By PAM AARON Staff Correspondent A motion to accept the resignation of school director Barbara Mead was passed at the November meeting of the Dallas School Board held Monday evening. Mrs. Mead, whose seat at the meeting remained empty throughout the evening, offered her resignation to the board via letter. Ernest Ashbridge, Intermediate Unit and Finance airman, proposed a letter of appreciation be sent to rs. Mead from the board, for her fine work. The motion passed unanimously. In May of this year, Mrs. Mead was accused of the theft of funds while serving as treasurer of the Dallas Township Parent/Teacher Organization. A frial on that matter is scheduled in Luzerne County Court. Dr. William Camp, chairman of the Education Committee, proposed the ‘behind the wheel” portion of the driver education program at the senior high school, be reinstated. The students will pay a materi- als usage fee of $38.00 and will participate in the program before and after school and on Saturdays. William Baran was reinstated as a certified driver education teacher. Named as instructors were Larry Griffin, John McCarthy and Larry Schuler, as instrue- tors. The motion was seconded by Albert Pisaneschi and passed unanimously. Thomas A. Williams, assistant in charge of junior high school wrestling, resigned, effective immediately. Replacing him will be Stephen Kaschenbach. Board president Joseph O’Donnell proposed that the Dallas Educational Alternative Learning Plan (DEAL) program be reinstated. Dr. Camp reviewed the Citizens Advisory Commit- tee’s findings and submitted a report stating the alternatives to the plan are not feasible at this time. The deal program is one in which students who are suspended‘ are removed from the learning environ- ment. Ashbridge commented that removing these students allows other, more interested students, the opportunity to concentrate on their studies. A vote on this issue saw a negative vote cast by director Tex Wilson with Harry Sickler abstaining. All other board moors voted in favor of the program’s reinstate- men Director John George that the final offer had been made to the DSSPA (Dallas School Service Personnel) and that they are presently negotiating with a mediator. A final meeting is seheduled for November 25 to solidify the offer. The school board also passed a motion allowing the Back Mountain Memorial Library to lease space within the former Dallas Elementary School for the purpose of a day care center. The motion was chi. Ashbridge recommended that a resolution be made to allow necessary budget transfers for the following: Administration - $5,000; Instruction - $110,000; Pupil Personnel Service - $7, 500; Health Services - $13, 500; Capital Outlay - $18,000; Debt Service - $45,000. The motion was seconded by George and passed. The board also hired James Ryan as a part time security officer at $3.35 an hour, commencing Novem- ber 13; Nancy Panarella as a part-time audio-visual technical assistant, pro-rated at $3,000, effective November 13. A resolution was proposed to appeint John Monka as groundskeeper at the first step in the salary scale. The motion was passed with only Pisaneschi and George voting against it. Also passed was the appointment of Susan Farr as Transportation Coordinator, on the second step of the salary scale. Vol. 95, No. 43 25 Cents Reagan » Wins By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Correspondent Ronald Reagan won big over Walter Mondale in his bid for a second term in the White House, but his big majority victory was not enough to ride other Republicans into local offices on his coattails. Despite ‘the incumbent winning in Pennsylvania by ‘a 51-49 percent margin over Mondale, the predomi- nantly Republican Back Mountain area gave Reagan a landslide vote. The 1984 election did not ‘change “fie Pennsylvania congressional del- . egates, however, and apparently 13 pDemocrats and 10 Republicans will be sworn into office in January. Until the early hours of Wednes- day morning, Nov. 7,.it appeared that Allen Ertel was defeating Republican incumbent attorney gen- eral LeRoy Zimmerman, but last hour returns gave the victory to Zimmerman. Republican incumbent State Treasurer defeated outgoing Democrat auditor general Al Bene- dict in the race for the treasurer’s position, but Democrat Don Bailey bested Republican Susan Shanaman for the auditor general office. Local political leaders attributed Reagan’s landslide victory to sev- eral factors — one, his television charisma which overpowered Mon- dale; two, Mondale’s pro-choice stand on abortion, Mondale’s prom- ise of a tax increase and Reagan’s His vote counts speeches pushing motherhood and God and country. Reagan really didn’t say anything specific, said one political leader, but he made his remarks sound convincing. Evidently, voters were not too influenced across the board when it came to voting for other candidates because in the 11th Congressional District Democrat Paul Kanjorski of Nanticoke defeated Republican Robert Hudock by more than 31,000 votes in the District which includes Luzerne County. Columbia, Nor- thumberiand, Carbon, Montour, Monroe and Sullivan Counties. Kan- jorski will assume the office now held by Democrat Frank Harrison. In the legislative districts, Repub- lican incumbent Frank Coslett defeated Democrat Robert Pietro for the 120th District seat, returning to the State House of Representa- tives for his fourth term. The 120th District includes Kingston, Forty Fort, Wyoming, Kingston Township, Exeter Borough, West Pittston, Dallas Township, Dallas Borough, Exeter Township, Franklin Town- ship and part of Lehman Township. In the 119th Legislative District, Democrat incumbent Stanley Jaro- lin easily defeated Republican John Cicero. Jarolin, who is from Nanti- coke will return to Harrisburg for his second term of office. The 119th District is predominantly Democrat. Cicero, a former Wyoming Valley West School Board director, ran (See ELECTION, page 10) Dallas Post/Ed Campbell Lehman Fire Hall. Champion leader in Langhorne, Pa. Smokers at College Misericordia, who are trying to kick the habit during the Great American Smo- keout on Nov. 15, can call “Smoke Busters” for help. Smoke-Busters are students from the college’s Student Nurse’s Asso- ciation. In response to calls to the nursing department, Smoke-Busters will immediately arrive on the scene offering alternatives - lolli- pops, gum or a lecture, whichever works best for the smokers. In addition to Smoke-Busters, the student nurses are also promoting the “Adopt a Smoker” 'program sponsored by the American Cancer Society. The adoption papers state that the adopted smoker will give up smoking during the Great Ameri- can Smoke-Out with encouragement from their adopted helper. Students: of Lake-Lehman High School are observing ‘Dallas Week’ this week, in preparation for the ‘Old Shoe” game. It was ‘Lehman Pride Dress Up Day’ on Monday, followed by ‘Slave Day’ on Tuesday. On Slave Day, all of the senior football players, cheer- leaders and other senior athletes were sold to the student body for the day. “Turn Dallas Inside Out” is the theme for tomorrow with a student body and faculty wearing T-shirts or sweat shirts inside out. “The Almost Anything Goes Day’’ is Thursday, as 10-person teams, five girls and five guys will partici- pate in a variety of events and on Friday, there will be a Pep Rally at 2:30 p.m. At 6 p.m., there will be the Annual Bonfire sponsored by the Lehman All-Sports Booster Club. The Old Shoe Game, the one football game in the Back Mountain that sees records and stat sheets go right out the window, is on tap for this Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. at the Lake-Lehman Football Stadium. The Dallas Post, in an attempt to bring you the most complete pre- game coverage, has devoted several pages in our Sports Section to just that - pre-game coverage of the Old Shoe Game. You'll meet the senior members of both the Dallas and Lake-Lehman football teams and hear what they have to say about the upcoming game. You'll also hear the head coaches of both Back Mountain teams and their predictions and you’ll also be amazed at the history of the Old Shoe Trophy itself and how far back it actually dates. We've compiled as much informa- tion as possible to give you the most detailed coverage we can. And, next week we’ll bring you full coverage of Saturday’s big game. x Dallas places ninth Band The Lake-Lehman High School Marching Band made it two in a row by capturing first place in the 1984 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championships this weekend in Langhorne, Pa. Competing in Groupt III against 20 bands from New Jersey, Dela- ware, Maryland, West Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania, the Marching Black Knights performed their field show with great preci- sion. That precision combined with their outstanding music, proved to be a winning combination as the Back Mountain band brought home a first place trophy. The Tournament of Bands cham- pienship comes just one week after the Lake-Lehman Band eaptured first place in the ‘Cavalcade of Bands Championships conducted last weekend at Pittston Area High School. The Marching Mountaineers of Dallas High School, competing in Group II in the Tournament of Bands Championships finished in ninth place and were the only band from their chapter to finish in this weekend’s Top 10. The Dallas band front tied for Tournament of Bands competition. The Lake-Lehman Marching Band, enjoying a banner year this season, also carries with it the honor of becoming the first Wyo- ming Valley band to ever win a state championship. The fact that the Marching Black Knights have not only won a state championship, but have also earned an Atlantic Coast championship, makes the vic- tory doubly sweet. The Lake-Lehman Band, after performing in Langhorne on Satur- day, was back at work Sunday afternoon as a participant in the Annual Veterans Day Parade held in Kingston and Wilkes-Barre. The Dallas and ‘Lake-Lehman Marching Bands will go head-to- head this weekend as they will both have the opportunity to perform during the Annual Old Shoe Game scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Lake-Lehman Football Stadium. John Miliauskas is director of the Lake-Lehman Marching Band while Doug Ide served as drum major. The Dallas Marching Band is under the direction of David Benn with David Garber as drum major and Francis Baines as assistant drum major. This week is National Children’s Book Week. That may not seem to many people as a reason for cele- bration, but to the residents of the Back Mountain and surrounding areas, it has a very special signifi- cance this year. The Back Mountain Memorial Library Children’s Branch has taken up residence in its new quart- ers on the second floor of the former Dallas Borough Elementary School building on Huntsville Road in Dallas. This move is only Phase I of the relocation of the entire library to a huge new facility, one which will soon become one of the largest rural libraries in Eastern Pennsyl- vania. Thanks to the farsightedness and Honoring veterans generosity of the Dallas school directors, the library was able to acquire the vacated elementary school building on Huntsville Road and renovations are currently underway to accomplish the entire move to the new facility. In order to accomplish this ambi- tious move, a committee of library board members and interested citi- zens have launched a capital fupds drive to raise the $450,000 needed to accomplish the task. The cost of building a new facility of this size would be $1% million. Nancy Eckert and Homer Moyer, both of Dallas, co-chairmen of the fund-raising campaign, are seeking the support of the entire community in this worthwhile endeavor. Births ... Calendar “i Classified .. Cookbook .................... Editorial ..................... 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