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College Football: Misericordia, King’s, Wilkes vying for postseason

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Petula Clark will be in Wilkes-Barre’s ‘Downtown’ on Wednesday

&#8226; Coal: Does anyone else consider the ubiquitous campaign signs along highways and in other public spaces an eyesore?Now that the election is over, there is absolutely no reason for any of the signs to still be dotting the landscape.But the trouble is there are no statewide rules on when the signs can go up and when they must come down.The only guidance offered by PennDOT is they cannot be put within the state&#8217;s right of way and on utility poles.But as a spokesman admitted previously: &#8220;We don&#8217;t have the time and resources to devote to this.&#8221;So, many signs stay in places they should not be. And they stick around way longer than they should.We would encourage other municipalities to follow Kingston&#8217;s example.The borough has an ordinance that states signs have to be removed within 14 days &#8220;after the election for which the sign was posted.&#8221;That sure seems like a fair amount of time.&#8226; Diamond: Don&#8217;t count Geisinger Health System among those institutions that keep major news from the public.Less than an hour after notifying employees &#8212; and that includes some six-figure executives, not just rank-and-file staff &#8212; Geisinger sent a press release to media outlets about the departure of CEO David T. Feinberg.From what we gathered, many inside Geisinger were shocked by the news.But media members didn&#8217;t have to get tipped off.Geisinger was extremely prompt in alerting the public it serves, and that&#8217;s a very good sign.&#8226; Diamond: A summertime incident involving a woman having a heart attack at Planet Fitness in Edwardsville is yet another fine example of our everyday heroes at work.They don&#8217;t usually make headlines.But they did this week when Edwardsville council honored Trans-Med paramedics Dave Prohaska and Jamie Souder for saving Carol Centrella&#8217;s life.Major kudos to Planet Fitness staff as well who quickly observed that Centrella was in distress and did what they could to help before emergency workers arrived.&#8220;Had I been home by myself I would have been dead,&#8221; said Centrella, of Kingston.Thank goodness things worked out like they did.&#8226; Diamond: This isn&#8217;t a salvo aimed at Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tony George, but instead a diamond for the resident who suggested taking a look at George&#8217;s hefty salary during a budget hearing Thursday.With the city in such financial distress, as the mayor has tried to prove to the state, shouldn&#8217;t every expense be reviewed?And what the citizen proposed wasn&#8217;t radical.Reducing the mayor&#8217;s pay from $82,000 annually to anywhere between $72,000 and $75,000 is not an insult. It&#8217;s the reality of being the leading figure in a cash-strapped city.Hopefully, the idea gains some traction.&#8226; Diamond: Getting back to the election for a moment, we will hand out tiny diamonds to the general public &#8212; those who are registered to vote, that is &#8212; for the 52.45 percent turnout recorded in Luzerne County during Tuesday&#8217;s midterm election.Not great.But much better than some percentages posted recently.For example, May&#8217;s primary drew only 15.5 percent of registered Democrats in the county and about 24 percent of Republicans.The real test of this resurgence in interest will come during next year&#8217;s municipal elections, when races of a lesser profile are decided.&#8212; Times Leader<style>
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Our View: Diamonds to Geisinger and rescuers, but coal for campaign signs