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Vol. 111 No. 4
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Poster 1s
peek at
region's
history
By M.B. GILLIGAN
Post Correspondent
DALLAS - A remarkable arti-
fact of Dallas history was re-
cently donated to the Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library. A poster,
perhaps the only one in exist-
ence, from the 1899 Dallas Fair
which was previously displayed
at the country museum of Charles
and Jessie Wiant was presented
to the library in their memory.
Attorney Charles Petrillo who
has written several books on the
history of Harveys Lake, Ricketts
Glen and the Susquehanna River
was entrusted with the poster by
the Wiant's daughter, Mrs. Doris
Wiant Harvey of Pleasant Valley.
“I told her from the beginning
that I would find a good home for
it,” Petrillo said. “I thought since
it was a poster of the Dallas Fair
that the Back Mountain Library
was the best place for it.” Petrillo
had the poster professionally
curated and framed. He and
Mrs. Harvey presented the poster
to librarian Martha Butler and
the library’s Board of Directors.
“We're very happy to receive it
because of its historical inter-
est,” said Butler. “We're looking
for a good place to hang it so that
the community can see it. We
don’t have a lot of display space
but when we receive something
this special we'll be sure to find a
nice spot for it.”
The first Dallas Fair was held
on October 7, 1886 on the farm of
See POSTER, pg 3
POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
Poster presentation. Martha Butler, library director of the Back Mountain Memorial Library, accepts an
1899 Dallas Fair poster. From the collection of Mrs. Doris Wiant Harvey, the poster was donated by
Atty. Charles Petrillo, who has written extensively about the region's history.
Old guys
find fun,
exercise
"on the ice
By KASIA McDONOUGH
Post Staff
BACK MOUNTAIN - There's
something sweet about the
game of hockey. Whether it’s
played on frozen lakes in the
Back Mountain, where kids
clear snow using their mothers’
brooms or in state-of-the-art
arenas professionally main-
tained by a full-time Zamboni
drivers, hockey is essentially the
same as it's always been.
The object of the game is
simple: put the puck — a small,
é black, rubber biscuit — in the
net. The net is protected by a
goalie. The team that shoots the
most pucks in the goal wins.
“It’s really pretty straightfor-
ward,” said Dr. Mark Polin, who
plays in an adult recreational
league at the Ice Box in Pittston.
“It’s not hard to learn how to
play hockey but it’s very hard to
be good at it.”
New players who are familiar
with soccer rules find hockey is
similar. “The concepts are pretty
POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS
Harvey Reiser swept in the first goal for his team in a recent game.
easy to grasp,” said Bartt
Slocum. “The hardest thing is
learning to skate, especially as
an adult. If you take up soccer
as an adult, it’s not that hard
because you already know how
to run, but learning to play
hockey is a little more difficult
just because of the skating.”
It's important for beginners to
resist the temptation of looking
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at their feet while skating. “Kids
who take up the game are
skating like the wind in two
months’ time, but it may take
an adult two years to feel
comfortable on skates,” said
Slocum. “Hockey is a really fast-
paced game; you have to pay
attention and be ready for just
See HOCKEY, pg 7
Haiti visitors get close
look at harsh poverty
By KASIA McDONOUGH
Post Staff
DALLAS - This is Haiti. :
The children eat dirt. They sleep
in trenches and cover themselves
in trash. They fight pigs to drink
rainwater from puddles.
The adults don’t work. They
can't read, write or provide for
their families. Whole generations
are malnourished, dehydrated
and infected.
“The poverty and devastation
these people live in is beyond any-
thing you can imagine,” said Mary
Jane Kozick, Vice-Principal at
Gate of Heaven Elementary School
and one of a seven-member del-
egation which returned last week
from a visit to the poorest nation
in the Western Hemisphere.
Medicine shortages and a
dearth of well-trained medical
professionals makes fighting pov-
erty especially difficult. “We took
stethoscopes, bandages, antibi-
otics, tylenol and liquid vitamins,
everything we could get our hands
on,” said Dr. Sharon Lombard. “I
can t€ll you everything they had
on the shelves in the clinic phar-
macy when I got there. They had
one bottle of amoxicilin, a couple
of diarrhea medicines and a few
tablets of children’s Tylenol.”
Officials at a Haitian airport
intercepted relief packages con-
taining more than 560 pounds of
medications and first aid prod-
‘Medicine is sold on the
50 cents
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January 26, 2000 thru February 1, 2000
Gas shows up
in some wells
Company estimates about 5,000
gallons leaked from faulty valve
By KASIA McDONOUGH
Post Staff
JACKSON TWP . - Cleanup crews continue their efforts to
contain spillage from last week's gasoline leak in Jackson
Township as residents, municipal officials and Sun Pipeline
representatives wait for test results detailing the extent of
contamination.
Preliminary reports indicate some of the estimated 4,500 to
5,500 gallons of spilled gasoline has seeped into ground water.
“Some of the early test results have come back showing a level
of contamination in the homes nearest the pumping station,”
said Shannon Brewer, Director of Media Relations for Sun
Pipeline Co. “There are two wells serving the big development
(Meadowecrest) across from the pumping station and both of
those have come back clean.”
She said gasoline was found in four wells closer to the spill.
"All those people will receive bottled water," from Sun, Brewer
said. Anyone else who suspects their water might be tainted
can call collect to Sun at 215-977-3237 during business
hours. The company will continue to monitor wells and provide
alternative water supplies as necessary.
David Bradbury, who lives in Meadowcrest Manor, is a
See GASOLINE, pg 8
2 fires take toll on
Back Mountain homes
Fires left two Back Mountain families without homes in the
past week. Last Thursday, Jan. 19, a fire that started at about
midnight gutted a two-family house at 112 Main St., Dallas -
Borough. It was the second fire in a few hours at the house; the
first was about eight hours earlier, started by a propane torch
as the home’s owner, Wesley Lewis of Tunkhannock, tried to
thaw frozen pipes. The second blaze has been ruled arson by
the state fire marshal, said Dallas Fire Chief Brett Slocum.
Two college students lived on the second floor of the house;
a mother and baby lived on the first floor. They had not been
allowed back in the home after the first fire, and were not able
to retrieve any belongings. The young mother is employed at
Offset Paperback, where a collection of items for her and her
baby has been started. Items may be dropped off at the Offset
See FIRES, pg 8
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black market so the materials we
brought with us are very valu-
able,” said Lombard. “Father Jack
(Lambert), who drove the pack-
ages to JFK (airport) himself on
Sunday, went back to the airport
continuously for five days before
they finally released the medicine
to him. The sad thing is, all that
we brought is just a spit in the
ocean when compared to all that
is needed.”
Two members of the Gate of
Heaven group are educators who
spent time observing make-shift
schools established by Hands
Together, a relief organization
working in Haiti. Three of the
parishioners who made the trip
are doctors, one is a nurse and
another a businessman.
In addition to medical supplies,
the delegation took 26 suitcases
filled with school supplies, food
See HAITI, pg 5
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