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Nominations are being
accepted for the fifth
national ‘‘Conservation
Teacher-of-the-Year”
awards program according
to Ralph Trax, Chairman
Conservation District.
The competition is open
to all teachers working at
the Kindergarten through
high school level who have
developed an outstanding
program of environmental
education.
The National Con-
servation Teacher of the
Year will receive $1500 in
cash and an expense paid
trip to Washington D.C. for
nominees for
the annual convention of
the National Association of
Conservation Districts.
The national second place
winner receives a $300 cash
reward.
Interested teachers can
obtain additional in-
formation and nomination
forms {rom Luzerne
County (Conservation
District.
program also includes
equivalent prizes for the
conservation district
judged national to have
provided the most effective
conservation education
programs within the
district.
OAK HILL
by Bridgette Correale
There must be an easier,
way to spend
Christmas...but like every-
thing else, I'm the last to
figure it out. The only thing
that keeps me from
throwing myself off the
Pierce Street bridge is that
everyone I talk to is in my
condition - exhausted, sick
of cooking and eating and
all wishing 48 hours of
uninterrupted sleep.
Here it is the evening
after Christmas and all
through my house a kid is
form of one Aunt Irene who
sent Louis a computerized
racing gadget that beeps-
beeping and ding-donging
everytime he’s not fast
enough to oush a button;
one Uncle Anthony who
sent George the “Clash of
the Cosmic Robots” and
one Uncle Jim who thinks
it’s time Adele had her own
sewing machine. With all
the noise, my head feels
like there are two people
ring-a-ding-dinging up
there.
If all this isn’t enough, I
have George moaning that
instead of the left-over
anti-pasto, ravioli, beef
rollintines and escarole
sandwich.
After quieting him down
with a swift kick, Louis
opens the refrigerator door
and says, ‘‘Oh boy, Mom
won't cook until all the
antipasto, sausage pie,
1,000 dishes of fish, peppers
and sausage, rice balls,
meatballs, eye-round and
everything in here is
finished. Mom, how about a
steak and salad?
While I'm pounding
away with this, whatever
you want to call it -
“column,” Adele comes
out of her room, ‘‘There’s
nothing for me to do.” I
want to bite her on her
head. Just glancing over
her gifts she has about $150
worth of toys alone and
she’s telling me she has
nothing to do.
, If it wasn’t that those two
ding-dongs were dancing in
my head, I'd tell her what I
used to get for Christmas...
{Hold on - Vin just walked
in and said, ‘“Let’s set the
table.” What? Set the
table! I want to set the
chairs around the stove,
give each a long fork, put a
straw in the milk bottle and
say, “Eat, what do you
think it’s Christmas
everyday.”
It’s an awful lot of work
preparing for this happy
season, but all worth it.
Especially when you sit at
Christmas Mass and see
hundreds of people
gathered together to share
in Christ’s birthday. It's
not all commercialism - it’s
what is in your heart.
Since I was unable to
write a column last week
have several belated
greetings to wish to some
good friends. Jack and
Marianne Cleary their 10th
wedding anniversary, Dec.
23 and to Joe and Dorothy
Flynn, their wedding
anniversary Dec. 27. Birth-
day greetings to Paige
Belasco, Dec. 23, Kathy
Schleich and Marty Onzik,
Dec. 25 and my Compare
Welcome
Hope this brand new year
holds joy, peace, health
and prosperity for you.
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say we ‘hope all your
dreams will come true.
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Fred Tomaselli, Dec. 21.
Altar and Rosary Society
of Gate of Heaven enjoyed
their Christmas party at
The Checkerboard Inn. I
understand the entertain-
ment was fabulous and that
the group was booked for
The Riviera in Las Vegas.
Could see the headlines -
“Boyle and Scholl tear
down the Strip.”
Monday! evening, em-
ployees of The Mark II
Restaurant Dallas held
their Christmas party at
The Flagstone House,
Harveys Lake. Another
fantastic party = with
terrific entertainment.
Congratulations to two
Cub Scouts of our area who
received awards at the
monthly Cub Pack, 232
meeting held at Gate of
Heaven. Thursday
evening, George Correale
, and Tom Hession received
their wolf badges, gold
arrow and five silver
arrows. (Hooray, now to
sew all those badges on.)
Happy birthday to Billy
Boyle who will celebrate
his 11th birthday Dec. 31.
Deepest sympathy is
extended to Joe and Lisa
Paglianite upon the death
of Mary Jean, Christmas
morning. :
While John Chesnovitch
was attending a J.R. Davis
Fire company meeting,
Monday evening his brand
new Buick was hit by a hit
and run driver the car was
parked on Idetown Road in
front of the fire hall.
Anyone with information
regarding this accident is
urged to contact John.
If we don’t open our eyes
soon, our little paradise in
Back Mountain will
become like the big cities
and who needs that!
Last week Mary Darling,
Rose Wolensky, Kaye
Konni¢ck and Barbara
© Strazdus all celebrated
birthdays by enjoying
dinner out. To tell you the
truth, I don’t remember
who had the birthdays, so
I'll wish them all good
health and many more
candles.
Louis, Adele and George
wish to thank the Oak Hill
families on their paper
route who thought of them
this Christmas season. A
special thanks for the nice
comments.
It was so difficult for me
to keep my head up when I
started typing this column
but now my second wind
came upon me and I could
go on and on, but better
quit while ’'m ahead.
Really sorry I didn’t wish
you all a very Merry
Christmas, but it was
either make strouffles,
press clothes or put a
column together. Well you
know the column never
came off and the clothes
are still hidden somewhere
(Don’t even remember
could be thrown away
which isn’t all that bad.)
To all the many, many
readers who encourage me
by saying how much they
enjoy this column and how
Peace, prosperity . ..
health and joy. That's
our wish for you all.
Sixty .one students from
the Back Moutain area
have been selected for the
eleventh annual edition of
Who's Who among
American High School
Students.
Those ' selected from
Dallas are John P. Barry,
Alison L. Davis, Marcus D.
Derwin, James H. Ed-
wards, Ann M. Fielding,
Joseph A. Gorko, William
J. Hartman, Cynthia J.
Ide, Sandra A. Mahalick,
Marc W. McCain, Carol A.
Patton and Lori L. Saba.
Also from Dallas are
‘Allyn D. Sigworth, Jim M.
Spencer, Robin C. Tem-
plin, Sheryl E. Whitesell,
Corinne R. Zimmerman,
Sandra L. Carichner,
Lorraine S. Davis, Kim-
berly L. Dinger, Karen A.
Fertal, Ellen P. Goeringer,
Wenmdy L. Hall and Ann
E. Hozempa.
Others from Dallas are
Paul C. McAndrew, Neil T.
Oliver, Donna L. Riise,
Kritin M. Schleich, James
M. Solomon, Mary F.
Spencer, Keith Tomkins
and Peter J. Zekas.
Those selected from
Harveys Lake are Annette
Sichler, Mark S. Smith,
Rudolph J. Szabados and
Renee P. Yuscellis.
Students selected from
Hunlock: Creek are Donna
M. Reed, Lynne, A.
Adams, Bonnie S. Blasine,
Ronald N. Lanning, Sandra
M. Leskowsky, Ann Marie
they look forward to
reading it, thank you all
very much. I wish 1978 will
bring good health, hap-
piness and lots of love to
everyone... Bridgette.
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Mark, Edward E. Mark,
Kathy Murphy, Jackie A,
Pall, Kim D. Patterson,
Jayme L. San Fanadre and
Robert J. Warnagiris.
Those selected from
Noxen are Cathy A. Smith
and Belinda S. Spencer.
Students = from Shaver-
town are Pamela J. Di
Guisuseppe, Richard P.
Kasko, Larry E. Major,
Sally A. Moran and Daphne
E. Veras.
Truskville are Cynthia G.
Brandt, Lori J. Gaylord,
Ann L. Hawk, Rochelle D.
Letteer and Jeffrey W.
Martin. {
The students we've ©
high achievements in
academics and leadership
in school activitiesd,
athletics or community
service. Ee
Greetings
We wish you health
and happiness — all
during the New Year!
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