- 4% 8 88 Fa * 6 vw ks The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 4, 1991 11 LCCC hosts Pennsylvania Library Association meeting ‘The Northeast Chapter of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PLA) held their spring meeting at the Educational Conference Center of Luzerne County Community College. Shown at the meeting at LCCC are, from left, seated, Diane Ryan, State College, assistant executive director for special projects, Penn State Alumni Association; Barbra Laird, Palmyra, membership and ‘meeting coordinator, PLA; Margaret Bauer, Newport, executive director, PLA; and Betsey Moylan, ‘Scranton, chair, Northeast Chapter, PLA. ‘Standing, David Schappert, Dallas, immediate past chair, Northeast Chapter, PLA and Director of Learning Resources at LCCC; Kay Alston,. Dallas, secretary, Northeast Chapter, PLA; John C. Bass, Moscow, luncheon speaker and assistant professor, Scnool of Social Work, Marywood College; and Sally T. Felix, Scranton, vice chair, chair-elect, Northeast Chapter, PLA. YMCA offers adult water exercise classes The Wilkes-Barre YMCA is now taking registration for the Adult Aquatic programs. The adult aquatic programs include swim- -ming lessons for the non-swimmer -to the advanced swimmer on Tues- day and Thursday morning or Tuesday night. Participants will Jdearn proper stroke technique with various work outs. Aqua Aerobic exercise program with music for non swimmer and swimmer alike. Classes are Mon- day and Wednesday morning or evening or Monday and Friday, 1 p.m. Mild Water Exercise is great for those who suffer from arthritis, in rehabilitation from injury or just out of shape on Tuesday and ‘Thursday 2:30 p.m: Water Walk- ing is a great new way to exercise. Walking is done in deep water with the aid of a belt on Tuesday ‘and Thursday, 9 a.m. Other classes are offered on Lifeguarding, Swim- ming Instructor and Scuba Div- ing. For registration or more infor- mation stop at the Wilkes-Barre YMCA, 40 W. Northampton St. or call 823-2191. Obituaries CHARLES BALKAN Charles Balkan, of Birchwood alates, Exeter, died Aug. 27, 1991, ¥Vilkes-Barre General Hospital. * Born in Eynon, he was the son of the late Henry and Anna Bal- -’kan. + Survivingare his wife, the former Agnes Miller; sons, Edward, Exeter; Joseph, Harveys Lake; daughters, : Mrs. Edward Grigor, Endicott, N.Y.; * Mrs. Ann Hrycenko, Md.; Sharon : Balkan, Bath; eight granddaugh- jer: ‘brother, Walter, Eynon; sis- , Stella Butko, Clifton, N.J:; 3 Martin, Elizabeth, N.J. * Interment, Mount Olivet Cem- *etery, Carverton. " ‘HEBER BELLES + Heber W. Belles, 96, of Beau- “mont, died Sept. 2, 1991, in Wilkes- Barre General Hospital. He was the son of the late Wil- liam and Abigail Weber Belles. He attended Beaumont schools. He was a member of the Beaumont Seventh-Day Adventist Church. He was an Army veteran of World War I. He was a teacher in the Root Hollow, Bowman's Creek and } mumontschools, for manyyears. He was also employed at the breakers in the Edwardsville mines. He was a carpenter-foreman for private building and highway contractors. Recently, he taught music in the Back Mountain area. He was preceded in death by his wife, Grace, June, 1960; sons, Heber in 1961; Bill, in 1981. Surviving are sons, Bernard, Plant City, Fla.; Harold, Manassas, Va.; daughters, Mrs. Harold Tay- lor, Mrs. Kenneth Wood, Mrs. Charles Everetts and Mrs. David Sizemore, all of Beaumont; Mrs. Byron Wood, Dunn Loring, Va.; WW Irvin Barber, Gainesville, Fla.; ' grandchildren; 36 great- grandchildren; four great-great- grandchildren; sister, Mrs. Emma Richards, Beaumont. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Friday, from the Nulton Funeral Home, Route 309, Beaumont, with Pastor Darrow Foster of the Tunkhan- nock and Beaumont Seventh-day Adventist Churches, officiating. Interment, Orcutt Cemetery, Noxen. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday. MARY KUNEC Mary Kunec of Warner Street, ! Plains, died Sept. 1, 1991 at Wilkes- + Barre General Hospital. Born in Lehman, she was the ' daughter of the late Michael and + Anna Krupsha. She was a mem- , ber of Sacred Heart Church, ' Wilkes-Barre. She was preceded in death by . her husband, Steve, 1980; son, + Stephen, April 1990. Surviving are daughters, . Lorraine Flaherty and Babara + Stuhkus, both of Wilkes-Barre; . son, Richard, Plains; brothers, ' Andrew, Arizona; George, Lehman; + sisters, Anna Mitchell, Miami, Fla.; . Olga Hunter, Ashley; Celia Alber, ' Wilkes-Barre Twp.; eight grand- + children; five great-grandchildren. Interment, parish cemetery, | Dallas. VIOLA CARROTT Vila Carrott, of W. Sixth Street, WestWyoming, died Sept. 1, 1991, at Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston. Born in Pittsburgh; she was the daughter of the late Myron and Stephanie Jacobosky. She was a member of St. Joseph's Church, Wyoming. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph in 1980. Surviving are sons, Joseph, at home; Leonard, West Wyoming; Raymond, Shavertown; four grandchildren. Interment, parish cemetery, West Wyoming. A. WINIFRED HOOVER A. Winifred Hoover, 76, of Troxell Switch Road, Outlet, Lake Town- ship, died Aug. 28, 1991, shortly after admission to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born in Edwardsville, she was the daughter of the late John and Bessie Lewis Jones. She was a graduate of Edwardsville High School. She had resided in Shavertown, prior to moving to Lake Township, 30 years ago. Prior to her retirement, she was em- ployed as the gift manager at Back Mountain Lumber and Hardware, Shavertown. She was a member of the Shavertown United Methodist Church She was also a member of the Dallas Chapter 396, Order of the Eastern Star; the Arts Club of Luzerne County and the Dallas Women's Club. She was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas. Surviving is her husband, Willard W. JOHN KNAPICH John J. Knapich, 69, of Main Road, Hanover Green, Wilkes- Barre, died Aug. 30, 1991. He was the son ofthe late Joseph and Mamie Bedofski Knapich. Surviving are his wife, the former Catherine Machak; sons, John Lockwood, N.Y.; daughters, Diana Walters, Wilkes-Barre; Joan Rinehimer, Wilkes-Barre; brother, Alois, Shickshinny; Dr. Stanley Knapich, Sweet Valley; sister, Marie Saluta, Hanover Green; five grandchildren. Interment, St. Ignatius Cem- etery, Pringle. MILDRED SOKOLA Mildred Sokola of Ridgewood Road, Keystone, Plains Township died Aug. 29, 1991 in Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Onufer and Barbara Deroski Sokola and a member of Holy Res- urrection Russian Orthodox Ca- thedral, Wilkes-Barre. Surviving are sisters, Mrs. Helen Pryor and Mrs. John Segear, both of Plains; Mrs. Celia Cease, Dallas; brothers, Peter, Plains, John Hanover Green; several nieces and nephews. Interment, parish cemetery, Plains. DARWIN LYNCH Darwin L. Lynch, 60, of Harford Ave., Shavertown, died Aug. 30, 1991, at home following anillness. Born in Toronto, Canada, he was the son of the late Raymond F. and Eva Kaye Lynch. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War, serving with the Seventh Infantry Division. He formerly resided in Philadelphia and had resided in’ theWyoming Valley area since 1974. He was president of Darwin Lynch Administrators Inc., Wilkes- Barre, and was a member of the Henderson Harbor, N.Y., Fishing Club and the Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. He was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Terry. Surviving area daughter, Debra Lynch, Shavertown; son, Darwin L. II, Clifton Heights; stepson, Thomas S. Godlewski, Wilmington, Del.; daughter, Leah Lynch, Dallas; three grandchildren. Memorial donations, if desired, may be made to Hospice St. John, 665 Carey Ave., Wilkes-Barre, 18702 or the American Cancer Society, Wyoming Valley Unit, ¥1 N. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, 18701. LENA MARTIN Lena Martin, 84, of Kunkle, died Aug. 29, 1991, at home Bornin East Dallas, shewas the daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Wick Miller. She attended the Goss School, Dallas Township. She had resided in Kunkle for the past 57 years. She attended the Kunkle United Methodist Church. Surviving are husband, Ernest M.: sons, Richard C., Harveys Lake; Robert A. and Roy F., both of Kunkle; daughters, Ernestine Roberts and Lois Bolton, both of Kunkle; Wanda Gray, Sweet Val- ley; Dorothy Stevens, Jenningsville; brother, Howard, East Dallas; sis- ter, Laura Martin, Kunkle; 14 grandchildren; 14 great-grand- children. Interment, Chapel Lawn Me- morial Park, Dallas. Memorial donations may be made to the Kunkle United Meth- odist Church Memorial Fund, RR 1, Dallas, 18612. JAMES PUGH James Pugh, 84, of Richard St., Kingston, died Aug. 30, 1991, at home. He was the son of the late Louis and Mary Owens Pugh. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Margaret Evans, in 1981. Surviving are a son, James W., Kingston; daughters, Mrs. Sandra Rambus, Susquehanna; Mrs. Mary Ellen Moran, Branchburg, N.J.; brothers, Louis, Cadyville, N.Y.; Henry, Dallas; William, Clarks Summit; sisters, Mrs. Jane Kreitzberger, Bridgewater, N.J.; nine grandchildren; five great- grandchildren. Interment, Memorial Shrine Cemetery, Carverton. Group home ruling expected Sept. 17 By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer . Are five mentally handicapped men living at 236 Church St., Dallas, a family or boarders? Robert Kotsull, executive direc- tor of the Institute of Human Re- sources and Services, Kingston (IHRS) says they are a family as defined by the Dallas Township ordinance that five unrelated per- sons living together is a family. But township solicitor Frank Townend on behalf of the supervi- sors told township zoning mem- bers August 21 that the supervi- sors maintain that the home was a boarding house. The testimony from both parties was given at a hearing at the zoning board meeting because the IHRS had appealed the township's order to close the group home because it was in violation of the ordinance. The home remains open until a decision is handed down by the zoning board. That decision will be announced at the September 17 meeting of the board. In answer to questions from his attorney Robert Opel, Kotsull stated that the five men live together in the home as a family. “We have non-resident staff members, who supervise the men and help with meal preparation and some who drive them to work or to recreational areas. “The home is not used commer- cially; there are no signs and no additional parking,” Kotsul said. “If these men were not able to live together as a. family they would have tobe institutionalized because we have no room for them in any of our other seven homes in the county. “Their daily routine is similar to most families,” Kotsull explained. “They get up, have breakfast, then go to work or to a daily program. They return home about 2:30 to 3:30, participate in normal activi- ties, have their dinner. Sometimes they stay in and watch television or play games, some nights some go SITE OF CONTROVERSY - This home at 236 Church Street in Dallas Township is the site or a battle over whether or not a group -. home for handicapped persons is a residence or a business. (Post : Photo/Charlot M. Denmon) to bowl or go to movies or dances. They don't drive so our staff people drive them.” Kotsull said the staff rotates shifts so that the men are always supervised. “The number of staff varies. One member sleeps overnight but leaves in the morning after he and a helper who comes in assists the men in dressing and preparing their lunch. Sometimes there are two or three on duty to take the men to various activities,” Kotsull stated. Atty. Townend asked if the men paid a fee to live in the home. Kostsull replied that the welfare agency determined a fee payment of $10 daily. He also said the IHRS paid approximately $75,000 for the house at 236 Church Street. “The state pays $137,000 an- nually to support the program. This is the amount the institute receives for the home at 236 Church Street. If this home is closed we have no room in other homes in the county for these men so they would have to be institu- tionalized. As a family these men are not being warehoused, they are living just as most families do. Since they are retarded there are some things they can't do, but they interact as a family. “We are a non-profit program and -as all families do, all pay something to live. It's normal for these men to contribute something to their expenses just as we all contribute to our livelihood, : Kotsull said. Atty. Townend said the town- ship was not discriminating against the five men but contended that the home was a boarding house, which is illegal in an Ra zone. Atty. Opel disagreed saying “I believe this is discrimination by enforcement not discrimination in effect, but either way is discrimi- nation. “If a regular family lived thee with a live-in gardener or live-in maid, would there be the same objection?” he asked. “If you zon- ing members do the right thing, this legal process will not have to continue and a lengthy litigation will not be necessary,” Opel said. Play at Wilkes depicts a nation's demise “The Saga of Sarah Brown,” a new one-person play written and performed by Basia McCoy, will be presented at Wilkes University Thursday, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. in the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts. Admission is free. “The Saga of Sarah Brown,” McCoy's second one-woman show, illustrates the way greed, lust for power, technology, war, and inhu- manity can destroy a nation. Ac- cording to McCoy, the play is a fantasy which focuses around the role of women in a world stricken with turmoil, violence and greed. Her previous one-woman show, “The Silver Years” presented eight older women facing the social, economic, and psychological prob- lems that often are associated with aging. : She has made appearances in episodes of television's “Another Pub. Date: Sept. 25 Ad Deadline: The Dallas Post World” and “As the World Turns,” and in the film “Rude Awakening.” Born in Plains, she graduated from Wyoming Seminary and re- ceived a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama from Carnegie Tech, now Carnegie Mellon University. The presentation is sponsored by the Wilkes University Faculty Women and Wives Club, Faculty Women's Caucus, and Polish room Committee. Call 675-5211 for more information or to reserve space Special Section Northeast PA's best home improvement markets. 2 provement *One day earlier if proof required Combination with The Abington Journal available
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