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High School Golf: Season swings into action today with Tryba Tournament

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Annual dragon boat races held on Susquehanna River

<p>Five new Luzerne County 911 telecommunicators were hired in July, but the county still had 14 openings as of last week, said the agency&#8217;s Executive Director Fred Rosencrans.</p><p>The department has stepped up public advertising for the position through social media and in newspaper advertisements, he said.</p><p>Telecommunicators must process incoming emergency calls and dispatch police and other emergency personnel, he said.</p><p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a fast-paced job that&#8217;s also very rewarding,&#8221; Rosencrans said.</p><p>The new telecommunicators, all hired at $15.38 per hour: Ariel Branigan, Brittany Colson, Jessica Crawford, Ryan Hughes and Breanna Walker.</p><p><strong>Other personnel</strong></p><p>The seven other employees hired in July, along with their positions and hourly pay, according to the new released monthly personnel report: Nathan Fritz, central court case management coordinator, $19.23; William Kingsbury, assessor real property field investigator, $13.64; Joseph McBride, Mark Sueta and Lynn Watt, Children and Youth caseworker 1, $15.82; Marie Rondinella, Aging Agency clerk, $12.46; and Amber Wanko, Aging Agency care manager, $17.38.</p><p>Prison correctional officer Jacob Dohmen left employment during the month in a departure described as an &#8220;involuntary separation,&#8221; and 911 telecommunicator Jeffrey Beisel was terminated, the report said.</p><p>Court branch senior law clerk Lawrence Klemow retired, and the following workers resigned, it said: Christine Corbett, Aging Agency care manager; Vincent Peter Fayock, assessment real property field investigator trainee; Catherine Lee, prison nurse; Lynn Lesh, Children and Youth caseworker 2; Philip Schlegel and Edwin Velez, deputy sheriffs; Sarah Schultz, district attorney adult victims witness coordinator; John Sobota, assistant public defender; and Mara Stella, solicitor&#8217;s administrative support worker.</p><p><strong>Promotions</strong></p><p>The report listed six &#8220;internal merit hires.&#8221;</p><p>The employees promoted, along with their new positions and hourly pay: Peter Ackourey, IT network administrator, $23.63; Alexandra Bolsar, district attorney adult victims witness coordinator, $14.66; Stephen Geist, court law clerk, $38; Michael Jablonski, mental health/developmental services caseworker 2, $17.83; Justin Paul Richards, assistant conflict counsel, $26.72; and Joshua Scott, prison correctional officer, $15.88.</p><p><strong>Employee alerts</strong></p><p>Several county departments have been working on a policy and procedures to send mass notifications to all workers, according to the July division head report.</p><p>County Manager C. David Pedri had initiated the idea after a March 2017 firebombing at the county Children and Youth offices in Wilkes-Barre that was quickly extinguished without injuries and a May 2018 bomb scare that turned out to be unfounded.</p><p><strong>Human Services event</strong></p><p>Registration is now open for the free 2019 county Community Cares Expo, which runs from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Plains Township.</p><p>Topics will include Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, transgender culture, older adult protective services and navigating the substance use disorder treatment system.</p><p>More information is available at <a href="https://lwsoc.org/expo2019/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://lwsoc.org/expo2019</a>.</p><p><strong>Road work</strong></p><p>The $1.4 million reconstruction of Chase Road in Jackson Township should be finished in mid-October, county Operational Services Division Head Edmund O&#8217;Neill told council last week.</p><p>O&#8217;Neill said the project was tackled in sections to help with traffic flow. It will include new piping, rock outfalls and guiderails.</p><style>
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