Vol. 124 No. 37 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 November 17 - 23, 2013 The DALLAS POST . o BARRE, PA. WWW.MYDALLASPOST.COM AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER SUSAN BETTINGER Dallas Post Correspondent The 24th Annual Homespun Holidays Craft Show took place at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus in Lehman Township en’ Sunday, Nov. 3. The show is part of the Arts at Hayfield, which supports fine arts, crafts and cultural performances in the Back Mountain and Wyoming Valley Area and featured dozens of vendors who brought holiday wreaths, clothing, food items, orna- ments, paintings, candy, fewelry, pottery and other d-made crafts. Michelle Yaple , of Harveys Lake, enjoyed her first year as a vendor at the display. Yaple found out about Homespun Holiday through her employment with Penn State. A mer chant on Etsy.com, Yaple brought an array of cross- stitched pillows and orna- ments with her. All of the proceeds from her sales were to going to the Thon Pin fundraiser, which raises me PETE G. WILCOX/THE TIMES LEADER Devon Nelson, 7, of Dallas watches woodcarver Richard Beck of Chisels & Forge in Benton use a hammer and chisel to create a bowl from a burl while Beck's wife Maureen Beck, a blacksmith in the trade, looks on during the Homespun Holiday Craft Show at the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in Lehman Township. money for pediatric cancer. Yaple plans to return to the Arts at Hayfield exhibits next year. Jennie Veloski and Jean Kaprel brought their hand- made quilts aprons, hats, purses and under the tree Christmas runners to the show on behalf of Project DJ (donating joy). The project’s volunteer group has donat- ed over 5,000 handcrafted quilts within the past 10 years to various hospitals, Rhythmic conversations Dallas woman participates with Everything “Natural Drummers ELIZABET H BAUMEISTER Ibaumeister@theabingtonjournal. com Beneath Everything Natural at 426 S. State St. in Clarks Summit is a secret buried treasure. But not the kind that may first come to mind. This is a treasure of musi- cal rhythm, conversation and community. It is also perhaps one of the Abington area’s best-kept secrets: a drum circle group called The Everything Natural rummers, which meets in e basement of the natu- “ral foods shop about every other week (generally the second and fourth Fridays of the month) from 1 to 4 p.m. “A lot of times people will hear us and wander down, and are like, ‘Wow’,” said one of the drummers, Dave Krewson, of Clarks Summit. Clockwise, from right, Keith White, of Factoryville; Ed Crawley, of Clarks Summit; Dave Krewson, of Elizabeth Baumeister | The Abington Journal Clarks Summit and Sandy Newell, of Dallas participate in a drum circle at Everything Natural in Clarks Summit. “It’s infectious. And we have fun.” The group also occasion- ally holds drum circles at different locations, such as local parks and during vari- ous community events. It will be featured during this month’s Open Mic Night at 8:15 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 22 at the Dietrich Theater in downtown Tunkhannock. The drum circles vary in size from week to week, according to Krewson, but it has been known to surpass 20 drummers at one time. The event starts off with See DRUMMERS | 3 Sandy Newell, of Dallas, participates in a drum circle at Everything Natural in Clarks Summit. Ed Crawley, of Clarks Summit, participates in a drum circle at Everything Natural. particularly the Hershey Children’s Hospital, as a way of giving comfort to seriously ill or traumatized children. The volunteers meet every Monday morning at the Trucksville United Methodist Church and accept monetary donations as well as supplies. Veloski explained that the group makes no money from the sales of its items and mem- bers use some of their own money at times. Veloski also stated this was the third year the group has partici- pated in the show, and fur- ther stated of the work that the group does is to “help people out.” Mary Button, who start ed her Hallstead, PA com- pany “Endless Mountain Mustard Company” in 1996, brought a variety of her homemade mustard to the event. Button brought samples such as Goldn Tangy, Horseradish, Garlic, Dill, Garlic Jalapeno, Lemon Pepper and Whole Grain as samples of her products. She explained the the mus- tard comes from family reci- pes and her husband, Norm, helps with the preparation process. Bernadine Vojtko and her mother Bernadine Borinski are regular participants at the show. Vojtko’s Wyoming home-based business “Flower Finery” featured new items such as miniature Christmas trees and hand- made trellises, among other hand-crafted décor items. Vojtko explained that she wanted to create additional new items, but has been experiencing a very hec- tic schedule at Wyoming Seminary, where she was choreographing the school’s production of “How to Succeed in Business with- out Really Trying” in prepa- ration for its Nov. 810th performances. Vojtko and Borinski are both members of the Arts at Hayfield organization. Vojtko commented that she enjoys participating in the craft shows as all pro- ceeds benefit a “worthy cause to continue arts in the area.” The Arts at Hayfield "Homespun Holiday enjoys 24th year has benefitted artistic estab- lishments such as the Kirby Center, The Little Theater of Wilkes Barre and vari- ous local library programs. Borinski added that she always enjoys the events as well and is looking forward to returning next year with her daughter. Arlene Roerig, of Dallas, brought hand-crafted worly gigs and homemade dog biscuits for her seventh appearance with the Arts at Hayfield display. She has been in the worly gig business for over 10 years. Roerig spoke about the homemade dog biscuits, which contain no dyes, preservatives or added salt, explaining at the sum- mer event she brought 80 bags of biscuits with her, and by noon, they were all gone. She brought 45 bags for the Homespun Holiday event and had only four bags left by noon. Troy, PA artist Bonnie Bell-Hilfiger has attended the event from the first year See 24TH | 3 THERE HE IS! 74 BILL TARUTIS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Six-year-old Carter Brunn, center, of Dallas, reacts with other children to the arrival of Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins mascot Tux at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Tux and several members of the Penguins hockey team visited the library for a family reading event. For more photos, please turn to page 5. A blaze of glory Dallas High School cross country champions welcomed home Special to The Dallas Post Fire trucks are an antici- pated response when disas- ter strikes, but they played an entirely different role on Saturday, Nov. 2 when they provided a special escort for the Dallas High School girls cross country team. The girls, who took state championship gold at the Hershey Parkview Course earlier in the day, found themselves escort- ed from the Cross Valley Expressway to Dallas High School, complete with lights and sirens. The team beat its second place opponents by a score of 99-128, securing the championship title. Senior Dominic Deluca also secured his own gold medal as he came across the finish line first over- all with a time of 16:21 — well ahead of his friend Pictured atop the Franklin Twp. Fire Truck are the Dallas High School girls cross country state champions and their coach. They are Olivia Birdsall, Megan Ostrum, Ally Amos, Bryanna Dissinger, Coach Matt Samuel, Regan Rome, Katie Gross, Ally Rome, Riley Oremus and Lindsey Oremus. and Lake Lehman runner, Dominic Hockenbury, who finished second at 16:36. The girls team - Regan Rome (2nd, 19:10), Lindsey Oremus (7th, 19:41), Bryanna Dissinger (8th, 19:47), Ally Rome (9th, 19:47), Riley Oremus (74th, 21:50), Ally Amos (114th, 23:01), Katie Gross (117,23:14) and Megan Ostrum (alternate) - waited nervously after the race, exploding into a laughing, crying, scream- ing, jumping frenzy upon hearing the news. Thanks to showers and See BLAZE [2 | 2 Dallas High School Cross Country. state champion Dominic Deluca with Coach Matt Samuel arrive home atop a firetruck. | 9815%20079% 9
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