~The Dallas Pos SIS SAIN [CR Rg | = COMMUNITIES Oo Bp | SS BVAVE WARS. W Wal =H B= VV AOR 0] 5 [00] BB] IS I 21 [0 BS » A J | ™» d @Vol. 104 No. 16 Dallas, Pennsylvania Wednesday, April 21, 1993 EM iad Inside Story Primary '93 cover- age in this week's issue: Lake-Lehman school board candidates respond to The Post's questions, page 6. Kingston Twp. supervi- Sor announcements, page 2 2 candidates could win primary, but won't be on November ballot, page 3. “Estate sold. The high bid for the former Wakefield estate in Dallas was $301,500. Page 5. 4 * & 4 4 Quilt sale aids Wendy Reese fund. Trucksville Nursery School Quilt Committee will raffle quilts to aid stricken youngster. Page 5. Antique show plans are in the works at Prince of Peace Church. The annual show and sale is scheduled for May 4-5. Page 7. Christopher Lawley wins academic scholarhip for dental studies. Page 8. Red Cross blood drive will be held Monday, April 26 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Trinity Pres- byterian Church, Irem Road, Dallas. Appoint- ments, call 823-7161. 14 Pages 1 Section Calendar............. 10 Classified........ 11-13 Crossword............ 10 Editorials. ............... 4 Obituaries............. 11 Property transfers.11 School...........0...s 8 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, - NEWS OR ADVERTISING Con artists work area By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Warm spring weather brings out anglers, home gardeners, joggers and hikers. It also brings out flim-flam artists, persons posing as repre- sentatives of utilities who try to get into people's homes or roving repairmen who do shoddy work, then disappear before they can be prosecuted. Fly-by-nighters have already been reported in two Back Moun- tain municipalities, Dallas Bor- ough and Franklin Township. “These people prey on the eld- erly, most often during warm weather or after abad storm, trying to convince people that they need their driveway resurfaced or sealed, a new roof or siding, and either try to get into the house or disappear after taking people's money and not doing the work,” said Dallas Borough police chief Jack Fowler. An elderly lady reported to borough police March 20 that two dark-skinned men-driving a red pickup truck came to her home. While one kept her busy, the other stole several pieces of antique jewelry. Two days later, an elderly man reported that two white males in their mid-twenties, one carryinga briefcase, attempted to get into his home while selling merchan- dise. When he refused to buy anything, one man tried to get into the house by sticking his foot in the door. They fled when he said that he was going to call the police. See CON ARTISTS, pg 14 Soccer action Colby Gauntlett, left, of Dallas, fought to center a shot as Lehman's Heather Evanish defended during last week's match between the two local teams. Dallas won 1-0. Additional photo on page 9. POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Plans for highway don't By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Proposed improvements to Back Mountain highways didn't please everyone who attended last week's public meeting on the plan with officials of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Twenty-five people attended the public meeting April 13 where PennDOT officials sought com- ment on the proposed highway improvement plan for the Route 309-415 corridor. Charles A. lacona and Lenny Morris, owners of the Penn-Gen- eral convenience store/gas sta- tion at the intersection of Routes 415 and 118, said that improve- ments to the intersection would give Turkey Hill, their competitor on the opposite side of the high- way, an unfair business advan- tage. lacona said that a concrete median on Route 415 south of the intersection and curbing that will limit northbound traffic on Route 415 from entering Penn-General's parking lot by the store's gas pumps would prevent 40 percent of his customers from entering his business. Many of his customers drive north on Route 415, then west on Route 118, stopping at Penn- General for gas or groceries, he said. POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE New president for Misericordia College Misericordia inaugurated its tenth president, Carol A. Jobe, PhD, Saturday, April 17, in ceremonies at the new Anderson . Sport-Health Center. Dr. Jobe is the first lay woman president of Misericordia, Luzerne County's oldest four-year college. “No one else will have a con- crete median in front of their business,” lacona said. “If customers have a choice between making an easy right turn into Turkey Hill or turning onto Route 118, driving 100 feet, turn- ing left into our lot and traveling another 150 feet back to the gas pumps, then turning around and going back onto 118, where do you think they'll go?” lacona con- tinued. “We have a half million dollar building and 15 employees,” Morris said. “Losing 40 percent of our business means that we may not be able to afford to continue there.” When PennDOT district éngi- By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Whether or not the sun is shining Sunday, April 25, the Back Mountain Kiwanis hope that it will literally be raining cats and dogs. For the first time in several years, the Kiwanis will hold a rabies vaccination clinic, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Dallas Township garage behind the municipal building. Dr. Brock Phillips will give the shots, which will cost $6 each. “We're expecting more than 500 cats and dogs, and could possibly see 1,000," said Kiwa- nis member Cliff Parker. “It’s good for the community, for both pets and people,” said project chairman and Kiwanis president Jim Tupper. “Rabies has been on the move through the state for the past several Rabies clinic offers low-cost shots years. We hope that people remember to bring their cats —- for some reason they don't think that cats need to be vaccinated. Any animal can get rabies.” Normally a rabies shot from a veterinarian costs around $18, Tupper said. Dr. Phillips, who has been a veterinarian for ten years, said See RABIES, pg 14 Residents Green Rd. By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Kingston Township residents Cindy Delescavage and Mary Ellen Durris, who live on Green Road, complained to the township super- visors at their regular meeting Wednesday, April 14, that drain- age from Cedar Lane has washed out sections of Green Road, making it nearly impassable. “The problem didn't exist be- fore the development on Cedar Lane came in,” the women said, adding that they have a petition containing 30 names, asking the supervisors to pave Green Road. neer Chuck Mattei cited the inter- section's history of accidents, Morris replied that he had seen more accidents involving vehicles turning into Turkey Hill from Route 415 than in front of Penn- General. Joan Conrad, board member of Back Mountain Baseballand vice- president of Back Mountain Soft- ball, said that her organization had studied the possibility that Irem Road would be closed, bring- ing more trafficdown Church Road in front of the baseball field at the corner of Center Hill Road. “Since the highway project is for the betterment of the Back Mountain, it's our responsibility to ask our parents to keep a closer Arnie Garinger closing out career at Misericordia By DAVE KONOPKI Post Correspondent Arnie Garinger remembers the first time he ever set foot on the campus of College Misericordia. It was back in the 1930's and the three-year old with blonde ring curls was a ring bearer during a ceremony. Little did he realize the impact he would later have on the school. The popular placement direc- tor, affectionately known as “Uncle Arnie,” of the Back Mountain col- lege is retiring after more than two decades of service. He will be honored at a dinner, a “testimo- nial roast” according to professor Dave Payne, on Saturday, April 24. “I remember thinking this was a giant place with giant build- ings," recalled Garinger of his first visit to the college. “I think my _ returning to College Misericordia was more than a guy returning to his roots. There had to be another force that brought me back here.” Garinger's career in education began as a secondary science teacher in the Paoli Area School System in Chester County in 1955. After a stint in the United States Army, Garinger returned to pub- lic school work as a guidance counselor at ‘Tredyffin-Eastown Junior High School in Berwyn, Pa. He helped open the new Valley Forge Junior High School as as- sistant principal in 1965 and was promoted to principal in 1966 before coming to Misericordia in 1969. Garinger said the most drastic change in the college came in the 1970's when the school became co-ed. “The admission of male stu- dents came at a time when it was needed the most,” said Garinger, who has had an average place- ment rate of 95% of those com- pleting degree requirements over the last 10 years. “I've always wanted Misericordia to get its due. The key to the school is the amount of love at the school.” According to Payne, who has been an associate and friend of Garinger more than 20 years, the respect for Garinger from the student body is overwhelming. “Everyone calls him Arnie,” Payne said. “But it's not out of ask that be paved Twenty homes are located on the dirt road. “Paving the road won't help; it’s a drainage problem” said chair- man Daniel Wisnieski. He added that the road crew has laid more than 300 tons of fill on Green Road already. Most dirt roads experience similar problems during the spring thaw, when mud oozes out of the ground onto the road as the frost leaves the ground, Wisnieski said. Repeated cycles of hard freezes followed by thaws and more freezes also cause these roads to become See GREEN ROAD, pg 3 please everyone watch on their children,” she said. Mrs. Conrad said that her or- ganization will study erecting more fencing along Church Street to control pedestrians entering or leaving the ball park. The group hasn't received any written esti- mates yet, but plans to raise all the necessary funds themselves, she said. Senator Charles Lemmond, who lives in Dallas, said that he was concerned about the poten- tial impact of closing Irem Road on the residents of Fox Hollow and Shrine View, the Trinity Pres- byterian Church, TLC Nursery School and the members and See HIGHWAY, pg 14 ARNIE GARINGER disrespect. He's open, helpful to students and is very approach- able. Students often seek him when they have a problem. “He's had a variety of jobs here,” added Payne. “He's been a teacher, a counselor and a placement di- rector. He runs job fairs for the students and has opened some networks for students. He always gives the appropriate advice and has a certain lightness and sense of humor about him.” See GARINGER, pg 3
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