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The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 5,1989 ~~ 9
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Pack 155 Blue and Gold Dinner
Members of Cub Pack 155 of Trucksville recently held their annual Blue and Gold
Banquet at Gus Genetti’s, Wilkes-Barre. Those cubs and leaders attending are
shown above:
TIGERS |: Mary Gieda, Coordinator; Donna Sutton, Leader - Chris Organik, Russ
McDonald, William Harbester, Brian Barrett, Chris Wilt, Jeff Opello, Brian Endrusik.
TIGERS ll: Kathy Raub, Leader - Jamie Raub, Dennis Brown, Gary Samuels, Joey
Goryl, Kevin Yurko, A.J. McAdarra, George Kapral.
DEN 1: Cindy Katyl, Leader; Sue Schneider, Assist. - Edie George, Aaron Katyl,
Mark Belles, Chris Schneider, Carl Goeringer, Mike Longfoot.
DEN 2: Linda Pacewicz, Leader; Gale Bachman, Assist. - William Duda, John
Kozemko, Tim Pacewicz, Jim Krispin, Bryan Bachman, Brian Sabatura. Cub
Master, Al Karolchick, Assistant, Edward Geida.
DEN 3: Sue O’Malia, Leader; Nancy Balutis, Assist.; Carol Hadsall, Assist. - Paul
Carlson, Brian Balutis, Rick Tomasura, Brian Banks, Kevin O’Malia, Tim Dickson,
Mike Sabol, Brian Gieda, Ray Hadsall, Jared McTague.
Tomasura.
APPALACHIAN ADVENTURE - Sixteen people from College Misericordia went to Kentucky to volun-
teer their services to the poor. Kneeling, from left, are: Cindy Dawkins, Dianna Hallman, student coordi-
nator; Sr.Cindy March, advisor of Campus Ministry; Mark Fung-A-Fat, Jeff Jadczak, andLisa Blaum,
student coordinator.
Standing, Tanya Seach, Paula Quick, Steve Mocarsky, Tina Mazurick, Lena Nahlous, Fr. John
Petrasko, chaplain and advisor of Campus Ministry; Noel Powers, Patti O'Connor, Peter Brassington
and Linda Webb.
Misericordia students use break
to aid poverty stricken in Kentucky
By LISA BLAUM
While college students around
the country were sunning them-
selves on the beaches of Florida,
16 people from College Misericor-
dia spent their spring break keep-
ingaman’s dream alive. That man,
Father Ralph Beiting, wanted “to
make it possible for people to dream
again, to have pride in themselves
and their homeland.”
The group spent a week in the
mountains of Kentucky volunteer-
ing their services to help CAP, the
Christian Appalachian Project. CAP
was established by Fr. Bieting in
1950 to enable the poor of Ap-
palachia help themselves. Com-
prised of over 60 programs, CAP
serves nearly 30,000 people in 11
1 counties.
The 16 were split up and placed
in three parts of Kentucky to best
meet the needs of CAP. Five people
were placed in Berea, eastern
Kentucky; seven in Lancaster,
central Kentucky and four in
Somerset, southern Kentucky.
The group in Somerset spent
their week teaching independent
living skills to the deaf and men-
tally-handicapped. Patti O'Connor,
a returning volunteer said, “There
was a 31 year-old deaf man whose
knowledge consisted of how to eat,
‘| dress, and go to the bathroom. He
didn't even know how to write his
name.”
Although the students had been
mentally prepared for the situ-
ations they would face, seeing the
"It isn’t the future
that matters
to these people,
it is the present.”
poverty and helplessness of the
people caused them to question
their purpose. “At first I thought to
myself that these people couldn't
be helped in one week—that what
they were taught they won't re-
member,” said Dianna Hallman,
student coordinator of the trip.
“Then a friend of mine reminded
me that it isn't the future that
matters to these people, it is the
present.”
The seven sent to Lancaster
worked in the Garden Seed Pro-
gram, the packing and distribut-
ing of seeds to the poor families of
Appalachia. The seeds were given
to people to be grown and used as
a source of food during the spring
and summer months. “Though it
was a tedious job, it helped to
know that we may prevent some
families from going without food,”
said Paula Quick, a student on her
first Kentucky adventure.
For the past several years, Col-
lege Misericordia’s Campus Minis--
try, under the direction of Fr. John.
Petrasko, has sent students to
Kentucky. Many students have
given up their spring vacation to
help others year afteryear. Though
they find personal reward helping
the poor, there are those volun-|
teers that wish they could give
more. There are also those that are
confronted with the realization that
there is nothing they can do.
Noel Powers, a third time volun-
teer, faced this harsh reality in
Berea. Powers was called to aid a
young, blind, pregnant woman who
was living in a boarded-up school
bus. “She was so frightened,” ex-
plained Powers, “she wouldn't let
us in.” The woman was in need of
proper shelter, but refused help.
“Sometimes the biggest obstacle
standing in the way of help for
these people is the people them-
selves—some just don’t want help,”
explained Powers.
“Homer built this house himself
with nothing,” said Fr. John
Petrasko at the site. “Now he wants
to add a room-not for himself but
to give another person a home.”
The shack, built out of scraps of
wood nailed together, consisted of
a kitchen, bedcroom, and bath-
room. Before the week was over,
Fr. John and his students com-
pleted the job. “Homer was quite
proud of his home," says Petrasko.
The 16 returned to Misericordia |
and have grown closer since the
trip. One member summed up the
groups’ experience by saying, “We
went to Appalachia in hopes of]
answering some people's prayers—
little did we know they would be
answering some of ours.”
Lisa Blaum is an intern in teh
public relations office at College
Misericordia.
DEN 4: Janet Shaskas, Leader - Chris Banks, Seth LaJeunesse, Wesley Adams,
Mark Lightcap, John Shaskas.
DEN 5: Kathy Raub, Leader - Rick Macri, Forest Cummings, Aaron Martin, Larry
Lettie, Kevin Pizzano, Steven Scoble, Matt Yorkonis, Mike Raub, Stephen Kosisky.
DEN 6: Nancy Fehlinger, Leader; Mary McCoog, Assist. - Charles Fehlinger, Chris
Tucker, Mike Ferko, Jonathan Humphrey, Joe Senese, Jim McCoog, Dan Wunner.
DEN 7: Tammy Rattigan, Leader; Joan Meehan, Assist. - Trapper Smith, Frank
Kammine, Jonathan Meehan, Josh Chollak, Josh Yoh, Chad Newell, Vince Burk-
iewicz, Brian Tupper, Pat Rosenthal, Dan Weller.
WEBELOS: Dave Shanaberger, Leader; John Baller, Assist.; Ed Geida, Assist. .
Fifth Grade: Walter Davis, Dean Evans, Ed Geida, Ed Sabol, Ben Sappe, Mike
Fourth Grade: Jeff Veisel, Gerry Delescavage, Joe Ellsworth, Harry Hazeltine, Mike
Hoover, Brian Karolchik, Brian Pizzano, Billy Puchalsky, Mark Shanaberger, Brian
Spangenberg, Ron Sutton, Steven Tomasura, Bobby Webb, Kevin West.
Lake-Lehman Class of 1969 reunion
Shown during the 20th reunion of the class of 1969 held last week at Pickett's Charge restaurant are:
1st row, left to right, Bonnie (Long) Elston, Jimm Pall, Judy (Cooper) Heiser, Nancy (Gross) Sabaliski.
Kosicks patos! ]
adventure on their
Arizona trip
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
Mike Kozick and his wife, Tillie, 3
owners of the Jean Shop and Dal- |
‘las residents, returned recently
- from several months' trip to Ari-
zona where they had some un-
usual experiences. :
The Kozicks flew to Arizona to
visit Mike's sisters and sister-in-
caught in a three foot ice storm at
Flagstaff. They had to cancel their
trip because the roads were closed, |
- law. While visiting, they planneda
- trip to the Grand Canyon but were Le
and had to return to their base to
make new arrangements.
Later, the Kozicks experienced
an earthquake although “not seri-
ous” (according to Mike). When
they were able to make their trip to | |
the Grand Canyon, they were eye- |
witnesses to two accidents, the |
first since 1984. One was a Ger-
man war bride, who was with her
husband on their honeymoon; the |
second was a Japanese student
with a guided tour group. The war |
bride and the Japanese student
went inside a fence posted ‘en-
trance prohibited’ and before they
could be rescued fell over the oe |
of the canyon.
“While we were there we had: a
professional tour guide, my sister-
in-law, who has now retired,” Mike |
said. “She took us to Phoenix,
Yuma, Tucson and Flagstaff. My
family lives in Apache Junction on
the edge of an Indian Reservation.
On their return trip, the Kozicks
spent three days
before returning to the Philadel-
phia Airport from where they had |
left two months earlier.
in Las Vegas
“With the exception of the ice |
storm, the weather was beautiful
while we were there.” Mike said. bi
y
2nd row, left to right, Kent Whitesell, Sandy (Split) Nowell, Steven Stempien, Judy (Steele) Lamoreaux, 1
Nancy (Norris) Wyeffels, Doug Brody. 3rd row, left to right, Paul Niezoda, Michael Newhart, Lou Laming,
Allan Stroud. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek)
Shakespeare’ s "The Comedy of
Errors" at Dallas High this weekend
This Friday and Saturday eve-
nings, April 7 and 8, audiences
may acknowledge the “errors” of
their ways as the drama depart-
ment of Dallas High School pres-
ents William Shakespeare's “The
Comedy Of Errors” under the di-
rection of Donald Hopkins. This
lively farce is the shortest and
probably the earliest of
Shakespeare's comedies. Its ac-
tion turns on mistaken identity,
separated twins and foolish entan-
glements of love. As the errors are
rectified, human nature is exam-
ined and affirmed. Although audi-
ences who view comedy feel them-
selves to be brighter than those on
stage, we experience a curious
identification with the outrageous
situations and solutions.
The cast and crews have been
hard at work for two months on
this production and extend a cor-
dial invitation to members of the
community to support their effort.
Of special note are the interesting
and colorful costumes created by
assistant director Audrey Ide, and
the costume crew headed by Lisa
Davenport. Curtain time is 8 p. m. ,
Tickets, which may be purchased
at the door, are $2.00 for adults
and $1.00 for students. :
Won't someone take this eight-
week-old Husky mix puppy home |
to cuddle and train the way they |
want him. 3 4qT
The tiny male brown and black |.
pet was unwanted by his owner |
and brought to the SPCA at Fox
Hill Road, Wilkes-Barre, where it
ster. He loves to romp and play is
is very trainable.
He has had his first shots and is : :
all set to go home with someone |:
who will love him and give him a
good home. Call the SPCA at 825-
4111 and arrange to come see him.
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Adopt-a-pet ofl
is hoped someone will recognize he | ‘
will make a great pet for a young- |
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