4 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 8, 1991 Tie SDALLASCR0ST Developers can be asked to shoulder bigger share of costs A renewed plan to build 175 townhouses at Harveys Lake is bound to draw the attention of residents concerned about overuse of borough services and contamination of the lake's water. There is ample reason to be concerned, but not enough to rule out what could be a useful and productive project. Perhaps this will be an opportunity for the area to closely examine a development proposal and fashion solutions to potential problems. There's no question that adding 175 households will strain the borough's roads, sewer and water systems. The lake has seen a resurgence of sorts in recent years and increased traffic already clogs Lakeside Drive on many occasions. Of greater concern, cars plunge into the lake with alarming regularity and little: is being done to stop them. The state Department of Transportation's 10 year plan to install guard rails is too little, too late, and the borough claims not to have the resources to help out. Here's where a new approach to large-scale development can help. Inthe past, municipalities absorbed the cost of improving roadways or adding service capacity, in the hope that tax receipts would eventually recover the outlays. But they seldom do, and other expenses often crop up, from more police coverage to street cleaning. In the end, all the community's residents have to some extent subsidized the development. Instead, those who stand to profit from building should be required to pay a good portion of the initial cost of adding or improving services. Then, the taxes collected later can truly be used to improve the town, not simply to pay the out-of-pocket costs of growth. If a new sewer line is needed, or the roadway should be widened, the cost can be borne by the builder and added to the properties’ price. Developers may complain that such a plan places an unfair burden on them, but that hasn't proven true in other areas. The Back Mountain presents attractive opportunities for profit, and savvy developers know it. Forcing them to help maintain its charms will only help their efforts, not hurt them. Harveys Lake and the entire Back Mountain can handle more growth if it is managed better than it has been in the past. Now is a good time to begin changing our approach. Don't miss chance to clean up your home Spring cleanup has a few days left in three local municipali- ties, and residents should make.the most of them. Dallas Borough and Dallas and Kingston townships coordi- nated their annual cleanups this year, and they last through Saturday. This yearly opportunity to dispose of junk like old tires and appliances is a real boon to residents since many items are virtually impossible to get rid of any other way. Just as importantly, if residents take advantage of the offer our com- munities will be neater, cleaner and safer. Check the box elsewhere in this week's Post for details about your community’s program-they're not all the same. Then take a little time to clean up the house and yard by tossing out that stuff that seems to come from nowhere and stay forever. b Tie SIALLASCPoST Published Weekly by Bartsen Media, Inc. P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612 Telephone: 717-675-5211 Ronald A. Bartizek Charlotte E. Bartizek Editor and Publisher Associate Publisher Peggy Young Charlot M. Denmon Advertising Acct. Exec. Reporter Jah Rich Johnson Paul Rismiller Reporter Olga Kostrobala Composition ; Classified/typesettin ; Jean Hillard yp g Office Manager MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION AND THE PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER'S ASSOCIATION Bring out those lazy, grazy days of summer (Photo by Charlotte Bartizek) Letters Put group homes 1 in operators nel ighborhoods yw © dell wf Ed We all should congratulate and commend General Townend, Dal- las Twp. Solicitor, the three super- visors and Pooch Kozich, Zoning Officer for having the courage to uphold the Dallas Twp. ordinances - The laws we all must live by. These men have been elected to perform under the ordinances as written, we are sure no one would suggest or want them to do other- wise. Some few have suggested that the underlying reason these offi- cials are taking action is pure dis- crimination not so; very unfair, “why critic] ize 2 hes] men for doing their job, enforcing and following the law, shame on these few. Dallas Twp. ordinances do per- mit boarding houses in some areas but the law does not in an R-1 Zone. A boarding house operator serv- ing women, college students, sen- ior citizens, day care centers or whatever cannot do business in a R-1 zone - Dallas Twp. however does provide for boarding homes in other zoned areas. Since Mr. Kotsul, the owner and operator of the Church Street boarding house and Linda Ross, director seem to be sullsring, from a bad case of "NIMBY" (not in my back yard). A very simple solution to the Church Street problem and a cure for their malady “NIMBY” - “Locate the Boarding House in Your Neigh- borhood". Mr. Kotsul or Linda Ross where you have educated yourself and hopefully your neighbors re- garding the law, discrimination, and all other potential situations in connection witha boarding home business. ; Robert A. Frey Dallas Lung Association slates Clean Air Week Editor: Air pollution has become un- healthy and very expensive. The American Lung Association has estimated that the direct and indi- rect costs of outdoor air pollution alone are approximately $40 bil- lion to $50 billion a year. Lung disease, including lung cancer, is the third-leading cause of death in this country. It's clearly time for every American to take personal responsibility for the air quality in this country. Changing old habits, such as ~ driving our cars everywhere we go, is one of the first steps we can take toward cleaner air. During Clean Air Week, May 6-12 we can make a conserted effort in that direction. On Thursday, May 9, 1991, the Lung Association is asking every motorist in the Wyoming Valley to hang up their car keys and use an alternative means of transporta- tion, including walking, bicycling, using the LCTA-buses, 287-8463, or at least carpooling. Studies show that 37 percent of air pollution is attributable to motor vehicles. By not driving for just one day, each of us can contribute significantly to improved air qual- ity and a healthier environment. Perhaps we can even start a new, healthier habit of hanging up our car keys at least one day a week, every week. The Lung Association hopes that ‘Wyoming Valley residents will support Clean Air Week and im- prove air quality by not driving on Thursday, May 9. It only takes a small effort by each of us to make a big difference. Remember “IU's a Matter of Life and Breath". Robert J. Staub Program Associale American Lung Association of the Wyoming Valley Library news Want to help? Library auction volunteers still needed By NANCY KOZEMCHAK the fourth include a chicken bar- becue, items auctioned over the The 45th annual Back Moun- block, and a square dance in the tain Memorial Library Auction will be held from Wednesday, July 3 through July 7 on the auction grounds behind the library on Huntsville Road. Chairman of the 1991 auction is Monty Evans. He is still searching for some committee heads for various de- partments and would welcome any volunteers who might be interested. Information can be obtained by calling the library. Chairman of the antiques com- mittee is Ernest Ashbridge; Odds and Ends, Sybil Pelton and Mary George withJean Grimes; The Book Booth chairman, Mrs. Florence Crump with Ben Matchett and Priscilla Liput. The 2nd annual craft fair will be held on the Fourth of July with Connie Scott as chair. Additional activities planned for early evening. The Kick Off dinner for this year's auction will be held Friday, May 17, at the Irem Temple Country Club. There will be music for listening and dancing and a mini auction after dinner. Reser- vations and information are avail- able at the library. The library will accept dona- tions of books for sale at the auc- tion and odds and ends for that booth. These may be brought to the library whenever the library is open. The 3rd annual horse show sponsored by the library in con- junction with the auction activi- ties will be held at the Luzerne County Fair Grounds on Sunday, June 23. Dr. John and Kathy Shaskas will chair the horse show. New books at the library: “Loves Music, Loves to Dance" by Mary Higgins Clark is a suspense novel wherein a killer enacts a bizaare dance of death, his victims drawn from among the women who an- swer his personalads in New York's trendy weekly magazines. The story reaches ‘a swilt and chilling cli- max, with nightmarish situations that lie just beneath the surface of ordinary life. An exciting story of the ‘dancing shoe murderer’. “The Seventh Commandment” by Lawrence Sanders is a provoca- tive and fiendishly suspenseful when Hartford insurance snoop Dora Conti comes to New York to investigate the violent street mur- der of a jewelry magnate and dis- covers a ‘Sodom on the Hudson’, where intimacy is measured in carals and kilos, and greed is the fast food of love. “A Soldier of the Great War” by Mark Helprin is a novel of adven- ture and dreams, of music, storm, and the spirit. The young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer races horses across country to the sea, and in the Alps, he practices the precise and sublime art of moun- tain climbing. He is a student of painting and the science of beauty and he falls in love. Then the Great War intervenes. The story is filled with action and richness. Lemmond bill fights utility rate hikes Sen. Charles D. Lemmond (R- 20) has reintroduced legislation that would prevent utility compa- nies from receiving rate increases to pay off loans for facilities that were never used. “Utility customers should not have to pay higher prices for un- drinkable water or facilities that were never built,” Sen. Lemmond said. His proposal would close a loop- hole in the state's PENNVEST and Water Facilities Loan programs that requires the Public Utility Commission to grant rate increases to help utilities pay off the loans even when the customer received no new services. “When utility companies take out loans to build new facilities or provide new services, they take a financial risk,” Sen. Lemmond said. “That risk should not be passed on to the ratepayers, and they shouldn't have to pay for services they never receive.” Only yesterday 60 Years Ago - May 15, 1931 CAMPAIGN TO SAVE YOUNG GAME BEGINS Chairman of the Game Com- mission of the Dallas Camp plans to start an aggressive campaign against dogs destroying young game. Rural League teams get into action with Dallas, East Dallas and Beaumont taking the lead. Shavertown School exhibit of students work was well attended. Desert Vengeance starring Buck Jones to play at Himmler Theatre this Monday and Tues- day. Farmers pay too much, a Penn State University economist said in a recent report. 50 Years Ago - May 16, 1941 BAILEY TO PERFORM WITH DALLAS BAND Entire region backs the Back Mountain Memorial Day parade. Twenty caught in roundup of unlicensed dogs with seven of 10 owners fined and the remaining owners to have hearings tonight. State champion saxophonist Ben Bailey will appear with the, Dallas High School Band Tuesday’ night in the band's spring con- cert. The former Ritter one and a half frame building annex has been offered by the Oneida Lodge to the Dr. Henry Laing Fire Company for $500, which the firemen will Yole on tonight. Ernest Culp, Alex and John McCulloch are inducted into the service. Eastern tent caterpillars Appear again. Wed - Ruby Keiper and Daniel T. Morris, Jr.; Margaret Yop and Charles Pokich., William H. Conyngham heads Eastern Pennsylvania Supply Company for 50 years. 4 » 40 Years Ago - May 11, 1951 Sh, TRAVER NAMED LAKE? TOWNSHIP MAY QUEEN Raymon Hedden will construct addition to Lehman-Jackson high school building. fo Treva Traver is named Lake Township High School May Queer]. Three young Back Mountain Marine ollicers are in a special class at Quantico. They are Lt. © “Martin Baltimore, Lt. John Bedn ‘and Lt. George G. re) Engaged - Charles Adlis. Wed - Mary Lou Gilligan anl Norman E. Stair. 7 East Dallas to dedicate hor kg field with colorful Ceremony thls weekend. Kingston Township and Dallas Borough faculty members hold jointdinner meeting at Irem Temple Country Club. *, E: & Audrey Terrel & 30 Years Ago - May 11, 1961 *. TWO ELECTRIC STORMS CAUSE DAMAGE * #» Second terrific electrical storm brings rain, hail, destruc tion T¥ #- day. The first slorm was Monday night but did not do the damage Tuesday night's storm did. . Construction of the new Dallas High School is still lagging with the sewage system unable to be ready before mid-August. A new phone exchange is com- ing to Trucksville, John Landis, Commonwealth Telephone District Manager, stated today. Kingston Township Planning Board ponders sub-divisions draft to be presented for approval to the supervisors before being presented to residents at a Town Meeting. | Engaged Elizabeth Mai>y Trembath and Paul Green. Wed - Margaret Barber and Stanley Cashmark; Sandra Felter and Milton Moyer. 20 Years Ago - May 13, 1971. WAR MEMORIAL ERECTED IN DALLAS A new Back Mountain war veter- ans memorial will be erected in Dallas this week at Lake Street and Route 415, Dallas Borough inter- section. The Dallas American Le- glon in cooperation with Dallas Council agreed to erect the memo- rial. Richard Disque donated the bronze plaque and Chapel Lawn the bronze eagle atop the monu- ment. Mrs. Dorothy Moore leaves the Dallas Post Office after 37 years of service and for the last seven years as assistant postmaster. Dallas track team favorite to cop Class B title in Districts again this year. Engaged - Donna Bell Priebe and Carl Martin Beck; Dorothy Janus Lewin and Marvin Glade Weiser; Judith Ann Sowden and Stephen M. Silic. Wed - Carol E. Evans and An- thony T. Honko; Christine E. Race and Gregory Lynn Montross. | Stapinski's Pharmacy, Dallas’ newest drug store, held its grand opening Thursday. :
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