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    Vol. 121 No. 31
THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
October 7 - 13, 2012
eo The
Barbas Post.
WILKES-BARRE, PA.
www.mydallaspost.com
AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER
REMEMBERING COREY
BILL TARUTUS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Dallas High School junior Patrick Newhart, center, joins others members of the Dallas High School Mini-THON's “Candlelight
Walk for Cancer in Loving Memory of Corey Ehret” on Sept. 30 at Mountaineer Stadium. For more photos of the vigil, please turn
to page 1.
New Senior
Center open
After months, Back Mountain
seniors celebrate new center
in Twin Stacks Building.
By MEGAN SCHNEIDER
mschneider@mydallaspost.com
Seniors from the Back Moun-
tain greeted one another with
excitement and hugs at the
opening of the new Senior Cen-
ter on Wednesday morning.
The new center, located in
the Twin Stacks building in Dal-
las, has long been anticipated
by the area seniors, many of
whom have traveled to other
center locations since March.
The previous senior center
closed earlier this year due to
safety issues.
“It’s the first thing everyone
notices,” said Doris Hughey, as
she joked with other members
about how level the floors are in
the new center and explaining
that the floors in the old center
were warped and unsafe.
The center offers hot meals,
activities and computer classes
for seniors 60 years of age and
older. But the members offer
one another so much more. La-
dies exchanged recipes and sto-
ries over coffee and greeting
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Temporary center director Toni
Mathis, left, greets Edward
Williams at the new senior
center at the Twin Stacks Cen-
ter in Dallas.
friends, some of whom they
hadnt seen since the previous
center closed.
“It’s been a long haul for all of
us to get here,” said Trula Hol-
lywood from the Area Agency
on Aging, “but we are finally
here.”
Hollywood said it was expect-
ed that more than 30 meals
would be served on opening
day and many new attendees
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® (Carrying on the memory of a fellow Eagle Scout
By MEGAN SCHNEIDER
mschneider@mydallaspost.com
Members of Scout Troop 281
in Dallas have had a difficult
year. They have had to deal with
the loss of a friend, classmate
and fellow Scout Thomas Lynch
who died in a car accident on his
way to school on Feb. 3
An Eagle Scout from Dallas,
Lynch continues to positively af-
fect his peers, his troop and
Scouting.
To achieve the rank of Eagle, a
Scout must meet three qualifica-
tions. He must have tenure, he
must have met the badge re-
quirements and he must com-
plete a leadership-based commu-
nity service project, all before he
reaches the age of 18.
Thomas Lynch accomplished
those tasks. Casey McAndrew
from Boy Scout Troop 155 in
Trucksville had not.
McAndrew considered drop-
ping out of Scouting after spend-
ing months trying to decide on
an appropriate project to take
him to the next level. With time
running out, he was discour-
aged. “I had a lot of trouble find-
ing an Eagle project,” he said.
When McAndrew learned that
his childhood friend Lynch had
left behind an unfinished Scout-
ing project, he knew what he had
to do.
The project was to build infor-
mation kiosks at three locations
on the Back Mountain Trail.
Lynch had completed the plan-
ning, approvals and fundraising.
“You couldnt say no to Tom,”
troop leaders joked about Lynch.
Lynch had also designed the
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kiosks prior to his passing and
successfully installed the first at
the Trucksville Fire Hall en-
trance to the Back Mountain
Trail.
Troop leader Bob Pilger,
whose son, Dylan, was a fellow
Scout of Lynch's, assisted Lynch
with the project. When Dylan
learned that McAndrew was hav-
ing difficulty finding an Eagle
project, he suggested his father
talk to McAndrew about the pro-
ject Lynch had left behind.
McAndrew whole-heartedly
took over Lynch's project and
dedicated his share of the project
to Lynch. McAndrew admitted
the project was a lot of work, but
he knows it was worth it.
“Just knowing Tom, you get to
know these kids in a special
way,” said Pilger. “And knowing
that someone else picked up
where he left off is huge.”
McAndrew and helpers com-
pleted the second kiosk at the
Carverton Road entrance. The
third is planned for a section of
trail not yet completed.
In a special dedication ceremo-
ny on Sept.15, the first site, com-
pleted by Lynch, was dedicated
to the leaders of Boy Scout
Troop 281. The second site, com-
pleted by McAndrew, was dedi-
cated to the memory of Thomas
Lynch.
“I was very happy and I think
Tom would have been very hap-
py,” said Liz Lynch, Lynch’s
mother. “Casey will always have
a special place in my heart be-
cause he did this.”
Troop leaders and Scouts
agreed that Thomas Lynch was a
person of great character. “Even
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Shown here during the presentation of an information kiosk on the Back Mountain Trail are, from
left, Marty Wise, Hunter Hackling, Lewis Hackling, Kyle Gruzynski, Bob Pilger, Christian Wargo,
Casey McAndrew, Stephen McAndrew, Dylan Pilger and Corey McAndrew.
LEFT PHOTO: This shirt dis-
played by Liz Lynch has been
made the official Boy Scout
Troop 281 uniform shirt in
memory of Thomas Lynch who
always wore tie-dyed pajama
pants when the Scouts went
camping.
RIGHT PHOTO; Mark Albrecht,
left, of the Back Mountain Trail
Association, and Casey McAn-
drew discuss the information
kiosk McAndrew placed on the
Back Mountain Trail.
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