— Mountaintop Suzuki Sports Center. —~ Louis Pugh, pumping station contrac- tor for the Harveys L: ke sewer system, has walked off the job. He intends {9 sue the sewer authority for $500,000. Mr. “Pugh “ann@necd sf g « ations Friday after the authority, at its regular megting Wednesday night at Lake Eld¥entary School, witheld payment on a $44, 000 bill submitted by Earl Mumm- ert, Glace and Glace, on behalf of Mr. Pelt Citizens OGucry Glace & Glace On Sewer Job Glace and Glace, designers of the Harveys Lake Sewer System, again came under fire from both residents and mem- bers of the Harveys Lake Sewer Author- ity at the Sept. 11 meeting. All the bills submitted by Earl Mum- mert, Glace representative, were paid with the exception of one for $44,000 to Pugh Construction Co. But the vote was not unanimous. Secretary Al Gulitus voted no on all Glage bills because he said the company wasState coming up with a solution to the number one pumping station: the com- pany was dragging its feet with applica- tions for overrun grants; and the com- pany had not answered an FHA inquiry concerning possible overruns on backfill. ‘I will not vote to pay any of their bills until they get these things straightened out to the satisfaction of the authority,” Tom Cadwalader also questioned Mr. Mummert on several issues and was him- self questioned as to his competence in engineering questions by authority meer Joseph Schappert. “Are you an engineer?’’ Mr. Schappert asked, ‘‘How do we know your figures are correct?’’ Mr. Cadwalader had said Glace esti- mates of select backfill and blacktop were far too low and predicted overruns could go from $1 million to $2.5 million. Mr. Mummert said the overruns could be handled with grant funds and that they could be applied for later. Mr. Gulitus said authority members had met with PennDOT officials Sept. 5. He said the PennDOT men had told them the Glace estimates of backfill ‘were at least 7,000 square yards too low and by the looks of some of the soil that was com- ing out of the excavations he doubted they possible the Glace estimate of 53,000 square yards could double. (continued on PAGE TWENTY) Sewer authority solicitor Donald McFadden said Friday Mr. Pugh had come to the caucus meeting before the public session an: asked the authority to par $40,000 for gir. the location of the number one pumping station. Mr. McFadden advised the authority not to pay it as he did not feel it was the authority’s fault the location had to be changed. (Mr. Pugh had started work at the original site several months ago but test borings revealed the pumping station was slated tobe built on a peat bog.) , According to Mr. McFadden, Mr. Pugh then submitted a bill for $44,000 as partial payment for $66,000 in materials already at the lake. The bill also included some money to help him pay off his bonds. Mr. McFadden did not think this was reason- able either and advised against payment. At the regular session Earl Mummert’s list of bills to be paid included only the bill for $44,000. When the authority voted to withold payment Mr. ®+:h rose to his feet and announced he was quitting the job. Joe Schappert, sitting in for chairman George Alles, said he would like to have a meeting Saturday with Mr. Pugh and Mr. Mummert, when Mr. Alles and the rest of the authority could discuss the situation. No meeting was held Saturday. Mr. McFadden said he was trying to set one up, preferably this week, at the conven- ience of all parties concerned. (continued on PAGE TWENTY) VOL. 85 NO. 38 TWENTY CENTS School Directors in the Lake-Lehman School District adopted a three-year con- tract for its professional employes at a special meeting Tuesday night. This is the first time Lake-Lehman teachers have had longer than a one-year contract. Accepted by the teachers last Thursday by a vote of 66-23, the agreement had been hammered into shape at a final negotiating session the previous night. The educators had been teaching under provisions of last year’s contract since the opening of school. Terms of the agreement include salary increases averaging $3,000 over the next three years and an increase in Major Medical Insurance benefits from $25,000 to $50,000. Other provisions include increases in: life insurance coverage, from $7,500 in 1974 to $15,000 by 1976; compensation for head teachers and department heads, from $200 to $300; and compensation for student activities, by percentages of six and seven percent. Maternity leave will be granted in accordance with applicable law, and after 1976, all chaperone duty assign- ments will be compensated at the rate of $10 per assignment. Also beginning in 1976, each member of the Lake-Lehman Education Association will be provided with an income protect- ion plan which will provide 50 percent of a teacher’s monthly salary, lifetime acci- dent benefits, and sickness benefits to age 65. A final stipulation in the agreement provides for Blue Shield pre-paid dental care protection for each teacher, with riders to this clause providing additional dental care benefits in 1975 and 1976. The contract was adopted by the directors by a vote of six to two, with Directors Donald Jones and Ellis Hoover voting against the agreement. Director Peg Anderson was absent The Luzerne police have started evening foot patrols in the downtown area “We used to get a lot of complaints about kids getting loud and starting trouble while hanging around down- town,” one Luzerne policeman said recently, ‘‘the presence of a cop on foot tends to keep people on their good behavior.’ That is not to say Luzerne has any worse crime problem than other towns in the area. “We have some boys here that like to Coordinators for ‘“‘“Two Sides of an Issue,” the two-day workshop scheduled for Sept. 21 and 22 for residents of the Back Mountain and the State Correc- tional Institution at Dallas, have released the final schedule for both days. All activities Sept. 21 will be held at ~ College Misericordia in Kennedy Lounge. Sister M. Julian, RSM, will open the workshop at 10 with a discussion of “The Mind of the Prisoner through Litera- ture.”” Lunch will be available in the “ college’s cafeteria, following the discus- sion. The meeting will open again at 12:30 p.m. with a talk on “The Psychology of Punishment and Reward,” presented by Robert Ferguson. That session will be held in Walsh Auditorium and will be followed by Frederick Stefon’s remarks on “The Prisoner’s Search for Meaning through Religion and Worship.” H.C. Neuhaus is the next speaker on the schedule and will talk on ‘‘Communica- tion and Creativity and the Prisoner.” Dedication of the new Luzerne County Community College campus at Nanticoke has been scheduled for this Sunday after- noon at 2. In making the announcement, Dr. Byron L. Rinehimer Jr., president, dedication ceremony will be open to the general public. Following the ceremony and continuing through 5 p.m., an “open house’’ atmosphere will prevail, during which citizens of the county will have an opportunity to inspect all parts of the new facility. Members of the college Circle-K club, Veterans Club, dance troupe, and cheer- leading squad will be on hand to assist visitors in making their way about the campus complex, and a musical group will provide entertainment in the campus courtyard during the open house. Members of the college staff will also be present to answer questions about the college’s programs of study and overall operation. Numerous personalities who have played a prominent role in seeing the LCCC campus from concept through fruition will be taking part in the dedica- tion ceremony. Among them are Congressman Daniel J. Flood; Edmund C. Wideman Jr., chairman of the Luzerne County Board of Commissioners which sponsors the Community College; Joseph E. Bruno, coordinator for community colleges, Pennsylvania Department of Education; and Senator Martin L. Murray, who will offer remarks on behalf of the state legislature which through its legislation provides for one-third of the college’s operating expenses and one-half of its capital expenditures. Also slated to participate is Arthur Coombs a Nanticoke businessman and member of the board of directors of Nanticoke Kiwanis, who will describe a special, one-of-a-kind booklet that will be presented to the college by Nanticoke Kiwanis in the near future. The booklet will represent a color-photographic coverage of the campus from the time ground was broken through the dedica- tion itself. (continued on PAGE TWENTY) 1h The workshop will end that evening at 7 with the film, ‘Men in Cages.” Sunday, all activities will be held at the State Correctional Institution in Dallas. Joseph Goode of the prison staff will begin the day at 1 with a talk on ‘“Educa- tion as Motivation for the Prisoner.’’ That will be followed by a talk by Thomas Figmik, Deputy Warden for Treatment at the prison, and a panel discussion con- ducted by residents of the institution. The workshop will be concluded at 3 p.m. with a tour of prison facilities, Interested persons may still enroll for the workshop, according to Sister Carolyn Burgholzer, RSM, a coordinator, by ‘contacting her at College Miseri- cordia. The workshop is being made possible through a grant from the Public Commit- tee for the Humanities in Pennsylvania, a division of the National Endowment for the Arts. Ceremony Held At Wyo. Sem. Learning Center Following a brief convocation program opening the 1974-75 academic year at Wyoming Seminary, ground was broken Sept. 12 for a Learning Resources Center on the Kingston campus. A ceremony was also held at Nelson Memorial Tower, which had been spared from the recently razed Nelson Memorial Hall. The convocation marked the opening of Seminary classes this year as it has done since 1972, when Dr. Wallace F. Stettler, school president, initiated the program to express gratitude and appreciation for being able to open Seminary’s doors for classes following an almost insurmount- able, flood clean-up problem. Dr. Stettler, .board of trustees and faculty members, students and friends of the school crossed - Market Street to Nelson Tower, following the half hour program at nearby Church of Christ Uniting. At the tower, Dr. Stettler, assist- ed by representatives of various commi- ttees and organizations connected with (continued on PAGE FIFTEEN) go to the bars and have a good time,’’ the cop continued, ‘‘sometimes they get a little rowdy and we like to get there as soon as possible before anything really bad happens. The foot patrol helps us out in a situation like this.” The foot patrols are the brainchild of them a little over a month ago and has kept close tabs on them ever since. The patrols operate Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights starting just after dark until three or four in the morning. “You would be surprised the number of people whe compliment us on this,” the the paper,’ Luzerne is considering shifting the patrols from Thursday to Wednesday nights. The police say there is more going on downtown Wednesday night than Thursday. There was a time when cops were called ‘‘flatfoots’’ because they did so much walking they developed trouble with their feet. Modern developements in (continued on PAGE TWENTY) Misericordia Starts 50th Year Activities Next week, College Misericordia will conduct the first of a series of events in honor of the College’s 50th anniversary this year. On Sept. 24, the actual anniversary of the college’s opening in 1925, the Most Rev. J. Carroll McCormick, D.D., Bishop of the Scranton Diocese, will celebrate a special Mass of Thanksgiving at the college. Concelebrating the Mass will be former and present Misericordia chap- lains. (continued on PAGE TWENTY)
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