~~ bk badbadh, SRedeadl © Reafh Siadned £ beds basil © edaaadd Nadim og UE Shute tats boataBluk JX Sri VY COO O10 oo Uvivily decay! | UIciulivyy Ave a 10VQ VG ICU VL NTPOTUNI COO: oo MI 0 Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 15, 1992 35 Cents | 'Much Ado About »N othing' at PR Misericordia Page 3. SPORTS Board boat race coming at lake Sports page. Little League All-Stars win & Sports page. SCHOOL Shynn, Choi invited to Gov's School Page 10. Jeff Kunkle earns Kubis Award Page 10. 16 Pages 1 Section Calendar.............. 12 Classified........ 14-15 Editorials................ 4 Obituaries............ 14 Police repott.......... 2 Property transfers..2 School............... 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING Water rate hearing July 22 in Harrisburg By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff The proposed rate increase for customers of the Dallas, Shaver- town, Harveys Lake and Noxen water companies will have it’s first public hearing on July 22 in Har- risburg. An administrative law judge will hold a pre-hearing conference giv- ing those people who have filed formal complaints against the proposed increases a chance to testify. “What they’'lldo at the pre-hear- ing conference is establish the issues and set the hearing dates,” said Sharon Wilmarth, of the Public Utilities Commission. Only indi- viduals who have filed a formal complaintagainst the increase will be given an opportunity to testify. As of June 19, four individuals had filed formal complaints with the PUC, and 103 informal pro- tests had been received, said Wil- marth. The state's Office of the Con- sumer Advocate also has filed a formal complaint, and is pushing for at least one hearing to be held in the Back Mountain area so local residents can testify. Decision on local hearings will be made then. To file a formal complaint, you can call (717) 787-2395, or write: Secretary, Public Utility Commis- sion, P.O. Box 3265, Harrisburg PA 17105-3265. Because the company is allowed time to respond to formal com- plaints, Wilmarth said it would be at the discretion of the judge whether or not someone filing a By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff said. drops fell. Enthusiastic bidding, congenial visitors and overwhelming community support helped to make the 46th annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction this past weekend a great success, ac- cording to chairperson Connie Scott. “The auction was truly amazing. I am very pleased with the results, especially considering Friday night's threat of thunderstorms, which kept many people from the valley away,” Scott But visitors were ready for Sunday night's show- ers, transforming the bidding area into a sea of umbrellas which suddenly popped up as the first Spirited bidding both Saturday and Sunday nights continued until 1 a.m., with an exhausted finance committee working until 3 a.m. to care- fully keep track of the correct price and purchaser ENJOYING THE AUCTION - Ray and Betty Wrightman of Falls made a day of it Saturday. They had recently returned from South America, but found time to visit the auction. Library auction drew 1000's of visitors, plenty of bidding (Post photo/Charlotte 3artizek) of each item sold. Scott commended the finance committee, headed by Patrick Bellardi of the accounting firm Kronick, Kalada and Berdy, for its work. Other finance volunteers included employees of First Eastern and Merchants banks, Jean Hillard of The Dallas Post, and Bob Delconte of Sam's Hairdress- ers in Shavertown. The plant booth was completely sold out by 9:30 Sunday night, according to chairman Loretta Jones. Cactus, redwood seedlings, annuals, bird houses and feeders - everything disappeared. Kim Stager had to get up early Saturday morning to make more firefly houses because they had all See AUCTION, pg 3 Summer is time for pool safety By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Hazy summer days are perfect for poolside fun, from neighbor- hood swimming parties to a quiet afternoon lounging by the back- yard pool with a cold pitcher of iced tea. But an unforeseen accident which sometimes could have been prevented can completely ruin an enjoyable time. The YMCA and the Red Cross offer some safety tips to keep the backyard pool a source of good times throughout the sum- mer. Chip Morgan, a member of the Red Cross Water Safety Commis- sion and director of the pool at Irem Temple Country Club, advo- cates restricting pool access with a six-foot fence with a locked gate. Although there may be no chil- dren in the household, the neigh- borhood could have many young- sters who might be tempted to sneak a quick dip in an unat- tended or unsecured pool on a hot day, Morgan said. According to nationwide drown- ing statistics, 3,000 people — 40 percent of recorded drowning vic- tims — died in unsupervised back- See POOLS, pg 16 complaint at this time would be allowed to testify at the pre-confer- ence hearing. If the requests were approved, typical customers of the four companies can expect to see their quarterly bills jump by the follow- ing amounts: e Shavertown: from $99.27 to $127.02 for 13,000 gallons, or 27.93% * Noxen: from $59.19 to $95.82 for 9,000 gallons, or 61.74% e Dallas: from $68.93 to $136.04 for 14,000 gallons, or 98.90% ¢ Harveys Lake: a flat rate of $32.74 to $118.70 or 338.94% Zoom John Halbing races to hillclimb record By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Question: What climbs faster than John Halbing driving up a steep hill? Answer: John Halbing's racing career. For 15 years one man has dominated the Giant s Despair Hill Climb in Laurel Run. Oscar Kov- eleski; who in 1977 rocketed up the mile-long stretch of twisting road in a McLaren open cockpit sports car in 44.127 seconds, a time nobody could beat. That is until John Halbing of Dallas decided he was going to beat, the record. With only five years of serious racing under his belt, Halbing zoomed up Giants Despair Satur- day, July 11 in a new record time of 43.491 seconds. And as if to prove it was no fluke, on Sunday, he covered the semi-vertical mile in 43.883 seconds, crossing the finish line at 120 miles an hour. The next fastest time was 44.241, run by Jerry Coffee of Avoca in a Formula Atlantic. In his other races this year, By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff When David Moser moved from Church Street in Dallas Township to Pioneer Avenue in Kingston Township last December he moved his business with him. In doing so, he may have run afoul of Kingston Township's zoning ordinances. Or he may not have, depending on whether you listen to the town- ship supervisors or zoning hearing board. Moser, who owns a commercial cleaning business, uses a room in his home for an office, and uses a smaller house behind his home to store extra cleaning equipment. While it's not unusual for a busi- nessman to have an office in his The new rates would mean that customers of each company would pay approximately the same amount for a given gallon of water The manager of the water com panies, Michael Coyle, has main- tained that one of the reasons the rate hike is necessary is that im-| provements have been made to the water system since General Wa- terworks purchased the compa- nies in 1990. The hearing will be at 10 a.m. in the North State Office Building on the corner of North and Com- monwealth streets, Harrisburg. Halbing is batting over .500. Out of seven sports car races, he hag driven the Grotto Pizza Camard GT-1 to first place four times, threg of them at Pocono Raceway. “We spent a ton of time prepar] ing this car over the winter,” said Halbing. “Not just for the hill climb} but that was the center of atten} tion.” Though preparing the car cos money, Halbing says that mone} isn't what broke the record aj Giant's Despair. “There were people in the pits who had a lot more money in thei cars then I had in mine,” sai Halbing. “Over the winter we tor the car apart down to the barf chassis.” Halbing purchased the eight year-old car in Chicago last yea Determined to break the hill climl} record, he considered boosting th car's speed just for the event.b renting a new 700 horse-powe engine for it in place of it's 60§ horse-power engine. He decide against it. See ZOOM, pg 16 NO MOPS NEEDED HERE — David Moser with extra cleaning equipment he uses for his buisiness which may be in violation of the township' s zoning ordinances because it is stored in a small building behind his home in Kingston Township. Kingston Twp. sups will appeal zoners decision home, the sticking point for the supervisors is his using the smal house for storage. About 25 feet square, the house is just barely larger than a shed. | it Moser keeps seven vacuu cleaners, seven mop buckets, threg large jugs of cleaning chemical§ and about a dozen gallon-sized bottles of cleaners. “I don't have any customers come to my house. I don't have sign,” said Moser. “My employees don't come to my house. Ninety five percent of our business is on § regular routine basis. We keep al of our equipment on site.” Under the township's Homg See ZONING APPEAL, pg 3
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