v ¥ “ 3 FHV MUAVIUWI] DWV H (61 OQ YIU NN 8 9 fond ® 9 © © o @® SI RAVAN [CTE |= . Mol. 707 No. 41 Student teacher turned out proud of rejection of King's student By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff DALLAS - Dallas appears to be the only area district to refuse student teachers from King's Col- lege this semester. The controversy began in the spring when the Dallas Educa- tion Association, the teachers’ bargaining unit affiliated with the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), learned that King's would offer all 1996 paro- chial school graduates who were accepted to the college a reduc- tion in theiryearly tuition equal to the average of their parochial school tuition. The reduction would be applied to their tuition for each of four years at King’s. On the advice of the DEA ex- ecutive board - William Wagner, Bev Bunney, Mike Pawlak, Paula Scott and five building represen- tatives. — the teachers then re- fused to accept student teachers from King's. The same recommendation was made by the Luzerne County Co- ordinating Council, comprised of representatives from each PSEA local in the county, to its member See STUDENT TEACHER, pg. 2 “ 3 3 “4 4 2 R Dallas, Pennsylvania Business group to host free seminar By JACK HILSHER Post Correspondent BACK MOUNTAIN - For those trying to run (or start) a small ‘business during these high cost- of-everything days, a real bargain is rare and a freebee just doesn't exist. *.‘Yet such a deal is coming their way next Tuesday when the BMBPA holds its first marketing seminar. Those cumbersome ini- tials of course stand for the Back Mountain Business and Profes- sional Association. Businesses will get the market - ing savvy they usually need. And at no cost or obligation whether they are members of the associa- tion or not. This (ree, unusual and landmark seminar will be held at Penn State's Lehman campus at 6:30 p.m. on October 15. It will feature Business Consultant Kristen Imperiale from the Small Business Development Center at Wilkes University. Association president John Alaimo says, “In a way, this is an experiment but we are convinced it will be a successful one so it can lead to more. We expect a seating problem so ask that reservations be made by calling 675-9380. Everyone is welcome.” ; An association member [or about three years, Dr. Curtis Goodwin of Shavertown says, “We have become a very positive force out here and I always look for- ward to our regular meetings and speakers because I get a lot out of them. I am particularly looking forward to this seminar.” Back Mountain Association of- ficers have been planning to try this kind of activity for some time and are pleased that their work is coming to a head. Fran Ochman is secretary and says, “Mary Ellen Gianuzzi is supposed to be my assistant but she did all the work on this one.” Jim Hawk is vice president and Melissa Saxton is treasurer. There is also a board of directors comprised of a dozen sack Mountain businessmen and women. Membership bumps 100 and is expected to top this soon. Furnishing the seminar speaker is Wilkes University's Small Business Development Cen- ter, which is funded by the uni- versity and Pennsylvania's Depart- ment of Commerce along with the Small Business Administration. The center serves entrepreneurs, prospective business owners and existing businesses in Carbon, Columbia, Luzerne, Schuykilland Sullivan Counties. Their services are free. The first BMBPA (there are those initials again) marketing seminar starts off with a power- house: Ms. Imperiale, possibly 30- something but looking like 20- something, brings the intensity of a laser to her pitch on a subject she obviously loves and knows well... marketing. : See SEMINAR, pg 8 Elston & Gould auto shop closes after 46 years Higher costs, price cuts led to profit shortfall By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff DALLAS - After struggling vainly to keep up with growing expenses, Elston & Gould auto service, a Back Mountain fixture for 46 years, has closed its doors. Jamie Smith, the second gen- eration of his family to operate the business, said the rigors of run- ning a single location made it impossible to keep the rambling building open. “It's a little bit of everything,” he said last week, explaining that sales held up over See AUTO SHOP, pg 8 iy : POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK Elston & Gould, a Back Mountain landmark of sorts, has closed. The 2 1/2 acre property along Rt. 309 is up for sale at $695,000. " Newspaper Since 1 889 The Dallas Post @{@1VI\VISINIEE ISSN ® ) Si i | =0 BD VAY BBVA SRP. WAN =E I = VV VAN NRC 0] o [© [0] BB] 153 Il 5 { (OF BSS October 9 thru October 15, 1996 Township gets road and = a big check to go witht By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff KINGSTON TOWNSHIP - For the past two winters the township has taken care of winter mainte- nance of a 1.5 mile stretch of North Pioneer Ave. Now the state has given the township complete responsibility for maintaining the road, along with the money to bring it up to current state stan- dards. The section of road between Rt. 309 and a point between Overbrook Road and Newberry Estates officially became a town- ship road as part of a state turnback program after the su- pervisors signed an agreement and PennDOT gave them a $166,680 check October 10. Under the turnback program, roads serving mainly local resi- dents rather than being used for statewide travel are given to their _ State still hopes to change SCID security plan By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff JACKSON TOWNSHIP - After testing a controversial security oH plan for more than a month, State Correctional Institution at Dallas (SCID) officials are still evaluating it before meeting with the Depart- ment of Corrections. : Two years ago the department. said it planned to discontinue manning SCID's five towers and instead rely on high-tech elec-. tronic surveillance equipmentand | regular car patrols around the‘ prison’s perimeter. Corrections officials had suggested the new: security plan because they -be-' lieved it was becoming too expen- sive to man the towers. The same level of safety could be maintained with electronic surveillance and extremely bright lights set along the perimeter fence, they said. The change in security came See PRISON, pg 8 § 16 respective municipalities. “The local governments can maintain and manage these roads more efficiently than the state can,” said PennDOT deputy secretary for local and area transportation Ri- chard J. Peltz. “Municipalities can often react and get their crews out more quickly than we can, for example during snowstorms. Its See ROAD, pg 2 BM Queen hopefuls Profiles of Lake-Lehman Homecoming Queen candidates. Pg 3. HB Mounts prevail Dallas came out on top of GAR in a hardfought game Friday night. Pg 9. 16 Pages 2 Sections Calendar...............oiun- 9 Classified:..........u. 12-13 Crossword...........0....... 9 ECHONAIS..... cts assis terse 4 Obituaries................... 12 SCHOOL. i. ers insivent 7 SPOS... ma 11, 14 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. Box 366, Dallas PA 18612-0366 | B=
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