L Vol. 122 No. 11 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 MAY 19-25, 2013 50¢ WILKES-BARRE, PA. www.mydallaspost.com AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER A > Ronald Wenrich Back Mountain Fire & EMS “IF THIS DOES something for one kid, it will be well worth it.” BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Back Mountain Regional Fire and EMS Lt. Dave Hopfer, left, explains to juniors and seniors at Lake-Lehman High School the dan- gers of drinking and driving as they watch a mock accident. Staged scene shows juniors and seniors devastating results of impaired driving. g and driving By DOTTY MARTIN dmartin@muydallaspost.com about the stupid stuff you do?” A.J. Antonitis asked this of his fellow seniors at the Lake-Lehman Jr./ Sr. High School Wednesday afternoon as the students watched an “accident” - complete with a fatality, a critically-injured victim and i y | Da this make you think a drunk driver. Antonitis, who claims he is “totally against texting and driving” did admit to enjoying the scenery around him while he drives and sometimes change a song on his iPhone. “A friend of mine got into an accident Lehman Township Police Officer Harold Caine responds to a mock motor vehicle accident staged for juniors and seniors at Lake-Lehman High School. Former Lake- Lehman students Ryan Evans portrays while texting and driving and I got scared,” Stine is the ‘victim.’ the drunk driver while senior Kendra Antonitis said as he watched a “victim” (Mike Penny) of the accident taken away in an ambulance and another “victim” (Garrett Hopfer) put into a body bag. “If this does something for one kid, it will be well worth it,” said Ronald Wenrich, with Back Mountain Fire & EMS. The mock accident was coordinated by David Hopfer, an industrial arts teacher at Lake-Lehman who is also a firefighter and emergency medical technical with Back Mountain Fire & EMS and advisor of the school’s ERT (Emergency Response Team) Club. Mary Ann Maxfield, advisor of Lake- Lehman's SADD (Students Against Drunk Driving) Club coordinated speakers for the day who warned students of the dangers of drinking and driving. The program, offered to juniors and seniors at the school every See ACCIDENT, Page 8C It’s official! Bracelets set a new world record Donald James, principal at Ross El- ementary School in Sweet Valley, re- ceived word this week that the school has officially broken the Guinness World Record for the world’s “Longest Chain of Bracelets.” For seven months, students at the ichool tied friendship bracelets, using Lolored embroidery string. When the bracelets were measured on May 1 on the school field, it was hoped the Ross Elementary bracelets would break the current Guinness re- cord of 810 feet set in 2011 by students at Owingsville Elementary School in Kentucky. The bracelets were counted and measured by professional land sur- veyors Jess Kronenwetter and Bill Bolton from Borton Lawson Engineer- ing Firm while Dotty Martin, editor of The Dallas Post, served as the of- ficial witness. They stretched out for 2,678.02 feet (812.262 meters). After 3 1/2 hours of counting each Brothers belt BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Mason Harmon, right, Madyson Redmond and Kenzlie Kuderka string beads on their souvenir ashwood necklaces after returing from a nature hike at Frances Slocum State Park. Getting up close with nature Wycallis kindergarten students enjoy field trip to Frances Slocum. By SUSAN DENNEY Dallas Post Correspondent The Wycallis kindergarten students of Susan Crahall and Victoria Flynn learned about nature firsthand when they spent their day at Frances Slocum State Park. Both morning and afternoon classes en- joyed a field trip with a guided hike by Kathy Kelchner, the park’s environmental education specialist. Kelchner gives herself another title. “I'm the park naturalist,” she said. She’s also a busy woman. “I do programs with 1200 to 1500 students a month.” She added, “I do between four and 15 nature camps a week and public programs on the weekends.” Crahall said that Kelchner does a great job with the tours of the park. The chil- dren did a camouflage activity while on their hike where they hid behind trees and bushes and Crahall said it was difficult to find them. When the teachers called their names, they popped out from their hiding places. Crahall said the children needed an in- troduction to the park. “Many kids come to the playground but don’t do the trails.” She also said the field trip goes along with the kindergarten curriculum. “We study a lot about animals and trees. The children were sent home with a seedling to plant for Earth Day.” Both Kelchner and Crahall said the af- See NATURE, Page 8 Shown here with their official Guinness Book of World Records certificate for the longest friendship bracelet are, from left, first row, Devyn Roote, Brianna Hodle, Summer Urganus, Hunter Burke. Second row, Donald James, principal; and Jill Vanderhook, art teacher. and every bracelet - all 7,507 of them - the Ross students cheered and waited. Now it’s official! Both the length and the number of bracelets have been determined to have broken the world record and the Ross Elementary School students are now world record holders. An official certificate from the Guin- ness Book of World Records arrived at the school Thursday. Students cele- brated by painting signs to hang in the school, indicating they are now world record holders. six home runs in a week Any Little League parent whose son or daughter has hit a home run knows the feeling of exhilaration that comes with that feat. When you have two sons on the same team and both of them hit a home run in the same game, as did Michael and Zach Luk- sic last Friday night, that exhilara- tion is doubled. How, though, can you possibly ex- plain the feeling when both of your sons, who play for the same team, each hit two home runs in the same game? Mike and Cathy Luksic were over the moon when that happened. Michael and Zach, who both play for the Back Mountain Rangers in the Back Mountain Little League, each belted two home runs in a game against the Giants on Tuesday of this week. Michael is 12 years old and Zach is 10 years old. And, to top off the par- ticipation of the Luksic family, the boys’ father is the coach for the Back Mountain Rangers. The Luksic family lives on Wood- bine Road in Shavertown. Zach and Michael Luksic each belt- ed a home run for the Back Moun- tain Little League team last Friday night. Then, they each cracked two home runs in Tuesday's game. | 09815120079%H9
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