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PEOPLE BRIEFS
@.iindile completes
basic training
Air Force Reserve Airman 1st
Class David L. Martindale
graduated from basic military
training at Lackland Air Force
Base, San
Antonio,
Texas.
The
airman
completed
an in-
tensive,
eight-week
program
that in-
cluded
training in
military
discipline
and studies, Air Force core
values, physical fitness and
basic warfare principles and
skills.
Airmen who complete basic
training earn four credits to-
ward an associate in applied
science degree through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
Martindale is the son of Karis
Martindale, of School Street,
Martindale
“Shavertown. He is a 2011 gradu-
ate of Dallas High School.
Pantig inducted into
nursing program
Rachael Pantig, of Harveys
Lake, was inducted into the
nursing program at Wilkes
University at the Eighth Annual
Professional Nursing Induction
Ceremony on Oct. 21.
Pantig is a sophomore at
Wilkes.
Chielli inducted
@ BSN program
students inducted into the
Accelerated BSN program at
the ceremony.
She is the wife of Jack J.
Chielli and the daughter of
Manuel and Elizabeth Askin.
MU education dept.
honors two teachers
Joanne Yanchick, a teacher at
Evans Falls Elementary School
in Tunkhannock, and Kerri
Manning, a preschool teacher
at Adventures in Learning,
Dallas, were recently honored
by the Misericordia University
Teacher Education Depart-
ment.
Yanchick was honored for her
work with Misericordia student
teachers on assignment in the
classroom. Manning was pre-
sented with the Outstanding
Early Childhood Educator
Award for her excellence in
early childhood education.
Two will attend
Coastal Carolina
McKenzi Kaminstein, of
Noxen, and Kellie Terlesky, of
Shavertown, have been accept-
ed at Coastal Carolina Uni-
versity, Myrtle Beach, S.C. for
the fall 2013 semester.
Kaminstein is a student at
Commonwealth Connections
Academy. Terlesky, a Scranton
Preparatory student, plans to
major in Exercise and Sport
Science.
Alyssa Dolman works
at Romero Center
Alyssa Dolman, of Trucks-
ville, a student at King’s Col-
lege, recently participated in a
service project in Camden, N.J.
The congregation of Emmanuel Assembly of God listens to the Teen Challenge Choir.
From drugs to
music, choir
makes difference
By SARAH HITE
Dallas Post Correspondent
eborah Chielli, of Dallas, She was among 11 King’s stu- Six members of the Teen Chal-
was inducted into the Acceler- dents who worked at the Rom- lenge Choir, a nationally-touring
ated Baccalaureate Program in ero Center during the college’s group of men from the faith-
Nursing at Wilkes University at fall break. The Romero Center based Teen Challenge program,
the Eighth Annual Professional is based on the values of Arch- Visio] aman] Assembly of
Nursing Induction Ceremony bishop Oscar Romero, who was 0 UFCal Li) Maryeys Lake on
. : Nov. 18 to sing songs of change.
on Oct. 21. assassinated for defending the
a . The Teen Challenge Program,
Participants at the ceremony rights of the people of El Salva- which has 250 locations through.
received their individual white = dor. : out the United States, is a rehabil-
«coats and signed the Nurses’ Dolman is a sophomore itation program for men and
Code of Ethics. majoring in history and second- women of all ages who struggle
Chielli was one of only 18 ary education at King’s. with substance abuse.
Arnold ning Wild” by Linda Howard,
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MYSTERY
“Fox Tracks” by Rita Mae
Brown
BIOGRAPHY
“Salt to Summit” by Daniel
“Victory at Yorktown” by
Newt Gingrich and William R.
Forstchen, “The Patriarch” by
David Nasaw, “NW” by Zadie
Smith, “Into the Fire” by Dako-
ta Meyer, “The Forgotten” by
David Balducci , “The Racke-
teer” by John Grisham, “Mad
River” by John Sandford, “Run-
“Wrecked” by Carol Higgins
Clark, “The Last Lion” by Wil-
liam Manchester and Paul Reid,
“Back to Blood” by Tom Wolfe,
“Midst Toil and Tribulation” by
David Weber, “Thomas Jeffer-
son: The Art of Power” by Jon
Meacham, “The Marseille Cap-
er” by Peter Mayle
OBITUARIES
DRAGON - Chester (Chet)
John Sr., 83, of Harveys Lake,
died unexpectedly on Saturday,
Dec. 8, 2012, at home.
He was born on April 14,
1929, in Luzerne, and was an
outstanding football player and
graduate of Luzerne High
School.
He worked for the Blue Rib-
bon Bakery for 16 years until the
closing due to the Agnes flood.
He then worked as a carpenter
until his retirement.
He was a Korean Conflict vet-
eran and attained the rank of
sergeant while serving in the
United States Marine Corps. He
earned a Bronze Star with a “V”
device for valor, Navy Occupa-
tion Medal, UN Service Medal,
Korean Service Medal with
three clusters, National Defense
Service Medal and the Good
Conduct Medal.
He was a member of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars of Post
283, Kingston, of Our Lady of
Victory Church, Harveys Lake.
Surviving are his children,
Chester Jr, of Huntington
Mills; Paul, of Trucksville; Ma-
ria Davis, of Harrisburg; five
grandchildren; brother, Peter, of
Harveys Lake; nieces and neph-
ews.
Memorial donations to Our
Lady of Victory Church, R.R. #1,
PO Box 309, Harveys Lake, PA
18618.
OWELL - Ruby J, 89, of
iter Moreland, died Satur-
y, Dec. 8, 2012, at her home.
She was born in Machias,
N.Y., on March 7, 1923, gradu-
ated from beauty school in Buf-
falo, N.Y., and resided in Fran-
klinville, N.Y. After the war, she
and her late husband, Donald,
moved to Delevan, N.Y., and op-
erated a dairy farm. During that
time, she worked for the Kender
Music Co. In 1969, they moved
to Largo, Florida where they re-
sided for 33 years. They then
settled in Center Moreland in
2002.
She was a member of the
Northmoreland Baptist Church
in Center Moreland.
Surviving are her sons, Do-
nald C., of Delevan, N.Y.; the
Rev. James, of Center More-
land; daughter, Rebecca Sue
Heintzelman, of Irving, Texas;
13 grandchildren and 39 great-
grandchildren.
Memorial donations to the
Northmoreland Baptist Church,
21 Ripple Brook Road, Tunk-
hannock, PA 18657.
KILE - William F., 80, a for-
mer resident of Kingston Town-
ship, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012,
at the Geisinger Wyoming Val-
ley Hospital.
He was born June 13, 1932 in
Kingston, was a resident of
Kingston for most of his life and
was a 1951 graduate of Kingston
High School.
Prior to retiring in 2003, he
was employed by Roat Supply
Co. and later by Nesbitt and
Wilkes-Barre General Hospitals.
He was a member of the U.S.
Naval Reserve in the early 1950s
and, as a young man, was a
member of Tony Grant Dance
Studio, Stardust Revue.
Surviving are his daughters,
Kathy Cikota, Harding; Mary,
Tulsa Okla.; Maureen, Tulsa,
Okla.; sons, Bob, Harding; Ke-
vin, Northbook, Ill; 10 grand-
children; six great-grandchil-
dren; nieces and nephews.
(Malencore) Roman, 61, of
Route 118, Sweet Valley, died
Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, at the
Bonham Nursing Center, Still-
water. She had been in ill health
for 6 1/2 years.
was a 1969 graduate of Berwick
Area High School and earned
her L.P.N. degree from Luzerne
County Community College.
L.P.N. at the Berwick Hospital
Center, The Bloomsburg Hospi-
tal,
Home in Dallas and had also
done private-duty nursing.
for special needs children for
the past 20 years. She had
served two terms on the board
for the Northwest Area School
District.
Charles and Anna (Saluta) Ma-
lencore; her husband, Pat, with
whom she celebrated her 43rd
wedding anniversary on July 12;
her children, Patrick E. Jr., of
Benton; Adam C., of Benton;
Garrett A., of Berwick; Aaron
M., of Nescopeck; Christopher
Rinehimer, of Plymouth; Jessica
Hess, of Wilkes-Barre; Tegann,
Jalissa, Keysha, Kayla and Holly
Roman, all at home; 11 grand-
children; sisters, Nancy Chap-
pel, of Berwick; Jacqueline Ge-
ro, of Plantation, Fla.; brothers,
Philip Malencore, of Berwick;
Charles Malencore Jr, of
Bloomsburg; nieces and neph-
ews.
American Cancer Society , 1420
N. Susquehanna Trail, Selins-
grove, PA 17870.
ROMAN - Valentina M. “Val”
She was born June 10, 1951,
She had been employed as an
the Meadows Nursing
She also was a foster parent
Surviving are her parents,
Memorial donations to the
Though the name refers to a
specific age group, men and
woman of all ages are welcome to
the program. The ages of the men
in the choir ranged from 19 to 47
years old.
During the hour-and-a-half-
long program, the men shared
their personal stories about over-
coming their addictions with the
audience.
For 30-year-old Dan, of Port-
smith, Va., it took a fall from a
five-story building and a few run-
ins with the law before he made
the decision to turn his life
around.
“I had a vision in jail,” he said.
“God said when you see this sign,
a Wawa sign, you need to stop
and give up. (At a later time), I
was running, an officer was chas-
ing me and I saw a Wawa sign and
I put my hands up and I just gave
up.”
Dan said he started abusing
drugs and alcohol after his moth-
er died when he was 13 years old
as a way to hide his emotions. Af-
ter attending Youth Challenge, a
sister program of Teen Chal-
lenge, more than a decade later,
he’s finally learned to deal with
his pain.
“God delivered her from pain,”
he said of his mother.
Emmanuel Church pastor
Lawrence Reed invited the group
to perform at the church years
ago, but he first got involved in
the program as a student in min-
istry school when he worked at
the Philadelphia Teen Challenge
location as a counselor.
“I think it’s a beautiful program
that’s very effective,” he said.
“People think we don’t need this
type of thing in our day and age,
but we do.”
Choir director Bob Costanza
said the yearlong, faith-based
program also teaches vocational
skills, such as woodworking, to
help the men and women find a
career after they graduate.
“We have an 86 percent success
rate,” said Costanza.
Costanza said the choir travels
to spread the word about the
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Emmanuel Assembly of God Pastor Rev. Lawrence Reed sings a
welcome hymn at Harveys Lake.
The Teen Challenge Choir performs at the Emmanuel Assembly of
God in Harveys Lake.
Teen Challenge Program and to
raise funds, but the act also helps
others.
“There have been times where
there was a person struggling
with substance abuse in the
church (where we were perform-
ing) and they came to Teen Chal-
lenge as a result,” he said. “It
seems everyone knows someone
who is dealing with substance
abuse.”
Members of the congregation
clapped along to the beat and
cheered after each number.
“I'm amazed how much their
lives have changed,” said Joy Ry-
man, of Mountain Top. “God is
very powerful.”
May Vollrath, of Harveys Lake,
was moved to tears just talking
about the program at a dinner
that followed.
“I think it was wonderful — I
just loved it,” she said. “It was
God-inspiring. Their testimonies
were moving.”
Audrey Wilke, of Harveys
Lake, could relate to the subject
matter.
“My son is a smoker and he
loves his beer,” she said. “He
needs prayer in his life. I hope
(Teen Challenge Choir) comes
back. It’s good to see God work-
ing in young people.”
Barbara Moyer, of Lehman,
said the program gave her hope.
“It seems everyone is going
through a drug or alcohol issue in
their family,” she said. “I was up-
lifted by (the program).”
CHURCH BRIEFS
“The Gift’ returns
Back Mountain Harvest As-
sembly presents its annual out-
door Christmas musical, “The
Gift,” at 6 p.m. today, Dec. 16 at
the church, 340 Carverton Road,
Trucksville.
Live animals, such as camels,
horses, sheep and goats will all
be part of the show which fea-
tures new choreography and
original music this year.
Communion Service
scheduled
A Christmas Candlelight
Communion Service will be
held at 7 p.m. on Dec. 19 at the
Sweet Valley Church of Christ,
5439 Main Road, Sweet Valley.
The church is handicapped
accessible.
For more information, call
477-2320.
Church plans
Hymn Sing
Community Bible Church of
Sweet Valley is holding a Christ-
mas Hymn Sing at 1:30 p.m. on
Sunday, Dec. 23 at the church,
5390 Main Road, Sweet Valley,
directly across from the Sweet
Valley Fire Hall.
Light refreshments will be
served.
Loyalville church
lists services
Two services of worship will
be held on Christmas Eve, Dec.
24 at Loyalville United Metho-
dist Church, Loyalville Road,
Lake Township.
An afternoon service will
begin at 1 p.m. and an evening
service will be offered at 8 p.m.
Traditional hymns and the good
news of Christ’s birth will be
shared at both services.
A meal will be served at the
church on Christmas Day, Dec.
25 for anyone who might be
alone or away from family for
the holiday. Reservations can be
made by calling the church at
570-477-3521. There is no
charge for the meal but a free
will offering will be accepted.