A : & 6 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 27, 1995 3 Building , Plans begin “to take form By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff KINGSTON TOWNSHIP - Faced with the police and road departments bursting at the seams, the supervisors are ex- ploring how much erecting a new municipal building on Center ., Street opposite the recreation center will cost. The proposed facility will house ~ all township offices and the police department, with an addition also planned for the township garage. © @ = “We are proceeding “ LJ cautiously and exploring all our “options before making a final decision.” Jeff Box Kingston Twp. manager Originally the supervisors wanted to build a third building to house the Kingston Township ambulance and Trucksville and Shavertown volunteer fire com- _panies, but that idea turned out .to be too expensive. ~~ '“We thought it would be a ‘beautiful setup with everything ‘together in one complex, but we ‘can't afford it,” supervisor Paul ‘Sabol told firefighters at a meet- ing September 20. “We can only ‘borrow a maximum of $2.5 mil- lion. Adding the fire station to our ‘plans would cost us an additional “$1.3 million.” * Bakker and Lewis Architects of Shavertown has submitted de- “signs for both a two-story and a ‘one-story building to the supervi- ‘sors, who haven't chosen one yet. Set on a raised foundation, the ® o. 72 x 140-foot two-story building ————— ES i He = * . ) . Plot plan Shows the location of a new municipal building on the west side of East Center Street in Shavertown. The existing ambulance garage is the smaller building. would house parking and the police department on the ground floor, with the administrative of- fices, conference rooms and super- visors’ meeting room upstairs. In the one-story plan, all facilities would be on the same floor, with parking and room for expansion in the basement of the 84 x 190- foot building. The grounds will contain land- scaped areas, plenty of room for parking and a shrubbery buffer separating it from nearby homes. “The only definite things at this point are that the police and road department are completely out of space. The township must do something to continue to provide its residents with the same high level of services they've been re- ceiving,” said township manager Jeff Box. “We are proceeding cautiously and exploring all our options before making a final decision.” At this point the fate of the present municipal building is still undecided. The original fire appa- ratus garage, meeting room, kitchen and police department were built in 1964 on land origi- nally owned by the Trucksville Fire Company. In exchange for $7,000 and the land where the fire company once held barbe- cues, bazaars and training ses- sions, the township gave the fire company a 99-year lease for $50 per month for utilities. The fee was soon discontinued. When the township built the addition to the building's rear, housing municipal offices, in 1978, it obtained federal funding through an agreement which requires the township to keep the building for eight more years, based on an estimated building life span of 25 years, Box said. “If we sold it before the eight years are up, we would have to pro-rate the government's share and repay it,” he said. The Shavertown Fire Company presently is housed in its own building on Main Road behind the Back Mountain Lumber and Coal Co. Fiction (continued from page 9) A professor of English and women’s studies at Temple Uni- versity, Dr. Mitchell will discuss ) @ fo opular culture and fiction at the ® % ) 5 ) ® ‘ ack Mountain Memorial Library October 11 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the library's 50th anniversary celebrations. . Based on the premise that “chocolate is a great vegetable but broccoli is avery bad dessert,” Dr. Mitchell will discuss how to under- stand and criticize what is com- monly called “trash fiction.” “All of us need escape, playtime Fitness Club |© Rte. 309 Dallas i Feel Overweight? ih * Jot Out Of Shape? That's 0.K.! AT ERNIE'S, WE'RE NOT ABOUT LEOTARDS & MUSCLES. Exercise ina comfortable atmosphere where you re accepted regardless of your physical condition and feel great about yourself! _ STOP BY & VISIT! (next to Treat Ice Cream) 16 Carverton Road, Trucksville call Ahead BYeTo Rs Kolo) Eat in or Take Out Try Our Wings! Mon.: 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm Tues., Wed., Thurs.: 4:00 pm - 11:00 pm Fri.: 11:00 am - 12:00 Midnight Sat.: 12:30 pm - 12:00 Midnight « Sun.: 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm or relaxation,” she said. “Popular fiction fills a need in our lives. We choose what we like to read based on our basic outlooks on life, our life values or psychological needs.” Some genres endure, while popular fiction changes with soci- ety, she added. Dr. Mitchell has taught a criti- cal approach to popular reading in the English department at Temple since 1979. She has also taught high school English. She earned her PhD in English 674-2420 literature as a Fulbright scholar at Oxford University in England in 1977, her master’s in English in 1972 from the University of Wisconsin and her bachelor’s in education in 1959. “It was more acceptable at the time to be a part-time graduate student than to work full-time with children at home,” she said. She spent two years— 1972 and 1976 - at Oxford, learning that its educational system is designed primarily for English gentlemen. One of her two daughters came home with a British accent, she joked. (Both daughters are pres- ently doctoral students.) Her visit is funded through the Pennsylvania Council's Common- wealth Speakers’ Bureau, which is affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Reservations to hear Dr. Sally Mitchell's lecture must be made by October 6 by calling the Back Mountain Memorial Library at 675-1182. Senior class committee ready for the new year By DEAN EVANS Senior Class President DALLAS - The Senior Steering Committee is an organization composed of representatives from each of the senior homerooms and the class officers. The com- mittee is given the task of dis- cussing and advising the class on issues confronting seniors. The group is presented such questions as whether or not to entertain the idea of a senior trip or a senior picnic, T-shirt sales or other fundraisers, and many other projects often undertaken by high school students in their final year. All decisions are democratically made by a panel of homeroom representatives, officers, and class advisors. The officers are elected the previous school year and for the 1995-1996 school year are as. follows: Dean Evans, president; Tim Reich, vice president; Holly Baseski, secretary; and Erica Lamoraux, treasurer. The home- room representatives are elected at the beginning of the school year, with previous class officer candidates being already ac- cepted. The homeroom represen- tatives for the 1995-1996 year are: Homeroom 25: Emily Baird, Korrie Brown, Chuck Brucculeri. Homeroom 26: J.P. Cosgrove, Amory Fetko. Homeroom 27: Casey Heffron, Mike Kernag. Homeroom 28: Carey Mazzoni, Mark Morris, Melissa Miller (pre- vious candidate); Kevin McDonald (previous candidate). Homeroom 30: Shannon New- ell, Melissa Prokopchak, Steve Rooser (previous candidate). Homeroom 31: Lisa Tomaine, Kristy Woolbert, Chris Stolarcyk (previous candidate); Sarah Wysocki (previous candidate). The class advisors for this year are Mr. John Turner and Mrs. Candyce Fike. The Senior Steer- ing Committee has meetings E planned for the very near future and the officers have already met with both the principal, Mr. Frank Galicki and class advisors nu- merous times. With the help of the senior class, teachers, administrators, hopefully the community the Senior Steering Committee will have a very successful year and accomplish all of its goals. - PROPERTY TRANSFERS The following property deeds were recorded at the Luzerne County Courthouse forthe week of September 8 - 14. JRH Inc. to Thomas J. Con- nort, et ux, 1.65 ac. Northwoods, Dallas Twp., $38,500. Lamort Holdsworth, admin., to Brian J. Feeney, et al, Dallas Twp., $45,000. Thomas E. Taylor, et ux, to Matthew Stein, 53 Sutton Hills, Jackson Twp., $10,500. Gerald P. Deady, et ux, to a Coach, et ux, Jackson , $13,500. fp 1 P. Deady, et ux, to Edward A. Coach, et ux, Jackson Twp., $11,500. Dale Realty LTD, to Charles Louis’ Blaum, Jr., et ux, 2 ac. 50th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS Sutton Farms, Jackson Twp., $350,000. Paul J. Gates, estate al Champion Builders, 191 ac., Jackson Twp., $450,000. ChristopherdJ. Banks, et ux, to Robertd. Hibish, et ux, 112 Mead- owcrest Sub., Kingston vp, $95,000. Ronald A. Olson, et ux, to Cor- nelius A., Salvaterra, et ux, 12 ac. Harris Hill Rd., Kingston TWD: ; $380,000. Shirley Davis, et vir, to Patrick Adonizio, et ux, 4.10 ac., King: ston Twp., $32,000. ’ Shirley Davis, et vir. to Mark P. Kravits, et ux, 2.64 ac Hidden Acres, Kingston Twp., $27,000. * Walter F. Ragukonis, et ux, to Kenneth Fulton, et ux, 26.54 ac, Lehman Twp, $202,500. ~~ ' cold” oi 250i rs ko 'Reading Popular Fiction, Wed., Oct. 11 Dr. Sally Mitchell, 7:30 p.m. By reservation only. 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