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Spring/Summer 1994
Vol. 8, No. 1

FEATURES
8

Growing Like

COVER STORY

Weed

a

:

The Marijuana Epidemic

by Brandi Mankiewicz and Jay Unangst

1

4

The

Plastic

Impact

its

Way

:

Bloomsburg Company Hammers

into the Global Village.

by Neil Dolan
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Relighting the Flame

Unique Craftsmanship

by Felipe Suarez

by Matt Steinruck

20

A Leap of Faith
by

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Skydiving Into the

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DEPARTMENTS
of Fate

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The Bloomsburg

3

Behind the Lines

3

Letters to

Exit Columbia County's
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On-Ramp

to the

the Editor

Information "Superhighway"

Appetizers

5
by Lisa Subers

Sweet Dreams

28

A Family Affair

:

Wltere Trapshooting

is

Relative

34

Living

A Dream

:

Eric Jonassen's Path to the

Fear

33

by John A. Michaels

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f

Sweet Dreams

the Rapid Eye

you're having a bad day, and the

terized

stress

from hfe has you

down, go to
dreams takeover.
lay

According

sleep,

dumps,

in the

and

let

Movement (REM)

stage

of sleep, according to Beck.

your

The REM stage of sleep is characby the quick movement of an

individual's eyes during sleep. This

stage also

shows

a large increase of

brain activity and the muscles

to Dr. Brett Beck, asso-

professor of psychology at
Bloomsburg University and staff psyciate

paralyzed, adds Beck.

He

out that the lack of muscle

become

also points

movement

chologist at the Psychological Services

dreams can be

Clinic in Danville,

great form of stress

a

Beck doesn't believe all dreams
have a hidden meaning. "They should
not be taken too seriously, they usually mean whatever the person thinks
they mean," he says.
Although an adult can dream from
one-half to two hours during four
to six dream cycles per night, most
people don't remember their dreams,
says Beck.

relief.

"Memory

processes

differently while sleeping,"

work

he says,

"When people sleep, it is a chance
human mind to file and process

noting the person is "in a different
physiological state." He also adds

and events of the day
memory," says Beck who adds
the process is a lot like a comput-

some people can train themselves to
remember their dreams; however, if
you can't, he suggests you write them

for the

the information
into

that

er putting information into

its

memo-

down

one reason children
dream so much, because everything is
ry banks. This
so

beneficial so individuals do not act
out what they're dreaming about.
is

new

is

following day.

to them.

Dreams most

often occur during

-

fear
confined
spaces
(claustrophobia), heights (acropho-

and the oxygen

my environment,"

Lori Blackburn, 20,

is

says

Human Services.
Basically,

a

the fear of everything.

who has an intense

phobia towards tunnels. Seven out of
10 Americans have a phobia, according to the U.S. Department of Health
phobia

is

"an

irra-

tional fear of a particular situation or
object,

and injections. In an
extreme situation, agoraphobia is

bia), illness,

can't breathe

depleted from

and

DAN McGONlGAL

quently

Fear Not
//

I

immediately after having one,
you can talk about them the

so that

circumstances or structures,"
Kambon Camara, a psycholo-

photo by Lisa Subers

JL

is

a lot that can be done,"

says Jackson. There

is

hope,

says Dr. Barry Jackson, a psychologist

however, to free your mind of obses-

from the Bloomsburg University
Counseling Center.
Phobics suffer from heart
palpitations, agitation, anxiety
attacks and increased body tem-

sive fears. In addition to professional

when confronted with

"Avoidance is a strategy that
works pretty well," says Jackson, but
he doesn't advise it. Hypnosis may
help calm the body in the short run,

also

says Dr.

perature

gist

from the Bloomsburg University
Counseling Center. It falls under the

their fear, Jackson says.

general category of anxiety disorders,

fessor at

he adds.
People fear objects or situations
that were at one time considered dangerous to the species, such as snakes
and flying. Phobias are usually directed toward a specific object that has
been recognized as threatening.
"People have traumas that get
associated with a particular activity,"

that phobias are

SPRING-SUMMER 1994

//T^here

Dr. James Dalton, psychology pro-

fears

Bloomsburg University, adds

somewhat obvious

toward tangible

objects.

He

says

methods, such as relaxation techniques and exposure therapy, there
are personal avenues which can help
you, says Dalton.

says Dalton, but anxiety

management

techniques and social support networks, such as your peers, would be

they are usually not directed towards
objects such as automobiles, even

more

though cars have a more destructive
tendency than spiders (arachnipho-

Eor Lori on the rare occasions she
must travel through tunnels, she says

example.
types of phobias are
towards animals, but also people fre-

she just closes her eyes and puts her

bia), for

Common

beneficial.
,

head down.
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loeed, I

V
Since I

w

USED TO SELL

remember we were having second thoughts because

would make

he

the

rut
runs
to the city myself.

was taking huge

do

risks to

this, I

did

not ivant to deal ivith the hassles of selling to

would front

the

weed

to,

and they would do

the lower-level dealing for me. It
Ttiey
all

would bring hack

worked fine.

and zve would

the cash

get a percentage, plus lots offree smoke.

"For the first six months, business zvas

going well.

was making

I

the runs,

couriers zoere bringing in the money,

my

and we

in there

so long, but zve both knezv zvhat zve
Wften he finally came out, zve

made

was nobody around,

sure there

then zve

forced him by gtm point into the trunk of the car.

"We got him

two guys that

individual customers, so I had
I

was

zvere there to do.

into Steve's

hinttfp. Then, as zve zvere telling

basement and

take he made, I used a machete to
soles of his feet

from

tied

him about the mis-

make a cut on

the

the tip of his big toes to his

heels, then crossed it from side to side. After that

night, the business

came to a

halt. I guess

you could

say ive just lost the nerve to keep doing what zve

-07ZIE

zvere doing."

zvere getting stoned all the time for free. Then,

one night,

late

that

I

some guy had jumped Ed

pipe, beat hint real bad,

the cash he

was

and took

ivith a lead

the

weed and

New York City or Los Angeles. However, it actually

occurred in Bloomsburg, and Ozzie

is

a 26-year-

old former Bloomsburg University student.

carrying.

a decision that zve zvere going

To

guy and give him some payback,

usage

"We made
to get this

This scenario might sound like something from

got a phone call from Steve

not as much for the zveed or the cash, but for

the
is

average

marijuana

person,

associated with the long-haired

hippies from the 1960s. But, marijuana

is

our friend. It took about ttvo weeks, hut me

used by

and Steve finally found out zvho

philosophies. And, while the "long-hairs"

zvere

didit,

determined to go through zvith
''We folloived

night,

him

and

zve

who wore peace symbols were

it.

to a local bar one

and ivaiied for him

to

come

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were soldiers

way we

in

and

social

using marijau-

Vietnam.

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the only

could put up with [the war]" says a 46-

year-old former

infantry soldier

who

served two one-

year tours.

air freshener. It's

easy and real effective for covering up

the smell."

Nationally, about 18-20 million Americans use marijua-

Drug Enforcement

na, according to the

Administration.

John, a 22-year-old

BU

senior, says "There are

days

when you can smell it while you're walking through certain

The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana
Laws (NORML) says the figure is more like 30-40 million,

parts of the campus."

including the occasional user.

says Robert Mattis, narcotics agent with the Bureau of

It is

easy to gather misconceptions about marijuana's

when

vague in defining just what the area drug situation is. Margaret
Boykin, director of the Bloomsburg University campus
police, says "I won't say there is a drug problem, so
local presence

don't quote

me

that

local authorities are

I

did."

Bloomsburg Police Chief Larry Smith says there is a
drug problem in every area, but, "our problem is not as
noticeable; it's more underground."
Bob, a 22-year-old Bloomsburg University senior says,
"It's everywhere, as natural as smoking a cigarette or having a beer." Bob continues, "It's always been available but
it seems that lately it's even easier to get because more people are willing to take the chance to bring

According

it

here."

to Jennie Carpenter, interim vice-president

Bloomsburg University, the university
becomes "aware of drug usage through drug violations."
Carpenter also won't say that a problem exists. Jeanie
Kapsak, greek life coordinator, claims that there is no problem with marijuana within the social greek organizations.
But, if there is an abundance of drugs in this rural college town, then the immediate focus would have to fall on
the university. According to some, the use of marijuana on
campus is common. Yet from 1990 to 1993, there were only
two drug arrests on the Bloomsburg University campus.
One arrest occurred in 1990 and the other in 1992. However,
this year, after Spectrum began its investigation, BU has
of Student Life at

already questioned several

dorm

students, citing four with

"Where

there are people, there

is

going

to

be drugs."

who works with the
Columbia County Drug Task Force. "There's no specific
problem with Bloomsburg University as opposed to any
Narcotics Investigation, Wilkes-Barre,

other university," says Mattis, pointing out, "Colleges are

no

different than society."

Anna, a 44-year-old Bloomsburg resident who has
for over 20 years, says that marijuana use is
prevalent in the Bloomsburg area, and is being used by

smoked

professionals

—

lawyers, doctors, professors, waitresses,

Carrie, a 37-year-old musician who
has smoked marijuana for 20 years, never has trouble getting it because "it's always available." Carrie doesn't
worry about getting caught with marijuana "I worry
more with alcohol." Jim, a 44-year-old long-haul trucker

and factory workers.

whose routes occasionally put him in Bloomsburg, says he
to smoke marijuana regularly. But January 1, 1990, he
quit. "It was a new year, a new decade, and I was 40," he
says, noting, "besides, that's when the company started
doing random drug testing. It just wasn't worth it [for me
to smoke] after that." However, Jim claims he knows a lot

used

"who still get high," but that
"even they aren't as much into it as they once were." Jim
does admit popping amphetamines to stay awake while
driving, but says "when you're not on weed or coke, you
don't need as many reds."
According to Pennsylvania's drug laws, the first
offense for possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana is
a minimum 30 days Ln prison and a $500 fine. First offense
of independent truckers

possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, and
two for possession of drug paraphernalia. According
to Mike Kost, parole officer with the Columbia County
Adult Probation Office, only three to five percent of
adults on probation were arrested for marijuana
charges. These figures do not reflect the usage of marijuana by university students, though.
"I remember living in the dorms and knowing a lot

who would smoke pot in their rooms," says
BU senior and former dorm res"People would have homemade contraptions to

of people

George, a 22-year-old
ident.

smoke so that they could smoke in peace.
knew one guy who would wait until 3 or 4 Ln the
morning, and then just blow the smoke out into the
get rid of the
1

hallway with an

electric fan."

BU freshman and current
admits selling at least two
ounces of marijuana a week on his wing alone, says,
"I would say that at least 50 percent of the people livTom,

dorm

a

19-year-old

resident,

who

dorms are smoking pot there. It's so
you have to do is shove a wet towel under
the door and blow the smoke out the window." Adds
Tom, "another trick is to blow the smoke through an
ing in the
easy;all

SPRirSG-SGMMER 1994

A Bloomsburg

University student uses a water

smoke marijuana.

bong

to

1

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for possession of

more than 30 grams

is

a

minimum

of

one

year in prison plus a $5,000 fine. For distribution, or delivery or possession with intent to deliver, the minimum sentence for a

first

offense being five years in prison plus a

$15,000 fine.

The drug policy

of

Bloomsburg University

states that a

"student user will be subject to Disciplinary Probation,

community service), counseling
and education." The policy further states that "a student
provider will be automatically suspended for at least one
Level 2 (which includes

year." In both cases, the stu-

dent

may

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Marijuana Useage

What compels a person
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"I

smoking
didn't
all

that

first

had seen people
pot,

but really

know what

it

was

about," offers Ron, a 25-

Bloomsburg

year-old

University senior. "I saw

way they acted when
they were high and it
looked like a lot of fun.
When I was ready to try it, one of my friends had some
and smoked it with me." Ron continues, "I didn't even
get high the first couple of times, but once I started getting a buzz, I realized that I really liked it." Carrie says
she started smoking "because her friends did." She was
also influenced by an older family member who smoked.
Another common influence to use marijuana is the
thrill of taking an illegal drug. "The taboo aspect of
smoking pot is part of the initial attraction, "says
Ron. "When you're young and have rebellious tendencies,
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from the norms

He says that smoking pot helped him open his mind to
new ideas and take a less conservative look at the world.
"I love pot like a woman," says Ron, "and when you love
something that much, you become upset at the threat of its
removal, so you tend to become more outspoken in your
views." According to Carrie, she was always "open to
trying all mind-altering drugs."
Marijuana is often referred to as a "gateway drug"
because of its influence on people to use other drugs.
However, different people have different views. Keith, a
19-year-old BU sophomore who has done everything
from sniff glue to smoke crack, says that smoking pot did
not have any effect on his decision to try other drugs. "I
was doing coke before I ever even tried smoking pot," he
says, pointing out
just

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of society."

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me

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I

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Ron, whose drug history

is

similar to Keith's, believes

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marijuana use led him to experiment with other drugs
because "even though I do other drugs of my own free will,

my initial open mindedness to actually try other drugs was
due to my experience with marijuana."
Carrie says

"Someone

willing to try pot

is

open

to other

make marijuana

drugs/' but she believes that this doesn't

a

"gateway" drug.

Drug

1994-95
Trafficking

the use of marijuana

Beyond

is

the world of dealing and

"Shirley Valentine"

Most may think of dealers as the sinister
version offered by the media and film. To some, a dealer
might drive a fast car, carry a weapon at all times, and have
millions of dollars stashed in a hiding place. For some dealtrafficking.

ers, this
ers,

may

be

true,

Starring Loretta Swit

Saturday

but most, especially marijuana dealwho have an illegal habit.

are just ordinary people

Newport Jazz

who needed pot, but
says Bill a 25-year-old graduate of
Bloomsburg University who sold drugs to help pay
"I

knew

a lot of people

couldn't get
his

ing

I

needed money and 1 figgood market for selling, and I'm
to do anything stupid, I'll give it a

a

Saturday

money

weed gave him

a great credit rating. "I

weed initially, and then pay
away after 1 sold everything."

the

Bill says,

"I

Epic Brass

off the entire balance

Friday

went well for about

a year;

1

LOVE POT LIKE

whom

1

"
.

cops, finally led

Andre Watts,

^:^^t
ed
pot,

Friday

him

was catching heat from

New York

the

pretty uptight about the

SPRING -SUAAMER 1994

When 1 look back, 1 guess

whole thing."

soloist, pianist

January 20

City Opera National

Company

"Barber of Seville"

to retire.

into his car for the rest of the trip.

•

some
some

Friday

According to one dealer, the process of trafficking
and dealing isn't as easy as one may believe. "I remember the first run 1 ever made to New York City," Dave
says. "1 was going in to meet a connection a friend made
for me, so 1 could pick up several pounds to bring back
to Bloomsburg. 1 was nervous and not too sure of what
was going to happen, so I took my Beretta 9mm with
me. When I got there, the dude, who was also armed,
asked me if 1 was carrying a piece [a gun], so I told him
'yes'. This really made him angry, which in turn made
me more nervous, and he asked me how he could trust
me now. I asked him if he would have trusted me to be
on the level if I hadn't been packing [a gun]. He agreed
and we went on with the transaction."
Dave says, "On the way back 1 met my partner at a location that we had agreed on earlier, and switched everything

was

December 9

Minnesota Orchestra

didn't even know." That, paired with the fact

that his supplier in Philadelphia

I

-

was mak-

1

A WOMAN
of

would max

credit card to

life

out of hand.
got

my

was pretty good, but after that things got
would go to my night class, and by the time
liome there would be ten or twelve messages from

ing money,

I

"things

Fella'

November 5

•

for school. Bill says that sell-

out $l,500-$2,000 cash advances on
right

"The Most Happy

he says.

Besides making

buy

Festival

October 21

•

college. "I

have
smart enough not
try,"

Friday

it,"

way through

ured, hey,

September 17

•

•

January 27

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Saturday

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February 18

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Drug Education
many anti-drug programs have been
developed, preaching the evils of drug use and abuse. In
the local high schools, different methods are taken to edu-

In

recent years,

cate students. Danville

education through

The Benefits of Waiting

its

Area School

District offers

health classes in grades

drug
and

6, 7, 10,

11. Danville also has a state-mandated drug awareness unit,
comprised of teachers, instructors, students, nurse and
administration. According to Carl Marrara, Danville High
School guidance cotmselor, the program is designed to
"identify students who are using drugs and intervene with
them." The program has been successful, intervening several times with students. At Central Columbia High School,
drug education occurs through each grade level, says
Michael Currey, guidance cotmselor. According to Jennie
Carpenter, interim vice-president of Student Life at
Bioomsburg University, "The university does a lot of programming with freshmen and residents."

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and the pro-marijuana movement is growing. One of the organizations committed to legalization
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the National Organization for the Reform of
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bylaws, NORML serves the public by "providing facts
about marijuana and opposing extreme measures taken
al

JL^rankly,

issue of marijuana legalization

debate,

to enforce

marijuana laws."

NORML believes

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become a dealer.

for personal use, but not to

Some believe that the harm of marijuana is blown
out of proportion by those who oppose its use. Anna

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medicine without any reports of 'reefer madness' and
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by adolescents should be discouraged, as well as the use of any drug, including alcohol and tobacco products, but once they are adults, it is
believes "use of marijuana

their

own

decision."

Carrie,

who

believes that current anti-drug pro-

grams are negative, says "drug education should be
and should present an objective view to
drug usage." Carrie believes that legalization of marijuana "won't do a thing." She says, "if marijuana is
legalized you would have to give the full history of pot
and its use in other cultures and countries, like use by
the Indians and use for religious purposes."
One of the main reasons for marijuana legalization
started early

is

the beneficial uses of the plant. Marijuana, a

member

been used for thousands of years as a source of fiber, food, medicine and
fuel. Marijuana, or hemp, can be cultivated in just about
any climate zone. The stem of the plant can be used to
make paper, clothing, rope and canvas; it was grown for
its fiber by American farmers during World War II,
under government sanction, even though marijuana was
outlawed in 1937. During World War II, it was used to produce rope, engine oil, and parachute webbing.
Historically, hemp has been used to produce linen and
art canvas. Hemp canvas was used for the paintings of
Rembrant and Van Gogh. Hemp fiber was also used to produce the clothing that was worn by George Washington's
troops at Valley Forge in 1776. Hemp was used to produce
of the cannabis sativa family, has

Yes.

Money

the

first

Levi pants because of

hemp was

also used

its

by Betsy Ross

durability. Linen
to

make

the

first

from
United

States flag.

Paper containing hemp was instrumental in the coloIt allowed for the production of paper without
the permission from England.
But are the marijuana benefits enough for the revocation of its prohibition? Perhaps the answer is beyond
the limits of a small town. Today, marijuana is a part of
mainstream fashion; the leaf appearing on everything
from baseball caps to jewelry. The lyrics of popular songs
immortalize the drug trade and help keep the pro-marijuana movement alive.
Even with education and laws prohibiting the use of
marijuana, it is still present in all areas of society. With
the formation of pro-marijuana groups, the battle of marijuana legalization and usage still rages, even in the heart
of a small, rural community. As long as citizens and public officials of the area deny the existence of marijuana
usage, the underground problem will continue to grow
until it can no longer be ignored.
nial press.

^

EDITOR'S NOTE: 'Growing

Like a

Weed" focuses

upon marijuana usage in Columbia and Montour
counties. It does not look at usage of ottier illegal substances. Names of users and dealers are fictitious to protect their identities. All other information has been verified
and is accurate.
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The

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its

company

way

into the

global village
photo courtesy

oj

KUcnltx

C

orponitiun

by Neil Dolan

I

t's small, dynamic, competitive,
worldwide-and local. One area busi-

director for Kleerdex. Since

ness manufactures a product that is
used in almost everyone's lives. This

spans the globe.

product eventually becomes the plastic used to create household trash
cans, automobile dashboards, and
seats and trays used in airplanes and
hospital equipment.
The Kleerdex Corp., Bloomsburg,
manufactures KYDEX thermoplastic
sheeting products that are used by a
variety of manufacturing industries.
The company doesn't deal with the
general public and doesn't manufac-

believe the building

any
However,
ture

of

the

final

products.

through thermoplastic
sheeting that many final products
it's

originate.

Some

KYDEX

of the industries that use

manufacturers of
commercial consumer, and
medical product components, and
include

industrial,

production,

From

it

it

began

has built a clientele that

the

Medalie

A machine lifts the large

said.

sacks to a hopper and then cuts open
the bottom, releasing the

outside,
is

one

might

just another

warehouse, but once inside visitors
find a modern, highly competitive,
manufacturing operation.
The sheeting is the result of
resins and polymers, mixed and
then heated to form the plastic
sheeting. The thermoplastic sheeting
comes in nine standard grades and
over 200 colors. It also comes in varthicknesses
and textures.
ious
Thickness sizes range from thirtythousandths of an inch to one-quarter of an inch thick. Specifications of
the different sheeting products are
designed to resist heat, chemicals,
weather, high impact, and are flame
retardant. Special colors can be
developed for customers, according

powder

into

the production line.

While you might call clean warehouse and production areas remarkable with this type of operation, the

company

is

exceptional in other areas

as well.
is one of the few companies
have achieved an ISO 9000 ratThe ISO rating is an internation-

It

that
ing.

recognized standard of manuwhich allows a company to
test its products while in production.
If the product meets these tough
international standards, consumers
can purchase the products knowing
ally

facture

that

it

meet

will

all

of their

own

according to Matt
Leiphart, ISO 9000 team implemenrequirements,
tation leader.

"Up

to

seventy percent of the

aerospace technology. The end products cover a wide range of goods that

to Medalie.

can be found almost anywhere, from
air ducts, armrests, and bulkheads in

visitors'

attention while touring the

companies trying for certification fail
on the first attempt," says Leiphart,
adding, "we made certification on the

facility is

how clean the interior is for a

first try."

and mass
products used

airplanes

transit to a variety

of

in the

home and

industry.

The

company

moved

to

Bloomsbiirg from Philadelphia in 1990,
according to James MedaHe, technical

14

One

of the first things that attracts

manufacturing plant. Most of the
material is powder, shipped into the
warehouse in 50-2,000 pound sacks,
and in bulk railroad cars. The larger
sacks allow for less down-time when
the sheeting

is

being manufactured.

Leiphart started with the comafter graduating from Bucknell

pany

University in 1992.

"I

became

interest-

polymers whUe at college," he
says. The thought of working with
polymers aided his decision to join the
ed

in

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company, although, he
job assignment

was not

says, his first

quite

what he

"One of the first projects I
worked on was the certification," says
Leiphart. "It was exciting to be given
such an important project and to see it

expected.

through to the end," he said.
It takes three people to produce a

the process.

If

a product does not
it

is

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"Each product run is also tested
ability to be vacuum and pres"This
sure formed," Medalie adds.
for

its

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ufacturing process

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DEMONSTRATES A
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on the feeder,
one on the extruder which turns the
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and one as the inspector/packer.
Once a production run begins, it is
controlled through the use of computerized equipment. Mixing machines
combine the raw powder and resins
along with the coloring agents in exact
measurements. Some customers have
colors only they can use, says
Medalie. There can be two or three of
these customer-matched colors used a

At

the customer," says Medalie.

test is similar to the

finished product, one

meet

not allowed
on the market," Medalie says. "This
ideal demonstrates a commitment to
the tough standards,

their final prodhe says.
There are three basic
product areas on which
,
company concenthe
trates. One is for high use
areas, such as warehouse loading
docks, or any area that has a lot of
heavy traffic. Another is where there is
a requirement for general thermal
forming, with products that can be
used to make household utensils to
outside fish ponds. The final area is for
use in mass transportation for the
plastic used in seating on buses or air-

create

in all levels.

ucts,"

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Before

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any defects. The
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also recycles

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and packing. The entire
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The company believes
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making an exceptional product. "All
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The plarit is designed to

themselves.

use the latest technology.
Kleerdex has a laboratory that
helps develop new products and can
produce them on a smaller scale than

those products produced on the
manufacturing floor. With the help
of computers, lab workers can make

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test various products that customers require. The lab can also match
up colors and textures, and send the
samples out to customers for final
approval. Color matches can be
achieved through the use of a computer scanner that can match the color
then reproduce it.
Both Medalie and Leiphart
believe a key component to the company's success is the attitude of its
employees. "We take suggestions
from our employees and put them to
use," says Leiphart. He gives the
example of a suggestion of one
employee on the production line who
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"Woven Jn
Bloomsburg Carpet's
Unique Craftsmanship
Dave Boyd works on

a design for

Industries' unique, iiigh-quality

one

of

woven

You

walk into an exquisite hotel,
and gaze at the looming archi-

forms in the lobby, the
polished brass, the gold trim, the rich
tectural

paintings on the walls, and the carpet.

The carpet? We walk on carpets;
we don't admire them. We take them
for granted, but Bloomsburg Carpet
Industries takes
a

good thing

it

seriously.

it

does, because

of only a handful of

carpet

it's

it's

one

companies

woven

country that produce

Woven

And

is

in the

president

of

explains that

Marty Bowman, viceBloomsburg Carpet,

woven

carpet

is

ducing woven carpet since 1976. Prior

designed. Bloomsburg Carpet uses

was manufactured by
Magee Industries, but when Magee

APSO,

to

that,

it

stopped the weaving process in favor
of tufting automobile carpet, twelve
employees who felt strongly about
keeping the industry in the area purchased a few of the looms, hired some
employees that Magee had laid off,

made

a computer design program
from England. The program, which
runs off an Amiga computer, is used
specifically for
It

is

woven

square feet of carpet at a time. The
design process begins when the cus-

the mass-style production of tufted

carpet has greatly appealed to the

grid represents a pile of

that

of

homes

didn't have carpet," but

the tufted style "created a change in
the

way people

look at carpet." Since

mind of the
demand for the tra-

idea, "anything

from wool on a loom. There are three

cost-oriented commercial

finished carpet.

types of woven carpet
Axminster, Wilton, and Velvet dif-

United

The graph paper

main

—

fering in the type of

make

weave used

to

The back of the carbacking yam, is woven in one
unit with the front of the carpet, or
face yarn, showing.
the carpet.

pet, or

In contrast,

type of carpeting

the
is

says tufted carpet

most common

"tufted."
is

Bowman

produced on a
machine" that

sewing
hundreds of piles, or tufts, of
yam through a prefabricated primary
backing, which is then applied to a
latex secondary backing. "It's a much
faster
production
style,"
says
Bowman, which allows tufted carpet
"glorified
forces

to fulfill the

demand

for average-use,

18

States, the

ditional

woven

and

uniqueness of
Bloomsburg
Carpet
Industry.
Bowman says only three other companies on the east coast two in
Philadelphia and one in South
Carolina produce the high quality
carpet. Woven carpet is more popular in England, however, where
the

quality

—

—

industries tend to opt for the "old

fashioned" style over mass production. Bowman says many of the
parts for the

company's machinery

come from England,

as well as

looms themselves.
One of the more unique

some

of the

of

woven

carpet

is

its

is

yam

in the

then placed in

front of the computer,

carpet has dropped.

Consequently, so has the number of
companies producing it, adding to

residential carpet.

Bloomsburg Carpet has been pro-

carpet designs.

capable of designing up to 15

tomer develops a preliminary design
from a hand drawn
sketch to wall paper samples,"
explains design engineer Dave Boyd.
The idea is then enlarged or reduced
as necessary on an opaque projector.
The sized design is traced onto a piece
of graph paper. Each square on the

and began the carpet company
now employs over 200 people.

com-

mercial carpet with intricate design
possibilities.

by Matt Steinruck

Bowman says that "years ago, a lot

carpet.

a high-end

Bloomsburg Carpet

carpets.

which

dis-

plays a similar grid on the screen.

The

designer

mouse

to

uses

a

image from the paper
puter screen.

When

to the

the customer for approval.

approves

the

com-

completed, a

color print of the design

customer

computer

transfer

digitally

the

is

sent to

Once

the

carpet's

it is taken to a different computer which produces heavy paper
cards used by the looms to weave
the carpet. These cards are punched
with lines of small holes according
to the computer design. The wires in
the looms run through the holes in

design,

the cards, controlling the applicafeatures

ability to

be

tion of the colored yarn into the carpet.

The

result

is

a fine, high quality

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carpet with an intricate, multi-col-

Norfolk.

ored design.

manufacturers have also requested
woven carpet because of its weight

Bowman

says the productivity

but on averproduce about 13-15,000 square
yards of carpet each week. Where does
it all go? A carpet sample displayed in
the company's waiting room provides
a good example of one of Bloomsburg
level at the plant varies,

age,

and low flammability.

Much

it

more impressive clients. The
scale version of the sample is on

manufactures ends up in metropolitan
residential

carpet

is

the

of

the
It

U.S.

House of
when

can be seen

Bowman says Wilton

companies which

full

floor

homes.

sold to "decorative supply"

decorators.

the

From

orUy to interior

sell

here,

it is

placed into

home. Bloomsburg
Carpet does not install any of the carpet
it

customers'

produces.

"We

Bowman.

only manufacture

it,"

it's

the buy-

retails

between

the President gives the State of the

says

Union address each year. The company has also produced carpet for

er's responsibility."

many

$30 and $100 per square yard, depending on the style and design of the car-

state capitol buildings includ-

Rhode Island,
those
in
California, Texas, and Pennsylvania.
"We've done Pennsylvania's capitol
within the last year," he says.
Several high-class hotels have
requested the Industry's carpet,
including the Waldorf-Astoria and
the Sherri Netherland Hotel in New
York City, as well as several Mariott
and Hilton hotels. Bowman said the
ing

Miami,
Orlando, Tampa, Palm Beach, and
carpet

is

also at airports in

#x^7gk

of the carpet the Industry

Carpet's

Representatives.

airplane

Interestingly,

"After that,

The woven carpet

pet,

opposed

as

Bowman

says

tufted,

to

sells for

We

don't

clown around!

which

$15 to $20 per

square yard.

So the next time you're checking
into your favorite classy hotel or touring our state's capitol, admire the
paintings, the gold trim and the archibut remember to check out the
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IT'S

YOUR TURN.

You're two miles above the ground.

It's

too late to turn back, so you

the orders that will send you towards the ground at nearly
125 mph. After a 20 second freefall, it's time to pull the ripcord and

listen to

enjoy a five-minute

drift

under the safety of a parachute

.

.

.

..^m^'^

"

is, when you leave
you could be dead,"

//'"T'he only thing
X. the airplane

Don

says

Kellner, president of the

Northeastern Pennsylvania Ripcords
He adds that after almost 30 years

Club.

he still gets scared before
each jump. With over 20,000 jumps,
of skydiving

Kellner, a resident of Sugarloaf Tv^p.,
in the Gidness Book of

the

is

World Records for

most jumps by anyone

in the world.

also adds, "Parachutes are like air-

cuts

down

you have to fly and control
them; if you don't you're in trouble."
After they began jumping together
in 1963, he and his friend Dave Price

and

to

started a partnership that turned into the

cern, but

Northeastern Pennsylvania Ripcords,
operating out of the Hazleton Airport.

sport

The club began in 1966 when Kellner
and Price bought a plane and skydiving

One such precaution, the "tandem
jump," is a federally regulated procedure when a person is attached to an
experienced skydiver (500 jumps or
more) to assure that all goes well dur-

He

planes;

His first jump in 1961, which started out as "something out of the ordinary" and "fun" for Kellner, has
turned into a way of life, for the

equipment.

Conyngham

pair

Besides his

native.

full

time job as a carpenter, "skydiving

my life,"

is

says Kellner.

However, Kellner's most serious
and memorable jump was with his
wife, Darlene, on July 7, 1990; it was
their wedding day. The f reef all wedding 'landed' the couple on NBC's
"Eyewitness Video" on Valentine's

Day

1993.

Kellner says freefalling
as

you can

is

"as close

"When you

get to flying."

you can have a forward
speed of over 30 mph, and 125 mph
are falling

downward speed

— that's

moving."

"We both used to fly and we both
used to jump," says Kellner. Then one
day in 1968 the
agreed

the time

make any

you have

corrections

to react
if

any-

thing goes wrong.
Since skydiving began as a sport

has been a major concan be a relatively safe

in 1958, safety
it

if all

the right precautions are

taken, according to Kellner.

AS CLOSE AS YOll'
CAN GET TO FLYING/'
IT'S

would do
all the flying and
Kellner would
do all the jumping. Today, the club is one

ing the jump. First time jumpers are

of the oldest in the country, says Kellner.

required,

Price

Kellner's

highest

jump was

from 18,500 feet; the usual and
beginning height is about 12,000.
He has never attempted a base
jump, which is a jump from something attached to the ground, such
as a bridge, building, or mountain.
According to Kellner, base jumps
are too risky; the decreased height

by Kellner, to jump tandem
and also undergo some on-ground
training so each person knows what to
expect and how to deal with any problems, says Kellner.

He points out that those who can't
handle the mental pressure also have
the option of jumping tandem.
Kellner said one
requests the

man

in his

70's

tandem jump because he

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time jumpers are women, and only
13 percent of experienced jumpers
are women. Although she is not
sure why most women don't stick
with the sport, she believes it might

have something
maternal

to

do with

their

instincts.

"You can't be talked into it, you
have to be born to do it," says Don
Kellner. "It takes the stress off the

everyday

job;

no one could possi-

bly think about their job when
they are jumping out of an airplane," adds Kellner.
Darlene Kellner says, "If people
say they want to do it, they should
do it. If they wait, they might never
get

around

to

doing

it."

"We have had people
photo by Darlene Kellner

Near Hazleton, Don Kellner makes one of

his record-setting

20,000 jumps.

years old say 'I've been wanting to
do this for 20 years.'"

Skydiving

handle it on his own, despite the
fact that he has jumped several times.
In 1993, 140,000 people made 2.6
million jumps, with only 41 fatalities,
up from 27 in 1992, according to
Arlene Richmond of the United States
Parachute Association (USPA). That is
one fatality for every 63,415 jumps.
"Skydiving is one of the safest
can't

things there

is

to do," believes Kellner,

despite the fact he

before each jump.

still

gets nervous

"When somebody

gets killed [while skydiving] it goes
nationwide," he says, "the media
stresses them because they're different
or unusual." Kellner stresses that his
club has a 100 percent safety record.

However, each jumper is required to
sign an Agreement and Release of
Liability Form, he adds.
Safety precautions and certificafollowed to the standards of
the USPA, as well as government
tion

is

regulations.

much

"Skydiving

is

pretty

self-regulated," says Darlene

Kellner,

who

has also jumped over

"We do have
some government regulations to follow, but the government basically
says 'don't hurt the public and regu5,000 times. She says,

late

yourselves so

and we

Don

like

it

we

don't have

to,'

that way," she adds.

Kellner, however,

points out

that the pilots are strongly regulated

by the government.
Kellner adds that skydiving

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is

not

for everyone. First of all

you have

be
at least 18 years old to sign the consent
form and weigh less than 200 pounds

due

to

to the safety limitations of the

parachute.

She adds,
40 and 50

is

no doubt

a big risk

but, with the right precautions

proper instructions,

and

can be very safe
and fun. However, the danger of defying gravity seems to be the attraction
and excitement behind the sport,
it

o

Kellner says the price also regulates
who can jump and who cannot.
The $165 for the first jump eliminates
most of those interested. At $4,000,
buying your own equipment is out of
the question for most people, but if
you can afford your own equipment,
skydiving becomes very inexpensive;
the costs

$1 per thousand feet in ele-

is

vation and $3 to get in the plane. So

if

you wanted to jump at 7,000 feet, the
cost would only be $10 with your own
equipment.

However, Kellner believes the
price attracts a "higher class" because

he says, they are the only ones

He

who
you

can afford

it.

must have

a certain mental capacity to

also believes that

handle the pressure of skydiving.
"The IQ of a sky diver is higher than in
any sport there is," Kellner claims,
"because

it

is

so expensive, the only

way to afford it is to have a good job,
to get a good job you usually have to
have a good education."
"In order to jump out of an airplane," says Darlene Kellner, "you
have to overcome a fear that you are
She also
points out that the sport is mostly
men, only about 25 percent of first
born with,

a fear of falling."

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to the Information "Superhighway"

T.he Town

by

Bloomsburg will "survive," says Gerald Depo, town secretary, even if the "electronic superhighway," bypasses the rural Columbia
Coiinty community. However, plans
have been underway since November

Lisa Subers

1985 to direct the "superhighway," or
telecommunications infrastructure, to
the heart of "the only town in

tion to further investigate the benefi-

Geisinger Medical Center, have combined their resources to make the net-

applications of a Rural Area

cial

Network, or RAN.
In

work more

November

Bloomsburg
Consortium

The

1993,

Telecommunications
Columbia Covmty and

for

"Bloomsburg has a culture about
innovation," says Depo. In the past,
the town has implemented several

networks and services can play in
rural communities through the implementation of a Rural Area Network,"

popular programs, including manda-

according to

Street pro-

gram, and a daycare service, all of
which preceded statewide adoption by

many

years.

Keeping with
tives of the

tradition, representa-

town began

investigating

the concept of the "superhighway,"

which combines

voice, video,

and data

Region,
tion

original proposal.

its

Several interest groups, including

Bloomsburg

University's Internet
system, have been using telecommunications independently for years,

extended programs

munication infrastructure was consid-

organizations

in several

two-way

interactive

media

links, such as "24 Hour City Hall,"
Medical Link Network, Library
Community Multi-Media Resource
Center, and an upgrade for the
Bloomsburg Area School District system (see sidebar). These informational
programs will help keep Bloomsburg
up-to-date with the rest of the world.
About eight years ago, Bloomsburg

Town

Council invited more than 90

town residents to take part in a Strategic
Management Planning Process to discuss the goals and framework of the
commimity. "Back in those days," says
Depo, "we were absolutely a lone
voice."
At the retreat, residents
expressed concern about the need for
telecoirununication technology and

24

benefits

is

to enable

more

efficient, as far

a cooperative

manner.
According

and

County Court House, the
Bloomsburg Hospital, the Magee
Center, the County Jail, and the Home
Health Visiting Nurse Association.
Any individuals interested in becoming members can show up at the meetthe

adds Vavrek. Meetings are held
every fourth Wednesday of the month,
ings,

7:15 a.m.

,

at the

Magee

Center.

"There are some efficiencies through
a consortial partnership," says Depo.

Together, the organizations can "aggregate a

demand" for the network that wiU
them to achieve their

ultimately assist

WANT TOT^F

A FORGOTTEN

from

as costs

and

Also involved are the Bloomsburg
School District, the Area Agency on
Aging, the Bloomsburg Public Library,

'WE DON'T

to get greater

telecommunications infrastructure will enable the region to take part

at

University and president of the
Consortium, adding that the role of
the Consortium

A

dean of
Bloomsburg

Council,

benefits are concerned.

says Dr. Michael Vavrek,

processes, several years before telecom-

ered important.

University,

Bloomsburg

Inc.,
was constituted to
"explore the role that telecommunica-

Main

Town

suggested the need for an organiza-

Pennsylvania."

tory recycling, the

Bloomsburg

including

of

AREA."

to Laurel Thomas,
telecommunications consultant for the
Consortium, Bloomsburg has "been

individual future objectives, as well as

key community in the

not afford the communication technology without the assistance of other orga-

identified as a

nation that

and,

is

looking at these issues

therefore,

Commerce

is

the Department of

considering the

the Consortium as a

model

work

of

for other

communities to evaluate." The
Consortium was recently granted
money from the United States
Department of Commerce and the
Economic Development Agency for a
communication infrastructure, says
Thomas.
rural

In order to create a united voice,

the Consortium,

which

consists

of

influential organizations in the region.

goals for the

Depo

community

as a whole.

believes the organizations could

nizations.

Vavrek says the philosophy
underlying the Consortium is that
people can do more collectively than
individually.

He

stresses

that tele-

communication infrastructure enables
us to think and live regionally. "The
members of the Consortium," he adds,
"have come together in the spirit of
regionalism."

"What we were attempting to do
use telecommunications to erJiance
existing businesses," says Depo, "but
is

SPECTRUM

also use it as a way of bringing business into Bloomsburg."
Thomas adds that people experi-

ment services in the Columbia
County Region."
Depo adds, "Quite frankly, if com-

enced with the advantages of the
infrastructure want to have communi-

munities like Bloomsburg don't organize and look at this, we're going to be
the 'have nots.'" He believes the current pathway of the "superhighway,"

cation opportunities before they

come

Bloomsburg. Prospective businesses will only settle in towns that have
to

is

traveling

away from

rural areas

strong school systems, hospitals, and
libraries, says Depo, which is an

towards suburban American towns,
whose economic conditions and mar-

important reason to implement a
telecommunications plan.
The Consortium's telecommunications strategy abstract concluded

ket trends are attractive to telecommu-

offer

and

support the development of

new

year-round residents,

communities "physically

well-positioned with access to transportation systems and heavily depen-

dent upon manufacturing for its economic health" could suffer "stagnation" without a

modern telecormnuni-

cations network.

According to the Proposal for
Rural Area Network compiled
the Consortium, "the goal of
by
a

the

Consortium

to

is

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enterprises that will add value to
farming, local business, industry,
education, medical and govern-

at

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says, "We do not want
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Consortium is encouraging public
telephone companies and other information service providers to upgrade
areas like Bloomsburg in their modernization plan. Rural areas need the
telephone companies to lay fiber optic
information transferring cables to
remain competitive with urban and
suburban locations.
In rural areas, such as Bloomsburg,
where the population is only 12,500

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A

"'

Family
Affair
John, John Paul, Lisa

by John A. Michaels

Marie, and Nancy

Manetta have made
Trapshooting has become

a fam-

affair for the Mariettas

ily

What began

Berwick.

as

of

trapshooting a family

a

past time.

John Manetta while he was
stationed in the Philippines with the
U.S. Navy in 1974 has turned into a
passion of competition not only for
him, but also his wife, Nancy; and
their children, John Paul and Lisa

hobby

after talking to Irv

While trapshooting and skeet are
where shooters aim

similar in nature,

they differ in

at "flying" clay targets,

the style of shooting. In skeet, "birds"
are released

from towers on either side

Berwick range.
"I went to my

first

ATA

[American

trapshooter

He was
whose

of the shooter,

stations are

almost adjacent to each tower. In trap,
shooters are standing at least 16 yards

behind a

trap,

from which the

targets

everybody wants to be like him."
Manetta says one of his biggest

goals

is

win

to

Pennsylvania.

a

there are a lot of
here," Manetta says.

through-

out the country.

How successful are they? John has
titles in Florida, Maryland, New
Jersey, New York, and Nevada; and
won

Nancy has won
ing twice in

several times, includ-

New

Paul, shooting at

York

John
Sub-Junior (under
improve his perfor-

has started to
mances, winning three

last year.

titles

in Florida

in 1993.

John Manetta started competitive
shooting on a full-time basis in 1975

state

title

in

tough because
good competitors

"It's

Although Lisa, 12, doesn't shoot in
championship events, she still keeps
active at ranges in North Berwick and
Orangeville. Meanwhile, John and
Nancy, both 39, and John Paul, 14, participate in top-notch events

ever.

a real com-

petitor;

are released.

15),

a longtime

one weekend and have been shooting
ever since," John says. "I like to win, no
matter what, when or how."
Despite all his success, he has yet to
win a title in Pennsylvania. But, he's
been close. "I've
been second twice,"
he says. Once was
to
Frank Little,
"perhaps the best

TO WIN, NO
IVIATTER WHAT, WHEN,
OR HOW."
LIKE

'I

Home,

shooter from Berwick, at the North

Trapshooting Association] competition

Marie.

28

photo by Lisa Subers

for

John Manetta learned about competing from his father, Dan,
trained bird dogs

who

and competed on

and national levels. "He
had some of the best bird dogs in the
world and won national titles with
them," Manetta says, "We used to do a
local, state

lot of

hunting together."

From

the

backwoods

in

the

Berwick area and a shooting range on
a military base in the Philippines,
Manetta has made himself one of the
top shooters in the nation.

work

It

took a

lot

— and concentration.

"You have
be able to shut everything out
any noise or distractions. The game is
so mental, it's unbelievable. You have
to know you can do it before you can
think you can do it."
How does he shut out the world
around him? "I use a radio with a tape
player when I'm shooting to get rid of
all the noise. I Uke low-keyed music
from the '70s,'" Manetta says, "I'U get
cassettes with 20 different artists and
songs and use them to help myself
firing line," says Manetta.

—

to

concentrate better and get rid of the
background noise."
"I've had some good scores, especially in the last

year or so since I've

started using the music,"

a smile. "I don't use

doubles, but use

it

it

he says with

for singles or

a lot for handi-

capped because you're back so far (on
the firing range) and closer to the
crowd. It seems to help."
In trapshooting, only one type of
competition is held at each station.
It's either singles (one target); doubles (two targets released simultane-

ously, or

handicapped (shooting

distances from 19 to 27 yards

at

away

from the release trap). In skeet, shooters may compete at singles or doubles
at

each station. After finding peace of

mind on

the firing line, he's

begun

coaching his wife.

"My

wife

is

really

coming along,
two years,"

especially over the last

success depends on concentrating on

Manetta says, noting, "She's really
been listening to me; before, when I
said something, it went in one ear and

what you're doing when you're on

out the other."

of hard

"Eighty-five to 90 percent of your
the

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"At first, she didn't want to listen
because she thought you had to
play 10 or 20 years before you're
successful. Now, if I get her mad,
she really shoots good. I know how
to light her fuse," he says.
Nancy, who credits her hus-

band

other's nerves."

of 21 years for recent success-

Major tournaments for the family didn't begin until May, but the
Manettas have had to go to a form

got her interested

of spring training each year, similar

says John
in shooting.
es,

first

to

"My father never owned a gun
and when we first started dating,
we used to go out into the woods
and throw things and shoot

at

them," she says. "I've started listening to John a little more and have
been doing well."
So well, in fact, that she's
moved up a couple of categories
from Class D to Class B. Class D is a
level for competitors who are just

—

perfect their abilities.

starting to

Class

when you have a
bad day, but we can talk to each
other about what we're doing
wrong and try to not to get on each
big tournaments

AA

is

in the spring.

"The Florida State Championships (held in early April) gave us a
chance to work out the kinks,"
Manetta says. "Shooters
in the
northeast are at a disadvantage
going in because we've been unable
to get out and practice. And, unlike
those in Florida who wear T-shirts
when they shoot, we have to wear
heavy jackets to keep warm."
But, he's

information if she sees a
flaw in John's shooting. "She can
pick up when I'm doing something
wrong and will tell me about it,"
tidbits of

John says.

professional baseball players
out in Florida or Arizona

who work

the top classification.

Nancy can provide necessary

"It's

tough sometimes

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a lot of success in

the Sunshine State
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Maybe
your

used

it

to

be "cute" that

know how

boyfriend didn't

washing machine, but

to use the

now it's just an irritation. He knows that if
he looks like he doesn't know how to use
it,

you'll

do

it

for him.

merits'

than

—statements that begin with

'you.'

people
'I

way when

along with her friends. But lately,
she spends more time with them
than with you. The two of you
never get to be alone anymore.

and professor

He expects you to do everything
She

for him.

enough time

just doesn't

in the

have

Dr. Connie Schick,

agrees.

'Tiey

The spark

following

the

each other but

talk to

may not

talk to

she says.

all,"

Chellak suggests spending five minutes during the

day talking about "not
what happened during
the day but how they felt
about what happened."
The conversation may be
about the relationship or
about anything. 'I really

your

If

fading,

is

may

each other at

is

romance

social psychologist

other, or they

for you.

dim and you constantly fight.

the

they don't understand each

always going to be perfect,
but you never imagined
"
they would be like
this.

is

"The first problem with any couple is
probably poor communication.

weren't

things

happens'

Bloomsburg University,

at

maybe you

All right, so

realized

day

this

kind of communication that allows a response
that hopefully gets the person what he or she
wants, she says.

seems

rather

—^makes

feel defensive."
feel this

You may have been flattered at first
when she wanted you to meet and get
it

'/'

'You always,' or 'you never'

are

liked

it

when'

and don'ts to make
your love life more ful-

feelings ivhen'

filling.

the kinds of

do's

feel

.

.

.

.

.

'It

.'It

hurt

my

made me

These are
communication

good when'

.

.

.

that don't take place," says

It is

Chellak.

important to

what they would like to
more of, the relationship
will get better.
The end
see

probably the umbrella that

mean many

can

says

things,"

different

who specializes in helping

work through their
difficulties.
"It can mean not
spending enough time wi
another or it can mean not
couples to

about the right things

way,"

says

explains,

m the

CheUak

"The

'right

way that gets
each member of a
way'

is

result is to help

Hope

Dr.

CheUak, a Forty Fort psychologist

the couple notices

cates

"Lack of communication
is

If

each other and communi-

communicate

a

couple close to what
they want.
'I state

each person

get in touch with their partner's feelings.

Boredom does not mean
end of the relation-

the

ship
"Instead of trying to

make

your relationship more exciting,"
says Schick, "try to investigate

why you
ship

is

think your relation-

boring."

may

be

The

relation-

fine

but a per-

son's expectations

may make

ship

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seem boring, she

the relationship

What may be missing

is

says.

the "rush."

The

the sense of happiness, good feeland emotions that are present
when people first meet and fall in love.
The rush eventually goes away and

rush

is

ings,

when it does, people think they're not in
love anymore, according to Schick.
"That's
as

what a

boredom," she

lot

of people report

says.

tionships, that rush

is

part of the relationship.

assume

"In

most

rela-

not an important

Most people
have that
Other

they're not going to

rush for the rest of their Uves."

such as trust and

aspects,

must develop
grow. Try

if

friendship,

the relationship

is

to

new experiences, change your

routine, or try

something different to

enhance your relationship.

somebody is something that he or
she isn't," says Schick, "it's not
going to help it. It's not fair to the
individual to have expectations
that are not real."
Chellak also sees this as an
obstacle to overcome. s"When
people fall in love with each
other, they experience a romantic
view of their partner, and it's a
good thing that phase of a relationship takes place or people
might not get together at all," she
says. "What happens over time
is
is that the romantic view
intruded upon by a more realistic view.
Unfortunately, the
romantic view is a very harsh
standard to live up to."
It is

not necessarily good for relationships, but
it is not always bad
Fantasizing

A

is

shared fantasy for a better

future together

is

"If

better to accept

to give

who he

him

your partner

or her a chance to be

good
qualities and enjoy them; do not
emphasize bad qualities, says the relaor she

is.

Look

for the

tionship counselors.

your fantasy

is

that

it."

It is

good points
cially don't

points.

of an ex-lover but espemention his or her bad

This

is

a sure fire

or her

way

to

start a lover's quarrel.

You

can't

change another per-

son, so don't try
"It's hard enough

to

change

yourself," says Schick.

"I

usually

ask people to reflect upon how
it is to change themselves.

cult

diffi-

'Did

you make a neiv year's resolution?' 'Did
you carry it out?' 'How long did it
last?'" asks Schick.
"If you're not

good
want

something that you
do personally, how do you
think you can possibly cause someone else to change?"
People are usually on their best
at starting

to

when

they

they don't

like. If

begin dating,

first

more

of what
you don't like some-

so they tend to tolerate

Don't compare him
with ex-lovers

aren't

want to hear about
not only unwise to bring up

jealous just don't

behavior

fine for the cou-

ple but when the fantasy turns to
unrealistic expectations, trouble
follows.

and

"People really hate to be comsays

pared with other people,"
Schick.
"Even people who

thing in the beginning, chances are

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according to Schick.
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"Here Where You

person wouldn't act

this

afterwards

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a sense of self gratification

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It is

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she adds.

interest-

says Chellak. "Something that

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is

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"3J

Eric Jonassen's Path To The NFL

by Aaron

H

R.

was living a dream. He was a
on the Penn State University

Bloomsburg University offered him

one of the nation's bet-

football. Two of Jonassen friends,
both players for the BU Huskies,
approached their coach, Pete Adrian,
about the promising young player. He
was admitted to the University, first
on a probationary basis for the summer semester; when he improved his
grades to where they had been in high
school, he earned full admittance to

.e

starter

football team,
ter college

teams, and he

was

benefit-

ing from the coaching of Joe Paterno.

A

professional career

thing. Paterno

had

seemed

and a millionaire

him

told

would be a professional
er

White

—

if

a sure
so.

He

football play-

he could only

straighten out his grades.

After

1988

the

season,

Eric

Jonassen learned one of the toughest
lessons of his life. Paterno, always
insistent

on academic excellence

from his players, kicked Jonassen
off the team. His expulsion from
Penn State swiftly followed. As a
strong right tackle, with his future
bright and the world at his feet, it
had all come to an end.
"My dream went down the

the opportunity to play Division

iNh^i

II

the college.

In his first season with the
Huskies he became a starter on the
offensive line and soon began to take

advantage of his second chance,
adding to his high school awards. The
full

A

"massive, dominating drive bloci<-

jonassen (74) has the "tools" to

er,"

earn a starting spot on the Chargers.

consensus ail-American and all-Area

by the Baltimore News
and Baltimore Evening Sun
became an all-PSAC Eastern

He was

first-team choice

going

America}!

the last choice in the fifth round of the

now

to a Division II school."

1992 draft, the 140th pick overall.
Today, the Glen Burnie, Maryland,
native is a San Diego Charger, with a
chance of becoming a starter at the

drain," says Jonassen, but adds, "it

Division pick, an ail-American

basically my fault; I just wasn't
going to class." Only a "C" student in
high school, his grades went downhill
at Penn State.
So unimportant were
classes that he didn't even declare a

team selection in both 1990 and 1991
and an all-PSAC choice by the Football
Gazette, and an ail-American and allPSAC first team selection by the
Associated Press. By his senior year at

Jonassen has become the backup to

Bloomsburg,

Stan Brock as the Charger's right tack-

was

DREAM WENT

'MY

DOWN THE
major

initially.

Then,

chose

no

rea-

son other than just so he'd have one.

He was
tant to the
20,

I

on the football
didn't seem impor-

a starter

team, classes just

young Jonassen.

thought

I

knew

"I

was

everything," he

He had fallen prey to a belief
common among young athletes: "I
figured teachers would let me pass,"
says.

but they didn't.
In the

summer

of 1990,

however,

Jonassen was given a second chance.

34

Jonassen had an
agent
and was
entered
in
the
scouting combines
for the National Football League.
"It was a wake-up call," he says.

DRAIN.

when he

criminal justice, he did so for

first

professional level as well.

In

le.

only

his

second

The team's scouting report

6-5,

310

pound Jonassen

season,

calls the

a "massive,

dominating, drive blocker" and adds
that

he has the "tools"

to earn the

starting spot at tackle. In fact,

already has had

some

he

starting time

When Harry Swayne,

There was just as much opportunity to
party
and
ignore
classes
at
Bloomsburg, but Jonassen realized
this was probably his last chance at
reaching the NFL.
His expulsion

with the team.

from Penn State refocused Jonassen
towards working for the dream.
Today, he doesn't even tell people
he went to Penn State. "I'm kind of
proud of going to Bloomsburg," says

weeks at that spot.
The young man who had gotten

Jonassen, "to

still

make

the pros after

the starting left tackle,
in a

game

Colts, Jonassen replaced
line.

He

was injured

against the Indianapolis

also started

him on

the next

the

two

been
keeps
to himself. "I go out on Thursdays
with a couple of the linemen, for
into trouble with Paterno, has

replaced by a hard worker

who

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drinks," he says, "but

I

don't really

hang out with the team." Instead, he
concentrates on learning the system
and earning a starting position. He's
learned to keep his eye on the dream,

Unspoken

to never lose sight. "I'm playing
behind a 14-year veteran," he says of

Brock.
if

He

believes his time will

he works hard and is patient.
believes that if he

Heremained

three-year starter, he

had
as a

In

may have gone

In

Penn

at

Words

come

State,

draft, instead of the fifth.

Jonassen never did earn his criminal justice degree from

has a

still

credits to complete.

Bloomsburg
full

year of

Will he finish his

education? "Yeah, I'd like to get
degree," he says,

"maybe

"it's
I'll

my

a goal of mine,"

even

finish out at

Bloomsburg." After his football days
are over, Jonassen

would

like to

plete his schooling, but doesn't

comhave

any other career plans.
"Hopefully, I'll make enough
money to do whatever I want," he
says. But, for now, it's back to the

gym, where the treadmill, stairstepper, and weight training await.
Jonassen only took six weeks off
after the season, then went right
back to work. Once again, he's living
the dream.

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linemen have about 20 plays to
learn; they have about 250 plays at
San Diego. It actually took Jonassen
most of his rookie year just to learn
all of the blocking schemes that were
lacking in Bloomsburg's playbook.
"Any one play has the possibility of
blocking ten different ways," he
adds. But, through it all, he remains
proud of coming through the smaller school.
When Dan Dierdorf
announced to the nation on ABCTV's Monday Night Football that
from
Eric
hailed
Jonassen
Bloomsburg University, it did not
pass unnoticed to the young player.
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by Dan McGonigal^

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K

out as an interest and collection of tattoos, but it "became a fascination" for

got his tattoo of a parrot on his left
shoulder three years ago. "It hurt Hke

Dowsett, who has countless tattoos on
his body, some of which run together.
Dowsett got into 'body art' by
practicing on himself and willing

a bitch,"

and her teeth grind
into the remainder of what was once a
lollipop stick. Comparing the pain to
her previous tattoo, Tara Rubino,

friends.

s

Brian Dowsett puts the nee-

dle to the ankle of a 23-year-old
woman, an expression of pain over-

whelms her

face,

Bloomsburg, says, "the one on

was nothing compared

my butt

to this one," as

Dowsett works on a 'tribal design' tattoo that wraps around her ankle.
'Tribal design' tattoos have been a
popular

according to Dowsett.

style,

This style design

is

by a
and shapes

characterized

repetitive pattern of lines

Such designs are similar
ancient cultures and their primitive

in black ink.

to

markings.
Tattoos date back to ancient
Egyptian cultures. They were originally used by many primitive cultures to communicate or just to decorate the body,

ceremony.
New Zealand

ritual or

An ancient culture in
believed that a fine tattoo
of good breeding.

was

a sign

In contemporary societies, tattoos

can be used for anything, although in
our culture it is used purely for deco-

However, some cultures

still

use the tattoos as a sign of wealth or
class standing. For example, some
Japanese gangsters use a full body tattoo to proudly display their power.
Dowsett opened his Art in Motion
studio in Bloomsburg in 1991 when he
began practicing 'body art.' It started

36

adds.

Dowsett has seen the popularity
few
years, saying that they have

he says, "and

to anything."

He

I

can't

compare

says, "it feels like

bad sunburn afterwards." Despite the
Gerber

pain,

is

considering getting

another one.

Dowsett says that everyone must
and sign a consent form before he starts any work.

be

He

at least 18 years old

also says that the tattoo industry

is

of tattoos rise in the past

become "trendy"
to

have them.

He

for

people

finds that

the people

who

most

of

come

into his studio are

THAT MUCH

between the ages of 18 and 25. Located
about four blocks from Bloomsburg
University, he says a lot of college students come in, but he does the most

summer time.
thought it was cool," says

business in the

and were associated

with some kind of

ration.

"The only way to practice
giving tattoos is on real skin; there is
no other way to gain experience," he

it

"I

self-regulated, but

area

ment is

and is opened by
Dowsett in front of the customer to
a sterilized package

ensure safety.

tomer a

old sophomore at Bloomsburg
University. "I wanted one ever
since my friend got one last
semester," he says. "I don't think I
would get another one for a while

too while

Tazmanian Devil tattoo that
he got on his right shoulder.
says he
Jeff Gerber, 25, Espy,
did it because it "seemed like a cool
thing to do." Gerber was in the
Marines, based in Hawaii, when he

the

adds that his work

kept clean, and all the equipsterilized. The needle is kept in

is

Michael Depietropaolo, a 19-year-

because of the pain. It was like a
stinging pinch type pain, I did not
expect that much pain," he says of

PAIN."

list
it

of

He also gives each cushow to care for the tat-

heals to ensure the best

possible finished product.

Most people who come in for tatthem put where the artwork

toos get

can be easily concealed. Men usually
get them on their ankle or back of their
shoulder, and women usually get
them along their bikini line to hide it

even

in the

summer

time, or also

on

the ankle, according to Dowsett.

However, Dowsett can put a tatanywhere an individual
wants it, but he cites the biceps and the
ribs as the most painful areas to get a
too just about

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tattoo.

there

tration of nerves, there
lot of pain,"

He

is

is a concengoing to be a

he says.

offers 'source books' to help his

customers pick out a favorite
and even allows customers to
design their own tattoo, but he says
most people combine ideas to get an
original design. Dowsett says there is
no common theme and most are "individual, different, and uncormnon."
The price for an average size tat$45 at the Art in Motion
too is
Studio, but the more complex the tattoo, the more it is going to cost, says
Dowsett. Price is determined by
design,

and amount of color. For
Dowsett completes the
work in sessions, having the customer come back several times until
detail, size,

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Dictionary Differences
by Brandi Mankiewicz

1917, our American-English lexi-

for shelter or entertainment for travel-

Incon

was slightly different. Some
words were new, some had different meanings and some, of course,
stayed the same. Dictionaries were
also different.

for example,

According

The New

International

of the English Language,

Dictionary

had

a

little

of everything.

to the preface of the 1917

Noah Webster had wanted

edition,

book intended
life." To
dictionary was a form of

the dictionary to be "a
to aid

Man

throughout his

Webster, the
"a 'world at a glance'; a

knowledge

in

many

little bit

different areas to

the worldly needs of any

fulfill

of

man."

Webster's 1917 edition was divided into sections, and covered everything from a brief history of the language to a guide to proper pronuncia-

an Addena, or a
section of newly added words. These
words reflected the quickly changing
world of the new century. An age of
new technology was upon us, adding
many new words to our language in
1917. In this now world of technology, it wasn't uncommon to see an aero
tion.

flying

It

also included

ill

An

the skv

aero

pcrt.iin'- to

"an ajeroplane, airship, t)r iho like"
which today is called an airplane.
People were flocking to see the latest
movies, which was slang for a motion
picture. Near Beer, or beer with little
alcohol content,

was

also introduced.

There were also new developments in the world of science and
medicine. Aspirin, a common medicine today, was a new word to the

dictionary.

Its

first

meaning was

"a white crystalline compound of
acetyl and salicyclic acid used as a
drug for the acyclic acid liberated

or the spinal cord,"

known

as the

and not yet

common name

of the

deadly disease.
Our popular culture was also
infiltrated by the changing language.
In fashion. Brassieres were now popular enough to make the mainstream

common

language. The defiof woman's underwaist stiffened with whale bones,
or the like, and worn to support
of the

nition, "a

form

the breasts," is enough to make any
modern woman think twice about

wearing one.
America's favorite pastime, basepermeated the language with
words. Squeeze play and Texas leaguer littered conversational English,
proving the growing popularity of the
sport. South paw, another word
derived from the sport, was originally
defined as a person "using the left
hand in pitching" and today has come
ball,

any left-handed person.
also tended to have different meanings that would be

to describe

Words

scolk'd jt b\ loday's society.

the meanings of female

was

One

of

"effemi-

nate; weakly, inferior. Comparatively,

male meant "denoting an

intensity or

superiority of the characteristic qualities

of anything."

dards

it

would be

meanings

By today's

stan-

sexist. In 1917, these

reflected the general con-

men were somehow betcommon word
which we now deem racist. Even
sensus that
ter.

Nigger was also a

words

like

masturbation and gay had
meanings. Masturbation

from

different

the dictionary.

was "self-pollution." If you were gay,
you were "excited with merriment;
first class, fine" and a fagot was

it
in
the intestines."
Psychanalysis, or psychoanalysis
as it is spelled today, debuted in
It

was developed
who was alive

by Sigmund Freud,

when

38

the

word entered

the dictio-

primarily an establishment giving free entertainment."
ers, strangers, etc.

nary. Polio was "combining forms
from the Greek or to indicate relation to the gray matter of the brain

English slang for "an old shriveled

woman."

These definitions would raise
eyebrows in today's society.

The

many

dictionary reflects the time in

it was produced, not only
through the words it contains but also
through its specialized sections. The
1917 edition of Webster's dictionary

which

included items that we generally take
for granted in today's society and
rarely learn in today's schools.

A

whole section was devoted to the
flags and seals of the United States
and its territories, including the flags
and seals of the territories of Hawaii
and Alaska. At this time. Great Britain
had 35 colonies and each colony had
its own flag and coat of arms, all displayed with their regal glory on the
pages of the book.
Another section included plates

words
were few pictures incorpo-

of pictures describing various

since there

rated within the text pagt>.

On

these

pages, one could see orchids in color,
the parts of the automobile, or the

"ten best examples of American
Architecture"
in
color.
In
the
Classified
Section
Pictorial
of
Illustration were beautiful reproductions of the anatomy, botany, mythologv and antiques from ancient Greece
and Rome. These pages held the key
to a world that many knew was there,
but never saw. These illustrations

showed

world as a wild, mysand the imagination
was left free to dream about what the
world was like beyond the extent of
that the

terious place,

ones

travels.

Today, with the advancement of

world doesn't seem
once did. We have
evolved from what we once were, and
our language reflects the changes in
our ever changing culture. C?
technologies, the

as large as

it

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W.

there are

ater in

its

various forms

is

a

recurring theme throughout the pages
of Spectrum

.

It

is

illustrated

on the
and

cover, analyzed in the lead story,

portrayed as a destructive force in

Down."
Gary Clark, whose work

water

ed

no serious problems with

We've shown how calm and

"A

Bit of

Magic," we've looked at

fea-

is

Worry," and

"Big River

in

tured in this issue, has a tremendous

we show how

cause devastation.

of artistic creativity that adds

and character

to the

as

is

magazine.
recognized

one of the nation's leading comput-

er artists.

Inside the magazine,

we

it

can

But, as usual, there's a lot

Spectrum, as

we

its

own

curiosity,

the public's interest,

we

and

we

in

decided to

Aaron

White

R.

is

Jennifer

Jeff

Mac

Clay, Jessica

McDonald

PRODUCTION/ART DIRECTOR
Meka

latest break-

Eyerly

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR
Mark Steinruck

PRODUCTION CONSULTANTS

on
Columbia

to focus

the issues of the people of

Jim Seybert, Dick Shaffer

and Montour counties. It is a philosophy we proudly present every issue.

BUSINESS

OPERATIONS
DIRECTOR

-li^E 'E'DHOVS

are relieved to report

Adams

Boscia, Danielle Harris, Christopher

Krepich,

environmental issues and update

Editorial philosophy

in

evaluate the water quality in
Columbia and Montour counties.
Although some water tested high on
certain tests,

jay Unangst,

throughs in medical technology.

technological limits.

of our

more

from body piercing to the problems of
Korean War veterans. We take a look
our readers on one of the

the story of art being

Jennifer

ASSOCIATE EDITORS

and

explore everything

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its

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Labs

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Clark, of Bloomsburg,

Agway

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by Danielle Harris and Jay Unangst

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Piercing

Clearly Finished

33

Just for

You

Beating the

Winter Blues

34 Back of the Book
Scissor Man Cuts a
Place for Himself

SPECTRCJM

was

in a rut

and needed a change,"

she says. So along with a

new haircut,

she got another piercing.

Those

who have

Vw>'riginating in urban America,

piercing agree that

body

as

piercing

is

the latest fad across

People are piercing
everything from ears to navels,
noses, eyebrows, nipples, and even
the

country.

tongues. Ear piercing

is still

popular,

but nowadays multiple holes in each
ear

seem

to

Why

one.

be more fashionable than

the craze?

"It's different,"

says

Meka

who

sports five holes in one ear

Eyerly, 19,

four in the other.

Bloomsburg,

and
"I'm very big on

experienced the

it's

not as painful

sounds. "I really can't stand

photo by Sarah Tonden

pain," says Jenny Penedos, Blooms-

and eyebrows.
A person receiving a navel
piercing would first have the navel
area sterilized with iodine. The navel

it

burg

University

getting

my

freshman,

"but

ears pierced hurt

more

than getting

my

nose pierced."

year and a half ago

A

only cost her $8
for the piercing, which she had done

near her

it

hometown

"No one could

believe

says Penedos.

"Some

like

and weren't

it

of Montrose.
I

had

tell

me

so," she recalls.

appearance and I like to change my
look every so often."
Eyerly had her first piercing
when she was eight years old, and

had
her navel pierced July 4th weekend
in Wildwood, N.J. Newbert paid $35

got her latest holes this summer. "I

at a studio that specializes in nose.

Pricilla

Newbert,

20, says she

on environmentalist concerns

ou can see your meat!"
spoofed "Saturday Night Live" with
its product. Crystal Gravy. It wasn't
from the mark, either as the
market has been inundated with
far

transparent products in the past five
years.

The end

of the fad

was

sig-

naled by just this kind of product,
however, which do not lend themselves well to a clear form. When
clear gasoline (Amoco Crystal Clear
Ultimate), transparent beer (Miller
Clear and Zima), and clear mascara
were introduced, the end had begun
for this recent trend in marketing.

The concept

originally cashed in

WINTER 1994-1995

then pierced with a piercing gun,

is

the

for

same

as

if

a person

would

get

their ear pierced.

done,"

it

teachers didn't

afraid to

lip,

Danielle Guthrie, 14, pierced her

nose and navel
sneeze and blow

herself. "I

can

still

my nose," she says,

"and it doesn't hurt at all."
Whether the reason is

for self-

expression, rebellion or for aesthetic
value,
-

By

body

piercing

is

catching on.

Brian Staley and Sarah Tonden

1992, however, this

new marketing

products containing fewer chemicals

technique had become an all-out fad.

and other unnecessary ingredients.
But a report in the Wall Street
Journal, based on figures from

began
which borrowed the clear
concept for uses that went too far
beyond the logical scope of the
technique. Roughly coinciding with
the appearance of such products,

Information Resource's Infoscan, has

shown

that sales of clear products

have almost uniformly taken a nosedive The only product with a significant area of growth is PepsiCo's
Crystal Pepsi which has benefited
from heavy promotion. Even so,
.

front-runner

this

among

the trans-

parent products has fallen short of
Pepsi's expectations.

more
The idea of

Early on, the fad appeared
like a sustainable trend.
clear,

natural products appealed to

many consumers and
nicely to a

lent

itself

wide variety of products.

So-called "parasite products"
to appear,

consumers also began

to tire
of legitimate uses of the clear concept which charged higher prices for

products which claimed to have
fewer ingredients.
For several reasons, clear products are on their way out of the market place. Some will remain, but only
those which are truly sustainable.

We

can only wonder just what Crystal

Gravy might have

tasted like.

-Aaron

R.

White

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fey

and

w,

your tap looking
,

for a fresh,

clean glass of water, are

you

satisfied that is

what you

are getting? Dori Richwine, Bloomsburg, said that

before she had a well, she

with her water

quality.

"My husband

was sometimes concerned

Now she

me

man-made chemicals which

UmmgsT

Jay

hen you turn on

feels comfortable.

consist mostly of organics

and inorganics.
While these contaminants may
sound like cause for concern, Dan
Spadoni, community relations coordinator for the north-central

Local water systems are regulated

Pennsylvania office of the DER,
insists that "water is safer than it has
ever been," adding that "most of

by the Envirormiental Protection Agency
(EPA) and the Pennsylvania

Montour and Columbia counties'
water systems comply with EPA and

tells

that

the best water,"

it's

she says.

Department
Resources
required

and

and

continually

test

plants

larger

for

t

about every two
for smaller

plants) for water con\

taminants

including

microbiological

and

cherrdcal substances.

Microbiological
substances of concern include bacteria,

and

viruses,

protozoa. Chemical

contamination
occurs in two

,

forms, naturally occurring chemicals such as

metals
and min-

i

^

e

DER standards."
n Montour and Columbia coun-

are

weeks

Ifc.

W

(DER)
to

(daily
-

Environmental

of

r

a

1

s

and

I

ties,

water companies

by EPA and

DER

may

abide

standards, but

that doesn't mean that the water is
without some problems. Spectrum
obtained water samples, September
19-22, 1994, from nine local areas
Benton, Berwick, Bloomsburg, Cata-

wissa, Danville, Espy, Orangeville,

Skyview Acres, and Wonderview.
The samples were then taken to
Agway, Bloomsburg, an independent lab. However, for the results to
meet strict scientific guidelines, the
water should have been collected at
the same time under specific conditions. Nevertheless, even with that
limitation, the test results are indica-

tor of the quality of water in
Columbia County.
The testing that was performed
included pH, hardness, iron, CoUform bacteria content, and lead.
Coliform bacteria are found in

photo by Marlyse Heaps

SPECTRGM

and

the intestinal tracts

charges of

fecal dis-

humans and every warm

blooded animal, and can be a good

Most coliform organisms are not harmful.
The problem, however, is that they
can be accompanied by non-identified, potentially harmful orgarusms.
Current standards for drinking
indication of pollution.

water state that the coliform count
be no more than 1 per 100 milliliters.

None

of the tested areas

had

a col-

iform count, except for Catawissa
(3/lOOml), Espy (3/lOOml), and
Wonderview which was very high
at 20 per 100 ml. John Yohey,
Wonderview Water Company operator,

said that his

company

takes

water samples weekly and sends
them to be tested for bacteria directly in a

DER lab.
pH level

The

or acid quality,

indicates alkaline

and

is

measured on

a

Agway

Kehoe tests for microbiological and
Columbia and Montour counties' drinking water.

lab technician Sherry

chemical substances

in

with 7 being neutral. A pH level higher
lower than that it is acidic. An ideal
reading for drinking water is between 6.7 and 9.0. All of
the tested areas had ideal pH levels except Benton (6.5),
Orangeville (5.5), and Skyview Acres (6.0) which
all showed slightly acidic pH levels. Bruce Evans, water
works operator for the Benton Water Supply Company,
attributes Benton's low pH level to the chlorine
scale of 1 to 14,

than 7

is alkaline,

treatments (chlorine tends to

company uses lower

the

"Except for a

little

pH

make

levels drop)

the hardness of the water.

hardness," says Evans,

"we

really

have good water."
hardness occurs with the presence of calcium and magnesium. These minerals can form
deposits and sludge on plumbing; it also wastes energy, shortens the life of hot water heaters, and can affect
the taste and tenderness of cooked foods. Hardness is
measured in two ways, actual hardness and compensated hardness. Actual hardness is measured by the
number of calcium carbonate grams per gallon in the
water. The ideal level for actual hardness is less than 3
grams per gallon (gpg). Five areas Berwick (6 gpg),
Catawissa (4 gpg), Danville (8 gpg), Skyview Acres (11
gpg), and Wonderview (5 gpg) had actual hardness
levels higher than the ideal level.
Compensated hardness is measured by taking the
iron content, doubling it, adding it to the actual hard-

Water

DESIGNERS OF
FINE JEWELRY

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and expressing in calcium carbonate grams per galTo be ideal, compensated hardness levels should fall
below 3.5 gpg. The results were identical; the same five
Berwick (6.8 gpg), Catawissa (4 gpg), Danville (8
areas
gpg), Skyview Acres (99 gpg), and Wonderview (13 gpg)
tested high in hardness levels. "The borough of
Danville doesn't have hardness problems," states Arty
Gerringer, superintendent of the Danville Water Works,
adding "I live in the borough, and no one I know owns a
water softener." Gerringer did say, however, that
Mahoning Township niight have hard water because it's
serviced by well water. A Catawissa Municipal Water
ness,
lon.

PLATINUM

—

—

PRECIOUS GEMS

official believes that Catawissa's hardness is
soda ash, which many public water systems that
draw from wells use as a corrosive buffer.

Authority

due

ESTABLISHED 1969

to

tests are measured in milligrams per liter (mg/1)
with an ideal level being less than 0.3 mg/1. Iron
Benton (0.4 mg/1),
tests showed that seven areas
Berwick (0.4 mg/1), Catawissa (0.4 mg/1), Danville (0.4
mg/1), Orangeville (0.4 mg/1), Skyview Acres (44 mg/1),
and Wonderview (4 mg/1)
had higher than the ideal
level of iron. However, it is important to note that
"iron can come from an individual's own plumbing,"

Iron

—

Terry Van Dyke

Christopher VanDyke

Jasen VanDyke

—

says Spadoni.

—

Iron has the ability to stain everything

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incidents of water with less than ideal test results,

all

of

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have any doubt that local water is safe. DER commu-

the water
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really improved in the last five years." However, the EPA
urges that if there is concern whether individual tap

nity relations coordinator Spadoni says that

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I

hyJermijieK'Bosaa

I magme

autumn without

the

vibrant reds and yellows in a forest

maple trees, or sweltering summer days without the cool shade of a
of

massive oak

tree. If

we were

to con-

our natural
might come
true. Thankfully, more than 400
Pennsylvania communities participate in recycling programs, helping
tinue

to

deplete

resources, these images

to

make

one-fourth of the raw fibers

used in the paper industry from
recycled products, saving our trees
for other uses.

Recycling Center again has
begun accepting newsprint.
There was a time when the center did not accept newsprint

because the cost of processing
was more than what was earned
when the paper was shipped
to the mills, says Carol Webster, recycling coordinator for

Bloomsburg. "Newspaper

commodity

easiest

is

the

to recycle,"

says Webster.

Bloomsburg is sending its
of newsprint to International Paper in Lock Haven.

bales

Bundled newsprint at the Bloomsburg Recycling Center is sent to
International Paper, Lock Haven.

of timber prod-

International Paper then de-inks

80 cubic feet per person per

call

million tons of newsprint in 1992,

and repulps the paper to form
an off-white copy paper. They
paper "Earth White."
this

but consumed 12.6 tons. The major-

International Paper

make

the

Consumption
ucts

is

year.

The United

"N

States

produced

7.1

was

to

If

THE EASIEST
COMMODITY TO RECYCLE."

EWSPAPER

other paper was imported
from Canada, whose production of
newsprint in 1991 was 8.9 million
ity of the

metric tons. In Pennsylvania, timberland accounts for 55 percent of

IS

paper a true white color, it would
have to use a bleaching process that
gives off a chemical that is harmful
But, says
to the environment.

making lumbering

still do it."
The Bloomsburg Press-Enter-

the seventh largest industry in the

prise uses about 27 tons of paper

the state's forests

state.

Lumbering produces over $5

Webster, "a lot of mills

over

a

one month period. Vic
manager at the

In
annually in revenues.
Columbia County, the growth to
removal ratio of trees is greater than

Creveling, pre-press

paper they use

is

3:0,

which is one of the best ratios in
The statewide ratio is only
2:1. The ratio explains how many
trees are grown compared to the
ones that are cut down.

brokers get

of our scrap,

the state.

then they

billion

In order to join the effort to
conserve trees, the Bloomsburg

10

Press-Enterprise,

all

says

all

of

the

recycled. "Local

sell it for

and

the best price

they can find," he says. The PressEnterprise presently pays about

$500 per ton of newsprint, but
Creveling believes that this is going
to increase to $700-800 per ton in the

next couple of years.

an alternative way to
which is efficient
in cutting costs and landfill space.
Farmers use newsprint as a source
for animal bedding. "Newsprint
breaks down readily in soil, and is
clean and absorbent for the animal,"
says Ray Hosier, a technician at the
Soil Conservation Service. Frank
Getty, a farmer from Catawissa says,
"The newsprint degrades into
the ground, and I just put more
on top of it." He believes it wovdd
be too time consuming to have
to gather the paper himself, so he
just puts bins near his farm and people are welcome to drop their
There

is

recycle newsprint

newsprint off. Getty could not think
of any disadvantages to this way of
recycling newsprint.

however, does see a
downside to using newsprint

Hosier,

as a source for animal bedding.

He

"hard to develop a reliable
source for newspaper." Many farmers don't want to pay for the
says

it's

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newsprint and then go "through the
of shredding it. "There
is also somewhat of a fire hazard
if farm equipment were to throw
off sparks onto the newspaper,"
adds Hosier.

time, the

process

In

1988,

the

Columbia
County says the passage of Act 101
recycling coordinator for

made the supply of recycled materials jump radically ahead of the
demand for them. "Back in the
1970s, when Bloomsburg began its
initial wave of recycling, a municipality could almost survive

on

recy-

cling efforts," says Coslett.

Local recycling centers also recycle glass, steel

PET

and aluminum

cans,

"Whenever a processed

load is ready to be shipped out,"
says Webster, " I call around to find
the

company which

best price.

Commonwealth

passed Act 101 which made recycling mandatory in Pennsylvania
towns with populations of more
than 5,000 residents. Scott Coslett,

packaged products are sold

to brokers.

is

offering the

"

All of this collecting,

process-

and distributing can become
expensive. The Bloomsburg
Recycling Center has been subsidized by the town since Act 101 was
passed. Last year, the center came
out $1,000 ahead and, "It's looking
good again this year," says Webster.
This year, Bloomsburg budgeted
ing,

over $300,000 for its recycling program. As of now, the town is showing a higher revenue than expense,
but is already over budget for solid
waste collection charges.
Recycling programs throughout
the state are also financed

by two

requirements for this grant are easy
to meet, according to Coslett.
He
says, "It

is

just a matter of filling out

paperwork and meeting limited
conditions." The second grant, the
recycling performance grant, is
given to municipalities based on
the

their recycling production for the
previous year. "Municipalities get
$5 per ton of total recycled material,

and then an additional $1

for each

percent of the waste stream that the
recycling efforts diverted." says Ron

Sommers, a regional representative
from the DER.
Although recycling in Bloomsburg
only makes a small dent in worldwide resource conservation, all of
the money and effort this rural area
of Pennsylvania puts out makes a
brown paperbag full of newsprint
far more important than it looks.

(soda bottles), cardboard, and high grade white office

of Environmental Resources.

paper. Each of these

first is

Perhaps in the future we can count
on our ever growing technology to
keep our trees for more recreational

DER

and relaxing

plastic

is crushed and
packaged together until they reach
40,000 pounds, says Webster. At this

types of grants from the Department

The

the 902 grant in which the
pays 90 percent of the cost
of any recycling equipment. The

uses.

C?

photo by Keith Haupt

The Press-Enterprise uses 25-30 tons
Enterprise, including office paper,

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is

newsprnt for each of its daily editions. All paper at the Pressrecyclable. Newsprint currently costs about $500 a ton.
of

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You cant join the club, Charlie, you
ain't a war veteran. That Korean
thing was just a police action.
1952

JL

orty-two years have passed since

Charles Glidewell appeared in his

Army

Muncy's Veterans
and had the door
slammed in his face. He was then 23
years old and had served in the
Signal Corps with the 17th Airborne
Division in Korea. All he wanted to
do when he went to the local V.F.W. in
uniform

at

of Foreign Wars,

was

to

become reacquainted

with guys he'd

known

all

his

life,

guys he hadn't seen for three years.
But the day the V.F.W. refused
him membership, Glidewell went
back home, took off his freshlypressed uniform, packed it away
with a few memoirs, and put the
Korean War out of his mind. As far
as he was concerned, the 1950-1953
Korean Conflict deserved to go down
in history as "The Forgotten War."
Dr.

Chang Shub Roh,

of sociology

and

professor

social welfare at

Bloomsburg University, a native of
South Korea, also lived through the
war and recalls the devastation his
country suffered. However, he refuses to discuss the Korean War. "It's
too painful to remember," says Dr.
Roh. "But that was the past. Let us
look forward and try to help build a

world of peace."
While Glidewell and Roh were

dampening

their

memories

of

Korea, one of the 7,690 veterans

Anthony Zdanavage dedicated

his

those who
served in the Korean War. A
memorial is erected in his front
yard as proof of his devotion.
life

12

to the

memory

of

is one of many
Korean Vets who knows the pain
of serving in "The Forgotten War."

Charlie Glidewell

from Columbia County was actively
mounting a national campaign to
force America to remember "The
Forgotten War." Anthony Zdanavage,
Berwick, who had been a prisoner of
the North Koreans, died July 13,
1993. But his widow, Esther, for the
first time since her husband's death,
recently opened Zdanavage's private office to Spectrum so that his

activities

on behalf

of

Korean War

veterans could be revealed.

"Maybe if he hadn't worked so
hard for his veteran friends, I would
have my husband with me today,"
Esther noted.

Zdanavage was

the founder, in

1979, of the Korean War
Awareness Project, a program that
put him in personal touch with more
than 35,000 Korean War veterans
across America. "Tony Z," as he was
known, helped his fellow veterans
themselves of fits of rage or
anger that had overwhelmed them
when they met rejection or isolation
from family and friends at home.
Psychologists had not then been
aware of Post Traumatic Stress
Disorder, which later plagued many
rid

Vietnam War veterans.

The

recipient

of

two Purple

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—

—

Anthony Zdanavage started a national campaign

Hearts, Zdanavage created the
first Pennsylvania Purple Heart
license plate. He also designed and
printed "The Forgotten War" bumper
stickers, and mailed thousands
throughout the country.
Zdanavage was not a writer,

but after telling his

war experiences
personal

i6

he was encouraged
to put his memoirs
in print.

With

Esther, he
wrote Korea: The
War America Forgot
to Remember.
The
$20,000 cost of the

he'd altered his birth certificate to

Korean War

explained

Army Surgical

known as "Doc" to
wounded in North Korea. He related
how he was captured by the North
Koreans, forced to treat their woundand prohibited from

ed,

M

The son of Lithuanian immigrants, Zdanavage wrote about how

He

Mobile

become
Americans

treating

how

at the age of
he became a

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had been

his father-in-law) found him
walking alone on a road near his

home on Alden Mountain,
He had no

Dorrance Township.
how he got there.

in

idea

"For more than 40 years, Tony
tried to piece together those 83

days

from the time he

Korea until

left

IF

forgotten.

became

_____________

AYBE

self-published —^^^^——
book came from a loan he and
his wife borrowed against their
home in Berwick.

15.

first

Hospital (M.A.S.H.) and had

that

HE HADN'T

he arrived back
home that were

—

.

.

to

lost

WORKED SO HARD
I WOULD HAVE MY
HUSBAND WITH ME TODAY. ' 5

his

wife,

enlist in the

part of the

Korean War veterans

,„___________^

to

friends,

to bring attention to the

.

his

mem-

ory," Esther says,

"but

my

husband

never found the
pieces to the puzzle."

She explained

that

her husband

"""^^^"""^ had been shot
dying Americans.

He

wrote about

in

treatment for his

ing in his becoming an amputee), and

was

how

he was shot twice, and then
released by an English-speaking
North Korean officer.

Zdanavage was
veteran

when

a

a 17-year-old

neighbor (who

war
later

was given no
woimds before he

the head, but

suffering frostbite in his legs (result-

released.

No

national

been raised

monument had

ever

who

gave their
lives in the Korean War, so Tony
built a marble memorial to Korea's

POWs

to those

and MIAs on

his

front

13

lawn. Veterans from the area
have gathered there annually for
memorial services.
In the meantime, Tony Zdanvage's "Korean War Awareness
Project" continually reminded people that "more than 54,246 Ameri-

cans lost

in Korea,

lives

their

wounded, 389 known
war were never
of
accounted for and 8,176

103,248 were

prisoners
returned or
are

still

ii

missing in
action."

t's

Unfortunately
be among the
thousands of Korean War veterans
expected in Washington, D.C. next
summer. But surely he would have

July

found

1995.

26-30,

Zdanavage

will not

satisfaction in the dedication

theme: "Freedom

standing for

——^-^——^—

It

George

Bush un-veiled

model

a

of the

National Korean War monument,
June 14, 1989, Zdanavage was elated. The model depicts a column of
statues, representative of those
who fought the war on foot.

Zdanavage and

friends

his

helped raise $16 million for
the National Korean Veterans

Memo rial.

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the

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key
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veterans.

And

for Dr.

Chang Shub

Roh, awareness has become a master
key. Together with other scholars, he
has formed the Global Awareness
Society International (GASI),

which

aims to bring understanding among
people of diverse cultures throughout the world.

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By AugusT R,

I

was near noon on that bright
t
January day in 1959 when 34 men,
hundreds of

feet

Marcy Slope
had gathered

underground

at the

of the

Knox Coal

at the

motor

Co.,

bam and

prepared to have lunch. Suddenly,
from the darkness appeared Merril

Ramage, the motor runner, driving his
motor pell-mell and coming to a
screeching stop, yelling "Clear the

mines! Clear the mines!" Moments
before, Sam Altieri had relayed the

message to Ramage after receiving
the phone call from superintendent
Robert Groves at the surface telling
him to get everyone out.
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre region
is

in the heart of the anthracite coal

extremely hard coal that is
deep-mined and bums with a hot blue
flame. The whole region is laced with
fields, that

feet below its surface.
Chambers emanate from the main
slopes and criss-cross in a maze of

mines 800

precisely that.

Cajmevah.
tunnels throughout the valley. The
wide expanse of the Susquehanna
River crossed over several of these

chambers.
But a heavy snowfall that winter
followed by mild temperatures had
set the stage for tragedy. The melted
snow and ice had swollen the river, to
the workers

who

17 feet beneath the

loomed as an impending
disaster. Although a 1950 mining law
stated there must be 50 feet of rock
cover to mine underneath the river, it
had been disregarded by mining offi-

riverbed,

cials

it

who

issued permission to drive

Mineral Industries for the large coal
companies throughout the

guard

to

against
became

to

when

were leased out

their holdings

independent operators. With

little

or

no control over

practices, the

when

these

proceeded

their

dangers multiplied
smaller concerns

to cut

many mining

corners which resulted in wide-

spread damage.
Joe Stella, a

and surveyor

mine inspector

for the Pennsyl-

1<

Griffith

the surface along the east

Susquehanna River
Pittston

known

he will always carry
12 men lost in the
mine disaster.

the riverbed

violations and document
them on his survey map. In fact,
he had returned this day to do

the

in a

to

of the

suburb of

Port

Griffith.

ice into the

and poured millions
and huge chunks

of
of

River Slope, trapping 81

below. Three men drowned
immediately, while dozens of others
panicked and scurried through the
dark tunnels to safety. All but 12 men
were eventually rescued with only

minor injuries.
Although there were many

inci-

dental links in the chain of events
leading to the disaster, many lessons

were learned and the result was a
1965 law that made anthracite mining safer and the penalties for violations stiffer.

tragedy
The saddest thing about the
have hapis

that

it

never should

pened. The driving of two places for a
distance of 260 feet underneath the
river with only 19 inches of rock cover
deliberate act.

weeks before the
mining had extend-

as

bank

Because the river was in a flood stage
and 15 feet higher at the time, the
water's tremendous weight collapsed

in

ed beyond the "stop" line at the
river. But he could only report

1959 Port

workings and opened

river slope

pany, was well aware of these
practices and had again warned
officials of the Knox Coal Co., a
disaster that

of the

Just before noon on the 22nd, a
breach occurred in the strata overlying the Pittston Vein of Knox Coal's

vania Coal Co., the parent com-

subcontractor,

Stella believes

Eagle air shaft.

men

were initially formulated
Laws
by the Department of Mines and

archaic over the years

memory

He, with six other men,
emerged from the mines
4-1/2 hours later at the abandoned
successfully

fied of their violations.
that

dis-

at River Slope.

gallons of water

tragedies of this nature

the

some

the river broke through

tance away,

beyond the "stop" lines clearly indicated on their maps and took no
action to stop the mining when noti-

region

Joe

However, while SteUa

inspected the Marcy Slope

was a willful and
The failure of mine officials to withdraw all workmen from
the mine when notified about the violations was an act of apathy and negligence on their part.
Further investigation showed that
August Lippi, president of the local
chapter of the United Mine Workers
(UMW), and committee members
Anthony Argo, Dominic Alaimo, and
some

places

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Charles Piasecki all had jurisdiction
over the Knox operations and were on
the company's payroll, although per-

forming no services. Their membership was intended to immunize the
operations of the Knox Coal Co. of the

operator, supervisory employees, the
foreman, and the miners themselves
show such an indifference and lack

and
immediate danger? Apparently the 14
of concern to such an obvious

feet of virgin coal in the vicinity of the

provisions of the contract between the

river,

UMW and the operators. Indictments

incentive

were

returned under the direc-

later

them

tion of the U.S. Attorney against

and the employees who were

it

knell of the

Joe Stella, 70,

says he

still

is

also

sounded the death

dying coal industry in the

Wyoming Valley. The tragedy came
when the industry could least afford

You

and
and

his wife,

Anne,

friends of the

that,

demand

it

because of the

the

join the families

drowned men

in St.

Joseph's Church in Port Griffith for a

pauses outside the church

was determined

all

anniversary of the disaster, Joe Stella

memorial mass. After the

tions in the greater Pittston area,

it

granite

nnake

services
at the

and with

tears in his eyes says

mine operations would have closed

haunted by the tragedy that he could
not prevent, that should never have
happened, and those friends he grew

within three years regardless of the
flooding.
But,

even today, one lingering

question remains,

how could

responsible parties

—the

so

many

up

with,

worked

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Chicken

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Dessert and
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and loved who

never should have died.

...to

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with,

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monument to the 12 who didn't

it,

a prayer. Joe SteUa will always be

for coal, these

Featuring

he

black

same

declining

HUD'S
Restaurant

can't forget

direct effects included

Although the

and

something like
that," he says. Each year on the
time.

the immediate closings of 11 opera-

it.

retired

thinks about that day

in the mine. "I think about

Knox Mine disaster was not
only a blow to the staggering

The

economy,

tive to ignore.

Today,

guilty of

negUgence.

and a lucrative
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BY

Gary Clark remembers
the time wheii, with the aid of

JEFF

programs.

MAC CLAY

computer and a video
camera, he was able to capture an image

his

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and produce a piece of art conof hundreds of little black dots. A

of a car
sisting

few

here, a lot there, so arranged as to

work

is

alone.
creativity,

It's

and skiD

However,

the

not the computer's
the imagination,

of the artist

brings such images to

which

life.

Creating these works takes a large
of equipment and technology.

amount

life. The
works this man does these days are far
more spectacular than simple stills pixilated onto computer paper. Clark, assistant professor of art at Bloomsburg
University since 1972, has been a pioneer
in the rapidly evolving world of 'digital'

Clark currently uses a Macintosh Quadra
950 with 24 megabytes of RAM, random
access memory. This computer with its
large memory capacity, enables Clark to
use the complicated art programs. A 400

art.

additional

bring an image of the car to

'Digital' art utilizes

huge memory

computers with

capacities

and numerous

megabyte

built-in

hard drive and a oneprovide

gigabyte external hard drive

memory

capacity.

What

it all

means is that his desktop computer is
more powerful than most Mainframe

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art tech lab in his free time.

He creates his works by using a
Wacom 12" x 18" graphic tablet. This

of galleries, including the Agrusiuh

an electronically sensitive
on which Clark can use a stylus pen to 'draw' his visions. The
images are visualized on an Apple 21"
color monitor, which is larger than
ordinary computer monitors. Utilizing
a RasterOps 224XLTV video board he

Gallery of Sodona, Arizona, and the

surface

Philadelphia Museum of Art Sales
and Rental Gallery, Clark has had his
work exhibited at a number of shows.
Most recently, his works have been

operates with a selection of 16.5 mil-

Expo held

lion colors, allowing

him

to

reproduce

USA

wax

in

New York this past July.

Last March, Clark

Building.

100-301 ColorScript thermal

had a

work shown

solo exhibi-

in the

Rotunda

inside of the Russell U.S. Senate Office

which prints the works onto
paper, or by an LFR Laser Graphic
slide maker, which transfers the works

At a September 1993 show in
Oregon, Clark received an award for a

A ser-

ed out on an Iris printer. The judges
were unaware until after the awards
were given out that the work was
done on a computer, "That was a good
feeling," he says. "They reacted to the
work, not to the medium."
Clark has also had his works pub-

printer,

directly to photographic slides.

and photographic

ing

much

prints, the Iris

work

look-

like a watercolor.

"The fact that these imaginary artworks do not really exist, except in a

when

made

and
intrigues me," says Clark, who works
mainly at the Bloomsburg University
tangible

Gift Certificates

PC

QMS

stream of electrons (eventually

Film Developing

this

past August in Boston, and the

tion of his

printing process leaves the

Western Union

shown at the Macworld Expo held

any color imaginable.
Completed works are made by a

Iris

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orders)

Represented by an impressive

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work done on the computer and print-

number of books, magaand calendars. Some notable

lished in a
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publications include a landscape of

which was used

his

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show on CNBC, published in PC

received an M.A. in Art

Today magazine and in a computer
artwork calendar put out by Fractal
Design Corporation.
Clark says the art process varies

his Pennsylvania teaching

from a couple of sessions, possibly
hours in length, to weeks. Delays are
created by sometimes having to figure out exactly how to do something
new. New techniques are developed
using existing applications.
The process can either be spontaClark often
neous or laborious.

produces raw material, things like
random landscapes or abstract pat-

and

terns,

review.

stores

New

them

for future

ideas lead to the use

of older images.

The older images

Education in which he has
certification.

Clark also

attended Tyler School of

Perm State University,
and Marywood College.
"When I was in school,
there was nothing even

Art,

remotely connected to fine
art on the computer," says
Clark, noting that one professor, however, was working out color composition
on the computer at the time
Clark was leaving graduate
school in 1975.
His images not only
incorporate

hand drawing

"I'm

(pencils, chalks or paints),

always excited about new pieces,"
says Clark who notes, "ideas are
always floating around."
Inspiration comes to Clark from a
number of sources. Sometimes he is

but also scanned images,

often

current inspiration.

fit

inspired by experience, ideas that

pop

into his head, certain

moments in

time, phrases that he hears or by
emotions that he may feel. "I feel
everything I do is autobiographical.
The work is not necessarily about me
it comes from you, to hopefully affect

people.

someone

the

If

work doesn't

affect

you're doing

is self-

else, all

portraits," says Clark.

When

was

he

or eight years old, he

about seven
began to paint.

"The work may

call

for

elements and
these may be introduced
into the work by scanning
from original photos or
drawings," says Clark. He might also
utilize still video images captured by
cameras. These images combine with
additional

drawing and scans to form a
composite work. "I try to have a lot of
handwork," says Clark about not
having strictly photo montages.
His latest work combines the
techniques of free drawing and still
the free

video imagery. In a series of three
pieces, Clark

was inspired by

a visu-

His next-door-

neighbor,
painter,

him

a

taught

the skills

to get started.

During

high

was what
interested

"W

"It

the

titles

was
in. To give someone

HEN

I

that

opportunity, to find something you

have that sup-

port," says Clark.

He received his B.F.A. in graphdesign from the Maryland Institute
College of Art. From West Virginia
University he received his M.A.
in sculpture, and from the
Philadelphia College of Art he
ic

WIMTER 1994-1995

al

image

of a coin-operated scenic

Clark

of his works, "People use the

as a springboard to the work,"

title

says

Clark.

In

the

thought that the

begraning he
was not so

title

work

important, believing that the

could speak for itself. In retrospect
Clark beUeves that the title provides
access to the piece. His
to

titles

tend

be humorous or ambiguous. Often
designed to be
double
enten-

I

like to do, it's nice to

F.

Over the past few years Clark
has been more concerned with

WAS IN SCHOOL,
THERE WAS NOTHING EVEN
REMOTELY CONNECTED TO
FINE ART ON THE COMPUTER."

school he took
art classes
for half a day
every day.

Professor Gary

'digital'

dres.

A

recent

work, "A Bit of
Magic," refers

the

to

com-

puter term

for

the smallest piece
of

memory.

Clark was
introduced to
art in the early 1980s when the

along the highway or at a state park.
From the start he knew he wanted to
integrate the image into the work.
Using the still video image, the end
result is the telescope overlooking a

computers and the images which
could be produced were primitive. He
attended a number of computer
demonstrations where programmers
would spend 45 minutes of programming to connect two dots with a

scenic digital landscape. This series

straight Une, says Clark.

works he titles, "Postcards
From the Digital Highway."

not

telescope, the kind

you might

find

of three

Interested
in
the
field,
but
the current technology, Clark

21

experimented with what he could until the
programs reached a level more adept for
artistic endeavors. His early works were done
on a Macintosh 512, a computer with considerably

capabilities

inferior

compared

capacity

and memory

to today's

technology.

Basically teaching himseK, he says

he sat in
computer and "played around",
constantly learning new things and techniques. "I try to balance what I do. 1 get as
front of the

focused as

and

I

can within the

realities of

family

job," says Clark.

At first, Clark took in all requests, posters
whatever people needed. It
to develop his skills faced
with concrete challenges. The early images
were dictated by the equipment, he says. In
the early days of 'digital' art there was only so
for parties, signs,

was a way for him

much you could

do.

There is a bias against 'digital' artists
from the more traditional artist types, says
Clark.

FuU

of preconceptions

they argue that the art

is

and resistance,
by the com-

created

puter, not the artist. Traditionalists argue that

with

'digital' art

you

're

able to

make multiple

something that Clark points out silk
screeriists and Uthographers have done for
copies,

years.

The

medium

traditionalists believe that the

of pure painting

is

unique and very

individual.

In defense of his

medium

Clark says,

"the use of the computer as a fine art tool
relatively

is

new and has allowed me to realize

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forms which would be difficult or
impossible by any other means." The computer "is no better or worse than a
pencil, brush or crayon," Clark says.
'Digital' art itself has been described as
explosive, causing

many

to slowly lose their

traditionalists

apprehensions and

become involved with the medium, says

making

Success for an

artist is to

have one's

work shown. "After a show I feel I want
to do more. To move the work on," he
says. "The work is already part of my
experience.

It's

time to keep moving."

Clark says, "Showing the work

me, more

Clark, "There's a blurring of categories

less for

developing between traditional

they respond positively. For

photographers,

more
his

hope

I

me

the

artists at shows.
There is a loose network forming,
providing fellow artists with information about shows, publishing opportunities and updates on technology

and techniques.

'Digital' artists, says

IS

and tend to be helpful and supportive.
The process of entering shows
has

its

own

unique set of problems.

What

work, pushing

shows and

varies;

expanding his

limits.

He

describes the

period previous to the past couple of
years as a training

ground where he

was a
body of work

learned the art form. There
process of getting a
together that he

some

others

felt

good about, he

is

done.

It's

a past work.

I

start

his
been

entered as everything from a pho-

tograph to a drawing.
Clark currently teaches computer

thinking about the next piece."

good response. People are
very supportive," he says, noting that
some people like the work and some

and

art

education courses. In his computer

art

are interested in the process. In the

is

"I get a

says.

competitive field of art

With this conscious effort he also
needed to have the proper technology
in place for printing, storing and sUde

shows, but as compared
tional art

mediums,

it is

hard

to get

to the tradi-

'digital' art is less

competitive, says Clark,

who

regularly

art/ graphics, drawing, design

class

he has a hard time labeUng what it

that they do.

Due

medium's
no standards.
unexpected and new.
to the

short history, there exist

Each creation

is

Clark describes his students as "quite
ingenious." Students in the past have

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says

work has

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photographs while

Clark

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be

will

accepted by shows

TO REALLY SPEND A LOT

OF TIME.

work

Clark, are less protective of their

much

intense with

to get

for the people.

is

runs across the same

Unp HE ONLY WAY TO MASTER IT

'digital' artists
and designers."
Over the past
two years, Clark
has become

artists,

came

of his works, "It all

together," says Clark.

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used cloth material to print their work,
sewing pieces into pillows
and quilts. Another student used thin
copper metal in a dot matrix printer.
everitually

The process left tiny pin point-like dots
on the metal, which was then inked
and used to make a print.

He

says the students tend to help

each other and are enthusiastic about

own

high end use. This involves work
on the larger, more powerful, faster
equipment. He routinely receives
phone calls from former students now
working in the field at major newspapers, design firms and art agencies.
Part of the reason he works entirely at
school is to create a role model image
for

for aspiring

young

artists.

work, sometimes locking

In this continually adapting world

themselves in the art tech lab for

art, new skills and ideas
emerge as quickly as new artists. Ideas
that were once unattainable are now
possible due to advances in technology, "You don't have to settle," says
Clark. Future developments in the field
win enable the artist to work faster and
have the use of more powerful com-

their

entire nights in order to finish their

pieces. Clark describes

them

as almost

having an obsessive nature. "I support
them to spend as much time
as possible. The only way to master it
is to really spend a lot of time, a lot of
hands on work," he says, "I encourage,
never discourage."
In teaching he believes that there
is a fine line between teaching technology and teaching creativity. He says he
must carefully integrate both sides of

of 'digital'

puters in his creations.

Clark has forged his place in the

expanding history of

'digital'

his creativity, inspiration,

and

dents receive
a lack of

see

medium into his students'

training.

Clark says the training the stuis currently hampered by
computer availability. Only
two computers are currently available

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through the

air is the first

tomers find the atmosphere con-

thing one notices entering the shop.

ducive to holding a conversation
with friends or simply relaxing for a

Drinking cappuccino while browsing around the shop can entice one
to discover

coffee.

more than 15

Local

flavors of

homemade baked

moments

few

goods are located within a glass and

13, 1895,

Cafe invited the

even more. Shoppers will notice a

PhilUps

community

the performance

and gourmet vinegar. In a Victorian
mode, cards, holiday decorations,
children's toys, old and new books,

of a

stuffed teddy bears, scented candles,

and Birkenstocks are also

available.

Now, almost

duo

a century later,

e

neatly arranged

throughout the shop
with a single candle
on each one.

Many
c

u

s

-

is

continuing

a flashback from the '60s with

hippies, counter culture, live poetry

and folk music. The norule rules were to love mankind,
become "one with the earth," do
your own thing, challenge authority,
and show your emotions. There
readings,

may

not be

but there

what

is

many hippies left,
the atmosphere of

may once have been

a

counter culture.

The Emporium "experience"
is

unusual

for

Bloomsburg. "I
I can

enjoy the cafe because

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entertain the customers. Tables

T

to

diverse selection of cookies, scones,

In the back, a country/folk

££

during the day.
On February

wooden

cabinet, teasing the palate

beans there," says 16-year-old
Karen S. Matthews, Fernville, "it also
reminds me of France."
Shi-Hsuan Lin, a resident of
Taiwan, who currently attends
fee

smell of richly flavored cof-

fee wafting

'S%e
Bloomsburg University, says she
comes to the Emporium "whenever I
have

free time."

managed the
Emporium since it opened four years
Ellen Glidewell has

"As far as the customers go, you
cannot underestimate the potential
in a college town," she says, confirmago.

ing that they have a steady clientele.

Helen Griffith, owner of the only
folk coffee house in a twocounty area, says having her own
store has been a childhood dream.
The building has been owned by
family members since the early
1800s and she wanted it to remain
within the family. Griffith's mother

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donated her part of the building,

are people

allowing Griffith to use it as
collateral to buy her aunt's portion

am

of the building.

"when

With

about 3,600 square

available,

Griffith

feet

was not

what type of business she
would open. It began as a pool hall
sure

managers were unable to
commitment. Then, the
of a coffee shop entered

who

one of those.

mother's

spirit,"

idea

their

Griffith's
"I

head.

got

all

my

inspiration while

washing dishes every

night.

word emporium appealed
because

it

had

a Victorian ring to

who

says Griffith

emporium "would

"A

me
it,"

notes that an
also allow

me

my

I

grand-

she says, noting,

feel strongly

The

to

have

about something, I believe in following your
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books about women
entrepreneurs. "I found that there

work,

Griffith read

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in Alexandria, Va.

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successful business usually

leads to expansion. Last July, the

to

needed.

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the business

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expand in any direction I wanted, it
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.

business was not challenging
enough, Griffith also had a fourth

The

financial

problems of starting

a business also took

for

after

on new mean-

being a full-time mother

more than

11 years. If starting a

shop expanded to sell commodity
items and now offers poetry readings and musical entertainment,
finally realizing its

potential as a

true coffee house.

The owner believes

all

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Scott ToAm

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the shop

complement each

other. Eventually, Griffith says

program and add

she

book buyers

will begin a frequent

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her shop.

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David S. Ostrowski, 28, who
works in Bloomsburg, says "the
music is an overall cleansing of
school, work, and stress in a form of
pure recreation."
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very one gets an occasional case
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long and dismal winter. The gray and
snowy days can begin to look awfully
dreary after hours of daydreaming out
the window while you are supposed
to be working. You begin to visualize
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yourself doing something else,
perhaps flying down ski slopes on thin
waiting for the
next fish to bite as your fishing pole
disappears through a sheet of ice.
strips of fiberglass, or

Whatever your

tastes are,

an

idyllic

winter trip is the perfect cure for the
winter blues.

People from

all

over come to

Columbia and Montour counties
enjoy the country-like atmosphere

In addition to skiing, snowboarding is a trend that has caught on

Promotion Agency, describes January
through March as a "slow time" in the

in the past

few years. "I tried it just to
what it was Uke, and 1 ended up
falling on my head," says Joel Bruno,
who tried snowboarding for the first
time last year. An avid skier, Bruno
says there are often conflicts on
the hills between skiers and snowboarders.
However, he says, since
snowboarding is becoming more

area, but there are

see

events,

popular, "a lot of the bigger ski areas
are setting up separate hiUs for snow-

boarders and skiers."
Ice fishing is another popular winter
activity, both in and out of the area.
"Ice fishing is definitely a sport," says

to

Harry Hunt, an

in

the past 10 years. Hunt mainly fishes
in lakes around his hometown of
Levittown, but says, "Any lake is good

the winter months. "Ice fishing, cross-

country skiing and snowmobiling are
popular activities in the area," says
Marguerite Foster, director of
the Columbia /Montour Tourism Promotion Agency. "The game lands in
the area also provide a beautiful land-

scape for visitors," she adds. Other
areas of Pennsylvania also make for
exciting weekend getaways.
For those people whose idea of
fun is swooshing down vertical slopes
at 90 irdles per hour, skiing trips are a
popular holiday during the winter

fisherman for

ice

as long as it's not near a power plant
where the water is always moving."
The ice fishing season is best in
December and January, but you can

long as the
can be dangerous
before dark when
fish as

says

Hunt who

ice stays frozen. "It
if

you

right

getting colder,"

points out, "the ice

always cracking and
If

you go out

it's

is

shifting."

feel like

spending

a

the

some upcoming
of which is
Bloomsburg" at the
still

highlight

"Antiques in

Bloomsburg fairgrounds in March.
The Bloomsburg Theatre Ensemble
also has a variety of shows in the
works, including, "A Child's
Christmas in Wales," "The School for
Wives," and "Oleanna." Bloomsburg
University offers The Celebrity Artists
Series for various interests.
If all you really want to do is get
warm, you can join the swarms of

people heading south for the winter.
Local travel agencies report that the
majority of their customers are trading
in their snowsuits for swimsuits
and
taking off for places like Florida and
Caribbean.
Meyers Charter
the
Service, Danville, is offering "Winter
Break for Seniors" as its newest
promotion. The trips include Daytona
Beach, Fla. in January, and Panama
City Beach, Ha. in February. "It's sort
of like spring break for college kids,
only for senior citizens," says Pam
Clark, tour director for Meyers. She
adds, "They're the ones with the time
and the money." Meyers also runs

winter activity for you. The local
area has buck, turkey, doe, bear and

another trip to New Orleans in
February for Mardi Gras which has
been very popular in the past.
the next time you catch yourself

small game seasons. The small game
season n.ms through February. A huntone can
ing license is required, but
easily be obtained at an area sporting

for a moment and think of all the fun
you could have enjoying one of the
many winter activities that

Poconos also offer a number of slopes
for skiers in the winter.
Camelback, Shawnee Mountain, Big
Boulder, and Jack Frost are just a few

goods

Pennsylvania has to offer Strap on a

over the next few months. Coralee

snowboard and let loose, or relax and
enjoy an afternoon at the theatre.
Whatever your preference, t

resorts located in the area.

Kindt, an employee of the Tourism

surrounding area has a

months. Montage Ski Resort
in Scranton begins its season
Thanksgiving weekend with manmade snow. "Our busiest months are
December and January," says Jason
Mills, an employee of the resort. The

WINTER 1994-1995

substantial period of time in the great
outdoors, hunting may be the ideal

If

store.

you would

rather stay inside,

the local area offers a few activities

Sodaydreaming out the window, stop

lot to offer.

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Seissof Man Cuts
a Place ¥or HimsBlf
Looking

for that

hard

to find

item? Franklin Dent, the
"Scissor

Man," might

just

have what you need.
people just can't find anymore,"
says Dent of Bloomsburg, who has
been in business for himself the past
six years. The former owner of a
car detailing business, Dent now
"I sell stuff

takes his "Scissor

area

fairs,

Man"

stand to

malls, flea markets,

and

was looking

it

years."

up. Probably will be for 20
Dent works 16 hours a day,

for

something

to

do," he says, after getting out of his
first business venture. "I keep build-

a

day

for

importers.

His selection includes everything from scissors to mmianvils to jeweler's loupes

Among
lar

his

most popu-

selection."

items are bandage scissors, hair

scissors and, to his surprise, nose

for

my

scissors to see

'A lot of people look
me. They come back

year after year. This makes
happy," says Dent, rec-

hair scissors.

me

if

they work," says Dent, "I go
through them all. Other people
Besides
don't do that," he says.
scissors. Dent sells a wide

ognizing a number of repeat
The people are
customers.
familiar with the products he car-

selection of tools, including

him," he says. Dent, who gets the
occasional "what's this thing?" from
customers, says "some people ques-

clamps, screwand mini-saws.
To Dent, the most unusual item he sells is an earwax
spoon."It depends on the
customer. Unique depends
on the individual. To one
person it's different, to
another it's ordinary," he

pliers,

drivers,

says, noting that the

black

head removers shock a

lot

of people.
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"Scissor

of his mer-

Man"

Franklin Dent,

who has been

in

the business the

past six years,
sells his

unique

brand of merchandise at
malls, fairs,

and

flea

markets

throughout
Northeast
Pennsylvania.

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chandise from
"I buy
what I need," says
Dent, "I'm always
looking to add to my

to work eight hours
someone else."

"So I don't have

"I test all

fishing shows.
"I

ing

ries,

tion

and

that slightly

everything;

"surprises

usually

women

have the most questions." Some of
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pin vices, Dremel tools, hemostats,
and Chinese scissors.
Operating from his temporary
stand. Dent says he doesn't know if
he'd want to have a permanent
store. "I know there will be people at
the places I go," he says. "If I had a
His products
store, who knows?"
are impulse items. In order to have a
store, a large inventory would be
necessary says Dent, something he's
not prepared for. "Even in my sixth
year of business

it's still

a learning

process," he says.

enjoy my work. It's frustratsometimes, but in the long
run it's enjoyable," he says, always
"I

ing

on his way to the next stop
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looking

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