By JANE C. BOLGER
Staff Correspondent
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Candidates have been busy cam-
paigning, political posters have
been hung, and all types of fund-
raising rallies have been held and
the stage has been set for the Nov. 8
general election.
Following is a synopsis of what
candidates’ names you will find
when you go to the polling place
next Tuesday to cast your vote for
the officials in your municipal gov-
ernment.
DALLAS BOROUGH
Four Republicans, including three
incumbents and a newcomer, won
four-year seats on the Dallas Bor-
ough Council in May’s primary elec-
tion. There was no Democratic
opposition.
Incumbents named to the seats
were Harold Brobst, Jerry Machell
and Kenneth Young while new-
comer William Schaffer also scored
a victory.
Don’t be scared
DALLAS TOWNSHIP
Incumbent Frank Wagner, a
Republican, ran unopposed in the
May primary and received the nom-
ination for supervisor.
LEHMAN TOWNSHIP
Incumbent supervisor Alan Major
gathered enough votes in the May
primary to defeat opponent William
McCarroll and retain his position
there.
LAKE TOWNSHIP
Democrat Fred Wisniewski will
square off for a seat on the Board of
Supervisors. Higgins made his way
to the General Election by defeating
his Republican challenger, Richard
Shall, while Wisniewski, the Demo-
cratic incumbent, ran unopposed.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
Incumbent Republican supervisor
Charles Cigarski will face Democrat
(See ELECTION, page 8)
Dall “asi Ed Canpbail
steal hearts
By DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
“I promise to love my Cabbage
Patch Kid with 'all my heart. I
promise to be a good and kind
parent. I will always remember how
special my Cabbage Patch Kid is to
me.”
It is this oath that thousands of
people across the nation are taking
as the Cabbage Patch Kids, the
market’s hottest new item, sweep
the nation.
nationwide
The dolls, whom some people look
upon as ‘‘so homely, they're cute,”
are not that easy to find, however,
as consumers are buying them
faster than stores can stock them.
In the Back Mountain area, sales
of the Cabbage Patch Kids have
been so good, they haven't been
seen in stores for some time now. A
return date for the dolls is unable to
be determined.
“We had them in the summer,”
said Marsha Landis, who, along
with her husband Alan, owns Back
(See KIDS, page 8)
Now he can relax!
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
SO good to
By DOTTY MARTIN
Associate Editor
Alan Davis never realized home
could feel so good until he got there
after witnessing the United States
military invasion of Grenada last
week. :
Davis, whose father and step-
mother, Joseph and Carol Davis,
reside at 20° Fox Hollow Circle,
Dallas, arrived home last Thursday
morning, following more than 24
hours of ‘‘waiting”’ in a completely
darkened building on the campus of
St. George’s University in Grenada.
Davis is a first-year medical stu-
dent at the university. ;
“The only things I brought home
with me were what I could get in
my pockets,” said Alan, as: he
relaxed in the family home Friday
afternoon. ‘We all packed one bag
in the event we were allowed to
bring something home, but it didn’t
work out that way. I had to leave
behind all my books, all my clothes,
a lot of sentimental things and a
real nice flute. It really bums me
out that I had to leave my flute
behind.”
A native of upstate New York and
a graduate of the University of
Rochester, Alan said the experience
was ‘‘intense.”’
“It was the strangest birthday
present I ever received,” he said,
Alan Davis
explaining that he celebrated his
24th birthday on Oct. 25, the day of
the invasion.
(See ALAN, page 8)
Agrees with
‘U.S. invasion
Alan Davis agrees with the United
States military invasion of Grenada.
He also likes the island of Grenada
the opportunity.
He probably won’t have that
opportunity, however, as chances
are slim that St. George’s Univer-
sity will continue classes on the tiny
Caribbean isiand.
Alan, a first-year medical student
at St. George's, says he will relax at
the home of his parents in Dallas
Township until he receives word as
to what the school’s plans are.
Alan explained that he and sev-
eral other students had planned to
leave St. George's for a while and
spend some time on another isiand
such as Barbados or St. Vincent's to
see how the political situation on
Grenada developed.
“The new government there wa
hated by the people in general,” he
said. “Things were pretty bad and
(See AGREES, page 8)
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
Eight candidates are running for
the five elected seats on the Lake-
Lehman School Board in next Tues-
day’s general election. Continuing
quality education at the lowest tax
dollar appears to be the chief con-
cern of each of the candidates. The
1983-84 district budget calls for a 107
mill tax rate, an increase of nine
mills over the 1982-83 budget.
Unlike their neighboring Dallas
School District, the Lake-Lehman
District is divided into three regions
and taxpayers within the district
can vote only for candidates from
their region.
Harveys Lake Borough, Lake and
Noxen Townships comprise Region I
where voters will elect one candi-
date for a two-year term and two
candidates for four-year terms.
Five candidates are vying for the
three open seats in Region One.
Middle and southwest districts of
Lehman Township, and Ross Town-
ship make up Region II where two
four-year seats are open. Only one
candidate will be elected since Vin-
cent Marchakitus, who won both the
Republican and Democratic nomi-
nations, was fatally injured in a
vehicle accident on Oct. 9.7 A
Marchakitus’ seat. Marchakitus had
been appointed to fill the vacancy
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on the board left by the resignation
of board member Kenneth Williams.
Lehman’s northeast district and
Jackson Township comprise District
III where voters will ‘elect one
candidate for a four-year term.
The five candidates in Region I
are Allen R. Sorchik, RD 2, Harveys
Lake, incumbent and president of
the board. The Republican nomi-
nees for a four-year term, Sorchik’s
goal is quality education, at a time
when increased teachers salaries
and inflation will continue to gnaw
at the district’s budget. Lake-
Lehman’s teachers contract expires
in 1985.
Incumbent Allen Keiper of RD 1,
Noxen, is completing his first six-
year term on the board. He won
both party nominations for a four-
year term in the primaries. Keiper
has two children in the district's
schools and cares about quality
education, as well as the welfare of
the taxpayer.
“I still see areas in the district
that need improvement and I’m not
totally satisfied with what I see
between the Board and the adminis-
tration,” said Keiper.
Martin Noon, proprietor of a
Dallas Service Station, won the
Democratic nomination for a four-
year term. hia
“If elected, I plan to measure the
éducation the kids. are getting for
the amount of tax dollars’ paid.
(See LEHMAN, page 8)
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Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Drug show debuts
A town meeting will be hel
tonight, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the
Dallas Junior High School in con-
junction = with ‘“The Chemical
People,” a nationwide program
about the effort to fight drug abuse
among our youth, which will be
aired tonight (Nov. 2) and Wednes-
day, Nov. 9, on WVIA-TV/Channel
44.