Sunday, July 8, 2007 elp! Dr. utierrez's og Is lost Dr. Gutierrez’s dog has been stolen! Someone took it this morning, leaving hair, fibers and fingerprints! There have four suspects but we need your help to find who is the culprit. If you like mystery and can help us solve this crime, please join Professor Linda Gutierrez de Castejon of Wilkes University at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 9 in the Children’s Room of the Back Mountain Memorial Library. You will collect and evaluate evidence and then eliminate peo- ple in the list until only the name the culprit remains. You will be able to get finger- Joanne Freeman and Betsy Thomas roam the backyard garden of Russell Roberts and Betsy Fulton, of prints samples from the suspects, Lehman, during a tour of Back Mountain homes and gardens presented by the Back Mountain Bloomers look at fibers and hairs and deter- Club. Touring gardens mals or humans. ix stunning properties, including So grab your detective gear Wild Ledges in Lehman Township THE POST PAGES COMMUNITY y Carolyn Johnson and Betty Levitsky, of Dallas, tour the home and garden of Russell Roberts and Betsy Fulton, Lehman, during a tour of Back Mountain homes and gardens presented by the Back Mountain Bloomers Club. and join us for the fun! All members of the summer reading program are welcome to attend. Please call the library to register (675-1182). and the three and a half acre gar- oN 2 $88 Pat Phillips and Mae Rome, members of the Back Mountain Bloomers, talk to visitors at at home in Lehman during the Back Mountain Garden Tour. dens at Windsor Park in Dallas, were on this year’s “Tour of Back Mountain Gardens” 2007 held last weekend by the Back Moun- CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lavada Riggins stands on her property at the corner of Pine Tree Road and Chase Road in Jackson Township. PRISON Continued from Page 1 tain Bloomers. The Bloomers also hosted a Petite Stan- dard Flower show entitled Small Town Treasures, along with a full schedule of gar- dening and landscaping workshops and a and got into a Back Mountain nursing home, holding people hostage. “When they escaped here in 1999; we had the officials from the prison here (on his proper- ty) along with a SWAT team, trying to determine if they came this way,” he said. Fox says SCID “My con- spent money to fix security The Lehman home of architect Russell Roberts and artist Betsy Fulton was one of six properties on this year's garden tour sponsored by the Back Mountain Bloomers Club. demonstrations throughout the day. All proceeds from the event benefit the Interior of dining room at the home of architect Russell Roberts and artist Betsy Fulton. Anthracite Scenic Trails Association. DARLING & SONS’ Farms & GREENHOUSES “Growing Quality Is A Family Business Since 1930” Buy from the Grower and SAVE!! LOW, LOW, PRICES Pern iS Who jo ues after gets the the incident in y : hor fi 1999 and no cCutcheon’s Can Goods water first, capes have J BLUE Riba DAIRY Geraniums (12 Colors), Hanging Baskets, Perennials He oe ocured Serving Ice Cream Mon-Fri 9-5 * Sat 9-4 Sun 9-2 675-2080 3 A major con- the Prison= cern Jackson er?” Township resi- dents ex- AlFox pressed over Property the expansion borders SCID dealt with the prison’s water supply. The prison and nearby houses share water from a well and some are worried that dou- bling the size of the building will dry out the water supply. In the event of low water, SCID can turn on its pipeline from Pennsylvania American Water Company, but residenc- es would be left dry. “My concern is who gets the ater first, the taxpayer or the risoner?” said Fox. Lavada Riggins, who lives close to the prison, is also against doubling the size of the facility but not because she’s afraid of prisoners escap- ing. Instead, Riggins says traf- fic and speeding are her big- gest worries. “I wouldn’t want to raise kids here now,” she said. “The traffic is bad. They come down every two hours.” Riggins also says that mul- tiple vehicles often exceed the speed limit and go swiftly past her driveway. The speeding motorists have even run over deer and left them lying on the road. Still, Riggins would not ever give her up her home. “I’m not afraid to go out here to the mailbox at night where I’m afraid to get out of the car and go to Boscov’s (in Wilkes- Barre),” she. 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