it ———— Sunday, February 7, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 Lands’ and fo By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com The Lands at Hillside Farms ountain Food Pantry use of me of its land to grow and har- vest vegetables for people in need. “It is absolutely mission con- sistent with the Lands at Hillside Farms,” said Christine Doherty, a farmer and agricultural educator at The Lands at Hillside Farms. “We hope that, through educa- tion and demonstration, we can help people make healthy life- style choices.” Founded in 1977, the Back Mountain Food Pantry serves residents of the Dallas and Lake- Lehman School Districts. It is op- erated by the Back Mountain Ministerium, which is comprised @® agreed to allow the Back of 24 interdenominational churches. According to Doherty, the pan- try will share two acres of land with a Luzerne Intermediate Unit (LIU) program called “Dream Green Farm,” a program that allows disabled adolescents to grow food for sale at farmers markets. The groups will have separate parcels on the land, but the LIU students will assist with the pan- YOU CAN Volunteers are needed to assist with all aspects of the garden. Civic groups and individuals who are interested in volunteering are asked to attend a meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 9 at the Lands at Hillside Farms. Those planning to attend should notify Christine Doherty in advance by e-mailing Christine@theland- sathillsidefarms.org. try’s crops, Doherty said. Although the Hillside Farms Dairy Store is located in King- ston Township, the land that will be used for the pantry’s garden is just up the road in Jackson Town- ship. Coming up Hillside Road, the land is on a hill off the right hand side of the road about 100 acres past Church Road. Mark Stull, director of the Back Mountain Food Pantry, said the pantry hopes to begin grow- ing vegetables this spring on only half an acre to start out slowly and ensure the first year is a suc- cess. Traditional crops will be grown such as tomatoes, potatoes, green beans, wax beans, broccoli and zucchini. Flowers will also be planted to add beauty and cheer. The land will be plowed with horses and no pesticides will be od pantry work together BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Back Mountain Food Pantry Director Mark Stull, left, talks with Christine Doherty, a farmer and agricultural educator at The Lands at Hillside Farms, on land in Jackson Township that The Lands at Hillside Farms is donating to the pantry. The pantry will use the land to grow and harvest vegetables for people in need. used. “I have been an organic vegeta- ble farmer for close to 20 years, so I don’t think any of those modern improvements (in farming) are actually improvements at all,” Doherty said. “We understand the population who will be eating this food often comes with chron- ic diseases...and we want to grow the most healthy, nutritious food possible for these people.” DALLAS TOWNSHIP By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Motorists may soon encoun- ter another traffic light on Route 309. Supervisors approved a mo- tion to sign an application and traffic signal permit plan from Dorchester Land Develop- ment Corporation for the in- stallation and operation of a traffic signal at Route 309 and Dorchester Drive. An agreement to be pre- pared by the township solicitor must be executed between the township and the developer before the final approval will be given. The developer will bere- quired to reimburse the town- ship for future cost of the oper- ation of the signal as part of the agreement. The traffic signal is part of a proposed project for the con- struction of the Dallas Geisin- ger Medical Clinic on Dorches- ter Drive in the area formerly known as Sacred Heart Park. A public hearing on the ap- plication for the 23,000 square New traffic light may come fo Route 309 foot medical center will be held at 7 p.m. on Feb. 16. Road projects Vice chairman of supervisors Frank Wagner announced two road projects calling for road pav- ing, catch basins and new pipes will be put out to bid this year. The first project is for Main Street and the second is for Camp- ground Hill Road. Tom Doughton, whois employ- ed by Douglas F. Trumbower and Associates which serves as the township’s engineer, will begin to prepare estimates of the cost of the projects. Trout Run Doughton is concerned over the amount of brush in Trout Run. When the creek gets high, wa- ter backs up into two new storm- water pipes recently installed on Rice Drive near Encon, he said. Doughton will inquire about the state Department of Environ- mental Protection’s Small Streams Grant project to see if funding is available to clean up the creek. ¢ourmet t By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Dallas Post correspondent There is no food in Angela Co- hen’s refrigerator at home any- more. All the good food is now in arenovated house on North Main Street in Shavertown where she runs Angela’s Everyday Gour- met, a gourmet food take-out and catering business. “I thought I'd have a terrible time with empty-nest syn- drome,” Cohen says. Her two re- maining high-school-age chil- dren, Mitch and Mergan,; now stop by the business on their way home from school to hand-pick their dinner selections. Joining them are Cohen's mother, Alice Serratore, who an- swers the phone and takes orders and her brother, Brandon Serra- tore, who makes the fudge. The effort of the business has been very popular with the Back Mountain community since its opening on Nov. 3. One “Sticky Bun Sunday,” 14 dozen sticky buns sold out in 30 minutes. “I couldn’t stop laughing,” said Cohen of her new-found success. e whole family is engaged in wie effort, including Cohen's hus- band, Rich, a Kingston chiroprac- tor. The renovation of the build- ing itself, a 1922 four-square home previously owned by Kay Warden, kept the whole family busy this last year. “We put a lot of work into this e-out food house,” Cohen said. The family expects to add al fresco dining on the large wrap- around porch in the spring. Cohen imagined that many people were, like her, tired of cooking at home and their chil- dren were tired of “Mom’s supper selections.” She used that as her business plan. “A woman came in with her whole family and each child picked out what they wanted for supper and how much,” she noted, recalling how the woman squealed with delight at the thought of not having to cook that night. Cohen's theory also works for busy commuters going back and forth to Wilkes-Barre, two-person households and, she hopes, peo- ple going to Harveys Lake. “There was a need for good, fast food in the Back Mountain,” she said. Success comes with a price, though, and she finds herself ready to call it quits some nights. The feeling doesn’t last long, however. “I turn on some music in the kitchen and start baking,” she says, speaking of a passion she’s had since she was a child growing up in Mountain Top. Cohen sometimes works 20 hours a day to fill take-out orders and then bakes her homemade specialties like vanilla pear tarts in nutmeg crusts, cherry cream scones or butternut tarts with whiskey in oatmeal/wheat crusts. She also makes an oat- meal cranberry white chocolate cookie. Raspberry white choco- late scones are coming soon. In addition to the assistance she receives from family mem- bers, Cohen has talented and home-grown help in Brian O’Donnell, a 1995 Dallas High graduate who lives in Shaver- town and mans the kitchen. His training in French cuisine and seafood preparation fills the deli- like take-out cases with weekly specials like Salmon Bake, Chick- en Francaise and Lasagna Bolog- naise. Many may remember O’Donnell from his past positions at Irem Temple and the Beau- mont Inn. “I hired Brian immediately,” Cohen said, admitting to never having tasted his food before he went to work for her. “He has character.” All of Cohen's food is prepared from scratch, from natural and fresh ingredients with no addi- tives. “Nothing is out of a can,” she says, proudly. A case of butternut squash bought from a neighbor- ing farm recently became a big hit as butternut squash soup. A woman came in and went through the counter case, careful- ly selecting individual items. She said, “I'll have one of these and one of those and I'll have some of the soup to see how my butternut squash tastes.” “And that’s how I met Mary Darling,” Cohen said of the Dar- ling Farms’ matriarch. Meeting people is what Cohen likes most about her new role. The community has been enthu- siastic with one customer send- ing more than 8,000 e-mails to business is tonic for empty-nest syndrome CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Angela Cohen oversees the cooking of chef Brian O'Donnell at Angela's Everyday Gourmet in Sha- vertown. support the business. “I love all the people who are coming in and I get the feeling they want to see me, too, when they come in,” Cohen said. NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA ALLIANCE 1151 Dax Svacey PITTSYON, PA (UE40-3726 (570) 658-5501 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Kurt Bauman, of NEPA Alliance, presents Kingston Township officials with a $7,645 check Friday morning to upgrade traffic signal bulbs. From left, are Jim Reino, chairman, Kingston Township su- pervisors; Joe Brogan, of UGI; Kathy Sebastian, manager, Kingston Township; Bauman, State Rep. Phyllis Mundy, Mike Moravec, Kingston Township police officer; and Jennifer Wilson, of Senator Lisa Baker's office. Kurt Bauman, of NEPA Alli- ance, recently presented King- ston Township officials with a check in the amount of $7,645 to upgrade traffic signal bulbs. The money was presented to the township through the Penn- sylvania Department of Commu- nity and Economic Develop- ment and was secured by NEPA Alli , Bauman said. Robert Hivish Jr.,, Kingston Township assistant manager, said the township also received $2,500 from UGI Utilities for the LED bulb project. The dif- ference for the $15,290 will come from the township’s gener- al fund. ; The LED bulbs will be in- stalled in the township’s traffic signals at Route 309 and Carv- } ll NA, @, aut wil Ielp nperade traffic sievals to LED erton Road, Route 309 and Har- ris Hill Road, Route 309 and Franklin Street and Route 309 and Center Street. The traffic light at Carverton Road and Ma- nor Drive was previously up- graded with LED bulbs. Bauman said the upgrade will provide the township with $4,200 in energy and mainte- nance savings a year. . EE + JE haa do The following new books have been added to the shelves of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, for the month of Janu- ary 2010: EXPRESS (1 WEEK) “Doors Open” by Ian Ran- kin, “Death of a Valentine” by M.C. Beaton, “Treasure Hunt” by John T. Lescroart and “The Wolf at the Door” by Jack Hig- gins FICTION “Doors Open” by Ian Ran- kin, “Treasure Hunt” by John T. Lescroart, “Worth the Risk” by Nora Roberts, “Summer of Two Wishes” by Julia London, “Leviathan” by David Lynn Goleman, “Sand Castles” by Nancy Gotter Gates, “Mistress of the Game” by Tilly Bag- shawe, “Lakeshore Christ- mas” by Susan Wiggs, “Alice 1 Have Been” by Melanie Benja- min, “The Wolf at the Door” by Jack Higgins, “The Burning Land” by Bernard Cornwell and “Remarkable Creatures” by Tracy Chevalier NONFICTION “The Murder of King Tut” by James Patterson, “Quick Guide to College Majors and Careers” by Laurence Shatkin, “The Boomers’ Career Survival Guide” by Ken Tanner, “Breaking Free” by Chris Lauer, “Chasing Molecules” by Elizabeth Gross- man, “The Pain Detective” by Hillel M. Finestone and “1,000 Dollars and an Idea” by Sam Wy- ly MYSTERY “Death of a Valentine” by M.C. Beaton BIOGRAPHY “Barack Obama, the New Face of America” by Martin Dupuis REFERENCE “Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges 2010” and “Peterson’s Two-Year Colleges 2010” BOOKS ON CD “Rainwater” by Sandra Brown, “The Fourth Part of the World” by Toby Lester, “Game Six” by Mark Frost, “Eating Animals” by Jonathan Safran Foer, “Traveling with Pomegranates” by Sue Monk Kidd, “The American Journey of Barack Obama”, “Zei- toun” by Dave Eggers, “Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome” by Anthony Everitt and “U is for Un- dertow” by Sue Grafton SPECIAL DONATIONS “Hope: The Alzheimer’s Pro- ject” (DVD) donated by The Meadows Nursing Center Alz- New books added to shelves at library heimer’s Disease Support Group The Character Council of Dal- las Elementary School (2008- 2009 School Year) has made pos- sible the addition and/or replace- ment of the following popular and award winning books: “The Long Patrol” by Brian Jacques, “Apples and Pumpkins” by Anne Rockwell, “Album of Horses” by Marguerite Henry, “The Grouchies” by Debbie Wa- genbach, “Do You Sing Twinkle?” by Sandra Levins, “Sometimes I'm Scared” by Jane Annunziata and Marc Nemiroff, “Nasreen’s Secret School: a true story from Afghanistan” by Jeanette Winter, “Marlfox” by Brian Jacques, “Redwall” by Brian Jacques Mat- timeo” by Brian Jacques, “Moss- flower” by Brian Jacques, “Triss” by Brian Jacques, “Mariel of Red- wall” by Brian Jacques, “Ralph S. Mouse” by Beverly Cleary (book), “Ralph S. Mouse” by Be- verly Cleary (book on CD), “Homesick: My Own Story” by Jean Fritz, “A Gathering of Days” by Joan W. Blos, “On My Honor” by Marion Dane Bauer, “Tanger- ine” by Edward Bloor, “Henry Higgins” by Beverly Cleary, “The Cricket in Times Square” by Ge- See BOOKS, Page 12 TR
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