The Dallas Post Dallas, 10 PA Wednesday, December 11, 1991 Salary Report (continued from page 1) told the board that her group has gotten 316 more signatures pro- testing the previously reported teacher demands. At the Novem- ber's school board meeting, the organization presented the school board with a petition containing 960 signatures in support of a one-year wage freeze. Robert Frey, of Dallas, ques- tioned why the negotiations were held in secret. Board member John Cleary suggested that after the fact- finder’'s report was made, the board should consider conducting the negotiations in a more open man- ner. “We assumed we would have the fact-finder's report by now,” Cleary said. Possible new soccer fields The Dallas School District and the Back Mountain Soccer Asso- ciation are continuing to work together to investigate construct- ing new soccer fields on vacant land near the Dallas Elementary School and behind the Dallas High School. Wycallis said that the two areas have been checked with an envi- ronmental consultant to make sure they are not considered wetlands. At the school board meeting, Wycallis said that an official from the federal government is also expected to check the possible fields and give a favorable report this week. “Hopefully, within the next week, we will have some written informa- tion,” Wycallis said. The soccer association first proposed constructing the fields to the school board on October 8, with the idea that association would bear the costs of making the fields if the district could ensure that they would have long-term use of them. Other school board action The school board issued procla- mations congratulating the field hockey team for their runner-up performance in the state champi- onships. Three cheerleaders, Tami Lan- don, Wendy Vaughn, and Ginger Williams were also given procla- mations congratulating them for qualifying to perform with the All Stars in London, England, from December 26 to January 2. The board also gave the Dallas Cheerleading Squad permission to go to Orlando, Fla. to compete in the national cheerleading compe- tition from January 31 to Febru- ary 4, 1992. The squad will pay its own expenses. The following student teachers were also approved for the spring semester: From Wilkes University, Jessica Materna and Carrie Wal- ters will student teach English in the High School. From College Misericordia, Mary E. Long, Carolyn Hadfield, and Kim Socash, will student teach in grades kin- dergarten through four. Land Sale (continued from page 1) the corner of Machell and Sterling Avenues to the site. The Wilkes- Barre YMCA originally was to be a partner with the hospital, but backed off after deciding to con- centrate resources on its down- town facility. “The agreement of sale went through many many revisions at the request of General Hospital. Each time the school district ceded to those revisions,” said Attorney Benjamin Jones III, solicitor for the district. Finally, Jones said that the school board gave the hospital an ultimatum to purchase the property by 5 p.m. December The hospital informed Jones on that date that the land would not be purchased. “Sale price was never negoti- ated,” said Jones. “The revisions were to the term of use by the Little League and other organizations. Fach time General Hospital seemed - to be more concerned by the use of by community organizations. They CRC CRY CR CRC CR CR CR Cre; oT 299800000000000000000000000 { CHRISTMAS or TRAIN... wanted to further negotiate the issue. 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Nagy feels that it's unlikely that the district will get another offer as attractive for the school and land. “I don’t know where else we are going to get a deal which protects the fields,” said Nagy. In response to the sale cancella- tion, school board member John Cleary suggested at the board's meeting December 9 that the board adopt a written policy concerning land sales. “The reason I want a written policy,” said Cleary. “I had con- cerns two or three weeks after the proposal. We got no written pro- posal and no deposit.” “I thought it was the best use of the property,” said Cleary. “I'm really disappointed.” Lettie though, is glad that the public property is staying public for now. “I have mixed feelings on it. I hope the hospital comes to the Back Mountain, but I have to be glad it's not there,” said Lettie. “The money they'd get from selling that, five years down the road, nobody is going to remember where the money went. Butonce it’s gone, it's gone.” Patricia Finan Waiter, acting administrator for General Hospi- tal since former CEO and presi- dent Norman Ledwin resigned from the hospital on November 26, could not be reached for comment Mon- day, December 9. The hospital's counsel, Attorney John P. Moses did not return phone calls placed to his office. an Su) Si USS Stk git Mle os ub nose BASEMENTS "LIFETIME" FULL WARRANTY Over 100,000 Basements Waterproofed B-DRY SYSTEMS of Northeastern PA 824-8808 Toll Free 1-800-544-2379 [[m=——————— ARS NS a 4 a a 7 idl © The American Tobacco Co 1990.4 WATERPROOFED FREE ESTIMATE Since 1958 ® Over 80 Locations bee SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Smoking Causes Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Ensen, And Vay Complicate yy a New Harveys Lake chief gets a baptism by fire Just as most of the members of the Harveys Lake Fire Company were returning home from a meeting for the election of officers late Monday night, the company was called to a fire. The blaze, a chimney fire on Nobel Street in the Sandy Bottom section of Harveys Lake, did not turn out to be serious. A house owned by Joe Delaney of Maxwell Street, Wilkes-Barre, sustained very little smoke and no fire damage, according to assistant fire chief Bill Davis Sr. None of the people who rented the house were injured. The call for the fire came in at 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, December 10, and was out by 1 a.m., Davis said. Davis, who has been an assistant fire chief in the company for 23 consecutive years, was elected chief Monday night, to take effect January 1. First assistant fire chief will be Davis's son, David Davis, and second assistant chief will be Larry West. Ed Kelly will remain president of the company, and Frank Lutinski vice president. Mike Drobnicki was elected secretary, and John Martin- son, treasurer. Bears (continued from page 1) season with no size or age limits, Vesloski said. “Bears are naturally very shy animals, not aggressive for their size,” commented Game Commis- sion Biologist Lincoln Lang. “Our main problem between bears and people is that increasing subur- ban development is steadily en- croaching on the bears’ habitat. The bears don't mind us there; they can adapt to human activi- ties. Since bears are omniverous (they'll eat just about anything), they find ready food sources in garbage cans, compost piles, bird feeders and gardens. Trapping and relocating a bear merely moves the problem somewhere else. “ Lang added that damage tc farms and livestock are often wrongly blamed on bears. During a recent incident in Kingston Township, damage attributed to a “killer bear” was probably done by feral (wild or semi-wild) dogs, ac- cording to the Game Commission's investigation, Lang said. “Bears are by nature very shy animals; a bear is less dangerous to humans than a big house dog. Even a fe- male bear with cubs isn’t likely to attack a human.” Since bear munchies include stale bread, fruit and kitchen scraps, Lang suggest that resi- dents not leave these items lying around theiryards. “We don’t want to discourage people from keeggng bird feeders, but leaving offer snacks around can attract bears, raccoons and other wildlife. Dis- couraging these visitors by not feeding them will go a long way towards reducing a possible at- tractive nuisance.” Vesloski explained that the bear has no natural predators in Penn- sylvania.. The three-day hunting season, usually timed to coincide with the beginning of the bears’ hibernation period, helps to thin the population. Since some bears will have already begun to hiber- nate by the season's opening day, not all bears are affected by the hunt. a Darlings Greenhouses Poinsettias we grow our own © Christmas Trees * Wreaths HQ Cemetery Logs * Pine Boughs 1 / 2 Mile off 309 on Hildebrant Road, 20 yards North of Dallas Elementary School 14 mg. “tar” rp. 7 om A ge, , 1.1. mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method.
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