PAGE 10 THE DALLAS POST Sunday, December 25, 2011 201 Continued from Page 1 its 50th annual big roast. The pig roast benefits community projects spearheaded by the le- gion and its members. e The new, 17,000 square foot Geisinger medical clinic opens. It is located on the newly-named Lt. Michael Cleary Drive, off Dorchester Drive, in Dallas Township and offers more ser- vices to Back Mountain resi- dents. e Victims of a fundraising scheme headed by former Dallas High School guidance counselor John Wolensky are able to make claims in order to recoup the misappropriated funds. Wolen- sky pocketed money from a fun- draiser in which students were overcharged as much as $15 for a practice SAT test between 1997 and 2008. He also took money from student meal ac- counts and football helmet funds. e Misericordia University an- nounces a major expansion plan that will include new field space, two new dorms and a new arts building on the campus. Earlier in the year, the college an- nounced the start of its football program for 2012 and the expan- sion will accommodate the pro- gram and more students on campus. e The HOPE clinic at the Back Mountain Harvest As- sembly Church announces it will include eye care in its free ser- vices. Later in the year, the clin- ic begins to offer free dental ser- vices to those in need. e Gov. Tom Corbett announc- es major cuts to the public edu- cation system, and Dallas and Lake-Lehman school districts begin to face difficult decisions in terms of employee and pro- gram eliminations. APRIL eo Korean War veteran and Trucksville resident Tom Dom- broski attends a free trip to Washington, D.C. to visit war memorials as part of a Crest- wood student’s senior project. It is the first time the 80-year-old would see the memorials. ¢ Bishop Joseph Bambera an- nounces Gate of Heaven School in Dallas, along with three other schools in Luzerne and Lacka- wanna counties, will not reopen for the 2011-12 school year. The decision leaves many families with students in attendance at the 60-year-old Catholic school facing challenging choices. e The Dallas School Board approves a teachers’ contract through 2015. e Lake-Lehman School Board Vice President John Peter Far- rell dies in an automobile acci- dent on Route 29 in Noxen Township. His school board seat is taken over by his wife, Lor- raine, and the board eventually votes to name an autism class- room at Lehman-Jackson Ele- mentary in honor of the late board member. The Lake-Leh- V IF BEA SCHOOL CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Friends Vanessa Ryan and Madison Riley talk in the school yard in April after dismissal at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas, the day after it is announced that the school will be closed. Pierce Street MOTORS man Foundation also offers a scholarship in Farrell's name. MAY e The Back Mountain Com- munity Partnership wins two awards for its ability to bring communities together. The group won the Third Annual Ex- cellence in Township Planning Award from the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors and the 2011 Com- munity Progress Award from the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce. e Dallas graduates celebrate the former high school building, the construction of the new building and 50 years of Dallas at the Tearin’ It Up for the Tear- down all-class reunion at the Lu- zerne County Fairgrounds. e A special breakfast to honor the remaining World War II vet- erans in the Back Mountain Ec- umenical Group is held at Irem Temple Country Club. e Trucksville United Metho- dist Church celebrates the com- pletion of recent renovations and its 100th year inside the church on Knob Hill Road. JUNE e Renovations are complete for the greenhouses at The Lands at Hillside Farms and a formal dedication is held in hon- or of volunteers and donors who helped with the project. e The former Dallas High School is demolished to make way for a parking lot at the new school. The last senior class to attend all four years at the 1960s-built building also gradu- ates and members of the first class to attend school at the building are invited to speak. ¢ Franklin Township approves its first-ever comprehensive plan. e Both the Dallas and Lake- Lehman school boards raise tax- es for residents after facing ma- jor challenges with state fund- ing. JULY e The development of a non- denominational Christian school, called Rock Solid Acade- my, in the Back Mountain is an- nounced. RSA President Mark DiPippa begins to raise funds and tour churches to attract at- tention to the planned school. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Eric Martin, left, and Carol Sweeney work the auction block at the annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction in July. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Workmen carry away asbestos material while bricks from the old Dallas High School would be crushed and recycled as the foundation for the new parking lot in June. ¢ The Back Mountain Bloom- ers hold their 2011 garden tour “to support the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association. e The 65th annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction is held. The closing event, the auction of local artist Sue Hand’s original painting of the event, fetches more than $6,000 for the library. e The Dallas Area Municipal Authority votes to start its own solid waste collection program, hoping it will result in savings for its customers. 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