PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, December 28, 2008 LION Continued from Page 1 Pyle moved into the Kappa Delta Rho house and lived there along with the late Bob Rave, of Dallas, and his other fraternity brothers. He tried out for the Blue Band, was ad- mitted and played in the band until graduating in 1950. He went on to earn a master’s de- gree in school of administra tion from the University of Pittsburgh in 1957. A retired educator, George was a high school teacher and band director at Elders Ridge High School in Elders Ridge, Pa. He was also a high school teacher at Chestnut Ridge High School in New Paris, Pa., where he met his wife, a vocal teacher at the school ‘at the time. He also served as a high school principal at the former Greenfield-Kimmel near Altoo- na from 1958 to 1960 and at Palmerton High School from 1960 to 1967. The Pyles moved to Dallas in 1967 and George served as administrative director of West Side Vocational-Technical School from 1967 to 1988 while Carole worked as a librarian for many years at Lake-Leh- man High School. The Pyles hold two sets of CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST George Pyle, of Dallas, a Penn State alumnus, will be cheering on the Nittany Lions during this year’s Rose Bowl. season tickets to home football games at Beaver Stadium. The couple travels to games in their RV which features a painting of the Nittany Lion on Plexiglas created by their daughter, Chrisan Holton, of Tampa, Fla. The couple also has two other children, Kurt Kyle, of Johnsonburg, Pa., and Gretchen Slater, of Edgewood, Md., three grandchildren and twin great-granddaughters. “Joe (Paterno) is getting up in age and it would be nice for him to win the ball game,” Pyle said. “Plus, you always want your team to win.” NATIONS Continued from Page 1 have the opportunity to see it as well.” Students in the Japanese group also got their costumes from their group’s country. “My granny’s boyfriend lived in Japan and we got them or- dered and tailored in Japan,” said Brittany Adams. “All of the decorations are also Japanese.” Those decorations included Brittany Adams’ key table and Kaitlyn Martin’s jewelry box. Three of the seven groups were made up of members of only one gender. Greece and China’s group members were all girls and Italy’s group was com- prised of boys. Josh Everett, of ‘the Italian group, serenaded those who came to the table by playing an Italian song on his guitar. “lI know other songs, but they're not Italian,” he said. CHARLOTTE'BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Fred and Cindy Bloom try some of the Greek specialties at the International Dinner at Lake-Lehman High School. Mexican group member Jen- na Barski donned a Mexican dress she rented from Cos- tumes by Barbara in Luzerne. Kristen Baker constructed a pi- fiata from a balloon, newspaper, flour and water. Gorski says the students will be graded on seven aspects, in- cluding food, physical menus and skits. tate ag “I can’t overs Gorski said. “They ed wen we are of our hu above and beyorid:“We“do not" be Hi stop our regular curriculum to do the International Dinner. It is a lot of work.” Manning the Russian table are, from left, Richael Pantig, Winter Wenner and Avery DeFranco. DINNER Continued from Page 1 pita bread, kotosoupa avagole- mono, horiatiki, vasilopita, roasted lamb, pastitsio, bakla- va, kourabiethes and sparkling grape juice. Italy — Jordan Agnew, Kevin Cope, Justin Cornell, Josh Everett, James Karlowicz, Adam Paulaskaus and Adam Weaver Skit: “The Legend of La Befana” Menu: Bruschetta, antipasti, tortellini soup, Caesar salad, spaghetti and meatballs, lasag- na, Italian soda and crunchy chocolate toffee. Japan — Brittany Adams, Krysia Goodwin, Kaitlyn Mar- tin, Pauline Rose, Symone Vaughn and Stephanie Zeiler Skit: “Bamboo Princess” Menu: Sushi, dumplins, onigiri, miso, sake shrimp and cucumber, kare raisu, teriyaki chicken, daifuku pocky, tea. Mexico — Kristen Baker, Jenna Barski, Kris Carter, Dominick Duris, T.J. Labar, Josh Payne and Derek Os- bourne Skit: “Mexican Hat Dance” Menu: Chips, salsa, Chili Con Queso, green chili, taco salad, beef and cheese enchila- das, chicken and cheese enchi- ladas, margarita cake, churros, Mexican hot chocolate, melon margaritas (non-alcoholic). Russia — Nicole Cappa, Avery DeFranco, Allie Kachapuridze, Molly McCoy, Richael Pantig, Kami Saxe, Nikki Snyder and Winter Wenner Skit: “Babushka Babayaga” Menu: Kachapuri, vatruska, salat olivier, borscht, chicken kiev, beef stroganoff, almond cookies and Russian spice tea. class, é CIVIC Continued from Page 2 A New England Contra dance sponsored by the Chi- cory House and the Folklore Society at 7:30 p.m. on Sat- urday, Jan. 3, at the Church of Christ Uniting, Sprague _ ily band and caller Bob Ni- ous experience is necessary. Admission to the dance is $8 for adults and $20 for families. For more informa- tion, call 333-4007. Support group meets port Group will meet at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 8, in ows Nursing Center, 55 W. Center Hill Rd., Dallas. Avenue, Kingston, will feature music by the Warrington Fam- cholson. No partner or previ- The Dallas Alzheimer’s Sup- the board room of the Mead- “CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Joe Klemone, right, a personal trainer at Odyssey Fitness Center, works with clients at the club. JOE Continued from Page 1 man in 2006, Klemunes is cur- rently a business student at Lu- zerne County Community Col- lege and plans to earn a degree in Business and Sports Manage- ment from College Misericordia. While working part-time at a lo- cal grocery store to help with school expenses, he decided to look for a job more in tune with his interests. : In November 2007, he took the trainer’s test with the Aero- bics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) and became a Certified Personal Trainer. After spending time assisting in the strength and conditioning pro- gram at a local school, he joined the staff of Odyssey Fitness Cen- ter in Wilkes-Barre. This fall, Klemunes furthered his fitness education and is now a Certified Exercise Physiologist through the National Academy Hike Soeive chaiigesh A their lives. It is those aspects of the job that attracted him to a fitness club instead of pursuing coach- ing. “I like working at Odyssey be- cause I get to work with clients of all ages and abilities,” Kle- munes explains. “It gives me the opportunity to work with and help people at different fitness levels and it never gets boring.” One client Klemunes has helped is 56-year-old Elena Schraeder, of Wilkes-Barre, who joined the fitness center to try to improve her health. 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Schraeder has made great pro- gress physically, regaining bal- ance and movement in her knee and keeping her diabetes under control. But the physical progress she has made is only part of her suc- cess and she credits Klemunes with helping her overcome emo- tional difficulties as well. “When I first started working with Joe,” she explained, “I was very depressed.” Along with the physical train- ing, Klemunes taught Schraeder visualization techniques and took special care to give her achievable goals to boost her self-confidence. 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