Women meet
Sally Teller Lottick, director
Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
and past president of the
Helen Patella, former board
member of the League of
‘Women
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~ From South Africa where she was
“former National President of VOW
© the International Women’s Year
‘Committee for South Africa, foun-
der of Black Women’s Federation of
South Africa and keynote speaker at
. - the United Nations’ Mid-Decade for
~ Women Conference, Copenhagen,
1975 and 1980, Ms. Chabaku
explained that all persons are equal,
‘men, women or children, and all
races, color, and religions are
equal.
“If you're on a boat, it makes no
difference whether you are in first
class and I’m in sixth class, down at
the bottom, if the boat sinks we all
sink. That’s what it is like in the
| world,” she explained.
~~ “Learn to know yourself, learn
- more than one skill, and realize that
you no longer live secure in one
country. Your existence is contin-
_ gent on realizing that today you, all
of us, live in one big global world.
; Unite in the world! Stand for peace
and love.
© “Join. hands! Learn from your
| neighbor with your right hand;
teach your neighbor with your left!”
With these thoughts, women left
for sessions of their choosing for the
morning. Morning workshops
- included sessions on access to jobs,
- political lobbying, generation gaps,
~ climbing the corporate lader, two-
career couples, stepmothering, sud-
dingly single, legal needs, spiritual
needs ag
~~ Other workshops included ses-
sions on future in financing, behind
. bars, family politics, feminization of
poverty, stopping violence and rec-
+ ognizing harassment.
. Pathfinders Award 1985 to be
~ presented annually at the Luzerne
.. County Women’s Conference to
those women who have led the way
. in this county in. politics, business,
~~ community endeavors or the arts,
was given this year to Helen
+ O’Connor, first woman to be elected
.. to county office in 1961 as Luzerne
,. County Register of Wills and who
. has served ever since; Ethel A.
Price, elected as Luzerne County
Commissioner in January, 1968,
serving fore eight years and follow-
ing her service as County Com-
mimssioner holding the position as
assistant director of the Human
Services Development Department
of Luzerne County ‘until her retire-
ent; and to Martha Reese of
)allas, who is the third woman to
ichieve county-wide election to
public office. She was elected to the
position of Jury Commissioner in
1977 and served in that office from
1978 to 1982. She was nominated for
| the same office in the May Primary
of this year.
Lynne Landon, ex-wife of Michael
. Landon, star of Bonanza, Littlé
- House on the Prairie and Highway
to Heaven; and Jackie Joseph, ex-
~~ wife of Ken Berry of “F” Troop,
© Mayberry RFD
Family, appeared before the group
at 1 p.m. and described the feelings
- that raged within them after they
were cast aside by their long-term
husbands for younger women.
Ms. Joseph explained at at first
she was stunned, then humiliated,
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then deeply hurt and eventually
angry.
“It is a horrible experience
because all of your dreams are
shattered; you lose your identity
and you don’t know where you are
going,’ she told the women.
Ms. Joseph was left without finan-
cial security, but Ms. Landon was
more fortunate in that respect. She
was financially secure. For self
preservation, they became part of a
support group entitled LADIES
(Life After Divorce Is Eventually
Sane). The group helps women from
all walks of life put their lives
together and go on living.
“You have to dig deep, regain
your own strength, close the book on
your past and look to the future,”
said Lynn Landon.
The women in the group have now
of divorced parents because they
believe that children suffer as much
in a divorce as the cast-aside
mother.
The third series of workshops
included sessions on a woman’s
place in society, you and me facing
the world, preventing child sexual
assault, sexism in education, com-
parable worth and options for care-
givers.
Workshop set
By JUDIE MATHERS
Staff Writer
With the school year coming to an
end this week, Moms and kids alike
are probably wondering how they
are going to get through the long hot
days ahead in peaceful coexistence.
If youre not one of the lucky
families that has a pool in your
back yard, don’t despair. There are
in the Back Mountain community
where you and the kids can go to
enjoy a refreshing dip or breezy
afternoon.
FRANCIS SLOCUM, our local
state park, opened its swimming
pool May 25 for weekend hours and
will be open on a daily basis begin-
ning on June 8. Pool hours will be
11:00 to 7:00 seven days a week.
There is a charge of $1.25 for
anyone over 36 inches tall, or sea-
sonal rates are available. In addi-
tion, the park itself is open daily
from 8:00 until sunset for picnicing,
boating, hiking, or fishing. A spo-
kesperson for the park told the
Dallas Post that guided nature
walks will be conducted by an
environmental interpreter on Satur-
days and Sundays this summer.
MOON LAKE, a county park
located in our area, will also open
its pool in June. According to a park
spokesperson, a tentative date has
been set for June 8, but that will
depend on how soon a malfunction-
ing filter can get fixed. The pool will
be open daily from 12:00 to 8:00.
Fees include $1.25 for adults, $.75
for children from five to sixteen.
Children under five are free. Sea-
sonal rates are $40.00 for a family,
$20.00 for a single adult, and $15.00
for children. Camping with or with-
out electric hook-up and boat rent-
als are also available in the park for
a fee. Moon Lake also offers tennis,
softball, picnicing and hiking at no
charge on a first come - first serve
basis.
Despite the closing of Sandy Beach,
HARVEYS LAKE still offers some
recreation to the public. Hanson's
maintains a beach for public swim-
ming with daily rates or seasonal
passes, which is open daily from
9:00 until 7:00. Hanson’s also has
boat rentals and a campground.
This long-time Back Mountain
resident was very surprised to learn
that LAKE SILKWORTH also has a
swimming area that is open to the
public. (For those of you who don’t
know, Lake Silkworth is located
along route 29 between West Nanti-
coke and route 118.) William Evans, '
owner of the property, says that he
has plenty of free parking and a
place to launch boats. The best
surprise was to find out there is no
charge for any of this. Evans and
his wife operate a refreshment
stand on the premises which is open
from noon to 7:00 on weekends, and
will be open daily beginning June
15. Because he wants this to be a
pleasant place for families, Evans
prohibits alcoholic beverages.
By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN
Special to The Dallas Post
Have you ever thought about
opening your own business or devel-
oping and marketing your own prod-
uct?
One of the first requirements is to
have sufficient cash to accomplish
your objective. In many instances,
such cash is not readily available,
and a local financial institution is
unwilling to provide such resources
for what they may consider to be a
risky venture.
Now, a new alternative is availa-
ble for consideration in those cases
which may require venture capital,
and for which the venture capitalist
provides a range of dollars to
encourage your business to succeed.
The NEPA Management Corpora-
tion is a new venture capital fund
created to serve Lehigh Valley and
Northeastern Pennsylvania. This
fund has been organized by a
number of individuals from North-
eastern Pennsylvania and Lehigh
Valley who have raised millions of
dollars toward an eventual $10 mil-
lion capitalization designed to invest
in those projects and proposals
which meet the criteria established
by the new corporation.
It is a profit-making venture with
mainly private dollars, although the
Fund will be utilizing at least $750,-
000 of funds available from the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as
part ‘of the Commonwealth’s
employed a manager well qualified
to evaluate venture capital propos-
als. Fred J. Beste, III is the Man-
ager of the Fund and has suggested
that anyone wishing to pursue a
venture capital fund project within
Northeastern Pennsylvania either
communicate directly with his
office, or write or phone the Eco-
nomic Development Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1151
Oak Street, Pittston, Pa. 18640.
Some of the characteristics
important to the NEPA Manage-
ment Corporation include the follow-
ing:
1. Make equity-oriented invest-
ments in high growth small busi-
nesses, with emphasis on technol-
ogy-based companies with public
offering and or merger objectives.
2. Use of the Corporation’s Tech-
nical Advisory Council for technical
consulting purposes.
By JUDIE MATHERS
Staff Writer
Kirk Gallup, A 21 year old Dallas
man, will face trial in Luzerne
County Criminal Court on charges
of endangering the welfare of a
child and simple assault. Gallup,
who, was reportedly the live-in boy-
friend of the child’s mother, Susan
Ridall, ‘is accused of hitting and
biting the 23 month old girl after her
mother had left the apartment to go
to work.
At a preliminary hearing held
before Magistrate Earl Gregory on
May 28, Kingston Township Police
Chief Paul Sabol testified that
Gallup ‘had told him, during an
interview at the police station, that
he and Sue had had an argument
before she left the apartment, and
3. Targeting of counties in the
Northeast Tier as defined by the
Ben Franklin Partnership Program
operated by Lehigh University.
The NEPA Managment Corpora-
tion has already reviewed a number
of project proposals. In most cases,
the Corporation will require repre-
sentation on the prospect’s Board of
Directors, and a substantial equity
position in the company’s financial
structure. That is the essence of
venture capital; that is, to provide
not only financial resources, but to
actively participate in the com-
pany’s business responsibilities so
as to offer direct technical advice
and to monitor business develop-
ment functions.
A vital component of any business
practice is the development of a
business plan. The NEPA Manage-
ment Corporation requires such a
plan be in place prior to its consder-
ation of an investment in that com-
pany.
that he had kicked and broken a
child restraint gate that had been in
the area out of anger when she left.
Sabol also testified that Gallup
stated he bit the youngster, explain-
ing that his mother had always told
him that is the way to teach a child
not to bite - if he bites you, bite him
back.
Dr. Thomas Campbell, of Dallas
Family Practice Associates, was on
call at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital
the morning of April 25 when the
child was brought in for treatment
around 1:00 a.m. by Gallup. He
testified that Gallup had told him
that the child fell in the bathtub. He
said he was told by Gallup that she
had seemed to be behaving nor-
mally after the fall, but later, when
she had gone to sleep, he heard her
making sounds. When he went to
check her, he couldn’t wake her.
Irem Temple’s Annual Outdoor
Ceremonial will be held at Irem
Temple’s Country Club, Dallas, on
June 8.
Potentate Paul Schramm has
announced that the class will be
designated as the Warren A. Reed
Class. Noble Reed is 79 years
young, a member of Irem Temple
for 52 years, the Provost Guard
(formerly the Irem Police Unit) for
49 years. He is Past Member of
Wyoming Lodge F & A.M. 468 and a
50 year member in Lehigh Consis-
tory, Allentown, Pa. Reede served
in the Pennsylvania State Police for
28 years and is a former Chief of
Police for the Wyoming Boro Police
Department.
William A. McHenry, Director of
Work, assisted by Ivan A. Ziegler,
Milan W. Shepherd, Robert T. Far-
rell and Robert Emery have pre-
pared an impressive and colorful
first section. The Directors Staff
have prepared several new innova-
tions for the novices when they take
to the arena for the second section.
John L. Kolaski will be Master of
Ceremonies.
The Ceremonial program is as
follows: 10:30 a.m. Registration of
Novices on the porch of the Club
House, 12:15 p.m. Band Concert at
Arena, 12:45 p.m. Grand Entrance,
1:45 p.m. First Section, Full form
and Costume Ceremonial, 2:45 p.m.
String Band Concert at Arena, 3:15
p.m. Second Section, and 4 p.m.
Jazz Band Concert at Pavilion.
Many visiting dignitaries from
other Shrine Temples will be
present to view the festivities and
honor Potentate Schramm with
their presence.
The Ninth Annual Spring Student
Art Show will be held at Sue Hands’
Imagery, 35 Main Street, Dallas,
now through June 21 with hours
from 9 a.m. daily to 5 p.m. daily
and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
This year, Mrs. Hand is joined by
Karen Shelley in presenting this
exhibit. Their students who range
from kindergarten through senior
citizens, have won many awards
locally and in State competitions
during the past year.
There is a varied selection of
media in the show, pencil, ink,
water color, charcoal, gauche,
casein, pastels, oil and mixed
media. This annual even give Mrs.
Hand and Ms. Shelley’s students a
chance to exhibit their talents and
let the public enjoy local talent.
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The nature of a risk venture is
such that there are companies who
will fail and there are companies
who will be quite successful. The
business paln is a basis fro not only
determining financial arrange-
ments, but outlining how that busi-
ness plans to accomplish its mission
of making a profit.
While the NEPA Management
Corporation cannot guarantee suc-
cess, it can be the spark by which a
business gets off the ground when
other resources prove not to be
satisfactory or prove to be insuffi-
cient. The best place to start is to
contact either of the parties men-
tioned above to obtain more infor-
mation and to find out whether your
project has the potential for injec- |
tion of venture capital funds. |
(Howard Grossman is the execu- |
tive director of the Economic Devel-
opment Council of Northeastern ]
Pennsylvania.)
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called his mother, and decided to
bring her into the hospital.
Dr. Campbell continued his testi-
mony by stating that, in his medical
opinion, the child’s injuries were not
consistant with Gallup’s explana-
tions about how the child received
the various abrasions and contu- _
sions which were present on the @)
head, face, chest, buttocks and geni- ~
tal area. He further testified that he
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believed that all but one of the
bruises on the child’s body were
inflicted within less than 12 hours
before his examination. Campbell
told the magistrate that he admitted
the child that night, and that she
was released from the hospital on
April 28 in the custody of Children
and Youth Services and foster par-
ents.
PAUL SCHRAMM
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278 TRIPP ST.
SWOYERSVILLE, PA.
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