Vol. 119 No. 40
THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
October 5 - 11, 2008
The
DAtrL.AS Post.
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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
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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
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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