Ec PAGE 10 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, February 8, 2009 tudents make he In mobile Ag Lab By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Even before the experiment began, Jarrid Babcock had a hunch that his homemade glue would work better than Elmer’s Glue. Babcock and his classmates in Korin Frey’s third-grade class at Ross ‘Elementary School in Sweet Valley completed an ex- periment called “Glue from Milk” on Jan. 21 as part of the Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab which visited during that week. All students in the school partic- ipated in two of 30 grade level tailored hands-on activities. Deborah Ellis, program assist- ant and the teacher with Ag Lab who visited Ross Elementary, says the program owned and op- erated by the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau is in its sixth year. Hav- ing started with just one teacher and one lab, Ag Lab now boasts 20 teachers and four mobile labs. The Ag Labs travel through- out the state, stopping at ele- mentary and middle schools for one week at a time during the school year. In the summertime, the labs make trips to 4-H events and fairs. All Ag Lab lessons meet the Pennsylvania Depart- ment of Education’s Science and Technology and Environment and Ecology standards. Although the Ag Lab trailer has heating and air condition- ing, it was too cold for classes the morning of Jan. 21 when the outside temperature hovered at nine degrees Fahrenheit. In an effort to keep warm, Frey and her students moved their glue experiment to the school’s art room. The students created glue by adding vinegar to warm milk and then mixing in baking soda. Their goal was to compare the homemade glue, made from nat- ural materials, to Elmer’s Glue, made from cow hooves and syn- thetic ingredients. The children put a drop of homemade glue and a drop of Elmer’s Glue on a oe Fd waa ay CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Matthew Fassett and Josh Hinkley, third-graders at Ross Elementary School, do a viscosity test, comparing glue they made to name-brand Eimer’s glue. % : Third-graders Brittany Schwartz, left, and Aliah Laver make glue as part of the Pennsylvania Far Bureau's Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab, which visited Ross Ele- mentary School in Sweet Valley the week of Jan. 19. paper plate and observed each one’s viscosity, a property that causes fluids not to flow easily. Matthew Fassett and his part- ner, Joshua Hinkley, felt their homemade glue was better be- cause the Elmer’s Glue flowed more easily. “Definitely the milk glue,” Fasset said of the stronger glue. “That thing ain’t movin’!” Makayla Adams and Keara Gallagher felt the same. “It’s sticking better,” Adams said of their glue. Brittany Schwartz, Aliah La- ver and Tabitha Baker all worked together to make glue. The girls said their favorite part of the experiment was straining water out of their glue. - “And I like when Brittany spilled the vinegar,” Laver add- ed as she laughed. Earlier in the week, the chil- dren in Frey’s class did an Ag Lab Amanda Ayers, left, and Nicole Worsioeh wel check out the ingredients of name-brand Eimer’s Glue be- fore they start their own experiment to make glue as part of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's Mobile Ag Ed Science Lab. lesson on soybeans. They put soybeans in water and Plaster of Paris, which is calcined gypsum in a white, powdery form, over- night and sprouted the beans.’ The students also made lip balm from the soybeans. “I thought it was great,” Frey said of the Ag Ed Lab program. “It’s really interesting to see what you can do with natural in- gredients. The kids get really ex- cited about it.” PHOTO COURTESY OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Pennsylvania Executive Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Russell Redding stands with the top five finalists in the 23rd annual Pennsylvania Fair Queen contest. From left, are tSamantha Sar- nicke, Washington County Fair; Nicole Clemson, Luzerne County Fair and 2009 Pennsylvania Fair Queen; Leah Carr, Clearfield County Fair and first runner-up; Debbie Drake, Big Butler Fair; and Lindsey Longstreth, Greene County Fair. BEST Continued from Page 1 At school, Clemson is involved in student government, the Na- tional Honor Society, peer coun- seling and varsity soccer and field hockey. She is a member of the Wilkes-Barre Leadership Adviso- ry Board and has committed more than 150 hours to commu- nity service work in the past year at nursing homes, the Back Mountain Memorial Library and the Luzerne County S.P.C.A. Clemson plans to study pre- veterinary medicine ‘in college but is currently undecided as to what college she will attend. DMS girls head to playoffs The Dallas Middle School seventh grade girls basketball team lost, 28-27, at the buzzer to Crestwood. Leading the scoring for Dallas was Taylor Kelley with eight points, followed by Sam Missle with seven, Stephanie Cybuski with six, Michelle Thompson with four and Katy Comitz with two. The seventh grade team was forced into a head-to-head match against Pittston Area for the regular-season title. The Back Mountain girls started fast and never looked back, beating Pittston Area, 31-18, to claim the title and become the No. 1 seed in the playoffs. Leading the scoring for Dallas was Michelle Thomp- son with nine points, followed by Taylor Kelly with six, Sam Missle, Stephanie Cybuski and Abbey Berger with four points each, Katy Comitzand Va- nessa Parsons with two points apiece. The Dallas Middle School eighth grade girlsteam clinched the regular season title with a 33-10 victory over Wyoming Seminary. Leading Dallas in scoring was Rachel Olzewski with 13 points, fol- lowed by Ashley Dunbar with eight, Madline Mulhern with five, Marlee Nekon with four and Tanner Englehart with three. The teams will compete in playoffs this Saturday at Wyoming Seminary Lower School with the seventh grade team facing Crestwood at 8:50 a.m. followedby the eighth- grade team facing Meyers. | DALLAS YOUTH BASKETBALL RESULTS 3rd & 4th GRADE BOYS Belrick Corp. 32 Orthopedic Consultants 15 Belrick Corporation defeated Orthopedic Consultants, 32- 15.Jason Anderson and Paul Za- blotney led Belrick’s offense with 15 points each; Jake Weilnad add- ed the other basket. Steven Fina- relli had several rebounds and played tough defense. Leading the offense for Ortho- pedic Consultants was Alex Charlton with six points. Playing a strong defense was Collin Gleco with help from Michael Mont- gomery. DeLuca Law 18 Drs. Kovalick 14 DeLuca Law defeated Drs. Ko- valick, 18-14. Leading DeLuca Law’s offense was Collin Pertl with 10 points, Nico DeLuca with six points and Stone Mannello with two points. Playing great de- fense were Stone Mannello and Paul Hurn. Gattuso Group 24 Grasshopper Lawns 12 The Gattuso Group defeated Grasshopper Lawns, 24-12. Both teams played well defensively. The Gattuso Group’s scoring was evenly spread with Dalton Gattu- so’s six points, Mason Gattuso, Ricky Morgan, ChrisAllen and Ja- cob Serafin all with four points each and Frank Weaver with two points. Connor and Ryan Phillips played a very strong defense. Grasshopper Lawn’s offense was led by Ben O'Connell with 10 points and Zach Bloom with two points. Playing great defense were Adam Borton, Chris Sedes- ki and Josh Wyandt. Pizza Perfect 18 Orthopedic Consultants 14 Pizza Perfect defeated Ortho- pedic Consultants, 18-14. Lead- ing the offense for Pizza Perfect were Jay Bittner with six points, Josh Lydon with six points and Michael Farrell with four points. Jacob Mullen, Andy Zeyher, AJ Spears, Tyler Cavanagh and Moustafa Almeky led a good de- fensive effort. Leading the Orthopedic Con- sultants’ offense was Alex Char- Iton with six points. Playing strong defense was Collin Gelco. Gordon and Long 21 Frontier 20 Gordon and Long defeated Frontier Communications, 21-20, in a thrilling overtime game. Bro- dy Strickland scored a basket in overtime and grabbed a bunch of rebounds. David Schuster scored five points and made an impor- tant free throw also in the over- time period. Alex Perry saw ex- tended action and hustled. Leading Frontier's offense were Matt Mathers with 16 points and Malik Kaleta with four points. Keeping Frontier in the game defensively were Michael Mesko and Edward Zochowski. Gordon Long 31 Pizza Perfect 10 Gordon Long defeated Pizza Perfect, 31-10. Chris Murray led Gordon Long’s offense with 18 points while Nick Kocher added 11 points. Justin Philips hustled and played great defense. Tyler Cavanaugh and Michael Farrell each had four points and Josh Lydon added two points for Pizza Perfect’s offense. Drs. Kovalick 29 Grasshopper Lawn 27 Drs. Kovalick defeated Grass- hopper Lawn, 29-27. Lee Eckert hit two free throws with seven seconds remaining to ice the game for the doctors and finish with 23 points. John Macey had four points and Eric DeReemer hauled in several tough re- bounds. Ben O'Connell led Grasshop- per Lawn with 19 points while Adam Borton and Dalton Simp- son chipped in with four points each. Defense was led by Sam Kravitsky, Chris Sedeski and Ty Madden. 3rd & 4th GRADE GIRLS Corbett Insurance 9 Pike Law 6 In a strong defensive game by both teams, the Corbett Insur- ance Tar Heels beat Pike Law Of- fice, 9-6. Sara Lojewski paced the Heels with five points while Car- ley Perloff had the remaining four points. The Heels’ defense was led by Sam Delamater, Rachel Maniskas, Megan Meyer, Mikay- la Sowga, Jolee Treslar and Fran- kie Treslar. Pike was led in scoring by Paige Evans with four points and Talia Kosierowski with two points.Megan Miller, MaKenna Bryant, Brianna Rinehimer and Caitlyn Pike played awesome de- fense. Corbett Insurance 18 Bendick Law 10 The Corbett Insurance Tar Heels beat Bendick Law Firm, 18 10. Sara Lojsweid 1e led | the Heels with 12 points. Sam Delamater provided scoring support with four points while Rachel Manis- kas rounded out the Heels’ scor- ing with her two points. Their de- fense was led by Megan Meyer, Carley Perloff, Mikayla Sowga, Jolee Treslar and Frankie Treslar. Bendick was led by a strong scoring effort from Angela Ben- dick with six points. Brieanna Coolbaugh and Anna Lehabe each had two points to finish their team’s scoring. A strong de- fensive effort was led by Angela Langdon, Abby McCabe, Madi- son Slacktish, Sam Stier and Er- ica Van Etten. 5th & 6th GRADE BOYS Deluca Law 29 Smith Insurance 24 Allen Fell score 14 points and Jeff Strazdus added six as Vito DeLuca Law Offices edged Smith Insurance Group, Inc. 29-24. Da- vid Simpson added three points for DeLuca Law while James Fio- rello keyed the defense. Donald Michalisin led Smith Insurance with 11 points while Kyle Piscorik added seven. Peter Capitano had four points and Chris Mennig added two. Dallas Rotary 29 Fieldhouse 28 Jamie Flores scored 15 points and Joey Bevevino had six to lead Dallas Rotary to a 29-28 win over the Fieldhouse. Jacob Ondish and Matt Harrison added two points each for Rotary while Jo- nathan Wilson led the Fieldhouse with eight points. Nicholas James added six, supported by Ryan Cheskiewicz and Jesse Kin- cer with two each. Bishop Photo 39 Eye Care Specialists 30 Omar Nijmeh scored 23 points and Chandler Caruso had four as Bishop Photo topped Eye Care Specialists, 39-30. James Geiger led the defense for Bishop while Jesse Goode had several key as- sists. Eric Pincofski had 10 points for Eye Care while Aaron Yurko had nine. Zach Dotter keyed the defense. UGI/Penn Natural Gas 55 Gattuso Group 47 Matt Ross scored 36 points and Jonathan Sabatini added 13 as UGI/Penn Natural Gas out- scored Gattuso Group Account- ants & Consultants, 55-47. Nick Muldoon added six points for UGI and Brendan Balara had sev- eral key rebounds. Tanner Gattuso led Gattuso Group with 17 points and Jake Archer added 15. Kyle Archer had eight points and Keith Gillette had several key assists. 5th & 6th GRADE GIRLS Drs. Banas, Byron & Kim 29 Community News 12 Ashley Strazdus and Lindsey Jacobs each scored eight points to pace the doctors’ team.Maddie Perez tossed in six and Sydney Kern had four to help the win- ners. Kaley Polachek scored eight points and Danielle Walsh had four to lead the News team. Arris Engineering 16 Drs. Banas, Byron & Kim 14 Talia Szatkowski scored a game-high 12 points to lead Arris. Nicole Wren added a basket to go along with her many rebounds. Katie Snedaker and Lindsey Ja- cobs each had six points for the doctors’ team. Arris Engineering 29 Motorworld 15 Lauren Dotter and Talia Szat- kowski each scored 10 points to pace the Arris team. Nicole Wren added six and Alley Rom had two. Madison Kaminski led the Arris defense. Rachael Healey, Alyssa Par- ente and Tiffany Zukosky played well on both sides of the ball for the Motorworld team. Riders World 29 Pro HVAC 17 Riders World was led by game- high scorer Gabrielle Volpetti’s 15 points. Allison Rismondo added six and Lyndsey Oremus had five points to go along with the fine defense of Julia Baloh to help the winners. Caroline Banas and Amy Bol- ton each netted six points and Alexis Pelchar added five to help the HVAC team. Bendick Law 17 Riders World 15 In a hard-fought game, Abbie Bendick tossed in a game-high seven points and Emily Zawatski scored six to help Bendick Law defeat Riders World. Mallory Faux added a basket to go along with her strong defense to also help the Bendick team. Riders World was led by Ga- brielle Volpetti’s six points and Allison Rismondo’s four points. Olivia Mennig played a strong de- fensive game. Bendick Law 28 Tommy News 20 Bendick Law was led by Abbie Bendick with 16 points. Helping with the scoring was Emily Za- watski with six points, Emma Do- ran with four and Julianne Mur- ray added a bucket. Fieldhouse 33 Bishop Photo 29 Jonathan Wilson scored 13 points and Nicholas James added four to lead Fieldhouse over Bish- op Photo, 33-29. Jesse Kincer added a basket for Fieldhouse while Jesse Goode scored nine points for Bishop Photo. Chad Phillips and Chandler Caruso added four points each. Eye Care Specialists 28 Smith Insurance 14 Brian Drouse scored 14 points and Spencer Bowanko added six to lead Eye Care Specialists to a 28-14 win over Smith Insurance Group. Zach Dotter played well for Eye Care while Donald Micha- lisin led Smith Insurance with 10 points. Kyle Piscorik added four points and Frankie Bevevino pulled down several key re- bounds. 7th & 8th GRADE BOYS Gallis Insurance 65 Bishop Photo 53 Gallis Insurance stopped the photo men, 65-53. Brian Banas played an outstanding game, leading the insurance men with 16 points. Felix Doleman chipped in 14 and dominated the boards while JT Carey tossed back 13. Bishop Photo was led by Brian Strepniak with 25points. Rudy Georgetti played well, scoring 13 and Kyle Zumchak added six points. DeLuca Law 59 Medico Industries 44 Vito Leluca Law threw the book at Medico Industries, 59-44. Eric Zawatsky was the top scorer in the game, scoring 22. Aaron Napkora led the defense and scored 10. Marianno Medico con- tinues to play well, adding 16. Steve Wempa was hot for Med- ico, scoring 13 while Jory Brezin- sky added 12 and Ryan Zapoticky tossed in 11. Grotto Pizza 56 Deluca Law 47 Grotto Pizza delivered another victory over Deluca Law, 56-47. John Murray dominated from all over the court, scoring 31 points. Greg Petorek played well, adding eight while Blake Willams was hot from the outside, tossing in seven. 7 Eric Zawstsky played great for the law firm, scoring 29 while Aa- ron Napkora added nine. Domin- ic Deluca led the team with steals and tossed in four points. Drs. Byron, Banas & Kim 62 Gallis Insurance 58 Drs. Byron, Banas & Kim stunned Gallis Insurance in dou- ble overtime, 62-58. Jason Simi- novich made a fantastic steal with seconds left to change the pace of the game and Jason scored 38 big ones to cement the game. Danny Saba played well, adding seven while Matt Saba tossed in five. Brian Banas was lead man for Gallis Insurance with 16 points. Chris Behm was hot from the out- side with eight while Bill Gately put on a defensive show and scored seven points. Bishop Photo 42 Luxury Limousine 29 Bishop Photo stopped Luxury Limousine, 42-29. Brian Stepniak led the photo men with 14 points and 15 rebounds while Rudy Ge- orgetti tossed in 12. Zack Good- win was hot from the outside, scoring eight. Nathan Kish led the limo guys with 14. Carl Gross played tough on the boards, tossing back eight while Mike Boland added three. SEVENTH GRADE TOURNAMENT TEAM The seventh grade boys tour- nament team staged a furious ral- ly in the second half at the Plains- Solomon League but fell short in a 40-32 loss to the Crestwood Comets. Justin Brojakowski led Dallas with 10 points while Aaron Nap- kora added nine points, Kyle Ra- zawich added eight and Matt Sa- ba had five. 7th & 8th GRADE SKILLS COMPETITION 7th grade winners Foul shots: Marianno Medico, first place; Kyle Razawich, sec- ond place; Blake Williams, third place 3-point shots: Chase Makow- ski, first place; Chad Debona, sec- ond place; Matt Saba, third place 8th grade winners Foul shots: Mike Carey, first place; Brian Stepniak, second place; Rudy Georgetti, third place 3point shots: Eric Zawatsky, first place; Kyle Zumchak, second Placa: John an Maree; third place 0 | a Ts : SENSES Ee Sl
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