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Suzanne T. Fanti Mancini

August 10, 2010

Suzanne T. Fanti Manci-ni, 63, of Pittston passedaway Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2010,in Geisinger Wyoming Val-ley Medical Center, PlainsTownship.

Born in Pittston, she wasthedaughterof thelate Gui-do andMaryStella Fanti.

Suzanne was a memberof St. Anthony of PaduaChurch, Exeter, and was agraduate of Exeter HighSchool.

Prior to her retirement,she worked as a managerfor a drug store in Newfane,N.Y., and previously at theRexShoe Co., Exeter.

S h e wa s p re ce d e d indeath by her husband, Rob-ert Mancini, on Jan. 24,

1999.Surviving are her sisters,

Lillian Russo, St. Louis,Mo.; Dinah Marianacci,Exeter; Pauline Orlandini,Wyoming; Clara Schultz,Exeter Township; and Glo-ria Cinti, Plains Township;stepchildren, Heidi, Felicia,Tammy and R.C., all of LasVegas; several g randchil-dren and numerous niecesand nephews. Also surviv-

ing is her companion andcaregiver, John Brogna,Pittston.

The funeral will be held

at 9 a.m. Saturday fromGubbiotti Funeral Home,1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter.

A M a s s o f C h r is t ia nBurial will follow at 9:30

a.m. at St. Anthony of Pad-ua Church, Memorial Ave-nue, Exeter, with the Rev.Raymond Tabon, O.S.J., offi-ciating.

I n t e r m e n t w i l l b e i nMount Olivet Cemetery,Carverton section of Kings-ton Township.

Friends may call from 6to8 p.m. Friday atthe funer-al home.

Donations in Suzannes

memory may be made to St.Judes Childrens ResearchHospital, 262Danny ThomasPlace, Memphis, TN 38105.

DIVORCES SOUGHT

Jamison Rybak, Mountain Top, vs. Christine Rybak, Wilkes-Barre;married Oct. 31, 1994; Sherry A. Dalessandro, attorney.

Lynnette Solack, Luzerne, vs. James Cruthers, Kingston; marriedMay 5, 2007; Leonard L. Junker, attorney.

COURT NOTES

Gas drilling foes raise civil liberties issueBy Patrick Sweet

Staff Writer

DALLAS TWP. Naturalgasdrilling may leadto a vio-lation of Pennsylvanianscivil liberties.

At least, that was one of

theclaims made bymembersof the Gas Drilling Aware-ness Coalition an outspo-ken anti-drilling group atits meeting Wednesday nightat the Dallas United Method-istChurch. Because the stateconstitution guaranteesclean airand water, theysaid,if a gas driller contaminatesa homes water supply it hasviolated that homeownersconstitutional rights.

We have to succeed instopping this industry, coali-tion founder Dr. ThomasJiuntasaid.

Themeetingwas held afterDallas Townshipsupervisorsadmitted they didnt knowenough about natural gasdrilling when Chief Gather-ing LLC a subsidiary ofTexas-based Chief Oil & Gas

approached the townshipabout acquiring a 50-foot

easement for a pipeline torun through a park on OldTunkhannock Highway.

Coalition members saidtownship supervisors PhilipWalter, Frank Wagner andGlenn Howell were in atten-dance but left directly afterthemeeting.Attempts to con-tact each at his home wereunsuccessful.

Chief representativesWar-ren Mahan and Larry Kingweresupposedto give presen-tations,coalition member LizMartin said. Neither was inattendance.

Jiunta, a podiatric sur-geon, gave a presentationabout therisksof natural gasdrilling to the group extend-ing into more than a dozenpews.

Im nota scientist, Imnot

a geologist, Im not an engi-neer, Jiunta said, Ive beenstudying this stuff for abouta year I think we all needto wake up to whats goingon.

Jiunta pointedto the envi-r o n m en t a l d i s a st e r i nDimock Township as evi-dence of natural gas drill-ings impact. He also gave awell blow-out in ClearfieldCounty and a number of

pipeline accidents reportedby the Associated Press asexamples.

The state Department ofEnvironmental Protection,Jiuntasaid,along with stateand county officials need tostep forward and protect resi-dents.

It behooves everybody toget their water independent-

ly tested, Jiunta said. Ourcounty elected officials havedone nothing to protect us.Ourstate Legislatureis doingnothing to protect us.

The group praised stateRep. Phyllis Mundys spon-sorship of a drilling morato-rium. The Kingston Demo-crats bill was co-sponsored

by state Rep. Karen Boback,R-Harveys Lake.

State Sen. Lisa Baker, R-Harveys Lake, on the otherhand, was lambastedfor notstanding behind the morato-rium. A representative forBaker toldthe group the sen-

ator was taking other ave-nues to protect her constitu-ents because the moratoriumwouldnever pass.

He eventually gave up onspeaking after severalshout-ing people in the crowdrepeatedlyinterruptedhim.

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