(RA friends and Susan Presper, student BRI SHYT CN Bix RB R094 BERTH TON, 7 2 Vol. 99, No. 22 25 Cents Tsaxpayers will not sue Dallas Board William Bachman, spokesman for the group of Dallas District taxpay- ers, who felt members of the Dallas School Board may have been in violation of the Sunshine Law at the May 24 meeting, said they have decided not to pursue the en at this time. e have consulted an attorney, who agrees that there could have been possible violation but he advised us that it could be an expensive and long, drawn-out pro- cedure,” Bachman said. “The attorney explained that there is such a backlog of criminal cases and other major cases in the courts at the present time that an allegation such as ours would in all probability be dismissed,” Bach- man continued. Bachman stated, however, that the taxpayers group planned to play a key role in watching the board in the future. They also plan to recruit qualified taxpayers inter- & in quality education for the sppudents and willing to remain outside the political game, to run for office in the next election of board candidates. “From the local level to Harris- burg, qualified representativeshave agreed with us that there could have been a violation of the Sun- shine Law but there is no way possible for a recall of the board members votes so it seems useless to spend a lot of money for a lost cause. We will, however, continue ig as watchdogs over future aetions,”’ Bachman stated. |.ake-Lehman ommencement is Friday Lake-Lehman High School will graduate 210 seniors, Friday, June 10, 6 p.m., in the Edward Edwards Memorial Stadium on the school campus. In the event of inclement ‘weather, the commencement serv- ices will be held inside in the gymnasium. Stephanie Kukosky, class presi- will welcome relatives and council president, will speak briefly on the class’s high school days. The high school chorus, directed by Ms. Jane Morris, will present several musical selections which will be followed by a farewell to the seniors by High School Princi- pal Jay Zaleskas. Mrs. Jean Lipski, high school faculty member, will give the Com- mencement Address to the seniors, which will be followed by the Bac- calaureate Address given by Rev. Shambora. jonor orations will be delivered by Matthew Reinert and Lori Rogers, highest honor students. Ms. Sylvia Bator, department chairperson of pupil personnel, will present honor awards and a repre- sentative of the Giberson Family will present the Del Giberson Memorial Scholarship. i District Superintendent Charles J. Borchetta, Ed.D will present the Class of 1988 to School Board Presi- dent Dr. John H. Presper for the awarding of diplomas. Roll call of the graduates and a farewell address will be by Assistant High School Principal Robert O. Roberts, senior class advisor. Circus is coming The Luzerne County Fairgrounds will be host to elephants, clowns and much more on Saturday, June 11 as Allan C. Hill's Great American Circus comes to the area. The circus will run shows under the bigtop at 2:30 and &:00 p.m. In addition to the scheduled shows, there will be rides, games and side shows. Under the bigtop the performances will include aerial acts, equestrians, wild animals jugglers, clowns and elephants. A part of the proceeds from the performance will be donated to the Spini Bifida Association of Northeastern Pennsylvania. Admission charges for the shows are $7.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under 14 vears & age. The fairgrounds are located off route 118 in Lehman. The midway opens at i. e Harvey’ s Lake merchants to business as usual “despite 309 construction By Charlot Demmon Post Staff Unlike business places fronting Route 309 in the Back Mountain, where highway construction is cre- ating hardships for the merchants, Harveys Lake businesses do. not appear to be seriously affected. In fact, a majority of the busi- ness people interviewed at the lake said they were doing business as usual and a few said their business was better than in the past. All agreed, however, ‘that it was early in the season and difficult to pre- dict what will hapten as the summer progresses Joe Paglianite, owner of Joe’s Grotto Pizza, said that there were not as many people at the lake as usual for Memorial Day but it was early in the season and weather might have been a problem. “We had two nice days but the weather during May has been bad and I believe that the heavy traffic and holdups might have been a factor.” Paglianite recommended that the contractor hire some auxil- iary police to be stationed at the traffic lights along the highway - from 4 to 6 p.m. He said he thought this would reduce the daily aggra- vation and irritation and generate a better relationship between drivers and the contractor. Sunset Marina’s owner, Gu y Giordano, said he did not believe the highway construction had any STONE HEDGE RESIDENTS — Stone Hedge residents will take a ‘‘wait and see’ attitude for a reasonable length of timeto determine whether owners of the Dallas Water Company were sincere in their discussion wil } {Prato by Cra M, Hpormen. h them last Friday. Above, John | Molski, Andrea Molski, seated;John Gilroy and Carol McKeever fp sous the problem at the Molski residence last Sunday. effect on his business. People always seem willing to go any- where to get a good deal, Giordano believes, and once they get to the lake, they stay Here for a period of time. Since ‘Giordano deals with boats and boating equipment, many of those who are his customers have their boats at the lake, so despite traffic tie-ups, boating activity is normal. Giordano said his business this year has improved, perhaps "because people plan to stay home at the lake this summer. Pier III is one of the. newer businesses at the lake and is a restaurant that caters to both local and in-town customers. Owner Jennie Centrella said, “Yes, I believe the construction hurts our business. The local people come but many of our downtown customers don’t come as often because they don’t want to fight the heavy traffic.” The chef of Pier III suggested that the contractor should have his men work from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. as they do in the bigger cities, thus preventing the traffic problems. Faux Inn, located diagonally across from Hanson’s, caters mostly to local trade. The owner said business is always slower before the summer season. “Our local business is the same as usual but it is too early to predict how the construction will affect us before summer is over, since people will not want to be Stone Hedge has water BY CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer For the first time in 11 days John Molski was able to take a shower last Friday while his wife was running the dishwasher. ‘Molski is a resident of Stone Hedge, Dallas where residents went from Saturday to Thursday without water. During the past month, the development has been dry for 14 days. In the Molski residence, Friday was the first day they were able to have a cooked meal in seven days. Another homeowner in the development, Jan Verbinski, said water pressure has been inad- equate for more than a dozen years. “Was it just coincidence that we had water Thursday at 5 p.m., an hour before water buffaloes were moved into our development and just before a meeting was to be held in the Kingston Township Municipal Building to discuss our concerns,’ asked Stone Hedge resi- tied up’ ‘in the heat.” Rich and Charlotte Williams operate -a bar and grill. in the Sandy Beach area. They are not too concerned about losing businesses. because of the Back Mountain highs way construction. “Memorial Day the weather was good and our business was good, ’said Rich. “We have a neigh- borhood: trade year-round, however. We have some customers from the city but they still come out aggra- vatad sometimes because of the inconvenience. They come out later than usual and take time to relax.” The grocery store Across the bridge at Sunset is owned by Nick and Nancy DiVeronica. Nick said he believes the con- struction has helped his business tremendously. ‘‘The construction makes it difficult to pull off the highway and stop in the larger markets, so the residents at the lake ‘are shopping at our store. We usually tave two weeks of good business after fishing season opens, then it drops off. This year has been different. We have been busy continually. I guess people just don’t want to get tied up in traffic,” Nick said. Although it appears that the Route 309 construction has not has a large negative effect on busi- nesses at Harveys Lake, business people there do not wish harmful effects on their business friends in Dallas and Kingston Township. As one business man said, ‘There is some good and bad in everything.” dent Joe Gilroy. Gilroy is the father of two young children, one a baby, and without water his wife cannot make for- mula nor properly launder clothes for the two little ones. Another family in the development has a handicapped child, and others are unable to leave their homesto get water, yet water had not been brought to the neighborhood until last Thursday. Several residents met Friday with the owners of the Dallas- Shavertown Water Company, Robert Hassold and his sister,Jean Eason, who explained their long range plans and the necessary improvements they planned to make. “What they said was positive,” Gilroy said, ‘But until the new improvements are made, what will happen? Was their meeting with us only a gesture to calm consumers.” The water company presently has an application for a rate increase filed with the Public Utilities Com- Jose and residents are upset A Heh » I RS water. Kingston Township applies for $168,000 in grants BY CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Kingston Township Manager Fred Potzer has applied recently for three grants, two of them to benefit Kingston Township and the third one for the benefit of the Back Moultain Communications Center. The grant applied for by Potzer for the Back Mountain Communica- tions (Comm) Center is a Depart- ment of Communications Intergov- ernmental Projects grant of $13,200 for the Back Mountain Comm Center for Dallas Township, Dallas Borough, Kingston Township and Harveys Lake. It is to be used to defray costs of repaying for equip- ment purchased with a $66,000 loan from First Eastern Bank. Dallas: Township and Kingston Township municipalities split the cost of the loan in their names since fire and ambulance compa- £1 nies cannot apply for such a loan directly. Potzer said the loan will be repaid through contracts of $1500.00 each with the Back Mountain fire and ambulance companies, with the exception of Harveys Lake and Franklin Township fire companies, and a $10,000 contract with Nes- bitt’s paramedics. The four municipalities own the equipment, whieh is located in the. Dallas Township municipal build- ing, and these /four municipalities make up the comission. / The commission meni Paul Sahel, ‘Kingston, mawaship Police Chief, chairman; oF Walter, Dallas Township supe; sor, vice-chairman; and John Fowler, Dallas Borough Police Chief, secretary treasurer. The Comm Center will handle fire, ambulance, police and all A Dallas woman has a chance to become the next Miss Pennsyl- vania. Judy Fitch, 20, will be repre- senting the Wilkes-Barre Scranton area in the Miss Pennsylvania pre- liminary competition June 9,10 in Altonta, PA. Miss Fitch graduated from + Dallas High School in 1985 and currently is a Communications major at Wilkes College in Wilkes- Barre, Pa. She won the 1985 Luz- erne County Junior Miss title, and - water; improvements that would be done emergency calls in the Back Moun- tain with the exception of Harveys Lake and Franklin Township Fire Companies. Lehman and Jackson 3 % Township Fire Companies are included. When the Comm Center is finalized, the Back Mountain will no longer need to go through the Luzerne County Communication Center. The second grant applied for bY. Potzer is a 'SPAG’, a State Plan- ning Assistance Grant for a total of $14,970. Kingston Township is plan- ning to put together a new compre- hensive plan shich would be the backbone for subdivision and zoning work. It would be a master plan which looks at the township’s road network; storm sewers; sani- tary sewers; population trends; housing types including poor, good areas of potential or excellent; problems in the township such as and long term capital over a long period of time in the township. This grant is 50-50 matching with the state. The township needs a new master plan because of rapid growth. The existing plan was for- mulated in 1975 The third grant applied for is to the Department of Community Affairs. It is a specific program to ardress the special needs in urban areas or of a blight prevention program. The $140,000 grant is for home rehabilitation repairs. ~The township is to give loans to ¥énovate homes in the Trucksville” area that are in need of Schapilita: i tion. The grant will also be used for public improvements such as resur- facing and drainage in the areas of Cliffside Avenue, Old Carverton Road, Terrace Avenue, Highland Avenue, Meadowcrest Avenue and Spring Garden Avenue. «Judy Fitch will compete for Miss PA this week after high school cra duationt trav- eled for two years with the reli- gious singing group Re-Creation performing for hospitals, veteren’s groups, and other organizations. Miss Pennsylvania contestants are judged on several categories including talent, evening gown modeling, swimsuit competition and a private interview. Ten young women will be selected from the preliminary competition to partici- pate in the final contest June 11. Permits required for contracting Homeowners in Kingston Town- ship and contractors doing work in the Township are reminded that Building Permits must be obtained for the following: New homes, addi- tions, garages, moving or tearing down buildings, sheds (including temporary sheds), roofing, siding, converting homes to apartments, patios, roofing over or closing patios, chimneys, porches, closing in of porches, commercial build- ings, swimming pools, driveways and new businesses. Permits for pools are $20, drive- for because they are now paying quart- erly bills of $80 or more and often have no water or water of poor quality. Stone Hedge residents are plan- ning to meet in the near future to recruit prospects for a Dallas Bor- ough Water Committee, who in turn will select a person or persons to represent the borough on a Back Mountain Water Commission. They are also actively soliciting resi- dents to attend the June 23 town ‘meeting at the Dallas Junior High School. “We want to be a positive force in forming a committee of five to seven members, to whom we can take our complaints and tiey in turn can regisver them with the water commission,”’ explained Gilroy. Stone Hedge residents said they met with Joseph Salla, general manager of the water company, and the owners and understand that the owners have problems meeting increasing demands for They agree that ‘more way construction $25, driveway resurfacing $10. New homes and additions to be used as living quart- ers are approximately $4 per $1,000 of construction costs, all other per- mits are based on a $2 per $1,000 of construction costs. Permits may be obtained by con- tacting the Kingston Township Zoning Officer, Ralph R. Anthony, Jr. at the Kingston Township Municipal - Building, 11 Carverton Road, Trucksville, PA 18708, Tues- day, Thursday, or Friday from 8: 30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. NOW improvements are necessary and more long range plans must be considered. Their chief concern is how the current problems will be handled until such time as improvements are made and there is sufficient water for everyone. “Dallas is no longer a farm community,” Andrea Molski said. “The water companyshould realize this and begin moving fast. There should be someone on duty to take See Water, pg 3 Aa EE EEO. GURL REVERE § r) § A Rat
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