a Ra Vol. 100 No. 14 "A Centennial Edition" Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 12, 1989 35 Cents | "Plan could save Dallas district By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Harry West of Wayne Thomas Environmental Abatement Associ- ates, Inc. explained to members of the Dallas School Board at Mon- day night's meeting that by using an alternate method to to connect an energy management system, the district could save $20,000 to $30,000. The savings would be realized because under West's plan, asbes- tos ceiling tiles wouldn't be dis- turbed, saving the expense of removing them. West explained that in the jun- jor high the ceiling tiles are well- maintained so there is no danger of asbestos becoming airborne as long as they are not disturbed. He said that to remove the ceiling tiles would cost from $20,000 to $30,000, but the alternate method of running wiring through pipes wuld cost only about $1,000. The wiring needs to be connected to sensors will go down through the floor and then run through pipe tunnels and back up to the Sensors. West assured the directors the danger from asbestos is only when it becomes airborne which will not be the case at the junior high. Superintendent Gerald Wycal- lis said he is still waiting for final approval from Harrisburg on the senior high school renovations. The district has received verbal ap- proval but not written approval. Once written approval is received, the board can approve advertising for bids. A discussion was held on whether it was advisable to con- tinue a Circus Day for secondary See DALLAS, pg 3 Developers plan 32 houses off Upper Demunds By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer After approving the enactment of a new ordinance which prohib- its residents from filling or adding water to swimming pools, watering lawns or gardens or washing cars during a drought emergency, the Dallas Township supervisors dis- cussed subjects brought up by persons at the meeting held Tues- day, April 4, at the township build- ing. The new ordinance applies to residents with private wells and those with public water service. Paul Klug and Michael Dom- browski spoke to the supervisors about their proposal for a develop- ment on property owned by Klug behind his home on Upper De- munds Road, Dallas. Michael Dombrowski is the proposed builder. Citizen group offers course in planning The Back Mountain Citizens’ Council, in cooperation with other organizations, will sponsor a six-- week course in planning and zon- ing issues. While the course is structured primarily for municipal planning personnel, other officials and interested members of the general public are welcome to at- tend. The six session course will be- gin on Wednesday, April 26 and continue through May 31. Meet- ings will be from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. at Hayfield House, room 105 on the Penn State campus in Lehman. The course will feature discus- sions and demonstrations of plan- ning ideas, techniques and proce- dures, as well as a review of the judicial nature of planning and zoning law as viewed by municipal officials, citizens and developers. Two professional faculty mem- bers of Penn State will lead the course; Sanford M. Lembeck is associate professor of rural sociol- ogy at the University Park cam- pus; Attorney Charles Zaleski of Harrisburg is a specialist in plan- ning and zoning law. Afee of $25.00 covers the cost of attending the six sessions and course materials. Anyone inter- ested in participating in the course should send a check for $25.00 to “EDCNP", 1151 Oak Street, Pittston, PA 18640. Road The residents were told by the supervisors that it would be neces- sary for them to obtain a sewage right-of-way from the Dallas Area Municipal Authority, since the parcel of land in question is con- sideed wetlands. Since the supervisors meeting, April4, Klug and Dombrowski have submitted a preliminary plot plan for the proposed development behind Klug's home. The develop- ment - to be known as ‘The Maples’ - consists of approximately 40 acres on which Dombroski proposes to construct 32 houses. The devel- oper indicated that he was able to obtain the sewage right-of-way from the Dallas Area Municipal Authority to put in sewer lines as designated by the Authority at the developer's expense. See 32 HOMES, pg 3 DINOSAUR LAND - David Cummings looks over the top of his PING, REBUILDING - Members of the Beaumont Union Gospel Church met in the old Beaumont schoolhouse Sunday, as they planned to rebuild their fire damaged building on Route 309. (Photo by Ron Bartizek) Beaumont church members carry on as they plan to rebuild By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff “The church is more than a building,” said Pastor Jerry Tal- lent at the conclusion of his ser- approximately 50 persons as- sembled in the second floor audi- torium of the old Beaumont School were testimony to the statement. The members of the Beaumont Union Gospel Church were meet- ing in the former schoolhouse because their building had been damaged by fire the previous Wednesday morning - the victim of an arsonist according to the state fire marshal’s office. “I should have titled the ser- mon, ‘As If By Fire,” Reverend Tallent said later Sunday. He said the theme of his presentation was that God used fire many times to test his followers and to gain their attention. His Bible selection for the day, Psalm 66, Verses 8-20, includes this passage: “Thou didst let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water; yet thou hast brought us forth to a spacious place.” Reverend Tallent urged his flock to “regroup, rebuild and revive,” as he closed his sermon dinosaur bed as he describes his enthusiasm for dinosaurs and how they live. (C.M. Denmon Photo) t William Rifenbery has been head trustee and Sunday School super- intendent of the church since the early 1960's. Prior to that he at- tended services and Sunday School er- there. He knows the tragedy of the mon Sunday morning, And the ¢ fire will test the members. “I hope it will make the congregation stronger,” he said. “I'm praying that way. We pray that this will cause more people to attend.” Judging by Sunday's atten- dance, that may well be happen- ing. The church has a membership of about 70, and this week's atten- dance was a bit higher than usual, Rifenbery said. He said that membership has been stable the last few years. Neither Pastor Tallent nor the church has been through a similar experience before. Tallent, who has been serving both the Beaumont church and one in Noxen for the past 23 years, an- nounced just a month ago that he would be leaving his post in late- May to move closer to his son's home in Tennessee. Rifenbery said the church building had never before suffered a fire. Rifenbery said that as far as he knew, the church was builtin 1866, making it one of the oldest build- ings in the community. While it David Cummings has dinosaur den By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Land of the Dinosaurs may be located on Lower Demunds Road in East Dallas. : Six-year-old David Cummings sleeps, eats and lives dinosaurs. He is probably the only boy in the Back Mountain whose bedroom is a dinosaur den, his bel a dino- saur, who wears dinosaur jeans, sneakers, shorts and shirts. David saw pictures of dinosaurs in a book about a year ago and during this past year while visiting the Back Mountain Library, he saw a collection of dinosaurs that whetted his enthusiasm about the creatures. He was so fascinated by the dinosaurs that his mother made him a dinosaur sweater. David's interest in the animals grew, so next his mother, Jane Cummings, crocheted her son an afghan cov- ered with different colored dino- saurs. Only a short while after that they discovered a dinosaur carou- sel at a craft show and a dinosaur puzzle in a game shop. Then came the masterpiece - a dinosaur bed. David's dad, John Cummings, a woodworker, made the dinosaur bed for his son. The bed was com- plete with head, body and long tail of the dinosaur. John painted it green highlighted with dark shad- ings. To make the dinosaur’s home complete, Jane painted the wall to look like a dinosaur's cave with decals of dinosaur eggs on the wall. Curtains were decorated with dinosaurs, and sheets, blankets ARSONIST'S WORK - The Beaumont Union Gospel Church building sustained heavy dam- age to its vestibule in a fire last week. (Photo by Ron Bartizek) has been on the same site since then, it was raised up one story about 1940 when Route 309 was updated and widened. See CHURCH, pg 2 and pillowcases had dinosaurs in a scattered design all over them. David's bedroom had become a dinosaur den. David wears dinosaur shorts, shirts, jeans and sneakers. He hangs his heavy dinosaur sweater on a dinosaur coatrack. After a shower he dries with a dinosaur towel and if he cuts a finger or toe, he wears a dinosaur band-aid. The Cummings’ son has his own dinosaur land. Now David has added some- thing new to his collection - not a dinosaur but a Crimson Peruvian Cavy, a member of the rodent NE A BE WE he PRE SAT ta as RE A RETR © RRO RT Calendar...... 14 Classified.....13 Editorials....... 4 Obituaries.....2 Police News..2 RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE - Thurs., April 13, 10:30 AM- 4:30 PM, College Misericordia DALLAS BOROUGH COUNCIL - Tues., April 18, 8 PM, Dallas Borough Building, Main Street DALLAS TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS - Tues., April 18, 8 PM, Dallas Township Bldg. HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH COUNCIL - Tues., April 18, 7:30 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg. HARVEYS LAKE PLANNING CO Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg. Property Transfers... 5 MMISSION - Mon., April 17, 7 PM, Water group pleased with | survey returns By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Members of the Back Mountain Water Commission expressed their pleasure at the number of surveys being returned from the mailing sent out by the Commonwealth Telephone Company last month. “This is not all of them yet,” Ellie Rodda stated. “Not all of the billing has gone out to all of the areas, so we should receive more by the next meeting." 7 Water Commission chairman Jim Ward distributed excerpts | from the 1972 Gilbert Report stat- ing that ground water was the primary source of water in the || area. The consultant to the report || concluded at that time that addi- tional water sources were needed in the Back Mountain. He stated thatin 1970 the water supplywas barely adequate and that by 1980 the supply could be slightly defi- cient and by 2020 the deficiency could reach large proportions. The consultant recommended that it be feasible to find alternate water supplies, and listed such sources as Huntsville Dam, groundwater, Harveys Lake, Frances Slocum State Park Lake, || Abrahams Creek (proposed im- | poundment), and the | Susquehanna River. Members of the commission discussed the recommendation but stated that during the past 10 years or more, these sources had been investigated and found'ina- daquate for various reasons. They * concluded the amount of ground water was not the problem but that distribution equipment was not adequate. i: Members also discussed the | wetlands in Pennsylvania and the | importance of protecting them in | order to preserve animals, birds and other wildlife which will die out if the wetlands are destroyed. The members also approved writing to the Back Mountain Water Companies to ask them to provide information about how many wells they have, sales versus pumping, growth rate, contamination in | wells, types of testing and fluctua- tion of water in the wells. PH They also discussed obtaining | more information on water authori- ties before holding a general com- munity meeting on the subject. - AE They will seta date forthe public meeting after additional informa- tion is obtained about water au- thorities. family. Crimson is a tiny light tan and white long-haired animal slightly resembling a fluffy mop. Tiny and gentle as it is, the Cum- mings Lhasa Apsos and their cat are frightened by it. Crimson is David's only excep- tion to dinosaurs. He has erasers, tablets, markers, dinosaur toysand a miniature dinosaur skeleton. When David leaves for school, he leaves his land of dinosaurs behind him but when he returns home he returns to the ‘Land of dinosaurs’, once his bed but now his dinosaur den where he can play, relax and sleep. | Real Estate.............. 12 Religion................... 8 SCRODN.......c..conitees snes 11,12
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