Vol. 120 No. 27 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 July 5 - 11, 2009 The DALLAS POST. | Serving the communities of the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts | www.mydallaspost.com Wintersteen carousel animals are back in area son's Amusement Park, in Harveys Lake where it remained in operation until Hanson's closed in 1984. ooden animals from a carousel that once operated at Hanson’s Amusement Park in Harveys Lake have been returned to the area. ® Dallas resident Liz Martin, of the Brass Ring Foundation, confirmed that the animals are being stored in a secret location in the area. The Brass Ring Foundation is a local non-profit group whose mission is to bring the By REBECCA BRIA rbia@timesleader.com 100-year-old amusement ride home to the Back Mountain. Police officers face the unexpected By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com In just a matter of seconds, a routine police call can turn into a potentially deadly situation. Members of the Kingston Township Police Department most recently experienced such as scenario in the early morning of Saturday, June 27. Officers Charles Rauschkolb and Wade Curtis were looking for a man re- portedly in a creek in Jackson Township when Robert J. Veros- ky III, of Harveys Lake, allegedly pulled out of the Farmers Inn and struck Rauschkolb. Rauschkolb landed on Curtis and both men ended up on the pavement with non-life threaten- ing injuries. They are currently on medical leave. “My officers know what their job is,” said Kingston Township Police Chief James Balavage. “They understand through train- ing and the work that they do that anything can happen.” Balavage first joined the King- ston Township Police Depart- SUBMITTED PHOTO Animals from a carousel that once operated at Hanson's Amusement Park in Harveys Lake have been returned to the area. The 1909 Coney-Island-style Looff- Mangels carousel was purchased by one-time park owner Alfred Wintersteen in 1914 and taken to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Picnic Grounds, later renamed Han- Home sweet home ment as a part-time officer in 1979. He was hired full-time in 1981 and served for eight years as a patrolman until he became ser- geant in 1989. In 1993, Balavage was promoted to chief and has served in that position since. Although it’s uncommon for officers to be struck by a car, close-call situations can occur as often as once a week, Balavage says. The most dangerous calls involve family disputes. “It’s very important that offi- cers remain in a zone of readin- ess that the general public really doesn’t have a concept of,” Balav- age said. Balavage recalls several in- stances over the years where offi- cers unexpectedly ended up in danger. In addition, at least one and up to three of the carousel horses will be on display at the Mason’s Lodge on Main Street in Dallas during the Seventh An- nual Dallas Harvest Festival on Sunday, Sept. 20. “I grew up with that carousel,” Martin said. “Every summer I was out there and the first ride I wanted to go on was the carousel.” The 1909 Coney-Island-style Looff- Mangels carousel has 44 wooden ani- mals, including horses, giraffes, zebras, camels and goats that were hand-carved by Harry Goldstein, Charles Looff, Solo- mon Stein and Charles Carmel. The 45- foot long carousel was purchased by one-time park owner Alfred and Nettie Wintersteen in 1915 and taken to the Le- high Valley Railroad Picnic Grounds, later renamed Hanson’s Amusement Park, in Harveys Lake where it re- mained in operation until Hanson's closed in 1984. Ownership of the carousel was trans- ferred to several different Wintersteen family members over the years, includ- ing Alfred Wintersteen’s sister, Gene- vieve Wintersteen Fisk, in 1935; Alfred Wintersteen’s grandson, Robert D. Win- tersteen and his wife, Mary Ann, in 1963. : In 1987, the Wintersteen family leased the carousel to Old Town in Kis- simmee, Fla. and then to International Market World in Auburndale, Fla. in 1996. It remained there until put up for auction in Florida by owner See HOME, Page 11 Once, an officer on patrol dis- covered a burglary in progress and chased two male suspects for about one mile. The officer jumped over an embankment in the chase, losing his gun and handcuffs when he landed. Luck- ily, he was able to retrieve his IT’S AUCTION TIME CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/FOR THE DALLAS POST Barbara Lemmond admires a glass piece that will be sold during the 63rd Annual Back Mountain Memorial library auc- tion July 9,10, 1and 12 on the library grounds at 96 Huntsville Rd., Dallas. See’a special Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction section inside today's Dallas Post. on 098151200790 ame 16,6051, 10, take part in the See POLICE, Page 11 By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com When sisters Renne and Rhonda Evans learned McKenna Budzak had cancer, they knew they had to help. Budzak, the 5-year-old daughter of David and Valarie Budzak of Hunlock Creek, was di- agnosed in April with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL). She and her twin brother, Noah, attended preschool this past year at Renne’s Romper Room in Sweet Valley, which is owned by Renne Evans. McKenna’s older sister, Madision, 8, also previously went to the preschool. Rhonda Evans works at the daycare and preschool. “We decided we had to do something to help her and help the family and we came up with doing a walk for her,” Rhonda Evans said. The Evans sisters from Sweet Valley orga- nized a benefit walk for the little girl called “Miles for McKenna” which was held on Sat- urday, June 27 at Lake-Lehman Junior/Se- nior High School track. A Chinese auction, bake sale and food sale were also held at the event. Although Rhonda Evans did not yet know the amount raised the Monday after the event, she estimated that about 200 people participated. : was $20 2 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS. POST Valerie Budzak tightly holds her daughter McKenna during a benefit walk at Lake- Lehman as her sister, Heather Walsh, looks on. McKenna has been diagnosed with leukemia. for adults and $16 for children. Each partici- pant received a T-shirt, a water bottle and a ticket for the Chinese auction. The Rev. Joel Stauffer, senior minister of Sweet Valley Church of Christ to which the Budzaks and the Evanses belong, said a prayer before the walk. Senator Lisa Baker and Rep. Karen Boback started the walk and McKenna and the rest of the Budzak family did the very first lap. “I had a wonderful time at the fundraiser,” avid Budzak said, “Tm Fundraiser benefits child with leukemia “It's tough, of course. You won- der why and things like that, but she’s coping with it very well. We've adapted as well. Hopefully, someday we will find out why it happened.” - David Budzak, McKenna's father the people that had come out to support her to give donations.” ; Currently, McKenna is receiving chemo- therapy every 10 days at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville and a biopsy one month ago showed that most of the leukemia is out of her body. She will continue to receive che- motherapy at different increments for about two years to get rid of the cancer completely and prevent it from recurring. McKenna and Noah will start kindergarten this upcoming school year at Ross Elemen- tary School in Sweet Valley. “It’s tough, of course,” David Budzak said. “You wonder why and things like that, but she’s coping with it very well. We've adapted as well. Hopefully, someday we will find out why it happened.” According to the National Cancer Insti-
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