Vol. 101 No. 33 Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 22, 1990 , Pizza Wars’ * winners named The gourmets of pizza have spoken, choosing providers of the Back Mountain's best. The win- ning restaurants in The Dallas Post's “Pizza Wars” contest are: » Thin crust - Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake « Thick crust - Pizza Perfect, Trucksville » “The Works” - Apple Tree, Too, Chase Corners But it was close! In fact, Pizza | Perfect was only one vote behind |. Apple Tree for “The Works” title, while Apple Tree ran neck-and- : : neck with Grotto in thin crust. 1,300 votes were cast on the nearly 500 ballots turned in dur ing in a share. rants surprised some observers, as newcomers fared well against their established competitors. Each of the winning restauran- teurs will be presented with a framed certificate describing their accomplishment. Also, two lucky voters have been chosen to win $35.00 gift certificates to the pizza restaurant of their choice. They are Richard Arland of 25 Amherst Avenue, Wilkes-Barre and John F. Handley of RD 1, Dallas. See PIZZA, Pg 5 * Hanson’ S rezoning put on hold By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer a An attempt to rezone part of the former Hanson's Amusement Park at Harveys Lake has been turned down, at least for now. An application by Don and Shirley Hanson to rezone approxi- mately 29 acres of property from commercial to multi-family resi- dential did not receive a recom- mendation from the Harveys Lake Planning Commission on Monday. Members of the planning com- mission said they needed more information before they could send a recommendation to the borough council to approve the rezoning, which is the first step in an effort to begin building a townhouse com- See HANSON'S, pg 2 Calendar................ 16 Classified......... 13-15 LEditorials................. 4 Obituaries............... 2 Police Report......... 2 Property Transfers Schook.................. 12 SPOrS. iis 13 ® Coming up: Arts at Hayfield Arts and Crafts Fair Sunday, August 26 11 a.m-6 p.m, Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus, Lehman. Arts and crafts exhibits, musical entertainment, one-act play "I- Amelia" and children's activities. Donation $1.00 HARVEYS LAKE ZONING BOARD - Tues., Aug. 28, 7 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg., Route 415 LEHMAN TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD AND PLANNING COMMISSION - Mon., Aug. 27, Zoning Board 7 PM, Planning Commissiion 8 PM, Lehman Twp. Municipal Bldg. L 1 ing the three-week contest, with. all fourteen area pizza shops pul: &- The strength of support for many of the restau- | Daddy's little helper Three-year-old Courtney Goodrich helped her dad, Rober, put a shine on his restored 1953 Chevrolet during the Back Mountain Auto Show Sunday. The annual event sponsored by the Lake-Lehman Band Boosters draws hundreds of entrants and fans. (Post Photo/Ron Bartizek) Jones'barto b shut for Also face $4000 fine for liquor law violations By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Eleanor Jones, the liquor licen- see of the Lake Silkworth Hotel has been fined $4,000 and will have her liquor license suspended for 30 days after the Bureau of Pennsylvania Liquor Control En- forcement found that minors were served on various occasions at the establishment. The Bureau of Enforcement charged Jones, who is the holder of the liquor license, with two counts of serving alcohol to mi- Smith judgement reversed; now called self-defense By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The state Superior Court, in a decision last week, overturned a decision by aLuzerne County Court and released a Lake Silkworth teen from a Philadelphia reform school. Chris Smith, 18, was released Friday after a three judge panel i reached a decision ‘which said Smith acted in self-defense when he shot and killed Richard Hillman 8 intheearly moring hours of June 11,1989. Hillman, whowas18 at the time, month nors, two counts of allowing 7h nors to frequent the establish- ment and one count of supplying liquor to minors. Whe The charges stem from two separate incidents in 1989. One case dealt with incidents that occurred around June 10, 1989 in which students of the Lake- Lehman High School were served atthe bar. Duringa hearing atthe Bureau of Enforcement office in Wilkes-Barre in May, testimony was given that Jones’ husband was the bartender who sold beer and liquor to the students. Thomas Duffy testified that David “Jigger” Jones sold him two | eight packs of Rolling Rock Beer on Saturday June 10, 1989. , See BAR, pg 5 was shot outside of Smith's house after the two were involved in argument. Court AR the two youths were at a gradu- ation party when they began argue over a girl. The court decision said that See SMITH, pg 5 Comm Center to send paramedics despite firemen's complaints By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer It couldn't have been a more timely start to last week's meeting of the Back Mountain Communi- cation Center's board of execu- tives. Just before the meeting started a call came over the beep- ers of some emergency personnel who attended asking for an ambu- lance. The message went on to say, “...a paramedic unit is also re- quested.” The controversy on how Ad- vanced Life Support (ALS) units are dispatched in the Back Moun- tain is still going on and debate at the meeting was long and loud as voices were raised on both sides of the issue. In the end the communication center will stick with its policy of simultaneous dispatching, despite complaints from various fire and ambulance personnel. At last week's meeting , Kunkle Fire Chief Jack Dodson said that the decision to go with simultane- ous dispatching was made behind the backs of those whom it would affect the most. Dodson, who acts as a liason between the executive board and the fire and ambulance crews, said he felt that ambulance personnel should have been allowed to take part in making the decision to change policies. “When you guys went to talk to EMS and others about this I was under the impression that I would be part of the process,” Dodson told the board. “But when it was done 1 wasn't contacted about anything, I wasn’t even told it was being considered for a vote until after jt was done,” he added. Paul Sabol, president of the board and Kingston Township Police Chief, denied that things were done in secret. “We didn't do this behind your back,” said Sabol. “I'm trying to do it for the people in the Back Mountain. I have nothing to gain by this and it seems like it ‘is just a personality conflict,” he exclaimed. Dodson, and some others in attendance, said that at a meeting earlier this year the board said that it would not go ahead with simultaneous dispatching and felt that the issue should be left up to the ambulance crews and the See COMM CENTER, pg 3 Emergency medical pro praises dispatch move By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The executive vice-president of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) of Northeastern Pennsylvania said he is happy to see the Back Mountain Communication Center adopt a policy of simultaneous dispatching. John Campos said last week that the decision to send paramedics with ambulance crews on certain emergency calls will help everyone, especially the patient. “That is what it is all about for both the advanced life support (paramedic crews) and basic life support (ambulance crews),” said Campos. “In order to provide quality care you must do what is in the best interest of the patient.” Campos said that ambulance and paramedic crews often have to be able to work together at a scene. “We are not taking anything away from the basic life support units but we feel by dispatching the advanced life support crews we are providing a higher quality of care,” said Campos. Studies have shown that not only can a paramedic crew help with saving a life at the scene of an incident, early intervention can reduce the long term effects of an injury or trauma, according to Campos. “Not only can you save lives out in the field but you can also shorten the stay in the hospital and some of the other long term effects,” he said. “There See DISPATCH, pg 3 (Photo contributed) By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Early risers at Harveys Lake aren't imagining things when they see a small, blond-haired boy skimming across the lake waters barefooted. They are actually seeing six-year-old Rocky Davis barefoot water skiing behind his family’s boat. Rocky made national news when he began skiing at the age of 13-months-old. Back then, he had to be fastened to the rope BAREFOOTING - Rocky Davis, age 6, goes barefooting across the waves on Harveys Lake behind a boat driven by his dad. I Lake youngster skis : barefoot at age of six | since he wasn't strong enough iE to pull up out of the wateron his | | Own. a The son of Jack and Jackie | Adams Davis, he was the sub- | ject of a PM Magazine feature | story. Now at the age of six, he | has been doing barefoot skiing | | for several years, first learning | on a boom but now using the | | rope. } Rocky has also been slalom | | skiing for the past year but his | See BAREFOOT, pg5 |
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