4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA
Thursday, February 7, 2002
Parade of Trees winners
The Sixth Annual Grotto Pizza
Parade of Trees charity
fundraiser raised more than
$5,600 for local charities. The
event featured nearly two dozen
Holiday trees decorated by area
businesses. :
This year’s winners were:
Wyoming Valley Health care on
behalf of the United Way, Fal-
cone Beverage in support of the
Cancer Society; Petals Pre-
served supporting the Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Founda-
tion.
In photos, clockwise from top
right: Wyoming Valley Health
Care & the Scooby Gang.
From left: Jane Stredny, Pa-
rade of Trees Chairperson,
Grotto Pizza; Maureen Jordan,
United Way; Debbie Marianelli,
Wyoming Valley Health Care;
Joyce Eckrod, Wyoming Valley
Health Care and Carol Burke,
Wyoming Valley Health Care.
Falcone Beverage
From left: Jane Stredny, Pa-
rade of Trees Chairperson,
Grotto Pizza; Kathi Bankes,
Falcone Beverage and Donna
Talarico, Falcone Beverage
Petals Preserved
From left: Jane Stredny, Pa-
rade of Trees Chairperson,
Grotto Pizza; Dolly Woody, Su-
san G. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation and Dale Ann
Buchannan, Petals Preserved.
The Harveys Lake Protective
Association will hold their inau-
gural “Winter Warm-Up” Pizza
Party And Silent Auction at
Grotto Pizza from 7-11 p.m. on
Saturday, March 2. The event is
open to the public. The menu
consists of pizza, stromboli, hoa-
gies, dessert, soda, coffee and
tea. Alcoholic beverages will be
available at a cash bar. The cost
is $8 per person if paid by Feb.
20, or $9 after Feb. 20, or at the
door. Any business or individual
Harveys Lake Protective Association to hold inaugural party
wishing to donate an item to be
auctioned, or to make a reserva-
tion, may contact Debbie Sobeck
at 639-5515. All proceeds will
benefit Harveys Lake Protective
Association Community Pro-
jects.
Taxpayers meeting
The Lake-Lehman School
District Taxpayers Association
will hold their monthly meet-
ing at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7
at the Lehman Township Mu-
nicipal Building on Old Route
115.
Pack 281 Rain Gutter Regatta champions
Cub Scout Pack 281
recently held its an-
nual Rain Gutter
Regatta, and
crowned winners in
each category of
Scouting. Scouts
provided the wind
power for boats they
had crafted from
standardized kits.
he scouts spent
weeks making their
sail boats for the
Regatta. A few were
set up for inspection
before the race.
Best of Show Christopher Clemson
(left, second place) and James
Rosencrans (third place). Travis DeBora, the first place winner,
was at a soccer game.
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Winners in the overall speed competition, left to right- Tommy
Youells with 9.05 seconds, Matthew Cogdon 9.66 seconds, Mark
Luksa 9.67 seconds, Michael Calkins 9.77 seconds, Mark Gilbert
10.15 seconds, Carl Baxter 10.24 seconds.
Cubmaster of
Pack 281,
Bruce Go-
eringer and
Bear Christo-
pher Clemson
uw holding his
trophy for
Best of Show
in the Regatta
and the prize
he won as a
great fund
raiser.
PHOTOS BY
TRUDY CLEMSON
Webelos 4 - Sam VanHorn, left, and Brandon Zalenski, took second
and third place in the Webelos 4 group. Pat Zalenski, the winner of
first place was at a soccer game held the same evening. He attend-
ed the Regatta and went the soccer game right after he raced.
Top Bears, from left, Ryan Hogan, Scott Napkora, and Kevin Mul-
doon won first, second and third place respectively.
Library adds memorial books
Back Mountain Memorial Li-
brary announces the addition of
new memorial books.
In memory of Cynthia Galletly
Cave, “Roll of Thunder, Hear My
Cry” by Mildred D. Taylor, pre-
sented by Jacqueline Biscontini
In memory of Cynthia Galletly
Cave, “The Moffats” by Eleanor
Estes, presented by Jacqueline
Biscontini
In memory of Cynthia Galletly
Cave “The Middle Moffat” by
Eleanor Estes, presented by
Jacqueline Biscontini
In memory of Cynthia Galletly
Cave, “And My Mean Old Mother
Will Be Sorry, Blackboard Bear”
by Martha Alexander, presented
by Jacqueline Biscontini
In memory of Boyd Todd,
“Love That Dog” by Sharon
Creech, presented by Mr. and
Mrs. James Reinert
In memory of Boyd Todd,
“We're Going on a Bear Hunt” by
Michael Rosen, presented by Mr.
and Mrs. James Reinert
In memory of Lester Pacca,
Sr., “The Sleepover Cookbook”
by Hallie Warshaw, presented by
Child Development Council Of-
fice Staff
In memory of Mrs. Jeane
Forienza, “Savage beauty: the
life of Edna St. Vincent Millay”
by Nancy Milford, presented by
Audrey Farr and Libby and Bill
Vetter
In memory of Frank Townend,
“Theodore Rex” by Edmund Mor-
ris presented by Edythe and
Curtis Montz
In memory of Ruth Foley, “The
Cat Who Went Up the Creek” by
Lilian Jackson Braun, presented
by The Jim Reinert Family
In memory of Alice Galvin, “Ar-
mitage’s Garden Perenials: a col-
or encyclopedia” by A.M. Ar-
mitage, presented by Don and
Ann Marie Gavigan
In memory of Richard Stroud,
“Russia and the Russians” by
Geoffrey A. Hosking, presented
by Jilly’s (The Shaw Family)
In memory of Frank Townend,
“Reading the Mountains of
Home” by, John Elder, presented
by Senator and Barbara Lem-
mond
In memory of Thomas Heffer-
man, “Basic Economics” by
Thomas Sowell, presented by
Senator and Barbara Lemmond
In memory of General Frank
Townend, “Stories, Novels and
Essays” by Charles Waddell
Chesnutt, presented by Mr. and
Mrs. Morton Blum
In memory of General Frank
Townend, “Best Bids, the insid-
er's Guide to Buying at Auction’
by Dana Micucci, presented by
Dr. and Mrs. H. Alex Smith, Jr.
‘In memory of George Hess,
“The Gilded Age and Later Nov-
els” by Mark Twain, presented
by Donald and Mary Ann Hop-
kins
In memory of Ruth Foley,
“Cold Hunter's Moon” by K.C.
Greenlief, presented by Raleigh
W. Myers }
.In memory of Ruth Foley, “The
Clerk's Tale” by Margaret Frazer,
presented by Raleigh W. Myers
In memory of Ruth Foley,
“Saintly Murders” by C.L. Grace,
presented by Robert and Flo-
rence Sherwood
HONOR BOOKS
In honor of Mr. Jayne-6th
Grade Dallas Middle School,
Miss O’Neill-5th Grade Wyecallis _,,
Elementary, Miss Palmetier-1st®@}
+ Grade Wycallis Elementary, “The
Witch of Blackbird Pond” by
Elizabeth George Speare, pre-
sented by Theresa and Charlie
Mulhern and Children
In honor of the 45th Wedding
Anniversary of Tobi and Howard
Grossman, “Rhode Island: the
spirit of America” by Paula M.
Bodah, presented -. by The
Dreher, Davis and Niskey Fami-
lies
In honor of the 60th Wedding
Anniversary of Ethelda and
William Bergstrasser, “Boston
Then and Now” by Elizabeth Mec-
Nulty, presented by Betsy &
Gordon Fiarchild and Cathy &
Joseph Cortegerone
In honor of Loraine Kotsull,
Sam Barbose, Paul Reinert, Jack _
Wega, Kathleen McCarthy, @)
Frank Galicki, Laura Matechak,
Tony Martinelli & Mark Gerch-
man, “The Read-Aloud Hand-
book”, by Jim Trelease, present-
ed by Dr. Gilbert R. Griffiths.
Girl Scouts to sell cookies in Dallas .
Troop #2667 from Carverton
of the Girl Scouts of Penn’s
Woods Council will host a
“Cookie Shop” on February 9 at
Back Mountain Feed and Seed
in Dallas for the 2002 “Go
There” Girl Scout Cookie Sale
program.
The newest addition to the
Girl Scout Cookie family is the
“Friendship Circle”, a vanilla
sandwich cookie with a rich,
fudgy center. Based on the
motto, “friendship to conquer
hatred,” the new cookie honors
the Girl Scouts’ 90-year tradi-
VNA employees hon
tion of inclusion and celebra-
tion of diversity. Other favorites
are Thin Mints, Shortbreads,
Caramel deLites, Peanut Butter
Patties, Lemon Pastry Cremes
(reduced fat), Peanut Butter
Sandwich, and Animal Treasur-
ers. Cookies are $3 per box.
All of the net proceeds earned
by local Cookie Shops and the
general Girl Scout Cookie sale _
support local Girl Scout activi-@
ties like camping, outdoor edu-
cation, science workshops,
travel, community service,
sports clinics and more.
ored for service
At its annual employee dinner held recently, the Visiting Nurse Associ-
ation, an affiliate of Wyoming Valley Health Care System, honored )
several of its employees for their years of service. The VNA provides @
health care for homebound patients. Shown, from left, are service
award recipients Sandy Dymond, RN, Shavertown, five years of ser-
vice; Judy Day, RN, Kingston, five years of service; Nancy Mayer, RN,
Harveys Lake, 20 years of service; Ann Russin, Dallas, 10 years of
service; Dena Gregory, Shickshinny, 10 years of service; Diane
Marsh, Dallas, retiree; and Mary Ann Keirans, VNA Administrator,
Mountain Top.
Senior Citizens Centers spon-
sored by the Area Agency on Ag-
ing for Luzerne and Wyoming
Counties offers hot noon meals
Monday through Friday to peo-
ple 60 years of age or older. Do-
nations from participants are
gratefully accepted and needed
in order to expand this program.
All menus include margarine,
milk and coffee. The following is
the menu for the week of Febru-
ary 7-13. The local Senior Cen-
ter is located at 22 Rice St., Dal-
las.
THURSDAY: Sauteed liver &
onions, augratin potatoes, har-
vard beets, whole wheat bread,
banana.
FRIDAY: Tuna salad, lettuce,
tomato and mayonnaise, pita
C————
pocket, pickled cabbage, hearty
vegetable soup, fruit salad,
chocolate cookie.
MONDAY: Swedish meatballs
over noodles, hot fruit compote,
peas with mushrooms, apricot
nectar, whole wheat bread,
chocolate pudding.
TUESDAY: Roast turkey with ®
stuffing and gravy, whipped
potatoes, vegetable medley,
cranberry juice, dinner roll, ap-
plesauce.
WEDNESDAY: Ash Wednes-
day Special Dinner - Baked fish
with creole sauce, garlic mashed
potatoes, mixed vegetables, ®
whole wheat roll, applecrumb
cake.