Vol. 122 No. 19
THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889
July 14 - 18, 2013
The
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Called “the jewel of the Back
Mountain community” in a recent | :
marketing survey, the Jewish _ § a pry
Community Center Day Camp is now |
open for all to enjoy.
Having operated for 75 years as a
day camp for area children, the camp
on Route 415 in Dallas is open to the
public late afternoons, early evenings
and weekends.
“It was suggested that we get
more usage out of the camp,” Rick
Evans, camp director and director
yf community development for the
@ Center Alliance of Northeast
Pennsylvania, said of the market-
ing study conducted by Wilkes
University.
The Jewish Center Alliance
was formed with the merger of
Jewish Family Services, the Jewish
Community Center and the Jewish
Federation, which is the fundraising
arm of the new group. Dallas.
The camp will continue to be
known as the JCC Camp, “because
that’s the brand,” Evans said.
And the camp has plenty to offer.
There are three swimming pools,
who recently remodeled and opened
the Beaumont Inn in the Back
Mountain, was a big proponent of
heating the gym which also sports a
three tennis courts, a baseball/soccer
field, an archery area, a covered hock-
ey rink and a heated gymnasium.
Camp chairperson Rob Friedman,
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Camp counselor George Simms explains how to play the ball game Gaga to one of the youngest campers at the JCC summer and day camp in
rock climbing wall.
The Rosenberg Gym, named for
Sam and Claire Rosenberg, will be
available to area teams for practice
"JCC day camp is now for everyone
Back Mountain camp facilities are open to public
during the colder months of the year.
“I've heard from several high school
teams that there are not enough fields
to practice on when the weather
changes,” Evans said. “That’s where
our gym will come in handy.”
Evans said the camp receives fund-
ing from the Rosenberg Foundation,
as well as from United Way of
Wyoming Valley and the Luzerne
Foundation.
The camp also offers a program
for autistic children and currently
has 38 campers in a program coor-
dinated by Wendy Patton and Joan
Kleinman. It receives support from
the Luzerne County Mental Health/
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From ‘Hell’ to Huntsville
Chef Michael Langdon selects fellow ‘Kitchen’
competitor Anthony Rodriguez as sous chef
Since returning home [
from “Hell's Kitchen,”
Huntsville Golf Club
Executive Chef Michael
Langdon, 34, of Hanover
Township, has worked to
bring several chefs fea-
tured in Season 11 to res-
taurants in Northeastern
Pennsylvania.
Beginning this week,
one fellow contestant
begins a more permanent
trip.
Langdon, a Plains
Township native and
Hanover Township
resident, has selected
Anthony Rodriguez to be
CLARK VAN ORDEN | THE TIMES LEADER
the new sous chef at the Executive Chef Michael Langdon prepares an Asian steak tartare,
Private Shp n Dallas bli one of the new appetizers on the summer menu at the Huntsville
WO Ie as con'esianis on. nolf Club in Dallas,
the Fox culinary competi-
tion show hosted by mer-
hirial Michelin-rated chef
1d television personality
Gordon Ramsay. The cur-
rent season, which airs
at 8 p.m. Thursdays, was
filmed in August, and the
contestants are sworn to
secrecy about the final
results.
“Fox makes it pretty
easy to keep your mouth
shut,” Langdon said with
a smile.
Cool under fire
Langdon said the posi-
tion became available
last month when for-
mer sous chef Joseph
Markovich accepted a
position as executive chef
at the Country Club of
Scranton. Rodriguez was
an ideal choice after he
survived Ramsay’s tem-
per with ease, Langdon
said.
“He was always calm,
always kept his head
about him. It’s kind of
hard to have a gung-ho
attitude when Ramsay’s
screaming in your face,”
Langdon said. “That’s
somebody I would want
by my side — somebody
that’s not going to crack,
somebody that’s not
going to throw a tantrum
when things get hard.”
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Lots of bidding time left
There’s still time to get out and bid on items at the 67th Annual Back Mountain Memorial Library
® Bo
“ak
Keeping cool
FOES
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Charlotte Bartizek/ For The Dallas Post
Auction. The auction continues from 5 p.m. to midnight tonight on the library grounds, Huntsville
Road, Dallas. An original painting of the auction grounds done by Back Mountain artist Sue Hand will
be auctioned off toward the end of the night. Here, Diane Johnson and Maryann Bandell fit their chairs
in for a better look at the goods to be offered.
Back Mountain residents find plenty of ways to keep cool during the dog days of summer,
Here, Aidan Chapple and Ally Young play in the wading pool and fountain at Newberry Estates,
Dallas. For more photos, please turn to page 3.
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