2 The Post NEWS Sunday, April 18, 2004 History (continued from page 1) Wyoming Valley West High School, participated in History Day throughout high school and earned a first place in the Media Division at the National level of History Day in 1988. He has continued his involve- ment with History Day at other levels since then and replaced successful, long-time modera- tor John Comitz upon his re- tirement last year. “It was a per- fect fit for me,” said Novrocki. History Day is a national, yearlong program that pro- motes the teaching and learn- ing of history so that students can become better prepared, more knowledgeable citizens. This year’s theme was Explo- ration, Encounter, Exchange in History. Students are encour- aged to investigate topics rang- ing from local to world history and to understand the histori- cal importance as well as the impact and significance of their subject. Lake-Lehman students had entries in the Senior Division for: Individual and Group Ex- hibits, Individual and Group Performance and also for Group Documentary/Media. BL -, Hs AFH “I can write a process paper in my sleep, now.” | Kim Reisch Dallas senior 4th year state qualifier Bryan Cardillo, Kienan Gold, and Ricky Jayne presented a group documentary titled, “The Microchip: An Encounter in the Explanation of Technolo- gy.” i “We were trying to find something that affects us all and since the world is run by computer [it would be some- thing interesting to look into,” said Cardillo. “Our teacher said it would take about an hour per minute and we didn’t believe him, but our film was nine min- utes and it took over nine hours to make.” That was just the time it took to make the actual film. The group spent many more hours on their research, as all History Day participants do. “I went to the University of Scranton library and did a lot of primary research there,” said Gold. “We also used The New York Times archives that we ~JTIANANMEN] have at school. We conducted a lot of research on Robert Noyce, one of the inventors of microchips.” Students from Dallas High School competed at the region- al level earlier in the month at Penn State Hazleton campus, but senior Kim Reisch was not able to able to be there. “This is my fourth year and the judges know my work so they allowed me to compete at Lehman this year,” said Kim, who has competed at the state level the last three years. “I can write a process paper in my sleep, now,” she said of her ex- perience over the years. That experience showed in her Individual Exhibit also. The three-sided, stained wood ex- hibit featured lights and ban- ners. “I'm a big fan of multiple mats (for items placed on the panels). I think it draws the eye in,” she said. SQUARE MASSACRE: Above, Tim Bendick and Vic- toria Posatko stand by their entry for Group Exhibit ti- tled, “Tiananmen Square Massacre.” At left, Lake-Lehman History Day moderator Michael Novrocki is pictured with members of the team that presented a Group Docu- mentary in Media titled, “The Boy Scouts of America: The Real British Invasion.” From left : Novrocki, David Orrson, Steven Cornia, Justin Amy and Matt Pall. FOR THE POST/M.B. GILLIGAN sons, second place; Jessica Wysocki, Katie Young, Skye Nickalis, Ryan Malarkey, third place. Senior Individual Perfor- mance, Chelsea MacDougall, second place. Group Perfor- mance, Erin Sutliff, Tina Waltkins, Alyson Paulauskas, third place. Group Documen- tary, Lauren Spencer, Elyse Apaluski, Emily Deubler, Josce- lyn Mahon, first place; Patrick Several other students from Dallas are repeat winners. James Welch will go on to the state level for the fourth time with his first-place win in the Individual Exhibit division. He competed at the National level last year. Kelly Williams and Eric Loefflad also competed at the state level last year. Mrs. Maryann Storz is the History Day moderator at Dal- las High School. McMahon, Allison Boris, Shan- This year’s Regional winners non Prescott, third place. will compete at Penn State Uni- This year’s regional winners from Dallas High School are: Individual Exhibit, James Welch, first place; Kimberly Reisch, second place. Historical Paper, Sasha Block; first place. Individual Documentary, Nick Oschman, first place. Group Performance, Robert Santarelli and Debra Ketchner, first place. Individual Performance, Kelly Williams, Eric Loefflad, third place. versity Park on May 12 and 13 with hopes of moving on to the National History Day contest, held at the University of Mary- land on June 13-17. Lake-Lehman winners in- clude: Individual Exhibit, Ryan Bloom, first place. Group Ex- hibit, Marissa Harrison, Jamie Lipski, Aime Sgarlat, Caroline Boris, first place; Elizabeth Bovee, Jill Priebe, Jessica Par- Celebrity Luncheons presents Soledad O’Brien Celebrity Luncheons will fea- ture Soledad O’Brien, co-an- chor of CNN’s American Morn- ing, on Thursday, May 13. Based in New York, O’Brien joined Bill Hemmer in anchor- ing CNN’s flagship morning program in July, 2003 when she joined the network. O’Brien came to CNN from NBC News where she had anchored the network’s Weekend Today since July, 1999. During that time, she contributed reports for the weekday Today Show and weekend editions of NBC Nightly News and covered such notable storied as the plane crash that killed John FE Kennedy Jr. and the school shootings in Colorado and Ore- gon, In 2003, she covered the Space Shuttle Columbia disas- ter and later anchored NBC's weekend coverage of the war in Iraq. 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Wilkes said the project would be done “in house” using borrowed equipment from the Regional Equipment Center in Wanamie, Newport Township. Established in the early 1980s by then Governor Robert P. Casey and Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski, the center re- furbishes old military equip- ment to be loaned to munici- palities, school districts, and lo- cal authorities that are regis- tered with the center. Member- ship fees are based on the size. or population of the organiza- tion. Although the equipment it- self is free, the township will be responsible for buying the fuel used in the equipment, Wilkes said. As for the existing parking lot, the supervisors awarded a seal-coating project to paving contractors Kachinko and Son at the winning bid of $2,150. In other business, the super- visors agreed to continue medi- ation procedures with Ameri- can Asphalt Paving Company over an allegedly breached agreement. A letter from special trial master Attorney Richard M. Hughes III suggested “one last chance at mediation” through conference calls before taking the issue to court, said town- ship Solicitor Jeffrey Malak With the board's authoriza- tion, Malak said he would up Hughes’ offer for mediation. Hughes is an attor- ney who specializes in areas such as zoning work and will reconcile the results to County Judge Mark Ciavarella if media- tion goes well, Malak said. The agreement, signed “by Luzerne County President Judge Michael Conahan “in 2003, created a new zoning map that identified quarry and blasting areas. The agreement also required American Asphalt to give the township cash pay- ments and paving materials, as well as payments towards a po- lice cruiser. The company was also to install a safety fence around its property. Cleanup (continued from page 1) study of the trail. The trail group is holding its annual cleanup of the Back Mountain Trail the same day. Voluteers will meet at the Dal- las Area Municipal Authority plant off Route 309, starting at 9 a.m. Frederick, who grew up in the Back Mountain, said the watershed group was formed to bring positive attention to the region’s rivers and streams. “We don’t always realize the value and potential that’s here.” Toby’s Creek was nominated for the cleanup by the Luzerne County Conservation District. The project will include some planting to stabilize the stream banks, and to replace invasive plants with native species. She said the plan is to have groups of about 10 volunteers work a particular area, picking up trash and debris. Bags and canvas gloves will be provided, and she advised anyone joining in to wear long pants, a long- sleeve shirt and sturdy shoes. Volunteers will be given adyice on what to pick up and wh avoid. “Dallas Borough has been fabulous” in its support, Freder- ick said, and will dispose of the refuse. Anyone who wants to help can just show up at the Com- monwealth Telephone parking lot on Lake Street. The cleanup will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. To find out more, volunteer, or to donate servic- es, supplies or refreshments, call 718-6507. A registration form is available | at WWW.WVWC.Org The Streamside Cleanup pro- gram is one of two mgr events conducted by the sylvania Environmental Coun- cil. The other, Riverfest, will take place June 5. The event in- cludes a canoe trip, environ- mental fair and entertainment. For information, visit WWW.WVWC.OTg Back Mountain history group to meet The next meeting of the Back Mountain Historical Association is scheduled for May 4 at 7 p.m. Sally Teller Lottick, author of the 1992 book, “Bridging Change,” will be the speaker. Lottick will tell the story of Wyoming Valley native Frances Slocum, for whom the state park in Kingston Township is named. 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