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
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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
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