The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, May 1, 2003 3 Gift puts Meals on Wheels into computer age © By SANDY PEOPLES Post Correspondent DALLAS — “This gift will bring us out of the dark ages,” said Dr. Byron Myers, Vice President of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of Meals On Wheels. Myers was referring to the CBM Pentium computer, monitor, keyboard, and printer, valued at $900, do- nated to the organization by Dale Campbell, owner of Camp- bell Business Machines, Dallas. “We can’t thank Mr. Campbell enough for the donation of this computer and all the software we need to get us up and run- ning,” said Myers. “We will final- ly have the capability to have better control of our operation and more timely administrative and financial reports. We de- pend on our volunteers for this work, and we feel we have been imposing on them to ask them to do all of our record keeping by hand.” For more than three decades, Wyoming Valley Meals On eels, ,a non-profit organiza- tion, has prepared and delivered up to 200 hot dinner meals and 200 cold supper meals each weekday throughout the year. The meals are prepared in the kitchen at the Church of Christ Uniting on Market Street in Kingston. Volunteers deliver nutritious low-cost meals to senior citizens in the Back Mountain towns of Dallas, Shavertown and Trucksville. Others who receive assistance are those who may be convalescing, mentally or physically disabled, or living alone and recently discharged from the hospital. Meals On Wheels does not re- ceive any support from the gov- ernment. Revenues come from contributions from the public and a weekly fee of $20 for 10 meals from their client base. “Payments are based on the client's ability to pay,” said My- ers. “We have no extra funds. e just survive.” Meals On Wheels is in desper- ate need of volunteers to deliver in the Back Mountain meals POST PHOTO/SANDY PEOPLES Dr. Byron Myers, Vice President of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of Meals On Wheels, left and Dale Campbell, owner of Campbell Business Machines, Dallas pose with the computer Campbell do- nated to Meals On Wheels. “We are the only ~ contact to the out- side world for some of our clients.” Byron Myers Vice President, Meals on Wheels area and to other towns within their area of responsibility. “We need enthusiastic and energetic support,” said Myers. “Many of our volunteers are retired people and they are get- ting older. We need younger people to replace them. Volun- teers can offer their time on a full or part-time basis. It takes about two hours per day per vol- unteer to make all of our deliv- eries. They may work every day or a couple of times a week or month.” The organization delivers more than food. “We are the only con- tact to the outside world for some of our clients,” said Myers, “They sit and wait for us each ~ day just to have a conversation with someone. And when the weather is extremely hot or cold, we want to make sure they are okay.” Myers and Campbell, who have been friends for more than 30 years, have a great deal of empathy for the homebound. “I have a lot of respect for what Byron does,” said Camp- bell. “He has looked after those in need for more than 10 years. When he came to me to ask for my help, I looked at it as an op- portunity to help my friend and a struggling -organization do good work. I get to give some- thing back to the community and help those who can’t afford to eat out or eat in.” Anyone wishing to volunteer as a driver or courier may call 288-1023. Donations and memorial gifts may be sent to: Meals On Wheels, c/o Church of Christ Uniting, Market and Sprague Streets, Kingston, PA 18704. History (continued from page 1) and architects Bob Eyerman, Frederick Mack and L. Verne Lacey were among those whose work was covered. Handman discussed building dates, architectural trends, some personal history of original homeowners and the architect's professional histories. Handman said Back Mountain architectural styles of the time ranged from very symmetrical, as in a two-story center hall colonial in Shrine View, to rambling asymmetry seen in a home built on the old Robinson farm on 42nd Street. Also popular was the half-tim- bered tudor look. Romantic ele- ments such as turrets were not uncommon. Handman said many of the “I feel lice I have really just scratched the: surface over the last few mont po 21 Carl Handman, A.L A. Eyerman, Csala, Hapeman and Haddman houses were built with other sim- ilar “little unusual touches that happened almost as exclamation points.” “It was an age of the neo-tudor, neo-colonial — old looking new houses,” he said. After Handman’s presentation was finished, Dawn Pangrazzi and Clyde Davis gave an update on the ongoing photography pro- ject to digitize historic photos of the region, copied from members of the public. Pangrazzi said they have ap- proximately 50 photos scanned and saved into a database that will be made public via the World Wide Web in the future. “We're looking forward to get- ting more. The more, the! rrr er,” she said. Ju The oral history project being: undertaken by College Misericor” dia history students and over- seen by Assistant Professor De: Allen Austin was reported by stif! dent Renae Lavin to have gainéd' momentum over the past year. Five histories have been cor! pleted. They are: William Conymn- gham, Mr. and Mrs. Edwims Pauline Roth, John Turner, Mai! Lou Swingle and George and’ Dorothea McCutcheon. Three: more are in process. ns Land trust will honor Newman at dinner: The second annual dinner for the North Branch Land Trust will be held Wednesday, May 7 at 6 p.m. at Genetti's in Wilkes-Barre. Master of ceremonies for the evening will be Mike Stevens, host: of: ‘the WNEP-TV pro- gram, On the Pennsylvania Road. The evening will be filled with good food, a silent auc- tion, a com- munity award and enlightening information and conversation . A cocktail reception (cash bar) and silent auction will be from 6- 6:30 p.m. Silent auction winners will be announced during dinner. Items that will be sold during the auction include many beautiful paintings and trips. Some paint- ings are “Water Lily,” “Still Life with Lilac,” and “Standing Stone,” scenes of the Bradford County section of the Susque- hanna River. One of the trips is an afternoon fly fishing trip at a private club in Larry Newman When Bob took a fall, we took it from there. L be needed. With no At Geisinger Health Plan, we do more than give our members access to excellent health care at an affordable cost, a growing network of providers and a variety of wellness and care coordination programs. Our providers also take care of scheduling any tests, referrals, procedures or rehab that may infuriating paperwork, no unforeseen expenses. We do all this because our health plan is run by practicing physicians who believe patients should focus on simply getting well. And isn’t that the kind of the Poconos. Bidders can also win a weekend to either Orlando, Florida, Las Vegas, or Williams- burg, Virginia. Another item being auctioned is a beautiful basket filled with gardening supplies. A family style dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The program for the evening will be “Urban Blight and Sprawl: Time for a Change,” featuring Michel R. Lefevre, chief of Preservation Planning and Education Out- reach for the Bureau of Historic Preservation at the PA Historical and Museum Commission in Harrisburg, PA. He is the author of “Historic District Designation in Pennsyl- vania” and a manual for histori- cal commission. Lefevre also organizes confer- ences and events of all kinds to promote and educate Pennsylva- wu nia about historic preservatiory, including most recently the Old House Road Show. BW In addition, The North Branéh Land Trust will honor speciak guest Larry Newman with thé first annual NBLT Stewardship award. “I was very humble and very flattered to he I was receive this award,” he said. I was very thrilled to accept it.” LiL Mr. Newman's Wilkes-Barre” based firm, Urban Workshop, specializes in urban economie development and historic preser? vation planning for public, insti- tutional and non-profit clients. 2:1. 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