AR i a y Vol. 107 No. 1 Dallas, Pennsylvania Dallas, PA Jan. 3thru 9, 1996 As 1996 looms, we offer this review of what was news in The Dallas Post in the past year. It's always surprising to see how much @ has happened in the previous 12 “months, and this list contains only a few items from each week. We've tried to include a little bit of everything, from as many parts of our diverse area as possible. Jan. 4: The new Dallas High School swimming team was pre- paring for its first meet. The squad drew 27 students for practices in the pool at College Misericordia. *The little red store” better known as Moore's closed after 85 years of continuous operation. Bob Moore was preparing to sell the store, at the corner of Lower Demunds and Ryman roads. Jan. 11: A fire at a Ferguson Ave. home injured Betty Bachman and herdog. Fire fighters thought the cause was a dropped ciga- rette. Forrest Hablett, 76 years old, pled guilty to drug charges and was scheduled to report to prison Jan. 23. Bing Wolfe's series on towns with the name Dallas, explained " how the town got its name. Many people think our Dallas was named for George M. Dallas, who was vice president in 1845-49. While that's true of Dallas, Texas, our Dallas was named for George M.'s father, Alexander, in 1817. Jan. 18: The J.R. Davis Fire Company in Idetown was heart- ened by response to its financial plight. New volunteers and do- nors responded at a community meeting. Lake-Lehman topped Dallas on the wrestling mat, 52-9, winning 11 of 13 matches. George Isaacs announced that he would build a new shopping/ office center on the land formerly occupied by his car dealership. He promised “something of qual- ity,” not another strip mall. Jan. 25: Paul Eckert and Shan- non Cleary were reported safe from a large earthquake that struck Osaka and Kobe, Japan. Local police chiefs said they This was the vear that was were seeing less crime overall, but more weapons offenses and as- saults. Cub Scout Pack 281 held its annual “Pinewood Derby.” Top racers wereJonathan Mutche, Joe Bednash, Eric Goeringer and Jonathan Mancke. Harveys Lake councilman Dave Abod threatened to sue the bor- ough council if it didn't take ac- tion to have a fence that sepa- rated his and a neighbor's prop- erty removed. Feb. 1: Afterraisingrates twice, General Waterworks asked the Public Utilities Commission for permission to lower them for some See REVIEW, pg 8 Jie sy A CELEBRATING LIFE, ART AND BUSINESS POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Joe and Sue Hand held a weeklong celebration ending Jan. 3 at their shop, Sue Hand's Imagery, in Dallas. There was much to celebrate, including the shop's 20 years in business and Sue's 40 years of painting, during which hundreds of area adults and children have learned to wield a brush under Sue's tutelage and hundreds more have seen their art beautified by Joe's framing. The event included retrospectives of their work and demonstrations by both. In left photo, the Hands at the door of their shop. Right photo, a Sue Hand self portrait, painted in 1994. Additional photos on page 9. By JACK HILSHER Post Correspondent A Back Mountain resident in her 13th year with an employer does not consider this unlucky. For that employer - Allied Serv- ices - recently sent that employee .= Alice Solinsky of Kingston Town- ® ship - on a trip to Poland which she terms, “One of the most ‘memorable experiences in my life.” Alice Solinsky, not given to exaggeration, is an attractive blonde whose Back Mountain credentials are impeccable, for she grew up at Harveys Lake, has lived in both Trucksville and Shavertown and now has a home on 8th street. (Children Alice, John, Diane and Peter are grown HS and gone but she has a few free- loaders: cats Jasper and Bozo, and a rather unusual dog named Cinders, who loves Jasper and tries to protect her, but hates Bozo and growls at him often.) Solinsky, a former nurse, is Director of Quality Assurance at Allied’s Rehabilitation Hospital in Scranton. She explains the title with a grin, saying “Quality Con- & trol” is old hat. “Now they say you can't control it, you must assure it, actually insist on it, and that's not easy, human nature being [| 4 { 4 Trip to Poland was an eye-opener for Solinsky “They are wonderful people, but they need equipment.” Alice Solinsky Allied manager, about hospitals in Poland what it is.” Her Allied facility has over 100 beds, filled with mostly older pa- tients recovering from strokes, spinal injuries, joint replace- ments, etc. “All being taught todo things all over again, tobécome as independent as possible,” says Solinsky. She adds, “Most folks don't realize the full extent of Al- lied services. I know I didn't be- fore I came with them. They are huge.” Besides her rehab facility in Scranton, perhaps the best known Allied unit is the John Heinz Insti- tute of Rehabilitation Medicine in Wilkes-Barre Township. There is also a Skilled Nursing Center, a Home Care Division, Housing Division, and three other entities in both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties, Mental Health Services, Mental Retardation Services and Occupational Medicine. Heinz has See SOLINSKY, pg 12 Allied Services department heads visiting Warsaw were, from left, Rose Manbachi, Evelyn Shedlock, Maria Halberg, Anna, a guide, and Alice Solinsky of Kingston Township. Sept. 20: Wyoming Seminary students met Apollo 13 astronaut James Lovell. From left, seated: Andrew Volpetti, Capt. Lovell, Chad Flack. Standing: Dan Davis, Dan Volpetti, Paul Santarelli, Andrew Feinstein. Court may have to pick board member By ANN POEPPERLING Post Correspondent The Lake-Lehman school board may be down one member, but they're not out yet. Pat Gold's resignation at the last meeting leaves the board with only eight members...and areplacement may not come easily. After two votes at its Dec. 12 meeting, the board was unable to reach a decision regarding Gold's replacement. The remaining four taxpayer association members Allen Moss, Rosemary Howard, Lois Kopcha and Edwin Kern supported Gold's nominee, Mod- erno Rossi. Board members Karen Whipple, Dave Kaufman, Gary Miller and Thomas Williams supported Whipple's nomination of Samuel Rhodes. “Iwas hoping one of them would step out and vote for Mrs. Gold's recommendation,” said board president Kern, “just like when Red Jones resigned - his recom- mendation was voted in.” While Kern admits that both Rossi and Rhodes are good candi- dates - both have at least one child in the district and are in- See SCHOOL BOARD, pg 12 Program aims to help By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE - The Har- veys Lake Fire and Ambulance Company has acquired a W.H.A.L.E., but you won't find it swimming in the lake. W.H.A.L.E. stands for “We have a little emergency” and is a pro- gram which distributes identifi- cation stickers to families with children who ride in car safety seats. The stickers, which affix to the back or bottom of the safety seat, contain the child's name, date of birth, parents’ names, emergency telephone numbers and impor- tant medical information. Addi- tional stickers containing red check marks are stuck to the sides of the safety seat and the window of the car nearest the seat for emergency personnel to see eas- ily. “So often we see a pron and children in accidents child in an accident together,” said chief Frank Lutinski. “If the parent is unconscious or can't speak, we don't know who the child is or whom to contact for permission to treat the little one. Hospitals can't treat children without permission from a parent or responsible adult unless it's a life-threatening condition - the child may have medical problems.” Harveys Lake fire fighters and ambulance personnel have mailed several thousand W.H.A.L.E. stickers and pamphlets to resi- dents of Harveys Lake and Lake Township, free of charge. Other area fire and ambulance companies which are members of the Back Mountain Firemen’s Association plan to order stickers and pamphlets, which should be available to residents in early spring. See CHILDREN, pg. 12 Hl Anxious wait Shelly Evans’ family is waiting for the report on a large tumor that was removed Dec. 22. Pg 3. BW 1-and-1 pallas won the consolation game, and Lehman lost the title match in basketball. 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