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Farris and April Yatsko.
1985-86
As the 1985-86 school year gets
into full swing, The Dallas Post is
pleased to announce its continuation
of the school correspondent pro-
gram which began last year.
The program, designed to give
students an opportunity to inform
the public of scholastic events, was
so successful during its first year
last year, Dallas Post editor Dotty
Martin has expressed sincere inter-
est in having the program continue.
Correspondents from each of the
three Back Mountain schools,
Dallas, Lake-Lehman and Gate of
Heaven are chosen by school offi-
cials. These correspondents are
responsible for a weekly column,
introducing students from their
school as well as informing the
public of events scheduled to take
place within the school.
This year’s school correspondents
are as follows:
From Dallas High School, the
correspondent duties will be shared
by Dawn Rothrock; Kristyn Post
Dawn is the daughter of Rev. and
school
Mrs. Lynn Rothrock and resides. in
Shavertown.
At Dallas, Dawn is a member of
the silk squad, manager of the field
hockey team, basketball statisti-
cian, a member of the National
Honor Society, costume crew chief
for school plays and a member of
the yearbook staff.
Dawn also sings in the choir at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church, Shaver-
town, where her father is pastor.
Following graduation, she plans to
attend college to major in mathe-
matics.
Kristyn Post is the daughter of
Joanne and Ronald Post of Dallas.
She is a member of the strutters,
the chorus, the yearbook staff, the
National Honor Society, and partici-
pates in school plans.
Kristyn plans to attend college,
but is undecided as to what she will
study. x
Michele Farris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Farris, resides in
Shavertown.
She is a member of the strutters,
the National Honor Society, and the
Dallas Post/Dotty Martin
Thomas Stepanski.
play crew. Michele is also a
member of Girl Scout Troop 634.
Also undecided as to what she will
study, Michele does plan to attend
college after graduation.
At Lake-Lehman, school corre-
spondents for this year are Susie
Redmond and Thomas Stepanski.
Susie Redmond is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Redmond and
is a resident of Fieldcrest, Shaver-
town.
At Lehman, Susie is captain of the
cheerleading squad of which she has
been a amember for four years.
Susie plans to continue her educa-
tion after high school, studying
either art or to be a travel agent.
Thomas Stepanski is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stepanski of
Lehman.
An athlete at heart, Tom has been
a member of the Black Knights
football team for four years, playing
in the guard position and a member
of the baseball team for four years,
playing the outfield. :
Tom plans to enter the engineer-
ing field in college following his
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Brad Bullock, local heart trans-
plant recipient, who was admired
by all Back Mountain residents for
his courage and will to live, died
last Thursday in the intensive care
unit of Columbia Presbyterian Med-
ical Center.
The 22-year-old Dallas resident’s
death came as a shock fo many of
his friends and neighbors in the
area for most of them were under
the impression the young man was
doing well. Few realized he had
been a patient at the New York
hospital since mid-August.
Brad graduated from Dallas High
School in 1980 when he was only 18
and then entered Pennsylvania
State University’s Wilkes-Barre
Campus as an associate degree
student.
Brad began suffering from illness
and it was discovered that he was
suffering from cardiomyopathy, an
illness which is the cause of heart
muscles deteriorating and, in time,
becoming useless. Brad's doctors
believed the illness had been caused
by a virus.
Brad entered the Columbia Pres-
byterian Medical Center and, on
April 15, 1982, he received the heart
of an unnamed donor in a 5 1/2 hour
operation. .
From the date of the operation
until Brad was released in August of
1982, there were several times when
his body appeared to reject his new
heart, but various medications pre-
scribed by his doctors carried him
through the trying times.
Never at any time did Brad give
up hope as he showed great deter-
mination and courage in his will to
recover completely and return
home to live a normal life.
Residents of the Back Mountain
followed the young man's fight with
prayers and great admiration and
when a campaign was initiated to
raise financial aid, local residents
responded generously.
Kingston Township Chief of Police
Paul Sabol, who knew Brad and his
family, and Rev. Cliff Jones, pastor
of Huntsville Christian Church,
where Brad attended church, organ-
ized the campaign to raise funds to
assist in the family’s living expen-
ses while Brad was in New York.
One or the other of his parents
lived nearby during the months
Brad was in the hospital since
National Bank,” said Chief Sabol.
When Bullock was released from
the hospital in August, 1982, his
doctor gave him a 50 percent
chance of living one year and a 45
percent chance of surviving five
years.
On his return home to this area,
Bullock worked when he could find
suitable positions and began to
resume as normal routine as possi-
ble with friends in the area.
The son of Robert Bullock, Dallas
and Mrs. Barbara Raph Schall,
Dallas, Brad was born in Kingston.
He was a 1980 graduate of Dallas
High School and a student at the
Wilkes-Barre Campus of Pennsyl-
vania State University. He attended
Huntsville Christian Church.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by brothers Robert Bullock
Jr., Brock Bullock, both at home;
half brothers, Edwin Schall, at
home; Mark, Paul, Matthew Bul-
lock, all of Dallas; sister, Mrs. Beth
Steltz, Sweet Valley; half-sister,
Lori Bullock, Dallas; paternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Willard
Bullock, Trucksville.
Funeral services were held
Monday, 11 a.m., from the Richard
H. Disque Funeral Home, 672
Memorial Highway, Dallas, with the
Rev. Cliff C. Joness, pastor of
Huntsville Christian Church, offici-
ating. Interment was in the Hunts-
ville Cemetery.
Memorial contributions, if
desired, may be made to the Dallas
Ambulance or the Back Mountain
Little League.
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COIL SPRINGS
high school graduation.
Gate of Heaven correspondents
this year are April Yatsko and
Michael Farris.
April Yatsko is the daughter sof
Joseph and Carol Yatsko of Shaver-
town.
She is a member of the Student
Council at Gate of Heaven and also
operates the projector for the
school’s audio-visual programs.
April is also a member of the Math
Club.
Michael Farris, son of Mr. and
Mrs. thomas M. Farris, resides in
Shavertown and is the brother of
Michele Farris, one of our Dallas
correspondents.
At Gate of Heaven, Michael is a
member of the basketball team and
the Math Club.
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