kulick, Emma Lange, Nicholas Lomma, Mary Lundin, Dana Miller, Mark Miller, Megan Moran, Anthony Nardone, Alexis Notarianni, Quinn O'Donnell, Kathleen Paterson, Elizabeth Pattara, Gina Perry, Kyle Perry, Samuel Piorkowski, Olivia Price, Ryan Sebastianelli, Nicholas Solfanelli, Nickolas Stossel, Ben Sullivan, Adam Sunday, Madalyne Sunday, Timothy Walsh and Mia Woloszyn.

Second honors: Madison Ashby, Matthew Bershefsky, Owen Brier, Ryan Burke, Marena Casey, Christopher Cerminaro, Kathleen Comerford, Emily Cuff, Caitlin Curtin, Nina Erhard, Isabella Galenas, Edward Gilmartin, Katelyn Iyoob, Emilia Jakubek, Alivia Kromko, Michael Kulick, Sean Lam, Felicia Martin, Katia Matychak, John Patrick McDonough, Chante' Mercurius, Bria Moore, Abigail Neuviller, Stephanie Nguyen, Clare Philbin, Josephine Prinzo, Jessica Regan, Jeffrey Rieder, Dominica Rinaldi, Sophia Rinaldi, Timothy Rose, Daniel Ryan, Erin Schmidt, Katherine Talerico, Mia Terrana, Leah Thomas, Bridget Walsh, Tiffany Webb, Halle Whyte, Cassandra Wisdo and Peter Zabiegala.

GRADE 9

First honors: Charles Atherton-Ely, Anna Aubrey, Moriah Bartolai, Joshua Bauman, Brendan Betti, Jeffrey Bevacqua, Amanda Boland, Kyle Carter, Eileen Casey, Mary Kate Caucci, Kathryn Chesnick, Keenan Clark, Andrew Colaiezzi, Megan Coolican, Katrina Coviello, Nora Cowley, Michael DeCarli, Megan Dowd, Erin Feeney, Gerard Ferrario, Diana Franceschelli, Kathleen Frein, Gokulan Gnanendran, Cara Griffith, Ilissa Hamilton, Walter Hammert, William Hammert, David Horvath, Anna Housel, Elda Hricko, Emily Jonsson, Mia Kashuba, Anika Legrand-Wittich, Margaret Nealon, Mira Patel, Jillian Paulus, Miranda Pierce, Morgan Schermerhorn, Abigail Schroth, Liam Seymour, Elizabeth Shoemaker, Megan Siebecker, Emma Walsh, Kaitlin Walsh, Anna Weiss, Briana Yesu and Eleanor Zale.

Second honors: Nicholas Atherton-Ely, Caroline Babinski, Jacob Baron, Margaret Buynak, Joseph Campolieto, Cole Coyer, Alivia Davis, Kristen Davis, Jake Dempsey, Dominique DiLeo, Allison Fan, Virginia Farrell, Nicholas Fasciana, Grady Germain, Emma Graham, Nina Grattolino, Austin Hummel, Sarah Krulewicz, Dean Lucas, Julia McDonald, Michael Noto, Juliana Pillets, Tiffany Powell, Robert Rade, Bridget Regan, Kathryn Reilly, Jacob Ridilla, Eva Rine, Anna Roe, Michael Rogers, Joseph Rossi, Nico Sacchetti, Edward Sankus, Leah Sebastian, Victoria Stack, Michael Sullin, Davin Sweeney, Shawn Tuffy, Patrick Tully, Michael Ware, Justin Weckel, Elizabeth Worrell and Gary Zeron.

NORTH POCONO HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 12

High honors: Brianna Alunni, Lauren Antosh, Mara Baxter, Mackenzie Black, Shanice Brandon, Laura Bruce, Jesse Buxton, Justin Decker, Rebecca DeGiosio, Alison DePew, John Docalovich, Emily Donahue, Breanna Donate, Amanda Downer, Casey Fagan, Tristan Flood, Kimberly Gaik, Alexander Gardner, Alexandra Grudeski, Kyle Haddock, Natalie Harth, Martin Kelly, Jason Kwiatkowski, Jordan McGuire, Lynne McHale, Paul McLaughlin, Thomas Meehan, Krystyn Miner, Emily Morgan, Jessica O'Leary, Kerri Orr, Steven Picozzo, Miranda Reaser, Abby Reid, Stephen Reuther, Nicholas Russoniello, Erika Silvi, Alec Smith, Brittany Spitzer, Stephen Sposito, Joseph Stalker, Miranda Tripus, Carleen Troup, Ray Watkins, Spencer Williams, David Yatsonsky and Ashley Zambetti.

Honors: Chandler Benfer, James Brown, Kaitlyn Emerson, Dylan Fantini, Jacob Gambo, Niki Gilliland, Brooke Hinton, Charissa Howden, Eleyna Lamparter, Rachel Lewis, Kayla Limani, Kyle Major, Hayley Markowski, Carly Mischello, Shelby Mychayliw, Kevin Nardella, Amanda Petrosky, Kaitlyn Raven, Kourtney Raymond, Ian Shanley, Jennifer Slagus, Megan Strausser, Bethany Summa, Jessica Swabowicz and Hemali Taylor.

GRADE 11

High honors: Samantha Adams, Richard Antonio, Blake Bauman, Jessica Bauman, Sergei Bilardi, Mark Burnett, Brooke Butler, Devon Carroll, Eric Ciaglia, Michaela Cliff, Emily Cook, Jerrid Demeck, Joseph Dombroski, Nicholas Donaghy, Kristen Ferraro, Danielle Fruehan, Justin Gensel, Cheyanne Gormley, Aaron Goryl, Amanda Hall, Andrew Haran, Madison Hawkins, Jonathan Hernandez, Kathryn Hyduchak, Leah Jacobs, Alissa Kincel, Conor Knight, Eric Kramer, Cory Lenzer, Scott Lougee, Joseph Lupia, Christopher Marino, Amber McCormack, Mallory Mokay, Martin Moran, Sara Moss, Cara Perrotti, Kaitlyn Pittsman, Emily Pocius, Ivan Rodriguez, Nathan Rosengrant, Alexandria Roth, Boleslaw Ruszowski, Nicholas Saylock, Ryan Saylock, Isabella Scarantino, Erik Schommer, Sabrina Singer, Kali Slavinski, Toni-Lyn Sorger, Sydney Spott, Brittany Strausser, Megan Taylor, Erica Viola, Kerrianna Wallace, Barbara Wicker, Eric Woelkers and Marissa Wolfe.

Honors: Anthony Anzalone, Carolyn Casey, Zachary Cayea, Lia Correa, Brian D'Agostino, Matthew Domenick, Cobi Edwards, Wesley Fenstermaker, Delanie Gilbride, Tristan Halliday, James Hasselbrock Jr, Victoria Hnatusko, Ryan Kaye, Margaret King, Cory Kovalchik, Ryan McLain, Nicole Morgan, Sarah Murray, Sarah Rable, Cory Rinaldi, Erin Rinker, Breanna Roche, Cassandra Sweeney, Shannon Weis and Ryan Zaffino.

GRADE 10

High honors: Ashley Berlot, Jonathan Boruta, Kylie Boruta, Jillian Bosley, Christian Brown, Gianna Caputo, Stephen Czachor, Caelin Docalovich, Anna Dyska, Alexa Flood, Fernando Forte, Caitlin Gear, Zachary Gething, Christian Griffaton, Sierra Hicks, Cara Imbalzano, Michael Kavanagh, Madison Lalli, Jason Lamanna, Matthew Lees, Melissa Lees, Zachary Lehman, Nicholas Linko, Nicholas Mackarey, Kaitlyn McDonough, Leah McHale, Morgan Mistysyn, Jake Montana, Nicole Nardella, Tauren Nelson, Meaghan O'Connor, Kaleigh Orr, Sophia Parola, Olivia Pehanick, Tyler Pittsman, Marissa Reuther, William Roman III, William Schuster, Jacqueline Strausser, Agnes Stypulkowski, Kassaundra Thiel, Julia Tofilska, Caitlyn Webber, Sadie Wentland and Jacob Yablonski.

Honors: Olivia Allegrucci, Adam Bernatowicz, Olga Bilardi, Morgan Bocan, Kelly Bollard, Sean Cummings, Maria Day, Olivia Evancho, Cory Ferguson, Shannon Festa, Ryan Fox, Spenser Fromert, Matthew Gibbs, Brooke Hallstead, Brayden Hanna, Ashlynd Huber, Jacelynn Jenkins, Turhan Jerome, Rory Jordan, Matthew Kaneski, Kristen Karaliunas, Jerid Kopa, Victoria Leach, Dana Lenzer, Kaitlyn Lewis, Kevin Long, Mariah Maglio, Sarah Marsh, Kathleen Mitchell, Patrick Monahan, Richard Motter, Madison Mower, Casey O'Connell, Kendra Portas, Kaylyn Quirico, Bobbi Silfee, Zachary Silvia, Alexander Smith, Mikaela Smith, Todd Snee, Caitlin Sworin, Taylor Thomas, Sean Todd, Chas Valenza, Jared Williams and Noah Yurkanin.

GRADE 9

High honors: Anna Altmiller, Jack Aversa, Bobbi Bailey, Douglas Balish, Brooke Bauman, Joanna Bernatowicz, Kyle Bowen, Krystjana Bruce, Joshua Burch, Cassandra Caparo, Allison Caswell, Vincenzo Cicco, Quentin Colo, Jenna Cruz, Zachary Davis, Cassandra Diehl, Amy Domanish, Kaila Dubranski, Victoria Dunn, Nicholas Elia, Amy Elmquist, Cierra Fantini, Kelly Fromert, Amanda Goffredo, Nicholas Griffaton, Adrianna Howden, Faith Janiszewski, Delaney Jones, Destiny Julian, Matthew Kravitz, Elisabeth Latawiec, Matthew McDonough, Shawn McLaughlin, Joshua Misiura, Madison Molfetto, Kaleigh Moran, John Naro, Patrick Nealon, Colleen Noll, Kierstin Parricelli, James Quimby, Michael Ross, Jonathan Searfoss, Dominique Sgobba, Jordan Slater, Maddi Sorger, Madison Stewart, Samantha Strausser, Arthur Tonkin, Joshua Toth, Nicholas Trinovitch, Alea Troup, Andrew Utter, Casey Walker, Kyle Yatsonsky, Madison Zahorsky and Matthew Zero.

Honors: William Abbott, Floyd Ames, Assunta Anelli, Joseph Bonanno, Casey Carpenter, Mariah Casey, Brandi Christiano, Brandon Collins, Katelyn Davis, Maria Dombrowski, Michael Dommes, Michael Driscoll, Ethan Enslin, Matthew Fisch, Stephen Flyte, Dennis Frazier Jr, Hailey George, Hanna Gingerlowski, Colin Giordano, Zachary Guse, Christopher Hauber, Blake Hawkins, Meghan Imbalzano, Katlyn Ivanoff, William Kirchoff, Somer Kundla, Charles Lamparter, Christopher LaRosa, Riley Lougee, Brendan Martino, Michael McGee, Kathryn McNulty, Dylan Metzger, Kendra Nulton, Kayla O'Malley, Julia Olek, Brooke Panek, Desmond Paone, Adam Pickarski, Aidan Pinto, Joshua Polk, Jessica Randall, Shawn Reilly, Megan Reynolds, Alexis Santaniello, Emily Silvi, Julia Stefanelli, Aiyana Stephens, Timothy Stevens, Kenneth Stivala, Jeffrey Terhune, Alexandra Thomas, Joseph Walsh, Gabriel Webbe and Siobhan Wenzel.

FOREST CITY REGIONAL ELEMENTARY

GRADE 6

Distinguished honor roll: Blaise Albright, Christopher Bebla, Ethan Branning, Cameron Brucher, Chloe Calabro, Jordan Coles, Daniel Congdon, Joshua Doyle, Collin Ennis, Matthew Giles, Mia Giordano, Sarah Hunt, Grace Hunter, Emily Kernoschak, Maggie Kowalewski, David Lynch, Elle Mayers, Katie Nebzydoski, Katie Nguyen, Kathryn Novajosky, Lucas O'Neill, Riley O'Neill, Tyler Opeil, Thomas Piotrowski, Logan Scotch, Laura Statkun, Nikolai Stefanov and Finnegan Yount.

Honor roll: Luke Bender, Isaiah Canfield, Tyler Clift, Anthony D'Antuono, Nathan DarrenKamp, Nicole DellaRocco, Athaliah Garcia, Kary Gillette, William Keller, Natalie Lipko, Alexis Lupinski, Brittney Meheltz, Emil Mikolon, Raymond Ondrako, Eric Paulin, Alissa Pelick, Keanue Rosario, Kayla Stephens and Cody Tomlinson.

GRADE 5

Distinguished honor roll: Nicholas Andrews, Madeline Bailer, Matthew Carey, Justin D'Antuono, Corey Daniels, Emily Kelleher, Kara Kelly, James Kuruts, Jonathon Lipko, Bryce Rutledge, Tyler Skotch, Cheyenne Weitz and Gabe Zukosky.

Honor roll: Tyler Curtis, Gary Druhl, Bryan Dulski, Carmine Gigliotti, Nicholas Hansen, Angel Hermann, Kendra Karwan, Kaleigh Matoushek, Jonathon Rieman, Mikayla Shaffer and Jacob Tighe.

GRADE 4

Arthur Bronson, Christopher Burnis, Deyanneira Colon, Montana Cook, Thomas Curtis, Rhiannon Depew, Charles Ewins, Elizabeth Farley, Selena Figueroa, Dakota Foster, Emily Gorton, Stephanie Graham, Brady Hentschel, Kaitlyn Keller, Quinn Kovaleski, Madison McCracken, Eden McFarland, Henry Nebzydoski, Erin Pearsall, Ryan Phillips, Isabella Pleska, Hope Reams, Isabelle Richner, Maya Sampson, Rocco Sassani, Sara Sheare, Madeline Shema, Skyla Silfee, Cody Slick, Logan Sloan, Alex Smith, Zachary Striefsky, Benjamin Thomas, Claire Urbas, Raven Wagner, Michael Wilcox and Jacob Wiley.

ST. MARY OF MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL

GRADE 8

High honors: Daviane Laforme, Julia Sirotnak, Margaret Wright and Mariah Yankowski.

Honors: Jeffrey Antosh, Paige Barucky, Paul DeNaples, Anastasia Gan, Emilly Griffiths, James Hanna, Sarah Jones, Tatiana Klacko and Cali Pinto.

GRADE 7

High honors: Gina Beviglia, Isabella Luciani, Thomas Niemiec, Daniel Shields and Allison Walsh.

Honors: Julia Barucky, John Egan, Eric Hartman, Angelica Matthews, Michael Minich, Nicholas Novobilski, Mariah Petrucci, Emily Pinto, Ryanne Rocco, Grace Seechock and William White.

GRADE 6

High honors: Denys Arkhypenko, Mia Beviglia, Hannah Carr, Angelina Dileo, Jenna Furey, Nicholas Klein and Julia Mancuso.

Honors: Olivia Burke, Anthony Fletcher, Jacob Gatto, Laura Graytock, Taylor Jenkins, Jillian McDonough and Mary Cate Wright.

VALLEY VIEW HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 12

High honors: Paul Altavilla, Nicholas Antenori, Elisha Antunes, Yochabel Antunes, Kyle Arens, Darnell Ashton, Tiara Baldoni, Wendy Bellington, Francesca Betti, Joseph Burda, Caylie Burdyn, Jillian Butkiewicz, Liam Callejas, Riley Carey, Shannon Carey, Emily Castelli, Gina Chieffallo, Amanda Chorba, Ryan Cislo, Max Cornell, Adam Crimi, Daniel DeLeo, James Dougherty, Michael Emmi, Kathleen Evans, Amanda Ferraro, Anthony Galantini, Erica Gerichten, Jonathan Giello, Elizabeth Gillow, Katrina Goodwin, Eric Gowat, Michael Higgins, Dana Hodorovich, Patrick Houlihan, Edward Hughes, Amanda Jacobino, Amber Jadus, Paul Kraycer, Alexandra Krehel, Vanessa LaTorre, Kimberly Lavelle, Jamie Linde, Jessie Linde, Cody McAndrew, Anna McElroy, Anthony Mengoni, Catherine Mitchell, Evan Muchisky, Samantha Mulherin, Tressa Olek, Brandon Ossont, Aaron Panfini, Michale Patuk, Joshua Pfeiffenberger, Breanne Pirino, Kayla Powell, Sarah Rotell, Shana Santarelli, Carolyn Serio, Robert Speicher, Matthew Staback, Frank Swaha, Thomas Swift, Krystal Szerszen, Jeffrey Tarby, Emma Thomson, Travis Troiani, Maura Turlip, Kristy Vancosky, Brandi Vispi, Jessie Walter, Elizabath Whitaker, Jamie Wojciechowski, Lea Wojciechowski, Garret Yagelski and Carly Jo Young.

Honors: Sebastian Barchak, Kate Bianchi, Kevin Burke, Nico Cavalari, Adam Christian, Michael Cipilewski, Nicholas Frontino, Andrew Garbarino, Nicholas Gasper, Francesco Giordano, James Gonsauls, Thomas Hamilton, Lily Holeva, Infinity Holland, Adam Iyoob, Aferdita Kabashi, Kalene Kosch, John Kranick, Kathryn LaMagna, Lauren McAndrew, Megan McCartney, Bret McGinty, Anthony Mifka, Stephen Novajosky, Larissa Patuk, Antonio Rodio, Garrett Rupe, Alexis Scarella, Kaylie Shygelski, Diana Simmons, E.J. Sumski, Jaliza Terry, William Williams and Andrew Wren.

GRADE 11

High honors: Sierra Apaliski, Kaitlin Barno, Tyra Berta, Elizabeth Brady, Maura Burns, Corey Capooci, Morgan Caselli, Gianna Cerra, Blayse Cholish, Elizabeth Cicilioni, Gina Coccetti, Nicole Crinella, Aaron Dutka, Kerrie Eberhart, Emily Michele Fabri, Kendra Farrell, Elayna Fazio, Alexa Feduchak, Collin Ferguson, Hannah Fornes, Brenna Garrick, Holly Gasper, Ryan Graham, Danielle Guari, Megan Hazelton, Craig Janczak, Matthew Jenkins, River Jordan, Mitchell Kanavy, Rachael Kandel, Joelle Kaszuba, Kourtney Kordish, Emily Kotcho, Hannah Kruger, Samantha Kulick, Jonathan Lawrence, Alexandra Lemons, Tara Loftus, Carli Lucke, Matt Magdon, Kaitlin Mattise, Brittney Mecca, Lauren Merli, Erik Miller, David Mirarchi, Haley Mulherin, Sean Munley, David Nardelli, Robert Nardelli, Jessica Nguyen, Casey Pearce, Corey Peters, Jesse Petrucci, Emily Pivovarnik, Santina Possanza, Luke Prusinski, Emily Randall, Daulton Rissinger, Laura Romanovich, Dylan Rudalavage, Bradley Saldi, Nathan Santarelli, Alec Sebastianelli, Luke Seeley, Joseph Seymour, Jennifer Simoncelli, Morgan Siniawa, Kristen Sokoloski, Audra Stafursky, Michael Stine, Erin Strauss, Amanda Tini, Robert Turlip, Brian VanVestraut, Brandon Verrastro, Tyler Williams, Cali Wilson and Evan Zavada.

Honors: Emily Apostolico, Octavia Boone, Emily Bridges, Alyssa Cicco, Corey Dempsey, Olivia DePalma, Giuliana DeSavino, Ian Gibbons, Justin Hull, Katie Kelly, Colleen Martin, Bridget McAndrew, Leah Miraglia, Nicholas Morgart, Stephen Patrick, Brooke Pegula, Patrick Rosler, Alexa Sebastianelli, Gino Serafini, Kalvin Soulsby and Jillian Urnoski.

GRADE 10

High honors: Thomas Aniska, Shane Anuszewski, Donovan Ashton, Albert Baldoni, Brittany Baronski, Olivia Bartkowski, Kera Bombar, Cole Bonacci, Chloe Brown, Eric Burke, Alexandria Caljean, Kathryn Carone, Brennen Carroll, Ashley Carter, Carly Clifford, Matthew Cornell, Desidaria Cruciani, Jaeden Cruz, Lauren Esposito, Nichole Fata, Mark Ferraro, Ryan Franchak, Ava Gambucci, Julia Gillow, Maia Giombetti, Austin Glucksnis, Kyle Glucksnis, Tiffany Gregori, Thomas Halloran, Evan Homish, Olivia Hosie, Emily Hughes, Matthew Judge, Sarah Kandel, Emily Kempa, Bernadette Kozlowski, Carol Lasky, John May, Brianna Mazzoni, Melanie McAndrew, Kelly Mecca, Jonathan Mengoni, Mark Merli, Lauren Munley, Leah Natushko, Kaitlyn Oliver, Kalie Onukiavage, Alexandra Perry, Brittney Piwowarski, John Rebovich, Kelly Richter, Alec Rodway, Mary Ross, Ashley Rzeszewski, Kenneth Sanderson, Juliana Senyk, Jordan Seprosky, Maura Serio, David Shorten, Julia Sklareski, Shelby Snigar, Paul Sova, Anthony Stambone, Nicolette Stine, Gina Sumski, Mackenzie Swift, Gabriella Tolerico, Krista Walter, Ryan Wilkes, Rachel Wilkinson, Brooke Williams, Andrew Yarosh, Jakob Ziminskas and Rose Zini.

Honors: Zachary Adames, Dominic Bordo, Zachary Conaboy, Ann Marie Crimi, Erika DeLeo, Natalie DiGregorio, Michael DiMatteo, Emily Fabri, Brandon Grandinetti, Scott Howard, Summer Kovack, Kyle Lucas, Michael Mazzoni, Emily McElroy, Megan Mosher, Zachary Osborne, Megan Smith, Alexandra Sparks, Tyler Suchy, Rose Troiani, Alex Wiltz and Lauren Zavada.

GRADE 9

High honors: Gabriela Barber, Lindsey Beggin, Belle Bonczkiewicz, Rebecca Brady, Kylee Bushta, Jillian Castellani, Kristi Cucura, Kayla Danks, Amanda DiBlasi, Emma Dombkowski, Annalie Fazio, Joseph Ferretti, Michael Gallagher, Douglas Gerichten, Elena Giombetti, Tyler Grant, Nicole Guari, Elyssa Hamilton, Kevin Haring, Eric Inthavong, Emily Jenkins, Griffin Jones, Nathan Jordan, Albona Kabashi, Sheridan Kaschak, Kyle Kolcharno, Joseph Koniszewski, Camille Kotcho, Kalei Kowalchik, Karleigh Lukasik, Courtney Mackrell, Casey Markiewicz, Mitchell McHale, Matthew Morgart, Jenna Mulherin, Jared Pallo, Christina Parry, Brandon Peters, Kristen Petrasko, Samantha Resigno, Anita Risteski, Abigail Roberts, Trevor Rosengrant, Hayley Schultz, Carley Scopelliti, Clare Sebastianelli, Paige Seeley, Yesenia Soden, Leah Sokoloski, Roger Sparks, Joseph Tini, Daniel Travis and Emily Walter.

Honors: Bailey Babarsky, Hali Bargella, Patrick Barney, Gabrielle Bellington, Haley Blosser, Johnathon Brown, Matthew Catanzaro, Ava Ceccotti, Cody Daniels, Desiree Davis, Conor Duffy, Naomi Esteras, Stephanie Evans, Matthew Fornes, Corrie Franchak, Caeley Gensiak, Gabriella Giordano, Izabella Giordano, Rebecca Golaszweski, Neve Krahl, Max Kranick, Zachary Loomis, Ryan McGinty, Nikolina Milenkovski, Brandon Murnock, Jillian Refice, Molly Shemchek, Elizabeth Simmons, Allison Staback, Autmn Vasile, Domenique Verrastro, James Walker, James Walsh, Scot Wasilchak, Jacob Zinck and Asia Zurine.

LACKAWANNA TRAIL ELEMENTARY CENTER

GRADE 6

Samantha Baltrusaitis, Rachael Beemer, Tyler Carleo, Alyvia Cobb, Noah Coleman, Catherine Cramer, Robert Davis, Ariana Drake, Chantal Earl, Jordan Edwards, Cali Fauquier, Kali Fernald, Jakob Fusik, Samantha Gregory, Kiana Grella, Emma Hawthorne, Aidan Holzman, Xavier House, Sarah Kinback, Jared Klepadlo, Morgan Krzywicki, Melissa Madans, Brianna Miller, Benjamin Palaskas, Samuel Pieretti, Nathan Rolka, Joshua Rosengrant, Samantha Schur, Zachary Stec, Kevin Thorne, Corbin White and Gabrielle Wilhite.

GRADE 5

Thomasea Appleman, Jaedyn Arnold, Heather Baker, Luke Baldwin, Nico Berrios, Georgia Blake, Richard Cocchini, Alexia Deutsch, Mark Dunckle, Evan Garver, Luke Gondella, Justin Goodrich, Lexus Gowka, Amanda Haft, Damian Howard, Madeline Huggler, Brianna Jenkins, Alex Jones, Mikenna Lee, Hannah Nauroth, Seamus Nichols, Keith Pearson, Myja Reploeg, Richard Rodenbach, Elizabeth Rothwell, Joshua Rzucidlo, Aubre-Anna Sanko, Rachel Saxton, Joshua Semken, Owen Scioscia, Monica Stuenzi, Allison Swanchak, Madison Swanchak, Connor Tobin, Ayden Urban, Virginia VanFleet, Katelin Walton, Madison Williams and Nadia Wohlgemuth.

SUSQUEHANNA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 12

Highest honors: Brianne Bianco, Emily Carmody, Mitchell Corse, Emily Day, Kayla Decker, Cody Dibble, Elizabeth Fink, Kyleigh Fiske, Lindsey Glidden, Britney Glover, Coleman Hansen, Dylan Haynes, Kristen Kruger, Melissa Kukowski, Chelsea Matta, Brett Metcalf, Patricia Pauswinski, Raymond Polak, Christopher Snyder, Ryan Swanson, Ashley Sweeney, Andrzej Tomczyk, Zachary Vaughn, Donald Wilmot and Ling Jing Yang.

Honor roll: Jagr Briar, Megan Canfield, Derek Case, Amanda Marco and Chelsea Sparks.

Merit roll: Brett Archambault, Danielle Barnes, Douglas Bishop, Alycia Cuevas, Maria Del Vecchio, Brandon DeRose, Kara Gow, Dessine Herzog, Caitlynn O'Dell, Brooke Sampson, Taylor Soules and Casey Williams.

GRADE 11

Highest honors: Sydney Avery, Chastity Carvin, John DeLaPlaine, Joseph DeLaPlaine, Jonathan Felter, Mashawna Hargett, Rachel Hubal, Alyssa Jacobs, Ashley Miller, Micaela Rhone, Sarah Serfilippi and Emily Staros.

Honor roll: Chelsea Ayres, Amber Dubanowitz, Nicholas Hall, Mollie Mroz, Kaelin Payne and Alexis Roe.

GRADE 10

Highest honors: Ivy Christensen, Willard Cobb, Ariana Hagopian, Clayton Hansen, Mikayla Hargett, Keith Hubal, Dale Reid, Olivia Rockwell, Justin Stanford and Emily Stark.

Honor roll: Nicole Barnes, Brianna Burlingame, Austin Felter, Jerry Hallisey, Felicia Hines, Nicole Hines, Brendan Lamb, Brad Sherman, Anastasia Smith, Daniel Staros, Abigail Stumbo and Kayla Swartz.

Merit roll: Lucas Brinton, Kasey Burdick, Susan Chamberlain, Abigail Day, Luke Falletta, Ashley Fisk, Brianna Graves, Katie Greene, Sarah Heath, Tiara Leonard, Adam MacDonald, William Reddon, Allison Ryder, Alisha Sanborn, Nicole Shay, Martin Swartz and Taryn Tross.

GRADE 9

Highest honors: Daniel Braun, Kevin Butts, Cori Glidden, Kaitlyn Gow, Alyssa Hubal and Miranda Rhone.

Honor roll: Breanna Bushong, Miranda Groover, Marissa McConnell, Alyssa Rockwell and Rachel Serfilippi.

Merit roll: Haley Aldrich, Michael Armitage, Bailey Barnes, Abby Burdick, Donna Jo Decker, Sean Elliott, John Krieg, Trevor Passetti, Michael Pelicci, Jessica Plutino-Gilleran, Jessica Staros and Kayla Wayman.

GRADE 8

Highest honors: John Abruzzo, Madison Canfield, Hannah Day, Garret Grausgruber, Evan Haley, Jessica Lamb, Siage Perry and Kathryn Woodruff.

Honor roll: Brittany Burlingame, Annabell DiNoto, Myra Hargett, Chad Lee, Robert Murphy and Alexandria Warring.

Merit roll: Shaun Andersen, Taylor Bennett, Kendra Cole, Angelica DeLong, Briana Ferrante, Gabrielle Glover, Lyndsey Mroz, Beenie Samsair, Shayna Slocum, Lauren Soden, Casey Staerker, Jonathan Teribury, Skyler Voege, Taylor Williams, Tyler Williams and Yong Yang.

GRADE 7

Highest honors: Isabella Abruzzo, Faith Benedict, Emily Frye, Macayla Hyndshaw, Bridget Iveson, Marisa Kenny, Emily Lawrenson, Eric Lee, Tristan Megivern, Kaylin Trynoski and Stephen Vivona.

Honor roll: David Armitage, Kolby Baker, Alexis Beach, Brockway Blodgett, Christian Burke, Becca Bushong, Kendra Colwell, Elizabeth Delaney, Kayla Marino, Morgan Rivenburg, Madisson Stanford and Kelsey Swartz.

Merit roll: Stephanie Ballard, Shaun Chandler, Chloe Haskins, Taylor Millard and Griffin Payne.