| | aa iE A i AL A AR VE FEI VETER 10 The Post SCHOOL Sunday, April 18, 2004 Dallas High 3rd in JETS/TEAMS Competition Students from Dallas High School placed third in the 25th annual Junior Engineering Tech- nical Society’s Tests of Engineer- ing Aptitude, Mathematics and Science (JETS/TEAMS). The competition, held recently at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, chal- lenges teams of high school stu- dents to use math and science to solve real-world problems. Prob- lems cover mathematics, chem- istry, physics, biology, visual in- terpretation of information, com- puter applications, and reading analysis and interpretation. The JETS/TEAMS competition is co- sponsored by the Pennsylvania Society of Professional Engineers (PSPE), Luzerne County Chap- ter. Wyoming Valley West High School took first place honors and Tunkhannock Area High School placed second. PENNSTATE Dallas High School JETS team members, from left, seated: Dustin Bednarz, Meredith Lacey, Coral Stredney, and Samantha Simmonette. Standing: John Barnes, Penn State admissions officer; Joseph Bednash, Corey Hine, Luke Malano, Chris Biaimonte, Len Matysczak, coach; and Dr. Jon Carson, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Engineering faculty member. Summer Fun Night April 28 at Dallas The Dallas Elementary P.T.O. is sponsoring its annual “Summer Fun Night” on Wed., April 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the Dallas Elementary School cafeteria. Representatives from numerous camps and local col- leges will be on hand to help plan summer activities for chil- dren. The public is invited. Gate of Heaven School annual academic fair Gate of Heaven School's An- nual Academic Fair will be con- ducted on Tuesday, April 27 (students to Gr. 2); Wednes- day, April 28 (Gr. 3-5) in the el- ementary building; and Thurs- day, April 29 (Gr. 6-8) in the middle school. The fair will cover a number of disciplines from poetry and literature to science. The school complex is located on Machell Avenue, Dallas. Hours are tentatively set from 7-8 p.m. each night. The public is invited to attend. For further information, call the school office at 675-6566. College Fair FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Coombs wins scholarship Lake-Lehman High School senior Melissa Coombs was recently awarded the President's Scholarship from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Melissa has been honored as a stu- dent who demonstrated the epitome of academic achievement, Over 200 students competed for this prestigious award. Co-principal Michael Gokay presents the award to Mellissa. She is the daughter of Char- lene and Brian Coombs of Lehman, standing at right. Back Mountain students @ named to Sem dean's list Wyoming Seminary Dean John Gordon has announced the Back Mountain students named to the Upper School dean’s list for the winter trimester of the 2003-2004 aca- demic year. Dean’s List High Honors: Alana Allan, Shavertown; Kathryn Bartizek, Dallas; Sara Brown, Shavertown; Jacob Budin, Trucksville, Naveen Dasa, Shavertown; Kelly Dick- inson, Shavertown; Ross Fein- stein, Shavertown; Abigail Fried, Dallas; Sofie Grossman, Shavertown; Chelsea Halsor, Dallas; Vincent Insalaco, Shavertown; David Janerich, Shavertown; Stephen Levan- doski, Dallas; Samantha Mar- quart, Dallas; Megan Messer- smith, Dallas; Andrew O'Hara, Dallas; Aaron Richterman, Dal- las; Gabrielle Richterman, Dal- las; Daniel Rittenberg, Shaver- town; Andrew Rogers, Trucksville;, Dylan Seeley, Shavertown; Nina Shah, Shavertown. : Dean’s List: Nicole Allan, Shavertown; Rachael Anson, Noxen; Jason Brady, Shaver- town; John Brady IV, Shaver- town; Devin Anne Carey, Dal- las; Elizabeth Clements, Shavertown; Meghan Davis, Dallas; Caitlin Delehanty, Shavertown; Elisabeth DiGio- vanni, Shavertown; Tyler Drop- pers, Dallas; Laura Eckman, Shavertown; Jamie Flack, Dal- las; David Glauber, Shaver- town; Ryan Gower, Dallas; Lau- - ren Hardisky, Shavertown; Brigitte Henry, Shavertown; Kevan Hosseini, Dallas; Rebec- ca Howell, Shavertown; Eliza- beth Killian, Shavertown; Kaytlin Kopen, Sered Michael Lloyd, Shaverto Julia Ross, Dallas; Jillian See- ley, Shavertown; Kendra Sirak, Dallas; Corey Tarreto, Harveys Lake; Jacqueline Thomas, Dal- las; Licia Witt, Dallas. LCCC serves up information about food service, hospitality programs Luzerne County Community College will hold an information night for its pastry arts management, food production manage- ment, hotel and restaurant management, and tourism and travel management programs on Wednesday, April 21, from 5 to 7 p.m., at Building 2, at the college’s campus. Information will be available on enrollment procedures, tu- ition, financial aid, student scholarships, and other pertinent in- formation. Those in attendance will have the opportunity to meet informally with faculty members to discuss educational and career opportunities. The event is open to the public, free of charge. Gourmet food and pastry demonstrations will be prepared and served by pastry arts students. For more information, call LCCC at 740-0343 or 740-0516. Schweitzer named to honor society 9’ | Matthew James Schweitzer, a student at the United States Military Academy, West Point, has recently accepted membership in Golden Key International National Honour Society. Schweitzer is the son of Steve and Anita Schweitzer of Dallas. He is a senior at West Point and plans to graduate this spring, at which point he will be commissioned a Sec- ond Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. ay 3 at Wachovia Arena High school students and their parents are invited to at- tend The Pennsylvania Associa- tion for College Admission Counseling (PACAC) North- east Regional College Fair on Monday, May 3 at the Wa- chovia Arena at Casey Plaza. Designed as a public service to benefit high school sopho- mores, juniors and their par- ents, this event is free and open to the public. No advanced reg- istration is required. More than 150 colleges and universities from throughout the eastern United States and parts of the Midwest are ex- pected to attend. Representa- tives from 20 financial lending institutions also will be avail- Occupational therapy camp at Misericordia The Occupational Therapy Department at College Miseri- cordia is again sponsoring a res- idential summer camp for stu- dents interested in occupation- al therapy as a possible career choice. The camp will be held July 11-14, on the college cam- pus. The camp is designed to edu- cate high school juniors and seniors who would like to learn more about careers in occupa- tional - therapy. During the three-day camp students will have a chance to work with per- sons with disabilities both at the college and in the commu- nity, have an opportunity to meet and interact with faculty members, and be hosted by sev- eral current junior level occupa- tion therapy students. Students who will be juniors or seniors in the 2004-2005 aca- demic year are encouraged to apply. Applications are avail- able through school guidance counselors after March 1 or on- line at the OT web page, www.misericordia.edu. The deadline for applications is April 15. Students who are se- lected to participate will be no- tified by May 15. able. An updated list of partici- pants can be found at wWww.wyomingseminary.org. The fair will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 noon, and from 6- 8:30 p.m. College admissions counselors will be available during the day and in the evening, and the evening ses- sion will feature programs on fi- nancial aid and other college search-related topics. Parents and their children are encouraged to attend the evening session together. Students who want to re- quest information from many colleges should bring pre-print- ed labels with their names, ad- dresses, intended major, year of graduation and high school to Kids ‘hop’ for MDA reduce time spent in filling out forms. Students and parents inter- ested in getting more informa- tion about the fair may contact their school guidance coun- selors. High schools throughout the region are encouraged to make arrangements to transport their students to the fair during the morning hours. School guid- ance counselors interested in arranging transportation for students for the morning ses- sion may contact Michelle Lawrence-Schmude at 208- 5858 or at mlschmud@kings.edu for more information and registration forms. Trucksville Nursery School students recently participated in a “Hop-a-thon” to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Associa- tion. They hopped for those who could not, and raised $850 that was donated to the MDA. Shown from left, first row: Victoria Vespico, Samantha Dela- mater, Callista Connors, Jake Selingo. Second row: Matthew Mathers, Nicholas Wnuk, Kyle Spencer, Garrett Richard, Jonathan Adams. Noble participates in Honors Band Festival Matt Noble of Dallas was one of 150 high school musicians from six states to participate in the 12th Annual Honors Band Festival, hosted by Susquehanna University. Noble, who plays trumpet, auditioned to take part. 87X10” - $25 FIRST PRINT | $15 EACH ADDITIONAL Lidl, State ae VO, Check Enclosed se enclose payment with order. : A ~ J MASTERCARD RESEARCH MATTERS by Dr. David J. Madeira “Steroid Injections for Back Pain?” Epidural steroid injections may not be better than placebo. This was the conclusion of the research done by Daniel Steinitz, MD, from the division of orthopedics at McGill University in Montreal. On Friday, Marc 12, 2004 at the 71st annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons in San Francisco he presented the results of his randomized, controlled, doulbe- blind study. Fifty consecutive patients who were referred to radiology for steroid injections were randomly assigned to either a 12-mg betamethasone injection plus lidocaine and bupivacaine, or the numbing agents alone. All of the patients had confirmed pathology with either magnetic resonance imaging or computed tomography, and those who had undergone previous back surgery or steroid injections were excluded. All injections were administered by the same blinded radiologis who used fluoroscop a radioconstrast to guide and confirm the placement, and all outcomes were measured by the same blinded clinician. Dr. Steinitz said there was no difference in outcomes between the two groups at any time on any of the measures. In an interview with Medscape, Dr. Steinitz said his study was important because it was one of the first to use validated assessments to analyze benefits. "We found no benefit to the addition of steroids to the epidural injection," he concluded. 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