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Show f t 1 Wednesday, August 17, Murder of 1983-- Sun Advocate, Price, Utah 7A USA town 'small stuns girl 12-year-- old everybody else. Associated Press Writer Nobodys letting their kids get very far away In this coal from them right now. And the kids, theyre scared, VERDUNVILLE, W.Va. (AP) town where everybody knows everybody, folks too. My little girl wont even walk up the hollow by never expected the national tragedy of child herself since that happened. until one of their own was Easter Johnson, Tanyas mother, spent 10 killing to touch them found abused and slain in a hollow near her home. agonized days waiting for her daughters body to The discovery of Tanya Lynn be found. I dont think I ever got more than 15 minutes Johnsons battered body July 23 shattered the 90 900 of about citizens of this community calm sleep on any of those nights, Mrs. Johnson said, a of where had southeast miles Charleston, parents photo of Tanya in her hand. Night after night I felt safe to let their children roam the surrounding kept lying there, waiting for her to walk through g or catch lightning bugs. hills to go the door and tell me where shed been. She looked down at the photograph of the blonde, Not here!" said Pam Browning, the mother of d exan girl wearing a cowboy hat. girl. Thats something youd above Mrs. Johnson a circle calendar wall not Verdunville. in a On here pect in the big cities, but a date: July 13. around been knows drawn has related and everybody Why, everybodys By STRAT DOUTHAT - berry-pickin- curly-haire- The evening of that day was the last time I ever It was 8 wasnt it I know o'clock sometime after Elvis the see to wanted she oclock because in Presley movie that came on then she came and had road the across was Cleve Hiram said and with him. g asked her go to Mrs. Johnson said she was upset by the invitation, because it came from a man in his 20s. I told her to never go off with a man alone in the bushes, she said. And she told me, Okay, saw her alive, the mother of nine said. 7 berry-pickin- mommy, I wont go. did leave the tiny yard, The friendly however. Ten days later, a member of a search party found the girls body in a thicket less than a mile from home. fifth-grad- er Authorities said Tanya, nude from the waist down when found, apparently had been sexually assaulted before she was killed. was just a Tanya didnt fool with boys any, she Cleve Hiram I think little girl, said her mother. lured her up that hollow. The next day, authorities charged Cleve Hiram Mount Gay resident, with Messer, a murder. But the arrest has done little to assuage s the communitys fear or the Johnson family grief. Mrs. Johnson says she has been haunted by visions of her daughter, calling vainly for help. to Tanya had a lot of friends and, it seems me, mother I the kid had, she was the most beautiful said. Ill never get over it. Family business lives on - Fun ELYSBURG, Pa. (AP) is kept all in the family at Knoebels Amusement Resort, where 24 descendants or inlaws of founder Henry Hartman Knoebel are on the park payroll. Its a family business in the business of tertainment, family ensaid Ron Knoebel, 39, grandson of the founder and comanager of the central Penn- sylvania park. You grew up with this place. You werent hired here. You were bom into this job, he added during an interview at a park picnic table. Grandpa Knoebel, a farmer and lumberman, installed a carousel in 1926 d of Little confluence at the Creek and Mugsers Roaring Run about 70 miles north of Harrisburg. steam-powere- The park now emfeatures 31 160-ac- re ploys 500 people and rides, 12 games, a 750,000-gallo-n swimming pool, a roller rink and a campground. An estimated 600,000 people visit annually. Admission and parking are free. Pete Knoebel, Hartman one of the founders four offspring, is park president and heads the family lumber business. His brother, Jennings, takes care of concessions and 400-si- te i ! ' fiHtefood stahds'. f n("" A sister, Gladys Knoebel ; 1 Persing, runs the roller rink, and her husband, David, cares for vending machines. Their son, Dale, a chemist, manages the swimming pool. Rons father, Lawrence, died at age 42. Ron and his brother, the park. Dick, Their mother, Peg, is a registered nurse who works in the first aid room and helps with the bookkeeping. Ron, a former teacher at a junior high school, has worked at the park since he was 6 and is in charge of the rides. His wife, three Margaret, And their stands. refreshment and 10, two children, Stacey, fourth the 8, represent Trevor, generation punching time cards. Brother Dick, an engineer, is in charge of maintenance and ge scheduling company picnics. His wife, Barbara, works in the office and handles catering. Their sister, Leanna Knoebel Muscato, is a Danville school teacher who works summers by stocking merchandise for the games. Her husband, Joe, works in the media department at Susquehanna University and handles ads for the park. The park has always been family oriented. No alcohol is special permitted, and a mothers building is provided for to feed toddlers or change diapers. The people who come here are not customers, theyre our said Ron Knoebel, guests, stressing that theres a different philosophy from theme parks. At Knoebels, it costs 30 cents four- to ride on the abreast carousel, which still has a brass ring. And an 1865 diesel train chugs through a virgin forest of pine. hand-carve- , d, IS OFF. WHEW THE SWITCH imzB KEEP AWAY FROM WATER. Everyone knows tnat electricity and water are a dangerous combinaan electric tion. But did you know that alive even appliance is stm electrically if tne switch is off? If the plug is m, keep the power is on. So when youthem appliances near water, keep unplugged. VISA' JCFtenney Downtown Price mm rnmmm |