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Vol. 122 No. 8
THE BACK MOUNTAIN’S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
SUNDAY APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 2013
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The return of the Beaumont Inn
Rob Friedman expects to open Back
Mountain landmark by end of May.
By DOTTY MARTIN
dmartin@mydallaspost.com
The Beaumont Inn is about a
month away from being reborn.
Rob Friedman, who purchased
the Back Mountain landmark on
Route 309 in Dallas Twp. from Jim
and Beth Harkins, expects to open
his newest venture by the end of
May.
“It’s going to be spectacular,”
unit for Misericordia University stu-
dents, has sat idle for about seven
years.
“I have hired an excellent group
of people,” said Friedman, former
owner of Friedman Electric and cur-
rent owner of the Riverstreet Jazz
Cafe in Wilkes-Barre and Friedman
Farms in the Back Mountain.
John Golecki, an area native who
lived away for about 10 years, has
returned and is the executive chef
while Ed Sampiero, another area
native who has returned after living
out of town for several years, is the
ager and event coordinator.
Friedman has added a fireplace to
the first floor dining room and in-
stalled new lighting throughout the
building as well as an entirely new
kitchen and windows to brighten
the ambience.
Ten bedrooms on the second floor
have all been remodeled, each one
featuring a different theme but all
with the traditional country look.
Landscaping around the build-
ing’s perimeter will feature 200 dif-
ferent types of perennials and trees
to block the scene from the high-
CLARK VAN ORDEN
FILE PHOTO/ THE TIMES
LEADER
Rob Fried-
man hopes to
re-open the
Beaumont Inn
in Dallas Twp.
by the end of
May.
Friedman said of the inn which, ex-
cept for a one-year stint as a housing
manager. Liz Lynch is the inkeeper
and Amy Giuli is the assistant man- See BEAUMONT, Page 7
| Voting for
L.emmond
Award ends
Friday
Readers have until Friday, May 3
to vote for the person they believe
should receive the Charles D. Lem-
mond Jr. Community Spirit Award.
The award, established by The Dal-
las Post, has been named in memory
of the late senator
who passed away in
2012.
It honors those
who endeavor to
improve the lives
of Back Mountain
Lemmond
residents through
. outstanding com-
A ballot ap- munity service, pub-
pears in to- Je Sor lee x Dien
day's paper. Ah y i em >
CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST All entries €na or non S
Christie Conway, of Shavertown, examines the eyeball of a cow in wellness class at Dallas Senior High School. The program was commitment to doing
brought to the class by the DaVinci Science Center, Allentown. must be the right thing, in the
received by right way, for the right
reason.
Charles D. Lem-
mond Jr. called the
Back Mountain home
for more than 50 years.
Through his constant and active in-
volvement in a wide range of commu-
nity groups, he touched many lives,
gave a sense of direction and respon-
sibility to numerous improvement
projects and served as an inspiration
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Science programs a Success
By SUSAN DENNEY | Dallas Post Correspondent
“Anybody need the bucket?” Ruthie
Skammer asked cheerfully as she
walked into her wellness class at Dal-
las High School on April 17.
The students were just beginning to
dissect cow eyes as part of a visiting
presentation by the Da Vinci Science
Center in Allentown.
But the bucket went unused. Some
students looked a bit squeamish but all
were attentive as their classmates cut
into the eyes and placed the different
parts in a tray provided for them.
Skammer teaches wellness and is the
wellness chair for Dallas High School.
For those who have been out of high
school for a while, wellness classes
combine traditional physical education
classes and health classes.
Skammer brims with enthusiasm
when discussing her chosen field.
She said the Da Vinci presentations
were made possible by a grant she ap-
plied for after attending a presentation
on organ and tissue donation aware-
ness. She received $3,927 to enrich the
classroom experience.
Skammer explained that one of Da
Vinci's presentations involved dissec-
tion and that the other used brain sen-
sory activities to teach students how
their brains work.
See SCIENCE, Page 7
Students in the wellness class at Dallas Senior High
School got to dissect animal parts, including a cow's
eyeball during a program brought to the school by the Da-
Vinci Science Center in Allentown. Working here are, from
left, Logan Bullock, Jared Brady and Dante DeAngelo.
to countless individuals.
As a soldier, solicitor, prosecutor,
judge and legislator, Lemmond dem-
onstrated a strong devotion to civic
duty. His 21 years as a well-respected
state Senator were marked by his
standard of integruity, his pursuit of
justice and his desire to do what was
right for the people and the commu-
nity he served.
A ballot appears in today’s paper.
All entries must be received by 5
p.m. on Friday, May 3. An announce-
ment of the winner will be made in
a future edition of The Dallas Post
and an award reception will be held
Tuesday, June 4 at Lemmond The-
ater on the campus of Misericordia
University.
East Center Street Bridge in Shavertown opens
bridge’s opening. “It’s beautiful. They
did a fantastic job and everybody is
thrilled.”
Sebastian explained that plans to
renovate the bridge started in 2000 and
soil erosion problems when digging into
the creek bed, making redesigns neces-
sary. “Everybody cooperated. Once it
started, it was smooth sailing.”
Bob Nause, proprietor of Top Value
The East Center Street Bridge was
closed nearly a year for repairs
By DOTTY MARTIN
dmartin@mydatlaspost.com included removing the old bridge, wid-
After more than a year and more than ~ €ning the area, building a new bridge see BRIDGE, Page 7
a million dollars, the East Center Street 20d new roads.
Bridge Project in Shavertown is com- Kingston = Township budgeted
$220,000, or 20 percent of the overall
cost, while the remaining 80 percent
of the project’s cost was paid for by the
Pennsylvania Department of Transpor-
tation.
“Everything went smoothly,” Sebas-
tian said, although crews did run into
plete.
The bridge, which was closed on
April 16, 2012, re-opened to traffic on
April 21. A ribbon-cutting ceremony
was planned for April 26.
“We're relieved,” Kingston Township
Manager Kathleen Sebastian said of the
Ay
AIMEE DILGER /THE TES LEADER
The bridge on Center Street in Shavertown opened April 21 after being
closed for repairs for nearly a year.
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