~ Week
~in review
Workers strike
Twenty-two unionized em-
ployees of the Banks Equipment
Co. in Jackson Township went on
strike Feb. 8 in a contract dispute.
Members of the United
Steelworkers of America Local
14458 picketed in front of the
American Asphlat Paving Co.
plant on Chase Road.
Union members, whose three-
year contract expred at midnight
Feb. 8, are seeking a wage in-
crease and improvements in the
company’s medical plan.
This is the first strike in 10 of 12
years al the plant. Union workers
plan to maintain two-man pickets
al the Chase Road plant for eight
hours each day.
Ewing injured
Robert Ewing of Briarcrest
If at first your eyes play a trick
on you and you can’t figure out
what this is, take a second look.
What may appear to be an optical
illusion at first is really nothing
other than a snow fence in Noxen.
(Photo by Glenn S. Bodish)
'- Drive, Lehman Township, was
' injured Jan. 31 by a hit and run
driver as he crossed Route 415.
Ewing, who was taken to Wilkes-
AFSCME Local 2562, affiliated
with the Child Development
Council and United Rehabilitation
Services, recently chose new of-
ficers for a two year period. The
local which meets on the first
Thursday of every month at the
‘Silver Queen Hotel
Barre, chose the above members
to represent them. From left,
seated, Lou Ann Pollins, Parsons,
Executive Board, Lynn Muchler,
Edwardsville, President, Ann
Marie Weidner, W-B Township,
Vice President. Standing, Ann
Bratosz, Shickshinny, Executive
Board, Cynthia Gernhart, Wilkes-
Barre, Recording Secretary,
Glenn Jones, “Wilkes-Barre,
Treasurer, Andrea Petrasek,
Kingston, Trustee, Christina
Dzurisin, W-B Township, Trustee
and Edward Harry, Plymouth,
Business Agent for the loc
id The Luzerne County Con-
py’ ! vation District is now spon-
“= soring their Annual Seedling Sale.
According to Ruth Ann Balla,
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| Manager of the Conservation
! , District, the project is held to give
landowners a chance to purchase
| seedlings at a reasonable cost.
| Seedlings are primarily three
years old and range in size from
| six to 24 inches. There are no
restrictions as to the number of
trees purchased or where they are
planted. :
For 1984, seedling varieties
include four evergreens and one
hardwood. Colorado Blue Spruce
seedlings have a stiff silvery-blue
to bluish green needles that are
one inch long. It is a handsome
-planting or as a dense colorful
screen.
The Luzerne County Con-
servation District is taking orders
: until March 23. Seedlings are sold
p | wr bundles of 10. Delivery will beon
Saturday, April 21, at Pittston,
‘Shavertown, Nanticoke and
i ‘Hazleton. For ordering in-
I formation contact the Luzerne
The Music Box |
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Dinner Playhouse
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County Conservation District, P.O.
Box 148, 71 North Market Street,
Nanticoke, Pa. 18634 or call 735-
8700.
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Feb. 9-12
Feb. 23-26
Feb. 16-19
March 1-4
(Children’s
Theatre)
Barre General Hospital, was
reportedly struck by a light
colored, 1977 or 1978 mid or full
size Chevrolet. The car was last
seen heading north toward Har-
veys Lake.
Trial date set
The trial of Dennis Abromavage,
34, of 84 Columbus Ave., Pittston,
will open March 5 in Luzerne
County Courthouse.
Abromavage, is charged with
eight counts of involuntary
manslaughter, recklessly en-
dangering another person,
aggravated assault and reckless
operation of a watercraft. The
charges are in connection with a
fatal boating mishap that occurred
June 18, 1983 at Harveys Lake.
Home robbed
Two people were tied up in a
Lake Township home by an armed
robber on Feb. 8. The robber then
I stole two rifles and $1,000 in cash.
The gunman entered the home of
John Adams of Loyalville and then
fled the scene in a white 1970 or
1976 Ford four-door automobile.
Dies in accident
Catherine Stucky, 70, of Box 178,
Tunkhannock, was pronounced dead
on arrival at Nesbitt Memorial Hos-
pital, Kingston, on Feb. 3 following
a one-vehicle accident on Route 309
in Kunkle.
The car in which she was riding,
was driven by her husband, Joseph,
69, and skidded on an icy road, went
out of control and slammed into
several guardrails.
Death was attributed to a crushed
chest and multiple traumatic inju-
ries. Mr. Stucky was admitted to
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital and
listed in stable condition.
Woman injured
Evelyn J. Truesdell, 38, of RD 1,
Noxen, was seriously injured on
Feb. 3 when the vehicle she was
driving slid into the front of a
vehicle driven by James Meehwee,
29, of 300 Bowers St., Berwick.
The accident occurred on icy
roads on Route 29 near Route 11 in
Jackson Township.
Meehwee was injured, however,
Ms. Truesdell was admitted to
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and
listed in serious condition.
The Trucksville Nursery School
recently participated in a Juvenile
Fingerprinting Program with the
assistance of the Kingston
Township Police Department.
Over 100 children ages three and
four were fingerprinted during the
program. Shown here, from left,
are Kevin O’Malia, John Dillon,
Mrs. Linda Mazur, director;
Officer Jim Balavage and Jessica
Conyngham. (Photo by Glenn S.
Bodish)
Two people were fatally injured
in a one-car crash’ on Route 29,
near Noxen, on Feb. 3.
Dead are Richard J. Wegner, 25,
101 Wellington Ave., Dallas, driver
of the car, and Michaeline M.
Kambies, 20, 50 Murray St., Wilkes-
Barre, a passenger.
Two other passengers, John
Walko, 18, of Box 376 C, College
Manor, Dallas, and Donna Swee-
ney, 17, of 58 North Landon Ave.,
Kingston, were treated at Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital, Kingston, and
released.
Wegner apparently lost control of
the car when the vehicle skidded on
an icy patch and slammed side-
ways into a metal bridge abutment.
Rebecca Mae Albert, Laurel
Lane, Dallas, and Theodore
McKenney, 835 Empire St., Wilkes-
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Group to meet
The Luzerne County Boroughs
and Townships Association will
hold its next meeting on Thursday,
Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. in the new mens
dormitory dining hall, Wilkes
College, Wilkes-Barre,
Mr. Leon Kuchinski, Chief of the
Compliance Section, Bureau: of
Solid Wastes Management,
Department of Environmental
Resources, Harrisburg, will speak
on ‘Hazardous Wastes”.
Please call in your reservation
no later than Wednesday, Feb. 8.
(717) 824-4651, ext. 220.
Barre, were shaken up in an acci-
dent in Wilkes-Barre Feb. 4.
McKenney was operating a
Posten Taxi cab West on E. Nor-
thampton St. and Albert was driv-
ing North on Wilkes-Barre Boule-
vard-when-the-two-ears-collided at
the intersection.
Albert was treated at released at
Mercy Hospital while McKenney
declined medical treatment.
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OPENS NEW OFFICE
ROBERT A. KESTER, D.D.S.
Dr. Robert A. Kester wishes
to announce the recent opening
of a new office for the practice
“of family dentistry at the M &
M Center, 21 W. Union St.,
corner of Wyoming Avenue
and Union Street, Kingston,
Pennsylvania.
Dr. Kester offers services
which include all phases of
general and preventive den-
tistry for children and adults.
All dental insurance plans are
accepted. Dr, Kester is also a
participating dentist with the
Pennsylvania Blue Shield Den-
tal Program.
He is currently a member of
the Luzerne County Dental
Society, the Pennsylvania Den-
tal Association, the American
Dental Association, the
Academy of General Dentistry
and the American Society of
Dentistry for Children.
Dr. Kester has entered
private practice following the
completion of a general prac-
tice residency at the Veterans’s
Administration Medical Cen-
ter. He is a graduate of Temple
University where he received
his Doctorate degree in Den-
tistry. He also holds a Masters
degree from Drexel University
in Bio Medical Science and a
Bachelor of Science degree
from King’s College in
Biology.
Dr. Kester, his wife, the for-
mer Kathleen Pringle, and their
two daughters reside in
Kingston.
Office hours are available
weekdays, weekends and
evenings by appointment by
calling 283-2422.