TE ——_——_ | ! | Sunday, December 2, 2012 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 By MEGAN SCHNEIDER mschneider@mydallaspost.com One word - fabulous. First, it describes the host, Jay McCarroll, a Lehman native and winner of the first-ever season of “Project Runway,” who became a successful fashion designer. Second, it describes the event, a holiday-themed fashion show at Misericor- dia Universi- ty on Satur- day, Dec. 8. The designs will be holi- day party themed and will feature merchandise available at local shops and bou- tiques. Most importantly, it describes the coordinator of the event, Morgan Harding, of Exeter, a ju- nior communications major at Misericordia. Harding organized the fashion show as part of her on-campus internship, but her passion for fashion started long before the McCarroll ya g 8 an i 3 Ou £ 0 Ww The event will feature a runway show featuring nine shops and bou- tiques, booths for over a dozen vendors, a Jay McCarroll trunk show and much more. Brown Barn Café will sell food and Ah!some Chocolates will offer desserts and take orders for holiday baskets. Beverages were donated by Metz in Dallas. The show is from 3 to 7 p.m. There is a $5 cover. Reservations can be made by emailing holidaychic- peek@gmail.com with your name and the number of people in your party. fall semester. It all began with an outfit - a sundress, a cashmere cardigan and a pair of brown cowboy boots - Harding wore to school, garnering both positive and neg- ative feedback. In May 2011, she started a blog about fashion, en- titled “Cashmere and Cowboy Boots.” Blogging was a way for Hard- ing to express her interest in fashion and maintain her writ- ing ability. “I always knew I was going to be a communications major,” she said. “I just didn’t know what I was going to do in comm.” What Harding didn’t expect was that people would notice her blog, especially people in- volved in the fashion industry. Through her writing, she con- nected with brands and design- ers and was invited to New York Fashion Week not once, but twice. In September, Harding met with one designer and saw the new line-up close after the run- way show in New York. “When I got to college, I had this whole plan of what I wanted to do with my life and that all went out the window,” she said. When she started school, Harding intended to be a broad- cast journalist. She soon found she didn’t enjoy the broadcast- ing aspect of communications as much as the writing so she be- came involved with the school newspaper, the Highlander, of which she serves as print editor, and the Public Relations Student Society of America on campus. Harding needed a project to complete her semester so she recruited the help of the student public relations group, of which she is also the president and got assistance from fellow student Ellen Hoffman, editor of the Highlander. The last piece to the stylish puzzle was fashion lover and university first lady Tina MacDowell and her cause, the Beautification Project at Miser- icordia University, MacDowell’s personal quest to continue to make the campus appealing. Knowing she needed some kind of draw for the show, Hard- ing emailed McCarroll who bought into the project. Accord- ing to McCarroll’s business man- ager, it is a chance for the fash- ion designer to come home for the weekend to support an event in his hometown. “In the past,” Harding said, “you had these people who came to the event and didn’t know where the clothing was from.” In this year’s show, models way in last year's event. will walk the runway in a design. While they show off holiday par- ty wear, representatives from participating retailers will intro- duce the clothing, talk about who designed it and where the audience can find it. The models will then remain in the clothing Morgan Harding, host of this year's fashion show, walks the run- jay McCarroll lends hand with fashion show at MU and proceed to the party, giving guests a chance to mingle, see the clothing and designs up close and visit vendor booths. “The fact that one of my finals is a fashion show,” Harding said, “is the highlight is my semes- ter.” Rome runs at nationals Dallas High School cross coun- try runner Regan Rome crossed the finish line in fourth place at the 2012 foot Locker Cross Coun- try Championships — Northeast Regional at Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, New York on Nov. 27 with a time of 18:14. The win earned her the oppor- é to compete in the national he top 10 boys and the top 10 girls in the Northeast Regional seeded races qualified to com- pete against runners from the South, Midwest and West Re- gional meets in the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships National Finals on Saturday, Dec. 8 at Morley Field, Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif. -.ROME {5 of Laura Adams, of Harveys Lake, will display her drawings and Sah paintings of animals at the Forty Fort branch of Citizens Bank through the month of December. Adams displays art work The Forty Fort branch of Citi- zens Bank is currently hosting an exhibit of artwork by Laura Adams, of Harveys Lake and Marge Rosa, of Avoca. The two- woman show features drawings and painting of animals, primar- ily dogs but also includes other furry friends. Adams is a graduate of Kutz- town University with a degree in graphic design. She is a self-em- ployed artist specializing in pet portraits created in graphite, wa- tercolor or mixed media. She re- sides at Harveys Lake with Pudgy, her Pekinese. Rosa primarily creates portrai- tures of Scotties in watercolor and has painted dozens of pet portraits. She is an expert dog trainer as well as a canine artist and regularly attends earth dog events as well as other competi- tions. Rosa resides in Avoca with her husband and several Scotties. The exhibit at the Citizens Bank is free and open to the pub- lic during regular banking hours. The bank is located on the corner of Wyoming Avenue and Welles Street, Forty Fort. The exhibit will continue through the end of December. For additional information, contact Sue Hand at 675-5094. KT houses will be judged on Dec. 16 The Kingston Township Recre-ter their house or nominate a ation Commission will conduct itsfellow resident’s home. Interest- annual holiday house contest fored residents should notify the the residents of Kingston Town-Kingston Township administra- ship. tion office by noon on Dec. 14 Nominations will be acceptedby phone at 696-3809 or via until noon on Dec. 14. Judgingemail at info@kingstontown- will take place on Sunday, Dec.ship.com. The name, address, 16. @ will be prizes for first,formation hy phone number and contact in- of the nominee nd and third place. Winnersshould be included. will be will be notified by Dec. 21 The Recreation Commission and also will be announced in thekindly requests that 2011 win- Dec. 21 township newsletter andners not participate in 2012 to Facebook status entry. allow other residents a chance Residents are encouraged to en-to compete. ham dinner. BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Four-year-old Alder Weingartner, of Hunlock Creek, hopes for a slice of pie for dessert at the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company Ham, ham and more ham in Sweet Valley he Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Co. held its final ham dinner of the year on Nov. 10 at the Sweet Valley Fire Hall. Joe Chase Sr, of the Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company, carries a tray of ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans and rolls to a table. By MEGAN SCHNEIDER mschneider @mydallaspost.com on Nov. 21. Many financial decisions for 2013 were made during the Dal- las Borough Council meeting Council approved the pro- Council authorized the borough engineer to solicit bids for the redesigned replacement of traffic signal mast arms at the in- tersection of State Route 309 and State Route 415. According to Carr, the light posts at this intersection have been repeated- approved by PennDOT. ly stuck by vehicles and the borough petitioned PennDOT to move the traffic signal mast arms back. The project has been posed 2013 budget and autho- rized its advertisement. The to- tal budget for 2013 is $1,140,000. The budget is avail- able for review at the borough office. Council also approved a reso- lution to reduce the police offi- cers’ pension plan member con- tributions to 2 percent for 2013 and set non-uniformed member contributions to one percent. It approved employee benefits contributions at six percent for medical, dental and vision and authorized advertisement of tax rates for 2013. According to Bor- ough Secretary Tracey Carr, tax rates will remain the same. Council authorized the bor- ough engineer to solicit bids for the redesigned replacement of traffic signal mast arms at the intersection of State Route 309 and State Route 415. According to Carr, the light posts at this intersection have been repeat- edly stuck by vehicles and the borough petitioned PennDOT to move the traffic signal mast arms back. The project has been approved by PennDOT. A proposal from Modern Nursery Tree Service for the re- moval of a fir tree damaged dur- ing Hurricane Sandy was ac- cepted. The proposal was for $850 and includes cutting and removal of the tree from the Kenneth Young Memorial Park. Council reaffirmed William Pieffer as the first alternate to the Dallas Borough Zoning Hearing Board with a term to expire on Dec. 31, 2013. It also appointed Benedict Sevenski as the second alternate with his term to expire on Dec. 31, 2014. In other business, borough council ... e Approved Resolution 13 of 2012 which declared an emer- Council makes 2013 financial decisions gency due to severe rain and wind as a result of Hurricane Sandy on Oct. 29 and 30. e Approved a name change from Dallas Fire & Ambulance Inc. to Back Mountain Regional Fire & EMS Inc. e Approved the 2013 general insurance package, workers’ compensation coverage and bonds at annual rate of $41,316 as proposed by DGK Insurance. e Approved holiday bonuses for public work department em- ployees at $100 for full-time em- ployees and $50 for part-time employees. e Authorized a donation on $50 to the Post Scholarship Fund at Penn State Wilkes- Barre Campus in memory of Robert E. Post, former Dallas Borough councilman and may- or. The next Dallas Borough Council meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday Dec. 17 in the borough building.
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