[| | FT Toe - | 40 The Dallas Post Dallas, I PA Wednesday, June 10, 1992 PERE & Fun tax - [continued from page 1) ~JLehman School Board. Kern voted against the tentative budget along with Dr. John Pre- sper. . + “So many things are unsettled <.now,"” said Kern, adding that he «doesn’t trust the 12 mill increase “figure because there are too many unknowns in the budget such as . what the state subsidies for the wo 1992-93 school year will be. +> Kern said that he initially sup- ported the amusement tax, but as mixed feelings about it now iat he's heard the negative re- “sponse of so many business own- rs. +> Though he voted for the tenta- ! t ive budget, school board member ~ “Jellrey Fritzen said that he's not really comfortable with the pro- ~ posed tax. “I don't really like the amuse- “ment tax. The problem is in gen- eral I don't like taxing business for “social programs. I think it puts the _ “burden in the wrong place,” said “Fritzen, Who worries that taxes on “The motivation, obviously, is a tough year budget-wise rty taxes down,” said Fritzen. “At + this stage we passed a tentative budget. It doesn't mean it's a done deal.” ~ While Greco has said that the amphitheater will remain open even ifthe taxis imposed, he claims - sconcerts will be fewer, and lean | ttoward hard rock music. © Dave Hanson, an experienced Cconcert goer, says that hard rock adrawing a younger crowd will cause more problems than the older By rowds attracted to the performers such as Crosby Stills and Nash * i and Dolly Parton now scheduled to Pplay the amphitheater. ~~ “Anybody under 25 years old, ‘you're going to have a lot more i r rouble than over 35 years old,” said Hanson. . “Greco hasn't been given a Honan to make any money before dt e district hit him with a tax.,’ asaid Shirley Hanson, who owns t e amusement park where the mphitheater is located. Ruth Eaton, co-owner of Dam- Be eien's Restaurant, and secretary of “the Harveys Lake Business Asso- Sinton, said that the Business 2 ssociation will meet to discuss % ithe tax. “We're opposed to it of course,” aid Eaton. “We spoke to Thom nd we are behind him to oppose | Sik 8 £4 ““They should leave that amphi- theater alone. Leave the borough andle it,” said Nick DiVeronica, wner of DiVeronica's Store. “If they do that, next thing it will be a business tax.” “I'm against an amusement tax or the simple reason that it's pri- te enterprise and they're already paying taxes,” said Frank DeAngelis, co-owner of the Marina Cafe. “It adds up so much and so . Hl fast that your profits are forever diminished. Especially at a rate of HM 10%. As an individual, not even as ‘® a businessman, 10% of anything is a lot of money.” i RE ms ie 8 “I'm certainly not happy with it,” said John Spencer, owner of the Lehman Golf Course, which also would be affected by the tax. Though the school board in- cluded the amusement tax in the tentative budget to keep property taxes down, the Lake-Lehman Taxpayers Association opposes the tax. “I'm definitely against it. It's as if they're not taking it out of one pocket, theyre taking it out of another. The efforts of Mr. Greco with the amphitheater is a plus for the community,” said Pat Gold, president of the Association. “I know why they're doing it, they're trying to keep the millage down, but what we need to do is cut back the spending. If we get this 12 mills increase, it represents a 56 mill increase over the last three years.” “If these people pull out you've lost a family based entertainment facility,” said Gold. “If that goes under, you don't have the reve- nues either.” Instead of an amusement tax, Gold suggests that the Lake- Lehman School District raise money by charging tuition for the children of teachers who live out- side the district, but attend Lake- Lehman, and levy a 1% non-resi- dency tax on teachers and admin- istrators who live outside the dis- trict. Though by state law Harveys Lake Borough is entitled to split the amusement tax with the school district, the agreement the bor- ough signed with Greco would prevent that this year, according to council president Richard Boice. “Idon’t like the idea. I think they should have waited to see how the thing went,” said Boice. “Isn't the idea to bring business to the area?” “You don't see our borough rais- ing taxes,” said Harveys Lake councilman Edward Kelly. “We haven't raised taxes in seven years. If it takes the boroughs and townships to go to this meetings, that's what we should do.” Kelly said that he planned to get as many people as possible to at- tend Lake-Lehman’'s meetingJune 11 at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. “My big thing right now is I feel our teachers are overpaid and our administrators as well. There's got to be a stopping point to these raises we're giving these teachers,” said Kelly. “An 8.9% increase, how many businesses do you know are giving 8.9% increases?” “You begin with cutting the unnecessary things. But we're not doing that. We're cutting class time,” said Gold, refering to a pro- posed change to a two-tier busing plan which would change the Lehman school day from eight 47- minute periods, to seven. Origi- nally projected to save $250,000, the plan is now projected to only save $112,250. “And we're taxing a community entertainment facility before it's had a chance to get its feet on the ground,” said Gold. “Maybe they should have gone with a 13 mill increase; at least they would have been honest.” Scissors {Continued from page 1) : Fre yi ton LF femoving pins [rom the side door hinges. About $40 was taken from the register at Mary Taylor's, po- lice said. - Dallas Borough Pil. James Martin is investigating the bur- glary. An employee of the shop later said a pair of her scissors also were ‘stolen. : © On May 27, the R&B Beauty Salon, alsoon Route 415 was found ‘burglarized. Someone had pried open the IH a. a V0 moto Ble Bs sms? south side door to the shop be- tween 7 p.fn. on May 26, and 7:20 a.m. on May 27, using a heavy object such asa tire iron or a heavy - screwdriver. Once inside, three envelopes containing $495 were removed [rom a desk drawer, po- lice said, but nothing else was disturbed. Investigating officer is Ptl. James Drury. State police have assisted in the investigations. ag SE NL Ne Il Ho file ws are $15, available from any coach Back Mountain Baseball dance is June 26 Back Mountain Baseball will sponsor a dance featuring the “Poets”, Friday, June 26. at the Irem Temple Pavilion, 8:30-12:30 p.m. Tickets or call 477-3440. Physically fit Lake-Noxen students who received the President’s Physical Fitness Award at an assembly Friday, June 5, included, back row from left, gym teacher Dwight Barbacci, Mike Ely, Kim Halowich, Mia Policare, Brian Smigielski and Micah Hender- shott; front row from left Sam Saylor, Chad Sorber, Justin Harris and James Weber. Eric Sickler was absent from the photo. (Post photo/Grace R. Dove) CHILDREN’ DEPARTMENT Pictured are members of the Huntsville Christian Church Children’s Department holding a sign promoting VBS. Top, from left, Jennifer Flannigan, Darrell Evans, Rebecca Hadzor, Billy Evans; bottom, from left, Kristin Evans, Bobby Hadzor, Philip Miller; Tommy Hadzor, Jessica Turak, Rachel Turak, Kendra Balmer. Huntsville Christian Church sets Bible School for June 22 to 25 Huntsville Christian Church years old to students who have announces that its Vacation Bible completed the 6th grade. Anyone School willbe held June 22 through will be welcomed. Co-directing June 26 from 9 a.m. until 11:30 yacation Bible School this year are a.m. The program this year is pam Rusnak, Greg Malia and He- “Adventures on Son Mountain,” a program combining an outdoor len Turak. For more information theme with the study of Proverbs. Classes will be held for children 4 call Huntsville Christian Church 675-0611. 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Authorized Dealer of CHLORINE fpeec ou MING POOL Say, roe yp ALGISTAT Garbage liens (continued from page 1) the DAMA bill, and second, the bill is an average bill for the 30 month contract DAMA has with Danella. “Their price is lower for the first 18 months and a little higher for the second 12 months,” said Ba- gley. Bagley said that reports of 1,700 delinquent customers owing DAMA $138,813 in garbage fees were exaggerated because the story used a financial report which lists b¢ | money owed to DAMA, and over- payments, instead of a report of delinquent accounts. Started inJuly of 1991, DAMA's garbage hauling plan has been controversial, mainly because it restricts residents of the three towns from using any other trash hauler. Judge (continued from page 1) during the summer of 1991, to the point of discussing a class action lawsuit against DAMA on behalf of residents who are no longer al- lowed to choose their own garbage hauler. Cappellini said that he learned his son had been involved in pro- testing DAMA's trash hauling plan late in the week of June 1, and gave the suit to the court administrator so another judge could be assigned to it. Thomas Bagley, executive di- rector of DAMA received notice June 9 that president judge Pat- rick Toole Jr. has been assigned to the case. Even though Toole will decide if the lawsuit goes to trial, it may not be necessary to replay the oral arguments, said Cappellini. Cappellini said that all of the lawyers involved in the case agreed that it could be decided on the briefs submitted to the court if the judge agrees. “Everybody agreed to the sup mission of briefs,” said Cappellj 1) “They had no objection to decidizig it on briefs.” Arguing against the suit, Attor- ney Benjamin Jones III said at the April 30 hearing that the suit jumps to the conclusion that the garbage plan was a malicious attempt to hurt the small haulers’ business, without providing any supporting evidence. Jones argues that the state Legislature has given municipali- ties the power to make exclusive contracts. The lawsuit has five counts, e? K asking for compensatory damag in excess of $20,000. Suits which ask for less than $20,000 are pat eligible to go to trial, but go throg_|, arbitration instead. If the sinit makes it to a jury, the jury will decide any actual damages. 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