Sunday, April 9, 2006 CiVvViC THE POST PAGE 3 CIVIC BRIEFS Baskets for sale at BMT library The Back Mountain Memorial Library has baskets for sale the Holiday Corner. The library is located at 93 Huntsville Road in Dallas and is open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The baskets range in various sizes, are decorated and undeco- rated, and are priced from 50 cents to $5. Also for sale are flower arrangements, Easter and spring novelties, stuffed ani- mals, a variety of Easter tins and cook books. The Slightly Used Bookshop is also open for business with many books for sale at reasonable prices. For the hours of operation, call the library at 675-1182. milies needed r Fresh Air kids . The Fresh Air Fund’s Lu- zerne/ Wyoming committee has begun its annual campaign to find local families who are in- terested in helping provide free summer vacations to New York City children. Since 1877, the Fresh Air Fund, an independent, not-for-profit agency has provid- ed free summer vacations to more than 1.7 million New York City youngsters from low-in- come neighborhoods. For more information about how you can host a Fresh Air child, call Kim Sorber at 639- 5972 or the Fresh Air Fund at 1-800-367-0003. You can also visit The Fund online at www. freshair.org. American Legion holding ham raffle The Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Dallas American Legion will hold its annual ham raffle at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 9 at the Post Home on Route 415. All pro- ceeds will benefit the many community projects sponsored by the American Legion. For more information, including costs, call 675-6542 or com- mander John Emil Sr. at 675- 4461. Easter Egg hunt set for April 9 The Franklin Township Volun- teer Fire Co. will hold an Easter egg hunt for children at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 9 behind the fire hall on Orange Road. Refresh- ments will be served following the egg hunt. Civil War monuments topic of meeting The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 13 in the lower level of the Daddow-Isaacs Post 672 Dallas American Legion on Route 415 in Dallas. The guest speaker will be John Deppen, a writer and past president of the Susquehanna Civil War Round Table. He will discuss the successful restora- tion of Civil War monuments in the Susquehanna Valley, in- cluding the Northumberland County Soldiers Monument, the Snyder County Civil War Sol- diers & Sailors Monument, and the Company C, 47th PA Veter- ans Volunteers Monument. Deppen will share behind-the- scenes stories, as well as useful resources for groups looking to undertake preservation projects on Civil War battlefields. The meeting is open to the public with a $3 admission charge. Kunkle Fire Co. to hold breakfast The Kunkle Fire Co. will hold an all-you-can-eat breakfast from 5-10 a.m. Saturday, April 15 at the Kunkle fire hall. The cost is $5 per person. Spaghetti dinner being held April 22 The Franklin Township Volun- teer Fire Co. will hold an all- you-can-eat spaghetti dinner from 4-7 p.m. Saturday April 22 at the fire hall on Orange Road. The dinners will include spa- ghetti, meatballs, salad, bread and butter, beverage and dess- ert. The cost is $6 for adults and $3 for children ages 7-12. Pro- ceeds from the event will help support the company, including equipment and training. Babysitting course offered by Red Cross An American Red Cross Baby- sitting course will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 22 at the Back Mountain Memorial Library on Huntsville Road in Dallas. Youth between the ages of 11-15 are welcome to register. Interested participants must register in advance at the main desk of the library by presenting the $40 program fee in cash or check made payable to the American Red Cross. Regis- trations will not be accepted on the day of the class. Participants will learn to perform first aid and how to get professional medical help fast, identify common safety hazards and prevent injuries, perform basic care routines like diaper- ing, feeding and dressing, han- dle bedtime issues and more. A babysitter’s handbook will be included and distributed at the program. Participants are asked to bring a bag lunch. For more information, call the li- brary at 675-1182. Speakers series at Misericordia The inaugural Spring Speak- ers Series at College Miser- icordia will feature four faculty lecturers discussing topics rang- ing from the arts to the sci- ences. The lectures are held at 7 p.m. in the Bevevino Library’s third floor McGowan Room on the campus of College Miser- icordia and continue through Wednesday, April 25. There is no admission charge and the public is invited. A schedule and brief outline of the topics each lecturer will discuss during the Speakers Series can be found by visiting the Web site www.misericor- dia.edu. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library and faculty, the series is designed to welcome the com- munity onto campus to share in College Misericordia’s wealth of resources. The talks span the arts and sciences and will out- line faculty member’s current research, library resources avail- able to the public and what students can expect in terms of course work and possible ca- reers. Back Mountain history group will discuss amusements The bi-annual meeting of the Back Mountain Historical Association will discuss the “Amusements of the Back Mountain” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 in the Banks Student Cen- ter’s Kennedy Lounge at College sericordia. Local historian Charles Petrillo, thor of “Harveys Lake” will be the ture speaker. The discussion will fo- @®: on the attractions at Harveys Lake such as Hanson’s Amusement Park — steamboats, hotels and other activ- ities at the state’s largest natural lake. The Back Mountain Historical As- sociation collects history of the Back Mountain and works in conjunction with College Misericordia and the Lu- . zerne County Historical Society to collect photographs and oral history interviews. To review the photograph database, log on to www.backmoun- tain.org. If anyone is interested in donating photographs to the database, contact Harrison Wick, College Misericordia archivist, at 674-6420. The association holds meetings ice a year, usually in April and ober. The last meeting attracted more than 170 people, who listened to Harry Owens Jr., discuss the Back Mountain Railroad. For more infor- mation about the Back Mountain His- torical Association, call Marion Rog- ers at 674-3341. BROWNIES HOLD FOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT PANTRY Mi- au- fea- Oc- i i Se Brownie Troop 2618 recently held a food drive to benefit the Back Mountain Food Pan- try, which is located at the Trucksville United Methodist Church. 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