Vol. 111 No. 20
‘Grad 2000’
provides
safe party
environment
o — Organizers
pleased with support
for "lock-in" party
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
DALLAS - It's inevitable. Just after
graduation, some Dallas high school stu-
dents will get locked up for the night.
This time, parents won't be worried. In-
stead of cold cells, the students will dance
and play Twister. One lucky student will
win a car.
The Parent-Teacher-Student Organi-
zation, in conjunction with the Dallas
School District, will hold the first annual
graduation lock-in starting at 11 p.m. on
June 9 at the high school.
“Statistically, graduation night is one
of the biggest drinking nights of the year,”
said PTSO publicity director Sheri Riley.
Many of the parents involved have
children who are graduating in June.
When Riley moved to the area from New
York state, she was surprised that area
schools didn't have a graduation night
lock-in program. “The ones in New York
have been going on for 20 your she
said.
cause it has the complete cooperation of
the administration. “The administration
has been incredibly supportive. They
couldn’t have been better to us. We're
impressed,” said Riley. “It’s a tribute to
the community that this is taking off so
fast,” said PTSO president Sharon
Bartolini.
See GRAD 2000, pg 5
*Seeking family
tree, finding
local history
~ O Genealogy Society can
help people trace their roots
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
SWEET VALLEY - Arearesidents look-
ing to explore the branches on their fam-
ily tree have a whole society to help them
out.
& “Genealogy is one of the two leading
hobbies in the United States. Older
people want to leave something for their
descendants,” says Dean Sawyer, a mem-
ber of the Northeastern Pennsylvania
Genealogical Society. “When (Alex) Hailey
wrote Roots, that's when things hap-
pened,” he says.
“You start with yourself and go back,”
says Dean. “What you're doing is build-
ing a story of your family.” Obituaries are
a good source of information. Primary
sources of information include census
records, cemetery records, obituaries,
family bibles, deeds and wills. “Look at
what you have at home,” says Dean
Sawyer’s wife, Margery, also a society
member. But be careful, he says, infor-
mation is often not reliable. “Everything;
you have you have to verify. If you can’t
take it to court, you can’t rely on it.”
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Ge-
nealogical Society started in 1992, and
& incorporated as a non-profit organiza-
tion in 1994. The society publishes a
quarterly newsletter and offers seminars
on how to get started in genealogy. The
society has given seminars in middle
schools and senior citizen centers alike.
“I wish more young people would get
involved,” says Margery Sawyer. The
society even gave a seminar at the state
penitentiary in Dallas.
& See GENALOGY, pg 3
The program at Dallas i is ; unique be:
The Back Mountain's
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Clownin' around
POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
The Premiere Band of Dallas and Wycallis elementary schools presented a spring concert, last week, in conjunction with the
fourth and fifth grade chorus, which performed "Clowns." The performances took place in the middle school auditorium.
Above from left, Matthew Glicini, Eric Long and Megan Hiscox biayed their parts in a chorus performance. More photos on
page 8.
POST FILE PHOTO
Beauty.
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
DALLAS - Local artist Marshall Rumbaugh will present
woodcarvings made over 25 years at the T udor Gallery in
Clarks Summit. The exhibit will run from May 18-30.
Rumbaugh studied for 10 years with local artist Hope
Horn. “Ilearned about art from Hope,” Rumbaugh says. He
also studied at Wilkes University and in Europe. Overseas,
he learned advanced techniques in woodcutting. “Woodcut-
ting is a very traditional art form,” said Rumbaugh, who has
Marshall Rumbaugh posed with the woodcarving that surrounds the entrance to the children's wing at
the Back Mountain Memorial Library. The work is a fanciful interpretation of the story of Sleeping
Woodcarver's work provides lasting beauty
always put a stong value on tradition.
“He's a great guy,” says long time friend John Gager.
He and Rumbaugh earned their Eagle Scout badges
together. The two were exchange students to New Zealand
in 1966. Gager says that Rumbaugh liked to paint
soldiers, and he also liked Native American folklore.
Herb Simon, a friend of Rumbaugh’s and a former
sculpture teacher at Wilkes University, believes Rumbaugh
has been influenced by American folk art of the 19th
See RUMBAUGH, pg 3
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May 17, 2000 thru May 23, 2000
Lake-Lehman
holds line on
school taxes
A Vote to table fails
by a single vote
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
LEHMAN - The Lake-Lehman School
Board passed a tentative budget for the
2000-2001 school year despite heated
debate and the walkout of a board mem-
ber. :
The proposed budget spends $17.6
million, an increase of less than 2 percent
over the present year. Local property tax
rates would remain the same as they
"have been since 1998, 221 mills in
Luzerne County and 42 mills in Wyoming
County. The millages differ significantly
because Wyoming County reassessed
property recently, while Luzerne County
properties haven't been reassessed in
nearly 40 years.
The budget passed 5-3, but the dis-
senting voices were strong. Among them,
board member Angelo DeCesaris made a
motion to table the budget vote, but that
See L-L BUDGET, pg 8
L-L superintendent
tenders resignation
LEHMAN - This time he means it. At
Monday night's Lake-Lehman School
Board meeting, Dr. William Price an-
nounced his retirement effective June
30, and the board voted unanimously to
accept his resignation.
Price, who has been superintendent
since 1995, said he had accompished
everything he intended to when he took
the helm of his alma mater. His three
children also graduated from Lake-Leh-
man. Price took over the job when Nancy
Davis left to take a position at Wilkes
University.
Faced with an unruly crowd at a board
meeting in February, 1998, Price abruptly
announced he would resign. Some board
See RESIGNS, pg 8
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