`lunatic' Takes Police On Wild Trip 
Ten-hour Battle Ensues Following Routine Arrest

3 Care Centers Get New Owner 
Three Area Personal Care Centers Are Part Of A Major Purchase By 
Mechanicsburg-based Balanced Care Corp.

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 PROMOTIONS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; AND HIRINGS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Five new shareholders have been appointed at Quad Three Group, an
architecture, engineering and environmental science firm based in &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Wilkes-Barre: &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Michael Fort, senior vice president of architecture and corporate office
manager, is responsible for scheduling, project management and project
personnel of the architecture division. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A graduate of Temple University and King's College, he has 20 years
experience in the construction industry. He is a Wilkes-Barre resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Joel K. Sims, senior vice president of architecture and director of
educational projects. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A graduate of Clemson University, he has worked exclusively for the past 12
years on the design of educational facilities. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a registered architect in New York and Pennsylvania and a member of
the American Institute of Architects. He also is a member of the Pennsylvania
School Boards Association, the Pennsylvania Association of School Board
Officials and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a Shavertown resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Leon Karasinski, senior vice president of design. He is a registered
architect in Pennsylvania and a member of the American Institute of
Architects. He has an extensive background in urban market design, having
worked in the Boston area for several years. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and is a member of the
Pennsylvania Society of Architects. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a Forty Fort resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Norman P. Baron, vice president of the electric utilities division. He has
20 years experience. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A graduate of Penn State University, he is responsible for all electric
utility operations in the organization. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a registered professional engineer in Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
Delaware and is a member of state and local chapters of the National Society
of Professional Engineers. He also serves as a basketball coach for Crestwood
Junior High School and is a past president of the Youth Basketball League. He
is a Mountaintop area resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Thomas J. Skibinski, vice president of environmental engineering. He is
responsible for the overall project coordination of civil, environmental and
transportation projects. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A graduate of Penn State University and the University of Scranton, he is a
member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society
of Civil Engineers and the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Professional
Engineers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He recently was named alumnus of the year at the Penn State
Worthington/Scranton campus and is past president of the campus Alumni
Society. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is the vice president of the Penn State Engineering Society and member
of Penn State's Alumni Council. He is a member and past chairman of the
Scranton Chamber of Commerce Pride and Progress Committee. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a Scranton resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Sharon Harry has been named executive director of the Wyoming Valley
Children's Association. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Harry, who has served as acting director since July, is a graduate of
Bloomsburg University. She has experience with the agency as a preschool
teacher, early intervention teacher and program director. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She is a Forty Fort resident. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dr. Martin D. Blidner has joined the Arthritis Center of Northeastern
Pennsylvania. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Blidner is a rheumatologist specializing in the management of patients with
arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions. He is board certified in internal
medicine and rheumatology and has attained fellowship status in both the
American College of Rheumatology and the American College of Physicians. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Blidner is a graduate of the University of the East Medical Center in the
Philippines and served a residency in internal medicine at Overlook Hospital
in New Jersey. His fellowship training in rheumatology was spent at the
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Blidner also served as chief of the Division of Medicine and director of
the Department of Rheumatology at Geisinger Medical Group in Wilkes-Barre. He
also served as vice chief of staff, director of rehabilitation medicine and
director of quality improvement at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Victoria Tuffy has been named to the position of supervisor, Human
Resources for the Pittston and Birch Hill facilities in O-Z/Gedney's Cast
Operations division. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Tuffy holds a bachelor's degree in psychology from the California
University of Pennsylvania and a master's degree in human resources
administration with a specialization as a human resources generalist from the
University of Scranton. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 A. Edward Nork has joined First Heritage &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Bank as a vice president. He will be responsible for commercial lending and
business development. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nork is a graduate of King's College. He has 14 years in bank management
positions and was a bank examiner for 12 years with the Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, the supervisory agency of national banks. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Nork is a director for the United Credit Bureau, a member of the board of
United Way of Wyoming Valley, treasurer of the Wyoming Valley Country Club and
a baseball coach for the Nanticoke Teener League. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Lois M. Krommes of Berwick has been promoted from independent sales
associate to independent branch adviser, the first level of sales field
management in The Longaberger Company, which markets home products, including
baskets, pottery and dinnerware, and home accessories. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dr. Edward A. "Tony" Groblewski, a family practice physician in the Wyoming
Valley for many years, &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 has joined the Geisinger Clinic. He will continue to see patients at his
two area offices in Kingston and Lehman Township and will provide hospital
care at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Groblewski completed his pre-medical education at Wilkes College and earned
a medical degree from Thomas Jefferson School of Medicine in Philadelphia. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He spent his residency at Wilkes-Barre Mercy Hospital and Nesbitt Memorial
Hospital. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a member of the Luzerne County Medical Society. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Judy Popky, a daughter of Martin and Janet Popky of Kingston, has been
named assistant media director of &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Ogilvy &amp; Mather South's Atlanta office. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Popky joined the agency in 1992 as an assistant media planner and was
promoted to media planner in 1993 and media group planning supervisor in 1994. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 She is a 1992 graduate of Syracuse University and a resident of Roswell,
Ga. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Mark Himelstein, formerly of the Wyoming Valley, has been appointed vice
president of engineering and chief technology officer of ENlighten capital n
Software Solutions of San Mateo, Calif. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Himelstein is a graduate of Wilkes University and the University of
California, Davis. He is a son of Sandra Himelstein of Kingston and the late
Joseph Himelstein. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He is a resident of Saratoga, Calif. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Himelstein has more than 17 years of UNIX and open systems engineering
experience. Previously, he worked for Apple Computer, where he served as
engineering director for Apple's Open Systems and Core Tools groups. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 RETIREMENTS &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Dr. Louis Maganzin, a College Misericordia professor for more than 30
years, has retired. He taught courses in American history, including survey
courses, junior and senior seminars, and special courses in the American
Revolution and the Cold War. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 At a dinner in his honor, he received the title professor emeritus.
Friends, colleagues and former students also have established the Dr. Louis
Maganzin Scholarship. The endowment will provide an annual scholarship for a
student of American history. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He served for 20 years as chair of the History, Government and Geography
Division, which later became part of the Division of Humanities. In 1973, he
started the Campus Scholarship Committee for Graduate Studies and served as
chair until August 1994. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 He also received the 1988 Trustee Associates Award in recognition of his
outstanding contributions to education at Misericordia and other area colleges
and universities. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Maganzin was voted core curriculum Teacher of the Year four times -- more
than any other professor in the history of the award, whose recipient is
chosen by students. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 During his tenure, he also served as director of the liberal studies
program, chair of the President's Advisory Committee on Student Life and on
the Academic Policies Committee of the Faculty Senate. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Corporate Ladder 
Promotions 
And Hirings 
Five New Shareholders Have Been Appointed At Quad Three Group, An 
Architecture, Engineering And Environmental Science Firm Based In 
Wilkes-barre: 
Michael Fort, Senior Vice President Of Architecture And Corporate Office

Corporate Ladder Promotions And Hirings Five New Shareholders Have Been Appointed At Quad Three Group, An Architecture, Engineering And Environmental Science Firm Based In Wilkes-barre: Michael Fort, Senior Vice President Of Architecture And Corporate Office