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Vol. 97, No. 11
Case closed
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Investigating authorities
announced last Wednesday that the
January shooting death of a 19-year
old Dallas Township youth has been
ruled accidental and that no crimi-
nal charges will be filed in the
matter.
Luzerne County Coroner Dr.
George E. Hudock, after reviewing
the case, which included scientific
and toxilogical tests, with District
Attorney Bernard Podcasy and his
staff, Dallas Township Police Chief
Carl Miers and members of the
Coroners department, ruled that the
death of Henry C. Tuck IV, was
Tuck, of Box 65A, Country Club
Road, Dallas Township, died Janu-
ary 24 as a result of a wound to the
back produced from a Savage over-
under 20-gauge shotgun.
“The toxilogical findings were
negative as to the presence of drugs
and/or alcohol in the body,” Pod-
casy said, reading from a prepared
statement at a press conference
held at the Luzerne County Court-
house.
“A ballistics report submitted by
the Laboratory Division of the
Pennsylvania State Police on the
weapon involved in this matter indi-
cated that the condition of the
weapon was such that it could
discharge by dropping the weapon
ing the hammer while in a rebound
(down) position,”’ Podcasy read.
The District Attorney added that
the report, in. conjunction with
investigations conducted by the
Dallas Township Police Department
and the district attorney’s office,
was the basis for Hudock’s determi-
nation and that no criminal charges
will be filed. The case has been
closed.
According to the final report,
Tuck and his 15-year old brother,
Andrew, had been in the bedroom of
the family home where they both
resided shortly before 10 a.m. on the
day of the January 24.
Andrew was lying on the bed
when Henry walked over and placed
a guitar down on the floor next to
the gun, which was situated on the
butt end against a chair. Henry
began walking out of the room when
the younger Tuck noticed the gun
started to slip and tried to grab it
before it hit the floor. He could not
grab the gun and it discharged as it
was- going down, striking the elder
Tuck in the back:
Authorities said the bullet struck
Henry’s back at a 45-degree upward
angle.
According to police, Andrew bor-
rowed the gun from a friend the day
before to go hunting.
Tuck was a 1985 graduate of
Dallas Area High School and had
been a drummer in a local rock
band, ‘Ragged Edge.” He had also
worked at the Mercy Center on the
campus of College Misericordia.
One person has been arrested and
two other juveniles have been peti-
tioned for court in connection with
the robbery of a Dallas home last
week.
Dallas Borough police say that
Herbert Pinero, 20, of Wilkes-Barre,
has been arrested and will be
charged with the burglary of the
home of Thomas and Linda McCor-
mack, 231 Main Street, Dallas.
Pinero has been remanded to the
Luzerne County Prison in lieu of
$5,000 bail.
The preliminary hearing is sched-
uled for March 27 in front of Magis-
trate Earl Gregory, Kingston Town-
charged.
Two other individuals, both juve-
niles of 15 and 16 years of age, are
also being held. One is being held at
the Wilkes-Barre Juvenile Detention
Center, while the other has been
placed by a youth agency.
Police say the two will be prose-
cuted in accordance with the time
set by juvenile authorities.
Borough police, who had been
working night and day in conjunc-
tion with the Pennsylvania State
Police, Wyoming, Wilkes-Barre and
Wilkes-Barre Township police, have
recovered two rifles, two shotguns,
two pistols, a fur coat and assorted
jewelry.
According to Dallas Borough
Police Chief Ed Lyons, the break-in
allegedly occurred last Tuesday
between 8 and 9 a.m. Upon investi-
gation, officials discovered that two
rifles, two shotguns and three pis-
tols, along with several bottles of
whiskey, assorted jewelry and a
camera had been taken.
A 1974 red Volkswagon was also
taken at approximately the same
time. The vehicle was later recov-
ered early last Tuesday morning at
the intersection of Interstate 81 and
Blackman Street, Wilkes-Barre
Township.
Police said at the time it was
possible the vehicle may have been
taken by the same person or per-
sons who robbed the house.
— JOHN HOINSKI
Easter greetings
‘Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
annual
ihe grounds of the
25 Cents
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
The Dallas Borough Council was
officially informed at its monthly
meeting last Wednesday that Tele-
Media Company Cable Television
Systems will be taking over Cable
Management Associates and would
like to begin plans for cable service
in the Back Mountain area soon.
Frank Vicente, vice-president and
general manager of Te
dauauauauauauauauELtold council
members that the com-
pany has a signed an agreement
with CMA to purchase the company,
with the deal to be officially closed
on March 31.
Century Communications, which
originally planned to hook up cable
lines throughout designated areas of
the Dallas area, pulled out of the
deal two weeks ago without offering
any official explanation to Back
Mountain officials.
In fact, members of the borough
council still weren’t fully aware of
the status of the Century deal until
Vicente informed them at the meet-
ing.
Council members said they are
interested in working out a plan as
soon as possible, but that old mat-
ters would have to be cleared and
new ordinances would have to be
drawn up.
Attorney John Fine, solicitor for
the borough, said approximately
$200 of taxpayers’ money had
already been invested into the Cen-
tury plan and that they would like to
be reimbursed before they make
another move. Vicente said he
would personally see to it they
would be compensated either by
Tele-Media or by CMA, but that it
would be taken care of one way or
another.
Since council holds its meetings
on the third Tuesday of every
month, initial action probably will
not take place publicly take place
until the next session.
Vicente said Tele-Media would
like to begin construction on April 1,
with four miles of cable being
installed in the region in each of the
first three years. He also stated that
expansion would probably be contin-
gent upon how many customers in a
particular area express interest in
the service.
It was indicated by some council
members that residents in certain
areas of the Back Mountain, such as
those who live on Machell Avenue,
have expressed interest but that the
areas are not populated enough.
Vicente ‘assured council that terri-
tory would also be taken care of.
“We are very interested in this
area,” Vicente said. We talked to
CMA before and said that if the deal
with Century fell through we would
be interested in negotiating a deal.”
By KATHY SUDA
Staff Correspondent
A decision to take legal action
against the owners of a dilapidated
Old Lake Road home was made at
last Tuesday’s regular monthly
meeting of the Harveys Lake Bor-
ough Council.
According to a report given by a
Williams’ family has replied to the
cerning the collapsing condition of
their home. The Williams responded
to the notice in the form of a letter,
but the council decided to take legal
steps to rectify the situation. The
Williams’ family home is leaning on
an adjacent home owned by the
Arnone family.
In other matters, the Harveys
Scout's honor!
Brave Scout
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Eddie Turchin Jr. is a happy-
go-lucky 12-year-old who has the
uncanny ability to put a smile on
the face of everyone with whom
he comes in contact. -
That may not seem unusual to
most, but if anyone was afflicted
with the condition Eddie suffers,
he or she probably wouldn’t con-
sider themselves either happy or
lucky and certainly wouldn’t
have much to smile about.
In 1982, doctors discovered that
Eddie had a tumor a bit larger
than the size of a walnut on his
pituitary gland. After four years
of treatment, the tumor has
shrunk to one half its original
size and Eddie has not incurred
any further problems since.
Such an experience would have
understandably left anyone in a
frazzled emotional state, which is
just how the crisis left everyone,
involved from family to friends
— everyone except Eddie, that
is, who proved to be a tower of
strength and who never had any
doubts from the beginning that
he would recover.
“I remember he was laying on
a bed just before they were going
to take him into surgery,” Mr.
Turchin said. ‘And he says to
me, ‘Dad, don’t worry about your
chainsaw.’ I couldn’t believe it.
He was going in for brain sur-
gery and he’s telling me not to
worry about a broken chainsaw.
“But that’s the type of kid he
is,”” Mr. Turchin said. “He is so
peaceful and quiet and everyone
who meets him comments on
that. Later, after everything set-
tled down, he told me he was
never worried because he just
knew everything was going to be
all right.”
Eddie’s problem started in
September of 1982 when he began
vomiting in the mornings and
became very tired after school.
“We didn’t know what was
wrong,” Mrs. Turchin explained.
‘Eddie always loved school, so
we thought maybe it was
because he was moved to a
different class away from his
buddies. We had a visit with his
techer, but she said there was no
problem and that she hadn't
noticed anything unusual.”
One week after their visit with
his teacher, the Turchins were
told the students had their eyes
checked in school and that
Eddie’s sight tested very poor.
(It was later learned that the
tumor had been pressing against
the optic nerve, causing his poor
visibility.)
After an ophthalmologist spent
an hour and a half with Eddie, it
was believed that the problem
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Lake Environmental Committee
reported that tests taken near
Warden Place have showed large
variations in pollutant concentra-
tions from test to test. Council
President Richard Boice said the
problem could be from many differ-
ent contributing factors but they
suspect that raw sewage coming
from out-house type recepticals
may be the root of the problem.
Boice also read a letter from the
Bureau of Conservation and Recrea-
tion stating that the borough’s
request for a grant was denied.
Owners
Council will reapply in the summer.
Councilman Arnold West, head of
recreation and growth, announced a
spring clean-up for the lake. Local
Cub and Boy Scouts along with the
4-H Club will be helping in the
project. The event is sponsored by
the Harveys Lake Bass Masters and
will be held on April 5 beginning at
8 a.m. Anyone wishing to help in the
cleanup is asked to meet at Drury’s.
West also announced that the
Bass Masters will sponsor their
annual fish tournament on the first
day of trout season, April 12.
No injuries
No injuries were reported as a
result of a two-car accident that
took place late Saturday morning
along Route 309 and Carverton Road
in Kingston Township.
William H. Dixon, Jr., RD 3, Box
239-9 Brace Rd, Dallas, reported he
Department offers
24-hour service
The Lake Township Police
Department now offers 24 hour
services to its residents. Effective
February 24, 1986, the police depart-
ment is now staff with one full-time
officer and three part-time offers.
Police Chief in Lake Township is
John Judge Jr., while the police
officers are Sergeant Stanley Duda,
Patrolman Howard Kocher and
Patrolman William Hagenbaugh.
The Lake Township Police
Department may be reached by
calling the following telephone num-
bers: Emergency numbers are 477-
5557 or 675-5259 while the township
building general information
number is 639-2828. :
Township building
will be closed
The Kingston Township Municipal
Building Business Office will be
closed on Friday, March 28, due to
the Easter Holiday. ?
The office will be open on
Monday, March 31, from 8:30 a.m.
until 4:30 p.m.
reported
was stopped at the red light at
Carverton Rd. and Route 309 when
his vehicle was struck from behind
by Christine Sobeck, RD 6, Box 46,
Main Rd. Fernbrook, Dallas.
According to reports, Sobeck said
she was looking over at her baby in
the seat next to her and was una-
ware that the Dixon car had
stopped. No one was hurt and both
cars sustained only minor damage.
A two car accident on Dorchester
Drive in Dallas Township Thursday
morning left two vehicles with
minor damage.
Dallas Township police reports
indicate that Sue Yon Oh, 512 Coun-
try Club Apts., Dallas , stopped for
a stop sign on Dorchester Drive
then proceeded into Grandview Ave.
She reported that she did not see
Leonard Carl Medura Jr., 21 Wel-
lington Dr., Shavertown, traveling
east on Grandview Drive and both
vehicles collided.
Inside The Post
Births .................... 8
Calendar .............. 20
Classified ......... 17,18
Commentary ......... 6
Cookbook ......... Soa ae 7
Obituaries ............. 4
People. ............ 8,9,10
School ............... 13
Sports............... 11,12