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Elmcrest development a happy home By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Dallas Post Correspondent

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Long-time Elmcrest friends and neighbors Susan Dauksis and Debbie Rowland meet to walk their dogs Sadie and Bandit.

Elmcrest is the kind of neighborhood where neighbors like Susan Dauksis and Debbie Rowland, who have been friends for over 10 years, walk their dogs, Sadie and Bandit, every day and talk about how their children, who have long since left the Back Mountain, are doing. Walking around the peaceful streets today is easy. There are sidewalks and no visible utility poles, except in the back of the lots along the old stone walls and underground. The development was very thoughtfully planned in the early 1950s by the

late Bernie (Ben) C. Banks and today’s construction respects that tradition on Birch, White Birch, Brittany and Jacquelyn Lanes. Banks son, Bernie Banks Jr. recalls his ﬁrst job - raking grass and planting grass seed at the development - as his father worked with the late Buddy Rothstein, a builder, to provide another housing option after World War II. It was all done on a gentleman’s handshake in those days. According to Banks Jr., the senior Banks said to Rothstein, “You build the houses and we’ll ﬁnd the buyers.” The street was originally thought to have been built to accommodate executives who worked at Natona Mills

(now Twin Stacks on Route 415) according to Tom Myers, whose parents built a house in 1949. The Banks’ development added one house to every two lots, leaving a vacant lot in between for investment or resale. Houses cost around $10,000 in the 1950s. It’s where Jan Miller settled in 1970 to raise her three children, Marilyn, Phillip and Mark. They’d lived many places in Pennsylvania but found Elmcrest to be a great place to raise a family and to settle. “There are bridge and golf groups, it’s close to Wilkes-Barre yet in the country,” Miller said. “Everyone looks See ELMCREST, Page 7A

Ross students dress up as favorite story characters

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Dallas High School sophomore Lauren Gallagher practices her Irish step dancing with the rest of Scoil Rince Na Connemara dancers at Downtown Arts in Wilkes-Barre.

Gallagher dances way to Ireland By SARAH HITE Dallas Post Correspondent

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Aidan Kukosky dresses as Pinocchio at Ross Elementary School during Read Across America Week.

Books Come to Life

By SUSAN DENNEY - Dallas Post Correspondent

tudents dressed as their favorite book characters paraded around Ross Elementary at the start of a special reading day on Feb. 28. The parade started with the youngest students from kindergarten and ﬁrst grade and progressed through sixth grade. Some book characters were easy to pick out. Waldo may be hard to ﬁnd in his famous books, but it was a snap to spot the student wearing Waldo’s red-and-white striped shirt, hat and round black glasses. Many students wore robes and school scarves from Hogwarts as they pretended to be characters from the Harry Potter book series by J. K. Rowling. Other memorable costumes included Cindy Lou Who from “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss and Pippi Longstocking from the famous series by Astrid Lindgren. Older children were sometimes harder to identify as they were drawn to characters from young adult titles like “The Hunger Games,” “Matched” and “Hatchet.” Students carried their favorite book with them as they marched down the hall. Jennifer Ferkel, Title 1 reading teacher at Ross Elementary, said the reading day activities were planned by the reading committee which consists of herself, Jeanne Williams, Katie Mullins, Janna Kabosky, Corin Frey, Ray Poskoch and Lee Ann Bauer. “We wanted them to be involved in reading,” Ferkel said of the students. “Coming to school dressed as a character made it a personal experience.” Students told why they had chosen a certain character. See BOOKS, Page 7A

Lauren Gallagher, 16, of Dallas, is a dancing machine, but it took her a few years and a few different styles of dance before she found her calling. “I started with ballet when I was 3 (years old) and I hated it,” said the Dallas High School sophomore. “I’ve been doing Irish dancing for seven years and I love it.” And that dedication has paid off. The Scoil Rince Na Connemara dancer recently took third place in the Mid-Atlantic C h a m p i o n s h i p hoW to hELP held in RidgeFor more informawood, N.J., which tion about how to qualiﬁes her to help Michelle and compete at the Lauren Gallagher All Ireland com- with fundraising or petition in Killar- to donate towards Lauren’s trip to ney, Ireland. Ireland, contact G a l l a g h e r Michelle via e-mail said she’s always at shellie120@ wanted to learn frontiernet.net. Irish dancing because of her heritage and now she’ll perform in the land from where her ancestors came. “My cousins used to make fun of me for it,” said Gallagher. “They just said, ‘Oh Irish step dancing, you just make it up.’ But it’s different from any other type of dancing I’ve done. It’s kind of hard.” Gallagher’s mother, Michelle, has recently started fundraising to help pay for Lauren’s expenses to attend the trip as dancers must pay for each dance at each feis (pronounced “fesh”) or competition in which they participate. “It’s going to be expensive,” said Michelle, who, along with her husband, Patrick, and 19-year-old son, David, plans to accompany Lauren. The competition will be held this summer for four days, June 28 through July 1. Other than the days and the place, the Gallaghers haven’t been told much more about the details of the event. “I know it’s the CRDM (Cumann Rince Dea Mheasa) and we belong to the NAIDF (North American Irish Dance Federation),” said Lauren. All mysterious acronyms and lack of details aside, Lauren cannot wait for the chance to dance in Ireland. “It’s nerve-wracking,” she said. “I’m always practicing. When I’m at school I’m constantly tapping my toes under See DANCER, Page 7A

Alex Kane dresses as Sponge Bob and marches through the halls at Ross Elementary School during Read Across America Week.

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property transfers The following Back Mountain real estate transactions have been recorded in the Luzerne County Office of Recorder of Deeds for the week of Feb. 25, 2013: Justin L. and Adam Schooley to James T. Kozemchak, Lot 4, Morrow Subdivision, Harveys Lake Borough; $265,000 Centhalo Properties, LLC to John Paul and Arlene June Bergevin, Unit 7, Greenbriar Village, Lehman Township; $184,900 Bruce W. and Christa M. Coolbaugh to Adam and Jutine L. Schooley, 10.45 acres, Franklin Township; $295,000 Louis M. Kwasny to UGI Energy Services, Franklin Township; $83,000 Christopher Teetsel (administrator), Sherry Teetsel (estate) to Christopher Teetsel and Dina Sarmonis, 132 Hoover Road, Lehman

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Township; $115,000 Douglas and Jill Hertel to Michael A. Herron, 253 Pennbrook Ave., Dallas Township; $362,500 Karen A. Kolbeck to Andrew R. Kirk, Lot 5 and partial Lot 4, Dallas Township; $130,000 AJT Properies, LLC to Kristin M. Flavell, 158 Center St., Lot 65, Partial lots 66 and 67, Kingston Township; $83,500 Village at Greenbriar, Inc. to Sharon Strauser, Unit 6, Greenbriar Drive; $361,900 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to Scott Culver, 22 Whitesell Road, Lake Township; $155,000 Donald W. Olsen to Carty Painting, Inc., Dallas Borough; $35,000 George C. Prehatin to John Gribowich Jr. and Larry S. Chapp, 10.95 acres, Lake Township; $135,000 Darrin Woodruff to Jacqueline Quigley and Albert Nocerine, Lot 4, Fern Ridge Plot, Kingstgon Township; $410,000

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Jackson Township awards contract and hires ofﬁcers Master

By SUSAN DENNEY Dallas Post Correspondent

Jackson Township supervisors were one supervisor and a solicitor short at their March 4 meeting. In the absence of supervisor Alan Fox, supervisors were able to approve resolutions but did not discuss old business or introduce new business. The supervisors approved the 20132014 COSTARS DGS salt contract. They authorized the hiring of part-

time ofﬁcer John Saranchuk as of Feb. 5. They also approved the reinstatement of part-time ofﬁcer Leo Letoski as of Jan. 1. Resident Dave Milunic, of Shavertown, asked about Meadowcrest Drive. He lives on the street and wants to redo his driveway but wanted to know if the road will be resurfaced. Board chairman John “Jay” Wilkes, Jr. said, “We wanted to wait. Maybe this year, maybe next.” Another resident complained about the deplorable condition of Chase Road

in the township. Since this is a county and not a township road, he wanted to know if the township had sent notification to the county about its condition. Wilkes assured him that letters had been sent. Mary Dockeray, of Shavertown, wanted to know why more part-time police officers are being hired than full-time officers. “A lot of townships and municipalities struggle,” said supervisor Tim Evans. Dockeray wanted to know if the town-

ship is hiring part-timers to avoid paying into a pension fund for the officers. She asked, “What’s the wisdom in that?” The supervisors said that is not the reason for hiring part-time officers. Evans said that some of the officers have as many as four different uniforms hanging in their closets. “I sympathize with them.” But he assured the residents, “These gentlemen are qualified.” Supervisors will meet next at 6 p.m. on April 1.

BACK MOUNTAIN BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: HILBERT’S THE TRACTOR STORE

Debbie Hilbert, secretary, and Larry Hilbert, owner, pose inside Hilbert’s the Tractor Store, which they describe as, ‘clean and fresh—a welcome for men and ladies alike to be invited in.’

Hilbert’s focuses on customer service

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rom its parts department to its selection of shiny new lawnmowers to its professional welding services, Hilbert’s the Tractor Store is more than its name may suggest. And, according to owner Larry Hilbert, all merchandise and services are offered in a friendly and welcoming atmosphere. “The store is clean and fresh,” he said, “a welcome for men and ladies alike to be invited in.”

The business also aims to be involved in its community and supports local T-ball, serves as a drop-off site for the Back Mountain Food Pantry and provides space for community organizations on its electronic billboard. The shop, now located at 687 Memorial Highway, Dallas, was opened about 35 years ago in the center of Dallas by Larry Hilbert and his father, Lawrence Hilbert Jr., who now serves as president of the corporation. Now in his 80s, he continues to be active in the business, which now includes the third generation of the family, Sam Hilbert, son of Larry Hilbert. According to Debbie Hilbert, secretary of the business and wife of Larry Hilbert, the shop moved to its current location in 1989 when it outgrew the original one. Since then, she said, it has undergone several expansions. It’ most recent expansion, however, was not on the physical building or property but on the World Wide Web with the launch of a “new and exciting” website, according to Debbie Hilbert. The website, hilbertsequip.com, offers a 24/7 on-line parts store, product information, price quotes, brochures and more. But the new technology and added convenience of the Internet doesn’t stop the Hilberts and their staff from providing the same customer experience as always in the store. As their motto states, “Service is our sales- Working in the parts department at Hilbert’s the Tractor Store, from man.” back: Sam Hilbert, third generation Hilbert in the business and Keith “Hilbert’s the Tractor Store has Williams, store manager been one of the top 100 dealers in the According to Larry Hilbert, all of Cub Cadet organization many times later added, “We keep our techniover because of the professional staff cians in constant training, teaching, the store’s supplied product lines are and loyal customers who come into knowledge. Our technicians are very premium, including Ariens, Cub Cathe store,” said Larry Hilbert. He knowledgeable of the product lines.” det, Gravely Pro, Stihl Power Tools,

MEET THE HILBERTS Larry Hilbert, owner, and his wife Debbie Hilbert, secretary Residence: Dallas Hobbies and interests: Boating and weekend travel Business inspiration/motto: “Service is our salesman” Most used piece of equipment you own at home: Gravely Pro Zero Turn Mower (to maintain the lawn) Troy Bilt Products and Westinghouse Generators. Other than the shop’s regular product sales, Hilbert’s also offers parts, repairs and welding services and snow plowing in the winter. Larry Hilbert believes the keys to shopping local are “service, questions answered and the proper product ﬁt for the owner and the project.” But, he said, the importance of shopping local can’t be stressed enough. “As Jay Humphreys [of Humphreys’ Bootery, Dallas] stated a number of weeks ago (in an interview which appeared in the Feb. 10 edition of The Dallas Post), the importance of shopping local,” Hilbert said, “is that money spent in the local community stays in the local community, while money spent elsewhere is gone for good.” “In a very, very tough economy,” Hilbert continued, “we at Hilbert’s are keeping our staff employed and our taxes in the community. We need the community’s support. And keep the local money in our own community.” He thanks Hilbert’s customers for helping to do just that.

Gardeners plan spring workshop

Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Luzerne County will hold their 2013 Spring into Gardening Workshop on Saturday, April 27 at the Technology Center, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus, Lehman. The all-day workshop will include sessions on turf management, trees for your landscape, expressing personality in the garden, soil, water features in gardens, shade gardens, gardening for four seasons and vegetable gardening in unusual weather. Vincent J. Cotrone, Regional Extension Urban Forester, will be the keynote speaker discussing “Trees and Shrubs in a Changing Landscape.” Flooding rains, hurricane force winds, droughts, extreme heat, early spring bud break followed by late frosts are becoming the new normal that our landscapes must be designed for and adapted to. Participants will explore how changing climate is impacting our landscapes, shifting some species north while extending the growing season for others. Learn how our landscapes can ameliorate new weather extremes and how to design landscapes that will survive a changing climate. A plant sale and flea market will be held on premise and Master Gardeners will be available at the information table to answer your personal gardening questions. For more information, contact Penn State Extension, Luzerne County, at 825-1701.

GDAC announces two events

The Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition of Luzerne County (GDAC) announces two special events for March, beginning with the organization’s third annual fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. today, March 10 at River Street Jazz Café, 667 N. River St., Plains. Included are performances by area musicians/singers Maria DuBiel and Mother Nature’s Sons, as well as an art auction and TV and basket raffles. For a $10 donation, enjoy a winning evening, which will also include a pasta bar. Nationally-recognized shale gas economics expert Deborah Rogers will present “Shale and Wall Street: Was the Decline in Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated?” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 in Burke Auditorium at King ’s College. Rogers has worked as a consultant for major Wall Street firms, including Merrill Lynch and Smith Barney, was recently appointed as a primary member to the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative for the Department of the Interior, has served on the Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, was appointed to an air quality task force by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and serves on the task force for the Pipeline Safety Trust. The founder of the Energy Policy Forum, Rogers has spoken on the anomalies of shale gas production at universities, business venues and public forums and has been featured in the New York Times and Rolling Stone magazine.

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Grief counseling support group reaches out to those in need

Back Mountain Police Association donates

BulletProof vests The Back Mountain Police Association recently donated funds to sponsor the “Adopt A Cop” program of Fallen Officers Remembered to purchase new bulletproof vests for three local officers. The recipients were Officer Dave Wehrer of the Wilkes-Barre Twp. Police Dept., Officer Cody Smith and Officer Jason Gilbert, both of the Wyoming Police Dept. The funding was made possible from the

proceeds of the Annual Back Mountain Police Association Golf Tournament. Anyone wishing to sponsor a vest or any law enforcement officers in need of a vest are asked to contact Jaclyn at 760-9034 or by email at faloffrem@aol.com. Checks may be sent to Fallen Officers Remembered, PO Box 2299, W-B, PA, 18703. Martin C. Maransky (BMPA, President), Officer Gilbert (

Wyoming), Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley (F.O.R. President & Co-Founder), Gina Pocceschi Boyle (F.O.R. Vice-President & Co-Founder), Ofﬁcer Cody Smith (Wyoming), Darren Kramer (BMPA Secretary and Golf Tournament Chairman) 2nd pic shown: Jaclyn Pocceschi Mosley, Martin C. Maransky, Ofﬁcer Dave Wehrer, Darren Kramer, Gina Pocceschi Boyle.

The Trucksville United Methodist Church is hosting a grief counseling support group once a month as it attempts to support those who need help in their time of grief. The group open to the community and is held as a discussion facilitated by Dallas resident Brenda Birdsall. Reverend Marian Hartman, who has been with church a little over a year, had been particularly touched by the amount of young people who have died in the Back Mountain over the last year and a half. She shared that she lost a child about nine years ago. “The demands of the world don’t stop for us,” Hartman said. She added that, after a loss, a person needs time to grieve and accept what has happened, but must also continue working and living themselves. “But the world sometimes just expects you to get over it,” Hartman said. “We were looking to see what kind of ministry we could provide, to offer people hope that as hard as it is there is healing,” she added. “Brenda showed up at the opportune time and had this wonderful background with Hospice and she offered to help.” “I call it a God thing,” Hartman said. Birdsall started attending the Trucksville church when she moved to the area in 2011. She is part of the Nurturing and Care Committee, an outreach program designed by the church to stay in touch with the community. This committee sends

The next meeting of the Trucksville United Methodist Church’s grief support group will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20 at the church. For more information, call the church at 696-3897.

bereavement packets. Seeing the need for more support in the community, Birdsall offered to start a grief and loss support group. “It came from people saying they wish they had a place to go for support and for education,” she said. “I used to work as the bereavement coordinator for Hospice in Upstate New York.” The group held its first meeting in September 2012. Since then, it has held monthly meetings in the Quiet Room at the Trucksville United Methodist Church on the third Wednesday of each month. The number of attendees fluctuates each month, but according to Birdsall, those who attend participate in the open discussions and are grateful for somewhere to express their emotions. “We’re filling a need that wasn’t being met in the community,” she said. “It’s

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obituaries CORDICK - Kathy Ann, 47, Wilkes Barre, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013. She was a graduate of LakeLehman High School and a U.S. Army veteran. Surviving are parents, Mary Ann Cordick, Wilkes-Barre; and John Cordick, Kingston; siblings, Colleen Wheadon, John (Jack) and Richard; nieces and nephews; great-niece and greatnephew; an aunt and an uncle. CRONAUER - Joseph C., 70, of Tunkhannock, died on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at the WilkesBarre General Hospital. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on Dec. 27, 1942, was a 1960 graduate of GAR Memorial High School and he served with the 109th Field Artillery. He was a master electrician, starting as a young man at Loomis Electric in Wilkes-Barre and later owning and operating a woodworking business. Surviving are his wife, Margaret (Judy) Conwell Cronauer, with whom he would have celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary on June 21, 2013; sons, Joseph C. Jr., Philadelphia, and Dr. David A., Black Walnut; nine grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren; brothers, Clarence Kunkle; and Robert J., Harveys Lake; sister, Mary Krysicki, Wilkes-Barre; nieces and nephews. IVERSON - Alberta Judge Iverson, 84, formerly of Hunlock Creek, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, in Nicholson. She was born in the Bunker Hill section of Kingston Township and, prior to her retirement, was employed at Topps Chewing Gum of Duryea for more than 15 years. Surviving are children, Charles Allan Judge, Pottstown; David Wayne Judge, West Wyoming; Cindy Sue Hallock, Nicholson; 11 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; six greatgrandchildren; three step-greatgrandchildren; nieces and nephews. JAMES - Phillip T. Jr., 36, of Noxen, died on Monday, Feb. 26, 2013, as a result of a motor vehicle accident on Stull Road, Noxen. He was born in Kingston on Feb. 25, 1977 and graduated from West Side Vocational-Technical School in 1995. He was employed as a press operator at Offset Paperback in Dallas for the last 15 years. Surviving are his father, Phillip T. james Sr., with whom he resided; his mother, Geri Lee Barrish Page, Kingston; his stepmother, Leota Patton, of Noxen; sister, Jennifer, of Lubbock, Texas; stepbrothers, George Deiter and Tommy Patton, both of Noxen; stepsisters, Elizabeth Page, of Kingston; Robin Weber, of Noxen; and Michelle Slempa, of Dallas; nephews. Memorial donations to Clear Brook Manor, 1100 E. Northampton St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. KANIA - Gregory, Tunkhannock, died on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. He was born on May 4, 1956. Surviving are his wife, the former Mary Anne Morgan, with whom he celebrated 31 years of marriage in October; daughters, Grace E. and Emily M. ; and

son, John G. , all at home. KATYL - Irene D., 81, of Trucksville, died Friday, March 1, 2013, at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was born in Wilkes-Barre and was a graduate of GAR High School, class of 1949. She held a variety of jobs throughout her life, including working at J.C. Penney for a number of years following the Agnes Flood in 1972. She was a nursing aide at the former Valley Crest Nursing Home, Plains Township, and had also been employed by the Back Mountain Memorial Library. She had most recently worked for Jewish Family Services of Greater Wilkes-Barre as a receptionist and in a clerical capacity. She was a member of the Dallas Choral Group and of St. Therese’s Church, Shavertown. Surviving are sons, Robert, David, William and Mark, all of Dallas; daughter, Donna Butler, Trucksville; 10 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Marie Yuknavage, Dolores Martin and Barbara Keiderling. Memorial donations to the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas, PA 18612-1829 or to the SPCA of Luzerne County, 524 E. Main Street, Fox Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. KRETCHMER - Carl H. 80, of Ashley and of Harveys Lake, a well-known painting contractor, died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013, at his home following a lengthy illness. He was born in Wilkes-Barre and was a graduate of G.A.R. High School, Wilkes-Barre, class of 1950. He also received a bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He served as a corporal with the Headquarters Battery, 78th Field Artillery Battalion, U.S. Army, during the Korean War as a member of the occupation forces in Germany. He received the Good Conduct Medal, the German Occupation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He had worked for the Schrader Home Builders, Ashley, for several years and later worked with W. W. Davis Co. Painting Contractors, Wilkes-Barre, for more than 30 years, retiring in 1992. He was very active in the First Welsh Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre, serving as a deacon, elder and member of the Session of the church for many years. He was a Mason and member of Coalville Lodge No. 474, Free and Accepted Masons, Sugar Notch, for more than 50 years, the Caldwell Consistory, Ancient Accept Scottish Rite Masons, Bloomsburg, and the Irem Shriners, Dallas. Surviving are his daughters, Linda D. Cook, Auburn, Ala.; and Pamela D. Palmer, Kingston; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Doris Kushner, Port Allegheny; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to Shriner’s Hospitals or to the Irem Transportation Unit, both c/o Irem Shrine Center, Box 307, Dallas, PA 18612. KING - Lyle Kenneth Sr., 80, of Lake Township, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013 at the Keystone Garden Estates, Larksville. He was born in Meeker on

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Oct. 9, 1932, graduated from the former Laketon High School in 1950 and graduated from Wilkes College with a degree in Business Administration in 1960. He retired in 1990 from Procter & Gamble Paper Products, Mehoopany, where he was head of building maintenance. He was based in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conﬂict. He served as a courier for the general and ran sealed document maneuvers from base to base. Surviving are son, Lyle Jr., of Luzerne; Michael, of Meeker; daughters, Ellen Maccarone, of Sweet Valley; Barbara Mikielski, of Lake Township; Rosemary Weaver, of Swoyersville; Susan Lazur, of Loyalville; Elizabeth (Betsy) Phillips, of Beaumont, and Beverly, of Meeker; 18 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; sister, Dorothy Wadas, of Shavertown; brothers, Richard, of West Pittston; Edwin (Ted), of Dallas; his children’s mother, Louise King, of Meeker. Memorial donations to Hospice of the Sacred Heart at 600 Baltimore Drive, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702 or Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 5876 Main Road, Hunlock Creek, PA 18621. MARTIN - Clyde F. , 74, of Noxen, died Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013, at the Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. He was born in Lake Township on April 11, 1938 and graduated from the former Lake Noxen High School in 1957. He served in the U.S. Army Reserves from 1957 to 1962 and was employed by Whitesell Brothers Construction, Dallas, for 22 years. Surviving are his wife of 52 years, the former Lois Boston; children, Lucinda Marie Martin Lutz, Falls; Cecil Fred, at home; Donna Louise Martin Boyes Pikes Creek, and George Henry, at home; one grandson; brothers, Alfred, Joseph, Thomas and Harry, all of Pikes Creek, and Claude, Hunlock Creek; sisters, Cora Harmon, Pikes Creek; and Irene Yeager, Hunlock Creek; nieces and nephews. PANAGAKOS - William Gus, 82, of Lower Demunds Road, Dallas, died on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013, in Hospice Care at Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He was born in Wilkes-Barre on Oct. 29, 1930, attended James M. Coughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre, and resided in Kingston for over 20 years before moving to Dallas. He worked in the restaurant business for more than 65 years, employed in various places throughout the country. He was a member of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wilkes-Barre. Surviving are his wife of 50 years, Eleanor (Gryskevicz) Panagakos; sons Gus William and Steve William; seven grandchildren; nieces and nephews. RISHCOFF - Roscoe, 87, of Hunlock Creek, died on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. He was a U.S. Coast Guard veteran and retired from the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution, Dallas. Surviving are his daughter, Judy Finn, Hunlock Creek; two grandsons; a great-grandson; brothers, Donald and Pat, Williamsport; nieces and nephews. SCHNEIDER - Sarah H. Welker, 94, of Trucksville, died

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on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at her home. She was born March 23, 1918 in Philadelphia and was a graduate of the Philadelphia High School for Girls, Class of 1936, and Temple University, Class of 1940, earning a degree in earlychildhood education. She taught fifth and sixth grades in Dallas and earned her master of education in curriculum from Wilkes College in 1972. She was always active in Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Dallas, of which she was a founding member. Surviving are her children, Betsey Belvin, Vermont; John Welker, Illinois; and Jane Rogers, Virginia; five grandechildren; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, 420 Main St., Dallas, PA 18612. SMITH - Sherwyn, 55, formerly of Back Mountain Manor, has died. Luzerne County Coroner’s Office is looking for any information about Sherwyn Smith from Aug. 6, 2004 until he went to River View Personal Care of Pittston. Anyone with information is asked to call the Luzerne County Coroner’s Office at 825-1664. SUTTON - Kathryn, 79, of Trucksville, died on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2013, at Lakeside Nursing Center, Dallas. She was born in Fullerton, Neb., and was a graduate of schools in the Oshkosh, Neb., area. She was a registered nurse with the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, until its closing. She was a member of the Shavertown United Methodist Church and the Ruth Circle. Surviving are her husband, Royal Sutton, Trucksville; daughters, Tricia Riedl, Downers Grove, Ill.; and Meg Deordio, Poulsbo, Wash.; son, Gregg, Cheyenne, Wyo.; 13 grandchildren; brothers, William Bennett, Los Angeles, Calif.; and Vernon Bennett, Alliance, Neb.; and sister, Barbara Hailey, Conway, Ark. YURKSZA - Barbara J. , Remington Road, Tunkhannock, died on Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at the Regional Hospital in Scranton, shortly after admission. She was born in Meshoppen on Jan. 12, 1952, was a 1970 graduate of Tunkhannock High School and was employed as a clerk at Weis Markets in Tunkhannock. Surviving are her husband of 27 years, James Yurksza; daughters, Tammera McCormick, Tunkhannock; Julie Bassindale, Ontario, Canada; and Donna Miller, Factoryville; brothers, Arden DeWolfe, Tunkhannock; Eric DeWolfe, Kutztown; and Leonard DeWolfe, Forkston; 18 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.

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Cecilia Galante is featured speaker at library event The Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library will host their 25th annual Luncheon with a Special Author at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 18 at the Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estate, Dallas. Guest speaker will be local author Cecilia Galante.

Galante is the author of six young adult novels and a children’s chapter-book series. Her ﬁrst novel, “The Patron Saint of Butterﬂies,” was the recipient of many awards, including an NAIBA Best Book of the Year, an Oprah’s Teen Read Selection and an Amazon Top Ten. Her other novels, including “Willowood,” “The Sweetness of Salt,” “Hershey Herself,” “The Summer of May” and the “Little Wings” series, have been nominated for several distinctions, including YALSA’s Best Fiction Award, the Pennsylvania Keystone Award, The Washington Post Best Summer Reads and many others. Her books have also been translated into Japanese, Turkish, Polish and German. Galante teaches eighth-

grade English at Wyoming Seminary Lower School and is on the creative writing faculty at Wilkes University where she teaches at the graduate level. Her sixth novel, “The Blessing,” will be released by Random House in the fall of 2013. She received a B.A. in English from King’s College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont. The event will begin with a time for hospitality at 11:30 a.m. This year’s menu will be a buffet luncheon, including an appetizer table, an entrée table with a wide variety of meats and vegetables, assorted salads, breads and mufﬁns, and will be topped off with a dessert bar featuring a variety of cookies, assorted mini pastries and ice cream. The cost is $26 with all proceeds going to beneﬁt the library. Tables of eight are encouraged and may be reserved. Checks should be made payable to the Back Mountain Memorial Library and received at the library at 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas by April 11. Invitations have been mailed to previous attendees. Additional reservation forms are available at the library.

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Learn how to blog at the library

The Back Mountain Memorial Library is “keeping with the times” and will offer a Blogging Class from 4 to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12. Attend this free class and learn how to set up a blog, as well as the “ins and outs” of blogging. Pre-registration is required. Parent/child workshops Attention, parents: It’s once again time for the spring session of the Parent/ Child Workshop. This playgroup setting allows toddlers, 1 through 3 years of age, to play and interact with other children, as mothers

mOmENTS iN TimE * On March 24, 1603, after 44 years of rule, Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, and King James VI of Scotland ascends to the throne, uniting England and Scotland under a single British monarch. Queen Elizabeth I passed into history as one of England’s greatest monarchs. * On March 23, 1839, the initials “O.K.” are ﬁrst published in The Boston Morning Post. Meant as an abbreviation for “oll correct,” a popular slang misspelling of “all correct” at the time, OK steadily made its way into the everyday speech of Americans. * On March 19, 1916, the First Aero Squadron ﬂies a support mission for the 7,000 U.S. troops who had invaded Mexico on President Woodrow Wilson’s orders to capture Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa dead or alive.

STRANgE buT TRuE * President Harry Truman was once told there were ghosts in the White House. His response? “I’m sure they’re here, and I’m not half so alarmed at meeting up with any of them as I am at having to meet the live nuts I have to see every day.” * Pet food is the third most profitable item for supermarkets, following meat and fresh produce. * The warmest parts of your body are your eyes and nose, while the coldest parts (unsurprisingly) are your fingers and toes. * In the African country of Zaire, more than 200 different languages are spoken. * It was more than 30 years ago, in 1982, that a man in suburban Los Angeles tied 24 weather balloons to his lawn chair in an attempt to fly. A pretty successful attempt, too — he made it to 16,000 feet, alarming air traffic controllers and pilots

(caregivers) get a chance to talk to one another and the resource professionals who attend each session. The sessions will begin on Tuesday, April 2 and will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesdays, April 9, 16 and 23. Pre-registration is required. Auction committee The Auction Planning Committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 21. Call the library at 675-1182 to register for any of the above classes/workshops or to obtain more information.

* On March 18, 1937, nearly 300 students in Texas are killed by an explosion of natural gas at their school. Eleven oil and natural-gas derricks stood in the schoolyard as a means of saving the school money. The blast killed most victims instantly and was felt 40 miles away. * On March 20, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson sends a telegram to Gov. George Wallace of Alabama in which he agrees to send federal troops to supervise a planned civil-rights march in Wallace’s home state. Earlier that month, civil-rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. had led two attempts to march to Montgomery. * On March 21, 1980, President Jimmy Carter informs a group of U.S. athletes that, in response to the December 1979 Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the United States would boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. It marked the first and only time that the United States has boycotted the Olympics. in the process. * Those who study such things say that the rate of divorce increases during the winter months. * The Baltimore Orioles had a pretty bad season in 1988. After the team lost its first 10 games, Bob Rivers, a deejay at Baltimore radio station WIYY, announced that he would stay on the air until the home team won a game. He kept his word, sleeping only between songs, for 10 days. When the Orioles finally defeated the Chicago White Sox, Rivers played “I’m Free” by The Who, and finally left. * Queen termites can live for up to 100 years. * When respondents to a survey are guaranteed that the results will be anonymous, fully 40 percent of the people admit to cheating on their taxes. *** Thought for the day: “When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.” — William Wrigley, Jr.

YOUR SPACE Pat Giordano, of Harveys Lake, took this photo of a willow tree in her yard on a morning after an overnight snowfall that left snow on bare branches. The tree was nominated in 2010 with the Pennsylvania Forestry Association and recorded as the largest weeping willow in the state of Pennsylvania. At the time, it measured 301 in. circumference, 48 ft. high, and 95 ft. spread. “YOUR SPACE” is reserved speciﬁcally for Dallas Post readers who have something they’d like to share with fellow readers. Submitted items may include photographs or short stories and should be sent via e-mail to news@mydallaspost.com, by,

ONLY YESTERDAY 20 YEARS AGO - 1993 Recently, Tiger cubs of troop 281 enjoyed a nature presentation and hike at Francis Slocum State Park under the direction of Park Naturalist Jerry Kozlansky. The boys and their parents learned about leaves and trees in the Pennsylvania forest while hiking Slocum’s trails. Participants included James Welch, Casey Zalenski, Phillip Miller and Vincent Landers. The second annual DanceA-Thon to beneﬁt the Back Mountain Memorial Library is set for March 28. The Stretchout Exercise Studio, Shavertown, is sponsoring the charity event to be held in the Gate of Heaven gymnasium. Planning committee members include Terri Besecker, Marlene Cocozza, Joanne Runner and Martha Wheeler. Artwork by Holly Zug, Dallas, and Kevin Rogers, Shavertown, were among that of 11 art students from Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School, Kingston, selected to appear in the 1993 Scholastic Art Awards regional art exhibit at the F.M. Kirby Center. 30 YEARS AGO - 1983 Dallas Township man, Thomas Doughton, was recently presented with a plaque honoring his nomination as “Outstanding Young Fireﬁghter” by the Back Mountain JayCees. Doughton was named by the local club to participate in state competition. The Harveys Lake Lions Club will hold their annual Pancake and Sausage Supper and Breakfast at the LakeNoxen Elementary School on March 26. Chairman of the affair is John Lynch. Committee members include Tom Smith, John Adams, Carl Schreiner

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and Charles Gordon. Coach Shorty Hitchcock’s Black Knights of Lake Lehman took five first place finishes and five runnerup places to take the Division II AA team title with a total of 193 ½ points last weekend in the competition at King’s College. Jeff Austin, Rusty Coolbaugh, Quentin Walczak and Tracy Slocum took firsts in the district competition. 40 YEARS AGO - 1973 A group of students will fly to Europe this summer to attend classes at a campus in Germany. Arno Miller, German teacher at Dallas Senior High School, will accompany them. The students will attend summer school at the Collegium Platinum and visit such cities as Lucerne, Stuttgart and Paris. Participants are: Philip Miller, Karen Aicher, Cindy Barakat, Karen Purvin, Anne Crispell, Kim Martin, Jackie Gerstein and Melinda Scovell. Adele Correale, five-yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Correale, Oak Hill, has been selected as “Miss Petite” and will represent Kingston in the Pennsylvania International Talent and Beauty Pageant in June at Thiel College, Greenville. Adele, a brown-haired, dark-eyed youngster, is a kindergarten student in the Lake-Lehman School District. 50 YEARS AGO - 1963 Charlene Makar has done it again, continuing what promises to be an annual winning of high awards at Science Fairs. A junior at West Side Central Catholic, showing her Perpetual Motion Pump for a grand champion rating at her own Science Fair of 330 projects, she will exhibit her project at King’s College March 17 and later at Scranton University if she again wins. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vin-

returned should include a self-addressed/ stamped envelope. Items will be published in the order in which they are received. The editor of The Dallas Post reserve the right to reject any items submitted for publication.

cent Makar, New Goss Manor, and a former pupil of Gate of Heaven school. Four members of Dallas Senior High School Band will attend Northeast District Band at East Stroudsburg this weekend. John Wardell, Richard Ratcliffe, Lee Philco and William Cooper will be accompanied to East Stroudsburg by Band Director Lester Lewis. Bernard “Bernie” Williamson was awarded the PMA bronze Award for one-year record of safe driving for Kutz Bakery, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, last night. Well-known bakery products salesman for the Back Mountain, where he has covered the same route for many years, Bernie is among 15 Kutz drivers honored by Pennsylvania Manufacture’s Association Casualty Insurance Company. 60 YEARS AGO - 1953 Jean Ide and Eunice Traver, representing Lake-Noxen Senior Tri Hi-Y Club, together with Helen Skopic and Grace Major, representing the Lehman-Jackson tri Hi-Y Club, are the four lucky girls who have been selected to represent Tri- Hi-Y Clubs of the Back Mountain Town and Country Branch YMCA at Harrisburg for the Model United Nations Assembly later this month. These four girls, together with one representative of the Tri Hi-Y Club from Tunkhannock, will represent Argentina. Back Mountain Area captains for the Red Cross Fund Drive are: Mrs. Charles Beech, Mrs. Charles Frantz, Mrs. Fred Kroll, Mrs. Robert Evans, Mrs. John Conyngham, Mrs. Harry Ohlman, Mrs. Gilbert Austin, Mrs. Lloyd Kear, Mrs. Arthur Ross, Mrs. Charles Brooke, Mrs. Byron Kester, Mrs. Stanley Davies, Mrs. Arlene Deeter and Mrs. Irvin Marvel. 70 YEARS AGO - 1943

Thirty-one men from this area have been called by Draft Board No. 1, of Wyoming for their final physical examinations prior to induction into the United States army at the Induction Station, Wilkes-Barre on March 15th and 16th. Those called are: Dallas – Charles Blain Herring, Joseph John Polachek, Isaac Watkins, Carl Dennison Wint, Francis Rhodes Chamberlain, Roy Osborne Jones, John Seletsky, Robert Fred Miller, Paul John Klug, Theodore Edward Busch, Robert David Race, Arthur Reese Morgan, Robert William Lauderbaugh, Lawrence William Drabick, Donald Robert Yeust, Leroy Delbert Roberts, Maurice Bowman. Shavertown – Michael Silick Jr., Donald Edison Davis, Gordon Herbert, Robert Leroy Boston, Joseph James Gallagher, Leo Theodore Swartz, William Shewan. Trucksville – George Jerome Blazes, Thomas Martin Beline, John Albert Blasé, Paul Henry Lyne, William Edward Fox, Edward William Guyette. Alderson – Earl Junior Norton. Dallas Borough took the Back Mountain Boys’ Basketball League championship for the fourth successive time this year, after a not-too-easy struggle with Dallas Township. At the end of the first half, it looked like a walk-away for Borough with a score of 30-7 in its favor, but during the second half, Township got 21 points, and the final score was 58-23. Borough’s Hank Urban received the title of high scorer in the league. Other members of the championship team are: Robert Moore, Clinton Brobst, Harold Brobst, Bob Gross, Harold Roberts, Jack Nelson, Charles Moore, Edward Tutak, Bob Roberts, John Quail, Peter Roushey and James Besecker.

if You Could visit anYwhere in the world, where would You go?

“A lot of stateside traveling like Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone, more of seeing my country.”

Sal Luzio Old Forge

“Sonoma wine country and the Grand Canyon.”

Meg Karwaski Trucksville

“Alaska, the whole coast line, a train water and land tour. Icebergs would be neat.”

Tammy Hoyt Shickshinny

“The Holy Land - to walk where Jesus Walked - the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Jerusalem. That would be neat.”

Lee Manganella Luzerne

“Alaska, for sure. I love hunting and ﬁshing and have friends there.”

Charla Pilger Dallas

“Aruba. It sounds crazy but we like the shape of the trees there and the beaches, of course. We’ve never been there.”

Teena O’Connor Harveys Lake

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Ladies night Out planned A “Ladies Night Out” is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road in Dallas. A $5 donation will include specialty shopping, chocolates, ﬁnger sandwiches, cookies, refreshments, a goodie bag and more. Participants will learn scarf-tying techniques and make-up tips while browsing tables of handcrafted jewelry, purses, accessories and cosmetics. Vendors will include: * Jewelry designs by Marie Baird featuring Swarovski

Participants will learn scarf-tying techniques and make-up tips while browsing tables of handcrafted jewelry, purses, accessories and cosmetics.

crystals and handcrafted sterling silver jewelry with freshwater pearls * Zina’s Fudge, including Easter candy and chocolatecovered strawberries * Mary Bartos of Amore with scarves, accessories and special prom jewelry * Independent Beauty Consultant Connie Scott will of-

fer beauty tips and products * Independent Scentsy Consultant Kristi Layland with Scentsy holders and scents * Avon Representative Traci Concert with a selection of popular Avon cosmetics and other, products including a mini skin-care clinic * Earth and Wears with Lyn Carey, featuring an assortment of unique handcrafted jewelry, scarves, purses and accessories. Raffle tickets for a handmade quilt, gift certificate for a salon service, a gift certificate from Buka and a $40.

ChuRCh bRiEfS CHORAL SOCIETY PLANS CONCERT

In a 64-year tradition of inspiring prayer and meditation through music, the Catholic Choral Society will present a Lenten Concert at 3 p.m. today, March 10 at St. Therese Parish, 64 Davis St., Shavertown. The concert is open to the public free of charge. For more information, call 575-1040.

FISH DINNERS AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS

Independent Scentsy Consultant, Kristi Layland, shown here displaying the Scentsy of the Month holder, will be one of the vendors at Ladies Night Out on March 15 at the Back Mountain Memorial Library.

Mu radio accepting music from local bands

Misericordia University’s student-run radio station, Cougar Radio, is accepting music from bands in northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA) for the second annual, “Cougar Indie-Pendence” CD. The CD will allow bands to release their original music without having to be signed to a major record label. Dan Kimbrough, assistant professor of communications and faculty advisor for the radio station, is looking forward to seeing the station live up to its mission. Cougar Radio is looking for local bands in NEPA to submit one original track to be considered for the NEPA music sampler. Bands interested in being on the CD can enter by submitting their track on a CD and mailing it to Cougar Indie-Pendence, c/o Cougar Radio, 301 Lake Street, Dallas PA, 18612. Deadline for submissions is March 17. The CD will be released in the spring. The recording is a great opportunity for local bands to get exposure in the college market. Once the CDs are printed and released, Cougar Radio will send them to local stations to try to get airplay in addition to playing the songs on Misericordia University’s radio station. CDs can also be purchased at Cougar Radio’s ofﬁce in the Banks Student Life Center on the upper campus of Misericordia. Proceeds from the CD will be donated to a local charity. For more information, email ougarradio@misercordia.edu.

SEniOR MEnu 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 March 11: MONDAY: Chicken marsala, green and wax beans, whole wheat dinner roll, buttered noodles, peaches and cream, margarine, milk and coffee. TUESDAY: Bag lunch WEDNESDAY: Sloppy Joes, boiled new potatoes, carrot raisin salad, whole wheat hamburger roll, diced pears, margarine, milk and coffee. THURSDAY: St. Patrick’s Day luncheon - Ham and cabbage, boiled potatoes, beef barley soup, Irish soda bread, green cake, margarine, milk and coffee. FRIDAY: Baked ﬁsh, cauliﬂower, rice pilaf (wild rice blend), whole wheat dinner roll, ketchup, tartar sauce, birthday cake, margarine, milk and coffee. For further information, contact the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne/Wyoming Counties Nutrition Program or call the Senior Center nearest your home.

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The Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 5876 Main Road, Sweet Valley, will hold its annual ﬁsh dinners from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. The meal includes baked ﬁsh, French fries, cole slaw and cake. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children. Takeouts are available. For more information, call the church at 477-5216.

SPAGHETTI SUPPER SET

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Methodist Church will host a spaghetti dinner from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. Eat-in or take-out dinners will be available. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $4.50 for children age 6 and older and will be available at the door. CONCERT AT HUMC

A concert featuring Mike Lewis and William Doney will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at the Huntsville United Methodist Church, 2355 Huntsville Rd, Shavertown. Donation is $5 at the door.

MEDITATION DURING LENT AT ST. PETER’S

St. Peter’s Church, 3832 SR 6 East, Tunkhannock, will offer quiet music and meditation Wednesdays through March 27, as a way of opening the “thin place” between God and people. Soup Supper will precede the service. Supper begins at 6:30 p.m. and the services begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call St. Peter’s at 836-2233 or Reverend Lou at 878-4670.

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Robert Long is in Mrs. Smigielski’s sixth-grade class. He was dressed in camo and hunter orange, portraying the trapper who saves the main character in Gary Paulsen’s book “Hatchet.” When asked why he liked the story about a young man’s survival in a Canadian wilderness he said, “I like a lot of outdoor things. I like to hunt. I shot my ﬁrst deer this year.” Lizzy Blaski, of Sweet Valley, is 10 years old and a student in Jen Welby’s fourthgrade class. She was dressed in wizard robes but was quick to explain that she was not Hermione Granger, the lead girl character in the Harry Potter series. A bright red wig marked her as Ginny Weasley who falls in love with Potter. Blaski has read books one through ﬁve of the lengthy fantasy series and is now read-

SChOOL bRiEfS WSCCHS CLASS OF 1971 PLANS PARTY West Side Centeral Catholic High School Class of 1971 will hold a 60th birthday party from 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Grove at Checkerboard Inn on Carverton Road, Trucksville. Formal invitations will be forthcoming when all addresses are ﬁnalized. For more information, contact Kate Bustin Taroli at KBTaroli@gmail.com. DHS CLASS OF 1981 PLANS REUNION

ing book six. When asked why she chose to portray Ginny, she said, “I like how she acts.” She also admitted that she would like Harry Potter herself if she were at Hogwarts. Another student who chose a character from the Harry Potter series was Thomas Kraintz, a kindergarten student of Mrs. Kreigler. He portrayed the sinister Draco Malfoy because he and Draco are both blondes. “If I were Harry Potter, I would be Harry Blonder!” The teachers got into the act, too. A large number of teachers sported pink wigs and portrayed the main character of the book “Pinkalicious” by Elizabeth Kann. The main character, Pinkalicious, loves the color pink and eats so many pink cupcakes that her skin and hair turn pink. A teacher dressed as Willy Wonka was also seen in the halls. The fun day was the culmination of a month’s emphasis on reading. Students in the upper grade levels at Ross have all been Dallas High School Class of 1983 is planning a 30th anniversary reunion for Oct. 26. Any classmate who has not yet received information about the reunion and who wishes to attend is asked to send their current email address to dallasclassof83@att. net or call Sharon at (610) 737-0042. STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUP MEETS AT MU The Misericordia University Stuttering Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the ﬁrst and third Wednesday of the month in Room 212 on the second ﬂoor of John J. Passan Hall, 100 Lake St.

studying one book for a month in preparation for the big day. The third grade book was “Sideways Stories from Wayside School” by Louis Sachar. Fourth=graders read “Because of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCamillo; ﬁfth grade read “Frindel” by Andrew Clements and the sixth grade read “Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes” by Eleanor Coerr. The day didn’t end with the parade. The older students looked forward to a Jeopardylike game called “Battle of the Book” which was planned to test them on their knowledge of the book their class had read. Younger students had fun activities planned, including activities with e-readers brought from home. As Jeanne Williams, a member of the reading committee, watched the excitement in the halls as the students lined up to show off their character costumes, she said it best. “It made the books come alive!” The meetings are free and open to the public. For more information, call 674-6724. TECEC PLANS FUNDRAISER Trucksville Early Childhood Education Center (TECEC) will hold a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at Leggio’s in Dallas. A percentage of all sales that evening will beneﬁt TECEC’s Operation Build-AFence fundraising campaign to construct a fence around the school’s playground. For more information, call Marjorie Adams, TECEC cirector, at 696-3899.

out for one another and the kids could always have a weenie at the annual summer neighborhood picnic.” The 1970s brought a ﬂurry of young families with children to Elmcrest and a heightened social scene. “The Biscontinis, Van Horns, Koehlers and the Bevevinos,” said Maryan Daily, recalling some of the families living there She and her husband, the late John Daily, a doctor in Kingston, and their three children, Arlene, John and Donald, became involved in the neighborhood. John Daily was president of the Elmcrest Homeowners Association. According to Maryan, “We had fabulous summer picnics every year in back on White Birch Lane and some big, rip-roaring Christmas parties at Newberry Estate and the

Castle Inn.” There were Halloween parties and some very neat things for the young people to do, Daily said. Today, the association pays for the street light at the corner of Lake and Elmcrest Streets and the lighting and landscaping at the Elmcrest sign island on Route 415, says association treasurer Diane Johnson, whose parents, Carolyn and the late Jack Johnson, moved into the development in 1989. “It’s very nice here. We love it. It’s quiet and we want to keep it that way.” Association dues are $25 and this year’s president, Jim Pall, hopes to reinstate and revive some of the old association traditions, like delivering a freshbaked pie to new neighbors when they move in, organizing an annual “Coordinated Elmcrest Garage Sale” and lighting street-side luminaries on Christmas Eve. He’s also trying to re-invigorate the annual summer picnic which is to be held at Ruckno’s Pond.

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Dallas High School sophomore Lauren Gallagher, third from left, practices her Irish step dancing with the rest of Scoil Rince Na Connemara dancers at Downtown Arts in Wilkes-Barre.

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my desk and my friends are like, ‘Stop dancing.’” Michelle confirmed this behavior. She said whenever Lauren is on the phone or just hanging around the house, it’s tough to find her sitting still. “I need to move,” laughed Lauren. Lauren may not pursue a career as a professional Irish dancer, but she definitely wants

to keep dancing and stay close to Irish culture as she gets older. “I found two (colleges) in Dublin and one school in London that sound nice,” she said. “I wanted to be a plastic surgeon until I took biology this year, so now I think I want to be a music producer because music is my life and I like technology.” Michelle has some issues with her daughter attending college outside the country, but wants to help her ﬁnd a place where Lauren can continue to pursue her passions. “She just loves to dance,” said Michelle.

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Sports

SPORTS BRIEF LACROSSE BOOSTER CLUB POSTPONES EVENT

The Dallas High School Lacrosse Booster Club has postponed its Night at the Races originally scheduled for March, waiting for legislative ruling on the Small Games of Chance Act. Members are asked to place a hold on their ticket sales but to continue basket making by collecting donations.

BANDITS ACCEPT REGISTRATIONS

Registrations are now being accepted via the web site at www.laxteams. net/bmylax for the Back Mountain Bandits lacrosse team Boys and girls in grades 1-3 may sign up for intramurals. Boys age groups are U-9, U-11, U-13 & U-15. Girls age groups are third and fourth grade, ﬁfth and sixth grade and seventh and eighth grades. The registration fee includes US Lacrosse registration, US Lacrosse magazine and a team jersey. Participants should print the form and mail it, along with applicable fee to BMYL, P.O. Box 1746, Shavertown, PA 18708.

ROCK REC BASKETBALL SEASON BEGINS

The Rock Recreation Center is accepting registration applications for the 2013 Upward basketball season. The league is open to girls and boys Pre-K through sixth grade. The ﬁnal game is set for Saturday, March 16. For more information, contact The Rock Rec Center at 696-2769.

KAPOW HOCKEY CLUB OFFERS TRAINING

KaPow Field Hockey Klub is offering spring training and game play age groups U6, U8, U10 and U12 directed by Olympian Lauren Poweley April 1419 at Wyoming Seminary, Kingston. For a registration form, email lcomiskey@kapowfh.com. Deadline is March 31.

DHS swimmers, divers compete at states By TOM ROBINSON For The Dallas Post

Marcus Wagner added to his district medal collection. As a result, he helped the Dallas boys swimming program add to its streak of District 2 Class AA team championships. Wagner won two individual gold medals and two relay gold medals for the second straight year. The Mountaineers have won team championships in all four years of the high school careers of Wagner, Brian Stepniak, Jack Matusiak and Grant Luksic. “That’s pretty neat,” Wagner said of the district team title sweep. “We came in with a few more kids in our freshman year, but us four core kids pretty much stuck together.” The results have been impressive and went well beyond what Wagner anticipated when it all started. “I really didn’t pay attention to times until I got to high school,” Wagner said. “In age group swimming, I kind of did it just for fun. “I still have fun, but high school swimming really made us see how well we were doing as a group.” Wagner, the distance specialist, led that group. He won 200- and 500-meter freestyle titles each of the last three years, giving him six career individual golds. He has 10 total medals in a case in his room at home after also contributing to 200 freestyle and 400 freestyle relay wins in the last two years. The highlight in the latest championships March 1-2 at the Wilkes-Barre Catholic Youth Center was a personalbest performance in the 500 freestyle where he came in more than three seconds below his seeding time at

Members of the Dallas High School swim and dive team who will compete in the PIAA Class AA championships at Bucknell University are, from left, ﬁrst row, Matt Nonnenberg, diving coach; Patrick Gelso, Patrick Madaya, Grant Luksic, Jenn Swiderski, assistant swim coach. Second row, Jack Matusiak, Brian Stepniak, Marcus Wagner and Romayne Mosier, head swim coach.

4:51.64, destroying the ﬁeld to win by more than 13 seconds. “I would probably say the 500 is the most signiﬁcant one for me,” Wagner said. “I really take pride in that event because it’s the longest event there is in high school swimming.” Dallas coach Romayne Mosier said Wagner has done the work to make those results happen. “For Marcus, it’s sheer determination in setting his goals to be able to accomplish that drop in time,” Mosier said. “Every practice, he has a goal. He’s not just setting a goal for the next meet.” Stepniak and Matusiak joined Wagner and Patrick Gelso on the two winning relay teams. They also joined Wagner in qualifying as individuals for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Ath-

letic Association Championships at Bucknell University. Grant Luksic was part of a fourthplace finish in the 200 medley relay, along with Ezra Moore, Porter Luksic and Reid Luksic. He also contributed with an eighth-place finish in the 200 freestyle. The top 12 finishers in each event scored team points. Dallas won the team championship by outscoring Scranton Prep, 262-196. Lake-Lehman was 10th of 13 teams with 31 points. Projecting the meet based on seeding in advance would have made the Mountaineers the favorite, but the large margin of victory was impressive. “I knew it was going to be a tougher time to win this year because of the additional teams that dropped down from Triple-A to Double-A,” Mosier

said. “We had to beat more teams.” Stepniak contributed three gold medals and a silver. He won the 50 freestyle in 21.88 seconds, earning a sixth-seed at the state meet, the highest of any Mountaineer. Stepniak also qualified for the state meet while finishing second in the 100 freestyle because his time ranked high enough among performances in district championships around Pennsylvania. Matusiak qualified for the state meet on time with his third-place finish in the 200 individual medley. He was also sixth in the 100 breaststroke. Patrick Madaya was third in the diving, which was held a week earlier. Ezra Moore, who was third in the 500 freestyle, joined Stepniak, Jack Matusiak, Porter Luksic, Reid Luksic and Gelso in scoring points in two individual events. Nick Malkenes and Owen Kiluk also contributed points to the team title. Most of Lake-Lehman’s points came from Matthew Edkins winning and Dustin Zeiler finishing fourth in diving. Edkins will also compete in the state championships. Edkins repeated the district title he captured last year as a sophomore on the way to a sixth-place finish in the state. Dallas finished sixth and LakeLehman ninth out of 17 teams in Class AA girls, which was won by Holy Redeemer. Sami Sabol took third in the 100 backstroke and sixth in the 200 freestyle for Lake-Lehman. Kaylin Augustine tied for fifth in the 100 backstroke for Dallas and was part of a fourth-place 400 freestyle relay team with Abby Berger, Amanda Schwerdtman and Lauren Finnegan.

FASTPITCH PLAYERS SOUGHT

The Endless Mt Blast U14 travel fastpitch program is still looking for a few qualiﬁed players to round out its teams for the upcoming season. Anyone interested is asked to call 840-6433 or email ronh@sbsmod.com.

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Sun team wins DYB skills competition

Sem cage team wins championship The fifth/sixth grade boys basketball team from Wyoming Seminary recently won the East Side League Championship after finishing the regular season at 16-4. From left, first row, are Eric Berley, Kyle Hromisin and Benjamin Paglia. Second row, Daniel Meuser, Nicolas Bufalino and Jeremy Callahan. Third row, Paul Amara, Zane Nardone, Dimitri Gnall, Alex Meuser and Chris Kane. Fourth row, Coach C.J. Bufalino. Absent at the time of the photo were Jacob Sarnevitz, Nikko Simons, Santino Gaudino, Scotty Lynett and Chris Burg.

The Dallas Youth Basketball League held a skills competition recently at the Wycallis Elementary School gymnasium. Girls and boys participated in a variety of games like the “3 Point Shot” and the “Hot Spot,” amassing different points on a degree of difﬁculty. The competition was sponsored by the Gattuso Group Accountants & Consultants. The Sun won the girls competition with over 67 points. Team members are, from left, ﬁrst row, Maria Bednar, Sam Banks and Rachel Sarley. Second row, Olivia King, Riley Oremus, Maria Ostrum and Kaitlyn Pike. Absent at the time of the photo were Katie Romanowski and Erica McGovern.

Back Mountain Bombers hope to play in Cooperstown By TOM ROBINSON For The Dallas Post

The Back Mountain 10-yearold, all-stars rolled through the 2012 district and section Little League Baseball Tournaments, capturing a pair of titles. By the time the playoff run came to an end in the state tournament, the team members and their families had decided they were not done playing together. “After that, the parents decided to get together as a group and form our own travel team,” said coach Joe Phillips. The Back Mountain Bombers have stuck together with all 12 members of the Little League all-star squad. “It was because of the camaraderie from going to all the tournaments and of the parents getting along so well and the kids getting along so well,” Phillips said. The team continued into travel tournaments last summer, has already begun taking batting practice together at an indoor fa-

cility in West Pittston and is looking ahead to the possibility of playing as 12-year-olds in 2014 at the Cooperstown Dreams Park in upstate New York. Along with practicing and playing together before and after the Little League season, the 12 team members and their families are working on fundraising for the group to help pay for the Cooperstown trip. A Comedy Night was held last weekend and plans are underway for a golf tournament May 5 at Mill Race Golf Club in Benton. The team’s on-ﬁeld success continued beyond Little League last summer. In their ﬁrst attempt at a wooden-bat event, the Bombers advanced to the championship game in Chester, N.Y. before losing by one run. Phillips is assisted by Al Finarelli and Joe Nocito. The team consists of Jake Connolly, Justin Finarelli, Christopher Langan, Jack Lukasavage, Matt Maransky, Will McCrum, Lucas McGeehan, Sam

Nocito, Frank Nockley, Brett Ostroski, Todd Phillips and Dylan Schuster. The golf tournament will be a captain-and-crew event beginning at 12:30 p.m. on May 5. Entry fee of $100 includes, greens fees, cart, food and beverage on the course and after the tournament, a gift, trophies and prizes. Tournament and hole sponsors are also being sought. The Back Mountain Bombers formed a 501(c)3 non-proﬁt organization and all donations are tax deducitble. For more information on the golf tournament, contact Ray at 690-8444. Cooperstown Dreams Park hosts up to 104 teams a week in the summer for tournaments. According to its website, cooperstowndreamspark.com, it brings in more than 1,350 teams of 12-and-under players each summer. The experience includes a chance for the players to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Members of the Back Mountain Bombers team are, from left, ﬁrst row, Jake Connolly, Lucas McGeehan, Will McCrum, Matt Maransky, Christopher Langan. Second row, Frank Nockley, Justin Finarelli, Todd Phillips, Dylan Schuster, Sam Nocito, Brett Ostroski. Third row, Al Finarelli, assistant coach; Joe Phillips, head coach; and Joe Nocito, assistant coach. Absent from photo: Jack Lukasavage

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people briefs SELENSKI NAMED FORUM SECRETARY

Brook Selenski, of Dallas, has been elected secretary of the Luzerne County Community College Nursing Forum. Recently-elected ofﬁcers will serve for the 2012-2013 academic year.

TWO NAMED TO DEAN’S LIST

Steven Gulotta, of Trucksville, and

Kelly Mericle, of Shavertown, have been named to the dean’s list at Villanova University. Gulotta is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the College of Engineering and Mericle is studying Marketing and Business Law in the Villanova School of Business, To qualify, a student must attend school full-time and earn a semester grade point average of at least 3.5.

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LOCALS NAMED TO HONORS LIST

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experienced Marketing/Salespersons. Identify and connect with senior executives, open doors and arrange meetings. Must have excellent phone skills. Fax Resume to: (866) 969-0690 Email to: CMCNorth east@verizon.net

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7 CONCORD DRIVE $244,900 Two story, 1,800 sq. ft., in Oakwood Park. 8 rooms, cozy kitchen, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, large living room, family room with fireplace, dining room, sunroom with hardwood floors. Two car garage, central air. Lot 100’ x 125’. Move in Condition. Call Ed at 570-655-4294 for appointment.

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Borough of Duryea Request for SEALED Bids for the Purchase of Lots 1, 2, 3 and 4 Located on Jones Street, Duryea Borough, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The Borough of Duryea bid documents, in accordance with specification and requirements on file, are available for pick up at the office of the Duryea Borough Manager, 315 Main Street, Duryea, between 7:00 AMnoon and 1:00 PM 3:00 PM Monday through Friday beginning Monday, February 25, 2013 Bid Envelopes are to be sealed and plainly marked with the Lot Number and contain all the specifications along with any other pertinent information. All bids must be received by the Borough Manager, Lois Morreale, 315 Main Street, Duryea, no later than 3:00 PM, on Monday, March 11, 2013. Bid Opening will be at the Borough Council Meeting, Tuesday, March 12, 6:30 PM, in the Duryea Borough Building Council Chambers, 315 Main Street, Duryea PA 18642. The right to reject any and all bids is hereby reserved by the Borough of Duryea. Lois Morreale Duryea Borough Manager

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276 Bennett St. 2nd floor, large, 2 bedroom, large living room, den, dining room, tiled bath, kitchen with stove and refrigerator, washer and dryer hook up, off street parking. Water and sewer included. $600 plus utilities and security, no pets or smoking. References. Call 570-288-7309 Leave Message

Light, bright, 3rd floor, 2 bedrooms, carpeted. Security system, garage Extra storage & cable TV included. Laundry facilities. Heat & hot water furnished. Fine neighborhood. Convenient to bus & stores. No pets. References. Security. Lease. No smokers please. $730. month. Call 570-287-0900

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HL COMMITTEE MEETS

The Harveys Lake Borough Homecoming Committee will meet at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 11 at the borough municipal building, 487 Memorial Highway. For more information, call Clarence Hogan at 793-5187.

TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE

The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors announces that taxpayer assistance will be provided for all residents of Kingston Township for the ﬁling of 2012 local tax return for Dallas School District. A representative from Berkheimer will be available at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 12 at the township municipal building, 180 E. Center St., Shavertown. Residents with questions may call the township administrative ofﬁce at 696-3809 during

INDUSTRY EXPERT TO SPEAK

The Wyoming County Chamber of Commerce announces that leadership from Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation will present information on economic impacts with a focus on what the natural gas industry means to local business at the March WYCCC Educational Luncheon from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at Twig’s Café, Tunkhannock. George Stark, Director of External Affairs at Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation will address Wyoming County Chamber members. The presentation will feature Cabot’s perspective on the success of the natural gas industry and the impact it is having on a variety of local businesses. To reserve seats, contact Deborah at 875-8325 or by email at Deborah@wyccc.com.

D A L L A S

ROUNDTABLE SETS MARCH 14 MEETING

The Wyoming Valley Civil War Roundtable will hold the ﬁrst meeting of 2013 at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 14 in the lower level of the DaddowIsaacs American Legion, 730 Memorial Highway, Dallas. The speaker will be Ryan Lindbuchler from Wilkes-Barre who has written “Gone But Not Forgotten” and will give brief biographical sketches of Civil War veterans of Northeastern Pennsylvania. A donation of $3 for nonmembers is requested. For more information, call John at 675-8936.

TV GUIDE MUSICAL PLANNED

“The TV Guide Musical,” a musical revue featuring favorite theme songs and commercials from popular TV shows from the 1950s to the present will be held March 15, 16, 17 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. A spaghetti dinner and show

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Members of Boy Scout Troop #155, Trucksville, will hold their annual spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 in the Educational Building at Trucksville United Methodist Church. Take outs will be available. Cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children under 10 years of age.

VENDORS SOUGHT FOR FAIR

Sell your one-of-a-kind products at the Spring Craft and Gift Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 16 in the Irem Clubhouse Grand Ballroom, 64 Ridgway Drive, Dallas. Admittance for shoppers is free, and refreshments will be available for cash purchase. Vendor tables are $15. Call 675-1134, ext. 100, to reserve a table.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013 BREAKFAST BUFFET SET

The Noxen Volunteer Fire Company will hold a breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 17 at the ﬁre hall on Stull Road, noxen. Price is $8 for adults adn $4 for children under 12 years of age. Bring a non-perishable food item for the Noxen Food Pantry and receive a rafﬂe ticket for a ham.

PROGRAM ABOUT OCEANS

The Wyoming Valley Audubon Society will present “Oceans of North America” at 7 p.m. on Monday, March 18 at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Irem Road, Dallas. The presentation is free.

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The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will hold a Spring EGGstravaganza from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. This free, family event will feature vendors, childen’s games, crafts, prizes, refreshments, an Auxiliary-sponsored bake sale and visits with the Easter Bunny. For more information, call 675-8600 ext. 115 or 195.

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