SS ARS rte Saran aul Sunday, April 19, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 SUBMITTED PHOTOS Ginger Ritts registers children for basket raffles at the Dallas Borough Easter Egg Hunt. he 2009 Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by Dallas Bor- ough was held on Satur- day, April 4, at the Kenneth %oung Memorial Park in Dallas Borough. The Easter Bunny greets children as they arrive at the Dallas Borough Easter Egg Hunt. Children between the ages 1and 10 hunt for stuffed eggs hidden abv the Easter Bunny a and help- ers at the Dallas Borough Easter Egg Hunt. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Chris Evans, left, owner and general manager of the new Thomas’ Market in Dallas, meets with Allan and Barbara Roberts, who plan to open a branch of their restaurant The Ranch Wagon in the Beertown portion of the store the first week in May. Ranch Wagon coming to Thomas By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com The Ranch Wagon will be the latest Back Mountain restaurant to offer fresh, on-site food at Tho- mas’ SuperFoodtown in Dallas Township. Allan Roberts, who owns the Ranch Wagon in Shavertown with his wife, Barbara, says the Ranch Wagon Express will move into Thomas’ next month with a target date of May 4. The Ranch Wagon Express will offer grilled long dogs with or without cheese and chili, as well as a self-serve toppings bar. The Ranch Wagon will join Asaki Hibachi and Sushi and Di- no’s Italian Bistro, both located in Shavertown, at the Thomas’ Dal- las store. The SuperFoodtown opened on March 14 at the site of the former BiLo Supermarket in the Country Club Shopping Cen- \ ter. “We've known Chris (Chris Evans, co-owner of Thomas’) for a long time,” Roberts said. “We actually get some of our meats from him. Chris and my wife hap- pened to see each other in the store one day and my wife no- ticed there was a couple of other restaurants in the store at the time. After we saw it, we men- tioned something to Chris and he said, I never even thought of you guys.” Unlike Asaki and Dino’s, which are both located at the entrance of the store near the deli, the Ranch Wagon Express will be in the Thomas’ Beertown section of the supermarket where there is seat- ing, allowing customers to eat and enjoy a soda or a beer. “Being that we’re not an inside seating restaurant here (in Sha- vertown), this gives us a venue for it,” Roberts said. & = Roberts has ordered equip- ment that needs to be moved into Thomas’ and he will need to train Thomas’ employees the secrets to making chili, relish and grilling hot dogs the Ranch Wagon way. “Our particular way of long hot dogs is what keeps us different than everybody else,” Roberts said. Roberts hopes that moving in- to Thomas’ will get more people to try his hot dogs and gain expo- sure for his main restaurant in Shavertown. The Ranch Wagon was opened as a trailer in 1955 by Roberts’ family at the present site of Cook’s Pharmacy in Shavertown. The following year, the trailer moved to where Treat Pizza now stands on Route 309. The Ranch Wagon moved to its current loca- tion at 255 Memorial Highway in 1957. The permanent building was constructed in 1969 or 1970. y embers. of the eighth- grade class at Gate of Heaven School present- ed a short play entitled “The Good Deed” during the school’s recent Academic Fair. The stu- dents have been studying Penn- sylvania Dutch art so the boys were attired in authentic Amish hats while the girls wore authen- tic Amish dresses and bonnets. The play was about a family do- ing a good deed for an injured neighbor. JONATHAN J. JUKA PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST ‘Good Deed’ done Vinny Am- arando, left, and Seth Ne- whart act out a scene in “The Good Deed" at Gate of Heaven School. To see more photos go to www.mydal- laspost.com Hex signs, which contain symbols of the Penn- sylvania Dutch cul- ture, were created by eighth-grade students at Gate of Heav- en. One of the posters created by students in the class shows what kinds of food would be offered in a Pennsylvania Dutch kitchen. Poepperling Boyle Udzella Dalkiewicz Sweeney Root ake-Lehman Top 10 are honored The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC) Harveys Lake held its annual Community Night on Thursday, April 2, at the Lake-Noxen Elementary School in Harveys Lake. The organiza- tion honored the top 10 seniors of Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School during the event. Seniors honored were Andrea Butchko, Loyalville, daughter of Amy and John Butchko; Matthew Boyle, Shavertown, son of Sandy and Chris Boyle; James Dalkiew- icz, Shavertown, son of Sue and James Dalkiewicz; Kayla Fine, Sweet Valley, daughter of Donna and Dr. David Fine; Bryan Poep- perling, Shavertown, son of Ann and Dwayne Poepperling; Kallie Root, Dallas, daughter of Annie Koval and Robert Root; Michael Ryan, Lehman Township, son of Susan and Joseph Ryan; Cathe- rine Sullivan, Lehman, daughter of Peggy and Fred Sullivan; John Sweeney, Shavertown, son of Ann and John Sweeney; and Na- tashja Udzella, Bloomingdale, daughter of Chantelle Udzella and Chris and Holly Udzella. Speakers for the event were Jim McGovern, superintendent of the Lake-Lehman School Dis- trict, and State Rep. Karen Bo- back, who has also been a GFWC Harveys Lake member for over 25 years. Co-chairpersons for Commu- nity Night were Darlene Wil- liams, Tina Urban and Linda Schuler. Officers of the Greater Federation of Women’s Clubs Harveys Lake are Taryn Barrall, president; Kathy Morretti, vice- president; Allison Swartz, secre- tary; and Darlene Williams, trea- surer. The Third Annual Mothers Day Intertribal Powwow will be held from 10 a.m. to dusk on Mothers Day weekend, May 9 and 10, at the Noxen Fire Co. grounds on Stull Road, Noxen. This event, which honors all mothers, is a gathering for all people sponsored by Tyconac, Inc., a non-profit Native orga- nization, and the Noxen Fire Co. Participants are asked to bring their own lawn chairs. Gates open at 10 a.m. with Grand Entry of all dignitaries and dancers in full regalia at noon Indian Time. Host drum is Eagle Thun- der, with a special appearance by Spirit of the Drum. Head dancers are Joseph and Wiste- ria, while Macqua and Richard Gray Owl Greene will serve as emcees. Storyteller is Grace Dove. The event will feature Na- Mothers Day Powwow set for May 9 in Noxen tive American dancing, drum- ming, storytelling, food, crafts, beadwork, jewelry, blankets, fry bread and much more. Admission is free. Dogs are welcome but must be leashed and cleaned up after at all times. All drums are welcome. Volunteers are also needed and are asked to call Murph Spirit Bird at 639-1819 or 240- 1798 for more information.
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