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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
/By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
Everyone knows Mother Nature
can dish up hazardous natural
disasters when she’s in the mood,
but net many of us know exactly
what to do when such a disaster
takes place.
Thanks to Damon Young, of
Dallas, that may all change.
Young, executive director of the
Susquehanna River Basin,’ is. work-
ing on a plan whereby various cable
television statiois wouid be able to
announce flood possibilities to their
viewers. He got the idea this ‘past
February when a flood occured in
Lock Haven, Pa.
“The local cable station gave the
~ warning that a flood was coming,”
he said. “After the announcement,
the phone company reported a
record amount of 15,000 calls. We've
never had that kind of a response
from previous announcements on
the radio.”
Young applied for a federal grant
to fund the project locally. How-
ever, he noted thateven if the grant
fails to come through in July, he
will get the money from somewhere
@
else.
Young ‘ xplained the three seg-
ments of | ¢ television plan.
“On the first segment,” he said,
“the statioi would simply announce
that a disaster is eminent. That
Show House
opens Sunday
Twenty of the area’s finest design-
es and decorators are currently
“hard at work in and around the
charming traditional home which is
to become tke Junior League of
Wilkes-Barre's first Decorators’
Show House.
Scheduled to open to the public on
Sunday, April 29 for three weeks,
the Show House, located on Sutton
Road in Shavertown, will be a
showcase of creative and colorful
decorating ideas. It promises to
/". delight the senses and spark the
imagination of the many visitors
who enter its doors and wander
throughout its .exquisitely land-
scaped exterior recreational area.
After viewing the newly decorated
interior of the Home, visitors are
invited to exit onto the terrace, as
they continue their leisurely tour of
the pool, tennis court, and pool
house. In this ‘area, visitor will
enjoy the colorful ‘and fragrant
ambiance of Spring created by local
landscape architect, Ralph
Edwards.
In the area of the pool house, Mr.
Edwards is working closely with
interior designer Carol Marker of
Rew World Design in Dallas. Here,
Mr. Edwards’ design will lend sup-
port to Ms. Marker’s plans to create
DAMON YOUNG
would soon be followed by a second
segment which would specify : the
disaster. During this segment, there
would be a 10 or 15 minute ‘home
seminar! which would show home
onwers what to do exactly to protect
their homes and families from the
disaster.
“The cable stations would be
allowed to run this clip however
often they choose to,” he added.
“The third segment would be a ‘fill
Sign of spring
Al Shaffer of Mill Street,
spring
the viewers in each community
would be told where to go for
medical help, where safer water
could be obtained, or where evacua-
tion centers were located.
“An advantage to this type of
system,” Young said, “is that the
first two segments can be shown
anywhere in the country. For exam-
ple, if the Colorado River flooded,
the residents of ‘the area would see
and be told the same things resi-
dents of Wyoming Valley would see
River-was iu
overflow its banks. However, the
third, or ‘fill in the blank’ segment,
would be different for the two com-
munities.”
Cable stations were chosen over
network stations for one simple
reason - cable stations serve a
smaller portion of the population.
“Network stations are just too
widespread,’’ Young said. ‘‘For
example, if there was a flood in‘the
Wyoming Valley area, and one of
other programs, people in the Wil-
liamsport area would also be
affected. Individual cable stations
can notify only the communities
which are in threat of the disaster.”
Even though the system will be
used at first for flooding only, other
disasters such as chemical spills
and tornadoes will be covered by
the system in the future.
Dallas Post/George Poynton
is a well-known sign of
the center of Dallas.
Officials of Pennaprint Inc.,
Journal.
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Kingston Township Tax Collector,
Janice Castellani, would like to
remind residents that the rebate
period will end on April 30 for
payment of 1984 County- Municipal
taxes.
In addition to her regular hours
on that date, she will also be availa-
ble between 4 and 6 p.m. at her
office in the Kingston Twp. Munici-
pal Bldg., Carverton Road behind
the Trucksville Fire Hall.
Regular office hours are Monday,
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25 Cents
By WALLY KOCHER
Staff Correspondent
Blue Cross of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania has introduced a plan that,
if successful, would restrain health
care costs.
Gilbert D. Tough, of Lehman,
President and Chief Executive Offi-
cer of Blue Cross of Northeastern
Pennsylvania, recently held a meet-
ing to point out the four major areas
the program would effect.
- The four areas are: (1) hospital
utilization incentives and controls;
(2) eliminating excess health care
capacity; (3) implementing new
negotiated hospital payment
Newfound friends
GILBERT TOUGH
Tough said effective cost contain-
ment efforts must focus on the
utilization of health care service,
starting with new incentives to pro-
Dallas Post/Ed Cdmoball
Baby squirrel
follows pair
Paul Duda, of Dallas, and his
brother, Andy, of Philadelphia,
the other day while walking down
the street when suddenly Paul had
the feeling of being followed. When
he and Andy turned to look behind
them, there really was something
following them.
That something didn’t make the
brothers either run or jump, but
they did become a little curious.
Walking down the road and keeping
in step.with the men was nothing
other than a squirrel - and a very
small baby squirrel at that.
Considering the fact that squirrels
do not usually get very close to
people, the idea that this particular
squirrel was walking close behind
them rose the curiosity of the broth-
ers. When they stopped and knelt
down to get closer to the squirrel,
imagine their surprise when the
furry thing scampered right into
their arms!
Paul, who is employed as the
manager of Rave’s in Chinchilla,
felt this movement on the part of
the squirrel was a rather strange
one and felt the squirrel needed to
be observed by a professional.
After a call to the Pennsylvania
Game Commission office in Dallas
ahd several attempts to find a
veterinarian willing to look at the
animal led them nowhere, the Duda
brothers contacted the Trucksville
Dog & Cat Hospital and spoke to Dr.
Mark Stair.
Dr. Stair, whom the Duda broth-
ers felt was ‘‘very receptive’ of
their plight, performed a complete
examination of the animal and ren-
dered a diagnosis of broken teeth.
Here, the squirrel had fallen out of
a tree andbroken its teeth just prior
to the Duda brothers finding him.
The squirrel, who is imporving
nicely, has found a comfortable
home with Patrice ‘“Peach’ Brown,
an employee at the Trucksville Dog
& Cat Hosptial, who has taken a
particular liking to the little fellow
and is nursing him back to health.
Sometimes you can’t see the
forest for the debris. But the Penn-
sylvania Department of Transporta-
tion and its annual Keep Pennsyl-
vania Beautiful campaign are out to
do something about it.
On Saturday, April 28, thousands
of volunteer litter-pickers will hit
the six-county District 4 region of
northeastern Pennsylvania-Lacka-
wanna, Luzerne, Wayne, Pike, Sus-
quehanna and Wyoming - to clear
hundreds of tons of garbage, trash,
refuge, rubbish and similar detritus
from highways, roadsides, hillsides,
playgrounds and surrounding areas.
The volunteers, mostly children
between the ages of six and 12, also
churches and synagogues, Kiwanis,
ae!
other organizations interested in
keeping the commonwealth clean.
To contact the Trash Clan coordi-
nator in Luzerne County, call+826-
2386.
Ride for Cancer
set for May 6
The Wyoming Valley Unit of the
American Cancer Society is making
final preparations for its fifth
annual ‘Ride to Stop Cancer’’to be
held on Sunday, May 6 at Dallas
Senior High School. Registration
will begin at 9 a.m. with the ride
commencing at 10 a.m.
For more information or registra-
Society at 825- 7763.
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vide treatment in the most cost
effective settings. This requires that
certain elective surgical procedures
be performed on an outpatient
basis; the expansion of home health
care services; and the use of skilled
nursing centers when institutional
zationis required for non-acute care.
All three methods provide the best"
in care in less costly setings, than,
inpatient care.
When hospitalization is necessary,
pre-surgical laboratory and radiol-
an outpatient basis before admis-
sion. This approach will shorten
surgical stays and assure improved -
use of hospital resources.
The second area brought to atten-
tion was that of eliminating excess
health care capacity. :
According to Tough, more than 55
percent of Pennsylvania’s hospitals
presently have excess beds.
(See PLAN, vage 8)
Spring
clean-up
pany
Kingston Township will be start-
ing a two week spring clean-up:
beginning Monday, May 7. The
clean-up will run for two weeks only
and there will be no second round
made on any street.
Following is the schedule:
Monday, May 7 — Highland
Avenue, Terrace Avenue, Skyline
Drive, Hillside : Street; ‘Spring
Garden Street, Clearview Avenue
and Westmoreland Hills,
Tuesday, May 8 — Staub Road,
Carverton Road from Checkerboard.
to Route 309, Hill Street, Hickory
Street, Maple Street; Elm Terrace,
Clifisde, Post Road, Holly Street,
all of Midway Manor, Manor Drive,
Crane Road, Timothy Lane. = 'f :
Wednesday, May 9 — Oak Street,
Lewis Avenue, Heller’s Grove,
Grove Street, Orchard Street, Doran
Drive, Rice Street, Harris Hill
Road, South Lehigh including Divi-
sion Street, Echo Valley Trailer
Park.
Thursday, May 10 — North Lehigh
Street, Hazeltine Street, Belford
Avenue, Stang Street, Shagbark
Drive, Shaver Avenue, Vine Street,
North Main Street, Center Street.
Friday, May 11 — Youngblood
Avenue, Cedar Street, Wood Street,
Hillcrest Street, Goeringer Avenue,
Beech Street, Franklin Street,
Chestnut Street, Elinore Street,
Longdale Avenue, James Street,
Street, Inman Avenue,
Avenue.
Monday, May 14 — Ferguson -
Avenue, Spring Street, Brook Street,
West Center Street, Druid Hills,
Harford Avenue, Lawn Street,
North Lehigh Street (dirt section),
Evergreen Street.
Glenview: :
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Avenue, East Mt. Airy, School
Street, West Mt. Airy, South Main.
Street.
Wednesday, May 16 — Rose Vil-
lage - Armstrong Drive, Village
Drive, Collins Avenue, Mary Street,
Williams Avenue, Lincoln Street,
Melrose Avenue, Grace Avenue,
Kenilworth Avenue, Ellis Avenue.
heid Street, Johnson Street, Warden
Avenue, Sutton Road, Church:Road
(Trucksville), Knob Hill, Hillside :
Road, Birch Grove, Route 309.
Friday, May 18 — Bunker Hill
Road, Dug Road, Atherholt Drive,
Carverton Road from Checkerboard
to Eighth Street, Brown Manor,
Krispin Road, Church Road (Carv-
erton), Sickler Road, Eighth Street, .
Bodle Road, Green Road, Sunrise
Births .................... 34
Calendar ................ 9
Classified .......... 14,15
Cookbook ..............D
Obituaries .............. 2 |
People ................. 6,7
Perspective ............ 4
School ................... 18.
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