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P6 2 GOLackawanna Sunday, September 23, 2012 INSIDE UNICO LADIES PLAN CARD PARTY Page 10 – Become a member of Riverside’s team Page 15 – Obituaries Page 18 – Crossword puzzles Page 24 – West Scranton defeats North Pocono OUR TEAM GO Lackawanna Editor Don McGlynn - 558-0113 [email protected] McGlynn Reporter Roger DuPuis II – 558-0483 [email protected] Sports Reporter Tom Robinson Photographer Jason Riedmiller DuPuis Advertising Representative Jill Andes – 970-7291 UNICO Scranton Ladies Auxiliary Card Party Committee members gathered to plan the [email protected] upcoming event, which will be held Sunday, Oct. 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Country Club of News Tips/Obituaries 558-0113 Scranton. Tickets for the fundraiser are $30 per person. Proceeds from the event will bene- [email protected] fit the Boys and Girls Club of NEPA, serving Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties, Christmas Missed Paper – 829-5000 Party, in Memory of Capt. James Minicozzi. For more information, call 575.4309. Members Classified Robinson 1-800-273-7130 of the UNICO Scranton Ladies Auxiliary Card Party Committee include, seated, from left, Advertising – 829-7101 Doris Lindsley; Ashley Yando, Card Party co-chairperson; Carole Dougherty, Card Party Subscriptions – 1-800-252-5603 co-chairperson; Lori Nozzi, standing, Bonnie Blasé; President of the Ladies Auxiliary Patti Office Hours 9a.m. – 6p.m.; M-F; 109 New Street, Pittston, PA 18640 Montalbano; Rosalie Prizzi; Linda Malinoski; and Gloria Bernardi. Riedmiller The Go Lackawanna Lower Valley edition publishes information about the communities in the Old Forge, Riverside and West Scranton school districts. Send your information to [email protected] Andes or 109 New Street, Pittston, PA 18640. September 24 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 calling 878.1466 or seeing any of the ON THE COVER: Old Forge’s COMMUNITY CALENDAR A$20 donation is requested, pizza, p.m. members from Ladder 95. Mike Vieira and Riverside’s beer and soda will be served. In addition to the dinner, Ladder 95 Dave Sweetman. Photo taken WVIA FM welcomes artists from the will also be selling T-shirts and mugs by Jason Riedmiller/For GO Free clinic for uninsured extends The Scranton School for Deaf and Tri-Cities Opera Company in Bing- at the door. hours. The University of Scranton’s Hard of Hearing Children will offer hamton, N.Y. to its Simply Grand Women’s Self Defense Lackawanna. Edward R. Leahy Jr. Center Clinic for American Sign Language classes, Concert Series on Sunday, Sept. 30 Workshop will be held at Symmetry the Uninsured is extending hours for Tuesdays, beginning Sept. 25 at the at 3 p.m. in the Sordoni High Defini- Yoga Studio, 209 N. Main Ave., serving patients from Lackawanna Green Ridge Assembly of God, 825 tion Theater at WVIA Studios in Scranton on Wednesday, Oct. 17 and County by appointment from noon to Green Ridge St.; and Thursdays, Pittston. Seating is free, but limited. 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Rob 4p.m. on Tuesdays from Sept. 11 beginning Sept. 27, at the school To make reservations call 655.2808 Thomas will be running the work- +(ISSN No. 0896-4084) USPS 499-710 through Oct. 2; Oct. 30 through Nov. campus, 537 Venard Rd., South or reserve seats online at shop. For more information, call 13; and Nov. 27. Appointments can be Abington Township. Both classes are www.wvia.org. 290.7242 or visit 570.Dojo.com. Issue No. 2012-267 made by calling 941.6112.The clinic is held from 7 to 9 p.m. Cost is $65 for also open every Thursday from 2 to 6 the six-week session. For more The Scranton Cultural Center will The West Scranton Hyde Park Newsroom p.m. Services on Thursdays are pro- information, call 585.1000 or feature the artwork of the Dunmore Neighborhood Watch will meet on 829-7242 vided on a walk-in basis. emailmstefko@thescranton- Community Center in its First Friday Thursday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. at All [email protected] school.org. exhibit, “Art in Architecture” on Saints Auditorium, 1403 Jackson St., New meditation classes will be Friday, October 5, 6 to 9 p.m. at the behind St. Patrick’s Church. Info: Circulation offered at the Waverly Community The 11th Annual Conference on Scranton Cultural Center, 420 N. http://hydeparkneighbor- Jim McCabe – 829-5000 [email protected] House during the month of Septem- disABILITY will be held at the Washington Ave., Scranton. watch.wordpress.com. University of Scranton on Sept. 27, ber. Classes are self-contained; drop Published weekly by: in any week at a cost of $10 per class. with sponsorship from Allied Ser- Taylor Fire Department, Ladder The Annual Craft Fair will be held Company 95 will host its semi- The Waverly Community House is vices. For complete details on the at John Adams Elementary, 927 Impressions Media located at 1115 North Abington Road, conference, see http://www.scran- annual chicken barbecue on Sat- Capouse Ave., Scranton, from 10 15 N. Main St. Waverly. ton.edu/academics/pcps/leahy/ urday, October 6 from noon to 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 20. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 conference.shtml. p.m. The dinner, which is $8 per Vendors are needed. Call 348.3655 Periodicals postage paid at Arcaro & Genell Restaurant in Old person, will be held in the Fire Com- Scranton, PA or visit johnadamsbulldogsp- Postmaster: Send address changes Forge is hosting a fundraiser for United Methodist Church of Taylor, pany Hall, 614 Union St., Taylor. [email protected]. to Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Republican Congressional candidate 402 S. Main St., Taylor will hold its Tickets will be available at the door. Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 Laureen Cummings on Monday, annual bazaar and flea market on Tickets can also be obtained by SeeCALENDAR, Page 5 Sunday, September 23, 2012 GOLackawanna 3 Animal Planet’s Shorty Rossi and Hercules visit West Scranton Shorty Rossi, who will be in Scranton on Sept. 29 and 30, began Shorty’s Pit Bull Rescue in 2001. Aman and his dog By DON MCGLYNN The television star is coming to the tell people it’s a memoir, it’s about re- IF YOU GO [email protected] area, accompanied by one of his seven demption, it’s about how the animals horty Rossi has loved pit pit bulls, Hercules, as a part of the kept me going. It’s about (how) no What: “Shorty and bulls ever since he was a “Shorty and Hercules Tour” in an ef- matter what happens in your life it Hercules Tour” When: Saturday and teenager, and it’s his hope fort to educate people on the true, loy- ain’t ever going to be that bad. You can Sunday, Sept. 29 and Sthat after next weekend al nature of pit bulls, and to promote come out on top. It shows kids you can 30 most of the Scranton area will share his book “Four Feet Tall and Rising,” make it, shows inmates that when you Where: The Mall at this love. which was released in January. come out of prison, if you use your Steamtown; Poppy’s The star of Animal Planet’s “Pit “It’s a memoir from the day I was head right, you can make it, and it’s for Diner, 113 S. Main Ave., Boss” and the founder of Shorty’s Pit born until last year. So, it’s a history of people to understand me better who Scranton; Puppy Love Pet Spa, 107 S. Main Bull Rescue, Rossi will be making sev- my life,” said Rossi. like the show.” Ave., Scranton; and eral personal appearances at the Mall “I went through a rough childhood, Rossi was arrested and sent to pris- Brews Brothers, 1705 at Steamtown, Puppy Love Pet Spa, ran with the wrong crowd, went to on for attempted murder. He’s had pit River Rd., Pittston. Poppy’s Diner and Brews Brothers on prison, got out of prison, struggled in Info: www.PitBullBuzz- Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 29 and 30. life and I’m here today. And, we try to SeeSHORTY ,Page 6 .com 4 GOLackawanna Sunday, September 23, 2012 Watch discusses Gang-member interventionist shares insight drugs, status as a non-profit By ROGER DuPUIS II [email protected] SCRANTON -- The war on drugs can’t be won without significant emphasis on anti-drug education and greater commitment to drug treatment programs, Scranton Police acting Chief Carl Graziano told members of the West Scranton Hyde Park Neighborhood Watch. Graziano attended the group’s Thursday, Sept. 20 meeting to answer residents’ ques- tions, many of which focused on fighting the drug trade in West Side and other parts of the city. His remarks came the same night mem- bers learned the organization is nearly halfway to the amount needed to apply for 501(c)(3) federal non-profit status, key to continuing its fight against neighborhood blight, organizers said. Residents asked Graziano to describe those engaged in drug-dealing, as well as his thoughts on the department’s efforts. Many dealers are aged18 to 24 and come to Scranton from New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia, he explained, lured by the promise of profits as much as 400 percent higher here than in larger markets. He reiterated his belief that without a larger commitment to prevention and treatment, po- Nationally renowned gang-member interventionist Rev. Gregory Boyle, S.J. is the founder of Homeboy Industries, a lice across the country will simply keep mak- nonprofit organization based in Los Angeles whose mission is the intervention and rehabilitation of gang members.