_xates, SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 7A Ladies Night Out planned A “Ladies Night Out” is planned for 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 15 at the Back ‘Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Road in Dallas. A $5 donation will include gpecialty shopping, choco- finger sandwiches, cookies, refreshments, a goodie bag and more. Participants will learn scarf-tying techniques and make-up tips while browsing tables of handcrafted jewelry, purses, accessories and cos- ‘metics. - Vendors will include: * Jewelry designs by Marie ‘Baird featuring Swarovski ; Participants will learn scarf-tying techniques and make-up tips while browsing tables of handcrafted jewelry, purses, accessories and cosmetics. crystals and handcrafted ster- ling silver jewelry with fresh- water pearls * Zina’s Fudge, including Easter candy and chocolate- covered strawberries * Mary Bartos of Amore with scarves, accessories and special prom jewelry * Independent Beauty Con- sultant Connie Scott will of- © scents ci Concert with a selection of popular Avon cosmetics and other, products including a fer beauty tips and products * Independent = Scentsy Consultant Kristi Layland with Scentsy ‘holders and * Avon Representative Tra- mini skin-care clinic * Earth and Wears with Lyn Carey, featuring an assort- ment of unique handcrafted jewelry, scarves, purses and accessories. Raffle tickets for a hand- made quilt, gift certificate for a salon service, a gift certifi- cate from Buka and a $40. Independent Scentsy Consultant, Kristi Layland, shown here display- ing the Scentsy of the Month holder, will be one of the vendors at Ladies Night Out on March 15 at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. MU radi £ § accepting music from docal bands Misericordia University’s stu- dent-run radio station, Cougar Radio, is accepting music from bands in northeastern Pennsyl- vania (NEPA) for the second an- nual, “Cougar Indie-Pendence” CD. The CD will allow bands to release their original music without having to be signed to a major record label. Dan Kimbrough, assistant professor of communications and faculty advisor for the radio station, is looking forward to seeing the station live up to its mission. Cougar Radio is looking for local bands in NEPA to submit one original track to be consid- ered for the NEPA music sam- pler. Bands interested in being on the CD can enter by submitting their track on a CD and mailing it to Cougar Indie-Pendence, c/o Cougar Radio, 301 Lake Street, Dallas PA, 18612. Deadline for submissions is March 17. The CD will be released in the spring. The recording is a great opportunity for local bands to get exposure in the college mar- ket. Once the CDs are printed and released, Cougar Radio will send them to local stations to try to get airplay in addition to playing the songs on Misericor- dia University’s radio station. CDs can also be purchased at Cougar Radio’s office in the Banks Student Life Center on the upper campus of Misericor- dia. Proceeds from the CD will e donated to a local charity. For more information, email ougarradio@misercordia.edu. SENIOR MENU Senior Citizens Centers sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties offer hot noon meals Monday through Friday to people 60 years of age or older. Donations from participants are gratefully accepted and needed in order to expand this program. The following is the menu for the week of March 11: 2 MONDAY: Chicken marsala, green and wax beans, whole wheat dinner roll, buttered noodles, peaches and cream, margarine, milk and coffee. TUESDAY: Bag lunch WEDNESDAY: Sloppy Joes, boiled new potatoes, carrot raisin salad, whole wheat hamburger 11, diced pears, margarine, milk d coffee. THURSDAY: St. Patrick’s Day luncheon - Ham and cabbage, boiled potatoes, beef barley soup, Irish soda bread, green cake, margarine, milk and coffee. FRIDAY: Baked fish, cau- liflower, rice pilaf (wild rice blend), whole wheat dinner roll, ketchup, tartar sauce, birthday cake, margarine, milk and coffee. For further information, con- tact the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne/ Wyoming Counties Nutrition Program or call the Senior Center nearest your home. i BO Ho i CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Gary Stec carries on regular classroom duties dressed as Dr. Seuss in Mrs. Tracey Stanley's class at Ross Elementary School in Sweet Valley. BOOKS Continued from Page 1A deer this year.” Robert Long is in Mrs. Smigielski’s sixth-grade class. He was dressed in camo and hunter orange, portraying the trapper who saves the main character in Gary Paulsen’s book “Hatchet.” When asked why he liked the story about a young man’s survival in a Canadian wilderness he said, “I like a lot of outdoor things. I like to hunt. I shot my first Lizzy Blaski, of Sweet Val- ley, is 10 years old and a stu- dent in Jen Welby’s fourth- grade class. She was dressed in wizard robes but was quick fantasy series and is now read- ing book six. When asked why she chose to portray Ginny, she said, “I like how she acts.” She also admitted that she studying one book for a month in preparation for the big day. The third grade book was “Sideways Stories from Way- would like Harry Potter her- side School” by Louis Sachar. self if she were at Hogwarts. Fourth=graders read “Because Another student who chose of Winn-Dixie” by Kate DiCa- a character from the Harry Potter series was Thomas Kraintz, a kindergarten stu- millo; fifth grade read “Frin- del” by Andrew Clements and the sixth grade read “Sa- dent of Mrs. Kreigler. He gai and the Thousand Paper portrayed the sinister Draco Cranes” by Eleanor Coerr. Malfoy because he and Draco The day didn’t end with the are both blondes. “If I were Harry Potter, I would be Harry Blonder!” The teachers got into the act, too. A large number of teachers sported pink wigs and portrayed the main char- acter of the book “Pinkali- cious” by Elizabeth Kann. The main character, Pinkalicious, loves the color pink and eats parade. The older students looked forward to a Jeopardy- like game called “Battle of the Book” which was planned to test them on their knowledge of the book their class had read. Younger students had fun activities planned, includ- ing activities with e-readers to explain that she was not so many pink cupcakes that brought from home. Hermione Granger, the lead her skin and hair turn pink. A As Jeanne Williams, a mem- girl character in the Harry teacher dressed as Willy Won- ber of the reading committee, Potter series. A bright red wig ka was also seen in the halls. ~~ watched the excitement in the marked her as Ginny Weasley ~~ The fun day was the culmi- halls as the students lined up who falls in love with Potter. nation of a month’s emphasis to show off their character Blaski has read books one on reading. costumes, she said it best. through five of the lengthy Students in the upper grade “It made the books come levels at Ross have all been alive!” SCHOOL BRIEFS Dallas High School Class of 1983 is planning a 30th anni- The meetings are free and open to the public. For more PLANS PARTY Road, Trucksville. es are finalized. KBTaroli@gmail.com. DHS CLASS OF 1981 PLANS REUNION WSCCHS CLASS OF 1971 West Side Centeral Catho- lic High School Class of 1971 will hold a 60th birthday party from 1 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 1 at the Grove at Check- erboard Inn on Carverton Formal invitations will be forthcoming when all address- For more information, con- tact Kate Bustin Taroli at information, call 674-6724. TECEC PLANS FUNDRAISER Trucksville Early Childhood Education Center (TECEC) will hold a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13 at Leggio’s in Dal- las. A percentage of all sales that evening will benefit TECEC’s Operation Build-A- Fence fundraising campaign to construct a fence around the school’s playground. For more information, call Marjorie Adams, TECEC ci- rector, at 696-3899. versary reunion for Oct. 26. Any classmate who has not yet received information about the reunion and who wishes to attend is asked to send their current email ad- dress to dallasclassof83@att. net or call Sharon at (610) 737-0042. STUTTERING SUPPORT GROUP MEETS AT MU The Misericordia Univer- sity Stuttering Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month in Room 212 on the second floor of John J. Passan Hall, 100 Lake St. CHURCH BRIEFS CHORAL SOCIETY PLANS CONCERT In a 64-year tradition of inspiring prayer and meditation through music, the Catholic Choral Society will present a Lenten Concert at 3 p.m. today, March 10 at St. Therese Parish, 64 Davis St., Shavertown. The concert is open to the public free of charge. For more information, call 575-1040. FISH DINNERS AVAILABLE ON FRIDAYS The Maple Grove United Methodist Church, 5876 Main Road, Sweet Valley, will hold its annual fish dinners from 4 to 7 p.m. on Friday, March 15. The meal includes baked fish, French fries, cole slaw and cake. Tickets are $8 for adults and $5 for children. Takeouts are available. For more information, call the church at 477-5216. SPAGHETTI SUPPER SET The Huntsville United Methodist Church will host a spaghetti dinner from 3 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. Eat-in or take-out dinners will be available. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $4.50 for children age 6 and older and will be available at the door. CONCERT AT HUMC A concert featuring Mike Lewis and William Doney will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 23 at the Huntsville United Methodist Church, 2355 Huntsville Rd, Shavertown. Donation is $5 at the door. MEDITATION DURING LENT AT ST. PETER'S St. Peter’s Church, 3832 SR 6 East, Tunkhannock, will offer quiet music and meditation Wednesdays through March 27, as a way of opening the “thin place” between God and people. Soup Supper will precede the service. Supper begins at 6:30 p.m. and the services begin at 7 p.m. For more information, call St. Peter’s at 836-2233 or Reverend Lou at 878-4670. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Mikail Krochta and Garrett Pall make good use of a wide street on White Birch Lane using their jumping stilts. ELMCREST Continued from Page 1A out for one another and the kids could always have a weenie at the annual summer neighbor- hood picnic.” The 1970s brought a flurry of young families with children to Elmcrest and a heightened so- cial scene. “The Biscontinis, Van Horns, Koehlers and the Bevevinos,” "said Maryan Daily, recalling some of the families living there She and her husband, the late John Daily, a doctor in Kings- ton, and their three children, Ar- lene, John and Donald, became involved in the neighborhood. John Daily was president of the Elmcrest Homeowners As- sociation. According to Mary- an, “We had fabulous summer picnics every year in back on White Birch Lane and some big, rip-roaring Christmas par- ties at Newberry Estate and the Castle Inn.” There were Hallow- een parties and some very neat things for the young people to do, Daily said. Today, the association pays for the street light at the corner of Lake and Elmcrest Streets and the lighting and landscap- ing at the Elmcrest sign island on Route 415, says association treasurer Diane Johnson, whose parents, Carolyn and the late Jack Johnson, moved into the development in 1989. “It’s very nice here. We love it. It’s quiet and we want to keep it that way.” Association dues are $25 and this year’s president, Jim Pall, hopes to reinstate and revive some of the old association tra- ditions, like delivering a fresh- baked pie to new neighbors when they move in, organizing an annual “Coordinated Elm- crest Garage Sale” and light- ing street-side luminaries on Christmas Eve. He’s also trying to re-invigorate the annual sum- mer picnic which is to be held at Ruckno’s Pond. BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas High School sophomore Lauren Gallagher, third from left, practices her Irish step dancing with the rest of Scoil Rince Na Connemara dancers at Downtown Arts in Wilkes-Barre. DANCER Continued from Page 1A my desk and my friends are like, ‘Stop dancing.” Michelle confirmed this be- havior. She said whenever Lau- ren is on the phone or just hang- ing around the house, it’s tough to find her sitting still. “I need to move,” laughed Lauren. Lauren may not pursue a career as a professional Irish | dancer, but she definitely wants Michelle. to keep dancing and stay close to Irish culture as she gets older. “l found two (colleges) in Dublin and one school in Lon- don that sound nice,” she said. “I wanted to be a plastic surgeon until I took biology this year, so now I think I want to be a music producer because music is my life and I like technology.” Michelle has some issues with her daughter attending college outside the country, but wants to help her find a place where Lauren can continue to pursue her passions. “She just loves to dance,” said
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