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the pair recently recollected
how integral a part of their lives
the property has been.
Alice, born in Sweet Valley on
the fourth of July, 1912, said she
remembers how as a child she
and other children at the church
would make wreaths to place on
the graves.
“We lived here all our lives. A
lot of the people that died, we
knew,” she said.
Most of the graves are from
long before most people could re-
member. Many are from the mid .
1800s and others into the early-
mid part of the 1900s. Curiously,
one of the headstones has a bur-
ial date of 1996.
The Wallaces have helped to
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take care of the place in one way
or another for years.
“I used to mow about 15 lawns
there every week for I don’t know
how many years,” said Albert,
who was paid to do so by families
that had purchased lots.
The couple described a sol-
dier's memorial that previously
stood in the middle of the ceme-
tery. They said at one point more
than 20 years ago a couple that
had become too old to take care
of raising and lowering the flag
there asked the Wallaces to take
over the responsibility.
“They came here on my front
porch to see if we would put the
flag on and we did, until they
took the cannon and there was ;
no flag pole anymore,” said Alice.
The couple said they took the
job very seriously. On Memorial
ly, they would raise the enor-
mous flag to wave above the
ay, Flag Day and the Fourth of
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Don Gross and George Barski, Community Bible Church volunteers, spent time last week doing routine
maintenance at the cemetery. The pair are looking for living relatives or other volunteers to help with
more major maintenance now needed.
graves and cannon no longer
there. The flag is now carefully
folded in a small box in the attic.
“We're about ready to drop off
and no ones going to know where
the flag is,” she added.
Don Gross and George Barski,
members of the neighboring
church, said every week for five
years they have been spending
three to four hours maintaining
the cemetery grounds.
The men, who have been at-
tending the church for more than
40 years say the cemetery is in
desperate need of basic care that
they alone cannot provide.
They are hoping living family
members of those buried in the
cemetery will come out of the
woodwork and help with the up-
keep either financially or through
donated time.
Needed now, they say, is
straightening of tombstones, fill-
ing in sunken areas, liming and
fertilizing of the grass and weekly
mowing,
“This hasn't had a drop of fer-
tilizer in 20 years.,” said Gross.
“(We need) Just enough to pay for
some things.” :
They said they're not really
sure how the church became re-
sponsible for the upkeep, which
involves mowing, weeding, pick-
ing up and straightening head-
stones. Gross said taking care of
the property wasn’t always as dif-
ficult.
“The church used to pay a cou-
ple of younger kids to do it.
That's when membership was
higher,” he said. The number of
members has dropped from a
couple hundred to less than 50.
Albert Wallace, who served as a
township supervisor for 25 years,
said he doesn’t understand why
people just don’t seem to care.
“They don't care. There's too
much going on. Nobody has time
to do stuff like that,” he said.
Kindergarten
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son Elementary School.
One of the reasons Kunkle cit-
ed was the ability of such pro-
grams to close the gap between
students from varying back-
grounds. He said while some had
been in pre-school programs oth-
ers had had no exposure whatso-
< ever to socialization and educa-
tion.
“We felt it (full-day kinder-
en) would give us more in-
ctional time to develop readi-
ess skills. We felt they'd be able
- theyll get tired,’ or ‘It's too much.’
” But she said in reality, she has
found the opposite to be true.
With more hours in the academic
day, she said teachers and stu-
dents are able to take their time,
allowing for easier transitions
and ultimately “they (students)
are supported in their develop-
mental stages.”
“I think in a half-day program
you have so many time con-
straints. Children don’t learn by
hurrying,” said Tigue.
Dallas Assistant Superinten-
dent Dr. Michael Speziale said re-
cently that research on full-day
versus half-day has been mixed,
but that it seems to be tipping in
favor of all-day programs.
“There's been a lot of research
of full-day kindergarten and half-
day kindergarten. While kids
seem to excel more (with full-
day), there's research to suggest
it evens out by third grade. 1
think what we see now is an ac-
celeration of the curriculum it-
self,” he said.
In light of that, Speziale said he
thinks children in the Dallas dis-
trict: could benefit from such a
program.
Miller
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the paperwork is far more
than that required by most col-
leges, and “planning to attend
the Naval Academy takes a little
more foresight.”
Sherman could remember only
one student that applied for the
Naval Academy in 2002 and two
in 2003. Out of those three ap-
plications, Miller is the only stu-
dent accepted thus far.
The U.S. Naval Academy's
website lists some of the initial
requirements that applicants
must meet: be in the top 20
percent of their high school
class, take honors courses, have
a strong math background, par-
ticipate in athletics, have a good
attitude and moral character,
and receive an official nomina-
tion from one of several available
sources, including a U.S. Repre-
sentative, two U.S. Senators and
the Vice President of the United
States.
The nomination process is ex-
tremely important — an appli-
cant will not be considered with-
out a nomination. Miller was
one of many hopefuls reviewed
by U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski, and
in the end was one of Kanjorski's
10 official nominations.
The competition for accep-
tance to the Naval Academy is
fierce. About 11,553 students
began the application process
for the graduating class of 2005,
and only 1,180 made it through
the 10-step process and will at-
tend.
Miller was able to stand above
the rest. He is involved in the
student council, played varsity
football, was the junior class
president, and is involved with
his local church.
The process was a lot of work,
but for Miller is was a better
choice than enlisting directly
into the Navy.. “When you grad-
uate form the Naval Academy
you not only have a four-year
education behind you, you are
also a Naval Officer,” he said.
For the first year and a half,
Miller will study the core cur-
riculum, but after that, he plans
to concentrate on, and graduate
“I'm a tad nervous
about leaving,” he
said, “but I always
wanted to try some-
.* thing new.”
Joseph Miller
Lake-Lehman senior
accepted to U.S. Naval Academy
with a degree in, Aerospace En-
gineering.
Miller will be required to serve
a five-year active-duty term,
and officers that pursue avia-
tion are typically required to
serve eight to nine years of ac-
tive duty service, depending on
training.
Miller looks forward to this
change in his life. “I'm a tad
nervous about leaving,” he said,
“but I always wanted to try
something new. It's a whole new
experience, and I'm excited
about it.”
Miller begins his training July
1, in the plebe summer pro-
gram, which lasts seven weeks.
It is designed to turn civilians
into midshipmen, as students
at the academy are known.
Students: start each day at
dawn and end long after sunset.
The program is designed to be
extremely difficult and push
each student to his or her lim-
its. The hope is that when stu-
dent leave the plebe program
they are midshipmen that are
self-disciplined, organized, effi-
cient with time management, in
top physical condition, and can
think clearly under stress and
react quickly to the unexpected.
These are the qualities that the
Academy believes make an out-
standing United States Naval
Officer
Miller is well aware of what
lies ahead of him, and looks for-
ward to this new challenge. He
received his official acceptance
certificate from his blue-gold of-
ficer on April 22 at Lake-
Lehman High School.
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April 26. Meeting time is 8 p.m. at the Ricketts Glen parking lot.
Event is free and open to the public. Contact Jim Hoyson at 696-
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to enter (school) more on an even
keel,” said Kunkle.
: He said the benefits became
obvious after the first year.
“We definitely saw when these
students went to first grade their
readiness skills were far ahead of
what they would have been with
a half-day program,” said Kunkle.
i “Plus, there are other benefits
we. could provide them with; the
a lunch program, assembly . pro-
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