Sunday, January 23, 2011 THE DAL LAS POST PAGE 9 PEOPLE BRIEFS Ferlenda on dean's list Jessica M. Ferlenda of Dallas, was named to the fall 2010 dean’s list at Lebanon Valley College, Annville. Ferlenda is a senior majoring in elementary education. _Dean’s list students must main- ): or above on a 4-point scale. PSU prof authors text Dr. Charles D. Ghilani, Pro- fessor of Engineering at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, recently authored the 13th edition of “Elementary Surveying: An Introduction in Geomatics,” published by Prentice Hall. This introductory text pre- in a grade point average of sents funda- mental in- formation on modern surveying practices 3 and high- Ghilani lights cur- rent techno- logical advances in the field of geomatics. Dr. Ghilani received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Uni- versity of Wisconsin-Madison in 1989 and has been involved as an educator for nearly 40 years, with the last 21 years at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Students complete certification exam Back Mountain residents among nine Misericordia Uni- versity medical imaging majors who completed the four-year program in December and recently passed the American Registry of Radiologic Tech- nologists (ARRT) national certification exam in radio- graph are Autumn Ferris, Tunk- hannock; Diana Thomas, Sha- vertown; and Laila Kazimi, Dallas. : The class’ 100-percent pass rate continues a 23-year tradi- tion for the program which has routinely experienced higher pass rates than the national average. Music Box will present Nunsense in February, March The Music Box Repertory Company presents Dan Gog- gin’s hilarious musical “Nun- sense” February 18-20, 24-27 and March 3-6 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St., Swoyersville. Tickets are available for dinner and show and show- only. Discounts are available for senior citizens, students and children. Group rates are also available. For information and reser- vations, call 283-2195. DOGS - Continued from Page 1 “There was a man who could barely move, and he kept his hands on the arms of his wheel- chair,” she said. “Opus sat next to him and the man slowly walked his fingers to Opus’ head. Opus just knew he couldn’t move until the man was done petting him, and he stood there like a statue. It was nothing I did.” Ide, who didn’t volunteer very often before working with Koz- mo, didn’t expect her family pet would bring so much to the lives =f hundreds of other people @ ouchout the years. The furry volunteers visit nursing homes, schools, hospi- tals and even participate in li- brary programs where children learn skills by reading to the dogs. “It’s like a full-time job,” said Ide. Ide said having a service dog has completely changed her ideas about the meaning of man’s best friend. Having “just a pet” is a thing of the past. “That’s boring,” she said. BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST A resident of The Meadows Nursing Center pets Colleen, a yellow lab-golden retriever mix, from South Paws Therapy Dogs. HEROES Continued from Pagel ing to participate may be less. The Lions are partnering with Frontier Communica- tions for the project to utilize their telephone poles and crews to place the banners. Berlew said towns with similar projects are able to use street lights for the ban- - ners, but to post the displays in Dallas Borough, telephone lines will need to be used. This also means that banners will need to be larger because they will be placed higher than those in other areas. While some of the details for the project are still in the works, Berlew just wants to get the word out about hon- oring the Back Mountain’s veteran community. “Freedom is not free, and they’ve been picking up the tab for many years,” he said. “How can you thank them enough?” Berlew hopes the signs will be displayed in prominent ar- eas in Dallas, such as on Main, Church and Lake streets, as well as Memorial Highway, or Route 415. Berlew is still creating sponsorship forms, but the tentative form pick-up loca- tions will be at the Dallas Borough Building on Main Street, the Back Mountain Memorial Library on Hunts- ville Road, American Legion Post 672 on Memorial High- way, Frontier Communica- tions on CTE Drive and NA- PA Auto Parts on Route 415. CIVIC BRIEFS Auditions slated Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre announces auditions for its upcoming production of “Sweet Charity!” at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23 and Monday, Jan. 24 at Little Theatre of Wilkes-Barre, 537 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre. Those auditioning are asked to come prepared with sheet music to sing a song of their choice in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provid- ed. Those auditioning for a role will be asked to read from the script. Kiss Theatre to present Aida Kiss Theatre Company pre- sents Elton John and Tim Rice’s “AIDA: School Edition” at 7 p.m. on January 28 and 29 and at 2 p.m. on January 23 and 30 at the Kiss Theatre in the Wyoming Valley Mall. For reservations or additional information, contact the Kiss Theatre box office at 829-1901. Ambulance Assn. slates meeting The Franklin-Northmoreland’ Ambulance Association will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 2 at the Franklin Township Fire Hall. Pig roast planned Daddow-Isaacs Dallas Amer- ican Legion Post 672 will hold its 50th Annual Pig Roast on Saturday, Feb 5 at the post home, Route 309, Dallas. Serv- ing will be from 5 to 8 p.m. followed by dancing from 9 p.m. to 1 am. A donation of $8.50 for adults and $6 for children will be appreciated. Tickets can be obtained at the Legion or from committee members. For further information, con- tact Clarence J. Michael at 675-0400. Contra Dance planned A New England Contra Dance sponsored by the Chico- ry House and the Folklore So- ciety will feature the music of “Smash the Windows” and caller Hilton Baxter at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 5 at the Church of Christ Uniting, Sprague Avenue, Kingston. No partner or previous expe- rience is necessary. Admission is $9 for adults and $25 for families. For more information, call 333-4007. Chamber plans fundraising event The Wyoming County Cham- ber of Commerce will host its annual fundraiser, “Kentucky Derby with a Bit of Vegas” presented by Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation from 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 18 at Shad- owbrook Inn & Resort, Route 6, Tunkhannock. In addition to horse racing and gaming, there will be Ken- tucky Derby style food, des- serts, silent auction items, fireworks display and a live band. Participants must be 21 years of age or older. For tickets, call 836-7755. Auction committee seeks items The Nearly Olde Committee of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library Auction is asking for donations from the commu- nity for the very popular Near- ly Olde Booth, Jewelry Booth, Gazebo and Cottage Keepers furniture booth.’ This year, committee mem- bers are asking for donations of new, used, old, or broken jew- elry, dresser sets, jewelry box- es, small leather goods, foun- tain pens, compacts and toilet- ry items for the Jewelry Booth. The Gazebo needs primi- tives, wood items, train sets, old tools and vintage clothing. Nearly Olde is asking for Snoopy items, sports and col- lectible cards, barware, old bottles, complete sets of china and stemware, old sheet mu- sic, vintage kitchen utensils, ice buckets and pink glass of all kind. Small furniture items and lamps are needed for the Cot- tage Keepers furniture tent. No large upholstered items will be accepted. Donors are asked to desig- nate to which booth they are making their donations to- ward. All items are tax deduc- tible. Items may be taken to the Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary on Huntsville Road in Dallas. SCHOOL BRIEFS ~ @tudents plan trips to Sno Mountain West Side Career & Technical Center and the Lake-Lehman Area Ski Club Association will go to Sno Mountain on several Thursdays this season. The charter bus will leave Lake-Lehman at 2:45 p.m. and West Side CTC at 3:20 p.m. It will return to West Side CTC at 10:30 p.m. and to Lake-Lehman at 10:45 p.m. Equipment storage will be available during the day. For information regarding discounts and payment arrange- ments, call Marian at 262-6725. Winter concert set The Wyoming Seminary mu- sic department will present the music of Elgar, Mozart, Proko- - fieff and other classical and con- temporary composers at 3 p.m. today, Jan. 23 during its annual winter instrumental concert in the Great Hall of Wyoming Semi- nary, 228 Wyoming Ave., just north of Kingston Corners. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2190. Q: presents ‘Macbeth’ The Bloomsburg Theater Ensemble will present William Shakespeare’s great tragedy “Macbeth” at 4:15 p.m. on Tues- day, Jan. 25 in Wyoming Semi- nary Upper School’s Bucking- ham Performing Arts Center, North Sprague Avenue, King- ston. The streamlined, 70-minute production will include an op- portunity to talk with the cast following the performance, which is free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2190. Winter dance set The Back Mountain Junior High Youth Council invites all sixth, seventh and eight-grade students to its Winter Dance from 8 to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, at Gate of Heaven School gum, Machell Avenue, Dallas. Music will be provided by Mark “Mr. DJ” Jones. Cost is $3 and one canned good to be do- nated to the Back Mountain Food Pantry. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Novelist will lecture at Misericordia Misericordia University, in conjunction with the College of Arts and Sciences, is presenting the lecture, “Writing in My Paja- mas: Thoughts on the Writing Life,” by best-selling Latina novelist Sandra Cisneros at 8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31in Walsh Hall at Misericordia University’s Lemmond Theater. General admission tickets for the lecture are $15 for the public and $5 for students. Tickets are available from the Misericordia University Box Office at 674- 6719. Seminary lower school will hold exam Current fourth- through sev- enth-graders not already en- rolled at Wyoming Seminary Lower School are encouraged to register for Sem’s Middle-School Merit Scholarship Exam to be held Saturday, Feb. 5 at the school’s Forty Fort campus. Exam registration will be at 8:15 a.m. and the exam will be given at 8:30 a.m., ending at 11 a.m. Parents are invited to stay for a presentation including financial aid information, tour - and refreshments. For more information about the Wyoming Seminary Middle School Merit Scholarship Exam or to register for the exam, call the Admission Office at 718- 6610. Sem upper school to offer scholarships strumental and vocal music by Alfred Schnittke, at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5 and at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of Wyoming Semi- nary, 228 Wyoming Ave., just north of Kingston Corners. The Saturday concert will present Schnittke’s piano trio, quartet and quintet; the Sunday performance will feature solo pieces for violin and cello, Schnittke’s Concerto Grosso No. 6 and “Three Sacred Hymns,” featuring the Sem Madrigal Singers. Both concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2190. Zen Meditation program slated An introduction to Zen Med- Area eighth- and ninth-graders not already enrolled at Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School are encouraged to regis- ter for the Wyoming Seminary Scholarship Exam to be held Saturday, Feb. 5 at the school’s Kingston campus. Registration will be at 9 a.m. and the exam will be given at 9:30 a.m. at the Upper School campus. During the exam, par- ents are encouraged to attend a discussion led by Harvie Rug- gles, Wyoming Seminary’s Direc- tor of College Guidance, on how to maximize their students’ chances for college opportuni- ties. For more information regard- ing the exam and to request an application, call the Office of Admission at 270-2160. Sem presents concerts Wyoming Seminary Upper School will present a special Schnittke Festival, offering in- itation will be held from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at Mercy Center on the campus of Miser- icordia University, Dallas. The program includes an explanation of Zen meditation, a brief practice period and time for questions. A free will offering will be taken. Pre-registration is required. For more information and to register, call Sr. Barbara Craig at 675-1872. MU Alumni plan Valentine Dance The Misericordia University Alumni Association will host its Fourth Annual Valentine Dinner Dance on Saturday, Feb. 12 in Sandy and Marlene Insalaco Hall on the campus in Dallas. Open to the public, the event will begin with a marriage bless- ing for couples in the Miser- icordia University Chapel at 4 p.m. A cocktail hour will start at 5 p.m. The dinner will be held at 6 p.m. with dancing to follow. Tickets are $35 per person or $60 per couple and are available by contacting the Alumni Box Office by phone at 674-6768 or by email laugust@misericor- dia.edu. Alumni are welcome to register online at www.cougar- connect.misericordia.edu. Dead- line for reservations is Feb. 7. Lecture planned The Department of Psycholo- gy and Honors Program at Mi- sericordia University are pre- senting the lecture, “Under- standing Relationship Violence: Perpetrators & Victims,” by Wind Goodfriend, Ph.D., princi- pal investigator for the Institute for the Prevention of Relation- ship Violence and an associate professor of psychology at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa, from noon to 1:15 p.m. on Friday, March 18 in the Cathe- rine Evans McGowan Room of the Mary Kintz Bevevino Li- brary. The lecture is free and open to the public. Reservations are required for the presentation because seating is limited. To make a reservation, contact Alicia Nordstrom, Ph.D., associate professor of psycholo- gy at Misericordia University, at 674-8008. THS Class of 1961 plans reunion The Tunkhannock High School Class of 1961 is planning its 50th anniversary reunion to be held on Saturday, June 25 at the Triton Fire Company with a mixer at 5 p.m. and dinner at 6 p.m. For more information, call Allan Kinsman at 674-9882. Locals are on Seminary HR Mary T. Kolessar, Dean of Wyoming Seminary Middle School, has announced the Back Mountain students named to the Academic High Honor Roll and Academic Honor Roll for the first trimes- ter of the 2010-2011 academic year. HIGH HONOR ROLL Grade 6 Avery Conyngham, Shaver- town; Andrew Kim, Dallas; Michael Kim, Dallas; David Nape, Shavertown; Andrew Schukraft, Dallas; Dominic Wright, Dallas. Grade 7 Gabrielle Grossman, Sha- vertown; Jake Kolessar, Sha- vertown; Elijah Miller, Dallas; Megha Sarada, Dallas. Grade 8 Madison Nardone, Shaver- town; Adam Rinehouse, Sha- vertown. HONOR ROLL Grade 6 Carly Clemente, Dallas; Payton McCormick, Dallas; Gabriella Soper, Shavertown. Grade 7 Dominique Coslett, Har- veys Lake; Alexandra Cuddy, Shavertown; Jacqueline Meuser, Shavertown; Leana Pande, Shavertown; Jacob Ri- -dilla, Shavertown. Grade 8 Corinne Conyngham, Sha- vertown; Nathalie Joanlanne, Dallas; Emily Mackesy, Sha- vertown; Courtney McCarthy, Dallas; Alexis Quick, Shaver- town.
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