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By JOAN KINGSBURY
Staff Correspondent
Members of’ Operation Ride,
under the direction of Georgeanne
Kostenbauder, recently participated
in the Metropolitan Regional Thera-
peutic Games in Winslow, N.Y. This
horse show for the handicapped,
classes participants according to
their abilities rather than their disa-
bilities. Each contestant partici-.
pates in one equitation and one
game. :
e volunteers as he assists a
mounting a horse.
For the first time, two local
people placed in the Dressage as
Robbie Ceselsky placed fifth. Shana
Amos and Jane Pugh also partici-
pated in the games.
Field trips like those to the Metro-
politan Regional Therapeutic
Games are just a small part of the
Operation Ride program. Operation
Ride enables handicapped people,
those with mental retardation, spina
bifida, cerebral palsy, autism and
blindness to learn how to ride a
Enjoying a ride
allas Post/Joan Kingsbury
Ride volunteer leads the way.
horse.
Once a handicapped person learns
how to ride, he or she can then do
physical therapy on horseback.
Georgeanne and her volunteers
work with the rider’s physical ther-
apist, to determine what exercises
will be most beneficial. Exercises
are geared to the patient’s age and
specific problem.
Making the exercises fun is one of
Georgeanne’s main goals. Competi-
tions between riders and volunteers
are also held just to keep things
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
and Stanley Sosnowski.
Mausoleum
started at
Mt. Olivet
Mt.. Olivet Cemetery, Carverton,
held ground-breaking ceremonies
for its new Garden Mausoleum on
Sept. 16.
Monsignor Constantine V. Sici-
pool director of Catholic ceme-
“teries, presided over the ground-
breaking and blessing. Also
participating in the ceremony were
Donald J. Wolff, general superin- :
tendent, Catholic Cemeteries; Fred
Graham, superintendent, Mt. Olivet
Cemetery; James Pettinato, of
Pace Associates; and Carl Hilbert
of Acme Marble.
Mt. Olivet Garden Mausoleum is
being constructed by Acme Marble
& Granite Co., of New Orleans.
Acme is the nation’s largest firm
specializing "in cemetery develop-
ment and has works in 35 states.
The new mausoleum will contain
384 crypt spaces, according to Msgr.
*. Sicinolfi, and is the first phase of a
multiple phase development.
“Mt. Olivet’s new Garden Mauso-
eum will be a fine addition to the
burial options already available
here for Catholic families,” Msgr.
~ Sicinolfi noted.
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chance
interesting. Handicapped riders
gain better coordination and bal-
ance from riding, and have a lot of
‘fun doing it.
Georgeanne currently has 15
people riding regularly at Denter’s
Farm in Kunkle. Riders come from
as far away as Shickshinny and
Hazleton. Ages range from 414 to 35
with some 60-year-olds attending the
field trips. For handicapped adults,
Operation Ride is a social project,
one of the few available that they
_ can participate in themselves.
Georgeanne, a day-care mother,
organized Operation Ride after
seeing an article about this type of
project in the newspaper. She was a
senior at Penn State University. at
the time, majoring in animal sci-
ence. Since she loves animals and
had enjoyed volunteer work with the
handicapped, Georgeanne wanted
an activity that would combine the
two.
Although the group began with
borrowed horses, . Operation Ride
now boasts one horse and three
trained to accept ramps, wheel
chairs and braces necessary for
some riders.
According to Georgeanne, ‘‘A
small core of dedicated volunteers
add a lot to Operation Rides pro-
gram. They help the riders in get-
ting on and off the horses, hold
competitions with them, teach them
games and make them feel real
good about themselves.”
panto
Back Mountain PAK is planning
the following programs, acitivities
and projects for 1983-84:
1. A communications workshop
has been scheduled for Sunday Oct.
9, from 1:30-5:30 at Trinity United
Presbyterian Church in Dallas. Mr.
Ron Gaetano will run this workshop,
which will be open to a maximum of
twenty families with children in
sixth, seventh and eighth grades.
This workshop is aimed at the
stress and factors which contribute
to the communication conflicts
between parents and teens. There
will be a $10. per family fee. If you
are interested in this workshop,
please send your check to Back
Mountain PAK, Box 171, Dallas,
before October 1.
2. A “Drugs in the Family” series
was tentatively scheduled for this
fall, but has been npostponed due to
a nationwide effort entitled ‘‘Chemi-
cal People” which is described later
in this letter. “Drugs in the
Family’? is a five-week course
which is being offered to students
to learn together about the use and
misuse of drugs in today’s society.
Please contact PAK if you would be
interested in having this series re-
scheduled. If there is enough inter-
est, we will schedule it for later in
the year.
3. In April of 1984, PAK is plan-
ning ‘an all-day drug and alcohol
seminar with a variety of speakers
with expertise in the various
aspects involved in teenage drinking
and drug use. A schedule will be
published in the newspapers so that
interested persons may attend the
portion of the seminar in which they
are most interested.
4. PAK is also interested in
having programs, speakers and
films available in the schools
throughout the year.
5. PAK is participating in a
nationwide program entitled
“Chemical People’ which is being
aired on WVIA-TV. This is a unique
outreach project designed to com-
bine the impact of television with
the power of community action. In
an effort to confront school-age drug
abuse in communities across Amer-
ica, two one-hour PBS network
broadcasts will be presented on
Nov. 2 and 9. In conjunction with
the first broadcast, concerned citi-
zens and parents will gather with
their negihbors in a town meeting to
watch the program and to discuss
their community’s problems with
drugs and alcohol and possible solu-
tions. Before leaving, it is hoped
that the group will agree to meet
the next week to watch the second
program and aid PAK in its efforts
as a community task force.
6. PAK has been instrumental in
promoting a self-concept program
entitled ‘“Here’s Looking at You,
Two” in the Dallas elementary and
Sak
intermediate schools. A cash dona-
tion toward the cost of this curricu-
lum is being presented to the Dallas
School « District and the Lake-
Lehman School District which is
“Here’s Looking at You, Two’’ deals
with information on drugs, decision
making and coping and is geared to
the age level of the child. PAK has .
scheduled a Parent’s Night on Oct. 4
at 7:30 p.m. at the Dallas Junior
the Luzerne-Wyoming County Drug
and Alcohol Council will give a
- presentation on this program at that
time. Several teachers who will be
teaching these. classes will also be
available to show interested parents
a sample of the materials being
used in the curriculum. :
7. Representatives from PAK
have been in contact with the Dallas
Junior High regarding a parent
organization, which the organization
feels could be instrumental in pro-
viding parent involvement within
the school rather than losing touch
with our youth at such a crucial
time of their lives.
8. Representatives from PAK
have also discussed school dances
with school officials from Dallas
and the possibility of chaperoning.
the dances. PAK has stressed an
interest in having activities at thes-
chool with parents or other adults
helping to chaperone. If this would
be possible, the organization needs
as chaperones.
date have been with Dallas only,
however, the group is interested in
having programs and activities in
Lehman also, but needs more
become involved with PAK.
10. People are needed to help
come up with alternative activities
for the youth of this area. PAK
would like to form an ‘Activities
Committee’’ to schedule tourna-
ments, dances, marathons, etc. Per-
committee.
11. PAK is interested in publishing
a newsletter to be sent out three or
four times a year. This newsletter
would give Back Mountain residents
interested in PAK an updated
as well as other bits of information
pertaining to youth. Someone with
some time and talent who is willing
to get involved is needed to coordi-
nate the newsletter.
12. Publicity people and typists
are also needed. Please let the
are interested in any of the areas
listed.
There are many phases where
PAK can get involved, however,
interested people are needed as
volunteers.
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