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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
The intent of a student
exchange program is to broaden
not only the academic back-
ground, but the cultural one as
well, of the participating individ-
ual. And, as a young Lehman
couple found out, the same prin-
cipal also holds true for the host
family.
Meeker Road in Lehman
recently spent 10 months as the
host family for 17-year old
Mikael Hagman of Sweden. And,
although the young Swede
returned home with a number of
thoughts on America, he also left
a lasting impression on his West-
ern World friends.
“When you learn about people
in other countries in school they
seem so different,” said Donald,
age 26. “But something like this
makes you realize that they are
not just specks in another part of
the world. They are really just
like everyone else. Sure, they
have some different customs and
speak other languages, but they
are no different than other
people.”
Cindy, 27, says she and her
husband, who have been married
for five years, decided to look
into the program after reading
an ad in a local newspaper.
‘We thought it would be an
interesting experience to do
something like this,”” she
explained. ‘‘So we contacted the
person here in the Back Moun-
tain who was in charge of setting
things up. She came to our house
and interviewed us and then set
| up the arrangements on the other
end.”
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Family affair
Mikael was an
his host family in Lehman.
The two say Mikael, who
returned to Sweden in June, was
a pleasure to have and they still
receive postcards and letters
from him. ‘‘He wasn’t any differ-
ent than any other high school
student,” Donald said. ‘‘Our food
bills went up,” laughed Cindy.
“But our lifestyles didnt change
much.” ;
Lifestyles ‘did change for
Mikael, however. Having been
accustomed to the cool Swedish
climate, he could not have picked
a worse time to come to the
United States.
“l remember when he came
here in August, it was very hot
"and humid,’”’ said Donald, a
teacher in the Lake-Lehman
School District “He just dropped
on the bed and laid in front of the
fan. He must have lost 10 pounds
that week.”
Mikael was also introduced to
the fine art of canoeing, a sport
in which both Donald and Cindy
specialize and have a room full
of trophies to prove it. “Cindy
took him en a 40-mile trip from
Laceyville down the Susque-
hanna,” Donald recalled.
‘‘Mikael paddled about three
miles. He couldn’t take it any-
more. Cindy had to paddle the
rest of the way.”
But, as for academics and
adapting to a new school, the two
said Mikael had no problem.
‘‘When he came here he had a
little trouble finding words to
explain some things,”’ said
Cindy, a registered nurse at Nes-
bitt Memorial Hospital, Kings-
ton. “But he got over that. His
English was very good.
“And it was easy for him
making friends, too,” she contin-
ued. ‘He was one of the stars on
the soccer team and he also
played basketball and baseball.”
Sports, in turn, led to another
discovery. ‘After the games, on
the way home, he would say,
‘Let’s stop at McDonald’s,’”’
Cindy laughed.
He also discovered doughnuts,
pepperoni and the heart of Amer-
ican civilization — television.
“They don’t have much televi-
sion over there (in Sweden),”
Cindy stated. ‘Maybe just a few
hours in the evening. He liked to
watch Benny Hill and wrestling
and ESPN.- And he loved the
commercials. He used to imitate
some of them. It was realy funny
because he did them with his
Swedish accent.”
The Jones say they may even-
tually host another. exchange stu-
dent, but not in the near future.
“We don’t want to do it again
this year because we would be
comparing that student to
Mikael, and it wouldn’t be fair to
the other student,”’ explained
Donald. ‘‘But maybe we will
again.”
And that should prove to be
another interesting learning
experience.
The Luzerne County Fair, in its 18
years of existence, has seen numer-
ous changes and additions.
This year is no exception. Along
stable and two permanent arts and
crafts buildings, the fair has opened
Carolyn Bulford, publicity direc-
the office which will be open
Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Any requests regarding
commercial exhibitor forms, arts
and crafts premium brochures and
advance sale tickets can be handled
by calling the new office at 675-6448.
The fair is scheduled for Septem-
ber 3-7 at the Route 118 location in
Dallas. The fair provides five days
of family entertainment and excite-
ment.
The leveling of additional land in
the vicinity of the amusement rides
will increase the number of rides
available for 1986. The new build-
Dallas man injured
Dallas Post/Fay Broody
Darling, 23, RD 1,
at approximately 4 a.m.
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Best Lead Actress, Drama —
Sharon Gless, ‘‘Cagney & Lacey”
Best Lead Actor, Drama —
William Daniels, “St. Elsewhere”
Best Supporting Actress, Drama
— Betty Thomas, ‘‘Hill Street
Blues’
Best Supporting Actor, Drama —
John Karlen, ‘Cagney & Lacey”
Best Quality Comedy Series —
““The Cosby Show”’
Best Lead Actress, Comedy —
Shelley Long, ‘“‘Cheers’’
Best Lead Actor, Comedy — Bill
Cosby, “The Cosby Show”’
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CLAYTON AND BETTY BEAN of
Harveys Lake have had the
pleasure of entertaining Clayton’s
mother, Helen, and her husband,
James Meuse for the past week. Mr.
and Mrs. Meuse are visiting from
New Hmpshire and really enjoying
the beauty of Harveys Lake, lying
in the sun, relaxing, and a lovely
ride through the picturesque
Poconos. Betty Bean is a former ad
rep of the Dallas Post.
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FRANK AND
ALICE SAVAGE,
Dallas, recently
returned from a
two week
vacation in Texas
and Florida.
They visited their |
son Frank Jr. in
Texas and Alice
had the neat
experience of her
first deep sea
fishing
trip. From Houston, Texas, they
flew on to Florida and enjoyed
Epcot Center among other places of
interest and lots of relaxing
moments.
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BRIAN KISTLER, Midway
Manor, Shavertown, JIM AND
JOHN RITCHE, SAM BARBOSE
AND GENE PERRY also of
Shavertown, FRANK EICHORN
AND DAVE WARNEKA of Dallas,
Crest, New Jersey, soaking up the
sunshine and watching all the girls
go by. These guys were some of the
lucky ones, they still go to a free
beach. Many of the beaches along
the Jersey shore are paid beaches
with prices sky rocketing this year.
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THE MODESTO RAMIREZ
FAMILY of Center Street,
Shavertown spent a week at Ocean
City, New Jersey recently. Joining
them later on in the week was
daughter Cindy and Darci Davis of
Shavertown. Relaxing days on the
beach and evenings on the board
walk plus all that good food made
for a great vacation.
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GEORGE AND BARB
MACULLOCH, children Brian and
Megan, are ending a two week
vacation. Their tour included a day
at the Philadelphia Zoo, a day at
Great Adventure, New Jersey, and
several days at Ocean City, New
Jersey enjoying the relaxing
atmosphere. George is manager of
the Merchants Bank, Shavertown
Branch, and serves as finance
chairman each year for the Back
Mountain Memorial Library
Auction. Immediately following the
auction each year he takes a two
week vacation. It’s people like him
and several other faithful volunteers
who keep things running smoothly
each year, and all year long for our
library. Welcome back! Now it’s
back to normal for another year.
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SUZIE KERN stopped by to say
hello the other day. Suzie is a
student at Temple University and
when home on college breaks and
summers she’s one of the friendly
waitresses at Irem Temple County
Club. Keep up the hard work Suzie
it’s sure to pay off eventually and
good luck in your next year at
Temple.
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DIANE AND JOHN YENASON
and son, Anthony entertained their
family at the homestead in
Haddonfield Hills last weekend.
Roger and his wife were in and
mom and dad, Sue and Hal
Sherman were also up for the
weekend. It was the first get
together with Roger for a long time
so it was special for all of them. Hal
and Sue were the original
Haddonfield Hills neighbors, they
since have relocated, daughter,
Diane has moved back into the
home with her family. It’s nice to
see them all again.
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KAREN BANKS of Shavertown
and friends Danielle Canterini,
Mary Dempsey and Jennifer Heiser
New Jersey. If all the girls are as
tanned as Karen they must have
had a great sunny few days.
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STAN DAVIS of Dallas has
returned, not only back to Dallas
but also back to Stapinski’s from a
trip to Florida. Stan flew down to
help his brother work on a newly
purchased house. Stan says his trip
was hot. Welcome home, Stan, we
all missed you.
COMMONWEALTH
TELEPHONE COMPANY, such a
large concern, took time out to call
me and explain the many sheets of
paper in one telephone bill that I
wrote about in my column a few
weeks ago. It is due mainly to PUC
requirements and detailed break
downs on each bill. I feel a little
better informed and do appreciate
the time a supervisor took out to
explain it. -0-
RUSS AND SHIRLEY MAJOR,
owners of Russ Majors Honda-
Yamaha in Trucksville, have
returned from a week in Hawaii.
They were there on a business trip
so they can serve their customers
better and of course the pleasure
was great too. Shirley needed the
rest. Upon her return she is ©
scheduled to have surgery on her
foot and will be hospitalized for a
short time. I hope you both really
enjoyed the trip and also I hope by
the time you read this Shirl, you're
home from the hospital too.
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JOHN DAVIS, Shavertown and
ERNIE DAVIS, Hunlock Creek, got
together for a weekend to just float
around on a alke in their boat and
maybe catch a fish. The two
brothers spent their weekend at a
lake in New York. Just a time to let
minds relax and with a long time
friend, a brother. 0
LOUISE HICKS of Main Road,
Dallas, had a very interesting week.
Louise, along with 20 other
volunteers, spent a week at Camp
with 62 children with cancer and
their siblings ages 5 to 18.
The week was sponsored by the
Ronald McDonald House and made
running the organized games,
fishing, boting, arts and crafts,
environmental awareness,
swimming, archery and sports.
Camp Maple Lake was the setting
for these children, many of which
never fished, swam or played sports
before.
Louise was so impressed with
these children she has already
committed herself as a volunteer
next year. Watching these children
with cancer really pulls at the
heartstrings but as Louise
remembered what one mother said
to her on the last night, ‘Thank you
for loving my son,” Louise replied,
“Thank you for letting me.”
Best Supporting Actress, Comedy
— Julia Duffy, ‘Newhart’
Best Supporting Actor, Comedy —
Michael J. Fox, ‘Family Ties’
Bonnie Bartlett, who appears as
recurring character Ellen Craig on
“St. Elsewhere,” made a
surprisingly strong second-place
showing in the Best Supporting
Actress, Drama category. In the
Best Lead Actress, Comedy
category, Jane Curtin and Susan
Saint James of ‘Kate & Allie”
cancelled each other out and tied
for third place. Sharon Gless and
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