Vol. 108 No. 12 Dallas, Pennsylvania S = Vi Nel iz [=Relo VV [SINR =SHel oh p= | Sl nV A RW ASEAW === VV \NE={ei= (0/0 pI IRE = [OF Be March 19 thru March 25, 1997 School board vote pss huding on main campus By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff DALLAS - At 10:30 p.m., after most of the audience had left, the Dallas School Board voted on an item that did not appear on the agenda for the March 17 meeting; to put the replacement for Westmoreland Elementary School on the district's main campus. The 5-4 vote will place the K-5 building on a site behind the middle school, dis- placing one baseball field. The board also voted to name the new school after the late Gerald Wycallis, who served the district as superintendent for 12 years. The surprise motion was offered by John George. He and board members Joseph Kunec, Ernest Ashbridge, Tom Landon and James Richardson voted for the site, while Reese Finn, Maureen Banks, Thom Russ and John Litz voted against it. The estimated cost of the school is $7.4 million, which includes moving the field, but not building a new administra- tion wing or state-certified gymnasium, both of which have been under consider- ation. Ellen Smith, PTO president for Westmoreland, has continually voiced her belief that school should not be on the main campus, in order to maintain a smaller community atmosphere and pre- vent a chaotic environment. “I think the board is going to live to regret this deci- sion,” said a distraught Smith, who has been attending board meetings on the matter for more than a year. Jack Snyder, president of Back Moun- tain Baseball,Inc., who started attending meetings in December when the fate of the baseball fields at Church St. and Irem Rd. was threatened, said he felt relieved. “I really didn’t come for a vic- tory, I just came to prevent a loss. I don’t consider this a victory. The fields are not ours yet,” he said upon hearing the vote. Ann Marie Stajewski of Dallas Twp. was pleased with the new site. “It is a positive thing for the community. For the last several months two elementary schools have been pitted against each other. I think this will bring us all back together. I also think it's a great new name for the school,” she said. : The board had been discussing a site on the 100-acre main campus since De- cember, but could not agree which of four See SCHOOL, pg 8 Squeezing profits from lemonade, fads give to library By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Post Staff DALLAS - “This is easy work” quips nine year old Hillary Adams, All you have to do is put some ice in a glass and pour it.” Hillary Adams, along with her sisters, Whitney, age 10, and --Mariel, age 6, sold $60 worth of ‘lemonade this last summer in © & front of their house, but they didn’t “keep the money for themselves. “Mom said maybe we should give ; the money to a charity so at first i by © we looked in the phonebook. Then + we saw all the people going to he auction,” said Whitney. Contin- ued Hillary, “We thought they could buy more and more books See LIBRARY, pg 8 POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Whitney, Griffin, Hillary and Mariel Adams show how their lemonade is mixed at home. The children donated $60 they made selling lemonade to the Children's Wing at the Back Mountain Memorial Library. & tem in Luzerne County to dis- cuss available options for the . future of the system T . formal sessions, open to all ‘ customers, will be held March 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Room T- 14 of the Bell Atlantic Center for Technology at Penn State’ Ss Wilkes-Barre Campus. According to many Oak Hill residents, National Utilities, © Inc. has been causing them - problems for 12 years. Such hassles as frequent outages and low pressure, frequent boil- ~ water advisories and water with . unpleasant taste, odor and ap- pearance, excessive lead lev- els, sediment and high chlorine . content have been reported by rate increase. company ‘has provided inad- equate quality and quantity of pe oo - eh a an Fini complaint : filed by Joseph Pagoda of Oak Hill in April 1995. On Nov. 21 Judge Debra Paist denied National Utilities, Inc. request for a 49 percent Paist said the service.” National Utilities, Inc. appealed the decision, and the appeal is still pending. The meeting, tobe conducted by the PUC’s Prosecutory Staff, was scheduled in connection with the staff's complaint against NUI for alleged viola- tions of water service statutes and regulations. NUI repre- sentatives are scheduled to be in attendance. ® Music is important part of Katie Martin's life By MICHAEL TWICHELL Post Correspondent LEHMAN - Music means a great deal to Lake-Lehman band mem- ber Katie Martin. The senior flau- ‘tistrecently attended the All East- ern Music Festival, held in Balti- more, Maryland February 27 through March 2. “It was a won- derful experience,” she says, “and -it gave me an insight for music's .place in life.” © Martin's participation in the festival is the result of her perfor- -mance at last year’s Pennsylvania Music Educator's Association state music festival, where she took first chair flute in the state orchestra. She was then nomi- nated for and eventually accepted into All Easterns. Martin, 18, joined the band program at Lehman 7 1/2 years ago. She comes from a musical family, and first discovered her passion for music when an uncle, “introduced me to the beauty of music,” she says. “Anything you're feeling can be expressed See MUSIC, pg 8 FRANKLIN TWP. SUPERVISOR (1 seat) * Robert B. Redmond (R) Frank J. Hilstolsky (R) Jay W. Futch (D) HARVEYS LAKE COUNCIL (3 seats) * George P. Andrews Jr. (R) Sandra Serhan (R) Wayne K. Smith (R) * Francis J. Kopko (D) Joseph Miscavge (D) Keith Harry (D) * Ed Kelly (D) DALLAS BOROUGH COUNCIL (3 seats) Charles P. Kane (R) * Martha A. Weber (R) * Patricia L. Peiffer (Incumbent Don Cooper is not running for re-election) J Contested races for Supervisor, Council and School Board DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 seats) Karen Z. Kyle (R & D) Anthony R. Barbose (R & D) Jamie Kozemko (R & D) Frank Natitus (R & D) Stepehn L. Wengen, Sr. (R & D) Theodore W. Wright (R & D) * Maureen Banks (R & D) Brian Redmond (R & D) LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL BOARD Region 1 (1 seat) Ronald J. Payne Il (R & D) David D. Crisman (R & D) Region 2 (1 seat) Moderno “Butch” Rossi (R & D) * Samuel F. Rhodes (R & D) Region 3 (2 seats) Robert Allardyce (R & D) * David R. Kaufman (R & D) * Gary Miller (R & D) * Incumbents From petitions filed with the Luzerne County Election Bureau. Katie Martin led the Lake-Lehman band at the Atlantic Coast Championships, held at Lackawanna County Stadium last November. Principal speaks up for middle school By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff DALLAS -In light of overcrowd- ing at the high school and a po- tential move of ninth graders into the middle school, Anthony Martinelli, Dallas Middle princi- pal, gave a presentation in an effort aimed at preserving the “Middle School Concept” at the March 17 Dallas School Board meeting. Martinelli, presented research showing the national trend is mov- ing away from junior high schools and promoting middle schools, which contain sixth through eighth grade. The research stated that middle schools provide a more appropriate setting for 11 to 14 year olds, both emotionally and physically. Martinelli told the board the middle school environment nur- Middle Schoo tures the students, especially the sixth graders who are making their first big transition. “The sixth graders are in homerooms and only have two or three different teachers,” explained Martinelli. It's a secure environment for them, he said. He also said the school provides appropriate social expe- riences for 11 to 14 year olds, such as dances, self-esteem and anti-drug programs. See MIDDLE SCHOOL, pg 8 Supervisors turn down zone change for office building By MICHAEL TWICHELL Post Correspondent LEHMAN - The Lehman Town- ship supervisors voted down an application tore-zone land located within the township at their March 17 meeting. Kenneth Kreller, owner of Con- tractors Group Inc., requested the township change an 8.5 acre lot located on Old Rte. 115 and Mar- ket St, which he is currently try- ing to purchase from an A-1 agri- cultural district to a B-1 neigh- borhood business district. Kreller hopes to construct a garage, which the A-1 regulations allow, and also an office building, which is not permitted under the present regulations. Residents owning property near the site expressed concern that any commercial construction on the property would have a nega- tive effect on neighboring prop- erty values, create traffic prob- lems on Old Rte. 115, and pose a potential hazard to nearby water sources and wild life. Represen-. tatives from Penn State’s Lehman" Campus, also near the site in question, voiced fears that yard. lights used on the complex would interfere with use of the Campus ‘ observatory. In other business, the supervi- sors approved zoning officer Charles E. Bartlett's monthly re- port, which included the issuing of two permits, one a building permit to Darryl and Doreen Hoskins for an enclosed in ground swimming pool, and a temporary permit for the Winter's End foot- race, held March 16 at Penn State Lehman. Also included in the report was a Civil Complaint filed by the town- ship against Barbara Niedziecki of Hunlock Creek, for violations of animal nuisance regulations. 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