pics 1 FE Pa ‘Gary Cutter took a winding road to two decades of rock The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, December 4, 1991 3 ‘By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff qi you were to trace guitaristand singer Gary Cutter’s childhood music influences, you might ex- “pect him either to be into gospel - “or hard rock. He sang in church every week, and was a member of the Gate of Heaven Folk Group. But in high --school he says he also hung out with the tough crowd after school. Ta - - . I I SS — “4 ow FER SE Sa For the past two decades, the guitarist and singer has made an avocation of playing rock in a broad sense, embracing elements of folk, ‘“i'blues, country, and pop music. “The Eagles ‘Peaceful Easy Feel- ing,’ I've been doing that since 9th grade,” says Cutter, 34, a Dallas “native who now lives at Harveys ier Lake. » If there is a song that seems to * “sum up the way Cutter plays and ' sings music, that Eagles tune may His be it. -yoice, but it's also raspy, like a '.' smoky campfire. Cutter has a rich, mellow And a campfire on a beach is + »where Cutter would appear to be ~' 'miost at home, with his flip flops and t-shirts. He's got a collection il EE of t-shirts. It’s all he ars. And the {lip flops are a i hi st, so he can shake them off during the show. “My mother calls me the neatest 4 slob in the world. I have them all folded in groups,” says Cutter. The Lehman Township Zoning Hearing Board approved a request by the Huntsville Golf Club to use build a private golf club in an area zoned residential at its meeting November 25. According to the board's solici- tor, Jack Haley, the township's zoning codes permit private rec- reation facilities in areas zoned residential, and the proposed golf club qualifies because it would not sropen to the “indefinite public,” Gt rather only members.: The zoning board also granted “That's what I get for presents, t- shirts. I have some pretty rude ones, not too many - some that people gave me.” For all of his two decades of playing in public, Cutter was unwilling performer at first. “I didn’t want to go out for cho- rus,” he says. “I was forced into it. They came after me because of my older brother (who also sang). Three years he sang in the high school chorus without reading a note of music. “I still can’t read music,” says Cutter. For the past two years, Cutter has been playing in Strangebrew, sometimes called Cutter Strange- brew, with his two compatriots, playing under the names of Dexter Strange and Dr. Monzingo. “I was in the folk group at Gate of Heaven and at Dallas Junior High and I would sing every Sun- day at Church,” says Cutter, re- calling his musical start. “I got interested in guitar by watching the guitar player.” In eighth or ninth grade, Cutter picked a guitar and started to play. “I started on the bass at about the same time,” says Cutter. “I got in with a band, The Pit Boogie Band, in ninth grade.” Jim Sapser of Dallas played guitar in the band and Cutter played bass. After about a year, Cutter left the band, but his musi- cal career continued. permission for Mindy Cease, of Lake Avenue, Lake Silkworth, to run a family child care facility in her home. Cease will be permitted to care for up to six children in her home, including her own. After the zoning board meeting, the planning commission approved a request from the Rondinella family to subdivide a4 1/2 acre lot along Church Road into two lots so one lot could be given to a daugh- ter and son-in-law. The planning commission gave a 90-day extension to a request “I always had a partner,” says Cutter. Those partners have in- cluded Victor Williams, Carl Dymond, and Jim Schappert. It was with Schappert that Cutter opened for the Outlaws at the Station (now called Market Street Square). When the Outlaws first played the Station, the opening act was Cutterand, “When they came again to play at the station, they asked for us,” says Cutter. The Outlaws asked Cutter and Schappert to open for them a third time as well. Nowadays, when he’s not driv- ing truck for Herr’s Potato Chips, a couple of nights a week you'll find Cutter and Strangebrew playing area clubs like Alligators in Plains Township or The Marina at Har- veys Lake. The three bandmates all play guitar, taking turns on bass. “Dex, BB King is his hero,” says Cutter. “We all play the blues, but he plays them so well.” In contrast to Dexter's freewheel- ing jamming, Monzingo likes tight controlled playing. As for Cutter, he’s a music addict if there is such a thing. “I have to have music all the time,” he says. “I get up in the morning, the radio goes on. I go out in the living room, the stereo goes on.” And he went crazy when the stereo in his truck broke down recently. “Golf club gets OK from Lehman zoners from Chestnut Ridge Associates to subdivide a 9.59 acre lot contain- ing a trailer park along route 29 in Lake Silkworth into four lots - one containing the 55-unit trailer park and three others for homes. Commission member Rob Le- wis noted that the trailer park does not conform to township codes now, which require a minimum 10 acre size for trailer parks with 12,500 square feet for each unit. The density at the present park is 7,595 square feet per unit. Chief (continued from page 1) Savage noted. In other objections, Savage said that there is no. evidence of an eon in criminal activity in kson Township and that the supervisors had not discussed . suggested changes in the police artment withJones in advance. Wage also noted that supervisor Andrew Kasko is a former Jackson Township police officer who fre- quently expressed his dissatisfac- tion with the assignments given him by Chief Jones. Monday night, Jones said he was interested in the job, but not at the terms offered. “I am very interested in negotiating for the position,” he said. “But the salary of $19,200 for a 9-1/2 hour day is only $300 more than the assistant ¢ief’s salary, and he works 8-1/2 Irs a day. I would like pay and hours comparable to what the | police chiefs in the four adjoining municipalities of Kingston, Dallas and Plymouth Townships and Dallas Borough, earn, which is approximately $28,000. And I would like fringe benefits similar to theirs.” The 1991 budgets of Dallas Borough and Dallas Township indicate that $28,000 and $28,100 respectively were appropriated for the police chiefs salaries. These figures do not include overtime pay. » Jackson Township Solicitor the Evans, Jr., said the matter was discussed in private as a courtesy toJones. “The changes in the position of police chief were |! handled as a personnel matter and | kept private as a courtesy to Chief . Jones. The supervisors want a full- time police chief due to the in- crease in population in the town- ship and the fact that they have a new municipal building.” Supervisor Joe Stager was unsure of Jackson. Township's population or how much it has increased over the past 10 years. “I think that it's about 4,500,” he said. “There are many new subdvisions and developments. I don't have a percentage of growth. But we want to provide more police protection to the residents.” Preliminary estimates from the 1990 Census put the township's population at 5,336. But that fig- ure includes prisoners at the Chase prison. The township's 1990 popu- lation without the prisoners is estimated at about 3,600, an in- crease of about 23 percent from the 1980 Census count of 2,941. The supervisors voted unani- mously to advertise for applica- tions for the position of full-time police chief, since Jones rejected the offer. Residence in Jackson Township is not required. Proposed budget holds tax line In other business, the supervi- sors approved a proposed 1992 budget that holds the line on prop- erty taxes at 3.5 mills. They also removed the ban on open burning in the township because of the recent heavy rain- fall. : The supervisors accepted $8,682.16 from Pat Bangor of Cable TV in Hazleton as payment of cable television franchise fees from 1988 through 1990. A breakdown of the figure shows $2,541.34 owed from 1988, $2,956.30 from 1989 and $3,184.52 owed from 1990. Ban- gor estimated the 1991 franchise fee at approximately $3,200. This figure includes cable fees collected from Chase Prison inmates. JS Se sn on" =u S-"_.-. _—"un" ut Limit One > Co A WG << O | - aD . —~ ®) Oo 5 oO —y oO Q eg Be) dD ~~ oO ® Q =] - «Q Not Valid w/ Any Other Offer % sw Buy One get One Free get one room free (of equal or lesser value) CHEM-DRY N.E. 822-3060 586-5298 * Dries in 60 Minutes * Pet odor removal exp. Feb. '92 I Cable TV services approximately 1,000 customers inJackson Tawn- ship, Bangor said, providing 36 cable channels to every area of the township with a population den- sity of 20 or more homes per mile. The franchise fee is calculated at 3% of the gross revenues from basic cable service. After consideration of a traffic study report of Weavertown and Jesse Roads, the supervisors ap- proved advertisement of an ordi- nance limiting gross vehicle weight on Weavertown Road to 10 tons. Speed limits of 30 mph on Weaver- town Road to the intersection with Oak Tree Road and 35 mph on Weavertown Road to the Plymouth Township line were also imposed, due to the road’s numerous curves, narrow width and overall condi- tion . In closing, Supervisor Joe Stager commended Thomas Adams, whose term as supervisor ends this month, for six years’ service in the township. Adams’ position will be filled by newly-elected Walter GlogowskKi. % at Town & Country n an SEASON FOR SAVING Lo Svetinady = Srey vase no - et \ A STRANGEBREW - Shown from left are membersof the rock group Strangebrew, Dexter Strange, Dr. Monzingo, and Gary Cutter, playing at Alligators in Plains Township. (Post Photo/Eric Foster) To celebrate the start of sum- mer, Cutter holds an annual bash at Sgarlat Lake in Harveys Lake Borough. The annual eventis called The entertainment? Strawberry the Klomfest, a word made up by Jam. his brother and an old roommate. And that will be another story. Marguerite Brace celebrates 100th birthday Mrs. Marguerite Brace of Dallas celebrated her 100th birthday on November 26th at the Meadows Nursing Home. More than two dozen friends and family members attended the party held in her honor. Brace was also presented with a certificate from the John Heinz Institute inducting her into the institutes Century Club. Born in Plymouth on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1891, she later lived in Kingston with her husband, the late Edgar Brace, a teacher at Wyoming Seminary, before moving to Dallas in 1942, where she has lived ever since. Mrs. Brace has been active in the the Back Mountain Library Book Club and library auction as well as the Dallas Methodist Church. 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