Sunday, October 17, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 13 DISTRICT Continued from Page 1 at a rate of $11.16 per hour, Max Derby as a groundskeeper in the maintenance department at a rate of $12.64 per hour, and Jacob Chielli as a lifeguard in the nata- ® at a rate of $10 per hour. e Barbara Richardson, Susan Kotch, Sarah Kashatus and Jason Rushmer were approved as com- pletion project advisors for the 2010-11 school year at a stipend of $1,500 each, and Ruth Skammer was appointed to the position of Wellness Department Chairper- son with a stipend of $499 in ad- dition to $60 per person within the department for the 2010-11 school year. ¢ Todd Hunter was appointed to the positions of band director and jazz band director in the se- nior high school. Frank Kelly was appointed as a volunteer to help with marching band for this school year. ¢ The board appointed the fol- lowing high school winter sports coaching positions: Mary Jo Hromchak as the head girls’ bas- ketball coach with a stipend of $6,235; Kelly Johnson-Martin as the assistant girls’ basketball coach with a stipend of $3,295; Ted Jackson Jr. as the head boys’ basketball coach with a stipend of $6,235; John Saba as the assistant boys’ basketball coach with a sti- pend of $3,295; Mike Richards as the head wrestling coach with a stipend of $6,235; Bob Jesse as he assistant wrestling coach with a stipend of $3,295; Ro- mayne Mosier as the head swim- ming coach with a stipend of $4,090; Jen Swiderski as the as- sistant swimming coach with a stipend of $2,373; and Arie Van- Kuyk as the diving coach with a stipend of $2.217. e In the middle school, the board made the following winter sports coaching appointments: Jerry Ogurkis as the wrestling as- sistant-in-charge with a stipend of $3,295; John Hutchins as the wrestling assistant coach with a stipend of $2,725; Paul Darling as the girls’ basketball assistant-in- charge with a stipend of $3,295; Johnna Schickram as the girls’ basketball eighth grade coach with a stipend of $2,725; Mike Riddell as the boys’ basketball eighth grade coach with a stipend of $2,725; Chris Plaviak as the boys’ basketball seventh grade coach with a stipend of $664; and Keith Kolesa as the assistant soc- cer coach with a stipend of $841. e Evie Marie Jones was ap- pointed as a bus driver for the 2010-11 school year. ¢ The board also approved the addition of a hiking club in the school for the 2010-11 school year. e The Dallas School Board will have its Committee-of-the-Whole meeting on Monday, Nov. 1 and its next regular meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 8 in the admin- istration building next to Wycal- lis Elementary. STUDIO Continued from Page 1 Metz was involved in the Ma- jor Performing Arts Center, which was located in the same Dug Road location that Take the Stage occupies before it merged with a studio in Wilkes- Barre earlier this year. Once Metz realized her dreams of owning a performance center could come to fruition, she got to work. This isn’t Metz’s first foray in- to the world of performance arts. She was bitten by the thea- ter bug in high school, working on the murder-mystery “Enter Pharaoh Nussbaum.” “I was behind the scenes, helping with directing (and) stage management,” she said. “I found that very quickly I was more suited to the technical as- pects and the creative process.” Metz said the process comes very easily to her — when she reads a script, she can visualize the entire production without so much as designing a prop or seeing a costume. Taking care of her three chil- dren also afforded her a chance to hone her niche into some- thing more specific — children’s theater. “When my daughter was very little, I started getting involved in... the directing side, assisting and working with the kids, and found that I love working with kids and helping them,” she said. “Doing theater is a great way to build self-esteem, to build confidence, for kids to be able to find that voice of theirs.” Katelyn Buyarski, 14, of King- ston, has been dancing since she was 4 years old and danced with Major Performing Arts be- fore the merger took place. She enjoys ballet, modern and jazz dancing, but her favorite part of the art form is the way she feels during a performance. “It kind of expresses things instead of like, screaming or something,” she said. Metz said working with youth has been one of the great rewards of her life and acting is a great way for children to build their public speaking skills be- cause they can “hide” behind the character they play. She saw this at the theater group’s first performance of “The Comme- dia Pinocchio” at the Back Mountain Library summer reading program's final party in August, an event attended by hundreds of children and their parents. “One of the girls that was in the ‘Pinocchio’ show (is) ex- tremely shy,” said Metz. “She does not talk; she does not sing. But she got up in front of all of those kids and she performed.” Another aspect of Metz’s stu- dio is community — she is pas- sionate about keeping in touch with her roots. She graduated from Dallas High School and then-College Misericordia. “What I want most is for peo- ple to go, ‘Oh, (the studio) is part of the community,” and not ‘Oh, that’s just another busi- ness,” she said. TAX VOTE Continued from Page 1 Berkheimer Associates to Cen- tax-Don Wilkinson Agency un- til next year. The change was mandated by the state in 2009 under Act 32, and Reino says the effort was meant to save municipalities money on com- mission rates. Township Man- ager Kathleen Sebastian told the board that the commission rate for Berkheimer Associates is .085 less than Centax-Don Wilkinson Agency. Reino also expressed con- cerns about the technological capabilities of the Wilkinson Agency. “They still use paper proc- esses, so we're going to have to write checks instead of wire transferring,” he said. “This could create additional labor costs.” ¢ The board also agreed to participate in an inter-munici- pal cooperative project which would convert the Pendragon/ Sheetz traffic light and all pe- destrian crossing lights in Kingston Township to LED lights. ® Reino was also appointed as arepresentative for the Back Mountain Community Part- nership and will propose a Lo- cal Share (Gaming Grant) Ac- count Grant Funding applica- tion in order to acquire funds for all the municipalities in the partnership. RAISE THE TEMPERATURE NOT YOUR BILL. At Bryant, we're all about making every dollar work harder. Especially Bee when it comes to your heating bill, That's why we developed our high efficiency gas and oll boilers for steam and hot water. “We haven’t been successful in getting grants individually, so we are trying to get grants through working together,” he said. ¢ The board also made the following announcements: the Kingston Township Recre- ation Commission will host its second annual Halloween pa- rade at the East Center Street Park Field on Saturday, Oct. 30 at 1 p.m. with a rain date sched- uled for Sunday, Oct. 31; an au- tumn road inspection is set for Sunday, Oct. 24 at 8a.m.;and a Fall Leaf Pick-up will run from Nov. 8 through Now. 19. ® The next public work ses- sion will be on Monday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. and the next regular meeting will be held Wednes- day, Nov. 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the municipal building. GUO 50 0 5 055 ad ha CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Sarah Thompson attempts to open locks and doorknobs with a plastic bag restraint, simulating how a disabled person would have to deal with the situation. RESPECT Continued from Page 1 Students were able to learn sign language, push themselves around in wheelchairs and walk through an obstacle course blind- folded or wrapped in elastic tub- ing. Victoria Flynn, kindergarten teacher at Wycallis Elementary, believes the earlier the children are exposed to these challenges, the better-equipped they will be to interact with those who have disabilities. this,” she said. “This is a great (age) because they are so accept- ing and understanding.” The obstacle course consisted of cushions, plastic steps and an- gular foam pieces that simulated walking through grass, trudging through a muddy football field, walking up a ramp, stepping onto a bus and climbing on bleachers. Students’ arms were wrapped close to their bodies with a Velcro sheet and elastic rubber tubes were secured around their legs. The setup was aimed to por- tray the stiffness and lack of con- trol one has over one’s muscles with conditions such as cerebral palsy or a traumatic brain injury. 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