A» The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, November 1, 2000 5 Getting ready for the goodies, clockwise, starting with head of table at left, are: Mariah Yantz, Michael Cease, A. J. Mazula, Shequoya Bonner, Kahli Kotulski, Jamie Niedjaco, Alec Jones, Anthony Baldiga. Dallas \ ite Yeople parade Children at Dallas Little People had a Halloween parade for friends and family Oct. 27 around the grounds of the Back Mountain Library. Each class enjoyed its own party with plenty of treats afterward. POST PHOTOS/JOANNA CEASE ~ A Tommy Stitzer, left, makes a realistic Harry Potter. Center: Alec Jones, Christopher Bagley, and Nicole Perez line up to march. Right: Barbara Kohler, School Director, leading the parade. 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May, of the Pen Fern Oil Co., owns the Texaco station on Rt. 309; Russell Newell, Jr. is the vice-president of Newell Fuel and owner of the New Mart on Rt. 309 across the roadway from the pro- posed Sheetz location. May and the Newells claimed the main problem they had with Sheetz opening at that particular location was traffic safety. They said it was known to be a danger- | ous area and traffic was already congested on Rt. 309; with an eight-pump gas station the vol- ume of traffic would be heavier and there would be more poten- tial for accidents in a spot with an existing history of them. The Penn- sylvania Department of Transpor- tation (PennDOT) is currently in the process of preparing a report on traffic conditions at that sec- tion of Rt. 309. Well over 100 people showed up at the meeting to get more information and to voice their con- cerns. Chris Evans, a co-owner of Thomas’ Market, was particularly vocal. “I have a Sheetz near my Hazleton location. [May] men- tioned itbeing lit up like the Vegas Strip — well, that’s exactly what it looks like,” he said. He also voiced concerns about traffic — “You're going to have an ungodly amount of traffic at that light;” safety — “I've seen friends of mine killed on this highway,” and what he per- ceived as the Sheetz philosophy of business — “They sell gas and cigarettes as cheap as they can,” Evans said. “Outside of that, you're not going to get a bargain. They're going to create a lot of traffic, they're going to sellyou cigarettes at state mini- mum, gas a penny or two below the competition, and charge you an extra dollar for a sandwich.” Sheetz officials say their stores are well-illuminated primarily for practical purposes. “In general, Villz2 Roma Restaurant « Harveys Lake Now Accepting Helidavy Parties Always Complimentary Hors'deuves - Gift Certificates Available (closed Monday & Tuesday) Take Outs 639-1709 Open Wednesday - Sunday 4:00-11:00 Vote for a NEW FUTURE with REAL LEADERSHIP My 3 E’s. 1 will * Economy - Support continued reduction of corporate net income tax. Be innovative by promoting economic development such as job creation tax: credits, opportunity grants, worker education and retraining programs. * Education %* Seniors - Do everything to assist and enhance senior programs that are now ~ SHIRLEY A. MOYER 120TH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT available. % Environment - Continue to work to protect “Mother Earth” with such programs as Growing Greener. I will act, not just talk. - Address concerns of school boards, administration, teachers, students and parents with a watchful eye for the taxpayer. Paid for by friends of Shirley A. Moyer \ “This is a typical Sheetz location. The site basically meets the criteria we look for.” Mike LaCesa Sheetz Director of Real Estate for the Eastern Region we like the stores to be well-lit because our customers want a safe place late at night,” said Mike LaCesa, Sheetz’s Director of Real Estate for the Eastern Region. He said Sheetz was open 24 hours and so required bright lighting at night for safety reasons, but most of the lighting would be under the canopy above the pumps and di- rected downwards. The Sheetz executive offices could not be reached for comment on pricing policies. “We don’t want to get into a pricing issue,” May said at the meeting. Instead, he admitted, the ultimate issue is competition. Places like Sheetz and Wal-Mart kill off small businesses, he ar- gued: “Where they are, there is no competition.” Some people at the meeting agreed that it was unfair for major corporations and conglomerates to use the tactics they did; others said that competition was the American way; and some won- dered to what gxtent May and the Newells were more concerned with competition than safety. May countered the latter with the com- ment that neither he nor the Newells put up a fuss when the Orloski’s opened down the road. One of the major concerns among the audience members was the perceived overdevélopment of the area, particularly the com- mercial stretch on Rt. 309. “There are no checks and balances on development here in the Back Mountain,” one resident com- plained. Another said he had lived in Dallas Twp. for 50 years and “watched the sprawl — it won't stop until it gets to Harveys Lake.” A man who said he lived near the future Sheetz location wasn’t happy with the idea of a gas sta- tion being so near his house be- cause of the fumes and the noise. He said he moved from Wilkes- Barre to what he thought was a Tommy tri14 ji Hilfiger “quiet, clean suburb” and didn’t want to have to move out because a huge gas station opened practi- cally in his backyard. Another audience member said businesses such as Sheetz only served to generate a greater tax base for commercial properties, and stated “there was a time when you could see an actual tree” on Rt. 309. “We need another gas station like we need another bank,” someone in the audience said, to spontane- ous applause. “This is a typical Sheetz loca- tion,” said LaCesa. “The site basi- cally meets the criteria we look for.” He said Sheetz has been and will continue to “go through the same process everyone else must go through” in regards to obtain- ing the necessary permissions from Kingston Twp. supervisors and PennDOT. “We are permitted use in that type of zone. As usual, we plan on following the law and the zoning process,” LaCesa said. The process hasn't gone far yet. “The township has not yet received their preliminary land- development plan review,” Jeff Box, Kingston Township Manager, said of Sheetz. This is the set of engineering plans showing such things as the building location, building size, landscaping plans, ingress/egress, storm-water con- trols, and so on. An application and the required fees must be sent in to the zoning officer. Then the plans are given to the town- ship engineer and planning com- mission, who then make a recom- mendation to the board of super- visors, who ultimately are the ones to make the decision. Box said Sheetz must make its submission by November 14 in order to make it for the December planning meeting. “The township will give their application and plans the usual thorough review ‘that all plans‘get when submitted to the township,” he said. And so far, for all the sound and fury about the Sheetz pro- posal, there have been virtually no formal objections to local au- thorities. “We received one post- card in opposition,” Box said. 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