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Dallas, Pennsylvania September 25 thru October 1, 1996
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seek more
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By GRACE R. DOVE
Post Staff
KINGSTON TOWNSHIP - With
the cable television franchise due
to expire in 1999, Tele-Media held
the first of a series of public hear-
ings required by the federal gov-
ernment as part of negotiations
for a new non-exclusive contract.
in each municipality.
Tele-Media serves 7,200 cus-
tomers in the Back Mountain,
where it has strung more than
230 miles of cable.
Contracts with Kingston and
Dallas townships and Dallas Bor-
ough expire first, with Harveys.
Lake, Franklin and Lehman town-
ships following, according toman-:
ager Don Zagorski. Lehman Town-.
ship is the only municipality which
doesn't receive franchise fees of
three percent of gross revenues:
from Tele-Media. :
Cable television in Jackson
Township is provided by Cable--
TV in Hazleton, while Dallas Town-.
ship from Upper Demunds Road’
to Kunkle is on Blue Ridge Cable."
Four residents turned out to
ask Zagorski and vice-president
and general manager Charles
Hilderbrandt why Tele-Media
doesn't offer more channels. ag
See CABLETV,pg8 |
POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
wing. Rick Mikula, a lepidopterist from Hazleton, provided the butterflies, whose
offspring will return to the area in the spring.
Children released Monarch butterflies as part of the kickoff of the community
portion of the Back Mountain Memorial Library's drive to raise funds for a children's
“*| Children's wing fund drive off to a ‘flying’ start
of dozens of Monarch butterflies,
supplied by Rick Mikula, a world-
renowned lepidopterist who raises
butterflies in Hazleton. Mikula said the
butterflies’ offspring would return to
the area of the library next spring.
The addition will triple the size of
the children’s area, and will allow the
library to make story hours and other
activities available to more children.
Designed by architect Paul Rodda, the
wing will include new storage modules
making materials accessible to chil-
dren, a multi-media center, and a
program area.
ing the children’s area and its collec-
tion of materials.
The kickoff ceremony, organized by
Liz Lloyd, was held under brilliant
skies, and included a welcome by Ruth
Tetschner, president of the library's
board of directors. Marilyn Rudolph,
children’s librarian, made a presenta-
tion titled “The Children’s Room,” in
which she described the history of the
children’s area and activities.
Children from the Major Performing
Arts Center gave an outdoor choral
performance; “Hello to All the Children
of the World," followed by the release
After thanking everyone who has
supported the drive, Stettler listed
several activities that will take place in
the next few weeks, including an insert
that will be mailed with all Common-
wealth Telephone bills in October, and
billboards that will be put up in
November.
“It is the power of a dream that
brings us here,” Stettler said, harken-
ing to the theme of a song performed
at the closing ceremony for the Atlanta
Olympics. He said any funds left over
after construction would be placed in
an endowment dedicated to maintain-
| DALLAS - The drive to raise funds
| to build a new children’s wing on the
Back Mountain Memorial Library is
| nearly halfway to the minimum goal of
| $500,000.
- More than 100 people gathered at
BE | the library Sept. 20 for the formal
0 . commencement of the community
! portion of the fund drive. They were
| pleasantly surprised when Dr. Wallace
Stettler, who is leading the effort,
| announced that $226,445 has been
| committed by donors who were
contacted individually before the
public portion of the campaign began.
"
: Skateboard enthusiasts
learn political ropes
\
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By GRACE R. DOVE
Post Staff
DALLAS —- More than 60 skate-
boarders, teachers and [riends
signed a petition that was pre-
sented to the borough council
Sept. 17, asking council to create
a skating park if it decides to ban
skateboarding in public places.
“I have no problem with the
borough banning us from the
roads, but it should also give us a
place to go to practice,” said Joe
Fritz, 13, as he and two friends
practiced Ollies, kick flips, heel
flips and pop-shove-its for a pho-
tographer in a local parking lot.
The council decided to post-
pone a final vote on the proposed
ordinance until its November
meeting, when several revisions
will be included.
Setting up a park for skate-
boarders and in-line skaters is
the brainchild of Fritz, Anthony
Yenason, Jared Flower and Adam
Reggie, who said they are willing
to help work on it. They believe it
can be funded through donations
and work by volunteers. It could
even help pay for itself if the bor-
ough charged a small admission
fee, they said.
Anthony, Jared and Joe are 13
years old and borough residents.
The boys have done their home-
work on skating parks, obtaining
a set of rules from a one success-
fully operating in Boise, Idaho.
They have drafted a set of skating
rules which require knee and el-
bow pads, helmets and respectful
behavior and prohibit rudeness,
vandalism and skating on public
sidewalks and streets.
Alarge group of skaters is work-
ingonasimilar park, which would
See SKATEBOARD, pg. 8
POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE
Dallas resident Anthony Yenason, 13, shows off some
skateboard maneuvers.
By GRACE R. DOVE
Post Staff
HARVEYS LAKE - Mayor Ri-
chard Boice is looking for people
to sponsor police officer trading
cards and make the borough the
Back Mountain's first munici-
pality to offer the program.
A$125donationwill purchase
1,000 trading cards containing
the sponsor's name, the officer's
photo, vital statistics and law
enforcement goals, and a few
safety tips.
“I'm modeling this program
on the one in Wilkes-Barre,
which has been very success-
ful,” Boice said. “So far I have
sponsors for officers Jeff Butler,
Damian Hoover and Mark
Karlonis. I need four more -
Lake Township is also interested
in going in with us on it.”
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Since Wilkes-Barre initiated
the trading cards earlier this
year, kids have asked Harveys
Lake police for cards, he said.
By using sponsors for each of-
ficer, he is not tapping any tax
money for the program.
“I think it's a great program,”
Boice added. “It helps the public
get to know our officers person-
ally, to see they are real people
who care and to help young
people approach the police with-
out fear.”
The council unanimously ap-
proved new names for 18 bor-
ough roads which are duplicated
either in the borough or through-
out the Back Mountain, to pre-
pare for the new county 911
emergency dispatch system.
Outlet Drive, which has expe-
rienced flooding problems from
several beaver dams and lodges,
has been rechristened Beaver
Drive, while Sunset Terrace is
now Trolley Hill and Oak-by-
Wood is now Wood Street.
Maple St. has been renamed
Pear St.; Oak St. is now Cedar
St.; Ridge St. is now CIiff St.;
Maple Knoll is now Knoll St.;
Maywood Ave is now May Ave.;
New Road is now Lakeside Drive;
Trading card program may make cops local heros
Park St. is now Wilson St.; Hill
St. is now Summit St., and
Sordoni Road is Beaumont Hill.
Access roads receiving new
names are Sunsel Ave., now
Samson Road, Elm St., now
Apple St.; Orchard’ St; now
Washington St., West Hemlock,
now Lincoln St. and Birch St.,
which is now Eagle St. An un-
named access road has been
named Hawk Street.
In other business, George
Andrews reported the borough
has received a $55,000 grant
from the Department of Envi-
ronmental Protection to buy a
new recycling truck with trailer
and snowplow. Once its specifi-
cations are written, the borough
will advertise for bids. Fran
Kopko said the borough plans to
give its old recycling truck to
Lake Township.
~~ County 911 plan still ;
year from completion |
By GRACE R. DOVE
Post Staff
WILKES-BARRE - Since Feb-
ruary, every telephone subscriber
in Luzerne County has paid an
additional $1.25 per telephone line
to fund the county's new 911
emergency dispatch system.
Slated to go on line sometime
during the third quarter of 1997,
the system will provide emergency
personnel with complete informa-
tion on emergency calls - the
caller's name, address, telephone
number, important medical prob-
lems and a precise location for the
home.
Accurate records are vital be-
cause the 911 center's computer
will automatically display each
caller's address and home fire,
ambulance and police depart-
ments on the screen for the dis-
patcher. This is important in
areas such as the Back Mountain
where fire and ambulance com-
panies serve parts of two munici-
palities or counties.
Fire and ambulance compa-
nies with fax machines will be
able to directly receive a copy of
the information before the re-
sponders leave for the call.
“We have about 60 percent of
the county's 250,000 addresses
entered into our system,” said
Luzerne County Emergency Ser-
vices Department executive: di-
rector Al Gervenak. “We saved
the rural route addresses for last
.— they're the most complicated.”
Once all homes are identified
and house numbers assigned by
the post office, local emergency
response personnel will have to
See COUNTY 911, pg 8
HB New muse
Marie Lewis, once a
music teacher, is now an
artist. Pg 3.
HB College prep
Jeremy Fleeger is making
the transition from Lake-
Lehman star to college.
Pg 9.
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