() » > | BN Mt can app. Applications are now available The Dallas Post , Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 4, 1998 11 Sem Players to put on an 'Evening of Short Plays' November 6 & 7 The Wyoming Seminary Play- ers’ fall production offers an inti- mate theatrical evening on No- vember 6 and 7. The students will present “Whimsical, Witty and Wicked - An Evening of Short Plays” at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, Nov. 6 and 7. The evening will consist of eight short plays which have run in New York and Los Angeles. Seven of the plays have casts consisting of two ac- tors, and one play has a cast of three. Because of this physical as- pect and because of the plays’ everyday themes, director Claudia Black has planned an unusual theatrical experience for the audi- ence. Chairs will be set up on the stage so that the audience will enjoy each story in an informal and personal way. The plays are: “Joe’s Not Home” by Lee Thomas, starring Kathryn Sieminski of Forty Fort and Perry Lyons of Tunkhannock; “Sunny Side Up” by Pamela Chais, star- ring Maggie Boshek of Laflin and Tyler Young of Brownstown; “Peli- cans” by Christine Rimmer, star- ring Matt Hughes of Wilkes-Barre and Diane Aronzon; “Hello Ma” by Trude Stone, starring Dierdre McLaughlin of Dallas and Maggie Boshek; “Money Talks” by Jason Milligan, starring Alex Norman of Kingston, Eddie Wall of Rome; Pa and Catherine Conyngham of Dallas; “Ten Dollar Drinks” by Joe Pintauro, starring Julie Eckert of Dallas and Katie Betts of Easton; “Rex” also by Joe Pintauro, star- ring Perry Lyons and Catherine - Conyngham; and “Sure Thing” by David Ives, starring Tyler Young and Sarah ' Conant of Mountaintop. “Whimsical, Witty and Wicked - An Evening of Short Plays” will be performed at Wyoming Semi- nary in the Buckingham Perform- ing Arts Center, North Sprague Avenue, Kingston at 8 p.m. Nov. 6 and 7, Tickets are S2. For further information, call Wyoming Seminary at 283-6090. DHS Band continues winning streak The Dallas High School Marching Band continued their winning ways on Saturday night at Pittston Area Stadium during a competition hosted by Pittston Area High School. ‘The Dallas band, under the direction of Todd Hunter, scored 81.8 placing first in Division | competition for their rendition of Channel One Suite by Bill Reddie. The Band also received special awards for high percussion and high music. Percussion instructor is Dave Gamble and assistant band director is Jerry Baldauf. Color guard is under the direction of Heather Baldauf. Pictured from left, are: Tina Burakiewicz, Colorguard Captain; Kevin Covert, Drum Major and Gene Roshinski, Persussion. Child education professionals for the Pennsylvania Higher Edu- cation Assistance Agency's Early Childhood Education Professional Loan Forgiveness Program, ac- cording to Sen. Charles Lemmond (R-20). The application deadline is Dec. Y. The General Assembly created the program in 1993 to improve child care services in the Com- monwealth. “This initiative enables child care professionals who meet cer- tain criteria to have a portion of their PHEAA guaranteed student loans forgiven,” said Lemmond. Participants may receive a maxi- mum of $2,500 annually up to a total of $10,000 over four years. Qualified applicants must: Have a bachelor’s degree and Pennsylvania early childhood cer- tification (nursery through third grade) or an associate's degree in early childhood education or child development. e Have PHEAA-guranteed un- dergraduate student loans (pri- y for loan forgiveness vate and personal loans are not eligible); * Not be in default on a student loan or delinquent in any pay- ment due to any Pennsylvania agency; e Beresidents of Pennsylvania; e Receive a salary of less than 818,500 per year in a state De- partment of Public Welfare ap- proved child day care center or group child day care home; and e Be employed as full-time professionals by a Department of Public Welfare approved child day care center or group child day care home as of Sept. 1, 1998. Lemmond said, applications for the 1998-99 program have been distributed to eligible child care centers. Additional applications can be obtained by writing to PHEAA Special Services, P.O. Box 8114, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8114, or by calling (717) 720-3600. Forms are also available from the senator's district office at 22 Me- morial Highway, Dallas Shopping Vy ‘Steven's Town & Country Cleaners Country Club Shopping Ctr. * Dallas ALWAYS QUALITY DRYCLEANING hm A member of the International Fabricare Institute, Fi the association of professional drycleaners and launderers. Shirts Laundered ¢ Draperies and Household Items Fine Dry Cleaning Alterations Wedding Gown Specialist 675-0468 Hours: Mon. — Fri. 6A.M.-7 PM.Sat. 7AM. -5P.M. Over 20 Years In Business Center, Dallas. iy DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL GUIDANCE NOTES Plenty of print resources exist to help find college financial aid The S.A.T.’s will be given at the high school Saturday, Nov, 7. Stu- dents should arrive by 7:45 and should bring a calculator, admis-« sion ticket, two number 2 pencils and a picturel.D. Please be prompt as late students will not be admit- ted. Special thanks to Kathy Pesta of Penn State Wilkes-Barre for her presentation on financial aid last week. Our parents left with a wealth of information and a better understanding of the financial aid process. While on the subject of finan- cial aid, let’s talk scholarships. In particular private scholarships. Directories of private scholarships are published by the dozen. They typically provide a description of the scholarhsip, its eligibility rules, and a contact address. That should be enough for you to iden- tify money for which you may qualify and to start seeking more information. Here are some of the better known directories, likely to be at your neighborhood book- store, your public library, or per- haps even your high school coun- seling office. The Scholarship Book by Daniel Cassidy, president of National Scholarship Research Service a private organization. With 50,000 scholarship listings, it's probably the most comprehensive on the market. this directory includes advice on going after the private money. Need A Lift? - the scholarhsip list most often recommended by financial aid directors. Published by the American Legion, updated annually, and distributed by the Legion's Emblem Sales office, P.O. Box 1050, Indianpolis, IN 46206. The Financial Aid Book - from Student Financial Services, also a private organization - lists more than 3,000 scholarships by aca- demic major, religious affiliation, organization membership, ethnic background, parental affiliation and other categories. Paying Less For College - from the Peterson’s publishing empire - is a financial aid guidebook, accompanied by a list of private scholarships. Foundation Grants to Individu- als - a list of ‘scholarships offered by the nation’s thousands of pri- vate foundations. This listis avail- able from the Foundation Center, 79 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10008. Free Money For College by Laurie Blum - more than 1,000 scholarships are listed by state, SCHOOL MENUS The following school lunch menus are for the week of Nov. 5 - 11. All lunches include milk. DALLAS SCHOOLS THURSDAY - Taco’s w/meat- cheese-lettuce-tomato, turkey hoagie, rice, corn, apricots. FRIDAY - Grilled cheese sand- wich, turkey hoagie, tomato soup, mixed vegetables, apple crisp. MONDAY - Chicken nuggets, hot ham/cheese, rice, peas, peaches. TUESDAY - Macaroni/cheese, hot ham/cheese, green beans, Shape up, pretzel rod. WEDNESDAY - Seasoned chicken patty/bun, hot ham/ cheese, oven baked fries, chilled pears, sherbet. LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOLS Elementary THURSDAY - Sauteed pierogies . w/peanut butter/celery, or tur- key club sandwich w/lettuce-to- mato, steamed broccoli, rosy applesauce. FRIDAY - Cheesy white pizza (no sauce), or tuna hoagie w/ tomato-lettuce, sweet peas, chilled pears. MONDAY - Chicken nuggets w/sauce, roll or meatball hoagie w/cheese, French fries, pineapple tidbits. TUESDAY - Early dismissal. Nachos w/cheese sauce, roll or bbq rib sandwich, golden corn, Mandarin oranges. WEDNESDAY - No school. Teacher's In-service. Middle School THURSDAY - Hot dog bar. French bread pizza, winter blend, Mandarin oranges. FRIDAY - Pizza bar. Fish sand- wich w/tartar sauce, creamy macaroni/cheese w/stewed toma- toes, French fries, mixed fruit. MONDAY - Pasta bar. Meat- ball hoagie w/cheese, buttered corn, mixed fruit. Correction TUESDAY - Early dismissal. Burger bar. Sauteed pirogies w/ peanut butter/celery, steamed broccoli, pineapple tidbits. WEDNESDAY - No school. Teacher's In-service. High School THURSDAY - Roast beef sand- wich bar. French bread pizza, win- ter blend, Mandarin oranges. FRIDAY - Breakfast bar. Fish sandwich w/tartar sauce, creamy macaroni/cheese w/stewed toma- toes, French fries, mixed fruit. MONDAY - Hot dog bar. Meat- ball hoagie w/cheese, buttered corn, mixed fruit. TUESDAY - Sauteed pierogies w/peanut butter/celery, steamed broccoli, pineapple tidbits. WEDNESDAY - No school. Teacher's In-service. WEST SIDE TECH Breakfast ; : THURSDAY - French toast sticks w/syrup, juice, fruit. FRIDAY - Coffee cake or cereal, fruit, juice. MONDAY - Gingerbread or ce- real, fruit, juice. TUESDAY - Sausage /cheese or cereal, juice, pastry. WEDNESDAY - Pumpkin bars, cereal, juice, fruit. Lunch THURSDAY - Open face roast beef sandwich, mashed potatoes, seasoned corn, vanilla cake/ chocolate frosting: FRIDAY - Pizza, tossed salad/ French dressing, chilled fruit. MONDAY - Cheese steak hoagie, pasta salad, lettuce-to- mato, fresh fruit, soft pretzel. TUESDAY - Grilled cheese, to- mato soup/crackers, macaroni salad, chilled fruit, chocolate cake/frosting. WEDNESDAY - Pasta oy meat sauce, tossed salad, roll, chilled fruit. It was incorrectly stated in last week's issue of The Dallas Post that the annual Dallas Elementary School Halloween parade had been replaced this year by a "Fall Fracas" celebration. The Friendly Fall Fracas was an event in which parents donated money to sponsor activities. The Halloween parade was held Friday. A Real Hometown Paper The Dallas Post Ne BRRTER a ian et not subject area. Don’t Miss Out: The Ambitious Student's Guide to Financial Aid by Robert and Anna Leider - fo- cusing on financing college, the book lists hundreds of scholar- ship, grant and loan sources, in- cluding federal and state govern- ments, college aid programs, pri- vate sources and employers. A’s and B's of Academic Schol- arships by Debra Wexler - a guide of “good” students whose family’s income prevents them from re- ceiving other kinds of aid - de- scribes 100,000 awards, ranging in value from $200 to $18,000 and provides all the details on the requirements. ARCO College Financial Aid by the publishers of the ARCO col- lege directory - it's another guide- book with scholarship lists. Winning Money for College by Alan Deutschman - one of Peterson’s thin little books de- voted exclusively to finding pri- vate money. Directory of Financial Aids by Gail Ann Schlachter and R. David Weber - a super-compendium of all aid, including scholarships. Schlachter has produced a com- panion volume, Directory of Fi- nancial Aids for Women. College Blue Book - one of its - five volumes is devoted exclusively to financial aid sources for college students at all levels. This mon- ster is usually found only in li- brary reference sections. Over 100 coats were collected in the Dallas High School Coat Drive. all coats will be given to our needy neighbors in the Back Mountain. Thanks to the student body and staff who contributed to this worthy community service project. Deb VanHorn, Coat Drive Com- mittee Chair, and volunteer par- ents and students collcted coats every morning before homeroom. Way to go Deb for a very: success- ful coat drive! Several new scholarships are available in the Guidance packet. They are: Elks National Foundation Scholarship Air Force ROTC Scholarship Scholar Athlete Milk Mustache Scholarship SAE Engineering Scholarship Saint Francis de Sales Perform- ing Arts Scholarship Grand Master's Law Enforce- ment Scholarship Seniors are encouraged to check out the Scholarship Packet. Trucksville firemen teach safety Fight fighters Larry Long and Jeff Myers recently visited the students of Trucksville Nursery School. From this visit the children learned first hand about how our volunteer fire fighters work to make the children’s community a safer place in which to live. The children heard about the duties of fire fighters, their uniforms and tools. Also, they learned strategies for personal safety and fire prevention. Shown in photo from left, 1st row, Fire fighters Jeff Myers and Larry Long; 2nd row, Chuck Sachs, Kaylin Russell, Katrina Weiskerger, Brandy Sue Popple; 3rd row, Molly Grompone, Sabrina Zurek, Brent Oliver. Back where they belong! am1340 / am1400 www.wick-am.com "PENN state stants HERE' High School Juniors, Seniors and Parents! PENN STATE WILKES-BARRE WELCOMES YOU TO (PEN HOUSE NIGHTS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th or | THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12th \V4 XK & counselors X Ww oN ¢ Learn about out two-year and four-year programs Meet Penn State faculty See demonstrations in the engineering labs Get information on scholarship opportunities and financial aid. To reserve your place, or for more information, call (717) 675-9238 or 1-800-966-6613 PENNSTATE $ Wilkes-Barre Starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Center for Technology
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