= VOL. 83 NO. 8 { i | Analys \ Anonymous, a Service designed by Luzerne County’s new district attorney to demonstrate that ‘law enforcement officers are interested in more than just prosecution,” was initiated Monday at the court house. Explaining the new program to parents and teachers at the Dallas Elementary School Monday night was Dist. Atty. Pat Toole, who suggested that Analysis Anonymous will provide immediate identification of any suspicious substance to anyfMperson—on a completely anonymous basis. ‘‘One of the most heartaching suspicions that parents can suffer is the suspicion that their child is using drugs, “Atty. Toole stated. Until now, he suggested, parents who have discovered pills, tobacco type leaves, seeds or other have had nowhere to go to determine whether the items discovered are illegal drugs. As of Monday, however, parents may bring the questionable substance to the D.A.’s office at the court house and leave it with a staff member. An identification number will be issued, with no questions asked. The person will then call the office at a later date and will be informed whether the substance is an illegal drug— a narcot®& or dangerous drug. ‘‘What the person does with that infor- mation is up to the person or parents in- volved,” Atty. Toole emphasized. Although Analysis Anonymous has been trieXd with success in Detroit, Mich., D.A. Toole believes Luzerne County is the first county in Pennsylvania to initiate the program. Insisting that he has no interest in establishing a reputation as a district attorney based solely on convictions and indictments, Atty. Toole expressed the hope that the new service would help not only to preserve relationships between parents and children but would ‘‘demon- strate that we are interested in helping the victims—the users of drugs—and that citizens and law enforcement officers, we can hopefully wage a successful war upon narcotics in this county.” Proto by Pat Cancro Wants Sewer Service PHONE 675-5211 FIFTEEN CENTS The sanitary sewer system and treatment plant for the Back Mountain area is ready for use on schedule. The Dallas Area Municipal Authority, which had been assured by engineers and contractors that the completion date would be March 1. Homeowners and commercial customers may now connect into and use the system. A permit is required for each building sewer before construction can begin. This permit may be obtained by the homeowner or authorized plumber from the authority office, temporarily located on Route 309, at Howard Isaac’s used car lot. The connection fee must be paid when the permit application is made. It was stressed that the premit must be displayed on the property during all building-sewer construction work. John Casner, authority memb: ioted that ‘““municipal ordinances requ e that The possibility of extending the present sewer system of Dallas Area Municipal Authority to include the Dug Road area was discussed at length Friday night at a meeting of Dug Road Area Taxpayers Association. Among those attending the meeting were R. Spencer Martin, chairman of DAMA, and Phillip VanBlarcum, DAMA secretary and member, Kingston Town- ship supervisors Ed Richards, Ed Hall and W.R. Mathers, township zoning of- ficer John Dana, and Larry Pawlush, a representative of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources. The entire area in question includes Meadowerest, Terrace and Highland avenues, and the Checkerboard Inn section of Carverton Road. by DR’ Beckham In April 1968, Pennsylvania voters passed the ‘home rule’’ amendment to the :state constitution, as they. voted in favor of Article IX and thereby gave local governments the right to assume new power. It was earlier in 1967-68 that the Consti- tutional Convention decreed—also through a mandate of the people—that the people should have the right to govern themselves through the option of home . Notice Due to increased operating ex- penses over the past year and an increase of printing costs The Dallas Post will raise its yearly sub- scription rates effective Monday March 13 to $6. New and present subscribers can however subscribe to the newspaper at the $5 rate for up to three years providing renewals are received before the March 13 deadline. Use the handy order form on page 12 of this issue. This increase is in conformity with the policies set by President Nixon’s * Price Commission. rule charters or other specific forms of gavernment at all levels—county, city, borough, township—and it gave the legis- lature until April 23, 1972, to enact the necessary procedures. However, the constitution provides that local governments will have the op- portunity to adopt home rule charters whether the legislature in Harrisburg to provide rules for local municipalities to adopt home rule charters by the April can proceed on their own and adopt home rule charters using their own procedures, without going through the state house. Various legislation, all basically similar, has been proposed. In the House, there is H.B. 13, 1444, which gives ‘“‘municipalities the right and power to adopt home rule charters or one of several optional plans of government and to exercise the powers and authority of local self-government subject to certain restrictions and limitations, providing procedures for such adoption and defining the effect thereof.” H.B. 1444, a Department of Community Affairs proposal, which is advanced by the Shapp Administration, has home rule and optional plans combined into one bill. Hence, its backers say, local govern- ments will be able to look to one compre- (continued on PAGE TWO) , 3 . | % : ’ “We have shown our good faith by looking into the probiem,’”” Mr. Martin explained, ‘but thie authority just doesn’t have the money for the extension. In round figures, it is a $500,000 problem.’’ Charles Vito, president of Safeway Construction Co which has been building homes in the Dug Road area, asked if the sewer line could extend to the southerly end of Terrace Avenue to enable Safeway to construct 24 homes in that portion which lies between Meadowcrest Housing Development and Carverton Road. Tom Dombroski, D&L Consultants, working as a management consultant for Safeway, explained that his consultant firm would be willing to serve as finan- cial consultant on the project and ‘‘we offer that service free.” lots in this area—24 lots at the southerly end of Terrace and 49 lots on beyond Meadowecrest,”” Mr. Dombroski asserted, ‘‘and that is why we are willing to work with you (the authority) on this. Will you take this up?”’ Mr. Martin replied, “Yes, definitely. However, do not take this as a commit- ment that we will extend to Terrace Avenue.” At this point, Mr. Martin cited the examples of the Brandywyne apartments developer in Dallas Township, who is constructing his own sewer line extension and upon completion will deed the line to DAMA. Said Mr. Martin, “There is a mass de- velopment in the offering here. We may have to look to the developer, Mr. Vito, for finanical aid.” The authority will meet with Safeway officials to discuss all problems. Mrs. John Bellas, president of the tax- payers association, stated that a letter from the Department of Environmental Resources reported the land in the questioned area is not suitable for in- dividual septic tank systems. Also in a further statement concerning the Environmental Resources report, Mr. Paulush spoke from the audience and said that ‘‘if the systems don’t work we are not going to allow them and the proof that they do not work is shown in the polluted streams.’’ Both Mr. Pawlush and Kingston Town- ship supervisors had declared at previous meetings that no building permits would be issued for construction in this area. Mr. Vito noted he was unaware of the sewage situation when he obtained the could suffer a substantial financial loss. Authority Cuaairaian hiartin said inclu- sion of Meadwocrest housing develop- ment, which was in the original DAMA plan, would help greatly in the extension program. He also said the addition of 73 new homes to the existing 60 to 70 homes would add greatly to authority revenue. (continued on PAGE THIRTEEN) Put on Display all homes within 150 feet of a sewer line must connect into the sewer system within 60 days after the system becomes operational—that is by May 1.”’ After 60 days, allhome owners will be charged the standard sewer rent, whether they have actually connected to the sewer system or not. ; Only plumbers authorized by the authority may do Dbuilding-sewer plumbing, and a list of these plumbers is available at the authority office. All building-sewer work must be inspected by an authority inspector before it can be covered. This is to help protect D.A.M.A’s sewer system from excess groundwater infiltration which uses up treatment plant capacity. According to the authority, homeowners should not pay for their plumbing work until they receive an approved inspection report from the authority’s inspector. Bob Dickenson, vice chairman, made it clear that even though the sewers are operational, the contractors will not be finished with repaving until May or June. “All paved roads disturbed by sewer construction work will receive a one-inch blacktop overlay from curb-to-curb. At the present time, the roads have only the black-base coarse over the actual trench. The final coarse will level the roads, re- turning them, in most cases, to a con- dition better than before the sewer con- struction,’”’” Mr. Dickenson outlined. R. Spencer Martin Jr., chairman of D.A.M.A. which serves portions of Dallas Borough, Daiiks “Jownship and Kingsion Township, expressed thanks to ‘the contractors and engineers involved in the $11,300,000 construction project. ‘“Marona Construction Company, which had five out of the six sewer con- struction contracts, has done an out- standing job, completing well ahead of (continued on PAGE THIRTEEN) A new ambulance, with the latest and most up-to-date equipment, was delivered to Dallas Community Ambul- ance unit Sunday and put on display by unit officials. The Cadillac Superior, blue in color, is a larger vehicle than the previously owned 1968-model. Crew members state the new one has 51 inches of head room in the patient section in the back. Also, there is a communications system for use between the driver and attendant. The ambulance is completely air-conditioned, and has the most modern lights and siren system. Lynn Sheehan, president, stated the ambulance association changes models Photo by J. Kozemchak Sr. every three years. “We feel we owe it to the community to keep up-to-the-minute with equipment. Residents of Dallas Township and Dallas Borough who have donated money by the ambulance unit and the Dr. Henry M. Laing Fire Company may justifiably feel proud of the new ambulance. Of- ficials noted that certain monies were designated from each fund drive and put aside for purchase of the vehicle. ; Ambulance unit officers are: president, Mr. Sheehan; vice president, Wes Cave; secretary, Kay Wright; and treasurer, Ed Roth. Twelve directors also serve. ! Ze 2 4 ii © Smith.
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