th NEL hi A a ‘PAGE 2 THE POST CiVviC L Sunday, August 21, 2005 @ CIVIC BRIEFS Square dance, BB( planned for Aug. 27 A square dance and barbecue will be held Saturday, Aug. 27 at the Huntsville Christian Church pavilion, 1160 Church Road in Dallas. The barbecue will be held from 5-6 p.m. and a square dance with the Roger Furman Band will take place from 6-9 p.m. in the pavilion. For more information, call 675-0611. Fire company sets roast beef supper The Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a family style roast beef supper from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27 at the fire hall on Main Road. Takeouts will be available at 4 p.m. The menu includes roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, applesauce, pickled beets, rolls and butter, pie, and coffee or tea. The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children ages 6-12. There is no charge for children under age 6. All takeout dinners are $8. Alzheimer’s support group plans meeting An Alzheimer’s support group will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at The Meadows Nurs- ing Center, W. Center Hill Road in Dallas. The meeting is held at the center on the first Thursday of every month. For more in- formation, call The Meadows at 675-8600. Art show planned for Noxen school Noxen Historical Community Association, Inc. will host the Noxen School Open House and Art Show from noon to 4 p.m. Aug. 21 at the former Noxen School. The event will feature local artist Chuck Kovalock and his students, who will display their works on the second floor. Dallas Class of 1985 sets reunion activities The Dallas High School class of 1985 will hold its 20th re- union activities from Sept. 2-4. Events include an informal get-together at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake The reunion dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Stax Complex, Dallas. Reservations are required. Families are wel- come at the Checkerboard Inn Pavilion, Trucksville, for an afternoon picnic Sept. Reserva- tions are also required for the event. For more information about the events, contact Mary Farrell ‘McCarthy at mary.mccar- thy33@verizon.net. Addresses are needed for the following classmates: John Alsup, Joe Campbell, Helen Edmunds, Sandy Edmunds, Ruth Gavazzi, George Hubbard, Bernadette Klukosky, Debbie Lasecki, Bob Marchetti, Jim Martin, Brian Moye, Kathy O'Donnell, Patricia Piro, Brenda Smith, Tom Tros- ko, Kan Wen Shao and Sue Yale. Anyone with information re- garding these classmates should contact McCarthy by e-mail. Original Starfires to appear Sept. I7 An Evening with the Original Starfires dance will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight, Sept. 17 at Stax & Co., Route 415 in Dallas. The music will begin at 7 p.m. The event is part of the annual Dallas Days Weekend. Tickets for the dance are $25 and are available at the Dallas ‘Borough Municipal Building, 675-1389; Stax & Co., 675-7007; and Ochman’s Coin & Jewelry, 675-5872. The ticket price includes a buffet from 6-9 p.m. that fea- tures oven roasted steamship round of beef, baked haddock with lobster sauce, and chicken marsala, with mushroom sauce. A cash bar will also be available. Dallas Days Weekend begins Sept. 16 and will culminate with the third annual Dallas Harvest Festival from 1-6 p.m. Sept. 18 on Main Street in Dallas. Anyone with questions about the festival should call borough manager Joseph Moskovitz at 675-1389. DHS Class of 1990 holding Ith reunion The Dallas High School Class of 1990 will hold its 15th re- union Sept. 3 at Konefal’s Grove in Chase. Addresses are needed on the following classmates so they can be notified about de- tails regarding the reunion and pre-reunion events: Michael Bailey, Robert Bartorillo, Jason Beckley, Lynn Bednar, Brian Beiter, Kimberly Bernhardy, Marcella Bove, Robert Brown, Barry Brutko, Scott Chopick, Heather Conrad, Amy Derr, Tracey Domzalski, James Don- nelly, Amy Dorrance, Samantha Dzurenda, Nancy Eveland, Brett Gauntlett, David Grundowski, Sean Haggerty, David Heid, Sean Higgs, Kimberly Hodle and Shawn Hoyt. Information is also needed for Sam Jayne, Jennifer Jennings, Michelle Kelly, Kristen Kerpov- ich, Kenneth Klimovitz, Amy Kowalski, Kenneth Kozel, Mi- chelle Latona, Rebecca Lewis, Sarah Lewis, Patricia Mahle, Rebecca Matson, Adam May, Bernard McDermott, Barry Miller, Brian Misson, Lorraine Mitchell, Sean Mulloy, Shelby Naparsteck, Aprille Newhart and Adam Noderer. Also, Brenda Olsen, Kendra Pacewicz, Michele Pallis, Lori Parsons, Deric Petrini, Melissa Pitcavage, Keith Poraski, Wayde Post, Sean Price, Edward Reab- uck, George Russ, Todd Scales, David Shumway, Ellen Smaka, Cheri Smith, John St. Clair, John Straigis, Jobraith Taren, Sherry Terescavage, A. Scott Thomas, Rachel Vincelli, Antho- ny Welgosh, Michael Williams, Sue Williamson, Carrie Wilson and Tracy Youells. Anyone with information regarding those classmates should call Melissa (Malonis) Jesse at 212-0399 or Megan (Hardisky) Estock at MegEs- tock@yahoo.com for more Fair queen contestants sought The 43rd annual Luzerne County Fair will sponsor its offi- cial Fair Queen Pageant at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the fair grounds on Route 118 in Dallas/Lehman Township. All contestants must be a resident of Luzerne Coun- ty, never married, and a female age 16-20. Each contestant must submit a signed application and photo- graph with a written essay ti- tled “What My County Fair Means To Me.” During the contest, each con- testant will present a 1-2-min- ute promotional radio/TV slot along the theme, “Why You Should Come to the Luzerne County Fair.” The contestants ~ will be interviewed and ques- tioned about the fair. Each con- testant will also have a private interview with the judges. The winner will appear at the 2005 Lu- zerne County Fair from Sept. 7-11 and will compete in the State Queen Pageant in January 2006 in Hershey. All contestants will be judged on poise, personality and ap- pearance. A $1,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winner in memory of the Carrie L. Martin Endowment, along with other prizes. The pageant coordina- tor is Deboraha Desiderio. Applications may be ob- tained by calling Desiderio at 823-3743 or by stopping by the Barbizon School of Modeling, Cathy Sailus 41 Oxford Street in Wilkes- Barre. The deadline to enter is Aug. 28. ! The following performers and events will perform at the fair grounds amphitheater dur- ing the four days of the fair. An Old Time Fiddle Contest will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 7, with $500 in prize money being awarded to the top fiddlers. The first prize is $250, second prize is $150 and third prize is $100. The event is open to the public and entry forms are available by calling Jim Chernavage at 829- 5639. Rick K. and the Allnighters will perform at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8. The variety show band per- forms a hit parade of popular music spanning 50 years. Also that night, an Antique and Classic Car Cruise by the Public Square Car Cruisers will be held at 6:30 p.m.. XCOUNTRY, a modern coun- try party band, will perform at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Sept. 9. The band plays the tunes of To- by Keith, Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw and Garth Brooks. John Berry will take the stage at 8 p.m. Sept. 10. The country singer is touring to support his latest album “I Give My Heart.” Berry has earned multiple gold and platinum albums from the Country Music Association and the Academy of Country Music. The popular Jimmy Sturr and his Orchestra will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 11. The band is on the top 10 @ of all-time Grammy Award winning 14 Grammys. VAN DEUTSCH CHILDREN DISPLAY COLLECTIONS shlyn, Corlyn and Bryce Van Deutsch of Trucksville are displaying their collections in the case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. The items will be on display through Aug. 31 at the library, which is located on Huntsville Road in Dallas. Ashlyn, 12, has some beautiful clothing that was made in China. The clothing was provided by an uncle who lives in that country. The seventh-grader at the Dallas Middle School also collects stamps from mail received from friends and their families in the United States and abroad. Corlyn, 9, collects stuffed animals from each state - a chee- tah from an Ohio zoo, a wolf from SeaWorld, and a horse from Chincoteague Island, Va., to name a few. She is a fourth grade student at Dallas Elementary School. Bryce, 5, has a collection of Besse Pease Gutmann Christmas orna- ments from Ashton Drake. The girls are also displaying some of the clothes their paternal grandmother has knit for them throughout the years. Bryce Van Deutsch stands in front of her sister Ashlyn near the display case at the information. library. 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The event features arts and crafts, music and performanc- es, crafter demonstrations, children’s activities, and food. Last year’s festival attracted ~ more than 4,000 people. The performers include a Dixieland band, 11:30 a.m. on the stage; Tang Soo Do dem- onstration, noon; guitar en- semble featuring Scott Henry, 1 p.m.; children’s songs and stories, 1 p.m. in the gazebo; Back Mountain Theater Group, 2:30 p.m.; juggler Bob Smith, 3 p.m.; folk/rock group Just Us, 3:30 p.m. The demonstrations in- clude calligraphy from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. near the gazebo, and blacksmithing from noon to 4 p.m. near the gymnasium. There will also be watercolor art, wheat weaving and wood carving, pottery, and acrylic painting demonstration throughout the day. [ The Friedman Observatory will be open and tours of Hay- field House begin at 11 a.m. The bookstore will be open all day. Arts at Hayfield supports the fine arts, crafts and cultur- al performances in the Back Mountain and Wyoming Val- ley. The non-profit organiza- tion is comprised of volun- teers from the community, as well as faculty and staff mem- bers of Penn State/Wilkes- Barre. Money raised from previ- ous festivals have been us for the campus poetry festi al, Great Books, many theatri- cal and musical performanc- es, and a $1,000 scholarship for academically and artisti- cally gifted students. A $1 donation for anyone age 12 and older is requested at the festival. For more infor- mation about the event or Arts at Hayfield, call 675- 9232. J) Y Roadhouse Memorial Hwy, Trucksville 696-3580 JRUNY IZ EM | Every Thursday |B Es SQ99 PRIME FANTA (LES. RIB FEAST NIGHT! MADNESS Every Friday 2 for $19?° TREAT THE KIDS RIGHT! 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