ae Aa a <n a ¢UNTON BosNIAN HATE ) Ie The Dallas Post Dallas, PA ‘Wednesday, May 19, 1993 § POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE Setting up Several of the 40 regional antiques dealers who will display furniture, tools, glassware, china and unusual decorating items at the annual Spring Market at The Barn in Lehman the weekend of May 22-23 are, front row from left: Al Pfeiffer of Green Acres Antiques in Lewisburg; organizer Gary Baker of The Barn; back row: Harry Price, Sr., Esther Price, Helen F. Barna of Plains and Helen S. Barna of Hudson. Food and baked goods will also be available for sale. Parking and admission are free. Letters , Wyoming family seeks lost collie dog Editor: Te Someone With a Heart: Have you or your neighbor found Cubby, a black and white Collie with one brown leg and little brown eyebrows? Cubby does not like rain or thunder. It fright- ens him, He likes to swim in our pond with the ducks and play with the cats and the birds. He loves to go for a ride and sleep in our bed, until he gets too warm. He waits until the cows are fed to eat his breakfast with his master. He also loves to be brushed and play ball. We miss him, love him and know he is missing us. Please call us to pick him up, no questions asked. Maybe we can help in some way or reward you somehow, just by you sending him home. He was last seen at Frances Slocum Dam on Carverton Road. Our phone number is 696-4502. We don't want someone to shoot or beat him. God Bless you for being kind to him while you had him, but he is all we have. We need him. Mrs. Arthur Holtzman Wyoming + 696-4502 The economic viewpoint Business works to prevent drug abuse By HOWARD J. GROSSMAN A relatively new organization could have significant impact on the goal of substance abuse pre- vention. The Foundation for a Drug Free Pennsylvania was cre- ated through the joint efforts of Governor Robert P. Casey and Attorney General Ernest E. Preate, Jr. and Pennsylvania private in- dustry through the Pennsylvania Business Roundtable and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Busi- ness.and Industry as well as other business and professional organi- zations. Currently, chaired by Robert M. Valentini, President and CEQ of Bell of Pennsylvania, the Board of Directors of this Foun- dation includes leading corporate executives, the Pennsylvania AFL- ClO, and the Pennsylvania Medi- cal and Bar Associations, as well as others. i=. The vision of the Foundation is 40 bring labor and management, ‘the educational system, existing drug and alcohol programs and resources, the media and govern- ment together in support of a coordinated effort working toward the. goal of having Pennsylvani- ans live and work in an environ- ment free of drug and alcohol abuse. Formal operations of the Foun- dation were initiated in August 1991. Since that time, the Foun- dation has employed a full time Executive Director and has cre- ated a number of new programs mainly dealing with drug abuse in ‘the workplace. Among its accom- iplishments have been the follow- ing: fin'Seven regional commercial workplace seminars were pre- ‘sented across the State. These seminars addressed both sub- stance abuse problems in the workplace and program skills development aimed at dealing ‘effectively with these problems. More than 600 individuals, repre- senting both management and labor, from 300 small and me- dium sized Pennsylvania busi- nesses and non-profit health and {3 human service organizations at- ttended. Follow up calls were made to. .every participant company within a four to six week time span. The data secured from these calls demonstrated that one third ofall participating companies have already initiated written drug free workplace policies, employee assistance programs and in sev- eral cases, pre-employment drug testing. Others are requesting technical assistance from the Foundation. The Foundation has already been singled out as a model pri- vate /public partnership program by the President's Advisory Coun- cil on Drug Abuse. The Foundation is currently developing a full protocol for school districts to assist them in comply- ing with federal and state drug- free school mandates to establish drug and alcohol abuse free workplaces schools. National materials which have been produced by both the Part- nership for a Drug Free America and the Advertising Council are being adapted for statewide use with a small start-up grant from Pennsylvania State funds to launch this initiative. Private funds are also being sought to expand this program. : The Foundation will be devel- oping a model Small Business Employee Assistance Program for businesses with less than 100 employees. Efforts will continue to assist employers and employees in cre- ating drug and alcohol free workplaces through seminars, written materials and technical assistance. : The Foundation Board of Di- rectors has developed a five year strategic plan. Some of the char- acteristics of the strategic plan include the following: Continuation of the Drugs in the Workplace seminars. Providing free on-site technical assistance to organizations that have attended the seminars. Instituting a comprehensive, multi-tiered “Drugs Don't Work Here” employer program which will involve four different points of contact on the part of employers. These contact points are as fol- lows: —Employers that commit to becoming a drug free work envi- ronmental to receive Foundation support materials. in each of their : —Employers that agree to be- come drug free worksites and that attend Foundations seminars. —Employers that have pub- lished and disseminated drug and alcohol policies, that offer em- ployee assistant programs and conduct pre-employment drug testing that meet standards set by the Foundation. —All of the above plus giving preference in contracting and sub- contracting to other “Drugs Don’t Work Here” employers. Insuring that employee assis- tance programs and drug testing consortia are available through- out the State. Developing relationships with insurance carriers, the Depart- ment of Labor and healthcare providers with the longer term goal being the securing of dis- counted rates for “Drugs Don't Work Here” employers. Serving as a facilitator in fos- tering cooperation or resolving disputes between diverse seg- ments of the drug-alcohol pro- gram and resource community. Eventually developing a direc- tory of drug programs and re- sources. Developing a comprehensive and statistically valid survey of Pennsylvania employers for use in measuring progress in future years. The above represents some of the 20 strategies that have been developed by the Foundation’s Board of Directors. The Foundation for aDrug Free Pennsylvania has much to offer the employer community of the Commonwealth. As it seeks to create awareness and to focus attention on a variety of strategies designed to eliminate substance abuse, the Foundation needs the support of the Commonwealth employer community of over 264,000 of which 250,000 are businesses with 0 to 50 employ- ees. Anyone interested in learn- ing more about the Foundation can contact the organization at 105 North Front Street, Harris- burg, PA 17101, (717) 232-0300. Howard Grossman is Execu- tive Director of the Economic Development Council of North- eastern Pennsylvania. He lives in Dallas. Aga thi: RL 3 ew Bulbs (ENERA TION Tawwa3D 11 Sessions 25 Minute Sessions :A|. Dallas Store Closed - All paid sessions will be honored at 3rd Ave. Kingston Plaza Store "Only 10 Minutes from Dallas" Call 288-5000 Library news Carved birds flock to library's display area By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing an interesting display of birds and bird houses borrowed from John Paul of Shavertown. John was superintendent of Build- ings and Grounds at the Dallas School District for 12 years, retir- ing in 1973. He has enjoyed his 20 retirement years by working on his hobby of carving birds and making bird houses and feeders. He hasafarmin Cambra, about 30 miles north of Benton where he spends a lot of his time and gets much of the wood for his birds from trees on the farm. He has always loved birds and trees and enjoys feeding them. He saw so many natural birds on the farm and said to himself: “I can carve those birds from wood”. He works on his hobby at the farm and at his home in Shavertown. The display is showing a Blue Bird house and a Wren house. The carved birds include a Night Heron, a Dove, gray with down beak; a Woodcock made out of native chestnut; the wood is 70 years old; a Skimmer with a spe- ciallarge beak, found in salt water made of natural butternut; ablack Skimmer, which was painted with a red beak; an exceptioally large bird; a yellow leg Shore Bird that feeds on natural woods and in salt water; a Puffin from Nova Scotia; a short legged Shore Bird, some of which live underground; a small Wren made of Butternut. John has been carving birds for 10 years and is now working on an owl and a swan. The Cow- bird in the display made of butter- nut is nine years old. He also carves duck decoys. He has carved the dates he finished each bird on the bottom of them. We also have a novel climbing woodpecker which will delight the children. The display includes some small wren eggs set on grass and some colorful flowers. The display will be at the library until June 9. The library is accepting books for the library auction with the exception of text books; and odds and ends for that booth. These may be brought into the library anytime the library is open. The auction will be held July 8-11. New books at the library: “Juggling The Stars” by Tim Parks is the story of Morris Duckworth who teaches English to the pam- pered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. He lives a meager existence in a squalid apartment and regards his students with envy, first wreaking revenge by petty theft and then grander lar- ceny. 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