The crowded compact sport utility/crossover segment got even more so last model year with the introduction of the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport.

Named for its bigger seven-passenger sibling, the Santa Fe, the Sport is a five-passenger family carryall designed to do what many other already excellent vehicles have mastered, only a little better.

That’s a tall order, what with our highways already jammed with Ford Escapes, Toyota Rav-4s, Honda CR-Vs, Subaru Foresters, Chevy Equinoxes and so forth — all quite capable of catering to the economy-minded, all-weather needs of smaller families on the go.

As it happens, the Santa Fe Sport has the goods to run in this pack. It’s not perfect, but its combination of standard features, ride quality, available options and long warranty puts it squarely in the running with the aforementioned competition.

There are two basic trim levels – Base and 2.0T — distinguished primarily by what’s under the hood and attending standard features. Base models are powered by a 2.4-liter inline-four that’s rated at 190 horsepower and 181 foot-pounds of torque. The 2.0T gets a — you guessed it — 2.0-liter turbocharged inline four and pumps out a stouter 264 horses and 269 ft-lbs of torque.

Both trim levels are fitted with a six-speed automatic powering the front wheels, with all-wheel drive offered as an option. The EPA estimates Base FWD models will see a combined 23 mpg, with AWD models coming in at 21 mpg. The FWD 2.0T, meanwhile, is estimated to deliver a combined 22 mpg in FWD and 21 mpg in AWD forms. These figures lag competing models, such as the CR-V, which the feds estimate at 28 mpg combined.

Pricing starts just above the $27,000 mark for FWD base models and climbs to a shade more than $33,000 for an AWD 2.0T, which, as luck would have it, was provided to us for a week of errand-running and commuting.

Our tester was loaded down with darn near everything on the Hyundai wish list (assuming that Hyundai doesn’t offer a roof-mounted rocket pack). On top of such standard features as keyless entry and ignition, leather upholstery, a hands-free powered rear liftgate, blind-spot monitoring system and so on, our 2.0T included the top-of-the-line Ultimate Package of options that added 19-inch alloy wheels, HID headlights and LED taillights, a panoramic sunroof, 12-speaker Infiniti sound system, heated and ventilated front seats, satellite navigation and a heated steering wheel (a big deal considering the frosty February from which we’re just now emerging).

All that cheddar lards the bottom line, of course. The as-tested $38,350 asking price comes within hollering distance of the luxury segment. But taken as a whole, our loaded 2.0T felt luxurious in many ways. The cabin is tastefully designed with easy-to-reach-and-operate instrumentation and controls set in a smartly sculpted dash that exudes a sense of high tech. The ride quality is first-rate — quiet and well-controlled — and handling is very good for a crossover.

Some might find the going a little busy, though — indeed, we became keenly aware of the emerging frost heaves on some of the freshly paved roads in our area of the county. Still, the 2.0T strikes an excellent balance between comfort and road feel.

Some reviewers have nicked the 2.0-liter turbo-four’s output, but I demur. Acceleration is more than adequate for daily duties; stand on the accelerator and our Santa Fe Sport hustled down the road with enough enthusiasm to fulfill (and then some) any highway-merging maneuver.

Front-seat occupants will find plenty of head, shoulder, hip and leg room on a pair of comfortable and supportive power-adjusting seats. There’s room on the 60/40 split rear bench for two adults to travel without complaint, while the 35.4-cubic-foot cargo area means there’s enough room to bring their stuff along, as well.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration gives the 2015 Santa Fe Sport top marks for crash protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety doesn’t break out a score for the Santa Fe Sport, instead giving the larger Santa Fe top marks.

2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport 2.0TKia K900

Vehicle type: Four-door, five-passenger compact sport utility/crossover.

Base/as-tested prices: $33,080/$38,350.

Engine and transmission: 2.0-liter turbocharged inline-four, 264 horsepower, 269 ft-lbs torque, six-speed automatic.

EPA estimates: 18 mpg city, 24 mpg highway, 21 mpg combined.

The good: Spacious and handsomely designed interior; lots of standard features even before the options list is checked off; nimble handling; comfortable, quiet and buttoned-down ride quality; long warranty; solidly built; powerful turbo-four engine.

The bad: Unimpressive fuel economy; gets pricey when well-optioned.

Bottom line: A solid contender in the crowded compact sport-ute segment, the smaller Santa Fe deserves a test drive.

SCRANTON — The private investigator who prepared a report critical of Lackawanna County government for the defunct Government Study Commission will not participate in the panel’s pending appeal to Commonwealth Court.

Seidel Investigations and Consulting Inc. notified the court Friday it will not be a party to the commission’s appeal of a Nov. 14 ruling by Judge Terrence R. Nealon requiring the release of unredacted copies of three emails received by investigator James Seidel.

Attorney Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., who represents Seidel, said his client does not think Judge Nealon made any mistakes in his decision as it applies to the firm. The commission is challenging the judge’s finding that the panel overstepped its authority by hiring Mr. Seidel to conduct an investigation.

SCRANTON — In an effort to reduce negative stereotypes that may exist about police officers, the Police Department will launch a program meant to build communication with the city’s youth.

The Scranton Police Department will unveil a reading program called “Cops and Kids” in conjunction with Read Across America. Officers will read Dr. Seuss books to city elementary children and discuss their job.

The “Cops and Kids” literacy program will kick off at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Bancroft Elementary School, 1002 Albright Ave.

— LUKE RANKER

An insurance company must defend Old Forge, but not then-Police Chief Larry Semenza and then-Capt. Jamie Krenitsky, in a federal lawsuit filed by the woman the two sexually abused.

U.S. District Judge Robert D. Mariani ruled Wednesday that Aspen Specialty Insurance, which provides police professional liability insurance to the borough, has no obligation to defend Mr. Semenza and Mr. Krenitsky, mainly because their actions were “outside the scope” of their duties as police officers. The insurance company also does not have an obligation to compensate the victim on behalf of the two men, the judge ruled.

Mr. Semenza was convicted in October 2013 of corruption of a minor and failure to report child abuse after being accused of sexually abusing a girl for three years, starting in 2004 when she was a 15-year-old junior firefighter with an Old Forge fire company.

The Times-Tribune does not identify victims of sexual assault.

Mr. Krenitsky and former volunteer firefighter Walter Chiavacci both pleaded guilty to indecent assault for sexually abusing the girl.

The victim is seeking damages through a lawsuit filed in 2012 against the three men, the borough, its Police Department and the fire company.

Aspen Specialty Insurance is obligated to defend the borough, said attorney Gerard Karam, the borough’s solicitor for this case.

Mr. Karam explained Judge Mariani’s ruling comes after he filed objections to an earlier ruling by Chief Magistrate Judge Martin C. Carlson, which stated Aspen had “no duty to defend or indemnify the borough, Semenza or Krenitsky.”

“(Judge) Mariani sustained our objections in part by saying Aspen has a duty to defend and indemnify the borough and Police Department,” Mr. Karam said.

Mr. Karam said the woman’s lawsuit remains in the discovery stage.

The borough’s suit against Aspen Specialty Insurance was one of two lawsuits the borough filed against insurance companies related to the Semenza case.

Senior Judge John Braxton ruled in January to require Housing & Redevelopment Insurance Exchange and Excalibur Insurance Management Services to pay for the defense of the lawsuit as well as any monetary damages.

The companies appealed the decision to Commonwealth Court. Mr. Karam said the borough is still waiting for the court’s decision on the appeals.

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DUNMORE — The focus of an upcoming health study on Keystone Sanitary Landfill remained unclear on Friday, but an area cancer expert suggested state regulators examine air quality around the Dunmore and Throop operation.

The extent to which the air around Keystone contains fine particulate matter or noxious fumes that can cause health problems is worth exploring, said Samuel Lesk, M.D., the medical director for the Northeast Regional Cancer Institute.

The state Department of Environmental Protection does not specifically test ambient air quality around Keystone or conduct landfill-specific testing for particulate matter, Waste Management Program Director Roger Bellas said at this week’s landfill public meeting.

DEP does have equipment for high-level air testing but does not inform the landfill of tests it runs there, landfill consultant Albert Magnotta said. The agency has never informed Keystone it found anything dangerous in the air on its property, he said.

Anti-expansion group Friends of Lackawanna requested the study, concerned about how the Dunham Drive landfill’s nearly half-century expansion proposal would impact a region whose cancer rates are roughly 7 percent higher than the national average. State Rep. Frank Farina, D-112, Jessup, also asked DEP for a health assessment. The agency announced earlier this week that the state Department of Health will conduct the study with assistance from the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

“The department of health will work with (DEP) to assess any health impacts of expanding the Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Dunmore,” Deputy Press Secretary Holli Senior said Friday. “To date, the Department of Health has not initiated the work with (DEP). I do not have additional information to share at this time.”

ATSDR has run past health assessments at Alliance Landfill in Taylor, which included looks at air quality and cancer incidence.

“Obviously, cancer rates being higher than the national average is a great concern,” said Dunmore resident Katherine Mackrell Oven, a Friends of Lackawanna leader. “I am concerned that the chemicals that are brought into the landfill have a negative impact on our environment and consequently our health. Maybe a healthy study will shed some light on this issue.”

Between 2007 and 2011, Lackawanna County had 6,991 incidences of cancer, compared with 6,460 expected for the population, according to Health Department data.

It is rare to be able to identify a single environmental cause for cancer, and the disease can often be the result of multiple combined factors, Dr. Lesko said.

The area has heightened lung, colon, bladder and esophagus cancer rates — to which unhealthy lifestyle choices like poor diet and smoking are most often associated as possible causes, rather than environmental causes, Dr. Lesko said.

“That doesn’t mean the environment is not contributing at a lower level,” he said.

Even if Lackawanna County’s environment contributes to heightened health problems, the area has many nonlandfill candidates that could theoretically contribute, too.

Lackawanna County is full of contaminated former industrial and coal mining sites known as brownfields, which expose people to “myriad contaminants through multiple pathways” and “present a continuous source of environmental” impacts, county officials said in a recent grant application to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for funding to catalogue all of the sites.

Landfill officials have identified several ways Keystone exceeds required environmental safeguards and said the expansion would not pose dangers to the environment or public health. Mr. Magnotta on Friday welcomed the study.

“It’s a valid point, and we just want an informed discussion,” the consultant said. “We have an obligation to provide people with the best information available today.”

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Nathan Buchinski might be mayor one day.

Or a police officer. Or an Eagle Scout like his 19-year-old brother, Adam.

But right now, all the 7-year-old Dickson City boy wants to do is ride a tricycle with his friends.

Cerebral palsy keeps him from walking on his own. It also keeps him from operating the pedals. A Rifton adaptive tricycle, which is modified so he would be able to pedal it, costs between $2,000 and $3,000, said his mother, Carolyn Buchinski.

“But Mom, I want a bike of my own,” Nathan told her.

It broke her heart, but the price tag is too high.

Adam Buchinski found an online contest, the Great Bike Giveaway, in which boys and girls compete for votes to win an adaptive tricycle, she said. Why not enter Nathan?

“He said we should do it,” Mrs. Buchinski said.

Nathan was entered as a contestant on friendshipcircle.org, and his entry gained traction on social media, Mrs. Buchinski said.

For a guaranteed tricycle, he needs to be the top vote-getter among those competing for a Rifton. Then, there are drawings for the remaining tricycles in the contest. There were 23 Rifton adaptive tricycles in the contest as of Friday afternoon, though more could be added through donations.

By Friday afternoon, Nathan had 486 votes, 5,031 votes behind the lead contestant. The voting ends on Wednesday.

“It’s so amazing, and it’s overwhelming,” Mrs. Buchinski said. “I can’t believe the outpouring of love that people have.”

They hope Nathan will be able to ride along his street with his friends. He tells them he’ll do “wheelies” right alongside them.

He’s charming, bright and very independent. His smile, known to melt hearts, greets everyone he meets. His parents make it a point to treat him just like everyone else.

“I wouldn’t change a thing about him,” Mrs. Buchinski said.

On Friday, he strapped into a tricycle at St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton for therapy and laughed happily as he pedaled along a hallway. If he had a tricycle of his own, he would have exercise and the added benefit of socialization with his peers.

He delighted everyone he passed in the hall, yelling to some, “I love you.”

Passers-by stopped to cheer him on as he pedaled, grinning from ear to ear. After more than a half-hour riding, some asked if he was tired. Nathan wanted another lap. His mother noted he’d sleep well that night.

“Everyone who comes in contact with him loves him,” Mrs. Buchinski said.

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MILFORD — A prosecutor in the Pike County district attorney’s office filed a brief this week in support of sealing the surveillance footage from the Sept. 12 shooting at the Blooming Grove state police station.

The video, which was shown in court during Eric Matthew Frein’s Jan. 5 preliminary hearing, depicts the shooting death of Cpl. Bryon K. Dickson II and wounding of Trooper Alex Douglass.

Prosecutors sought to seal the video from the public because dissemination could cause immense harm to the victims’ families, friends and co-workers, they said.

Attorneys representing media outlets, including The Times-Tribune, are expected to file a brief in support of releasing it.

— JOSEPH KOHUT

To force a Scott Twp. man to pay what he owes his ex-wife and two high-school-age children, Lackawanna County has taken the highly unusual route of going after his houses and land.

Jeffrey Borsheski, 48, is nearly $40,000 behind in his child-support payments.

“We’ve given Mr. Borsheski time after time after time to come in and make this right, and he just ignores us,” said Patrick Luongo, director of the county’s Domestic Relations Department.

Among Lackawanna County’s Most Wanted for outstanding child support, Mr. Borsheski has proven somewhat crafty as well as stubborn. The county notified him in May 2012 of its intention to seize and sell his property to pay his large bill, according to the county’s civil suit against him. That’s when he made his move: transferring the property to his new wife and her son, authorities say.

That maneuver, completed in May 2013, has complicated its seizure, said Frank Tunis Jr., the lawyer hired by the county to handle the case.

State law says any overdue spouse or child support payment allows the overseeing agency to place a claim on property, then sell it to settle the debt, Mr. Tunis said.

And any transfer of that property is presumed by law to be fraudulent, he argued. The lawyer also noted that the transfer, at $1, was obviously below fair-market value.

A hearing has been scheduled at the Lackawanna County Courthouse for March 9 to decide if the county can reject the transfer and proceed with selling the property.

Further complicating the case is the fact that no one seems to know where Mr. Borsheski is. His new wife, Norma Jean Borsheski, and her son, Jay McConnell, testified that they did not know where he is when questioned by Mr. Tunis, he said. A contempt-of-court warrant has been issued for Mr. Borsheski’s arrest.

His attorney, Joe Rydzewski, did not return messages seeking comment.

The county’s extreme action against the defendant is rarely employed, county officials said, because people way behind in their child support payments rarely have property. If they do, it’s usually owned jointly, often with a spouse. But when Mr. Luongo did a little research, he discovered the Scott Twp. home was owned solely by Mr. Borsheski, meaning the county could take and sell it to pay his massive bill to his ex-wife and kids.

“If it weren’t for the fact that he is ignoring our office, we would never try to do something like this,” Mr. Luongo said. “It’s just the right thing to try to do.”

Mr. Borsheski’s ex-wife, Anita Vadala, 50, of Mayfield, said she hopes her struggles can help other mothers reclaim some of the support they are owed, which in her case is $602 per month.

Deadbeats in the county have been put on notice. “The county is spending some money prosecuting this, but the commissioners felt it was an important message to send,” said Donald Frederickson, the county’s solicitor. “We’re going to come after people who owe child support.”

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Plains Twp. — Hunters who set up shop at the Wild Pennsylvania Hunting-Fishing-Outdoor Expo have different interests.

A.J. Tiglio wants to get a whitetail buck in his bow sight and on video.

Tom and Judy Radzwich seek the bark of an unusual hickory tree that they brew into syrup. Randy Emerich hunted for a fishing pole that fit his style.

Their quests have become vocations, which they explained to the visitors at the expo that began Friday. The show continues today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Mr. Tiglio, 19, started videotaping hunting and fishing trips when he was 15, the year he got his first deer. His Sugarloaf Mountain Outdoors company has produced two seasons of programs for YouTube and Facebook. He sells DVDs while lining up sponsors and seeking television time.

Mr. Tiglio gave a primer on how to record video of a deer hunt while alone in a tree stand.

Turn the camera on, point it where the deer is approaching and zoom out, he said.

“Gradually get your bow ready to take your shot, and you’ll have really good footage on your camera,” he said.

The Radzwiches fan out from their home in Hazle Twp. to locate shagbark hickory trees. They harvest the bark without harming the trees and brew the peelings into tea, which they cook down with cane sugar.

A batch takes 12 hours to simmer, and the Radzwiches make enough to supply groceries, farm stores and restaurants with a product that they figure, perhaps, just 10 other people produce nationwide.

Mr. Emerich of Big Daddy Rods reeled in his first trout as a 5-year-old but has been trying to catch something more elusive in his shop in Pottsville, where he will spend 120 hours to make a bamboo rod.

“Mass production was for the masses. I was always looking for a rod that fits me,” he said. “I’m looking for that perfect rod. I don’t think I’ll ever do it.”

Ken Bach shares his love of hunting with veterans who have been injured physically or mentally.

A Vietnam veteran, Mr. Bach is part of the all-volunteer staff at Hunts for Healing in Laceyville.

On his first hitch as a guide, Mr. Bach helped a Green Beret. The man, who lost a leg in Iraq, got a turkey and then returned to active duty in Afghanistan.

Army Pvt. Katrina Kaeser, stationed at a recruiting table at the expo, said outdoor sports tie into the military.

Soldiers are constantly outdoors, which is where Pvt. Kaeser spent much of her time while growing up in Wilkes-Barre.

“Riding quads, paintball, being with my dad. I was always fishing,” she said.

Some children with serious illnesses dream of outdoor adventures that Hunt of a Lifetime fulfills with help from volunteers like Grant Fritz of Danville. The charity has arranged expeditions close to home or as far as New Zealand for 800 children since its inception in 2009.

Edward Murphy of Scranton has been hunting, and writing about his hunts, since he was 12.

His first journal entries were basic: “1978 — missed a buck.”

As his career lengthened, so did his reports, which he compiled into a book, “A Pennsylvania Deer Hunter.”

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Scranton’s new proposed revised Act 47 recovery plan calls for raising taxes, selling parking and sewer assets, refinancing debt and becoming more efficient to stave off annual budget deficits that otherwise would balloon to nearly $20 million by 2020.

Not unexpected, such actions were proposed in Mayor Bill Courtright’s informal July recovery plan devised by consultant Henry Amoroso. Efforts to “monetize” parking and sewer assets and seek refinancings also have been underway for some time.

Without such remedies, the city’s operating deficit would rise from an estimated $3.2 million in 2015 to $19.4 million in 2020, which would be a gargantuan increase of $16.2 million, or 600 percent, according to the plan released Friday by the city’s Act 47 recovery coordinator, Pennsylvania Economy League. If no action is taken, Scranton’s budget deficits for 2015-20 are projected to total $79.6 million.

“These deficits can be avoided and future operations can be balanced if the city promptly adopts and implements a revised and updated recovery plan” covering the rest of 2015 through 2020, PEL Executive Director Gerald Cross stated in the plan. “Ongoing revenue growth and significant restructuring of operations” are required to balance budgets and maintain services.

Restructurings of police and fire manpower also are being implemented under new police and firefighter contracts.

The revised plan differs from prior recovery plans in that it does not state recommended annual percentage hikes in property tax increases.

Rather, the new plan states that without various generators of revenue or savings, property taxes would have to increase 52.2 percent from 2016 through 2020, (18.3 percent in 2016; 15 percent in 2017; 13.2 percent in 2018, 3.8 percent in 2019; and 1.9 percent in 2020), to balance budgets. But if some of the question marks — such as asset monetizations — don’t pan out or fall short, “the city shall increase” property taxes to close deficits, the plan states.

“It’s difficult. Nobody likes any kind of tax increase, but what’s the alternative?” Mr. Courtright asked. “There’s tough decisions to be made. I don’t think anyone thought it would be easy.”

As expected, the recovery plan also calls for a tripling of the Local Services Tax, from $52 a year to $156 a year, on anyone who works in the city. Lackawanna County Court must approve this tripling, and adoption of the revised recovery plan is required as a first step for the city to petition the court for the LST hike.

A draft of the revised recovery plan has in the works for months. At Thursday’s council meeting, council President Bob McGoff said council would hold a caucus at this Thursday’s meeting at 5:30 p.m. to have PEL present and discuss the revised recovery plan. Then, during council’s regular meeting Thursday at 6:30 p.m., council would vote on the first of three votes required to adopt an ordinance from Mr. Courtright to approve the revised recovery plan.

Unlike prior recovery plans, this new plan does not call for commuter taxes that would be imposed solely on nonresidents who work in the city. The new plan leaves the door open for the city to seek additional earned-income wage taxes on both residents and nonresidents who work in the city. But if such an extra wage tax is imposed, the LST instead would have to be capped at $104 a year per worker.

How the city may choose such trade-offs remains to be seen. But current levels of revenues alone will be insufficient to keep up with budget increases and pay the $22 million-and-growing court backpay arbitration award that is overdue to the city’s police and fire unions, the plan states.

And because the city’s past usual attempts to eliminate deficits with yearly “unfunded borrowings” and property tax increases have failed, PEL is calling for “careful conversion of certain city assets” — Scranton Parking Authority and Scranton Sewer Authority — as well as changes in how services are designed and delivered, to reduce structural budget deficits and staggering longterm pension obligations.

While property tax increases are necessary, the city also cannot rely solely on tapping residents’ wallets, because doing so would put an “undue burden” on property taxpayers and jeopardize the city’s economic development, the plan states.

But if the city sticks to the letter of the recovery plan, it would avert in 2016 “a declaration of fiscal emergency and receivership” that are new outcomes possible under recent changes to Act 47.

Adhering to the revised plan also would enable the state to rescind by 2020, if not sooner, the city’s Act 47 designation as financially distressed that began in 1992, the plan states.

“That’s the goal, to stick to it,” Mr. Courtright said of PEL’s plan. “Nobody wants receivership and everybody wants to get out of Act 47.”

Failure would result in a fiscal emergency — and not one like the cash crunch crisis of 2012, when the former mayor cut workers’ pay to minimum wage — “but rather one of increasing burden on property owners, wage earners and all Scranton citizens that imperils the city’s longterm viability,” the plan states.

Other recommendations in the new plan include the following:

• Examine tax-exempt statuses to verify eligibility and appeal any that do not qualify.

• Review other city properties, such as buildings and “recreational assets,” for divestitures to fund the drowning pension system.

• Consider imposing a payroll tax to replace the business privilege and mercantile taxes.

• Review health care insurance, advisors and administrators for cost-savings.

• Meet with Scranton Housing Authority to see what other assistance it may provide, apart from its annual payment-in-lieu-of-tax donations already given to the city.

• Restructure staff in the offices of mayor, business administrator, controller and treasurer for efficiency and savings.

• Implement available pension changes for nonunion employees.

“It’s going top be a rough road, but we’re going to make it work,” Mr. Courtright said. “We’re here to make it work.”

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Q: On Friday, I heard a horrible grinding coming from the right rear wheel of my 2000 Subaru Impreza, along with a feeling of a flat tire. At the time, I was going 65 mph on the New Jersey Turnpike. After the car was towed to a nearby shop, I was told that the wheel bearing needed to be replaced; however, only a month and a half earlier, I thought it had been replaced. When my car was inspected, my local service center said the right rear wheel bearing needed to be replaced in order to pass. Nearly $400 and, supposedly, a new wheel bearing later, they gave me an inspection sticker. When I told the New Jersey service center about this, they said it absolutely could not have been replaced, because the rust buildup shows it has never been opened. They estimated $550 to fix it, which included extra time to get through the rust. After three hours, they gave up (charging me $0), and I had the car towed to the local Subaru dealer, who also insisted that the wheel bearing had not been replaced. The dealer is estimating more than $1,300 in repairs. The original place that inspected the car insists that they replaced the wheel bearing: “If we charged you, we did it.” He said the only way for him to check it out is to get the car to him. That would mean an hourlong tow, which is out of the question. Do I have any way to prove who is correct? What kind of recourse do I have? — Pam

A: You’re very lucky, Pam. And that original shop is very lucky, too. When a wheel bearing breaks, the wheel can come off entirely. And if you’re going 65 mph on a crowded highway, that often doesn’t end well. You have all the proof you need to take the original guys to small claims court and get all of your money back — including your legal fees.

But before you go to court, speak to the owner of the original shop. Here’s my guess as to what happened: Your car got assigned to one of the mechanics at the shop, and he tried to get your wheel bearing off, but he couldn’t. He wiped the area clean, put the wheel back on, threw the new wheel bearing in his toolbox and told the boss the car was done.

I’d present the shop owner with the overwhelming evidence you have that the mechanic did not do the job the shop charged you for, and remind him that you very well could have died because of the deception.

About 2,500 area senior citizens receive in-home services provided by the Area Agency on Aging of Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

A proposal announced Friday by Gov. Tom Wolf aims to increase that number by shrinking the number of people being sent to nursing homes in their elder years.

Mr. Wolf announced plans to increase the Department of Human Services’ budget by $32 million and add $7 million to the Department of Aging to allow them to hire more employees to serve seniors.

The announcement was welcome news to Annette Grella, director of social services for the Area Agency on Aging of Luzerne and Wyoming Counties.

“Part of our mission is to keep people in the community as long as possible,” Ms. Grella said.

Her agency likes to call it “aging in place,” she said.

“People would rather stay in their home,” Ms. Grella said. “They age and become more frail and their health becomes worse, but at least they are in a familiar place.”

Some services provided by the agency include home-delivered meals, in-home personal care, the purchase and delivery of medical supplies, home modifications and adult day care, Ms. Grella said.

Clients are referred to the agency by family, neighbors, courts, police and doctors, she said.

There is a co-pay for some of the services, but “we are the payer of last resort,” she said.

Ms. Grella said it’s cheaper for society to have seniors living at home, getting services, rather than to subsidize the cost of them living in a nursing home.

In his press conference Friday at the AARP office in downtown Philadelphia, Mr. Wolf said his plan will save taxpayers $162 million per year.

“Seniors have spent their lives working hard to provide for their families. They’ve worked hard to build their communities and they should be able to enjoy their golden years in the homes that they built in the communities that they built,” Mr. Wolf said.

AARP officials applauded the announcement.

“As the state with the nation’s fourth-oldest population, we believe expanding home and community-based programs and assisting family caregivers represents the most cost-efficient use of limited state resources,”said AARP Pennsylvania State Director Bill Johnston-Walsh.

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DICKSON CITY — They hadn’t eaten anything for nearly 12 hours, but the students had plenty to keep their minds occupied.

On the surface, they were absorbed in the wacky games Parker Hill Community Church pastors organized for their eighth annual 30-hour fasting and community service event. Roughly 150 students slept over at the church during their fast Friday before embarking on service projects around the region today.

They raised an estimated $22,500 this year, pastors said. The money will benefit a village in Kenya struggling with water scarcity.

In one auditorium, students frantically dug through buckets of sand for a coveted item in a scavenger hunt. Others passed marbles across a room from stick to stick in a marble-rolling relay race. In another, they scooped up water in red Solo cups, racing to see who could fill separate buckets fastest through a short length of pipe.

Digging deeper into the reasons behind the event, students said the fasting and service led them to put their lives in perspective when others are suffering from lack of basic necessities both in Northeast Pennsylvania and around the world.

“We do it for 30 hours, but some people do it for days,” student Rachel Klein said. “My life is so much greater than I realize and I shouldn’t take it for granted.”

Her comments reflect the kind of social consciousness pastor Mark Stuenzi says is on the rise with young people, citing the popularity of TOMS shoes as an example. TOMS donates one pair of shoes to someone in need for every pair sold.

The Kenyan village TumuTumu will benefit from the money the students raised. The church plans to help pipe water roughly 2 miles from a well they dug in 2007 in the neighboring village of Karogoto. The church was instrumental in digging the well eight years ago.

Few of the students who came Friday are likely to go to Kenya for the project. But all of them will pile into buses to embark on service projects in Lackawanna, Luzerne and surrounding counties after they wake up today.

“We want students to know they don’t have to wait to make a difference, they can make a difference today,” family ministries pastor Jason Castelli said.

Student Brianna Stangline vividly remembers making a difference in the lives of Alabama residents during a recent service project to build houses in the southern state. She talked about the reaction of an elderly woman they were able to provide with shelter.

“It was fun to be able to give your time and effort,” she said.

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A small envelope

marked “School

Gardens Scranton

1912” just screamed

to be opened by a

curious librarian.

Inside the en-

velope were three

images of school-

aged children in a

garden somewhere

in Scranton.

There was noother information

on the garden other thanthe name of one of the student

gardeners.

Through some library detective work, I found the location of the garden to be on Vine Street.

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garden on PAGES FROM THE PAST at blogs.thetimes-tribune.com/pages

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Belle Reve

Senior Living

Danielle Storms joined the senior living center as the memory care director. Her responsibilities include overseeing the Daybreak Neighborhood, providing personalized activities for the residents, meeting with families and providing quality care. Ms. Storms has 11 years of experience in health care delivery. A certified dementia practitioner, Ms. Storms also has a certification as a nursing assistant. She is currently taking courses through the University of Phoenix to obtain her Bachelor of Science in health administration and management. A resident of Matamoras, Ms. Storms is the mother of two daughters aged 11 and 7.

Borton-Lawson

The firm’s Wilkes-Barre office, which serves as its corporate headquarters, added three employees.

Shawn Whalen joined the firm as an automation specialist. Mr. Whalen has seven years of experience in programmable logic controller programming, control system analysis and design, and a diverse electrical and controls background. He earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering technology from Penn State.

Stephen Nealon joined the firm as a survey assistant. A Penn State graduate with a bachelor’s degree in survey engineering, Mr. Nealon previously worked at Quad 3.

Joseph Marchakitus, SIT, joined the firm as a survey assistant. A Penn State graduate with a bachelor’s degree in survey engineering, Mr. Marchakitus previously worked at Michael Baker International.

Burns & McDonnell

Brett Williams, senior vice president and general manager of the firm’s northeast office, earned a promotion to president. Mr. Williams remains the senior officer in charge of the regional office, where he oversees a growing staff of more than 260 employee owners located in offices and project sites throughout the Northeast, including offices in Dunmore and Allentown. Mr. Williams joined the firm in 1999. He graduated from Pittsburg State University, Kansas, in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in construction engineering technology, and earned his master’s degree in construction science from the University of Oklahoma in 1992.

Chris Courtright, manager of the construction/design-build group at the firm’s New England office earned a promotion to vice president. Since joining the firm in 2005, Mr. Courtright has served as project manager and project engineer on some of the firm’s largest projects in the northeast. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Martin with dual bachelor of science degrees in engineering and natural resource management, and earned his Master of Science in civil engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.

Mr. Williams and Mr. Courtright are based in Connecticut, with regular travel to other locations, including Pennsylvania.

The Commonwealth Medical College

Marika Handakas, L.C.S.W., M.Div., Psy.D., will serve as assistant professor in the department of family, community and rural health. Dr. Handakas earned a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College, a Master of Divinity at Union Theological Seminary, a Master of Social Work at Columbia University, and a Doctor of Psychology at Immaculata University. She recently served as director of the academic advising center and assistant professor at Bloomsburg University. Dr. Handakas also has her own private psychotherapy practice. In addition to teaching at the medical college, she will contribute to curriculum development and learning activities related to behavioral health, communication skills, professional development and inter-professional practice. Dr. Handakas and her husband also own and operate the Pump House Bed and Breakfast outside Bloomsburg.

Epilepsy

Foundation

Mary Loughlin, northeast region resource coordinator of the foundation, served as the PrimeTime Health guest speaker at the Wayne County Senior Centers in January. Her program started with Epilepsy Bingo, followed by a brief informational talk about epilepsy.

Galen Glen Winery

Galen Troxell, winegrower, will address attendees of the fourth annual Eastern Winery Exposition in Rochester, New York, in March regarding his expertise with the cool-climate Austrian red varietal, Zweigelt, which he has grown since 2007. Mr. Troxell’s presentation will highlight his experiences and insights over six vintages. The winery is located in Andreas. Mr. Troxell and his wife, Sarah, established the boutique winery and 20-acre vineyard in 1995 on his family’s sixth-generation farm.

Geisinger Health System

David T. Feinberg, M.D., M.B.A., will serve as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer, effective May 1. Dr. Feinberg, who succeeds Glenn Steele Jr., M.D., Ph.D., will become the sixth chief executive officer in Geisinger’s 100-year history. Dr. Feinberg currently serves as president of the University of California at Los Angeles Health System; chief executive officer of the UCLA Hospital System; and associate vice chancellor of the UCLA Health Sciences. Dr. Feinberg earned his undergraduate degree at the University of California, Berkeley, and graduated from the University of Health Sciences/Chicago Medical School. He also completed an internship in pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center and a residency and fellowship training in psychiatry and child psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, and earned a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University. He is also triple-board-certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in child, adolescent and addiction psychiatry.

Keystone College

Kara Stone will serve as dean of enrollment at the college. Before joining Keystone, Mrs. Stone worked as director of retention and student success and assistant dean of transfer students and student retention at Fordham University in New York City. Mrs. Stone earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in English from Fordham, and is pursuing her Ph.D. in English. Mrs. Stone and her husband, attorney Joseph G. Price, reside in Scranton.

Karen Yarrish, Ph.D., will serve as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Before accepting the position, Dr. Yarrish served as vice president for strategic planning and human resources at Keystone. A professor in higher education for 23 years, Dr. Yarrish began her career at the college in 1998 as an assistant professor. She has also served as chairwoman of Keystone’s School of Business, Management and Technology. She earned her Bachelor of Science in business administration from King’s College, a Master of Science in human resources administration from the University of Scranton and a doctorate degree in workforce education and development from Penn State University. Dr. Yarrish lives in Kingston Twp. with her husband, Craig.

Lackawanna

College

The college had two promotions of staff members at its Environmental Education Center in Covington Twp.

Sharon Yanik-Craig serves as director of the center. As director, Mrs. Yanik-Craig is responsible for the overall strategic vision of the center and its various community programs. Mrs. Yanik-Craig previously served as the center’s education coordinator, and has worked at the college for six years. She earned a bachelor’s degree in recreation and park management from Penn State and a master’s degree in ecological teaching and learning from Lesley University. She and her husband, Brian, reside in Roaring Brook Twp. with their son, Grayson, and dog, Blue.

Michelle Wheeler serves as the college’s ecological educator. In this role, Mrs. Wheeler develops and teaches innovative environmental education programing. Mrs. Wheeler previously served as the center’s sustainability coordinator, and has worked at the college for eight years. She earned an associate degree in environmental policy from Lackawanna, a bachelor’s degree in environmental resource management from Keystone College and a Master of Business Administration in sustainability and green development from Marylhurst University. She and her husband, Chad, reside in Sterling with their children, Emily and Sabrina.

Lewith & Freeman Real Estate

Shannon Sweitzer joined the Back Mountain sales team. A native of Luzerne County, Mrs. Sweitzer has a background in the educational field as a preschool teacher at the Trucksville Early Childhood Education Center. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Academy, Mrs. Sweitzer serves as a member of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of Realtors, the Pennsylvania Association of Realtors and the National Association of Realtors. She resides in Dallas with her husband, Andy, and children, Caleb and Emma.

Misericordia

University

Mark Van Etten will serve as the director of facilities and auxiliary services at the university. In this role, Mr. Van Etten will be responsible for facilities, housekeeping, grounds, construction, the campus bookstore and printing and engraving services. Mr. Van Etten joined the university staff in 2004 as director of budgets and accounting, after working in public accounting for more than 10 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in accounting from Misericordia, and graduated from Leadership Wilkes-Barre, class of 2008. In the community, Mr. Van Etten serves as president of the Back Mountain Regional Fire and EMS Inc. He also serves Dallas Borough and Dallas School District as tax collector, and is a delegate on the Luzerne County Tax Collection Committee. Mr. Van Etten and his wife, Kelly, have two children and reside in Dallas.

Morgan Stanley

Richard J. Hazzouri earned a promotion to senior vice president in the firm’s wealth management office in Wilkes-Barre. A native of Scranton, Mr. Hazzouri worked at the firm since 2004. Mr. Hazzouri has a bachelor’s degree from Loyola College, Baltimore, and the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. He lives in West Pittston with his wife, Kim, and three children.

Munley Law

Attorney Julia Munley will serve as the new board chairwoman of the board of directors of the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority, becoming the first woman to ead the board. In this role, Ms. Munley will pay homage to the region’s past while leading the organization into the future. A member of the valley authority’s board of directors for six years, Ms. Munley previously served as vice

chairwoman and secretary. A native of Archbald, she earned her Juris Doctor from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, and has a Bachelor

of Arts from Marywood University.

Northeast Regional Cancer Institute

Theodore Uroskie, M.D., and Q. Thomas Novinger, M.D., M.B.A., will serve as co-chairmen for the cancer institute’s 12th annual Colon cancer Awareness Saves Unlimited Adult Lives Day.

Dr. Uroskie of Clarks Green is a retired obstetrician/gynecologist, and has volunteered for the local Disaster Action of the Red Cross, Disaster Health Service of the Red Cross, and national Disaster Services Human Resources System of the Red Cross. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh and Hahnemann Medical College, now Drexel University College of Medicine.

Dr. Novinger of Mountaintop serves as the medical director for the Geisinger Health Plan in Danville. His primary focus is analysis and reporting of

medical cost trend and for

management of the Health Plan

network in Northeast Pennsylvania. Dr. Novinger

graduated from Bucknell University and Jefferson

Medical College. Board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics, he recently

completed a Master of Business Administration

at the University of Massachusetts.

CASUAL Day, scheduled for March 26, serves as a dress-down day to raise awareness for colorectal cancer in Northeast Pennsylvania.

O’Donnell Law Offices

Neil T. O’Donnell, managing partner of the law offices, earned an induction into the Melvin Belli Society, an international group of trial lawyers who encourage the global exchange of ideas among lawyers through meetings and education. Established in 1981, the society aims to uphold the legal legacy of Melvin Belli. The society includes lawyers who must meet specific criteria in order

to earn invitations for

memberships.

National Center

for Appropriate Technology

Andy Pressman, an agriculture specialist with the center, gave a presentation on “Cultivating tool and equipment efficiencies” at the Northwest Organic Farming Association conference in Concord, New Hampshire. The center, whose northeast regional office is located in Forty Fort, also served as a sponsor of the event.

ProCare Physical Therapy

Amanda White, speech language pathologist, joined the therapy team. Working between the Carbondale and Dickson City facilities, Ms. White treats both children and adults, helping them to restore their ability to communicate. With a special interest in pediatrics, Ms. White aims to develop the speech therapy services offered under “ProCare Kids,” a program tailored to children and adolescents that offers pediatric physical, occupational and speech therapies. Ms. White earned her bachelor’s degree in community sciences and disorders and her master’s degree from Marywood University. She has worked

as a treating speech language pathologist for six years,

generally working with adults.

Robert M. Sides Family Music Centers

Peter Sides will serve a three-year term on the National Association of Music Merchants Board of Directors. The president of the family music centers, Mr. Sides is the third generation of his family to operate the music retail business. The company has four locations in Pennsylvania and New York. He has a degree in business from Babson College.

Scranton Half Marathon

Matt Byrne, co-owner of the Scranton Running Company, will serve as the race director for 2015 and 2016. Mr. Byrne has chaired the committee since planning began for the 2014 race in May 2013. Pat Fricchione will replace Mr. Byrne as president. Other members of the board include Matt Hunter, vice president; Gary Jones, secretary; Tom Minora, treasurer; Justin MacGregor, assistant secretary; and Linda Mlodzienski, assistant treasurer. The Second Annual Scranton Half Marathon, presented by Geisinger Heart and Vascular Institute, is scheduled for April 12, and will begin and end at Tobyhanna Federal Credit Union Field at Memorial Stadium.

Greater Scranton Jaycees

Chapter President Frank Joyce won the Robert Eyerman Award for Most Outstanding Chapter President and Jennifer Radzwillowicz won the award for Most Outstanding State Vice-President at the year-end Pennsylvania Jaycees awards conference held in Gettysburg. The Greater Scranton Jaycees group was recognized by winning the Golden Eagle Award, which symbolizes the No. 1 Chapter in Pennsylvania out of 27 total chapters. In the 30-year history of the award, this is the first time that the award was won by the Greater Scranton Jaycees.

Sordoni Construction Services Inc.

Joseph P. Galvin earned a promotion to project executive. Mr. Galvin has more than 16 years of experience working as both an engineer and construction manager. He has extensive experience in all aspects of project management, including scheduling, engineering and design and contract administration. In his new role, Mr. Galvin will provide overall leadership and direction for construction activities on multiple projects. He will also serve as the main contact for the project team for issues concerning budget, schedule, billing and client satisfaction.

Wayne Bank

Steven Daniels earned an appointment to community office manager of the bank’s main Honesdale office. Mr. Daniels started at the bank as a teller in 2011, and became a consumer lending representative in May of 2012. Most recently, he served as assistant branch manager of the main Honesdale office since March 2013. A graduate of Penn State University, Mr. Daniels has a Bachelor of Arts in history, and is enrolled in the Pennsylvania Bankers Association Advanced School of Banking. He is also an active member of the Honesdale Area Jaycees.

Nancy A. Hart earned accolades for her 35 years of service with the bank. Mrs. Hart began her career in 1979, and has served in a variety of positions, including the manager of the Waymart Community Office, manager of loan operations and manager of the bookkeeping department. She currently serves as vice president, controller and assistant secretary of the bank and Norwood Financial Corp. Mrs. Hart spends much of her free time with her husband, Ed, and three children. She is an active supporter of Honesdale athletics.

Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers

Kenneth Bannon, PA-C, Carbondale Family Health Center; and Krista Hollis, CRNP, McAndrew Family Health Center; earned the 2015 Golden Stethoscope Award. Given annually by the health centers, the award recognizes clinicians for outstanding leadership, patient satisfaction and loyalty to the health centers, Wayne Memorial Hospital and the community at large. Mr. Bannon and Ms. Hollis earned the award for demonstrating extraordinary commitment and professionalism throughout 2014.

Norma Nocilla, BSHA, LPN, CPHQ, earned an appointment to director of quality assurance for the health center. Ms. Nocilla will be responsible for planning, supervising and coordinating performance improvement initiatives across all the health centers’ offices located in Wayne, Pike and Lackawanna counties. Ms. Nocilla earned a Bachelor of Science in healthcare administration from Kennedy Western University, Cheyenne, Wyo. Ms. Nocilla attained a distinction as a certified professional in healthcare quality and National Managed Care Certification Level I and II. Over the past 20 years, Ms. Nocilla held various leadership positions in healthcare quality and performance improvement at local health systems.

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At the end of South Laurel Street in Archbald stands what remains of the old Gravity Slope Colliery, and some say it’s the perfect spot to build a fishing dock over the Lackawanna River.

A half-dozen local organizations and state agencies plan to construct a wheelchair-accessible fishing dock near the start of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail — if they can find the money to pay for it.

“We were looking at a site that would be amenable to installing a fishing dock that could be cantilevered out over the river and not be a serious impediment to flood stage (waters),” Lackawanna River Corridor Association Director Bernard McGurl said.

Engineer Paul Bechtel of the Scranton firm McClane Associates Inc. said blueprints already have been designed to build the dock and modify the streambed. The needed permits from the state Department of Environmental Protection are in hand, too.

What remains uncertain is the roughly $25,000 they need to start, said Karl Pfeiffenberger, a project coordinator.

Helping to plan the streambed habitat for fish, conservation group Lackawanna Valley Trout Unlimited hopes to see the dock used for a national organization called Project Healing Waters created to help disabled veterans.

“There’s a major push to be able to get these young veterans out on the water and fishing like they were before they were handicapped,” said Charlie Charlesworth, Trout Unlimited’s local chapter president.

The fishing dock is one of several projects community organizers hope to develop near the old colliery, but it’s about the only project to gain traction after the state Fish and Boat Commission expressed interest in supporting the dock’s construction, Mr. Pfeiffenberger said.

Organizers hope to build a pavilion and restore several of the colliery’s historic auxiliary buildings that once served nearly 2,000 coal miners.

Former state Rep. Ed Staback of Archbald had been instrumental in bringing on board the Fish and Boat Commission; however, money has been hard to find.

Mr. McGurl said his association has similar fishing dock projects in mind to be built over the Lackawanna, but his organization is feeling the financial squeeze too.

“There’s more projects and less funding for these types of projects,” he said. “It might take a long time to get queued up for this.”

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The following were sentenced by Pike County Judge Gregory Chelak:

• Brandon Mark Bradley, 19, Greentown, 48 hours to six months in the Pike County Jail, $500 fine and 12-month driver’s license suspension for DUI in Blooming Grove Twp.

• Carl Daniel Fiorito, 40, Dingmans Ferry, 120 days to 12 months in the Pike County Jail followed by six months of probation and $1,100 fine for simple assault and two counts of harassment on Sept. 8 in Dingman Twp.

• George William Handelong, 36, Hawley, 58 days to one year in the Pike County Jail and $750 fine for theft from a motor vehicle on Sept. 17 in Matamoras.

• Fred Alfred Elders, 54, Greentown, 30 days to six months in the Pike County Jail, $750 fine and 12-month driver’s license suspension for DUI on June 25 in Greene Twp.

• Mason Michael Smith, 20, Sussex, N.J., one to six months in the Pike County Jail followed by six months of probation, $500 fine and six months driver’s license suspension for possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia on Aug. 18 in Lehman Twp.

• Cindy Ann Klein, 52, Dingmans Ferry, 16 to 47 ½ months in a state correctional facility, $2,700 fine and 18 months driver’s license suspension for two counts each of theft by deception, retail theft and possession of a controlled substance, and three counts of delivery of a controlled or counterfeit substance three times between January and March 2014 in Westfall Twp.

• Joseph Lisco, 22, Bushkill, six months of probation and $300 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia on May 9.

• Ledora Drayton, 51, Monticello, N.Y., six months of probation and $300 fine for false identification to law enforcement authorities on Feb. 26, 2009, in Matamoras.

• Bobby Deamon Taylor, 35, of Pocono Summit, one to six months in the Pike County Jail followed by six months of probation, $200 fine and 36-month driver’s license suspension for DUI, possession of a small amount of marijuana, and driving while operating privileges are suspended or revoked on April 1 in Palmyra Twp.

• Jennifer Ann Stangl, 33, no fixed address, 2 ½ to 5 months and $200 fine for furnishing drug-free urine on Sept. 16.

Honesdale Bank

supports education

The Honesdale National Bank renewed its commitment to support economic education throughout the region by designating a portion of its Educational Improvement Tax Credit funds for Economics Pennsylvania. Through this affiliation, the bank sponsors the Honesdale National Bank Center for Economic Education at the University of Scranton, and provides the Stock Market Game to middle and high schools in 33 of the 38 school districts and parochial schools in the seven Northeast Pennsylvania counties. The bank also supports the organizations’s Entrepreneurship Challenge, InvestWrite and Business Plan Challenge programs.

Geisinger gains acclaim: Geisinger Life Flight earned recognition from the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council for Children Voluntary Recognition Program as a Level IV-Master service, providing the best pre-hospital care for children. Life Flight earned the designation for its compliance with Federal Emergency Medical Services for Children equipment list standards, compliance with ChildLine background clearance checks for all Life Flight staff, completion of a minimum of four hours of annual pediatric-specific continuing education for all EMS providers and staff and achievement of excellence in pediatric care through participation in community outreach initiatives, demonstrating benefits to children for safety and injury prevention.

Bank wins award: Citizens Bank won Mobile Banking Leader Awards for its mobile banking Apps for iPhone and Android from Javelin Strategy & Research. Money Magazine also selected the bank to its 2014 list, “The Best Banks in America,” which recognized the bank for its level of customer convenience.

Conference tables available: Vendor Hall display tables are available for the Northeast Pennsylvania Women’s Leadership Conference, which is scheduled for April 9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mohegan Sun Pocono’s convention center. Kate White, former editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine and New York Times best-selling author, will serve as a speaker for the event.

Team creates website: Keystone Clean Water Team, formerly the Carbon County Groundwater Guardians, launched a new website, pacleanwater.org, through which it will extend its services to the community. The website aims to aid visitors to find helpful information and potential solutions to any water quality issues they may have. The Northeast Pennsylvania nonprofit organization, dedicated to improving the health, safety and welfare of the community and the environment, also launched a Facebook page and a Twitter profile.

UGI supports school: UGI Utilities Inc. donated $15,000 to Allied Services dePaul School in Scranton as an Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit contribution. The funds will enable eligible students to receive financial support to attend the school.

Bank aids program: Wells Fargo donated $25,000 to the University of Scranton’s University of Success, a multi-year, pre-college program for high school students. The program aims to help students develop the skills needed to gain entrance into college.

Barbershop opens: Sport Clips Haircuts, a franchise dedicated to men’s and boys’ hair care, opened at 1051 Shoppes Boulevard in the Shoppes at Montage in Moosic. Sport Clips is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bank makes contribution: Wells Fargo Bank donated $5,000 to Allied Services dePaul School in Scranton. The donation will go toward the scholarship program at the private, not-for-profit school, assisting children in first through eighth grade.

Bank supports school district: NBT Bank gave a $25,000 grant to Mountain View School District in support of the science and engineering program, Project Lead The Way. The grant was provided through the bank’s donation to the Pennsylvania Education Improvement Tax Credit Program, administered by the Community Foundation of the Endless Mountains. Project Lead the Way aims to provide a comprehensive approach to science, technology, engineering and math courses.

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Alexander J. Abdalla, Dickson City; Edrees Abdul Latif, Scranton; Omar N. Abualburak, Wyoming; Zabira Abubakr, Scranton; Mathew Acevedo, Thornhurst; Gregory G. Adams, Clifford Twp.; Andrew P. Adams, Clifford Twp.; Thomas A. Adel, Avoca; Montalla Ahmed, Mount Pocono; Ahmet Ahmetbeg, Scranton; April A. Alexander, Simpson; Nikita Alicea, Dunmore; Alexandra V. Alpert, Dunmore; Yosra M. Alterkawi, Pocono Lake; Angela Altier, Scranton; Anthony J. Amitia, Pittston; Courtney J. Andrews, Forest City; Anthony P. Anelli, Jefferson Twp.; Bronte M. Anelli, Jefferson Twp.; Elizabeth Aniska, Archbald; Austin J. Antoine, Honesdale; Sara A. Araujo, Lackawaxen; Vincent T. Arcieri, Scranton; Dino J. Arcuri, Plains; Vincent Armetta, Clarks Green; Jacob W. Arnold, Wyoming; Kelly A. Arnold, Olyphant; Sara Aslam, Throop; Tinnina R. Atherton-Ely, Old Forge; Eleanor M. Bader, Scranton; Jill Balko, Scranton; Marc A. Balzani, Clarks Summit; Christi J. Bambach, Dickson City; Kaylee L. Banfield, Spring Brook Twp.; Gerald P. Bannon, Carbondale; Kevin J. Bannon, Clarks Summit; Alexa E. Barsigian, Old Forge; Adam D. Barsigian, Old Forge; Auberon W. Bartley, Plains; Stephanie A. Bartz, Pittston; Keith P. Bates, Honesdale; Ian K. Beavers, Falls; Drew Bednarski, Wyoming; David T. Beichler, Fleetville; Alexandra M. Bell, Dickson City; Anton Benedikt, Montrose; Brianna Benson, Clarks Summit; Grzegorz Bernatowicz, Lake Ariel; Jamie L. Bernosky, Archbald; Bobbi L. Biefeldt, Blakely; Richard M. Black, Dupont; Ryan J. Bladek, Greentown; Glenn Blessington, Lords Valley; Samantha J. Bodtmann, Scranton; Michael J. Bohenek, Clarks Summit; Cayla M. Boland, Dunmore; Devon S. Bonk, Scranton; Alexia B. Borel, Meshoppen; Laura J. Borthwick, Waymart; Melissa S. Borys, Greenfield Twp.; Amanda Brady, Blakeslee; Mary S. Brier, Scranton; Michele Brisco, Pocono Pines; Luke C. Brown, Montrose; Deanna J. Brown, Milford; Molly K. Brunner, Montrose; Joseph M. Brutico, Clarks Summit; Charles E. Bryant, Dunmore; Elizabeth A. Brzuchalski, Clarks Summit; Joseph Budnovitch, Lake Ariel; Matthew J. Bukowski, Throop; Heather L. Burge, Scranton; Olivia S. Burke, Carbondale; Bryanna D. Burnside, Moosic; Thomas J. Butler, Dunmore; Matthew J. Butler, Scranton; Demitry R. Byrd, Tobyhanna; Matthew Caines, Olyphant; Kimberly J. Caines, Springville; Tressa L. Calachino, Jessup; Taisha M. Canada, Scranton; Gianna M. Cancelli, Peckville; Erin M. Cantafio, Pittston; Corey V. Capooci, Jessup; Robert J. Cappelloni, Duryea; Julianna L. Cardillo, Dunmore; Michaella C. Carey, Moscow; Shannon Carey, Peckville; Brian T. Carpenter, Pleasant Mount; Andrea D. Carrazana, Long Pond; Devon E. Carroll, Thornhurst; Bernard D. Carroll, Milford; Morgan K. Casarin, Jessup; Joseph Cassaro, Carbondale; Larissa N. Castanaro, Moscow; William R. Cavanaugh, Plains; Dennis M. Cavanaugh, Bushkill; Ellen C. Ceresko, Jefferson Twp.; Edmond R. Chamberlain, Waymart; Emily S. Chappell, Pocono Lake; Paul M. Chichura, Kingsley; Jordan Chu, Old Forge; Mary G. Chuff, South Abington Twp.; Antonia Cianflone, Dunmore; Brianna L. Cognetti, Scranton; Tahnee M. Colarusso, Pittston; Nichole L. Cole, Hallstead; Allison L. Coller, New Milford; Victoria E. Collins, Montrose; John P. Colwell, West Pittston; Elizabeth C. Comerford, Clarks Summit; April Comstock, Tobyhanna; Katrina M. Contorno, Mayfield; Marissa A. Conway, Scranton; Samantha Conway, Scranton; Shawna Corcoran, Dickson City; Lauren K. Corliss, Swiftwater; Erin M. Corry, Milford; Leann Cortright, Jessup; Robert Costello, Pittston; Albert J. Coutts, Dunmore; Rachel L. Coval, Old Forge; Jacob A. Covey, Lake Ariel; Cody M. Cox, Milford; Alayna B. Craig Lucas, Dalton; Jeremy W. Crayton, New Milford; Adam D. Crimi, Peckville; Gabriella N. Cristiano, Jermyn; Jeremy J. Cummings, South Abington Twp.; Jeffrey S. Curran, North Abington Twp.; Lauren A. Cutri, Dickson City; Cayden L. Dagnall, Long Pond; Shane M. Dalton, Harding; Jessica E. Dauber, Wyoming; Alexandra P. Davenport, Blakeslee; Victoria N. Davenport, Blakeslee; Taylor Davis, Hawley; Michael J. DeGiorgis, Shohola; Angelo G. De Luca,Tobyhanna; Raymond M. Dearmitt, Harding; Kaitlyn Decker, Dickson City; Michael J. Deemer, Scranton; Rebecca A. DeGiosio,Jefferson Twp.; Daniel A. DeLeo, Peckville; Amber M. Delhagen, Dunmore; Jerrid C. Demeck, Moscow; Joseph G. Demellier, West Pittston; Corinne DeNinno, Scranton; Melinda. P. Dennis, Dingmans Ferry; Geanette DePrimo-Davis, Archbald; Isabella DiBileo, Scranton; Carmen J. DiPietro, Dunmore; Noe Dominguez, Scranton; Emily R. Donahue, Spring Brook Twp.; Michael C. Dorio, Scranton; Matthew T. Dorshimer, Bushkill; Alexandra A. Dougherty, Dunmore; Zane K. Douglass, Honesdale; Gabriella R. Dragotto, Peckville; Madeline M. Drake, Tafton; Candice M. Driver, Honesdale; Danielle N. Dubee, Dingmans Ferry; Jonathan R. Duff, Tafton; Sara E. Dukauskas, Old Forge; Miranda M. Dunne, Montrose; Mark R. Dymond, Wyoming; Katelyn A. Dzikowski, Pittston; Elizabeth V. Edgar, Carbondale; Paige N. Eisenlohr, Clarks Summit; Kaitlyn N. Ekdahl, Scranton; William J. Elko, Pittston Twp.; Matthew W. Englert, Lake Ariel; Courtney R. Erat, Montrose; Danielle A. Esposito, Milford; Billy Estrella Viccica, Milford; Kayla Evanina, Blakely; Lindsey R. Evans, Olyphant; Theodore R. Evans, Olyphant; Aileen M. Exeter, Moosic; Alyssa Marielle B. Fabi, Dunmore; Casey Fagan, Moscow; Joshua R. Fallon, Jermyn; Chad D. Faraday, South Abington Twp.; Meghan E. Farr, Waymart; Timothy M. Farrand, Honesdale; Jennifer L. Farrar, Dalton; Michael E. Farrell, Vandling; Ryan E. Farrell, Milford; Elayna M. Fazio, Sturges; Kasey M. Feather, Clarks Summit; Randolph S. Fenner, Scranton; Gary R. Fenton, Moosic; Kyle J. Ferguson, Dunmore; Harmony J. Ferrick, Honesdale; Joseph N. Festa, Clarks Summit; Shanay M. Figueroa, Olyphant; Taylor S. Finan, Dalton; Heather L. Florentino, Lake Ariel; Dylan J. Flynn, Lackawaxen; Jacob C. Fodor, Lords Valley; Heather A. Fowler, Scranton; Theodore C. Frear, Factoryville; Alyssa M. French, Scranton; Amelia Friedrichs, Milford; Mary C. Fruehan, Brackney; Nicholas R. Frushon, Wyoming; Tyler J. Fuehrer, Hawley; Christopher E. Fuller, Clarks Summit; Christian S. Fuller, Beach Lake; Mark P. Fulton, Scranton; Connor M. Fultz, Old Forge; Kimberly L. Gaik, Clifton; John Gallagher, Scranton; Sriyog K. Gandhi, Scranton; Deanna Garber, Dunmore; Tyler D. Gatto, Scranton; Dominique M. Gennaro, Lords Valley; Andrew V. Giardina, Dalton; Rebekah A. Gigliotti, Carbondale; Ryan P. Glacken, Scranton; Jessica L. Goble, Hawley; June A. Godlewski, Taylor; Monica Y. Gokhberg, Lords Valley; Alycia M. Gomes, Scranton; Lindsey M. Gorniak, Dunmore; Amanda E. Gower, South Abington Twp.; Timothy J. Granata, Lake Ariel; Daniel P. Grandinetti, Honesdale; Devin L. Greco, Blakeslee; Michael D. Green, Scranton; Jessica G. Grigalunas, Honesdale; Kathleen K. Grogan, Scranton; Katarina M. Grupski, Blakeslee; Mary E. Guenther, South Abington Twp.; Elizabeth R. Guinan, Archbald; Guntoro Gunawan, Scranton; Jonathan P. Gurnari, Throop; Amanda K. Hackney, Hawley; Sarah A. Halpin, Dunmore; Nicole D. Hanusich, Throop; Michael W. Harding, Exeter; Michael D. Harding, Pittston; Bryan S. Hardy, Pocono Pines; Lex R. Harvey, Lords Valley; Susan M. Hayner, Clarks Summit; Carly C. Heck, Tunkhannock; Madeline O. Heck, West Pittston; Kory P. Helcoski, South Abington Twp.; Katrina Helcoski, South Abington Twp.; Taylor Henry, Jefferson Twp.; Amy Lynn M. Hetro, Wyoming; Thomas W. Hewlett, Beach Lake; Whitney A. Higgins, Clarks Summit; Joel D. Hill, Old Forge; Bridget E. Hinton, Scranton; Amanda L. Hirkey, Meshoppen; Vania Hogben, Scranton; Zachary T. Holden, Dunmore; Michael D. Holden, Scranton; Laci L. Holdren, Laceyville; Ashlie L. Holen, Dalton; Kyle Holland, Old Forge; Jamie M. Holzman, Dunmore; Sydney Hoopman, Dingmans Ferry; Samantha R. Hornbostel, Milford; Kirby A. Howells, Scranton; Kiera A. Howells, Scranton; Alexandra Hubbard, Waverly; Robert H. Hug, Factoryville; Robert M. Hughes, Old Forge; Erica D. Hunsicker, Scranton; Joseph L. Hunt, Matamoras; Nicholas M. Hunt, Moscow; James P. Hutchison, Bethany; Nicholas J. Jarrow, Nicholson; Matthew C. Jenkins, Archbald; William L. Johns, Waymart; Scott D. Johnson, Friendsville; Gerald D. Johnson, Honesdale; Destinee D. Jonas, Forest City; Evan A. Jones, South Abington Twp.; Ryan J. Jones, Scranton; Ian E. Jones, Meshoppen; Jeffrey F. Jordan, Olyphant; Alexa A. Julian, Clarks Summit; Jason D. Jurosky, Dickson City; Holly Kaczmarek, Dunmore; Meredith A. Kanton, Scranton; Catherine M. Keegan, Mayfield; Daniel C. Keifer, Lake Ariel; David T. Keklock, Archbald; Brent D. Keklock, Archbald; Sara A. Kielbasa, Avoca; Katherine M. Kielceski, Montrose; Jessica L. Kilonsky, Scranton; Kelly A. Kirsten, Tafton rry; Karilyn A. Klag, Milford; Maura A. Klebauskas, Scranton; Melissa A. Klem, Eynon; Hanna C. Klingler, Scranton; Nicholas E. Kneier, Pleasant Mount; Leon R. Kneller, Olyphant; Jonathan P. Kobrynich, Scranton; Ashley Kocher, Dupont; Jennifer M. Kochmer, Clifford Twp.; Matthew M. Kohrs, Honesdale; Jennifer M. Kokinda, Throop; Elysa M. Kolvek, Newfoundland; Samuel D. Kontz, Clarks Summit; Kristara V. Kopicki, Clarks Summit; Nicholas S. Kovaleski, Forest City; Zachary Kovaleski, Richmondale; Jacob A. Kovarskiy, Dingmans Ferry; Johnathon P. Kozlosky, Olyphant; Stefan T. Kozlowski, Scranton; Marianne E. Kraft, Scranton; Katherine R. Krause, Matamoras; Quindallyn R. Kreckman, Canadensis; ; Anthony T. Kivler, Dingmans FeJohn F. Kresge, Olyphant; Nicole D. Krewson, Clarks Summit; Danielle Krimmel, Factoryville; Leigh Anne Krompasky, Lake Ariel; Corey D. Kucker, Dunmore; Kelle A. Lach, Scranton; Kristena M. Laluga, Scranton; James M. Lamarca, Pittston; Mandy L. Lamarca, Pittston; Ashley N. Lansdowne, Mount Pocono; Christine M. Lashinski, Dickson City Vincent J. Latona, Pittston; Marcus A. Lemoncelli, Blakely; David A. Levandoski, Swoyersville: Leah A. Levine, Simpson; Justin P. Levy, Clarks Summit; Carli A. Liguori, Brackney; Valerie M. Lindner, Falls; Jovanni D. Logan Saunders, Tobyhanna; Linda K. Lombardo, Throop,; Brian M. Longo, Scranton; Joseph H. Loza, Mount Pocono; Richard M. Lupia, Olyphant; Kevin A. Lynah, Bushkill; Emily E. Lynch, Moscow; Alexandria M. Lynn, Hop Bottom; Tammy L. MacDonald, Olyphant; Allison Y. Macias, Scranton; Danielle N. Maddalena, Pocono Lake; Garrett R. Madison, Canadensis; Juan P. Madrigal, Gouldsboro; Katrina L. Malaski, Olyphant; Jennifer A. Malinski, Jessup; Patrick Marino, Dunmore; Dominick Marion, Carbondale; Zackary Marmer, Pocono Pines; Mercedes Marquez, Swiftwater; Stefanie M. Marshalek, Throop; Meghan E. Marsico, Moscow; Tara L. Marta, Scranton; Salvatore C. Martarano, Olyphant; Alysha L. Marzani, Jefferson Twp.; Jennifer Mataloni, Hughestown; Maxwell M. Materazzi-Hatala, Old Forge; Alesia Matylewicz, Old Forge; Avernelle C. Maule, Tobyhanna; Shannon E. May, Jessup; Michael D. May, Swoyersville; Oksana Mazur, Spring Brook Twp.; Mariah Mazzariello, Milford; Patrick W. McDonough, Scranton; Katelin M. McAndrew, Clarks Summit; Katie M. McAndrew, Pittston Twp.; Ryan E. McCarthy, Tunkhannock; Kyonna R. McClain, Tunkhannock; Elisabeth D. McConnell, Honesdale; Randy C. McDermott, Harding; Khadijah A. McDowell, Milford; William H. McDowell, Honesdale; Theodore N. McEachron, Blakeslee; Sabrina McFadden, Tobyhanna; William P. McGowan, Scranton; Meghan McGowan, Scranton; Timothy M. McGrath, Old Forge; Katelynn McGuire, Covington Twp.; Nicholas A. McKnight, South Abington Twp.; Kayla A. McLain, Spring Brook Twp.; Paul M. McLaughlin, Spring Brook; Aaron McNeal, Gouldsboro; Shantell McRae, Peckville; John P. McVeigh, Honesdale; Ashley N. McVeigh, Clarks Summit; Bryar E. Mead, Starrucca; Smit S. Mehta, South Abington Twp.; Michael Melisky, Scranton; Travis J. Merrill, Lake Ariel; Christopher A. Michaels, Clarks Green; Stephanie Midgley, Scranton; Sherry D. Miller, Gouldsboro; Patrick Miller, Waymart; Allison F. Miller, Greentown; Kelly A. Miller, Avoca; Laura A. Miller, Tunkhannock; Rachel M. Miller, Matamoras; Carly E. Mischello, Elmhurst Twp.; Corey Moletsky, Clarks Summit; Katelyn M. Molinaro, Clarks Summit; Anthony W. Molino, Swoyersville; Christopher J. Monahan, Archbald; Nicholas Montini, Avoca; Mark R. Moore, Lake Ariel; Martin J. Moran, Jefferson Twp.; Brian P. Morris, Duryea; Evan M. Muchisky, Eynon; John Munley, Peckville; Vincent Munro, Clarks Summit; Joshua D. Murphy, Scranton; Christi L. Murphy, Milford; Mary A. Murphy, Scranton; Indigo S. Murray, Tobyhanna; Ryan M. Musso, Scranton; Shea D. Myers, Nicholson; Yuka Narisako, Clarks Green; Rebecca Naro, Dunmore; Daniel J. Nawrocki, Exeter; Corey R. Nealon, Scranton; Ray A. Nearhood, Scranton; Ronald O. Neher, Carbondale; Callista A. Newhart, Montrose; Scott D. Nicholson, Swoyersville; Bogdan Nicolescu, Canadensis; Derek Niles, Lake Ariel; Jenna V. Nitowski, Duryea; Timothy J. Notarangelo, Honesdale; Calvin M. O’Boyle, Pittston; Luke O’Neill, Honesdale; Katherine A. O’Neill, Lake Winola; Donald R. Oakley, Carbondale; Scott R. Obelinas, Clarks Summit; Carly N. Odynsky, Milford; Jessica Olejnik, West Wyoming; John V. Oliver, Montrose; Tonia L. Oliver, Montrose; Jonathan Oneschuk, Honesdale; Courtney M. Osborne, Hawley; Tyler D. Osborne, Scranton; Andrew J. Osolnick, West Wyoming; Glenn R. Owens, Taylor; Jazmine N. Owens, Scranton; Benjamin J. Pacifico, Dunmore; Joseph G. Palickar, Jessup; Gary M. Palmasani, Pittston; Nicholaos Panagakos, Dunmore; Aaron J. Panfini, Peckville; Alecia M. Panuski, West Wyoming; Mariah L. Paone, Clarks Green; Alec M. Parchinski, Moosic; Bryan M. Parks, Taylor; Ayu F. Parry, Scranton; Ingrid X. Patackas, Scranton; Tyler S. Patchoski, Clarks Summit; Vatsal S. Patel, Scranton; Ajel K. Patel, Scranton; Vivek D. Patel, Scranton; Bhavin S. Patel, Scranton; Romitkumar A. Patel, Scranton; Vishal S. Patel, Scranton; Janki V. Patel, Scranton; Hinal G. Patel, Scranton; Himanshi Patel, Scranton; Kawana C. Patterson, Bushkill; Jordan G. Paulus, Dickson City; Ashley N. Pellegrino, Greeley; Connor M. Pellington, Bushkill; Simone T. Person, Bushkill; Neil D. Petersen, South Abington; Emily J. Petokas, Tunkhannock; Amanda L. Petrosky, Spring Brook; Craig A. Pezak, Archbald; Nicole E. Phillips, Pittston; Danielle M. Phillips, Pittston; Michael Z. Pieszala, Pittston; Daniel B. Piorkowski, Mayfield; Cody J. Poder, Exeter; Raymond L. Polak, Susquehanna; Nicholas Polidura, Mount Pocono; Eric A. Pollick, Swoyersville; Ryan M. Potuck, Forkston Twp.; Natalie Povanda, Moosic; Rachele Poveromo, Duryea; Christopher T. Powell, Moosic; Sean T. Prudhoe, Milford; Yanni C. Psitos, Swiftwater; Zoe M. Pugh, Jessup; John P. Quinn, Avoca; Richard Rafalko, Throop; Nicole Rafalko, Scranton; Sarah C. Rainey, Dickson City; Jamie Ramirez, Tobyhanna; Ghana S. Rasaily, Scranton; Kelly M. Reap, Dickson City; Miranda L. Reaser, Moscow; Jonathan A. Reed, Lake Ariel; Erica N. Reeves, Montrose; Alyssa M. Regan, Clifford Twp.; Maria C. Reviello, Old Forge; Abbey L. Richter, Honesdale; Kiernan E. Riley, Scranton; Kayla M. Roberts, Carbondale; Ian J. Robinson, Tunkhannock; Richard P. Rogalewicz, Dunmore; Marc A. Rogato, Moscow; Kristopher L. Rogers, Jefferson Twp.; Michael F. Rohrbeck, Moosic; Katherine G. Rosencrance, Clarks Summit; Daniel E. Rosler, Moosic; Corey P. Ross-Robertson, Brackney; Eric A. Rubino, Moosic; Dylan D. Rudalavage, Eynon; Ryan G. Rudalavage, Olyphant; Margaret Ruddy, Scranton; Jenna K. Rupakus, New Milford; Allison M. Russell, Brackney; Sarah A. Russick, Scranton; Kristina M. Russo, Lake Ariel; Rocky Rutkoski, Wyoming; Jonathan T. Rutledge, Honesdale; Ronald M. Ryder, Milford; Matthew Rynkiewicz, Factoryville; Alisabeth J. Sabatelle, Scranton; David J. Sahagian, Dingmans Ferry; Bradley L. Saldi, Eynon; Anthony J. Salva, Mayfield; Lynn M. Salvati, Hawley; Christopher T. Sanborn, Mount Pocono; Brian M. Sandy, Scranton; Shana J. Santarelli, Jessup; Breanna B. Santarsiero, Scranton; Nathan K. Sauers, Plains Twp.; Nicholas A. Saylock, Moscow; Ryan M. Saylock, Moscow; Samantha R. Saylor, Elmhurst; Linda S. Schott, Honesdale; Jessica K. Segilia, Moosic; Penny L. Seltzer, Shohola; Tony Shao, Tunkhannock; Virginia C. Sharff, Tafton; Cynthia M. Sherry, Tunkhannock; Lance T. Sherry, Tunkhannock; Meghan A. Shinert, Wyoming; Elaina E. Shorten, Jefferson Twp.; David Shuta, Olyphant; Kaylie Shygelski, Peckville; Bianca A. Sickler, Scranton; Erica J. Sidorowicz, Scranton; Justin T. Sieg, Honesdale; Rachel C. Simansky, Duryea; Jessica K. Simchak, Madison Twp.; Derek J. Sincavage, Thornhurst; Greg Skoff, Dunmore; Mary Skurnowicz, Nicholson; Glenn S. Slick, Scranton; Alison M. Slomba, Pittston; Ronda E. Slonaker, Gouldsboro; Leah Slusark, Olyphant; Marielle E. Sminkey, Scranton; Colin P. Smith, Dunmore; Troy R. Smith, Shohola; Tyler A. Smith, Simpson; William F. Smith, Scranton; Stephen M. Smith, Hawley; Joshua S. Smith, Milford; Samantha O. Snead, Moscow; Meghan A. Snyder, Pocono Manor; Kristy B. Snyder, Factoryville; Sarah E. Snyder, Dunmore; Kathleen A. Sottile, Olyphant; Allan C. Souza, Dunmore; Katelyn M. Spellman, Montrose; Danielle J. Spewak, Newfoundland; Colin J. Sposto, Archbald; Tori K. St. John, Milford; Audra B. Stafursky, Archbald; Rachel A. Stahl, New Milford; Joshua M. Stankowski, Scranton; Andrea M. Stanton, Honesdale; Nicole A. Stefko, Clarks Summit; Natalie M. Stella, Scranton; Stephanie D. Stelmack, Old Forge; Taylor R. Stetzar, Scranton; Dean Stewart, Milford; Paula S. Strada, Lake Ariel; Laurance J. Strothers, Scranton; Christopher B. Stutzman, Dalton; Alyssa J. Subsinsky, Pocono Lake; Ann Marie Summers, New Milford; Scott M. Swartz, Scranton; Sean M. Sweeney, Avoca; Heather D. Taber, Olyphant; Uriah M. Tagle, Jessup; Rachel R. Taylor, Harding; Maor Tel Tzur, Dunmore; Christyan A. Telech, Archbald; Alexandra M. Telech, Archbald; Morgan E. Telesk, Factoryville; Alexander J. Terrery, Dunmore; Mary Terrinoni, Old Forge; Seth J. Thomas, Forest City; Ellen Thurston, Lake Ariel; Jeffrey A. Thurston, Dalton; Natalie Timmerhans, Bushkill; Michael Tomaszewski, West Wyoming; Thomas M. Tomeo, Scranton; Breanna M. Toro, Clarks Summit; Darcy L. Trauger, Honesdale; Carleen A. Troup, Moscow; Eric L. Tschantz, Tunkhannock; Keri L. Tucker, Scranton; Amber L. Tuffy, Scranton; Joseph A. Tutino, Old Forge; Mary Ubaldini, Eynon; Derek D. Uber, Milford; Angela M. Ucciferri, Mount Pocono; Joel R. Underwood, Scranton; Bonita L. Urzen, Jessup; Meghan P. Utter, Moscow; Dominique J. Vaccaro, Clarks Summit; Erin G. Van Buren, Dingmans Ferry; Richard L. Vandler, Honesdale; Tyler G. VanGorder, Clarks Summit; John J. Vassil, Dalton; Cecily R. Vega, Scranton; Salvatore J. Vetri, Montrose; Elena Vieczorek, Factoryville; Nicholas Vieira, Scranton; Leah M. Virbitsky, Mayfield; Lauren A. Walega, Throop; Chelsea L. Wallis, Carbondale; Aileen H. Walsh, Scranton; Abbey L. Walsh, Scranton; Caroline L. Walsh, Scranton; Kyle T. Walsh, Jermyn; William E. Walsh, Scranton; Jule Walsh, Canadensis; Thomas J. Walter, Taylor; Mark D. Walter, Dalton; Casey J. Ware, Clarks Summit; Courtney A. Washo, Scranton; Ray H. Watkins, Madison Twp.; Zachary W. Watters, Olyphant; Angeline N. Wauran, Scranton; Randy Webb, Old Forge; Alicia M. Welby, Old Forge; Tessa H. Wells, Falls; Allison L. Welsh, Honesdale; Ryan A. Werts, Swoyersville; Joseph N. Wheate, Blakeslee; Anthony J. White, Scranton; Daniel J. White, Scott Twp.; Kelsey Whittaker, Bushkill; Donald J. Wickizer, Moosic; William A. Widmer, Thornhurst; Jared M. Wierbowski, Hawley; Logan P. Wilkins, Lake Ariel; Stephen M. Williams, Exeter; Mark T. Williams, West Pittston; Amanda L. Wilson, Newfoundland; Jamie A. Wise, Wyoming; Brian E. Wise, Wyoming; Eric F. Woelkers, Moscow; Gabrielle G. Wolfe, Hallstead; Timothy J. Wolfe, Scranton; Matthew R. Wolfel, Jessup; Hannah Woody, Scranton; Kelly M. Worsnick, Scranton; Christopher J. Wright, Pittston; Emily Wright, Covington; Evan Wylam, Waymart; Cynthia A. Wynn, Taylor; Alexander Yakacki, Olyphant; Lindley B. Yerg, Tunkhannock; Kimberly E. Young, Moosic; Zachary Zagursky, Throop; Elizabeth E. Zawicki, Lake Ariel; Allison Zawicki, Old Forge; Eric J. Zelinski, Throop; Kara A. Zerby, Forest City; Shui J. Zheng, Old Forge; Zijing Zhou, Tobyhanna; Samantha G. Zimmer, Honesdale; Miranda N. Zinn, Milford; Steven P. Zinner, Milford; Marissa E. Ziskowski, Archbald; and Arkadiusz Zwiercan, Moscow.

1. What did students from the Scranton Chinese School and their families celebrate last week?

A. The school’s fifth anniversary.

B. The Chinese New Year.

C. A student’s 8th birthday.

D. A judge’s decision that the school is a nonprofit.

2. True or false? State lawmakers built up a $161 million uncommitted surplus last year, an amount equivalent to half what they spent to run the General Assembly.

A. True.

B. False. It’s equal to what it costs to run the General Assembly.

3. What office will Lackawanna County District Attorney Andy Jarbola run for this year?

A. Mayor of Scranton.

B. County commissioner.

C. County judge.

D. State attorney general.

4. Departing county Commissioner Corey O’Brien is leaving office for a job as …

A. a hair model.

B. vice president for business development for Health Resources Corp.

C. a government consultant.

D. executive director of Goodwill Industries NEPA.

5. What made fighting a fire at a Carbondale home difficult Wednesday night?

A. The residents tried to bar firefighters from entering the home.

B. Hydrants in the neighborhood were buried under snow drifts.

C. The cold temperatures affected water pressure of hoses.

D. The narrow streets and power lines made it hard to position trucks.

6. Law enforcement agencies across the county gathered for a training on ...

A. responding to calls regarding emotionally disturbed people.

B. basic sign language.

C. a nasal spray that can stop a heroin overdose.

D. how to clean a police car.

7. Who will be the keynote speaker at the Society of Irish Women’s 17th annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner?

A. Hillary Clinton, former U.S. secretary of state.

B. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden.

C. Christina Crawford, daughter of Joan Crawford.

D. Washington Post reporter Mary Jordan.

8. A runaway train car that rolled through the Midvalley and into Scranton was hauling ...

A. lumber.

B. live chickens.

C. gravel.

D. kickback cash.

9. A Northeast Pennsylvania native will compete on the upcoming season of ...

A. “Hell’s Kitchen.”

B. “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

C. “Survivor.”

D. “I’m From NEPA, Get Me Out of Here.”

10. True or false? A school police officer employed by the Western Wayne School District will not face criminal charges for discharging his weapon in his high school office last week.

A. True.

B. False. He’ll face charges of attempted homicide.