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SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Vol.
111 No. 28
Dallas, Pennsylvania
July 12, 2000 thru July 18, 2000
School directors opt for more elaborate swimming pool
A Plan will be more
flexible, require redirecting
access road to campus
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
“DALLAS - The Dallas School District
board of directors authorized Foreman
Burkavage Architects /Engineers to move
ahead with designs for the middle school
that include a competition size swimming
pool with a moveable bulkhead. The large
design will allow the district to host com-
petitive swimming events, and offer more
flexible curriculum choices.
Architects from the firm showed the
board two versions of the swimming pool.
The first design featured a moveable bulk-
head, which would allow for two distinct
areas, one for swimming and one for div-
ing. The bulkhead would decrease the
length of the swimming lanes from 25
yards to 20 or 15 yards. A second floor
with 450 seats would also be added. The
expansion for the larger pool would go out
144 feet from the current wall. This
expansion would move into the adjacent
roadway, and the modified road would still
have to meet township specifications for
an access road. The cost for the road
construction was estimated at $90,000.
Dr. Gilbert Griffiths, superintendent of
schools, warned that estimate may be low.
“The cost for constructing a road could be
prohibitive,” he said.
. The second version, which cost almost
$800,000 less, involved a smaller pool as
well as fewer seats and locker rooms. The
second design builds the diving well into
the pool, and the slope of the pool would be
more severe. This smaller design would
only bring the extension 110 feet from the
current wall, and would not interfere with
the roadway.
In either plan, the pool would be located
on the side of the middle school building
that faces the tennis courts.
The $800,000 difference between the
two plans involves almost $700,000 for
construction of the pool and the exten-
sion, and the $90,000 to rebuild the road
to create a 30-foot-wide access way.
Board member James Richardson cau-
tioned that the cost could be higher. “This
$800,000 will turn into $1.2 million,” he
said. “We've been on this ball field before.”
Richardson and Ernest Ashbridge,
board president, cast the only votes against
the more elaborate plan, which passed 6-
2
Architect Dave Sanders said that the
25 years, lots of $$$
For 25 years, Sue Hand has been creating an original painting of
the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction that has been sold
over the block, with all proceeds being donated to the library. This
year's edition was her largest yet, and it brought a big winning bid,
too, of $4,500, from Geraldine Nesbitt. Shown before the bidding
POST PHOTO/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK
started, from left, Sue Hand; Joe Hand, who frames the work over
Saturday night (and the wee hours of Sunday morning); Kerry
Freeman; Joe Stager and Ernie Ashbridge, this year's co-chairmen;
Dr. John Rothschild, auctioneer. The auction wrapped up its four-
day run Sunday. More photos on page 5.
By M. B GILLIGAN
Post Correspondent
DALLAS - Several local
people will be behind the scenes
when the curtain goes up on
this year’s Theatre-on-the-Green
performance at College Miseri-
cordia.
The 13th annual Theatre-on-
the-Green production will take
place July 14 through 17. The
internationally known Reper-
cussion Theatre of Canada will
perform Shakespeare's Romeo
and Juliet.
“None of this would be
possible without the tremen-
Workshops tune kids in to Shakespeare
Lehman quintet
wins 2nd prize
in Nat'l History
Day competition
A After winning at states,
they're video impresses
judges at national level
By M.B. GILLIGAN
Post Correspondent
See DALLAS POOL, pg 3
New features make
auction fun for all ages
QA Children's activities,
return of 'Auction
Chicken’ are highlights
By BILL GOODMAN
Post Staff
DALLAS - Several recent addi-
tions, and the return of an old
favorite made this year’s Back
Mountain Memorial Library Auc-
tion a mix of progress and tradi-
tion.
This year’s auction had more
activities for children than ever.
The auction included three recent
additions for kids — the basket-
ball free throw game, pot painting
at the plant booth, and bid-time
stories located inside the library.
The “kids’ corner” at the plant
booth allowed kids to decorate a
flower pot or brick, and stencils
and plenty of paint were on hand
to help the kids express them-
selves and keep busy. “Parents
come here to shop and the kids
need something to do. It's gone
over well,” said plant booth com-
mittee chairperson Nadine Young.
Young said the kid's corner may
be a bigger part of the booth next
year.
The basketball free throw game
was created by Joyce Gebhardt to
give the kids another activity. The
game is simple: stand behind a
wooden block and shoot a basket-
ball into the hoop. Sinking three
out of four hoops would win a
brightly colored, foamy Wacky
—
Noodle, and shooters also entered
a contest to win a Super Soaker
water gun. Clarence Michael was
in charge of the event, and
Gebhardt said he did a wonderful
job. “He made up the signs and
the system that keeps everything
organized. He really encourages
the kids and makes them feel
important.” Michael would try to
get adults into the act, and could
coax a smile out of practically
anyone.
Bid-time stories also gave chil-
dren another fun place to go while
parents were bidding. Now in its
second year, the event kept the
kids entertained with stories and
songs. This year the story time
featured Prudence Wright Holmes,
a singer and actress who has ap-
peared on Broadway and in the
“Sister Act” movies.
This year’s auction saw the re-
turn of auction chicken. The dish
last appeared in 1977, and it was
a hit this time around. This year,
the chicken came as a meal in-
cluding a boneless breaded
chicken filet and a choice of po-
tato or pasta salad. Soup and
bottled fruit juice were also avail
See AUCTION, pg 5
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Classified............. 12-13
Crossword................ 14
Editorials.......c...ccome 4
Obituaries.........i...... 2
School........o0ne 11
SPOS... heivsiins 9-10
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dous community support we
receive,” said Dr. Jennie
Congleton, Associate Professor
of Fine Arts and Director of
Cultural Events at Misericordia.
“Tickets for this type of perfor-
mance are $45 elsewhere but we
want to be affordable to our
audience so we only charge $15.
Denise Miscavage, who runs our
fund-raising committee, has had
a lot of local support.”
Area volunteers run all
aspects of the production.
Hopkins is our production
manager. His job is pivotal
because he oversees all of the
technical aspects of the produc-
tion. He is one of the founding
members of this operation,”
explained Dr. Congleton.
“Don
POST PHOTO/M.B. GILLIGAN
Jean Lipski, instructor of the workshop at Theatre-on-the-Green, right, discusses
an acting point with Nikki Gelso, left.
“I've been involved with Theatre-on-
the-Green for 12 years,” said Mr.
Hopkins, who has just retired after 36
years of teaching and theater work at
Dallas High School. “I'm not really
retiring, though, because I will be the
Theater Manager at College Misericor-
dia,” he added.
See THEATRE, pg 8
tory at the state level, a team of Lake-
Lehman High School seniors went to the
next level of competition with limited
expectations. But they were pleasantly
surprised to win second place at the
national level of the annual History Day
competition.
“We were so relaxed during our pre-
sentation because we didn’t think we had
a chance. I think that really made a
difference,” said Liz Blidner. “We were
shocked when they called out our name.”
Students in John Comitz’s Advanced
Placement European History class, Ameri-
can Studies class, and Humanities class
at Lake-Lehman are required to do a
National History Day project as either an
individual or as part of a group.
“Then I pick the best in each category
and they participate at regional level,
See HISTORY, pg 8
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