10 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, October 27, 1993 MAUREEN BANKS Age: 42. Address: 19 Firecut Road, Kingston Twp., Wyoming. Party affiliation: Republican. Occupation: Registered nurse. - Public service experience: Dallas School District citizens Advisory Committee, volunteer for the American Heart Associa- tion, former member of Back Mountain Soccer. JOSEPH KUNEC Age: 60. Address: 24 Circle Drive, Dallas. Party affiliation: Republican. Occupation: Financial planner. Public service experience: Member of Rotary, Knights of Columbus, Gate of Heaven Church, Dallas Citizens’ Advisory Council, charter member of the Dallas Taxpayers’ Forum, Army veteran. PAMELA LANGDON Age: 42. Address: 84 Grandview Ave., Shavertown. Party affiliation: Republican. Occupation: Medical office ad- ministrator. } Public service experience: Shavertown United Methodist Church, various Dallas School District sports clubs, Dallas Citi- zens’ Advisory Committee. THOMAS LANDON Age: 48. Address: RR 1 Box 174A Dallas. Party affiliation: Republican. ! Occupation: Territory sales manager. LCR Public service experience: Volunteer for Greater Wilkes- Barre Triathlon and the Luzerne County Fair, Army veteran, member of the Kunkle Fire Company, eight years on the Dallas School Board. JAMES L. RICHARDSON Age: 48. Address: RR 5, Dallas. Party affiliation: Republican. Occupation: Car and truck deal- ership owner. Public service experience: Eight years on the Dallas School Board, Army veteran, former member of the Dallas Fire Company. THOMAS RUSS Age: 43. Address: P.O. Box 312, Dallas. Party affiliation: Republican running on the Democratic ticket. Occupation: Sales representa- tive. Public service experience: none. Dallas board (continued from page 1) courses that they need,” she said. e Coordinate the curriculum from kindergarten through twelfth grade, so that there isn't “a major transition” in subject matter when students enter middle school and high school. Langdon also want to make sure that the students in both elementary schools (Dallas and Westmoreland) have identical curricula, including art and music. e Find out why achievement test scores (The California Achieve- ment Tests, or CAT) are falling off the national mark. oe Adequately prepare each student upon graduation to ei- ther enter directly into a mean- ingful job or go on to vocational, technical or college study. Thomas Landon “Continue our fine quality of education.” Seeking his third term because he enjoys serving his community, Landon said that he wants to continue the district's fine quality of education. During his eight Blt f jor and Treats! * Kids’ games * Treasure Chest * Travelling Clown Pat Ward, Noon to 3:00 PM * 98.5 WKRZ’s Tookie Bird 2:00 to 4.00 PM * McGruff - “Crime Dog” * Free refreshments * Free prize drawings * Free Trick-or-Treat bags » WKRZ Birthday Wheel, 2:00 to 4:00 PM * Ambulance Tour * Coloring Contest * Pony Rides * Petting Zoo * Free T-shirts H. alloween Costume and Pumpkin Decorating Contests! Kids! Wear your costume! Prettiest, most original, scariest and funniest costumes win prizes! Costume Judging at 12:30 PM and 2:30 PM for infants through age 4; ages 5 through 8; ages 9 to 12. Kids! Decorate your pumpkin! The three most original will win awards! Judging at 1:30 PM. years on the board, the former junior high school received state accreditation as a middle school. Landon, an Army veteran, is- especially proud of the district's computer system, which he de- scribed as “one of the finest in the country.” Ifre-elected, his primary goal is to: ¢ Continue to improve the dis- trict’s quality educational system. James L. Richardson “Give something back to the community and the school where | grew up.” Seeking his third term, Richardson, an Army veteran, said that he wants to “give something back to the community and the school where I grew up.” “I have really enjoyed serving on the school board,” he said. Ifre-elected, his primary goal is to: e “Continue to provide the stu- dents with a quality education by building on the solid foundation that we have established over the past eight years.” Thomas Russ “Clean out the dead wood in the educational system.” In the unique position of being a registered Republican who won the Democratic nomination be- cause he had cross-filed in the primary, Russ is running for of- fice because he wants to help try to change the educational sys- tem. He is concerned about the way that the Pennsylvania State Edu- cation Association (PSEA), the teachers’ union, has “torn com- munities apart.” “It isn’t the teachers — they're fine people,” he said. “It's their union.” Russ doesn’t believe in long- term contracts (more than two years) for either administrators or teachers, or teacher tenure. “Al- though we have many fine teach- ers, we have to clean out the dead wood in the system,” he said. He also doesn't favor teachers’ sabbaticals for travel or educa- tion. “Everyone is entitled to sick leave under Workers’ Compensa- tion, butldon’t believe that teach- ers should get a halfyear’s pay for travel,” he said. If elected, Russ’ goals are to: e Make sure that the proper emphasis is placed orn academics. “Sometimes I think that too much emphasis is placed on sports programs and not enough on academics,” he said. e “Get the system running the way that it should” by working with both state legislators and constituents in a grass-roots movement to change the state's education laws. Russ also favors open negotia- tions to keep the public informed of the status of teachers’ con- tracts at every step. “Everything revolves around Harrisburg,” he said. “They must work with us and stop working with the political action commit- tee (PAC) money from the PSEA lobby. : “It’s often difficult for conscien- tious parents to take time from their busy schedules with their children to attend school board meetings, but they must know that we need them to stand up and be counted for,” he said. Where to vote DALLAS BOROUGH South District - Back Mtn. Memorial Library, Huntsville Rd. North District - Borough Municipal Building, Main Street. DALLAS TOWNSHIP South District - Side area of Municipal Bldg., Rt. 309. Middle District - Front area of Township Municipal Building. North District - Kunkle Fire Hall. FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP Orange Methodist Church Hall, Eighth Street. JACKSON TOWNSHIP Jackson Fire Hall. HARVEYS LAKE BOROUGH Harveys Lake Borough Municipal Building, Route 415. KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Northeast District - Carverton Grange Hall, 8th Street. Northwest District - Shavertown Fire Hall, North Main Street. Southwest District - Trucksville Fire Hall, Carverton Road. LAKE TOWNSHIP Loyalville United Methodist Church. LEHMAN TOWNSHIP Middle District - Lehman Fire Hall. Southwest District - Lake Silkworth Fire Hall. Northeast District - Idetown Fire Hall (J.R. Davis). ROSS TOWNSHIP Sweet Valley Fire Hall. 4 Sunday, October 31, 1993 11:00 AM - TPS Medical Pavilion, 468 Northampton Street, Edwardsville (adjacent to the Gateway Shopping Center) Wyoming Valley Health Care System, Inc. Nesbitt Memorial Hospital Wilkes-Barre General Hospital Present a 4:00 PM N * Hearing screening * Vision screening Lio and Learn! Participation by the following agencies: Fee Health Screenings and Information ! * Height and weight check * Lung capacity testing * Blood pressure check * Physical developmental screening * Nutritional information displays * Free child fingerprinting courtesy of General Hospital Safety and Security Department * The Interagency Coordinating Council of Luzerne/Wyoming Counties * Child Development Council of NEPA * Domestic Violence Service Center * Hazleton Area School District * Luzerne Intermediate Unit * Pittston Area Family Center + Rainbow School, Inc. * Wyoming Valley Children's Association Live Radio Broadcasts! 98.5 WKRZ FM For information, call Wilkes-Barre General Hospital at 829-8111, extension 2176 or Nesbitt Memorial Hospital at 283-7200. Cm V iN
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