i TE 8 i 3 5 y § ao Er 4 eer WC Ey . ing. pi | i Vol. 101 No. 25 Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 27, 1990 35 Cents Dallas EMTs E deliver baby girl Dallas Ambulance person- | nel assisted in delivering a baby daughter to Gary and Kim Kirk, 29 Midland Drive, Dallas at 7:27 Tuesday morning. The ambulance was called to the house to treat a woman | | in labor and upon arrival found that the baby’s head was already exposed. Ambu- -| lance personnel Barb Zeglin ] fp ¥ on Lynn A. Sheehan, Jr. | performed the birth. The rest | of the crew who arrived as the child was born were Nancy | Ruggere, ambulance chief; Karen Kachurick, EMT; Paul LaBar, driver. Zeglin and ‘Sheehan are Emergency Medical Technicians, who re- ceived training in delivering babies as part of their train- Zeglin has been an EMT for YW only one and one-half weeks | while Sheehan was certified in a cember. It was the first 3 delivery for both. ; i Also arriving on the scene was paramedic Jim Johnson | and assistant EMT Joseph | Kozich, who arrived just as | the baby was born. The ‘newborn and her mother were taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where both are in excellent condition. ~The newborn, Alexa, has a brother Andrew, 22 months old. The ambulance crew will meet with the Kirks Sunday for photographs. “It was indescribable. Most of our calls are people that are sick or injured,” Sheehan said. “Something like this | makes up for all the bad calls you get.” Calendar............... 16 Classified......... 13-15 Editorials................. 4 Obituaries............... 2 Police Report......... 2 Property Transfers.5 School.................. 11 SPOS... 12 Coming up: THE POST PUBLISHES EARLY NEXTWEEK- Sothat subscribers can have their newspapers before the July 4th holiday, The Dallas - Post willbe published on Tuesday next week. All advertising and news copy must be submitted by ~ 5:00 p.m. this Friday. The office will be closed Wednesday, July 4. ~ LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL - BOARD SPECIAL MEETING - ~ Thurs, June 28, 8 PM, Lehman- Jackson Elementary School ~ DALLAS TOWNSHIP ~ SUPERVISORS - Tues., July 3, ~ 7:30PM, Dallas Twp. Bidg., Route 11309 - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP ~ PLANNING COMMISSION- Mon, July 2, 6:30 PM - FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP . SUPERVISORS - Mon., July 2, 8 PM - JACKSON TOWNSHIP ~ SUPERVISORS - Mon., July 2, 7:30 PM, Jackson Fire Hall | KINGSTON PLANNING COMMISSION - Tues., July 3, 8 PM, Kingston Twp. ~~ Municipal Bldg., Carverton Rd. - BOARD - Mon. July 2, 8 PM, ~ Kingston Twp. Municipal Bldg., - Carverton Rd. gills and came out with this.” ~ (Photo by Rich Johnson) TOWNSHIP - KINGSTON TOWNSHIP ZONING No fish story 40 inch muskie caught in Harveys Lake Jacob Gazey, 80, of Wilkes-Barre shows off a 40-inch tiger muskellunge that he caught last Friday morning at Harveys Lake. Gazey was fishing with his son, Jacob Gazey, about 30 feet from shore when the fish took his lure. Gazey said it took him about 15 minutes to reel in the fish, but added it was worth it. “l couldn't believe it,” he said. “I was fishing for bass or blue Gazey was using a three-quarter inch artificial frog on a six- pound test line when he caught the fish, which weighed 20 pounds and had an 18 inch girth. After the catch, the two called the Pennsylvania Fish Commis- sion, which confirmed that it was a “muskie”. Some local fisherman believe that it was the first fish of its kind ever taken from Harveys Lake and definitely one of the biggest. ———— Hanson asks rezoning for townhouse project By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer A request for a zoning change to the former Hanson's Amusement Park is on its way to the Harveys Lake Planning Commission. Don Hanson made the request at last week's meeting of the Har- veys Lake Borough Council in an effort to begin steps to build a townhouse complex on the prop- erty. The request was made to rezone the 29.1 acres of property owned by Hanson from commercial to multi-family residential. The area includes lakefront, boathouses and the former amusement park. Harveys Lake zoning officer Dan Samson said that the request for the rezoning was the first step in the journey. “This was the formal recommendation to the borough. The planning commission will make a recommendation and then it will go back to the council for a decision,” said Samson. “After that then there is a list of steps that must be taken for a project like this.” The Hansons and a representa- tive of Quad-Three Group, Inc., the engineers working on the pro- posal, asked that a special meet- ing of the planning commission be held to make the recommenda- tion. Thus far no meeting has been scheduled. Shavertown water mains to be flushed Shavertown Water Company Inc. distribution system flushing will be held Thursday, June 28, beginning at 11 p.m. and continu- ing until 8 a.m. June 29. Crews will flush the Shavertown distribution system. This activity may create temporary discolora- tion of water. Chapel Lawn vandalized fourth time in three months By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer For the fourth time in three months Chapel Lawn Memorial Park in Dallas has been vandal- ized. The latestincident took place sometime between the hours of 3 p.m. Sunday and Monday morn- ing. The four attacks have caused a total of $35 to $40,000 damage, said Beverly Yarashus, the park's secretary Tuesday morning. When employees came to work Monday morning, they discovered that the vandals had broken the niche plate of mausoleum, taken the keys to the back hoe, and used orange, gold, silver and brown paint owned by Chapel Lawn to spray profane graffiti over the front of the office and on a storage shed. They also painted a five-star Pentagram on the shed and broke two large Major racing to national ATV title By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Most people who use four- wheeled all terrain vehicles enjoy them as recreational veiicies, But for Rodney Major of Sweet Valley, the ATV is a more serious vehicle. Major is currently in the middle of his second year of racing ATV's professionally as part of the American Motorcycle Association's Grand National Circuit. So far this year, things have gone well for Major and has found himself in second place in the standings with only a few races left on the circuit. If Major can find a way to win the overall title a door to other areas may be opened. “If win the national title could be looking at some big money and a trip to Holland,” said Major last week. He said that the national champion may be picked for a five-man national team that will travel to Holland to race against international competitors. The 20-year-old Major feels he has a legitimate shot at winning the title. “I finished first in two races this year and have made a good showing in some others," he said. “I did have some bad luck recently with my bike breaking down but if we get things going again I can win the title.” Major was leading ‘the point race for the championship until a recent race in New England when his bike broke down and he dropped to second place in the standings. Racing ATV's is nothing new to Major. He grew up around motor- See MAJOR, pg 5 1500 watt quartz light fixtures. “Each time the vandalism has been worse,” said Yarashus. “The first time they broke two niches, then 10 and then 20. They also broke a window. We had a security guard, but after a time the situ- ation appeared to be resolved so we dismissed him. Now we have hired security again,” she said. “This time the vandals also painted a large sign in the back of the shed calling us profane names.” Dallas Township police are in- vestigating the vandalism and Yarashus said the criminals will be prosecuted if apprehended. Police Chief Carl Miers said they have some names that were painted on the building to go by in their investigation. If caught, the crimi- nals will be charged with criminal mischief which is a felony of the third degree. If the loss is over $5,000 the charge carries a maxi- mum fine of $15,000 and maxi- mum imprisonment of sevenyears. The charge could also be insti- tutional vandalism, a felony with the same fine and imprisonment; and desecration of venerated ob- jects, a misdemeanor of the sec- ond degree if desecration is inten- tional with a $5,000 fine and a sentence up to two years. “This last time the damage was mostly spray painting and damage to two of the vehicles, but prior to that the damage was to the mau- 7 soleum but the crypts they broke into were empty,” Chief Miers said. “The park's hours are from sunrise to sunset. We are watching the property and anybody in the ceme- tery after sunset will be arrested for trespassing.” i FLYING HIGH - Rodney Major is shown above competing recently in one of the Grand National competitions. Major is in his second season of ATV racing and is currenlty in the battle to win the na- tional championship. The Sweet Valley native is currently in second place in the point standings and is hoping to win the title and a possible trip to Holland to represent the United States. Almost ready for library auction The Back Mountain Library is filled with bells but there is always room for more. Back Mountain resi- dents still have time to stop in, pay $1.00 and sign their names to help the auction get off to a good ; start. The bells hanging in the library last Friday had reached a total of $350. Above working on making more bells are front row, from left, Nancy Kozemchak, business manager; Jane McMichael, Charlotte Oley, library staff; back row, Laura Horvath, College Misericordia work study program student; Marilyn Rudolph, children’s librarian; and Susan Scott, PHEEA federal program work study student. (Photo by C.M. Denmon)
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