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The Wyoming Valley Chapter of
the American Red Cross is sponsor-
ing the Second Annual Celebrity
Swim Anything Goes on Monday,
July 22, at 11 a.m. at the Kingsten
Pool.
Team sponsors must put up a $100
entry fee with each team consisting
of a celebrity and three swimmers,
all 18 years of age. Each swimmers
will swim 50 yards (two lengths) of
the pool.
All participants should be at the
pool by 10 a.m. to prepare for the
aqua-obstacle course. Each relay
- team will be assigned a team color
and a color-coded sweat band must
“be passed on to the next relay
member before that swimmers can
begin his course. All swimmers will
start inside the pool to avoid pool-
side injuries.
Each swimmer will perform the
following tasks, in the order they
appear:
Monies
Swimmer 1 - Wearing flippers and
swimming in their designated lane,
this swimmer must propel a ball
across the pool and back. Hands can
be used ony to turn around at the
end of the first lap.
Swimmer 2 - Blow up four bal-
loons, put on provided tee-shirt and
jump into the pool. Then, as you
move up your first lap, you must
burst four balloons of your team
color. The balloons will be attached
to the lane lines. When you com-
plete the first lap, you must retrieve
a few objects from the bottom of the
pool and return them to complete
your second lap:
Swimmer 3 - Dress in provided
clothes at pool side, including hat,
Swimmer must then propel them-
selves inside an inner tube to one
end of the pool and back, using only
hands and arms - no feet allowed.
Get out of pool, remove outfit and
pass your team band. If hat falls
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off, you may retrieve it or continue.
If you leave the hat, points will be
deducted.
Swimmer 4 - Do five jumping
jacks. Place several objects at pool-
side into clothes basket, enter the
water and swim two laps towing the
clothes basket with one arm. If any
objects fall out of the basket, you
may retrieve them or keep going.
Points will be deducted for lost,
unretrieved items.
A judge will be posted at each
lane. Winners will be the eam who
completed in the quickest time, with
fewest points deducted. Special
awards will be presented to the
person with the most unusual hat or
headpiece.
Anyone interested in participating
in this event should call the Wyo-
ming Valley Chapter of the Ameri-
can Red Cross at 823-7161.
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“We're well within our operating
budget,” Potzer said. “In fact, I
recently transferred $15,000 into
investment areas for the township.”
Potzer explained that with the
combination of community growth
and the fact that Revenue Sharing
funds are used in non-essential
reas, Kingston Township is
cted to manage the loss of the
74,000, which tallies to 14.3 percent
f taxing revenue.
According the U.S. House of Rep-
- resentatives Congressional Record
of May 1985, Congressman Paul
Kanjorski, (D. 11th district) states
Prison
that 161 municipalities within the
11th congressional district are
the funding is eliminated.
Said Kanjorski, “If Federal Reve-
nue Sharing funds were replaced by
local funds raised through the local
property tax, it would require an 87
percent property tax increase in the
towns, cities and boroughs of the
11th district.”
In action during the July 11 Board
of Supervisor's meeting, the board
accepted a bid of $3,933 from New-
berry Services Inc of Wyoming, Pa.,
for the installation of a new fire
alarm system in the municipal
building. Newberry Services will
also install a burglar and alarm
system in the township’s mainte-
nance building.
The board also moved to install
two traffic signs near the Sunrise
Estates developement in order to
make motorists aware of small chil-
dren. Signs will be placed on Tam-
minini Drive between Carverton
Road and Dolores Street and
between Louise Drive and Timothy
Street.
— JOHN F. KILDUFF
(Continued from page 1)
all three locations and will be
sounded in a circular pattern. The
old system was difficult to hear
because it sounded off in one direc-
tion and was limited to only prison
grounds.
~ Rusiloski, a resident of Jackson
+ Township, and the SCID committee
had contended for the past three
~ years that the old escape alarm
- system, located only on SCID
grounds, was inadequate and could
not be heard one mile from the
prison.
Said repsentative Hasay of the
‘new alarm system, “I think it’s a
: pretty good accomplishment. It’s
something this prison has needed
for a number of years.”
Ryan also informed the group that
~~ SCID has increased its prison guard
personnel from 290 in March, 1983 to
319 as of July this year. Following
. the completion of the new 300
inmate cell block, SCID will add
approximately 36 more uniformed
guards.
In addition, Ryan told of prison
plans to add a new internal fence
around the prison once the bid and
contracting process of the project is
completed. Spring of 1986 is esti-
~ mated as the completion date for
the new fencing. :
“Monies for the project have been
committed and we're (SCID)
moving right along,” said Ryan.
Also discussed was a recent prison
brawl which pitted a group of
inmates weilding baseball bats
against other inmates. The inmates
reportedly were gathering for a
softball game when the fracas
occurred. Ryan said that drugs
were involved with the incident.
“What’s not amazing is that this
type of situation happens,” said
Ryan. “It’s amazing that it doesn’t
happen every day.”
Rusiloski and the SCID committee
have been monitoring security capa-
bilities at the prison since 1981 when
the last prison break occurred.
“I’m thrilled with these new
improvements,” Rusiloski said fol-
lowing the prison meeting. ‘Three
years ago, we had nothing. We
received a lot of help from our state
representatives (Jarolin and
Hasay). They were a big help,”
Rusiloski said.
“We've gone four years with no
great with everybody working
together.”
Rusiloski and the SCID commit-
m0]
tee, along with SCID officials, meet
three times a year to discuss prison
improvements and inmate security.
“This kind of meeting keeps
everybody (prison officials and the
surrounding residents) on their
toes,” Randy Kuzminski, admin-
strative assistant to State senator
Frank O’Connell said.
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SHIRLEY TIPPETT
Mrs. Shirley Tippett, 120 Fran-
gorma Drive, Westmoreland Hills,
Trucksville, was struck and killed
by a car July 12 at Harveys Lake,
while crossing the street.
Surviving are her husband,
Robert S.; daughter, Mrs. James M.
House, Pasadena, Calif.; son,
Robert S., Jr., law student, Univer-
sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, at
home; brother, Donald E. Vanlnwe-
gen, Pittsburg.
Funeral services were held July
15 from the Shavertown United
Methodist Church wi*a the Rev.
James A. Wert, pastor, officiating.
ANNA STEPHENS
Mrs. Anna J. Stephens, 80, of 730
Hayfield Rd., Lehman, formerly of
RD 3, Shickshinny, died July 13 in
Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kings-
ton.
Surviving are her husband, Samp-
son; daughters, Mrs. John Titus,
with whom she resided; Mrs. Carl
Hartman, Muhlenburg; Mrs. Mary
Savage, Kingston; six grandchil-
dren; four great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July
16 from the Mikelski Funeral Home,
Shickshinny. Interment, Scott Cem-
etery, Watertown.
MARGARET CHESTERFIELD
Mrs. Margaret Chesterfield, of 166
Mt. Airy Rd., Shavertown, died July
15 at her home following an illness.
Carl J. Feichtel, chairman of the
board and chief executive officer of
Merchants Bancorp, Inc.
announced the appointment of
Frank M. Henry, Eugene Roth and
Ronald W. Simms to the board of
Merchants Bancorp.
A graduate of Yale University,
Yale is president of Frank Martz
Coach Company of Wilkes-Barre
and Gray Lines of Washington, D.C.
He also is a member of the execu-
tive board and past chairman of
National Trailways Bus System.
Henry is active in civic and com-
munity affairs, serving as a
member of the Pennsylvania State
Transportation Commission and a
director ‘of Merchants Bank, North
and Commonwealth telephone
Enterprises, Inc. He also is a
member of the Advisory Board of
The Salvation Army and the Boards
of Trustees of Wilkes College, Wyo-
ming Seminary and the Greater
Wilkes-Barre Family YMCA.
Henry resides in Dallas.
Roth, a graduate of Wilkes Col-
lege and Dickinson School of Law, is
a partner in the law firm of Rosenn,
Jenkins & Greenwald. He is a
member of the American and Penn-
Surviving are her husband, Leon-
ard, general manager of the KEy-
stone Coca-Cola Soft Frink Division;
sons, Mark, Canton, Ohio; Leonard,
Kingston; Jack, North Canton,
Ohio; daughter, Mrs.. Lee Ann
Spehar, North Canton, Ohio; five
grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Anna
Brezney, Ashley; brother, Georgia
Golias, Ashley.
Funeral services will be held
today at 10 a.m. from the Graham-
McCune Funeral Home, 324 S.
Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, with a
mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 in
Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas.
Interment will be in Orcutt Ceme-
tery, Noxen. Friends may call today
from 10 a.m. until time of services.
STEPHEN WASLEY
Stephen Wasley, 73, of Lakeside
Drive, Harveys Lake, died suddenly
July 10 following a heart attack at
home.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Dorothy Williams; son, John K.,
Waverly, N.Y.; daughter, Mrs.
Lynne W. Lindahl, Edgewater,
N.J.; four grandchildren.
Funeral services were held July
12 from the Harold C. Snowdon
Funeral Home, Shavertown, with
Rev. Charles E. Johns, pastor of the
Church of Christ Uniting, officiat-
ing. Interment, Fern Knoll Ceme-
tery, Dallas.
AMES SWISHER
Ames G. Swisher, 78, of 240
Church St., Dallas, died July 10 in
sylvania Bar Associations and the
Wilkes-Barre Law Library Associa-
tion.
A prominent civic and community
leader, Roth received the Distin-
guished Pennsylvanian Award from
the Philadelphia Chamber of Com-
merce. He is a director and
member of the Executive Commit-
tee and the President’s Executive
Council of the Economic Develop-
ment Council of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania; a board member of the
City of Wilkes-Barre Industrial
Development Authority; a member
of the Wilkes-Barre Human Rela-
tions Commission and a member of
the Board, Executive Committee
and chairman of the Leadership
Division of the Committee for Eco-
nomic Growth.
Roth serves as a director of Mer-
chants Bank, North and Jewelcor,
Incorporated. He is past chairman
of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Cham-
ber of Commerce and past president
of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Indus-
trial Fund.
Active in the United Way of Wyo-
ming Valley, Roth is a board
member and vice president of the
Pace Setters Division.
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital
May.
Surviving are his wife, the former
Blanche Baker; sons, Boyce, Tunk-
hannock; Keith, of Durham, N.C.;
daughter, Mrs. Carol Hawk, Trucks-
ville; four grandchildren; two
great-grandchildren.
Funeral was held July 12 from the
Richard H. Disque Funeral Home,
Dallas, with Rev. Robert Benson of
the Dallas United Methodist Church,
officiating. Interment, Lacey Street
Cemetery, Laceyville.
WILLIAM G. GENSEL
William G. Gensel, 20, of Box 79-A
RD 1 Broadway Road, Sweet
Valley, died July 10 following a fire
at his home.
Surviving are his father, Edward
Gensel; stepmother, the former
Irene Archacavage; brothers,
Edward Gensel Jr., Dallas; Joseph
Auchus, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Charles Gensel, Lehman; Douglas
Auchus, RD 1 Sweet Valley; Ray-
mond Gensel and Reginall Gensel,
both of Harveys Lake; Winston
Gensel, Philadelphia; sisters, Mrs.
Marie Griffith, Shickshinny; Mrs.
Sylvia Wesley, Shavertown; Mrs.
Donna Cagigas, Shavertown; Miss
Candy Gensel, at home.
Private funeral services were
held July 13 with the Rev. Michael
Shambora of Lehman United Meth-
odist Church officiating. Interment,
Lehman Center Cemetery, Lehman.
- The Kunkle Volunteer Fire Co.
will hold its Annual Firemen’s Fes-
tival on July 24, 25, 26, 27. On
Wednesday, July 24, there will be a
chicken barbecue from 5 to 8 p.m.
On Thursday, July 25, there will be
music by Auburn from 8 to midnight
and on Friday and Saturday, July 26
and 27, music will be provided by
Westwind from 8 to midnight.
A firemen’s parade will be held
Saturday, July 27, at 6 p.m. Line up
will be at 5 p.m. at Commonwealth
Telephone Company parking lot on
Route 309. Anyone wishing to enter
the parade is asked to contact Jack
Dodson at 675-2728, 675-3334 or 675-
5553.
Rain date will be Sunday, July 28,
with a parade at 2 p.m. and lineup
at1 p.m.
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