ao Do ) @ Vol. 109 No. 17 Dallas, Pennsylvania SII EAVAINCRI No | =H O{®1\V/|\V ISL RBI =SSHO ) oi No | <0 B VAY HN WANS I AY (=SB= [VY AVN RST 0d 2 [010] BE BI ISH i 21 [03 BS 50 Cents April 29 thru May 5, 1998 Fire chief looks west, sees new house numbering system By JENNIFER JUDGE Post Correspondent HARVEYS LAKE - Fire chief Frank Lutinsky looked west, and saw the answer to house number- ing problems in Harveys Lake borough. Lutinsky spoke at the April 21 borough council meeting regard- ing the need to switch the bor- ough from rural route addresses to street addresses. He explained that not only would the change be necessary for the county 911 sys- tem, but it would have the added benefit of “making it easier for home delivery and giving direc- tions.” Lutinsky, who has been re- searching the process, suggested the borough follow the Colorado system. This system divides one mile into segments 1/1,000 of a mile long. Emergency workers, he explained, would be able to locate aresidence within that mile by its number. Council member Francis Kopko was enthusiastic about the idea. “Frank is talking about an address, uniformity,” he told fel- low council members. Martin Noon, borough council president, asked Kopko and Lutinsky to work together to come up with a plan. Irene Brislin, again raised con- cerns about the sewage problem at the lake. During heavy rain- storms, water from the sewer sys- tem is discharged through the manhole cover handles around the lake. The problem occurs be- cause some residents have sump pumps and rain gutters connected to the sewer system. This excess water during heavy rainstorms is too much for the sewer system pumps to handle, so it is dis- charged, explained Richard Boice, Harveys Lake Mayor and man- ager of the Harveys Lake Munici- pal Authority. “What will council do?” Brislin asked. “Will you go house to house or send letters?” Raptors, up close and real personal By KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Post Staff as they were told. More than not to stir, while Cody pre- ~ 50 yards to her perch, large the way. Cody is a golden eagle and part of The Raptor Project, Birds of Prey, an educational program that was presented ‘April 23 in Walsh Auditorittm at College Misericordia. founded The Raptor Project and operate the organization from their 14-acre facility in the Catskill Mountains. The project takes birds that are permanently disabled and unreleasable to the wild and trains them to help educate people about raptors, many of which have made it onto the endangered species list. Cody sits majestically on her perch looking at the audi- ence. Sheisahefty 11 pounds DALLAS - The audience did 200 people sat quietly, trying pared to take flight. She flew wings fanning everyone along . Jonathon and Susan Wood and her brown feather coat is full and beautiful. But this wasn't always so. Cody, who is from Wyoming, was badly in- jured after she was electrocuted by landing across two electrical wires. She was found days later, emaciated, bug-ridden and near death. Luckily she was taken into the hands of the con- servation department, which nursed her back to health and gave her to the See RAPTORS, pg 8 Ken and Paige Williams took a close look at the owls during last week's program at College Misericordia (above). At left, Jonathon Wood prepared to display "Mr. Freeze,” a snowy owl. POST PHOTOS/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEH Trail project gets official By KYLIE SHAFFER KOETTER Post Staff LUZERNE - The Back Moun- tain Trail project's kick-off party was the place to be for a glimpse into the future. About 60 people showed up April 28 to support the project and learn more about what needs to be done. The Anthracite Scenic Trails Association (ASTA), with Judy Rimple at the helm, has led a grassroots campaign for the past four years to turn the historic Lehigh Railways into a walking, running and biking trail. With food from every restau- rant on Main St. and a deejay, the evening was set for fun learning. An architect's model helped people to envision the end result. Currently the PA Conservation Corps (PCC Corps) works five days a week on the trail. ASTA re- ceived a grant from the state which allows the PCC Corps to work for one year. Volunteers also are needed to get the trail in shape. Mike Stredny, who lives in Alaska, but owns a farm in Dal- Groundbreaking for new school The Dallas School District will hold a ground breaking ceremony for the new Gerald J. Wycallis Elementary School on Mon., May 4, at 6 p.m. The program will be held at the construction site on Conyngham Avenue and will be followed by an informal reception in the cafeteria of the Middle School. At right, an architect's rendering of the new school building. “We'll lose it if we don’t do something. I use the trail a lot.” Mike Stredny Dallas land owner las, fully supports the project. “We'll lose it if we don’t do some- thing,” he said. “I use the trail a lot. I'd like to see it grow economi- cally. It could help everybody. There could be bed and break- fasts, horse rental and bike rental.” The project recently received a $1,000 grant from The Conserva- tion Fund’s American Greenways Program in Arlington, VA. The money will help with construction costs for the first two miles from the Main St. in Luzerne to Carverton Rd. ASTA must raise $200,000 for trail construction and a creek crossing near Wildcat Falls. For more information or if you would like to donate time or money, call 696-3409. launch, new POST PHOTO/KYLIE SHAFFERKOETTER Judy Rimple, ASTA president and Randall Glidden, Kingston Township supervisor, discuss the possibilities of the trail. Boice responded. “We're doing an aggressive campaign next month. We're going to send litera- ture and go door to door.” Boice said the municipal authority will ask residents to disconnect gut- ters and sump pumps and re- route runoff through their yards into catch basins. Spring cleanups In 3 towns The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors has announced that Spring Cleanup for 1998 will be held May 4-9, at the Kingston Township Public Works Facility, East Center Street, Shavertown. The hours will be Mon.-Fri, 8 a.m.-7 p.m. and Sat., 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Residents with full size vans, pickup trucks, utility trailers, and trucks larger than aregular pickup truck bed will be required to ob- tain an Admission Coupon from the Kingston Township Munici- pal Building, Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Coupons for full size vans, pickup trucks and utility trailers are free of charge and are limited to one per township resi- dence. Residents are defined as the owner /occupant of single fam- ily dwellings and individuals who occupy rental housing, not the owners ot rental housing. Cou- pons for trucks larger than pickup trucks, such as U-Haul Vans, small dump trucks and stake body trucks, are available for a fee of $85. Proof of residency, suchas a tax bill or a drivers license is required to receive a coupon. Commercial property owners are not to participate in the cleanup. Residents are reminded that, as in previous years, items that will not be accepted will be wash- ers, dryers, furnaces, stoves, re- frigerators, water heaters or other See CLEANUPS, pg 8 : has been postponed until May around that time. . The hearing 18. Atty. Glenn Yanik, who rep- rewents title companies, said he has filed preliminary hiss . tions to Hassey’s action, and has asked that Hassey’s case _ bedismissed. “We're doing what we can,” Yanik said Tuesday. He said all the title companies involved are trying to reach a consensus position to take into : court. : Yanik said he is trying to get See DEER MEADOW, Pg 2 Hl Cleaning up Westmoreland students spruce up school grounds for Earth Day. Pg 3. HW Too soft? Black Knight softball team could use a little more intensity, coach, players say. 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