Vol. 111 No. 40 Area surfers “Jhave choice ~ in high-speed "net access A Cable modem or ® 451? Each has benefits By BILL GOODMAN Post Correpsondent BACK MOUNTAIN - For many users of the internet, the www in front of an address has come to mean World Wide Wait. Now, cybersurfers in the Back Mountain have a choice of high speed internet access providers. Tele-Media, the region’s cable television supplier, will | offer Powerflite, a cable-based internet access to compete with Jack Flash, the DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) service of- fered by Commonwealth Telephone En- terprises (CTE) and epix Internet Ser- vices. The vendors say high-speed access is very appealing. “It's a pretty easy deci- | sion once you experience it,” said @ Jonathan Leepson, Senior Manager of Data Marketing at CTE. These high-speed connections use dif- ferent technologies than the dial-up ser- vice that uses a telephone line and mo- dem. The two services have similarities and some differences. Both use network interface cards (NIC) installed inside the user's computer to connect to the internet. The DSL uses a filter to separate the data or" regular voice calls, so that a phone ine can be used for voice and data simul- taneously. The cable service uses a sepa- rate line just for the computer. With these high-speed options, users are connected to the internet for as long as their computer is on. Hassles such as waiting for a connection, or being discon- nected while on line are eliminated. DSL does have one significant draw- back. The service is only available for customers located within about three and a half miles of a central office of the @ hone company. Cable modems do not have a distance limitation. Computers are like cars, but with fewer moving parts and no grease. Installing the network card required for the DSL or cable connection involves plugging a card See INTERNET, pg 5 > ~ *Winning fair ribbons runs in this family > 0) Mother /daughter team brings six ribbons back from Bloomsburg > ® By ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Post staff SHAVERTOWN - Dolores Goble of Dallas and her daughter Elizabeth Turner of Shavertown had never entered any- thing at the Bloomsburg Fair, so they were a little nervous September 15 when Dolores dropped off her still-life oil paint- ings and Elizabeth her preserves. “The energy was just incredible,” Eliza- § 0d “There were so many entries, and they all were so good. We both walked out of there saying that if we made hon- orable mention, we'd be honored.” Neither Dolores nor Elizabeth made honorable mention, however. Instead they took home a grand total of six awards between the two of them. Elizabeth won two blue ribbons and two second-place ribbons, and Dolores won a second-place ribbon for one of her paintings — or so 4 ®1 thought. When the Turners and Mrs. Goble The Back Mountain's il Dallas, Pennsylvania Bidder's bargain Kaylee Hillard, Dallas, showed off one of the dozen Tom 'n' Jerry glasses she took home from the Back Mountain Memorial Library's "Fall Wrap-Up Auction," held Sunday. The one-day event drew spirited bidders and browsers for the auction and more than 30 crafters set up for the afternoon. More photos on page 5. POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Dolores Goble, left, and her daughter, Elizabeth Turner, pose with their prize- winning entries from the Bloomsburg Fair. went to pick up their prize-winners on Sunday, they had a pleasant surprise: the other one of Dolores’s paintings had won an award, too. “The ribbon fell be- hind it — I didn’t even know I'd won second place for this one until I picked it up,” she said. “I was happy just to win for the first.” Elizabeth won first-place for her elder- berry jelly and her zucchini relish, and second-place for her tomato-walnut jam and peach butter. She also entered spiced- See RIBBONS, pg 7 POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Band parents thankful for new quarters By ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Post staff DALLAS - Chuck Dube, representing the band parents, opened Monday's school board work session with an ex- pression of gratitude to the board. “What I've heard from the band, they're really proud of their new concession stand,” he said. “They're happy with the new equip- ment. The old equipment was outdated and probably dangerous, but I wouldn't say that for sure.” He also thanked the board for the new equipment bus, which is not only bigger, but has removable seats and is safer than the old bus, described by Dube as a “10 foot by 10 foot box.” The new bus will be painted with the school’s insignia by a local vocational-technical school in De- cember. Dube also mentioned that the Dallas high school band, which includes the outdoor and indoor guards as well as the marching band, has taken first and sec- ond place in several recent competitions. He ended by thanking the board for their support, both in the past and in the future. There followed a recommendation for aresolution to be adopted to approve $10 million in Dallas School District General Obligation Bonds, Series of 2000, which See DALLAS, pg 8 Newspaper Since 1889 The Dallas Post = SIS AVANCE a | =NOIO] \V VISIR EI =IS HO] in B= | S80 B VANE BANS IS WAN (SH BS [VANES 0] o (010 I BI ISH § 21 [OF BS) October 4 thru October 10, 2000 Restoring civic pride, and beauty A Lake couple replaces eyesore with openness By ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE - To those familiar with the area around First Street and Lakeside Drive at Warden Place, it’s hard to say which is more noteworthy: what is there or what isn't. To be specific, what isn’t there is the big building that’s gone through a num- ber of incarnations ranging from tavern to townhouse, the large cabana that sat at the edge of the water, and a lot of concrete and pavement. What is there is a grassy plot, some harmonious land- scaping, and a rebuilt dock with a taste- ful boathouse and gazebo on it. The force behind the improvements is long-time lake resident Sharon Kranys, whose father, James Ward, owned the house across the street from the building in question. When he passed on a few years ago, Kranys inherited the house. She took stock of the situation and de- cided to do something about it. “It both- ered me that it didn’t look as beautiful as I remembered when I was growing up,” she said. One of the first things Kranys did was negotiate for the purchase of the properties on either side of her house. She bought out the residents of the townhouses and in the summer of 1999 had them razed to the ground and ar- ranged for the cabana to be taken away. Tim and Susan Shovlin, now of Dallas, lived in one of the townhouses, as did John and Peggy Grula, who still reside at See PRIDE, pg 8 26 Pages, 3 Sections Calendar................... 14 Classified............. 12-13 Crossword................ 14 Editorials...............0 4 Obituaries................... 2 School... ccs emmaeirense 11 SPOS... ...o.iiiian 9,10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dalpost@epix.net The Dallas Post MAILING LABEL- Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612-0366 3
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