By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The’ Dallas Post marked another successful step on
its path to continued growth in the Back Mountain last
Thursday evening when it sponsored its first Apprecia-
tion Banquet at the Jonathan R. Davis Fire Hall in
Idetown, with Marge Garinger as guest speaker.
Four seniors, Amy Aston and Matt Medura of Dallas
High School and Sandy Dicton and Dave Janiczek of
Lake-Lehman High, were honored as the newspaper’s
first Student/Athletes. All four, along with their
parents, attended the dinner.
Eleven newspaper carriers, the largest number of
carriers to hold paper routes at one time for The
Dallas Post, and seven Back Mountain school corre-
spondents were also guests of honor. All were accom-
panied by their parents and other members of their
families.
The route carriers’ program was initiated by Jean
Brutko, circulation manager, and the school corres-
pondens program, including Gate of Heaven, Lake-
Lehman and Dallas High Schools, was reinatated as a
feature of The Dallas Post after being dropped many
years ago.
The dinner received a favorable reaction from the
students and their families as well as from members
of the newspaper staff and their guests.
‘A delightful evening,” said several of the parents.
“It was really great and a pleasant surprise to us,”
remarked the student/athletes following the program.
“We thoroughly enjoyed Ms. (Dotty) Martin as
mistress of ceremonies, and Marge Garinger’s talk
about her experience as manager of the United States
Women’s Field Hockey team was excellent.”
Plaques and Dallas Post jackets were presented by
Dotty Martin, editor of The Dallas Post, to the
student/athletes, school correspondents and carriers.
The event was the first of its kind to be sponsored by
The Dallas Post and is expected to become an annual
affair. Ms. Martin introduced all staff members of The
Post in attendance.
“Amidst the confusion of moving this week to our
new location in the Route 309-415 Plaza along the
Dallas Highway, and meeting the deadlines for this
week’s issue of The Dallas Post, I didn’t believe we
would ever make it tonight,” she said. “But here we
are and I am delighted to see that you all were able to
be with us. I hope this will be the first of many such
events to follow in the years ahead.”
Production manager Sandra Sheehan presented Ms.
Martin with a gift from The Dallas Post staff in
appreciation for the work the editor did in coordinat-
ing the banquet.
Newspaper carriers
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attended.
The second annual Fun Run for
held on Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m.
The two mile start at Falcone Bev-
erage Co. North on Main Street and
return South on Kennedy Boulevard
and finish at Falcone’s.
Registration will be from noon to
1:30 p.m. at Falcone’s. Entry fee is
$5.00 for pre-registration, and $6.00
on race day. Send fee and com-
pleted entry form to Northeast Pa.
Advocates for the Mentally
Retarded, Inc. 73 West Ross Street,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702. Registra-
tion forms are available at local
YMCA’s (Pittston and Wilkes-
Barre), Falcone’s Beverage Co.,
and Northeast Advocates Office.
Stanley Waleski is chairman.
The Fourth Annual Mercy Hospi-
tal Five Mile Run, to benefit the
Cystic Fibrosis Clinic of Northeast-
ern Pennsylvania, will be held on
Saturday, May 18 beginning at 10
a.m.
The start and finish of the Race is
at Mercy Hospital. Registration
registered runners will receive free
racing shorts. Over 60 special
awards will be presented. The Run
is being co-sponsored by Busch Beer
and Brooks Running Shoes.
Registration forms are available
by contacting the Mercy Hospital
Wellness Center at 826-3267,
Monday-Friday, 8: 30. am. to 4: 30
p.m. :
hi
Student/Athletes
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
School;
School.
Speaker
Marge Garinger of Harveys
Lake delighted the crowd by
experiences with the audi-
ence. Mrs. Garinger served
as manager of the United
States Women's Olympic
Field Hockey team at the
1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
sure was
school year.
Schall,
Shown here,
Dallas;
Lorena Beniquez, Dallas.
seated, are Rachel
Lake-Lehman; and Sandy
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Sandy Dicton, Lake-Lehman High
School senior, has accepted a grant
to Ursinus College, Division I school
in the Philadelphia area, it was
announced by High School Guidance
Counselor Florence Finn.
Ms. Dicton was honored by The
Dallas Post Thursday evening at its
first-ever Appreciation Banquet as
the 1984-85 Female Student/Athlete
from Lake-Lehman High School.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James Dicton, RD, Fieldcrest,
Shavertown, Sandy has an aca-
demic average of 4.1 and is also an
outstanding athlete having partici-
pated in hockey, basketball and
softball during her high school
career. During her junior year, she
was named All Scholastic to the
second teasm in all three sports.
This year, Sandy was named MVP
in ‘hockey and All Scholastic in
basketball.
Sandy said she had been con-
tacted by various schools, but had
narrowed them down to University
of Rhode Island, Wilkes, Villanova,
Kent State and Ursinus.
“I finally decided on Ursinus
because they place emphasis on
field hockey which is my favorite
sport and because they play in
Division I. It is a small campus and
is in the country which I believe I
will like,” said Sandy.
In announcing Sandy’s choice,
Mrs. Finn said she was very happy
that the senior had been accepted at
wv
demic status and its field hockey
program.
“I believe Sandy will fit in well,
coming from Lake-Lehman which is
a small school, because Ursinus is
small with about 1500 students. I
went down to visit the campus with
Sandy. She liked the school and was
very happy with Adele Boyd, the
hockey coach,” said Mrs. Finn. “I
had hoped Sandy could attend a
college worthy of her academic and
hockey ability. I believe she will be
the first Lake-Lehman student to
play Division I hockey. It’s also
interesting that Marge Garinger (a
Harveys Lake resident who served
as manager of the United States
Women’s Olympic Field Hockey
team at the Los Angeles Olympics
in 1984) also attended Ursinus. I
hope that’s an inspiration for
Sandy.”
Sandy will leave for Ursinus in
August, in time for hockey practice.
Run scheduled
The Second Annual Fun Run,
sponsored by Busch Beer, Falcone
Beverage Co. of Pittston, and North-
east Pa. Advocates will be held
Sunday, May 19, at 2 p.m. in the
city of Pittston.
and ends at Falcone Beverage Co.,
will follow a route along Main Street
and back on to Kennedy Boulevard.
Checks should be made payable to
Northeast Pa. Advocates and should
be sent to Mrs. Rosemary Galli, ¢c-0
Northeast Pa. Advocates for the
Mentally Retarded, 73 W. Ross St.,
Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 18701.