Nei i Nursery school holds fair The Trinity Nursery School, Dallas, held a Spring Country Fair on Thursday, April 28, for students and parents of the nursery school. The country fair featured a baby parade (brothers and sisters of the nursery school children). Also included were face painting, art in the park, a picture spot, games, refreshments, balloons and petting area. The community outreach activity of the fair was a wishing well for Amber Nicely. Pictured above are Rebekah and Jacob Burke. PennVest information provided at Penn State BY BONNIE DOMBROSKI Staff Writer Most adoptable pets The S.P.C.A’’s Most Adoptable Pets for this week are: a white, male Samoyed that was picked up as a stray; and many fluffy, cuddly kittens who are waiting for some loving homes. The S.P.C.A. has many lovable pets for adoption. Call 825-4111 for more information. (Linda Shurmaitis Photo) - A seminar was held on Friday, April 29 at the Hayfield House on the Wilkes-Barre campus of Penn State University for the purpose of providing information concerning PennVest to interested municipal offi- cials. On the panel were Sen. Charles Lemmond, Sen. Raphael Musto, Rep. George Hasay, Deputy Director of DER Pat Solano, Mark Leevan from the PennVest Board, and Paul Maher, Administrative Assistant to Congressman Paul Kanjorski. Representatives from several Back Mountain communities, including Tunkhannock, Jackson Township and Lehman Township were on hand as well as officials from as far away as East Stroudsburg. “The need for upgrading and replacing water supply systems is well documented,” said Senator Lemmond in his opening remarks. ‘These concerns have led to the development of PennVest, a $300 million bond issue.” Lemmond went on to say the panel hoped to get accurate information to those who need it most--officials at the local level. Lemmond introduced Sen. Musto, one of the 13 members of the PennVest Board, as the first speaker. Musto explained that most of the financial assistance provided by PennVest would be in the form of low interest loans, rather than grants. Musto said that interest rates would be set between one percent and six percent, depending on the county unemployment rate in relation to the state unemployment rate. The gathered officials were told by Musto that just because a project is included in the Capital Budget, House Bill 2035, does not mean it is automatically approved. Musto said it is anticipated that over $3 billion worth of projects will start out in the budget but that only $150 million of funding is available through PennVest. Mark Leevan, who served on the Water Facility Loan Board until it went out of existence when the PennVest Authority Board was formed, regarded this opportunity to meet with officials as a chance to give his “poor phone ear a bit of a break”. Leevan said that the Board will be able to answer questions on procedures and will help municipalities fill out applications when asked. According to Leevan, the Authority hopes to get the funds on the street now so that construction can start on some projects by summer. Leevan said it may seem confusing to design and implement the program at the same time, but that this is being done to save time. Leevan explained that the 13-member PennVest Board will have a staff to assist them and to make recommendations and that other government agencies such as DER and Department of Community Affairs will be on hand to lend their experience and expertise. The Board has adopted guidelines which are currently being reviewed by the office of the Attorney General, Leevan said. These would include impact on health, public safety, and the environment and other factors such as economic and social development and adequacy and efficiency of existing systems. Leevan said that the Board is beginning to accept applications now and applications submitted by May 15 will be acted on at the first meeting. According to Leevan, the decision will be made either to approve, disapprove, or defer an application and the applicants will be notified immediately. This is an ongoing program which is anticipated to last at least 25 years with money available throughout the life of the program, said Leevan. Loan money received can be used to pay fees for construction, material, design, engineering costs, accountants’ fees, legal fees, land acquisition, and preparation of the applications according to Leevan. Jackson Township Supervisor Thomas Adams questioned Leevan about the use of PennVest funds with money allocated by grants from EPA. Leevan said there ‘is nothing in the legislation that restricts what kind of matching funds can be used so that PennVest funds can be used in conjunction with federal grants. In closing, Sen. Lemmond said that priority will be given to reviewing the applications of those communities that are at risk of losing federal funding. : College to host Porter musical College Misericordia will host ‘“A Cole Porter Celebration” on Thurs- day, May 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the College’s Walsh Auditorium. The evening of toe-tapping songs will be performed by the College Miseri- cordia Chorus and a professional orchestra. “A Cole Porter Celebra- tion” is free and open to the public. Members of the Misericordia Chorus practice a number from “A A FUN CAREER! Sharp, ambitious people needed Management Position Home based job - NO INVESTMENT Free Supplies, Kit & Training Weekly Check Earn Hawaii Trip - TRAINING NOW CALL PATTY 717-676-9383 ROSES For MOTHER Roth Jewelry Harveys Lake Hwy. Dallas, Pa. THE PASTIE LADY Lower Demunds Road, Dallas (Behind Don’s Market) The only place in the valley where you find a new experience in Pasties. Try the All New COMBO & VEGETARIAN Pastie. 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It seems to work out best when the host family keeps to their own routine and includes some special treats so the children are not overwhelmed by the extra activities. Friendly Town communities can offer assistance and support to Fresh Air children in many impor- tant ways. Local civic organiza- tions can sponsor Friendly Town committees. Club members may serve on the committees or . the organization can underwrite local expenses such as postage, mileage and phone bills. Community groups can plan sum- mertime picnics for host families and their Fresh Air children. Com- | munity sponsorship broadens par- | ticipation and is invaluable to a successful Friendly Town program. For further information on how to become involved in the Fresh | Air Fund, contact Fran Williams at | 696-2126. Because according to the Fresh Air Fund, the Fresh Air experience is more than a stay in | the country, good meals, healthy exercise, and new friends. It’s a gist that can change a youngster’s life. Rates (continued from p.1) frequent and causing more dollars paid to the insured. Gordon also explained that rates can be compared that for the males it is similar to one bushel of apples going out while for the girls it is only a half bushel of apples going out. This is a total of one and a half bushels. If equalized it would mean males paying for three quarters of a bush and females paying for three quart- ers of a bushel, even though the females are not using three quart- ers of a bushel. Thus, the females while not using three quarters of a bushel will be paying for apples used by the males with insurance going up for both. To return to the CAT Fund as commonly called in Pennsylvania, Slocum explained that the original fee charged was $5.00 which was to be deposited in a fund to pay all claims over $100,000 to $1,000,000. Despite the increase in the fund per car owner from $5.00 to $8.00, the fund now has $200,000,000 claims against it. Who's going to pay these claims? Companies don’t want the fund, the government doesn’t want the fund. The insurance companies in no way could pay claims at the $24.00 fee. Customers wanted the CAT Fund elimianted but it hasn’t been nor has it been raised to $24.00. Before the fund is eliminated, there needs to be a solution, explained Slocum, but that solution has not been determined. In a conversation with Charles Gordon, he told The Post that only that day he had received corre- spondence stating that the Senate had approved by a 44-4 vote to Classified Advertising ALL 14K JEWELRY 20% OF F THE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT THAT'S AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUR LOVE . 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