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CO tents Spring 1996 Volume 10 Number 1 features 8 departments Behind THE Lines 6-7 AH Bones About The debate surrouniling the It best care for back pain continues Cutting Teeth A "Whale" of Uses The Not-So-Funny Bone Dog Bone Fact or Fiction by Joy Mushacke Cal-culated Health Back of the Book '" "Bone" Appetit Life in tlie Vaiiey of Shadow tlie cover A in Business ; Appetizers Back Croatian soldier patrols on top of a building in Zagreb, Croatia. Photo by Jim Craig It was supposett to be a sbopt trip, but Jim Craig found himseif in the miMie of a war tor three years liy Lisa Stociimal 32 Citizen Canine Is Rolling your dog out of control? the Bones Take heart, there Is help. by Kerry Collins by Cbris Kreplch 14 A Growing 30 Dilemma Dream Development by Lisa Stockmal 18 a Bone by Pamela Davis 36 to Picl< With 20 Taking byte out thie Computer Anxiety of by Alisa Trepiccione by Jeremy Powlus and Marli Steinrucl( Serving up Elegance 40 by Lisa Stocldnal Digging Up the Past by Kama Timbrell behind the lines an message editorial Dear Readers, The staff sincerely apologizes, to pick with bone you but I'm afraid we have As you peruse in this issue. We a this are Bloomsburg, also is pleased magazine, you will undoubtedly notice a variety of stories staff visited area dealing with bones, from their mystical and past uses, their ism students to submit use in art, to bone remnants from the war Our Bosnia centerspread tells country shattered by war. The photojournalist Jim Craig The second who first in Bosnia. a compelling story story is a feature part of the centerspread real story of a about spent two years in Bosnia. is a young boy's the war- torn city of Sarajevo, complete with his The a of the war in Bosnia is own the people there, and that is what we have attempted to capture with this series. While some of the photos and text are heart-wrenching, unfortunately they are an accurate account of a country and its people devastated by war. announce Pamela Davis, that last December and articles to us. For her winning entry about in the Peace Corps, Pamela received of Professional Journalists, and the opportunity cle to have her arti- showcased in our "Student Spotlight." As usual, the Our production magazine continues to undergo design changes. staff worked this semester to give the magazine a more polished and professional appearance. We are also able to feature more color than ever, thanks to a solid job by the adverfising staff We are pleased to present you with one of our Relax and enjoy, and learn everything there is finest issues to to know about calcium, dogs, archaeology, dice, and back pain— and that's just the bare bones. c^pi£ia^ Spectrum Our invited journal- $50 from the Keystone State Professional Chapter of the Society date. The "bone" theme, as well as the tip about the Bosnia story, was suggested by Espy resident Rosemary Brasch. high schools Bloomsburg man serving story of pictures. to the winner of our Student Spotlight contest. 9 Spring '96 Appetizers Cal-culated Health year, 20 million people Each from the painful effects of osteoporo- suffer Calcium can sis. bone weakening people let who disease. "I'm lucky I from find calcium Tricia says needs," mothers also needs to keep a constant supply of calcium because assists it blood, calcium body the takes from it the. on in life," up «, build tible she says. increases the risk now recom- supply, their says are usually the best source of calcium, but tofu, broclater adult years. bones begin to break A low calcium level or four daily. Graff Dairy products down. "The more bone mass you build by intaking calcium, the better off you are later 1,200 milligrams, 1,500 milligrams per day in order to you loose more calci- than what is being consumed, says result, is that 18 to 24-year-olds get 1,200 to After age 30, Graff As a Allowance Daily for pregnant or breast-feeding calcium per day. Researchers mend bones, thus weakening them. um be taken from her years drop in the levels will it The RDA for the average adult 25 and older is 800 milligrams of in contraction and relaxation of muscles says. If low reducing of dairy foods, servings transmission of nerve impulses, and in Graff is Recommended (RDA) dietitian at "Your blood level bones, Graff, Bloomsburg University. Calcium builds and fortifies bones. pulled bone mass and weakening her bones." The her meet takes to it is the mother," she says, "If a mother's calcium drink one glass of milk a day, alone the four glasses their if "Whatever the baby needs intake. prevent this easily pay special attention to their calcium also Older adults can be suscep- coli, kale, not only to osteoporosis, but also to all TUMS antacid chronic conditions such as colon cancer and tablets high blood pressure. But, pensive alternative to food because, it is never too late to begin taking calcium, says Graff of turnip greens, seeds, and nuts are calcium-fortified foods. calcium Expectant and nursing mothers should several detrimental health conditions in the with calcium carbonate are an inex- is better than "Some no calcium," says Graff -Danielle Harris Bad to the Advertisements Bone tell consumers to keep clean and healthy with dog biscuits. Meaty Bones, which has three their dog's teeth Meaty Bone, made by Heinz Pet Products, and Milkbones, made by Nabisco, claim to remove tartar on Milkbones medium are biscuits he says. also notes, "anything upon is the amount of these biscuits do have "You have calories in them," says (39 calories); Feeding dogs biscuits calories they contain. increase weight," says Leighow. 50 pounds. and large (118). An average flour, soybean include vitamin supplements. with some dog biscuits that veterinarians pretty good, but others are packed with calories over Meaty Bones also contain wheat and meat by-products. Both biscuits with scraping action will help out." agree calories meal, and meat and bone meal. can "aid in tartar removal," says Dr. Jean One problem 113 also has three sizes: small (20 calories); Milkbones contains primarily However, some dog Cunningham, Bloomsburg, who contain 35 calories Cunningham. removal by dog biscuit manufacturers "negligible," sizes, pounds, 70 calories up to 50 50 pound dog should consume about 1,000 calories a day, says bacteria," says Dr. George Leighow, Danville. The claims of tartar to 25 and pounds, and plaque. However, some veterinarians disagree with these statements. "It depends up for dogs "Some and tend are is to remember that Cunningham, who real bones, Leighow, because real removal or dogs. adds that as an alternative, "there are some low-calorie biscuits." them irritation to the intestinal track," according to bones "don't digest Whether dog owners to better than giving which can "cause as treats, it is While dogs may at all." use the biscuits for tartar and plaque important to observe the like the biscuits, some are, effects their than candy," says Leighow. -Kama Illustrations Spectrum on "nothing more o Spring' 96 Timbrell by Mike Altman Appetizers Cutting Teeth smell of The hunt, and A the salt water, the thrill of the the longing for home are few of the elements that inspired a a little known genre of art that represents bygone era of American craftsmanship. Scrimshaw patterns teeth and bone that helped pass the time of lonely whale hunters. medium of whale teeth were the most ed who sailors, Sperm choice for on The art is and industry, unique in Add itself to romance and purity of this truly American art form, and scrimshaw suddenly on more profound meaning. The reflect the numerous influences and carvings a perspectives of the individual sailors, each using his own of life Although mostly noted for its aesthetic rec- ognized by the horn-shaped tooth and the Useful tools such as craft hunting expeditions. on carved To the ivory. ink carving, is usually most commonly themes, nautical value salad ships, ulas then^^4\\ dominoes, impressions perma- violin The tooth or nently colored. bone then polished to a is bril- unusual its elements and characteristics, also holds a unique place American in history. This almost completely indigenous American art form hasn't been commercially marketed until fairly recently. Ship records from the 1800s indicate that although scrimshaw was quite popular, especially nities, there trade around sea commu- was no mention of the of the sale or a and keys— were also era is gone, reminder and testament of the American sailor and is alive today in a handful of of collectors Today, scrimshaw this unique artists folk-art. practiced with whale is or walrus ivory, wood, and even acrylic. The sailor's jack knife an X-acto knife. And has been replaced by to get started, only needs to order a scrimshaw of harvesting a bony ribs in the make buggy whips, and ribs, mouths of most corsets, umbrella hoops until the skirt early 1900s. The American whaling industry peaked its decline began when the automobile replaced horse-drawn carriages, and spring women's steel replaced bones in clothing. Today, horse-drawn carriages are practically extinct in America, certain religions, of choice in and corsets. plastic is kit instead except in the material This makes the corsets more durable lighter, and, according to Karen Acornley, Eudora's Corset Shop, Bloomsburg, a lot less dangerous because, "I imagine that the bones could be very sharp when they broke." -Jen Boscia The not-so-funny bone When you make a sudden turn while happen to be at wrong place at the wrong dme when a door opens, you've probably experienced sitting at a desk, or the the pain of hitting your "funny bone." one mighty whale. Considering American art. carved dice, jewelry, Although the from aside Baleen, the whales, was used to its natural beauty. its made from the mammoth marrow. liant shine, ready for display. Scrimshaw, were tems — including wiped away, leaving the pie from bone. Fanciful .^-ii^Sl^ <.!-^- | tongs, crimps, and spat- contrast the is spread over theU|/[f carvings whale deep-sea once more revered for usefulness than for in the 1850s, but at sea. —John F. Kennedy was an avid collector-scrimshaw also had a practical side. this The whale was technique and subject matter to reveal a glipse "Whale" of Uses that that the practiced and perfect- first unique accomplishment takes the carving of intricate is on whale a commercialization "Funny bone" is the phrase used by both children and adults to explain the elbow's unusual susceptibility to a stinging pain -Chris Krepich it when bangs into a hard surface. The area falls between the radius and ulna bones of the All Bones About Whether lower arm and the himierous bone of the It upper arm. This area of the elbow received nickname because when dog bone, a a trombone, "soaked to the bone," but without water a "dry as a bone." Unusually thin or a taiibone, "bones" in their field many forms and people are often referred to as "skin and functions are a bonafide part of language. When down is as bones," while their larger counterparts are thing, it its bangs into some- an uncomfortable "pins and needles" sensation results, often giving sensation; hence, the tickling is off" a tickling name "ftinny bone." This soon replaced by pain, however. The to the bare bones, termed "big boned." Some people become area according to the Oxford English Dictionary, "old bones" after "working their fingers to near the the bone." bone" became a pun. Although the word "bonfire" does not have any form of "bone" in its spelling, it The pain comes from the ulna nerve. The muscles that protect this nerve are not In the 19th century, bones present where the nerve crosses the elbow bone getting originally meant "long bone" and may have connections with the modern German word beinn meaning straight. Not only do bones unite to make up the skeleton in of a body, they many common "bone is found a bone to pick with having a matter to dispute, to pick" is is significant. were regularly collected and burned (bon in french) phrases. While "having someone" are also a something to occupy time. After a rainstorm, a person could be fires, now at good called bonfires. Make no bones about it, bones are an of the human body as well as was also tip named because its location is of the himierous bone, so "fimny just beneath the skin. So when hit, the nerve sends a pain signal to the brain, this area is sending back an "ouch!" message arm move away intregal part telling language; without jawbones, there wouldn't Despite the involuntary action, though, the be any verbal expressions. tingling pain -Joy Mushacke Spectrum Spring' 96 the still to quickly. lingers for a few seconds. —Alisa Trepiccione Business The debate surrounding the best care for back pain continues by Joy Mushacice n •^ fter a car accident in 1991, an orthopedic surgeon told Christine Everitt, would have 22, East Stroudsburg, that she to learn to live with her back pain; he said there how tion, techniques used Everitt suffered back pain on a daily basis. recommendation from a friend, are in preventing Bloomsburg, by different health care vary. Dr. David doing exercises prescribed for her condition, After a may providers was nothing he could do. Wearing a supportive back brace and methods effective the pain and reinjury. Depending on the condi- Ball, J. orthopedic surgeon, comprehensive provides back care ranging from conservative treatments anti-inflammatory like physical X-rays, therapy, pills. and MRIs to Everitt decided to seek out chiropractic care. epidural injections and surgery. Ball treats The chiropractor prescribed more common in addition Everitt's to office When condition worsened to include ten- donitis in her right arm and exercises treatments. arm and then her left shoulder, she was referred to a physiatrist for muscle rehabilitation. For awhile she says she felt like a When new was scared to go back to an orthope- "I says. Although she scoliosis, (spine curvature) of what he told me," she is arthritis, and lumbar rediculopathy (disturbance in the nerves of the low back that see hoping to avoid more back patients the affects legs). because they require at all very specific care, says the pain returned, she returned to the chiropractor's office. dic surgeon because of degenerative However, some orthopedic surgeons do not person, until she was rear-ended in another car accident. cases herniated disks, sciatica, lumbar strains, Chiropractic Ball. employs different care techniques to match patient needs, according to Dr. Russell Hoch, Bloomsburg. The method can headaches, numbness of chiropractic alleviate neck pain, the hands and feet, rehabilitation treatments, Everitt thinks they general back pain, sciatica, herniated disks, were the most degenerative problems, and arthritis, thing, effective. "I have and nothing works," she tried every- says. Everitt's story isn't unusual. Whether because of an accident, the result of aging, or the symptoms of a birth defect, millions Constituting the many patients in search problems. of back pain, and most are in search of the community choose method for alleviating it. Types of care for such pain are growing along with the ing it is number of people requiring and receivit. With such a selection to choose from important to know what each does and percent largest of alternative health care, chiropractors attract of people world wide suffer from some kind perfect among other ailments. looking "Multiple for other us of relief for their factions of the because they are alternatives to taking drugs or surgery," says Hoch. The questionability of surgical procedures is also a factor in care provider choice, as well as the "safer attitude of chiropractors," Spectrum says Spring '96 Hoch. There are a lot accepting then Any TV shows of anti-chiropractic on, but overall the attitude it much more is used to be," says Hoch. treatment regarding the spine has However, the multifaceted chiropractic risks. exam taken from both an anatomical and mechanical standpoint can determine the Many source and the cause of pain. cases require spinal manipulation, such as the Thompson and niques. flexion important to It is distraction tech- assess the patient's conditions to decide the best technique for correcting the problem, says Hoch. "The treatment is not a cure but right, a healing proce- body doesn't dure," he says, "if the heal won't cure." it Often orthopedic surgeons or chiropractors will refer patients therapists. In Pennsylvania, a be referred by therapist. a physical to person must physician to see a physical Their alternate level requires an in-depth look into the and possible causes and their of care problem related to individuals lifestyles. According Welk, physical therapist at Fran to Susquehanna Physical Therapy Associates, Bloomsburg, However, there are advantages and disadvantages to each, (chiropractors and orthopedic Trust in chiropractic always been as popular as it is care has not today. "Fewer people are skeptical of chiropractics today. surgeons) he adds. A there two are of areas plan— modalities, such as a heat, sound, and electric stimulation, treatment ice, all ultra- aimed Tradition of Caring Lewisburg United Methodist Homes provides the very best in affordable, high quality care. We continually strive to meet the needs of our residents. We • • offer: Nursing Care: 24 Hour Care An on-site, full time, comprehensive Rehabilitation Department which includes Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy. • Personal Care at Riverview Manor: Designed for adults who require assistance with their physical care but are able to remain independent. 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"The competition between chiroprac- and physical tors therapists sified now is are using As with inten- munity. first chiropractors, physical thera- develop a relationship with the com- "A segment choice, and a segment uses the med- model type," Welk "The treatment not a cure but a healing procedure." is cases for physical therapists are post-operative backs in need soft tissue of rehabil- and muscular skeletal without neurologic involvement, and "I to is whom start out with modality treatments followed The insur- •Washburn • Jackson • •Takeamine • Ovation • • Crate • • Ampeg Sound Tech • • 204 W. Main St. Bloomsburg, PA 17815 patient's may or may (717) 784-4224 not Hours: Men. cover certain kinds of care," he adds. "We work with other care providers," - Fri. 12-8 Sat. 1-5 says adding, "we do referrals to physical There is a work on patient place requirements." low danger potendal when in the care of a physical therapist. "Physical therapists rely The Costume Fantasies by the they go to health preference and muscle New & Used Equipment becoming compromised because a health care policy Ball, Guitar/B ass/Drum Lessons think people are by choose Music Center however. being more driven with increased weakness. disks, see may not be patient's, therapists or chiropractors based For cases of herniated to either care provider spine stabilization programs for patients spasms, and radiating body pain, patients St. The says. decision ance. right to says. Main uses chiropractors as a because Common cases pists ical of health care reform," he itation, more mechanically try to the in treatment plan and are treat- There are professional turf batdes modalities physical merging in are more a control the spine differently," says Welk. administer similar treatments. 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"It could actually wrong they receive the The average pedic surgeon ropractor is is patients if cost for a visit to an ortho- $85, while a trip to the chi- $25 for an exam and $25 for a A evaluation fee apist's initial $40-$70 Patients of harm therapy," he warns. treatment. X-rays are extra. with is com- sent to a physical therapist without a follow in physical theris about $50, up treatments. Susquehanna Physical Therapy Associates with low back pain average 6.3 visits, average Studies spending is $375. show month the Welk. that half of back pain episodes need care lasting a week or a Nationally 9.9 visits, for $786, says or less; less; two thirds, only eight percent last longer then six months, according to Welk. 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These were serious leaves problems that influenced some major farm- potassium are beneficial to root develop- preservatives, to soaps and toilet paper with no dyes, inks, or perflimes, the trend all around us. But this revolution olutionary for everyone. For going been natural-in a reviving Damaging their not is some is rev- farmers, for decades. effects to soil and plants and chemical fertilizers this return to the "old pesticides sparked ways" of farming. It in the 1970s and 1980s. Just harm connected with the overuse of synthetic method ers to try the organic organic-has case, method nutrients too quickly. ic and surface ment and growth health. how much synthetic ones benefit it, is debatable. need to add nutrients to the are already Mitchell, general and Edelman. The numbers on fertilizers how much Phosphorus and as well as heartiness disease control, says the environment, or nutrients Orangeville. Nitrogen maintains a plant's the bags of fertilizer organ- (10-10-10) represent the percentage of each "You don't element per unit of fertilizer, 10 representing soil if those 10 pounds of nutrient per 100 pounds of says Terry fertilizer. there," manager of the Log Bam the Usually, the highest percentage of mixed elements adds up to a total of 40 percent. Theoretically, there could be a pure with fertilizer all combining the elements would to 100 percent, but then plants too much of must be diluted with nutrients get the nutrients at once. "The a filler like sawdust or ground corn cobs so that the don't plants get burned," says Bob Eshleman of Eshleman's Nursery, Bloomsburg. One of the purpose benefits of buying a multi- fertilizer is that all three essential nutrients are in one convenient package. They are also easy to use. Inorganic because fertilizers, they don't contain extra biological matter like the organic fertilizers do, unit of have amount of pure analysis, or fertilizer, says is in the and microflora, says its fertilizers, form of potassium chloride, a salt that could cause soil higher Eshleman. However, in some synthetic potassium a nutrients per harm to the Dave Hartman, extension agent for Penn State Cooperative, started in industrial Nebraska, farmers Wisconsin, experienced The remaining pact that surface. farmmg soil states of Iowa, soil erosion. was so hard and com- water would just puddle Plants There are three main nutrients that and Idaho, where major on the developed burned roots. Columbia County. He adds, though, that researchers say the amount of salt in these Nursery, Bloomsburg. plants need to rus, grow well— nitrogen, phospho- and potassium. "That's what the num- bers (like 10-10-10) represent synthetic fertilizer," Spectrum says ® on the bags of Adam Spring '96 Edelman, products is "too miniscule to be a prob- lem." However, synthetic fertilizers tend to dry soil out. This fertilizers. is one advantage The organic of organic material they contain DILEMMA > and so the application of absorbant, is grinding fresh bones. same moister. These qualities allow the microflora are first boiled in to flourish, and reduce erosion. They also eliminate the problem of burn-damage in by inorganic plants caused and materials, fertilizers, is an organic fertilizer Bone meal derived from the the from animals processed for the kettle. powder form and has a The is third sold in and have from 12 are slightly alkaline, amount of animal matter left on the 0, Raw bone meal is slower acting and Bone when mixed with the soil young plants, and in slaughter houses, but they can also be meal in and restaurants. seedlings because of its benefits to roots Bone meal comes in three forms. is made by drying and its ability to ward off disease. However, bone meal has no potassium, and very little is excellent meal grade is levels are 4-12- lower today because slaughter houses are more efficient. Manure is good source of a also has smaller nitrogen. amounts of other including zinc, potassium, sulpher, and phos- phorus, is Hartman says. He adds that manure probably the best organic fertilizer. bulbs, and the organic fertilizers are as effective "Entire ic fertilizers result is and chemical a smaller yield, pesticides. who choose the organic method. For today's farmers and gardeners, part menu can Casual • Gift Certificates • Catering • • PNCBAMK attire Major credit cards Ample parking Come Casud • "EatLigHt • "WdfQns "WeCcome (717)455-6630 22nd & 309 N 80 after Holiday Inn N. Vine Streets Traveling South from turn right at (One 2nd Full light Rt. Rt. DINNER Mon.-Sat. 5- 1 Thurs.- Luncheon block behind Grocery's Plus 5 minutes from Wal-Mart) "Our reputation /or Spectrum tfte finest \ooi Spring '96 and in blemishes to fruits and vegetables for those Be prepared to accorrwdate • The and an increase your dietary needs." Counts. at turning away disease and insects as synthet- Where Performance It nutrients, However, Hartman says that none of longer lasting than the steamed form. planting A typical bone although the phosphorus bones during processing. obtained from municipal dumps, hotels, Green bone meal nitrogen. milder smell 30 percent phosphorus, depending on are meat is than the others. All three forms of bone to bones of animals. The bones usually leftovers a white though, are more specialized in their application. an open steamed bone meal, which is meal prevent the run-off of nutrients. Organic type as Raw bone meal green bone meal except that bones organic fertilizers makes the soil softer and service is unsurpassed in tfie entire area of the appeal for the organic method paign. Hartman philosophy that 322 East Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 a as (717) 784-3943 sion agent have adopted is up the used of prices "WinOageJarm very is and greenhouses. some who use exclusively one or the other, the of because they "Organic fertilizers last says. He Nursery, Davis mainly quick acting chemical fertilizers he 387-8840 release, are expensive. less longer because they but they cost a lot more," adds that newly developed syn- thetic fertilizers encase the nutrients in a poly much like coating that is water soluble, aspirin gel caps. This coating allows synthetic MAiNSTREET fertilizers to have slow release similar to their organic counterparts, another advantage over Davis believes, in the and herbicides especially on and really however, that fertilizers are generally used too He lawns. tries to soil, nitrate because it pure source of nitrogen, with a grade of a is form of ammonium He 33-0-0. says, phorus to the "Why soil add pot ash or phos- when it's already there?" Mitchell admits, however, that "if I had I choice, and money was not an obstacle, would go organic because it's natural." The synthetic fertilizers are usually like the ammonium know what much, keep his use to elements have on he adds. Mitchell uses manure when he has enough of it compounds, and you never nitrate, effect the extra the environment, it, but there never is to get the job done. At Hock's Hidden Heights Nursery, Bloomsburg, Dana Hock much tries to organic fertilizer as possible. use as He uses mainly a sawdust and manure compost, but ganic amount of slow-releasing fertilizer. Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 soil in this only needs nitrogen added. Mitchell adds adds a small the organic method. 400 West Main from Penn State-the rich in microelements, is my combination of the two. Davis have a slower Bfoonis6urg,PA1T815 not always a black- It is however. 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The mixture of organic and inorganic the weeds, yet is naturally slow-acting. and "the nitrogen doesn't longer, pear with the he first rainfall," stops It lasts all disap- says. James H. Christ of Christ's Nursery, Bloomsburg, compromises the two also because, "you can't buy organic fertilizer with the right consistency to get the job done right." He mixes slow-releasing inor- ganic fertilizer in to get good color and more buds on No his shrubs. matter what eration is fertilizer is used, mod- the key to protecting plants and the surrounding environment. Plants thrive on nitrogen, and they don't get it. "Nitrogen is care where they nitrogen to a plant, whether in the form of manure, or some- Hartman thing synthetic," says Hartman. But too much level nitrogen in any form will raise the Ph of the soil and increase its acidity. Eshleman says that "a true organic farmer would argue that organic fertilizers result in less pollution to the environment, but used in moderation, everything has it's place." believes that synthetic fertil- fertilizers "We about the effects the microbi- the still claims about gardeners izers are unfairly getting a may not the disadvantages bad name. know enough about ology of the soil to make any inorganic dangers or fertilizers," he of using soil between cannot be resolved with questions of inorganic unanswered. must decide following The debate over organic and inorganic the easier way-and Until for "natural fertilizers, their chances. 5 THE DUTCH ^Susquehanm^i WHEELMAN iPhysical^Therapy BICYCLE SHOP Associates!^ SALES • SERVICE • REPAIRS Mountain Bikes Cross Terrain Kids 16"-24" Helping people lead Active lives Multi-Purpose Rooftop Car-racks Rear-mount Car-racks Bicycle Accessories 410 Glen Ave., Suite 101, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Trek • Bianchi • Giant • Mongoose 59 E. Main St. Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Phone:717-387-2135 Fax: 717-387-2288 717-784-6524 1-800-393-6524 Spectrum ® jMI Spring '96 on then, themselves trendy the way," or using synthetic says. fertilizers taking for ail trades Bones once served as the tools A BONE TO PICK WITH by Alisa Trepiccione N THE PAST, "jacks of ancient bone given such Other bones, body was be for as a caribou," she adds. Every cultures. like skulls, were often used in prayer to use, special it broken when butchering an animal for trades" all in the a whether BONES SERVED AS THE forth prey such as call carv- Human buffalo. bones of any kind were often ing meat, decorating a necklace, or savoring kept as a source of soup. powerful magic. The and folklore In other cultures, ancient use of bones 100 B.C. dates to The strength nature of both them many showing human uses. of ally or the everyday needs of a when preparing food to hunt, they the Plains Indians after a would go would use the whole animal," Millville, whose Madeline Foshay, says grandmother great Cherokee. "Bones were used to make things, such as arrowheads, many spearheads, and scrapers," she says. American Indians incorporated bones needles, pins, awls, part of their everyday as frequently tied were made into rattles, life. with together muscle strands, to make Ribs were sinew, sleds. Shell or bones and smaller bones and claws were often made into jewelry, ornaments, and dice in games of chance. "Bone tools were the mainstay of prehistoric Wymer, at cultures," says associate professor Bloomsburg University. ied the Dr. of past Dee Anne of anthropology Wymer has stud- sites that hold civilizations. She has bones from archeological history found bones from the Hopewell time period (100 B.C.-400 A.D.), and during excavations some of the earliest in the In 930s. 1 bones found included elk, and on public deer, turkey, turtle, mammal similar to an elephant, in Ohio in 1990 showed how American handled the butchering of the tools were used to butcher the mastodon, since the joints," says we found cut marks Wymer, who in discovered of the mastodon bundled up and placed in the ground for meat storage. Many in humans were their heads were kept There was even a sacred of city capital the saw spiritual civilizations ized the respect for animals that tures had, as seen when food was to a slain animal's body "There are also molded He many cul- "offered" as respect to the the spirits of animals, says Foshay. "If a seal a drink of water. Also, no bone was allowed to be Spectrum Spring '96 life-like," to says this and make them Minderhout. was part of a which they could "talk" to their ancestors who would "help" them. "This ritual in was done by the Manus culture of New The bones of children were frequently robbed from their graves by sorcerers in Haiti, who used them as part of their magic potions. "It was a a psychological says was offered handful of cultures on them emphasizes that careful not to offend killed," she says, "it clay faces appear more signif- "creator." The Eskimos were a that kept the skulls of their ancestors Guinea," he adds. icance in bones. Their treatment symbol- was rack skull Wymer's discovery of a mastodon, an parts display. region, and Tenochtitlan. fish. mammal. "Stone Aztec the sacrificed to gods, extinct Indians Bloomsburg at University. (Courtesy of BU Anthropology Department) full-blooded a is skull as a trophy, anthropology professor A Shaman's Mask (native priest) found in a burial mound in Oliio American Indians commonly "When and the head tive clothing. hunt. a according to Dr. David Minderhout, everything from basic meals to decora Early someone from kill neighboring tribe and collect society for survival. This included used bones impor- New Guinea head- tance. One bones, dieir hunters would tradition- gives the earliest uses was efficiency, human with and and animal bones were employed rituals way for sorcerers to gain advantage over people," Minderhout. Bones also had a role in cultural super- According to Delaware folk medipeople believed that if someone burns stition. cine, the bones of an animal, then that person's bones will One ache. story said tliat the bones of a snake are poisonous and must be buried so that they are not stepped on. Another such tale discussed bones, "special" "knowledge bone," which could as the cure a child with sore gums. In the Pennsylvania is German said that hitting one's "flinny as painfiil as the hung from losing Though in a their barn unborn will prevent calves. Steaks Chicken these superstitions are primarily show untrue, they SIZZLIN it death of a male spouse, and that a dog's skull cattle culture, bone" can be that bones still had signifi- cance well into the early 20th century. The tales the and other modern skeletal historical records civilization have given an idea of how system was viewed by different Although anthropologists uncovered a there are bone use have already lot of knowledge about bones, many questions regarding ancient that still SeaFood Fantastic Hot Food Salad Bread and Dessert Bar the eras. remain unanswered today. "In contemporary populations, most cultures bury their dead, so there are few Route 42 at human bones available for study," says Minderhout. 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However, bone china is not a typical collector's item because of mon as a Collectibles, wedding Or gift. Bloomsburg. if more comgood set of "It is people want a buy bone china if they can afford it," she says, adding, "Americans seem to be more into collecting pottery, such as Rockwood, McCoy, or Roseville." Kalison tries to get her bone china at flea markets and china, they'll auctions where it isn't as a dealer, which, "is the sometimes must go through most expensive way," she sell bone china by the place setting, which bone china and porcelain more musical sound are also fired at materials. The much Pfaltzgraff place settings it setting. go for between $85 and $175, but bone china line next year because stoneware is more popular and less expensive. Bone china was developed in England at the end of the plans to discontinue its one 18th century. its it is likely to the quality on so it contained when at least the and and at would be much more Kalison. A bone china superior to pottery both in fine- is durability, manufacturers tend to carat gold rims uses them. on all put more expen- For example, Pfaltzgraff puts 24 of their bone china ox knuckle, a strong bone up completely, allowing bone that plates, is and difficult flecks to be seen in Unfortunately, for collectors of these beaudful items, these are just a few of the reasons that the cost of bone china continues to soar. 5 PHOTOS COURTESY OF WATERFORD of translu- Spectrum plate remain in one piece," says Wedgwood body of the porcelain was made are pure white more ver- remarkably durable and strong. "If you were to Because bone china ness 50 percent calcined bone ash. Bone china and porcelain thinner and it. popular imported Chinese porcelain. The name "bone china" developed much can even withstand the weight of someone standing plate Calcined bone (bone that has been convert- match is They higher temperatures than softer clay same time, the bone china the ed by heat into an ash-like powder) was one of the ingredients the British experimented with to slowly. drop a bone china plate and another type of china plate the finished product. charges the most for a place setting, $500. more However, bone china has an advantage over porcelain since to grind prices are the highest, beginning at $99 for more satile for design. includes a dinner plate, a salad/dessert plate, a bread and Wedgwood that fades bonds, causing the china to be butter plate, and a teacup and saucer. Lenox's starting are also intense heat fuses the material with stronger sive materials into says. Three American companies— Lenox, Wedgwood, and Pfaltzgraff— all a richer, expensive. 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TheLessiq Marketing • Advertising 80 Choate C/rcle • • Qroup Commercial Printing Montoursville, PA 17754 • D. • 717 - i r e c ^i68 - t Mai 4748 M" ^' 5*% \ \- AM KA iO JjJjl Jj£^ 'js)m fj£^ jjjjiJs: «%igk.. %.^ ^'' L^ T^^^- ^ Oapfev' . -*V' ^"^^tfiW «» • % ^WW'li^^ r*% ^ r OFJLlJf' jiJjy .> ^#- ""^' Ki INTENSE FIRE IN MOSTAR, UNDER photojournalist Jim West Craig, Milton, remembers loud explosions going off around him, followed by screams. direction of the screams body my hurt, a boy's was running so hard "I whole hurt from pounding the feet ground so hard," he Craig recollects. went to Bosnia around first He Thanksgiving time in 1992. planned to go to Sarajevo originally few just for a some compelling photos days, shoot the in my that for his and return home. Those few days portfolio, turned into almost a week when the war shut the airport down. "I was scared just about the whole time," he On met Zeljka Vojinovic, who I knew that I had Craig became later meeting "After translator. family, says. his last night in Sarajevo, his and her her to return," he says. He went back to Sarajevo after Christmas. He stayed there about 24 months over the next three years. Craig entered Sarajevo as a sports photographer looking to branch out into other areas of photojournalism, and winner a as left he took of staff his a casuality own worked Mlady was a Images, weekly Czech publicafion a (Young World) and svet, photo and, with company Action private for UNICEF a He of the war. photographer for Czech of the Photographer of the Year honor for Newspaper Die a German Zeit, recording the devasta- don of the war with his camera. Craig was a neutral party in Bosnia, so he could go to about anywhere. just "On all met with people who were pleasant me, and I got to know many of them on sides I a personal level," he says. There were four main armies—The Bosnian Serb Army (BSA), Army the Herzegovina Croat Army BH), Army (HVO), and (HV). HVO," occasions I the the Bosnian Croatian found most of the armies "I fairly easy to deal with, of the of Bosnia- Republic (Armija he says. with the exception "On a number of was arrested for the sole purpose of finding out what my personal views on the war were," he remembers. Sarajevo itself Craig, who met is very integrated, says Serbs, Croats, Muslims, and Jews, but the Jewish population was in the minority. Prior to World lation of Sarajevo Jewish. Most of War II, the popu- was almost 25 percent the Jews were slaughtered Adorned with an army patch, a Sarejavian boy digs through garbage in search of something to play with. by the pro-Nazi Croats. At the beginning of this most recent war, leaders from the Jewish community negotiated with the warring parties to allow the Jews trapped in Sarajevo to leave, Craig says. The Holocaust and recent exodus has this Sarajevo with a Jewish left population of fewer than 50 families. All these people, despite their differ- common ences, shared a of bewil- feeling derment about the war. "Their war-ravaged country was once so beautiful, and they how can't understand so it much, or why," Craig Many of the says. would Sarajevans thought the United States come and Craig and save them, made this belief he knew sad because just could have changed probably it wouldn't happen. Craig had a few close in Sarajevo. On while he was calls January 27, 1993, —he will always remember the date— a shell hit his apartment building and from glass window caused minor tered a shat- injuries to his right arm. "The one that happened about later when a me in ricocheted off a bridge and hit bullet the chest. but shook me up really month a I was wearing a bullet-proof vest, was ripped apart and the force broke it one of my he ribs," says. Craig had only planned to stay for three months on that trip, and after the "sniper incident," he was having trouble concentrating on his work. "In early March I Bosnia with no plans left to return," he says. However, in the summer of that Craig was watching girl CNN. There was year, a litde from Sarajevo who had been out walk- ing with her mother, and they were hit with from an exploding shrapnel mother was spinal killed, wound and the Her meningitis," Craig says. save her. He of Craig's, to Edo doctor, needed to get her out of the "Edo went on appeal a was trying to but there were no planes city, "The shell. Erma, had had developed into that Jaganjac, a friend girl, CNN to make a available. worldwide any government which could offer assistance in getting her out," Craig says. The the government British responded and sent a city. "With the plea for began to think about still finally plane to help her leave in Sarajevo. Erma on CNN, my Some of them the option of leaving like I did not have did, and A woman takes cover an I friends that were I had during one of Sarejavo's mosques. artillery attack at man foot of a Muslim on a hit street, the result of lies a direct from a Bosnian-Croat rocket. no way and check how they were to call doing," Craig says. All this motivated him year, a few days before Christmas, while he was working for UNICEF, he was stuck in Sarajevo because of problems at the airport. While he went to Kosovo there, litde girl while the looking a happy so my and just to his boss that the girl didn't arm it tery," was cut off most of the time. lights were run by a car bat- was one generator to supply energy for the whole to put the bear in. tures that hospital, but was only turned on it during emergencies or for surgery." On that day, UNICEF teddy bears to the kids at "There was one litde I girl the hospital. saw holding teddy bear with her right hand. Her a left arm had been amputated at Craig Craig says that says. In spite of this, the elbow," ing that bear up and she looked happy. UNICEF suggested that I my "I boss from put the bear in her have another "Sometimes the picI at another hospital in Sarajevo covering a after number of story about the There had been a babies being record 17 the on the day he went there had been none. While waiting, a car pulled up in front of the hospital. "They don't previous day, but have official ambulances for the hospitals there, so this car wounded "I was an ambulance with just The I I ran out to get the child," he driver coming out. "They laid the and would not let me back just a table, in— they said was a bad time. it of the car carried one boy When he later told his in Zagreb about the Craig to get seemed he says. "My and Spectrum to the nurse Spring '96 told it was appro- way for the organization," me to just take the Craig says. Afterwards, she appropriate," him away to "recover," thinking he had been traumatized by the event. In Mostar, where Craig was sent to "recover," there was a in her leg who refused to critical let little girl with cancer desperately needed to get to The Bosnian Croat Army her out of the city despite her condition. Gerry the head of office for the Hume, who was UN High Comm- issioner for Refugees in Mostar, thought HVO that the boy up and handed him He she asked why, her decide which ones were appeal was made. the boss she asked too vulturous a boss told let there was another in the car. Craig picked whole when like more money pictures, sent UNICEF incident, he said that he didn't think for the picture," Craig says. Craig's face with he had gotten any pictures. if her that he didn't, and into the hospital and then screamed that moment changed looked in his little Levi's jacket," Craig says. other arm, essentially under the stump, just That I and saw them covering the boy's a better hospital. about any- where in the hospital and help out where adds. a child inside," Craig says. was allowed to go could, so on child priate. "It Kosovo, Craig was she did not look traumatized. She was hold- was taking her picture when told I'm most proud of are the ones Not long born. was giving out He never took," he says. Craig says, adding, "Sometimes there who was boss wants to exploit the situa- tion." Craig didn't take the picture. Serbs control the electricity that can get into the city, little girl be getting a teddy bear, Hospital to get some pictures. "Because the Sometimes the this the back- radio in ground and thinking, "This poor is at Cat Stevens song "Wild World" played on to return in July 1993. That He remembers oudook. would let her go if a public "Gerry figured that he would write a press release explaining the situation," Craig says. "I was asked to take a picture to accompany the press release. I was really nervous-my camera would possibly save someone's life," he says. They never did have to publish Croats let though. The Bosnian it, her leave just from the threat of being exposed to the world. Shortly afterward, a local resident took man had Craig to a place where a by a rocket. All that one foot laying was me foot laying in the street is rence, it was "The in the street. not particularly shake just that it a seem says. it, more artistic, want- way as to he adds. Mostar was under intense was wasn't I more compelling, not just a foot in the street," entire time Craig occurreal. It "I but ed to take the picture in such a it sight did common completely comfortable with make hit up, not that a didn't was so inanimate," Craig been of the guy was left there. shelling the As he ran he had heard the boy screaming to where after the explosion, another shell went off close by. Jim Craig's (RIGHT) first picture talien in Bosnia. UN firemen hose down spilling fuel from the wing of a French transport plane that was hit with machine gun fire. (LEFT) No Man's Land The bullet-riddled Croat side of Mostar (West). know don't "I knocked me over, or for cover, but I was the if I flat my face with on wind knocked out of me," Craig He of force it unconsciously dove the says. up and went toward finally got where he heard the boy crying. Craig found some who had been killed man he found was an journalists there by the The blast. first Italian journalist with shrapnel a the size of a golf ball that head. Another had the fingers of blown third off, was and way like the his hunched a bear sits. "I knocked unconscious, so him up," Craig says. hit nearby, ders of of I apart. A over, kind of thought he was I tried to "When another wake shell grabbed the guy by the shoul- him away, and one The lower part of his his coat to pull his legs fell off stomach just dropped out," he remembers. Craig threw the dead to a shelter Inside his one hand stomach ripped sitting up, wound went through was man down and ran where the boy had been taken. their woman named translator, a wounded Vesna. Craig carried her up (Continued on Page 34) Spring '96 Y NAME IS VeDRAN. AM I NINE YEARS OLD. GOT A REAL CAMERA FOR MY BIRTHDAY LAST YEAR. It's NOT A TOY. I CAN TAKE REAL PICTURES. I USED TO LIVE IN Sarajevo. Now I live in the Czech Republic with my mother and sister. I My father was beginning of the war in killed in the He was Bosnia. a soldier in the three years ago, but I still Bosnian Army. That was think about myself dream about him. My father him was a lot. make on his I killed way home from the front line. He telephoned my mother and said he would be home soon. I wanted to talk to him on the phone, but my mother told me to wait until he came to us. He was going to bring me a set of binoculars. never saw I my father again. He was shot in the head by a machine gun. Before he is we buried. left We Sarajevo, because of the snipers. Last shoot there as is much and we a big lion. visited the cemetery I were not able to The visit for a summer the snipers didn't were able to go. At the cemetery lion is there to let everyone that the people in the cemetery are brave. been shot and broken a "(JWj little, "My mother and my my but he is still The sister father's grave." Spectrum Spring '96 know lion has there. Sarajevo'' Story and photos by Vedran Vojinovic Ivana at where long time Many Things in Sarajevo are very different now. moved away or have been killed. When we left Sarajevo, we had to go through of our friends have our army made. diers We had to walk very fast walking behind us and they were in a hurry. me and my sister, she was too tall. but My my mother It Did you know about our DISCOUNTS? was easy for had to walk bent over because down sister fell tunnel that a because there were sol- 30% Used Textbooks in the tunnel, but she did- n't cry. After we mountains. we didn't. we had got through the tunnel, We on rode We a bus. all laid on the floor so be difficult for the Serb Soldiers to shoot at us. my My on top of me and scared and was The their big Education Supplies go over the to & My mother thought that we would have to walk, but protect us. sister to My would it mother 20% Art Supplies Trade Books 1 0% laid (does not apply to special mother was very orders) crying. UNPROFOR soldiers make are trying to guns and tanks away from Sarajevo. almost every night. I see Sarajevo. It looks the Other Services of Interest Dry Cleaning the Serbs take watch the news I same as I remem- Video Rental FAX-Send and Receive UPS-Ship anywhere in USA Western Union Gift Certificates Developing Film Apple Computers Money IVIonday - Orders Thursday am -8 pm 8 Friday 8 am- 4:30 pm Saturday 10:30 "This is the statue of the lion at the cemetary where my father is buried." ber I it. some of like the UNPROFOR tanks. They look REFUND-RETURN POLICY like made from LEGOS. Before we left, we used to ride the we had to stop because the snipers would shoot at the trams. They shot and killed a woman that was standing next to my mother. My mother came home with blood on her and it they are trams, but me scared and my sister, but my mother was not burn also. The winter before we we had money said a it for firewood. was best for us to normal My left leave. I liked my mother worked and Sarajevo, but my mother Sarajevo, You must have your receipt. Books must be returned within 10 days of purchase. 3. You must have a signed 1 2. ' Drop-Add form. hurt. The first winter of the war was very bad. My mother burned most of our furniture, old shoes and some of our old toys to keep us warm. I gave my mother the front to my toy cabinet to am -2:30 pm She said that she wants us to have 4. Bool< must be in same condition os v^hen purchased. The University Store repurchases textbooks adopted for the upcoming semester at 55% of the retaii price. Textbooks needed for inventory may be purchased by Missouri Book not life. aunt left Sarajevo and came to live with us last was the best Christmas present for me. My grandin Sarajevo. We miss them very much. Christmas. It parents are still Spectrum Spring '96 Company market at the prevaiiing price. StudBnt Spotlight Dream Development two years, Dave Washburn educated Sabana Cruz villagers. But what they For taught him will affeet him forever. by Pamela Davis admits. Although he was in a "great As CHILDREN, MOST PEOPLE dream of what they want to be or what they want to do when they grow up. For David Washburn, a 1988 graduate of ^ dream; just fulfilling a it time to learn about himself very also was "It -' -'" '"^^^^W er nf^ "^^PhMb^^^^^ ^^^[^^SsJUPPI W'^^hHR^Bt jjiIbIhI culture, and border. options station three and in without he had electricity, a small solar panel light bulbs a personal stereo. Sabana Cruz, Teachers Association Parent (PTA) to improve Before traveling in Sabana Cruz was working with the local the a their schools. He acted as an advisor to the community m the govern- soliciting money from Wash- Dominican ment for the Washburn underwent burn also traveled with the school's in to the Secretary During and technical education. After three months, traveled to a village a volunteer to is COURTESY OF DAVE WASHBURN that the be assigned. An place a request for contact a is volunteer made with is sent. important part for our element of volunteer success support," says materials to build desks is involved in another large a repre- Because Sabana Cruz "The most part of the move was the loneliness, Washburn Spectrum is and fences, money that was later and commuput into his assignment, community in the Washburn was also project with a nearby village. middle of a desert, the only drink- community was rain water, collected in "aljibes" (al-HE-bays). Aljibes are made of a half side of corrugated zinc roof with gutters made of zinc and PVC (poly vinyl chlorides) tubing water in the community Washburn. The hardest the and bookcases. Although not part of application describing the needs of the from the Peace Corps before work with paint the school, saving the nity community must community must be completed, then his repair the latrines where he would the guidelines that the Peace Corps stresses of Education. school, another organization helped Washburn spend the next two years. One of meal program. president to deliver the grant proposal months of intensive training on language and including sentative and Washburn was not which allowed him three to focused cultural 45 minutes from the is the village Republic, It though; available. are educational aspect. his located in a is of the Dominican Washburn's assignment while Washburn was involved with small Washburn. completely Within the Peace Corps many to other Peace Corps vol- running water. share to I other Republic, two hours from the Haiti was with people here. different with contact region desert a my own cul- nearest village with electricity home experiences wasn't were times when Sabana Cruz says. American share the craved unteers," says of people around the world, to bring "It '^here Americans, The Peace Corps has three main goals: to help improve the lives ^^^ really important for personal development," he American. ^"''^ At'x Bloomsburg High School, his dream was to join the Peace Corps. In August 1993, Washburn fulfilled his dream, but it was more than ^.^^^j^^^^^.^^ contact with anoth- jd^^^^'^^^HI^^B ^m community," he often found "'^'^ "'^!^kA,..^^k @ Spring '96 and ing, large water runs cement down and then into ters built, The cisterns. increasing Aljibes were cisterns. potable water the 40,000 gallons in the two The most important burn acted mainly as by villages. part of this project was the community involvement. Wash- an advisor to the two community groups throughout struction of the aljibes. gifts," says rain the zinc roof into the gut- con- the "We're not giving Washburn. "We're giving infor- mation and technical knowledge on how complete projects." When Washburn to left the Dominican Republic, plans were being made for the construction of two hundred aljibes throughout the country. Looking back, Washburn believes that he benefited from his experience in ways. many "The experience helped expand world view," he differently now, says. I "I have perspective because of look at my things a totally different how my time in the Dominican Republic affected my life." Though the Peace Corps will remain an unforgettable part of his life, Washburn knows that it is not for everyone. It is a step that requires a tremendous amount of forethought. "You don't really find out if it's for you until you do it," he says, and many volunteers don't discover themselves until they've started training. Editor's note: at Bloomsburg first name ^ ^ ^W is a sophomore School. In addition to her Getona ^, ^ ' friendly people on breakfast, lunch, in Magee's Main Street inn 20 Spectrum graduation^ staff and dinner menus • a varied selection of delicious snacks • tempting sandwiches and accompaniments Get on a la^ XRIDI pursue a career in journalism upon At Harry's Grille, you'll feel welcome in the casually relaxed atmosphiere of one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's finest restaurants. Everything about Harry's Grille aims to please: basis ^ first name basis with Harry's Grille! West Main Street Bioomsburg, PA 17815 (717) 784-3500 ® ^ff news- Red and White, Pamela also plays tennis and softball and participates in the band, the chorus, and the pit orchestra. She plans to paper, the Pamela Davis High BHS position as a features reporter on the Spring your dog out of )ntrol? Take heart, there ^« help. Is citizen Canine by Kerry A. Collins dogs learning to behave themselves. "Dog problems are people problems," she says. Veterinarians are also pleased with the pro- gram because it allows for easier handling of the dog during examinations and hospitalization. "The program tests an animal's sociability," says Dr. John Shonis, "It helps the a Danville veterinarian. animal mingle better with other animals as well as humans," he RAINING A DOG TO BEHAVE IN PUBLIC IS sometimes the hardest thing for an owner to do. Walking through crowded dogs to may and perhaps even stand pull, place, afraid areas in one training dogs to be well A new mannered allows dogs to behave in public and not be restricted by strong obedience Established non-profit organization, being around people. The them events they of would encounter mem- settings," according to an Animal- Vues pamphlet. Sherry Carpenter, Bloomsburg, columnist for in a public place. stranger without showing signs of resentment pets into contact with other pets and small group to or shyness and not trying to break free from the CGC "promotes safe animal and in large easier a handler behavior in stressful situations bringing and humans also the tests include accepting a friendly stranger a variety is training involved for the dogs requires owner. Other of society. "It to be able to handle different sequences or sored and approved by the American Kennel bers fear their teeth," he says. Canine Good Citizen Program (CGC), sponClub, helps dogs become well mannered are less like- from "white coat" syndrome, a the 1985 by Animal- Vues, in educational says. CGC members of doctors, says Shonis, and the dogs are used to Some of training. that are ly to suffer examine of what's around them. This no longer has to be a problem. way of cause Dogs Dog World magazine, and promoter of the leash, may tests include sitting so a friendly pet them, walking on a loose walking through a crowd without being intimidated, and reacting politely around other dogs. Dogs who receive CGC standing usually more public places because they aren't as aggressive. Dogs usually bred to be protectors will not attack someone who comes near the owner with friendly intentions. They find themselves in program, believes that owners need to learn merely stand between the stranger and the owner how just to let to handle their dogs in addition to the Spectrum Spring '96 him or her know that they're around. Another aspect of CGC behave when the owner someone training to teach the is around, or isn't if the dog dog how to is left with The dogs learn to sit with patience and wait for their owners to return. They don't whine and bark while the owner is in a store or is away for a period of time. else. CGC humane They can become FOUNmnON^ special for children or older adults in nursing homes. "The dogs that go to nursing homes are able to handle the The Foundation differ- them without panicking or attackwheelchair rolls over the dog's paw he won't ent smells and activity around ing," says Shonis. "If a bite the person," The Fund Activated in 1985, The Bloomsburg he adds. for Animals, a and treatment of animals, group concerned with the education believes programs University Foundation, Inc. has the key understand responsibility for securing private funds that educational should put their emphasis on the basics. "It's crucial to dogs and allow them to be dogs so they can be more easily grated with families," says mal BLQCMSBURG dogs are also able to take roles in therapy situations, education, and school programs. companions CGC THE \ issues at the companion dogs Fund Kim Sturla, director inter- to of companion ani- for Animals. "It's also important to educate maintain and enhance quality and excellence in all areas of the University. to get along with each other," she adds. Currently, there are 500,000 dogs nationwide that have certificates for The Foundation conducts completing the program. new program, dogs are going to gain access to many new places. The owners who have only their dogs for company and protection will enjoy the new freedom they will have to bring the With this program solicitation dogs along with them. For more information on this program, contact the 233-9780 or Animal-Vues at (717) 784-0374. AKC at a diversified of information, cultivation, among corporations, and individuals, businesses, and foundations. Its many (909) 5 services include providing assistance in establishing scholarships, av^ards, memorials and special project funds, estate planning, Membership in the and bequests. Foundation includes outstanding business, professional, and civic leaders from throughout the Many participants of students, are state. BU alumni, parents and friends and long-time supporters of the school. For Information Any inquiries about gift opportimities, planned gifts, andfund-raising activities at Bloomsburg University shoidd be directed to: BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION The Development Center 400 East Second Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815-1301 Sabrina and Tracer participate CGC's puppy Telephone: (717) 389-4128 in Icindergarten. Spectrum ® Spring '96 Bosnia would bring them expensive. Craig and they would trade (Continued from Page 27) it sugar, for firewood. If he Republic to petition the fly out. "But UN to let the kids school year got closer as the would have didn't come, they wouldn't eat. Coffee was we about 150 marks per kilo ($75 for two through the tunnel that the Bosnian a ladder to an ambulance. All this happened while he was supposed to be relaxing and pounds), a chocolate bar was about $8, a had dug under the airport," he recovering from his "trauma" in Sarajevo. itarian aid provided barely work All this for UNICEF always enjoyable for Craig. more ten times all about Europe the pictures he took as advertisements for the orga- had to serve It costs It to feed a child in than in Africa, so nization. was not was a competition for funding where the most compelling pictures got the most donations, and Craig was uncomfortable with that. "I was encouraged to take pictures mainly of blonde-haired, blue-eyed bottle physical who donated most of the funds, and "were more money likely to give to kids that look like their neigh- bors," Craig says. "This was was the reality of working for some of the aid organizations in former Yugoslavia," he adds. With the assignment in finished, Craig Mostar almost took a short break in Rome, bad for the people I stayed with in Sarajevo," says Craig. Everything Craig live," knew from their prize possessions for a cial, The like city the shelter "My was full of the big interpreter out of the city," was so and High Speed Copy Center Printing Laser Typesetting & Layout Collating & Binding Folding/Numbering/Dye Cutting Laminating Personalized Service Free Pick-up & Delivery Free Color Inks 1301 (Route New 1 1 Berwick Hwy in front of K-r\/lart) Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (717)389-9910 spite For the younger ones, the war didn't to affect them known Craig says. Kids in Sarajevo as badly. In cases their life. was normal to them. The teenage boys were worried mostly because they knew they could soon be drafted. Craig thinks who were was the older people it remember Route 1-80 my way day on mountains reminded Bosnia. It to go fly fishing, me of those made me start up driving in northern Pennsylvania old, it affected the was impossible to their lives over. "I can't go to school until they are eight years and she wanted her son in school before that. The only official way out was most war most of the most. For them, to get her kids to Croatia. of the war, "The Bosnian seem It city. On the says. influen- wanted Army children were surprisingly resilient," Craig most of the one and the in central sad to think of the who were just caught up in United Nations. "Zeljka had a press pass, the middle," he says, adding, "Some were so she could leave whenever she wanted, but retired to fly, and that had to be authorized by the even when the planes were empty, wouldn't authorize to get to the it," he says. government she in Craig tried the innocent people and just wanted to enjoy the their lives, but instead they all ended up ,0^^ 12' rest of selling they had worked so hard for just to stay alive." 5 Czech tJAPOLI PIZZA PIZZA Full-Service Printing In they had leaving their villages to seek them that finally took or been of refugees and farm- says. go to other side of the tunnel, they found a bus left Sarajevo had either who were Small & B&W the people he educated and talented had gone," Craig says. ers Most of says. seemed killed. "It sst Color for basic fraction of their value just so they could Minuteman A enough couldn't get her kids out because the U.N. and returned to Sarajevo. 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The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 requires federal agencies to take into account the effect their actions have and archeological historical sites. on Many states, including Pennsylvania, have similar laws, says Montour Since Baker. counties have Columbia and little state/federally funded construction, there are few archeological digs, he notes. Under these laws, federal or state any project receiving money must ask the BHP if its actions will affect historic or archeological sites, the says Baker. The projects must accept recommendations of the BHP. The Act was passed because the historic preservation programs were "inadequate to insure future generations a genuine opportunity to heritage appreciate of our and enjoy the nation," according rich to language in the Act. Spectrum Hemlock "but the septic systems BHP If a ^ don't work." The Spriiifi '96 BHP has to ommendations, but "there funding," says Baker. to pay for any own these rec- enough isn't The township will says Baker. have Some PennDOT, employ archeologists, including the make digs, says Laidacker. agencies, such as destroyed," says Baker. nearby, says Joe BHP. urban interstate construc- BHP the recommended, the project is Act was our best professional opinion," may be there rec- the renewal, highway, the Bureau of Historical Preservation because the project When Hemlock Twp. in to forego being con- their Others, Army Corp of Engineers, afford archeological digs, he adds. can Financially, "it's a tight squeeze for the who township," concedes Baker, solution best for the is thinks the or federal state agency to provide funding to pay for the digs. Despite the inconveniences the state respon- federal laws produce, they are and much of the sible for eries in the area. archeological discov- These laws don't cover construction that isn't state or federally new home funded, such as Archeological nonrenewable resources," Anne Wymer, anthropology construction. sites "aren't like trees, they're at Columbia County has of professor Bloomsburg ber of archeological Dee Dr. says associate University. the fewest sites in num- Pennsylvania, Mark McConaughy, associate curator of archeology at the State Museum according to of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. However, the county are sites that are located in the A fairly significant, says Baker. Hemlock Creek, near Buckhorn, is one of the most important sites in Pennsylvania, says Baker. The site, dug in site along 1981 by a private collector, revealed a flutedpoint, spearhead distinctive a Paleoindians least at by used years 10,000 ago. 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There are fewer than a dozen fluted-point The points groups. sites in fluted-point used by is later Fluted-points length, with a flake the state, he says. 4-5 site of stone removed from flat area groups were much smaller, only simply eats bones," he Another important inches in It adds. County to anchor the point into a shaft. Points used later of the Mississippi doesn't preserve organ- material very well. from American the middle of both sides, leaving a by ic different Native are east is site in the Catawissa Bridge was excavated in 1985 Columbia site. Adovasio, Mercyhurst Archeological tute, before the new and waste storage Insti- bridge was built. basketry, pottery, yielded The by Dr. Jim pits, stone It tools, and remains of in 'The soil east of the Mississippi LOCATED AT doesn't preserve organic material EXIT 34 OFF INTERSTATE 80 very BLOOMSBURG 1-2.5 CALL (717) 387-0490 OR (800) 55 ECONO well. a simply eats bones." inches in length, and were used as arrows as well as spears. as It spear, A fluted-point, used "wasn't something to throw," While there haven't been found in any animal Pennsylvania, animal bones from mammoths, mastodons, and DC/CB Ice- Age buffaloes have been found with flutedpoints in western states, says Baker. 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The area from the bridge to about two miles upstream "has rather dense archeological material," says Adovasio. While "known to be rich in Wymer, much of the focus this area is prehistory," says has been to the north and south of the area. The Iroquois and tribe inhabited the north, the Delaware tribe occupied the south. This area was occupied who "managed by the Susquehannocks to keep a distinct identity from the Iroquois and the Delaware," Wymer. This point" between natives and the early 1700s, says settlers during to escape the encroaching European "One of to first tribes Delaware," says Baker. moved and later Ohio River While for lack F.A.A. •INDUSTRIAL APPROVED REPAIR •CONTRACTORS STATION NO. 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But how did seeking an impartial or customized roll for on-line this seemingly simple, everyday sym- also served as the '50's teenage icon, a WHETHER IN AN ATLANTIC CITY CASINO SHOOTING craps, or at home playing Monopoly with the family, What car wasn't complete without a pair of fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror? Today, dice on the World Wide Web (WWW) for those game game of chance get such a mysterious and ghoulish name? The name may have evolved at sea when sailors, who embarked on extremely long voyages, carved dice from whale bones. The carvings both passed the time and created a new activity to occupy idle sailors. Today, the "roll of the bones" plays a much more complex, though subtle, role in our society. Dice have worked their way into the American persona, having long been the playing, or just seeking to test their luck. Commonwealth, but has key ingredient of family board games Harrisburg. State Rep. John Gordner (D-Columbia) like Fortunes can "roll the nation's American bones ^ be won or lost with a single roll Spring '96 role in economy. Gambling represents 4.7 percent of leisure spending. on state Pennsylvania may soon see the waterways with the proposal of boat gambling. The Yahtzee and Spectrum literally of the bones," and dice also play an important bill could run mean into river- big bucks for the some obstacles in says the bill is being opposed by George Clymer, chairman of the state govern- ment committee. The bill, because it has a state referendum question clause attached to it, must pass the state government committee before reaching the House. The bill will remain dead in the state government committee as long as Clymer chairs it because he morally opposes gambling, says Gordner. State endum lawmakers could roll the dice and propose the question clause. That would allow the Gordner says Gov. erendum question. bill without a refer- to bypass Clymer, but Tom Ridge has indicated that the bill should keep the refNo action on the bill is expected before July, Gordner says. If passed, riverboat economy, and could bill gambling could mean a $2.5 billion payoff for Pennsylvania's create over 30,000 new jobs for the commonwealth.^ PHOTO COURTESY OF BALLY'S GRAND CASINO, ATLANTIC CITY DICE GRAPHIC BY JEREMY POWLUS N.J. A Little, Save A lot! Drive Rt.61 Mt. Carmel Spectn Spring '96 Bank nf the Bonk '^ont ^ppctU ^(i(ick\j -jKjdin 3 lbs. of spare 1 bay leaf root 1 lb. ribs (separated) fresh peaches, pitted and cut into chunks 3/4 tsp. ^It^S of minced ginger 1 Tbsp. honey 1 clove of garlic 1/2 tsp. minced vinegar Dash of red pepper Place ribs in a 5 quart pot with bay leaf and enough water to cover. Bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Drain spare ribs and lay them on 14x10x2 inch roasting a rack pan. Preheat oven to 350 F. lbs. a sauce Roast ribs for 20 minutes. Brush ribs peach mixture and turning Peach glaze ribs, cup of celery 1 1/2 cups cooked rice 1 carrot diced 1 tsp. of parsley Heat 2 qts. (fresh or of water 1 till medium onion boiling. Add diced dried) chicken parts and Simmer for 1 1/2 hours till meat comes off bones. Remove bones, leaving the meat in the broth. Meanwhile, start rice separetly. Then add vegetables to meat and broth mixture. Simmer another 1/2 hour. Then add rice and parsley and heat up till soup is boiling. Season to taste reduce heat. and serve. -Dorothy Huber, Danville compiled by Danielle Harris Spectrum also ribs occasionally. good with pork chops -Beth Houke, Orangeuille neck, feet) 1 is and chicken. to a boil. Stir in remaining ingre- of bony pieces of stewing chicken (wings, continue roasting for another 20 minutes, brushing frequently with Puree peaches in a food processor until smooth. 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They JLstarted from scratch, learning that magazine editing and production is more demanding often we have a veteran production staff with plenty of experience and 45 new megabytes of memory coupled with a newlythan magazine writing. Fortunately, hard drive. installed 2.1 gigabyte The business staff also we Pentium 133 so advertising, circulation, the staff learned, this when we produce On the got a boost from our is and business accounts. As all part of what we learn a magazine. editorial side, we were fortunate receive a fantastic centerspread about the often cult life in Russia. mitted by The story and woman who a local new could keep better track of our pictures to diffi- were sub- has been in Russia for almost three years working to rewrite the country's esting look at America's fascination with reality tele- programming. On a sadder note, we also examined what happens to animals at the S.P.C.A., and what methods are being used and recommended to combat the problems of overpopulation. Finally, we are pleased to announce once again that Spectrum was the recipient of an All-American award for the eighth year in a row. We -were also honored for the third year in a row as the top magazine in the Northeastern region by the Society of Professional journalists, and an article on eating disorders from Winter 1995 was named the best non-fiction article in the region. We also took Gold Medalist honors from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. So, on that note, turn the page, and the new staff will show you what they have done to help Spectrum, do what it does best: cover the issues and people of Columbia and Montour counties. vision laws. Other bright editorial spots include articles about researching your family history, a local family who spices up the kitchen Cajun style, and an intercivil f^'96 ~ cT^^ '^7 ELEBRIT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5 Nebraska Theatre Caravan's / "A Christmas Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Carol: TUESDAY, JANUARY 28 New York City Opera' FRIDAY, Moscow MARCH 21 Festival Ballet "La Boheme" e^U {7i7) 38^-4^4^00 ^^ Bloomsbun UNIVERSITY searching for By Robert P. come out MY and Testament - I HEART! walked across the white IN tile Northumberland of the County Courthouse, and started down the winding stairs to the cellars. In the dimly lit basement I floor came to between a hallway cut lengthwise the building's ancient a will that hadn't about her: She was Bomboy, but there was no maiden name. She had died on October 13, 1880, but there was no hint of where she had been buried. The will named her surviving children, but it made no mention of her husband, wooden doors ther, were firmly closed. Behind the third door lay a small room, a scarred wooden table, and a bare lightbulb hanging from a cord. On one side, another doorway led to a room that was smaller and even more poorly lit. Boxes of dusty envelopes stood on the open shelves. I was searching for my greatgreat grandmother. The date of her death in 1880 was one of the few things I knew, although I had been had Elizabeth stone foundation and, at intervals, that I copying her Last Will me much told years. of the Register of Wills office after HOPE LEAPED many Bomboy my great-great grandfa- Abraham. The will referred to letters testamentary. A blonde clerk told me they were in the cellars. So I went down there and was standing in the dusty little room, carefully opening the cracked and faded envelopes that, after 116 years, contained the only remaining traces of men and women who once, long ago, had lived and breathed, loved and hated, wept and laughed, But 116 years is like me. a long time for filed on open shelves. box where what I was seek- papers to be In the ing should have been, someone, perhaps long ago, had misfiled or misplaced the papers of Elizabeth Bomboy. They were gone. Once again I had missed them, and Abraham, they whose names appeared on the census records of the 1840s, the 1850s, and the 1860s; they who were the only link absent from the trail I had so Elizabeth painstakingly own children followed from backward to my the Revolutionary War. In the 1970s, Alex Haley's begin looking many Americans to among the branches own family trees. In the Roots spurred of their past five years, the rise of the worldwide Internet has dramatically accelerated genealogical searching. The search backward that are, human that desire to is a part of know who we great-driving force that Spectrum humankind from the There may not be a separates other species. single person in this up not gazed world who the heavens at has on a dark night and wondered: clear, Who am I One in all this? begins family a history be a simple task. Put dow^n a few^ names, draw the necessary connecting lines, and believing that it's will it done. usually, an to other continents One across the w^ater. memorable scenes version of Roots connect to is American family is of the most in the televised the final when Alex Haley found moment his family's have known that took a dozen years of detective work, unremitorigins in Africa. I exultation It too. tracking tingly before down traced the I every clue, first Bomboy back to a small village in Europe. But there are compensations: • Looking back at one's own family can help give a researcher new insight into huge historical events. In my family tree I can clearly see a subtle, yet predictable, of effect Montana to the Great and, finally, California. • It's also possible to look back over the generations and see pat- terns of inherited there seem in my cer in it illness, though be no such patterns line. There had been no canmv family, for example, until struck to me in 1983- But physicians and epidemiologists recommend that families The reality is that the search may go on and on, as it has for me, and it may frequently bring with it the frustration and disappointment I felt in that cellar. The hardest jump, on look for patterns of inherited illness in their family trees and record them for the benefit of future generations. • There may be a philosophical benefit to pouring over all those old records of births and deaths. It is sobering and humbling to reflect on and death over the generasorrows that must have crushed those who had to bear them. In my research, I found a house fire long ago in Milton that wiped out an entire Bomboy family. We baby boomers don't realize how devastating sudden onslaughts of disease could be before the life tions-and the Hie Costv^me Fantasies Sliop by Rebecca Depression. Prior to the 1930s, for generation after generation, the Bomboys had big families. During the Depression my mother, who firms that she is still living, made a con- conscious decision to have one child because she could not afford more. Within two generations, the family name in our line has almost died out, because other parents also reduced family size. • It's fascinating to visualize the western migration, and to watch, Bomboy family's slow movement and fresh opportunities - to Illinois, and then Missouri, and from there to the Indian Territory of Oklahoma, and toward open Winter 1997 Designer to generation, the from generation lands 55 East Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (717)-784-4436 advent of penicillin and the wonder drugs. In 1832, an epidemic of scarfever killed eight let members of - grandmother, father, children, sisters and brothers. Forty years later, s-wift and sudden disfamily the down ease struck tion; my another genera- heart ached for the mother and father when I saw, written after each child's name, the epitaph: "killed by the black diptheria killed by the black diptheria killed by the black diptheria ..." . . • One other benefit is . . . . that I've met wonderful people and heard their amazing stories. I was studying records at the Columbia County Genealogical Society in Orangeville by the name of Ohl to find families (Elizabeth Bomboy's maiden name was probably Ohl, although I can't confirm it.) One of the volunteers at the genealogical society shyly told me -4 that he was related to the Robert Bomboy and his family in 1980. At LIBERTY CHEVROLET - GEO - CADILLAC GREENWOOD FRIENDS SCHOOL, you'll find... developmentally appropriate preschool and kindergarten. ...cooperative learning ...a 420 CENTRAL ROAD BLOOMSBURG, PA. in all levels. 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There in is L. Bomboy is for his glorious also a Bomboy Lane York and more than I now work Medical Geisinger for My interest I that time, only eight sisters alive. history my forties. By one of my father's in and brothers was still Before she died in 1976, an old auntie, one of some sheet family in was my favorites, had clues tantalizing of steno on a One was paper. "Abraham Bomboy and Elizabeth married October 22, 1828." She had seen the words on the marriage page of an ancient Ohl, was lost, the Susquehanna Bible, a Bible that working class line, from other branches of the family; from generation to generation, we have been apparently God-fearing, ordinaiy people, often carpenters and cabinetmakers, who same page my auntie had written, "John Bomboy, the were born, had children, lived out our lives, and eventually died in the hope of the hereafter. first Mine less a is distinguished At 55, I'm satisfied with the I've lived. I worked life for national Scott L. Smith, President Center. German Berwick. taught as the Public Relations Executive other stories of many Bomboys throughout the nation. The Bomboy name is common vivid New in I've in That Bible River flood of would have established the link still am On 1972. I seeking. the Bomboy to come try." And it was true. Over the years researching to this that I coun- have been I have my family name, encountered distant cousins who LOCATED AT EXIT 34 OFF INTERSTATE 80 BLOOMSBURG CALL (717) 387-0490 OR (800) 55 ECONO Dr. Russell a woman New Jersey showed me a tax were searching. One, also from M. Hoch (now Colyitibici from record Coyoty listed 1780. my a Township Limrick part of Philadelphia) that Johann Casper Bomboy He was the "John Bomboy" old auntie's note, later at • • & Family Health Care Headaches • Hip • Disc Irritations • & Leg Scoliosis & • Workman's Comp. Personal Injuries • • Therapies X-Ray Insurance Plans was able village in the electorate of On Chronic Auto Accidents I his origins in Schorbach bei Treysa, a tiny HessenKassel, doesn't appear on even the largest atlas maps. It is west of Bad Hersfeld and east of Marburg, in the area where the Lutheran Reformation began. It is from Hesse that the word Hessian comes. At the time that Johann Casper Bomboy "was born, in 1760 (his Sciatica Low Back Pain ^ijficult Coses Athletic Injuries • » • him back to Schorbach, Germany. to trace Pinched Nerves • Spinal Disorders Head-Neck-^houlder Arm Pain Special Gnifhasis • Pain • and years the Pennsylvania Historical Society in Philadelphia, Individual in of Facilities name was Bambey there), Germany was a territory of gingerbread Welcome Immediate Appointments Available principalities. 387-1450 499 West Main St. found, I detailed ^, Getona fust name ^ ^ ^W at the Pennsylvania Historical Society, a fascinating Bloomsburg account of the and Hessian At Harry's Grille, you'll feel welcome in the casually relaxed atmosphere of one of Northeastern Pennsylvania's finest restaurants. Everything about Harry's Grille aims to please: basis friendly people on breakfast, lunch, • staff and dinner menus a varied selection of delicious snacks •tempting sandwiches and accompaniments Get on a GRiim in IVIagee's Main Street Inn 20 first name basis with Harry's Grille! West Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (717) 784-3500 Spectrum army's passage to America from Portsmouth, England. It was a long and stormy voyage in a fleet of 100 sailing ships, and I can imagine what it must have been like for 17year-old Johann Casper Bomboy. Americans always refer to the Hessians who fought for the British was their prince, the Landgrave, w^ho was the mercenary. They were his subjects and had no choice but to do his bidding. As a result of that lack of self-determination, and the poor economic conditions at home, as "mercenaries," but it many Hessian troops stayed in America or went to Canada. Some deserted the British even before the war ended, many during a British withdrawal through Philadelphia in 1778. I believe Johann Casper Bomboy his left regiment at that and settled in Philadelphia, and he was listed on the tax rolls of Limrick Township two years later. time Bomboys All the more than America - in - 1,000 are related, because all of us are descended from Johann Casper Bomboy. I once did an article for Parade Magazine, the Sunday supplement had no Bomboy from Texas saw you ing: "Are My and it 'wrote to me ask- kin?" of line the Abraham Bomboy - Bomboys moved from Columbia County to Northumberland County between 1830 and 1840 and lived in Turbot Township and later Town- Chillisquaque in near ship, Later Milton. still, Abraham's son, Peter, and several of Abraham's daughters moved Wyoming north to the there in Kingston tling Valley, set- and other communities. Most of the family in has died out, with the that area lines ending in female children (so How Did Your Ancestors Die? longer continues). w^hen idea, moved I Danville in 1980, that I way, actually returning home tral was, in a an ances- to more than after I to 100 years. There that has a circulation of 20 million nationwide, and a name no the names whose many aren't my in family. was famous My wife, can do much better: she can count two distant cousins who were famous, or infamous. One w^as Big Ed family Irish, Walsh, enshrined in Cooperstown Fame as a Hall of pitcher for the Chicago White Sox. The other was Pete O'Donnell, a coal miner who was hanged in 1876 as a Molly Maguire and is still known family as "Swingin' Pete." Maguires, turned in the The Molly violence to to oppose coal barons who paid the Irish hardly more than pennies a week and indentured them to the company store. A re-enactment of one Molly Maguire trial in Pottsville two years ago demonstrated that some of the original trials had been Many gross miscarriages of justice. of the jurors had been Pennsyl- M3Lany What you doctors today encourage their patients to sit down and draw a family tree of health. That's because it's possible to inherit bad health, or at least a tendency to develop an illness or a con- For example, says Dr. Howard Hughes, the chief doctor in the Geisinger Health Plan, "If your mothdition. er or father may be had heart disease, you higher risk of developing heart problems than the general population. If your mother or father had cancer, then you may be at higher at developing that disease." can you tell where you, your spouse and your children stand? Do risk of How research. How did your spouse's ancestors die? How did your own ancestors • life have — do for example, living relatives your and your spouse's parents and grandparents? • Do anxiety or depression mn in your family? Winter 1997 or the life of another family if your take steps to reduce your risk of developing that disease by exercising regularly, eating a nutritious diet, weight and maintaining Alcoholism • Breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and other cancers • Heart disease, high blood pressure • • and stroke problems • Seizure disorders, epilepsy • Gallstones article about the Molly Maguires, found a jurors. list Among them was of the a juror named Thomas Bomboy. The melting pot is an American long a part of the fabric of The weave this country. so is intri- cate that, after 120 years, the fami- Thomas of Pete O'Donnell and lies Bomboy my And so tion come have through my Diabetes Obesity Depression and anxiety Glaucoma and certain other eye an researching story, What should you look for? Here's some afflictions that seem to run in families: • Dutchmen who spoke German and could hardly understand the proceedings. And here's an irony: One of my students, vania ideal levels. a checklist of Did any of your ancestors have diabetes, kidney disease or liver disease? How many? Who? illnesses you members can • What surprise research reveals that diabetes has afflicted middle-age ancestors time and again, you and other family • • may member. For example, die? • learn — and even save or prolong your wife and me. I continue tracing out family tree. Yet the still occupies over and over. there, together my I one ques- mind. I turn it look here and always hoping to find the last piece of the puzzle, an answer to such as the question: Who was father Abraham, and from whence did he come? 5 A FLAVOR OF KSW CRLSAKS PhiPs Cajun Kitchen uses a unique blend of spices by Steve Kleinfelter Miccio Philip WHILE VENDING THE CHERRY Blossom Barre, and Festival in Wilkes- Philip Miccio Jr., Miccio Sr., of Cajun Kitchen, had the experience of having caterers from Louisiana, who cook during the Mardi Gras, taste their food. 'They told us that we would fit Mardi Gras]", Miccio Jr. says, "They wanted to know where right in [at we moved good job for a onto Ridgway's and "I Corporations. got tired of working all the time and not getting compensated," says Miccio Jr. He began working as a laborer in the tufting depart- ment at Magee Carpet Industries, where he has been for the past 15 years. Phil's was the first to bring this we unique cuisine to the Bloomsburg The reason Miccio wanted to work Cajun food was because it was something no one else was Yankees." Cajun Kitchen is owned and operated by Philip Miccio Jr., and his father. Philip Miccio Sr., worked as an investor before he retired. Cooking has been his Phil's hobby to bunch of damn learned to cook. They said did a went then Sheridan his father Philip Phil's Jr. Luzerne Community College, then for the past 30 years. little bit different than the typical food stands that are at the Fair." Miccio explains, "My father and I had been experimenting with Cajun food, so we set out with the a assumption to give people restaurant quality food out of a mobile unit." One item that didn't make the menu was alligator. Phil's tried alligator soup and alligator on a stick, area. but doing from the swamp, but they come from a farm, like catfish," Miccio Sr. at the time. "We like to cook," says Miccio ""When we talked to the people in charge of the Bloomsburg Fair, they told us they wanted something Sr., it didn't go over well. "People think alligators come says. But the Bloomsburg Fair was a tough battle for the Miccios because of the amount of food stands. "The first year we were at the fair, people were going through our garbage to see what we were using," the Miccios explain. But now, Phil's has a themselves, and a large name They serve the Bloomsburg Hughesville Fair, Luzerne for clientele. Fair, Fair, vari- ous monster truck competitions, and the fall move-in at Bloomsburg University. They serve authentic dishes including jambalaya, crawfish, M gumbo, barbecue shrimp, Phillip Miccio Sr. cooks up his crawfish delicacy at the Rohrbach Pumpkin Festival. PHOTOS BY JIMMY MAY Spectrum Cajun Cajun Cajun chicken salad, sandwich, and boudine rice, rib (Cajun sausage) "We among our base others. business come "It his father both learned to cook Cajun food through experimenta- and tion FAMOUS nRSTS research. Though on repeat customers. "We want people to and offers have been made to market the four special sauces, Firs! Columbia will never Miccio says he doesn't feel ready. says. Jr. "Once you get taste exactly the same because everything to taste," says Miccio Jr. mixed "Anybody is it [the product] off the ground, then they like to sell The first safety razor in 1901. In it to other people," Miccio says. was patented by King Camp them from a manufacturer, same, but our taste is it's original," the he adds. Instead of using other's sauces or recipes, Miccio makes the sauces one simple reason, "That way w^e can be imitated but never duplicated," he says. for Just because it's Cajun doesn't mean it's hot and blend of the spices that Miccio explains that he is happy present the stage of the "You are limited working out of a trailer," Miccio Sr. explains, adding "one reason we don't is because we don't want to be confined to restaurant six or a seven days a week." "We do though it back of a is a pretty full Miccio explains. "People ask us about opening a spicy. restaurant, but it a a unique flavor. branch of French cooking, and is just a 'way to blend seasonings," he says, noting that he "Cajun is a we to at this point," don't really he your is First Choice for friendly and personal banking services and real convenience. FIRST Choice for automatic 24-hour banking at MAC locations. 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"I chose to never have a fulltime job and I always lived on very to little money in rented rooms because full-time jobs me no time and no ener- gave gy to of the landscape. with this sense of Savage says she nature, gained a "familiarity with being alone" which allowed her time to explore both the aspects Savage's Eterary career and love of to the natur- al helped shape Deborah by Lenore Olsen Savage Mainville, in became attached write," she recalls. knew was that it I was important to write and that was the thing that gave world and herself. The popularity of harness horse racing in this area and a love of horses of her life is another part that she carries into work. In To Race a Dream, Savage uses what some say to be the greatest her racehorse ever, Dan Patch, as a central element of the story. Although her latest novel. Under a Different Sky, is the only one set in Pennsylvania, has always been a career," of her novels reveal her attachment to rural living. Under a Different Sky takes place in a boarding school and on a neighboring farm. says Savage. This "All my life purpose, so guess I commitment This hard work resulted cess as a young Savage currently in it and her suc- adult novelist. published books: has four all farm. Savage says, is many of the farms she grew up around in this area. One of the main modeled after characters in the novel A Rumor of young man who lives and is a on the Otters, Flight farm. His speech A tudes also reflect what Savage of the Albatross, Stranger Calls Me Home, and To Race a Dream. Her most recent work. Under a Different is atti- this area. This character is troubled set in with a sense of wanting to go expected in beyond what he knows of Sky, Pennsylvania, remembers of his bookstores by April. Growing up on an old farm life, how to but he doesn't know begin searching for Spectrum new this Through experiences self. with a young from the board- girl ing school, he gains the tools to himself and the explore further world around him. In he return, the some of his knowledge young girl who is troubled her own gives have the opportunity. Savage also has close ships with her brother who ters encouraging. Her brother, Dillon, concert pianist in Indiana. in describes her sister Rebecca as a "free who spirit" Theodora, the main character, dreams wetlands biologist of driving harness horses, but State. and 1906, to work is were not permitted However, girls in the stables. she gains an opportunity to dis- guise herself as a boy. She experi- ences success and setback in attaining her dream. own dream to of following 'If needs. Both she and her parents writing treat as a serious passion, it they also respect "Nothing is it an as really a art and form. hobby when you're young. At that age, everyis coming from your soul, and you're exploring the ways of expressing yourself and the way that your deepest self needs to thing that's in in Exactly is memory of her of life. artist it,'" explains when Savage began it Abortion Services •First & mid-trimester abortions •Free pregnancy testing •Free birth control pills •Gynecological care being a constant part When began 355 North 21 St Street Suite 206-208 she was in her to identify herself Camp Hill, PA 17011 or as a writer. In 1992, her changed SERVICES Mass- unclear because she has a teens, she as an do HARRISBURG REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH works as a Washington your dreams. They the most important thing in the world, Savage. but lives JVIeredith "From my family, I learned about the concept of commitment to what was important," she says. "There was a lot of support in terms something she something she wants, and achusetts, said, Savage sees her write, not only as is She a v/ay. it sis- and supportive are to To Race a Dream, In relation- and two 800-521-7444 view of her career dramatically when a speak," says Savage. Richard and Judith Savage support daughter's their Deborah's English taught also father, interest. a University, after several years with the Saturday Evening Post. His wife taught and art in local IHair D>iail and inning Salon public schools currently teaches at Friends School in uarters writer, Bloomsburg at Greenwood Millville. Savage "They exposed me to various books and techniques in writing and art, but their influence is so pervasive, it is hard to limit it to one recalls, Specializing in: Foil HiliteS' Conditioning Perms Nutri-Medics natural and organic skin care Logics Hair Color Full line of hair care products: Matrix, Paul MitcheU, thing they did." Despite Savage's success, she never received formal training to refine her writing skills. She says she learned how to write by read- Her parents rouand commented on her writings and encouraged her to continue this passion. Even now, ing and writing. tinely read Savage says her parents read her manuscripts before many others BU Discount * KMS Walk-ins Welcome 146 East Main Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 784-4777 Providing our customers with a combination of 25 years experience! Featuring styling team: Dixie, Leane and Dennis Creative Nail Master Artist, Julie German film company bought the of the Albatross. This allowed Savage to film rights Flight to financially further her to commitment She her calling as a writer. remembers saying "Okay, is this to I've it, herself, got this I'm not looking back. money. From now on, this is how I am "Teaching calling. a isn't it is struggle a struggle, and enjoy, as I opposed to struggles with my ing which I do enjoy, or at full this life. She as possible in order to allow the Fine Arts. as life-like as possible so her read- For the last has returned to two years Savage Bloomsburg High School to present writing seminars for a number of English classes. She also conducted workshops for students who had expressed interest and displayed When talent in writing. Savage is not writing she spends time in the classroom teaching anything to do with writing. Working through freshman composition at North Adams State College, North Adams, Mass., she admits that teaching is not her Gjoucrnor the story. Savage wants each character to be can get to sonal way. ers "I acter, know them in a per- Savage is aware that her novare mostly read by young adults, but she never intended to els write specifically the closest thing I could say is that for are characteristics truths and whether they are young or old. When trying to show share certain I write, I'm the basic know age The author's attention to char- makes Savage's work stand out from many young adult writer's work. Typically, in young acter often adult fiction, nant, and the action often the is domi- characters dif- know the age thing. human beings, and human emotions," notes Savage. about." because very don't "I We is come from the same place that dreams come from, places we don't they difficult it to relate to her readers she doesn't think she ferent from them. audi- that ence. She doesn't find beings spend a lot of time on charbut where they come from, impor- at least as tant as the plot. a character beyond becomes acter going to make my living." She decided to go to Goddard College in Vermont to earn her Master's of character to exist Because of this tenwork, the char- flat. in Savage's least author faces, she cites the task of attempts to draw as dency writ- welcome," says Savage. Among the hardships bringing her characters to become Good human goes beyond and allows the literature differences reader to learn about the story, the and about themselves. used her local background and her love of characters, Savage has nature to aid in creating this type of literature. S Snyder LAtansion 121 N. Market St., downtown Selingsgrove Ved^ €^4^ (U>^>^z^:/ Holiday Hours Mon.-Thurs. 10-8, Fri. 10-9 Sat. 10-6 and Sun. 1-5 Regular Hours 10 to 5:30 717-374-7770 cal816 Spectrum THE PAS^ OVERING Tammy 7/r^/j Benscoter by 'T 71 oncost covered "TV bridges, designed for horse- "-,. -. JT a. »T«C»-^''!< Wt^Asi'&jfefejl m yeliicles, so they are open to foot traffic only. endpf winter the CreasyviJfe Bridge, between Pme^ Today, when most covered bridges are beyond aiid Jackson Township: the Jud Cliristian Bridge, repair, concrete bridges are placed over tlie rivers |\\/ and-buggj' Ij traffic, ; ; — and streams. 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Tptts ^iitnibia and Montour "'I III 'niiiMWuiiaijiiM Remote Conw by Harry Kimmel A RELATIVELY SLOW DAY IT'S makes IN III BLOOMSBURG, AND THAT Police Chief Larry Smith happy. glad Bloomsburg isn't like some He says he's of the places shown gramming was "COPS", produced by John Langley whoj professes that each episode contains a "moment of grace." This moment of grace is where the viewer at home can get in touch with the feeling of being on thei scene and the emotions of the people involved in the on TV cop shows. "Reality Programming" is television's wave of attack on the human psyche in an endless quest for ratings and advertiser money. Some believe this so-called "reality programming" could be detrimental to American society since violence and hardships shown on TV may desen- arrest or rescue. America through the television screen. like "COPS" on FOX, "Rescue 911" on CBS, and "Real Stories of the Highway Patrol" from Warner Brothers turn out action packed episodes of this relatively new programming every day. show sitize Shows The trail blazer of this new wave of television pro- show," Langley says, "we try to incorporate and thought issues. We want the show^ to be more than riding in a police car." Langley says he' tries to keep each show balanced, instead of just an hour long car chase or an entire philosophical show. "The "In every action, domestic is pro-social, and we hope that the audience; derives something from each episode that goes beyond the scope of the other prime time reality shows," he says. Some violence, believe "Reality TV" takes away sensitivity for; and turns viewers into apathetic citizens, buC Langley disagrees. • Spectrum , Providing Opportunity "/^ is only with the aid of academic scholarships that I have been able to attend I am Bloomsburg University. very grateful to the people who make scholarships possible ^ Sherry Eves 1995 Baby Bloomer Scholarship recipient funded by the Bloomsburg Hospital Providing opportunities that add to the quality education received by Bloomsburg University students is a duty held in high regard by the Bloomsburg University Foundation. Continued generosity from alumni, faculty, staff, parents, and friends enables the Foundation , many of to support the programs and events that promote excellence. The Foundation also garners scholarship funds to give deserving students opportunities to achieve their academic aspirations "We think the show sensitizes people toward real violence because they know that these are real people, and there's nothing glamorous about real pain," says Langley. hope it "This isn't Hollywood, makes people more it's live, and real. We how you can be a part of the Foundation's efforts to support Bloomsburg University please , contact: sensitive to the pain in the he says. "COPS" tries to make police officers look like real people, and less like the menacing horror figure that gave you a ticket and a hard time last week, according real world," to Langley. is more popular among civilians than it is among Bloomsburg police officers, however, "They solve the crime in a half an hour. For us, it just takes a little longer," says Chief Smith. If life had an editor who could cut the slow parts, guarantee a happy ending for the police, and put in a few ads for bleach and pizza, the real police could catch up to the portrayal they get on television. 5 The show For information on THE BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION Development Center 400 East Second Street Bloomsburg, PA 17815 Telephone: (717) 389-4128 One the Web at: http://www.bloomu.edu/alumni/pages/welcoriie .html at -^ iiw* ^& 0^ » «*'> aFFAiR Bringing Western laws to Soviet lifestyle km: story and Photos by Melindo Rishkofski [EDITORS NOTE: Three years ago, Melinda Rishkofski, a Central Columbia High School graduate who later earned a law degree from Dickinson University, went to Russia to help direct a new legal code for that country. This is her story] MANY FOR an FOREIGNERS, RUSSIA exciting IS and challenging place. But, foreigners are not well liked and are the target of many Russians' envy and hatred. Our success often depends on our The complexity of the invisibility. problems here and the challenges of never knowing what will happen next encourage me to stay. Russians are easily dismayed by many Western businessmen who come to Russia thinking they can so get rich without making any com- mitment to the people or the infrastmcture. We have a lot to offer to those who proposals. assured that of the Kremlin, Assumption Moscow we to be are really here to help them and not just to turn a profit for ourselves. Russians are not stupid, but by nature, they have a fundamental distrust for foreignbecause many foreigners do ers, not make the commitment it takes to understand the people and the traditions which are so important to them. This < Church are willing to accept our The Russians need is not a fault of^ people. After 70 years of the Russian Communism what would you expect? A grandmother is not going to be able to always count on grasp the structure of a stock mar- ty ket or understand •why it should be most important thing on her mind. She probably earns less than $15 a month and feeds a family of six. What incentive does she have hold the Communism, every to invest in Russia's future if penny she saves must go to feed her family? Russia has a lot to offer the younger generation who have the energy and inclination to implement change. Young Russians are motivated by profit, are entrepreneurial, and have an astute business sense. The prises, land, privatization of enter- and housing is hap- pening at a rapid pace. People are no longer faced -with long food lines or no food, but instead with an abundance of Western products which they can't afford. People find it difficult to cope because the things they could — • stable govern- ment, stable job, a sense of equali- and class trust in true. Russia has society between the — people no longer With the fall of become and the classes is a disparity ment of Russia's economy are those money to throw around the Mafia which makes the whole — — system extremely corrupt. Several Russian investment companies have opened to attract money from the Russian people, but they promise the world and then close up shop and there is no recourse for the investors. The robber barons of Russia are alive and they create a level of fear in those who struggle to survive. the People beg for protection from bureaucracy, and from the Mafia. Yet they are the to get first to bribe what they need from the gov- ernment, the first to resort to vio- to turn to drink to escape first from the country's failures. I have been three years ized what in Russia, the my I me first was to real- it. couple of years a legal advisor to Russian purveyor of legal pronouncements) and the President Federation (the all in Russia for nearly and only recently attracts During startling. Also interested in the develo- with lence to solve a problem, and the Russian Duma of one seemed difficult to I equivalent of (the the U.S. Congress). assist w^ith legal the official I was sent to reforms that every- to want, but were implement. was paid by the United States government, which created a strange dichotomy in regard to the w^ork I was expected to carry out. I helped a new breed of Russian lawyers write commercial and economic laws that work for Russia's newly emerging market economy. It was clear to most, Soviet law was outdated and unsophisticated for Spectrum the needs of a built on modern economy contractual group among relationships parties, and the emergence of over one million code which and long resulted in the defensiveness My first an new civil code that had been prepared by a group of leading academics and jurists. A civil code is normally something that takes a country over 30 years to develop, but in Russia we finished it on the the Soviet Union. My job specialists to ingrained Look for the complete director\^ in the Extra everj^ believed or accepted Comm- to radical, itself within the Press but few Enterprise daily. this. During the course of two years, introduced several laws into the we of Russian parliament, but the process was to was organize a group of foreign extremely Call 389-5777 today! It's fast, it's Most arduous. Russian law makers are conserva- civil provide insight on DAY Saturday and other tried to I fall lawless state following the .\ categor\^ selections unism was The pressure to comcode was driven by that Russia had become a HOLRS convey country so years. 24 that creating a capitalist society in a our extremism. in less than • dav with CTtylinE. of our Russian col- part 389-5777 The Press Enterprise provides you with free, up-to-the-minute information 24 hotu^ a leagues and reproaches regarding plete the civil the fact Y times ^ve were criticized for at task as a legal advisor fixed. is vCitylinE highest Russian government to evaluate the draft of Russia's is "precedents." law officials in the We adopting too revolutionary of an approach. evolving system of laws based on two of the draft. 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Bloomsburg, PA 17815 In the Market Street Shopping Center 9 am 9 - 6 pm Mon.-Fri. pm Sat. am - 1 784-9582 Campus regarding the legal needs of their country's future. Many still do not believe in private ownership rights for land and real property. The Russian government and its people are clearly divided. The resounding support (almost 43 percent) received by the Communist party's leader in this year's presidential elections strongly reflects that despite outward appearances, little has changed in Russia since the beginning of perestroika. There are a few radical reformers who push the limits knowing that if they don't implement changes return to the way things were. now Russia could The overwhelming majority, though, seeks to return to the way things were. Legal reform is more important than economic reform because without it Russia will continue to be a country lack- Few Russians understand their legal rights, fewer rely on the government to enforce their rights. Most agreements are settled through private enforcement mechaing the rule of law. nisms (i.e. bribes, kickbacks, threats, extortion, guns). After almost three years in Russia, it is difficult to the political climate has in store for legal reform. It is say what clear that President Boris Yeltsin and his supporters are trying to impose law and order. However, little is done to educate the people There are no clear mechanisms for the enforcement of basic civil rights. So far I have not been scathed by thugs or hooligans, but my day is likely to come. They say that every year in Russia is like living three years somewhere else. You have to be strong and you have to be brave. But more importantly, you have to to accept the laws. believe in what you're doing. The hardships we face take a toll sometimes, but I'm the ever-eternal optimist.^ Church of the Blood, Nationalist May St. Petersburg Movement 9, at the 1996, parade Spectrum show your Fall 10 am. 1 -bee-th bloomsburg 996 Program Schedule om ' f After eight years, Big fV ^ Brothers/Big Sisters is still making matches. by Jennifer SHE T. Columbia Boscia County as "Operation Friendship" by Sister Anita A ROOM AT THE Campus Ministry on borrowed phone and a list ST.\RTED IN of Catholic Campus McGowan Ministry. of seven As her program continued to expand, she decided to petition Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Bridge in friends Wilkes-Barre Catholic a children who needed and some adults who were willing to spend time with them. That was in 1988, and now, over 500 matches later, Mary Diehl is housed in a small office on Main Street doing her work as the head of Columbia County's Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. Big Brothers/Big Sisters is a matching service that sets up kids betv,^een the ages of 7 and 17 with adults who are willing to commit to spending 2-3 hours a week with them for one year. It was started in to form a satellite office in Mary Diehl had elementary Bloomsburg. been teaching school for 13 years, and decided was time for a change. it 'I started with nothing, no phone, no forms, no office," says Diehl. 'All I had was seven files from Sister Anita of matches that had been made," she adds. Contacts had to be made with these seven people to tell them about the new affiliation with Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and only one group decided to stay with the program. Big Brothers/Big Sisters is fund- ed solely by the United Ways of Berwick and Columbia County and a March fund-raiser called Bowl for Kid's Sake. Making the budget stretch can be taxing at times. Her permanent agency display is made out of cardboard, with pictures and "I could probably tell you where everything in our office came from," says cutouts that she fashioned. Diehl. Diehl is always more volunteers especially males. in search of for the program, "Nationally, we have fewer male volunteers than we do females, and I really don't know why," she says. There is an intensive screening Spectrum process for volunteers, including months residency, four six than he used adds Diehl. Big Brothers/Big to," Nationally, refer- work has been proven to ences, a state police check, child Sisters abuse clearance, an interview, a psychological test, and home visits. Another program that encourages college and high school students to join does not require the psycho- well. logical test. less likely to Private as Volunteers, was found it 46 percent of children with a Big Brother or Big Sister are less that likely to use drugs; 27 percent are begin drinking; 52 per- Bloomsburg cent are less likely to skip school; University student, joined the Big and 4 percent care more about school. These statistics come from a Czahor, Chris a Brother program for almost two Going to the park, playing baseball, watching movies, and cooking dinner were some of the things Czahor enjoyed doing with his little brother. "I felt proud to be looked up to by somebody I could years. help," he Diehl recalls dozens of times when having a Big Brother or a Big Sister has turned a young person's life around. She has one match that lasted nine years, and others where one of the parties moved away, but "One kid, the couple stays in touch. who was matched made nation that has 25 percent of for three years, A Full-Service Printing & Color/High-Speed Copy Center its children living with a single parent, Color which is one of the requirements for becoming a Little Brother or Laser Typesetting Collating Little Sister. Foiding/Numbering/Dye Cutting Mary Diehl continues tirelessly for the says. Minuteman study done by Public In a Sisters to work Big Brothers/Big program. She currently has 45 matches, and is for volunteers w^ho Tvant to & Layout Binding Laminating Personalized Sen/ice Free Pick-up & Delivery "Our work is elementary putting a friend in a child's life, hope as essential as putting she says. 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With a lack of homes for chain-link fence, animals are killed each year in animals, these puppies only experience freedom the sheltered may day they step out of walk to their death. their cage and Millions of pets are killed each shelters year because of a pet population that homes across the nation. exceeds the number of far available. Over half of American families own at least one dog, and one-fourth own two cats. The problem of finding enough homes for these dogs and cats has become an increasingly difficult situation. in shelters across the nation. Yet, people continue to ignore rights the warnings activists allowing their pets of spending instead necessary to of animal- by irresponsibly to breed, the money sterilize their animals. According to Dr. Jean Cunningham, Bloomsburg Veterinary' Hospital, "A tremendous number of people don't feel it's worth the expense" to have their pet sterilized. The average cost of sterilization for a dog or cat can range from $30 to $100. Pet owners in Columbia and Montour counties no longer have cost as an excuse to ignore the responsibility PA P.E.T.S. Through profit of pet sterilization. Excess nonprovides for (Prevent Sterilization), a local organization, the sterilization of up to three ani- mals per household, depending on Spectrum financial status. It ago years 10 was formed over by Bloomsburg resident Jo Wright because of her concern regarding overpopulation and the subsequent use of lethal injection by shelters to eliminate the problem. "I finally decided this was ridiculous, do some- let's thing," says Wright. PA experimented with P.E.T.S. money, but currently runs a used merchanseveral methods dise store on and Catherine to fund staff the corner of Fifth streets, Bloomsburg, An all-volunteer its efforts. uses donations from individuthe als in community sterilization of On to raise to pay for the over 3,000 animals. the average, the organization funds the sterilization of 50 animals per month, according to Barbara Crawford, volunteer store manager. These numbers are difficult for the you can't afford to have an animal neutered you probably shouldn't have it If organization to reach due to a lack of community awareness and a constant need for volunteers. In spite of the efforts of PA P.E.T.S., more than 6,000 animals entered Danville's SPCA in 1995, and over half of these animals were killed, usually within a week of arriving at the shelter, according to Clayton Hulsizer, manager of the In 1984, the facility's popureached 10,545 with almost 9,000 animals killed because of a facility. lation of homes for the animals. Hulsizer attributes the decrease in population from 1984 to 1995 to the lack SPCA's adoption policy. This policy offers a low cost adoption fee for the animals and, like PA P.E.T.S., provides funding for sterilization. The problem, however, has not been solved through the conbined efforts of the organizations. pet "More education for owners" is needed, says Gerald Clemens, a shelter employee. "A lot of people get a puppy because it's cute, and don't take into consideration that the animal will grow up and become fully functional, capable of breeding," adds Clemens. Often individuals get a pet. without considering that if breeding produce such pet owners cannot support. Even more is uncontrolled, more offspring typical are those it will that who absent-mind- edly accept a pet, only to decide later that they don't want the such dropping responsibility. In either case, people feel justified in these animals off in a field, on a street corner, or at a local shelter. They never consider the fate that often awaits the animal. 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