) Vol. 95, No. 28 BRIGHTON BOX 336 0 FECL CIFTTINNY owt 25 Cents Pennsylvania’s new drunk boating law took effect on Monday. The new law makes major changes in the enforcement and penalties for oper- ating a watercraft under the influ- ence of alcohol and controlled busi- ness. Fish Commission Executive Director, Ralph W. Abele, hailed the new drunk boating law as an impor- tant tool for promoting safety on Pennsylvania’s waters. “Fish Commission law enforce- ment personnel are ready, willing and able to enforce the new. drunk boating law when it takes effect.” Abele declared, ‘This tough new law should act as a strong deterrent to boaters who would drink too much and then operate a boat. Although we're prepared to take necessary enforcement action, we hope there will be no need for arrests. The new law will have done its job if it deters operation of watercraft under influence of alco- hol or drugs,” Abele noted. Drunk boating has been against the law in Pennsylvania since at least 1963, but the new law makes operating while under the influence a misdemeanor which carries a potential fine of $2500 and up to 90 days in jail, and loss of boat operat- ing privileges for one year. What’s more, Act 68 provides that all per- sons who operate watercraft on Commonwealth waters are deemed to have given their consent to chem- ical tests of their blood, breath or urine for purposes of determining the level of alcohol or controlled substance in their body. ‘‘A person uses to take ‘a chemical test will SCultural *Center disbands By WALLY KOCHER Staff Correspondent The Back Mountain area will soon be losing a vital part of its heritage. Those who enjoy the finer things in life will: be saddened to discover that the Back Mountain Cultural Center has decided to completely disband itself. Mrs. Priscilla Allison, board member - and past president and vice president for the center, cited a lack of leadership and interest as the reasons. gone through three presidents,” Allison said. ‘Each time one would g&esign, someone had to temporarily ke their place.” Allison commented that the deci- sion to disband was not because of a lack of interest from the public. “Everything we did was well received by the public,” she said. The Cultural Center was. a brain child of Howard Grossman, a local resident. Grossman proposed the idea after moving here from Phila- delphia 10 years ago. “The Grossmans were involvea with their local cultural center when they lived in Philadelphia,’’ explained Allison." “When they moved to the Back Mountain, and no such organization existed here, Mr. Grossman decided to begin one.” The center, which was recently holding its meetings in the St. Paul Church, Shavertown, was responsi- ble for many of the new culture- oriented courses conducted at Col- lege Misericordia. The six-week courses were geared to both child and adult students. They included gymnastics, sewing, drawing, pre- allet, microwave cooking, and oven French classes for pre-school age youngsters. All of our classes were success: ful,” said Allison. ‘Fortunately, it looks as though College Misericor- dia will be continuing these classes.” . Besides the classes, the center also sponsored the Folk Arts Festi- val held annually at College Miseri- cordia.- The festivals began in 1975, and featured all types of art form. However, because of the center’s lack of personnel, the festival was canceled for the past two years. Other events which ultimately had to be discontinued were concerts, guest lecturers, photo exhibits, and chartered bus trips to points of interest for the members of the center. lose his or her boating privileges for one year,” Abele observed. The act also provides for chemi- cal tests to be administered at local police stations, state police bar- racks or clinical laboratories and for pre-arrest breath tests. If a boat operator is stopped by an officer having reasonable suspicion to believe the boater is operating under the influence, the officer may ask the operator to take a pre-arrest breath test by blowing into a small device. The test, which is not used in evidence, indicates whether there is a probability that the operator is under the influence. How much is too much? Well, if your blood alcohol content is .10 percent or more, you are boating under the influence of alcohol under the new law. The rule of thumb is simple: If in doubt, don’t operate a boat. “For a person of average weight, as few as two drinks could put him over the top,” Abele noted. The new law also identifies and sets penalties for thecrime of homi- cide by watercraft operated under the influence. This crime now car- ries a fine of from $2500 to $15,000 and imprisonmentof up to seven years, with a minimum sentence of three years in prison. This tough penalty should make every one think twice or three times about drinking and boating since, on the waer, almost any accident has the potential for becoming a fatal one. Safe boating is everyone’s busi- ness and excessive drinking and boating just don’t mix. “The tough new drunk boating law should help us rid Pennsylvania’s waterways of drunk boaters and make boating safer for all,” Abele concluded. Check presented “The classes we sponsored ran smoothly,” said Allison, “But we needed a lot of people for the other events, and we just didn’t have them.” Members of the cultural center decided to distribute what was left of their treasury to other local organizations. The art gallery at College Misericordia will be receiv- ing a $1,000 donation from the center and it has been suggested that the gallery may purchase something for its permanent collec- tion with the money. Other recipi- ents include, Sinfonia da Camera, $2,000; the Wilkes-Barre campus of Penn State University, $2,000 for their Mountain Arts at Hayfield program; and the Back Mountain Four weeks away By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent Will Dallas School District have a superintendent and a high school principal before the opening of the new school year? It seems no one has a definite answer to that ques- tion :since opening of the school is only. four weeks from now and preliminary interviews for appli- cants for the principal or principals positions are just beginning this week. The June 15th resignations of high school principal Daniel Poorman and district superintendent Dr. Richard Shipe left board members with a dual search for administra- tors. In fact, the board may be looking for three administrators if members conclude supervising junior and senior high school pro- grams is too much for one principal. If they go with the recommendation of Daniel Poorman that will be their decision. Poorman, before leaving the dis- trict, explained that he believed one person could not do justice to both schools. He stated that in order to insure proper supervision and administration of program, he believed there should be a principal in junior high and senior high. Last year Poorman’s appointment as prineipal of both schools, assisted Dallas Post/Ed Campbell Library, $8,500. Each organization was chosen because of its potential to broaden the horizons of cultural learning in the Back Mountain. “We especially felt the library was a good, general community project,” said Allison. ‘‘Also; they were kind enough to offer us rooms to meet in when the center first began. “We would like to let the public know how much we appreciate all of their support,”’ added Allison. “When you look at the community now, and compare it to what it was like 10 years ago, you can see that the cultural center accomplished a great deal.” Staff Correspondent Several Back Mountain youths were honored at a luncheon at the Irem Temple Country Club on July 27. The three youths, Donny Ide of Idetown, = Albert Sweitzer of Lehman, and Bobby Adams of Trucksville, were, at one time, patients at the Shriner’s Hospital in Philadelphia. Louise James, chairwoman of the Crippled Children’s Committee of the Irem Temple Woman's Auxil- iary, organized the outing. According to Mrs. James, the purpose of the gathering was so that “they could reminisce about the hospital and think about what the hospital has done for them.” The Shriner’s Hospital is for the children of financially eligible fami- (See YOUTHS, page 8) by an assistant in each building, was ‘an experimental project approved by the board. According to Poorman, the plan was not feasi- ble since one man cannot divide himself in two and it often devel- oped he was not able to be where he should be when a problem arose. Now it is a decision to be made by the board whether to have a junior and senior high principal, each with an assistant, or to appoint the present assistant principals as prin- cipals and hire one district principal to supervise all building principals in the district. Acting superintendent Gerald Wycallis said interviews of appli- cants for the principal’s position were scheduled for July 31 and Aug. 1 These dates were set by the board at an information session held Thursday, July 26. Following the preliminary interviews, the person- nel committee headed by Donald Jones and other board members he may select will screen the appli- cants and oarrow the field to a few top, candidates. Wycallis said he believed the board would come to some decision on the principal’s position at the Aug. 13 work session. Wycallis had no definite informa- tion relative to the superintendent’s position. He stated that two of the (See DALLAS, page 8) By ANN DEVLIN Staff Correspondent Women have been networking for ages. They network as they exchange favorite recipes amongst each other. They network as they pass along :the word as to what detergents work ‘best to clean their kids’ clothes. And now they’re networking in a whole new environment — business. Women in business, especially in sales, are assuming more and more of a role in what used to be just a man’s world. That’s what led to the development of the National Net- work of Women in Sales. (NNWS). The NNWS is an Ilinois-based non- profit corporation founded in 1981 to encourage the careers of profes- sional saleswomen. . Sharon Friedman of Dallas. is establishing a local chapter of the NNWS. She is formerly from Illinois and was active in the Chicago chap- ter of the NNWS. Dallas Po,t/Ed Campbell ‘ Horse Show Queen Karen Evans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Zzvans, of Dallas, was named 1984 Lehman Horse Show Queen Friday night prior to the start of the annual event sponsored by the Lehman Volunteer Fire Department. Ms. Evans was crowned by Theresa Onesko of Bishop Hoban, the 1983 queen. First runner-up was Kathryn Drapiewski of Bishop O'Reilly while Michelle Valenti of Wyoming Area captured second runner-up honors. Ms. Evans is a student at Dallas High School. Judges in the contest were Mark Sinclair, of WKRZ-FM Radio; Thomas Heffernan Jr., of the Sunday Independent; and Charlot M. Denmon, of The Dallas Post. SHARON FRIEDMAN “The organiation is open to anyone, whether they’re selling tup- perware, cars, or whatever,” says Mrs. Friedman. The NNWS was established to aid, educate, and encourage a career in sales. Objectives of the NNWS include: 1) Providing new opportun- ities for women in sales through seminars, discussions, and lectures. 2) Establishing a . library for research. 3) Establishing a career development support group and job bank for members. 4) Establishing a scholarship fund for a deserving student in sales and marketing. 5) Distributing a monthly newsletter to The activities of NNWS are geared toward increasing the expe- rience and knowledge that persons in sales need to be more productive. Members have the opportunity to meet with people in similar posi- tions and exchange ideas and expe- riences. Members are able to dis- cuss problems and concerns and are rewarded with feedback and reas- surances from fellow business people. NNWS activities emphasize the development of self-confidence and pride. More than just a support group, NNWS. enables women to learn (See NETWORKING, page 8)
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