by It i The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, December 13, 1989 3 New Dallas school board head Clarence Michael looks to future By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer . Clarence Michael of Dallas was elected president of the Dallas School Board for the 1990 school year at a special meeting Wednes- day night at the administration building. Ellen Nagy was elected vice president; Thomas Landon and John George, representatives to ‘the West Side Vo-Tech board; Ellen Nagy, alternate and also elected as assistant secretary to the board. Following his election as presi- ‘dent, Michael said his. goals in- clude seeing the high school proj- ect started before the summer, ‘having computers installed in the ‘Middle School, and improving in the writing’ program across the plistrict curriculum. “I would also like to see negotia- tions with the teachers started early,” Michael said, “so we can proceed to an amicable settlement ~ by the time the contract is up. “Ihave three children who are or - have been in the Dallas Schools; a - daughter Stefanie now in . Bloomsburg; a son, Darren a sen- ~ ior; and Devin, a student in fifth . grade. I am pleased with the edu- ~ cation the Dallas District has to offer. “During my tenure as president I hope to see a smooth transition of ninth grade into the senior high. I am also pleased that the sports Clarence Michael New President of Dallas School Board program has been updated and that both the academic and sports programs are coming together,” Michael concluded. Before leaving office, retiring president Ernest Ashbridge ex- pressed his appreciation to the administration, faculty, board members and students for their cooperation during the past year. Judge Robert Hourigan admini- stered the oath of office to the board members, incumbents John Kept inaccurate connection records Litz, James Richardson and Tho- mas Landon; and new board members Thomas Stitzerand John Cleary. Following the meeting, new board member Cleary, owner of Cleary Forest Products, said that he has five children, two in college and two in the district. “Michael, age 8, isin third grade; Patrick, 12, is in a special ed pro- gram; Kelly, 15, in 10th grade; Shannon is a student at Ursinus College; and Erin is a junior at Hamilton. “] hope to help make a good system better,” Cleary said. “I have to become more familiar with the system before 1 can be too spe- cific.” A Republican, Cleary in 1984-85 was appointed to fill out the term. “Things have changed a lot since then,” he said. Thomas Stitzer, also a Dallas resident, is a teacher in the Wilkes- Barre District, as a reading spe- cialist. “This is my first time in politics,” he said. “I hope to help achieve the education system and add some progressive ideas to some of the good old-fashioned ones. “I have coached basketball and soccer and at one time golf, and also refereed baseball and basektball. “My goal is to put education back in the hands of the educa- tors,” Stitzer concluded. ‘DER says no violations by HL Sewer Authority . By SCOTT A. DAVIS ~~ Post Staff When Harveys Lake installed a ublic sewer system in 1977, the sewer authority did not keep ac- A urate records of which residents : did or did not connect to the sys- "tem. Although the lack of records "has impaired attempts to locate ne source of water contamina- tion now striking the lake, the ; state Department of Environ- ; mental Resources says the au- «thority in 1977 did not violate any state laws. Stanley Lehman, of DER’s bu- ~_ reau of water quality, said Friday ~ + the authority's failure to keep ac- curate connection records was not - aviolation of any regulations gov- 'erning such sewer projects. “There is no state requirement demand- ing the authority keep such rec- “ords,” Lehman explained. According to Lehman, a mu- nicipality is required only to enact an ordinance requiring residents who live within 150 feet of the sewer lines to connect. Harveys Lake did enact such an ordinance. Lehman explained that al- though keeping records that indi- cate who connected to the sewer system “would have been good business practice,” he said he is not aware of any state regulations requiring the authority do so. The Harveys Lake Sewer Au- thority came under fire from an- gry residents after fecal bacteria contamination was detected in many of the lake's private drink- ing wells. At Warden Place, appar- ently the hardest hit area of the Lehman (continued from page 1) the presence of fecal coliform bac- teria. Fecal coliform bacteria is aused by waste, often human, "seeping into a drinking well. He said the other homes have not yet been tested to find what type of bacteria is present. “We are not sure of the source” Ide said. He mentioned that the well that was found to have fecal contamination was “quite far away from the resident's septic tank.” Ide said the township is attempt- Vane © ¢ Antiques § So dage b Barn ( Three floors of fine Antiques and a professional restoration shop in a \ charming, 100 year old barn setting. We are the largest Antique Dealer > in Northeast Pennsylvania, carrying ing to combat the problem by urg- ing residents to have their water tested. “We need to know just how large a problem we are facing," Ide said. He also said the homes that have been found contaminated will be tested to see if the contamina- tion is fecal. 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At least two homes at Warden Place which were originally be- lieved to have been connected to the sewer system, were found not to be. These homes were immedi- ately forced to connect. The au- thority is now placing ads telling lake residents that if they are not connected to the system, they must connect or face a fine and compul- sory connection. Send The Dallas Post to a friend. It makes a great gift. Call 675-5211 for details. Choose from a spectrum of colored stone pendants. pins and earrings. A Osdar ROTH o Sawele oN 659 Memorial Hwy., Dallas, PA 675-2623 Holiday Hours: Sunday 12-4 p.m. Mon. & Sat. 9-5 p.m. Tues., Wed., Thurs., Fri. 9-8 p.m. Abement; PTO (continued from page 1) said. She presented a film showing some of the methods being used by first through fifth grade teachers at Dallas Elementary to hold the interest of the children. “Where we used to become familiar with algebra in eighth or ninth grade, these students are learning simple forms of algebra in second,” Tetschner explained. District superintendent Gerald Wyecallis said that the Dallas Ele- mentary building project is about 68 percent complete in general construction. - The directors also discussed an offer made by Whittle Communi- cations to provide a 19-inch teleyi- sion for every 23 students provid- ing the district would guarantee that every 12 minutes, the stu- dents would watch two minutes of advertising. Wycallis noted that the offer is not in line with the district's policy about advertising. The directors will discuss the subject at greater length and if they decide to have a presenta- tion, the public will be invited. Board member Thomas Lan- don announced that both the junior varsity and varsity cheer- leaders qualified for the National Cheerleaders Competition in Orlando, Fla., in February, 1990, and moved that the students and their advisors be given approval to enter the national event. The direc- tors approved unanimously since the girls will pay their own ex- penses. By SCOTT A. DAVIS Post Staff The Jackson Township Mu- nicipal Authority has rejected a demand by the township to im- mediately re-pay a $46,000 loan taken out several years ago. Township supervisors notified the authority by letter demand- ing repayment of the loan which the township granted the au- thority in 1984. The $46,000 loan was used by the authority to conduct a feasibility study of the present sewer project being completed in the township. According to Authority Chair- man Richard Kindler, the au- thority agreed to repay the loan within one and one half years of the agreement. He explained the repayment agreement was made because the Environmental Pro- tection Agency would re-reim- burse the authority for the cost of the study. “The loan could be forgiven or handled as a grant,” Kindler said explaining the authority's reluc- tance to re-pay the loan, “but the supervisors feel the loan needs repayment.” Kindler explained that the $46,000 could be used to offset some of the “tremendous” cost to taxpayers to obtain permits and have their homes connected to the new sewer system. No definite connection cost was available as of Monday evening. The authority agreed after two Sewer authority battles township over loan vote counts at Monday night's regular monthly meeting to ref- use to re-pay the loan immedi- ately. The first motion set a re- payment deadline of January 30, 1990, but the authority voted a 3-3 tie. A second motion was made by - authority member Marty: McManus which stated the au- thority would refuse to re-pay the loan immediately, and agreed to re-evaluate payment on or by March 31, 1990. This motion was carried by a 5-1 vote. McManus explained his mo- tion stating, “(The supervisors) have the right to call payment of the loan, but it was my under- standing (the supervisors) would allow us time to get finances together after the sewer proj- ect.” The supervisors could now take the authority to court to force repayment of the loan. Kindler commented, “In court, the agreement would stand. But the authority feels the money could go to the people involved in the project who will encoun- ter some tremendous costs.” The authority is calling the move by the supervisors a politi- cal one, which only results in taxpayers taking money from themselves. “The request for payment by the supervisors is a political move,” concluded Kin- dler. No supervisors could be reached for comment by press time. Citizens' Council to elect directors By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Back Mountain Citizens Council will hold its annual meet- ing Wednesday, Dec. 20, at Hay- field House on the Penn State Lehman Campus. Primary orders of business will be the election of the board of directors for the coming year, and to vote on proposed changes to the bylaws. Anne Vernon, chairwoman of the nominating committee, has proposed a slate of directors which has been mailed to all members of RAR LR Ta NANNY the council. For a one year term of office nominees are Dr. Alan Boonin, Dallas Township; Susan Davis, Lehman Township; Dr. Pat Di- Pasquale, Dallas Borough; Irene Thomas, Lake Township; Jack Thomas, Kingston Township; and Frank Zeske, Franklin Township. For a two-year term of office nominees are Al Babetski, Lehman Township; Phyllis Belk; Ray Boyle, Harveys Lake Borough; L.J. 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