& : Dallas Post Dallas, PA March 14, 2001 3 Taft (continued from page 1) lake. "There's no place like Har- veys Lake," said Mrs. Truska. "We will always want to live here. Our son, Taft III, his wife, Lorraine, and our three grand- children live here, and we want to be here with them. Our grandchildren, Taft IV, Matthew _ and Keegan (Kiki) often help us in the store. It's a family affair." After so many years of serving the public, the Truskas have mixed emotions about leaving the store. "We love our cus- tomers and neighbors and we Offset donates defibrillator Offset Paperback Manufacturers, Dallas donated an “AED,” automatic defibrillator machine to the Dal- las Fire and Ambulance Co. last week. The donation took place at the company’s annual tour of the will miss seeing them every day," said Mrs. Truska. "We laugh and tell jokes. We know all of the families on the lake and we listen to each other's troubles and sympathize with one other." Nothing ever stays the same, and Harveys Lake is no excep- tion. The big hotels are gone and most of the lake is private. "People live out here all year round now," said Mrs. Truska. "The business in the store is pretty steady throughout the months with more business on warm week- "There's no place like Harveys Lake. yard pools or Francis Slocum State Park for ends when peo- summer recre- ple invite guests We will always ation. to come out to a " Carlene Mc- enjoy their want to live here. Caffrey, whose docks." Peg Truska husband's fami- Sandy Beach Owner of Taft's Store ly owned Old and Old Sandy : Sandy Bottom Bottom Beach Beach until are no longer owned by the families who used to open them to the public. Now people resort to their own back- plant, which employs about 600 people. Representatives from fire companies in Dallas, Kunkle, Shavertown and Trucksville attended the tour. The defibrillator is valued at $4,000. 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People used to come from far and wide to purchase their beef products from Taft and Peg. They were superior. They also used to make their own ham patties and kielbasa during the holi- days." Mrs. McCaffrey remembers a significant event near the store in the 60's. "The wind was strong and I was out in the yard with my children," she said. "We heard a loud noise. The movie screen at Sandy Beach had fallen to the ground. A piece of history fell that day, but the store is still standing." Mrs. Truska said, "the store is for sale, lock, stock and bar- rel — the building, the busi- ness, the two bedroom apart- ment, the equipment and the stock on the shelves." Perhaps someone will buy the store and preserve this slice of the past, present, and hopefully future. ai... Kieran Lucarino and Arlette Kline. Kieran is the one with the dark hair on the left. Homeless (continued from page 1) room which collected the most food at the high school, and an ice cream party was held for the class that brought in the most food at the elementary school. Why would two young people who have a million fun things to do in their busy lives decide to spend their time helping the homeless? "My heart breaks when I think about people be- ing hungry, and I want to help them," said Lucarino. "And we receive value in our own lives because it's the right thing to do." "We get to know a lot of nice people when we do community service work," said Kline. "And no one should go hungry when there is lots of food in the world. We just helped get it to where it was needed." 7 SPEC Dr. James Bozzuto R's Vision Associates Dallas Shopping Center ARE IALISTS Announces merger with °0 = 5 on S ® o a Se © _ (7) i] o£ = ® LH] nt = (2) - [= ] = eo fo b [J 71) = x ® = (= wit 9 N 1) - = ® 5 I] (=] ® ey ~- -] (7) E Q S a4] Rd R 4 . 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