Vol. 119 No. 40 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 October 5 - 11, 2008 The DAtrL.AS Post. Serving the communities of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts | www.mydallaspost.com Volleying against cancer By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Breast cancer is hereditary in Regan Palfey’s family. Her moth- er, Catherine, and even her great- uncle were afflicted with the dis- ease. Dig Pink, an event Palfey is sponsoring to raise funds to help eradicate breast cancer, will be held at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, at Penn State Wilkes-Barre dur- ing a volleyball game between the girls from the local PSU cam- pus and the Penn State Abington campus. Palfey, coach of the PSU/WB team, organized the event in hon- or of her late mother who was killed in a car accident. “My mother was a breast can- cer survivor and I would like to 3 do this in her IF YOU GO honor,” Palfey Dig Pink PSU said. “At first, vs a. PSU she had a sur- ington wom- en's volleyball gerylouy to keep her game Thursday, Oct. 9, breast, but at 7 p.m. then it (the Penn State cancer) came Wilkes-Barre : 3 Old Routes, Pack Tg Lehman ter my father passed away and she had her breast removed. She passed away in a car accident a few years ago and I always remember going to breast cancer fundraisers with her. I guess I wanted to start rais- ing money for the cause, also.” Dig Pink is held through The Side-Out Foundation (Side-Out), an organization formed in 2004 by a group of people drawn to- gether by volleyball and deter- mined to help fight breast cancer. Side-Out’s mission is to raise ' money for the fight against breast cancer through the sport of vol- leyball. Palfey heard about Dig Pink af- ter Side-Out sent her an e-mail asking her team to help out. The event is held in October in conjunction with Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As of Septem- ber 24, 594 college and high school volleyball teams nation- wide had planned to hold Dig Pink matches during the month. Baskets and tickets to an up- coming Penn State University/ Indiana football game will be raf- fled off at the Penn State Wilkes- Barre Dig Pink event. The play- ers will hold a bake sale and t- shirts will be for sale. Blue Cross of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Gallery of Hope will be on dis- play, featuring local breast cancer survivors. Information on breast See CANCER, Page 12 Do you or someone you know have a real life inspi- rational story that you would like to share with readers of The Dallas Post? If so, please contact us at 675-5211 or by e-mail at news@mydallas- post.com. DALLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST TT — " pr 3 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Children at Dallas Elementary School watch schoolmate Todd Phillips demonstrate a protective technique to use when attacked by a dog. It’s all about staying safe Sa “This fits into what | feel is By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com neeling on the gym floor with his elbows to his head and his face to the ground, Todd Phil- lips showed his peers how to roll the human body up like a rock. il necessary for our children - exposing them to good safety habits at an early The rock method, used to protect the body during a dog attack, was just one of the numerous safety tips given to stu- dents on September 25 at Rep. Karen Bo- back’s (R-Harveys Lake) child safety ex- po at Dallas Elementary School. The pro- gram was held twice that day at Dallas Elementary School and once on Septem- ber 26 at Wycallis Elementary School. “This fits into what I feel is necessary for our children - exposing them to good safety habits at an early age,” Boback said. “It’s all about the safety of our chil- dren.” Dallas Elementary Principal Tom Trav- er also feels the expo correlates with the state’s educational standards for the health and safety curriculum. Boback was a teacher for 33 years and also a guidance counselor in the Tunk- hannock School District. She was Trav- Dallas Elementary School students react to a car rollover demonstration at the school presented by members of the Pennsylvania State Police. er’s middle school guidance counselor. Boback has also been an adjunct faculty member in the education department at Wilkes University and Misericordia Uni- versity. She currently serves on the Chil- dren and Youth Committee in Harris- burg. Last year, the representative held her child safety expo at Lake-Lehman ele- mentary schools. WBRE-TV reporter Andy Mehalshick presented his Stranger Danger program to the children. Mehalshick started the program in 1994 as a proactive measure age. It's all about the safety of our children.” Rep. Karen Boback R-Harveys Lake after a rash of kidnapping attempts in the Wyoming Valley. Since then, Mehalshick estimates he has given 400 to 500 pre- sentations of Stranger Danger. In 1994, Mehalshick and a police chief set out to see how many children would go with a stranger. With parental permis- sion, the chief tried to lure children to come with him by showing them a photo of his lost dog. Most times, he was suc- cessful. The students were shown Mehal- See SAFE, Page 12 60981512007 9%9 By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Women with kids in tow get education It was Linda Mullen’s son’s birthday, but she had to go to class. Mullen took Jacob with her to Michael Duffy’s class at Misericordia University and the young boy spilled soda. Duffy announced he had to get more coffee and Mullen was relieved she would have time to clean up the mess. But Duffy didn’t bring back coffee. Instead, he carried in a cake he baked himself for Jacob. Mullen is a participant in Misericordia’s Women with Children Program. The pro- gram provides single moth- ers and their children free on-campus housing while the women earn their bachelor’s or master’s degrees. The program will be able to include four more mothers and up to eight of their chil- dren beginning in the spring 2009 semester due to a finan- cial gift from Sidney and Pau- ly Friedman. Ten mothers and up to 20 of their children will now be able to live at the university. Currently, six students and their children are enrolled in the Women with Children Program and live in Rosary Hall on Lake Street. Thanks to the donation from the Friedmans, another house owned by Misericordia on the street is being renovated for additional women and children. The home will be named the Pauly House. The Women with Children Program at Misericordia Uni- versity was started in 2000 by former dean of students TB CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST : Linda Mullen and her 9-year-old son, Jacob, are living in Ros- ary Hall at Misericordia University through the Women with Children Program. The program provides single mothers and their children free on-campus housing while the women earn their bachelor's or master's degrees. Sister Jean Messaros, now Children Program, the vice-president of student affairs and director of Mercy Integration. Vicki Austin, di- says Messaros was prompted to : form the program after she : Event aids MU program The third annual igourmet- .com Fork & the Cork, in sup- port of Misericordia Universi- ty’s Women with Children program, will be held October 10 and 11. Fork & the Cork festivities begin with a Wine Maker’s Dinner from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, at the West- moreland Club in Wilkes- Barre. A five course menu will be served featuring gourmet dishes from igourmet.com. Each course will be paired with premium wines. Tickets are $150 each. The Grand Tasting Event will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11, at Miser- icordia University and fea- tures international gourmet foods paired with wines at over 50 tables organized by rector of the Women with See WOMEN, Page 12 See EVENT, Page 12
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