8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 18, 2000 Cemetery (continued from page 1) toiled with rakes and wheel- barrows in morning and after- noon shifts Saturday. “I thought we'd get maybe five people show- ing up to help,” Sean Smith said. “Instead we got 21.” He also said that several other people have been stopping in to lend a hand, most notably Jim Davis, who, along with Ron Buckman, gave Rice a much-needed cleaning up 14 years ago. A substantial num- ber of people have expressed in- terest by giving much-appreciated time, money, and services towards the project. A few examples: Dave Schultz Excavations donated the opera- tion of a front-end loader to haul out of the cemetery the pieces of the dead tree that Richard Smith cut up. The Dallas Borough road crew has been extremely coopera- tive about removing the cleanup debris. Rachel Smith, Sean’s mother, re-stained the sign and repainted the letters on it; the paint was provided by Carroll Construction. Agway donated 10 chrysanthemums, which have been planted around the sign at the cemetery entrance. There are still a lot of things that need to be done, from fixing the broken headstones to finding someone to cut down the old dead pines in the front part of the cem- etery, before Rice will really look as it should. But the result of the time and effort put into the place so far is truly impressive. One of the things the Smiths felt ought to be done was to have a blessing said for the cemetery’s occupants, which in all likelihood hasn’t been done for at least 100 years. “It’s been abandoned for so long, we felt it deserved a religious recognition,” Richard Smith said. Rachel Smith is arranging with clergy of various denominations to come to the cemetery on Satur- day, Oct. 28 at 10 a.m. for the “re- consecration.” The public is in- vited to attend, and as there is almost nowhere to park around the cemetery, the Back Mountain Library will allow people to park in the back section of their park- ing lot. Further details will be made available in next week's Post. Sn Sean Smith and his mother Rachel Smith about to touch up the Rice Cemetery sign. Behind Mrs. Smith is the pile of clippings and other debris from the weekend's work. POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH SKRAPITS Scenery of the season The fall foliage has lived up to expectations this year, with spectacular displays nearly everywhere you look. This scene at Harveys Lake captured the photographer's eye last week. POST PHOTO/SANDY PEOPLES Car seats (continued from page 1) they think their car seat is prop- erly installed and it turns out it’s not.” She estimated that 90 per- cent are not installed correctly. “The biggest problem is that the car seat is not secured tightly to the vehicle.” Because each au- tomobile has different seat sizes and specifications, Buckland rec- ommended that the car seat be tried on in the car at the store before purchasing, to ensure that it will fit. Portia McGuire of Dallas came by to have her car seats checked, and brought the younger of her two daughters, 6-month-old Sophie. Cathy Sabulski asked questions about the seat, such as whether or not it had been in an accident. She looked at the car seat , examining the components such as the harness straps, to make sure that everything was in place and in good condition. For infant seats like Sophie's, it's important to check that the seat is at a 45 degree angle, be- cause the neck muscles of an infant are undeveloped and the infant cannot hold its head up on its own. This one was all right. She told Mrs. McGuire to make sure the harness clip went up to Sophie’s armpit to anchor her in ~more securely. Sabulski took out the head-support liner of the car seat and told her it was an “after- market product,” one that did not come with the seat but was in- stead put in later. “We don't rec- ommend ‘after market’ products because they haven't been tested in the car seat,” she said. “You should use a rolled-up towel or receiving blanket instead of a ‘heads-up support.’ ” The next step was to look for recalls. It turned out that Sophie’s car seat had been subject to recall due to problems with the handle, but Mrs. McGuire had been noti- fied and already had the part re- placed by the company. “It’s very important that everyone registers with the manufacturer. A lot of people forget to do that,” Mrs. McGuire said. She said that al- though recall information was fairly well-publicized, it was easier in the long run to register because then the manufacturer will send the information directly to you so you won't have to go looking for it. Finally Sabulski checked to see how the safety seat was attached to the car’s seat and whether or not it was hooked up properly. She examined the seat belt, looked at the harness straps again, checked the angle once more, and declared that Sophie's car seat was fine. Meanwhile, Kim Buckland was checking the safety seat carrying Lehman resident = Karen Mahoney's 2 1/2-year old daugh- ter Rachel. “I bought this one because my other one was re- called,” Mrs. Mahoney said. How- ever, there were no recalls out on the new one. Buckland found that the straps were not in the top slots, and the car seat wasn’t bucked up as tight as it should have been. She knelt on Rachel's seat and demon- strated the correct method of fas- tening it to the seat. “You have to put your full weight on it when you're buckling it in. Get all the slack out.” She pulled hard at the seatbelt: “Give it all you've got.” “Here I thought I was doing it right for two years, and it turned out I wasn’t,” Mrs. Mahoney said, shaking her head. “Do you like sitting in your seat?” Buckland asked Rachel. “Yeah!” Rachel said. To prove her point, she climbed in, clutching the little stuffed cow Chief Fowler had given her, and grinned hap- pily. the term. 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