Sunday, September 17, 2006 SCHOOL THE POST PAGE 5 "SCHOOL BRIEFS ASVAB test “being given at DHS The Dallas High School ~ guidance department will ad- x * minister the ASVAB test to © juniors who are interested in a « career in the military at 8 a.m. 4 | Saturday, Sept. 30 in the high school library. Juniors may i register for the test in the guid- “ance office during school hours. {The deadline for registration is 5 ~ Monday, Sept. 25. For more i © information about the test, call - guidance counselor Robyn 2 fiJones at 674-7218. EMisericordia plans homecoming parade y Students at College Miser- \icordia will hold a homecoming parade beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 30 through the streets of Dallas and Dallas Township. Families and chil- dren are encouraged to attend, line the parade route, and join in the fun. The parade will start at the Back Mountain Shopping Cen- ter, proceed on Route 415 to Lake Street and to the college’s north gate. This year’s parade will feature a fun look back at several influential decades of the 20th century. There will be prizes and surprises for spectators along the parade route. In addition to the parade, the public is invited to attend a variety of events, including an open house for high school students and their parents and several athletic events. For more information about the homecoming events, visit the Web site www.miser- icordia.edu. Wyoming Seminary sets Visitation Day Wyoming Seminary Prepara- tory School will hold its annual fall Visitation Day, which will begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9 at the Lower School in Forty Fort and the Upper School in Kingston. The event is open to students in pre-kindergarten through 11th grade who are interested in learning more about the school. At Lower School, visiting students will shadow a student in a similar current grade level and join other students for lunch. Tours of the school will be available and parents may schedule a screening test for early admission consideration for the 2007-08 school year. Reservations at Lower School are requested no later than Friday, Oct. 6. For more in- formation, call Dawn Leas at 718-6610. At the Upper School, the Visitation Day program will begin at the Stettler Learning Resources Center, North Sprague Avenue in Kingston. Visiting students will attend classes and eat lunch with students. Parents may tour the campus and attend presenta- tions until 11 a.m. Presentations will cover the admission process, financial aid, college guidance, academ- ics, extracurricular programs, athletics, boarding life and performing arts. Visitation Day activities will end at 2:45 p.m. If interested, call 270-2160 no later than Monday, Oct. 2. Penn State W-B offering classes Penn State Wilkes-Barre is offering two courses to improve communications and cultural understanding with the Latino population. Practical Spanish Level I is a series of classes designed for anyone seeking basic conversa- tional Spanish skills for use in daily communication. The classes will give students basic grammar skills and a general understanding of some aspects of Hispanic culture. The workshop will cover vocabulary and phrases practi- cal in nature, including the ABCs, names and numbers. The class will be held from 6-8 p.m. each Tuesday from Oct. 10-Nov. 14 at the NEPA Indus- trial Resource Center on Mid- dle Road in Hanover Township. The cost of the class is $199. For more information, contact Ellen Gregorio at 675-9220 or epgl0@psu.edu. An Overview of Latino Cul- ture workshop will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 26 and Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the IRC. The workshop is designed for anyone who wants to broaden their understanding of the Latino culture and learn better ways of communicating. The cost of the class is $79. For more information, call Janet Rosenbaum at 675-9102 or e-mail jqr8@psu.edu. The annual Dallas Harvest Festival will be held from 1-6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17 in down- town Dallas. Parking will be s~available at the Back Mountain i Memorial Library with free * shuttle service to the festivities. For the first time, the festival will host a chili contest. The event is open to 12 local restau- o rants and/or caterers. The cate- co al, Jgories are normal, vegetarian, & 5 bod ® LANDS AT 7% + Mt _ hottest, and unusual. The entry . fee is $30 and prizes will be "awarded. For a $5 fee, festival- goers can taste the chili and vote for their favorite. Half of the money raised from the con- test will be donated to the Back Mountain Food Pantry. The Harvest Festival will feature most of the vendors who participated last year. There will be a farmer’sanarket, a Kiss the Pig contest with fire chiefs from five local departments vying for the honor, and local entertain- ment on center stage through- out the day. A new feature this year will be HILLSIDE RRR PAT ei Dairy Store “Farm to Table Freshness” NEPA’s richest tasting Milk & Ice Cream First-Annual Harvest Festival September 30 Restoring the farm “One Gallon at a Time” 65 Hillside Road ~ Shavertown (570) 696 2881 www.thelandsathillsidefarms.org ~ Noon-6pm @® Annual Dallas Harvest Festival will begin Sunday the Harvest Festival Idol Con- test. Auditions were held earlier last week and the top three finalists will perform from 3:30-5 p.m. at the festival. Any- one in attendance can vote for their favorite act. Cash prizes will be awarded. LOCAL STUDENTS WORK AT LIBRARY Several Dallas students took time from sports and recreation to lend a hand at the Back Mountain Memorial Library this summer. Katelyn Reinert and cousin Jacob Reinert volun- teered in the Children's Room each Wednesday, while Drew Clause assisted all summer at the special reading programs for Paws, Claws, Scales and Tales. Key Club members Eric Fritzges, Brad Johnson, Nicole Clemson, and Heather Mines joined Clause and spent a day helping at the final party and Raptors Rule! program. Katelyn Fritzges, a page at the library, Dallas graduate and Key Club member, worked with children’s librarian Janet Bauman throughout the summer inthe summer reading program. Above, Dallas High School Key Club members, from left, Clem- son, Mines, and Katelyn Fritzges, work at the end-of-program party. Pouring a drink is Carl Bartizek, a Wyoming Seminary student who worked part-time at the library during the summer. Money talks. Ours never shuts up. 459 CRABFEAST $35.00 Per Person Our Lady of Victory Church Harveys Lake Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22nd & 23rd 2006 6-10 PM All you can eat Baltimore Crabs, Clam Chowder, French Fries, Beer and Soda. For reservations call 639-1535. When making reservations, specify which night. You must be 12 yrs or older to attend. NEED FOOT CARE? 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