————— es == — _— Sunday, February 24, 2008 PAGE 3 THE DALLAS POST am RR - bo Members of the Selner family of Shavertown - mom Kathleen, 9-month-old Jillian and sister Melanie - spend time looking for bargains in the book bin at the Slightly Used Bookstore of the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Behind them are Melissa and Tommy Janoski, of Dallas. The timing of the winter sale at the Slightly Read Bookshop in the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library was just right as those tired of watching re-runs on television due to the Hol- lywood and New York writers’ strike found themselves looking for other forms of enter- Shop offers good fin ent. @ until February 14, the bookshop of- fered all hardcover adult fiction and non-fic- tion books at half price and served a purpose, closing on February 14 just as the writers’ strike came to an end. Becky Kosierowski and her son, Jesse, of Shavertown, are delighted to find the perfect book for her grandfather, Eugene Gingo - the history of his childhood church in Edwardsville. S CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Slightly Read Book Shop volunteer Nancy Dingman, of Dallas, gets an enthusiastic cus- tomer and a surprise candy Valentine from Jesse Kosierowski, of Shavertown, during the store's annual book sale. \ CHURCH BRIEFS Coffee and Conversation slated “Chicken Soup for Relation- ships” will be the subject of the second Coffee and Conversa- tion session sponsored by the Social Justice Committee of St. Therese’s Church in Shaver- town at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25, in the Father Sammons Hall in the lower level of the church. A team Of trained mediators from the Father James J. Doyle, C.S.C. Community Mediation Institute will pre- sent the program. A free will offering will be taken to benefit The Peace and Justice Center. Refreshments will be served and Fair Trade products will be on sale. For more information, call Patrick McCormick of the Peace and Justice Center at 823-9977. Methodist Women meet, make pasties The Lehman- Idetown Unit- ed Methodist Women will hold their regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the church on Mountain View Drive, Lehman. The program for the evening will be "Peace, Journeying to Claim It" presented by Jayne Haefele. The monthly pastie sale will be Thursday, Feb. 28. Price is $4 and orders are to be phoned n to Linda at 477-5219 or Willis at 639-5300 by Tuesday, Feb. 26. Pasties can be picked up at the church. Contra dance planned A New England Contra dance sponsored by the Chico- ry House and the Folklore Society featuring music by “Un-bowed” with caller Katy Heine will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, at the Church of Christ Uniting, Sprague Avenue, Kingston. No partner or previous expe- rience is necessary. Admission to the dance is $8 for adults and $20 for families. For more information, call 333-4007 or log onto folkloresociety.org. TUMC plans turkey dinner for Saturday A turkey dinner will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, in the Dickson Educa- tion Facility of the Trucksville United Methodist Church, Church Road, Trucksville. Takeout orders start at 4 p.m. and there will be preferred seating in the hall at 5 and 6 p.m. Tickets are $8.50 for adults and $4.50 for children 12 years of age and under. Tickets must be reserved in advance by calling the church office at 696-3897 Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. World Day of Prayer celebrated March 7 Church Women United will celebrate World Day of Prayer at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, March 7, at Shavertown United Metho- dist Church. This year’s pro- gram was written by the wom- en of Guyana and Rev. M. Lynn Snyder will deliver the mess- age. Women from Shavertown UMC, Lehman-Idetown UMC, St. Theresa’s Catholic, Trinity Presbyterian, St Paul’s Luth- eran and several other area churches will take part. A re- ception will follow the service. For more information, call 696-2907 Ham dinner planned for Loyalville church A Ham and Cabbage Dinner and Bake Sale will be held from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Sat- urday, March 8, at the Loyal- ville United Methodist Church. Cost is $8 for adults and $3.50 for children under 12 years of age. Takeouts are available and can be reserved by calling 477-3521. Teens plan rummage sale for March 18 The Noxen Bible Baptist Church teens will host a rum- mage sale on Saturday, March 18, to benefit their summer mission trip to Newfoundland, Canada. Boback re-election eadquarters opens State Representative Karen Boback officially an- nounced the grand opening of her re-election cam- paign headquarters during a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. Reverend Charles Gommer, of Dallas and Mr. Len Pallis, of Tunkhannock; co-chairs of Friends of Karen Boback, offered opening remarks followed by the introduction of State Representative Bo- back. Friends of Karen Boback Campaign Headquar- ters is located 1/8 mile south of the Dallas Shop- ping Center at 217 Memorial Highway. Staffed by all volunteers, it will be open from 5 to 7 p.m. on weekdays and from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays. Additional office hours will be announced. For more information, log on to www.karenbo- back.com, call 674-0808 or e-mail repboback@ka- renboback.com Now with 2 locations: Wilkes-Barre & Back Mountain Dr. Brian O’Donnell Hearing Evaluations. Hearing Aids. If your hearing aid is not performing adequately, let us help you find a solution. 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