RL RT EST i mmr es a a Fe ea Sr STE ER ARR 5 Ta ~ 12 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, May 8, 1996 ae A Farmland (continued from page 1) mum building height of 40 feet or three stories, a maximum lot cov- erage by a building of 33 percent, front setbacks of 30 [eel for the B- 4 area or 40 feet for the B-3 area and rear setbacks of 15 feet for the B-4 area and 30 [eel [or the B- 3 area. There is no minimum lot size in the ordinance. The land has access to munici- pal sewer, waler and gas and av- erages between 3,793 and 6,886 cars per day passing the site, ac- cording to information: supplied by Jackson-Cross. The land was listed in 1994 with the Traiman Co. of Philadel- phia, which attempted to sell it at an auction that October. At that time, a bid of $75,000 for the 3 1/ 4 acre parcel containing the former Yalick's Market was rejected. That part of the property was sold re- cently for $250,000. No one bid on the 46-acre parcel. Prime commercial land is avail- able in Wyoming Valley starting at $85,000 per acre near the site of the proposed Luzerne County arena, according to Jim Hilsher of Mericle Realty. Along Routes 115 and 415 it starts at $100,000 per acre, he said. FINAL CHECK Father Peter Crynes spoke with Carla Reino before her First Holy Communion May 5. St. Therese's Church in Shavertown saw POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK three classes receive First Holy Communion Sunday. Carla was in the first group, at 9 a.m. Shop classes (continued from page 1) to rival the vo-tech schools. We want to eliminate some courses which are no longer relative such as [eather I and II, and black and ‘white photography.” Price later pointed out, “Our students have the option to go to vo-tech [or trade courses and still be Lake-LLehman students. Trans- portation is reimbursable by the state.” Another audience member, Sandy Ramage, voiced her appre- hensions about the possibility of ‘losing the business education department. “I was a graduate of the business department here at Lake-Lehman and was very suc- cessful, being offered a job with only a high school diploma. Miss Wilk trained all of us very well. Now, how will these students get jobs?” (1 Price emphasized that although the business: education depart- ment may be eliminated, not all the business classes would be cut, but rathdr, realigned into other departments. “We will offer keyboarding classes on the el- ementary levels, as well as com- puter appreciation. Accounting I and II would be reassigned to the math department.” He also said that the few students currently enrolled in the business educa- tion program would be offered some classes at other schools if necessary. During the remainder of the meeting, the board examined the working budget, which business manager Ray Bowersox broke down into four functions: regular instructional programs, special education programs, vocational programs, and other instructional programs. ‘The regular instructional pro- grams saw a $500,000 increase, according to Bowersox, “largely because of nearly $300,000 worth of early retirement incentive and unused sick leave pay for teach- ersireliring in’ 1996, which was not provided for in last year’s bud: gel.” Under special education pro- grams, there will be an increase of $135,000 to $140,000, primarily because of physical support for the multi-handicapped. Accord- ing to Bowersox, “there will be an increase of kindergarten age chil- dren moving into the district's special education classes this fall.” Currently these children are in- volved in an early intervention program not under the district. Vocational education programs will see an immediate decrease of about $17,000 from 335,000 to $318,000 if the proposed indus- Trucksville UM Women to meet May 14 The United Methodist Women of the Trucksville United Methodist Church will meet at 7 p.m. May 14. Members of the Susanna Children and Family Fellowship will present a program, “The Parable of the Garage Sale". The organization will sponsor a Flea Market on the Lawn August 3, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Spaces may be reserved by calling the church office at 696-3897 or Evelyn Roberts, 675-7107, or Babara Glowach, 696- 1093. trial arts teacher is eliminated. ‘According to Bowersox, “Overall, we will see a drop of about $120,000 over the next year with a business education teacher re- tiring and another on sabbatical possibly retiring or being reas- signed.” Other instructional programs will decrease by about $73,000 largely because of the proposed elimination of the drivers’ educa- tion program. According to Bowersox, that teacher would go back to the classroom to replace another teacher. The Chapter 1 reading program will also be re- duced. primarily because it is re- ceiving less federal funding. With the proposed cuts in ef- fect, the tentative instructional programs budget is still looking at a 4.2 percent increase from $9,916,000 to $10,337,000 for 1996-97. According to Bowersox, the original projected increase in the district's millage of 30 mills will now be 27 or 28 mills. During a phone interview, 10- year Lake-Lehman high school industrial arts teacher Dave Hopfer said although he hasn't been told anything officially by the administration yet, he feels “it's inevitable at this stage that his job will be eliminated.” He continued, “I don’t have a prob- lem with cuts, but I think there are other ways to reduce the bud- get in our district besides layoffs.” Although the administration wants torealign departments with than just a “prep school” environ- Phone co. (continued from page 1) next year. "We're adding people all the time,” Thorpe said. “We can use the room.” Thorpe said the new jobs will include customer service repre- sentatives, technical support, pro- grammers and managers. The Commonwealth building is designed to accommodate about 250 people; ALLTEL has 240 theré now. Fritz said about 180 will: move to the present PNC Bank building on Wilkes-Barre's Public Square, and be joined by employ: . ees who presently work from: a separate [facility in the city. ‘He: expected’ Lhe move to begin mn: November. . Commonwealth employs a {6- tal of about 600 people, with 400 of them in the Back Mountain. -*- Fritz, who has lived in Dallas. since coming here from San Fran-* cisco, admitted that he'll miss the five-minute commute to the .of- fice. “We're very, very excited about. living in Dallas,” he said. About 50 of the 180 employees moving live in the Back Mountain. Send The Post to a friend It makes a great gift Call 675-5211 for details a concentration primarily on aca- demics, Hopfer feels Lake-Lehman should offer the students more ment. “Academics are fine, but college is not an option or a desire for all students.” Hopfer pointed out that even students in the academic pro- gram benefit from tech ed courses. “Students planning to go in the medical field might take an elec- tive like electronics to learn how the machinery they'll be using works. Engineering students may take metal working class to learn how metals will react under dif- ferent stresses.” Hopfer also said that he feels his students won't necessarily be able to receive the same educa- tion from vo-tech schools. “The vo-tech schools don’t have all the same classes we offer, and they don’t approach them with the same general philosophy we have. 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