i ES ———T THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 Sunday, October 3, 2010 Program takes the scare out of going to the doctor's office Misericordia students teach pre-schoolers about X-rays and other medical processes. By SARAH HITE ...co ARA HE in Going to the doctor’s office can be scary for youngsters. Lorie Zelna, assistant professor of med- ical imaging, aims to combat youngsters’ fright through a ser- vice learning course offered by Misericordia University. Children from Adventures in Learning Child Care in Dallas at- tended the “Bone Academy” on Sept. 24, giving Misericordia medical imaging students, called “Bone Coaches,” a chance to in- troduce X-ray equipment and oth- er processes to children who might be worried about going for a check-up. The event was the first of four for the daycare children. Another daycare, Little Meadows, will al- so be involved in the project. The 4- and 5-year-olds, called “Bone Children,” played with bones, examined X-rays and got a tour of the university’s medical imaging facilities in Mercy Hall. Zelna said the benefits of the program are two-fold — medical imaging students are able to in- crease their interaction with chil- dren while the young ones learn to be less afraid of common med- ical procedures. tephanie Ciehoski, a Miser- dia University sophomore from Dallas, hasn’t had extensive experience with children, and be- lieves the program will help her to help others. “It’s really to show children that X-rays are not scary,” she said. The eight pre-schoolers tried to fit models of bones together like puzzle pieces and colored pictures of rib cages. While some of them seemed apprehensive about the larger pieces of medical equipment, one group found fun in some foam pieces meant to an- gle body parts during an X-ray. “Let’s use this as the steps!” yelled 4-year-old Peyton Stauffer, of Dallas, as she and the other children shaped the triangular foam pieces into a house on top of an X-ray table. Just an hour earlier, Stauffer was hesitant about even going near the table, and she made her feelings known to the students. Zelna says this is what the pro- gram is all about — breaking down barriers for the children and mak- ing the procedures fun. “We're trying to understand them and reassure them,” said sophomore Gabriella Vitorino, of Allentown. The program also teaches the children more about their own bodies and how they work. Brianne Dempsey, 5, of Trucks- ville, picked up a smooth, curved bone and put it up to her head as if she were going to use the piece as a way to deter stray hairs. “It’s not a headband - that’s a rib bone,” said one Bone Coach. Kerri Smee, a kindergarten readiness teacher at Adventures BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Haley Coolbaugh, left, examines a model human skeleton with help of Misericordia medical imaging student Jessica Pugliese. in Learning, was intrigued that the program was based on the concerns of Misericordia stu- dents about children. “(The children) are very excit- ed about the interaction with the big kids,” she said. “The more fa- miliar they are with the equip- ment, the less nervous they will be.” The pre-schoolers ended the day with a game of Simon Says and a rendition of “Head, Shoul- ders, Knees and Toes,” and Zelna See SCARE, Page 10 This photo taken by John Macey, of Dallas, received first-place honors in the first-ever Dallas Days Photography Contest. Macey's photo is best in contest Macey, 42, of Dallas, was named the winner of the first-ever Dallas Days Photography Contest. The theme of this year’s contest was “Capture the Beauty and Cul- ture of the Back Mountain.” The first-place photo was taken on Hildebrandt Road in Dallas after Macey dropped off his two chil- dren, 7-year-old Julia and 10-year- old John, at Dallas Elementary. “I had my camera equipment in the car,” he said. “I saw the snow on the barn and I actually went back and took the picture.” Macey got his start in photogra- phy in junior high school as a mem- ber of the school’s yearbook staff. After pursuing the hobby as he trained to be a pharmacist at the State University of New York at Buf- falo, he took 10 years off from pho- tography when his son was born. “There's no room for camera bags with diaper bags,” he said. Macey found his passion again two years ago and treated himself to a new camera — a Nikon D-90. “My favorite type of photography is landscape — I like capturing open fields or waterfalls and going to Ricketts Glen,” he said. “The beau- ty of nature (is) what I like most.” LAKH: LEHMAN 2h HOMECOVING COURT Members of Lake-Lehman High School's 2010 Homecoming Court were recently announced. The queen was scheduled to be crowned on October 2 before the start of the football game. The queen and her court were honored at the homecoming dance in the school's gym Sat- urday evening. Members of the court are, from left, Julia Travis, Caitlyn Wright, Selena Adam- shick, Sara Hagenbach, Erin Hohol and Sarah Bray. Second row, Zachary Yursha, Brandon Roberts, Chad Carey, Timothy LaBar and Kyle Wesley. HARPIN' ON THINGS Forget the f there’s one thing I enjoy | B= in this world than half a pound of freshly-cooked ba- con layered on butter-covered Italian bread wrapped in tin foil and left on the floor of the fishing boat car until lunchtime, it’s the harmony of a finely-tuned engine being put through its paces. Although the preferred tune is that of a 427 Chevy screaming out its pres- ence as it neared 7,000 rpm on the dirt track in Nazareth way back when (and the only reason it held together was that Bob Strunk of S&S Speed Center, a perfectionist, built it) anything with an engine will get my attention. I like anything from remote- controlled cars (like the one Steve Story from A&A Auto Parts Heffernan acon on It in Dallas had running around the yard the other day with his dog in hot pursuit) to go-carts, snowmo- biles, motorcycles with sidecars and Mark Spaciano’s beautiful Norton. From watching Max and Rich Emel of Sweet Valley put on a great show with their winged, motorcycle-powered, chain-dri- ven, dirt-slinging sprint cars at Greenwood most Saturday nights to Formula One at Silver- stone, race engines have always been a favorite. The days of Niki Lauda ruling the tracks in Europe to watching the late Ayrton Sen- na outrun the field and the dom- ination of Michael Schumaker were awaited every weekend when they were televised before the advent of satellite TV. One of my favorite sounds is that of a finely-tuned big block engine. It doesn’t matter if it’s a Ford, Chevy or Mopar, although I am fond of Mopars having had a few way back when. That sound is about to go away for several months, though, with the ap- lan bread, give me some loud engine noise proaching cold weather. For us motorheads and car fa- natics, there is still a chance to hear some sweet music October 10 at the Pikes Creek Race Park when the Hi Lites Motor Club has its last Cruise-In. Jack Judge and John Corbett have all the in- formation about the event and you will see some of the finest an- tique and muscle cars from this area there. Because the loudest thing I own is a 20-year-old Honda lawn- mower, | attended an event in Beaumont this summer to satisfy the need for noise and wasn’t dis- appointed. A beautiful early ‘Cu- da roared in and parked next to a Charger. There was a stunning blue Chevelle owned by Bob Daubert and the car of my dreams, a 1932 Ford coupe. I was so enamored, I forgot to ask who the owner was but you won’t miss the flawless orange paint job if you see it running around the Back Mountain. I ran into Danny McCabe, of the Hanover Ornamental Iron Works McCabes, and one of his antique car projects. Hadn't seen Danny in over 20 years and was glad to see he’s still tinkering with cars. We got to talking about how my friend Phil Yonchik and I used to race Jeeps with Jim McCabe, the Sutton boys, Calvin, Cecil and Red and George Alles. Ahh, those were the days. The week after the car show, I was at John Kashenbaugh’s Lake- way Beverage on Route 118 and who pulls in but Lew Randolph in a nicely-redone pickup truck street rod. I realized my curfew had come and gone and knew it would be reheated dinner again but, hey, we were talking engines and cars. The grass can be cut an- other night. All of this brings us to last weekend. During the Luzerne County Fair, I met Stan Bonavita of the Susquehanna County Pull- ers Association. He asked if I wanted to come to the Wyoming County Fairgrounds and photo- graph a truck and tractor pull. I could stand anywhere but on the pulling surface to take photos. Was I interested? Did Spock have pointy ears? I saw the tractors at the Lycom- ing County and Harford Fair this summer but it was from the stands. Here was a chance to get as close as possible without being in the driver’s seat. Maybe we could get them at the Luzerne County Fair one year. I hustled home way ahead of curfew and opened the door to make the announcement of the upcoming history-making event. The Mrs. saw my smile and, be- fore I could utter a syllable, said, “What vehicle did you buy or where are you going fishing?” After 15 years of wedded bliss (celebrated last week), she thinks she knows me. A bit deflat- ed but not beaten, I shared the news of the tractor pull. When asked if she wanted to go, the re- sponse was something to the ef- fect that she would rather watch the weeds grow under the porch. (I didn’t know weeds grew in the Tractor pulling is not for the faint of heart or for those of the tree-hugger variety. There were no Hybrid vehicles in the parking lot or anyone spouting off about the evils of gas drilling. It’s all about diesel-swilling, turbo- charged, 10,000-pound mechani- cal behemoths belching out plumes of burned fossil fuel in a display of unadulterated power. The only original parts of the John Deere, International or Case tractors t are the cowling and decals. He with the most horsepower (and money) usually wins and it is sweet. I just hope all that music was enough to hold me over until spring. Thank goodness for TI- VO. Harp Heffernan was the associate publisher, outdoor editor and chief photographer of the Sunday Inde- pendent, a newspaper that was in his family for 87 years in Wilkes-Barre. You can e-mail him at news@mydal- laspost.com.
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