PAGE 12 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, August 21, 2011 DHS dedication slated for Aug. 28 The Dallas School District would like to invite the public for a formal dedication of the new, state-of-the-art Dallas High School at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28. The building will be open for public viewing on Sunday and the district will announce pub- lic tours throughout the follow- ing week. For more information, con- tact the district administration office at 675-5201. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Members of the Nave family, of Dallas, gather around their kitch- en counter. From left, are Helen, Karla, Steven, Rob and Joy Nave. Steven will be a foreign exchange student this year in Japan. While he is away, the family will host a student from Germany. EXCHANGE Continued from Page 1 they were saying, so that was pretty encouraging for me.” The Rotary Exchange Pro- gram application process took about 10 months. Nave said he had to be inter- viewed several times and write reports about the areas in which he will be staying. He was cho- sen as one of nine students in the country to travel to Japan this year. “I'm really looking forward to getting to know the Rotarians there and loads and loads of friends that I'll meet in the Japa- nese high school,” he said. Nave, who's 6-foot, 5-inches tall, isn’t too worried about fit- ting into the country, either. “Curly hair, kind of tall - I think I will stand out, but I hope that even though I may not look like the Japanese teenagers very much, I know that I'll be able to find a place in the high school and get into a group and make friends,” he said. In his absence, the Naves will host an exchange student from Germany, who will attend Dal- las High School. The family hosted an ex- change student from Bilboa, Spain earlier this summer to get a feel for the process. It was dur- ing that time the family found out they would be hosting the German exchange student for an entire year. “We just had a wonderful time with her,” said Nave’s mother, Helen. “When she left we were all sad.” Now the experience has al- lowed the family to become bet- ter prepared to handle inquiries about living in the United States and, more specifically, Dallas Township. “It was a good warm-up be- cause we figured out quickly things that are specific to Penn- sylvania and foods that we hadn’t realized that are just American,” said Karla Nave. Helen Nave said the family prepared their guest room and hung a “Welcome” sign in the home to make the student feel comfortable on her first day in America. Language wasn’t an issue, ei- ther, as Helen Nave is fluent in Spanish. The student had been studying English for nine years in addition to growing up learn- ing Spanish and Basque, a local dialect of Bilboa. Helen Nave said the student also spoke a lit- tle French. The family took the student on several trips, including to New York City, Princeton, N.J. and on several shopping out- ings. “She liked to shop,” laughed Karla Nave. Steven Nave’s father, Rob Nave, is fluent in German, so if any language issues arise dur- ing the German exchange stu- dent’s stay, the family is fully prepared. Helen Nave said she’ll miss her son while he’s away, but she trusts the program and believes the experience will be beneficial to him. “For me 1 feel that this is something that Steven has al- ways wanted. todo for the long- est time,” she said: “This has been the desire of his heart, to go to Japan, so I felt this was the perfect fit.” BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas High School English teacher Sarah Kashatus of Harveys Lake makes a bid on items in her old classroom at the Dallas High School auction on Saturday morning. EQUIPMENT Continued from Page 1 nish his new business, Electric City Insurance. Bruce Goeringer said décor at the new high school needed to match and therefore much of the furnishings from the former building became part of the sale. “We have to liquidate what we don’t need,” he said. “Some of this stuff looks like it’s in pretty good shape and maybe someone could use it.” Sarah Kashatus, a ninth grade English teacher at the high school, couldn’t bear to let go of some of her old wares — she bid more than $20 for a set of wood- en mailbox cupboards because a retired teacher had passed them down to her when most items were selling for $1. “It’s a little emotional to see this,” said the Harveys Lake resi- dent. Traver said the auction wasn’t a big money-maker for his com- pany, but he wanted to be a part of the local sale. He said by the end of the two and a half hour auction, 90 per- cent of the merchandise sold - item by item at first and then by the trailer-full - and he expects the earnings to be less than $3,000. Bruce Goeringer said monies raised from the sale will be used to start an educational founda- tion to fund various projects throughout the district. MU recognized for community service Misericordia University has been named by the Corporation for National and Community Ser- vice (CNCS) to the 2010 Presi- dent’s Higher Education Com- munity Service Honor Roll with Distinction for exemplary service - the only college or university in Northeastern Pennsylvania to re- ceive the distinction. The Community Service Hon- or Roll was launched in 2006. It is the highest federal recognition a college or university can achieve for its commitment to service- learning and civic engagement. Honorees were chosen based on a series of selection factors, in- cluding the scope and innovation of service projects, the extent to which service-learning is embed- ded in the curriculum, the school’s commitment to long- term campus-community part- nerships and measurable com- munity outcomes as a result of the service. Of the 641 colleges and univer- sities recognized this year, 511 were named to the Honor Roll, 114 received the recognition of Honor Roll With Distinction, 11 were identified as finalists and six received the Presidential Award. Sixty-three percent of Miser- icordia students engage in ser- vice-learning through credit- bearing courses in addition to their clinical and fieldwork relat- Adina Rosenthal, Speech-Language and Hearing Center clinic super- visor at Misericordia University, talks to Linda Martin about the pro- gress her husband, Albert, 61, has made with MU speech-language pathology student Nicole Majewski during their clinical sessions. ed courses. Eighty percent of all ; students, faculty and staff report- ed participating in other spon- sored service and volunteer relat- ed activities with an action orien- tation. Misericordia’s strategic plan embraces a seamless inte- gration of mission and academic excellence and calls to increase both those numbers to 90 percent by 2015. Among the unique Misericor- dia projects that inspired the CNCS award is the university’s Speech Language and Hearing Center in the College of Health Sciences on Lake Street. Since . 2004, speech- language and pa- # thology (SLP) majors have of- fered therapy to men, women and children at an on-campus clinic. The clinic serves anyone with a communication disorder whose insurance ended before goals were met, those without insur- ance and those who cannot other- wise receive SLP therapy. Oper- ating year-round, this is the only clinic in the Wyoming Valley that is free, though a free-will pay- ment is accepted. The service has since expanded to children in a pre-school developmental pro- gram at the Wyoming Valley Chil- A window frame serves as a frame for Misericordia Uni- versity students, from left, Jim Miller, Ashland; Kailee Hummel, Dover, Del.; and Amanda Ho- watt, Coopersburg, as they take a moment to pose for a picture during construction in Texas. dren’s Association and at two community Head Statt classes. The President’s Higher Educa- tion Community Service Honor Roll is a collaborative program with CNCS and the Department of Education, the Department of Housing and Urban Develop- ment, and the President’s Coun- cil on Service and Civi¢Participa- tion. CNCS reports that in 2009, 3.2 million college students dedi- cated more than 307 million hours of service to communities across the country, service val- ued at more than $6.4 billion. WATER Continued from Page 1 dissolved and streamed into the water sup- ply. “This is an observation of the end of the world!” shouted Morgan, of Wyoming, as the mess dispersed through a stream and into the lake. Sharp also talked to the kids about how to prevent a similar situation from happen- ing in real life, including covering unneed- ed wells, using the cow manure as natural fertilizer instead of chemicals and fencing in animals that could pose a problem to streams. Susan Turcmanovich, external affairs manager for Pennsylvania-American Water Co., said teaching these issues to young children in a hands-on manner makes them understand the concepts throughout adult- hood. “We want them to understand how im- pacts water.” This is the first time the company has held its camp at Hillside; previously camps were held in the Pittsburgh area. “Being here you can see water use first- hand to take care of the animals and the crops,” Turcmanovich said. The kids spent the first day of the camp getting to know one another while decorat- ing watering cans and clay pots. “They’re going to have tomato plants to take home,” said Turcmanovich. “They’ll understand that all living things need wa- ter.” portant water is as a resource,” she said. “It’s a finite resource and it’s important for them to see how everything they do im- By the second day, Robbie Lauer of Sha- vertown was beginning to see what Turc- manovich was talking about. “I learned a lot of cool things like about the animals and produce and organic things,” said the 9-year-old. “I learned that if you get too much pollution it can be real- ly bad for the ocean. I'm going to be more careful with how I use water.” CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Chelcea Morgan, Wyoming, and Mia Williams, Luzerne, worked on decorating containers for water at a 3 presentation called the “Wonderful World of Water" at The Lands at Hillside Farms. : container. Rowan Ide, Scranton, decorated her PIPELINE Continued from Page 1 ing, condensate water tank, and building not required for the me- tering of natural gas...” It says all equipment should be located within one building, but no more than two, and neither can exceed a size of 1,100 square feet and be no taller than 15 feet. The agreement states the build- ings “shall not result in odors, vi- brations, or sound above 20 deci- bels over the natural pre-existing background levels at any bounda- ry of the Perry parcel.” In addition, Williams cannot manage or operate any natural gas activities within a 1.75-mile * radius from the center of the Dal- las School District campus, and a deed restriction states the com- pany cannot expand upon the Perry property after the metering facility is built. The metering station will still be contingent upon a decision by the zoning hearing board, de- spite the agreement. The company is in the process of constructing a metering sta- tion in Northmoreland Town- ship, Wyoming County, in order for the pipeline to be in operation by October. Williams spokesperson Helen Humphreys said the company would like to have just one meter- ing station for the pipeline, but could not elaborate on the com- pany’s future plans. Brennan also said Williams has agreed to abide by a curative amendment to the township zon- ing ordinance regarding natural gas activities. In early May the su- pervisors voted to deem the zon- ing law inadequate to handle pipelines and metering stations. The amendment will be present- ed to the board some time in Sep- tember. If any party breaches the agree- ment, the issue will be taken to the court of common pleas. Brennan said the issue had to be decided upon by the supervi- sors Tuesday because the process had already taken enough time and residents have been aware of most of the issues for months. He also said the “threat of litigation was also a factor.” A few residents came to the meeting to address the issue for the first time. Michael Bednar, of Lower Demunds Road, said he had just recently heard about the issue and had concerns about the environment and the effects on his neighborhood. “...Even if you had been here, we have done as much as a town- ship can possibly do given the state of state law and given state of our existing ordinance,” said Brennan. Resident Jane Tolomello said though Bednar hasn’t been pay- ing attention, once others see the construction happening, more will attend meetings to oppose the developments. “Everyone should get in- volved,” she said. |
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