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BRIGHTON, Ia
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Vol. 97, No. 45
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By CHARLOT M. DENMON
Staff Writer
An administrative bulletin from the office of
Lake-Lehman School District Superintendent Dr.
M. David Preston was distributed to all mem-
bers of the faculty and administrators in the
district last week. Highlight of the bulletin was
the announcement of a new policy regarding the
use of instructional materials, a policy not too
cheerfully accepted by faculty nor administra-
tors.
The policy states that, “The use of materials
for instruction which have not been provided by
the Lake-Lehman School District or by Luzerne
Intermediate Unit 18 but available from per-
sonal sources or various agency or organization
sources, should be predicated on the appropri-
ateness of such in helping to realize stated goals
and objectives of the planned course and consid-
eration of the age or level and readiness of the
pupils in terms of learning expectations and
outcomes.”
materials must be presented to the building
principal with sufficient time provided to allow
for adequate review by either approval or non-
approval to use such materials. The principal
may call on the superintendent to assist in such
review and disposition, if he desires.
The policy is a result of a lengthy, heated
discussion conducted during the Nov. 4 work
session of the directors over a film shown in an
elementary class during the Halloween holidays.
Jonathan Pineno, elementary music teacher
and department head of the fine arts program,
showed the Michael Jackson film ‘‘Thriller”’ not
only for the music, but to show visually how
make-up and decorations could turn a gymna-
sium into a setting. In a part of the film, with
the aid of makeup, Jackson becomes a were-
wolf.
The film was used only in the elementary
program with approval. Pineno contended that
the film is within the realm of fine arts and,
therefore, acceptable.
Lake-Lehman Board Director Bing 0. Wolfe
claimed the children were frightened by the film
If, based on the above considerations, a
teacher wishes to use such materials, the
News you need
Pecukonis named chief disp
The Back Mountain Police Commissio:
mously elected Bernie Pecukonis as chief
newly formed group, effective January 1.
Pecukonis, who has been a dispatcher f years, will be
responsible for overseeing the daily operation at the Dallas
Township Municipal Building, including implementing board
policy and making up dispatcher work sche
Officials who voted for the appointment ere: Tim Carroll
and police chief Ed Lyons of Dallas |
- police chief Carl Miers of Dal
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Harveys Lake police hief, Lionel ulf
Jamesway to aid March of Dimes
The Jamesway Corporation will continue its “Pictures with
Defects Foundation on Saturday, Nov. 22.
Jamesway in the Luzerne Shopping Center, Luzerne.
The photos will be $2.49 each and the money raised will be
used for research, public health education, and community
service projects dedicated to the prevention of birth defects.
to have your children visit with Santa Claus.
Winter parking ordinance i in effect
Police Chief Paul M. Sabol reminds Kingston Township
residents that the Winter Parking Ordinance is now in effect
through March 31st. Under the ordinance residents are
prohibited from parking vehicles on Township streets between
the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. each day.
and clear so that snow removal measures can be effectively
undertaken by the Road Department.
complying with the Township Ordinance.
March of Dimes recruiting marchers
January.
The money raised from this door to door cam
used for medical research, public health
community service projects.
A committee has been appointed in Wilkes-Barre to help
with recruitment and registration.
All marchers who participate will have a chance to win a
number of fabulous incentive prizes.
Anyone wishing to volunteer please contact the March of
Dimes office at 342-7894 or 824-1345.
Low interest loans now available
aign will be
ucation and
announced that low interest home improvement loans are
available for residents of the Township. Board of Supervisors
Chairman Willard Piatt noted that the loans are available
ment.
Loans of up to $10,000 for various home improvements are
available at interest rates of 3 percent, 5 percent, 7 percent,
and 9 percent to eligible applicants. The loans may not exceed
a term of ten years.
contact the Kingston Township Administrative Office at 696-
Buckskinners unite!
present at the meeting.
Wolfe remarked, ‘If this is going on in
elementary, I can’t imagine what is going on in
senior high school.”” Director Ed Mark
remarked that it ‘could leave scars on chil-
dren.”
Wolfe criticized the showing and charged Dr.
Preston, as being responsible for what is done in
the classrooms.
The subject had not been placed on the agenda
of the Nov. 11 board meeting but various
taxpayers at the meeting voiced their displea-
sure over the policy, maintaining that principals
are not being paid to review books, slides, films
an other audio-visual materials in the district.
The taxpayers also questioned whether or not
administrative officials were qualified to review
specific instructional materials or whether this
should be the responsibility of the department
chairman.
By JOHN HOINSKI
Staff Writer
Average annual salaries of
administrative/supervisory
at 824-7214.
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By JANE RENN
Staff Correspondent
As you come to the crest of
a small hill, your moccasins
making little noise in the
ruffles the fur of your foxskin
cap and the fringe of your
buckskin . jacket. Looking
down into the valley below,
you see scores of teepees and
lean-tos and the early-morn-
ing movements of people
below.
A scene from the past?
Yes and no.
Today, scenes such as this
do exist in certain places
with certain groups of people
— people who most of the
time, live in the modern
world, but who choose to step
back into time periodically
and recreate history as
authentically as possible.
These people are buckskin-
ners.
Dave Hopfer and John Rob-
bins of Noxen are two men
who try to relive history this
way. Hopfer, a first-year
teacher at Lake-Lehman, and
Robbins, who drives a van
for senior citizens, spend
most of their free time
researching and making the
accessories a pre-1840 fron-
tiersman would have used in
everyday life.
In addition to fashioning
historically realistic hats,
buckskin clothes and heavy
coats called capotes from
wool blankets, they make the
smaller but still vital items
such as a hollowed-out gourd
wrapped in rawhide for
drinking water; bullets;
leather and beaded bags;
tomahawks; powder horns;
belts; knives and more.
Robbins’ specialty is
making knives. The handles
are carved from deer antlers.
The blades are made from
old files, steel scraps — what-
ever can be found, just as the
mountainmen did years ago.
“I get pride out of making
these knives,”” Robbins said.
“I just love doing it.”
“Usually buckskinners will
specialize in a certain thing,”
said Hopfer, who seemed to
be the spokesman for the two
and who got Robbins inter-
ested in the subject more
staff positions in both the Dallas
and Lake-Lehman school dis-
tricts are lower than the state
average in every category but
one, according to data provided
by the Pennsylvania School
Dallas Post/Jane Renn
than nine years ago. “My
particular specialty, I would
consider: to be the hornsmi-
thing.” His powderhorns,
made from cow horns, are
beautifully polished, deco-
rated, and tipped with gleam-
ing wood.
For Hopfer, who teaches
metal and leather working at
the high school, buckskinning
is a natural way to combine
his interests.
“It really tests your skills,”
he said. “You learn to work
with a large variety of mate-
rials such as horns,
steel...castings...cloth...(and)
leather.”
He tries to communicate
his interest to his pupils with-
out pushing it on them.
“If I teach my kids about
leather, and...tanning, I also
teach them about history,”
he said. “I teach them about
mathematics, because they
have to learn how to mea-
sure. You can tie so many
(See BUCKS, page 10)
Want to be a Buckskinner?
John Robbins and Dave Hopfer, both Noxen residents,
would like to stir enough interest in the Buckskinners Club
among local residents to start a club in our area. Anyone
wishing more information may contact Robbins at 298-2248 or
Hopfer at 298-2041.
Boards Association, Inc. Only
the business manager salary at
Lake-Lehman is slightly higher
than the state’s average.
Administrative/supervisory
staff positions include superin-
tendents, assistant superintend-
ents, central office administra-
tors, principals and others
normally considered part of the
management team.
The state figures for that
group is as follows: Superin-
tendent, $50,731; assistant
superintendent (191 positions
reported), 46,625; elementary
principal, $38,742; high school
principal, $40,700; business
manager, 36,224; assistant high
school principal, $36,854; assist-
ant elementary principal (78
positions reperted), $33,961; cur-
The following are the figures
for both schools involving those
categories for 1986-87, plus those
for the clerical/secretarial posi-
tions.
DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
Gerald Wyecallis, Superintend-
ent, $45,500; Samuel Barbose,
Elementary Principal, $32,652;
Ruth Tetschner, Elementary
Principal, $35,414; Thomas
Cypher, High School Principal,
$37,240; Frank Galicki, Assist-
ant High School Principal, $32,-
810; Fred Templin, Supervisor
of Curriculum, $38,400; Sandra
Vidlicka, Business Manager,
$27,857.
SECRETARIES-CLERKS
Janice Brace, Accounts Paya-
ble Clerk, $11,956; Janet Evans,
Receptionist, $9,207; Susan
Farr, Transportation Coordina-
tor, $9,207; June George, Ele-
mentary School Secretary, $12,-
790; Audrey Kachurick,
Switchboard and secretary to
Supervisor of Curriculum,
$9,207; Allyson Lord, Junior
Higk Secretary, $11,956;
Mildred Robinson, Elementary
Secretary, $9,451; Margery Ste-
(See SCHOOL, page 10)
Investigation
not started
No update has been reported
in the case of a Dallas Borough
police officer who is the target
of an investigation into his han-
dling of an alleged underage
drinking incident at a private
home on November 1.
Last week Dallas police com-
missioner Tim Carroll said the
investigation would be done by
someone or some group outside
the borough council and that
procedures would begin soon.
As of press time on Monday,
Carroll said no authority has yet
been named, although he did
say more information on the
matter might have been given
at the council meeting Tuesday
night.
Borough solicitor John Fine
could not be reached for com-
ment.
The investigation stems from
officer Chris Purcell’s handling
of an alleged underage drinking
incident at the home of Arthur
Miller, 84 Norton Ave., Dallas,
on Saturday, Nov. 1. Report-
edly, 20 Dallas High School stu-
dents were in attendance, with -
eight of the individuals eventu-
ally being cited for a number of
violations.