se in $ LJ Vol. 106 No. 45 “No tax Increase 'Politics' charged in letter about fire and ambulance donations By ANN POEPPERLING ® Post Correspondent JACKSON TOWNSHIP —- Dur- ing- a special budget session Monday night, the Jackson town- ship supervisors passed a pro- posed budget of $628,483, which contained no change in the prop- erty tax rate of 17 mills. Accord- ing to the plan, the township will begin the year with $27,800 less © in reserve than in 1995. At the regular November 6 meeting, volunteer ambulance and fire department members showed up to criticize a letter written by supervisor chairman Walter Glogowski to the residents. The letter explained why the town- ship hadn't contributed to the volunteer ambulance and fire departments in 1994. In the letter, Glogowski said @® that while $3,000 was budgeted to each of those departments for 1994, major breakdowns in aging road equipment made it neces- sary to use that money, as well as money from every department, to repair and replace equipment. The letter continues, “we eliminated all contributions to all volunteer groups including the Dallas Li- oa brary and the SPCA. We are not e proud of that.” However, it was mentioned that contributions of $500.00 are See BUDGET, pg 3 By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS TOWNSHIP - Six years ago Alison Corey tried her hand at riding, and she hasn't gone far from a horse since. Recently she achieved what most young riders only dream about. She and her trusty equine B companion competed at the pres- tigious Devon Horse Show, the nation’s largest and most exclu- sive outdoor show for dressage and jump classes. The student of Peg Malig Bell of Borrowdale Acres and daughter of Bob Corey of Beaumont and Tunkhannock resident Jackie Rail, Alison is the proud owner of Night Court, a 5-year-old Old- @ cnburg gelding whose ancestors come from Germany. Dressage combines graceful, balletlike movements with horse gymnastics, Bell said. In some classes, riders and mounts move to music, performing breathtak- ing movements similar to those of ¢ Jim McCabe's been burning up the track By MICHAEL TWITCHELL Post Correspondent EL DALLAS - Jim McCabe, a sophomore at Bishop O'Reilly High School, is a driven individual. For the last three years, McCabe has actively participated in amateur Kart racing in and around Penn- sylvania. Before he actually started rac- ing, McCabe says, “We were inter- ested in getting me into racing, so we went to a few different tracks @ which I didn't like, and then we See MCCABE, pg 16 gion, Dallas, Pennsylvania e Dallas Post 50¢ GE November 8 thru 14, 1995 Alison Corey rides with the the Lippizan stallions of Austria. Night Court, whose friends call him Max, is also a Back Mountain native — he was foaled at Borrow- dale in 1990 and grew up on the farm on Ryman Road. At five years of age and 16 hands tall, he tow- ers over Alison, whose head doesn’t even come up to his pow- erful withers. “He's very laid-back and is always happy,” Alison said. “He doesn’t goof off. His favorite treat is carrots, but he's also acquired a taste for jelly beans.” Max was a surprise Christmas present last year for Alison, 17, whose father and stepmother, Bob and Deedee Corey, had watched Max and Alison grow up together. They bought him from Bell in June, 1994, and swore the entire barn to secrecy for six months. “It was hard to keep it quiet,” Deedee said. “We told her some- one had already bought Max and had her looking all over the coun- try for another horse. Alison has a natural magic, an instant rapport best at Devon Horse Show Alison Corey and Night Court, at the Devon Horse Show. with all animals. It's an immedi- ate understanding. They feel her gentleness.” In addition to teaching Alison the fine points of both jumping and dressage, Bell trained Max. “You work with them from the first day of their life, getting them accustomed to being handled,” she said. “You have to work very slowly and not rush anything. You have to build up their trust in you.” When he was three years old, Max began working with Bell on a loungeline, avery long lead shank, learning to walk, trot and canter properly. Later she introduced him very gradually to the bridle and saddle, and the aids (signals) which riders use to tell their mounts what to do. “With proper training, a horse won't have any problems once it’s time to learn to carry a rider,” she said. Max recently started going over low jumps. Bell is working very carefully with him, waiting until his leg and knee bones fully de- See ALISON COREY, pg 9 Jim McCabe, of Dallas, with two of his racing karts and several of his trophies from this past season. Zoning changes changed again By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP - The supervisors approved a list of changes to proposed zoning zon- ing ordinance amendments at their regular November 7 meet- ing. Two community development objectives which the state Depart- ment of Community Affairs had declared illegal were deleted. The objectives said that anyone seek- ing “anything but the rural life- style” would be discouraged from moving into the township and low density development would be “a primary housing goal” consistent with the “rural farm character of the township.” Minimum lot sizes were set at 1 1/2 acres forresidential, two acres for agricultural and three acres for conservation. The Hilstolsky and two McAvoy properties on Coon Road were zoned R-1, while Clover Hill Mead- ows was rezoned from agricul- tural to resid~> al. Additional __ecial exceptions in agricultural zones were added: commercial hog or poultry farms, fur farms, fertilizer plants and animal kennels. | Chairman Robert Redmond and Tim Dymond voted for the changes, while Bill Miller voted against them. “The majority of the people — about 85 percent — don't want the minimum lot size any smaller than three acres in the agricultural zone,” he said. “The planning commission gave the McAvoy See ZONING, pg 10 Prison's water use request on/off again By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff JACKSON TOWNSHIP - First, the state department of correc- tions asked the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) for permission to pump more water from two of its wells which were in use for several years at the State Correctional Institution at Dal- las. Then, the department withdrew its application, but told SCID to continue using wells for half its water needs during the second driest spring on record. Now, the department has dis- cussed applying again for permis- sion to use the two “new” wells. The prison uses about 400,000 gallons of water per day, half of which it presently obtains from two other wells and the other half from a pipeline to the Ceasetown Reservoir. In 1994 the department of corrections asked the Susquehanna River Basin Com- mission for permission to increase its well water usage by 13.5 per- cent, from 320,000 gallons per day to 370,000. Concerned about depletion of See WATER, pg 10 Group aims to bring safety message to kids, parents By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN - A new organization dedicated to spread- ing the word about child safety has formed in the area. The Luzerne County chapter of Safe Kids, a nationwide organiza- tion, has brought safety aware- ness programs to area elemen- tary schools. “The Back Mountain needs this type of programs for the children,” said member Cindy Brin, a re- gional nurse for Luzerne County Head Start. “We shared informa- tion on health tips and preventing head injuries with the Lehman- Jackson PTA. They used it to make up safety folders, adding Hallow- een safety tips and 911 informa- tion, which they distributed to the students. It was well received.” The information on preventing head injuries included helmets for all seasons and activities — bicycling, horseback riding, skat- ing and snowmobiling. The PTA's at the Lehman- Jackson and Lake-Noxen schools See SAFETY, pg 16 H Strike up the band (Ss) Dallas and Lehman will compete this weekend in Atlantic Coast Championships. Pg 3. HB Knights' week Lehman took the district soccer title. Pg 11. 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