50 Cents SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS Vol. 112. No. 12 Dallas, Pennsylvania March 21 to March 27, 2001 New chief |B EF = ae Time may o walks Dallas |S Rs s © W& be right to Twp. beat br i 5 p.ovat J § Ln . a 5 buy d Back Post Correspondent DALLAS TWP. - Chief Robert Jolley | "i. : | may be new in his current position, but § TH a L ! read he is a 25-year veteran of law enforce- §& y . ment. He graduated from the NE be : Training Center's Police Academy in mm | ; By SANDY PEOPLES July 1976. -_ | Post Correspondent Chief Jolley has been with the Dallas kL p : Twp. Police Department for 14 years. Lk : Be eo DALLAS - Some people think that He has also served as a police officer : a owning their own home is an impossi- with Dallas Borough and Kingston kL a : j i Lo | ble dream. However, the combination Township. ! |g _. i il . | of making home ownership a high pri- “Law enforcement is a multifaceted ] Thu ar i ority goal and doing a little planning, job,” said Chief Jolley. “It's not the ne ( qa can put you in the home of your same thing every day. It's challenging W EX fo : : dreams in no time. because every call has different aspects | " ; 1 - Interest rates are at an all time low than the last one. I'm looking forward . 4 i LL pf § 1 : right now, and it looks like they may go to getting into the position, and I'm i he § : Fo {| even lower. There has never been a grateful to the Board of Supervisors for 7 ; / | va i better time to make the decision to in- giving me the opportunity to serve as k p LJ . vest in something that you can keep for the new chief. The job will have its : 0” pe : a lifetime rather than spending money peaks and valleys, but after 25 years, : a 1" 2 on rent. you learn to roll with it.” POST PHOTOS/JIM PHILLIPS There are two major parts to reach- In his new position, Chief Jolley will ing the goal of home ownership. One is supervise eight full time and seven y finding the right home that you can af- part time peace officers. He puts a ad ale ford. The other is finding the financing : great emphasis on the officers being - to pay for it. The key to success is find- seen as “peace” officers. “At the end of ing the loan first. my career,” he said, “I want to be seen Pictured at right, Austin Williams sings with the Lake Lehman Chorus in the school’s fourth annual “Cabaret.” The lender will help you determine as a peace officer who, during an emer- [ft Lauren Scott is a member of the Lake Lehman Band who presented “Cabaret” at the high school last week. The how much you can afford. Then you gency, restored order where there Was «cupqarer” included instrumental and vocal solos, duets and other small ensembles in a wide variety of musical styles. For can go shopping with a realtor, or on none.” “ ” your own, with knowledge that puts more “Cabaret” photos, see page 3. nth : that will tral SEE NEW CHIEF pg. 8 you Im € price range al Will ImaxKe loan approval a snap. Having that pre- qualification for a mortgage loan in your hand lets the seller know that you ation reach a successful conclusion for ig you. By M.B. GILLIGAN on “There is a mortgage loan product for Post Correspondent i | y everyone,” said Paul Ochman, Mort- oe Sound will never be the same EEE a hhh jive,” and “call and response.” DALLAS - “African music is the main Integrating the arts into the regular influence in all kinds of popular music curriculum in not a new idea. Research you hear today,” Barbara Pearson, points out that students learn not just Artist in Residence, told fourth grade by reading and seeing but also by hear- students at Wycallis Elementary ing and doing. “We try to show schools School. how to use their art and music special- Its effects are seen in jazz, tap, blues, ists as real classroom resources. They rock, and others, and it came to this can apply the arts to their regular cur- country with the African slaves. “The riculum,” said Pearson who was a i : y id 4 : slaves were keeping their sanity with member of the committee which wrote i. oe. OE GEE DREAM D0. their music. They used it for games and the Pennsylvania Arts Standards. i 5 i Pg. for communicating their real feelings,” Pearson has been doing these types Pearson said. of educational dance programs for 25 The Artist in Residence program is a years and is directly involved with grant program funded by the Dallas training teachers to use the arts effec- School District and the Luzerne Inter- tively in regular classroom curricu- 2 mediate Unit #19. “I call it education in lums. She earned a master’s degree in ah 1 1 ; |] 16 Pages, 2 Sections & art. This is part of their social studies liberal arts from Wesleyen College and 1 i : i 4 Calendar class and I expect the students to be is on the roster for the NEIU and the PA [* § ny L Classified responsible for the material we cover,” Council of the Arts. » 7 bd Croaird said Pearson. Students are learning In addition to the fourth grade class- : ; about the importance of African influ- es, Pearson worked with some of the ence as they dance “chugging,” “hand- other programs during her three weeks SEE SOUND Pg. 8 gage Consultant at Pennstar Bank. “We have loans with no down payment, a small down payment, and even some with closing cost assistance.” To help the lender obtain loan ap- proval for you, have the following infor- mation available when applying for your mortgage loan: » Addresses of residences for the last POST PHOTO/M.B. GILLIGAN ’ Fourth grade students in Mrs. Crispell’s class are “stepping it down.’ Future biologists, zoologists wy rm FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING forming at Gate of Heaven PE By M.B. GILLIGAN house shingles and pool covers,” said Post Correspondent Katie Ambrose, whose project was judged in the 7th grade physics section. Kellie Casey, Laura Nieman, Annie Onzik and Tara Shevock joined her in that section. They all earned first place honors - DALLAS - Eight Gate of Heaven School students earned first place and two earned second honors at the 40th regional meeting of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, March 3 at pj ig possible because students do Kings College. : : not compete against each other. Rather, Students from 47 middle and high their project and presentation are schools in the area presented scientific judged by a score of 1 to 5 in five differ- studies to a panel of judges for individ- ‘o,¢" areas that include scientific ual scoring at the event. The 10. stu- thought, experimental methods and an- dents from Gate of Heaven attended alytical approach. with their sponsor, science teacher Casey Harrington's first place honor Nedda Cashore. ; came from her Botany presentation. ‘I We practiced here at school with put 25 seeds in each of nine petri dish- overhead projeciors because WE USE e5 and kept them in different tempera- - them during the presentation, said {;res. I shaved the shells from some of Carla Reino, whose project compared ip. seeds. Those started to grow after the effectiveness of hand sanitizers and 4 first day,” she said. - . hand soaps. : Sy 7 Seventh grade student Alex Tasco Junior Academy of Science The presentations were divided into presented a project in Microbiology. “I 12 Sifferent Scleniifio ne fhat found that the longer you leave food at were €n roKen own Into 111eren . Junior Academy of Science participants from Gate of Heaven are pictured with grade levels. The categories ranged from due the. more , bacteria their sponsor. First row from left: Casey Harrington, Tara Shevock, Kellie Casey, Behavioral Sciences and Biology to Tne first place honor winners will at- Carla Reino and Katie Ambrose. Second row, Laura Nieman, Annie Onzik, Grego- Mathematics and Zoology. tend the state level presentations on ry Suhocki, Robert Baur, Alex Tasco and Mrs. Nedda Cashore. I was really interested in the differ- \,; 13 34 14 at Penn State Universi- in heat absorption in colored ya Shee in Sew TADSOIPLOL I uCo0Te SEE FUTURE BIOLOGISTS Pg. 8 POST PHOTO/M.B. GILLIGAN Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post, P.O. Box 366., Dallas, PA 18612
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