The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 22, 1995 3 [ J ® Fe > | Misericordia honors Driver charged mn October | { Serwembers fatal accident on Rt. 415 | College Misericordia recently a a ACCl en on ® | honored staff and faculty @® @ | members during its 16th annual By GRACE R. DOVE | “Employee Service Awards Dinner, Post Staff Back Mountain Vette in Dallas, | ‘Mary Beth O'Konski and Joan were traveling south on Route 415, ‘Dente received the first annual DALLAS TOWNSHIP - Brown attempted to pass Pilcav- "Staff Awards for service. Larksville resident Patrick James age in the highway’s center turn- “Service Award recipients are: Dr. - Brown, III, 26, was arrested No- ing lane. PatMcCann, RSM, 10 years; Mary vember 15 and charged with in- He lost control of the Blaser, . Louise Komorek, 20 years; Carl voluntary manslaughter, driving which struck the front of the Nova, -. Konecke, 25 years; Tom O'Neill, while intoxicated and homicide then hit the wooden side wall of a _. 25 years; Kit Foley, 10 years; Ann by vehicle in connection with the block garage owned by Leslie F October 11 accident which Hoover alongside the highway. | Sevenski, 10 years; Ralph Marsh, b ¢ © 15 years; Sr. Annette Diebold, claimed the life of Melissa Pollick, As the Blazer climbed over the | RSM, 15 years; Carol Marchena- 22, 0f Plains. debris, Pollick was thrown from ' Hozempa 10years; and Dr John He was also cited for drivingin the side window into the build- : a! 0 ’ Ab ” irom a no passing zone, driving in the ing’s rafters. ; Kachurick, 10years. Be h wrong lane, driving at an unsafe The Blazer came to rest against photo. Dy, Ann. Elizaver . speed, careless driving and reck- a Chevrolet Malibu parked at the McLaughlin, RSM, 20 yours, less driving, police said. rear of the building. Charlotte Slocum, 15 years; and He was arraigned before Dis- ‘After the impact. the Nova sli q Rose Hometchko, 10 years. trict Justice Martin Kane and is along the highways guard rails, or lodged in the Luzerne County flipped onto its roof and skidded i Prison in default of $100,000 bail. into a utility pole and the roof post LD) o BR \ | le A second driver in the accident, ofthe garage, coming torest in the i Ni 0 one bid § 0 In 0 Id Cruiser Joseph Pilcavage, 26, of Shaver- southbound lane. wd town, has been charged with driv- Brown was driving at EE 2 ing with a suspended license and mately 96 miles per hour, accord- By GRACE R. DOVE roads go by through the floor- driving at an unsafe speed. ing to Pennsylvania State Police Foie Post Staff boards,” Goodwin wrote in his According to court records, accident reconstructionist 12 T letter of resignation. He blamed Brown, Pilcavage, Pollick, Shav- Trooper Weiss. Pollick was pro- EHMAN TOWNSHIP-Theold “Father Time” for his retirement ertown resident Robert Shotwell, nounced dead at the scene. Ac- solide cruiser is so beaten up the and asked the supervisors to 25, and Dallas resident Jessica cording to an autopsy performed supervisors can'tevengiveitaway. continue to support the police Fritsky, 22, had been at The Grotto by Luzerne County coroner Dr. - - Although it was advertised for department as well as they had Restaurant at Harveys Lake the George Hudock, she died of mul- @| @ sale for “best offer,” nobody sent supported him. night of the accident. tiple traumatic injuries. : in a bid. A request by Dan Cornell to As Brown, driving a 1984 Chev- Brown's preliminary hearing “The red light on top works — rezone six acres of pasture on rolet Blazer owned by Janet Cox before District Justice James sort: of,” said David Sutton. “It Route 118 from agriculture to of Dallas, and Pilcavage, drivinga Tupper is scheduled for Decem- turns on, but won't go around business was unanimously de- 1986 Chevrolet Nova owned by ber 21 at 10 a.m. and blink.” nied. No one seemed to know what to “Based on what we're trying to 1 1 1 do with it. er yy Insurance premiums jump in budget © In more serious business, the deny it,” said Ray Iwanowski. “It’s DALLAS TOWNSHIP - Residents can be thankful for another year supervisors accepted with regret a clear case of spot zoning, which with a six-mill property tax. = the retirement of assistant police = we're trying to avoid.” The $1,298,000 preliminary budget approved November 7 contains [0 ® chief William Goodwin effective Cornell has 30 days to appeal a modest gain in anticipated property tax income to $116,000 and no January 1. Goodwin, once the chief, stepped down to assistant chief last year to help Howard Kocher, who was appointed chief the decision. His attorney, Erik Dingle, said he didn't know what Cornell planned to do. The supervisors also awarded a bid for road salt to Akzo-Nobel of POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE New business opens Dream Weaver's, a family-operated gift shop featuring unique change in an anticipated $600,000 generated by the earned income tax. Planned expenditures include a $2,000 donation to the Back Mountain Memorial Library, a $2,000 increase in contributions of in his place. *. “If was certainly an experience in my first cruiser) watching the $37,000 to the Dallas and Kunkle fire companies and a $29, 000 increase in insurance costs of $79,000, mostly due to large increases in workmen's compensation and liability insurance premiums. The budget will be on display for public inspection in the township offices until December 15. The supervisors plan to approve the final budget at their December 19 meeting. has handcrafted, one-of-a-kind items, will hold its grand opening Thanksgiving weekend. It is located in Lake Township on Route 29 and Tulip Road, a mile south of Route 415. Hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Showing off some of the unique gift items are owner Randi Smith and Commander Cody the Traveling Cat. Randi and her parents, Marilyn and Bud Dale, make the items for sale. Christmas Sale 2 ft. Christmas Tree w/ Decorations & Lights ¥7-%° Clarks Summit for $35.95 per ton delivered. Borough's budget holds 20-mill tax rate DALLAS - The 20-mill property tax rate won't increase this year, @ © sccording to the $619,739 preliminary budget. * With estimated beginning fund balances of $49,206 in monies from the general and motor tax funds, the borough anticipates revenues of $570,533 next year. ‘ Real estate taxes will generate an estimated $152,000, while the per capita tax will bring in $12,600. The earned income tax, expected to bring in $256,000, makes up the lion's share of the budget. | Planned expenditures include $112,086 for general government, 197,655 for the police department's wages, materials and equipment, pon for public safety expenses and $137,482 for public works ~! @ © wages, equipment, anti-skid materials and road maintenance /resur- facing. “+The borough last raised its property tax in 1993, when it went from 16 to 20 mills. VRQ 1: Christmas Estate Jewelry Sale b Timeless treasure ‘rings, chains, bracelets, pins, earrings, cameos, chains 30% off Exp. Nov. 30 Ochman ass CE a ESPINER SE EE TE OR Ws, BONG . 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