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Wednesday, April 30, 1986 25 Cents
Flap?
Council is split &
on center’s jobs
doesn’t see a problem.
By JOHN HOINSKI “Yeah, for sure they will
Staff Writer hired,” Montross said. “We (By, ]
Grieves and Harold Brobst, V
According to Dallas Borough form the recreation commi
Council member Ted Montross, have already told Jay Pope, wha
township residents who held in charge of the recreation cent
summer recreational jobs in the to hire them.
borough last summer will again be _ ‘I really don’t see a problem
hired this year, too, and that the did advertise first to see what
entire issue, which has come under Of response we would get. But we
heavy criticism by concerned citi- Not going to cause a big stink a
zens the past month, has been blown it. But I'll tell you this, if
way out of proportion. continue to have people raising
But the issue may still not be cut about it, we won’t hire them. P
and dried. have been calling council mem
During the past month, a flap had and complaining, and if it cont
developed over whether the Bor- I'm telling you, we won't
ough Council would re-hire certain them. ; :
individuals, who reside in Dallas Montross says he’s not ex
Township, for the summer months sure how the misunderstan
at the Burndale Recreation Park came about, but says some
located in Dallas Borough. Word Was probably misinterpreted a
had circulated that because the the way. We
building is situated in the borough ‘Rose Radzinski (whose da
that only borough residents would ter, Jill, is one of the individu
Hl be hired, and that township resi- Who worked at the center for
Dalas Posl/Te Cambie dents who held positions there the Past two years, but lives in
0 : previous year would not necessarily township) came up to me an
Is Spring here? for a while on Saturday morning, the rest of the weekend saw be hired back. ‘I hear that you are advertisin
Vol. 97, No. 16
have to pass a formal vote (proba-
program
The Kingston Township Board of
Supervisors will hold a Special
Meeting on Friday, May 9, at 8 p.m.
at the Township Municipal Building
to discuss the 1986 Capital Improve-
ment Program Funding sources for
this year’s program and the Gen-
eral Fund and State Liquid Fuels
Fund.
A total of $150,000 has been allo-
cated by the Board of Supervisors in
the 1986 Budget for capital improve-
ments which will consist of:
Resurfacing: West Mount Airy
Road, Ferguson Avenue, Spring
Street, Brook Street, West Franklin
Street, Elinore Street, Goeringer
Avenue, Johnson Street, Frangorma
Drive, West Hillside Avenue, Wood-
tip Drive, South Lehigh Street (from
Scouts meet
funding
Harris Hill Road to Orchard Street).
Resurfacing will consist of a leav-
ing course where needed, 1% inch
overlay of wearing course and
gutter replacement in certain areas.
Storm Drainage: Timothy Lane,
Terrace Street, Sickler Road,
Harris Hill Road, West Center
Street.
Storm drainage work will consist
of the placement of reinforced con-
crete pipe and storm drains in poor
drainage areas.
Mr. Chris Borton of Smith Miller
and Associates will present the pro-
posed improvements to the Board of
Supervisors. Residents from within
the project areas are invited to
attend.
Dallas Post/Ed Campbell
Cub Scout
Pack 281
Cub Pack 281 held its last pack
meeting of the year with the theme
Knights of the Round Table. Each
cub made his own sword, helmet
and shield.
The following badges and awards
were presented: One silver arrow to
Brad Kozick, Nelson Downend, Don
Hartshorne, Dennis Miller, Aaron
Gingo, David Rhodes, Matt Wil-
liams and Donald Holdredge. Two
silver arrows to Chris Kile, and
Donald Hosey. Three silver arrows
to Jamie Bottoms. One gold arrow
to Chris Kile and Donald Holdredge.
Donald Holdredge earned his wolf
badge and Chris Kile andDavid
Townsend received the bear badge.
Tiger awards were presented to
Tom Jesso, Joey Dreier, Nathan
Downend, Chris Miller and Greg
Reilly. Ron Hubbard received his
God and Family Award.
The following accomplishments
were ‘made by Webelos: Chris
Brown, Arrow of Light, athlete,
aquanaut, engineer, craftsman and
scientist. David Seidel, scientist;
Jamie Oley, scientist; Chris Pelton,
scientist; Mike Neil and Chris
Thomas, scientist.
The pack also held a bridging
ceremony for these boys going into
Boy Scouts: David Holdredge, Andy
Flint, Ron Dugan, David Seidel,
Jamie Oley, Mike Neil, Chris Brown
and Chris Thomas.
Next year’s Committee members
are Cub Master Joe Noon, Unit
Commissioner, Nancy McDonald,
Chairperson, Jackie Downend,
Treasurer, Sharon Holdredge,
Awards Chairperson, Gail Bottoms,
Religious Counselors, Judy Loefler
and Jackie Downend, Publicity,
Gail Bottoms, New Webleo leaders,
Tom Bottoms and Dave Kozick.
bly at next month’s mesting) he
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
For the past several years, there
has been considerable talk by law
enforcement officials and politicians
alike, concerning the possibility of
forming a Countywide Police Force,
a cohesive unit designed to provide
better police protection for Luzerne
County residents while strengthen-
ing the overall system in general.
But judging from indications,
because of a number of barriers,
that’s the stage it is likely to stay
in, at least for some time.
“Eight or ten years ago, I thought
we would have had one by now,”
Dallas Township police chief Carl
Miers said. “But now that time has
passed, so it’s hard to say when it
will take place.”
“It’s going to probably come
some day,” added Kingston Town-
ship police chief Paul Sabol.
“Maybe 15 years or so down the
line.”
But before it someday becomes a
reality, a number of pressing prob-
lems must be ironed out, including
funding, pensions and organiza-
tional structure to name a few.
That’s assuming, of course, every-
one from private citizens to the
police to administrative heads agree
on the idea to begin with.
“The two things stopping us right
now are 1) the majority of towns
don’t want it and 2) the financial
end,”’” Luzerne County Commis-
sioner Frank Trinisewski said. Both
he and fellow Republican commis-
sioner Jim Phillips agree the con-
cept is a good idea in theory, but
practically speaking, it won’t
happen for some time.
“It’s not that I'm against it. It’s
just that more important issues take
precedence,” Phillips stated. For
example, raising the dikes, which is
a major concern right now, will cost
.somewhere between 24 and 28
milion dollars. Then there is the
Solid Waste Resource Recovery
Plant which will cost another $135
million. And then of course there is
reassessment, which everyone
wants, and that’s another $7 million.
That’s a lot of money.
“Well, then you say, ‘Why not
that is that you wind up paying back
double what you borrowed.
“And I question at this point how
badly we really need it (County
Wide Force),” Phillips continued.
“After that incident occurred in
Lehman Township where that guy
was holed up inside his house with a
gun, one paper had an editorial
saying how efficient the police were,
with the different departments help-
ing one another, but then contra-
dicted itself by calling for a County
Wide Force. But if that case wasn’t
an example of one, I don’t kn
what is.”
Phillips does believe the fo
would provide better personn
replacing some part-time offici
who have not had extensive trai
with more experienced police,
there is also a political stumbl
block to be dealt with, too. ]
“There are council members
different towns who do not want
give up that control,”’ Philli
stated. “They say there police g
doing quality work and are ad
quately taking care of their reg
dents. And they may be right. In}
"lot of instances, the protection |
good. So what can you say to thos
people to convince them their p
tection will be even better?
“This has been an idea that
been kicked around for years, b
no one hs presented any plans.
policemen or representative hag
ever come in with some sort gf
concrete idea to work on. Every
body talks about it, but no one hg
done anything.” d
Hanover Township Police Chi
Richard Yourren is one proponei
of the move, but says some sort
commission should be set up §
study the idea further.
“You would have to study the be}
way to set it up,”’ Yourre
explained. “Whether it would be rt
by the Sheriff or commissioners ¢
a police commission, but th
manner chosen should be chasen §
the people.
“My personal opinion is that )]
way to set it up would be \
population density and by the cri
rate in a particular area. Then vil
would dispatch the number of g
cers accordingly.”
Yourren, who anticipates
force will take place in eight to
years, also believes the numbe
policemen would actually increa
And he described another import
advantage, too.
“With a Countywide Police or
the right hand would a IS ki
what the left hand is doing,” Vo
ren stated. “The way itis now 4
of times one department may.
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