‘8 The Dallas Post
Dallas, PA
Wednesday, September 25
Red aa
Skateboard
(continued from page 1)
.also include BMX (bicycle moto-
‘eross), in Wilkes-Barre, the boys
Said.
“We know there's a liability
problem.” Anthony said. “We be-
lieve we have found ways to pre-
vent the borough from being held
liable for any injuries. We want to
show the council we're willing to
help get sponsors and work on
fundraisers, which could be used
to help pay for insurance.”
.+ The boys feel they're being un-
fairly stereotyped into the nega-
tive inner-city image often seen
on television. They have been
‘scolded for bringing their boards
to school and “can get into trouble
for even carrying one in the bor-
ough,” Anthony said.
“A few of my friends got frisked
for weapons and drugs,” he added.
“We're a minority — enough to
5 noticed but too few to defend
against the image,” Joe said.
“We're not bad,” Anthony said.
“Look - I'm a patriot!” he quipped,
showing off a small American flag
pinned to his belt.
The boys are concerned that
residents have complained about
‘skateboarders to the police. They
“don't ride through flower beds or
jump over curbs. Maybe it's skat-
ers coming in {rom Wilkes-Barre,
they said.
“Running through a flower bed
is very bad for your wheels,” Joe
said. “We would have to take the
‘wheels apart and clean the dirt
from the bearings.”
Jumping over curbs is also bad
for the boards and also quite dif-
ficult to do, they added. To jump
a curb, then run through a flower
bed would require an Ollie and
several other difficult maneuvers,
which they say very few skaters
whom they know can do.
“Check the bottom of our
boards," Joe said, flipping his over.
“Do you see any nicks? If you
jump curbs you'll get them.”
“Maybe they're afraid we'll get
hurt on their property,” Anthony
suggested.
“The kids should have a place
to skate,” said Ralph Flower,
Jared's father. “They're not both-
ering anyone — the majority of
skaters I know are nice kids.”
“Our parents say it's good for
us,” Joe said. “Which would you
rather have —- a kid who gets in
trouble painting graffiti or a kid
who goes skateboarding? We don't
get into trouble.”
Skateboarding is actually quite
difficult, the boys said. It takes
POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE
Dallas skaters Jared Flowers, Joe Fritz and Anthony
Yenason, all 13, have presented a petition to the borough council
asking for a skateboard park.
many hours of practice to master
the different maneuvers. On rainy
days they practice in their base-
ments or friends’ garages.
Anthony, Joe and Jared aren't
couch potatoes. When they aren't
out on their skateboards, they
also play basketball, learn karate,
go rollerblading, snowboarding
and downhill skiing. They're no
slouches in school either — Jared
has a solid B average and An-
thony and Joe are honor roll stu-
dents.
“School has nothing to do with
skating,” Joe said.
Cable TV
(continued from page 1)
“Why don't you offer Headline
News, the History Channel and
Turner Classic Movies,” asked
William Owens. “Service Electric
charges the same price as you,
~ but carries more channels.”
“For the area and number of
customers we serve, we have very
good service and some of the most
outstanding channels available,”
Hilderbrandt replied, noting that
Service Electric serves four times
the customers that Tele-Media
does.
'. Terry Oliver, RN-BSN, wanted
to know why the company doesn't
offer more health and medical
channels. “Your service is noth-
ing compared to Service Electric,”
she said. “You have'a terrible se-
lection. when I first moved here. I
told my fiancee I can't take the
phone or cable TV companies — we
almost broke up over it.”
She also asked for the History
Channel, which Zagorski said is
owned by A & E and often runs
remakes of A & E programs. Both
Owens and Oliver have the
company's Basic Plus program.
“Some of the trash that even
the networks are throwing down
our throats stinks,” said Ron
Carey, who has every channel Tele-
Media offers because his grand-
children like to watch them. He
also requested Turner Classic
Movies and “more sports.”
Adding more channels requires
increasing the band width, which
could be expensive, Zagorski said.
Some satellite channels charge
Tele-Media more than $1 per sub-
scriber per month to run them, he
added.
“For an area this size, increas-
ing our band width and installing
state-of-the-art equipment would
cost us about $5 million,”
Hilderbrandt said. “Adding four
more channels per tier of service
could cost customers at least $2
per tier.”
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older lines with fiber-optics, up-
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installed equipment and add
Internet access and telephone
service capability, Zagorski said
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“The most cost-effective way to
do it is to upgrade the system and
extend the band width at the same
time,” he said. Tele-Media would
spread the cost out through the
Dallas division, not the entire com-
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Fiber-optic lines would prevent
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Zagorskisaid. The fiber-optics also
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Tele-Media's average local con-
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service agreements with munici-
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Tele-Media took over cable tele-
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names, to verify locations, he
added.
“We still have many things to
work out with the records,”
Gervenak said. “For example, the
phone companies must update
their records for us and trace their
wires on the poles, which will help
provide directions to each home
and business.”
The telephone companies must
also trace and relocate the incom-
ing phone lines tothe 911 system's
new location in the Hanover In-
dustrial Park, behind the Red
Cross building, he said. Construc-
tion of the building is proceeding
according to schedule, and the
county expects it to be finished in
February. Four 180-foot radio tow-
ers and microwave antennas,
which will compensate for shadow
zones where radio waves don't
reach well, are also included.
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affect areas along the county's
borders which presently receive
911 services through adjoining
counties, Gervenak said. For ex-
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telephone exchanges cover. 11
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Sweet Valley's 477 exchange: ex-
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Harveys Lake's 639 and Franklin
Township's 333 exchanges over-
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by the county presently providing
the service,” he said. “They'll then
be forwarded on a special dedi-
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