transitional programs for primary
~ learning needs.
A $824,700 grant from EPA helped
the Harveys Lake Sewer Authority
pay debts amounting to $372,038. The
Dallas-Shavertown Water Co.
increased water pressure in certain
area localities to improve service.
Kingston Township supervisors
voted to close the Rose Hill Trap Club.
Contracts totaling $27,000 were
awarded to three area milk suppliers
by the Lake Lehman School Board.
The Harveys Lake Beach Association
announced that it will hold its annual
fireworks display on Sunday evening.
The Department of environmental
Re@@urces refused to help Dallas
Borough clean our Toby’s Creek
claiming that channelization and levy
construction were not feasible.
Lake Lehman School District
announced that the new Lake
Lehman-Jackson Township
Elementary School will open on Sept.
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~The Luzerne County Fair an-
nounced complete schedule of events
to take place on Sept. 5, 6, and 7 at
Lehman Horse Show Grounds.
‘The Dallas School District received
-a federal grant of $63,800 in
September. The Dallas School Board
announced that no bids had been
received for the Shavertown
Elementary School.
The deteriorating conditions of
Carverton Road prompted school bus
owner Leon Emanuel to state that
continued deterioration may force
him to discontinue bus: service to
students in that area.
Harveys Lake Sewer Authority
begin legal action against the Glace
an@Glace engineering firm claiming
that the firm put the sewer authority
and the taxpayers into financial
difficulty.
The Back Mountain Firemen’s
Association announced plans to
sponsor a children’s poster contest
which would coincide with the Oct. 5-
11 observance of National Fire
- Prevention Week. Also in September,
Jack Glace, president of the Glace
and Glace Engineering firm, stated
that he hopes the ‘‘sewer work will be
completed as soon as possible so his
firm can get out.”
Dr. Les Jordan received the highest
Rotary International Honor, the Paul
Harris Fellowship Award, during a
district meeting of Rotarians at the
Irem Temple Country Club. In
October, the Ronox Manufacturing
Co. in Noxen was ruined when high
waters from Bowman's Creek, which
had followed Hurricane Eloise,
washed out the ground from
underneath one wall of the building
causing the wall to collapse. Luzerne
County Civil Defense stated that
Hurricane Gladys was posing no
threat to the area.
In October, the Back Mountain
Protective Association announced
that U.S. Representative Dan Flood
will be the recipient of the prestigious
Back Mountain Service Award during
banquet ceremonies at the Irem
Temple Country Club Oct. 31.
Lake Lehman High School Band
walked away with top honors at the
third annual Coughlin Red and Blue
Band competition. The Back
Mountain Library celebrated its 30th
anniversary.
The Glace and Glace engineering
firm filed a long awaited updated
fiscal report for the Harvey’s Lake
sewer project in October and Back
Mountain School Board candidates
were preparing final campaign
strategy.
An area survey showed that Back
Mountain parents felt that the area is
“not a bad place to raise kids’’. Also
in October, candidates for
supervisor’s postitions in Lehman,
Jackson, and Kingston Townships
prepared for the Nov. 4 election.
Republican candidates generally
prevailed in the Back Mountain area
in the Nov. 4 election. Gloria
Brennan, who had previously
announced as the Republican
candidate for the Dallas School
Board, found out that she had won the
nominations of both parties in the
primary.
Dallas taxpayers were concerned
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over the $140,000 surplus in the school
budget which resulted from incorrect
computation on the part of business
personnel. Also in November,
concerned Kingston Township
residents organized a protest on
Carverton Road to complain about the
lack of safety during road
construction.
No decision was reached on the
appeal of ‘‘furloughed’ Dallas
Township Police Officers James
Gruver and Russell Banta.
It was learned Nov. 20 that Glace
and Glace, the engineering firm
handling the Harvey’s Lake sewer
project, filed only one change of order
with the Environmental Protection
Agency despite a number of other
charges which resulted in large cost
overruns on the project.
A meeting concerning the safety of
Carverton Road, chaired by Rep.
Frank O’Connell, discussed the safety
of the thoroughfare. Ar increase in
false alarms and inadequate location
information from phone-linked home
security systems gave local fire
departments considerable trouble, as
noted in November.
A review of administrative salaries
by the Lake Lehman school directors
was discussed at the monthly meeting
of the school board on Noy. 11.
For the Back Mountain
Bicentennial Celebration, a
community-wide dinner which was
held at College Misercordia on Nov.
29. The Dallas Borough Bicentennial
Commission discussed memorial to
the bicentennial by the borough.
Rep. Frank O’Connell joined in a
law suit to keep: the Retreat State
Hospital open.
In December, PennDOT forecasted
poor winter driving conditions due to
too many budget cuts. An estimated
730 deer were killed in Luzerne County
on the opening day of deer season.
Arnold Garringer elected president of
the Lake Lehman School Board and
Ernest Ashbridge re-elected president
of the Dallas School Board.
Commonwealth Telephone and the
Communications Workers of
America, AFL-CIO, met with a
mediator behind closed doors in order
to discuss a contract extension and
thus avoid a strike.
Harveys Lake voted into law an
anti-pornography ordinance. New
chairmen of the Dallas School Board
standing committees were named.
Dallas Borough Council presented a
1976 budget which amounted to
$180,207 during their December
meeting. Commonwealth Telephone
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auction grounds.
Wyoming Seminary has
developed a speakers’
bureau. Organizations
interested in offering a
speaker or a musical
program can now make
arrangements for either
through the Kingston
college prep school.
The school offers 12
speakers from their faculty
and administration. Topics
offered include SA
Bicentennial Look:
Wyoming Valley 1776°,
“College Is a Waste of
Time-Why Bother’’,
‘College Placement and
College Counseling 76’,
“Do Gifted Students Have
Learning Difficulties?’
“Focus on Athletics’,
“Focus on Arts’, ‘The
Future: of Liberal Arts
Education’ and ‘The
Transcendent Spirit’’, a
unique slide presentation of
Wyoming Seminary.
There are many other
topics to choose from and
arrangements can be made
for topics other than those
on the standing speakers
bureau list.
Wyoming Seminary’s 30-
voice chorale and smaller,
madrigal singers group
will also be available for
several programs
throughout the year. Both
groups offer a program of
varied musical styles,
under the direction of John
Vaida, Wyoming Seminary
music department
chairman.
Interested organizations
can take advantage of the
seminary speakers bureau
by calling 288-7541.
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