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Dallas Post/Charlot M. Denmon
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Cutter remains in serious condition.
Route 415 in Dallas.
Budget
concerns
parents
A number of teachers and parents
concerned over the quality of educa-
tion in the Dallas Area School Dis-
trict voiced their opinions over the
proposed budget for the 1986-87
school year at Monday nights School
Board meeting.
Fearing cuts in various educa-
tional programs, members of the
packed room stressed the need to
keep the school district functioning
at the highest level possible to
provide top notch education.
Board members have been con-
templating cuts in various pro-
grams and other departments, but
said the budget is only tentative and
would not be final until it is
appuved at the end of the month.
The board so far has made cuts in
legal fees, maintenance, field trips
and the deletion of one full-time
nurse who wills ot ~be..replaced.
Cutbacks were also Schedeuled to be
Business programs. ;
One teacher said, however, ‘If
you juggle people out of their spe-
cialties, that’s the same as the
program being cut. You are replac-
ing people who have been doing an
excellent job with someone who
may not have the same experi-
ence.”
Beard Superintendent Gerald
Wyecallis said the budget, which at
this point would mean a four mill
increase, is only tentative and
would not be finalized until the end
of the month. The District said they
may also receive money from the
state. :
In other business, board members
said they will not pay a $49,000 bill
to the West Side Vocational Techni-
cal School. Wycallis said the School
district, along with Northwest and
Wyoming Valley West is being
asked to help pay costs because
other schools have not met the
projected number of students sched-
uled to attend that facility.
The board accepted the resigna-
tions of Bette Thomas, who has
been with the Dallas School District
36 years and Doris McCain who had
been there for 21 years.
The resignation of Leon A.
Trager, assistant principal in the
Dallas Junior High, was also
accepted.
— JOHN HOINSKI
charges.
Fatal accident
traveling south on Rt. 415 in a 1986 Subaru GL,
apparently at a high rate of speed, when the
driver, unknown at this time, lost control of the
car and skidded into the path of another vehicle
driven by Michael John Tomalis, 64 W. Liberty
St., Ashley. Mary Wildes, of 2 Forrest Rd,
Montaintop, was a passenger in the car. Both
Tomalis and Wildes were treated and released
from the Nesbitt Memorial Hospital, Kingston.
Evans,” who was a graduate of Wyoming
Seminary and of Dean. Junior College, in Frank-
lin, Mass. in 1985, was employed as a purchasing
agent for Evans Asphalt.
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Dallas Post/Fay Broody
Lake.
By JOHN HOINSKI ;
Staft Writer %
A low-water pressure problem that has aggravated
residents of the Haddonfield Hills section of Dallas off
and on for years has returned once again.
For the past several months, residents at the upper
end of the development have experienced low water
pressure for a good deal of the time, and in many
cases have been left completely without water for
short periods, making washing, cooking and bathing a
frustrating experience, :
“It’s horrible,” Lori Besecker said. “We moved in
about a month ago and we have had problems ever
since. On just our second day, here we didn’t have any
water at all. Last week, my husband and I took a walk
around the neighborhood to see if anyone else is
having the same problems.”
Diane DesRochers, who resides at the opposite end
of the development, and who, like the Beseckers,
moved into the neighborhood with her husband only a
month ago, has encountered the same problems.
“Three ‘times we didn’t have any water at all,”
DesRochers said. “It’s really a shame. When you’re
showering or washing clothes, sometimes all of a
sudden you just lose pressure.”
But a number of people who have lived in that
section for eight years or more say the problem has
always been there. ‘‘“These conditions have been
around ever since we lived here,” said Nick Waltos, a
resident of 13 years. ’
“It isn’t a continuous problem. It’s not something
that lasts one day after another. You might have the
problem for a couple of days and then for two or three
weeks it’s okay. There have been occasions where we
haven’t had any water at all, but it would only be for
an hour or so. It isn’t something that lasts for days.”
The problem disappeared for the most part when
Willis Ide, who had provided maintenance for the
Robbins Door and Sash Company, previous owners of
the Haddonfield Hills Water Company, was in charge
of the day-to-day operations, including the water tank
located at the top of the development.
“Twice a month we checked that tank and put air
into it,” Ide said. ‘‘And we would also keep track of
approximately how much water was being used per
day. Then we would make sure that at least the same
amount was put back into the tank.” :
(See WATER, page 2)
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Donald R. Kelly, 38, of Noxen, the
man accused of shooting two Dallas
Township police officers in an early
morning scuffle over the weekend at
the township’s Municipal building,
was once part of a hell-raising
group known as the ‘‘Magnificent
Seven.”
In a January 1970 story appearing
in the The Dallas Post, Kelly and
several other persons, were dubbed
as the ‘“‘Magnificent Seven” by an
individual who had seen the group
engage in a number of scuffles over
a period of time. One of those
skirmishes involved current Dallas
Township Police Chief Carl Miers.
Miers also came in contact with the
defendant charged in Saturday
morning’s melee in March of 1985
when Kelly was arrested for driving
under the influence of alcohol.
Last week, Kelly, whose brother
James is a part-time police officer
at Dallas Township, came back to
haunt the department again when
he reportedly entered the Municipal
building at approximately 3:50 a.m.,
yelling obscenities and brandishing
a .357 revolver.
Police officers Wayman Miers, 34,
brother of Chief Miers and James
Tupper, 34, tried to quiet Kelly, but
the Noxen man continued his firade
saying ‘I'm going to waste you
guys — I'm going to blow you guys
away.”
Kelly then attempted to force
(See COPS, page 2)
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WAYMAN MIERS
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Dallas Township policemen
Wayman Miers and James Tupper,
speaking at a press conference yes-
terday morning at the Wilkes-Barre
General Hospital, said last Saturday
morning’s shooting incident in
which both officers were wounded,
was scary and frightening and
something that neither of them
would ever forget.
“It was a very bad feeling,” said
Miers, a 35-year-old part-time police
officer. “I’m sure it is something
that will stick. It was downright
fear.”
Added Tupper, a 34-year-old 12-
year veteran, “I remember being
scared. Everything happened so
fast. It was just a bad situation.”
The two men were shot early
Saturday: morning when Donald R.
Kelly, 38, of Noxen, entered the
Dallas Township Municipal building
at approximately 3:50 a.m. shouting
and waving a .357 magnum
revolver. Both officers eventually
tried to subdue Kelly which resulted
in several shots being discharged,
striking the two policemen.
Miers and Tupper, who both suf-
fered wounds to the legs, are
expected to be released sometime
this week. The incident marked the
second time in two weeks a police
officer has been shot. On Memorial
Day, 22-year old Avoca policeman
Richard G. Janczewski was killed
on routine patrol after being shot by
a distraught man who also took his
own life.
Miers and Tupper said police offi-
cers can examine Saturday morn-
ing’s incident and disect it to try
and learn something from it, but
said that every case is different.
“They can look at our case and
pick it apart, but you never know
about a situation until it’s there.
Something like what happened to us
is more of a reaction,” said Miers.
“Anything could have happened. I
thought sooner or later something
was going to happen. I threw the
cup of coffee in his (Kelly’s) face
and put him against the wall,
hoping that the gun would drop
from his hand. Unfortunately, it
didn’t work out like that,” Tupper
said.
Both men said they knew they
were hit and felt a stinging, burning
sensation. But because of the quick
thinking of dispatcher Phyllis
Walter, who turned on the radio
microphone while the incident was
taking place, alerting surrounding
police units, police arrived inside
the building and pulled their revolv-
ers on Kelly almost immediately
after the shots were fired, prevent-
ing any further trouble.
Despite the mishap, both officers
said that although the incident will
stay with them, they don’t feel it
will affect their ability.
“It will make me more aware, but
I don’t feel it will hurt my perform-
ance,” Miers said. :
“I don’t think it will bother my
performance at all,” Tupper
laughed. “The odds are with me. I
don’t think anything like this will
ever happen to me again.”
Tupper, who joked periodically
with reporters, when asked if, look-
ing back, he would have done .any-
thing different, said, ‘Yeah, I would
have called in sick for work.”
— JOHN HOINSKI
Pageant set
Pageant Officials announced
Friday, June 13th as the final dead:
line for application to the 1986 Miss
Western Pennsylvania Teen Pag-
eant to be staged in Butler. The
weekend event will be presented in
the Holiday Hall of the Quality Inn -
Butler August 23rd & 24th. The Miss
Western Pennsylvania Teen Pag-
eant is an Official Preliminary to
Miss Teen All American.
No performing talent is required.
All judging is on the basis of poise,
personality and beauty of face and
figure. Applicants who qualify must
be at least 14 years of age and
under 19 years of age as of Decem-
ber 31, 1986. All young women inter-
ested in competing for the title must
send their name, address and tele-
phone number to: 1986 Miss West-
ern Pennsylvania Teen, 603
Schrader Avenue, Wheeling, West
Virginia 26003. (304-242-4900).
Inside The Post
Calendar ......... 15,16
Classified ......... 13,14
Commentary ......... 6
Cookbook ............... 7
Obituaries ............ 15
People ................... §
School .................. 12
Sports ................ 3,11