E————— Thanksgiving Coloring Conte & ; CEE Er x ER ¥ y OST Vol. 102 N Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 13, 1991 35 Cents Drumming up some pep The Dallas High School band did its part to spur the Mounts to a 42-0 win in the Old Shoe Game November 9. Dallas finished the Newcomers take seats In Jackson, lehman By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff The Democratic, aparty flexed some new muscle in local, as well as county elections as political newcomers on the Democratic ballot took six-year supervisor seats in Lehman and Jackson townships in the November 5 gen- eragelection. @ Jackson Township, Demo- crat Walter Glogowski slipped past incumbent Thomas Adams 444 votes to 403. And that in a munici- . pality where 55% of the 1,348 registered voters are Republican. ‘I'm elated to think that I did win,” said Glogowski. “For some- one to beat an incumbent was quite a cho.c. “As far as plans are concerned, I'm going to do my best to initiate andimplement the concerns gave to the voters,” said Glogowski. One of Glogowski's chief con- cerns is preserving the township's water quality. He's already started ee on expanding his knowl- See RACES, pg. 10 29 votes give Jay Pope Dallas Boro | write-in win By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff “Dallas Borough Council's va- cant seat was filled in the Novem- ber 5 election when Jay Pope, an American history teacher at Dal- las Senior High School, won the \ write-in vote. Pope — who received 29 votes — beat out seven others who received write-ins, and will take office at the council's Janu- ary meeting. {"Pope became involved in the election when several members of the Dallas Borough Council who 1ew of his interest in local poli- tics asked him to run for office. “I ran such a low-profile campaign that an area journalist described me as the mystery candidate,” Pope laughed. '. Pope's two main concerns are the erosion of council support for See POPE, pg. 10 season with a 7-3 record. Story, more photos on sports page. (Post Photo/Charlotte Bartizek) Taxpayers want freeze on Dallas teacher wages By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Questions about the state of negotiations on a new teachers’ contract in the Dallas School Dis- tict were rebuffed by both the administration and union repre- sentatives at the school board's meeting November 11. More than 100 people packed the meeting, with the lines about evenly drawn between teachers and residents in the audience. Both the school board and Wil- liam Wagner, president of the Dallas Education Association re- fused to give any specific informa- tion on the negotiations, saying that both sides agreed to confiden- tiality when the negotiations be- gan on January 16, 1991. “When it finally gets to the point where the board will vote on a contract, there will be significant discussion,” said board president John Litz. “No, you're not going to Election Results—U. S. Senate and County Offices di DALLAS Soh FRANKLIN HARVEYS JACKSON KINGSTON LAKE LEHMAN OFFICE BORO TWP. TWP. LAKE TWP. TWP. TWP. TWP. TOTAL U.S. SENATE Thornburgh 540 1110 216 364 418 1059 208 502 4417 Wofford 381 833 168 463 434 908 199 379 3765 LUZERNE COUNTY JUDGESHIP Augello 689 1421 283 601 577 1482 276 585 5914 Keller 625 1287 248 435 915 1304 226 537 5177 Lokuta 298 651 142 408 361 742 180 342 3124 Mundy 827 1671 305 690 665 1687 326 684 6855 Stevens 636 1312 253 565 534 1297 299 516 5412 LUZERNE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Marsilio 424 811 174 318 341 857 175 374 3474 Olszewski 429 984 174 442 437 930 185 413 3994 LUZERNE COUNTY COMMISSIONER Crossin 366 833 171 417 399 898 186 407 3677 Tucker 425 876 176 424 452 956 180 434 3923 Nelligan 447 911 168 378 360 885 168 361 3678 Phillips 422 898 172 327 341 888 196 373 3617 LUZERNE COUNTY SHERRIFF Jagodinski 347 748 150 423 386 834 163 352 3403 Puchalski 387 817 183 284 303 773 162 333 3242 BELTING ONE OUT - Gary McCoog plays at a recent show at Panama's in Luzerne. (Post Photo/Eric Foster) Gary McCoog keeps on keepin' on with folk music tradition By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff When you ask Gary McCoog about his music, you're likely to hear more about the present state of American culture than you are about chords and notes. McCoog is a folk musician; a guitarist, a balladeer - and the songs he sings are about where the culture is right now. “Everything that has to do with folk has to do with people's every- day endeavors - the joy, the pain,” says McCoog. “Folk music is about where people are - where they're heading.” During a show, McCoog plays songs by artists such as John Prine, Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie. He also plays pieces by cross-over artists like Paul McCartney and Crosby, Stills and Nash; artists who brought folk music to rock and roll audiences. “John Prine has been a major influence on my life,” says McCoog of one of today's eminent folk musicians. “He's written everything from human development to ecol- ogy songs. You'll notice that folk and country music are more in tune with people.” “For instance, John Prine wrote a song once about about a small town in Kentucky. It was being strip mined and there was nothing left of it. We can see that in our own area.” Mike Todd of Shavertown, a guitarist and a clerk at McCoog’s Back Mountain Music, explains the difference between folk and rock music this way: “Rock is about here and now - the girl you're dancing with. All of the political protest songs came from the folk See McCOOG, pg. 10 hear the day-by-day progress.” Wagner came prepared with a written statement: “Our confiden- tiality has reached so far as to exclude our own colleagues from the details of the proposals and discussions at each of the ses- sions. We maintain this confiden- tiality even though our patience has been repeatedly tested by tac- tics until now unknown and specu- lation by certain newspaper re- porters who claim to have an in- side track.” While half the audience ap- plauded Wagner, the other half applauded when Charlotte Ar- bogast of Dallas presented a peti- tion to the school board with 960 signatures. The petition protests the teachers request for a five year contract and what have been re- ported as 9.5% to 11.1% yearly salary increases. The petition asked for a one year salary freeze See TEACHERS, pg. 10 Dems ran surprisingly well here By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff Despite an overwhelming ma- jority in voter registrations — Republicans nearly double Demo- crats — Democratic candidates did remarkably well here in the No- vember 5 elections. In the U.S. Senate race between Harris Wofford and Dick Thorn- burgh, Thornburgh took 54 per: cent of the votes, reversing tffe statewide result. But with 63 per- cent of Back Mountain voters reg- istered as Republicans, a';good number must have crossed over to close. The five-way race for four Luzerne County judgeships seemed to better follow registration pat- terns as Ann Lokuta, the only candidate to appear only on the Democratic ticket, pulled 2,000 fewer votes than the next lowest vote-getter, William Keller. Not sur- prisingly, local favorite Hugh Mundy walked away with the high- est total, nearly 1,000 more than second place. But the Republican majority See DEMS, pg. 10 Calendar.:....c2. 18 Classified.......... 15-17 Editorials................u 4 Obituaries...........:... 13 Police report............ 2 School.......0.0.. 5... 13 SPOONS. ........coeevie 11-12 Community Events CRAFT & GIFT SALE - Sat, Nov. 16, 9 AM-3 PM, Alderson UM Church, Harveys Lake. Santa will be there 9 AM-Noon. SUNDAY BREAKFAST - Sun. Nov. 17, 8 AM-Noon, Lake Silkworth Vol. Fire Co. Adults $4.00, Children $2.00. 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