SEE Ohh : Vol. 107 No. 8 Dallas, Pennsylvania * Newspaper Since 1889 _The Dallas Post Dp] BE | Library will expand children's area Addition will ‘nearly triple space for kids By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff Until board members learned state matching funds might be available, the idea of expanding the children's area of the Back Mountain Memorial Library was just a dream. “We knew the children’s room was tight,” said Joe Stager, who served as the board president in 1994 and 1995. But plans didn't go much farther than rearranging things and perhaps adding a mez- zanine until he heard that Key- stone matching grants were still available. “We got more excited about it after that,” Stager said. Stager’'s next step was to ask Shavertown architect Paul Rodda to explore the possibilities for an addition, which Rodda agreed to do at no charge, with a minimum of arm twisting. “It (the library) has been one of my pets for a long, long time,” Rodda told The Dallas Post. He found it easy to justify a larger area. “Use of the children’s portion has increased the last few years,” he said, “and is now inadequate.’ See SPACE, pg 8 POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Marla Karalunas and her daughter Emily, 5, visited the children's area of the Back Mountain Memorial Library recently, to look through the selections. Children's librarian Marilyn Rudolph was there to help out, as she has been for 25 years. © Group saves feline friends and places them 1n homes Oo By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN - Valley Cat Rescue wants to put itself out of business. To spread the message of re- sponsible pet ownership, the or- ganization is working with local veterinarians to promote Spay Day USA on February 27. Spay Day USA is a nationwide campaign which last year re- il @ sulted in more than 28,000 cats \ ) } ] : and dogs being spayed or neu- ‘tered, according to president | Heather Balester. | Last year the Luzerne County |SPCA took in more than 7,000 |cats and dogs, but was forced to euthanize more than 4,600 - 46 | percent of the dogs and 82 per- cent of the cats - because it ‘couldn't place them in adoptive ‘homes, she said. | “Tax dollars help to pay for ‘these unwanted animals to be ‘killed, and that money can be ‘better spent elsewhere,” Balester By ANN POEPPERLING Post Correspondent LEHMAN TWP. - The Lake- ‘Lehman school board unani- mously approved a motion to ex- plore the feasibility of external {operation of the district's food management program at the regu- ‘lar meeting Feb. 13. During the preceding commit- ' tee-of-the-whole meeting, Super- 'intendent William Price recom- ‘mended exploring various cost- cutting options because, he said, “The state isn't going to give us any more money; the amount is going to slide backwards, so we're | going to have to start trimming. We're merely going to start the process by looking how to stretch the dollar.” In response to board member Thomas Williams's concern about existing food service personnel's job security, Price reassured, “We said. “Housing an unwanted pet at an animal shelter can cost up to $100. Every dollar spent today on spaying and neutering our pets will save taxpayers approximately $18 in the year 2004." Twolocalanimal hospitals have offered their services for Spay Day. Dr. Brock Phillips of Back Moun- tain Veterinary Hospital will neu- ter five male cats for free, while Doctor John Bucha of Trucksville Dog and Cat Hospital has offered a combination spaying/rabies shot for $75 and neutering/ra- bies shot for $58 — a substantial See CAT RESCUE, pg 3 Price nt would stipulate that existing per- sonnel stay in place.” In addition, Price remarked, he is looking at a cooperative bulk purchasing plan which is in place at West Side Vo-Tech. The measure was approved by a full nine-member board, with a recently vacated seat filled by Samuel F. Rhodes, III, by a court appointment. Rhodes, a resident of Idetown-Huntsville Road, with three children in the district, said after the meeting he doesn't have a particular agenda in mind, but wants to try to provide the best education possible for children in fo the district. Because his seat was previ- ously filled by a taxpayers’ asso- ciation member, he reassures them that, “I want to see the school district run efficiently as possible, and think that's what they want, too. I'd like them to give me a chance, and if they have any ques- tions, call me - I'm available.” The board also approved a $320.26 refund overpayment of property taxes to former school board candidate Martin D. McMahon and his wife Tamara due to appeal of assessment. During his superintendent's re- Stettler leads fund raising campaign By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff Dr. Wallace Stettler spent many years shepherding the intellec- tual growth of students at Wyo- ming Seminary, where he served as president. Now he will channel his enthusi- asm foreducat- ing young people to rais- ing the funds needed to ex- pand the Back Mountain Me- m o r.i al Library's children’s area. I like to think that fund rais- DR. WALLACE ing is caring STETTLER put into ac- tion,” he told The Dallas Post. His first step as chairman of the capital campaign committee will be to enlist other people to assist in reaching the half-million dollar goal. He's off to a good start, having gained several commit- ments with more to follow. “I am TEI Lake-Lehman considers contracting food service port, Price announced that the: school district was awarded a $3,700 grant from the Pennsylva- nia Department of Education for integrating the needs of the com- munity and academic programs through service learning. The “Learning to Serve Project” began last year with a $1,000 mini-grant and only 10 volunteers. Currently there are 28 high school students traveling to the elementary schools every other week to conduct hands-on sci- ence experiments, under the di- rection of Mrs. Gail Keen. Other students volunteer on a weekly basis to introduce Spanish and French lo students in grades K-4. The language program is coordi- nated by Mrs. Michelle Medura and Mr. Michael Sharok. Price also reported that, based on the findings of last years’ Penn- See LAKE-LEHMAN, pg 5 See STETTLER. pg. 8 neo Nh el LE Oe. Lk] 50¢ fn Feb. 21 thru Feb. 27, 1996 Highwa work to begin in spring By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN - The sec- ond phase of a long-delayed highway improvement project will begin this spring with the addition or upgrading of traffic signals at five major area inter- sections, according to Depart. ment of Transportation district engineer Chuck Mattei. i Originally announced in 1992, the state and federally funded project calls for the in- stallation of new traffic signals at Offset Paperback on Route 309 at Main Road, Pickett's Charge Restaurant on Route415 at Center Hill Road, and Route 309 at Franklin Street in Shavertown. Existing signals at Route 309 and Center Street in Shavertown will be upgraded and new stripes denoting turning lanes will be painted. The Pioneer Ave. and Route concrete islands to direct traffic entering Route 309 south, acon- crete barrier separating the See HIGHWAY WORK, pg 8 Storm costs may send township to the bank Lehman hopes to be reimbursed for costof 120 hours of snowplowing By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff LEHMAN TOWNSHIP - Be- cause the township has spent so much on snow plowing and flood repairs, it may have a temporary cash flow problem, supervisor chairman Dave Sutton said at the township's regular meeting Feb. 19. “We're asking our residents to pay their taxes promptly, not only to save them money during the rebate period, but also so we can pay our bills,” he said. “We may have to take out a short-term bank loan. Luckily our vendors are being very understanding.” The road department's payroll set a new record for the first six weeks of the year at $14,472 in regular and overtime. That's nearly double the normal amount for the same period of time. Treasurer Alvin Cragle gave the supervisors the grand total. A normal two-week payroll is $2,500, he said. “During the first pay period, our three regular men and one part-timer accumulated 88 hours of regular time and 49 1/2 hours of overtime apiece,” he said. “Dur- ing the second pay period they chalked up 96 hours straight time and 69 1/2 hours of overtime.” The township spent a total of See LEHMAN, pg 8 HW Building plans Kingston Twp. hired a solicitor and engineer to study the plan for a new municipal building. Pg 2. HB Mat champs Lake-Lehman dominated last week's district wrestling championships. Pg 9. 16 Pages 2 Sections Calendar: uu. cau 16 Classified............... 14-15 Crossword.................. 16 Editorials. ....i.......s 4 Obituaries.................. 14 School.........i..ii 12-13 Sons... 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING The Dallas Post MAILING LABEL- Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. 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