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Complaints from locals about
Village Road in Orange are ad-
mittedly valid. But, Franklin
Township Supervisor Russell Race,
Sr. explained it will be a while
before a proper resurfacing job is
done on the three-quarter mile
stretch.
Race said the township had
budgeted approximately $20,000 to
resurface the road, but found their
estimate was under by about 50 per-
cent. A state engineer surveying the
project informed township fathers
the job would be more in the neigh-
With bad news making headlines
day after day, it’s refreshing to
report the brighter side of life, and
Kingston Township administrator,
Mark Kunkle wants to publicize a
mysterious Good Samaritan.
Kunkle and Township fathers are
particularly grateful to an unknown
person who took the responsibility
Carverton Road. The mystery
person cut the crown vetch and
The Lake-Noxen Elementary
School, built in the midst of furor
and controversy, has been open for
just over a year. While still in the
planning stages, school district
fathers envisioned the building as a
community focal point, as well as a
center of learning. Opponents cried
the finished product would be too
large to serve the district’s needs,
and perhaps, if used only for
classroom study, the complaint was
valid.
. But the Lake-Noxen School serves
more than just K through six. The
ning from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., but
remains open daily, until well after
dark for a variety of community
oriented activities.
Principal Robert Kunkle is the
man. to..contact for ‘use of the
building’s facilities. ‘Within ‘one
year a number of local civic
organizations have begun holding
their monthly meetings at the
school... The. Harveys Lake
Historical Society, the “Harveys
Lake Woman's Service Club and the
Bassmasters, as well as Brownies,
Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts and Boy
borhood of $40,000.
For this reason, the job has been
put off pending a $50,000 Capital
Project Improvements Grant from
the Office of Community Develop-
ment. The grant is expected to be
received sometime in 1983 or 1984.
Race is hopeful they'll see the
money in ’83 as he said the road
badly needs a compelte re-doing.
In the meantime, he said, it has
been patched twice during the
Spring and will receive further
repair work in the near future. “It’s
a lot better than it was,” said Race.
“And we’ll be at it again when we
favor,” said Kunkle.
The sidewalks are the responsi-
work crews ever get around to
cleaning them. $
Kunkle also pointed out the fact
that Harold Snowdon, Jr. has been
regularly maintaining the State
Scouts use the building on a regular
basis.
Throughout the winter months the
Lake-Noxen Adult Basketball
League played twice weekly and the
PTA sponsored children’s League
was actie. Women from the com-
munity continue to meet regularly
for Aerobic dancing, a very popular
feature, started soon after the
school’s opening. A weekly com-
munity night opens. the gym to
anyone who wishes to get some
additional exercise playing basket-
ball or volleyball. During baseball
season, Harveys Lake Little League
ballers use the school’s field for
romping in the playground any
evening or weekend.
Kunkle estimates it to be
“probably ‘the most used elemen-
tary building in the area.”
And this makes school director
Arnie Garinger very happy. “I've
lived across the street from the
school. for, 481 years,” he said.
“The old building was opened at 8
a.m. and closed at 3 p.m. when the
kids left. This building is always in
use. It’s a real community center.”
can get some hot patch.”
The money which was originally
set: aside for resurfacing the road
will probably be used to purchase a
new truck for the township. Race
said the present truck is a 1970 and
in bad shape. “We need a new
truck, so we’re thinking of taking
what we have and buying one.”
The purchase is still in the talking
stages at this time.
Race also noted that many of the
complaints about ' Village Road
come from people who do not live on
it. “We have a few chronic com-
plainers. I guess everybody does.”
right-of-way on the corner of East
Center St., and Route 309.
Snowdon’s maintenance crews keep
the grass and weeds cut in the
stretch so that it always looks pre-
sentable.
Both efforts show a special kind of
pride in community and Kunkle
said the township believes public
acknowledgement of the work is in
order. “We want them to know we
appreciate it,”’ he said. :
“Many towns have a lot of the
town centrally located,” explained
Garinger. “Even Dallas has a town
structure. But we in the Lake and
Noxen communities have no central
space. That’s something which the
school provides.”
The Lake-Noxen Elementary
opened officially in January, 1981.
Construction started in September
of 1979, just months after a fire
totally destroyed the old Lake
School. The building cost $3.4
million, although $1 million came
from an insurance payment from
the old school.
“My interest has been that the
get something for their money,”
said Garinger. Since the Lake-
people have been paying for new
schools and renovations all over the
District. The modern brick building
on the top of School Street at
Harveys Lake has been well worth
the wait, and people from all walks
of the community are able to take
direct. advantage of the facility.
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District Justice
Leonard Harvey sent
Edward G. Parsons of
Nanticoke to Luzerne
County Prison for a total
of 630 days last week.
Parsons had been given
one week to pay fines
associated with seven
counts of bad checks. He
An area couple remains
in serious condition in the
Nesbitt Hospital with
injuries suffered when the
morotcycle they were
riding crashed with a
TransAm early Sunday
morning. James and
Linda Whitehead were
transported to the
hospital by the Dallas
Ambulance. At press time
they were both patients in
the Intensive Care Unit.
Reports of persons at
the scene indicate the
collision was head-on at
the intersection of Route
415 and 118. Dallas
Township Police, who
investigated the mishap,
had not yet prepared an
official report.
The incident occurred
at about 1 a.m., Sunday,
June 27.
thought the motorcycle
had come onto 415 from
Country Club Road. No
identification was made
of the occupants of the
TransAm, and no one
from that vehicle was
taken for treatment by the
ambulance. The
automobile was towed to
Wesley's in Dallas.
James and Linda are
the son and daughter-in-
law of Mr. and Mrs.
Duncan Whitehead,
Hickory Road, Dallas.
will reappear before
Harvey on further
charges of a similar
nature on Friday, July 2.
The charges stem from a
late December, 1981 in-
cident when Parsons pur-
chased furs for Joseph
Glova, owner of N.E. Fur
and Hide Co., Harveys
Lake.
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Also on Friday, June 25,
Harvey fined a Jackson
Township teenager for
violation of the State
liquor laws. The youth
was brought before
Harvey by Patrolman
Andrew Kasko after a
May arrest.
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John Kopetchney,
formerly of Trucksville,
was bound
Luzerne County Court on
charges of involuntary
manslaughter and reck-
lessly endangering last
Friday after a lengthy
hearing before District
Justice Earl Gregory. §§e.
charge’ of aggravaleg
assault was dropped.
The charges are the
result of an investigation
following the death of
Kopetchney’s wife,
Marsha, 28, of -:Meadow-
crest. She died on May 21,
three weeks after an
incident during which
witnesses testified he beat’
her. Five witnesses were,
present at the hearing,
including Luzerne County
Coroner Dr. George E.
Hudock, Jr.; two neigh-
bors, Tammy Letteer and’
Karen Kukosky; Kingston,
Township Police Sargeant
William Pugh and State.
Trooper Dale Culver.
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Joseph Killeen, Chairman, an-
nounced the following prizes for this
year’s Back Mountain Library
auction.
First Prize - Model 4200 Video
Tape Recorder, on display at
United Penn Bank; second prize -
$150.00 Gift Certificate from the
Jean King; and third prize - Dinner
for four at The Musicbox Dinner
Theatre for 1982 season.
Tickets are availabe at the
auction grounds and from com-
mittee members.
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week. He succeeds Rev.
Father Hugh McGroarty,
who had served as pastor
for more than two years
and has been assigned as
pastor of St. Patrick’s R.
C. Church at White Haven
where he began pastoral
duties on June 22.
Rev. Father Foley is the
son of Mrs. Helen Foley
of Scranton and the late
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graduate of Holy Rosary
High School in Scranton.
He was graduated from
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the priesthood at St.
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