The LuLac Edition #328, Oct. 20th, 2007

AN UPDATE


We've been trying to post a few interesting stories all day. But our parent system won't allow me to post pictures and as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. Anyway, those stories can hold and we'll get to them soon.
A few notes, there will be a Candidates debate for City Council down in South Wilkes Barre on Sunday. It appears the GOP candidates will show up but not the Dems.
"Author Fest" is at Genetti's in Wilkes Barre Sunday afternoon at 2PM. You can have a chance to meet national authors telling you about their creative works. Tickets are available at the door. $16.00 per ticket but $5.00 goes for the purchase of a book. The Tudor Book Store in Kingston and the Luzerne County Library System are running this thing.
Speaking of libraries, much is being made of the closing of the Parsons branch of the Osterhout. Some have even gone so far as to criticize Mayor Tom Leighton for making the vacant firehouse there unavailable to the Library. This is not accurate, Mayor Leighton offered the Osterhout Board the building for a buck and they turned him down. The GOP needs to know that even though there might be holes in the Mayor's record, you can't blame the guy for everything.
Much talk today about Joe Torre and the Yankees. I had to weigh in on WILK Sports Talk Saturday. My feeling is that Torre was insulted by the incentive program the Yanks offered. The guy made the playoffs 12 years straight. Rob Nyehard asked me on the air who was the only Yankee manager to quit other than Torre and I froze. Then when I hung up the phone I remembered. Ralph Houk. The New York Daily News had one of the best lines I've heard on this, "Torre fired the Yankees". Look for some gloomy days ahead in Yankeeland.
Speaking of the Yanks, today Mickey Mantle would've been 76. Have some great photos of the Mick with my various encoiunters. Who knew as a kid growing up, I'd meet the great Mantle, not once but many, many times although my favorite Yankee of that era was Clete Boyer who I also met and helped move with him a huge barbeque grill for his restaurant in Cooperstown.
Two bummers today, Jill Knopka was not anchoring the Saturday morning news on WBRE and the Indians lost. But on the other hand, I got in touch with two old friends, Eddie Ackerman from the Sunday Dispatch and Jim Gibson from the Colorado Democratic Leadership Council. I also took a trip to opposite ends of the county, going to my favorite bakery The Sanitary in Nanticoke and then looping back north to Sabatelli's Italian Market in Pittston. Scones and imported provolone, you just can't beat them.
Being asked who I thought won the debate for Commissioner the other night. My feeling was that everybody was very good but I was really impressed with Greg Skrepenak's command of the job and the facts and figures surrounding it.
Hopefully when the photo index gets fixed, we'll be back to normal Sunday for another LuLac edition.