> + * i Vol. 108 No. 3 By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff DALLAS - Once again the Dallas School Board did not make a final decision on the site for the new K-5 elementary school when they met Monday night. More than 50 people came to the meeting to see what the board would do. Board member Thomas Landon was absent, and the board would not vote without all of its members present. A meeting is scheduled forJan. 15at 7 p.m. to discuss the sites further and possibly come to a decision. Parents and other concerned mem- bers of the community were allowed to voice their opinions at Monday's meeting. ‘Peg Coslett, a kindergarten teacher at Westmoreland and Dallas resident ex- pressed the feelings of many when she requested again to have the new school Dallas, Pennsylvania | Shavertown built on a separate site and not connected to the existing school. “We request a separate K-5 school,” she said. She went ite walk enlightening, school decision looms on to mention how smaller schools result in better scores and discipline. Many people, such as Beverly Berry of Trucksville, expressed their concerns about the school being taken out of their neighborhood. Others also spoke about fear of increased class size and the poten- tial loss of personal attention for the children. : Some felt the school communities of Westmoreland and Dallas were working The Dallas Post IS = RAVAN [CHB | = COMMUNITIES (© =H oe | = PAY BR EVANS MAN 6 = B= | \V/ VAN NBS 01 = [©] @] BR BEST Bl [03 FS) January 15 thru January 21, 1997 against one another in this matter. “We are all a part of a whole,” said Katherine Savage of Shavertown. “We should not be working against each other.” eo Many of the same people at Monday's meeting showed up on Sunday to meet with the board and a representative from Quad Three, Inc. in walking around the four proposed sites on the main campus. See SCHOOL, pg 2 In confessing, youths tell plot {Et i LEARNING ABOUT LIFE Ventriloquist George Terebush and his friend Kosmo delighted Dallas Elementary School students last week with a presentation POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK about general safety and morality. The program was sponsored by Back Mountain police departments. Additional photo on page 11. Building, zoning plans predominate in Kingston Twp. By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff KINGSTON TWP. - At the Jan. 8 meeting of the Kingston Town- ship supervisors, the board ac- cepted the planning commission’s recommendation to approve the Kingston Twp. Municipal Build- ing Preliminary Development Plan. The site is located on E. Center Rd. in the township. . The architectural firm, Bakker and Lewis of Shavertown, is now working on a building plan and design. The board still must ap- prove the final plan for the build- ing. Also, the board scheduled a public hearing regarding the pro- posed rezoning of property on Mount Olivet Rd. The 30 acres is divided by the road. One side contains seven acres on which the owner lives. The rest of the 27 acres is zoned 90 percent agricul- tural and conservation. The pro- Dallas Color Guard moves indoors for winter season By MICHAEL TWICHELL Post Correspondent DALLAS - Take equal parts dancing, athletics, and artistic expression and what do you get? Indoor Color Guard. According to Dallas High School indoor guard instructor Heather Baldauff, “Indoor guard is an ex- tension of the outdoor marching band color guard, with both simi- larities and differences in form and content.” “Many of the skills used in the marching program are employed ifr this setting,” says assistant instructor Jerry Baldauff, “and similar equipment is used as well.” '.‘But there are notable differ- ences, including the fact that while “live” music is employed in the marching band, indoor guard is performed on a basketball court to pre-taped musical selections. “The style is different, there are fewer performers than in the marching band, and being inside provides a much more intimate setting,” says drill designer Dave Gambal. When putting a show together, “alot of effort goes into the design (AS goes : gh School indo instructor of the show, equipment choice, the style, and how to interpret the music,” says Heather Baldauff, “as well as trying to encompass color, body, emotion and form.” The physical aspect of the pro- gram is very demanding as well. “We have the kids go through a warmup before rehearsing the routine, which includes stretch- ing, body training using tech- niques found in ballet and mod- ern dance, and we also let them work on developing technique on various pieces of equipment,” says Jerry Baldauff. See INDOOR GUARD, pg 8 posal is to rezone the 27 acres to a residential area for building a subdivision. The planning commission voted to recommend the zone change to the supervisors. The approxi- mate lot size would be one acre. “If it were rezoned, since there is no public sewer and each lot would have a separate system, lots will be a minimum of one acre,” said Ben Gorey, Kingston Twp. Zoning Officer. The board accepted receipt of the Mather’s Major Subdivision Plan. The property owned by Wil- liam and Mary Mathers will be subdivided among their three sons. Finally, the board approved the ~ attendance of township officials at the 1997 Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervi- sors Conference in Hershey, PA on April 27 through April 30. Shirley Moyer was designated as the voting delegate. POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Anna Appel showed a dramatic movement during a practice session of the Dallas High School Indorr Color Guard. to torch school 18-year-old makes bail, 3 await hearings By RONALD BARTIZEK ; Post Staff DALLAS TWP. - While confess- ing to police, the three youths charged with arson and other crimes described the plot they hatched to burn down Dallas High School and perhaps kill principal Frank Galicki and assistant prin- cipal Kathleen McCarthy. In a police complaint filed with District Justice James Tupper, Michael Adam Miller, 18, of Wash- ington St., Dallas, described how he and two juveniles met the morn- ing of January 6 and again Janu- ary 7 in a wooded area near the school. There, they discussed how lighting furniture in the audito- rium would get them out of school for a while and one juvenile hoped that Galicki and McCarthy would be killed in the ensuing fire. : According to the complaiut, Miller suggested bringing gaso- line to school in a soda bottle to fuel the fire. Another plan called for setting fire to a roll of toilet paper and stuffing it into seats in the auditorium. In the end, they set fire to toilet paper in a restroom near the auditorium. But one of the juveniles had second thoughts and put out the See ARSON, pg3 Local Muslims begin holy month of fasting By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER " Post Staff WILKES-BARRE - On January 11 Muslims worldwide began the month long fast of Ramadan, an Islamic holiday. That day, about 100 people from the local Muslim community gathered at the Is- lamic Association of Northeast- ern Pennsylvania's center in Wilkes-Barre to celebrate the start of Ramadan with a covered dish dinner which broke the fast that had begun at dawn. Approxi- mately 50 Muslims reside in the Back Mountain. The community came out to celebrate God, faith, one another and a variety of delicious foods. As everyone trickled in with dish in hand, they greeted one another with the traditional “Assalamu- “Buery time a lmle hur remember alaikum” meaning “hello” in Ara- bic, showing the respect and good will that is inherent in the reli- | gion. For Muslims, Ramadan is not only a time for fasting, but a time for prayer and contemplation of the Quran, Islam's revealed text. “Ramadan signifies a very impor- tant aspect of the Islamic religion - it was the start of revelations from Allah (the Arabic word for See MUSLIMS, pg 8 HB 'Hero' bear saves Dallas home from out-of- control car. Pg 3. 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