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Contents
Until Their Health

Runs Out by Judy Kosman

8

Crohn's victims play a waiting game, hoping a cure will be found

Books on the Move by Donna Grajewski
For disabled residents,

An Eiffel

14

library service is only

a phone

call

away

of America by Patricia Pewn

Our French correspondant details

Flipping His
Bill

life in

16
Bloomsburg

Way to Success by John Michaels

20

May keeps the family business thriving in a decade of fast food giants

Taking Northeastern Pennsylvania by Storm by Pat Twsky
Area weather

forecasters attract a

24

crowd of fans and critics

Armed and Dangerous by John Michaels and Brian Rippey
A look at area major leaguers Paul Hartzell and Mike Mussina
It's

Not All Fun and Games
With proper guidance,

Dishing

It

30

by Brian Rippey

sports can prepare youngsters for

37
life's

lessons

Out by Jane Mehlbaum

41

A Danville artist creates functional stoneware
Cheap Thrills by Margaret Gustus

42

A guide to inexpensive fun for recessionary times
All- American

Departments
Behind the Lines

6

The Cuttmg Edge
How Environmentally Safe is

7

We Are What We Read? by Judy Kosman
Training to Control Cardiovascular Disease by Jim Brogna

SPRING-SUMMER

1992

Gold Medalist
Columbia Scholastic Press Assn.
First with Special Merit

American Scholastic Press Assn.
Second Place, National

Safe Sex? by Pat Trosky

Back of the Book

Magazine

Associated Collegiate Press

46

Society of Collegiate Journalists

Second Place, Regional
Society of Professional Journalists

1

BEHIND THE LINES
Spring-Summer 1992

What

Columbia and Montour
counties the unique charm that so
many visitors seek? And what continues to

has managed to put May's Drive-in on

interest the long-time residents of the area?

people

The staff of 5pec/rMm poses thesequestions

local library. Luckily,

gives

every issue.

But, this issue the answer

Donna Grajewski focuses on disabled

who have

trouble traveling to the

has "Books on the

Columbia County
Move." The traveling

walked right past our office window

librarians

Grajewski interviews serve as a

people. People want to learn about people,

vital link

between shut-ins and the outside

and we believe we're the people

world.

to tell

you

John Michaels and Brian Rippey go

ties

looking for "Cheap Thrills." The

the way to the major leagues to trace
two of the area's top baseball heroes.
Michaels interviews former Milwaukee
Brewer, Paul Hartzell, while Rippey
speaks with current Baltimore Oriole
pitcher, Mike Mussina. Together they
prove area athletes are "Armed and
Dangerous."

result is a guide to help people

Judy Kosman looks at a different breed

children.

all

of hero in "Until their Health Runs

while

tightening

dren

is

"Not All Fun and Games"

Jane

into the

May, "Flipping

May

his

Way

to

Success."

has been around since the begin-

still manages
compete with the national fast food
chains. With hard work and a family to
support him every step of the way, he

ning of fast food, but he
to

files

ASSOOATE EDITORS

Patricia

DIRECTOR
Erin Martin

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Melissa Alba

Mehlbaum once again

Todd

artist.

inter-

This issue she pro-

Jeffreys,

owner of Stone-

And

correspondant, gives us

America" and shows us

that

"An Eiffel of

people every-

where are really pretty much the same.
Peron makes a few comparisons between

American culture, as seen in Bloomsburg,
and life in her hometown, Paris.
Also included in this issue are our
regular features. In the Cutting Edge,

Pat Trosky asks

"How Environmentally

Safe Sex?" The answer

may

Back of the book articles
new school at the Geisinger

surprise you.

highlight a

Medical Center and list the top selling
magazines in this area.
So, if you're from Columbia or
Montour County, this issue of Spectrum
magazine is devoted to you. Enjoy!

—The Editors

Janeen Schrann, Stacy Tassone

— BUSINESS OPERATIONS

is

DIRECTOR

CIRCULATION
DIRECTOR
Sean Gregorowicz

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Erin Gregorowicz

PRODUCTION
DIRECTOR
Stephen

J.

Sullivan

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
Kyle Crawford

COLOR DESIGN SPECIALIST
Jim Seybert

PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS
Dick Kashner, Jim Psik

PROMOTION
DIRECTOR

published twice a year by the Program in Journalism, Bloomsburg

University of Pennsylvania (Bloomsburg, Pa. 17815).

-

Janeen Schrann

Patricia

Spectrum

Peton

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

ware. Mehlbaum points out that,
whether far-fetched or functional, this
area craftsman keeps "Dishing Out Art."
Patricia Peron, our French

is

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Margaret Gustus, Donna Grajewsid,

for

bad sides of competition among

Safe

WYOU

com-

them. Rippey points out the good and

unique personalities of these
local celebrities who are "Taking Northeastern Pennsylvania by Storm."
Next, John Michaels examines Bill

talks with

Walter M.Brasch

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Judy Kosman

ADVERTISING

in the counties, realizing that

petition

the

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

in

Brian Rippey highlights the chil-

views an area

Kosman

have fun

budgets

their

recessionary times.

two women
who live with the fear of Crohn's disease every day of their lives and with
the knowledge that no cure exists at this
time. To one woman this uncertainty is
the most difficult aspect of the disease;
to the other Crohn's means discrimination from employers and peers.
Whether or not you're a weather
buff, you probably can identify the forecasters on the three area network affiliand WBRE.
ates: WNEP,
Maybe you even have their phone numbers handy to let them know when they
give a faulty forecast. Pat Trosky delves
Out."

1

John Michaels, Brian Rippey

Margaret Gustus has circled the coun-

about them.

Vol. 6, No.

the map.

No portion of Spectrum

may be reprinted, including advertising, without permission of Spectrum.
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Peron

ASSOaATE DIRECTOR
Margaret Gustus

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Melissa Alba, Donna Grajewski

SPECTRUM

GEMcramrs

vironmental issues to be con-

checks on condoms, does say

cerned with, the disposal of

how

condoms

usedprophylactics. Inareportin

just isn't

Spadoni says.

priorities,"

Wendy

spokesperson

for

Wallace,

company

is

Safe Sex?

Spring break is often the time

from the treated water which

students abandon the three
"S's": sun,

was being released by the plant.
Commenting on the environ-

surf and sex. Following the tides

mental group's discovery along

of these young people, major

the stream, the former executive

condom companies send repre-

director of the treatment facihty

tliree

sentatives to the beach to spread
the

message of safe

sex.

By

the

may cause problems for sewers or
septic systems."

On

Levy says it is all a matter of
numbers when you look at
condom disposal as a potential

see

of condoms that were appearing in

the other hand, Richard

Levy, of Schmid Labora-

company

next generation to act responsibly while

still

having fun. But,

during break many of those latex

that

makes

condoms

definitely biodegradable

say with certainty,

commu-

this

of

little threat to

and

the other

things that are flushed
toilet

Speaking on the large number

the waste water, he added,

have

tried to

"We

scoop them up with

our screens and

filters,

sionally they escape.

down a

such as plastic tampon apnapkins and

Sometimes

Levy points out how specific
on the condom

the top and our woikers can get

them. Sometimes they just sink to

after

and we'll miss them."

Dr. Dale
the Earth

Bmns, chairman of

and Environmental Sci-

break ended. So with the push

ence department

for the use of condoms, what, if

versity, says considering

any, environmental impact do

much

condoms
is

potentially have,

and

there anything that should

done now

be

to prevent potential

problems?

solid

at

waste

Wilkes Uni-

man

how

generates

on any given day, the disposal of

condoms would probably equate
to no more than 5 percent of that
waste.

Ironically, the issue of dis-

"Looking at the big picture, I

posing of condoms and their bio-

don t see the disposal of condoms

degradability came up about two

as a real environmental issue at

years ago, not atDaytonaBeach,

this time.

but

when an environmental

group

in

a neighboring county

However, no one ever

would

affect the

ozone layer or

establishment of a county-wide

either,"

landfill in their pristine, rural

When

Bruns

effects

disposal and the

on the environment were

Dan Spadoni,

spokes-

ronmental group walked along a

raised to

large fishing creek they felt

person for the state Department

affected

by

of Environmental Resources

in

the proposed landfill and pointed

Williamsport, his response was

out that even with the construc-

one of disbelief.

and notes

that is the

key

facil-

condoms could
still be found entering the s&eam
ity in the area,

SPRING-SUMMER

1992

it

might

to their

addressed in the future, but the

to water,

or heat, the latex will break

more important issue at the moment is the prevention and spread
of AIDS.

down. Of course, everything depends on the exposure time but

cating everyoneon thisdeadly dis-

we have been real clear on how

ease.

"When exposed

the latex

condoms should be

"We are concerned about edu-

We at

Schmid are dealing

with a double sword here.

We

stored and handled. These in-

preach abstinence but when that

structions are an important com-

is

condom's effectiveness," Levy says.
The Schmid spokesperson

should be used," Levy says.

did not find the question of bio-

tential biodegradability of them as

degradability far-fetched and

well as their effect on the environ-

noted there were no directions

ment is just a thought but one that

on the condom packages

for

should be tucked away in the
minds of a generation that will

the agency that

be affected by the use or non-use

ponent

to the

not possible then a

condom

Fornow,theissueoftheproper
disposal of

condoms and

the po-

The FDA,

monitors, regulates and does spot

of the product.

-PATTROSKY
During a University of Arizona study on Chicago
landfills in 1977, the following items were discovered buried within a dry

Hot Dog
Yard Waste
1952 Newspaper

still

landfill.

recognizable after 20 years

undecayed
still

after 15 years

readable after 25 years

"We respond to hundreds of

tion ofa multi-million dollar sec-

ondary sanitary treaunent

Levy asks.
Schmid spokesperson
says he isn't making light

larger proportions?"

says.

the question about

condom

community.

would be adversely

into a site that also

includes household trash of much

be something that will need to be

proper disposal.

thought that fluorocarbons
global warming twenty years ago

of the envi-

Are we landfilling 1 ,000

'

joined together to prevent the

Some members

facility?

condoms

of the issue and agrees

light,

the bottom

million gallon capacity treatment

packages are for proper storage

they will fill with water and float to

wrong places.
It would be safe to guess that
many a flushed condom was left
ocean long

"What are the numbers here?
100 condoms entering a

it

the directions

but occa-

lifesavers have ended up in all of

sailing in the

Is

The

even toothbrushes.

biodegradabiUty.
the

pollutant of the environment.

are

the environ-

ment considering

plicators, sanitary

and offers samples of

that

said at the time,

Holdings, Inc., annually sets up

products to encourage the

states, "the

gradability.

Play, says latex

nity practices safe sex."

their

it

no answers to the dilemma

tories, the

company's own admission,
Schmid Laboratories, a division
of London International U.S.
exhibits

Consumer,

of condom disposal and biode-

Inc., the

Carter-

Ramses, Sheik, Fourex and Safe

"From what we
coming into this plant, I can

FDA
FDA

recommends wrapping a
used condom inatissueand throwing it away." The FDA continues,
"Do not flush a condom because it

fer

How Environmentally Safe

to properly dispose of the

the September 1990 issue of the

Burke, company

makes Trojan condoms, can of-

ENVIRONMENT

"R's" for the

one of our

problems a year and
this is

so

I

can say

not one of them There are

many

If these items have not biodegraded by this time,

how

.

other

more

serious en-

many years

will

a condom remain

intact in

a

landfill?

7

"Misdiag-

Sandra Broadt thought
degree

college

a

would ensure her

nosing

Q

future.

But, four years after
graduation, a pain ripped

}

often a

is

problem

the pa-

if

A
gastroentertient isn't seeing

through her that would

ologist

eventually destroy her vi-

with Crohn's," says

Kennedy. "This can

sions of a successful ca-

Now,

reer.

cause problems because

the 29-year-old

lives in constant fear

that the disease,

—a

which

although

fear
left

her

die

with residual brain damage as well
as an external

abdominal pouch to

place her colon and rectum,

appreciate

don't

know how

long

it

operation.

good health because

along with ulcerative

no

large intestine meet.

cure. Crohn's,

colitis, falls

she gave
tors

tine (ileum) or large intestine (co-

little

But, six years later "remission"

would gain a new

Symptoms can

Broadt's

longer and more
complicated than
Heaps'. She first

tween the inflamed intesand adjoining tissue.

Ileitis

started to notice

Q

}

symptoms

new

burg University
graduate with a

cases of

Crohn's appear in the

Crohn's victims play a waiting game, hoping a cure

U.S. each year. Most

will

of these cases are

people 20-40 years
old;

be found before the disease

ajob. She was liv-

own
when the pain started. "The pain can be bad. It is a really sharp pain
that occurs

ctu'e.

"This was the hardest part for me," says Marlyse Heaps, a

Crohn's victim from Stillwater

who

suffered a relapse six years

removed the diseased section of her bowels. "It didn't
really hit me until the disease came back. It was then that I realized
I was going to have to live with it every day of my life."
Three months before being diagnosed with Crohn's, Heaps
says she experienced intense pain "as if someone was squeezing my
intestines. I was scared at first because I didn't know what was
after doctors

causing the pain.

"My first doctor knew absolutely nothing about Crohn's," she
"He looked at me and asked me what was wrong."

says.

science,

ing on her

researchers have not yetfoundthecauseforCrohn's

disease let alone finding a

in

puter

Broadt says she

by Judy Kosman

10 percent of the

Still,

strikes again

com-

major

just wanted to find

cases occur in children

under 18.

in 1987.

A recent Blooms-

and Colitis (NHC),
80,(XX)

initial battle

with Crohn's was

are abnormal tunnels be-

Foundation for

signifi-

cance to her.

hemorrhoid-like
and fistulas which

According to Mike
Kennedy of the National

Heaps says

thought to what the doc-

meant by "remission." She was
happy the pain had stopped.

include fever, lack of appe

tine

was removed

just

but can affect any part of the

sores,

the small and

section

together. After the operation.

usually involves either the small intes

tite,

where

The

and the two healthy ends were then joined

under the

(IBD). This chronic inflammatory disease

digestive tract.

to

She says the surgeon decided

a Crohn's-infected ileum

heading of Inflammatory Bowel Disease

lon),

ulcer-

of the symp-

pam Heaps felt and took a deeper look. He found

will last."

is

some

gallstones could not alone explain the intense

For an estimated two million Americans suffering

from Crohn's disease, there

unusual to

Geisinger Medical Center for a gallstone

can be gone in a second," she says. "Crolin's

makes me

is

toms can be life-threatening."
In 1982, Heaps went

re-

would retum

disease

it

from Crohn's or

ative colitis,

"People don't realize that good health

I

familiar

When

"It was worse after I ate.
were very sore which made

around the stomach," she says.

the fistulas appeared, they

walking, sitting and standing very difficult."
condition, she eventually

Because of her

moved back home where she still resides

today.

Doctors were unable to diagnose Broadt with Crohn's
1989; for two years she was diagnosed with

gastritis, colitis

until

and

ulcerative colitis. Finally, she says, "it became too painful to eat, so

stopped eating." When she was admitted to Bloomsburg Hospital
on Jan. 26, 1990, the 4-foot -9-inch woman was down to 65 pounds.
Malnourished, Broadt suffered a minor stroke three days after
being admitted to the hospital. She says the stroke caused residual
I

SPECTRUM

brain

damage

States.

the last year," she says. "But, Dipenton dissolves in the body before

not discovCT un-

it

1991

when

University, currentiy as staff assistant to the provost and vice

after leaving the

presidentfor academic affairs, Heaps has an insurance policy which

hospital.

covers this part of her medical expenses. "Without a health plan like

first

"It

.

Heaps says.
Broadt is not as fortunate. She is on medical assistance from

the Oiie offered here, I'd be broke,"

would make

fwe," she says.

She receives $205 per month, but this will only cover
and medications. "The
newer more comfortable and durable models are said to be
'disposable' or just 'not necessary' and are therefore not covered," she explains. This puts Broadt in the middle of what she

A

calls the "vicious cycle"

I

wrcxig calculations

which

I

never did be-

neurologist

the state.

certain types of ileostomy appliances

if I

which changed

benefits. But,

companies don't want

Broadt's

their insurance

life.

Broadt

"College stu.

a stroke, and a degree means nothing when you can't add two
numbers together," she says.

Here

you cannot receive

she says. "So,

a guarantee of success But, they could have

stabilized,

at all,

damage

the

was

of insurance benefits.

"When you're working

then confirmed

to Geisinger.

Consequently,

she spends approximately $120 per

to do things, and

After she

my intestine tiiat is affected."

job

her

todkmetoolong

and taken

part of

flie

she had trouble
at

is

reaches

month on a drug which might
sell for less in this country Having worked for 1 6 ye ars at Bloomsburg

til

dents think a diploma

"The drug is similar to Dipenton which was approved within

which she did

is

get a part-time job,

I

assistance,"

won't get assistance or work
to hire

me full-time because

premiiuns might go up."

currently looking for a job. But, she believes

tiiat

companies label her as disabled before they know anytiiing
about Crohn's disease. "People don't know what Crohn's

Broadt was diagnosed with Crohn's
the doctors decided that her diseased

colon and rectum had to be removed and an ileostomy performed.

An

ileostomy

is

the surgical creation of an opening (stoma)

from the ileum to the surface of the abdomen. A pouch is then fitted
on the stoma to collect waste products. Broadt's initial response to
the ileostomy was positive. "I was just relieved that someone was
finally going to do something," she says.
Treatment of Crohn's initially takes the form of drugs, including Sulfasalazine and Prednisone (a steroid-based medication).
Side effects of these drugs

may

Marlyse
Heaps, a
Crohn's
victim for

ten years,

include weight gain, headaches,

still

nausea, hypertension, anemia, and personality changes. However,
in proper dosages, they

can safely control the symptoms of the

hiking,

disease.

When drugs can no longer control Crohn

enjoys

bicycling,

skiing,
'

s,

surgery in the form

and

photography.

of the bowel resection and the ileostomy becomes necessary.

However, according
at Geisinger, in

to Dr.

John McCormick, a gastroenterologist

80 percent of

patients

who have bowel

surgery,

Crohn's wall return. McCormick says researchers don't know why
occurs since they haven't yet isolated the cause of the disease.

this

New evidence suggests that something comes downstream through
body

the

to affect

tiie

bowels even

after the diseased sections are

photo by Joan Heifer

removed.
Six years after her surgery, Heaps started to show symptoms
again. Crohn's

had reappeared at the site of her bowel

resection. "I

go through bouts witii the disease," she says. "I have a stressful
and stress can aggravate the symptoms."
Kennedy explains tiiat although stress can exacerbate existing
symptoms, the disease itself is not psychosomatic. "The old myth
is tiiat tiie disease is all in someone's head and if they would just
still

job,

leam

to

calm down,

their

1992

is.

But it doesn't matter because

all

they hear

is

the

word

disease."

Crohn's does not have to be debilitating, according to
Kennedy. "When tiae disease is inactive, an individual can lead
a normal, healthy life," he says. "A person may have to be
careful witii

than that he

what he
is

eats

and

witii certain activities,

it

but other

not restricted."

McCormick agrees, "Crohn's

stomachs would stop hurting."

Heaps controls her current symptoms with Asacol, a drug she
must obtain in Canada until the FDA approves it in tiie United

SPRING-SUMMER

disease

is

a disease you can Hve with if

knock you out."
"Moreover, our research shows that tiiese

doesn't psychologically

diseases are not

spend
the

Day
With

Us

M

are certain things I wouldn't do now."

would not stay

at a party for a

when a bout of Crohn's

For example, Heaps says she

long time because she never knows

will hit.

Broadt says she feels a lot more comfortable
to

be a grown adult

says. "People

who

is

at home. "It's

hard

always rushing to the bathroom," she

make jokes about it It can be bad when I'm at home,

but at least I'm alone."

Kennedy

agrees that embarrassment

is

a major problem fcr

Qohn's patients. "Because of the nature of the disease, we 've found that
people

who have

the disease are embarrassed and people

who

dcm't

Over 200 Years
of Growth
A proud past
A bright future
.

have the disease don't want to know anything about

also

it,"

he says.

Kennedy asserts that the NFIC works not only on research, but
on educating "not only patients and their families, but also

.

.

doctors as well as the general public.

"Most of the people we deal with are just happy to find that there
more people who know what they are going through," he says.
NFIC maintains a headquarters in New York but holds seminars throughout the country. To learn more about NFIC programs,
are

call the national hotline,

1-800-932-2423.

According to Kennedy,

NFIC

•

Excellent Schools

•

Diversified Industry

•

Modem waste treatment plant

•

Planning and zoning

•

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devotes $2 million to research

alone. Most of this money comes in the form of an increasing
number of federal grants. "We have set the '90s as the decade for a
cure to be found," Kennedy says. "Over the past few years, we've

revitalization

tremendously advanced our understanding of the disease."

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Heaps says that reading the NFIC literature helps her deal with

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Mayor Lou

word

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knowledge. "I've read everything I can get my hands on about

the disease," she says. "I'm still dealing with the disease and praying
for a ciu^e. But, a big part of coping is knowing that someone's doing

something to help."

Meanwhile, Broadt is setting new goals for herself in order
cope with the tmcertainty in her life. She believes she has
more goals now than ever before. She hopes to become a
to

animal trainer and work with dogs, who she believes
can be more sensitive than many people. She also looks forward
to publishing a book about her experiences with Crohn' s to help

certified

others in the future. "Attitude

do treasure

many

is

my good health and I want to do my best to make as

goals as

I

can

a reality."

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For disabled residents of Columbia

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library is

away

by the Berwick or Bloomsburg Public

by Donna Grajewski

A

traditional

library

is

Wright already knows the people and they

More

a building

than a decade ago, the Berwick

people visit when they need information

Public Library started "Books on Wheels" to

or entertainment, but even people isolated by

provide elderly and home-bound people ac-

distance and physical disability can use the

cess to library materials.

Columbia County. The Berwick

The program

serves

which make

people isolated by

disabilities

Public Library's "Books on Wheels" and The

traveling difficult.

The

Columbia County Traveling Library carry out

program includesBeach Haven, Berwick, and

a tradition of providing people access to

Nescopeck.

libraries in

li-

service area of this

The concept of taking books
library

is

not new.

books were

rural areas

is

often

more important than

"If I'm a

Wright.

"It's

attention

and the opportunity

selves in a

good

to

The

taken to

visit.

popular.

to lose

patron
just to

is

feeling poorly,

one of her regular stops,
Wright learned that one

down

stroke

The number of

increase of public librar-

and offered

but the Traveling Listill

running in

Traveling Librarian.

"When you make librar-

convenient, people will use them."

The Traveling Library has been serving
the residents of Columbia County since 194
when the county superintendent of schools
and the county commissioners, along with the

Bloomsburg Public Library, decided

that the

high rural population needed

"This job

Library helps

takes skills beyond the simple desk

work of a

You almost have to be a social
worker who has to listen to problems." says
Ann Diseroad, Berwick's head librarian. "We
librarian.

fully expect the

books on wheels person

to

20-30 minutes with each patron and

visit

make

sure the patron

"The people

I

see are mainly shut-ins.

Other than seeing the doctor they just don

'

t

get out," says Susan Wright, the librarian in

The TraveUng Library is separate from
the Bloomsburg Public Library. It receives
its own funding and has its own collection

charge of the "Books on Wheels" program.

of 16,000 books.

lar patron

14

areas of

Its

service area includes

Columbia County not claimed

"I don'tdrive and this is wonderful.

They

are wonderful," says Gloria Schrader, a regu-

of the Berwick program who enjoys

reading fiction.

who do

some

individuals

not get out often, and also

several senior centers,

it

visits

cannot provide the

personalized door-to-door service of

"Books on Wheels" because of the sheer
size of the vehicle. The capacity rate of the
Traveling Library

is

3,000 books.

At the senior centers and nursing homes

is all right."

the service.

all

help her

Although the Traveling

says Dorothy Coady, the Columbia County

its

to

way to send things

to him.

"Bookmobiles are notan antiquated idea,"

county with

She took some time
comfort his mother,

find a

Pennsylvania.

ies truly

in

Geisinger Medical Cen-

to

one of 26

was

and

ter.

is

had a

of her patrons

wheels became

over the years due to the

brary

it is

dropoff the books. At

bookmobiles has declined

ies,

them-

story."

typical stop includes a friendly

If the

wagon. With the invention
of the automobile, "booklibraries on

late they get upset," says

littie

a good service, for avid readers

who are unable to get out; it gives them some

by horse and

mobiles" or scaled

visit

the books.

Although not part of the job description,

In the 1900s
first

look forward to seeing her. The friendly

Wright helped one of her patrons get the
paperwork for voter registration completed.

brary services.

people

Although she recently took over the route,

li-

braries.

the Traveling Library generally leaves a

collection of books with the activities di-

The Traveling Library focuses on
community stops where a wide variety of
rector.

people use the service, but most are young

mothers and their children.

Most of

the

trons are elderly.

"Books on Wheels" paThey learn about the pro-

SPECTRUM

gram through referrals from someone who
thinks they would enjoy the service. Occasionally a regular patron becomes temporarily incapacitated and requests the ser-

i

vice.

The
books

The Berwick

librarians first find out the intaest

and special needs of the individual and

select

to fit the requirements.

"People can request certain

most of the patrons

it is

titles.

For

?)et\u\d^*^^^^^^

"Books on
Wheels" car links
disabled residents

not an easy task to

with the outside

select books, because most of the people need

world.

the large print books," says Wright.

A large print book is essentially the same
size as a regular hard cover book, but the

photo by Brandy
Mankiewicz

amountof white space is reduced and the type
is larger. The cost of a large print book is not
that dissimilar from the price of a regular print

ofor as a supplement to a textbook, teachers

book. With the library's discount, the price

are using their

about $12 a book.
fortunate to receive

The Ubrary has been
a number of donations

from people who read large

when

donate them

is

print

books and

they are finished reading

them.

collections of books in

the classroom," says Coady. "There has
also been a substantial increase in the

num-

areas face include having to pay user fees

and being unable to take part in special
programs such as the Statewide Library
Access Program, which would make it pos-

book to any library in the
due date and that library will

ber of pre-schools and daycare centers and

sible to return a

they usually do not have a library so there

state

still

a

demand

for

is

bookmobiles."

on

return

its

to the original lender.

it

Despite these donations, the one com-

Libraries have various standards to

new

meet, including population, in order to re-

work.

ceive funding. Approximately 40 percent

money and would like more information about

most often

plaint heard

books and best

is

the lack of

sellers.

"There are over 30,000 items in the collection

and 4,000 large

print books, possibly

the largest in the area," according to Diseroad.

do have the
it books in the

"W*^.

large pri

four books a

week

largest collection of

But

area.

if

of Columbia County's population

Libraries need the support of people to
If

you would

like to

donate books or

not

these programs, call the Berwick Public Li-

claimed by any library under the terms of

brary at 752-224 1 and the Bloomsburg Public

the State Library Code.

Library at 784-0883.

is

Problems residents of the unclaimed

Maybe the bookmobUe
S

will stop in your area.

you read

within four years you've

read everything," says Wright.

"Ji

"The library has a small video collection
improving and books

Perfect 10

''

SUPER KIDS

"By 1/icki

that they are working on

on

own

tape, but the majority of the people prefer

a book," Wright adds.

The

'Witfi

library receives its funding

several agencies and foundations.

a totaC Cool
from

About

30 percent of the budget comes from the
United Way. The "Books on Wheels" car is

new and was purchased with federal money
distributed through the state. The program

(y^rom Oitadto lot)
9{air
•
lArtificiai 9{ai[s

and'Manicure

serves on average about twenty people a

week, but

it

can vary.

Any expansion

would depend upon the demand; if more
people wanted the service it would expand.
The program also serves four daycare centers in the Berwick area. Wright chooses
books based upon whatpre-school children
like and takes them to the teachers. It is a
convenience that saves the teachers some
time.

Skin

Can

CARE CENTER
'Pedicure

Ages 6 Weeks & Up
faciafs

but lack of funding prohibits

this.

"With the new emphasis on whole language reading, using regular books

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The Traveling Library goes out seven
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n Eiffel of America
by Patricia Peron

Would you agree that the typical American character sleeps with his Stetson
hat, eats

hamburgers

at breakfast, drives his

days when Paris had no sewage system.
Paris

is

the city of love and love

people say. Well,

is

blind,

to cook the fire alarm sends the apartment into
,

a real panic.

People here assume that

might just as well be

it

I

miss French

pick-up to pick up his mail, and rules the world

deprived of smell! Parisians have always

A

person firom France might recognize this myth.

been concerned by this problem. Eighteenth
century wealthy citizens used to sprinkle

Not at all! The only things I long for are
wine, cheese, and bread. Whoever has already
tasted this sensual combination knows what I

But, Americans have their own beliefs;

themselves from head to toe with costly

am talking about. Charles de Gaulle, our most

1940s, the Metropolitan

famous statesman abroad, once declared that

Transportation System spread attars of roses

he could not govern a country which has more

but hardly

knows where

the next state is?

many

believe that all French people drink wine, eat

gourmet food, are romantic

all

the time, and

even kiss strangers.
have become an American, even if honorary

As a journalism student, I am curious about
many things. I feel like a new kind of Gulliver,
even

if

sometimes

I

Had

they carried on with

than three hundred different types of cheese.

that costly act, Iran

could afford to live

agree with him and so should French

in

For 25 years I lived in France; for a year,
I

oils; in the late

have the strange feeling

food.

subway

entirely

cars.

on

its

cians. Foreign people are

rose industry today.

France is, of course, associated with tasty

and expensive food. Judging by the salary my
brother earns as a chef,

I

would not deny

the

France is

like brewing bourbon in Tennessee.
Almost every farm has its own product, which

fact.

Nevertheless, he often treats himself to a

is

tided " Let's Unveil Mysteries About France."

Big

Mac

high price!

My

—

sold at market places and generally at a very

its

Bloomsburg, developed his own hoagie reci-

the smell of French bread, the

pes. Tuitions for cooking schools are expen-

Just as Americans meet in bars, and the
EngUsh meet in pubs, the former talking about

country

fragrances

always astonished

by this figure. Nevertheless, making cheese in

of being the object of a course which could be

and, without having ever been in

I

politi-

is

often depicted by

scent of flowers. French people are very

sive

my parents more

baseball teams and the latterbetting on horses,

proud of it, and many consider that Ameri-

angry than the day my brother decided to be a

French people gather behind the counter of a

can products, from perfumes to California

trainee at

wines, are nothing

more than bad

substi-

and

I

have never seen

McDonald's! /

am

not a fantastic

baffled my roommates

cook, which

first

me over-the-stove

who

workers'

had

strikes are a vivid challenger to

ingly enough,

French perfumes, reviving the

famous
good old

reputation on the upper campus; anytime I try

tutes. Yet, recurrent sanitation

to teach

I

tips.

have acquired

Surpris-

a cooking

"cafe" to
ies. In

comment upon

politicians' briber-

France, politics interferes with any

conversation. In family gatherings, it is generally a topic

which members agree not to talk
up with anyway. Here,

about, but finally end
I

have the impression

that religion holds

people's preferences and that college students
are far more involved in church activities than
in politics.

This is one of the major differences
between Americans and French. Of course,

Patricia's

dilemma: how

to

choose between
300 kinds of
cheese and more
than 500 varieties of wine.

Next

stop: bread!

religion in France is often discussed, yet
is

it

always related to politics. Our clergymen

express their ideas about social reforms as

your televangelists spread God's
words on cable TV.
French students' need to gather and
easily as

share opinions finds its expression in political debates orduring mass protests.

It

seems

about every other year, they invade the
sti-eets

photo by Mynam Zaoul

16

of any big city to shout out their

anger. In 1988, France

was

at the center of

SPECTRUM

place each year between late
early July. Unless

March and

you are a genius,

the

amount of work required does not allow
you to sleep more than six hours per night
during the school year, and you are told to

For 500 years,
Parisians have

met at the Pont
Neuf Bridge

forget anything related to the notions of
leisure, weekends, and holidays. Students
during the most competitive period get only

six hours of sleep a
1

week.

was in a preparatory class for one year,

overlool
to get ready for abusiness school I never could

Seine.

enter because of my

was

low mathematics level. It

the hardest time in

my student life but 1

learned to be flexible, to resist stress, and to
rely mainly

gained

is

on short naps! Another thing

some twenty extra pounds 1 am

trying, five years

a student riot, which finally
cation

made the Edu-

Deputy Secretary of State

resign.

French college students have an average
of twenty-five hours of courses per week,

and an English degree later,

away from my

to chase far

I

still

hips!

Once you have succeeded

in being ad-

Today, higher education students are resuming their claims. A group of bolder ones

which might frighten the American students

mitted to a college, the worst

who generally schedule for fifteen or eighteen

you may start to relax and enjoy areal student's

even locked a high school principal

hours. Nevertheless, the discrepancy between

life.

in his

two days. Here in Bloomsburg,
students are very peaceful, most of them po-

office for

the

two systems

is

mostly noticeable

in the

On the contrary, American students seem

senior year,

them

wrong, but even my roommates are unwilling

spend 270 days a year studying various subjects such as mathematics and foreign lan-

to disclose their political preferences.

guages

I

Of

uncommitted.

believe that

rebellious than

course,

we French

American

I

may be

— while

at least

their

American

when

to think

Of course,
oppormnity

—

they realize

it is

time for

about graduate school!
not

—not

to

all

the students have the

mention the physical

re-

more

counterparts are "on duty" only 180 days a

sistance

But this

year. Moreover, the latter are not compelled to

choose between other universities or voca-

are far

students.

—two

behind, and

to be rather "cool" with their studies until their

lower grades. French high school students

litically

is

to enter such classes.

They may

many

tional short studies, but it is generally taken for

to colleges

mathematics courses. But it seems that neither

granted that the better your results and the

and graduate schools, are free, except for a
very low annual fee, one-tenth the tuition

system

harder the selection, the greater your chances

ance between studies and leisure as the French

Bloomsburg students have

are considering reducing the

is

not the major difference. In France, uni-

versities,

which are equivalent

to pay. In the

United States, parents had better save money

when their children are still in their cradles.
The dark side of this in France is that
by storm by thousands of eager candidates who, each year,
have to line up from 1 1 the night before
Admission Day, and rush in a gigantic marauniversities are taken

thon

—not unlike New York's—through

the

study a foreign language or to take

is

able to provide a satisfactory bal-

it is

French presrigious universities and
business schools impose hard selection; not
only must you be able to provide
them with excellent grades, you
must also go through one or two

and English terms such as "c'est too much"

years of intensive studies based

on forty hours a week of math-

different universities?

Most of

the times,

senior high schools base their teaching on

creme," for the exhausting se-

and cultural approaches while
American equivalents insist on a bal-

lective competitions that take

coveted place in education.

The French and American education sys-

theoretical
their

ance between sports and studies with
shorter school days.

Few

much

sequences allow

French students to enter college thanks to their

cultures

meet

player might be able to enter

Photos by Fabtenne GIrard

if

called "Franglais," a mixture of French

at

Trocadero Avenue.

Yale

most favored one. Many teenagers speak what

French and American

physical abilities; in the United States, a fantastic football

is

ematics, economics, philosophy

temsarequite different. InFrance, junior and

rat

much

In every French school, the emphasis

French, and foreign languages.

These preparatory classes are
meant to prepare the best students, selected from their senior
high school results and called by
their instructors "la creme de la

courageous parents are forced into the
race to guarantee their children a

career.

longer school years.

once they have been opened. Can you imag-

two

end up with a "golden boy"

put on foreign languages, with English as the

labyrinth of lobbies, towards the office doors

ine their panic if they have applied to

to finally

amount of time
spent at school and the Americans would like
their students to have longer school days and

his talents are required!

SPRING-SUMMER

1992

17

too much"

"it's

—or"soiscoor'—"becool."

I

abide by and the violence they might

Back

in-

many sophomores

speak French, English, Spanish, and have

volve.

some basics of Italian.

in

Bloomsburg's Foreign Languages Department is locatedatthefarendof thecampus

ments, such as strolling into the streets with

and the French sequence laboriously gathers

begging for money and simulating the
glamorous daily routine of a prostitute,

twelve candidates. In Paris, there are thou-

who choose

sands

English as their major.

Twelve isperhaps the figure for Serbo-Croatian

in

France,

grade schools undergo humiliating

treat-

a plastic garbage bag as their only garment,

until the seniors

decide they have had

enough.

Many people have asked me why

studies.

Should you try
France, the

first

to picture college life in

would be

step

to forget

I

am

here.

A pragmatic

answer

an American experience

that

my

is

highly valued in

own

partof the mythical "American way

apartments or with their parents, uni-

commute.

versity students have to

I

am

/>

country, as

of life". For Americans, Paris

Indians instead of Royalists and Revolutionaries.

as

American symbols guide our daily lives

much as soap operas

On

American networks.
France's presence is mostly seen
through glamorous commercials or
would-be romantic movie productions. Another striking thing
about American TV is that I
-^
can have it on for hours and
hours in Bloomsburg withare very rare on

tftW( i>ce!

out catching the glimpse of

an

is

our evening choices.

the contrary, French programs

;

is

everything about campuses. Living in their

watch westerns on TV andplay Cowboys and

a breast.

On

the contrary,

European channels display

always astonished when a student here tells
me that she took a room on the campus

exotic way to spend their time which

My

a lot of provocative shows.

because she would not consider driving a

fellow citizens are fond of the South-

Yet, they would not bother to

car thirty minutes one way. In Paris, most

em

commute, spending sometimes
more than three hours in buses or trains. As

French

students

a result, college social

life

hardly develops;

few devote to effective

studies!

cover a rapist's

Culture, partly because of the

presence in Louisiana.

We

regard America as a land of opportuni
ties,

where Amish, Mormons, and Yuppies

own lives. Our American

a Sorority-Fraternity system does not exist.

alike can lead their

On

heroes are Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy,

the whole, that

makes

for fairly indi-

Davy

vidualistic students.

Crockett,

James Dean, Elvis Presley,

con-

and James Brown. These are heroes of Golden

same everywhere.

Age America! Few people have ever heard of

Let' s take the example of fraternity pledges.

Ralph Nader, Nathaniel Hawthome, or S inclair

Many have complained in the United States

Lewis. French are crazy about fast-food res-

Nevertheless, as far as silliness
cerned, students are the

about the

silly rules

is

candidates have to

and American

taurants

IJrdversity

bars.

Most

trial

while so

many more important issues are

children

at stake.

Moreover, they are

luctant to display too

much

re-

violence, as

more and more TV viewers complain
about it. So, between sex and violence,
who is right? Who is wrong?
Sex

in public affairs is a

very hi-

which gives depressing
political life its true colors. I am amazed
by the power sex possesses to destroy
political contenders here. It seems that
larious subject

Cuts

J^eaturing:
•

Tanning Bed

Cellophanes

•

Airbrushing

Highlighting

•

Nail Tips

Frosting

•

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drinking age

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fore

I

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not even a subway! Life in

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For being
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know how anonymous and
I

unfriendly

it

can particularly

remember the words of a Montana-bom
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Urban people are so busy, so selfcentered. Coming here, I had to adapt my
vision and leam to react naturally whenever
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is the fact that a university could develop in a small community, invaded by
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Bill

May

keeps the
family
business

thriving in a

decade of
fast-food giants
by John Michaels
Bill May

Working

is

He

Carroll's (Burger King's pre-

edge to work in his

decessor) opened, there was never change in our

Using $1,500

McDonald's and

didn't

ride across the

wagon to set up a new
Nor did he invent a gadget to make

Plains in a Conestoga

business. But, at the time,

frontier post

lay

life

the fairs

and carnivals.

Bill

^fey

learned the value of a buck, and put that knowl-

a pioneer.

Instead, he turned flipping hamburgers into
his family.

I

down

in

whenever

we were

those other places opened up
affected at all.

never

always thought they would, but

May is founder of the area's May's Drive-

they never did."

in restaurants, the white-washed, red-shingled

May's was

buildings you see on Route

did think I'd have to

I

off or cut them

hours. That never occurred because

easier in today's fast-paced lifestyle.

a profitable business for himself and

some of the help

its

fifteenth year in

fast-food place.

buy used equipment and

build the restaurant. May followed in his father'
footsteps after spending

two years woiking in a

garment factory upon

his return to the area

following a two-year

"Dad
cream

celebrating

first

to

stint in the military.

sold hamburgers, hot dogs, and ice

at the fairs

and

I

wanted

family-oriented business,"

to maintain

a

May says. "We kept

north and south of

business by the time the Kentucky Fried Chicken

prices where the everyday person could afford to

Ashland, Berwick,

chain brought Col. Harland Sanders' recipe to

come

Hughesville, and Lewisburg.

Bloomsburg. The chicken restaurant has since

service

His original restaurant opened in Montour
Township in 1 955 one year after Chicago businessman Ray Kroc bought the first of thousands

moved to Buckhom, near the Columbia Mall.

no reason why they shouldn't come back."

of McDonald'srestaurants.Itwas also more than

"Cobble" May,

twodecadesbeforethegoldenarcheswouldlight

son to help

Bloomsburg, and

in

11

It

in

people-

In fact.

serving business, thanks to his father,

Eugene

loyal as the

May

and

his staff

times for customers to
after

it

come

had

who used

sell tickets at

his two-year-old

country

"Dad and I would always

Bloomsburg.

took a while for this type of dining out to

catch on.

got an early

to wait

many

into the restaurant

opened.

our place.

and

that's

gave good food,

fast

May

says his customers remained

major fast-food

fi^anchises

opened

their restaurants in the area.

"We had our regular customers and that's

fairs.

travel the fairs

what I was always in since I was two

May

We

and a nice, clean place to eat. There was

start in the

Bill

,

up the night sky

May

to

me up

who we'd see day in and day out," the businessman adds. "We still have customers who come in

as a

every day ot every week, so I spend very little on

clown and set me up on a ticket box in order to

advertising because we just haven 't had to do it"

years old,"

get people to

says.

come

"He'd dress

over.

He

ran the

Mickey

It's a far cry

fium the millions of dollars the

"When we first opened up here, we had to

Mouse

stand and wait for customers," May says. "Busi-

mice."

customers.McDonald's,Burger King, Wendy's,

ness was very slow, but picked up on weekends.

"Any time I wasn't on the ticket box, he
knew where to find me. I'd always be with Mr.

Pizza Hut, and Kentucky Ried Chicken,

Reithoffer on the rides. All the other kids

of their advertising budgets on television and

We'd stand here many times just looking out the
front

window.

"And

20

as

Kentucky Fried Chicken,

Circus, which were

little

trained white

would

want to get on since I was dressed as a clown."

major franchises spend on trying

to bring in

all

competitors on the local market, spend the bulk

other national venues to sell their food.

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The only

thing

origijial restaurant is

May

has changed at the

the addition of a dining

room.

"Most of our business had come from out
front,

where people came up

order,"

May

business

says.

to the

"Now, 90

comes from

the dining

window

to

percent of the

room."

Although he was busy with the restaurant.

May also turned to selling Elecfrolux vacuum
cleaners to offset any financial burdens his

growing family might

face.

He used to spend

fourteen to fifteen hours per day working.

Now,

May says, he's "cut down a little" on the hours.
"With ten

children,

you had

to

keep mov-

ing," he says. "Noteverything 1 did was successful. I

lot

had restaurants that we closed up and lost a

of money on.

"A lot of people will drive by and see a lot
of cars out front and they'll say you're making a
killing."

"Looks are deceiving,"

Bill

"You may be doing real

May notes.

well at one place

and not quite so good at another," he

says. "Or,

you might have one fail that you're paying on for
a couple of years afterward. It all comes down to
the

same thing: a lot of hard wOTk."

May

and

his wife, Sara, weren't the only

members working to keep the business
afloat. The children helped
free of charge for
family

—

a while.

photos by John Michaels

"They aU helped with thebusiness. None of
them got paid

until they

were

16,"

May

says.

and Sara May are as adept making pizza as they are making burgers.

Bill

"And, they didn'tlookforpay. When onedoesn't
get paid, the others don't think about

it.

Now

those same children have places of their own that

they built up and are living comfortably."

With her husband out trying to make extra

money

and uncle. Dot and Claude May, were there
watch the children," Sara
watched the kids

less

kindergarten and

with his other business ventures, the

responsibility of running the restaurant

ing for the children

fell

and car-

on the shoulders of Sara,

now 60. She also had some help.
"Sometimes it was difScult, but mosdy my
mother, Rebecca James, and my husband' s aunt

"I

the

says.

for us.

to

"They more or

They took them

to

would pick them up.

morning and stay

until closing

didn't get

Sara,

and then

much

easier

once the

who recently celebrated her 4 1st wedding

anniversary with

would go down to the restaurant early in

would go home and put a load of clothes

The job

children started woikdng at the restaurant, adds

"It was

battles

Bill.

easy sometimes, but there would be

because they'd have to come to work and

in the

they didn'treally appreciate having to work with

washer and fold them and throw another load in.

each other all the time. At least we knew where

In the mornings,

1

had

to prepare meals.

went on for seven days a week."

This

they were and

it

kept them out of trouble a

The long hours
restaurant

Eatery

&

lot."

his parents put in at the

gave Rick May, owner of Romeo's
Ice Creamery,

Route

11, north of

Bloomsburg, second thoughts about going

into

the business.
"1 didn't think I'd

have

my own restau-

rant; Ididn'tthinkl'd want to doit," saysRick,

who bought his restaurant from Mike Romeo
in 1981.

"Mom and Dad were always working and
weren'thomealoLlmissedmyparentsnotbeing
there,"

adds Rick.

"When 1 played football, my

parents couldn't come because they had to work.

I'm not trying

"My

to

do that with

oldest daughter

is

my family.
nine and playing

soccer or swimming. So, my wife, Susanne, orl

The

original

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May's Drive-in

in

Montour Twp.

try to be at every

one of her meets or whatever. 1

also try to spend

more time with

my family."
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Life with his father wasn't completely
filled

with absences. Rick learned a lot about

— andsaving — a

making

his siblings

had

to

me and said,

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Brother Jeff manages

idea, but

I

who

he can't put a number

his restaurants

you a

have

figure. I

sold.

have no

do know our quarter-pounders

outsell the smaller hamburgers by about twenty
"I don't know

why, but they

to one,"

do." (Quarter-pounders are priced $1.50 on

manages the Lewisburg restauKathy Schreck is owner of the
restaurant in Ashland and Debbie Rabb owns

the

the one in Hughesville. In addition, sister

year-old has no plans to slow down.

Bill Jr.

is

At

first.

Bill

manager at the
Montour Township.

May

didn't concern himself

He

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was your

tt*pical

meteorolcSgist

outdoor weather forecast for January.

WNEP

Tom Clark was explaining to the viewers what they

could expect from the weather in the next 24 hours,

walked into camera range, looked

directly at the

when a man

camera and then

continued out of the picture.

Unless you were watching closely at Clark's profile to see his
eyes widen and re-direct their sights momentarily, the meteorologist
didn't miss a beat with his voice.
if

no one had passed by him

He continued with

the forecast as

at all.

Was he surprised?
You bet he was.
"What could I

do. I

Not all meteorologists have such a story to relate, but most can tell
you about live remote telecasts where rabbit ears were heldup behind

made an effort to look and sound somewhat
when children anxious to be on television froze up
when a microphone was placed in front of them.
In television, you never know what to expect and weather
forecasters seem to get their fair share of the unexpected
not only
their

heads while they

professional^ or

—

from Mother Nature, but also from their viewers and fans.
Whether or not you're a weather buff, what goes on outdoors is
important in almost every aspect of your

life.

Weather affects what

we wear, what activities we perform and who we will watch on TV for
was on

the air

fast that I justkept going," Clark says.

and everything happened so

that infomiation.

"Afterwards I found out that the

Maybe that is why when surveys are done by television stations,

pohce were chasing this guy who was spotted driving in the wrong
direction on Interstate 81.
"The guy apparently abandoned his car when the police began to
pursue him and he tried to escape on foot. That resulted in him running

the number one thing people are interested in knowing every day is the

cast," says

across our backyard," he adds.

seven years.

weather forecast.

most important three and one-half minutes of a newsVince Sweeney, WBRE-TV 28's weatherman for the past

"It's the

This

is

credentials

tion

why

stations are willing to invest in

when packaging

equipment and

that part of their half-hour

livers, f^QS and streams thatcan all have an effect on the weather, too.
le weather in

newscast

inBloomsburg. Thatis why we have the extra time. The forecast may

package that focuses on the station's winter cancellations, while

vary from region to region," he says.

WNEP equipped itself with Doplar radar, a program that highhghts
the movement of storms and color codes maps to indicate the intensity

Sweeney, 4 1,

on the meteorologicalbandwagon.bylabelingits forecast the Weather
Journal and by changing meteorologists in mid-contract in order to

the weather given so

much

time in the Northeastern

—the 46th ranked

Pennsylvania television market

—

country

is

weatherman

in the North-

not a meteorologist.

time until Brian Orzel left the station with most of his weather graphics
in

December.

^while Philadelphia drops

it to

market

in the

the end of the news and gives

only one or two minutes?

"We cover 24 counties in an area that is ablend of mountains and
WNEP. "There are

valleys," says Clark, the chief meteorologist at

Tom

and

his wife,

Noreen Clark, possibly

the only

husband and wife weather team in the country, had to altemate duties
seven days a week until the station found a replacement for Orzel.

At

perk up the ratings.
is

the only prime-time

WNEP-TV had as many as three meteorologists on the air at one

WYOUacquiredRadarPLUS andinstituted Storm Search, which
essentially does the same thing as Doplar radar. Channel 22 jumped

Why

is

eastern Pennsylvania maiket who

of the systems.

it

Wilkes-B arre may notbe the same as the weather

WERE bought into theSnowBird, the muppet part of a promo-

WYOU, Mark

Strehl fix)m Iowa,

veteran meteorologist Paul Heppner

who

—a move about which

renewed late last year

was

selected to replace

failed to

have

his contract

station management has

been very tight-lipped.
The main reason given was a desire by new general manager Bill
Christian to change the direction of the newscast

Rumors among insiders at all three stations are that Heppner was

been one success story

after another for the

too soon to

It's

have what

it

whether Strehl will

tell

takes to boost

WYOU's ratings.

But Strehl says he and Bill Christian see "eye
to

eye" on the direction

in

which

is

to

make

Strehl accessible to

hand

high school and college.

While
horses and

m out in Chopper 22 going from one place to
As

if

that weren't

it

Clark.

forecast or one that is offered by a fun-loving,
albeit cuddly, guy-next-door.

tions

and that

weather presenta-

WYOU was searching for more

of the "Vince

Sweeney type"

to

hven up the

segment. Sweeney's presence at

WERE has

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Ratings-wise,

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WNEP

continues with

reign at the top, although third-place

WYOU made a 24-hour a day, news-every-

and

hour commitment to its viewers

WKRZ-FM
WILK-AM radio stations to have Strehl

promote

give the weather forecasts and promote him-

to

self and the station

station.

my

up

to four times

an hour.

enthusiasm for weather has

been evident to the viewers," Tom Clark says
about his popularity and recognition with the

hobby as well as my
Uke what I'm doing and it shows. I

audience. 'This
"tcx) sophisticated" in his

was willing to give

up to come to a bigger market and especially

entered into an agreement with

"I think

Tom

pygmy goats.

"I loved the farm but I

another meeting the people."

meteorologist

soy-

a very detailed and well-presented backyard

I'

WNEP

own

why when

I'm not here preparing or doing the weather,

for

Iowa, Strehl had his

to

that concept," Strehl says. "That's

the backyard

in

viewers and Bill and I are really committed to

shake or a baby to hold.

"You have to get out there and meet your

in

He

come to the Northeast," Strehl says.
The challenge now is for Strehl to break
into a market of viewers who are either used to

to

can get pretty cold

Minnesota.

bean and com farm, which also housed a few

centers and anywhere else he can find a

It

in Iowa and

also had extensive air time on the radio during

the public through visits to schools, shopping

photo by Pat Trosky

who lives in Clarks Summit, is a

meteorology jobs

television

should be headed in the future.

One way

Strehl,

Chicago-area native and has had television

Wilkes-Barre-based station.

career.

I

is

my

guess that along with the

way we

try to

be

itself as the

WERE

is sitting in

with ratings closer to
place

in

an effort

only true news

second place

WYOU

than

first-

WNEP.

The Clarks

feel their station's efforts to

pay special attention

know

to

what the audience

at

any given time has pushed

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Sweeney says he believes those who
to watch him do so because they like

choose

his on-air personality, his presentation of the

weather and the station's presentation of the
news.

WYOU

"I love what I do and I make it clear that
lam notameteorologist," Sweeney says. "All
of niy forecasts come firom Accu- Weather

Meteorologist

Mark

Strehl

view-

checks data

where I get the information as long as it's
And even though I take no credit for the
forecast, I still get blamed for it if its wrong."

prior to his

and I ireally don't think it matters

to the

ers

newcast.

right.

Tom Clark can also get a chuckle out of
critics,

who are quick to point out how an inch

of rain can

fall

be sunny and

on a day

that

was supposed to

dry.

"There is an 80-85 pCTcentaccuracyina24hour forecast and most people only remember

when you are wrong," Claik says. "Most of the
time, people just misinterpiet

was and then blame us

what

the forecast

for being inaccurate."

photo by Pat Trosky

Noreen Clark is not as understanding as
her husband. She is sensitive to the criticism
of the viewers and sometimes takes the remarks personally.
"It' s usually someone who doesn t know
what they are talking about that will be the first
'

to

pick up the telephone and complain," she

says.

"Meteorology

is

weather shots and enjoys teasing the news
anchors about reading their dialogue from a

up on it and sure enough, they liked me and I
was hired as a weekend weatherman. One

teleprompter.

thing led to another and here

"I

tell

them

that

anyone could come

here and read that stuff," Strehl says.

Both the Clarks have degrees

not an exact science.

in

spent about 12 years at

meteo-

I

am

today."

Prior to Sweeney's tele\dsion career, he

in

radio stints.

WARM and did other

He aedits that time for his on-the-

Anyone who has observed atmospheric con-

rology from Pennsylvania State Universit}'.

air

ditions closely will admit that they can change

Sweeney had

next-door feeling" he seems to project to the

three years at Universit)' of

quickly."

Scranton imder his belt before dropping out to

The Clarks and Strehl take raw data supplied to them from maps and radar and make

get into radio.

own forecasts. Strehl is not interested in

their

casualness and that "down-to-earth, guy-

viewers.

Of

Meteorology was a hobby for Tom Clark
as a boy, while Strehl admits to wanting to be

course,

WARE'S

acquisition of the

S now B ird and the "Vince said it would be like
this" slogan

have also

what the Clarks or S weeney have

gi\'en

Sweeney some

additional recognition that

to say in their forecasts, but the

has resulted in nothing but

Clarks and Sweeney do admit to

positive

checking the competition out on

station.

more

'

tricky forecasts.

"When we're
snowfall,

I

Sweeney says

like to hear

what the

intricate forecast,

for the

the

Snow

Bird was the conception of

talking about

other guys are calling for or if it's

an

'Most of the time, people just

comments

two aspiring puppeteers
from Tennessee who came
up with the "muppet" design and idea of its use in
weather forecasts. The

misinterpret what the forecast

I'm curious

as to what they have to say some-

was and then blame us for

Sweeney says.
Sweeney, Strehl and the
Qarks all have a love of communications. However, only Strehl

being inaccurate."

times,"

Snow Bird now makes
guest appearances with

Sweeijey,

who

says he

mind sharing

graduated with a double major in

doesn't

journalism andmeteorology from

spodight with the bigger-

Northern

Illinois University.

"I loved

working on the radio and I knew

ever wanted to go anywhere in

my life I

'

d

have to be able to write," Strehl says. "So

I

if I

took

all

of the print journalism courses be-

a meteorologist since he was in the fourth

than-life character.

Noreen Claik loved the sciences all of
her life, but S weeney had n panic ular in terest

both on and off the

in

weather other than

which

is

probably his

lot

television."

stantly pushed
all

of his material for the

SPRING-SUMMER

1992

first

of friends working

could give myself for a future in radio and

Ubs

to report

it

on the radio,

She and

station."

at

WERE

I

who

had a
con-

me to tr>' out for openings at the

Sweeney says. "One day I took them

the Clarks have been a team
air for

almost 10 years and

have established a strong audience appeal.

love.

"Things happen for a reason and

cause I felt that was the most important base I

Strehl ad

At \\'NEP,

grade.

the

class

atPerm

Tom met in

a Natural Disasters

State; for a time,

Noreen worked

as a meteorologist for the satellite branch of

the National Oceanic

ministration

(NOAA)

and Aunospheric Adin W^ashington,

D.C.

27

Tom began his career in the Bloomsburg area

market is a big one that spans almost one-fourth

where he and a friend started a weather service

of the

for radio stations.

tions, especially in the

As Noreen recalls, "Tom wined and dined
me long distance. He had just begun working

Forecasts are sometimes detailed and compli-

was
Sweeney says. "I tried to explain to
him that it was he who didn't understand what I

cated and with remote controlinhand,aviewer's

said, but this guy just kept on

at

WNEP and

I

gtiess

he made enough trips to

Washington, D.C. to convince
him.

I

figured

if

me

to

marry

he was that persistent over

such a long period of time and he was willing
to put

up with

my very independent nature, I

might as well marry him."
It

was through Tom's coaxing that Noreen

Competition between the three

state.

weather segment, is

sta-

stiff.

change with the press of a button.

loyalty can

S trehl, who has the most pressure on him
since he

is

the

"Gee, just the other day an elderly
started

on

me

about a forecast while

man

I

shopping,"

me thatlgaveabad

fonscast But that comes with the territory. When

you're in

new kid on the block, says he is

this business,

Sweeney

you have

to expect it"

also gets telephone calls fiom

up for the challenge of the ratings game.

people who are traveling and want to know what

do my job as a
meteorologist but I think I also have to get out

the weather is going to

"Not only do

there

and

I

have

people get to

let

tookherfirstshotatbroadcastjoumalism. There

Strehl the person. That

was a part-time opening at the station and since

station

and

I

to

is

know me, Mark

something both the

feel strongly about,"

he says.

be

where they are

like

going.

"I'm always nice to them but I often
wonder if the other guys have this problem,"
he adds.

who

even get people

"I'll

will

push

Noreen had experience asascience teacher prior

He has admitted to only seeing the "other

me for a forecast in New York when my data

becoming a meteorologist, she figured stand-

guys" about five times and claims, "I don't

doesn' t extend that far. They just don' t under-

to

ingin frontofacamerawouldbe no different than

room full of students.
It took Tom longer than Noreen to find
his niche in life and he ended up an older
student when it finally dawned on him that he
standing before a

wanted

to

be a meteorologist

at 24.

"Like mostkids out of high school, I went

on to college buti didn't take it too seriously,"
he says.

"When my

suggested
try college

Clark,

I

work

parents

for awhile

saw

again and that's what

who

this,

they

and then maybe
I

did," adds

says he tried his hand at a few

different jobs including a stint in a rock band.

The Northeastern Pennsylvania

28

television

have the time

to

He knows

sit

and watch what they do."

the ratings

stand or accept this."

numbers and how

important they are to a station.

He

also has

enough confidence in himself to ignwe the past

Noreen Clark says people will stop her in
the grocery store to say hello

and she

really

enjoys the fiiendliness of people.

his best to

"Sometimes they don'trealizeyoualso

improve future ratings. Assisting Strehl with the

have another life outside of television. You

numbers and work toward doing
weather

is

veteran

newsman Deny

Bird,

who

does the forecasting on the morning and noon

news shows. Bird

get used to

it.

It

comes with

the job," she

says.

And as Sweeney sums it up, "We all work

also does environmental re-

porting fcr the station.

very hard to give the viewer? an accurate and

Sweeney is recognizable and finds it difgo even to the local Kmart without
being stopped by someone who has a comment on his forecast.

concise forecast.

ficult to

over another
is

is

Why they select one station

anyone's guess. All we can do

our job the best that we can. If we're wrong,

they

know where to find us." S

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For Paul

memories

Hartzell,

are a letter

Hartzell claims he could have been the

by John Michaels

best college pitcher in Pennsylvania during

Tiis is the time of year Bloomsburg native
Paul Hartzell feels his six-year major
league baseballcareeris rejuvenated. It's when

his playing

days and

might not have

still

I

started playing in

a

summer

the former right-handed reliefpitcher receives

league in Boulder (Colo.) against people from

from fans across the country asking

Arizona State, Texas, USC, Pepperdine and

letters

him

to autograph old baseball cards of

him-

self.

other 'baseball' schools,

good
"It really

as they were.

I

was

I

1973, including 19-0 for a college team out of
Baltimore, playing against

some of

showed

I

was

as

better than a lot of

the best

players in the United States. Hartzell

mates 30 of them eventually made

gotten a shot at the big time.

"Once

away

it

esti-

to the

major leagues.
His success caught the
California Angels,

who

interest of the

picked him in the

eleventh round, the 140th selection overall, of
the 1974 player draft. Hartzell

went

to the

Arizona Instructional League that

picks up in the spring

fall

A

when people go through copies of team

and played with the Angels' Class

media guides looking

Davenport, Iowa, entry in the Midwest

for club old-tim-

ers," Hartzell says. "That's

when

I

League

get

ing

me

to sign their card."

to

Hartzell hasn't been in a major

Milwaukee Brewers

make

it

One

year

later,

he

to the big time.

Hartzell

league game since his career ended after
pitching for the

1975.

in

pitched well enough in spring training

another surge of mail from people ask-

was with

the Angels for

three seasons, winning 21

games and

losing 26, while posting his 12 career

in

1984. The journeyman, who also played

saves. Overall, he

for the Baltimore Orioles, California

3.90 earned run average, striking out

Angels and Minnesota Twins, says he

237 and walking 181.
His name became part of baseball

would not have had the chance to reach
the big leagues if he relied solely
statistics at

on

his

trivia

Central Columbia High

following the 1978 season.

tion:

Who did the Angels trade to Min-

nesota for seven-time batting cham-

in the northeastern

Rod Carew? The reply:

United Statesisn't conducive to further-

pion

ing one's baseball career, he says. Nei-

catcher

ther is the

way

baseball has set

up

vens,

its

"There aren t as many people work-

question," Hartzell says proudly. He's

'

ing for baseball today as there

twenty years ago and

much

who

graduated from Central Columbia in 197 1 and
in 1974.

in his

playing days.

them, but couldn't prove that at Lehigh," the

former pitcher says.

"I

needed a great team

behind me to be a great pitcher. That' s what I

played year round. They

gotand was able to excel. I still hold the record

seldom get into the northeast, where teams
usually play only 30

30

Paul Hartzell

"These days, the scouts flood the areas
is

one of a few pitchers to win two games
in one day. With the Angels in 1977, he

were

less than

forty years ago," says Hartzell,

where baseball

Hartzell,

Dave Engle, pitcher Brad Haand outfielder Ken Landreaux.

"r m also the answer to another trivia

scouting system.

Lehigh

It's

one-fourth of the answer to the ques-

School or Lehigh University.

The weather

was 27-39 with a

games or so a year.

where I went 13-2 one season."
Overall, he was 32-2 in the summer of

at Boulder,

won

both ends of a doubleheader

against Texas.

Regardless, Hartzell's

name is stiU men-

tioned in the same breath of a HaM of Famer's.
"I

time,

I

was but a small part of the trade. At the
was thought of as being a major part,"

Continued on page 33

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Mike Mussina's road to big leagues

leads through Stanford University

By turning down the
sum of money for col-

by Brian Rippey

large

dream was

rike Mussina's childhood

luch like one shared by thousands of

lege and

making

his parents

happy Mussina took the op,

Tom

boys throughoutthe Susquehanna Valley Ever

posite

since his days in the Montoursville Little

O'Malley, another Mon-

League, Mussina wanted to be a major league

toursville

baseball player.

who made

But even when that dream was close to
becoming a reality, Mussina brushed aside the

leagues.

amount of money

in the

.

that

would tempt most

18-

year-olds and decided to pursue a college education.

Now that he is pitching in the big leagues,

even the people who tried to lure him away from

diamond

the classroom to the baseball

can't

route

High graduate
it

to

the big

The San Francisco

Giants picked O'Malley late

1979

draft out of high

By the middle of the
1982season,0'Malley, who
now is playing baseball in
school.

Japan, was the starting third

baseman

argue with the decision.

of

for the Giants.

After finishing an outstanding career at

But Mussina followed

Montoursville Area High School, Mussina was

the advice of his parents and

by the

his heart by deciding to attend

selected in the

1 1 th round of the 1 987 draft

Baltimore Orioles, who offCTed the right-handed

college. Carter Giles,

pitcher nearly $200,000 to sign a contract, but he

coached

decided to accept a

Mussina during high school,

fiiU

sctolarship to attend

Stanford University.
"I

lege," says Mussina,
ball

says

had always been geared

go

to col-

who also starred in foot-

and basketball during

days.

to

his high school

"The money was great and

all that,

but

was realistic in the fact that I could sign for
that amount of money, but it's going to go
away eventually."
So N&ssina turned aside the Orioles'
I

it

who

O'Malley and

was a family

decision.

"Mike got a lot more attention thanO'MaUey got and
they were offering him an
awfullotof money attheend,"
says Giles,

who has coached

at Montoursville for 21 years.

"1 think

Mike always had
mind to go

the back of his

in
to

offer to accept a full scholarship to Stanford,

coUege. That was one of his

a school that has gained a reputation as the Ivy

priorities.

League of the West
"At 18 years old,

line
I

thought

it

was

in

my

best interest to go to college and matiu-e a litde

Baltimore Orioles pitcher Mil
in

action.

He was a tcp of the
At Stanford, Mussina worked toward a

student"

The Orioles liked Mussina because they felt
he was a tq) of the line athlete after leading

degree in economics while continuing
refine his baseball skills.

to

He helped Stanford

going to be

Montoursville to a stale championship in 1985

win the 1988 College World Series cham-

playing. I had good coaches and great talent to

andasecond-placefinishin 1986. Healso gained

pionship by pitching the semifinal

more," Mussina

play with, so
there to waste

it

was

said. "I

wasn't like

still

I

was going out

my time."

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a victory over

1992

Cuba in

by pitching

the Junior Olympics.

to

victor)'

complete a 9-4 freshman season.

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elected to the Hall of Fame

I

received a fair

says the 38-year-old. Yet, the trade might not

amount of mail," Hartzell says. "So much was

have come about without the help of another

attributed to collectibles, especially for

Hall of Famer, Don

Dry dale, a member of the
Angels' broadcast team and good friend of
Minnesota manager Gene Mauch.
Trade talk had begun before the end of

who played a decade or two

the 1978 season, Hartzell says, but the deal

for a

wasn't cemented until after he turned in a

autographs."

good outing against the Twins.
'Toward the tail end of the
son,

I

"The younger kids today don't know

who we

were, but they

know

Hartzell,

Landreaux, Engle, and Havens were traded

HaU

Famer and

of

are looking for our

Unlike many current and former major

Hartzell sees problems with the fledgling
industry.

"What

says Hartzell,

"Baseball has got to get

itself

my name was mentioned.

the electric

it

be an

be baseball cards, widgets,

place for goods or services.

depression

1978 All-

leaguers, Hartzell says he never charges to

name for fans. But, he knows signing

Star break, saying he wasn' t being used right.

sign his

The Twins then asked for me
wound up in the trade.'

fees are a part of today's society.

how I

He also ended up in the middle of the hunt

lectibles business,"

he says. "Autographs and

lot

"It's

there are people willing to

have them

"When's

was surprising when Carew was

to

authentically provided.

little

nostalgic

when

talking about collecting trading cards.

memorabilia, have become expensive because

pay

of money for them."

HartzeU becomes a

money some

day.

see a real

you're going to run out of people willing to

pay a

"That's the overall aspect of the col-

I

value of cards of a lot

if the

of mediocre players goes down; eventually,

for collectibles that people hope will be worth

"It

to

or whatever, you have to find a market-

whom the Angels were offer-

that's

There has

bill.

"If you're trying to run a business,

whether

Heakosaidright-handedpitcherChris

—

become a

exchange of money.

NBA have to be discussed."

had the

ing, had walked from the team at the

San-

barter business, but barter doesn't pay

revenue sharing similar to the

makeup and personality for his team.
Knapp,

in the

printer. "Collectibles has

A salary cap and

in order.

the conversation got around to the

I

who works

R.R. Donnelley, the world's largest

^

Bloomsburg resident says. "He and
Dry sdale went out after the game and

Mauch

see happening in the business

Francisco-based financial division for

and impressed Mauch," the former

and

I

end of things, dollars are being spent with the
thoughts of things being worth something,"

pitched in relief in Minnesota

"Drysdale told

When I

ity."

sea-

and threw five or six shutout innings

trade

guys

ago.

"That's the big difference today.

was with the Angels, we didn't sign any
autographs. The batboys signed them. Now
when you pay big dollars, you get authentic-

not the fun

it

used to be," he says.

you saw a kid with a
bicycle spokes? I can remember

the last time

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doing that an awful lot of times

at

"My

my mom's

biggest con-

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"Today, kids are hanging onto the cards,

sion in baseball. I'm

hoping that someday they have one worth $5

seven years away and

or so."

hope they get their finan-

I

Money isn't everything as far as Hartzell

cial situation resolved,"

worried about

he says. "The television

having funds available when he's able to start

contract is up forrenewal

collecting his baseball pension in about seven

next year and a

years.

teams are going to be sur-

is

concerned, although he

is

lot

of

And, he doesn't complain about today's

prisedatwhatthatbrings.

players earning multi-million dollar salaries.

The new contract will be

me at all for a couple of

about one-half of what

"It doesn ' t bother

reasons," he says, pointing out he made "about
ten times as

much as guys who played fifteen

The most he made was$118,000 in 1980
when he was 26. In 1960, the
average minimum salary was $7,000 and the
average was $16,000 per year.
"It' s the same type of situation today with
players making irom $800,000 to $2 million.
That' s the way it is. Guys looked at me the way
with Baltimore

I

look at players today," adds the son of

Hartzell,

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Andrei and daughters Brook, 14 and

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Hartzell,
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and daughters. Brook,
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14,

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Blair, 8,

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No, he's not trying

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Mussina began

his professional career at

AA affiliate, in

The Orioles monitOied Mussina's development

Hagerstown, the Orioles Class

through college. Team scout Ed Sprague, whose

Julyof 1990. Ironically,hemadehis professional

now in

son played third base for Stanford and

is

the Toronto Blue Jays' organization,

tumed

in

glowing reports about the 6-foot-2-inch pitcher.

debut at Williamsport's

Bowman Field, the site

of many of his high school triumphs less than 10
miles from his home.

When Mussina was eligible for the draft again in

"It

my first game and

was nerve- wracking

1990, the Orioles selected him in the first round

having to pitch at home," Mussina recalls. "But

with the 20th pick overall.

I

"We were pleased that we had the opportuhim again," Orioles General Manager Roland Hemond says. "In his case I would
have to say it was a wise choice to go to college.
He was a youngster who was suited for college

guess it worked out good because I got to pitch

two innings

Mussina concluded three years at Stanford
with a career record of 25- 12.

it

got rained ouL"

pitchingfOTthe Orioles' Class

AAA farm clubin

Rochester, N.Y., after compiling a 3-0 record in

seven

starts for

enough

and very capable academically."

arKl

By theendof the 1990 season, Mussina was

nity to draft

Hagerstown.

He pitched

in spring training last year to

well

be named

Red Wings.
who like most other

the opening-day starter for the

He tied the school

In between, Mussina,

mark for victories in a season with 14 during his

collegeplayers wasajunicff when he was drafted,

junior year in 1989.

went back

The emergence of Mussina has helped
Montoursville and Lycoming County gain

Because he Uxk summer classes during his first

credibiUty

among scouts. Ed Ott,

the starting

catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates 1979

Worid

to Stanford to obtain his degree.

three years at Stanford so he could

sign a fHiofessional contract

Mussina needed

if

be ready

to

one was offered,

it
Mussina

is

an Oriole on the way up.

Chicago. Although he lost 1-0 to the White Sox
on a home run by Frank Thomas, Mussina

impressed a

lot

during the fall of 1990 to graduate with his class

fastball that

helped him limit the While Sox to

Area High School. Geoff Edsell, a recent

in 1991.

one run and four hits

Montoursville grad, tumed down a professional

Old Dominion University.
"If we tell someone we have a decent kid

offer to attend

playing, the scouts don't hesitate to

come any

Dilli

Returning to school didn't slow Mussina's

to a

Deli

"It

was

in 7-2/3 innings.

faster than

I

expected," Mussina

major leagues. After getting off

says abouthis promotion to the major leagues. "I

104 start with the Red Wings, Mussina was

got started in Double- A. They wanted to start me

fast track to the

promoted to the major league team and made his
debut on Aug. 4

more," Giles says.

to

of people with his 90-plus

mph

complete just four courses

Championship team, attended nearby Muncy

at the

New Comiskey Park in

in

A ball or even lower than that because they

were alraid I was jumping in over my head."

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Among Aose who are not surprised to see

"I think

I

showed the guys in Baltimore I

Yards.

He

has set goals of starting at least

fast is

could pitch there," Mussina says. "I think they

Harold .Albertson, Icxigtime Dan\'ille .^rea High

were worried about asking too much from me

30 games and winning about 15.
No matter if Mussina ever strikes out

SchoolandAmaicanLegionbasebaU coach. He

too soon."

another big league

Mussina progress to the big leagues so

hitter,

he will always have

economics.

And with his bright

the hantest-throvving pitcha- he

If any doubters remained,Mussinaput those

has seen in 23 years as a coach. In addition to

to rest this spring. Mussina cpened the exhibiricn

future,

throwing hard, Albatson noticed other traits that

with 18 consecutive shutout innings befixe

leaguers will be paid at least SI million this

separated Mussina from the rest of the best high

lowing his first two runs of gmng training to the

school hurlas.

\\'crid

says Mussina

first

is

al-

Champion Minnesota Twins.

Henwnd also likes mae than just the num-

time you ever laid eyes on him," ,Mbertsc«

bers Mussina has posted during his shcrt stint in

"He has such fluid motion that he

could throw hard so easily. Scxne of the
others in the area

throw hard.
did

it

had

to

weak hard

to

effortlessly."

fastball that

come

has beai clocked at 92

ctir%-e,

tor the success of his high school

alma mater,
brother,

saN^s. 'It's

for

Mussina during

his first

says. "It doesn't necessarily

"Mussina has alot of poise, mental toughness and he's a very intelligent young man,"

ball. I like basketball

Hemond

success of

says.

"He was

consistent.

We're

its

him."

issues 15 or

starts, striking out52 batters in

Mussina also is looking forward to the
1992 season, when the Orioles begin play

friends.

a 4-5

87-2/3 innings.

statistics,

high

Mussina

proN'ed he belongs in the big leagues.

in a

new

stadium. Oriole Park at

Camden

have

to

be base-

a lot and I like football."

major league

record with a 2.87 eamed-run average in 12

He compiled

than the

it's

Montoursville continues to monitor the

Mussina pitches

More important

1989.

whether

themajcxs.

looking forward to this coming season for

year with the Orioles.

to coach,

school, college or whatever," Mussina

Mussina

That philosophy and menu of pitches

work

AA teams in

want

"I

more difficult to hit when they haN^e to
more stuff to swing aL"

to

his

thatfinishedsecondinthe state among

Class

think about

seemed

when

particularly

Mark, was the quarterback

for the MontoursNille football squad

and changeup.

"I try to use evaything,"

handy.

Mussina says he
would like to settle down in Montoursville or
a similar community and help othCT
young athletes. Hecontinues to moni-

mph and mixes that with a sinks, slider,
cut fastball,

in

\^Tien his career is over,

"You knew he had a major
league arm the first time you
ever laid eyes on him."

He just went out thae aiKi

With little effort, Mussina throws
a

coupled with the fact that 269 major

season, the knowledge he gained at Stanford

could

'Tou knew he had a major-league arm the
says.

his degree in

more

"It ' s kind

night to see

pitcher.

in Baltimore,

When

he regularly

free passes to family

and

of fim to look in the paper every

how he did," GUes

says.

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With proper guidance,

Not All
Fun and
Games

sports can prepare youngsters for

lessons

"It's beneficial if it's

"In education, most schools include team

by Brian Rippey

life's

under the rightkind

sports as part of the children's experience,"

of leadership," Hale says. "If there's too much

winning and
The difference between
often only a
contest

says Dr. Creighton J Hale, president and chief

emphasis on winning, of course, it may not be

executive officer of Littie League Baseball

the proper thing at the age of 12 and under.

matter of inches. Youth sports coaches must

"Itteachesdiscipline,respect,

los-

ing an athletic

walk an even

is

finer line

when

they expose

children to the rules of the games

them

and prepare

to function in the highly competitive

American society.
Competition also has

.

sportsmanship and team effort

Those are things

have been

that

in education for

years."
its

drawbacks

More

than 2.5 miUion

and can lead to disorders, according to Dr.
Martin A. Satz, a retired Bloomsburg
University psychology professor. But he
sees no other way for people to function in

children in fifty-four coun-

a free country.

league championships and

"This

the

is

mode of life,

competition,"

says Dr. Satz. "Competition which causes
individuals to

work harder to maintain a rea-

sonable position or

come out ahead

has

its

advantages."

tries will play in Little League

this year.

while most

dream of reaching

the Littie

League World Series
Soutii

in

WiUiamsport, the pri-

mary goal of the coaches is to
let

Competition takes on all forms at an early

And

youngsters will try to win

the players have fun and

learn to excel.

games against each

"All children need to

othQ-, begin to participate in sports and take on

havethatexperience,notnec-

each othCT in spelling bees. While competi-

essarily in sports," says Hale.

teamwork also can

"But the idea that you have to

Athletically oriented children join sports

basic to the American way of

age. Children play board

tion is usually one-on-one,

be

woik hard to succeed is very

instilled in children.

more

programs, including Littie League or the

life.

American Youth S occer Organization as early
as age 5. Others join the Cub Scouts or Brownies and work on projects together to compete

should be exposed to that"

against other dens.

at

"Cooperation in any society makes for
survival," says Dr. Satz. "In the classroom,

it

I

think

children

But Hale admits that
criticism aimed
Littie League and other

some of the

youth sports organizations

may be

warranted.

Not ev-

has been found that if children can be part of

ery Littie League manager

teams where they work together toward solu-

and sports coach will teach
the principles trying to be

tions,

they

come out ahead."

That philosophy also

is

tested

promoted by
tions.

athletic field.

SPRING-SUMMER

on the

1992

tiie

organiza-

Berwick football coach George Curry gives
instructions to

one

of his players.

37

We advocate that the younger kids have less

coach George Curry, whose team

intensity placed on winniri«; and more on fun."

PIAA

Class

Coaches such as Myron Eckroth of
Bloomsburg try to carry out that philosophy.
Eckroth has coached Little League Baseball
and Midget Football in Columbia County for

No.

in the nation

1

won

the

AAA title in 1988 and was voted

says the media

is

by

USA

Today

in 1983,

primarily responsible for

placing a heavy emphasis on winning at the

high school

it,"

says Curry,

who

When

or

"I think

it

can help them in

you're playing for a visible school,

tied to performance, the pressure

tlie

can become too much to handle.

think

"Coaches have to do more than

growing-up process, getting along

same token,
we should go off the

just teach X's

ing to win. But by the

don't think

Curry says. "I don't only

earning a college scholarship also is

Eckroth says, pointing out, "I don't

I

it,"

The close scrutiny of the media and 5 ,000
more fans can place a heavy burden on 16to 18-year-old students. And when

should be placed on learning,"

we should ever forget that as
a team we should be out there try-

about

you're under the microscope."

most of the emphasis

"I think

talk

work with ourkids on the field,butIworkwith
them on a lot of these other aspects of athletics.

level.

"The media hype

nearly 30 years.

we

with other kids and adults."

and O's," Curry

"Coaches have

says.

work with

to

the

person to deal with these pressures,

deep end."

Although Eckroth admits

the stresses

that

and the

strains."

A high school football player who learns

win as much as anybody else, he
focuses his attention on teaching fundamentals that will help the players improve in

points to newspaper and television polls along

with live radio and TV coverage. "Everybody

to

blames the high school athletes and the high

step toward winning in the biggest game of all,

He also thinks young
more than how to hit home runs

school athletic programs for emphasis on

life,

he

likes to

football

and baseball.

athletes learn

or score touchdowns.
"I think

it

can help them

in the

The TV and newspapers probably do
most. They hype it big time."

perform well under pressure takes a major

He

Curry says.

proudly points out

that

sports.

graduates of his football program include

the

engineers, teachers,entrepenuers,dentists,and

Curry and other coaches have found a

growing-

even one millionaire.

up process, getting along with other kids and
adults," Eckroth says. "If they develop an

way

open mind here, they might have one in school

sure that

outside pressures have helped them

for learning other things."

sports

what they've become," Curry

The learning process never stops, but the
emphasis shifts more toward winning in high
school. Berwick Area High School football

been able toobtain athletic scholarships, help-

to turn the

hype

for their players.

into

"The work ethiclbelieve they learned inour

something positive

Because of the media expo-

program and the

comes with a high-profile winning
program, many Berwick players have

ing them achieve other goals in

"Our kids have handled

it

well because

with

its

all

those

become

says.

But the pressure of striving
sports star has

life.

ability to deal

to

negative sides.

become a

When chil-

dren do not learn under the proper leadership.

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they can

become turned

off by sports and

Dr. Satz, the

first varsity

golf coach at

Bloomsburg University, says he has witnessed
misguided advice not only from coaches, but

He

from parents.

recalls

a story in which an

unnamed neighbor spent hours
his

One

[can] develop mental

we can do as parents is
help our children realize they may not be able
to make the football team or the basketball
disorders.

thing

team, but they can shine in something else."

Even if people are unable to reach the top
which best fits them, they

trying to turn

son into a pitcher, hollering at the boy each

time
to

wayside," Dr. Satz says. "They go to alcohol

and take drugs, they

perceive themselves as failures.

in the profession

when he failed

don't need to feel

do things prop-

"Coaches have

to

ashamed.

work

"We

erly.

with the person to deal

"I'm sure the
son had certain limitations.

Not

that those

with the pressures, the

every-

to

who

don't get to the top

body candothat,"Dr.

are not failures,

stresses

Satz says. "But I'm

and the

strains."

they are success-

surethefatherwanted
to

need

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ful to the point that

bask in the reflected glory of his son being a

they've reached. They are successful to a

great pitcher. He may have thought he was doing

the right thing

going to

by taking an

measuring success, whether

Dr. Satz says parents should involve themselves in the competiu ve development of their
children.

But Dr.

Although people have different ways of

attitude like 'I'm

make something out of you."

Satz, a 79-year-old father of

four, says parents should give dieir children

a

chance to discover their strengths and encour-

on the part of parents or the

individual,

can lead to problems, he says.

"Some can't take this and they fall by the

keeping up
life

tion,

judging one standard against another.

And although
says

it is

there are drawbacks, Dr. Satz

the best way.

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much a way of life," Dr. Satz says. "But
what we need is the rightkindof attitude. A lot

very

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own

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MUSIC nLTCRNniive

Danville's

Todd Jeffireys

is

Dishing It Out
—

and vases are typical

the pieces are baked
the building
was the perfect setting for a studio
and gallery. His mother continues to

we use without much

help out in the gallery, doing paper-

by Jane Mehlbaum
Bowls,

pitchers,

household items

consideration. But, at

Todd

Jeffreys' stu-

work, cleaning, and even

selling.

dio and gallery. Stoneware, in Danville,

"She's a natural. She gets people in

these everyday items are transformed from

here, talks,

simple, ordinary objects, into unique works

leave her alone," says Jeffreys. "She

does

of art.
In business since 1984, Jeffreys, 37,
first

became

all

and sells things. So I just

the stuff

1

don't want to do,

but I've been trying to do more of it."

With

interested in ceramics in high

photo by Jane Mehlbaum

the support of his parents,

school. "I enjoyed it, but I never planned on

breaking into a new business was not a

Todd

doing it for a living ," he says

great struggle, but Jeffreys admits he

creation

he enrolled

at

take this craft
"1

.

It

wasn' t until

Penn State that he began
and his talent seriously.

to

heard they had a great ceramics de-

Jeffreys begins

work on another

his studio/gallery,

in

Stoneware.

didn'tmakemuchmoneyatfirst. "I've

made money every year, but for the
I didn't make very much."

first

few

which might include just a simple
Jeffreys

is

pitcher.

by Japanese

also influenced

who are proud of their mistakes.

partment, so I took beginning ceramics courses

Jeffreys also says that "yuppies" are his

heck of it," says Jeffreys, adding,
"They had a nice faciUty and you could do

best customers, and he loves to see them come

anything you wanted."

maybe they just bought a house and they need

should put out, so everybody can see

pieces," he says. People from 25-50 years old

says.

just for the

Jeffreys says he never considered

smdy-

ing anything besides art in college, although

he did have other interests, especially history.
"I think people that create

end up doing

art

whether they want to or not," he says.

FeeUng burned out

after college

need of a job, Jeffreys began selling

into the gallery.

are

and

in

pipe for a company his brother worked for.

the

money, and

most of his customers, he says.
The prices of Jeffreys' works range from

mug to pieces that cost as much as
He also says the time involved in the

$9 for a
$450.

plastic

"They have

production of the piece plays an important
part in determining the price.

He

According to Jeffreys, functional pieces,

drove a truck for about six months, then went

such as mugs, pitchers, bowls, and lamps

sell

into inside sales. "It was a good job, but 1 could

best.

"I've never taken anything

home

be-

cause

it

tell I

had

to get

back

adding, "I guess

you have

to

it

into ceramics,"

he says,

gets into your blood

do what you have

and

to do."

Jeffreys eventually enrolled in a

didn't sell," he says, pointing out,

"there are a lot of people looking for different
things, it's

amazing what

potters,

in

they say that's the part of the piece you

it,

A

he

Japanese process that Jeffreys enis raku, a quick process where

you take the glazed piece out of the kiln at
about 1,800 degrees, and smoke it. The
result is a wild and absttact effect. Jeffreys
says he spent about two years at Penn State
doing only raku. "I'd go into the studio at
midnight and just raku until three or four in
the morning," says Jeffreys, adding, "it's a
real neat thing to take a piece

and have

it

finished so quick."

However,
pri-

it,"

joys doing

admits

that

over the years he has gotten quicker

at his

sells."

Although most of his work consists

"If

they have a pot that comes out with a big crack

When

he

Jeffreys

he could only

nondegree course at Bloomsburg University,

marily of functional pottery, Jeffreys likes to

craft.

and began studying ceramics with KarlBeamer

workin sculptureandadmits thathe is shocked

make six mugs an hour, now he can make up

who encouraged him

by some of the things

to start his

own studio.

After studying with Beamer, Jeffreys

was unsure ofexactly what he wanted to do. In
an attempt to clear his mind he and a friend
hiked the Appalachian Trail for six months.

He then came back to Danville and,

with the

that

people take out of

the gallery.

Penn State, Jeffreys
was influenced by Warren McKenzie, a potter
who got ceramics booming in the United
During his time

States.

McKenzie

to twenty.

He also says it takes him only five

minutes to

make a simple bowl

Jeffreys says

at

visited the State College

the first day,

functional pottery that's not very fancy," he

not that easy."

up and moved
some walls. With a huge, cement back
porch, suitable for a kiln
the oven where

says. Jeffreys admits that some of his favorite

it

—

SPRING-SUMMER

1992

pieces in the Stoneware gallery are the ones
he's created under McKenzie' s influence.

or vase.

difficult to see

you kind of feel like nobody else

His parents bought a building, and with
their help, Jeffreys fixed

can be

going to get to see it," he says, pointing out,

is

Stoneware.

it

certain pieces leave the gallery. "When you
make a piece, put it out, and somebody buys it

campus, giving Jeffreys the opportunity to
study his technique first hand. "He's strictly

helpandencouragementofhis parents, opened

first started

"I figure I can make itagain if I have to, but it's

Whether functional or far-fetched, pawalk out with a one-of-akind work of art. S
trons of Stoneware

41

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budget, but you can still have a lot offun close to home. With imagination, planning,
and an openness to different ideas, a variety of inexpensive choices is available on
your door step. Hang onto your hat. Cheap thrills are on the way.

places they cut comers

by Margaret Gustus

Music soothes the savage beast and
entertains the rest of the world.

A variety of

rather inexpensive musical choices exists

ern at 437-2251.

A way

in this area.

Many

at the Jerseytown Tavern
where anyone can perform. It's a lot of fun
for both the entertainers and the audience.
For more details, call the Jerseytown Tav-

amateur night

MUSIC

taverns in the area have live

entertainment. Depending on your taste,

you have choices from Rock and Roll to
Country and Western and just about everything in between. Also, some bars have
amateur night. Every Wednesday night is

to

enjoy professional cultural

by joining the Celebrity Artist
Series, which brings various orchestras,
musical companies and other professionals
to the area each year. More information can

events

is

be obtained by contacting Celebrity Artist
Series at 389-4409.

Bloomsburg University often uses free
concerts to exhibit the work of students and
university personnel alike. The concerts
cover various styles of instrumental and
vocal groups. For more information, call
Bloomsburg University at 389-4284.
Another area to look into for both music and theatre is your local high schools'
concerts and plays. These performances are
frequently very good, and you probably

know some

of the kids. Contact your local

387-2100 and the Berwick Hospital

5000

talent.

THEATRE
Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble (BTE),
in

downtown Bloomsurg,

variety of exciting exhibi-

For more

infor-

mation, call the university at 389-4646.

An
Vladimir

Vasiliev, stars of tine Bolshoi Ballet,

recent performers for BU's Celebrity

42

Artist Series.

unlikely place to look for an art

would be in a hospital, but both
Bloomsburg Hospital and Berwick Hospital have art exhibits in some of the public
hallways. Call the Bloomsburg Hospital at
exhibit

BTE

offers a

variety of productions throughout the year.

The

cost of a ticket

is

less than that of a

comparable play on Broadway.
To make theatre even more accessible
to as

much of

BTE

has a "Pay what you can" production

some of

for

the

its

community

plays.

With

as possible,

this plan,

one

night of the production has no set admis-

You

are invited to enjoy the play

whatever admission fee you can afford.

BTE

tions throughout the year.

brings profes-

sional theatre to our area.

also has reduced rates for senior

citi-

zens, students and group sales.

Another way

but not impossible.

Maximova and

Contact your local school district for

ART

campus has a

759-

being

information.

for

The Haas Gallery in
Bloomsburg University

at

artist

Many times area banks have art work
by local artists displayed in the lobbies.
Check out your bank for more information.
Local high schools often have art shows
as a way of spotlighting up and coming

sion fee.

Mitrani Hall on

on the

currently featured.

high school for more information.

Art galleries are hard to find in the area,

Ekaterina

for information

is to

to

enjoy

BTE at no cost

volunteer your skills and talents. There

are volunteer positions available for every
facet of theatre.

By

volunteering your ser-

you get to meet new people, learn new
skills, and can see the regular productions at
no cost. In a play like "The Christmas Carol"
vices,

that

needs

many

volunteering

is

children in the production,

often a family affair with the

children appearing in the play and the parents

SPECTRUM

offering their time backstage. For more infor-

mation, call

BTE box office at 784-5530.

to see good theatre is at
Bloomsburg University. The productions are

Another place

also of high quality, quite enjoyable, and
rather inexpensive.

Tours

of the

Pioneer

Who knows, you just may

see a future movie star while you are at

Coal Mine

more

in

it. For
Bloomsburg Uni-

information, call the

versity theatre department at

3894287.

Asinland

people

inelp

Don't overlook your local high school.

What

the production

professionalism

is

may

usually

possibly lack in

made up

better

understand

in enthu-

local

siasm. Contact your local high school for

history.
information.
truly theatre, the

Comedy

theatrical flair with its

comedy

Although not

Club brings

routines every Wednesday night at 24 West in

Bloomsbiu-g. For more information, call

Magee's Main

Street Inn at 784-3200.

fflSTORICAL AREAS

—

they are the only twin covered bridges in

the United States.

They

are on Huntington

Creek, just east of Forks, off Route 487. The
original roads through these bridges

„,

another place to visit is the museum run by the

Columbia County

Most of

the old Presbyterian

general

Throughout Columbia and Montour
counties are numerous covered bridges
25
to be exact. The most famous of them are the
twin bridges of East and West Paden. Incidentally,

been bypassed and the bridges now serve as
picnic pavilions in a well-kept county park.

have

the other bridges are

traffic.

To

still

get a complete

used for

map

pin-

Orangeville.

pointing the exact locations, stop at the Co-

ticles

lumbia-Montour Tourist Promotion Agency
at the intersection

It's

in

Church on Main S treet in

The museum contains

local ar-

including kitchen items, furniture, cloth-

ing, quilts,

of Interstate 80 and Route

Historical Society.

and more. There

is

even an old

piano. Besides the historical artifacts, there

is

487 near the village of Lightstreet. Among the

a lot of information relating to genealogy,

many

of Pennsylvania, you can get the covered

which makes sense since the building also
houses the Columbia County Genealogy So-

bridge map.

ciety.

other pamphlets, brochures, and

If

you

like following the trail

maps

of history.

tober.

The museum is open April through OcFor more information, call 683-601 1.

Get on a

first name

At Harry's

Grille, you'll feel

in

the

eastern Pennsylvania's finest restaurants.

Everything about Harry's

basis

welcome

casually relaxed atmosphere of one of North-

Grille

aims

to please:

•friendly people on staff

• breakfast, lunch and dinner

•a

menus

varied selection of delicious 'snacks

•tempting sandwiches and accompaniments

Get on a

in

SPRING-SUMMER

Magee's Main Street Inn

1992

20 West Main Street

first

name

basis with Harry's

Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Grille!

(717)784-3500

43

Another look into the past

the Pioneer

is

Trail

fw

the sight impaired.

Two

observation

Coal Mine, just off Route 6 1 in Ashland. This
is arestored coal mine with coal miners acting

buildings are situated within a 148 acre refuge

as tour guides.

raphy. For more information about the Montour

the

As you go 1 ,800 feet deep into
Mahanoy Mountain in open mine cars,

Preserve, call 437-3131 and ask to be put on the

you learn the
There

is

story of anthracite coal mining.

also a steam locomotive ride

and are available fcr wildlife study and photog-

mailing

list

You wiU receive seasonal newslet-

ters listing the activities.

around the outside of the mountain that shows

The Susquehanna Riverlands and

old strip mining operations and an old "boot-

Wetlands Nature Area are five mUes north of

leg" coal hole.

Mining

The Museum of Anthracite
more

nearby. Here you can learn

is

about the technology of coal mining through
exhibits

and displays of

machinery,

tools,

equipment and photographs. There

is

a play-

Berwick

Steam

Susquehanna

in conjunction with

Electric Station.

the

The Riverlands

area

has picnic pavihons, volleyball courts, ball
fields,

hiking

trails, fishing,

and nature and

by a resident

recreation programs presented

The Wetlands

mu-

naturalist.

you

environment for plants and animals. Bus tours

plan on going inside the mine as the tempera-

are available to tour the perimeter of the

ground and picnic area adjacent

seum and

to the

coal mine. Bring a sweater if

ture averages

50 degrees. The Pioneer Coal

nuclear plant, too. For

Mine is open daily from Memorial Day through

542-2306 and ask

Labor Day, and other times throughout the

mailing Ust.

For more information,

year.

call

place to go.

a protected

more information, call

be put on the quarterly

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES

walk on the wild side, the two

nature preserves operated

is

875-3850.

PP&L PRESERVE
If you like to

to

area

by PP&L may be the

The Montour Preserve is four miles

There

is

a variety of outdoor activities in

and around Columbia and Montour counties.
Just outside of Elysburg

is

Knoebels, a free

northeast ofWashingtonville in conjunction with

admission amusement park that has

the MontourSteamElectricStation.Ithas picnic

going on from April through October. Besides

areas, hiking trails, natural

and

cultural history

study areas, including a multi-sensory Braille

We

the rides,

activities

swimming, food and entertainment
is also family camping

of the park, there

Don't Just Deliver

—

Shikellamy State Parkand Marina is near

STATE PARKS

Sunbury. The Shikellamy Overlook was once

Within a one hour drive of Bloomsburg
are three state parks easily worth the travel
time.

and

Each has many activities to choose from

Ganoga
Festival.

tumn

Glen

Spend a weekend during peak au-

foliage to enjoy great food, crafts, an-

and the general good

tiques, carriage rides,

mood of a festival. There are also bus tours of
many of the covered bridges available.
The

various town parks offer a lot of

in Carbon
one of the

is

There are picnic pavilions, general recreation
areas,

and a fitness trail. Throughout the year,

there are activities such as the

Cake and

Cream

and

Social, a fishing derby,

by various social groups

Check out your

local

activities are frequentiy

in

fairs

Ice

held

Blooms-burg.

town park.

Lists of

posted there and may

also be advertised in local newspapers.

where boulders were deposited
from growing through. Boulder Field is part of the
Pennsylvania Trail of Geology, and is also
on the Registry of Natural Landmarks. Also
at the park are 36 hiking trails, 14 miles of
snowmobiling and cross-country skiing

ing programs. If you are planning to use the

in a thick layer prohibiting trees

picnic facihties, be sure to bring something to

picnic facilities, a lake for swimming

feel

your time to one of the many organiza-

historical

and geological lectures. For more
Run State Park at

one

street fair

have enter-

& crafts, and other activities.

For more information, watch for schedules in the
newspaper.

local

teer special skills

ing skills

and covering 13,050

acres,

is

one of the most

a national landmark, includes a

Area,

rugged, three-mile hike following the beautiful waterfalls.
falls

Along the trail, you will see 22

including the 94-foot Ganoga Falls. Also

at Rickets

nicking,

Glen

is

20 hiking

back riding

swimming,
trails,

trails,

fishing, pic-

five miles of horse-

and 22 miles of

group camping and primitive and

is

modem

family camping.

Ten family cabins

—

—

for example, your paint-

to Habitat for

Humanity. You

can share things that give you pleasure; for
if you have a rather friendly dog,
you can check with a nearby home for the
elderly and take your dog for a visit. There
are many organizations which need volunteers desperately. Your help could make
the difference in many lives. Think of an
organization that interests you and then

example,

give it a call.

The number is in the telephone

book.

snowmobiling and cross-country skiing trails.
There

Spring Lake

Life

is

too short not to have a good time.

Call some friends, or gather the family and get

out there and have some
where you find it. S

fun. After

all,

fun

is

is al-

are

available.

There are also
terpretive

in-

pro-

grams led by a
clude slide shows,

Besides

movies, and nature

books, most Ubraries have classic and current

hikes. For more in-

libraries.

video cassettes available. There are often

formation,
Ricketts

local

State Park at 477-

and various exhibits of
and national events. Check out your

photo by Marlyse Heaps

call

Glen

children's story time,

Shooting deer

—on

film

—

is

also a popular and relatively

inexpensive hobby for local residents.

5675.

local Ubrary.

SPRING-SUMMER

tions that's looking for help. You can volun-

443-9991.
Ricketts Glen State Park, near Benton

yourself, too. Volun-

naturalist that in-

Another facility usually located in down-

town areas are the public

good about

information, call Hickory

boats; boat rentals

tainment, food, arts

VOLUNTEER

teer

or electric motored

street fairs usually

call

and

& crafts shows.

The

"crackers for the quackers,"

of slide shows, movies, nature hikes and

include car shows, concerts, flower shows, teen

scheduled.

—

you might say. For more information,
ShikeUamy State Park at 286-7880.

Usually when thinking of having fun,
many people think of doing something that
is just entertainment. But why not have fun

entertainment throughout the year. The activities

have a variety of

at least

feed the ducks

and primitive and modem
family camping areas, and group camping
areas. There are also interpretive and campfire programs led by a naturalist that consist
fishing,

lowed forall qualified non-powered

The downtowns have

an Environ-

Jean and Mountain

The downtown areas of Bloomsburg,

dances, antique shows, and arts

is

Boating on Lake

DOWNTOWN AREAS
all

also permitted. There

in origin, is

are also available; reservations are necessary.

Berwick, and Danville

is

mental Education Center with various ongo-

ral

street hockey

and mooring and launching

All qualified boats, including un-

facilities.

Field. This large area, probably pre-glacial

Park has tennis, basketball, and

has fields for soccer and baseball.

are boat rentals

skiing

Boulder

scenic parks in Pennsylvania. The Glens Natu-

It

and a great

limited horsepower motors, are allowed. Water

is

entertainment. For example, Bloomburg Town

courts.

trails,

One of the outstanding features

trails,

photo by Brian Rippey

are picnic facilities, hiking

larger state parks, covering 15,500 acres.

and
Falls at Ricketts

all traffic on the
Susquehanna River could be observed. There

view. The Marina is aboaters' paradise. There

one unique feature.
Hickory Run State Park

at least

County near White Haven

an Indian lookout where

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Vol. 6, No. 2

One
is

of the foundations of our republic
that most of the work of govern-

mental bodies must be done in the open,

noon,

we

contacted the superintendent,

and again renewed our request for
mation clearly

infor-

in the public record.

Walter M. Brasch

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Patricia Peron

their

government

doing and why. Usu-

now, we had additional information from
both the Smdent Press Law Center and the

ally,

public officials understand this and

Society of Professional Joumalists (SPJ)

that the

people have a right
is

know what

to

pubhc access

are willing to give the

to

The

supporting our request.

dent and principal again stated that their

state and federal law, by innumerable court

interpretations

cases that test the law, and by the Consti-

weren't trained in law

mtion itself. Occasionally, we find that we
must take a little extra time to secure such

from ours, and they wouldn't release such
information without permission of the

records.

fonmer student.

Such was the case on one of our
stories. It all began with a simple request
to Bloomsburg High School for a date of
graduation of one of the subjects for one of

Later that aftemoon we contacted B ob

—were

Through SPJ,

ists.

triun would pursue

In the meantime, die school contacted

for examination

and inspection by

notated. Title 65, sections 66.2]

Merely

requesting such information during working hours

We

is all

information, such as grades or dis-

with our reporter,

article

his reputation,

be puUed. In a

he would contact the subject to see if it was
all right

that time

subject

to release such information.

At

we had no reason to believe the

would

refuse to authorize release

of the information. However,

we
we

lieved he had no choice but

information, even

if

to release

be-

such

the subjea refused.

We then contacted a member of the
school board

who

is

an attorney, and

learned that he didn't see any problem in
releasing such information. That after-

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kathy Smith

we were

demanded

the

PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Kyle Crawford

demanded

PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS
Jo DeMarco, Jim Seybert

the article

lengtiiy conversation, Uie

editor-in-chief explained the nature of a

simple request, that
to

tiiere

PROMOTION DIRECTOR
Donna Grajewski

was no attempt

conduct a thorough investigation, and

that

it is

media

a responsibility of the

assure fairness and accuracy.
that the

He also said

subject caUed the office of the

president of Bloomsburg University, said

he wanted
chief, that

"all the dirt"

on our

editor-in-

he was going to send

aU the University students and
that

letters to
staff,

he would sue the University

article

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Kathy Smith

to

magazine would not kill the story.

The

again

informed the principal that by law

yelled at her,

to the editor-in-chief, again

threatened suit and

He then said

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR
Erin Gregorowicz

hung up. He called back ten minutes later,

of what is available. The principal refused
politely pro-

previ-

be pulled from the magazine, then

of public record, and only for a small part

we

now

tnreatened to sue us, claimed

and spoke

vided specific legal citations.

Jennifer Rossiter

ously been most cordial and cooperative

ciplinary actions, only for what is a matter

our request, even after

who had

our subject. Our subject,

damaging

that is required.

did not ask for any confidential

BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Janeen Schrann
BUSINESS ASSISTANT

whatever actions were

reasonable times, be

citizen." [Pennsylvania Stamtes, an-

Stacy Tassone

information, and that, if necessary, Spec-

necessary to assure comphance to the law.

any

Alicia Curiey, Gabrielle Stander

know such

Pennsylvanialaw, "every public record of

open

ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES

a strongly-worded let-

public's established right to

shall, at

ADVERTISING DIRECTOR
Margaret Qustus

selforthe Society ofProfessional Joumal-

ing them of their responsibilties and the

an agency

Brand! Mankiewicz

,

court interpretations of the Family Educa-

Buckley Amendment. Further, by

John Michaels
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Alicia Curiey, Donna Qrajewski

Lystad an attorney with Baker &
Hostetier(Washington,D.C.), legal coun-

sylvania court cases as well as specific

as the

Gabrielle Stander

different

ter was sent to the school district inform-

and Privacy Act, also known

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

they acknowledged they

our stories. Such information is amatter of
public record, as defined by several Penn-

tional Rights

SENIOR EDITOR
Stacy Tassone

superinten-

matters of public record, as defined by

—

EDITOR-irS-CHIEF

By

if

and
the

ever appeared. This, of course,
(continued p. 43)

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SPECTRUM

Appetizers
Strong romantic interests are implied

Gift-Giving
It's

by giving red

not always what

it's

roses in

Germany. But be-

ware, giving red roses to a man's wife in

wrapped up to be

Gennany

is

comparable to offering her

provocative undergarments.

4

In this season of gift-

"bad luck" number.
Although the Japanese
customarily wrap gifts in pa-

giving, unsuspecting Ameri-

may find it is not always "the thought that
cans

per,

Of course, not giving or refusing a gift

brightly colored paper or bows.

an insult inmany cultures. But, violating

its

To

it is

visitors

or romantic

interests, are

laden

with symbolism. White flowers symbol-

sorry

ize death in Japan, as do lilies in the United

wlU

States and white

lead to embarrassing situations.

chrysanthemums

you can

nation involved.

manner in

13.

question the appropriateness of a

Attach^ Officer

given and received can also

appropriateness and the

which

an odd number-except, of course,
speciflc gift,

Rowers, often selected for hostesses,

another culture's gift-giving rules regarding

cannot be white, the

it

Because it is bad luck to present an
even number of flowers in many European countries, be sure to always present

color of death. Also, they never use

counts."

is

is their

call the Cultural

at the

You

embassy of

the

are better safe than

when inquiring if your intended gift

carry any unpleasant connotations.

in

-STACY TASSONE

Sometimes, meanings are attached to

many European countries. In Mexico and

certain gifts that can spell trouble forunin-

Brazil, purple flowers are the "flowers of

For more information

formed Americans. For example, do not

death" and in France, carnations are be-

boos of Hosting International

give clocks to the Chinese; their word for

lieved to bring bad luck.

Roger E.Axtell (1990)

consult Do's and TaVisitors,

clock has a morbid,
deathly connotation to
it.

MONEY

Offering a knife or

other item with a sharp

edge suggests the "cutting" of a relationship

among

Endangered Species
Many

Latin Ameri-

cans and can symbolize suicide in Japan.

A

handkerchief suggests

for the United States

ever, Finn says his business

Mint, Washington, D.C. "The

usually sees $20-$30 per week

them

coins are produced to meet

in 50-cent coins,

demand" she

adds.

"people that do ask for them

are they so rarely

are usually collecting them or

species of animals

in the effort to preserve

from disappearing

altogether.

an endangered

tears or parting in the

But, there

Middle East. Any

specie that has escaped the

pic-

of partially un-

tures

clothed females (even

who

is

notice of most of the

media

and environmental groups.

The 50-cent piece

of famous statues) orof

dogs

woman

are classified as endangered

So,

why

adding

seen in the general circulation,

saving them for their grand-

banks, or retail stores?

children."

"We

The

have no problem

half-dollar coin

getting them," says Jan

created by an Act of Congress

and less in general circula-

1794 and changed

Girton, executive vice presi-

in

considered "dirty and

tion.

see one or two a

dent of Columbia County

appearance until 1964

lowly," are also inap-

week and that's about it," says

propriate gifts in the

Dan

Garrison, Burger King

Farmers National Bank.
"They are just not a popular

went from 90 percent
content to 40 percent.

Middle

pets, like

are

less

"We

manager, Bloomsburg. "I don't

coin," Girton says, "they are

Give two of something to someone from

think I've seen one recently,"

too bulky and don't

Hong Kong;

Office Supply, Bloomsburg.

East.

it

carries

was

seen

is

adds

Ward

Ritter,

of Ritter

fit

into

any vending machines."
Russell Lewis, of RusseU's

So
is

litfle

in

when it
silver

this pcfrticular specie

not endangered

at all. It

appears to have simply
changed habitats. From banks

moved

that specie is

Restaurant, Bloomsburg,

and

stores,

careful not to

sfiU popular according to the

thinks that 'people don't carry

the

homes of

give four of anything

grandparents and found a new

better luck than a single

Be

item.

However,

'

it

has

to

collectors or

numbers being produced.

them because they 're too big."

to the

Japanese or Ko-

"There were 30 million

Joe Finn, owner of Finn's

shelter in children's piggy

reans.

Like the number

dollar coins minted in 1991,"

News Agency,

banks.

13 in the United States,

says Hamilton Dix, spokes-

Bloomsburg, agrees. How-

FALL-WINTER 1992

half-

9 E.

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7

by

men opened for business, the plant oper-

by Carol Crane
the secret behind many best-sell-

It's
ers,

including works by Stephen

King, James Michener, and James

workers have printed

Herriott. Its

several Watergate books under the cloak

of secrecy.

It is

an industry giant in the

highly competitive field of book printing and binding, yet

is

largely

unknown

Columbia County home.
Bloomsburg Craftsmen is almost inconspicuous, tucked behind Old Berwick
Road in South Centre Township. But
in its

Workers at
Bloomsburg
Craftsmen print
millions of books
read by millions of
Americans. Yet,
there is one story
they

to print

every day, for six days a week, and

sometimes seven, 165 employees synchronize their energies with those of the

machines inside the plant
1

to print

up

never get

will

— and

that's their

own.

plant as a maintenance

ery superintendent. "With the name,

almost every secfion of the

some even think that we make tools."
The types of books printed at the
Bloomsburg plant range from computer-

side his no-friUs office, an enfire wall is

such as F. Scott Fitzgerald.

by masters,

Among

In 1964,

s

publishing houses that look to local work-

Negatives for about
13,000 books are
stored at

Morrison, a mild-mannered ex-Ma-

Bloomsburg

possesses an acute awareness of the

tomers. "1 enjoy the industry," he says.

"You're not doing the same book every

FALL-WINTER 1992

give the customer the book
it."

To

to

is,

when

the publishers, the

price, is service,

which means produc-

is

Bloomsburg Craftsmen's locafi on
far enough from New York to

ideal

—

guarantee lower costs while running a

Craftsmen
publishers

hope

for

who

that sales will
justify

major shipping

sfill

second

printings.

Crafts-

accessible

routes.

The process of getfing

when Bloomsburg

Who" in the pubhshing industry. Harper
Collins, Random House, St. Martins,
and W. W. Norton are among the many

mands of Bloomsburg Craftsmen's cus-

facility. In-

Craftsmen presses.

The list of customers who patronize

rine,

"We

unionized operafion, but

and reprints," Morrison says.

needs of his workers as well as the de-

behind the local company's success

to

—"and you

produce a flawless finished prod-

at the

which display books
have come off the Bloomsburg

you'U get reprints

uct within a specific time frame.

According

in business.

that

750,000, and first runs of Stephen King's

ers to

It's also knowing the meaning of the
word "deadline" thatkeeps Bloomsburg

lined with shelves

Herriot's Every Living Thing, with

'

a competifive

over,

the

the Bloomsburg plant reads like a "Who

company

edge in a very crowded market.

worked in

James Michener' s Chesa-

that

employees of Bloomsburg Craftsmen
that give the

years ago. Since then, he has

peake, with 900,000 copies, James

with 450,000 copies

the dedication and

it's

ing books faster than anyone else. More-

were Ross Perot's United We Stand and
My Life. But the big-

know with King

However,

preciseness of Morrison and the other

almost 20

Magic Johnson's

fides,

printing

presses.

man

recent best-sellers printed in Bloomsburg

gest runs are

printing ca-

web

biggest asset, in addition to quality and

day." Morrison began his career

to current best-sell-

its

pabilities to include six

they want

to

"Few people have any idea of what
we're doing," says Dan Morrison, bind-

manuals

erized and has extended

Craftsmen

over a 24-hour period.

ers to reprints of classics

utilizing state-of-the-art equip-

ment in the industry, the plant is comput-

Robert Ciero, plant manager, the secret

80,000 hardback and paperback books

instruction

ated with two sheet- fed printing presses.

Today,

a manuscript

to the press begins in the plant's Pre-

I

Production Quality Control department

where staff check all specifications from

Celebrity

the publisher, and assign a production
cycle.

A copy

Artist

—

Series
spring Semester 1993

of each page of the book

is

placed under a camera which produces a
negative with 32-pages spread across

it.

From there, the workers transfer the negatives to aluminum plates, using a highintensity lamp to "bum" the image onto
the metal.

The job is next assigned to a specific
printing press and proofs are given to the

publisher for final approval.
are put onto presses.

The

The

plates

printed signa-

group of 32 pages) are
compressed into bundles which may be

tures (usually a

Christopher Parkening
Classical Guitarist
Sat.

•

January 30

Checking page negatives in the
Craftsmen's Opticopy Room is
Robert Weaver, Jerseytown.

mand

increasing quality and service.

Morrison explains
their

Nacional de Mexico
Thurs.

•

that the ever-chang-

ing publishing patterns have affected

Ballet Folclorico

own

business. "Publishers

now

same title and look for
fast turn around on reprints if a book
sells well," he says. As a result, "we
don't really know what's going to come
in for printing, even one week before,"

print fewer of the

February 25

he says.

Although publishers expect secube maintained on their books until

Peter Pan
Thurs. • March 18

rity to

publication date

months

Doug McHenry, INescopeck,
camera operator, checks the

—which may be

after the

books

several

are printed

a
quality

of photographs.

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shipped to a plant in Scranton to be

hardbound or remain

at the

Bloomsburg

plant to be paperbound. Finally, the books
are shipped to

All programs are

warehouses, and from

there to bookstores.
If publishers are

in Mitrani Hall,

Haas Center
and begin

for the Arts
at 8

p.m.

Bloomsburg
A

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running their com-

panies with fewerpeople, trying to avoid
labor-consuming rush periods by plan-

ning production

all

year long, they de-

Frank Shultz, Bloomsburg,
prepares aluminum plates
for the

press.

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Dan Morrison
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over finished books
with

Dave

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Mifflinville;

Russell Creasy,

Bloomsburg; and
Randy Whitebread
(right), Wapwallopen.

sometimes extra security is needed. One

the

best-seller that exploded off the

to prosper because more

Bloomsburg Craftsmen's presses but
nobody at the plant, including Morrison
himself, knew until the very last day the
real title behind Untitled X, was Oliver
North's Under Fire.

are realizing that reading

—

Bloomsburg printing plant continues
and more people

cannot be taken for granted, particulariy

one of the

says that Bloomsburg Craftsmen is aware

venues of entertainment avail-

of the worst-case scenarios and for that

able. Last year's totals are a testament to

reason, the company wiU continue to rely

thriftiest

In 1991,

filled

4,833 orders, resulting in the print-

Morrison reports

in northeastern Pennsylvania.

on the

Many American

relationship of workers and

ma-

5

Photos by

businesses have

found out the hard way

that

Morrison

chine to produce perfect products.

ing and binding of 40 million books.

Nevertheless, while hard financial

industries,

Bloomsburg Craftsmen

that.

times have had an adverse effect on

many

is

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Doing a\vay \vith

obstacles
Compliance with ADA regulations
further since

by Patricia Peron

tunity

Farrell

Joann
Bloomsburg

has

been

a

it

will take time,

mandates equality of oppor-

whether or not federal fundings are

available.

University em-

With $2 million worth ofhandicapped
improvements, including curb

ployee for 31 years. Last June,

facilities

her husband, David, entered her

cuts alterations, elevators,

office forthe first time, using the ramp

and

now

a special wheelchair elevator that

power

doors,

and a ramp, Bloomsburg University shows
that

complying

witii tiie

ADA

has been

allow physically disabled people to have

necessary and possible but not always

access to the Ben Franklin building, where

easy.

Joann's office

to

is

located.

was as excited as he was," FarreU
says. "Can you imagine, after
aU this time, David was finally
able to see where I work."
David FarreU is one among
"I

,

money, and tolerance

administration.

The ramp

built near

Ben

Franklin was also complicated and expensive,

but because of the area,

only

way of

it

was

the

linking the campus' three

geographical levels, says Parrish. The
University

now assessing

is

six different

telephone locations for the hearing-impaired

(TDD system.)

Prior to the

ADA regulations,

a

few

oldest buildings have proved

improvements, such as curb cuts, were made

be the most difficult to accommodate,"

on the campus, but Parrish explains that the

"The

says Dr. Robert Parrish, vice-president of

University

was always

short of funds. To-

day, the University benefitsfrom
state appropriations.

However,

Parrish adds that another half-

miUion

dollars

wiU be neces-

disabled people for

sary to guarantee access to

whom

changes in Bloomsburg

every program, the University s

and

over the country are not

next goal. Although Parrish

but are com-

ing anyway, thanks to a federal

says it's hard to assess how
many individuals wiU be able

act whose impact on small com-

to study or

munities draws signs of relief

pus, he believes those changes

the

many
all

coming too

early,

but also raises controversies.
Effective January 1992, the

Americans With

Disabilities

'

woik on the cam-

were necessary. "If

it's

only

one person, that will be alright

Act

(ADA) which prohibits discrimination

on the basis of physical or

mental disability in the private
sector, in state

and local govern-

ments, and in public transportations, is

lion

opening doors for 43 mil-

Americans

many

who have had

reasons to complain about

inequality of opportunity and ac-

The new access
ramp at
Bloomsburg
University

makes

Joann
work possible for

visiting wife

at

David

Farrell.

cess in everyday life. Echoing and

enforcing the Rehabilitation Acts

of 1973 and 1977, the

12

ADA goes

photo by Joanie Heifer

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anyway."

her case

For Gerry Depo, Bloomsbui^ town administrator, the

the

most

ADA is likely to be one of

significant acts for the

ties as

one of the

to

work in the building facili-

ADA requirements.

frommultiplesclerosis,doesnot share Depo's

opinion about

fiiU accessibility.

Last Sep-

tember, she feU from her motorized cait

Town hall improvements are only part

Blooms-

burg community. However, Depo admits

—

independently as possible, which is

of the town's projects to cope with

ADA

while trying to negotiate a curb, and com-

town was not complying

plained that the

that it's also one for which sup-

with access rules

port appears to be hard to get

enough. 'People don't real-

Depo was

44

a strong sup-

porter of the elevator which led
to

major

an impairment

you want to have a
municipality that keeps growing
and competing with malls, you
have to accommodate people

town hall and has raised
quite a few questions. "It was
one of our attempts to comply
in

with the Act," he says, explaining that the elevator now
entitles

ize howharditis to live with

If

alterations last year

have
'

it,"

until they

she

says.

'Bloomsburgis anexample

that things are not changing

quickly enough." Kile

moved from WUliamsport
lastAugusttobeclosertoher

anyone to ftill and easy

family but today, she says

with disabilities.

access to the whole building.

she regrets that decisioa

But for a small town like
Bloomsburg, the $200,000
cost for the elevator has been

"She has a

point,"

Depo

says, "but that accident was
'

unfortunate and anyway,

hard to justify. Since no special funding

requirements. An elevator is also considered

was

for the library's

allotted to the project

fast

— and

it's

new addition and

17 handi-

those projects are extremely costly and require

some planning." According to Depo,
no specific allocations for

unlikely that any specific federal fund wUl

capped paridng spaces are being designed,

since there are

be earmariced to help local governments

which wUl not be made possible without a

them, those improvements can only be met

other
comply with ADA regulations
projects had to be postponed.
If nobody ever argued on the need for
the elevator, concerns were expressed as
how and when alterations should take
place. For instance, it was suggested to
postpone the project for two more years in

few headaches since handicapped parking

over a few years. Depo says they wiU be met

space usually takes two regular spaces. Pub-

by the January 1995

—

order to get appropriate budget allocations;

some persons beUeved

evator

may even have been

that the el-

unnecessary

lic restrooms at

Town Park and Bloomsburg

fications in 1993.

The next step for the town

is larger street-crossing signs.

"I'd like to see

"chippers" [audio messages that sound like

way too
expensive,' 'Thompsonsays. Thompson and

binds] in

Bloomsburg but they

Depo's point of view

is that

are

such improve-

ADA

ments,

on the

regulations, wUlbenefitthecommunity. "It's

first floor.

cil

member

Florence

Thompson

is

con-

vinced that the elevator was not only im-

a financial burden for the town," Thompson
says, 'but if you
'

you have
abilities."

a movable chair on the stairs

was

Thompson says,
make any sense at aU." Thomp-

council meetings, but as
"it didn't

to

Bloomsburg
yesterday,

is

prior to the

to

critics

—withaviewto

help a disabled visitor in and out their wheel-

says that since 1986 the

accommodate people

an

elevator are numerous. In particular,

tion properly

FALL-WINTER 1992

it

that's

say

effort to eventually

"better

v»ith disabilities."

He

town has put curb

cuts wherever possible, and

says the advantages brought about by the

—and

who

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ADA enactment—the elevator

wasplannedin 1988

enables a disabled individual

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facing a financial burden

on the contrary, created
majorheadaches, requesting somebody to

Thompson

& Rentals

Depo insists that the town admin-

have cost money, would not have

chair for instance. Moreover,

Sales

undertook some of these projects

istration

tated access but

AUTO

today because alterations were not enforced

son explains that such a device would
facili-

accommodate people with dis-

Responding

the

temporary altemative suggested during

want to have a municipality

Scott Town

thatkeepsgrowingandcompetingwithmalls,

reasonable step in the long term Installing
.

they respond to specific

if

most

portant for the building but also the

Downtown

Swimming Pool are also scheduled formodi-

since almost any visitor could be helped

Nevertheless, like Depo, Town coun-

official deadline.

Shelley Shenyo-Baum,

is

now making

have every intersec-

accommodated.

Carol Kile, Bloomsburg,

who

suffers

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and are already in fiiU compliance with AD A
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"The

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make sure she has it reserved. Depo says that

complaining that most of the busi-

downtown

don't provide her with

ments.

invested are excessive," he

com-

He says those improvements will help

whole population especially senior citi-

zens, and therefore, should be betteraccepted.

Acceptance and awareness are the
Act's key-words. "Disabled people are

not brain-drained," says Kile, who used to

be a psychiatric nurse. Indeed, a person
suffering from diabetes or in remission

from cancer

plained by Harry Magee'sinfluence.

Magee

was paralyzed in an accident "He lobbied a
of businesses in town to

alterations,"

make

those

she says. But she also acknowlis

not

ADA requirements specify physical al-

according to the law, a

is,

make myself
known," KUe says, "and that's what ADA
disabled person. "I want to

is

aU about." Peggy Vitale, Facility Direc-

tor for

Suncom

society that

Industries agrees. "It's

makes

the handicap

times," she explains.

some-

"Most disabled

people don't see themselves as such."

and affondable

Suncom, a non-profit organization, has

limit" In many cases, the alterations will be

been providing mentally and physically dis-

widening a doorway or lowering doorknobs

abled people with rehabilitation and training

and win cause little or no financial burden at

services for 1 5 years in Bloomsburg, and yet

Very few businesses will have to rebuild

theiractivities are hardly known. Theirthree-

aU.

their elevator shaft to

chairs as is

accommodate wheel-

Magee Main

Street Inn's case.

Moreover, most of local

have

less than 15

retail

businesses

employees, and are not

FIRST ^

concemed by

EASTERN

qualified disabled individuals.]

the act's

employment provi-

year-old Community Integrated Employment

Program, whichhashelped place individuals
in

For

his part,

area

to

me

Weis Markets,

on job advancement and

will

un-

ADA provisions

responsibility.

Twenty-three-year-old

Ruby

Crane,

ex-

the center "I have a lot of qualifications that

Chamber, says

people don't have," she says. However, for

he hasn't seen a larger company in the

"come

like

Bloomsburg, would like to get a job outside

Edward G. Edwards,

ecutive vice-president of the

companies

doubtedly benefit fiom the

sions [prohibiting discrimination against

that

and say that they can't

Crane.theproblemistobeaccepted and also,
to

be able to go to her woikplace every day.

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Yet, with minimal public n-ansportations

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"Because of the recession, every-

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ADA

—only

senior citizens get partially

when they use the local cab com-

—Crane

"Going

will

have a hand time fighting

to the bank, driving one's car,

those are things

we take

for granted," says

But forFarreU, Kile and Crane, this is

regulations instead of slowly putting things

Vitale.

in compliance,' she says. She adds thatit wiU

notso easy. And forthem, changes wiUnever

take a test in court to finally push those

come to soon.

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Even the mail proves difficult for
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Shenyo-Baum mentions Cole's Haidware, which has a ramp in all its locations.
She also explains that most of the downtown
businesses don't have steps up into their

edges that this January 1995 deadline

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town doesn't have enough people to deal

the

enough access and force her into mail-order

lot

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the

peoplethemselves,"Shenyo-Baum says. Kile
could vol agree more, as she explains that her

shopping.

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"Ri^t now,

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Once again, Kile doesn'tshare the same
nesses

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of the Big i^ple
The Arcus Brothers' big city selliag tactics may be
intimidating, but they get the job
keep up with the

by Patricia Peron

Steve Arcus

The

Arcus Brothers could prom-

ise the

and

moon to

customers

a refrigerator to an Es-

sell

kimo

their

—

if

an Eskimo ever de-

AtthecomerofEastandThird streets
in Bloomsburg, the dusty microcosm of
is

Michael and

"We'll never stop selling clothes,"

Michael

says, "so that

that the Arcuses

we can

please customers.

advertise

have been in business

since 1919."

that apart

from a few

It's

tie-

dye T-shirts scattered along the shop win-

not quite

hard to

tell if the

fascination that

operation that has the mixture of

an Egyptian bazaar.

New

York's

Little

Curiosity Shop, the general store of 19th

cenmry America, and today's
ment stores.
""

depart-

Havealookattheirsaleslitera-

Neiman Marcus in Houston,

like

everything

wraps you up comes from their personalities or from the store itself, a unique
retail

would presume

"We know

that's in the store," Steve says.

sale.

A quick tour of the store and anybody

cided to do business with them.

a department store

tradition,

have clothes on

still

done

one of the area's most
fascinating commercial institu-

mre and you'U leam that the

many customers

and an X-rated video movie

but

it is

tions, attracting

is

club.

We stopped renting other mov-

and repulsing others.

As

store

a furniture ouflet, a stereo center,

largely advertised

ies

by the

because most of the time,

we

bill-

were not getting them back, and

boards that give the store its unique

anyway, they were not working as

New

Yorkish character and infu-

well as the

riate

town

says.

black and yellow

wooden

officials, the

Arcuses'

pom

ones," Michael

Of course, he refuses to give

family business has thrived since

any names, but claims

theirgrandfather started it in 1919.

of club members, some of

Their paternal grandfather

photo by Brand! Mankiewicz

is

come

that the list

whom

to the store for that sole

"He was

dow and some nylon ties left unnoticed in

purpose, covers the area's social spec-

bom in Russia but historical events forced

a box by the counter, there's hardly a trace

tmm. "And you would be

him to move to the United States," Michael

of clothes. But ask Michael about clothes

adds, "students are not the only ones to

Arcus

and he'U take you "backstage," where

come from

the brothers favorite role model.
'

says. Their grandfather settled in

northeastem Pennsylvania, where he had

some

relatives.

"As

far

back as he could

remember, they had always been

in busi-

ness there," Stephen Arcus adds.

ness in 1971, at the store's firstlocation on

Street, the store

in every style, shape, size,

and condition have been waiting for prospective customers for years.

Bric-a-brac

The brothers entered the family busiCenter Street. After a few years on

rows of clothes

Main

was moved to its present
The grandfather's store

is

Arcus Brothers'

what best describes the
store,

numerous sign boards

and one of the

that

pave the way

through it claims they sell more than 1 ,800
different items.

From tooth-whitening

location in 1975.

paste to mattresses to stereo systems,

was

there's

16

originally a clothing outlet, and to

enough

to delight the hardest-to-

surprised," he

the University."

Forty-two-year-old Michael Arcus

is

more outgoing than
brother Steve, 17 months his junior, who
willingly lets him lead the tour of the store.

more

cheerful and

He approaches
although

it's

business less seriously,

clear that business

wiU

al-

ways be a serious matter for the Arcuses.
"Where else could you find an Amish
waterbed?" Michael jokes, explaining
that since the

Amish

don't use elcctric-

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he doesn't have to

ity,

sell

them a heater

with the bed and can make more money.

resale).

He

claims that he has sold a few
waterbeds to Amish people. The marketing

humor of the Arouses

is

shrewd,

down-to-earth, and right-to-the-point.

Smith says he "had no file" of any

convictions for the Arcus Brothers.

They were charged twice

receiving stolen property, but the charges

were dropped. However, in 1983, they
were convicted ofpossessing and trying to

"The store is not
amuseum," Michael

distribute drug

says. "People are just

life office at tiie

BU

tiiat he "heard rumors
about the Arcuses" when he was a student

and has seen "students over the years that

had bought things from tiie store and were
not satisfied."

which Steve was

part,

sentenced to one-

deal and we're not

year accelerated

rehabilitation

profit organization,"

disposition and

do business

Steve adds. They

Michael to sixmonth probation.

they believe

In 1977,

cause they don't be-

was sentenced

lieve in investing in

Michael

179 days in

government and
selling counter-

if

you had

feited gold coins.

Michael Arcus

He

served time in

you didn't have time for business,"

AUenwood

Michael says.

that he didn't know the collection

Larry Smith, Bloomsburg police chief,
is

one of their regular customers for stereo

equipment "They've been in the practice
for years and as long as I'm satisfied with
them,

I'll

keep coming back," he

says.

"The town has even purchased material

federal prison.

Michael says
of coins

he had bought for $10,000 was counterfeited. "Although I was innocent, I chose
to plead guilty because

it

was

the easiest

way out," he says. "I didn't have any
money to pay for an attomey and at least
,

I

withtheiraggressivemarketingphilosoare not much different from business
owners in urban areas, especially New
York City
and far more tame than
most of them.

"Our

say that

is the "proper" way for
businessmen to operate. But, the Arcuses,

jail,

grandfather used to

time to dust the store,

For many, the way the two brothers
is completely against what

phy and their high-pressure sales tactics,

for defi-auding the

decoration.

also says that for his

to

and fancy

glitter

He

he wiU never buy anytiiing there.
"There are other places where I would
prefer to shop at," he says.

here to run a non-

the best around be-

university and a former

student, says

paraphemalia, for

here to get the best

claim theirprices are

—

Michael Arcus also believes tiiat antiSemitism

may

some persons

have an awful
Michael says,

be behind die refusal of

to visit tiie store.
lot

'but some people will never
come to our store just because we're Jew'

ish."Theirstore'sfrontwasvandalizedby
juveniles last spring, witii

some of the
biUboards spray-painted and covered by
swastikas. "I

With asmile, Michael

Mara Synnevedst,
Bloomsburg University

a 21 -year-old
student,

was

at-

says he wishes the

mors about

"We also

of area residents,"

had a vacation."

fi'om their store."

Thomas

Kresch, assistant director in the resident's

1978 of

in

they won't step into the store.

m-

selling sto-

really

don't

think

those

vandals

knew

by the Arcuses' prices when she
was shopping for a compact disc player. 'I

len property were true

whattheywere

since he "wouldn't have

doing," Smith

decided to go to the Arcuses' be-

to pay forit." What's tme

says about the

however,

some of

incident.

He

the stock is not new but is

adds that

tiie

high-pressure sales tactics. "They kept

reconditioned. "Wedon't

Arcuses even

talking and used the

lie

tracted

'

finally

cause they had the best prices." Nevertheless,

she admits that she didn't like their

tactic'

assuring

the price if

where," she

ers,

I

'come back

later

me that they would match

found a better deal else-

about

the

that

is

it

and we warn

customers,"

wrote a

he

claims.

dismissal of

"Helping students"

recalls.

Synnevedst, like many other custom-

and keeping good

has heard that part of the "Treasure

tions with the University

the

rela-

A number of times, local law enforcement

bution to student lifestyles

However, Lt. Deborah Barnes,

the Arcuses's motto. Their latest contri-

is a series of
deck chairs printed with the Bloomsburg
Huskies emblem. 'We want them to know
'

Bloomsburg Univer-

that

says she doesn't believe the

that

assistant chief of the
sity Police,

Arcuses had any knowledge the goods

were stolen when they bought them

FALL-WINTER 1992

(for

court.

Steve Arcus

is

at the store.

case

photos by Curvin Huber

Island" stock was of questionable origins.

agencies have recovered stolen property

letter

to ask for the

in

Michael

says that he
and Steve never asked to be refunded for
the damage.
Altiiough Michael argued at
tiiat "it

tiiat

time

was not a personal attack," he says

we like Bloomsburg University and
we support them," Michael explains.

that "there's

Although they have

never-ending sitiaation tiiat is spreading to

faitiiful

custom-

ers among the students, many people claim

always been a

ity against the

lot

of animos-

Jewish people and

tiiat's

a

small towns like Bloomsburg."

17

Michael and Steve Arcus don't con-

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tifies, "if

some people won't buy from

Michael managed to get his G.E.D in

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damn proud to be Jew-

for a small conservative

our store because of

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that, that's their

problem, not ours." Michael emphasizes

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his Jewish

background but also explains

Large Pie

that

he attends synagogue only on spe-

Includes A Liter of

cial

occasions; Steve says he's an Ortho-

Hot

dox Jew. However, he works every Saturday at the store. "There's nobody else
to do the job and Saturday is the busiest
day," Michael says. "Nobody will take
his place and I need him to open the store

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when I'm sick." Their store will always
come first for the Arcuses.
Although he dropped out of
Bloomsburg High School when he was
a senior in 1969,

Michael expresses no

shame about it.

dropped out of school

"I

because I had leamed everything I needed

Our Pizza Contains

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know to run the business," he says. He
when he thinks of school, he

adds that

remembers

all

the years he wasted. For

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when

1977,

in federal prison. Steve

graduated from Bloomsburg High
School in 1970.
Michael's advertising style is inimi-

"Shop and compare and compare
what you are getting for your hard-earned

table.

money," advises one of the ads he regularly sends to newspapers. The style
matches the billboards that have covered the stores since 1967.

curious

It's a

yet fascinafing blend of loose Bible con-

notadons, practical advice, large scale

economics, and surrealist mercantile
poetry.

Obviously, such an aggressive marketing presence, with those huge

bill-

boards on their store fronts, doesn't

town

please

officials

who have tried,

in

have the Arcuses remove them.

vain, to

"We've had

a

number of complaints

about those boards," says Gerry Depo,

Bloomsburg town administrator. He says
the town has filed several times with the

remedy the
while, a

ft^

®«

find a

court but there's nothing they can do to

tM'
(t^

is just to

nity. "It's

claiming, "we' re

ish merchants" is a provocative state-

ofBloomsburg

him, the purpose of education

good job and to make a lot of
money. "You should be allowed to learn
only the things that will be necessary to
do that job," he says. Nevertheless, and

sider that their oversized billboard pro-

exisfing situation.

new board

Once in a

springs

up

in

an

obscure place and the zoning commission

71

called

is

upon

Depo

to intervene.

says the Arcuses never agree to take out
a permit

which

is

cial advertising.

speech, but

it's

required for

"They claim

commerit's

commercial

truly

free

in our

we do
whateverwe want withit,"Michael boasts.

view." "It's our building and

Depo

says his

name appeared on

boards quite a few times in
It's

their

retaliation.

not a secret in town, the Arcuses

don't socialize with local officials and
certainly don't approve of

Cyc^i:^^J^i^eh<^^

tj//>^i^ c/ef^^^i/i'

that

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"some people around here should

get a psychological examination every
year."

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The same animosity seems to characterize the brothers'

stormy relationship

with the Bloomsburg

merce.

"We

Qiamber of Com-

once were members," Steve

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we didn't like what they were
we decided to leave them with

says, "but

doing so

their problems."

The

brothers left the as-

sociation in 1972, after having been con-

victed twice of Blue

Laws

violations for

has been the owner of "Shawn's Trading
Post" for two years.

wanted Shawn

to

It's

Michael

who

have a "taste of busi-

ness" before he started college. But
mately,

"it

ulti-

was my responsibility to make

selling on Sundays. They claim they never

the store successful,"

got the support they expected from the

says he's been making substantial profits.

Chamber. SheUey Shenyo-Baum, downtown manager at the Qiamber, says "there
is no way to classify them or their store,
which is a bit peculiar in a town like
Bloomsburg." She also says that nothing
is

ever said about the Arcuses during

Shawn

Shawn's a freshman

at

says.

He

Bloomsburg

University, undecided about a major but

Dog
Gone
Sharp

determined to run a store "as a hobby,

never as a career."

two brothers had
crane and

move

He

confides that the

better

"buy a gigantic

their store to

New York

meetings with the local businesses.

City,

belongs." But that would

•

Pet Supplies

"They've been here so long

not entice him into woiking with them.

•

Cat Grooming

•

Dog Grooming

•

Pet

that every-

body is used to them," she explains.
According to Michael and Steve

where

it

"They would drive

me crazy," he smiles.

When they think of retiring, it's only

Arcus, their business doesn't suffer from

with a knowing smile on their faces. "One

a lack of popularity. "We're not afi^aid of
the competition from WalMart orfrom the

of

Columbia MaU," Michael says, boasting,
"last year was our best year and we're

says he will raise animals, his second

right

on board this

my

Steve plans. Michael,

He

says that the

Business seems to be hereditary in the

time. "Steve will be a businessman in

Heaven, and I'll have a store in Hell," he

is

Bench and Field
Nutro Max
Old Mother Hubbard

Arcuses will be in business till the end of

year."

Arcus family and Shawn, the fourth-generation heir,

lAMS

who is not married,

passion after the store.

Food
Science Diet

sons will keep up the business,"

no exception. The oldest of

Steve's sevenchildren, 18-year-old Shawn

jokes.

"Guess who wiU be the most

successful."

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DETOUR

Blocking
THE ROAD TO

Progress
Historic concerns delay Danville bridge replacements,

economic growth

to coal region

by Brian and Gail Rippey

Ever

since the days a four-lane

"The department has maintained

date two tractor-trailers going in opposite

position that

posed, landowners and businessmen south

same time.
Hardly a day goes by that at one time or
anotherthe bridge, estimated to beused by
more than 16,000 vehicles daily, isn't

of Danville have felt slighted, cheated and

congested with Route 54

die

highway
state

that

would

link Inter-

80 at Danville to Interstate

81 near Minersville

was pro-

just plain angry.

Back

directions at the

Little

traffic.

has been done to ease the traffic tie-

we

existing bridge,"

the

are going to replace the

Campbell

says.

"We are

going to replace it with either a new bridge
at the

Mill

Stiieet location,

which is at about

same place as die existing bridge, or at

the Factory Street location about 2(X) feet or

so downstream from the existing bridge."

mid-1960s, residents of

ups or replace the 88-year-old steel struc-

Danville and nearby communities stirred

ture since the state Department of Transpor-

upenough controversy to keep the Federal
Highway Administration from building a

tation targeted

portion of

Department ofTransportation) coming up

industry, and

highway connecting system through the

with a plan that would route

under

the Factory Street alignment off of Conti-

Susquehanna Valley.

the historic district, through a tunnel and

nental Boulevard to keep trucks out of

end of Factory

downtown.
Ryan, however, says that's been
PennDOT's plan all along. "We've felt

It

in the

its

"Lakes-to-Sea" interstate

didn't seem to matter that people living

Despite

its

replacement in 1983.

PennDOT's (Pennsylvania

then to the bridge

at the

south of Danville in Northumberland and

Street, the preservationists

Schuylkill counties were willing to give

on

up their properties for the sake of improv-

DanviUe

ing access to and from the anthracite re-

"We

gion

— those

in and around DanviUe didn't

feel so benevolent.

That was the

their desire to

blow

dealt to those

won't budge

PennDOT

bypass

would be

better

were up across the (Danville)
hospital lands, and out back across
it

the river to

Route 54 out

there," says Dr.

living in isolated coal country. Nearly

Michael E. Ryan, speaking for himself

years later, a few Danville property

and about 20 others

ers are

still

setting

30
own-

up roadblocks.

who

live in the

that the majority of

and Riverside residents but also business,

like

altogether.

feel the traffic

suited if
state

first

have

traffic

Campbell adds

people concemed .being not only Danville

at

community

leaders, favor

PennDOT officials have been looking

tills

in a biased fashion,

choice

all

and

it

was tiieir

along."

Regardless of where

it

will

Campbell says construction of a

ment

be

built,

replace-

bridge, estimated to cost about

million, should

$10

have begun in 1987 or 1988.

Ed Myslewicz, PennDOT's commu-

historic district.

ButRuss Campbell, PennDOT's bridge

Concerned about preserving the
borough's historical district, some West
Maiicet Street homeowners are delaying

project manager, says building a bypass

replacement of the antiquated and dilapi-

of about $ 1 50 million, wouldn 't solve the

river bridge crossing the Susquehanna,"

dated DanviUe-Riverside Bridge, a nar-

problem, but would merely create another

says Myslewicz.

row stmcture

20

that

can barely accommo-

around Danville, which carries a price tag

one

— what

to do

with the existing bridge.

nity relations coordinator, admits dilem-

mas

like the

"This

one

in Danville are rare.

is tiie last

[old]

remaining major

Campbell says PennDOT is neither mini-

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mizing the need for a

new

bridge nor

on our street. Basically, PennDOT's deci-

is it

being softonthe oppositioa Thedepartment
is

required

—

by law, he says, to follow a step-

—

an envi-

have on the

a new bridge would

historic district.

lobbying community andbusinessleaders

up and down Routes 54 and 901 to help
him get the roads improved so there would
be a good link between the

creates a traffic bottleneck in both

down-

bridge project,

Ryan

He was

Factory Street alignment

happy aboutthebridge replace-

road improvements and in obtaining funding for them.

And

is "in-

credibly biased."

successful in get-

group under
the sun is for the

tinglegislationto authorize the

says the en-

vironmental impact study

Ryan

interstates.

-very

has underi;aken concerning the

D-107

Campbell acknowledges the old bridge

44

Like previous studies PennDOT

Jr.,

couldn't agree more.

For the past 10 years, Belfanti has been

district,"

ronmental impact smdy that details the effects

Mount Cannel,

at the ex-

peuse of the historic

may be caused by a replacement project

State Rep. Robert E. Belfanti

of

Ryan adds.

the business section

section

by-step procedure to address problems that

PennDOT recently completed

downtown

sion has been to preserve the

says that a bridge at Fac-

except one.

tory Street is going to have a major

*

*

ment

he's not the least bit

delays. Trying to pitch

sell his district,

which includes

effect on the properties there. "It's

DanviUe, to prospective indus-

already having an adverse impact

tries as the

The prices of houses

are not

what

they should be. Houses aren't selling on

town DanviUe and

our streetjustbecauseof the mere threatof

ders motorists

the bridge," the historical district resident

means

effect

is

because

Street) is
fic,

it's
it

having that adverse
(the bridge at Factory

going to result in increased

traf-

increased pollution and increased noise

Riverside, and

who must

to get to Interstates

"There

says.

"The reason

place tiiey should

locate "isn't easy

is real

use

it

it

hin-

as their

the region

south of Danville that if the bridge were to
close,

it

could affect the

movement of

goods and services to them from Interstate
80," the

PennDOT official says.

show them easy

when you

access routes,"

Belfanti says.
"If not the

80 or 8 1

concem with

can't

first,

then tied for first in the

decision of a new industry to locate
accessibility to

time

it

takes to get to them.

Shamokin

is

the

major highways, and the

Industrial Park,

We have the
which

is

be-

tween Elysburg and Paxinos. Traffic leav-

photo by Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

Aerial view of the Danville-Riverside Bridge, with proposed site indicated

FALL-WINTER 1992

by

arrow.
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ing that park is either heading to Route 80

HARRISBURG
REPRODUCTIVE
HEALTH

or 81. Traffic going to 81

quite

"But

traffic that

Interstate

to

to

Route 54," Belfanti notes. "But

if

prove Route 54 and that bridge

is

go

down through Mill Street, and then through
three red lights to get to 80.

So

Jack IDonaldson, manager of Paper Magic

Group plants in both Danville and Elysbui^,

First

& midtrimester

the old bridge causes

neck," Donaldson adds.
•

Free pregnancy testing

•

Free birth control

•

pills

in Elysburg, getting products that

down

bottleneck.

bottle-

we

to Elysburg,

store

and of

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St.

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been any major

deliveries. It hasn't

needs to be both."

constmc-

set

to

be completed in

fall

1996.

Meanwhile, it recently spent more than $ 1
million

making

bridge so

it

repairs to strengthen the

wouldn't need weight

limits.

about $8 million more, Campbell says.

Myslewicz says

Belfanti says, "every group under the sun
is

for the Factory Street alignment except

And

monkey wrenches

that

one has thrown a number of
into the

projea over the

years.

"This bridge should have been built at the

same time

Belfanti saystheDanviUe-Riversidebridge

that

bridge constmction to get started as soon as

hour or 45 minutes sometimes."

boxes.

aware

possible.

one.

Paper Magic employs about 700 woikers

PennDOT is

people south of Danville are pushing for the

problem, but ithas delayed things, up to a half

who make greeting cards and decorative gift

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re-

tion of the replacement bridge to begin in

course, having our truckers in and out to

make

It

PennDOT has tentatively

has caused de-

lays in bringing overproducts from our plant

here in Danville

Gynecological care

"It

im-

not

Putting the bridge in good shape would cost

transportation problems for industry.

"The Danville bridge has been a

abortions

we

we have done is eased access to a

1994 and

ing in that industrial park."

•

placed, aU

it

industry pause before locat-

no doubt

in the coal region.

contend

with, StiU has that bridge, stiU needs to

says there's

a significant barrier to development and

economic growth

"It's really a combination of the bridge and

would normally go

80 stiU has Route 54

makes some

Abortion Services

is

smoothly," the politician adds.

two or

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the Catawissa bridge

[1984]," he adds. "If it

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Historical

and

Museum Commission,

"In fact, I'd say it's the number one issue,"

or

whatever other angles the group could think

—

of

Idocredittheirtenacityforholdingthis

thing

up

as long as they

have

—

he adds.

King says a new bridge is not only impor-

the bridge

tant to spurring

development in the eastem

would be there."

end of Northumberiand County,

Much has been done to placate the objectors, BeLfanti says. PennDOT has re-engi-

vital to

neered the project so the historic properties

standpoint, we're concerned about the

would nothaveto be razed. Instead, concrete

Merck Pharmaceutical plant in Riverside. That's 550 of some of the best jobs

steel

on

"From

and acoustical insulation would be put

the foundations of the

homes

is

just another part

connector route and that

Merck's transportation

it's

of the 80-81

their

it

flow

but he

traffic is

because then

way

to

King

says.

'

s

not sure where it belongs

— he

only

knows where it doesn't belong.

And despite fighting an uphill battie, Ryan

better.

Jim King, director of Northumberiand

says the group remains steadfast in its efforts

County's Industrial Development Author-

to get a bypass, which,

he adds,

PennDOT

proposed back in the days of the "Lakes-to-

says replacement of the Danville bridge

of strong concern to everybody who looks

Sea" route hearings.

"We

beyond themselves and at the bigger picture
in terms

costs,

to detour all the

Ryan agrees that a new bridge is needed,

already there, and the road improvements

win only make

tmcks have

the south to cross the river,"

car traffic through Danville."

But Belfanti says the increased

a

if that

Catawissainthenorthordownto Sunbury in

just going to

resultin alotmore tmck traffic and increased

is

if there is

bridge falls into the river, it wiU increase all of

Making those accommodations won't
Ryan says. "...We

solve the traffic problem,

ity,

Northumberland County

load limit placed on that bridge, or

vibratioa

think this

a

in Northumberiand County and

to reduce

also is

it

keeping businesses already here.

of economic developmenL

haven't given up

certainly late in the

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They free-fall into the
and spring back up

air

in search of a natural high

falling through the air from a
Imagine
225

your

-foot height,

The

cord.

you're

air

life

hanging by a

rushes past your limbs and

tossed about like a rag doll, at a

speed of 60 miles an hour. Suddenly, you're
jerked back upwards as your cord recoils.

Now you're rushing back up toward the

sky.

Once you reach maximum height, it starts
again. Welcome to the world of bungee
jumping.

Bungee jumping

is

one of the many

adventure sports that are popular throughout
the world today. In Mexico,
in Europe,

it's

cliff-diving;

sky-diving; in the United

it's

States, thousands of daredevils are leaping

from cranes, bridges, hot

air balloons,

and

towers, with a cord attached around an ankle
or about the waist, to experience unique sensations.
It isn't

a

new

sport.

Bungee jumping was

once practiced as a harvest

ritual

on Vanatua,

a small island chain in the South Pacific. In
the ritual,

men jumped from

made

towers

of

sapling trunks with vines tied to their ankles.
Yet, that mystical, oniinous aura sur-

rounding bungee

story by Braiidi Mankiewicz
and Patricia Peron

jumpers.

isn't

And for the

sations are all

known

what they're looking

the adrenaline rush," says

photos by Marlyse Heap'
and Joanie Heifer

of by

many

majority, physical senfor. "It's

Mark Elliott, an

18-year old freshman at Bloomsburg
University.

"Bungee gives you a

natural

high," he says.

(Continued p 26)
.

I

gency room treatment per 400,000

Elliott's first experience, a 175-foot

jump from

jumps. Nevertheless, two deaths and

a constmction crane near

Philadelphia,

was

thrilling

repeated; the second time,

enough to be
was from a

injuries, all

jumping

225-foot high crane platform in Wild-

wood,

N.J.

caused by

have been the price

it

And

Although impressive,

to

human

If dangerous,
1

errors,

pay for bungee

in the United States since 1991.

sometimes, the error could have

bungee jumping may

also be illegal. Before enacting ex-

tremely

strict safety regulations,

Florida

suspended bungee jumping. Jumping

from a bridge or from a crane
in

most of the

As

states,

is illegal

including Pennsyl-

Elliott's

been easily avoided. One recent death

vania.

one

occurred because, despite aU the

not only defied the gods, they also

precautions he had taken, the jumper

defied the

performance is not an unusual
bungee jumping. Last October,
several dozens of bungee jumping
in

addicts gathered in California to

jump

forgot to check

is at

cord was attached

to the tower. It wasn't,

from a 250-foot high bridge.

OiaUenge

if his

and his heroic

code

LJespite

jumped from

a

1

September,
things

"it's

to

sometimes

check

if

his

cord was

situations, "the heights

involved are too high to allow
for safety and

good

mance jumps,"

as

perfor-

Dana Brown,

of the North American Bungee
Association, Park City, Utah,

*

explains. Surprised to learn that

jumping from a hot

air

balloon

allowed in Pennsylvania,

from, the longer your cord

try anything,

a

prohibited because in

he says, "the higher you jump

try once,
it."

risk their lives.

is

is still

one of those

Indeed, for that "adrenaline msh,"

jumpers would

most

attached to the tower. *

York last

you have to
you did

just to say

the

taken, the jumper forgot

85-foot high

crane platform in

all

precautions he had

also "a big

you feel better." As for Jim
Knepp, Lancaster, who

enacted.

is

bridge

celebration. For EUiott,
jumping may be "stupid or
it's

code,

regu-

Jumping from a crane or from

a test

accomplishment that makes

is

lated, at least until a specific

of manhood as well as a

crazy," but

Knepp

Commonwealth of
Amusement Ride

under which bungee jumping

the basis of

jumping was

appears, EUiott and

Pennsylvania's

bungee. For the Vanatuan
precursors,

it

and

Pennsylvania
has had no

has been lucky so far since

it

serious accidents related to

bungee

was fatal.
Knepp, a manager with a fire
security systems company in Lancaster,
knew that when it comes to risking
leap into the air

one's

life,

safety

is

not a luxury.

jumping. Nationwide, the National

way up to the platform, I made

Safety Council has reported only one

operator double-check

bungee-related injury requiring emer-

recalls.

"On the

the

my cord," he

and the harder

it

is,

gets to control your

performance without

injuries."

In fact, danger and the violation of

law are intertwined. Brown
bridge jumping

notes.

is illegal, it's

done

"As
at

night," he says, adding that the operations are

conducted without

"strict

procedures and safety guidelines."

As

final safety

precautions are
taken, Rich Zaler,
Middleburg,
realizes this
last

chance

is

his

to turn

back.

26

SPECTRUM

States like

New Jersey require that the

Colorado are leading the

way in the

jumpers be weighed before they jump

number of hcensed and unlicensed

so as to select the right cord. However,

operators, northeastern Pennsylvania

that correlation

weight
to

is

between height and

too often neglected, according

Brown.

has

its

balloon operation every

Wednesday

Meanwhile, what's never neglected

"I

wouldn't jump from a crane or a
bridge but

tors are the

try again

release forms

required to

have with
in
I

Pennsylvania

balloon," says

v-/nce in the air,
first wanted to grab
something.

and other

have

Estes,

WiUiamsport.

255 East 7th Street
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

already

to

jumped

the operators

at

150

of all responsibilities in case of death or

like her mother, 39-year-old

injury.

Estes. "It

cost to

Air Conditioning

Estes has

sign to absolve

The

&

14-year-old

Elizabeth

reaUy afraid."

*

Anything.

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Plumbing • Heating

"I wasn't

and the

contracts
adults

ru

anytime from a

4 4

minors are

states,

at

I INC.

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Broad Acres Farm, near Muncy.

by the opera-

them

.SUPPLY,

share of business, with a hot air

jump is $5

the average price usually

-

$60, with

$45

-

$55.

Bungee jumping has become big
business. Although CaUfomia and

was an

something hard

who has

never

twice,

feet, just

Penny

incredible rush,

to explain to

tried it," the

(717)784-3263

somebody

mother

says,

Owner:
William A.

Coombs

adding that what one of her friends once

—"Man,

said after jumping

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j^oe,s^ r ivQ

ALL* AMERICAN

FALL-WINTER 1992

27

^i
really doesn't

closest

—was

mess around"

you could get

r^'

feet. "I'll try as

the

and only did

try,

it

when

she saw her daughter jump. "I tried at

150 feet and
but

I

I

could control

don't think

I

my

fear,

air

is

the

you can jump from,
depending on your mood or your
different heights

—

jump

courage. "It takes an eternity to

lasts

feet,

when you

so imagine
try at

300

how

long

it

feet," Estes

comments. 25-year-old Clete Miller, a
graphics salesman from Bloomsburg,
shares the
the

same

air, I first

thing.

feelings.

wanted

to

"Once

in

grab some-

Anything." Nevertheless, he

says that the sensations are so special
that

is

much

Jumping from a hot air balloon at the
Muncy's balloon festival last October
cost Miller $95, tee-shirt and video-

1. 's

tape included. Sky-diving's average

jump

is

$200, according

why

not,

Braving one's fears is not that
easy, and common sense should be
the primary factor in the decision
to jump, according to Knepp.
"Once on the 185-foot platform,
the height suddenly materialized
and I really got scared," he says,
adding that in his case, being up
there was really stupid because

it

feels like

minutes.' '

he's afraid of heights. "I don't
think that

from

many people could jump

a crane

anyway," he says.

really defies logic and

seem

he wants to try from higher,

possibly from 300 and,

only a few

seconds, but

to Miller.

options offered by hot

balloon bungee jumping

from 150

can, just

cheaper than sky-diving," he says.

price for one

could go any

higher," she says.

One of the

I

because bungee jumping

to the truth.

Penny Estes admits that she
waited almost two years before she
Yet,

decided to

high as

to

it

be a smart thing

"It

doesn't
If Elliott isn't usually afraid of

to do."

heights, (he also sky-dives and cliff-

600

he admits that the same fear

dives,)

invaded him once on the platform.

photo by Bruce Strong

tried not to think that

I

"I

might die," he

says.

Anyway,

for Elliott, the sensa-

tions he had prevailed over his fright.

"As soon

as

you jump, you

free fall

for the descent," he explains. "It's

only a few seconds, but
minutes," he adds.

it

feels like

When the

cord

is

fuUy stretched, you have "hit bottom"
and now, you're hurled upward in the
recoil. "It's a different feeling from

the descent," Elliott says, but

,^mW)JMM
If

done

"a rush."

properly,

with

when

attendants,
special

let

down.

the blood rushes to

your head," he says, "and

it

feels

great."

An

padded

it's still

recoil about five times,

and then you're finally
"That's

mats, and

You

18-year-old healthy, and

physically well-trained male dare-

cords,

bungee

devil, Elliott fits the portrait of the

junnping can

typical

be
if

safe,

scary.

even

bungee jumper.

A

portrait that

doesn't seem to include the "average
individual" for

whom

bungee

is

a

high-risk activity. "That's a false

image

that the

media

like to convey,"

Brown complains. For Brown, bungee
jumping

is

accessible to almost

anyone, "from the housewife

to the

construction worker to the dentist."

SPECTRUM

The view from
above can be
spectacular
you dare to

if

keep your
eyes open.

Citing a study

made

in

New

where bungee jumping
popular.

Brown

is

Zealand,

and a two-week training session for

doesn't cooperate.

very

the

employees on site before it's
open to the public. The closest Air
Boingo tower is at Vermont

For Brown, those towers open an
and profitable
market, promoting the idea of afford-

asserts that

"jumping provides

a

very exhila-

Valley, N.J.

rating sensation that accelerates

the heart rate in a very acceptable

range." In other words, the only
thing that should keep

you away

Moreover, "bimgee jumping can
be practiced
with safety

much lower heights,
its best," Brown says,

at

at

designed for bungee jumping are

now

whole different range
of people, from ages 12 to 55.
Such devices are bungee towers,
and the major world manufacturer
happens to be Air Boingo,
Brown's employer.
attracting a

started

it

its

business in 1991.

It

the nation's largest manufac-

bungee towers.
Bungee towers naturally find their
places in amusement parks. Air
Boingo's main customers. Depending
on its jump capability, a 70- foot, fuUy
turer of

equipped tower
-

is

priced at $185,000

$200,000, a price which includes a

three-day

dangerous

the leading

bungee towers' successes.
Under 18, jumpers have to be accompanied by one parent, and adults have
to sign a liability-release form. Air-

management

FALL-WINTER 1992

around the cord

itself,

are

meant

training period

At Action Park,
$20 to enter the
tower, and an additional $5 fee per
jump. According to Brown, 10 to 15
per cent of the revenues, to which
most facilities add tee-shirt and
activity.

California,

it

costs

gadget sales, will pay for insurance

to

prevent neck and back injuries during

premiums.

the recoil, while the six different cord

Those towers are also a gold
mine for business seminars, during
which bungee jumping will work

weighing 40

-

280 pounds Each cord is destroyed
after 300 jumps, while usual tests
allow a tolerance of up to 2,000.
However, most bungee operations
provide the same safety equipment
today. What really works in favor of
.

the tower

is

the securing presence of a

gigantic mattress at the bottom of the

Air Boingo has sold 21 towers

now

Brown

sizes allow for jumpers

explaining that devices especially

—

—

able, family-oriented fun rather than a

for

cushions and bumper pads, wrapped

heights.

since

is

factor in

from bungee jumping are the risks
involved by those impressive

is

Safety

extremely wide

and work as a team. High enough
provide that "stage fright"

to

sensation, they're also safe enough
to protect the lives of

Come

rain or

come

shine, regard-

winds under 35 miles an hour,

these towers can operate from

ver-

also

is

seductive and functional.

would

Elliott

jumpers,

to

new

ttiis

How-

ever, Where's the real danger,

degree Fahrenheit, a hmit hot air

Open from March

lucrative,

sion of bungee jumping

balloons operations are far from
reaching.

companies'

golden-boys.

Very

tower.

less of

as a tool to help participants build

self-confidence, overcome fears,

say.

isn't it

makes bungee

And

for

many

danger that really

so irresistible?^

October, Broad Acres Farm's weekly
operations are likely to be cancelled

without a notice

if

the weather

29

Out

j^^L

For
Justice
Donna Coombe proves

a woman's

place can be in the courtroom

—on

the

bench

Columbia and Montour counties

fos-

pecially prevalent in this area today,"

Coombe

Despite her frustration,

Coombe

occa-

tered an interest in the district justice

she observes.

believes that

sionally takes time out to speak with stu-

position.

people have resorted to stealing because

dents about the consequences they could

Coombe

says her desire to serve as a

"public servant"

comes from her mother,

they have less money. Sometimes, what
is

stolen

is

face from having criminal records related

sold to feed drug and alcohol

to

dmgs, alcohol and theft, among others.

who told her that "each and every day, you

habits, she says.

can go out and do something nice for some-

tion and general pressures of life are also

system and careers in law to build

body and make a difference in their lives."

contributingto increasing serious crimes,

respect for the system.

"Doing that from the time
until after

years

was young

I

woridng in the legal field for

made me

In addition, she speaks about the judicial

Perhaps the most visible and unset-

angry people on a daily basis, there

I

change that Coombe has witnessed
during her term is the explosion of drug

Coombe attended an intensive

quietlitUe community. "There'snodoubt

really

want

to

be a dedi-

could form a career,"

Coombe

one-month "crash course"
son College to become

in

explains.

law

at

Wil-

state certified.

their

Although Coombe deals with emotional,

she adds.

1

cated public servant in a position where

In 1980,

The growing popula-

and alcohol abuse in what used

to

and alcohol have

that drugs

Bloomsburg

a

brighter side.

be a

emonies, including those of her daughter,
her brother, several nieces and nephews

hit the

area," she observes.

is

She enjoys the opportunity
to perform weddings aU over Pennsylvania. She has performed nearly 500 cer-

tiing

"Un-

and a few police

officers.

Regardless of the difficulty level and the

fortunately, there are a lot of kids partici-

Whether dealing with criminal cases or

necessity to pay for the class out of their

pating in the use of alcohol and drugs

performing weddings, she invests equal

own pockets,

and today's parents have

amounts of energy into every case. "They

there

is still

plenty of com-

from interested people seeking

petition

state certi fication

of the 538

and the chance to fiU one

district justice offices in

oversees a staff of four

full-

be able to

young children what

A

few years ago,

free time to indulge in hobbies.

duced stricterpenalties forunderage alco-

sionally,

Coombe

hol violations.

ticed a slight curb in the crime but believes

and courtroom proceedings a day, in addi-

the first offense penalty of losing a driver'

that

enterthe office to pay fines and court costs

or

lot to

Over

to

Coombe

has noticed

be hearing more

seri-

just

go out

Anyone

for a

"Occa-

walk or spend

family."

entering

Coombe 's

office

might be surprised by the decor.

mean a

It's

Mickey Mouse paraphernalia

offenders.

You

an

unusual combination of model ships and
inter-

see a lot of

spersed with shelves bursting with law

nice people that have kids in trouble and

books. This blend of tradition and fan-

"It's

the years,

seems

most

I

some time with my

says she has no-

license for 90 days does not really

file actions.

that she

Coombe claims her job leaves her littie

in attempts to put

pressure on today's youth, the state intro-

they handle an average of 25-30 hearings

75 other people

demand aU

of your attention," she says.

time and onepart-time secretary. Together,

tion to the possible

are all very serious cases that

the consequences are."

Penn-

sylvania, she adds.

Coombe

deal with teaching

to

hard sometimes.

you can only do so much

as a judge," she

ous criminal cases involving burglary,

explains. Nevertheless, she says she al-

murder, rape, sexual and violent crimes.

ways does her

"Violent and domestic disputes are es-

feel they've

best to

had

their

make

day

tasy reflects a

woman with strength and
who

perseverance but

sure people

cere, lightiiearted

public she serves.

in court.

maintains a sin-

compassion for

the

3

JUST THE FACTS
The

district justice sys-

tem originated from the old
English common law. The
system,

made up of

three

nal cases and determines

whether there
dence

to

is

sufficient evi-

send cases to county

District justices hear civil

who heard cases and

cases seeking awards of up to

made

decisions,

was

brought to the United States

by the

settiers.

$4,000, a figure that

may soon

They
also preside over summary of-

be upgraded

least

one year prior to the elec-

to $7,500.

position.

who

In addition, persons

must atone-month

are not lawyers

tend an intensive

"crash course" in law and pass
a test to

become state certified.

fense cases that involve minor

Upon winning the election, the

con-

charges, includingtrespassing,

district justice will

ducts arraignments and pre-

liminary hearings in crimi-

Today, there is one district
justice per district

who

FALL-WINTER 1992

week a year.
Of the 538 districtjustices

tion classes one

in the district at

tion is eligible to run for the

court.

squires or justices of the

peace

Anyone who is aU.S. citizen
and has lived

in Pennsylvania, about

20

percent are women and about
1 1

percent are lawyers.

total

number

is

The

expected to

increase in 1994 as redistricting

occurs based on new

census figures.

Depending on

their

serve a six-

area's population, district

underage drinking, and disor-

year term and participate in

justices earn $26,500-

deriy conduct.

mandatory continuing educa-

$38,000 a year.

31

Amateur
Singing
Karaoke has them off-key and

old karaoke crowds, but surprisingly, when

by Gabrielle Stander

it

Lights! Music! Action!

quite
in the shower
Singing
would-be
like
but now
isn't

all

this,

comes to musical tastes, there is not much

show the world how well they

can perform in front of a live audience.

Nervous? Well, maybe a

little

as the

more

sophisticated systems.

The "star

of the stage," who requests the song of his

may

or her choice,

group of people while the audience looks

on stage is what keeps them coming

ers feel

There are as many different

styles of

karaoke machines as there are voice types,

and

A tape of the performance can be made

same basic

laugh on rainy days. Karaoke even frees

up those who have

stage fright or fear

prin-

flubbing lines, because the machine adapts

people sing along to a song played

the music to different voice pitches and

all

ciple:

on.

sing alone or with a

so the singer can look back for a good

back for more, says Fox.

operate on the

by the karaoke machine which uses either

curious crowd gathers near the stage. Your

a laser vision or

mouth is chalk-dry and your hands shake

system (with or without back-up vocals.)

CD

At the same time, the

Suddenly, your voice blends with the

in

singing oldies. The unlimited freedom sing-

colored lights start swirling around and a

while reaching for the microphone.

the spotlight

of a generation gap. Both age groups enjoy

superstars have the opportunity
to

in

graphics laser-disk

lyrics

come up on a

monitor or screen, along with a video-clip

tones, and the lyrics are close by.

Fox says that karaoke is addictive.
"Once someone gets the nerve up to try,
they want to come back to do it again,"
he says. Of course,

many admit

that a

recorded music and you 're belting out one

of the Beatles'

hits,

with the Fab Four

serving as yourbackgroimd singers. But,
wait! It's not live;

music machine
in

it's

karaoke, a unique

that is allowing residents

Columbia and Montour counties the

opportunity to let loose with a song or two.

Karaoke

is

a

growing

Bob Fox, who works

ask

fad. Just

for Ail-American

Karaoke, a Philadelphia-based company

which contracts systems to public-gathering places like bars and restaurants.

Fox

brings his selection of 1,900 songs with

Good Old Days

bar,

Bloomsburg, every Thursday night.

"I 've

him

to

the

been a karaoke DJ for

five years,"

Fox
up

says, "but it's really starting to pick

speed now."

Good Old Days attracts both young and

32

photo by Curvin Huber

Charlie

Moncavage and Bob Scicchitano apparently

are not afraid of

getting crushed egos.

SPECTRUM

makes the first time much
Not everyone who tries karaoke

drink or two

the fees, he

easier.

made is worth it. In this case, business and

is

a first-time singer, however.

Fox,

sure that the investment he

is

pleasure do mix. "It's

my first time here

who

and

has seen a

it's

wide range of

% 4

says

talent,

v-/nce someone gets
the neive up to tiy, they
want to come back to
do it again.

doesn't

this

matter. He be-

lieves

many

that

people

are outstand-

ing in their

Gail Torio, Bloomsburg,

karaoke night with her family. Torio

to
re-

cendy experienced karaoke in New Yoik,

where the crowds

are tougher to please.

"There would be people

who would have

people have something else to look
she says.

until

mas season
he
it

out

that

he

last fall

at,"

Charlie Harmon, Mifflinville, and

Mark Newman, Berwick, are "regulars"
at karaoke night at Lemons every week.
'

Their favorite song

is

Barry Manilow's

"We just
"We don't

"Copacabana."

like to sing,"

says Harmon.

care what

we

look like."

Through karaoke, childhood

fanta-

and big

come to life, hidden talent is finally
realized, and unfortunately some egos

says he loves

may be crushed. That is the risk. But, for

tomatoes thro wnat them," she says. "Here,

karaoke because, "It's like a big party

everyone appreciates the fact that you're

the time."

all

sies

whatever reason people decide

to try

karaoke, they are usually prepared to

Compared

up there."Torio used to have high hopes of
becoming a singer. "This is the next clos-

size graphic

system

to hotels

He

CD

"The video screen is nice because

disks.

basic unit (excluding the disks and

machine

Good

instead of the regular

sound system) cost him $500. Lemons
rents out his

attracting an older crowd.

the $10,000

because he "loves to do different things."

parties in the area.

singing only one song. Be-

after

Fair,

bought his karaoke machine in

The

at

stores

Bar owner Ned Lemons says

who came

Lemons',

Metz

for parties.

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the

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supportive crowd also helps, says

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Old Days' karaoke machine has a video
screen and the larger-size laser disks,

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A

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Metz. After

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says Sherry Lohr, a graduate student

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"I tried

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Answering
the Can
forHe^D
For emergency dispatchers, remaining

calm
by

Patricia

on the road

crucial to getting help

is

—

Peron

How

do you differentiate between a cow found wandering in a backyard,

somebody

dispatcher since 1989, agrees. "Some-

nored.

times, just shouting louder than

Each dispatcher undergoes a threeweek training period, but their best re-

will get

who's lost on his way home,
and a house on fire? On call 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, the Columbia
County's emergency services team re-

sources are the expertise,

sponds to everything.

calm

tips,

and

"You just have

to try

everything that works to keep people
until the

emergency team

arrives,"

Center

to

them
do what you want," she

What the team

refers to as "anxious

calls" are certainly the

ones.
first

most

difficult

"Some people are so calm that you

don't think that they're in trouble,"

Miller says. "But when they describe the

simation

—"my mother

is

un-

conscious and she's bleeding a

4 4

of

a miniature replica

is

them

has been a

says.

self-

control they've developed through one
call after another.

Alissa Fetterman,

Hidden in the basement of
the county court house in

Bloomsburg, the two-room
Emergency Communications

who

one principle governs the team no
matter what the caU is, it can't be ig-

an army operations room,

lot,"

We get the craziest
days before
and three days after the
99

on the

calls three

crowded with switchboards and
computers. On a busy day, they
will help the team handle 20 to
30 emergency calls fires, acci-

—

then you realize you're

the one to be in trouble ." Miller

moon.

says that trying to keep them
line before they col-

lapse or before they hang up
the phone, without giving indications on

where they

are, is

plus an

most difficult.
Keeping people on the

unaccountable number of rou-

phonemaynotberealisticpar-

dents and other crises

—

full

tine ones.

ticularly

Irene Miller, the operation's director,

says

it

takes a

little

more than just

nerves of steel to be one of the 10 dispatchers who,
will

have

when you

dial

784-791

1,

to dispatch the right fire, po-

ambulance or paramedics team

she says.

"And

it

may

minutes, especially

if

take long, long

the person

is call-

fire for instance,

when
forces

the situation, a

them

to leave.

"How can you expect people to be coop-

ing from a remote area."

erative and give us their address or some

Although the dispatchers can't rely
on any specific scenario, they can recog-

indications

when such a thing happens,"

says Diane Benner, another dispatcher.

to

nize behavior patterns that will very

"In that case, the only thing to do

respond to your call. "The situations are

quickly alert them of the situation. "Hys-

leave the line open to trace the call or ask

never the same and each

terical

lice,

call

has to be

people are the easiest to calm

handled individually, to the best of our

down," says Brenda Remaley, the

ability," Millersays, explaining that only

operation's deputy coordinator.

34

is

to

who sometimes know an area
we do."
It may also be that the caller doesn't

the police

better than

SPECTRUM

know where he is. That's precisely when
stress

has to be handled carefully by the

team, according to Miller.

Sometimes, the situation is less seri-

also needs to be taken care of.

"We refer

Main Street."
Cows seem to be in trouble

den, right by

some of the cases to the police and most

we find out that those people

have a

medical problem," she says.

remember when a farmer called to com-

Finally, there are the funny calls

plain about one of his neighbors that was

ous than expected. Miller says some

real

here, as

people, especially the older ones,
just call

someone.

the closest police de-

partment which sends somebody
to see

them."

The team

also has to handle

harassing caUs.

"We know who

1 nterventions for

domestic violence
used to be very unusual,
but today,

we

the harassers are, because they

one

and fake an emer-

call regularly

munications center which
seem to be much worse than
others. The team has its own
theory for those. "I don'tknow

''I

on the phone with them,

we caU

at his animal.

There are days at the com-

we don't always have time

to stay

so

to talk to

Remaley's story helps MiUer

throwing stones

because they're alone

and need
"But,

around

of the time,

call

if there's

a scientific explana-

tion behind the

phenomenon,

but you can be sure that fuU-

moon

get at least

days will be one of

these," Miller says.

a day. 59

"We

get

the craziest calls three days

gency situation," MiUer explains

before and three days after the

"We cannot discard

fuU moon." Remaley agrees.

any

call,

so

how busy we are,
them talk or we tell them

"We

depending on

we

either let

that we have to

answer another call," she

says. "It's sad because
really

one day, they will

be in trouble and we won't believe

which bring a little bit of relief to all the
stress. "One day, a guy called and told
us, 'you're

but

I

going to think that I'm crazy

hear a

cow mooing in my backrecalls. "And that was

Remaley

them."

yard,"

However, Miller notes those calls
are a particular form of emergency, which

true; the

cow had been wandering

for a

while and had found refuge in his gar-

You're in

tend to be superstitious

here," she says.

The emergency personnel
calls that reflect the

get

changing social

patterns in the county. "Interventions for domestic violence used to
be very unusual," Miller says, "but
today, we get at least one call a

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day." Alcohol-related accidents are
reported all the time, even early on
a

Monday morning.

makes no

"Today, time

difference," Fetterman says,

"especially for underage drinking."

Miller also stresses the necessity to

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Some simply

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a lot of

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emergency people who

to catastrophes but couldn't

handle the stress of multiple calls," she
says. Others would take their stress back

home

every day.

"Sometimes, the team feels that
they've done everything possibly
wrong in handling the call and they
want to quit," Miller says. "My reply

is

that just as long as they didn't

lose the call and solved the prob-

lem,

it's

OK."

She also reminds them of the day

when they helped an Amish woman deliver her baby.

"The delivery was not

going well and the midwife decided to
call us,"

MiUer

"We

recalls.

stayed on

the line with the midwife, while the

ambulance was taking them to the hospi-

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"The computer wiU

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INCIDENT:

^

officers

and a court official

have faced life-threatening
by John A. Michaels
JohnHampton' s voice boomedacross
the police radio, breaking an eerie silence. The Berwickpatrolman was telling
his colleagues the news they dreaded hearing.

"Officer hit!"

"We're on our way

Hampton screamed.
to

Berwick Hospital,

the worst kind of call an officer

hears.

Ptlm.

March

Eugene GoUa was on

at collisions.

"We were
around the

and he

tried to

other driver. "'We got to the point where

smck

in the

GoUa
com-

The
posure.

run us

down a couple of times," GoUa says of the
finally got

force of the blast knocked

to the groimd, but he maintained his

away

chasing deer and cows

field,

situations

and

"He got me, shot a couple more times
I went down. The next thing I heard

—

was tires spinning
he was trying to get
I puUed out my revolver

out of the mud.

mud."

Throughout the chase, even as the

GoUa

and shot once through the door and got up
and shot a couple more rimes."

says he didn't recognize the suspect, Gary

GoUa, who was not wearing a buUet-

GoUa alerted other members of the

proof vest, was shot in the stemum. Re-

police department of his location before

covery took several months, but he even-

Dolan.

tuaUy retumed to the

patrol

He woiked his
way through the ranks,

30, 1977, checking a suspicious

vehicle with out-of-state license plates
that

to drive his cruiser

from attempts

vehicles were alongside each other,

keep the roadways clear!"

It's

Golla trying

he

had been parked for several hours

along Sunset Drive in Berwick.

"You could look

inside the vehicle

and see aU kinds of tools," GoUa
"There was nobody around

it

so

recalls.

we asked

neighbors to call whenever the driver

re-

turned."

He can't recall the exact time on his
p.m.- 4 a.m.
the van.

shift,

"We

8

force.

44

became police chief and

We were chasing deer

served until eariy 1992,

when a back injury suf-

and cows around the field,
and he tried to run us

fered on duty forced him
to retire.

He carried one valuable lesson from the

down a couple

of times?

night of the shooting.

but he got a caU about

went back

to the area

'

and blue] lights," the officer adds.

"The driver looked back

today in law enforce-

Golla and

Mark

ment because

stepping out to confront the suspect.

in his rear-view

"1 told

Travelpiece, a stu-

to get out,"

Mark

to stay in the car

and

I

walked up alongside the van and told him

mirror and took off."

dent intern from Pennsylvania State Uni-

GoUa says. "He refused and

walked around

to

I

check the other door,

The

which was locked. I retumed to Uie driver's

five mUe, high-speed chase woimd through

mral roads and eventually ended with the

side and saw him reach for the console,
puU out a gim and fire through the win-

vehicles circling in a farmer's field, and

dow."

versity riding with him, followed.

'You should wear a pro-

tective vest, especiaUy

and

drove up behind the van, turning on the
[red

^

under Fire

fi Officer
Area police

^

it

seems

like

everybody

is

carrying a gun," GoUa says. "The thought 's

always Uiere about getting shot again
never leaves

from

it

—

but

I

think

I

—

it

regrouped

pretty good."

Despite his injury, the veteran poUce
officer hasn't

caUed for any type of gun-

control measure.

"Don't get me wrong,

I

am pro gun,"

SPECTRUM

Golla says. "I believe that this is part of our
constitutional rights, unless

mitted a violent felony.
hospital,

I

you've com-

When I was in the

police officer
story about

and they wanted me as a

who was
and

it

I

shot to

refiised. I

make

man who

to

as

GoUa was reaching to

On

Aug.

10,

rescue her.

Winn

1992,

pleaded

guUty in Columbia County Court to kid-

a

napping, risking a catastrophe and two

beheve

counts of terroristic threats in connection

people have a right to have a gim."
for the

window

rescuers waiting below, then jumped just

got a call from an outfit in Ohio

that was anti-gun

As

Peepers, out the second-story

shot him,

with the Berwick incident. Judge

GoUa

C.

KeUer

GaUey

approved a plea bargain

later

believes the American legal system didn 't

that sent the defendant to a state prison for

work.

five to 10 years.

"When Dolan was

out

on

bail after

shooting me, he got into trouble in

New

Jersey for guns and drugs and nothing was

ever done about
bail imtil

He

it.

and wiU undergo evaluation and treatment
for mental iUness.

remained out on

he was convicted of shooting

Recently promoted to corporal in late

says. "1 believe the

1972, Bloomsburg Townpoliceman Larry

me," the policeman
system has a

lot

of faults."

Smith jokingly

Dolan eventually got out of jail, went
to Florida

Winn gets credit for time

already served in Columbia County Prison

and

is

now

serving a hfe sen-

tence without the possibility of parole for

committing a crime with a

fire

arm.

tells his

traveling partner,

Charlie Meeker, that the domestic violence call they were answering

would be

an easy assignment since police had been
to the 12th Street

before. It

address just two weeks

was a wrong presumption.

photo by Brand! Mankiewicz

Chief Larry Smith

Almost J 5 years after being shot,Golla
faced another life-threatening
This time

Aug.

1,

it

Smith and Meekerarrivedon the scene

situation.

involved other people.

On

1991, accused wife abuser Wells

Winn held his 18-year-old stepdaughdousing her and the bedroom
of her mother's home with a flammable
fluid and threatening to blow up the whole
neighborhood. Golla and two other officers, Sgt. James Comstock andPtlm. Troy
Maneval, sneaked into the house and apprehended Winn as he tried to strike a
C.

in

hopes of queUing the argument.

Smith had

stead,

rifle-toting

In-

down an angry,

his wife, " the veteran officer adds.

one day

husband.

bloodied

bedroom, he was trying

to strike the

time

waist," Smith recaUs of going

1

wanted to race over to the home near the

face-to-face with Walter Beach. "Often

Catawissa

Dam

times people say you can't react at situa-

ation, but

when we

whole thing running
mind was who would get
shot me,myparmer,ortheman'swife."
The situation appeared to cool down

had the upper hand because he could see
us and we couldn't see him.

tions like this, but the

my

when

the

man

returned to the basement,

had the fire extinguisher, but whoever did

the living
"1

fire

was our plan and

it

to see the

had problems. Being a young poUceman,

my

from

at \he

butminuteslater,hefinaUyshotup through

extinguisher. That

house

Pratt's office on Main Street and knew we

but

match," GoUa says. "1 forget if Jim orTroy

doused him with the contents of a

my

being taken into Dr.

it

rifle,

—

into the barricaded

of

woman

looked like a howitzer about six inches

carrying a .308

through

"When we broke

"Then

we got a caU about a shooting.

"I raced out

"The man came up from the basement

ter hostage,

match.

to stare

room

and take care of the

"That was scary because

walk up creaking steps
stairs,

but

littie

committed

him but couldn't

floor.

never thought he would do any-

thing drastic until the shot came up tiirough

"When

1

had

since

we had

to

to get to the up-

we know

did

suicide.

situ-

got there, Mr. Jones

that

he had

tried to talk to

my mouth

was

dry."

Smith, now the head of the
Bloomsburg department that includes 1

worked."

the floor," Smith continues.

Winn had kept police at bay for almost two hours before the decision was

slug

where

instructs his

made

subdue him and end the

business."

protection when answering domestic-vio-

know if we would have been

Catawissa

killed if the

match had gone

officer were Smith's

blast sure as

heU would have knocked us

to try to

"1 don't

around,"

off,

but the

GoUa says.

While the
Winn,

came through about three feet from
1 was standing, 1 knew he meant

The

standoff.

Dawn

officers

incident and another shooting in

when he was

a

were subduing

fiiU-time officers and seven part-timers,

two most fife-threat-

men to

"There

is

are violent,

we had to go
home every week

to the Jones family's

because the husband threatened to shoot

no such thing

as a

good

domestic these days. Most domestic caUs
'

ening experiences.

always have backup

lence caUs.

much younger

"In Catawissa, it seemed

Hess threw her pet dog,

FALL-WINTER 1992

the

officers

the

'

who

Smith says. "You have some
like to

be the Lone Ranger,

guy in the white hat who is going to do

everything himself.

39

them

"I explain to

that

it

doesn't do

violent domestics that involved

me a bit of good to come on scene and find

ons and two bank robberies.

No

Bloomsburg Police

weapone's

Sgt.

Clair

Hendricks recalls an incident several years

you cold-cocked, lying on the ground
out. If you go together you have

gotten hurt at the bank robberies, and

ago, where he answered a late-night do-

knocked

someone got

mestic

a better chance to get something done."

domestics," he notes.

The

chief explains

hurt at each of the violent

call.

"When

some of the prob-

Street,

I

lems.

"What happens a lot of times
when you go to a domestic, and
you're trying to subdue the violent partner,

the other partner

—

after a cooling off

period.

"Laws have been
protect us.

that

shake when
got there, but when
1 didn't

wiU turn on you

because you're hurting their
mate," Smith adds. "Most times
the victims want to forgive their
partners

44

99 times out of 100

I got to the house on Zehner
saw a man with a shotgun at the
top of the driveway. And, the
gun was pointed at me,"
Hendricks says. "Due to the fact

knew

calling

the individual from

him by

"I kept talking to him until
I

I

could get close enough and

grabbed the gun and took

was playing a good tune

written to

with

Now if we see any sign

my knees. 5^

of my most harrowing experiences.

I

didn't shake

got there, but

If their mate refuses to testify at

to the station,

is

Police officers use security mea-

Smith believes the chances of an officer being injured answering a domestic
call have increased greatly over the years.

my

career, I've

when

I

when

I

returned

I was playing a
good tune with my knees,"

a

dis-

missed," the police chief adds.

"During

it

away from him. That was one

ofviolence we can make an arrest.

hearing, then the case

nickname,

his

and kept advancing toward him.

I

returned to the station,

I

years before in Catawissa, I kept
I

sures

Hendricks adds.

—sometimes makeshift ones. On sev-

eral occasions, just

knowing the person's

nickname paid off.

Columbia County Sheriff Harry
Roadarmel

Jr.

Coimty.

had two

"I

can remember very

ing to go for a

Husky Ambassadors
last

10 or
'h'

out of his wife and mother-in-law. Fire-

arms were involved," Roadarmel

says.

when he
us that we

got to a rural cabin

was holed up, he
wouldn't take him

commitment to the
University can and

distinctly hav-

man I had known for

15 years who had just beaten the living

"When we

"Share the vision that

should

faced a similar situation

while he was a state police officer in Blair

yelled to
alive."

Patience paid off for Roadarmel.

a

The

long standoff ended without a shot being

lifetime!"

fired or

any additional

injury.

was pitch black and I don't think
there was a star in the sky," the sheriff
recalls. "I called to him by his nickname,
'Red,' and told him he wouldn't have
much more fime. About 45 minutes later,
which seemed like hours, he threw his
weapon down and walked toward me.
"It

"When

The Husky Ambassadors represent a select group of
the student body at Bloomsburg University.
They participate in special activities and programs that
bring the alumni, the student body, faculty and community

this is

he reached me,

1

said, 'Red,

Harry, and he responded by saying,
'

'Thank God,

it's

you. If

it

would have

been anybody else, I 'd probably have shot
it

out with them because

1

wouldn't have

Ustened to them."

together.
Police officers aren't the only law-

For more information
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enforcement personnel to face the possi-

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of bodily harm. District Justice

bility

Donna Coombe, Bloomsburg, learned of
the dangers early in her career.

"I

was only

four months and

in office about three or

was

there later getting

caught up on paperwork

when

I

Tlic Costvimc Slio|

heard a

Fantasies by Rebecca

'

commotion in the outer office, Coombe
recalls. "The next thing I know, a police
officer comes running in and pushes me
'

and

I

feU into the waU.

'

A startled Coombe didn't know that a
man

she had sentenced to

jail

about 90

made bail and was
standing outside her office window with a

minutes earlier had

loaded

rifle.

"The police

officer

had gotten a

tip

was on his way here with
a gun," Coombe adds. "He did have a gun
in his vehicle. I don't know what would
have happened if the police wouldn 't have
shown up or gotten a tip when they did.
The incident even had a happy ending
that the suspect

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for the suspect, Coombe says wdth a gleam
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"The defendant went

to a

drug and

alcohol rehabilitation program, and two

came back

years later he

to see

me

and

thank me for giving him the opportunity to
straighten his life out," the justice says.

"He had become a truck driver and
was engaged to be married."
Coombe has received numerous other
threats, but doesn't take most of them

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Coombe

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office,

we have taken some security meashe adds.

numbers

is

at

thermostat,

also sell

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of such cases.

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Just unbelievable

We

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a near impossibility be-

Development Department

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cause personnel in the Research and

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This includes everything but the water

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Dressers

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later called

(continued from p. 6)
upsets administrators.

The president's of-

who

fice contacted the provost

mation

—

The

We learned that the

right to

even to

We

to avoid being sued.

dean that we also didn't

reassured the

relish the idea

of

being sued, would continue to check our
facts,

but would not pull the story.

credit, the

dean acknowledged

To his

that the

the secretary

fact,

us and told us that

tiie

^which

we

subject

already had.

issue is not of a subject

becoming

—
has every
be upset with
they
sue they wish—butof apubUcbody

upset with the press

University wanted us to go to lengths to try

staif of the magazine.

and avoided

entirely

authorized the school to release such infor-

notified

the dean who had a discussion with senior

it

subsequent problems. In

the press

wish,

if

if

refiisingtoprovideinformationtiiatiscleariy
in the public record,

should

know is public record.

It is

informa-

for

it—^nagazines,

TV

and radio

of time wor-

lot

•

stations,

who

are entitied to such information and are not

fact that the highest levels

For your:

required to explain

why

they want

iL

We

pursued our action against \he school district

•

Organization

•

School
Event

•

We

print:
•

rying over this issue could have led

some

fo

one simple reason.

If a local public

body

refiises to

faculty) to skirt issues of the First Amend-

the Student Press

ment, Freedom of Information, and the

of Information center of Society of Profes-

know, and

hassle wasn't worth

figure the

In response to a question of what infor-

mation should the University release
subject,

to the

our editor-in-chief fimily directed

Law Center, tiie Freedom

sional Journalists,
is

it.

a

and even an attomey who

member of tiie

board consider to be a

matter of public record, then what else is the
district refusing to

—

the

—and why?

provide
stcff.

T-shirts

•Hats
• Sweats
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provide information on what we,

student staff (and especially probationary

public's right to

Business

•Club

anystory themagazinestaffplanned. How-

mere

and Embroidery

tion thatmust be available to whomeverasks

newspapers, or even average citizens

of the University spent a

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subject specifically requested.
Theeditor-in-chief,executiveeditor, and
associ ate editor later met with the subject for

about 90 minutes.
cerns,

to his con-

To all the people who think the press goes
too far sometimes, consider the alternative.

and explainedanumberofjoumaUstic

realities to

check

We listened

him.

facts

We again explained that we

and

reiterated that

we were

not

doing an in-depth investigation of him or of
his business, but

merely profiling

public. Actually,

we thought the article was

rather complimentary.

True

was involved, where it was destined and
where it was bound. It did concede in 1986
that the incident was classified as among its

for the

to joumalistic

procedures and codes of ethics,
requests to provide a

it

we

copy of the

reftised

full article

WASHINGTON

(AP)

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details

about the

prior to publication (just as we would refuse

the dean that privilege), but did
tional efforts (as

make

addi-

we do on aU our stories) to

have the subject verify

facts

and quotes. At

the end of that meeting, the subject better

understood reasons behind many ofthe things

We know that sometimes
come

hostile

and threaten the

readers bepress. It's

something we as journalists have to live with.

The reality is that what we sought to verify
was so insignificant to the entire story that we

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there's nothing like seeing a hundred geese

DUCKS ONUMITED

IS

WORKING TO

sitting there

Michael.

Save The Swamps

nesting and feeding," says

"It's a beautifiil sight."

The program under consideration for
is the Green Land Pro-

Michael's land

gram.

designed for kids between

It is

the ages of 10-18 to teach

The water

stinks, the frogs belch, the

wildlife

insects drone, creating a constanthum,

the ground

is

mushy, and

in the

loaded with mosquitoes.

it's

unfit for

summer,

If they're

not

However, wetlands

are not uninhab-

and animals. Here they can find water

"Currendy

,

we are losing 50,000 acres

Tom

Husband,

chairman of the Wyoming Valley Chapter
In Pennsylvania, the group

to

that recommend areas in need of preserva-

and various conservation organizations

The

tion.

with a

After receiving a recommendation,

Ducks Unlimited evaluates the area and

the eariy colonists.

offers advice, expertise, and physical la-

Several years ago, beavers returned and

bor in improving and maintaining the area

built a new

as an environmentally

creek running through

pond was drained by

it.

An

dam, flooding some crop land

new pond.
The swamp that Michael owns was

and creating a

sound location for

animals.

Wetlands

water, help control floods, and provide

Game Commis-

areas for recreafional activities.

it

is

the only area that

harbors ducks in Luzerne County and
part of the Pennsylvania

is

Farm Game Co-

op.," says Sherlinski. "It lends itself well

up blinds and allowing youngsters to leam how to hunt safely."
Members of Ducks Unlimited, aninter-

ronment for

com fields
Husband.

.

national non-profit organization,

birds, plenty

for feed

Indeed,
egrets,

is

Canada geese use
stop on

ing

theirmigratory
flight route.

the oppormnity to

During

a

youth shoot held

see waterfowl in a natural setting.

The organization was formed during
bowl of the 1930s when sports-

the dust

in October

for the

1992

Green

together to do something

Wings,thel2-to

about the scarcity of waterfowl in
drought-plagued North America.
Ducks Unlimited has been instmmen-

18-year-old
members of

development of The North

ited, an estimated

American Waterfowl Management Plan,
an international agreement between

500 ducks and
Canada geese

men banded

in the

Canada and the United
protect

some

States

made

to

six million acres of water-

FALL-WINTER 1992

Ducks Unlim-

were

home

to local ducks,

and geese. At times, hundreds of

of waterfowl in order to insure that fumre

wiU have

and protection," says

to live in."

it

work to preserve and maintain the habitat
generations

of grasses and

an ideal place that birds

"It's

would choose

to setting

sell, I

don't have any prob-

new neighbors," he explains.

Ducks Unlimited does not buy land in
the United States because the country

is

from Canada to Mexico that waterfowl fly
over and use to

rest

and

feed.

The Pennsylvania State Game
Commission and various conservation
groups are trying to work out a deal
it

to

may not be

As

for Michael, he has to decide

whether to get rid of the beavers and a few
of their dams or suffer the loss of crop
land.
"It's

"Basically,

neighbors and regulations

affect his farm.

"If I don't

lems with

"Earl Michael's land has a good envi-

sion,

tal

might

successful.

information and education specialist for

to

the Pennsylvania State

new

deal with

are not only beneficial

for wildlife, they also recharge

groundwater supplies, purify polluted

possible

not just a

beaverdam,and,mo'eover,isnoteagerto

safisfy all participants, but

Ducks Unlimited for
preservation by Ed Sherlinski,

recommended

it is

mainly an area on the migration route

original

swamp

area has always been a

them about

hunt safely.

of tillable land for the area affected by the

works

Earl Michael, a farmer, owns 20 acres
in the Shickshinny area.

to

simple deal; Michael wants an exchange

that

mainly with the State Game Commission

swamp

how

Ducks Unlimited would like to see the

of Ducks Unlimited

and brushy cover for

protection.

and

area preserved, but

populations in all of North America.

of wetlands a day," says

and are vitally important for aU plants

drink, plants to eat,

of

amount of nesting sites in Canada,
which in turn has increased waterfowl
the

hurnan habitation, wetlands are

down right undesirable.
ited

fowl habitat. This agreementhas increased

sighted.

"I'll tell you,

it

as a nesting

and feed-

not easy justifying both ends.

I'm trying to make a living here," says

Michael

who

stay farming."

proudly says, "I intend

to

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BACK OF THE BOOK

(mm Ho^s
WALE ft^

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by Brandi Mankiewicz
some, the ghosts roam

common-

The family dog, Rocky, won't climb
main staircase, even at his master's
beckoning. Strange sounds resound

around about the house nightly between

place in me.

midnight and 3 a.m. They are said to meet

transcendent ability of

throughout the house when nothing should

on the landing of the main

God

the

A single chord is played on the

According

to

staircase.

This

earth and the

— need
I

need the

I

exaltation above

may explain Rocky's reluctance to ascend

the universe." Ironically, she died

piano in an unoccupied room, disrupting a

the staircase.

during the 1970s

friendly dinner with an icy chiU. Is

Rocky a 90 poimd German Shepherd-Doberman mix wants to go upstairs," says Bob Wink "he'U go up the

be

stirring.

it

coincidence or mass hallucination?

The Irondale

Inn,

permanent "guests"
to leave

Bloomsburg, has

who

aren't planning

anytime soon. Strange sounds

come from rooms and sometimes a strong
male presence can be

felt

by

different

'

—

'If

—

back staircase and meet us
also

at the top."

when a fire all but

destroyed her study atlrondale. Maybe

now she does walk the house as she once
had hoped.

The permanent visitors

He

Although Rocky's actions indicate

lieve that they are quite friendly.

that he senses the spiritual presence every-

to

anyone. In

fact, the

them, the Winks say, and they'll be

nice to you.

can be attributed to three ghosts named

Winks feel it only occasionally.
Most of the other encounters with the

WiUiam Winters, Anne Boone, and Daniel

ghosts have been the feeling of strong

with the Winks didn't sleep

Winters served under George

presences in rooms and weird occurrences.

his three

Washingtonduring the Revolutionary War

Although they lack physical forms, the

visit,

and came

ghosts have affected everyone

Harris.

to Irondale in his later years.

Anne Boone was

a distant relative of

Daniel Boone. Daniel Harris was also

named

Winks beBe nice

to scare

day, the

people in these rooms. These occurrences

aren't there

cowers away from certain rooms.

come

in contact with

late Janet

who

has

them, especially the

Worthington Englehardt.

Englehardt was an executive secre-

Once, a young man who was staying
stay.

at all

during

On the last day of his

he was in the bathroom preparing

to leave.
to

day

As he was

shaving, he thought

himself that he couldn't wait to leave.

"As he thought this, the baseboard [heatoff in that room," says

by several poems, but
only his name is known. Are these ghosts
real? The electrician thinks so.

tary forthe Bloomsburg Chamberof Com-

Bob Wink. "That never happened

merce and an English teacher. She lived at

fore or since."

Who knows?

as a ghost,

ing cover]

fell

The first electrician hired by Bob and

Irondale during the middle of this century

Linda Wink, owners of the Irondale Inn,

and wrote many poems about the ghosts.

had an encounter that caused him to never

She was fascinated by them and even

sharing their house with ghosts.

return to the house.

While he was working
saw a woman carrying a
baby, even though he was the only person
in the house. The electrician never returned
to Irondale. This was the only time, though,

wroteofherdesiretojointheirranksinher

have learned

downstairs, he

afterlife. In

anyone has physically seen an

because

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apparition.

wrote

"A Letter to My Daemon" she
"please meet me in my study at

Irondale at eight o'clock tomorrow

ing" to tutor her in the
"I

seem

to

mom-

ways of haunting

have too much of the

be-

Did he anger the ghosts?

The Winks

aren't intimidated

to accept

the house's mystique.

them

by

They

as a part of

The noises and

strange happenings are just a part of

everyday

life

Rocky could
would be

for them.

Now,

if

only

lose his fear, everything

perfect.

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