: L PAGE4 THE POST COMMUNITY Sunday, April 15, 2007 Misericordia schedules Library Week events As part of “Come Together & Celebrate National Library Week @ Your Library,” the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at College Mi- sericordia has scheduled a slate of events, including free lectures about the Gospel of Thomas and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during the week of April 16-20. Stevan L. Davies, professor of religious studies at College Mi- sericordia, will discuss the Gos- pel of Thomas at 4 p.m. Friday, April 20 in the Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library. His lec- ture delves into a subject he wrote in-depth about in one of his six books, “The Gospel of Thomas Annotated and Ex- plained.” Sami Adwan, a Palestinian educator at Bethlehem Universi- ty, and Saliba Sarsar, a native of Israel, and associate vice presi- dent for academic program ini- ‘tiatives and professor of political science at Monmouth University, will discuss the ongoing peace process between Israel and Pal- estine at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 in the Catherine Evans McGo- wan Room of the Mary Kintz Be- vevino Library. The Gospel of Thomas’ was discovered in the Egyptian des- ert in 1945 and is considered the most important manuscript dis- covery in Christian history, ac- cording to Dr. Davies. It is a col- lection of sayings attributed to Jesus, some of them new and others also found in the Bible. The Gospel of Thomas "also shows how one of the earliest forms of Christianity developed ideas different than those of the orthodox church — ideas that are surprisingly like the ideas of spiritual and new-age religious people today. Dr. Davies holds a bachelor’s degree from Duke University and a doctorate in philosophy from Temple University. He has taught religion at Misericordia for 28 years. During that time, he also has been featured in six na- tionally televised documentar- ies. He has appeared on the Dis- covery Channel's “Ancient Evi- dence” series and was featured in a one-hour documentary, “The Miracles of Jesus,” that was pro- duced by the BBC. National Ge- ographic utilized his expertise for a documentary that delved in- to Jesus’ medical techniques af- ter Dr. Davies published, “Jesus bi Stevan Davies will speak April 20 at College Misericordia. the Healer: Possession, Trance, and the Origins of Christianity,” in 1995. The cable network, Arts & Entertainment, had him ap- pear twice to discuss Jesus’ dis- ciples and offer insight into Sa- tan and The New Testament. The Mary Kintz Bevevino Li- brary also presented the lecture, “Diversity and Religion,” by Ma- ry Hinton, visiting scholar at Col- lege Misericordia, on Thursday, April 12 in the Catherine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library. Hinton holds a doctorate from Fordham University in religion and religious education, a mas- ter’s in clinical child psychology from the University of Kansas and a bachelor’s degree from Wil- liams College in clinical psychol- ogy. She most recently was the executive director of Replica- tions, Inc., based at Teachers College, Columbia University, N.Y., and was also an instructor at the University of Kansas and guest lectured at Williams Col- lege. The library has also scheduled informational workshops, fun ac- tivities for preschool children, raffles, and bake and book sales throughout the week. For a com- plete schedule of National Li- brary Week activities, contact the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library at 570-674-6231 or 570-674-6352 or visit www.misericordia.edu/ library /index.cfm. Founded and Sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy in 1924, College Misericordia is Luzerne Coun- ty’s first four-year college and of- fers 34 academic majors on the graduate and undergraduate lev- els in full and part-time formats. College Misericordia has applied for university status in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania. MOMENTS IN TIME The History Channel * On April 20,1906, firefighters halt the spread of flames in San Francisco after an earthquake two days earlier caused a substantial part of the city to burn. Nearly 700 people lost their lives and 200,000 were left homeless. ® On April 18,1929, “Small Talk,” the first Our Gang picture with sound, debuts. The series’ mischievous band of kids, later known as the Little Rascals, quickly caught on with the public, especially after characters Spanky, Alfalfa and Darla were added in the early 1930s. ® On April 16,1943, in Basel, Switzerland, Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist, accidentally consumes LSD-25, a synthetic drug he had created in 1938. Widespread use of the so-called mind-expanding drug did not begin until the 1960s. ® On April 19,1957, the Brattle Theater in Cambridge, Mass., near Harvard University, presents its first showing of “Casablanca,” star- ring Humphrey Bogart, spawning a cult following. Bogart had been wounded aboard a Navy ship in World War |. His upper lip was scarred and partially paralyzed, giving him the tough-guy poker face. STRANGE BUT TRUE * In order to stay aloft in its seemingly effortless hover, the ruby- throated hummingbird beats its wings approximately 200 times every single second. * |[t was Academy Award-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman who made the following observation: "When something good hap- pens it's a miracle, and you should wonder what God is saving up for you later." * Famed director Steven Spielberg got an early start in filmmak- ing; when he was still a kid, he used his father’s Super-8 camera to make several movies. Richard L. Connor PUBLISHER The Dallas Post TIMES® LEADER Community Newspaper Group ¢ 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18711 ® 570-829-7248 news@mydallaspost.com Liz Ayers ADVERTISING David C. Konopki EDITOR t may look ancient, but this barn in Lehman stands proudly, reminding all who pass by of days when su Jers livelihood. FOR THE DALLAS POST/ CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK ch buildings played a vital role in a New books are added to collection at Back Mountain Library Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary, 96 Huntsville Road, Dal- las, announces the addition of the following books to its collec- tion: EXPRESS (1week) “Fresh Disasters” by Stuart Woods, “Alibi Man” by Tami Hoag, “I Heard That Song Be- fore” by Mary Higgins Clark FICTION “The Watchers” by Mark An- drew Olsen, “Magic City” by James W. Hall, “The Mathemat- ics of Love” by Emma Darwin, fore” by Mary Higgins Clark, “Shopaholic and Baby” by Soph- ie Kinsella “Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu” by Lee Goldberg “The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears” by Dinaw Mengestu “Burning Bright” by Tracy Che- valier “Sleeping with Strangers” by Eric Jerome Dickey NONFICTION “Creating Life Against the Odds” by Ilona Laszlo Higgins. “Born on a blue Day” by Daniel Tammet, “We, The Jury: decid- “ing the Scott Peterson case” by puted Barricade” by Anne Perry, “The Dream Thief” by Shana Abe, “The Testament” by Eric Lustbader, “The Phony Marine” by James Lehrer, “The Echo Maker” by Richard Powers BOOKS ON CD “Hide” by Lisa Gardner, “Dad- dy’s Girl” by Lisa Scottoline “State of Denial” by Bob Wood- ward, “Alternadad” by Neal Pol- lack, “Nixon and Mao” by Marga- ret MacMillan, “Storm from the east” by Milton Viorst, “After the Quake” by Haruki Murakami, leyn,” “Keeping Mum,” “Bonnie and Clyde,” “The Crucible,” “A Dog’s Life,” “A Good Year,” “The Bronte Sisters,” “Cezanne in Pro- vence,” “The Nativity Story” YOUNG ADULT “Bread and Roses, Too” by Katherine Paterson “Jack Ke- rouac” by Alison Behnke “Vladi- mir Lenin” by Margaret J. Gold- stein “Henry David Thoreau: a biography” by Milton Melt SPECIAL DONATION “War, Women, and the News: how female journalists won the “Finn” by Jon Clinch “The Sen- Greg Beratlis “Muhammad” by Karen Arm- battle to cover World War II” by ator and the Priest” by Andrew LARGE PRINT FICTIO strong, “When Darkness Falls” Catherine Gourley, presented to M. Greeley, “Fresh Disasters” by ~~ “Miss Julia Strikes Back” by by James Grippando the Young Adults of the Back Stuart Woods “Alibi Man” by Ta- Ann B. Ross “Hamilton” by Cath- DVDs Mountain Memorial Library by mi Hoag “I Heard That Song Be- erine Cookson, “At Some Dis- “Man of the Year,” “Anna Bo- author Catherine Gourley 70 YEARS AGO nard Banks and Alton Steele comb and Rita Carle, bothalsoof ity of water. Despite the fact that 1937 Company. o Dallas. LLL $ there is plenty of water fo\"bath- Before the end of the year ing and flushing toilets, drinking REPORTS OF MASS many as 50 new homes may be 40 YEARS AGO water must be obtained from built on the plot if the demand outside sources due to a strong POISONING for h th ta 197 ulphur taste, th id EXAGGERATED. Stra pes Ci Sensational reports of a “mass WORK STOPPAGE AT ‘Daring’s Markets, Vemol@) poisoner” who was supposed to Myra Reese, Pioneer Avenue, LINEAR Highway, Dallas, featured the have killed 28 dogs in the Dallas was the lucky little girl who won NEARING AN END following specials: four bath size section were called “grossly ex- the fluffy, white rabbit with huge : bars of Ivory soap for 65 cents; aggerated” by Chief of Police Le- pink ears at the children’s story hy pies fe Tor wa three heads of California lettuce onard O’Kane and State Police hour last Saturday morning at for a dollar; eight 16 ounce bot- this week. Several weeks ago, as reported in The Post, two state policemen visited Huntsville to investigate reports that several dogs had been poisoned. Another poison- ing in Dallas about the same time apparently started the ru- mor that dogs were dropping right and left from strychnine ad- ministered by some per- son with a hatred for YESTERDAY fears this week when he reported that he had no official reports of any “mass poisoning” and state po- licemen at Wyoming said they had heard of no further poison- ing since their investigation of a few cases last month. Dallas Borough High School auditorium, with more than a score of talented young enter- tainers from this section compet- ing for cash prizes. “Jimmie” Brennan of Harvey’s Lake will be the master of ceremonies and there will be a number of sur- prise features. The Dallas Bor- ough High School Band will play. 60 YEARS AGO 1947 HOUSES BEING BUILT BEHIND NATONA MILLS Three houses are completed, three more under construction and the cellars of three more are being excavated on the plot of land on Veteran’s Memorial ‘Highway beyond Natona Mills which is being developed by Ber- Memorial Library. Ladies Auxiliary of Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church enjoyed a covered dish luncheon at the church Wednesday. Present were: Mrs. Byron Kitchen, Mrs. Thomas Hontz, Mrs. Christine Malkemes, Mrs. Willard Lozo, Mrs. Earl Reese, Mrs. John Eck, Mrs. R.JW. Templin, Mrs. Ger- trude Marley, Mrs. William Die- rolf, Mrs. Harold Ash, Mrs. Cath- erine Lemke and Mrs. Jane Yok- vin. 50 YEARS AGO ! 1957 CO-CHAIRMEN NAMED FOR GARDEN PARTY Mrs. Thomas Jenkins, presi- dent of the King’s Daughters Class of Shavertown Methodist Church, has appointed Mrs. ML.J. Borthwick and Mrs. John H.D. Ferguson as co-chairmen for the annual Garden Party to be held June 25 at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Abram Nesbitt at Lake Cat- alpa. Kingston Township Police will give an Easter Party for chil- dren this year instead of the usu- al Easter Egg Hunt. Children from the Back Mountain from tots to fifth graders are invited to the Westmoreland Gymnasium - this Saturday before Easter at 10 a.m. when a film will be shown and door prizes given. Each child will receive a gift of Easter candy. Lucky winners of $25 perma- nents at Winifred’s Beauty Salon are Mary McNally and Mrs. James Casterline, both of Dallas. The new salon, located at 36 Main Street, also gave away a wash and set to Mrs. R.M. Body- was gasping its last, and that an agreement had been reached which had only to be ratified at a meeting of the union Wednesday night. The work stoppage has persisted since July 31, 1966. Jack E. Jones, 54 East Center Street, Shavertown, was sur- prised to receive a government letter notifying him that the Bronze Star Medal was being sent to him for military action during World War II. Mr. Jones served with the 112th Infantry, 28th Division. He received the Medal for “Meritious Achieve- ment in Ground Operations Against the Enemy — European Theater of Operations, during the Rhineland Campaign.” An elderly Shavertown couple lost their home and furnishings on Tuesday evening when a fire gutted the upstairs of the dwell- ing and the kitchen. Mr. Gilbert Turpin was starting a fire in the kitchen stove when flames start- ed from the stove pipe where it adjoined the second floor ceil- ing. 30 YEARS AGO 1977 SHAVERTOWN CITIZENS PROTEST ~ CONSTRUCTION A group of Shavertown citi- zens protested construction of a proposed Sherwood Forest De- velopment at Wednesday night’s meeting of the Kingston Town- ship Water Commission. Area residents said they feared con- struction of approximately 45 homes on the Ferguson Plot off Lawn Street may cause a water shortage in the near future. They also complained about the qual- tles of RC cola for 98 cents; and 6 pink or white grapefruits for a dollar. Lake-Lehman school directors agreed to build a new Lake-Nox- en School at a meeting of the board Tuesday night. Arnold Garinger, president of the board, assigned a commission to find an appropriate site, comprised of Ellis Hoover, chairman, Mar- garet Anderson, Ken Williams and Robert Belles, superintend- ent of schools. Winners of the Easter Bunny Coloring Contest, sponsored by the Kingston Township Police Department in Westmoreland Elementary School, were award- ed large stuffed animals by trolman Lou Rozelle. The ners were: Marilyn Ward, Steve Ashworth, Billy Jones, Kelly Te- rescavage, Joy Bearley and Mela- nie Coscia. 20 YEARS AGO 1987 DALLAS UNITED WOMEN HOLD RUMMAGE SALE A rummage sale was held by the Dallas United Methodist Church women. Planners includ- ed: Doris Carey, Ruth Owens, Marge Baker and Harriet Miller. Five Harvey's Lake Borough residents announced they are running on the Republican tick- et in the May Primaries for five seats on Borough Council. Ge- orge R. Gwilliam, John Yogod- zinski, Joseph Sgarlat, Robert Albee and Jay Orchreiter, D.P, will work as a team to win nomination for positions on - council which will become va- cant this year. SR a ER NES
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