( (A) w,000. 0, Todos L) nN “de I aad Ry Vol. 102 No. 12 | Dallas, PA Wednesday, March 27, 1991 | | 35 Cents Guard rail installation at lake meets resistance aio hi Aid AOPPPTI TE TP aaa oir IW WR (edo = i P D OT ° t ° 11 t k 1 0 community relations coordinator more accidents in the lake. _ accident.” 1 cll SAYS 11 W1 adKe yc€ ars for PennDOT. “This money has CouncilmanRichard Boicesaid = The latest fatality involved a come out of the budget for that the borough is supportive of Harveys Lake man who drowned £ By RICH JOHNSON : A PennDOT in Luzerne County sowe the effort but would like to see the when his car flipped onto its roofin i 2 1 Staff Writer \ take the state to finish the project; around Lakeside Drive. Atthisrate, don't have many resources to in- project finished more quickly. the water. The circumstances that Bid another is resistance from home- itwouldtakelOyears for thewhole crease that.” “It's a shame when we have an caused a car driven by Leo Ed- : Two deaths in two years have owners who contend that guard- lake to be protected. Keisling said that it will take accident and I think PennDOT wards to go into the lake are still gi given new urgency toa projectthat rails will spoil the beauty of the That timetable does not sit well approximately 30,000 feetof guard should get the guard rails up as under investigation. § il install guard rails along side lake and hurt their property val- with someresidents, but PennDOT rails to complete the project at the goon as they can,” Boice said. However, some feel that extra iL Xl akeside Drive around Harveys ues. : officials say it is the best they can lake and that it will take some time Councilman David Abod agreed. guard rails along the area of Lake- | HE Lake. But two obstacles stand in The Pennsylvania Department do. to complete the installation. Some “I know they are working on a side Drive where he hit the water | ul the path of timely completion of of Transportation (PennDOT) is. “You must remember that we borough officials and residents, budgetbutthey have to thinkabout . may have prevented the accident. | i the work. currently installingapproximately have budgeted $50,000 a' year to however, say that the longer it the safety of the motorists,” said : One concern is how long it will 3,000 feet of guard rails a year this project,” said Rolly Keisling, takes the greater the chance for Abod. “We don't want another See GUARD RAIL, pg 5 | Students greet their ‘pen pal By RICH JOHNSON Staff Writer. Wotan TRIBE: basa memes RY Ae wa Soret —— Tina Charney Kravits will re- member her homecoming from "1 Saudi Arabia for a long time. is The staff and students of p Westmoreland Elementary School in Trucksville made sure : of that with a huge welcome to iil their pen pal this week. i Air Force Captain Kravits | made a specialvisit to the school to thank the many children who ; { : | wrote to her during her stint in | the Persian Gulf m h ved at th Wan ; Jw ” in Kas | } 0 Wie Cart WELCOME HOME - Nearly 500 students, teachers and administrators atthe “children chanted “USA, USA” and cheered when Captain Kravits entered the Kravits was greeted by nearly Westmoreland Elementary School greeted Air Force Captain Tina Charney Kravits ~~ school. Many of the students had sent letters to Kravits when she was stationed on See PEN PAL, pg 3 when she visited the school on Monday. The greeting was loud and exciting as the = the island of Diego Garcia during the Persian Gulf war. (Post Photo/Rich Johnson) / a a TY and) I Don Hopkins notes 25 years on the boards | return of rec director il Bv CHARLOT M. DENMON tions which were presented by Eyet By CHARLOT M. DENMON , & oy Writer to the council hh oe 2 Staff Writer A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM . 300 signatures. ; : Presented by the Drama Dept. ,~ Marie Eyet and a committee of ~~ Wolensky, who has been in The Dallas High School drama of Dallas High School ] parents who have been campaign- charge of the program for the past department will mark the 25th year Fri. and Sat., April 5-6 “ing for the return of Jack Wolensky two years, was sent a letter at the that Don Hopkins has directed 8:00 p.m as head of the Dallas Borough end of the second season telling plays at the school, and he says jin i Hoo playground came away from the him that the position he held had this production of William Dallas High Schoo Shakespeare's “A Midsummer Night's Dream” will be well worth any more so I took over her role. attending. The curtain goes up this The next year Hughes gave it up so Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. I directed both class plays. Two Hopkins completes his 25thyear years later we gave up the class as director of theatre at Dallas plays and made it high school High School with this spring pro- drama open to allthe students,” he duction of Shakespeare's classic continued. “It gave us greater flexi- comedy. This is the second time bility; we couldn't do musicals, the drama department has pre- Shakespeareandsuchwithaclass sented this particular production, play. By going to all of the high one of the most appreciated of school students, we were able to Shakespeare's works. make it educational theatre.” Hopkins, a graduate of Hopkins was involved in theater Bloomsburg University with a in college and his approach to the Master's in speech and theater, theater program at the high school has dedicated his talents to the has focused upon giving the stu- development of an outstanding dent a total understanding of the caliber of dramatic performanceat dramatic impulse. Over the past the Dallas High School. 25 years Hopkins has introduced “I joined the Dallas faculty in and taught courses in theater 1964-65 but I didn't direct any history, stagecraft, Shakespeare, plays that year,” said Hopkins. “At world drama and acting. that time the district had class “I try to get a variety of students plays and there were two each involved,” said Hopkins. “Those not March 19 borough council meet- been terminated because of cuts iB ing at least partially satisfied with in the 1991 budget, according to I the council's response. Eyet and borough manager Milt Lutsey. 8 the council agreed that no deci- In presenting the petitions, Mrs. ph sions will be made about the rec- Eyet mentioned that a reporter reation center untilEyetand Karen from one ofthe papers had told her Arnaud meet with Robert Brown, that arrangements were being chairman of the recreation com- made toemploy a chiefofstaffand iE mittee before the April council interviews for staffwere being held. meeting. The parents will discuss “Mr. Wolensky was interested in ! rehiring Wolensky at that time, , the position,” Mrs. Eyet told coun- i : and will create a proposal to be cil, “but he wasn't given an option 1 submitted for council's approval. toacceptorrefuse,” said Mrs. Eyet. Hl on Concerned parents crowded the “No one has_ been given that 0 &§ council chambers last week to opportunity,” theborough’s solici- hd © present petitions signed by both tor Jack Fine told her. “Nothing A | adults and children requestng that i Wolensky be recalled. The -peti- See PLAYGROUND, pg 3 | Protests continue against | Dallas Twp. group home DRAMA COACHES - Dallas High School Theater director Don +4 Hooking di A d ith hi : year. Former principal Edgar. interested in theactingitselfbutin 1 © By CHARLOT M. DENMON 'OPKINS diISCUsses costumes and scenery with his assistant Hughes directed one play and for- constructing the sets, designing ; Staff Writer the proposed group home unite in director Audrey Eyet following a rehearsal of Shakespeare's ‘A mer faculty member Dorothy Mo- and making costumes, lighting, q filing with the magistrate that it Midsummer Night's Dream’ to be presented by the Dallas High ran did the other. music, and management of the i Residents of Church Streetand was in violation of a zoning ordi- School students, April 5 and 6 at the high school. (Post Photo/C.M. “In 1965-66 Dorothy Moran said ! | Old Goss Manor attended the nance since the home wouldbea Denmon) she was not interested in directing See HOPKINS, pg 12 March 19 Dallas Township super- business and request that the visors meeting to request an owner must get a variance {TOM jp": update on the status of the group the township. home which they say is proposed Seidel explained that neighbors on Church StreetinthelateDonald were against the group home Evans residence more recently bcause it is a business in an R-1 L ake solons fight lack of fish stocking owned by a Rev. Dale Brown. aerea; not because of the resi- Neil Seidel of Old Goss Manor dents. Research has shown that Calendar............ 18 By RICH JOHNSON 16 iri ef au . asked the supervisors if they had the owner, a Robert Kotsull, is al- Classified 15-17 Staff Writer year, Instead, a DIogiam Js In el | AusSion leaow that were upset. taken any formal position on the lege dly paid a daily fee to house IOS HOG Umrrnrave fect inwhich fingerlings, or smaller Wilson replied that the counc home being remodeled asa group the roomers soinstead of a family, Editonals.................. 4 The Harveys Lake borough sized fish, have been put in the will be contacting the commission. home. He reminded the supervi- it is a boarding or rooming house. Obituaries................ 2 council is protesting a decision by lake with hopes that they will grow “Fishing is a big part of Harvey sors that time is running out and : ; the state Fish Commission not to as large as the ones that would Lakeand the councilis not pleased 8 people will be moving hy He Es Feed dial he Police rep Oft............ 8 stock the lake with normal size have been used in the stocking with the state's decision,” he said. asked if the supervisors could ship ordinance qualifies it as a P roperty transfers. ..1 1 trout this year. process. ; Councilman. Joseph Sgarla | freeze the project while research- boarding house, in his opinion. School.............. 12-13 At the council’s March 19 meet- At last week's meeting of the later stated that he asked state wo ing the ordinances to determine He told Seidel to get about 10 Sports 14-15 ing, council president William borough council, residentThomas representative George Hasay about | whether occupation could be people together and go before the P Wilson noted that the councilisin Kehler asked the board if the bor- the decision and was told that a the process of contacting the Fish ough was taking any action to have lack of money was the cause of the : | denied. magistrate. He requested that : baa os : : Township solicitor Frank zoning officer Leonard Kozick get . ADVERTISING INSERTS INSIDE Commission to voice its opposition the lake stocked. situation. * Townend said the ordinance way the names and addresses of the INSALACO S/SHURDAVE to the decision. Ta i ‘This is the Second largest Inks 1 asked him if the state wa was no good but that heand Atty. residents in the area and Atty. CALL 67 The Commission announced in thestateandlcani believe that retaliating against Harveys Lake LL 675-5211 they are not stocking it,” said forsomereasonbutheassured me James Geddes, were working on Townend will get together with recently that budget cuts were the : another angle. He a 5 ; i FOR HOME DELIVERY, reason that five lakes in the state Kehler. “I would like to see council that the residents in the area of See GROUP HOME, pg 5 WATER Fol H {STI \[eRM) 1ill not be stocked with trout this get together and let the Fish Com- " See TROUT, pg 3 =
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