Preston
(Continued from page 1)
vening, Board President
Edward F. Mark Sr. announced
he was calling a 15-20 minute
recess of the board to discuss
personnel matters. Despite obje-
cions to the recess by board
members Allen Keiper and
Joseph “Red” Jones, Mark pro-
ceeded to adjourn the board
meeting to the library where he
met with the directors behind
closed doors.
Members of the audience, who
attempted to attend the meeting
were refused admittance
because it involved personnel.
Thirty-five minutes later, the
board members returned to the
public meeting. President Mark
read a motion, prepared by
District Solicitor Joseph Gale
that, in order to comply with
state law, Dr. Preston’s position
should be declared open when
his contract expires June 30,
1987. Mark explained that, by
state law, the board had to
notify Preston at least 150 days
before his contract expired that
it would seek other candidates.
Voting in favor of Mark’s res-
olution were board members
Robert Emery, Charles Nafus,
Martin Noon, Gilbert Tough and
Bing Wolfe. Joseph ‘‘Red’”’
Jones voted against it and Allen
Keiper abstained. Director
Donald Jones was absent.
Preston asked Mark several
times if he (Preston) would
have the privilege of applying
for the position, but Mark
refused to answer Preston,
saying only that the ‘vote will
speak for itself.”
Since that meeting, Preston
has made the following state-
ment to the press: “I stand
proudly on my record of educa-
tional leadership at Lake-
Lehman and our reputation for
excellence in this area and
throughout the state. That repu-
tation has been earned by a
competent faculty — teachers
and administrators, working
hard, working together and
always striving for the best
possible education for our
pupils.
“The board’s decision not to
review my contract is obviously
not an educational decision. It
would appear that it was totally
political. This is an unfortunate
time for the Lake-Lehman
School District.”
In a telephone conversation
with Preston, he explained to
The Dallas Post that this was
make at the present time since
he wants to continue to act in
the same gentlemanly manner
he has always tried to do.
Other administrators, faculty
members, students, and taxpay-
ers were more vocal than Pres-
ton. Principals in the district
prepared a public statement in
support of the superintendent as
did members of the faculty and
students. Taxpayers also came
to the support of Preston and
commended him on the upgrad-
ing of education in the Lake-
Lehman School District.
Director Joseph ‘‘Red’’ Jones
said the move not to renew
Preston’s contract is a political
vendetta. “It was a political
hack job at its best,” said
Jones. “It was disgraceful the
way they treated Preston.”
Jones explained that in the
session prior to the board meet-
ing, after discussing other per-
sonnel, Preston’s contract was
brought up just minutes before
the public meeting was to begin.
He said the directors never
really discussed the issue until
the board recessed to the
library.
“Mark gave no explanation
why the position was being
opened to others,” said Jones.
“The professional way to treat
such a matter is for the board to
meet in a session and discuss
the superintendent’s contract,
then hold a second meeting to
discuss it with the superintend-
ent. Following these meetings,
the board holds a public meet-
ing to vote on the contract of the
superintendent. There’s no
excuse for handling it the way it
was done last week.”
Former board president Allen
Keiper said he supported Dr.
Preston.
“Preston is a well-educated,
«very intelligent person. In the
years I have been on the board,
we’ve trained him our way aca-
demically. Who, on our board, is
capable of going out and hiring
a new superintendent? It took
this board three months to hire
a new auditor. How long will it
take to hire a new superintend-
ent?”
Keiper said he would like to
know-how a director can go into
a work session two minutes
before a public meeting and put
this on the agenda without any
discussion or without a private
meeting, the latter illegal under
the law.
Keiper would also like to know
why the solicitor wrote the
motion and at whose request
since he (the solicitor) is not
considered a member of the
board. He also said that some of
the majority directors are car-
rying personal grudges against
Dr. Preston and he questioned
why.
Cable
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they called last night (Sunday)
to see if the problem cleared up.
Everything is okay now.”
Gerald Korey, of Skyline
Drive, Trucksville, says Potzer
was very instrumental i in having
his reception problem taken
care of, too, although he did not
say if he had any difficulty with
the local company.
“We were having quite a bit of
interference for the past two
months,” Korey said. ‘But the
company did take care of it
about a week and a half ago”
One customer who is still
having problems, however, is
Kevin Ross, of 352 Harris Hill
Road, Trucksville.
Ross says he has been having
problems with his reception on
Prism, which he says has been
on and off for the past two to
three months, and has not yet
been contacted by the company.
“I’ve called sometimes three
times in a week,” Ross said.
‘But no one has contacted me
yet. “And then they have the
nerve to raise the rates.”
Effective January 1, 1987,
Tele-Media announced the basic
service monthly fee for the first
outlet will increase from $7.50 to
$9.50, and from $2.00 to $2.75 for
each additional outlet.
Potzer said he has asked
to look into that matter to see if
Tele-Media can legally raise the
fees under the 1984 Cable Man-
agement Act. Potzer also said
there is a good possibility the
township will want to see the
company’s financial records at
the end of the year to see if it
has indeed made all the changes
it has claimed.
Statue
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return of the spartan soldier to
the intonation ‘with it or on it.”
In the figure’s left hand is a
crown of stars symbolizing the
branches of the Armed Services
taken from the brow - his head
turned in grief.
Behind the figure stands the
symbol of Vietnam, which is
pierced by pungee sticks, a
barbaric guerilla warfare
weapon utilized in Southeast
Asia. There is one spear for
each three years of our involve-
ment in this war. These symbol-
ize the enslavement of Vietnam
in the Bamboo Curtain of Com-
munism, the misery of this
country at its loss of liberty, our
sons and brothers whose blood
was spilled on her soil, the
Prisoners of War and the Miss-
ing In Action, the imprisoned
and those who have never
returned.
The limestone base is set at 17
degrees to the ground, the par-
allel of the Ilatitutde of the
partition between North and
South Vietnam on our entrance
to the war. Upon the base of this
monumental sculpture will be
the names of our native sons
who gave their lives in the
Action.
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cited, said he could not hear if
anyone knocked at the front or
back door that night because of
stereo music that was playing.
He did, however, observe Pur-
cell come through the cellar
door. Purcell informed the indi-
vidual that he had received
complaints from neighbors and
then told the student to leave
the house.
He said both he and his daugh-
ter have been interviewed by
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