[) School vs - e Ba ck to & Dallas bus schedules, opening week information : & Lake-Lehman bus schedules and home rooms # Dallas and Lake-Lehman school calendars - The Dallas Post ST=ISAVAIN CRI Rg | =H O10] [VIS] NIN EI =ISHOT Si Ho | <3 B VAN SANS 0 WAN J =5 B= 2 1), PAN SCHOOL (BIICH J 210 RS Dallas, Pennsylvania Local roads resemble srace tracks By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff When Kathy Hoffman's family moved to Lower Post Staff Native a move off ‘til mid '95 By GRACE R. DOVE Demunds Road from a small Wisconsin town nearly ayear ago, they didn’t expect to see a superhighway .at their doorstep. “We thought that being off the main highway, it Would be quieter and have less traffic,” she said as (@ Afence, originally her sons, Nathan and Matthew, tossed a football in the backyard. They aren't allowed to play in the front yard or ride their bikes on the road. “They fly up and down here like crazy, ; especially on the cor- They Sl Yy up and ners,” said John doin here like Emil, who moved to crazy, especially Lower Demunds on the corners.” John Emil Lower Demunds Rd. Road in 1978. built to protect the family pet, now . keeps a precious grandchild out of harm's way. “This is a pretty busy road now,” he said. “There are a lot of kids with bikes around, but they don't seem to mind it much.” Similar comments are heard from residents of some of the Back Mountain's most heavily-travelled roads — Pioneer and Overbrook avenues, Carverton, &/pper and Lower Demunds roads, Main Street and “Routes 309 and 415. In addition to serving as main traffic arteries to the outlying areas, the back roads have become popular alternate routes for drivers trying to avoid traffic congestion, especially during recent construction on Route 309. Residents and police say drivers tend to ignore posted speed limits. Dallas Township police chief Carl Miers often clocks drivers going more than ten POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE Just sloshing along Whenever heavy rain hits the area and the creek behind the Luzerne County maintenance garage overflows, Lower Demunds Road resident Joe Konnick must wade through nearly a foot of water Construction delays at Native Textiles’ new plant : in Glens Falls, NY, have given the company's 127 empoloyees in Dallas a few more months of work. Native’'s parent company, Carrisbrook Industries, had announced March 25 that the Dallas plant will be relocated to Glens Falls within a year as a consolidation measure. ; “They plan to break ground for the new plant August 28,” said company spokesper- son JoAnn Eckrote. Unionized workers “They want to have make about $2 the roof up before the 1 cold weather starts, p er hour less in but there have been Glens Fi alls several delays with the contractors. They keep moving our closing date back — now we'll be here until July.” Carrisbrook had originally planned to close the Dallas plant by March, 1995. Once the new facility in Glens Falls is built, the machinery presently in Dallas will be moved there and the empty building either sold or leased, Eckrote said. “They don't want to just abandon the building,” she said. So far Carrisbrook Industries hasn't said whether it will sell or lease the Dallas plant, once it's vacated. Without a definite closing date, it's difficult to interest prospective occupants in the facility, ac- cording to the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce. “We're holding back on heavily marketing the Native Textiles building until we get a definite shut- By GRACE R. DOVE @Fost Staff The sound of well-tuned mo- tors will echo across the Dallas High School parking lot August 28, when the Northeastern Penn- sylvania Region of the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) sponsors a-skills event. Open to the public, the timed event will consist of a course laid outwith orange cones in the park- Qe lot. Drivers will score points “Wor completing the course quickly, safely and without hitting any cones. Slower times or knocking cones down will result in penalties. Cars will compete in different classes, depending on their size and speed, with separate classes for modified vehicles with over- sized tires, special suspensions or sway bars. ) See ROADS, pg 16 Drivers can test their skill in SCCA event in his driveway to reach his mailbox. If any smaller Formula cars enter, they'll also have their own class. SCCA volunteers will be sta- tioned along the course with walkie-talkies and fire extinguish- ers. “This is a safe, fun event,” said SCCA's regional Solo II chairman David Estelle. “You get to drive the way you dreamed of when you were a kid.” He plans to enter his modified Toyota Celica, black with a bright yellow racing stripe, in the modi- fied class. Each driver will compete under strictly enforced safety regula- tions: e All drivers must be at least 16 years old. e Due to safety concerns, no four-wheel-drive vehicles will be See DRIVERS, pg 2 Noise, vandalism at park raise concerns in borough The potential for vandalism brought a neighbor of the Ken- neth Young Memorial Park to the August 16 meeting of the Dallas @ Borough Council. Mrs. Corinne Thomason of 72 Luzerne Avenue said the current curfew of 10 p.m., which applies to youths age 17 and under, is inadequate to address the prob- lem. She said it appears that older people are involved. “I don’t mind basketball noise at 9 o'clock at night, or even 10," she said, “but through midnight @ 2nd beyond should not be toler- ated.” There have been several unre- ported incidents of noise or van- dalism, and neighbors worry that more will occur if nothing is done. Police chief Jack Fowler said in- creased cruiser patrols are proba- bly not the answer. Martha Weber, recreation committe chairman, responded by forming a special committee to investigate and make recommen- dations for a corrective ordinance. That would cover ages and hours of use, as well as alcoholic bever- age restrictions, signs and other items that would give the police the tools to take action. Mrs. Thomason was invited to join the committee, which is also See BOROUGH PARK, pg 2 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE Sticky mess Kingston Township manager Jeff Box survived his third year of being the target for the annual pudding pie throwing contest at the Center Street Park August 19. Youngsters turned out to bombard him with paper plates of chocolate and coconut-flavored pudding. See NATIVE, pg 16 Harveys Lake council ok's new police pact By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff The Harveys Lake Borough council accepted its first police contract at the regular council meeting August 16. Although ratified by the coun- cil, the contract won't be official until the department's two full- time and four part-time officers vote on it September 3. The full-time officers were rep- resented in the negotiations by the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), a police labor organization. Under the terms of the two- year contract, supplied by solici- tor Charles McCormick, the as- sistant police chief will earn $17,000 in 1994 and $18,500 in 1995, while the full-time patrol- men will earn $16,000 this year and $17,500 in 1995. Lastyear assistant chiefRonald Spock's salary was $7.45 per hour, or $15,496 without overtime, while full-time patrolman Mark Karlonis earned $6.75 per hour or $14,040 without overtime. Four part-time patrolmen now earning $7 per hour will receive $7.50 per hour thisyearand $7.75 per hour in 1995. See POLICE PACT, pg 16 HW Dave's fearless forecast for the college football season appears on page 12. HB New CDS added to Back Mountain Library collection. 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