crac m—— SUNDAY, MAY 5, 2013 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 Paralympic skier will speak to Irregulars nounce that Stephanie Jallen, 17, of Hard- ing will be presenter at The Irregulars Think Tank Breakfast on Saturday, May 11 in the Natona Room at Twin Stacks Center. pics Alpine Skiing National Teams. She is slated to compete in the U.S. Paralympics in Sochi, Russia in 2014. The Irregulars of the Back Mountain an- Jallen is an athlete on the U.S. Paralym- in the top 10 in the world in two e five alpine skiing disciplines and is quired. She is a member of the junior class at Wyoming Area High School. The Natona Room at Twin Stack Cen- ter, Hwy 415, Dallas, is the all-new home for The Irregulars Think Tank Breakfast. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. for socializing ahead of the buffet-style breakfast served at 9 a.m.. Attendee reservations are re- For more information, call Cholly Hayes, facilitator, at 760-1213, Bobby Zampetti at 690-2323 or email the theirregulars@fron- tier.com. Seventeen- year-old paralympic skier Stepha- nie Jallen is shown here on the fiirst day of DSUSA NORAM ski racing at Cop- per Mountain, GS. By ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER Ibaumeister@theabingtonjournal.com at began in 1947 as a small busi- ness with $25,000 worth of inven- tory housed in a 1,500 square foot building is now a multi-million dollar busi- ness with three locations around the state. C.H. Waltz Sons, Inc., founded by Clark H. Waltz and his three sons, Joseph, William and Theodore, now includes offices in Dal- las, Cogen Station and Winfield. According to the company’s website, www.chwaltz.com, “In 1966 Clark retired, turning the business over to his sons. Jo- seph R. Waltz assumed the role of president, William C. Waltz became the vice president and Theodore J. Waltz took the position of treasurer. Joe retired in 1986 and Ted be- came president. Bill remained the vice presi- dent until he retired in 1994 at which point Ted became the sole owner and CEO of the company. For many years, Ted’s wife, Con- nie, helped run the business, but in more recent years his oldest daughter, Deanna G. Boehret, was appointed the position of vice president while his two oldest grandsons, Seth H. and Justin T. Boehret, work in man- agement positions.” Seth Boehret manages the Dallas store, how HT: C.H. WALTZ SONS, INC. Staff members of C.H. Waltz Sons, Inc. gather on the front lawn of the business. From left, are Michelle Greim, of Sweet Valley, administrative assistant; David Stokes, of West Wyoming, service manager; Dale Edwards, of Hunlock Creek, parts manager; and Seth Boehret, of Cogen Station, general manager. C.H. Waltz Sons makes business personal «gon aM MAI Mm iA SETH BOEHRET Hobbies/interests: Anything outdoors - sports, shooting sports, hiking, basketball, football, running... Most used piece of equipment at home: BX2360 Kubota sub-compact model tractor, which is also one of the shop's best sellers. “They are an excellent quality,” he said, “and they sell well.” Business motto: The store's reputation is: “You're not just buying a Kubota, a Tanaka or a Hud-Son machine. You're buying a C.H. Waltz Sons, Inc. machine.” Favorite part of the job: Interacting with the customers Dream vacation: Backpacking and mountain climbing which opened in 2007, and he said the busi- ness continues to grow. He added, however, “We're getting to be a larger business, but we're still making an effort to have a small business atmosphere.” Part of that atmosphere includes good, friendly customer service. “One thing we strive for,” Boehret said, “is developing a relationship with our custom- ers. We try to go out of our way to make the customers happy.” The shop offers rentals and sells both new and used equipment. In addition to offering a vast product line of various brands, including Kubota, Tana- ka, Snapper, D Woods, Hud-Son and more, the shop is a full-service dealer and can get parts for almost any. make and model, ac- cording to Boehret. “Anything we can fit in the shop, we can work on,” he said, adding that company employees have even worked on machinery outdoors that was too large to fit inside. It all goes back to developing relationships with the customers and serving them well. Boegret describes the business as “fam- ily oriented,” which means supplying the customers with the equipment that best suits their families’ needs, rather than using “pushy salesmen” to pressure people into buying things. The store also makes an effort to step be- yond its doors and get involved in the com- munity. Some organizations and events it belongs to and has helped with include The Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce, Dal- las Harvest Festival, various expos and fairs, the Wilkes-Barre Farmers’ Market and col- lections for victims of natural disasters. ABOVE: Door prizes are displayed during C.H. Waltz's recent open house. AT LEFT: C.H. Waltz Sons, Inc. recently began carrying Hud-Son Forest Equipment. Here, Hud-Son Sales Manager Mike Spad- aro gives a demonstration with a sawmill during C.H. Waltz's recent open house. HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH Planning Commission puts cellphone tower on hold (USAN BETTINGER Yi.s Post Correspondent A special meeting of the Harveys Lake Planning Commission held April 29 ended with plans to build a 195 foot cellphone tower in the bor- ough being put on hold. Attorney Eric Goldman, who rep- resents X Cell, the tower’s company, and Mario Calabretta, X Cell’s engi- neer, were in disagreement with bor- ough planning commission member Michael Dziak on the status of the area where the tower is to be built. Dziak, along with Penn Eastern engineer Daryl Pawlush, challenged X Cell’s representatives, who said the area is not required to be la- beled as a subdivision. Dziak was also concerned about the property owner's Clean and Green status if the tower is to be placed on the property. Dziak said the county will not issue a separate number for tax purposes if the area is not a subdi- vision, leaving the property owner responsible for the taxes. X Cell wants to lease a 100 x 100 foot area of property off Cliff Street in Harveys Lake Borough. The ac- tual area to be used for the tower is 50 x 50 feet, with room to expand if other providers decide to join in with the anchor provider, AT&T. ox Attorney Mark McNealis has said he will research the issue of whether or not the area is legally considered a subdivision. After McNealis deter- mines the land’s status, the commis- sion will meet again with Goldman and Calabretta in order to grant the application to work on the property. Lakeside Drive resident Andrea Payne was concerned about truck traffic during the construction pro- cess. Calabretta responded by say- ing the type of trucks that would pass through the area would be drilling rig and concrete trucks, not very large trucks, and the work would take about 4-6 weeks, de- pending on the weather. Mary Jean Tarantini, another Lakeside Drive resident, is not pleased with the potential plans. “This is a beautiful area and we don’t want to see these things (the cell phone tower) around,” Taran- tini said. She added, “the neighbors want to keep the beauty...this is why we live here.” Dave Tarantini expressed concern about property values being reduced as a result of the tower. He also asked why the tower was being construct- ed in Harveys Lake, to which Gold- man replied that about “half of the borough does not receive adequate cell phone reception.” Mary Gulotta, a speech-language pathology major at Misericordia University, was recently awarded the 2013 Von Drach Memorial Schol- arship by the Pennsylvania Speech-Langquage- Hearing Association at the 54th annual convention in Harrisburg. MU student helps those with speech disorders Mary Gulotta watched a friend struggle and wants to assist others. Mary Gulotta, of Trucksville, has seen firsthand the enormous toll a communication disorder and the bullying and teasing associated with it can have on an individual. It’s one of the reasons she chose to major in speech-language pathology at Miseri- cordia University, so she could help others — like her best friend from high school —- find the voice they all deserve. Throughout her high school years, Gulotta saw her best friend struggle with his communication disorder — the result of being born with a cleft palate. Post-surgery, her friend still spoke with a hypernasal voice and nasal emission. By the time they reached high school, he was uneasy when he had to speak in public. At times, he relied on others to speak for him, including Gulotta. “He used to share with me the reactions he con- stantly received from people about his voice and mentioned to me that these reactions made him in- secure,” says the daughter of Steven and Linda Gu- lotta. “As a result, he limited his talking. Because of the issues he had with speaking in public, he would often ask me to speak for him when we were togeth- er — whether it was flagging down a person in a store or ordering in a restaurant. “I recognized the impact that his voice had on him personally, his confidence and his self-esteem,” Gulotta adds. Tragically, Gulotta’s close friend lost his life dur- ing her junior year of college in 2012. “I was left with only letters and poems he had written in the last week of his life that depicted how insecure he was,” says Gulotta, who hopes to raise awareness about how bullying affects people by sharing their story. “After this devastating blow of losing my best friend, I channeled my sadness into an even greater resolve to be able to give people a voice and the ability to communicate.” Gulotta was recently awarded the 2013 Von Drach Memorial Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing Association (PSHA) at the 54th annual convention in Harrisburg. The 2013 award marks the sixth straight year a Miseri- cordia University SLP student has received the $1,000 scholarship, awarded annually to an out- standing student from one of Pennsylvania’s 14 SLP schools in honor of Dr. Robert Von Drach. It is given to a student who exhibits strong leader- ship abilities, outstanding academic performance, exceptional clinical skills and scholarship within the profession. At Misericordia, Gulotta has been a member of the department’s National Student Speech-Lan- guage-Hearing Association (NSSLHA) since 2009 and the Pennsylvania Speech-Language-Hearing As- sociation NSSLHA Chapter since 2009. She has also maintained a 4.0 grade point average in her academic studies, while also gaining clinical experience at the Misericordia University Speech- Language and Hearing Center on campus and at the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association in Forty Fort where she received real-world clinical experience working with children with special needs, develop- mental delays, hearing impairment, autism spec- trum disorders and multiple disabilities. “In my graduate fluency class, Mary developed a stuttering treatment game that incorporated vari- ous aspects of stuttering. We plan to test this game in our clinic (the Speech-Language and Hearing Center) with children who stutter. Mary once men- tioned to me, ‘I was not satisfied with the games that were available for young children so I decided to design one myself,” said Glen Tellis, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Speech-Language Pathology at Misericordia University. “The more I become emerged in the field of speech-language pathology, the more my interest for it grows,” says Gulotta. “I have come to value clinical treatment as an art form, but realize that I need to merge science into the art form to achieve appropriate clinical results. Each client I receive is a new challenge where individualistic plans are created and implemented to fit both the needs and motivational factors of each client. “No other experience gives me the joy of know- ing that I played a role in helping individuals learn how to communicate effectively,” she adds. Gulotta also was accepted recently to Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center for an adult fieldwork placement for the fall semester.
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