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Standard-Speaker, Sunday, August 23, 1998 LOCAL Regina M. Shelepets, 82, of the Rear of 225 W. Blaine MeAdoo, died Friday evening at Weatherwood, the Carbon County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in McAdoo, she was the daughter of the late Rickey and Anna (Gallagher) Mingo. She was a member of St.

Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church, the McAdoo Senior Citizens, and was a devoted housewife and mother. Preceding her in death, in addition 1 to her parents, was her husband, Stephen. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Carmine (Marie Adel) Cernuto, Port St. Lucie, sons, Eugene, Bristol, and Robert, Michigan; a sister, Mrs.

John (Amelia) Stepanick, Port St. Lucie, a brother, Anthony, New Port Richie, six grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Monday at 8:30 a.m. from the Damiano Funeral Home, Blaine and Cleveland streets, McAdoo. Divine Liturgy with Office of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 a.m.

in St. Michael's B.C. Church. The Rev. Leonard Hollick will be the celebrant.

Burial will be in St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. A Parastas service will be held at 7:30. Regina M. Shelepets John Matthew Dean John Matthew Dean, 4-yearold son of John G.

and Lisa M. Dean, of Mountaintop, died Thursday evening at Geisinger 'Childrens' Hospital, Danville, following a year-long battle with a brain tumor. Born Nov. 21, 1993, in Kingston, he lived in Mountaintop his entire life. He was a graduate of St.

Paul's Playschool and a member of St. Jude's Roman Catholic Church. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are a sister, Taylor, at home; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin J.

Kutz, Mountaintop, and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Dean, Jenkins Township; his John S. Jenkins Township; aunts, uncles, cousins, and his favorite companions, his dogs, Sasha and Samantha, and his Gumdrop.

The funeral will be held at 9 a.m. from Desiderio's Funeral Home, Route 309, Mountaintop, followted by a Mass of the Angels in St. Church, Mountaintop, at 10 a.m. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Hanover Township.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 2 to 4 and 17 to 9 p.m. Dolores Machella Dolores Machella, 405 Washington Freeland, died early Saturday morning at Allegheny-Hahnaman University Hospital, Philadelphia. She was a member of St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, Freeland, and was preceded in death by her husband, John B. Machella.

will be announced by the McHugh-Wilczek Home, Freeland. (Continued C2) access to highways, condition, etc. final determinant is the real market itself. Article Eight mandates standards, sizes and measurements land developments. For example, in residential areas have to be 500 and 1,600 feet long.

In areas, block size "may vary from elements of design." That same section also reads, residential frontage lots shall rear yard with a minimum depth feet, measured in the shortest from the rear of the proposed dwelling." Matz said, however, that mean everyone has to have a "yard. "It doesn't have to be an actual with grass and all that," Matz said. someone wants to leave half of it or something, that's fine. In fact, might be good aesthetics," adding clause is there mainly to aid the preventing overcrowding. Existing homes would be thered.

Still, meeting that requirement might be difficult in some of the hamlets, as some subdivided lots 75 feet long. In those cases, the oper could apply to the zoning board for a variance. All streets are to have mercury lighting and "shall be curved Changes from OBITUARY Raymond A. Cara Sr. Raymond A.

Cara 52, the of Gutsie's Pizza House, Mahanoy City, and a resident of 28 Center Kelayres, formerly of 425 W. Centre Mahanoy City, died Saturday afternoon at his home. He owned the pizza house for the past 12 years. Born i in Kelayres, he was the son of the late Joseph and Thelma (Kender) Cara. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Kelayres, and the Kelayres Outdoor Club.

In addition, he was a member of the M.T.A. Hideaway Outdoor Club, Mahanoy City, the Bear's Head Sportsmans Association, and the National Rifle Association. Surviving are his wife of 32 years, the former Linda Shulski; sons, Raymond Bowmans, Shannon, Mahanoy City, and Cory, at home; a brother, Joseph, and a sister, Leota Ruby, both of Ventnor, N.J.; a sister, Marion Gano, Manville, N.J.; two grandsons, nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the Damiano Funeral Home, Blaine and Cleveland streets, McAdoo.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. in Immaculate Conception RC Church. The Rev. Robert Dressler will be the celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 6 to 8 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be held. Susan E. Somers Susan E. Somers, former music teacher in Weatherly schools and private teacher of music and voice, died Wednesday morning in Orwigsburg Manor, Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County.

She was formerly of 412 Second Weatherly. A graduate of Chambersburg Normal School of Music, she also directed the Weatherly Girls Glee Club and the Hazleton Welsh Chorus, and served as organist and choir director at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Centenary United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, and Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly. Born in Dauberville, Berks County, she was the daughter of the late Henry K. and Bertha (Kaufman) Phillips. She was a member of Salem United Church of Christ, Weatherly.

Preceding her in death, in addition to her parents, were her husband, George L. Somers, in 1995, and brothers and sisters, Stanley, Harold, Solon, Owen, Lester and George, and Miriam and Sara Phillips; and a great-grandson, Joel James Kreiger. Surviving are a son, James R. Somers Weatherly; four grandchildren, six greatgrandsons, nieces and nephews. Memorial donations may be made to Weatherly Ecumenical Community Choir, in care of Esther Koehler, 108 Hudsondale Weatherly 18255.

Private graveside services will be held in Union Cemetery, Weatherly, at the convenience of the family. The Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home, Weatherly, is in charge of the arrangements. possible to avoid conformity It's pearance." They're also to estate to discourage use by Section 704 states the curity which must be specific in put dated improvements be blocks between percent of the improvements' Article Six mandates the actual plans submitted Plans for developments "all acres can be no bigger a inch-equals-50-feet scale. of 75 velopments smaller than distance must be a one-inch-equals-20-feet Articles Five and Six doesn't and "minor" subdivisions 75-foot uses.

"(O)ne which does yard, classify as a minor land "If is "major." woods, A "minor" development that "contains not more than the single-family residential goal of whether developed cumulatively." For grandfa- isting buildings, a minor is one which "has a minimum older of not less than 5,000 square aren't said expansion does not devel- cent of the gross floor hearing building." Section 814.7 deals vapor trees. Developers must where ting strip between the Paul J. Valusek Paul J. Valusek, 80, a native of Nesquehoning, died Friday in Orlando, where he lived. Born in Nesquehoning, he was a member of St.

John's Slovak Lutheran Church, Lansford, and moved to Florida in 1990. He was a Navy veteran and a member of Disabled American Veterans and the American Legion, Nesquehoning Post. He was named to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, Carbon County Chapter, for his achievements in baseball, basketball and football. He had been employed as an inspector for an engineering company. Surviving are his wife, Anna; and sisters, Elizabeth Chropufka and Mary Ann Tirpak, both of Orlando, Fla.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Baldwin-Fairchild Goldenrod- Winter Park Chapel, Winter Park, with burial arrangements under the direction of the Baldwin Fairchild Crematory. Mark S. Derkosh Mark S. Derkosh, 46, of 144 W. Railroad Nesquehoning, died Friday at Miners Memorial Medical Center, Coaldale.

Born in Palmerton, he was the son of Stephen and Marie Jane (Rohn) Derkosh. For 26 years, he was a welder for Greenwood Breaker, Tamaqua. He was a member of the Nesquehoning Sokol Citizens Club, and a social member of the Nesquehoning Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Nesquehoning American Legion. Surviving, in addition 1 to his parents, are a son, Stephen, Sparks, a brother, Glenn, Jim Thorpe; sisters, Mrs. Joseph (Christine) Stehle, Mifflinville, and Mrs.

Vincent (Bernice) Sweeney, Nesquehoning; nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. from the Joseph S. Blazosky Funeral Home, 81 E. Catawissa Nesquehoning.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:30 in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Jim Thorpe. The Rev. John Helferty will be the celebrant. Burial will be in the parish cemetery, Jim Thorpe.

Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. A Christian Wake Service will be held during the viewing. Michael Sisock Michael Sisock, of 446 Kiefer Hazleton, died Saturday evening at his home. He was a member of St. Mary's Byzantine Catholic Church, Hazleton.

Arrangements will be announced by the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. CORRECTION In the funeral of August Belusko, of Harleigh, who died Wednesday at his home, the name of Dean Nardon, who served as a pallbearer, was unintentionally omitted. of lot ap- sidewalk." Sidewalk be "laid out least an inch and a through-traffic." by caliper, and apart. That section financial seup for trees." to 110 One township ceptable trees" list equal cost.

the final version, the size of the too far." for approval. Section 805 larger than two on traffic volume. than a one- classifications Plans for de- significance, as two acres, 400 vehicles a day) scale. walks and curbs, define "major" 750 per day) and and land daily) streets don't. however, must have not qualify or Section 815 development" ments, as earlier recreation facilities.

is one which Hazle has required two detached ments for 20 years. structures, often been less than initially or this year, the of ex- Scotch Hill approval development had been designated floor area area, because it was feet when Matz expressed exceed 15 per- about that clause. area of said "They (recreation have and they're a sidewalks Matz said. But he "seed the plan- about clean-up curb and the sponsibility. Culinary arts spot opens at career center Culinary arts teacher Nancy Tkatch is resigning to take a vice principal position at another vocational-technical school.

By SHAWN M. KELLY There is an opening for a culinary arts teacher in the Hazleton Area Career Center. District officials confirmed this week that the present culinary arts teacher, Nancy Tkatch, is resigning to take a vice principal position at another vocational-technical school. Superintendent Geraldine Shepperson said HACC Director Edward Lyba will meet with pastry arts instructor Elizabeth Rossi, wife of school Director Louis Rossi, to discuss where she will be in the upcoming year. "She will stay in that shop," Shepperson said, adding that she does not know in what capacity.

Elizabeth Rossi is not certified to teach pastry arts, Shepperson said, so she has been teaching the pastry component of the culinary arts program. Rossi is certified to teach "quantity foods," which Shepperson said allows her to teach cooking and restaurant practices, but not a pastry arts class. Shepperson also said the first round of interviews for Tkatch's replacement are finished. Those candidates will be interviewed by someone in the culinary arts trade early next week, and will be interviewed by the board in front of the public on Wednesday. During a meeting Thursday night, Shepperson praised Tkatch as someone who gave 250 percent and someone who will be missed in the district.

The school board accepted Tkatch's resignation at that meeting. In other business, the school board approved a tax break for an incoming candy-making company. The board approved a LERTA (Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance) resolution for HAIRBO of America, a German firm which makes Gummi Bears and other Gummi products. HAIRBO will build its American corporate headquarters in the Humboldt Industrial Park, with a $10 million initial investment. Eventually, the company will employ 127 people at the site.

Under the LERTA, HAIRBO will be exempt from school district property taxes for the first year after construction is complete. The company's exemption will drop 10 percent each year according to the resolution; that is, after the first year is over the company will pay 10 percent of its assessed property taxes, 20 percent after the second year is over, and so on. Within 10 years, the company will pay its full assessed property taxes. The board gave preliminary approval to the LERTA several months ago, and some officials credit the board's willingness, and the willingness of other local and county taxing bodies, as one of the reasons why HAIRBO relocated to Humboldt. trees have to be at half wide, measured between 40 and 60 feet also lists 16 types of official said the "acis unlikley to be in adding "that's going classifies streets, based In Section 813, those take on added "local streets," (50 to must have sidebut "collector" (401 to "arterial" (751-plus The latter types, 12-foot shoulders.

requires major developdefined, to have public That's not new, as them in developHowever, they've successful. Earlier supervisors granted to develop what as a recreation little used. some reservations areas) are nice to good selling point," also raised questions and maintenance re- POLICE Man charged with stealing ATV Charges have been filed against a Donaldson man for taking an all-terrain vehicle from a home in September 1997. According to state police in Schuylkill Haven, Jason Todd Ney, 22, of 109 E. Spring Donaldson, took the ATV from the yard of Robert Donmoyer, of Tremont.

The ATV was put on Ney's truck and taken to his home. Police said the ATV was stripped to parts, painted and reassembled. He then took it to Country Chevrolet, his place of employment, where he did further work on it. In July 1998, the ATV was FUNERALS The funeral of Veronica M. Janosov, of 681 N.

Laurel Hazleton, who died Wednesday morning at Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, was held Saturday morning from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. The Rev. Stephen Krawontka gave the blessing at the funeral home, and assisted by the Rev.

Andrew Hvozdovic, was a celebrant in a concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial in St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church. Both priests offered the final blessing at the grave in the parish cemetery. The pallbearers, all grandsons of the deceased, were Gilbert, Joseph, Mark, Paul and Dr. John Degenhart, and Anthony and Joseph Cammisa.

The funeral of Helen Hudock of 12th Street, Hazleton, who died Tuesday morning at Hazleton-St. Joseph Medical Center, was held Friday from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. Msgr. John Opalenick gave the blessing at the funeral home, celebrated the Divine Liturgy with Office of Christian Burial in St.

Johns Byzantine Catholic Church, and gave the final blessing in St. Joseph R.C. Cemetery, Hazleton. The pallbearers were grandsons, Adam Levine, Mario Sindaco, and Jason and Matthew Fetchko; and nephews, Jerry Panisak and John Salko. The funeral was unintentionally omitted in the funeral listings in Saturday's edition.

The funeral of Joseph J. Hricak, of Roselle Park, N.J., who died Monday at Union Hospital, New Jersey, was held Saturday morning from the Frank J. Bonin Funeral Home Hazleton. Msgr. Michael Delaney was the celebrant of the Mass of Christian Burial celebrated in Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church, West Hazleton, and offered the final blessing at the grave in Calvary Cemetery, Drums.

The pallbearers were Andrew, Thomas and John Hricak, brothers; and nephews, James Paulshock, Gary Walck and Albert Teglash. HOSPITALS HAZLETON GENERAL Visiting Hours: 1 to 8 p.m. Admission John Hollednak, 533 Johnson Freeland. "What we can't have happen is time taken away from our street crew to take care of those recreation areas, or being in the position of having to add people to do it," Matz said. Matz singled out the Pardeesville Playground Association as the ideal way communities take care of their recreation areas.

"They police it, they do the maintenance, they pick up the garbage," Matz added. "Of course, we're willing to help anyway we can, but they've taken the would like to see similar situations at public recreation areas in developments, but added that's not a certainty. "Not every development has a homeowner's association, SO the question then becomes, who'd clean up the garbage, and who's responsible for upkeep," Matz said. He added there's also the question of liability insurance. Matz said it's likely the supervisors will "amend but not eliminate" the recreation area requirement.

Article 10 deals with "Required Improvements." Under it, Section 1002 concerns "monuments and markers." In addition to setting allowed locations, it also mandates their size and materials of which they can be made. Monuments are to be made of stone or concrete and discovered at Country Chevrolet in Tremont when Ney failed to take it with him after his employment was terminated. Police said the owner got suspicious and called police to check the vehicle. Police then discovered the ATV was stolen. Charges were filed before the magistrate for theft and receiving stolen property.

No injuries result after two-car crash No injuries resulted after a two-car accident occurred on 19th and Vine streets Tuesday. According to Hazleton City Police, Crystal Boss, of New Jersey, was traveling west on 19th Street and Dominic Mott, of 835 W. 6th Hazleton, was traveling south on Vine Street at 8:16 p.m. Boss failed to stop for a stop sign on 19th Street and collided with Mott, police said. Boss was cited for a stop sign violation.

Boss and her two passengers, Francis Yablonsky, of Box 63B Woodlawn Park, Hazleton, and Daniel Dutz, of 543 James Hazleton, were not injured. Mott also was not injured but his car was towed from the scene. Police investigate hit-and-run crash State Police in Hazleton are investigating a hit-and-run accident that occurred on Main: Street in Conyngham Borough. According to police, between 11 p.m. Friday and 8:20 a.m.

Saturday, a 1997 Hyundai was hit by an unknown car. Police said the car was traveling north on Main Street and hit the Hyundai while it was parked along the street. The car sustained minor damage to the side mirror. Monster trucks to be at Laurel Mall Monster Truck fans and anyone else looking for a fun time should head to the Laurel Mall parking lot in back of Boscov's Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

and help Operation Overcome raise funds to provide services to local people with disabilities. Operation Overcome's first Monster Truck Show will provide thrilling truck rides for children and adults. Pictures with the huge vehicle will also be available. A radio-controlled monster truck, a Glory Bear (Ty) Beanie Baby donated by Cheers, and other prizes will be chanced off. The United Rehabilitation Services mobile food van will be there to provide refreshments.

There will be live radio remotes by WKAB 103.5 and WMGH 105.5 with music and free giveaways to add to the fun. Primary sponsors for the event are: Laurel Mall, Feussner Ford, Freeland; Tom Winters Agency, Sugarloaf; and MORE Mobility, McAdoo. All proceeds of the event will support the work of Operation Overcome, with its Wheels on Wheels transportation service and the Anthracite Region Center for Independent Living. have to be at least 30 inches by six inches by six inches. Markers have to be made of iron pipes or iron or steel bars and at least 15 inches by .75 inches in diameter.

"That doesn't mean all developments have to have a statue or Matz said. "We want them to have development markers you know, noting its (the development's) name." The ordinance was drawn up by Planning Consultant Jack Varaly. It. will get its first public reading Aug. 31, at a planning commission meeting which is continued from last Tuesday.

"None of this is set in stone, and I'm sure there will be some changes to it," Matz added. Some of those changes will be grammatical and semantic, to clarify some of the wording. "Overall, though, I think he did a pretty good job," Matz said. "It's extensive and was done in a very professional manner." The ordinance's first step toward law is planning commission approval. The supervisors must also approve it.

In between, there are requirements for at least one public hearing and a public display and inspection period. "I expect it will be enacted and become law by Christmas," planning commission Chairman Paul Kattner' said last week..