PAGE 4 THE "DALLAS POST Sunday, November 7, 2010 CIVIC BRIEFS Patriotic musical program scheduled A Veteran's Day patriotic musical program will be held at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 7, at the Noxen Community Center (old Noxen School). Featured will be Emily Steltz and the Noxen Community Chorus of St. Luke’s Lutheran Alderson and Maple Grove United Methodist Churches with inspirational soloist and instrumentalist performances. Refreshments will be served and admission is free. Fruit, cheesecake sale benefits library The Friends of the Back Mountain Memorial Library are sponsoring a fresh citrus fruit and cheesecake sale through November 8. All pro- ceeds benefit the library. Order forms have been mailed to regular customers. New customers are invited to stop by the library at 96 Hunts- ville Rd., Dallas to pick one up. Pre-paid fruit sale orders may be picked up at the library from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Fri- day, Dec. 3 and from 9 a.m. to a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Military Park and the great, great grandson of Capt. Patrick De- Lacy of the 143rd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, who was awarded the nation’s highest military honor. For more information, call Pete at 639-1283. Candlelight Vigil is November 11 The Dallas Alzheimer’s Sup- port Group and the Alzheim- er’s Association will sponsor a Candlelight Vigil at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11 near the pond at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 55 W. Center Hill Rd., Dallas. In honor of Veterans Day, members of the Armed Forces will be recognized. There will be music, prayers and hymn- singing. Craft show set The 18th Annual Craft & Holiday Gift Sale sponsored by the Dallas Chapter Eastern Star Building Association will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 at theEas- tern Star Hall, Foster Street and Woodlawn Avenue, Dallas. Vendors may rent an 8foot ‘Memorial Library, 96 Hunts- set for library A gardening program, “How to get your vegetable/flower beds ready for winter,” will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the Back Mountain ville Rd., Dallas. Master Gardener Ron Petro will teach participants how to protect the ground from ero- sion, prepare compost and amend the soil. Pre-registration is required by calling the library at 675- 1182. Ham dinner set The Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company will hold a fam- ily-style ham dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 with takeouts beginning at 4 p.m. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children between the ages of 6 and 11 and free for children under the age of 6. Vendors sought for Red Cross craft show The Wyoming Valley Chap- ter of the American Red Cross announces its 17th Annual - Holiday Craft Show to be held Saturday, Nov. 27 and Sunday, Nov. 28 at the Kingston Armo- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Madison Fleschut, of Trucksville, and Gabrielle and Tonna Ruggiero, of Shavertown, enjoy the festiv- ities at the Kingston Township Halloween Party. noon on Saturday, Dec. 4. table for $15. Eastern Star ry. he Kingston Township R d T: hl members will serve lunch, Those wishing to apply can Recreation Commission’s oun able featuring homemade soups, contact the Wyoming Valley Pica Soro Aan] Erelloween : homemade pies and haluski. Chapter of the American Red arade featured costumes from meeting scheduled Chicken a and vegeta- Cross at 823-7161 ext. 348. scary to pretty in all shapes and The Wyoming Valley Civil ple beef soup for $5 a quart They may also send at least sizes. All children of the town- War Round Table will meet at 7,0 pe pre-ordered by calling three clear photos of their work ship were invited to show off p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 11 in Pug Berti at 675-7247 or and all contact information to their costumes. Following the pa- the lower level of the Daddow- pinne Corby at 675-4893. American Red Cross Craft rade, participants were given In the style of Michael Jackson, Dale Kulikowski, of Lakeworth, helps younger children in the park during the Kingston Township Annual Halloween Parade. Show Committee, 256 N. Sher- man St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702. treats to start off their trick or treating weekend. A carved pumpkin contest was also held. Isaacs American Legion, 730 Memorial Hwy., Dallas. Speaker will be Gary Roche, Gardening program PEOPLE BRIEFS Three take part scripts of light-regulated genes in rice. OBITUARIES INSALACO - Geraldine A., 63, of Shavertown, died Friday, the Irem Temple Ladies Auxil- iary. Surviving are her son, Rob- ert, Dallas; one grandson; two mn Career Da The son of Ted and Anna October 29, 2010, in Geisinger great grandsons; two nephews. ay ; Mike, Mike worked under a Wyoming Valley Medical Cen- Memorial donations to the Dallas area residents Chris- grant from Ethosgen. ter, Plains Township. Meadows Nursing and Reha- fopher Ras Nicole Mitkus T | She was born in Pittston on bilitation Center, Dallas. and Angela Yvagner were among : January 10, 1947, was a gradu- 52 King’s College students who hree comp ete ate of Pittston High School = YAMELSKI - Frances I, of recently travelled to the nation’s capitol to participate in the Nurse Aide program and a member of Our Lady of Hunlock Creek, died Monday, October 25, 2010. second annual Career Day spon= ... Three Back Mountain resi- Mount Carmel Church, a Survivi hildren’ Nita sored by the College’s Washing- dents who are students in the ston. : UTVIVING ar 2) oo pop D.CiAreaal : Club Nurse Aide program at Luzerne She was formerly employed Kane, Diane Sibley, Gerald, OA i) - di y County Community College as a bookkeeper for Areus Michael, Kenneth, Rita Vest counting majors; Wagner is a recently completed the program Manufacturing. and James; 18 gr ne olitical SCIGnee Mater at Golden Living Center - Sum- Surviving are her son, Car- several great-gran i en; Pp jor, men Jr, Shavertown; daugh- brothers, Melvin Motter and Mike presents scientific research Thomas Mike, of Shavertown, was one of five Wilkes Uni- versity students who presented their scientific research at the American and Canadian Socie- ties of Plant Biologists meeting in Montreal, Canada. Mike worked with James Bird, of Scranton, and presented research on antisense tran- mit in Wilkes-Barre. The pro- gram prepares students to give personal care and use basic nursing skills, to assist with basic emergency care, to recog- nize basic signs and symptoms of common ailments and condi- tions, to provide a clean and safe environment and to apply the basic principles of infection control. Local graduates are Glenda Baer, Benton; Sarah Kerpovich, Dallas; and David C. Racemus, Sweet Valley. ters, Maria Aliciene, Shaver- town; and Cariann Machulsky, Trucksville; five grandchildren; brothers, Gerald Butler, Pitt- ston; and Charles Butler, Wilkes-Barre; nieces and neph- ews. Memorial donations to Su- san G. Komen for the Cure, 300 Mulberry St., Suite 305, Scranton, PA 18501. KUNKLE - Betty C., 89, of Dallas, died Saturday, October 23, 2010, at the Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation James (Roy) Crawford. YANKOWSKI - Henry A., 82, of Chase, died Friday, October 22, 2010, at his home. He was born April 7, 1928, in Nanticoke and graduated from Newport Township High School in 1946. He was em- ployed as a manager for the former Acme Markets. He 4 later employed by the Luze{gly County prison for 10 years. He was a member of St. Therese’s Catholic Church, Shavertown. . 9 Center, Dallas. Surviving ar his wife, the for- Food pantry donor sites listed a. tld C She was born on January 24, mer Helen Kervalavage; sons, Ben Carpenter, of Shavertown, a story hour participant at the 1921, in Lehman, was a gradu- John, Herndon, Va. David, Back Mountain Memorial Library, enjoys last year's program ate of Kingston Township High Chase; Daniel, Clarence, N.Y,; Officials at the Back Mountain Food Pantry Board remind every- one that there are two official col- lection sites in the Back Moun- tain where donated non-perisha- ble food can be dropped off dur- ing regular business hours: Hilbert’s The Tractor Store on Route 415 in Dallas and Cook’s Pharmacy on Rt. 309 in Shaver- town. Anyone able to volunteer is asked to drop by one of these two locations and help families in the Back Mountain who may need some assistance to make their ho- liday season a little merrier and a little brighter. MU sponsors pre-home release movies Student Activities at Miser- icordia University is sponsoring pre-home release movie screen- ings at Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall of several popular box office hits in November and De- cember. The general public is in- vited to attend the movie screen- ings. The movies - “Twilight Eclipse,” “Inception,” and “Eat, on Sunday, Dec. 5. open their minds by opening Participants are encour- above, me today and I'l help : Pray, Love,” - will be shown in ~~ For more information call 674- | up books. aged to bring memorabilia you insureit ali for Jess. : : Lemmond Theater on campus. 6400. All ages are welcome but to be signed. & Ticket prices for the movies are $1 for Misericordia University students and $3 for other movie- goers. The schedule for the movie se- ries is: “Twilight Eclipse,” 3 and 8 p.m. today, Nov. 7; “Inception,” 3 and 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 21; and “Eat, Pray, Love,” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 3 and 3 and 8 p.m. with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Penguins will visit the library again this year on Wednesday, Nov. 17. Penguins players, Tux will visit BMT library Scott Stuccio, Tux and two star players from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pen- guins will take part in a live-. ly, family reading program at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 17 at the Back Moun- tain Memorial Library. Joining them will be Scot- tie Saver, the mascot of the Penguin’s Robo Reading Pro- gram that encourages local students in grads K-6 to space is limited so families are asked to call the library at 675-1182 to reserve seats. The players will talk to the families about the im- portance of reading, about being a team player and about their careers as pro- fessional ‘hockey players. 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