SE aS os Sh \ The Dallas Post Dallas, PA’ Wednesday, July 4, 1990 3 rR AE Beach - (continued from page 1) work that he says is going to cost an estimated $100,000. Paglianite said the work will be done in phases over a three-year period, but hopes to have the beach open to swimmers next summer. Paglianite will not be allowed to begin work until the board of di- ~ rectors of the Harveys Lake Beach Association gives final approval of the sale. This approval will never be given if some members of the associa- ‘tion have their way. Even though ‘the membership ofassociation gave its approval at a meeting last ‘month, some members feel the vote as not fair. Dissenting members have set up a meeting this Friday evening at the Harveys Lake American Legion to protest the sale of the ro P BO hate to see the beach go into the hands of a private individ- ual,” said Nick Deveronica. “I am not against Joe. Iam sure he will make it nice if he buys it, but I think it should be public owned not privately owned.” He added, “When an individual owns something he is the boss, but there is some freedom to a public owned property in which a board has to report back to the commu- nity.” The Beach Association owns the property’ but did not have the funding to put the restrooms in when told to do soby DER. In 1987 the association leased the beach to Harveys Lake Borough but tax- payers said they did not want to pay to put the restrooms in. Deveronica said if it was a mat- ter of money the association should go about getting it. “You can't run anything with no money but they can raise dues or hold some fun- draisers and get the money.” Other members feel that the decision to sell the property was made before the meeting was held last month. Some have complained that a letter sent to the members did not say what the meeting was about and that they did not have enough time to consider the sale when it was brought up at the meeting. “It was forced upon us,” said one member who wished to remain anonymous. “There are a lot of people who really didn't have a say in what was going to happen and that is why we want to meet this week.” These members are hoping for a large turnout at Friday's meeting and will then consider ways to stop the sale. Paglianite said that he has not had any problems with the beach association during negotiations. Members of the board of directors could not be contacted for com- ment. As the Fourth of July holiday hits, the beach is closed to the community and anyone caught swimming will be fined by the po- lice. Whether this situation will change next year is still unde- cided. Lake (continued from page 1) boaters. He said the commission personnel should be doing some- thing about the bigger boats on the lake instead of worrying about minor things. “There are too many boats out here and some of the bigger ones come buzzing past the small alu- minum ones without thinking and something should be done about that,” he said. Other concerns were brought to the Harveys Lake Borough Coun- cillast month when Florence Shultz asked the council why the bor- ough didn't have a patrol on the lake handling the boats. Council president william Wilson told her it was a matter of jurisdiction. “We do not have authority on the lake, it is the fish commission that handles that,” he said. “We handle things on the shore. We have looked ‘into this in the past and were told “it'was up to the fish commission when it is on the water,” he added. Other boaters feel that things ‘are safe on the lake. “I haven't had any problems,” said Ron Kirkutis. “We go out there and fish and the boats watch out for us and we have not had problems,” he said. ‘Daniel Hudack of Wilkes-Barre agreed. “Things are pretty good and everything is safe,” he said. “As long as everyone watches what they are doing there are no prob- lems.” . Anew concern has been seen at the lake the last few years are jet skis. These “water motorcycles” are continuing to grow in popularity across the county and this area is no exception. - However, some people feel that these new watercraft can be dan- gerous when mixed with bigger boats. This concern is not felt by Duke Pierce, who spent Sunday on the water with his jet ski. “As long asyou know what you're doing on these they are safe,” said Pierce. “The boats are pretty good to us and give us the required distance on the water.” Pierce said that the popularity of the skis will continue to grow. “You're going to see a lot more of these on the water,” he said. Messerle said that the operators of jet skis must follow the laws on the water just as boaters do. He also said that the patrols are watch- ing for any waterways violations. “We are trying harder to, crack down on things,” he said. “So far most of the stops made are for boats that are not properly regis- tered or have violated the speed policy.” But there are few areas on the lake that have a speed limit. The most common place where boats are cited for speed is near shore, where no-wake speed is supposed to be maintained. The lake is expected to be full of boats over the holiday period as high temperatures are expected. Messerle said that his patrols will be right out with them. Harveys Lake police ask help to solve break-ins By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The Harveys Lake Police De- partment is urging residents to help each other by watching their ‘homes during the day as break-ins ‘and vandalism have hit the bor- ough hard in the last two weeks. “A lot of it is happening during the day when people are at work," .said Assistant Police Chief Ronald Spock. “What people have to do is ‘just keep an eye on their neigh- bors’ property and call us if they see something going on.” According to police reports, eight break-ins took place in just seven days. Items taken from the resi- dences included jewelry, VCR's, fishing poles and dog kennels, while the vandalism included broken windows, mailboxes and damage to vehicles. Police believe that most of the break-ins are done by the same persons. Usually an unfamiliar vehicle is spotted around the resi- dence that is broken into. Anyone with information about the incidents or who sees some- thing suspicious is urged to call the Back Mountain Communica- tion Center at 675-9911. Harveys Lake zoning board turns down trailer By RICH JOHNSON i Staff Writer The Harveys Lake Zoning Hear- ing Board has turned down a vari- ‘ance request to put a mobile home .on a permanent foundation in the borough. The decision came at last week's ‘meeting of the board when Mr. and}; ‘Mrs. Linford Evans asked for the variance to put the mobile home ‘on a lot on Second Street. The board denied the request for health, safety and welfare rea- sons. The board said that there were problems with the sewer situ- ation at the lot. The lot is not connected to the sewer system and the board did not feel there was an adequate septic system available. The board did approve one re- quest at the meeting; for a side yard variance to Mr. and Mrs. Windsor Davis of Pole 265, who wanted a porch extension. Blind Association seeks volunteer readers By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer Hillside Farms is offering “an utter” way for shoppers to buy their milk. The store, located in Trucksville, offers shoppers the opportunity to buy milk in a polyethylene bag. The bag, which was described as a “thin skin around the milk”, by William Conyngham, an owner of Hillside Farms, isa new container that is working its way into the United States. “More than half the milk sold in Canada is put in these bags,” said Conyngham. “Now they are trying to get it to catch on in the United States.” Conyngham said that there are a lot of benefits to having the milk in the packages; including convenience, cost, and ecologi- cal factors. “Anyone who buys the milk packaged in the bags must have a pitcher to put the bags in. Then the person snips open the top of the bag and they are ready to go. When the milk is finished the bag is thrown away and a new one is installed. This convenience is the rea- son some customers, like Char- les Naperski of Larksville, buy milk in the bags. “It is easier and more convenient to take it out of the refrigerator in the pitcher than in the big jugs,” said Na- * perski. He also said he likes the fact he can throw out the bag when he is done. “It’s easier than lug- ging around a glass bottle; now we just throw it out.” Conyngham said that Hillside Farms started to carry the new packaging two years ago and it has continued to catch on in the area. Hillside Farms is the only dairy in the area to package milk in the bags but feels that it is ‘A new package for milk at Hillside Farms | something that will gain accep- tance. One benefit for the stores that package the milk is that it is cheaper. “There is less material to deal with, so it is cheaper to do,” said Conyngham. He admitted that he was skep- tical when he first saw the proc- ess. After some improvements - were made and other options fell into place, Conyngham felt that maybe the Back Mountain was ready to try this type of packag- ing. Now he says that one-third of his milk sales are from the bags. “People have a tough time con- ceiving the idea of how to use this,” said Conyngham. “We try to let the customers know how to use it but it is unfortunate that those who have questions don'task about them.” He added that he believes once customers use the bags they will continue todoso. He also said that he was sur- prised that some people were buying the containers for envi- ronmental reasons. “We can recycle the bags and they don't take up near as much room as other containers,” said Conyng- ham. “This is part of the future when these containers go to a landfill or dump and it takes 50 bags to take up as much room as one jug.” Conyngham said that some school districts are looking into the possibility of buying single serving bags of milk to give to students. He says that these “mini-bags” will be given with a straw in school lunches and this will help cut back on the amount of garbage the schools have. “We already were contacted by one district and we are hoping to get into contracts with schools in the next few years,” Conyngham said. MILK A NEW WAY - Dyan Dimond, who works at Hillside Farms in Trucksville, shows off a gallon of milk packaged in polyethylene bags. The packaging is new to this area, thought has been used in Canada for more than a decade. (Post Photo/Ron Bartizek) Lake-Lehman budget has 18 mill tax hike By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The Lake-Lehman School Board passed an 18-mill increase in its 1990-1991 budget for a total of $11.4 million by a 6-3 vote at its June 28 meeting at Lake-Lehman High School. Directors Marc Elga- way, Mildred Dobash and Kenneth Williams cast the dissenting votes. The new budget increases the millage in the Luzerne County regions of the district to 151 and to the Wyoming County Township of Noxen to 64-mills. School board president Jeffrey Fritzen noted that to cut costs the district eliminated late bus runs for a savings of $13,000; elimi- nated $7,000 in travel costs; cut orders for $27,000 in textbooks and $50,000 for new equipment and also approved running the summer program with volunteer teachers which will save the dis- trict $5,000. The directors also approved eliminating $89,000 in capital reserve funds for building proj- ects. Fritzen also said that Lake- Lehman has only one assistant high school principal, at the senior high school. The position is open at the present time since former assistant principal Robert Roberts has been appointed principal of the junior high school. A recommendation that present supervisor of curriculum Dr. Bos- ton be named assistant high school principal for the 1990-1991 year was turned down by the board. Boston will continue in his posi- tion as supervisor of curriculum and a new assistant high school principal will be appointed at the senior high. The board also agreed unani- mously to appoint retired princi- palJohn Zaleskas as acting super- intendent at the rate of $200 per day for a period of 75 days. Zale- skas will have the option of work- ing two or three days per week or the entire week, according to di- rector Elizabeth Sichler. Zaleskas retirement as high school principal after 37 years with the district was effective June 30. District superintendent Dr. effective July 27 and Fritzen said that further cuts in professional staffing could be detrimental to the districts. The directors also denied a griev- ance by the Lake-Lehman Educa- tion Associaton concerning health insurance coverage for married couples employed by the district. Board member declined to com- ment on the subject because it will go to arbitration. There will be no board meeting in July. Charles Borchetta has resigned General Hospital salutes nursing staff Wilkes-Barre General Hospital recently honored its 644-member Nursing Services staff during National Nurses Week. A reception was held in the hospital's cafeteria for nurses on all shifts. Attending were members of General's nursing staff, Mary Prince, nursing assistant, Dallas; Kathleen Tryzenski, RN, West Wyoming; Betty Sikora, RN, Hunlock Creek; Jill Tupper, RN, Trucksville; Kim Lambert, RN, Dallas. 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