2. SERVING THE BACK MOUNTAIN FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY i ) : | / i nts g rts’ )) Oo i Sa, ent : A Sih nts i : 5 op, bis Tis oni | io: > he bi tu? ist Ea] lle, I~ : xk) @ Vol. 104 No. 6 Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 10, 1993 : 35 Cents Sy, na : ! : ‘ pa : =a a ly . i : ! u Wa hel . . 0 eld, i Ls SL - s | 1 Spock never was guilty here 5 ’ . >| Inside there to help you out, even when ! lice presence at Harveys Lake. By Ofac Bf Dove he was off ily. He's a good per- Jury was quick afierhe yas suspended, Dep | son.” Hoover said. to return innocent © oon Sto The day after Harveys Lake “Everybody has some good and di n 6 commanding. oT assistant police chief Ronald some bad in them. Nobody's a veraict, pg Two people who refised 2 Pr Spock was acquitted of bribery in saint,” said Wendy Hoover. “But it give their names sai : It ales a jury trial, the breakfast and seems that when you try to help nf Sa like it was a persona vendetta lunch crowd at Drury’s Deli, just people, often others tend to focus Mann's “gut reaction” was that against Spock by Karlonis and : down the road from the borough on the negative. Sometimes the defense attorney Jonathan Rlum Butler. Part-time officers Mark hall, was jubilant. more you work to help people, the did a tremendous job defending Karlonis and Jeffrey Butler testi- | Gary and Wendy Hoover of harder others try to tear you Spock. fied against Spock at his trial. i Harveys Lake borough believed down.” “I never doubted that Spock Joan Croman recalled how that the jury delivered a just ver- Borough sewage compliance was innocent. He's not that type Spock came toa Cub Scout meet- dict. A former borough road fore- officer William Mann was very, of guy. Ll ing to discuss guns and firearms : man, Hoover has worked closely very pleased with Spock's acquit- I'm sure that he never solicited safety with the boys. “He gave out : D with all the borough policemen tal. “I know that it's been a long any type of favor,” Mann contin- information packets and was very _& . “ gl and Spock in particular. ordeal for the entire family, and ued. “When Ron Spock was on the RON SPOCK | “Ron is honest, fair and always sympathize with them,” he said. = force, we had a commanding po- See SPOCK, pg 6 - Gourmet £ Local men night includes New Miss 1993 PA contest- ants. Page 3. S are A ® ; [ | - . @ | Irish children lottery win get a break from harsh | life. Page 3. sly | By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff ie When the Pennsylvania Lottery began its Wild Card Lotto game in 1988, 10 regular working guys at Bell Telephone in Wilkes-Barre began chipping in $2 apiece each week for tickets. | 0) Back Mountain residents Char- h. les Hoyt and Roland Rhone now are part of the lucky group who recently learned that they hold a winning ticket for the $4.7 million January 29 Lotto. At first, Rhone throught that someone was playing a joke on him when he learned of the windfall. “It took a couple of minutes before it sank in that we had really won,” he : said. DE Some of the men, all in their late : 40's and early 50's, have been i playing the same numbers for the ast five years. Rhone still uses his Shakespe are on] red and white Lotto card at Wyoming Seminary with the numbers already inked in. this weekend. Page 14. This is the group's first big win, although they have won small sums of money in the past, Hoyt said. “I sure was very surprised,” Hoyt said. “I found out about the win- 3 ning ticket the day that I buried my J mother. At first, I didn’t know if I . . should tell my family, but they all Cheerleaders prepare for Florida trip | Dr oy tia The Dallas High School cheerleaders will compete in the finals of for the trip, the cheerleaders served as waitresses Sunday at Hoyt plans to use part of his the National High School Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Pizza Hut in Dallas, with all tips going toward their travel ex- share of the windfall to help pay for Florida February 19-23. The team earned the trip by winning first penses. Shown above at Pizza Hut, from left, Jennifer Bryant, his mother’s funeral and fo re- | place in one of 33 regional tournaments held around the country. Beth Ann Wagner and Sara Cuba. EE ey model his home."The cash will i iti i i i 0S oto ariotie bartiz : | The final competition will be televised on ESPN. To raise money ( p See LOTTERY, pg 5 : |] LL En oY Dallas First Eastern branch Taxpayer group fields candidates > Sp ¢ Saka ee ; so far unaffected by cutbacks | sycracen pove 7 Edwards family Although officials of First Eastern Bank plan to close ten takes ski awards in branch offices by June, a bank spokesman said that services at Pat Gold and Allan Moss, two Colorado. Sports page. the bank's Dallas Village branch will stay open. founders of the Lake-Lehman Dalle Village om being considered for branch consolida- Taxpayers’ Association, have ° tion,” said Karen Shonk of First Eastern’s public relations depart- announced their candidacy for | Lehman girls ment. school board in the May Fi have shot at basketball Shonk said that she doesn’t know whether or not Dallas Village nicipal primary election. “> é& title. Sports page. branch's personnel will be affected by the corporation's decision Both plan to seek the Demo- to lay off 150 workers. cratic and Republican nomina- “These layoffs are across-the-board; they'll affect everyone from tions by cross-filing. ~ tellers on up to vice-presidents,” Shonk said. “Final decisions on And both have been endorsed who will be laid off won't be made until June.” : by school director Ed Kern, who J by Grace R. Dove calls them “the people's candi- dates.” Moss will be a candidate to | represent Lake-Lehman's Region : . | ‘Red Cross I, made up of Lake Township, PAT GOLD ALLAN MOSS . s Harveys Lake and Noxen, which 5% Fa Blood drive is currently represented by edge of subject matter. Long Island, she personally saw Lo @ Mildred Dobash. “Many of these outcomes, which older people, crippled by runaway | Tues, Feb. 16, 12 Noon-5 Gold, a Long Island native who include understanding others, tax increases, forced to leave the | p.m. Shavertown United moved to the district five years patriotismandself-esteem, should homes and neighborhoods that { Methodist Church. Call ago, is seeking the school dis- be taught at home or in church,” they had worked their entire lives | 823-7164 for appoint- trict's Region Il post currentlyheld ~~ Moss said. “To have a school dis- to build. : 1 ments. by Ken Williams. Region II is trict widen its scope to include “Idon’twant to see that happe 4 comprised of Ross Township and them in the curiculum doesn't sit here. We have to protect the eld- | Lehman Township's central and well with me.” erly on fixed incomes,” she con- southwestern districts. Both Moss and Gold are inter- tinued. “Ihave found it frustrating that, ested in examining how the gis. i costs namey I give ou ; while supporting the taxpayers’ trictspendsits money, streamlin- children a good education, but 14 Pages 2 Sections point of pe to 2 in the em ing 3 budget and LR certainly believe that we can Ol @ | Calendar... 14 of one person out of nine on too to obtain the same goods and spread the financial burden outa Classified........ 12-13 many important issues. 1 need services for less money. bit more evenly.” : Editorials 4 help on this board; that's why this “I'd like to see the board work Gold believes that enacting a . SiR peony 2 election is crucial,” Kern said. towards more creative financing, non-resident tax on people who 2 qoitunses eB) > nr a “The education of our young rather than relying heavily on tax Forum he school isting .c.rroperty transiers.. . i ide t people is lacking,” Moss said. “Our revenues,” Gold said. “I person- outside it is one good way to raise { 2 8chool.........oce ines 10 Bizarre Harveys Lake acciden ; schools are trying to be all things ally know senior citizens just get- money from those who can best { Sports 7 This 1990 Cheverolet Corsica was a total loss when a runaway oil to all people. Li Ki thatit'stime ting by on Social Securitywhoare afford it. ' RL ee truck slammed into it at Harveys Lake February 3. The truck was to get back to basics and concen- afraid of more tax increases. I Because the teachers’ contract | heading towards Diveronica’s Store when the driver reportedly trate more on academics.” know one elderly person who has has built-in raises which must be - | ne blacked out and a passenger grasped the wheel, steering it away Moss is also critical of out- had to work part-time at menial met, both Gold and Mass hope to of © : from the store but into the Corsica and a storage trailer parked in Some based Shinn, (ich he Jobs, Just to 015 fou Sues dollars find ways in which the districtcan i Fails ) : r ini says is based too much on stu- o make ends ; : er § parking lot. Noo was injufed. (Post photo/fion i attitudes, not actual knowl- Gold said that while living on See CANDIDATES, Pg 3 yl } he EEE ;
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