to ~~ + L J Vi - Pr The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 13, 1992 'Lake-Lehman 6th grader saves friend from choking By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Friday, March 13, was a lucky day for 13-year-old John Grady of . Noxen when quick action by a fel- low student saved him from chok- - ing on a piece of candy on his way - ‘home from school on the bus. According to bus driver Walter » Chappell, a girl on the bus called = out, “John is choking!” * hind + Heimlich maneuver and dislodged As Chappell attempted to safely pull the bus over and stop, sopho- more Michael Tietzel, seated be- Grady, performed the . the candy from Grady's throat. “As soon as I saw John choking, I knew what to do.” Michael Tietzel Lake-Lehman 6th grader Jr “I was kind of scared for a min- 5 ute,” Grady said. “But my friends oc me out. After the candy (me out, a girl in front of me gave + me a drink of juice for my throat.” League of Women Voters poster contest offers students a $100 prize ’ [] ’ [] In conjunction with its Fourth Annual Youth Forum to be held Thursday, May 21, at the Luzerne , County Courthouse, the League of 1» Women Voters will sponsor a poster . contest. The contest is open to all * highschool students, grades 9-12. ’ 1 1 . The theme for this year’s contest is “Take Back the System—Activat- ing a New Generation of Voters.” judents entering the contest are “encouraged to use original ideas in . developing a poster that will moti- “" vate citizens to vote. ‘All posters must be submitted “ on standard size poster board and Water rate Nietzel said that he had learned the Heimlich maneuver in Ms. Evans’ sixth-grade health class. “This was the first time that I tried it in real life,” he said. “As soon as I sawdJohn choking, knew what to do. I just reached over the seat - it didn't even take ten sec- onds." Tietzel added that the two fami- lies are neighbors. He helps John Grady learn music on his electric guitar and is friendly with John's older brother, Jason. “I'm glad that Mike was there to help,” Chappell said. “I was trying to get the bus off the road safely and keep an eye on the kids at the same time. By the time I got the ~ bus stopped, Mike had already helped John and he was fine.” Lake-Lehman transportation manager Barbara Ross com- ‘mented, -“] was very impressed, very proud. Mike Tietzel's actions were above and beyond the call of duty.” Tietzel was also commended for. his quick action by Superinten- dent Nancy Davis at the March 10 school board meeting. the student's name and home and school telephone numbers should be printed on the back of the poster. Posters will be judged at the Court- house on Thursday, May 21, at noon. Winners will be notified by phone. ! Prizes include a $100 savings bond for first place; $50 savings bond for second and third place winners. All prizes will be awarded at the League's annual dinner meeting in June. For more information, contact Laurie Popson at 675-4130. .! (continued from page 1) "left outside the office door. If the proposed rate increase were to go through, the 1,800 + customers of the Dallas Water “Company, would see their bills e} - Jflie 98.90%, or from $68.93 to 36.04 for a typical customer « quarterly. ; +5. The Dallas, Harveys Lake, Noxen 1d’ ShavertownWater Companies, We om a ——— —— ae EE RRR EE RE EE EE EEE SS EE EE PEP ES EFI FEF FPPIFP OES FTFIFFI FFP IVER IA FTF ERT AISA THEI TT EAA 8TESRE 8 all owned’ by Geheral Waterworks, have asked the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission to be allowed toconsolidate and toincrease water rates effective June 30, 1992. The largest percentage increase would be for the 58 customers of the Harveys Lake Water Company, jumping 338.94%, or from $32.74 to $118.70 a quarter for the typical customer. For the 980 customers ofthe Shavertown Water Company, the average quarterly bill would rise 27.93%, or from $99.27 to Rl 27.02. ® Noxen customers would see their bill rise 61.74%, or {from $59.19 to $95.82. Company officials say the in- improvements made to the water system. The proposed rate increase will be examined by the PUC, the state agency which sets rates for public utilities. The PUC can prevent existing rates from changing until it investigates and/or holds hear- ings on the proposal. Those wishing to lodge an infor- mal complaint against a water company can call the Public Utility Parent/Teacher meeting May 19 There will be a Parent/Teacher aveeting May 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. bh the Middle School Auditorium Alcove. creases are necessary because of Commission Bureau of Consumer Services at 1-800-1110. To file a formal complaint, you can call (717) 787-2395, or write: Secretary, Public Utility Commis- sion, P.O. Box 3265, Harrisburg PA 17105-3265. Filing a formal complaint against a rate increase allows the person filing the complaiiit to participate in a hearing it which*théy “can produce witnesses to testify against the increase. ONE OF THE FIRST - Don Weidner, safety and health manager at Offset Paperback, started his printing career with The Dallas Post.. (Post photo/Grace R. Dove) (continued from page 1) © © brations on Monday, May 18. More than 350 Back Moun- tain residents work at the plant, which employs 625 people and pumps almost $20 million in wages, property taxes and other contributions into the local economy. Maintenance superintendent Bob Pilger of Beaumont was the first local person to be hired in August, 1969, when Offsets predecessor, Valley Publishing, relocated from Phoenix, Arizona, to the vacant Linear, Inc., build- ing on the site of the old Fern Brook Park. “Our plant had to be exten- sively renovated, including re- placing the maple tongue-and- groove floors with concrete,” he said. Pilger formerly worked as maintenance foreman at Lin- ear, which vacated the building in 1964. Pilger's 25 men maintain the building, grounds and all plant equipment, some of which is very sophisticated. “Our in- house engineers have worked with us to modify our equip- ment to meet specialized needs,” he said. “We also have made some of our own parts and equipment.” Safety and health manager Don Weidner of Lehman Town- ship came to Offset in 1970 from Cl > 7, HOSE § v 3 oe k “y § The Dallas Post, where he had operated the newspaper's last flatbed press. Weidner's responsibilities in- clude supervising the plant's fire brigade, an important task when there are tons of newsprint and cardboard boxes around. “My men train with certified fire instructors and work very closely with the local fire companies, who know the plant's layout,” he said. Tracking accidents, main- taining records, being available to give basic first aid, running the plant's safety training pro- gram, staying up-to-date on hazardous material procedures and serving as liason to area civic and charitable organiza- tions are also Weidner's respon- sibilities. Offset’s managers are proud of the plant's new safety im- provement program, which re- duced accidents by 30% in 1991. All employees are involved in the program, which mandates ear protection, steel-toed safety shoes, goggles and other safety practices in the plant's manu- facturing area. In order to produce clear text and pictures, state-of-the-art communications and compos- ing equipment and offset presses are used to print an entire book he adjustment on a bin nals.’ ThE IREE SITIES According to president Mi chael J. Gallagher, Offset’s wages and benefits are competi- tive with similar jobs in the print- ing industry. “We have a low employee turnover and have never had a strike,” he said. Company benefits include a good health-care plan,’ tuftioh ¥- reimbursements for full-time employees who go to school, management courses at Penn State-Lehman campus and a scholarship fund for employees’ children. Offset Paperback evolved from a small company founded in 1966 by Saul Simkin, the son of a Russian immigrant to Win- nipeg, Canada. The Simkin family had relo- cated from Winnipeg to Phoenix to start Valley Printing, a com- pany that accepted low-volume, small print runs, unlike most publishers of the day. Valley Printing was later pur- chased by VIR and moved to Dallas in 1969 to be close to the New York publishers. Simkin repurchased Valley Printing from VTR in 1972, changing its name to Offset Paperback. Off- set retained its-name wher) it was purchased by Bertelsmann =) 3a 4) AG of Guetersloh, Germany in CHECKING IT OUT - Rich Long, right, and Larry Chapan, left, check t i : Govern 2 Ol Erte fected Offset's style, Gallagher said. Offset’s parent corpora- tion encourages its companies to function as independently as possible. Offset Paperback earned the r's Labor-Management Codpi¥ation Award from Gover- nor Casey in 1988, as well numerous printing industry awards. : Offset provides financial sup- port to area colleges and univer- sities, fire and ambulance com- panies, sports programs, health organizations, charities and the Boy and Girl Scouts. The company’s “good neigh- bor” policy extends to the good of the community, as demon- strated by its offer in 1987 to help fund a traffic light at Route 309 and Main Street. “We have never dropped the idea,” Gal- lagher said. “We just can’t get cooperation from the state.” Gallagher agreed with Jim Koutnik of Harveys Lake, who relocated with the original Val- ley Publishing crew from Ari- zona more than 20 years ago. Koutnik observed, “The Back Mountain is a great place with a good, stable” work force~and a great community spirit. 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