pis The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 15, 1989 3 KT planners hear complaints about Maple Crest subdivision By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer More than 50 residents from the Carverton Road area attended last Tuesday's meeting of the Kingston Township Planning Commission in protest of the Maple Crest sub- division proposed by developers Flack, Wallach and Moreck. The Maple Crest subdivision of 32 homes was on the agenda for review and discussion only to in- form the planning commission of the developers’ plans. No official action was taken by the commit- fee. Questions raised by residents involved water, traffic conditions and access to the well which sup- plied water to their homes, since the proposed development would be behind their homes. Lynn Wallach explained that he had a study done by engineers at his expense, the result being the engineers reported that there seemed to be a sufficient amount of water. “The interesting note is that the crowd that came out was only there because the developer was nice enough to go door to door with a letter about the meeting, so all the residents would be informed,” Township Manager Jeffrey Box said. “They are the most coopera- tive developers that the township has worked with,” Box stated. sion: e Recommended final approval of Mrs. Blaze's Bunker Hill subdi- vision into three lots. e Recommended approval by supervisors of Hidden Acres on Green Road subject to submission of final plans to DER by Davis Designs, developer. * Rejected a request by Steven Lloyd for variance of roadways from 25 feet in width to 20 feet in Summerfield development. The commission members ex- plained that after seeing what happened to Woodridge and Wood- crest, they didn't want to see it happen again. The 20-feet road- . ways are too narrow for emergency In other business the Commis- ~ commisisoners said. vehicles nor do they look good, th KT supers will oppose PG&W rate hike The Kingston Township Super- visors will oppose the Trucksville Water Company’s request with the Public Utilities Commission for a 90.8% rate increase. At last Wednesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, the board authorized Township Manager Jeffrey Box to file a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission. The utility wants the increase to take effect March 31, and water users have until that time to regis- ter their comments. While the supervisors said they could not speak for township residents, they felt that the township should complain as a water user itself. In other business at the meet- ing, Box reported that Kingston Township has been approved for a $50,000 grant from the Luzerne County Office of Community De- velopment. Box said the money would be used primarily for road and sidewalk repair and construc- Kingston Township briefs Applications open for rec commission The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors will be accepting applications from individuals interested in serving on the Township Recreation Commission. The Recreation Commission is a very active community oriented group whose function is to formulate activities for residents of the Township. These activities include Christmas decorating contests, Hobbie nights and the summer recreation program for children. Anyone interested in serving may send a letter of application or apply in person to: Jeffrey K. Box, Kingston Township Manager, 11 Carverton Road, Trucksville, PA 18708. Phone: 696-3809. Hobby Nights planned The Kingston Township Recreation Commission is sponsoring the “Second Annual Hobby Nights” scheduled to take place at the Westmore- land Elementary School on three consecutive Thursday nights - Febru- ary 23, March 2 and March 9, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Featured will be stamps, handcrafts, tokens, baseball cards, trains, coins etc. Anyone who would like to display, call Cy Chadwick at 696-3325 for more information. Hobby nights will be free to the public. Back Mountain briefs Fire hits Franklin Township barn A fire Saturday that destroyed a barn owned by Marietta Gay has been labled suspicious by the state fire marshall. The barn and two vehicles stored inside it were consumed in the blaze. Franklin Township fire chief Robert Appleby was quoted as saying he believed the fire was arson because traces of gas fumes were found around the perimeter of the barn. DAR names winners of Good Citizen Contest Susan Wells, Dallas Senior High School, and Allyson Lukasavage, Lake-Lahman High School, are among the winners of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of The American Revolution Good Citizen Contest. The winners and their parents will be guest of honor at a reception and awards ceremony Saturday, March 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the Dorrancetown United Methodist Church, Kingston. The students will represent their schools in statewide and national contests. Out of sh ? oO ls 2. Try Us Shy? Need motivation? GREAT BEGINNINGS ~ FITNESS CENTER — presents. . . 1. Women's High & low-impact Aerobics 8 a.m.- 8 p.m. 2. Men's classes -Take an aerobics class designed especially for you Or use our gym. 3. Senior Citizens classes - Co-ed, call for details. With Coupon Only — — Off New Member on Monthly Program Fernbrook Plaza, Dallas [$10.00 (Behind Treat) | | $5.00 Off Old Members and | 675-3650 LL. 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The township's efforts to have a traffic light installed at the inter- section of Route 309 and Franklin Street have once again failed, as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which must au- thorize the installation, found less than the required minimum traffic flow during a survey it conducted in December. State regulations require an average of at least 75 vehicles per hour in one direction during an eight hour period to qualify for installation of a traffic signal. The supervisors authorized Box toreadvertise for bids for the Center Street Park project. All bids re- ceived last year were too high and were rejected. The park has now been redesigned and reduced in scope, and the bidding will be in two parts; one for excavation and the other for equipment. The Board of Supervisors will hold a special meeting on Friday, February 17 to appoint a replace- ment for Ambrose Gavigan, who recently died. Box said there have been several applicants for the position, but that-anyone inter- In other matters, the board: -Appointed William Tippet and Box to the Police Pension Board of Trustees. -Appointed Tippett as the liason with the police department for the remainder of 1989. -Reappointed Osbert.J. Patton as sewage enforcement officer. -Accepted a settlement with the Chrysler Motors Corporation for an accident in 1985. , -Authorized Box to institute two personal days and two additional sick days to the benefit package that all full-time non-uniformed township employees receive. BANK BRANCH OPENS - The Grange National Bank of Wyoming County cut the ribbon on its new branch in Beaumont last Wednesday. A grand opening celebration will be held this Friday and Satur- . day, with the first 200 customers receiving a free silver dollar. Present for the ceremony last week were, left to right; Joyce Wall, teller, Joan Bindal, teller, C.J. Cornell, president of the board of directors, K. Price, secretary of the board, Tom McCullough, vice-president and CEO, Boice Lavre, director, Larry Tyler, director. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Robert C. Wheeler will manage new bank branch Robert C. Wheeler is the man- ager of the newest branch of the Grange National Bank of Wyoming County, which opened in Beaumont February 8. Wheeler, whose title is vice presi- dent, has been with the bank for all of his 23 year banking career. He started as a teller in the main office in Laceyville, and has since served in all areas of the bank's business. The bank's latest branch is lo- cated at the intersection of Routes 29 and 309 in Beaumont, eight miles from the center of Dallas. Under construction since Novem- ber, the branch will house the bank's facilities and provide office space for tenants. Facilities will Board include a drive-up window and night depository. “We like to provide friendly, personal service branches,” Wheeler said. “We try in all our | to know our customers. 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Ms. Audrey Ide was named as assistant drama coach at the sen- jor high school and Kim Fey, for- mer Lake-Lehman softball player, was named to the position of assis- tant softball coach at the middle school. Ron Musto of West Pittston was appointed assistant baseball coach at the senior high school for the 1988-1989 school year. Director James Richardson reported that the cafeteria was operating at a loss due to the fact that a majority of the students were not eating lunch in the cafe- teria. Richardson said he was meeting with officials of the ele- mentary, middle and senior high schools and representatives of the cafeteria to try to determine the problem. One of the steps taken by cafeteria is to distribute a ques- tionnaire to the students to try to determine the reason why the decline in purchasing lunches. Fred Templin, assistant super- intendent in charge of curriculum reported the changes in the cur- riculum in the math, physics, business and health departments for the year. 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