Sunday, January 8, 2006 CiVIiC THE POST PAGES ®Fssay contest deadline Jan, U Students in grades 9-12 who reside in the Dallas and Lake- Lehman school districts are in- vited to compete in the Ameri- can Legion’s 67th National High School Oratorical Contest. Scholarship awards are pre- sented to the three finalists in the final round of the national contest. The first place winner receives an $18,000 scholarship, second place receives $16,000 and third place takes home a $14,000 scholarship. Each state winner who is certi- fied into, and participates in, the first round of the national con- test will receive a $1,500 scholar- ship. Each first round winner who advances to, and participa- tes in, the second round but does not advance to the final round will receive an additional $1,500 @-oiiv to pursue education beyond high school. The subject to be used for the oration must be on some aspect of the Constitution of the United States, with emphasis on the du- ties and obligations of a citizen to our government. The oration must be the original work of each contestant and must not be less than eight minutes or longer than 10 minutes long. Any interested student who re- sides in the Dallas or Lake-Leh- man school district should con- tact Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Dallas American Legion com- mander John Emil Sr. at 675- 4461. All applications must be re- ceived before Jan. 14, 2006. The American Legion also has infor- mation on how to qualify for more than $138,000 in scholar- ships for students in high school or students who are being schooled at home. Chicken, seafood salad on senior menu The Senior Citizens Center, sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties, offers hot meals at noon Monday through Friday to people age 60 and older. Dona- tions from participants are ac- cepted and needed in order to ex- pand the program. For more in- formation, call 822-1158. The following is the menu for the week of Jan. 9: Monday: Barbecue chicken, cabbage slaw, baked potato, corn muffin, fresh apple, milk and cof- fee. Tuesday: Swiss steak, noo- dles, peas and carrots, orange juice, whole wheat bread, choco- late brownie, milk and coffee. Wednesday: Creamed turkey over waffle, carrots, grape juice, fresh apple, milk and coffee. Thursday: Stuffed peppers, whipped potatoes, whole wheat bread, pear cobbler, milk and coffee. Friday: Seafood salad with let- tuce and tomato, lentil soup, whole wheat roll, fruit yogurt, milk and coffee. KOZEMCHAK CELEBRATES 90TH BIRTHDAY Longtime Back Mountain resident Ann Wasnick Kozemchak recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Kozemchak was born Dec. 16, 1915 in Wilkes-Barre. In 1940, she married photographer James Kozemchak Sr. The couple was married for 43 years before he passed away in 1984. The Kozemchaks lived in Dallas for 43 years, raising sons Jim and Dave Kozemchak, and daughter Elaine Ro- berts. Kozemchak has five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. She enjoys baking and for many years supplied items for the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auc- tion, as well as recipes for newspapers and recipe books. Family members and friends joined Kozemchak to celebrate her birthday during a surprise party at Irem Temple Coun- try Club in Dallas. She resides at The Mead- ows apartments in Dallas. At left, Lisa Baker, representing state Sen. Charles Lemmond, presents a proclamation to Kozemchak. CIVIC BRIEFS Public invited to share nature The Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society is inviting members of the community to share an interesting item re- garding nature during its “Mem- bers’ Night" at 7:30 p.m. Mon- day, Jan. 16 at the Wild Birds Unlimited store in the Dallas Shopping Center on Route 309. The items may include - but are not limited to - films, poetry, passages from a book, photos, short videos and slides. The public is encouraged to attend. 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