The LuLac Edition #3570, August 10th, 2017

FBI GOES TO MANAFORT HOUSE

Paul Manafort (Photo: CNN)

The other morning on WILK Newsradio when I was hosting The Sue Henry Show, I referenced how long it took the Watergate investigation to play out. I said that there are things going on in investigations that we don't know about. An investigation is just that. A search for facts. News came yesterday that the home of Paul Manafort was raided at dawn by the FBI. His home was raided the day after he testified. That was late July. 
It is amazing to me that this was not leaked. Which tells you that the leaking is coming from the Trump White House.
Investigations move at their own pace. There are ways to read into them but you just never know sometime. However, when a former campaign head's house is raided, that cannot be a good sign.
Trump and his people promptly threw Manafort under the bus saying he was only with the campaign a short time.
Half a year! In Scaramuci time, that's a lifetime.

THE KID VS THE TRUMPSTER

North Korea called Donald Trump “bereft of reason.”
The quote carried on Korea’s state-run news agency KCNA, also warned that “only absolute force can work” on the US President, according to the Associated Press.
Trump warned that North Korea’s actions would “be met with fire and fury like the world has ever seen”.
Has he not heard of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
You’d think the crazy kid in North Korea and Trump switched places and quotes, don’t you?
Trump also lied on Twitter saying that “my first order as President was to renovate and modernize our nuclear arsenal.”
HE DIDN’T. Wouldn’t know it if he fell over it! 
Oh and get this!!!! We have no Ambassador yet in South Korea! NONE!  
Here's the thing about the Dictator from North Korea. He should be treated like other countries who obtained atomic weapons. Pakistan and India has them. Now to be sure they have never exhibited the threats and bombast of Kim. But maybe, maybe if we didn't provoke him with senseless language, and treat him like an adult, that might cut down the noise.
Kudos to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  for trying to calm the nerves of America. Something our President has never done.

PENCE GOING TO LATIN AMERICA AMID SPECULATION

Vice President Mike Pence (Photo: Yahoo News)

Vice President Mike Pence’s political aspirations will likely get another boost next week as he jets off for a high-profile trip to Latin America.
Newsweek reports that The State Department requested “nearly 700” visas for the security and protocol teams traveling in advance to one Latin American country alone to prepare for Pence’s arrival, said a diplomatic source. He and others with long experience in preparing for diplomatic trips say they have never seen numbers like that and couldn’t understand the unprecedented visa requests. The diplomatic source called it a “curious” number that dwarfed even the advance teams for President Barack Obama’s trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador combined in 2011.
It appears Pence is doing what Gerald Ford did when Richard Nixon was under fire. GET OUT OF DODGE! Ford took foreign trips, stateside ones too and defended the President. But stayed away from the minutia of the investigation. I think Pence feels that after defending Trump for so long, he pretty much doesn’t owe him much.

WOLF, CLARION UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS UNVEIL ONLINE PROGRAM FOR OPIOID TREATMENT

Gov. Tom Wolf addresses the media Wednesday morning alongside Clarion University President Dr. Karen Whitney and Dr. Ray Feroz, chair of the Clarion's Department of Human Services, Rehabilitation, Health and Sport Sciences.  (Photo: Wolf website)

President Trump said he didn’t think Opiad Abuse was a problem. As a matter of fact he just told people to stop taking them. Well at least our Governor Tom Wolf is doing something different. Gov. Tom Wolf and several members of Clarion University's administration held a press conference recently to announce the creation of an online Opioid Treatment Specialist certificate program.
The program, the first of its kind in the state, is the university's response to the growing epidemic in the state.
"Fighting the ongoing battle against heroin and opioid abuse in the state is a top priority of my administration," Wolf said. "I'm proud to announce this new curriculum with Clarion University because education is a powerful force in this fight and it is my sincere hope that people take advantage of this opportunity to learn more about opioid addiction and what part we can each play in this effort."

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES OVER $1 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDS TO SCRANTON LACKAWANNA HEAD START

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded $1,476,012 to Scranton Lackawanna Head Start. This federal grant will be used for the continuation of high quality, comprehensive, early childhood education.
Head Start is a federal program created in 1965 to address the educational and developmental needs of low-income pre-school children. Head Start’s comprehensive service system provides social, nutritional, and educational services for thousands of children and their families across the United States. Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher.
“I am a proud proponent of these programs that work to break the cycle of poverty by ensuring children are better prepared for success in school,” said Rep. Cartwright. “Head Start and Early Head Start programs are an important investment in our community and our economy.”
Head Start services are funded and overseen by the Office of Head Start (OHS) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), a division of HHS. The AFC promotes the economic and social well-being of children, families, individuals, and communities with leadership and resources for compassionate, effective delivery of human services

FESTIVAL IN PLYMOUTH THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AUG. 11th and 12th!!! 

THE IRREGULARS THINK TANK BREAKFAST

Date: Saturday, August 12, 2017

Presenter: Sara Peperno, President

Wilkes-Barre Association of the Blind

Participant: Amy Feldman, Director of Development

Topic: Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment

Time: 9:00 A.M. (Doors open at 8:30)

Place: Irem Temple Country Club in Dallas

Cost: $11.00 per person

MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD BOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guests are Maureen Gray and Danny DeVivo from NEPA Youth Shelter.
Tune in Sunday morning at 6 on 94.3 The Talker; 6:30 on 1400-The Game, NEPA's Fox Sports Radio and 106.7 fm; and at 7:30 on 105 The River.

SUNDAY MAGAZINE

This Week on Sunday Magazine.
Brian Hughes speaks with John Kotula and Kerry Kearney about the Jamie Kotula Foundation's upcoming Soccer Tournament, coming up during the Labor Day weekend at Marywood University.
Magic 93's Frankie in the Morning speaks with local author Jason Hapstak of Scranton about his book "An Ordinary Guy's Guide For Life, And Am I Proud of Today".
Brian speaks with Sandra Serhan about an upcoming Benefit Beach Party at Harvey's Lake Pole 187 and a Food Truck Festival coming up next weekend.
And Frankie speaks with another local author, Arla Jayne from Mountaintop, about her new children's book "Hayden The Perfect Hedge Hog", and her book signing, coming up on Tuesday at Barnes and Nobel in Wilkes Barre Township.
​Sunday Magazine, Sunday morning at 5am on NASH-FM, 93.7, 5:30am on 97BHT, 6am on 97.9X and Sports Radio 590, WARM and 6:25am on Magic 93.

ECTV LIVE

ECTV Live hosts Rusty Fender and David DeCosmo welcome Keith Williams to the program during the week of August 14th.He'll outlive plans for this year's "Wally Fest" in and around Lake Wallenpaupack.
ECTV Live can be seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and is aired during the Noon, 6pm and Midnight hours each day of the week. Following Monday's Live program the show will become available on Electric City Television's YouTube channel which can be viewed on your computer.

SUE HENRY’S SPECIAL EDITION

Tune in to Sue Henry's "Special Edition" this week as Sue recaps the week's news. The show will run Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. on WILK, and on KRZ, Froggy and Max 102 early Sunday morning.

BUDDY RUMCHEK

Want to hear some great parodies on the news? Tune in to WILK Radio at 6:40 and 8:40 AM on Mondays. As Ralph Cramden used to say, “It’s a laugh riot!”

KAREL ON THE STREET

Tune in Wednesdays on WILK Radio for Karel on the Street. Hear some of the funniest and he heartwarming comments on the issues of the day on Webster and Nancy with Karel Zubris.

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP SUNDAY NIGHTS!!!!

Bobby's show is back again live this Sunday @6PM on The River. 104.9 FM and 100,7FM in Wilkes Barre! Plus Bobby V has a brand new website, check it out at www.doowopsockhop.net.

1977

Our 1977 logo.

The NASA Space Shuttle, named Enterprise, makes its first test free-flight from the back of a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft……The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the Wow! signal for a notation made by a volunteer on the project…..Herbert Kappler escapes from the Caelian Hill military hospital in Rome…in Pennsylvania Arlen Specter says he might make a run for Governor in 1978…..in Wilkes Barre the redevelopment of the city continues after the flood of ’72. Mayor Walter Lisman oversees Community Development grans with James Conahan…and forty years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Knowing Me Knowing You” by ABBA.

Then there was this song by the Floaters called (what else?) “Float On”. They all weren’t gold in ’77!