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COMMUNITY
Memorial and
honor books
donated to library
The following memory and
honor books have been given re-
cently to the Back Mountain
Memorial Library.
In Memory of Ida Marie
Morris, “The Day the Babies
Crawled Away” by Peggy Rath-
mann, presented by Mary Ann
Wintersteen
In Memory of Ida Marie
Morris, “Buster” by Denise
Fleming, presented by Mary
Ann Wintersteen
In Memory of Buddy Boris,
“The Game” by Ken Dryden,
presented by Mike and Jean
Loftus
In Memory of Ruby Rochelle
Terrill Lomax, “Last Cavalier:
the life and times of John A.
Lomax” by Nolan Porterfield,
presented by Florence H. Sher-
wood, Alpha Rho Chapter of
Alpha Alpha State Delta Kappa
Gamma International
In Memory of Floyd Leo
Gallup, Sr., “The Big Band Al-
manac” by Leo Walker, present-
ed by Joan Gallup
In Memory of William L.
Conyngham, “More Stories
from the Round Barn” by
Jacqueline Dougan Jackson,
presented by Robert and Kim-
berly Ferrucci
In Memory of William L.
Conyngham, “Cattle: an infor-
mal social history” by Laurie
M. Carlson, presented by Frank
Burnside Family
In Memory of Helga Dan-
nert, “The Island at the Center
of the Wotld” by Russell
Shorto, presented by Susanne
Dannert
In Memory of Alice and Ed-
ward Wodaski, “The Illustrated
Encyclopedia of Trees” by
David More and John White,
presented by Chris and Dana
Stone
In Memory of Jan Nesbitt,
“Firestorm” by Iris Johansen
(audiotape), presented by Jean
and Frank Hughes
In Memory of Jan Nesbitt,
“Home to Harmony” by Philip
Gulley (audiotape), presented
by Jean and Frank Hughes
In Memory of Jan Nesbitt,
“Ted Williams: the biography of
an American hero” by Leigh
Montville (audiotape), present-
ed by Jean and Frank Hughes
In Memory of Alice Wodaski,
“The Vermont Encyclopedia”
edited by John J. Duffy, Samuel
B. Hand, and Ralph H. Orth,
presented by Children Zukoski
In Memory of Lenchen Tow-
nend, “Kate Hannigan” by
Catherine Cookson (large
print), presented by Alice and
Jack Sallada
In Memory of Alys J. Wool-
bert, “PS, I Love You” by Ce-
celia Ahern (large print), pre-
sented by Anne N. Davies
In Memory of Ruth Morgan
Daniels, “The Four Seasons” by
Mary Alice Monroe (large
print), presented by Abby and
Paul Campbell
In Memory of Ruth Morgan
Daniels, “The Forest Lover” by
Susan Vreeland (large print),
presented by Abby and Paul
Campbell
HONOR BOOKS
In Honor of Brook Kryston,
“Mountaineering: the freedom
of the hills” edited by Steven
M. Cox and Kris Fulsaas, pre-
sented by John and Jill Kryston
Fresh Air Fund plans for
2004 summer visitors
The Fresh Air Fund’s (Dal-
las/Wilkes-Barre Area) com-
mittee has begun its campaign
to find local families who are
interested in helping The fund
provides free summer vacations
to needy children from New
York City.
Through the fund’s Friendly
Town Program, volunteer host
families in 13 states and Cana-
da open their homes for two
weeks or more to inner-city
children each summer.
In 2004, The Fund celebrates
its 127-year-old tradition of
serving children. For more in-
formation on how you can
make summer special for a
Fresh Air child, call Denise
Moskaluk at 674 -3727, or The
Fresh Air Fund at (800) 367-
0003. You can also visit The
Fund online at
www.freshair.org. |
Remembering Jane Fund helps to fight cancer
The “Remembering Jane Fund” administered by the Luzerne Foundation recently presented
a check for $5,000 to the Northeast PA affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foun-
dation.
Thanks to the generosity of those who supported last September's Remembering Jane Con-
cert/Fundraiser, approximately $15,000 was raised to benefit cancer victims and other
charities.
Preparations are already underway for the third annual Remembering Jane” event which
will be held at the Irem Temple Pavilion in Dallas on Saturday, September 11.
Presenting the check to the Komen Foundation are, from left: Brad Yocum; Dolly Woody,
executive director of the NEPA affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation;
Rob Yocum and Charles Barber, executive director of the Luzerne Foundation.
From lef fir row: Sally Daylida, Brendediisior, Lorraine Collin lini Lopez. Novi
Jones, Mary Ann Skammer.
Second row: Bobby Doran, Jessica Hurst, 1 Barbara Keating, Dolores Baltuskonis, Viola
Mazur, Betty Spencer, Ellen Smith. Te
Third row: Catherine Stritzinger, Ronald Christian, Bernard Mazur.
Sisters of Mercy honor employees for service
A luncheon was held in the
Rivers Room at Mercy Center
on March 30, for the employees
of Mercy Center and the ad-
ministrative staff. The leader-
ship team recognized employ-
ees for their years of service
and thanked all employees for
their dedication and service to
the Sisters of Mercy. Employ-
ees that were honored include:
. Five years: Deborah
Kopines, Personal Care;
Johnette Zacharias, Personal
Care; Arlene Lopez, Nursing
Unit; Jessica Hurst, Activities;
Ellen Smith, Activities; Ronald
Christian, Dietary.
10 .years: Dolores Baltusko-
nis, Personal Care; Barbara
Keating, Personal Care; Nancy
Jones, Nursing Unit; Sally Dayl-
ida, Dietary; Brenda Misson,
Dietary; Mary Ann Skammer,
Switchboard; Betty Spencer,
Housekeeping; Michael Barber,
Maintenance.
15 years: Lorraine Coburn,
Nursing Unit; Catherine
Stritzinger, Dietary; JoEllen
Engelhardt, Finance; Susanne
Stash, Finance; Janis Babcock,
Administration.
35 years: Robert Doran, Di-
etary.
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Dr. W. Scott Blanchard, pro-
fessor of English at College
Misericordia,
from the Re-
naissance So-
ciety of Amer-
ica to conduct
research in
Milan, Italy,
this spring.
During a
two-week stay in Milan, Dr.
Blanchard will conduct his re-
search at the Biblioteca Am-
brosiana and the Biblioteca
Trivulziana to read 15th Centu-
ry manuscripts related to the
career of Francesco Filelfo, a
humanist banned from Flo-
rence, Italy, in the early 1400s.
His banishment occurred at the
same time as the banishment of
wealthy banker Palla Strozzi,
after the coup that put Cosimo
de? Medici and his family in
power for most of the rest of
that century.
In addition to his role as an
English professor at College
Misericordia, Dr. Blanchard
serves as the advisor to the new
humanities summer research
fellowship program for gifted
upperclass students interested
in studying and researching a
subject in the field of humani-
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Michele Firmstone, Shaver-
town, has been inducted into
the Alpha Sigma Lambda honor
society at King’s College. Alpha
Sigma Lambda is the national
honor society for students in
continuing higher education
and is dedicated to the ad-
vancement of scholarship and
the recognition of high scholas-
tic achievement by adult learn-
ers in continuing higher educa-
tion.
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pic medalist to
address Girl Scouts
Olympic medalist Do-
minique Dawes will be the fea-
tured speaker at a luncheon
honoring the latest winners of
the Girl Scout Gold Award
from the Penn’s Woods and
Scranton Pocono councils.
The Gold Award symbolizes
outstanding accomplishments
in the areas of leadership, com-
munity service, career planning
and personal development.
Successful completion of the
Gold Award encompasses five
requirements and demands effi-
cient organizational, time man-
agement and leadership skills
in service to the greater com-
munity. Personal and spiritual
growth, positive values and
community service are all es-
sential to a successful Gold
Award endeavor.
At the 1996 Olympic Games,
Dawes and the U.S. Gymnas-
tics Team stole the hearts of
Americans with their team
gold medal. At those Games,
“Awesome Dawesome” (as she
is known by her coach and
teammates) became the first
African-American to win an in-
dividual gymnastics
with her bronze on the floor.
Dawes is now president-elect .
of the Women’s Sports Founda-
tion.
Presented by Fleet Bank and
EGC Construction, the May 16
event will honor 31 young
women from both councils at
the Radisson Lackawanna Sta-
tion Hotel beginning at 1 p.m.
For more information about
the luncheon, contact
Scouts, Scranton Pocono Co
cil at 344-1224 or email
nkeller@spgsc.org.
IN THE SERVICE
Citation honors Carverton serviceman
Rep. Phyllis Mundy recently presented a citation from the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives honoring Staff Sgt.
Timothy Mullen of Carverton for his service in Operation
Iraqi Freedom. He is a member of the 424th Medical Logis-
tics Battalion. Pictured at left is his fiancee, Margaret Stair,
also of Carverton.
Citations honor Jackson Twp. servicemen
Rep. Phyllis Mundy recently presented citations from the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives honoring Army Ma-
jor Rayford Petroski and National Guard First Lt. Francis
Petroski for their service in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Pic-
tured at left are the servicemen’s parents, Rayford Petroski
Sr. and Ann Petroski of Jackson Township.
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Navy Airman Scott S.
McBride, son of Tracy L.
McBride of Dallas, recently
participated in Operation Vigi-
lant Resolve, while assigned to
Strike Fighter Squadron 131,
aboard the aircraft carrier USS
George Washington, homeport-
ed in Norfolk, Va.
During the operation,
McBride’s unit and Carrier Air
Wing Seven launched F/A-18
Hornets from the Washington,
-and conducted a 20-mm straf-
ing run against an enemy posi-
tion and dropped two 500-
pound laser guided bombs on
another enemy position in Fal-
lujah, Iraq.
McBride joined the Navy in
August 2002.
Army Reserve Pvt. Shane
M. Snyder has graduated from
basic combat training at Fort
Jackson, Columbia, S.C. Dur-
ing the nine weeks of training,
the soldier studied the Army
mission, history, tradition and
core values.
Snyder is the son of P.
Snyder of E. Center St., Shaver-
town. In 2002, the soldier grad-
uated from Dallas High School.
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