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Vol. 97, No. 26
Wednesday, July 9, 1986
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Renovations currently underway at
the Luzerne County Fairgrounds
have doubled the areas designated
for commercial exhibitors and the
amusement rides.
“This year, we redesigned the
grounds to form an oval and expect
to substantially increase the
number of commercial exhibitors
and the number of people attending
the fair,”’ said Ray Hillman, 1986
fair chairman. Hillman also expects
two arts and crafts buildings and a
horse barn to be constructed before
Pe opening of the fair on September
® Comhorcisl exhibitors and food
vendors are requested to submit
their reservations for space by July
25, 1986. F'orms can be obtained by
writing to the Luzerne County Fair,
c/o Hillman Service Co., 428 Market
Street, Kingston, PA 18704, Atten-
tion: Commercial Exhibits, or by
calling 288-5990 or 675-6448.
“Space reservations are still on a
first come first serve basis,” said
Buck Albert, commercial exhibitor
chairman. ‘“We strongly suggest
that the commercial exhibitors
reserve their space as soon as
possible.”
The fee for covered exhibitor
space is $12.00 perfront foot with a
10 frontal foot minimum required;
and outdoor space, with a 20 frontal
foot minimum, is $6.00 per front
foot. The fee for food vendors is
$20.00 per front foot with a mini-
mum of 15 (frontal) feet required.
The fair will be held rain or shine
and the exhibit must be set up and
operational by 4 p.m., Wednesday,
September 3. All exhibits and. food
stands must remain intact until 9
p.m. Sunday, September 7.
The fair is located on Rte. 118,
Dallas and will be open from 3 p.m.
until 11 p.m. Wednesday through
Friday and from 9 a.m. until mid-
night Saturday and Sunday.
The leasers of The Dallas Driving
Range are offering a $200 reward
for any information in connection
with a recent burglary that took
place there in late June.
Joe and Peg Shocklee of Kingston,
who are leasing the business for the
season from Jack Crossin, owner of
the business, are offering the
reward for the arrest and conviction
of the person or persons responsible
for the June 29 break-in.
Dallas Township police ‘are ‘con-
ducting ‘investigations and have
taken fingerprints in three buildings
Although no money was taken, a
boom-box, a pair of bolt cutters and
a jean jacket, among other items,
were missing.
“Whoever did it probably cut
themself pretty bad,”” Robert
Hooper, an employee at the center,
said. “There was blood found in the
one building next to a cigarette
machine that had broken glass
around it. A T-shirt with blood on it
was found on a path across the
highway leading into the woods.”
The incident, which probably took
place between midnight and dawn,
wasn’t the first break-in to take
place there. Hooper said the build-
ings have been vandalized a number
of times over the years.
“It’s usually nuisance-type stuff,
but last year somebody did break
into the garage and stole a jeep. A
reward was offered then too, and
they did catch the guy,” he said.
A ‘““for-sale’ sign is currently
being displayed at the range, but
Crossin said the reasons for selling
are strictly business and have noth-
ing to do with the burglary.
— CHARLOT M. DENMON
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
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By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
The United Way of Wyoming
Valley announced last week the
sponsorship of several programs to
combat drug abuse locally, includ-
ing an appearance by New York
Yankee Dave Winfield at the Para-
mount Civic Center in January.
Speaking at a press conference
last Thursday at the United Way
building on Market Street in Wilkes-
Barre, Chuck Reynolds, president
and chief professional officer of the
United Way of Wyoming Valley,
announced the agencies plans to
work with area school districts in
fighting the problem through educa-
tion.
“All of the United Way member
agencies, working closely with the
educational institutions in the area
and other community organizations,
will sponsor and conduct programs
concerning substance abuse.”
One of those programs may be
operated through specially trained
people to work with school districts
to combat the drug abuse problem.
Although all the details of the
projects have not been worked out,
one event planned is a speaking
engagement by Winfield on Jan. 16
at 9 a.m. at the Paramount Civic
Center.
The nine-time baseball All-Star,
who also heads the David M. Win-
field Foundation, which promotes
health and education for underprivi-
leged youths, will address 1,500 stu-
dents at the center. Through the
technical cooperation of WBRE-TV
28, WVIA-channel 44, will simulcast
the program for viewing to approxi-
mately 20,000 students at their
respective schools.
Speaking on behalf of his client,
Winfield’s attorney, Jeffrey S.
Klein, a Wyoming Seminary gradu-
ate now working out of New York,
said, “What Dave is saying is that
drugs destroy lives, and that it is a
problem that should be discussed in
the classroom. He’s trying to tell
young people that it’s 0.K. to say
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“no” to drugs.”
Here in the Back Mountain, both
the Lake-Lehman and Dallas school
districts have already implemented
educational programs to curb drug
abuse and invite any additional
efforts that may aid in those pro-
grams.
“We welcome any type of pro-
gram like this,” said Dr. David
Preston, Lake Lehman superintend-
ent. “It’s a problem that is best
dealt with in the classroom.”
Preston said Lehman does have a
program entitled ‘‘Here’s Looking
at You,” that informs students in
grades K-through-8 of substance
abuse, but has no curriculum for
high school students.
“Research shows that the best
way to prevent the use of drugs is
through education at an early age
when children can establish atti-
tudes toward certain subjects,”
Preston explained. ‘But the high
school does have a SADD program
(Students Against Drunk Driving).
Dr. Thomas Cyphers, principal at
the Dallas Senior High, says that
school district also has the same
type of program as Lehman in
grades 7-through 10, and he, too,
would welcome any additional pro-
grams.
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TOWING
Gearing up
left,
of gasoline to the auction.
Noxen girl
improving
A three-year old Noxen girl who
received serious injuries after being
involved in a lawn mower accident
Monday night has improved and is
now listed in ‘fair condition’’ at the
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
A hospital spokesman said that
Kathryn Boice, 3, of RD 1, Box 264A,
Noxen, is in fair condition and
resting comfortably. The spokes-
man said a deep laceration on her
thigh had been stitched and that one
toe on her right foot was lost in the
mishap.
Reports indicate the girls father
was operating a ride-on lawn mower
when the child suddenly darted out
in front of her. The incident took
place at approximately 7:50 p.m.
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