Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 29, 1992 35 Ce 5 Cents. Okay, pizza lovers, now's your chance. Pizza Wars II, the sequel to a popular pro- motion held in 1990, begins this week in The Dallas Post. Pizza Wars II gives con- noisseurs of the round or square delicacies an oppor- tunity to vote for the best varieties in the Back Moun- tain. Voters will select their top choice in three catego- dies; thin crust, thick crust, «nd with “the works.” So that entrants will have plenty of time to sample the choices, an entry ballot wi'l appear in The Post this week and the following two issues. Ballots also will be available at participating restaurants. At the completion of the contest, three winners will be drawn, one each from ballots for the winning pizzerias. Each winner will ‘receive a $35 gift certificate to the res- taurant they voted for. Com- | irs rules afipear g on pages 8 In addition to The Post, sponsors are. The Dough Roy Grotto Pizza, Little esar'§, Mifimo's; Pizza Hut, Pizza Perfect, Red's Subs and Three Guys Pizza. | IPS Potentate's Ball at Irem Temple Page 8. “$CHoOL Ey Seminary Lower School students help Amish Page 10. (@ COMMUNITY Red Cross Blood drive Wednesday, August 5 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Meadows Nursing Center, Dallas. 16 Pages 1 Section Calendar.............. 12 Classified........ 14-15 Editorials................ 4 Obituaries............ 14 Police report.......... 2 Property transfers..2 School. lh. 10 - CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING DA continues Harveys Lake police probe : Olszewski still pushing for audit of borough, By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff The investigation of the Harveys Lake Police Department has not stopped with the arrest of Assis- tant Chief Ronald Spock on the charge of bribery, according to Luzerne County District Attorney Peter Paul Olszewski. Shortly after Spock was arrested for bribery in June, Olszewski said that about 15 other drunken-driv- ing cases handled by Spock also were being investigated. The district attorney is also con- tinuing to press for an audit of the borough's finances by the state's Auditor General's Office. 7 lays straight, the wind pushing you the other 's for Ken Young honored with renaming of Dallas park By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Burndale Park, a favorite play- ground for several generations of Dallas kids, will soon have a new name: Kenneth A. Young Memo- rial Park. Named in memory of a former recreation director whose entire life was youngsters, the park boasts tennis and basketball courts, a jungle gym, monkey bars, swing sets, a building with restrooms and a supervised recreation pro- gram. Young, who passed away in 1985, was active in Dallas Bor- ough government and the recrea- tion program until 1984, when the family moved to Red Rock. He also coached swimming at Greater Nanticoke Area High School, where he taught gym, and worked at the YMCA. His widow, Myr] Young, remi- nisced about the recreation pro- gram when her husband was di- rector. “Without fail, every February, Those investigations have not fallen by the wayside, said Olszewski. “The investigation is very active.” According to Olszewski, those cases involve two types of discrep- ancies. In some cases a driver was stopped with a blood alcohol level that measured higher than the state's legal definition of drunk, .10%, and no drunken driving charges were filed. In other cases, drunken driving charges were filed by Spock, but later dropped, said Olszewski, even though an officer cannot drop a drunken driving charge without permission from a different story. mes of Shavertown rode her bleyele, wih Ba ; 8 total of 3,200 miles. geles on May 9, and ending in Boston on 8s’ ride raised 87, for the Wyoming Valley t for Humanity,” which she volunteers for. eight hours a day as a participant in “Pedal for from the seat of her 21-speed bike Holmes do. | Investigating other police ineguiaiiies the District Attorney's Office. Olszewski said that he has been negotiating for the past several weeks with the attorney for the Auditor General's Office. “The preliminary indication is they will be there to do the audits I requested,” said Olszewski. 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. The bribery charge against Spock was sent to sent to Luzerne County Court by District Justice Carmen Maffei July 24. eeds were ry di- s and the League. AIDS research to animal fany causes seemed almost like HONORING A CHILD'S FRIEND — Dallas Borough recreation director Jack Wolensky, recreation counselors Kathy Farrell and John McKeever, Mrs. Myrl Young and Mayor Paul LaBar examine the new sign renaming Burndale Park in memory of the late Kenneth Young. usually during a snowstorm, someone would call Ken, asking when the tennis nets would be set up and ready for play,” she laughed. “No one really remembers the exact dates that Ken was the bor- ough's recreation director. It just kind of happened,” she continued. “When Ken was first asked to work with Dallas Borough's rec- reation program, he asked my fa- ther’'s advice,” Mrs. Young said. “My dad, Myron Steele, a member (Post photo/Grace R. Dove) of Courtdale Borough council, told Ken that it would be a good, all- around experience. It turned out to be Ken's cup of tea.” Councilman Jay Pope, whom Young hired as recreation director in 1977, recalled him as a person whose entire life revolved around young people. “Ken could relate to kids in a very special way, a highly prized See YOUNG, pg 13 Bribery charge By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff A charge of bribery against Ronald Spock, Harveys Lake As- sistant Police Chief, has been sent to Luzerne County Court by Dis- trict Justice Carmen Maffei. Spock, 43, of Lake View Ter- race, is accused of having accepted a color television set in exchange for dropping a drunken driving charge last December. The prosecution alleges that Spock stopped Peter Joseph Achey, 33, of Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre, for drunken driving on Lakeside Drive in the Sunset section of Har- veys Lake on December 15, 1991. against Asst. Chief sent to county court + | Related story z | on page 1 6: According to police, though | Achey signed a report acknowl- 1 edging that he refused to have a HR blood alcohol test performed, which under state law should mean that Achey automatically loses hisdriv- |B ing privileges for one year, Achey never was formally charged. Achey testified before Maffei that he called a friend, Mark Kline of | Harveys Lake, and asked ifhe could 1 See BRIBERY CHARGE, pg % : 1 Huntsville Golf Club fails frst well test By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff il 5h According to the Lehman Town: ship zoning board, the test wells | | for the Huntsville Golf Club have lf failed their first test. The township planning commis- sion had granted approval to the proposed golf club March 23, based” | || on the club's meeting several con- | | ditions, including a well test. The test well must be pumped continu- © ously for 72 hours without draw- ing down the water level in four adjacent wells, each 100 feet from the well, to an appreciable degree. Supervisor David Sutton said that when the test well was tested in early July at 100 gallons per minute, it drew the adjacent wells down to the level of the well pump. A second test at 50 gallons per ¥ minute was begun Monday, July 27. Located on Market Street in Lehman, the proposed golf club would require 125,000 gallons of : water daily — enough water to supply 350 homes. “If they can’t find enough water by drilling wells, the golf club must find alternate sources,” Sutton said. “If they can't find alternative sources, that's their problem.” Alternate sources discussed at a previous hearing included pos- sible construction of two ponds, i one containing seven million gal- lons and the other five million See GOLF CLUB, pg 16 State audit finds flaws in Dallas Twp. pension plan By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Auditor General Barbara Hafer recently released a 1990 and 1991 audit report of Dallas Township's Nonuniformed Pension Plan, making six criticisms and sugges- tions for change. One part-time and Five full-time road workers participate in the Jackson Twp. plan according to roadmaster Frank Wagner. According to the report, the auditors found that: e The plan received $20,258 in state aid, $37,318 in members’ and municipal contributions and $7,964 in investment income dur- | ing the years audited. See PENSION, pg 16 zoners deny prison pipeline variance By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff The Jackson Twp. zoning board unanimously denied an applica- tion for a zoning variance on re- quired setbacks for construction of a pump house filed by the Penn- sylvania Department of General Services (DGS) after the agency didn't show up at the zoning hear- ing to deliver testimony. Located on a triangular plot of land between Old Route 29 at Mizdail Road and the present Route 29, the facility is 17 feet from the highway and ten feet from the dirt road (Old Route 29). Township ordinances require setbacks of at least 30 feet. According to DGS press secre- tary Rose Wuenschel, the DGS did not need to apply for the variance, although they were doing so “to be a good neighbor.” The DGS will have 30 days from the date of written notification of the denial to file an appeal with the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas, ifit chooses todo so, accord- ing to zoning chairman David Roskos. “The burden is now on the Department of General Services,” Roskos said. “They did not even see fit to testify on their own be- half.” Ee rr rp iE 3 E po: SH dia ir eS i i . Pt ET Ee AT BLT i S_-— = — — - - - - - rm ror— ET SE TS Sr SRS pe a - re res - A BE — - ERS SM HL =
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