' $1.95 for, Columbia County, nHnsylvania ? Terifa-ized Corvettes '4 ,^>*^W^- \ Bloomsburg University 1988-89 Celebrity^ Rudolf Nurevev and 4 ^.^^ Series Friends A Friday - January 13, 1989 Mitrani Hall - 8:00 p.m. This gala event celebrates the beginning of Bloomsburg Special Sesquicentennial Event Spring Semester Celebrity Artist Series University's Sesquicentennial. Programs We are proud of our heritage and invite you to join us at this festive occasion featuring one of the world's greatest dancers of our Rudolf Nureyev Fri., Jan. lime. As NYC Opera National Company god Apollo in Balan'ApoUon Musagete' and wandering soul in Maurice the "La Traviata" Tues., Jan. 24 chine's the 13 Bejan's 'Songs of a Wayfarer', Xureyev reveals new depths in Budapest Symphony Orchestra with Leonard Pennario Men., Feb. 27 these works." Chicago, Illinois January 25, 1988 "Gershwin By Request" with Leon Bates "Concerning Nureyev himself, the man looks as youthful as when he jumped over the Iron Curtain in 1961, and is in fine shape. He commanded his roles and the audience with pure stage presence, amazing grace and a profound knowledge of the March Fri., 3 The Boys Choir of Harlem Wed., March 22 balletic arts." Sacramento, California January 12, Pilobolus 19HH For ticket information, Dance Theatre Sat., call April 1 (717) 389-4201 These programs are made possible by grants from ihc Bloomsburg University Foundation, Community Government Association, Human Relations Commiiicc, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. LJ The Magazine In Tffls Issue for Columbia County Winter 1988-1989 Vol. 2, Medalist Award. 1987, Columbia Scholastic Press Association First Class honors with distinction. 1987. Associated Collegiate Press Features Addicted 6 A Bloorasburg Realtor admits he can't kick the Coke habit. 10 The Terra-ized by Ted Kistler Lou Terra to restore America's dream 'Vette Virus drives car. see page 6 Speeding through Numidia by Lisa Barnes on the Numidia Raceway. 12 Straight talk O-Tannenbaum! by Ted Kistler From Columbia County comes a forest of profit during 34 the hohday season. Scrunching, Spiking and Teasing by Jennifer Brelsford Keeping up with the latest styles can get hairy. 37 40 Still Standing by Jean Sicinski The Opera House in Catawissa is still standing after 1 19 years. Special Section: Lifespan It's a Small World ...by Sandi Kaden and Gina Vicario For some, the small world doesn't include daycare. 16 see page 34 Baby by Lisa Barnes 20 The Bloomsburg and Berwick experience for more pleasant is too active to retire. For Sale by Cindy Woodward Why people see page 22 32 ABOUT THE COVER: a cold winter day a Big Brothers, Big Sisters, Big Hearts by Jean Sicinski Big fjeople helping htUe people. 31 On making Ufe their famUies. Actively Retired by Nancy Vought Columbia County's most popular journalist 22 28 hospitals are new mothers and are leaving Coliunbia Coimty. Today's Elderly by Sandi Kaden and Dan DelFine They aren't a "rocking chair" crowd. in Bloomsburg Town Park, Departments Elaine Stauffer and Krickett, along with Beth Salaman, entertain some daycare 4 Behind the Lines by Brian 5 The Cutting Edge 42 The Back Page children. (Photo Foelsch) - - Tomato Tech; Retaining Our Students Reaching Out; The Case Against The Keg Winter 1988-1989 ^^ No. 1 BEHIND THE LINES During the past five years, 8,202 child abducwere reported to the National Center for Missing and Rxploited children in Washington, D.C. Only 3,802 children were located, 96 of them tions deceased. No one knows the extent of the problem since there is no federal mandate to report missing children to a central unit to process the numbers. We at Spectrum experienced the problem firsthand while working on a stor\' about daycare in Columbia Count>- (pp. 16-19). The children had been eager to be photographed, and the parents had signed standard model releases. However, when it came time to fill in some of the usual journalistic data-child' s name, age, home names-many of "You never know who's town, parent's the parents ob- pointing out that most abductions are the result Winter 1988-1989 of a domestic problem where one parent thinks he or she has custody of the child, but, in fact, Vol. 2, No. 1 EDrrOR-IN-CHIEF Walter M.Brasch doesn't; or where one parent has legal custody of the child and the other parent disagrees with the court order. Without court orders, both par- ents have equal rights to a child's care. "In most becomes a pawn when parents fight." Being a pawn also leads to abuses. Smith points gut that in many cases, cases," says Smith, "the child "The child is uprooted, often hidden, forced to go from school to school, and deprived of contact would have been easy to go back to the parents, and tell them that based upon our re- out there," one search, individual cases of child abuse have not increased significantly in the past 10 years, that We did not understand the logic more than 95 percent of all abductions are by one of the parents or a very close relative who akeady knows all the child's data, that in Columbia County only one "stranger abduction" into our citizens. of allowing photographs, while disallowing identification. It would have been easy for us to claim that the who wouldn't allow full identification were wTong, and that we had certain journalistic parents standards to maintain. It fication, was reported in the past ten years and child was returned later that day. we would just find some whose parents would allow other cute kids full identification. we also recognized that there may have been a"siory behind the lines." So, we looked into some But, was perfecOy years," says Joan Mosier, director of the stale's Mosier says, "You used tective. and else's child. B loomsburg. publish full data about we decided, Now parents are very pro- upon a There doesn't appear to be the free and responsibilities to itself; we have no right or mandate impose our personal values upon others. No, be able to chat with the parents weren't wrong to insist certain cloak of secrecy surrounding their children; it was, after we decided all, their children. easy interchange there used to be." While readily And, acknowleging there is a problem Mosier also says features a lot of real cute kids, but without , that more than 90 percent of all abductions are done by a child's parent or a very close relative. Bloomsburg Police Chief Larry Smith agrees. A Few CJunc 1984 through September 1988) Child Abductions reported: 8,202 Parental Abductions: 7,724 L/Katcd Alive: 2.841 Deceased: 3 so, Staci Wilson DIRECTOR Susan Sugra ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Beth Sal aman ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Jennifer Brelsford, Jean Cancelliere, Sandi Kaden, Jean Sicinski BUSINESS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Nancy Vought ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CIRCULATION ~ DIRECTOR Beth Salaman ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ZONE MANAGERS understand to Sandi Kaden, Glenn Schwab, Sandi Kaden attitudes. bring forth the truth and to help society better to ASSISTANT EDITOR Nancy Vought EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS Beth Salaman had long ago decided that the parents weren't wrong, and we had no right to try to manipulate their opinions Kistler Lisa Barnes it we didn't do that because we As joumahsts, we have Children and Youth Services office in someone all right to theirchildren. But, of those fears. "Families have gotten real skittish in recent that the We might have even convinced a few that would have been easy for those in journalism to say that without full identi- Ted ASSOCUTE EDITOR ADVERllSING with the other parent." It parent said, reflecting the fear our society has put jected. MANAGING EDITOR to publish a story that identification. We have responsibilities not only to the integrity of our profession, but also to our readers as well. Statistics Stranger Abductions: 478 Lxx;atcd Alive: 145 Deceased: 93 Voluntary Mi.ssing ("runaway.s"): 9,547 Cases Closed: 8,295 Deceased: 21 fSourcc: National Center for Mis.sing and Exploited Children) Jennifer Brelsford. Cindy Woodward DISTRICT MANAGERS Jean Cancelliere, Jean Sicinski, Staci Wilson DESIGN AND GRAPHICS DIRECTOR Brian Foelsch ASSISANT DIRECTORS Lisa Barnes, Ted KisUer, Glenn Schwab. Nancy Vought PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Glenn Schwab ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Nancy Vought PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Lisa Barnes. Jean Cancelliere. Brian Foelsch. Sandi Kaden. Ted KisUcr, Beth Salaman, Susan Sugra PROMOTION DIRECTOR Staci Wilson ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR Spectrum is published twice a year by the Program in Journalism of the Department of Mass Communications, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815). Single copy price is SI 95. No portion of Spectrum may be reprinted, including advertising, without permission ISSN 0892-9459. (ASpectru, Sandi Kaden A.SSLSTANT DIRECTOR Cincy Woodward Spectrum . THE CUTTING EDGE Maynard Bates, specialist, who major rules The question they which are throughout the greenhouse to a computer base, These properly. tomatoes Washington Research Plant Profs. Paul Hartung and Dennis Huthnance, of the University Bloomsburg minimal effort. this farmer cannot taste the end product since has no tastebuds. This it farmer an Expert Computer is Department of Mathematics, along with BU students, have System so simple to use a high created this program. school student could run produced it as probes has hooked greenhouse Unfortunately, feel The Expert system to Bates. also presently are being raised in the with will though they are talking directly opportunity to achieve a nearly tomato field. When users ask the computer a Tomato Tech perfect a Expert system will simulate an expert in the It was interviewing after maintained by non-specialists. temperature, Tomato loss due to cold front problems from lack of humidity, and carbon dioxide. supervision could be solved by The computer monitors this to stabihzc has the the develop to "smart" greenhouse. TECHNOLOGY The new farmer tomato a outlined the atmosphere greenhouse the day and night, telling the user what changes need to be made, and suggestions offering problems. user It when even will fix the windows. The goal of the system, says Hartung, to sell is greenhouse sites will take ten people over a year to finish creating the Expert system, Hartung points companies (Pennsylvania Power and Light, Agrownautics, and Corning) are involved in out. Currently three to tell open or close to system, he says. It one acre assisting makers of the the system. —BETH SALAMAN which can be EDUCATION RETAINing Our Students funds an if they agreed to provide twenty-five additional be successful, we must program have an additional opportunity Unit, was hired as the case manager of the program. She will work with up to 150 at- student's needs." school until their from the stale and their risk youths, 1986, 22,000 students agencies dropped out of high school in Pennsylvania. Gov. WiUiam program. In Casey allotted $1 million for 1988-89 to schools as start that programs have in above well as community coordinate districts. to help with the This program has four main goals-improvement of school attendance and academic performance, reduction of highly is individualized to meet each might The student need counseling or group activities, tutorial services, or dropouts keep potential school. Benton and in Berwick were both given Winter 1988-1989 state student's education. Education RETAIN's is not Project only concern. "To pregnant or parenting or alcohol problem arc weak peer relations and suffers "Home visitations are rare, but all attempts will be intervene with a made to potential program are considered high risk because they exhibit to A youth, and youths with a drug as needed. students, and the increase of program could be a juvenile offender. referred into the program. "The parental the disruptive school or within the community, plus home visits and Treatment Alternatives an Intervention Network) is a in in class or considered high risk and are supportive dropout," Vargo says. involvement also display behavior services other dropout rates, the enhancement of social development of rates. Project may individual peer RETAIN (Remedial Education average dropout and has or suspensions. The student Vargo, life," Bonnie Vargo, of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate in levels, "The says percent. graduations with special help more grade excessive absences, detentions Students in the Benton and Berwick school districts now to stay touch on every aspect of the student's student has usually established from low self-esteem," says Vargo. Students come from a weak non-supportive family structure. Vargo says, "The or family has a lot to certain dropout "predictors." student's problems. These predictors comes back student who is the out usually Students referred into the include with greatest potential for dropping a behind one or do with a It always to the family." — STACI WILSON Addicted Bloomshurg native admits he cant kick Coke habit Robert "Tony" Barton, a backs off 'National Geographic'," Bloomsburg native, will openly admit to anyone that he is hooked on coUecung. From "Playboy" pins, or Barton says, "Each one has a Coke They skipped they didn't do whole the first issue of any magazine. Barton win keep anything he can find that him, especially Coca-Cola When Agency, Barton, of the Barton Now, he buy absolutely name on it. will tried to buy a Coke valuable to collectors. remembers. "He came nmning I didn't have any like that. I Where 'd you it "Whoa, mother was going to get this?' His I molest the kid or something. explained what it says he did not start collecting was just I bottle hanger for something free did and she said they I received more than 1800 Illustrated to read Guide to the says he was truly inspired by the book, and started looking for some of drove to the items. "I just couldn't believe all the Since that encounter. Barton's expanded — Barton decided "The Orangevillc and got the hat." collection has — he does not remember what he Collectibles of Coca-Cola." Barton I in a hiile store in OrangevilJe. Well, right after lunch a fluke. After purchasing a six-pack of the soda and sending in a said.'where'd you get this? probably thought got substantial part of Barton's Ufe, but he because of the items' monetary value, through Burger King and he had a knit whoa,' For the past 13 years, Coca-Cola's advertising gimmicks have been a hat off a kid once years ago," Barton on. almost have a price guide, and are considered Coke's an>Thing v/ith a Coca-Cola even I are not usually thought of by most products, he never intended to get so "I but There's hundreds of people, the ads are Listed in the official started collecting involved. it, series. ad. when them." Even though advertisements interests memorabilia. a couple of years to include things they (the Coca-Cola Company) put out," he explains. "They just put items, foreign and out gobs and gobs, tons of this domestic. His foreign producLs are advertising stuff out. People don't mainly bottles and glasses from Greece, Germany, and Japan, made some other ajuntries, while domestic objects include signs, clc ks and prins. Al.so included in his colleciion are magazine adverti-sements. "I how much they do. Whatever you can think of they've probably realize among took the with their name on After purchasing his first it." item, Barton joined "The Coca-Cola Collectors Club," an organization with Spectrum membership of a few hundred The club now has international status and 4,838 a total people. members. links together It members 15 different countries through directories in and annual conventions. where the collectors set up their own card tables and display what they're willing to trade. People room aU is," it go from room in the hotel trading and buying, and it's just all Coke; there are also unauthorized items are considered 20th century serving tray, do attain some "everybody brings anything they want to trade. There are nights to However, unauthorized items. Most of the worthless, but others, such as an early its "At those conventions, " Barton recalls, extremely hard to tlnd. value, according to Barton. "In 1908. the Western Coca-Cola Bottling Company tray. It put out a 'topless' sei"ving had a picture of a topless woman on They it. Company) were furious," he says collection is a when If good investment, to stop. If Barton now that is its stop now, it's all Coke home all Fairs In-Store Wicker Parties over." so involved with Coca-Cola breakfast. his I Mall Shows not his main he stopped drinking Pepsi, and drinks over' it's all is and also because, to stop. stop I that his He collects because it is fun. "I don't know when concern. know of Gift Items Wholesale Although Barton notes monetary worth don't Large Selection Coca-Cola with a laugh. that's he says with excitement. 'I (the W% Discount day, even for And everyone who or office is asked if to Students and Faculty 138 East Main Street visits they Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815 Aside from the conventions. Barton spends countless hours going to yard sales and flea markets searching for additions to his collection. It was at a yard sale in 1975 that he purchased his first item, a 1921 limited- run serving tray for $13. at It is now valued $425. Barton also receives help expanding his collection "hobby." have a lot and give I me And come by other people me who go travelling wiU bring 'I saw this, do you have I got this for you at a yard sale, here take Central Pennsylvania 's professional regional thieatre 'World's Best-tasting Hoagies' Light Home of 1800 Hoagies Up The Sky October 13-29 Fools Rush In December 1-18 Free Deliveries Adventures of Huckleberry Finn February 2-18 it.'" While some of the items in Barton's collection, such as a tiny Coke-shaped bottle with a hpstick inside, nail clippers, and Coke by the Coca-Cola Company. His favorite objects are the cars and many of which Winter 1988-1989 are rare 544 East St. Bloomsburg bottle key chains are "different," he prefers the older items which were approved trucks, Ensemble back things, or this? mk presents an American Journey men these things because they collect. Bloomsburg Theatre his of deUvery uniforms, deUvery people know Hoagies from the many people who know about "I mac's and Who's Afraid of Virginia WOOLF? March 9-25 Awake and Sing! 784-1528 May 20 To Charge Tickets 784-8181 would like a collection, make it Coke. Barton's aroimd the country, because, to him, and everjthing around him, clear that for him, Coke is Barton's devotion to the Coca- Cola Company does not end with his collection, taough. just about & Coke. ENGRAVEABLES He can also answer any question deahng with He knows when and how soda was first the discovered, and the "On disputes involving the company. Plaques Medals Awards Ribbons Engravings Trophies SPORTSWEAR Computer Embroidenng, and Engraving Iron Street Bloomsburg, Pa 17815 items as a Christmas bottle patented in December 1923, an eight-ounce can from the West Coast which was never released in this part of the coimtry, a Coke plastic bottle used for refrigerator displays, which was given to The phone and a telephone him by Patricia. trademaik was written in the "C" of traditional hobble-skirt or 'Coca,' "Barton notes, "so Pepsi and all these Coke imitation companies came along and used the 'Cola' it wasn't included. Now, on the newer items, trademark or patent is the imder the whole But Barton's "hobby" does have He has stayed away from is his wife, shaped like a Mae West nicknamed because of its bottle, similarity to a As woman's figure. his collection continues to grow, so does Tony Barton's enthusiasm. He says he'U probably doesn't seem likely same breath he asks, "You stop soon, but since in the thing." 232 sweaters just aren't the original Coca-Cola items, the because, they said, Specializing in new jeans and Coke. Barton does have such novelty "it." WAGNER'S TROPHIES the it know what I'd like to get next..."0 its limits. the clothing, except for various T-shirts fi-om bottiing companies M Authorized In ^SALES *PARTS ^SERVICE 784-1980 721 New Berwick Bloomsburg, Pa. Hwy. 17815 Spectrum ^Ae. YeA^ ^ea ^OjPENDf/Vc" "VJhere Customer Satisfaction Is Our Main Concern" tM^ru/ LIBERTY CHEVROLET-CADILLAC "We're Easy To Deal With" Terra-lzed Lou Terra America 's dream car 'Vette Virus drives to restore Originality by Ted Kistler comes when the Corvette was being fitted with some of its most legendary' power mills, Lou Terra was just In the 1960s, the determining factor in "Vette virus. "I've raced a car since I at a price. Terra located the intake manifold for his '65 coupe Maryland in Of the remaining '62 and '67) the '62 it three 'Vettes, ('61, is Terra's personal "The means something, the year means something..." This was the first year for favorite. "It's the year," says Terra, car and an original top for his '67 Roadster in California But why would anyone pay the exhorbitant prices and search the country the 327 cubic inch motor, long acknowleged as one of Chevrolet's was for just the right parts? "It's the race-bred mills and a descendant of the first preservation of the breed," says Terra. 265 small block originally created another young guy afflicted with the nineieen-years-old," says Terra That race car is the value of any collectible car, but was a 1958 Chevrolet Impala with Actually, preservation is just part of the finest 1955 in for use in grocery-getting passenger cars. Terra's '62 sports the 300 horsepower was a a 348 cubic inch displacement big block picture. Terra admitted that motor. Racing a car the size of a split-level combination of the love affair he has with version backed by a four-speed gearbox. ranch house the "Vette and the monetary aspect of Terra says that restoring and collecting when fmished, but is not generally considered the hot ticket in performance circles but back then he could not afford a Corvette. They were expxjnsive, impractical until that fuels his it will 1969 when he and partner now it awaits the Terra treatment. Of the The '61 model is 1400 built that year and carries the 230 horsepower 283 five one ofthe collection, only the "73 be black-on-red for "Vettes in his Terra's involvement with race cars continued them interest. and exactly what he wanted. it and '67 first Bruce Shaw opened a speed/machine shop. There, Terra and Shaw did are completed. everything from selling spark plugs to marina blue and backed by the four- supports the speed. highly- most recent addition building race-ready motors. "When you what you're doing, really like it makes work a pleasure," he says. Today, Lou Terra is sole proprietor of Terra's Speed Shop in BJoomsburg and now owns fivc'Veties. "I've made a living out of my at the shop. Becau.se of his full distributor/dealer for several "Everything is done to original. To 427 horsepower L71 big block. The is fact that a convertible further increases it the On its most valuable piece it worth, in his I go is a basic Stingray model equipped with the T-top. is '65 is notable for the fivc-milc-pcr- Such pre-planning is who, like Terra, have an automotive preoccupation. Automotive technology has changed dramatically since the cars in Terra's introduction of radial tires as standard collection was however, less efficient than the old bias-ply tires the radials replaced. The not unusual for the car-crazed "gearheads" hour urcthane nose added that year and the latter feature, the coupe runs a 327 cubic inch block cranking out 365 horses through a four-speed. It will be treated to a red-on-black paint scheme, the inverse of the '62. the other hand, the '73 '73 The also to the ensemble. cubic inch, 435 equipment. This Corvette supply companies. crazy with that," notes Terra. collectible The own Corvettes. This sideline has led Terra to become a mouse motor, is collection. reputation as a 'Vette fanatic, others have asked him to Terra-iyx their '67 making hobby," says Terra. Recently, a side business has developed The were built. Keeping up with changes can be a full-time job in itself. "You just can't be a mechanic today. must be an automotive and the You electrical Spectrum 'Everything is done to original': Though this 1961 may not much now, Corvette look like the fiberglass- bodied car will soon receive the full Terra treatment. engineer," says Terra of the latest advances. Turbo-chargers, on-board computers, fuel-injection and all the other components with hyphenated names found on today's cars force the mechanic to stay abreast of "I what is new and understand it. with obvious satisfaction, "You've got a 400 horsepower Corvette coming out that gets 20 miles per gallon and meets E.P.A. emissions." This performance comes at a price, though. The mid-$30,000 needed to buy a new base-model Corvette is about year-old race his who wants to restore, collect or own Corvette or other collectible? you can build a car and not "It's great if waste your money doing Terra, "Do it it," advises right the first time and get advice from a professional.''^ eight times that of the 1970 model. do a lot of reading," says Terra. "High performance is back," he notes And what does Lou Try Our Philadelphia Style Subs Terra tell a 16- ef Campus CUpp >^cllior" vU-* ih.il l'^"'r Hot Roast Beef on Homemade Bread Porkette • Pastrami Meat Trays for all 17 Different of Oven Fresh Pizza . Occasions Kinds Subs FREE DELIVERY WITH $5 MIN. ORDER BOB'S SUBS Philly Style 208 East Street, Blocmsburg 784-6206 2nd & Mulberry Winter 1988-89 streets. Berwick 752-1266 11 through Numidia^ by Lisa Barnes On this rainy Saturday afternoon Xumidia Raceway is empty except for a few disappointed stragglers who will have to go home and find something else to occupy their time. But Max Naylor, owner and manthe ager of the racetrack is still there tying up some loose ends before he heads off to his home in New Buffalo. who has been a drag Naylor, racer NaHot Rod Association-sanctioned track last March, after the original for eighteen years, purchased the tional owner, Dr. Russell J. Pratt of Catawissa, died. Since taking over the raceway, Naylor has been trying to build up local interest in the sport. Drag racing has not always had the greatest reputation. Most people image of two kids dragging down a back country road. But, according to Naylor, "Drag have a stereotypical Photo by Staci Wilson me every weekend': Dave Scree, Orangeville, his "57 Corvette, and pit crew, including wife Karen (left), with success at the Numidia Raceway. 'They're with credits his racing isn't the leather jacket sport that it used to be." Like so many other sports, drag One Numidia racing has had to change with the times. Well-run raceways now replace the country roads, computerized racer , Dave Scree of Orangeville, has been driving his 0-11.99 seconds; the Heavy Ehminator, 12.0-19.99 seconds; the Bike Ehminator, is for motorcycles; timing equipment replaces the old 1957 Corvette for the past twelve years. He simply enjoys the thriU of checker flags and stop watches. Drag the races and the excitement of racing has evolved into a multimillion competition. This past season he was bigger races. dollar sport nationally. one of Numidia's No. "The great thing about drag racing anybody can do it, says Naylor. "Your car doesn't have to be fast." Of racing itself, Naylor says that is no feeling like it in the world. "Have you ever been in an airplane?" he asks. "It's almost the same feeling." He adds that the intensity there isn't quite ihe the thrust 12 same, "but the is still there." thrill of 1 represented the raceway National Hot sion 1 finals. racers, and the Trophy Class, is for drivers don't wish to compete in the who and at the Rod As.sociation DiviHe races in the Super is that Unlike many sports where the enemy, drag racers Eliminator category, one of four competitor classes. arc a friendly bunch, according to The Super Eliminator racers who can is for those reach the finish line in is the Naylor. "These guys are practically all Spectrum friends. If someone needs another racer has share. There is a part, and mechanic, and racing just seemed the he will gladly it, natural thing to do," she says. a real sense of loaned a part to a fellow racer went on to beat to maintain her husband's car before actually racing who The Huntington got involved in racing because of her father and husband reinforces that drag racing great thing is fact that family-oriented. spectators we members, or about racing is that anybody can do if says. ONLYONEWHO^ HELPEDMILUONS herself. him when they raced against each other. The SHFSNOTTHE got involved." I She used Sorce jokes that he has already later how "That's camaraderie" Many OFPEOPLERND NEWHOMES. "Most of the get are family friends of the racer," he famihes, like the Huntingtons, race together in the various classes. Sorce 's wife, Karen, and son are Although drag racing traditionally conjures visions of the "macho man" his pit women with are some of the racetrack's also involved in the sport, working as at all the races. old daughter has taken more of an Kelly Huntington, of Numidia, whenever she can, which isn't too often since she works third shift. interest in racing than her six-year old son. She and her husband campaign a 1971 Vega. One of the biggest concerns that drag racers have "My father used to race. "They're every weekend," he says. Huntington adds that her four- year strongest competitors. races crew me He was a a lack of is money. 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THE END Brought to you by RALPH DENDLER, D. OFHCE HOURS D. S. 9 a.tn.-6 p.m. And by appointment 784-8122 214 W. Main Street Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815 REALTY WORLD* Y Barton Agency 123 East Fifth St. Bloomsburg, Pa. THE EXPERIENCE THAT LASTS A LIFETIME 784-0188 480 West Fifth Street Bloomsburg, Pa.17815 Winter 1988-89 riMMSUUSMOMf; Eoc^ oflVce IncJopendennv c>wned orxi ooefotoa ©R«ottv World Corporonor\ 1988 13 mit that there are a they claim it is lot of expenses, but well worth Sorce admits that the only original thing that remains of his car it. body. He is the has spent the last twelve years building and rebuilding engines 'These guys are that run faster before practically all "We like even tell you how much money I spent on the car," Sorce says. He just knows it's a lot. So why does he do it? "Each year "I can't time and friends' my don't have expensive habits, smoking, so the money be spending on those habits ^^\ in femsyivaiiia .^^^ p-a2c r-j:or brochure mail Eh!S coup-:n lo Coliunbia - Montour Tourist Promotion Agency. Inc. RD »2 E.xil 33 off I bO Bloomsburg. 1717) P.^ 1781 784S279 Name racing get's a Maybe we would we can that's little bit better. why I do it," he laughs. Drag racing has been considered spend on our car," Huntington says. hobby and hobbies cost Yoifve got a fcend and better than the one it. recreation for a long time, but only re- "It's a cently can money." According to Lou Terra, owner of Terra's Speedshop in Bloomsburg which services many of the Numidia cars, the track has been very good for his business. "Racecar motors do have a tendency to blow once in a while and that's what I'm here for," Terra says. "Drivers always need to buy equipment when they race cars." event for the whole family. 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Karen Woland, administrator of Columbia Day Care, Bloomsburg, says that although the new daycare on East Fifth Street is designed to accomodate 100 children, only 24 school-aged students will be faciUty Spectrum accepted. The remaining 76 are reserved for those not akeady enrolled in school. "Preference is given to opportunity to partiapate m scouting or athletic teams." Limiting enrollment in daycare younger children because the younger centers the child, the greater the need for funding. Although the Pennsylvania daycare," says Woland, out, who points "Older children have the is largely because of a lack of Department of Welfare issues grants to daycare centers, says "There is still Woland, not enough funding to provide care for all the low-income families in the area." JUl Baer, latch-key director at the Berwick YMCA, agrees that there need for more fur ing. "Without is a additional funding to renovate the upstairs at the 'I'MCA," Baer says, "We may be forced to limit our enrollment." The staff and parents hold many fundraisers to obtain the more equipment donating much money for for the children, of their free time. "Most who work in daycare believe strongly in the cause," says Joyce Campenni, center sup)ervisor at Columbia Day Care, Berwick, "They are obviously not in the business to turn a profit." ;_ Winter 1988-1989 lifespan 17 State law another major factor in is limiting enrollment. A regulation which requires centers child with a minimum to provide each of 40 square of space is one of approximately 254 regulations which must be feet THE MOST COMPLETE GIFT SHOP !N THE followed in order to maintain certification. I The Department of Pubhc Welfare requires centers to maintain a ratio of AREA one adult to every 1 2 school-aged children, one to every 10 preschoolers, one to every five toddlers, and one to every four infants. Most supervisory positions require a degree firom an accredited college in a job- related field as well as experience working with children. Supplying and maintaining such a staff is one of the major expenses 35 Main Streetj when operating a center. "A daycare teacher with a college degree earns an average of $12,000 a year," notes Bloomsburg Campenni, 784-9151 "It is hard to keep people because they just can't afford to live on a daycare salary." Meeting health and safety Introducing EAST ST. SUBS (Formerly Laubach's Sub Shop) 452 East Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 --GOOD, QUALITY FOOD -FAST, FRIENDLY SERVICE 784-7465 -REASONABLE PRICES & Cold Subs- SoupsSalads- Party Subs- Weekly Variety of Hot Chili- Free Small 10 Oz. 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Financial support cWldrens' safety. child's. ^^^ypree is working parents must continue their Now search for an opening at a facility which meets their 3,300 (VHS) Video Movies Bj We rent camcorders and VCRs Movies taken out Saturday $2.00 aren't due back until many children, over 2,600 members and over needs as well as the Aside from obtaining funding and meeting the requirements, it is 'For Lifetime Membership ^^^--^ For now, though, the the bottom Une. Monday before daycare doesn't exist' the all 6 p.m. movies, All all for categories, the time necessary for the centers to provide programming. "We do not beUeve in repeating the school curriculum," says Woland, noting that Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday $1.00 only her focus "is on the creative aspects of Arcus Brothers quality learning." Some centers offer field The corner of East & 3rd Bloomsburg, PA 17815 and conduct video afternoons at the library. Others prefer to involve trips 784-4000 the children in long-term projects which give the child something to look forward to the next day. Each program is unique, yet they all Photos by Brian Foelsch Specializing encourage the children to explore their own creativity. Trophies of All in Kinds NUT BOWL and Pro Rt. 11 Shop North 784-0202 Winter 1988-1989 lifespan Snack Bar New AS-80 Scorers IE lifespan New mothers find remodeled hospitals 'just like home' by Lisa Barnes Both Bloomsburg and Berwick have recently renovated each month there. There are three registered nurses hospitals at least staff per handle the three phases of their maternity facihties to offer better shift to accommodations for expectant child-birth: post-partum, labor mothers. delivery, Bloomsburg Hospital unveiled new wing this past July, care that Uttle excluded." The unit provides single rooms, modernized birthing room an expanded nursery, and a special room where the new mother and father can share a candle-light private baths, a , dinner. The maximum capacity patients, is ten and fourteen babies. The new facihty also provides a expectant mothers there are prenatal seven classes. Sibling classes are also offered so children can understand just what child-birth is. The Berwick Hospital's Family Birthplace has been instrumental in maternity care by being the first hospital in the area to provide family- centered birthing, a concept which Bloomsburg also employs. "We beheve that child-birth should be a family event, and not an individual thing," says Jane Yepez, director of pubUc relatively Gci singer Medical Center in Danville. Bloomsburg's facility full-time obstetricians, practitioners, .six has two general and several family physicians to handle the 40-50 births new concept that is a offers the with an option to have the baby kept room with her whenever she At Berwick, family-centered problems the hospital can't handle," to Berwick immediate family and grandparents the opportunity for extended visitation. It also provides the mother wants. arc usually sent relations at the Hospital. Family-centered birthing mothers, because "there arc very few new-boms provided, Bloomsburg also lessons that consist of five series of in the high-risk is teaches a variety of classes. For sense of security for expectant says John. However, any extremely and and nursery. In addition to the inner-hospital its while Berwick completed a $3 million, hospital-wide renovation in October 1987. Both units provide similar care, and are designed to make the expectant mother feel more comfortable and secure. In Bloomsburg, the new wing offers a "home-like, soft, and feminine look," according to Bonnie John, head nurse of the maternity wing at Bloomsburg. "There's so much pink that sometimes we're afraid that the fathers might feel a 20 on birthing is part of a three-tier program. The other two aspects that Yepez emphasizes are the privacy and the various options that the mother has. These options vary from method of delivery to feeding. Like Bloomsburg, Berwick also serves a gourmet meal to the new parents. Spectrum The hospital employs one pregnant before. Both the Bloomsburg and Berwick hospitals are doing their best to keep up with current standards. According to Dr. Curtis Vickers, one of the two obstetricians at Bloomsburg Yepez estimates that Berwick 400 babies per slightly below Bloomsburg's doctors. Hospital delivers about year, average. Obstetrics nurses at who have been offered for those full- time obstetrician, and five family Berwick doing pretty teach various classes for pregnant Hospital, obstetrics women and their well in Columbia County. "There are families. Like is we can't do at Bloomsburg." One thing, though, that very few things Bloomsburg, they offer prenatal and sibling classes. However, they also neither Berwick or Bloomsburg have There's so much is pink that sometimes Geisinger a Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit. "We'd have them to became necessary," to transport if that says Vickers. we're afraid that the Although the two hospitals may not be as technologically advanced as fathers might feel a some of the bigger medical e excluded' like Geisinger, they centers offer still excellent obstetrics programs. 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Although Fenstermacher did not editor' s Fenstermacher, retired editor of the Berwick Enterprise, /fnw/zec/ high young reporter for when Harter died of 1945, Fenstermacher his the city desk to the where he remained for 28 only free interchange of opinion and a members on historical column, "Tracking Yesterday," for The Press-Enterprise. Fenstermacher has been married his wife, Mae, for 55 years. He Now, recalled their courting days, some of it by telephone while she worked as a the manager of Columbia County Conservation a member of Fenstermacher has written two books on local history, and currently writes two columns- "Post Scripts" to he continues to is Columbia County's Torch Club, career as a newspaper journalist. in his 77th year, attend college, he in the years. school after six years and began a write daily, serves as the the property as a as editor. Harter always claimed he lung cancer in ago, Ted photos a friend sent from Switzerland. and moved from More than five decades a chalet-style home in was designed from Enterprise, he the position so, by Nancy Vought live in Fowlersville that telephone operator and he a night member without a the college degree. The Torch Club promotes among its subjects civic, religious, philosophical, scientific, economic, and artistic. To be a member, you must have a degree in higher education or the equivalency in work experience. He also served as a trustee for Bloomsburg State College Photos by Brian Foetech worked seven-day weeks for a salary of "I "We flew under power lines to get better pictures. Winter 1988-1989 "180 moving vans suddenly appeared " Berwick. "The continuity of in covering community news is not there." 23 1 TF: I didn't think so at the time. Erasmus Hall was a beautiful, clean, for ten years, an honor not usually given to non-college graduates. NAPOLi PIZZA reporter Nancy Vought, Fenstermacher PIZZfl talks local journalism, *STROmBOLI *SUBS DELIVERY about education, at the Enterprise. were would benefit me in later years. Erasmus had a newspaper and monthly magazine. Those two that pubhcations introduced me to Spectrum: I understand it took six years for you to graduate from high joumahsm. school. Spectrum: Because of the decline in My formal Rockford, in 1930. Illinois, recent years of hiring non-college Nescopeck began in education finally ended High School educated people to at It continued jobs, has the administrators required grades because of moving. It frustrating me fill professional need for higher education become necessary? TF: Absolutely. It's much more at Erasmus Halla, German Academy in Brooklyn, New York, and ended at Nescopeck. At the time, school 387-051 My years there enjoyable and filled with activities and his early days Ted Fenstermacher: FAST campus. In the following conversation with staffs difficult to break into the field of journalism without first obtaining "theoretical" knowledge. Education, to repeat my family's working on school pubhcations, and completing an intemship was a very boring, time for me. is the best preparation for a career in joumahsm. 319 East Street Bloomsburg, Pa Spectrum: After Eramus, when did you start writing again? Spectrum: Was it a culture shock moving to New York City? 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In later years, 'It took me six years to finish high school' Spectrum: Did you continue your column after graduating from high TF: began seUing GE the Berwick area. I was very Actually, radios in successful, much radio. to the amazement of Those were hard GE made a very expensive Nevertheless, and my our district I sold quite a few became known to manager. As a result, I was sales record Hallmark Shop my Philadelphia designed Uke Robin Hood's forest. Hallmark Cards Spectrum: What made you retum and to Gifts writing? In 1931, the Berwick Enterprise advertised for a night reporter. I appUed, along with over forty others, for that position. The editor remembered my Nescopeck column for the position. me to West Main Street Bloomsburg, Pa. \\ Times were bad when it came to finding jobs and, I felt, many were more qualified than and hired .6 I I the store owner. times and ran an archery range for brother, a beautiful place near TF: school? I Miller's fill I ^ " 784-4473 ^ the position. 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We printed new spapers on a flatbed press at a of 1 ,800 per hour Our paper went about the crash, immediately flew 1 my over the area with Schuyler, at even encouraged him to times to under power hnes so numbered about 2,300. 1 colleague, Keith There wasn't fly He thought I was much left to photograph because it had disintegrated years. been thrown over a wide area. Our county had never experienced a tragedy of this nature where so many hves were lost in one accident. TF: It started out as a way to boost Saturday sales. Most of the papers were sold and as subscriptions, we were begun I have many more maybe even a third be tapped. to book. upon impact. Because flying so low, I could see the remains of the passengers How do you feel about Spectrum: today's joumahstic efforts, particularly small-town "The Office Window," one of the more popular columns in this area, was my favorite for many Spectrum area contains a wealth of could get better 1 picmres of the plane. nuts. TF: This historical information that hasn't ideas for columns, the controls. Several rate almost even' household in Berwick. Subscriptions terrain of that area. After hearing who had newspaper reporting? TF: On the whole, reporting good. is I think the Many young moving around quite a and the continuity of covering community news like we had in Berwick is not there. reporters are lot Saturday newsstand sales were always Our editor got the idea for column from a Shickshinny weekly, the Mountain Echo. Their "Mountain Musings" was the model sluggish. How Spectrum: did you get become for my Do the Spectrum: reporters go too when covering stories? Reveal too much in print and photo coverage? TF: It really is a matter of moral far the judgment. Because stories need to be column. covered completely and accurately, sometimes means revealing what Spectrum: 0\'er the years as editor, you must have covered many tragic stories. Which readers consider private matters. really most in your mind? TF: Two stories stand out the ACT plant closing and an airplane crash near CentraUa which claimed 54 hves, including Earl Carroll, a famous Broadway producer. The 1962 ACF interested in writing about local closing affected practically every history? household in the area and made daily TF: After headlines forneariy a year approached by the newspaper — remember, in particular, Black was the day 180 moving vans appeared in Berwick to transport Thursday. as It many ACF Missouri. '=1=1=1=1=1=1=1=' fierce new jobs in This move surprised many Berwick residents and was conducted go retired at 62, I 1 route when stories. for today's aspiring journalists? was a necessity in today's job market. always been natural. I've interested in history. filled my stories when I My grandmother was a child and childhood with interesting on the North Branch Canal and other local historical landmarks. families. interesting people this way. for my columns. I met me Many material a good education. It's a It's also important to start reading as many books as possible and spend time watching television. watch it. pure junk Most — television I less rarely shows are a waste of time. In this competitive world, you need knowledge you can get. all the Q a lot of in happened around noon one day and rescue efforts were greatly hampered by the mountainous 26 more dramatic TF: Get area residents, also interested in near Centralia a continue writing. Historical writing preserving history, send airliner crash segments of Spectrum: What advice do you have to were saddened by the plant closing and the necessity of uprooting their The all covering their was with a great deal of secrecy. People the early 1960s among the media; sometimes novice reporters lived with us engineers and administrators to their It's up to the editor to make a judgment on what should or should not go into the paper. Competition is stories stand out the I it the Spectrum: Arc there more historical stories of this area in Pcnn.sylvania to tell? lifespan Spectrum CRAW7FQRB MOTORS, MC BUICK PONTIAC OLDSMOBILE Largest Selection Of Quality, Reconditioned PLUS Award Winning Service Bloomsburg, PA Rt. 11 & Central Rd. Used Automobiles PI GM fiUAUTY SERVICE PARTS . . . 717-784-0794 GM feeling Keep that great with genuine GM parts. BLOOMSBURG AREA'S LEADING AUTOMOBILE DEALER *LIVE SPORTS BROADCAST ROCK OVER L0ND0N**JA7 **SOLID R0CK*TICKET AMATEUR HOUR**EXP^ **BLOOM NEWS*DA^ 10amT02ainDAILY **NIGHT TALK* BASKETBALL* ***F0UR 0^ CROSSWAT REGRES' BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY STUDENT RADIO a.m. -2 a.m. DAILY * * *o'" 91. .. styles and perms," says Perry. Where do new and then create a these salons get their ideas? Both Perry's and Serra's tool to accommodate says Sarday. According to Serra and Perry, weaving shears and razors it," salons are Sebastian Artistic Centers, are frequently used to create texture in so their staffs get training in the hair. salons. Hairdressers also read important tool because they keep the magazines, such as Modem Salon and American Salon. Newsletters, videos, and state and international shows help "keep the edge from Europe," according to two to three shows per year keep them updated, she says. to Accessories are an accent to a person's hairstyle. Hair-manes, Hair Raisers, Mane-Squeezes, and decorative combs now. "Bows Beaded will are very popular be in," says Serra. barrettes are going to be a big hit for winter, Along with the changing hairstyles are the tools that create them. "Hair new still the most hair soft and flowing," says Serra. There more communication is between the clients and styhsts about tools and products, and so the client has more knowledge when using geland hairspray are being used more often because of this new knowledge. "Cellophix by Sebastian, is a soft spray that texturizes and protects the hair and is the biggest retail product," says Serra. Do Columbia and Montour counties keep up with the rest of the United States? According to she predicts. specialists will create a are them. Such products as mousse, Serra. Their staffs are required to attend "Our hands hairstyle Rosemary Schultz of Bloomsburg, the residents seem to have the same or at least similar styles that are seen in the national hair magazines. "Basically, though, what anyone feels tike wearing today Schultz. D is in style," says After 119 years, the Opera House Catawissa in is still Standing Phdo by Stad by Wilson Jean Sicinski Lucianno Pavarotti. Beverly None of them sang Sills. in Catawissa. know, there was no opera in the Enrico Caruso. In fact, as far as we Opera House. According Although the building contains no evidence of an opera, a variety of activities including small businesses, meetings, plays, and movies were held there. The Opera House, built in 869 by the Sharpless Estate was originally intended to be a Masonic building. Years later it developed into a band hall, and was renamed 1 on January 16, 1889, to Opera House. Although no operas were performed there, several outstanding live dramas were, including a traveling troupe of actors performing the national hit Uncle Tom's Cabin n890;.T7ie legendary building also housed the .shows Great Engle Clock(\H9()) and Ten Nights in a Bar Shows and plays continued to be performed when it became a movie theater. (1891;. With the influx of movie activities, g(x;rs until and flourishing up shop. An ice all in operation by Hazel John, 90, her graduation exercises 1916 of Catawissa High School were held She also recalls local meetings held there to excite American citizens about World War I. Fonder memories include making trips to the ice cream shop on the ground floor, then climbing to the second floor to watch movies. The third floor, says John, had Masonic meetings. These meetings are still held today. Expansion of the legendary building continued there. rally the throughout the twentieth century. Other businesses included a schoolroom for retarded pupils, a barber shop, an insurance shop, a store and a restaurant. Today Opera House is still standing and The ground floor holds classes for a special kind of karate, Tae Kwon Do, the middle floor is used for the functioning. storage, and the third floor small businesses tcx)k advantage and began to rent space in the building and set 40 Room to for the class of and Co., 1902, shop, cigar shop, and a pool bar were the following year. Ma.sons. still houses meetings for the O cream Spectrum THE Cn)olc got 4^0 years BLOOMSBURG instead oj^^^-"-^ Man UNIVERSITY prison early; let out of slaying of three FOUNDATION arrested in liries on ycors slash - t^' THE FOUNDATION Activated in 1985, the Bloomsburg University Foundation, Inc. has the It started with reports on crime. And the high incidence of parolee crime in Michigan. And ended by placing the blame for much of that crime on prison officials. Officials who, in an effort to ease prison overcrowding, were themselves breaking the law. It aroused public outrage and forced the state to make changes in the system. Changes that wouldn't have occurred if a few reporters at a Detroit newspaper hadn't been looking responsibility of securing private funds to maintain and enhance quality and excellence areas of the University. The BU Foundation conducts an active program in all information, cultivation, among and o* solicitation individuals, corporations, and foundations. The Bloomsburg University Foundation membership includes outstanding business, professional, and civic leaders from throughout the Commonwealth. INFORMATION Inquiries relative to the Bloomsburg University Foundation, gifts to the It's an example of rights can be protected public is how individual when the kept informed. an example of how a free press works in a free society And w hat could go on without it. To get printed information on the role of a free press and how it protects your rights, or to discuss any free It's press issue, Center at call the First Amendment 1-800-542-1600. If the press didn't tell us, who would? University, needs which can be met only through private funding, or questions concerning bequests and estate plans directed to: BLOOIVISBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC. OFFICE OF DEVELOPEMENT CARVER HALL BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY BLOOMSBURG, PA 17815 (717)389-4128 may be The Rural Outreach Program is designed to help Reaching Out who feel closed-in and isolated in the The door locks behind him, and she wondering anyone can if stop the hurt she feels; the Women's will the victims of domestic Women are brought to the Rural Outreach Program violence. But, because of offices to provide support to funding cuts, the future of someone knowing for so long, yet the that the violence jeopardy. can't continue. According to the Office of women in Columbia County received services provided by the Shamokin, Mount Carmel, and Benton areas. one as kind that comes from loving and abuse period. Millville, Outreach Program way is left trial Last year, 916 victims of domestic violence received $25,000 for the two-year program may be in This funding expires Jime Thompson, Outreach government, there are 3-6 Center. Outreach miUion cases of spouse abuse each year. The by the coordinator at the Many behind when the groups are held in their Center as a result of PCADV 's week. Transportation cutbacks. is provided when needed. The as program was in November 1987 rural one of three is dropped from the Women's where support initiated Women's Center. left communities one day a 1989, according to Florence Domestic Violence, a branch of the federal be pilot projects If this funding occurs Columbia Coimty's isolated victims of domestic violence might be deal with reahty left to The in the state, the remaining alone. two being urban programs government can't afford Pennsylvania Coalition in Philadelphia and help. Bloomsburg Women's Against Domestic Violence Pittsburgh. According to Center offers the Rural (PCADV). Thompson, each program state is funded through the our reality is that to - CHRISSY ZIMMERMAN The Case Against The Keg Two selling as 150 half-kcgs a it is Campus many as week; now years ago. Beer was lucky if it can sell 30, cracked down on underage drinking. Last November, the fraternity Beta Sigma Delta was raided by the LCB, and according to Dave Truehart, manager of Campus Beer. over 100 underage students "TTiere's been an increase were in the sale of cases, but there has definitely been a decrea.se in the sale of kegs," says Truehart, aren't losing this, as "We any money by but we're not making much of a profit." Weekends at Bloomsburg University were once filled with parties. In students return," says Mike Blass, manager of the state Uquor store. it is Blass says that too early to tell if sales are higher this fall than last Students have found that parties have become more "The social life at Bloomsburg is more laid private. back, people are just hanging out with a few friends," says arrested. Since the Tracy Mark Fabian, Beta Bust, fraternity parties Groller, 20. have decreased. "The 'over- also 20, agrees, 21 instead of going out to the ' crowd seems to be big parties, people are just drinking more (at the bar) because there is "Now staying in and drinking." nowhere The crackdown on them to go," says Gary Woodland, manager of Good Old Days. We else for underage drinking has forced students to more cautious and always do a good business, but since the crackdown on become find alternatives to large parties. Pennsylvania, BU's underage drinking and the fall. reputation as being a parly diminishing fraternity of Hess', says that But they have chosen not to do away with drinking, only school was well known, but parties, business has although,"thc sale of beer to hide changed since the police and the State Liquor Control Board up." that scene has 12 "There picked Dave increases is always an incrca.sc in sales when return, this it Hartz, when isn't manager students it better. - STACY DIMEDIO any higher year than last year." 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