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individual to pray as he or she
wishes. Religious groups can obtain
the same privileges as non-religious
groups, for the purpose of prayer,
and lastly, optional student assem-
blies may be opened with prayer by
a student volunteer.
“The most important thing to
remember,” Galebach added, ‘is
that the president is not trying to
mandate student participation in
school prayer. He just wants to
make sure that those who want to
are allowed to.”
According to Dan McKenna,
spokesman for Senator Arlen Spec-
tor’s office, Sen. Spector is in favor
of sChool prayer, but wants to see
what form the amendment takes
before committing himself to a vote.
‘Before he can definitely say
which way he’ll vote, he wants to
see if both vocal and silent prayer
or just silent prayer would be
allowed,” he said.
Spokespersons at the office of
Senator John Heinz and Congress-
man Frank Harrison were unable to
comment on the issue.
The controversy caused by this
issue is one of which practically
everyone from all walks of life is
aware. For this reason, The Dallas
Post felt it would be interesting to
learn the thoughts of local clergy.
Rev. Raymond Purdy of the Com-
munity Bible Church, Sweet Valley,
feels school prayer has its advan-
tages and disadvantages.
When I was a youngster, it was
mostly all Judeo-Christian prayers.
However, if they were all open to all
types of prayers, it may cause a lot
‘of confusion,” he said.
Rev. Archie Ridall of the Outlet
Free Methodist Church, Harveys
Lake, is 100 percent for the amend-
ment.
“What kind of preacher would I
be if I were against it?”’ he added.
“Not only should they allow prayer,
but Bible reading also.”
Rev. Dennis Madeira of the New
Life Community Church, Dallas,
thinks students should be allowed to
do two things: pledge the flag and
say a silent prayer..
“That’s the least they could let
them do,”” Rev. Madeira said. “I
understand some religions don’t let
their followers pledge to the flag,
and that’s fine, but those who want
to, should be allowed to. It’s the
same way with prayer.” Rev. Mad-
eira agrees with the president’s
of the issue as much as possible.
“It should be left up to the local
schools and patents on exactly how
the prayers are carried out,” he
said.
Rev. Michael Shambora, of the
Lehman United Methodist Church,
Lehman, has two children of his
own in school, and he’s afraid the
students may think the children are
“holy” just because they are pray-
ing.
“Praying is very important to
each Christian,”” said Rev. Sham-
bora. “In fact, I like to call it the
breath of the "soul. Praying must
come from the heart, and not from
the minds of other men. For exam-
ple, look at the Iranians. They pray
five times a day, but as we look at
them from the Christian point of
view, does it help? Pray with sin-
cerity.”
President Reagan’s resolution on
school prayer will be voted on
sometime this week.
Cancer
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and oceuvering mail to the other
patients on Wednesday.
According to her father, Teryl's
attitude was not unusual. ‘Every
child seems to grasp it well,” he
said. ‘Children can accept monu-,
mental things with dignity.”
Chemotherapy is not pleasant,
aside from the fact that it can make
you feel sick. For the Farinola’s the
hardest thing to accept was the loss
of Teryl’s beautiful dark hair. Out-
wardly, Teryl looked quite well; her
coloring was good and she did not
‘appear sickly. The hair loss was the
only constant reminder of the seri-
ous medical problem the little girl
was facing.
Handling cancer emotionally can
also be extremely very difficult.
The Farinolas agree you must
“learn to take one day at a time.”
Spending time as a family is
extremely important and worth
cherishing. If time is wasted fret-
ting, complaining or being bitter,
the family members will miss valu-
able time with the child.
Veronica strongly feels that,
“Every child is a gift. Sometimes
you have them forever, sometimes
| you don’t; you must enjoy each and
every day. Realizing that you are
not the only one that this has
happened to, and discussing your
situation with others is very help-
ful.”
Michael, however, cautions not to
become caught up -in statistics.
“Statistics are great for perspec-
tive, but keep in mind that you can’t
hang on to them,” he said.
In . accepting your situation,
Veronica says, ‘The greatest peace
is making peace with what you've
got, no matter how the situation is.”
Friends are extremely helpful,
too. 4
“Everyone we know was sO won-
derful,” says Veronica. ‘The 60
families from Teryl’s nursery
school delivered a hot meal each
night to our home. As destructive an
illness as cancer can be, it makes
~ you aware of the goodness in
people.”
Michael found the most support
came from those who told him he
was handling the situation well.
Cancer can be financially devas-
tating to a family. Veronica and
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Michael started a parent support
group at St. Barnabas Hospital in
Livingston, N.J. where Teryl was
treated. Veronica’s goal is to estab-
lish centers where parents can
obtain literature and obtain infor-
mation of financial aid.
If, upon, diagnosis, a child is
registered with the American
Cancer Society, the Society will pick
up a percentage of the bill, that is
not covered by insurance. However,
when parents first hear that their
child has cancer, they don’t imme-
diately think of the financial impli-
cations. Parents need someone to
point out these important matters
such as registration to them.
The Farinolas moved to the Back
Mountain just last year, when
Michael wss transferred by Otis
Elevator Company, a subsidiary of
United Technologies.
Veronica has already started her
campaign in this area to help
cancer patients by getting 16 busi-
ness organizations to sell daffodils
on March 23 for the Wyoming
Valley Cancer Society. The $3 paid
for a bunch of daffodils goes
directly to the Wyoming Valley
Cancer Society to benefit area
cancer patients.
. The following businesses will be
selling daffodils: Coscia’s Restau-
rant, Franklin First Federal, IGA,
Back Mountain Library, First East-
ern Bank, Dallas Art and Framing,
JoAnn’s New Seasons, Back Moun-
tain Lumber, Wyoming National
Bank, Trucksville Nursery School,
Newcomer’s Club, Dallas Rotary,
Dallas Rotaryanns, Otis Elevator.
Any business, organization or vol-
unteers, wishing to sell daffodils on
March 23 may do so by contacting
Veronica.
Veronica, Michael and Teryl want
very much to help those with
cancer. When asked if she would
like to participate in an interview
for this story, Teryl expressed the
feelings of the entire Farinola
family, ‘If it helps someone, I don’t
mind talking about it.”
(EDITOR’S NOTE: To contact
the Farinolas to take part in daf-
fodil day or to just talk to someone
who understands cancer, call 675-
0835.)
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Courses
THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAP-
TER, AMERICAN RED CROSS has
scheduled a CPR Module Instructor
course during March which is Red
Cross month. The class will meet on
Mondays, March 19, 26 and April 2
from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Chapter.
Candidates must be over 17 years
old and chold a current certificate
in CPR. An $8.00 fee is charged to
cover the cost of the Instructor
Binder and manuels.
For more information and regis-
tration, contact Safety Services at
823-7161,
THE DEMAND FOR BARTEN-
DERS is dramatically increasing
with the growth of restaurants,
hotels and lounges, and with the
development of new recreational
resorts such as Montage and the
Scranton train station. This, coupled
with the fact that all past partici-
pants of the program seeking
employment in the field have been
successful, make this course doubly
attractive.
Luzerne County Community Col-
lege will offer a Professional Bar
Management Program on Saturdays
from 9 am. to 3 p.m., beginning
March 17 through May 26; and on
Mondays and Tuesdays, from 2 to
4:30 p.m. starting March 26 through °
June 11.
The instructor for the program is
Joe Palmentere, whose credits and
experiences include assistant man-
ager at Genetti’s Motor Inn, bar
manager at Aldino’s Manor, bar
manager at the Treadway Inn, bar
manager at Uptown, and cocktail
party catering and consultation
service.
For further ‘information on the
Professional Bar Management Pro-
gram, or to enroll in the course,
contact the Office of Continuing:
Education at Luzerne County Com-
munity College, 829-7477.
THE WYOMING VALLEY CHAP-
TER, AMERICAN RED CROSS will
conduct a daytime First Aid course
during March which is Red Cross
month.
Multimedia Standard First Aid,
an 8-hour basic level course, will
meet on Wednesdays, March 21 and
28 from 1-5 p.m. at the Chapter. A
certificate, valid for three years,
will be issued to successful partici-
pants. A nominal fee is charged to
help defray the costs. To register,
call Safety Services at 823-7161.
THE OFFICE OF CONTINUING
EDUCATION at Luzerne County
Community College will offer a one-
day ‘‘Marketing Approach to Non-
profit Survival” seminar for area
non-profit agency personnel on
Friday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. 4
For further information on the
“Marketing Approach to Nonprofit
Survival,” or to register to attend,
contact the Office of Continuing
Education at Luzerne County Com-
munity College, 829-7481.
Church
THE SHAVERTOWN UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, 163 N.
Pioneer Ave., Shavertown,
announces the following schedule:
Wednesday, March 14 - 7:15 p.m.
Bible Study.
‘Thursday, March 15 - 10:30 a.m.
Bible Study; 7:30 p.m., Chancel
Choir Rehearsal; 7:30 p.m., Work
Area on Stewardship will meet.
Sunday, March 18 - 9:45 a.m.
Church School for ages; 11 a.m.
Morning worship, 2nd Sunday in
Lent. Sermon, “Faith Gateway to
New Life” by the pastor, the Rev.
James Wert; 12:20 p.m. Confirma-
tion Class Session 4; 4 p.m., Organ
recital by David Beyer.
Monday, March 19 - 12:30 p.m.,
Ruth Circle; 6:30 p.m., Girl Scout
Troop 631 will meet; 8 p.m., Mary
Circle will meet; 8 p.m., Work Area
on Education will meet.
Tuesday, March 20 - 4 p.m.,
Brownie Troop 929 will meet; 8 p.m.
Priscilla Circle will meet.
NESBITT MEMORIAL HOSPI-
TAL, Kingston will offer “Free”
Blood Pressure screenings through-
out the month of March. All screen-
ings are conducted from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. each evening. Employees from
Nesbitt and members of the com-
munity volunteer their time and
conduct the screenings in conjunc-
tion with the American Heart Asso-
ciation.
Screenings will be held on the
following days:
Thursday, March 15 at Nesbitt’s
Health Center, 1701 Wyoming
Avenue, Exeter.
Tuesday, March 20, at Nesbitt’s
Health Center, Narrows Shopping
Center, Edwardsville.
Wednesday, March 21 at the Medi-
cal Arts Building, 534 Wyoming
Avenue, Kingston.
Thursday, March 22, at the Back
Mountain Outpatient Satellite
Center, Lehman-Dallas.
Drives
WEBELOS PACK 281 OF
DALLAS will collect for Easter
Seals as part of a service to their
community and as a requirement
toward their Citizen Badge.
The Scouts will be in the Elmerest
area on March 17 between 12:30 and
3 p.m. and in New Goss Manor on
March 31 between 12:30 and 3 p.m.
Lectures
DR. HERBERT WARTENBURG
will deliver a speech entitled, ‘How
Do Children Develop Reading Abili-
ties?” at Wyoming Seminary Lower
School, 1560 Wyoming Avenue,
Forty Fort, on March 21, 1984, at
7:30 p.m.
The public is invited. There is no
admission feee.
Refreshments will be served.
GERALD STERN, a poet, lec-
turer and literature consultant to
the Pennsylvania Council on Arts
will appear at College Misericordia
on Friday, March 16, at 8:15 p.m. in
Merrick Hall.
Stern is the 19th poet-lecturer in
the Lambda Iota Poetry Series,
sponsored by the Beta Epsilon
Chapter of the National Literary
Honor Society at College Misericor-
dia. He was educated at the Univer-
sity of Pittsburgh and Columbia
University. He has taught at
Temple University, Indiana Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, Douglass Col-
lege and currently teaches at
Somerset College in New Jersey.
Mr. Stern is a literature consultant
to the Pennsylvania Council on Arts
and directs the poetry workshop at
Lafayette College.
The program is free to the public.
THE WYOMING HISTORICAL
AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY will
present the third in its series of
lecturese entitled “Discovering the
History of a Building” on Thursday,
March 15, at 7:30 p.m. The presen-
tation will be held at the Society’s
Museum, 69 South Franklin Street,
Wilkes-Barre, diectly behind the
Osterhout Free Library.
Michael Conner, an architectural
historian, will be the speaker. His
lecture will focus on reading a
builidng, determining style, identi-
fying original features, additions, or
changes, documenting, and
researching the structure.
All of these programs are open to
the public free of charge. For addi-
tional information, contact the Wyo-
ming Historical and Geological
Society at 823-6244.
Meetings
WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL BOARD OF DIREC-
TORS announces that the public is
invited to attend the Board meeting
to be held on Monday, March 26 at 4
p.m. in the hospital Board Room.
THE BOOK CLUB of the Back
Mountain Memorial Library will
meet Monday, March 19, at 1:30
p.m. in the meeting room fo St.
Paul’s Lutheran Churen.
Mrs. Dana Crump will preside.
Following the business meeting,
Mrs. Burke Rivers will offer a short
review of ‘‘The Succession’ by
George Garrett, author of ‘Death of
a Fox.”
Following the program, tea will
be served by Mrs. Earl Phillips and
Shirley Templer, members of the
hospitality committee.
GEORGE O’CONNOR, of AT & T,
will host members of the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Com-
merce at the March Membership
Mixer. The Mixer will be held on
Wednesday, March 21, between 5:30
and 7:30 p.m., at the AT & T office
located in the Park Building at 400
Members are invited to attend
this Mixer and are asked to bring
plenty of business cards to
exchange with other members.
For more information on the
Mixer program or to make reserva-
tions for the Mixer, contact Debbie
Zurinski at 823-2101. Reservations
should be made by March 19.
THE LADIES AUXILIARY of the
Jackson Township Volunteer Fire
Co. will meet on Wednesday, March
14, at 7:30 p.m. at the fire hall,
Chase.
Hostesses are Margaret Bonning,
Esther Murray and Helen Franklin.
New members are welcome.
THE BACK MOUNTAIN
WIDOWS CLUB will meet on Satur-
day, March 17, at 12:30 p.m. at the
Bonanza Restaurant, Dallas.
New members are welcome.
CECIL (CHIC) A. DAVIS, JR.,
advertising manager of major
accounts at the Baltimore Sun, will
speak at a dinner honoring past
presidents of the Northeast Pennsyl-
vania Advertising Club, Friday,
March 16, at the Sheraton Hotel,
Scranton.
For more information and reser-
vations, call Mary Ellen Kohler at
961-7176 or Cheryl Panowicz at 825-
2741. Tickets are $15.00 per person.
SHAVERTOWN BRANCH NES-
BITT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY has rescheduled meet-
ing to Wednesday, March 14 at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shaver-
town.
Lunch will be served at noon, with
the .business meeting following at 1
p.m. Mildred Bronson will preside.
Sales
SPRING IS JUST A FEW WEEKS
AWAY and now is the time to plan
your landscaping improvements for
1984. To aid you in this undertaking,
the Luzerne County Conservation
District is offering for sale, at a
nominal fee, three-year-old seed-
lings.
Orders are being taken until
March 23. Delivery is April 21 with
distribution at locations in Nanti-
coke, Shavertown, Pittston and
Hazleton. r
Contact the Luzerne County Con-
servation District, 71 North Market
St., Nanticoke. Phone 735-8700 for
ordering information.
Dinners
A HAM AND CABBAGE DINNER
will be served on Saturday, March
17, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Moun-
tain Grange, Eighth Street, Carver-
ton.
A family-style dinner will be
served with plenty of food and
dessert. The public is invited to
attend.
Tickets, at$4 each, are available
from members or at the door.
THE MAPLE GROVE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH, Pikes
Creek, will hold a spaghetti dinner
on Saturday, March 24, from 4:30 to
7 p.m. Ticket prices are $3 for
adults and $1.50 for children.
Seminars
THE FIFTH ANNUAL ADVER-
TISING SEMINAR sponsored by the
Northeast Pennsylvania Advertising
Club will be held on Thursday, April
15, at the Hilton at Lackawanna
Station.
Titled “The Dynamics of Color”,
the day long program will feature
speakers on advertising and public
relations.
Classes
THE DALLAS BAND BOOSTERS
will sponsor a jazzercize-aerobics
class on Wednesday evenings from
6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. beginning
March 21 and continuing for 8
weeks.
Classe will be held at the Dallas
Intermediate School building.
Mrs. Karen Arnaud will be the
be $12.00.
Registration for class will be held
at 6:15 p.m. on March 21.
Films
THE SPRING FILM SERIES at
the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Perm
State will begin with the showing of
0, Lucky Man on Thursday, March
15, at 7 p.m., in the Laboratory
Building on the Lehman campus.
This film and all others in the series
are free and open to the public.
The first film, directed by Brit-
ain’s Lindsay Anderson, stars Mal-
colm McDowell and Ralph Richard-
son. Rex Reed calls this film ‘a
masterpiece! Savagely funny.”
Other upcoming films, all held on
Thursday evenings, are: Zabriskie
Point, March 29; Brewster
McCloud, April 12; Seven Samuri,
April 19 and Woyzeck, May 3.
The PSU Film Society, sponsor of
the Film Series, endeavors to pro-
vide to the community films that
are recognized as significant works
of art. As in the past, each film will
be introduced by a Penn State
Wilkes-Barre faculty member or a
Film Society member. A grant from
helps to make this series possible.
For more information, call Dr.
Robert Merrill or Dr. Christopher
Shipley at Penn State Wilkes-Barre,
675-2171.
Concerts
THE CHANTERS OF IREM
TEMPLE, Wilkes-Barre and the
Men In Red of King’s College will
present a combined concert for the
benefit of St. Joseph’s Center and
the living transportation trust to the
Shriner’s Hospital on March 24 and
25.
The March 24 performance will be
presented in Irem Temple with the
March 25 performance scheduled
for Bishop Hannan High School,
Scranton. Both performances will
begin at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available at St.
Joseph's Center, the Diocesan Guild
Studio or from members of Mary-
wood College’s Council for Excep-
tional Children. Donation is $3.
Workshaps
IMPROVING CLASSROOM PER-
FORMANCE through the use of
study skills and test taking tech-
niques will be the subject of a two-
part workshop sponsored by the
Educational Opportunity Center on
March 20 and 27, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.,
at King’s College Sheehy Student
Center.
Ms. Joan Pallante, Assistant
Director of Developmental Educa-
tion at College Misericordia, will
presen: a study skills workshop on
Tuesday, March 20. Ms. Pallante
will focus on successful study for-
mulas, notetaking from class lec-
tures and books, improving concen-
tration, and getting the most out of
lectures.
Dr. Peggy Glaser, Training
Supervisor, Commonwealth Tele-
phone Enterprises, Inc. will discuss
strategies to improve test perform-
ance on Tuesday, March 27. She will
discuss how to best answer certain
types of test questions such as
essay, multiple choice, and tests
with computer.
EOC. provides career guidance
and counseling for adults who wish
to further their education or develop
career plans. The project also pres-
ents workshops such as Improving
Classroom Performance which are
free and open to the public. Pre-
registration for the workshops is
requested and may be made by
calling EOC, at 825-8435.
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States from Donegal, Ireland. At
that time the O’Donnells lived in the
East End section of ‘Wilkes-Barre.
The grandmother taught Aileen’s
older sisters and some of the neigh-
bors’ daughters some Irish dancing
and soon the girls were performing
in the local area.
The girls didn’t do real Irish
dancing at that time, but rather a
skipping or jig-type dance. The
Jiggers.” As the older girls dropped
out, Aileen and her sister, Maureen
friends began dancing. They were
called the “Ceili Dancers.”
By that time, the O’Donnells had
moved to their home at Harveys
Lake and Maureen and Aileen con-
tinued their dancing. The group of
Ceili Dancers raised money and
went to Ireland where they attended
the “Mary from Dunloe Festival,”
an event similar to the Miss Amer-
ica Pageant.
Before they went, the girls wanted
to learn some genuine Irish dances
so Maureen went to Philadelphia
where she learned several dances.
When she returned, she taught these
dances to the other girls.
Maureen became very interested
and deeply involved, so she and
Aileen separated from the Ceili
Dancers and organized the O’Don-
nell Dancers. This dance group
LOBSTER, FRESH CLAMS, FRESH
Eileen Connolly, Jackie McManus
and Licia McNelis. 3
The girls became exceptionally
good and traveled to Philadelphia
and New York to compete in Feis.
The O’Donnells purchased a motor
home and the girls entered a Feis
nearly every weekend traveling to
New York, Canada, Connecticut,
Washington, Philadelphia and other
cities, competing for first, second or
third place awars, usually medals
or trophies.
In the meantime, Maureen had
recruited a number of younger girls
whom she was teaching. Maureen
then married, however, and chose
to leave the dancing program.
Aileen took over and for two
years, until 1982, she taught the
younger girls and entered competi-
tion. She then decided to attend
college, so Maureen and Margaret
Monahan of Mountaintop and Ther-
esa and Mollie Ginley of Ashley took
over.
The four girls continued with the
Irish Dancers School for about a
year, then separated. Aileen
believes that the Ginley sisters went
to college, but the Monahan sisters
continued as the
Dancers.”
“When the Irish teachers came to
Wyoming Valley, we- entertained
them with our dancing,” said
Aileen. ‘‘After I outgrew the com-
petitive dancing, I entertained once
or twice at College Misericordia,
but now I dance only for my per-
sonal satisfaction.
“Our costumes were beautfiul,”
Aileen added. ‘They were made of
gold cloth and hand embroidered by
a man in Philadelphia and were
very expensive. I spent seven years
dancing and teaching and I miss it
but there is no time for it when
attending college.
“Each year I attend the Donegal
Ball at King’s, watch the annual St.
Patrick’s Day Parade and attend
local St. Patrick’s entertainment
where they have Irish music.
“These events take me back to
my trips to Ireland which I enjoyed
so much,” she added. “Will I ever
go back to teaching Irish dancing? I
doubt it. I'm a junior in college this
year and I have a different career
ahead of me. But who knows what
the future holds? However, for the
present I dance only for myself and
for a few close friends.”
Sister Joanne Cepelak, RSM, Col-
lege Migericordia’s director of con-
tinuing education, addressed issues
concerning the emergence of
women and the education of women
as part of the statewide celebration
of Women’s History Week, March 4
through 10.
Statistics show, said Sister
Joanne, that women comprise 51
percent of the United States popula-
tion and more than 90 percent work
at some time in their lives.
Although the average woman
worker is well educated as the
average male worker, women tend
to be clustered into low-paying,
dead end jobs and continue to earn
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earns.
In 1980, the United Nation’s
Women’s Conference released sta-
tistics noted Sr. Joanne, indicating
that women account for one third of
the world’s labor force, earn one
tenth of the world’s income and yet
own merely one percent of the
world’s property.
Ah