The LuLac Edition #3865, August 30th, 2018

THE LITTLE GIRL ON THE BUS

Picture it. It is your first day of school and you are going to the big school on the big bus. No more daycare, no more half measures. The entire summer your grandparents and parents told you how wonderful school would be. How you, as a big girl were getting out in the world. You’re 5 but still you’re excited.
You wait for the bus. It doesn’t come. The school said it did. Parents drive you to school.
A slight mishap.
On the way home, that’s when it gets interesting. The child was left on the bus while her parents and aunt waited for her. They even waited in two locations. The fact that the school district was “told” by the bus driver that the child was not on the bus is somewhat amazing given the child was on the bus.
When the parents called the district, reports are they were rude to them. I’m shocked some public employee even answer the phone over there! I’m also told the bus driver laughed when she realized the child was on the bus.
Mistakes happen. But my issue with the. School District employees and vendors are these people are in charge of children’s lives. To be rude and then laugh lik a goober is both unacceptable and in my mind a corrective action offense for the driver.
The nerve to laugh it off is disgraceful. But companies hire local yokels who are either too lazy to do their jobs or then laugh it off as a little mistake.
Then the comments of the boxer short commentators in the newspaper article on line is a disgrace too.
This story comes on the heels that Valley West will stop transporting day care students to centers because of the cost.
Lucky break for those kids!
The lackeys are among us and they are PAID by your Property tax dollars.

BABY BOB, PROTÉGÉ OF DIAPER DON HAS A NEW VEHICLE ALLEGING DEMOCRATIC CORRUPTION

(Photo: Facebook)

Bob Bolus, failed candidate for Mayor of Scranton and well know Diaper Don supporter is at it again with his big vehicles. This week he parked a truck in front of Congressman Matt Cartwright’s office. It was splattered with the usual untrue shit that if said about private citizens, might get him up on charges in Lackawanna County Court. Not an unfamiliar terrain for Bob.
The vehicle said Senator Casey, Congressman Matt Cartwright and Governor Tom Wolf are all corrupt. Okay when you make an assertion like that, you usually have to have proof, no?
Not in the world of Diaper Don politics and his minions like Baby Bob!
Here’s my questions about the charges plastered on the vehicle.
1. Why are these three corrupt? Specifics please.
2. What investigations made you come to this conclusion and were these guys ever investigated?
3. What were the charges and what were the crimes?
4. When were they arrested? (Again familiar terrain for you!)
5. Were they indicted by a Magistrate?
6. Or Baby Bob were you just slinging the shit like all of your Trump-ites?>
Bolus has done good work in this community but it is a shame he has allowed himself to be taken in by the carnival barker who has him do his bidding against three men whose only crime seems to be that they are Democrats!
Casey and Cartwright (good guys) and Wolf (kind of not digging him lately) but think they honestly deserve better than having unproven charges thrown at them by an acolyte of Diaper Don.
Grow a set Baby Bob and quit slandering people.

DEADBEAT COMPANIES WHO GOT TAX BREAKS GETTING OFF SCOTT FREE

THE RICH GETTING RICHER ON TAX CUTS AND THE WORKING STIFF GETS SCREWED!

The Republican tax reform package that was supposed to raise wages and spur hiring has instead funded a record stock buyback and dividend spree, benefiting investors and company executives over workers.
Diaper Don signed the bill in December last year, saying the corporate tax cut would make it favorable for companies to bring back into the U.S. cash stashed in foreign operations.
"More than 70 percent of this [tax cut] will be returned to workers," said White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at a January press conference after the bill came into effect.
However, companies have instead used the extra cash to spend billions of dollars buying back their own stock, boosting the value of shares held by investors. Buybacks reduce the number of shares on the market, immediately increasing the value of the shares that investors already hold.
Stock repurchases hit nearly $190 billion in the first quarter for the S&P 500, according to preliminary results from S&P Dow Jones Indices. The last time that record was set was just before the Great Recession, when companies bought up almost $172 billion of buybacks.
Compounding the issue is a recent study by the Office of SEC Commissioner Robert Jackson that found that a stock buyback announcement often leads to a short-term stock price pop, which corporate insiders use to cash out
So when Diaper Don is run out on the rails, resigns or is taken out in chains, poor Pence or a Democrat will inherit the same near collapse that happened in 2008. Then the REPUBLICAN party leaders will blame the Democrats!
Fools.

MEDIA MATTERS

DR. LEONARDI’S E BOOKS

Our good friend Doctor Joe Leonardi has been writing up a storm lately. Here’s a link to his information.
https://www.shortstoryscribe.com/single-post/2018/08/06/“The-world-breaks-everyone

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guest will be Bob Price from the Greater Pittston Cultural Coalition
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 WELCOMES STEVE CORBETT

Here's one "You better watch!" ECTV Live hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and Director Mark Migilore welcome former WILK Talk Radio Host Steve Corbett to the program Labor Day week! Find out what the controversial host has been doing since he left the local airwaves and hear his thoughts on the state of the media as it now exists.

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.

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!”

THE FREDDIE FACTOR

Tune in every Sunday at 3pm on WILK Newsradio for The Freddy Factor. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder why but in the end, it will be one hell of a good time!

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

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Disgruntled workers effectively halted operations of the Pennsylvania Railroad, marking the first shutdown in the company's history (the event lasted two days).....

.The lights of Times Square were turned off for one minute, and London's West End lights are dimmed in recognition of the contribution of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, who died on August 23. In the Summer Olympics, Wilma Rudolph, who had overcome childhood polio, won the women's 100 meter dash with a time of 11.0 seconds. Although faster than the world record of 11.3, Rudolph's mark was not official because the wind had been blowing faster than 2.0 m/s. Rudolph earned three golds, including the 200 m dash and the 4 × 100 m relay. In the long jump competition, Ralph Boston of the United States broke the Olympic record that had been set in 1936 by Jesse Owens. Boston was 4 inches short of the world record of 26 feet 11 3⁄4 inches (8.21 m) that he had set on August 1…hurricane Donna struck Puerto Rico, where it killed 107 people before moving northward through the United States, where it killed 22 more people before dying down by September 13….

Earl K. Long, 65, former Governor of Louisiana, died nine days after being elected to Congress. Long had gone to the hospital after polls closed on August 2……
in Pennsylvania Governor David Lawrence said that the appointment of a Cold War Council by Senator Kennedy in is indicative of the candidate’s leadership…in Scranton a Labor Day rally is held in the city and fifty eight years ago the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Walk Don’t Run” by The Ventures.

The LuLac Edition #3864, August 28th, 2018

WRITE ON WEDNESDAY

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There have been many statements about  the late Senator John McCain and America after his death Saturday. One we found both inspiring and poignant was something from the late Senator himself. His final message to America was read by a close aide. Here it is on this week’s “Write On Wednesday”.
On Monday morning in Arizona, Senator John McCain’s former campaign manager Rick Davis, acting as a spokesperson for the McCain family, read aloud the text of the late senator’s final letter to the public. “These are John’s words,” he said. What follows is a transcription of what Davis read:
My fellow Americans, whom I have gratefully served for 60 years, and especially my fellow Arizonians, thank you for the privilege of serving you, and for the rewarding life that service in uniform and in public office has allowed me to lead.
I’ve tried to serve our country honorably. I’ve made mistakes, but I hope my love for America will be weighed favorably against them. I’ve often observed that I am the luckiest person on Earth. I feel that way even now, as I prepare for the end of my life. I’ve loved my life, all of it. I’ve had experiences, adventures, friendships, enough for 10 satisfying lives, and I am so thankful. Like most people, I have regrets. But I would not trade a day of my life in good or bad times for the best day of anybody else’s.
I owe this satisfaction to the love of my family. One man has never had a more loving wife or children he was prouder of than I am of mine. And I owe it to America to be connected to America’s causes: Liberty, equal justice, and respect for the dignity of all people brings happiness more sublime than life’s fleeting pleasures. Our identities and sense of worth were not circumscribed, but are enlarged by serving good causes bigger than ourselves.
Fellow Americans, that association has meant more to me than any other. I lived and died a proud American. We are citizens of the world’s greatest republic, a nation of ideals, not blood and soil. We are blessed and are a blessing to humanity when we uphold and advance those ideals at home and in the world. We have helped liberate more people from tyranny and poverty than ever before in history, and we have acquired great wealth and power in the progress.
We weaken our greatness when we confuse our patriotism with tribal rivalries that have sown resentment and hatred and violence in all the corners of the globe. We weaken it when we hide behind walls, rather than tear them down; when we doubt the power of our ideals, rather than trust them to be the great force for change they have always been.
We are 325 million opinionated, vociferous individuals. We argue and compete and sometimes even vilify each other in our raucous public debates. But we have always had so much more in common with each other than in disagreement. If only we remember that and give each other the benefit of the presumption that we all love our country, we will get through these challenging times. We will come through them stronger than before, we always do.
Ten years ago I had the privilege to concede defeat in the election for president. I want to end my farewell to you with heartfelt faith in Americans that I felt so powerfully that evening. I feel it powerfully still.
Do not despair of our present difficulties. We believe always in the promise and greatness of America because nothing is inevitable here. Americans never quit, we never surrender, we never hide from history. We make history. Farewell fellow Americans, God bless you, and God bless America.

The LuLac Edition #3863, August 27, 2018

THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION @ 50

It was the last week of August 1968. I was ready to enter high school and was gearing up for a new adventure at St. John the Evangelist in Pittston. With one week before school, I wanted to be firmly planted in front of the TV to see the Democratic convention. With Bobby Kennedy gone and Gene McCarthy vacillating throughout the summer, my guy now was Hubert Humphrey. I steeped myself in his bio and thought that as a Liberal candidate, the Dems would easily nominate him.
I was half right. They did nominate him but was it a struggle. The reason was Vietnam. The anti war forces wanted to "Dump the Hump" and he wasn't even getting strong support from the people who backed him since his entrance into the race on April 30th.
At the start of the convention there was a movement to draft Senator Ted Kennedy for the nomination. That came from Ohio Congressman  Mike DiSalle. Then there was talk, instigated by Chicago Mayor Richard Daley that Teddy should  be drafted for the second spot. Then in a strange release, the White House said that LBJ might not turn down a draft if offered. The Secret Service didn't even want him at the Convention because of safety reasons.
Then there were the demonstrators.
It was great TV but what a mess crippling HHH's campaign.
Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley intended to showcase his and the city's achievements to national Democrats and the news media. Instead, the proceedings became notorious for the large number of demonstrators and the use of force by the Chicago police during what was supposed to be, in the words of the Yippie activist organizers, "A Festival of Life."Rioting took place by the Chicago Police Department and the Illinois National Guard against the demonstrators. The disturbances were well publicized by the mass media, with some journalists and reporters being caught up in the violence. Network newsmen Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, and Edwin Newman were assaulted by the Chicago police while inside the halls of the Democratic Convention.
The Democratic Presidential Nominating Convention had been held in Chicago 12 years earlier. Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley had played an integral role in the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960.  In 1968, however, it did not seem that Daley had maintained the clout which would allow him to bring out the voters again to produce a Democratic victory as he had in 1960.
On October 7, 1967, Daley and Johnson had a private meeting at a fund raiser for President Johnson's re-election campaign, with an entry fee of one thousand dollars per plate (approximately $7,200 in 2016 dollars). During the meeting, Daley explained to the president that there had been a disappointing showing of Democrats in the 1966 congressional races, and the president might lose the swing state with its 27 electoral votes if the convention were not held in Illinois. Johnson's pro-war policies had already created a great division within the party; he hoped that the selection of Chicago for the convention would eliminate further conflict with opposition.
The Committee head for selecting the location was New Jersey Democrat David Wilentz, who gave the official reason for choosing Chicago as, "It is centrally located geographically which will reduce transportation costs and because it has been the site of national conventions for both Parties in the past and is therefore attuned to holding them." The conversation between Johnson and Daley was leaked to the press and published in the Chicago Tribune and several other papers. 

The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam and the Youth International Party (Yippies) had already begun planning a youth festival in Chicago to coincide with the Democratic National Convention. They were not alone, as other groups such as Students for a Democratic Society would also make their presence known. When asked about anti-war demonstrators, Daley repeated to reporters that "no thousands will come to our city and take over our streets, our city, our convention." 10,000 demonstrators gathered in Chicago for the convention, where they were met by 23,000 police and National Guardsmen. Daley also thought that one way to prevent demonstrators from coming to Chicago was to refuse to grant permits which would allow for people to protest legally.
After the violence at the Chicago convention, Daley said his primary reason for calling in so many Guardsmen and police was reports he received indicating the existence of plots to assassinate many of the leaders, including himself.
On August 28, 1968, around 10,000 protesters gathered in Grant Park for the demonstration. At approximately 3:30 p.m., a young man lowered the American flag that was there. The police broke through the crowd and began beating the young man, while the crowd pelted the police with food, rocks, and chunks of concrete.The chants of some of the protesters shifted from "hell no, we won't go" to "pigs are whores".

Tom Hayden, one of the leaders of Students for a Democratic Society, encouraged protesters to move out of the park to ensure that if the police used tear gas on them, it would have to be done throughout the city. The amount of tear gas used to suppress the protesters was so great that it made its way to the Hilton Chicago hotel, where it disturbed Hubert Humphrey while in his shower. The police sprayed demonstrators and bystanders with mace and were taunted by some protesters with chants of "kill, kill, kill". The police assault in front of the Chicago Hilton the evening of August 28 became the most famous image of the Chicago demonstrations of 1968. The entire event took place live under television lights for seventeen minutes with the crowd chanting, "The whole world is watching".
CBS News correspondent Dan Rather was grabbed by security guards and roughed up while trying to interview a Georgia delegate being escorted out of the building. CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite turned his attention towards the area where Rather was reporting from the convention floor.  Rather was grabbed by security guards after he walked towards a delegate who was being hauled out, and asked him "what is your name, sir?" Rather was wearing a microphone headset and was then heard on national television repeatedly saying to the guards "don't push me" and "take your hands off me unless you plan to arrest me".

On the last night Humphrey gave his acceptance speech on a split screen with demonstrators getting the stuffing knocked out of them.

Fifty years later, the echoes of that turbulent time still resides in the memories of those alive to see it. (wikipedia, NBC, CBS, LuLac archives)

The LuLac Edition #3862, August 26th, 2018

SENATOR JOHN McCAIN DIES

(Photo: Newsweek)

The end came more quickly for John McCain than most could have imagined. His family announced Friday that he was not going to take any more medical measures in his battle against brain cancer. Yesterday, about 26 hours later he was dead.
Republican Party of Pennsylvania Chairman Val DiGiorgio, made the following statement on the passing of Sen. John McCain:
“Senator John McCain was the epitome of a self-sacrificing public servant and an American hero. He was a family man of great integrity and his voice will be missed in America and in the Republican Party. We share in the grief of his family and our country.”
McCain faced his final days with courage, contribution to the political and governmental discourse as well as commitment to his office. McCain was known as “The Last Lion” of the Senate.
There are no lions anymore. When I was growing up, you could name those lions on both sides of the aisle. The Senate was a place for debate of philosophies and issues. There were disagreements but compromises. There was congeniality. Things actually got done.
But today the Senate is filled with political toadies on both sides, for many, whose only concern is winning the next election. As an example, In 1993 and 1994, McCain voted to confirm President Clinton's nominees Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg whom he considered to be qualified for the U.S. Supreme Court. He would later explain that "under our Constitution, it is the president's call to make.
After losing to George W. Bush in the primary campaign of 2000, McCain began 2001 by breaking with the new George W. Bush administration on a number of matters, including HMO reform, climate change, and gun legislation; McCain–Feingold was opposed by Bush as well. In May 2001, McCain was one of only two Senate Republicans to vote against the Bush tax cuts. Besides the differences with Bush on ideological grounds, there was considerable antagonism between the two remaining from the previous year's campaign. Later, when a Republican senator, Jim Jeffords, became an Independent, thereby throwing control of the Senate to the Democrats, McCain defended Jeffords against "self-appointed enforcers of party loyalty.
Today no one stands on principle. Republicans today are emasculated by a bully in the White House who might not even last a term. Even those who are retiring have “retired” from taking much of a stand on anything.
John McCain wasn’t perfect. Friends of mine who worked for Senators from the Mountain states would tell me that McCain aides would be terrified if the Arizona Senator was in a furious mood regarding an issue or staff work that wasn’t up to his standards. But they almost always went back to work for him.
As a Presidential candidate, he alternated between gutsy moves like his “Straight Talk Express” which inspired many and then took the expedient way in 2008 by naming an unknown Alaska Governor as his Veep. There were those, me included, who might have voted for him had he picked someone else.
He could be harsh, and unyielding but when proven wrong, or realizing he was off base, like a man, like a true leader he admitted it and moved on.
McCain was an authentic war hero who was nearly beaten to death in a Hanoi prison camp. In that time, McCain might have bent slightly but never broke. Even the criticism of a draft dodging military school bully just seemed to roll off his back. McCain let his record and others defend his actions during the 60s.
He was called a “Maverick” but in reality he was just a common sense guy trying to do the right thing. Like this example we can remember from the 2008 campaign.

It is fitting that McCain’s eulogies will be given by two former Presidents. Two men who defeated him for the highest office in the land he loved so much. George W. Bush and Barack Obama. Interesting choice isn’t?
McCain was asked in an interview how he wanted to be remembered. He simply said he wanted to be known as “One who served and I hope, served honorably”
He will be. And for much, much more.
McCain was 81 just a few days short of his 82nd birthday.

8th DISTRICT RACE HEATS UP IN WILKES BARRE WITH ACTIVITY 

DONUTS AND DOORS

Saturday morning 8th Congressional candidate John Chrin joined Sue Henry, candidate for State Representative in the 121st for “”Donuts and Doors”. Republicans hit the streets of Wilkes Barre going after votes for both candidates.

Here’s the gang before hitting the pavement.

Henry and Chrin in Wilkes Barre’s 12th Ward. 

(Photos: Kathleen Smith-Sue Henry Facebook page) 

CARTWRIGHT TO OPEN OFFICE IN WILKES BARRE

On Tuesday, August 28th, the Matt Cartwright for Congress campaign will open a field office at 55 N Main St. in Wilkes-Barre. The office will be the third full-time, permanent office the campaign has opened for the 2018 election cycle and will serve as a hub of volunteer activities going forward. Congressman Cartwright will be in attendance and will address the supporters and volunteers who join him. The event is from 6.30-8.30 PM.

The LuLac Edition #3861, August 23rd, 2018

TONY BROOKS ANNOUNCES FOR....REELECTION

 Tony Brooks announces. 

Crowd gathers to support him. 

(Photos by Kathleen Smith) 

Wilkes Barre City Council President Tony Brooks had an announcement earlier this evening at The Carriage House in Wilkes Barre. Speculation was rampant that Brooks might run for Mayor. Well, someday but not in 2019.
The popular Republican, the first elected in 30 years to City Council is making the smart move. Brooks has been helping to build the viability of his party. He currently chairs Sue Henry's effort to unseat Eddie Day Pashinski in the 121st for his House seat.
Plus Brooks has been front and center in saving historic structures in the city. 
In a statement, Brooks said, "Thank you from the bottom of my heart for all of the attendees at tonight's reception. Special thanks to Senator Lisa Baker and host Rich Jenkins. Our success shattered expectations. 155 donors and $7,000 will go a long way for our re-election efforts in 2019. The crowd tonight was Wilkes Barre at its best, I am honored to have such great friends, family, neighbors and supporters."  
While 2019 is a while away, there are tons of people making noises about making a run for Mayor. Some range from the sublime to the ridiculous but Brooks isn't one of those.
More on the big race in Wilkes Barre for Mayor AFTER this election.
Hey how about after Christmas! 

ON ANOTHER FRONT.....LUZERNE COUNTY ON CNN 

CNN tonight on their Outfront program talked to Luzerne County residents about their support for President Trump. They interviewed the usual suspects who pledged their fidelity to TAHFQ. My friends the Sorokas' were on TV again and don't care about what Trump does as long as the stock market rises. Eileen was a Democratic committee woman and County Council member. They interviewed a lady who didn't like the infidelity, said if  hush money came from the campaign,  she'd be disappointed but still vote for him. 
One barber and one of his customers noted that he was concerned about the proposed pardons and that might be able to sway him in the other direction. 
I'm stunned though that residents of Luzerne County bemoan the length of the Mueller investigation since Luzerne County  Judges arrested and convicted should have been top of mind to them. 
Those investigations started in 2006 and ended in arrest 3 years later. 
But most people here in this county are civic and political numbskulls so why was I surprised by these comments about an ongoing investigation. 
It's easy to yell "lock her up" without any criminal charges but once their guy is under the microscope, it's going on too long. 

MIGHT NOT BE RUSSIAN COLLUSION YET, BUT TRUMP IS IN DEEP TROUBLE

In 2016 when Hillary Clinton was being demonized, I heard so many people say they didn’t trust her, thought she was a liar and even though she stood her ground and never changed her story about the e mails, we were told “Oh I don’t want a President under investigation”.
So they went and voted for Trump and got what?
A President under investigation.
President Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, confessed in open court to committing a crime at Trump’s direction. The crime is violating campaign finance law, by using Trump’s personal funds for a campaign-related expense (paying hush money to his mistresses).
And Trump had the evil stones to parade Bill Clinton's women before the former President wife's second debate. Was not TAHFQ projecting just a tad bit there?
The official White House defense of the president was on display from press secretary Sarah Sanders, who repeatedly told reporters Trump “did nothing wrong. There are no charges against him.”
Trump’s own defense, offered on Fox & Friends, is just plain crazy!  Trump insisted he is in the clear because the payments “weren’t taken out of campaign finance … They didn’t come out of the campaign, they came from me.”
That is not a defense. That is why it’s a crime. If the money came from the campaign, it would have been legal if reported.
Asked why Trump didn’t report his payments, Sanders simply said she wouldn’t “get into the back-and-forth details.”
This is the first time in American history that Prosecutors and even the President himself is ax]accused of committing a felony.
CNN’s Carl Bernstein said, “This is worse than Watergate”.
He's right. John Dean didn't even do that to Richard Nixon. He just laid out the facts. Cohen sang!  And no matter what Diaper Don says, you can't unsing that note.

WEST VIRGINIA INGRATE HICKS YELL LOCK HER UP

Donald Trump got out of Dodge to the friendly confines of West Virginia ingrates who, less than an hour after two Trump aides were pleading or found guilty, yelled "Lock Her Up" or "Drain the Swamp"
This bunch of ungrateful hicks have been living off the Federal government's dime for decades. The state of West Virginee is loaded with federal money but these ignorami cheer the charlatan on.
You can't fix stupid and if you're been to  West Virginee, why even try with these pathetic morons!

CARTWRIGHT TO TOUR GREINER PACKAGING CORP.

MADE IN AMERICA TOUR

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

Congressman Cartwright will tour Greiner Packaging Corp. in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania as part of the Congressman’s “Made in America Tour”. He has been visiting local businesses in Northeastern Pennsylvania that make products sold on national or global markets. He will meet with management to tour the facility and discuss the high quality plastic dairy packaging made utilizing state-of-the-art technology.
The 220,000 square foot facility has been in operation since October 2014, Greiner Packaging Corp. is a subsidiary of Greiner Packaging International and the company’s first U.S. location.
Greiner Packaging Corp.Centerpoint Commerce & Trade Park West
225 Enterprise WayPittston Township, PA 18640

SCAVO EVENT THIS SUNDAY

This coming Sunday, Frank Scavo is inviting you to a private event at his home for a meet and greet with people from across the 22nd senatorial District. Bringing jobs to Pennsylvania and Eliminating Property Taxes are the focus of our efforts . Suggested donation is $20.
Please RSVP by clicking on ATTENDING or call by Saturday 8/25 570.904.1230
And you're welcome to bring your swim trunks as the pool will be heated to 88°. Please consider a donation to the Scavo for Senate campaign if you are not able to attend. Visit FrankScavo.Org to donate and for videos of the issues. Thank you!
Attire is super casual. Menu is Miller Lite, Labatts, soda and water. Also, Angus burgers and Sabrett Hot Dogs!!
You can also invite friends n family by clicking on your friends list. This is a HUGE effort to ELIMINATE PROPERTY TAXES.

MEDIA MATTERS

DR. LEONARDI’S E BOOKS

Our good friend Doctor Joe Leonardi has been writing up a storm lately. Here’s a link to his information.
https://www.shortstoryscribe.com/single-post/2018/08/06/“The-world-breaks-everyone

WALN TV

BOLD GOLD COMMUNITY FORUM

This week's guest is Janet Milner, Outpatient Clinical Dietician for Geisinger Health System.
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

ECTVLive hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and Director Mark Migilore welcome Steamtown Superintendent Debbie Conway to the program during the week of August 27th., to outline plans for Railfest 2018 which will be held at the park on Labor Day weekend.

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.

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!”

THE FREDDIE FACTOR

Tune in every Sunday at 3pm on WILK Newsradio for The Freddy Factor. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll wonder why but in the end, it will be one hell of a good time!

BOBBY V’S DOO WOP SOCK HOP

SUNDAY NIGHTS!

1960

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Discussions in Geneva, between the United States, the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom on a nuclear test-ban treaty, adjourned indefinitely…. In Washington, reporters asked President Eisenhower about Vice-President (and Republican presidential candidate) Richard Nixon's experience. THe Kennedy people ran on ad on this!

Charles Mohr of TIME Magazine asked Ike "if you could give us an example of a major idea of his that you had adopted ..." and the President replied "If you give me a week, I might think of one." The Sabin polio vaccine, designed by Dr. Albert Sabin to be taken orally rather than the polio shots developed by Dr. Jonas Salk, was announced as "suitable for use in the United States" by Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney. The "coldest temperature recorded on Earth" was measured at the −88.3 °C (−126.9 °F) at the Soviet Vostok Station.The current record low is −89.2 °C (−129 °F), recorded at the same station on July 21, 1983.......The 1960 Summer Olympics opened in Rome, with a record 5,348 athletes from 83 nations competing. Giancarlo Peris lit the Olympic flame after Italy's President Giovanni Gronchi declared the Games of the 17th Olympiad open. Competition continued until September 11… Axe Handle Saturday": Racial tensions in Jacksonville, Florida, came to a head as 200 white men armed with baseball bats and axe handles attacked protesters conducting sit-ins at Hemming Plaza In Philadelphia the Phillies go on a record losing streak…..in Wilkes Barre City Council grants permits for a Labor Day event and fifty eight years ago this week, the number one song in LuLac land and America was “Volare” by Bobby Rydell.

The LuLac Edition #3860, August 22nd, 2018

WRITE ON WEDNESDAY

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With the Roman Catholic Sexual Abuse Grand Jury report in the headlines day after day, many readers have wondered where auxiliary lay Catholic organizations stand. The Knights of Columbus is the largest fraternal Catholic organization in the country as well as the world. Here;’s what the Grand Knight had to say about it. This is today’s “Write On Wednesday". 

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS U.S.A. STATEMENT ON GRAND JURY REPORT ABOUT SEX ABUSE IN PENNSYLVANIA

Worthy Chaplains and Dear Brother Knights,
The issues that have come to light concerning sexual abuse by Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and in the Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report are cause for grave concern among Catholics and Brother Knights. Many feel deeply betrayed by those whom they long held in high regard. Such concerns are shared not just in the United States, but in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere.
These sins of commission and omission have sent the Church we love, the Church we serve and the Church that Jesus Christ established into convulsions. Sadly, the disgrace not only is borne by the perpetrators, it hurts us all, as does the silence of shepherds who have ignored the cries of their flocks.
There are many wonderful and faithful laborers in the vineyard of the Lord among our priests and bishops. However, it is clear that in addition to devastating criminal acts, we have seen many other moral failings by clergy that represent a crisis of commitment to the Gospel.
Too often the needs of victims have been subordinated to a distorted sense of mercy toward the perpetrators or an instinct for clerical self-preservation. The sexual acts — both criminal and non-criminal — highlight the need to recover a respect for and a renewed commitment to the priestly promises of celibacy.
The Knights of Columbus has supported the pastoral and charitable work of our bishops and priests since our founding by the Venerable Father Michael McGivney. We understand that the priest should lead the parish and the bishop should be the center of unity in a diocese. But we — like all Catholics — are painfully aware of the wreckage that ensues when elements of this leadership are abdicated by evil actions whether directly perpetrated or covered up.
Now, the Knights of Columbus — laymen, priests and chaplains together — will have an important role to play in rebuilding the Church. We must commit the Knights of Columbus to work for repentance, reform and rebuilding of the Church.
Repentance should include a full accounting of the misdeeds by those who have committed them. Archbishop McCarrick and others at fault owe us a full account of their actions, motivations and cover-ups. After years of having us confess to them, it is now time for them to come clean about what they have done and what they have failed to do.
This will also help increase the recognition that clerical sexual abuse is a global problem that must be addressed at the highest levels of the Catholic Church. Moreover, priests and bishops who refuse to live according to their promises of celibacy should be removed from public ministry, not out of retribution, but for the protection of the faithful and to prevent future variations of the scandal we now suffer.
Reform must include many good ideas that have been proposed, such as a full and complete investigation of sexual abuse led by an independent commission that includes laity; complete transparency by the Catholic hierarchy into all matters of criminal sexual misconduct past or future; an expansion of the zero tolerance policy to include sexual activity or misconduct by clerics including bishops, and by seminarians; and a call for faithfulness by all members of the clergy, including bishops. There must also be an independent ethics hotline for reporting of criminal and other conduct at odds with Catholic teaching on the clerical state of life; and there must be protections against retaliation.
Such reforms will be difficult for a Church largely unused to them, and we must support our bishops and our priests in embracing these reforms in order to rebuild.
We can help to rebuild our Church in several ways. Above all else, Knights — and our chaplains — must embrace love of God and love of neighbor. This is Christ’s great commandment and the founding mission of our Order. It is also exactly the opposite of the rejection of God and exploitation of neighbor that our Church has witnessed in these scandals.
Shortly before becoming Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger decried the “filth” in the Church “even among those, who in the priesthood, ought to belong totally” to Christ. He also provided the antidote, stating at other times that what the Church needs now more than anything else is “saints.” Pope Francis reiterated Pope Benedict’s sentiments in his letter on Aug. 20.
In the days ahead, the Knights of Columbus will help renew our Church on a national level through a Novena of Masses in reparation for these sins that have so grievously wounded the Body of Christ. I take this opportunity to ask that you offer this Novena of Masses for our Church at your earliest opportunity.
Beginning in November, the Knights of Columbus will sponsor, in cooperation with the Shrine of St. Jean Vianney in Ars, France, a national tour of the relic of the heart of this great patron saint of priests. In the coming weeks, I will share more details with you about this initiative.
We will also continue to strengthen and rebuild our Church at the level of our families and parishes through our Building the Domestic Church program. Its twin elements of imbuing families with faith and strengthening parish life are critical to providing a Catholic Church that rebuilds based on the Gospel principles of love of God and love of neighbor. Together with our recently announced “Faith In Action” initiative, we will strive to make our parishes truly become, in the words of Pope Francis, “a family of families.”
Now is the time for all brother Knights to stand steadfast in faith, as Catholics and as gentlemen. We will assist priests, bishops and our fellow Catholics in helping the Church chart a course for the future that puts Christ at the center, so that truly we may say, “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
This is the moment in which Knights — including in a special way our priest members — can be part of a great renewal for good in our Church. And as we strive to follow the Lord more closely in the days ahead, may he deliver us from every evil and in his mercy graciously grant his Church peace and unity.
In closing, know that your faithful witness and sacrifice can bring inspiration and hope to millions of your fellow Catholics. It will be needed in the days ahead more than ever before. And to every priest and bishop whose commitment and dedication to our Order and to our Church has been faithful and exemplary, please accept my gratitude in both a personal way and on behalf of the Knights of Columbus.
Let each one of us prayerfully invoke the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, so that in the words of St. Maximilian Kolbe, our hearts would be cleansed and themselves become immaculate, similar and like unto her own heart.

Fraternally,
Carl A. Anderson
Supreme Knight

The LuLac Edition #3859, August 21st, 2018

LU LAC GOP COMES OUT IN FORCE FOR CHRIN

Despite some unexpected drama this week in The Lu, Republicans in Luzerne and Lackawanna County attended a fundraiser for 8th District Congressman John Chrin. Luminaries and regular folks (225 by my count)  from both counties were there expressing support for the newcomer who is attempting to unseat Congressman Matt Cartwright.
It was pointed out by State Representative Aaron Kaufer (introduced by Senator Lisa Baker) who was the MC for the evening that despite the Supreme Court redistricting decision, this district picked up GOP voters. It seems at least to me is that the strategy is to go after areas that trend Democratic and try to chip away a high total for the Dem in the fall.
Chrin has practically lived in Luzerne County and has also been a constant presence in The Lac. Jeez he might even be doing door to door in Glanmaura for all we know.
Chrin addressed an issue that was brought up about still owning a home in Jersey. He told the crowd that his daughter is in her senior year and he doesn’t want to disrupt her last year in school. Makes sense. I worked with a Sales Manager who uprooted his daughter from the West Coast to come HERE. In her Senior Year. Not a good year for dad and daughter especially after the corporate bozos demoted the guy 8 months later, After seeing that,  I see any father’s point after that debacle.
But I digress. The crowd was enthusiastic, raucous in good humor and energized. 

The Fighting 120th was out in full force and they have been driving the effort in Luzerne County. In the Lac, Lance Stange has gotten his troops in line.
The Republican party might be reeling nationally. But in this state and in this county, especially after Trump in ’16, you don’t even have to offer a reasonable alternative to get someone out of office anymore. A few snippets from people in the deli line.
On Barletta and Casey.
“Don’t like Barletta because he licks Trump’s boots but Casey has been in there too long!” Never mind the fact that Casey is only a two term Senator. 
On Chren and Cartwright.
“I don’t care what the President does, I hate him but Cartwright likes Pelosi. She took Ryan’s place, right?”
Two small examples of voters that might not be too educated about politics. But voters who are diehards like the ones I saw last night, and can articulate the reasons why pose a real challenge in this new political time.
On the way home against my better judgement, I tuned in to the late L.A. Tarone’s replacement on WILK. As usual he was reading text messages. I’m glad I didn’t turn him off because after the Manefort conviction, he read four messages in a row for Trump.
This off year election is going to be the test of the “new political order” that has changed Luzerne and Lackawanna County. I’m reminded of lyrics in a song by Lou Rawls which were
"You know, there was a time when, if someone told you to
Do somethin, you did it. Bam! Right on! No questions asked.
It was Yes, sir and Yes, mam. You never said no. You know? Huh.
But, you know, things are changing nowadays. It's a new day,
Babies. Folks want to take their own lives into their hands and
Make their own choices. No longer do they wanna go along with
The program cause everybody say it's right. You know what I mean?
The team are gearing up for ’18 and last night was a notice by the LuLac GOP that they are real and ready. 

John Chrin gave the crowd a short but concise speech. GOP County Commissioner Laureen Cummings is in the audience. She was one of 225 who attended. 

Greg Wolovich and Sue Henry also stopped by. Frank Scavo a candidate for Senate in the 22nd was also on hand along with Justin Behrens who is running in the 119th. 

Front and center at the age of 93 was political icon Pat Solano. You see Bill Lewis there in the background.

 

The LuLac Edition #3858, August 20th, 2018

LUZERNE COUNTY GOP CHAIRMAN’S QUESTIONABLE GRUDGE MOVE NOT HELPING IN THIS OFF YEAR ELECTION

A few weeks ago when President Trump was in town, Luzerne County Chairman Ron Ferrance got to The Arena early and planted himself in the section that would be strategic enough for him to be seen on TV. While statewide GOP officials hobnobbed with the local committee people in their front row section seats, Ferrance stayed apart from them waiting for his little bit of fame. Sure enough, on national TV there was Ferrance aping his approval of President Trump. That’s all well and good for his own personal exposure but political observers are wondering just how this will help Luzerne County candidates.
The stunning success of President Trump’s victory in Luzerne County seems to have given the GOP here a very short memory. They must come to grips that they are still a minority party. The saving grace for them is that up until recently, the Democrats have been inert in their operations. But with a new Chair and an energized base, the GOP can’t bank on the Trump voters of ’16 to pull them through. Parties in a fight, need to be united.
Which is why many observers are wondering why Ferrance, in a unity picnic, meant to thank volunteers, decided to remove County Treasurer Greg Wolovich from his position. The move was made over a grill as committee members, David Baloga, Frank Polidora, Chris Thomas and Ferrance himself voted Wolovich out. Justin Behrens and Lynette Villano voted no. 5 were not present. Ferrance himself made the motion which to my knowledge is inappropriate. The Chair can ASK for someone to make a motion but not make it themselves.
With Ferrance’s has poor record of organizing events, some are scratching their heads as to why this move was made and turned a pretty good event into a personal grudge fest for him. Since he took over as Chair, there have been NO Lincoln Day Dinners and last year he even uninvited people to his summer outing because he was afraid of some kind of blowback by a party that never showed up. The only action from the party in terms of candidate advocacy and fundraising has come from the 119th and 120th Districts.
Maybe Ferrance was trying to distract attention from his very infrequent successes as Chair by firing his Treasurer Greg Wolovich. Greg as we all know won the primary to oppose Eddie Day Pashinki in the General Election. He stepped aside in an act of political heroism to have Sue Henry run in his place. Since then, Ferrance has had a boner to “get Wolovich” because we’re told Ferrance’s feelings were hurt because he wasn’t consulted.
Last month, even after the County Committee voted to endorse Henry, he still asked for Wolovich’s resignation as party Treasurer. He didn’t get it. So he then approached multiple individuals to “get the Treasure’s information” because he didn’t have the stones to confront Wolovich. Those he asked refused.
Now I know this is inside baseball but stay with me here. Ferrance will most likely point the finger at Wolovich saying the bills weren’t paid on time. But there is documentation of text messages and e mails showing Ferrance had sole control of the party debit card and it’s post office box.. So if the Treasurer didn’t pay bills on time, as Ferrance alleged, it’s because they were sent late. The only person having control over what was received was the Chair and distributed was Ferrance.
Ferrance is also mad at Wolovich because Greg made a statement at a meeting that I have done more to help him than the Chair did. Yeah me. Well let’s see.
I went to a meeting Greg had in the pouring rain in January. A petition party signing. No Ferrance.
A good friend of mine walked with Greg to get his petitions signed in the damp winter. No Ferrance.
While I reported the developing story about Wolovich and Henry, and I guess in a way using the power (such as it is) of this blog to help drive the story, Ferrance did nothing but castigate a generous young man who he should be thanking instead of looking the gift horse of a Henry candidacy in the mouth. Without Wolovich stepping aside, there would be no Henry race.
By now, because of his focus on being a “pure Republican” and his inactivity in terms of organizing events (Dan Mueser paid for the Saturday party I'm told) that make money, Henry and other Republican candidates have gotten the message that with Ferrance at the helm, they are on their own. Did Ferrance do anything for Wolovich since becoming Chair?
Very little. Wolovich got NO SUPPORT from him when he ran for County Council. In this race for State Rep, Ferrance got three signatures on a petition but because he was living in the 119th, they could not be used.
He did give Wolovich a bunch of financial reports, after Greg assumed the office,  that were a mess and well past deadlines (there is proof of this too by the way) and then after Wolovich straightens them out, he fires him in a pique.
Here’s why Ferrance fired Wolovich as Treasurer:
1. While out of town, he wasn’t told of the Wolovich-Henry announcement. Ferrance has to know that there were bigger fish in the GOP frying pan than he who also weren’t told but they aren’t getting unhinged like he is.
2. I’m a Democrat who has NOT EVEN come out and in WRITING supported Sue Henry but just reported on the developments. If he thinks that he can win with his understaffed and under funded 121st organization in the fall, he is a classic Luzerne GOP Chair that would rather lose but have the crown! That’s why Republicans DON’T WIN HERE.
3. Ferrance might have the votes of the County committee by restacking the deck and pushing in a corner workhorses like Lynette Villane and Bill Lewis. But his lemmings and cronies will have to answer for following this petulant Chair on this one. It is amazing to me how Baloga, Polidora and Thomas followed Ferrance’s lead by driving out the future of the party. Old boys and cronies still abound in the County GOP. Meanwhile, the County Dems have women like Wendy Cominsky and Polly Delaney leading the charge backed up by more than a dozen young men ready to be future leaders. Say what you want about the Democrats here but they, unlike Ferrance’s regime, aren’t throwing their young in a trash heap.
Yep, the GOP had a summer outing that got more than 20 people on Saturday afternoon.
But Ferrance decided to fire a young man who he deleted from the e mail list, who he has NOT INVITED to meetings, who he has not confronted in person and whose only crime was stepping aside for a better general election outcome. Wolovich was thinking of State, District, and then party. Ferrance is not even thinking of his own party but his own itty bitty feelings.
80 days out from a truly important election and this is what your Luzerne County GOP is up to. There is discontent with the leadership of the County GOP when there should be harmony. But apparently ego and narcissism not only exists in D.C. but also in the GOP Chair’s office here too.
Plus, based on information that is available regarding the events that transpired on Saturday (and they are procedural practices, and parliamentary minutia not worth getting into at this time) you might be seeing some legal ramifications in the future on this one regarding this punitive and public action by a party Chairman.

EDITOR'S NOTE: If we get more information on a response from Mr. Wolovich, we'll share that too. But as of post time, there is no news on that.

THE BOYS OF THE 8th LOVE THOSE TOMATOES!

Residents of Pittston were treated to a visit from the two candidates running for the new 8th Congressional District seat currently held by Congressman Matt Cartwright. It is now the old 17th.

Cartwright walked in the parade and circulated around the crowd.

Here's Republican challenger John Chrin running in the Tomato Festival 5K race. Chrin is seen here  is motoring to the finish line.


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The LuLac Edition #3857, August 16th, 2018

AFTER 12 YEARS, EDDIE DAY WANTS TO TALK TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

After 12 years, Eddie Day Pashinski wants to talk to voters in the 121st District. This is not unusual for many politicos. Paul Kanjorski and Lou Barletta had these phone in soirees all the time. Eddie, to my knowledge hasn’t had one of these in years. But I guess if you get a strong opponent, you do what you need to. It’s next Tuesday August 21st at 7pmn. Call Eddie up at 570 825 5934 and ask him where’s he’s been!

DIAPER DON PULLS SECURITY CLEARANCE OF FORMER CIA HEAD

The White House last month accused the former official John Brennan of having “politicized” or “monetized” their public service, and said their clearances gave “inappropriate legitimacy to accusations with zero evidence.”  That''s why they pulled his security clearance along with others who hurt Diaper's little itty bitty feeling.
Politicized????? The Trump administration has done that since day 1. My Inauguration crowd is bigger than anyone’s!
Monetized? Diaper Dan has never put his business in a trust. He is even gloming money off of memorabilia.
Zero evidence? All Brennan and others did was call out Diaper Dan for his erratic behavior as a President and as a leader of the free world.
Sarah Sanders as usual could not answer a question on this matter with a straight answer.

DIAPER DON AGAIN INSULTS McCAIN

How low do you have to go, how low do you have to be to insult a dying man? How low do you have to go, do you have to be to NOT name the person who was stalwart defender of the military through the years?
Trump’s refusal to mention John McCain’s name as he was bloviating about the new military spending bill for 28 minutes was shameful but predictable. His inability to mention the Senator’s name was nothing new. He snubbed Senator Bob Casey too. But this was a new low for a petulant coward who could never shine McCain’s shoes. When McCain’s time comes, no one should let Diaper Don near the ceremony.
He has not only dishonored a true American Patriot but also America.

LINK TO REPORT ON CHURCH ABUSE

(Photo: Snipview.com)

This week the report on Sexual Abuse was released by the Attorney General’s office. This grand jury report outlines years of abuse. Sadly, there are names in it of people I went to school with, who taught me and preached to me.
It is an eye opening look into a very horrific chapter in the history of the church. Priests in the Roman Catholic Church are supposed to be the representatives, ordained by sacrament, ceremony and tradition as agents of Christ. Those priest failed us miserably. This should not end with this report. Special legislative action needs to be taken to lift the statutes of limitation on these crimes because I’m sure there are others who were affected.
That said, a faith tested becomes stronger.
There will be some who leave the church.
There will be some who haven’t been in church for years and use it as an excuse for their own lack of faith or laziness.
There will be some who will attack the guilty, as well they should.
There are others who will stay and help rebuild the credibility. I stand with the latter.
Here’s that link: It’s a tough one.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Qw1WoRxhFTd7yu15pLeVcEBKHvX2T6fG/view

CARTWRIGHT TO PRESENT PURPLE HEART TO FAMILY OF WWI VETERAN ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY

CORPORAL DAVID BOONE, US ARMY, WAS INJURED ON AUGUST 18, 1918

Congressman Matt Cartwright (Photo: LuLac archives)

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright  will present a Purple Heart to the family of the late Corporal David Boone, US Army, exactly 100 years after he was wounded in service to his country in World War I.
On August 18, 1918, Cpl. Boone was poisoned by mustard gas while serving in France. On the 100th anniversary of the day, August 18, 2018, Cpl. Boone will be posthumously awarded the Purple Heart. Rep. Cartwright will present the long-awaited medal to Cpl. Boone’s surviving children -- a son, WWII veteran John Boone, and two daughters Mary and Gloria -- and their families. The Greater Pittston AMVETS Post 198 Color Guard will also participate.
“It is a distinct honor to present a Purple Heart to the family of this deserving WWI veteran,” said Rep. Cartwright, a member of the Military Veterans and Military Families Caucuses. “This occasion is particularly special because it is 100 years to the day since he was wounded. It is a privilege to present the Boone family with this decoration, and I hope it will help his family remember the legacy of their father’s service to our great nation.”
One of the oldest military medals, the Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who are wounded while defending the nation during wartime or against any enemy of the United States.

CARTWRIGHT ANNOUNCES $36,146 USDA RURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT GRANT TO WEST END PANTRY INC.

U.S. Representative Matt Cartwright announced that the Rural Development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $36,146 Rural Business Development Grant to West End Pantry Inc.
The Rural Development investment will be used to purchase equipment that will assist in the collection and distribution of food for the West End Pantry. Equipment purchased will include pallet jacks, hand trucks, tables, and other equipment. The pantry serves communities in Monroe and Carbon Counties.
“Rural communities need a government on their side when it comes to folks making hard decisions, such as having to choose between medicine and groceries, or heating oil and groceries, said Rep. Cartwright a member of the House Appropriations Committee. “I support maintaining these federal programs that help ease these difficult decision for the residents of Northeastern Pennsylvanians.”
USDA Rural Business Development Grants provide funding for targeted technical assistance, training, and other activities leading to the development or expansion of small and emerging private businesses in rural areas which will employ 50 or fewer new employees and has less than $1 million in gross revenue. Programmatic activities are separated into enterprise or opportunity type grant activities.

SCAVO ENDORSED BY TAX PAYERS UNIT

22nd Senatorial District candidate Frank Scavo. (Photo: Frank Scavo)

The Pennsylvania Coalition of Taxpayer Associations (PCTA), a statewide grassroots education finance reform alliance, today announced its endorsement of Frank Scavo for Pennsylvania Senate District 22 in the November 6 general election.
In making its endorsement, the PCTA noted Mr. Scavo’s unequivocal support of Senate Bill 76, the Property Tax Independence Act, legislation that will abolish and equitably replace school property taxes and restructure a crumbling, antiquated education finance system.
David Baldinger, spokesperson for the PCTA, said: “For thirty years the homeowners of Pennsylvania have been deceived time and again by phony, unsound property tax relief schemes and false promises of property tax reform. Mr. Scavo has taken a definitive stance on this vital issue with his pledge to champion the passage of legislation supported by the PCTA Pennsylvania through total school property tax elimination. Unlike the District 22 incumbent who strenuously opposes the Property Tax Independence Act, who works against its passage, and who callously disregards the hardships of overtaxed homeowners, Mr. Scavo is firmlycommitted to the will of the people as expressed in Senate Bill 76, legislation that will forever Pennsylvania that is dedicated to equitable education funding reform through the principles and mechanism of the Property Tax Independence Act.

OVERDOSE AWARENESS DAY AUGUST 26th

Sunday, August 26 at 3 PM - 6 PM
Next Week
Wilkes Barre Kirby Park
160 Market St, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania 18704

MEDIA MATTERS

ROB NEYHARD IN HALL OF FAME

From  left to right, Karel Zubris, Hall of Fame member, honoree Rob Neyhard, his wife Sandy and daughter Cayce Neyhard Voitek. (Photo: Karel Zubris) 

Throughout his years in radio, Rob Neyhard has spoken, met and hell even drank with Hall of Famers of all sports. But this past Sunday he became a Hall of Famer (or as they say in the memorabilia trade a HOFer) himself. This all occurred at the 34th Annual Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame Induction Dinner where Rob received the  2018 Media Award! Well earned, well deserved.

DR. LEONARDI’S E BOOKS

Our good friend Doctor Joe Leonardi has been writing up a storm lately. Here’s a link to his information.
https://www.shortstoryscribe.com/single-post/2018/08/06/“The-world-breaks-everyone

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

David DeCosmo hosts ECTV Live during the week of August 20th with two special guests! Chris Dimattio and former Lackawanna County Commissioner Bob Pettinato will unveil plans for this year's La Festa in downtown Scranton. 

Pettinato, one of the founders of the annual Labor Day Weekend Italian Festival, has authored a book of his memories "At Our Own Pace." which he'll be on hand to sign at this year's event. Proceeds will, in honor of his late wife, will go to the Cancer Society.
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.

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!

1960

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North Korea's President Kim Il-sung made his first proposal for the reunification of his nation and South Korea under a "North–South Confederation" or "Confederal Republic of Koryo". The plan, proposed again in 1971, 1980 and 1991, envisioned both nations initially keeping their political systems, with a "Supreme National Committee" to guide cultural and economic development. Three generations later, the country is still trying.....

Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,333 m). He set records, which stood for 52 years, for highest altitude jump; longest free-fall by falling 16 miles (25.7 km) over a period of 4 minutes and 38 seconds before opening his parachute; and fastest speed by a human without motorized assistance (320 mph). On October 14, 2012, Felix Baumgartner of Austria (using Kittinger as his adviser) would break all of Kittinger's records except for the longest duration for a free-fall, plunging 128,100 ft (39,045 m) in 4 minutes, 19 secondServing as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War, he achieved an aerial kill of a North Vietnamese MiG-21 jet fighter and was later shot down himself, spending 11 months as a prisoner of war in a North Vietnamese prison camp…..

The first successful running of a computer program written in COBOL was carried out on an RCA 501 computer. [COBOL, the "Common Business Oriented Language", was an improvement in the adaptation of the FLOW-MATIC computer language developed by Grace Hopper. Hopper to lead their department for automatic programming, and she led the release of some of the first compiled languages like FLOW-MATIC. In 1959, she participated in the CODASYL consortium, which consulted Hopper to guide them in creating a machine-independent programming language. This led to the COBOL language, which was inspired by her idea of a language being based on English words….
While campaigning for the presidency in Greensboro, North Carolina, Richard Nixon bumped his left knee on a car door. What seemed, at first, to be a minor injury, led to a painful infection and Nixon's hospitalization on August 29. Nixon was kept at Walter Reed Hospital for 11 days, until asking to be discharged early on September 9 after a poll showed that John F. Kennedy had taken a lead over him in voter preferences.

His injury, his nearly two week absence from the campaign trail, and his continued illness would be cited by historians as a factor in his defeat, from the loss of momentum after his nomination to his poor appearance in the first televised presidential debate….

in Pennsylvania Harrisburg Mayor Nolan Ziegler is mum on whether this will be his last term…in Lackawanna County plans are underway for multiple Labor Day celebrations coinciding with the 1960 election and fifty eight years ago the number one song in America and LuLac land was “The Twist” by Chubby Checker.