Bp / Re a Ss Vol. 92 No. 1 ALL BY GLEN HOFFMAN The president of Haddonfield Hills Homeowners Association (HHHA) is heading the discussion of starting a neighborhood crime watch organization. The HHHA which includes Haddonfield and Shrine Acres neighborhoods comprises 65 member families. Bill Kalinowski has been president of the 20-year- old association for the last two Pars. “We are concerned about the increasing crime rate in our neigh- borhoods,”’ said Kalinowski. ‘We would start a neighborhood watch “Neither rain, not sleet, nor snow shall stay the mailman...” from making his rounds also ap- plies to little Erin Gilbert of Dallas, a Times-Leader newspaper carrier. Seven or eight inches of snow everywhere and there she was. To top it off, Erin wasn’t feeling well at all. Her mother was with her and she wasn’t well either. But there they were. At least the mailman gets sick pay. -0- Bitter cold has many effects. One If them, sometimes, is bringing out that separates man and nature and thus draw. closer to others. On the other hand, some hearts become as Five of a kind organization if we could gather enough participants.” A neighborhood watch organization is the systematic observation of a determined area by its trained neighbors. The participating neighbords, who would take scheduled shifts of watch, would be trained on how to look for any unusual activities, procedures for calling the police to properly informing them of the possible unfolding of crimes, and how to avoid creating opportunity for crime. Dallas Twp. Police Chief Carl Miers spoke at the last meeting of HHHA in November describing the best ways to avoid creating op- portunity for crime. “The landscaping nearest a home should be sparse which avoids giving coverage to a thief,” said Miers. ‘‘Homeowners should install timers to turn lights off and on when they may be gone for a long duration.” “Most importantly, when a neigh- borhood suspects that a crime may be in the process of being com- mitted, the neighbor should call the police and not take any other ac- tion,”’ said Miers. Kalinowski announced that HHHA may hold its next meeting in January. hard and cold as the ice that abounds. We know of an elderly lady who has been the customer of a fuel oil company (not in the Back Mountain and we don’t want to offend a potential advertiser by saying whom) for nearly twenty years. She is on some sort of a fuel budget plan and has always paid her bill. But when she last called for fuel there was some question as to the timeliness of the eurrent budget process and she was refused delivery. “Call CEO,” (the Com- mission of Economic Opportunity) she was told. “They will give you a hundred gallons.” =: “Why don’t you put in your paper that Police Chief Lionel Bulford’s wife had an accident?” Well, here it is. So what’s the big deal? -0- Speaking of Harveys Lake, it is rumored that police picked up a dog that had broken loose from its chain and had then locked the dog-in the police office while continuing their rounds. Upon their return it is said the office looked as though a hurricane struck. The dog’s owners weren’t too happy about the implied possibility of having to pay... 04 The bouncy checks at Coscia’s (not their’s! their customers!) certainly caused comment. The trouble was readers read the lem wrong--the checks being bounced were from customers but, as we said, they were firmed up even- tually. ‘Frozen’ for posterity are Frank Ciehoski, Kingston, and Bruce and Helen Lazar, Forty Fort. (Photo by Paul BY GLEN HOFFMAN When Chet Pollick, Jr. goes fishing he hardly needs mosquito repellant or sunscreen lotion. The veteran sportsman uses neither pole nor boat. His equipment consists of a tent, warm clothing, and a simple line that he drops through a six inch hole in the ice at Harveys Lake. : A Dallas resident Pollick Jr. has been an ice fisherman all of his life. “I enjoy winter fishing more than summer fishing because it is healthier for me breathing fresh clean air, and there are not a lot of noisy people on the ice in the middle of the lake,” said Chet. “When I go ice fishing I get a peaceful and relaxing feeling. ‘But it is exciting to think that I am standing right above a hundred feet or more of water,” he said. The ice fishing season at Harveys Lake usually begins in late December and ends in the latter days of March. During the season, thousands of fishermen will try their luck. “Ice fishing is great fun,” said Chet, “and not just because you catch fish. You see everything out there: people shooting off sky- rockets and firecrackers when they catch smelts, perch, and pickerel. “Last year a person from New York landed his helicopter in the middle of the lake just to ask us how the fishing was going,” continued Chet. “I also saw some motorcyclist pulling a boat around on the ice.” Chet, who is 37, pointed out that he and his friend Joe Shonis of Harveys Lake fished and slept on the ice all night, about 14 years ago. To keep warm they built a hut made of cardboard, plastic and news- paper. “During the most popular time of the season, in late January and February you’ll see about 150 tents and about 300 fisherman in one night. The fishermen make-up a little community ‘that we ‘call “Smelt City.” “I have ice fished in Beach Lake, Dutch Lake, and in many lakes 1n New York, but I think Harveys Lake is the best for ice fishing.” Chet Pollick Jr. ‘Different strokes...’ Reports of 18 to 20 below zero were not uncommon in some areas of the Back Mountain Sunday evening. Monday morning it was -3 at Franklin First Federal and across the street at WNB, it was -8. The difference is that the Franklin temperature is computed from Public Square, Wilkes-Barre. At United Penn Bank, Dallas, it was minus 1 at 8:30 Monday morning. (Paul Strasser Photo)
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