ms shine Complete weekly calendar OST page 14 12 NORTH C1 Vol. 100 No. 20 "A Centennial Edition" Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 24, 1989 35 Cents HL assistant police chief resigns to take new job By Scott A. Davis Post Staff The Harveys Lake Police De- partment experienced several changes including the resignation of the assistant chief at the Bor- ough Council meeting last Wednesday. Assistant Chief John R. Lerch resigned effective May 12 to pur- sue employment elsewhere. Lerch served the community for 17 years. “This is in no way a political move,” explained Council Presi- dent Edward Kelly. He said Lerch accepted a position with the secu- rity division of First Eastern Bank. The council also appointed two new police officers. Full time pa- trolman Mark Karlonias will fill : the eight hour schedule vacated by Lerch. He willbe on a six month probation. Part time patrolman William Alaimo will work on a 24 hour work schedule. The council also voted to pur- chase a new, unmarked police cruiser through the state's Mu- nicipal Vehicle Purchase program. The council claims the cost of the new cruiser will be less than one purchased earlier this year. The new cruiser would be used in place of the police Ram truck during the summer months. The Ram cannot be used during the summer because “in a chase, it has a tendency to flip on its side,” according to Harveys Lake Patrol- man Ronald Spock. In other council business, American Asphalt’s bid for the Keefer Plot project was accepted. The bid of $41,974.76 was the lowest submitted for the road chipping and drainage work. Council also appointed Carol Samson as borough secretary and approved the Irish Heritage Run set for June 24 at the lake. Also approved was the annual Tri- atholon at the lake. No date was given. Memorial Day Flags will be flying all over the Back Mountain this weekend as the Memorial Day holiday is celebrated. There will be ceremonies Memorial Day parades, services set : ual Memorial Day Weekend By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Memorial Day weekend has long been recognized as the official beginning of summer, heralded by parades, fire company bazaars, Legion Memorial Services, picnics and outdoor barbecues. While many of the traditional ceremonies have disappeared in recentyears, there are still a few scheduled for the upcoming weekend. DALLAS PARADE AND SERVICES Members of the Dallas American Legion will again hold their traditional Memorial Day Parade and Services at the “Honor Roll and the cemeteries. Gus Shuleski will be Grand Marshal of the parade which will begin at 9 a.m. from the Daddow-Isaacs Legion Home on Memorial Highway and proceed to the Honor Roll at the center of Dallas where memorial services will be conducted paying tribute to the men and women who died serving their country. Marching in the parade will be the Legionnaires, the Legion Auxiliary members, Dallas Fire and Ambulance members, the Dallas Band, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Little League members, the color guard and other dignitaries. Participants in the memorial services at the honor roll and at to mark the day, and a fair and bazaar for fun. (Photo by Charlotte Barizelg hy Woodlawn Cometity will be Legion Commander Stuart Oakley, Rev. William Cusick, Gate of Heaven Church, Rev. Michael Bealla, Dallas United Methodist Church, Gerald Stinson, athletic director, Dallas Senior High School, guest speaker, and the Color Guard.. The wreath will be laid on the Honor Roll by a Little League member and a Girl Scout. Following the services at Woodlawn Cemetery, the Legionnaires will proceed to Chapel Lawn to honor the veterans. 3-DAY FAIR, PARADE IN SWEET VALLEY The Sweet Valley Volunteer Fire Company will hold their Parade and Fair May 26, 27 and 29 at the fairgrounds located near the Ross Elementary School, just off the Main Road, Sweet Valley. The fairgrounds will open Friday night at 5:30 with entertainment by Take Four with Shawn Klush beginning at 7 p.m. The grounds will open again Saturday night at 5:30 with entertainment being provided by Chick Reeves and EZ Ride Band at 7 p.m. The fair is closed Sunday but will reopen Monday morning at 10:30. Entertainment will continue throughout the day Monday beginning with the Al See MEMORIAL, pg 2 Budgets for schools short on options By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer During the past two weeks the ~ Dallas and Lake-Lehman school directors have approved their ten- tative 1989-1990 budgets, Lake- Lehman's proposed budget in- creasing taxes by five mills and Dallas’ proposed budget increas- ing taxes by four mills. : The proposed Lake-Lehman budget of $10,610,338 represents 133 mills tax in Luzerne County areas of the district and remains at 158 mills in Noxen Township of Wyoming County. The proposed Dallas budget of $12,392,313 requires 132.5 mills property tax i in the district. The combined total of both dis. i tricts' budgets amounts to $23,002,651, which is without a doubt ‘big business’, a fact that i representatives of either district | will not deny. Generous as the budgets ap- pear to be, however, neither dis- trict claims to have an overflow of surplus monies to use. Both say they have cut corners as closely as they can. The fact is that most items within the school budgets are either mandated by the State Department of Education, con- on tracted support services, transpor- tation services and operational or maintenance services. The Dallas School District - i budget is $1,781,975 larger than Lake-Lehman's $10,610, 338since the Dallas District has a larger student population. But the per- centages allocated to various ex- penses in th two districts are not g far apart. i] In the Dallas district, salaries for the regular elementary and secondary programs and special programs such as tuition to spe- cial schoolsand special l.U. classes including social security, retire- ment, pension, insurance workers compensation, sick day reimburse- ment and other related benefits totals approximately $6,000,000 or 48.4 percent of the budget. Vocational education and related services plus other instructional programs such as homeboundand driver's education totals approxi- See BUDGETS, pg2 | Incumbents Shaffer, Price ousted in primary election By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Barring any unforeseen chal- | lenges, the Dallas Borough Coun- cil will have two new faces in November. First time candidates Patricial Peiffer and Donald Coo- per won nomination on the Re- publican ballot, along with incum- bent Timothy Carroll. Incumbent Paul LaBar ran unopposed and will be on the ballot in November. Losing candidates were incum- bent Donald Shaffer, Joan Hiller and Hugh P. King. In Kingston Township, incum- bent Edward Price lost out to Donald Gavigan, son of the late Ambrose Gavigan, and Ben Fran- klin, who had been appointed to fill Gavigan's seat in February. Both men will run unopposed on the Republican ballot in Novem- ber. In the county offices, Martha Reese won a third term as jury commissioner for the Republicans, beating back a challenge from Bruce Hanson. Daniel Blaine ran unopposed for the Democrats. Joseph Sgarlat gained the Repub- lican nomination for controller and George Gwilliam won the Repub- - lican nomination for prothonotary. It was a light voter turnout in Dallas Township where the only contest was in the school director race where three incumbents and three newcomers ran for nomina- tion to the November general elec- tion ballot. Sunset Beach won't open after voters reject funds By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff Harveys Lake Borough Council announced last week that Sunset Beach will not open this summer after residents refused to allow tax money to support it. A large majority of residents voted down a referendum question on the primary election ballot which would have allowed the borough council to use tax money to fund the beach. The beach could only be reo- sustain the beach is installing public toilets. State law requires that all public swimming areas must have public restrooms. In- stallation of the toilets would cost between seven and ten thousand dollars, according to Boice. “Joe’s Grotto had bathrooms and changing facilities which we used,” Boice said."But it is no longer there.” Fire destroyed the popular restuarant last year. Boice said people used to come to council meetings asking for a public beach. “They got the beach Incumbent James Richardson received 609 votes on the Repub- lican ticket, 182 on the Demo- cratic; Tom Landon 522 on the Republican ticket, 162 on the Democratic; and John Litz 467 on the Republican ticket for the four- year term and 538 for the two year tern. He also received 214 for the two-year term on the Democratic ticket. Newcomers John Cleary received 512 votes on the Repub- lican ticket and Thomas Stitzer received 415 on the Republican ticket and 144 on the Democratic. David Yablonski received 169 votes on the Democratic ticket. Yablon- ski and Cleary did not cross file as the other candidates did. Incumbent tax collector Leonard Kozick, unopposed, received 682 votes; incumbent Frank Wagner, also unopposed received 654 votes and incumbent auditor Kenneth Kirk, unopposed received 578 votes. All were Republicans. In other municipalities of the Dallas School District, the unoffi- cial count showed that the six candidates will meet again in November, since Yablonski and Fisk ‘Cleary did not cross-file. bg Unofficial returns showed that Richardson was the top vote getter on the Republican ballot with 1,773 votes. TomLandonhad 1,548 votes, John Cleary was third with 1,508 votes and Thomas Stitzer fourth with 1,264. Incumbent Republi- can John Litz won nomination for the two year term on both the Republican and Democratic ticket. He ran unopposed. On the Democratic ticket Lan- don was tops with 515 votes, David Yablonski registered Democrathad 514 votes, Richardson was third with 513 and Stitzer came in fourth with 458. In Lake-Lehman the race for 3 ¢ school director was a contest in only one of the three regions. In Region 1, Harveys Lake Bor- ough, Lake and Noxen Townships, Mildred Sue Dobash ran unop- posed for the one seat and will be on both the Republican and Demo- cratic ballot in November. In Re- gion II middle and southwest dis- See ELECTION, pg 3 3 i A al sess SR Inside The Post Calendar......14 Classified.....12,13 Editorials....... 4 Obituaries.....2 Police News..5 Property Transfers.. 5 Real Estate.............. 12: Religion..................s. 4 School................i 7 SDOMS.........ccicdeiivivauns 11 Coming up: and kept it up for a few years.” He said if people would come to meet- ings again, maybe they could help the council find a way to fund the beach without using tax money. The council is looking into a os See BEACH, pgs pened if it becomes self-support- ing, according to Councilman Rich- ard Boice. “People are not against a public beach,” he said, "they just do not want tax money to go to- ward sustaining it.” One of the largest expenses to Rainbow girls Liza Lettie, Dallas, helps Melinda English pin her flowers on before last week's installation of officers ceremony. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT SPECIAL MEETING - Wed., May 31, 7:30 PM, Senior High School. For input from citizens on educational facilities study. HARVEYS LAKE ZONING BOARD - Yuos, May 30, 7PM, h Harveys Lake Muricips) Bldg.
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