(} Ld {| A | Inside: Dallas and | ake-Lehman {ig school bus schedules Vol. 106 No. 34 'Fish cops’ cover a lot of territory By JACK HILSHER Post Correspondent The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is used to being vir- tually invisible, unless you hap- pen to break the law. Northeast Region Manager, Kerry Messerle, 48, says, “People confuse us with DER, or with the Game Commis- sion, or the Bureau of Parks or Forestry. We're used to it.” Messerle’s group of 70 water- ways conservation officers and 450 deputies are none of the above. They do their own things, enforc- ing state codes and laws. Com- mission funding comes not from tax dollars but self-supporting activities like fishing and boat licenses. In addition to law enforcement Dallas, PA “We stock fish. We stock lots of fish...” Kerry Messerle Fish Commission regional manager in a dozen counties, Messerle explains some of their many other functions: “We stock fish. We stock lots of fish...like 5 million annually, and we've been doing this for years, long before my 21 years.” He adds, “We're also deep into educational and information pro- grams on things like conserva- tion, fishing skills, boating safety...all sorts of beneficial ac- tivities.” You don’t talk to Manager Messerle or any of his conserva- tion officers very long before you By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS - Mrs. Florence Crump, who passed away August 19 at the age of 100, was affectionately known to many Back Mountain residents as “the first lady of the library,” This was no honorary title — Mrs. Crump was known as a genteel lady who usually was the first person to get working on whatever project was at hand. No job was ever beneath her dignity. She was the Back Mountain Memorial Library's first chil- dren’s librarian, a member of the board of directors and founder ofits book club and the auction’s book booth. “She was a real lady, a truly wonderful woman,” said librar- ian and longtime friend Nancy Kozemchak, who recalled that bake fresh chocolate chip cook- ies for the volunteers who moved the library’s books to . | the new building on Huntsville Road 10 years ago. ' Mrs. Kozemchak writes the ' “Library News” column for The Mrs. Crump gotup at6 a.m. to First Lady of the Library’ left her mark “She had a wonderful attitude towards life and was a pleasure to be with.” Bennie Matchett Library book booth chairman Dallas Post, and recalled how Mrs. Crump would telephone if she found a grammatical error in her copy. “When I tried to tell her I was in a hurry when I was writing it, she would always quietly reply, ‘Never be in too much of a hurry. Don't make mistakes.” She wanted everyone to be the very best they could,” she said. Mrs. Crump was “areal whiz” with grammar and wouldn't hesitate to gently remind her pastor, Rev. Prater, of any mistakes she had heard in his sermons at Prince of Peace Episcopal Church, Mrs. Koz- emchak said. "An avid gardener and mem- ber of the Wyoming Valley Garden Club, Mrs. Crump loved freesia (a tiny little white vine), MRS. FLORENCE CRUMP Keeping an eye on the library auction which people always tried to include in bouquets and flower arrangements they sent her. “If someone didn't specifically request freesia for her, Hill the Florist would suggest it,” Mrs. Kozemchak said. She also loved the silver dollar plant, and brought a bunch of it in a dried flower arrangement to the library. It's POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK still there in good condition after 30years, Mrs. Kozemchak said. She spent many hours sort- ing and pricing books for “Mrs. Crump’s Book Booth,” a popu- lar attraction at the annual Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction. Collecting and See MRS. CRUMP, pg 8 Group urges borough to buy lake bed By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE - Willthereal © owner of the lake bed please stand up? The question of who actually owns the land under Harveys Lake has been debated for decades. The Harveys Lake Protective As- sociation would like to resolve the matter once and for all, by having the borough take over ownership by a writ of condemnation. Under the proposed plan, sub- mitted August 15 to the borough council, owners of docks, boat houses and bath houses would be allowed to keep them, as long as they pay the surveying and engi- neering fees to delineate their lake bottom property. The borough would own the rest of the land. “It's designed to protect dock owners from someone who might decide to buy up the lake bed and sell sections of it back to people who already have docks set up,” said Protective Association presi- dent Joseph Shaver. “This has already happened at North Lake. The Fish Commission also un- Geese making themselves unwelcome at Meadows By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS TOWNSHIP - Three weeks ago a flock of Canadian geese set up housekeeping at two ponds at The Meadows complex. Now they are a nuisance. Stopping in for breakfast and supper, they fly low over people's heads and strafe the lawn and cars in the parking lot with guano. “I can't walk for exercise any more,” said Meadows Apartments resident Sarah Williams. | Grace Gabel usually walks a i f | ¥ mile around the complex, but stopped because all the walkways are covered with droppings. “They're a real pain in the neck,” she said. While walking to The High Meadows building one day last week, Mrs. Gabel encountered the flock. “They all moved out of the way, except for a big one that wouldn't leave,” she said, smiling. “I told him to get out of the way, but he just kept walking along, honking and chattering to him- See GEESE, pg 8 successfully tried to claim owner- ship of the bottom of Lily Lake. We don’t want it to happen here.” If a private interest takes own- ership of the lake bed, it will have to pay back taxes of more than $1 million, he added. The borough would be exempt from the back taxes. The proposed plan also calls for the borough to take ownership of the dam at the Outlet, pesently owned by the Moretti family. Borough control of the dam could have several benefits, ac- cording to Protective Association past president Guy Giordano. “It would ensure that the dam is properly maintained,” he said. “It would also give the borough power to regulate the flow of water from the lake during floods, pro- tecting dock owners from having their docks and boat houses in- undated. During Hurricane Ag- nes in 1972 I stood knee-deep in water on a dock. During Hurri- cane Eloise in 1976, water cov- ered the road and the bridge at the dam.” See LAKE BED, pg 3 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE A flock of Canadian geese recently invaded two ponds and the lawn of The Meadows complex, giving residents either a nuisance to be avoided or something interesting to see on their daily walks. SY = RAVAINICT I = | SH @T®I\V/ \V LS LINEN BT SSS Onl Bo | == BAN EVA NSH C8 BAN = Bo [AV PAN NST 0 [@1@] BR B 1 NF If = [OF BS 50¢ August 23 thru August 29, 1995 get the clear and correct idea you are facing dedicated, highly moti- vated, civil employees (civil “ser- vant” doesn't fit) who love what they do and couldn't imagine ever doing anything different. To land their jobs they had to study, and study hard. They are all thoroughly trained and to keep them that way their education and intensive training are ongo- ing. They progress constantly, and, to a man, they “eat it up.” One Waterways Conservation verworked, understaffed .. and lo ving their work Officer, James Stout spent 10 years as a deputy and has two years in his present capacity. In the summer Jim spends about 40 percent of his time in and about Harveys Lake. He thinks the area is simply terrific. A former steel salesman, Jim says, “This is the life! We do have paperwork, you can't get away from it, and of course we hate it, but ii’s a small part of a life I like See FISH COPS, pg : Rezoning asked tor go-carts, mini-golf By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff LEHMAN - Dan Cornell asked the supervisors at their regular August 21 meeting to discuss his request to change six acres of land on Route 118 from agricul- tural to business so he can build an entertainment center there. He plans tobuild a go-cart track for miniature Winston Cup rac- ers, which would race against the clock, a miniature golf course, refreshment stand and indoor arcade on the land, located be- tween Route 118 and Cornell Road at the Trojan Road intersection. The supervisors said they could schedule a hearing for 8 p.m. September 18, after their regular tain approval from the Luzerne County planning commission earlier. He will also need approval from the Lehman Township plan- ning commission and TE board, supervisor David Sutton. said. Sutton also said he wished to clarify a point about the town-- ship’s recently adopted Zong regulations. “Lake Silkworth is not polluted,” Ps he said. “We never said it was. We adopted this amendment, which refused to allow expansion of buildings on nonconforming lots of less than half an acre which" don't have public water and sew- ers, because we don't want to ruin. the water quality of Lake Silk- worth.” Martha Wheeler, head librar- ian of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library, asked the supervi- ...sors to include a donation to the “meeting, unless Cornell can ob: library in their 1996 budget. The library has lost much See GO-KART, Poe 3 Pr Three new teachers begin work in Dallas schools DALLAS —- When they return to school August 30, Dallas stu- dents will see three new faces on the faculty. Middle school learning support teacher Ms. Kathleen Andrusisian, a Dallas resident, comes to the district from Abington Heights, where she worked in the same capacity at the high school. She also taught learning support at Lee County High School in Le- esburg, GA. Andrusisian earned her mas- ter's degree in elementary admini- stration at The Citadel in Char- leston, SC, and her bachelor’s degree in special education from Bloomsburg University. High school math and science teacher Scott Saba of Dallas isn’t new to the district, having substi- tuted and student taught here. Saba earned his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and chemistry from Widener University in Chester and his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from College Misericordia. : Filling in for Dallas Elerhoniary’ principal Ms. Ruth Tetschner, who, is on a sabbatical this year, is Kingston resident Ms. Kathleen McCarthy, who formerly was prin- cipal of St. Mary's School in Moosic. She also taught grades 6-8 social studies, English and reli- gion at Gate of Heaven School in Dallas. Ms. McCarthy earned her bachelor’s degree in history from Molloy College in Rockville Centre, NY, and her master’s degree in history from St. John’s University in Jamaica, NY. She also partici- pated in a history school leader- ship program at Marywood Col- lege in Scranton, where she earned certification as an elementary and secondary school principal. Bl World Champ Josh Butler won the world title and set four world records in a weightlifting meet held in England last week- end. Page 9. INDEX 22 Pages 3 Sections Calenoar..........coceserees 14 Classified............... 12-13 Crossword.................. 14 Editorials..................... 4 Obituaries................... 12 SCHOO. cose viiniei ines 11 SPoOnS................... 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING The Dallas Post MAILING LABEL- Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612-0366
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