| gol. 106 No. 9 Night speed limit imposed at Harveys Lake in works 4@ The federal program funds Wnty police forces which @hitely go for DARE training.” “Withey's . the world SIS SAVADN ICTR g | =RO1O1\Y [VIS] NINE ISSO] oil Nw | =50 BAY EN WARTS WAY (€=51 B= 5 | \V/ VALU 0] & [© [©] BR BI ISH Bl 21 [03 BS By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Boaters on Harveys Lake will have to travel more slowly after dark, now that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Com- mission has imposed a speed limit for the 658-acre lake. The commission enacted the law set- ting a no-wake speed limit between dusk and sunrise in response to a borough or- dinance enacted June 15, 1993, which set the same speed limit. Commission to enact the law because council members were concerned about the safety of boaters, especially after dark. The fine for violators will be $25, Messerle said. Because the no-wake speed limit is a borough ordinance as well as a state law, borough police and the Fish Commis- sion will be able to enforce it, he added. In the past, police have seen at least half a dozen near misses, in which boats traveling at full throttle barely missed hitting boats lying stationary in the water with no running lights. Very fast motor boats whose noses Dallas, Pennsylvania Accidents showed need for limits, pg 12 rise out of the water as they travel fast make it difficult for boaters to see people swimming at night and other boats, even with running lights, according to assis- tant police chief Ronald Spock, who has observed them while out in the police patrol boat. Two more new boating laws will affect Harveys Lake's mariners. The first requires that boats carry at least one Coast-Guard-approved wear- able (vest-type) life preserver for every passenger. Violators will pay a $25 fine and $10 for every person without a life preserver. The second law requires young people between ages 12 and 16 operating a boat whose motor is more than 10 horse- power to take an eight-hour Fish and Boat Commission basic boating course and have a certificate with them when operating a boat or personal watercraft (wave runner.) Children younger than 12 years old won't be allowed to operate motor boats or personal watercraft at all, Messerle March 1 thru March 7, 1995 said. The first basic boating course will be held March 24-25 and is free. Violators of the statute will paya $25 fine. Harveys Lake has been the scene of five serious accidents since 1983, which have resulted in the passage of stricter boating laws. Three accidents resulted in the deaths of six persons and the prosecution of boaters for homicide by watercraft and boating while under the influence. At least one accident, on September 1, 1991, in which a speed- boat rammed the rear of a slower boat, then jumped over it, occurred after dark. 1 ) According to Waterways Conservation Otiicer Kerry Messerle, the Harveys Lake borough council had asked the Fish officers 19 By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Kingston Township is the first Back Mountain municipality to receive a federal grant for addi- onal police officers, and two are expected to begin work by the beginning of April. The $58,000 grant will pay for 75 percent of an officer's wages and benefits for three years. At the end of the three years, the township will pick up the entire tab. The township supervisors had included one new officer in the 1995 budget. work with members of the com- munity to help devise solutions to community problems. “The supervisors have voted to send an officer to train for the DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program, which has been devised for fifth-graders,” said police chief James Balavage. “One of the new officers will defi- Kingston Township officers have gone into the schools in the past to discuss drug abuse with the students, he added. “It's very important work, but we need more manpower to do the job properly,” he said. “When we Going for the goal Carrie Fetterman drove for the hoop against Wallenpaupack in last week's District AAA quarterfinal game. Sara Barlow, left, and Stacey Suda watched the drive. The Lady POST PHOTO/LYNN SHEEHAN Mountaineers pulled out a surprise 49-47 win. Fetterman scored 10 points, including two 3-pointers, second only to Robin Suda's 11 points. Keeping an eye oh crime Harveys Lake neighbors form watch group By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Several Harveys Lake residents concerned about burglaries at summer cottages met February 22 to take the first steps in form- ing a neighborhood crime watch. “Harveys Lake isn't exactly a ries in one month are a lot,” said Denise Sult, who attended a re- cent informational meeting on neighborhood watch, hosted by the borough's advisory council to the mayor. “There have been some break- ins on our road. Maybe a crime watch program could help our neighbors,” she said. Mayor Rick Boice reported that the police investigated four bur- glaries and complaints of three suspicious persons, six damaged properties and one gunshot in January. Last year borough po- lice investigated 48 burglaries, many found and reported long after they occurred, he added. See TWO OFFICERS, pg 2 on top of manners from now on. Residents using parks in Dallas Borough will have to mind their The council passed an ordinance Borough stiffens park rules Violators face $300 fine or 30 days in jail regular February 21 meeting. Glass containers, littering, loiter- ing, pets, loud noises of any type, foul language and possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages and controlled substances are not permitted in the parks and nearby streets. Park hours are 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily. high-crime area, but four burgla- See EYE ON CRIME, pg 12 Dallas native leads int'l newspaper design group By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff J @ When Dallas native Deborah Ann Withey was a child, she en- joyed drawing — so much that she took classes with the art teacher, her mother, Dorothy T. Withey, while in high school. Recently named president of | the International Society of News- paper Design, Deborah credits her | mother with spurring her to suc- cess. eborah said. “I think I inherited her creativity, enthusiasm and her zest for life.” Withey has earned more than 40 national and international awards for her work in newspaper design and has taught courses in newspaper design as a visiting professor at the University of Navarra in Spain. In June she'll resent newspaper design semi- | “She's a good role model,” 9 w, 'nars in four European cities - through the European chapter of the Society of Newspaper Design, NE | wy DESIGN LEADER - Dallas native Deborah Ann Withey has been named president of the International Society of Newspaper Design. She is design director of Knight-Ridder, Inc., which publishes The Detroit Free Press, The Philadelphia Inquirer and other major newspapers. which had also sponsored her work in Spain. Teaching in Spain was “the best thing I ever did in my life,” she said. “I wouldn't hesitate to do it again.” Taught in English, her course at Navarre focused on visual jour- nalism, designing newspapers to be as eye-catching and appealing to the readers as possible. “The Spanish papers are excel- lent — dynamic, fresh and high- quality,” she said. “They are giv- ing American papers a major challenge. It's interesting — the Europeans learned a lot about newspapers from us and nowwe're learning from them. My students are very creative - they have taught me a lot, especially about enthu- siasm for the work.” She has learned another valu- able lesson from her Spanish See WITHEY, pg 12 listing the rules for using the Ken- neth A. Young Memorial Park and the Dallas Bicentennial Park at its See PARK RULES, pg 12 HB On board. The region got a new fish com- mission officer earlier this month. Page 3. 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