Ter db LIS et Et) Madine, -~ antl Ne - oA —— - | 1 | OST Vol. 102 No. 6 Dallas, PA Wednesday, February 13, 1991 35 Cents IS Solution in works for Lehman Junoff woes By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer A solution may be near for two Lehman homeowners who have had a water runoff problem for more than a year. At a meeting of the Lehman Township Supervisors Monday night it was announced that an engineer from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation was in the area to examine the problem at a home owned by Dwayne and Ann Poepperling. The Poepperlings have had to contend with water running across their property and onto the land of their neighbors, Phil and Nancy Stark. On Monday night, township solicitor Joseph VanJurasaid that ®PennDOTengineerJoseph Marzani examined the problem and would be getting back to the township with “...one or two possible solu- tions.” Van Jura was pleased that a solution may be found, but added, . “..it would take work from all sides.” The solicitor's excitement was not felt by the whole group as Phil «2 Stark questioned the supervisors @ Wabout why the homeowners had to | | contact PennDOT to send an engi- neer when it should have been plone by the supervisors. “Why did we have to make all the calls?” he asked. “The govern- ment is supposed to work for the people, not the other way around.” Van Jura told Stark that the board did contact the engineer, who only came at the township's request. “The engineer is not avail- able to you, he came purely as a favor,” said Van Jura. The solicitor told Stark that he should be pleased that a solution may be at hand. 4 “We should be happy about a Wossible solution. Idon’t think itis ‘good politics to continue complain- ing about the situation right now,” See RUNOFF, pg 3 Calendar................ 18 Classified.......... 15-17 Editonals................., 4 Obituaries................ 2 Police report............ 2 Property transfers...10 School..c.......... 12-13 Sports... 14-15 RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE - Tues., Feb. 19, 11 AM-5 PM, Dallas po United Methodist Church. Appts. 823-7161. Community Events PORK AND SAUERKRAUT SUPPER - Sat., Feb 16,5t0 7 PM, Trucksville United Methodist Church Educational Bldg., Church Rd. Adults $6.00, children 8 and under $3.00. SUNDAY BREAKFAST - Sun., Feb. 17, 8 AM to Noon, Lake Silkworth Vol. Fire Co. All you can eat $4.00, children $2.00. JELLO WRESTLING - Sun, Feb. 17, 8 PM, College Misericordia cafeteria. Admission $3.00, benefits Make A Wish Foundation. GREAT BOOKS DISCUSSION - Mon., Feb. 18, 7 PM, Penn State Lehman campus. Subject; 'Anna Karenina." COMMUNITY SINGERS REHEARSAL - Mon., Feb. 18, 7:15 PM, Mercy Center, Dallas. New members welcome. By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer from throughout the East. Joe Drust and Richard Disque of Dallas, relative novices in woodearving, walked away with four ribbons in a recent New Jersey show. The pair entered carved ducks in the Tom's River Wild Fowl Art & Decoy show at Tom's River and returned home elated with two first place and two third place ribbons. The men's entries went up against hundred of competitors “It was wonderful,” said Drust. “I never thought I would see the day I would do wood- carving, let alone enter anything in competition. It was through Dick's urging that I started. First, I just did some humming birds which I gave to my daughters as gifts. Then I made three Buffel Heads (small black and white diving ducks), but I never entered them. “I was determined not to enter any competi- THEY'RE ALMOST REAL - Richard Disque and Joe Drust of Dallas are shown above with the wood-carved ducks that won ribbons in the recent Tom's River Wild Fowl Art and Decoy Show. The winning ducks are from left, Shoveler, 1st place and 3rd place Best Show; 3rd place Wood Duck; 1st place Mallard. The challenge carving of a black duck now being done by Disque is in the background. (Post Photo/Charlot M. Denmon) Dallas men carve prize-winners tion but Dick and my instructor Ron Ushing kept after me, so I finally gave in and entered the Carolina Wood Duck 1 did which took third place,” Drust continued. “I was happy about it because I have or. 'v been carving for two years.” Disque, who is in his fourth year of carving, explained that first the judges look over the en- trees and if they don't pause to look at some of them those particular ones are thrown out of the competition. “If they like the ducks, which have to be hollow, they are put in a large tank of water and if yours goes in the tank, you know you have chance. If they take some of them out and yours stays in, it means you have achieved something,” Disque explained. Disque took two first places at the Tom's River show, one for a Shoveler (also known as a Spoonbill) and one for a male Mallard. His See DUCKS, pg 3 Dance will aid burned-out families By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer They lost their possessions to fire, but the Robert Baldoni and Emmy Hanna families have found plenty of support from their Back Mountain neighbors. Area individuals and businesses are organizing a benefit dance to help the two families who were driven from their Harveys Lake apartment house by a fire last month. The dance is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 24 at the Idetown Fire Hall, starting at 2:00 p.m. Businesses have donated most of the food and entertainment for the event, and individuals are putting in the time needed to organize and operate the fundraiser. Sandy Blaine, who is coordinat- ing the dance, said that ticket sales Change in the weather It seems like forever, but only a few days ago it was warm enough for Shaun Fegely to wash his car while wearing shorts. What a difference a few days makes, as cold winter weather returned this week. (Post Photo/Ron Bartizek) BENEFIT DANCE Sun., Feb. 24 Starting at 2 p.m. Idetown Fire Hall Admission $6.00 are going well but she is hoping for a sellout. “The hall holds around 250 people and we are hoping that we fill it,” she said. According to Blaine, the dance will not only help the two families but will enable those who attend to have a good time. ; “We are going to have four bands there and a lot of food and drink for those who come,” said Blaine. Although the residents escaped injury in the fire, all their posses- sions were destroyed in the blaze. Blaine said that the benefit dance will help greatly in the families effort to get back on their feet. “The fire company has received some furniture to give to the fami- lies and we are hoping more comes in. They lost a lot and it is good-to see people working to help them get back together,” she said. Blaine said that many area businesses have donated food or money for the dance. This list in- cludes: Diveronica’s Sunset Store, Drury’'s Deli, Smith's Country Store, Darings Market, Weis Mar- ket, Pepsi-Cola and Maeir's Bak- ery. The four bands who will be providing entertainment at the dance also donated their time to See DANCE, pg 2 Cancelled trip to Europe may cost L-L students $425 By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Thirty-nine Lake-Lehman stu- dents and adult chaperones may be out as much as $425 each because a planned trip to Europe was cancelled by the school dis- trict. The prospective travelers are most upset with E.F. Educational Tours of Cambridge, Mass., a travel agency, which can keep the money now that the trip to Eng- land and France has been called off. The trip, which had been sched- uled for March 29 to April 7, was cancelled by the school board because of its concern over pos- sible acts of terrorism due to the war in the Persian Gulf. The trip had been organized by faculty member John Comitz and Fear for kids’ safety why mom kept them home By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer The mother of two children who live on Swamp Road in Ross Township says fear for her children’s safety caused her to keep them out of school last week rather than walk to the end of the road to meet a school bus. Mary Ann Lee, whose two chil- dren are age five and 11, said this week she feels it is not her re- sponsibility to take her children to school if the bus doesn’t come up Swamp Road. When the bus doesn't pick them up at their door she will keep them at home. “They went to school Monday,” Mrs. Lee said, “because the bus traveled our road and picked up the children of the residents. The township did their work as well. They were on the road at 7 a.m. and put shale in the holes on the Lake-Lehman officials fill in | for 'sick' cafeteria workers By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Students at the Lake-Noxen Elementary and Lake-Lehman Junior High schools saw a few unfamiliar faces dishing out their lunch last Thursday as district administrators, some teachers, parents and a school board mem- ber covered for about 12 cafeteria workers who had called in sick. Nancy Davis, the Lake-Lehman superintendent, said that the cafe- teria workers do have sick leave Mark Lubinski targets bombers in Gulf war By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Airman Mark Lubinski of Dallas is somewhere in the Mideast work- | ing 12 to 14 hours daily, seven days a week at a Strategic Air Command base. Lubinski is moni- toring the flights of bombing mis- sions and personnel, recording target misses and returns and keeping other needed records. The son of Mrs. Karen Lubinski, Mark graduated from Dallas in 1989, although when younger he also attended Lake-Lehman schools for several years before the family moved. He enlisted in the Air Force in July, 1989, hoping to geta college education witha degree in criminology. Lubinski went to Lackland Air Force Base for his training and afterwards was assigned to a base in Mississippi. After a short while he was assigned to Loring Air Force Base in Maine, the same base to which Tina Charney Kravits of Dallas was assigned. The two Dal- las residents left for the Mideast at the same time. “We didn't hear from Mark for about six weeks,” said Mrs. Lu- binski, “And then his letters began to arrive. The first phone call we had from him was in November from Guam where he was sent for six days for R&R. It was great to hear from him and the nice part about it was the phone call was charged from the nearest base from home which in this area is Griffith AFB. He called us a second time when he was returning to his area in the Mideast.” Mrs. Lubinski said. “We were receiving regular let- See LUBINSKI, pg 5 cost $1,200 per person. Because a signed contract is involved, there are penalties for cancellations with the amounts varying depending on when notice of cancellation is given to the agent. The closer the cancellation is made prior to de- parture, the less the amount to be refunded to the prospective trav- elers. Comitz, on Monday explained that the administration is explor- ing all avenues in order to get the fees back, all of them or as much as possible. “There are hundreds of school groups throughout the country in the same predicament,” Comitz said. “Not all of them have made arrangements with the same company but all travel companies are apparently following the same See TRIP, pg 3 road and also scraped down spots {| where the mud had dried iri. ieaps.” Students who live on Swamp Road were picked up by a Lake- Lehman school bus Monday | morning, having stayed home from |} school last week because the muddy road was deemed impass- able by the bus driver. | “We're fighting more than |} transportation on Swamp Road,” Lee said. “We are fighting vandal- ism, theft and terribleacts such as someone killing small dogs and puppies and nailing them on resi- | dents’ doors. I'm not going to allow || my children to walk to a bus stop | by themselves with stuff like that || happening. Who knows, it could i} be a child next.” | Lee also said there were two || entrances to Swamp Road, so ifthe bus can’t make it in one way, it See FEAR, pg 5 and use it when they deem neces- j| sary. “It is unlikely that they were {| all sick on the same day but I have {| no reason to believe they were not,” she said. Liz Sichler, a member of the {| district's school board, said the {| board had at various times dis- {| cussed the cafeteria and the fact §j that it is becoming more expensive §| to operate it, but that no decision §| to change have been made. “The cafeteria has never oper- {| See CAFETERIA, pg 5 MARK LUBINSKI
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