A oe rasta le BE a sk w= BL ah Teo sn ep bs A Sy Vol. 101 No. 40 Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 10, 1990 Jackson supers want more cable TV By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The Jackson Township board of supervisors is going to bat for its residents in an effort to expand cable television service in the municipality. In the past month the board has been in contact with representa- tives of Cable Television Company of Hazleton about increasing the number of homes the company serves in the township. Supervisors say that a number of residents have contacted them pout the poor service in the area, they decided to contact the cable company. Supervisors want more homes served. The company says it is doing the best it can. “There was poor dialogue in the past,” said Supervisor Joseph Stager. “Some of the residents who wanted cable couldn't get it and they weren't getting too many @ evers from the cable company, 0 we decided to set up some meetings and get the answers.” The first of these meetings came before last weeks’ meeting of the oard of supervisors. Larry Sh- ~wak, a representative of Cable é elevision, met with the supervi- ors and tried to provide some NSWers. “We are currently looking at updating the system in that area,” Shewak said in an interview later. “There are a lot of right-of-way problems in that area so we have to really look at how lines will be run but we will try to accommodate those who want to hook up,” he said. Shewak said that engineers of the company will be in the town- ship later this week to look into the situation. He said the company already has 45 miles of cable in the township and will be “...doing the best we can” to add more. Stager said that more meetings have been set up so that the cable soompany can address how they 11 handle the situation. “They didn't have all the an- swers at our last meeting but they said they would be out and looking so they could get back to us next month,” said Stager. “We want them to service the homes that want the cable.” Stager said that anyone inter- ested in cable service should send a letter to the board at 1551 Chase Road. Stager said that a list of potential customers will be given to the cable company. Youth's campaign yields sign for ducks By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer It was a wish come true for a 10-year-old Stephen Kosisky last week, as officials of Dallas Bor- ough unveiled two duck crossing signs that will be erected near Pickett's Charge Restaurant. Stephen began a crusade three ~ weeks ago to have duck crossing signs erected near the restaurant to protect the flock of ducks that have made their home in that area. Last Thursday his appeal succeeded when he was invited to Pickett's Charge for the presenta- tion of the signs, which should be erected within the next week. Originally, Stephen tried to contact the state Department of Transportation about the duck situation, saying he was worried that the birds might be hit by vehicles as they cross the road from Pickett’'s to the Meadows Nursing Home. He was told by PennDOT to contact the borough. It was then that Stephen began talking with Borough Manager Milton Lutsey. Lutsey originally said the youngster should attend a borough. council meeting with the idea. A bit later however, Lut- sey began to look into the situ- ation on his own. See DUCKS, pg 5 James Sheerin of Dunmore was sworn in as the newest Dallas police A BOY AND HIS DUCK (SIGN) - 10-year-old Steven Kosisky of Dallas proudly displays one of the two duck crossing signs that were purchased recently by Dallas Borough. Kosisky pushed to have the signs placed along Center .Hill Road. Monday, Oct. 8, Lutsey had not received the written resignation. Sheerin’s resignation gives the borough council two options. The officer by Mayor Paul LaBar on Friday, September 21 but on Octo- ber 1, instead of reporting for his first dayof work, Sheerin resigned. Sheerin called Borough Man- ager Milton Lutsey and told him that he had resigned because he had another offer. Lutsey told Sheerin that he needed a formal letter of resignation but as of council can hire one of the other two applicants certified by their Civil Service Commission at their October meeting; Michael J. KrzwickiorJohnd. Mulderig. There are also five other names on that list, all of whom took their Civil Service tests in September, 1989. The list is valid for one year from the time it is established, accord- Borough cop quits before starting By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer ing to members of the commission. The second option is for the council towait for the results of the new Civil Service test which is scheduled for Oct. 11, a joint test to be given by the Department of Community Affairs for Dallas Bor- ough and Kingston Township. The results of the written test will proba- bly be known by the end of this month but psychological tests, agility and physical tests and inter- views of the candidates will take additional time. Lehman Township will take over lights By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The Lehman Township Super- visors decided Monday to shed some light on a busy intersection in the township. The board voted unanimously to take over two street lights that were installed at the three-way-intersection at Lehman Center. LATCHKEY KIDS - Rev. Michael A. Bealla, pastor of Dallas United Methodist Church, discusses plans for the “Latch Key” program sponsored by the church, with College Misericordia students Brenda Card and Carolyn Seinert, two of the volunteers working with the project. Others working with them are Shirley Breymaier and Laura Slocum of the church and Jodi DeRome, college student. (Post Photo/Chariot M. Denmon) ¢ Supervisor David Sutton told the board that he was approached by residents who wanted the town- ship to pick up the cost of main- taining the lights at the intersec- tion of Route 118, Market Street and Mountain View Drive. Sutton said that the lights had been on a flag pole near Cook's Store but had to be removed be- cause of a number of accidents. The lights were then moved to a different part of the intersection by UGI. Sutton said that one light was being financed by the Lehman United Methodist Youth Founda- tion and a resident was financing the other. He said that since the lights were helping out at the inter- See LIGHTS, pg 3 Methodist Church to offer help for 'latchkey’ kids The growing number of households in which both parents work outside the home has helped create a generation of children who come home from school to an empty house. “Latch-key” children, as they have been labeled, make up a sig- nificant and growing concern for parents. The Dallas United Methodist Church will soon begin the operation of “PhoneFriend”, an after-school help-line for children. Its aim is to provide a supportive, listening “friend” that children can speak with in the event they become frightened, lonely, have a concern about their homework, or other such situations that can be intimidating for young children. In no way is the program intended to be a substitute for parental supervision. Modeled after a pilot program in State College, PhoneFriend will be operated as a non-profit community outreach program of the Dal-. las church. It is not religious in nature other than finding its roots in the church’s caring about the children of the community. Trained volunteers will answer the phone on school days from 3 to 6 p.m. The volunteers in the intiial phase of the program are social work and community service students from College Misericor- dia. The students have also helped lay the foundation for the program in its design phase. All calls are confidential and no child will be asked more than his or her first name, grade and school. Only in cases where the volun- teer feels a call back would be important to check on the child's well-being will have a phone number be requested. See LATCHKEY, pg 5 | Dallas school administrators given 10% raises By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer After months of behind the scenes negotiations, the Dallas School Board increased salaries for most of the district's adminis- trators by 10.4 percent at a work session held Monday, Oct. 1. The salary increases, which are retroactive to July 1, are usually on the agenda of a regular school board meeting which this month was held Monday, Oct. 8. They did not appear on the agenda at the regular meeting, nor were they discussed, since the vote had al- ready been taken. The administrators who received the increases were Wycallis, whose salary was increased from $59,073.84 to $65, 217.52; Frank Galicki, senior high principal, an increase from $40,446 to $44,652.38; Gilbert Griffith, middle The board had met in closed session since January trying to reach agreement school principal, an increase from $40,446 to $44,652.38; Ruth Tet- schner, Dallas Elementary princi- pal, an increase from $43,584.50 to $48,117.29; Samuel Barbose, Westmoreland Elementary princi- pal, an increase from $40,150.59 to $44,326.25; Charlotte Williams, businesss manager, an increase from $28,890 to $31,894.56; and William Morgan, acting supervisor 0 of building and grounds, an in- crease from $29,536.92 to | $32,608.76. See RAISES, pg5 Advisors concerned about prison crowding 1,995 inmates housed at Dallas By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Concerns about overcrowding dominated the discussions at the latest meeting of the superinten- dent of the state prison in Dallas and the citizens group that moni- tors the facility. “At what point do you say you can't take any more?” asked Pat Rusiloski, chairperson of the Citi- zens Advisory Committee, of super- intendent Joseph Ryan. Rusiloski asked about the prison population during a meeting Friday at the prison. The superintendent told mem- - bers that the prison population is 1,995 and the correctional staff is now filled to its quota of 382. “I'm not happy with that num- ber,” said Rusiloski. “In 1983 there were only 1,300 inmates. Can't you write a letter to the depart- ment about overcrowding?” Ryan explained that the Depart- ment of Corrections must make the decisions; that it is not done locally. “We have double-celled 40 more inmates on E block and 35 on D block which has given us an Calendar.......16 Classified. 13-15 Editorials........ 4 Obituaries......2 By Bel aE additional 75 inmates,” Ryan ex- plained. Lo Stanley Rusiloski stated that the institution might manage to ac- commodate the additional inmates but he expressed concern over the support facilities. “What about the dining facili- ties and the laundry room,” he asked. Ryan explained that instead of feeding the inmates in one set- ting, they now feed them in three settings. “The inmates have ad- justed well and we are learning to adjust,” Ryan said. a He also explained that there are four more prisons now on the drawing board to help reduce the number of inmates in existing pris- ons. “We also transfer inmates in and out as necessary,” Ryan ex- plained. “Sometimes it's because of personalities, sometimes for other reasons.” State Senator Charles Lemmond told the committee that a key fac- tor in the increase of inmates in the prisons is due to the manda- tory sentencing that has taken See PRISON, pg 3 Police Repoft it eekhsn tne 2 Property Transfers..... 6 School......c.ii iin 12 SPONS.....o...iiinns 12-13 Coming up: Fall Community Events ROAST BEEF DINNER - Wed., Oct. 10, 5-7 PM, takeouts from 5-6. Shavertown United Methodist Church. RUMMAGE SALE - Fri., Oct. 12, 9-5 PM, Sat., Oct. 13, 9-3 PM, Lehman United Methodist Church. Refreshments available. TURKEY SUPPER - Sat., Oct. 13, 4:30-7 PM, Takeouts 4-4:30, bring own containers, Idetown United Methodist Church. RUMMAGE SALE - Sat., Oct. 13, 9 AM-4 PM, Huntsville Christian Church. FLEA MARKET - Sat., Oct. 13, 10-4 PM, Sun., Oct. 14 9-3 PM, Jackson Twp. Fire Hall. Refreshments available. CRAFT SHOW - Sat., Oct. 13, 9-4 PM, Trucksville Fire Hall. Sponsored by Trucksville Ladies Auxiliary. Red Cross Blood Drive Lake-Lehman High School. Appts: 823-7171 = Tues., Oct. 16, 9 AM-2PM, DALLAS BOROUGH COUNCIL - Tues, Oct. 16, 8 PM, Dallas Borough Bldg., Main Street DALLAS TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS - Tues., Oct. 16, 7:30 PM, Dallas Twp. Bldg., Route 309 HARVEYS LAKE COUNCIL - Tues.; Oct. 16, 7:30 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg., Route 415 HARVEYS LAKE PLANNING COMMISSION - Mon., Oct. 15, 7 PM, Harveys Lake Municipal Bldg. LAKE TOWNSHIP SUPERVISORS - Sat., Oct. 13, 9 AM, Lake Twp. Municipal Bidg., Route 29 North ET —
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