Vol. 120 No. 43 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 November 8 - 14, 2009 The DALLAS POST. Serving the communities of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts | www.mydallaspost.com Group providing a real home for the holidays By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com When Lisa Stull heard an area homeless group had no place to stay this Christmas, she stepped into action. As guest services director at Camp Orchard Hill, a Christian camp in Franklin Township, Stull got permission for home- less men from Volunteers in Ser- vice in Our Neighborhood, or VISION, to sleep in the camp’s cabins from Dec. 13 through Dec. 27. She had learned of the group’s need from her husband, Mark, director of the Back Mountain Food Pantry. Now the Dallas woman is seeking help from the communi- ty to prepare meals each night, donate money and Christmas decorations, decorate and spend time with the men during the Christmas season. “The need was huge for this Christmas season,” Stull said. “We're not doing this as a reli- gious event at all. There’s a need out there and we just want to meet it.” According to Vince Kabacin- ski, executive director of V.I- S.I.LO.N., the organization was started in 1985 when several men approached the Rev. Ken- neth Carter, a former pastor of Central United Methodist Church in Wilkes-Barre, and said they had nowhere to sleep that night. The reverend se- cured a few sleeping bags and told the men to stay in the To assist with V.I.S.l.O.N.'s visit to Camp Orchard Hill or to make a donation to help with their stay, call the camp office at 333-4098. church. V.LS.LO.N. is a non-profit or- ganization that serves homeless men ages 18 and up in Luzerne County. The men are transport- ed nightly to shelters, mostly churches, where they are served a meal and allowed to sleep. In the morning, the men are driven to places of employment or they participate in the organization’s day program. Kabacinski often has difficulty finding a church to take the men during Christmas because of ho- liday activities at the churches and is thrilled that Camp Or- chard Hill is willing to help this year. “It’s a sad time for us because when we're in the shelter Christ- mas Eve, the guys go through their wallets and their personal belongings and they're taking out the pictures of their family,” Kabacinski said. “I just get a feeling of contentment knowing our homeless population has a roof over its head on Christmas Eve and they are together as one big family.” So far, Stull has received com- mitments to assist from the Har- veys Lake Women’s Club, an Al- See HOME, Page 12 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lisa Stull straightens a cabin curtain at Camp Orchard Hill in Fran- klin Township where a group of homeless men will be housed for two weeks in December. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas resident Rosemary Hozempa's design for the Easter Seals campaign has been chosen from an online competition to be printed as one of six stamps this year. Her "Heaven Scent’ painting will be on stamp By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Rosemary Hozempa has learned that her painting “Heav- en Scent” will become an Easter Seals 2010 Lily Seal. The Dallas woman's painting was one of 11 paintings of lilies up for vote on www.easterseals.com to be featured in the Easter Seals 2010 Lily Seals. Six of the 11 paintings were chosen, including Hozempa’s pink Mystery Lily. Easter Seals Disability Servic- es is a national non-profit organi- zation that provides services, education, outreach and advoca- cy for people with autism and other disabilities. “It is really a huge accomplish- ment for me as an artist to have this and it is such a good cause that I feel I'm doing something to help out,” Hozempa said. Hozempa discovered the East- er Seals contest on the internet and created five lily paintings to enter. She was surprised to learn that one of her paintings made it to the voting round and immedi- ately e-mailed the organization to say she is thrilled and honored that her work was selected. According to Easter Seals, the decorative non-postal seals are mailed to 19 million homes an- nually with the request of a dona- tion to the organization, raising almost $14 million. Hozempa was told the 2010 lily seals will be released in January. Although Hozempa is an art- ist, she has never had an official art lesson. She has operated Ro- semary Hozempa Hair Artistry Salon and Gift Shop on Carr Ave- nue in Dallas since 2003, having obtained her cosmetology Ii- cense in 1974 She resides with her husband, Charlie. The couple has three children: Chuck, 28; David, 26; and Maureen, 24. “I really would love to thank my friends and family for all of the support and the voting that they’ve done,” Hozempa said. “I know some of them were just in- credible. They were campaign- ing for me - it was unbelievable. And my customers, but I refer to them as my friends because they are.” BACK MOUNTAIN ELECTION RESULTS Carroll returns as Dallas mayor; Walter retains supervisor seat in Dallas Twp. EDITOR'S NOTE: Listed here are the results from Tuesday's General Election for Back Moun- tain municipal races. An asterisk (*) indicates a victory; however, all results are unofficial until they are certified. DALLAS BOROUGH Mayor (unopposed) * Timothy J. Carroll, R -485 *Robert Edgerton Jr., R - 456 *Jack Appel, R -434 *Brian Stevens, R -427 Tax Collector (unopposed) *Mark W. Van Etten, R - 531 Judge of Elections Ward 01 (un- opposed) *M. Linda McDermott, R - 276 Inspector of Elections Ward 01 (unopposed) *Marie Belasco, D - 227 Constable Ward 02 (unop- Member of Council (vote for posed) three, unopposed) *Cory Askew, R -233 Judge of Elections Ward 02 (un- - 2,709 opposed) *Hazel L. Garris, R - 230 Inspector of elections Ward 02 (vote for one) Timothy FE. Herbert Sr., D - 80 *Norma Crispell, R-174 DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT School director (vote for four, unopposed) *Karen Z. Kyle, D,R - 2,710 *Maureen Banks Matiska, D, R *Richard G. Coslett, D,R-2,891 *Charlie Preece, D, R - 2,743 DALLAS TOWNSHIP Supervisor (vote for one) Elizabeth Martin, D -862 *Philip L. Walter, R - 893 Auditor (unopposed) *K. Gary Kirk, R -1,365 Tax Collector (unopposed) *Leonard Kozick, R -1,527 02 (unopposed) *Sarah A. Wagner, R - 510 FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP Supervisor (vote for one) Lance Baseski, D - 162 *William Miller, R - 273 Tax Collector (vote for one) Maureen Mo Oremus, D -167 *Brett B. Slocum, R - 267 Inspector of Elections District HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH & Let Peking Chet be your host. Birthday, Anniversary or Holiday Celebrations, make the occasion extra-special. For our catering services call Lisa or Eric at 675-0555. Dallas Shopping Center Constable (unopposed) *Shane Conrad, D, R - 574 Mayor (vote for one) Richard H. Boice, D -417 *Clarence Hogan, R - 432 Member of Council (vote for three) Ed Kelly, D - 400 Larry C. Lucarino Jr., D - 341 Jason R. Boice, D - 330 *PFrancis J. Kopko, R - 428 See ELECTION, Page 12 *
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