n RRR EE Sra SS HRS g ¥ 1 14 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 1, 1992 frarms. (Post Photo/Eric Foster) Hillside Farms holds barnwarming party About 100 people turned out for Hillside Farms' Barn Warming Party June 22 in Jackson Township to elebrate the opening of Hillside Farms' new modern heifer barn. Shown from left are George Conyng- nam and Frank Conyngham, of Hillside Farms; Warren Sutton, Hillside Farms manager; William L. Co- ygham, Hillside Farms; Robert Strait, barn builder; David Conygham and Wil Conyngham, Hillside Probe glcontinued from page 1) _ionel Bulford that the television Bset in the police department's of- Hfice may have been a bribe. ! According to the probable cause Barrest affidavit filed by state trooper | eonard Dorrance Jr., Peter Jo- Bseph Achey, 33, of Dana Street, ilkes-Barre, was stopped for Bdrunken driving on Lakeside Drive n the Sunset section of Harveys ake on December 15, 1991. RB Ptl Karlonis. provided state po- Li ice with a report signed by Spock and Achey on December 15, ac- knowledging that Achey refused to fhave a blood alcohol test per- I formed the affidavit said. I UnderPennsylvania law, a driver ‘fwho refuses to have a blood alco- fhol test performed automatically Jloses their drivers license for one year. ~ Karlonis also provided state police with records from the Back Mountain Communications Cen- [ter that showed Spock had stopped la driver for drunken driving on i December 15 at 9:30 p.m at Sun- set. Harveys Lake Ptl. Jeffrey Butler | told state police investigator Le- onard Dorrance Jr. that before the | Christmas holidays he arrived for {work and asked where the televi- ‘sion came from. According to the affidavit, Butler was told by Spock | that it came from the driving under the influence stop the other night. || Achey told state police that the J day after he was stopped- for | drunken driving, he called a friend { who lives in Harveys Lake, Mark ) ine, to see if there was some way he could avoid being charged with drunken driving, said the affida- vit. Kline was interviewed by state police, and said that he went to Spock’s home and asked him what he could do for Achey. According to the affidavit, Kline told state police that at first Spock didn't want to do anything, but eventually said that the police station could use a television. Achey went to the borough build- ing December 19 at 2 p.m. where he met Spock, according to the affidavit. Achey asked if he could make a donation to the police department. Spock said, “Sure.” Achey told state police thatwhen he brought the television into the borough building Spock and a woman behind the counter un- wrap the box, and Spock said, “Oh, boy, a T.V.” Achey told police that he said “Merry Christmas” and left the station, and as he was leaving, Spock told him, “The paperwork is lost.” Achey was never charged with drunken driving. District Attorney Olszewski said that he doesn’t expect any charges to be filed against Achey in con- nection with the case. “The investigators and I don't feel it would be appropriate,” said Olszewski. Boice said that he was unaware that there was a new television set in the police station until it was confiscated by state police on May 13. “I was unaware of the new TV until the state police office took it,” said Boice. “When the TV was confiscated. we thought it was the old one we had donated,” said Boice referring to an old television he had given the police department some time ago. Harveys Lake Borough Council suspended Spock with pay June 25, the morning after his arrest. “I'm not going to crucify the guy because Spock has been a good officer up until this situation,” said Boice. “I'm confident that it will all work out. I'm saying that from what I know of Spock. I don’t get to see the reports. Hopefully he won't take anything for himself. I don't think he would. If I'm wrong, I'm wrong.” Spock started working as a borough police officer in 1986. He's paid $7.45 an hour. With overtime he made $23,798 in 1991. Police Chief Lionel Bulford is paid $7.80 an hour. “If we have a problem here it's going to be checked out to the bottom of it once and for all,” said Bulford. “That's why we have courts. That's why we have inves- tigators. Nobody's above the law.” After his arraignment before District Justice Earl Gregory June 24, Spock was released without having to post a $10,000 bond. A preliminary hearing has been set for July 16 at 10:30 a.m. before Gregory. 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Keith Coslett, a Republican who is challenging Mundy for state Representative in the 120th dis- trict, also feels that there shouldn't be restrictions on the substitutes school districts can hire in the event of a teacher strike. “I would vehemently argue that school boards have the right to hire substitutes,” said Coslett. “ can tell you that I think Act 195 is a bad law.” Coslett called Bill 727 a “step in the right direction,” but without the specifics of the bill before him, couldn't say how he would vote if he were in the state house now. Despite the cepntroversy over restricting districts from hiring strike breakers, Lemmond says that the good far outweighs the bad. “I think we need to understand that there is no such thing as a perfect bill,” said Mundy. Hasay said he voted for the bill because even though it may not go as far as some people would like, it’s a beginning. “I'wish that teacher strikes could be banned totally,” said Hasay. “I'm supporting it, very much so,” said state Senator Charles Lemmond. “The good points are so good.” Under 727, teachers would be prohibited from calling selective strikes, shutting down only one building, or striking for only part of the day. They would also be required to give 48 hours advance notice before calling a strike. The bill seeks to stop school strikes before they happen by es- tablishing an earlier timetable for negotiations, and prohibiting strikes until fact-finding and arbi- tration have been requested. Pennsylvania regularly leads the nation in school strikes, account- ing for nearly one third of all strik- ing teachers in the nation this year, according to the Pennsylva- nia School Boards Association. Across the state, teachers in 35 districts have gone on strike dur- ing the 1991-92 school year. To put that in some perspective however, William Wagner, presi- dent of the Dallas teachers union says that the average Pennsylva- nia student is affected by a teacher strike for only two days of all their years in school. . The bill also gives the Secretary of Education the authority toask a judge to order an injunction to stop a strike. Under current law, only one of the parties involved, the teachers or school board, can request an injunction. “Addressing the selective strikes is absolutely at the top of the list,” said state Senator Charles Lemmond. While there have never been teacher strikes in the Back Moun- tain, Lemmond said that in west- ern parts of the state school dis- tricts are experiencing teachers’ strikes right now. Bill 727 now awaits Governor Robert Casey's signature to be- come law, and Lemmond said that he expects the governor will sign. “Itwas alongroad,” said Mundy, a member of the House Education Committee who worked with the bill in the House, pushing for the ban on selective strikes. For Kunec, it's not enough. He would like to see Act 195 revoked entirely. “It should never have been put on the books in the first place,” said Kunec. “Granted the teachers were underpaid in years back. But two wrongs don’t make a right. Going overboard with ridiculous salaries and fringe benefits.’ However, eliminating Act 195 just isn't very feasible, say Lemmond and Mundy. “This isa very strong labor state,” said Mundy. “People believe very strongly in negotiating rights.” “Down here where you have to get votes from all factions, to go all the way would be very difficult,” said Lemmond. “This is absolutely the first time we've been able to make any changes to Act 195. I think this compromise will give our school boards the tools they need. This is as far as we can go in any event at this time.” Wagner wonders if the concern over whether a district can hire strikebreakers isn’t misdirected. “I don’t see why that’s the bi hangup,” said Wagner. “I wo think that people would like to see the strike end and get back to education.” Wagner questioned the quality of education a district would be able to offer when manned entirely by substitute teachers. “727 is a compromise. It's to help the bargaining process along. We're giving up some of our power . too,” said Wagner. “We know what the history has been without bar- gaining rights. No one had any- thing. No one offered any kind of raises or benefits.” Lehman tax (continued from page 1) “The entire community must work together, with everyone will- ing to take cuts for the common good,” Presper said. “I don't believe that we've reached the best com- promise or balance point among everyone involved in the budget.” Changes in administrative po- sitions calculated to save the dis- trict approximately $30,000 in- cluded cutting the full-time posi- tions of curriculum coordinator Dr. Steve Boston and coordinator of federal funding Pat Peiffer back to half-time each, both to be filled by Dr. Boston. Ms. Peiffer, a certi- fied reading specialist, will return to the classroom. Home and school visitor Michael Toole will cover the position of a social studies teacher on sabbati- "Catch A Class" At Keystone This Summer cal leave during the second semes- ter; his work will be divided among the clerical staff. The audience of about 100 people at the meeting cheered when Superintendent Nancy Davis vol- untarily refused a salary raise for the coming year. Mrs. Davis was not available for comment after the meeting. Other administrative raises will average four percent instead of the 8.3 percent origi- nally proposed. Cuts in supplies for the extra- curricular activities programs saved the district an additional $15,000, according to school board president Liz Sichler. The district plans to use its entire budgetary reserve fund, anticipat- ing that its preliminary estimates Classes Start July 13 To Register, call 1-800-824-2764 Ext. 6007 of state funding were too low. Sich- ler did not have any dollar figures available, but said that any addi- tional money from the state will go back into the budgetary 1 reserve fund. In other business, Be board approved: e The resignation of part-tme cafeteria worker Margo Oncay. e Appointments of tax collectors and establishment of late tax penalties. ] e Appointments of coaches ar? activities advisors for 1992-93. The school board scheduled its next committee-of-the-whole me ing for Tuesday, July 7, at 7 p. in the high school auditorium, to" be followed by a special meeting at 8 p.m. SUMMER SESSION II July 13 to August 14 DAY CLASSES Zoology Anatomy & Physiology II Inorganic & Analytical Chemistry Freshman English | General Physics lI The Family Microbiology Speech Communications Microcomputing Intermediate Algebra Calculus & Analytical Geometry General Psychology Energy & Environment EVENING CLASSES Principles of Economics | Freshman English li U.S. History lI Elementary Statistics Meteorology Child Psychology Principles of Management Preparatory Chemistry Introduction to Programming Western World Literature || Introduction to Philosophy Introduction to Accounting Il (July 13 - Aug. 21) Ey Hd
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