q Sunday, October 31, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 9 SEM MOCK TRIAL TEAM COMPETES The Wyoming Seminary Mock Trial Team took part in the fourth annual Empire City Invita- tional Mock Trial Competition Oct.15-17 at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn, New York. Sem's team is one of three Pennsylvania teams that competed in the invitational. From left, first row, junior Logan May, Dallas; junior Emma Spath, Shavertown; sophomore Caroline Reppert, Kingston; and senior Lina Bader, Mountain Top. Second row, Adam Carlisle, Sem Mock Trial Team coach; sophomore Mary Siobhan Brier, Scranton; junior Ashlyn Reiser, Shavertown; junior Renata O'Donnell, Wilkes-Barre; and sophomore Leah Goldberg, Wilkes-Barre. Third row, Justin Naylor, assistant coach; junior Harry Parkhurst, Trucksville; senior Dustin Magaziner, Cherry Hill, N.J.; junior Beau Zafrany, Wilkes-Barre; and Dr. Kip Nygren, Sem president. Absent at the time of the photo was junior Ellie McDougal, Kingston. GOH STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN NASA PROJECT fi Eighth-grade students at Gate of Heaven School will participate in the NASA Project Endeav- or, an innovative science and engineering program hosted by the Luzerne Intermediate Unit and led by Mrs. Szczechowicz. The team will participate in national science competitions spon- sored by NASA and will work together to design experiments and equipment which will be assessed by NASA officials. Winning designs will be tested at a NASA facility and video of the testing will be shown on the NASA website. Members of the Gate of Heaven NASA Team are, from left, first row, Molly Hampsey, Jamie Carty and Maria Khoudary. Second row, Anthony Huntington, Michael Gatusky and Kurtis Carichner. Absent at the time of the photo were team alternates Jade Broody, Tommy Calpin and Maegan Wrubel. ® MU STUDENTS ‘STUFF THE BUS’ The Misericordia University campus community donated a van full of non-perishable food items to the Back Mountain Food Pantry as part of the Stuff the Bus campaign organized by Campus Ministry and Staff Council during Mercy Week on campus. More than 500 non-perish- able food items were donated to the food pantry by students, faculty and staff, including canned fruits, vegetables and soups, hot and cold cereals, and other baking products. From left, kneeling are Emma Mulhern, Carol Llewellyn and Rachel Holmberg. Standing, Diane Morreale, @ Yencharis-Corcoran, Erica Acosta, Sue Lazur, Bruce Riley and Elizabeth Pedro. Misericordia program will address gang violence behavior The Misericordia University American Education Week Nov. County Prison System, will be Teacher Education Department 14-20. held from1t02:45 p.m. on Thurs- will hostalectureontheprolifer- The special presentation day, Nov. 18, in the Catherine ation of gang violence in the re- gionand how to identify gang be- havior, one of a series of events presented in recognition of “Gangs...What To Look For” by Robert Maguire, Intelligence/ Security Threat Group Coordi- nator with the Lackawanna Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Library. The presentation is free and open to the public. Working the afternoon shift at a recent car wash to benefit the Dallas High School Lock-In are, from left, Jeff Stachnik, Stacie Runscavage, Liz Rybakovsky, Tim Reinert, Ethan Pensak, John Orrson, Scot Riccetti, Jake Simon, Tom Rogers and Travis Culver. Car wash benefits DHS Lock-In allas High School senior students recently held a car wash and bake sale at Newell's Mini Mart in Trucksville to raise money for their Lock-In. DHS Graduation LocklIn 2011 will be the 12th drug and alcohol- free, fully-chaperoned, all night party for the graduating class. It will take place after graduation on Friday, June 3, 2011. Handling morning shift duties during a recent car wash to benefit the Dallas High School Lock-In are, from left, Jeff Stachnik, Arielle Belskis, Danielle Shaver, Adrienne Box, Ali Paris and Ethan Pensak. Absent at the time of the photo were Zach Smith, Alexis Arnold, Travis DeBona and Jonathan Wallace. DES STUDENTS CELEBRATE RED RIBBON WEEK SARAH HITE/ THE DALLAS POST Students at Dallas Elementary concluded Red Ribbon Week on Friday, Oct. 22 with “Hugs not Drugs Day.” Students dressed in their pajamas and brought their favorite stuffed animal to hug throughout the day. Red Ribbon Week is a drug-awareness program that features different themes every day of the week to promote a drug-free lifestyle. Pictured above are fifth-grade members of the school's Character Council, a group of students nominated by teachers to partici- pate in school and community programs throughout the year. LAKE-NOXEN CLASS OF 1960 NOTES 50TH ANNIVERSARY & The Lake-Noxen Class of 1960 celebrated its 50th anniversary class reunion as guests at the annual Lake-Noxen High School Reunion held August 14 at the Harveys Lake Beach Club. Class- mates, teachers, and an administrator attended with their guests. Over135 people from classes in the early 1950s to the early 1960s from the Lake School, the Noxen School or the consolidated Lake-Noxen School were in attendance. From left, first row, are Alice (Piatt) Martin, Karen (Miller) Ewing, Anne (Whitsell) Smith. Second row, Mary Ann (Sevenski) Martin, Sandra (Loomis) Race, Carol (Bennett) Hobbs, Verna (Smith) Goode, Nancy (Oney) Reed, Betty (Honeywell) Spencer. Third row, Gordon Dershimer, Charles Kovalick, Dan Grey, Al Martin and Bill McGovern.
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