Sion pes is The Luzerne County Civil Defense 1973-74 training season will start during the month of ‘September with a complete schedugy; of Civil Defense courses. With the Agnes disaster still fresh in the minds of the public, interest in courses is at ‘an all-time high, and a banner enrollment is expected. A number of Civil Defense shelters have been lost due to munity Shelter and Disaster Plan is now being implemented. Local directors are urged to recruit personnel for these courses. A Disaster Planning and Op- erations course, for local directors, will be given in the second half of the year’s schedule. All directors are urged to attend, with key staff personnel. The Luzerne council requests that a special effort is made by all newly-appointed directors, who have no formal training, to attend the course. The training schedule is as follows: Aug. 20, Light Duty Rescue, eight weeks, at Con- crete City; Sept. 6, Auxiliary Police, 10 weeks, at Control Center; Sept. 12, Medical Self- Help, eight weeks, at Control eight. weeks, at Wilkes-Barre Police Headquarters; Oct. 9, Shelter Management; four weeks, at. Control Center; Oct. 29, oy Center Operations, six wed¥s, at Control Center. Jan. 10, 1974, Auxiliary Police, 10 weeks, at Control Center; Jan. 14, Small Arms, eight weeks, at Wilkes-Barre Police Headquarters; Jan. 14, Disaster Planning and Operations, six weeks, at Control Center; Jan. 16, Medical Self-Help, eight weeks, at Control Center; Feb. 26, Shelter Management, four weeks, at Control Center; and April 22, Light Duty Rescue, eight weeks, at Concrete City. All courses consist of two hour classes, once a week $on the scheduled day, for the number of weeks specified. The first class of each course will start at 7:30 © p.m. Thereafter ating time will be deter- mined by the majority of students attending the course. The program has been prepared with the cooperation of the Institute of Regional Affairs, Wilkes College, under the direction of Andrew Shaw. Most of the classes have been scheduled for Control Center in the Luzerne County Court House. Because of a lack of space, class sizes will be restricted to 35 students. The area Civil Defense center also reported that the Susque- hanna River Basin Commission held a public hearing July 23, at King’s College, in reference to the proposed comprehensive plan for the Susquehanna River: Basin. Besides conversation ‘about flood control projects and problems, the hearing raised water quality, pollution of the watershed, recreational facil- ities, artifact considerations. In the near future Civil Defense directors will meet with representatives of the local chapter of the American Red Cross to discuss mass care operations during periods of disaster. Within the next six months, a documentary film covering the during the Agnes disaster should be complete. A film crew, representing the Depart- ment of Defense, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, spent two weeks this July recreating a number of scenes relative to the Agnes operations. Employees at Penn State's Wilkes-Barre Campus have found one method of fighting the continued high cost of living. Early this year, when Campus Director George W. Bierly an- nounced that the campus would make available one area of the Lawn Clippings Can Harm Grass—Clippings left on the lawn may add to the accumla- tion of thatch—the dead material around grass roots. This. in turn, interferes with air and water movement and’ en- courages disease, reminds John C. Harper II, Extension turf- grass specialist at The Pennsyl- vania State University. Catch grass clippings with a bag that attaches to your mower or rake after mowing. You can use the clippings as a mulch in your flower or vegetable garden and around ornamentals. grounds for gardens if the employees expressed a desire to plant, the idea was met with overwhelming enthusiasm. The ground was plowed and soon after employees and their families were busy raking, taking out stones and planting their plots of ground. Their efforts have paid off both in fresh vegetables for their tables and for canning and freezing, as well as cutting down on the high cost of groceries. Administrative personnel, faculty members, and secre- tarial staff have planted the gardens and most of them are beginning to reap the successful results. Potatoes, corn, pep- pers, tomatoes, beans, peas, squash, parsley, radishes, cucumbers, and red beets are the most popular, although various’ members have other vegetables growing. Photo by James Kozemchak Sr. Several complaints, recently filed with Dallas magistrate Leonard Harvey, deal with theft, while another makes a charge of criminal mischief. Norman Sallitt, Pole 11, Harveys Lake, has charged that H. David Jones, Ashton Road, Harveys Lake, was criminally mischievous July 31 when steps, valued at $1000, were destroyed. Mr. Sallitt claims that the steps were on his property. It is Mr. Jones’ -counter- contention that the steps were on his land. June D. Johnston, 84 Park St., Dallas, has complained that Raymond Malak, RD 5, Shaver- town, or persons in his employ entered her property and removed, with a wrecker, an old Chevrolet sedan. The modified automobile was noticed at Mr. Malak’s junk- EXTRA CASH... implies, credit available to you from $500 to and one monthly CASH payment. 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Donlin, 45 Maplewood Ave., Dallas, against Archie Busch, RD 1, Berwick, for theft by deception. It is charged that Mr. Busch gave false impression to Mr. Donlin that all sewer lines would be connected to the municipal sewer before a home in question would be sold to him. Mr. Busch has agreed to Creative things to do.. nN Page 3 Lake Township has begun legal action to recover $5,847.32, which they claim was erron- eously transferred to Harveys secretary-treasurer of the bor- ough, however, reports that he still believes that correctly interpreted a letter from the Bureau of Police Pension Funds regarding that sum; he believes that the money does belong to the borough. Mr. Stenger points out that the State Auditor General's bureau on police pensions was contacted regarding how to handle funds when the borough was formed, on Dec. 7, 1966. He reports that he and the man then serving as solicitor of Lake Township read the letter "and $5,847.32 sum should go to the borough. Mr. Stenger adds that the man who wrote the advisory letter to the borough is now the head of the Bureau of Police Pension Funds. The Lake Township man- damus action complaint dis- agrees with Mr. Stenger’s inter- pretation, It claims that on Dec. 26, 1967 Walter J. Hoover, then president of the township super- eously executed a check for the sum in question, transferring those funds to the borough. The township complaint Look For This IBM Factory Seal GOLDEN BUSIRESS MACHINES 2568-8282 claims that caught'by the Auditor General’ S office, and that the pension bur- eau infermed secretary Stenger of it. The complaint goes on to say that the borough was ad- vised to reimburse the township - the total sum, as well as to establish a police pension fund “by ordinance or resolution’. The complaint reports that conferences with and letters to borough solicitors by the town- ship and state officials have been to no avail. The township complains that the borough council and mayor ‘have con- refusing to accept ‘‘the recom- mendations of the Common- wealth of Pennsylvania’. Ambulance Association Asks For Old Uniforms Kingston Township Am- bulance Association co- captains, Tom Schmidle and Eleanor Frederick, request that all people who have the old white uniforms return them to one of the co-captains. SATISFACTION |] Bruce F. Slocum Insurance Agency “All Forms of Insurance’’ 48 Main Street Dallas, Pa. 675-1167 An fabrics and crafts. Solids, Checks and Plaids on Bolts —some washable WOOL AND POLYESTER DOUBLE KNITS 60” Wide in popular {& Solid Color Ponte de in Large assortment of colors—Washable 1-5 yd. lengths Mark Plaza ‘Mon. thru Sat: 10:00-9:00 49 from. yd. 1-5 yd. lengths $2.99-3.99 values &
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