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Back Mountain opens Kiss the Pig Contest
The 2008 Kiss the Pig Contest to determine who will kiss ‘Rocco Rooter,’ a potbelly pig, is under way in the Back Mountain. Ballots are available at a number of Back Mountain businesses through Sept. 12. The winning ‘kisser’ will be announced by District Judge James Tupper during the 6th annual Dallas Harvest Festival on Sept. 14. The winning charity will be awarded 50 percent of the money collected. This year’s sponsor is Frontier Communications.
The 2008 Kiss the Pig contestants and their charities, from left, are Dallas High School principal Jeffrey Shaffer, Dallas High School Mini-thon; Misericordia University president Michael MacDowell, Back Mountain Memorial Library; Dallas Middle School principal Thomas Duffy, Back Mountain Food Pantry; Lake-Lehman Junior-Senior High School principal Tracey Hallowich, Community Cares for Kids; and Penn State Wilkes-Barre’s chancellor Charles Davis, Back Mountain Recreation.
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