Dallas, Pennsylvania The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 June 27 to July 3, 2002 L United We Stand Vol. 113. No. 26 SPORTS Amy Aston-Rome wins Harveys Lake Victory Run. Pg 9. SCHOOL scholarships. Pg 11. Dallas Rotary gives book DALLAS POST 50 Cents COMMUNITY Business Association holds sum- mer mixer. Pg 8. Bazaar was full of fun for all ages, ,and tastes By ELIZABETH ANDERSON Post Correspondent Food, fun, games and entertainment was what the Eighth Annual Gate Of Heaven Bazaar was all about this past weekend. The Pixie Chicks entertained the crowd dressed in pink and black and looking like Madonna in the 80s. The Chicks, ages 11 to 14, are from Car- bondale and have performed all over Northeastern PA and have appeared on Channels 2, 28, and 16, on the Jerry Lewis Telethon and on the Today show in New York City. Known for their ren- ditions of popular 50s songs, the girls tried out their new sound of 80s music Friday night to a very pleased audience of bazaar goers. But the Sister Act really gathered the ‘crowd. The booths lost their business while people gathered to watch the hi- larious “nuns” and their singing come- dy act, a take-off on the Whoopi Gold- berg movie. Billed as “Our Very Own Sister Act. The Lord Have Mercy! Sis- ters of the Heavenly Gates,” the singing nuns first formed in 1992 from the choir at Gate of Heaven Church. They now do 30 to 40 shows a year. At least one of the ladies is really a See BAZAAR, pg 4 hh POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH ANDERSON Pull a ticket, win a prize. Mariel Adams, 11, and her friend, 12-year-old Kasia Szulborski won T-Bone, the bright yellow dog from the kid's show, Clifford The Big Red Dog. Seniors introduce field hockey to their proteges By ELIZABETH ANDERSON Post Correspondent LEHMAN TWP. — Take three superb Lake-Lehman High School field hockey Soy. add 50 elementary school girls and a week of summer sun and you get one great senior project. Lake-Lehman seniors Megan DeCesaris, Meredith Edwards and Jenna Fine decid- ed on the field hockey camp as their se- nior project early last summer when they were helpers to last year’s coaches. This year, the fourth year the camp has been a senior project, they are the head coaches. ww DeCesaris has assisted with the annual summer camp since she was in eighth Huntsville UMC pastor retires? Not exactly By SANDY PEOPLES Post Correspondent HUNTSVILLE - At age 87, Rev. Rudolph Libeck is leaving his post at the Huntsville United Methodist Church, but does not plan to just sit back and smell the roses. Most people, having reached his age, would already grade, so choosing it as a senior project was no great leap. “I've actually wanted to do this since I was a freshman,” DeCesaris said. “I saw my sister do it and I saw how much fun she had.” The three seniors handled every aspect coke. than 60 years,” be retired, but Libeck has re- cently accepted yet another as- signment at the Askam United Methodist Church near Nanti- “I have been a pastor for more of the summer camp, from ordering the equipment to recruitment. They spoke at all three of the elementary schools in the Lake-Lehman School - District in the spring, with letters to parents and regis- tration slips in hand, encouraging the young girls to sign up. The 53 participants took home their balls, shin guards, mouth guards and sticks, along with t-shirts designed by DeCesaris, Edwards and Fine. The annual summer camp taught the fourth, fifth and sixth grade girls the ba- sics of field hockey. The blue Dolphins, the pink Flamingos and the green Turtles played each other after learning the ba- See FIELD HOCKEY, pg 8 said Libeck. he. POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH ANDERSON Jenna Fine, clipboard in hand, rushes after her team, the pink Flamingos. Hot dog vendor says he’s being stonewalled A Officials don't respond to him, or to a reporter BY TIMOTHY J. RAUB Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE — Bob Prescott just wants some answers. The problem is, he can’t seem to find anybody who can give them to him. And so far, neither can The Dallas Post. A week of phone calls to borough of- ficials resulted in not a single returned message, a problem Prescott, a.k.a. “Hot Dog Bob,” says he has had for al- most a year. “(Borough officials are) making it to- tally impossible,” said Prescott. “The solicitor of Harveys Lake Borough just will not entertain any questions from me. He gets verbally abusive if I ask any questions at all, and I don’t even think some of these questions have anything to do with my cart right now.” Prescott has been fighting Harveys Lake Borough for almost a year now for the right to sell his hot dogs at Pole 4 Lakeside Drive, and feels the bor- ough council, zoning hearing board and police department are doing noth- ing more than keeping him tied up in a legal web. “Why aren't these laws being en- forced against anyone else?” Prescott said of the borough's zoning ordinance. “It seems to me that the borough is us- See STONEWALLED, pg 8 16 Pages, 2 Sections Calendar...........socxseiesses 16 Classified.................. 13-15 Crossword............c.c....... 10 Editorials... dire 6 Obituaries.............; edie. 2 SCNOONL. fieuise ovens dnesiisni itis 11 Spors.............nan 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dallaspost@Ileader.net POST PHOTOS/SANDY PEOPLES Rev. and Mrs. Rudolph Libeck pose with two of the church's youngest parishioners, Michael Murphy, age 7, and his sister, Molly Murphy, age 11. They are the children of members Ron and Debbie Murphy from Chase. l.-. UZ ERNE NATIONAL BANK “And I have been here at the Huntsville church for 11 of those years. I leave with mixed feelings. I really enjoy the people here and the sense of communi- ty. We have made tremendous strides in recent years. They are wonderful people. But now I look forward to my new assign- ment.” Libeck was born in Latvia and served in the Merchant Marines during World War II. He fought in the invasion of Normandy in 1944. After the war he came to live in the United States. He and his wife Carol have been married for 26 years. He is a doctor of psychology and served for many years as the supervising chap- lain at the state hospital in Clarks Summit. He also served at the Dalton Baptist Church for 17 years. See PASTOR, pg 8 * NO MONTHLY FEES | » NO MINIMUM BALANCE NO KIDDING! a Bible Study begins July 3 The Back Mountain Ministerium will sponsor an ecumeni- cal Bible Study during the months of July and August. Beginning July 3, both at noon and at 7 p.m., studies will be offered each Wednesday, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Rt., 118, Dallas. The gospel of Mark will be this year’s fea- tured scripture. Dr. Noel Keller of College Misericordia will begin with an introduction to the gospel on July 3. The remaining schedule is: July 10-Rev. Doug Clark, ~ Shavertown UMC: July 17-Rev. Charles Grube, St. Paul's Lutheran: July 24-Chaplain Karen Reininger, Mercy Center: July 31-Monsignor Peter Crynes, St. Therese’'s Church: Aug. 7-To be announced: Aug. 14-Rev. Mark Harper, Trinity Pres- byterian: Aug. 21-Rev. Charles Naugle, Trucksville UMC. For more information call 675-3859. the public is invited to attend. Pictured are members of the Ministerium, from left: Rev. Charles Naugle, Rev. 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