CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PITTSTON TOMATO

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32nd Annual Pittston Tomato Festival
August 20-23, 2015
Pittston, Pennsylvania
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TOMATO TIME
32nd Pittston Tomato Festival gets underway Thursday
By Nick Wagner
nwagner@timesleader.com
Four days of fun, food and
fights!
More than 50,000 people are
expected in downtown Pittston
this week as the 32nd Annual
Pittston Tomato Festival gets
underway on Thursday. During
the four days of tomato fun,
the Quality Tomato Capital of
the World offers something for
everyone.
The festival runs from Thursday, Aug. 20 to Sunday, Aug.
23 and is considered one of the
best, tastiest festival in Northeast Pennsylvania.
The festival features a plethora of homemade American and
ethnic food, live entertainment,
a gala parade, a 5K run and fun
ralk, games, rides, beer and, of
course, home-grown Pittston
tomatoes.
The festival officially opens
at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20
with an opening ceremony set
for 6 p.m. at the city’s bandstand, followed by live entertainment by Windfall.
The festival continues Friday
with performances by Danny
Argo and Friends and a few
other bands.
Saturday begins the real
party.
The 5K Race will begin at
10 a.m. through the streets of
downtown. Registration for the
16th Annual Pittston Tomato
Festival 5K Run, sponsored by
Geisinger, is set for 9:30 a.m.
at the Greater Pittston YMCA.
The awards ceremony for the
race will be at 11:30 a.m.
Following the race, the
parade will begin on South
Main Street and swing around
to Kennedy Boulevard. The
parade will begin at 10:30
a.m. on Saturday and will be
televised live on Fox 56. The
parade will start at the A-Plus
Mini Mart, continue through
South Main Street and down
Kennedy Boulevard, ending at
the Cooper’s Co-op building.
Tomato Festival Treasurer
Tom Sewatsky is grand marshal.
Saturday also features the
Tomato Festival Queen Scholarship Pageant from 1 to 2 p.m.
and live entertainment on the
bandstand throughout the evening. The biggest of all, however, just might be the Tomato
Fights in Cooper’s parking
lot. Hundreds of willing, and
unwilling, participants will line
up on either side of the parking lot and bombard each other
with tomatoes. That starts at
1:30 p.m.
The tradition of the tomato
fights began in 1944 in Bunol,
Spain. Every year, truckloads
of tomatoes are dumped into
the town square and everyone
is fair game as they crush and
throw tomatoes at each other.
The Pittston Tomato Fights
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2015 Pittston
Tomato Festival
Committee
will be a bit more organized, albeit
still chaotic, and truckloads of fun.
The Tomato Contest begins at 7
p.m. at the Committee Stand. The
largest, smallest, ugliest and most
perfect tomatoes will be judged.
The Little Miss & Little Mr. Tomato Contest will be held from 10:30
a.m. to noon on Sunday.
Entertainment will be another
highlight of the day on Sunday. Until
the festival closes at 10 p.m., local
musicians will be at the bandshell.
After a brief haitis from the festival
two years ago, Sauce Wars returns for
a second straight year. In 2013, the
event was cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. CrisNics in Wilkes-Barre
took home the award for the best
sauce last year. You can vote for the
best sauce throughout the weekend at
the Greater Pittston YMCA stand.
For the second straight year, the
Sunday Dispatch will see how good
your aim is. At booth 47, contestants
can bring their Dispatch Dollar,
found in today’s edition as well as in
the Aug. 23 edition, for three bean
bag tosses at our Dispatch door.
Make all three bags and pick a prize
of your choice.
This year’s prizes include a die-cast
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a $1 donation, or a Dispatch Dollar,
patrons get three tosses.
Prizes also include Sunday Dispatch neon hipster sunglasses, limit-
ed edition T-shirts, key chains, water
bottles and many others.
All money raised at the Dispatch
stand on Thursday, Friday and Sunday will be donated to the Care and
Concern Ministries and its food pantry.
Stop by the Dispatch booth on
Saturday to make a donation to the
Jenkins Township Little League.
Former Major League Baseball player
Andy Ashby will be on hand from 6
to 7:30 p.m. to sign autographs. The
Dispatch will provide 8x10 photos of
Ashby for autographs. A donation is
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Chairperson - Lori Nocito
Co-chairpersons - Michael
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Vendor chairperson - Susan
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Committee Stand
chairperson - Ben Tielle
Parade chairperson - James
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5K Run chairperson - Jay
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Contest chairperson - Judy
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Grounds supervisors - Mike
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Treasurer - Tom Sewatsky, CPA
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Keeping them straight
Treasurer Tom Sewatsky
will lead annual parade
By Nick Wagner
Since the beginning of
the Pittston Tomato Festival, Tom Sewatsky has
been keeping the books
of the city’s largest event.
In his 32nd year as
Tomato Festival treasurer, the certified public
accountant has seen 31
different grand marshals
lead the annual parade
around downtown
Pittston. This year, however, Sewatsky will lead
the parade himself.
Sewatsky was recently
named the grand marshal of the 32nd Pittston
Tomato Festival Parade
by the festival committee
and will lead the parade
starting at 10:30 a.m. on
Saturday, Aug. 22. The
parade is televised on
Fox 56 each year.
“I was humbled by it to
say the least,” he said.
Sewatsky will ask his
nephew to throw out
candy during the parade.
A few weeks back,
Sewatsky headed to the
monthly Tomato Festival
meeting, thinking the
group was going to discuss the grand marshal.
In years past, he said, the
group would meet and
decide on an individual.
While at the meeting,
Sewatsky said the group
turned to him and said,
“You’re the grand marshal.”
“What did you do —
run out of people?” he
said he asked committee
members.
“I was a little taken
back. In my opinion,
the volunteers make the
Tomato Festival. They
are the people that really
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Local accountant Tom Sewatsky has been named the 2015 Tomato Festival Parade
Grand Marshal.
PAST PARADE
GRAND MARSHALS
2014 - Rose Randazzo
2013 - Ray Preby
2012 - Jerry Mullarkey
2011 - Dr. Joseph Lombardo
2010 - Care and Concern Clinic
2009 - Biagio Dente
2008 - All volunteers, vendors,
performers and loyal festival
attendees
2007 - Val D’Elia (posthumously)
2006 - The Joyce Brothers: John,
Joseph, William and David
2005 - Joseph Traviglione
2004 - Local officials: Mayor
Michael Lombardo, John Gavigan,
Chris Latona, Ken Bangs, Phil
Campenni, Donna Connors,
Charles Infantino, Gerry Mullarkey,
Savino Bonita, Paul Porfirio, Frank
Roman and Tom Tigue
2003 - Rev. Robert Romano
2002 - Russell Gunton
2001 - Michael Marranca
2000 - Maria Capolarella Montante
1999 - Robert Conroy Sr.
1998 - John Grimes and Mae
Reddington McHugh
1997 - Arthur Bartolai
1996 - Albert Melone and Margaret
Labarre Daniels
1995 - Joseph Joyce
1994 - Samuel Falcone
1993 - Mayor Thomas Walsh
1992 - Michael Insalaco
1991 - Eleanor Adonizio and Dolly
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make sure everything is welloiled.”
Sewatsky, 63, knows all
about the Tomato Festival and
the surrounding area.
A 1970 graduate of St. John’s
High School, he graduated
from King’s College in accounting prior to working for Albert
B. Melone CPAs from 1974-88.
Sewatsky was then named
Regional Manager for the
Pennsylvania Department of
Revenue in Scranton, a position he held from 1988 until he
retired earlier this spring.
“I’ve lost 20 pounds since
I retired,” Sewatsky laughed.
“I’m not sitting at a desk all
day eating. It’s enjoyable.”
Back in 1983, Sewatsky was
under the tutelage of Albert
Melone Sr., calling Melone one
of his early mentors. Melone
always told Sewatsky civic duty
was the most important thing.
When 1983 rolled around,
Val D’Elia and Bob Conroy had
the idea to create a Pittston
festival. Sewatsky was also
the treasurer for the Pittston
Bicentennial Committee, the
group behind the Coal Miner
Statue on Kennedy Boulevard
and North Main Street.
“It was kind of a no-brainer,”
Sewatsky said about being
named treasurer for the Tomato Festival. He’s been handing
the cash flow ever since.
Once the Tomato Festival rolls around each year,
Sewatsky’s job begins. According to him, most of the event’s
profits come from the 5K Race
and the committee’s booth at
the festival. There is a charge
for vendors, but, with tents
and other materials being purchased, that cost is usually a
wash.
Sewatsky’s role hasn’t
changed much since 1983 as
he still handles the day-to-day
treasurer duties.
“Basically, I’m in charge of
depositing all the funds and
writing all the checks,” he said.
“I make sure the insurance policies are correct and prepare
non-profit tax returns.”
Sewatsky also lets the committee know how well each
event is doing.
Sewatsky’s favorite part of
the festival? Food.
“I like the food,” he said.
“I enjoy getting outside and,
fortunately, over the years, the
weather has been good to us.
There is always good music
and I always check out the
Tomato Fights.”
Tomato Festival Chairperson
Lori Nocito noted Sewatsky’s
longevity, consistency and his
dependability as the reasons he
was selected as grand marshal.
“He’s been there since day
one and has been instrumental
in our success by doing the
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PITTSTON TOMATO
FESTIVAL COMMITTEE ON 32 SUCCESSFUL YEARS
financial reports and paying
the bills. He is so dedicated to
the committee. We’re all volunteers and that means a great
deal,” she said.
Nocito thinks it’s impressive
that the Tomato Festival has a
CPA who worked for the State
Bureau of Audits as a treasurer.
“He’s like a rock,” Nocito
said. “He is always available
and we wanted to show our
appreciation to him.”
Sewatsky is married to
the former Mary Catherine
Finan, Chief Medical Officer
at Moses-Taylor Hospital in
Scranton. The couple has
two children, Mary Laura, a
pediatric nurse practitioner
at Columbia University; and
Thomas Patrick, who will start
medical school this month at
The Commonwealth Medical
College in Scranton.
Reach Nick Wagner at 570-991-6406 or on
Twitter @Dispatch_Nic
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Sauce Wars in its seventh year
By Jimmy Fisher
jfisher@timesleader.com
It’s about to get saucy in Pittston.
The annual Sauce Wars competition will make its seventh appearance
at the Pittston Tomato Festival this
year.
Restaurants from far and wide and
individual entrants will gather to
taste and sample sauces from spicy
to mild to just needing a pinch more
pepper.
This year’s entrants will not compete for money, but for bragging
rights to say they had the best sauce
at the Pittston Tomato Festival — a
feat they can brag about for the next
364 days.
Last year’s winner, CrisNics Irish
Pub in Wilkes-Barre, will return to
defend its title against River Street
Jazz Cafe of Plains, Grico’s Restaurant of Exeter, Abbella’s Cafe of Wilkes-Barre and Formaggi of Luzerne.
The Sauce Wars will take place
throughout the entire Tomato Festival and the winner will be announced
at the event’s closing on Sunday, Aug.
23. Voting will take place next to the
festival committee stand. For a $1
donation, festival-goers can taste and
vote on their favorite sauce.
All proceeds benefit the Greater
Pittston YMCA.
Reach Jimmy Fisher at 570-704-3972 or on Twitter
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The winner
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Sauce Wars
was CrisNics
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Wilkes-Barre.
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Greater Pittston
YMCA board
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Flaherty, winner
and owner
of CrisNics;
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giveaways at
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Staff reports
A limited edition Dodge
Challenger featuring the
Sunday Dispatch logo is
the most recent addition to
the Dispatch fleet garage.
The die-cast sports car will
be awarded with numerous
other giveaways at the 32nd
Annual Pittston Tomato
Festival.
The Challenger will be
the 14th vehicle in the fleet.
Last year’s vehicle, a Ford
Mustang, beat out the Challenger in a Facebook contest. The red Challenger is
sharp, and a great addition
to the Dispatch fleet.
Other vehicles from years
past include a F-150 pickup,
a Porsche Boxter, a 1953
Chevrolet 3100 pickup
truck, a 1957 Corvette, a
school bus, a Volkswagen
Beetle, a PT Cruiser, a
The Sunday Dispatch Dodge Challenger can be won at booth 47 at this
weekend’s Pittston Tomato Festival.
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a Hummer Humvee, a Volkswagen Microbus and a Sunday Dispatch delivery truck.
The Challenger can be
won by competing at the
Dispatch’s own version of
corn hole at the Dispatch
booth at the festival.
You can have a free throw
with a Dispatch Dollar,
found inside this issue and
the Aug. 23 issue of the Sunday Dispatch or a cash donation. Donations from Thursday, Aug. 20, Friday, Aug.
21 and Sunday, Aug. 23 will
go to the Care and Concern
Free Health Clinic. Proceeds
collected on Saturday, Aug.
22 will go to the Jenkins
Township Little League.
Other prizes include last
year’s favorite neon hipster
sunglasses, a key chain,
neon plastic cups, a purple
water bottle and a limited
edition Sunday Dispatch
Tomato Festival T-shirt. You
can also win a coupon to
place a free classified ad in
either the Times Leader or
the Sunday Dispatch.
Reach the Sunday Dispatch newsroom
at 570-655-1418 or by email at sd@
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Seeing red again
Cooper’s Seafood House parking lot
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By Jimmy Fisher
Bill Tarutis | For Sunday Dispatch
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Grab your goggles and white
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Tomato Festival Tomato Fights
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The contest will be held at
1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22
in the parking lot of Cooper’s
Seafood House, located at 304
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With over 5,000 pounds of
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The trick is not only to gather and
throw, but also to duck and throw.
Nicole Best, general manager of
Cooper’s in Pittston, is a big fan of
the fights, but not just because of the
tomato throwing.
“My favorite thing about the fights
is where all the money goes to,” she
said. “I love that the community
comes together to participate and volunteer their time and then the money
goes towards the food banks in the
local community. It’s a lot of fun for a
very good cause.”
The tradition of the tomato fights
first began in 1944 in Bunol, Spain,
and it is safe to say local participants
are happy that Pittston adopted the
event.
The cleanup process involves bulldozers scraping up the tomatoes and
fire hoses washing the red off the
parking lot. The tomatoes are then
ground up and dumped into the sewers.
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August 2015
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Tomato Contest will be held at 11 a.m.
on Sunday, Aug. 23. All contestants are
asked to be at the festival bandshell by
10:30 a.m.
The first category, “Little Miss
Pittston Tomato,” is open to girls, ages
2-6. The second category, “Little Mister Pittston Tomato,” is open to boys,
ages 2-6.
Categories will be judged with 50
points for beauty and 50 points for
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August 2015
13
Every tomato can be a winner
Tomato Contest to judge
different looking tomatoes
By Jimmy Fisher
In possession of a very large
tomato? What about a very small
one?
Is there one on the vine so ugly it
can’t be looked at it anymore? How
about a tomato too perfect to eat?
If the answer is “yes” to any of
these questions, those tomatoes
should be entered in the tomato
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contest, one of the Pittston Tomato
Festival’s biggest highlights.
Tomatoes will be judged and
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34. Fresh Fruit Cup
35. Marianacci’s Restaurant
36. Patti’s Pies
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Something for everyone
Bands, race, parade, contest schedule set
THURSDAY, AUG. 20
5 p.m. - Festival opens
6 p.m. - Opening ceremony
6:30 to 7 p.m. - Windfall
7:30 to 8:15 p.m. - Somethin’ Else
8:45 to 10 p.m. - AM Radio
1:30 p.m. - Tomato Fights at Cooper’s
2:30 to 3:15 p.m. - Danny Argo and Friends
4 to 4:45 p.m. - Groove Train
5:30 to 6:15 p.m. - Phyllis Hopkins Electric Trio
7 p.m. - Tomato Contest at the committee stand
6:45 to 7:45 p.m. - Fab 3 Beatles Tribute
8 to 8:30 p.m. - Eddie Appnel
8:45 to 11 p.m. - Flaxy Morgan
FRIDAY, AUG. 21
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. - Fake Uncle Jack
7 to 8 p.m. - Cinder Brothers
8:30 to 11 p.m. - Sweet Pepper and the Long Hots
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Liz Vanesko performs with Sweet Pepper
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bazaar. Sweet Pepper & the Long Hots will
play from 8:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Aug.
21 at the Tomato Festival.
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By Tom Robinson
For Sunday Dispatch
Adam Blannard wrestles his opponent at
Diane’s Deli & Internet Cafe in the 2011 IAF
State Open Arm Wrestling Championship.
PITTSTON – Diane’s Deli & Internet
Café has played its own part in the Pittston
Tomato Festival for each of the past 13
years.
The deli has hosted the Arms of Steel
Arm Wrestling Championship during that
time, each year on the Saturday of the
Tomato Festival.
This year’s event will be the 21st annual,
dating back to other venues prior to settling at Diane’s Deli, 206 S. Main St.,
Pittston. The event is scheduled for Aug.
22 with weigh-ins from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and
competition starting at 3:30 sharp.
Competition is divided by men and
women and into multiple weight classes as
well as right-hand and left-hand divisions.
“We’ll also have a Novice Division for
people in town who want to go against
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last Saturday
at Diane’s Deli
& Internet Cafe
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Bill Tarutis File Photos | For Sunday Dispatch
Lindsey Ross of Wyoming, left, Ashley DeLucca of Swoyersville, and Mia Raymond of West Wyoming
cheer on the arm wrestlers.
August 2015
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Tournament
director and
referee Tom
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declares a
winner.
each other,” said Diane Simko, from
Diane’s Deli.
Professional arm wrestling Tom “Nitro”
Simko, who coaches a team of arm wrestlers based out of Diane’s Deli, created the
event and organizes it each year, helping to
draw professional competitors. Simko, of
Harding, is a veteran of international competitions in the sport.
Prizes will include T-shirts, medals and
plaques.
Each division will be double-elimination
and an overall champion will also be determined.
Food will be served throughout the
event. No one under 18 years of age will be
admitted.
Reach the Sunday Dispatch newsroom at 570-655-1418 or
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OUR CITY IS PROUD TO HOST THE 32nd ANNUAL
FESTIVAL
Congratulations From Pittston City Officials
Councilman Joe McLean
Controller Chris Latona
Treasurer Kathy Cunard
Administrator Joseph Moskovitz
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Mayor Jason Klush
Councilman Michael Lombardo
Councilman Kenneth Bangs
Councilman Danny Argo
22 August 2015
Meet Andy Ashby at Dispatch booth
Former MLB pitcher will sign autographs Saturday
Staff reports
The Sunday Dispatch booth (booth
47) at the Tomato Festival is always a
hit. This year, however, the Dispatch
is bringing star power to its stand.
Former Major League Baseball
player Andy Ashby will sign autographs and pose for pictures from 6
to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 22. The
Dispatch will provide each person
with an 8x10 photo of Ashby to sign.
For each autograph, a donation of
any amount is asked. Dispatch Dollars may be used.
All proceeds from the Sunday
Dispatch booth on Saturday will go
directly to the Jenkins Township Little League. Ashby’s four daughters,
Ashton, Madison, Eastin and Taryn,
all played Little League for Jenkins
Township and all four have attended
Pittston Area High School or Scranton Prep with a focus on sports.
While playing for the Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in Moosic,
Ashby met his wife, the former Tracy
Tigue. When he retired, Ashby made
a home in the Grreater Pittston area
in which he played early in the 1991
and 1992 seasons on the last step
A donation at the Sunday Dispatch booth on Saturday, Aug. 22 will get you this photo autographed
by former Major League Baseball player Andy Ashby. Proceeds benefit the Jenkins Township Little
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A look back at Andy Ashby’s
professional baseball career:
• Debuted in minors as an 18-year-old in
1986 with the Bend Phillies half-season
Class A team in the Northwest League.
• Played his final game with Portland
Beavers in Class AAA Pacific Coast League
in August, 2005 at 37 years of age.
• Completed six games with three shutouts
while winning 11 games for Scranton/
Wilkes-Barre Red Barons in 1991.
• Went 11-14 with 3.38 ERA and 131
strikeouts in 194 1/3 innings with Red
Barons in 1991 and 1992.
• Made Major League debut with
Philadelphia Phillies June 10, 1992.
• Final Major League game in 2004 with
San Diego Padres.
• Teams: Philadelphia (1991-1992, 2000);
Colorado Rockies 1993; San Diego (19931999, 2004); Atlanta Braves (2000); Los
Angeles Dodgers (2001-2003).
• Ranked third in National League with
2.94 ERA in 1995 with San Diego.
• Best season was 17-9, 3.34 ERA with
National League champion Padres in 1998.
• Pitched in playoffs for San Diego in 1996
and 1998 and Atlanta in 2000.
• Career playoff stats: 0-1, 4.71, 7 games, 5
starts, 28 2/3 innings, 20 strikeouts.
• Started Game 2 of 1998 World Series,
taking loss against New York Yankees.
• Appeared in 1998 and 1999 All-Star
Games.
• Career Major League stats: 98-110; 4.12
ERA; 1173 strikeouts; 1810 2/3 innings;
309 games; 285 starts.
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Madison, 17;
wife Tracy,
daughters
Eastin, 18;
and Taryn,
15.
before debuting in, then settling
into, his career in the majors. The
family now resides in Jenkins Township in the Pittston Area School District, the school from which Tracy
graduated.
San Diego, where Ashby had his
greatest successes, became the family’s second home. Ashby worked 20
Padres broadcasts last summer as
a studio analyst for Fox Sports San
Diego and is doing eight more this
summer.
Eastin, Madison, Taryn and Ashton are responsible, however, for
the bulk of the time Andy spends
watching and analyzing sports these
days. Their multiple sports interests,
including occasionally as opponents
or on teams playing in different
places on the same nights, make it
challenging, but Andy and Tracy are
there cheering on their daughters at
the vast majority of their events and
performances.
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24 August 2015
Fun Walk added to 5K Race
By Nick Wagner
Nothing wrong with a
run, or stroll, through the
Quality Tomato Capital of
the World.
The 17th Annual Miles
for Michael Pittston Tomato
Festival 5K run will be held
at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug.
22 in downtown Pittston.
But if you’re not a runner,
don’t worry.
For the first time, a Fun
Walk will accompany the 5K
through the streets of downtown Pittston. The walk will
be 1.5 miles and won’t take
on the hills of downtown.
Race coordinator and the
Tomato Festival committee
used Barb Sciandra’s template for the Fun Walk from
her Paint Pittston Pink race
last October.
“We wanted to get older
(and) younger people
involved,” Duffy said. “Running up hills is brutal. We
go over both bridges and
finish at the festival ground.
It’s flat and great for walkers.”
The event benefits Miles
for Michael, a local nonprofit organization that
helps families battling cancer. Registration begins at 8
a.m. at the Greater Pittston
YMCA, Main Street,
Pittston. Participants can
also register by logging onto
raceroster.com and searching for Miles for Michael.
Cost to run is $30, while a
walker pays $15.
The run course is relatively flat with moderate
hills. A 5K loop around
the perimeter of Pittston
includes running over the
Members of the Pennsylvania State Police Honor Plattoon make their way along Main Street during the Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run last year.
Water Street and Fort Jenkins bridges. Streets will be
traffic controlled and miles
will be marked. The course
begins just north of William
and North Main streets and
ends at the Tomato Festival
grounds on South Main
Street.
Two-time defending champions Mike Flynn, of Media
and formerly of Pittston,
and Caitlin Gaughan, of
Scranton, successfully
defended their crowns at the
16th running of the 5K. Last
year’s run was slowed a bit
by a light rainfall.
From each application, $4
will be donated to Miles for
Michael Fund. Runners will
have full use of the YMCA
facilities on the day of the
race. Long-sleeve T-shirts
will be given to the first 150
entrants of the race and the
first 30 walkers to register.
Trophies will be awarded
to the top three male and
female runners. A split time
will be provided at one mile
with a water station at two
miles. An award ceremony
will be held on the Tomato
Festival grounds following
the race. Medals will be
awarded to first place in the
following age categories:
14 and under, 15-19, 20-24,
25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,
45-49, 50-59 and 60 and
older.
The walk will begin from
the same spot as the run. It
will head over the bridges
and up Kennedy Boulevard
to the Columbus Statue. It
will finish at the Tomato
Festival grounds.
A total of 300 participants
enjoyed last year’s race and
many stayed after the race
to enjoy the festival. This
year, Duffy hopes to reach
400 participants with the
inclusion of the Fun Walk.
“Hopefully, this brings
more people around,” he
said. “We thought it would
be a great idea to incorporate more people.”
Reach Nick Wagner at 570-991-6406 or
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Supporters applaud runners at the finish line of a previous Pittston Tomato Festival 5K Run.
Last year’s first-place female Caitlin Gaughan, of
Scranton, crosses the finish line at the Pittston
Tomato Festival 5K Run.
Bill Tarutis File Photos | For Sunday Dispatch
Runners take off down Main Street in Pittston for last year’s 5K Tomato Festival Run.
The Miles for Michael
non-profit organization is a
way for family and friends
of the late Michael Joyce,
a resident of Duryea, who
passed away in 2006 at
the age of 43. Michael was
president of Joyce Financial
Group and was well-known
across the region for his
loving ways. The thousandplus friends who attended
his memorial service are
a testament that his life
was spent helping others
and there was never one
person who went to him for
assistance that he turned
away.
It was that selflessness that
led to the formation of the
Miles for Michael Event held
on Saturday, June 17, 2006.
Throughout his 14-month
battle with head and neck
cancer, Michael never asked
anything for himself, but
asked his friends to provide
support to other families
who might not be as capable
of handling the financial
burdens of long-distance
treatments. Although the
original goal of the Miles for
Michael Event was $10,000,
more than $100,000 was
raised.
A large portion was given
to the American Cancer
Society Wyoming Valley
Unit for cancer research
and $50,000 went toward
establishing a permanent
fund within The Luzerne
Foundation.
Addressing the needs of
cancer patients and their
families, this fund provides
support for unexpected
expenses such as travel,
lodging, food, gas and tolls
that help families to remain
with loved ones during
treatment and recovery.
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26 August 2015
A look back at past festivals
A very enthusiastic Rock Street Music float.
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The crew from the YMCA gets into the act in celebrating the 30th Annual Pittston
Tomato Festival.
Outgoing
2012
Tomato
Festival
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Rebecca
Lyn Colwell,
of West
Pittston.
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We used to be scared of tomatoes
Staff reports
The tomato has a curious
history.
Like its relative, the potato,
the tomato originated in
South America, was taken to
Europe by the Spaniards in
the early 1500s and from there
was brought to the American
colonies. Although Thomas
Jefferson’s diary mentions
“dwarf tomatas” and “Spanish
tomatas come to table,” most
people in this country and
northern Europe were afraid to
eat them until about a century
ago because of their kinship
and similarity to the poisonous
nightshades.
The hallucinogenic properties of the plant were said to
produce “visions” and the
sense of flying. This led to the
association of the nightshade
family with witchcraft.
German folklore claims
that witches used plants like
mandrake and nightshade to
summon werewolves, a practice known as lycanthropy. The
common German name for
tomatoes translates to “wolf
peach” and, because of this, it
was universally avoided.
In the 18th century, the
tomato species was named
Lycopersicon esculentum,
which literally means, “edible
wolf peach.”
As the tomato arrived in
Europe, the plant became associated with poisonous members of the Solanceae family,
specifically henbane, mandrake
and the aforementioned deadly
nightshade, to which it bore
more than a passing resemblance.
Deadly nightshade is a poisonous plant which has been
used as both a hallucinogenic
drug and a beauty aid in different parts of Europe. In the
medieval courts of Europe,
ladies would apply a few drops
of nightshade extract to their
eyes to dilate their pupils, a
look considered most fashionable at the time.
Because of the tomato’s
association with witches and
the Black Arts, early efforts to
peddle it were not highly successful.
Instead, they were raised in
old-fashioned gardens as ornamental plants and their brightly-colored fruit, red or yellow
but wrinkled and much smaller
than modern tomatoes, were
used to decorate mantelpieces
and called “love apples.”
Tens of centuries ago, the
pre-Incans in Peru began to
cultivate a nightshade-like
vine plant with little red sourish berries. It still grows in
the highlands of that country.
There is also a shrubby tree
tomato with yellow fruit found
on the slopes of the Andes
Mountains, as high as 13,000
feet above sea level that can
withstand severe frosts. The
pottery of these ancient people
includes accurate models of
several types of tomatoes as
well as corn, potatoes, peppers, beans and squashes
they had developed from wild
plants and grew as crops.
Over the centuries, the
tomato was carried from Peru
to the Maya Indians of Central
America and thence to the
Toltecs of Mexico and their
Aztec conquerors who called it
‘“tomat.” The Spaniards called
it “tomate.”
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The name “tomato” derives
from “tomat,” its name in
Nahuatl, the language of the
Aztec people. The English
form “tomate” first appeared in
the 17th century and was later
modified to “tomato,” probably
under the influence of the more
familiar “potato.”
Most of these early fruits
were yellow and became
known as “manzanas” (apples)
and “pomi d’oro (apple of
gold). They were considered
poisonous but appreciated for
their beauty.
Today, tomatoes are a staple
food and Americans eat an
average of about two bushels
per person per year. One bushel is processed commercially
into canned tomatoes, soups,
tomato juice, green pickles, relishes and ketchup. Oil from the
seeds is used in soap and paint.
The other bushel is bought
fresh or raised in gardens.
The heaviest tomato ever,
weighing seven pounds, 12
ounces, was of the cultivar
“Delicious,” grown by Gordon
Graham of Edmond, Okla. in
1986. The largest tomato plant
grown was of the cultivar “Sungold” and reached 65 feet in
length, grown by Nutriculture
Ltd. of Mawdesley, Lancashire,
UK, in 2000.
While the tomato has a high
water content, it is an excellent
food. In addition to carbohydrate and protein, it is rich
in vitamin A, nicotinic acid
and still more so in vitamin
C. Six ounces of tomato juice
are said to provide the average
adult with his minimum daily
requirement of the latter and
about one-third his need of
vitamin A.
Today, tomatoes are grown
outdoors throughout the world
except in frigid and semi-frigid
zones. Even in climates with
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short growing seasons, large
crops are possible if the plants
are started “under glass.” It
will grow on almost any soil
but is killed by the first touch
of frost.
Something of a vegetable
hobo, it often thrives on ash
piles, garbage dumps and,
because its small seeds are not
digested, on beds of sewage
sludge.
About half the commercial
yield in the country is grown
in California, Indiana and New
Jersey. The rich black nat land
in southeastern Cook County
is the principal tomato area in
Illinois.
In winter, some tomatoes
are grown in hothouses but
most are shipped from Texas
and Florida or imported from
Mexico and Cuba.
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The Pittston City Fire
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32nd Annual Pittston Tomato
Festival. The station’s beer
tent is located at the firehouse,
20 Kennedy St., next to the
Tomato Festival grounds.
The department will donate
all proceeds from Thursday,
Aug. 20 to Sunday, Aug. 23 to
worthy causes. Last year, the
department donated $5,000
to Camp Cadet and another
$2,000 to a firefighter in need.
The department is asking
for a $75 donation to sponsor
a keg. In return, the name or
business will be put on the
sponsor list, which will hang
all year in the station.
The department will donate
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Things to do with tomatoes
Summer ratatouille
— a Provencal “stew”
of tomatoes, eggplant
and zucchini.
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Make a tomato,
mayonnaise
and white bread
sandwich and eat
it standing over
the kitchen sink.
Stir up a bowl of
gazpacho, a soup made
of raw vegetables
served cold, usually
with a tomato base.
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BLT (bacon, lettuce and
tomato) sandwich with
homemade mayonnaise.
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Enjoy bruschetta — crusty
bread slices grilled or
toasted, then rubbed with
fresh garlic, topped with
crushed red tomatoes, and
drizzled with olive oil.
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August 2015
Make Panzanella — a bread
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bread in cold water. Squeeze
out excess. Crumble soaked
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I can’t believe it’s been 32 years
Society sold sausage and
pepper sandwiches (the
sausage was purchased
from Argento Brothers).
The Second Presbyterian
Church wowed the crowd
with pasta e fagioli. Greeky
Guarneri became known for
his fruscha and cardoon sandwiches. Sabetelli’s Market
introduced the original chicketta sandwich. St. John the
Evangelist Church members
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Nino Montante Post and the
Italian American Association of Luzerne County sold
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Community comes together
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Downtown Pittston, once
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a metropolis business
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town festival.
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this event. Bob Condemolition. Maybe the
roy was named the
time was right?
grounds chairman in 1984
The first Pittston Tomato
and served until 2005, spendFestival was held in August
ing many hours on the lot
1984 for three days during
wiring electricity and corthe third week of August on
recting mishaps along the
Kennedy Boulevard where
way. The troubleshooter
Burger King and CVS Pharstayed on the job even when
macy are currently located.
he no longer had the use of
Ken Scaz was named chairhis left arm and leg. He was
person, and Paul McGarry
and Wil Toole were in charge seen on his scooter riding the
grounds and supervising. Bob
of vendors, all from the
was named grand marshal of
Greater Pittston area. The
the Tomato Festival Parade
idea was to give local people
in 1999.
and organizations the opportunity to raise funds.
Several local businesses
Racing with memories
and organizations answered
The First Tomato Run, a
the call. The Serridefalco
two-mile run, sponsored by
The Pittston Tomato Festival was born from an idea
by Val D’Elia because of his
love of tomatoes and his
knowledge of growing them.
Who would have thought this
hometown festival would be
celebrating a 32nd anniversary?
It began when businessman
Ken Scaz and a few friends
took the idea to Mayor Tom
Walsh with the concept that
the morale of Pittstonians
needed a boost of Pittston
Pride.
the Pittston City Parks and
Recreation Committee was
held at 10 a.m. on Aug. 26,
1984 on the MarkData parking lot. Carmen Falcone was
chairman, and Sam Falcone,
president of Falcone Beverage Company, sponsored the
T-shirts. The committee consisted of Sandra Ostrowski,
Roseann Ricotta, Mimi Shovlin, Bill Gladish, Ann Marie
Stelma, Vince Gubitoso,
Mary Rita Gayz, and this
columnist, a councilwoman at
the time.
The run was followed by
the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Tomato
Festival Criterium Bike Race
sponsored by the Lackawanna Bicycle Club. Bikers raced
on Main Street and Kennedy
Boulevard circling several
times, causing difficulty for
residents who wanted to
attend church services. The
planning committee consisted of Will Toole, councilman
Jim Kolmansberger, Mark
Ercolani and Ann Bradbury.
After a few years, because of
the conflict on Sunday morning, both races were discontinued.
In 1999, the Tomato Festival 5K Run was reintroduced,
with Jay Duffy serving as
chairman and Jerry Mullarkey as co-chairman. It is a
spectacular event to witness
hundreds of runners competing to the finish line. This
year, as in the past several
years, Jay Duffy Jr. will serve
as chairman in memory of his
father.
Enthralling entertainment
My brain is filled with
memories of the primary
years of the festival, when it
was still on Kennedy Boulevard and you could only take
a few steps before running
into someone you knew,
either from home or out of
town. Those kinds of joyous
reunions still occur at today’s
festival.
Entertainment had a local
flavor with Joey “I” Infantino
serving as chairman.
A renowned musician, Joey
I is remembered for his love
of music, quick wit and his
infamous trombone.
Opening night always
featured the famous Pacci
Band with renditions of
lively marches that created
hand clapping, foot stomping
and a great sense of pride.
Other popular locals featured
were the Glenn Michael’s
Orchestra with Mickey Baldo
attired in a white jacket
conducting popular tunes of
the 1940s era. Bobby Baird’s
Dixieland Orchestra shook
up the crowd, along with the
Joey “I” Orchestra, Herbie
Green’s Orchestra, Take Four
with Charles Infantino and
the High Lites, featuring the
tenor and powerful voice of
Pat Aita, all provided entertainment.
In years past, Turning
Point with Diane Dixon
rocked the closing of the festival Sunday nights with her
dynamic voice and energy.
The performance was followed by beautiful fireworks,
filling the black sky with
splashes of color and creating
such pleasure to onlookers.
The fireworks were discontinued due to an ordinance that
stated no loud disturbances
after 10 p.m. An up-to-date
note: Diane and her husband
have been the opening per-
formers of the festival for
many years.
Just in case you don’t
remember or didn’t know, the
Pittston City Police Department got itself all wet in a
dunking booth, giving town
folks the opportunity to dunk
their favorite policeman or
local official. The booth’s ad
read “Come dunk us if you
can.” Many tried but few
succeeded. Brave officers
included Ptlm. John Jugus,
Sgt. Greg Policare, Sgt.
David Roglich, Police Chief
Ed Doran, Ptlm. Joe Viccica,
state Rep. Tom Tigue and
Billy Hopple, city electrical
inspector.
Pittston loves a parade
I have been walking down
memory lane with past festivals and would be remiss
if I didn’t recall my favorite
event — the parade. It was
my pleasure to serve on this
committee for five years
under the chairmanship of
Bill Burke before I became
chairperson in 1990. How I
loved it and still do
Events are not successful with the efforts of one
person, but by the efforts
of many people who choose
to become part of the planning and work. The Tomato
Festival Committee included
Jim Deice, Judy Russo,
Chet Montante, Sam Miceli,
Gertrude Manganaro, Toni
Reggie, Lou Calabrese, Ross
Dominick, Debbie Lampman,
Claire Ellen Hopple, Mary
Chiarelli, and Jean Bantell.
Applause, applause to Jim
Deice and Judy Russo who
are now Mr. and Mrs. and
have chaired the parade since
the year 2000!
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A ‘grand’ tradition
One of the exciting aspects
of serving on this committee was the selection of the
grand marshal. The first
grand marshal to lead the
parade was Joe Amato in
1990. Joe was the owner
of Keystone Automotive
in Exeter and a nationallyknown drag racer. Joe rode
in the parade with his drag
car on a trailer. Following
the parade, the drag car
was parked in front of the
Pittston Post Office for
children and teens to get a
closer look.
Riding in the parade gives
one the opportunity to
observe the reaction of people who come to enjoy. It is a
wonder to see the expression
on children’s faces as they
smile and wave and so grand
to wave to people you recognize enjoying the festivity.
This year will mark my 32nd
year riding in the parade.
Each parade has been special, but the one I cherish
most is the parade of 2000,
when I was named grand
marshal. My husband Chet
and I rode in an open car so
proud of our hometown and
the good-hearted people of
Pittston. It was a happy day
for my daughter Marilyn,
who resided in Florida but
came home to ride and enjoy
the parade with us.
Congratulations to Thomas Sewatsky, treasurer of
the Pittston Tomato Festival
Committee since its inception, for being named the
grand marshal of the 2015
Tomato Festival Parade. It
is an honor most befitting
to Tom, for he has given
his talent, expertise, time
and heart to our hometown
event.
Committee members today
We’ve come a long way to
the credit of the committees
of the past and those currently serving. In 1998, the
chain of command changed.
Michael Lombardo, newlyelected mayor at the time,
took over the reign and
appointed Lori Nocito and
Jim Zara as chairpersons. To
this day, they are known as
the dynamic trio.
Lori, a natural leader and
calm in nature, has a vision
of what’s to be done and follows through, while Michael
and Jim are the hands-on
guys who are often seen
moving chairs, hammering
stands, carrying ladders and
climbing poles. In 1999, Lori
was named chairperson of
the Tomato Festival with
Michael and Jim serving as
co-chairpersons.
Food for thought
The festival has grown
to accommodate thousands
of people locally, out of
town and state. There is
something for everyone,
especially the food with a
wide variety on the menu,
quite delicious and prepared
by local vendors. One never
goes away hungry or disappointed.
If you’re looking for tomatoes at the festival, be sure
to stop at the Golomb’s Farm
and Greenhouses stand at
the entrance of South Main
Street. Harold, Audrey and
Harold Jr. have sold their
locally-grown tomatoes and
vegetables at the festival
since the beginning. They
are also original vendors of
the Pittston Farmers Market
held every Tuesday on South
Main Street.
See you there
Thirty-two and counting! With the interest and
dedication of the Pittston
Tomato Festival Committee
and patronage of our local
people, who knows what
number will be realized?
Good luck and thank you to
all those involved this year.
See you at the festival
scheduled for Thursday, Aug.
20 to Sunday, Aug. 23.
Maria Capolarella-Montante was grand
marshal of the Pittston Tomato Festival
Parade in 2000. She is a lifelong public
servant of the Greater Pittston.
Continued SuCCeSS to the
tomato feStival
Sunday Dispatch File Photo
Maria Capolarella-Montante served as Grand Marshal of the 2000 Pittston Tomato
Festival Parade. Here she is in her garden after being named the grand marshal.
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Fun tomato facts
Staff reports
Here are some fun facts about
tomatoes:
• It’s pronounced “toe-MAYtoe.”
• Fruit or vegetable? Botanically speaking, a fruit. Horticulturally (and legally), a vegetable. In 1893, the U.S. Supreme
Court legally classified the
tomato as a vegetable because
it’s used as one.
• Cold or room temperature?
Never refrigerate. Picking them
right off the vine and shoving
them into a refrigerator kills the
aromas and flavors.
• Red and soft to the touch
means ripe. A tomato shouldn’t
be picked until it is completely
red, unless fried green tomatoes
are on the menu. The touch test
is the best way to check for ripeness. If it’s hard and the skin is
stretched, leave it on the vine. It
should be firm with a little give.
• If you make a habit of eating tomatoes in the form of
sauce, ketchup or tomato paste,
you can reduce your chances
of getting cancer. In fact, men
can reduce the risk for developing prostate cancer by up to 43
percent.
• Tomatoes do not have
to be cooked to make tomato
sauce. Raw or living tomato
sauce is delicious and can be
made with almost the same
recipe as cooked sauce. Just
add sweetener (such as medjool
dates, de-pitted) and throw the
ingredients into a food processor. Adjust seasonings to taste.
Makes a great meal for hot days
on shredded zucchini or cold
pasta.
• A Bloody Mary (tomato
juice, vodka, salt, pepper, Tobasco sauce, Worcestershire sauce)
helps cure hangovers. The tomato juice is full of vitamins and
the vodka, well, it helps ween
your body off the alcohol.
• Drinking tomato juice, and
bathing in it, has been advocated for skin disorders such as
eczema. But using tomato juice
after being sprayed by a skunk
is an old wives’ tale. The best
remedy is to neutralize the odor
by using a solution of hydrogen
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else.
• Tomatoes were the original pin cushion. Did you ever
wonder why there are so many
tomato pin cushions out there?
Apparently they were pretty
handy when it came to sewing,
a practice that is now outdated.
• The best way to ripen
tomatoes is to put them next to
apples or bananas. Apples and
bananas give off ethylene gases
which speeds up the ripening
process.
• Tomato leaves are poisonous.
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How the festival started
Tuesday night at the Gramercy Restaurant
in Pittston was what we called Bowling Night.
I won’t go into who the “bowlers” were but
most were well-known Pittston Area guys.
Conversation was always lively and the image
of Pittston was often the topic.
Having lived in South Pittston all my life,
I had many Italian-Americans as friends and
there was not a bad guy among
them. We didn’t understand
nationalities and it never mattered to us from where our families migrated. The character of
the person is the only thing that
mattered.
I’ve been asked how the idea
Wil
of a Tomato Festival originated
Toole
so I will tell the story of how and
Contributing
why the festival began. During
Columnist
those days, Pittston was known
as the Voter Fraud Capital of the
World. It was also known as the birthplace of
the Mafia in America. That was my childhood
background and the reputation of Pittston at
that time and that was the basis of the Tomato
Festival — to change the image of our city.
After much discussion of our city’s image,
I thought it was time for a real change and
so I, along with P.J. Melvin, Ken Scaz, Anne
Bradbury and the late Paul McGarry, began
to meet. Our thought was to create an event
to facilitate the needed change. At first, it
was our thought to renew the former Miss
Wyoming Valley pageant, a stepping stone
to Miss PA Pageant and, eventually, to the
Miss America Pageant. The logical person to
go to for advice was the late Joe Ristagno of
Ristagno’s Bakery. Joe was always involved in
the arts and, in particular, the Wyoming Valley
Beauty Pageant. We invited Joe to a meeting
and explained our goal. The first thing he
said was the pageant is a one-day affair and
we needed a weekend event. We talked about
various events around the country, including a
Garlic Festival and even a Cow Chip Festival.
We needed a “thing” that would be catchy and
never used before. Scaz mentioned that his
neighbor Val D’Elia was a tomato enthusiast
— thus the Pittston Tomato Festival.
At first, the name sounded ridiculous and
impossible to make into a big event, especially
one that would last a weekend. But that’s what
Joe Tavaglione,
driven in a
vintage U.S.
Army Jeep by
Carmen Falcon
was the Grand
Marshal in
2005.
Rosemary
Kresprski, left,
and several
children enjoy
the activities
during the 1989
Tomato Festival.
Sunday Dispatch
File Photos
42 August 2015
we settled on and we invited Val to
meet with us and to say he was thrilled
would be a gross understatement; he
loved the idea. It was agreed that he
and Ken would go to Mayor Tom Walsh
to seek the city’s blessings and Tom
being his usual self said he never stood
in the way of a party. He allowed Paul,
then city administrator and me (I was
the mayor’s deputy) to spend a few
working hours devoted to organizing
the soon-to-be-great and long-lasting
Pittston Tomato Festival.
Val explained the 1920s term
“Pittston Tomato” as the term the New
York and New Jersey wholesalers used
to describe the tomatoes grown in this
area because they were shipped out of
Pittston. Make no mistake, these dealers wanted the Pittston Tomato as it
was known for its taste. Val explained
the name referred to all tomatoes
grown between Tunkhannock and Berwick which got their great taste from
the acidity in our soil due to the presence of coal.
We promoted the Pittston Tomato as
the greatest-tasting tomato in the world
and Pittston as the Tomato Capital of
the world. I recall an incident when
an out-of-town newspaper reporter
called city hall and spoke with Paul
McGarry and asked him how he knew
the Pittston Tomato had the greatest
tomato taste in the world. With his
quick wit, Paul said he knew it because
Mayor Walsh said it and everyone
knows Mayor Walsh would never lie.
So there it was, proof positive that the
Pittston Tomato is the greatest tomato
in the world and Pittston City is the
world’s tomato capital.
The success of the Tomato Festival
was due to hard-working and dedicated
citizens and the cooperation of the
late Pidge Watson and the Sunday Dispatch, along with the other Wyoming
Valley media. We even had help with
Since the beginning of the Tomato Festival, fresh produce has been a staple. This photo was taken
during the 1989 festival.
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The small group quickly grew with dedicated members such as Emil and Honey
Posluszny, Jimmy and Judy Deice, Stanley,
Judy and daughter Angel Strelish, Sam
Micelli, Bill Hopple. Bob Conway, Jay
Goham, Gary Bradbury, Sam Valenti. the
Farugia brothers, Sal and Steve and so
many others who contributed. I apologize if
I’ve forgotten someone.
The generosity of Atty. Michael Cefalo,
the Insalaco brothers, Walter Kuharchik
Electric who all donated to the purchase of
the bandshell and the late George Menn of
Pittston Electric who believed in our effort
and gave us the electrical equipment on
credit, the Pittston Tomato Festival was off
and running.
The spin-off benefit of the event, which
became a driving point for us, was the
opportunity for small non-profit and volunteer organizations to have the facility
available to them for the cost of only $150.
We provided a space 10 feet wide by 20 feet
deep with lighting, electricity, tent cover-
During the 1989 Tomato Festival, a man wheels around tomatoes.
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The Pittston Tomato posed with some youngsters during the 1989 Tomato
Festival.
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Space was given on a first-come/
first-served basis with non-profit and
volunteer groups getting preference,
followed by local individuals working
as a neighborhood group and, finally,
professional vendors.
During the management of the
original festival, organizers, nonprofit and volunteer groups made up
over 65 percent of the stands with
the remaining spaces filled with
neighborhood friends and professional vendors. The finance committee determined each year the
minimum amount of “rent” needed to
cover expenses of the festival. It was
never the goal for the festival to make
money, just to cover expenses.
At the same time, the first festival
was being planned, Ken Scaz and I
drove to every farmers market we could
find in Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, begging farmers to come to the
newly-formed Pittston Farmers Market.
As the chairman of the farmers market,
I was about to pull the plug on the idea
because farmers said they didn’t have
time for another market; they needed
Members of the Luzerne County Italian American Association march in a previous Tomato Festival Parade.
time to work the fields.
With just days to go before the
planned opening date, Plains farmer
Harold Golomb and a few othMonsignor Burns
ers decided to give it a try and the
and Father Rossetti
farmers market was a huge success
ride in coach during
(Golomb Farms continues to sell
the 1990 Tomato
FestivalParade.
produce in Pittston). Every Tuesday,
we had fresh locally-grown produce,
entertainment, great news coverage, the cooperation of the late great
Manny Gordon and help from the
state’s Dept. of Agriculture. The parking lot on Kennedy Boulevard, now
the home of Burger King, became a
busy spot on Tuesdays and was the
original location of the Pittston Tomato Festival.
Now, 32 years later, the Pittston
Tomato Festival and the Pittston FarmSister
ers Market survive and flourish and,
Adrian
Barrett
with the new addition of the Pittston
waves to
City St. Patrick’s Parade, Pittston will
the crowd
soon become known as the Citizen Volduring
unteer Capital of the World.
the 1989
Wil Toole was an original organizer of the first
Pittston Tomato Festival. Reach the Sunday Dispatch
newsroom at 570-655-1418 or by email at sd@
psdispatch.com.
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Festival.
Below, the Pittston Knights of
Columbus march in a Tomato
Festival Parade in the late 1990s.
A look back
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