§ A 50 Cents SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS Dallas, Pennsylvania February 10 thru February 16, 1999 Vol. 110 No. 6 Local Boy Scouts to host hundreds at service By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff will give a sermonette at the service. “I'm absolutely thrilled. To be able to play in front of so many people is an honor and it’s a good way to give some- thing back. I've gotten a whole lot out of Boy Scouts,” explained Miller, 17, a Dal- las High School senior. The non-denominational service is held at a different church within the council's area. Back Mountain Scouts are happy to host the one-hour event this year. “I've always enjoyed going,” said Miller. “It everyone comes from different back- grounds.” Mary Chappell of Dallas is chairman of the council Protestant committee and helped organize the event. The Catholic and Protestant committees alternate or- ganizing the service each year. Chappell has been involved with the Boy Scouts for 35 years. Both of her sons were Scouts. Her son, Mark, is an Eagle BACK MOUNTAIN - Eagle Scout Brian Miller was honored when he was asked to play the organ at the annual Ecumenical Service for the NEPA Council of Boy Scouts of America to be held at the Shavertown United Methodist Church Feb. 11. The service is always held during Scout Week, which began Sunday. Rev. Charles Naugle of Trucksville United Methodist V9 brings all of the Scouts together and shows there is only one Ged even though See SCOUTS, pg 8 Brian Miller will play for the service EY . BN oh. Tupper plans to run again By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN - District Justice James Tupper knows when you've been bad. Or, at least he knows when you've been bad and have been caught for it. Tupper, who has served as the Back Mountain's magistrate for five years has announced that he will again put his hat in the ring for this year’s election. The 47-year-old former police- man loves his job and wants to keep it. break (to own and operate Tup’s Beverage Barn) from the Dallas Borough Police Department where he served as an officer for 13 years, Tupper wanted to get back into law enforcement. “I really love it. It’s the field I've been wanting to get in since col- lege,” said Tupper, from his office in the former Kingston Township Municipal Building. “I think the law is fascinating.” As the district justice, Tupper is in charge of traffic cases; crimi- nal cases, including arraignment and presiding over preliminary hearings; civil cases, in which he presides over small claims cases up to $8,000; and non-traffic cases such as underage drinking. He See TUPPER, pg 8 POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK surprise as they are introduced to an alligator. From left in the foreground, Winter Wenner, Steven Bardo, Brittany Koval, Erica Johnson, James Heller, Breanne Flynn and Nicholas Zubey. More photos on page 7. Brett Ridgeway brought his Creatures of Character Reptile Lecture to Lehman- Jackson Elementary School last week. The program was sponsored by the Lehman- Jackson PTA, and offered students in all grades the chance to see alligators, snakes and snapping turtles "up close and personal." In the photo, students react with College students get scoop on business etiquette By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER 14 Pages, 2 Sections quette Dinner, Ms. Hepner gave Post Staff the future workforce an educa- Calendar.................; 14 tional compass of sorts to find Classified............. 12-13 DALLAS - You are at the big job their way around a formal place Crossword: i. coo 14 interview, set in a four-star res- setting and also gave tips on how Edifofialss. iT 4 taurant over dinner. Everything to network and behave. Obituaries. ............... 12 is going smoothly as you chit- Sand Her rules of the corporate world School 11 chat with your prospective bosses Dallas include: Stor i on the way to the table. They Your job at a cocktail party is POMS.cuceeurentrrserins 7 After taking a six-year seem charmed until you use your dinner fork for your salad and your dessert spoon for your soup. Uh oh. To your horror there are six glasses, four forks, three knives and three spoons. “What's what m— BE a Singha EE S| afr State a and which is which and when do I use what?” you wonder. The short answer: Always move from the outside in. For example, if soup is first it will be the outer- most spoon on the table. That is what Mary L. Hepner of Protocol School of Pennsylvania told ap- proximately 80 College Misericor- dia upperclassmen and graduate students last week. At the school’s first ever Eti- not to eat and drink. Many com- panies invite employees to these parties to network and make con- nections. You cannot shake hands See ETIQUETTE, pg 8 Surrounded by Slassos. Nikki Neghin learns how to hold her knife and fork continental style. post PHOTO/KYLIE SHAFFER oETTES . LEHMAN - . Jason Lyons, Matt Morris and Joel Whipple have heart. For their required senior projects, the Lake Leh- man trio chose to dive into uncharted waters by planning a Valentine's Day dance to benefit The Alternative Learning Cen- ter. The money from the dance will help purchase much-needed recreational equip- ment for the grade seven through 12 school. The dance is open to seventh through ninth graders and will be held Feb. 12 from 7 to 9 p.m. in the high school gym. It’s $3 in advance and $4 at the door. The boys hope to raise anywhere from S500 to $600. plained Morris. ‘Whipple. _ The trio, inseparable friends since e grade “We figured ir we have to do it, we might as well give back to the community,” ex- “And this is fun too. Better than just doing a Teport, i added help from is a school shortages at the center arid t help. : gym, found aD. J. {Lake- le Charlie Evans), called medi and documented it all for the project. They are footing the $125 cost of the D.J. them- selves and not taking it ou of the pro : harder than they seem. But, it makes you more self-sufficient because you're on your own,” explained Morris. “I think people would be surprised how much work we dp a . A big portion of the wok phone calls, phone calls, and more phone calls. Lyons said the group learned how to work together ¢ and never knew how many ph one Totally on their own, they s secured da the | “This has taught us that th ga arealot CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dalpost@aol.com The Dallas Post MAILING LABEL- Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612-0366
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