| INDEX | Inside: Dallas and Lake Thea Mallasa Nand Nallae DA \AadnaocAdav Aiirmniet 1Q 1009 o -Lehman School Bus Schedules Vol. 103 No. 33 Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 19, 1992 35 Cents + Inside Story ETE Future ~architects at fsehman Page 10. "SPORTS Giddings wins Comet class race Sports page. Humphrey's takes title Sports page. Dancers strut their stuff Page 6. 20 Pages 2 Sections Calendar.............. 16 Classified........ 13-15 Editorials................ 4 Obituaries............ 12 Police report.......... 2 Property transfers..2 QChOOL............t 10 CALL675-5211 * FOR HOME DELIVERY, “NEWS OR ADVERTISING Fun 'n’' games Two youngsters improvised a bit in the bean toss during the season-ending party for participants in the Back Mountain Memorial Library summer reading program. Susan Dwinchick, 10, left, and Carl Seitz, 6, livened up the game. Add'l photo on page 3. (Post Photo/Charlotte Bartizek) Big Leaguers welcomed home By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Accompanied by eight fire trucks with blaring sirens and flashing lights, the District 16 Back Moun- tain Big League Girls’ Softball Team returned home Saturday night after three weeks on the road with their first state championship and an excellent record in the regional playoffs. “Is this really for us?” “Awe- some!” “Whoo-ee!” echoed through the bus as fire engines from Jon- athan R. Davis (Idetown), Daniel Triathlete helps save man after boat crash By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff An extra event was added for one of the professional triathletes who competed at the Wilkes-Barre Triathlon August 16 — lifesaving. On Saturday, the night before the race, Katie Webb, of Escon- dido, California, was riding in a boat on Harveys Lake with her host family Mary Ann and Bill Stogoski. Atabout 9 p.m., they pulled into the dock, and were heading to their home when they heard a noise. “I heard a loud thump,” said Bill Stogoski. “Maybe 20 seconds went by and I heard a scream that was See TRIATH! FTE, pg 12 Additional story and photo on sports page. C. Roberts (Harveys Lake), Trucksville, Shavertown, Lehman, Kunkle and Dallas fire companies (Dallas sent two trucks) met the team at the Luzerne ramp on Route 309toescorta very special “Dream Team” to their families waiting at the Dallas Little League field. The team had swept its way way to regional competition by beating Williamsport 9-6 for its first state championship two weeks ago in Collegeville. Kelly Janosky helped to blow away the competition by slamming in three triples, a double and a single in one game, adding an- other two triples, two doubles and a single in the following day's play. “That's almost an entire career See BIG LEAGUERS, pg 8 DIRECTING TRAFFIC — Debbie Glidden of Trucksville helps a triathlete find the proper bike rack at the bicycle to run transition of the Wilkes-Barre Triathlon held at Penn State Wilkes-Barre August 16. For a list of local finishers &f the race, see page 12. (Post Photo/Eric Foster) New teaching methods for By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Dr. Richard Coslett remembers his first day of dental school. Fresh out of undergraduate school where he finished at the top of his class, he expected to really impress his professors. His first assignment, carve a tooth out of wax. When he was finished with the wax tooth, it looked a little like a coal shovel. But he took it to the professor, who promptly threw it on the floor and suggested he quit dental school. Dallas district Lake-Lehman is planning ahead. See page 8 “It was a huge change, 1 was used to studying and taking tests, not using my hands,” said Coslett. Coslett didn't quit, but he re- membered how unprepared he was for the wax tooth exercise. As a member of the Dallas School Board, he'd like to save Dallas graduates See TEACHING, pg 8 Judge cans suit against DAMA LA 1 By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Nearly a year after it was filed by disgruntled haulers, the lawsuit against the Dallas Area Municipal Authority was set aside by Luzerne County President Judge Patrick Toole on August 12. The suit, filed in September of 1991 by Searles Sanitation, C&K Sanitation and Dave's Sanitation, names Dallas Borough, Dallas Township, and Kingston Township as defendants. Dave's Sanitation withdrew in December of 1991. Toole granted a demurrer re- quested by the defendants, effec- tively dropping the suit. The haul- ers were granted 30 days to file an amended complaint with additional information. “The attorneys explained this to us and this rarely happens,” said Kingston Township Jeffrey Box. The suit alleged that the con- tract the three municipalities and DAMA made with one hauler, Danella Environmental Technolo- gies, is unconstitutional because it interferes with their right tomake and keep contracts, effectively taking property from them, in the form of business, without the due process of law. In his decision, Toole wrote that while the suit alleges that the township defendants acted “wil- fully, intentionally, and with ac- tual malice. The allegations are conspicuously devoid, however, of factual averments to support the legal conclusions that are alleged. See DAMA, pg 8 DAMA gets OK to file liens for trash bills By ERIC FOSTER Post Staff Coming on the heels of the law- suit ruling, DAMA is preparing to file property liens against garbage customers who are delinquent in paying their quarterly bills. Dallas Township and Dallas Borough authorized filing liens about two weeks ago, said Tom Bagley, direc- tor of DAMA. Kingston Township gave its approval to file liens August 12. “What we're saying is that 2,000 paying customers are not going to subsidize the 250 delinquents,” said Kingston Township manager Jeffrey Box. Bagley said that about 270 customers are delinquent in King- ston Township, 260 in Dallas Township, and about 70 in Dallas Borough for a total of 600. The 600 delinquents are about 10% of the 6,000 garbage customers in the three municipalities. He estimated that about half of the delinquents are using the service. Bagley said that DAMA had budgeted to have a delinquency rate of 5%. In all, DAMA is short about | $100,000 in unpaid garbage bills, said Bagley. DAMA is responsible for collecting the garbage bills, and in turn paying the contractor Danella. “Suppose we can't meet our financial obligations for the pro- gram?” asked Bagley. “One of the things that might have to be done is the municipalities would have to pay.’ Water rate hearings Aug. 25 at Dallas Middle School Public hearings on the proposed rate increase for custoiners of. the Dallas. Shavertown, Harveys Lake and Noxen wéter compa- nies will be held August 25 in Scranton and in Dallas. The hearings will be at 2 p.m. at the Scranton State Office Building, and at 7 p.m. in the Dallas Middle School. If the requests were approved, average customers of the four companies can expect to see their quarterly bills jump by the following 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% The new rates would mean that customers of each company would pay approximately the same amount for a given gallon of water >
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