`cats' Stalks Back To Scranton 
Jeri Sager Is Featured As Grizabella In `cats,' The Andrew Lloyd Webber 
Musical Coming To Scranton Feb. 13-18 
``cats,'' The Long-running Hit Broadway Show With Music By Andrew Lloyd 
Webber, Will Be Presented In Scranton From Tuesday, Feb. 13 To Sunday, Feb.

500 Pay Tribute To Ex-mayor Namey 
Recognition Follows His 
Just-ended Stint As Mayor 
And Earlier Service As A 
City Council Member

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Too many winter drivers forget to scrape off snow &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hot chocolate? Bring it on. Sledding? Anytime, anywhere. Snowball fights? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Count us inMost winter traditions spark an deliciously warm glow of
friendship and enjoyment. But here's one that gives us the chills, year in and
year out: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Snowdrifts-on-wheels , or SOWs. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Let's retire this tradition before it leaves someone dangerously cold. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The SOWs came out again Saturday, just as they've done after every
snowstorm, just as they'll keep on doing until winter drivers kick the habit. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 You probably saw more than a few on the road: Cars so blanketed with so
much snow, they looked like -- well, like snowdrifts-on-wheels, with only a
hubcap-sized porthole in the windshield for the driver to peek through. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Back window: White. Side windows: White. Headlights: White. Brake lights:
White, now and then showing a faint pink glow. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The driver's face pressed against the porthole, frowning as though puzzled
about why he or she can't see. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 And to the rear, a white cloud trails like the tail of a snow comet, as the
car's headwind does the job the driver should have done in the first place. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The Army makes tanks with better visibility than we've seen on many SOWs.
And the service surrounds its squinting drivers with a lot more armor, too. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Brushing the snow off your car or truck should be Rule No. 1 for safe
winter driving, as routine a habit as driving a bit slower for the conditions.
But a dismaying number of people don't follow the rule. No sight broadcasts
the message, "I don't know what I'm doing!" clearer than a foot of snow
perched on a car's roof and hoods like some snowy three-cornered hat. And no
negligence seems so thoughtless as driving in the tomb-like stillness of a car
with its windows obscured. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Northeastern Pennsylvanians take an honest pride in their winter toughness.
Hmph, residents snicker, when word comes north about Washington's paralysis
under four or five inches of snow. What do you expect in the South? Here, we
know how to handle winter. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Or do we just know enough to be dangerous? &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Travel up to Buffalo or Vermont, and you'll see the difference: Cars with
every surface scraped and swept clean. People keeping "winter survival kits"
including blankets, kitty litter (for emergency traction) and snow shovels in
their trunks. Traffic holding to a very modest speed in snowy or slushy
conditions. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 As your senses will confirm, the further north you go, the more people seem
to know about winter driving. But snow is no stranger to our region. Let's
resolve not to reinvent the (steering) wheel each winter, or to forgot the
hard lessons of driving on ice and snow. And the very first rule to remember
should be: Don't drive with your windows covered with snow. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Too Many Winter Drivers Forget To Scrape Off Snow Hot Chocolate? Bring It On. Sledding? Anytime, Anywhere. Snowball Fights? Count Us In.