Vol. 118 No. 45 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 November 9 - 15, 2008 ATI AS P 50¢ Serving the communities of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts | www.mydallaspost.com ~ Challenging others to lose weight By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Christin Snyder did it and she wants others to do it, too. The 37-year-old Shavertown resident lost 50 pounds this year and now wants to help others try- ing to lose weight or maintain fit- ness. So she has started the Six- Week Back Mountain Fitness Challenge. “Back in January, I had entered a weight loss contest through Kmart and that motivated me. I started working out and I lost 50 pounds,” Snyder said. “I thought about having something like that in our community to support people in the Back Mountain and I wanted it to focus more on fit- ness than weight loss. It’s kind of a pay it forward thing.” In Snyders free challenge, par- ticipants will weigh in any- Six-Week Back time between Mountain Fitness 6 and 8 p.m. Challenge on November Weigh-ins No- 10 and 24 and vember 10, 24; December 8 December 8, 22 and 22 at the Any time be- Lehman-Ide- tween 6 and 8 : p.m. town United Lehman-ldetown Methodist United Methodist Church. Church Each per- 101 Mountain son will log View Dr, Lehman his . or her Free. Registration out required with Worzouisona free gift bags to fitness Web the first 25 peo- site and will ple to pre-regis- be awarded ter. points for ex- To register, call ercising. Christin Snyder Each at 690-4301 or time someone reg- e-mail regis- i ter@fitforlife- isters a work- coach.com. out, he or she is eligible to win a prize of up to $1,000 in value from the hsite. The person with the most points at the end of the six weeks will win a gift basket containing an exercise DVD, strength train- ing bands and other fitness items. Snyder stresses the challenge is not meant to belittle anyone. No one will lose points for gain- ing weight and weigh-ins will be done in private. “They won't be weighed in front of other people; they will walk behind their barrier,” Snyd- er said. “This is all a positive thing. Nobody’s going to be mad at you or take points away for your weight. The only reason for your weigh-in is so you can see what you're doing. A lot of people don’t even ever weigh them- selves.” According to Snyder, officials of the Lehman-Idetown United Methodist Church agreed to host the weigh-ins because they sup- port fitness. Long hours spent working and little exercise caused Snyder to gain weight after college. She started hiking and exercising with her two dogs and was soon See WEIGHT, Page 10 Do you or someone you know have a real life inspirational story that you would like to share with readers of The Dal- las Post? If so, please con- tact us at 675-5211 or by e-mail at news@mydal- laspost.com. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST State representative Karen Boback is congratulated by Bobby Zambetti, a member of her campaign staff, after winning a second term in the 117th Legislative District. Boback defeated Democratic challenger Russ Bigus, of Dallas Township. Boback wins big time tate Representative Karen Bo- back entered the Lakeside Skil- let at Harveys Lake around 10 p.m. last Tuesday evening to loud cheers and a round of ap- plause. Boback had defeated her Demo- cratic challenger Russ Bigus, of Dallas Township, by a margin of 15,596 to 6,600 votes, earning the right to a second term in the 117th Legislative District. Boback gained the seat two years ago after long-time legislator George Hasay retired. Her hardest test came in that year’s primary where she beat a large field of Republican contenders. She then went on to take the general election in a land- slide. Back Mountain areas included in the 117th Legislative District include Dallas, Franklin, Lake and Lehman Townships, Dallas and Harveys Lake Boroughs. Areas of Wyoming County included in the dis- trict include Eaton, Exter, Forkston, Mon- roe, North Branch and Northmoreland Township, Noxen and Windham Bor- oughs. Representative Phyllis Mundy, D-King- ston, ran unopposed for another term in the 120th District which encompasses Jackson and Kingston Townships, includ- ing Shavertown and Trucksville. Mundy, 60, was first elected to that dis- trict in 1990. Voters turned out in record numbers for this General Election which saw Illi- nois Senator Barack Obama emerge as the first African-American president in history, defeating Republican candidate John McCain. The huge turnout caused significant delays in some precincts dur- ing the morning and early afternoon hours. Russ Bigus, who challenged in- cumbent State Representative Karen Boback in the 17th Dis- trict, reviews early returns Tuesday night with members of his campaign staff. From left, are Dora Abod, Lynn Vincent and Diane Dwyer. Some voters at the Trucksville United Methodist Church Education Building on Church Road in Kingston Township wait- ed as along as 11/2 hours to cast their bal- lots. According to Leonard Piazza, director of the Luzerne County Bureau of Elec- tion, some precincts saw 75 to 80 percent of registered voters casting ballots in this election. Bookshop celebrates 10th anniversary By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com In appreciation of its cus- tomers and their support over the years, The Slightly Read Bookshop at the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library will hold its 10th Anniversary Open House from noon to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 12, complete with cake, punch, sales and surprises. In celebration of the anni- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Back Moun- tain Memo- rial Library patron Rita Langdon pours through some choice finds at the Slightly Read Book- shop. OLD SHOE GOES TO LEHMAN 680981512007 9819 ARLE versary, the bookshop is hold- ing a “10 Cent Sale” during the anniversary open house where a select group of adult books will be sold for 10 cents each. An additional sale at the bookshop will be held during the first two weeks of Novem- a ber where all fiction and non- fiction books, audiotapes, VHS tapes, DVDs and puzzles will be sold at half-price plus 10 cents. Slightly Read Bookshop manager Fred Krohle says the idea of the bookshop came from a book tent that Florence i i, a, _-- I Crump ran each year at the an- nual Back Mountain Memo- rial Library Auction. Crump had more books than she could handle, so when archi- tect Paul Rodda was design- ing the children’s wing addi- See BOOKSHOP, Page 10 UE Gs SS ES EN CESS i 7 i + JONATHAN J. JUKA/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lake-Lehman football coaches and players pose with the Old Shoe trophy they earned by defeating Dallas, 27-22, in the annual game between the two Back Mountain rivals. Lake-Lehman now has possession of the trophy for the first time in eight years. For more photos of the Old Shoe Game, please turn to page 11. x a tat SA eB Rani
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