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The Dallas Post
Kelly seeking reelection to HL council
Ed Kelly is a graduate of King-
ston High School and Key Manage-
ment in Business. He has been
employed by J. S. Raub Shoe
Corp. for 34 years as supervisor for
East Pennsylvania and New York
area. He was elected to council in
1985. His first year he was vice
president of finance; second year
chairman of the road department;
third year chairman of the police
department and recreation depart-
ment; and is currently serving as
president of council.
Other than serving on council
Kelly is involved in many commu-
nity activities. He is treasurer of
the Luzerne County Fair, vice presi-
dent of Daniel C. Roberts Fire
Company of Harveys Lake, presi-
dent of Lake Silkworth Lions club
and vice president of Lake-Lehman
Boosters club. He also belongs to
Harveys Lake Protective Associa-
tion, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick,
and is a member of the Alderson
Methodist Church.
He has been married to his wife,
Joan, for 20 years. They have two
children, Joanne who is attending
Penn State and Edward, who is
currently a senior at Lake-Lehman.
They reside at Outlet Drive, Har-
veys Lake.
Ed Kelly
HL to collect glass, newspapers and aluminum
By SCOTT A. DAVIS
Post Staff
Harveys Lake is taking a major
step towards recycling in the Back
Mountain this weekend. The Bor-
ough will host the first recycling
collection in the Back Mountain to
iccept glass, aluminum, and
newspapers (not magazines) on
Saturday.
The collection is unique because
of the items being collected; alumi-
num, glass, and newspaper. Mu-
nicipalities in the past would not
accept newsprint because once col-
lected it is difficult to find a facility
willing to accept it.
The collection will be held at the
Borough Municipal Building lo-
cated on Route 415 entering the
lake. Council President Edward
Kelly announced the project at last
Tuesday Night's council meeting.
Kelly could not be reached for
more information on the drive, but
did say he thought the collection is
the first of its kind to be held in the
Back Mountain.
Several Back Mountain and
other Luzerne County communi-
ties are struggling with the subject
of recycling. A state mandate has
forced most municipalities to find
an acceptable recycling program
by 1991. Dallas Township and
Kingston Township are required to
form such plans.
The mandate has fallen under
harsh criticism from local garbage
collectors who say they fear the
added burden that may be placed
on them could lead to bankruptcy.
Others have expressed fears that
larger organizations such as Waste
Management, a multi-national
waste disposal corporation, may
be contracted by the municipali-
ties to collect recyclable materials.
These local collectors say they fear
the opening of the Back Mountain
to the larger corporations would
mean the end of the local busi-
ness.
Joseph Bren, of Galka-Bean,
said at a meeting with state and
local officials in April that local
collectors could not compete in the
price market with the larger com-
panies.
The idea of calling in larger
companies, such as Waste Man-
agement, was one of the proposals
set forth for review by the Back
Mountain Recycling Committee
last week.
Alleged arsonist's trial remains delayed
. SCOTT A. DAVIS
Post Staff
No new date has been set for the
trial of a Trucksville firefighter
charged with two counts of arson.
A trial was postponed two weeks
ago while the Public Defender's
Office seeks police reports regard-
ing the case.
John Joseph Tibus, 30, is fac-
a g two arson charges and is sus-
cted of setting several other
“blazes in the Back Mountain and
surrounding communities.
A spokeswoman for the District
Attorney’s Office confirmed no new
date had been set. “No date has
been set yet,” she said. “I do not
know if he will be put on the next
trial list or not, but there is nothing
yel.”
The spokeswoman directed any
further question over to Tibus’
attorney, who was unavailable.
Tibus was arrested August 22,
1988 for allegedly setting a blaze
that destroyed Stiner's Barn on
August 14, 1988.
On August 31, 1988 he was
charged for attempting to set the
- same barn ablaze onJune 27,1987.
The trial was postponed when
Tibus’ attorney, Assistant Public
Defender Jonathon Blum, re-
quested evidence other than Ti-
bus’ statements regarding the
charges. Among other items, the
defender said he wants more po-
lice reports regarding the case.
Tibus was to stand trial during
a two week period which began two
weeks ago in Luzerne County
Court.
The fire Tibus was arrested for
ended a rash of 26 arson fires that
struck the Back Mountain begin-
ning in May 1987. Tibus is a sus-
pect in several of those blazes, and
police said he has confessed to
many of the fires.
Road repairs
this week
Maintenance Manager, Matthew
R. Collura, has announced the
following road work schedule for
the week of October 23:
BRUSH CUTTING - Lehman Rd.
to Outlet Rd. and Meeker Rd. in
Lehman and Lake Twps.
DRAINAGE REPAIR - SR 4016
in Hunlock and Union Twps.
Report from Harrisburg
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol
Hill recently from Rep. Scott Di-
etterick, 120th Legislative District.
ANTI-DRUG MEASURES PASS
HOUSE - The House this week
approved 15 bills aimed at crack-
ing down on the use and sale of
illegal drugs in Pennsylvania. One
bill would automatically revoke the
driver's license of any one con-
victed of a drug violation for at
least 90 days. Subsequent viola-
tions would result in the license
being revoked for longer time peri-
ods.
Other measures would increase
penalties for the sale of drugs
_ (including the death penalty in
certain situations), prohibit the use
' of some telephone pagers by stu-
Here is a summary of important
events that occurred on Capitol Hill
Jrom Rep. Scott Dietterick, 120th
Legislative District.
dents and require schools to insti-
‘tute courses on the dangers of
steroid abuse.
One bill was amended to raise
the legal age for purchasing ciga-
rettes in Pennsylvania from 16 to
18. However, an amendment which
would have regulated the use of
assault weapons in the state was
defeated. All of the proposals were
sent to the Senate for considera-
tion.
DRUNK DRIVING IDENTIFICA-
TION - Rep. George E. Saurman
(R-Montgomery) this week an-
nounced legislation requiring re-
peat drunk driving offenders to
display a special license plate iden-
tifying them as second-time DUI
offenders.
Under the bill, the plate would
have to be displayed on a vehicle
for six months. Failure to display
the plate would result in a 180-day
suspension of operating privileges.
“Perhaps by requiring repeat
offenders to display plates that
indicate their DUI status to others,
we can deter behavior that could
lead to subsequent violation or
accidents,” Saurman said.
JUDICIAL REFORM - Bringing
judicial candidates for Pennsylva-
nia’s higher courts closer to the
people is the aim of legislation
developed by Rep. James J. Gallen
(R-Berks). Gallen said he would
attept to amend legislation in the
House to create geographic elec-
tion districts for Supreme, Supe-
rior and Commonwealth courts.
Currently, the majority of judges
sitting on the appellate courts are
from the Philadelphia and Pitts-
burgh areas. Creation of election
districts by region would guaran-
tee geographical balance on the
court, said Gallen. He said crea-
tion of the districts would also
institute a degree of accountability
to the voters.
“Local campaigning could be
more personal, allowing the people
to more closely analyze the per-
sonalities, legal philosophies and
qualifications of candidates,” Gal-
len said.
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Spock named HL Assistant Police Chief
By SCOTT A. DAVIS
Post Staff
One month after the Harveys
Lake Borough Council denied the
nomination of Ronald Spock for
Assistant Police Chief, The lake
patrolman has been named to the
post.
Spock was nominated at Sep-
tember’s council meeting, but a
technicality forced the council to
denied the nomination. According
to Civil Service Codes adopted by
the council, a single nomination
was acceptable for the Assistant
Chief position. However, The coun-
cil codes spell out that atleast three
nominations must be made.
Following a five minute execu-
tive meeting in private, the council
decided to delay the appointment
of an Assistant Chief until the next
meeting. That meeting was held
last Tuesday and Spock was ap-
pointed the new Assistant Chief of
Harveys Lake.
Spock is a five year veteran of
the police force. He lives at Lakeview
Terrace, Harveys Lake.
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