PAGE6 THE POST Sunday, August 28, 2005 CIVIC BRIEFS Civil War group holding meetings The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table sponsored a trip to the U.S. Military Acad- emy at West Point in the spring. The group also held its election of officers. Officers and members of the executive committee for the incoming year are Steven Leonardo, president; Maureen Follmer, vice president; Reese Pelton, secretary; John Chapple, trea- surer; Gladys Chapple, public- ity; Gary Mathers, member- ship; Jim Hennigan, sulter; Ed Brewer, Connie Brewer, Ted Dymond, and Deb Hocko, executive board. The Civil War Round Table holds its monthly meetings at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month in the lower level of the Daddow-Isaacs American Legion on Route 415 in Dallas. Some of the group’s up- coming presentations include Kim Glemboski’s Center for Anti-Slavery Studies and the Underground Railroad on Sept. 8, and the Tony DelLa- cy’s Licensed Battlefield Guide on Oct. 13. This is not a reenactment group. Anyone interested in becoming a member or learn- ing more about the Round Table is invited to attend a meeting. For more informa- tion, call Leonardo at 675- 0468 or Pelton at 675-5790. Veterans assistance available Aug. 29 Thomas Morris of the Gov- ernor’s Veteran Outreach and Assistance Center will be at the Dallas Township munici- pal building from 9 a.m. to noon Aug. 29. The building is located on Route 309. Questions about issues such as records, pension, disability compensation, health care, Agent Orange, death and buri- al, medals, education, nursing care and Iraq service will be answered. No appointment is needed and peacetime and wartime veterans are wel- come. Veterans should bring a copy of their DD Form 214 or discharge. For more informa- tion, call 654-9589. Alzheimer’s support group plans meeting An Alzheimer’s support group will meet at 11 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at The Meadows Nursing 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. Dallas Class of 1985 holding reunion The Dallas High School class of 1985 will hold its 20th reunion activities from Sept. 2-4. Events include an in- formal get-together at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at Grotto Pizza, Har- veys Lake The reunion dinner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at the Stax Complex, Dallas. Reservations are required. Families are welcome at the Checkerboard Inn Pavilion, Trucksville, for an afternoon picnic Sept. Reservations are also required for the event. For more information about the events, contact Mary Far- rell McCarthy at mary.mccar- thy33@verizon.net. Starfires dance set for Sept. 17 An Evening with the Origi- nal Starfires dance will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight, Sept. 17 at Stax & Col, 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 chick- en 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 15th reunion The Dallas High School Class of 1990 will hold its 15th reunion Sept. 3 at Konefal’s Grove in Chase. For more information, call Melissa (Malonis) Jesse at 212-0399 or Megan (Hardisky) Estock at MegEstock@yahoo.com. i DALLAS BOROUGH MU NICIPAL Preparing for the third annual ‘Kiss the Pig’ contest, which is held annually in conjunction with the Dallas Harvest Festival, from left, are Dallas Borough manager Joseph Moskovitz and contestants state Senator Charles D. Lemmond, Dallas postmaster Kristen Tucker, and Dallas businessman Drew Fitch. Dallas School District superintendent Frank Galicki is also a contestant. Contestants hope to bring home the bacon The Dallas Harvest Festival Committee has announced the contestants for the third annual “Kiss the Pig” contest, which is held annually in conjunction with the Dallas Harvest Festival. The annual street fair on Main Street in Dallas will be held Sunday, Sept. 18. Four Back Mountain profes- sionals have chosen to vie for the enviable honor, with all proceeds being donated for good cause. This year, the event proceeds will be donated to Dallas Fire & Am- bulance Co. The contestants are state Senator Charles D. Lem- mond, Dallas postmaster Kristen Tucker, Dallas businessman Drew Fitch of R.N. Fitch & Sons, and Dallas School District super- intendent Frank Galicki. Ballot jars are located at the fol- lowing locations: Ochman’s Coin & Jewelry, Church Street, Dallas; J&J Deli, Route 415, Dallas; Citi- zen’s Bank, Main Street, Dallas; Unimart, Route 309, Dallas; Piz- za Perfect, Carverton Road, Trucksville; Lemmond’s office in the Dallas Shopping Center; Hil- bert’s The Tractor Store, Route 415, Dallas; Fino’s Pharmacy, Dal- las; Dallas Fire & Ambulance Co. station, Church Street; and the Dallas High School, Conyngham Avenue. A donation of $1.00 must be in- cluded with each submitted bal- lot. Voters may purchase as many ballots as they wish through Sat- urday, Sept. 17. Additional bal- lots will be available throughout the festival. The identity of the winning “kisser” is scheduled to be an- nounced at the Harvest Festival. The person with the most ballots will kiss “Rocco Rooter,” a 2-year- old potbelly pig owned by 4-H educator Marge Bart of Dallas. Last year’s “kisser” was King- ston Township Police Chief James Balavage. Luzerne County Fair crowning its queen during Sept. 2 pageant at the fair grounds in Dallas/Lehman Township® The 43rd annual Luzerne Coun- ty Fair will sponsor its official Fair Queen Pageant at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the fair grounds on Route 118 in Dallas/Lehman Township. All contes- tants must be a resident of Lu- zerne County, never married, and a female age 16-20. Each contes- tant must sub- mit a signed ap- plication and photograph with a written essay titled “What My County Fair Means To Me.” During the contest, each contes- tant will present a 1-2-minute pro- - motional radio/TV slot along the theme, “Why You Should Come to the Luzerne County Fair.” The con- testants will be interviewed and questioned about the fair. Each contestant will also have a private Cassie Sailus 474-1180 Over 6000 Bolts! Sun 12-5 502 S. Mountain Blvd. Rt. 309 Mountaintop www.quiltersquarters.com Also Books, Patterns, Notions Store Hours: Mon. - Sat 10-5 Thurs 10-9 interview with the judges. The winner will appear at the 2005 Luzerne County Fair from Sept. 7-11 and will compete in the State Queen Pageant in January 2006 in Hershey. This year’s winner will be crowed by last year’s queen, Cassie Sailus of Swoyersville. All contestants will be judged on poise, personality and appearance. A $1,000 cash prize will be awarded to the winner in memory of the Carrie L. 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