er Sunday, October 3, 2010 THE "DALLAS POST PAGE 7 S. JOHN WILKIN PHOTOS/ THE DALLAS POST Committee members who planned the second annual reunion of the Dallas Junior Woman's Club are, from left, first row, Helen Davis, Diana Dreher, Alice Niskey and Sheila Bonawitz. Second row, Jean Hillard, Jayne Haefle, Kathy Orovitz and Sandy Richardson. a ER fi. Pauline Roth, left, and Fran Goldman visit with each other at the Dallas Junior Women's Club second reunion luncheon at Apple- tree Terrace at Newberry Estates. «> CL Peggy Thomas, left, and Jean Mikulis attended the second annual 188 Y ; § reunion of the Dallas Junior Women's Club. Junior Women's Club members hold second reunion embers of the former Dallas Junior Women’s Club gathered for their second annual reunion on Sept. 23 at the Appletree Terrace at Newberry Estates cares, schools or families! book budget. 18612. the highest bidder. Ernest Ashbridge, long-time antiques chairman for the annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction, shows off the mural painted for the library's 2010 summer reading program which will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Library mural will be auctioned Attention all summer reading participants, pre-schools, day- The under the sea mural painted for the summer reading pro- gram in the Children’s Room is “on the block.” The mural, painted by Victoria Grzyboski, Cynthia Lohmann, and Susan Roese, is just too beautiful to paint over for summer reading 2011 so it has been decided to award it to the person, fam- ily or business with the highest donation bid. All monies received will benefit the Children’s Room annual Interested persons or businesses should present a written bid in person to the library’s staff at the main desk or mailed to “Mural,” Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas, PA The silent auction bids will be accepted until Monday, Oct. 18 at which time they will be opened and the mural will be awarded to Table hosts for the Altar and Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church Birthday Tea are, from left, first row, Sunny Cesarini, Rev. Thomas Cesarini, deacon; Rose Schmid, Ann Marie Gries. Second row, Sue Clouse and Barnie Evans. Third row, Mary Ann Roberts, Kathy Selner, Renee Benedetti, Amy Huntington. Fourth row, Valerie Aiello, Dede Scafella, Trish Strazdus, Catherine Nixon. Fifth row, Linda Scholl, Margaret Kopko, Joan Strazdus and Angie Murray. GOH Altar & Rosary Society holds birthday tea The Altar and Rosary Society of Gate of Heaven Church in Dallas held itsannual Birthday Tea on September 26. More than 250 people were in attend- ance, one of the highest attend- ed Birthday Teas to date. Thirteen tables were decorat- ed for each month of the year and a birthday table. Some of Happy Birthday To You, Happy New Year, Mom’s March Mad- ness, Summer Fun, Happy Birthday To Our Blessed Moth- er, Happy Halloween, All Saints and Blessed Country Christmas. Monsignor Stephen D. McGough, former pastor at Gate of Heaven Church, was in attendance at the Year for Priests table and gave a blessing to begin the festivities. The entertainment this year was a fashion show featuring 22 models displaying fashions from The Snooty Fox and They Grow So Fast consignment shops, both in Dallas. A raffle was held and door prizes were awarded. Chairwomen for the event were Renee Benedetti, Marilyn O’Connell and Judy Adams. ® year’s table themes were Our Town: Tunkhannock’ premieres October 4 on WVIA “Our Town: Tunkhannock,” the second edition of WVIA's “Our Town” documentary series pre- mieres at 7 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, on WVIA-TV. There are stories in the Endless Mountains of Wyoming County, including tales of Native Ameri- can lore and an artistic hub boast- ing regional talent with interna- tional recognition. Residents from Tunkhannock volunteered their time to become videographers and storytellers for “Our Town: Tunkhannock.” The residents narrowed down which landmarks, events and local sto- ries the documentary would ex- plore. Each subject was assigned to a volunteer to videotape and participants were then inter- viewed about why they chose to b become involved. Hear their stories and see through their eyes why Tunkhan- nock is such a special place to call “home” as WVIA presents “Our Town” Tunkhannock,” produced in partnership with Gem 104. WVIA TV will rebroadcast “Our Town: Tunkhannock” at 9 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 4, immedi- ately following its premiere. » MARGARET BAKKER ELLEN FERRETTI DEB SHOVAL North Branch Land Trust has new members The North Branch Land Trust announces the addition of four board members as Ellen Ferretti, Margaret Bakker, Deb Shoval and Dan Block have joined the organization. Ferretti, of Dallas Township, has experience in state and local land conservation and regulatory programs and initiatives. She is employed by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and serves as Acting Regional Direc- tor and Vice President, as well as Coordinator for the Pocono For- est and Waters Conservation Landscape in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Re- sources (DCNR). She also serves on the State Planning Board, DCNR’s Citi- zens Advisory Council and the Luzerne County Planning Com- mission. She is a former board member of the Land Trust, hav- ing served as chairman at one time. Jackson Township resident Margaret Bakker and her hus- band were founding members of North Branch Land Trust, have supported it since its inception and helped with the restoration of the Noxen Depot. Bakker is currently a member of the Noxen Depot Committee and has been active in other community organizations, in- cluding Anthracite Scenic Trails Association, Back Mountain Citi- zens’ Council, Chicory House, Habitat for Humanity, Earth Conservancy and numerous mu- sical ensembles. A partner in the firm of Bakker & Lewis Architects, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Albany and a Bachelor of Archi- tecture degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. In 1979, after having lived in Michigan, Illinois, western Penn- sylvania and upstate New York, Bakker moved to Wilkes-Barre to join the firm of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. She and her husband, Rob Lewis, formed their own ar- chitectural firm in 1988. Deb Shoval, of Noxen, earned a degree in Sustainable Agricul- ture from Hampshire College and spent several years after- ward writing, directing and per- forming theater for environmen- tal and agricultural education. For her work as a playwright and theater director, she has re- ceived grant funding from The Leeway Foundation, The Spark- plug Foundation, The Fund for Wild Nature and The Fund for New Technologies. Shoval’s first screenplay, “Pop- pies and Olives,” was chosen for the IFP Emerging Narrative Mar- ket and will be produced by Ke- ren Michael and directed by Shoval in late 2011. Shoval is currently finishing her thesis work for an Master of Fine Arts degree in Film Direct- ing at Columbia University where she received a Columbia Women in Film (CWIF) Fellow- ship in 2009. She was recently named one of the “Heeb Hundred,” one of Heeb Maga- zine’s “100 people you need to know about.” Born and raised in Northeast- ern Pennsylvania, Shoval now di- vides her time between NEPA and New York and, along with three other local women, is start- ing Fertile Grounds, a subscrip- tion farm which will begin dis- tributing locally grown organic vegetables to members at The Lands at Hillside Farms insSpr- ing 2011. Dan Block, of Bear Creek Vil- lage, is the Business Improve- ment District Director for Dia- mond City Partnership (DCP) in Wilkes-Barre. He serves as the liaison be- tween the business community, WBBID ratepayers and the Wilkes-Barre Police Department, coordinating efforts to make downtown Wilkes-Barre a safer, cleaner and more vibrant area. He is responsible for oversee- ing contracted services, manag- ing the program funding provid- ed by the WBBID, working with the City of Wilkes-Barre and DCP’s board, partners, volun- teers and contractors to imple- ment the downtown revitaliza- tion program and applying the Four Point Approach of the Na- tional Main Street Center (de- sign, organization, economic res- tructuring and promotion) to downtown Wilkes-Barre’s revital- ization.
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