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Dallas School board officers for
1981 were elected by secret ballot at
the reorganization meeting of the
board held Monday. Very few
persons were in the audience, as the
meeting conflicted with the first
day of hunting season as well as the
dinner hour.
New president of the board is
Earl Fritzges, Cliffside Drive,
Lefko of Dallas Borough. Ernest
Ashridge was reelected to the West
Side Vo Tech board. Other com-
mittee appointments will be made
at a later date. :
Director Atty. Basil Russin sub-
mitted his resignation explaining he
has sold his house in Dallas
Township and now resides in Forty
Fort Borough.
He noted he enjoyed his term as a
school board member ‘with the
it brings”.
part, was a pleasure to work with
and the administration team, lead
by Dr. Shipe, extremely efficient,
professional, and helpful. Russin
said his main reget is he has failed
to see the tax collectors commission
reduced to better reflect the actual
workd done by them.
Russin continued that the board is
privy to a lengthy report prepared
by a review committee several
years ago.
The report advocates a change,
preferably to a per duplicate
compensation. “The timeto make
the change is now, this month,’’ said
Russin.
The three tax collectors run for
election next year and notice
requirements must be met before
their nominating petitions are filed.
Russin then wished the new board
a successful year. The departing
director, praised by his colleagues,
closed on a poetic note - “Thank you
for letting me be a part of your
past’.
Earl Fritzges said Russin was an
asset to the board, very dedicated,
who worked well with the board.
Dr. Richard Shipe, superin-
tendent, expressed his deep ap-
preciation for all the personal help
Russin was to him. Shipe also took
the opportunity to point out school
directors have responsible positions
and it is difficult to understand why
they are not compensated.
President Richard Hislop wished
Russin much success and said
your shoes’.
Russin had the last word when he
joked with the members of the press
telling them he had to move be-
cause the school taxes were too
high. :
In other business, John Roberts
was named assistant in charge of
the junior high wrestling and Paul
Marchal was appointed assistant.
- The resignation of George
Dombek, senior high assistant
coach, was accepted. No successor
was named but there are some
persons interested in the position,
Dr. Shipe said.
The unpaid ‘leave of absence’ for
Mrs. June George secretary at the
Intermediate School was extended
to January 19, 1981. Mary Blair, RD
1, Harveys Lake was appointed
temporary full-time library clerical
aide under CETA
The new director of the Dallas
School Board, Clarke: Bittner,
Republican, was sworn into office
by Luzerne County, Judge Charles
Lemmond, Jr. at Monday’s
reorganization meeting.
Bittner lives with his wife,
Joanne, and three children at
Shrine Acres in Dallas Township.
He is employed by Bevaco Food
Service, a position he accepted
following a long affiliation with the
United Penn Bank as a vice-
president.
A graduate of Dartmouth College
in New Hampshire, Bittner is active
in community affairs, including the
United Fund, the board of directors
of the Philharmonic, campaign
worker for the YMCA, and a sup-
porter of the soccer program at the
schools.
His employer Frank Bevevino,
said Monday in a phone con-
versation ‘Bittner is a great can-
didate, who will work very well for
the district as he.is very interested.
Bevevino described himn as a ‘“‘a
very giving person’.
Bittner was administered the
oath of office but not before Judge
Lemmond quipped ‘it sure'will‘be a
short oath as Clarke comes from a
small school’. He will serve until
Dec. 1, 1981. If Bittner wishes to
continue past that date, he must
enter the 1981 Spring primaries.
Explaining after the meeting she
would not cast a ‘yes’ vote on
Bittner’s appointment, school
director Pat Gregory boycotted the
formal meeting proceedings by
sitting in the audience representing
the taxpayers and fulfulling her role
as a private citizen and taxpayer.
Mrs. Gregory prefers the term “tax
ower’ to taxpayer.
At any rate she did not vote or
enter into the official business in
any capacity Monday night.
An unpleasant exchange erupted
when director Dr. Mahmoud Fah-
my was prompted by her absnece at
the board table to issue and appeal
that she join the board at the table.
- Gregory told Dr. Fahmy he was
very well aware of her feelings as to
why she had chosen not to be a
party to the meeting. Undaunted by
an angry Mrs. Gregory, Fahmy
continued to press the point of her
absence, continuing to urge her
presence at one point saying, ‘“‘you
should be over here’.
Gregory proved a worthy ad-
versasry and stood her ground
when she admonished Fahmy ‘The
board is well aware of why I am
sitting here and I will not justify '
anything to anyone’. She then told
Fahmy ‘I'm sure you don’t want to
air what we spoke of during a one- .
hour phone call earlier today.” Dr.
Fahmy agreed and dropped the
subject. |
Director Ernest Ashbridge asked
if the Bittner letter of appointment
was the recommendation of the two
Dallas Township board members,
Fahmy and Russ Havey. Secretary
Brennan told him all she was asked
to do was read it whereupon Ash-
bridge, receiving no response from
the two said “I just wondered.”
The vote to appoint Bittner was
nearly unanimous with the ex-
ception of Mrs. Gregory's vote,
which was not cast.
Problems existing in the first
block of Main Street in Dallas
Borough, in the area of the police
department, were discussed at the
Nov. 18 meeting of the borough
council.
The discussion indicated that the
open drinking ordinance submitted
in the past by Mayor James B.
Davies should be taken into con-
sideration by council members.
A letter from a Main Street
businessman pointed out that the
actions of bar patrons has caused
one family to move and, since they
were tenants of the businessman,
the conditions are now costing
money.
In the past, council dismissed the
mayor’s anti-open drinking ordi-
nance but new developments as out-
lined by Wilbur Houck indicate the
need for council to recognize the
fact that a problem of major pro-
portion exists on Main Street in
Dallas. Houck urged the borough
council to take action.
The letter regarding the Main
Street problem caused by bar
patrons was read at the council
meeting. In it, Houck charged that
the excellent tenants residing at
property owned by him at 24 Main
Street, Dallas, were moving due to
the actions of persons who frequent
the Main Street bars and park in
Houck’s lot.
According to Houck’s letter, foul
language, loud noises, littering of
debris along with disturbances at 3
a.m. on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday nights have combined to
prompt his tenants move. :
Houck indicated that the bar
patrons park in his lot, a practice he
has tried unsuccessfully to block.
Another resident present at the
meeting Said he picks up from 12 to
18 beer bottles from in front of his
place of business on Main Street
near the police station.
Councilman Jerry Machell said
that he didn’t notice a sign on
Houck’s parking lot prohibiting
public parking but that he under-
stood the problem. Councilman
Willard Newberry said that Houck,
who owns Saylor’s Furniture Store,
has been very patient.
It appeared that council was
reluctant to delve into the problem
when Chairman Harold Brobst
changed the subject by asking
“What else is here?”
The anti-open drinking ordinarice
was first introduced by the mayor
two years ago but no official action
on the ordinance was taken by the
borough council. Several of the
members, at that time, feared that
the ordinance could result in
selective enforcement.
In view of the recent letter from
now believe that the borough
council should pass an ordinance
which would give the police
authority to take the necessary
action to keep Main Street the
by Gerald R. Schultz
SEA has learned that PP&L is
itself responsible for delay in fuel
loading and licensing of the nuclear
plant near Berwick-not the op-
ponents of the plant. PP&L has
failed to answer over 100 questions
put to the utility by the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission as part of
the licensing process more than 20
weeks ago five or six weeks more
time than is usually necessary to
provide answers.
. SEA obtained a copy of a letter
from the NRC to PP&L, dated Oct.
31, 1980, which states: “Our review
schedule generally allows 14 to 15
weeks for applicant responses to
our questions. On Oct. 1, 1980, our
records indicated that more than
100 unanswered staff questions had
been outstanding for more than 20
weeks.”
“Furthermore, a delay. in
providing requested information
can result in an additional delay in
the staff's completion of your
review because of manpower
reallocation to the review of other
projects.” :
“We want the public to know the
facts-that PP&L is itself respon-
sible for the delay in the opening of
the plant-not the nuclear op-
ponents,” stated Gerald R. Schultz,
SEA coordinator. ‘‘PP&L is
complaining about delays from the
government and nuclear opponents
while they themselves are failing to
answer these questions.”
SEA is an environmental action
organization based in Wilkes-Barre.
Comments and questions are
welcome at 825-4304; in Dallas, at
675-1093, or Mountaintop, at 678-
7534.
PAGE THREE
Officials of the Northeastern
Region of the Pennsylvania Game
Commission reported Tuesday, that
the deer kill in the 13 counties under
the Northeastern jurisdiction was
up considerably over 1979.
The excellent weather conditions
and the mid-40’s temperature en-
couraged a record number of
hunters to take to the woods the first
day.
The Luzerne County field report
showed more than 575 deer killed
the first day, 150 more than
reported the first day in Luzerne
County last year.
During the 1979 season, cold
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