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All in a day’s work
Annette Tregan, flag girl,
Sign installed
lines from the highway past the
School.
Dallas Post/John Hoinski
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Biernacki. The club, now
The Harveys Lake Borough Coun-
cil met with a small group of
residents who came out in Tuesday
evening's wet weather to discuss the
borough’s road problems.
Approximately 10 women aired
complaints about various borough
roads at the second informal Har-
veys Lake Borough Town M¢ ling.
Richard Boice, council president
took the names of the street: men-
tioned by the women and st @ sted
that they attend a regular «" incil
meeting to further discuss the proh-
lems.
Boice said he expects some
upcoming problems in the road
department due to the fact that the
road crew, consisting of two men
are asking for an increase of salary.
Fire Chief Clarence Hogan was
also on hand to give an update on
the borough’s dry fire hydrant
system project. Hogan said he
hopes to have 5 hydrants in place by
this August. Hogan explained that
getting permits in is the major hold
up in the job. The project is only
allowed to be continued until August
this year but Hogan is looking into
filing for an extension to continue
the work into September to make up
for the delays.
Boice said Council will announce
the date of the next informal town
meeting at its special meeting to be
held July 23.
— KATHY SUDA
Robert Mines of Minotti’s Subs.
process of being sold.
business.
+ — CHARLOT M. DENMON
Lehman-Jackson Elementary
By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Correspondent
‘Politics make strange bedfellows’
seems to be the case in the Lake-
Lehman School District recently. In
an unexpected turn of events at the
June board meeting, the new major-
ity voted down the reappointment of
Rodger Bearde as athletic director.
Director Martin Noon moved to
table the motion to reappoint
Bearde despite the fact that Bearde
tion he has held since 1982 and Bing
0. Wolfe seconded the motion. Noon
then directed District Superintend-
ent M. David Preston to readvertise
the position within and outside the
district.
Noon was backed by Wolfe,
Charles Nafus, Robert Emory and
Edward Mark, despite the fact that
for approximately seven years
Bearde has been successfully build-
ing the athletic program at Lake-
Lehman as well as doing an out-
standing job of helping the kids who
played on teams coached by him
and other students as well get into
college.
Until two years ago when Dwight
Barbacci was named head baseball
(See POLITICS, page 2)
By KATHY SUDA
Staff Correspondent
Harveys Lake Borough Council President Richard
Boice read a complaint letter concerning garbage
build up in a borough resident’s yard at the council’s
regular monthly meeting last Tuesday.
The correspondence, addressed to council,
expounded on the run-down appearance of the Howells
residence. Jeanie Jones wrote council that the resi-
dent’s yard looks like a ‘junk heap,” and fears that
the property is becoming a health hazard. Jim Barral,
zoning board official, told council he is aware of the
problem and had asked Mr. Howells to appear before
the zoning board to face building code violations on his
property. Barrall told council Howells never showed
up. Borough solicitor, Thomas O’Connor, told council
to cite Howells for violations of borough ordinances
and the building code violations.
Council passed a motion to sign an agreement to
approve an amendment to the borough’s Police
Pension Fund. The amendment is within direct
accordance with the Pennsylvania Municipal Retire-
ment System laws. According to Boice, the amend-
ment rectifies the previous plan which allowed part-
time police officers $260 for clothing allowances. He
said there were instances in which policemen would
stay. two months in the borough and take the money.
Now, Boice said, they will have to serve longer for the
allowance.
Council passed a motion to purchase a hand-held
radio for police use which will not #xcecii $1,700. »
Council also asked O’Connor to look into the need for
an amendment to a borough ordinance concerning Job
Johnnies. Councilman Ray Jones read a correspond-
ence citing the Job Johnnies as a possible health
hazard in positions close to the shore line around the
lake. Names of individuals who have Job Johnnies
within 150 feet of the lake which are not on construc-
tion sites ‘were given to the DER. Council wants
residents using Job Johnnies to hook up to existing
sewer lines.
Daniel Tuck, Manager of Joe Grotto’s Pizza com-
mended the efficiency of the Lake’s police force and
asked for extra police coverage near the restaurnat
during any upcoming Labor Day celebrations. Tuck
told council about an incident last Labor Day when,
during the fireworks display, an intoxicated motorist
disturbed spectators in front of the restaurant and
almost struck some.
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Congressman Paul E. Kanjorski,
D-Nanticoke, met with officials
from the Dallas Area Fall Fair
Association at the Luzerne County
Fair grounds last week to discuss
of the land which would also be used
for community use.
The site, which sits off Rt. 118,
currently serves as home of the
Luzerne County Fair. But officials
would like to develop a number of
areas so that the land could be used
by different sporting organizations
in the Back Mountain.
‘We would like to use the field the
other 51 weeks aside from the fair,”
said Bob Cartier, president of the
Fall Fair Association. ‘We still
have 13 acres that we haven't
touched. Plans are being developed
now for that land and hopefully
some of them will be completed in a
year or so.”
Kanjorski said he presently
possible financial aid for expansion
doesn’t have any plans that would
bring in money for the project, but
he did talk about the voluntary work
now being done by Job Corps crews
from Red Rock brought in to build
several structures.
“I think this is a good example of
how public, state and federal gov-
ernments can come together with
public citizens for a worthy cause,”
Kanjorksi said.
After the event is over certain
fields will be used for baseball,
soceer and softball, but organizers
say they would like to expand even
more.
“Mavbe we could put in a pool
someday,” Cartier said. “It would
be niece to have a facility like that so
that everyone in the Back Mountain
could enjoy it. Plus, there is room
for several more baseball fields. If
parents have children that play in
different levels, they could seem
them play, all at the same place.”
The fair is primarily funded
through proceeds from the previous
years event which has grown enor-
mously over the years.
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