{ Play 8 Se Win $1,000 iid Details on page 12 Vol. 106 No. 42 Dallas, Pennsylvania "The Dallas Post SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS October 18 thru 24, 1995 , Reservoir Rd. mom says district must supply bus By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS - Sandy Walton be- lieves the law is on her side as she attempts to convince the Dallas School District to send a school bus along Reservoir Road. Since school opened she has been trying to get the district to send a school bus onto the dirt road between Center Hill Road and Machell Ave. to pick up seven children who must presently walk up.to 4/10 of a mile to the bus stop. According to Section 14:1 of the Pennsylvania School Law Handbook published by the Penn- sylvania School Board Associa- _ tion, school districts receive reim- ¢ bursement from the state for transportation of all elementary school students living more than ‘1 1/2 miles from their schools and for all secondary students living more than 2 1/2 miles from school. If students live in areas where Church will celebrate 75th year By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff EAST DALLAS - If buildings could speak, the East Dallas United Methodist Church would certainly have a few interesting memories to share. Located on slightly more than an acre of scenic farmland com- plete with a stream along the property's rear, the small stucco and stone church began its life 75 years ago. The congregation will celebrate this milestone in a special service October 22 at 11:30 a.m., fol- lowed by a luncheon in the base- ment. The Wilkes-Barre District Superintendent of the Wyoming Conference Rev. Dr. James A. Baker, will speak at the service, See CHURCH, pg 10 there aren't any sidewalks and road or traffic conditions make walking on the shoulder of the road hazardous to the children’s safety, the district is required to supply transportation, regardless of how close the school is. The state will reimburse the district 50 percent of its expenses for this type of transportation. Reimbursement is calculated according to the district's aid ra- tio, which is based on how wealthy it is. Unfortunately the district can't simply designate aroad as a safety hazard, said Susan Farr, district transportation director. “It's very complicated,” she said. “You have to bring in the state to survey the road, which must ful- fill a specific set of requirements. First, the state takes a traffic count, and if there aren't a certain number of cars going by within a specific time frame, the survey is stopped.” Other factors, such as the width of the walking area, the number of children using the road at a spe- cific time and even the children’s heights are also taken into ac- count, Farr said. “We have children in other areas who walk 3/10 or 4/10 of a mile to their bus stops,” she added. “Some live on private roads or in trailer parks. We can't see putting on a bus for this distance.” The school district says it will send a school bus onto Reservoir Road if the borough will pave it, but the borough saying it can’t afford to. According to borough manager Milt Lutsey, paving Reservoir Road would cost about $90,000 — more than twice the borough's yearly total road budget of $43,000. He budgets about $28,000 for all paving projects, using the rest for maintenance and snowplowing. The children now wait for the school bus at the large oak tree on the corner of Machell Ave. and Reservoir Road. Their mothers drive them there because they say the road, with its 2 1/2 foot deep gutters, heavy undergrowth, prox- imity to the reservoir and no side- walks, is too dangerous for them to walk on. “The district told me its con- tractor won't send a bus on a dirt road because it might break a shock,” Walton said. “My caris 10 years old and has 125,000 miles on it — I haven't broken one yet.” She doesn't believe superinten- dent Gerald Wycallis and Farr, who drove on Reservoir Road several weeks ago and have de- scribed it as very rough. “They drove on the part be- tween Huntsville Road and Mach- See BUS, pg 10 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE East Dallas United Methodist Church's lay leader Jay Bloomer, Pastor Hamilton Clemow and trustees Gerald Culver and Robert Moore will help the congregation celebrate its 75th anniversary in a special service October 22. Commissioner candidates stump in BMT By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff The four candidates for Luzerne County Commissioner agreed on at least one thing Oct. 12; that government needs to be respon- sive to the needs of business and industry. The quartet made an appear- ance at the monthly meeting of the Back Mountain Business and Professional Association. Unlike the ads blanketing the airwaves, hardly a negative word was heard. Incumbent commissioner Frank Crossin defended his rec- ord, and lobbied hard for changes in the county's tax structure that would allow it to keep up with its budget while relieving scme of the burden caused by property taxes. “If the income tax is good enough for the state, why isn't it good enough for Luzerne County?” he asked. : Calling the property tax anti- quated, Crossin pointed out that the county budget has risen from $50 million to $150 million in recent years, largely because of federal mandates. Crossin's run- ning mate, Atty. Thomas Makow- ski, echoed the theme, suggesting that county government is now being called on to pick up the slack from lower federal funding and increasingly tight-fisted local See CANDIDATES, pg 10 Neighbors say quarry's outside mining zone By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff JACKSON TOWNSHIP - Sev- eral residents who say American Asphalt is blasting in an area where it shouldn't have asked the supervisors toshut down the stone quarry on Chase Road by Novem- ber 6 or they will sue the town- ship. Zoning officer John Krupa said the matter is “under investiga- tion” and refused further com- ment. According to township zoning maps, the section of American Asphalt’s land fronting on Chase Road is zoned M-1 (mining), while the portion fronting on Hillside Road and adjoining the Fieldcrest subdivision is zoned A (agricul- tural). | Krupa and Ed Chesnovich, Bob Lukas, John Filip and Ben Barsh, who live near American Asphalt, say they recently hiked along the fence line separating the quarry from Filip’s land. “When you stand on the fence line along John Filip's land, fac- ing Hillside Road and with your right shoulder towards Chase Road, you can see that they're See QUARRY, pg 10 Kingston's loss becomes Lehman Township's gain By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff LEHMAN - Kingston Borough's fiscal problems may indirectly help Lehman Township, according to supervisor Doug Ide. Kingston Borough sold its leaf collector to Kingston Township, which already had a smaller one, which is now for sale for $2,500. The supervisors authorized Ide to purchase it. “A leaf vacuum will help pre- vent many drainage problems caused by leaves clogging cul- verts and catch basins,” Ide said. “This one is in good shape and we can certainly put it to good use.” The supervisors also voted unanimously at their regular October 16 meeting to sell the 1988 unmarked police cruiser minus all usable equipment to the highest bidder. The cruiser has run up approximately 150,000 miles and has been in a few acci- dents, the supervisors said. In other business, the supervi- sors lifted the ban on open burn- See LEHMAN'S GAIN, pg 10 HB Knights roll Lake-Lehman claimed its sixth football win. Story, photos on pg 11. HM Zoning, roads are the leading issues in the Franklin Twp. supervi- sor race. 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