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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
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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
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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
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