» i The Dallas Post Dallas, PA. Wednesday, July 14, 1999 © 3- RR Where's ma? She's getting away ‘Now. I've got her Got milk? It was time to eat, but Mom was nowhere to be found at the Ganz farm in Franklin Township a couple of weeks ago, but the young 'uns were having trouble finding a meal. They looked back and forth, then spied Mom, who at first didn't seemto want the attention. But you know how persistent "kids" can be, and this group finally convinced her to stand still for a little while as they drank their fill. Post PHOTOS BY CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Red Crossoffering ~~ Liake-Lehman picks bond issue manager By KASIA McDONOUGH Post Staff training session . The Wyoming Valley Chapter, American Red Cross has sched- uled a volunteer training session for non-professional volunteers Monday, July 19 at 9:30 a.m. at the chapter house. The training will instruct vol- unteers to assist at local blood collections. They will be trained to screen and assist the donor fill out the blood donor registration, andthey will also learn how to label the donor bag. Volunteers are extremely im- portant to the operation of blood collections because they help re- duce the cost of needed blood to patients in our local community. Ifyou have a few hours a month and would like to beocme a mem- ber of the Red Cross volunteer corps, please phone the Office of Volunteers (823-7161, ext. #25) your time would be greatly appre- Ciated. LAKE-LEHMAN - The Lake- Lehman School Board hired fan investment bariker and voted to extend the contract of the district's business manager at its July 7 meeting. PNC Bank will be the district's investment banker and will be responsible for coordinating the proposed S10 million bond issue. “PNC will get together with Mrs. Williams and together they will figure out the best way to pro- ceed,” said Moderno Rossi, school board president. "The bond issue will finance renovations at Ross Elementary School and the Middle Level project. The Ross addition is ex- pected to cost $3 million dollars while preliminary estimates indi- cate expanding the high school to 4. “I overpaid on my auto insurance until I called Slocum's.” include a new Middle Level facility ' will cost $7 million. Several board members ex- pressed concerns that the new loan will mean higher taxes for district residents. “By my calcula- tions this will require an increase of 14 mills,” said Lois Kopcha. “But I'm saying if we have a $2 or $2.5 million fund balance we should consider using some of that to finance these projects.” Robert Allardyce joined Kopcha as the two dissenting votes on the motion to hire PNC. “I know a lot of the people in this district and most of them are like me,” said Kopcha. “We don’t have money to pay higher taxes. I mean it’s fine if you have a nice cushy job but most of us don't.” Even the school board mem- bers who supported naming PNC the district's investment banker are unwilling to consider higher millage rates at this time. “I'm not going to vote for a tax increase,” said Rossi. “I always said that and I will keep my word on that.” In addition, to the motion to hire PNC the school board voted by a 6-2 margin to extend the contract of Kathleen Williams, Business Manager. Kopcha and Allardyce cast the dissenting votes. The current deal which runs through the 2000-2001 academic year was augmented by three ad- ditional years. The new deal includes annual salary increases equal to the cost of living. “I talked to Kathleen and found out she had some other aspirations,” said Rossi. “I felt like it was very important to make sure she would be here to help us with all these projects. She's been invaluable to me and the district.” Board member Ron Payne was absent from the meeting. 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Williams notes anniversary The Reverend David Williams will celebrate 50 years in the min- istry onJuly 18. 5 Reverend Wil- liams of Hunlock Creek is ‘currently serving as part- time pastor of St. tion Church in Noxen. He en- joys preaching and also helps with the confirma- tion class, new member class, and council meetings. REV. DAVID WILLIAMS eocececeoccecsoee OPENT7 Days x Apparel I * Gymnastics * Ballroom He retired 10 years ago from St. Matthew's Church in Lehighton, where he served for eight years. Pastor Williams and his wife, Bertha, keep busy with yard work. They have four children and seven grandchildren. Pastor Williams will be hon- ored during the 11 a.m. service at St. Luke's Reformation Lutheran Church onduly 18. 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