PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, July 3, 2011 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Stocking the Oh-la-la Cafe at the Gate of Heaven Church Bazaar are, from left, Amber Tolbert, Carol Carroll, Leann Coons and Avery Deitter. BAZAAR Continued from Page 1 He also said the bazaar com- petes with several other events in the area, including the St. Ignati- us Bazaar in Kingston and the Northeast Fair in Pittston Town- ship. “I think it went pretty well,” he said. “I'm very happy.” As far as the school buildings are concerned, Toomey said the many rumors swirling around about the fate of the former home of Gate of Heaven School are sim- ply untrue. “I have not yet determined a vi- sion for school building,” he said. “It’s too soon to figure something out right now.” SE Preparing condiments are Ann King, left, and Cathy Fauerbach. AICTION Continued from Page 1 tee was formed after one of the organizers noticed valuable items being dropped off at the Risley barn among the rest of the items up for bid. Two professional auctioneers helped out at the first auction but in the second year, when the two men hadnt returned from lunch right away, Risley and Harry Ohlman took over and had so much fun that amateur auctioneers became a perma- nent part of the annual auction. The first auction, held June 7- 14, 1947 garnered more than $3,000 for the library. A tradition is born The auction quickly became an annual event and traditions were born, including the iconic Risley barn at which the auction was held. Over the years, the barn proved to be too small to accom- modate the growing crowds of the auction, so Lee Eckert and John Gregorski designed a new barn to be located behind the li- brary grounds on Main Street and the auction was moved in 1972. The building was funded through a donation of $12,000 from the Dallas Rotary Club. While some worried that the space was still too small, orga- nizers wanted to avoid a large carnival atmosphere — after all, the auction was still a grassroots community event. It wasn’t until 1981 when the library’s expanding collection and patronage warranted a search for a new building. The Dallas Borough Elementary School would be empty due to district consolidation, and by 1984 it was the welcomed home of the library. Behind the building an auc- tion block and refreshment stand were built to resemble the red and white barn where the auction had been held for so many years. History on the block Items up for bid in the auc- tion’s earlier years sometimes re-appear on the block — one of the first items sold at the first auction, an Ithaca calendar clock, was purchased by Fred Howell for $4. Howell fixed up the time machine and returned it to the block 20 years later. It was purchased by Albert Davis for $104 then, and he was able to sell the clock at the 25th auction for $305. Other exciting items over the years included 125-year-old pews from the Huntsville Chris- tian Church, old-fashioned desks from the Dallas School District, a 1955 Ford Thunder- bird and original park benches from the Wyoming Monument. Celebrities have stopped by the auction block and beyond throughout the auction’s histo- ry, in person and in spirit. Celeb- rity items, including an auto- graphed photo of John Wayne donated the day he died, have al- ways been part of auction histo- ry. A big-ticket item still ongoing today is the scenic auction paint- ing completed by Sue Hand on auction grounds every year. The local artist began donating her artwork for sale in 1976 but be- gan the on-site painting tradi- tion in 1990. Each year her art- work is the biggest selling point of the entire event — in 2007, Ii- brary supporters garnered $7,500 for one of her creations and even let the artist keep her work. Beyond the bidding The Back Mountain Memo- rial Library Auction is never just about what's on the block — even in those early years there were musical performances and vari- ous booths for attendees to en- joy. Blueprints of the auction grounds in 1955 reveal a Fun House for the kiddies that in- cluded horse and airplane rides. More than just a fundraiser, the auction became a social event where teens in the 1950s had to attend to “see and be seen.” Food is always a big crowd- pleaser, too. A memo dated July 26, 1954 stated Risley got the idea to hold a chicken barbeque at the same time as the event. He bought 300 baby chicks from a local farm and volunteers helped to raise and slaughter the animals before the event. The chickens were halved and kept on ice until the barbeque. The Flower Tent, known as the Plant Booth nowadays, was also an early fixture. The auc- tion has grown to include many food and merchandise vendors as well as additional booths such as Nearly Olde, Attic Treasures, Cottage Keepers and others. It started at first as a one-day event but was extended to two Saturdays due to excessive rain. The auction has also grown in length — from two days, which was standard after that first year, to three in 1950, then four and even five days. For a few years in the 1980s, Dallas Borough de- clared whichever week in July the auction would be held as “Li- brary Auction Week” for the five-day event. This year's auction The 65th Back Mountain Li- brary Auction has a lot to offer but still more of the same, too. A rich history runs through the Dallas event, which will begin at 4 p.m. July 7 and conclude at midnight on July 10. BUDGET Continued from Page 1 salary was about $110,000 and Re- inert will keep his current wages at $97,700 for taking on the position, which will save the district about $100,000. The assistant superintendent position will not be filled — instead, Reinert’s former duties in that po- sition will be filtered to other ad- ministrative staff, including the business manager and superin- tendent. Gochoel also voted against this measure because he felt Reinert’s position as assistant superintend- ent and director of curriculum and instruction has had a positive ef- fect on the district’s academic per- formance. “I liken it to an easy decision in the business world is cutting re- search and development because you don’t see the effects of it im- mediately,” he said. “We had something thinking about the fu- ture.” The board also voted to keep salaries the same for the superin- tendent, business manager, direc- tor of technology, secretaries and custodians until future agree ments could be made. The final budget will be availa- ble for public inspection in the dis- trict administration building locat- ed next to Wycallis Elementary School. In other news, the board... ¢ Approved a lateral transfer of Jeff Gallup from custodian at the middle school to custodian at Dal- las Elementary School effective May 3L e Appointed Christopher Gal- lagher to housekeeper at the Dal- las Middle School at a rate of $12.12 per hour effective June 20. e Approved the following vol- unteers for Dallas Elementary School for the 2010-11 year: Alicen Cheshire, Christine Traver and Paul Sedeski. e Accepted letters of resigna- tion from the following employ- ees: Erin Lypka, Dallas Elemen- tary art teacher; Angel Bestwick, Dallas Elementary fifth grade teacher; and Dominique Ross, girls’ tennis coach. e Approved leaves of absence for the following teachers: Angela Carpenter, Dallas High School En- glish teacher, for the 2011-12 year; and Crystal Seidel, Dallas Elemen- tary teacher, from Sept. 8, 2011 un- til Jan. 27, 2012. e Approved the following per- sonnel as bus drivers for the dis- trict at a rate of $13.50 per hour ef fective immediately: Eugene Mar- tinchak and Mary Ann Miller. e Approved to pay James Git- tens $2,000 upon the completion of his college educational technol- ogist internship effective July 1. e Appointed Leslie Plank as a longterm elementary teacher substitute, replacing Crystal Sei- del at the Dallas Elementary School at a prorated rate of $37,396 from Sept. 8, 2011 until Jan. 27, 2012. 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