Valeria Yackshaw Genetti, 83, Hazleton
The wife of Gus Genetti Jr., Val had a witty sense of humor and an endearing smile. Her favorite things were family and traveling, but mostly it was combining the two â traveling with her family around the world. She loved Neil Diamond and ABBA, enjoyed playing pinochle, reading Danielle Steele books, watching detective-cop shows and enjoying coffee in her bedroom in the mornings. She was the vice president of the Genetti Hospitality Group of Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and Dickson City. She was a past board member of Kingâs College Century Club, past president of W-B Jaycettes, past president of Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Auxiliary, past board of directors of CYC, member of the Slovak Heritage Society and a volunteer of NEPA Red Cross Blood Center. She died Dec. 22.
A public hearing Thursday on a proposed all-terrain vehicle park in Luzerne Countyâs South Valley region featured both concerns over potential noise pollution and enthusiasm for the project, which is in the early planning stages.
The Earth Conservancy hosted the remote hearing to take public comment on a feasibility study regarding a proposed ATV park on about 10,000 acres in Newport and Conyngham townships, between Nanticoke and Mocanaqua.
âItâs quite a large area,â said Terry Ostrowski, president/CEO of the Earth Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to the reclamation of mine-scarred land.
The conservancy owns about 2,500 acres of the land, and surrounding property owners cooperated with the feasibility study. If an ATV park is developed on the sprawling site, it will not be owned by the conservancy, Ostrowski said.