@ DH | | | "oe B « ® of = AVA NCTE = SR OIG [\V [TINT RE | SST ©] oil l= | =i BAY BIANCA WAY =n l= = 1 VA NUR 01 = [OO] I BI ISH E 21 [OF BS ] March 22 thru March 28, 1995 Vol. 106 No. 11 Hunting | among ideas for park By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff KINGSTON TOWNSHIP - A public meeting at Frances Slocum State Park later this month will seek comment about management of park resources, including a proposal to allow limited deer hunting. The proposal would allow . hunting on 185 acres in the campground area during the flint- '® ®lock muzzleloader and winter archery seasons to help control the deer population, said park naturalist Jerry Kozlansky. “According to research done by the state, the park's 1,035 acres of varied wildlife habitat can support only about 27 deer, Kozlansky said. “During a helicopter survey, we counted 102 deer in the park, which will increase by about 40 percent this spring,” he said. “Well- fed doe often give birth to twins. Compounding the problem, we have no die-off rate and no popu- lation control through hunting.” Visitors with good intentions often contribute to the deer prob- lem by feeding them bread and other inappropriate snacks, he said. “It's like eating junk food,” Kozlansky said. “It just fills them up without providing any nutri- ents. A deer's metabolism is spe- cially adapted for the changing seasons and food supply. Mooch- ing handouts from people isn't good for them.” For the past two years he has tried to educate the public about See HUNTING, pg 8 New health By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff "DALLAS TOWNSHIP - Mild winter weather has helped keep construction of the new Dallas Family Practice building on Up- per Demunds Road on schedule. Owned by the Wyoming Valley Health Care System, the two-story 34,000 square-foot building will provide space for Irwin Jacobs, MD; Thomas Campbell, DO; Di- arte Lowe, MD; Jane Durkin, DO, and Gary Nothstein, DO to treat their 10,000 patients. The building's first floor will also house laboratory facilities, while the second floor will provide space for specialists to see area - patients on a limited basis, ac- cording tovice-president in charge of the medical staff and develop- ment Michael Messersmith. “Sharing office time with other doctors is a better system for the doctors involved,” he said. “It al- lows many more specialists to see patients here once or twice a week and there are fewer expenses.” No specialists have yet officially said they want space in the new building, Messersmith said. WVHCS plans to take posses- sion of the building in mid-May, and be operating there shortly after. “The new building is a promise fulfilled at last,” Jacobs said. “When Wyoming Valley Health Care System acquired the Dallas . Family Practice in 1986, it prom- ised the Back Mountain commu- nity it would provide this type of facility. There's ample room to grow with the community.” “Going from a nine-room facil- ity to 21 rooms is awesome,” Nothstein grinned. “We'llalso have a'new communications system, so we won't have to yell down the hall.” The staff helped design the new building, which the doctors de- Dallas, Pennsylvania Youths look at youth violence Dallas High School students Julie Pryor, Ann Lynn Mizenko and Gewn Ann Zarembo presented their research project, “Youth Violence: a Social Conflict,” at the regional History Day held March 18 at the Penn State Lehman campus. POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE care building on mid-May deadline CHECKING IT OUT - Donna Newell, RN, Thomas Campbell, DO, Diane Lowe, MD and Irvin Jacobs, MD, of the Dallas Family Practice, look over the blueprints for their new building under construction on Upper Demunds Road behind the Dallas Township building. scribe as “very efficient,” spend- ing many hours paring down wish lists to fit the building and the budget. The doctors said the new build- ing will be an improvement — better parking, more examina- tion rooms and more comfort for the patients. The first floor will also house a laboratory for outpatient testing, X-rays and eventually facilities for mammography. Dallas Family Practice has grown considerably since Dr. Jacobs started it as a solo prac- tice New Year's Eve of 1964 after practicing with Dr. Lester Saidman in Noxen for a decade. See HEALTH CARE, pg 8 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE 10 named In credit card scam By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS TOWNSHIP - They shopped until they dropped, po- lice say. Then they tried to return some of the goods. A hefty paper trail of transac- tions from stolen credit cards has led to arrest warrants being is- sued for six adults and four juve- niles for using the cards to run up a $1,607.64 tab with area mer- chants, according to affadavits filed March 13 with District Mag- istrate James Tupper. Dallas resident John Appel, 19, was charged with theft by unlaw- ful taking, criminal conspiracy and misuse of credit cards for stealing awallet containing $1 in cash and three credit cards from the Valley View Trailer Park home of Jeff and Joan Harger January 24. During the next two days Ap- pel, five other adults and the four juveniles used two Visa cards and one MasterCard from Mrs. Harger's wallet to purchase mer- chandise from the Sneaker King and Gino's Shoes in Dallas Town- ship, gasoline from the Orloski's station in Kingston Township, and goods at The Athlete's Foot, Lei- sure World, a jewelry store and the Price Chopper in Wilkes-Barre Township, the affadavit said. Also charged with criminal conspiracy and misuse of credit cards were Edwardsville resident LouiedJ. Robinson, 19; Trucksville - resident Christian Andrus, 18; Shavertown resident Thomas J. Onzik, 18; Mike Curran, 19, of Brooklyn, NY, and Franklin Town- ship resident Ruthie Yale, 18, who was also charged with forgery. Three 16-year-old boys from Trucksville and a 15-year-old Dallas Borough boy will be peti- See CREDIT CARD, pg 8 Lake-Lehman adds 4 to staff to keep up By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff LEHMAN - Faced with a back- log of paperwork and the possible loss of state funding, the Lake- Lehman school board voted to hire an assistant business man- ager and to reactivate three other positions at its regular March 14 meeting. The assistant business man- ager, who will assist business manager Ray Bowersox and be responsible for transportation, purchasing and accounting, will be paid approximately $30,000, depending on qualifications, Bowersox said after the meeting. “We're on the verge of not filing our mandatory state reports on time, which could cause us to lose state funding,” said school board chairman Jeff Fritzen. “We have a backlog of everyday business that must be done on time, but have only minimal central office staff- ing. We can't go on like this.” By combining some jobs and eliminating others, the school board reactivated the following new positions: e A secretary to the assistant business manager, who will also assist Robert Rogers with atten- dance and other enrollment infor- mation. * A secretary/bookkeeper for the food service will be paid from food service receipts. New secretaries earn $8 per hour to start, Bowersox said. e A fourth position of part-time delivery clerk, a 180-day position, will be paid $5.75 per hour to start, Bowersox said. This posi- tion is presently filled by a tempo- rary employee. “The combined salaries and benefits of the new positions will cost us only $12,000 more than we budgeted this year, but will greatly improve our efficiency and productivity,” Bowersox said. “This staffing pattern is very simi- lar to what we had during the late 1980's, before we cut staff and tried to manage without replace- ments.” While the district's enrollment of 2,251 students has remained fairly constant over the past five years, not all of the district's 11 administrative positions are pres- ently filled, Fritzen added. The positions of supervisor of curriculum Dr. Steven Boston, federal funds coordinator Patricia Peiffer and transportation coordi- nator Barbara Ross have been eliminated in the past three years. Peiffer has returned to the class- See STAFF, pg 8 Mm Get healthy Special Health & Fitness pages in this issue. Pages 10-11. HM Aye, aye, Sir 1967 Dallas graduate Scott Fry is the Navy's newest one-star admiral. Page 3. 14 Pages 2 Sections Calendar................... 14 Classified............. 12-13 Crossword................ 14 Editorials................... 4 Obituaries................. 12 School... ii 7 SPONS..c..ocviuivniviin 9,14 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING The Dallas Post MAILING LABEL- Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612-0366
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