A PennDOT Seiot for
reversible lane on ‘Route 309 in the
vicinity of Main St. and Courtdale
Ave. in Luzerne has received the
qualified endorsement of St. Rep.
Frank O'Connell Jr.
In a letter to Donald F. Wiltshire,
district traffic engineer = for
PennDOT’s Dunmore-based
engineering district, O'Connell called
the proposal for improvement in rush-
hour traffic operation in Luzerne an
idea that ‘‘certainly warrants a try
and seems fair to everyone.”
The PennDOT proposal is to double
the ‘eastbound lanes for the morning
traffic, which PennDOT notes
includes nearly 1,200 vehicle per hour
between 7 and 9 a.m. The pending
start of construction of the Cross
Valley Expressway link to Route 309
adjacent to the congested area is
likely to further complicate traffic
alleviate the problem.
PennDOT observed that about 25
percent of the eastbound traffic turns
left at the intersection of Main and
Union each morning and another 24
per cent turns right on Courtdale
Ave.the PennDOT proposal noted that
“the demand for green time on
(Courtdale Ave.) is so great that
additional lane capacity (on 309) is the
only solution.”
Also noted in the proposal was the
elimination of the advance left turn
arrow for westbound traffic on 309
during morning peak traffic hours.
Left turns by west bound traffic will
be prohibited during the peak traffic
time.
Wiltshire’s memo on the subject
claimed the plan would alleviate the
conditions which have plagued the
area. ‘‘We also feel that we have
solved the p.m. peak hour problem so
that an acceptable level of service is
being provided,” he observed.
He noted that the p.m. peak hour is
spread over a longer time period and
is thus somewhat different from the
sharp traffic peak in the morning.
The computations of traffic were
based on an Oct. 21, 1976 traffic count.
Action by PennDOT will be subject to
approval by the department’s Bureau
of Traffic Engineering in Harrisburg
and an implementation with local
officials.
O’Connell proposed designation of
an alternate route over either Bunker
Hill or Larksville Mountain as
additional means of alleviating the
problem. He also suggested the
possibility of constructing a bridge in
the vicinity of Luzerne Lumber
Company to aid traffic flowing to
Main and Bennett Streets in Luzerne.
Diane Wagner
Back Mt.
College Misericordia has
awarded academic
Constance Shields Mary Morrett Sally Moran
residents win scholarships
college this year, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. and the individual awards
Monday--Hamburg on bun, minestrone soup, saltines,
fruit, milk.
Tuesday--Beef-Bar B-Q on bun with relish, potato puffs,
baked beans, ice cream, milk.
Wednesday--EARLY DISMISSAL. ‘Hot dog on bun,
mashed potatoes, sauerkraut, fruit, milk.
Thursday--Beef-A-Roni, buttered green beans, Parker
House roll & butter, jello & topping, milk.
Friday--Tuna berger on seeded roll, potato chips, pickle
chips, strawberry fruit cup, milk.
Dallas School Menu
Jan. 17-21
Monday--Hamburg patty on roll, onions-ketcup-relish,
French fries (jr.), onion rings (sr.), potato chips (elem.),
buttered vegetable, peaches, cookie, chilled milk.
Tuesday-Flying saucer sandwich on seeded roll, soup-
crackers, home-style cookie, chilled milk.
Wednesday-Beef Bar-B-Que on roll, relish, pickle chips,
green beans, strawberry fruit cup, cake, chilled milk.
Thursday-West Inter.-Pizza, mixed vegetables, Jello-
topping, chilled milk.
All other Schools-Hot dog on roll, mustard-ketchup, baked
beans, potato chips, ice cream, chilled milk.
Friday-Thursday’s menu reversed.
school seniors representing ten area high schools who
on ‘Drafting and Design’’
of engineering
Scott Howell, Mike Bardzel, Mark
Pettit, Glenn Yelles, Bob Eipper, Pat White, Pete
Axeman, and John Hook. Standing left: John Silk, Scott
Meier, Craig Moyer, James Gilmore, Randy Downing,
Mark Cragle, Lottie Schultz, Teresa Chesnialc, Karen
Holdsworth, John Parulski and Richard Mometchko.
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scholarships totaling $7,000
to four Back Mountain
residents.
The awards are part of a
new Alumni Scholarship
Program initiated at the
according to Admissions
Director David M. Payne,
and are based upon
demonstrated academic
excellence.
Receiving the awards
locally are: Sally Moran,
Thirty-eight area high
school seniors representing
ten high schools recently
completed a five week
seminar on ‘‘Drafting and
Design’’ held at The
Pennsylvania State
University’s campus in
Lehman.
The program, under the
direction of Wilkes-Barre
Campus Professor of
Engineering Lee A.
Sweinberg, took place on
Monday afternoons in the
Lehman Campus
Engineering Building.
no cost to the seniors,
covered such topics as:
drafting and design,
movie-drawing and the
shop, descriptive
geometry, the metric
system and drawing, in-
dustrial design materials,
tool design drawing,
structural engineering
drafting and machine
design.
Area high schools with
their ‘senior: participatns
were:
Bishop O’Reilly--Sandy
Scalzo, Bernie Solack, J-
ohn Solack, John Roach,
Mike Matigo, Kevin
Borton, Tim Wallo, Marylil
McAuvic, Alan Kopicki,
Rich Hometchko, Vincent
Dennis, Bill Tatsko, Blaise
Koval, John Parulski, Tony
Fisk, William Hartman
and Joseph Petrasek.
Dallas--Glenn ~~ Yeeles,
Mark Pettit, Robert
Eipper, Joe Perry, Pat
White, and Penny Sprall.
Hanover--Paul Nar-
savage.
Lake Lehman--Karen
Holdsworth.
Meyers---Lottie = Schultz,
Donna Rembish, and Joe
Mirra.
Northwest--Mike Haines,
David Wisniewski, Mark
Cragle and Randy
Downing.
Pittston-Wilkes-Barre
Vo-Tech--Teresa Chesniak.
Sullivan ~~ County--Paul
Lehr.
Tunkhannock--David
Chrichner, Mark Kennedy,
Tim Cerep, James
Gilmore, Scott Meier, Mike
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Bardzel, John Silk and
Scott Howell.
Williamsport--John Hook
and Pete Axeman.
Sweinberg : has also
announced that if sufficient
interest is shown in con-
ducting more college level
courses for high school
seniors the PSU Depart-
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Lehman should be con-
tacted.
Robert Moran, 172 Manor
Road, Shavertown; Mary
Morrett, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Danzil Morrett,
RD 1, Dallas; Constance
Shields, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis Shields,
RD 6, Dallas; and Diane
Wagner, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Sterling Wagner,
Cloverleaf Road, Dallas.
Miss Moran is a senior at
Bishop O’Reilly High
School in Kingston, while
the other other three
scholarship recipients are
all seniors at Dallas Senior
High School.
To be considered for an
alumni scholarship, Payne
said, a student must rank
in the upper quarter of the
class, have demonstrated
leadership abilities, and be
recommended by the
school. All applications are
reviewed by a Scholarship
Committee at the college
made.
Some $40,000 in alumni
scholarships will be
awarded by Misericordia
this year, Payne said.
College Misericordia will
continue to participate in
state and federal financial
aid programs based upon
financial need, Payne
emphasized, “but has
initiated thé’ Alumni’
Scholarship Program to
reward those high school
students who ‘give a little
extra in their schoolwork.”
Miss Moran, a Who's
Who award recipient, will
major in elementary
education at Misericordia.
Both Miss Wagner and
Miss Morrett have elected
to major in nursing, while
Miss Shields will major in
biology-medical
technology. All four will
begin studies at the college
next September.
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