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Vol. 96, No. 27
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By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
The Back Mountain Memorial Library Auc-
tion folded up its tents and packed away the
auctioneer’s microphones this past Sunday,
bringing the 39th annual event to a close and
leaving many auction workers with a true
sense of accomplishment.
“When it’s done you have a real sense of
accomplishment,” 63-year-old Joe Fry of 25
Davis Street, Trucksville said Sunday. ‘It is a
tremendous amount of work compared to last
year, but I really like it.”
Fry, the chairman of this year’s food stand,
said that his two-year involvement with the
auction was due to preserving the library for
his family as well the entire community.
“I always try to do things for my commu-
tain said. “I’m retired and I Tike to keep
busy. This (working the auction) is a great
way to keep busy,” Fry continued. “It’s a
community effort.”
Fry said that his five children (all grown)
have all used the libray and continue to use
its services today. Said Fry, “My children use
the library too, so its important IT make this
General chairman Monty Evans of Luzerne
said of the event, “It’s a community well
worth supporting. This is one of a few
community projects that really involves the
whole community.”
Evans called the auction’s opening day
(Thursday) a ‘fabulous night with lots of
people and lots to do.”’” Evans said the auction
did very well across the auction block.
“Today (Sunday) is really serious for the
items), we could hit out goal.”
The auction,
Pennsylvania, was drenched by Friday
night’s thunderstorm which put a damper on
the event’s fund-raising efforts. However,
Evans said that with the excellent showing
Saturday and Sunday, they could reach this
year’s $40,000 fund-raising goal.
Priscilla Liput of Church Street Dallas said
her efforts for the library are important
because, as a Dallas Area elementary school
teacher, she feels she can give something
back to the children of the community.
‘As a school teacher, I try to get students
to read all day long,” Liput, this year’s co-
chairman of the book booth, said. “Working
in the book booth gives me a chance to sell
books to students,’’ said Liput.
Liput said that upwards of 4,000 books and
magazines were sold during the four-day
event. Prices ranged from five cents to $20.
“The auction is fun,” said Liput. “It is a
nice place to meet friends.”
Officials of the State Correctional
Institute at Dallas (SCID) and
members of the three-year-old SCID
Citizen’s Committee gathered at the
prison Friday afternoon to discuss a
variety of security improvements
and the construction of two new cell
blocks.
The meeting, held in the office of
superintendent Joseph M. Ryan,
focused on the construction progress
of a new 300 inmate cell block
scheduled for use in September,
1985 and the current plans to erect
three new ‘escape’ sirens.
The conferees, who included Pat
Rusiloski, coordinator of the SCID
state repre-
sentatives George Hasay of Nanti-
coke and Stanley Jarolin of Plym-
outh, also discussed the prison’s
increase of guard personnel as well
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
The ongoing battle to nuetralize
the anabaena algae bloom at Har-
veys Lake reached the treatment
level Tuesday morning when offi-
cials administered the much dis-
cussed ‘copper sulfate’ solution.
Officials of Ecoscience Co. of
Moscow utilized two specially
designed ajr boats to treat the lake
with 2,200 pounds of Copper Sulfate.
The treatment process took most of
the morning.
According to Russell James of
Ecoscience, the copper sulfate
should Kill the algae within a 24-48
hour period. Swimming, water
skiing ‘and boating would then be
allowed, James said.
Ecoscience was awarded the
treatment contract during last
Thursday’s regularly scheduled
closed work session of Harveys
Lake Borough. The total cost of
treating the lake, including the
copper sulfate and the Ecoscience
work crew, is $3,250.
Harveys Lake Vorough council-
man Ray Jones said that the bor-
ough, on Friday, procurred a $2,000
matching grant through state repre-
sentative George Hasay’s office.
Harveys Lake Borough will contrib-
ute $1250 for the clean-up.
The copper sulfate treatment fol-
lows a two-week swimming advis-
ory for Harveys Lake, issued by the
Department of Environmental
Resources (DER) on July 2. The
anabaena algae, DER had stated,
"could cause forms of skin rashes
and would induce vomiting if swal-
lowed.
that the $2,000 grant was issued as a
one-time funding effort through the
Pennsylvania Water and Conserva-
tion Fund.
Hasay said that based on a ‘“spe-
cial recognition” from DER Secre-
tary Nicholas DeBenedictis, Har-
veys Lake received the funds. The
funds, Hasay said, were procurred
only because DER and other state
officials recognized the potential
damage to local businesses for the
current summer season.
Hasay also said that Harveys
Lake Borough should consider set-
ting aside funds in the event the
algae problem reoccurs this season
or next year,
When asked if Harveys Lake Bor-
ough would be prepared to fund a
after this problem (anabaena
algae), consideration will be given.”
If current plans designed to cut-
back and eventually eliminate the
Federal Revenue Sharing Program
become a reality in 1986, Kingston
Township is scheduled to loose over
$74,000, The Dallas Post has
learned.
At their regular monthly meeting,
the Kingston Township Board of
Supervisors informed residents of a
recent letter from the office of the
U.S. Treasury, which stated that
Federal Revenue Sharing funding
levels are uncertain for fiscal 1985-
86. The program is slated for termi-
nation in 1986.
According to Kingston Township
manager, Fred Potzer, the township
is “fortunate to have a growing
as a review of a recent prison yard
brawl.
According to Ryan, SCID recently
acquired two remote sites for the
$25,000 siren project. A third site
will be located on the prison
grounds. The two remote sirens will
be located along Huntsville Road,
near the Huntsville Nursery and
Chase Road, near the Banks Stone
quarry.
“This siren system is the very
latest type,” Ryan told the group of
approximately 20. “It’s a very
sophisticated operation.”
The siren system is a rotating
electrical model which can be tested
periodically without actually sound-
ing an alarm. The entire system is
radio-controlled. In the event of a
prison break, an alarm will sound at
(See PRISON, page 10
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community and is one of a few
municipalities that can weather the
storm.”
‘‘Many municipalities have
reached their maximum tax millage
levels,” Potzer said.
they will find themselves petitioning
Luzerne County Court for higher
millage rates.”
Kingston Township, Potzer said,
because ‘‘we don’t have our Reve-
nue Sharing funds locked into essen-
tial areas.”
Potzer said Revenue Sharing was
and was not intended to be used as
a annual addition to the general
operating budget.
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a surplus of funds and it was a time
of spending.”
Currently Kingston township uti-
lizes the $74,000 of Revenue Sharing
funds as follows:
Repair and maintenance of
municipal buildings.
Police education, fire and ambul-
ance equipment, public works
i
repair materials and supplies. :
Capital construction projects -
roads.
Purchase of a new payloader,
traffic signs and signals. Recreation
summer — hires and transportation
and supply costs for recreation pro-
grams.
tions such as the Back Mountain
Library, SPCA.
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