PAGE 6 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, July 13, 2008 Boback sponsors ID theft seminar State Rep. Karen Boback will conduct Senior Identity Theft Seminars in the Back Mountain area. The first will be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 17, at the Meadows in Dallas. The Wyom- ing County Senior Center will host a seminar at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 18. Another seminar will be held at 10 a.m. on Thurs- day, July 24, at the Benton Se- nior Center and one will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, July 25, at the Shickshinny High Rise. Each seminar will feature a formal presentation by Joyce O’Brien of the State Attorney General's office with special guests, including local and state police, the Luzerne County Dis- trict Attorney's office and even a county detective. Identity theft is a big problem, especially where seniors are concerned. They're often seen as “easy prey,” victims of every- thing from being tricked into bank account withdrawals, bo- gus “prize money” promises and a whole host of other scams. Sadly, statistics show that it’s more often than not a family member who simply takes ad- vantage of a loved one and their life savings. SUBMITTED PHOTO Preparing for Senior ID Theft Seminars are, from left, Dallas Township Police Chief Robert Jolley, Meadows Nursing Center Administrator Cristina Tarbox, State Representative Karen Boback, Meadows Activities Director Betty Sorchick and Legis- lative Aide Carol Sweeney. Thomas is not new to Music Box Emily Thomas of Shaver- town is one of three Back Mountain residents who will appear in “The Music Man” at the Music Box Dinner Play- house in Swoyersville, open- ing Friday, July 18. Part of a theatrical family, Emily’s first appearance on stage was as an infant carried by her mother, Cindy, in a pro- duction of “A Christmas Car- ol” at the Music Box. Her fa- ther, Lee, and her brother, Craig, also appeared in the show. Since then, Emily has appeared in several shows at the Music Box and at Lake- Lehman High School where she recently graduated. In her senior year she played the title role of “Mame” in the school’s annual musical and had also appeared in “The Mu- sic Man,” “Oliver” and “South Pacific.” Last summer, she had the distinction of attending the Governor’s School of the Arts at Mercyhurst College in SUBMITTED PHOTO Emily Thomas, above right, of Shavertown, plays the role of Za- neeta, the mayor's eldest daughter, n “The Music Man" opening Friday, July 18, a t he Music Box Dinner Playhouse in Swoyers- ville. Ackerman on United Nations tour Irina Ackerman, daughter of Bill and Gina Ackerman, of Dal- las, departed on July 3 from Harrisburg on the 59th annual two-week United Nations Pil- grimage Tour. Since the tour’s inception in 1949, over 42,000 students have participated in the pro- gram sponsored by the Nation- al Odd Fellows and Rebekahs organizations. Of 46 students from the state of Pennsylvania who will at- tend the program this year, Ackerman is one of two stu- dents from Luzerne County se- lected. She will meet up with students from all over the na- tion as she participated in the program. The historic and educational trip continues with tours of the Gettysburg battlefields, Wash- ington D.C., Philadelphia, Bos- ton, Salem, towns in Vermont as well as three cities in Cana- da. Mid-trip, Ackerman will spend three days at the United Nations in New York City in tours and meetings and attend- ing official UN briefings on children’s human rights, child Irina Ackerman is participa- ting in a United Nations Pil- grimmage Tour. trafficking and children in armed combat. With UN offi- cials, she will visit Ground Ze- ro, Liberty Island, Ellis Island, take part in speeches and con- tests on current UN issues and attend a performance of the new Tony winner, “In The Heights.” Ackerman, 17, will enter her junior year at Dallas High School and will also represent her high school in the Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre pro- gram. She is the recipient of the 2004 Triple A Award where, as a student at Major Performing Arts Center (MPAC), her peers voted her the most Improved and Accomplished Young Stu- dent that year. She has apprenticed with se- nior instructors at MPAC for _ five years and, this past year, completed her first full teach-, ing assignment with a Creative Movement/Beginner Dance ,- class of 3 and 4-year-olds. She is an advanced dancer is all of tap, jazz and lyrical dance and is ap- proaching advanced levels in * classical ballet and pointe. Sh performs with a team of ad- vanced dancers who have now earned two national talent ti- tles. Ackerman has completed the first of three levels of Chris- tian Leadership Training at Camp Orchard Hill, is an active member of the Fellowship Evangelical Free Church Teen Youth Group, successfully’ completed the State Police Camp Cadet and will volunteer at Volunteers of America this *' summer, as well as work the month of August at Interna- tional Sports and Training Camp in Stroudsburg. She has participated in missions trips in Brooklyn and in Russia. Born in Russia, Ackerman ar- rived in America at the age of 9' in 2000 with no education and knowing no English. She will serve as a reading in- tern in the Dallas Elementary ' School next spring under two of her strongest education mentors, Sharon Hartshorne, reading specialist, and Tom Traver, principal. She hopes to pursue a career , in education. HARPIST ENTERTAINS AT MEADOWS NURSING CENTER Erie. Thomas plays the principal role of Zaneeta, the mayor’s el- dest daughter, in “The Music Man.” Also appearing in “The Mu- sic Man” is 15-year-old Kathe- rine Moran of Trucksville. A sophomore at Dallas Area High School, she appeared in a Music Box Revue in January and attended the first Music Box Young Adult Theatre Workshop. She sings and danc- es as one of the “River City Youth,” Chavon Croman, a resident of Country Pine Estates in Dallas, plays one of the “Pick- A-Little-Ladies” in “The Mu- sic Man.” Croman attended Lake-Lehman High School where she was active in the chorus and cheerleading and appeared in the school’s musi- cal, “The Music Man.” She is a graduate of Mansfield Col- lege. HISTORIC HOMES PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS Award winners for the Historic Homes of Tunkhannock Photo Contest are, from left, Jessie Keker, exhibit coordinator; Linda Rose, photo contest winner; Bonnie D'Ulisse, photo contest win- ner; Karen Cole, photo contest winner; Suzanne Wilkinson, photo contest winner; and Margie Young, Wyoming County Cultural Center/Dietrich Theater Program Director. The photos will be on exhibit at the Wyoming County Cultural Center/Dietrich Theater in Tunkhannock through July. LN As a treat for residents, The Meadows Nursing Center Auxiliary, Dallas, sponsored social i! entertainment by harpist Sarah Smith. Visitors enjoyed Smith's talents, playing hymns, ballads i and singing many songs from over the decades. From left, are Lorraine Allen, Emma Herman, Sarah Smith, harpist; and Rita Jordan. 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