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Judgment issued in pool payment dispute, couple waits for refund

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Post date July 27, 2022
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NANTICOKE — It was easier for Jim and Lisa Swanberry to put in a new pool than get a refund on the deposit for one they said was never delivered.

The husband and wife from Nanticoke went to court and prevailed with a judgment against Michael Calore and Superior Pools & Spa, ordering him to refund them $1,500 refund plus additional costs they incurred in the civil case.

Calore has not paid, and said Tuesday that the amended order signed by Luzerne County Judge Lesa Gelb on May 13 was not final.

“This is a simple contract dispute,” Calore said.

It’s been anything but simple for the Swanberrys.

Each step of the way has been a challenge, from the complaint filed on March 18, 2021 at the magistrate level, to Calore’s appeal of the judgment against him that sent it to county court, and the May 9 order mistakenly finding in favor of Calore after the case went to arbitration.

“What’s terrible about it is it’s such a process. My wife basically almost got a law degree at this point because no lawyer wants to touch it for what little amount of money it is,” Jim Swanberry said.

“And a lot of people won’t hire a lawyer, so they just quit,” said Lisa Swanberry who pursued the case on her own “pro se.”

The couple didn’t and they’re still trying to figure out how to have the judgment enforced despite Calore’s assertion they breached the contract instead of him.

The case stemmed from the couple’s meeting with Calore at his store on Mundy Street in Wilkes-Barre Township in February and March of last year in search of a new pool. They wanted to purchase a pool to replace the one they’ve had…

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Exhibit works to forge relationships with Indigenous people

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Post date July 23, 2022
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WILMINGTON, Del. — About 400 years ago, the first Europeans began exploring land now known as Delaware.

As they journeyed through the region, their travels brought them face to face with the people who had lived there for millennia – the Lenni Lenape, the father tribe of the Lenape and Nanticoke Indians.

The Delaware Art Museum’s recently debuted exhibit, “In Conversation: Will Wilson,” works to forge a new relationship with Indigenous people by bringing visitors face to face with them through stories of Native people, 19th-century photography and augmented reality technology for an immersive experience that connects the past with the present.

In about a year and a half from idea to execution, the exhibition came together in whirlwind timing for show planning. Not only did the museum need to secure the artist’s availability, but they also needed to develop a relationship with Delaware’s Native population − some of the very people the artist would feature in his photos.

Building trust with sincere intention

The Delaware Art Museum exhibit showcases the photography of Will Wilson, a New Mexico-based Diné (Navajo) photographer whose work centers on Native American identity and culture.

Commissioning Will Wilson’s participation and arranging the logistics took effort, but the bulk of the endeavor came with establishing trust and relationships with Delaware’s Native American community.

Called Lenapehoking, the original homeland of the Lenape and Nanticoke encompassed present-day New Jersey, most of Delaware and eastern New York and Pennsylvania.

Iz Balleto, a community engagement specialist at the Delaware Art Museum, said due to past misrepresentation and exploitation, the Native community was not particularly interested in being involved in this project – earning their trust would be a process.

That process started with the tribal chiefs of the Delaware Lenape and Nanticoke first.

He said that after he and the museum committee were able to establish a…

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Luzerne County culinary camp to cultivate future chefs

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Post date July 20, 2022
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At the LCCC annual culinary camp, the kid chefs learn to make everything from scratch.

NANTICOKE, Pa. — Some students on summer vacation have traded in their video games and skateboards for saute pans and cutting boards.

Students were inside Luzerne County Community College’s Joseph A. Paglianite Culinary Institute for its annual Kids’ Culinary Camp.

“It teaches kids how to cook and can give them a future if they like because they can know how to cool,” student Chase Glahn of Dallas said.

“What we’re doing is we are really honing in on all of those culinary concepts. So it’s what’s out there right now, you know, amongst all the chefs on the Food Network.

“We’re really working on that flavor fusion, but we’re also working on implementing the cooking methods to go along with each dish that we’re making,” Kimberly McLendon, culinary arts instructor, said.

Organizers with the camp said it’s grown over the years, and this year, many campers have returned from last year to continue honing their culinary skills.

“It’s so fun. I love it here,” student Lauren Hudak of Mountain Top said.

“Because they asked us ‘what do we want to make,’ and I said sushi because I love sushi,” student Ben Field of Kingston said.

“So this week, we are making cream puffs, eclairs. Everything is going to be from scratch. We’re making their own pastry cream. We are doing a beef brisket. So we’re going to learn the art of smoking meats and vegetables,” McLendon said.

The culinary camp continues until Friday in Nanticoke.

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Fishing tournament set to combat two invasive species in local waterways

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Post date July 19, 2022
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SALISBURY, Md. – Salisbury University biological officials are set to hold a local fishing tournament aimed exclusively at two species of invasive fish that experts say are damaging local waterways and ecosystems.

Dr. Noah Bressman, Salisbury University assistant professor of biological studies, and graduate assistant Zachary Crum are combating invasive species in local waterways, and Eastern Shore anglers can help.

Fishing hobbyists and professionals alike are invited to the Nanticoke River Invasive Fishing Tournament, presented by SU Saturday, July 30 (rain date: Sunday, July 31) at Cherry Beach Park in Sharptown, MD. Lines in at 6 a.m. and weigh-in at 2 p.m., followed by awards and data collection.

The two invasive species are blue catfish and northern snakehead fish, which officials say are damaging local ecosystems and waterways, and need to be studied further in an effort to combat their growing populations across the region.

Thanks to a grant from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, the free tournament features some $2,000 in prizes. All blue catfish and northern snakeheads caught will be provided to Bressman’s lab to continue research to learn more about their effects on the local ecosystem, with a focus on diet, growth speed, and reproduction rates.

“The blue catfish are particularly nasty in that they make up in some tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay, up to three-quarters of the biomass of the river, so what that means is if you were to take a net and scoop out every living thing, even the microscopic things out of the water, and weigh it all, catfish would make up to three-quarters of that weight,” Dr. Bressman explained. “And so far in our research we’ve been seeing everything from striped bass, to blue crabs, and even adult ducks in their stomach, and so it shows that they…

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Puck Cancer Festival draws big crowd in Nanticoke

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Post date July 17, 2022
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NANTICOKE — Turnout at the Puck Cancer Festival at Quality Hill Playground keeps getting bigger and bigger.

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