) 0 \ \ J 3 The Back Mountain's A, Pi ul Sy 5 \. ‘The Dallas Post @ ¥5 104 No. 43 Dallas, PA SIS SAANICH Ng | =He10\V/[\V/ [8] | REI=ISHO | Sil Nl = | =5 BVA HN ANC. R WAN =F B= 5 VANES ed soe] lp] SF | =i [ef ES) Wednesday, October 27, 1993 By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff © 3 Six candidates, including two incumbents, are contending for four seats on the Dallas School board. Incumbents Thomas Lan- don and James L. Richardson are seeking re-election, while Thomas Stitzer and school board presi- dent Jack Cleary have decided not to run for office again. ‘Elected at large from the dis- trict’s four municipalities (Dallas @crough and Dallas, Kingston and Franklin townships), school board members do not receive any pay for their four years in office. Maureen Banks “Open the lines of communica- tion between the administration and the teachers.” Concern over declining college entrance exam (SAT) and achieve- ment test (CAT) scores prompted Banks to run for office. A member of the district's Citizens’ Advisory Committee, she has attended board meetings for a long time. If elected, her goals are to: ¢ Continue the district's posi- tive teacher contract negotiations. e Improve the students’ educa- tion by opening the lines of com- munication between the adminis- trators and the teachers. Joesph Kunec “No hidden agenda.” Kunec is running for office in order to, as he puts it, “Make more of a contribution to the community.” The Army veteran and former teacher said that he also wants Dallas to continue its excellence in education at a fair cost. If elected, his goals are to: e Achieve the best and most cost-effective education possible. ¢ Increase parents’ involvement in their children’s education by asking more parents to volunteer to work with student activities, help out as teacher aides and participate in the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA). e See more teacher accounta- bility, through closer evaluation of teachers by principals. * See merit pay for teachers. Bob Humphrey banged out the beat for Dallas High School during last weekend's homecoming celebration. Both Dallas and Lake- Drumming up some spirit 2 pages of Homecoming photos, pages 12-13 Lehman selected Homecoming queens, and both football teams won their games. PHOTO BY CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK The Network’ is illegal scheme, state says By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Potential investors in “The Network” are being warned by the state Attorney General's office that it is an illegal pyramid scheme. According to Deputy Attorney General J. P. McGowan from the Department of Consumer Protec- tion in Scranton, his office is in- vestigating “The Network,” which has spread quickly by word of mouth through the Back Moun- Sin the West Side, the Wilkes- Barre area and Scranton. “Potential investors are invited by friends or relatives to private meetings at homes or business establishments and asked to buy a block (of the pyramid) for $1,500,” McGowan said. “Usually professional people and those who should know better but can't re- sist an easy way to make money QP are targeted. Once they buy a block, they must go out and re- cruit more people under them. A broad spectrum of the commu- nity, including respected profes- sional people, is involved.” McGowan said that the typical “Network” pyramid has one per- son at the top over two people, who are over four more people, with eight people at the bottom. J When the people at the bottom pay their $1,500, the person at the top gets paid $12,000 and the pyramid splits. The two people at x the second level, along with every- one below them, move up a step in the two newly-formed pyramids. The bottom levels of both pyra- mids must then be filled in with eight more people. Top Man How a Pyramid works When the bottom 8 pay $1500, the top man receives $12,000 and leaves. Post Graphic / Paul Rismiller level. each. Eight more are recruited for the base of The Pyramid then divides. and each man moves up a “These things tend to mush- room,” McGowan said. “It’s clearly and simply illegal because it in- evitably falls apart and the people at the bottom never get the money that they had been promised.” McGowan said that last year the Attorney General's office broke up a similar pyramid in the Wil- liamsport area, recovering $260,000 for victims and an additional $60,000 in fines and costs. “We're not out after the people on the bottom, those who didn't know that it was illegal and have been hurt because they have lost money,” he said. “We want the ones at the top who have profited from it.” Persons found guilty of operat- ing pyramids must immediately stop all transactions, pay a fine of $1,000 per transaction and re- turn all monies collected to those who invested in it, McGowan said. During the past 18 months, the Attorney General's office has collected more than $262,000 in restitution and more than $60,000 in penalties from 53 alleged pyra- mid promoters, according to a press release. Eight more cases are pending. Anyone with any information on operations of “The Network” or similar schemes in the area is requested to call the Department of Consumer Affairs at the Attor- ney General's office in Scranton at 9634913. e Continue to improve the dis- trict’s college entrance (SAT) exam and achievement test (CAT) scores in all grades. * “Do a good job for the people.” “My door and my agenda will always be open for the people,” he said. “There won't be any hidden agendas.” Pamela Langdon “The students must come first in all school board decisions.” Langdon decided to run for office because of her belief that Six vie for 4 seats on Dallas school board the students should always be “the primary focus” in any board decision. “Sometimes too many other factors come in before the stu- dents,” she said. If elected, her goals are to: e Re-evaluate the switch from an eight-period to a seven-period day in the middle school and the high school. “I'm not sure that all the stu- dents are able to get all of the See DALLAS BOARD, pg 10 Aston, Hazeltine run for Jackson supervisor By DAVE KONOPKI Post Correspondent Two candidates will be compet- ing to fill one seat on the Jackson Township Board of Supervisors in the November 2 general election. Republican Carl Aston and Demo- crat Robert Hazeltine are vying for the six-year term. Carl Aston has served the people of Jackson Township for more than four decades, includ- ing 24 years as an elected official. The Lehman-Jackson High School graduate was the township's auditor for 24 years. He has served on the fire department for 42 years and on the ambulance department for more than 20 years. Aston, 67, is a retired milk- man, having worked for Chase Dairy for 28 years and Dallas Dairy for more than five years. The 42-year township resident also worked for the Lake-Lehman School District for 10 years as a custodian. After serving his six, four-year terms as auditor, Aston took a 12- year break from public office. But he says the desire to serve his community inspired him to seek the supervisor's position. “I always tried to be a commu- nity-minded person,” said Aston, who, along with his wife Leona, has three children, Diane Kreller, Barry Aston and Kathy Mascola. “I've always been more or less interested in trying to make the community a better place to live. I thought if the opportunity came up, I would run again.” That opportunity surfaced when Republican candidate John Bombick passed away right be- fore the primary election last May. Aston said he was approached by a group of township residents who suggested that he run for the position. : Aston, who said he heard rumors of five or six residents who were interested in seeking the position, sent a letter of interest to District Chairman Joe Salvo. Salvo later notified Aston that his name would be on the ballot for November's general election. Aston believes he was the onlv prospective candidate to send a letter to the district chairman. Aston says, if elected, he cur- rently doesn’t have any specific. changes in mind. He also stated with his experience, working with the other township officials would not be a problem. “There is nothing that I would like to change right now, not immediately,” said Aston. “I think my experience in working with the citizens of the township is a big plus. I don’t see any problems with working with any of the other supervisors. I just want to help my community.” Numerous attempts to reach Hazeltine at his Jackson Town- ship home were unsuccessful, and he did not respond to several messages asking him to return telephone calls. No tax increase in Jackson Township preliminary budget By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff Ifthe Jackson Township super- visors pass the preliminary 1994 budget at the regular November 1 meeting as expected, residents won't see a tax increase this year. Property taxes in the township are now 13 mills. The township plans to begin the year $18,000 in the black. Last year began with a zero bal- ance. Anticipated income of $606,548.68 has increased by 34.9 percent over last year, after last year's 10-mill tax increase, while expenditures for road main- tenance are expected to increase by $46,426,85 or 25.6 percent, to $226.214.39. Public safety expenditures are expected to drop $16,485.12 or 10.5 percent, to $139,799. The supervisors plan to vote on the proposed budget at their November 1 meeting. 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