Sunday, March 8, 2009 PAGE 11e THE DALLAS POST KNIGHTS WIN 7TH GRADE DIVISION TITLE LAKE-LEHMAN FRESHMAN CAGERS WIN CHAMPIONSHIP ) The Lake-Lehman seventh-grade boys basketball team recently captured the second straight West Side League divisiontitle in 2008-2009. The Black Knights finished with an overall record of 10-4 and were a perfect 8-0 against division opponents, raising the team’s record to 18-0 against division rivals the past two seasons versus division rivals. Lake-Lehman garnered the top seed in | Division Il and dropped a 30-27 heartbreaker to Wyoming Valley West in the playoffs. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Joe Wojcik, Aaron Traver, Brian Geraghty, Bobby Wright, Adam Dizbon, Tyler Bonner and Tyler Brobst. Second row, D.J. Massaker, Chris Herrick, Vinnie William- The Lake-Lehman freshman basketball team captured the Wyoming Valley Conference Son, Dylan Pudimott, Brandon Chacken and Doug Albetison, Third row, Cody Paraschak, Jake Division Il championship. Members of the team are, from left, first row, Tim Piatt, Kevin Brominski, Scott Bean, Brandon Tucker, Kyle Romanofski and Coach Brian Cutter. Absent at the Katchko, Jared James and John Butchko. Second row, Cody Poepperling, Dean Gregory, time of the photo was Teddy Ely. Chris O'Connor, Kevin Bohan, Jared Novitski and Coach Jeff Shook. SPO R TS held from 3 to 4:30 p.m. All Marathon on Saturday, Feb. 14, The USTA Strikers U-11 girls tryout sessions. at the Dallas Senior High BRIEFS tryouts are at the Rock Recre- finishing as the 10th overall soccer team is currently con- Serious soccer players should School. Over 100 vendors from ation Center, 340 Carverton female out of 2,000 runners. ducting tryouts for players look- contact United Soccer Training PA, NY and NJ will sell hand- Final tryouts for travel Road, Trucksville. A graduate of Dallas High ing to play in the 2009 spring Academy at 466-0262 or visit crafted items such as jewelry, For more information, call School and Temple University and fall travel league seasons. www.unitedsoccertrainingaca- wooden items, candles, Easter basketball program Doug Miller at 696-2769. School of Pharmacy, Pulliam Premiere level training from a demy.org for more information. and spring decorations, doll . ; resides in Charlotte, N.C. with professional and licensed coach- clothes and homemade candy Rock Solid AAU Travel Bas- . . her husband, Jay, and their : : : q } | ketball program will be holding Pulliam competes In Rn a {Dam | (mgsaiisofiered withastong . J)O00T ooster club and fudge. vr their final tryouts for the 2009 : ’ J emphasis on individual player h Admission is free, however, ) season today, March 8. Make-up Myrtle Beach mm, development. plans craft SHOW food, beverages and a bake sale tryouts for Boys 13U seventh- M th . Participants born after August ~~ The Dallas Boys Soccer will be available. An all-cash | grade will be held from 2 to 3:30 1aldtNOIl Girls soccer team 1,1997 are eligible to try out. Booster Club will hold its raffle will also be held. For more p.m., and Girls 12U sixth-grade Maureen Wisnieski Pulliam d y Registration fees will be waived Spring Craft Show from 10 a.m. information, contact Katie at competed in the Myrtle Beach con ucting tryouts for players chosen from the to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 29, ktyou@aol.com or 675-0138. through 16U 10th-grade will be SENIORS Continued from Page 1 Pennsylvania government program that subsidizes medical care for low- income seniors. The availability of programs like PACE, however, is lim- ited due to strict guidelines. Dallas resident Beverly Honey- well has health problems that pre- vent her husband from retiring. | “He couldn’t stay retired because we need insurance,” Honeywell, 70, said of her husband, Tom. She has emphysema, arthritis and heart problems. The couple re- lies in part on Medicare and Medi- caid, but these do not cover all of their medical costs. Heating prices have also gone up, even as gas prices have plummeted. i “Paying for heating is my worst # problem,” said Betty Lamoreux of : Dallas. 9% Although fuel prices have drop- ped since the summer, they should still be lower than they are, said Er- ic May, manager of Pen-Fern Oil in Dallas. The major oil companies ) @ st the prices of oil, he said, and %. they have not lowered their prices # tohome-heating distributors. | “From what I can gather, there isn'ta good reason for (these higher prices),” he commented. It is likewise difficult for some se- niors to escape the costs of living ina large house and many seniors seek to downsize. The Honeywells would like to move into an apartment but, 4 because they are on a strict budget, % cannot find one they can afford. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Eugene Fiorini, of Trucksville, signs for his prescription at Fino's Pharmacy in Dallas with help from . pharmacy technician Sheree Semansky. Even seniors who anticipate moving are wary of doing soin this Lenard Koz- buting that to rising utility and pre- economy, according to Mike Slack- ick, Dallas scription costs. The recent stock tish, owner of Century 21 Signature Township tax market decline also affected the re- Properties in Shavertown, who has collector, has turn on her investments. noticed a sharp downturn in se- noticed arise “We planned for our retirement niors seeking to buy new homes. inthe num- 35d thought we had made some ve- “They're waiting for the econo- ber of com= ryyisedecisions, butnobodyantic- my to improve before they take plaints about j,ateq the stock market taking their next step,” he said. tax bills. such a steep downward spiral,” she At the same time, the increase in elaborated. property taxes caused by the recent Tony Madden, Senior Financial tax reassessment isaconcernforlo- Advisor at Madden & Associates in cal seniors. plained that these funds provide food pantry, requested that pantry Dallas, pointed out thatalossinval- Many local seniors have voiced meals to homebound seniors as clients’ last names not be revealed ue has occurred not only with se- their concerns about the cost ofthe well as to those who frequent se- to protect their privacy. niors’ stocks and bonds, but with reassessments to Leonard Kozick, nior centers. Alice, 62, cannot work duetothe most of their possessions, includ- y. tax collector and zoning officer for ~~ Some seniors, like those who fre- effects of diabetes and a recent ing their homes. ee. Dallas Township. quent the Back Mountain Food Pan- heart attack, yet she hasbeenturn- ~~ Madden deals with clients who Above: Michael “Assessments went from a per- tryin Trucksville which providesdo- ed down for disability payments. have more assets than many. Still, Fino and Branda centage value to a market value,” nated groceries to needy Back She wishes to appeal the decision, “people who were close to retire- Miller help fill Rose Kozick explained. Mountain families, have more tro- but won't be able to get a hearing ment have had to putit off,” he said. Grula’s prescrip- This had the effect of confusing ble than most paying for groceries. for at least another year. “Although some [seniors] are tion at Fino's Phar- older residents who couldnt un- “Oneoutoffourofourclientsisa ~~ “We have trouble paying for ev- better equipped to handle econom- macy in Dallas. The derstand why the values changed, senior citizen,” said program coor- erything because we don’t even icdownturnsinthecurrentand the cost of prescrip- he said. dinator Mark Stull, who has no- have Medicaid,” said Alice, who is foreseeable future economy, no ol- tions and even Food prices are a concern for ticed asmall increase inseniorsfre- ineligible for Medicaid becauseshe der individual will be spared some ays pan be , some people, too, but senior citizen quenting the food bank over the took an early retirement. She gets © degree of unease” over the econo- gun A e centers offer state-funded meals past year, a situation he attributes $500amonthinretirement,buther my, Jim Siberski, a professor of ge- P : that reduce personal costs for food. to the fixed incomes of most se- medications cost twice that. With rontology at Misericordia Universi- Left: Shavertown The Luzerne & Wyoming Bureau niors. Fixed incomes leave seniors so little income, she dependsheavi- ty, wrote via email. senior Rose Grula of Aging, contracting with the at a financial disadvantage in this ly upon the food pantry. He recommended that local se- picks up a pre- Commission on Economic Oppor- worsening economy. Even relatively affluent seniors niors become aware of services scription at Fino's tunity, receives funds from the fed- =~ “Medical insurance costs are in- havesuffered negative repercussions through such agencies as the Bu- Pharmacy in Dal- eral Older Americans Act to pro- creasing, taxes are increasing, home from the economy. Anna Winkler, reau of Aging, so that they might las. vide food for seniors. : heating costs are increasing, but in- 65, of Dallas, is one such senior. understand all the options availa- Brenda Lispi, Senior Center Ser- come hasn't gone up,” Stull said. “Our fixed income is not stretch- ble to help them in these difficult vices Director at the Bureau, ex- Joe Hardisky, president of the ing like it used to,” she said, attri- economic times. A
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