Fairdale – On Thursday of last week, May 3, friends to the number of about 90 gathered at the Lecture room of the Church and formed in line. The ladies ahead carrying Old Glory and singing America, the men behind each carrying a chicken, marched to the parsonage and surprised their Pastor, Rev. C. E. Cook, by presenting him with chickens to the amount of about 32, after which all repaired to the dining room, where light lunch was served. After a social hour all went home feeling they had spent a very pleasant evening.
Springville - The death of Mrs. Margaret Scott, one of our oldest residents, [occurred] at her home here, Monday morning, April 30. She suffered a stroke of paralysis a few days ago and her condition had gradually grown worse.
Dimock – W. L. Newton has purchased the barn on the J. D. Baker farm of Percy Ballentine and will move it to his farm, the Wm. Kelly place near Montrose.
Harford – The Odd Fellows are preparing the site for their new hall, which will be erected on the site of Hon. E. E. Jones’ store. Mr. Jones donated the lot to the society. ALSO Dandelion greens are the treat here now. ALSO W. W. Oakley, who is having a new house built, has it nearly completed and ready for occupancy.
Elk Lake – E. E. Stevens, who for the past 20 years, has successfully conducted a general store here, will sell out the stock of goods and quotes some attractive prices. Mr. Stevens had a slight shock recently and while, apparently, on the road to complete recovery, he feels that he would like to be relieved of the cares of the store in order that he may have a much needed rest.
Montrose – Frank H. Deuel started a chicken emporium up on Chenango street, consisting of two Plymouth Rock hens and a rooster. Several days ago, Frank said, “You can praise up the fancy bred chicken stock all you please, but give me the good old fashion Plymouth Rock. Why, my two hens have given me two eggs a day for two weeks up until last Saturday and Sunday when I got three.” Yesterday when asked about his emporium he laughed and said, “I’m somewhat wiser about the chicken business today. If you want to know the real history about the three eggs just ask Clark Vaughn and John Dolan.” ALSO Charles R. Sayre is building a spacious addition to “Rosemont Inn” greatly increasing the accommodations of that popular resort. He tells us that his dining room will comfortably seat 75 people.
Choconut Valley – The Choconut Valley creamery will open this week. Mr. Myers, who will run the creamery, is here. His family will be here soon and will occupy rooms over the creamery.
Susquehanna – Friday evening, shortly after 6, Jack Reardon, the 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Reardon, of Front Street, fell into a tank of gasoline in the local Erie yards and had not help arrived quickly he would have been asphyxiated. A railroad man happened to be close by
and hearing the boy’s cries went to his rescue. Dr. M. H. Collier was called and attended the boy.
New Milford – The funeral of Mrs. Jacob Fritz was held in Harford, April 30. Mrs. Fritz died at her home in Scranton after a long illness of cancer. She formerly resided in New Milford, where her husband had a stick factory, near where the creamery now stands. For some years she had lived in Harford and Scranton.
Fair Hill, Forest Lake Twp. Myron Green had two bags of feed taken last week and S. Jagger has lost several hens. Someone needs to look out or they may have a job for a doctor picking shot, as they have their guns ready.
Forest Lake – Miss Frances Donovan, of Liberty, is spending some time with her aunt, Frances Kelley.
Hop Bottom – At last the wire for lighting the village for electricity is upon the streets and the completion of arrangements for lights is promised in a very short time. The residents of Foster should surely hold a jubilee when this long delayed luxury is really secured to them. Many citizens have had their residences wired for two years past, but the old, reliable kerosene lamp has furnished their only illumination.
Franklin Forks – The G. A. R. [Civil War Veterans] visited the schools for a few miles outside of this place and gave instruction in patriotism to the children of several schools and expects to visit several more before they close. Now that we are at war with a foreign power, it is highly necessary to inspire love of country and of the flag in all of the people and we take it as our duty, as men and as soldiers, to do what we can for our country in its time of need. As there is very little else that we could do, now that she needs men and money, some of us feel that we would gladly give our services, if they would accept us in any way. An Old Soldier
Bridgewater Twp. – Robert Park, of Chicago, called on his cousins, C. N. Warner, E. S. Warner and F. G. Warner, on Wednesday. Mr. Park is professor of sociology in the University of Chicago. This was his first visit to Montrose. His father, Dr. Ezra Park, was a physician in Montrose for some years. During his brief visit, Prof. Park visited the cemetery on Atty. F. E. Scott’s farm, (formerly the Park farm) just outside of the borough, in which are buried his grandparents, an aunt and a great-aunt. [This small grave site in Bridgewater Twp., contains the graves of members of the Park/Gregory/Scott/and Carr families.]
Forest City – Forest City has over 700 members enrolled in its Red Cross chapter.
News Brief: Gov. Brumbaugh has sent out a request to hotel men and restaurant keepers to save their potato peelings for those persons who wish to plant a potato patch but can obtain no seed. The eyes of the potatoes will produce new potatoes quite as well as cutting the whole potato in pieces, so experimenters state.
200 Years Ago Today from the Montrose Centinel, May 10, 1817.
*The daughter of Samuel Scott, stated in our last [issue] as being absent from home and lost in the woods, we are happy to state, was found after being from home about two days in the wilderness, by the inhabitants who were in search of her.
*The Rising Sun Lodge was installed in this village by the R. W. M. Isaac Bowman, of Wilkesbarre, on Wednesday last in the presence of a numerous assembly of spectators. Jonah Brewster was installed R. W. M. and Perez Perkins Seignor, and William C. Turrel Junior Wardens of the same.
*The subscriber is about to close business in the Tavern keeping line, therefore ALL persons indebted to him must settle by the 15th of next month if they wish to save cost. DANIEL CURTIS.
Montana West is a restaurant and bar located in Bucks County. On May 7, 2010, Victor Newell attended an event at Montana West where two bands were playing music. Newell parked his car in a closed business (DHL) property which was directly across from Montana West, but there was a four-lane highway separating the properties. Newell successfully crossed the highway and stayed at Montana West until approximately 11:00 p.m. As he was returning to his automobile, Newell was struck by an automobile as he was crossing the four-lane highway. As a result of his injuries, Newell died. Thereafter, Newell’s Estate initiated a civil action against Montana West on the theory that Montana West had been negligent in protecting their patrons from the dangers of the four-lane highway.
The Estate’s argument was that Montana West knew that its regular parking area did not provide sufficient space to accommodate the crowds generated by special events. As a result of the lack of parking at these events, the Estate alleged that Montana West was aware that patrons would park across the street and cross the four-lane highway to attend such events. The Estate argued that Montana West should have taken safety precautions such as providing someone to assist in directing traffic to protect pedestrians. The Estate noted that Montana West had undertaken such safety precautions for some of its prior special events. The Estate also argued that Montana West had a duty to provide adequate and safe parking for its special events so as to eliminate the need for patrons to park elsewhere offsite.
Montana West moved for summary judgment contending that it owed no legal duty (1) to assure that Newell safely crossed the four-lane highway; (2) to provide sufficient safe parking spaces for any special event; or (3) to provide safety measures. The trial court granted the summary judgment and the Estate appealed.
On appeal, the Pennsylvania Superior Court also determined that a commercial property owner owed no duty of care to pedestrians crossing highways in order to get to and from the commercial establishment. The Superior Court stated: “A pedestrian who walks on a public highway places himself at risk of injury from vehicles traveling on the highway. Any duty of care owed to that pedestrian must belong to those who maintain the road and those motorists who are licensed to drive it. The duty does not extend to landowners who have premises adjacent to the roadway.”
As to the argument concerning adequate on-site parking, the Superior Court noted that the local zoning authority had authorized Montana West to have 231 parking spaces. There was testimony that a special event at Montana West would require at least 330 parking spaces to accommodate patrons. The Superior Court concluded that the lack of adequate parking did not impose on Montana West a legal duty to protect Newell from the dangers of parking offsite. The Superior Court specifically noted that if such a duty where created, it would substantially expand the duty of care that business invitees owed to their customers – and the Superior Court indicated that it would not engage in such “judicial policymaking.”
Finally, as to the Estate argument regarding prior safety measures, the Superior Court reasoned as follows: “Even if Montana West engaged in some protective conduct on some sporadic prior occasions, such conduct did not rise to the level of the voluntary assumption of a legal duty that obligated Montana West to provide protective services at all later events. Moreover, there is no evidence of any promise or undertaking by Montana West to [Newell], implicit or otherwise, to personally provide [Newell] with safe passage to and from the DHL property or to protect him from an accident on [the highway] if he parked on the DHL property.”
For these reasons, the Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of Montana West on the grounds that no legal duty existed that required Montana West to protect Newell when he was attempting to cross the highway after leaving Montana West to get to his parked vehicle.
Is Narcan the answer to opioid death?
Carol was talking to the pharmacist about a tragedy that hit their town. “So sad about Susan and she was only 22,” Carol said to the pharmacist. “Hadn’t she been rescued with Narcan a few times?” the pharmacist asked. “Yes, twice before, but the last time, the EMTs could not revive her.” Susan, like so many thousands who were like her, was a long-time opioid addict. The pharmacist remembered the time Susan came into the pharmacy with a prescription for oxycodone “for her back” only to discover than she had a similar prescription that was written by another doctor the week before. After that, the heroin rumors started.
Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illicit drug heroin as well as the licit prescription pain relievers oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine, fentanyl and others. All opioids are chemically related and interact with opioid receptors on nerve cells in the brain and nervous system to produce pleasurable effects and relieve pain. Addiction is a primary, chronic and relapsing brain disease characterized by an individual pathologically pursuing reward and/or relief by substance use and other behaviors. Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 years or older that had a substance use disorder in 2015, 2 million had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had a substance use disorder involving heroin, says the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Susan was simply the latest victim of this tyrannosaurus rex-sized epidemic that has now claims more victims than car crashes and guns combined. And why is that? According to a report at Vox.com, opioid manufacturers and suppliers have spent almost $1 billion over the last decade lobbying state and federal legislators to block new regulations on their addictive painkillers and make the drugs more easily available. That’s 8 times as much as gun makers spent on lobbying during that time. Good going, guys!
Well, at least there is Narcan® (naloxone) to rescue many of these people. Or is there? In many cities, police, school nurses, and family and friends of drug users, as well as the users themselves, commonly carry Narcan now. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the use of naloxone kits by laypeople reversed at least 26,463 overdoses between 1996 and June 2014. But being saved in the short run from an overdose is no guarantee that someone will stop using drugs, as was in Susan’s case. Narcan is one tool to improve the odds of survival, many health providers say, but more long-term solutions to addiction are needed, as well. Some addicts, assuming they will be rescued with Narcan, tempt fate, and will OD again and again, until the final time when they cannot be rescued.
Remember that huge roller coaster you rode on that made you scream at the thrill of it all? You walked away from that ride intact. Addicted drug users flock to risk, even buying a higher high from which they may not recover. "They know that's the high that'll take you right up to the edge, maybe kill you, maybe not," said Joseph Pinijuh, chief of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and narcotics unit for the U.S. Attorney in Cleveland. "That's the high that they want."
As heroin becomes ever stronger, it is becoming more resistant to Narcan, with some users needing 3 shots of Narcan to awaken. The pharmacist thought that maybe that is what Susan wanted. But all she got was a very tearful funeral and a life that was thrown away.
Ron Gasbarro, PharmD, is a registered pharmacist, medical writer, and principal at Rx-Press.com. Read more at www.rx-press.com
