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By SHEILA HODGES
Staff Correspondent 5
The Wyoming Seminary soccer team departed from
Wilkes-Barre Aug. 5 on an unusual journey.
The team’s 24 members will tour Europe where they
will play eight games in three countries during their
12-day stay. The team’s touring schedule includes
Belgium where it will play Antwerp, Holland where it
will meet the Eindhoven team and Germany where it
will go against Hanover and Berlin.
Eleven of the boys making the trip are from the
Back Mountain area. They are David Grosek, John
Wilson, Douglas Maslow, John Randolph, John Evans,
Chris Saul, Robert Finlay and Chris and Gerry
Gunster, all of Dallas; and Guyler Gutstein and David
Heydt, of Shavertown.
Mrs. Grosek says her 18-year-old son, David,
expects to see a higher standard of 'seccer being
played in Europe since soccer is a traditional sport
there. David feels the trip will be a challenge and
expects to find things in Europe a lot different from
Wyoming Valley.
Fifteen year old Chris Saul has been playing soccer
for five years. Although he is hoping that some of the
peoplé the team meets will speak English, Chris does
not foresee much difficulty with the language barrier.
German in school, but may find a different experience
practice.
Douglas Maslow, like his teammate David Grosek,
expects to be able to play some ‘really good soccer”
while in Europe. He also hopes the team will be able
to bring its experiences in soccer back to this area.
Maslow, who has played soccer in Austria, feels this
area has some catching up to do as far as the sport is
concerned. He admits, however, that soccer is still
growing in America.
The seminary members will stay in hotels and with
families in the host countries during their trip. They
will have free. time to visit the cities as they will be
staying in each city for three or four days.
The. boys, who are all very excited and feel very
lucky to have such an opportunity, will be accompan-
ied by Marvin Antinnes, Wyoming Seminary Athletic
Director; Ken Frashtey, team coach; Andy Costello,
assistant coach; and Jack Meeks of Dallas, former
Director of Development at the Kingston school who
was very instrumental in organizing the trip.
Antinnes reported that Jim Calahan, a Back Moun-
tain resident who owns Cal-Mar Specialties in Luz-
erne, has donated USA printed Olympic style warm-up
suits for the entire team to wear during the trip.
Antinnes also reported that Wyoming Seminary
hopes to send a team to play soccer in China in 1984.
By SHEILA HODGES
Staff Correspondent
The Park Office at Frances
At Lake Lehman
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
John Zaleskas of Harveys Lake
has been selected to fill the position
of principal at Lake-Lehman Senior
High School which became vacant
upon the death of former principal,
James Nicholas.
Zaleskas has been with the dis-
trict for 30 years and, as assistant
seincipal, was on hand to welcome
Nicholas eight years ago. Zaleskas
passed up the position at that time,
referring to serve in the capacity
as assistant. He played a major role
in the programs initiated by the late
Nicholas, utilizing his knowledge
about the district, the faculty and
the students.
“Jim (Nicholas) was a great
person,” said Zaleskas. ‘In the
years I worked with him, we never
exchanged harsh words. We always
knew where each of us was coming
from.”
Zaleskas joined the Lake-Noxen
staff 30 years ago as an English and
social studies teacher and became a
part of the Lake-Lehman jointure in
the early 1960’s. In 1965, he was
appointed assistant principal serv-
ing under Anthony Marchakitis.
A graduate of Coughlin High
School, Zaleskas served a. tour of
duty with the U.S. Army before
entering King’s College where he
earned a Bachelor of Science
degree. He later attended Scranton
University where he received his
Master’s Degree in Secondary
Administration.
The newly-appointed principal
also served in various coaching
capacities. He was head wrestling
coach, head baseball and basketball
coach and an assistant football
coach. When he accepted the posi-
tion as assistant principal, he gave
up coaching but returned as wres-
fling coach for one year when the
athletic committee was unable. to
find a qualified applicant.
As assistant principal, he handled
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scheduling process, worked closely
with Nicholas on curriculum and
interviewed prospective personnel.
Zaleskas plans no major changes
in the program .and expects to
continue as Nicholas did.
“I believe the program is pretty
much where it should be for a
school our size. Everything appears
to be in good order and I don’t
foresee any cost increases in the
high school.
“I have a great staff of people
and a great bunch of kids. I am
confident that we will work well
together.”
Zaleskas well understands young
people for he and his wife, Irene,
have five children of their own -
four daughters and a son. His oldest
daughter, Joanne, previously an
R.N.,
degree from. UCLA. His youngest
daughter, Jean, is a sophomore at
East Stroudsburg and his son, Jay,
is a student at the University of
Minnesota. Jay was a three time
District 2 wrestling champ, member
of the school’s varsity football team
and a member of the high school’s
track team. -
Zaleskas is an avid sports fan
and, while at King’s College was an
All-American football nominee. Like
many other Back Mountain resi-
dents, he is an enthusiastic Penn
State fan. He used to do a lot of
fishing, however, hasn’t been able
to find enough time for that in the
last five years. He is not giving up
hope, however.
Zaleskas is looking forward to the
Aug. 28, when he will welcome the
teachers and students in his new
role as principal.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Slocum Park is filled with a display
of stuffed animals, dominated by a
four foot black bear cub and a case
full of Indian Artifacts.
Ann Fry, Park Naturalist, can
sometimes be found amidst all this,
however, most of her day is spent
new to Frances Slocum Park.
The position of Park Naturalist
(or more correctly State Park Inter-
pretation Technician) was intro-
duced in some state parks as early
as 1970, but has become a reality
here just this year. The person in
this position is concerned with the
history of the area as well as
nature. The job of the Park Natural-
ist is to interpret and explain how
the history and the natural history
mix and to pass this understanding
to visitors to the park.
Fry is a local girl, having grown
up in Chase and developing her
interest in nature at an early age
through her parents. ;
A 1976 Lake Lehman graduate,
she participated in many environ-
mental projects at school. Following
her high school graduation, Fry
went on to spend four years at
Merryhurst College in Erie where
she majored in Environmental
Studies with a minor in Art and
Geology.
She spent her internship at a
national park in Southern Pennsyl-
vania and an additional year doing
post graduate work at Cheyenne.
Since then; she has done volunteer
work with Malvern Nature Center
where she worked with school chil-
dren.
, Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
‘McDonnell,
and Renee McDonnell. Fry
Fry enjoys the children most
because ‘‘they have so much they
want to know and they ask the most
interesting questions.”
In July 1981, Ann returned to this
area with the hopes of securing a
ranger-type position. In the mean-
time, she worked with the Wyoming
Historical Society doing tour guide
work, research and preparation of
exhibits.
In May of this year, the position
she had been waiting for became
available at Frances Slocum Park
and she found there was a lot of
enjoyable groundwork to do.
Fry has been doing a certain
amount of research work as the
park hopes to open a nature center
with classroom facilities in 1984
where all the stuffed animals and
birds are to be housed.
The animals and birds were pro-
vided by Fred Rosencrans, park .
foreman, who is also a taxidermist.
(See WALK, page 10)
By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
Parents: You are not alone!
Help is just a phone call away, under the new Tel-
Med Parent Information Series where a dozen tapes
on such subjects as childhood behavior, discipline, TV
habits and playmates are now available.
You can sit at your own kitchen table and, by dialing
288-7512, instantly receive professional advice on any
problems you and your family may be having. A
complete listing of the pre-recorded tapes by number
can be found in the blue pages of your new telephone
directory.
These instant words of help may seem like magic to
a worried mother, but behind this magic are two very
hard-working-and dedicated women - Janis Jones and
Jane Becker - as well as a host of volunteers. They
operate under the banner ‘The Parenting Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania’’ which opened its offices
at 936 Market Street, Kingston in January.
Becker, a native of Frackville, is Executive Director
and Jones, a resident of Elmcrest in Dallas, is
Program Assistant.
Their office is small and, as a matter of fact has
been suggested as a qualifier for the ‘‘Guinnes Book of
World Records.” It is a mere 14 x 18 foot space,
crowded with six bookcases, seven file cabinets, two
desks, pamphlet and film racks, journals, magazines
and often as many as 10 volunteers. But, out of this
small office come a lot of big ideas. :
A new series of Tel-Med tapes dealing with adoles-
population to reach,” are presently being organized
there to be followed by another group of tapes dealing
with teen age needs and problems. Then there are the
meetings, and the health fairs, and answering count-
less phone calls and counseling people who come in off
the street and planning for such in-depth projects as
the new Step-Family Workshop. :
“By 1990, more people will be involved in a second
marriage than in a first marriage,” Jane Becker
pointed out. “Step families are definitely on the
increase, it will be one of the largest issues in the next
(See HELP, page 10)