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1985 Olympians
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Leading characters
noon to 5 p.m.
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purpose of the meeting, Kanjorski
said, was ‘to discuss the many
issues affecting our district in order
to better reflect and represent your
(the voters) intentions.” :
- The main topic of the meeting
Social Security Cost-of-Living
Adjustments for fiscal year 1986.
* President Reagan and the. U.S.
Senate have stood firm calling for a
freeze on S.S. payments while the
U.S. House proposes a four percent
inflation increase. The four percent
increase, if passed, would amount to
an additional $200 a year for S.S.
~ recipients, or approximately $4 per
week.
Kanjorski said that if the increase
is not passed some $22 million will
be lost from the 11th district, which
currently includes over 114,000
Social Security recipients. There
are over 500,000 in the Common-
wealth. Approximately one out of
every five reside in the 11th con-
gressional district.
~ “The loss in revenue would be
similar to closing six of our major
manufacturing firms,”” Kanjorski
said. “We're talking about losing
about 1000 to 2000 jobs.”
~ Kanjorski said that he would not
vote for any type of S.S. cut and he
would vote against any reduction in
COLA adjustments.
“I do not believe that deficit
reduction should be overcome on
the backs of our senior citizens,”
Kanjorski said. “I pledge to never
vote to cut the COLA.”
According to Kanjorski, President
Reagan proposes to eliminate
Urban Developement Action Grants
(UDAG) and the Small Business
Administration. These programs,
the Congressman said, ‘‘Are the
life-blood of reconstruction in North-
eastern Pennsylvania.”
In the area of education, Kanjor-
ski said that President Reagan
favors cuts in student loans and
grants because he (Reagan) favors
the South and Western parts of the
U.S. where education costs are far
lower than in the Northeast.
MONICA A. FLYNN, 18 Marabee
Avenue, Dallas, is among 366 Lafay-
ette College students who have been
named to the spring semester
Dean’s List which was announced
by Dr. william A. Jeffers, dean of
the college.
Each of the students has achieved
at least a 3.45 semester grade point
average out of a possible 4.0
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AREA RESIDENTS named to the
Dean’s List at the Pennsylvania
semester are:
Susan G. Conway, RD 4, Box 244,
Dallas; Brad J. Gerstein, 21 Pear
Tree Lane, Dallas; Deborah J. Hae-
fele, RD 4, Box 613, Oakhill, Dallas;
Margaret A. Hall, RD 2, B 347,
eo
According to Kanjorski, the Presi-
dent is wrong in looking to the West
because the cost of education in the
Northeast is much more expensive.
For example, in California a col-
lege student may attend one of its
many public-funded universities and
pay only $600 a year. In the state of
Texas it would cost a resident only
$45 a year. In Pennsylvania where
most colleges are not fully funded
with tax dollars, the annual college
tuition bill is approximately $4000 to
$6000 a year.
Kanjorski also stated that the U.S.
is heading in the wrong direction
with the military budget.
‘‘After discussing the military
with informed people in Congress,”
Kanjorski said, “it was shocking
and disappointing. I discovered that
the U.S. has only enough conven-
tional forces to fight in Europe for
10 days. Conventional weapons are
needed to give our diplomats a
chance to stop potential wars from
breaking into nuclear disasters.”
Said Kanjorski, ‘“We’ve never
asked them (Pentagon) to account
for the dollars spent, and the
defense got.”
Loyalville Road, Dallas; Kerrie A.
Lehon, 49 Circle Drive, RD 5,
Dallas; Debbie T. Miliauskas, Box
213 A, E. 42nd St., Dallas; Wendy K.
Morgan, 10 Windsor Drive, Dallas;
Tara L. Strauser, 7 Pear Tree Lane,
Dallas; Maria C. Ziolkowski, 411
Elmcrest Drive, Dallas.
Also, Joseph M. Baloga, 177 Lime-
wood RD Route 7, Shavertown;
Gary G. Parker 61 N. Lehigh St.,
Shavertown; Bradley J. Rhone, 135
Shadetree Rd. Rt 7, Shavertown;
William R. Scruitsky, 2087 Chase
Road, Shavertown; marilyn A. Wis-
nieski, 216 Chestnut St., Shaver-
town; Toni L. Brandon, RD 1, Box
230, Sweet Valley; and Karen L.
Williams, Box 129C, RD 1, Sweet
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Wycallis —
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tendent for Dallas district since
July of 1984. In 1977 he was
appointed as superintendent of Cur-
riculum and Instruction within the
district and held that post until
tackling the acting superintendent
slot.
Wyecallis joined the Dallas School
District in 1972 as an elementary
principal and stated immediately
‘after his appointment, “My decision
within the Dallas School District
will be based on programs for the
kids.”
Wycallis continued by saying, ‘If
I ever sway from that path, please
remind me.”
When asked what changes he
might have planned for the district
Wycallis said, “I don’t favor a total
overhaul of the district, just a
refinement of current programs.”
Wycallis said he will focus on
staff developement and student
writing programs.
Following a motion by finance
committee chairman Joseph O’Don-
nell to adopt the issuance of a Tax
and Revenue Anticipation Note,
business manager Sandra Vidlicka
explained the note could earn the
district upwards of $23,000.
According to Vidlicka, the school.
district will borrow $1 million from
United Penn Bank, Wilkes-Barre at
5.4 percent interest and will invest
the money. Dallas is expected to
make $23,000 from the invested
money. Last year, the district made
$60,000 from the $1 million invested
which equated to a savings of two
mills from the property tax levy.
Board member John George
motioned and member Donald
Jones seconded a motion to accept
the collective bargaining agreement
between the district and the Dallas.
School Service Personnel Associa-
tion. The vote carried a 7-0 vote.
The contract calls for a seven
percent pay increase for the next
two years followed by a 6.5 and six
percent increase the last two years.
The contract was agreed upon by
the two side after nearly a year of
negotiaitons. Board president
Ernest Ashbridge thanked George
and Jones for their efforts in secur-
ing the pact.
— JOHN F. KILDUFF
Vascar
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at your top speed, that’s what you
are fined for. VASCAR is much
fairer to people because it deter-
mines your average speed.”
Beisel, an eight year veteran of
the Kingston Township force,
explained that the VASCAR unit is
calibrated at the beginning of each
patrol shift. The patrol officer mea-
sures, with his vehicle, a one
quarter mile stretch of road with
the odometer module. As a car hits
the beginning section of the one
quarter mile, a timer is switched on
and then turned off at the end of the
stretch.
The computer then determines a
motorists’ average speed over the
one quarter mile stretch.
The one quarter mile stretch is a
certified section of road determined
by the Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation.
Dallas Township Police Chief Carl
Miers said that VASCAR can be
used to track speeders traveling in
front and behind the cruiser as well
as those traveling in the opposite
direction.
“VASCAR keeps the cruiser on
the road,” Miers said. “By using
reference points on the road,
VASCAR can measure how fast a
vehicle has traveled between two
points.”
VASCAR is also a one-man opera-
tion, Miers said. “It only takes one
officer to operate VASCAR and that
makes you more mobile.”
According to Miers, the older
method of using speed tapes meant
you had to have two officers lay
down strips of electronic tape,
which measured a vehicle’s speed
between a six-foot span. In the
event of a speeder, the officer had
to disconnect the tapes from his car
and then chase the violator. With
VASCAR, there are no tapes or
wires and the vehicle can either
track from a stationary or mobile
position.
A VASCAR unit costs approxi-
mately $2100. Patrol officers must
take a written and practical exam
before using the unit. It costs $150
for the first two officers trained and
$125 for additional patrolmen. Chief
Miers is a sales representative for
VASCAR, through Systems Innova-
tion of Hallstead, Pennsylvania.
Miers also gives instruction on how
to operate VASCAR.
In addition to the daily calibration
of VASCAR, Systems Innovation
checks the system every 60 days for
accuracy as required by the state.
VASCAR is reported to be accurate
to within two-tenths of a mile per
hour.
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Circus
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Indiana has been with the circus for
just six weeks as a prop-installer
and ride attendant and describes his
duties as “long and hard work.”
“I joined the circus six weeks ago
while I was in Atlanta, Georgia,”
Williford said. “They (Cireus USA)
picked me up as part of a work
detail through Atlanta’s unemploy-
ment office. I’ve been with them for
six long, hard weeks.”
“I really love to travel and that’s
why I joined the circus,” Williford
said. “The best part of this job is
Sunday — payday,” the 21-year old
said.
Williford said that the tents go up
and down very quickly because the
circus crew has been doing it for a
long time. “You get used to it like
anything else you do,” he said. “We
are usually packed up and ready to
roll in about two hours.”
Circus USA travels over 10,000
miles through twelve eastern states
from May to October. The circus
holds two performances at each
stop for a total of 250 shows.
“It’s a way of life,” manager
C.M. Christ said. “Circusing is not
just a vocation, it’s an avocation.”
When asked about the constant
travel and long hours Christ, 37, of
Buffalo, N.Y. said, ‘You get used to
it. It’s just like anything else you
do. If you do it long enough, you
‘learn it quick.”
Christ said that most of the per-
formers have second jobs which
they fall back on when the circus
months are over. Those that don’t,
Christ said, either find jobs in var-
ious towns they perform in or travel
down to circus USA’s headquarters
in Sarasota, Florida for ‘Winter
Quarters” work. Winter Quarters
work includes designing and repair-
ing the numerous circus props and
games used throughout the season.
Circus USA is only one of several
traveling shows offered by the Allan
C. Hill Entertainment Corporation
thoughout the year. Others include
The Great American Circus, The
Pan American Magic Show and a
series of stage show including, ‘Tom
Sawyer’,’Pinnocchio’ and ‘A Christ-
mas Carol.”
Traffic
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plastic crosswalks and stop bars at
the Harris Hill Road and Carverton
Road intersections.
Motorists are advised that the
change in traffic light timing will
only affect motorists traveling the
route during the following times: 7
a.m. to 10 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 7
p.m.
The PennDOT traffic survey was
used as a basis for determining the
peak traffic periods on Route 309.
The signalization was then changed
to accommodate the traffic accord-
ingly.
Residents utilizing the pedestrian
crossing switches which are con-
nected with lights at the intersec-
tions of Carverton Road, Harris Hill
Road and Center Street are
reminded that activation of the
crosswalk buttons is important to
insure that extra time will be
allowed on the light in order for a
pedestrian to safely cross the street.
In: many cases, individuals cross
the highway without activating the
crossing switch, and sometimes are
tion with a ‘Don’t Walk’ signal.
The purpose of the cross-walk
switch is to afford the pedestrian an
extra measure of safety through
additional crossing time.
The Kingston Township Supervi-
sors are also planning additional
work for the township’s traffic
installed on the traffic signal at
Carverton Road and Route 309.
Presently, many motorists do not
cross the bridge far enough to
activate the loop on Carverton
Road. Thus, traffic is backed up in
many instances. A new look will be
installed to provide more effective
activation of the traffic signal at
this intersection.
The Supervisors have also author-
ized the installation of plastic
coated cross-walk lines at the inter-
section of Center Street and Route
309.
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