The LuLac Edition #3655, November 24th, 2017

120th DISTRICT GOP FALL EVENT A SUCCESS

My friends in the 120th District held a very successful event this past Tuesday night at Fox Hill Country Club. About 175 people jammed into the place to pay tribute to outgoing Kingston Mayor Jim Haggerty who is assuming the position of District Justice on the West Side.
The food was great, there was real Diet Coke, the speeches were short and the crowd was enthusiastic. Representatives from the Scott Wagner campaign were there as well as GOP State Chair Val DiGiorgio and words from Congressional candidates Dan Meuser in the 11th and John Chrin in the 17th.
Party icon and legend Pat Salano was in attendance as well as key members of the outgoing Haggerty administration. Great speeches were given by 120th District Chair P.J. Pribula and the honoree. The aforementioned DiGiorgio was introduced by Robert
A guy in my estimation who stole the show was Former Chair Bill Urbanski who moved things along. 

Here are few photos from the event courtesy of Gort 42, aka, Ben Hoon.

 120th District official Lynette Villano presents Mayor Haggerty with a name plate for his new position. WYLN TV's Tiffany Cloud and 11th District candidate Dan Meuser are to the left, no pun intended here, just referring to their placement in photo.

120th District Chair P.J. Pribula kicked the program off by noting the number of Democrats in attendance along with the many Republicans at the event. He noted Washington could learn a few things from the gathering. 

 I'm stealing this line from Gort 42's FB page but it is true. Three of my favorite people were there in full force. From left to right David Baloga, Second Vice Chair, his wife Donna and Scranton's Joe Peters who I believe would make one heck of an elected statewide official. Dave and Donna have worked tirelessly for the party and  Joe is a constant at these types of meetings. 

From left to right, P.J. Pribula, John Chrin, candidate in the 17th District, Mayor Haggerty, Lynette Villano, Lori Vandermark and 11th Congressional candidate Dan Meuser.  

Bill Urbanski, former Chair of the party wowed them with his ability to get through a program. Urbanski is a long time friend of honoree Haggerty and a friend to all of the GOP. My friend Jimmy O'Meara and I had a great time along with others when he held a summer outing at Urbanski Farms a few summers back.

These three guys spell....well you fill in your own blank. From left to right, Steve Urbanski, Atty. Mike Butera and Waste Management head Joe Valenti. 

 Photos were taken by Ben Hoon (right)- keeping an eye on the hardest working Representative in Harrisburg, the 120th's  Aaron Kaufer. 

Party Chair Ron Ferrance made the scene stopping to chat with friends. Here he is with Robert Bresnahan.

PENNSYLVANIANS ORGANIZED TO OPPOSE “SNEAKY HEALTH CARE REPEAL” IN GOP TAX BILL

Tuesday, November 21, at locations around Pennsylvania, residents and activists held a #NoThanks Day of Action to voice their objections to Republican efforts to weaken America’s health care system in order to pay for a tax bill that disproportionately benefits the wealthy and corporations.
Specifically, Senate Republicans have included a “sneaky repeal” provision in their version of the tax bill that would eliminate a critical component of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in order to pay for the tax cuts their legislation provides to corporations and the wealthiest 1% of Americans. The Senate bill would cause 13 million Americans to lose their health care coverage. The Senate bill would also require significant cuts to Medicare and Medicaid.
People across Pennsylvania made their voices heard.

WOMEN WE LOVE 2017 NOMINATIONS

As the year winds down, we will continue with our year end features. “Women We Love” is something we ripped off from Esquire Magazine a few years back. Each year we get nominees for outstanding women locally, statewide nationally and internationally.
The criteria is simple, quality of work, recognition of community activities, challenging positions that give them a profile both good or bad. Also, if there is a “buzz” about the type of year they are having and how that impacts on themselves as well as the community. Nominations come in via the LuLac E Mail box, Facebok and Twitter and a certain number is needed to make the cut. After that cut is dwindled, we choose the winners.
Deadline for nominations is Nov. 30th.

WASSAILFEST & HOLIDAY NIGHT MARKET

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MEDIA MATTERS

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

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.

ECTV LIVE

ECTV Live welcomes Erica Rogler from the Wyoming Cultural Center at the Dietrich Theater to the program during the week of November 27th. Co anchors David DeCosmo and Rusty Fender will be talking to Ms. Rogler about events in the area through this holiday season.

 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!”

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

BOBBY V THANKSGIVING DAY 1965

This was the young, intrepid Bobby V at the 1965 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. From left to right Ralph Green, Carol Reed, Jack Sterling, our own Bob Vanderheyden and Tony Cimano. They were all working on the WCBS AM broadcast of that parsed.

1977

Our 1977 logo

Jazz saxophonist Archie Shepp records "On Green Dolphin Street", the first digitally recorded album to be released commercially in the USA.....

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is founded as a specialized agency of the United Nations……in Philadelphia Arlen Specter does not rule out a run for Governor in 1978….in Scranton Eugene Hickey readies himself to take office as Mayor of the city and forty years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “(Every Time I Turn Around) Back In Love Again “ by LTD.