Vol. 119 No. 7 February 17 - 23, 2008 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 DALLAS POST. SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS AND LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS The ® Louella Prutzman leads Bar- bara Evans and Betty Doherty and other members of The Good- timers singing group. By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com On a dreary, icy and rainy winter after- noon, it’s easy for anyone, especially resi- dents in nursing homes, to drift off to sleep. Enter The Goodtimers and everyone comes to life. By singing songs such as “Ain't She Sweet” and “You Are My Sunshine,” The Goodtimers brought light and warmth on January 29 to those living at the Meadows Nursing Center in Dallas. Residents gath- ered in the third floor dayroom to listen to the group sing “oldies but goodies.” “We don’t make money, but we make fun,” said Louella Prutzman, a member of The Goodtimers, to the audience. Rita (Lyons) Good, of Dallas, began to volunteer at the Meadows in 1984 by doing sing-a-longs with residents and playing the piano for entertainment. Good, who has al- ways been musical, eventually brought oth- ers along with her. The Back Mountain- based group was named The Goodtimers in the mid-1990s after one of its original mem- bers, Jack Good, who died in July 2006. Rita Good, who met Jack while singing at the Dallas American Legion, married him in 1998. “I love music and I was looking for a place See GOODIES, Page 5 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Jack Callahan and Rita Good belt out a song for residents at the Meadows Nursing Home as part of a monthly visit from The Goodtimers. Group gathers to sing ’oldies but goodies’ The Goodtimers always accept new members. Anyone in- terested is asked to call Betty Sorchik, volun- teer coordinator at the Meadows, at 675-8600. Ask for exten- sion 195. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Leah Mann-Daly, Lehman, with her American Eskimo mix dog "Snowball." Woman fell mn love with Cairns, now rescues them By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Leah Mann-Daly was devastated when her Yorkshire Terrier died. Mann-Daly, 40, of Lehman, owned the 8-year-old dog named “Blue” for three years before he passed away so the stay- at-home mom decided to look for a way to give back to dogs. Through the Luzerne County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) website four years ago, she found the Col. Potter HOW TO Cairn Terrier Res- HELP cue Network. Af- To make a dona- ter one year of tion, volunteer, reading up on the ope aan 2 Cairn Terrier : ; Tei breed and gaining information, visit . www.cairnrescue- 2 feeling for the .com. group, Mann-Daly became a member of the intakes team. Col. Potter Cairn Terrier Rescue Net- work is a nationwide, all-volunteer, non- profit organization that rescues Cairn Terriers from homelessness as well as those being used as breeding stock in puppy mills and among backyard breed- ers. The Col. Potter Cairn Terrier Rescue Network, which is over 600 members strong, rescued 373 Cairn Terriers in 2007. “The more I watched, I realized this is not only a rescue, but a family,” Mann-Da- ly said. “Then I fell in love with the dogs and there was no way I could walk away.” The organization recently won Ya- hoo!’s “Be a Better Inspiration” charity competition. For two weeks in Decem- ber, people voted for their favorite char- ities online. The rescue placed in the top five and was entered into the competi- tion. The charity that collected the most non-duplicated donations of $10 or more in one week would win a matching dona- See CAIRNS, Page 8 By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Months before the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, kinder- garten students in the Lake-Leh- man School District have already met some of their future class- mates. As part of the Kindergarten Readiness Program, children en- tering kindergarten at all three' of the district’s elementary schools & and their parents meet three times at each respective school to go over reading and math readiness, bus safety and orientation and nutri- tion and health. Activities are pro- vided for the children, including story time, crafts, a snack and ori- entation of the building. The second installment of the program was held on February 7 at Lehman-Jackson Elementary School. Sean Hanley, who will start kin- dergarten at Lehman-Jackson Ele- mentary this fall, was worried he wouldn’t know anyone when he got to school. But when he went to the program, Sean realized that some of his friends from pre-school See FEARS, Page 5 Kindergarten registration in the Lake-Leh- man School District is scheduled as follows: Lehman-Jackson Elementary, Feb. 25; Lake- Noxen Elementary, Feb. 26; Ross Elementary, Feb. 27. Registration will be held at each school according to the following alphabetical order of the last name: 9 a.m., A-E; 10 a.m., FJ; tam. K-O: 1 pm. P-S; 2 p.m., TZ. Kindergarten registration for both elemen- tary schools in the Dallas School District will be held March 1 through 14 at Dallas Ele- mentary School. The schedule is according to last name and is as follows: A-B,1to 4 p.m., March 1; C-F, 9-1:45 a.m., March 12; G-K,1to 4 p.m. March 12; L-O, 9 to 1:45 a.m., March 13; P-S,1to 4 p.m., March 13; T-Z, 9 to 1:45 a.m., March 14. Easing the fears of going to Kindergarten CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Georgia Egan is pleased with a project her daughter, Riley, worked onata kindergarten registration and orien- tation held at elementary schools in the Lake-Lehman School District. HEL The Dallas Post staff would like to talk to you. Call us at 970-7440 or e-mail us at news@mydallaspost.com. 098151200790, oo
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