The Dallas Post Dallas, PA New Trucksville bank office slated for February opening Steady progress continues on the Grange National Bank's new Back Mountain branch office. The 12,000 square foot office plaza is located at the former site of Howard “Duke” Isaacs Chrysler/ Plymouth automobile dealership located on the Dallas Highway in Trucksville. The new facility will serve as the “gateway” to the Back Moun- tain area. The building will con- tain the newest and most up-to- date professional offices as well as retail shopping opportunities. - "Grange National Bank will bring to the area friendly and af- fordable banking services,” said bank President Tom McCullough. . "Longer hours, outstanding CD rates, no service charges on sav- ings accounts and super low fees en checking accounts are just a few of the services that sets Grange National Bank apart from other area banks”, McCullough adds. Professional architecture, in- terior design, engineering and development services for the project are provided by Flack Wallack, Inc. of Dallas and A. Pickett Construction, Inc. is han- dling all on-site construction. The Back Mountain office in Trucksville is scheduled to open in early February. For further information you can call toll free 1-888-214-9132 or reach them at their World Wide Web site at www.grangebank.com Grange National Bank will open a branch in Trucksville in February. POST PHOTO/KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Fred Rosencrans standing with the carved bear statue that stopped a spinning car from striking his home. 'Bear' protects family from out-of-control driver By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff “I believe he was asking the bear for DALLAS - A black bear statue is deemed a “hero” for saving a local family’s home from an out- J umper cables. yo : of-control car. Fred Rosencrans The Rosencrans family of Dal- Dallas las was awakened around 1 a.m a couple of weeks ago to the sound ofacarcrashing. Fred Rosencrans mately five feet tall and is made of POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Business association officers The Back Mountain Business and Professional Association has installed officers for 1997. Shown above, from left, Fran Ochman, secretary; Mary Ellen Gianuzzi, president; Bartt Slocum, treasurer. Vice president James Tupper was not present for the photo. The group meets the second Thursday of each month, at Merrick Hall on the campus of College Misericordia. New members are welcome. 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He has stood proudly in the Rosencrans yard for a year now, watching over all who pass in his path. He is actually rooted into the ground, which contrib- uted to his not budging when the car hit him. Unlike the car, the bear only suffered minor bruises and scratches. If he hadn't been in the right place at the right time, it appears the car would have hit either the house or cars parked in the driveway. The Rosencrans'’s are grateful for their tireless guard. The bear is quite a sight and can be seen from Lower Demunds road, near the East Dallas United Arson (continued from page 1) fire before it could do any damage. His change of heart also led to arson charges when a hall moni- tor saw his accomplice standing guard outside the restroom, which was supposed to be locked and off limits to students. The fire was supposed to occur Tues., Jan. 7, but one of the juve- niles got into trouble, so the inci- dent was postponed. Dallas Township patrolman Jeff Dennis said the incident was a serious attempt to burn the school, and the investigation into events leading up to the Jan. 10 fire will probably continue for two weeks. Dennis said he does not yet know how the students got into the bathroom, but there was no sign of forced entry. The incident took place between 11:30 and 11:45 a.m in the “junior lavato- ries,” which are nearest the audi- torium and normally used only for outside events. Dennis said the two juveniles first set fire to toilet paper on rolls in the restroom stalls and leIt tne room. When they returned, the paper was only smoldering, so they pulled paper out from the rolls and lit it. But a while later, one juvenile, worried that the fire would cause serious damage or injury, returned to the restroom and tried to squelch the fire while the other kept watch. ie By the time Galicki arrived. at the restroom, the fire was out. No alarms were sounded and the building was not evacuated. Many teachers and students didn’t learn of the incident until Monday. Miller was supposed to be off school property due to other prob- lems. Galicki said he was. “ex- cluded from the building,” and no one saw him at the school. = The two juveniles were taken to the Luzerne County Juvenile De- tention Center to await hearings. Miller made bail of $5,000 cash Tuesday morning. i wide All three are charged with sev- eral arson related offenses. Neuman to lecture in Colorado and capital Joel Neuman, M.D., chief of interventional radiology at the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medi- cal Center, continues to be recog- nized nationally for his work with CT angiography. He has been selected to present a series of four lectures on this topic in February atanational meeting at Snowmass in Colorado, and his abstract The Use of CT Angiography for Evalu- ating TIPS will be presented at the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology national meeting in Washington, D.C., in March. In addition, he has been selected to serve as a peer re- viewer for The Journal of Com- puter Assisted Tomography. A graduate of the University of Miami and the University of Mi- ami School of Medicine, Dr. Neuman completed a residence program and fellowship in interventional radiology at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, also in Miami. Board certified in radi- ology, he is a member of the Ra- diological Seciety of North America and the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology. Dr. Neuman'’s work in CT angiography at Geisinger Wyoming Valley has been recognized by Picker Inter- JOEL NEUMAN, M.D. .' national as creating some of the best CT images in the world. Sev-} eral of the studies developed at Geisinger have been integrated | into Picker’s product demonstra- - tions world-wide. fe Dr. Neuman and his wife, Janet, | reside in Shavertown. The couple - has three children, Sam, Eli and Ryen. 1 Tell our advertisers you saw them in The Post. 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