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THE DALLAS POST
Sunday, December 30, 2012
2012
Continued from Page 7
OCTOBER
A mixer on the deck at Metro
Bar & Grill in the Twin Stacks
Center, Dallas, introduced the
Back Mountain Young Profes-
sionals Association, a new
branch of the Back Mountain
Chamber. The intention of the
new group is to attract younger
professionals to the community
to gather and share ideas while
working together to build an en-
vironment for both families and
businesses.
Members of Boy Scout Troop
381 in Dallas honored the memo-
ry of Eagle Scout Thomas Lynch
who was killed in an automobile
accident on his way to school on
Feb. 3. Lynch had left behind an
unfinished Scout project and fel-
low Scout Casey McAndrew dove
in to finish building information
kiosks at three locations on the
Back Mountain Trail.
Seniors from the Back Moun-
tain greeted one another with ex-
citement and hugs at the opening
of the new Senior Center in the
Twin Stacks building in Dallas.
Children of all ages enjoyed the
array of equipment and vehicles
on display at the first-ever Dallas
Township Fall Roll Out held on
the municipal grounds on Route
309.
The Dallas School Board ap-
proved a trial agreement for cyb-
er services with Seneca Valley
School District. Dallas would pay
Seneca Valley $8,750 for 25 part-
time seats and unlimited full-
time seats in a cyber school pro-
gram.
Kingston Township supervi-
sors approved a request from Fab-
cor Inc. for a time extension on
the East Center Street Bridge
project. Township Manager
Kathleen Sebastian stated that
Fabcor planned to have the
bridge open to the public in De-
cember.
Residents of Harveys Lake Bor-
ough expressed their concerns
about the possible moving and
renovation of the police station.
Council informed the public that
the current building would be as-
sessed by an engineer as was dis-
cussed at a previous meeting.
Michael Novrocki, Social Stud-
ies teacher and National History
Day coordinator at Lake-Lehman
High School, received the Cen-
tennial Medal Award for Excel
lent in Education from Philadel
phia University. The award is pre-
sented to educators for their ded-
ication in preparing their
students for college.
NOVEMBER
Scouts from Boy Scout Troop
155 led a group in the Pledge of
Allegiance at a candlelight vigil
and prayer session at The Mead-
ows Nursing and Rehabilitation
Center in Dallas. Reverends Dr.
Robert Zanicki and Gideon Gae-
tano led the audience in prayer
and song.
The Back Mountain Commu-
nity Partnership discussed emer-
gency trailers that were being
purchased. The partnership pur-
chased equipment with previous
grant money for emergency re-
sponse crews and was looking to
make accessibility to that equip-
ment quick and easy so emergen-
cy crews can be on scene as fast as
possible.
The Dallas Foundation an-
nounced results of its contest to
determine the location of a Dal-
las School District sign. There
were 2,134 votes cast and 62.5
percent of the people voted to re-
place the existing sign at the in-
tersection of Route 309 and Hil-
debrandt/Upper Demunds Road.
The new sign is expected to ar-
rive in January 2013.
Dallas Township residents
were invited to participate in a se-
ries of public visioning sessions.
As the next step in a process be-
gun in 2008, township officials
would work to complete the
Comprehensive Plan over the
course of the next several
months.
Thousands of Back Mountain
residents were left without pow-
er in the wake of Hurricane
Sandy. Downed trees and power
lines made clean up and repair a
non-stop job for utility crews and
families throughout the area.
The most devastating storm in
decades left millions or people
across the country without pow-
er as thousands fled their water-
damaged homes.
Two Dallas artist had their
work chosen for display during
the nation’s largest juried exhibit
and sale of works by artists with
cognitive, physical, hearing and
visual disabilities. The Bryn
Mawr Rehab Hospital's Annual
Art Ability Exhibit selected 33-
year-old Billy Sukus for his piece
entitled “26 Fe Iron” and 35-year-
old Pat Cleary for his piece entit-
led “Beadweaver.”
Dallas High School announced
plans to open a student-operated
store called Mountaineer Mar-
ket. The store would serve as a
fundraising tool for the school
and a hands-on classroom where
students could learn job skills
such as keeping inventory, practi-
cal math, cash handling and
work-related social skills.
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Marilyn Gregorski relaxes at her home in Dallas after retiring as
director of volunteers at The Meadows Nursing Center.
PEOPLE
Two named to
dean's list at RIT
Anna Kammen, of Shaver-
town, and Catherine Sullivan, of
Lehman, have been named to
the dean’s list for the fall 2012
quarter at Rochester Institute of
Technology.
Kammen is a second-year
student in RIT’s National Tech-
nical Institute for the Deaf while
Sullivan is a fifth-year student in
RIT’s B. Thomas Golisano Col-
lege of Computing and Informa-
tion Sciences.
Nicholas is recipient
of scholarship
Kyle Nichols, of Tunkhan-
nock, a current first-year student
at Gettysburg College, was
awarded a David Wills Scholar-
ship by the College.
The David Wills Scholarship
goes to top-ranking applicants
based upon their grade-point
average, class rank, and SAT or
ACT scores
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Ross Elementary School in
Sweet Valley hosted a Dads Day,
a day for fathers to volunteer part
of their day to participate in fun
activities with their children’s
class. Fifty-three fathers took part
in the day, some of them multiple
times for multiple children.
The Back Mountain saw its
first taste of snow on Nov. 27,
causing the Dallas School Dis-
trict to call for a two-hour delay
while the Lake-Lehman School
District remained on its regular
schedule.
DECEMBER
Thanks to Facebook, the Chini-
kaylo family from Church Road in
Lehman Township was able to
find Lillie, its 3-year-old Border
Collie/Labrador mix that had be-
come frightened by firecrackers
and ran out of the family’s back-
yard. A posting on Facebook by
someone who had found Lillie
got her back to her family with-
out incident.
Cross Creek Community
Church on Carverton Road in
Trucksville participated in Oper-
ation Children Child, a shoebox
collection whereby participants
filled a shoebox or small plastic
tote with items for children ages
2-14 in countries all around the
world.
A special meeting was held by
the Harveys Lake Protective As-
sociation to hear both sides of the
police move issue. County Presi-
dent Larry Radel gave the posi-
tion to move the department
while Councilwoman Michelle
Boice took the opposing posti-
ion, saying the police department
should remain at the borough’s
main entrance. A straw poll of
residents who attended the meet-
ing was taken. The unanimous
decision was to keep the depart-
metn at its present site.
Residents of Dallas Township
and members of the township’s
planning board met with Jack Va-
raly from Varaly Associates to be-
gin the process of building a com-
prehensive plan for the township.
Varaly was hired by the township
to help prepare a plan to map out
a vision for the future.
Fashion designer Jay McCar-
roll, a native of Lehman and win-
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David Harris visits his daughter Jennifer's kindergarten class at Ross Elementary School as part of
a special Dads in School program. Harris had just recently returned home from military duty.
Lorraine Farrell, widow of John Peter Farrell, pauses to reflect at
the Lake-Lehman Foundation annual tea and scholarship awards
banquet.
ner of the first season of “Project
Runway,” returned to the Back
Mountain to participate in a holi-
day-themed fashioned show at
Misericordia University.
organization meeting, Dr. Ri-
chard Coslett was elected presi-
dent and Dr. Bruce Goeringer
was named vice president. Mark
Kornoski was re-elected presi-
elected second vice president.
Dallas Elementary students
got an early start on their season-
al shopping lists during an an-
nual holiday shopping event at
the school. Youngsters and their
parents perused the various
wares and vendors at the event,
which included items for every-
one in one’s family from brother
to godmother.
Furry friends and their owners
flocked to Dymond’s Farm in Or-
ange to have their photos taken
with Santa Claus and raise mon-
ey for animals in need. The event
was organized by Blue Chip
Farms Animal Refuge, located
just down the street from the fam-
ily farm.
The Kukuchka family in Tunk-
hannock revived its Christmas
holiday display, setting up more
than 18,000 lights at the family
business, Creekside Gardens.
The Dallas School District’s
board of directors discussed al-
ternative approaches to updating
Dallas Elementary School which
is in need of maintenance and re-
Dallas Borough Council ap- dent by one vote over Andrew pair A water main break at the
proved the proposed -013 budget
of $1,140,000 and authorized its
advertisement.
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