Sunday, May 20, 2012
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CIVIC BRIEFS
Qi Box slates
auditions
The Music Box Repertory
Company will hold auditions for
“Fame Jr.” at 6:30 p.m. today,
May 20 at the Music Box Din-
ner Playhouse, 196 Hughes St.,
Swoyersville.
The musical is for young
adults ages 12-20. Those audi-
tioning are asked to bring a CD
or iPod with a karaoke track of a
song of their choice to sing. All
will be asked to read from the
script.
There is no fee to participate
in this show. Performance dates
will be June 22, 23 and 24.
‘Wizard of 0z at
Music Box
The Music Box Repertory
Company will present a musical
for children, “The Wizard of Oz”
today, May 20 at the Music Box
Playhouse, 196 Hughes St.,
Swoyersville.
All tickets are $12 and include
a McDonald’s Fun Meal. Per-
formance times are 6 p.m. Fri-
day, 1 and 5 p.m. Saturday and 1
p.m. Sunday.
Tickets are now on sale and
can be purchased by calling
283-2195.
JT Fire Dept. plans
Open House
The Jackson Twp. Volunteer
Fire Dept. and Ambulance Asso-
ciation will hold an Open House
from 1 to 4 p.m. today, May 20
at the fire department, 1160
Chase Road.
There will be free refresh-
ments, door prizes, safety mate-
rial and equipment demonstra-
ns.
AL meets May 21
Harveys Lake American Le-
gion Post 967 Sons of the Amer-
ican Legion will meet at 7:30
p.m. on Monday, May 21 at the
post home, 4907 Memorial
Hwy., Dallas.
Nomination of officers will
take place. Food will be served
after the meeting.
Bingo set for Monday
Bingo will be held on Mon-
day, May 21, at the Northmore-
'd Township Fire Hall.
oors open at 5 p.m. and
early birds start at 6:30 p.m.
Food and beverages will be
available.
For more information, call
333-4906.
Roast beef dinner
planned
A roast beef dinner will be
held from 4:30 to 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, May 23 at the
Northmoreland Twp. Fire Hall.
Tickets, which can be pur-
chased at the door, are $8 for
adults and $4 for children under
12 years of age.
For more information, call
333-4906.
PennFuture plans
program at Hillside
Jackson Township
Volunteer Fire Department
Citizens for Pennsylvania's
Future (PennFuture) and The
Lands at Hillside Farms will
host an evening of food and
drink from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thurs-
day, May 24 at Hillside’s historic
Coach Barn, 65 Hillside Road,
Shavertown.
Speakers will lead a discus-
sion on the impact of climate
change on food supply in Penn-
sylvania and what local citizens
can do about it.
Guests will enjoy local and
sustainably produced hors
d'oeuvres, ciders, wines and
beers as well as informational
displays highlighting key ele-
ments related to Pennsylvania’s
changing climate.
Admission is free for PennFu-
ture members and $10 for non-
members. Reservations can be
made by calling 208-1757.
Dinner will kick off
library auction
A dinner to kick off the an-
nual Back Mountain Memorial
Library Auction will be held at 6
p.m. on Monday, June 4 at Ap-
ple Tree Terrace.
A social hour will be followed
by a buffet-style dinner and a
mini auction.
For ticket information, call
the Back Mountain Memorial
library at 675-1182.
Estate planning
workshop slated
The Masonic Village at Dallas
will sponsor an estate planning
workshop from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
on Wednesday, June 6 at the
Irem Clubhouse, 64 Ridgway
Drive, Dallas.
Attorney Alvin Blitz will dis-
cuss decisions that need to be
made when preparing a sill,
power of attorney and living
will.
The program is free of charge.
For reservations, call 675-1866
by June 5.
Siberski will speak to
group
Jim Siberski will be the guest
speaker at the Dallas Alzheim-
er’s Support Group meeting
from 10:30 to 1 p.m. to Tuesday,
June 7 at the Meadows Nursing
and Rehabilitation Center, 4 E.
Center Hill Road, Dallas.
Talk attempts to thwart bullyin
Etiquette expert Jill Evans
Kryston talks to girls at
TUMC salad supper.
By SARAH HITE
shite@mydallaspost.com
A bullying prevention pro-
gram was hosted by Jill Evans
Kryston at the annual Women’s
Salad Supper sponsored by the
Susanna Children and Family
Fellowship group on May 6 at
the Trucksville United Metho-
dist Church education center.
Women and school-age chil-
dren attended the luncheon,
during which Evans Kryston
spoke about the increased in-
stances of bullying in schools
and how students can deal with
bullying behavior.
Evans Kryston, owner of De-
fining Manners: A School of
Contemporary Protocol in Sha-
vertown, said etiquette is about
honing relationships, and bully-
ing is just the opposite.
“Etiquette can be used to
change that bullying behavior,”
she said.
Evans Kryston said bullies
thrive on the imbalance of power
and she emphasizes that focus-
ing on others’ feelings can help
deter some of their bullying
tendencies.
“There’s a wrong way and a
right way to deal with bullying,”
she said.
She said most of what contrib-
utes to a person’s success in life
is how fine-tuned their people
skills are — not just education
and technical skills.
Dallas Middle School student
Ivy Chamberlain, 14, of Trucks-
ville, believes bullying is a prob-
lem in younger children because
of insecurities.
“I see it all the time,” she said.
“With girls, they do it mostly be-
hind each other’s backs or most
girls bully online. I see a lot of
boys bullying girls, too.”
Chamberlain even said she’s
been bullied before, but mostly
when she was a student in ele-
mentary school.
“People would say ‘you're fat’
and other really nasty things to
me,” she said. “It was mostly in
like fifth grade.”
Though she would occasional-
ly bully others, Chamberlain re-
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Kelly Williams, of Trucksville, reads the poem 'A Mother's Love’ at the Trucksville United Metho-
dist Church Education Center's Women's Salad Supper.
grets making those hasty deci-
sions.
“I apologize — I try not to be
mean to people’s faces,” she said.
“I think people do it because
they’re insecure.”
Chamberlain said talking out
issues might be the answer, but
she said it still remains a prob-
lem.
Kiera Gross, 16, of Trucksville,
doesn’t see a lot of bullying at
Dallas High School because the
administration is very pro-active
in combating the issue.
“We have a lot of programs
about it,” she said. “I don’t really
see it at school.”
Teacher Amy Burke, of King-
ston, sees bullying in schools all
the time and believes adminis- |
trators need to open their eyes
more to students’ concerns.
“Schools say they have a no |
bullying policy, but it’s not true,”
she said.
Burke’s 8-year-old daughter
Chloe has been bullied before
and said “people being mean to |
other people” is a commonplace
activity at elementary school.
“People bully because they're
jealous,” she said.
Evans Kryston told the girls in
attendance that those who are
bullied aren’t the only ones who
can stand up for themselves.
“There’s a famous quote by
Martin Luther King Jr. ‘In the
end, we will remember not the
word of our enemies but the si-
lence of our friends.’ I try to
teach that,” she said.
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