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Who s

Talking

by Jeff

A/Iac

Clay

depravation can be more
Sleep
than merely an inconvenience,

new

job or staying

the night in a strange place, though

can cause serious health

these tend only to create a temporary

problems. However, a simple change
in

such as starting a

it

your sleeping habits can make

Remedying

all

the difference.

Those suffering from insomnia not

be

rising at the

same times every day.

such as college students, extremely
susceptible says Dolores Hranitz,
nursing supervisor at Bloomsburg
University's health center. Another
cause is sudden change in routine,

says Sue Morris, Harrisburg,

before

bedtime and refraining

from reading and
watching television

bed as additional "cures"

for insomnia.

By adhering

to four

the hair out of

my

"It

face."

keeps

Danielle

Mont Alto, says she wears a
when she's having a bad hair day

Harris,

cap

because,

Women
cap with the
I

easier than

"it's a lot

worrying about

my hair."

often color coordinate the
outfit they're wearing. "If

like the color of the hat,

I

buy

it,"

says

Betsy Leas, Doylestown, "Sometimes
to these suggestions

insomnia can be avoided, but if it does
strike, it can usually be overcome in

two

fad in the 90s.

becoming

temperature are

activity right

makes groups,

once male icon of
a unisex
Super-models Cindy

this

fast

is

other simple solutions.

The AAFP suggests
avoiding strenuous

in

anymore;
fashion

Crawford and Kathy Ireland wear
them in fashion magazines and
on television.
"I wear a hat when I work out,"

keeping
your bedroom dark,
and adjusting room
Exercise,

shallowly, wake
up early and also

This

can

going to bed and

difficulty falling
asleep, according
to the American
Academy of Family
Physicians (AAFP),
but also sleep very

levels of noise.

insomnia

as easy as

only experience

have difficult falling
back asleep.
Major causes for
insomnia include stress and high

caps xm)?fe were worn
only by baseball players. Not

Baseball

manifestation of the disorder.

weeks with some simple

changes in your sleeping habits. (^

buy

I

match the
acquired most

have

to

hat."

She admits she's
from potential boyfriends

clothes just to

of her caps

and

friends. "It's a fashion statement,"

says

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KEEPING YOU POSTED
traveling Interstate 80 in Columbia county may be
more aesthetically pleasing, especially when
entering or exiting the highway.

Motorists may have noticed a subtle new look to the
roadside icons that dot the exits and roadway of this

busy

artery.

now enjoy

the unique facelift courtesy
has replaced steel signposts on
certain sections of 1-80 and route 15 in Lycoming County
with wood posts.
The new sign construction costs more initially, but >
saves the state money in the long run, says Stevec
Mutchler, assistant district traffic engineer for PennDOT.
He says the sign posts are only used in new construction

Travelers can

of

PennDOT. The

state

and cheaper to install the naturalroadway is torn up.
The advantage to the wood signposts, says
Mutchler, is that they resist wind damage, leaning, and
are less likely to be damaged by snow plows because of
their concrete foundation. The posts were installed in
Columbia County because the extra funding needed for
them was available on the 1-80 project.
"It was a functional decision," says Mutchler, "and
aesthetically it looks nicer, but we didn't do it for

because

it's

easier

finish posts while the

aesthetics."

Mutchler adds that there are no plans to use the

new

signposts statewide.

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An Emu for You
addition, laboratory research has

native Australian birds, have

Emus,
long provided Aborigines with food,
and

clothing,

increased

expanded the utility of the emu to
include shampoo, facial cream, body
lotion, after shave,
lip
balm, and

to

farming in the United

Bloomsburg residents can

States,

enjoy

emu

Due

shelter.

eye cream.

also

Joanne and David Long of Longview Emu
Farm, Bloomsburg, raise and sell breeder chicks

emu by-products.

Emu

meat

used to
make leather apparel, boots and handbags;

and its
used for

is

edible;

its

feathers, eggs,
craft

and

skin

and

is

to

toenails are

jewelry items. In

is

anyone interested in raising emus themselves.
The versatility of this bird may ensure there
an emu in everyone's future. &^

You Be the Judge
message

for O.J. Callers

can also leave

comments, voice opinions, and

Theandworld

news

of telephonic

information
may have changed forever with
the creation of a 900 number
exclusively designed to provide
callers with info about the O.J.
interactive

Simpson trial.
By dialing

1-900-UB JUDGE, a
caller can learn case developments,
hear uncensored 911 tapes or leave a

provide their theories about the case
and hear the thoughts of others. The
line operates 24 hours a day, seven
days a week. Kraig Jordan, director of
Breaking News Corp., which operates
the line, says, "The response was
excellent. Mostly the calls were

information, the

Jordan says that unlike e-mail, everything is screened, "There are no Hve
operators. Calls are screened for foul
language mostly and we don't want to
get sued."

After the O.J. case, the interactive

phone system

from women."

Beyond

numbers which only gather
new system allows
callers to interact on a new level.
poll

the

trial

connection, the

new

telephonic /interactive system
opens up a world of future uses for
gathering and dispensing information.
Unlike past 900 numbers, where you
cannot interact with others or opinion

callers
stories,

likely will provide
with information for other
"We've discussed the systems

future, but

we want to see what the
UB JUDGE is," says

revenue from

Jordan. Regardless, interactive
services are here to stay.

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A monumental piece of
Egypt along the Susquehanna
The bemonument

arrived,

its

17 pieces ready

assembled, in October 1908.

to

After

Marie Walters of the Bloomsburg Preservation
Society, describing the

monument's obelisk, a
Its smooth wall

haggUng over the designs, the
county commission had found what it wanted

four-sided monolithic piUar.

in a catalogue: a touch of Egyptian architecture

of gateways to Egyptian temples.

years of

to

honor the

finish provides

men of Columbia County who had

The

fought in the Civil War. While hardly reminis-

revival

by
November the work of assembling the
Soldier's and Sailor's Monument on
Market Street was complete.

first

cent of the building of the Great Pyramids,

"It's

Egyptian revival architecture," says

first

an

effect suggestive of

period of Egyptian architectural

was 1830

to 1850.

Columbia County

War monumonument

expressed interest in a Civil

ment

pylons

in the 1870s.

Since then, the

has stood as a proud reminder of those

men who devoted
for freedom.

their

lives

to

fighting

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but most don't know what they're
saying. Of course we know the meanings of most of
the words we use or we'd all be talking nonsense.
But, we never ask where the words came from. From the
shortest to the longest, each word has its origin in one place
or the other.
Word meanings and origins are called etymologies. The

Everybody

word "etymology" comes from
Most

own

the Greek

word

for true.

denim jeans. But most don't
The word originated in
the French manufacturing town of Nimes. Its product was
called serge de Nimes, thus the shortened
version, denim.
Few economists know the origin of deficit. It comes
from the Latin sentence meaning "It is lacking."
Besides given names, a lot of people acquire
nicknames. Once it was called an ekename. Eke meant
added, a name added to your given name. Through the
years, the English word ekename absorbed the 'n' from 'an'
thus becoming nekename and later, nickname.
Farming is a major industry throughout Pennsylvania,
of us

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a fixed payment. In the 16th century, the farm was
associated with a leased tract of land and its workers were
known as "farmers," those who pay the rent.
At the end of dinner we've all indulged ourselves with
a piece of cake or pie, what we call dessert. It's something
eaten when all the dishes are cleared. That's what dessert
first meant. The word comes from the French, desservir,
meaning clear away.
Finally, Shakespeare's characters on leaving say God be
ivi' ye, (God be with you). Over the years, from saying it
faster and faster, it became the more familiar, goodbye.

in

University Foundation, Inc. has the
responsibiiity of securing private funds
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called a farmer.

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Xou're going to feel a sensation in your mouth.
Dr. Joseph Tloczynski, assistant professor of
psychology at Bloomsburg University, tells his
patient during a hypnosis session. "It's going to start as a
general coolness that grows and grows," he continues, "and
becomes cooler and cooler until you have no sensation in
that area." As the patient relaxes and focuses her attention
on Tloczynski's words, the hypnotic suggestions prove to
be successful in controlling the pain.
Hypnosis, an altered state of consciousness, is proving to be an effective
alternative to anesthesia and pain
killers, according to Tloczynski. It is

Yi

a

way

of focusing a person's atten-

way the body protects itself. They can kick in when
person is under tremendous pain or stress.
Pain killers, either endorphins or drugs such as
morphine, fill the receptor sites, which are the places that
are the
a

take the pain. This effectively blocks the perception of

"Hypnosis might allow a person to consciously produce more endorphins to have a more powerful effect for
controlling pain," says Tloczynski. Many people are
amazed that hypnosis can replace needles and
drugs. "Every drug has a side effect," says
''Hypnosis
Tloczynski. "If you think about all the
possible side effects of different forms
[the
of anesthesia," he says, "those are
one of the things you avoid [with
pain.

might allow
patient] not to need

and going into a trance.
hypnosis]." Tloczynski explains that
"Hypnosis depends upon flexibility
some pain killers prescribed to the
prescription
in the way we think about things," says
elderly produce drowsiness, which
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notizable," he says, "but definitely to varying
process. "This could be dangerous to an 80 or 90extents." A person's "hypnotizability" is a skill, and can
year-old," he says. "It could cause the person to fall, creatimprove with practice.
ing more problems."
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// A lot of pain killers are really harsh on the stomach,"
hypnotized, it can be a beneficial technique for alleviating
-Za. says Tloczynski, who points out that a person can
pain without the risk of side effects from anesthesia. There
develop ulcers. Hypnosis is a successful alternative to
are chemical substances in the brain, endorphins, which act
someone with a history of ulcers, but who can't use pain
as natural pain killers. These chemicals can reduce pain as
control drugs.
effectively as morphine. Tloczynski says that endorphins
It is necessary to know the source of pain in order to
tion

Dr. Tloczynski has successfully used hypnosis as an alternative remedy to alleviate pain for his

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warming feeling moving through your
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joints,"

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"Many came

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me

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injuries."
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"Caution has to be used though,"
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taught.

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also have an interest in pain
For example, a marathon

runner could use hypnosis to deal
with a pain he or she has during the
race. In fact,

by the end

of a race,

most

much pain because
endorphins have been

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ulcers, drowsiness,

to consider,

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like

and depenpeople are

418 East

looking for alternatives to prescription

a niche in

St.

Bloomsburg, PA

drugs for their pain relief.
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whether it is self-hypnosis or done by
a professional, hypnosis can be the
answer they are looking for. Because it
is proving to be successful in alleviating pain, hypnosis is rapidly carving
itself

naturally activated.

"Gradually

where peoin and actually do it them"I'm just there to observe and
it

make sure

dency

Tloczynski

ir

Tloczynski
says, "while they're under hypnosis
and when they're out of hypnosis."
ple

prescription drugs."

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is like

With sports performances
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the sense of pain totally, because
athletes might rip a muscle during
assertion and not even realize it."
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Tom

By Ja^ Unangst

Bergman was no different
else. He was fresh

out of active duty in the Marine

have

a

and feeds

off a

variety of animals

biting

and transmitting the disease

including deer, mice, birds, and dogs.

any time during that

landscaping job, and just trying to

Three varieties of ticks are capable
of transmitting the infection— the deer
tick in the Midwest and Northern
U.S., the "black-legged" deer tick in
the Southern U.S., and the western
"black-legged" tick in the Western

greatest risk of infection, however,

money

save some

so he could put

himself through college. For him, the

summer

of 1989 was no different than
any other summer, or so he thought.
By October or November of that
year, however, he was getting sick. "I
thought 1 had the flu," says Bergman,
"I felt feverish, my body was sore and
I

was extremely

getting

sleep
still

any

long

not be able to get

and go about

The most troubled

states in these

routine. "Basically

I

The

occurs from May through August
when great numbers of people
are outdoors and ticks are in their
infancy stage. During this time, ticks
are difficult to detect because of their

small size (about the size of a period)

they can acquire orange, red, or
rust colored markings on the

abdomen making them

its

easier to detect. Still
dangerous, risk of adult

and

tick infection is lessened

up

because of their slightly
larger size (which aids

daily

his

cycle.

and dark brown or black coloring.
Although adult ticks are also dark,

He would

better.

night

all

U.S.

fatigued." But, his

bout with the flu did not run
normal course and he wasn't

had

in detection),

no motivation, which

and

their

active period occurring

depressed and worried

me because I had no idea

from September to
April, when fewer

what was wrong."

people are outdoors,

Bergman had con-

not

ambush

disease, which acquired

name from

its

L)ane, Conn.,
first

a

multi-system illness that

named for Dr. Willy
Burgdorfer, who identified it as the
cause of Lyme disease in 1981. The
Burgdorferi,

transmitted through the

bite of the Ixodes tick

wooded,

12

which

lives in

grassy, or brush filled areas.

Spectrnni

From

fohage.

and the central and peripheral ner
vous systems. The infection is triggered by a spirochete (a cork-screw
shaped bacterium) called Borrelia

is

by

body heat, they attach
themselves to animals or
people passing through the

is

affects the skin, heart, joints, eyes,

spirochete

their victims

waiting in tail grass or
brush. Then, attracted by

the town of
where it was

recognized in 1975,

which do
jump or fly,

cks,

an ailment known
as lyme disease. This
tracted

***.-

which

ticks,

summer

Corps, working hard at a

/

Infected

year-round hfe cycle, are capable of

than anyone

Spring/

their

there, ticks

way under

make

clothing

and

hide in the fringes of body hair
or attach themselves directly
areas are

New

York,

Rhode

New

Jersey,

to

skin

the

where they

Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Georgia, Mirmesota, Wisconsin and
California, each of which is nearing,

must remain

number

the host.

Connecticut,

Island,

or has surpassed, 1,000 in the
of reported cases.

Summer 1995

least

for at
24 hours before

infection can
be passed on to

the

Initial

infec-

/

tion
lar

characterized

is

by

a small circu-

rash that appears where the bite

The rash, which clears up
few days, can take up to a
month to appear making detection

disease

some

difficult. In

cases (an estimated

one-third) a rash never occurs.

know

didn't even

says Bergman,

"I

"I

been bitten,"
never even got a
I'd

just got real sick."

Sometime

after the rash clears, (the

time varies

rash,

for

1

individual cases) early flu-like

symptoms, including headache,
neck and back
pain, sore throat, nausea and vomiting, begin to occur.
7f left undiagnosed or untreated, later
stages of Lyme disease can result
fatigue, fever, chills,

I

might never have been

In a study published in The Journal

occurred.
after a

test,

correctly diagnosed."

American Medical

of the

Association in

1993, researchers reported that of 788

New England
previously been

people retested in the

who had

area,

diagnosed with

Lyme

percent actually had the ailment.

symptoms. He was soon able
to avoid excessive sleeping and
his health gradually improved

in cardiac or neurological disorders,

and severe

controlled.

But therein

arthritis.

the problem. Current testing
methods have proved unreliable
in the detection of antibodies;
misdiagnosis can delay treatment for

weeks, months, or even years. Says
Bergman, "The doctors thought I had
mono, because 1 had all the symptoms
right

down

the line.

If

my

^jchadn't specifically asked for

mother
a lyme

Diner

for Bergman, a two-month
regiment of antibiotics was
sufficient to eradicate most of his

Luckily

with exercise.
With proper diagnosis, even in
advanced stages, Lyme disease can be
successfully treated, or at least

lies

The Bloomsburg

disease, only 23

"Lyme

thing," says

disease

is

a scary

Bergman, reinforcing

its

inherent dangers, "even to this day,
still

1

Corner of
Main & Lightstreet

Under new
management

have an occasional bad bout of

fatigue or arthritis. "4^

you have any concerns about Lyme disease contact Bug Experts Gary Holloway or
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ity in

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She says that although this student lifts
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By

Cliris IKrepicfi

n the second floor of a century-old defunct dress factory in
Nuremberg, Steve Sukop sands the body of a partially finished
bass guitar, loaning shape to the instrument he started
from scratch.
Sukop, who recently completed his 100th bass guitar, builds
the custom handmade instruments for professional bass players
throughout the East Coast from the factory that houses both his home
Itid workshop.
' "They're for professionals who know what they want, and can tell
a good instrument from a bad one," Sukop says. He produces mostly
five- and six-string basses, making only a few with four strings each

with five or six strings are usually higher quality
instruments and usually reserved for more prolific players.)
Sukop basses retail between $4,000 and $5,000 depending on the
type of wood used on the face, the wood's uniqueness, and the number

year. (Bass guitars

of strings

A

on the

guitar.

bass player himself since high school, Sukop, 29, found his
calling when he tore apart one of his first basses, an old Rickenbacker.

After examining the interior design,

he says it didn't seem too difficult, and
he beUeved he could duplicate it fairly
easy. Sukop later purchased a used
Gibson bass, and while trying to
adjust the neck, the internal adjusting

He repaired the neck, made
new body for the guitar, and

rod broke.
a

reassembled

it

using the existing

hardware. Impressed with his

new

he began to design and build
basses in his spare time. "I played
guitar and liked working with wood,
so it was a natural combination that
fell together," he says.
creation,

He

built his first bass, an acoustic
model, from the wood of an old
console TV. His acoustic bass-building
days were short-lived, giving way to
designing and building electric

He

guitars.

model

eventually produced a

similar to the non-traditional

design.

Stein-berger

This

unique

instrument features a headstock-less
neck, where the tuning keys are
normally found, and moves the keys
to the

bridge.

end

below the

of the body,

He produced

that style for

about a year before adopting the more
traditional design that he uses today.
After high school, Sukop attended
Berklee School of Music in Boston
for a year.

Working

as a carpenter to

finance his education, he continued to

build and experiment with the design,

then returned

home

to

move

into the

Steve Sukop at

work

in his sliop in

Nuremberg.

vacant factory his father owned.

All Sukop guitars feature seven-ply
neck-through-body construction
The neck uses
seven layers of wood and runs the

and

Bertollini pickups.

entire length of the guitar.

added

in

two

sections

The body

on

is

either side,

hence the term "neck-through-body."
All are made with domestic
mahogany and "exotic" hardwoods,
including purpleheart, quilted maple,
bubinga, and maple burl. The
mahogany is used to construct the
guitar's body while exotic wenge'
wood is used on the fretboard (fingerboard).

He

says the softer

mahogany

gives the guitar resonance, contrasting

with the harder maple and purpleheart
used in the neck and on the face. The
exotic woods give the instruments
their distinctive look

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"Consumers buy with

their eyes,"

he

Sukop's basses feature a natural
wood-grain and satin lacquer finish
with a "face" of one of the exotic
woods. "Maple burl is going to be the
trend," he says, referring to his recent
guitar sales and product demand.
Sukop says he constantly searches
for unique pieces of exotic woods.
His mahogany currently comes from
a dealer near Williamsport, while
the exotic woods are shipped from
says.

dealers in Washington state and
near Philadelphia.
Sukop produces about 10 guitars

every six weeks, as opposed to a
big-name company, like Fender,
which makes 150 basses a day. "Some
of the guitars out there aren't even
touched by human hands," he says.

Summer 995
1

//•"phe small manufacturers are a
J. recent phenomena," says Dan
Fender's vice president of
marketing for electric guitars. He says
Fender, the bass guitar giant during
Smith,

the '60s

and

market

share

'70s,

now
the

of

has a smaller
bass guitar

industry, but adds that bass sales are
three times greater today. Although
Smith says the smaller manufacturers
haven't had an impact on sales. Fender
has introduced a "custom shop."
"If smaller manufacturers didn't exist,
we probably wouldn't have done it,"

says Smith.
"I

love them,

1

have

three," says

Mike Demopolous, bassist for the
Boston-based funk band Chucklehead.
Demopolous says he picked up a
fretless Sukop guitar by chance in a

Boston music store. "I didn't know
what it was. I just liked it so I bought
it," he says. A few months later, after
opening the battery compartment to

wood-working machinery. "I can do it
faster, better, and safer with my own

To help

machines," he says.

MGM movie "Sleep with
Me," which features music by

Sukop insists that the hands-on
work is what gives the instruments
their quality and value. "You can't
make a machine to do what I'm doing
by hand," he says. The other tools in
his modest shop include a drill press,
table saw, and router. "I always do
with what I have," he says.
Sukop literally built his business
piece by piece. "I just bought an
occasional tool here and there. I don't
need much," he says. As quality
improved and his sales grew, Sukop

Chucklehead. A Sukop bass can also
be heard in a Boston area Footlocker

full-time career. "I

change the battery needed for the
pick-ups, Demopolous found Sukop's
business card in the bass and gave him
a

"His basses look very cool,

call.

and sound

are very comfortable
incredible,"

he says.
basses can be heard on

Sukop's

Chucklehead's second independent
release "Fuzz."

Demopolous

is

also

responsible for the guitar being heard

in the

commercial.
worked with

"The engineers

1

love them too," says

eventually

ed

I

of

musician from

New

studio

York City

who

has played on albums by comedian

Sandra Bernhard and the rock group

Baby

Face.

Sukop basses

are available

music stores across the country.
Mostly out of financial necessity,
he designed and built his own
in select

a

that's the

hin

is a step ahead
competition by being
self-financed. "I've seen guys take

Sukop

a

passion

his

knew what 1 want-

make what I want."

Dave Rengel,

to

made

he says, "and

to do,"

part.

Demopolous. Sukop recently sold a
guitar

cover their loans or
people too soon.

says he

the

out loans for ungodly amounts
and then they don't want to push
sandpaper anymore," he says.
Sukop adds that he has heard of a
number of bass makers who have
called

it

quits because they can't

sell

that they hired

me

to concentrate more on the quality
and workmanship," he says.
sample of Sukop's basses can also
be seen while he's performing
with his band "No Pets Aloud."
The band tours the club circuit of

A

Pennsylvania, bringing

modern and

classic

its

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tall, refreshing cocktail in one hand,
and a bottle of sun screen in the other. For
Joseph Pifer and Fred Hill, Bloomsburg
vacation sitting

University professors, the cocktail was optional,
but the bottle of sun screen proved essential for
their recent Peruvian tour of the Amazon rivei:
The trip was designed so that people could tour
the great

Amazon

rain forest, to

become

better

acquainted with the plants, animals, and native
inhabitants.

Large cultural and economic disparities are
apparent upon leaving the bright lights,
congestion, and frantic pace of Miami by plane.

and landing in Iquitos, Peru. Upon first sight,
Iquitos, which sits on the banks of the Amazon
about 2,300 miles from the Atlantic Ocean and
is the world's most inland port navigable by
ocean-going ships, appears almost povertystricken. Although there is a public water
and sewage system, there are only dirt roads,
few employment opportunities, high pollution
levels, and minimal support services. 'The
main problem is that so many people move out
of the jungle, where they were at least able to
make a living" ,says Mil, "and come to the
city

where there

just isn't

any quality of

life

for them."

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and other debris being carried past
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navigation a

and showing how much

force the river really has," says Hill.

While looking to the other side of the
river. Hill asked the guide about the

He was amazed to find
what he was looking at was only
an island between the two banks.
Even as far inland, the Amazon,
about 200 miles wide at the mouth,
can still exceed two miles in width.
While on the river, the expedition
used dug-outs, the predominate
source of river travel. Made from large
trees that have been burned then
river width.
that

scraped out, dug-outs are often seen
just laying at the water's edge, giving
the appearance of abandonment. This

merely ensures that the canoe stays in
contact with the water, which
prevents it from drying out.
they arrived at the lodge
they found that, though it had
comforts, such as hot water and
comfortable rooms, it still possessed
the rustic setting of a frontier camp.

When

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The buildings were mostly open,
thatch-roofed structures connected by
covered walkways. The dining
facilities were lighted by oil-burning
lamps, and the beds had mosquito
netting because there were no screens
or windows.
announce every meal, a native
employee banged repeatedly on a
drum made from a hollowed out log.

To

made

a very distinct sound," says
"you could hear it from just about
anywhere." Dinner was then served
buffet style, in an open-air dining area,
and consisted of a variety of fresh
fruits, vegetables, rice, fish, and chicken
Even at this stage of the expedition
members of the group were learning
to adapt to the jungle. Hill remembered
one girl in the group who walked to
the bathroom in the middle of the
night with a flashlight, extremely
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all

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tarantulas," says Hill.

Almost

a third of the

world's 8,600 spec-

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ies of birds,

plants, over

species of

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and more species

flies,

of

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in

to write

down or rememnew species

out trying

you
saw," says Pifer, "but
it was
impossible; by
the end of the day your
mind is just swinmning
with all the things you
saw."

One
unusual

in

the world, provides an excellent

Below: Giant water
unusual plants in the

lillies

are one of the

Amazon

many

Basin.

built

on

open

stilts

to

compensate for the annual rise and
fall of the water level. The water depth
of the Amazon can vary as much as
forty feet, and in this region, the river

the

more

sites

was

that of

These water

lilies,

Farming and

ways
and making a
Beyond that, in

fishing are solid

of providing food

this

local

consist of

job

area,

little

Explorama

opportunities

more than working

for

one of the base camps.
Carrying supplies is one of the most
at

which can grow between six and seven feet
in diameter and have

common

the strength to support

up

a baby, have actually
adapted to predators
by developing spines

tough people,

underneath the water to
avoid being eaten.

natives

use their houses as docks, pulling
their boats right up along the sides.
These dwellings can house as many as
fifteen to twenty people. This becomes
necessary as most families grow quite
large, with women
often becoming
pregnant by the age of thirteen.

living in the jungle.

of

the giant Victorian water

opportunity to study the ecosystem in the otherwise unreachable jungle canopy.

natives live in

thatch-roofed huts,

walkways disappear and the

start

of plant or animal

walkways

Amazon. The

"Every day, you

ber every

Above: The canopy walkway, one of three such

with the presence of numerous tiny
along the banks of the

villages

can flood areas up to sixteen miles
wide. During the flooding, covered

Basin, giv-

would

lily.

to talk with the
soon presented itself

unparalleled diver-

Amazon

the

ing

than

fish

The opportunity
local inhabitants

of

all

jobs.

Workers are

capable of carrying loads of more than
a

hundred pounds, often traveling

for

to twelve hours a day. "These are
it

really puts things into

perspective," says Pifer, recalling an

woman in one of the camps
who worked as a cook and dishwasher as many as 16 hours a day in order
elderly

to

make $1.50.
One of the

best job opportunities

one of the areas
canopy walkway. One of only three such walkfor the locals involves

most unique

sites,

the

ways

in existence— the other two being
Borneo and China— the canopy
walkway is a half-mile rope and plank
footpath that winds its way through
the canopy of the jungle at heights of
up to 120 feet. "You never really felt
like you were that high in the air,"

in

says Hill, "because there

was

a layer

canopy above and below the
bridge that surrounded you." This
makes it possible to see sights in the
canopy that would otherwise be
unreachable. The walkway itself is
of jungle

tied to the trees, not nailed, so as not

do any damage.
Using repelling ropes, workers
scale up into the trees and readjust the
to

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ropes weekly to ensure tree safety.
This is one of the highest paying jobs

about $250 a month;
average wages are about half of that.
Job security, however, is a benefit in
in the area, at

this area. After three
job,

months on the
fired for any

workers cannot be

reason, says Hill.

And

the job

is

an

important one because the walkway
provides a perfect setting for researching canopy

A

life.

whole separate

ecosystem actually exists consisting of
plants and animals who spend their

whole

life

in the

canopy without ever

touching the ground.
in

is

of the vegetation

the ground. There
out,

making

it

it is left

tively safe. "In this area,

slash

and burn

used

just to clear

is

mainly

space

right next to the river,"

says Pifer. Most of the

extreme damage takes
place in Brazil, he adds.
Reflecting

on the

expedition, Pifer says,

not so

three or four things to

drifting

make you say to yourself

is

smoke from the slashing and burning.
The slash and burn process starts with
all

ruining that area of
rain forest. However,
the Peruvian area of the
Amazon remains rela-

"every day there were

sight
the basin that
One
fascinating
the distant

cutting

destroyed, permanently

down

until

easier to burn.

it

that this

the most

is

incredible experience.

^

to

dries

Burning

causes the nutrients to return to the

where once they are mixed with
water from river flooding, secondary
jungle replaces what was destroyed.
Therein lies the problem with deforestation, however, because farther
inland, where flooding does not reach,
slash and burn prevents the nutrients
from ever making it to the ground.
soil,

This results in the secondary jungle

never rising to replace what has been

For those interested in
learning about the

Amazon, Fred hiill is
a Neo-Tropical

offering

Biology class

Bloomsburg

A

tour

is

this fall at

University.

planned

in

January 1996.
For information, call
Hill at

Joseph

389-41 34 or

Pifer at

389-4 140

Above: Joseph
tion

Pifer

and the

rest of the expedi-

had the opprotunity to interact with native

life in

the basin.

Below: The Explorarama base camp serves as a
rustic yet

comfortable setting for the expedition.

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L
Renovations to

camp lavigne keep
area scouting alive

6i| Cfiris

B
'

e prepared.

Arthur
living this

Wark

of

Berwick has been

Boy Scout motto

for

more

than 70 years as one of the original
visit Camp Lavigne.

Scouts to

Wark, who joined the Scouts the

arrow heads when he was a Scout,
something no longer done at the camp.
Wark adds that initiation rituals
among the Order of the Arrow, a camp
fraternity, were also common activities

same year

the camp opened, will help
camp commemorate its 70th
anniversary this summer when past
and present Scouts converge on
the Columbia County site for a

among

the

initiation

three-day celebration.

was $5 a week. Costs now

in a
just

the older Scouts.

"It

military-like,

"We

When Wark

for the

camp
week

$125.

For

including busing and lunch,

$80.

is

Cub/parent weekend camp is $27.50
per person with meals included.
Scouts from Columbia and Montour
counties have been converging on
the Columbia county campsite since
the late 1800s, even before the land
was purchased by the first Columbia-

Montour Council

Camp
J.

of

Boy Scouts

named

after

Lavigne, the council's

F.

first

Lavigne,

of

1923.

in

president,

was acquired

by the council in 1925 for
$1,000. The original 33-acre

but fun," he
tents.

There were no buildings

joined in 1923,

camp for Boy Scouts is
Cub Scouts, day camp,

long specialty

America, formed

was very

slept in

says the

nearby cemetery, supplied with

an advisory board member
and volunteer, Wark recalls
the early days of Camp

Lavigne.

He

included spending the night

two matches.

Active in Scouting as

says.

3Crepicfi

was formerly known
Winona Park, a Native-

tract

at

as

Wark also says
camp was more rugged
than it is today. You could

American campground
named for an Indian who

study the natural wilderness there because it was
untouched. "Although most
scout activities have
remained the same, Wark

200 additional acres have

that time."

"the

was buried
since

been added

Nearly
to

the

campsite, along with cabins,

mess hall, a pool and
various recreational and
a

remembers hunting with

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Located

along Fishing Creek, north

of Benton, the

camp is host to

a

season

activities,

Boy

but the

were

Scouts

multitude of activities from
swimming and fishing to merit badge

prevented from using the

and nature lessons. Special
events and activities are held yearround, but July and October remain
the predominant camping seasons.
All that almost ended in 1991,
however, when the national Boy Scout
council was pushing to consolidate
smaller camps to form larger, regional

the renovations could be

training

campsites.

time

when

"There was a period of
the camp's existence was

uncertain," says

member

Dr.

Mary

Bernath, a

camp

summer

the

in

so

made. With the camp up to
code in
the summer of
1994, the Boy Scouts were
again tracking animals and
practicing first-aid.

The camp is also
utilized by non-scout
groups which rent the

camp from

the

Girls Scouts,

the

council.

YMCA,

camping committee
and an active volunteer. "Council was
getting pressure from above to close
it," she says, "but people who grew up
with it were bound and determined to

and church groups also use
the camp on occasion.

save

Fishing Creek to create a

of the

it."

That determination has turned

campaign to
help improve the camp and bring it up
to the new standards set forth by the
national council. New standards were
into a major fund-raising

responsible for the

on

its activities

still

hosted

Cub

camp

in 1992

cutting back

and

1993.

Scout outings and

310 Pine

It

off-

Before

the installation of

the pool in 1930, the

Scouts

used

to

damn

temporary swimming

The creek

hole.

also served as

the sole access point into

the

camp. At

first,

you

could only get across the
creek by boat, then by

swinging

a

foot-bridge.
That bridge has since been

Boy Scouts

salute the

their daily ritual at

American

Camp

flag as part of

Lavigne.

St.

Danville

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photo by Mary Be

Scouts cross the bridge leading into Greystone Campsite, one of about ten campsites at

by a more permanent structure
and is still the primary entrance into
camp, though you can now also enter
by car.
replaced

Wark believes Scouting has taught
him invaluable

lessons about

"Scouting gets you acquainted

life.

with different types of careers.

It

covers a wide education spectrum," he

adding

says,

"it

also teaches

you

serve and help your neighbors."

believes
lost

today's society has

that

some

to

Wark

and 190 Explorers, additional
improvements and code "suggestions" still need to be completed.
Among the most critical are enlarging
Scouts,

new staff cabin
and mainten-

the pond, building a

ance

values of yes-

and

that

can

it

benefit

ity,

it

the

neighbors/'

hall

dining
and trad-

ing post.

Other

that's

my motto,"
what

and help your

serve

by Scouting.
"Caring is
sharing,

shower
house, and
renovating

Scouting teaches you to

the values

facil-

replacing

the

from

being taught

Wark says, adding,

"that's

Chris Becker, an Eagle Scout from

less criti-

new handicap
upgrading the park-

cal projects include a

wilderness

taught me."

trail,

camp

The council

ing a

you leadership and teamwork,"
he says. "It prepares you for just about

mates the cost of these projects

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Berwick, agrees with Wark. "Scouting
teaches

Lavigne.

anything that could happen." Becker
beUeves the lessons he learned will
always be with him. "It's timeless.
Most of it can't get old because you're
always going to need it."
While the camp continues to serve
as a major hub for 1,183 Cubs, 525

of the

teryear,

Camp

$400,000.

Summer 1995

truck.

esti-

at

DC/CB

To

raise

the needed funds, the

Columbia-Montour Council

will

launch a major capital fund campaign
this year. Bernath says a definite date
or plan has not yet been determined.

To commemorate the 70th
anniversary of Camp Lavigne, a
camper's reunion is planned which
will unite past
visitors

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and present scouts and

who have

utilized the

camp

over the years. The celebration will
include a 21.5 mile overnight hike

from Bloomsburg to the campsite, an
"old-timers" day with historical
exhibits and an evening campfire, and
a pig roast.

"We're reviving Scouting," says
it back."^»

Bernath, "bringing

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of

prey to their
bombing raids in the heavily-wooded
Southeast Asian country.
Today, as the owner of a Minuteman Printers franchise in Bloomsburg,
Vietnam,

trees fell

Schappert reUes on trees to supply the
paper for his business. His very Uvely-

hood now depends on the one thing
that hindered him most in his attempt
to accomplish his tasks as a bomber

himself in combat in Vietnam.

Before entering the military,

Schappert lived with his father in
New York. However, since his
parents were divorced, he would
visit his mother on her Montour
County farm during summer
vacations and, later, while on mil-

And then, when he inherfarm as an adult, he moved

itary leave.
ited the

back to the area for good.
Schappert earned his bachelor's
degree from the New York State
College of Forestry and Environmental
Science in conjunction with
Syracuse Uruversity, where he went
after graduating from Pleasantville
High School in New York. While there,
he tended to gravitate towards older
students and,
shut

down

the

when war

protesters

campus by raising wire
was one of the first to

fences, Schappert

cut his

way through

to class.

Also

during his college career,
Schappert joined the Air Force

ROTC.
sions,"

"It

was

printer^

Schappert relishes

in

creating a tangible product.

Speotrnin

a series of non-deci-

says Schappert about what

my

lottery

and

nimnber was 44" (Meaning

was the 44th
by the draft).
Further, since he had been in the
ROTC, if he joined the Air Force,
Schappert would have some control
over what his duties might be in
his birthday, Feb. 2, 1948,
to

be called up

for service

Vietnam.

At

the time he received his commis-

was in need of
both navigators and pilots. Faced with
yet another choice, Schappert sided
with the latter. "In my thinking,
sion, the Air Force

becoming

a

was the

pilot

better

choice," he says.

The first step toward becoming a
was to go to pilot training school
in Columbus, Miss. As part of the training process, Schappert was allowed
some say in the type of air craft he
would be flying. "I wanted a safe
pilot,

plane," he says, "so

They don't

get shot

I

picked the B-52.

down too

Schappert's decision paid

often."
off; later

he was awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross with an Oak Leaf Cluster.
These medals were awarded for

either join the Air Force or take his

mostly at night, into North Vietnam.
According to the citations accompany-

to join.

chances in the draft

Spring/

healthy," says Schappert, adding, "

"You had to
take either gym or ROTC, and 1 decided that I'd rather march than run."
After two years in the program,
Schappert had a decision to make:

prompted him

As a

Allan Schappert distinguished

pilot.

Summer 1995

lottery.

"1

was

too

Schappert's actions in
1972,

when he

December

of

flew several missions,

.

blowing up bridges, but the different
elements: the people, the equipment,
and the creative aspects were all attractive." He began tossing around the idea
of running an operation of his own,
and met with more owners of

was deco-

ing the medals, Schappert

rated for his "heroism while participat-

ing in aerial flight despite hostile fight-

numerous surface-toand high caliber antiair-

er interceptors,
air missiles,

craft artillery."

"Vow

Schappert's duty continued through 1975, in

month

six

"Planes

Schappert was think-

had

intervals.

were airborne

around the clock,"
says Schappert, adding,

"You would show up

to

ing of starting his opera-

take either
gym or

ROTQ

and

the briefing about

for

other printing press centers.

I

By the end of your
month tour, you had

six

flown

at just

about every

time of the day."

When

Omaha,

in

Printers

when he

inherited his

mother's Montour coun-

He

farm.

ty

decided

against selling the farm

ten minutes later each

day.

Minuteman

with

tion

decided that
I'd rather

march than

and moved

in,

opening

his printing business

Route

11

in

on

Bloomsburg.

Schappert has found

that dotting "i"s and
war ended, Schappert
crossing "t"s is much more
remained in action on
VUtl.
important now than it was in
nuclear alert at Minot Air
his past career. "In the military,"
Force Base in Grand Forks, N.D.
Schappert says, "you just show up to
After the war, while he was makget paid, simple mistakes are often
ing copies of his resume at a
over looked. But, in civihan life, you
Minuteman Printers, Schappert met the

the

Schappert

on the dependmachinery and his

owners and found the idea of
running a printing press to his liking.

have

to produce something and mismust be dealt with swiftly." Most

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He admits,

importantly Schappert likes that he

accumulated

store's

"It's

a pretty big

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dweller with a pleasant culture clash

I

withdrawal. Years of

fast city living

had thoroughly spoiled me. Yet I have
in here quite happily, shouldered

dug

What caused my

An
me

transformation?

my

ugly red blotch on
better appreciate

life

eye

made

in

rural

Pennsylvania.

The day I woke up with the
eye",
Joe,

my

doctor,

had time

canceled

though, so

I

whom

to see

I

"alien

will call Dr.

me that afternoon.

the appointment later,
could scurry through my

day without interruption,
my attitude toward time
still reflecting my urban
past.

That evening,

my

hus-

avoid calling doctors at night or

on weekends unless something truly
frightening is happening. My city
is

me

that calling after

asking for answering service

abuse: "Ma'am,

you

are obviously

still

breathing. Please call back during regular office hours."

And

this time, I'd

canceled a perfectly good daytime

appointment.
But this answering service person

came

38

across

not

as

the

messenger

of

off-hour

anxieties.

of a local

a collector of old imple-

pharmacy forced

"Some of this stuff
town for over 150
Dr. Joe told me, "I didn't want

and I
were puzzling by phone over my
symptoms. "I don't know what

location since 1827.

you've got," he said, "but I'm at the
office catching up on paperwork.
Come on over and bang on the back

it

door."

Liver

When

he couldn't solve the mystery of the red blotch. Dr. Joe called an
ophthalmologist friend

who

said

it

haughty

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to close its

doors after doing business in the same
has been in
years."

this

to get scattered all over."

He showed me
with labels

rows

of old bottles

"Dr. Thacher's

like

and Blood Syrup"

"Leeches," infant cough formula

and
made

from heroin and belladonna, and
sugar-coated strychnine

central Pennsylvania."

calling the doctor.

hours

guardian of that precious commodity,
a doctor's time, but as a sympathetic

is

ments and remedies used by his medical predecessors. He had recently
bought at auction most of the contents

"The after hours visit left
me feeling lucky to live in

checked out the
offending eye. The expression on his face scared me into again

years taught

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a mortgage, even sprouted a family.

I

Dr. Joe

came to central Pennsylvania from
San Francisco ten years ago, shaking on arrival from restaurant

Smith's Elixir of

"Charles

Long

Life,"

gallon container
from the 1930s listing one
quart of alcohol among
half

a

its

nine

ingredients.

recommended dose

The

for the

one teaspoon three times per
day, more or less." Resting behind

sounded harmless, but he'd love to
see it so he'd be right over. Evidently,
neither one had heard that today's
doctors don't have extra time to spend

elixir:

with their patients.

weights, crafted before the days of

would get on with
paperwork while we waited,
would attack the waiting-room

figured Dr. Joe

I his
and

I

magazines. Instead, he nodded
toward his private office, "Come in
here, I'll show you something." I
jumped down from the examining
table and walked into another dimension of rural Pennsylvania time.

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Joe's

red-marble

scale

with

thick

iron

planned obsolescence.
In his waiting

plays a Civil

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Dr. Joe dis-

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kit

with

two saws, four knives resembling
kitchen knives, an instrument that
looks very

much

like

wire clippers, a
On another

hook, and a tourniquet.
shelf are scarificators

and fleams-

sharp, scary-looking instruments that

were used

to bleed patients with
"Inflammations and other diseases."

loved wandering through the old

I things,

and was secretly sorry to be
fetched back to modern medicine

when

He

the ophthalmologist arrived.

confirmed his suspicion that my red
blotch would probably be gone by
morning. "I hardly ever get to see one

up

these

of

close,"

he told

"They're usually gone before
chance."

1

felt

I

me.

get the

foolish for bringing

out in the night for something so

him
triv-

but he assured me he'd truly
wanted to come.
1 stepped out of Dr. Joe's office
ial,

summer

The
nearby buildings and surrounding
fields had flattened into night-black
into a perfect

sunset.

silhouettes in the last light. Behind

them, the sky blazed red all around.
There were birds, of course, and peace

and space.
stood

1

still,

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The Farmer's
Dilemma:

Stephanie

Burke, and
Brian and

Ai^rilHisiness

Diane
Kistler (left

to right)

replaces the

sell

produce to

Family Farm

local resi-

dents at the
Kistler's

roadside
stand.

Fred
when

Kistler

remembers the day

6ij

Coffeen C. Casper

farm, "most people

have second jobs

farming was a simpler

occupation. Tomatoes were har-

vested by hand rather than by a
machine, government regulations
weren't as strict, and products simply
went from the farmer to the consumer.
But family farming is now phasing

who

will be

by the end

an osteopathic physician

the biggest industry since the decline
of steel, almost 20 years ago.

people

in

"One

Pennsylvania

in

are

farming," while agribusiness takes

involved in agriculture in some way
and it is a $3 billion annual industry

over the market.

for the

being replaced by "hobby

out,

"The work was physically harder,
but mentally easier," Kistler remembers, but quickly adds,

Commonwealth," says Dave

Hartman, an extension agent

at the

College of Agriculture at Pennsyl-

Yankovick

make

their

wouldn't want to go
it was very hard to
find people who wanted

says.

tough for farmers to
complete hving on farming
because of the increased
investment for seed,
plants, and equipment.

Many times to offset the
increased prices, farm-

hours.

The

agricultural revolu-

tion

has been slower

purchase used
equip-ment because it is
all they can afford,"
ers will

than the industrial revolution,

but

now

Yarvkovich adds.

the

Ray Hosier,

future of farming will

depend on technology."

A

generation ago,

farming was a traditional family occupation in
which every member
was involved. Fred and
his wife Becky, have
three boys and one girl. Only Stephen,
the oldest, has chosen to remain in
child,

Brian,

40

is

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says

amount

at

$40,000,
of

money

to invest in a

tractor

vania State University. Locally, agriculture is the biggest industry in

But with the decline of the family

in

NRCS,

farm

40 years ago, "could
only purchase a used

sales;

is

technician

used

a physician's assistant.

University. Bob, 30,

Diane, 35,

The youngest
Bloomsburg

attends

a conser-

vation
the

Columbia County, grossing $35 milUon; Montour County receives $15
miUion annually from the industry.

agricultural, though.

the

"It is really

"I

work those

their

Natural Resource Conservation
Service (NRCS), echoes Kistler's
words. "A survival tactic for farming
famiUes is for the wives to leave the
home and get paying jobs. People can't
make a living on farming alone/'

back,

to

supplement

income," Kistler says.

Paul Yankovich, an employee of

of 1995.

Statewide, agriculture has been

five

who now farm also

to

Summer 1995

The

now."

size of family operations

more
primarily due
are also

specialized,

and

now

this is

to the necessity to use
Because corporate farming, or agribusiness, has replaced the
family farm, average farm size has

leased land.

more

increased from roughly 200 acres to

ing

about 400 acres.

lated in this country than agriculture."

the changes in
used to be that farms

Kistler explained
farming:

were

"It

diversified;

now,

it is

necessary

is

controlled

and

manipu-

says Kistler. Although he

concedes

government control

was

essary

when

of farms

was implemented dur-

it

Twenty

ing the Depression, Kistler believes

years ago, Kistler had a variety of pro-

todays problems are rooted in the
insistence of the government to keep
the industry within its grasp.

specialize," Kistler states.

to

duce and livestock on his farm. Now,
the family has snap beans, tomatoes,
wheat, and soybeans. They also
"hobby farm" apples and strawberries.
Even with the need for specialization, Pennsylvania farmers tend to
remain more diverse in their crops
than the rest of the nation.

Many states

grow one

specific crop. For instance,

Nebraska

is

known

for

its

corn, but

Pennsylvania's diversity is an asset
because it stabilizes the state's agricultural income." If one commodity has a
bad growing season, it will not have a
great impact on the state of Pennsyl-

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Cycling to

Extremes

Drifting

to sleep

by

his bicycle

in front

of a store in Par-

W.

Va., Jonathan Landis

sons,

Following high school, he worked on
his father's

farm

in Liverpool, a

him to take over.
1 wanted to go to
could go to medical

his parents expected

watched a mini-van drive by. After
riding 14 hours from Chambersburg,
Pa., Landis was dead tired.
Later, the van returned, and the
pastor of a local church, approached

because he had no other

him, offering to put him up in a motel

ting

Although the pastor,
Elam Hostetler, wouldn't tell Landis
anything more than his name, he

for the night.

farm

"I liked

the farm, but

college so

1

schooL" he explains.

He began

biking early

last

way

year

of get-

from his home to Harrisburg
Area Community College where he
was a sophomore. "I didn't have a
[driver's] license and I didn't like begging for rides, so I just
decided to bike," he says.
When he first started

he averaged 10
per week. After
about a month, he says, "It
just became part of me."
Soon, he was traveling 50
miles per week and when
school ended in May, he
was riding about 300 miles
a week. That was when he
bought a $450, 21 -speed
riding,

miles

Diamond Back
With

his 21 -speed

Diamond Back

Because

bicycle,

chromium

Jonathan Landis rode 600 miles to Kentucky,

it

"one of the highlights of
my trip," saying, "It made it all worthwhile to meet people like that who
don't even know you and will do
something for you."
it

as

Landis, 25, Liverpool,
a

Bloomsburg

majoring

44

in

is

currently

University

junior

chemistry/pre-med.

Spectrnin

Spring/

of

and mag-

plate

nesium, the bike

viewed

bicycle.

made

is

is

lighter

than a normal 10-speed, and ideal for
touring and racing.

"Fd been going on 100 and 120
mile trips in a one-day period, and

wasn't getting sore after doing

it

I

a cou-

ple of times," he says, so he decided to

physically
see

what

Summer 995
1

push

my

himself. "I

limit was,"

wanted
he

to

recalls.

That limit was challenged when a
friend jokingly hinted that he should
ride to visit his friends in Kentucky.
Last July, he met the challenge
and rode 600 miles from Reading, Pa.,
to Aflex, Ky., in about three days.
Landis rode to Ephrata Hospital
about 5:30 a.m., where he worked an
eight hour shift in a clinical orientation to be a lab technician. He finished at approximately- 3 p.m., then
rode about 90 miles to Chambersburg
where he stayed the night. The following two days he traveled 200
miles to Parsons, W. Va., then 225
miles to Pineville.

Landis

experienced

one tense

moment when he encountered someone who didn't like bikers on the
roads.

"Three times one car passed

me and

tried to

run me off the road,"
he says, "The third time he was about
one foot away, and he locked the
brakes up right beside me and cut
over in front of me."
Riding into the wind and over
some large mountains slowed Landis
down and he arrived in Kentucky later
than he had planned. But instead of
sight-seeing, he met his friends who
drove him home in time for work the
next morning.
Regardless of the difficulties,
Landis still experienced moments of
serenity during his trip. As he topped
each mountain, he looked back at
those he had just crossed, and others

During calm times like
Landis thought about school,

in the distance.

the temperature

this,

degrees.

work, and religion.
After this Kentucky

trip,

Landis

has begun setting new goals and
planning future trips. Landis plans
to ride

over

from

summer

Seattle to

New

Jersey

is

between 40 and 50

Along with his biking trips,
Landis competed in four races last
year.

He won

because

travel as light as possible."

professional bicycler.

Mapping

is

If all

not a major part of

planning

long trips.
"Actually, I usually don't have to do
any mapping," he says. For a long trip
like this, though, he'll map his route to
Landis'

for

the

in

the Litiz Community Center and
Ashland Regional Medical Center

goes well,
he will finish the 3,000 mile trip in
10-12 days. He says he will carry a
tent because, "I'm not exactly sure
where I'm going to stop. 1 plan to
carry some food along, but I will stop
and eat most of the time so 1 can
break.

place

first

Mifflinburg race, and second in both

races.

Landis says that he plans to

compete

in
I

more

races but, "I race

like to race,

not because

HUD'S
%estaurant

I

have to."
Another goal Landis recently
achieved was that of becoming a
United

States

He

received his

Cycling

Affiliation

[USCA] license this year which allows
him to ride professionally. He also
joined the Dutch Wheelman team in
Bloomsburg and plans to race with

'Jmturing

Country Coolqng

Landis says he also hopes to

get a better sense of the terrain before

them.

he leaves. That way he can schedule
his time better. "Usually, I just follow
my nose and go."
Landis continually stays in shape
so he can ride long distances. During
the winter, he trains with the university track team, running about 40 miles
a week. He begins biking again when

bike overseas in the future.

For Jonathan Landis, bicycling has

grown from merely

a

form of

trans-

portation to a sport that tests his

and endurance. As
long as there are open roads and
strength, abilities,

bicycles to ride,

Route 11
Bloomsburg, PA

784-2822

Landis says he will

continue testing his limits.

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with its wild
imagination, has shown

Hollywood,

everything from talking cars
to voice-operated spaceships.

These

days, however, that imagination

becoming

with

reality

is

voice

voice reminders, and use a calculator

simply by talking into the device.
Suppose you had to remember an
important meeting or a not-to-bemissed television show, all you would
have to do is to talk into to the Voice
Organizer, enter a time and date, and

recognition technology.

With simple voice commands,

when the time comes your reminder is

users can operate personal computers,

played back

and telephones. To
find a particular phone number, just
say the person's name and depending
on which system you had, it would
read out on a display screen or be
The voice
repeated back to you.
recognition programming allows the
devices to run commands inputted

Operating

with speech.
Voice Powered Technology,

recall

By simply talking into a microphone,
you can enter or delete words, rearrange paragraphs, add a sentence or
even save and print files.
Technology,
Voice
Powered
which also offers a speech-operated
telephone, the Tell-It Phone which

inputted

enables users to program phone

daily organizers,

California, offers a

of

device that can

operate with EngUsh, French, Spanish,

German, or

Italian

commands. The

Voice Organizer enables users to create a daily planner, store

phone numbers,

initiate

and

to you.

computers was never so
Systems, of
Woburn, Mass., has developed the
Power Secretary, designed to operate
the Apple Macintosh computer. The
system operates primarily as a dictaeasy.

Articulate

and word processing tool, but
runs existing Macintosh applications.
tion

numbers, forward calls, redial and
identify incoming calls, all by voice.
Calls from salesmen or nosy neighbors
can be identified and cut off simply
by saying 'Zap.'
recognition was not just
designed for the lazy person in all
those with
of us, but also benefits
handicaps and disabilities. Those
without use of hands can now operate
computers, appUances, and telephones,

Voice

opening up

their lives to

many new

freedoms. The
technology also helps those with a
hectic schedule. The busy lawyer can
opportunities

and

and compute all at
same time.
Not just movie magic anymore,

take notes, dictate,

the

voice recognition technology is real
and all around us. As the technology advances, you may drive your

do the laundry, or cook dinner
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worried

of parents
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that

in the

United

children

much time in front of the television.
concern among many parents, but now

spending too
a

is still

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game,

they

video clips from a

too. Rather than playing

Mortal Kombat, these kids are

hooked on the highly

addictive

a

new

is

through companies they work
attend, but

anyone with

a

the

access

for,

Internet

or universities they

modem

computer and a

can

access a pay-by-the-hour Internet provider. People can

use the Internet to send electronic mail (e-mail) to

other Internet users, get computer programs or fdes

from anywhere

Although
its

in the world,

and

WWW.

access the

around for decades,

the Internet has been

popularity and use have been growing exponen-

tially for

the past few years.

The

WWW

-

sometimes

thought of as a 'user-friendly' version of the Internet enables people to find what they want by pointing and
clicking, as

opposed

which used

to be necessary.

to the confusing

Appealing to corporations, the

more

UNIX commands

WWW allows for

cost-effective advertising strategy.

zine ads

now

TV

only need enough information to catch

the consumers' attention before directing

company's

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page address. This

room

them

Web

for text or graphics,

to the

page has

and color

also provide photos, animations,

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and

a

video
see

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is populated mostly by
this point, the
businesses and college students - the people who

of Internet resources and know-how. The
web versions of
magazines, including Time and Playboy, which are
mostly enticements to buy the print version of the
magazine. 'Personal' pages, run by private citizens,
contain any topics the page's creator finds
interesting. These pages have been known to have
pictures, sounds, and scripts from favorite television
shows and films, and 'clubs' for people who share a
hobby or interest; sometimes you can even find the
current media craze, such as pages with views on the
lot

experienced 'web-surfer' can find

O.J. trial.

The

WWW

is

winning people's attention

because unlike TV, you don't have to wait for your
favorite
all

show

to

come

on.

Web

pay

a

WWW

pages available at the click of a

TV providers
a

way

see this trend

mouse button. Cable
are now working on

and

to provide Internet service through the

cables that carry your
it,

pages are available

and within seconds. A person can
lot of money to get hundreds of channels for
already has millions of
TV, but the

day, everyday,

their

a

demonstration of

of songs off a new CD, or

new movie before spending any

At

have a

network linking millions of com-

Most people

worldwide.

puters

a

a

listen to pieces

money.

World Wide Web

part of the venerable Internet.

The Internet

to

This allows a conscious con-

clips.

download

sumer

have to drag their kids away from computer screens,

(WWW),

sound and video

were

your family

will

TV

shows. Before you

same

know

be spending time together gath-

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around the computer instead of watching

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The Nose Knows
Nicole Hlavacek
Irritated with

an

tailing

modern medicine, many Americans

holistic

approach to health

some spend thousands of

on

dollars

alternative remedies, others have

care.

arc

chamomile encourages relaxation.
Whether administered by a professional aromatherapist or on a self-help basis, the effects of aromatic
treatments are achieved either by osmosis directly

sedative, while

While

the pursuit of

found an

effective

'<*"m

treatment right under their noses.

through the skin or inhalation by natural evaporafion

Aromatherapy, the therapeutic manipulation
of fragrant essential oils extracted from flowers
and plants, dates back 5,000 years to ancient

The ancients recognized

Egypt.

of these

qualities

or through a diffusing device.

Once

the medicinal

release

in

aromatherapy.

He

book on

hile

has

been utilized from World
to

caries. It's

upscale

War

is

field

litde

many

II

biological

Manhattan apothe-

people

who

effect

because

enhancing or relaxing

reportedly used worldwide to treat

just

of ailments, including acne, muscle
and digestive problems,
arthritis, depression, and sleep deprivation. In this
country, it's primarily used to promote relaxation and
meditation. For example, lavendar is believed to work as a

use aromatherapy,

doesn't matter if the scent has an actual

it

enough

to help

often

effects

them

mood-

the

of the

oils

With
it

your

^k

health,

the

all

the market,

just

pills,

may

tablets,

and

currendy on

caplets

be that your nose knows the

secret to

Acronyms, Anyone?
Jennifer Boscia

AP (Associated Press); in sports,
NFL (National Football League); and in government,
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). All are well
journalism, there's the

Other

known acronyms,

key

letters

used to identify an organiza-

Some acronyms don't work out well, or
the wrong reasons. "Back in the

Department of Agriculture was
Stabilization

Service,"

says

called

are

remembered

'60s,

the

the

U.S.

Agriculture

George Hubbard, Columbia

County executive director for the USDA. "When the letterheads came in with the initials at the top, they saw the

Geographical

CAMP

the

Resources

Analysis

or

not,

some current acronyms

spell

words. There's the Public Education Association (PEA), the

World Health Organization (WHO), and the President's
Organization for Unemployment Relief (POUR). Some
acronyms seem even more logically chosen, hke SANTA, for
and Novelty Trade Association; and

the Aboriginal Lands

of Hawaiian Ancestry.

Spectrum Magazine Winter 1995

ALOHA,

mean what

GRASS

For instance,

the

is

and

Support System,

Campaign Against Marijuana

Overcoming Violence

Planting.

MOVES

POTS
Men

is

Effectively Services, while JESUS

is

the

they are indeed acronyms.

The

cable channel

ESPN

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ometimes she would simply lock herbathroom. Other times she'd use

psychology at Bloomsburg
"The 'thin ideal' has become so
enculturated in our society that many

a

cup or even her hands.

""Sue, a

21-year-old

It

University.

didn't matter to

Bloomsburg University

senior, as long as the

of

fessor

self in the

the only

believe

food was out of her

attractive

and

body.

he

would throw up until I could taste
the first thing I ate. Then I knew I had got-

Anorexia

"I

ten rid of
ago,

it all,"

and Sue,

of others,

Thin

is

in.

Turn on

people link

is still

actually

while advertisements tempt audiences with

home-fitness

and the

equipment,

exercise

latest fat-free foods.

videos,

But for some

people like Sue, the emphasis on slenderness

and achieving the perfect body has

become

a life-threatening obsession.

"Deep down,
was

killing

much
harm

me, but

knew what

I

my

I

was doing

desire to be thin

on

was doing to

my

body," Sue admits.

passionate beliefs often lead to the
Such
development of dangerous eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa

and

bulimia, says Dr. Brett Beck, associate pro-

as

to be thin,"

self-starvation,

a

cycle.

two

nurse

at

a

constant

Although many

disorders,

different,

says

they

are

Barbara

Bloomsburg Univer-

health center.

"Bulimics

was

stronger than the realization of the
I

sity's

the

quite

Troychock,

inescapable.

Waif-like models parade in size 2 clothing

centers

binge/purge

the television or
it's

is

whereas bulimia involves

fighting with an eating disorder.

pick up a magazine, and

be accepted

to

says.

she says. That was six years

like millions

way

socially-skilled

rely

on

purging,

while

anorexics severely limit their caloric intake,"
says

Troychock.

Anorexics

excessive exercise to "burn
rics

use

typically

what few

calo-

they do take in," she adds.

Anorexics

symptoms

experience

related to their

a

number of

sudden drop

Spectrum Magazine Winter 1995

in

weight, including hair loss and the growth

of

downy

fine,

of menstruation,

hair, loss

and mus-

electrolyte imbalances in the blood,

Bulimics often experience

cle deterioration.

and

pation

other

problems,

digestive

esophageal and tracheal

and

irritations,

ulcers,

to

Troychock. Both anorexics

and bulimics

are susceptible to life-threat-

according

ening cardiac problems as

well, she points

out.

have been several

two decades. Karen Carpenter,

of their

own body

A

image," says Beck.

1994 study published in the Journal of

Abnormal Psychology

suggests that even 30

minutes of television viewing would

influ-

ence a woman's view of her body, he

says.

failure after years

To meet

television every day,"

from complications
gym-

Henrich died of multiple

Christy

ing disorder.

of battling an

eat-

demands of gym-

the

compeUtions, the 4-foot- 10-inch ath-

once saw her weight plunge to a mere

Beck observes.

Several publications specifically targeted

women

also deserve their share

of the

blame. These magazines, written by

women

to

for

women,

quite often place unrealistic

weight expectations in the minds of their

"The pages

readers.

are

cultural icons for beauty

problem. Medical

says Beck.

literature suggests these

been

have

Many of those who

the

since

present

Victorian age, says Catherine McLaughlin, a

with

filled

models who are seen

waif-like

47 pounds. Eating disorders are not a new

disorders

310 Pine

the media have a

"That's a frightening fact for a culture

related to anorexia in 1983. Last year,

lete

no doubt

that spends literally hours in front of the

last

nastic

"There's

huge influence in shaping people's opinions

high-profile

singer/songwriter, died

organ

which

that

as

exists in this country.

deaths due to eating disorders in the

There

nast

claim media as powerful

problems, dehydration, consti-

severe dental

of the American obsession

can't conceive

with slenderness, few global societies can

tiny,

as

the

and acceptance,"

from eating
way they can gain

suffer

disorders believe the only

St.

Danville

"America seems to be the only
society in which thinness is

275-2600

seen as the ideal/'

BewGEStatiok
Bloomsburg Psychological

therapist at the

Center.

However, the American obsession with

modern

times. History has

predominant culture tends

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afford

today,
Even
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many

in

less

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and

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reaches

1,500

revered,

says

anthropology

daily

food intake rarely

calories,

Dr.

obese

people are

Spectrum Magazine Winter 1995

way they look

would

see

professor

at

Bloomsburg

at the

models," says

me

for

who

was

I

if

no one

didn't have

I

the 'perfect' body."
Ironically,
rise

with eating disorders on the

particularly

among young women,

more emphasis than
ing a healthy

ever centers

"As a

lifestyle.

on

achiev-

society,

we

the dangers associated with eating dis-

orders and we're well aware heredity has a
direct link to

body weight," Beck

we're constantly trying to
a perfect

fit

says, "yet

everyone into

mold."

One

common

of the most

eating disorders

David Minderhout, an

perfect,

says

anorexics and bulimics

is

causes of

this desire to

Troychock.
fall

be

Many

into the "perfec-

tion trap" concerning their ideal body, she

University.

"America seems to be the only society in

which thinness

is

seen as the ideal," he says,

adding, "in

most of the worid's

fat is a sign

of wealth, authority, and

cultures being
status."

While many of the world's cultures

10

the

know

excessive food," says Beck.

by conforming with these unre-

Sue, adding, "I honestly believed

achieve.

"What's labeled obesity today was once
considered the beauty

me

is

images. "I wanted people to look at

alistic

slender perfection does seem to be unique
to

approval

says,

and never reach what they

believe to

be this perfect weight.

The

perfection

problem

lies

in

the

"black and white" thinking patterns characteristic

of those with eating disorders, says

who

McLaughlin. "They equate not eating with

years old

they need to lose weight,"

are the ones that

being successful, and eating with being a

says Beck, "because they're concerned their

doing to myself"

With

huge, fat monster," she adds.

failure, a

such high

levels

and bulimics

of

self-criticism, anorexics

own

exceed-

ingly high standards, she says.

"In high school,

everything so

but

ular,

it

I

was

trying to boost

Low
In

my

to experience

low

study
likely

of

levels

"They become

patterns.

hostile.

are

disor-

of 7th

than boys

self-esteem, says

play a role in the development of

eating

female peers,
order

lies

disorders

much of

among

their

These

girls, in

cial

the beginning stages of

time when they

body image.

"I

secretive,

first

own

shape their

see girls as

young

and begin

to

withdraw

as 8-10

tremendous

arc
lot

to

perform

well," he says.

women succumb

these

"freshman 15" and turn
others run

fort,

adjust-

generation college students with a

some of

from

it.

to

While
the

to

food for com-

Often, they rigidly

control their eating habits, believing that
"the only aspect of their

There

socially,"

says McLaughlin, adding, "the disorder per-

meates

all

aspects of

life

is

where they can

some

also

is

merit, according to

However, their

able to

show

my

those people saved

begged

often

quite

hostility

"I'll

appreciation to

who confronted me,
or just supported me

me

never be

life,"

produce

a

life-long

in college

partner.

for Friday night, "there's

Whether

says Sue, "they

an awful

a

date

lot

of

pressure out there to 'look good,'" he says.

However,

those

all

to get help,

then and now, because

my

young people

that

are looking to begin a relationship that will

searching for a future spouse or just

life."

belies a desperate cry for help.

physical adult development, are at the cru-

a

is

Beck, in the "old-fashioned" argu-

the root of the dis-

within the female herself

home

who

ment

may

time,

first

period, particularly for those

remains

insensitivities

for the

says Beck.

basically level," he says.

boys'

in their late teenage years

home

are leaving

of pressure

killing me."

of puberty, their self-esteem tends to drop

While

was

I

have any control," Beck adds.

Beck. "As soon as girls reach the early stages

dramatically while that of boys

what

the developmental

girls at

young women

who

first

"Deep down, I
knew what I
was doing was

one of the main

more

dictates

"Leaving

way of

superficial

national

graders, girls were far

and eventually

ment

self-esteem," says Sue.
is

self-esteem drops, the eating disor-

progresses,

see

stage are susceptible to eating disorders, so

was pop-

I

development of an eating
recent

a

As
der

made me

While young

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a

is

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myself

tell

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they're getting fat."

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themselves up for failure

set

because they can't meet their

feel

women who

about their weight
learn that

men

may

obsessive

aren't necessarily impressed

with the way they look.

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arc

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revealed men's views of the ideal female

body

life-long

perceptions of their female counterparts,

Hewing.

selves

Young women who

simply to please

"many men

men

them-

starve

need to realize

aren't attracted to this sickly,

waif-like appearance," he adds.

Theamong

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faumens

college-age

women may

masked by other

be

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says.

disorders

often

shame and

are

secrecy,

they are

often not as obvious as other problems.

Lightstreet

lot

of attention

problems

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on

is

"A

paid to drug and alcohol

college

campuses because

Hewing

observes,

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disorders

eating

must be addressed with the same urgency."

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as

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myself, 'Just

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last,

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I

one more

time,'"

were always other

there

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to teach the person

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"Ideally,

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says.

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psychological barriers to recovery can be

those issues are usually in the forefront,"

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eating

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times."

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Because

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says

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Despite her recent successes. Sue, and

fre-

quent meals using low-fat foods, protein,

millions of others like her continue to

and carbohydrates

tle

their bodies to a

to gradually

more normal

acclimate

level

of food

image.

"Our

intake," Graff says.

Many

with

people

eating

understand the basics for

already

achieving a healthy

know

all

disorders

lifestyle.

"They

about good eating and the need for

exercise," she says,

"they just take

it

to the

regained. Last
tle

summer,

says,

can be

after a six year bat-

was sick and

"I

"so

tired

of looking

impractical

and

set

way

my

goals the right way."

by

following

As

out.

a

put

my body
achieving

lost

well-balanced

25 pounds
nutritional

supplemented with regular exercise.
Rather than relying on purging to control
her weight, she now depends upon her own
plan

willpower. "I can't honestly say I've progressed to the point where

I

can eat

is

on the individual

fall

to

victim to the vicious

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order, says Beck.

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decided to

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girls

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and life-threatening cycle of an eating

a

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toward Kate

is

body image."

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with what

to the test

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starving themselves to

easy. "I've

stop taking the easy

when

Moss-type models, you have young

myself in the mirror and being disgusted
I

incredibly vulnerable

is

of slender perfection," Beck

The burden

this control

with bulimia. Sue experienced a break-

through.

society

to the ideals

extreme and lose control."

However, some of

bat-

own body

with the perceptions of their

solely

rely

my

I

on

but

"when

adding,

want

have

still

I

in

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weight, that's the day

I'll

be able

to say I'm 100 percent."

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Bridget Mathias, Central

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Hth a cup of espresso and jars
of lead and oil, artist Philip Ferro
starts his 15-hour day mixing and
grinding pigments and oil into
paint. "It's no longer a choice for
It now chooses me to
Ferro says as he paints an

me

to paint.

do

it,"

apple in his latest painting.
"I take it as a nice compliment
when someone asks if I glued something to the canvas or is it painted,"
says Ferro as he brings fruit and
pottery to life on the stretched
linen. Ferro is committed to painting in the style of the old masters,
one which he says is a dying style.
"I'm not even in this century
when rm in here," he says from the one-

room Berwick

studio he built himself.

accomphsh such

can

because

reality

He

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says.

one of

of

admits however, that Rembrant

is

me

at

Ferro says.

"I

"He

his favorite artists.

countless hours spent practicing the basic

a level that's indescribable,"

shaping and shading techniques of his early

like the texture

mentors. "To the young

thick, with

artists

today

it's

consumption," he
he does

all his

Though

says.

many

layers."

"to get people to

is

He

appreciate art in general."

Ferro says

of appreciation for

a lack

paintings to satisfy himself,

says "there

is

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it."

masters' paintings allowed

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artists,

and "you

can expedite your learning by copying the
past."

now

Ferro

uses

he

techniques

the

gained through copying the masters to
paint

compositions,

original

labeling Ferro's paintings

paintings

his

are

is

but

as difficult as

complete. Although

to

Ferro says his paintings are realisdc, they

have elements of surrealism because they do
more than mimic the real world. "It has to
look more real than real, that's the desired
he says, adding "so an object looks

effect,"
like

you can smell

it

or touch

"trompe-l'oeil,"

it

with your

the French

Ferro also uses

eyes."

meaning "to

phrase

fool the eye."

"These techniques are being replaced by
for art's sake'", he says.

become more important than the
understand the modern approach.
want

'art

"The idea of art has
result.
I

I

don't

seem one-sided, but freedom and

to

individual

expression are the rewards of

mastering a technique, not the foundadon

of

it,"

he

says.

"There
that

let

is

a large

amount of impatience

Above:

people skip the techniques he has

learned," says

Philip Ferro

works on a

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now

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a master in his field, but

is

work," Wilson

be very well-

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Ferro got his start at the age of 8

when

he started drawing Star Trek scenes from the

was

television show. "I

a really big 'Trekkie,'

says. His mother noticed his
from the drawings and other doodles
and school art work, and she enrolled him
in Susquehanna Arts for private instrucfion.

am," he

talent

"She thought

and

kid,

had more than the average

I

guess she was right," Ferro says.

I

high school, Ferro was introduced to

Invarious

including

media,

art

paint, charcoal, clay, pastels,

sophomore

colors. In his

today's transportafion and

tive

abilities,

I

can be

from anywhere," Ferro

unique and

about

fulfilling

jobs

the

It

available.

may

be

between

relationships

He

a story

some

Or
may be about the relationship between
God and man, or about the symbolic and
it

suggestive relationships of objects in every-

day

It's

life.

up

to the viewer to have the

capacity to see beyond the painted surface

and draw an

intelligent

conclusion,"

he

Located at

says.

Driven

by the freedom that he can

create whatever

acrylic

was

says.

grapes and a piece of pottery, and light.

thrives

and water-

year, Ferro

com-

just as effec-

Ferro says he has one of the most

explains, "I paint stories.

known someday."

still

With

munication

"He's a very gifted and

says.

young man.

earnest

art.

he

on being

desires,

den and personal meanings to

may

his paintings

not be readily apparent.

"It's all in

chosen to do a pen and ink drawing for the

that

Berwick Bicentennial

the brush strokes, or lack of them," he says.

"Being familiar with different

local artists.

media

is

featuring

calendar,

important to gain perspective and

high

After

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in oil.

Ferro says.

good

eye,"

one who got

took to the

just

I

became

later

instructor. "He's the

College and

paint by art instructor

oil

Mike Molnar, who

attended

Ferro

school,

was introduced to

Phil Ferro says he will confinue practicing the old masters' techniques,

tinue striving for excellence.

experience," he says.

future, he says,

show and

sell

"I just

my work,

enjoy the freedom of

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selection. That's the

gift."

Although some pamtmgs

are

done on

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supports himself totally with his

which he

art,

says can be difficult.

"Sometimes

I

don't

know how

I

man-

age to cover things," he says, adding, "But

I'm not

a part-time artist.

work and be something

home and

be an

His

won't go to

I

and then come

else

artist."

works have hung in

Russell's

Restaurant, Bloomsburg; the Key-

point Art Gallery,

Berwick;

and

other area businesses. His paintings will be

shown

Berwick Hospital Center in

at the

January. Ferro's
past

December

York

at the

Chelsea Hotel in

New

City.

successful.

It

contacts and gave

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Ferro's

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he

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later

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began to use

his pager for
it

on

the social

can't avoid anyone; everyone

don't turn
screen

my

my

pager

calls,"

he

off,

says.

work
level.

knows

and now

I

I

I

can't

"Three out of

four roommates have pagers,

times.

"I'm

service.

has had his pager for one and a half

gives a person

and
has

specialist,

delighted to have a pager instead

is

of an answering

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parents

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years

"It allows us to

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and

them.

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duced her to the paging system. She has

Brian

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"We're

says

a

pagers."

for

The popularity of mobile communicais becoming a widespread commodity,
Carolann Sondermann, 28. While vis-

expen-

how many

kids carrying pagers

for pager expenses with

More

parents support the idea of

the devices

own money.

tions

However, Schulman

unbelievable

Many

it's

cool to have them."

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buy

Maurovich pays

The

person must be 18 to sign the con-

"It's

17.

her

as $40,

doesn't sound and disturb others.

tract to

my

five messages.

the

little

models can vibrate so that

sive

Del Vecchio, 21. "Everyone has
it's

many as

store as

equipment attached to

convenient. If I'm out,

on

Pagers vary in price depending

at all times.

"It's

can

hair,

Pennsel Connection, Bloomsburg.

status

symbol. People too young to be doctors are

Mushackr

my

don't really

need one." Sylvester's roommate, Travis
Fuchs, 24, agrees,

"It's

becoming

a leash."

younger people

Sylvester believes that

have pagers unnecessarily. "They think they
important," he says.

feel

may

In the past, people

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says,

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don't think

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[Rather,] having a pager

'in crowd,' and parents like
them because they can always get a hold of

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their kid."

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status. "When I was

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he adds.
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"It's

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to

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for

beer.

A

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just

about every sizable combrew houses

munity

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were

common

as

in the early 1900s as

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of the communities, towns, and

identities

regions

which they operated. Each

in

brewery had

own unique

its

structure, per-

ception, reputation, and product.

character

to

They

communities,

their

lent

who

in

turn supplied the workers and market necessary for survival.

When

Congress enacted prohibi-

tion in 1919, almost two-thirds

of the nation's brewing industry
collapsed.

Only

Yuengling
as

&

the

strongest

breweries

resourceful

and most

survived.

Sons, Pottsville,

still

D.G.

operating

America's oldest brewery, stayed afloat

by producing

ice

cream and

selling milk,

along with a non-alcoholic brew which,

Above: The Germania Brewery
was operated by the Foust
Brothers at Front
in

and

Left:

The Old Bottling house still
St. Brewing

stands at the Spring
location in Danville.
Krepich

Spectrum Magazine Winter 1995

Ferry Streets

Danville from 1901 to 1907.

for

thirst

Some

beer.

making non-alcoholic

business by

unfortunately, just didn't satisfy the

American

brews

and "health drinks," the

ice-cream and ice to stay afloat dur-

American brewery scenes never
recovered from the blow of prohi-

Danville

breweries

also

produced

was the

ing prohibition, while others took a

bition. "I'd say prohibition

chance and produced the highly-

end of the brewing business in

demanded beverage

Danville,"

During
Hanover

illegally.

prohibition,

trouble

"got

not

for

ness in 1933,

Hause

says an

making

so

by

that

of

pre-prohibition for the

first

according

produced

and grew mushrooms

some of

the

buildings

survive prohibition.
Voelcker family

only

number of
Breweries

pants hangers and rug beaters

reached
with

time

For a short time,
also

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Although most brew-

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and acquisitions of
smaller breweries by larger

still

3,

Tickets: $20

production

beer

1940,

levels

Hanover Springs soda

bottling.

Sunday, December

re-opened in this area. But

for

Voelcker

Philadelphia Boys Choir and Chorale

the

again

brewery, Danville Brewing,

employee was

decided to turn the brewery
into

when

were

allowed to flow. Only one

historian.

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owner Henry Voelcker

arrested

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familiar

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two known locations, from 1873

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Breweries changed hands often back then,

and

of the companies were

sheriff sales

common,

The

says Hause.

was on Spring

largest location

off Route 11,
which hosted Steeb and Faber, Montour,
Street,

just

Hanover breweries, among
The other location on East Front

Gerstner, and
others.

and Ferry

Streets,

Company

is

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Danville, J

Germania

where the Friendship Fire

now

located,

breweries.

store the beer, the

To

housed the

Bausch, Fraudenburg, and

downtown brew

houses used to ship barrels across the

Susquehanna to Riverside, where
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mountain
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operated

1974,

Danville,

first

an outlet and office

on Market

Street,

in

then on

Mill Street.

Columbia

In

Brewing

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in

1911,

breweries had

finally

Exchange Brewing

became known

as

Eagle Brewing in

1913 and then closed for good.

companies were
a

major

facet

Though

the

short-lived, they represent

a beer

impact that local
area

communities

never be known. But the roles that

Columbia and Montour counties played

in

shaping the rich heritage of Pennsylvania

can never be denied.

of American history.

Rodney Derrick,

may

on many

can and brew-

erianna collector from Bloomsburg,

wood

has a

from Exchange

crate

Brewing, possibly the only tangible artifact

of

the county's brewing legacy. Derrick

him

says a friend gave

covering

of the old Ship's

County

the crate after dis-

while cleaning out the basement

it

"The Columbia

Inn.

Historical Society said the brewery

never existed. That riled

me up

because

I

Derrick says the brewery

have the crate."

stood near Railroad Street, behind the Litde

Dutch Inn, where the old foundation
proving

exists,

"They used

the

brewery's

to load the barrels right

the train cars

from

still

location.

onto

there," he says.

Because the importance of the present
is

usually not realized until

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it

becomes

his-

The downtown Danville

breweries used the Riverside

Cave

for storing beer.
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J^eadipO for l^elief
by

^A/hen
'hen
ache, she

with an

she gets a migraine head-

down

lies

ice

in

a

dark

pack on her head.

room
Some-

times she takes a sick day from work.

"They're mtense," says Judy
Danville.

"You

Dunn,

just can't find a

41,

decent

place to put your head."

Migraines are moderate to severe
headaches having certani characteristics,

says Dr.

John Carlson, Geisinger

Medical Center. Sufferers experience a
throbbing pain, usually on one side of
the head, often

32

accompanied by nausea

Spectrum Magazine Winter 1995

Kama

and vomiting.

Many

Timbrell

people with migraines

see flashing lights or spots

and may have

blurred vision and sensitivity to light during an attack, says Carlson.
last

from

a

moderate

through an

More

migraine can

had to

rely

success

rates

recently, victims

with

A

few hours to several days. Until

upon drugs
or

suffer

11

million

cases

of

migraines occur each year in the United
States,

Health

wide range of drugs to

treat

their

They can even take Prozac,
the mood-elevating wonder drug of the
'90s.
But the biggest news is Imitrex,
the latest drug on the migraine
migraines.

headache market.

Imitrex

is

70 percent effective in

stopping or greatly reducing pain

attack.

than

a

according to the National Center for

migraines,

says

either

shot

in

now

have

Carlson.
or

tablet

form, one injection costs about $36,

and one 50 milligram

Statistics.

Mierainc headache sufferers

from
Prescribed

tablet

costs

about $12, accoiding to Gar>' Szilagyi,

a

pharmacist

the price

at Eppley's

may seem

While

Pharmacy, Bloomsburg.

high, "It could save

you

a day at worl^,"

says Carlson.

Today, doctors understand what causes

much

better than only a few years ago.

in the brain

and

a

migraine

The blood

vessels

scalp first constrict, then dilate, causing

the pain, says Carlson, adding Imitrex constricts the

blood

"Levels of serotonin

vessels.

[a

chemical in the

brain that transmits messages] actually drop," he says.

migraines are viewed as a legitimate
Today,
health problem, "recognized as an inherited

He

disease," says Carlson.

adds that

it's

not

uncommon

the

same family suffering from migraines,

many

although

who

to see several people within

people suffer from migraines

have no family history.

Donna House,

39,

Danville, says that her daughter, son, mother,

and brother

The

all

suffer

from migraines.

public's perceptions

have also changed greatly.
ple

who

said they

bad could
Sunbury,

a

"I

of migraine

sufferers

used to laugh at peo-

had migraines.

thought,

I

'How

headache be?'" says Joann Yano, 45,

who

only had one migraine 18 years ago

during pregnancy before getting them regularly four
years ago.

Changes in

many people

lifestyle

can cause migraines, and

"have them severely for

a

time and then stop.

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Advertising by Cerenex, the pharmaceutical

THE
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that

BLOQMSBURG
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makes Imitrex, probably has helped make people under-

stand that migraines are a health problem. "People are

W

more about

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Migraines are "very debilitating, very depressing," says

FOUNIXnON^

House. Missing work

is

common among

House says that she has missed
work because of her migraines.

The Foundation

migraine

sufferers.

three consecutive days of

Using Imitrex has greatly improved House's

Activated in 1985, The Bloomsburg
University Foundation, Inc. has the key

couldn't live without

to

says

life.

"I

House. Within a few minutes

herself with Imitrex, she says she's "back to normal."

Imitrex

is

funds

maintain and enhance quality and

it,"

of injecting

non

fortable.

responsibility for securing private

start-

says Carlson.

it,"

who

House,
feelings

habit-forming.
a

"It's

experiences

In

fact, it's

unpleasant

slightly

often

uncom-

sensation,"

some discomfort.

says

Nausea and

of tightness in the head and chest are sometimes

experienced for a short time after taking the drug.

excellence in

all

areas of the University.

Imitrex

not for everybody. People with heart disease

is

shouldn't take Imitrex because

The

Foundation conducts a diversified

program of information,

cultivation,

and

solicitation among individuals, businesses,
corporations, and foundations. Its many

services include providing assistance in

establishing scholarships, awards,

memorials and special project funds,
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of

in the

pressure might be an indication of heart disease.

people who said
they had migraines''!

and bequests.

Foundation includes

from throughout the

participants are

of students,

and

BU

friends

state.

alumni, parents

on pregnant women

yet,

so expectant

mothers should not take Imitrex, says Carlson.

Even with
cessful.

civic leaders

Imitrex

used to laugh at

"I

outstanding business, professional, and

Many

might increase the chance

Carlson advises high blood

pressure sufferers not to take Imitrex because high blood

hasn't been tested

Membership

it

a heart attack, says Carlson.

its

high success

However, there are

rate,

many

The most important

migraines.

is

Imitrex isn't always suc-

additional treatments for

watching your

diet.

monosodium glutamate (MSG) and

containing

Foods

nitrates,

ripened cheeses, chocolate, excessive caffeine, nuts, peanut

and long-time

supporters of the school.

butter,

food made with

yeast,

sour cream, yogurt, onions,

Nutrasweet and Equal, and alcoholic beverages could cause
migraine headaches, according to Carlson.

Carlson
sleep

For Information

also suggests migraine sufferers get regular

and

exercise,

how to
There are many
learn

Any mqnines about gift opportunities,

not

let

themselves go hungry, and

deal with stress.

preventative drugs that are taken every

and Blocadren, says Carlson.
one doesn't help reduce the number of

day, including Inderal, Paxil,

plantted gifts,

andfiind-raising activities at

Bloomsburg University shoidd be directed to:

He

says that if

attacks, then

another drug

Living with migraines
years ago.

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Advancements

is tried.
is

easier

today than

just a

few

in the medical field, a better under-

standing of the cause, and the recognition of migraines as a
real health issue

sufferers.

have

all

contributed to better treatment for

Doctors can't prevent you from ever getting

migraines, but they can help reduce the

and prescribe medication for when
for migraines

may

only be

number of

attacks

a migraine occurs. Relief

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transplant specialist at Geisinger.

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Spectrum Magazine Winter 995
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"We

are notified at least

lands," says Kelley.
at the

used," says Smith. "It can hold

with two or three usually being surgeons."

gram that would link itself to the airport.
The Delaware Valley Transplant Program (DVTP) is part of the
Organ Procurement Organizations (OPO), which are branched all

36

a

reliable transportation.

flights.

ing with local hospitals in April 1981, according to Stephen Kelley,

programs

This program helps Geisinger obtain organs, particularly

from northeastern Pennsylvania, developing

"Then

a

is

met by an

two to three hours before the plane

team

operating room, and

where the crew

is

prepared,

we go out

we

to pick

are told

when

to

up the transplant

genqr situations or for transport that remains in close prox-

imity to the hospital grounds.
"Life Flight helicopters are

minimally

involved

they must always be

because

on

call for

"We

emergencies," says Kelley.

mainly use them when transplant teams must go to an

air-

port other than Bloomsburg or

when

the road conditions are

bad."

"Many of them come from
Philadelphia or Pittsburgh, and
the flight crew can wait any-

where from one to

five

hours

crew

transplant

the

for

to

return after taking the organ to

"We

the hospital," says Smith.

usually provide a courtesy car

them if they want to go
uptown for coffee, and we also
do general maintenance for
for

them, such

as putting in a

new

starter or battery for their aircraft, free

of charge."

regards

Invalue

to

the

airport's

Geisinger,

to

Kelley

and other transplant
cialists

view

it

as

spe-

an excellent

location to aid in the organization

needed to bring an organ to a
ient

on time They remain

whether

the

situation

recip-

positive

involves

communication with airaaft or
pressure in the surgery

"We most

the

room.

often use Blooms-

burg Airport when we have to do
multi-organ

retrievals," says Kelley.

"In 14 years of transplants,

venient to have

they are."

According to Kelley, time

is

extremely impor-

tant in transplant operations, since organs can only

remain in
This

is

"static time," or cold storage, for so long.

a temperature

of 3-5 degrees Centigrade, or

35-37 degrees Fahrenheit.

Kidneys,

the only organs used in transplants at

Geisinger, can last

up

to 48 hours during

transport time. Others, such as
last

12-24 hours, and the heart

because

it

lasts

livers,

only

only 4-8 hours

needs oxygenated blood. Geisinger's trans-

plant program performs 40-50 kidney transplants per
year.

Life Flight helicopters are used

mainly for emer-

Q^

them

it is

con-

as close as

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