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BY JANE C, BOLGER
The Dallas School Board election-
with 12 candidates in the running
for an unprecedented six open
seals-is shaping up to be one of the
hottest local races this year,
The ‘incumbent candidates are
banker Ernest Ashbridge, 90 Mt,
Airy Road, Shavertdown, a 12-year
school board veteran; homemaker
Patricia Gregory, 170 Shady Lane,
Trucksville, who served 11 years,
left, and who has presently returned
after being appointed to fill Dr,
Mahmoud Fahmy’s post; Planned
Parenthood administrator Shawn
Murphy, 61 Lehman Ave. Dallas
who was appointed when Mrs,
Gregory gave up her elected post
and retired Al Pisaneschi, Sickler
Road, Wyoming, who was ap-
pointed to serve the term of the late
Bill Dierolf,
Newcomers to the race are:
William Clewell, retired, 197
Carverton Road, Trucksville, Reese
Finn, engineer, 94 Lehman Ave.
Dallas; Johnny George, self-,
employed at The Hoagie Bar, 26
Memorial Hwy ., Dallas; Donald R,
Jones, retired, R.D. ¢ }, Dallas: Dick
OO ai Midway
Manor, Shaver town; Harry Sickler,
retired, 105 Lehman Ave., Dallas;
John Thomas, retired, 169 West
Center Hill Road, Dallas; LaRoy
Ziegler, retired, Carverton Road,
Carverton,
Another prospective candidate,
Donald Anthony, withdrew from the
race after filing, Directors Harry
Lefko and Russell Havey, who will
be leaving office in January, also
chose not to run in this election
The six open seats on the school
hoard are the result of a new state.
mandated system of four-year
terms. Ideally three directors
would run every two years, leaving
three senior and three junior
members on the board to assist
inexperienced newcomers, This is
the ideal, itis not, however, what is
happening in Dallas. Only three
board membersWilliam Camp, Joe
O'Donnell and Tex Wilson, all of
who were elected two years ago-will
remain on the board,
It is possible, but not probable,
that six totally inexperienced
people could be elected to the hoard
this year. In an effort to catch up
with the system and eliminate this
possibility in the future, five of the
candidates will be elected for four
Congratulations Bradley Bullock!
After one year of fighting the ups
and downs connected with coming
back from a heart transplant, you
finally know you're on the way.
Bradley celebrates his one year
anniversary on Anril 15. The, 20
to. recuperate at home with his
mother, Barbara Schall and is
doing better every day.
Bradley is one of 40 percent of
heart transplant patients who have
made it past the six-month mark.
And, with every day that passes, he
is one more step further along the
route to complete recovery.
Perhaps due to his young age and
healthy body, Bradley originally
managed to come back from the
surgery with amazing speed. Last
August, he was out of Columbia-
Presbyterian Hospital in New York
and walking five miles a day. Then
disaster in the form of a lung fungus
struck, caused by the breakdown of
his defense mechanisms. The
A large crowd is expected to
attend “ Come Share More of the
Good Life at Homemakers School
1983.” The free program is
scheduled to begin at7 p.m.on April
21 in Merrick Hall at College
Misericordia with doors opening at
5:30 p.m.
Pam Johnson, well-known
Homemakers School Home
Economist, will be on-stage for the
two and one half hour program. She
plans to show a wide variety of
recipes including breads, salads,
desserts and main dishes.
Pam, is one of eight home
economists who presents, these
programs in over 300 cities across
48 states. It is the largest
homemaker-oriented promotion in
North America.
Appliances for use on-stage will
be provided by Katyl’'s. Displays
from area merchants will also be
featured.
Local participating sponsors
include: Dallas Hardware, Dallas
epsi Cola Bottling, Com-
fungus caused further anguish since
Brad needed two more operations
during the fall, On his 20th birthday,
Dec. 5, he was lying in a lung
respirator,
However, not one to be kept down,
the Dallag Area graduate was back
at home for Christmas Eve, And ex
cept for semi-monthly visits to the
New York hospital where he was
the first heart transplant patient
under a new program, he has
remained at home with his family.
Bradley’s story is nota new one to
the people of the Back Mountain,
We have followed his progress from
thestart when, in February, 1982 he
was told he could live only with the
aid of a new heart. From that point
until this, his one-year anniversary,
the community has remained
caring and concerned. However,
Barbara Schall said the experience
has given her an entirely different
outlook on the idea of donating
organs
“When things settle down here, I
monwealth Telephone, Offerman
and Co., Inc., Hoof ‘n Paw Country
and Western Store, First Eastern
Bank, Carvel Ice Cream, Coca
Cola, Northeastern com.
munications, Burger King,
McDonald's, Back Mountain
Lumber and Coal, Dallas Exxon,
Middleswarth Potato Chips, Busy
Hands Stitchery, Highway
Liquidation, Video Palace Arcade,
Baron’s Seafood, Jamie's Ice
Cream, Music Box Theatre, Mary
Taylor's Hair and Skin Care
Products, and Parker Fuel.
All who attend will register for
prizes provided by local merchants.
Jags of groceries and other prizes
will be awarded, as well as the food
prepared during the demonstration,
Individual gift bags will be
distributed at the door to all at-
tending. These bags include
samples, coupons and the “Come
Share More of the Good Life at
Homemakers School 1983 cookbook.
Each person will be able to follow
the recipes as demonstrated in their
own copy of the cookbook.
Jim Gruver, president, of the
Back Mountain Police Association
has clarified that his organization is
in NO way connected with the
Wyoming Valley Lodge 36 of
Fraternal Order of Police which is
presently soliciting funds
throughout the area. Gruver said
solicitors are representing them-
selves as the Dallas Branch of the
FOP. He noted, there are no local
police personnel who are members
of t
police organization inthearea is the
Back Mountain Police Association
which is not soliciting funds at this
time.
Gruver said local police depart-
ments have been receiving calls
from residents who have been
approached by the FOP Lodge. In
order to clear up any miscon-
ceptions, he wants it known that the
Back Mountain Police Association
is not a part of the present drive.
am considering contacting the
Delaware Valley Organ Retrieval
Organization in Philadelphia,” she
explained.
That is the group that carries out
organ searches in the Eastern
Pepnsvivania and Southern New
Jersey areas. The group worked
Jong and hard to find a suitable
heart for Bradley last year
Barbara was impressed and
grateful enough for the miracle to
look further into the program which
gave her son his life. “You can
donate any part of Your body. It's
your choice,” she explained
Jesides hearts, there is a need for
kidneys, bone marrow, eyes, the list
just goes on and on.”
Some organs can be removed and
transported separately, but others
(such as lungs) can only be trans
planted with removal at the site of
the operation. A heart can travel up
to four hours by airplane
A number of things can be done to
make the living aware of a wish to
donate your organs for transplant
ing orresearch, Insome states, that
information can be included on your
drivers’ license. Also, donor cards
are available to be carried in a
wallet
However, such actions mean
nothing if living family members
are unaware of a person's desire to
donate hig or her organs. Exterior
trappings hedgpme meaningless if
the family is Unwilling to go along
with the idea.
For this reason, Barbara strongly
recommends discussing the idea
with family members well in ad
vance of something happening
“If the next of kin are aware of
your wighes, they can see to it that
they are carried out. The hospital
has absolutely no authority to take
organs from a body unless
authorized by the next of kin
While Barbara intends to become
more involved in the process of
educating the public to the need and
benefit of donating organs, she is
particularly concerned that people
don’t put off thinking about the
subject, “If you don’t make a
decision now and ensure that it will
be carried out, it may end up being
too late, I’ve seen how a person can
receive new life because of this, 1
know it can make a difference,”
Photo)
Dallas Fire Company members
are thrilled with the arrival of their
rebuilt 1953 Class A Pumper, which
one fireman described as ‘‘solid as
a tank.”
After having a new diesel moter
installed as well as new brakes, the
pumper i8 now classed for in-
surance purposes as a 1983 model.
The rebuilding of the fire engine
was done by the American
LaFrance Company in Dunmore at
a cost of $45,000. It is now housed
with the other three well equipped
fire engines at the Dallas Fire and
Ambuldnce quarters on Main
Street,
years and one for two years,
Two of the candidates-LaRoy
Ziegler and Dick Morgan-are
running for the two-year term,
Another candidate, Johnny George,
is running for both a two and a four:
year term,
The question hasbeen raised as to
what will happen if George should
win both seats. Obviously he could
fill only one, as presumably there
would still be another appointment
made to fill the other post.
Not surprisingly (in view of the
record number of candidates), the
main interest so far has heen
numerical in picking for ballot
positions, On the Republican side
for the four year seats the positions
are 1, Sickler; 2, Thomas; 3,
Gregory; 4, Pisaneschi; 5, Ernest
Ashbridge; 6, Clewell; 7, Jones; 8,
George; 9, Finn and 10, Murphy
On the Democratic ticket--which
omits Reese Finn, the only can
didate who didn’t cross file--Sickler
once againhas the number one spot,
followed by Gregory, Clewell, Ash
bridge, Murphy, Pisaneschi,
George, Jones and Thomas,
For the two-year term, George
tickets, Ziegler is
IT’S ALMOST THAT TIME
the Republican ballot and third on
the Democratic, Morgan is second
on the Democratic ticket and third
on the Republican,
Presumably the list of candidates
will be narrowed down during the
May 17 primaries when six
Republicans and six Democratic
candidates will be chosen by the
voters, Any candidates winning on
hoth tickets would practically be
assured of winning in the general
election when votes from both sides
will be added together,
On the other hand, a candidate
winning on only one ticket would
have a slimmer chance, This would
be particularly true if the candidate
was only on the Democratic ballot
which one political observer noted
wag “the kiss of death in this hard-
rock Back Mountain Republican
territory.’
Thus a lot of heavy campaigning
for the school board seats 1 ex-
pected prior to the spring
primaries. Unfortunately there is
no public “meet the candidate”
nightscheduled, as in past years, So
it will be up to each individual voter
to determine both the issues and the
best candidates in this confusing
election
College Misericordia,
Penn State, Kingston Twp. and
tion information for the 1983
The annual Lake-Lehman Band
awards night will be held in the high
school auditorium tonight at 7:30
p.m
Director John Miliauskas will
present appreciation awards to all
band students who have achieved
individual honors by being selected
to All-Eastern, Pennsylvania All-
State, regional and district bands as
well as district orchestra
Those selected are Ed Havrilla
son of Mr. and Mrs, Edward
Havrilla of Chase for All-Eastern,
Pennsylvania All-State” regional
and district bands as well as district
orchestra and Virginia Yatsko,
daughter of Mr, and Mrs. George
Yatsko of Lehman was selected for
regional and district bands and
district orchestra
Also Bonnie Perrego, daughter of
Mr, and Mrs. Albert Perrego of
Lehman, and Tom Davis, son of Mr
and Mrs, John B.N. Davis of
Harveys Lake were selected for
district band and Orchestra,
Selected to district and regional
bands were: Michele and Daniele
Hargraves, daughters of Mr. and
Mrs. George Hargraves of Hunt-
sville; Stacey Cragle, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cragle of
Shickshinny; Bob Sando, son of Mr
and Mrs. Larry Sando of Hunlocks
Creek, Keith Austin, son of Mr, and
Mrs, Kenneth Austin of Sweet
Valley; and Billi-jo Sorber,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Sorber of Harveys Lake,
Marijean Konopke, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Konopke of
Noxen, and Michael Annetta, son of
Mr, and Mrs, Michael Annetia of
Oak Hill were selected to District
jand
The Lake-Lehman stage band,
under the direction of John
Miliauskas, will provide en-
tertainment for the evening.
Members of the stage band are:
Len Robey, John Preston, Mike
Havrilla, John Stepanik, Joe
Shonis, Terry Knorr, Keith Austin,
rent Bernstein, Mark Williams,
Jerry Yankowski, bob Sando, Ed
Havrilla, Stacey Cragle, Carol
Thomas, Joan Drobnicki, Janet
McCarroll, Eiken Raitter, Janet
Yatsko, Virginia Yatsko, Bob
Belcher, and Doug Ide.