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money. It is bureaucracy at it
finest,”” Debalko explained.
According to the EVAC, when a
study of the water quality of Har-
veys Lake is done special emphasis
must be applied to the surrouding
mountains of Harveys Lake, better
known as the “watershed” area.
“When we talk about Harveys
Lake,” explained Debalko, “we are
not just talking about the water
itself. We are also talking about the
mountains. The water that makes
up the areas watershed comes off
the mountains. And that water ulti-
mately runs into Harveys Lake,”
said Debalko.
Debalko said the EVAC’s fund-
raising effort only begins with Har-
veys Lake property owners. oney
must also come from interested
citizens in the watershed area.
“Anyone who lives in the area or
uses Harveys Lake and is interested
needs to contribute to the EVAC,”
said Debalko. ‘We are willing to
accept contributions from anyone
who is interested.”
A senior member of the EVAC,
Dr: Charles Reif of Noxen has been
taking water samples at Harveys
Lake for many years. Reif, a
retired PHD professor from Wilkes
College, specializes in lake studies
and has been taking the water
samples and doing. the chemical
A phone call across the miles can
still be the “next best thing to being
there,” but since the break-up of
AT&T, it has not been the simplest.
Many people are still sorting out
their options. A survey conducted
late last year by the American
Association of Retired Persons
found that only five percent of older
Americans have taken advantage of
the opportunity to switch long dis-
tance phone companies.
Soon, however, you will be asked
to choose your own long distance
phone company and make long dis-
tance calls as the result of a recent
ruling by the Federal Communica-
tions Commission (FCC).
Long distance service will no
logner be automatically handled by
AT&T. Rather, local phone net-
works wil lbe modified so that
customers of all long distance phone
companies will be able to place
calls by simply dialing “1” and the
area code and phone number. This
requirement is called equal access.
About three months before your
local phone company converts to
equal access, you will receive a
letter and a ballot from them asking
you to choose from a list of long
distance phone companies. There-
fore, it would be in your best
interest to be prepared so you can
ick the company which offers the
plan best suited to your needs.
If you do not choose, the local
phone company will assign you a
company at random, based upon the
percentage of consumers who select
a particular company on the first
ballot. For example, if 20 percent
select Company X, then Company X
is assigned to 20 percent of those
who did not make a choice. How-
ever, if you're unhappy with the
company assigned to you, you will
be able to switch by making an
alternative selection on a second
ballot or contacting another com-
pany directly. No fee will be
charged if you make the change
within six months after your area is
converted to equal access.
To prepare you for the new equal
access language, some of the com-
monly used terms are defined
below:
-Equal access-—also known as dial
“1” allows you to access the long
distance company of your choice by
simply dialing ‘‘1”’ before the area
code and number.
-Access code--a five-digit code
that will be needed to access long
distance carriers other than the one
giving you dial “1” service.
-High volume discounts and other
incentives--incentive packages
which offer discounts based on
usage, such as when the cost of
calls exceeds a certain amount.
When making your selection, your
ultimate goal will be probably be to
get the best service at the best
price. A few questions to ask might
be:
-How do the rates compare with
other carriers?
-Are the times when the lower
rates apply the convenient times for
you to call?
-Can you reach the locations you
normally call?
-Does the company offer high
volume discounts?
-Does the service offer directory
assistance?
-Long distance operators?
Credit on misdialed numbers?
-Can you charge calls to your
home phone when you travel?
-Can you call overseas?
-Are deaf and hearing-impaired
services offered?
Most of these questions can be
answered by the different compa-
nies which are competing for your
busienss. But, don’t hesitate to ask
your friends and neighbors. Decide
what you need. Look at the options.
Find out what’s available. And then,
when you need to make the choice,
yowll be able to make the best one
for you.
analysis free of charge. Harveys
Lake Protective Association has
paid for the chemical analysis. The
Reif studies, however, have been
completed for no charge.
“He (Dr. Reif) did the studies all
on his own,” said Debalko. ‘The
man deserves a great deal of credit
for the work he has done.”
“You spend three hours with Dr.
Reif and you feel like you have
taken a college course,” Debalko
said.
Dr. Reif, who is a EVAC advisor,
recently had his aluminum row
boat,which he did his studies from,
stolen from his dock on Harveys
Lake.
“This man even had his boat
stolen, which he kept at the lake in
order to do the water sampling,”
Debalko said. “You just can not
imagine all the work he has done
for Harveys Lake. We feel privi-
ledged to have him on our council,”
Debalko said.
Anyone wishing to make a contri-
bution to the EVAC fund, should
send a check of money order to the
Environmental Advisory Council
Fund, P.O. Box 68, Harveys Lake,
Pennsylvania, 18618.
Said Debalko, ‘“We are just about
willing to accept contributions from
anyone who is concerned with the
water problems at Harveys Lake.”
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Post correspondent
At a special meeting, Thursday,
Aug. 22, Lake-Lehman School Dis-
trict’s Board of Directors approved
a work program plan to halt severe
erosion behind the Lake-Noxen Ele-
mentary School before it causes
additional damage.
Heavy rains this summer caused
the erosion which is threatening
severe damage to the basketball
court and to the school as well, if
something isn’t done to prevent it.
Six years old and growing fast,
Don Bennett Advertising, Wilkes-
Barre, is winning creative recogni-
tion on a national level.
In this year’s competition to
select the best radio commercials
on a regional basis throughout the
United States, the agency was
accorded a coveted Silver Micro-
phone award for the 1985 competi-
tion. A 60-second broadcast com-
mercial produced for Graham’s
Office Supplies & Equipment of
Wilkes-Barre was recognized as a
“National Winner” under the office
supplies and equipment category.
Trumbower of the Smith,
recommended the best plan was to
fill the area with heavy rock. Trum-
bower suggested that some stone
walls located at the Lake-Lehman
Senior High School be used for the
rock ballast.
After contacting various construc-
tion and equipment firms regarding
the project, the directors held the
special meeting and awarded con-
tracts to the following firms with
the understanding work could begin
this week.
Tom Frantz, and A.G. Coolbaugh
of Dallas, contracts for equipment
rental at $45 per hour; bulldozer $35
per hour and tractor $30 per hour.
Rich Rese Excavating, Dallas, serv-
ices for one dump truck $40 per
hour; labor and use of equipment to
remove existing concrete wall and
install pipe, $340; and Colarusso
Trucking, Shavertown, use of three
dump trucks $40 per hour for each
truck.
School officials expressed the
hope that the approved work would
remedy the erosion problem and
prevent any further damage.
Produced and aired during the
past year, the winning spot, entitled
“Office Jungle,” was conceived by
agency Creative Director John Bar-
torillo, and makes humorous use of
a jungle theme and appropriate
sound effects to advertise Graham’s
role as a quality office equipment
supplier.
Thomas J. Graham Jr., president
of the office supply firm was
exceedingly pleased over the
national recognition the award
received. “The original concept was
good mixture of entertainment and
salesmanship...and the end product
was even better!”
The “Office Jungle” radio spot
was part of a continuing campaign
for Graham’s, which carried the
theme ‘‘Graham’s--you hear our
good name all over town!” The 3-
part series, which included spots
entitled ‘‘Office Orchestra’’ and
“Wall Street” was honored as a
finalist in the Silver Microphone
“Campaign” category. The radio
broadcasts were scheduled in con-
junction with a full-scale print cam-
paign featuring newspaper advertis-
ing in the Stock Market section.
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tact with human feces or urine, which individual.
makes it extremely important to wash Deodorants, lotions, powde
hands thoroughly with soap and water grances are not necessary for b
“It’s a crime what some people do
for cable TV service,” according to
cable television industry and law
enforcement officials in Wilkes-
Barre.
Local cable system operators, dis-
trict justices and law enforcement
officials were brought up to date
today on new developments in the
anti-theft of cable service laws
during a workshop sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Cable Television
Association (PCTA).
Theft is costing cable television
systems in Pennsylvania an esti-
mated $25 million annually, accord-
ing to PCTA spokesman Terry
Kearney.
A table filled with unauthorized
devices used to pirate cable televi-
sion services, all of which were
donfiscated by Pennsylvania cable
companies, was on display.
“Many of these devices,” Kear-
ney said, “simply don’t meet the
industry’s technical standards and
they radiate, or leak, signals into
the environment. This causes inter-
ference with and a degredation or
weakening of other cable signals
and, in some cases, con interfere
with other communications.”
Kearney said that due to signal
leakage caused by cable thieves
there have been reports of interfer-
ence iwth police and other emer-
gency communications and with air
traffic control frequencies.
“The state legislature and the
U.S. Congress recognized the sever-
ity of the problems posed by cable
theft and enacted legislation to give
local cable operators and law
enforcement officials the legal clout
necessary to get this problem under
control,” said former Pennsylvania
Deputy Attorney General William I.
Arbuckle, III, who successfully pro-
secuted the so-called “HBO Kid”
and other cable thieves.
“My task here,” Arbuckle said,
“is to explain the options open to
cable operators and the law enforce-
ment community in combatting
cable theft; particularly how to use
the new laws to diminish the threat
cable thieves pose to the public
safety.”
Kearney, manager of a cable
system serving York, Pennsylvania,
and Arbuckle are here as part of a
five-city tour throughout the Com-
monwealth sponsored by PCTA.
At a session this morning for
ventative and Cosmetic Dentistry.
and Arbuckle reviewed the rights
cable system operators now have
under the law and the steps they
can take to combat theft of service.
Such steps include programs aimed
at educating subscribers about theft
and the consequences thieves face
under the new law.
According to Arbuckle, it is really
up to the operator how tough they-
want to get with cable thieves.
“The options open to cable opera-
fors are many,” Arbuckle said,
“ranging from an amnesty program
with no prosecutions to a hardline
policy where all thieves are prose-
cuted under both civil and criminal
procedures.”
Kearney pointed out, however,
that the main goal of most cable
operators is not to convict cable
theives. ‘“We would much rather
have thieves joining the ranks of
our playing customers than to have
to prosecute them. But more and
more operators are initiating prose-
cutions to defend their right not to
have their product stolen. Cable TV
is no different from any other busi-
ness,” he concluded, ‘and we just
can’t afford to be giving away our
merchandise.”
Grubs won’t be the only pests
afflicting lawns around the North-
east this summer. According to
entomologists at Agway Inc., home-
owners also must contend with a
pair of destroyers known as sod
webworms and chinch bugs. Their
appetites are voracious and the
damage they can do to a lawn is
considerable.
Sod Webworms
Sod webworms are the larvae of a
buff-colored moth, which is from
one-half to three-quarters of an inch
long. The moths hide during the day
an fly at dusk in zigzag patterns,
dropping eggs randomly as they fly.
The larvae develop dark brown
heads and have dark spots scattered
over the body. The worms construct
silk-line burrows through the lawn
thatch and into the soil. They hide
in these homes during the day and
may overwinter there.
Webworm laral activity increases
as temperatures warm in the
spring. The worms mature from
mid-May to mid-June, with moths
emerging during late May to late
June. First-generation larvae feed
from late June to the end of July,
when a new brood of moths emerge.
A lwn may host as many as three
generations! May, July and Septem-
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Webworms feed at night on grass
leaves (blades) and stems near the
surface, causing irregular brown
spots and thinned turf to develop.
When as many as 15 larvae are
spotted per square yard, it’s time to
use an insecticide. Grass should be
mowed first and clippings removed.
Water the lawn before applying
insecticide in late afternoon or early
evening when the webworms
emerge to begin feeding.
Chinch bugs
Chinch bugs are small sucking
insects that damage lawngrasses in
all stages of development, from
nymph to mature adult. They start
out red with a white band on the
abdomen, and later in maturity turn
orange-brown to black with white
wings. They are seldom seen flying.
Female chinch bugs generally
start laying eggs in the grass in
May. The nymphs, which develop in
about two weeks, emerge in May or
June and can go through five
growth stages in about 30 days. A
second generation often causes the
most damage.
Chinch bugs inject a salivary fluid
into the grass plant as they suck the
juice out. Damage appears as
yellow spots that enlarge and rap-
idly turn brown. Because damage is
heaviest in sunny locations during
hot, dry periods, the problem often
is thought to be the result of drought
stress.
The best method for spotting
chinch bugs, which are tiny and
scurry for cover whenever they are
exposed, is to float them on water.
Remove both ends of a coffee can
and press the can into the lawn to
form a tight seal at the bottom. Fill
with water and count the number of
chinch bugs that come floating to
the surface after a few minutes. A
rate of 20 bugs per square foot
means an insecticide is needed.
When to apply insecticide
Effective timing is important
when setting out to control sod
webworms and chinch bugs.
Approximate dates to aim for to
counter successive generations of
the pests are June 1, July 1 and
August 1. Lawn care professionals
have found one of the most effective
insecticides to be Agway Lawn
Insect Control with Dursban. This is
a dry product that is applied with
an ordinary lawn spreader. A 25-
pound bag will treat 10,000 square
feet of turf. To activate the insect
control properties of Dursban,
water the lawn immediately after
applying the product.
Dr. Perrotti was recently awarded the
Degree Doctor of Dental Medicine by
Temple University School of Dentistry.
He was also a member of the Oral Sur-
gery Honor Society. the Periodontal Hon-
or Society. the Endodontology Honor So-
ciety and the St. George Oral Cancer
Society. He is an active member of the
~ American Dental Association, the Acade-
my of General Dentistry and the Pennsyl-
vania Dental Society.
The Academy of General Dentistry as 2
along with the faculty of Temple University awarded to Dr. Perrotti the award
of Outstanding Achievement in Operative Dentistry. an award recognizing the
senior who displays the greatest interest and excellence in operative dentistry.
He was also appointed a part-time faculty position at Temple, in the Operative
Department.
Dr. Perrotti, a 1976 graduate of West Scranton High School. received a
Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Bloomsburg State University and
also studied at Palmer College in Davenport, Iowa. He is the son of Theresa
and Joseph Perrotti. 1122 Division St., Scranton.
Dr. Perrotti’s office is located at 1500 Wyoming Ave.. Forty Fort. For
appointments please call 287-1191. The office is accepting new patients and
is participating with major insurances.
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