The Post-Journal, Sunday, April 23, 2006

Vol. 179, No. 306

Section B, Page 1

Jackson Center Still Has Law Day Classes Available

FAST FACTS

The Robert H. Jackson will host a Law Day mock trial at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 4, at the Jackson Center.

Teachers can make reservations by calling 716-483-6646.

Local attorneys will also visit classes in schools throughout the county to discuss law-related topics with children.

By The Post-Journal Staff

The Robert H. Jackson Center Law Day performance featuring local middle school students in a mock-trial play still has room for classes to attend at no charge.

The play is appropriate for children in fifth through seventh grades. The event is set for 10 a.m. Thursday, May 4, in the Carl Cappa Auditorium of the Jackson Center. Reservations by teachers may be made to the Jackson Center by contacting Carol Drake or Becky Robbins at 716-483-6646.

According to Robert Terreberry, retired teacher and Jackson Center Education Committee volunteer who is directing the play, the theme of Law Day is The American Jury: We the People in Action. The event will be an interactive jury experience. Audience members and some planted actors will join the student actors in the play.

Former state Supreme Court Justice Joseph Gerace is cochairing the event with Terreberry. Co-sponsors of the event are the law firms of Bly, Sheffield, Bargar & Pillitieri; and Fessenden Laumer and DeAngelo. The Stanley A. Weeks/Robert H. Jackson Fund and the John Sember/Robert H. Jackson Center Law Day Fund of the Chautauqua Region Community Foundation also gave financial assistance for the program.

Terrebery said the originator of Law Day at the Jackson Center was Sember, a retired middle school social studies teacher who took great interest and pride in the center’s offerings for students.

‘‘John involved many people in our 2004 and 2005 Law Day presentations and encouraged Judge Gerace and me, among others, in our efforts to educate students through theatre. The late Linda Taylor worked extremely hard with Mr. Sember and in presenting plays with students for students for Law Day at the Jackson Center,’’ Terreberry said.

The Jamestown Bar Association adds to Law Day by providing local attorneys in classrooms to discuss law-related topics with children. Teachers who want to have an attorney appear in their classroom should call Kenneth Lasker, attorney, at 716-488-3090.

For more information, call the Jackson Center at 716-483-6646.

The Post-Journal, Thursday, May 4, 2006

Vol, 179, No. 317

Section C, Page 1

Jackson Center To Host Law Day Events

By The Post-Journal Staff

A capacity crowd is expected for Law Day activities at 10 a.m. today in the Robert H. Jackson Center’s Carl Cappa Auditorium.

   Local middle school students will participate in a mock trial play, acting before an audience of third- through eighth-graders. Pupil actors include Kellen Fiore, Ryan Salemme, Patrick Salemme, Chad Muscarella, Courtney Abbott, Lynnsey Olson, Haley Kulakowski, Maria Sena and Bradley Anderson.

   Robert Terreberry, Jackson Center Education Committee volunteer who is directing the play, credits the Hon. Judge Joseph Gerace and local attorney Kenneth Lasker with coaching the children in the play about the American jury system. Sponsors include the law firms of Bly, Sheffield, Bargar & Pillitieri; and Fessenden Laumer and DeAngelo.

Two Chautauqua Region Community Foundation funds, including the Stanley A. Weeks/Robert H. Jackson Fund and the John Sember/Robert H. Jackson Center Law Day Fund, are also being used to pay for the play. John Sember, a retired middle school teacher and originator of Law Day events for children at

the Jackson Center, died about a year ago, and friends contributed to create the fund in his name to assist with future Law Day programs.

‘‘We remember so well the work of John and the late Linda Taylor, both of whom engaged Bob Terreberry in Law Day planning,’’ said Greg Peterson, Jackson Center president. ‘‘We owe huge thanks to Bob Terreberry for picking up the ball this year and last year in creating a quality Law Day educational event for our area children. The Jackson Center also thanks the Hon. Joseph Gerace and attorney Ken Lasker for helping Bob in this effort. The sponsors assisting with the day’s event are invaluable as well.’’

The Jamestown Bar Association also will provide local attorneys to appear in classrooms in May to discuss law-related topics as part of its educational work. Teachers who want to have an attorney appear in their classrooms should call Lasker at 488-3090.