Vol. 121 No. 25 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 August 19 - 25, 2012 ®The WILKES-BARRE, PA. www.mydallaspost.com AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER ~ Noxen opens its house today By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Cathie Pauley, president of the Noxen Historical Community As- sociation, has worked relentless- ly to restore the old Noxen School which serves as a commu- nity building, for more than a dec- ade. The group will celebrate its ac- complishments and show off the building to the public at an open house today, Aug. 19. “It’s like going into retire- ment,” Pauly said of winding down the restoration project. The building was donated to the township by the Lake-Leh- man School District in the late 1970s. After a dressmaking busi- ness moved in and out within the span of a decade, the building was largely unused throughout e 1990s. In 1999, community members formed the Schenck Library, but the deteriorating building was becoming an issue in the town- ship. Taxpayers were posed a ref- erendum question on the Novem- ber 2001 ballot. “There were three choices,” said Pauley. “Tear the building down, use taxpayer money to fix it up or let the historical associ- ation raise money to fix it up. Of course, the third one won.” The project has cost about NOXEN OPEN HOUSE When: Today, Aug. 19 from 1to 4 p.m. Where: Old Noxen School, School Street, Noxen What: An Open House will be held. An art show featuring the works of Chuck Kovalick and his students will be held on the second floor. Light refreshments will be provid- ed. Information: Call 298-2052. $150,000 in total — all the money used for the project was generat- ed through fundraisers, dona- tions and grants. From new siding to replacing windows and doors, the building has plenty of new features but still has wearing in the hardwood floors where children’s desks once sat and grooves in the steps where children traveled back to class from recess. The former school was placed on the National Register for His- torical Places in Pennsylvania on May 24, 2006. Pauley can rattle off the history of the school where she and her three sisters were students, her mother was a teacher and her fa- ther was a substitute teacher. Pauley’s grandmother, Eliza- beth Engelman, lived just down the street and boarded teachers who taught at the school and See NOXEN, Page 12 BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Cathie Pauley shows off the library in the old Noxen School. Kristi Starosta, 13, of Plymouth, reacts after getting dunked - again - at Harveys Lake Kids’ Day. HL Kids Day hildren of all ages enjoyed Kids’ Day which was part of the Annual Harveys Lake Borough Homecoming Celebration. Other events at the event included a craft show, a kayak race, a card and truck show, a benefit motorcycle run, a jet ski freestyle competition, a fireman’s parade, a tug of war, children’s sack race, three-legged race, wing-eating contest, Kiss the Fish Contest and the Homecoming Bass Challenge. RIGHT PHOTO: Jack Kashatus, 4, left, and Amelia Saylor, 2, sit on Sam Saylor’s lap as they go down a water slide at Harveys Lake Kids’ Day. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas Harvest Festival is celebrating its 10th year By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com When the first Dallas Harvest Festival was organized in 2003, the committee, headed by a New England transplant named Rich Fufaro, only had 79 days to plan the event. A manual given to Fufaro by a borough official indicated some items had to be planned as far as 18 months in advance. 09815120079 THE 2012 DALLAS HARVEST FESTIVAL When: Sunday, Sept. 16 Time: Noon to 5 p.m. Where: Main Street, Dallas Borough What: A fall festival featuring live entertainment, food and civic ven- dors, and more. More info: Visit www.dallasharvestfestival.com or call 675-1950. working with the Dallas Down- town Visioning Committee to revitalize Main Street and other areas of the borough. “I moved to Dallas in 2001 and made the proposal in 2002,” he said. Fufaro remembered a festival The group pressed on, and that festival saw about 75 ven- dors and 5,000 people line Main Street of Dallas Borough. A decade has passed since that first fall festival, and the event has evolved to become a staple of Back Mountain sea- sonal celebrations. “We didn’t know what would happen after that first year,” he and his wife attended in Newburyport, Mass. called Yankee Homecoming. said Fufaro, chairman of this year’s event. “But after the sec- ond year, we got a little more so- phisticated and we knew we had something going.” Fufaro had moved to Dallas from Connecticut in the early 2000s and immediately began “It’s a festival that’s eight days long, and there are side- walk sales, tours of historical buildings, live music, fire- works,” said Fufaro. “I men- tioned it to the Dallas Visioning See HARVEST, Page 12 RIGHT PHOTO: Festival-goers and vendors line Main Street in Dallas for last year's Dallas Harvest Festival. IS YOUR BANK LEAVING TOWN? 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