2 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 1, 1995 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE READY TO TAKE OFF - Emergency personnel and the Dallas ambulance crew preparee to fly Dallas resident Melissa Ann Slaby to Community Medical Center in Scranton after a car accident February 24. Accidents send seven to hospitals By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Three accidents this past week- end sent seven people to area hospitals and kept Back Moun- tain emergency services person- nel busy. Melissa Ann Slaby, 16, Dallas, was taken by helicopter to Com- munity Medical Center in Scran- ton February 24 after her 1992 Buick Cutlass Supreme struck a utility pole on Main Street in Dallas, near Franklin Street, shortly after 6:30 p.m.. Police said Slaby lost control of her car after driving through a frozen water puddle in the south- bound lane, traveling 279 feet and striking a utility pole on the berm of the roadway. She was freed from the vehicle by a crew from the Dallas Fire and Ambulance and Medic-1, who stabilized her before transporting her by helicopter to Community Medical Center. She is listed in guarded condi- tion in the trauma unit, according to a hospital spokesperson. Her father told police she has a concussion, a Jaceration above ‘her eye, an injury to her cheek bone, a fractured -arm and an \" injury to-her pelvic area: Police said Slaby was wearing a | seatbelt. Main Street resident Calvin Sutton told police that the impact caused the utility pole to snap at the top, pulling Sutton'’s electrical service from the house and dam- aging some aluminum siding. Patrolman James Martin and Dallas Township patrolman Doug Higgins are investigating the accl- dent. Route 118was closed for iearly two hours February 25 after a collision between a 1981 Toyota Celica operated by Ted Pulver, 22, of Wilkes-Barre and a 1990 Fort F-150 pickup truck operated by Andrew Weber, Jr., 47, of Sweet Valley, shortly before 7 p.m.. Police said the Toyota, travel- ing west on Rte. 118, was at- tempting to turn left into the drive- way of the Mountain Fresh Super- market when the pickup truck struck it, spinning the Toyota around and causing it to slide another 120 feet in the eastbound lane. The pickup truck hit the curb of the supermarket's driveway sideways, flipped onto its roof and rolled down an embankment, police said. No one involved in the accident was wearing seat belts, police said. Pulver and two passengers, Michael Hughes, 21, of Wilkes- Barre, and Bethann Warke, 17, of Wilkes-Barre, were taken by heli- copter to Geisinger Hospital in Danville, where a hospital spokes- person said they are listed in criti- cal condition in the intensive care unit. A third passenger in Pulver's vehicle, Jaqueline Hergan, 17, of Wilkes-Barre, was taken by the Lake Silkeworth ambulance to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where she is listed in fair condi- tion. Weber was taken to Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, then trans- ferred to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where he is listed in serious condition in the surgical intensive care unit. Pulver was driving with a sus- pended operator's license and citations are pending against him, according to Lake Township po- lice chief John Masloski. Masloski and patrolman John Young, assisted by police from Lehman and Ross townships, Harveys Lake and the Pennsylva- nia State Police Wyoming Bar- racks, are investigating the acci- dent. Demunds Road in Franklin Township was closed for more than an hour February 26 after a car hit a tree and flipped onto its roof shortly before noon. Police said that Carol J. Rhines, 52, Dallas, lost control of her car and went over an embankment of the west side of the road, hitting a tree and flipping onto its roof. She was taken by the Franklin- Northmoreland ambulance. to . Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, where she is listed in critical condition in the surgical inten- sive care unit, according to a hospital spokesperson. Pennsylvania State Police trooper Joseph M. Plant investi- gated the accident. Two officers (continued from page 1) sent an officer into the school before, we had to find someone to do his work back at the office. The federal grant will pay for someone who will visit the schools and work out of the office.” Being available as a DARE offi- cer will be only one of the new patrolman’s many duties, Balav- age said. Other duties could in- volve public education, primary enforcement - patrols, traffic duty and investigations — and aggres- sive crime prevention. The new officer will also be available to discuss local prob- lems, such as drugs, gangs and criminals who prey on senior citi- zens, with area organizations. “Two more officers are not too many,” he said. “We need to inter- vene with youth to prevent crimes. Devoting one officer's total work time to helping resolve commu- nity problems and making the “Two more officers are not too many. We need to intervene with youth to prevent crimes.” James Balavage Kingston Twp. police chief Although the township doesn't have a high crime rate, it has the largest population (6,763), the most full-time police officers (eight) and the most police vehicles (six) in the Back Mountain, according to a recent police study. It is the third largest in area (13.6 square miles), population density (497.3 persons per square mile) and in total road miles (58.21). The township spends $374,859 ports, $500 from fines from Luzerne County court, $24,000 in vehicle code violations and $4,000 in ordinance violations. The department received grants of $3,000 for special police serv- ices and public education and a $26,000 two-year county grant for public education on drug awareness and crime prevention at the Meadowcrest low-income housing complex. “The people are entitled to the best police services that the town- ) ) ship can afford to give them,” Balavage said. “The supervisors have acknowledged that we need additional manpower by budget- ing for an additional policeman and getting federal funding for a second officer.” The township's civil service commision has already tested applicants for the job, who will be Building permits Dallas Borough Zoning Officer Milton Lutsey issued three build- ing permits for the period of Jan. 20 - Feb. 21: e Thomas McCormack, 231 Main Street for an addition to garage; second floor home addi- tion, estimated to cost $40,000; e Mary and Richard Hoyes, 90 Parrish Street, for an addition to rear of home, estimated to cost $27,000; e Charles N. 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The public, particularly the According to the 1995 budget, Balavage and townshop man- youth, need to know they can the township's income from po- agerJeffBox hope to have the two trust and respect the people in lice-related activities was $31,000: new officers start work by the uniform.” $3,000 for copies of accident re- beginning of April. ron ] PSU astronomy | Divorces sought course starting 3 The following complaints for against Dean Kazmierski, RD 2, A course on astronomy will be divorce were recorded at the Box, 45, Harveys Lake. offered by Penn State Wilkes-Barre yizome oes Courthouse be- Jacqueline M. Biscontini, 120 beginning Wednesday, March 22, Sn v0. 10- 16. Elmcrest Dr., Dallas against Rich- from 7-9 p.m. and on alternate H Jo br D. y Siam, 184C ard J. Biscontini, 129 Elmerest Wednesdays, April 5 and 19 and untsville Rd, D allas against pr, pallas. May 3, 17, and 31. Denice A. Chiampi, 184-C S <4 Huntsville Rd., Dallas. usan B. Tonkin, RR 3, Box 0, e 12-hour non-credit work- Valley View, Dall Steve Derhammer, RR 3, Lot y , as against Ed- shop will utilize the 14-inch ward Tonkin, RR 3, Box 9 V: 150 Valley View, Dallas, against 0X 9 Valley 1 Celestron telescope in the Fried- Lo h View, Dallas. SP 4 man Observatory on the campus = 2ura Derhammer, RR 3, Lot 150, V in Lehman. No special back- Valley View Dallas. Craig S. Allen, 40 Sterling Ave: 3 ground is required to participate. Jennifer Kazmierski, 4055 Dallas against Patricia R. Allen, Enrollment is limited to 12 so Blytheburn Rd., Mountaintop 40 Sterling Ave., Dallas. that students will have ample opportunity to use the telescope. b, There is a fee for the astronomy (Graduates from Marywood : workshop. For more information, Aric E. Gingo of Shavertown, recently graduated from Marywood call Ina Lubin at Penn State college with a bachelor's degree in Fine Arts. Wilkes-Barre, 675-9251. 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