® )) 9 % Madeline visits the library Members of the new Back Mountain Children's Theatre Company performed songs from "Madeline's Adventures" last week at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. The group is a non-profit touring company, under the direction of Gina Ackerman and Judy Harvey. POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK 50 From left, fore Christine Zavaskas, Katee Pelleschi. IRARRREERRERN ‘Taking a bow, from left; Dana Kint ner, Alison Considine, Bryn Harvey, Ashley Howell, Jillian Keller, Christine Zavaskas, Katee Pelleschi, Erin Kovalick, Mary Therese Condosta, Alexa Vrabel. he Power of Health | Oper: FHonse % Child Safety EAncation May 8, 1999 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Hospital Open House/ Health Fair + 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Bicycle Rodeo | Celebrate National Safe Kids Week Hey Kids! Bring your bike.. and your parents, too! Food, Fun and much more! 1000 East » Tour the hospital. Witness the difference our staff makes. e Diabetes Education: Benefits of a managed program * Free blood pressure and basic respiratory screenings e Free cholesterol screening (10 a.m. - 1 p.m.) e Learn healthy eating habits with our nutrition experts * Health Plan representatives on hand e “Heart Saver” Adult CPR and obstructed airway training at 11 a.m. (register by calling 826-7624) * Register to win a treadmill BSC JT J J TN AO | FY I J VA - * Bicycle inspections and interactive obstacle course e Local police, fire department and rescue personnel on hand to discuss safety o LifeLion scheduled appearance from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. e State Police to provide car seat inspections e Miss Pennsylvania, Angela Patla, from our own Medic 303 and Medic 2 units will be on hand - » Bike helmets will be awarded throughout the day * Register to win a bicycle PY PennState Geisinger WW Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center PO W E R 0» F OHNE HEALS TRAN Wilkes-Barre ground; Alison Considine, Dana Kintner. Background; Ashley Howell, Kate Mangan, "Madeline," played by Carmella Gubbiotti, gets a hug from her "classmates." The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 5, 1999 3 Lake-Lehman students “oe, v get involved to help others By KASIA McDONOUGH Post Staff - LAKE-LEHMAN - Schools na- tionwide are trying to cope with the tragedy in Littleton, Colorado, and students at Lake-Lehman High School are doing their part to spot problems before they get out of hand, for the benefit of individual students and the en- tire school community. The Lake-Lehman Peer Help- ers is a diverse group whose mem- bers share a common vision for a better high school. They are selected following a rigorous process involving a for- mal application, interviews and voting. “We don’t nominate people for these positions because we want to ensure a group of stu- dents who are truly dedicated,” said Bonnie Gregory, guidance counselor and peer helpers mod- erator. Their mission is simpl&but their methods are complex. “We help each other if we can,” said Sam Saylor, a Lake-Lehman senior. “Sometimes that means just lis- tening but sometimes it can be more complicated.” Sophomores Jill Sands and Breean Davies recently found out justhow complicated life as a peer helper can be. The 10th graders befriended a new student who has just moved to the Back Moun- tain from Russia. “We tried to make her feel welcome here,” said Davies. “We accompanied her to classes and introduced her to ev- eryone so that she felt comfort- able at Lehman.” The group believes it is impor- tant for students to focus on what they have in common with others. “Look at us - we are a small micro- cosm of the student body,” said D.J. Kapson. “Some of us are ath- letes, some of us are on the honor i roll, and some of us are in the ! band. We are different but we “Look at us - we are, a small microcosm ‘of the student body. . . We are different but we work well together.” D.J. Kapson Lake-Lehman peer helper work well together.” : The peer helpers have been busy. They have organized a drug free carnival, an AIDS awareness seminar and an assembly at which inmates from the State Correc- tional Facility will speak to junior _ high students. “The prisoners are going to talk about their lives and the choices they made to get to where they are now,” said Chad Sorber, a senior. “It’s an impor- tant message because none. of them planned on going to jail when they were young and maybe some- thing they say will make a differ- ence.” Violence is something that con-. cerns these students as much as it concerns their parents. “I think video games and movies do have an effect on kids but each indi- vidual reacts differently depend- ing on what they have been taught at home,” said Kapson. “It is a matter of maturity.” 5 Bonnie Gregory. knows it is a difficult time to be a teenager and. she doesn’t want the peer helpers to get in over their heads. “We have taught them to report con-- cerns about students hurting themselves or others to the ap- propriate adults,” she said. 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