2 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 26, 1997 Dispute (continued from page 1) ing funds in the borough, have ‘made their relationship weaker through the years. *.".In 1992, both the Harveys Lake chief and Idetown chief met and made an agreement to work to- ‘gether. Ashort while later Idetown called to cancel the contract, Lutinski claimed. “Lutinski also cited an event fat he said occurred last year during a fire on Annabelle Ave. at ‘Sunset on Harveys Lake. He said he ¢alled Idetown and asked them to help hook up to the water lines. Idetown wanted to go to the fire, but Lutinski said he refused them ‘because that is not where he needed them. Idetown then called into the Back Mountain Commu- nication Center and went home instead of doing what he asked. Shirley Wentzel, Idetown trea- surer, maintains that Idetown was stopped from getting to the fire by a Harveys Lake firefighter who was directing traffic. Jack Dodson, the firemen’s association president, said the decision to suspend Idetown came after a member of Idetown’s com- pany made disparaging remarks about Harveys Lake to television news reporters. Lutinski said Idetown made specific negative comments via television news about Harveys Lake fire company. “A motion was made, seconded “and voted unanimously to revoke and suspend your membership in the Back Mountain Firemen'’s Association until such a time that you could either justify your ac- tions to this organization and/or make a public apology through _ the same media sources that your company publicly slanderized a member of this organization-and indirectly the ...association itself,” stated the letter from the associa- Aion to the Idetown Fire Company. “In a letter to Lutinski, Dodson, or Jay Wilkes, Jackson Twp. fire chief, Wentzel wrote that she con- ‘tacted both Channel 16 and Chan- nel 28 in search of a tape of the alleged insulting remarks and found none. v AWe received the tape of the Channel 16 news and found noth- ingto that effect. I called Channel 28 and asked to purchase their tape of the news that night. They assured me the only thing...said {by an Idetown firefighter) was that, ‘It was a darn shame this had to happen.’ ” .~. Wentzel gave The Dallas Post an ‘audio tape copy of another Channel 28 broadcast. On the tape, a Channel 28 reporter re- marked that one local assistant fire: chief wondered why his de- partment wasn’t called. He went on to report that Idetown fire hall is five miles from the nursing home and that other fire officials said Idetown wasn't needed even if they had been dispatched. “. John Hutchins, Idetown asst. fife chief , was then interviewed by the reporter. “I think five people can help out. An extra hose line, relieving people on scene-giving them a break. Maybe five extra people could've helped out,” said Hutchins on the Channel 28 broadcast obtained by Wentzel. Hutchins did not specifically men- tion Harveys Lake on that tape. In herletter, Wentzel wrote that Hutchins was caught off guard by the interview and did not have enough time to prepare a state- ment. “I hope this softens the problem of misunderstanding,” she wrote in the letter, dated May 27. Lutinski said he did not see this as an apology and believes the comments made by Hutchins second guess the actions Harveys Lake took in dealing with the fire. ~ “Just the way the questions are worded leads people to believe something else could've been done,” said Lutinski. He also said Channel 28 told him directly that they were called by Idetown and asked to pursue the fact that they were not called to the fire. Idetown maintains the inter- view was spontaneous and initi- ated by Channel 28, not them. But in her letter, Wentzel writes, “I am writing this letter on my own as feel this is my fault for starting with Channel 28. I had no idea they were going to pursue this in the manner they did.” Wentzel said she was referring to her seek- ing the tapes after the allegations were made. Dodson said the letter to Idetown did not include all the accusations the association says they made. “We wanted them to sit down with Harveys Lake and clear the air,” he said. “But, they never sat down with us.” Wentzel said she has talked to Dodson several times and asked him how this could be settled, but nothing ever happened. Idetown Fire Company, a.k.a. Jonathan R. Davis Volunteer Fire Relief Association, was established in 1959. Idetown is funded by Foreign Fire Insurance taxes from Lake Twp. and Lehman Twp. Lake Twp. gives them $1,600 per year and Lehman Twp. pays $4,000 per year for workmen’s compen- sation and insurance. Dave Sutton, supervisor chair- man in Lehman Twp., said Leh- man, Lake Silkworth and Idetown are in negotiations to develop mutual aid between them. After being suspended from the asso- ciation, Idetown asked to set up a mutual aid with Lehman. At Le- hman Twp.’s board of supervisors meeting last week, the board said it would support Idetown being dispatched simultaneously with the Lehman Twp. fire company. Wentzel said Idetown is happy with this proposition. “Somewhere along the line the mutual aid agreement dissolved (with Harveys Lake),” she said. “We don’t know how. We don’t care if we never go in the borough. We just want to be dispatched with Lehman Twp. It's Harveys Lake's loss.” But Dodson said he wants to again try to set up a meeting with Idetown to clear the air. N.E. 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He could not pay his $10,000 bail and was sent to the Luzerne County prison. Miers said Ross was recently paroled and that the parole pro- bation department launched a DISTRICT COURT BRIEFS i Two charged with taking, breaking Grotto Pizza beer glasses Noxen resident Sean Crisman, 23, and Noxen resident Marc Kornova, 24,, were arrested Sept. 14 by Harveys Lake patrolman James Karlowicz after police heard the sound of glass being smashed and observed two men walking away from a pile of broken glass near Grotto Pizza. Crisman and Kornova had beer glasses from Grotto Pizza that they were not unauthorized to take. The glass on the ground matched that of the beer glasses. lls Crisman was charged with dis- orderly conduct, public drunken- ness and scattering rubbish ‘on land. A related charge of theft-by unlawful taking was dismissed. Kornova was charged with public drunkenness. Related charges of theft by unlawful taking, disor- derly conduct and scattering rub- bish were dismissed. D.U.I. CHARGES * Harveys Lake resident Jerry Cavill, 46, was arrested Sept. 4 by Harveys Lake patrolman Scott Baker after police responded to an accident at Ridge Ave. and Rt. 415. After failing field sobriety tests, Cavill was taken to Wilkes- Barre General Hospital where his blood alcohol level was determined to be . 226, more than twice the legal limit of .10. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and failing to keep right. Related charges of accident involving dam- age to attended vehicle and failing to yield right. * Tunkhannock resident Ja- son L. Robets, 23, was arrested Sept. 7 by Harveys Lake patrol- man James Karlowicz after police observed him driving erratically on Rt. 415. After failing field so- briety tests, Robets was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where his blood alcohol level was determined to be .057 and his blood tested positive for mari- juana. He was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance, failing to keep right and careless driving. A related charge of not driving at a safe speed was dropped. Robets waived his right to a preliminary hearing before Dis- trict Justice James Tupper. ° TRESPASSING Wilkes-Barre resident Marvin Artmont, 41, pled guilty to defiant trespassing after his arrest on Sept. 13 by state trooper Jared Butala when police were called to the residence of James Smith. Artmont was identified as one of three people who took four 14 karat gold rings, a 64 piece set of silverware and an alarm clock from Smith’s residence without permis- sion. All the items were recovered and are being held as evidence. Related charges of criminal trespassing and theft by unlawful taking were dismissed. & detainer. Even if Ross could pay his bail he could not leave the prison because he ‘violated his parole. “It’s stupid. 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