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Vol. 121 No. 28 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889

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www.mydallaspost.com A n e d i t i o n o f T h e T i m e s L e a d e r

September 4 - 10, 2011

WILKES-BARRE, PA.

Cool, calm weather was theforecast this past week but in theBack Mountain, the emotionalatmosphere was anything butcalm.

Hurricane-turned-TropicalStorm Irene ripped through thearea late Saturday into Sunday,uprooting trees, knocking outpower forthousandsand causinga mess that residents are stillcleaning.

The American Red Cross andemergency service crews in the

Back Mountain responded tohelp the mul-titude of resi-dents with-out power orwater.

Hundredscame out to arefreshingstation at theDallas Fire &

Ambulance building on EastCenter Hill Road on Monday,looking for a quick bite to eatandfreshwaterto drink. Thefirestation, which also served as theBack Mountain Regional Emer-gency Management Agencyscommand center, also offeredcleanup kits for residents in

need.Diane Morse, of Dallas Town-ship, was hoping to find somefood to take home that didntneed to be cooked. By Monday,shed been without power formore than 24 hours.

We ateouta lot but now werestarting to run out of money,she said. All of our food is goingto spoil.

Morse said during the storm atree fell on her house on HarrisStreet, and she and her familytried to stay out of the house asmuch as possible to get awayfrom the stressful situation.

We drove around a lot yester-day, andtodayI got mydaughtersome newglasses, shesaid.Wekeep coming home thinking,

Maybe the power will be backon.

Many residents had their pow-er restored by late Tuesday orWednesday, but some residencesin hard-to-reach areas may nothave electrical service restoredfor a week or longer.

Nikki Butler and her mother,Thelma Baker, spent a few daysat Bakers home in Noxen tryingto clean up and move on fromthe storm.

Nine months pregnant, Butlerwas staying with her mother be-

cause there was no vehicular ac-cess to her own home on StullRoad.

They had to make a trail forquads to come through, shesaid, fillinga bucket from a waterbuffalo on Main Street.

Butler hasnt been able to goto work because shes trying toclean up around her home andwait for services to return. Shesalso keeping an eye on herdaughter, whos due on Septem-ber 8.

Her basement was floodedduring thestormand many keep-sakes, like Christmas decora-tions and her childrens belong-

ings, were ruined.Its stressful, said Baker. I

keep thinkingthere arepeoplein worse situations than I am. Ev-erything can be replaced.

In Harveys Lake, the fire de-partment androad crews workedto keep residents calm whilepumpingwater outof basementsand cutting down fallen trees.

Boroughcouncilman Rich Wil-liams III said he and others hadbeen working day and night tohelp residents in need.

On Sunday, I slept in the fire

hall for a few hours and MondayI slept in (the borough building)in a chair for a few minutes, hesaid. I slept at my home for thefirst time (Tuesday) and I didnteven make it to the bed I slept

in the recliner.Officials offered the municipal

building as an evacuation shelterafter Mayor Clarence Hogan de-clared a state of emergency inthe borough. Volunteers dishedout hot dogs and other refresh-ments for residents and wereable to give every resident one20-pound bag of ice to keep foodfrom spoiling.

Most of the offerings came outof volunteers pockets and thegoodness of their hearts. Wil-liams said the neighborly spirit

at Harveys Lake was at its peakduring the ordeal.

We had a fireman who had atree fall on his house and it didsome really bad damage, hesaid. He took his wife and son

to the fire house and said, Wellworry about our house when ev-eryone else is taken care of.

Similar efforts were takenwithin the Lake-Lehman SchoolDistrict. Officials moved the firstday of school for students fromAugust 29 September 6, giving

Irene wreaks havoc in Back MountainHurricane uproots trees,

knocks out power and

leaves a mess to clean.

CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

BobEvans, ofHarveys Lake,feels luckythat this tree fella littleshortof his new redMG B whichwasparked ina garage.

Donna Brown, of Pine Tree

Street in Dallas, near HarveysLake, stocks up on bottled

water and supplies.

By SARAH HITE

[email protected]

Some events have been changed due to the storm.The dedication of the Dallas High School has been postponed until 2p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. The open house tours originally scheduled forSeptember 6 and 7 will now be conducted the week of September 11. Callthe district at 675-5201 for more information.The Summer Festival at the Arts at Hayfield was canceled this year dueto the weather.

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and 11.

Dontmissout- cast yourvotetoday in the 2011 Best of theBack Mountain .

The readers contest, spon-soredby TheDallas Post,is initsfourth year and readers are en-couraged to vote for their favor-ites in more than 80 categories.

Readers may cast their votesbyusingthe paper ballotthat ap-pears in todays Dallas Post andmail ittoBestof theBackMoun-tain, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa 18711 or long onto

www.mydallaspost.com and vote online.

Voting will continue untilThursday, Sept. 22. Winners inall categories will then be noti-fied and will be invited to theBest of the Back Mountainawards event scheduled forTuesday, Oct.25 at Fire& IceonToby Creek.

A special section announcingthewinnersin allcategories willbe published in the October 30issue of The Dallas Post.

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DeborahConnor, left, of Impressions Media, publisher of TheDallas Post, chats withFranOchman,of Ochmans Coins andJewelry, and StateRep.Karen Bobackat the 2010Bestof the

Back Mountainevent held at Fire & Ice on Toby Creek.

Cast your vote todayin Best of... contest

Chief Gathering LLC present-ed its fifth and final witness at atownship zoning hearing Tues-dayinsupportofitsapplicationtobuild a natural gas metering sta-tion off Hildebrandt Road nearthe Dallas School District cam-

pus.James Scott, senior vice presi-

dent of the company since its in-ception in 2008, testified to offermore information about the pro-ject,includingitsphysicaldetails.

The proposed project will con-sist of a metering facility to mea-suregasfromagatheringlinethatcollects natural gas from wells asfar as Susquehanna County. Thegathering linewould run throughthemeteringstationtoconnecttothe Transco interstate pipeline,located near the Dallas schools,

which wouldthensend thegastomarket.

Final witness speaksat Chief zoning hearingBy SARAH HITE

[email protected]

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CROSSWORD CORNER Puzzle answers, Page 14

TUESDAY, SEPT. 6

Dallas Township601 Tunkhannock Hwy. (Route 309), Dallas Township

The board of supervisors will hold a regular meeting at 7:30p.m. in the municipal building.

Franklin TownshipTheboard ofsupervisorswillholda regularmeetingat 7 p.m.at

theFranklinTownship Fire Hall, 329 OrangeRd., Franklin Town-ship.

Jackson Township2211 Huntsville Rd., Jackson TownshipTheboard ofsupervisorswillholda regularmeetingat 6 p.m.in

the municipal building.Ross Township72 Broadway Rd., Sweet ValleyTheboard ofsupervisorswillholda regularmeetingat 7 p.m.in

the municipal building.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 8

Dallas Area Municipal Authority530 S. Memorial Hwy., ShavertownTheboard willholda regularmeetingat 7:30p.m.in theadmin-

istration building.

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

Generation Youth Ministry,theyouthgroupfrom Lake PlacidBaptist Church, made thesix-hour driveto Dallason July 30fora mission trip. The teens stayedat Dallas Baptist Church andhelped the churchs youth group,TheReal Deal, spreadawarenessabout Backyard Bible Clubs thatoccurred the first week in Au-gust. From left, first row, areAlexa Clark, Ehan Wood, JoeGo-din, Justina Hewitt and AbigailNichol. Second row, Pastor RyanSchneider, Jayke Bickford, BryceHartman, Daryl Brier, GabbyHass, Samuel Nichol, KeturahColburn-Burdo, Abigail Burdoand Bailey Hendricks.

Youth groupvisits Dallas

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After this past weekends weather event, Im sureeveryone is looking for-

ward to Labor Day weekend andsome time off with friends and

family cook-ing burgersand dogs onthe grill.Hopefully,power is backon for all andcleanup andrepairs are ei-ther complet-ed or in the fi-nal stages sothat the last

holidayofthesummermaybeen-joyed.

Our Sundaymorningstarted at

3a.m.withoneofthecatslandingon my head in bed after beingstartledby somethinghitting thewindow. As it was trying to be-

come my new gray toupee (Idontneedanyhelpsincethegrayis gettingthickenough), I peeledit offbefore theclawswerefirmlysunk in and told the Mrs., whowasalreadyawake,thatI forgottoput up thehurricane shutters.

Youre not in Florida anymore, dear, shesaid as I furious-ly clicked my heels together tomake it come true. And why isthe catstuckto yourhead?

One of the last hurricanes weendured in theKeysstruckin themiddleof thenight.The Mrs.hadasked me to put up the shuttersbut,accordingtothe weather ser-vice,the stormwas goingto tracktoour east andwe wouldonly get35 mph winds (a mere inconve-niencedownthere),so I declined.

I recall it being around 4 a.m.when a coconut bounced off theside of the house, announcingthatthestormhad decidednot to

follow the pattern the weatherpeoplehad suggested. I wentout-side into a driving rain with stea-dy50 mphwindandhigher gusts,head lamp on, vise grips for the wing nuts, wrestling 24 by 72inchpieces of aluminum to coverthe windows.

The car was being beaten by aGumboLimbotreeanda treehadfallen on the neighbors porch.What a morning.

Following the rude awakeninglastSunday,the Mrs.wasworriedabout her car which had sus-tainedsevere hail damageearlierthissummer.Itoldhernottowor-ry because Ken at Quality Colli-sion alreadyhad it andwas fixingthe hail damage. Its funny whatyou think about after beingawak-

ened from a heavy sleep.What about your car? she

asked. Thenew, used car (an04 with

only116k miles,barelybrokenin)was safely storedin thegarageaf-ter recently being purchasedfromWyomingValleyMotorsandHuntsvilles car salesman ex-traordinaire Ed Brighthaupt.

A few days before the storm, Itook the Mrs. for her first ride inthevehicleout to theRed Roosterfora latedinner. Brittanywasourwaitressandinformedus thatthedrive through was closed as wasevident by the hand paintedCLOSEDsignon theinsideof therestaurant. Its nice to see theyhaveasenseofhumoraboutwhatcould have been a tragedy after acarplowed throughtheir walls.Itwas also nice to see local peoplehelp out a good restaurant patchthings up so they could continue

to operate.Asked about her plans for the

Labor Day weekend, Brittanysaid she was getting ready for

classes at Misericordia andspending timewith her daughter,Kenzie.

Checking on peoples plans forthe holiday, I stopped at SteveShannonTireswhereLenKrispinwasplanningto stay at home andJohn Moran was going to have aparty at hometo celebratefamilybirthdays.

Rich at Dallas Hardware washaving a family day with wife,Misty, and kids, Johnnie andSpencer, going to the Waverlytrain station in the morning andspending the afternoon at home.Dave Fleury of the Dallas GunShop was going to spend time athome but reminded everyone ofthe Dallas Harvest Festival laterthis month and that Dallas mer-

chants wouldbe open.I also ran into Judy Eby and

Bonnie Kunkle at Roth Jewelers.Judy was staying close to home

with her husband, Barry, sincethey hadalreadyvacationedin Ja-maica this summer and Bonnieand her husband, Bruce, werehoping to get to their cabin inDushore for the weekend.

The AttaBoy oftheWeekgoesto all the volunteer firemen andwomen who gave their time andeffort in assisting people follow-ingthe storm.Theonly entertain-ment wehad forthebetterpartoftwo days was the scanner and itwas nonstop with calls for helpand volunteers responding. Waytogo and thankyou.

HarpHeffernanwastheassoci-atepublisher, outdooreditorandchief photographer ofthe Sunday

Independent, a newspaper thatwas in his family for 87 years inWilkes-Barre.Youcan e-mail himat [email protected].

H A R P I N O N T H I N G S

Now that we have power, we can grill for the Labor Day weekend

Heffernan

Theold schoolhouseon SchoolStreet has beena part ofthe Nox-en Township community formore than a century.

Thebuildingwas a high schoolandelementary schoolbefore be-coming a community center thathoused a library, clothing dona-tions, art lessons and the NoxenHistorical Society. Its rooms areavailable for residents who wishto host parties or events, and or-ganizations can rent space formeetings and activities.

A scheduling conflict hascaused the primary overseers ofthebuildingto change, andthose who put sweat and money intothe buildings restoration arefighting back.

At a township meeting this

summer, the boardof supervisorsvoted to change some rules inrelation to the community cen-ter, including its primary manag-er, according to Supervisor De-nise Hosey.

Cathie Pauley, former head ofthe historical society and thebuildings former manager, saidthe issue was started when awrestlinggroup wantedspaceonthe second floor for practice.

I said we had one room avail-able, she said. They brought inthe wrestling mats (in bothrooms) anyway.

Pauley had worries about theeffect wrestlers would have onthe 114-year-old buildings struc-ture, as the historical society hasraised morethan $150,000restor-ing the facility within the last 10years. She said much of the work

was done by volunteers, andmoney hasalways comefromdo-nations and grants.

Hosey said now the townshipwill be in charge of handling con-struction in the building.

She said when the schedulingconflict occurred, the supervi-sors wanted to take a closer lookat how the building was man-aged. She said the supervisorsworked with a lawyer to see howthe township-owned buildingshould be operated.

She said the township pays forthe buildings heat, electric, in-surance and taxes, so the town-ship should have a say in howrooms are rented. Monies fromroomrentals havealwaysbenefit-ed the townships recreationfund.

No organization has been

kicked out, said Hosey.Pauley thinks differently. She

said the historical associationwas givenuntilthe endof Augustto remove its assets from thepremises.Some items includeta-bles,chairs,a refrigeratorand thegroupscollectionof historical ar-tifacts.

Now were housed in mydaughters garage, said Paulie.Its been really hard.

Chuck Kovalick, a local artist,hosted painting classes at thecommunity center for years. He

charged students just $5 a monthand donated the proceeds forscholarships at Luzerne CountyCommunity College.

Hes heartbroken by the build-ings change of hands and is stillthinking about whether or nottocontinue hisclasses.All hispaint-ings on display on the secondfloor had to be removed due tothe wrestling groups rental oftwo rooms.

They (thetownship) want mymoney, he said.

Paulie is especially concernedabout the future of the buildingbecause she wanted to make it aplace for kids to get off thestreets and hopes the programsshes begunwill continuedespitethe change in management.

Yearsago, the township didntwant the building so we formedand made it so this wouldnt beon the taxpayers backs, shesaid. Now they (the township)think theyre going to make mon-ey off of this.

Hosey said back when thebuilding was donated to thetownship by the Lake-LehmanSchool District, there were norules placed or any official ac-tions documented on the build-ing.

Now supervisors just want toensurethe township, which is re-sponsible for the upkeep of thestructure, maintains the controlbestowed to it.

We just need tofollowa differ-ent set of rules, she said.

CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST

The former Noxen Elementary School has become a community

center for events and library as well as a clothes closet.

Noxen Historical Society volunteers

fight back over changes to buildingThe next Noxen Township Board of Supervisors meeting will be held at7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at the Old Noxen School on School Street.

U P N E X TSupervisors change rules

regarding old school,

including primary manager.

By SARAH HITE

[email protected]

Heres a Halloween riddleforyou: What do a pizza slice, aNASA helmet and fatigueshave in common?

More than you think.Its no trick three local Girl

Scouts are collecting Hallo-ween costumes, including theaforementioned getups, to en-sure underprivileged childrenhave the opportunity to cele-bratethe girlsfavoriteholiday.

Megan Galasso, of Shaver-t ow n, Kat ie G us hk a, o f Swoyersville, and LeeAnn Ma-halick, of Kingston, have start-ed to collect childrens cos-tumes andothergoods inorderto organize a Halloween partyon September 25 for childrenof the Marion Terrace Boys &Girls Club in Wilkes-Barre.

The girls are working on theservice project to earn theirSilver Award, the highestaward a Girl Scout Cadette canearn. Creating a projectto earnthe award is optional for theScouts, who are part of Troop3912 in Kingston.

Galasso, Gushka and Mahal-ick earned their Bronze Awardwith the rest of their troop twoyearsagowhentheyworked to-gether to collect toys and foodfor animals of the S.P.C.A. of

Luzerne County.This year, the three girls are

working together forthe SilverAward, and they hope to worktowards the Gold Award, thehighest Girl Scout achieve-ment, soon after.

If you get all of them, ithelps you, Gushka said of theawards. People will think,Shes a good person.

Thegirls chose a Halloween-themed project because itstheir favorite holiday (tied with Christmas) and the tim-ing was right.

The party will be held in lateSeptember so costumes can bedistributed to the children touse during the entire month of

October when schools usuallyhold Halloween activities.

We chose to do thisbecausesome kids cant afford cos-tumes and when their class-mates are all dressed up, theymight feel left out or peoplewill make fun of them, saidGushka.

Galassos mother, Meredith,also said the girls arent sure

how many children will be inattendance at the party, so themore costumes, the better. On-ly a few costumes have beencollected for the project so far.

The girls will also collectdecorations, paper products,pumpkins, games, food, drinksand candy for the party.

Theres no budget for this,said Meredith Galasso. Any

donations will help.Mahalicksaidthe projectfits

in line with what Girl Scoutshas provided for her over theyears. Shes been a part of theorganization for three years,Galasso for nine and Gushkafor 10 years.

You get to help people, goplaces and learn new things,said Mahalick.

Scouts collect used Halloween costumesBy SARAH HITE

[email protected]


Megan Galasso, Katie Gushka and Lee Ann Mahalick try on donated Halloween costumes. The Girl

Scouts hope to collect more costumes.

Theres no budget for this. Any donations willhelp.

Meredith Galasso

Mother of Girl Scout collecting Halloween costumes

Police chiefs and road crewsfrom Dallas Borough and Dal-las, Jackson, Kingston and Leh-man townships attended an in-

formational training session onAugust 25 at the KingstonTownship Municipal Building tolearn about a radar speed mon-itoring trailer.

The speed trailer, called theRU2FAST 8000 Radar SpeedDisplay Trailer, is the first jointpurchase of the Back MountainCommunity Partnership. It wasbought through the states coop-

erative purchasing program,called CO-STARS.

The cost for the device was$8,625 split five ways, or $1,725for each participating municipal-ity. Franklin Township optednot to join the venture as it doesnot have its own police depart-

ment.Partnership Vice Chairman

John Wilkes Jr., representingJackson Township, said the trail-er training signifies the comple-tion of the first project membersof the partnership have workedon together. Talks of the jointpurchase began late last year,


Marc Wolverton, left, explains how this new speed check trafficunit operates as Dallas Twp. Chief Bob Jolley listens. The machine

will be shared by towns in the Back Mountain Community Part-nership.

Speed trailer is firstpurchase of partnership

By SARAH HITE

[email protected]

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The100th AnnualThomasS. Crispell Reunion washeldAugust

13 at Dymonds Grove in Noxen. Sharon Robinson, president

of the Crispell Family Reunion Committee, announced that

twobricks honoring theCrispell legacyhavebeen installedalongthe

Hurley, New York Historical Society Heritage Walk. The first brick

reads, Thomas S. Crispell 100th Reunion 2011 Noxen, PA and the

second brick reads, Antoinette Crispell Family 1660-2010 350 Years

in America." Lyle andFlorenceCrispell,who traveled to thereunion

fromRochester, NewYork, received a familygift for beingthe longest

marriedcouple attending the reunion. The Crispells celebrated their

57th wedding anniversary on August 22.

Lyle and Florence Crispell, of Rochester, N.Y., received a family

giftfor being the longest married couple attendingthe 100thCrispell Family Reunionin Noxen. They were married 57 years on

August 22.

Sharon Robinson, president of the Crispell Family ReunionCom-

mittee, announces thatbricks honoring the Crispell legacy havebeen installed along the Hurley, N.Y. Historical Society Heritage

Walk.

Bricks honoring the Crispell familyhave beeninstalled in Hurley,

N.Y., along the Historical Society Heritage Walk.

BILLTARUTIS/FORTHE DALLASPOST

The100th Annual Thomas S. Crispell Reunion washeld August13 at Dymonds Grove in Noxen. From left, first row, are TempesttCar-ney, Cora-Elizabeth Carney, Joyce Badosky, Carey-Anne Keiper, Caleb Keiper, Kassie Keiper, Raymond Crispell, Hilary J. Crispell. Sec-

ond row, Celeste Vitkosky, Kyle Keiper, Jeff Crispell, Giana Crispell, Susan Davis, Flo Crispell, Pearl Race, Marie Crispell, Lois Ida Post,Keith Schenck, Barbara Sidorek, Betty Strzelczyk, Jack Sidorek, Tom Davis, Jack Michael Walsh, Tiffany Crispell-Walsh, Madison Lyn

Walsh. Third row, James A. Carney Sr., James A. Carney Jr., Jennifer M. Badosky, Michele Keiper, TrudyHolcomb, Beverly Wandel, Ray

Wandel, Elmer L. Crispell, Rodney E. Race, DawnRogers, John R. Crispell Sr., Larry Schenck, Marshall Schenck, Helen Sidorek, EuniceSorber, Claude Sorber, Marilyn Crispell, Keith Crispell, Ashleigh Crispell and Sharon S. Robinson.

100 years ofCRISPELLS

DAVIS - Kenneth G., 70, for-merly of Dallas and Albrights-ville, died Thursday, August 25,2011, at Smith Health Care,Mountain Top,after a lengthyill-ness.

He was born on February 22,1941, in Philadelphia, was raisedinSharonHilland had resided in

several locations early in life. Hemaintained a home in the Poco-nos at Indian Mountain Lake, Al-brightsville, from 1968 to 1996.He also lived at Country ClubApartments, Dallas, for several years before entering SmithHealth Care, Mountain Top, in2003.

He was a graduate of SharonHill High School, class of 1959and Cheyney State College in1968 with a bachelors degree inElementary Education. He alsoreceiveda masters degreein Ele-mentary Education from Chey-ney in 1983 and attended Mary- wood College, Scranton. Heservedin theU.S.ArmyReservesfrom 1963 to 1968.

Hewason thefacultyof GarnetValley School District, Concord-

ville, as an elementary schoolteacher for 24 years, retiring in1992.

He was a member of St. Johnthe Baptist Byzantine Rite Ca-tholic Church, Georgetown sec-tion of Wilkes-Barre Township;Pennsylvania Education Associ-ation; Pennsylvania Associationof SchoolRetirees; wasa memberwith the combined faculty, resi-dentsand students ofthe CollegeMisericordia Community Choirfor three years as first bass; andhad been a member of theBloomsburg Elks Lodge.

Survivingare cousinsand theirfamilies.

JAVORSKI - Melissa C., 36,Tunkhannock, died Monday, Au-gust 22, 2011, in the GeisingerWyoming Valley Medical Centerafter a lengthy illness.

She was born February 16,1975, graduated with honors in1993 from Tunkhannock AreaHigh School, attended LuzerneCounty Community College,PennState Wilkes-Barre Campusand Misericordia Universitywhen her health allowed.

Surviving are her mother, AnnMarie Kolodziejczak; a brother,Marc, California; maternalgrandmother, Helen Kolodziejc-zak;aunts, uncles anda great un-cle.

McLAUGHLIN - John Joseph,84,of HarveysLakeandSarasota,Fla.,died Friday,August26, 2011,at his home.

He wasborn February15,1927,in Miners Millssection of Wilkes-Barre, was a graduate of SnyderHigh School, Jersey City, N.J.

A World War II veteran of theU.S. Navy, he served aboard the

minesweeper USS Obstructor inthe South China Sea. In 1951, hewas appointed to the Jersey CityPolice Force. He retired in 1977from its Narcotics Squad, havingearned the rank of Lieutenant.

A former resident of JerseyCity, N.J., he had resided in Sara-sota since1986and HarveysLake

since1973.He was a member of the Inter-national Longshoremens Associ-ation in Bayonne, N.J.; Veteransof Foreign Wars, American Le-gion Post 967; Patrolmans Be-nevolent Association; Police Su-perior Officers Association; Fra-ternal Order of Police; and theJersey City Chapter of the Socie-ty for the Preservation and En-couragement of BarbershopQuartet Singing in America. Hewas a memberof OurLadyof Vic-tory Church, Harveys Lake.

Surviving are his wife of 60 years, Alice Riley McLaughlin,Harveys Lake; sons, John Mi-chael, Highland Lakes, N.J.;James, Princeton Junction, N.J.;and Paul Dennis, Dallas; daugh-ters, Kathleen Mary, Davidson-

ville, Md.; and Maryann, Cald-well, N.J.; nine grandchildren.Memorial donations to Hos-

piceof theSacredHeart, 600Bal-timore Dr., Wilkes-Barre, PA18702.

SIMONS - Marguerite, 88, for-mer resident of Hunlock Creekand Berwick,died Friday,August26, 2011 in Geisinger MedicalCenter, Danville.

She was born March 28, 1923,in West Nanticoke, was a gradu-ate of Harter High School, WestNanticoke, and Empire BeautySchool.She andher latehusbandLeroy owned and operated Si-mons Economy Market in Hun-lock Creek.

She attended the LightstreetUnited Methodist Church.

Surviving are a sister, NevadaKrystofik, Florida;nieces andne-phews.

WEAVER - Betty E., of Tunk-hannock, died Friday, August 19,2011.

She was born on March 11,1928 and was raised in Kunkle.She graduated from Dallasschools and later worked at Dal-las School.

She and her late husband, Da-vid J. Weaver, owned and operat-ed Weavers Market in Centermo-reland.

She was a member of the Cen-ter Moreland United MethodistChurch and of Eastern Star, Har-mony Chapter, Wyoming.

Surviving areher children, Da-vid J. Jr.; Betty Ann Shaver, Jan-ice Bevan Lawrence, Donna Pe-chulis andLois Wright;13 grand-children; three great-grandchil-dren; a brother, SheldonWhispell; nieces and nephews.

O B I T U A R I E S

Manning the Tyler MemorialHospital Booth at theannualKi-wanisWyomingCounty Fairare,from left, seated, Angela Cook,centralsupply supervisor; GayleGipson, director of education;and Diana Petlock, human re-source associate. Standing, Ma-ry Ann Place, manager of imag-ing services; Bill Weidner, plantengineering; Brenna Cool-baugh, quality manager andDiane Grasso, executive admin-istrative assistant. The fair con-tinues through Monday, Sept. 5. The Tyler Memorial HospitalBooth offers free blood pressurechecks.

Tyler Hospitalfeatures boothat county fair

Community Church tohost Awana program

Cross Creek CommunityChurch, 370 Carverton Rd.,

Trucksville, will start itsAWANA program at 6:30 p.m.on Wednesday, Sept. 7.

AWANAs goal is to reachboys and girls with the gospelof Christ and to train them toserve Him. AWANA alsohelps churches and parents

work together to developspiritually strong children and

youth who faithfully followJesus Christ.

For more information, call

696-0399 or e-mail [email protected].

Rotary turkeydinner scheduled

A roast turkey dinner andbake sale will be held from4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday,Sept. 19 at Loyalville UnitedMethodist Church.

Cost is $8 for adults and$3.50 for children under12

years of age.Takeouts are available by

calling 477-3521and leaving amessage with your name,phone number, number ofdinners requested and pickuptime.

BMHA honors

veteransThe Back Mountain Har-vest Assembly will honor

current and past members of

the military at its 10 a.m.

service on Sunday, Sept. 11 at

the Rock Recreation Center,

Carverton Road, Trucksville.

Participants are encouraged

to wear uniforms or insignia

indicating their area of ser-

vice.

Rummage sale setA rummage sale will be

held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on

Friday, Sept. 16 and from 9

a.m. to noon on Saturday,Sept. 17 at Prince of Peace

Episcopal Church, 420 Main

St., Dallas. Saturday is Bag

Day.


675-1723.

Trinity Mens Clubplans chicken dinner

Members of the Mens Club

of Trinity Presbyterian

Church, 105 Irem Rd., Dallas,

will sponsor a chicken caccia-

tore dinner from 5 to 7 p.m.

on Saturday, Sept. 17 with

takeouts beginning at 4 p.m.Cost of the dinner, which

includes salad, homemade

desserts and beverages, is $8

for adults and $4 for children.

All proceeds will benefit the

programs of the church.Tickets may be purchased

in advance by calling the

church office at 675-3131.

Sunday School BikeParade is Sept. 18

The Lehman -Idetown Unit-

ed Methodist Church will

hold its Annual Sunday

School Bike Parade at10 a.m.

on Sunday, Sept. 18.

This ride is entitled On

Parade for Jesus! Participa-

nts should decorate their

bikes and ride in the parade

around the church.Following the parade, a

service presented by This

Way Up will be presented at

the 10:30 a.m. worship.

Bake sale plannedat St. Pauls Church

The Dorcas Society of St.

Pauls Lutheran Church,

Route 118, Dallas, will hold a

rummage and bake sale from

8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday,

Oct. 7 and Saturday, Oct. 8.

Included will be toys,

books, clothes and knick-

knacks. Bag Day will begin atnoon on Saturday.


696-3254.

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The FelitteseAssociationofOld Forge will hold its annualfestival on Friday, Sept. 9through Sunday, Sept. 11 attheChapel grounds,146 ThirdSt., Old Forge.

The festival will begin at 5p.m.Friday, Sept.9 witha cer-emony on th e C hapelgrounds. Entertainment forFriday will be provided byThe Cadillacs at 6:30 p.m.

The festival grounds openat 5 p.m. on Saturday,Sept.10with entertainment providedby Gold Dust at 6:30 p.m.

The Feast Day of Our Lady

of Constantinople is celebrat-ed on Sunday, Sept. 11 with amassat10a.m.at thePrince ofPeace Parish, 127 W. GraceSt., Old Forge.

Sundays festival opens atnoon with a special tribute to9/11 set for 5 p.m. The eve-ning entertainment will beprovided by The Poets at6:30 p.m.

A variety of homemadefoods such as gnocchi, tripe,soffritto, porketta, sausageand peppers, cavatelli andbroccoli, meatballs, pizza frit-ta, pizza, ice cream, Italiandesserts such as cannoli, tira-misu, cheesecake, other as-sorted Italian pastries andmuch more will be served.

There is no admissioncharge. For additional infor-mation,call theFelittese Asso-ciation at 457-3499.

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Joseph Pagoda, of LehmanTownship, his sons, Christopher,of Conshohocken, and Aaron, ofPhiladelphia, and his nephewWalter Pagoda III, of Plymouth,recently traveled to the summitof Pagoda Mountain in Colora-

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The mountain was named in1911 by Dean Babcock whothought the peak reminded himof a Pagoda temple.

Pagoda Mountain (13,505)lies in northern Rocky MountainNationalParkand sharesa ridge-line with Longs Peak (14,289).

The Pagodas started makingplans in 2010 and, once their re-quest for backcountry campsites

was approved by the park office,plans fell into place.

They backpacked on August 1upthrough theGlacierGorgeval-ley.

Settingoutat 3 p.m.,they reac-

hedthe summitof PagodaMoun-tain at 10 a.m. where they spent40 minutes taking photographsand videos of the surroundingRocky Mountains.

After two more days of back-packing in the park, they hiked

out, ending their trip with addi-tional sightseeing, a tour of theNew Belgium Brewery in FortCollins, Co. and a stay in down-town Denver for a celebratorydinner.

Shown at the summit of Pagoda Mountain in Colorados Rocky Mountain National Park are, from left,Joe Pagoda, Walter Pagoda III, Christopher Pagoda and Aaron Pagoda.

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Ambulance Assn. tohold meeting

Franklin-NorthmorelandTownship Ambulance Associ-ation will hold its regularmonthly meeting at 7 p.m. onWednesday, Sept. 7.

The meeting will be held atthe Franklin Township Fire Hall,

329 Orange Road, FranklinTownship.

New members are welcome toattend.

Rotary conducts raffleThe Dallas Rotary Club an-

nounces a new venue for itsbooth at the Luzerne CountyFall Fair which will be held fromSeptember 7-11. The club willsponsor a raffle with threeprizes: a $500 gas card, a $200super market card and $100worth of lottery tickets.

It will also sponsor a specialfamily meal deal: a hot dog andbeverage of choice (soda, coffeeor bottled water) for only $2.50.All proceeds from the raffle andfood sales will benefit Rotarycharities which funds programsfor youth and the elderly in thecommunity.

Photographer willaddress Round Table

Chris Heisey will present aprogram entitled Photograph-ing the Civil War Battlefield forthe Wyoming Valley Civil WarRound Table meeting at 7 p.m.

on Thursday, Sept. 8 in thelower level of the Daddow-Isaacs American Legion, 730Memorial Hwy., Dallas.

A native Pennsylvanian hav-ing grown up near Gettysburg,Heisey has traveled the countrythe past 20 years gatheringimages at more than 350 hal-lowed American battlefields. Hiswork graces numerous places inthe Visitor Center at GettysburgNational Military Park.

For more information, callPete at 639-1283.

Riding clinicsbenefit equine rescue

Saturday Horsemanship Rid-ing Clinics will be held from10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Sep-tember10, 17 and 24 at Tana-ment Stables in Benton. Bringyour own horse or ride a Tana-ment horse.

Cost is $50 with 10 percent ofproceeds donated to Trailwaysto Heaven Equine Rescue. Call864-0102 for reservations.

NE Youth willpresent Rapunzel

Northeast Youth TheatreCompany will present Rapun-zel at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept.10 and Sunday, Sept.11 at theLuzerne County Fair.

This fun comedic twist on anold tale shows that a prince anda princess are not perfect hand-some people but real peoplewho find love in real ways.

Amanda May, of HunlockCreek, plays Rapunzel while

Hannah Kasko, of Dallas, is theScience Geek, Prince Lou.

Bridal show plannedThe Irem Temple Country

Club Bridal Show will be heldfrom noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday,Sept. 11 at the Irem Pavilion,1340 Country Club Rd., Dallas.

Participants will tour thecountry club and meet an arrayof vendors. A bridal fashionshow will be featured at 2:30p.m. and door prizes will beawarded following the show.

Registration, which is free,may be done by calling 675-1134, ext. 100.

Career day slatedThe Wyoming County Cham-

ber of Commerce and theWyoming County Commission-ers will sponsor a career day/job fair from10 a.m. to 5 p.m. onTuesday, Sept. 14 in the grandball room at Shadowbrook Inn& Resort.

For more information, contactMaureen Dispenza at theWyoming County Chamber of

Commerce at 836-7755 or [email protected] or Phil Smileyat CareerLink/TREHAB at836-6840.

C I V I C B R I E F S

Oh!riginals, a variety of tech-niques and media to produceartistic expression, is the Sep-tember exhibit at the BackMountain Memorial LibrarysArt Wall featuring works of artby Dorothy Teresinski Withey-Carroll. These are the manynames by which the studentsof the Back Mountain schoolshave known Ms. Carroll, as shewas the head of the art depart-ment of the Dallas School Dis-trict for over 30 years.

Ms. Carrolls enthusiasm andlove for art began in her earlychildhood years and continuedas she received her Bachelorsof Art degree from Penn StateUniversity and her Masters ofArt degree from New York Uni-versity.

Her appreciation for individ-ual creativity has inspired hermany students to continue inthe art field with careers as art-ists, teachers, designers, etc.

Ms. Carroll tells us that ev-eryone is endowed with the

gift of some degree of creativ-ity, but because we are unique,our creativity is expressed in a

variety of ways - a love andappreciation for art is one ofthem.

The art work of Dorothy Teresinski Withey-Carroll is on displayat the Back Mountain Memorial Library.

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YOUR SPACE

20 YEARS AGO - 1991

This summer members ofDallas Boy Scout Troop #281assisted the Wyoming Histor-ical and Geological Societyat their reenactment of theBattle of Wyoming at thegrounds of the SwetlandHomestead by providing afood booth during both daysof the event.

Participants included BoyScout Matt Kutish, Abigail

Wasserott,DannyWasserott

and BoyScout BenSappe.

Ruthan-na Size-more, 8, astudent at

E va ns Fa ll s E le me nt arySchool, recently won firstplace in the beauty, talent,modeling and bathing suitcategories of the UniversalSuperstar Face of the Yearcontest.

She also won the OverallAward which included a$500 savings bond for thistitle.

The state pageant was heldin June at the Holiday Inn in

Wilkes-Barre with EileenRoush directing.

30 YEARS AGO - 1981

Luzerne County Foodera-ma Team copped first honorsi n t he re ce nt 4 -H S ta teAchievement Days at PennState University campus.

Members of the team areJudy Loke, Lisa Loke, Becky Wall and Kim Klimek.

Lifeguards at Irem TempleCountry Club recently com-

pleted American Red Crosstraining in CPR and standardfirst aid.

Participating in the train-ing were Dave Jenkins, DawnLlewellyn, Gail Devine, LizaDeWitt, Bill Richards, Rus-sell Paulsen, Richard Morganand Craig Gommer.

40 YEARS AGO - 1971

Sheryl Beard of Dallas wasawarded a gold ribbon lastweek at the Northeast region4-H Dress Revue at Tunkhan-nock, it was announced by

Lillian B. Jamgochian, asso-ciate extension home econo-mist, Luzerne County, fol-lowing the revue.

One of 84 girls from 14counties, Sheryl also re-ceived a medal of honor anda certificate of participation.

Mrs. Ronald A. Ertley ofCountry Club Road, Dallas,has captured the 1971 Irem Women Golfers title for thethird consecutive year.

The final round in the 54-hole event was played last week on the Irem CountryClub golf course, and markedthe fifth time since 1965 thatM rs . E rt le y h as w on t hechampionship.

50 YEARS AGO - 1961

At local Acme markets, tur-ke ys s ol d for 3 7 cen ts apound; hams were 49 cents apound; fresh ripe honeydewm el on s w ere 5 9 cen ts apound and Swiss cheese soldfor 59 cents a pound.

Mrs. Fred Eck and Mrs. Le-on Beisel gave a thank youtea at Mrs. Beisels home foroutgoing and incoming offi-cers of Shavertown Branch,

Nesbitt Hospital Auxiliary,last Thursday.

Present were: MesdamesHarvey Kitchen, H.H. Rymer,Eugene Fisk, Walter Shaver,Edward Gilroy, Frederickeck, Sheldon Bennett, JosephMarsh, Lyman Lull, CharlesSprinkel, Charles Seiber,Naomi Pauling, FlorenceRave.

60 YEARS AGO - 1951

Joining in an old fashionedspirit of cooperation, mem-bers of Dallas Township Vet-

erans Agricultural TrainingClass and the Upper LuzerneCounty Young Farmers Clubon Monday afternoon andevening under floodlightshelped Wilson Furr, a100 percent disabled veteran, erect anew poultry house on hisfarm at Beaumont.

Those participating were:Robert Hoyt, Edward Bellas,Niles Clark, Ralph Kaufman,Joe Perkoski, Stanley Dor-rance, Andrew Preslopski,Ralph Wilson, Ted Buchkous-ki, William Harold, Joe Harf-man, Steve Gaidosh, Joe Si-monitis, William Richards,Joseph Fowler, Joe Hardis-key, William Garey, Carl

Hines, Kenneth Heller, Ches-ter Witkoski, Philip Sorber,Henry Phillips, Jerry Gruver,Wilbur Ross, Algert Kliamov-ich, Bruno Mack and FrankSerfoss.

The Lady-of-the-Lake was crowned on Sunday atSunset Park. She is Miss Pat-t y Ro be rt s, 18 y ea r- ol ddaughter of Rev. and Mrs.George A. Roberts, Wyom-ing.

Rev. Roberts is pastor of

Wyoming Methodist Churchand was a former pastor ofthe Trucksville MethodistChurch.

70 YEARS AGO - 1941

Driving into the teeth of agusty wind that whippedHarveys Lake into choppy white-caps, top local mencarted off highest honors inthe second annual Labor DayRegatta of the Harveys LakeBoat Club Monday after-noon.

Star performers of the day

were Newell Wood of Har-veys Lake and Billy Woolbertof Shavertown.

Miss Grace Ide, teacher ofthe Nutrition course, spon-sored by the Red Cross andheld in Dallas MethodistChurch, was guest of honora t a party a t t h e h o me o f Mrs. Wesley Himmler Tues-day evening.

Hostesses were membersof the class who have justcompleted the first course.Attending were Mrs. ArthurDungey, Mrs. Bert Lewis,Mrs. J. Henninger, Mrs. Jo-seph Schmerer, Mrs. MorrisJohnson, Mrs. McManus,Mrs. Stanley Davies, Mrs.

Marvin Scott, Mrs. John Gir-van, Mrs. J.C. Fleming, Mrs.Davis Brace, Mrs. LaverneRace, Mrs. George Swartz,Mrs. Robert Currie, Mrs.Robert Quaill and Miss AnnaKutzner.

Information for Only Yes-terday is taken from past is- su es o f T he D al la s P os t which is 122 years old. The information is printed hereexactly as it appeared in thenewspaper years ago.

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YESTERDAY

By Samantha Weaver It was revered American comedian Bill Cosby who made the

following sage observation: Human beings are the only creaturesthat allow their children to come back home.

Heres a disturbing statistic for parents: If your child is like theaverage American youth, between the ages of 5 and 15 he or she willsee approximately 13,500 people killed on television.

Most languages change dramatically over time. If we in modernAmerica were to try to read Beowulf (which was written in OldEnglish), for instance, only those who have spent time studying thelanguage would be able to make out more than a word or two hereand there. If youre from Iceland, however, this isnt the case; thewritten language there has remained virtually unchanged for morethan 1,000 years. Modern Icelanders have no trouble reading sagasthat were written in the 10th century.

Relative to body size, humans - unsurprisingly - have largerbrains than any other animal. Of non-human animals, its the bottle-nose dolphin that has the largest brain.

When Great Britains current Queen Elizabeth - then PrincessElizabeth - wed Prince Philip, their wedding cake weighed a whopping500 pounds.

As legend has it, in 1288, when Dusseldorf, Germany, was grant-ed its city charter, children all over the city began turning cartwheelsfor joy. The cartwheel has been an enduring part of the culture thereever since, and in 1937 the city even inaugurated an annual interna-tional cartwheel championship.

Those who study such things claim that when youre playingMonopoly, youre likely to land on Illinois Avenue and the B&O Rail-road more than on any other squares.

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

W H Y D O W E C E L E B R AT E L A B O R D AY ?

We celebrate every-thing everybody hasdone.

Mike Biesecker

Dallas

Its a recognition toall our workers for allthey have done for thecountry, the economy

and our heritage.Cindy Biesecker

Dallas

Absolutely have noidea. No, not at all.

Samantha Potoeski

Hunlock Creek

Its a celebration forthe people who workin the United States.

Katie Gushka

Swoyersville

It was started in newYork by a carpenternames McGuire, thefounder of the AFL to

honor workers.Noreen Gladey

Shavertown

I celebrate becausewe are lucky to havejobs.

Krista Connolly

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The Back Mountain MemorialLibraryis alwaysready tohelp re-turning students and their fam-ilies prepare for the back-to-school season with more books,andmoreworkshops,but didyouhear....?

The librarys Slightly ReadBookshop is also readywithmore hours!

Beginning after Labor Day, theBookshop will return to its regu-larhoursfrom1to 7 p.m. onMon-days, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. onWednesdaysand from10a.m. to 3p.m. on Saturdays. Due to pop-ular request, however, the Book-

shopwillalso beopenfrom1 to7p.m. on Thursdays. Stop by theBookshop on Thursday, Sept. 8and let the staff there know theextra hours are appreciated.

Reminder: The library will be

closedon Monday,Sept.5 tocele-brate Labor Day andwill re-openat 9:30 a.m. on on Tuesday, Sept.6.

The library is currently hold-

ing a Flower Power bulb fun-draiser.Visit the librarys websiteat backmountainlibrary.org toplaceyour orderfor bulbsguaran-teed to bloom! The library re-ceives a 50% profit from each or-derand thebulbswill be shipped

directly to customers homes inearly October.

Basic computer classes are

again being offeredat thelibrary. The September session will beheld from 2:15 to 3:15 p.m. onMonday Sept. 12; Tuesday, Sept.13; and Wednesday Sept.14. Thetotal cost of the entire session is$15 which is due at the time ofregistration. Space is limited, soregister early!

Local Back Mountain youth

theatrical groupTakethe Stagewill hold another of its popularoutdoor performances at 7 p.m.on Friday, Sept. 16 and Saturday,Sept.17. A Bag Full of Fableswill be performed on the librarygrounds. Price of admission is $5for adults and $3 for children.

A Facebook workshop will be

heldfrom7 to9 p.m. onMonday,Sept. 19 at the library. Attendeesareinvitedto bring theirown lap-topstothisclass.Thereis a $5feepayable at the time of pre-regis-tration.

An Early Luzerne County Ge-

nealogy Workshop will be heldfrom 2 to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday,Sept.24. Thisfreeworkshopwillbe presented by Kathleen Smith.Pre-registration is required.

For moreinformationorto pre-registerfor anyof theabove class-es, call the library at 675-1182.

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The Dallas Harvest FestivalSteering Committee invites oneand all to take part in this yearsGood Gourd Contest - the catchis, the pumpkin dessert contesthas literally taken on a new face.This year, entrants are invited todecorate instead of bake the fallfavorite.

Entry into the contest is free.Entrants shouldresidewithin theDallas or Lak- Lehman SchoolDistrict boundaries, decorate apumpkin orgourd - fresh orfaux,and take it to the George M. Dal-lasLodge, 60 Main St.,Dallas,onSunday, Sept. 18.

Entries must be on-site be-tween 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. Judg-ing will take place at 11 a.m.sharp. There are four age groupsanda $25topprize willbe award-ed to the first-place entry in eachcategory.

A completelist ofrules anden-try forms are available atwww.dallasharvestfestival.comor at the Dallas Borough munici-pal office at 25 Main St., Dallas.

Entry forms should be submit-ted by September 9 to GoodGourd Decorating Contest, Dal-las Borough, Attn. Karen Fiorel-lo, 25 Main St., Dallas, PA 18612.

Good Gourd chairwoman Karen Fiorello, left, is shown here with judges Ashley Barchik, center, Dallas Elementary School art

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Three named todeans list at Syracuse

Three Back Mountain resi-

dents have been named to thedeans list at Syracuse Uni-versity for the spring 2011 se-mester.

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leges recent summer com-

mencement ceremony.

Jacqueline Brocious, of Dal-

las, and Michelle Leandri, of

Shavertown, received masters

degrees in healthcare adminis-

tration.

Nicole Rossick, of Shaver-

town, received a masters of

education degree in reading.

MU students receiveclass assignments

Among Misericordia Uni-versity students who have

received their student teaching

classroom assignments are

Carrie Balla, of Harveys Lake,

assigned to Lake-Lehman and

Dallas School Districts; Cara

Nolan, of Shavertown, assigned

to Wilkes-Barre and Dallas

School Districts.

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Ruth Johnson, 93, and her daughter Diane Gregg, of Harveys Lake, stop by the Har-veys Lake Municipal building for a hot dog and some supplies.

Lines of people wait to buy supplies at Dallas Center Hardware.

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Main Street in Noxen is reduced to one lane when part of the road is eroded by water going over the bridge.

A street light and pole came down on Lakeview Terrace in Harveys Lake.

Jeff Mattas, of Dallas, emerges from a tangle

of tree debris.

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Sports

Dallas High School graduateMike Clearylost hislifein Iraq onDecember 20, 2005 but the BackMountain community has notforgotten him. The annual Runfor the Fallen, initiated after Lt.Clearys death, was held on Au-gust 17 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. All proceeds benefit the1st Lt. Michael J. Cleary Memo-rial Fund, Wounded Warrior Pro-ject, Yellow Ribbon Fund, GoldStar Family Support Center andDallas Track and Cross Country.

A group of Clearys friends ledthefirstNationalRunfor theFall-en, a memorial run across the

United States, on June 14, 2008.Participants ran one mile dedi-cated to each soldier who diedfighting in Operation Iraqi Free-dom and Enduring Freedom,leaving a memorial placard andanAmerican flagfor eachsoldier.

That sameyear, a group of Dal-las Senior High School studentsheld their own local Run for theFallen, a 5K event to commemo-rate1st Lt.Clearyand allsoldiers

who died during the conflict.

Now inits fourth year, theRun

for the Fallen was sponsored this

year bythe Dallastrackand cross

country teams.

Results are as follows:

FEMALE

Overall

1. Ally Rome 21:22

2. Erin Moreck 21:57

3. Nadalie Solomon 22:06

12 and under

1. Beth Grose 31:16

13-15

1. Katie Grose 24:09

2. Katie Sherman 28:4616-19

1. Taylor Culver 23:20

2. Lindsay Danko 23:21

3. Amanda Thompson 24:27

20-29

1. Virginia Reinert 23:57

2. Sheri Flannery 28:48

3. Megan Tribendis 32:45

30-39

1. Sandy Jesse 23:45

40-49

1. Deana Manzoni 25:242. Julia Byriel 26:183. Cynthia Rachilla 26:4250 and over

1. Patricia Sample 28:332. Barbara Sorber 41:233. Diane Thompson 42:56

MALE

Overall

1. Alex Saba17:32

2. JJ Nicastro19:05

3. Dan Thomas Jr. 19:49

12 and under

1. Mitchell Rome 25:08

2. Garrett Gloser Jr 54:38

13-15

1. Stephen Bath 20:43

2. Kurtis Sod 23:433. Chris Sabol 23:5916-19

1. Frank Ferlenda 20:5720-29

1. Michael McDade 21:512. Kenny Lohr 24:023. John Thompson 24:3930-39

1. Paul Manley 21:25

2. Chris Roberts 24:263. Jamie Olson 26:1440-49

1. Joe Kichilinsky 20:232. Craig Rome 22:173. Don Grose 22:4650 and over

1. Robert Miller 21:392. Con Mcole 22:243. Paul Reinert 22:45

Alex Saba was the first male finisher with a time of 17:32 for the3.1 mile race.

Jack Cleary, father of Lt. Michael Cleary, and Erin Kavanaugh,fiance of the fallen Marine.

Ally Rome was the first female finisher with a time of 21:22 forthe 3.1mile race.


Runners take off at the start of the Fourth Annual 5 K Run for the Fallen initiated in memory of Dallas native Lt. Michael J. Cleary, aMarine who died in service in Iraq.

Remembering

the FALLEN

Samantha Tencza, a sopho-more at Dallas High School, isone of more than 500 highschool cheerleaders and dancersfrom across the United Stateswho will perform in the worldfamous London New Years DayParade.

Tencza is coached by SuzannePowell of Dallas. She is thedaughter of Jennifer and JaimeSorber, of Dallas, and Brian andErica Demchak, of Ashley. She

is the granddaughter of Pat andEd Tencza, of Hanover Town-ship, and Mary and Ron Dem-chak, of Plymouth Twp. She has

five brothers, CJ, Jake, Brandan,Jaime and Kyle.

The individuals invited toperform in the parade qualifiedfor the trip after being selectedas All-Americans at one of thesummer camps hosted by Uni- versal Cheerleaders Association(UCA), National CheerleadersAssociation (NCA), United Spir-it Association (USA), UniversalDance Association (UDA) andNational Dance Alliance (NDA).

All-Americans are selected totry out based on superior cheer-leading skills at camps acrossthe country.

Samantha Tencza will perform in the London New Years Parade.

Tencza preparing toperform in London

TheBack Mountain Blue 8/9 All-Star team finished third in the Exeter 8/9 All-Star Tourneywith a 6-2 record. From left, first row, are Tyler Osipower, Zach Holthaus, Matt Dolan, MattMaransky, Kyle Sincavage. Second row, Jake Connolly, Nick Solinsky, Tanner Saracino, RyanMaloney,Everett Klusmeyer, Brett Ostroski.Third row, Jeff Connolly, assistantcoach; Dan Mal-oney, head coach; Ray Ostroski, assistant coach; and Chris Maransky, assistant coach. Absentat the time of the photo were Justin James and Parker Dal Santo.

BACKMOUNTAIN BLUE FINISHES THIRD

Blast fastpitch teamsseek new players

The U12 and U14 EndlessMountains Blast fastpitchteams are still looking for afew qualified players to filltheir 2012 rosters.

Those interested in U12should contact John Keefe at885-5808. Interested U14players should contact BillKern at 498-5991.

The Endless MountainsBlast is a travel fastpitchsoftball organization based inTunkhannock.

Additional information canbe found at http://www.eteamz.com/end-lessmtblast, or by [email protected].

Basketball leagueforming at Lehman

A Varsity Boys PremiereFall Basketball League host-ed by the FIRM AC will starttoday, Sept. 4 and run everySunday in September at theLake-Lehman High School.

Anyone interested in join-ing the league is asked tocontact James Perez at 235-4832.

Free boys basketballclinic slated

Firm A.C. Basketball willconduct a free boys basket-ball clinic from 7:15 to 8:30p.m. every Sunday in Sep-tember at Lake-Lehman High

School.For more information,

contact Coach Perez at [email protected].

BR I E F S

The Dallas Junior Mounts DTeam rolled over the defendingSuper Bowl runner-up BackMountain Bobcats, 24-0, on Au-gust 21, scoringa touchdownonthefirstplayofthegameandnev-er lookingback.

Aidedbyastingydefense,Dal-lasscoredthreetouchdownsandthree2-pointconversions.Dallasconsistently matriculated theball down thefieldwithrunning

backs Jared Adamski, MitchellBurgess, Ayden Berndt and Lu-casShultz sharingtheballcarry-ing duties.

The offensive line, consistingof Junior Atherholt, Mason Cal- vey, Parker Bolesta, Nick Spen-cer, Joe The Missle Peters,Nick Fine and Mark Karcutskieopenedholes all day.

The defensive line, led byRyan Cuba, Colby Kleintob, Ga-

vin Adamski, Brady Eggelstonand Pete Federici were in theBobcats backfield, repeatedlymakingplays.

Defensive backsand lineback-ersMitchellBurgess, MattEspo-sito,Lucas Shultz,Mark Karcut-skie, Ayden B erndt and JaredAdamskikepttherestoftheBob-catsoffenseincheck,helpingtheJuniorMountsto victoryin theirfirstoutingof theseason.

Junior Mounts D team rushes to 24-0 victory

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Scott testified that the sitewill have four buildings at thelocation about 1,300 feet fromthe Dallas schools. One or twobuildingswillholdmetertubes,or the gas pipeline, dependingon space availability; another will hold three control valvesandwillbesmallerthantheme-tering building; and anotherbuilding will storecommunica-tionsequipmentanda gaschro-matograph, which separatesother materials from thegas.

In addition, Scott settled adispute that confused zoningboard members and residentsin thepast. Theissuerelates towhich company, Chief or Tran-sco, would control aspects oftheoperation onsite.

Scott said Transco will over-see the calibration of measur-ing instruments and Chief willhandle the construction, oper-ation and maintenance of the

site. He saidanythingthat hap-pens at the site is Chiefs re-sponsibility.

He testified the four or five

month construction periodwouldconsist ofa maximumofabout 10 vehicles traveling inand out of the area, and whenthe metering facility is in oper-ation, a pick up truck stoppingby the site once or twice dailywouldbe theextent of traffic.

Scott also said the companyusessubcontractorsforthecon-struction process and some-times during maintenance ofthe facility, whenneeded.

Resident Diane Dreier askedScott about the companysplanstostayintheareaoncethesite is built and what kind ofsafetyprotocolDallas residentscouldexpectfroma futureown-erof thesite.

Scott saidthecompany plans

to maintainthe metering facili-tyas long asnaturalgas isavail-able in the Marcellus Shale, which he estimated to be be-

tween40 and50 years.Other residents asked Scott

whetherhe couldguaranteethesafetyof nearbyresidentsof thefacilityandthenearly3,000stu-dents attending the Dallasschools.

After several attempts, Scottadmitted a fire or explosion atthesitewouldbe harmfulto thepublic interest, but the compa-nytakes stepsin ensuring thoseeventswould neverbe anissue.

Scott was Chiefs final wit-ness.

In upcoming meetings, op-posing counsel may offer wit-nesses to testify and after thatprocess is finished, residentsmay also testify.

Afterthatiscompleted,Chief

mayoffera rebuttalcase.If not,the zoning hearing board willhave to make a decision on thematter.

CHIEFContinued fromPage 1

Other residents asked Scott whether he could guarantee the

safety of nearby residents of the facility and the nearly

3,000 students attending the Dallas schools. After several

attempts, Scott admitted a fire or explosion at the site would

be harmful to the public interest, but the company takes

steps in ensuring those events would never be an issue.

families a chance to deal withthe aftermath of Irene.

After we saw the amount ofdevastation, we knew familieshad to take a collective deepbreath, said district superin-tendent James McGovern.Here, we always say familycomes first,so wetruly didneedthat extra week for families totake hold of their lives.

McGovern said power waslost at every school in the dis-

trict, butratherthan playingtheschedule day-by-day, he said of-fering families another week be-fore sending children to schoolgave some sort of solace tothose whose lives were turnedupside down by the storm.

In other districts, someschools opened (individually),but here we preach community,community, community, hesaid. Were going to start to-gether.

McGovern aims to keep theschool schedule intact, and he will present a new calendar tothe board at its Septembermeeting. The proposed calen-dar will absorb the extra days without changing the highschool graduation date.

He said in addition to consid-ering families during their timeof need, the Lake-Lehman Ju-nior/Senior High School actedas a refreshing station for vic-

tims of the storm. Residentswere able to take electronic de-vices to the school for recharg-ing, to have a snack and use theshower facilities.

The Red Cross sponsoredthisfromnoon to8 p.m.,butour

administration staff came infrom9 a.m.until noonso peoplecould have something in themorning, said McGovern.

He said over the holidayweekend residents can use thefacilities as a disaster relief cen-ter thatcanhostupto 30people.

Brittany Willis, of Kingston

Township, tried to keep herhead up during theroughtimes,especially for her daughter,whos only 3 years old.

With Smartphones, I canhave her play games and keepher busy, said Willis.

Thefamilylostpowerand wa-ter at its Mount Olivet Roadhome and used water from itsswimming pool poolto flush thetoilet andkeepclean.They stop-ped by the Dallas Fire & Ambu-lance StationMonday to pickupsome food and see their neigh-bors.

Weve been going intotownalot, said Willis. We drivearound to keep our phones andthings charged.

Terry Serafin, of Dallas Town-ship,said between removing wa-ter from the familys basementby the bucket-full and trying tofind a way to communicate withthe outside world, the stormmade their lives more stressfulbut helped them appreciate theluxuries they normally have.

Instead of fiddling with elec-tronic devices, the family hasbeen playing games togetherand noticing the little thingsthroughout their ordeal.

We learned how to play thecard game Hearts, and weplayed board games, said Sera-fin. And the stars (Sunday)night were beautiful.

IRENEContinued fromPage 1

Here, we always say family comes first, so wetruly did need that extra week for families to takehold of their lives.

James McGovern

Lake-Lehman School District superintendent

and after negotiations and pric-ing changes, the purchase wasfinalized this summer.

Weve had many successes,and this is just another one that weve completed, said Wilkes.This is another resource wehave. We all dont need one, but we all have use for one. So we

all bought one to share.Dallas Township Police Chief

Robert Jolley said the townshiphad its own speed trailer in thepast, but spreading it amongfive municipalities will make itmore useful.

This will get peoples atten-tion, he said.

Kingston Township PoliceChief James Balavage said inthe past the department uti-lized Laflin Borough Police De-partments speed trailer, butnow police departments in the

Back Mountain will be betterequipped to handle speedingsituations.

Though the trailer cannot beused to enforce the speed limit,it will give residents a betteridea of how fast they are trav-eling and what traffic is reallylike in the area.

People perceive traffic byvolume and speed, said Balav-age. If we put this on a partic-ular street, it will give a trueand correct sum of all cars that went up and down that road

and how fast they were going.Balavage said the schedule

for the trailer is not yet known,but it may deter drivers fromspeeding in certain areas andmay identify new troublesomeareas in the Back Mountain.

Dallas Borough Police ChiefJames Drury said the trailer is ahelpful informative tool the bor-ough has not utilized in thepast.

This will show people weretrying to do something aboutspeeding, he said.

SPEEDContinued from Page 3

The Wyoming County Emer-

gency Management Agency has

activated both state and regional

Incident Management Teams to

assist local resources in the re-

covery process in the aftermath

of Hurricane Irene.

Fortunately, there are no re-ports of fatalities or serious inju-

ries following the storm that

swept through the region on Au-

gust 28. However, the agency is

aware of the burden placed on

residents by virtue of road clo-

sures, flooding and power and

utility outages that have oc-

curred, and assures residents

that all possible actions are un-

derwayto resolve thesechalleng-

es.

Joint Assessment Teamsare in

the field across the region, gath-

ering information to determine

eligibility for FEMA emergency

assistance. Should funds become

available, residents will be in-

structed on the application proc-ess once that information is pro-

vided to the County EMA.

The municipalitiesof Forkston

andNoxen have been hitmostse-

verely with areas of inaccessibil-

ity, flooding and power and

phone outages still persisting.

Drinking water and hand-wash-

ing stations, dumpsters and por-

table lavatories have been staged

at the following locations:

Forkston: Main Street at the

Grange

Noxen: Adjacent to the fire-

house, adjacent to the township

building

The Department of Environ-

mental Protection will provide

water-testing kits to residents

whosewells havebeen impacted.

Specific instructions and proce-

dures are included in these kits

and must be followed exactly in

order to provide accurate test re-

sults.Thesekitscan bepicked up

at the Wyoming County EMA,

Route 6, Tunkhannock or the

Wyoming County Conservation

District Office, located at 21 Hol-

lowcrest Rd., Tunkhannock.Additionally, residents whose

basements have been contami-

nated by heating oil should con-

tact the Wyoming County EMA

Office at 836-2828 for assistance.

Phone and power company

crews are working around the

clock to restore electricity and

cell access to all affected; howev-

er, estimates are not currently

available as to when this work

will be completed. Approximate-

ly 550 people were still without

electricity on Thursday.

Evans-FallsElementary School

in the Tunkhannock Areas

School District remainsclosed at

this time.

State Route 29 (EatonvilleBridge) will likely remain closed

until at least Friday.

TheEMA andWyomingCoun-

ty commissioners extend their

gratitude to all of the responders

and volunteers who continue to

work tirelessly to resolve the

problems resulting from the

storm.

Asthe currentforecastcallsfor

additional rainfall within the

next few days, residents are en-

couraged to be vigilant in their

preparedness for rising streams

and localized flash flooding.

Allstorm-related damage, both

individual and municipal, should

be reported to the Wyoming

County EMA at 836-3399.

Additional questionsshould be

directed to Katie Kamp, ECTF

Planning Specialist, at 836-2828.

Wyoming County EMAactivates recovery teams

Students of David BlightSchool of Dance Wilkes-Barre Studio recently attend-ed Talent Olympics at Fern- wo od I nn a nd Re so rt i nB us hk il l a nd com pe te d

against other dance studios. The Hot Tamales compet-

ed in the 7-9 age group and

took first place in their Nov-elty, Ballet, Tap and Jazzroutines and won the presti-gious Little O award.

In addition to learningnew routines for their up-

coming competition in De-cember and preparing for re-citals, the dancers are busy

performing in shows in thearea. They will perform atDisney World in 2013 witht he o th er c om pet it io ngroups and have a Night atthe Races fundraiser planned

for September 17 at the Inde-pendent Fire Hall in King-ston.

Students of David Blight School of Dance Wilkes-Barre Studio recently attended Talent Olympicsat Fernwood Inn and Resort in Bushkill and competed against other dance studios. From left, first

row, are Brooke Piscotty, Hanover Twp.; Katie Fitzgerald, Mountain Top; Hannah Salwoski, Hanov-er Twp.; Adrianna Shaffer, Ashley; Gianna Jaslar, Hanover Twp.; Kennedy Wood, Shavertown; and

Morgan Thomas, Plains. Second row, Giuliana Dutter, Forty Fort; Madison Savage, Kingston; Ste-ven Smith, Berwick; Summer Balboa, Wilkes-Barre; and Kelly Grevera, Nanticoke.

Dance students compete in Poconos

The Dallas Lions Club recently made a $500 donation to theBackMountainMemorialLibraryfor the purchaseof large printbooks and other materials for the sight-impaired. The libraryhas many large-print books as well as books on CDs and audiotapes andis anticipatinge-book readersin thenearfuture.Thisis the26th consecutiveyearin which theclubhas madea dona-tionto thelibrary. Shown heremakingthe checkpresentationtoMartha Butler, librarian, are Lions Don Berlew, Joe Canfield,treasurer; and Frank Rollman.

LIONS DONATETOLIBRARY

Kingston Township residentsareaskedto contactthe townshipofficials at 696-3809 or e-mailthem at [email protected] to report personal lossas a direct result of HurricaneIrene.

Residents are asked to provide

their name, address, descriptionof damage and estimated cost ofloss.

The administration needs tohave an account of the total lossthatoccurred in thetownshipforreporting to thestate andfederalgovernment.

Damage must be reported

Harveys Lake Borough offi-cials announce that residents

may put water-damaged itemsfrom Hurricane Ireneout forpickup with their regular trash on

Tuesday, Sept. 6.Residents are urged not to

abuse this offer of help.For more information, call the

borough office at 639-3300.

Damaged items to be collected

A gathering of the family of

RuthPritchard,of Trucksville,

to celebrate her 95th birthday

took place recently in Staun-

ton, Virginia.

The party was hosted by

Cynthia Pritchard, Ruths

granddaughter, and Cynthias

daughter, Hannah Edmiston,

Ruths great-granddaughter.

Theoccasionwasalsothe first

meeting of five generations of

the Pritchard family.

Attending were Ruths son,

Jack,and hiswife,Sandy, from

Nokomis, Florida; and Ruths

daughter, Vernalee PritchardHolman, from Rangeley,

Maine. Jacks son, Vern, and

Verns daughter, Claire, came

from Jacksonville, Florida. Al-

so, Cynthias son, Wayne Ed-

miston, and his daughter,

Charlotte, came from Des

Moines, Iowa,alongwith Cyn-

thiasson,Jack Edmiston, and

his wife, Erica, and their son,

Geraint, from San Antonio,

Texas.

Additionally, Judy Pritch-

ard from Daphne, Alabama,

widow of Ruths son, the late

Robert Pritchard, and Judys

daughter, Sandy Pritchard

Vernon, from Gloucester, Vir-

ginia, with her children, An-drew, Sarah and Matthew at-

tended the reunion.

Pritchardnotes 95th

birthday

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