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Lynnette’s Twirlerettes recently held a twirling benefit for the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter on March 5th at the Steam-town Mall in Scranton. Students from all 3 divisions, Car-bondale, Forest City and Lake Ariel took part in this fund-raising event for the animals. Photos and more information can be found at www.lynnettestwirlerettes.com. Pictured giving the donation left to right are twirlers Madison Kilmer, Kaitlyn Kilmer and accepting from Griffin Pond Animal Shel-ter- Anastasia Daniels.

Lynnette’s donates to Griffin Pond Animal Shelter

High Honor Roll Grade 12 – Neal Albright, Julia Bailey, Kayla Bebla, Anna Congdon, Courtney Daniels, Larissa Grigaitis, Mary Hall, Haley Moyer, Jaime Phillips, Cheyenna Vaverchak

Honor Roll Grade 12 – Crys-tal Akers, Jerry Babcock, Joseph Baron, Monique Barrese, Kate-lynn Barry, Alex Bean, Brian Cos-let, Kyra Fortuner, Desmond Lee, Miranda McCartney, Alexander O’Neill, Katrina Ondrako, David Pollak, Tazzera Rousseau, Ricki-Lyn Sampson, Sarah Stephens, Daniel Venetz, Shelby Weber

High Honor Roll Grade 11 – Heather Agentovich, Kendra Ben-dyk, Jeffrey Burrell, Kayla Jonas, Ryan Kelleher, Matthew Keller, Emily Lewis, Allison Lipko, Nicholas Megivern, Maria Mon-tauredes, Don Nguyen, Wolfgang Parente, Jared Paulin, Joseph Pi-otrowski, Mikaylah Rutledge

Honor Roll Grade 11 –Jacklyn Akers, Joshua Grudier, Michael Kelly, Emily Nichols, Dayna Pace, Mahala Sampson

High Honor Roll Grade 10 – Ian Bailey, Caylin Gibbs, Sarah McHale, Matthew Trotter, Erin Urban

Honor Roll Grade 10 – Pavol Almasi, Lee Clarke, MacKenzie Hartman, Kevin Kelly, Rebecca Moyer, Corryn Prince, Samantha Searles, William Stephens, Noah Yates

High Honor Roll Grade 9 – Blaise Albright, Cameron Brucher, Chloe Calabro, Jordan Coles, Josh-ua Doyle, Collin Ennis, Matthew Giles, Sarah Hunt, Emily Ker-noschak, Maggie Kowalewski, Elle Mayers, Katie Nguyen, Riley O’Neill, Keanue Rosario

Honor Roll Grade 9 – Emily Arthur, Luke Bender, Ethan Bran-ning, Anthony D’Antuono, Nicole DellaRocco, Natalie Lipko, Joshua Loysch, Emil Mikolon, Charles Mullikin, Katie Nebzydoski, Jes-sica Notari, Kathryn Novajosky, Lucas O’Neill, Eric Paulin, Alissa Pelick, Thomas Piotrowski, Peigh-ton Smith, Laura Statkun

High Honor Roll Grade 8 – Nicholas Andrews, Madeline Bailer, Matthew Carey, Jessica Curley, Tyler Curtis, Corey Dan-iels, Gary Druhl, Bryan Dulski, Emily Kelleher, Kara Kelly, Jona-than Lipko, Kaleigh Matoushek, Alexander Montauredes, Bryce Rutledge, Tyler Skotch, Angel Vasquez

Honor Roll Grade 8 – Sasha Cano, Justin D’Antuono, Carmine Gigliotti, James Gulbin, Kendra Karwan, Jacob Tighe

High Honor Roll Grade 7 – Montana Cook, Madison Mc-Cracken, Henry Nebzydoski, Isa-bella Pleska, Hope Reams, Claire Urbas

Honor Roll Grade 7 – Arthur Bronson, Christopher Burnis, Branson Casper, Rhiannon De-pew, Charles Ewins, Stepha-nie Graham, Jacob Gray, Brady Hentschel, Kaitlyn Keller, Quinn Kovaleski, Erin Pearsall, Isabelle Richner, Rocco Sassani, Madeline Shema, Skyla Silfee, Alex Smith, Abigail Swegel, Robert Swegel, Jacob Wiley

Forest City Honor Roll

By State Senator Lisa BakerA serious, nasty, and debili-

tating budget deadlock that boils over into a second cal-endar year should be the cata-lyst for fundamental reforms of the state budget process. People argue about everything these days, but that assertion is really hard to refute.

The entrenched political, philosophical, and regional differences found across Penn-sylvania mean the state bud-get process is unlikely to ever be straightforward and har-monious. Throw in negative economic and fiscal factors complicating the situation, and the odds are against a healthy budget surplus easing the discord soon. Those who want to expand state govern-ment and those who want to shrink it fight more fervently. Put these factors together, and the conclusion is discourag-ing: our state faces a succes-sion of difficult budgets, and that increases the chances for continuing budget crisis.

Fortunately, legislators have the power to fix this broken process, and need just to find the will.

Not long ago, taxpayers and some legislators said enough is enough. In 2009, the im-passe over Governor Rendell’s next-to-last state budget went past the hundred-day mark. Unhappiness in local commu-nities dictated that substantial repairs to the state budget pro-cess were needed.

Why no action then? Tom Corbett’s ability to deliver on-time budgets seemed to subtract from the sense of ur-gency. The arguments over the content of those budgets intensified, but at least the timetable was on track.

The current budget stand-off dwarfs its predecessors in length and depth and disrup-tion. The balance sheet on this prolonged problem is ugly – disruption for service provid-ers, hardship for many who depend on state services, an-noyance for taxpayers, dimin-ished citizen confidence, sus-

pended development projects, and a sharp drop in financial standing.

The most effective remedy is to continue state funding when a new budget is not approved by July 1st. Keep running the state under the old budget. To prevent overspending, set the funding rate at 80%, leaving room for deciding the ultimate spending and taxing levels. It is short enough of the needs that the incentive remains for adoption of a full state budget. By preventing a bottomless budget crisis, this step reduces the potential for a bad budget done out of desperation. Put this carry-forward budget re-quirement in the state Consti-tution, so it is not ignored or suspended, as a law can be.

Complementary legislation sets a timeline for concrete steps legislators must take be-tween the budget address and the budget deadline, to help compel action and avoid the recalcitrance that contributed to the 2009 deadlock. These proposals are essential, but not exclusive. Reform measures advanced by other legislators could easily be folded in.

A budget standoff results from political disagreement, miscalculation, and intransi-gence. These factors will al-ways threaten to metastasize into a malignant deadlock. The prudent, reachable goal is to avoid harmful impacts – borrowing, layoffs, program cutbacks or shutdowns – when political brinksmanship takes over.

The current crisis has stripped the standard objec-tions to change of their per-suasiveness.

Governors generally believe they alone have statewide and long-range interests at heart. In their view, lose leverage, lose power, lose ability to force a productive result. However, the exercise of power in the name of leverage exhibited by Governor Wolf’s veto of the entire state budget last June did not advance solution and deepened the harm to Penn-

sylvania.Bury a myth – split politi-

cal control does not ordain a budget crisis. One of the worst occurred in 1977 when the Democrats controlled state government.

How about changing the players? Well, since 2009, there is a new governor, most of the legislative leadership has turned over, and many rank-and-file legislators are new. Must be the process itself is defective.

The overriding argument for reform is the realization that this budget crisis and those to come are different in cause and in consequence. For de-cades, budget crises occurred when recessions cut into state revenues and drove up spend-ing obligations. Eventually, agreement would be reached on tax increases to tide things over until economic recovery revived revenue collections. Legislative leaders would then line up the votes to carry out the deal.

That formula is obsolete. Taxpayer resistance to tax hikes and insistence on spend-ing cuts to deal with revenue shortfalls grows each year. In competitive times, relying on tax increases as a first resort is economically counterpro-ductive. Discretionary money once used to secure votes has been done away with. Fund-ing for the project pots used similarly has been diminished. Moderates who would sup-port negotiated budgets are fewer in number. But the big-gest difference today is that rising future costs, most nota-bly pension contributions, out-race expected revenues.

So there it is. The modern budget crisis is more compli-cated. The method for solv-ing crises in the past has been rendered outmoded by irre-versible economic and politi-cal changes. Pennsylvania has tried changing the players. The only option remaining is to reform the process itself.

Budget Deadlock Inflicts Community Hardships, Compels Reform

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Day in New York CitySaturday, April 23, 2016

Cost.....$50 per person * 7 a.m. Departure Forest City & Carbondale* Depart NYC 6 p.m.

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Carbondale Cross WalkMarch 25

The Carbondale Area Min-isterium sponsored Cross Walk will begin at 11 a.m. on Good Friday, March 25th at 99 Brooklyn Street, former auction and auto center. The Cross will lead the proces-sion through the Carbondale downtown area and finish at the Greater Carbondale YMCA where a simple fellowship lun-cheon will be served. The pub-lic is cordially invited to join at the beginning of the Walk or at any time along the way. For more details, please call Pastor Frank Garcia, 570-497-9229.

Make a bookat Pl. Mt. Library

Pleasant Mount Library will host a free family friendly pro-gram on Thursday March 31 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This work-shop is about the critters that live in our neighborhood.

It will be led by Lindsay Bar-rett George: artist, author and illustrator of children’s books, book maker and member of the Northeast Audubon Society.

Participants will take a vir-tual discovery walk through the woods, look for clues and then make a book about what they saw. The “Who’s Been Here?” book is yours to keep.

Families are encouraged to attend, but children over age 8 may attend on their own. For more information call Pleasant Mount Public Library at 570448-2573.

Wednesday, March 16, 12 noon, Presbyterian Church, Church St., (Fellowship lun-cheon following)

Wednesday, March 23, 7 p.m., Carbondale Chamber of Com-merce building, 27 N. Main St.

HOLY THURSDAY, March 24:

--Mt. Carmel Catholic, 15 Fallbrook St., 7 p.m.

--St. Rose Catholic Church Church, 6 N. Church St., 7 p.m.

--Berean Baptist Church, 33 Lincoln Ave., 7 p.m.

--Trinity Episcopal Church at Christ Church, 700 Delaware St., Forest City, 6:30 p.m.

GOOD FRIDAY, March 25 --Cross-walk, 11 a.m. Start-

ing at 99 Brooklyn St. next to Carbondale high school

--St. Rose Catholic Church, 6 N. Church St., 12 noon

--Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 15 Fallbrook St., 3 p.m.

--St. Rose Catholic Church, 6 N. Church St., Stations of the Cross, 7 pm

--Presbyterian Church, 76 Sa-lem Ave., 12 noon

--Trinity Episcopal Church, 58 River St., 6:30 p.m.

HOLY SATURDAY, March 26

--St. Rose Catholic Church, 6 N. Church St., Vigil, 8 p.m.

--Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 15 Fallbrook St., Vigil,

8 p.m.--St. James-St. George Epis-

copal Church, 398, Washington Ave., Jermyn, 6:30 p.m.

EASTER SUNDAY SERVIC-ES, March 27

Sunrise Service: 7 a.m. Com-munity Sunrise service in the Methodist Church pavilion, Terrace St.

Fellowship breakfast follow-ing in the Presbyterian Church Hall.

St. Rose Catholic Church, 6 N. Church St., 7:30 a.m., 9 a.m., 11:15 a.m.

St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 46 Midland St., Simpson, 9 a.m.

Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Church, 15 Fallbrook St., 10 a.m.

Trinity Episcopal Church, 58 River St., 11 a.m.

Berean Baptist Church, 33 Lincoln Ave., 11 a.m.

Presbyterian Church, 76 Sa-lem Ave., 10:30 a.m.

Methodist Church, 20 N. Church St., 10 a.m.

Covenant Reformed Church, 47 Church St., 11 a.m.

North Valley Baptist Church, 1300 Old Plank Road, Mayfield, PA, 10:30 a.m.

Community Bible Church, 1352 Heart Lake Road, Jermyn, 10:30 a.m.

C’dale Area 2016 Lenten &Holy Week Church Services

Lewis E. PriceUnion Dale

Lewis E. Price of Union Dale, went home to be with the Lord at home on Friday, March 18, 2016. His is survived by his wife of 64 years, the former Lil-lian Tusar.

Born in Herrick Twp. on October 5, 1928, he was the son of the late Paul W. and Helen Pickering Price. He at-tended the Herrick Center High School and was a lifetime member of the Herrick Center Baptist Church. Before retir-ing, he was a dairy farmer and was later employed by Agway and LaVelle Real Estate. He was also a volunteer for meals on wheels and a trustee of the Lyon Street Cemetery and the Herrick Center Baptist Church.

He enjoyed the outdoors, especially hunting. When he died, he was living on the farm where he was born. He en-joyed traveling, visiting all 50 states, Egypt, Israel, the Brit-ish Isles and the Caribbean Is-lands.

Also surviving are a son: Edward Price and wife Sue, Union Dale; two grandsons: Micah Price and wife Brandy, Thompson; Benjamin Price and wife Elizabeth, Chadds Ford; 4 great grandsons: Owen and Austin Price and Lachlan and Hudson Price; two sis-ters: Gwendolyn Bomysoad, Binghamton, NY; Julia Rude and husband Charles, Pleas-ant Mount; two sisters-in-law: Lynn Price and Donna Price; and numerous nephews and nieces who loved him dearly.

He was also preceded in death by two sisters: Bernice Butler and Ila Williams; and three brothers: Raymond, Clarence, and William Price.

The funeral was Tuesday, March 22 in the Jones & Bren-nan Funeral Home, 430 Main Street, Forest City, with com-bined services by his nephews Richard and Thomas Butler and Pastor Albert Rodriguez. Interment, Lyon Street Cem-etery, Herrick Twp.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lyon Street Cemetery Association, 3868 Old Newburg Turnpike, Union Dale, PA 18470 or the Herrick Center Baptist Church, 3868 Old Newburg Turnpike , Union Dale, PA 18470.

For online condolences, please visit the funeral home’s website.

Area Obituaries