Sunday, November 1, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 13 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST John Peruso, left, and Mike Terlesky work on editing a video of area veterans with the help of vis- iting professor Dan Kimbrough. The project at Misericordia University will be included as an oral history project of the Back Mountain area. ® VETERANS qi. Continued from Page 1 Shavertown, and John Peruso, 21, of Warwick, N.Y. Their work was overseen by Dan Kim- brough, assistant professor of communications at Misericordia. Back Mountain veterans fea- tured in the 13-minute film in- clude Clarence Michael, Fred Searles, Jack Evans, Jack Cleary, whose son, Michael, died in the line of duty in Iraq; Richard “Bud- dy” Costigan, Gerald Price, Su- san Allen, John “Jack” Sidorek, Ed Shilanski and Neil Morrison. Terlesky and Peruso said they were taken aback that a few of the veterans broke down during the interviews, despite it being many years since some of them have | served. “I just loved to hear them tell {their stories,” Terlesky said. “It was mostly how they dealt with (serving) personally. I'm abso- lutely proud of this piece.” The video will also become part of “An Oral History of the Back Mountain,” an ongoing vid- eo compilation of oral histories from older Back Mountain citi- zens. The oral histories are the project of Misericordia Universi- ty and Generation to Generation and will be put on file at Miser- icordia’s Mary Kintz Bevevino Li- brary. Clarence Michael, 73, of Dal- las, served in the U.S. Army from 1969 to 1962 during the Cold War. He was stationed in Germany for 18 months where he gave lectures on the Soviet Army and often talked about the Berlin Wall. “In 1989 went that wall came down, it was just a spectacle that I would love to have seen but I never expected it...that was prob- ably the most exciting and the one thing I really concentrated on (in the video),” Michael said. John “Jack” Sidorek, 69, of Dal- las, served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1959 to 1963 and in the US. Coast Guard Reserves from 1963 to 1965. He says, dur- ing his interview, he mainly talk- ed about his duties on an 83-foot patrol boat in the San Francisco Bay. “I don’t think the young people of today understand what we went through for our country,” Sidorek said. “If these stories aren't told or people aren’t aware of what happened, these stories will be lost.” Evans agrees that the video is a good idea because he also feels there is not enough discussion to- day on World War II and other historical events. “There are a lot of students to- day in school that have no idea what took place...for 65 years I've just kept it all to myself and it’s just here in the last year or so that people started interviewing me about it,” Evans said. : CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Matt Ell, of Centermoreland, completes a drawing for a block print he made at Verve Vertu at Arts Universe in Wilkes-Barre. SPECIAL Continued from Page 1 tin, and Vertu translates from French to excellence in objects of art. That high spirit for art is evi- dent among the students who create silk batiks, felted wallets, watercolor and acrylic paintings and other artwork. About 20 artists are served by the studio, three of whom are full- time and receive a quarterly sti- pend. All of the artists are paid a percentage of the profits from work they have created that is sold. Classes are also offered to the general community. “Some of us might learn slower than others, but we don’t like to focus on the disabilities but the abilities we have in art,” Harle- man said. The students have also been taking wool spinning classes at “Ewe and I,” a working sheep farm that is a spinoff of Lehman Nursery in Dallas. The studio purchased some of the wool and Dougherty | is Inestporing ft it in- GEER EH aE Ra to her felt wallets. “We try to introduce some- thing new every few months,” Harleman said. “It’s an ongoing learning process.” On a recent visit to Verve Ver- tu, Matt Ell, 26, of Centermore- land, carved a Christmas cat from a stamping sponge for the stu- dio’s upcoming Christmas art ex- hibit. The exhibit will be held Dec. 4 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Scranton. Ell, who has autism, enjoys drawing cats because “they’re the greatest.” However, his favorite artistic thing to do is draw car- toons and monster characters such as Godzilla. His brother, Christopher, works as a cartoo- nist for DreamWorks Animation SKG in California. “I like to do artwork,” Ell said. Dougherty created an angel on felt because she feels angels are beautiful. She regularly draws an- gels, flowers and leaves and, more often than not, chooses bright shades of yellow, purple and pink. “I can’t help myself,” Dougher- ty said. “I just love pink.” An exhibit of artwork by Verve Vertu artists is currently on dis- play at Marquis Art and Frame in Wilkes-Barre. A line of greeting cards created by the artists is also for sale at Ah!Some Chocolates in Shavertown. In addition, a full line of art is available for purchase at the Verve Vertu Studio from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thurs- day. l:L. Homecoming activities will be held at Old Shoe Game on Friday The date for the Lake-Leh- man Homecoming Celebra- tion has changed and it will now be held in conjunction with the Old Shoe Game against Dallas on Saturday, Nov. 7. There will be a week- long celebration. The senior football players, cheerleaders and band mem- bers of both Dallas and Lake- Lehman will enjoy breakfast together at the Huntsville Golf Course commemorating the rivalry between the two schools. The Homecoming Dance will be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. Fri- day, Nov. 6, at which time the Homecoming King will be crowned. A festival featuring a punt pass and kick tournament, a ra- dar softball/baseball throw, small children’s games, raffles. good food and more will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. n Saturday, Now. 7. A small parade will take place at 4 p.m. beginning at the Leh- man-Jackson Elementary School and ending at the football stadi- um. The parade will include a fire engine, class floats, cheer- leaders, band members and fe Homecoming Court. Senior football players, band members and cheerleader along with their parents, will 0 honored for the dedication they have shown for the football pro- gram. Our Homecoming Queens Court will be introduced at a proximately 6:15 p.m. and > 2009 Homecoming Queen will be crowned before the 7 p. m. kickoff. SCOUTS EARN RECOGNITION EMBLEMS The Tiger Cubs of Pack 155, of Trucksville United Methodist Church, received immediafe motto.In addition to earning the Immediate Recognition Emblem, Jacob Banta, Ethan Shilah- Recognition Emblems at their last den meeting for knowing the Cub Scout sign, salute a ski, Austin Sowga, and Matt Cheskiewicz earned two orange beads, one white bead and one black bead. Zack Chamberlain, Lucas Tomko and Dylan Roberts earned two orange beads and one black bead and Brady Dautrich earned one white bead, one orange bead and one bla¢k bead. From left, are Austin Sowga, Zack Chamberlain, Lucas Tomko, Matt Cheskiewicz, Dylan Roberts and Brady Dautrich. Absent at the time of the photo were Jacob Banta and Ethan Shilanski. Reunion meeting Members of the Lake-Nox- en High School Class of 1960 are invited to a meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake, to plan the upcoming 50th anni- versary reunion. Boy Scout Troop 518, of Tunkhannock, will hold a spa- ghetti dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7 in Father Nal- lin Hall at Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, 99 E. Tioga St., Tunkhannock. ed A ————— Boy Scouts planning spaghetti dinner A complete meal of NA meatballs, salad, bread, bever- age and dessert will be serve for $6 for adults and free for children ages 5 and under. Take- outs will be available starting at 5:30 p.m. SUNSHINE Continued from Page 1 so ask for special prayer re- quests for family members, especially those who have died. Kleintob says, although the majority of the time is spent on scripture, volunteers are willing to talk about whatever is on the prisoners’ minds. Most often, she says, they ask about her health and family. In the summer of 2008, Kleintob was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent 38 treatments of radiation. She is now cancer free. “I missed it terribly when I was sick and couldn’t go,” she said of her prison ministry work. “I don’t see them as prisoners. I see them as peo- ple.” It is faith and determina- tion that keep Kleintob push- ing along in life despite many challenges. Aside from her re- cent illness, she lost her two sons within a year of each other. Her son, Derr, died in 2007 and her other son, Jon, passed away in 2008. Kleintob’s husband, Sheldon, died in 1991. She also has two daughters: Gail Whitebread, of Blakeslee, and Shelley Russin, of Kingston. Kleintob has always been an active member of her church. When she was younger, she would often bake and solicit peo- ple to bake for church festivals and dinners. She also helped work a stand the church had each year at the Bloomsburg Fair. 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