A —— cc stingy. . EE rn ——— en ers b 43 & : ; a Nx PRY i i 8 ¥ a Sunday, January 15, 2006 COMMUNITY THE POST PAGES ROSS ELEMENTARY STUDENTS RECEIVE AWARDS Students Holly Banta (primary) and Joshua Davenport (inter- mediate) were recently honored as Ross Elementary School's . Students of the Building for December. Nominees were also hon- __ored. Winners, nominees and school representatives, from left, a : Spaces available for African trip st row are Chloe VanGorder, John Labatch, Corrine Nevel, An- rew Leahy, Rielly Sutliff and Banta. Second row: principal Do- nald James, teacher Shannon Kreidler, Corey Kinney, Shay Hon- ~ eywell, Sela Fine, Grant Calkins, Zack Manganella, Ryan Hoyt, Davenport, Kyle Romanofski, and teacher Carle’ Welter. CLASSICAL MUSIC TO BE FEATURED AT WYOMING SEMINARY CONCERT The Wyoming Seminary music department will present the music of Mozart, Ravel, Stravinsky and other classical and.contem- porary composers during its annual winter instrumental concert. The event will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan.15 in the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Avenue in Kingston. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. The orchestra and chamber ensembles will be under the direction of conductor Anthony J. Kubasek. For more information, call 270-2190. Wilkes University anthropolo- gist Jim Merryman will be lead- ing a trip to Uganda on June 15- 26. A group of approximately 20 people are expected to make the trip, Merryman speaks Swahili and has lived and worked in East Afri- ca for 12 years. The cost of the all- inclusive trip is $4,750. The group will travel by 4- ; wheel drive vehicles to some of “the most beautiful and exotic lo- cations imaginable. ~' Group members will experi- ‘ence abundant wildlife close-up, well as the chance to interact ith a culturally diverse range of Uganda’s hospitable peoples. The group will stay in a num- ber of upscale lodges and tented camps overlooking spectacular scenery. The lodges have full amenities ““including pools. Trip highlights . also include: ® A gorilla trek in the rainfor- est, more than 7,500 feet high, to ‘spend an hour with the last of the mountain gorillas. + ® A Nile cruise for three hours to its source, Murchison Falls, where the Nile dramatically spills forth from Lake Victoria. This section of the Nile is teeming with crocodiles, hippos and ele- phants. There will be a picnic at the top of the falls. e A wildlife safari giving you the chance to photograph, from up-close, Africa’s amazing diver- sity of wildlife. On Lake Edward, the group will take a boat trip through the Kizinga Channel to witness the world’s largest concentration of hippos (30,000) with the dramat- ic backdrop of the glaciated Ru- wenzoris (Mountains of the Moon) on the Congo side of the lake. Registration should be made as soon as possible. To register, or to receive for more information, call Merry- man at 570-408-4043. You may also reach him by e- 5 mail at merryman@wilkes.edu. Kindergarten readiness program slated The Lake-Lehman School Dis- ® will hold the third install ent of its Kindergarten Readin- ess Program for parents and pre- .rschool children Feb. 6-8 at the dis- iitrict’s three elementary schools. The program is open to children ~ .swho will be 5 years old before Sept. 1 and who are planning to enter kindergarten for the 2006- 2007 school year. The focus of the program will be nutrition and health. The pro- gram will be held at 9 a.m. Feb. 6 at Lake-Noxen Elementary School; 9 a.m. Feb. 7 at Lehman- Jackson Elementary School; and 9 a.m. Feb. 8 at Ross Elementary School. Faculty from each building will conduct the program. It will in- clude an explanation of proper nutrition for children and will al- so include screening procedures for kindergarten registration in March. Separate activities will be held for the children. Parents and children are invited for lunch in the cafeteria following the pre- sentation. The school district is kindly requesting that younger siblings do not attend. To register for the program, parents should call their respec- tive elementary school. The phone numbers are Ross Elemen- tary School, 477-5050 or 256- 7897; Lake-Noxen Elementary School, 639-1129; and Lehman- Jackson Elementary School, 675- 2165. gor Lee o Truuchsoille Newser Sehool 40 Knob Hill Road Trucksville, January 30- Call today for appointment! 696-3899 For children ages 21/2 through 5 Openings available for January 2006 Week al PA 18708 February 2 SCHOOL BRIEFS Horticulture course offered at PSU/W-B The Penn State Cooperative Extension is accepting regis- trations for a horticulture short course, which will be held each Thursday from Feb. 9 through March 9 at the Penn State/ Wilkes-Barre campus in Leh- man Township. The lecture /hands-on series will explore plant science, soils, integrated pest management, entomology, woody plant biol- ogy, pruning woody plants, pesticides and pesticide safety, lawn care, plant pathology, and herbaceous plants. The registration fee is $200 for the series or $30 per class. Students may register for the entire series or pick and choose classes to attend. For more information about the course, including the time of the classes, call Donna Grey or Mary Pat Appel at 825-1701. Madrigal Singers holding concert The Wyoming Seminary Madrigal Singers will present a special benefit concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26 in the Great Hall, 228 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston. The Madrigals will perform a variety of choral works of Eu- ropean and American origin. Tickets are $10 and proceeds will be used to fund the Madri- gal’s Asian tour in March. For more information, call the school at 270-2190. Scholarship exams at Wyo. Seminary Local students in fourth through seventh grade who do not attend Wyoming Seminary Lower School may register for the school’s Middle School Merit Scholarship Exam, which will be held at 8:30 a.m. Sat- urday, Feb. 4 at the school’s campus in Forty Fort. Regis- tration will begin at 8 a.m. and the exam will conclude at 11 a.m. Up to five half-tuition scholar- | ships will be awarded to stu- dents who display outstanding performance on the compet- itive exam. Need-based finan- cial aid is also available beyond the award. Scholarship winners who remain in good academic standing will receive the same amount each year through the eighth grade. Students in eighth and ninth grade who do not attend Wyom ing Seminary Preparatory School in Kingston may regis- ter for the annual Trustee Aca- demic Scholarship Exam, which will be given at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 4 at the school’s Kingston campus. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. Students must complete an application no later than Friday, Jan. 27. There is no registration fee. For more information about the exams, call the school’s office of admission at 718-6610. For more information about the school, visit the Web site www.wyomingseminary.org. . Language Institute | offers knitting class The Language Institute will hold the class “Knitting in the Andes” — the first of a series of cultural enrichment classes — from 6:30-8:30 p.m. each Mon- day from Jan. 23 through Feb. 20 at Wilkes University. The 10-hour course will in- troduce students to the coun- tries that make up the western regions of South America, the WINTER SALE 50% OFF SHOES, CLOTHING &- SELECTED ACCESSORIES Special Sale Room - 70% off 626 Market Street + Kingston, PA 8704 + Mon. Sat 10:00 am - 5:00 pm / Thom 10:00 am - (s70} 281m 7:00 pm WET BASEMENT? A. SYSTEM: Essentially the same, drain file connected to a sump pump. C. 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Dallas yearbooks in high school office The 2005 yearbooks for Dal- las High School recently ar- rived in the main office. The yearbooks may be picked up from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. week- days in the main office. Re- ceipts are helpful, but not nec- essary. A limited number of year- books are available for purchase for anyone who did not Place an order. The yearbooks are available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call the high school at 675-5201. L-L yearbooks ready for pickup The 2005 Lake-Lehman High School yearbooks are available for pick up from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in the high school’s main office. Anyone who did not order a yearbook last year may pur- chase one for $75. STYLING Lethal weapons class begins Jan. 30 Luzerne County Community College is offering PA Act 235 lethal weapons training cours- es. The basic certification class will begin Monday, Jan. 30 and the recertification class begins Tuesday, Jan. 31. Applicants must meet certain requirements for acceptance into the course before regis- tering at LCCC. Applications must be printed from the Pennsylvania State Police Web site at www.leathal- weapons.state.pa.us and sub- mitted to the state police in Harrisburg. Once an applicant is ap- proved, he or she will receive a letter from the state police indicating they are eligible to enroll in a basic certification course. The approval letter must be provided to LCCC upon registration. For more information, call the LCCC Public Safety Train- ing Institute at 740-0521. LCCC offers career program The New Choices/New Op- tions career development pro- gram at Luzerne County Com- munity College is accepting applications for the spring 2006 semester. The program assists single parents, displaced homemak- ers, and men and women pursu- ing non-traditional careers with tuition, books and career devel- opment plans. 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