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The Daily News, Lebanon! PA, Saturday, July 1, 1995 Newsbriefs illusionist to perform Illusionist Toby Travis will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 1, at the amphitheater in Coleman Park, in this weeks Music in the Park activities. 1 Travis is an investigative researcher of paranormal claims Svho is also a skilled illusionist, is designed to entertain while at the $ame time educate. His performance, Illusion and Beyond, uses humor, music, illusions and audience participation to entertain while at the same time demonstrating the difference between illusion and reality, i Much of what is claimed to be Supernatural activity in the world at Coleman Park today is nothing more than cleverly performed tricks, Travis said. As part of the performance, Travis will give his views on paranormal activities, including ESP, telepathy and channeling.

An award winning entertainer, Travis has been commended for excellence by the American Theater Association. Music in the Park provides entertainment for the whole family. Admission is free, with a free-will offering to offset expenses. Int he event of rain, the performance will be moved to the Lebanon High School auditorium on South Eighth Street. Kenyan psychiatrist to speak in E-town Dr.

Samuel Gatere, president of the Kenya Psychiatric Association, will speak on Thursday, July 6J at Elizabethtown Mennonite Church, 314 S. Spruce Ejlizabethtown. Gateres topic will be Cross Cultural Issues in Evangelism: An East Afrcian Perspective. Gatere is a respected teacher, consultant and author who is Widely recognized for his many sjgnficiant contributions to promoting mental health in East Africa, A radio and television personality in Kenya, Gatere is currently Faith Baptist to host On Wednesday, July 5, Gordon and Jean Greer will Sing for Souls in a concert of gospel music. The service begins at 7 p.m.

The Greers began their career in'Dusseldorf, Germany, as professional opera and concert singers. Later, following a performance of the opera Faust at writing a book on mobid a delusional disorder that men in Kenya. He is the U.S. on a sabbatical study. Gatere is a Christian brings a spiritual message psychiatric work.

He Christian during the Mau in Kenya in the 1950s, death when he refused Mau Mau oath of allegience. talk, he describes the spiritual of his experience life today. concert Gordon dedicated his life Lord, and decided to return United States to live in Jean joined his ministry and the couple now fundamental churches, conferences and other across the nation. The public is invited to Faith Baptist Church is i Howard KoSus The Daily News Breaking ground for a new roller coaster, the Wildcat, at Hersheypark Friday are (from left) Clair Hain, construction supervisor; Sally Klein, Dauphin County commissioner; Scott Newkam, Herco executive vice president; Russ Sheaffer, Dauphin County commissioner and state Rep. Chick Tulli.

With them are the Hershey characters. Cat is back jealousy, affects traveling in leave for who to his became a Mau Rebellion risking the In his implication for his to the to the 1985. in 1989, performs in colleges, groups attend. located at 220 South 22nd St. Kenneth Bechtel Award recipients council volunteers the Lebanon Sertoma Club and Northeast Swim Club and has worked on fund-raising committees for the United Way and YMCA.

Bechtel began his scouting career as a Cubmaster for Pack 98. He was also an assistant Webelos leader and later became a committee member for Palmyra Troop 56 in 1978. He has also served as the charter organization representative from the troop and assistant district commissioner. He served on the staff for Scout-mastership Fundamentals, Boy Leader Training Course, the Lebanon Mall Show and Great Northern Districts Blizzard Bust-out. In 1990 he organized Steel-stown Pack 60 and was a summer camp commissioner in 1991.

Bechtel has also received the Wood Badge, Commissioner Arrowhead Award and District Award of Merit. He is a brotherhood member of the Order of the Arrow. He is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ, Palmyra, Local 464 Baker-Confectionery Union and the National Rifle Association. tamine, ice is also referred to as crystal, crystal meth, glass, shabu, meth, ice cream and batu. Methamphetamine is the most powerful member of the group of synthetic stimulants known as amphetamines, which have cocaine-like effects.

Stimulants are chemical substances that speed up central nervous system function, resulting in alertness, increased physical activity and excitability. As a stimulant, ice increases alertness, reduces fatigue, elevates the users mood and, at the right does, creates euphoria. Along with this, ice boosts the users initiative and self-confidence and causes increased Hersheypark photo was torn down in 1946 to Hersheypark building roller coaster By HOWARD KOLUS PalmyraHershey Bureau Chief HERSHEY Herco, which not too many years ago was selling off its properties in Texas and Connecticut and even closer to home in Philadelphia, the Poconos and Hershey, is now making a major investment in one of its most famous attractions Hersheypark. Midway America, an 8-acre theme area featuring a brand-new wooden roller coaster, is on the drawing boards, slated for completion within the next decade. The roller coaster, to be named The Wildcat after the parks original coaster, should be up and running for the 1996 season, according to Franklin Shearer, the parks vice president and general manager.

Construction will begin no later than August. This is a very important day in the history of our company, Shearer said Friday when announcing plans. Our business is growing, and when that happens we are able to reinvest funds in our own core operations, like the park and the lodge (Hershey Lodge and Convention Center), he said. The multimillion dollar theme project will be developed in the northwest comer of the park adjoining Hersheypark Drive. The land had been the old Blue Field of the annual fall Antique Auto show.

Shearer said specific plans are still being put together, but that the idea is in response to public demand. People said they wanted us to bring back some of the old stuff you used to have in Hersheypark," Shearer said. The site will be a nostalgic visit to the 1920s, 30s and 40s, he said. Theres a saying in the amusement business that youre only as good as your last new Wildcat will be the cornerstone of the new area with varying rides, shops and games modeled after the great midways, Shearer continued. There will be plenty of red, white and blue materials.

With two trains of six cars totaling 24 riders, the $5-million Wildcat will run for 3,100 feet on tracks STRAIGHT TALK motor and speech activity. In the 1960s, prior to the appearance of ice, methamphetamine, known as meth or speed, was commonly abused by intravenous injection for the rapid, intense euphoria of the rush or "flash effect. However, ice, the crystal methamphetamine of today is not to be confused with the 60s drug. Todays product is three to five times more potent. Lab analysis of crystal meth today reveals a product that is as high as 97 to 99 percent pure.

4 Will actor have job next year? By HOWARD KOLUS PalmyraHershey Bureau Chief HERSHEY Comedian Jerry Van Dyke, co-star of TVs Coach, whos been promoting Hersheypark this year in commercials and from billboards, may have lost the gig for 1996, Van Dyke, who portrays the bumbling Luther on the popular television program, was hired by park officials to push the attractions wholesome, family oriented image. Its the first time Hersheypark had linked it-self to a celebrity in a promotion. Franklin Shearer, park vice president and general manager, said Friday Van Dyke came on board at a time when Hersheypark had no brand new attractions to promote. Tidal Force, a spectacular watei ride, had opened the previous year, but this year the park is coasting on its laurels and it was Van Dykes job to make, sure everyone knew how much fun visitors can have. Asked about Van Dykes future I with the attraction, Shearer said the star may be back.

We havent finalized terms on that, he added. Shearer said the actor-comedian, who has also performed for park guests, had done a good job. The park also presented three refurbished cars from the roller coaster to the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE)j for eventual display in the ojrganizations yet-to-be built museum. The! units will be stored where) they were built at the Philadelphia Toboggan Co. in Landsdale.

ACEI members ride roller coasters around the world for fun arid have pronounced the Comet one of the best. Ray Ueberroth, past president of? the group who accepted the car said he had never seen a design like the new Wildcat roller coaster which will open next. Initially, the euphoric feeling produced by the dose often lasts up to 12 ours. As the bodys toler- ance for the drug increases, it takes a stronger and stronger dose to rovide the same lift For the ice addict, the dose that once lasted 12 hours may eventually be effective for only 90 minutes. Nuckols? warns that although it may take years to become depen- dent on a lcohol, someone abusing ice may exhibit serious signs of dependency from several weeks to several months after initially taking tho drug.

Schrum is executive director of the Let a non County Commis- sion on rug and Alcohol Abuse. Terrence Feeman Silver Beaver Boy Scout recognizes county men were honored by the Lancaster-Lebanon Boy Scout Council for their service to youth recently. Kenneth L. Bechtel, and Terrence L. Feeman, Lebanon, were given the Silver Beaver Award during the councils recognition dinner recently.

Feeman of Lebanon served as treasurer and Cubmaster of Pack 46 at Covenant United Methodist Church, Lebanon. He has also served as committee chairman for the troop, finance chairman for the Great Northern District as well as a new district being formed from the Great Northern District and three districts from the Eastern District. He also serves on the Lancaster-Lebanon Council planned giving and endowment committee and received the districts Award of Merit in 1993. A vice president at Lebanon Valley National Bank, he is a member, usher, assistant treasurer and director of youth activities at the church. He also is treasurer and director of the Boost II preschool program.

Feeman is a past-president of Still, the newcomer wont match the Comet in speed or length. The older ride goes up to 50 mph on 3,360 feet of track. Few people remember the first Wildcat, erected in 1923 and torn down 23 years later to make room for the Comet, now the parks only wooden coaster, which begins its 50th season July 4. Shearer said officials were pleased and excited that the cat is back and will use those words as an advertising theme. Hersheypark reached a new record last year with 1.8 million visitors between Memorial and Labor Days, Shearer said.

Attendance this year is slightly ahead of 1994 at the same time, he added. The park was opened by Milton Hershey in 1907. Today it features seven themed areas and more than 50 rides. nuca. tdMsr The old Wildcat, built in 1923, make way for the Comet.

on themselves. It will produce a twister-type, 2 Vi -minute ride featuring 11 turns and 20 crossovers. The first drop is 85 feet and cars will reach 45 mph. The ride will be built on the highest ground in the park, which places it even above the Kissing Tower in height, Shearer said. A 105-foot fall through the total ride produces a 40 mph finish.

The unit is designed and built by Great Coasters International Northumberland, Pa. It will be supported by 514,000 board feet of southern pine. Clair Hain, construction supervisor, said the wood was chosen for its strength. Custom built for the park, the coaster will have an early classic design, Shearer said. Theres not another coaster like it any place in the world.

piace in me worm. its 60s According to Nuckols, ice sounds like the promised land to the stimulant abuser, since the user gets high in about six seconds and stays high for up to 12 hours. For a while, says Nuckols, it seemed that no drug could get people addicted any faster and involve quite so much money and violence as crack cocaine. Ice may change that. How does ice compare to crack cocaine? What crack is to cocaine, ice is to methamphetamine.

Both mai Dena ana turn ana come uacit Ice more potent than that bend and turn and come back predecessor drugs, in their smokable form, reach the brain in about six seconds twice as fast as when injected. Smoking the drug allows it to enter directly into the lungs before entering the left side of the hear. From there it is pumped to all areas of the body and brain. Ice probably brings a less intense euphoria than crack cocaine, but ices euphoria lasts a lot longer. Both ice and crack produce a severe crash or agitation after the blood levels of the drugs diminish.

Because the crash produced by ice is longer and more severe, the addict requires a continual supply of the drug in order to avoid withdrawal. By KEVIN SCHRUM of the more recent additions to the Iobg list of popular street drugs isj ice. Popular fcr years in Kprea, Guam, tle Philippines, Japan and Hawaii, ice has be'en showing up all over America Schrum in! the past few years, writes Cardwell C. Nuckols, an addictions treatment expert, in The Ice Stjorm. A smokable and extremely pure of the stimulant methamphe- I I.