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BRIGHTON, IA
Vol. 92 No. 32
As August draws to a close, ac-
tivity at the Luzerne County
fairgrounds increases by leaps and
bounds. Groups of workers can be
seen almost nightly, engaged in
various preparatory tasks.
This year, the fair will feature
providing a variety of foods. With
this in mind, several members of
the Kingston Township Lions Club
met recently to construct a number
of picnic tables and benches for the
"pleted with the help of member of
Jobn Sobeck of Sobeck and Lind-
quist Contractors.
Don Rood and the Back Mountain
Jaycees provided the patterns used
in making the tables and benches.
Supplying the manpower were
Lions president Marv Carkhuff;
secretary, Gary Hozempa; first
vice-president, John Sobeck;
second vice president, Fran
Hoover; third vice president, Len
Cook; Bob Zukosky, Vic Spaciano,
Dave Phillips, Joe Kalinowsky, Bob
Supey and Greg Supey.
The project was part of a newly-
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On Sept. 1 a long line of big yellow
monsters will be seen either flying
or crawling through the highways
and byways of the Back Mountain.
Close to 6,000 school age children
will people the mass transport,’ on
their way to another year at Lake-
Lehman, Dallas, Wyoming
Seminary, Bishop O’Reilly, West
Side Vo-Tech, Gate of Heaven, or |
Ross Christian Academy.
Much though and preparation
goes into the process of moving the
student body on a daily basis.
Qualified bus drivers are obtained,
bus driving schools are held and
lists of rules and regulations are
distributed to the students and their -
parents. Throughout the month of
August, State Police can be seen, -
out and about, wherever school
buses are stored, providing a semi-
done. Rather than regularly
scheduled work sessions, fair
Bob Kelley has
designated specific tasks to par-
ticipating organizations. Another .
example is the stage ‘construction
being completed by Dallas and
Back Mountain Kiwanians.
Fair preparations are highlighted
by excitement in all areas. Dallas
merchant Ray Daring has donated
a large walk-in refrigerator for use
by the increased number of food
vendors. A 40-foot tractor trailer
from Benton Foundry was also
donated to store valuable items. As
an indication of the annual growth
of the fair, the trailer is the second
of its kind and Kelley said there is
ample use for it.
To date, 44 new commercial
vendors and 13 new food vendors
have signed on with the 1982 fair.
Entertainment chairman, Ray
Hillman has lined up an impressive
list of ‘acts including the Chicago
Knockers Mud Wrestling show, Side
Street Band, Ripcord Divers,
Lake-Lehman
annual inspection of the critical
safety features. Buses are checked
in 13 different areas, including
steering, suspension, brakes, tires,
wheels, windows, exhaust system,
fuel system, lights, body condition,
doors, frame and seats. The in-
spection is particularly important
because of the value attached to the
cargo. :
At Lake-Lehman, 2,400 students
of 35 buses. Seven district owned
buses were inspected on August 10.
With the sale of Francis Stolarick’s
bus business, the major transporta-
tion contract has been split three
ways. :
George Sabaluski provides eight
routes; John McManus, seven; and
Michael Stolarick, one. Leon
- Emmanuel has three Lake-Lehman
Band, Night Wing (local top-40
band), Annual Fiddlers Contest, the
4-H Horse Drill Team Competition,
Horseshoe Pitching tournament,
Appalachian Mountain Boys Band,
Sirocco Mid-East Troupe, crowning
of Miss Luzerne County Fair Queen,
a Lawn and Garden Tractor Pull,
Coasters and Cadillac Cowboys,
country rockabilly band.
The agricultural division of the
event is also growing, with over
$8,000 worth of premiums available,
the largest amount ever. The
catalogue of premiums and rules
has been mailed to annual entrants.
Anyone who has not received a copy
and wishes to do so may call 696-
3363 or 639-1726.
“We're not in competition with
the Bloomsburg Fair yet,’ said
Kelley. “But we’re moving along at
a steady pace. It’s the biggest thing
in the area.” j
The fair will be held on the
grounds on Rte. 118, west of Dallas
from Wednesday, Sept. 8 to Sunday,
Sept. 12. Opening ceremonies will
take place 7:30 on Thursday
evenings.
routes.
Emmanuel is also responsible for
carrying over 3,000 Dallas students
in 26 daily routes. His buses are
scheduled for State inspection on
Aug. 23 and 24. The cutoff date for
State Police bus inspection is Aug.
27.
Both districts utilize cars, vans
numbers of students to and from
various schools. And Lake-Lehman
provides additional runs for athletic
practices and special programs.
Maybe the pupils themselves
won't be too eager to see the dot of
Dallas, Lehman and Harveys Lake
on Sept. 1, but district spokesper-
sons have made assurances the
buses will indeed be ready to roll,
bright and early.
Dallas Township will either
side of the municipal building to
solicitor Frank Townend explained
he
with an equitable price for the land
so that a purchase can be made.
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right of way for the telephone
company will be traded as part of
the purchase. The land belongs to
property on which the Dallas Drive-
in is situated. Townend said the
grow.
Commonwealth Telephone
president, Bill Umphred, explained
the company is presently studying
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the proposal to ‘see how we can
. work it out.”
. “We have to determine the im-
pact in terms of the entire parcel of
land,” said Umphred. But, he
the interest of the township and
wishes to avoid condemnation. He
said C.T. will have a response to the
future.
The 1982-83 school year is ap-
proaching with surprising speed.
By this time next week, students at
Lake-Lehman and Dallas Area
schools will be waving ‘‘goodbye’’
to their kparents and “hello” to
their friends. Regardless of how the
resuming classes, school officials
are excited about some of the
happenings planned for the
academic year.
At Lake-Lehman, High School
Principal James Nicholas said the
humanities program willb egin its
second year on an expanded scale.
Ninth graders are now being of-
fered the team taught course,
starting with the Greek City-States
and ending with Pre-Rennaisance.
The course includes English
literature, social studies and art
from each era. The second part of
the course begins with the Ren-
naissance and moves into modern
times.
Nicholas explained
response to the course has been
pansion to a two-year offering.
An advanced computer course
also will be available at the high
school this year.
Students at several Lake-Lehman
schools will find more pleasant
surroundings awaiting them on
Sept. 1. The Ross Elementary has
been completely remodeled on the
classrooms for the youngsters. The
completion of this project puts the
three elementary buildings in the
‘‘excellent condition’’ category,
explained Lake-Noxen Principal,
Robert Kunkle.
Renovations at the Junior High
School are expected to be almost
completed by the start of school.
The classrooms will be ready to go
and the gym is finished, but a delay
is expected in the cafeteria.
Nicholas said the interior was re-
done to provide a brighter, more
funcitional atmosphere, geared to
graders. The senior high school
auditorium has also been renovated
with the seats left to be installed.
The job is expected to be completed
by the start of school.
at Dallas
Students reporting to classes
Sept. 1, opening day, in the Dallas
School District, will find various
curriculum innovations, according
to Dr. Richard A. Shipe, superin-
tendent.
Renovations and repairs have’
been made to facilities throughout
the district. Physical education
facilities and grounds have been
imporved and expanded in all
schools with more emphasis on
Dallas Township, Junior and Senior
High Schools. New playground
equipment has been constructed on
the elementary school grounds.
Elementary tudents will find a
redesign and updating of spelling
and English programs and first
grade teachers have developed
special spelling programs to fit the
needs of the students.
During the school year, students
and teachers will work together on
a pilot project in the elementary
schience program. Arrangements
also have been made for justice
education and health programs.
The District has included overall
preliminary workshops on
developing computer literarcy in all
of the schools.
In the Intermediate School,
emphasis will be on updating the
English curriculum as well as a
pilot project in science.
The eighth grade general science
curriculum will be expanded to a
full credit course providing
students with five classes of in-
struction weekly. There will be
instruction in added areas such as
acids and bases, simple machines,
laws of momentum and engines.
Consumer Education will be
added to the eighth grade
curriculum as an elective in place
of a foreign language. Until this
year, this course was available only
to ninth grade students.
The administration has expanded
and developed an exploratory lab
for foreign languages. This year at
the junior high the third team ap-
proach will be developed. First, the
team approach was used in seventh
grade, then eighth and now moving
toward ninth.
Administrators have revised the
co-curricular activities and enrich-
and after school.
Senior High students will find
more computer programs
available. There will be two ad-
each given for two semesters.
Additional computers have been
added to the program.
There will be expanded tutorial
opportunities for students in the
senior high school, expanded and
more widely developed than
previous years.
education grant in the amount of
$18,000 designed to provide career
opportunities to the students in
fields of their choice.
provide more opportunities for
students to take additional courses
rather than be given study periods.
All sophomores will take health
and complete the course in 10th
grade so in their junior and senior
year, they can take additional
. courses in areas leading toward
. their vocational pursuits.
Throughout the district, students
will find traditional features,
familiar faces, as well as new
programs, new faces amd new
opportunities. The administration is
looking at all changes and in-
novations as a step toward in-
creased quality education. ;
The announcement of Clint
Brobst’s retirement last Friday has
raised speculation throughout the
community about some of the other
Dallas District teachers eligible to
retire under the newly-passed Act
152 allowing early retirement for
teachers 55 years of age or over
with at least 25 years of service.
Rumors were that Senior High
School Principal Edgar Hughes,
Junior High School Principal Fred
Case, Senior High School Phys Ed
Instructor Mabel Jenkins and
Senior High Nurse Jennie Hill
would submit their retirement
notices this week. In an attempt to
confirm these rumors the Post
contacted the above persons.
Case stated that he is studying the
possibility since the Board passed
the incentive program at the Aug. 9
meeting. “However, that is all that
I'have done,” said Case. “To date I
have not even contacted the State
of my retirement payments.”
Hughes said that as of this week
his intentions are to stay through
June, 1983. “This is an important
year,” said Hughes. ‘“We have
innovations in the curriculum, new
staff members and Mid-Atlantic
evaluations coming up. My eye is
healing fine and barring the
unexpected, I'll be at the school for
another year.”
Miss Jenkins said that she was
submitting her retirement Tuesday
‘morning. “After 37% years, I
decided to give it up and take life
| easy. I'm looking forward to the
| free time. Let someone else take
didn’t as the Post went to press.
There was no indications on
Monday that others in the District
eligible for retirement were
planning to do so.
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Dallas Bus Sain
Schedule 5.12
Cookbook 6
Social 7
On The
West Side 8,9
Sports 10
Keeping Posted 10
Classified 11