GULU
In 2006, northern Uganda was nearing the end of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency. Some 1.8 million people had been displaced and tens of thousands kidnapped, mutilated or killed. Ten years later, the region appears rejuvenated: a bustling trade and business centre with buildings shooting up and a renewed sense of optimism. However, scratch beneath the surface and you find an unequal recovery and plenty of hidden scars.
“The economic boom in northern Uganda is only in the hands of a few, who were not perhaps adversely affected by the war,” said Joyce Freda Apio, a Kampala-based transitional justice expert.
Dec 28, 2020
John A. Muto, 92, respected educator and longtime resident of Blossburg, passed away, Tuesday evening, Dec. 22, 2020 at Broad Acres in Wellsboro.
John Angelo was born in Carbondale (Lackawanna County, Pa.) on Nov. 20, 1928, a son to Salvatore and Mary Scalzo Muto. He graduated in 1947 from Benjamin Franklin High School in Carbondale. High school athletic highlights included being selected to the All-State Basketball team and pitching a perfect game at Scranton’s Memorial Stadium. Following graduation, John honorably served our country with the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. After his discharge in 1954, he attended Mansfield State Teachers College and received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in social studies and geography. On Aug. 23, 1958, John married the love of his life, Romaine Lutomski, at the former St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Morris Run. They shared 59 years of loving marriage before Romaine’s death on March 18, 2017. Mr. Muto continued his