im __ preparation at Lake-Lehman is ®: institution of a school-level SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 Planning the Lehman-ldetown United Methodist Women's annual rummage sale are, from left, first row, Kim Shaver, Ruth Jones, Jeanne Barrall, Sabrina Major, Lois Ide, Robin Rogers, Susie Snyder. Second row, Jayne Haefele, Linda VanGorder, Judy Dawe, Dorothy Dawe, Kendra Cosgrove and Elaine St. Clair. The Lehman-Idetown United Church Women will hold their annual spring rum- mage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 12 and from 9 a.m. to noon on Satur- day, April 13 at the church, 1011 Mounta- inview Drive, Lehman. There will be a snack bar and bake sale and Saturday will be Bag Day. Homemade vegetable soup will be sold at $5 per quart. Orders can be given to any ehman-ldetown UM Women plan rummage sale club member. Items in reusable condition can be dropped off at the church until Wednesday, April 10. SCHOOL BRIEFS CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL The instrumental and vocal works of Swiss-born American composer Ernest Bloch will be celebrated in a special chamber music festival to be held at 2 p.m. today, April 7 at Wyoming Seminary Upper School. The festival, consisting of two concerts, will be held at the Great Hall of Wyoming Seminary, 228 Wyoming Ave., Kingston, just north of Kingston Corners. The con- certs are free and open to the public. For more information, call 270-2192. MU OFFERS OPEN HOUSE The Misericordia University Office of Admissions will hold an open house for adult learners interested in the Express- way Accelerated Degree Program and for transfer students interested in continuing their education at Misericordia from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 9 in Room 405, Building 4 at Luzerne County Community College, 1333 S. Prospect St., Nanticoke. For more information, contact the Mi- sericordia University Office of Admissions at 674-6331. LECTURE WILL ADDRESS WHY PEOPLE CHEAT Misericordia University will present “The Dark Side of Relationships: Why Do People Cheat?” a lecture by social psychol- ogist Gary W. Lewandowski, Jr., Ph.D., from 5 to 5:50 p.m. on Monday, April 8 in Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall. \ The presentation is co-sponsored by the Misericordia University Honors Program and Department of Psychology. It is open free to the public. For more information, contact Alicia Nordstrom, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology, Misericordia University, at an- ordstr@misericordia.edu or at 674-8008. MU PLAYERS PRESENT MUSICAL Misericordia Players present “Working: A Musical,” from the book by Studs Terkel adapted by Oscar-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso, at 8 p.m. April 11, 12 and 13 at Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall. Cost is for $5 adults and $3 students and senior citizens. Tickets are available at the door and by contacting the Mi- sericordia Cultural Events Box Office at 674-6719. BASKET BINGO PLANNED A Gift Basket Bingo will be held on Sat- urday, April 13 at Evans Falls Elementary School. Doors open at 10 a.m. and the event begins at 11 a.m. Cost is $20 for 20 games of three face vertical Bingo cards. Baskets include items from local and surrounding communities (day trip passes, bus trips, night stays, event tick- ets, restaurant gift certificates, gift cards/ certificates to businesses, gift items, etc.) There will also be raffle baskets, 50/50, door prizes, a food sale and bake sale. All profits go to the Evans Falls PTO. For tickets or information, email mol- lymatosky@yahoo.com or call 817-0262. LL THEATRE TROUPE SETS PERFORMANCES Lake-Lehman Theatre Troupe presents “Real Story of Red Riding Hood (Act One) and “Big Bad Musical” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 14 at the Lake-Lehman Jr./ Sr. High School. Reserved tickets (advance only) are $10; general admission is $8 and $6. To purchase tickets, call the box office at 901-1259. ADVISOR SPEAKS AT MU The Second Annual Dr. Midori Ya- manouchi Lecture Series at Misericor- dia University is presenting Frances Townsend, the former Homeland Security advisor for President George W. Bush, for the presentation, “Government, Law and National Security,” from 7:30 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 23 in Lemmond Theater in Walsh Hall. Tickets for the event are free, but seat- ing is limited. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Misericordia University Cultural Events Box Office at 674-6719 or the remaining available tickets can be picked up at the lobby box office up to 10 minutes prior to the show. A question-and-answer session follows immediately after her presentation. MISERICORDIA SETS OPEN HOUSE Misericordia University is offering an open house program for high school students and their parents on on Saturday, April 27. Open house begins with registration at 9 a.m. in the Anderson Sports and Health Center located at the North Gate of the upper campus. A special “Meet the Coaches” session will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. The open house program will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The schedule includes refreshments, campus tours, a faculty session, lunch, and meetings with representatives of student services, athletics and financial aid. For those interested, a session will also be held on the university’s Alterna- tive Learner’s Project for students with learning disabilities. For more information, contact the Misericordia University Admissions Office at 6754449. WSCCHS CLASS OF 1971 PLANS PARTY West Side Centeral Catholic 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 Checkerboard Inn on Carverton Road, Trucksville. Formal invitations will be forthcoming when all addresses are finalized. For more information, contact Kate Bustin Taroli at KBTaroli@gmail.com. DHS CLASS OF 1983 PLANS REUNION Dallas High School Class of 1983 is planning a 30th anniversary 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 address to dallasclassof83@ att.net or call Sharon at (610) 737-0042. Noni iy Mount, ho = Df CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Karlee Kreller, a third-grade student at Ross Elemenatry School in Sweet Valley, is one of three students at the school whose handwriting sample is a state-grade level winner in the Zaner- Bloser Handwriting Contest. State grade winners win a prize package for themselves and their schools with a value of $250. WRITE Continued from Page 1 During the month of January, students in grades 1-6 at Ross participated in the National Zaner-Bloser Handwriting Contest. Teachers selected one winner from each grade level. Those entries were then submit- ted to Zaner Bloser. The school won an award in 2009 but James is very sur- prised to have three students win this year. None of this matters to 7-year- old Sarah Bednarek. “Its fun writing as neat as you can - per- fect,” purrs the pert first-grader, who won one of the awards. “I'm sometimes nervous but try not to shake my hand - ever.” Karlee Kreller, a third-grade winner, gets very involved in the process. “I love looping the letters. (Her favorites are “L” or “M”). It’s like a habit. I love it so much. A lot better than math or science; it’s relaxing,” she said. Kreller’s teacher, Jeremy Wil- liams, spends 15 minutes to a half an hour three times a week on handwriting and finds that students with good penmanship are generally good writers and like to take time to compose and write their essays. This year’s contest essay question “How does your handwriting make you a better reader and writer and why is that important?” was succinctly answered by one of the contes- tants at the school with “So if I write a book, they’ll be able to read it.’ But the act of handwriting itself has taken a back seat to banging out stories on key- boards and into Ipads and Pods. This is in stark contrast to the days in the last century when penmanship was one of the ba- sic “Rs” s in reading, ‘riting and ‘rithmetic and was taught every day in school. Then, teachers used to have penmanship contests. Now, they are considering having students take the PSSA state evaluation tests on computers rather than on paper with pencils. James thinks it’s only a matter of time “before technology will make handwriting obsolete.” Andrew Jubis, the sixth-grade winner at the school, doesn’t think about that much. “Sometimes I print, some- times I write or type. I don’t really think about it,” he said. “This is my last year in this school and I'm trying to make it the best year. I'm proud. The kids cheered for me when they heard I won the prize.” The three winning students received an engraved medallion, the student’s teacher received an engraved glass diamond and the school received a $200 gift certificate to Zaner Bloser for each student. The winning entries will com- pete at the national level and be notified of the results in May. AWARD Continued from Page 1 ment to learning was proven by Misericordia University in the naming of its campus perform- ing arts center as the Lemmond Theater and by Wilkes Uni- versity which awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. His faith kept him active with the Dallas United Methodist Church, the Wyoming Con- ference of United Methodist Churches and the Back Moun- tain Men's Ecumenical Break- fast which he co-founded. For more than 30 years, Lemmond and his family hosted the Nay- lor/Lemmond Memorial Com- munity Thanksgiving Dinner which brought holiday warmth and cheer to thousands of area residents. He especially enjoyed his service on the Commission on Economic Opportunity’s Board of Directors and took seriously its motto of “People Helping People.” The Salvation The award will recognize a resident of the Back Mountain for his or her leadership and advance- ment of community spirit. Army also benefitted from his good works where he was well known for his support of its an- nual kettle drive and was once honored as Citizen of the Year. His impact on the quality of life of the region can also be seen through projects such as the Back Mountain Trail, the Back Mountain Recreation Fa- cility, the Charles D. Lemmond Jr. Community Playground and safety enhancements to State Route 309, the Back Mountain’s main business corridor. Sen. Lemmond died Wednes- day, May 30, 2012, at the age of 83. He is survived by his wife, Barbara; sons, Charles, John and David; daughter, Judith; brother, George; and four grand- children. HISTORY Continued from Page 1 I'm doing now,” Novrocki said of Tarantini, who was affection- ately known as “Ms” to her His- tory Day students. “I take every- thing she taught me and put it into practice.” The bigggest difference Nov- rocki has made in History Day Leahy contest, something he learned from Tarantini. liams GROUP DOCUMENTARY First place Megan Sorber, Kelly Sweeney, Alyssa Talacka Second place Hannah Cross, Sela Fine, Shauna Second place Michael Minsavage, Tommy Wil- WINNERS Second place Jenna Mortenson Katie Bartuska, Elana Herceqg, First place Lana Sicurella, Brittany Mahoney Karlie Lobitz Third place Second place Clay Vasey, Madison Stambaugh Kristin Kalish GROUP EXHIBIT Third place First place Megan Mahle First place Lindsay Williams LAKE-LEHMAN REGIONAL HISTORY DAY GROUP PERFORMANCE Jasmine Moku, Ronnie Ziomek, INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTARY INDIVIDUAL EXHIBIT OUTSTANDING ENTRY IN LOCAL HISTORY AWARD In those contests, the higher levels of competition are repli- ~ cated with three judges doing ~ the questioning and interview- ing. After that school-level con- test, the best projects move on to regional competition. “History Day provides stu- dents with an incredible level of self confidence,” Novrocki said. “There are no strict guidelines. They only have to adhere to a national theme but they shape and build their projects. They become masters of their topics.” Despite all that History Day Flee Ww Third place Nicole Lockard, Katrina Joyce Nick Egan, Alex Hoyt, Chris Her- rick offers to students, Novrocki is concerned that academic con- tests at public schools are being threatened with budget cuts. “Funding is harder and harder to come by,” he said. “The num- ber of participating schools and the number of projects present- ed at the regional level is much lower than it was two or three years ago. It concerns me as a public school teacher to think hr that academic contests may be- come available only to private schools.” Novrocki added that Lake- Lehman is one of the few public schools to continue participa- tion in History Day competition and reported that administra- tors are already talking about how to overcome budget cuts to allow students to continue par- ticipating in academic contests. -5 Lake-Lehman History Day students are, from left, seated, Hannah Cross, Sela Fine, Shauna Leahy, Katie Bartuska, Elana Herceg, Lana Sicurella, Jasmine Moku, Ronnie Ziomek, Jenna Mortenson, Nicole Lockard, Karlie Lobitz, Kristin Kalish, Lindsay Williams. Standing, Megan Sorber, Megan Mahle, Madison Stambaugh, Michael Minsavage, Clay Vasey, Brittany Mahoney, Katrina Joyce, Mr. Ryan Lindbuchler, Lake-Lehman High School Social Studies Department Chair and Associate History Day coordinator; Mr. Michael Novrocki, Lake-Lehman High School History Day coordinator; Mr. Brian Gorski, Lake-Lehman High School Associate History Day coordinator; Tommy Williams, Kelly Sweeney, Nick Egan, Alex Hoyt, Chris Herrick and Alyssa Talacka.
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