BRIGHTON BRINLERY CO BOX 324 BRIGHTON, Ia TRGA0 Kb Vol. 96, No. 17 Wednesday, May 8, 1985 25 Cents Council By JUDIE MATHERS Staff Writer The political slate has widened to include 10 persons now vying for various positions in the Borough of Dallas. Openings exist for the office of Mayor of the Borough and posi- tions for three council members for 4-year terms, and three council members for 2-year terms. The Dallas Post presents the following information for the consideration of area voters: NAME: Paul Labar POSITION: Mayor - Incumbent ADDRESS: 37 Main St., Dallas AGE: 67 EDUCATION: Graduate of Dallas Borough High School OCCUPATION: Retired CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS: Trea- surer, Dallas Fire and Ambulance; Odd Fellows 371; member, Dallas Methodist Church. POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: One 4 year term on Borough Council, finishing 4 year term as mayor. FAMILY: Wife, Millicent of Dallas; 1 son and two stepchildren “I’m not a politician. I'm a civic minded person who wants to help in the community wherever I can. I make no promises except to take things as they come and do the best I can. In a second class borough like Dallas, the position of mayor is a posts son between the people and the council. In that role I'll do what I can for the people with what we have to work with.” NAME: Edward “Ted’’ Montross POSITION: Mayor ADDRESS: 40 Maplewood, Dallas. AGE: 40 EDUCATION: Graduate of Dallas Senior High School OCCUPATION: Self employed, excavation business CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS: Shav- ertown Methodist Church POLITICAL EXPERIENCE: None; Police Department for 18 years FAMILY: Wife, Theresa McCue Montross; 1 son, 1 daughter. “Most people really don’t know what’s going on in the Borough, and I'd like to make them more aware. I don’t believe the people are ‘getting the help and leadership they need and deserve, and I think my becom- ing mayor could help change that.” NAME: William J. Berti POSITION: Councilman - 4 year term - incumbent ADDRESS: 44 Franklin St., Dallas AGE: 50 EDUCATION: Graduate of Dallas High School CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS: Member of Dallas Fire and Ambul- ance Assn, 19 years; Head of Civil Church quilters The quilters of Trinity United Presbyterian Church, Dallas, made a hand pieced quilt and now are quilting it for a gift to the Back Mt. Memorial Library. The quilt is a triangle patch quilt with a maroon and gray border, 88x94. The Women's Organization has quilted as a money making project for Missions. The Back Mountain Library has been honored for the Frances Dallas Post/Ed Campbell Linskill, Meryl Davis, Marianne Williams, Catherirg Bolinski, Mary Evans, Nancy Delinsky and Esther Miller. Mary Chappell is president of the Women’s Association of the church. Shown here, from left, are Marianne Williams, Nancy Delinsky, Barbara Barakat, Catherine Bolinski, Grace Martin, in charge of quilting; . Meryl Davis, Mary Elizabeth Chapel, president; Tree planters Dallas Post/Ed Campbell Brent Berth, PG&W Forester; Conservation District. and Joann Nardone, By JUDIE MATHERS Staff Writer Approximately 50 ecology stu- dents from Dallas Senior High School took part in a project last Friday that not only gave them a hands-on learning experience with Mother Nature ,but provided a com- munity service as well. The students, with the guidance of their ecology teacher Wayne Hughes, participated in a tree plant- ing project sponsored by PG&W and coordinated through the ' Luzerne County Conservation District. Joanne Nardone, a representative of the Luzerne County Conservation District who was at the scene explained that PG&W notified them that the trees were to be planted to replace many that had been cut down around the Huntsville Dam area. “This is regular procedure for Post aids Crime Watch p.m. at the Dallas Senior High School auditorium. watch and how to get a crime watch organized. Bradshaw, chairman of the Luzerne County Crime Watch Associa- tion, will present a brief program and will be available to answer any questions. They will also gladly lend their assistance to any persons wishing to organize a crime watch in their neighborhood. Local police departments of the boroughs and townships in the Back Mountain area have endorsed this program and will provide their full cooperation. The meeting will be held on Thursday, May 16, at 7:30 in the Dallas Sr. High auditorium. We look forward to seeing you there. Manager, Luzerne County PG&W and their ongoing reforesting projects,” Ms. Nardone said. ‘We always turn to interested schools and groups to see if they are inter- ested in taking part.” The Conservation District then contacted Hughes to see if the students would participate in the planting program. Hughes, who had taken part in similar projects with his students in the past, readily agreed. The' ecology lesson got underway Friday as students, armed with picks and shovels, set out to plant 500 to 600 trees per acre in some of the areas aroung the dam and on leveled the countryside. Brent Birth, of the Forestry Department of PG&W explained, “We had to cut down the trees we did for various reasons, and now through this project we are replant- ing and, in some areas, seeding the ground. In all, we plan to put in about 7000 trees around the perime- ter of the Dam. “We're mixing varieties of Nor- wegian and White spruce, Austrian pine and American larch,” he added. According to Birth, the majority of the rest of the clean-up is up to the County. Kunkle expected to resign Mark Kunkle, manager of Kings- ton Township, is expected to submit his resignation tonight at the town- ship supervisors’ meeting. Kunkle told The Dallas Post that he would make no comment to the media until after tonight’s meeting. “I’d rather the supervisors hear what news there is directly from me rather than reading about it in the paper,” Kunkle stated on Sunday. Daniel Wisnieski, a township supervisor, commented, “We've all heard stories about his resigning to take another position somewhere else, but we’re giving him the cour- tesy of not prying until he makes an announcement on his own. ‘Everyone has heard some thing, though, and we’ve already gotten many unofficial applications from people interested in the position,” he added. If indeed, a resignation is received tonight, the Board of Supervisors for Kingston Township have said they will advertise to fill the position. Painting presented Dallas Post/Ed Campbell from left, Bill John D. Lewis, artist; Wyoming Valley Art League. ‘“‘Bowhunter’s Challenge,” an acrylic painting done by John D. Lewis of Plymouth, has been donated to the Back Mountain Memorial Library by the Wyoming Valley Art League. This is the third year a Purchase Award has been presented to a public service organization. Pre- vious ‘recipients have been the Osterhout Library, Nesbitt Memo- rial Hospital and the First Eastern Bank of Wilkes-Barre. This year, two recipients were selected with the other painting being donated to the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Claire Chollak, president of the Wyoming Valley Art League, presented the painting . May 18. The Clean Up Program will be different then in past years due to the time needed to conduct the Dallas Post/Ed Campbell clean up door to door and the costs of disposal of the clean up items. This year the program will offer any township resident the opportun- ity to bring permited clean up items to the Township Maintenance Build- ing lovecated on East Center Street, Shavertown. Clear up items will be deposited in lar.> dumpster type
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