Mounts, Knights both win page 10 OST Fall Fair 5 fioln igh page 6 EARL INS Vol. 100 No. 35 "A Centennial Edition" 35 Cents Police say ‘crack’ here, but not yet widespread By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff The drug ‘crack’ has been filling $e headlines of newspapers all over the country in the last several years, and Back Mountain resi- dents may find the problem is not so far from home. “It is definitely here in the Back Mountain,” said Kingston Town- ship Patrolman Robert Parrish Saturday. Parrish said the town- ship arrested a man last month with ‘crack’ paraphernalia. ‘Crack’ is the streetname for a volatile mixture of cocaine and bak- ing soda heated in a vial. “The vial can be anything that can be heated,” said Parrish. “Like a test tube.” ‘Crack’ is especially dangerous because of its addictive quality. Taking ‘crack’ once is believed to be capable of addicting the user for life. First-time users have been known to die from cardiac and respiratory complications imme- diately following the use of the drug. Also, ‘crack’ is cheap, making it more accessible for young people. Parrish labeled ‘crack’, “The Poor Man's Coke.” "It is easy to make, it is cheap, and it is extremely addictive,” Par- rish said. “That is why it is so deadly.” See CRACK, pg 3 ‘look-alike’ By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff Companies advertising health and diet aides in various pill shapes have drawn criticism from local officials who say the com- substances, including illegal nar- cotics, to earn money. Many companies offer the pills by mail-order, advertising in magazines and books distributed nationwide. © One "outlet, the "Garden of Eden," in Harveys Lake, has left cards on automo- bile windshields throughout the Local officials attack panies are simulating controlled drug pills Back Mountain, picturing "look- alike" pills for use as stimulants and diet aids. These companies depict in ad- vertisements various capsules and tablets with no identification of each pill. Some local officials say the pills depict controlled substances, includingillegal nar- cotics. Larry Locata, a pharmacist at Trucksville Pharmacy in Trucksville, pointed out tablets. on the local advertisement, say- ing the pills appear very similar See LOOK-ALIKE, pg 3 She won Hand-ily Heather Hand and Bonnie Belles of Dallas competed for the title of Miss Luzerne County Fair last Thursday. Heather won the crown. More fair photos on page 6. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) BIZAARE CRASH - This vehicle flipped several times and landed in Toby’s Creek Saturday afternoon. This accident was one of several violent accidents that occurred in the Back Mountain last week. (Photo by Scott A. Davis) Two dead, several injured Area suffers series of violent accidents By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff The Back Mountain was swamped with violent and spec- tacular accidents this past week, leaving two people dead and send- ing several others to area hospi- tals. It all began Thursday morning around noon when a cement truck carrying eight yards of cement careened through a Kingston Township intersection and flipped over. Lance Thomas, 19, RD. 1, Sweet Valley, was driving a cement truck south on Route 309 around 12:30 p.m. when the trucks brakes failed, according to Kingston Township Police. Thomas blew his horn re- peatedly to warn traffic as he approached the intersection of Route 309 and Carverton Road. Thomas attempted to turn left at the intersection onto Carverton Road, which goes uphill, to try to slow the vehicle and to avoid cars stopped at the intersection. As the truck made the turn, it flipped onto its side in the northbound lane, tearing out guardrails and a Dallas Area Municipal Authority sewer cap. No other vehicles were damaged in the mishap. Thomas was removed from the vehicle by Kingston Township ambulance and rescue personnel. He was taken to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston, where he was treated for facial lacerations and released. Northbound traffic was rerouted off of Route 309 for about two hours, while the truck was righted and towed from the scene by Red's Service Center. The truck was owned by Hun- lock Sand and Gravel, Hunlock Creek. Responding to the scene were police from Dallas Township, Dal- las Borough, and Kingston Town- ship. Assisting were Kingston Township Ambulance and King- ston Township Rescue. Thomas was lauded a hero by witnesses of the accident for avoid- ing the other vehicles in the inter- section. Later Thursday evening, another spectacular accident occurred in the township. A 35-year-old woman was seri- ously injured after she drove her van over a twenty-foot ledge at the end of a dead end street. Jude A. Rhodes, Pittston, was driving her 1987 Ford Aerostar Van on Beverly Drive in the Brown Manor housing development around 5 p.m., when she failed to stop before reaching the end of the dead end street. The van plunged down the embankment and slammed into a fallen tree. Rhodes was pinned in the vehicle for about 30 minutes before Kingston Township Rescue and Ambulance personnel were able to free her. See ACCIDENTS, pg 5 Dallas board will pay LIU suit legal bills By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Dallas School Board members . approved a motion by director John Litz to pay any damages Ernest Ashbridge may incur as a result of a lawsuit filed by Dr. Thomas O'Donnell, outgoing Luzerne Inter- mediate Unit executive director. Ashbridge, president of the Dallas Board and Dallas board representative to the Luzerne Inter- mediate Board was one of the 13 LIU board members named in the lawsuit filed by O'Donnell in the United States District Court inJuly after his contract was not renewed. The board also approved the appointment of Mary Clemm as part time audio-visual technician in the Dallas School District for the 1989-1990 school year at $5.50 per hour for 25 hours per week and the appointment of Karen L. Beachem, Williamsport, as a long term substitute French teacher at the hourly rate of $14.00 per hour for two and a half hours per day for the school year. Beachem will replace Gwen Quick who is on an approved sabbatical leave of ab- sence for the 1989-1990 school year. In other business the school directors e Approved payment of $18,090 to Ruth Corporation, $39,728.25 to Interco Construction Company and $12,937.50 to Rogan Electric for work done at the Dallas Ele- mentary School. e Approved acceptance of Plan- Con, Part C-Site Evaluation for Dallas Senior High School issued Aug. 14 by the Department of Education. » Approved filing an application for the use of $21,498 in TELLS Funds available for the 1989-1990 school year. e Appointed Francis Kopko as instructor for the anti-smoking clinic for the 1989-1990 school year, an in-school program held one week each month at the senior high school. * Approved the list of non-in- structional employees and their salaries for the school year which See SUIT, pg 3 By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Neither the Lehman Township Sewer Authority officers nor the residents of Oak Hill believe that problems with the Oak Hill water system have been caused by faulty sewer lines, as charged by the water company that serves the develop- ment. “When our sewer lines were installed we had to have 95 per- cent or better compaction,” said one resident of Oak Hill, who asked toremain anonymous. “We weren't even allowed to put back the dirt which was dug up when the lines were installed, but we had to have special fill put in to be sure the Oak Hill residents raise complaints about water lines would not move and break. “The water lines of National Utilities Water Company are old and many breaks occur in the pipes. The lines are never replaced by the company. All they do is pich a section where a pipe breaks off.” Another resident, who lives ina higher section of Oak Hill, said the company installed a big tank in the area and when the water goes through the lines the the pressure is so great it breaks the lines. According to residents, the lower section of Oak Hill has water but sometimes the pressure is low, but the upper section is out of water See OAK HILL, pg 5 Water commission hopes committees will speed action By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Back Mountain Water Commission appointed four com- mittees at their September 7 meeting, in an effort to resolve various projects more efficiently. A Technical Committee chaired by Joseph Salla will move ahead with the recent water survey con- ducted by the commission. A Regulations Committee headed by Dan Faison of Franklin Township will work on drawing up uniform regulations for all of the member municipalities and a Finance Committee chaired by John Molski will investigate various grants available for the water commmision. Eleanor Rodda, liai- son between the Water Commis- sion and the Back Mountain Citi- zens Council will be in charge of Public Relations. The committees will meet the third Thursday of each month and A real inspiration Harriet Sands, Carverton, had the pleasure of seeing her heifer, Weberlea Inspiration Gold, win Senior Champion at the Luzerne County Fair. The heifer was a 2-month-old calf when the barn in which she was housed burned in an arson fire. "I never thought she would make it," Harriet commented Friday. (Photo by Ron Bartizek) the Commission will meet the first Thursday of each month at which time the committee heads will report on the progress they have made. At the September 7 meeting, secretary John Molski read a let- ter to the members from William Shane of the Public Utilities Commssion in which Shane stated that the PUC was satisfied with the decision handed down con- cerning the permission for Dallas- Shavertown Water Company to resume water hook-ups to n homes. The Commission approved a motion to reply to Shane's letter ‘point by point’ and ask him to give a specific reply to each point: The next meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m., at the Kingston Township Municipal Building. Residents with ques- tions, complaints or problems relative to water are urged to at- tend. : Inside The Post Calendar......14 Classified. 11-13 Editorials....... 4 Obituaries.....2 Police Report............ 5 Property Transfers..... 2 SCHOOL. 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