eh § tg 0 gn Say, CHARGE IT! The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, November 8, 2001 3 pO DMS raised $1,2 0 for of fund The Dallas Middle School Student Council, under the direction of Ms. Norine Amesbury, conducted a fund-raising drive to benefit the September 11th Fund. The fund provides relief to victims and their Qc of the September 11 terrorist attacks. The students raised 1,200 to be donated to the fund. Some of the students who collected major donations. Ilya Volo- darskiy, Jonathan Kopcho, Lindsey McCabe. and Jennifer Jones. College Misericordia fall open house Saturday College Misericordia invites high school students and their par- ents to the second fall open house at its Dallas campus, Saturday, Nov. 10 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ‘The College offers students an opportunity to spend a fun and in- formative day touring the facilities, meeting Misericordia students id faculty, and talking with admissions counselors and staff. The open house schedule includes registration and refreshments, campus tours; a faculty session, lunch; meetings with representa- tives of student services, athletics and student government and a session on financial aid. For more information, please contact the College Misericordia Ad- missions Office at 675-4449, toll free at 866-262-6363, or by e-mail atzadmiss@misericordia.edu : Murphy tutors calculus at Syracuse Paul Murphy of Dallas, a senior majoring in bioengineering at Syracuse University, was named an Academic Excellence Workshop Facilitator for the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science for the 2001-02 academic year. Ahe Academic Excellence Workshop (AEW) provides a unique ap- roach to calculus instruction by supplementing classroom teach- ing through a highly interactive, small-group session. The AEW Fa- cilitators excelled in calculus previously and work with six to eight students who volunteer for two hours of tutoring each week. 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Baloh spoke to Jackson Township residents Thursday, Oct. 18, on the nu- merous benefits of establishing a local Crime Watch Program. “You remember the days when if you were to get in trouble, your parents would know before you got home? Because neigh- bors knew each other then,” Baloh said. “They shared infor- mation. They were the best net- work we ever had.” Crime Watch is all about knowing your neigh- bors and sharing information, he said. Crime Watch also is about re- moving opportunity. Baloh spelled out the three key ingredi- ents of a crime to Jackson Township residents: ability, de- sire and opportunity. The poten- tial victim cannot control the ability and desire of a criminal to commit a crime, Baloh ex- plained, but the opportunity to commit a crime can be con- trolled. “If we can remove the opportunity ingredient of a crime, you will never become a victim,” he said. Baloh became interested in Crime Watch almost three years ago when he noticed a suspi- “If we can remove the opportunity ingredient of a crime, you will never become a victim.” Charles Baloh Community Services Officer Luzerne County District Attorney cious car sitting in front of a neighbor's house. Suspecting il- legal drug dealing, he joined his neighborhood's Crime Watch group and with their help, local and federal law enforcement offi- cials shut down three drug houses in the neighborhood in less than two years. Today, he works for the district attorney's office helping other communities form their own Crime Watch groups. People are often reluctant to call the police to report suspi- cious cars or people, as Baloh did, because they think it's not an emergency or they are afraid of retaliation. “With Crime Watch, we give you a pin num- ber and that’s all the informa- tion relayed to a police officer. Your name and address will nev- er be on the radio. Only the po- lice department would have that information,” Baloh said. “That's something we started because we realized when we did this, we started getting more and more people making phone calls and less afraid to pick up the phone.” Baloh told residents to trust their instincts. “If you feel that something's wrong, most. likely something is. It doesn’t hurt to call us.” Police Chief Jerry Leedock and Officer Baloh stressed calling 911 when there is an emergency since police officers in Jackson Township, as in many other small police departments, are out patrolling and not in the of- fice during their working hours. “People tell us all the time, ‘I didn’t want to bother you,’ ” said Chief Leedock. “The problem is, if the officer is on the road, or on a call, and he doesn’t check the voice mail for three or four hours, we don’t know about the call. If they call 911, we'll get the message and if our guy is busy, another city will respond to take care of the problem.” Baloh encouraged all present to bring a neighbor with them to the next meeting to learn how to become “an extra set of eyes for local law enforcement.” He added, “The police department and the District Attorney’s office will help you setup your Crime Watch. We'll teach you. We'll ed- ucate you about what to look for and how to report suspicious ac- tivity. We'll bring incarcerated prisoners in for special meetings to tell you how they did it.” Residents were advised by Baloh to choose a coordinator from within the group “to be the moving momentum and driving force” behind the local Crime Watch. “This isn’t about the su- pervisors or the police depart- ment. This is about you,” Baloh said. “We want to see this done by the citizens for the citizens.” “This is your Crime Watch,” agreed John Wilkes, Jr., Jack- son Township supervisor. Com- menting further on the coordina- tor position, he said, “I see many, many qualified people here.” Anyone interested in be- coming the coordinator of the new Crime Watch group can contact Chief Leedock at the Jackson Township Police De- partment. Leedock will serve as interim Crime Prevention Officer. John Link and Ed Chesnovitch will serve as co-coordinators of the group. The regular meeting time for the Crime Watch will be the fourth Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. in the meeting room of the Jackson Township Munici- pal Building. Due to the Thanks- giving holiday the next meeting of the Jackson Township Crime Watch will be held on Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. Jackson (continued from page 1) mission. After the township hires a planner, a survey will be taken of Jackson Township resi- dents for community input for the comprehensive plan. “We want citizens’ input on how they would like to see this township develop,” he said. “Not 10 years from now, but what they'd like it to look like in 40 to 50 years.” The three proposals will be forwarded to the Planning Com- mission's next meeting on Mon- day, Nov. 19, for recommenda- tions and voted on at the De- cember board of supervisors meeting. An unsigned, slanderous letter against township officials and employees caused a stir among Jackson Township residents. During public comments, Fred Murray waved a photocopied let- ter in the air and asked his fel- low residents at the meeting, “We want citizens’ input on how they would like to see this township develop. Not 10 years from now, but what they'd like it to look like in 40 to 50 years.” - Charles Repotski Chairman, planning commission “Did anyone else get this?” “We all did,” the entire room responded. Jackson Township residents were vocal in their crit- icism regarding the unsigned letters delivered via the ‘mail which bashed Jackson Town- ship's supervisors Fox and Wilkes, the police department, and all ‘township officials and employees. “We know who Joe Stalin was; and Adolph Hitler, and Bin Laden, but when you get a letter like this and they don’t have the advantix J Come complete with camera, film, batteries & much mort *FREE LAYAWAY* Dallas Photo Shop ¢ 675-8800 447 Memorial Hwy., Dallas, PA | odak C650 Zoom 2xZoom Lens 3 Rolls Film Battery Bag Film Storage Case Reg. 125% ka Reheat ane radars Pinas in BER 8 grea Kinds intestinal fortitude, that means ‘guts’, to sign the thing, you have to throw it in the trash,” Murray said. Fellow resident Ed Ches- novitch flashed a different letter. “I agree totally with Mr. Murray. This is another one of those peo- ple with no intestinal fortitude. Well, good luck, they didn’t sway my vote,” Chesnovitch said. He went on to praise the township and the supervisors for the “fan- tastic” job they are doing. In other business: * John Donahue’s resignation from the township, due to per- sonal reasons, was regretfully accepted and John Sweeny, an alternate member of the recre- ational board, was made a per- manent member of the board. e The advertising of the 2002 budget was authorized and Wilkes noted, “There was no tax increase.” SPAS SPAS DON’T LET COLD WEATHER STOP YOU FROM ENJOYING THE WATER It’s Always warm in a New Spa Stop in today and see our complete line of spas, chemicals & supplies SPAS Nature’s Creations Pools & Spas {GR TGR Le GERD YE DEEL) Winter Hours: Thurs & Fri. 9-5 Sat 9-1 836-7604 fom) prc f=) We finance dreams For over 90 years First National Community Bank has bee leading home loan fenders. 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