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.
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Reagan
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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.
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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.
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