PAGE 6 THE DALLAS Sunday, November 2, 2008 WH abound CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST The Annual Dallas Kiwanis Club Halloween Parade begins. The Annual Dallas Kiwanis Club Halloween Parade always attracts hundreds of costumed children. This year’s winners are: PRETTIEST Callie Daris, first; Maggie Ro- pietsla, second; Maddie Fles- chut, third; Emily Frisbie, fourth; Issy Handley, fifth. UGLIEST Chris Allen, first; Mia Replew- icz, second; Nicole Conrad, third; Alexander Morsey, fourth. FUNNIEST Briget Goodrich, first; Gabe Al- len, second; Allison Lariza, third; Tenley Richard, fourth; Drew Hutsko, fifth. MOST ORIGINAL Breanna, first; Gabby Marsala, second; Logan Davis, third; Jacob Semon, fourth; Courtney McCar- thy, fifth. BEST GROUP Ryan and Kayleigh Fisher, first; Art, left, Anna and their father, Andrew Smagin, of Trucksville, wait patiently for the results of the judging. Their group came in third. Courtney and Justin Moss, sec- ond; the Smagins, third; Melinda and Chenay Champluvier, fourth; Charlie and Logan Hayes, fifth. MISCELLANEOUS Preston Klem, first; Tyler Hockenbury, second; Noah Sil- ver, third; Jensen Mead; fourth; Andrew Goofrich, fifth. Kennedy and Robyn Wood en- tered the prettiest category. Schickners Mr. and Mrs. Albert “Sonny” Schickner, of Harveys Lake, cele- brated their 50th wedding anni- versary on September 13, 2008. The coupled exchanged their marriage vows on September 13, 1958 in Highland Park, New Jer- sey, at the Highland Park Re- formed Church with the Rever- end James Mulder and the Rever- end Richard Decker officiating. Members of the wedding party were Joyce Meyer, sister of the bride, maid of honor; Gloria Burger Collins and Valentine Hu- gley Rolf, bridesmaids; Robert Tyhanic, best man; John Carscad- den and Theodore Tishauser, ushers. Mrs. Schickner is the former Carol Meyer, daughter of the late August and Doris Meyer. She re- tired from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 2001. Mr. Schickner is the son of the late Albert and Yolanda Schickn- er. He retired in 2000 from his taxi cab business in Highland Park, New Jersey. They are the proud parents of three sons, Bruce, and’ his wife, Susan, of East Windsor, New Jer- sey; Robert, of Highland Park; and Kyle, of Los Angeles, Califor- nia. They also have five grand- children, Michael, Curtis, Tyler, Christian and Alexis. The couple has resided at Har- veys Lake for the past seven years. They celebrated their anni- versary with a cruise to Bermu- da. ime For Holiday Gatherings | Reupholster Your Dining Chair Seats Starting at $25 per seat* * Fabric & foam extra charge : | Save up To 50% in stock Fabric | 10% For sors | Drop Off Center note 50th anniversary Have neck pain from an injury or stress? Let us fix the problem. 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Skaters will roll out for a good cause By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Rodney Pocceschi was work- ing as a police officer in Virginia Beach, Va. when he pulled over a speeding car on June 23, 2003. The men in the car had just robbed an IHOP Restaurant and fired shots at Pocceschi, a former resident of Pittston. Though he was wearing a bul- letproof vest, Pocceschi was killed when the bullet entered his body near his shoulder. In Pocceschi’s remembrance, his sisters, Gina Pocceschi Boyle, of Sweet Valley, and Ja- clyn Pocceschi Mosley, of Laurel Run, formed Fallen Officers Re- membered in May of 2004. “When my brother died, our first thing was somebody men- tioned a scholarship in his mem- ory,” Boyle said. “My sister came up with the idea for the organiza- tion and it was kind of a therapy for her.” The non-profit organization started donating bulletproof vests in 2006 and, when the de- mand became so high, the Adopt-A-Cop program was formed specifically to raise mon- ey for the vests. When Donnie Evans, sales manager, and Melissa Ziolkow- ski, manager, of Skateaway in Wilkes-Barre, learned of Adopt- A-Cop, they wanted to help. The cause is especially important to the two because Ziolkowski’s IF YOU GO “Skate for a Cause” Thursday, Nov. 13, from 6 to 10 p.m. Skateaway in Wilkes-Barre Admission: $2 Skate rental: $2 husband, Jason, is a police offi- cer in Plains Township. Skateaway employees formed “Skate for a Cause,” which will be held from 6 to 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Skateaway in Wilkes-Barre. In addition to roller skating, there will be child fingerprinting, K-9 dogs, a 50/50 raffle, basket raffles, emergency vehicles, games and a visit from Rollin Roo, Skateaway mascot, and Tux, mascot for the Wilkes- Barre/Scranton Penguins. Admission is $2 per person and skate rental is $2. All pro- ceeds will benefit the Adopt-A- Cop program through Fallen Of- ficers Remembered. “We just felt #t+was a good idea,” Evans said. “Plains Town- ship gets their vests by union but the part-timers do not. We felt it was a good idea to help the law enforcement and EMS who help people and don’t get credit for it every day.” Evans and Ziolkowski have al- ready raised $500 by going to lo- cal supermarkets with Rollin Roo and having people pay $1 to see the mascot to dance. Jeff Tokach, first assistant at- torney for Luzerne County, will speak to the children at 7 p.m. about drugs and alcohol and why police officers need a bulletproof vest. Representatives from the Luzerne County “Sheriff's De- partment and the Veterans Af- fairs Hospital Police Crime Pre- vention will also be in attend- ance. The demand for bulletproof vests is great because most “® police departments do not p vide the vests for part-time offi- cers. Instead, it is up to each offi- cer to pay for his or her own vest, which costs about $1200. Boyle says about 70 percent of police officers in Luzerne County work part-time. Because of the increasing risk to paramedics and firefighters, the Adopt-A-Cop program ex- panded over the summer to also include vests for them. Adopt-A-Cop donated 11 vests in 2006, 25 vests in 2007 and 27 vests so far in 2008. 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