Sunday, April 22, 2012 THE DALLAS POST [rem Women planning card party PAGE 4 CIVIC BRIEFS Breakfast buffet at nature center A salamander and frog seazgs will be conducted from 1 @ p.m. today, April 22 at the EnG® Fundraiser set for April 22 The Franklin Township Volun- Irem Women’s Auxiliary planned for today : teer Fire Auxiliary will host a less Mountain Nature Center, will host a card party from The Noxen Volunteer Fire Designer Bingo Fundraiser 1309 Vosburg Road, Tunkhan- noon to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Company will hold a breakfast today, April 22 at the fire hall, nock. June 7 at the Irem Country buffet from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 329 Orange Rd., Dallas. Join naturalist Rebecca Lesko today, April 22 at the fire hall, Stull Road. Price is $7.50 for adults and Doors and kitchen open at 1 p.m.; games start at 2 p.m. Ad- vanced purchase tickets are $15. to discover which frogs and salamanders live in the area, how they survived the winter Club. Tickets are $12 and may be bought * from Hope Beisel (675-1652), Marie Miskel $4 for children under 12 years If available, tickets at the door and their reproduction cycles (288-6341), Suanne Moses of age. will be $20. during an interactive media (822-4976) or at the door. To purchase tickets, call Jenn program. Afterwards, head There will be lunch and wa 855-9693. outside to check the vernal prizes and handicapped Benefit conce rt pools for live frogs and salaman- arking is available. . ders, their eggs and other vis- P For en who don’t play SN planned for tonight EMNC slates Earth ible signs of them. cards, there is Pokeno L_. po sm afi : Kailee Hummel, a fifth-year D | For more details, log onto (played like Bingo) or partic- Planning the Irem Women's Auxiliary Card Party are, from left, Physical Therapy student at ay C eanup www.EMNConline.org. Endless Mountains Nature Center will hold an Earth Day clean up from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, April 22 at the cen- ter, 1309 Vosburg Rd., Tunk- hannock. Work will include cleaning up grounds, trails and the remaining flood debris. The EMINC will supply lunch, snacks and beverages. Participa- nts should bring gloves, loppers, ladders or wheelbarrows. For directions or more in- formation, call Jessica Fasulo at 836-3835 or e-mail EMNCvolun- teer@yahoo.com. GPS is not reliable for this location. Misericordia University, will sponsor a concert to raise money for Sarcoma, a connec- tive tissue cancer, at 7 p.m. today, April 22 at the River- street Jazz Cafe, Plains. Doors open at 6 p.m. A buffet will be served and there will be a happy hour during the event with $3 house mixers, $2 domestic bottles and $2.50 Magic Hat bottles. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased online at river. streetjazzcafe.com, at Miser- icordia University Student Activities, or by e-mail at kai- leehummel@gmail.com. ipants can bring a game of their choice. Beverly O'Borski, co-chairperson; Janet Stritzinger, chairper- son; and Suanne Moses, president. Earth Day cl eanup The Harveys Lake Environ- mental Advisory Council is sponsoring a roadside clean up from noon to 3 p.m. today, Earth Day, April 22. Participants are asked to meet at Our Lady of Victory Church, 1 16 Second St., Harveys Lake. For information, call 814-9230. TUMC members plan Election Day Café Members of Trucksville Unit- ed Methodist Church will open SENIORCENTER MENU soup, steamed carrots, whole wheat bread, pierogies, grapes and apricots, marga- rine, milk and coffee. THURSDAY: Volunteer Ap- preciation Special Lunch - Stuffed chicken breast with gravy, carrots, whipped pota- toes, dinner roll, cake, mar- garine, milk and coffee. FRIDAY: Beef cubes with mushrooms, mixed vegeta- bles, white rice, wheat bread, orange, margarine, milk and coffee. MONDAY: Roast pork, mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, whole wheat dinner roll, peach pie, margarine, milk and coffee. TUESDAY: Italian chicken, Italian seasoned potatoes, steamed garlic spinach, mul- ti-grain dinner roll, tanger- ine, lemon cheesecake, mar- garine, milk and coffee. WEDNESDAY: Stuffed cab- bage rolls, chicken noodle Senior Citizens Centers sponsored by the Area Agen- cy on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties offer hot noon meals Monday through Friday to people 60 years of age or older. Donations from participants are gratefully ac- cepted and needed in order to expand this program. The following is the menu for the week of April 23, 2012: Frog search set Designer Bingo See CIVIC, Page 5 OBITUARIES CAVANAUGH - Florence M., of Tunkhannock, formerly of Dunmore, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, in the East Mountain Golden Living Care Center. She was born in Hazleton on January 7, 1926. Prior to her retirement, she was employed by the Manhattan Shirt Compa- ny in Scranton and for 40 years she worked as a presser at Lin- den Dress Company in Scran- ton. Surviving are sisters, Susan Inda and Mary Bromage, both of Scranton; two nephews, John and Joe Kellett, with whom she resided in Tunkhannock; other nieces and nephews. Memorial donations to the lo- cal ASPCA. GALLAGHER: - Sister Ann Miriam Gallagher, RSM, a mem- ber of the Mid-Atlantic Commu- nity of the Sisters of Mercy, died on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Mercy Center. She was born November 22, 1931 in Plymouth, graduated from St. Vincent High School in Plymouth and received a degree in Elementary Education from Misericordia University. In addi- tion, she was awarded both a Master’s Degree and Ph.D. from the Catholic University of Amer- ica, Washington, D.C. She also did post-doctoral work in Spain and Mexico and received a diploma from the Harvard University School of Business in Educational Man- agement. Sister entered the Sisters of Mercy on September 8, 1954 in Dallas and professed her vows on August 16, 1957. Her teach- ing experience included Mont- gomery County Public Schools in Maryland, Scranton Diocesan elementary and secondary schools, Misericordia Universi- ty, The University of Scranton, Catholic University of America and Mount St. Mary’s Universi- ty and Seminary, Emmitsburg, Md. Following her tenure as a fac- ulty member and then president of College Misericordia, she joined the seminary faculty of Mount St. Mary’s, Emmitsburg, Md. For more than 25 years, Sister Ann Miriam served Mount St. Mary’s as professor of Church History and the Director of Seminary Research and Plan- ning. Surviving are her brothers, Dr. Edward P. Gallagher, of Fre- derick, Md.; and Joseph Gal- lagher, of Lancaster; nieces and nephews and her beloved Sis- ters of Mercy. Memorial donations to Mercy Center, PO Box 370, Dallas, PA 18612. HERMAN - Clair C., of Dal- las, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at Hospice Community Care, Geisinger South Wilkes-Barre. He was born in Allentown and was a graduate of Parkland High School, Allentown. He op- erated a landscaping business in the Allentown area for several years prior to his employment at Kraft Foods, Fogelsville, retir- ing in 1996. After relocating to the Back Mountain area, he worked in the maintenance department at Gate of Heaven School in Dal- las. He was a member of Our La- dy of Victory Catholic Church, Harveys Lake and its Holy Name Society. Surviving are his wife of 35 years, Jean Polacky Herman; children, Christopher, of Tuc- son, Ariz.; Catherine Banks, of San Antonio, Texas; Carol, of Moscow; Jeanne, of Bay Harbor Islands, Fla.; Maggie, of Scran- ton; Kelli Ripperger, of Em- maus; and Kevin; eight grand- children. Memorial donations to Hos- pice Community Care, Geisin- ger South Wilkes-Barre, Hanov- er Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA, 18702 or to the American Can- cer Society. JONES - Kevin L., 27, of Grav- el Road, Hunlock Creek, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, in Geisinger Wyoming Valley Med- ical Center, Plains Township. He was born in Kingston on April 2, 1985, and was a gradu- ate of Northwest Area High School. He was employed at Sweet Valley Landscaping. Surviving are. .his mother, Emilie Joan Jones Harvey, of Hunlock Creek; his step-father, Roy Harvey, Sweet Valley; brothers, Jerry A. Jr, Harvey- ville; Brian J., Hunlock Creek; maternal grandmother, Virginia Hartman, Hunlock Creek; niece, aunts, uncles and cousins. 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GEISINGER Careworks After-Hours Care Monday — Friday 5 pm — 1 | pm Saturday — Sunday 9 am — 9 pm Tunkhannock, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Tyler Memo- rial Hospital, Tunkhannock. She was born in Forkston, and was formerly employed as a teacher’s aide in the Mehoopany Elementary School. She was a member of the Bib- lical Baptist Church, Meshop- pen, and was a graduate of Me- hoopany High School. Surviving are her daughter, Donna Archer, of Factoryville; two sons, Kevin, of Tunkhan- nock; and Roger, of Suffolk, Va.; a stepbrother, Wes Page, of Cali- fornia; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren. Memorial donations to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Associ- ation. STEINRUCK - Thelma L., 90, of Mill Street, Benton, died panded! tross, MPT at for: Serve You! Pinnacle Rehabilitation Associates welcomes William Montross, MPT to our new Pittston location. 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