—e Bat tess te” %%e® R27 Vol. 101 No. 44 Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 7, 1990 35 Cents . Teams set for kickoff of 43rd Old Shoe Game By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Emotion runs high in the Back Mountain this week as the Dallas Mountaineers and the Lake- Lehman Knights prepare to meet in the annual ‘Old Shoe’ game. The . game will be played this Saturday at the Edward Edwards Stadium behind the Lake-Lehman Senior High, beginning at 12 Noon. “Who will win the Old Shoe?" is the question heard in every public gathering place whether post of- fice, grocery store, or restaurant. Only die-hard fans are willing to predict the outcome of the tradi- tional contest. Not even the team coaches are willing to show too much confi- dence. “The Old Shoe Game-that's the conference all over again. Throw away our records, throw away past performances, anything can hap- pen,” said Knights Coach Rich Gorgone. “It should be a real good game because both schools have good teams. A big play, a mistake, could win the game. This year is unlike other years. These kids on the two teams are good friends until they go into the game Saturday but after the game, they will pat each other on the back.” Knights players feel confident How do the Knight players feel about this year's game? Hesitant about making their Dallas friends angry, a few of them finally made some comments. “It's the last game of my high school career,” said senior quar- terback Sam Gorgone, “It's most important to me to end the season Dallas Team Captains | Mountaineer Captains are from left, Eric Paczewski, Emery Yurko, Willie Whitesell. (Post Photo/ C.M. Denmon) Lake-Lehman Backs Lake-Lehman backs above, are, front, Sam Gorgone and Brian Gouger; back, Terry Martin, Randy See OLD SHOE, pg 12 Parry and Dave Oatridge. (Post Photo/C.M. Denmon) Jackson residents to get ‘state-of-the art’ cable TV By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer should be hooked up in the town- ship by spring. oe It is only a matter of time before more residents of Jackson Town- ship will be able to enjoy cable television capability, according to officials of the towmship’'s cable’ company. The township supervisors re- cently held a special meeting with representatives of Cable Television Company of Hazleton about in- creasing the service in the town- ship. This was the second meeting between the two groups and Larry Shewak, a spokesman for the cable company, said that television lines region. EE ——————— The Post, United Penn Bank to offer free subscriptions to Mideast soldiers United States soldiers serving in the Mideast who have family connections in the Back Mountain will soon be receiving a free subscription to The Dallas Post. The Post and United Penn Bank are teaming up to offer the subscriptions at no charge to members of the armed forces stationed in Saudi Arabia or aboard ship in the Post publisher Ronald Bartizek suggested the program to Barbara Fritz, local marketing director of United Penn Bank, last week in response to continuing reports about the troops’ desire for news from home. The subscriptions will be mailed to an Army Post Office, from which they will be transported by air to the Mideast. The Post is making the special subscriptions available at one- half the regular price, with United Penn Bank picking up the cost. They will be available for armed services personnel whose imme- diate families reside within the following zip codes: 18612 (Dallas); 18618 (Harveys Lake); 18627 (Lehman); 18636 (Noxen); 18654 (Shawanese); and 18708 (Shavertown), or who graduated from the Dallas or Lake-Lehman high schools. The Post will be delivered for six months or the length of the individual's tour in the crisis zone, whichever is less. Persons who wish to have a subscription sent under the program should call The Post at 675-5211 from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Or, stop at the office in the 309-415 Plaza in Dallas during the same hours “We are going to put lines along all public roads so it's a matter of time before we have it all put up,” said Shewak. He told the board that construc- tion crews are working in the town- ship installing cable service lines. Once the lines are installed resi- dents can subscribe to the cable company for the service. The cable lines will run along all public roads and 150 feet up pri- vate roads as long as there is no right-of-way conflict, according to .Shewak. Residents who live on a private road can still have the cable lines run to their homes but will have to pay an extra $1.50 per foot. Shewak said that the lines will be carrying new service to the area, including expanding the cable service to carry 60 channels through fiber optic signals. “This is top of the line and it doesn't get much better than this,” said Sh- ewak. He said that the company is expecting to pass approximately 130 homes while installing the lines and is hoping to have approxi- mately 75 percent of the homes subscribe. Besides the right-of-way con- flicts there may be a problem for homeowners who live outside the Gasoline spill leaves no damage By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Environmental officials say that quick and efficient work at the scene of an accident helped with cleanup efforts after a truck spilled approximately 300 gallons of gaso- line on Route 309 in Shavertown. Environmental officials also say that the cleanup efforts are com- plete and there was no real dam- age to the environment following the accident. The accident occurred October 26 near the Ranch Wagon in Shav- ertown. A truck driven by Richard Habel rolled on to its side after swerving to miss two cars which were stopped in the roadway. Emergency crews responded immediately to the scene and set up a small dam around the spilled See SPILL, pg 3 township and want service. The cable company will only run the lines to the Jackson Township borders and cannot enter other municipalities that it does not serve. So it is possible for one home to have the cable service and a neighbor in another municipal- ity to not have it. The supervisors praised the work of the company in trying to extend the service. Chairman Thomas Adams said that the two meetings between the supervisors and the cable company have ac- complished a great deal and that the board would help the company whenever possible. el a AAR sds ECR EEE SR TE REE Calendar................16 Classified..........13-15 Editorials............... id Obituaries................ 2 Police Report.......... 2 Property transfers... 5 SChOOL.. ofits 11 Sports....«......... 12-13 Community Events Christmas Boutique - Sat., Nov. 10, 9-3, Lehman Fire Hall. Handcrafted items, bake sale, refreshments. Christmas Auction - Sat., Nov. 10, starting at 7 p.m. Northmoreland Volunteer Fire Department. New merchandise, refreshments. Roast Beef Supper - Sat., Nov. 10, 4:30-7 p.m., St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Shavertown. Takeouts at 4:00 p.m. Adults $5.50, children $2.50. Water com wants $36,000 reduction in fee S By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Pennsylvania Gas and Water Company has asked the Jackson Township supervisors to lower building permit fees by about $36,000 on a reconstruction proj- ect at the Ceasetown Dam. The request was made at the November 5 meeting of the super- visors when two representatives of PG&W asked that the building permit fee be dropped from four percent to one percent for a proj- ect at the dam in Pike's Creek. PG&W is in the planning stages ofa $21 million dollar water treat- ment plant at the dam. Company spokesman, Steven Kauffman told the board that the project is one of three that are required in the Wyoming Valley. PG&W will be pany PG&W wants to ow a 1% building Joe. water that will serve customers in Plymouth, Nanticoke, and at the State Correctional Institute | at Dallas. Jeffrey Sunday, a legal repre- sentative for PG&W, then asked the supervisors to consider drop- ping the township's building per- mit fee for this specific project. Sunday gave the board many reasons for the request, noting the size and importance of the project. “We are asking for this See FEES, Pg 5 Suit asks court to void sale of Sunset Beach By RICH JOHNSON Staff WIHTEr i sani, amiss + Fourteen dissident members of the Harveys Lake Beach Associa- tion (HLBA) have filed a Luzerne County Court suit in an attempt to stop the sale of Sunset Beach to Joe Paglianite, owner of Grotto’s Pizza. The action asks the court to rescind a decision of the group's membership that authorized the sale last summer. The action was filed by attorney Joseph Burke on behalf of Gloria Dow of Shawanese and 13 other plaintiffs, all of whom say they are members of the Beach Associa- tion, which is listed as the defen- dant in the suit. The suit was triggered by a meeting of the HLBA at which it was decided to sell the property to Paglianite. The legal action says Carrying her to safety ~=A-vote in June authorized ah of the beach for$13.422 that at the June 20 meeting 84 persons were present but only 44 of those were identified as HLBA members in good standing. A resolution was made at the meeting to sell the property for $13,422 and it was passed on a vote of 27-12 with five abstentions. The suit also maintains that the : resolution required the beach to be used exclusively as a bathing beach and that members of the HLBA would have lifetime swim- ming privileges after the convey- See BEACH, pg 3 Members of the Kingston Township Ambulance crew carry an Edwardsville woman up an embankment after an accident caused her to drive into Toby's Creek Monday morning. Police say that a car driven by Alice Ann Micca,33, was traveling on Route 309 when her car hit an embankment, careened across five lanes of the highway and onto Hillside Road. The car then crashed down a 20- foot embankment and into Toby's Creek. Micca was taken to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital where she was treated and released. 3 | (Post Photo/Rich Johnson) Yo
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