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The Crestwood Comets tem-
porarily took possession of first
place in the B Division of the
Wyoming Valley Basketball
League last Tuesday night, by
defeating the Mountaineers 54-
47 on their home floor, but the
first half B-division competition
ended in a three-way tie Friday
night when the Comets were up-
set by St. John’s, while Dallas
took Hanover on the Back
Mountain floor.
T. Pedler and B. Flanagan
were high scorers for the
Comets as they carried their
squad to a 32-17 lead at half
time, in the Dallas contest.
Comets’ Kramer and Simpson
both tossed in six points in the
first half.
Behind the scoring of big S.
‘Meskers, the Mounts fought to
take over the lead, but despite
out scoring the comets in the
third and fourth quarters, they
were unable to overcome the
first half lead.
Meskers scored 19 points, six
in the third and seven in the
fourth to keep the Mountaineers
in the game. He had a good
night at the foul line, collecting
seven points. T. Considine
scored 10 points and Wallace
came through with eight.
The Mountaineers had 13
points out of 21 at the charity
line, and the Comets made good
10 of 15.
Officials were Denoy and
Gregaris.
Friday night, while the
Comets were losing to St.
Johia’s, Coach Cicon’s Moun-
taineers remained in contention
for the lead by downing Han-
over’s Hawkeyes, 53-43.
Without the services of C.
Wilson and D. Fritzges, both
ailing, the Mounts were sparked
by S. Meskers and T. Wallace,
as they led at the end of the first
Pnoto by Dave Kozemchak
quarter 12-7, and continued to
widen their lead to 25-17 at the
end of the half.
Hanover came to within two
points, 33-31, at the end of the
third quarter, behind the shoot-
ing of B. Rhines, who scored 14
points from the floor and two
free ones from the line.
Going into the fourth, the
Hawkeyes tied the score at 35-35
but the Mounts pulled ahead on
the good shooting of B. Sickler
and T. Wallace. Dallas made
good 13 of 26 fouls at the free
line, while Hanover converted
three of six.
Hitting the double figure
column for the Mountaineers
were Sickler and Meskers at 15
each, and T. Wallace with 12.
Rhines with 16 was high for
Hanover and teammate Third
came up with 10.
Officials were Hill
Majikes.
Following Friday night's con-
tests, playoffs were scheduled
for Monday night, with Dallas
and St. John’s in contention.
The Crestwood Comets drew a
bye and will play the winner of
Monday night's game for the
first half honors.
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A fundamentals of fishing
course will be conducted at the
West Side Vo-Tech School,
located in Pringle, March 23,
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The course is open to all ages.
Materials and instructions are
provided free, by the Fish Com-
mission. Only an interest in
fishing is required to attend.
The Fish Commission will
also conduct an ice fishing cli-
nic, March 3. Persons interest- /
ed in learning various techni-
ques and the uses of various
types of ice fishing equipment
can come to the Fish Commis-
sion’s. access area, at 2 p.m.,
weather permitting. ‘‘Bring
your equipment if you have any,
and your fishing license if you
are 16 years of age or older,” a
Fish Commission spokesman
said. The Fish Commission will
provide various types of equip-
ment for instruction purposes.
of bait. “Come dressed warm,
and if you like to ice skate make
it a dual purpose outing. Bring
your picnic basket,” the spokes-
man added.
Additional information can be
obtained by calling Region 3
headquarters at Sweet Valley,
477-5717, weekdays, between 8
am. and 4:30 p.m., or your dis-
trict waterways patrolman at
Sweet Valley, 477-5569, anytime.
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Pocono International
Raceway, one of the nation’s
newest and fastest growing
major auto racing facilities,
will host a NASCAP Winston
Cup 500 mile grand national
stock car race, Aug. 4. William
France Jr. and Lin Kuchler of
NASCAR joined Dr. Joseph R.
Mattioli-of Pocono recently in
jointly announcing that
negotiations have been finalized
to bring the Daytona 500-style
race to the Northeast.
Mr. France said, ‘NASCAR is
also provide a limited quantity
move.
condition.
viously owned by a local priest.
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miles. #40861.
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by Howard J. Grossman
Which path will Northeastern
Pennsylvania follow—growth or
no growth? The great challenge
of the next several years will be
a decision on the type of land
policies which the region should
adopt. Growth vs. no growth
lets in many places throughout
the nation. Ramapo, N.Y.,
Boulder, Colo., and ' several
other communities have ad-
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rigid standards.
The State of Pennsylvania in
September, 1973 at a Governor’s
Conference on Land Policies de-
bated land policies between en-
vironmentalists and growth ad-
vocates and the middle ground
was rarely to be seen. Muniei-
“palities in Northeastern Penn-
sylvania have not ‘as yet de-
bated this issue, since for at
least 30 to 40 years the only
established policy was directed
to stabilizing the sharp de-
crease in population which oc-
curred over those years. Unem-
ployment, not land policies, was
the number one issue.
Howard Grossman, executive
director of the Economic De-
velopment Council of North-
eastern Pennsylvania, has join-
ed the staff of Greenstreet News
Co. as a contributing columnist,
Greenstreet editor-in-chief J.R.
Freeman announced this week.
Mr. Grossman, who is respon-
sible for guiding the multi-
faceted program of the Econo-
mic Development = Council
through a host of research and
development programs, will
contribute articles on a twice-a-
month basis-beginning this
week Mr. Freeman said. They
will be directed particularly to-
ward public officials, planning,
and the region's economy. The
articles will appear on a regular
basis in the three Greenstreet
News Co. publications, the
Dallas Post, the Abington Jour-
nal, and the Mountaintop Eagle.
Mr. Grossman, who holds a
BA degree in economics and
city planning from Rutgers Uni-
versity and a Masters Degree in
public administration from New
York University, was deputy
director of the Montgomery
County Planning Commission
for eight years before joining
EDCNP. During that tenure he
wrote a column for the Mont-
gomery Post and has written
and published over 100 articles
in national magazines in the
U.S. and Canada. He is a writer
for the Pennsylvania Planning
Association News and a mem-
ber of the Urban Writers’ So-
ciety and the National Writers
Club. :
Mr. Grossman is a member of
the board of the Northeastern
Pennsylvania Philharmonic So-
ciety, a member of Friends of
44, a board member of the
Health and Hospital Planning
Council of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania, and a member of the
board of the Congregation B'nai
Brith Temple in Kingston, and a
member of the board of the
Pennsylvania Planning Asso-
ciation. Mr. Grossman and his
wife Tobi and their three
daughters reside in Dallas.
happy to be associated with
Pocono”, and stated that the
Pocono race, like the Daytona
500 and other NASCAR grand
national events, would be
reduced by 10 percent to 450
miles, in compliance with
guidelines established by the
Federal Energy Office. He
added that fuel would be strictly
allocated for practice and
qualifications.
Mr. Mattioli said that he was
very happy that the race fans of
the heavily populated Northeast
With the exception of the
Pocono Mountains area of our
region, there has been little talk
of policies related to land
development. Now, changes are
slowly but perceptibly taking
place in parts of the region.
Municipalities in some parts of
the region have been accepting
flood plain regulations and
qualifying for the federal flood
insurance program. Of the 266
Incal governments in the seven
counties of Northeastern Penn-
sylvania, 70 are currently
qualified. Many others are in
the Process of qualifying. Many
local governments have entered
the comprehensive planning
process. Unfortunately, few
have adopted or utilized their
plans to any significant extent.
Urban development activities
are slowly showing some signs
of life in municipalities such as
Wilkes-Barre, with 18 local
governments engaged in urban
renewal in the Wyoming Valley
alone. Unfortunately it took a
flood to accomplish this type of
movement.
Slow to develop, however,
within the region has been the
utilization of modern techniques
of governmental moderni-
zation. Municipal managers are
sparse within the region, with
perhaps no more than 15 in exis-
tence among the 266 govern-
ments. Land policies are fur-
ther hampered by the lack of
planning commissions, zoning
ordinances, other development
regulations, and more signifi-
cantly a lack of building re-
gulation enforcement in many
parts of the region.
What will the future hold? It
has been said many times that
the region still has time to ac-
complish what other regions al-
ready have lost. This is true, but
time has a way of disappearing
quickly. The movement toward
sensible land policies must be
accelerated, plans developed,
and powers placed for imple-
mentation by all the local
governments of Northeastern
Pennsylvania. The various
crises which have begun to
come to the region on a regular
basis such as the 1972 Agnes
flood, the housing shortage, the
railroad abandonment crisis,
and now the energy crisis, in
addition to others, calls for bold
and courageous action. Land
policies are a central theme be-
hind all of these issues.
As a major effort toward
achieving rational land
development, a regional land
policy conference will be held in
the spring at which all parties of
interest will be invited to at-
tend. The region should voice its
collective response and pro-
mote a policy which can most
effectively shape its future. Re-
gional citizens should take cog-
nizance of land policy develop-
ment as a major issue for many
years to come.
would now be able to see the
NASCAP grand national stars
compete on a 2%» mile super-
speedway as they do at Daytona
and Talladega. He noted that
Pocono has cut its schedule
from a 1973 high of seven major
events to a 1974 schedule of four
major events, to cooperate
further with the government in
the present energy crisis. Three
of the four are ‘500’s’’, making
world to run three such super-
events in one season.
JUST
The Lake-Lehman Knights
were on the losing end of the 31-
20 mat score in the meet bet-
ween the Knights and the West
Side Tech Titans last Tuesday
at the Knights’ gym.
The Knights jumped into an
carly 9-0 lead over the Titans
when 98 1b. S. Klemunes flatten-
ed N. Pazachanicz in 1:29 and
1). Barbacci, 105 1b., outscored
M. Petroski 6-0.
The Titans came back with
three points on H. Brennan's 11-
decision over J. Higgins, but
the Knights cane right back to
take 4 points when FE. Nixon, 119
Ib. (LL), outwrestled D. Kach-
ensky 19-1 for a super win.
1. Agnew. 126 1b., ran the
teani score to 17-3 by decision-
ing J. Boyes 13-2:
The Titans picked up 4 points
on K. Butler's superior, 12-1
decision over the Knights 132
Ih. J. Haczewski.
With the score 17-7, M.
Romanoski, 138 1b. (T), added
Six points to the team score by a
default win over R. Angelicola,
and 145 1b. G. Naugle took a
close 3-2 bout {from the Titan's
1. Usavage to put Lake-Leh-
man in front 20-13.
on Tech's J. Klemunes' 7-6 win
over the Knights’ 155 1b. R.
Case J. DeMarco, 167 1b.
brought the Titans to 19 by tak-
ing I. Webber in an exciting 2-0
bout. and 185 Ib. Bob Farber put
his Titan squad in front 25-20 by
upsetting NM. Wallo in 3:15.
J. Swainback, hwt., ran the
final score to 31-20 for the Titans
bv showing I. Williams the
lights in 4:24.
In the preliminary match, the
JNotoRs
voung Knights overcame West
side Tech 39-9. C. Taylor gave
the Knights three points on the
hoard by outscoring. 105 1b.
Dupinski 10-3. ‘Tim Shaw. 119
Ih., added three more hy best-
ing Greskewski 7-1;
With the score 6-0: the
Knights, H. Jones turned over
126 1b. Titan Urbanski in 1:22.
WM Traver. 13271h. "CLLY. took
Padavan in a close 3-2 bout and
C. Diddlebock, 138 1b., gave the
Lake-Lehman jayvees another
three by decisioning Belles 6-2.
The score went to#8-0.
N. Ungvarsky, i Ib. (LL),
took an exciting 3-2 hout from
Titan Bucin and I<: Sutton, also
145 1b... flattened. Harvey,
MST Hn 2:58.00 Fox 145. 1b,
kept the pin streak running by
turning over Reed in 1:35, put-
ting the Knights in front 33-0.
M. Dragon. 155 1b. (LL), was
not to be outdone as he pinned
Cattle in 1:37 to put his team
ahead 39-0.
The Titans picked up their
first points when Charniek, 167
1b, outscored Gi. Nemetz 12-9.
Titan heavyweight Castellino
picked up six more on a default
hy F: Weber «L123. "to pul. the
tinal score at 39-9.
When riding a horse, it’s
always best to face that part
of the animal wherejfihe ears
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