8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, April 12, 1995 EE School upgrades may cost $122,500 L By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS - Complying with the federal Americans With Disabili- ties Act will cost the Dallas School District up to $122,650. According tobusiness manager Charlotte Williams, the district must redesign restrooms at all ‘buildings and install paving for ‘wheelchairs, listening devices for -the hearing-impaired, TDD’s (tele- .communications devices for the hearing-impaired), wider doors at ‘the high school and special signs. ‘Estimates prepared by DeHey/ ‘McAndrew of Scranton have been given to the school board, which ‘has referred the matter to its property committee. The most expensive job will be installing paved wheelchair paths at the stadium, middle school and the Westmoreland building, esti- mated to cost $65,000. Redoing the restrooms is esti- mated to cost up to $19,200, which includes adding special wide booths and doors and lowering the level of sinks. “We may ask the Little League to retrofit its own rest rooms at the field,” Williams said. Falling prices for TDD's could save the district money; the de- vices presently cost approximately $25,000, she said. - Compliance with the law won't be as expensive for Lake-Lehman, which only needs a wheelchair elevator installed at the middle level building, according to busi- ness manager Ray Bowersox. “We had wheelchair-friendly doors, curbs and ramps before I came herein 1977,” he said. “There really aren't any major projects left.” Because the high school has. had students in wheelchairs and the Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 has held classes for the physically challenged in the Lehman- ‘Jackson school, these two build- ings already meet federal stan- ‘dards, Bowersox said. The Lake-Noxen school, built in the late 1970's, and the Ross Township school, all on one floor, are also in compliance, he added. Ruth Corcoran Circle to meet April 17 The Ruth Corcoran Circle of the Shavertown United Methodist Church will meet April 17, in the Social Room of the church. ~The program will be presented by Mrs. Margaret Johnson of the Trucksville Methodist Church on Native American Life. All ladies are invited. Please bring a sand- wich. Beverages will be provided. L-L class of 1981 to meet April 13 The Lake-Lehman Class of '81 will meet April 13, at 7 p.m. at Grotto Pizza, Harveys Lake. Fundraiser tickets will be dis- tributed. : Koslosky (continued from page 1) POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE BRINGING OUT THE HEAVY ARTILLERY - Chess whiz Jordan Koslosky plans his next move with a knight. Blight (continued from page 1) fields unless they're treated with the proper fungicide. “You can't simply cut away the affected part of the plant and stop the spread of the fungus - you must destroy the entire plant, either by burning it or burying it,” Gray said. “Pulling out infected plants and sending them out with the garbage to the local dump or municipal mulch pile will only spread the disease.” Local commercial growers say the weather will determine how badly the blight will hit - if it hits at all. “It might or might not affect us,” said Norman Darling, Jr., whose family began farming in Dallas Township in the 1920's. He usually plants between two and three acres each of tomatoes and potatoes Within two weeks of infection the plants will literally rot in the fields “You have to be out in the fields every day checking for signs of insect pests, disease and other problems,” he said. “You have to cultivate regularly and irrigate if the weather is dry. You can't just stick some plants in the ground and expect them to grow prop- erly.” He advises home gardeners to check their plants for signs of blight and other problems every day. Dymond's Farm in Franklin Township, which supplies the family's store in Shavertown and a small “pick your own” business, will probably have about four acres planted with tomatoes this year, according to Tim Dymond. “We spray for blight even though we've never found any,” he said. \. ( Darlings Farms & Greenhouses | Easter Flowers Lilies, Hydrangeas, Hyacinths, tulips, Mums, Azaleas, Hanging Baskets, Pansies, Perrenials & Herbs We also have Potting Soil, Peat Moss, Top Sail, Pine Bark, Lime & Plant Food. 1/2 mi. off 309 on Hildebrandt Rd. 200 yd. north of Dallas Elementary School ”, Thank You A week long Anniversary Celebration - April 10-17 « Customer Appreciation « Drawing For A Weekend For 2 In The Poconos At Split Rock Resort for making our | first year so successful. Sun., April 16 « 11-2 P.M. 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There's much more to raising a crop than just setting plants out in a field.” If we have a very damp, rainy summer, late blight disease could be severe in the area, according to Penn State plant pathologist Dr. Alan MacNab. “If 1 had to choose between planting potatoes and tomatoes in thc same garden, I'd stick with Bl i The blight is the same one that caused the Irish potato famine in 1846-47 tomatoes,” he said. “There's a strong chance that potato seed pieces could carry the blight fun- gus, which would develop first on potatoes and spread rapidly to the tomatoes.” Late blight has been found in most seed potato-producing ar- eas of the United States and Canada and can spread easily through contaminated seed pota- toes. 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A chess primer e Chess is the world's most popular game. * Chess is not, as many believe, “thousands of years old.” Re- searchers believe it started around 600 A.D. e Chess was invented in India, where it was inspired by warfare as a “substitute for battle.” e Children who play chess al- ways do better in school! e Early pieces represented ele- phants, horses, chariots and foot soldiers, which have become knights, bishops, rooks, pawns and of course a King and Queen. * From India, chess spread east to China and Japan, then through Persia and the Arab nations, until it finally reached Europe. * Followers of Mohammed be- lieved chess to be sinful and the Koran had to be reinterpreted to allow them to play. e Arabs started playing “blind- fold chess” where the player won't watch the board but calls out moves to be played by an assis- tant. (Today “chess by mail” is - commonplace.) * When chess reached Europe the Church tried to stamp it out. e A psychological variation of chess exists as described by the Spaniard Lucena in 1600: “Read- ers are advised to choose an oppo- nent who has wined and dined heavily. He will thus be easy prey!” e Chess by electronic means (E-Mail, Internet, etc.) so far is not popular. It is too easy to hook up a chess computer to make all the moves. This takes no thinking, just gall! e Wilkes-Barre could be one of the few - perhaps the only - com- munities which has a chess “opening game” named after it. 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