RN LJ ® AN oF The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 2,1994 § Reporter's note C OK Grace R. Dove £ POSHunters love to tell tall tales, which always seem to in- crease in size as they are retold ad inifnitum, ad nauseum. We've all heard of the poor hunter who leans his gun against a tree to answer an urgent call of nature at the same time that the Monster Trophy Buck of the Cen- tury steps out of the woods in front of him. Although in slightly better taste (I hope), these stories haven't been retold too much, so they're still pretty much the same size they were ,when they actually hap- pened. They're true and unedited. And, I hope, rather accurate. e | left it home. Wiien my husband, Matt, got his first job when he was 16, he immediately put his first shot- gun, a beautiful 16-gauge bolt- action, on layaway for hunting season. He. paid it off the day before small game came in, took it home and sat up half the night oiling it and making sure that he had the bolt set properly and just the right ammo. Since Matt had a younger brother at home, he decided to be safe and remove the bolt from the shotgun before putting it away. When his hunting buddies stopped by the house to pick him up early the next morning, he hurriedly grabbed his gun, ammo, orange vest, license and lunch and charged out to the car. It wasn't until the guys had arrived at their hunting spot and unloaded all of their gear from the trunkthat Matt discovered he had left the bolt action to his new 16- gauge home on his dresser. e The deer are perfectly safe when he's in the woods. An old college boyfriend whom I'll call Scotty never missed a hunting season: archery, small game, buck and doe. The year that he was able to afford to buy a new compound bow (they were still a bit of a novelty back in the mid-'70's), he also splurged on a special arrow ‘Second birthday Stephen Ruch, the son of Ted and Dianne Ruch, Dallas, will celebrate his second birthday November 9. Stephen is the grandson of Stephen and Joan Tometchko, Dallas, and Robert and Lorraine Ruch, Media. He is the great- grandson of Eva Tometchko, Larksville, Mary Krostag, Dallas and Dorothy Ruch, Kingston. Stephen has an older brother, Matthew, who is five years old. Bud shot the microwave, and other hunting tales tip, corkscrew-shaped with wicked razor-sharp edges. Scotty spent several hours the night before the start of archery season sharpening and honing the corkscrew tip with an electric knife sharpener and a set of small hand files, while he, his brother and a cousin participated in a mandatory pre-hunting ceremony involving the sacrifice of several six-packs and the recitation of magical incantations containing numerous expletives. The next morning, stumbling hung-over, wet and fuzzed out through the soggy woods, Scotty kicked out a large doe. Raising his new bow and deadly corkscrew-tipped arrow, he took careful aim as she fled through the fog. As he shot, the fancy new tip fell off the arrow. He never found it. us. I tried using a flashlight to flag down passing drivers, but their only reponse was honking horns. The only man to stop and help us later told me that the accident scene is also know as Flashlight Annie's Hill, because a local lady of the evening hangs out there flagging down truckers for illicit pleasures. The passing drivers had evidently thought thatI was Flash- light Annie, he said. Our family joke is now to never wish someone a safe trip. By the way, Matt and I have hit deer with two pickup trucks (one with the blue truck and two with the red one), a Bronco II and a Volkswagen Dasher. Matt's older brother has us beat — he got one with a tractor-trailer - and salvaged enough of the carcass (minus a leg) to fill the freezer. The last e The day thing he . Boris shot heard was the To the disgust of my the micro- doe laughing 1 , 1 wave. Jos Ju friend's wife, Sears ae « Fore! said the microwave friends, While: a wasn't warranteed Boris land friend's father ; Pat, own a was driving to against wayward working work the first farm near day of buck shotgun blasts Fleetville, season, dis- smack in the gusted that he hadn't gotten it off from work to go hunting, he saw a wounded buck stumble and fall on the shoulder of the road ahead of him. He stopped to check it out. The deer was still alive but clearly on its way out. Not wanting it to suffer, and not wanting to waste the meat, he put it out of its misery by hitting it over the head with the only heavy, blunt instrument that he could find in his van - a golf club. I've heard of people taking deer under some rather strange circumstances, but this is the only time I have ever heard of someone getting a buck with a golf club. ¢ Have a nice trip! Shortly after my husband ac- quired his second pickup truck, a shiny red four-wheel-drive Ford F-150, we took it to visit my family in Toms River, NJ. When we were leaving, my stepmother said to us, “Have a nice trip!” We certainly did - on Rte. 78 west, way out in the middle of no- where, we hit a rather large buck. With no CB radio, it was nearly impossible to get someone to help STEPHEN RUCH middle of some prime hunting land. Several years ago their young- est son, Bud, had set his 16- gauge shotgun in the gun rack after returning from a hunting expedition - but forgot to unload it and put the safety on. Later that day, Boris saw some- one in his field who didn't belong there and hurriedly reached for Bud's 16-gauge on the rack. It went off in his hands, blow- ing ahole in Pat's microwave oven, which wasn't in season at the time. “When I called Sears to arrange to bring the thing in for repairs, they told me that the microwave's warranty didn't cover shotgun blasts,” Pat disgustedly told me. Like the infamous pink battery bunny, the microwave was still working, so Boris simply welded a piece of metal over the hole. It worked fine. Moral of the story: Unload your gun and put the safety on before you put it away. 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November 6th Library news Sarah Tamanini's treasures are on display By NANCY KOZEMCHAK The display case at the Back Mountain Memorial Library is showing a collection of “little things” borrowed from Sarah Tamanini of Harveys Lake. In her 16 years, she has lived a very interesting life. She has lived in 22 different dwellings, including houses, apartments, trailers, a school bus and a tipi. She has lived in Pennsylvania, Iowa and South Carolina. When she was four years old and living in Clinton, Iowa, she purchased her first pocket knife. It was the smallest pocket knife we had ever seen and she decided then and there to collect “little things.” Because of her Nomadic life, she had collected ‘things’ from stores, flea markets, yard sales, souvenir shops and friends met along the way in Renovo, Lock Haven, Williamsport and the Wilkes-Barre area. Parts of her collection are also from Clinton and Davenport, Iowa and Clio and Bennettsville, S.C. and Washing- ton, D.C. Some interesting items in the display are a chair and footrest made out of a tin can, a miniature old testament Bible, figurines from J.R.R. Tolkiens “Lord of the Rings", doll house items, candles and candle sticks, a 1/2" pencil with eraser that actually writes, coins, thimbles, cups and saucers, and of course her mother-of-pearl pocket knife. Sarah is presently home-schooled but has attended schools in several school districts. She has won awards for her po- etry and as a 4-H member. She is an avid reacher and visits the Back Mountain Memorial Ligrary on a regular basis. There is a larger treasure chest in the dis- play which is filled with mini- atrues; awagon with a gray turtle, small cot with baby doll, table and chairs, carpet and a tiny toy train. The display also has pots and pans, baseball bat, coal pail and a wash tub. Sarah is presently in the process of writing her first book. She is the oldest of five children, and has three brothers and a baby sister. The display is a joy to behold and hard to imag- ine anything could be so small. The display will be at the library until November 23. The library has lost a very dear and devoted friend with the pass- ing of Frances Linskill. Frances was a stalwart member of the Book Club and supported library projects. She allowed us to bor- row her Beatrix Potter collection of minitures for the display case many times through the years, and always had interesting sto- ries to tell at the Book Club meet- ings. She will be missed for her pleasant and gracious ways. New book at the library: “The Phalanx Dragon” by Thomas Rizzi startswhen Iranian soldiers sal- vage an intact U.S. cruise missile that has veered off-course during the Gulf War and Iran's intelli- gence bureau puts a team to- gether to decipher the missile's advanced computer-chip technol- ogy. 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