The Dallas Post Vol. 108 No. 15 The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 Dallas, Pennsylvania April 9 thru April 15, 1997 Math's no problem for Preece, students By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff DALLAS - Charles Preece, math teacher and department chair at Dallas Senior High School, uses humor, patience and a keen sense of the business world to prepare his students for the science- minded future. He has been teach- ing and challenging his students for 26 years in the district. The recent sweep of the top three places at the 49th Annual Math Contest held at Wilkes University has him glowing. “A lot of credit goes to the students. They are extremely sharp,” said Preece, who currently teaches Discrete Math and Trigonometry / Analytic Geometry. “These stu- dents have taken the hardest classes at young ages. (The con- test) was a compliment to every- “Technology, while wonderful, is a quick fix. Computers and calculators are for speed.” Charles Preece Dallas math teacher one who took part. There were only a couple of answers that separated them.” Juniors Brian Blase and Chad Newell tied for first place, an ac- complishment that earned them both a full scholarship to Wilkes. Jeff Faneck rounded off the top three. Preece credits the entire Math See MATH, pg 8 Dallas math teacher Charles Preece explains a problem at the blackboard. Dallas students swept the top three spots in a recent math competition at Wilkes University, with two of them tying for the top spot. POST PHOTO/KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER 90,000 rant wi ave roa By JENNIFER JUDGE Post Correspondent S JACKSON TWP. - The town- ship has been awarded a $90,000 Luzerne County Community De- velopment Grant. The grant is specifically for road repairs and requires that residents of the road are within a certain income level. The township will use the money to repair Mizdale Road and Smith Pond Road. Supervisor John Wilkes Jr. said at the April 7 supervisors’ meet- ing that Mizdale Road, which is currently a dirt road, will be paved. Pipework on Smith Pond Road has already been completed and the grant money will be used for an asphalt overlay on the road surface. Wilkes said the township can't yet estimate a cost, but he ex- plained “anything over $90,000 will have to be covered by the township.” Wilkes said the town- ship will have a better idea of what those costs might be after the township advertises for bids. The grant stipulates that work done on the roads must be started by July 1, 1997 and completed no later than December 31, 1997, Chairperson Walter Glogowski explained. . “We are very pleased See ROADS, pg 2 EASTER CALVES? Danny, left, and Fran Cornell received quite a surprise Easter morning, and it wasn't a bunny or an egg. Owners of Cornell Farm in Lehman, the father-son farming team found triplet Hereford calves in the barn. Was it a surprise? "Oh, yeah," said Fran. Sets of twins are common, but they had never seen or heard of triplets being born in the area. Mom is trying her best to keep up an active nursing schedule, but she's falling behind and Fran says he's had to augment the feedings with hand-held bottles and formula. POST PHOTOS/ CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK BS By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff DALLAS - The Back Moun- tain Bloomers Garden Club is hard at work planning the fifth annual Northeastern Pennsyl- vania Flower Show. The show will celebrate amateur garden- ers’ skill and artistry at the eastern Pennsylvania Philhar- monic. “We want the event to edu- cate the public on horticulture and artistic designs,” explained Lora Marcolina Freifeld, chair- person. Last year 3,000 people showed to view everything from Topiary, the art of shaping plants by clipping and training to create living sculpture, to miniature designs. This year there is a new ad- dition to the show, Botanical Kingston Armory May 8-11. The. show is sponsored by The North-. POST PHOTO/KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER The Back Mountain Bloomers Garden Club met to plan this years flower show that will take place May 8-11. From left, seated, Beverly Jean Johnston and Audrey Neff Angelella; standing, Louise Maddis, Lora Marcolina Freifeld, Linda Day, Phyllis Mundy, Linda Thoma, Pat Fox and Iran Fahmy. design. This is a floral design created with fresh or dried plants from the designer's own garden, no commercially grown plants are permitted. “There is a misconception that you have to get flowers from your garden for every Garden club lays plans for 7th annual flower show class,” Freifeld said. “Only in horticulture division one, must the flowers come from a person’s own garden.” If a participant is creating a floral arrangement it . is okay to go to the florist and buy the best flowers possible. Also new this year will be guided tours of the flower show and the riverfront area for kids. Louise Mattas, chairperson, said the tours are a good way to get people involved in the show. Bloomer members will provide tours through the show, while state naturalists will show kids the riverfront. The show is free to the public and participants alike, and there is a wide variety of sec- tions in which to compete. Each section has room for four par- ticipants under the guidance of a consultant. Beverly Jean Johnston, con- See BLOOMERS, pg 8 Security system will be added to schools By KYLIE SHAFFER KOETTER Post Staff DALLAS - Entrances to Dallas school buildings will be locked and under a proposal accepted by the school board at its work ses- sion April 7. Mark Kraynak, buildings and grounds supervisor, told the board that a monitoring system for the entire district would cost $8,000. The system would include a cam- era at the main entrance of each building, a buzzer and an audio system, in which a person can enter only after they identify them- Phone tower lease draws selves and are “buzzed” into the school. ~All other doors in the schools will be locked to the outside, al- lowing people to exit but not en- ter. Currently the district has no monitoring system. Kraynak said he sent seven surveys to his colleagues in sur- ES ~~ hh Eas ey at ns rounding areas and the five -he- received back shared the opinion that this was a sufficient and com- mon system to use. The board asked him to look into a security system a few months ago. See SECURITY, pg 8 outrage from opponents By JENNIFER JUDGE Post Correspondent DALLAS TWP. - The township supervisors’ April 1 vote to enter into a lease agreement with Cellu- lar One caused surprise and dis- may for some Dallas Township residents, and they are planning to protest the move. The supervisors voted unani- mously to sign a five-year lease agreement with Cellular One at their April 1 meeting. At the pre- vious meeting, the supervisors had advised concerned residents that no action would be taken on a ae proposed phone tower until Cel-" lular One received a height vari” ° ance from the zoning board at its April 8 meeting. Cellular One intends to erect a . 280-foot tower on township prop- | erty. Zoning officer Leonard Kozick had previously indicated that Dallas Township has a height limi- tation of 35 feet, and zoning ap- proval would be required for the tower. At the April 1 meeting, Kozick told a different story. He said section 7.024 of the Dallas Township zoning code states that See TOWER, pg 8 HB Much Ado The Dallas High School Drama Club will present Shakespeare's comedy this weekend. Pg 3. HB Karate kids Scenes from the "Battle of the Back Mountain." 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