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About 200 peopleattended theVietnamese New Year celebra-tion hosted by Father VincentDang of St. Francis CabriniChurch at theFranklinTownshipVolunteer Fire Hall in Orange onFeb. 10.

Vietnamese New Year is oftenobserved by decoratingthe tradi-tional Hoa Mai tree, which isdressed with families wishes forthe New Year, and families giveone another monetary offeringsin red envelopes. Other tradi-tions include visiting family and

friends and purchasing newclothes.

From the specially-preparedcuisine to decorating the HoaMai tree, not many details werespared in the yearly celebration

that Dang hashostedsincehe ar-rived in theWyomingValley areain the early 1990s.

Thefood is broughtin specialfrom Philadelphia, he said.

Dang emphasizes the impor-tance of bringing culture togeth-er in this unique celebration. Inaddition to traditional foods likeroasted pig, fried rice and egg

rolls, chicken wings and pizzahave become staples of the Fran-klin Township event.

We have American food forthe American people, he said.(The Vietnamese people) have

come here and adopted theAmerican culture, and now weshare our culture, too. Its aboutfriendship.

For some parishioners, themass and following meal are justas much about celebrating Dangas theyareabout Vietnamese cul-ture.

I bounced around fromchurch to church until I met Fa-ther Dang, said Richard Moo-ney, of Dallas. Hes a wonderfulpriest.

Some attendees traveled fromas faras Warrior Run, nearwhere

Dang was once the priest of an-other parish, to commemoratethe occasion.

Wherever he goes, we go,said Marion Croop, of WarriorRun. Hes the best person in the

world.

BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Hanh Le, of Wilkes-Barre, decorates the hoa mai tree, symbolic of the Vietnamese New Year before Mass at the Franklin Township FireHall on Feb. 10.

NEW YEAR:Vietnam style

Crowd packs Franklin Twp.

Fire Hall to bring two

cultures together.

By SARAH HITE

Dallas Post Correspondent

Dang emphasizes the impor-

tance of bringing culture to-

gether in this unique cele-

bration. In addition to tradi-

tional foods like roasted pig,

fried rice and egg rolls, chicken

wings and pizza have become

staples of the Franklin Town-

ship event.

Rev. Vincent Dang celebrates Mass in Vietnamese in celebration

of the Vietnamese New Year.The Franklin Township Fire Hall is packed for a Vietnamese New Years Mass and reception.

See VIETNAM, Page11

Mary Murray, a resident at

the Meadows Nursing & Re-

habilitation Center, celebrat-

ed her 100th birthday on Feb.

6 with her family by her side.

Cake is one of Marys favor-

itethings andthere was lotsof

that at her party. Mary enjoys

spending her days at the

Meadows socializing with

staff and fellow residents and

participating in themusicpro-

grams and church services.

She especially lovesvisiting

with the children from Little

Meadows Day Care as well as

the pet therapy dogs.

A resident at the center

since 2005, Mary has made a

lot of friends who also helped

share her special day.

Mary Murray, center, a resident of the Meadows Nursing &

Rehabilitation Center in Dallas, recently celebrated her 100th

birthday with her great-granddaughters Kimberly Kubast, left,

and Stephanie Kubast.

Mary Murray notesher 100th birthdayMeadows resident honored

by family and friends on

special occasion.

Jenelle OBrien, of Dallas,posed a challenge for herself

when planning her daughtersbirthday party this year. She

wantedto find something uniqueand active to occupy about 20 6-

year-olds for a few hours,and shehad to think a bit out of the box.

Instead of the same old rou-tine, OBrien organized a make-

your-own-pizza party at OriginalItalian Pizza in the Dallas Shop-ping Center forher daughter, Ky-la,and19 ofher closestfriendsonSunday, Feb. 10.

I used to be a teacher so I likeit when the kids can do some-thing interactive, said OBrien.

Its betterthan kidsjust going toa party and eating.The kids decorated their own

apronsand chefhats upon arrivaland took turns making real (in-cluding rolling the dough) andfake (using paper mache crusts)pizzas during the two-hour fete.

It was the first event ofits kindtobe held atthe pizzaparlorown-ed by Joe and Joann Tomasino.

Weve had pizza parties, butnot this kind of hands-on learn-ing experience,said JoeTomasi-

no, who opened the locationabout six years ago.

Under Joes instruction, theminiature chefs-for-a-day flouredand rolled out their own doughand assembled colorful culinarycreations with several differenttoppings at their disposal.

I like pepperoni, said thebirthday girl. Thats all I eat.

OBrien chose Original Italian

Pizza becauseitsone of Kylas fa-vorite places to enjoy a slice.

Its an amazing honor, said

Joann Tomasino. We value ourcustomers opinions. Its pretty

tough togetkidsto eat,andwhentheysay something is their favor-ite, thats huge.

Parents in attendance said itsdifficult to plan and create party

offerings for youngsters that will

A different kind of birthday party

BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Noah Greco, 6, left, of Dallas, left, holds up his pizza craft with Jagar MacDonald, 5, of Trucksville.

Weve had pizza parties, but not this kind ofhands-on learning experience.

Joe Tomasino

Owner of Original Italian Pizza

By SARAH HITE

Dallas Post Correspondent

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Michael Tomalis to Christopher Jones, 51

Grandview Drive, Lots 92, 92, 94 and 95, Lake-view Terrace Plot, Harveys Lake Borough;$227,500

Colleen Armstrong Grosek to Anthony J. and

Kathryn Weiss, 3 parcels, Dallas Township;$172,500

James E. Jr. and Kassie Su Saxe to Elizabeth

and Robert Moyer, 1.21 acres, Ross Township;$75,000

Glenn L. and Karen Johnson to Elizabeth and

Robert Moyer, 1.21 acres, Ross Towsnhip; $5,800Federal NationalMortgage Association (per at-

torney in fact), McCabe,Weisberg& Conway(at-

torney in fact to Brooks Glenn and Katie Elaine

Moser, 217 Overbrook Road, Dallas Township;$195,000

Lynn A. Brown and Lynn Anne Ulitchney to

Kyle Gensel, Dallas Township; $144,900

Clarence J. and Janice L. LaBar to Matthew B.

LaBar, Lots 87, 87A, 88 and 88A, Fairview Plot,

Dallas Borough; $75,000

Kim Riley (executrix), Raymond KJ. Giacomo(estate) to SeanGove and AlyssaEvnsky, 602Or-

ange Road, 2.16 acres, Franklin Rownship;

$14,0000

Justin C. and Kelly M. Feinauer to George E.

Patterson, 2 parcels,Feinauer/PattersonSubdivi-

sion, Hunlock Township; $500

George E. Patterson to Justin C. and Kelly M.

Feinauer, 2 parcels, Feinauer/Patterson Subdivi-

sion, Hunlock Township; $500

Robert A. and Debra Anderson to JosephM. Jr.

and Shirley M. Stec, Lake Township; $45,000

Howard S. Snyder II and Kathleen Bogdon to

RJH Realty Enterprises Inc., Dallas Township;

$175,000

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At the Feb. 11 Lake-LehmanSchool Board meeting, Superin-

tendent James McGovern toldresidents about a recent visit tothe district by Governor TomCorbett. McGovern said the gov-ernors office hadset up strictpa-rameters for the visit, includinglistsof those whocouldparticipa-tein a meetingwithhimand thatthe district was not allowed topublicize the visit.

McGovern said the governorvisited Lehman-Jackson Elemen-tary School where he met withstudentsand members of thedis-trict administration.

This little school district has

the ear of the governor, he said.A resident questioned if the

governor had been told of the in-creasing tax burden placed onproperty owners. District taxes

will rise in a preliminary budgetpassed by the board.

BoardTreasurer AndrewSalkosaid,Wehad a veryfrankdiscus-sion with him.

The school board voted for apreliminary budget of $28,203,822 for 2013-2014. Thenon-binding budget calls for a3.98 per cent raise in millagerates. The proposed millage rateon assessed value in Luzerne

County would become 9.6393mills. The millage rate for thoseproperties which lie in WyomingCounty would become 56.2054.

Withthe newtax rate,a proper-ty owner whose home is worth$200,000 in Luzerne County

would pay an additional $73.86for the year. A property with anassessed value of $25,000 in

Wyoming County would requirean additional $68.64 for the year.

A mill isa $1tax oneach$1,000

of assessed property value.Tom Melone, the districts fi-

nancial manager, pointed outthat the states contribution tothe district would be increasedby about $226,000. But he alsopointed outthat, even withthosecontributions and the tax in-crease,the districtwould stillnothave a balanced budget.

Melone projects revenues forthe district will be $26,717,643,indicating that $1,887,166 wouldneed to be taken from the dis-tricts current fund balance tocover 2013-2014 expenses.

Whenresidentsquestioned therising taxes, board members ex-plained thatretirement costs andhealth costs are driving the in-creases, adding that retirementcosts are state-mandated but un-funded.

Resident Edward Marchakitus

L A K E- L E H M A N S C H O O L D I ST R I C T

Superintendent tells of governors visit to districtBy SUSAN DENNEY

Dallas Post CorrespondentThis little school district has the ear of the gov-ernor.

James McGovern

Lake-Lehman School District superintendent

See VISIT, Page11

Dallas School District Super-intendent Frank Galicki said atthe Feb. 4 school board meetingthat a recent meeting of theschools ParentAdvisory Councilserved as a review of its safetyand security policies.

Galicki reported the council isgathering information in regardto possibly garnering state andfederal funding for additional

surveillance equipment.We havent completely as-

sessed the situation yet, Galickisaid,but wearelookingintouti-lizing additional technologicaltools, such as iPads, to monitorschool groundsand keep our stu-dents as safe as possible.|

Galicki said the district is alsolooking into a more intricate sys-temof identifying those enteringthe building and utilizing a facialrecognition system.

He emphasized the districtsconfidence in the Dallas Town-ship Police Department and itsfamiliarity with school groundsand procedures.

Should a problem occur, I amsure police response would beexcellent and immediate, hesaid.

Board president Richard Cos-

lett alsoemphasized thecommit-ment of the district to assure thehighest level of student safety.

In another matter, residentThomas Dombroski questionedthe board about needed repairsto the Dallas Elementary Schoolroof andthe existence of possible

warranties on the roof.Several members of the board

told Dombroski that no warran-ties exist.

No imminent danger exists inregard to this repair, said boardmember Maureen Matiska. Andthe board is still in the process ofreviewing various approaches tothestructureitself,which is needof maintenance and repair.

Matiska was referring to con-tinuing board discussions re-garding closing the Dallas Ele-mentary School and incorporat-ing its students into the WycallisElementary School building.

Liz Martin requested several

items of memorabilia be re-trieved upon demolition of theDallas Township Building

should that occur.District solicitor Benjamin

Jones said hewould look into thelegalities of this matter and re-port back to the board.

We cannot simply give dis-trict property away, Jones said.There might be an issue.

Martin hopes she is able to re-cover items from the school, be-lieving they might otherwisesimply be destroyed.

Board member Karen Kyle,the boards representative to the

West-Side Career & TechnicalCenters Joint Operating Com-mittee, reported that a recenttour of that facility by membersof thecommittee provided an op-portunity to get a better under-standing of its programs.

D A L L A S S C H O O L D I ST R I C T

District looks into improving

safety and security policiesBy GERI GIBBONS

Dallas Post Correspondent

See POLICIES, Page11

We havent completely assessed the situation yet,but we are looking into utilizing additional techno-logical tools, such as iPads, to monitor school

grounds and keep our students as safe as possi-ble.

Frank Galicki

Dallas School District superintendent

Frank and Marlene Rollman,of Dallas, will celebrate their50th wedding anniversary thismonth. They were married onFeb. 23, 1963 in Saint IgnatiusChurch, Kingston, by Rev. Eu-gene Devitt.

Mrs. Rollman is the daughterof the late Harold and GertrudeRuth. She is a graduate of Lu-zerne High School and, prior toher retirement, was employedas a secretary/receptionist forDr. George Nahas.

Mr. Rollman is the son of thelate Christian and ElizabethRollman. He is a graduate ofMeyers High School and WilkesCollege, where he earned abachelors degree in BusinessAdministration. He proudlyserved his countryin theUnited

States Navy. Prior to his retire-ment, he was employed for 40

yearsat BlueCross of Northeast-ern Pennsylvania.

Their attendants wereMarga-ret (Peggie) Monforte Grula,matron of honor; andFrankCar-trignano, best man.

The couple has three chil-dren, Richard and his wife, Ka-ren, Seattle, Washington; Jerryand his wife, Debbie, Harris-burg; and Kim, Exeter. They al-so have three grandchildren, Ni-cholas, Seattle, Washington;and Zachary and Jacob, Harris-burg.

The entire family celebratedthe milestone anniversary witha trip to Maui, Hawaii in July.

The happy couple are avid PennState fans and enjoy travellingand visitingtheir grandchildren.

Rollmans married 50 years

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KingstonTownshipBoard ofSupervisors held a special pub-lic meeting on Feb.13, invitingpublic inputintoan assessmentof services provided by Com-cast,its presentcableand inter-net provider.

Resident BobGruner, of Sha-vertown, said his bill has in-creased dramatically since2009whenhe originally movedtothe area. Healso complainedabout the quality of cable ser-

vicesoffered,saying heoften re-ceives an error message direct-inghim tocall Comcast.

I dont understand why I

havetospendtimeonthephonejustto maintainmy basicservic-es, said Gruner. I just expectconsistent high-quality ser-

vice.The township has retained

Cohen Law Group to negotiatethe Comcast contract negotia-tions.

Negotiationsshouldincludeboth price and quality of ser-

vice,said supervisorJamesRe-ino, indicating furtherresearchand discussion would be con-ductedon thematter.

During its regular meeting,the board discussed the SouthMain Street bridge project. Inorderto completetheprojectaspresently designed, it would be

necessary for Dallas Area Mu-nicipal Authority (DAMA) tomove an adjacentpipe at signif-

icantcost.TownshipManager Kathleen

Sebastian said the county wasconsidering limiting MainStreet to one lane, thus reduc-ingthe costof theproject.

In another matter, boardchairman Jeffrey Box voicedconcerns regarding LuzerneCountys recent change in taxbillingproceduresand itseffecton thetownship.

He said the board would as-sess the cost of various optionsavailable for township real es-tate tax billing and discuss thematterat itsnext meeting.

The board also presented its

holiday house awards, withMikeDzankoreceivingthefirst-place award and Ed and AmyKwak receivingsecond place.

We would also like to thanktherecreation boards RichWy-da,Mary Wargo andStacyMur-ray for their hard work on thisannual holiday project, saidReino.

Reino also lauded townshipresidents who consistentlycon-

tributed to the Back MountainFoodPantry.Richard Harrison reported

the pantry consistently pro-videsover 150meals to areares-idents onholidays.

K I N G S T O N T O W N S H I P

Supervisors listen to publiccomments about Comcast

By GERI GIBBONS

Dallas Post CorrespondentI dont understand why I have to spend time on

the phone just to maintain my basic services. Ijust expect consistent high-quality service.

Bob Gruner

Shavertown

The Paul Harris Fellow Award,themost prestigiousawardof Ro-tary International, has been pre-sentedby theWyoming RotarytoJohn Harrington, of Dallas, a 5-

year club member. The awardconsists of a pin and medalliongiven in appreciation of tangibleand significant assistance for the

furtherance of betterunderstand-ing and friendly relations be-tween people of the World. The

WyomingRotary Club,in makingthe award, donated $1,000 to theRotary Foundation. The moneyis used to fund international anddistrict projects. From left, areHarrington and Mark Sobeck,Rotary club member and presen-ter.

Harrington is Paul Harris Fellow

Frank Galicki, superintendentof the Dallas School District, an-nounces that kindergarten regis-tration for the 2013-2014 school

year will be held Tuesday, March19 through Friday, March 22 inthe Commons Area of the DallasHigh School.

Morning hours will be from8:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdaythrough Thursday. Afternoonhours will be from noon to 2:30p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.Friday hours will be 8:15 a.m. to12:30 p.m.

Parents are asked not to arrive

priorto 8:15 a.m.for themorningregistrations due to traffic con-gestionand notafter2:30p.m. for

the afternoon registrations dueto student dismissal.

A child must be 5 years of ageon or beforeSept.1, 2013 to makehim or her eligible for kindergar-ten. A birth certificate, passportor baptismal certificate for thechild will be accepted as proof ofage.

A parent/guardian photo is re-quired when registering a stu-dent. Parents must also providetwo proofs of parent/guardianresidency. Acceptable proofs ofresidency are:

Current utilitybill, including

landline telephone, electric, wa-ter, gas, cable, etc. (wireless tele-phone bills cannot be accepted)

Current rental/mortgagecontract or receipt, includingdeed of sale for property

Current paycheck/checkstub, workID badge, if address isincluded

Currentdriver license/ID is-suedby thePennsylvaniaDepart-ment of Transportation

Current Pennsylvania motorvehicle registration or title

Current Internal RevenueService tax reporting W-2 form

within the last 12 months Receipt for personal proper-

tyor real estatetaxespaid within

the past year

Kindergarten registration planned

March 19-22 in Dallas schools

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Back Mountain churcheswill hold their annual Ecu-menical Soup and Scriptureduring the five Mondays ofLent. Serviceswill begin at 6p.m. following by soup at6:45 p.m. Closing prayers

will be held at 8 p.m.The scheduleis as follows:

Monday, Feb. 18 - St.Pauls Lutheran Church,Dal-las

Monday, Feb. 25 Leh-man-Idetown United Metho-dist Church, Lehman

Monday, March 4 MapleGrove United MethodistChurch, Pikes Creek

Monday, March 11 Huntsville United Metho-dist Church, Huntsville

Monday, March 18 OurLady of Mount CarmelChurch, Lake Silkworth

Lenten church services scheduled

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The Skillet has an extensive menu serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast specials are available Mon-Fri from 7am-11am starting at just $2.99. Try a made to order omelet,maybe the Side Stepper filled with lump crab meat, scallions, Old Bay & aged cheddar cheese - its a house favorite. Try the catfish & eggs, or if you are a pancake fan the Bananas Fos-ter Pancakes aredelicious. Stop in for lunch and try a daily homemade soup and sandwich special from $5.99. The menu offers a large variety of salads, wraps, burgers, and melts. Dontforget The Skillet for a great dinner. Prime rib is roasted on Friday and Saturday nights. We have a great dessert menu and there is an all new kids menu with many new choices.

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DUDASCIK Stephen J., 72,of Dallas, diedThursday,Feb. 7,2013, at Wilkes-Barre GeneralHospital.

He was born in Kingston onJune 7, 1940.

Surviving are daughters, Eli-zabeth Ann and Mary Kathryn;son, Stephen R.; sisters, EllenChopyak and Mary Ann Kasar-da; a niece and nephews.

JOLLEY-ElsieB., 91, former-ly of Courtdale and Dallas, diedFriday, Feb. 8, 2013, at The Wes-ley Villagein Jenkins Township.

She was born in Larksville onAug. 27, 1921, raised in NoxenandgraduatedfromNoxenHighSchool in1939.She wasemploy-ed at the hospital in JohnsonCity, N.Y.; Nesbitt Hospital andFowler, Dick & Walker, The Bos-ton Store in Wilkes-Barre.

She was a longtime memberand Past Worthy Matron of Dal-las Chapter 396, Order of theEastern Star and a member ofthe CourtdaleUnited MethodistChurch, United Methodist

Women and Irem Auxiliary. Shewas an active community volun-teer for several organizations,including the American CancerSociety, American Red Cross,Ronald McDonald House of Da-nille, The Meadows and Cam-pus Ministries of NortheasternPennsylvania.

Surviving are her children,Caroljane, Marion Reilly, Carl,Robert and David;10 grandchil-dren, 12 great-grandchildren;nieces and nephews.

Memorialdonationsto Court-dale United Methodist Church,225 Courtdale Ave., Courtdale,PA 18704.

MAJOR - Harold Lawrence,

67, of Dallas, diedTuesday, Feb.5, 2013, at home.He was born in Kingston on

Dec. 27, 1945, and was a mem-ber of the Lake-Lehman HighSchool graduating classof 1964.He was owner and operator ofHarolds Garage for many years.

Surviving are his wife of 45years,the formerMaureenJohn-son; daughter, Tracey, Chase;three grandchildren; a great-grandson.

OHL - Thomas J. Jr., R.N.BSN, 61, of Dallas,died Monday,Feb. 4, 2013, from injuries suf-fered in an automobile accident.

Hewas born in Pittston, grewup in WestPittston,was a gradu-

ate of Wyoming Area HighSchool, class of1969, anda 1977graduate of Wilkes Collegewith

a Bachelor of Science degree innursing.

He was employed at NesbittMemorial Hospital as an emer-gency room nurse and thenspent 21 years as a nursing su-pervisorat theStateCorrection-al Institute, Dallas, until his re-tirement in 2005. He was cur-rently employed by GeisingerHome Health and Hospice.

He was a member of the Kun-kle Volunteer Fire Company.

Surviving are his wife, Ju-lianne Stuart;daughters, JessicaEvans, Plymouth; Meredith A.Recek, Nanticoke; step-daugh-ters, Rebekah, Jessica and Shay-la Stuart, at home; a sister, He-len Roderick, Sullivans Island,S.C.; two nephews and a niece.

PATTON -PatriceDougherty,83, of Dallas, died Wednesday,Feb. 6, 2013.

She was born in Pittston andwas a graduate of St. MarysHigh School, Wilkes-Barre.

Prior toher marriage, shewasa customer service representa-tive for the Bell Telephone Co.in Wilkes-Barre. Shewas a mem-ber of Gate of Heaven CatholicChurch, Dallas.

Surviving are sons, Robert,San Diego, Calif.; John, Kenne-saw, Ga.;Jerry, Swoyersville; Jo-seph, at home; daughters, CarolLaRose, Centreville, Va.; MaryEllen Schall, Kingston; ninegrandchildren; sister, Sr. MaryClare Dougherty, R.S.M., Dal-las; brother, Charles Dougherty,Port St. Lucie, Fla.; a niece, sev-eral nephews, great-nieces andgreat-nephews.

Memorialdonations toMercyCenter, 370 Lake St., Dallas, PA18612.

SAMSON - Barbara F., 77, ofDallas, died Wednesday, Jan. 30,2013, in the Wilkes-BarreGener-al Hospital.

She was born in Dallas andwas a graduateof WestmorelandHigh School, class of 1953. She

was a memberof St. Pauls Luth-eran Church of Dallas and theDorcas Society.

Surviving are her children,Tammy Hagey, Cuyahoga Falls,Ohio; Jeffrey, Stow, Ohio; Gre-gory and Rodney, both of Lu-zerne; 10 grandchildren; threegreat-grandchildren; sister, JeanFranklin, Dallas; nieces and ne-phews.

Memorial donations to St.Pauls Lutheran Church,474 Yal-

ick Road, Dallas, PA 18612.

SHAVER-CrystalJ., 80,of Ed-

wardsville and formerly of Bun-ker Hill, Kingston Township,died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013.

She was born in KingstonTownship and attended theScranton School for the Deaf.

Survivingareher sixchildren,Walter, Aston; Danny, Dallas;Dorothy Brown, Edwardsville;Barry, Noxen; Betty Sims, Ha-nover Township; Gail, Hanover

Township; 14 grandchildren; 28great-grandchildren; three sis-ters, NovellaHuey, Shavertown;Linda Clement, Wyoming; KayMiller, Wyoming; five brothers,Keith Harvey, Tunkhannock;Roy Harvey, Wyoming; RobertHarvey, Harveys Lake; GlenHarvey, Dallas, Richard Harvey,

Wyoming; nieces and nephews.

STRUCKUS -Thomas James,64, of Orange, died Tuesday,Feb. 5, 2013, at his home.

He was born in Philadelphiaand was a graduate of Wilkes-Barre Township High School,class of 1967. He was a combat

veteran serving with the 1st Ma-rine Division in Vietnam.

He was a member of the La-

borers Union Heavy and High-way Local 158. Over the courseof his career, he worked for vari-ous companies, among themB.G. Coon Construction with

whom he spent 25 years.Hewasa member oftheBuck-

stoppers Gun Club and St.Frances CabriniChurch, Carver-ton.

Surviving are his wife of 44years, the former Mary Smith,Orange; son, T.J., King of Prus-sia; daughter, Jennifer Howe,

Warminster; five grandchildren;sisters, Maryann Groblewski,Shavertown; Rita Mozdian,Lau-rel Run; brothers, John, FortyFort; Richard, Florida; nieces,nephews, great-nieces andgreat-nephews.

Memorial donations to theWounded Warrior Project, POBox 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.

WATCHULONIS Ann Ma-rie Bilbow, 75, a longtime resi-dent of Shavertown, died

Wednesday, Feb.6, 2013, at Lau-relwood Care Center in Mary-land on what would have beenher 53rd wedding anniversary.

She was born Jan. 30,1938 inKingston.

Surviving are her children,Lynn Antonitis, Elkton, Md.;Bill, Dallas; Joann Pipan, King-ston; Tracee Kremski, Wapwal-lopen; 10 grandchildren.

Memorial donations toact.alz.org/goto/annma-rie.watch.

O B I T U A R I E S

Sweet Charity, a non-profitperformance troupe, recentlypresented a check in theamount of $17,500 to Sister Ma-ryalice Jacquinot, IHM, directorof Saint Josephs Center inScranton, to benefit the manyprograms the center offers. Thedonation resulted from the saleof Sweet Charitys recently re-leased CD, Its Beginning toLook a Lot like Christmas.

In addition to this project,Sweet Charity has released fourother CDs and has staged sever-al productions of Godspellsince the group was founded in1994. To date, the troupe hasraised and given away over$300,000 to seriously-ill chil-dren in Northeastern Pennsylva-nia.

Some of those who have do-nated their time and talent to

this latest project are MarkMontella, percussion; BrandonShotto, bass guitar; Jeff Leas,trumpet; the Choirs of GoodShepherd and First UnitedChurch of Christ in Scranton,

Tom Borthwick and Joe Wegles-ki of Sound Investment Studiosin Old Forge; Danielle Coons,cover photo; Tracey Selingo andDan Gallagher, advertising/marketing campaign.

Shown here during a check presentation from Sweet Charity to Saint Josephs Center in Scranton

are, from left, Char Jeffers, founding member of Sweet Charity; Sr. Maryalice Jacquinot, IHM, direc-

tor of St. Josephs Center; Kathy Elgaway, founding member of Sweet Charity; and Rev. James Pais-

ley, founding member of Sweet Charity and pastor of St. Thereses Parish in Shavertown.

Sweet Charity donates to St. Joes

TheAltarand Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas, is sponsoringa blood drive for

theAmerican RedCross Blood Servicesfrom1 to6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25at theGateof Heaven

Church gym. Shown here, from left, are Renee Benedetti, Altar and Rosary president and co-

chairwoman; andRev. DanielToomey, pastor. Absentat thetime ofthe photowas BetteGillespie,

co-chairwoman.

GOH SOCIETY PLANS BLOOD DRIVE

Lenten services setBack Mountain churches will

hold their annual EcumenicalSoup and Scripture during thefive Mondays of Lent. Services

will begin at 6 p.m. following bysoup at 6:45 p.m. Participants

will reflect on the upcomingSunday scripture or the scrip-ture choices of the pastor. Clos-ing prayers will be held at 8 p.m.

The schedule is as follows:Monday, Feb. 18 - St. Pauls

Lutheran Church, DallasMonday, Feb. 25 Lehman-

Idetown United MethodistChurch, Lehman

Monday, March 4 MapleGrove United MethodistChurch, Pikes Creek

Monday, March 11 Hunts-ville United Methodist Church,Huntsville

Monday, March 18 Our Ladyof Mount Carmel Church, LakeSilkworth

Meditation duringLent at St. Peters

St. Peters Church, 3832 SR 6East, Tunkhannock, will offerquiet music and meditation

Wednesdays during Lent, Feb.20 through March 27, as a wayof opening the thin placebetween God and people.

Soup Supper will precede theservice. Supper begins at 6:30p.m. and the services begin at 7

p.m.For more information, call St.

Peters at 836-2233 or ReverendLou at 878-4670.

Spaghetti dinnerset for Feb. 23

A spaghetti dinner will beheld from 4 to 6 p.m. on Sat-urday, Feb. 23 at the HuntsvilleUnited Methodist Church, 2355Huntsville Road, Shavertown.

Take-outs will be availablefrom 3 to 6 p.m.

Dinner includes spaghetti,salad, dinner roll and beverage.

Cost is $7.50 for adults and$4.50 for children age 6 andunder.

To pre-order tickets, call 477-3748.

World Day ofPrayer is March 1

This years World Day ofPrayer Service will be held at1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 1 atTrinity Presbyterian Church,105 Irem Road, Dallas.

Church Women United issponsoring the service. There

will be a planning meeting at1:30 p.m. on Feb.15 and a re-hearsal at 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 22 at

Trinity Presbyterian Church.

There will be a tea in thefellowship hall following theservice. Call 675-3131 for more

information.

Craft show at TUMCTrucksville United Methodist

Church Craft Show will be heldfrom 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 2. This yearsevent includes crafts, jewelry, alunch counter and a bake sale.

Vendor tables are $25 to $40and may be reserved by callingNoreen at 239-2348.

All proceeds support thechurchs mission projects.

Spaghetti supper setThe Huntsville United Metho-

dist Church will host a spaghettidinner from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 23. Eat-in or take-out dinners will be available.

Tickets are $7.50 for adultsand $4.50 for children age 6 andolder and will be available at thedoor.

Cross Creekplans concert

Cross Creek CommunityChurch and WRGN 88.1 willfeature LIVE Big Daddy Weaveand the Redeemed Tour, along

with Mikes Chair and CitizenWay, at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 5.

Doors open at 6 p.m.Tickets are $10 and may be

purchased by calling 696-0399.

C H U R C H B R I E F S

Staff and friends of the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Dallas, collected an

arrayof toysfor children ofall ages forthe UnitedStatesMarineCorps ToysforTots campaign.

From left,are HeidiMarr, volunteer;Phyllis Sorber, Brenda Simonand VickieSedorovich, Mead-

owsemployees; CorporalNoel Becerraand Sgt.David Hummel, U.S.Marines;Megan Nemshick,

Christine Beyer and Gary Kirk, Meadows employees.

MEADOWS COLLECTS

TOYS FOR TOTS

Senior Citizens Centers sponsored by

the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne

and Wyoming Counties offer hot noon

meals Monday through Friday to people

60 years of age or older. Donations from

participants are gratefully accepted and

needed in order to expand this program.

The following is the menu for the week

of Feb.18:

MONDAY: Centers closed for Presi-

dents Day holiday

TUESDAY: Pork chop,roastedbrussels

sprouts, quartered sweet potatoes,

whole wheat dinner roll, cranberry

sauce, apple bread pudding, margarine,

milk and coffee

WEDNESDAY: Meatloaf, gravy,

mashed potatoes, dilled carrots, whole

wheat dinner roll, cherry crisp, marga-

rine, milk and coffee

THURSDAY: Lemon pepper fish, broc-

coli/cauliflower au gratin, roasted red

skin potatoes, whole wheat dinner roll,

ketchup, tartar sauce, ambrosia, marga-

rine, milk and coffee

FRIDAY: Breaded fish sandwich, vege-

table barley soup, broccoli salad, wholewheat sandwich roll, crackers, tartar

sauce, ketchup, chocolate pudding pie,

margarine, milk and coffee

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YOUR SPACE

By Samantha Weaver It was British author Oscar Wilde who made the follow-

ing sage observation: Some cause happiness wherever they

go; others whenever they go. Those who study such things say that if you drink 100

cups of coffee in a row, its likely to kill you. You might have heard that George Washingtons den-

tures were made of wood, but in fact, they were made ofhippopotamus ivory.

In 1900, a prairie dog colony was found in Texas. Thatsnot surprising - prairie dogs are fairly common out West -but this colony was unique. Researchers say it was thelargest colony ever discovered, providing a home to 400million prairie dogs and stretching over 25,000 squaremiles.

If youve read Alice in Wonderland or seen any of thenumerous adaptations of it, you probably know about theMad Hatter. But did you ever wonder why he was mad? Itseems that haberdashers (those who make hats) at onetime used mercury to cure the felt they needed for thehats. Long-term exposure to mercury causes madness,hence the phrase "mad as a hatter."

Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born acitizen of the United States.

To earn a world record, a woman named Sonya Thomasate 65 hard-boiled eggs in 6 minutes, 40 seconds. The female long-tailed shrew gives birth to exactly one

litter of pups in her lifetime - and promptly dies. Our modern word salary comes from the Latin sala-

rium, or salt money. Salarium was the monthly wagesgiven to Roman soldiers in ancient times - paid in salt.

Thought for the Day: Politicians and diapers have one

thing in common. They should both be changed regularly,and for the same reason. - Jose Maria de Ea de Queiroz

M O M E N T S I N T I M E

20 YEARS AGO 1993

Chrissy Kane, an eighthgrader at Gate of HeavenSchool in Dallas, recently re-ached the 1,000 point markin her basketball career. Thedaughter of Jerry and ArleneKane of Carverton, Chrissy

and herteammatesare cur-rently en-joying awinn ings easo n atGate of Heaven.

Brian Kelly, Lake Lehmanstar soccer player and recent-ly named number 1 soccerplayer in America by ParadeMagazine, will be the guestsports celebrity at the BackM ount ai n K iwanis C lubS po rt s, N on-S po rt s andMemorabilia Show at DallasH ig h S ch oo l t his w eek .Brian, a senior at Lake Leh-man High School, has re-ceived a scholarship fromDuke University in Durham,N.C. and will majoring inpre-medicine.

This week marks the debutof a new feature in The Dal-las Post. Sprog is a cartoonpanel drawn by Larry Morris,12, of Sweet Valley. It willappear on the school page ineach weeks issue. Larry, who

is in the seventh grade atLake Lehman Junior HighSchool, is the son of Larryand Bonnie Morris.

30 YEARS AGO - 1983

Heather Gless, percussion;Kim Moran, flute; Ruth Gold-man, flute; and Dave Garber,tenor sax; all members of theDallas Senior High SchoolBand will perform as part ofthe 160 piece select District

IX State Band. The festival

will take place this week att he D al la s Ju ni or H ig hSchool.

The G.F.W.C. D allas Junio rWomen are prepar ing pizzapies for sale on Feb. 25. Plan-ning the details of the saleare Mrs. John Oravitz, presi-dent; Patricia Peiffer, pizzasale chairman; and Mrs. JohnVozniak, pizza sale co-chair-man. Proceeds of the sale

will benef it the commu nitythrough local charities.

40 YEARS AGO - 1973

The Eagle Award, the high-est award in scouting, waspresented to two members of

Troop 281, Dalla s Unite dMethodist Church at the Ea-g le C ou rt o f H on or a ndAwards dinner held at thechurch last week. Boys re-ceiving the award are BarttE. S lo cum and A rt hur H .Bird Jr.

Members of Dallas Womenof Kiwanis recently heldtheir monthly meeting atIrem Temple Country Clubfor installation of officers for1973. Installation was con-ducted by past president AnnCorbett. Installed were: pres-ident, Jane Thomas; first

vice preside nt, Maria n An-thony; second vice president,Sybil Pelton; secretary, Shir-

ley Moore; treasurer, NancyKozemchak; and correspond-ing secretary, Virginia Roan.

Frank Kardell, son of Mr.and M rs . Frank K arde ll ,

Trucksville , will present aphotography exhibit at Col-lege Misericordia this week.Scheduled to be held in Ken-nedy Lounge on campus, theexhibit will feature both col-or and black and white pho-tography and will be open to

the public at no charge. Kar-

dell is a graduate of Dallashigh School and has studiedat Luzerne County Commu-nity College.

50 YEARS AGO - 1963

Promoted from salesmanto sales manager of White-sell Brothers Building Sup-plies, West Dallas, is John T.Callahan, 35, Oak Hill, thefirm announced today. Thenew manager, who started

with Whites ell Broth ers in1953, is a former resident ofWilkes-Ba rre Township, anda graduate of St. Marys HighSchool.

Mrs. Janice Borton, presi-

dent of Dallas Junior Wom-ens Club, presented a schol-arship from the club to ElsaOrchard, daughter of Mr. andM rs . Co nra d O rc ha rd ,

Trucksvill e. Miss Orchard isa graduate of Dallas SeniorHigh School, class of 1962,and is presently enrolled inthe 20 month business ad-m in is tra ti on c ou rs e a t

Wilkes-Ba rre Busine ss Col-lege. This is the first scholar-ship presented by the DallasJunior Womens Club.

60 YEARS AGO - 1953

In an effort to further thedevelopment of Kingston

Township, twent y-five com-munity-conscious citizensmet We dnes day nig ht at

Trucksvill e Fire House andformed the Kingston Town-ship Civic Association. Elect-ed temporary president wasEarl Henwood Jr. Mrs. Jack

Weber was elected tempo ra-ry secretary.

Leonard Kozick, 17, son ofMr. and Mrs. Michael Koz-ick, was a guest at Thursdayevenings dinner meeting at

Irem Country Club, honored

by Dallas Rotary as senior ofthe month.Robert Van Horn, son of

Mr. and Mrs. Robert VanHorn, Lake Street, will be in-

vested as an Eagl e Scou t atSunday morning services inDallas Methodist Church. Heis a sophomore at WyomingSeminary, with special lean-ings toward scientific cours-es.

70 YEARS AGO - 1943

Mrs. Howard W. Risely andher mother, Mrs. H.H. Zeis-er, opened their home to the

women of the Dalla s Metho-dist Church for a benefit Val-

entine Tea. Committee mem-bers were: Mrs. Peter Clark,Mrs. Stanley Davies, Mrs.Stanley Rinehimer, Mrs. Ma-chell Hildebrant, Mrs. EdgarBrace, Mrs. Zel Garinger andMrs. Lewis LeGrand.

In a gay atmosphere of redhearts, ribbons and lace, theLehman scouts played gamesand sang merrily at a Valen-tines Day Party held at thehome of their leader, Mrs.Z el ma A gn ew. D ol ore sAdamshick and BernadineVasicak taught the games,Skip to My Lou, for their mu-sic credit. Refreshments

were served to Mary Adams ,Dolores Adamshick, Priscilla

Abbott, Polly Lou Cooper,Priscilla Cooper, Mildred

Wentzel, Edith Sutto n, Ber-nadine Vasicak and the host-ess.

Infor mati on for Only Yes-terday is taken from backcopie s o f t he D alla s Po st

whic h is 121 years old. Theinfo rmat ion here is prin tedexactly as it originally ap-

peare d.

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YESTERDAY

I F Y O U W E R E T H E P R E S I D E N T O F T H E U N I T E D S TA T E S , W H AT W O U L D B E T H E F I R S T T H I N G Y O U W O U L D D O ?

Make all the billslower so people dont

have to pay so much.Everything is sort ofhigh.

Aleah Shonis

Lehman

I would make all theapartments cost a lot

less money.Amanda Thompson

Shavertown

Stop all the fights inthe world by stop

making all the weap-ons.

Jakob Baur

Shavertown

Make store prices godown so poor people

could get more stuff.Nick Major

Shavertown

Stop people frombullying each other by

making a law aboutit.

Reagan Woytowich

Shavertown

"I would make sureeverybody is nicer to

each other by talkingto them all about it."

Alyssa Shalada

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Nine-year-old Caroline Stallard, daughter ofMark and Kristen

Stallard, of Shavertown,will displayher collection ofmonkeysatthe Back Mountain Memorial Library in March. Caroline is athird-grade student at Dallas Elementary School and has beencollecting toy monkeys for seven years. Her collection of 25stuffed monkeys began as gifts she received from her family.Now she and her family bring back monkeys from places theyvisit. These include pirate monkeys from Turks and Caicos andan astronaut monkey from the Smithsonian Institute in Wash-ington,D.C.When asked whyshe chose monkeys to collect, Car-oline replied, I think monkeys are so cute.

MONKEYS ON DISPLAY

AT LIBRARY

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TheFranklinTwp. Volunteer Fire Co.heldits installation dinneron Saturday, Jan.26 atFire& IceonToby Creek in Shavertown.

The company honoredthree of its four life members, who have a combined185 yearsof service.Installing officer was State Rep. Karen Boback, 117th District who handled both Executive and Fire

Line Officers and initiated the new members.Guest speaker wasStateSenatorLisaBaker, PA20th District. Senator Baker servesas thechairman of

the Senate Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness Committee.Executive officers for the2013 administration installed areDoug Farr,president; RonWitkowski, vice

president; Maureen Oremus, secretary; and Josh Hilstolsky, treasurer.Fire officers are Harry Sweppenheiser, chief; Maureen Oremus, first assistant chief; and Doug Farr,

second assistant chief.

The companyadded to itsfire policemembership with the additionof Rick Stoss,as Lt. JoshHilstolskyhasretainedhis role of Captain. Newly-initiatedmembersare Mark McCrossen,Rich Redmond, HeatherStoss, Rick Stoss, Adam Burton, Jeremy Burton, Lindsey Oremus, AJ Sweppenheiser and Jeff Strazdus.

Life members of the Franklin Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. were honored at the companys annual installa-

tion dinner. From left, seated, are Robert Appleby, Harold Hoover and Ron Witkowski. Standing,

State Sen. Lisa Baker and State Rep. Karen Boback.

Fire line officers of the Franklin Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. are, from left, seated, Harry Sweppenheiser,

chief; Maureen Oremus, first assistant chief; and Doug Farr, second assistant chief. Second row, Rick

Stoss, Sen. Lisa Baker, Rep. Karen Boback and Josh Hilstolsky.

Junior members initiated into the Franklin Twp. Volunteer Fire Co. are, from left, seated, Adam Bur-

ton, Lindsey Oremus and Jeff Strazdus. Standing, Jeremy Burton, Sen. Lisa Baker, Rep. Karen Bo-

back and AJ Sweppenheiser.

Franklin Twp. Fire Co. installsofficers, honors life members

Jill Evans Kryston, directorof DefiningManners, a schoolof

contemporary protocol, gave an informative and entertain-

ing presentation on life skills and business and social eti-

quette at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club of Dallas. She

also spoke about the prevention of bullying and the levelof

civility among our young people. From left, are Kryston and

Todd Buckley, president of the Rotary Club of Dallas.

ETIQUETTE SKILLSOUTLINED AT

ROTARY CLUBMEETING

The Irregu lars of the BackMountain started off theirmonthly Think Tank Break-fasts in January by featuringDrew Speier, evening newsanchor on WBRE EyewitnessNews, in a presentation titledPast, Present and Future of

Television News.The groups upcom ing

breakfast marking its secondanniversary will be held onSaturday, Feb. 9 at LeggiosRestaurant in Dallas. Presen-ter will be Thom Heaney,owner, Liberty Tax Servicefranchise at 332 MemorialHighway in Dallas.

Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for

socializing ahead of the buf-fet-style breakfast at 9 a.m.Attendee reservations are re-quired. For more information,contact Cholly Hayes, facilita-tor, at 760-1213; or BobbyZampetti, publicity, at 690-2323.

TV news anchors visit The Irregulars

Well-recognized present and legendary television personalities from WBRE Eyewitness News who

attended the January Think Tank Breakfast of The Irregulars are, from left, seated, Vince Sweeney,

Mike Remplewicz, Drew Speier and Tony Ingargiola. Standing, Skip Ward, Mark Albrecht, Pete Yak-

sick and Cholly Hayes.

WBRE-TVs Drew Speier gives

presentation on past,

present and future of news.

mester hours and earn a mini-mum grade point average of3.50 for the semester.

Gibbons graduates

from IthacaKaitlyn Gibbons, daughterof William Gibbons and SusanGibbons, of Tunkhannock,graduated in December 2012

with a major in Clinical Exer-cise Science from Ithaca Col-leges School of Health Sci-ences and Human Perform-ance.

Grimaud on deanslist at Widener

Barbara Grimaud, of Tunk-hannock, has been named tothe deans list at the WidenerUniversity School of LawDean for the spring 2012 se-

mester.Students named to the list

earned a grade point average

Three locals arestudent teaching

John Smulowitz, of Shaver-town, and Amy Rome andJane Tomkinson, both of Dal-las, are student teaching thissemester as part of their edu-cation at Kings College.

Rome is student teaching atDallas High School, Smulowitzis student teaching at DallasElementary School and Tom-kinson is student teaching at

Wycallis Elementary School.The supervised student

teaching experience is neces-sary to fulfill Kings educationdegree requirements and toobtain a Pennsylvania TeacherCertificate.

Yanik participatesin service project

Robert Yanik, of Dallas, wasamong nine students at Kings

College who participated in arecent service project in Phoe-nix, Ariz., through the Shoval

Center, the colleges service-learning organization.

As part of the StudentsEngaged in Reflective Volun-teer Experiences (SERVE)trip, the group volunteered atthe Andre House of Hospital-ity, a homeless ministry spon-sored by the Congregation ofHoly Cross. The students ranthe day-to-day operations of

the ministry while the regularstaff went on a week-longretreat.

Four namedto deans list

Four Back Mountain resi-dents have been named to thedeans list at Lycoming Col-lege.

They are Benjamin Adrian,of Dallas, a business major;Scott Hizny, of Harveys Lake,a communications major; Pa-trick Kalish, of Monroe Twp.,a business major; and NathanVolkel, of Sweet Valley, a eco-nomics major.

Students at Lycoming Col-lege make the deans list ifthey complete at least 12 se-

in the top 20 percent of theirclass and division for the se-mester while pursuing JurisDoctor degrees.

Olson named to

deans list at IthacaCara Olson, of Dallas and a

junior Performance/MusicEducation major, was namedto the deans list in IthacaColleges School of Music forthe fall 2012 semester.

Dr. Oleyreceives honor

Richard M. Oley, DO,FAAFP, of Dallas, has achievedthe Degree of Fellow of theAmerican Academy of FamilyPhysicians (AAFP), the nation-al medical association repre-senting nearly 100,300 family

physicians, residents and med-ical students.

Established in 1971, the

AAFP Degree of Fellow recog-nizes family physicians whohave distinguished themselvesthrough service to family med-icine and ongoing professionaldevelopment.

Dr. Oley is a partner of

Dallas Family Practice, LLCand resides with his family inthe Back Mountain. He isactive as a volunteer in theBoy Scouts of America andthe Shavertown United Metho-dist Church. He also is anassistant clinical professor ofmedicine with the Common-

wealth Medical College.

Karnopp namedto deans list

Callin Karnopp, of Tunk-hannock, has been named tothe Deans List of AcademicAchievement at Elmira Collegefor the fall 2012 semester.

A member of the Class of2014, Karnopp is majoring inBusiness Administration.

P E O P L E B R I E F S

The Pennsylvania Department

of Transportation has announcedthat all driver license and photocenters, including its full-servicecenter in Harrisburg, will beclosed through Monday, Feb. 18,in observance of Presidents Day.

Customers may still obtain avarietyof driverand vehicleprod-ucts and services online throughPennDOTs Driver and VehicleServices website, www.dmv.sta-te.pa.us.

A complete listing of Penn-DOT driver and photo licensecenter closings in 2013 is availa-ble on the website under News,Stats and Facts.

PennDOT reminds motoriststhey can log ontowww.511pa.com or call 511

from any phone to check trafficconditions before heading out.

PennDOTcenters closed

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Tegan Ostroski, of Shaver-town, recently competed at thePerforming Arts Alliance Con-test of Champions dance compe-tition in King of Prussia whereshe wasnamed Grand ChampionModel ages 8-9.

Ostroski also won Tops inModeling ages 8-9, three Tops inDuo Tap, Duo Ethnic and DuoSpecialty categories ages 8-9 and

Tops in Trio Tap ages 8-9.She is also a member of the

dance groups Sugar and En-corewhichearned a totalof four

Tops in Tap, Specialty and Panto-mime categories.

In addition, Sugar wasnamed Grand Champion Line

Tap in the 8-9 age division cate-gory and was awarded a $1,000check.

Tegan is the daughter of Rickand Chris Ostroski. She is adance student under the direc-tion of Robert and KristineOberst, owners and directors ofthe Back Mountain Dance Stu-dio, Dallas.

Tegan Ostroski has won many dancing and modeling trophies.

Ostroski is Tops inmodeling ages 8-9

The Wyoming Co unty Ch am-

ber is hosting a 21st BirthdayBlockPartyfrom 6 to10p.m.onMay 3 at The Comfort Inn &Suites.

The Chamber will be joinedby Chesapeake Energey Corpo-ration, Mountain Energy Ser-

vices and Chi ef Oil & Gas, LLCto present the event this year.

There will be fare from at

least eight area restaurants,spirits from local beer distrib-utors as as well as Nimble Hill

Winter and music by Splas h.Tickets are $35 (in advance)

and $45 at the door and can bepurchased by calling Deborahat the Chamber office 875-8325.

Chamber plans 21 birthday party

DP correspondenthas books published

Dallas Post Sports Corre-spondent Tom Robinson hashad a series of six booksreleased by The Childs

World, a p ubli shi ng comp anyfrom North Mankato, Minn.

A Clarks Summit resident,Robinson is a freelance

sports writer and an editor ofmedical and educationalbooks. He wrote all six titlesfor the Math in Sports series,

whi ch is targete d t owardreaders in grades 2-5.

Specializing in books foryoun g rea ders, Robin sonrecently completed the man-uscript for his 34th book,

whi ch has not yet by re-leased.

Traver willattend JrNYLC

Shelby Traver, a fifth-gradestudent at Lehman-JacksonElementary School, wasnominated and has beenaccepted to attend the Sum-mer 2013 Junior NationalLeader Conference(JrNYLC) .

She will be one of approxi-mately 250 outstanding stu-dents across the UnitedStates who will take part in asix day leadership confer-ence in Washington, D.C.,this spring and summer.

She is the daughter ofAnne and Kelly Traver, of

Sweet Valley, and the grand-daughter of Cecil and Sandra

Traver, al so of Sweet Valley.

Two namedto deans list

Colleen Leahigh andMeghan Pietraccini, both ofDallas, have been named tothe deans list for the fall

2012 semester at James Ma-dison University.

Both seniors, Leahigh ismajoring in marketing andPietraccini is majoring inkinesiology.

Students who receivedeans list honors must carrya semester course load of atleast 12 graded credit hoursand earn a GPA of between3.5 and 3.899.

Shevock interningat building company

Laurie Shevock, of Shaver-town, is interning this se-mester at the building mate-rials manufacturer CPG In-ternational, Scranton.

A senior accounting majorwith a m inor in bus ines sadministration at King sCollege, Shevock is a mem-ber of King s AccountingAssociation and volunteersin the colleges campus activ-ities office. She has servedboth as an orientation assist-ant and an orientation coor-dinator for incoming first-

year stud ents .

Shevock is the daughter ofMichael and Denise Shevock.

Three on deanslist at Wilkes

Adam Razawich, TiffanyRule and Britny Rules, all of

Tunkhan nock , h ave beennamed to the deans list at

Wilkes Uni versi ty f or the fall2012 semester.

To be n amed to the dean s

list at Wilkes, students mustobtain a minimum 3.4 GPAand carry at least 12 credits.

Spencer namedto deans list

Rebecca Spencer, of Dallas,is among the 555 students

who earn ed deans lis t h on-ors for the fall 2012 semesterat Mount St. Marys Uni-

versi ty.A junior at the Mount,

Spencer achieved deans liststatus by maintaining a 3.4or higher grade point aver-age.

She is the daughter of Mr.and Mrs. John S. Spencer, Jr.

Del Gaudio achievesdeans list status

Marisa Del Gaudio, ofDallas, has been named tothe deans list at Elizabeth-town College for the fall 2012academic semester.

A psychology major, DelGaudio achieved deans liststatus by earning a semestergrade point average of 3.60or better in 14 or more credit

hours, of which at least 12credits are letter-gradedcourse work.

Fendler namedto deans list

Brian Fendler, of Shaver-town, has been named to thedeans list at the Universityof Hartford for the fall 2012academic semester.

P E O P L E B R I E F S

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Sports

Dallas High School athletestrainingin thefield house next tothe schools football field willhave new equipment with whichto work, possibly as early as next

weekfollowing the completionofonestageof an improvementpro-

ject.The Dallas Foundation for Ex-

cellenceinEducationhasorderednew equipment for the field

houseweightroomthatisusedbythe football, wrestling and trackteamsas well as otherathletes attheschool.

Nearly $20,000 was raised toobtain newequipment, replacingoutdated items insome cases andadding to theavailable options inothers. A similar second stage

will attempt to raise close to thesame amount of funds for a fur-therupdatein thefuture.

Bonny Mannello, a Dallas resi-dentwhois a personal traineranda foundation board member, said

the fundraising went beyond thestandarditemsthatbooster clubsfor the teams tend to cover. Shesaid the donors included people

who have graduated from the

school and those who have sonsor daughters who will use theequipment.

The foundation is attemptingto createthe besthighschool fit-

nessfacilityin NortheasternPA,according to a flyer it producedseeking private donations. Theequipment can help students behealthier and pursue their goalsin athleticcompetition.

Among the additions in thefirst stage are new power-liftingracks with adjustable benches,Olympic bars andweights, a backmachine and a Kettlebell systemfor core training. The equipment

was ordered through FitnessHeadquarters, which helped de-signthe weight room.

Much of the outdated equip-ment is being removed from theroom.The existingleg extension,curt, bicep and tricep machines

will be kept.The first stage of the project

cametogetherin lessthan a year.Formal discussions began lastsummer.

Were not finished yet, Man-nello said.

The second stage would in-clude a cable cross machine, asound system and other itemslikejumpropesandexerciseballs.

New equipment coming to Dallas weight roomBy TOM ROBINSON

For The Dallas PostThe Dallas Foundation was formed to provide support for the DallasSchool District, its faculty and students through scholarships, improvedfacilities and support of educational, athletic and other extracurricularactivities. Donations, which are tax-deductible, can be sent to The Dal-las Foundation for Excellence in Education, 1000 Wyoming Ave., FortyFort, Pa. 18704.

H O W YO U C A N H E L P

The school basketball sea-

sons are wrapping up, but thosemost dedicated to the game aregetting ready to move on totheir next season, playing Ama-teur Athletic Union (AAU) bas-ketball.

Rock Solid Basketball, host-ed at the Rock Rec Sports Com-plex in Trucksville, completedtryouts in January and has puttogether a series of boys andgirls teams to compete in tour-naments this spring.

We have kids that are aboveaverage players on the leveltheyre playing in, said DougMiller, the Dallas High Schoolhead coach who is the directorof Rock Solid and coordinatesthe b oys AAU pro gram.Theyre looking to get betterfor junior high basketball or the

junior high players are trying toget ready for junior varsity and

varsity.Our older high school kids

are at the point where they aretrying to be seen by colleges.

Rock Solid will have twoboys teams for freshmen andone each for eighth, seventh,sixth, fifth and fourth grade.

Kathy Healey, the head coachat Pittston Area, coordinatesthe girls program. It has a teamfor sophomores, plus others foreighth, seventh, sixth and fifthgrades.

Seventh grade and younger

play in four tournaments whileeighth grade and older play insix.

In the area we live in, withina 4-5-hour drive, you can play insome of the more competitivetournaments in the country,Miller said.

Don Hopkins, who has beenwith Rock Solid since its debutin 2006, and Nate Francis willcoach the separate ninth-gradeteams.

The team, coached by Fran-cis, includes Dallas studentsSpencer Bowanko, Tanner Gat-tuso, Suk Mathon, Adam Niz-nik and Ray Anthony Ostroski.

Miller coaches the eighth-

grade team and is assisted byMisericordia University studentJon Gimble.

The team includes Dallasplayers Jason Anderson, ZachCharlton, Nico DeLuca, BenDonahue, Michael Farrell, Dal-ton Gattuso, Collin Tertl andEthan Szczecinski.

Dallas seventh-grade coachDoug Chapman coaches theseventh-grade team, which hasJay Bittner, Alex Charlton, Da-

vid Chopyak, Mason Gattuso,Nick Kocher, Andrew Kovalick,Nate Maransky, Matthew Math-ers, Ben OConnell, DavidSchuster and Brody Strickland,all from Dallas.

Mike Luksic and Scott An-

swini, Dallas Youth Basketballcoaches, guide the sixth-gradeteam. Answini also coaches at

Good Shepherd, which has Mi-chael Anderson, Derek Answi-ni, Collin Cook, Justin Fell,Hunter Landon, Michael Luk-sic, Tyler Mozeleski, Ethan Za-

watski and Jack Ziemba on theteam.

Fred Berley, a Dallas YouthBasketball coach, leads thefifth-grade team. Eric Berley, a

Wyoming Seminary student

from Dallas, is on the squad;along with Sean Boland, JohnCantando and Hunter Lovefrom Good Shepherd; and LukeDelGaudio, Matthew Boland,Jack Farrell, Lenny Kelley, JackLukasavage and Brett Ostroskifrom Dallas.

The fourth-grade team is stillbeing finalized.

Cayle Spencer and Emily Sut-ton of Lake-Lehman, Talia Szat-kowski of Dallas and GabbyVolpetti, a Wyoming Seminaryplayer from Dallas, are part ofthe sophomore girls team thatHealey coaches.

Dallas Youth Basketballcoach Chad Lojewski leads theeighth-grade girls team. It in-

cludes Courtney Devens, PaigeEvans, Maddie Kelley and SaraLojewski from Dallas, as well as

Sarah Sabaluski from Lake-Leh-man.

Kelly Johnson, the DallasHigh School coach, leads theseventh-grade team. Hannah

Johnson, Olivia Johnson andKendra Saba of Dallas are onthe team along with Makayla

Adams of Lake-Lehman.Dallas freshman coach John-

na Schickram coaches thesixth-grade girls. Her team in-cludes Laura Golden, a Susque-

hanna Prep student from Dal-

Cagers move on to next season

BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DLALAS POST

Lake-Lehmans Cayle Spencer, left, is looking forward to playing Amateur Athletic Union (AAU)

basketball.

Amateur Athletic Union

basketball programs are

gearing up for action.

By TOM ROBINSON

For the Dallas Post

BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Ray Anthony Ostroski, left, and Tanner Gattuso, both of Dallas,

shown here during a Dallas Foundation Golf Tournament, are

members of an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) ninth-grade bas-

ketball team.

See CAGERS, Page10

The Dallas and Lake-Lehmangirls basketball teams have hadthe look of title contenders dur-ing successful seasons.

To contendfor a championshipin the Class AAA girls playoffs,however, they will have to makeit throughthe toughestand deep-est of the eight District 2 basket-ball tournaments that begin playin the next week.

We are loaded, Dallas coachKelly Johnson said of the teamsin the Class AAA field.

Dallas handed likely top-seedScrantonPrep its only loss in thefirst 21 games.

Lake-Lehman, one of nineClass AAA teams that enteredthe final night of the regular sea-son with wins in two-thirds ormore ofits leaguegames,hasnotbeen as consistent as its rival. Itdoes, however, have wins to itscredit over Dallas and Crest-

wood, two of the top three teamsfrom Division 1 of the WyomingValley Conference.

Without a doubt, it should bean extremely tough tourna-ment, said Lake-Lehman coachCharlie Lavan. There are somequality, quality teams.

It should definitely be a

tough, very challenging tourna-ment.

District2sreturnto opentour-naments on the Class AAA andAA levels thisseasonleaves18 el-igible teams, 11 of which were at.500 or better going into Thurs-day as teams fought for finalseeding position. AbingtonHeights, which has won threestraight district titles, includingthelast twoat Class AAAAbeforedropping back down this season,is looking at a first-round gameon the road with its .500 record.

Dallas beat two of the threewinning Lackawanna LeagueClass AAA opponents it faced,topping Scranton Prep and WestScrantonand losing to defendingdistrict champion Honesdale.

There are such good teams,even in the lower seeds, that youhave to come ready to play everygame or you could be knockedback on your heels, Johnsonsaid.

Dallas was scheduled to playPittston Area in a Friday divisionplayoff game as of presstime.

That game would determine theWyoming Valley Conference Di-vision 1 title, as well as the likelythird seed in districts since divi-sionchampions areseeded aboveother teams.

Scranton Prep appears headedfor the top seed. The winner oftheWVCDivision2 titlein a play-off between Holy Redeemer and

Nanticoke likely will be the sec-

PETE G. WILCOX/ THE DALLAS POST

Emily Sutton, left, of Lake Lehman goes up for a lay up as Nanti-cokes Deanna Thomas takes a swat at the ball during a Wyoming

Valley Conference high school girls basketball game in Nanticoke.

Dallas, Lehmangirls teams looktoward playoffs

By TOM ROBINSON

For The Dallas Post

See PLAYOFFS , Page 10

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ond seed.Im pleased with our per-

formance the last few contestsweve had, Johnson said. Wehave a good group that workshard andwe have insideand out-side balance.

Lavan thinks Lake-Lehman,

which finished 9-4 in leagueplay, is close to being ready forits playoff challenges.

Were trying to make surewere at our best at this stage,Lavan said. Our teams guardplay has to improve, we have to

workon boxingout and our man

defense has to be better.If we get those things, well

befine, becauseI thinkwell getenough offense from (Cayle)Spencer, (Emily) Sutton and(Danae) Sutliff.

Lake-Lehman and Dallas arealso in Class AAA for the Dis-trict 2 boys basketball playoffs.

Bothteams found themselvestied for key spots as they en-tered the last game of leagueplay.

Lake-Lehman was tiedamong

the teams trying for the eighthseedand a home gamein the17-game field.

Dallas was tied for the 16thspot, which would be requiredto play a preliminary game justto reach the round of 16.

The preliminary games were

planned for this weekend.The first full round of Class

AAA boys is Tuesday. ClassAAA girls conduct their firstround, with Dallas and Lake-Lehmanat homeon Wednesday.

The remainder of the ClassAAA boys tournament has thequarterfinals Friday, the semifi-nals Feb. 26 and the finalsMarch 1.

The remainder of the ClassAAA girls tournament has thequarterfinals Saturday, the

semifinals Feb. 27 and the finalsMarch 2.

Both Class AAA events in-clude a third-place game be-cause the district sends threeteams into Pennsylvania Inter-scholastic Athletic Associationtournament action.

PETEG. WILCOX/THE DALLAS POST

Kayley Schinski, of Nanticoke, second from left, collides with teammate Alex Brassington as

Lake Lehman players Karen Yamrick (No. 00) and Emily Sutton (No. 10) look on during a girls

basketball game in Nanticoke.

PLAYOFFSContinued from Page 9

las; Angelina Allen, Emily Far-rell, Haley Fennell, Sarah Ku-derka, Gabriella Olenginski

and Synday Strickland fromDallas; and Gianna Centrellafrom Good Shepherd.

Jody Dutton, the Dallaseighth-grade coach, is leadingthe fifth-grade team. It in-cludes Laura Charlton, MorganMacNeely and Samantha Mi-chael from Dallas and LiviaMoore from Good Shepherd.

The program also drawsplayers from Crestwood, GAR,

Nanticoke, Pittston Area, St.Nicks/St. Marys in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton Prep, Wyom-

ing Area, Wyoming Area Ca-tholic and Wyoming Valley

West.Practices begin March 3 and

tournament play starts March23.

Part of the training at RockRec will include the use of TheGun, a basketball shooting ma-

chine that returns shots toplayers to help them developtheir skills at game speed.

CAGERSContinued from Page 9

Dallas pounded the ball in-side from the start Wednesdaynight, drawing fouls and con-

verti ng free throws to take

charge early.By the time the Lady Moun-

taineers were done, AshleyDunbar had sliced through the

Wyoming Valley West d efenset o e ar n 24 f re e t hr ow at-tempts.

Dunbar made 16 of the freethrows on her way to a 30-point effort that led Dallas to a76-63 victory and allowed it tofinish the Wyoming ValleyConference Division I girlsbasketball season tied for first.

Dallas and Pittston Areawere sche duled to square offFriday night to decide the divi-sion title after each went 12-2.

The Lady Moun taine ers cel-ebrated Senior Night with sig-

nificant contributions fromtheir four seniors.

Im happy for our seniorsthat they played as well ast he y d id t on ig ht , D al lascoach Kelly Johnson said. Impleased with how each of our

p laye rs p laye d and I waspleased with our composure atthe foul line.

Dallas finished 23-for-38from the foul line.

Dunbar, Jess Hiscox, TannerEnglehart and Rachel Olszew-ski are the seniors who playedtheir final regular-seasonhome game.

Hiscox added 18 points byshooting 8-for-13, including 2-for-5 on 3-pointers.

Englehart had eight re-

bounds and Olszewski seven.They join ed Talia Szatko wski,who finis hed with 10 point s,nine rebounds and six assiststo lead Dallas to a 41-33 re-bounding advantage.

The Lady Moun taine ers hiteight free throws to open a 24-14 lead after one quarter andstretched the lead to 58-43 af-ter three.

Cheyenne Reese led ValleyWest wi th 26 point s a nd 15 re-

bounds.

PETEG. WILCOXFILE PHOTO/THE DALLASPOST

Rachel Olszewski (No. 45) of Dallas gets the rebound in front of

Crestwoods Sydney Myers (No. 44). Olszewski is one of four

senior members of this years Lady Mountaineers basketball team

honored this week.

BILLTARUTISFILE PHOTO/FOR THEDLALASPOST

Dallas Jess Hiscox, left, drives to the hoop as Crestwoods Maury

Cronauer defends in WVC girls basketball action. Hiscox is one of

four senior members of this years Lady Mountaineers team.

PETEG. WILCOXFILE PHOTO/FOR THEDALLASPOST

Tanner Englehart, of Dallas, passes the ball around Crestwoods

Sydney Myers (No. 44) to Dallas teammate Samantha Missal.

Englehart is one of four seniors on this years Lady Mountaineers

basketball team.

BILLTARUTISFILE PHOTO/FOR THEDALLASPOST

Dallas Ashley Dunbar, right, drives to the basket as Pittston

Areas Mia Hopkins defends from behind. Dunbar and three other

senior members of the Lady Mountaineers basketball team were

honored this week.

Senior Lady Mountaineers are honoredFour members of Dallas girls

basketball season closing

out high school careers.

By TOM ROBINSON

For The Dallas Post

Bandits lacrosseaccepts registrations

Registrations are nowbeing accepted via the website at www.laxteams.net/

bmylax for the Back Moun-tain Bandits lacrosse team

Boys and girls in grades 1-3may sign up for intramurals.Boys age groups are U-9,U-11, U-13 & U-15. Girls agegroups are third and fourthgrade, fifth and sixth gradeand seventh and eighthgrades.

The registration fee in-cludes US Lacrosse regis-tration, US Lacrosse maga-zine and a team jersey.

Participants should printthe form and mail it, along

with applicable fee to BMYL,P.O. Box 1746, Shavertown,PA 18708.

Comedy Nightbenefits BombersA Comedy Night at Wise

Crackers Comedy Club (nextto Genettis in Wilkes-Barre)on Saturday, March 2 willbenefit the Back MountainBombers.

Doors open at 8 p.m.; showstarts at 9 p.m. Tickets areavailable at the door.

Rock Rec basketballseason begins

The Rock Recreation Cen-ter is accepting registrationapplications for the 2013Upward basketball season.

The league is open to girlsand boys Pre-K through sixthgrade.

The final game is set forSaturday, March 16.

For more information,contact The Rock Rec Centerat 696-2769.

KaPow hockey cluboffers training

KaPow Field Hockey Klubis offering spring trainingand game play age groupsU6, U8, U10 and U12 directedby Olympian Lauren PoweleyApril 14-19 at Wyoming Semi-nary, Kingston.

For a registration form,

email lcomiskey@ka-powfh.com. Deadline isMarch 31.

BR I E F S

Kristen Mericle, of Shaver-town, a seniorat Wyoming Semi-

nary College PreparatorySchool,will continue her academic andathletic career at Villanova Uni-

versity in Villanova in the fallwhere she will play for Villanovaveteran field hockey head coachJoanie Milhousin theNCAA Div.I Big East Conference.

This fall, Milhous embarks onher19th seasonwitha 183-167 all-time record after finishing the2012 seasonat 7-12.Shehas twicebeen named Big East Coach ofthe Year.

As a member of the BlueKnights 2010 and 2011 state AAchampionship teams, she wasnamed to the Second Team All-State in her junior and senior

years and was an Academic All-

State Squad member as a senior.A member of the Citizens

Voice and The Times Leader All-

Star teams for 2012, she was se-lected to compete in the Futures

Elite Tournament for 2011 and2012 and attended the 2012 Fu-tures Elite Academy. She alsocompeted in the 2011 JuniorOlympics.

A Blue Knights co-captain as asenior, she helped lead the teamto a 17-5-2 record in 2011 and tothe PIAA state quarter-finals in2012. Her 2010-2012 record atSem is 18 goals and 20 assists.

In addition to field hockey,Mericle is a four-year varsity let-ter winner in girls lacrosse and

will serve as team captain in hersenior year. She plays at the at-tackposition forthe team, which

won the District II championshipin 2011.

Mericle, who plans to attend

Villanovas School of Business, isthedaughterof Mr. andMrs.Rob-ert Mericle, of Shavertown.

Kristen Mericle, of Shavertown, a senior at Wyoming Seminary,

will continue her academic and athletic career at Villanova Uni-

versity in Villanova in the fall. Seen during her announcement on

Signing Day are, from left, seated, Karen Klassner, Sem head field

hockey coach and director of athletics; Kristen Mericle. Standing,

Kim Mericle, mother; Robert Mericle, father; Robert Mericle,

brother.

Mericle to Villanova

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engage them and provide an en-joyable atmosphere.

Kim Baltruchitis, of Court-dale, said her 5-year-old daugh-ter Brianna lovesto cook,so theparty was a great way to spendthe afternoon with her friends.

She loves to make anything

with flour and water, said Bal-truchitis.Briannas birthdayis next and

her mother is still trying to fig-ure out what kind of party tothrow for her.

This is something out of theordinary, Baltruchitis said ofthe pizza party. We usually gobowling.Itstough to findsome-thing to keep thekids interestedand to have stuff for the parentsto do.

Joe Tomasino enjoyed theidea that the children are ex-posed to new experiences, evenpotentially inspiring some fu-ture foodies or chefs.

I think this is the start ofsomething we may develop of

a package deal (for parties likethis in the future), he said.

BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Ellie Paley, 6, left, of Shavertown, joins other children in making their own pizza at Original Ital-

ian Pizza during Kyla OBriens birthday party.

Six-year-old Kyla OBrien makes a craft with friends at hermake-your-own pizza party at Original Italian Pizza in the Dal-

las Shopping Center.

PARTYContinued from Page 1

PUZZLE ANSWERS Puzzles, Page 2

Flo Mociun, of Centermore-land, also spoke very highly ofFather Vinny, as many parish-ioners affectionately call him.

Hes a real people priest, she

said.

Croop said Dang even offeredhis own car when hers brokedown a few years ago.

Hes just such a good person,she said.

Mooney said the event also re-minds him of another time in hislife the yearlong tourof duty heserved inVietnamwhile hewas aU.S. Army soldier.

I could think of better places

to be, he said of his time there.

But Mooney enjoys speakingthe little bit of Vietnamese hepicked up during his time in themilitary, in addition to the com-pany of Dang and the local Viet-namese community.

Heand Dangexchanged phras-es in passing while prepping forthe event.

The translation?It means, I love you very

much, said Mooney.

BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Veterans of the Vietnam War who served in the late 1960s for a photo before Mass at the Franklin

Township Fire Hall are, from left, Phuoc Nguyen, Wilkes-Barre; Thich Vo, Wilkes-Barre; Richard Moo-

ney, Dallas; and John Latishon, Kingston.

VIETNAMContinued from Page 1

presented a Stream Energy pro-gram called PowerUp! whichhe

believes would allow the dis-tricts foundation to generate in-come to increase school securi-ty. The program calls for cus-tomers tosignup fora change intheir utility provider on a web-site provided by Stream Energy.

The company would then do-nate$4 permonth percustomerto thedistricts foundation. Mar-chakitus did say that most Leh-man residents could not partici-pate as UGI customers are notincluded in the program.

The board has appointed thefollowing coaches for the 2012-2013 school year: Scott Kerkow-ski willserve as varsityassistantbaseballcoach andMatthew Ideas junior high assistant for thebaseball team. John Ferdinand

was named varsity assistantsoftball coach and Sherri Metz

will be the junior varsity assist-an