ith a & o Vol. 100 No. 40 "A Centennial Edition" 35 Cents Township settles border uestion with ranklin Twp. By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Dallas Township supervi- sors finally agreed on the location of the boundary line between Dal- las Township and Franklin Town- ship in the Valley View Trailer Court, at their meeting held Tues- day, October 3. Zoning officer Leonard Kozick explained that the official bound- ary line was never established between the two townships, since in the past there were two lines, one indicated on the township maps and a second line defined in the description. Officials of both townships met and agreed that the line should be in the center of the two which have been in question over the years. This line will become official and indicated as such on the records. James Veras, developer of Pheasant Run, also appeared at the meeting and requested that the township accept the turn- around in the development. This will be taken under consideration and an answer given. $100 bond for political signs in Kingston Twp. All area political candidates who plan to post signs in Kingston Township are reminded that signs cannot exceed four square feet in area and such signs shall not be attached to fences, trees, utility poles or the like. They shall not be erected closer than fifteen feet (15) to any road or lot line. There shall be a distance of one hundred fifty feet (150) between such signs. Political campaign signs can be erected no earlier than thirty (30) days prior to any election and must be removed no later than thirty (30) days after said election. Applications for a permit to erect political signs within the Town- ship can be obtained from the Township Zoning Office, 11 Carver- ton Road, Trucksville, Pa. A bond in the sum of one hundred dollars ($100.00) must be deposited with Kingston Town- ship before the posting of any po- litical signs. The Bond will be re- turned to the candidate or the campaign committee after the elec- tion if the signs have been removed within thirty days (30) after said election. Ifyou have any questions, please contact the Zoning Officer at 696- 3809. Serving for the United Way Peak week Horses feed under autumn colors at the Hayfield barns in Lehman. This week will be the best for autumn splendors. (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Water Commission By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Daniel Faison, Franklin Town- ship representative to the Back Mountain Water Commission, and newly-appointed chairman of the regulations committee, presented a report drawn up by his committee to the commis- sion at last Thursday's meeting. Bill Leandri, Dallas, was one of many volunteers last week who served food and drinks at MacDonald's in Shavertown. Proceeds from the event were donated to the United Way of Wyoming Valley. - ‘township supervisors’ meeting (Photo by Ron Bartizek) \ Faison explained that the committee believed it was time to bring Back Mountain resi- dents up to date on what has been done by the Commission during the first year of its or- ganization and ask for input and assistance in achieving the Commission’s new goals. During the past year the Com- mission has tried to serve as a clearing house for all develop- mental plans for the Back Moun- tain area with the hope that pro- spective developer would be required to submit to the Com- mission, individual development plans. The, Commission would then in turn use its own re- sources to formulate the appro- priate recommendations for the respective governing bodies consideration. regroups The Commission also hoped to serve as a planning agency which would survey present water resources, supply and quality and develop a data base of existing conditions for a re- gional ground water manage- ment program. A third guideline of the Com- mission's was to develop a long range groundwater management program to meet the needs of the Back Mountain area; to explore the possibility of using resources other than groundwater to meet present and future needs. The Commission also hoped to explore the possibility of im- proved water resources for fire- fighting capability. Other guide- lines included an official policy See WATER, pg 3 Alleged rock blasting under fire in Jackson Township By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff Alleged rock blasting along Hill- side Road in Jackson Township is creating an explosive situation as residents and township supervi- sors try to contact the company they believe is responsible. The supervisors say blasting in this area is a violation of law. American Asphalt Company is working in an area where resi- dents claim huge blasts are shak- ing their homes. The residents brought their complaints to the Monday evening. Township Zoning Officer Robert Culp said Hillside Road is an agri- cultural zone and blasting in that area would be illegal. He said he has attempted to contact Ameri- can Asphalt by telephone, but his messages were never returned. The supervisors voted to attempt to contact the company by phone again. If the call fails, the township will send a certified letter to the company to request an inspection of the site. American Asphalt officials could not be reached for comment Fri- day. Underage drinking law questioned License suspensions draw fire from parents By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff ‘The decision to suspend the driving licenses of juveniles ar- rested in the raid of an underage private drinking party last sum- mer has drawn harsh criticism from some parents, but Kingston Township Police Chief Paul Sabol says he supports the move. Thirty-nine Back Mountain ju- veniles were arrested in a raid July 29 in a Trucksville home. According to police, the party was sponsoring underage drinking. Asaresultof the raid, allbut 11 of the juveniles were convicted of “constructive possession” of alco- hol, and received an average sen- tence of 16 hours community service in Kingston Township. The juveniles also lost their drivers’ li- censes for a period of 90 days and five points were levied against their licenses. Four juveniles have appealed the decision by District Justice Earl Gregory to suspend their li- censes and issue the five points. The appeals question the validity of suspending a driver's license when no cars or driving were in- volved in the raid. See LICENSE, pg 2 Dallas district receives $250,000 computer grant By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Superintendent Gerald Wycal- lis announced at Monday, Oct. 9 board meeting that the Dallas School District has been awarded a $257,177 grant from the United States Department of Education under the Secretary's Fund for Innovation in Education. The local district was one of only 16 of 259 ‘districts that applied to receive the grant. The district will use the money to buy additional computers and software; 12 each for Westmore- land and Dallas Elementary; and computers for each of the school libraries. ! The additions will bring the to- tal number of computers within the district for grades K through 8 to 76. The district will also add software and the Encylopedia Bri- tannica on disks. The project title is Elementary and Junior High Basic Skills/ Higher Order Cognitive Skills Instructional Computing Project. The project is a joint venture with the Neshaminy School District with which the Dallas District has been working, and the amount repre- sents approximately 31 percent of the total cost of the project. Dallas will be the lead district in the project with the money to be presented to Dallas who will in turn work with Neshaminy. Senior high school students also have the use of computers but do See COMPUTERS, pg 3 Cameras used to search for water contamination source By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff In an effort to find the source of drinking water contamination at Harveys Lake, miniature video cameras were used Monday and Tuesday by the sewer authority to study the sewer lines. The cameras were used to look for breaks, cracks, or other abnor- mal conditions in the sewer pipes at the lake. The cameras were used on Second Street Monday. Second . Street was one of the first to report contamination. William Mann, who first discov- ered the problem during routine well testing at his home in May, ac- companied the sewer authority during the tests. On Monday Mann said, “They have studied Second Street and so far no problems have been found.” Mann, who lives on Second Street at the Warden Place section of Harveys Lake, said he is pleased with the work Richard Boice, ex- ecutive director of the sewer au- thority, has done. In late August Mann had commented that, “Rick (Boice) is doing a fine job. He is out there working hard.” However, Mann has been criti- cal of the sewer authority and the borough council saying he does not feel enough was being done. He attended a recent authority meeting to ask the sewer authority for help, but said the authority refused to take his presentation seriously. Several other residents who attended that meeting also said the sewer authority refused to respond to residents’ complaints. Boice, who is also a council- man, defended the authority stat- ing Mann gave an informative pres- entation at the meeting. He also said the authority is doing all it can to find the source of the problem. The final results of the tests would not be available by press time Tuesday, Boice said. Contamination was found in Warden Place private drinking wells while Mann was having new plumb- ing put in his home in May By Willis Ide and Son. At the time, Willis Ide recommended Mann have his water tested “just to be safe.” Mann's water was tested at Kirby Health Center, Wilkes-Barre, and See CAMERAS, pg 3 Inside The Post Calendar......16 Classified.13-15 Editorials.......4 Obituaries.....2 Police Report............. 2 Religious Services......8 SCHOOL. ...cicei iors 10 SPOS... iii iveinee. 12-13 Coming up: DALLAS BOROUGH COUNCIL - Tues., Oct. 17, 8 PM, Dallas Borough Bldg., Main Street DALLAS TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS - Tues., Oct. 17, 8 PM, Dallas Township Bldg., Rte. 309 HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH COUNCIL - Tues., Oct. 17, 7:30 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bidg., Rte. 415 HARVEYS LAKE PLANNING COMMISSION - Mon., Oct. 16, 7 PM, Harveys Lake Borough Bldg., Rte. 415 : LAKE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS - Sat., Oct. 14, 9 AM, Lake Twp. Municipal Bldg., Rte. 29 North
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