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Though the Dallas TownshipPolice Departments monitoringof seatbelts among minors istechnically ending today, ChiefRobert Jolley said officers willstill patrol around the DallasSchool District campus.

Were doing our seatbelt pro-gram until March 4, then westart our aggressive drivingcampaign, but well still be pa-trolling for everything, said Jol-ley.

The department began pa-trolling the district campus onFeb. 14 to enforce aspects of La-ceys Law, which was signed in-to law late last year.

Laceys Law states drivers un-der the age of 18 can be cited fornot wearing a seatbelt. Foradults, not wearing a seatbelt isa secondary offense.

The program, which includeda presentation to driving-agestudents, got its start the dayafter 18-year-old Thomas Lynch,of Harveys Lake, a senior at Dal-las High School, was killed in acrash on Kunkle-Alderson Road.

We contemplated not doingthe program, said Jolley. But we decided that we had to doit.

Jolley said it still has not beendetermined whether Lynch was wearing a seatbelt at the time,but he said incidents such asthis can make young driverspause and reflect on their owndriving habits.

It definitely has an effect, hesaid. It brings things home.

The project was made possi-

ble through a $1,000 grant forthe state polices Buckle Up PAprogram.

Dallas School District Super-intendent Frank Galicki said thehigh schools Emergency Re-sponse Team, a club in whichstudents are taught emergencypreparedness and safety skills,also aided in getting the pro-

gram started.Jolley said officers wrote 17

citations in three weeks.We were trying to hit times

that persons under the age of 18,those covered under LaceysLaw, would be driving, he said.Maybe this will get young driv-ers more attuned to bucklingup.

Jolley said the statistics onteen driver accidents are stag-gering, and he hopes programslike this across the country can

Seatbelts monitoring ends today, patrols continueProgram targeting driving-age students got its start

day after DHS senior was killed in vehicle accident.

By SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.com

Laceys Law states drivers under the age of 18 can be cited for

not wearing a seatbelt. For adults, not wearing a seatbelt is a

secondary offense.

See PATROLS, Page 13

Phyllis Bullocks favorite

pastime is cutting circles

from old greeting cards

while sitting in front of the

TV.

Ame ri can Ido l and

Dancing with the Stars is

how I pass my time, said

the Dallas resident.

But its not in vain. Bull-

ocks cutting skills only aid

h er whe n she s m ak in g

homemade placemats fromthose recycled images.

And others find Bullocks

artwork so interesting they

wanted to learn the craft

themselves.

The Back Mountain Me-

morial Library held a class

for those wanting to learn

the art of placemat-making

- just a month after Bull-

ocks placemats were on

display in the library.

Bullock, whos been mak-

ing the decorative place-

m at s f or m ore t ha n 2 0

years, led the class and dis-

playe d e xample s o f h er

work, including snowmen,

Elvis Presley and angel-

themed settings.

I never thought about

sho wi ng t he m at t he l i-

b rary, sai d B ul lo ck . I

asked a woman from the li-

brary to save the cards they

receive for me. She asked

me why, and now Im teach-

ing a class.B ul lo ck n ev er s av ed

greeting cards before she

started making placemats

after a friend gave her a tu-

torial. Now, she said, its a

great way to recycle those

cards sent from friends and

family.

There are so many nice

pictures; it s a shame to

t hrow t he m away, she

said.

Bullock even immortal-

ized the greeting cards for

a friends 90th birthday.

S he cut t he cards alo ng

with the notes inside themto make a set of six place-

mats out of the more than

80 cards h er f ri en d re-

ceived.

She cried when I showed

them to her, said Bullock.She said cutting the im-

ages is a relaxing way to

spend time before working

on the designs of her place-

mats. She lays the card cut-

outs onto a piece of poster

board before covering the

whole project with contact

paper.

Yvonne Marshall, of Dal-

las, had some Christmas

cards l yi ng aro un d t he

h ou se w he n s he h ea rd

about the class.

Its a way to be creative,

and to give these beautiful

cards some practical use,she said.

Ellen Whipple, of Lacey-

ville, makes ornaments and

other decorations out of

greeting cards, and thoughtthe class would be another

way to utilize the images

on the cards sent to her

through the years.

My theme for the place-

mats is flowers and butter-

flies, said Whipple. Im

thinking spring.

CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Phyllis Bullock shows one of her handmade placemats featuring an Elvis Presley theme at a workshop at the Back Mountain Memo-rial Library.

Yvonne Marshall, of Dallas, uses an oval pattern to make her

card cut-outs during a craft class at the Back Mountain Memo-rial Library.

Old cards makenew placemats

By SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.comThere are so many nicepictures; its a shame tothrow them away.

Phyllis Bullock

About homemade placemats

When 9-year-old Jack Farrellsteps on the court to play basket-ball, he means business.

The Dallas Elementary stu-dent plays for the Knicks in theDallasYouthBasketball thirdandfourth-grade league, and last

weekend he had a whopper of agame.The team won, 44-39, in the

semi-finals last Saturday againstthe Celtics, and Farrell scored all44 winning points.

He had no idea, Chad Lojew-ski, theKnickscoach,saidof Far-rells performance. My daughterfills out the score book, and withtwo minutes left in the game shesaid, Dad, look at this.

Farrells father, Mark, said bas-ketballis in hissons blood.MarkFarrell played ball in high schooland college, and still reminiscesabout the time he scored 34points on his own when DallasHigh School made the districtchampionships in 1985. DespiteMark Farrells efforts, that game

ended in a loss for the Mountain-eers.

A family member made a CD

of the radio broadcast of thatgame, and he listens to it all the

time, said Farrells wife, Donna.But Jack Farrells sights arentset on the glory of the game. Lo-jewski said the young player of-ten asks tobe placed in thegameso he can pass the ball to otherson the team.

LastFriday duringthe quarter-finalsagainst theHornets, Farrellscored 18 points and, near theend of the game, continued pass-ing to Lojewskis son, Drew, whoscored12 points of his own.

Drew wouldnt have had 12points without Jacks help, saidLojewski. But believe me, Drew wont stop talking about his 12points.

And last Saturdays record-breaking gamefor Farrellwas theonehis parents werentable toat-

tend. The couple was visitingfriendsin Marylandon a tripthey

BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Dallas Youth Basketball player Jack Farrell, 9, left, stands with

Knicks Coach Chad Lojewski.

Jack Farrell

scores 44 pointsin DYB victoryBy SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.com

What: Dallas Youth Basketballthird and fourth-grade boysleague championship gameWho: Knicks vs. SunsWhen: Today at1:15 p.m.Where: Dallas High School gym

I F Y O U G O

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CROSSWORD CORNER Puzzle answers, Page 13

MONDAY, MARCH 5

Dallas School Board2000 Conyngham Ave., Dallas

Township The school board will hold a

work session at 7 p.m. in the ad-ministrationbuilding nextto Wy-callis Elementary.

Franklin TownshipMunicipal Road, Franklin

TownshipThe board of supervisors will

hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m.in the Franklin Township FireHall at 329 Orange Rd., FranklinTownship.

Jackson Township1122 Huntsville Rd/, Jackson

TownshipThe board of supervisors will

hold a regular meeting at 6 p.m.in the municipal building.

TUESDAY, MARCH 6

Dallas Township601TunkhannockHwy.(Route

309), Dallas TownshipThe board of supervisors will

hold a work session at 7:30 p.m.in the municipal building.

Ross Township72 Broadway Rd., Sweet ValleyThe board of supervisors will

hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m.in the municipal building.

THURSDAY, MARCH 8

Dallas Area MunicipalAuthority530S. Memorial Hwy.,Shaver-

town The municipal authority will

hold a regular meeting at 7 p.m.in the administration building.

T H I S W E E K S M E E T I N G S

GateofHeaven CubScoutPack

232,Dallas,helditsBlueand Golddinner at the Waterfront banquethallin Plains.The WebelosII CubScouts completed the necessaryrequirements for their Webelosbadge and all eight boys receivedthe highest Cub Scout honor, theArrow of Light. The Webelos II,led by Carl Postupak, Dan Duffy,RickRoberts, Nicole DeweesandCubmaster MattDewees,willjointhe Scouts in Troop 146, JacksonTownship.Fromleft, kneeling,areRJ Knorr, Patrick Redington, Jo-seph Brennan, StephenPostupak.Standing, Richie Hungtinton,Troop146 Scoutmaster;Dan Duf-fy,WebelosII leader;Tommy Haji-kowski, Cole Dewees, MatthewDuffy, Carl Postupak, Webelos IIleader;and Matthew Roberts.

Scouts honored

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The board of supervisors vot-ed to approve a cooperativeagreement between the policedepartment and Carfax Inc., avehicular information company,to streamline vehicular accidentreports at a special meetingMonday.

Tyrone Parker, a Carfax spo-kesperson, told supervisors Car-fax would handle the reportsthrough a website at no cost tothe township, which wouldmake them available to the pub-

lic and insurance companies atany time and would cut down onadministrative work for policeofficers.

Parker also said officers wouldhave access to investigative toolsthrough the website to learnmore about stolen vehicles andother common vehicular crimes.

He said the reason Carfax wanted to work with law en-forcement officers on the munic-ipal level is because the compa-ny currently only receives crashinformation from the state, andthe added reports would benefitthe companys vehicular historydata.

Police Chief James Balavagefelt the removal of administra-tive work in the police depart-ment wouldincrease theamountof time officers would be avail-able to patrol.

Currently, it costs $15 to ob-tain a police report. Parker saidthe police department would

still receive $15 from each reportpurchased on the website, andCarfax would charge $5 per re-port as a convenience fee. Citi-zens would still have the optionto purchase an accident report inperson.

Supervisors awarded a bid toBrdaric Excavating of Swoyers-

ville to stabilize a stretchof TobyCreek along Carverton Road.

Township Manager KathleenSebastian said the streambed be-hind a building owned by thetownship on Carverton Road haseroded so much through theyears that the walls are crackingand part of the creek flows un-derneath the building.

She said the Luzerne CountyConservation District offeredthe township a grant from left-over federal monies to completethe project.

That was one of the areas Isuggested because were losingour building, said Sebastian.

The bid was awarded to Brdar-ic Excavating in the amount of$61,424. Though the conserva-tion district only offered thetownship $47,500, Sebastian an-nounced at the meeting that theorganization would provide therest of the money for the project.

The lowest monetary bidderwas Napcon Inc. of Wilkes-Barrein the amount of $41,260, but Se-bastian said Brdaric was thelowest responsible bidder inaccordance with the state De-partment of Environmental Pro-tection and the Luzerne County

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

Carfax agreement will streamline accident reportsBy SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.com

Currently, it costs $15 to obtain a police report. Parker said the

police department would still receive $15 from each report pur-

chased on the website, and Carfax would charge $5 per report as

a convenience fee. Citizens would still have the option to pur-

chase an accident report in person.

See CARFAX, Page 13

Those technologically-challenged residents living

withintheDallasSchoolDis-trict can now take solace inthe fact that help is availableto them.

The Dallas School District Technology Department be-gan its Tech Guru Infosh-are program at the highschool to aid those who wantto learn more about comput-ers.

Most of the time its thesimplest questions, but peo-ple were afraid to ask, saidBill Gartrell, the districtstechnology director.

He and others from the

technology department, in-cluding students, teach theclass from 3:30 to 6 p.m. ev-ery Wednesday at the highschool.

A registration form for theclass is available online, andGartrell asks that potentialpatrons of this free servicelet his staff know what they

want to learn before comingto class.

I wanted to give some-thing back to the communi-ty, said Gartrell. With mystuff computers you cannever stop learning.

The program takes itsname from Gartrells class atthe high school in which stu-dents are taught how to fixcomputers and eventually

become part of the technol-ogy department.

Gartrell said students aretrainedand areallowedto an-swer calls from all over thecampus, including the mid-dle and elementary schools.

Th eyre t re at ed l ik eadults, and they fix things ontheir own, said Gartrell.

Some of the students inGartrell s class have ad-

vanced in certain areas ontheir own and can providespecialty instruction at the

Infoshare classes.For example, one of his

students is a whiz with Ma-cin to sh com pu te rs andgraphic design and anotheris adept at software writingandplansto attendthe Roch-ester Institute of Technolo-gy.

Everyones got a comput-er problem, said Gartrell.But this will not be an ad-

vanced Photoshop class. Itsmore about the basics.

Gartrell also said those

who attend the class canbring in their own comput-ers for free virus and spy-

ware removal. Previously,this service was available on-ly to district employees andtheir families.

Its also a useful program,said Gartrell, because it al-lows young people to get ex-perience teaching and inter-acting with older students.

When it comes to com-puters, the generation gapgoes away, he said.

CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

Bill Gartrell, left, explains to Kathy Zawatski, secretary of the Wycallis Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization, how to update her

clubs website during a computer clinic held every Wednesday afternoon at Dallas High School. The program is free to Back Moun-tain residents.

Charles Didgeon, right, a Dallas School District employee is assisted by instructor Dan Nestorick,of Hunlock Creek, during a free computer help program held every Wednesday afternoon at Dallas

High School.

Techiesofferingexpertise

By SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.com

For more information about the Tech Guru Infoshare program at Dallas High School, visit www.dallassd-.com or call 675-5201.

F O R M O R E I N F O R M AT I O N

The state Department of Transportation completed re-pairs on the Overbrook Road

overpass earlier than initiallyexpected.

James May, a PennDOTspokesperson, said concretecovering beams underneaththe 72-year-old bridge fell on-to Route 309 last Sunday andthe agency had planned toclose a portion of Route 309at night for two weeks to con-duct the repairs.

Crews began work at 7 p.m. Wednesday and concluded at5 a.m. Thursday, May said. Hesaid all the loosened concrete was removed from under-neath the bridge.

He said the concrete inquestion was primarily inplace for aesthetic purposes,and the falling debris doesnot pose any structural prob-lems for the bridge, built in1940.

This is one of our bridgesthat is not structurally defi-cient, said May.

Dallas Township SupervisorLiz Martin saw the rubble onthe side of the road last Sun-day evening, but didnt realize

it had come from the bridgeuntil Monday afternoon.

It looked like flat stone. Atfirst, I thought it was fieldstone or flagstone, becausethere was a small pile of it inone of the lanes, she said.My main concern was thatsomebody could get hurt orkilled. Remembering what itlooked like, if it had fallen ona car or a windshield, some-one could have been at leasthurt by it.

May said inspectors weresent to the location on Mon-day to determine if any moreloosened concrete posed athreat to motorists. Thoughconcrete falls did not appearto be imminent, May said theagency decided to pursue therepairs.

CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

PennDOT crews completed work on the Overbrook Road bridge

that spans Route 309 in Shavertown. The aesthetically-placedconcrete underneath the structure had been crumbling and falling

debris threatened heavy traffic beneath the bridge.

Bridge workfinished early

By SARAH HITE

shite@mydallaspost.com

See BRIDGE, Page13

SportsPage hairstylist Tracey Roche, of West Pittston,and sa-lon owner Stephen Salvaggio, of Forty Fort, have set up their

newest shop in the Back Mountain located in the Twin StacksComplex.The shopwill openMonday,March5 and offer haircutsfrom 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.

SPORTS PAGE

OPENS TOMORROW

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The 31st Annual Suzanne Ma-ria Rossetti Memorial Juried Art

Exhibitwillopen from1 to 4 p.m.today, March 4 at the SchulmanGallery, LCCC, Nanticoke. Anawards ceremony will follow at 4p.m. in the James T. AthertonGymnasium.

Joe and Sue Hand, of Dallas,have sponsored the Suzanne Ma-ria Rossetti Memorial Juried ArtContest for the past 31 years inmemory of the daughter ofLouise and the late Peter Rosset-ti, of Saugus, MA.

Artworks in pencil, pastel, wa-tercolor, acrylic, oil, ink, scratch-board, mixed media, fibers, pho-tography,prints, miniature draw-ings and paintings, 3-D and ap-plied design were created byseventh through 12th-grade stu-dents associated with the geo-graphic areas of Dallas, Lehman,Tunkhannock andNorthwest.

Entrieswere judged separatelyoneach gradelevelin12 differentcategories by two panels of threejudges each. In addition, a sepa-rate awards jury awarded over$7,000 in community-sponsoredawards.

The public is invited to viewthis exhibit of winning art workscontinuing through Wednesday,March 28. Gallery hours are 9a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday throughFriday.

For additional information,contact Heather Madeira at 675-5094.

Rossetti Art Exhibit opens today at LCCC

Jennifer Ziemba, left, assists Heather Madeira, Rossetti contest coordinator, as they set up theexhibit for the Opening Reception of the 31st Annual Suzanne Maria Rossetti Memorial Juried Art

Contest.

The Full Montyis at the Music Box

The Full Monty, a Tony-Award winning musical aboutout-of-work blue-collar workerswho strip to make ends meet,will be performed today, March4 at the Music Box Dinner Play-house, 196 Hughes St., Swoyers-ville.

Curtain time is at 8 p.m. onFridays and Saturdays and at 2p.m. on Sundays. A buffet din-ner is served 90 minutes beforecurtain.

For reservations, call 283-2195.

Bingo plannedat fire hall

Bingo will be held on Mon-day, March 5 at the Northmore-land Twp. Volunteer Fire Hall,Centermoreland.

Doors open at 5 p.m. andearly birds start at 6:30 p.m.Food and beverages are avail-able.

For more information, call333-4095.

Round table meetsThe Wyoming Valley Civil

War Round Table will meet at 7p.m. on Thursday, March 8 in

the lower level of the Daddow-Isaacs American Legion, 730Memorial Hwy., Dallas.

The speaker will be LTCWilliam D. Hewitt, USA (Ret.)from Gettysburg who will givehis presentation on Gettysburg- A Turning Point?

Members are admitted freeand there is a $3 fee for guests.For further information, callPete at 639-1283.

Scouts take partin food program

The Boy Scouts of Troop 281and the Cub Scouts of Pack 281will again participate in theannual Scouting for Food pro-gram. Food and money dona-

tions collected over a one-weekperiod will benefit less fortunatefamilies in the community.

The Scouts will distributedoor hangers from 1 to 3 p.m.today, March 4 throughout theBack Mountain. The food willbe picked up beginning at 9 a.m.on Saturday, March10.

Food will then be sorted,boxed and taken to the Back

Mountain Food Pantry at theTrucksville United MethodistChurch. All donations will re-main in the Back Mountain.

Eastern Starplans craft show

The Dallas Eastern StarBuilding Association will holdits 10th annual spring craft showfrom 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sat-urday, March 10 at the DallasEastern Star Building, Fosterand Woodlawn streets, Dallas.

The organizations Welshcookies will be for sale. Home-made soups, wimpies, hot dogs,haluski and homemade dessertswill be available for purchase.

Chicken noodle or vegetablebeef soup can be ordered for $6a quart by calling Dianne Corbyat 675-4893.

Irem plans bridalfashion show

A Bridal Luncheon and Fash-ion Show will be held from 1 to4 p.m. on Sunday, March 18 atthe Irem Clubhouse, 64 Ridg-way Dr., Dallas.

Doors open at1 p.m. andlunch, including hors doeuvres,a house salad and choice ofchicken franchaise or herb-crusted baked haddock, will beserved at1:30 p.m. The bridalfashion show will follow at 2:15

p.m. with prizes and promotionsoffered throughout the after-noon.

Admission is $20 and reserva-tions, which must be made byMarch13, can be made by call-ing 675-1134, ext. 100.

Gas rep tospeak at luncheon

Wyoming County businessleaders will hear about the in-vestment in the communityfrom Southwestern EnergyCompany at their March Educa-tional Luncheon set for March14 at the Fireplace Restaurant inTunkhannock.

Southwestern is a U.S.-basednatural gas producer with an

office in Tunkhannock and itsheadquarters in Houston.

Reservations to attend theluncheon can be made by callingthe Chamber office at 836-7755or by e-mailing Robin at Rob-in@wyccc.com.

Members will be admitted efree (one per business) andnon-members will be charged$10 per person.

Soups availableHomemade soups, all served

with bread and butter, beverageand dessert, will be availablefrom 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday,March16 at the Noxen UnitedMethodist Church, Route 29.

A free will offering will betaken.

Music Box plansmurder mystery

The Music Box RepertoryCompany will present an audi-ence participation murder mys-tery, Next of Kin, playingMarch 16,17 and 18 at the Mu-sic Box Dinner Playhouse,196Hughes St., Swoyersville.

All tickets are $30 and includea buffet dinner. Performances onFriday and Saturday start at6:30 p.m. and Sunday perform-ances are at1:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased bycalling 283-2195.

Ham and cabbagedinner slated

Harveys Lake American Le-gion Post 967 Sons of the Amer-ican Legion will host a ham andcabbage dinner-dance withmusic provided by NeonKnights from 7 p.m. to midnighton Saturday, March 17 at thepost home, 4907 Memorial

Hwy., Dallas to benefit the orga-nizations annual kids fishingderby.

Tickets are $15 and availableat the Legion. No tickets will besold at the door.

This is a non-smoking eventand is open to the public 21years of age and older. Admis-sion includes band, food andrefreshments.

Bingo plannedat Noxen School

A 50/50 Bingo will be heldfrom 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday,March17 at the Noxen School,School Street.

Food and beverages will beavailable and patrons will pay

per card. All proceeds benefitthe Noxen-Monroe SportsmensClub.

For more information, call298-2052.

Bingo plannedat fire hall

Bingo will be held on Mon-

day, March 19 at the North-moreland Twp. Volunteer FireHall, Centermoreland.

Doors open at 5 p.m. andearly birds start at 6:30 p.m.Food and beverages are avail-able.

For more information, call333-4095.

Gardening series setLuzerne Countys Penn State

Extension Master Gardener RonPetro will present an organicgardening series, From Seed toKitchen, from 6 to 9 p.m.Thursdays, March 22 and 29and April 5 and 12 at The Landsat Hillside Farms Education

Center, 65 Hillside Rd., Shaver-town.Pre-registration and a fee of

$30 per person are required byMarch16.

For more information and/ora registration form, contactPenn State Cooperative Exten-sion Luzerne County at 825-1701.

Polar Bear Plungeset for March 24

The Seventh Annual HarveysLake Polar Bear Plunge will takeplace at noon on Saturday,March 24 at Garrity Realty, Pole89, Harveys Lake.

Participants are sponsored tojump into Harveys Lake to raisemoney for the American CancerSociety. Participants must raisea minimum of $10 to take partin the event.

There will also be food, drinksand raffles donated from localbusinesses and sponsors. Prizeswill be given for the best outfitand largest donation.

For additional information,call Cassie at 639-7209, Sami at

696-3994 or Bethany at 477-5807.

Grave decorationsmust be removed

Officials at Cedar Crest Ceme-tery, Trucksville, request that allwinter decorations be removedfrom graves no later than March28.

Easter Egg Huntplanned

The Harveys Lake Home-coming Committee will hold itssecond annual Easter Egg Huntfrom 10 a.m. to noon on Sat-

urday, March 31, at the HarveysLake Little League field.

The event is for children agesnewborn to 12 years old. Raindate is April 7.

For more information, call theborough office at 639-2113, ext.0.

Winter parking

ordinance in effectThe Kingston Township Pub-

lic Works and Police Depart-ment reminds residents theWinter Parking Ordinance iscurrently in affect until March31.

The ordinance prohibits park-ing on the street between thehours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.,during any snow or ice stormand for eight hours followingthe commencement of a snowor ice storm.

Friend set datefor author event

The Friends of the BackMountain Memorial Libraryhave set Thursday, April 26 fortheir annual Luncheon With ASpecial Author. The event willtake place at 11a.m. at the Ap-pletree Terrace, Newberry Es-tate, Dallas.

Tickets will be $26 per personand will go on sale in mid-March.

C I V I C B R I E F S

PSU student takesnaturalization oath

Isaura Olivares, a student at

Penn State Wilkes-Bare, tookher UnitedStates Citi-zenshipNatural-izationOath inPhiladel-phia on Jan.20.

A nativeof the Dominican Republic,Olivares is currently in herjunior year as an Adminis-trative of Justice major.

Millington ondeans list

Taylor A. Millington, ofDallas, has been named to thedeans list at Boston Uni-versity for the fall semester ofthe 2011-2012 academic year.

Del Gaudionamed to deans list

Maria Del Gaudio, of Dallas,has been named to the deanslist at Elizabethtown Collegefor the fall semester of the2011-2012 academic year.

Three named

to deans listThree Back Mountain resi-

dents have been named to the

deans list at University of theSciences for the fall semesterof the 2011-2012 academicyear.

Alyssa Cybulski, of Dallas,is a doctor of pharmacy stu-dent; Myer Messinger, ofTrucksville, is a humanitiesand science student; andMegan Wills, of Dallas, is adoctor of physical therapystudent.

MU professorpublishes book

Hunter Manasco, Ph.D., ofDallas Township, assistantprofessor of speech-languagepathology at Misericordia

Uni-versity,has hadthe book,An Ex-ceptionalChildrensGuide toTouch:TeachingSocial

and Physical Boundaries toKids, published by JessicaKingsley Publishers of Lon-don, England. The book isillustrated by his wife, Katha-rine Manasco.

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

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While it was Oscar night

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Scouts of Pack 281 in Dallas

celebrated the silver screen

at their annual Blue & Gold

Dinner where the theme was

A Night at the Movies.

Each den decorated its ta-

ble to represent a differentmotion picture with Cars,

Toy Story, Star Wars,

Indiana Jones, Spy Kids,

Pirates of the Caribbean

and Harry Potter all being

represented.

Over 250 Scouts, parents

and family members were in

attendance. Special guests

included Marcel Cinquina,

Chief Scout Executive of the

Northeastern Pennsylvania

Council of the Boy Scouts of

America; Ryan Murray, Dis-

trict Executive for the Two

Mountains District; and

Rev. Robert Wood, pastor of

the Dallas United Methodist

Church.Ed Luksa, an Assistant

Scoutmaster with Troop

281, was acknowledged dur-

i ng t he e ve ni ng w it h a

plaque for his years of ser-

vice training Cub Scouts in

outdoor skills.

Several Scouts were recog-

nized for completing their

religious awards, including

David Ja nosk i, Ja cob

Fenske, Ayden Carey, Ian At-

kinson and Noah Daily re-

ceiving the God and Family

Award and Matthew Oley re-

c ei vi ng t he G od and M e

Award.

The fourth-grade Webelos

were also congratulated byCubmaster Chris Angelovic

for capturing first place in

the winter survival skills

competition at the districts

recent Winter Fun Day at

Kirby Park. Badges of rank

and numerous other advan-

cements were also awarded

to the Scouts in attendance.

Cubmaster Angelovic de-

parted from the usual pro-

gram for a few moments to

memoriali ze T ho mas E.

L ynch, a bel ov ed Eag le

S co ut a nd D al la s H ig h

School student involved in a

fatal motor vehicle accident

two weeks ago. Lynch was amember of Pack 281 as a

Cub Scout.

The Blue & Gold Dinner

is an annual Cub Scout tra-

dition which celebrates the

birthday of Boy Scouting in

the United States on Feb. 8,

1910 and Cub Scouting on

Feb. 10, 1930. Cub Scouting

offers programs for boys

from first grade through

fifth grade.

Pack 281 was established

in 1948 and is chartered to

the Dallas United Methodist

Church.

Cub Scout Pack 281 celebrates annual dinner

Emma Oley as Princess Leia from Star Wars. Bear Cub Scout Noah Zim as Indiana Jones. Den Leader Richard Oley congratulates Kyle Havrilla on earninghis Wolf Badge.

Wolf Cub Scout Matthew Oley with his mother, Den Leader Rebecca Oley, and his sister, Emma Oley.

A Night at the Movieshighlights Blue & Gold Dinner

Wolf Cub Scout Ben Higgins with his parents, Michelle and Doug Higgins.

Fourth-grade Webelos Joey Sabatini, left, Taylor Bolesta, center,and Ben Ross join their fellow buccaneers in the feast.

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YOUR SPACE

The History Channel On March 18, 1852, in New York City, Henry Wells and

William G. Fargo join with several other investors to launchtheir namesake business. In July 1852, their company ship-ped its first loads of freight from the East Coast to miningcamps scattered around northern California.

On March 17, 1901, paintings by the late Dutch painterVincent van Gogh are shown in Paris. Van Gogh had com-mitted suicide 11 years earlier without any notion that hiswork was destined to win acclaim beyond his wildestdreams. In his lifetime, he had sold only one painting.

On March 14, 1914, stock-car racer Lee Arnold Petty(father of Richard Petty) is born near Randleman, N.C. In1959, he won the Daytona 500. Its said that Lee Petty nev-er lost a race on account of being too kind to his compet-itors, even if his competitors were family.

On March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass., American RobertGoddard successfully launches the worlds first liquid-fueledrocket. The 10-foot rocket, fueled by liquid oxygen and gaso-line, traveled for 2.5 seconds at a speed of about 60 mph,reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away.

On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps of theUnited States Army begins training dogs for the newly es-tablished War Dog Program, or K-9 Corps. Perhaps themost famous war dog was Rin Tin Tin, an abandoned puppyof German war dogs found in France in 1918 and taken to

the United States, where he made his film debut in the 1922silent film "The Man From Hells River."

On March 15, 1954, the Chords record Sh-boom. Thesongs lighthearted melody and nonsensical lyrics kicked offa new era of doo-wop music. Doo-wop hits included EarthAngel by the Penguins and In the Still of the Night bythe Five Satins.

On March 12, 1969, the London drug squad appears athouse of George Harrison and Pattie Boyd with a warrantand drug-sniffing canines. Sergeant Pilcher, the man behindthe raid, was later convicted of planting drugs in othercases and went to jail in 1972.

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

20 YEARS AGO 1992

Seventeen-year-old KeithRinehimer was honored byboth Dallas Kiwanis and thePennsylvania State last week.Rinehimers quick action lastfall after Dr. Wallace Stettlerwas involved in an auto acci-

dent iscredited with possi-bly prevent-ingStettlerfrom beingparalyzed.Rinehimer,

who wouldlike to become a professionalfire fighter, took as first re-spondercoursewith hisfriendMike Neil. Both are juniors atDallas High School.

JoeandCarolSitarof Dallas were honored recently fortheir long and dedicated ser-vice to Bishop OReilly HighSchool in Kingston. As mem-bers of the schools first grad-uating class (when it wasknown as West Side CentralCatholic), they have seenthree of their children gradu-ate from Bishop OReilly. Inaddition, a daughter willgrad-uate in May and a son will beentering as a freshman in afew years.

30 YEARS AGO 1982

Six Dallas Senior HighSchool students will be repre-senting their school at the Re-gion IV Chorus auditions Thursday, Friday and Satur-day at Bishop OReilly. Theyare: Arlene Daily, MatthewHoldra, Charlene Baker, Mar- jorie Myers, Jerry Ross andNancy Evan.

Ten members of the award- winning Lake-Lehman HighSchool Band have been select-ed to participate in the Penn-sylvania Music Educators As-sociation Region IV Band Fes-tival, which will be held atA bi ng to n H ei gh ts H ig hSchool, Clarks Summit laterthis month. They are: FrankSnyder, John Kasko, John Hu-dak, Keith Austin, Ed Havril-la, Tom Davis, Michelle Har-graves, Karen Holmgren, KimBurk and Virginia Yatsko.

40 YEARS AGO 1972

Capt. Ronald A. Woolery,provost marshal at TobyhannaArmy Depot, presented tro-phies to Sgt. Joseph G. Jano-sov of Wilkes-Barre and Secu-rity Guard Stanley TomchakJr., Dallas, for copping honorsin the annual qualificationwith a cal. 38 pistol of depotsecurity police. Tomchakscored 245 points out of a pos-sible 250 to finish first, whileJanosov came in second, re- versing their positions of last year when Janosov came infirst and Tomchak second.

Six Back Mountain highschool students were amongthe 79 area high school sopho-mores and seniors awardedNational Certificates of Meritat Wilkes-Barre campus of The Pennsylvania State Uni- versity last week. The certifi-cates, which are given in rec-o gn it io n o f o ut st an di ng achievement by high schoolstudents in the field of engi-n ee ri ng a nd s ci en ce a reawarded annually by the Lu-zerne County Chapter, Penn-sylvania Society of Profes-

sional Engineers. Recipientsare: Harry Harter, Dallas Ar-ea; Harriet Kocher, Lake-Leh-man; Richard Harrison, Dal-las Area; Anthony Steven,Lake-Lehman; Kevin Schap-pert and Jack Martin, DallasArea.

50 YEARS AGO 1962

Winners of the Vogue sew-ingcontest, sponsoredby Dal-las Senior and Junior Wom-ans Club,with prizesawardedon Monday at Dallas SeniorHigh School are: Peggy hall,

first prize; Barbara Prokop-chak, second; Olga Jurysta,runner-up.

DaddowIsaacsPost 672willhold its first annual pig roastSaturday at the Post Home.Committee members: MartyMcEnrue, James davenport,George Cave, Roland Spencer,Bill OBrien, Bud Shonk, TomKone, Dick Staub, RegisBrice, Dick Fuller, LeonardHarvey, Bernard McDermott,ed Buckley and Art Garinger.

60 YEARS AGO 1952

Boy Scout Troop 232, in-cluding Cubs, Scouts and Ex-plorers,woundup last weekofwindow display at Flannigans

Furniture Store Friday nightby making and serving bite-size flapjacks to store employ-ees and the passing public.Scoutstakingturnsat theskil-let were: Bernie Banks, JackDerr, David Goddard, EugeneHindricks, Leslie Barstow,John Sidorek, John ferry, Jim Thomas, Buddy Butler, Ri-chard Lincoln, Peter Lukasav-age, Walter French, NelsonDownend, Jody Boyle, Keith

Yeisley, Raymond and DavidHindricks, and Fred Houli-han.

Shirley Drake, Dallas, andBarbara Dana, Trucksville,members of the junior class, will represent WestmorelandHigh School at the N.E. Dis-trict Chorus concert held atMontrose Thursday, Fridayand Saturday of this week.Shirley and Barbara, bothmembers of the band, were se-lected by Lester R. Lewis, mu-sic supervisor.

70 YEARS AGO 1942

Jack Hislops restaurantpresents a new appearancethis morning. During thenight a complete new stain-less steel soda fountain withsixteen ice cream cabinets was installed by a crew ofworkmen. Delivery of the newfountain which was orderedsix months ago from a GrandRapids firm was delayed be-cause of war orders.

Troop Committeewomen ofGirl Scout Troop No. 9, Sha-vertown, entertained friendsat a card party last Thursdayevening at the home of Mrs.Oscar Dymond, Main Street.Defensestampswere awardedas prizes and were won byMrs. Howard Appleton, Mrs.Frank Werner, Mrs. MartinPorter and Mrs. Mary Hard-ing.

Information for Only Yes-terday is taken from past is-sues of The Dallas Post whichis 123 years old. The informa-tion is printed here exactly asit appeared in the newspaperyears ago.

ONLY

YESTERDAY

By Samantha Weaver It was 20th-century American director, screenwriter, play-

wright and novelist Ben Hecht who made the following sageobservation: Trying to determine what is going on in theworld by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time bywatching the second hand of a clock.

If you visualize an image of John Lennon, more likely thannot youll see him in your minds eye wearing a pair of roundspectacles. In July of 2007, one pair of those iconic glasseswas sold at auction for a whopping $2 million.

Theres nothing terribly surprising about the fact that ananimated version of George Orwells famed novel AnimalFarm was produced in the United States in 1954. What madethis production unusual is that the movie rights were boughtby, and the film was covertly funded by, the CIA. It wasthought that it would be excellent anti-Communist propagan-da during the Cold War.

If youre like 12 percent of American men who are about toget married, youll go to a tanning bed before you make thatwalk down the aisle.

You might be surprised to learn that early automobilemagnate Henry Ford was a fan of soy. In the 1940s, the fabricused for the upholstery in some of his cars was made from 25percent soy. He even owned a soy-based suit of clothing thathe would sometimes wear for media events.

The Transportation Security Administration banned ciga-rette lighters on carry-on luggage between 2005 and 2007.During that time, TSA screeners confiscated 22,978 lightersevery day. Safe disposal of those lighters cost the taxpayersapproximately $4 million every year.

Thought for the day: Obstinacy is the result of the will forc-

ing itself into the place of the intellect. - Arthur Schopen-hauer

S T R A N G E B U T T R U E

W H AT I S YO U R FA V O R I T E M A J O R L E A G U E B A S E B A L L T E A M ?

The Phillies becausethey are closest toDallas and my dad andgrandparents like

them.KyleWilliams

Shavertown

I grew up a Philliesand think they are stillpretty good.

Jon Weaver

Dallas

The Pittsburgh Pi-rates because I usedto live in Bethel Parkin the Pittsburgh ar-

ea.Alex Ivoska

Shavertown

My grandson and myhusband like them so Iguess Ill say the Phil-lies.

LeslieHoroshko

Dallas

The Phillies becausethey are such goodfielders. I know be-cause I play softball.

Christina Schappert

Trucksville

Im not a big baseballfan but Id have to saythe Phillies becausemy family is a huge

fan.AmyWilliams

Wilkes-Barre

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CAIN - Marguerite M. Mag-gie, 82, of Dallas, died Monday,February 20, 2012 at The Mead-ows Nursing and RehabilitationFacility in Dallas.

She was born in New YorkCity, on December 14, 1929,raised in the Kingston area andgraduated from Kingston HighSchool in 1947. In her early years, she worked at the Chat-terbox Restaurant in Ocean

City, N.J. Prior to starting herfamily, she spent several yearsas a stewardess for AmericanAirlines.

Surviving are her children, Wilson Fieldhouse Jr., ofGuangzhou, China; Sara Boylan,of Louisville, Colo.; four grand-children.

GRAMBERG - Joseph, 92, of Tunkhannock, Lemon Twp.,died on Tuesday, February 21,2012.

He was born on December 15,1919 and was employed byP&G, retiring in 1985.

Surviving are daughters, Lo-retta Sickler, of Cape Vincent,N.Y.; Lorraine Culver, of Knoxs- ville, Md.; Barbara Inman, of

Mehoopany; son, David, of Ma-cungie; three sisters, Helen, An-na and Josie; three brothers,Mike, Eddie and Charlie, all re-siding in New Jersey; ninegrandchildren; nine great-grand-children; three great-great-grandchildren; nieces and neph-ews.

HARTZELL - Albert R., 78, ofValley View Drive, HunlockCreek, died Wednesday, Febru-ary 22, 2012 at home.

He was born on February 7,and was the owner and operatorof Hartzell Transmission andAuto Repair of Hunlock Creekfor more than 45 years. He wasa certified helicopter pilot.

Surviving are his wife of 47years, Lola Hill Hartzell; daugh-ters, Deborah Bruno and LizaMorganti, both of HunlockCreek, sister, Dorothy Masters,of Doylestown; nieces and neph-ews.

KAMARUNAS - Loretta A.,72, of Beaumont, died Saturday,February 25, 2012 at the Mead-ows Nursing and RehabilitationCenter, Dallas.

She was born in Wilkes-Barre, was a graduate of Dallas Area

High School, Class of 1957. She was employed for 27 years as abookkeeper for L.L. RichardsonDodge, Dallas.

Surviving are a daughter, Cin-dy Jerzak, Dallas; son, John S.Monka Jr., Trucksville; step-daughter, Andrea Nunn, Colum-bus, Ohio; stepson, Anthony Ka-marunas Jr., Swoyersville; sixgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; sister, CatherineTrudgen; brother, Dan Updyke;nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations to theMeadows Nursing and Rehabil-itation Center, 55 W. Center HillRd, Dallas, PA 18612 or to theHospice of the Sacred Heart,600 Baltimore Dr., Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702.

MOHR - Mary Whitby, 91, ofNewberry Estates, Dallas, diedMonday, February 20, 2012 atMercy Center, one day beforeher 92nd birthday.

She was born in Kingston,and was a graduate of Edwards- ville High School and Blooms-burg College, with a degree inelementary education. She wasa fourth-grade teacher in theDallas School District for 40years.

She was a member of the Dal-las Untied Methodist Church.She was very active in the Irem Temple Shrine, Dallas RotaryClub and the John Heinz Auxil-iary.

Surviving are her daughters,Miriam Bayliss, Reading; andMerilee Twardowski, Liverpool,N.Y.; two grandchildren; twogreat-grandchildren.

Memorial donations to theBack Mountain Memorial Li-brary, Dallas.

MULVANEY - Susan (Shau-lis), 63, of Dallas, died on Fri-day, February 24, 2012 in Hos-pice Community Care at Geis-inger South Wilkes-Barre after acourageous six year battle withcancer.

She was born in North Attle-boro, Massachusetts, on Febru-ary 3, 1949, and was a graduateof Meyers High School, class of1967. She was formerly employ-ed by the Flagship Bank in Bra-denton, Florida. She was amember of Gate of HeavenChurch, Machell Avenue, Dal-las.

Surviving are her mother, Al-ice Brant Mutter, of Wilkes-Bar-rel; daughters, Kelly Shaulis

Bednar, Mountain Top; MeganShaulis Sevenski, Dallas; AlisonShaulis Park, Christiana, Del.;six grandchildren; brothers, Ed-ward Mutter, Wilkes-Barre; JohnJ. Mutter Jr., Hampton, Georgia;Mark Mutter, St. Petersburg,Fla.; sisters, Robin Hammond,Hawley; Janelle Wierbowski,Hawley; nieces and nephews.

Memorial donations toCandys Place, 190 Welles St.,Suite 120, Forty Fort, PA 18704.

MYERS - Jacqueline Jean, 84,formerly of Harveys Lake andForty Fort, died Wednesday,February 22, 2012 at the Mead-ows Nursing and RehabilitationCenter, Dallas.

She was born in Syracuse,N.Y., and was a graduate ofCoughlin High School, Wilkes-Barre. In her early years, sheworked at a lace mill in Wilkes-Barre and for the former HelenK. Salzburg Candy Company. Inlater years, she was employedby First Eastern Bank in theirComputer Center in Wilkes-Barre.

She was a member of FortyFort United Methodist Churchand active in many of thechurchs clubs and annual

events, including the CouplesClub.

Surviving are sons, RichardD., Moneta, Va.; Bruce K., Dal-las; daughter, Pamela Bernoski,Ewing, N.J.; four grandchildren;one great-grandson.

Memorial donations to Mead-ows Nursing and RehabilitationCenter, 55 W. Center Hill Rd.,Dallas, PA 18612 or the FortyFort United Methodist Church,26 Yeager Ave., Forty Fort, PA18704-4042.

WOODYATT - Linda Marie Thomason, 52, of Tunkhannock,died Tuesday, February 21, 2012after a 15-month battle with can-cer.

She was born on October 3,1959, in Ypsilanti, Mich. Shewas a member of the Arbor DayFoundation and the Creek SideConservency.

Surviving are her husband,John H. Woodyatt; son, Waylon Thomason, of Bowling Green,Ohio; brothers, Eric and Mi-chael Thomason, of Florida;Chris Thomason, of Ohio; andfour grandchildren.

Memorial donations to the Ar-bor Day Foundation, 211 North12th St., Lincoln, NE 68508.

O B I T U A R I E S

Senior Citizens Centers spon-

soredby theAreaAgencyon Ag-

ing for Luzerne and Wyoming

Counties offer hot noon meals

Monday through Friday to peo-

ple 60 years of age or older. Do-

nations from participants are

gratefully accepted and neededinorderto expandthisprogram.

WEEKOF MARCH 5

MONDAY: Roast turkey, gra-

vy (lowsodium),peas andpearl

onions, cranberry sauce, multi-

grain dinnerroll, bread stuffing,

mixed berry crisp, margarine,

milk and coffee.

TUESDAY: Bag lunch

WEDNESDAY: National Nu-

tritionDaySpecialLunch - Bowl

cuisine station (noodles, chick-en or beef broth, vegetable top-

pings, finishing sauce), seafood

salad wrap, fortune cookies,

milk and coffee.

THURSDAY: Meatloaf with

chunky tomato sauce, green

beans, au gratin potatoes, rye

bread, cinnamon applesauce

cake with raisins, margarine,

milk and coffee.

FRIDAY: Herbed whitefish,

broccoli/cauliflower medley

with cheese sauce, wild rice pi-laf,multi-grainbread,tangerine,

chocolate chip cookie, marga-

rine, milk and coffee

S E N I O R C E N T E R M E N U

The Wyoming Valley Womans Club welcomed new members at a recent luncheon at Vander-lyns Reastaurant, Kingston. From left,seated, are Carolyn Marcato,Edna Morgan, president; Eve-lynHagen. Standing,JanetMarko, JoyceFigmik, Mimi Ross andCarol Watkins.Absentat thetimeof the photo were Jean Pope and Phyllis Shillabeer.

WOMANS CLUBWELCOMESMEMBERS

Sarah Brooks, Lauren Boyle and Gina Bartley, all seniors at Lake-Lehman High School, held aCheer fora Cureas their senior project. Fallen Officers Rememberedwas oneof thetwo recip-ients of theproceeds from that event.The girls donated $4,700to theorganizationand becameAdopt-A-Copsponsors for the localand national level.Fromleft, firstrow, are JaclynPocceschi

Mosleyand GinaPocceschi Boyle,FallenOfficers Rememberedfounders.Second row,Kirk Kran-son, Kranson Uniform; SarahBrooks, Officer James Scott, Pittston City;Officer JanneilDeJesus,Moscow; Lauren Boyle and Doug Kranson, owner, Kranson Uniform. Absent at the time of thephoto was Gina Bartley.

L-L SENIORS AID FALLENOFFICERSDaddow-Isaacs Dallas Ameri-

can Legion Post 672 hosted itsannualchildrens Christmas par-ty for Back Mountain residents.Food and entertainment wereprovided and Santa Claus dis-tributed gifts to allthe children.JimSpencer isPost commander.

TOP PHOTO: Clown magi-cian Pat Ward entertains at theparty.

LEFT PHOTO: The FrankPrest family, including Jacob,Angela and mom Stacie, visits with Santa Claus (John EmilSr.).

Legion holidayparty is held

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The Lake-Lehman Band Spon-sors Annual Spring Craft Showwill be held from 10 am. to 3 pm.on Saturday, March 31 at theLake-Lehman Jr./Sr. HighSchool, Old Route 115 Lehman.

Up to 100 crafters will be onsite, offering items for the home,

garden, Easter and spring.A wide variety of vendors will

sell handmade Easter candy andfudge, handcrafted silver andbeaded jewelry, matted pictures,candles, pottery, wood crafts,spring floral wreaths, apparel,doll clothes, quilted and crochet-

ed pieces, pet-related gift items,purses, soaps, folk art, handpainted items and much more.

A silent auction will featureitems donated by all craft ven-dors. Winners need not be pre-sent to claim prize.

A bake sale anda varietyof hot

foods willbe servedall day inthecafeteria.

Admission is free and all pro-ceeds benefit the Lake-LehmanMusic program.

Formore information, call 477-2935 or e-mail bandcrafts-how@gmail.com.

Helping with the Lake-Lehman Band Sponsors Annual Spring Craft show that will take place from 10 am. to 3 pm. on Saturday, March31 at the Lake-Lehman Jr./Sr. High School are, from left, Luke Hummel, Zack Zaleskas, Kate Pelton, Matt Miller, Katie Kaminski, NinaJones, Rebbecca Osiecki and John Hospodar.

L-L Band Sponsors plan annual craft show

The MisericordiaPlayers stu-dent theatrical group will pre-sent three performances ofThe Laramie Project, a playthataddressesissues ofhate,in-tolerance andthe human spirit,from March 29-31in LemmondTheater in Walsh Hall.

All shows begin at8 p.m.andtickets are available at the doorat$5 foradultsand $3for seniorcitizens and students.

In conjunction with the pro-duction, the Misericordia Uni-versity Diversity Institute - Of-fice of Inclusive Excellence, isoffering seminars on workplacebullying and harassment onMarch 29 in Huntzinger Room218 of Sandy and Marlene Insa-laco Hall. Seminar times are 9to 10:15 a.m., noon to 1:15 p.m.and 3 to 4:15 p.m.

Light refreshments will beserved. Reservations are re-quired by calling 674-1483 orbnowalis@misericordia.edu.

Written by Moiss Kaufmanand members of the TectonicTheater Project, The LaramieProject offers a moving theat-rical experienceas it chronicles

the apparent hate-crime deathof Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old University of Wyoming stu-dent who, in 1998, was kid-napped,severely beatenand leftto die near Laramie, Wyo. be-cause of his sexual preference.

A television movie based onthe play starring Peter Fondaand Laura Linney first aired in2002.

The cast includes MU stu-dents Kaila Augustine of Kulp-mont, Courtney Bieberof Read-ing, JasmineMae Busi andMel- vin Jay Busi of Saylorsburg,Matthew Cebrosky of Lehight-on,Samuel Coreyof Uniondale,Jeff Kelly of Dallas, Jackie Pa-luszek of Selden, N.Y.; GraceRiker of Bridgewater, N.Y.; Ma-ry Scarpa of Tunkhannock, JoySy of Bushkill and AlexandriaSmith of Seaford, Del.

Warren Rosengrant, of King-ston, a community theater vet-eran,willplaythe role ofDennisShepard, the victims father.

For more information, callthe Misericordia Box Office at674-6719.

Misericordia Players Jeff Kelly, of Dallas, and Mary Scarpa, ofTunkhannock, rehearse a scene from The Laramie Projectwhich will be performed at 8 p.m. March 29- 31 in LemmondTheater in Walsh Hall on the campus.

The Laramie Projectcomes to Misericordia

Mrs. Anita Sirak, principalo f H ol y Re de em er H ig hSchool, Wilkes-Barre, an-

nounces the following BackMountain students have at-tained High Honors and/orHonors for the second quar-ter of the 2011-2012 academicyear.

HIGH HONORS

SENIORS

Michael Banas, Dallas; Alli-son Banks, Dallas; ShainaDougherty, Shavertown; Da-vid Gawlas, Shavertown; Mat-thew Geraghty, Shavertown;Jessica Kreidler, Dallas; JaredKukosky, Sweet Valley; DevinPhillips, Shavertown; EricRingsdorf, Shavertown; KirbyS mi th , D al la s; R ay mo nd

Stemrich, Sweet Valley; TaraStephens, Shavertown; Mi-chael Terninko, Harveys

Lake; Erin Williams, Dallas,and Olivia Zurad, Shaver-town.JUNIORS

Matthew Collins, Dallas;Maria Sara Kopczynski, Dal-las; Brendan Leahigh, Dallas;Matthew Slavoski, Shaver-town.SOPHOMORES

Megan Banks, Dallas; Mi-chael Boland, Dallas; MichaelBoris, Dallas; Casey Carty,Harveys Lake; Elizabeth Di-Giovine, Shavertown; Mi-chele Fromel, Dallas; TylerKukosky, Sweet Valley; Chris-tine Scavone, Sweet Valley;Patrick Serino, Shavertown;

Nicole Slavoski, Shavertown;Donald Stephens, Shaver-town; David Tomaszewski,

Trucksville.FRESHMEN

Jamie Carty, Harveys Lake;Robert Dougherty, Shaver-town; Michael Gatusky, Har- veys Lake; Maria Khoudary,Dallas; Jennifer Ringsdorf,Shavertown.

HONORS

SENIORS

Ariana Brennan, HarveysLake; Patrick Condo, Dallas;Alexandra Griswold, Dallas;Paige Makowski, Dallas; Alys-sa Miller, Dallas; ChristinaPino, Dallas.JUNIORS

Vincent Amarando, Dallas;Geetika Khanna, Shavertown;Nicholas McCarroll , Dallas;

Michael Morrison, Dallas; Jo-seph Szczechowicz, Dallas.SOPHOMORES

Brian Banas, Dallas; Do-minique Falzone, Dallas;Brian Geraghty, Shavertown;Carl Gross, Shavertown; Emi-ly Kabalka, Harveys Lake;John Kane, Shavertown; Mar-garete Kukosky, HarveysLake; Chase Makowski, Dal-las; Sara Mirra, Dallas; andZoe Zarola, Dallas.FRESHMEN

Thomas Calpin, Shaver-town; Victoria Fulton, Dallas;Adriana Wesolowski, Shaver-town.

BMT students named to Redeemer Honor Roll

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A DARE (DrugAwareness ResistanceEducation) graduation ceremony was held recently for fifth-grade students at Wycallis

Elementary School. The nationally-recognized drug program was instructed by Officer Frank Zieglerof the Kingston Township

PoliceDepartment. Fromleft, first row,are Samantha Blamire, ChristinaSchuler, KellyYoung and Abby Curtis. Second row,Dr.

Paul Reinert, principal, Wycallis Elementary; Kathleen Sebastian, manager, Kingston Township; Liz Martin, supervisor, DallasTownship; Shirley Moyer, supervisor, Kingston Township; Timothy Carroll, mayor, Dallas Borough; Frank Wagner, supervisor,

Dallas Township; James Balavage, police chief, Kingston Township; and Traci Carr, manager, Dallas Borough.

DARE GRADUATION HELD AT WYCALLIS ELEMENTARY

Misericordia University isnow taking registrations for aslate of non-credit art classes of-fered to the community thisspring. The classes in painting,ceramics, sculpture and draw-ing, as well as wearable art andfly tying will be held in the newMisericordia University Art Stu-dios, rear 50 Lake St., Dallas.

The Art Studios opened inthe fall of 2011 in conjunctionwith the start of the universitysnew undergraduate minor infine arts that offers concentra-tions in dance, visual art, pho-tography and music. The facilityincludes fully functional paint-ing, ceramics and sculpture stu-dios and offers 18 drafting ta-bles, eight pottery wheels, aclay pugger-mixer, an electrickiln, a glass kiln, a slab roller, aclay extruder and other intrinsicequipment.

The credit and non-creditcourses in the fine arts requiredthe Department of Fine Arts toadd Skip Sensbach as an artist-in-residence and several region-ally acclaimed artists as facultyand adjunct instructors.

Sensbach has a bachelors de-gree in visual communicationand a Master in Fine Arts from

Marywood University, and he

worked as an award-winninggraphic designer in New Jersey.

After moving to Pennsylvaniain 1994, he began working inclay and opened Green Dog Pot-tery in Dallas in 1998. His stu-dio work focuses on functionalclay work as well as teaching.

In 2010, Sensbach was the winner of the Ruane GraduateAward for Artistic Excellence.Sensbachs functional and sculp-tural ceramic works have beenrecognized in many regionalshows, including Wilkes-BarresFine Arts Fiesta (first place incraft and sculpture) and honor-able mention in Binghamton,N.Y.s WSKG-TV Art in Motioncompetition. His work also wasaccepted in the 2011 Art of theState exhibit at the State Mu-seum in Harrisburg.

Wenner has a bachelor of artsin art education and a mastersin education. As the coordinatorof the Arts Studio, she is re-sponsible for developing andscheduling non-credit coursesand recruiting talented adjunctartists as instructors. Her spe-cialty is watercolor and draw-ing.

For more information, call theCenter for Adult and Contin-

uing Education at 674-6289.

Misericordia University Artist-In-Residence Skip Sensbach,

M.F.A., seated left, poses with fellow artists Georgiana Cray Bart,M.F.A., center, adjunct faculty of fine arts; and Babetta Wenner,

M.S., assistant professor of fine arts and art studios coordinator,as Misericordia students practice throwing clay on pottery

wheels.

Misericorida offeringnon-credit art courses The Pauly Friedman ArtGallery at Misericordia Uni-

versity will host a studentart exhibition March 17-31featuring more than 40 stu-dent works in ceramics,drawing, painting, photog-raphy, sculpture and water-color.

Also on display will be avisual fine arts faculty exhi-bition in the adjacent Mac-Donald Art Gallery featur-ing faculty members Babet-ta Wenner, Georgiana Cray

Bart, David Klevinsky andSkip Sensbach.

The exhibits will openwith a free reception from 2

t o 5 p .m . o n S at urd ay,March 17. Students of JohnCurtis, director of perform-ing arts, will provide musicfor the reception. The stu-dent exhibition will includeart created in the studio artclasses during the fall 2011and the spring 2012 semes-ters.

Pauly Friedman Art Gal-lery hours are 10 a.m. to 8p .m . Tu es da y t hr ou gh

Thursday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Friday and from 1 to 5 p.m.Saturday and Sunday.

For more information,call 674-6250.

MU art studentswill exhibit work

Bent Man, a clay sculpture by Misericordia University studentAndrea Schiappa, of Dallas, will be displayed at a student art

exhibition March 17-31 at the Pauly Friedman Art Gallery at

Misericordia.

Exhibit at Pauly Friedman

Art Gallery will run March

17-31 and feature more than

40 student works.

The Dallas High School PTSO Steering Committee, in conjunction with the guidance depart-

ment, is conducting the Blue Chip Animal Rescue Collection Drive from March 5-9 in all of the

districtsschools. Donationscan be dropped offin the mainlobbies ofthe elementary schools,the

middle school and the high school. From left, kneeling, are Sara Evans, Nugget and Arnie Brod-head. Standing, School Counselor Robyn Jones,Bonnie Stachnik, Laura Harrison, JessiMendoza

and Laura Stearns.

DHS PTSO COLLECTS

FOR BLUE CHIP ANIMAL RESCUE

Head Start plansopen recruitment

Luzerne County Head Start,

Inc. will hold open recruitmentfrom 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday,

March 8 at St. Pauls Lutheran

Church, RR 4, Dallas, for chil-dren living in the Dallas and

Lehman-Jackson areas.For more information, call

829-6231, ext 363.

Senior Lock-In

rummage sale setThe Dallas High SchoolSenior Lock-In Committee will

hold its third annual rummagesale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on

Saturday, March10 and from 9

a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday,March 11 at the Dallas Middle

School.There will be a variety of

items, ranging from jewelry,clothing, toys, books, house-

hold items, antiques, collec-tibles and appliances.

Students willperform at Seminary

The Wyoming Seminary

Music Department will presenta special performance by mem-

bers of the Bratislava StateConservatory of Music, Slova-

kia, at 7 p.m. on Thursday,

March 15 in the Great Hall ofWyoming Seminary, 228

Wyoming Ave., Kingston, justnorth of Kingston Corners.

The concert, titled An Eve-ning At The Opera And More,

will feature a 12-year-old vio-linist and four student singers,

performing popular works ofopera.

The performance is free and

open to the public. For moreinformation, call 270-2192.

Craft show slatedThe Tunkhannock Area Mid-

dle School Band will host a

craft show from10 a.m. to 3

p.m. on Saturday, March 24 atthe middle school.

Movie presentedat Misericordia

The Misericordia University

Student Activities Department

will present New Years Eveas part of its Movie Nights at

Misericordia film series at 7p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 and

at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26 inLemmond Theater at Walsh

Hall.

Admission is $1 for Miser-icordia students with proper

identification and $3 for thegeneral public.

For more information, con-

tact Patrick McKamy, coor-dinator of student activities, at

674-6411.

Seminary presentsMusic Festival

The Wyoming SeminaryMusic Department will present

a Shostakovich Chamber MusicFestival featuring the music of

Russian composer Dmitri Shos-

takovich, at 8 p.m. on Saturday,March 31and Sat 3 p.m. Sun-

day, April 1 in the Great Hall of

Wyoming Seminary, 228

Wyoming Ave., Kingston, justnorth of Kingston Corners.

The concerts will include

instrumental and vocal worksand will feature professional

and student performers.

The festival is free and open

to the public. For more in-formation, call 270-2192.

Craft show setThe Lake-Lehman Band will

hold its spring craft show from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday,

March 31 at the Lake-Lehman

Junior/Senior High School,Old Route 115, Dallas. Parking

and admission are free.

There will be handcrafteditems for the home and garden,

Easter candy and fudge, hand-

crafted silver and beaded jew-elry, matted pictures, candles,

pottery, wood crafts and much

more.

The school cafeteria willoffer hot lunch items and

homemade baked goods. There

will also be a Chinese auction.For information, contact

Kathy Marchakitis at band

craftshow@gmail.com.

LL Lock-In Committeeplans rummage sale

The Lake Lehman Last

Knight Lock-In Committee will

hold its first-ever rummage sale

from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sat-

urday, April 14 at the Lake-

Lehman High School.

Set up begins at 7 a.m. Cost

is $10 for a 10x10 indoor space.

Checks should be made payable

to Lake-Lehman Last Knight

and mailed to Lake-Lehman

School District, P.O. Box 38,Lehman, PA18627.

S C H O O L B R I E F S

Luzerne County Head Start,Inc.(LCHS, Inc.) announces anopen recruitment from 5 to 7p.m. on Thursday, March 8 atSt.PaulsLutheranChurch,Dal-las for the Back Mountain Cen-terandfrom4to8p.m.onMon-day, April 23at theRoslundEle-mentary School, 99 Digger Dr.,Tunkhannock for the Tunkhan-nock Center.

Head Start is a federally andstate-funded comprehensivepre-school program that pro-vides a range of free services to3- and 4-year-old children andtheir families in Luzerne and

Wyoming counties. The pro-gram gives low-income chil-dren a chance to achieve theirfull potential and attain school

readiness. Special enrollmentconsideration is given to recip-ients of TANF Benefits, SSI,Foster/Kinship Care and chil-dren with disabilities. Trans-portation is provided on a limit-ed basis.

Any parent or caregiver plan-ning to attend a recruitmentsession is requested to bringproof of childs age, childs cur-rent shot record, documenta-tionof childs diagnosed disabil-ity/special needs (if applica-ble), medical insurance cover-age, and verification of one years income (previous 12

months or last calendar year).For additional information,

contact the LCHS Central Of-fice at 829-6231.

Head Start plans recruitment

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From left, Laurie Pachick, Emelia Pachick, Hannah Fauerbach, Alexandra Bruno, Caden Moreck andChris Mathers.

From left, JR Matinas, Colleen McEntee, Jackson Tenebaum, Carter Guido, Layla Gover, Grace Nie-bauer, Riley Samanis, Tristan Brezinski, Aubriella Wojnarski and Julie Manorek.

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THEDALLAS POST

Sports

It was a 2-fer at MisericordiaUniversity last Saturday. Themens and womens basketballteams both women FreedomConference championships the women by defeating King Col-lege, 64-54, and the men byearning a 69-42 win over WilkesUniversity.

Both Cougars teams werescheduled to be on the road inthe first round of the NCAA Di-vision II Tournament as the men

were slated to play NYU Thurs-day evening and the women were traveling to Massachusettsto face Tufts on Friday.

The Lady Cougars have madetheir way to the conference tour-nament in each of their first fourseasons in the league, reachingthe finals in the past two. Afterlosing on the road in last yearschampionship game, however,the Cougars made their secondchance count.

The only team to beat Kingsin league play during the regularseason, Misericordia became thefirst team to beat the Lady Mon-archs at home in more than ayear, snapping a 15-game streak.

A whistle-filled second halfsaw plenty of trips to the foulline but Kings was unable totake advantage, shooting 17-of-26 from the stripe in the halfand 22-of-36 for the game.Kings shot 29 percent (14-of-48)from the floor.

Misericordia senior ChristineMarks scored 15 points and add-ed a game-high 11 rebounds asthe Cougars won the battle on

the boards, 38-24. SophomoreLauren Smicherko chipped inwith some valuable minutes offthe bench, scoring seven of hernine points in the first half.

Following the Misericordiasmen win, Ethan Eichhorst, theleagues player of the year, SteveArtzerounian, the tournamentMVP, and fellow starters MattGreene, Jeff Slanovec and ChrisUndersinger all took turns cut-ting down the net.

The last string belonged tocoach Trevor Woodruff whoclimbed the ladder and tooktime to savor his alma matersfirst mens basketball conference

team.It was the 12th straight win

for the Cougars (21-5), cappingoff what was likely the most suc-cessful day in the history of Mi-sericordia athletics.

For Woodruff, who was a play-er at Misericordia when Wilkesand coach Jerry Rickrode wereplaying in the Final Four, the win carried some added mean-ing.

Wilkes was the better team inthe first half, stifling Eichhorstand building a 27-24 lead at half-time.

Little went right for the Colo-nels after that, as the Cougars

blew them away with a 45-15performance in the final 290minutes. Wilkes, which hadscored103 points in an overtime win in the semifinals, was heldto its lowest output of the sea-son.

Slanovec finished the night with 11 points and passed the1,000th career point mark dur-ing the game. Junior forwardSteve Artzerounian led the Cou-gars with a double-double, fin-ishing with 18 points and 10 re-bounds, earning tournamentMVP honors for his efforts.

Eichhorst and Greene added11 and 10 points, respectively.

PETEG. WILCOX/THE DALLASPOST

Members of the Misericordia University mens basketball team celebrate their victory overWilkesUniversityon Saturday in the Freedom Conference Final.

BILLTARUTIS/FORTHE DALLASPOST

TheMisericordia University LadyCougars celebratetheir victory over Kings College in thewomensFreedom Conference tournament championship game in Wilkes-Barre on Saturday afternoon.

A FIRST FOR MISERICORDIA SPORTSMens, womens basketball teams pick up Freedom

Conference championship titles on same day.

Lake-Lehman was pitted

against Dallas entering the final

round of District 2 wrestling ac-

tion on Saturday,with eachteam

having earned a separate fourth

match.

When Hanover Areas Steve

Radzwilla turned back Garrett

Artsma of Dallas, though, the

Black Knightswrestlers cheered,

knowing that Dallas would not

overtake them in points and,by a

margin of one point, the Knights

came away with the team title in

the wrestling tournament.

BILLTARUTISPHOTOS/FOR THEDALLAS POST

Lake-Lehmans Austin Harry, top, wrestles NanticokeAreas Josh Allabaugh on hisway to win theDistrict 2 Class 2A goldmedal inthe 126-pound bout.

ATRIGHT: DallasDominick DeGraba, back, wrestles HanoverAreasBrad Glazenski on his way towin the District 2 Class 2Atitle in the106-pound bout.

Lake-Lehman wrestlerseke out win over Dallas

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7TH/8TH GRADEPLAYOFFS

Lakers 65Sixers 37Ray Ostroski poured in 30

points to lead the Lakers overthe Sixers in the first round ofthe playoffs while Joey

Thompson scored 12 and Da-niel Mingy added 10 for thewinners.

Kyle Archer led the Sixers with 13 while Ethan Scieyzin-ski added nine. Zack Charlton,Alex Charlton and Charles Gia-cometti also played well in alosing effort.

Raptors 40Hornets 32Jimmy Powell led the Horn-

ets with 14 points while Tan-ner Gattuso added 12. DaltonGattuso also played well forthe winners.

Matt Harrison led the Horn-ets with 15 points.

Magic 51Knicks 45

Lee Eckert led the Magic to victory with 19 points whileConner McCarty added 10 forthe winners.

Chad Phillips scored 21 forthe Knicks and Aaron Yurkoplayed well in a losing effort.

Celtics 36Bulls 35Michael Farrell led the Cel-

tics to a hard-fought victoryover the Bulls with 16 points while Jason Anderson added10 points. Peter Capitano alsoplayed well for the winners.

Adam Niznik poured in 25for the Bulls in a losing effort.

Spurs 53Lakers 25Sukmail Mathon exploded

for 32 points to lead the Spurs

past the Lakers while SpencerBowanko added 10 for the win-ners.

Ray Ostroski tossed in 19points for the Lakers in a los-ing effort.

5TH/6TH GRADEPLAYOFFS

Raptors 34

Suns 26 The Raptors got a balanced

scoring effort from MichaelLuksic (13), Michael Anderson(9), Josh Lupole (6), ZachBloom (5) and Zack Palfey (2).

The Suns were led by NickKocher with 14 points andMatt Maransky who scored sixin a losing effort.

Raptors 30Cavs 28The Raptors edged the Cavs,

30-28, in a hard-fought semi-final match up with MichaelAnderson and Josh Lupoleeach scoring nine points forthe winners. Zach Palfey andZack Hill played excellent de-fense for the Raptors.

David Schuster poured in 23points for the Cavs in a losingeffort.

3RD/4TH GRADEPLAYOFFS

Hornets 33Cavs 27Eric Berley scored 18 points

to lead the Hornets to victoryover the Cavs. Sam Zondloand Jake Shaver both had ex-cellent all-around games forthe winners.

Brett Ostroski led the Cavs with 15 points while JohnnyCantando added 10 in a losingeffort.

Magic 25Spurs 17

Lenny Kelley led the Magicover the Spurs with 12 points

D A L L A S YO U T H B A S K E T BA L L

Ostroskis 30 pointsleads Lakers victory

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while Matt Whitesell added sev-en points while playingexcellentdefense for the winners.

The Spurs got balanced scor-ing from Sam Nocito, John Tous-sant, Tanner Saracino and ZakLuksic while Brayden Saracinoand Josh Balara also played wellin a losing effort.

Suns 48Magic15ToddPhillipsledthe Suns with

31points whileMichael Starbuckadded eight for the winners. Eth-an Capitano and Cooper Kellyplayed excellent defense for theSuns.

The Magic were led by LennyKelley with nine points whileMatt Whitesellscoredsixin a los-ing effort.

Knicks 44

Celtics 39Jack Farrell exploded for 44

pointsto lead theKnicks over theCelticsin semi-final action.DrewLojewski also played well for thewinners.

Dylan Schuster led the Celtics with 15 points while FreddieLombardo added 12 and Jack Ze-hyer scored eight in a losing ef-fort.

Suns 35Sixers 23Todd Phillips scored 29 points

toleadtheSunsto a win overthe

Sixers in the other semi-finalgame. Michael Starbuck andNathaniel Spare both played ex-cellent defense for the winners.

The Sixers were led by JackGallis 15 points and Bryce Cho-pik chipped in with four for theSixers.

Playoffs today

The Suns will play the Knicksat1:15 p.m. today, March 4 at theDallas High School gymnasiumin the championship game.

LAKERSContinued from Page11

Jake Winters (138), Bryan

Carter (152) and Nick Shelley

(160)all wonby decision forthe

Knights after Dallas Dominick

DeGraba started the day with a

win at106.

Shelleys win, which earned

hima seconddistricttitle, came

against another former district

champion, Mountaineer Bill

Dixon.

Athis match inthe126 lb.cat-

egory, the Knights Austin Har-

rydidhisbesttogivehisteam a

chance, pinning Nanticokes

Josh Allbaugh, earning his sec-

ond district title.

LEHMANContinued from Page11

With the Dallas girls bas-ketball team trailing by 13points in the second half andits leading scorer, AshleyDunbar, not yet scoring,things did not look good forthe Lady Mountaineers.

But, then Dunbar took overthe game, matching her sea-son best with 26 points in thefinal 17 minutes as the Dallasgirls rallied for a 62-56 over-time victory over Holy Re-deemer during the District 2Class 3A quarterfinal.

Dallas (14-7) nearly threwaway its chance at overtime with nine seconds remainingin regulation,

Redeemers Alexis Lewismade two free throws, givingthe Royals a 50-48 lead. Dun-bar took the inbounds passand raced the length of thecourt, making a layup to tiethe game.

The problem?A timeout had been called

by Dallas coach Kelly John-son with 4.9 seconds on thec lo ck . The s co re d id n otcount.

Coming out of the huddle,the Mountaineers worked the

ball to Dunbar who tried topenetrate along the baselinebut was double teamed by theRoyals and came up short. The defense over-pursued,however, leaving Dunbar anopen 8-foot jumper as thebuzzer sounded.

Averaging 12.2 points pergame, Dunbar went scorelessfor the first 18 minutes until

making two free throw forDallas first points of thethird quarter. Those shots cutthe Royals lead to 29-18 and were enough to ignite theMountaineers.

Maggie Michael, filling infor an injured Sara Flaherty,made a basket and Englehart, who had 11 points and 11 re-bounds, had a stickback.

DONCAREY/ THEDALLAS POST

Sam Missal (No. 13) of Dallas tries to block the shot of Holy Re-deemers Alexis Lewis (No. 50) during a Class 3A girls basketball

game.

Dunbar

comesalive

Softball boosterclub will meet

The Dallas Softball Boost-er Club will hold a meetingat 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March6 at Leggios in Dallas.

Parents of girls in sevenththrough 12 grades who willplay this season are urgedto attend.

For more information, callBill Kern 498-5991 or BrentBerger 793-1126.

Softballorganizationseeking players

Wyoming Valley Viperstravel softball organization

is looking for a few players.Pitching is a plus.

If interested, contact JimDunn at 333-4398 or 332-8027.

BMYS hostsfutsal/soccer league

Back Mountain Youth Soc-cer will host an indoor Fut-sal/Soccer league continuingthrough March for ages U6to high school age at thePenn State Lehman Campusgym.

More information and signup sheets are available on-line at www.bmysa.org.

Gymnastics program

begins registrationShooting Starz Gymnas-

tics, 250 Johnston St., Wilkes-Barre, will acceptenrollment on April 14 and23, June 11 and 25, August18 and 27, October 15 andOctober 29 and December22.

For more information,please contact Joelle Rose at822-1212.

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

The Wilkes-Barre Wings PeeWee A team took first place inthe Canadian Cup TournamentinMontreal,Quebecat theLes4Glaces Ice Rink this month,beating teams from New Jersey,Boston and Quebec.

This is the first time the Wings made the trek to Mon-treal, Quebec to win gold.

In their first game, the Wings

tied with the Boston Stars, 1-1.

They followed thatup with a 5-4winagainstthe NewJerseyDev-ils and a 3-0 defeat of the Mon-treal Rockets.

The Wings then defeated theNew Jersey Devils again, 4-3, inthe championship game with anail biter ofa gamethatwent in-to sudden death overtime totake home the gold medal.

Wings goalie Andy Faist was

named the games Most Valua-

ble Players and Geoffrey Waltonscoredthe winninggoal andwasnamed the tournaments MostValuable Player.

The Wilkes-Barre Wingshockey team is coached by RichMihelic and Paul Eyerman.

The team consists of 12 and13-year-oldplayersfrom the areaand skates at the Ice Rink atCoal Street.

The Wilkes-Barre Wings PeeWee A team won first place recently in the Canadian Cup Tournament

in Montreal, Quebec. Members of the team are Andrew Faist, Factoryville; Jacob Switzer, West

Pittston; Mitchell Forgash, Forty Fort; Trey Leo, Dallas; Josh Moses, Kingston; Liam Barrett,Dallas; Geoffrey Walton, Plains; Jake Bartosiewicz, Plymouth; Joseph Gallia, Pittston; Dylan

Davenport, Dallas; Matthew Proski, Plymouth; Jake Rosner, Mountaintop; Avery Pruden, Blooms-

burg; Shane Angle, Mountaintop; and John Usavage, Kingston.

Wings team grabs first place

Dallas Elementary studentsSteven Newell and LucasShultz competed in the CantonMatmen Wrestling Tourna-ment representing the RockSolid Wrestling club headed by3-time All American andNCAA Wrestling Hall of FamerRocky Bonomo.

Newell continued his marchtoward the post season, takingfirst place by pinning all of hisopponents in