By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Insalaco’s Market will expand to the Back Mountain
area within the next year, planning to build in the
newly proposed Country Club Shopping Center on
Route 309, Dallas.
The announcement was made last week when
officials from the J.L. Architectural firm of Shaver-
townunveiled their plans to the Dallas Township
Planning Commission.
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According to the outline, the center will be con-
structed on a seven-acre site adjacent to the township
Municipal building near the Northeastern Bank office,
along Route 309.
The property is currently owned by Humford Equi-
ties of Wilkes-Barre.
Final approval for the project, however, will not be
announced until March 18 by the township zoning
board. The opening is set for October 1985. -
Although Insalaco’s has been the only store named
to move in so far, officials say they have been
contacted from a number of other businesses.
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“We had been contacted by a lot of stores even
before we made the announcement,’ George Nichol-
son, a representative of Humford Equities said.
“It is highly unusual for:all spaces to be rented out
before completion of a building,” Nicholson added.
“They will be named as the project moves along.
‘“Insalaco’s will be the anchor tenant. Aside from
them we don’t know who else will be in there. We had
a few drug stores express interest but we don’t know
for sure who else will be in.”
Nicholson said Insalaco’s will occupy 31,000 feet of
the 50,000 allocated for the shopping center, including
7,000 set for a drug store. The remaining spaces will
be occupied by either one large store and a number of
smaller ones or by just a group of small businesses.
Associates of the architectural firm, John Lukasa-
vage and H. John Holthaus, said plans for the center
also include a covered walkway. In addition, entrances
and exits will be located off Route 309 and Upper
Demunds Road with parking spaces to be situated on
the upper side of the lot facing the Municipal building.
Vol. 97, No. 7
Wednesday, February 26, 1986
25 Cents
By JOHN HOINSKI
Residents of Davenport Street say
they are fed up with the Dallas
Water Company and that they are
not happy with the quality of work
the company has been producing.
“I've had it with them,” Sherry
Hann said. “They don’t care. One
week, they broke our gas line and
the next week they broke our sewer
line. They just dig, but they don’t
care where they are digging.”
For the past few months, workers
have been installing new water lines
on the street near Newberry Estates
as part of a project that originated
back in 1981. With the help of a
$455,000 low-interest Water Facili-
ties loan, the company has been
. been replacing old leaky pipes with
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bors say they have turned their
once beautiful road into a quagmire.
“There used to be grass on our
front yard,” Hann said. ‘But now,
ease of the-water runoff from
the road, it’s ‘eroding and coming
_ back further and further inte our
property. Even after they replaced
the pipes there were still leaks.
“I just want to know if they will
accept responsibility for the mess
they are making,” Charles Hann
added.
John Salla, general manager of
the Dallas Water Company, said he
does realize that the construction
does cause some inconveniences but
he believes his crews have been
doing a good job.
“Overall, I would say they are
doing a good job,” Salla noted. ‘‘I
know people are being inconven-
ienced to some extent, but with the
weather conditions involved I think
they are doing a good job.
“I would like to tell the people if
they have a problem to call and we
will fix it immediately,’”” Salla
added.
But residents voiced other com-
plaints as well.
“This is terrible,” said one resi-
dent who wished not be be identi-
fied. “I understand that they have a
job to do, but when they finish they
should leave the road in decent
condition. They make holes in the
road and they fill it in with mud
instead of packing:it in with dirt:
bad that one car had to be lifted out
by a tow truck after it sunk in the
crossing leading to a driveway.
Residents would like to see the
borough council pass some sort of
(See UPSET, page 2)
Daisy Troop 625 of Dallas, under the direction of Sharon Hartshorne, enjoyed a pfesentation by
interesting talk about hew homeland: Minna is a senior at Dallas High Schoai, The Daisy Scouts,
kindergarten age students, were amazed at the dinnerence in living in Finlang: Minna wore her
ethnic costume which showed beautiful hand embroidery done by her mother, father and
herself. Each town.in Finland has its own special dress. Shown here, from left, first row, are
Sara Podehl, Nadalie Temperine, Corrine Frinola, Beth Hartshorne. Second row, Cari Cave, Amy
Lloyd, Emlyn Farinola, Minna Tolavonen, Megan Elston and Vivian Riley.
Joseph Mollahan.
Woman injured in crash
Shown here in the photo at left is the car driven by Margaret H.
Phillips, 503 Carverton Road, Wyoming, after she hit an ice patch
early Sunday morning in Kingston Townsh#.
According to police reports, Phillips was operating her 1985
Oldsmobile Ciera when the vehicle hit an ice patch and struck a
center guard rail that opened into the northbound lane.
Phillips was injured in the accident and was transported to Nesbitt
Memorial Hospital where she was originally listed in serious
condition. Her status has since been upgraded to ‘fair.’
Phillips’ 12-year old daughter, Meredith, who was a passenger, was
treated and released.
Officer Michael Morvic was the investigating officer
Potholes
devouring
car tires
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
There is one word familiar. to
anyone who has driven a car in the
past few weeks — ‘‘pothole” —
those looming crators that strike
without a moment’s notice, devour-
ing tires and sending motorists
scurrying to local repair garages.
Throughout the Wyoming Valley
and surrounding areas, travelers
have become increasingly irritated
over the rising number of potholes
and the hazardous driving condi-
tions they have been posing.
In an effort to help curb the
been out making repairs to alleviate
the problem at least temporarily.
“Right now we are taking care of
the A (primary) roads,” William
Britt, foreman of a PennDOT crew
working on Route 309 in Kingston
Township said. “We have to attend
to them first because they are the
main roads, the roads that are the
busiest. We won’t be able to get to
the secondary ones for a while. We
still have to take care of the major
roads like Rt. 3097762, RT. 115 and
Carverton Road. They take first
priority.” . s
While PennDOT provides service
for the state roads, officials from
local municipalities say they have
(See POTHOLES, page 2)
Inside The Post
Births .................... 8
Calendar .............. 16
Classifieds ....... 13,15
Commentary ......... 6
Cookbook ............... 7
Obituaries ....... 4
People ................... 8
Property transfers . 2
School .................. 12
Sports ............ 9,10,11