Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 1991 Page: 8 of 46
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PAGE IA-THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY MARCH 17,1991
scout saves brother Real "Green" Savings!
LIVINGSTON - A 10-year-old
Pennsylvania boy recently received
the Boy Scouts of America Heroism
Award for saving his 2%-year-old
brother from drowning.
Timothy Regan Birkner received
the honor at his Cub Scout pack’s an-
nual Blue and Gold dinner in
Bushldll Township, Pa. He is the
grandson of Norma and Joe
Mongonia of Livingston.
The rescue occurred on a hot day
last June when, Regan, who prefers
to be called by his middle name,
along with his parents, Diane and
Carl Pope, and his brother, Allen,
went to a friend’s house to work on a
parade float. “There were 15 or 20
adults and about a half a dozen
kids,” Mrs. Pope said. Two
teenagers were supposed to have
been watching the children, who
were playing in the backyard as
their parents worked on the float in
the front yard. She said the children
had been told to play on a swing set
and not go near a backyard pond.
Regan said his brother “didn’t
want to play on the swing set. He just
wanted to play over there (by the
pond) and he wouldn’t let me mess
with him, so I went along with him.”
Allen was chasing a frog and
threw a stick after it, then jumped in
the water after the stick. Although
the pond was shallow at the edge,
there was a drop-off about two feet
out which brought the water up to
the middle of Regan’s thigh. He said
his little brother was moving so fast
that he went dear into the deeper
part, where the water was over
Allen’s head.
Regan Is in his fourth year as a
Cub Scout and said his safety train-
ing passed through his mind as Allen
went under the water and came up
screaming and crying. He said he
never thought of going for his
parents because it was too far. “I
thought about using a stick, but I
couldn’t find any strong enough.”
Regan jumped into the water,
grabbed his younger brother by the
shirt and put Allen on his back.
“Then I didn’t know about the drop-
off, until I stepped on it, and he fell
off my back and I had to pick him up
again.”
Once on shore, Regan laid his
brother on the ground and “patted
him on his back to make sure he
didn’t have any water in his lungs.
Then I took him up to Mom and
Dad.”
“At first, all we saw was one little
boy screaming and crying and soak-
ing wet” and the other covered in
mud, his mother said. “But, as we
heard them tell the story, we realiz-
ed that, had Regan not been there,
Allen would have drowned.”
The heroism medal which Regan
received is conferred by the Scout’s
National Court of Honor for the act
of saving a life at a minimum risk to
his own life. His cubmaster, Richard
Cortwright, said he is proud of
Regan and explained, “Cub Scouts
are exposed to rescue techniques,
but we tell them they have to be
careful and know their own limits so
they don’t create a situation where
there are two victims instead of
one.”
In addition to the national award,
Regan also received a plaque from
his own pack, a certificate from the
Bushkill Township Fire Co., a gift
certificate from the Lions Club in
nearby Nazareth, Pa., a citizenship
award from the Bushkill Township
supervisors and citations from both
houses of the Pennsylvania
legislature and the governor.
REGAN BIRKNER
recognized for heroism
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Onalaska youth honored for bravery
ONALASKA - The terror of the
moment prompted the bravery of a
local 13-year-old when a fire broke
out in his home on the afternoon of
Feb. 10 whilahe was alone with his
younger brother and sisters.
Jason Davis, a seventh-grader at
Onalaska, recently received an
engraved plaque from the Onalaska
Volunteer Department for his
“bravery and quick thinking” as he
got his siblings out of the house and
attempted to extinguish the fire.
Alone with his siblings, ages 2
months to 11, while his mother had
stepped out briefly to go to a
neighbor’s house, Davis said he first
discovered the fire when he saw
smoke coming out of the vent in his
room.
He went into the kitchen and saw a
grease fire on top of the stove, which
had been left on inadvertantly.
“I told my brother and sisters to
get out of the house,” he said. “I was
going to try to put the fire out.”
Davis said a sack of flour was next
to the stove and he was going to
throw some of the flour on the
flames but as he reached for it, the
sack caught on fire. He ended up ex-
tinguishing the flames with water.
Davis said he was “scared” and
“nervous” at the time, but that his
first thoughts were to get the kids
out and put the fire out.
Through LISD/DETCOG program
Students improving employability skills
LIVINGSTON -- Community
members are able to learn computer
literacy and pre-employability skills
as well as improve their basic skills
in the LISD/DETCOG PAL Pro-
gram. This program is offered by
the Livingston ISD in conjunction
with the Deep East Texas Council of
Governments and funded by the Job
Training Partnership Act. This pro-
gram is offered twice a year and the
second session is going on at this
time.
The computer literacy portion in-
cludes computer terms and defini-
tions, general uses and hands-on ex-
perience. The computer novice will
gain sufficient knowledge to start
operating computers. Training is
done on Apple He computers.
Participants also work to improve
their basic skills and/or prepare to
take the GED test using computer-
assisted instruction. Study
materials such as books, workbooks,
reference sources and videos are
also available.
word processing software on the
computer. I/)cal businessmen job
skills and what characteristics are
looked for in a prospective
employee.
Classes are open to adult
members of the community who are
Students learn pre-employability qualified by the Deep East Texas
skills such as writing a resume using Council of Governments.
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY EMILY RANKS
AWARD PRESENTED - Onalaska Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment Chief Bobby Smith presents an engraved plaque to
Jason Davis, 13, during an assembly at Onalaska Middle
School. The department recognized Davis’ bravery and quick
thinking following a fire in his home in which he got his
younger brother and sisters out and attempted to extinguish
the fire.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 1991, newspaper, March 17, 1991; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth820719/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.