The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 23, 1994 3 Fires gut homes CMC seeks area nurse “. The Dallas Fire Company re- 9 sponded to a fire which gutted the Nusion al il interior of a home owned by Ger- ; ursing a umni irom Commu- ald and Gail Keen on Jackson nity Medical Center, Hahnemann | 3 : and West Side Hospitals’ Schools Street in Dallas Township Febru- NL 17 at 0.15 am. of Nursing are being sought to ary ! participate in the closing recogni- According to fire chief Brett tion activities of Community Slocum, the house was filled with Medical Center's School of Nuvrce heavy smoke by the time that Medica Lenters Shoo ol urs Joa ing, the last hospital-based school irefighters arrived on the scene. of atte ir Neciheaclo np ) *- Firefighters had to dig through or g aslemn Fens a thick layer of snow on the roof in Sy Hy vit] Lhcnd order to ventilate the home, A Sing ackvides wi lincltige 8 Slocum said. Pending a final re- umni Dinner Dance on April 30, = 6 p.m. at Genetti's Manor, Dickson port from the fire marshal, the Clty. and a Ecumenical Service cause has been determined to be on Mey 15 at BE Lite accidental electrical, Slocum said. y g : 3 + Dallas was assisted by the Alumni current addresses may Kunkle and Shavertown fire be sent to Trudy Jackson, CMC companies. School of Nursing secretary, 1800 The same morning, the Lake Mulberry St., Scranton, PA 18510, Ven @ Silkworth Fire Company re- or by calling 969-8950, Monday 3 sponded to a fire which destroyed through Friday, between 8 a.m. ‘asmallwood-frame cottage owned and 4:30 p.m. ‘by Sandra Scott on Cease Terrace Archives, artifacts and stories .at 9:30 a.m. are also being sought for com- According to fire chief Sev memorative displays and pro- ‘Newberry, a worker had been gram. ‘remodeling the cottage when a For more information, please | ‘gas heater exploded. The worker contact Trudy Jackson at 969- | ‘was unable to extinguish the fire. ; 8950. | By the time that firefighters 4 > ‘arrived on the scene, the house #. 7 gi = an was completely involved. : 3 ; . POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK @ Lake al assisted by SMOKY FIRE - A smoky fire gutted the interior of a home on ers from Dallas, Kunkle and Shavertown responded and had to dig Boy Sco uts ‘Lehman Fire Company. Jackson Street in Dallas Township last Thursday morning. Firefight through a thick layer of snow on the roof to ventilate the blaze. be . n Nn al Kingston Township zoning battle Ii food drive Pp g 0 The Northeastern Council of By GRACE R. DOVE Popeck said. He has lived in the to keep his trucks on his lot. This isn't the first time that Although Podcasy decided in the Boy Scouts of America will : Post Staff neighborhood for the past 21 “This has been an ongoing Kingston Township has taken - Shatrowskas' favor and directed hold its Scouting for Food drive > : years. controversy for about 20 years Shatrowasks to court over his that he be reimbursed for the February 26 and March 5. Neighbors say that John Sha- “The township isharrassingme, that 1 know of,” said township snowplowing operation. fines and costs which he had paid Since 1991, the annual drive trowskas's snowplowing operation one thingafteranother,” Shatrow- zoning officer Ben Gorey. “The Attorney Erik Dingle handleda tomagistrate’s court, Podcasytold has distributed over 100,000 food is devaluing their properties and skas said. “We went to court and area was designated residential similar case against him for the him to park his trucks away from items each year to more than 30 is abusiness operating illegallyin = proved that we had been grandfa- between 30 and 35 years ago, township in the early 1980's. the road. food pantries in our area. . their residential area of Kingston thered in when the zoning code before the present zoning ordi- Shatrowskas had been cited Boys Scouts, Cub Scouts and . Township. was adopted.” nance was adopted in 1961." April 7, 1981, for parking trucks, “Both judges (Gregory and Explorers will go door-to-door in Shatrowskas owns two proper- He said that when he first Gorey said that three years ago 3 flatbed and a tar buggy on his Podcasy) found him not guiltybut their communities leaving food ties on opposite sides of Valley moved in to the neighborhood, it the township had taken Shatrow- lot, where there was alsoanaccu- asked him to be neighborly and collection bags. They will return ' View Drive, off Mount Olivet Road. had been zoned agricultural. It skas to district court, which had mulation of tires, Dingle said. move his trucks,” Dingle said. “If the following Saturday, March 5, ' His home occupies one lot, while was rezoned residential when ruled in favor of the township. two judges tell you to stop doing to pick up the filled bags, which .a garage and several pieces of Kingston Township adopted its District Magistrate Earl Gre- something because it's a zoning Scouts are asking residents to Jy @ construction equipmentare stored ~ zoning code. Shatrowskas then appealed to gory found him guilty of violating violation and is dangerous, itisn’t place outside their doors by 9 - on the other. “We went to the magistrate the Luzerne County Court of the zoning ordinance, but didn't jjcense for you to continue doing a.m. Ron Ostrowski, Bob Popeckand twice,” he said. “He found us not Common Pleas, where the matter fine him. Gregory told himtomove jt » Collected food will then be Leonard Wisnieski complained to guilty but told us not to park the has “languished” since 1992, the trucks away from the road, donated to the local food banks ‘the supervisors at their February two plow trucks there. I have no Gorey said. Dingle said. for local distribution. ‘9meeting that thetownshiphadn't other place to park them. If have . The greatest need is for nutri- done anything to stop the opera- a pile of planks or bricks on my According to the Luzerne Shatrwoskas was cited again “This is just sitting there dead tional canned food items such as ‘tion. lot, I get arrested, while the guy County Clerk of Court's office, no in mid- or late 1981 and found in the water,” said township so- vegetables, soups, baby formula, “We're getting an eyesore and four houses up the road has a action has been scheduled onthe guilty in magistrate’s court, This licitor Ben Jones, III. “There’sra fish, meats and chili. A the township is getting an eye- bigger pile of bricks in his yard case. Action - for example a hear- case was appealed to the Luzerne tremendous backlog of cases in For more information on the sore,” Ostrowski said. and he gets off the hook.” ing or judicial decision — is taken County Court of Common Pleas miscellaneous court. Because the Scouting for Food Drive, call the < @ “It's a nice neighborhood, but Shatrowskas said thathehasa only when the attorneys move for and heard before Judge Michael appealis stillpending, we can'tdo = Northeastern Pennsylvania Coun- % ‘it's goingdownhillonadailybasis,” written court order allowing him jt, Podcasy, Dingle said. anything more.” cil Scout Office at (717) 451-0350. | Is This Y H 2 S 1S XYOUr rnousec E ; . . | Meteorologists Predict the Harsh LJ ® a Winter or 1993/94 is Just the 1 ® ® Beginning of a 10 Year Weather Cycle y| @& | ¢ | ‘ Be p | ‘ | . | x | : 1 PROBLEM: Majority of homeowners in our area are experiencing water damage inside their homes, Roof & Gutter Cable 1) stem 4 roof damage and/or gutter damage because of ice & snow build-up. y » @:] SOLUTION: Roof & gutter system installed on your home by TOUGH PVC — LJ ® - nw See diagram. 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