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Could your health care Suit yourself. disappear? We can help NATION & WORLD, 5A Top? Bottom? Mix? Match? LIFE, 1C 815187 THE TIMES LEADER WILKES-BARRE, PA timesleader.com ThuRSdAy, MAy 30, 2013 50¢ Pa.’s bad roads costly to drivers Joe Paterno Report: Average motorist organization. Wilkes- And using those roads is Barre- loses $1,320 yearly due to costing the average driver bound traf- lousy travel conditions. an additional $1,320 per fic stops year in extra vehicle oper- on the By ANDREW M. SEDER ating costs as a result of Veterans [email protected] Memorial estate suing driving on roads in need Two out of every three of repair, lost time and fuel Bridge on major urban roads in the due to congestion-related Wednesday as con- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre re- delays. struction gion are in poor or mediocre The report, “Future Mo- workers bility in Pennsylvania: The condition, underscoring the move transportation dilemma the Cost of Meeting the State’s concrete state faces, according to a Need for Safe and Efficient the NCAA barriers. report released Wednesday by a national transportation See ROADS, Page 10A PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER Family of late coach, some NCAA’s execu- trustees and former players tive commit- tee — are also SIt DoWN oN thE job? Not DurINg Day of CarINg fault Freeh report, sanctions. named in the planned litiga- By GENARO C. ARMAS tion. The law- AP Sports Writer suit also takes STATE COLLEGE — The es- Paterno issue with the tate of the late Penn State coach NCAA’s use Joe Paterno and several univer- of former FBI sity trustees and former play- director Louis Freeh’s scathing ers plan to sue the NCAA over findings for the university on the landmark sanctions against the scandal in levying the strict the university for the Jerry San- sanctions last July. dusky child sex abuse scandal. Among the penalties were a The Paterno family’s attor- four-year bowl ban, steep schol- ney, Wick Sollers, told Bob arship cuts and a $60 million Costas on the NBC Sports Net- fine. The NCAA also vacated work’s “Costas Tonight” show 111 wins from Paterno’s record, that aired Wednesday evening meaning he would no longer that former coaches and faculty hold the title of major college members are part of the suit. football’s winningest coach. Excerpts from Costas’ inter- Sollers, in an interview views with Sollers and other Wednesday with The Associat- representatives for the family ed Press, said lawyers planned were provided by the network. to file the lawsuit today in state According to NBC Sports court in Centre County, home Network, Sollers said NCAA of Penn State’s flagship campus. President Mark Emmert and The suit would ask for the sanc- Oregon State President Edward Ray — who was chairman of the See PATERNO, Page 10A Hit-and-run suspect CLARk VAN ORDEN/THE TIMES LEADER olunteers from Mondelez International clean the Salvation Army chapel in Wilkes-Barre on Wednesday as part ID’d in court filing Vof the United Way of Wyoming Valley’s annual Day of Caring community service blitz. For more about the ser- vice projects performed and United Way awards presented, see Page 3A. John Kuniskas was behind er’s estate in a yet-to-be-filed wheel, say lawyers for victim lawsuit. “But of fatal Mother’s day incident. not stopping Sallie Mae will split, become two companies and rendering By SHEENA DELAZIO aid is uncon- [email protected] scionable. You By ANDREW M. SEDER company wide. WILKES-BARRE – Court pa- can’t just run Longtime [email protected] Effective immediately, John F. Re- Darsky pers filed in Luzerne County someone over mondi has taken over the CEO du- student loan Student loan giant Sallie Mae announced Wednesday Court identify a man who lives and not stop.” ties, succeeding Albert Lord, who is it plans to split into two separate, publicly traded com- less than a mile from Jean Dar- Ciarimboli and attorney Kevin firm to spin off retiring and also stepping down as panies and it has a new chief executive officer to guide sky, who was fatally injured out- Clancy Boylan filed court papers consumer vice chairman. Remondi has served as the company through the change. side her Jenkins Township home Tuesday asking for the preser- president and chief operating officer banking arm, Newark, Del.-based Sallie Mae, which has offices on May 12, as the driver of the vation of evidence and other re- since 2011 and was chief financial of- throughout the country — including a center in Ha- Remondi vehicle that struck the 65-year- quests. perhaps by next ficer and vice chairman before that. nover Township that employs 900 — anticipates the old woman. Jean Darsky, of 302 Westmin- year. Sallie Mae, formally named SLM split, if given final approval by its board, could be com- “Hitting (and killing) a mother ster Road in Jenkins Township, Corp., issued a release Wednesday saying its board au- pleted within 12 months. on Mother’s Day is unbelievable was struck and killed by a ve- thorized management to pursue separation of the com- Company spokeswoman Nikki Lavoie noted the enough,” said attorney Edward hicle on May 12 while standing company expects the anticipated split “to have limited Ciarimboli, who represents Dar- See SALLIE, Page 10A impact on our workforce size,” which stands at 7,000 sky’s son, Mark, and his moth- See DRIVER, Page 10A Twins Louis Seeing double 5 times over and John Jablowski of Wilkes- 5 sets of twins at holy redeemer: What are the odds of that? Barre Township By MARK GUYDISH ticipated graduation, in the din of the INSIDE: The Holy Redeemer graduating class describe [email protected] Kirby Center lobby loaded with proud of 2013, Page 8A their parents and grinning teens gabbing in sibling WILKES-BARRE — Disclaimer relation- one: If we get the names mixed up, it’s unison. pect. The Centers for Disease Control That said, after learning there were ship before because there were five sets of twins says there are 33.1 twin births per the Holy five sets of twins in caps and gowns at one time. 1,000 births in the U.S., or 3.3 per- Redeemer at Holy Redeemer’s commencement Disclaimer two: If we get any facts cent. At Holy Redeemer you have five gradua- mixed up, see disclaimer one, and add Wednesday, the most obvious ques- sets of twins, or 10 students, among tion on that the interview took place 35 impa- tion is: What are the odds? Wednes- tient minutes before their much an- Not quite as high as you might ex- day. See TWINS, Page 8A BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER Crunched A NEWS: Local 3A Weather: 10A C LIFE: 1C Puzzles: 7C INSIDE Nation & World: 5A Syracuse shuts B SPORTS: 1B Birthdays: 3C Comics: 8C Obituaries: 6A, 7A out the Pens. B BUSINESS: 8B Television: 6C D CLASSIFIED: 1D Editorials: 9A Stocks: 8B Movies: 6C SPORTS, 1B 6 0 9 8 1 5 1 0 0 1 1 PAGE 2A ThuRSDAy, MAy 30, 2013 timesleader.com www.timesleader.com TIMES LEADER DETAILS 20 local ‘Learning Workers’ graduate LOTTERY MIDDAY DRAWING Program works with those who favorite things about Learning DAILY NUMBER - 6-5-5 BIG 4 - 3-0-5-8 have struggled academically, Workers. “She taught me how to do QUINTO - 1-1-6-1-6 lost faith in education system. simple math and told me to al- TREASURE HUNT ways do my best,” Hughes said. 06-09-14-18-22 By TESS KORNFELD In addition to tutoring ses- Times Leader intern sions, guests known as “career NIGHTLY DRAWING WILKES-BARRE — Volun- presenters” talked to the Learn- DAILY NUMBER - 5-5-1 teers of America’s Learning ing Workers once a week to BIG 4 - 7-5-3-8 Works program graduated 20 give career advice. Doyne said QUINTO - 7-9-6-2-2 “Learning Workers” Wednes- they tried to bring in people CASH 5 day at a dinner in the Sheehy- from a wide variety of occupa- 01-05-19-41-43 Farmer Campus Center at tions such as an EMT, a state King’s College. fish and boat commissioner POWERBALL Learning Works is an after- and a pizza restaurant owner 09-14-17-49-57 school program that works so the kids know they can ac- POWER BALL - 02 with fifth- through eighth-grad- complish whatever they want. ers from Kistler Elementary, Alex Rivera, also a fifth-grad- Dobson Elementary and Mey- er at Kistler Elementary, wants No player matched all five numbers in Wednesday’s “Cash ers Junior/Senior High School. to be an artist when he grows 5” jackpot drawing. Thursday’s The students were recruited by up and said he was inspired by jackpot will be worth $500,000. teachers and guidance counsel- a tattoo artist who talked to Lottery officials reported 96 ors after struggling academi- them about his career. players matched four numbers, cally and losing faith in the During the ceremony, every winning $232 each; 3,068 play- education system. Learning Worker gave a presen- ers matched three numbers, Shannon Doyne, project winning $12 each; and 38,695 tation on the dream career of players matched two numbers, manager of Learning Works, his or her choice and received winning $1 each. said the goal of the program a special certificate in front of is to teach students skills that family members and teachers lead to academic success and in the audience. PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER OBITUARIES to present them with a variety Sue Henry, radio personality of career paths.