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Perdue Farms awards Chesapeake Conservancy with $100,000 donation

The Franklin P. and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation, the charitable giving arm of Perdue Farms, has awarded Chesapeake Conservancy, a Maryland-based environmental non-profit, with a donation of $100,000 to help fund construction of an outdoor natural amphitheater at the new Oyster House Park in Seaford, Del., at the site of the old J.B. Robinson Oyster House along the Seaford River Walk on the Nanticoke River.

The Perdue gift is part of the company’s “Delivering Hope To Our Neighbors” initiative focused on improving quality of life and building strong communities.

“We are so grateful to the Perdue Foundation for supporting this vision,” said Randall Larrimore, Chesapeake Conservancy board chair. “To construct the Oyster House Park, we partnered with the city and others to provide public access to the Nanticoke River, one of the Chesapeake’s most pristine rivers, and worked together to create a beautiful place for the community to gather and recreate. Thanks to the generosity of Perdue, one day we will also enjoy a performance at a new outdoor natural amphitheater. We believe we are helping to build a stronger community and a vibrant downtown.”

The outdoor natural amphitheater will be built into the slope of the property accented with native plants. There will be seating for 75 people in the amphitheater and room on the lawn for an additional 200 people. This will also serve as a community outdoor classroom, gathering space for performances and erosion control to address runoff from steep banks. The city plans to remove the impervious road surface and support best management practice implementation to reduce runoff from nearby streets. New turnarounds will allow access to the property and support maximum available open space for pedestrian access.

“At Perdue Farms, we are proud to support the Chesapeake Conservancy and City of Seaford’s vision to…

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H.S. Football: Nanticoke Area defeats Schuylkill Valley for Eastern Conference 3A title

NANTICOKE — Overcoming the early November chill in the air, the Nanticoke Area Trojans held on to defeat the visiting Schuylkill Valley Panthers 21-14 to take home the title on their home field in the Eastern Conference Class 3A championship game on Friday night.

With the triumph, Nanticoke, which started its season 0-4, finished 5-6. Schuylkill Valley ended 2-9 with its sixth consecutive loss.

Shaking off a slow start that saw Nanticoke Area quarterback Payton Kepp throw a costly interception, Trojans came roaring back with their powerful rushing attack on offense to start the game’s scoring just eight seconds into the second quarter.

Kepp took the quarterback sneak and barreled his way into the end zone from 2 yards out to give the Trojans a 7-0 advantage with 11:52 remaining in the opening half. Nanticoke Area’s next score came with only 50.1 seconds left before the halftime, as sophomore tailback Zach Fox scampered into the end zone from 3 yards away to give the Trojans a 13-0 lead.

Just when the contest looked like it was heading towards blowout territory, Schuylkill Valley showed tremendous resiliency.

The Panthers connected on an improbable fourth-and-7 from their own 37-yard line senior signal caller Drew Campbell found Colby Crills down the right sidelines for a 63-yard touchdown pass to cut the deficit to 13-7 with 10:36 left in the third quarter.

However, Nanticoke would come right back to snatch the game’s momentum when Fox scored his second rushing touchdown of the night, this time from 5 yards out, to increase the Trojans lead to 21-7 with only 1:51 remaining in the third period.

In the fourth quarter, the Schuylkill Valley put quite a scare into Nanticoke Area when junior quarterback Michael Goad converted a fourth-and-4, connecting…

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Police: Nanticoke woman facing charges after assaulting two nurses, one pregnant

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Future gas-to-fuel plant welcome news for region

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Nov 3, 2021

We are glad to learn that Nacero Inc. is building a natural gas-to-fuel plant in Newport Township, near Nanticoke.

According to an Associated Press article in Monday’s Sun-Gazette, the $6 billion project will create 450 jobs at the plant, after its construction creates hundreds if not thousands of jobs. These jobs have the potential to be family-supporting careers and the Nanticoke area is not an unreasonable commute from southeastern Lycoming County.

The company plans to build nine such plants across the country, with construction of the first underway in Texas. A study by that project by the University of Texas expects the project to have a “$25 billion ripple effect.”

It means more prospective buyers for people selling homes from southeastern Lycoming County through Columbia and Luzerne counties, more customers for restaurants and stores, more taxpayers on county and school district rolls and more neighbors joining our churches and community groups.

It means growth.

Beyond the jobs created, the plant will use a catalytic process to convert natural gas rather than more traditional processes. The catalytic process release fewer pollutants. The plant also will convert methane, itself a pollutant, into natural gas and then into fuel. Thomas Tureen, chairman of Nacero’s board, noted that the gasoline produced also releases less ground-level ozone into the air.

It all illustrates the role natural gas plays as a bridge, a source of energy that is cleaner than coal and oil and can be consumed while other alternatives to energy, such as solar, wind and hydroelectric are better developed to be realistic alternatives.

This project is progress — both on the environmental front and in terms of…

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Joan M. Furtak

Joan M. Furtak, 89, of Slocum Twp., passed away unexpectedly Friday morning, Oct. 29, 2021, at her home.

Born June 12, 1932 in Nanticoke, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Helen Novak Prushinski. Helen graduated from Nanticoke High School, Class of 1950, and found employment in New Jersey working for Hammersley Paper Company in Garfield. While there, she met her husband, Michael Furtak. They were united in marriage on April 10, 1953, and shared 37 years together until his passing on May 10, 1990. She later worked for the Grand Union Supermarket in Wayne for 30 years, retiring as a customer service manager in 1992. Joan moved back to Pennsylvania, living in Milford from 1994 until 2007 when, she returned to this area.

She was a member of St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, Nanticoke and a life member of Holy Trinity Church prior to the consolidation of the parishes. While living in New Jersey, she was a member of St. Anne’s Catholic Church, in Fairlawn and was active in the choir.

She is survived by her son, Mitchell Furtak of Slocum as well as several cousins.

Funeral services will begin 9:30 a.m. Wednesday from Davis-Dinelli Funeral Home, 170 E. Broad Street, Nanticoke, with Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Faustina Kowalska Parish, 520 S. Hanover St., Nanticoke.

Entombment will follow in the Mary Mother of God Mausoleum at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Twp.

Viewing and visitation will be held at the funeral home from 9 a.m. until transferal to the church on Wednesday morning.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in Mrs. Furtak’s memory to the Slocum Twp. Volunteer Ambulance Co. 1923 Slocum Rd., Wapwallopen, PA 18660.

To leave a message of condolence or expression of sympathy, please visit www.dinellifuneralhome.com.

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$6B gas plant planned for Nanticoke area to generate thousands of jobs

Oct. 30—NANTICOKE — A Texas-based energy company on Friday announced plans to build a $6 billion manufacturing facility on the site of a former coal mine that will produce gasoline made from natural gas and renewable natural gas and is expected to generate thousands of jobs.

Work on the facility proposed by Nacero Inc. for ex-mine land in Newport Township and Nanticoke is expected to begin within the next two years and will take four more years to complete.

State Sen. John Yudichak, who hosted a press conference about the project in his Nanticoke office, said there will be 3,500 construction jobs available to build the masive facility, with all building trades involved. Once completed, Yurdichak said the Nacero facility will employ 450 high-tech jobs that will pay $85,000 per year.

“And, it further represents an environmental transformation of Newport Township and Nanticoke City through the reclamation of mine-scarred lands to pave the way for a revolutionary manufacturing facility that will change the global market for gasoline by reducing the carbon footprint in the transportation sector by 50%,” said Yudichak, I-Swoyersville.

“This is big news,” he added.

The facility’s competitively priced, zero sulfur gasoline will be usable in contemporary cars and trucks without modification, officials said.

“We will give everyday drivers zero sulfur, 100% domestic, low- and net zero-carbon gasoline for use in their existing vehicles without modification,” Nacero CEO Jay McKenna said. “Our affordable and accessible products will clear the air and reduce global warming.”

Founded in 2015, Houston-based Nacero is bringing a new gasoline to market made from natural gas and renewable natural gas rather than crude oil, according to its website. Nacero recently broke ground on a facility in Odessa, Texas.

‘Game-changing opportunity’

Rep. Aaron Kaufer, R-Kingston, said more than a generation ago, energy in the form of anthracite coal helped Northeastern Pennsylvania lead the Industrial…

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Nacero project 2 years in the making; more work to be done

NANTICOKE — Marc Heissan, director of strategic development for Nacero Inc., said the company has been working on building a strong understanding on what it will take to develop the chosen location in Luzerne County for the past two years.

“There is still a lot of work to be done, but we will know more once we start construction on our Texas facility next year,” Heissan said.

The Texas-based company on Friday announced plans to build a $6 billion manufacturing facility on the site of a former coal mine that will produce clean gasoline made from natural gas and renewable natural gas and generate thousands of jobs.

The company said the project will bring thousands of jobs and produce tens of thousands of barrels per day of low and zero life-cycle carbon footprint gasoline made from natural gas and renewable natural gas.

Sen. John Yudichak Friday said Nacero’s decision to invest $6 billion and create nearly 4,000 new jobs represents the single largest economic development investment in the history of Luzerne County.

“And, it further represents an environmental transformation of Newport Township and Nanticoke City through the reclamation of mine scarred lands to pave the way for a revolutionary manufacturing facility that will change the global market for gasoline by reducing the carbon footprint in the transportation sector by 50%,” said Yudichak, I-Swoyersville.

But the process is just in the early stages, Yudichak said, noting that much work remains to be done to get the project up and running.

Heissan said the financial markets are looking for large scale projects like Nacero’s that involve a proven technology, have a ready market and meet an important need.

“Our affordable gasoline will be usable in today’s cars and trucks without modification, and we are…

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Healthcare Law Update: October 2021

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Return of Privileged Materials Required Due to “Callous Disregard” of Federal Prosecutors

Kathryn Isted

In Harbor Healthcare System, L.P. v. United States, 5 F.4th 593 (5th Cir. 2021), the court of appeals ruled that the district court abused its discretion in refusing to exercise its equitable jurisdiction over a healthcare provider’s motion for return of property, in which the provider sought the return of privileged materials seized by the United States during a pre-indictment criminal investigation led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas. On May 18, 2017, the government executed search warrants on Harbor Healthcare System (Harbor), seizing hundreds of boxes of paper records and 3.59 terabytes of data contained in multiple computers, hard drives, mobile devices and email accounts. The materials seized included the computer, email account, iPhone and paper documents of Eric Sprott, Harbor’s general counsel and director of compliance, and consequently, contained substantial information protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. The government assembled a “filter team” from “another division of the Eastern District” to review the seized materials for privileged information. After Harbor repeatedly sought the return of its privileged documents from the government to no avail, Harbor initiated an action in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Sept. 7, 2018, and filed a motion for the return of property under Rule 41(g) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

In that action, at the district court’s insistence, the parties proposed a “privilege-screening plan.” During the test phase of that plan, Harbor identified 3,843 emails from Sprott’s account as privileged and discovered that “a significant number of privileged documents” had already been transferred from the government’s filter team to its civil and criminal investigators. Meanwhile, the government moved to…

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