The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, December 6,1989 § NC amma 911 (continued from page 1) tem which alerts dispatchers of emergencies by telephone. He stated that the enhanced system is better since there needs to be no conversation between the caller and receiver. The name, address and other information comes up on a computer screen when the call is placed. Santayana said that the company would not reject by municipalities attempting to in- stall 911 on their own, but that the countywide installation was the best way to go. Macekura said that currently the county is seeking the 911 sys- tem and if a bill now in the Legis- lature is passed, there would be a referendum on the ballot in May. . State Sen. Charles Lemmond said that a senate bill passed by the Senate would give grants to counties for the 911 system, but the House version contained low interest loans. yn _ The bill will now go go to a conference committee, which will work out the differences and then send it back for voting. Lemmond said he felt the bill would be ap- proved by January, in time for the public question to be on the ballot in May. A minimal charge for the con- tinuing cost of the system would be added to residents telephone bills monthly for a period of four years. This cost would be minimal ranging from 26¢ to 74¢ depend- ing on the type of system. The installation cost for the basic emergency system is approximately $33,000 with the monthly cost approximately $6,500. The en- hanced system, Type 4, would have an initial cost of approximately $330,000 and a monthly cost for four years of approximately $30,000. Lemmond told members of the audience to call their county com- missioners urging them to cooper- ate in obtaining the 911 system. Chief Sabol said that the amount of calls to the Back Mountain CommCenter merits the 911 sys- tem. Chief dispatcher Bernie Pechukonis reported that the Back Mountain CommCenter averages more than 200 ambulance calls per month not counting requests for the paramedic units. He did not have the figures on the police and fire calls available at the meeting. “Is a life worth as much as 76¢ a month,” asked one of the panel members of the audience. Lake Township supervisor Charles Balavage said that 76¢ per month was less than one pack of cigarettes or two packages of gum. “Whether through the county or alone, the Back Mountain munici- palities will have the Type 4 911 emergency system,” repeated King- ston Township Police Chief Sabol By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff Evening was just setting in when the phone rang at the Back Mountain Communication Cen- ter. An infant had stopped breath- ing and the parents did not know what to do. But dispatcher Marc Bregman did. Grabbing the phone from the other dispatcher on duty, who took the address and was about to hang up the phone, ‘infant's father how to do Cardio- pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). Bregman kept talking to the fa- ' ther as he performed CPR until . emergency crews arrived on the scene. The child survived. That is only one of many situ- ations that Bregman has faced as a dispatcher for local fire, am- s Bregman calmly explained to the ¥ Dispatcher supports '911' system bulance, and police. The above incident shows that a dispatcher is a vital link between the emer- gency site and emergency crews and not just a messenger. And when it comes to discuss- ing the proposal of installing the 911 emergency number in this area, Bregman supports it en- tirely. “Definitely 911 should be brought in,” Bregman said Fri- day. He explained that the 911 system would save valuable time and provide vital information for a dispatcher. Bregman is careful to point out that he would only agree with the implementation of the en- hanced 911 System, and not the, regular 911 system. “If we go to the original 911 system, we would be going back in time,” he said. “The enhanced system would show us the number of people in a home, any medical problems at the residence, medications (of residents), along with the ad- dress of the call,” Bregman ex- plained. This information is supplied by computer when a distress call is received. With the original 911 system, the only benefit is a short telephone num- ber. As for the thousands of dol- lars in installation and mainte- nance costs, Bregman said he feels the price tag will be worth the move. He said one way to pay the price tag could be through the phone company. “50 to 75 cents may be added to each subscriber's phone bill: each month for the service,” Bregman estimated adding,"What is 75 cents to save a life?” ¥ ra Ae ®Library news By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing some unique and un- usual items loaned to the library from The Bay Window Shops of Shavertown. Michael Morag was kind enough to bring the items to the library and set them up in the display where they look simply elegant. The Bay Window is a group shop featuring many diversified items for sale. We have in the display from Courtney's Corner mint bags, a sweet mint blend for peas and &@otatoes; ginger preserve; rasp- perry jam; orange blossom honey; all butter golden shortbread fin- gers. Nothing Fancy is showing wooden items, wreaths, hand painted ornaments and old fash- ioned hand paintings. Fabric Creations has a rabbit, made from an old quilt and soft fabric items, such as an old fashioned Humpty Dumpty. The Doll Cottage has displayed bears and dolls, a Ger- man grisly bear, French dolland a doll from England and Russia. The Niche is featuring potpouri and wreaths and pine cones. Whimsey has a Santa of wood and wreathes, a special antqiue box of cards and an angel ornament. Turtle Hollow Antiques show a bowl with tea cup and a special plate. Lekstrom Antiques has splayed a Japanese dish, an- a jewelry, antique pins, silver napkin rings, and linens. Painted Ladies « Beautiful * Obsession « Liz Claiborne California » Channel Forget Me Shop Early For Christmas _— , _—— 1/2 Price Special on for Christmas also Boxed Cards Py 4 » ? EY EN FF ON OF FN BF BM 8 NB NE _& BN | Stopay Chocolates Threads features handpainted clothing. There is also in the dis- playa theorom painted santa. Also featured at the shops is a quality second hand clothing shop, quilling, pottery, wallpaper, and specialty foods. The Bay Window Shops has been referred to as ‘The most elegant country store in Pennsylvania.’ The display will be at the library until December 27. The Book Club of the library is planning a Christmas tea and program on Monday, December 18 at 1:30 in the reference room at the library. Along with Christmas readings, a special program will be presented by Inga Goldsmith titled, “Christmas in Denmark”. The Book Club members have invited the Friends of the Library members and the library volun- teeers to attend this special Christ- mas celebration and invites inter- ested members of the community to join in the festivities. Refresh- ments will be served including special Christmas delicacies. New Book Club books: “Buffalo Nickel” by C.W. Smith is a sprawl- ing saga of love and money in the American West—the story of ‘the world's richest Indian’. 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Sabol, who serves as chairman of the Back Mountain Communi- cations Center Association ex- plained that since the federal scope has been installed in the CommcCenter, the association is bound by the Privacy of Informa- - tion Act to keep it off limits to all persons with the exception of au- thorized police officials or associa- tion representatives. In addition to chairman Sabol, Dallas Township supervisor Phil Walters is vice chairman, and John Fowler, Dallas Borough Police Chief is secretary. The association is comprised of two representatives from each of the municipalities belonging to the center. These representatives include Sabol and supervisor William Tip- pett, Kinston Township; Walters and Dallas Township Police Chief Carl Miers; Harveys Lake Borough Police Chief Lionel Bulford and Mayor Joseph Boyle; Jack Dodson liaison between the ambulances and the CommCenter and Joseph Bren, technical advisor. Sabol explained that the CommCenter is a dispatch service and all police information should be released to the public by the police. : “In the future, it is hoped that the Center will be situated in such a way that there will be no need for persons to enter the center head- quarters. There will be a window with a speaker to hold any neces- sary conversation between a per- son from the area and the dis- patcher,” Sabol explained. Arson trial of John Tibus still on hold By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff The long-awaited trial of accused Back Mountain arsonist James John Tibus will not begin this month, and is not expected in the ~ near future. A spokeswoman for the Luzerne County District Attorney's office told The Post Monday that Tibus’ name does not appear on the docket list for December, which means his trial cannot begin until at least January. Tibus' trial could be placed on January's docket list; but the list has not yet been released, accord- ing to the spokeswomen identify- ing herself only as Sharon. She told The Post, “You will have to just keeping calling back monthly, I guess.” Tibus, 30, is facing two arson charges and is suspected of setting several other blazes in the Back Mountain and surrounding com- munities. : The District Attorney's office had a November 19 deadline to bring Tibus to trial, but Tibus agreed to sign his third continuance. Tibus was arrested August 22, 1988 for allegedly setting a blaze that destroyed Stiner’s Barn in the Back Mountain Santa (continued from page 1) each of the 400 children on his lap to tell them they'd better be good because he knows whose been naughty or nice. After each of the children tell Santa what they want Christmas morning and each receives a stock- ing, Santa still does not stop to rest on his most busy season. Next Santa travels to local hos- pitals to hand out stockings to children who must spend the holi- days in their beds or wheelchairs. And Santa loves each and every one. Santa is quick to remember an experience he had several years ago at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes- Barre, an experience he credits with “keeping him going.” As the story goes, Santa just finished visiting the children’s ward when a nurse stopped him asking if he was in a hurry. Of course, Santa Claus is never in a hurry when it comes to children. The nurse led Santa to another part of the hospital, a place where he was told he was not allowed. In this ward, Santa looked in amaze- ment at the place where the hospi- tal kept all the deformed children whose parents had abandoned them. “It was the most heart-rend- ing thing I ever saw,” Santa re- called sadly. While visiting the children in this ward, Santa glanced over to a corner of the room and saw a 6- year-old boy who was severely deformed sitting on the floor. Santa started toward the little boy when the nurse stopped him, saying there was no need to visit with the child because he could not recognize or communicate with anything or anyone. “I went over and got down on my knees,” Santa recalled. “I talked for a long while with the child; and he talked back to me with his eyes.” The nurse, amazed by the boy's reaction to Santa Claus, ran and brought in a doctor. Surprised him- self, the doctor told Santa the ex- change they just shared was the first sign the little boy had given in all of his six years of life. “You asked me why I play Santa,” he said smiling. “That is good enough for me.” Aftervisiting the hospitals, Santa 4 heads out to local nursing homes. “This could be terrible,” Santa admitted. “You expect a child to be a child, but you do not expect a grown person to be a child.” “At the nursing homes,” Santa joked, "you'd better have enough stockings or you're dead.” But, allin all, Santa said he loves what he does and would not trade anything for the smiles at Christ- mas time. So yes, Back Mountain, there is a Santa Claus...and he calls him- self Ed Carey. a —— ¢Y DELEUR’S. sang © Ba Go S INC. » e R.D. 1, Kunkle Dallas, PA Som! zm Open Sunday 12 - 4 P.M. 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