Vol.122 No.6 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 April 8 - 14, 2012 he PATrAS POST. WILKES-BARRE, PA. www.mydallaspost.com AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER Mason Pritchard shows off his bonnet during the Easter Bonnet Parade at Ross Elementary School. tudents at the Ross Elementary School in Sweet Valley celebrated the Easter holiday with an Easter Bonnet Parade this week. The students wore their handmade bonnets and, as these photos show, were rather creative in their efforts. More photos, page 8. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Faith Depiero marches in the Easter Bonnet Parade at Ross Ele- mentary School in Sweet Valley. By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com About seven Dallas residents attended a preliminary meeting at the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library on March 31 to dis- cuss the creation of a wildlife sanctuary in the borough. Andrew Duda, of Grasonville, Md., hopes to preserve 17 unde- veloped lots on Pineview Road that were owned by his recently ating a wildlife sanctuary that could be maintained by the community. “I'm the executor of the es- tate, so I've either got to carry on the mission, or sell them and destroy what's there,” said Du- da. Duda hopes a group of local residents could band together and form a nonprofit organiza- tion to keep the land undevel- oped in addition to not having to pay taxes it. He said his brother fell ill in May 2011 and stopped paying taxes on the land. Duda had to pay about $15,000 of his own money in back taxes to main- tain control over the lots. The land includes an open space, a wooded area and a deceased brother, Paul, by cre- a ll > For more information about the budding wildlife sanctuary planned for Dallas Borough, contact Andrew Duda by phone at 757-350-1245 or send a letter to him at 20 Greenwood Shoals, Grasonville, MD 21638. pond, which Duda said would be “perfect” for a sanctuary. “It’s identical to the suggesti- on of how to create or design a sanctuary,” he said. Duda said the only work that may need to be done to the property is the creation of a dirt walking path and the installa- tion of a few benches to make it accessible to the community. Residents from Pineview Road and nearby Maplewood Avenue attended the meeting to discuss the idea’s potential as well as concerns about the pro- ject. Paul Donlin, of Maplewood Avenue, had concerns about parking and maintenance of the site and didn’t understand why the area couldnt just be left alone. Duda said the Dallas commu- See SANCTUARY, Page 12 PT) Students carry on egg dyeing tradition By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Kindergarteners at Wycallis Elementary School hopped to it on April 2 — literally. After receiving detailed in- structions, the youngsters in Victoria Flynn’s class bounced to their work areas, rolled up their sleeves and performed a colorful Easter tradition — egg dyeing. Students in Flynn’s and Su- san Crahall’s classes have been dyeing eggs for the past few years as a way to include everyone in the celebration. “Some children never get to do this at home, so we do it at school,” said Flynn, whose 5- year-old daughter Ellie also took part in the fun. “lI like Easter because it’s my birthday,” Ellie Flynn said as she carefully dipped a hard- boiled egg into yellow dye. Her birthday is on April 19, but she likes to celebrate all month long. She also likes the many sur- prises the Easter bunny brings. “lI got chicks for my birth- day one year, and one year for Easter we were checking on the hens, and I saw these brown things in the back and asked what they were and my 6 098151200798 _ is having fun,’ “| like to hide the eggs in tricky places.” Adam Perry, 5 Dallas mom said the Easter bunny brought rabbits,” she said. The class also prepped for an Easter egg hunt for the next day. Parents filled hun- dreds of Easter eggs with trin- kets for the tykes to enjoy and hid them in the school play- ground. Five-year-old Adam Perry, of Dallas, said Easter egg hunts are his favorite activity during the spring season, and he’s pretty good at it, too. “I like to hide the eggs in tricky places,” said Perry, who dyed all of his eggs green. Trinity Basara, 5, of Dallas, enjoys egg dyeing most dur- ing the Easter season, and she planned to paint all her eggs purple. Basara said she and her family had plans to visit her nana on Easter for a big meal. “We make ham and kielba- sa,” said Basara’s nana, Sandy Vensky of Duryea, who volun- teered at the event. Nathan Hinsdale, 6, of Dal- las, was excited about all the different colors available to him in the classroom. He made multi-colored eggs, like green splashed with pink and yellow dipped in blue. “My favorite part of Easter ’ he said. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALALS POST Wycallis Elementary School kindergarteners Nathan Hinsdale, left, and Giuliana Schineller share an egg-coloring and decorating expe- rience. a SA al Loo Wycallis Elementary School students Brooke Austin, Giuliana Schineller and Lindsey Yencha enjoy Easter egg-making activities in Victoria Flynn's class. ¥ Brady Perkins and Joshua Gross, students in Victoria Flynn's kindergarten class at Wycallis Elementary School, admire and pack up colored eggs they made as an Easter project. a) ;
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