The Dallas Post Strips (continued from page 1) professionals such as dentists and doctors. Council president Tim Carroll told the Stallones that as the strips wore down they would become quieter. Council also said they would evaluate the problem and give their answer at the next meeting. “We were disappointed,” Linda - Stallone said later. “We realize the council's concern with safety but we didn't think they would wait a hy month before they could come up with an alternate plan. The noise is very distracting and also very annoying. “We suggested a flashing light, but council said they had re- quested such a light from PennDOT but PennDOT refused the light because there were too many flashing lights in that area. “Why can't they do away with the strips and put a large flashing sign uphill before cars or trucks get as far down as the one-way section of Route 309?" Stallone asked. “Even a sign with reflectors would attract attention if it were placed at the top of the hill and it would certainly give trucks time to slowdown. The noise is bad enough now and it isn't warm enough to have windows open. Just imagine what it will be in the summer.” John Ginochetti, ownerof Gino's Shoe Store, also signed the. peti- tion. He was away when we con- tacted him but an employee in charge said they weren't satisifed with council's answer. “The strips are very annoying and we don’t have any doors open and when some of the cars or trucks go over them, items on our shelves shake. Some of the people try to get over them in a hurry and they nearly lose control of their cars,” she said. Elva Valentine, owner of Valen- tine's Fine Jewelry, also signed the petition. “I am not at all satisfied with the council members' answer. We don't want to wait until they wear down, we don't want the strips. They should consider an alternative.” In other business, the council approved a Tax Anticipation Loan in order to purchase a new police cruiser at a cost of $14,000. President Carroll and Borough Manager Milton Lutsey have been urging the residents of the bor- ough to become involved in the gypsy moth spraying program but it doesn’t seem many people are interested. No one showed any interest at the meeting. Residents who want informa- tion about the gypsy moth pro- gram and what should be done may contact the Borough Office. The plan of the Dallas Area Municipal Authority to convert its Kingston Township plant from a treatment plant to a pumping sta- tion was also approved by the council. The Department of Envi- ronmental Resources suggested that DAMA select the pumping station option in oraer to pring the plant up to the state standards for treatment of sewage. The estimated cost of the plan is $4 million to pump DAMA's sewage to the Edwardsville pumping sta- tion of the Wyoming Valley Sani- tary Authority and from there to the Hanover plant. : Council also accepted bids for their Spring cleanup as follows: “Endless Mountains 30 cubic yard container $500; Danella Sanita- tion 35 cubic yard container $467.35; Solomon 30 cubic yard container, $420; and Waste Re- duction and Recycling Enterprises 30 cubic yard container, $394. Borough solicitor Atty. John Fine reported that a complaint had been served on the owner of the Hearth- stone Pub. Shirley Templin was hired as borough secretary toreplace Nancy Nelen, who resigned to accept a full-time position with Dallas School District. The council met with Marlene Pawlowski, zoning consultant, March 7, at which time she ex- plained the various definitions of buildings. A second meeting will be held April 7 with council and members of the planning commis- sion to discuss policy with Ms. Pawlowski. Council woman Patricia Peiffer reported that she had investigated information about recycling and would discuss various plans at a future meeting of council. Arson 4) ® continued from page 1) : 3 &) y1 y A which is borderline mental retar- dation. ‘The prosecution's case was supported by detective Matt Bur- rell of the county District Attor- ney's Office. Burrell said he was present for Tibus' preliminary hearing on September 8, 1988. Burrell said that while the Dis- trict Justice and the two attorneys were out of the room, a woman in the courtroom asked Tibus if he was guilty. “John turned to the woman nodded yes and then put his finger to his lips and said ‘shhh’,” said Burrell. Under cross examination, the detective admitted that he did not file a report of the incident until eight months after it happened. Burrell also said that he did not know the name of the woman who asked the question. The prosecution also called on Steiner, who testified that his barn was covered by insurance. He also said that in the barn were a num- ber of antique automobile parts and other items which he received settlements for. The defense began its case on Monday with Tibus taking the stand. He testified that despite being a firefighter, he is afraid of fire. He said his duties were limited todirecting traffic and rolling hoses. Tibus' mother also testified that her son was afraid of fire. She said she is the one who burns the gar- bage at their home. Emma Tibus also testified that she was home with her son when the Steiner fire occurred in 1988. Another person testifying as to Tibus' fear of fire was his boss at Encon in Dallas, where Tibus worked as a janitor and mainte- nance man. John Lloyd said that Tibus would not burn stacks of pallets when asked to do so. The trial, heard before Luzerne County Judge Joseph Augello was expected to wrap up yesterday, with the jury expected to have a verdict today. SLL LE Er LL LR LiL tT TTT TTT ey LE I TT TI II TI ITT and Ts IEEE SENN EEN NEER NI] » = i . - - --—- - . Cash & Carry - - LILLIE FFE PPR En Ee Se SS "DE GS aS SD ' = Sa rrr NT Fresh Flowers agers s Arrangements EVANS-KING FLORAL INC. 1280 Wyoming Ave., Forty-Fort, PA 822-1128 LX IEEE EEEREEEN) LILLLL EL Cr rr rrr rrr: 288-3671 I LLLLLLL LLL LILLE LITLE TTA ETT TY IEEE NEREENS] « HIGH FIBER « NO SODIUM « NO SUGAR - ALL NATURAL - NO CHOLESTEROL '&& ~ Give Baskets fo P.S. Our Silk & Dried Flowers Are The Prettiest Around -_— Open Tuesday thru Saturday Rte. 415 Memorial Highway, Dallas (Next to Towel Outlet) ‘Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 28,1990 3 Library celebrates 5th year in new building The Back Mountain Memorial Library has just celebrated five years in the new building on Huntsville Road, Dallas. The occasion was marked with a birthday party for library patrons and friends held in the reading room. The occasion also was the formal introduction of the library's new librarian, Mary Ellen Tirpak, who joined the library staff on February 17. : Pictured, from left, Jane McMichael, circulation desk; Nancy Kozemchak, business manager; Mary Ellen Tirpak, librarian; Marilyn Rudolph, children’s librarian; Lou Ellen Zekas, staff mem- ber; and Charlotte Oley, circulation department. I ———————— J a Extension granted for By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer An extension has been granted to an engineering firm which is ’ creating plans for a subdivision in Lehman Township. The plans, which call for build- ing 48 townhouses along the bor- der of Lehman and Dallas Town- ships and Harveys Lake Borough, were first submitted two months ago to the Lehman Planning Com- mission. Since that time many comments and questions have arisen about the specifications on the plans. On Monday night, representatives of Quad 3 Group Inc., the engineers submitting the plans, met with the planning commission to ask con- ditional approval of the plans. The commission had to make some sort of decision during the meeting or the plans would have been automatically approved. But because some of the specifications did not meet township require- ments the board did not accept the plans and granted an extension for their submission. The major stumbling block for the subdivision was a minimum area requirement for each unit. A township ordinance requires each unit to have a minimum area of 4,000 square feet. This require- ment was not being met by the current plans and so the engineers must either change the plans or obtain a variance to the ordinance. David Givler, one of the engi- neers submitting the plans, says that they will attempt to get a Dallas Honor students help with daffodil sale By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Daffodils are abundant in the Back Mountain this week! The pale yellow blossoms sold annually to benefit the American Cancer Society are being distrib- uted by members of the Dallas High School National Honor Soci- . ety this weekend to friends and families who purchased $560 of the blooms from the students. “The honor students sold 140 bunches to students, their fami- lies and friends. That is 1,400 flow- ers that we will have to put up,” said Mrs. Margaret Johnson Na- tional Honor Society Advisor. “The daffodils will be delivered Wednes- day and we will have to put many of them in bunches of five blos- soms instead of 10 because the students sold them two ways; bunches of 10 for $4.00 or half bunches of five for $2.00. “We also order extra daffodils and donate them tothe'Meadows Center for distribution in the lob- bies of the center.” Mrs. Johnson said that mem- bers of the Student Council at the Middle School also sold them but Miss Amesbury, the advisor, was on a field trip and could not be reached for information. Louise Kondracki, in charge of the Back Mountain Daffodils Sale also has the daffodils available for purchase at the Northeastern Bank, Route 309; United Penn Bank, Dallas; First Eastern Bank, Dallas Village Shopping Center; Franklin First Federal, Dallas Shopping Center, and the Mer- chants Banks. “The Back Mountain sold a total of 2,032 bunches of daffodils for a total of $8,128 as of Monday,” an obviously happy employee of the Cancer Association said. 1 ® Broad, all-in-one-policy expenses. more responsive to your business needs. ® Written by The Ohio Casualty Group — rated A+ Superior by the A.M. Best Company. ® Claims handled quickly and fairly by a local claims representative. »i i, AJ. vv sme] PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE AGENT coverage: business property, loss of income, liability and medical ® Selection of flexible options... BERNARD J. BARTOLI Lupas Insurance Agency, Inc. 76 W. Carey Street P.O. Box 1673 Plains, PA 18705 (717) 822-1684 FASHION MART ' Call us today— and compare! You get more coverage — at no more cost — than with other, less complete, package policies. - For eligible mercantile, processing or service businesses; offices; condominiums; and apartments. Lehman subdivision variance from the township Zon- ing Hearing Board. “We will approach the zoning hearing board next month,” said Givler. “Hopefully we will be granted avariance and can go ahead clean- ing up some of the smaller com- ments made about the plans and receive approval.” Other comments made about the plans by the local planning commission and the Luzerne County Planning Commission, which also reviewed the plans. However, Givler said that the re- quested changes could be easily made. The engineers and planning commission discussed every con- cern made at Monday's meeting. “The planning commission is being very cordial,” said Givler Tuesday morning. “Iam happy that we canwork together toclearthings up,” he added. 5 The plans call for the dividing of parcels into the 48 townhouses. The owner and developer of the project is Home World Inc. of Dal- las. 3 Also Monday night, the Lehman Township Zoning Hearing Board announced that the townshiproad - department will soon begin plac- ing signs at entry points of the township. These signs will remind residents that building and sewer permits are required by ordinance for construction projects within the township. Permits for all construction can be obtained by contacting Barbara Simms, the Township Zoning Of- | fice at 675-8224. By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Ask anyone in politics and they will tell you: Filling out the census form is important. That statement is especially true in the borough of Harveys Lake. This is only the third census in Harveys Lake since it became a borough. The first was in 1970 when the population was 1,693. The 1980 census found the number of people living in Har- veys Lake had grown to 2,310. A decade later the population is still rising and that is an impor- tant fact for borough council president William Wilson. Wilson has urged all resi- dents of the borough to fill out Census is only 3rd at Lake ‘the census form to help the ‘borough. “Weare growingand thiscen- | sus helps govern the way things | will be for the next 10 years,” says Wilson. During an interview on Mon- day, Wilson said he is filling out his census form and he hopes that the rest of the borough will do the same. “This dictates how much rep- resentation we will get,” he said, “and I urge everyone to com- plete the forms.” Harveys Lake Borough is con- tinuing to grow and this census should show this, that is if eve- ryone takes the time to fill out B The Gallery at Hefft House Hours: Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat. 10 to 5:30 Thursday 10-8, Sunday 1-4 "THE QUILT RACQUE at the HEFFT HOUSE cordially invite you to “QUILT EXTRAVAGANZA 90” Opening Sunday, April 1, 1990 — Reception 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Exhibit and Sale through April 29, 1990 Quilts dating from 1800’s to present day on display. Come and enjoy the beauty in quiltmaking and the study of fabrics, patterns and designs. Marianne S. Williams The Quilt Racque 717 - 675-4821 Take Route 309 North from Wilkes-Barre (Dallas area) the form. 2 Joe & Mary Ellen Mooney 104 E. Overbrook Road Shavertown, PA 18708 (717) 675-4821 Save Money On Mondays! Not Just Nails in Shavertown is a complete nail and skin care salon devoted to providing the relaxing, beautifying and pampering services you deserve. Re On Any Monday Greet Spring with the beautiful nails you've been thinking about, and try our make-up line for a complete beauty makeover. Senior Citizens can enjoy Monday prices every day, Monday Through Saturday. Men And Women Welcome Call Today For An Appointment « Mon. 9 - 7 » Tues, Wed., Thurs. 9 - 9 $1.00 Off A Manicure and $5.00 Off a Pedicure or European Facial 151 East Overbrook Road, Shavertown, PA 18708 * does not include massage. « Friday 9-8-Sat.9-6 675-6925
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers