BRIGHTON, VOL. 86 NO. 1 | Greenstreet News Company, Dallas- based publishers of the Abington Journal, The Dallas Post and The Mountaintop Eagle, today announced that Pennaprint Inc., a new company organized by Ohio newspaper publisher Ray Carlsen, was the successful bidder for assets of the firm. ‘Bruce E. McCarthy, vice president and genera, Manager of Greenstreet, said that W¥:naprint would assume control of the three newspapers immediately and said the former ownership extended their best wishes to the new firm as it prepared to re- newspapers. Carlsen, who will serve as editor and publisher of the new company, said he hoped to have the papers return to the service of their various communities within the next week. He noted that the renewal of operations will be from an essentially “zero” start since only the business assets of the former publishers were included in the transactions and the recruitment of an employee force would be necessary for his company, The thr'd® Weekly pera by Greenstreet discontinued disk I The Dalias. Education Association (DEA) will attempt to settle differ- ences with the school district over preparation periods for department chairmen during negotiations for next year’s contract, a DEA spokesman said Tuesday. William Helgemo, DEA president, said a verbal agreement between the DEA negotiating team and the school contract, but the administration “ap- parently forgot the agreement.” The dispute is over the number of preparation periods per week for teach- grievance with Dr. Linford Werkheiser, superintendent of the Dallas school district. The “normal’’ number of pre- _ parationggeriods was interpreted to be five plus per week, Helgemo said, and adde} that the board found ‘no grounds for grievance.” But Helgemo said that the verbal ‘agreement in the current contract de- fined “normal” as the number of free periods the teacher had in 1972 plus one 52540 TWENTY CENTS ‘operations the day after Christmas after continued financial losses. The new ownership has agreed to fulfill all circulation obligations of the three pipers and is presently reviewing i and editorial policies to see here improvements can and should be e, Carlsen said. Wa new publisher said he welcomed comments and suggestions from the readership and advertisers. He said it was Pennaprint’s goal to develop the kind of local news and service emphasis which is the ‘‘exclusive domain’ of a good weekly newspaper. Carlsen is a former resideng of Tunkhannock, Pa., where he: fved while employed as public relafions manager for The Charmin ny Products Company. 5 “We have returned to business area because we like it here,” Ca noted. “We think we are fortuna have this opportunity 'to get acqpainted in an area we like so we | After leaving Tunkhannock, Carl etufined to’ Cincinnati, Ohio, be in’s parent firmj Procter Gn le, where he served as man! Gr ms Oa paki 1% oth Fa IRe paper, coffee, food and industy il products divisions. period. In most cases, he said, the total would be eight; in one instance it would be nine. In negotiations already under way for next year’s contract the DEA has pre- sented a ‘‘very clear definition’ of normal, Helgemo said, but could not He purchased three weekly newspapers in financial difficulty in Northwest Ohio in late 1970 and left P &G in August of 1971 to invest full time nursing the three papers back toward their potential. In 1972, he added The Pandora Times to his initial three papers, The Putnam County Vidette, The North Baltimore News and The Liberty Press. The firm Ohioprint Publications grew out of the ownership and, in the fall of 1973, initiated a fifth community newspaper called The Maumee Valley Free Press. The company also operates a small plastic sign fabricating business in Columbus Grove, Ohio. Carlsen, a 1960 graduate of Wheaton (1I1.) College, is active in the National Newspaper Association and the Ohio Newspaper Association. He is an accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America, an elder in the Presbyterian Church, and has been an active member in Rotary, Jaycees and Lions Clubs. He is married to the former Freda Toland, a former area leader for the Meggpron-Pacono Council of the Girl Scouts and teacher at Tunkhannock High School. The couple has three say what that definition was because the terms of the negotiations are con- fidential. Helgemo added that in the past the school board has been ‘‘very coopera- tive’ with the DEA and said he expects “good working relationships.” Three children of Mr. and Mrs: Robert Miller and their 78-year-old great grandmother perished in an early morning fire, Saturday in their mobile home. Fireman from the Dallas Fire Department arrived on the scene at the Valley View Trailor Park on Ryman Road, Dallas Twp., at 5:30 a.m. after being summoned by the police. Fire Chief Don Schaffer said the whole front half of the trailor was on fire when the company rsached the scene. The fireman were informed that there were people inside the home and when they entered. they found the four bodies, victims of asphyxiation: morning. The blaze was discovered by Mrs. Miller who fled from the trailor to a neighbors for help. Mr. Miller was enroute to work and unaware of the fire. Shavertown and Franklin Twp., fire companies assisted the Dallas fire fighters. The deceased are Iola Miller, age five, Robert Miller, age four and Dale Miller age, three. All children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miller, and Mrs. Emma Miller 78, their grat- grandmother. An investigation was conducted by State Fire Marshall Paul Cotlier, with Chief Deputy Coroner Joseph Shaver i children, Joel, 4; Kay Lynn, 2; and Kristi Ann, three months. The new publisher said it is his intent to become personally involved in the day-to-day management of the newspapers. He said his Ohio staff was in a position to handle operations of the papers in that state although he intended to keep in close touch with the business there. “The opportunity in Dallas, Clark’s Summit and Mountaintop required quick action,” Carlsen said. ‘Good local newspapers can provide a valuable service to their commuities and the newspapers must get back in | service as quickly as possible.” production. Local public educators and school ad- ministrators see little, if any, change in the procedures they follow resulting from last week’s Supreme Court deci- sion concerning the right of students in U.S. public schools. In that decision, the high court ruled that public school students in the nation have a constitutional right not to be expelled for misbehavior unless school authorities inform them why and allow them a chance to explain their conduct. It was a closely divided decision. The vote was 5 to 4. The justices held that pupils have what they labeled an ‘‘entitlement” to schooling that cannot be taken away unless due process of law has been adhered. to. Judging from the local school offic- ials we talked to, the above decision will have little effect in this area, mostly because of farsighted administrators and the provisions of the state Bill of Rights and Responsibilities of public students which passed the legislature October 3, 1974. That legislation lays out responsibilities of students and also emphasizes their right to the due pro- cess of law. “The provisions of this state law are just about the same as what the Su- preme Court said,’ says Wyoming Valley West high school principal John Yonkondy. He is principal of 632 eighth grade students there. Yonkondy states that 95 percent of his students are well-behaved but the ones who get into trouble ‘have always and will in the future have a chance to have their side of the story told. “When a student who has misbe- haved comes tc me and says ‘I have my rights’ I always point out to him that he also has responsibilities that are spelled out in the state law,” Yonkondy says. Those consist of, among others, attendance, promptness, respect for school regulations, respect for equip- ment and supplies, persuance of courses to the best of one’s ability, and adherence to dress and grooming rules. Yonkondy sees to it that a copy of the State Bill of Rights and Responsibilities for Students is posted in each of his classrooms. : Dallas Juhior High School principal John Rosser agrees that most of what the Supreme Court said in last week’s decision is contained in the Pennsyl- vania regulations. “We never suspend a student without a hearing and without contacting the parents,” he says. “We are fortunate here that our prob- lems are not numerous, but we do have some. Because of the type of commun- ity Dallas is, most of my students are well behaved and eager to learn,” he says. ww Anthony Marchaki§as, principal of that “we try to do what is right, proper, and just and will continue to do so. “Of course, we will abide by the Supreme Court decision, but it will not alter our conduct to any great degree,” Marchakitas says. for students rights is committed in the interest of time. ‘The Supreme Court ruling is good because usually when a student’s rights have been overlooked, it is due to a hasty administrative de- cision.” Marchakitas is proud of the fact that there has never been a permanent expulsion at Lake Lehman. “Education is a slow process and we try to be patient,” he says. Although unaware of the high court decision, Crestwood High School Prin- cipal Andrew Patterson says that there is always a hearing before a student is expelled at Crestwood. Under Patterson’s direction, teach- ers at Crestwood meet weekly to dis- cuss disciplinary problems and methods of dealing with them. Robert Dolbear is principal of the 760 students at Dallas Senior High School. “We have made it a practice always to have a hearing before a student is suspended and to contact and work with the parents of the student in trouble,” he says. Dolbear maintains that sus- pensions have always been used *‘con- servatively”’ at Dallas Senior High School. Although it does not have to do direct- ly with the subject at hand, the Anti- Smoking program at Dallas High de- serves mention. Principal Dolbear points with pride to this program which, to date this year, has helped nearly 25 students quit smoking. The clinic is a special class in anti- smoking which is available to those first time offenders of the smoking rules. “Although some students have quit the clinic, we think it is working very well; at least there have been no repeaters,” Dolbear says. “We are fortunate that Pennsylvania has had the student rights law, which we think is pretty good,” says Crest- wood School District Superintendent William Smodic. “The Supreme Court decision will not really alter our manner of administer- ing our schools because we have always made a practice of scheduling hearings to allow students to express their feel- ings when a violation has been com- mitted,” Smodic says. “We've been following the Supreme Court rulings rights along, suspending very few pupils and always bringing the parents in on the problem,” says Wyo- ming Valley West High School Prin- cipal Benjamin Davis. “I meet on a scheduled basis with students to discuss anything they wish to talk about We work together with rule our students. We even have instituted courses here that have been suggested by our students,” Davis says. All in all, it can be said that area public educators have always been duly concerned about student rights. At Wyoming Valley West District Super- visor Abram Morgan says ‘we have always been concerned especially with the student records. We watch very carefully what is entered into those records - you never know, because they are permanent, an unfair entry could jeopardize the student in many ways.” It can be said that the Supreme Court decision grew out of an extreme case, that of racial unrest in the Columbus, Ohio junior and senior high schools. Pupils in that case maintained that they were sent home for as long as ten days without explanation. The fact that many of these students had no hear- ings, was the Court said, a ‘denial of due process.” Public students in this area are fortunate - for the most part they’ve had due process all along. 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