The LuLac Edition #878, July 16th, 2009

PHOTO INDEX: THE BLOG EDITOR WITH JOHN "TWIG" TWARDZIK AND PATRICK J. "PAT" FADDEN, GOP LOGO AND TWARDZIK ON END SHOT OF WBRE TV NEWSCAST.

NEPAtism CONTINUES?

The Wilkes Barre Area School Board hired the wife of School Board member James Fisher. He was absent and did not vote for her appointment. WBRE TV reports that Mrs. Fisher just received her qualifications for the job. Gee, I wonder how many people out there had their credentials long before Mrs. Fisher did? New board member says she’s (Mrs. Fisher) is a “good fit”. And maybe she is. But with the Wilkes Barre Area School Board under scrutiny and two indicted members this year alone, Height and Dunn, well this just looks bad. Except I guess to the friends of the Fishers. Two additional notes: the Hazleton Area School District has taken the hiring entirely out of the hands of the school board there. Others might want to try that. Looking at my records of the past, it’s ironic that Height and Dunn ran as a team for election. How ironic they seem to be exiting that way.

GIVING “THE OFFICE” PROPS

My friend John Twardzik comes up from Florida every summer. We had lost touch from our days at WRKC FM Radio at King’s College but through the miracle of the Internet, we connected again. Monday night, “Twig”, my friend Pat Fadden and myself went out to Abe’s on South Main then Senunas' on North Main Street. “Twig” had mentioned that he was going to go to Scranton to drop off a prop from Mrs. T’s Pierogies. (His family is associated with that company). I don’t think he realized what a media event it would be. Anyway, our friend was featured in the Times Leader as well as on WBRE TV news. From the Times Leader:
Dropped off by John Twardzik, a Mountain Top native who now resides in Tampa, Fla., the stuffed pierogi bearing a Mrs. T’s Pierogies logo was deemed the best of the bunch by Potis, who’s been doing this for show producers since the show’s inception a half-dozen years ago. “I guarantee this will get on the set. It would not be a prop; it will have permanent placement,” she said holding the stuffed pierogi that wore glasses and a ball cap with the letter “O” for Oliver Onion, the character’s name. Twardzik was visiting his father in Mountain Top when he read about the chamber event. He headed to Mrs. T’s in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, and grabbed a box of logo items. Though he doesn’t work for the company, it’s owned by relatives. It was his grandmother Mary Twardzik’s recipe that’s used for the pierogies, and she’s the Mrs. T. He said he’s keeping his fingers crossed the item ends up on the show, which he watches religiously. The reaction he got from Potis made him feel good about his decision.
“I think we hit the nail on the head,” Twardzik said.

GOP PICNIC

Renita Fennick, GOP Party Executive Director for OLuzerne County reports that all are invited to a "GOP Family Picnic" on Saturday, August 1 at 1:00pm.
Event: GOP Family Picnic featuring "Food, fun, music and lots of conservatives"
What: Barbecue
Host: CLUB GOP of Luzerne County
Start Time: Saturday, August 1 at 1:00pm
End Time: Saturday, August 1 at 6:00pm
Where: Harteis Farm

BLOG OF NOTE

Check out this blog regarding politics in the land of the Lac, known to others as Lackawanna County and Scranton.
http://thescrantonguardian.blogspot.com/.