of NS 550 I$) J . The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 18,1990 3 Dallas Elementary to stage 'Clowns’ By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Dallas Elementary School will present: the musical ‘Clowns’, Friday, April 27 at the Dallas Middle School at 7 p.m. The musical is a young vocal presentation about a group of clowns who must discover the “secret of life” in order to be- come certified clowns. Fifth and sixth grade students and one second grade class are featured in the presentation. Directors of the musical are Marry Ann Zezza and Marilyn O'Connell, faculty members, and choreographers are Dan Belotti and Joanne Smith. A select group “The Peace- makers” will also particpate in the program. The public is invited. CLOWNS - Featured in the Dallas Elementary “Clowns” musical are above, from left, ‘Big Wheel’ Scott Townsend; clowns Joey Lynn Walko, Dana Siglin, Amber Silveri; dancer Adrienne Camp; soloists Devin Michael, Kristen Faerber, Jason Campell; chorus, Melody Dorti, Amanda Cooper putting on makeup; Christy Callahan and Lori Buzin. (Photo by Charlot M. Denmon) Lake sewers (continued from page 1) said that the pollutants mentioned in the letter were found along a roadway where the residents place their garbage. She also said that the pollutant level was not that high. However, Sewer Manager Rich- ard Boice says that there is a prob- lem with some of the systems used by residents in Hemlock Gardens. “They do have a sewage problem up there,” said Boice. “I'll grant you that some of the residents have working systems but there are some who have faulty systems.” There is a home in Hemlock Gardens which officials believe has no sewer system at all. According to the residents, that home be- longs to a relative of a borough official. However, there is some question as to whether there is anyone residing at the residence. WANTS A COMPROMISE Even though the residents are opposed to connecting to the sewer line, they say they will but not at the price the borough is demand- ing. Currently, the landowners in Hemlock Gardens will share the cost of putting the system in. The sewer authority has said that the landowners will have to pay a frontage fee, of $14.75 per foot to have the system brought in. That adds up to big money for some residents. Spera estimates his cost to be around $3,000 by the time it is completed. “That is ridiculous,” he said. “They can't guarantee that the price will stay at $14.75, it could be higher,” he added. However, Boice said that the $14.75 per foot is the highest that it can go. “The bid has been ac- cepted and the contractor has to meet that agreement. We cannot exceed the cost of the project so the residence are paying what is needed,” said Boice. The residents are asking that some sort of agreement be worked out so that the cost isn't so high for each individual. “We will hook up, if the price is reasonable,” said Spera. “But what they want is for us to pay for the system and then they collect the royalties off of it.” Despite the complaints of the citizens, both Wilson and Boice say they do not believe the cost is too high. “Their cost is what is needed to be charged for that proj- ect,” said Boice. Lake Little League to ready field Coaches and parents in the Har- veys Lake Little League are asked to attend a work session Saturday, with rakes in hand. The work starts at 10 a.m. at the Little League field, and is meant to get the field in shape for the com- ing season. BENEFITS THE DEVELOPERS? One of the arguments from the landowners is that a local devel- oper, who owns a number of par- cels of land in Hemlock Gardens, will benefit the most from the sewer line. The parcels are owned by George Ruckno, Inc. of Forty Fort. The road leading to Hemlock Gardens is also owned by Ruckno. Accord- ing to some of the residents of that area, Ruckno does not maintain the road and they must walk their garbage to the end of the road because the borough will not go up it to pick up the garbage. Many of the residents feel that either Ruckno should pay for a large majority of the cost of the project or the borough should try to take over the road. The residents also feel that with the sewer lines, Ruckno’s parcels will be worth more and could then be subdivided. Louis Ruckno, a spokesman for the developer, says that he is in favor of extending the system but also says that he had no say in the decision. “We are happy to see the line going in,” said Ruckno. “But we just found out about it like eve- ryone else. We did not urge the borough to make this decision.” Ruckno said he is in favor of the sewer line because some of the properties in Hemlock Gardens will not be able to use a standard sep- tic system. Ruckno says that the company will be paying the same price as everyone else. According to Boice, the borough received a release form from Ruckno for use of the road while the sewer line is being installed. Boice also said that it may benefit Ruckno and the rest of the resi- dents to have the borough take over the road. HANDLED IMPROPERLY The residents also feel that the sewer authority and the council have not handled the situation professionally. “We are being rail- roaded,” said Schierer. “They won't give us a chance to prove that our systems are functioning.” The residents also say that they were not even contacted about the plan. “I found out when I saw it in the paper,” said Spera. “We wouldn't have known about it until they started to dig or we had to pay,” he added. Boice said that this is just an- other step in the borough's at- tempt to continue hooking resi- dents to the system. “These people aren't going through anything that others ‘haven't ‘already gone through,” he said. “We are looking at extending the system into other areas and those residents will have to connect as well.” WHAT HAPPENS NOW? The residents of Hemlock Gar- dens have contacted an attorney in hopes of stopping the system from coming in, oratleastbringing the cost down. Spera said that this was not the way the residents wanted to go with the incident but they were forced into it. “We don't By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The Harveys Lake Hotel may be sporting a new look before long, at least if Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Angelicola get their way. The Angelicola’s, of Harveys Lake, are attempting to pur- chase the hotel and transform it into eight exclusive garden apart- ments. Mr. Angelicola and his attor- ney appeared before the Harveys Lake planning commission Monday night to get preliminary approval for the plans to make the building into three-bedroom apartments. According to borough ordi- nances, Angelicola must receive joint approval of the planning commission and the borough's Harveys Lake Hotel coula become deluxe apartments zoning hearing board before he can proceed with the plan. Angelicola said that the plans to make the hotel into the apart- ments would be beneficial to the borough. Currently, the hotel is gutted in the upstairs portion and there is a bar in the lower level of the building. Angelicola says the plans to turn the building into apart- ments complies with borough ordinances except in two areas where a variance may be needed. These however will be consid- ered at a future time. The planning commission gave preliminary approval and recommended that the zoning hearing board give its approval. The zoning hearing board will meet next week to consider the proposal. want to battle the authority, we want to work with it. But these people are giving us any choice in the matter. They say we have to have the sewer and we have to pay for it.” The borough will continue with the project. Boice said he does not know when the extension will be completed but he expects that the work will not take very long. Wilson said that he hopes that more homes can eventually be put on the sewer line. “Eventually I would like to see every home in Harveys Lake connected,” he said. UNDER INVESTIGATION ~ The sewer authority is currently under investigation from the Luzerne County District Attorneys office and could face an investiga- tion from the state. The DA's investigation began after last month's trial of a former borough secretary who was ac- quitted of embezzling approxi- mately $37,000 from the munici- pal authority. District Attorney Correale Ste- vens said that his office is looking into the operation of the authority after some testimony given at the trial. Stevens also said that he has contacted the office of Auditor General Barbara Hafer about the situation. He said that he requested that the state come in and do an audit of the sewer authority. “The tax payers deserve to know what is going on there and what is hap- pening to their money,” said Ste- vens. A spokesperson for Hafer said that the office has not responded one way or the other to the request. She said that the Auditor Gen- eral's office mainly does audits where state funds are used. 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We try to get the mildly handicapped into the mainstream of the classes,” Wyecallis said. “Mainstreaming means placing the emphasis on letting the handi- capped students and the normal students together with certain exceptions,” Wycallis explained. “The idea is to place the student where he is able to interact most of the time with his peers while still able to continue the special pro- gram he needs.” Wyecallis said the district has to let the Department of Education know how much time the special education students will have in mainstream. “The concept is not bad,” he: said. “It gives both the special child and the regular students an op- portunity to understand each other. It sometimes helps them. In most cases, these students are in classes they can handle.” Wyecallis also said that in some of the classes they have students who are physically handicapped but mentally alert. The district has others spend less time in regular classes and more with the resource teacher. Some need special ther- apy to get them through during the ay. “Special Education is indebt in the state,” Wycallis said. “If the districts would have to pick it up from the LIU's, they wouldn't get any more money than theydonow, so all it would do would be to transfer to higher taxes in each | district. : “Dallas is only a two percent district (two percent increase per year) and has been the only one for years despite the Constitution of Pennsylvania saying 50 percent. “Taking over special education programs would cost the district more. If we did, the LIU would have to furlough their special instruc- tors. We would have to have these special resource people and we would have to hire one of them; we wouldn't have any choice. I believe the district should have that choice but it doesn't,"Wycallis concluded. 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