2 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 15, 1996 & | —— WVHCS S-mile Run/Walk 3 -» ’ for Kids' Services May 18 The Dallas Post is among the many businesses and organiza- tions serving as major sponsors of Wyoming Valley Health Care + System 5 Mile Run/Walk for ‘Children’ s Services slated for Sat- - urday, May 18. A portion of the proceeds [rom thbevents will augment Wyoming : Valley Health Care System's com- - mitment to providing quality hos- pifal and health services for chil- dren. : - Major sponsors of the 5 mile | Run/Walk or Children's Services ~ include Pepsi-Cola Bottling Com- pany of Wilkes-Barrre, Taylor Springs Walter Company, E.L. ‘Lyons, M.D., J.C. Gaudio, M.D., “J.P. Rogers, M.D., and M.W. Har- is, M.D.. Pediatric Associates of *. Kingston, Valley Pediatrics - Ru- : xa. Health Corporation, The Sun- day Dispatch, Auxiliary ol Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Domino's Pizza, MOZIP Sign Company. East : Mountain Inn and The West Side Weeldy. Other major sponsors include Gruen Marketing Corporation, _ ADEDA Promotions - Ed Ide. Trade Sweats and the Scranton /Wilkes- Barre Red Barons. Walkers will begin at 9:30 a.m. with runners and wheelchair en- tries to follow at 10 a.m. Both the walk and run will begin at James Street. Kingston and conclude at Division Street, Kingston. The complimentary fun run for children ages four through nine will start at 10:10 a.m. at Welter Lane, Kingston. All participants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Prizes will be awarded to the top two male and female finishers in the various age categories. Pre- registration fee is $8.00 or $10.00 on race day. Both lees include a t-shirt and amenities. Race packels and t-shirts can be picked up at the hospital's Medical Arts Building auditorium, 534 Wyoming Avenue, Kingston, on Friday, May 17 from 5 p.m. lo 7 p.m. and race day, Saturday, May 18 at the [ollowing times: Walkers from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.; runners and wheelchair partici- pants [rom 8 a.m. {to 9:30 a.m. and fun run participants from 8 Emergency Services Week events planned Kingston Township Ambulance and Shavertown firefighters will host National Emergency Medical Services Week in the Shavertown Shopping Center on May 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Activities for the public include free blood pressure screenings, treatment presentations, ambulance and fire engine tours, free Cleanup (continued from page 1) “Heavy snows, a sudden thaw and the flooding raised the water table and caused the additives to spread again,” he said. “The situ- ation was compounded by the clos- ing of Campus Pizza, which used large quantities of water and was located right in the middle of the affected area.” The EPA has drilled several more treatment wells near its origi- nal treatment plant behind the Lehman Sunoco station and is continuing to remove the gaso- line additives from the ground water. It has also set up smaller treat- ment plants at Bryant's Trailer Park on Route 118 and the Lake- Lehman Middle School on Outlet Road. “Basically they're larger ver- sions of a home system using activated charcoal filters,” Fetzer said. “We're also continuing to supply bottled water to all the affected homes and businesses and testing their water monthly. At this point we haven't told any- one using well water in the al- fected area to drink their water.” “It's not a surprise to see more benzene, given the environmental ® po» J» . > . - While MTBE dissolves &dsily i in waler and spreads with il, the benzene, toluene and ethyl ben- zene, known as BTEX, don dis- solve easily in water and dend to concentrate in one spot. J+; Treating ground water takes a long time and doesn’t produce sudden. dramatic changes, Fetzer said. ie “We anticipate treatment to continue for at least wo ig-three years,” Fetzer said. “We plan lo continue funding it until we can find someone who can either al- ford to take it over or who has access to grants which wiltpay for continuing the cleanup. We're studying our options.” The lederally funded cleanup started in October, 1994. after more than seven months’ ef test- ing by the EPA. The contamina- tion was first discovered in 1991 when a Lehman Corners resident reported her well water smelled like gasoline. Less than a jnonth later gasoline components. were also found in the waterat Bryant Ss trailer park. At the time, the state Depart- ment of Environmental Resources (DER) found two wells colrtami- balloons for children and information on various health problems. Planning the event are, irst row: Jason Jumper, Shavertown firefighter; Peter Kerdesky, Trucksville firefighter; second row, Jason Kairo, Kingston Twp., Rescue; Denny conditions and the many [rac- tures in the underlying rock.” Fetzer said. MTBE, an octane booster which nated with benzene and 17: wells with MTBE in a cluster around | Lehman Corners. ‘ 4 a.m, to 10 a.m. Additional information or reg- istration forms can be obtained ‘Easter n, Inc., The Mountaintop Eagle, Subway, The Citizen's Voice, Ross Pediatrics /Abbott Labora- © “tories and Bagel Builders, . Gatorade, Dorney Park and Wild by calling the marketing and com- munity relations department at 822-8724. Drezek, Kingston Twp. Ambulance. isn't considered cancer-causing, dissolves very easily in water and Although the Lehman ‘Sunoco station was first blamed for the contamination, DER records show "Water Kingdom, McDonald's. GC [ District Count BRIEFS Oros to face trial for theft, “unlawful use of a computer Mountaintop address and a Nanticoke telephone number, and used an ATM machine to record a $350 deposit. He fed an empty envelope into the machine and then used the recorded deposit to write several checks and make a cash with- drawal at another ATM machine, totaling $546.36. Bank officials identified him from photos taken spreads through cracks in the bedrock as water moves through them. It tends to stay in water for a long time because it is so easily dissolved. Benzene, a volatile, cancer- causing additive, reappeared in the water at the trailer park in March and has been decreasing since then, Fetzer said. The EPA has pinpointed the location of the slug of gasoline additives in an area approximately 50 to 60 [eet wide between the gas station and the treatment wells in the wetland behind it. It's trapped in a layer of gray, sandy soil seven or eight feet below the ground owner George Macullough had replaced a leaking tank in 1990 and no gasoline contamination at the time. Neighbors said: ‘the g gas station's former owner: had dumped oil cans, waste ‘oil and automotive fluids in the wetland behind the station for years. lL} Macullough paid for water fil- ters and bottled water for all the affected residents and businesses and had two wells drilled at the trailer park until 1994, when DER officials called in the EPA for help cleaning up the contamination.’ The cleanup, walter filters and bottled walter are being paid for by : a federal Superfund grant because J. Novicki, et ux, 2.01 ac. Kingston surface, and also contains tolu- the EPA considers it a chemical | Twp., $2,000. ene and ethyl benzene. spill. ie q Sisters of Mercy of Dallas PA to : te PROPERTY TRANSFERS Twp., $50,000. Eugene J. Klimash, et ux, to Edward A. Coach, et ux, Ridge St., .26 ac., Jackson Twp., $1,128. Edward A. Coach, et ux, to Eugene J. Klimash, et ux, Ridge St., 26 ac., Jackson Twp. $1,691. Maureen Pedmond, et vir, to Russell Yekel, Jr., jackson Twp., $47,000. William J. Collett, et ux, to John J. Simon, et ux, Christine Ave., Kingston Twp., $85,000. Bernard M. Novicki, et ux, to Philip The following property deeds were recorded at the Luzerne County Courthouse for the weel of April 26 - May 9: Irvin Jacobs, et ux, to Andrew Kopczynski, et ux, 2 ac. Sterling Ave., Dallas Borough, $30,000. John Dawson, per sheriff ux al to First Union Nat'l Bank, 111 Orchard East Newbry, Dallas Borough, $17,326. Charles P. Gelso, et ux, to Fred C. Schiel, et ux, Dallas Twp., $150,000. Barbara E. Kavanagh, et vir, to William Joseph Collett, et ux, Warden St., Dallas Twp., $86,000. ~ Fort Drum resident John D. ‘Qros, 21, waived his right to a “preliminary hearing May 9 before ‘District Justice James Tupper on “one felony count of unlawful use ,of a computer and one count of theft by deception. He also waived his right to counsel and is free on $500 bail. “~'The charges stemmed {rom an investigation conducted by Dal- »rlas. Borough patrolman James by automatic cameras at the Stansy H. Oschman, et ux, to Gary ~~ Christopher H. Wargo, Beech St., - Martin into problems between machines. rompton, Woodcliff Rd., Dallas Kingston Twp., $92,000. C F T C CC 3 '"Oros and Franklin First Savings After unsuccessful attempts to Twp, $106,000. Alice L. Borthwick, to Gary M. URE OR HE OMMON OLD Bank over an overdrawnaccount. contact Oros by certified letter, ~~ Rondco to Deborarh A. Ruckno, Hoskins, et ux, Kingston Twp., ; Bank officials said Oros opened the bank filed charges against Dallas Twp., $25,000. $108, 200. Back Mt. Rentals to John M. Deangelo, et ux, Wilson Ave., Dallas Twp., $200. Raymond L. Meyers, et ux, to Peter M. Johnson, et ux, 7.15 ac. Farimount Twp., $23,000. Peter M. Johnson, et ux, to Gary A. Baranowski, et ux, 7.15 ac., Fairmount Twp., $25,500. Doris W. Harvey, et ux, to Mark Schelfenberger, et ux, 4 parcels, Fairmount Twp., $157,500. Harry H. Rumble, et ux, to Harry M. Rumble, et ux, Fairmount Twp., $25,000. Mary Louise Buckalew, to Andy C. Strauch, et ux, 21.53 ac., Fairmount Twp., $44,900. Clarke Piatt, to Richard J. Duda, et ux, 21. ac. Hunlock Twp., $17,000. Champion Builders Inc. to Wayne J. Oplinger, et ux, 2.9 ac. Jackson Gary R. Crompton, et ux, to George J. Piskorik, et ux, Ridge St., Kingston Twp., $79,000. the account Sept. 29, listing a him in district court. D.U.L ARRESTS SENT TO COUNTY | Charges of D.U.L. against Dal- lasresident Joseph Smee, 43, and Wilkes-Barre resident Timothy Gemski, 35, were sent to Luzerne County court alter preliminary hearings May 9. They are both [ree on $300 bail. Smee was arrested Dec. 24 by Dallas Borough patrolman James Drury after his Toyota pickup [truck struck a utility pole in the ‘front yard of a Huntsville Road home. He told police someone had hit his truck from behind and forced him into the yard. He refused to take field sobri- ely tests, stating he had “bad legs from being shot and stabbed in m= AGWAY —_— ENERGY PRODUCTSe SERVICE + EQUIPMENT the war.” Sniee took a blood test FUELS - which showed his blood alcohol level to be .412, more than four times the legal limit of . 10. He was represented by attor- ney Gerald Deady. Gemski was arrested by Kingston Township officer Wade Curtis March 3 after police from Luzerne Borough observed him driving erratically on Route 309, swerving between lanes and nearly striking a rock embankment and a guide rail. Police clocked his car's speed at 65 mph ina 35 mph zone. Police pulled him over on Carverton Road. : After failing field sobriety tests, Gemski refused to take a blood alcohol test, which results in au- tomatic suspension of his license Ruth M. Coslett to Carmella T. Kennedy, West Hillside Ave., Kingston Twp., $140,000. David E. Burkett, to Geraldine Whitaker, N. Harding Square, Lehman Twp., $22,500. Robert Jones, et al, to Mark J. Kashuda, Oak Dr., Lehman Twp., $105,000. Alan E. Wolfe, et ux, to Dwight A. Johnson, et ux, 3.33 ac. Ross Twp., $11,000. Sweet Valley Sportland Inc. to Robert E. Gray, Jr., et ux, Ross Twp., $122,500. Edward J. Bailey, et ux, to Michael A. Titman, et al, 2.228 ac. Ross looming (7 & nl 1 SS Co adele den DOUGH COMPANY "Your Hometown Restaurant" All Week Special Lasagne $ 4 99 "You'll Have a Jim Dandy Thre" N.E. PENNA'S NO. 1 SPOT FOOD, FUN & ENTERTAINMENT STEAKS ¢ CHOPS « SEAFOOD 85 ENTREES TRICED $0.95 ‘DAanDYS & Salad 8 " EW a ee WR WW WWW WOW WW OW WOW WW Wp WW WR WW WW ee em es Slog? Children's Menu Available Ve, % x. 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