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shick’s television reports on his
findings.
Mehalshick reminded the
children never to go with any-
one they do not know. He sug-
gested they develop a code word
with their parents that can be
used if someone else has to pick
them up and to scream words
such as "fire" and "water" if a
stranger gets too close.
“If you don’t know, don’t go,”
Mehalshick said.
Tammy Jordan, education
and volunteer coordinator for
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne
County, brought her dog, a Pug
named Chloe, to demonstrate
the proper ways to pet a dog and
talk about dog safety. Jordan
was bitten multiple times in the
face by her babysitter’s dog
when she was 8 years old.
“The reason why Chloe and I
came out to talk to you is be-
cause I never want another child
to be bitten,” Jordan said to the
students.
Jordan instructed the chil-
dren to always ask for an owner’s
permission before petting his or
her dog. She told them to pet the
dog’s back and to never cover
the dog’s eyes or pull its ears or
tail. She also explained the rock
and tree methods, the best body
positions to get into if being at-
tacked by a dog.
The rock position, however,
sometimes results in having a
male dog lift his leg and urinate
on the person, Jordan warned.
She received a roomful of
“Eeeew!” in response.
Following Chloe, a German
Shepherd named Macko hesi-
tantly walked into the gym as he
was led by Brian Feeney of the
Dallas Township Police Depart-
ment. The explosives dog from
the Slovak Republic was afraid
to walk on the gym floor be-
cause of its slippery surface.
Feeney placed three boxes on
the floor, one of which con-
tained a compound commonly
used in bombs. Macko easily de-
termined the third box was the
one with the compound and sat
next to it until Feeney rewarded
him with tug of war with a white
towel.
Macko is used about 12 times
a year and has been put to work
at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
International Airport, Dallas
High School, the Luzerne Coun-
ty Courthouse and other places,
as well as on searches for guns.
At the end of the program, the
students were ushered out to
the side yard of the school near
the playground. Pennsylvania
State Police Trooper Martin
Connors set up a rollover simu-
lator to show the children the
difference wearing a seatbelt
makes when a car rolls over in a
crash.
Three dummies - one adult,
one child and one toddler -
strapped into the car remained
in place as the car rotated upside
down repeatedly. But after Con-
nors unbuckled the dummies’
seatbelts, the adult driver came
crashing down onto the ground.
“I don’t want you picturing
those dummies up there,” Con-
nors said. “I want you to picture
mom, dad, a baby brother or sis-
ter or a cousin - someone you
love.”
Many of the children took
Connor’s advice and thought
about what would happen if fam-
ily members were in the car. Ka-
dy Mamola, fourth-grade, felt
sad after she envisioned her lit-
tle sister Peyton in the car.
Second-grader Dylan Hakim
pictured not only his dad and sis-
ter in the car, but how his mom
would feel if she witnessed it.
“I thought that was my dad
and my baby sister getting
choked and pretended my mom
was sitting beside the car with
her mouth wide open,” Hakim
said.
Lynne Hagan, left,
serves Joan L.
Krause, left, and
Susan Elczyna at
the 2007 Fork & the
Cork event at Miser-
icordia.
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available from 1 to 5 p.m. For
$135, VIP tickets grant access
to the VIP lounge, where tick-
et holders can hear Jimmy:
a +5 ~Mancuse while, also sampling
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country.
The event-will.alse contain.
food from local gourmet res-
taurants including Café Oli-
via, CuVenee, Harry and Bil-
ly’s, River Street Ale House,
31 Lake Street, Bakehouse,
Fire and Ice and Wolfgang
Puck Express.
Tickets are $85 each. A VIP
Grand Cru Tasting is also
Grand Cru wines, caviar,
champagne and more. .
Four food and wine semi-
nars will also be held on Oc-
tober 11. “The Language of
Wine” and “The Perfect Cup”
will be held at 11 a.m. and
“The Love Affair with Triple
Creme” and “Amore - An Ad-
venture in Italian Food and
Wine” will be held at noon.
The seminars will be held in
the third floor Catherine
Evans McGowan Room of the
Mary Kintz Bevevino Library
and~in.. Mercy Hall, rooms
200, 230 and 232. A wine |
seminar. ticket, good for ad-
mission to two seminars, is
$40.
A weekend pass for $300,
which gains entry to all Fork
& the Cork events, is also
available.
To purchase tickets, go to
www.forkandthecork.com or
call 602-3800, ext. 238.
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Funds will be raised for breast cancer during “Dig Pink" at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre vs. Penn
State Abington women's volleyball game at 7 p.m. on Oct. 9 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Members of
the Penn State Wilkes-Barre women's volleyball Tteam are, from left, first row, Sierrah Henderson,
Mariah Syracki, Mandy Imburgio, Lydia Naperkawski, Coach Regan Palfey, Kelsey Biondo, Leanise
Rodriguez and Corrine Monick. Second row, Krissy Gannon, Sierra Simonton, Mistie Charney, Ter-
rysha Lewis and Allie McCarthy-Ramsey. Absent at the time of the photo was Mallory Trojan.
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cancer will also be available.
even considering getting tie-
dyed pink and white shorts.
The team plans to honor breast
cancer survivors in attendance
with purple flowers. Purple is the
color Gi with all cancer
Survivo
Members of the Dallas High «ps; teal“ Tope breast" Canicer
School Chorus, directed by Pal-
fey’s sister, Cassie, and Jennifer
Hunter, will sing the national an-
them before the start of the vol-
leyball game.
Everyone present is encour-
aged to wear pink. Team mem-
bers will wear Dig Pink shirts
during warm-up and pink rib-
bons in their hair. The women are
“survivors show up,” Palfey said.
“I want to-honor them somehow,
at least to stand up in the begin-
ning. When we announce the
players’ names in the beginning,
we will have them give out purple
flowers to the survivors.”
In addition to being the wom-
en’s volleyball coach at Penn
State Wilkes-Barre, Palfey is a
third-grade teacher at Dallas Ele-
mentary School. She has been a
participant the last three years in
the American Cancer Society’s
Back Mountain Relay for Life.
Anyone who wishes to donate
to Side-Out but cannot attend the
event may send a check or money
order to: The Side-Out Founda-
tion, P.O. Box 884, Annandale,
VA 22003. Please reference the
team name on the memo/for line
of the check or in a note with the
check.
Donations can also be made
online at www.sideoutvolley-
ball.org/mainevent/minievent/
PennStat/.
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saw so many single mothers
struggling to make it through
college.
Austin says the need for a
college program for single
moms in northeastern Penn-
sylvania is evident based on
the two to three inquiries she
receives from women every
- one from the campus com-
munity and one from the ad-
visory committee. The wom-
en also attend several work-
shops per semester with top-
ics such as positive parenting,
child development mile-
stones, community living
skills, self esteem enhance-
ment and communication
skills.
During the day while the
moms are in class, children go
to nearby day care centers or
in the program who financial-
ly qualify can receive day care
subsidized up to 40 percent by
Misericordia.
“I think one of the biggest
benefits for them is living in a
community with people with
similar goals,” Austin said.
“The greatest benefit is also
the biggest challenge - living
with five other moms.”
Austin points out the chil-
dren also get to see a college
campus and the benefits of a
week, most of whom are resi- attend Dallas schools. Those
dents of the area.
college education.
Mullen, a senior majoring
in secondary education with
minors in chemistry and psy-
chology, has been living in
Rosary Hall with 9-year-old
Jacob since February 2006.
The 29-year-old former Nanti-
coke resident heard about Mi-
sericordia’s Women with Chil-
dren Program from co-work-
ers at Bed Bath and Beyond
who attended the university.
Intrigued by the program,
Mullen called to inquire and
was told there was a three and
a half year wait. Determined
to continue her education,
Mullen enrolled at Misericor-
dia anyway in the fall 2005.
When two bedrooms in the
house opened up in January of
the next year, Mullen was of-
fered them. She moved in the
beginning of February 2006,
transferring Jacob from Nanti-
coke to Dallas area schools.
Mullen says she’s been fully
accepted by the traditional
college students, who are sev-
en to 11 years younger than
she. When she was nomingic®
for Misericordia’s 2008 home-
coming court, her roommates
ordered pizza and baked a
cake in celebration.
“The biggest thing the pro-
gram has given me is it’s al-
lowed me to have the college
experience,” Mullen said.
“I've been able to experience a
lot and do things on campus.
It’s enabled Jake to do things
on a college campus because
there are not many things I go
to where I don’t bring him.”
Single mothers accepted in-
to the university are eligible
for the Women with Children
Program. They cannot have
an undergraduate degree, al-
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The women also must be the
primary custodial parent and
may have no more than two
children between the ages of 2
when the mother begins class-
es and no older than 12 upon
her graduation.
Rosary Hall, a former con-
vent, is a three-story building
with plenty of bedrooms.
Each woman in the home re-
ceives two bedrooms for her
family and shares common ar-
eas including a kitchen, living
room, dining room, playroom,
computer lab and library. The
women may prepare their own
meals inside of the home or
opt to purchase a meal plan
for the university’s dining
hall. Their children are al-
lowed unlimited free on-cam-
pus meals.
Other benefits of the Wom-
en with Children Program in-
clude lessons on budgeting
money, specialized peer and
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