Wayne Independent (Newspaper) - March 24, 2006, Honesdale, Pennsylvania September Advertising 2633057 Classifieds 2536666 Wayne 6htf baiiy Newspaper News Desk 2533055 Circulation 2533055 Volume Number 56 March 50 cents Newsstand Established 1878 Local Woman Visited Cops Seek Africa In Peace Corps Attempted By KEVIN KEARNEY Independent Staff Writer BERLIN The journey took her from her home in Wayne County to a place where automobiles are for the wealthy and running water is a It really opened my eyes to a new said Mala The 26yearold Beach Lake woman spent two years in the Peace working at improving curriculum and classroom management at 25 preschools in an enclave of South who was a substitute teacher in the Wayne Highlands School District and has a bachelors degree in ceramics and art also instructed teachers in educa tion and assisted in an AIDS Day in which 30 villagers were tested for the virus that causes of and spent time coloring with the some 300 people in the vil thatched hut with a 65year old woman and her two chil ages 10 and and another woman and her two 18 and There was a garden arid small but no running water or elec Longenecker and her housemates got water by shar ing a communal tep five six other It took a long time to she noting that it took her about three months before she felt comfortable navigating through the village and before she started recog villagers in the While she missed her fami ly and friends back Longenecker got to the know the particularly the quite She attended celebra tions as a took place after weddings or gradu ations or other similar The children she taught fre lage are HIV she Its a big crisis right Longenecker Longenecker also under took the delicate job of dis cussing HTV and AIDS with children whose parents were infected by the virus and Everybody needs she would tell the stressing that the disease cannot be transmitted by way of casual physical con She also headed workshops aimed at instructing teachers how to care for a with HIV widely available jh the Longenecker partook in a project in which 19 playgrounds were built at complete with climbing walls and monkey Longeneckers days began long before she was in class with her She had to embark daily upon long walks to get to her some of which were a walk away while others took around 2 hours to get to on after a long she had to retrace her steps back It was great she said with a The walks were a necessity because public transportation wasnt efficient and private vehicles were a rare sight in the She had a but because a good section of the terrain was mountainous and she usually didnt ride it to Longenecker lived in a Antique Motorcycles Needed May 28 HONESDALE Antique motorcycles and trucks are needed for the Antiques on Wheels parade which is being planned for May 28th at 1 in The parade is part of the Greater Honesdale Partnerships Arts and Antiques If you have an antique truck or motorcycle over 25 years old in great condition and wish to show it please contact Gail at the Greater Partnership at 570 A registration form will be mailed to Over 40 antique cars and tractors have already The Parade will begin at the intersection of 4th and continue past the where you and your will be turn right onto 10th Street and dis band by Please note does not take the place of thet annual crayons and markers she brought with her from the I miss the children in the Longenecker Other entertainment included reading and listening to public I did a lot of she She also said she had to adjust to the fact that she was never whether at home or at and had little pri vate I miss that she a 1998 gradu ate of Honesdale High School of decided Peace Corps a few years alter college because she wanted to experience a differ ent Lesotho seemed like the logical place to go because her Dennis and had volunteered there in the Before being placed in Lesotho she had to undergo two months of during which she learned to speak the first language of You get better at it State Police released this rendering of the attempted robbery Contributed HOUSEMATES During her two years in the Peace Mala lived with Me and after being there for Americans who have she Longenecker said English is second language and the school books for her pre school children were in Just as it took her time to adapt to living in she had to reintroduce herself back to the American way of living when she returned in Going to a restau rant was like a new experi she Shes and is applying for jobs in art edu Longenecker is among served in over 138 countries since John executive order creating the Peace according to Molly public affairs spe with the Peace Corps regional office in New the Peace Corps has volunteers working in 75 nations on developing projects in environment and For more information on the Peace Corps visit Woman Found After 10 Was Missing Since 8th Grade By DAN Associated Press Writer AP As an eighth grader in October Tanya Nicole Kach skipped class one day and was caught by a school security In a the er and the man more than twice her age began she and Thomas John Hose began calling each other on the By she Hose made plans for her to run according to a crimi nal complaint charging him with sexual On Kach left Hose arid told police her story that Hose kept her in his parents house for the 10 years since she was reported He had a Ive come to she told a television was charged with statutory sexual assault and three counts of deviate sexual intercourse He was suspended pay from j the middle school two met and where he had continued to work as a KacK told police she and Hose forged their plans 10 years with the help of a cut and dyed Kachs hair as a favor after she away from according to the com 1 i J i IT i f stayed for sev par with ents were out of the house and he could sneak her police Kachs parents reported her as a runaway on 1996 the day Tanya Kach moved in Hoses Spending most of her days in a bedroom in a tiny frame house owned by Hoses Kach said she used a bucket as a kept bottled water nearby and wore clothes for most of the 10 years she lived with Kach said she lived in Hoses home with his par ents and his who is two years younger than but that the parents didnt know she was She said she remained in Hoses room until about then was allowed to leave only when his parents were not Hose and Kach began a sexual relationship soon after she ran away and con it into according to the criminal Kach told police that Hose had her record in her calen dar book which she had so he could brag to coworkers and friends of him engaging sex and how the com plaint About 10 months Hose devised a plan for her to change her identity and her name to Nikki He allowed her to go to church and shop for she told in an interview on its Web Hose told his parents his new girlfriend Nikki was moving Kach She was allowed to go to church and venture out during the she but soon real her living situation was not I was I came to realize other peoples rela werent like I had to be home at 2 be at home by Kach told the Continued on page 2 WAYNE COUNTY A 4door car with dark Window tint on the back window has been described in two separate the first being of an attempted given to the State Police Honesdale bar racks March The first report involved a juvenile male who was approaching his vehicle in the parking lot of the IGA supermarket locat ed near This was at approximately It was then that a black male was said to have presented a knife in front of the juvenile and told the juvenile to hand over his The juvenile where upon a brief physical struggle ensued between the The male brandishing the knife then fled the immediate area in the teal car where a white female and a male of unknown ethnicity were Approximately 40 minutes the same description of the car was given from a woman who told police that while she was loading her packages into her car in the parking lot of the KMart in Texas she noticed a wearing a ski mask approaching The woman screamed and the masked individual retreated into a car and left the Anyone with information on either incident call 570 Trooper Michael Brown is the investigating Incident Guard On Track To Return In June By MARTHA RAFFAELE Associated Press Writer FORT INDIANTOWN AP A Pennsylvania National Guard brigade that is stationed in the middle of a troubled region of Iraq is on track to return as scheduled in despite a wave of violence a top commander said It would take an extremely unusual and violent occur rence in Iraq to delay the return of the 2nd Brigade Combat said Wesley who commands the 28th Infantry which includes the Pennsylvania based It would have to be an extreme emergency in the coun try where life and limb of many soldiers were at and I just cant see that Craig told reporters at a briefing at the guards headquarters at Fort Indiantown Gap near When the brigade departed from Camp Shelby in it consisted of about soldiers with troops from 36 The brigade John now oversees American troops And Iraqi It is stationed in Ramadi in the Sunni The 2nd Brigade is the Pennsylvania guards largest unit to enter combat since World War a spokesman Besides the the guard has deployed about other members to Iraq since the war began three years Editors note Over 100 members of 1st Battalion 109th Infantry based in are among the current Wayne Independent photo by Diane Soothe ALCOHOL March Healthy Teens HAFT proudly presented Honesdale High School Principal Rodda with a check In the amount of This raised by HAFT a basketball The check will of HAFT Into the Daniel Scholarship From left are Jessica Sarah President Karlee Heidi Sadak and Tom Frisk who Is a Prevention Specialist the Wayne County Drug Alcohol
