Sunday, October 3, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 Christopher Tamanini is Eagle Scout Christopher Tamanini, a member of Boy Scout Troop 281 of Dallas, attained the rank of Eagle Scout, the highest rank in aocouting on May 19. Tamanini began his Scouting career as a Tiger Cub in 1999. As a Cub Scout, he earned the Parvuli Dei Catholic Religious Award in 2003 and the Arrow of Light, the highest award in Cub Scouting, in 2004. As a Boy Scout, Tamanini held the positions of Chaplain’s i - Instructor, Bugler, Troop _ Guide, Quartermaster and Pa- "trol Leader. He was elected to the Order of the Arrow (Broth- “erhood) in 2007. He earned a total of 45 merit badges. *' Some of Tamaninis many couting adventures include - 2010 National Scout Jamboree © 100th Year Anniversary, Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia; Mt. Katahdin, Maine; Mt. Snow, Vermont; Mt. ~ Washington, New Hampshire; Mt. Marcy, New York; Philmont High Adventure Scout Ranch, New Mexico; and the Chilkoot Trail, Alaska. For his Eagle Scout project, Tamanini completed landscap- ing work at Moon Lake Park’s Nature Education Center, in- cluding debris removal; planting shrubs, perennials and flower bulbs; applying weed block fab- ric; spreading mulch and gravel; Christopher Tamanini recently attained the rank of Eagle Scout. rebuilding rock walls; removing roots and large rocks from an area of approximately 1,000 square feet; and trimming sever- al trees. An Eagle Court of Honor was held recently at the Irem Coun- try Club, Dallas, to recognize Tamanini’s achievement. Tamanini is currently a senior at Dallas High School. He is the son of Timothy and Sandra Ta- manini, of Kingston Township, and the grandson of the late Henry and Lottie Spooner of Warrior Run. @ vic BRIEFS ~All Day Bingo planned The members of North More- ‘land Township Volunteer Fire Company of Center Moreland will hold their semi-annual All . Day Bingo today, Oct. 3. Doors . open at noon and early birds start at 1:30 p.m. Dinner and refreshments will be available to all players. Call Jim at 333-4906 to make a reser- vation. Zen Meditation program offered An Introduction to Zen Med- ~ itation will be held from 7:30 to "79 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at Mercy Center on the campus of Misericordia University. The program will include a brief description of the method of Zen meditation, a short prac- tice and time for questions. Pre-registration is required and a free will offering will be taken. “. For more information, call Sr. piBarbara Craig at 675-1872. I GDAC meets Oct. 6 The Gas Drilling Awareness palition (GDAC) will host a 9 unity meeting for all “Lehman Township residents at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 6, at Dallas United Methodist Church, off Church Street. Alzheimer’s support group will meet The Dallas Alzheimer’s sup- port group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 7, in the chapel at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 55 W. Center Hill Rd., Dallas :Bingo schedule announced Bingo is held every other Monday at the North Moreland ~ Township Volunteer Fire Com- pany hall. The schedule for October is Oct. 8 and Oct. 22. Doors open at 5 p.m. Early birds start at 6:30 p.m. All funds raised go directly into the general fund for oper- ating expenses. Players will perform ‘Godspell at King’s The Sweet Charity Players, under the direction of Warren otto, will present “Godspell,” ®. based on the Gospel according to Saint Matthew. Performance dates are Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 8, 9 and 10 at the King’s College Theatre in Wilkes-Barre. Cur- tain time is 7:30 p.m. each eve- ning. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at St. Therese’s Rec- tory in Shavertown. Tickets will also be available at the door. For more information, call 696-1144. Wine festival planned The Third Annual Rotary Harvest & Wine Festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at Lazy Brook Park, Route 6 East of Tunk- hannock. The festival is conducted by the Tunkhannock Rotary Club as its annual charity fund-raising event. Over 10 wineries, 40 food and craft vendors and live music are featured. Advanced tickets at $15 are available from Tunk- hannock Rotary Club members, Nimble Hill winery and through the web site www.tunkhannock- rotary.com. Tickets may also be pur- chased at the gate for $25. Des- ignated driver /under 21 tickets are available for $5. For more information, call 836-1247. NE Youth Theater Co. sets auditions Northeast Youth Theatre Company will hold auditions for the “Hansel and Gretel” stage musical. Auditions for children ages 6 to 9 years will be held from 3 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 91 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, and from 3 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Evangelical Free Church Community Room, Hildebrandt Road, Dallas. Auditions for children ages 10 and up will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 9, at 91S. Main St., Dallas and from 5 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Evangelical Free Church Com- munity Road, Hildebrandt road, Dallas. Charity breakfast planned for Oct. 10 George M. Dallas Lodge No. 531, Free and Accepted Masons will sponsor an all-you-can-eat charity breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 10, at the Daddow-Isaacs American Le- gion Post 672 in Dallas. The breakfast will include scrambled eggs, pancakes, hash browns, sausage, danish, coffee, tea and orange juice. Tickets are available at the door for a dona- tion of $6 for adults and $3 for children. Meadows Center plans Fall Fair The Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center will spon- sor a Fall Fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.13, at 55 Center Hill Rd ,Dallas. The fair will feature hand- made crafts, a bake sale, scare- crow display, holiday décor, vendors, raffles and jewelry. Lunch will also be available. Walgreens will provide a Flu Shot Clinic at the fair. Round Table meeting set The Wyoming Valley Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 14, in the lower level of the Daddow- Isaacs American Legion, 730 Memorial Hwy., Dallas. Phil Lechak, a Licensed Bat- tlefield Guide, will present a program entitled “Camp Letter- man - 80 Acres for 121 Days.” For more information, call Pete at 639-1283. Rent’ comes to Music Box The Music Box Players pre- sent “Rent,” Jonathan Larson’s Tony Award/ Pulitzer Prize winning musical, October 15-17, 21-24 and 28-31 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Thurs- days through Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays with a buffet diner served 90 minutes before. Special student nights will be held October 21 and 28 with show-only seats for $15 with ID. A portion of ticket sales will be donated to the American Red Cross. Call 283-2195 for reservations. ~ — — — — CLIP AND SAVE — — — — — - 570-639-1120 Tom Daniels Formerly Siani’s Cleaners | Tailoring By Tom Hours: Monday thru Friday - 9-5 James V. Pyrah, Esq CLAW FiRm (570) 718-4900 Personal Injury / Wills & Estates Family Law / Real Estate Angela Forlenza Stevens, Esq. OBITUARIES COOK - Katherine M., 102, formerly of Noxen, died Sat- urday, September 18, 2010, in the Golden Living Center, Tunkhannock. She was born in Eaton Township on August 26, 1908, was a graduate of Tunkhan- nock High School and attend- ed Bloomsburg University. She taught in the Gallop School in Vernon, a one-room school house for grades one through eight. She attended the Noxen United Methodist Church. Surviving are daughters, Eleanor Grant, Tunkhannock; Ruth (Jadick) Ely, Tunkhan- nock; Rachel Raker, Jupiter Is- land, Fla.; and Gladys Kile, Benton; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; four great- great-grandchildren; sisters, Ju- lia Kingston, Laceyville; and Cora Barber, Tunkhannock; nieces and nephews. GRIFFITH - Gloria M., 54, of Trucksville, died on Thurs- day, September 23, 2010. She was born April 28, 1956, in Hanover Township, and was a graduate of Hanover Area High School, class of 1974. She was employed by the Social Security Administration as a data transcriber in Wilkes- Barre and was a member of the Wyoming Valley Christian Church, Kingston. Surviving are her mother, Jo- sephine Kazmir Badosky, of Hanover Township; her former husband, Walter L. Griffith Jr.; daughters, Shelia Ann Griffith, Dallas; and Samantha Lynn Griffith, at home; two grand- children; brothers, Robert Ba- dosky, Georgia; and Ronald Ba- dosky, West Virginia; sisters, Debra Badosky and Donna Ba- dosky, both of Hanover Town- ship; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the Wyoming Valley Christian Church, 881 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA 18704. HOPFER - Wilma M., of Tan- nery Street, Noxen, died Fri- day, September 24, 2010, in Hospice Community Care- Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. She born in Kingston on Oc- tober 15, 1945, and was a 1963 graduate of ‘Tunkhannock High. For many years, she was a Sunday School Teacher at the Beaumont Union Gospel Church. She was a member of NWTF. Surviving are her mother, Clara Smith Rifenbery, Beau- mont; her husband of 45 years, Gary Hopfer; sons, Robert, of Noxen; Gerald, of Dallas; Wil- liam, of Pittston; daughters, Ju- dy Weber of Beaumont; Cindy Holton, of Evans Falls; brother, Robert Rifenbery, of South Au- burn; sister, Ruth Lewis, of Sa- rasota, Fla.; eight grandchil- dren; nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the Noxen Fire Department, 3493 Stull Rd., Noxen, PA 18636. KEIPER - Clayton Austin Jr., 65, of Tunkhannock, died on Saturday, September 25, 2010. He was born in Perth Am- boy, N.J.,, on August 7, 1945, and graduated from Lake-Leh- man High School in 1964. He was an Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. He worked as a technician and retired from Procter & Gamble after 34% years of ser- vice and attended the Commu- nity Bible Church, Tunkhan- nock. Surviving are his wife, the former Wendy M. Wilsey; two daughters, Denise Herbert, of Tunkhannock; and Amy Goble, of Trucksville; three grand- sons; two brothers, Raymond, of Noxen; and Robert, of Flor- ida; a sister, Dottie Hettiger, of Forest Lake; nieces and neph- ews. MINER - Walter F., of Ben- son Hollow Lane, Tunkhan- nock, died on Tuesday, Sep- tember 21, 2010, in the Asera Care Hospice Unit at the Mid- Valley Hospital in Peckville. He was born in Sugar Hol- low, Wyoming County, on June 8, 1917, and was a graduate of Tunkhannock High School and a US. Navy Veteran. He was the owner of Walter Miner Trucking and Hay Service. Surviving are a son, Terry, of Tunkhannock; daughter, Diane, of Carthage, N.C.; half- sister, Charlotte Hadsall, and step-sister, Dorothy Mickley, both of Tunkhannock; three grandchildren, nieces and ne- phews. Memorial donations to Wyoming County American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 629, Tunkhannock, PA 18657. WHEATLEY - Richard Allen, 66, of Tunkhannock, died Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Plains Township, after an illness. He was born in Sayre on April 30, 1944, and was a self- employed truck driver. He was a US. Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. Surviving are his wife, the former Denise Hannah; two sons, Richard Allen Jr., of Tay- lor Ranch, N.M.; and Randall Scott, of Little Rock, Ark.; a daughter, Robin A. Wheatley of Rio Rancho, N.M.; a sister, Sandra Pew of Riverside, Cal- if.; aunts, uncles and cousins. Art work of river will be displayed Three Northeastern Pennsyl- vania artists will exhibit paint- ings and drawings of the Sus- quehanna River at the Wyom- ing County Courthouse, Tunk- hannock from October 8 through November 24. Comprised of drawings and paintings in watercolor, colored pencil, oil, graphite and acrylic, the riverscapes of Sue Hand of Dallas, Peggy Davidson of Me- hoopany and Laura Adams of Wilkes-Barre depict the North Branch section of the Susque- hanna River from Cooper- stown, New York to Northum- berland, Pennsylvania. Most of the paintings in this exhibit will be from Wyoming County. Peggy Davidson, a prize-win- ning artist, is known for her wa- tercolor, oil and acrylic land- scapes which include rivers, lakes, people, canoes and wild- life. Laura Adams is a freelance artist who specializes in graph- ite drawings and mixed media. She is a graduate of Kutztown University. The artwork was created as the three paddled the river in canoes with their river guide, Dave Davidson. 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