Monica’s Parish in West Wyom- ing regularly grace parishion- er s at Sat ur da y and Sun day Masses. “I support Boscov’s, the downtown restaurants. “I’m a firm believer in support- ing local businesses,” he said. Nei ther would he loo k els e- whereto holdthe tourname nt, he said. Ifa red ucedrat ewasoffere dbe- cause of his position, “I wouldn’t accept it,” he said. Hissta tusas ma yo r di d noten- titl e himto anyspecia l tre atme nt or discount, he said. A weekday was chosen for the event, because “it’s tough to tie up a golf course for a weekend,” he said. The contract to use the course was sig ned in late winte r or ear ly spring, he said. His latest tournament like the eight prior ones took months of planning and prepar ation. “The se indi vidu als hav e time coming to them.” There w as “no press ure put on them” to play, either, he said. “It’s not bad publicity,” he said of the employ ees playing golf. I did not golf.” The mayor, a Democrat who is seeking his third term, has been thefocusofmediarepor tscritica l of the hiring of his daught er, niece and nephew for summer jobs in the city. “I t do es n’ t apply to me be- caus e I go24-7,”he saidSatur day when contacted by telephon e. Leighton did not count him- self among the golfer s, adding that he did not take a personal or vacation day. Hecorrec tedthe tota l thatwas reported in a story Saturday in TheTimes Leaderthat saidan es- tima ted40 cityemplo yee s gol fed and the eve nt att ract ed mor e than 100 golfers. Approximately 14 city w orkers att end ed the re-e lect ion cam- paig n eve ntheldat thecours e op- erated by the Wilkes-Barre Gen- era l Mun icip al Aut hori ty, the mayor said. WILKES-BA RRE – Unlik e the cityemplo yee s whotooktime off for his golfing fundraiser Friday, May orTomLeigh tonsaid hewas on the job while at the tourna- ment. Police said the saw, manu- factured by Husqvarna, is black, orange and yellow with a 12-inch blade and weighs 40 pounds. When the employ- ee returned, the saw was mis- sing. An employee placed the saw on a concrete wall when it ran out of gasoline. A chop saw owned by Syrstone Inc., of East Syra- cuse, N.Y., was stolen from a construction site on the South Cross Valley Expressway bridge that spans the Susque- hanna River on Thursday. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 570 825-1254. The other woman was in her 50s with gray hair, wearing an orang e T-s hirt, jeans and push- ing a baby stroller. One woman was in her 20s, with long brown hair and wearin g a white tank top. A clerk recovered the mer- chandise, but the two women who tried to take it f led on Carey Avenue. Police are investigating the attempted theft of mer- chandise from the Famil y Dollar store on Carey Avenue.Donna Abraham of Garra- han Street was cited with disorderly conduct Tuesday after Darlene Tufaro, also of Garrahan Street, said she was harassed by Abraham. Town- ship police reported the fol- lowing: the night befor e work ingon theproject.“The dollarstore is our favorite place.” “We lose sleep over this,” Jamie Over- mil ler said wit h a laug h, noti ng the y were up until 1 a.m. Her 11 -year-old son, Cy, carved his po- tato, “Mustang Sally,” into the shape of car, while her daughter, Vashti, 9, deco- rat ed herentry, “Mi ssyMessy ,” wit h col - orful pipe cleaners. There was “Squeak y Potato,” a sweet potatothat Overmi ller’ s 4-year -old neph- ew, Noah Millar of Abington, had trans- formed into a mouse. These spu ds had been saved fro m the dinnertable by resort -goer s, whoreveled in transforming the traditional, but ad- mitte dly boring, dinner side dish into unique and creative racers. The family from Getty sbur g was amo ng doz ensof summ er fun lov- erswho ventur ed to the beach at Spl it R o c k R e s o r t W ednesd ay afterno on for the weekly potato races, oneof sev era l wac ky gro up activities organized by the resort ’ssocial direc tor,Doc Holiday. They were n’t enter- ing a cooking bake-off. LA KE HARMO NY – It took thre e years and lots of expe rimenta tion, but Jamie Overmiller was confident sheand hertwochildr enhad finally figured out how to make the best potato.
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