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The Magazine for Columbia

and Montour counties

Winter 1989-90

Vol. 4,

All -American

Magazine, Associated Collegiate Press
Medalist Award, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Features
6

Pinching Pennies by Gail Thompson Rippey
While the sky's the limit for school districts, Columbia County
by tax limitations.

Randy Mausteller

Old

20

„,

lives for the checlcered flag.

cars don't die, they just

go

faster.

Resurrected Goat by Jim Roberts
This '67

22

GTO is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Ready,
It's

Set,

Go-Carts by Gina Vicario

not the Indy 500, but Wolfey's 1/6 brings out the competitiveness of

Columbia County

residents.

Beaming Down

.

.

.

by Jim Roberts

Like something out of Star Trek,

34

^

Hometown Hot-Rods byTedKistler

14

30

grounded

Driven by Kelly Monilz

12

26

is

modem cars

Piece by Piece by Jim Roberts
Modular homes are coming together

in

have 'warped' to rave reviews.

Columbia County.

Against All Odds by Gail Thompson Rippey

Taking

'heal thyself to heart,

Berwick man struggles

to

overcome

his disability.

ABOUT THE COVER:
Three of the better local

rods— (top to
bottom) 1935Stucle-

Departments

boker, 1930 Ford, 1927

4

Behind the Lines

5

The Cutting Edge

street

Model

T

pick-up— strut

their stuff.
Photos by Jim Bettendorf

Winter 1989-1990

38

—Tuning
Back of the Book —Happy

in to

Trails

Your Body; Bag Your Troubles by Jodi Hennion
by Lea Lappin

No.

l

BEHIND THE LINES

o^mAimm
Winter 1989-90

^^ars

have been an American hobby
almost since they were invented. However,
there was no real "movement" in the art until
the '50s

when

street

rodding came out of the

backyards and onto the

street rods are pre- 1960

more contemporary items
areas.

Many

By

body

definition,

styles sporting

puUed around by

powerplants of the '60s or '70s and updated
in the chassis as well as the interior.

the combination of the

wide

in

It is

bodystyles and materials that the the streetrodder finds the means to employ his imagi-

The

can

results

range between subtle and outrageous, but
never are they boring. Fortunately for us,
area car crafters opened their garage doors to

Spectrum cameras to share their art.
And, we took full advantage of them. A

the

'67

GTO

graces our centersprcad; several rods
appear in Ted Kistler's story that looks at
power and design; Kelly Monitz interviewed

Randy MausteUer to

find out

what compels a

Jim Roberts investigated some of the
cars that fumre drivers will be taking out on
to the highway; and Gina Vicario went to
driver;

Wolfey's

to try racing go-carts.

However, having a nice car means
the driver can't afford housing.

little if

So, Jim

Roberts looked into one option to save
money and still own a comfortable house
building

it

piece-by-piece.

Spectrum writers

own

he recovers from a near-fatal accident

that left

him paralyzed.

—

the

also looked at issues

county residents. Gail Rippcy
spent several months digging into the
county's financial struggle, and learned that
although school districts seem to have

sfiU

the Cutting

our

Edge and

isn't as

fortunate.

Gail also met a Berwick resident,

Lou

SENIOR EDITOR
Gina Vicario

Back of the Book.

ASSOCIATE EDITOR

Jutting

Jim Roberts

any magazine together

requires a staff of writers, editors, designers,

production people, advertising and
weU as people in

circulation staffs, as

have
been most generous with their time and
lent staff at the Press-Enterprise

Jim Bettendorf

STAFF ARTISTS
Cheryl Iffland, Lea Lappin

ADVERTISING
DIRECTOR

We, at Spectrum, know that we must
show a profit every issue. We do this
with circulation and advertising income,
and take no subsidies or grants from
either the public or private sectors.

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Beth Minkoff
Kelly Monitz

PHOTO EDITOR

In addifion, Dick Kashner and his excel-

If the

Beth Salaman
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Brenda Bozochovic
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

magazine. Fortunately, not only do we show a
meager profit (which we put into improv-

Nicole Greco, Cheryl

we

BUSINESS OPERATIONS

income

neither

isn't there,

ing the next issue)

is

the

also are proud that

only its second year. Spectrum was
named an All-American magazine by

Iffiand,

Lea Lappin

DIRECTOR

our journalistic peers have noted our
editorial and production excellence. In

Beth Minkoff

the

Associated Collegiate Press, and received

Medalist honors from the Columbia
Scholastic Press Associafion, honoring

CIRCULATION
DIRECTOR
Ruth Fedder

ZONE MANAGERS
Jim Bettendorf, Brenda

Spectrum as one of the best college-community magazines in the nation. We
intend to improve every issue, continuing

Bozochovic, Jodi Hennion
Kelly Monitz

our concern for journalistic excellence
and for the people of Columbia and

PRODUCTION & DESIGN
DIRECTOR

Montour

Glenn Schwab
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

counties.

Editors

that affect

unlimited taxing authority, the county

Vol. 4, No. 1
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Walter M. Brasch

And, of course, there are

advice.

varieties of

nation and express the ideas.

faces a struggle of his

various aspects of business operations.

in a variety of

street rods are

as

who

featured sections

streets.

There have been several trends in cars
since, such as the the "fat fenders" of the late
'40s and '50s, and interest in the muscle cars
of the '60s, but none of these have been with
us as long as the street rod.

Miraglia,

David Marra

PRODUCTION CONSULTANT

Additional Information
Dan DelFine contributed additional
research to Chattin' 'bout Chickens
in the

Summer

Dick Kashner

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Beth Minkoff, Beth Salaman

issue.

PROMOTION
DIRECTOR
published twice a year by the Program in Journalism of the Department of Mass
Communications, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815). Single copy

Spectrum

price

is

is

$1.95.

\ oiSpeclrum.

No portion ol Spectrum may be reprinted, including advertising, without permission

ISSN 0892-9459.

Nicole Greco

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jodi Hennion

^
Spectrum

in tissue. Since over

THE
CUTTING

water,

The

90

made of
it can detect many

percent of the body

is

energy released provides

"CAT scans use

harmful X-rays which the

which the MRI cannot."
During a scan, a magnet

tissue

inside the

MRI

causes the

protons inside the atoms of

to Your

Magnetic Resonance
Imaging (MRI) is revolution-

way we see ourIt is a new procedure

Body

our body tissue to line up
together and spin in the

Kurland, a researcher at

signal

magnetic

MRI can

is

then

"Because of

selves.

reduce the number of certain

enough

diagnostic surgeries." Kur-

ture," says

inside the

body without using

"MRI

produces a 3-D
image of what is going on
inside the body.

It is

as if

are looking directly at
tissue," says Dr.

land says, "The

from a

harmful X-rays.

we

MRI

energy radiation
to raise

is

into the

is

completely painless and

complete.

According

to

Kurland, "The

MRI cannot be used on people
with cardiac pacemakers or
metal implants, including clips,
sutures, or staples.

may

in the

used, not

objects to move."

body tempera-

involved are radio frequencies,

waves

scan

takes up to 90 minutes to

very low-

Kurland. Radiation

just like the

A computer creates an
image on a TV screen for
radiologists to study and
determine any problems. The
tissue.

that

come

scanner

The magnet
cause these

The MRI is used to diagnose brain and nervous-system
disorders such as tumors,
multiple sclerosis, and diseases
of the base of the brain and

out of a radio.

determine density of

radioactive, but can

be
what you would
receive if you stood next to a

interior of the spine. It can also

compared

diagnose organ diseases,

power

cancer.

tissue. It

not as sensitive or as well-

defined as the MRI.

body

"A

information about the body

CAT scan uses X-rays to
is

Robert

differs

CAT scan because the

beamed

field.

izing the

being used by doctors to look

same

A radio frequency

direction.

Geisinger Medical Center.
this,

out of line.

protons release energy. The

scan can see bone and muscle

in

move

signal stops, the

"Each has its advantages
and disadvantages," says

MRI doesn't, but the CAT

Tuning

When the

things."

Kurland.

HEALTH

signal produced causes

the protons to

The MRI

determines the state of water

It is

not

to

line.

cardiovascular diseases, and

—JODI HENNION

ENVIRONMENT
years," he says. "Biodegrad-

1,100 usable landfills. Today

able trash bags can drastically

there are only about

^^ Iroubles reduce

HO

Berwick borough is one of
the few communities to take
the lead in recycling.

The

borough will require the
use of biodegradable

bags beginning
September 1990.
trash

City Councilman

Kirk Bower, chairman

made

of recreation,
the proposal

,

because he
iv& believes someii thing needs to be
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to

reduce the

amount of

trash.

"Regular trash bags
should be outlawed,"

"The

trash inside the

bag cannot break down
until the bag itself is

gone. This can take

Winter 1989-1990

to

process to about

500

and

70

left,

only half of

in five years

five years."

those will be in use. This can

Biodegradable trash bags
look much like plastic bags;

be attributed

to

many

things

out-of-state trash being

however, they are made of a
molecule that is

brought into Pennsylvania,

plastic

landfills closing

combined with a cornstarch
molecule. Anywhere from 6
percent to 50 percent of each
bag is made of cornstarch. The
cornstarch bonds with the
plastic and comes between it
and the ground once the bags

reached capacity,

are buried. Micro-organisms

trash," says

then attack the cornstarch

thing must be happening on

once they've
landfills

closing after failing govern-

ment standards, and an 80
percent increase in garbage

production since 1960.

"The

east coast is running

out of space to dispose of their

Bower. "The same

seeking food. These organ-

the west coast. Will there

isms, eating the cornstarch

come a

molecule, break

down

the

bags.

Although the use of biode-

Bower says.

ony where from 200

this

gradable trash bags can speed

up the process of break-down,
landfills still present a problem
because they are virtually
airtight and rain free.
In 1980, Pennsylvania had

time when the two
mdet in the middle with
nowhere else to put the trash?
Something must be done, and
soon, to reduce the amount of
coasts

trash before

it is

too late."

—JODI HENNION

Pinching Pennies
While 'the sky is the limit' for school districts,
Columbia county is grounded by tax limitations
by Gail Thompson Rippey

spent on the case. Because of extensive publicity surrounding the case, the defense attorneys were able to obtain a

W^

Columbia County's commissioners have had
their share of problems in the last few years, a
surplus of money hasn't been one of them.
In 1989, the county commissioners had
hile

on a two-mill sinking tax to fund
$640,000 loan used to build an annex
to the overcrowded jail on Seventh and
Iron streets, to renovate the second floor

to tack

doesn't blame the media for the county's
trouble. "I don't think the
it,"

Faux

says.

"As

news media overdid
coverage goes, I'd

far as the

be surprised if the people of Columbia County
would have settled for anything less."
District Attorney Scott Naus says he has no

of the courthouse to accommodate the
addition of Judge Galley KeUer, and to

on Perry Avenue

brought in to hear the trial.
Although that problem could have been eliminated had publicity not inundated the case. Faux

'

their

lease a building

change of venire, making the county responsible for
providing room, board and other services for the jurors

to

house some of its social services agen-

doubts that the media adds to the cost of

cies.

prosecution. "There

was a trial in this county
where the jury went out and read about it in
the newspaper. There was a mistrial, and it

Although the county has borrowed

more than
still

a half-million dollars, that

won't end

Adding

to

it

its

had

financial woes.

will be the cost of the

all

be tried again

Along with

prosecution of defendants in several

homicides,

to

at

the cost of the

county."

who

came

a state Department of

Welfare investigation of the county's Children
and Youth Services agency, which had been flooded

1989, long after the county's $6.2 million

budget for the year was drafted.
Commissioner Lucille Whitmire,

the publicity concerning the

Beatrice Bird case

of which took place in

with allegations of improprieties

is

among

its

director and

serving her third four-year term, admits that the county's

caseworkers.

crime wave has placed an undue burden on the finances.

Joan Mosier, the director of the agency, had claimed,
through her lawyer in a story published in 1988 by the
Press-Enterprise, that she was made to bear the blame for

"It's

very hard to budget for the courts.

You

what's going to happen in a year's time, so
real

burden on the county

to try to

can't

it

tell

does put a

come up with the

doUars."

The commissioners budgeted only $92,294

for the

an "undermanned, underfunded social agency."
The commissioners sought to remedy the problem in

1989 with the addition of

a caseworker, but that wasn't

district attorney's office in 1989.

enough, Whitmire says.

'That early part of the year was a nightmare," confesses
Harry R. Faux, chief clerk for the county commissioners.
"We had three murders take place in Berwick in a very

million for the agency, most of which

short time."

have more funding,

Those cases cost the county nearly $22,000 to
Two more cases, one a murder and the

prosecute.

other the starvation death of 3-year-old Beatrice
Bird,

were expected

to

be completed by the end of

1989.

Faux says the Bird trial "could conceivably be
more costly than any other trial in Columbia County
began in
November, more than $11,000 had been
in recent years." Before the trial

Despite the county's 1989 allocation of more than $1.1

was reimbursable by

the Department of Welfare, Whitmire says, "if

we

we

could

could have more caseworkers and

they would be able to go out and do more of the in-

home

services."

She admits the problems within the Children and Youth agency, as well as other
agencies in the county, could be lessened if the
county were able to better compensate its workers.

The average

salary for the county's case-

orkers, for example,

below the $18

-

is

20,000

only $15,981, well

salaries students

Spectrum

just out of college are

"We've been

down

commanding.

about $350,000 per year.

so conservative and have kept the dollars

we've lost a lot of
of good administrative

with salaries. What's happened

is

good caseworkers, we've lost a lot
people, and we've lost professionals who could help us
grow, all because of the salaries," Whitmire says.
"People have the misconception that if you are a county
worker, you don't do anything. They think, 'that's our tax
dollar paying you. Why should we pay you any more?'
They don't want their tax dollars going for raises, but
they'd be the first to scream if something is cut or if something happens."
In 1989,

more than $2.26 million went

to

pay county

employees.

Whitmire saj's the financial difficulties the county has
been experiencing only began a few years ago.
"We weren't in too bad of shape until the last two years,

when

(federal) revenue sharing funding

met

its

demise,"

she adds. Columbia County used to receive about $300,000

from the federal government which, Whitmire estimates,
was the equivalent of four or five mills of county tax
revenue.

Although the federal allocation was cut, the state
commissioners to raise taxes
overcome the loss. The county is already at its 25-miU

legislature did not permit the
to

limit for taxing real estate,

and

its

other taxes, a $5 per

capita tax and a four-mill personal property tax, only yield

Whitmire says the operation of county government has
changed dramatically over the years and will continue to
do so because of state mandates and funding cutbacks.

"When I first became commissioner, the emphasis
much on the social programs and social services.
It has been amazing how much it has shifted in the last 10
wasn't so
years."

She adds
the county

that

is

many

facing.

residents don't realize the problems

"What people

don't understand

is

that

mandated services we must provide. We
have to provide for Children and Youth, the Area Agency
on Aging, the prison, emergency communications, and
many more social services. The problem is that over the
years, the state hasn't met its commitment. It has mandated
programs for us, but it has never met its commitment to
give us the dollars that we need to provide the basic
there are a lot of

services.

"So then
that's

it

has to

when we're

come

out of county tax dollars and

in a real bind."

Whitmire says the county could have regained its viable
economic condition had the tax reform referendum been
passed by the voters in the 1989 primary election.
"What tax reform would have done was replace those
federal dollars that were lost," she says. Whitmire estimates that the one-half of one-percent sales tax the commissioners could have levied had the tax package gone into

effect

would have generated more

$387,000

tlian

in

revenue.

Both Whitmire and Faux say tax refomi was defeated
because taxpayers feared they would ultimately pay

THE

more, not

BLOOMSBURG

capita, personal property,

FOUNDATION

and occupational

that

in

of information, cultivation,

among

and solicitaand

individuals, corporations,

foundations.

The Bloomsburg

could have reduced the

nuisance taxes," he adds.

Faux claims
sion

dum was

the apprehen-

among many

who voted

taxpayers

against the referen-

would have carte blanche to raise
"As far as I'm concerned, the school
already have carte blanche. They can raise taxes
that "schools

taxes." But, he adds,

University

Foundation membership includes outstanding
business, professional, and civic leaders from

we

real estate taxes along with the

1985, the Bloomsburg University
Foundation, Inc. has the responsibility of securing private funds to maintain and enhance the
quality and excellence in all areas of the University. The BU Foundation conducts an active

program

taxes.

"The projected income
of sales revenue would have
brought enough of an increase

THE FOUNDATION

tion

Faux

bill,

had it become law, would
have eliminated the per

UNIVERSITY

Activated

less, in taxes.

says the tax reform

districts

to

throughout the Commonwealth.

whatever level they want."
Unlike most states, Pennsylvania does not require

school districts to put the question of raising taxes before
the voters.

INFORMATION

"The schools have it easier than we do," Whitmire says.
"They don't have a cap. The sky's the limit for the school
districts. Some of them around here are at 110 mills or
more. But in the county, where we have a vital service we
have to give, we're at our cap of 25 mills.
"I don't

know why

the schools have the better taxing

options," Whitmire says. "Education

Bloomsburg University
the University, needs which

factor, but school districts

Inquiries relative to the

Foundation,

gifts to

can be met only through private funding, or
questions concerning bequests and estate plans

may be

directed to:

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
FOUNDATION, INC.
OFFICE OF DEVELOPEMENT

CARVER HALL

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY
BLOOMSBURG, PA

17815

to the governor's

is

an important

always fare out when

it

comes

budget and dollars in education."

She adds that it is doubtful the county will ever get any
sympathy from the Casey administration. "I don't think he
really recognizes the real needs of county government and
in particular, a lot of the programs such as Mental Health/
Mental Retardation and Children and Youth.
"He did fight for tax reform for the counties, but the
state

budget each year,

I

think, is a reflection of not really

knowing where the need is. It seems he puts a lot of emphasis on education. That's not bad, but I think it should
be distributed more evenly and more fairly."
While the county has been strapped to pay its biUs,
school districts in the area have been expanding. Central

Columbia Area School
(717)389-4128

District has a

new

$8.4 million

elementary school and neighboring Bloomsburg Area

School District replaced

its

middle school in 1988 with a

$7.7 million structure. Neither project

was put up

to a

referendum, although the school boards did allow voters
to

speak out about them

at district

(Numerous attempts were made

meetings.
to

obtain

comments
Spectrunn

from Horace B. Reynolds, superintendent of Central
Columbia School District, and Alex Dubil, superintendent
of Ihc Bloomsburg School District. However, neither
returned our calls.)

Both

districts

maintain budgets larger than the county.

projects that

wiU increase the

real estate value. In 1990,

we

have a substantial increase in real estate tax revenue
from the Columbia Mall."
He says there has also been an influx of new homes in
the area. "I see Bloomsburg and Berwick having
will

Richard Drzewiecki, a county appraiser, said property
owners pay 80 percent of their taxes to their school district
and only about 20 percent to the county and local govern-

townhouses being built, and many townships have housing
developments under way."
Whitmire agrees the county is becoming more prosper-

ment.

ous.

The average homeowner pays $400 to $600 in property
taxes to the schools. In addition, all wager earners in the

significant dollars, although the county doesn't get the bulk

county can be taxed as high as $925 through the occupational tax, which is also collected by the school districts.

"Money
adds.

is

very, very tight in

"But the county

is

Columbia County," Faux

very lucky to have building

of

"We've had some growth. The mall

it.

It's

did bring in

usually the township and school district that get

We're the lowest on the totem pole."
Economic growth in Columbia County, however, is not
without its problems, Whitmire says. "We've had growth
in industry. Our industrial park is just about fuU, and

the most.

we're looking for an area to locate another park. But, the

more people,

the

more

services, the

more demands on

the

county."
Wliitmirc says there
will

have

may come

a time

when

the county

to reassess property values to the prevailing rates

in order to bring in

more money.

Currently, the county's

1960 market value.
In addition,18 percent of the parcels in Columbia
County are tax exempt. Properties that are exempt include
appraisers assess property at

its

churches, government buildings, Bloomsburg University

grounds, hospitals, educational institutions, parks,

and

its

fire

departments, charities, libraries, and playgrounds.

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Faux maintains that reassessment
would benefit the taxpayers as much
as the county. "I think the commissioners would do it right now if it
weren't for the money it would cost."
He estimates reassessment would cost
$30 to $40 per parcel, or roughly $1.5
million, for the county's 33,000

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parcels.

Despite the cost. Faux says
absolute necessity.

Call for

fair to the

Sunday Hours

I

think

it's

"it's

of

only

property owners that they

be up to date. Taxpayers probably
wouldn't be in favor of reassessment,
but you'd have to let them know

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RANdy MausteLIer

For tNe chEckEREd flAq\

Lives

"Being behind the wheel of a

a real

race car

is

visualize

how

point

A

thing you know, you're into another

You can't

rush.

month.

quick they get from

to point B, unless

"Racing used

you've

says, "but

now

to

be just for fun," he

has turned into

it

been there. It' sfast. Especially when

another business. The cost has

you're confined to a quarter-mile or

escalated tremendously.

half-mile dirt track."

the

low

When

says.

by Kelly Monitz

F.

or

more than

—

who began

the

it,

bought his

first car,

money
the

a child

a '49 Nash,

old.

He

cars

work and how

to

more about

to repair

them.

life.

midget cars which he races
throughout the East coast,
including Canada,
as far

times the

little

things like

west as

is

two

dinner with the family,

fall

hard on a family hfe. That

very

money

you

money,

it's

is if

,^

and Shanon,

Both share

15.

their

father's enthusiasm for racing,

and

are presently racing
their

always there.

Oklahoma. Although

own

cars.

Maustciierowns
Mausteller's Service

^^

no time for

Center, Bloomsburg, which he

runs with his brother, Budd.

if I
I

He

Mausteller

he

still

reflects,

One week is spent vacationing, and
week is spent racing. "You

his time

the other

times,

basically live the life of a gypsy.

because

You're always on the road," says

says.

Mausteller.

l2

is

an all-consuming type of

I

working on

his cars.

of

"Some-

forget about lunch and dinner,
I

it

to

do

for the

make some
didn't make

if I

do

it."

just don't have the time," he

"Hours don't mean anything.

chooses to race.
I

As

started, the

death end of it was a big thing. It
happened a lot, because we didn't
have roll cages on the cars." Many of
the original cars were what they called

'home
wanted

Basically, people

builts.'

to race

would build

who

a car out

of whatever spare parts and old cars

were available.

rest

still

"When

much

and the

Even

would

week working

there,

don't do

nice to

it's

spends two weeks a year in Florida.

he

I

can.

spends between 50 and 60 hours a

Racing

at

Despite the danger involved,

life.

Mausteller has two sons, Duane, 17,

_
Tne dangOir

sight-seeing. Mausteller says

looks

over the course of

game, money reaUy has nothing

money, but

by the

wayside. Mausteller admits

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exciting, there's almost

it

with the sport.

going to a movie or even having

Mausteller attends an average of 40

and

Many

can manage to have a family

races a year. Presently, he has

As Mausteller

portion

even." Mausteller adds, "In this

when

earned the

summer. He bought the car not

how

I

is

purse of

money I spend and the
money 1 make, it works out pretty

Randy Mausteller

and

for the car cutting grass during

drive, but in order to learn

"If

total

the year, the

Mausteller says he has had the

he was nine years

first

prize for each race

about $5,000.

30 years ago, has raced just about

he was

maximum

about $2,000 with a

racing about

everything from go-carts to stock cars.

desire to race since

Mausteller raced his

which cost $650, his total winnings for the year were about $3,000.
His most recent car cost $37,000, and
car,

Randy Mausteller, racing is
a hobby
it's a way of Hfe.

Mausteller,

no longer

It's

dollar fun thing to do," he

Now,

the cars are

safer.

Accidents and injuries stiU do
occur, however, and Mausteller has

had his share.

He remembers once

in

Flemmington,

N.J.,

spun out

in

Days don't mean anything. You just

front of him,

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to go.

a car

and there was no place

His car went end-over-end

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As he

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it,

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there. That's part

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Photo by Jim Battendi'

Jeff

Home's 1927 Model T

pick-up, a $20,000 investment,

is

powered by a 300 cubic inch Chevrolet small-block engine.

by Ted

He

Lenry Ford

Kistler

was famous

for

saying that his customers could have
their

Model T's

in a choice

as long as the color

black.
his

Maybe Henry Ford

Model T's

—

preferred

black, but

Bloomsburg's Jeff
Fords red

of colors,

of choice was

Home like his

^Porsche Red.

J&R Rods

in Selinsgrove draped

the paint over a 1927

"T" pickup body

with a bed chopped a half inch.

Because of its

size, the

admirer

short block and a

do it around Jeff. This is a pickup.
According to Jeff, it is one of the few

radiator keeps the hot things cool.

he has seen in the Model

T class

various meets he has participated

at
in.

When Jeff says "Go"

he does

it

through a Hurst Quarter Stick shifter

hooked

to a shirt-kitted

TH-350

trans.

At the business end of this ramblin'
red roadster lies a 300 cubic inch

A 3.55:1

Chevrolet small-block engine wearing

Jeff

aluminum heads which breathe

center at the Columbia Mall, so Sears

through a vacuum-actuated Holley

Roadhandlers are mounted

four-barrel.
is

Custom Auto

inclined to call the '27 a car, but don't

A

Competition

Cams

"brain" oversees things for the stock

geared '57 Chevy rear

swings from a set of Posie's springs.

works nights

at Sears'

comers on Tm-Spoke

When Jeff plops

automotive

at all four

rims.

his posterior into

the gray, vinyl interior, he pilots the

works by tuming a tilt-wheel from a
1975 Chevy Caprice. AU gauges are
analog (pointer-type) and
are

custom pushbutton

Since 1981
car,

when

controls

Jeff bought the

he estimates he has spent "about

$20,000." Does that

No

all

pieces.

mean

he's done?

way. "I'm going to rebuild

it

again," he says casually as he stands

next to the

new Martz

Engineering

box-tube frame. He's already got the
Jaguar rear axle and suspension.

Rebuilding calls for Fiero bucket
seats, a

new

dash, top, four-inch

windshield, wheels and

tires.

Jeff's already looking for another
Photo by Jim Bettendorf

Chrome
Bill

l4

valve covers and custom side pipes are just a few of the modifications on

Model T body for the existing frame.
Though Jeff has owned three Cor-

Edgar's Model T.

Spectnjm

vettes ('50, '60, '70 and

coupes ('37 and

'39),

it

two Chevy

that time reveal

metal.

looks as

though he will be "T"-sing himself for
a long time to

come.

heavy

took Steve,

It

1975

until

The

§

§

survival rate of 1935 Stude-

baker Dictator coupes, according

With only 4500

made by

units

now-defunct marque, there
nine

According

left.

to Steve

be

Shoe-

maker, the king of this Dictator, the
actual
five,

number

is

probably closer to

The

was only

Dictator nameplate

because of Hitler's
late '30s

which left

rise to

a

bad

power
taste

in the

the rear

window

cornfield.

flies by.

now

tially

it's

essen-

in

mud up

to

as well as

adding the

pinstriping atop the

maroon and black

rodder allows.

cherry paint. Ger-

Doubtless, the

wcr's

Dictator will face

reflected in the air

few more

humor

is

vent ahead of the

fresh

coats of paint at

windshield where

least.

reads, "Factory

the

wane and

Phata by Jim Betlendorf

Steve Shoemaker's
baker Dictator

is

1

one

TH-350

is

Chevy

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chromed footstand on
twin mounted on the
bumper. The person lucky enough (or
top, as well as

its

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rear fender.

of only nine in

may

fed through

to a '57

Look

the passenger side

935 Stude-

existence.

friendly resonance

a three speed

it

air:

by nature."

warmed-over

small-block 387

from the pipes. Power

Pictures taken of the car at

Dick

stitched the interior,

at least as

great

in a Catawissa

it

Gerwer, Ephrata,

completed

Studc around with

Steve found his Dictator in 1972,

power windows

the passengers to keep cool, or

few motors,

Chevy hauls

with

American consumers.
unceremoniously buried

aUow

few

^ck out the wind

A

used for a few years by Studebaker

front-end

a.

a

but he's never heard of another.

II

narrowing job.

Inside, Chrysler

finished as a

this

may

Mustang

to bl

or

two out of every thousand produced.

a

front, a

to a five-inch

to finish the car in its first

been through

Up

that time, as well

but

is

rear.

holds everything off the ground thanks

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as a

to

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and bent

runs Shoe-

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is

in Vfest Main Street
PA

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Bill's

his skills

He

started off with a fiberglass '23

from

a '21

of photographs and correspondence

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concerning the car and also

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driver.

its

pri-

The choice of the stock, 195 cubicTempest power-

to drive, shares his

and a good
car.

bit

drivetrain

outstanding feature of the car.

Their son, Mitchell,

though too young

of

Though

inch, four-cylinder

mill

is

especially notable because

—

it is

that is to say, the

dictators are usually unpopular, this

a transaxle layout

one has provided an

automatic transmission and rear axle

interest the entire

are

family can enjoy.

is

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bodyman BiU Edgar
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The design

not unlike today's front-wheel drive

BiU
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cars, but located at opposite end.

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father's enthusiasm

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historian

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intake.

It is

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I

homemade

works. "Basi-

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knew what I wanted.

of ideas that

lot

a

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Streetrodding has been with us for
quite a while, and Steve Kreisher's

1930 Ford
Steve

is

is still

with us to prove

not sure exactly

when

it.

this

yellow machine was "rodded," but,

was sometime

it

in the late '60s.

Since then, the car has changed
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traded an '80

Chevy Blazer

for the car

Photo by Jim Bellendori

Steve Kreisher's 1930 Ford has undergone many revisions since
"rodded"
this

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the hands of

is

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He

ent types of drivers

and clenches the steering wheel.

feels

tense.

every muscle in his body

The

certain behaviors," says Dr. Michael

to give people

Gaynor, professor of psychology

A visit to the track exposes differ-

back into the driver's

Le sinks

seat

"and you need
what they enjoy."

B.J.,

1/6'

carts for

many

who

reasons.

enjoy go-

society reinforces competitiveness,

then people are more likely to exhibit

are

this behavior."

Wolf spends
is amazed

he's already planning his strategy.

sixth-of-a-mHe track, but most of

He's not a competitor in the Indian-

Wolfey's customers are there to com-

track and

pete.

nature of people.

is

he competing

Fair.

For him, the

apohs 500, nor

Bloomsburg
of racing

the

at

"Coasting

thrill

brought to Ufe through go-

is

know

that I'll

never make

it

to

Indy," says Darren Reighard, 19.

Waring, 20, "but

'

cheapest and easiest

^

the other people

I

know

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tlllCl

People of
spending

all

ages are

money

at

the wheel. This past
their

summer,

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Hollow recreational
Wolf,

I

I'm

could

little bit faster."

"All of our carts go

about 20 mph," says

11,

Wolf
owned by

to the

facility,

this past July.

"Most people enjoy driving," says

the

another driver." Shane Fisk, 10,

go carts because you get
was trying to beat my

says, "I like

to

Wolfey's Go-Karts, Route

B.J.

track.

has an equal chance of passing

bia County.

John and

on the

all

debut in Colum-

Bloomsburg, was added

will go.

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made

it

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amuse-

ment parks and recreation

go-carts

fast as

get the car to go just a

to expe-

of racing."

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like to get out there

go

fast.

I

brother, but

I

couldn't.

It

made me

mad."
This competitiveness has a lot to do

a lot of time at the

competitive

at the

"We

expected a

come

of teenagers would

always find myself trying to beat

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B.J.

Bob

always wishing

"Go-carts are the

way

O.K.," says

and push the car as

carts.

"I

is

at

"If our

Some

content simply coasting around the

race has not yet begun, but

Bloomsburg University.

lot

out and race

against each other," she says, "but

have seen entire families

women, and

—

children

1

—men,

racing around

trying to beat each other out." She

is

particularly surprised at the competi-

tiveness she has seen in

expected

it

women.

"I

from the males, but the

females seem to be just as competitive
these days."

Despite this competition on the
track,

Wolfey's assures customers

their track is safe.

a cart is required to

and the track

is

inch-high, steel

that

Everyone riding

wear a

surrounded by a
rail

which

in

seatbelt,

is

five-

cush-

ioned by a row of tires. Children

under four feet

tall

or 10 years old are

not permitted to ride alone; however,
these children are not

"We

left

have a double

out of the

cart for

with the popularity of go-carts.

fun.

"People in our society reinforce

children," says B.J. "For $4, children

Spectrum

can ride along with an adult in a
double cart." This price buys about
eight laps around the track, while $3

buys about the same for a single
"I think it's definitely

cart.

worth the

money," says Reighard. "I've paid

more at amusement parks
same type of track."

lot

Many

I

a

for the

of Wolfey's customers agree

like to get out

there and push
the car as fast as
it

win go
by Jim Bettendori

Jim Campbell and

Bob Hopper

fight for positions

on the Wolfey's 1/6

m lie

track

near Bloomsburg.

that the prices are reasonable

enjoy

trips to

Wolfey's

and they

at least

once a

week. However, outdoor tracks have

— they must

one major drawback

close

down

for the winter season.

"We would love

to

open," says

"but

close

B.J.,

down due

keep the track

to the

we

are forced to

weather."

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Leading the way

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live

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Other car makers are jumping on

U.S., both Ford and Chrysler are

To look at this car, you would think
it was capable of flight. In fact, the

producing cars which are a far cry

twin-turbo model achieves top speeds

good old Thunderbird has now

a

mph)

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that are greater than

at takeoff.

Remember,

performance

tiny

V-6 engine, equipped with

is

from the ones we're used

become

The

to.

a super-charged slickster for

the 1990s.

Equipped with an on-board

computer and supercharger,

coming from a

this

it

looks

nothing like the original two-seater of
to

safety.

keeping a greyhound on a

the 1950s.

you

Its

to a stop

anti-lock brakes pulse

even when you slam on

the pedal.

People really strain their necks

to see this car, usually

ZX

may

it

claim as the "best."

with the most traction.

leash.

a

experts say,

the technology bandwagon. In the

It's like

right angles here),

24-valvc, 3.0 liter V-6, the base

distributes

exceed these speeds for driver

headlights fire 60 degrees into the

sky. This car

which

computers that don't allow the car

Nissan's

redesigned 300ZX. Resembling an

egg on wheels (no

has a "Limited

most of the engine power to the wheel

(about 155

experts and curious stares

from pedestrians. They offer the look,

It

Ford also offers the hi-tech Probe,
built with help

an oval blur

from Mazda. The

GT features

passing them on 1-80, and strain their

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checkbook to own

speed and a computer-controlled,

it;

its

base price

$25,000. But, dollar for dollar.

is

a turbo charger for

adjustable suspension for a custom
ride.

The suspension can be

normal, sporty, or soft
steering uses

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computer controls

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meet the driving

power
to

assist to

situation.

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set for a
Its

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coming out under
is

a totally

redesigned buUet from the factory.
Built

by Mitsubishi

for Chrysler,

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liter,

its

four-

cylinder delivers 195 horsepower on

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of the leading

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This wave of technology has also

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Your local General Motors dealer
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plastic-bodied, aerodynamic, front-

wheel-drive machine. These mini-

vans carry the distinctive round
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becoming common

in

1990 models. They have modular
seating that can be arranged to

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your

family size. GM'slarger Astro van

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more towing power and has

anti-lock breaks as a standard feature.

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you hang your hat. If you're in the
market for a change, this could be a
description of your new modular
home. As a growing industry around
the country and especially in Columbia County, factory-built

housing

is

providing an alternative in

start

a

to

own

a

They could

from scratch, constructing their

own "stick-built" home;
new "stick-built" home;

purchase a
or

used home. "Stick-built"

move
is

into

the

industry term for a house built on-site,

from the foundation up, using a

30

bly line technique and then delivered
in large segments.

These segments

are assembled, the roof applied and
instant house. This "instant

to

house"

The

upward from about $25,000.

price varies depending on the size

home and

amount of special
features one wishes to add. The
average price of a home in Columbia
of the

the

County, "stick-built" or modular,

is

price of a

Marjorie Rough, Real-

site.

tor associate

from Killian Real

Berwick, says a one-acre
to

$30,000 when

it's

lot

modular does not

include the cost of the potential

Estate,

can cost

connected

to

existing municipal sewer and water
lines.

Undeveloped

to $15,000.

the

The

home and

lots are priced

up

costs of constructing

foundation are added to

the price. Often, there are additional
costs for landscaping and special

"sand-mount" septic systems

about $65,000.

The

building

up

3,000 square feet with prices

scaling

For years, people wanting
three choices.

homes provide a fourth alternative.
They are constructed using an assem-

can range from about 900 square feet

modular

the real estate market.

home had

mostly wooden frame. Modular

the clay soil in

Experts

to battle

Columbia County.

recommend using an

experi-

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enced contractor; one that can handle
the job himself or

who knows

the

proper subcontractors to help him

Don

complete the job.

Shiner, vice

[ii

mn

president and marketing director of

:iir

Deluxe Homes, Berwick, says,

"Modular homes come much closer

to

a guaranteed level of pricing than
'stick-built'

because the

homes. Pilfering

home

is

finished

is

hmited

when

it

leaves the factory."

"Nationwide, these homes are quite
popular," says Tina Hudelson, sales
representative from

Columbia Homes,

Bloomsburg. "I've seen them from
Florida to Texas and up through the

Around here, modular
homes wiU soon approch half of all
new construction." Modular home
Northeast.

dealerships dot our area, and there are

about 10 to 15 manufacturers within a

50 mile radius of Bloomsburg.
Shiner says his

company alone

manufactures over 800 modular

homes

for sale in eight states includ-

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terials

found

in "stick-built"

homes.

on the complexity of the design.

Further

being an

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your

mind and lay out an entire home in a
day. Other times you struggle with a
concept trying to meet the customer's
needs."

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The workmen then prepare

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in stages

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then

is

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According

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site, is

about two weeks, possibly

longer depending on the weather and
the efficiency of your contractor in

preparing the

site.

Considering

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foundation but modulars

to fit a

come

in

exact measurements and the foundation

must be perfect."

Many

sources of financing are

Spectrum

some of his company's homes

available for those interested in

that

buying a modular home. Commercial

have been safely carried by ferry to
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banks, savings and loans, mortgage

consumer credit compasome form of financing

brokers, and

nies, all offer
to those

who

assistant vice president at First Eastern

Bank, explains

most modular

tliat

homes are treated just like "stickhomes in terms of mortgage eligibility. He says, "The size of the
home and the fact that it sits on a permanent foundation make it suitable for
land

it

sits

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Taking 'heal thyselF' to
heart,

Berwick man

overcome

struggles to
his disability

by Gail Thompson Rippey

tan and with

only a tinge of
gray in his hair,

Mc

have
passed since the warm August night
when Lou Miragha of Berwick was
thrown over the handlebars of his motorcycle and into the windshield of a
van, but only recently has he begun to
resolve the problems that came with

Miraglia,

the accident.

outgoing

Lore than 14 years

Miraglia had been driving from his
parents'

home on Third

Street shortly

who

is

a grandfather,

looks younger

than his fortysix years.

His appearance and his
personality have
effectively

midnight Aug. 3, 1975, on his
way to Freas Avenue when the van
swerved into his lane to avoid hitting a
man who was lying in the middle of

hidden the years
of pain, both
physical and

the street.

he had to deal
with following

after

emotional, that

photo by Jim Beltendori

the accident.

Few
I

had wanted to
plunge a knife
into

my

heart

The man, who had been "playing
possum" in the street, paid for his
foolishness through a jail term, but

Miraglia paid

more

dearly.

fered massive head injuries

He

suf-

which

paralyzed the right side of his body.

He also lost his sight in one eye and
underwent years of mental anguish on
a long road back to recovery.
To the casual observer, he has returned to a specimen of health. Slim,
34

A

daily

workout helps Lou Miraglia overcome paralysis.

persons

know,

for

mood

example, that he suffered severe bouts
of depression and at one time, planned

caused him to have uncontrolled

to kill himself.

children and

had wanted to plunge a knife into
my heart," he says. "I was so depressed. I had this feeling that I'd
never come back. I'd cry my eyes out.
But I said I was going to do it."

"I'd either be laughing or yeUing.

"I

Miraglia admits that

began

when he

his recovery process,

first

he was

unable to accept his disabilities or
accept help from others. That attitude,

he says, cost him

his

marriage and

family.

"She
to help
car,

(his

former wife) would have
then out of the

me into the car,

and

I

didn't like that," Miraglia

this day,

injury he sustained also

my

wife," Miraglia says.

my three

me."
Adapting

my
To

daughters won't

talk to

cult,

to his

problems was

diffi-

Miraglia says, because up to the

day of the accident, his hfe was "like a
page out of a storj'book." At 17, he
graduated from high school, got
married, and went into the Navy
where he became a petty officer interpreting official communications.
He was then selected by the Central
Intelligence Agency to break codes. In
1964, he began a career that took him
to nearly

says.

The brain

swings. "I got vicious with

"I

was

aU comers of the world.
living a life like you'd see in

Spectrum

a spy movie," Miraglia says. "I

was

a

They'd (agents) send everything in code and I'd have to break it
all down. I had the world by the tail. I
was working with agents in Prague, all
receiver.

wick High School track.
"I had a big channel all the way
around the track," he recalls. "It was a
cinder track and I'd have to drag my
right foot sideways just to get

it

in

motion."

the Iron Curtain countries, and in

five miles

had been

post he held until his accident.

see what he

left that

I'm finally

each night, Miraglia says he decided
to

real determination to

his injuries,

however, came

conquer
at

the Ber-

I

reaUy had

It

to

Although he didn't want anyone

take his rehabilitation outside of the

The

like a job;

work hard."

Miraglia began his slow recovery
from the accident with physical
therapy at Geisinger Medical Center.
It was then determined by Miraglia's
doctors and therapists that the health
club at the Berwick YMCA would be
perfect for his rehabilitation program.
"For two years, I couldn't walk,"
Miraglia says. But through physical
therapy, the use of weight machines,
walking and swimming, he brought
back enough strength in his legs to

YMCA.

do that every

the next day, I'd sleep late.

job at his wife's
request in 1971, and became assistant
pressman at Bloomsburg Craftsmen, a

But he

I'd

"Walking and running really helped
me. I'd lay in bed by the hour. But as
soon as it would get dark, I'd go to the
track and stay out there for hours.

Then

Africa."

— and

night.

learning to live

with what's

me

wrong with

streets.

Not

fast,

vain person," Miraglia adds. "I'd work

and jog

until

I

made 20

laps

—

that's

can and
should last a

but just a steady five

Rtmning with \Vhitmire on

the

of Berv.'ick wasn't only physiit

was mental therapy

"WTien
the streets, I had

well, Miraglia says.

1

running in

to

as

started

concen-

on staying out of traffic or I'd get
run over. That little bit of mental concentration on staying away from cars

trate

helped

my balance

From

out."

the leisure run of the streets,

Miraglia graduated to the timed pace

Husky Ambassadors
"Share the vision that
commitment to the

at the track,

or six miles a day."

cal therapy,

jog a lap. "I'd jog at night when no
one would see me because I was a

to

he
did tell a friend, Kenny WTiitmire, of
his feats. "He said I was ready to run
the streets. So we started running the

streets

After weeks of walking the track

was doing

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of the 9.3-mile Berwick Marathons,
held each Thanksgiving. He ran nine
of the races,

llie first

in 1978.

He

in his

that didn't matter,

"When

I

ran in

me back to

debut run, but
first

Market Street was filled
with people. There was just enough
for

mc

to get

down through

They were all hitting me on the
back as I was coming through. You
can't imagine the thrill I had. I was
limping the whole length of Market
Street, which is about a mile long. The
there.

true racing fans

were gone, but the
I was going

Berwickians

who knew

run were

along the route.

all

It

was

That boost encouraged him to run
races, and before he gave up
running a year ago, he had recorded a
respectable finish: 664 out of 825.
Miraglia fell and broke his arm last
year preparing for tlie marathon, but
that didn't keep him from taking one

more

last run.

Doctors, he says, had told

You're in

back on track since his recent engagement, the limp in his right leg is
almost negligible, his balance and
depth perception have improved, and
he has brought enough dexterity back
into his right hand that he can almost

name

participation in the marathons over the

write his

years were so impressed they estab-

have pain with my injuries,
but the pain I have is in my heart," he
adds. "I go to grab something and I

lished a special award in his honor.

"I

legibly.

still

Each year, the Kiwanis Club of
Berwick presents a Lou Miraglia

just can't

Award of Excellence to a marathon
competitor who has overcome a

me. It makes me mad."
While he has come a long way, he

personal handicap to take part. Mi-

isn't able to

raglia has also received a

tion
to

amazing."
in

would bring
normal," Miragha adds.
it

Those who had observed Miraglia's
marathon,

the length of

room

running so he

risk further injury to his

continued. "I thought

he says.

my

to limit his

wouldn't

limbs. In defiance, however, he

finished second from the last in an

hour and a half

him

from

tlie

commenda-

House of Represen-

state

and remarkable
comeback.
Along with running, helping others
has been another way Miraglia has
healed himself "I've talked to a lot of
people," he says, "a lot of people who
were down on life. I know what it's
like. I used to get drunk every night to
forget my problems. But I'm belter
now."
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Miraglia says his personal

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right arm.

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his job at

Bloomsburg Craftsmen. "You really
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run the press," Miraglia says. "I used
to

be sharper than

I

am now.

I

know

my brain injury has stagnated some of
my responses." He receives disability
payments

for his injuries.

His years of recovery, Miraglia
says,

have taught him

a couple of

important lessons. "I'm finally learning to live with what's

and

to accept the help

wrong with me
from others."

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Happy Trails...
ifiiking in

a winter wonderland

the center of the preseiA'c.

Hikmg
/jilUeading the nation

game

aefes of state

58 percent of

eovered by

forest,

a lot to

trails that

it

Trail in Northcentral Penn-

lands

Irid liaving

have

in

offer.

The Susquehannock

sylvania and the Loyalsock

Pcnnsyl-

which

parallels the

in the winter

ture in clothing travels

hke the cold, fresh air.
However, specific precau"Your
tions must be taken

the body to the cold exte-

popular spot for

Trail,

hunting.

However, hunting

mountain ridges of the

survival

Northeast, offer both

the winter," says

challenging and casual

Smith, director of Quest

you can do

forests.

Throughout

in the

of miles of historic
America's
trail,

Closer to

trails.

scenic

The Appalachian

Trail, runs

through 14
the

at

first

It

home would

be

Delaware Water Gap

PA

20 miles of

arc

levels. Tiie trails lined

oaks, pines, and hemlocks,

half the calories of fat and

challenge.

It

took John

months

full trail.

ihaUenge, but would rather

warmer months,

trips,

the park's

make

etts

Glen offers snowmobile

itrails,

j

ice-iishing, sledding,

be eaten frequently

for energy.

needed

for a fun-filled day. Rick-

For those

fora serious

aren't out

to

falls are beautiful in the

winter activities can

to

for longer, winter

so fats such as nuts

are highly

They provide
fats

the essenUal

needed and will also

istay in

iand an ice-skating rink.

because they are harder to

%:„ Another: popular, but

digest.

isualiy appropriate.

It

you hike, you

still

can see

tiircynski.

"I

met

"

"The coastal

The

preserve,

Power and Light

Co.,

Foods alone cannot
as protection.

act

The type of

clothing you wear

is

very

important Clothing retains

an ex-brigadier general to

uagi hiking

your body heat and the type

an engineer."

often

frorh-

Perhaps the Appalachian

more famous than

Trail

is

most

trails in

but there are

38

Pennsylvania,

many

other

nylon shell are suggested.
insulated;;;.,

and big enough fqr two
pairs of socks because your

most vulnerable

partpf your body.

Above all, you shouldknow your abilities and

wrong with taking

is

offers the four-mile Chilis-

range of people. All

over gloves; wool hats or

in the winter," says Smith.

nia

;

if

hiUs of Northcentral Penn-

area

Preserve

founded by the Pennsylvaquite a,

you

located in the Appalachian

sylvania.

experience," says

sO;

could do more harm than

the;: Montoiir.

much and meet so rnany.
lit's not so much a solitary

when you /"

Eskimos will eat'two
pounds or more of fat a day
while they are on the move

srrialler recrQ^fional

so

winter arc lost

feet are the

your system longer

is

long

im-J

sweat. Therefore, wear

Boots should be

recommended.

hilejOr weekeiid trip

how

are

face masks, both with a

Calories are

liyoysthe scenery, a day

doesn't matter

which

covered mitts are preferred

such as candies and fmits.

needs

Altliough the flow of the

for hiking.

This type of food contains

falls in the park.

some who

and;;;

(man-made

you feel too warm.
However, be sure to put if
back on when you've
cooled down. Nylon

quick-energy carbohydrates

follow along the 22 water-

to take the

who

wiUi

polyester

can take off your top layer

people

have dared

like the

skill

trail,

the largest

trails at the

During winter,

preserve.

tiie

popular-

of clothing worn can
a difference.

'

explains Smith.

layers of clotliing

you

from end

many

jiurcynski five

winter

a

trip,

warmth of ^

Because polypropylene

Calories,

you are

planning a short

rior,"

the

portant wiien hiking in thePS

should eat foods containing

trails

tystlurg.

to end, there are

when preparing

away from

fabrics) wick, they are bes^--^
at

Bloomsburg University.
There are three very

hike. First, if

nia and exits below Get-

tlic trail

Roy

important things to remem-

varying in lengths and

.iAlthough

shorter in

ber

in Northeastern Pennsylva-

don't hike

much

State Park, 30 miles north

Route 487. Within the park

enters

is

the popular Ricketts Glen

of Bloomsburg on

2,015 miles
states.

.

hiking paths.

Pennsylvania are hundreds

where by mois-|

the process

months can provide much
enjoyment to tliose who

y.ania is a

isn't all

does not wick. "Wickingisl

avoid straining yourself.

It

good. There's nothing
a rest

and enjoying the winter
scenery.

—LEALAPPIN

make

Although:

I

ity

of ice-fishing can be

wool

is

very warm,

it

j

seen on the 165-acre Lake

absorbs a lot of moisture

Chillisquaque situated in

and takes longer

to dry.

It

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Medalist Award, Columbia Scholastic Press Association

Second Place,

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6

page

Overall Excellence, Society of ProfessionalJoumallsts

Steroids give additional size and strength, but users get

12
1

2

Sneakin'

Around Town by Gina

more than they bargain

for.

Vicario

Sneakers aren't just for walking anymore.

1

6

20

Gone Fishing by Kelly Monitz
Cathy and Barry Beck are in the business of going

fishing.

The Burning Truths of Indoor Tanning by Stacey Beltz
The pros and cons of artificial rays.

26

All In the

Family by Jim Roberts

Keeping togetherness

in

mind, the Bloom family "covers" Columbia County.

Pedaling in the Fast Lane by

30

For local

35

October

19, 1870:

Heritage Village

36

is

a

Megan Hojf

road to success begins in Bloomsburg.

cyclists, the

Frozen

window

in

to

Time by Jodi Hennion

our past.

America's Greatest Crop of Couch Potatoes by Gina Vicario
much TV and playing too much Nintendo.

Today's youth are watching too

Examining the Fine Print on Health Food Packages by Maria Engelman
what's good for you?

41

Do you know
44

The Golden Years by Mike Mullen
For Carolyn Derr, the medals came with the maturity.

46

Their Patients Call Them Doc by April Moore
They have more problems than Marcus Welby ever knew
Grilled Popcorn by Maria Engelman

50

Move over steak and

From Here

52
Hot

to

chicken,

A Guide

57

Cathy Beck, co-owner of
Beckie's Fishing Creek

Departments

to

Behind the Lines

on a beautiful spring day.

5

The Cutting Edge

Photo by Barry Beck

58

1990

Back of the

—

Picture Perfect by

grill.

page 30

Local Taverns

4

Summer

time for apples, shrimp, and popcorn on the

There by Jack Smith

comand work

Benton,

bines pleasure

it's

spots for fun in the sun.

ABOUT THE COVER:

Outfitters,

existed.

Karen Sheehan

Book—Are We Having Fun Yet?

by

Megan Hojf

BEHIND THE LINES
Pennsylvaniahasmore miles of rivand brooks than any
other state. This abundance of flowing
water opens opportunities for outdoor
ers, streams,

recreation unknown in other areas of the

country.

Fly fishermen and bait fishermen alike
have made our state a haven for their
relaxing pastime. In our area, Cathy and
Barry Beck, owners of Beckie's Fishing
Creek Outfitters, Benton, provide services for the area's fly fishermen as well
as fishermen like former President
Jimmy Carter. The relaxation of fly fishing is a release for those seeking rehef

from the

stress

of

modem

issue of Spectrum, Kelly
files

the

In this

life.

Monitz pro-

Becks and their contribution to

lems family doctors face; and we look
closer at the labels on our food in Maria
Engelman's story on eating healthy.
For the area's craftsmen, we have a
story by Jim Roberts on a family run
business in Bloomsburg, and Jodi Hennion visits Heritage Village.
And, as always, we have our regular
The Cutting Edge and Back
features
of the Book.
As a community magazine, we share
your concerns about health and environmental issues as well as a number of
other subjects that affect our Uves. It is
our wish that we can continue to serve
the people of Columbia and Montour

—

counties with the

same outstanding

community of Columbia and
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—KAREN SHEEHAN

Steroids give additional size

and strength, but users get
more than they bargain for

by Mike Mullen

There are other signs, including increased acne, oily

skin,

skin that glows, and puffiness, especially in the face, which

He

started taking

else did

—

them

for the

same reason everyone

are

dead giveaways

"When

to look good. "It's as simple as that," a

the

that

someone is "on the juice."
in March is not the same guy you

guy you see

you know what's going on," he

"The

former steroid user says. "I wanted to look good on the

saw

beach and be impressive in the weight room. Sports wasn't

person may not notice a big change, but those around him sure

the initial motive, although

"The person

was part of my decision."
mine was a good friend," he

me up on

"He

week

cycle that

says,

will."

This former user

that prescribed

says.

set

it

in January,

is

a

well-known Bloomsburg University
student-athlete

a six-

who

would include

both injections and piUs, 'stacking' it's called."

He took the pUls

pyramid form, increasing the

wishes to remain anony-

number of pUls per day from three

mous and whose comments

in

demonstrate that steroids are

to five to eight in the first three

very

weeks, then decreasing, eight to

He

weeks.

to

a part of the college

across the nation.

says he did this so he

However, what is now alarming
many educators is the increased use of the illegal

could gradually introduce his body
to the drugs

much

community, not only here but

five to three, in the last three

and then allow his body

go off of them slowly.

drugs on the high school level. "I never even

"You

don't want to abuse them," he contin-

thought about trying them until

you are on them for

Bloomsburg," the

ues, "If

six

weeks, you

usually are off of them for the next six, that's the

more

kind of cycle you follow."

gets frustrating

He

says

it

takes four to five

weeks

I

came

it when you are younger. It
when you see other guys in the

suscepfible to

weight room that look good and seem to be saying,

to see the

'I'm huge, I'm lifting

more than you. Everybody looks

weeks after stopping, the effects
begin to decrease. "That's why you do six on and six off,
because just as the effects begin to wear off, you begin a new

at

cycle," he explains.

the United States takes anabolic steroids according to a

effects; four to five

"It's

easy to

tell if

someone

is

on the drugs," he

to

BU student says. "But, you are

says.

them. Heck,

all

'

the girls look at them."

About one out of every

fifteen

male high school seniors

in

new

survey released in \he Journal ofthe American Medical Asso-

More

than one-third of those reported they

"Everybody denies using them, mainly because they don't
want to admit they need help to get big, but when a guy

ciation.

balloons up in six weeks, you know."

younger. Another one-third said they began taking them

first

started using the body-building drugs at the age of 15 or
at

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age 16. Almost half of the users "stacked" the drugs, using
more than one kind at the same time; almost forty percent took

caliber rifle to his

steroids both orally

psychological effects of his drug use drove him to suicide.

and through

injection.

at

Reasons for taking the drugs vary. Nearly half said they did
it

improve

to

their

percent said the

was

tive

to

pearance.

athletics,

while 26.7

head and pulled the trigger ending his

"After a while he started acting differenfly," says his
brother Phillip.

"He took everything the wrong way. You'd
say one word and he'd get

their ap-

upset and walk away."

35.2 pecent

The morning of his death

How you can tell if

said they did not plan on play-

ing high school sports.

he seemed cheerful despite

someone's on steroids

the fact he couldn't open his

—

Although these numbers
suggest

many

car door

Increased aggressiveness

•

users are in-

volved in high school sports,

•

phoned

his father to teU

couldn't get

•

Increased weight

he

•

Increased muscle definition

When

•

Abnormally

be informed because the

danger to adolescents

lock had frozen

Increased appetite

education about the dangers

at

oily skin

still

his father

it

open.

came home

7 p.m., he found Mike's

•

Excessive acne
Puffiness (esp. around eyes)

lifting

equipment. "Some-

thing ticked

him off and

problems that their use poses

within 30 seconds he did

to adults, according to Dr.

says his father.

Tim McConneU,

exercise physiologist and director of Car-

diac Rehabilitation at Geisenger Medical Center. In adults,
the use of steroids can shut

down

the normal production of

hormones and induce an atrophy in the muscles, says McConneU, noting that, "In fact, sometimes a user must continue on
hormonal supplements because their body has completely
shut

down production

"Just from a

as a result of the drugs."

hormonal standpoint,

their use at

an early age

he

him

body lying next to his weight-

•

is

greater than the already large

its

shut. Later in the morning,

of steroids can't stop there.

High school students must

life

He was on steroids and his family insists that the

main objec-

improve

Some

performances in

17 years.

The

it,"

BU athlete also experienced a range of feelings while

on the drugs. "You notice more changes besides the obvious
physical aspects while you are on steroids," he says. "Mentally, you're so much more aggressive. For me, I always
wanted to be in the weight room. I just wanted to attack the
weights and throw them around the room."
"I was never much of a bench-presser," he says, "but I went
from benching 235 pounds to 320 pounds in six weeks. Seeing

can have a tremendous effect

your weight go up so quickly

on the growth

gives you such an incredible

rate

and the

amount of testosterone that is

Possible complications

produced in the body," he

from steroid use

feeling, you almost get a high

from

says.

working

on

the

weights."
•

Cardiomyopathy

side sources

•

Liver damage

increase in aggressiveness

body

•

Liver cancer

came a decrease in my toler-

•

Increased total cholesterol

ance level.

"Again, as in adults, out-

to

may cause the
shut down produc-

tion and this can affect the de-

"Of course, with such an

velopment of secondary sex
•

characteristics such as

density,

body

bone

muscle mass, and

size,"

he says.

Long-term

effects include

Testicular atrophy

Increased aggressive behavior

the sUliest things.

•

Increase in libido

several fights because of my

•

Muscle structural abnormalities

attitude

Physically,

not allow the heart to contract properly and greatly increase

got tighter and that drastically decreased

the risk of heart attack.

says,

Summer

"and what scared

came with

put a .22

the steroids.

it

wasn't just

"My muscles

my flexibility," he
me was that I would get out of breath

just climbing a flight of stairs.

the effects are physical, either.

1990

got into

from the drugs," he

the increased bulk that

Mount Clemens, Mich.,

I

says.

cardiomyopathy, a condition in which the muscle fibers will

all

my

•

hver cancer, liver failure, and

In 1988, Michael Keys,

temper was

nerves a lot easier, even for

heartproblems, risk of stroke,

Not

My

so short. People got on

Something wasn't

This problem could have been

right."

much worse if he had a few

"You

drinks on the weekend.

he explains, "Any

all,"

your body

couldn't have any alcohol

form of steroid

pill

at

go through

will

including your liver. If you drink and force

first,

your hver to process both the alcohol and the drug, you are
asking for trouble."

But with the possibility of drug-testing, wasn't he already
asking for trouble?

"Not

WELCOME
r

Danville

"I

he says, noting that he "planned ahead."

really,"

knew I had tests to take," he points out. "I just found out

I

"Seeing your weight go up
so quickly gives you such

e5TA6USHED

an incredible feeling, you
almost get a high from
working on the weights."

Your

governittent

the longest time
tected and

rolled around,

had

I

took

I

to

go without them

my last pill

that day.

to avoid being de-

By

the time the tests

passed with flying colors."

I

He quickly added that this was a couple of years ago when

For the people

the tests weren't as accurate and could only trace the drugs as
far back as about eleven months.

By

the people

as eighteen months.

I

"Now they can go as far back

guess you could say

I

was one of the

lucky ones."

That isn't the only thing that has changed since then either.

"You would be gambling

Bemice Swank, Mayor

shaking his head.

them

Council Members
Wilbur Kelley, president

Donna Naurocki, v.p.
Thomas Brady
Darlis Fausnaught

George Hauck

to spot

had done

check you with

that

& Penn

275-3091

tests

two years ago,

I

sign a paper allowing

during the season. If they

would have been dead."

drug-testing, all student-athletes are required to sign a state-

ment form

BU

beginning of the year, according to

at the

Athletic Director

Mary Gardner. Included

in the

form

is

the

consent of the student to participate in the National Collegiate
Athletic Association

(NCAA)

Gardner says,

participating in

drug-testing program.

this testing

involved any athlete

NCAA-sanctioned championships or

post-

season tournaments. Now, after the passing of a resolution by
the

NCAA

random

in January, the student consents to year-round

testing, in

"I think the

City Hall, Mill

you took them now," he says

Although Bloomsburg University doesn't conduct random

Originally,

Ray Keefer
Betty Ann Moyer
Dean Von Blohn

if

"Now they have you

Streets

season or out.

NCAA

recognized that some athletes could

avoid detection by timing their drug use correctly and

now

they want to eUminate that possibility," Gardner says.

"We have never had any of our athletes test positive," she
adds, noting that the overall

number of positive

tests nation-

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ally in all three divisions is

extremely low.

no drug-testing in high schools, at least not yet,
and the only way for someone to get caught would be if a
coach or teacher actually saw students dealing the drugs.
Should that happen it would be covered under existing alcoThere

is

Come & Spend

hol and substance abuse poUcies. Local coaches say they
aren't

aware of any immediate problems, but are quick to

mean it

point out that doesn't

"Even though there

isn't a

happen

can't

locally.

problem here,

could grow

it

the Day

unless education is undertaken pubhcly to inform the kids of
the dangers," says Jay

McGinley, Southern Columbia wres-

and will become easier to get."
McGinley claims he never talked to anyone who sold them or
tling coach, "It's in the area

with Us

used them, but has "heard rumors."
Central Columbia head football coach Bob Rohm says that
the problem at Central is not great because of the

way he and

coaching staff deal with their athletes.

his

"The prevention of

this sort

of thing must

start

concern for the well-being of the kids," he says,

with our

me to talk about anything." He says if he thought an athlete

was using them he'd
values.
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down

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Why are you doing it? I'd ask him to look at where he

getting

My

"sit

energy story-

"We have to

make our athletes feel proud of themselves and also let them
know I'm concerned about them even when I'm yelling at
them. They know my door is always open and they can come
to

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Information Center and Riverlands
recreation area. See the eye-catch
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computer games that tell the

way

it

and ask him

isn't easy

Complete your

if that is the

hfe he wants to follow.

and nothing can replace hard work. I'm

gonna (sic) teU him that he won't like every practice with me.

"What scared me was
that would get out of

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I

breath just climbing a
flight of stairs.

Something wasn't

a

if he

works hard, he can look

at

himself in the mirror and

not be ashamed."

"We stress the importance of the total athlete
athlete is," says

know what his

and what an

Rohm, "The student must define himself and

role

is.

An athlete is

a hard worker and also a

participant off the field as well."

Off-the-field activities

may include

weight training in the

gym, a place where such steroid transactions often take place.
Jay DeDea, a former Bloomsburg University football player,

Summer

1990

Daily: 8

•

am.

Wetlands
to dusk

For mformation

•

Council

call (717)

Cup

Staffing Mon. through

Fri.,

8 a.m. -4 p.m.

542-2306

right."

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but

Riverlands

Admission

is

FREE

Located on Route 1 1 just five miles north of Berwick. Owned and operated
by Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc.
,

now

a coach at

Bloomsburg High School, says he saw more

usage by students who didn

Over 200 years

did, during his days
"I

at

It

at the

when you consider that
you will have some sort of usage among the

every college

general population," he says.
as

DeDea

sees

it,

is that

professionals are

sending mixed signals to the student-athletes. "What we need

A proud past
A bright future
.

play sports than by students who

wasn't a major problem

The problem,
.

t

have never heard of any problem of this type here

university.

of growth

'

on the Bloomsburg campus.

.

do is find out exactly which types of steroids are good and
which are bad. The professional people aren't exactly sure. I

to

mean, they prescribe certain types for rehabihtation purposes,
but then say they are

•

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•

Diversified industry

•

Modem waste treatment plant

•

Planning and zoning

•

Central business district

dangerous.

all

From

a personal stand-

had a few injuries.
can't say it was steroid
related, but also can't say
"I've

I

I

wasn't.

it

revitalization
•
•

them

I

know using

didn't help any."

Neighborhood recreation areas
Ber- Vaughn Park
Borough
Mayor Lou Biacchi
Officers

:

Councilmen:

have been prescribed steroids fur use during my rehab.

point,

I

Does

that

DeDea

make me

a

bad guy?"

sees the National FootbaU

contributing factor for

more than one

League (NFL)

as a

reason. In 1985, Pete

RozeUe, the league commissioner, and Gene Upshaw, the

Frank Buffone, pres.

director of the player's union, claimed that steroids weren't a

Andrew Soback,

problem. In 1989, RozeUe said about six percent of profes-

v.p

Walter Hause

sional football players admitted in a survey to using steroids.

However NFL

insiders say that their use

Scot Kaufman

might be as high

Lamon
Bob Reap

Bay Buccaneer Steve Courson,

Bill

Dave Walton.

as

among linemen

60 percent.

Those insiders include former Pittsburgh Steeler and Tampa
upset because he believes the

a former user. Courson

is

NFL treats steroids as simply a

public relations problem. This attitude, he claims, just gets

them

into a

PR problem.

Courson would know about such

Borough of Berwick

steroids in 1974, his

Carolina, and continued to use

professional career.

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Street

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He

started using

He

them throughout his nine-year

didn't stop until, as a result of their

use, he developed cardiomyopathy. His standing heart rate

was 150 beats per minute, his heart was
flabby and baggy and couldn't

pump

stretched and dilated,

the

way

a normal heart

should according to his cardiologist. Dr. Richard Rosenbloom.

Now
10

things.

freshman year at the University of South

the

NFL

tests all players for steroid

use during the

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pre-season, but under Dr. Forrest Tennant, the former

NFL

drug advisor who resigned on February 25, only those players

who

test positive in

August

are spot- checked during the

So where is the threat of discovery?
"Any treatment of the situation has to start

season.

Let's face

it

—

that's

in the

NFL.

where every high school football player

wants to go and these kids think that to get there they have to
use the drugs. Then in the

NFL, you have

players getting

tested positive, but nothing is done. Is that the right
to

message

DeDea asks.
Another problem that worries DeDea is where the kids are

send to young people?"

getting the steroids.

any kind of
buying

is

"They

illegal drug.

same situation as buying

are in the

You have no

idea if what you're

garbage or not. Sure, the people out there say they

can get you

this

or that, but you don

are getting and that could be

'

know exacdy what you

t

more dangerous than anything

else."

The BU athlete says he wasn't worried about the quahty of
was getting. "I had friends who took them and

the drugs he

they were very trustworthy.

knew if I had a problem I could

I

go to them and work it out," he says. "There is

a risk if you deal

with people you don't know. Then you might be getting

From my

placebos and being ripped off

No

imitations were just placebos.

anyone, but they

According

to

may make
two other

one

the stuff weaker."

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students

who know ways

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says. "If you

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Bigger than using them in the
says

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not as widespread as

they were when he was using them. "People are wising up and

not doing them," he says,

morons who think the

anyone that asked me not to
last

"Of course you

risks are
try

have some

still

worth the gains.

I

would

tell

them. The physical gains will

only the few weeks you're using them and will disappear

when you go off.

If you try to

maintain size by continuing to

use them, you increase the risk of long-term effects."

He's not sure if his body has suffered any long-term
damage from using the drugs. "I have had a few minor injuries
to my joints since that time," he says. "I can't say it was
steroid-related, but

I

also can't say

it

using them didn't help things any."

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There was a time not too long ago
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who pays about $70 a pair. "Look-

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is a

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these days.

life

people are more concerned with comforting their

pair of

People expect you to always look good,

insecurity in

sneakers meantnothingmore than going

and that' s why I go for the good-looking

tising

investing in a

to the local discount store

and buying

you could find. You
had your dress shoes and you had your
the cheapest sneaks

You just

mix

sneakers," he says.

wear

"People

keep a certain image,"

However, the influences of advertising

agrees Thericia Wag-

and peer pressure have combined to

ner, 16,

Bloomsburg.

"People

feel that they

have

keep up with

didn't

create an attitude that breaks

away from

American view of the
sneaker. Sneakers have become a fash-

the traditional

ion statement

—

a vehicle

by which

people have come to judge one another's

to

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rise in

run with

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role

Sneakercorporations

have been extremely
successful in their ad-

demand
is

for fashionable

no secret to local
dealers.

dorsements by

athletic superstars

have

also proven beneficial in increasing the

overall sales

volume of sneakers, not to

They're aware that people

mention the monetary windfalls endorse-

have become more con-

ments provide, especially to Nike, Inc.
According to Nike, the company grossed

wear on

what they

their feet.

"People, especially high school

students, are judging
others by the sneakers they
are wearing," says

Mike Loy,

manager of Columbia Mall's Foot
Locker. "Instead ofchoosing a sneaker

over $1.2 billion in

"The Nike Corporation has created
E.J.

Moore, manager of All

among

others,

think many

Sports,

have helped make Nike

shoes the hottest selling in the

market."

I

a

Bloomsburg. "Endorsements by superstars Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson,

people are under the false assumption

always the best buy.

revenue in

great market through advertising," says

athletic

big-name, highly technical sneak-

total

1988.

that best fits their individual needs,

ers are

—some-

strive to emulate.

scious about

that

model

one to look up to and

living."

sportswear

your standard of Uv-

They

it.

have identified with

vertising endeavors of recent years. En-

sneakers

reflect

the seeds of

beings, and adver-

companies have taken the ball and

'Sneakers reflect
your standard of

group of friends."

and way of life.

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the other kids in their

characters, attitudes, opinions,

"Sneakers

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their feet."

the human need for a

sneakers in order to

the two.

sneakers.

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ego than

Mother nature planted

In addition to testimonials, Nike has

been successful

in

marketing an Air-

Spectrum

Sole concept that many people are quick

few seem to really underNike claims its Air-Sole unit

ties,"

says Moore.

"We

have a

lot

of

to buy, but

people, mainly high school students,

stand.

coming

contains a special pressurized gas which

provides cushioning during landing and
protects against shock-related injuries
to the foot

and lower

buy the sneaker, and we
up with the demand."
The Reebok Pump, which retails for
about $170, seems to be too expensive
in to

can't keep

many who

buy sneakers with Air-Sole units are not

"when you buy the Reebok
Pump, you're paying for the function of

—

regularly engaging in

the shoe

support that

would require such

the style

'If

players."

there, they'll

would probably

who

buy

play on athletic teams,"

cess, local

However,

it."
tion.

Pump

bas-

Despite their great suc-

managers still claim that they

more important than

features the shoe has to offer.

to customers, they

$110, are available in limited quanti-

I

technical
I

find that

am explaining technical features

keting of both shoes.

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Outfitters, are in

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few couples

by Kelly Monitz

in the business,

and very

few females." Being a team has led

Arecome home
you

the dog?

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Do you need a break from Ufe?

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places just like this one and

use fly fishing as a

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some unique experiences

for them.

Beckie's Fishing Creek Outfitters,

On

one occasion, a prestigous fishing club

wanted

called and

to

know

if

Barry

would come out as a speaker. It was an
all male club that wanted Barry to come
out alone. The Becks declined the offer.
Through the business, the Becks have

ington, D.C., people."

lot

Some

of the

people she has dealt with have expected

since 1980, specializes in fly fishing

special treatment because of their pos-

and accessories.

The Becks,

a

tion in society.

Cathy says that the names

husband-and-wife team, run the busi-

don't mean much to her. Usually, by the

ness with "very

end of the day, everyone

little

outside help."

According to Cathy, "There are very
16

name

from the White House

with President
sure

says Cathy.
gitimate,

dent

Jimmy

Carter.

somebody was playing

at

However, the

"I

was

a joke,"

call

was

le-

and the couple joined the Presi-

CattokUn National Park, Mary-

Beckie's through Fly Fisherman maga-

and influential

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tackle

call

inviting the couple to attend a gathering

of Wash-

interesting

people who also enjoy fly fishing. Cathy

"We

evening, the Becks received an

see a lot of doctors, a lot of

met many
says,

One

unexpected

"He came in blue jeans, and really
acted like one of us," recalls Cathy. He
was just interested in talking about fishing.
The President found out about

Wall Street people, and a

to unwind.

to

basis,

is

even presidents.

on

a first

land.

zine.

Roger
board.

Star,

New

member

of the editorial

York Times, says of the

Becks, "1 thought they were very

lik-

able people." Star met the Becks at a fly
fishing convention. He's been fly fish-

ing for twenty-seven years, and went to

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Barry Beck,

co-owner

of

Beckie's Fishing

Creek

Outfitters,

enjoys the relaxation of fly fishing

that lures his

customers.

the

Becks for

their guide service. "Fly

you in nature, and you're a

fishing puts

part of nature," says Star, "It's very re-

Star is used to 60 to 80 hour

laxing."

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in a very

demanding and

stressful profession.

"So many people today

are in high-

pressure, high-stress jobs and they don't

have any free time to themselves.

When

they get a day to themselves, they want
to

make the most out of it,"

"So,

says Cathy,

advantageous for them to hire

it's

somebody who can guide them on
stream."

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fore,

and there

is less

water for the

befish

Cathy observes, "So, we

to survive in,"

can't continue to kill eight fish a day,

every day, and expect to always have the
fish there

when we

return."

Many

bait

fishermen do return the fish to the water,
but

many

still

continue to take

home

their Hmit.

According

to Cathy, fly fishing can

be harder than bait fishing.

"Because

the flies are imitations of insects on the

water and in the
to

air,

a fly fisherman has

be more aware of what's going on,"

says Cathy, "He's constantiy watching
the birds, the insects, and
are behaving."

The

almost like live insects.
fly

how

the fish

artifical lures

An

look

observant

fisherman watches the stream, and

match the
on the water's sur-

finds the appropriate fly to

Cathy Beck

(left)

teaches a novice

fly-fisher

how to

':"RSt

out a

line.

specific insect hatch
face.

According

to Cathy, the time of

year wiU also determine what insect

The Becks
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also conduct "Intensive

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program covers

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The

basic

aspects of fly fishing

The students learn how

for the beginner.

to use the equipment,

on the hook. "A smooth hook
be easy to remove from the fish's

the barb

people are assigned to one guide.

how to tie specific

knots, discuss gear and tackle, and learn

will

mouth,"

A major difference between bait and
fishermen release

the fish, whereas bait fishermen often
try to take

the

same time each year. Knowledge of

the patterns is helpful to the fisherman,

states Cathy.

fly fishing is that fly

is

used, because specific insects hatch at

home their daily limit. "There

although not necessar}'. Most bait

ermen don'tneed to be

as

fish-

awareof these

hatching patterns, because they're using

Uve

bait rather than artificial lures.

proper casting techniques. The cost of

$125 per student.
on Fishing

the one-day school is

The Becks

lease land

Creek for their

fly fishing schools

and

guiding service. Cathy explains that it is
necessary for them because they are
offering a service in

which they need to

have control over the water and the
environment. "When we go to our private stretch of water,
aren't going to

we know

Cathy and Barry Beck
are one of the few

there

be any other fishermen

She acknowledges
that there was some opposition from the
there," says Cathy.

husband-and-wife

teams

in

the

fly

fishing business.

local people against leasing the land, but

contends that

it's

no

different than a

hunter posting his land against the general public.

Their private area on the creek

is

designated as "catch and release" only.

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are returned to

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The

Burning Truths
of Indoor
by Stacey Beltz

Tanning

for the first session. There are also in-

centives offered in the form of free ses-

If

you're thinking about preparing

for

summer by going to an indoor
"You damage

tanning spa, think again.

sions and

more

money off for the purchase of

"think a tan will give them a short-term

Geisinger Medical Center.

the long term

dermatologists claim there

is

wiU damage their skin."
However, tanning bed owners claim
it

beneficial and not

gradual tanning

tans are often associated with a feeling

injurious.

Rosemary

of well-being, tanning

Rosemary

Shultz's Beauty Salon, says

is actually

the

The Columbia County area
ing Arcus Brothers,

offers a

Bloom Nautilus and

Fitoess Center, Headlines Family Salon,

is

Shultz,

owner of

people tan indoors "because they don't

variety of tanning-bed locations includ-

Rosemary Shultz's Beauty Salon,

and the Tahitian Tan Spa.
The area prices range from $3 to $5

get exposed to the sun very much.

It is

time-consuming." She says,
"Tanning indoors is more relaxing than
in the hot sun. It's also more comfortless

able because

I

"Abusive tanning

can have the

air

condi-

tioner and exhaust fans on."

Bryan Zeisloft, owner/manager of the

and you

healthier

is

cancer caus-

tan.

feel

Plus, you look
good about your-

self."

Markus

healthy appearance," says Markus, "In

no such thing as a "safe" tan. Although

skin's response to injury.

says,

ing, but controlled tanning is just as

harmless as no

sessions.

People pay these prices because they

your skin every time you tan," says Dr.
Christine Markus, dermatologist at

Some

Tahitian Tanning Spa, Bloomsburg,

radiation,
cial

disagrees.

"Any

type of

whether by the sun or

artifi-

means, can damage skin," she says,

pointing out "one

is

not safer than the

other."

Markus admits she

visited a tanning

spa years ago, prior to becoming a physician. "I didn't tan any better than under

the sun.

I

wouldn't go again, though,"

she says. "I see too

many people who've

gotten bad scars from chronic radiation.

have seen people with skin cancer,
which has resulted from chronic ultraI

violet light exposure,

who

lost parts of

and were disfigured. I've
seen what radiation does to the skin."

their noses

The short-term effects of exposure to
The
long-term effects of tanning can show
ultraviolet rays are burning of skin.

years later as a result of repeated, pro-

longed exposure

to sunlight.

These de-

layed reactions could be in the form of

People with

fair

skin

have higher chances
burning outdoors as
well

as indoors.

of

premature aging and premalignant and
malignant changes. Some degree of irreversible

damage

to the skin occurs

with each prolonged exposure, according to Markus.

Most long-term harm occurs many
years later in the form of basal cell

carcinomas and actinic deratoses. Longterm damage also can lead to premature
aging of the skin or other skin cancer,
says Markus.
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20

Cancer appears in many ways such as

Spectrum

To avoid burning on
vacation, Nicole Greco,
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Magazine, tanned three
times a vjeeW to prepare
her

for

trip to

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Photo by David Scott

tumors or bumps on the skin or as a
wound that won't heal. The effects

depend on what type of cancer it is,
according to Markus. Some types can
be disfigurative. A scar will remain
where the tumor is removed.
"If someone had a tumor penetrating
the nose and we remove the tumor, the
nose could end up deformed," says
Markus.

The

As

the different tanning places.

ers mistakenly

filters

"Any type

The time spent tanning depends on

whether
by the sun

radiation,

or

the strength ofthe rays involved. There
are

two rays involved

process, ultraviolet
violet

artificial

B

radiation

contains both

means, can

damage

in the tanning

A (UVA) and ultra(UVB).

Sunlight

UVA and UVB rays. Most

hghtboxes (tanning beds) use primarily
UVA. "UVB was always thought to be

skin."

most dangerous.

Now we know that is

not necessarily true," says Markus.

as melanin.

out the harmful rays

poorly outdoors, especially fair-skinned

many

people, will tan

of the Northern Europeans, with

She wanted 20 minutes for her first

the industry standard.

of

of the sun. Fair-skinned people, such as

little

push fortime limits. "One customer
in and claimed she was a physi-

came

dose," Zeisloft says. That is usually not

This occurs because their skin has less

Melanin

beheve people who tan

is

Some people, obsessed with getting a
tan,

cian.

susceptible to skin cancer.

known

Once a "tan" is estabhshed,
extended. Times vary with

and get radiation exposure, you damage
your skin," says Markus.
According to Zeisloft, many custom-

The risk of cancer is different for
each person. According to Markus,
people with fair complexions are proba-

protective pigment

20 minutes in the bed once a day. If
it should be 7 to 8

the skin is very fair

the time

can damage the eyes and lead to the

more

to

minutes.

possibihty of cataracts.

bly

mOre dan"You increase

skin, the

sunbathe. Anytime you tan your skin

a result of

increased light to the cornea, tanning

your

your chances of cancer whenever you

Besides damage to the skin, tanning
also has other dangers.

lighter

gerous tanning can be.

The two radiation rays affect the skin
UVA rays, which are longer

differentiy.

in wavelength than

UVB,

can penetrate

melanin, are predisposed to skin

more easily indoors.
Markus says, "If people tan slowly in

Hispanics, American Indians

the regular sun, they will tan slowly in

and cause premature aging, wrinkting,

tanning beds as weU."

and skin cancer, according to Markus.
During the past ten years, tanning

injury.

and Blacks have greater amounts of

melanin in their skin which protect them

from cancer-causing ultraviolet
tion.

Summer

irrita-

The time spent tanning indoors

ies depending on what type of skin people

have.

1990

var-

A first-time customer can spend 7

deeply into the lower levels of your skin

UVA rays have become
UVA has been called the "safe"

parlors offering

popular.

21

Zeisloft admits there are risks in-

tanning ray by the industry, but recent
studies contradict this suggestion.

volved. "If there

According to Zeisloft, many of the
salons rely predominantly on ultraviolet

skin cancer,

A to produce tans. "A suntan is a shield

difficulty,

that stops

harmful rays from penetrat-

"UVB

ing," he says.

was

linked to skin cancer. This

said to be

a family history of

wouldn't take the

I

risk,"

"Also, if you tan with

says Zeisloft.

much

is

why tan at all?

effort to tan,

If it takes that

you've got to be

doing something you shouldn't.

Some

old-fash-

is

ioned and gave the industry a poor reputation."

Because of this, many owners
UVA. "The industry is still

"If

switched to
studying

tiie

effects of die

much

UVA rays,"

"Exposure

says,

UVA

to

takes that

radiationis especially harmful for people

you shouldn't."

skin to light," she says. "This is called

Such medications include psoralen,

some
some blood pressure
medication. Markus warns those using
is

one we

"One ma-

be different from another

down the street."
Some tanning bed owners

confuse

consumers by advertising that their units
are approved by the FDA. The FDA
does have rigid standards regulating the
safety of the tanning booth apparatus to
prevent it from collapsing on a person.
this doesn't

radiation emitted

mean

that the

by the lamps or lights

is safe.

Although the

FDA

doesn't regulate

the day-to-day operations of tanning

agency has a say in

how the

allowable exposure, and a label advis-

people think a tan is a big deal and really
important," he says. "They just don't

ing prospective customers taking medi-

Uke

cine to consult their doctor before expo-

to hear they can't tan."

die dangers

sure to ultraviolet rays. Labels warning

involved, there are few regulations

of eye damage, premature aging of the

Surprisingly, witii

the medication to be extremely careful

while tanning. "TetracyUne

may

equipment is made and used. Operators
are required to provide protective
goggles, a timer calibrated to measure

drug photosensitivity."

tranquUizers and

chine

salons, the

taking medications which sensitizes the

tetracy lines, anti-diabetic agents,

tion of light," says Markus.

However,

effort to tan,

you've got to be
doing something

says Zeisloft.

Markus

it

but there are no standards about radia-

all

worry most about since many teenagers
use it for treatment of acne," says

placed on tanning bed owners.

"The

Food and Drug Administration

super-

Markus.

vises the structural safety of machines.

skin,

and skin cancer, must be placed on

the tanning beds.

The manufacturer

must also provide a recommended exposure schedule.

For All Your CycliNq

"There are dangers with anything you

INeecIs

Bloom Nautilus and Fitness Center.
"What you believe about tanning de-

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pends on which article you read. People

DUTCH

who tan indoors are usually aware of the

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If people

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dangerous

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it

anything

wrong

the

"Ultraviolet radiation
if

is

dan-

misused." Cur-

only Ohio, Michigan, California,
and North Carolina regulate tanning-

bed usage, according to Zeisloft.
The problem with tanning is there are
so many myths that people aren't sure
what to believe. They end up following

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"1 went to a tanning spa because 1
wanted to get a head start on my tan

before spring break," says
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you go

rently,

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and much more!

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if

way," says Shultz.
"The worst thing about the industry is
the misuse of facilities by owners," says

Mountain Bikes

Recreation

don't follow directions they

hurt.

Amy Grieme,

Bloomsburg.

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"I usually tan indoors for a base tan,"

says Tara Gosling, age 21 Bloomsburg.
,

"I don't

want

to get burned.

I'll start

tanning in March for a base tan so I don
get burned

"The longer you prolong
continue to damage skin."

"Many people

the tan

you

not necessarily tme, however.

tanning bed, Ught

claim that the

first

directly

is

"In a

concentrated more

on the skin," says Markus. The

t

time they tan they bum," says Zeisloft.

belief that the tanning industry promotes

when summer comes."
is when you tan year-

"People are not supposed to bum; that's
what the indoor industry is about. If they

a safe

'

"The danger

way to

tan isn't tme.

Occasional tanning

Although aware of the dangers involved in tanning beds, many continue

and the use of moisturizers to prevent

the process of excessive tanning. "Tan-

round," she says.

by tanning doesn't
people very much, according to

the dry skin caused
effect

ning

is associated with a healthy image
and affluency," says Markus. "In the

Gosling.

past, generations preferred skin untan-

Grieme and Gosling are among thousands
tan,

who

ned.

believe they can get a base

and a recent study indicates they
tan can give

tection against an acute
tion, butit also has

you don't

bum

some

People

UVA bum reac-

standards.

aging effects. Even if

some

you are damaging your

tme

for using tanning

beds after the sun to prolong a

increases the

damage

Basal Cell Carcinoma

tan.

According to Markus, attempting to
prolong a suntan by going to a salon just
to one's skin.

start

with

Some
smaller

initial

segments they won't."

think the risk of cancer is

when

tanning indoors because

"Radiation causes tan whether you get it

the time spent in a tanning bed is usually

from sun oratanning bed," says Markus.

shorter than time spent in sun.

Summer

1990

sort

These places should have
of customer profile cards or

questionnaires, according to Zeisloft.
Pholo courtesy of Geisinger Medical Center

is

who choose to visit a tanning

salon or spa should be aware of safety

pro-

skin."

The same

athletic

things are starting to change again."

may be partially right. Markus says, "A
UVA-induced

However, models and

superstars in recent years are tan, but

This

is

These cards should ask important information about how you tan.
People should make sure the beds are
clean, according to Shultz.

The place

shouldhave customercharts, and should

be reUable. "Make sure it's been there
for a wMle," says Shultz.

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Keeping togetherness in mind, the
Bloom family 'covers' Columbia County

by Jim Roberts

It's a hot summer day. You've been
doing muscle-busting, mind-bending

work

ing and
ers.

rooms laying

in small

tile

carpet-

with your father and broth-

Mom took care of most of the pre-

work

After a few hours,
cry "uncle" from

many of us would

all this

ice built

by

his father

and uncle. "I've

all

the pieces

fit

while building

their

family-owned and operated busi-

ness.

Frank Bloom; his wife, Katherine;

and three sons, Frank

III,

20; Scott, 19;

and Brian, 18; have a true sense of unity

combined with craftsman-like

skill.

"I

course," says Frank.

Frank, "It's a family skiU and

if I

hired

outside the family I'd be givingit away."

team work ethic, Frank says, "The family

to

be run

a

his sons,
all

of the

flooring jobs. Brian, the youngest son,

be joining the crew full-time

after
this

summer.

busy
enough to open
"I'm

"We'U soon have two crews
quicker service. If

another store, but
it has to be run
by Blooms."

it

for

goes on the floor

we can handle it. No job is too big," says
Frank.

The family

credits Katherine

with keeping the office running, handling the finances, and writing the
checks. But, she says, "If I had to lay a
floor I'd be in big trouble."

Each family member functions
handles the entire job, from ordering the

part of the whole.

The Blooms

as a

recently

"Some

instaUed thirteen rolls of carpet and over

named after us

"extended family" of trusted craftsmen

fifty

area.

He joined

his father

and uncle, the original Bloom Brothers,
in 1974 doing

and Scott, handle

completed a large office complex in

but I've been too busy to find out for
sure," says Frank.

III

one of the busiest

The

landmark in the

people say the town was

Frank

is

carpet of

Frank and

shops in town.

will

floor covering to the installation."

Family owned since 1961, the busiis

Bloom Brothers

new

do themselves, plumbing and some carpentry, are done by an

by Blooms."
ness

for the

he graduates from Vo-Tech school

family," says Frank, "I'm busy enough

open another store but it has

—except

left it

work but I had to turn them down," says

would never do it any other way besides
to

night to find your house just the way you

had almost fifty talented guys ask me for

family togeth-

Bloomsburg, have been able to

make

leave in the morning and return home at

Amazingly, the Bloom family,

owners of Bloom Brothers Floor Coverings,

of the "whole job" concept. "You can

added to the reputation for quality serv-

Crediting his success to the family's

details.

erness.

them on to Frank. Since 1974, Frank has

what he calls,

"third-shift

work. Anything and everything."

His

tasks they can't

who have worked
years.

with the Blooms for

"Other firms hire some real quality

Harrisburg.

Working

as a team, they

cartons of tUe.

This type of in-house family operation has

been

tried

by others in the

area.

workers, but they get paid by the yard.

According to Frank, other family busi-

We concentrate on the whole job," says

nesses faU because a lack of unity sphts

Frank.

Bloom Brothers

will

remove

the business.

His sons seem eager

to

uncle attended factory school to learn

your furniture for a slight fee in addition

stay in the business

and be the best

and he passed

to installing your new floor. This is part

around. In fact, Frank

III

the tricks of the trade

26

sees a lack of

Spectrum

young craftsmen in

"You

his line of work.

many

don't see

guys that can do what

of the younger

we

do," he says.

Frank III enjoys working with tile flooring the most because of the "challenge."

Frank III must have had his fuU with

Blooms completed a
Kawneer Corporation.
The family was contracted to do the
tile

work

after the

project for the

plant's cafeteria using three different

color

tiles,

No

in three different sizes.

two colors were supposed to touch. This
geometric nightmare was just another
challenge to the Blooms.

The job was

complete in eight days and no two colors touched.

"TUe

is

the

most workable of the

flooring materials.

with

You can do anything

says Frank

it,"

III.

The Blooms

have created

intricate tUe designs in

local homes as

weU. They constructed a

six-pointed

star,

cut entirely from

for a family in Espy.

"We

tile,

try to

Photo by David Scott

do

whatever the customer asks," says Frank.

Frank Bloom perfects

his trade while

he

installs vinyl

and linoleum

flooring.

Frank likes to work with vinyl and

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The Blooms have seen a new genera-

linoleum flooring. "I strive for perfec-

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Covered

tion

He

when installing vinyl," says Frank.

says the ultimate goal

floor absolutely

!

some of the

is to

no easy task in

flat. It' s

older and rougher kitchens.

go," says Frank, "those spills just aren't

lon fibers and stain re-

ceramic

•

hardwood

vinyl on their kitchen

"It's

remnants

making installation even more dif-

skill.

a family

floor

ficult.

Some of these
may

Floor Store
6th and Catherine Sts.

If

I

As

part of

the trade, the

Blooms

asbestos.

sult in some of the
most durable carpet-

hired

ing ever. The Blooms

have

be
away.

family, I'd

contain dangerous

giving

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and

Often, installing

can be taxing as

"We suggest that the customer put

new

floor

down

still

before building

is-

make
much tougher," says Frank.

When it comes

to padding, Frank says,

"It doesn't have

much of an effect on the

wear and

tear but it's great if

you want

comfort."

To do

a

home

over in aU

new carpet,

prices can range from $2,000 to $7,000.

"That range in price

Our Cfiarming IStfi Century Inn

comes tough.

of rope, resist stretching and seeming.

lands or booths. These obstacles
laying vinyl

that stretching,

"berber," which resembles a carpet made

craft.

resist scuffing

floors in newer kitchens

Bloomsburg

many

Carpet weavings like

advancements in the

The newer floors
require no waxing.

installed

of carpeting but

tucking, and seeming

safety considerations
as well as

ny-

sistant treatments re-

outside the

older surfaces

keep aware of these

M^Hugh's

New

the same."

layer over layer of

•

With thorough and
personalized service.

"I've

come and

seen different types of carpets

Frank says people put

carpet

•

and cover Co-

lumbia county's living rooms.

get the

•

tile

tion of carpeting evolve

is just

a rough

estimate," says Frank, "because there

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making a comeback in
The Blooms display the

are

at their

Street store.

All-in- the-famUy operations, with the

knowledge and skUl of the Blooms,

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Our

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in this "age of the

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Racers pass Hollow Roaid
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Columbia County

50.

For local cyclists,
the road to success begins
in Bloomstiurg

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35

bik-

months concentrating on

only the fourth cyclist to win

in

racing instead of worrying

both the world champion-

Russell Lewis,
For
ing means keeping

shape and having fun.

For

Russell Dryer and Phil
Cable, biking means com-

way

petition and a

of

life.

about

summer jobs."

ship and the

Biking used to be viewed
as a

European

sport, but af-

ter the victory

of Greg

in the

same

Tour de France
year.

According to Frans Verowner of the Dutch

straeten,

These athletes race for the

LeMond of Minnesota in the

Wheelman

Dutch Wheelman Bicycle
Shops, Bloomsburg and

Tour de France last July, the
world began to realize that

racing in Europe

Bicycle Shops,

United

Berwick.

is

more

competitive than in the
States. In a

Lewis, owner of

country as small as

Russell's, a popu-

Belgium, there are

downtown

usually about 100

lar

Bloomsburg

res-

races throughout

taurant, has

been

the country on any

he frequently

given weekend.
Dryer estimates
that during the two

entered competi-

months abroad, he

Although he

and Cable averaged

some

about three races a

local races, this

week, each about

biking for over

fif-

teen years. In college,

tions.

now

enters

businessman

sixty

doesn't have the

length.

gium

petitive as Dryer. "1

is

other

C

a b

1

e

and
,

2

1

says

more organized

than in the United

hand. Dryer, 18,
Millville,

much

Dryer, "but the
system in Belgium

he says.
the

is

harder,"

and race

to stay in shape,"

On

in

Racing in Bel-

time to be as com-

just bike

miles

States."

Russell Lewis

In the

United States races
,

are almost always

Bloomsburg, spent

on weekends, but in Europe

two months racing in Belgium this past summer. "I
gave up attending nationals
to go to Belgium so that I

biking was no longer Euro-

two

races are scheduled all week.

months later, LeMond won,
for the second time, the

Entry fef s for each race in

Europe are about $2.50;

in

would get the competitive

professional road race at the

the United States the cost

is

need," says

world championships in
Chambery, France. He is

usually $20. Biking in Eu-

experience
Dryer.

I

"We spent those two

pean dominated.

Just

rope is also much more popu-

Members

of the

Wheelman

Team

include

right): front
Jr.;

(left to

row, Joe Sees,

Joe Sees,

row.

Dutch

Bicycling

III;

second

Ken Cross, Tim

Winn, Frans Verstraeten,

Lance Hemmen, Mike
Hartzell, Dick Pileski.

Pholo by David Scott

lar than in the

United States. According

to Dryer, just about

everyone in most

European countries owns

at least

one

then
says.
ing.

I

really started to enjoy riding,"

Dryer seems pleased with his suc-

cess. "I've

bike.

Dryer began biking four years ago,

when he began riding with a friend who
was already racing. "I had been riding a
lot just for transportation

purposes, but

he

finish is incredible!"

There are two main types of races. In

Within two years he started plac-

done really weU," he says.

developed a lot faster than I ever

"I

antici-

pated."

a criterium race,

down to form
bikers race

A

route.

"I absolutely love the competition,"

he says. "The

last

500 meters of a race

begins to sprint. The excitement at the

are shut

and the

40 or 50 times around the

simple road race, however,

one point and ends

at another;

they are also usually 40 or 50 miles long.

when everyone

That's

are the best.

starts at

town roads

a one-mile circle,

Dryer, an amateur racer,

is

licensed

by the Uruted States Cycling Founda-

A New Look
Sanctioned

For Your

Home

County

to host

75 mile race

Bicycle racers from across the country arc expected to attend the

first

Cov-

ered Bridge Fall Classic Bicycle Race, October 7. The race, sponsored by the

Full Service

Design
•

& Installation

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Columbia-Montour Tourist Promotion Agency (TPA), will begin in Berwick
and end at Knoebels Grove.
"Because the race is sanctioned by the United States Cychng Federation
(USCF), it has been announced in various cycling publications and we expect
there to be

many professionals

guerite Foster of the
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as well as amateurs in attendance," says

Mar-

TPA.

The route will pass through or go by seventeen covered bridges

in the

two

counties.

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The race will be seventy-five miles and will feature many sprint points loThe first rider to reach one of these check points will
win $50. These points will be sponsored by local businesses.
According to Frans Verstraeten, owrter of the Dutch Wheelman Bicycle
cated along the route.

Shops, there will also be $2,000 in prize

money

to

be spht between the top

fifteen placers.

For racers

who are not licensed by the USCF,

Fun Ride open to everyone. This race

will start

there

wiU

also be a ten-mile

and finish at Knoebels Grove.

Spectrum

(USCF), but is allowed to compete
money. Racers pay a fee each year,
receive a license, and are allowed to race
tion

barely get off your bike. Biking

for

very competitive.

in USCF sponsored races.

The USCF is

is

also

To be a good racer,

a

person has to have a lot of dedication

and be willing to give up a lot of time to
he says. He spends most of

in charge of all the racing in the United

train,"

States.

February, March, and April condition-

There are four categories of racers,

"After a long

your
back aches so
much that you can
hilly race,

pushing

is

hard to enter this
category.

"Right

now

racing

is

want

to

to

and

aU

I

do with my
am hoping

titions,"

enter

six

In February, three

members of

Dutch Wheelman team

—

the

Cable, John

McGurk, 24, and BiU Irving, 26, spent
three weeks at the Colorado Springs
Training Center. The camp is a general
preparation camp for this year's season,
which began in March.
Each of the three averaged about 400
miles of racing a week. The camp emphasized cross-training and included

swimming, hiking, stretching, soccer,
weight lifting, and mountain biking. The

month

training in

California to get a head start

on the

season. "If a rider can excel at a
like this, they

may be

camp

can get exposure. Then,

Hometown Bank
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sible.

Lewis, although

he says he

isn't a

It Better!

By

the end of March,

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he says.

three then spent a

The

side whenever pos-

long and hard.

your bike."

I

some day

although he

racer, also trains

barely get off

international compe-

they

and

the weather

is cold,

prefers to train out-

caliber competitors.

Dryer

He also has a set

of roUers to ride on

when

and Olympic

class

life

ing for the races ahead.

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with category 1
being
for
the
country's world-

days a week.

he rides between 20
and 50 miles a day,
Lewis says that al-

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event," Verstraeten says.

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Dryer and Cable are also the first racers in the area to qualify for national
races. Last year.

Cable qualified in the

"supply

time trial and Dryer qualified in both the
time

and road

trial

"This

is

not an easy sport," empha-

and hiUy race,
your back aches so much that you can
sizes Dryer. "After a long

Summer

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Hours:

race.

Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. 8

a.m. to 12 p.m.
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cheap and since
school,

.VV^'^^'O,

I

says. "I
racer,

I

used

it

I

lived ten miles from

for transportation," he

have never considered myself a

just enjoy riding

my bike."

Competitive racing

is

expensive.

make

given special

is

sure that

worth about

is

top

and pedals. According to Lewis,

a

$400 on tires
alone.
For recreapurposes,
tional

The excitement

$3,000. "I like to spend

is

Additional expenses include shoes,

^^_^_^^_^

about

is

it

quality."

serious racer might spend

my extra money on my

however, these expenses are not nec-

incredible."

"A non-

bikes simply because

essary.

of the enjoyment

competitive racer

I

get
"I also really

will be perfectly equipped with a regular

enjoy trying out aU the different types of

ten speed for a long time," says Lewis.

out of

it,"

says Lewis.

Lewis claims

bikes on the market."

E.

treatment to

cheapest one he owns

pensive

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Every part of the bike

tires,

is

much

better quality than machine-made bikes.

Lewis has several bikes, including three
Bianchis, a popular Italian brand. The
$1,400; the most ex-

Main

tubing of the frames are also of a

that biking

probably

is

one of the toughest endurance sports

Dryer has also invested a sizable
amount in his bikes. His most recent

because it involves sprinting and climb-

purchase, a Basso, cost about $1,500.

ing hills in the same race. "Cardiovas-

According

St.

to Dryer, the biggest dif-

ference between the high-performance

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"The frames of these bikes are totally
handmade," he says. "Hand-made
frames are the best in the world and the

cular-wise,

it is

probably one of the best

exercises to do," he adds.

Biking provides good cardiovascular
conditioning because

it

uses the large

muscle groups of the arms and legs, and
increases oxygen consumption and heart
rate.

According to Joseph Hazzard,

letic trainer for

ath-

Bloomsburg University,

"Bicycling provides important aerobic

You need us

and anaerobic conditioning."
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person pedals to

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are

to help

you buy or

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up

When

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working anaerobically. This means

they are producing energy in short spurts.

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about 400-500 calories.

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Biking also
less strain to

joints than jogging.

"Obviously a biker doesn't pound

his

on the road like a jogger and therefore there is less force on the joints,"
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Not everyone has

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the desire to be a Greg LeMond. But this
rapidly growing sport can provide health,

recreation and fitness for

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Spectrum

October

1870:

19,

Frozen in Time
by Jodi Hennion

As

the stars fade

it's

in Perm's Valley.
station leaving

town.

From

A

The

Photo by David Scott

day

Ed Campbell oversees the mechanical village

train stops at the

to plan

and nine months

hammers

The project began ten years ago
when Ed Campbell, Bloomsburg, envi-

A water wheel starts the

sioned a miniaturized village. "I never

saw mill for the day

'

s

hitting

molten

work, and atop the

school beUs ring while children romp

around the school yard. The date

to build.

is

Oc-

and time to help package it, and without
it would never have been reality.

him,

been a whitfler

Zettle has also

He

much

challenge, that is why I decided to do it."

people, dogs, cats, horses, and mules.

of his Ufe.

The

materials including

The mechanical

village

is

an exact

half-inch scale of a mock village located

Valley, lights go

on

is

com-

inside the homes,

would never be completed.

It

in the plarming stage for ten years,

and took only nine months to build.
learned a lot from what

we

We

did,"

Campbell says.
Campbell, owner of the Heritage
House Restaurant is also a carpenter by

He

many

including the school, church, businesses,

proceeds to the church, located next to

cabins, and

At mid-

town retires to perform
show once again the next day.

night, the

35

the

clothing.

scene in the

"was

the play-

We put it on a revolving board

at night,

when

the congregation

many signs located over businesses,

and an electrician was also hired to help

bam doors open to make known a spirited bam dance, and the congregation
the school, for ceremonies.

handmade

difficult

Professional sign painters painted

"When we began, it seemed as if the
was

over Perm's

natural

went to church, the board would do a
180 degree turn and the playground
would move under the village. Because
there were so many moving parts, it was
difficult to get it to work properly."
the

at which time the town refrains from the
busy trades that filled their mornings
and then resumes once again in the af-

rises

so that

challenge."

project

moon

all

shingles, tin

slate roofs, stone buildings, leather

ground.

would also be a

and going to school until the lunch hour,

After the woricday

wood

village," says Campbell,

different that

The day begins at 6 a.m., with the
town awakening to the sunrise over
Perm's Valley. Tradesmen and town
folk set about their day arriving at work

handmade of

"The most

I

represents an 18 hour day.

village is

harnesses and real

and wanted
something

somewhere in the northeastern United
Statesjust following the Civil War. The
model, which depicts a typical day in the
Uves of a 19th century town, runs on a
timer that makes each hour in a day
equal to one minute, the 1 8 minute show

pleted and the

and

never had a
train set as a child
"I

whittled the 150

figurines that live in the town, including

House
Family Restaurant, near Orangeville on
lage located in the Heritage

Route 487.

for

had a train set as a child and 1 wanted
something different that would also be a

tober 19, 1870 in the miniaturized vil-

ternoon.

that took ten years

come

powerful mule leads the boat

from the dock.
hill

rises,

workers off in the down-

the blacksmith shop

the sounds of
steel.

and the sun

the beginning of another

trade.

built the

—with

buildings

all the wiring to make the town
come to life. The moving parts are gen-

with

erated

by a computer that has been pro-

grammed

to

run the village through

18-minute day.

The

also be moved by pushing buttons

cause each scene
ently of another.

'to

been on the road

which

move independ-

The village was

nally designed to be

its

village parts can

origi-

mobUe and

five times, but

it

has

was

John Zettle who, Campbell says, is the
inspiration behind everything. Campbell

most successful here in Columbia
County. It can now be seen on permanant display at the Heritage House

explains that Zettle had the knowledge

Restaurant.

homes

the help of

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America's
Greatest Crop

w OF w

Couch Potatoes
by Gina Vicario

High-tech radios. Remote control television. Music Television.

the

Nintendovideo games. Electronic gadgets.

home computer. Video

Gameson

cassette recorders.

TodaV 'S VOUth arC Watchillg tOO mUCh
TV and playing too much Nintendo.

Bombarded with more technological advancements than
past generations could even begin to imagine,

we

are

now in the era of the couch potatoe.
According to Craig Hort, chair-

man

of the health and physical

education department at Danville

Senior High School, today's youth
are not as physically

fit

as they

should be.

"European children

in the

same

age groups as ours have been ahead
of our children in physical fitness
for the past twenty years," says Hort.

much
many video

"Children are watching too
television, playing too

games, and not getting enough exercise,"

he says.

Jean Cleaver,

girls'

physical edu-

ColumHigh School, also believes that

cation instructor at Central

bia

the physical fitness of today's youth

"America's youth are finding
such as hitting a tennis

36

p'"'"''')'

Joshua

needs improvement

ball,

it

more difficult to do things

Ziesloft,

Bloomsburg, enjoys

his favorite

DaiidScoit

pastime—

matching television.

connecting a bat with a Softball,

Spectrunn

and even simply bouncing a ball," says Qeaver. "They have
a definite problem with hand-eye coordination."

The Bogalusa Heart Study at Louisiana State University
Medical Center indicates that a quarter of our youth are
Twenty-five percent of boys and

overweight.

THE

BLOOMSBURG

fifty-five

percent of girls cannot do one pull-up; thirty percent of boys

and

fifty

minutes.

much

percent of girls cannot run a mile in less than ten

The

and

diet

lifestyle

of the average American

UNIVERSITY

is

FOUNDATION

to blame, according to the report.

"We seem to be in the middle of a physical fitness crisis,"
says Michael Johnston,

manager of Bloom Nautilus. "People
tire more

with poor health habits miss more sick days and

THE FOUNDATION
1985, the Bloomsburg University
has the responsibility of securing private funds to maintain and enhance the
quality and excellence in all areas of the University. The BU Foundation conducts an active
Activated

"Students have become
slaves to vehicles."

program
easily at work. Their mental producUvity is affected,

can't possibly

and they

compete with those in other countries who are
"When it comes to the

simply in better shape," says Johnston.
protection of our country,
soldiers be physically
if

fit.

I

think that

important that

We would need military manpower

a confrontation were to occur. This

to start

it is

promoting physical

fitness in

is

why

it is

in

Foundation,

tion

Inc.

of information, cultivation,

among

and solicitaand

individuals, corporations,

foundations.

The Bloomsburg

University

Foundation membership includes outstanding
business, professional, and civic leaders from
throughout the Commonwealth.

important

our youth," he says.

According to Lt. Col. John O'Connor, director of training
at

the United States

tially,

most

Army

recruits are

Physical Fitness School, "Essen-

from urban backgrounds and tend

be less active in their formative years.

When

to

they enter the

service, their physical condition tends not to be as high as

INFORMATION

those of previous decades," he says. "Therefore, it takes more

time and effort to train them."
Lt. Col. O'Connor adds, "Military Services has recommended to the President's Council on Physical Fitness that a

Inquiries relative to the

national position be taken that requires students to participate
in physical education classes every year in elementary and

can be met only through private funding, or
questions concerning bequests and estate plans

secondary school."

may be

According to Qeaver, the major problem doesn't
the school system.

"Working parents

lie

and

this is the role

Bloomsburg University

the University, needs which

directed to;

with

home," she says.

"Children see their parents sitting on the couch watching

The school system

gifts to

aren't making the extra

effort to get involved in activities outside the

television,

Foundation,

model they follow."

offers a unique opportunity to provide

the time and facilities necessary for children to exercise.

Physical activity can be placed in a healthy context in con-

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Unfortunately, not all school systems have either comprehen-

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sive health education or a measurable physical education

program designed to provide motivation, knowledge, and
skills needed for a physically active lifestyle.
Once, every high school student attended a physical education class every day.

times a

week

Summer

for about

1990

Now,

the average in this area is

45 minutes per

session.

two

Students at

37

According to Hort, Danville Senior High School has also
done away with the President's Fitness Test. Robert Lombardo, assistant principal and athletic directorof Bloomsburg
"It would be helpful if we could hold physical education
High School, says, "We do not give the President's Fitness
classes twice a week," says Margo Aurand of Central ColumTest because we have another test that we 've been doing that
bia, "but once a week is aU we can fit into our schedule."
One way in which schools can promote the importance of seems to be sufficient."
Although area schools seem to
physical fitness is through the
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~
implementation of the PresidenPresident's Fitness Test, they do
tial Sports Award program.
in
to
seem to stress the importance of
Persons fifteen years of age or
Central Columbia Elementary School only attend physical

education classes once a week.

'We seem

in forty-five different sports

Schools are offering summer
swimming programs, opening

fitness crisis."

^^^^^—

The President's Council, be- i^-^—
gun in 1956 by President Eisenhower as part of a national program to help shape up America s
younger generation, rewards fitness efforts in hopes that
people wUl get hooked on the feehng of fitness. However,
'

are

no longer including

the President's Fitness

Test in their physical education classes.
"Central Columbia has pretty

much done away

with the

President's Fitness Test in girls' classes," says Cleaver.

"We

spend our time concentrating on lifetime sports such as
tennis, golf, and archery. The fitness tests just don't seem to
prove useful for the girls. However, we do conduct the tests
in boys' classes

physical fitness in other ways.

and

fitness activities.

some schools

be

the
middle of a physical

older can qualify for the awards

because some colleges and military like to

have records of physical fitness to refer to."

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student interested in working out,

and coordinating

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of sports. However, students don't seem to be trying out for
sports as

much

"I think a

as they used to.
major part of the problem

is that

students have

become slaves to vehicles," says Cleaver. "Students are so
hung up about having a car that they drop out of sports so they
can work to maintain their vehicles."
Aurand agrees that students are becoming more apathetic
as they get older. "They worry too much about their appearance," she says. "The girls don't want to break their naUs."
Another reason for apathy is the students' increasing
toward organized activities. "Students don't like

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Some teens won't get involved in sports because they feel

planned activities with rules," says Cleaver. "They just want
to play

when they want to play.

I

'm seeing this in them more

self-conscious or inexperienced.

However, this shouldn't
We can let teenagers

and more."

stop their chances at physical fitness.

Although students do not seem to be taking advantage of
schools are offering to promote physical fitness,
faculty of area schools say they are doing all that they can do.

know that

"The rest is up to the parents,"
says Lombardo. "The whole famUy needs to be involved in fit-

athletic

teams are not the only way to exercise.

Parents can begin by setting the example and exercising

all that

themselves.

They can attempt to relay the message that physi-

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are providing fitness opportuni-

—not

a chore.

Parents can take their children
skating, bowling, to baUet les-

'Parents have to set
the example."

ness." Hort agrees that the schools

cal activity is fun

sons, aerobics class, and even

hiking on the weekends.

and students aren't being en-

Jeanine B arone, sports medi-

couraged to take advantage of

cine and nutrition editor of the

ties

"Berkeley Wellness Letter,"
She encour-

them. "It is important that physical education

programs stay

intact,

and

that extra periods

be

added if necessary in order to prevent physical education time
from being cut out," says Hort. "Parents need to set the
example."
"Working parents are no longer doing things with their
famUies outside of the home," says Cleaver. "Perhaps they

recommends an

to

do the transporting.

They have

to reatize that this is

something that is serious enough to demand a Uttie bit of their
time and attention," she says. "It is hard for a student to stay
involved with a team
rooting

when there is no one

—

ages parents to provide children with "active" toys
tricycles, balls

—and

skates,

the opportunity to run, climb and jump,

instead of sitting them in front of a television screen or a video

game.

Parents are also encouraged to participate in relay

races, touch footbaU

are not encouraging their children to get involved in things

such as athletic teams because they wiU have to be the ones

early start to physical fitness.

It is

games, and even dancing.

clear that America's youth are already well

way to becoming permanentiy
car seats.

An

early start

on

their

attached to their couches and

on a healthy lifestyle can make it
But according to area

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WARNING!

The foods you buy

with "low-cholesterol" on the

package
think.

may

not be as healthy as you

These foods may be low in cho-

lesterol,

but they may also be high in so-

dium, sugar, and

fat.

These products

fool the customers into beheving they
are
to

buying a healthy product, according

Carolyn Dalton, registered

dietitian

and assistant professor of nursing

at

in your diet:

it

excess cho-

•

Cut down on

•

Change the kinds of

lower saturated

total fat in the diet.
fats eaten;

and increase

fat intake

intake of polyunsaturated and

monoun-

ton.

Add more complex

carbohydrates

to the diet (fiber, legumes).

on

place 'low

their products

even

The "bad"

cholesterol

is

density lipoprotein, which

firstplace."

The companies are trying to

make money from the public's worry of
cholesterol.

Dalton recommends read-

ing the label on the food products along

with looking at the price.

is

LDL, low
the heavy

high in

fat

and worth-

According to Dalton, people should

and

pasteries.

oil, butter,

margarine,

Dalton suggests that

Americans eat leaner meats, poultry,
fish,

and legumes (kidney, pinto and

garbonzo beans, carrots,

is

lentils) to cut

one

common misconcep-

eat,"

says Dalton. "Whether a food

is

good or bad depends on how much of
food one eats and what

For instance, someone whose

diet

means more

consists mainly of fatty, sugary foods,

than substituting
one food

mUk, or grain products, probably won't

diet

for another."

and

little

amounts of vegetables,

be healthy. But a person with a weUbalanced diet could get away with an oc-

not in excess.

"Having a good

means more than

for another," says Dalton.

ening of the

supplies

arteries, as stated in i4pp//e(i

and Diet Therapy by

Davis, Martin.

away from

it

Burtis,

"But you can't stay

because

it is

made

terol products," says Dr.

Leonard A.

Winski, MLUville. The "good" group of

HDL,

No one food

the essential nutrients in the

amounts one needs.

A

healthy diet

consists of a variety of foods.

According

in the

body, so try to stay away from choles-

all

diet

substituting one food

cholesterol that can contribute to hard-

Nutrition

fruit,

casional cookie or ice cream cone, but

Items hke

less in nutritional value.

avoid fatty foods,

"This

tent.

"Having a good

potato chips often claim to be cholesterol free, but are

in

in waste.

kinds of other foods are in the diet."

if

they don't have any cholesterol in the

body

is lost

People tend to label a food as "good"

that specific

"Some companies

^^r

tion people have about the foods they

a selling gimmick," says Dal-

cholesterol'

it

cleaned from the

or "bad" regardless of cholesterol con-

Bloomsburg University.
"It is

^^^^k cholesterol
^^^^^ can be

to the liver where

Limit consumption of high choles-

terol foods.
•

by taking the

the form of bUe, which

saturated fats.
•

^^^m. lesterol from the
y^^^. This is done

arteries,

to Dalton,

one shouldn't

rely solel y on oat bran to deliver a healthy
diet. "It limits variety,"
is

says Dalton.

It

important to eat an assortment of plant

down on fat content in the diet. "And, of
course, exercise," she adds.
As for

Upoproteins are the

which contain moderate

ferent kinds of fiber, because different

cholesterol, Dalton suggests four steps

amounts of cholesterol and seem to clear

types of fiber function differently in the

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lipoproteins,

high density

foods to benefit from the effects of dif-

Spectrum

body.

Why wait for
problems?

septic

Some

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and can be help-

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There are

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low-choles-

cium and

terol

oat bran from expensive cereals that can

blood cholesterol level'

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available,

Winski.

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fiber

legumes, oat bran,

tion of 20

and a

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maximum

of 35 grams.

fiber,

Mixed

regularly.

A

level of

200

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it is

The sooner

done, the better.

Having children tested for blood
cholesterol level

is a

controversial

is-

sue. "Ifthe child has a parent with a high

cholesterol
they

level,

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For Carolyn Derr, the

the maturity

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Swimming is

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ging or aerobics.

own

in any of fifteen sports

ming and describes her as friendly and

and only against people in their age

outgoing. "She does a remarkable job

group.

of balancing her swimming with her

"The people who swim

like jog-

One local woman has

taken this fitness activity and turned it
into her

They compete

in

Masters

and very good,"

are very competitive

says.

she says, noting that most have been

competing since they were young.

personal gold mine.

family and work commitments," she

The USMS has amembership ofabout

Carolyn Derr, Bloomsburg, has be-

Pride,

at

also

on

the state level, but
tiie

national

level of competition

Five golds at last
year's state games and

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competition have
class

swimmer allowing her

pete in
last

tiie

a world
to

com-

world games in Australia

summer. She

"It's

funny,

I

is

for fitness, to stay in shape," she says,

sort

thirty

to another

and

it

l

thousand

Olympians

swam

range from former

to those

who have never

competitively.

19 to 24

is

can work for in the future," she
"Swimming is a sport for all ages.
Our kids who are 5 and 7 swim in our
program and I know a man who didn't
start swimming until his early 80s and
says.

Now he

years old wlule the oldest is 90 and over,

did it because he was

a story about that. "It used to
"
be 80 and over," Derr said laughing,

has multiple national records."

but there

is

But some of the

of snowballed."

who

The youngest age group

also 62 years old.

started all of this just

"Then one thing led

Den^forthejobshedoes

she
a good ex
bGcause hs was arthritic. Now he
ample for younger swim*
"
~i
l*naS multiple national records, mers in terms of the goals they

Swimming
made her

States Masters

Brown Uni-

coaches the West Branch
swim team with her
,41^ husband and praises

WhO

l

three silvers at the United

for

two years before taking

seven years off to raise a family,

come a dominant force not
only

who swam

versity for

At last year's Pennsylvania Senior
Games, held at Shippensburg University, she won golds in the 50- and 1 00-

high 80s didn

mcter freestyle, the 50-meter back-

still

'

t

athletes

think it

who were in the

was

ing against 80-year-olds.

them,

I

have one friend

I

fair

compet-

can't

who

is

blame
86 and

swimming."

arthritic.

Pride, a senior nursing student at

Bloomsburg University, believes Derr
is

an inspiration for older people as

well.

"She gives an

women whose

alternative for

famihes have grown

and are looking for physical

activity to

50-meter butterfly and the

Derr is ranked sixth nationally in the

100-meter individual medley. This was

00 butterfly. She is also ranked seventh
in both the 100 and 400 freestyle and

a lot of traveUng around her

eighth in the 200 freestyle.

ming, mostiy combining it with a vaca-

stroke, the

an improvement over her four gold,

one

silver

performance the year be-

Katherine Pride, Danville, a

fore.

The senior games
year for athletes

44

1

who

are held every
are 55

and over.

member

USMS

for three years, credits Derr

with introducing her to Masters swim-

keep busy and in shape," she

says.

Derr certainly keeps busy. "They do

tion," Pride says

have gone
lia,

to

swim-

of the Derrs,

who

as far as Brisbane, Austra-

compete

in the

World Masters.

Spectrum

That's a long

way from Morristown,

I

had a competi-

where Derr was bom in 1928. She
graduated from BuckneU University in

tion at least

1949 with a B.A. in mathematics and

month, so

I

spending a

lot

N.J.,

economics.

It

was

BuckneU where

at

she met her husband Dale. After college, she

worked

for

John Hancock

Insurance in Boston while her husband

Law

was

in

they

moved to Bloomsburg so he could
his ovm practice.

open

Harvard

school. In 1956,

The Derrs have three successful chil-

one

weekend

a

was
of

time away from

him."

She says

that

she has toned
things

down

within the last
years.

"I

dren. Their oldest, Kathy, 33, is also an

usually only

go

five

attorney and has two children ages 3 and

to one-day events

7 months. Their other daughter, HoUy,

now," she

manager for Hilton.
Theironly son, Doug, 29, is an architecht.

Derr can do
that
because

31, is a catering

says.
Photo by David Scon

Carolyn Derr

Despite her high level of success in

swimming isn't her only hobby. Sheen-

affair

swimming, her husband hates the com-

joys the theater and has appeared in nu-

with talking her into competing. "I had

goes near the pool," she says.

"He travels with me, but never
"He just

merous Bloomsburg summer productions. She was treasurer for the Hospital

team with Mark

goes sightseeing."

Auxiliary for six years and has sung in

recreationaUy untU

the United Methodist church choir for

vinced me to try it out. That was fifteen

the last thirty-four years.

years ago."

petition.

"It all started

when our

kids were

younger," she explains. "They

tions

swam

would take them to competiat least one weekend a month, and

too, so

I

^,

a niece

to

be a

who swam on the 1972 Olympic
Spitz, but I only swam

my

brother con-

And who knows? She wiU

With the exception of her husband,

swimming appears

and she even credits her brother

swim

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probably

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But they have more
problems than Marcus
VVelby ever knew existed

by April Moore

When

family doctors

pay the

bills,

more than

sider

electric

down

sit

reason for a decrease in family doctors today

to

enormous debts

they have to con-

is

the

must

pay back. Seeing anywhere between

the heat, water, and

prices in their expenses.

that medical students

To

$40,000 and $100,000 worth of debts

avoid being pushed out of the business

after graduating is scary,"

they love, they must also

Rothermel, D.O., Benton, explains.

fit

malprac-

Leonard Winski,M.D., is

Ac-

tice insurance in their budget.

cording to Anita King of the Ameri-

can Medical Association,

this

family physician

amount

can reach up to $9,400 per year.

According

to King, there

States

and 3,501 in the

as of

988. Each one of these doctors faces the

1

possibility

for twenty-nine years. He,

many

others, realizes the high

costs involved in getting a family prac-

general and family practitioners in the United
state

tice started.

of Pennsylvania,

too much money to set up.

ofa costly malpractice suit. In 1988,

first

it

costs

And from the

year on, you have to pay mal-

practice insurance, and that has to

be paid a year ahead of time."

were 6.2 claims of malpractice.

Tracy Lee, physicians' assistant in Benton, takes a posi
tive attitude

According to Winski, "There is

a decline in solo practice because

for every 100 general/family practices in the U.S.,

there

aretired

practiced in

MUlviUe
like

were 69,339

who

Robert

Living in a small

community

toward the

like

rural

Colum-

County can present an-

threat of malpractice suits.

bia

"Yes, it's frustrating, but

other problem, especially

not enough to

make me

when

she says. "It's always in the

tients.

sued for anything." John Runyan, D.O.,

says Lee.

Bloomsburg, says, "The more you want to do,

rics practice.

is to

drop

tiieir

bills.

We

to help, but

always solve the problem."

According to the American Medical Association, there

were 69,339 practicing family physicians in the U.S. in 1988.

These malpractice expenses are threatening enough, but
to specialize in family

medicine, there are other factors to consider. "Part of the

46

this doesn't

obstet-

Because Columbia County is more rural, though,

young medical student wanting

"Some people don't

have collection agencies

to

the malpractice rates are lower."

to a

to collect-

"People don't think

care if they have

more you pay. One thing many doctors do

handle the malpractice problem

comes

they have to pay to be seen,"

back of your mind, but you can be

the

it

ing payment from pa-

leave the profession,"

But Sharon Ryan, of the Medical Society, says

that the per-

centages of family physicians are low. "In 1988, only 12percent of

all

active

M.D.s and 9 percent of the

residents were

Spectrum

specializing in family practice.
active

M.D.s

are 65

Donald Remaley, M.D.,
decline.

"There

is

A large

percentage of the

and over," says Ryan.

on family

practice in

into the field."

Rothermel says, "The government
tals

Since the medical profession

feels there is a reason for the

a lack of emphasis

medical school. Students don't get enough exposure to be

drawn

"Family practice has always appealed to me.

is

depend a

lot

on Medicare

closing rural hospi-

come to this area. We'U have
David Revak, D.O.,

Recruiting may be necessary.

Family doctors are paid much

compared

speciahsts.

to other

medical

The average annual

to recruit,"

U.S. in 1987, according to Beth
P. A.

Medical

was $91,500

after ex-

Greenburg of the

unpredictable, so are the

regular hours."

When setting up

a family practice in a small community,

the loyalty that patients have already established to existing

doctors

makes

it

difficult to

"Many

times, we're like

traffic

cops.

develop cUentele.
"Loyalty

^^^—^^^———^

lished in
is

has to be estab-

smaU communities.

Rothermel.

Family practitioners have not
always existed in the same way
as they

War

do today. Before World

II,

famOies received care

from General Practitioners be-

^^—^^^-^^^^^^-^ ^-^-^^^^^^^.^^—

cause they were usually the only
physicians around. After World

averages are evenlowerfor rural

War II, GPs began to speciaUze, which increased their train-

areas.

Comparing these incomes to a general surgeon's annual
income of $182,000 or a radiologist's and obstetric
gynecologist's income of $180,000, this is a big difference.
Despite these problems, there are many people in Columbia and Montour counties who have decided to make medi-

ing and evolved into today's family practicioner.

cine their life's work.

family practitioner.

Winski says he wanted to be a family doctor from the time
he was eleven years old. "I
nia,

It

acquired through time, not

justby puttingup shingles," says

We direct

what they say."

The

penses and before taxes.

is

Compared to many other specialists who can maintain
a 40 to 50 hour work week, some family doctors work roundthe-clock. Runyan admits, "Sometimes you wish for more

patients to the
specialists and interpret

income of a family doctor in the

Society,

like

^^^^^^^^^-^^^^

Bloomsburg.

less

We'd

to help them.

family doctors to

says

enjoy

hours.

and decreasing Medicare reimbursement, and rural hos-

pitals

I

dealing with the whole family," he says.

and wlule

I

am from Nanticoke, Pennsylva-

was growing up

I

was always impressed by

The difference between GPs and family practitioners is in
their residency training.
training,

GPs have one year of

residency

and family doctors must have three years of

resi-

dency. Then, they take an examination to be certified as a

speciahsts

Family practitioners are also the only

who have to take

re-certification

exams every

six

to seven years.

Family doctors also complete

fifty to

one hundred

credits

a country doctor at the time."

of continuing education each year of practice, so they can stay

One of the reasons he chose to practice in an area like MillviUe
"I like the close community
it's a small town.

updated on new technology. Each credit takes approximately

our local physician,

who was

was because
Ufe,

and the atmosphere

is

conducive to working with entire

approved by

one hour to complete and is
the

American Medical

^^taam^

Association or

family groups," he says.

Looking back on
a

his career choice,

Rothermel says being

famUy doctor was what he always wanted to do.

"I

wanted

my patients. Many other specialopportunity. I want to get to know my

the one-on-one contact with
ists

don't have that

patients as people, not just a set of tonsils or a heart," he says.

A rural area like Columbia County could be negative because of the lowerincome potential, but Runyan enjoys working in this area.

"Family doctors can do more things for themselves in a
deUvering babies, and we closely guard

rural area, including

our patients," he says.
Besides the personal care, family doctors are attracted to
the variety in the profession.

Summer

1990

Remaley enjoys

that diversity.

47

American Osteopathic Association.
"To complete continuing education credits, family doctors can do such things as teaching residents and interns,
studying abroad, taking exams on current
the

keeps family doctors practicing

David Revak and

the patients themselves.

have been practicing

medicine together for nineteen years. They both agree that
listening to their patients is an extremely

procedures, and going to meetings at the
hospital," explains

is

his wife Blair

important part of their job.

Rimyan.

"We've become depersonalized

in so

Although advanced technology is very ad-

many areas of society. Much of the medical

vantageous in the treatment of patients, it has

care that is needed today begins with listen-

increased the amount of pressure family

ing," says

doctors face.

"It is

Since they specialize in the whole patient,

David Revak.

so important to listen to the patients.

they need to be updated on many areas, com-

Studies have shown that diagnosis can be
made around 80 percent of the time if doc-

pared to other specialists being responsible

tors

forjust one area.

has to teU them," says Blair Revak.

"Everyone thinks you're supposed to know
everything about

all

Listening also helps family practitioners

Blair Revak, M.D., Bloomsburg, says that

"A

medical

Donald Remaley, M.D

I don't know
You don't have to, you just have to know when

to get help," she says.

"Doctors don't always have the answers," says Rothermel.
Regardless of

all

want the answers now."

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The other day an elderly lady who was a former
came up to me while I was in town and gave me a big
hug. Those things are what makes it all worthwhile," he says.
Family doctors are needed today. They give personahzed

"Specialists often can't relate to the general population be-

talking to.

cause they are used to talking to each other," says Rothermel.

"I'm very big on communication and education.
patients to not only understand

I

want

patient

my

what care or medicine they

why they are receiving it."
"Many of the problems doc-

will receive, but

ists

and many times, a friendly hstening

lose that personal aspect they

says Lee. "Heart special-

"It's

look forward to

a calling.

deal with heart problems,

orthopedic specialists deal with

bone problems. Working in the
speciality of family medicine,

we

more emotional
and psychological problems

I'd say

visit

Everyday you have to
think of how it can be

or phone

each office

Looking backon their careers,
are pleased.

"I reaUy enjoyed

my years of practice.

^^^^______^^_^^ ^^^^^^^_____^^_

than other specialists."

regret I

see

reward their family doctors with a kind

at

call.

the family doctors in this area

improved."

see

Patients, in turn,

If family

ear.

doctors disappear, patients will

depends on their speci-

tors see
ality,"

care,

The only

have is that I don't get to

my

patients

on a regular

basis anymore," says Winski.

word or remark. "The feedback says what I 'm doing is good.
It makes me happy knowing that people depend on me," Blair
Revak says.
David Revak has delivered close to 2,500 babies during his
years of practice. "It's fun forme to see the kids when they're
babies, and then it's fun get to know them as they grow up,"

Lee looks back with a smUe. "I would do things the same
again. But I have to admit, I'm glad I don't have to go

way

to medical school again."

Rothermel sums up family practice on a rather serious

Everyday you have to reassess and think

note. "It'sacaUing.

of how that calling can be improved."

S

he says.

Winski fondly remembers his

patients. "It is rare that

you

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Peihaps you could try foods

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other than steak and chicken to add
variety to yoursummertime meals.

How

Scallop

this

cup butter or margarine, softened

1/2 teaspoon salt

Wraps

about apples, bread, or even shrimp.

Try something different

envelope dry onion soup mix

1/2

8 ears of

summer

com

Before Grilling:

pound

Mix soup mix, butter

com

and discover the potential your barbe-

1

cue possesses.

6 to 10 bacon slices

one tablespoon of butter mixture. Wrap

Here are some alternative recipes from

Wash scallops well; dry. Completely

tightly in foil.

PiUsbury and the Sunbeam Grillmaster

wrap each scallop with a piece of bacon.
Thread on skewers. Barbecue over low

over hot coals.

heat untn golden brown. Turn often.

utes until tender. Serve with butter.

Gas

Grill

Barbecue Cookbook:

and

scallops

salt.

Spread each ear of

On Grill:

with

Place wrapped com on grill

Cook

for

30

to

35 min-

Rqirinted with pamiasiQa, ClusidS Cookbooks, Tbe Pillsbuiy Company,

C

1

982.

Popcorn
Cheesy Crumb
Tomatoes

OnTheGrUl: Place kernels in popper

Shrimp In
Garlic Butter

or a large heavy duty foil packet with

enough room for expansion. (A

roast-

ing fork can be tied to foil packet for a
handle.)

Hold container over hot coals;

shake until kernels have popped.

Salt;

toss with melted butter or margarine.

1/2

cup bread crumbs

1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon

medium

1

1/4 teaspoon salt or seasoned salt

6 tomatoes, halved

1

crumbs, cheese,

salt

Combine bread
and pepper; mix

Sprinkle several tablespoons of

tablespoons butter

crumb mixture over each tomato
half. Dot each half with one teaspoon of

teaspoons cinnamon

butter.

apples

the

1

tablespoon

of butter in the top of each apple.

each apple on a square of aluminum

of aluminum
hot coals.

Mix sugar and ciimamon together;
divide among apples and fill core. Place

1/2 to 2

pounds cleaned and shelled

fresh shrimp

Before Grilling: Melt butter in small
frying pan.
juice and

Add garlic,

salt;

Place cut-side up on sheet
foil

Cook

on greased

grill

over

Thread shrimp on 4

for about 10 minutes.

Rcposicd wib poinianoo, Clauicfli Cookboolu, The PilUbuiy Company,

O 1982.

grill

4

parsley,

lemon

reserve for basting sauce.

On The Grill:

On Grill:

teaspoons sugar

Core apples and place

tablespoon parsley flakes

2 tablespoons butter or margarine

well.

4
4
4
4

cup butter

2 tablespoons lemon juice

pepper

Before GrilUng:

Baked Apples

1/2

3 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons Parmesean cheese

to 6 skewers.

Place shrimp on greased

to 6 inches

from hot coals. Cook

15 to 20 minutes, turning and brushing
occasionally with garlic butter until done.
Reprinted wiih pcimiGEicD, Classic® Cookbooks,

The

PillsbuTy

Company,

O

1982.

foil

large enough to wrap around apple. Fold

50

Spectrum

Peach

1/4

Perfect

Mix

cup grated cheese
all

ingredients.

greased aluminum
1

extract

Come and
Enjoy

Cover.

Barbecue over low, indirect heat for

peach half per person

Almond
Nutmeg

Place in weU-

foil pan.

30

to 35 minutes.

Sugar
1

Cauliflower

maraschino cherry per peach half

and Peas

Sprinkle peach half with almond
extract,

nutmeg, and sugar. Top with

Wrap in aluminum
B arbecue over low heat for 7 to 1

maraschino cherry.

1/2

foil.

1

head cauliflower

one pound can peas (drained)

1/2 teaspoon salt

minutes.

1/2

cup evaporated milk

5 slices American cheese

Eggplant and
Celery

rate into flowerettes.

Casserole

water 10 minutes.

Wash cauliflower thoroughly.

Sepa-

Boil in salted

Drain.

Place in a

weU-greased baking dish; add peas and

Pour evaporated milk over vege-

3 cups sliced celery

salt.

3 cups diced eggplant

tables.

4
1

slices cubed fresh bread
cup milk

2 beaten eggs

Top with cheese. Cover. Barbe-

cue over low, indirect heat for 30 minutes or until cheese has melted.

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From Here
to There
Hot Spots

for

Fun

in

the

Sun

by Jack Smith

Columbia

and Montour counties

have a well rounded, multi-use
recreation facility inventory.

from weU-kept ball

It

ranges

Vaughn Park this summer, says
TomO'Dell,boroughmanager-

Fishing Creek.

secretary.

picnic shelters and the nearby creek and

•

The four-acre

tract

contains playground equipment and

Peggy Long, Catawissa

dam provide swimming facilities. Hours

fuU-blown

borough secretary, indicates a

are regulated and life guards are pro-

playgrounds with picnic pavilUons,

continuing increase in usage of

vided by the borough. Rest rooms are

swimming, boating,

the recreational facilities there.

available.

areas.

•

toddler equipment,

fields to

and scenic

fishing,

Ample streams and a good balance of
mountains and meadows make the area
attractive to

"oudanders." The cUmate

produces cold winters and ample snow,

wMle summer months have plenty of
warm days for outdoor activities.
Since nearly everyone

is

planning a

vacation this summer, a family need not
travel to the shore or

mountain
It is

to

some

have fun and

distant

relax.

here!

Consider

town

secretary, has a strong

ers' Picnic

beUef

that recreation has out-

the area for a single

grown

ices

—
— would best

In

Reservations from groups are preferred and can be

new department would

borough office

coordi-

the efforts of the

activity.

week-long event.

serve the

needs of local governments. The

nate

day of

more recent years, the Benton Firemen's
Carnival was added to stretch out a

methods of administration and that an umbrella group
Leisure Servthe old

at

made by

calling the

925-6101.

many
Ber-Vaughn Park

groups involved in leisure ac-

Ber- Vaughn Park

tivities.

is

Berwick's

pri-

this:

the community-owned
Columbia and Montour
counties, numerous public and private

Besides

Wayne Yorks, Columbia
County commissioner and
member of the Pennsylvania
•

For many years the Annual Farmdrew crowds from all over

Gerry DePo, Bloomsburg

J.

all

facilities in

locations are available.

Fish Commission, says this area
is

unsuipassed in trout fishing

and outdoor recreation

facili-

next to the

ties.
•

Extensive development of

Danville's Valley Township
location

Almedia
a community

Almedia provides

wiU be

carried out, ac-

littie

league ball

field.

hall

Light

refreshments are served during ball

games.

A

small amount of playground

equipment

is

also provided.

cording to Danville borough
secretary

Tom

Graham.

Major improvements are
planned at Berwick's Ber•

52

Benton

One of the

oldest parks in the area

is

located in Benton along the bank of

Spectrum

mary

recreation

Located in Briar

site.

Creek Borough on twenty-seven

acres,

the park is a bee-hive of activity during
the

summer months.

Park Improvement Association, a non-profit, vol-

group carries out any ma-

Included in the complex are the
community swimming pool, a lighted
Little League baseball diamond, a regu-

jor capital im-

lation Softball field, refreshment stands,

tenance with vol-

and

many

pieces of recreational equip-

ment.

About $10,000 worth of new playground equipment from the Berwick Bicentennial committee will be installed
this

sum mer, according to O

will also

'

Dell.

Work

be completed to improve the

eight termis courts at the

district's

is

provided

Community

Playground program.

unteer workers

each
spring. '•Funds are largely
obtained with public

fund raising events
such as the annual Ice

Cream and Cake Fes-:

12 covered pavillions can be

made

through the caretaker, Charles Cromer

.

August.

Administered separately,
but adjoining the park
the

Reservations for the use of one of the

at

provements and
helps town main-

rival in

site.

Heavy weekday useage
by the school

The

unteer organization.

•'

site, is

Bloomsburg Municipal Pool com-

Also

plex.

nearby,

Susquehanna River,

is

ramp maintained by

along

the

a boat launching

the Pennsylvania

tion

(CARA)

joyment of

Fish Commission.

759-1947.

has two areas for the en-

residents.

A two-acre

tract

along Catawissa Creek features play-

Bloomsburg Facilities
The forty-acre Town Park in
Bloomsburg, located along the
Susquehanna River,

is

residents and students

heavily used by

from Bloomsburg

University.

Included in the park are three baseball fields,

two soccer fields,

tennis and

basketball courts, and a small
fishing.

lions

pond

for

There are several picnic pavil-

and

rooms

lumbia County

some

fifty

is

Co-

Briar Creek Lake,

acres of water surrounded by

League

field

and a

Picnic shelters can be reserved by

borough secretary Peggy

cated just off Route 93 in Briar Creek

Long

Township. Fishing and boating are the

locked and wiU be opened on request.

main

attractions,

cilities

and a baU

open space

for

field

at

356-2561. Restrooms are kept

fa-

Just off Mill Street is another play-

with plenty of

ground with equipment for the younger

along with picnic

game-playing or just sun

on a first-come, first-served basis. Rest
rooms are available on both sides of the

During the summer months the fais used for the six-week long
community playground program.
set.

cility

At the east end of the borough on
Route 42, Catawissa Dam on Catawissa

lake.

A full-time caretaker, David

784-7703.

Little

small tennis court.

calling the

on a first-come, first-served
However, larger organizaUons

Town Hall

nearby are the

over three hundred acres of land, lo-

bathing. Large covered pavillions are

at the site

can be scheduled by calling
at

largest recreational area in

with the

rest

pavillions
basis.

ground equipment and pavillions, and

Briar Creek Lake

The

Champ,

Creek provides swimming

A major improvement is underway in

handles seasonal upkeep of the park, a

the area.
fife

The hours

facilities for

are regulated, and

guards are provided by the borough.

form of a bike- way, a bicycle-only

multi-sponsored project of the Pennsyl-

thoroughfare, which

wiU wind through
the town of Bloomsburg and also through

vania Fish Commission, Columbia

the park area.

County Commissioners and Columbia
County Conservation District.
The latest improvement to the site,

Hess Recreational Area, Danville's
newest facility, located in nearby Val-

which was constructed

ley Township, will be further devel-

the

This $130,000 project

was funded by grant monies from the
state and should be completed by the

in 1960,

is

an

Danville

Tom Graham, borAt present there are

end of 1990, according to Gerry DePo.

authentic covered bridge which, until a

oped, according to

Another major improvement being

few years ago, had served

ough

contemplated

is

the construction of an

as a crossing

in Fowlersville.

drama events.
The park is administered by The Town

Summerl990

ballfields for both hardball

along with a soccer

entertainment pavillion to add a cultural
area for music and

secretary.

Catawissa
Catawissa Area Recreation Associa-

and

softball,

field.

Hartman Recreational Area, located
near the Susquehanna River, has regula-

53

tion fast-pitch
fields

and slow-pitch

and one soccer

are not reserved.

playground area,

softball

field.

PaviUions

Hartman

also has a

rest

rooms, and ample

parking.

The newest facUity in Danville is the
$2.5 million YMCA, completed in 1988.

That project

is restricted

to

members

fossil pit

where

fossil collecting is per-

mitted.

Another

PP&L

facUity for use

A small building is available and

rooms

area residents

is located near the
Susquehanna Steam Electric Station,

north of Berwick.

The Riverlands

are provided.

by

fea-

Knoebels Grove
Knoebels Amusement Resort, which
bills itself as a

"family fun park,"

is

tures fishing, walking trails, and a na-

located along Route 487 in Elysburg.

ture area.

The

Both PP&L-sponsored areas have

only.

areas.
rest

rural setting contains

thirty rides, including a

The park

more than

dozen kiddie

Another major recreational area for

buildings dedicated to serving the pub-

rides.

PP&L's Montour

Uc through lectures, films and hands-on

dated with

Preserve, located at WashingtonvUle.

demonstrations from subjects as diverse

year a log ride was added.

The 165-acre Lake Chillisquaque, not
only provides emergency coohng water
to the power plant there, but also boating

as fly-tying or ice fishing to the weather.

Knoebels also has "The Phoenix",
one of the only wooden roller coaster
rides in the country.

a

Espy
Espy Community Park is located
along the Susquehanna River and pro-

natural and cul-

vides entertainment facilities in the form

ties there.

and a

of playground equipment and picnic

camping

Montour County

and

is

fishing.

There are numerous picnic
four-mile hiking

trail,

sites,

tural history educational areas,

As

is

constantiy being up-

new rides and features.

the park

This

theme suggests, "fun,
sums up the activi-

food, and fantasy,"

There are also four hundred

sites

which can be

rented.

1990-1991

Artist (Series
"Pajama Game"
October 13
"Oil City"
?
October 25
Mozart Orchestra
November 9
New Jersey Ballet "Nutcracker"
December 2
NYCO Nat'l. Co. "Marriage of Figaro^*
Janaury 15
''

,

Harlem Boys Choir
February 23

Chestnut Brass

March 15
Philadelphia Orchestra
April 23

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5 Minutes North o£ Benton

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Ticket inquiries:

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Photo. Scott Caraway

Spectrum

Lightstreet

Park

The park

also has playground equip-

that the only twin covered bridges in the

ment, basketball, and tennis courts, a

United States are located

487, the Lightstreet Park offers play-

completely renovated

have been restored and are maintained

ground equipment for the kids. Situated
on the 6 acres are also tennis courts and

park

picnic tables.

mission.

Located in Scott Township on Route

field,

little

league ball

and the town swimming pool. The
is

taken care of by the park com-

Two

paviUions with running

by the county. Picnic

Both

there.

sites,

swimming

and wading, along with fishing are available.

Rest rooms are provided.

water can be reserved. Restrooms are
Millville

Park

Other Options
The inventory of public facUities

available.

Located on Main Street and Chestnut, across

park plays hostto the Mill viUe Fireman's
Carnival in celebration of the Fourth of
July.

Twin Bridges Park

from the high school, the

The carnival brings in famous per-

formers from across the country.

A smaller and more rustic
county-administered

the immediate area
site is

the

Twin Bridges Park

inthevUlageof Forks, northofOrangevUle.

stantially

is

by regional parks and a num-

ber of private enterprises catering to

outdoor people.

The park gets its name from the fact

Within close driving distance are
Ricketts Glen State Park and

Both areas have picnic

Lake Jean.

facilities

regulated swimming. Hiking

Green space
Study reveals need for more recreation
paradox exists here. Despite the assumption that this area seems
overly blessed with recreational possibilities, a study conducted for the
Town of Bloomsburg in 1987 indicated a need for more areas.
According to town secretary Gerry DePo, Bloomsburg does not have
enough "green space," areas with trees and shrubbery, to compensate for

number of residents. The opinion is based on national standards.
Under a section of the report, "A Strategic Management Plan for the
Town of Bloomsburg," it was recommended that Bloomsburg explore the
the

possibilities to

man.
Ricketts Glen features
tive

camp

sites

has come about because of lack of funds or interest, we feel that our
natural resources should be assessed for further development..
this

more primi-

and some cabins are

Swimming

is

pro-

vided in a creek in which sand has been

used to provide a beach area and easyon-the-feet bathing.

Lake Jean is located on the summit of

Red Rock Mountain and the camp sites
are much more organized and regulated.
The area

develop "our beautiful environment."

Problem:
WMle we have a beautiful community, many entertainment activities
and a well-kept town park, there are many underdeveloped areas. Whether

and

trails are

unique features to tempt the outdoors-

available for rent.

A

in

backed up sub-

is

ideal for family camping.

Besides the Susquehanna River and
its

many

features for the outdoorsman,

both Big and

Litfle

Fishing Creeks run

directly through the area.

Some

of the

finest trout fishing streams in the country are right here.

Cabins line the banks of the streams
Solution:

There are many possibilities to explore, such as development to the
river. We need a study to determine what changes could be made to enjoy
this community asset. Depending on the outcome of the study such things
as a marina, boating activities, races, swimming, and ice skating, could be

added to our outdoor recreation.
Other developments that could be investigated include: cross-country
ski trails and a biking/running trail

and many of them are available

to rent

by the day or week. Most, however, are
heavily used by the owners all summer.

Campgrounds

are located through-

out the region for tenting or mobile

campers and there are

six public golf

courses in the immediate area.

S

Resources:
There are many agencies in the community that offer all types of
resources. By organizing these groups in a combined, ongoing committee,
resources, both financial and people, could design the trails. Development
of the river would have to be through the Town Council and the Depart-

ment of Environmental Resources.

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1990

55

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Spectrum's guide

to

some

the area

nightlife in

and Top 40 Wednesday

July will

through Satu rday, played by a

Rick's as a seafood specialty

Cobblestone Inn
6795 Old Berwick Rd.,
Bloomsburg; 759-3847

ing

mozzarella sticks, sand-

DJ over a small dance floor all

This ojstic bar has daily lunch

wiches, and waffle

starting at 9:30 p.m.

a 20" x 20' dance floor.
Deep-fried mushrooms or
fries

are

menu

the favorite snacks ordered

steamed clams featured
every Thursday. Tuesday
and Saturday nights, patrons
are entertained by DJ Lazer

from the bar, along with their

Nick at Night. For the competitive, there's a pool table,

Tonk

specials and a

full

bar

with

Two

Bit

Honky

6910 Fourth St., Bloomsburg;
784-2707

jukebox with a variety of

ern bar, features a bar

Open7a.m.to2a.m.
Monday through Saturday.

for those with a big

Hess' Tavern
11 6 E. Main, Bloomsburg;
784-1421
A college student hideaway,

the

Hess' boasts nine laps of
draft beer, six at the bar and
three downstairs.

Snacks

are placed out at the bar

menu

and hearty

Tenderloin steak
sandwiches are prepared on
appetite.

grill behind the bar while
you watch. Entertainment includes a pool table, arcade
games, and a lazer disc jukebox. Open 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.

RD9, Bloomsburg; 437-2251

A

corn).

Bloomsburg area, the
Jerseytown Tavern has two
taps of draft beer and an aver-

pool table

sit in

the back; the

dance floor is used mostly
on Wednesday through Saturday nights when they have

quiet restaurant/bar

age
The

a.m.

daily.

784-9999
Dutch Inn is a quiet
neighborhood bar with three
beers on tap and daily hot
sandwich specials. Entertainment can be found playing
pool, darts, or the arcade
Little

in

the

clams every Tuesday and

Wednesday

night. Patrons
enjoy playing on one of the
areas only regulation-size
pool tables. Cold take-outs
are available. Open 7 a.m.

to 2 a.m.

enjoy watching ESPN nightly.
Open 10 a.m. to 2 a.m.

Stony Brook

RD 4,

Neuter's Inn
Rd., Bloomsburg;
784-9498
This rowdy neighborhood bar
has one tap and bartenders

reputed for being the "badin town. Patrons enjoy
playing pool and darts.

dest"

selection of domestics.
restaurant, which pro-

Spahr's is a quiet neighborhood bar which features a
bar menu including steamed

games. Thejukebox features
selections from the 1950s to
the 1990s. Sports fans can

5 Red Mill

Jerseytown Tavern

(usually pretzels

and popA dance floor and

1 1

Spahr's

The

Houston's, an authentic west-

tunes.

Open from

Little

and various arcade
games. Thereisalazerdisc

darts,

house.

to 2 a.m.

Dutch Inn
888 Old Berwick Rd.,
850 Railroad, Bloomsburg; Bloomsburg; 784-8284

daily lunch specials.

Houston's

from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Open

mark the opening of

Bloomsburg;
784-6673
A restaurant with good setup, Stonybrook offers good
food alongside their beverages. Entertainment is provided Wednesday nights by

a DJ playing classic rock or
country music and there is
live

entertainment on week-

Paddock
ends. Thebaritselfismade
810 Catherine, Bloomsburg; of pine and holds a good se-

a DJ. Wednesday nights
are also set aside for weekly

vides ample dinners at rea-

specials.

specials.

Hilltop Inn

engraved with animal figures
adding to its wood and brass

corner bar with ample seating
and reasonable prices. Both

White Horse

rustic quality.

college students and locals

N. Warren, Berwick;

enjoy the bar menu and
quent the pool table.

This 50s style bar and res-

RD
An
in

1,

Danville;

275-6254

sonable prices, has nightly

The bar

itself

is

excellent restaurant/bar

the Danville area, Hilltop

inn offers four taps of draft

one

Lemon's
26 E. Main, Bloomsburg;

784-9949

lection of both

The Paddock

is

a traditional

fre-

Rick's Rusty

Molson).

Rather hard to find, but one of

23

Their bottled beer selection

Bloomsburg's better bars,
Lemon's has the "best chili
dogs in town" along with spe-

This working class bar has a

of

which

import (usually

is

is

an

also better than average,

featuring about twenty imports

varieties of

cials

Monday through Thurs-

A DJ provides

day.

The college students take

and three

wine coolers.

entertainment Wednesday,

and Saturday using
sound systems surroundFriday,

57

up the majority of the bar,
drawn by the classic rock
Monday and Tuesday nights

784-1602
taurant has daily lunch and

Rudder

387-0720

beer,

beer and beer

coolers.

Perry,

Bloomsburg;

784-4217
variety of beer on tap with cold

take-outs available. Every

day and Saturday

night, a

spins classic rock from
to 2 a.m.

1

Fri-

DJ

p.m.

Patrons also enjoy

dinner specials. A DJ spins
tunes from the 50s up to
present 'every Friday and
Saturday night from 1 a.m.
to 2 a.m. Lunch is served
1 1 a.m. to 2 p.m. and dinner
served between 5 p.m. and

9 p.m. Open
2 a.m. S

daily 11 a.m. to

shooting pool and darts.

Spectrunn

Are

We

Having Fun Yet?

A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Shore
Peering
out

eat imported frozen crab.

The next day, the entire fam-

the

windows of

the

ily flocks to the beach,

"Mom-mobile,"
family station wagon,

shoe crabs. Last year the ocean

I

was riddled with

snicker at the sign pro-

claiming,

—

lier

appear on
the climb

back

jellyfish?)

I'm thrilled when Dad finally announces that he smells
theocean. (Or is that the scent of
dead fish?) I'm also relieved

my

has finally outgrown the car sickness that
lengthened each previous trip
sister

to the to

top just aren't in style.

The next morning I'm awakened at 7:30 by a high-pitched
"good morning," my Dad's infamous wake-up call. He's one

Cursing New Jersey drivers,
my Dad brings the car to a stop,

of those nature freaks who enjoys a stroll on the beach when
no one else is around and share
the wonders with his children.
Last year's wonders included an
assortment of dead marine mammals and hospital waste. This

runs into the motel office, and

year,

by decades and caused me to
fear that we would all become
Schuylkill Expressway statistics.

gets the

room keys and parking

assignments. Naturally, our
space has already been taken.
Somehow, my Mom has perfected the task of fitting everything

we own into the car. With

and pillows in hand,
into a pink stucco
building and open the door to
suitcases

we march

our apartment, fit for one; yeah,
we're four. Four who paid

$62,000 for a week's shelter.
"Togetherness will be good for
us," says

Mom cheerfully.

Together, we head toward the

beach to spend money and watch
our skin dry up. It takes Anne,
my sister, 42 seconds to spot the
waterslides and quickly destroy
any plans for a relaxing after-

we go on
them-"Now! " The temperature,
however, has dropped almost 20
degrees since we have arrived,
noon. She insists that

now an
The first ride down

the cool ocean breeze
arctic blast.

the slide

is

is

exhilarating, but the

goose bumps and blue

58

lips that

jellyfish so

Mom purposely planned an ear-

"The Jersey

Shore" I wonder what
will happen this time during our live-in week at the
beach. (Will it be sunburn or

that

only to be

greeted by an in vasion of horse-

we went

looking over

any

New

further south,

oiu^

shoulders for

Yorker trying

to es-

cape.

Nevertheless,

I

rush out to
has no

—my Mom

get some rays

such plans.
'Tanning causes
cancer," she screeches, then
hands me SPF 215 suntanning
lotion to take along. (Nothing
like "total sun block" for that

deep tropical

tan!)

Later, with

on the beach.

Dad

vacation to avoid them.

(I

from exhaustion. Adolescents
along the boardwalk in
skimpy outfits trying to appear
confident and attract members
strut

of the opposite sex. Senior citizens sit and watch this parade,

knowing

nature.)

piers

After steak sandwiches and
pizza on the boardwalk (at
"shore" prices), we decide to do
what every family does on vaca-

begging

tion at the shore

—play

mini-

no longer inexpensive. It costs us $16 for one
hour of entertainment. And what
entertainment it is! Approachsimple sport

hole,

we

are suddenly covered

by billions of gnats. Racing
around the last four holes,
scratching and slapping,

—

we set

a new course record a 39 for
golf and a 2700 for gnats.
Family togetherness is tak-

Mom

to

allow her to

ride the ferris wheel, but

skeptical about

its

Mom is

safety.

Re-

minding us about the many accidents, she tries to talk sis into a

miniature basketball game.
Later, almost before we pack

is

ing the shrubs that line the 14th

couldn't be

The boardwalk's amusement
loom in front of us. Sis is

guess you just can't outsmart

ature golf. Ofcourse, even this

TV

that

any better entertainment.

up, just because

it is

the shore,

we decide to buy hermit crabs to
bring back to Pennsylvania.

These lovely creatures just happen to get lost in the car. (I can't
wait for a four-hour trip with
them.) I am amazed that this is
our last night at the Jersey S hore.
I

have survived a week with

my

parents, my sister, and the horse-

shoe crabs. But, despite it all, I
we'll be back again next
summer, we always come back.
There's something thatcompels

ing its toll.

The Wildwood boardwalk is crammed with people of
every shape, size, and age. Hun-

know

dreds of screaming kids are
arguing with their parents because they want another candy
apple, hundreds of others are
crying

us to return.

Maybe it's the chalmaybe the lure of ocean
breezes. Whatever it is, we
lenge;

and the gnats

—

will

be back.

-MEGAN HOFF

half-asleep

Mom, covered by

several layers of Arabian robes,

announces we are going to Cape
May for dinner. By the one eye
that glares at her, it seems she
has neglected to inform
about these plans.
The sun goes

Dad

down, and we
pile once
again into
the car for

halfa
hour drive
to

go

to v^

^

V

dinner to

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FEATURES
Cramped

Court-ers by Jane Mehlbaum

Columbia County Courthouse

6

struggles to survive within

its

present space limitations.

14

Spinning to the Top by Jamie Minichella
With

the help of K.C.,

The Boy, and Cousin Harry, Gary Chrisman dominates

The House That Love

Built by

Kami

all in

morning market.

19

Silk

Habitat for Humanity helps needy people build

Bearing

the

homes with

the help of dedicated volunteers.

22

Briar Creek by Karen Sheehan

A simple tree-cutting decision has created two bears that have become a hobby and an attraction.
Ski Wonderview by Sue Dashiell
A 100-foot sign and fond memories are the only remnants of local ski lodge.
Bang, Bang, You're Red by Mike Mullen
A fast-growing war-game provides a temporary retreat while letting you splatter friends with paint
Hanging

in the

didn't intend to
Frank Senk

talks

struggles for survival as

kill

it

tries to

compete with shopping centers and malls.

Jane Benfield' by Karen Sheehan and Tara Connolly

about the murder that ended his

life as

it's their

42

easiest defense, forgetting doesn't ease the

minds of rape victims.

46

Taking Care of Fido by Judy Kosman
Today's consumer

is

38

a free man.

Building a Wall of Silence by Judy Kosman
Although

26
34

Balance by Michelle Epstein

Downtown Bloomsburg
'I

25

willing to invest a great deal of time and

money

in canine

comfort

DEPARTMENTS
4

Behind the Lines

—The
Back of the Book—
The Cutting Edge

Block Stops Here by Linda

Huskies and Tigers and Bulldogs,

ABOUT
THE
COYER:
Winter 1990-1991

Residents of Briar Creek

can

name

the season by

the dress of the bears.

5

Moisey

Oh My! by Mike Mullen

cover photo byjenna Moon
cover design by Jim Seybert

50

voi. 4,

no. 3

BEHIND THE LINES
It's not easy presenting a story that nearly
mandates
ing

that taxpayers

more money

should be pay-

to get better services. If we

wanted to be popular, we would have written
that we searched and searched but couldn't
find any problems in the area.
We could have published that peace was
prevalent; we might have insisted that the
economy was at its best. However, as journalists, we have a responsibility to search for
truth, analyze it, and clearly present it to the

was

months of
investigation. Spectrum realized what Columbia County employees have known for
years
there's no space and little budget to
run an efficient operation. With less than a
decade between us and the twenty-first century, it's obvious that Columbia County is
so

it

that after four

—

not ready to
is

move ahead.

barely getting by

In fact, the county

now, working

in primi-

tive conditions with inadequate office space.

In her investigation, Jane Mehlbaum discovered the tax assessment of f ice was forced
to take over basement space already allo-

cated to

Sheehan and Connolly became
the first reporters in three decades to go into

Emergency Management

Services.

This working environment can't exist without the aftermath spilling over, creating inconveniences, extensive problems, and even
total chaos within a community.

the

maximum

security Graterford Prison to

speak to the person

who many

claim com-

Vol. 4, No. 3

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Walter M. Brasch

EXECUTIVE EDITOR

mitted the most brutal murder in recent county

Gina Vicario

history.

Although we

have chosen to focus primarily on public affairs reporting in
this issue, we haven't forgotten our respon-

sibOity to present all facets of

life.

Many

The

in the Persian Gulf, forced to

endure brutalizing near-war conditions, but a few are
playing war near Danville. Mike Mullen
donned his camouflage gear and spent a
Sunday afternoon with other weekend warriors, participating in a fierce game of

-EDITORIAL
SENIOR EDITOR
Mike Mullen

ASSOCIATE EDITOR
Linda Moisey

Spectrum readers can also enjoy a variety
of human interest articles including Jamie
Minichella' s profile of radio personali ty Gary
Chrisman, Kami Silk's interview with a
former North Vietnamese soldier who has
been able to take advantage of the local
Habitat for Humanity chapter, Sue Dashieir s
feature about the Wonderview Ski Lodge,
Judy Kosman s guide to canine comfort, and
Karen Sheehan's hunt for bears in Briar
'

Creek.

As always. Spectrum includes its featured departments
The Cutting Edge and
The Back of the Book. This issue's depart-

exploring issues troubling our local shop-

ments include Linda Moisey's profile of
inventor Leo J. Yodock, and Mike Mullen's
inquiry into the mascots of local schools.
Finally, although we have been fortunate
to win many awards the past three years,
we are more fortunate that the people of
Columbia and Montour counties like what
we're doing. Circulation is at an all-time
high
and other magazines are reprinting

However, after talking with
many downtown merchants, Michelle
Epstein has uncovered a decline in store
traffic to the downtown. Shoppers are turning from downtown specialty shops and
spending their dollars at plazas and malls,
district.

—

though not necessarily our local mall.
Some problems are not as visible to the
community; however, they still exist and
should be examined. Judy Kosman's story
about rape reveals that there are far more

published in State College, reprinted another of our articles. Gail Rippey's study of

rapes in Columbia County than are reported.

hunger

This past Summer, while visiting the

Courthouse, Karen Sheehan and Tara
Connolly were surprised to learn that the
evidence from a 29-year-old murder trial
was still being kept. During their investigation, which included several weeks of dig-

Spectrum

is

—

ouranicles.Recenlly, PanaramaMagazine,

in

Columbia County struck the

Panarama.

—

We hope they— like

our readers will continue to find our
ries newsworthy.
The Editors

—

Spectrum.

may be reprinted,
ISSN 0892-9459.

Dan

Trexler

EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS
Michelle Epstein, Renee Farrell,
Judy Kosman, Jane Mehlbaum

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ADVERTISING

DIRECTOR
Todd Mullen

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Sue Dashiell

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Dan

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ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES
Michelle Epstein, Linda Moisey,
Jack Smith, Diane Wojnar

BUSINESS

MANAGER

—

Karen Sheehan

CIRCULATION
DIRECTOR
Jane Mehlbaum

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Jamie Minichella

ZONE MANAGERS
Jenna Moon, Diane Wojnar

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
David M. Marra

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Mike Mullen

PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS
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PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Renee

Farrell,

Judy Kosman

sto-

published twice a year by the Program in Journalism, Bloomsburg

University ofPennsylvania (Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815). Single copy price
portion of Spectrum

Jamie Minichella, Karen Sheehan,

edi-

tors as "something important" for all the
people of Pennsylvania. This is the fourth
time we have had one of our articles re-

printed in

ASSISTANT EDITORS

CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER

paintball.

Bloomsburg downtown area is also
experiencing some dilemmas of its own.
As members of the community, it's not easy

ping

Winter 1990-1991

transcripts,

Columbia County residents are now stationed

public.

And

ging through yellowed and nearly-forgotten

No

including advertising, without permission of

PROMOTION
DIRECTOR
Diane Wojnar

ASSOCIATE DIRECTORS
Sue Dashiell, Renee

Farrell

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Judy Kosman, Jane Mehlbaum

Spectrum

THE CUTTING
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING

The Block Stops Here

traffic," says Yodock. Cost is
an important factor here. "We
won't use a more expensive
barrier with protective coatings

he has been involved in the installation of sewer systems and

and screens for strength when it
will be used in a relatively nondangerous area," says Yodock.
However, it would be ideal to
use one in an area with a higher

mobile home and housing developments. "It seems that each
time a new project came up for
me," says Yodock, "I became

frequency of accidents."

So,whyhasn'taproductmore
practical, economical, and safer
been accepted by the federal gov-

in all

weather conditions. Yodock

They

are hit hard enough, water, a much

the driver's awareness of direction.

slow us down and make us late.
LeoJ. Yodock,Bloomsburg, uti-

safer element, is released. Other

The

benefits of using the water barri-

lized his time in bumper-to-

ers include

easy installation;

alone, like barrels, or be put into

bumper traffic and developed a
new product that could make our

no heavy machinery is necessary.
According to Yodock, con-

component systems. They are
more durable and, when standing

When

the victim.

its

immersed

Available in white, orange, and

through the windshield and strike

obstacle and a nuisance.

lines, has worked as a
general contractor, and has sold

yellow, water barriers can be used

many, construction
For
are nodiing more than an
sites

power

ernment? "It's hard to bepractical
in a world of bureaucrats," says
Yodock. "It's always difficult to
change what's been established."
Locally, however,the water barriers have been used to direct traf-

believes that using orange and white

water barriers

with every other block will increase
interlocking water barri-

ers can

be made

to stand

fic at

safer.

the Jo Jo

Block Water Barrier,

His invention,

crete is often installed improp-

alone,arelesslikelytobeknocked

As a result, truckers who are

over "for fun" as are the currently

bus

traffic at

Penn

State

University.
1

erly.

the Bloomsburg Fair, and to

direct
j

j

highways

in it."

Yodock

is still

going through

the necessary red tape to
[

was designed

to replace the con-

crete barriers that

now

divide

highways during construction.
Concrete barriers are usually

knowledgeable of equipment have

no respect

for

learned to utilize

it,

some

noting that

down

satisfy the barrier criteria.

that

it

he points out,

aboutS124,000permileto
concrete; his barriers

don't slow

However, after driving for several
miles on a construction site, it's

the wall and redirect their

possible for eyes to become fixed to

Yodock estimates

truck drivers

a yellow stripe painted
across their base, and usually have
flashers to make them noticeable.

gray, with

used cones and barrels.

Also, they have

it.

sites because if they go too fast for

mile. Also, in an age of

bounce off
rig.

"If

a truck driver thinks he is losing
control, he can lean in and brace

install

would save

the government about S40,000 per

at construction

conditions, they can

costs

I

concem

federal

process of altering

which makes
difficult.

it

ronment,

for a

know water

of public interest to
barriers are

com-

The

is

now in the

its

standards,

more
The government, comthe process

pounded with ckpartments, makes

for the preservation of the enviit is

government

approval

difficult to obtain the

new product.
The patented barriers are now

pletely recyclable.

being produced in Akron, Ohio

Akro

Plastics;

and

Pa. at

Remcon

Plastics.

at

the barrier

and actually get drawn
intothewall. "You can get hooked,

himself," says Yodock. "Because

know what the

Yodock' s research partner,
David Humphreys, is a high-

almost like a race car driver on a

reaction of hitting a water barrier

way design engineer. His job is

estimates that the barriers have

would

to introduce the barriers to the

cost about 5400,000 to develop in

Department of Transportation

direct costs alone.

track,"

Yodock explains.

A flash-

ing yellow light, also used at woric

truck drivers don

t

be, they will respect

faster to

assemble and dis-

New

Testing will continue for the next

Yodock has

handle than concrete because of

ing similar jobs for

their

shape and size. The barriers

now

42 inches high and

was decided years
ago that they were effective, and "it

out

change the system
once something is put into effect"

beneficial because

used because

it

to

two

are

feet wide. Their height is

driver

it

protects the

state uses its

other workers do-

own

him

standards to

judge acceptable

criteria in

joined the army and later

ing to the people in the vehicle. If

a formidable object; with water,

tate.

water barriers were used, the im-

a degree of protection is added.
The varying amounts of water

owner and developer of
Rose Enterprises.

used in the barriers affect their
degree of mass. "For example,
there's no advantage to fully
filling a water barrier if it's only
going to be used in 1 0- 1 5 mph

He

pact of the hit would be cushioned. "They're just a

more

giving item," says Yodock.
ing debris also causes
ries

for-

Hy-

many inju-

with the traditional banners

because concrete
pieces can
travel

Winter 1990-1991

—UNDA MOISEY

Afterhigh school, Yodock

from the headlights of an

barrier, the effect can be devastat-

a vehicle strikes a concrete

three years.

construction zones.

oncoming car.
Without water, the barrier

If

Yodock is still

in vari-

assemble. They are also easier to

still

Yodock

ous parts of the country; each

Jersey for certification.

dangerous

explains that these devices are

Reading,

working to modify the barriers,
and says he thinks he can eventually make them indestructible.

in

an accident Yodock

pull the driver into the

is difficult

it."

Water bairiers are easier and

zones, can be blinding and actually

area, causing

'

in

is

entered the field of real es-

He

is

currently the

thinks of
himself as a
"jack of
trades;"

Leo J.
Yodock

Struggle for

space leaves

CRAMPED

Columbia County

COURT-ERS

with nothing but
costly options

by Jane Mehlbaum

The Columbia County courthouse should be a place of
and professionalism. It is not.
It should be a place where the residents of the county can
go for all their judicial and governmental purposes. It is not.
It shouldbe aplace thatproudly andimpressively represents

prestige, prominence,

the county. It

is not.

The1891courthouse,
and 1971,

1 845, with extensions added in
facing problems of primitive work-

built in
is

ing conditions, inadequate office
space, tight quarters,

wasps

in the

and even fungus growing in
part of the basement where employees have desks.

°

""'"

Services, forexample, is comprised

time tracking

down the records they need. "We try

keep our current things here, where the main traffic is,"
says Tami Kline, clerk of courts, "but you find that every two
or three years you're rotating files. It goes from here, to
there, to there, and then the basement. Transferring these
files around is a lot of repetitive work." Time and productivity
are wasted in the search for needed records and
employees are forced to fight through dust and cobwebs to
get at the files they need, since a lot of them are stored in the
basement and attic. "It's not a
"^ "^" " " "^ "^
pleasant experience,"
Harry

to

says

attic,

The Emergency Management

difficult

Faux, chief clerk, who says, "we
place the files up in the attic in
It's
some semblance of order but it
is extremely difficult. It's a never
ending challenge to try and keep
things in some sense of order."
One secretary says, "I don't go
up to the attic or down to the basement. We have files here
that we leave pile up until we absolutely have to take them
to the basement or attic."
County offices have also been spread throughout the
county, adding to this productivity loss. Employees from the

" We have no

room.

out of control.

of about forty volunteers and paid
who are being forced
to conduct business from a tiny office in the basement. In
case of emergencies, the staff assembles in the basement
hallway and takes over the assessment office, which is then
temporarily shutdown. "We do the best with what we have,"
says Irene Miller, head ofEmergency Management Services
(EMS), "but we could do it a lot better." Miller's EMS
program is in jeopardy of losing state funding from a
professionals

governmental program for emergency services because it
does not meet state requirements for space. Other offices,
including tax assessment and voter registration, have taken
over the unused portion of the basement. According to
Miller, "there is a federal grant to redo the basement of the
courthouse for EMS. If we do not reacquire that space, there
is a possibility that we would have to repay that grant."
Lack of space has resulted in county records being spread
out and stored in several different areas. Employees have a

Domestic Relations office are forced to make several trips a
day from their office in the 2^isloft Building on Perry
Avenue, downtown for banking, mailing, and courthouse
deliveries. "We have court hearings in the courthouse and
we have to take all our files up there. That's a lot of work,"
says Lee Wright, domestic relations officer. Also housed in
the building is the Area Agency on Aging. For one year, the
county paid $35,692 for rent. In late October, about two
months after the Spectrum investigation began, the Commissioners, by a 2-1 vote, bought the building for $335,000
to ease the burden at the main courthouse. Commissioner

Spectrum

George Gensemer said, "I think we're hurting terribly for
space. We're working twenty years behind the times."
However, Commissioner Lucille Whitmire vigorously
opposed the purchase, charging that even with the problems
of space, the purchase from existing general funds "is money
not wisely spent." She beheves that the purchase won't
solve the space problem and the money should be used to fix
the deficit, update the prison, and improve the communications center. She says, "two years from now we'll be in the
same situation! Overcrowding in the courthouse, only two
offices in the building, and the deficit staring us in the face."

Over 200 years
of growth
A proud past
A bright future
.

.

.

** It's

a never-ending
challenge to try and
keep things In some

sense of order.
In rebuttal, Gensemer, defending the purchase, says, "it
the best business deal.
for in three

The building

to

Modem waste treatment plant

•

Planning and zoning

•

Central business district
revitalization

bought and paid
paying rent for the

—

—

out pedUoning the court.
According to an article in the Winter 1989-90 issue of
Spectrum, property owners pay eighty percent of theirtaxes
to their school district and only about twenty percent to the
county and local government. Central Columbia Area School
District has a new $8.4 million elementary school and
Bloomsburg Area School District built a new middle school
in 1988 for $7.7 million. The school districts, operafing on
their own budgets, can build without putfing their plans up
for public referendum, although it is taxpayers who finance
the school budgets. Unlike the county

government which

has a limit, school districts have no limits; the result is some
of the highest taxes in the northeastern part of the state.
The county is considering a tax hike; however, Whitmire
said she will vote against any new tax hike because she

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was

next seven years, unfil the lease is up."
Nevertheless, the $335,000 cost, combined with a
$200,000 to $250,000 deficit, has resulted in the layoff of
two people at Briar Creek Lake Park, where the county has
a maintenance crew, a reduction in overtime, and employees
having to take turns answering the phone since the switchboard operator, who recently resigned, has not been replaced. "It's not the best soluuon, because they all have
other duties and we're taking them away from their offices,"
says Whitmire. Whitmire believes the posifion is necessary
and hopes a new switchboard operator will be hired in 1 99 1
The solufion is not the purchase of a building 1.8 miles
from the courthouse a building that will eventually house
only one major agency but the extension of the current
courthouse. The county is currrently at its 25 miU limit and,
unlike the local school districts which can raise tax limits
and have done so to build new buildings in
virtually at will
the county cannot raise that limit withthe past two years

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Borough Officers
Mayor Lou Biacchi

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money used in the purchase of the Zeisloft
building could have been better spent in other places. "I just
don't think that is meets our needs," said Whitmire. "I think
believes the

much money

lot of work."
handicapped,
insufficient parking, and requires major renovations for its
sewage system.
Another problem in the courthouse is the lack of much
needed privacy in several offices. No elected officials, with
the exception of the two judges, have offices within which
they can privately conduct business with citizens or interview potential employees; adult probation officers work in
an office with no privacy, and multiple interviews are

we

spent too

for

The building has inadequate

it

and

it

needs a

facilities for the

do with the lack of space for storing files.
an employee in the assessment office, filing
cabinets are filled to capacity; they need a new one, but have
nowhere to put it. "The office is growing as the county is
growing," says one employee, "you can see we have no
room. It's out of control." Employees of the Planning
Commission office are having the same filing problems;
according to one employee; they occupy a conference room
stuffed with files and still do not have enough room.
There is a room in the basement of the courthouse that
contains nothing but files that date back to the 1800s. This
room is filled with metal filing cabinets that employees in
house has
According

to

to

the clerk of courts office find very hard to use.

"SomeUmcs
when

conducted at the same time.
The hallway outside Judge Jay
E. Myers' chambers is so small
that vicfims and the accused
can come in contact with each

they don't open and

On days when
other.
Children's Services hearings
are being conducted, there are
parents and children in the jury
room, the law library, as well

store files,

you do get them open they
don't shut," complained one
employee.

The

selves with a flashlight because the only light comes
from two single bulbs on the
first level of the room. One
secretary said it isn't bad on

"It doesn't look like what I
think a courthouse should be,"
says one employee, pointing

sunny days, but on overcast
days it's difficult to see.
Employees might also take a
fly-swatter to ward off any
wasps coming from a nest in
the comer of the room, or
they might follow a certain

be a
very impressive place." Some
of die employees believe that
the conditions of the courthouse make it an embarrassment when people from other
counties come in for a visit.
"It's sort of embarrassing,"
says one employee in the
basement, "but mostly because
of the work space, there's just
out, "a courthouse should

"We Limited space lias forced
no windows, no store boxes of files in tlie
circulafion, but you live with
it," says one employee, rhetorically asking, "what are you going to do about it?"
The courthouse also lacks accommodations for the
handicapped. Although there is available handicapped parking, there is no elevator in the courthouse, making access to
the second and third floors, where the courts. Agricultural
Extension, and Planning Commission offices are located,
very difficult. The Social Welfare and Veterans office are
also located on the third floor, making access for elderly or
disabled persons virtually impossible. However, David
Swisher, director of Veterans Affairs, seems not to have a
problem with being located on the third floor. "Any of my

being in the basement.

have no

air,

who cannot make it to the third floor tell the operator
and we take care of them downstairs," says Swisher. "I have
no complaints personally."
A major complaint made by the employees in the courtclients

used to

most of which are

needed for day-to-day acfivifies. When employees go
to the attic, they arm them-

as the hallway.

no room."
The employees of the tax
assessment and voter registration offices are bothered by

attic is also

trace of steps to avoid step-

ping on a loose floorboard.
Employees say that it is

somefimes

difficult to pin-

file you're
looking for, since the files
are only stored inboxes. Lots
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of boxes. "You can be up
courthouse employees to
there for long periods of
fime," says one employee in
attic.
the commissioners office. "I
just go through every box,
until I find what I 'm looking for," says Tami Kline, clerk of
courts, "and I refuse to go up there in good clothes."
One reason for this over abundance of files could be that
many of the offices lack computers. Tami Kline's office is
especially hard hit with files and paperwork, since it is here
that the hardbound dockets are kept. These dockets take up
the majority of space in her office. If computerized, they

point the exact

all be stored on discs, freeing up significant space.
Computers, unlike microfilming, are not figured into the
county budget. The entire budget for running the county is
only $6,055,477, $19,000 of which goes toward microfilming and paying a microfilm clerk. Whitmire believes that
once the courthouse is computerized it would make all the
offices more efficient. "Our office is computerized, and we
are starting to computerize the treasurer's office," says

would

Spectrum

Whitmire, noting," just the efficiency will add to how we
keep track of our accounts."
According to Commissioner Gensemer the reason Columbia County did not install computers long ago is because
of financial constraints. "We are at our millage Hmit," says
Gensemer, "and I would say that is the main reason why we
don't have more computers." Whitmire strongly believes
that taxpayers will not feel the crunch of bringing more
computers into the courthouse. "It wouldn't be something
that the taxpayers would be stuck with, I don't believe that
one minute," says Whitmire. "I think with the efficiency and
the speed it would pay for itself."
Unlike Columbia County, Schuylkill County's courthouse is completely computerized. Under the supervision of
Bob Lopez, Schuylkill County produced a system in-house
for about $40,000. Lopez purchased used equipment, wrote
all the programs himself, and retrained two clerks from the

who

now

computer operations
manager and a programmer. In September 1987, Lopez
single-handedly wrote a computer multi-fund government
accounfing system and had it on line as of January 1, 1988.
In 1990, Lopez concentrated on the elected offices and,
without buying any new equipment, created a system inhouse that automated all the dockefing systems. "We have
no more books; they've been eliminated," says Lopez.
Lopez says the offices of Register of Wills and Recorder of
Deeds have not been automated yet, but will be within this
controller's office,

are

the

year or the next.

Lopez was also able to gain extra revenue for Schuylkill
County by developing a program to serve as a billing system
for delinquent fines. "The computer reminds people that

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Schuylkill County's budget for Lopez's office. Management Informadon Services, is about $200,000 a year.
Lopez says he has helped other counties with setfing up
their computersystems. Susquehanna County paid Schuylkill
County $7,500 to have Lopez come in and set up the exact
system. In just a few weeks he set up the programs and
trained employees. Lopez says the county does not sell the
package with the intent of making a profit what they
charge goes toward covering excess expenses. Lopez says
he is also willing to help Columbia County, "if Columbia
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Computers, however, can only help with a portion of the
problems of the Columbia County courthouse. Perhaps
there is a solution to these problems. In August, the county
commissioners unveiled plans for a new courthouse annex
and indoor parking garage, to be built behind the existing
courthouse. The plans
designed by the architectural firm
of John M. Kostecky Jr. and Associates, Harrisburg detail
a three-level parking garage, topped with three floors of
office space. The $7 million building would be built on what
is now a parking lot used by courthouse employees, and
would be joined to the courthouse by a covered walkway
across Ridge Avenue.
According to Shirley F. Drake, county treasurer, the plans
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Tami Kline adds, "it's basically just an architectural
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or five years."
Kostecky's plans are not the only ones under considerafion. The county commissioners have appointed a task
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According to John A. Mihalik, task force chairman, the
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most expensive office building of its kind in the county."
The newspaper has accused county officials of leaving it up
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option? "It's amatterof ignorance of the newspaper," says
MihaHk, asking, "will the taxpayers pay? Of course they'll
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will they

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to have talked with taxpaysay they are provoked at the idea of building a new
courthouse. According to Whitmire, she has not received
one response good, bad, or otherwise to any plans. "I
said in the Press-Enterprise that it was
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Although the county is fighting to pay its bills and faces
an upcoming reassessment, building projects, such as the
courthouse annex, could increase the real estate value of the
county.
Some courthouse employees are fed up with the PressEnterprise's remarks about the county leaving it up to the
taxpayers to pay for the courthouse extensions. "We pay
taxes just like everybody else, complained one employee,
noting, "just because we're county employees doesn't mean
we don't pay taxes. We're paying
the high increases just like they
are."
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purchase of the Zeisloft building because it believes that if
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have to be removed from the courthouse during renovations. According to the task force report, "the building
provides an ideal location for county offices, employees,
and minimal interaction with banks, post office, and courthouse functions." Commissioner Gensemer feels that the
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With the help of

K.CThe

Boy,

and Cousin Harry,

Gary Chrisman
dominates the

morning market

sylvania, according to the

by Jamie Minichella

As

far back as he can remember, Gary
Chrisman, leader of the KISS FM
morning crew, has always been interested

comedy. When all the other children
were listening to their favorite music,
Chrisman was listening to BiU Cosby,

in

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Jonathan Winters, and Bob Newhart. "I
must admit," he says, "that I was one of
those weird eight- year-old boys

who

re-

figures

The show has become famous for its
zany cast of characters. "If I was going to
stay in the business, it would have to be
doing somethingcreative," says Chrismaa
"If all I could have done was jock records
and give the time and temperature, I never
would have made it. Hopefully, when I
create these

wacky

characters, they are

something that everyone can

relate to.

comedy routines." In the
seventh grade, he was elected the class

They represent someone that we all know

clown and has upheld this reputation ever
since. So, it comes as no surprise that this
young man grew up to have his own
comedy show on WiUiamsport's WKSB,

in ourselves.

cited entire

t

1990

released by Arbitron.

known as 102.7 KISS FM.
The Chrisman Morning Show, which

better

airs

from 6 a.m.

until

10 a.m.,

Monday

is leading the morning
market in an eight-county area, dominating Northeastem and Northcentral Penn-

through Friday,

or they possess qualities that

them and

On

to

we may see

The idea is to have fun with
make people laugh."

a typical morning, listeners

may

hearoutrageous impersonations of George
Bush, Ronald Reagan, Richard Simmons,

among others. His characmay come on the air
singing "You Can't Touch This," by rapper MC Hammer, and dedicating it to "all

or Mr. Rogers,
ter,

Cousin Harry,

the females out there."

Kathy Collins (K.C.)

and Gary Chrisman
begin waking up
Central Pennsylvania
at

6 a.m.

Monday

through Friday.

Phoio by

14

Bill

Hughes

Spectrum

Dwayne Dumple, a farmer from
may call in to tell everyone

Mansfield,

about his

latest

cow

troubles.

And

listener can rely upon a visit from

the

Rodney

Smeal, also known as The Boy, a character who has taken off with enormous audience appeal.

K.C. takes a
ing, but says,

of on- air verbal joust-

that

you

are

comes

woridng with, and Gary and I
by that privilege. Everything

naturally.

We are having fun and

part of the show's appeal."

Aside from

its

.^^_

,

cheering him on, anticipating

what

happen

to

him

Maybe

they can re-

late their

own

will
next.

prob-

"

Part of the fun of

radio is using your
imagination.

lems to his, ormaybe
he just makes their
lives seem okay in
comparison, but the
public just loves Rod."
Chrisman is vague when referring to
whetherornotTheBoyisreal. "Part of the
fun of radio is using your imagination.
People win come up to me and say, 'I

know you do

this voice, but what about
do most of the voices, but not
all. And all the characters have their own
identity; they are not me, so to speak."
When you combine Chrisman 's multimde of characters, you get what he refers
to as his "crew." liie most regular member of his crew is Kathy Collins, better
known as "K.C.," who comes from
a backgroimd of entertainment.
Herfather,BrianMcDonald,was

that one?'

I

I

think that

does

is

famousforitsgames
and contests. One
of the contests is
"Create a Joke,"

making soon.
Although Chrisman sometimes touches
on the fringes of acceptable humor by
throwing in sexual comments, he gets few

where

complaints.

callers

fill

in

He says, "I worry, sometimes

the blank to a set line

too much, about offending people; but

such as "You know
you've got a rotten

that when

calls in

with the fun-

most off-the-wall response wins the
contest. One of the craziest games was the
Cordless Telephone Olympics. During
this, Chrisman created a variety of events,
ranging from beeping your horn, to flushing the toilet, to waking your neighbor.

niest,

"You get the craziest people calling in for
these games," says Chrisman.

'They

are

did run a rather contro-

versial call-inshowlastyear.

sometimes

it

it

happens. The funny thing

does,

it is

is

over something that

you never would have thought of in the
first place. Somerimes you step on a few
toes, but you don't set out to offend."
Chrisman is against the concept of
"shock radio," such as Howard Stem's
show in New Yoric, where the disc jockey
deliberately attacks the public and Dies to
get away with everything that he can.
Chrisman beheves that there are certain
ethics to be followed. "I don't feel that it
is

right to dehberately set out to offend,"

he says, pointing out, "you stay especially

willing to do anything."

Chrisman

asked the audience to respond to the
question,

'

because the show received such great response that there may be a "Part 11" in the

morning

."
kid when
The person who

The program

'

show has become

characters, the

see on television, yet

always

"It

can do on radio, but when done tastefully,
it can be very funny.
By the use of the
word whoopee, taken from the Newlywed
Show, it creates an innuendo that people
can relate to without being offended."
Chrisman was correct in his assumption of the pubhc not being offended,

Chrisman. "He has become an anti-hero.
He is the opposite of all the heroes that we
is

Chrisman admits,

really helps when you're doing a dialogue show to genuinely like the person
It

the listeners can sense that.

everyone

whoopee?"

tend to approach the border of what you

sex-crazed individual," says

this skinny,

unusual place that you've ever made

formany years before I came to KISS FM.

are blessed

"For whatever reason, people just love

lot

"Gary and I had been friends

alert to

not hurting those

who may be less

fortunate than yourself."

But, Chrisman

"What is the most

a radio personality in Pittsburgh

and her mother was involved in
the Ice Capades.

"Back

in

1988, the producer and
I

got together to dis-

cuss the addition of a fe-

male

into

the

show,"

Chrisman says. "AU the
major markets had morning
teams, or zoos; mine consisted basounded
were a lot of people, but
thatjustwasn'tthecase. Kathy has
added a lot to the show. She besically ofjustme. It always

like there

came another person to play off of
and she had audience appeal from
Kathy can
hold up her end of the show with
her ability to ad lib and we
the very beginning.

work well together."
Winter 1990-1991

15

including a 'hot dog war'
WiUiamsport, where two

ries,

in

shops less than ten feet away

Gary Chrisman

from each other competed for
the best hot dog. Anolherhighlight was doing a promotion
with the original cast of Leave It

congratulates a

To Beaver.
Chrisman worked with

winner during

the

dual radio and television career

"Stump the Band,"
a segment included
in his

for three and a half years, but

then

road show.

PM

Magazine was can-

celed.

About the same

time,

WWPA began to slip in ratings.
"It became

atumingpointinmy
was
a matter ofdid I want to do more
TV or radio? Did I want to think
about heading back to Miami
and a bigger market?" KISS
FM solved Chrisman's dilemma.
At the time, WKSB was a 53 kilowatt
regional radio station that was just sitting
career," says Chrisman. "It

Photo by Dan Trexler

sometimes creates his own shock with his
character, the man from Muncy

,

who sings

parodies about current issues. Forexample,
in

November,

the

man from Muncy sang

about the recent influx of persons from
Philadelphia and surrounding cities.

This has been a concern because the

newcomers include many rscovering alcoholics and drug addicts whom
WiUiamsport residents blame for the recent crime increase. The court subpoenaed the song as evidence to support the
removal of a murder trial from the
WiUiamsport area. The defendant's lawyer used it to support the belief that his
client, a

recovering alcoholic, could not

receive a fair

trial

because of the contro-

versial nature of the influx situation.

games a

year, including live broadcasts

from the Orange Bowl."
Following graduation, he retumed to
WiUiamsport. "I never reaUy expected to
come back," he says, "but job hunting was
slow and I needed money. So I came
home, and I stayed."
Chrisman got a job as a disc jockey
with WWPA, WiUiamsport, where he had
worked previous summers. His original
plan was to
to

Miami

offer

I

eam enough money to

but, as

he

couldn't refiise"

velop his

own

return

says, "I received

show.

—

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a chance to de-

He remained

with

WWPA for eleven years doing a variety
show simUar to
In

the one

on WKSB.

1984, Chrisman was selected as

Central Pennsylvania's favorite discjockey

night preparing his material for the next

inacontestrunbyWNEP-TV. The honor
led Chrisman into doing some television

day's show. "Sometimes after staying up

features with

hard to get yourself
started again at 4:45 a.m.," he says. "But

show

Chrisman spends an hour or two each

late at night,

it is

it is

the people who make it aU worthwhile.

For some reason they count on you to start
their day.
So, even if you feel lousy,
making one person out there laugh makes
you feel better, as if you have a purpose."
Bom and raised in WiUiamsport,
Oirisman went to the University of Miami
where he majored in mass communications. In Miami, he woriced as the sports
director of the college radio station. "It
was a great experience," says Qirisman.
"I got a lot of air time covering about sixty
16

mn

PM Magazine, a syndicated
WNEP at the time. The

on

highlightofthe show was a trip to California,

where he spent eight days and covered

fourteen stories.

While in California, he did a feamre on
the cast of General Hospital, and an in-

terview with

Doug

Barr,

who

co-starred

with Lee Majors in The Fall Guy.
While there, he also got a chance to

cover the 30th anniversary of Disneyland
and the ASCAP Music Awards, where he
interviewed several stars including Kenny

Donny Osmond, and BUly Idol.
Chrisman also covered more local sto-

Loggins,

dormant. The idea of being an underdog
station with the possibility of

becoming

number one excited Chrisman.
"Nobody had done anything to make
the station a big winner and knowing that
it had the potential was exciting," he says.

"AU of a sudden the scope of what I could
do had been expanded and I could now be
heard in areas within a 100 mile radius.
That became what kept me, and wiU continue to keep me, in WiUiamsport."
In addition to being the morning disc
jockey, Chrisman is also the promotions
director of WKSB He spends a lot of time
outside the studio doing live remotes, class
reunions, and high school dances. The
.

station has also started a

new project, the

Chrisman Show on the Road.
At the show, viewers wiU see

members of

several

the crew, including a live

appearance from the Boy Rodney. They
wiU also get a chance to play many of the
games from the show, such as "Stump the
Band," where participants request a song

and

if

the

band doesn't know it, they win.

The show has live musical entertainment and of course, stand-up comedy
from Chrisman himself.
"It is a great experience to be able to
see who your audience is and to receive
feedback from them," says Chrisman.
"Over the air you can only guess if a
joke was successful. This gives us a

Spectrum

chance to get

to

know our

a second in October.

Hundreds were turned

Chrisman

In 1987,

a local

the secret to

great efforts to get to
to

keep

started his

own

company that televises area high

Chrisman 's
makes such

know his public and

his values intact. "It

is

the people

"You're always a representativeof your
starion. It is

self into

much easier to

bring your-

your show, than your show into

me my success and they can take it away.

your life."
Thinking back, Chrisman doesn't regret not going back to the fast-paced
lifestyle of alargermaricet. "The longer I

You have

stayed in WiUiamsport, the harder

out there

at the door.

business, Cable Sports Productions. This
is

is

success? Probably that he

The first show was held in August, with
away

So, what

audience

better."

who have made everything pos-

sible forme," says

to

Chrisman. "They gave

keep things in perspective.

it

be-

me

to

school sports. Qirisman

came

organizes and sells the

leave," he says,
pointing out, "My

on his own.
With such a busy
schedule, it is no won-

project

"

derthat this 37-year-old

has not found the time
for marriage.

family

could have done was
jock records and give the time
and temperature, never would

In 1987,

If

all

for

I

is

here,

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as weU."
His

latest

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Chrisman was ranked

is

have made

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find the time to devote to a relationship.

But someday I'd
have a family."

like to get married

and

You can't let yourself get too satisfied and

host trips to various places.

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get shot down. But, you can't seU yourself

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Califomia-Penn State football game.

The second trip, scheduled for March, is a
Caribbean Cmise with the Carnival Cruise
Line. Chrisman says with certainty, "If
you're willing to go that extra mile for

always on the

success,

air,"

It

you

will get

it."

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"I've never been married, but I guess you
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tHat Cove built

Tong Ba Ho's new home

vyas rebuilt by volunteers

from Bloomsburg's Habitat chapter.

With the help of dedicated volunteers, Habitat
Humanity helps needy people build homes
by Kami

Silk

and then I got papers to
After

over
236 East
The construction
Bloomsburg. However,
is

at

First Street,

the house, builtby Habitat inBloom,isnot

yet a

home. Only half a family resides
it won't be a home until the

there and

entire family is together.

Almost three years ago, Tong Ba Ho,
39, and his two sons, Tung, 16, and Dat,
13, emigrated from North Viemam. The
three were sponsored by the Lutheran
Trinity Church in Milton.
"They sent us the tickets and when I
came here I woriced and paid them back,"
says Ho, a welder.
Ho's wife and three other children wiU
hopefully be able to join their family within
the next year.

filling

Ho.

Winter 1990-1991

it's

a hand-up,"

In addition, each family is required to
put in an additional 500 hours of work on
other Habitat sites in addition to the work

looked at his willingness to become a
panner in the program, level of need, and
ability to repay the loan.

they contribute on their
helps extend the famUy

"

own home.

This

s relationship with

new homes.

Habitat for Humanity

I

don't

know

of anything I've
ever seen that
illustrates love in

action like Habitat
for

'

the organization and also continues the

cycle of building

Humanity.

is a worldwide
housing ministn,' founded in
1976 by Millard Fuller and liis wife,
Linda. Both saw the need to help those
who were trapped in poverty housing
and increasing debts and realized that
every person has the right to decent
shelter. This new organization would
raise funds, recruit volunteers, and provide procedures and expertise to develop around the world a better habitat

Cliristian

for people.

"I

"My mtor, Tim, told me about Habitat,

not a handout,

a candidate for a house. Ho was
interviewed by Habitat LnBloom's family
selection committee. The committee

sands of others, to get through unavoidable bureaucratic "red tape."

teers.

"It's

says Peiffer.

come

They are waiting, like thou-

miss my family," says Ho. "I have
not seen them in a very long time."
Ho lived in a rented house in Espy
before he learned about Habitat for Humanity, an organization whose goals are
to eliminate poverty housing and make
decent shelter a matter of conscience and
action. He found out through a friend how
Habitat helps needy people btiild houses
by working with the family and volun-

fin out," says

out the application to be-

for

Five families applied to the project,
says Bob Peiffer, vice-president of Husky
Habitat, Bloomsburg University's chapter of Habitat for Humanity. "Ho's family
the only one able to invest the 500
"sweat-equity" hours that are required by

"What the poor need is not charity
but capital, not caseworkers but coworkers. And what the rich need is a
wise, honorable, and just way of divesting themselves of their overabundance,"

was

says Fuller.

Habitat."

Former President Jimmy Carter is an
advocate of Habitat, and can frequently be
seen working along with other volunteers

Families woik in cooperation with volon their house, thus providing a
personal involvement for all thathas nothunteers

to further acause whichhe tenns "a miracle

ing to do with charity.

of love from God."
Carter has given Habitat

its visibility

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campaigns, media contacts, and personal labor contributions.
"I've travelled almost everywhere in
the world and don'tknow of anything that
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there wouldn't
have been enough
room forthem all."
Ho's house is a
two-story, three
bedroom, one-anda-half bathroom

not charity
but capital, not
caseworkers but
co-workers. "

ous houses with
the help of the future home owners.
Houses are sold to partner families for
no profit, with no-interest mortgages,
which are issued over a fixed time period.
Ho is expected to pay a small monthly
mortgage payment for the next twenty
years, and the money is deposited into the
fund for Humanity which supports the
constmction of more homes.
Habitat in Bloom bought the house on

_

Because there are no
unimportant parts."

~~~^'~''~^^~
ment which

is stiU

house.

living

It

has a large

room,

a

kitchen with an ad-

joining
dining
room, and a basebeing worked on by

Welk. He has installed dry wall, insulated
and painted the room and put carpet down.
He is now looking for a desk to finish off
the room.
"I'm trying to make this into a study
room for Ho 's two boys, so I need a desk,"
says Welk, noting, "They are both very
good smdents." According to Welk, the
two boys have adapted easily to American
,

East First Street for $16,500.

It was a
was an eyesore

culture, despite missing the rest of their

dilapidated structure that

family.

burden for the

"Back in Vietnam," says Ho, "my wife

to the

community and

11

323 Ferry

"The roofof the house was damaged
from a fire. So, at first we had to put a
new roof on," says Al Welk, co-chair of
the Site Selecfion and Building Committee. "We originally were going to
make it into two houses, but Ho has a
large family and

is

rehabilitates vari-

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need

materials,
and
volunteer labor.
Habitat builds and

7th Street

William A.

donated.

" What the poor

&

255 East

love in action like Habitat for

Humanity," says Carter.
Every year he also sponsors a work
project. Usually for about a week to ten
days, people come
from all over the
country to help in
a mass production
of houses.

owner. About $10,000 worth of construction went into the site, and many things
like fumimre, curtains, and piping were

a

cooked and took care of the children and
house. Now I must do this." Ho was a
North Vietnamese soldier who even then
didn't get to see that much of his family.
In Vietnam, he lived in a house, but
it was much smaller than his house here.
Bicycles are very popular modes of
transportation, but
people are able to
have cars too. "In
Vietnam, I had my
66
I
own car because I

miss

was

a soldier.

Sol-

diers are treated
by the government," says Ho.
left

because

—

I

did not want to live
in a Communist
country."

forget about their

Among many who donated. Dent
Plumbing, Bloomsburg, donated over
$2,000 in piping and plumbing materials.
Master Mechanics, a heating and air conditioning company in Berwick, only
charged for materials, and the Rotary Club
donated $1,000.
More recently, Habitat in Bloom and
Husky Habitat are working on some new

differences.

projects.

was over-

the response

Residents and students gathered on
Saturdays and weekday evenings to volunteer their services.

signed up

members

Local churches
also pledged

members and

to help.

^~~~^^^^

Everybody was able to
join together and

my family.

"It

was

funny,"

really

Peiffer

manity.

One project is a new site for the
Women's Center. The volunteer organiis relocating and Habitat has decided to help them with labor and materi-

zation

not seen
them in a very
long time.

laughs.

college freshman
and it was amazing
to see how well they

A trip to Guatemala is also planned for
January 1991. Participants will be building a house and making clay bricks.
Twenty smdents and volunteers will be

^^^^^___ ________^^

worked

taking part in the project.

I've

better

"But I

do
whelming."

teers to

There were a few adjustments that
the Ho family had to make. Of course,
there was the language barrier, but Ho's

him learn the basics of
English. Another adjustment was
tutor helped

American food. Welk explains for Ho:
"American food is too strong for their
stomachs. They are used to bland foods
and they eat a lot of chicken, fish, and
rice. Their systems just can't take the
richness and heavy foods we eat. Ho has
been having stomach problems and is
now going to a doctor."
Ho says every once in a while he'U
eat fast food, but he doesn't really like
it that much. He goes to a special Vietnamese store and gets rice, noodles,
fish, and soy as well as other native

retired

"I'd see a

Bloomsburg

man woridng with a

together."

als.

The community

Habitat has helped not only a Vietnam-

realizes that many families in the area live

ese family, but has also contributed much

and they want to
help solve the problem. Volunteers for
Ho's house ranged from the residents at a
drug and alcohol rehabilitation center to a

to the lives

in substandard housing

boy scout troop.
"We were surprised

of the volunteers. Participants

on Ho's house can feel good, knowing
they have helped a man buUd a foundation
for his family.

Volunteers have

aU of the help
local businesses offered," says Denise
Johnson, executive secretary of the
Bloomsburg chapter of Habitat for Huat

come and gone, leav-

ing behind the potential for a family to
start a

new life. But the Ho family will not

reap the benefits until the family
united.

is re-

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you'll Come ^acf^'Jor A%e^mt ^Performance

foods.

Another adjustment was American
television.

It

Vietnamese

is

much

television.

different than

Ho couldn't ex-

plain the differences specifically, but

says that Americans have a lot more
television shows and they watch TV a
lot more. He says the shows are very

funny, but he

still

borrows Vietnamese

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"I Hke watching cartoons," says Dat,
Ho's 13-year-old son. The father and
two sons are doing well, but they wait
for news from their family to come join

them.

The constmction ofthis house has given
residents of Bloomsburg and students from

Bloomsburg University an opportunity to
work toward a common, charitable goal.
"One of the biggest problems initially was
raising the

money

for the house," says

"But eventually the biggest problem was finding enough work for volun-

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by Karen Sheehan
hen Oscar Welsh decided
WK
' down two

to cut
old spruce trees in
his front yard to avoid any danger they
might cause during inclement weather,
he was unaware this decision would
lead to something special in the hearts

the

of Columbia County residents.
Welsh and his wife, Nora, moved
from Berwick to Briar Creek in 1959.
The two trees stood in their yard since
the Welshes moved there. Oscar never
really thought about cutting down the
trees until they reached the point where
they could cause damage to his home.
When the time did come for the trees to
be cut, Welsh had a little more than a
"bare" spot in mind for his front yard. "I
didn't want to look out my front window and see an empty space replace the
trees I was so accustomed to seeing,"
says Welsh. He decided to do something
unique and the words "bare spot" gave
him an idea.
Welsh contacted Dennis D. Beach a
local carver and ice sculpturer, to carve
two life-like bears from the tree stumps.
,

While working for Asplundh Tree SerBeach spent his coffee breaks fab-

vice,

ricating

22

wood

into figures of various

Photo by Ruth Ann Travelplece

Spectrum

Photo by Ruth Ann Travelpiece

shapes and sizes. This hobby has turned
into a full-time profession for him.
Beach now spends his time using six
different chain saws, transforming dead
logs into incredible works of art.

Using the wood from the two pines,
Beach carved the bears for the Welshes
in October 1988. It took him four hours
to carve the 6 1/2 foot bear and only two
hours to carve the smaller bear that
stands four feet high.
Because the bears are the products of
two trees that once occupied their land,
the Welshes think of the bears as part of
their family and take extremely good
care of them. The bears are so defined
and precisely cut, that Oscar must use
Aquatrol to help preserve them. He
sprays them with this substance to
harden the wood, keep water from seeping in the crevices, and prevent ice from
cracking the wood.
Carving the bears from tree stumps
was a unique idea in itself. However, it

was Ruth Ann Travelpiece, the Welshes
daughter, who expanded and brought
increased attention to this idea and made
the bears the enjoyment they are to so
the one who decided to
dress the bears in seasonal attire.
It began in the Qiristmas spirit of

many. She

is

December when she put Christmas hats
on the bears. Nora loved the idea and
two began adorning the bears with
seasonal headwear and clothing. "We
started with old hats and scarfs," says
Nora, noting "They were easy." They
immediately received comments on the
bears, and their increased popularity
motivated the Welshes to continue
the

Winter 1990-1991

says Nora. The Welshes have even received letters from people thanking them
for the enjoyment the bears provide.
The Welshes say they will continue
to dress their bears with different costumes. "We now even have people
making suggestions and offering to
help," says Nora. People have donated
material for costumes including old
football sweatshirts, graduation gowns,
and flags, all in helping to make the
bears look good.
The bears turned out to be an enjoyable attraction as well as a smart business deal for both Oscar Welsh and
Dennis Beach. Beach charged the
Welshes $140 to carve the two bears
and attributes much of his later business
success to the bears. People stop all the
time to find out if the bears are for sale
or where they can get them. "We just
hand them Beach's business card," says
Welsh, who also uses the bears to give
directions to his house, which
also

dressing the bears, and even to improve

happens to be the

costumes with homemade creations. They began dressing them for

business.

their

holidays, graduations, birthday parties,
and even for football season. Ruth Ann
and Nora change the costumes almost
every month according to the time of
year. In the past two years, the bears
have been decorated for Halloween,

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter,
Mother's Day, Father's Day, July 4th,
football season, and have even been
seen sporting bathing suits and other
appropriate attire in the summer.
It often takes Ruth Ann and Nora one
or two hours to dress the bears in their
costumes. "We have to be careful not to
damage or crack the wood with the
thumb tacks we use to keep the clothes
from coming loose and falling off,"
says Ruth Ann. "We've grown quite
attached to them, especially now that
our five children are all out of college,"
says Nora. "My son's room has even
become the storage room for the bears'
clothing," she adds.
The Welshes' house, located along
Route 1 1 provides a prime locafion for
observers and passersby to view the

site

of his towing

"A year ago, Oscar and I attended our
high school reunion; we couldn't believe ourbears were the topic of conversation," says Nora. "We never expected
such a reaction," adds Oscar. The
Welshes' bears have had much the same
effect on many residents as stuffed teddy
bears have had on children. And, like
real bears, they are lovable, appealing,
and so unique in many ways that people
can't help but be attracted to them. And,
most importanfly, these bears don't hibernate in the winter. S

,

"The amount of people we have
complimenting the bears is unreal," says
Nora. The bears have become wellknown to people not only in the community, but to frequent travelers of
Route 11 as well. It has reached the
point where people consistently look
for the bears and ask, "what's next?"
"We enjoy the attenfion and love
experimenting with scraps of material
to see what we can come up with next,"
bears.

Photo by Ruth Ann Travelpiece

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Why

the big

"SKI"

sign on the hillside in
Wonderview? There aren't any

slopes in the

Bloomsburg

area.

Local skiers have to pack up their
equipment and head to the Poconos,
an hour away However, things weren t
always this way.
In 1966, Clyde Yohey and his family
opened the Wonderview Ski Lodge. It was a
pubhc lodge, visited mostly by local residents.
CurtFriend, 26, Wonderview, began skiing at
the lodge when he was 1 1 years old. "I went
'

.

every day," says Friend. "Me, my brother
Allen, Gary Ohl, and Denny Achey always
had a lot of fun there," he remembers. Allen

sons,

Friend, 29, Wonderview, agrees, "Toboggan-

John and

ing was always my favorite thing to do there."
Denny Achey, 30, Bloomsburg says he liked

made snow

right in

was convenient. It was
Bloomsburg so you didn't have to

ttavel to

go skiing."

the lodge because, "It

The lodge offered everything
sorts offer.

It

the big reincluded four slopes, a rope tow,

a tow bar, and the first triple-chair lift in the
area. "The lodge had a large open area with a
big fireplace," says Yohey 's son John, recalling the lodge also offered a snack bar, ski and
boot rentals, skiing lessons, season tickets,

and night

Dave
using several
high
pressure
pumps running from
a man-made lake near
the slopes. The pumps
used over 100 gallons of
diesel fuel per hour

good base, they cleaned and
and opened for business.
According to John, an average week day
brought in 100 to 1 50 people. Weekends were
busier, bringing an average of 400 people per
day to the lodge. The Yoheys ran the lodge

snow

for a

oiled the

skiing.

The slopes usually opened a few weeks
before Christmas and closed about midFebruary. "As soon as it got below 32 degrees, I started making snow," says Yohey.

and could

pump 750 gallons of water per
minute. When the Yohey s had enough
lifts

with the help of both family and friends. "We
would run the lifts, rent out skis, or help him
make snow," remembers Curt Friend. "My
aunt sold
upstairs

lift

tickets

worked

and the kids who lived

for free skiing," adds John.

Although the lodge opened in 1966, it
until 1969 that the A-frame which

wasn't

displays the "SKI" sign was built.

The orignal

lodge was the basement of the A-frame.
The SKI sign which can be seen from Route
11 wasbuiltintotheroof of the A-frame. The
ski

letters are about 100 feet high and were made
by using gray and black shingles on the roof.

Yohey decided to put it there because, "it was
the cheapest way to make a sign."
The Yoheys needed the advertising. The
lodge didn't have much business, although it
was the only place in the area to ski. "The
people around here were just not interested
enough to make it work," Yohey says. "We
expected a lot more business from the college,
but we didn't get it."
Along withagenerallackof interest, Yohey
beUeves the winter weather also played a part
in the lack of business.

Photo by Jenna

Winter 1990-1991

Moon

"When

there's

no snow on

the ground.

people
don't think about skiing." In the '70s, the lack of business was

coupled with rising fuel costs, making it even
harder to keep the lodge going. "In the '70s,
it cost us about a thousand dollars each night
to make snow," says John. Since the cost of a
lift ticket was only four dollars and the lodge
wasn't busy enough to cover the cost to make
snow, the Yoheys were losing money. "We
were going in the hole every year," says
Yohey. It was no longer feasible to keep the
lodge open.
In 1976,the Wonderview Ski Lodgeclosed.
Yohey went back to his career as a land
developer, building up such areas as Red
Lane, Scenic Knolls, and Wonderview. The
lodge was given to Yohey's four children.
The lodge and A-frame are now rented to

Bloomsburg University students. The lake
used for making snow has been plowed under,
and the slopes are being sold as building lots.
Although the Yofieys have fond memories of its past, they have no plans to reopen
the ski lodge.
In a few years, when the A-frame needs
new roofing, all evidence of the Wonderview
Ski Lodge will be gone. All that will remain
are the fond memories of those who once

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of us

played

A fast-growing

Cowboys and Indians in the woods

j|j

other around the

temporary

woods shooting at
each other with

retreat wliile

with toy guns, pre-

you

letting

each other. Usually,
sort of thing

those paint guns,

but nobody wanted

tending to shoot

we outgrow

tobuythefirstgun,"
says Gordner. "Fi-

this

when

splatter

your

we discover the op-

friends with

posite sex.

nally,

Columbia

do

there's a group of

outgrown

this

men who

haven't

childhood game, and

don't plan on doing so in the near

The difficulty in
ment, as well as his

like this,
his

own

prompted Gordner

to

open

store.

"In the beginning, the only equip-

The game these men play is called
Paintball, and it is

growing

fastest

one of the country

sports.

The

of Cowboys and Indians

U^

to

belief that the area needed a facility

future.

tor;

decided

it."

obtaining equip-

paint

County, however,

one Sunday,

we just

Usually.

In

read

fun to chase each

chased each other

mm:*^^'^w'i

Wiz-

all

games and always
thought it would be

provides a

while we were
growing up. We
built tree forts and

[the

had

about these types of

war-game

near our homes

"We
ards]

'

s

principle

is still

a fac-

ment available was through mail
der,"

or-

he says, "so, I decided to go into

the retail end of it

It

certainly has

helped us out quite a bit."

Doug Wagner, 3 1 B uckhom, also

however instead of toy guns they

,

use gas-powered paint guns.

drives a school bus for Bloomsburg

The guns shoot paint pellets, small
round balls containing paint surrounded by the same type of plastic

High School. But every other Sunday
he's the captain of the local paintball

team known as the Wizards.

"We started playing the game last

used in cold capsules. When they hita
player, the plastic coating breaks,
splattering water-based paint

on the

in the very

difficult to know whether it was

their love of childhood

games or their

same woods we

have the field on now," says Wagner.

"A bunch

victim.
It's

summer

of us got together to play.

We started out with pistols, but now
we're into bigger guns."

Wagner became

fascination with guns that got these

the captain of

involved with paintball; most

the team because of his playing

was a combination of both.
Dan Gordner, 30,
Danville, is a mild-mannered school
bus driver for Bloomsburg High

prowess and experience with the
game. Although none of the men

men

likely,

By

it

day,

School. His spare time

is

devoted

to

managing his own paintball facility,
Paintball Wizards, in Danville.

Story by

Photos by MIKE

have had actuaf military experience,
the teams do utilize the rank system
to

maintain order.
"It helps if there is a clear chain

of

command," says Wagner, "especially

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any number of painlball guns
range from pistols to auto-

that

played

gas to

fire the pellets

and are

more

to place, but usually

are elimi-

they are hit with a

if

and

it

breaks on tliem,

if

they're hit

No

on the hand

He

still

says,

"you get players

a hundred yards away to

guys were complaining

tired

because

28

visited

a place in Harrisburg once,"

was no better than we
was pretty awful, espegame they planned. It was

says Wagner, "but
fact,

it

it

poorly organized and poorly run."

There really is no need to travel, says
Wagner, because the sport is very popular. In
addition to Danville, which has two teams,
there are also local paintball teams in Milton,

Williamsport, and Sunbury.

The Wizards have encountered some ob-

shoot-

stacles to the

game, though not major ones.

it

Once we

started playing like
that,

we won the last

four

games of

day.

Now we

that

way

all

The way
is

far

from
first

the

play

the

the

their

game

I

played was in No-

vember 1989," says
Gordner.

"We

rented

guns from a place in

Even without good cover, a defensive player can be effective

Milton and by the
if

armed with one of

more.

of be-

"The

is

the ball

ing them until they screamed. After a while

The game is relatively simple and has
many variations. Basically,there are two teams

the same.

saw

calling them-

So we just decided to keep

humblebeginnings.

Each team member

that they

and break, but they weren't

short time they play.

it

also say they don't

"We

running all over us for the first few games. Our

Wizards play now

opponent's flag and return

was more shooting
It was defi-

nitely a learning experience."

cially the night

Most of the men enjoy the sport for differmost popular reason is
they can get away from the real world for the

your flag station before your opponent does

faster; there

they wipe the paint off and come

time."

to capture the

was much

t

and more teamwork required.

have here. In

foreman.

to

It

'

though. "Sometimes they cheat;

hurt.

is

ready for that type of game.

broke."

hit,

object

We used the whole field up

here and weren

traveling any-

ing

The

a field that small.

on now. They

can

station.

over."

do much

The two men have been playing for about
a year now along with team members Steve
Riley, 23, Buckhom, a construction worker;
Tim Carr, 31, Buckhom, an Industrial Arts
teacher at Columbia- Montour Vo-Tech; and
Brian Gough, 38, Berwick, a construction

team has a flag and a flag

all

the size of the field they play

morale."

ranging from five to fifteen members. Each

walked

'

Wagner

playing a team a while ago that was just

ent reasons, but the

just got

Wagner and Gordner also point out that the

arguments during the

you get

we

Wagner adds, "We weren t used to play ing on

tournament was one of the reasons they shrunk

strat-

mean he doesn't take suggestions "to improve

played against teams from across the

doesn't break and sometimes,

doesn't count

back and keep playing," says
Wagner. "In fact," he says smiling, "we were

quickly adds that that doesn't

"We lost nine

if it

It

This can cause problems

have as they advance on the enemy.

asked."

August.

country and

it

selves out.

this past

"We

Trees and brush are the only shelter the players

—

Thorpe

at Jim

and four hundred yards long.

check themselves and make sure

hit

their belt, the

Wizards figured they would try a tournament

about one hundred yards wide

that run

makes a quick decision based on his experino questions
ence and the team follows it

,

often games," Gordner says shaking his head.

eliminated.

leader

rent a gun, goggles,

With nine months under

size of the field varies

or on the chest, they are

The

To

about $350.

mask, paint, gas

tournaments are played on fields

matter

can't play very

tion, for

feet.

splashing them with paint.

The team

Wagner, one can buy a good

to

gun, goggles, mask and belt to carry ammuni-

Wizards.

paintball

they use up time arguing.

was

ond; they have a range of about

nated

if

it

$20 from Paintball

Team members

well

figured

gun and use of the

from place

course of a game.

I

to stay into."

field for the day, the cost is

The

egies, as well as settling

gun.

than three hundred feet per sec-

one hundred

of defense plans and offensive

was going

to run the

regulated so they fire no

in areas

I

According

matic loading rapid-fire models.

The guns use carbon-dioxide

my own

had

I

something

he remains perfectly

still.

second rime we

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"We have had a few people stop in our store

teens for a variety of reasons.

and

sitting aroundall day orrunning around town,"

state their opinion," says

Gordner, refer-

"It' s

better than

ring to anti-gun people in the area. "People are

says Gordner. "Here, they're supervised

running around in camouflage clothing, car-

day, playing the

rying something that looks like a gun," he

drop

who

don't

understand the
look at

right

it

and label

Then again people do
that with a lot of

when

things."

to

who like real guns.
"Some of the guys
who come out don't
just happens to be
what got us into it."

Heisn'tsayingthe
anti-gun people have given

sport,

and

like

comes
gun

—

^at

to

he has spent on

he knows he
to get

it.

If

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him or his

"but they're

it

isn't

going

me

or his

from

earn

paint guns are nice alter-

natives to

BB

"They are a

little

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more

a

Gordner. "First, a paint gun's speed can be

work together, to play on a team."
The Wizards agree it is a good

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defend the flag (actually I am really tired from

ended quickly)

.

1

find

my

experience of playing the sport of paintball
is

game, I was invited

to actually play the

to

good cover behind a tree

ments. Wagner and Gordner also give me and

some of the younger players pointers on how
to act in different aspects of the game (defense,

lay perfectly still waiting for the enemy, a

covering other members, engaging the other

aid defenders the most, Wagner

team, etc). It'saleaming experience, butnotas

fallen tree to

skill that will

assures me.

much as the actual field training had beai.

My heart races when three opponents come

go out with the Wizards. Of course, I was the

forward to challenge our

we divided up for
was armed with an SL68 pump-action rifle, an excellent gun, I was
not very feared by the other team. The only
solace was that I was on the same team as
Doug Wagner, the Wizards' team captain.
Game One: Wagner recognizes that we
are outgunned and inexperienced, so he

slowly and checking the area to see

last

one picked when

teams, and though

I

flag.

After advancing
if it is clear,

the middle player moves in, covered by the other

two.

When

he reaches the

ammunition as

fast as I can,

unload

my

can't hit

him

flag, I

but

I

much bmsh in my way.
Although I do make him run for cover, my

because there is too

area

is

immediately showered with paint from

\

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Game

you

He

drape the flag over a branch).

Four:

again stay back on de-

I

fense to protect the flag and find a great spot
to

use for cover.

being seen. The
to

hold

I

can see the flag without

game is long.

It's

tiresome

my gun so long, trying not to move

or be spotted.
that there is

What makes things worse is
no action in my part of the

woods. All the members of my team are out

on offense and all of the noise is well

in the

distance, with the exception of the insects.

0*:^

My goggles

double-knots the flag to a tree at our flag
station (This is illegal; usually

around

guard my exposed side

I

to understand the

sit

flag.

move a
Playing the game and
way

we

this time,

and talk mostly of experiences at other tourna-

about fifteen to twenty yards behind our

Since the only

Lunch: During

second game

the running, although

all

fog up and the noise of the

annoy

insects begins to

just

someone

explains

me

as

to challenge our flag.

I

wait for

With

but

all

and we agree it is a small

two men on each team eliminated G know this

way of equalizing our teams. Of course we

because the men left the field and congregated

his reasoning to us

don't

let

the other

team

in

on

on a nearby

it!

and

hill,

my

only remaining

The double knot gives our main defensive

teammate comes back to help me defend) the

and

other team apparendy thinks the game is over.

player, playing for just the second time

armed only with a
defend the

flag.

,

TTiinking they heard someone call "game"

a better chance to

pistol,

Two otho- members set up a

perimeter defense, while

I

follow

(which means either time has expired or

Doug and

another player to capture the opponent's

members of one team

opponents leave the playing

flag.

We encounter no resistance as we make
our way to the opponent's
instructs

me

flag.

station.

our

way we

other

hear the horn

blow, signaling the other team has our flag
at their station.

Wagner

The other team agrees to give

Game

Game Two: I don'tcontribulemuch in this

grins proudly atter cap-

At
assume happens. I

neither see them ncr hear them, before

my

goggles are covered with (xange paint, ending

an odd experience being

hit for the

game. Our team defends the flag

who are on my

As

me

to hold

position. FcMlunately, the tree provides

cover fipom being

hit,

my

your ammunition

ample

but I can't move.

my team's flag, I follow, firing at them and trying
am not as lucky,

I

—

I

trade shots with

some bad guys. He may

disagree, but I believe I work well with him

seem

to grasp his instructions quickly, but

to delay their return. This time I

attack.

because as they return my fire, the treel try to hide

apprehensive about trying to

behind isn't wide enough and I am hitin the knee

as well.

and the behind (which

everyone, because

am

it is

tough to see where

am going with the orange paint, but I don't
dare take off the googles and expose my
I

eyes to flying pellets.
but we lose

Game
and

this

I

game two.

Three:

time

I

just as they disappear into the brush,

Wagno" comes running back with

their flag.

I

am also able to make decisions on my own

We

very wet,

Score: 0-2.

other player as he sounds the hcHH.

play again

flag stations

I

am happy and ccHifident after my contribu-

tion to our

win

in

game three.

Score: 1-2.

it

starts to rain heavily.

As we head back to our cars, very tired and

Breathing heavily, he exchanges shots with an-

We switch

eventually lose, but so does

Final Score: 2-3.

make it out all right,

volunteer to stay back and

Winter 1990-1991

Still,

hurts!).

and don't conserve

let it all fly.

defend the south trail, but don't see any

and mask absorb the brunt of the
leave the field. First,

newcomers,

action until the very end when Wagner and

firsttime.Itdoesn'thurtbecausemygoggles

Still, I

for the

my only advice is to

team,

stay low, stay hidden

two cover men, forcing

the

When theother team starts to pull back, with

my second game.

single flag

against the other.

turing the opponent's flag.

offense encounters their offensive unit.
I

we equip Spectrum pho-

day,

tographers with gear and include them in a

game, because having gcxie only 75 yards, our

what

Five: In preparation for the last

game of the

upset with our play, he just

a little more time in the next game. Score : 0-1

It is

and no one even got near our

flag that game.

us the win. Score: 2-2.

mentions that our defense will have to buy us

least this is

great position,

We lose the first game.

isn't

Our team

member of my team and I would have
won even if they hadn' t left the field. We had

Wagner

to snatch the flag while they

On

field.

considers this a forfeit victory because the

cover me. The flag secure, we head back to
our

all

are eliminated), our

I

I

am

—

guess

fairly certain I will

if only to

it is

gain

be back to

some revenge.

addicting after

all.

—MIKE MULLEN
31

your pockets are empty; you've spent every

says. "So she got him a gift certificate; he
came and he loved it. The next week he came

back with

Despite

his son."

all

you get

thirty

guys out

"When you

dime you had."
of its appeal, paintball

is

a hard

explain

it

to

there, it's real

stop to think about

it,

work."

or try to

your friends, paintball seems

Why

in the

world would you want

to run

The enjoyment of paintball
comes in a variety of ways,

downright stupid.

according to these men, but the

around the woods all day? Still,
don't

know

funny things that have hap-

I

pened make great conversa-

has played

of anybody that

and didn't have a

great time," he says.

tion.

Gordner agrees, guessing

on between each game and even
more during the break for
lunch. It seems that the game
is almost an afterthought
when you get these guys
Storytelling goes

talking about

some of

about ninety percent of those

physically and mentally," he
says.

it

he says.

"There's no sitting around

Photo by Mike Zarrett

After a hard day of paintball, the

weary warriors

travel the long

like

being

woods," he

in the

begins, "and

I

have a
I

lot

of

drive a bus, I

have the auto body shop, the

then.

You're

— bang, bang, bang —

Academic programs

stand \he feeling of playing paintball," says

Gouth, "unless you are out there and waiting

day

to describe. "It's impossible to under-

for someone to come and take your flag

games a day. You leave there and

in

nearly 100 areas of study

•Graduate studies,
including

it's

my parents' two businesses, so I have so
much running through my mind all week. Sun-

game

ing a break, shooting the breeze, because

money

your opponent."

things going on.

road home.

talking, taking a drink, tak-

you're not spending

You do have to try

to outthink

the escape value he likes. "I

or ten minutes and you're
right back out there,"

underrated.

For Gordner, though,

"When you finish a game
some places, you have five

ties.

•

is

,

that

isn't like that at all the facili-

eight, ten

"The physical aspect

obvious, the running around

their

and such but the mental side is

Gordner explains

right back out there

come back for more.
good exercise, both

that play

"It's

experiences.

at

it

MBA

Certificate programs for

.

When

store,

is

one day when

I

can come up here and

not think about anything but paintball."

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owntown
Bloomsburg
struggles

sole sources for

by Michelle Epstein

and services.

goods

the vice-president of the
IfBloomsburg
Area Chamber of

held a captive audi-

Commerce is to be beUeved, downtown

towns need to zero in
on specialty stores,"
says Johnson, "they
need to draw people

comeback after suffering the effects created by the
opening of the Columbia Mail. HowBloomsburg

is

making

a

ence. "Today,

patrons and merchants beheve that it will take more than a new

by returning

wave of ambitious merchants and

need

ever,

many

ganizing on the part of the

reor-

Downtown

past."

mail opened up,

for survival

They

as

down-

it

my business just
dried up. There

tries

were days when

compete
with shopping
to

I

Downtowns

to recapture the

a

sale."

downtown needs the
that the

"right person" to

bring

^^_^^^^^^^^

traditional flavor of

make

Davis believes

centers
and malls

to the

didn't

single

life.

it

back to
need

"We

Bloomsburg Business Association
(DBBA) to bring back the old downtown or even to create a new one.
The relocation of Sears and JC

days gone by with accessible walkways, sidewalk restaupatrons
rants, and ice cream parlors
need a place to escape the fast-paced

walk sales, something happening every
weekend, before the downtown wiU draw
the amount of people needed to mn a

Penney 's to the Columbia Mall in October 1988 had a "tremendous effect on

world.

successful business," says Davis.

—

"Downtowns need once again

the businesses along Main Street," says

be
places where people can socialize and be

Ed Edwards,

entertained," says Johnson.

to

street fairs, side-

Since the opening of the Columbia
Mall,

downtown Bloomsburg has been in

"With the
malls and the shopping centers to compete
with, downtowns like Bloomsburg must
maintain their viability." Promotion,
physical attractiveness, and a store mix

aperiod of "restrucmring," says Lee Yost,
current president of the DBBA and owner

that includes retail stores, service stores,

members,

not members and don't contribute time or

tryingtofmdoutwhatit'sgoingtobe. The
data is not yet clear," says Johnson. "I
would hate to see it develop into a strip of

and entertainment are necessary. Adequate parking and extra services from the
merchants are also important.
Sandy Davis, a former president of the
DBBA and former owner and operator of
The Studio Shop, 59 E. Main St., decided
to seU her business and is now working at
the mall as a salesperson and part owner of

discount stores."

Country Accents.

the vice-president of the

Chamber. "We have had vacant storefronts and less traffic to the downtown."
Since then, Edwards says, "We have
been in the process of rebuilding and
believe that the downtown is coming
back."
Dr. Brian Johnson, professor of geography

at

Bloomsburg University and

cialist in

urban planning, says that the

downtown is

in a transition period. "It is

In the 1800s,

34

spe-

downtowns were

the

"I felt like I

was leaving

a sinking ship," says Davis, "but when the

of Renaissance Art,

Market

Book

& Frame, 239

St.

The DBBA, composed of about 50
refers to businesses

which

funds, as "coat-tailors," says Yost.
ride

on

are

"They

the coat-tails of the Association

and reap the benefits of what the Association accomplishes."

Members of the DBBA pay annual
dues of about $235. In order to be a
member of the DBBA, a merchant must
also be a member of the Chamber. Dues
to the

Chamber are about $150.

Spectrum

Because the downtown

"We

says Yost,

(the

is

changing,

Beth Spokas,

DBBA)

are in the

executive direc-

process of changing our bylaws and plan
to

become a fourth division of the ChamThis will give us representation on the

ber.

Chamber board."
The Association has had
motional

activities,

sylvania

including moonlight

promotions are fine for the

Penn-

Down-

town Center, was

downtown

the
several pro-

madness sales and sidewalk sales. "These
local sort of

tor of the

coordinator for

Bloomsburg ReThe

vitalization.

monies

came

businesses involved and we stiU plan to do

from

now they wiU be
funded by only those stores involved,

department of

leaving the Association free to focus on

fairs

them," says Yost, "but

the

downtown

as a whole."

According

to Yost, the

DBBA is hop-

"Main Street Manager" who can market the downtown re-

ing to hire a fuU-time
gionally.

It

also plans to discuss the pos-

of hiring an ad agency to help with
image of downtown Bloomsburg.
"We want people to know that downtown Bloomsburg offers specialty items
that they might not find in a typical mall,"
says Yost. "We are 'over- retailed' in Columbia County, and we need to draw
people from the outside; the best way to
do this is by advertising regionally."
Regional promotions are planned that wiU

the state

community

af-

and was
called the "Main
Street Manager^'
grant.

Photo by Mike Zarrett

The amount
given,

about

was

sibility

$44,000,

the

distributed in in-

benefit

all

downtown merchants,

instead

Downtown Bloomsburg's Woolworth's Department
opened

its

doors

in

January

in

of

Store

1990.

tervals over a
three -year span. Other monies

came from

the private sector and corporate banks.

There was also a grant for the improvement of storefront signs. It matched the
funds that merchants spent on either improving or buying new signs.
Revitalization's goal, according to

Spokas, was to

make

the existing busi-

downtown

of local promotions that only benefit a

nesses stronger, promote the

few.

image, make physical improvements, and
increase economic development. This

If aU this sounds familiar, it's because
from 1982-1987, downtown Bloomsburg
had a program called "Revitalization."

1921 and closed

volunteer group was housed in the

Cham-

ber and, according to Spokas, "the

downtown was the most progressive during this time." The end came, says Spokas,
when the monies ran out and "there was a
collective bumout among the volunteers."
According to the Chamber, because

it

has incorporated some of Revitalization's
goals into

its

own

objectives, including

retention and recruitment of businesses to

downtown, there are new stores and
more fraffic. Sandra Dotts, program coordinatoratthe Bloomsburg Chamber, says,
"Almost all vacancies along Main Street

the

have

now been

filled."

Many

of the

businesses are relocations, but there are a

few new businesses

to the area including

Travelworld, Phillips Emporium, Everything under 990 Sus-cue-hanna B aUroom,
,

DoUar General and

others that have not

yet been released.

"The

needed

Steven Kennedy,

Boyertown, completes

is

variety that

is

being added to the downtown,"

says Dotts.

The

DBBA

is

searching for grant

Sus-cue-hanna

money, but according to Gerry Depo,
town administrator, once the state or federal government has given a grant such as

Ballroom,

the revitalization grant, a downtown can't

work on the

part of

downtown

Bloomsburg's
restructuring.

get another.

succeed,

it

"If the

wiU have

DBBA

is

going to

to get local govern-

ment support," says Depo.
In discussion is a grant from the town
ofBloomsburg in the amountof $30,000.
This money would be used for the first
year and would possibly pay for the
fuU-time Main Street Manager. According to Edwards, the Chamber is
prepared to absorb overhead cost, staff

Photo by Chris Lower

Winter 1990-1991

35

support, office supplies, phone usage,

Heritage
Motors

& RV's

among

However, out of
the $12,000 generated by DBBA
membership dues, the DBBA pays
$5,000 to the Chamber. Dotts says that
when the DBBA becomes a fourth division of the Chamber, that this amount
will

"Your Shasta Top
Volume Dealer"

other things.

be changing.

sus

The town has some grant money targeted for downtown use, available for
low-interest loans. The grant money is

Selection of

RVs
Motor Homes

there

garde," says Spokas,

According to Depo,
$600,000 loaned to downtown
small businesses; about $80,000 is still
available.
"Given all the downtown
businesses that have taken out low-interest loans," says Depo, "there is continued need for
is

downtown

After the end of

town implemented a

is

The

on

busi-

retail tax

0.15 percent of a

business 's gross receipts per quarter. Al-

though

Pre-owned Units
& Motor Home
Rentals

tax,

it

isn't

a large

many merchants

are upset about

it.

"

I

Rt. 11

Bloom-Danville

Hwy

Bloomsburg

784-5388
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are

the best strategy to take."

"People need to be reminded that shopdowntown is different from shop-

ping

ping in a mail," says

felt like

W. Main

opened, my
business just
dried up.

does

special ordering for

leaving a
sinking ship,
but when the mall

Su-

St.,

I

was

their customers.

Ac-

Sue
Pensyl, store manager. Country Charm

cording

is

to

known for its extra

service and catering
to people's needs.

"We

also advertise

regionally,"

"

says

Pensyl, "and draw

people from

all

over

the country."

AlLenzini, owner

Main

to

profit,

order and even lets customers take clothes

says that it is an unfair tax. "If we have

more than others.
Edward Podany ownerof Alien' s Subs,
low. Main St., is also opposed to the tax.
"Nobody likes taxes," says Podany, "it's

ing

Edwards, it's a regressive tax. "It's an unfair tax that singles
out the business community." Depo
says the tax is critical to Bloomsburg's
financial stability and continued growth.
However, if the reassessment of the
county lowers taxes in 1 992 for owners
in the downtown, many merchants believe that the town should do away with

According

home

to try

on before purchasing them.

He's been in business for 35 years and
says he is doing better than even "It' s due
to good value and personal attention,"
says Lenzini.

Eudora Acomly, owner of Eudora's

that simple."

INC.

tradi-

For example,
Coimtry Charm, 36

,

MOTORS-RVS

not

Yost

have a tax then it should be on our net
not on what we gross," says Grace.
Some merchants believe that they are pay-

HERITAGE

"It's just

way downtowns

of Al's Men's shop, 49 E. Main St., is
known to add a free pair of socks to an

St.,

Automobiles

it's

san Grace, owner of
Grace Pottery /Craft
Gallery, 16 E.

Pre-Owned

changing,

"Revitalization," the

nesses.

selection of

but with the

tance."

receipt tax"

Always a good

tional,

assis-

tax called the "gross

Pop-Ups

group.

ing loan fund.

Travel Trailers

Truck Camper

among the

Spokas says there is a trend in downtowns all over the country to 'bite the
bullet'
and redirect their resources to
regional and image marketing. "What the
DBBA is planning is risky and avant-

available through a commercial revolv-

Area's Largest

and for such things as snow removal
and the upkeep of the downtown," says
Depo.
Spokas believes that the DBBA can
succeed in implementing a new program
for the downtown, but it wiU need commitment and be able to develop a consen-

to

the gross receipts tax.

Depo

says the

monies collected go into a fund called
the "general fund." "These monies are
used for the general good of Bloomsburg

1 E. Main St., says one of
major problems of the downtown is
parking. "There just isn't enough parking; my sales clerks can't even find a

Corset Shop,
the

place to park after 9:30 a.m.," says

Acomly.
Shirley Drake, treasurer of the

Bloomsburg Courthouse, says that with
over 100 employees and only 30 parking spots available beside the courthouse, "there's definitely a parking
problem."
Norman Mael, general manager of the

Spectrum

Hotel Magee, 20 W. Main St., says that the

downtown needs

to increase the price

of

the parking meters and aggressively

monitor them. "This would deter store
owners from parking right out in front of
their stores," says Mael.
Mael andbodiRussell and MariaLewis
of Russell's Restaurant, 1 17 W. Main St.,
say that downtown merchants aren't pay-

enough attention to the imiversity's
"The college crowd needs to be
madeto feel welcome," says MariaLewis.
ing

presence.

"If freshmen don't like the

way we

them, they might chose not to eat
restaurant for the next four years."

The Hotel Magee,
a Bloomsburg

landmark, stands
alone among new
businesses— Bittersweet, Stepping
Stone, and Travel

World.

treat

at

our

Judy Kosman, a jimior at Bloomsburg

Photo by Miike Zarrett

University, says she believes one of the

reasons students are attracted to the uni-

Podany

another merchant

is

versity is because of the small-town charm

lieves that the mall has

of the downtown, but "I don't like the

effect on the downtown.

higher prices," says Kosman. "If prices

deliveries every

were more competitive with the mall and

Podany.

the reception toward smdents
I believe

was

better,

more students would shop down-

town."
Laura Hauze, owner of the Cat's Pajamas, lola, says that she'd shop downtown

major department store downtown."
Many of the downtown merchants,
such as Tish Glasgow, owner of Tender
Love Pet Shop, 35 E Main St., and Yost,
say that because of the national economy,
people aren't spending as much as they
normally would, but that they are still
buying enough of the lower-priced items
to keep them going.
Delores Wright, owner of Foxy Lady,
151 Market Square, runs a boutique specializing in women's clothing. She says
that when she first opened her doors five
years ago, "Downtown Bloomsburg was
a quaint little downtown with a variety of
speciality stores." She notes a decline in
traffic since the relocation of Sears and
Penny's and is concemed about the future
of her business.
Russell and Maria Lewis believe that

Columbia Mail had a
positive effect to the downtown. "The
mall creates competition and brings new
business," says Russell. "We have our
banquethaUusedformeetings and special
occasions by the store owners in the mall,"
the opening of the

says Maria.

Winter 1990-1991

"We make lunch

to the mail," says

opening or deciding to open a busiThey can also help when a business is in trouble or needs advice about
such things as advertising.
in

ness.

Many of the merchants in downtown
Bloomsburg have taken advantage of this
service.

One of them,

Yost, says that the

service was helpful in planning how much

stock to

buy and giving
"The

projections for

potential income.

service helped

with the organization of my plans," says
Yost, "making

Downtowns

'^

quaint and a nice place to spend the

day," says Hauze. "I would like to see a

be-

Edwards believes that downtown
Bloomsburg is fortunate to have a university and the county seat downtown. "This

more if there were convenient paridng and
more variety. "But I like the atmosphere;
it's

day

who

had a positive

my

ideas workable."

Anothermerchant, Donna Houghtaling,

need once again
to be places
where people can
socialize and be

owner of Child in Bloom, 20 E. Main St.,
says that the service was helpful in showing her how to approach a bank.
Houghtalingis also amemberof theDBB A
and says, "It's worth the time, money, and
energy involved."

Downtown Bloomsburg

is

a Historic

District, which according to Shelley Evans,

entertained.

administrative secretary at Town Hall,

is

a

The DBBA plans to
enhance the beauty of the downtown and
national distinction.

make
employment and adds
economy of the downtown," says

sure that merchants follow the

by the National

certainly increases

guidelines set

to the

Preservation Society.

Historical

believes that although the

Town government is also planning to

downtown Bloomsburg wUl do better than most
downtowns because of the university's

replace the "right-of-way" cherry blos-

Edwards.
national

He

economy

isn't healthy,

presence and the county

seat.

Downtown Bloomsburg

has available to it a free service called "PreBusiness Counseling," a service of the
Small Business Development Center at

Wilkes University. There are 14 centers
in Pennsylvania.

The

service provides

assistance in financial projections, loan
applications, business plans, and

keung ideas

for people

who want

marhelp

som trees. Also, a grant has been approved for the improvement of
Bloomsburg gateways the entrances to
downtown at Lightstreet, Route 42, and

—

East Street. These gateways will see im-

provements

in 1991.

Downtown Bloomsburg seems to be
re-budding and although many question
whether the efforts being made wiU be
enough

to restore the

downtown,

the

Chamber and the DBBA, expect to see the
flowers in no time. S
37

'I

didn't
intend
to kill
Jane

Benfield"^
Frank Senk talks about the murder
that ended his life as a free man
by Karen Sheehan
and Tara Connolly

Jane

Benfield

left

her

home

Senk might be responsible for the
complaints from young girls that a
strange man had tried to entice them
into his car. Later, one of the girls identified Senk as that man.
Police found that Senk was in the
area near the time the crime was committed and that he was known to the
state police to have a criminal record.
Two days after he was first quesfioned,
Senk confessed to the murder of Jane

that

in

Centralia at 11 a.m. on Tuesday,
July 11, 1961. She carried a paper bag,

containing a jarof jam she was to deliver
to her mother's friend who lived three
blocks away. When Jane didn't return
home to watch an All-Star basebaU
game, something she had been looking
forward to, her parents became worried.
Later that evening, when they learned

Benfield. In a signed confession,

body and she
with me. She

the girl never arrived at the friend's

feel her

house, they alerted police.
At 9 a.m. the following day, when no
trace had been foimd of the missing girl,
more than 100 policemen. Boy Scouts,
local firemen, and the Civil Air Patrol

broke away from
me and I hit her
with a rock and

were organized to search for her.
The men spread out over the area which
was covered with strip coal mines and
abandoned mountain roads. At 4 p.m. the
units

search ended. Jane Benfield

was

thirteen

ing and

I

hit

Senk was

Solomon
38

indicated to the state police

Insritution in Graterford.

In an exclusive interview with
Spectrum, he now says, "I never even
hit any of my seven sisters; I did hit
Jane, but I think she hit her head on the
rock when she fell."

her

On January

first

At the time,

Without a minimum granted by the
Senk has no chance of parole.
Although Senk has filed for appeal on
this decision many rimes, he still remains in prison at the State Correctional
state,

again."

Miffiinburg Chief of Police, Hall
Solomon, had previously arrested Senk
after a woman reported the theft of her
purse. Senk pleaded guilty and paid a
fee.

without a

started scream-

called in for questioning.

and restituuon

life

minimum.

feU on the back
of her head and

24,

fine

and

started fighfing

commuted to life, which in

Pennsylvania means

when she fell, she

when she was murdered.
Seven months later, Frank Earl Senk,
a married 28-year-old salesman, was
years old

Senk

told detecfives "I tried to kiss her

the sentence

1962, five
days after he was
questioned,
in-

dicted for murder, then

found

guilty and sen-

tenced to death.
He since has had

Police

file

photo

Frank Senk soon after his arrest for the murder of Jane

Mary

Benfield.

spectrum

Senk can still recall the moment when
he sat in the courtroom listening to
Judge William Kreisher render his decision.

"The biggest feeling I felt was shame
and complete disgust with myself," Senk
says. "I was angry at the system, not that
I was convicted
because I did do it
but because I don't feel I received due

—

process of law."

Senk underwent sixty-seven hours
of unauthorized interrogation prior to
signing his confession. Senk says he
also believes Judge Kreisher had
knowledge of, and disregarded the fact
that Senk was treated
poorly.

ney

my

"He

told

he

knew

that

rior Court."

(Hill refused to

comment

She was shouting, hollering, calling me
names and threatening to send me to

on the case.)
Senk believes the original jury presumed intent from the act, and claims
that was unjust. "Obviously, if someone picks up a gun and it goes off
striking someone in the head, or the
heart, it can t be presumed that he or she
meant to kiU the other person," says
Senk. He says, "In my case, Judge

prison. In a state of confusion,

out

—one blow.

on

bl^.rl

—

someone would hear me they
would think that I've lost my marbles."
He talks to his vicdm, letting her know
years. If

"how

sorry

Senkbeheves he was guilty
of second degree murder and
beheves that the judge's instructions to the jury relieved
the Commonwealth of proving intent. "Without proof of
intent, I could only have been
found guilty of second degree
murder," he says, continually

and held for three days and

VliilClllCT

interrogated for

hours
in
sixty-seven
Ridgeway, Pennsylvania,
and then transported two
hundred miles across the

i.-f-Tij~

't

k

am," and says he always
at peace after these

more

talks.

nights without a warrant in

He was

1

feels a little

& Terminer

the State Police Barracks.

says.

every night for the past twenty-eight
years
especially for the first fifteen

Kreisher instructed the jury that 'Every
person is presumed to intend the natural
and probable consequences of his act.'
Therefore, if one commits an act where
the consequences are almost certain to

L:';i)k

struck

have relived this nightmare almost

PENNSYLVANIA

nit

Senk

a rock."
"I

'

the cops

I

a rock they say;

my hand I thought. And she hit her head

attor-

put me through hell," Senk
claims.
Senk was detained by
Pennsylvania State Police

With

emphasizing his belief
In September 1990, Senk
also decided to reveal his
feehngs to Judge Kreisher

taken to a

with these words, "I've made
with Jane Benfield
and with my God, but have

magistrate in Bloomsburg
and charged with murder.

you?" Senk asks, "What are
you going to tell Him I'm

The conviction was
handed down in 1962, four

sorry?" Kreisher died almost
two years ago.
The U.S. Third Circuit
Court of appeals has stated

state before being

years before the

Supreme

my peace

—

r

Court ruled in Miranda v
Arizona that the accused has
the right to remain silent,
that should they give up that
right, whatever they say
could be used against them
in a court of law; that not
only do they have the right
to an attorney to be present
during questioning, but if
they cannot afford one, one
will be appointed by the
court of law.
At present, he doesn't have an attorney and is attempting to handle his own
litigation. Senk doesn't believe that he
has had sufficient representation since
he has been in prison.
He filed a Post Conviction Hearing
Act (PCHA) petition in 1982 on his

own. Bloomsburg attorney P. Jeffery
Hill was appointed by Judge Jay Myers
to represent him.

"He

really did not

want to take the case," says Senk. "I
had to force him to appeal to the SupeWinter 1990-1991

that

it

cannot rule on the

peti-

tion in the state courts be-

cause
failed

'^'L^dM.^

it

believes Senk had
to

raise

the

retroactiveness, or proof, that
the jury's instrucdon had sig-

nificant effect

on

their deci-

sion.

^r^
Actorpfeytfor Defendant
^''r

He

.

then filed another
petition in Columbia
County. He since has ap-

PCHA
cause death, the jury could presume that
was what he intended to do." Being
a presumption of fact, it may be rebutted by other evidence in the case, however, that is soley a jury question. Senk
believes the judge's instruction encour-

pealed to the Superior Court; the appeal
is currently being reviewed and considered in Philadelphia.
"I'm afraid they might turn it down
saying I had a chance to raise the issue

aged the jury

waived

this

ment

to find intent, a require-

Without
would have been second degree

for first degree murder.

intent,

it

murder.
"I absolutely, positively did not in-

tend to

kill

recalling

Jane Benfield," says Senk,

"I

formed no intent

to kill.

in

my

last
it,"

PCHA 'petition
Senk

and that

I

says. If this happens,

he will try to take

it

before the federal

courts again.

During his past twenty-nine years in
Senk has occupied his time
playing chess and the piano. He reads
music very well and has played for
prison,

39

religious and Christmas services in the

metal shop and as a typist for $90 a

room and contemplated whether he

prison.

month. While working as a clerk and a
typist he was able to prove he was
reliable and efficient, and soon moved
on to work in the law department to
gather reports concerning the amount
of time attorneys were spending with

should leave. "I opened the door to the
room filled with people, got my briefcase, and left the building," he says. He
then walked across the street and offered an unknown man $20 to give him

inmates.

that

mostly for myself,"
says Senk. "I can lose myself, my worries, in this manner." He also makes
greeting cards for himself and friends to
pass the time. He takes flowers and
"I enjoy playing

presses them in a homemade press, then
mounts them on a piece of cardboard
covered with a soft plastic. He says that

some of the flowers

Although Senk has continuously

retain their beauty

and their color for years.
In addition to his hobbies,

Senk reads

'* In

a state of
confusion, struck
out one blow. "

lot, but in spurts. "I once read fortyfour novels in seventy days," he says.
He also keeps busy writing letters for

a

men in prison who

I

—

are illiterate.

Child molesters and killers are occasometimes physically abused in prison by other inmates
and, occasionally, by guards. According to Senk, he has not faced problems
sionally harassed or

of that nature.

never had any trouble with prisonbecause I am well-liked,"
he says. He often does favors for other
inmates, such as helping them prepare
and type their legal briefs.
While in prison, Senk has held numerous jobs. "I'm a work-aholic," he
says. He has worked as head clerk in the
"I

ers or guards

strived to be a model inmate in prison,
he has experienced moments of weakness. In September 1977, Senk found
the opportunity to escape from the
maximum security prison. "I was
watching a movie at an outside speaking conference at the Salvation Army,
and in the back of my mind I thought of
trying to escape," says Senk.
He excused himself to go to the bath-

a ride to the hospital. "I

made up a story

my

family was in a terrible car
accident," says Senk.
After arriving at the hospital, Senk
continued down the street to a local bar

where he met a young woman who
offered him a ride to his destination,
Columbus, Ohio. Although she gave
him money, he didn't want to take her
with him, so he slipped through the
back door of a drugstore and went to the

bus station.
Senk reached Columbus within a day
and immediately bought three suits and
five ties from a second-hand store. He
says he repaid the woman shortly after
he got a job. "For three months I had an
excellent job selling cars and was also
salesman of the month," Senk remembers.

In

November, two FBI agents

ar-

supposedly to purchase an automobile. Senk greeted the
two agents and began making small
rived at the car

talk.

Senk then

lot,

felt a

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have felt fear, shame, and disgust
throughoutmy life, but neverso much as I did
on the day of my recapture," he recalls.
Both Senk's mind and body have
been in fairly good shape since he's
been in prison, however, last year, he
learned he had a benign tumor in his
lower intestines. He saw neither a radiologist nor a gastrenterologist, but did
attempt to get second opinions on the
"I

diagnosis.

"For months,

I

wrote to medical col-

leges attempting to ascertain if a benign

tumor could be dealt with through radiology," says Senk. "Each time I was
could not."
told
In July, after another series of tests,
he learned that the tumor was malignant. The tumor had grown to seven
centimeters and had to be removed. Its
it

position

was low

in the

made reconnection of

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the intestine to

He

the rectum impossible.

trouble dealing with this

has had
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and emotionally.
Senk has gained back only ten of the
eighteen poimds he lost after the operation. As a precaution he will be given
periodic radiation treatments. Senk is
cally

Come and

me a chance to get to know her," he

working hard

ing

is

says. Senk's

to gain back his health and
looking forward to weighdifting and
playing tennis and handball again. He also
spends a great deal of time thinking of
family and remembering life before prison.

have felt fear,
shame and disgust
throughout my life,
but never so much
as did the day of
''

I

I

my

recapture.

second wife is now remarSenk's former brother-in-law.
The Rev. Francis Mani, Senk's minister believes, "After many years Frank
Senk has changed; he has served his
punishment in jail and through the lingering memory of his actions," he says.
"This is more than I can say for most
ried to

prisoners."

Senk meant what he

stated in his

—

confession signed twenty-nine years
ago "I am sorry her parents had to go
through this and, that I wasn't caught
long before this or that something wasn't
done to prevent me from ever doing

something like this."
These words still appear on record
but the meaning of them in Senk's heart
has grown stronger with each day of his
life.

Senk has two

sons, a 36- and 37-

year-old from his

first

marriage.

He

divorced in 1957 and remarried in 1960
and had two more children, both of
whom are married.
His 29-year-old sonuses his mother's
maiden name and is not in touch with
him. His 27-year-old daughter has recently contacted her father.
"She has made me so happy by giv-

"She really was a very sweet young
lady and as strange as it might sound I
have become a better person for having
known her," says Senk. "The shame of
it is, that because of me, she is not here
to see it."

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matter what he does, it still won't bring
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wondered why she had icept so much to
herself lately, but they never asked any
difficult questions. And behind her wall
of daily activities, she avoided their
concerned glances in an attempt to forget the nightmare she was living. Un-

rape were reported last year. However, he
is

aware

that the

serious than the
gests.

"My

problem

much more

is

number of

reports sug-

socks were blown off a few

years ago when a counselor at the Women

Center informed

me

that she

had seen

'

s

at

50 rape victims in the same period of
I had seen only one reported
rape," says Smith. Sokol says that most of

least

time that

fortunately, she could

not turn back time

and erase the word
"rape" from her past.
More than 3,000
forcible rapes were re-

ported in Pennsylvania in 1988 alone, ac-

her freshman year

at Bloomsburg.
However, the lesson that stays with her
today is the one that hurts the most; she
learned not to trust even a friendly senior Hke Tom.
Sara met Tom early in the semester; he
became a friendly face on what seemed to
be a lonely campus. "I thought of him as
a friend and was glad to have met him. We
talked on the phone
and visited each

Although it's their easiest
defense, forgetting doesn't
ease the minds of rape victims

cording to the Uniform

by Judy Kosman

Crime report compiled by the Permsylvania State Police Bureau of Research and

other.

I

went twice

to the apartment

he

was sharing with
two

friends to eat

pizza and watch TV.

He never gave me
the impression that

he was an aggressive person; he was just
a

good

friend."

Women's

Sara, like many rape victims, had never

Center have not reported the crime. Like

expected an attack by a friend. However,

Development. But, that's only part of the
story. According to Marianna Sokol,

the victims counseled at the

counseling coordinator at the Bloomsburg

Sara, these

to suffer in

stranger rapes account for only ten percent

Women's

Center, for each rape reported,

silence rather than face the courts, believ-

of all sexual assault cases, according to the

10 to 20 go unreported. In the July 1988June 1989 fiscal year, the Center alone

ing that they can deal with the nightmare

new

and

women

in time forget.

choose

Unfortunately, each

1988 Uniform Crime Report. Smith
"We don't have a problem with

agrees.

women

into the brush

sexual as-

unreported incident represents a rapist

strangers pulling

sault victims in addition to the288 victims

never caught and a community never
warned of the danger.
"No one ever warned me about rape,"
says Sara, a junior at Bloomsburg Univer-

here (Bloomsburg). Violent rapes occur

provided services for 280

already being counseled for previous
tacks.

"Some of these new

raped years ago and are just
to

now coming

us for help," Sokol says. But, the

ber

is

alarming

when we

at-

victims were

num-

consider

how

sity

and a rape victim

who

tried to forget

the rape instead of reporting

it

two years

many rapes were reported in Bloomsburg

ago. "People were supposed to be raped

in the last year.

by

According to Bloomsburg Police Chief
Larry Smith, one rape and one attempted

told

42

a stranger in a dark alley.

No one ever

me it could be a friend."
Sara learned a lot about hfe during

more

often in the cities," he says. "But,

women have to worry just as much about
rape here. In fact, women here have to be
more on guard because here we

see date

rapes."

Dateoracquaintance rapes attack tmst,
and therefore can be the hardest to deal
with, according to Sokol. "Victims of
acquaintance rape must deal with ques-

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knows that in the
end the case will come down to her word
tions like

'Why

did

I let

says. "Also, the victim

against his." In such cases, rape victims

would have

to face imbelieving peers,

law officials.
hke Sara's, the

parents, and

In cases

thinks of the

woman as

a friend. "Aweeklater,

he called my room and
asked me if I wanted to
comeovertohisplace,"
Sara remembers. "He
didn't realize that he

had done something
wrong. He wouldn't
leave me alone; he
wouldn't let me for-

wants
he stiU

rapist

to continue the relationship;

reasons. "I think he knew what he was
doing because I really had no evidence
to use against him.
Though we
struggled, he did not beat me or leave
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fornia on vacation. Sgt. Maj Spike Newhart,
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an English Bulldog who resides with Rosie
and Ron Newhart, Espy, caught some rays
when he visited with Newhart' s son at a
Marine base in California. Since the English Bull is the Marine Corps mascot.
Spike was a big hit at the base. "My son

make sure that I had packed
Spikey's sunglasses and suntan lotion for
the trip," says Newhart.

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is

willing to invest a great
deal of time and money
into canine

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Spike often wears when riding in the family

They

have also bought him the characteristic
spiked collar and a Marine Corps
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special shop in Sherwood Village which
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simply start pressing his head down until he
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ter.

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heads. So, when he wants a snack, he will

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comfort

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the family goes to the supermarket

instead of the

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well as the normal routine of bathing and
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money are well worth the

my dog, partly because my
But

animal, you should

I

feel if

you have an

show them

love," she

"Because they are a part of your
family. And they don't talk back to you."
The Newharts are not alone in their love
for their pet. And the business community
is quick to respond to their need with a lot
of "get-rich-quick" schemes that have
milked Americans' love of animals. Howsays.

ever, the pet craze has also facilitated the

who just love dogs.
Laurieann Hoffa, proprietor of Dog Gone
careers of people
Photo by Jenna

46

Moon

Spectrum

less likely to

be a problem for a well-

groomed dog. However, groomers can administer flea dips when the problem occurs.
"People don't realize how serious a flea
condition can be," says Hoffa. "One flea
bite can drive a dog crazy if he has a flea
allergy.

Laurieann Hoffa,

owner

of Dog
Gone Sharp, deals

with

some

problems

hairy

bite his skin

dog groomer. "You have to have
of patience and nerves of steel," Hoffa

cessful
lots

says.

in

He may chew and

raw," she says, carefully pointing out, "If
your dog has fleas, your house has fleas."
You must have more than the latest information regarding dog care to be a suc-

"You also must have compassion.
like a dog, he will know it."

If

you don't

her line of work.

Larry and Dotty Grocott of Grocott's
Hayastan Kennels, Millville, take their
business as seriously as Hoffa. The two are
involved

in all areas of canine comfort
boarding, grooming, and obedience train-

They also deal in feed and pet supplies.
The Grocotts opened their licensed boarding.

ing kennel about five years ago, but have

Photo by Mike Zarrett

Sharp, Bloomsburg, has dedicated her
to caring for animals.

A

life

graduate of the

New York School for Dog Grooming and a
member

of the National

Dog Grooming

Association, Hoffa has been grooming dogs
for ten years.

The

last three years

own shop

she has

Bloomsburg
"bathing, brushing, clipping, cutting, and
what not."
spent in her

in

According to Hoffa, her interest in dogs
began very early in life. Her family has
owned dogs as far back as she can remember, and she continues the tradition by raising her own three dogs (a golden retriever
and two cocker spaniels), in addition to
grooming dogs six days a week. "With my

She recommends

dogs be fully
groomed every eight weeks, large dogs
every three months.
A grooming session at Dog Gone Sharp
lasts about two hours, depending on the
breed and condition of the dog. This includes Hoffa giving the dog one of her
creative hairdos. "I make the dog look as
cute as I can using what features the dog
has," she says. Hoffa charges about $20 for
grooming a small
dog and $25-$40 for
that small

a large dog.

Grooming is not
making a dog

just

love for dogs, itjust seemed like the natural

look good, according to Hoffa. She

thing to do," she says.

says a well-groomed

Hoffa believes

groomed

all

dogs need

to

be

regularly, even short-haired

breeds. Nails must be trimmed once a month,

and ears should be checked and cleaned
every one or two weeks, she says.

dog

is

" They

a healthy dog.

know
when the dog has any skin or ear problems.
"An owner may not notice a skin problem on a long-haired dog," says
Hoffa.
"If

I

find a problem,

I

will rec-

treatment by a vet." Be-

that, Hoffa must keep up
on health issues in veterinarian books and grooming literature.

cause of

to date

Grooming can

also prevent dry or

flaky skin or loss of hair that ac-

companies certain skin problems.
If one of these problems occurs,
a groomer might catch it before an owner would and save
the dog a lot of pain.

Grooming

also aids in

the prevention

and

ment of

Fleas are

treat-

J

Winter 1990-1991

__^^^^^^^^_

are a part
of our families and
a part of us. "

Often, her role as
groomer includes letting the owner

ommend

twenty years of experience in the dog busiBoth are graduates of a program with
Bob Martin, an expert in the field of dog
training. Martin has written several books
on dog training.
The Grocotts can train dogs for shows
or for guard positions. But, according
to Larry Grocott, every dog can benefit
from a training course. Training helps
to socialize the dog so that it doesn't
growl or harass people or other dogs.
The Grocotts can
also train the dog
to stand for exness.

fleas.

amination while
the

six

owner stands
feet away.

This can be a great
benefit when an
1^-^^^^^^^^—
owner takes his
dog to the vet. At
a more advanced level, the Grocotts
teach the dogs to come and sit in front
of the owner when he calls, and to sit
and/or lie down and wait for his owner
for short periods of time.
But, training requires more than
teaching the dogs a few tricks. The
Grocotts stress that owners should be
present at classes with their pets. "Come
to class, I'll try to train you to handle
your dog and I will train the dog,"
Grocott says. He adds that the besttrained dog will not respond to an owner
who doesn't know how to issue the
commands and discipline the dog. This
requires a good understanding of people.
Obedience training for dogs runs from a
$75 ten-week puppy course on up. Grocott
says, "Anyone can train a dog, but you're
not going to get the same quality and you

47

are not going to get the
fact,

Grocott

is

same

At Pet Express in the Columbia Mall, a
loving owner with a bulging pockeibook
might purchase a $22, 20-inch bone, "guaranteed" to clean his pooch's teeth. Also

In

results."

confident that a properly

dog enrolled in a course like his is a
Even guard dogs will be safe to be
with, and will not attack children, except on
trained

safe dog.

command, he

available are a plethora of pacifying balls

Once in a shopput a German Shep-

and rings as high as $13, a S30 argylc dog
sweater, or an $18 doggie raincoat.
Dog owners who truly want their canine

points out.

ping mall he had just

herd on alert when a youngster from the
audience ran up and threw his arms around
the dog. "Granted, I had a mild coronary,"
he admits; but, he says that he knew that the
dog would not attack the child because the
dog had been properly trained.
Dog training takes a lot of things, according to Larry Grocott. "You have to be
a fairly stable individual; you have to have
patience and you have to enjoy animals ," he

to

For the dog who enjoys comfortable
these magazines advertise fourcompartment dog trailers for $3,795 and
cassette tapes with music for dogs for $7.
The independent dog might require an
instant pet door (starting at $70); a dog
travel,

house,

says.

Betty

Ryan

owner in a
owner of the

is

the

optional solar-powered
;

ing between

ramp

(rang-

$50 and $65).

Owners might

Slumberland Pet Cemetery, Bloomsburg.
For about $200, depending on the size of
the animal, she will bury pets. She says that
people sometimes hold services for their
pets and "they visit the graves a lot and
change flowers according to the season.
We bury our pets because we love them,"
says.

some with

fans (starting at $ 1 00) or a pet

serves the pet

more somber way. She

Ryan

make a status statement can find a variety

of unique dog products in several magazines, including DogWorld and Dog Fancy.

also purchase dog train-

ing systems ($25-$ 1 75), pet burial markers
(starting at $40),
Photo by Jenna

Maureen

Link, Lansdale, gives

his very

own squeaky

Dawg

"They are a part of our families

and a part of us."
Other businesses are finding quick ways
to harness huge profits in the dog business.
Amid the necessary dog foods, brushes.

Moon

Doogie

edition of the

Daily.

and leashes, a dog owner can find a multitude of faddish products for the dog who
seems to have everything.

and fashion dog visors

to

protect pets from ultraviolet rays ($10).

And more products are being

introduced to

eager consumers each day.
Then again, if we can purchase fingernail dryers, designer-ripped jeans, and
Rubik's Cubes, why
not spend a little
bit

on spoiling

the dog?

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Area mascots have unique and varied histories
Mascots

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The Eagle
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While the actual nickname of

Run High School

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mascot among colleges.
Benton and Southern Columbia High School share the same

he also says,

that,

White, fight, fight, fight, that
sort of thing." Fleming's dog
changed all that, he says, and
ever since then there have been
a lot of people who would bring
their

dog

to the football

basketball games, and

it

and
still

been an

Wark

there has never

official school

says, there

is

a

mascot,

wooden

carving of a Bulldog in the hallway of the school that weighs

about 500 pounds. It was donated by the class of 1989 in
memory of Jiggs and is still another piece of the school
mascot's history.

On

the other hand,

some

school's mascots have no history

Bloomsburg

mascot, the Tiger. Southern re-

at all. Officials at

vealed that an election by the stu-

High School (Panthers) and
Milton High School (Black Pan-

dents in 1962 yielded

its

nick-

name after the merger of schools
in Catawissa, Numidia, and

thers) both said they

why or when

their

had no idea

mascots were

The only thing they were
sure of was that their mascots had

Elysburg.

chosen.

The same occurred in the
choosing of the ColumbiaMontour Vo-Tech mascot, the
Ram The students chose the Ram

been there for the last thirty years
and "probably for thirty more be-

.

1970 over other options that

in

included the Buffalo and the Pioneer.

The Bulldog ranks fourth
among colleges surveyed and is
the mascot of Berwick High

fore that."

Bloomsburg

University's

mascot, the Husky, while

not in the top ten, is shared with
the University of Washington,
Northeastern University, Michi-

gan Tech, University of Con-

School. Berwick has the most in-

necticut,

According to Art Wark, Class of '29, the
Bulldog story dates back to his
junior year at Berwick.

versity,

was a cheerleader, Margaret Fleming, who would bring

choosing of their mascot,
Bloomsburg University's story is

her Bulldog, Jiggs, to the footgames in the fall of 1927,"

quite simple. In the Fall of 1933,

teresting story of the lot.

"It

ball

he says. "The next thing you
knew, there were cheers surrounding the dog and the Class
of 29 sort of adopted him as our
own."
'

50

came from Dr. Francis
Haas and the Student Council
merely echoed his opinion. In
a mascot

Northern

Illinois

Uni-

and Houston Baptist Uni-

Husky, others say, was because
the school could get one for free if
it

so desired.)

In a Eskimounanimous
Husky dog was
nearly

vote,

While some schools have
elaborate tales to relate in the

announced
that it wanted a mascot and it
would be chosen by the student
body in an election. (Here, it is
the Student Council

interesting to note that

chosen by the student assembly
on October 10, 1933. The first

dog to represent Bloomsburg was
provided to the school by Dr.
George KeUer, an art professor.
Keller was an odd sort who
trained
wild
animals
in
Bloomsburg and provided a fullblooded Eskimo Husky to the
school. The artist admired the
breed for its stick-to-it traits. "[The

Husky

some

sources state that the decision for

the most stubborn

is]

fighter of the canine family

and

since native to the far north, the

Husky was a name well-selected
forBloomsburgathletes,"hesaid.

Elna Harrison Nelson, Direcof Health Education and John
C. Koch, Dean of Men and DirectorofEducation, were given credit
for the dog's name, "Roongo" (a
combination of the school's colors, maroon and gold). When
Roongo passed on, his replacement was Roongo II, a Labrador
Husky, whose high point in Ufe
was when he was borrowed by the
University of Washington for an
appearance as their mas
tor

cot.

Quite a

versity.

on the fine tradition by
accompanying Admiral Byrd on
carried

his exhibition to the South Pole.

Aside from

addition, the selection of the

the

occurs today.

Even though

with 68 schools.

Warrior

Before

cheers were mainly "Blue and

thrill,

es

worst of weather conditions).

Bloomsburg' s mascots were
known to play tricks on un-

also

Roongo I,
was supposed

suspecting people.

at

his christening

to

devour a steak at the end of the
ceremony, but chose to skip that
meal, much to the embarrassment
of school

officials.

In another incident, another

Roongo dragged a poor student
across the muddy football field
during halftime of a homecoming
game. The student was to march
Roongo in front of the band, but
the student got excited and started

The dog took over, and the
was history, literally. Those

to run.
rest

in attendance that

member much

day don't

re-

about the game,

but the dog and his run are
very vivid.

Finally, one

still

of the more

in-

teresting mascots in the area
is

the Blue Jay of Central

bia.

The mascot was

that of Scott High

Colum-

originally

School and was

kept after the merger with

High School
form Central.

Mifflin

it

to

may

dating to call your-

the chance to be

self a

Rose Bowl

Blue Jay,
com-

there is one

parade.

forting thought.
III,

How

often do you
hear about a bird
dragging someone

purchased by the

Alumni Association in 1950,

across a

was a S iberian Husky. This representative of

famed for being able to endure the

not be very intimi-

many dogs have

Roongo

did present quite a majestic ap-

pearance on the sidelines all
dressed up in their fancy blankets
(sort of odd for a dog that was

So, while

pecially since not

in a

their extra-cur-

ricular accompUshments.the dogs

BU's

athletic

teams

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foot-

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