Vol. 115 No. 30
The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889
July 25 to July 31, 2004
Back Mountain teams win
SERVING THE COMMUNITIES
Post .
OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Charles and Philip
Snyder are twins, and
both felt the call to duty.
By SANDY PEOPLES
Post Correspondent
KINGSTON — A small flag
hangs in the window at Don and
Shirley Snyder’s home. It is a Blue
Star Mothers Flag, a sign of sup-
port, hope, pride and concern for
Snyder twins return from Iraq
family members serving in the mili-
tary.
Its use is reminiscent of the
World War II and Korean War eras.
The Snyders’ flag is even more un-
usual because it is adorned by not
one, but two stars.
That's because the Snyders’ 27-
year-old twin sons, Phillip and
Charles, have recently returned
from serving in the Army and the
Marines in Iraq.
_victions and strong faith. We are
Charles and Philip are 1996 grad-
uates of Lake-Lehman High School
and both felt the call to serve their
country at this time.
“We always told our kids to live
life outside of their comfort zone,”
said Shirley Snyder, “and to do
what they know to be right. We are
a military family with strong con-
See TWINS, pg 3
Phillip, left, and
Charles Snyder
stand on their
parents’ front
porch near the
Blue Star Moth-
ers Flag dis-
played by their
mother and fa-
ther as they
waited for their
sons’ safe return
from Iraq.
FOR THE POST/
SANDY PEOPLES
run the business.
SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS STORY
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FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
Harry “Buck” Edwards, left, is taking life easier since handing over responsibility for Huntsville Nursery to his son, Ralph, the third generation to
Tending to a family enterprise
Farmers
Market
begins
Saturday
The weekly event will be
held at the Back Mountain
Memorial Library.
The Back Mountain Memorial Li-
brary and Dallas Borough have an-
nounced plans for a Dallas Farmers
Market, to be held on Saturdays from
11 am. to 3 p.m. beginning July 31
and continuing through October 2.
The weekly farmers market will be
held on the grounds of the Back
Mountain Memorial Library, at the in-
tersection of Huntsville Road and
Franklin Street in Dallas Borough.
A survey of local residents was re-
cently conducted to gauge interest in
a farmers market and the response
was overwhelmingly in support.
Back Mountain Memorial Library
Board President Joe Stager said the
farmer’s market would provide the li-
brary an opportunity to generate
much-needed revenue in face of con-
tinued budget cuts by the Common-
wealth to libraries across the state, in-
cluding the Back Mountain Memorial
Library. “We have lost a tremendous
amount of money like other libraries
in the state, and we are looking for
ways to offset the cuts”, Stager said.
Joe Moskovitz, Dallas Borough
See MARKET, pg 2
A third generation, and change, for
80-year-old Huntsville Nursery.
By PAUL LAZAR
Post Correspondent
LEHMAN TWP. — Ralph Edwards recently had
- an 80th birthday to celebrate, although it’s not his
own.
Edwards, 54, is the president and third-genera-
tion owner of Huntsville Nursery, which opened its
doors 80 years ago. The business was started by his
grandfather, Harry “Doc” Edwards, with a World
War I veteran’s bonus in 1924. Harry Edwards had
originally trained as an optometrist, but had found
that line of work unfulfilling. He was an avid out-
doorsman, and so he began a garden center and
landscaping business.
The fledgling company kept afloat with the help
of a landscaping contract from College Misericor-
dia in Dallas during the Great Depression. Harry
“Buck” Edwards, now 82, a World War II veteran,
joined his father in the business after the war. He
later taught the business to his son Ralph, who got
into the family business in the late 1970s after re-
ceiving a degree in landscape architecture from
SUNY and Syracuse University. He believes that
with the 80th anniversary comes a change in direc-
tion.
That shift includes closing the retail store on Old
Route 115 and focusing on residential landscaping,
which, according to Edwards, is the main income
producer for the company.
“There is a lot of building going on in the Back
Mountain area right now,” said Edwards. “There
are certain evolutions in business that you have to
adapt to. You have to find your niche, which, for us,
is residential landscaping, and to some extent,
commercial landscaping.”
And adaptation is a strong point for this busi-
See BUSINESS, pg 3
By CAMILLE FIOTI
Post Correspondent
DALLAS TWP. — If a request
made of the supervisors July 20 is
approved, dogs will learn to obey
on the land where boys once
learned to play baseball.
Owners of a Clinton, New Jer-
sey dog obedience school, Dono-
van K-9 attended the meeting of
supervisors to ask permission to
use the abandoned township-
owned baseball field in Kunkle as
a training site.
Dominick Donovan and co-
owner Eugene Vodovos pur-
chased Haddle’s Kennel on July 1
and hope to extend training serv-
ices to new and existing clientele.
Also known as Pet Care Associ-
ates, Inc. the kennel has a veteri-
® 01d Kunkle baseball field
may be going to the dogs
nary hospital, supply store and an
indoor training room.
The Donovan k9 web site at
www.donovan k-9.com lists train-
ing services for competitive
sports such as obedience, agility
and schutzhund. The dogs would
be transported from the kennel to
the field by vehicle.
Donovan and Vodovos said that
the field is strewn with broken
beer bottles and debris and they
will clean and maintain it if they
are given the go-ahead.
Conrad Higgins asked what
kind of dogs would be trained on
the field. “Generally speaking, it’s
all-breed obedience and agility
style training,” Donovan said. He
specializes in training working
See DOGS, pg 2
FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
Rollin’ down the river
Nearly 100 paddlers turned out July 17 for a fun day/fundraiser to benefit
the North Branch Land Trust. They took a 12-mile jaunt down the Susque-
hanna River from Mehoopany to Tunkhannock, stopping for lunch along
the way.
Ready to shove off at Mehoopany were Jeremy Spak, of Falls, left, and his
cousin, Pat Healey from Kingston Township.
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Old Kingston Township
building showing its age
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Dallas High School
lists honor students
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