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Vol. 96, No. 1u
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Wednesday, March 20, 1985
Teachers
accept
contract
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Statf Correspondent
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Lake-Lehman School Board last
Tuesday, few questions were raised
about the recent settlement of the
teachers contract.
The negotiations, which were han-
dled by the district’s solicitor, Atty.
Peter Savage, for.the board and
Walter Glogowski, for the Lake-
Lehman Education Association,
were started in January and settled
during the first week of March.
The contract accepted by the
teachers is for four years and the
projected cost to the taxpayers over
that period of time could be an
increase of 20 mills or five mills per
ear.
The district’s business manager,
Raymond Bowersox, explained the
increase would be less than that,
depending on the district’s reim-
bursement from the state each year
and annual revenue from residents.
Bowersox indicated that the Lake-
Lehman District’s rate of reim-
bursement has increased over the
past number of years, thus leaving
the district in good financial condi-
tion and allowing them to estimate
high tax increases that may have to
be imposed.
A mill in taxation is approxi-
mately $20,000 in revenue, accord-
ing to Bowersox’ estimate.
Although it was announced that
the agreement represented a 7.9
percent increase, not all teachers
will receive a 7.9 increase. Accord-
ing to Bowersox, the largest rate of
increase will be to teachers in their
first, second, third and fourth years.
Starting salaries will increase from
$12,600 to $17,990 in the fourth year.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield benefits
will remain the same, but teachers
will get a second opinion gn recom-
mended surgeries. Life insurance
coverage was increased.
Robert Emory, taxpayer, asked
Attorney Savage how many sessions
were necessary. in negotiating ‘the
contract and how many proposals
were submitted. Savage replied
there many, many proposals sub-
mitted and, although at the begin-
ning of the negotiations both sides
had agreed to two hour sessions, the
sessions sometimes ran longer in
order to conclude phases of the
proposals.
Board president Joseph ‘‘Red”
Jones commended Savage for the
outstanding job he did in the nego-
tiations.
In other ‘business, the board
approved the appointment of Cheryl
Travis as assistant softball coach
for the 1984-1985 season at a salary
of $855 per negotiated contract. The
board also approved an hourly rate
of $7.60 per hour for the 1985
summer program.
The 1985-1986 school calendar with
(See TEACHERS, page 8)
Women in business
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
(EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the final
part of a six-part series, entitled
“Women in Business’’ which takes a
look at Back Mountain women who
are functioning in what used to be a
man’s business world.)
When Karen Brown of Muhlen-
burg started to work part time at
First Eastern Bank while a student
at Dallas High School, she had no
idea it would become a full time
position after graduation.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Leon Kern of the Back Mountain,
Karen is married to E.J. Brown,
self-employed.
When she first started to work at
the Dallas Village Office of First
Eastern Bank, Karen was a teller,
but soon started working full time
and moved into the loan office at
the Dallas office.
Later, she was named a platform
assistant and, in a relatively short
time, moved to the Crossroads
office of the bank where she worked
with loan applications, credit rat-
ings and such.
Karen’s next promotion was to the
loan department in the main office
of the bank in Wilkes-Barre, where
she worked until she was appointed
personnel assistant.
In her: present position, Karen
does recruiting, interviewing, plac-
ing of - applicants, hiring, making
recommendations on the employ-
ment laws, regulations, etc.
Karen enjoys her position and the
work that goes with it. Her ultimate
Run for the money
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By PAMELA AARON
Staff Correspondent
i
Mary Reistetter Ehret, Food
Service Manager of the Dallas
"School District, resigned last week,
just a few days after the P.P.S.P.A.
negotiations commitiee sent her a
telegram informing her of their
decision ‘to implement a selective
strike in the district.
Ehret told her employees (mem-
bers of the union) last Thursday
that she that she had some ‘‘good
news and some better news.” The
good news, Ehret said, was that she
was terminating her employment
with A.R.A. and the better news,
according to Ehret, was that A.R.A.
had an immediate replacement for
her.
A.R.A. representative David Flah-
erty believes the reason for Ehret’s
resignation at Dallas are because of
her interest in dietetics in a hospital
setting. He ‘claims she (Ehret) has
already received a job offer, how-
ever, Ms. Ehret was unavailable for
comment on that matter.
Ehret had been employed by
A.R.A. in the Dallas District for the
past four years. :
The P.P.S.P.A. strike issue was
born last Monday evening when
A.R.A. failed to move on any points
the workers had been asking for.
The cafeteria workers have been
in negotiations with the A.R.A. com-
pany since August of 1984, when
they received notification that their
hours were to be cut and, in many
cases, their locations of employ-
ment changed. A.R.A. re-estab-
lished some hours, but did not re-
establish the total contract.
Efforts to reach A.R.A. for com-
President Joseph Newbaur of
A.R.A. nor Thomas Bellinger
returned calls.
As to the reasons why A.R.A. has
a deficit, enrollment may be one
problem, offered Sandra Vidlika,
business manager.
Former board committee chair-
person Barbara Mead had said that
perhaps it was a rebellious type of
thing with the kids. Enrollment may
be one problem, however, less than
half the students are currently
(See FOOD, page 8)
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
The fund-raising campaign for the
construction of a Center for Tech-
nology at the Wilkes-Barre Campus
of Pennsylvania State University
will not be conducted until January
of 1986, John N. Conyngham III,
chairman of the campus’ advisory
board, explained at a news confer-
ence last Wednesday at Genetti’s
Best Western Motor Inn in Wilkes-
Barre.
In accord with a request by the
Community on Economic Growth,
the local campus agreed to wait
until 1986 to conduct its campaign,
but Conyngham explained the plans
for the new Center will get under-
way as early as this month.
A committee comprised of stu-
dents, faculty members, alumni,
employers and potential future
employers of graduates, as well as
other members of the community
will be ‘organized to help with the
planning of the Center.
Dr. James Ryan, executive officer
at the local campus, said plans for
the new Center for Technology are a
result of Penn State’s desire to meet
the needs of the community in
connection with the CEG marketing
plan to encourage and hold industry
in Wyoming Valley, as well as needs
for expansion at the Wilkes-Barre
Campus. ;
The proposed Center will include
laboratories with state-of-the art
ing in engineering and engineering
technology, and for use by the
community in continuing education
seminars and by. school groups.
Dr. Ryan foresees part of the
facility as a living-learning lab for
use as a community resource and
compared it to a ‘“‘mini-Epcot.”’
The local campus has a long
engineering and engineering tech-
nology, but the telecommunications
program was singled out because it
is the only one in the nation produc-
ing graduates and because it relates
to the industry which CEG consi-
ders the Number One prospect for
this area. CEG is marketing the
Wyoming Valley area to tele-com-
munications firms and has
requested Penn State to continue its
efforts in this field and in its other
technical areas.
More than half of the current 800
students at the local campus are
majoring in engineering or technol-
ogy.
Dr. Ryan emphasized the good job
placement record of the Wilkes-
(See PSU, page 8)
take risks and make decisions and
considering and taking action on
new ideas.
“In the banking world, one has to
(See WOMEN, page 8)
goal is to get to the top. Her more
immediate goals are to continue her
education, maintain a sense of
humor, self motivation and more
customer contact, willingness to
"PSU Campus
progressing campus program.
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