Sunday, October 24, 2010 DA LLAS POST PAGE 11 John Fleschut serves up the perfect square pizza at Pizza Perfect. PERFECT Continued from Page 1 jobs. The restaurant had only 10 tables and 40 chairs, and the me- nu was scant, too — the only of- fering was pizza, with or without onions. Adamchick says ios first few years were a struggle, but thanks to a wise friend, he knew it was only a matter of time before suc- cess rolled in. “An old gentleman by the name of Ben said it would take y Qo years,” he said. “He was o | right.” Now the eatery’s menu fea- tures its standard Sicilian-style pizza with onions but offers 12 toppings and six specialty piz- .zas, as well. Pizza Perfect also carries chicken wings, hamburg- ers, sandwiches and other “mun- chies.” Adamchick maintains the reci- pe hasn’t changed since 1975 and has remained a treasured secret within the family. He said the recipe was influenced by his ten- ure as a worker at Victory Pig in Wyoming as well as his nephew’s recipe, which is the defining characteristic of Pizza Loven in Exeter. “There weren't any places that had this pizza in the Back Moun- tain,” said Adamchick. “They all had flat pizza or New York-style pizza.” It didn’t take long for the unique recipe to catch on. Pizza Perfect’s special flavor is so one- of-a-kind, people travel from all over the world to get a taste. Sometimes the pizza travels, too. Hudak says she gets an order for out-of-state delivery almost every week. She has shipped the pizza, frozen, of course, all over the United States, from the Cali- fornia deserts to the Florida coastline. One fan of the pizza delivers himself to the Back Mountain shop — literally. Longtime cus- tomer Leo (whose last name was not shared) flies his personal air- plane from Maryland to the Wyoming Valley Airport in Forty Fort just to pick up some local flavor. “He takes orders for his neigh- bors,” said Adamchick. “Some- times he leaves with 10, 12, 13 boxes of pizza.” Even with cross-country suc- cess, Pizza Perfect remains true to its beginnings — it is and has always been a family-run restau- rant. This doesn’t only apply to the operation of the eatery, though. Mickiewicz, Adamchick and his daughters feel as though the customers and other staff members are part of their fam- ilies, too. i Tina Richards, of Truckville, has been working at Pizza Per- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST fect for 17 years and doesn’t feel like she’s worked a day in her life. “I love the people and the at- mosphere,” she said. “It’s not a like a job.” Richards lived nearby and said she could always smell the pizza from the moment the establish- ment opened in 1975. After her son was born, she turned the place where she spent time with her friends as a teenager into her profession and hasn't looked back. “They’re like my family,” she said. Some families even got their start because of the decades-old eatery. Hudak, Lemelin, Ri- chards and 18-year employee and now-manager John Fleschut all met their spouses at the restau- rant. Adamchick believes the res- taurant’s loyal customers and un- changed eats are the reasons Piz- za Perfect has been so success- ful, and he hopes it will continue in the future. “I hope to see 50 years,” he said. There is one aspect of the busi- ness that remains a mystery, however. Neither Adamchick nor Mickiewicz can figure out how they named the parlor where they’ve worked for many years. “l guess we wanted to make the pizza perfect,” said Adam- chick. : HODNE Continued from Page 1 the natural surroundings at the camp to teach about God. During the fourth year of Hodne’s tenure, four families wanted to start a Bible study at the camp and asked the camp di- rector to lead the group. In1981, the Fellowship Evangelical Free Church was formed with Hodne as pastor. The congregation grew quickly to 25 people who had met at the camp lodge. Once the summer retreat season went into full swing, the church was forced to move. The small con- gregation shared facilities with the Trucksville Free Methodist Church until the camp group grew too large and moved again to College Misericordia. The congregation continued to grow and built its own church on Hil- debrandt Road in Dallas in 1988. By 1991, Hodne’s flock num- bered more than 450 people. Hodne continued as pastor of the church until 1995 when he left to pastor a church near Prin- ceton, New Jersey, feeling it was time to move on and give some- one else a chance. “You have certain gifts, but you don’t have all the gifts,” he says, attempting to explain why he felt the need to move on. “You reach a point where you've done all you can do, a time for some- one else with different gifts to step in.” After 11 years in New Jersey, Hodne returned to Dallas and the Fellowship Evangelical Free Church he had founded. The church was struggling and the congregation had dwindled to just 180 parishioners. Throughout his two stints as pastor in the Back Mountain, Hodne has touched the lives of countless people. According to Atty. Lee Piatt, a long-time par- ishioner and friend of Hodne, the dedicated pastor has impact- ed many people. “Dwight is very welcoming and he is strong on building fel- lowship within the church,” Piatt explained. “He demon- strated what he preached by his humble, obedient living and he set the tone for this church, to make it a loving community where people can feel welcome. The church members have be- come an extended family.” Like his many followers at the church, Hodne’s own family was not immune to his teachings and each of his children forging their own ministry. Oldest son, Greg, serves as a part-time pastor of a Hispanic church in New Jersey. Daughter Heather Yatsko is a worship leader at her Philadel- phia-area church and Derek, the youngest, is now the program di- rector at Camp Orchard Hill. After a couple of weeks off to enjoy some water sports on Lake Wallenpaupak and some time on his motorcycle, the tire- less 65-year-old will resume his ministry. His eagerness to intro- duce Christianity into develop- ing communities keeps him en- ergized. He is currently the cre- dentialing chairman of the East- ern District Association, a group that licenses pastors, and plans to spend his “retirement” train- ing minority pastors to teach Christianity to people of differ- ent ethnic backgrounds - all in a quest to help people change their lives and make it to heav- en. His overall goal is to teach people to trust in God so that they can be content and peaceful and have hope for an eternal life. “I want to go to heaven and I want to take as many people with me as possible,” he said. “That will be my greatest re- ward - to look around heaven and see all of the people who wouldn't have been there. It’s my passion; it’s what I live for and it’s not about me, it’s about Him.” BATS Continued from Page 1 “Many insects eat the foliage of trees and bushes,” Wenner said. “Without bats, these in- sects are left unchecked.” The fungus also deters bats from having pups. Wenner said a healthy brown bat would have one pup a season. “Bats have a very low repro- duction rate but a long life span,” he said. “On average, they can live 20 to 30 years.” This makes recovering the lost population a long process, he said. “Bats have a bad reputation,” Banta said. “But they are very beneficial.” To the sounds of hammers and electric drills, the Scouts diligently worked, building 18 inch by 24 inch bat boxes that could house about 50 bats each. { REQUEST Continued from Page 3 “It’s not that we’re not wel- coming new developers in the Back Mountain; it’s just not a precedent we want to set,” said Brennan. “If you do that for one person, it’s hard not to do that for everyone else.” e The board announced that DAMA will increase the sewer rate for 2011 by approximately 2.5 percent. This will raise the current annual residential bill from $322 to $330 next year. Solid waste and recycling fees will be increased in 2011 to cling services for the years 2012 and beyond. ® The board reminded resi- $260, which is an increase of dents that leaf pickup will be $30 per year. This is the final year of the J.P. Mascaro & Sons contract. Bids will be accepted early next year for solid waste and recy- held Nov. 15-19. The next supervisors meet- ing has been rescheduled to Monday, Nov. 1 due to Election Day on Nov. 2. STUDENTS Continued from Page 3 Shavertown, Nicholas Podolak of Pringle, Jessica Rittinger of Swoyersville, Mikki Shalata of Dallas, Lauren Seelye of Shaver- town and Jennifer Williams of Tunkhannock. ¢ John Connolly of Swoyers- ville was appointed as a volun- teer speech and debate coach for the 2010-11 school year. ¢ (Catherine Becker was ap- pointed as a mentor teacher for Kerianne Nafus, long-term sub- stitute reading teacher. ¢ Kimberly Trapani, of Dallas, and AnnMarie Zimmerman, of Hunlock Creek, were appointed as substitute nurses. e Tracey Stanley, Ross Ele- mentary School kindergarten teacher, and Marjorie Case, teacher associate, were granted leaves of absence in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act. e The following employees were granted tenure status with- in the district: Erin Cooper, Jan- na Elston, Jennifer Loftus and EI- izabeth Tenenbaum. ¢ The board appointed the fol- lowing winter sports coaches: Brian Cutter as head junior varsi- ty boys’ basketball coach, Jason Blazosek as varsity assistant boys’ basketball coach, Ted Sa- dowski as volunteer varsity as- sistant boys’ basketball coach, Jeffrey Shook as varsity assistant of ninth grade boy’s basketball, Anthony Cibello and Thomas Chepego as junior high assistant boys’ basketball coaches, James Spencer as head girls’ basketball coach, Barry Horvath and Char- les Levan as varsity assistant girls’ basketball coaches, Janine Kasarda as junior high assistant ninth grade girls’ basketball coach, Sherry Metz as junior high assistant seventh and eighth grade girls’ basketball coach and Maureen Devine as head co-ed swim coach. ¢ Carrie Olshefski, of Hunlock Creek, was appointed as a part- time food service worker at a rate of $9.50 an hour. e Tina Judge, of Hunlock Creek, was appointed as a food service substitute and as a teach- er aide and clerical substitute. e Molly Company, of Shaver- town, was appointed as a part- time aide at an hourly rate of $9.75. e Donna Motavidlak, of Har- veys Lake, was appointed as a teacher aide and clerical substi- tute. * Remittance was approved for Michael Vasicak in the amount of $1,400 for 56 vacation days ac- crued at the time of retirement at a rate of $25 per day. e Vicky Bennett was dismissed due to abandonment of employ- ment and authorization was granted to advertise for the posi- tion of food service worker. e The board authorized a $6,000 donation to the Back Mountain Library Association for the 2010-11 school year. # PULILE ANSWERS — King Crossword — Answers Solution time: 21 mins. 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He pre-cut the boards in his drive- way and the Scouts assembled the parts. The wood was donat- ed by Luzerne Lumber Co. “Their donation saved us about $100,” Banta said, indicat- ing the Scouts had great fun working on the project. Eight-year-old Matthew Ches- kiewicz, of Dallas, worked with his cousin, Eagle Scout John Bath, 15, of Trucksville who thoroughly enjoyed helping. He said it is a good experience be- ing a mentor and teaching wood working skills to his young cou- sin. Decorating a black bat box by using caulking to attach colorful leaves, Chris Zaboski, of Leh- man Township, laughed, saying that’s what happens when moth- ers help. Wenner said the boxes will be placed in areas of high bat pop- ulation areas and hopes that, as the bats come out of hibernation and migrate back to the area, they will find the bat boxes. WE¥stone The look of Coriane or granite for up to 70% less! 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