AN o 2 Ne The Dallas Post Dallas, PA' 7 Wednesday, March 14,1990 5° Library news Library celebrates five years in new building By NANCY KOZEMCHAK It is hard to believe, however true; the library has just celebrated five years in the new building on Huntsville Road. What seems like a dream only yesterday, is now beginning its sixth year. We had a lovely birthday cake, cookies, candy and fruit punch set up in the read- ing room and were thrilled with the number of people who stopped in and celebrated this day with us. Along with the many friends and patrons of the library who visited, there were three special rather ‘royal’ visitors who took the time, after being prompted, to sing ‘Happy Birthday to the Library’ and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks to all our wonderful friends, patrons and supporters, the li- brary has had five wonderful years of growth in this building and the members of the staffand the Board of Directors are grateful for this pport and look forward to the ture with a great deal of enthusi- asm for our library. The library is conducting the “Friends of the Library” campaign for 1990 and to date, the contribu- tions amount to $1,935.00, only two weeks into the campaign. This is marvelous response from our community. Some rather special people, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Eck, mailed their check in for their Friends contribution with a note written on the card; in Honor of their 50th wedding anniversary which was February 17, 1990. This is a wonderful time to celebrate and we appreciate their sharing the moment with us. Mr. Fred Eck was a library friend and supporter and a member of the executive committee of the library back in 1953; became Treas- urer in 1954, 55 and 56; served as vice president in. 1968; and presi- dentin 1969 and 1970; and stayed on the Board of Directors through 1975. This man has always shown a strong amount of support for the library and we are grateful for that and his continued concern for our library and this community. . The library now has two book stores in the lower level of our building; one a regular book store with book sale prices and a special $1.00 a bag room, which is a bar- gain room. These book stores are open every day when the library is open and have some great books to sell. We will accept books for the library and the auction, in good condition and cannot accept text books. These may be brought to the library any time we are open for business. The Back Mountain Memorial . Library has a collection of Dallas and Lake-Lehman High School Yearbooks in the reference room. These may be looked at in the library, but cannot be taken out. We hope to increase our collection with volumes that we are missing. These books are fun to look at and bring back memories and create a few smiles. godes (continued from page 1) "If they form a Council of Gov- ernment, the municipalities do not lose their identity but as one common agency, they stand a better chance of obtaining a state planning assistance grant,” Potzer explained. Potzer also explained that the CA code gives a municipality ay in deciding what codes in the book they want to use. Leonard Kozick, zoning officer for Dallas Township, questions who ill pay the costs for building codes d the registered or certified per- son to enforce them. “It's not only new homes that come under the building codes,” Kozick said. “There are also the older homes that are not up to code, the owners of these are the ones who will suffer. There's a lot to evaluate before thinking about enacting codes in a small commu- nity,” Kozick concluded. Kingston Township does have a set of building codes based on the BOCA Code and enacted in 1975. Township Manager Jeflrey Box said that Tony Reino is the town- ship's. enforcement officer and is . by BOCA. N “We ask for two sets of plans which are reviewed by him. He reviews the plans and calculates the value of the house and bases the cost value at $55 per square foot. At 2,000 square feet times $55, the house would be valued at $110,000," Box explained. “The cost of the building permit at $4.00 per $1,000 would be a total of $440. " “Our average permit fee in King- ston Township is $600 and our building code inspector is com- pensated by a percentage of the permit fee.” Box explained that the town- ship also has an existing structure code which does not affect all old structures but only nuisance build- There are Slacks Shorts Tops Closing Date Friday, March16th Bathing Suits Dressy Dresses | ALSO | Jewelry - Belts | Some Wall Fixtures Left | 1 Rolling Rack Heart QQ Fashions Rt. 309/415 Plaza, Dallas * 675-8878 All Sales Final - No Layaways "I believe we need to start looking into the ‘90's and making plans for the area.” Drew Fitch Dallas Borough Zoning Officer ings in violation of the code. “Most of the contractors we have had in the township are first rate businessmen,” Box explained. “Only occasionally one might grumble but, in all, the building code has had no adverse effect on the township. “We use a four step inspection process; first, the footers; second, foundation; third, rough framing, plumbing, electricity, etc.; and fourth, final inspection.” The township also has a permit and inspection for a major addi- tion to a house; not a simple addi- tion but remodeling of complexity, according to Box. Box also said he believed the Back Mountain communities should start thinking about a Council of Government and some uniform codes for the area. Drew Fitch, Dallas Borough zoning officer, also believes the Back Mountain communities should begin thinking about a joint merger such as a Council of Gov- ernment, one where the towns would not lose their identity but could work together to establish some uniform codes. “I don't see it happening over- night,” Fitch said, “But believe we need to start looking into the 90's and making plans for the area. As we progress a Council of Govern- ments or something similar ap- pears to be the answer but we can’t act too hastily,” Fitch concluded. a few left: GOH Cheerleaders put in full season The Gate of Heaven Cheerlead- ers have cheered for their school basketball team, the Gators, throughout the 1989-90 season. They have had fundraisers such as bake sales and car washes to raise money for the squad. They also participated in competition and performed a dance routine. At left, first row, from left, Martha Wallace, Amy Jones. Second row, Casey Heffron, Lori Scott, Meighan Garvey, Robin Hosey. Third row, Corin Schall, Marie Hosey, Susie Mugford, Amy Hannigan, Jackie Heffron, moderator. Absent from photo, Millie Jones. (Photo by C.M. Denmon) Howells (continued from page 1) Involved with publishing since 1983, Howells has done direct mail work, vacation guides, menus, campus brochures, slide presen- tations, and advertising work. He has also invented a number of items such as photographic equip- ment, consumer goods and solar energy equipment. : “This sort of work required large sums of money so I put them on the back burner for the present time,” Howell explained. “In our new publication, I do the market- I@EWD - DALLAS ing, circulation and most of the editorial, which takes just about all of my time. I have others who do the typesetting and layout work.” The magazine contains adver- tising which is geared to national advertisers, most of them related to environmental technology. Its priority is to disperse environ- mental information on all topics since they are inter-related. How- ells said he works seven days per week, 16 to 17 hours a day, taking time off only once in a while when CENTRE HARDWARE he begins to feel burned out. “I do the entire quarterly in- house with friends helping me when necessary. The printing will be done by a large area daily. It was not easy to find a company be- cause although we will publish 20,000 copies, that is not a large amount to run offon news presses. EarthKeeping will be the second largest environmental publication. Most of them are lower in numbers than that,” Howells explained. 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