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Getting school children
to read the cafeteria
menu is one goal attained
by Mary Reistetter, ARA
food service director, this
year.
Mary has done this by
offering a series of bonus
items - cake, a cookie, a
small amount of potato
chips - that attract the
children, getting them to
look the rest of the menu
over.
BY JAYNE BRADBURY
With the primary
elections a few weeks
away, a veteran Dallas
councilman recently told
the Post what keeps him
in the race for public
office.
In other words, why
would a man decide to put
himself in the public eye,
for little or no pay, an-
swering complaints and
“fairly easy work.” Aside
from calls about running
dogs and snow-removal
complaints, he said,
“There are no major
complaints about being on
the town’s council.” He
did recall one trying
situation with the town’s
drainage a few years ago.
“But since the sewer lines
were put in, the water
problems have stopped,”
Asked about the
rewards of his job, Brobst
replied, ‘The rewards are
small, except for the
feeling of knowing you're
doing something for your
town; just the satisfaction
of getting a job done.”
A self-employed
electrician for 37 years,
Brobst called Dallas ‘‘the
old stomping grounds.”
taking whatever heat is
dished out in a com-
munity?
From the age of 29,
Harold Brobst has been
serving Dallas Borough
as a councilman. In the
upcoming elections, he
hopes to be voted to
council for the eighth
time.
Brobst believes being a
Dallas councilman is
said Brobst, who was on
council when the ground-
work was started for that
project.
When he first started on
council in 1955, two of his
colleagues were Ray
Heddon and Warden
Kunkle, the latter of
whom served the borough
for close to three decades,
(which is believed to be a
record for length of
service).
He was born and raised
just down the street from
his present Pinecrest
Avenue home. Although
he has moved away a few
times, he has returned
here to settle.
He and his wife, Doris,
have three children,
Bonnie Jean Valentine,
Harold Lee Brobst and
Patt Ann Razawich. Doris
is employed at United
Penn Bank in Dallas.
You're not too late!
Through a reporter’s
error, the Dallas Post
incorrectly reported the
Daffodil Sale by the
Wyoming Valley Chapter
of the American Cancer
Society was being held
last weekend. Actually,
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the sale begins tomorrow,
Thursday, March 17 and
will run through Satur-
day, March 19.
So, you see, you're not
too late to purchase some
lovely yellow flowers to
brighten your home or
give to a loved one. In the
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Back Mountain, flowers
can be purchased at the
United Penn Bank,
Wyoming
National Bank, Shaver-
Old River Road
Bakery and Back
Mountain Lumber
Company.
By placing these items
on the menu in small
amounts, the children get
a taste of the foods they
love, without spoiling
their appetites. This
month’s projects include:
bring in a homemade
shamrock and get a
shamrock cookie and
bring in a homemade
Easter Basket for an
Easter surprise.
In an attempt to intro-
duce the children, par-
ticularly on the elemen-
tary level, to international
cuisine, this week the
cafeteria is offering foods
from German, Spain and
France. On German day a
lunch of German wiener
or Bologna and cheese
sandwich is offered with
sauerkraut, hearty
mashed potatoes and
German chocolate cake.
menu offers either crispy
baked chicken or a taco
rice.
French day includes a
Parisian Burger, French
fries, French-style green
beans and French apple
cake. On these days, the
menu will be written in
the appropriate language
on the menu boards in the
junior and senior high
schools.
Mary thinks that
children feel more com-
fortable with the cafeteria
atmosphere if they
receive incentives to pur-
chase their lunch. Bonus
items are obtained by
making something at
home to bring in to school.
These are offered to all
children, whether or not
they buy their lunch.
For the older students,
Mary has also instituted
some special lunch-time
activities. = The senior
high salad bar is very
popular. Also, the buffet,
which was held for
Valentine’s Day at the
senior high and will be
offered at the junior high
for Easter, is a favorite
among the students. Last
year, a barbecue
featuring chicken, foot-
long hot dogs and ham-
the senior high school and
the intermediate school
with watermelon and pop-
corn for an added treat.
Not only does Mary plan
special cafeteria hap-
penings, but she provides
nutritional education
upon request. Recently,
Mary spoke to second
graders at the Dallas
School about the im-
portance of nutritious
snacks. Explaining to the
children the need for
healthy snacking, Mary
suggested snacks like
peanut butter spread on
celery, cheese cubes,
banana milkshakes and
even an oatmeal cookie.
Using the basic four food
groups, Mary explained
why some foods placed on
the menu - peas for
example, are necessary
for good health.
In the near future, first
and fourth grade students
from Westmoreland
Elementary School will
Visi the senior high
cafeteria for a tour. While
there, they will view the
movie ‘Winnie the Pooh,
Nutrition and You,” as
well as tour the kitchen to
see the equipment used in
food preparation.
Mary also speaks for
PTO meetings and has
presented programs at
schools throughout the
district.
Very happy « with the
way things are going,
Mary reports that she has
heard good comments
about the program, and
despite the state of the
economy, said lunch sales
remain consistent. Mary
commends her fine staff
for helping to pep up the
cafeteria routine with
these additions.
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