CHECK IT OUT! ®® EXPANDED Classified Section €® Money-Saving Coupons Vol. 112. No. 19 SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS Dallas, Pennsylvania 50 Cents May 9 to May 15, 2001 Food, “friendship at Back Mt. Church By SANDY PEOPLES Post Correspondent DALLAS - For one week, Trinity Presby- terian Church in Dallas became a place they could call home. Thirty recipients of the services of the V.I.S.I.LO.N. program (Volunteers in Service In Our Neighborhoods) dined and slept in the Sunday School rooms of the church. @ /2rous groups, such as the choir, dea- cons, youth group, and families, prepared and served meals to those individuals try- ing to find their way back to self-sufficien- cy. Campus Ministries from College Mis- ericordia also assisted for an evening. And on Monday evening, entertainment was provided by some members of the Gate of Heaven Church Choir in Dallas. The group, directed by Marilyn O'Connell, call themselves the “Lord Have Mercy Sisters of Mo @ This kind of help goes way beyond just writing a check. It’s hands on. It’s neighbors helping neighbors. Vincent Kabacinski Cofounder, Exec. Director VISION ®. Heavenly Gates.” V.I.S.1.O.N. is a private, nonprofit organi- zation founded in the mid 1980s by Co- founder and Executive Director, Vincent Kabacinski. With the help of faith-based organizations, the program provides indi- viduals with the necessities of life such as food, shelter, and clothing. It provides training and transportation to empower them to develop life skills to be on their own once again. The V.I.S.I.O.N. organiza- tion provides thousands of miles of trans- Portation and recently retired a van with over 342,000 miles on it. The van they use at the present time has over 130,000 miles on it. See VISION, pg 7 Franklin Twp. Supervisor candidates on the issues By HEATHER B. JONES Post Staff FRANKLIN TWP. - As part of the Dallas Post’s ongoing election coverage, the fol- lowing highlights the race for supervisor in Franklin Twp.: Name: Edward Kraynak Candidate for: Franklin Twp. Supervi- r Hometown: Swoyersville Profession: Retired (Auto service and repair 30 years) Education background: graduate High school School Board candidates share future goals in Dallas By HEATHER B. JONES Post Staff DALLAS - The following highlights the issues most important to the candidates running for Dallas School Board: Maureen Banks Candidate for: Democratic and Republican Dallas School Board Q: What do you feel are the most important issues facing the Dallas School District at this time? How will you ad- "dress these issues? A: Implementing new state legislations, in- creasing scores in state testing and ongoing building projects. Continue to work with admin- istration and faculty to implement change and evaluate current plans. Anthony R. Barbose Candidate for: Republican and Democrat Dallas School Board Director Q: What do you feel are the most important issues. facing the Dallas School District at this time? How will you address these issues? A. Renovation of middle and high schools - this issues is addressed. Decreas- ing tax revenue due to antiquated county as- sessment system. Monitoring and updating se- curity - this issue is being addressed currently. Russell Bigus Candidate for: Republican Dallas School Spent and joy St. Therese’s First Holy Communion Class sings with joy on Sunday morning during the ser- vice. From left; Peyton Roberts, Laura Strzeletz and Megan Bloom were among the little ones participating in the service. POST PHOTO/JIM PHILLIPS Board Q: What do you feel are the most important is- sues facing the Dallas School District at this time? How will you address these issues? A: The most important issues facing the Dallas School District at this time are; new building projects, continual growth of the Back Mountain (as far as people continuously moving to Dallas, etc, and accommodating their needs), technology See SCHOOL BOARD, pg 8 Q: What do you feel are the most important issues facing Franklin Township at this time? How will you address these issues? A: Transition from agrarian to suburban. Q: Why are you running and Futch what makes you a good candidate? A: Seizing this opportunity to discharge what I perceive to be a civic obligation. My personality being conducive to resolv- ing difficult matters peacefully. Q: What in your background makes POST PHOTO/HEATHER B. JONES John Gilligan and Adam Morgan from Dallas High School ex- plain what makes a river turn orange. a law school graduate. Q: What will your goals Franklin Township Supervisor? you qualified extent that I can Franklin Twp.’s pristine Calendar............ ois 16 for this posi- natural environment. Classified...........c.uinee 12 tion? C d 10 A: Thirty Q: What do you think voters should FOSSWOF ten years in know about you that they may not al- Editorials keri vs dep er ati svantunss 4 business, ready know? Obituaries....... aun 2 four children A: I am an extreme fiscal conservative. Schools......icii dum 11 having col- My personality makes me readily accessi- SPONS.......0c0 it ivininseinid 9 Kraynak lege degrees ble to Franklin Twp. folks. Franklin Twp. and my son property owner since 1963. If elected, folks will find me to be a sincere guy, void CALL 675-5211 of ulterior motives, simply seizing the op- portunity to discharge, what I perceive to be a civic obligation. be as a What would you like to see accomplished? Life revolves around watershed By HEATHER B. JONES Post Staff DALLAS - Ask John Gilligan, a sophomore at Dallas High School, what makes a river turns orange, and he has the answer. “Acid mine drainage is the re- sult of bacteria reacting with sulfides in the rocks disturbed by mining,” he said. “The reac- tion produces sulfuric acid, which lowers the pH of the wa- ter. It also releases iron oxide, which turns the water orange.” John and four of his fellow classmates, Adam Morgan, Dave Shell, Megan Riley and Corey Phillips, have been in- A: Keep taxes low, retain to the furthest volved with the Department of Conservation and Natural re- sources Bureau of State Parks (DCNR) and Northeast Interme- diate Unit 19 (NEIU 19) in an environmental forum entitled “Community Connections to our Susquehanna Watershed.” Since March of 2000, stu- dents from six area schools have participated in eight meet- ings, each focusing on a differ- ent aspect of the watershed, said Dave Reese, curriculum specialist, NEIU 18. “Our goal is for students to understand that a variety of people are needed to make deci- sions concerning the water- shed. We also want them to 16Pages, 2 Sections FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dalpost @epix.net See SUPERVISOR, pg 7 consider all sides,” Dave said. During the program students journeyed to the Tubs natural area to engage in water testing and geological history observa- tions. They also talked with people from local businesses, industry and government about human interaction within the watershed. The program doesn’t just in- fluence students who attend the eight meetings, said Dave. “We want teachers to use the four to six students that take part in the program to help en- hance teaching these topics.” Presentation skills are also a See WATERSHED, pg 7 The Dallas Post Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366., Dallas, PA 18612
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