PAGE 10 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, February 26, 2012 L-J STUDENTS HOLD FOOD DRIVE Lehman-Jackson Elementary School students and staff recently donated boxes of food to the Back Mountain Food Pantry. The goal was for each class to donate 100 cans of food for the cele- bration of the 100th day of school. The students were very generous and far exceeded their goal. The Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA) also donated money to the food pantry. The Back Mountain Food Pantry has provided food for residents in the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts since1977 and has seen an increase in the number of families needing assistance. Assisting in packaging the food are, from left, Mrs. Doreen Johnson, sixth-grade teacher; Sahara Carr, Raven Moore, Carly Souder, Liam O'Brien, Tyler Savitski and Carol Eyet, Back Mountain Food Pantry manager. SCHOOL BRIEFS 1992 DHS classmates sought The Dallas Senior High School Class of 1992 is currently seeking classmates for its 20th anniversary reunion on May 26 at Appletree Terrace, Newberry Estates: Classmates are asked to e- mail contact information to the reunion committee at 92dal- las@gmail.com. DHS Lock-In Committee will meet The Dallas High School PTSO Lock-In Committee will have a pre-rummage sale meet- ing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 28 at the high school. Weis and Thomas’ gift cards and cruise raffle tickets will be available for sale. For more information, call Ellen Hunter at 674-9924. Family Fun Expo slated The Dallas Elementary School PTO will sponsors a Family Fun Expo, along with the school’s annual Science Fair and Scholastic Book Fair, from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 1 at the Dallas Elementary School. Organizations and businesses are invited to attend and pro- vide parents with information, registration forms, brochures and handouts about activities for their children. Admission is free. For more information or to reserve a vendor space, contact Kristen Angelicola at kard180@epix.net. Senior Lock-In rummage sale set The Dallas High School Se- nior Lock-In Committee will hold its third annual rummage sale from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 10 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, household items, antiques, collectibles and appliances. Students will perform at Seminary The Wyoming Seminary Mu- sic Department will present a special performance by mem- bers of the Bratislava State Con- servatory of Music, Slovakia, at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, just north 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 of opera. The performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2192. Craft show slated The Tunkhannock Area Mid- dle School Band will host a craft show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 24 at the mid- dle school. Movie presented at Misericordia The Misericordia University Student Activities Department will present “New Year’s Eve” as part of its Movie Nights at Mi- sericordia film series at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26 in Lem- mond Theater at Walsh Hall. Admission is $1 for Miser- icordia students with proper identification and $3 for the general public. For more information, contact Patrick McKamy, coordinator of student activities, at 674-6411. Seminary presents Music Festival The Wyoming Seminary Mu- sic Department will present a Shostakovich Chamber Music Festival, featuring the music of Russian composer Dmitri Shos- takovich, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 and at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 1 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyom- ing Ave., Kingston, just north of Kingston Corners. The concerts will include instrumental and vocal works and will feature professional and student performers. The festival is free and open to the public. For more informa- tion, call 270-2192. ‘To better serve his patients, | Louis Blaum, Jr., M.D. FACS will be opening his new office, effective: March 1, 2012 BLAUM Misericordia University's The Highlander student newspaper won two Pennsylvania Newspaper Association Keystone Press Awards. From left, are Amber Gulla of Plains, April Dulsky of Dallas Township, Josh Horton of Pittston, Ellen Hoffman of Kingston, Julia Truax of Millville and Katlin Bunton of Kingston. MU student newspaper cited The staff of Misericordia University’s student newspa- per, The Highlander, was awarded two Keystone Press Awards by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association (PNA). Writers April Dulsky of Dal- las Township, Josh Horton of Pittston and Julia Truax of Millville, received a second- place award in the category of On-Going News Coverage for a series of reports on evacua- tion and student recovery ef- forts by the Misericordia Uni- versity campus community following the historic flood- ing caused by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee in September 2011. Misericordia senior Amber Gulla of Plains Township re- ceived honorable mention in the category of Public Ser- vice/Enterprise Package. Her article, “Where the Green Grass Shouldn’t Grow,” was published Oct. 20, 2011, and inspired a stu- dent campaign that led to im- provements to the building that houses the campus com- muter lounge. 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Horton’s submission, “Open Arms for Evacuees,” published on Sept. 13, cov- ered the anguish and appre- ciation of the flood evacuees housed temporarily at the Mi- sericordia University Ander- son Sports and Health Cen- ter: “I just happened to be on campus at the time the eva- cuees were starting to arrive, and I was able to cover the news story as it was happen- ing,” he said. “It was a tough article to write. It was so sad - the people were so frightened and worried about what was happening to their homes - yet, at the same time, they were so appreciative of hav- ing a place to stay.” Truax authored the article, “Residential Cleanup Trucks On,” on Oct. 5, 2011. She re- ported on recovery efforts by Misericordia students in Myo Beach, a small community along the Susquehanna River in Wyoming County that was decimated by the flooding. “I went to Myo Beach with a team of Misericordia stu- dents organized by Campus Ministry,” said Truax, the content editor and senior ma- joring in communicatic i and psychology. “The p¢ ® were so appreciative oh WV volunteer help and told me that they didn’t know how they would ever get back into their houses without the help of the Misericordia stu- dents.” The Misericordia students will attend the Keystone Press Awards banquet to be held in Hershey in“March] along with editor-in-chief Katlin Bunton, a seniof ¢om munications major specializ- ing in journalism and public relations and print editor El- communications major, © len Hoffman, a ior. @ of Kingston. The Highlander can be ac- cessed online at www.high- landernews.net. 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