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Burndale Recreation Center in
Dallas Borough.
MAY
Tragedy struck again in May
when 16-year-old Walter Kara-
sek of Pinecrest Road, Dallas,
was struck and killed by an
unknown vehicle while walking
on Route 415 near Dallas Photo.
The driver of that vehicle has
not yet been found.
Charles Adams, executive
director of the Luzerne-Wyo-
ming Counties Bureau of the
Aging, announced that a senior
citizen center would continue to
operate in the Back Mountain
despite the fact that Mercy
Center officials had decided not
to renew their agreement with
the center.
At the same time, ground-
breaking ceremonies were held
for the Country Club Shopping
Center in Dallas Township and
for the Fellowship Evangelical
Free Church on Hildebrand
Road, Dallas Township.
Dr. William Pierce, son of
William and Doris Pierce of
Dallas and director of the
research team that developed
the Penn State artificial heart,
visited our area and spoke at
the Penn State-Wilkes-Barre
campus in Lehman.
JUNE
Guns were wielded again in
June when Dallas Township
patrolmen James Tupper and
Wayman Miers were shot by
Donald Kelly of Noxen. Shot at
the Dallas Township Municipal
Building, Miers was wounded in
the thigh while Tupper under-
went surgery for wounds to the
right thigh and left ankle.
The water storage tank in
Dallas Township was vandal-
ized, disrupting service to New
Goss Manor residents while
senior citizens moved into a
temporary home at the Hunts-
ville Christian Church.
JULY
Motorists got a break in July
when the traffic light at the
intersection of Routes 309 and
415 in Dallas, near Franklin's
Restaurant, was put into opera-
tion, eliminating a trouble spot
for local motorists.
The 40th annual Back Moun-
tain Memorial Library sur-
passed all previous goals, rais-
ing more than $71,000 while the
Dallas High School cheerleaders
received the “Key to Spirit”
award at the Univesity Cheer-
leading Association Camp at
Penn State University.
AUGUST
Lake-Lehman athletes were
surprised in August when the
School Board voted to do away
with a post-practice bus, report-
edly saving the district $18,800.
Area colleges celebrated as
the Penn State-Wilkes-Barre
campus noted its 70th anniver-
sary while College Misericordia
sought a $1.6 million loan for
possible expansion and renova-
tion of campus housing units.
SEPTEMBER
The Luzerne County Fair dou-
bled in size in September,
attracting more than 105,000
people to the 1986 event.
Members of the Jackson
Township Advisory Committee
rejoiced when they learned
three sirens and a security
fence would be completed at the
State Correctional Institute at
Dallas within a year while tele-
vision viewers were disgusted
upon learning that cable TV
would not be available until the
Spring.
Insalaco’s Markets began
at its new Dallas Township
store while work on the Dallas
School District’s new soccer
fields was completed and long-
range plans formed .with the
razing of the former Newman
House on the school property.
OCTOBER
In October, area high school
students admitted that alcohol
is more of a problem in schools
today than are drugs. The Lake-
Lehman Marching Band per-
formed on national television
with Willard Scott of NBC's
“Today” show who was in
Wilkes-Barre for a performance
at the new Kirby Center.
Leigh Pawling was named
1986 Homecoming Queen at
Dallas High School while the
Dallas High School seniors had
no class advisor. John Turner,
who had served for years as the
senior class advisor, had
requested a job description to
make clear his duties and had
not yet received it. Such a
description was presented to
Turner later in the month and
he continued as the class advi-
sor.
NOVEMBER
Chris Purcell, a part-time
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could have done a better job.”
Joe Salla, General manager of
the Dallas Water Company,
says he plans to send a crew
back to Davenport Street in the
spring to do touch up work on
road edges and laterals, but
said the condition of the road is
not entirely the water com-
pany’s fault.
“You could only compact dirt
90 to 95 per cent,” said Salla.
“There was a problem with
water popping up and causing
cracks in the road even before
we went in. Plus, there have
been torrential rains that have
contributed to the problem. But
we have heard positive com-
ments from people on that
street who are happy with our
service.”
Mrs. Cheryl Everhart is one
who has no complaint with the
company. ‘I have no problems
with the way they left the road.
But I wish someone would re-
surface it.”’
Adds Margaret Biggs,
“Everything seems to be all
right.”
Following completion of the
project, Salla said he had a
meeting with Kingston Town-
ship and Dallas Borough offi-
cials last August who told him
they were satisfied with the
work.
But Dallas borough council
man Ted Montross said that is
not so. ‘“We asked them for
money to help us out because
everything was not okay,’”” Mon-
tross stated. “We had no pave-
cut ordinance when they came
in. But now we do where if
somebody wants to do work on
the road they have to get a
permit from the borough and
the work has to be inspected
before it is put back together.”
Montross adds, however, that
he does not think the water
company is entirely at fault.
“There were potholes in the
road that are the boroughs
responsibility and we just filled
them in with cold patch,” he
explained. ‘But we have had
some very bad storms that are
partly responsible for the deteri-
oration of the road. Not just
heavy rains but real bad
storms.”
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Dallas Borough police officer,
was charged with illegal entry
of a private residence on
November 1 by Arthur Miller, of
New Goss Manor in Dallas.
Purcell was later suspended
from his position while mem-
bers of the police committee of
the Dallas Borough Council
investigated the situation. Fol-
lowing several interviews, Coun-
cil re-instated Purcell to his
position when it was concluded
he had done nothing wrong
when entering the home.
Penn State-Wilkes-Barre offi-
cials were dancing in the streets
when the local campus received
$600,000 of a $1 million donation
from Bell of Pennsylvania to
help finance construction of a
new high-technology center on
the Lehman campus.
Dallas-Lehman gridders
geared up for the 1986 Old Shoe
Game while saw the Mountai-
neers taking home the trophy
while Kyra Koflanovich was
named 1986 Homecoming Queen
at Lake-Lehman.
Following an investigation
into the Luzerne Intermediate
Unit by The Times Leader, two
of three Back Mountain LIU
representatives said they wel-
comed changes at the LIU.
Ernest Ashbridge, the Dallas
School District representative,
and Donald Jones, the Lake-
Lehman School District repre-
sentative, said they were in
favor of recommendations being
made to reform the system at
the LIU. William Price, a Back
Mountain resident and an LIU
employee, refused comment on
the matter.
A new policy in the Lake-
Lehman School District stated
that all outside teaching mate-
rial must be first approved by
school principals while a survey
showed the salaries of Back
Mountain school officials to be
lower than the state average.
DECEMBER
The year ended on somewhat
of a sour note when 24-year-old
Joseph Ellsworth was robbed
while making a deposit at the
First Eastern Bank in Dallas in
early December. Ellsworth,
mnager of the Atlantic Service
Station at the corner of Lake
Street and Route 415, Dallas,
was robbed of approximately
$4,000 while using the night
deposit box at the bank.
The Lake-Lehman School
Board, in its second move of the
year to do away with a school
official, voted not to renew the
contract of superintendent Dr.
M. David Preston when it
expries in June, thus forcing
him to re-apply for the position.
On a positive note and along
the lines of growth in the Back
Mountain, the new Insalaco’s
Market opened in the Country
Club Shopping Center and
attracted thousands of shoppers
during its first days of opera-
tion.
Sunday, /
Jan. 4
The Huntsville Christian
Church will hold its Congrega-
tional meeting on Sunday, Jan.
4, immediately following wor-
ship.
The proposed budget for 1987
and the report of the nominating
committee will be presented for
approval. Following the meet-
ing, coffee hour will be held in
the Social Room.
Rev. Cliff Jones is pastor.
Next
week
THE KIRBY HEALTH
CENTER will be the location
for a free Glaucoma Screening
sponsored by the Wilkes-Barre
Branch of the Association for
the Blind.
The screening will be held
Monday, Jan. 5, 1987 from 9 to
11 a.m. at 71 North Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre. Call for your
appointment at 823-1161.
All persons over 35 are
advised to have an eye exami-
nation every other year - the
best defense against glaucoma.
It is the nation’s second leading
cause of blindness. It often
develops without pain or symp-
toms.
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CHAPTER 9 DISABLED
AMERICAN VETERANS will
meet on Monday, January 5, at
7:30 p.m. at the Parsons VFW,
Solo Club
lists events
The Solo Club of Luzerne
County announces the following
schedule for January:
January 3 - Dancing at Dupont
VFW, 9:30 p.m.
January 10 - Business meeting
at Dupont VFW, 8 p.m. Election
of officers for 1987 with dancing
to follow.
January 17 - Russian New
Year’s party at St. Michael's
Hall, Breslau. Chicken dinner,
cash bar, favors, hats, noise-
makers, dancing. See Betty
O’Hara for tickets.
January 24 - Dancing at Chet’s
in Moosic, 9:30 p.m.
January 31 - Dancing at
Dupont VFW, 9:30 p.m.
Single persons over 35 years
of age are welcome to join the
club. For more information, call
Betty Yuskoski at 288-7783, Gene
Schray at 675-1704 or Betty
Democko at 824-1015.
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Commander Leo Myslak will
preside. Installation of officers
for 1987 will take place.
Dinner will be served. All
members are urged to attend.
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HERB MILLER, the Execu-
tive Director for the National
Evangelistic Association of the
Christian Church (Disciples of
Christ) will be conducting a
Parish Enrichment Conference
January 7 and 8 at the Hunts-
ville Christian Church.
Mr. Miller has completed 50
Parish Enrichment Conferences
in churches of various denomi-
nations from Georgia to Oregon.
He has gained a reputation for
being an effective teacher and
motivator for evangelism.
To prepare for the Confer-
ence, two months of preparation
involving members, leaders,
Sunday School classes, several
church committees, the church
governing body and the pastor
has been completed.
The Parish Enrichment Con-
ference will end with a congre-
gational Fellowship Supper on
the evening of January 8.
Rev. Cliff Jones is pastor of
the church which overlooks the
Huntsville Dam.
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WILKES-BARRE GENERAL
HOSPITAL’s Obstetrics Depart-
ment will hold a special grand-
parenting class, ‘Bonding the
Generations,” on Tuesday, Jan-
uary 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. in
Alumni Hall, third floor.
The first of its kind to be
offered by General, the class is
designed to help grandparents
recognize the important role
they play in the family and also
to include them in the childbirth
experience.
The class is free-of-charge and
will be held every three months
on the following dates: January
6, 1987, March 31, July 7 and
October 13.
To register or for more infor-
mation, call Wilkes-Barre Gen-
eral Hospital’s Nursing Services
Department at 829-8111, exten-
sion 2205.
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NESBITT MEMORIAL HOS-
PITAL is sponsoring an Arthri-
tis Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 7
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the
Nesbitt Medical Arts Building,
534 Wyoming Ave., Kingston.
Patients, referred by their
physician, can make an appoint-
ment for the Arthritis Clinic by
calling Nesbitt’s Outpatient
Registration office at 288-1411,
extension 4130, Monday through
Friday, from 1to 4 p.m.
Coming
events
THE PENN STATE CAM-
(Hazleton, Schuylkill, Scranton
and Wilkes-Barre) in coopera-
tion with Wilkes College will
honor Martin Luther King, Jr.
The evening program of cele-
bration will be held on Thurs-
day, January 22, at 7:30 p.m. in
the Dorothy Dickson Darte
Center for the Performing Arts.
The program, ‘Dreams Do
Come True,” is being developed
to honor the memory of Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., and to
renew the spirit of freedom and
justice for which he worked and
gave his life. It is being coordi-
nated at the Hazleton Campus
by Alana McIntyre, president of
the Hazleton Campus Minority
Student Union Board, and Chris-
fine Patterson, minority counse-
or.
The public is invited to attend
this free program and the
reception that will follow.
Schools interested in bringing
student groups to the program
are invited to contact Ms. Chris-
tine Patterson at (717) 454-8731,
ext. 79.
Baby born
to Snyders
Patricia and Michael Snyder,
of Evans Falls, announce the
birth of a daughter, Allison
Patricia, on November 17.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Wadas, Shaver-
town; and Mr. and Mrs. Lawr-
ence Snyder, Evans Falls.
Allison has a brother, Shane,
age 2 1-2.
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