| : rojects a The Post SCHOOL Sunday, March 28, 2004 9 (continued from page 1) Their “monumental” nine-by- nine-foot acrylic split canvas hangs in the school’s new entry. “It’s called ‘Great Jubilation’ and is of the earth with trees and figures swirling by. It’s all about unity and giving some- thing back to the school,” said Peterson. The canvas will be a permanent piece of art for the Lake-Lehman school building. Angela Anderson, Shaver- town and Heather Smith, Dal- las, expect the yield from their project to be used up quickly, but they don’t mind. They planned and organized a dance at the school last November to benefit the Back Mountain Food Bank, raising $1,198 that will be used to restock the shelves there. ‘Nick Casaldi, produced and edited a home video of his friends and their BMX bicycle @ “At first they told me I ouldn’t do it,” said Casaldi. “I needed to get special permis- sion to do this project.” Casaldi logged in over 75 hours of friends goofing around on bikes, then began the process of editing the video. “I had to buy a lot of new hard- ware — 60 gigabytes — a new digital video camera, and soft- ware,” he said. When it was finished, Michael Gokay the co-principal at the school, “really liked the video.” Blair Welter’s family is, ac- cording to her, “Kind of like a miniature ASPCA.” Her grand- father raises emus and they are always picking up stray ani- mals. The Sweet Valley teen decid- ed to raise a seeing eye puppy for her senior project. The now 10-month-old black lab was giv- en to Welter to handle and raise in July. The process was coordinated hrough Luzerne County 4-H and the Luzerne County Seeing Eye Puppy Club. Welter has logged over 100 hours just in training hours. “He’s a real character (her dog Opus); he has a cocky per- sonality,” said Welter, who ad- heres to set guidelines as she raises the dog. “They use the rr” word ‘rest’ instead of ‘stay’, she said. The animal’s food and - veterinary costs are reimbursed by The Seeing Eye. Opus will be returned in Au- gust to Morristown, N. J, here he will be harness ined and then assigned to help a blind person. If art or animals aren’t your cup of tea, you might, like Jake Riddle of Harveys Lake, just po) BS Blair Welter, Luzerne, raised “Opus’ TOF NN project at Lake-Lehman High School. “It’s all about unity and giving something back to the school.” Ashley Peterson Lake-Lehman senior want to fix up your car as a sen- ior project. “Nope,” said Riddle. “I wasn’t allowed to do that, and some people even said I couldn’t do a car show.” But he did. “If I couldn’t work on my car at least I could see some nice ones,” he said. Jake organized a car show with a cruise around Harveys Lake to benefit the Harveys Lake Fire Department. “I called Grotto to get the parking lot, printed 1,500 flyers with setup help from Bruce Baker’s computer, and went to other car shows and businesses to tell them about the show and give out flyers,” he said. “I learned you can’t procrasti- nate, because it’s a lot more work to set up for the public than you would think.” Riddle had plenty of help along the way. He was especial- ly thankful to Charlie Van Buskirk from the Pacers of NEPA car club for pointing him in the right direction, and friends Bill and Dave Davis. They helped him set up tables, loudspeakers, and a 50/50 raf- fle at the car show. : “We roped off the parking lot. Most people cruised the lake then came back for lunch.” Riddle also solicited area businesses for the top 25 tro- ’, a seeing-eye puppy, as her senior Eo Jasmine Watson an d Adrienne Dragon, both of Harveys Lake, befriended an elderly person as part of their senior project. SO WR FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Nick Casaldi, Sweet Valley,took some impressive video of his friends’ BMX stunts for his senior project. phy awards and learned that telemarketing is not for him. “But I prayed for good weath- er. The day before was cold and rainy and the day after was hor- rible. Saturday, October 12 was beautiful; there was a slight breeze and it was 72 degrees,” he said. There were about 48 entries and the event netted $535 for the Harveys Lake Fire Depart- ment. “Seeing those cars com- ing in and knowing I had a part of it — definitely awesome.” Riddle’s favorite car is the 1969 Corvette Sting Ray even though he drives a 1993 Special edition Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham. “This may be just the begin- ning,” said Riddle. “Id like to own an indoor building where they can hold car shows.” ous roles. The Oldest Existing SAAB Dealer in the U.S. Since 1957. New & Preowned Cars Available Conveniently Located in Kunkle, PA Kunkle Motors SAAB Authorized Dealer for Sales, Service and Factory Parts Route 309, Kunkle, PA Phone 675-1546 Native American program at DMS The Hampstead Players re- cently presented a program on Native American lead- ers to Dallas Middle School students. The The- atrical company had stu- dent volunteers play vari- Pictured kneeling, from left: Peter Recchia and Dean Chopka. Standing: Susan Cartiglia, Lucas Scheitrumpf and Chris Higgins. 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