KX DHS ALLAS qe” CE de 's spring coloring contest 11 Post i CE te es spill shuts down 118 A truck was reported to be leaking hazardous material Tuesday on Route 118 near the Fall Fair Grounds. Police and emergency crews responded by closing down a portion of the road and isolating the area. Dallas Township police officer Truman Brandt was taken to Nesbitt Hospital for tests after he came in contact with the mate- rial. Brandt was released and immediately returned to the scene. The initial report of the inci- dent came from the Back Moun- tain Communications Center at approximately 12:30 p.m. and area fire crews were sent to the scene near the fairgrounds. See SPILL, pg 3 GREG MCTAGUE RESCUE ATTEMPT - Emergency crew members jumped into the cold water of Harveys Lake to pull Leo Edwards of Harveys Lake out after his car overturned into the lake March 19. Edwards died as a result of the accident. (Post Photo/RIchard Johnson) Greg McTague heads unit that guards 21,000 prisoners By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Lt. Greg McTague, a graduate of Dallas High School and Luzerne County Community College, spends his days with a few guests— 21,000 Iraqi prisoners of war. McTagueis in Saudi Arabia with the 400th Military Police Unit as an intelligence officer working closely with Kuwaiti and Saudi linguists as a liaison officer to a group of Bedouins who are part of the Saudi National Guard. In a recent letter to his former seventh-grade teacher, Greg told her that when he arrived in the Mideast he spoke no Arabic and Kingston Twp. supers fight cable TV rate hike & By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer The Kingston Township Super- visors have gone on record oppos- ing a rate hike by Tele-Media Company, which provides cable television service in the commu- nity. At the March 13 meeting of the supervisors, aresolution in oppo- sition to the rate increase was passed on a unanimous vote of the supervisors. According to the resolution, the board not only stated its opposi- tion but encouraged federal law- makers to pass legislation which would help regulate the rate struc- * ture of cable television compa- nies. Tele-Media Company has an- nounced that on April 1 it will raise its cable rates $1.50 plus a franchise fee cost for each cus- tomer. The township resolution notes that this is the third rate increase in as many years by the company. The supervisors urged residents to write to federal lawmakers and press them to support legislation which would control rate struc- | tures for cable companies. The ' resolution also asks residents to “... write to Tele-Media Company By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer There will be no smoking within . any Lake-Lehman School District school buildings effective Septem- PF ber 3, 1991 the beginning of the . 1991-1992 school year. The smoke free school policy ] was approved unanimously by the ! school board at the March 12 meeting. In a discussion by board | member Dr. John Presper, he | stated that passive smoking is just A ‘headquarters protesting the rate increase announced by Tele-Media of Luzerne County.” Supervisor Donald Gaviganalso asked that residents, in their let- ters, urge the cable company to set up a discount program for senior citizens. “They can set up something for the senior citizens,” said Gavigan. “You see it in other areas and it can probably be done here.” Also at the meeting, the board held a public hearing on proposed rezoning of land owned by Mi- chael and Maryann Kolesar, Rear 127 Harris Hill Road, from C-1 (Conservation) to R-1 (Residen- tial). No testimony was given for or against therezoning, butarecom- mendation for approval was given to the supervisors from the town- ship planning commission. The supervisors approved the rezoning on a unanimous vote. Two public hearings have been scheduled at next months meeting ofthe board. One is in regard to the proposed revisions of the town- ship’s zoning ordinance, as recom- mended by the planning commis- sion. That hearing is scheduled for April 10, beginning at 8:00 p.m. 'No smoking’ sigh on in Lake-Lehman schools as injurious to the health of chil- dren as personal smoking, and is responsible for a high incidence to disease. “It is also hypocritical when we say our students can’t smoke but the teachers can,” Presper said. The board also approved the appointment of Patricia Peiffer, an 18-year employee in the district, as the Lake-Lehman District Fed- See SMOKING, pg 2 the Bedouins spoke no English. “I was forced to enter their cul- ture and learn their culture and their language,” Greg said. “Amaz- infly, I found it very easy and fascinating. My formal training at the University of Virginia actually paid off...l am familiar engtigh with their language now to h old Shnple conversations.” Greg, who lived with his parents Judith and Peter McTague at Col- lege Manor, moved from Dallas to Connecticut when his dad, who was employed by AT&T, was trans- ferred to that state. Greg attended the University of Connecticut then the University of Virginia, gradu- ated, and taught speech before he continued his education and ma- jored in communications. Although his parents now live in Newark, Del., Greg comes to Dal- las quite often since his grand- . mother, Margaret Williams, still resides in Dallas. He spent one summer working for Congressman Kanjorski. Always interested in the mili- tary, Greg joined the 400th M.P. Unit and in December, just a few Swingin’ into spring Jerry Franz of Dallas frolics at the Dallas Elementary Play- ground on a recent sunny day. The play area on eral Coordinator at a salary of Hildebrand Road is getting more and more use as the days get warmer and longer. (Post Photo/Charlotite Bartizek) dies after By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer A Harveys Lake man died March 19 after he was trapped in his car, which ran into Harveys Lake and overturned. It was 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday ‘morning when the call went out from the Back Mountain Commu- nications Center — “...a car has gone into Harveys Lake and it is on its roof..” At the time, it wasn't known if there was anyone in the vehicle, but area emergency crews wasted ‘no time in responding to the scene. Within minutes, crews from Harveys Lake, Lehman Township and the paramedics of Nesbitt Me- morial Hospital's MIC unit were at days after his birthday, he was sent with his unit to Saudi Arabia. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in communications at the Univer- sity of Virginia, though that has been put on hold until he returns from the Mideast. In a recent phone call to his grandmother, Greg told her that he wouldn't be home for two or three months and later he called his mother and said he was given an offer to stay longer. “We have a lot of prisoners,” he told Mrs. Williams. “I am fine and enjoy being in the Reservesand I'm doing something I feel I have to do. There are a number of my friends from the Back Mountain writing to hiscar overturns in lake the scene, near Pole 300on Lakeside Drive in Harveys Lake Borough. A car was indeed on its roof an Iw y | —_— Yol. 102 No. 11 Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 20, 1991 35 Centsc Hazardous Harveys Lake man: in the lake. Firemen and ambu- lance personnel rushed to a nearby boat dock to see if a person was. | . trapped in the car. Also on hand; | was a doctor who lived in the neigh | borhood. ‘A quick look inside the car veri-. fied that the situation was critical; a man was under water in the car. | and needed to be freed. With this discovery things started happening all around the area. Emergency personnel were yelling’ | for what they needed. It was con | trolled chaos as the personnel o scene began to do the jobs they, See OVERTURNS, pg 6] | me and it's good to hear from them," Greg said. In a letter to Eleanor T. Buda, Dallas faculty member, Greg said he had received a promotion ing | position but notin rank. g “I was the only Lieutenant in 1,300 troops to become the com- mander of the enclosuré. 1 run a mini-camp of 21,000 EPW's. I am one of six commanders and all the” others are Captains. My Sergeants are doing most of my work while 1 work with the enclosure,” Oreg explained. : He said he saw Tom Landon who is doing very well and has See MCTAGUE, pg 8 Dallas district will get $46,000 back from PA By CHARLOT M. DENMON Staff Writer Christmas will come early for the Dallas School District, as the state will be crediting the district $46,516 extra to make up for underpayments in past years. A release recently of an audit report of the Dallas School District by the Auditor General's Office showed that a district error in reporting the pupil membership resulted in the underpayment to the district. The findings and recommenda- tions are the result of an examina- tion of the district's operation which included a review todetermine both compliance with applicable laws and regulations and the efficient and economical use of resources. The errors in reporting of stu- dent membership were caused by clerical errors made in transferring data from source documents to final reports and failure to report resident membership for certain secondary students who attended district classses and intermediate classes part-time, such as those attending West Side Vo-Tech and special education classes at Lake- Lehman, as well as improper clas- sification of membership for resi- dent tuition students as non-resi- Calendar........20 Police report...........ccocseasa 3 Classified..17-19 Property transfers.......... 13 Editorials.......... 4 SChOOL..........ocidecsers 14-15 Obituaries........ 2 SPOMS........cinnrresensrrns 16-17 Community Events | RUMMAGE AND BAKE SALE - Sat., March 23, 9-3:30, Noxen i United Methodist Church. | FAMILY STYLE HAM DINNER - Sat., March 23, starting at 6 PM, | Jonathan R. Davis Fire Co., Idetown. Adults $5.75, children $3.75. dent children placed by the courts | The auditors also found thal] errors in reporting health service: late to the Department of Healt} resulted in overpayments for nurs | services in the amount of $945, “This amount ($945)will need t be deducted from the $46,51¢ supplemental payment we wil receive,” explained District Super intendent Gerald Wycallis. | In a review of the district's rec| | | ords from July 1, 1986 throug} June 30, 1989, auditors also foun that purchase of painting materi| als from a retail outlet totaliny | $17,263 were made without adver tising for competitive bid. Althoug] auditors did not audit the district” 1989-90 operations, auditors de-| | termined that paint and related| | supplies were bid for that year. “The case of the painting mate-| rials was because bids are to be | obtained for purchases over $4,000] | and most of these purchases were] | foramounts less than $4,000 made at different times throughout the| | period, but totaling the amounts] | over the period of time, it came tol | the $17,273 figure,” Wycallis said | | “There was one time a purchase came to $4,075. That is the only] | one | am aware of,” he explained. HAM AND EGG SUPPER - Sat., March 23, 4-7 PM, Huntsville Christian Church. Adults $5.00, children under 12 $2.50.
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