The LuLac Edition #3939, November 23rd, 2018

BILL KELLY DIES AT 71

In its history,  there have only been four GMs of WVIA TV/FM. Here are three of them. Dr. John Walsh, the founding father George Strimel and Bill Kelly.

Bill Kelly was one of my first bosses at WVIA FM/TV. He was tough, demanding and wanted you to get it right. There were many times in my young broadcast career that I got it wrong. But I never forgot those wrongs because he told me how to make them right.
We traveled on my very first air plane ride to Chicago to an NPR conference. It was so long ago they had to roll the steps to the plane. Avoca to Pittsburgh to Chicago. Then back.
Then there was the WVIA FM Navy blue/orange bus that would travel to the Bloomsburg Fair in the 70s. Only two seats because the rest of it was carved out to be a mobile museum of WVIA Radio.
When I was starting LuLac, he invited me to meet the "heavyweights" of politics he was interviewing.
We had lunch at Grotto a few years back and he became quite embarrassed when I told him that I took his criticism and lessons with me to other jobs using what I learned as a tool for success.
He started out as a young teacher but never stopped educating. All you had to do was be open to what he was trying to convey.
I was proud that he was a reader of LuLac and 590 Forever. He died today at 71, way too young.
He leaves a trail of incredible broadcasts from WARM as well as WVIA TV that will keep him in our memories and hearts.

Here’s a link to a story we did on Bill a few years back: if you scroll down, you'll see Kelly featured in a few other stories including the day Elvis died. Yep, Bill Kelly and I had a hand in that day too.

https://lulacpoliticaletter.blogspot.com/search?q=bill+kelly
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/citizensvoice/obituary.aspx?n=a-william-kelly-bill&pid=190802254 
https://david-yonki.blogspot.com/search?q=bill+kelly (links to 590 Mighty Memories of Bill Kelly. 

TRUMP LASHES OUT AT CHIEF JUSTICE OVER IMMIGRATION RULINGS

President Donald Trump lashed out at Chief Justice John Roberts Wednesday after the Supreme Court leader rebuked the president for suggesting a U.S. judge was biased.
“Sorry Chief Justice John Roberts, but you do indeed have ‘Obama judges,’ and they have a much different point of view than the people who are charged with the safety of our country,” Trump said over Twitter.
He added: “We need protection and security - these rulings are making our country unsafe! Very dangerous and unwise!”
Trump dismissed a ruling against his administration on Tuesday because it came from an “Obama judge.”
In his first public criticism of the president, Roberts said in a statement, “We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges.”
Roberts added, one day before Thanksgiving, that an “independent judiciary is something we should all be thankful for.”
An Obama Judge? WTF is thi guy talking about? Roberts was sworn in and picked by Bush. Once more DD has shown how vicious and  ignorant he is. And petty.

Learn to Skate Season at Revolution Ice Centre!

Time to melt of those holiday calories with our cool skating programs!!!

WHEN: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 24th at 1:00 PM to 2 PM

WHERE: 12 Old Boston Road, Pittston, PA 18640 - phone 570-885-1100

WHAT: Invitation to press to introduce Valerie Palencar, New Skating Director, at Revolution Ice Rink and kick off skating programs for the 2018-2019 season. FREE DEMOS & WORKSHOP at Public Skate! PLUS: ICERSIZE.COM with Coach Valerie http://www.icersize.com

LEARN TO SKATE PROGRAMS:

SNOWBALL TOTS: ages 3 to 5 - provides preschoolers ages 3 to 5 skating lessons through games and safe ways to fall and safely get up. HELMETS are required and proper waterproof clothing. Classes are run throughout the year. Registration through website at http://www.revolutionicecentre.com

BASIC SKILLS: 5 though 18 - The learn to skate adult program provides instruction to skates 18 plus in the basic skills necessary to ice skate safely. Helmets are required and gloves and mittens are suggested for all skates.

SENIOR BASIC SKILLS: Ages 55 Plus - provides proper instruction and guidance needed for the mature skater. Helmets are required. Attire: Outdoor sports clothing that will not limit movement. Use best judgement.

HOME SCHOOL Basic Skills - age 5 - The Home Basic Skills program provides instruction to skates ages 5 to 18 in the basic skills necessary to ice skate safely and the initial skills before advancing to figure skating or ice hockey. Classes run throughout the year. Helmets are requited for all skates along with mittens, gloves, and appropriate clothing for skating as it does get cold in the rink.

Press is invited to ask questions, B roll of ice/ and demo with instructors: Karel Zubris, & Valerie Palencar. Note: Registration and fee information listed on website at: http://www.revolutionicecentre.com

Thank you for your interest in this great program AT THE REVOLUTION ICE CENTRE!!

Valerie Palencar

Skating Director

1-917-821-6645

Valpalencar@gmail.com

Karel Zubris, Alumni Luzerne County Sports Hall of Fame

www.luzernecountysportshalloffame.com

Instructor, Media Liaison Learn to Skate / Assistant to Ms. Palencar

570-406-0378

karelzubris@ymail.com

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 hosts Rusty Fender, David DeCosmo, and Director Mark Migilore welcome Martin Henehan to the program the week of November 26th. The founder of the "Forever Sami" anti abuse program will discuss a clothing drive not underway for homeless individuals in the Scranton area as well as aid that's available and needed for those people as winter weather arrives.
ECTV Live is seen on Comcast channel 19 (61 in some areas) and is aired thee times daily throughout the week.
Additionally the program is shared on the electric city television YouTube page and Facebook.

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!

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The ABC television network first broadcast Issues and Answers, a Sunday morning interview show to compete with NBC's Meet the Press and CBS's Face the Nation….The last four daytime radio dramas—Young Dr. Malone, Right to Happiness, The Second Mrs. Burton and Ma Perkins, all broadcast on the CBS Radio Network—were brought to an end. With more Americans turning from radio listeners to television viewers, the popularity of radio network programs had steadily declined since 1946....

John F. Kennedy, Jr., at Georgetown University Hospital, 16 days after his father was elected to the presidency of the United States (died in plane crash, 1999)…………Governor Lawrence says that Pennsylvania will have a friend in The White House…..Shopping season begins in earnest as the Christmas season starts and fifty eight year ago the number one song in LuLac Land and America was “Stay” by Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs.