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EDITORIAL
Sunday, November 18, 2012
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JANIE KISHBAUGH DISPLAYS
PAINTINGS AT LIBRARY
The November Art Wall Display at the Back Mountain Memo-
rial Library will feature water color paintings by Janie Kish-
baugh, of Shavertown. Janie has always enjoyed painting and
began studying art while in college but credits her lessons with
area artist Sue Hand for enhancing her technique and artistic
skill. She describes her artwork as a way to express her “pas-
sion" for all types of animals, farms and old buildings and these
subjects are the focus of many of her paintings. However, her
newest and special niche is her collection of celestial scene
paintings. In these unique pieces, Janie has fashioned names of
people with glow-in-the-dark stars and states that these paint-
ings are popular at craft fairs and festivals where she sells her
work.
Tux, hockey players
will visit BMT Library
Celebrate the holidays with
Mike O’Brien, Tux and star play-
ers from the Wilkes-Barre /Scran-
ton Penguins in a lively family
reading program at the Back
Mountain Memorial Library.
All ages are welcome to attend
at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 18 in
the Children’s Room.
Space is limited so families are
asked to call the library at 675-
1182 to reserve seats.
The players will talk to the fam-
ilies about the importance of
reading, about being a team play-
er and about their careers as pro-
fessional hockey players.
Tux will then entertain the
children with his antics as the
players read holiday books to the
children.
Bring your questions along
with your memorabilia to be
signed and get ready to have
some fun with the Penguins!
Holiday hours
The library will be closed on
Thursday, Nov. 22 for Thanksgiv-
ing. It will re-open at 9:30 a.m.
with normal hours on Friday,
Now. 23.
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Jill Spencer, of Lehman, took this photo in the spirit of the fall season.
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20 YEARS AGO -1992
Students of the Dallas School
District recently participated in
a poster contest for the Alcohol
Awareness Education Program
which was jointly sponsored by
the Department of Education,
the governor's Drug Policy
Council, the
Pennsylva-
nia Depart-
ment of
Health and
the Penn-
sylvania Li-
quor Con-
trol Board.
Elementary school winners
were Anna Lloyd, Katie Chol-
lak, Butch Shaskas, Brian Mill-
er, Ashley Davenport, Mark Li-
parella, Kristen Quare and Beth
Carey.
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital's
popular Candy Striping pro-
gram opened its fall session
with more than 70 participants.
The program is comprised of
girls and boys between the ages
of 13 and 17 who volunteer their
services to many hospital de-
partments. Among the partici-
pants are Desiree Ahlum, Sha-
vertown; Keri Bachman, Dallas;
Jackie Gabhardt, Trucksville;
Brianna Herron, Dallas; Blake
Nagle, Dallas; Becky Nichol,
Dallas; Jennifer Quimby, Hun-
lock Creek; Harmony Suda, Dal-
las; and Tiffany Suda, Dallas.
YESTERDAY
30 YEARS AGO -1982
Sixth grade students at Lake-
Lehman are getting a taste of
the world of computers and, ac-
cording to instructor Cathy
Cortegerone, responding over-
whelmingly. Students at Leh-
man-Jackson Elementary who
are participating in the comput-
er workshop include Robbie Mi-
chaels, Sean Borys, Joseph Har-
rison, Lori Cettei, Jennifer Su-
perko and Prudence Parry.
Mountaineer Kevin Feeney
was named Most Valuable Play-
er by the Dallas Gridiron Club
for his performance in the
Wyoming Area game. Feeney
ran the ball for 45 yards on four
carries and caught two passes,
one for 30 yards and the second
for a 15-yard touchdown.
40 YEARS AGO -1972
If a lady answers, don’t be sur-
prised, particularly if you've
called for ambulance service in
Dallas Borough or Dallas Town-
ship. Lois Disque, Kay Wright,
Mimi Wilson and Ann Row-
lands comprise the dispatch
side of the Dallas Community
Ambulance Association and
stand ready to answer both
emergency and medical trans-
portation calls on a strictly vol-
unteer basis.
Members of the Dallas Junior
Woman's Club recently present-
ed 96 children’s books to Mrs.
Charles Reidlinger, librarian of
the Plymouth Public Library.
These books were donated by
the club due to the loss of
22,000 books the library suf-
fered because of the June 1972
flood. The books were present-
ed by the club’s education chair-
man Mrs. Clyde Davis.
50 YEARS AGO - 1962
Three Dallas Area High
School students received com-
mendation from the National
Board recently for their high
scores on National Scholarship
Tests. They are: Richard Rat-
cliffe, Paul Haradem and Char-
lotte Roberts.
Merrill Faegenburg was elect-
ed president and William
Guyette, vice president, at the
meeting of the Dallas Kiwanis
Club held at the Country Club
Wednesday night. Other offi-
cers were Robert Dolbear, sec-
ond vice president and Paul
Laux, treasurer.
60 YEARS AGO -1952
Senior class of Lehman-Jack-
son High School will present,
“Larry’s Big Date,” a three-act
comedy at the Lehman-Jackson
Auditorium Wednesday night.
Students taking part are Ruth
Williams, Roy Evarts, Eleanor
McKenna, Theresa Burnat,
Kenneth Cornell, Rita Rogers,
Ambrose Salanski, Shirley El-
ston, Bernadine Gryskevicz,
Ray Snyder and Jack Mahl
Mary Jane Tryon, mezz
prano, daughter of Mr. and :
Roy Tryon, West Dallas, is one
of the few outside Wyoming
County who will take part in the
Wyoming County Concert next
Tuesday night at Tunkhannock.
Miss Tryon has studied voice
for the past five years under
Miss Justine Shircliff of College
Misericordia, her accompanist.
70 YEARS AGO - 1982
A series of robberies that
have disturbed Lake Silkworth
cottagers for several weeks was
solved this week by Chief-of-
lice Fred Swanson assiste
Joseph Ide, Lehman Towns
constable, with the arrest of
John Paulauskas, a 63-year-old
recluse.
By Samantha Weaver
swallow them.”
as the land is high.
show promise!”
STRANGE BUT TRUE
* [t's not known who made the following sage observation:
“The sharper your words are, the more they'll hurt if you have to
® Those who study such things say that Southerners watch
more TV than residents of any other region of the country.
* Any given major ballet company will go through about 3,000
pairs of toe shoes every year. Under normal use, one pair will last
for about one hour of performing.
* |f you average out the depth of the world's seas and the ele:
vation of the land, you'll find that the ocean is four times as deep
¢ Pierre-Auguste Renoir, one of the leading artists of the Im-
pressionist movement, died in 1919, at the age of 78. His last words
were, “What a pity | have to go now just when | was beginning to
e A male sea otter shows affection by biting his mate's nose.
“We have a large fam-
ily gathering and take
turns having it at each
other's houses."
Donna Yachim
Dallas
“HOW DO YOU CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING?"
“We watch the Macy's
parade, do a lot of
cooking and we like
pie baking, too.”
Christina Diltz
Dallas
“We all get together
and switch having din-
ner each year. We play
cards and board
games after we have
all the trimmings.”
Alice Stuart
Sweet Valley
“I do ‘honey do’ for
Thanksgiving. My wife
gives me a list and |
do it all.”
Bob Hoban
Franklin Township
“With my daughter at
her house. We watch
football and talk about
the old times.”
Jack Jones
Shavertown
“With a turkey dinner,
stuffing, cranberries
and potatoes - just
the basics.”
Francis Fertal
Shave