12 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 17, 2001 MOVERS/ SHAKERS Dr. John J. Dickinson of Shav- ertown was awarded the Joseph C. Donchess Chair in Science at Wyoming Seminary. This honor recognizes excellence in teaching; it provides a stipend for the teacher as well as additional funds for the recipient's department in years to come. Dickinson has taught and coached at Wyoming Seminary for 18 years, exemplifying what an educator should represent. Dickinson, originally from Phila- delphia, earned his BS degree from St. Joseph's Uni- versity, his MS § degree from the University of g California, and § his Ph.D. from | Oregon State § University. Prior to working at Wyoming Semi- nary, Dickinson was a profes- sional oceanog- rapher. He conducted many work- shops for science teachers, in- cluding a Woodrow Wilson pro- gram in environmental chemistry at Gettysburg College. Dickinson joined Wyoming Seminary in 1982 as achemistry teacher. Since then, he has taught several science elec- tives, assisted in coaching both the field hockey and softball teams, and currently is head coach of the cross country team. Mr. Drue J. Daniels retired from UGI Utilities, Inc. — Electric Division on Oct. 1, 2000 after over 42 years of ser- vice. Mr. Daniels began his career in the Account- ing Department at UGI's Kingston office. During his career he held a series of progres- sively more re- sponsible posi- tions, retiring as Accounting Man- ager from UGI's Hanover office. 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So did Mrs. Young's daughters, Lake-Lehman seniors Ellen and Lindsay Young, who came to the school at 7:30 in the morning to help set up the course. “We painted trail markers orange and put signs in place,” Ellen said. They put stakes in cans filled with plaster- of-paris to hang the signs on, and packed the snow down solidly to make the sled track. Three of the signs on the course were authen- tic ones, from Mr. Holdredge's col- lection. “They did a great job,” he said of the sisters’ efforts. Why did they volunteer? “I conned ‘em into doing it,” Mr. Holdredge joked. Seriously, the Young sisters thought the Iditarod would be an interesting topic for their senior project, so they were happy to help at the elementary school. “We've heard our mom talking about it for the three years she’s been doing it, and it sounded like a lot of fun,” Lindsay said. In addition to studying the Iditarod, Lindsay and Ellen have been compiling a portfolio of infor- mation about the rest of the states to send to Alaskan students. Kids in Alaska’s isolated vil- lages don’t get much of a chance to find out what's going on in the rest of the United States, and most kids in Pennsylvania don’t get to go to Alaska very often. So the students at Lake-Noxen have been corresponding with children in the little town of Golovin for some time now as part of a mutually-enrich- ing cultural exchange. According to Mrs. Young, the children at Lake-Noxen send letters, videos and “friendship books” to their Alaskan pen-pals, who respond in kind. 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