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Vol. 112. No. 48
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i COMMUNITY
SCR Church children enjoy fall cele-
© 8 bration. Pg 3.
SCHOOL
auction. Pg 11.
Sem parents plan Mardi Gras
50 Cents
SPORTS
Jackson Twp. man is one of only 27
to take an elk. Pg 9.
Contractor
R problems
puzzle board,
engineer
* Changes could
cost district an
additional $90,000
By ELIZABETH ANDERSON
Post Correspondent
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LEHMAN - Bonding issues in the se-
nior high School addition and alter-
ations project frustrated Lake-Lehman
school board members at the Nov. 20
school board meeting. Construction
Unlimited, Inc. of Duryea has with-
drawn its bid for the plumbing contract
due to a bonding issue and now, Main
Electrical Supply and Contracting, Inc.
of Luzerne is having bonding problems.
@ an Electric has asked to change
ponding companies and the new com-
pany is requesting a funds administra-
tion agreement that would require the
school district to funnel all monies
-through them, said Peter Savage, solic-
itor for the board. Of the 14 contrac-
tors, 12 have their contracts in place
and none of the other bidders has such
an agreement.
“I've been doing this stuff for 35
@.. and this is the first time I've ever
experienced this,” said Douglas Trum-
bower of Trumbower and Associates,
construction manager for the project.
Although Trumbower and Savage con-
ceded that the insurance industry is
undergoing changes daily, board mem-
bers had reservations about the funds
administration agreement.
Charles Boytin, first vice president of
the school board noted there were red
flags being waved by the bonding com-
ies. “The bonding people have a
problem with these people because
they are charging a higher rate to do
the bid bond and now all of a sudden
they switch to another company,” he
See L-L SCHOOL, pg 8
POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK
Emergency personnel worked quickly to get a 15-year-old girl out of the car she was driving when it was struck broadside
by another car Tuesday evening on Pioneer Avenue. After she was extricated using the “Jaws of Life,” she was treated and
released at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital.
Crash closes Pioneer Avenue at rush hour
TRUCKSVILLE - A 15-year-old girl,
driving a brand-new car, escaped seri-
ous injury Tuesday evening when the
Honda Accord she was driving appar-
ently failed to stop at a stop sign,
crossed into Pioneer Avenue and was
struck broadside by another car.
The accident shut down Pioneer Av-
enue for more than a half hour after
the 5 p.m. accident as dozens of emer-
gency personnel rushed to the scene.
The girl was removed from her car with
the “Jaws of Life” equipment, which
was used to tear off the driver's door,
where the impact took place.
oJeachers take pies for cause
By ELIZABETH ANDERSON
Post Correspondent
LEHMAN - As a reward for their gen-
erous community work, Lake-Lehman
School District junior high school stu-
dents lived the dream of every seventh
and eighth grader — to pitch a pie into
the face of a teacher. The Wednesday
afternoon before Thanksgiving break
pund the school gymnasium filled with
e exuberant yells of the entire stu-
dent body. All 14 homerooms had ful-
filled their grocery lists for a Thanksgiv-
ing dinner for a local needy family. They
were geared up for their just desserts.
Excitement ran high. The faculty of
the Lake-Lehman Middle Level Educa-
tion Building are veteran pie-in-the-face
warriors. Led by their fearless leader
and principal, Mrs. Marilyn Glogowski,
they donned their battle regalia; bright
yellow rain slickers, hair nets, dispos-
able surgical gloves and face masks,
with bath towels at the ready. After do-
ing this for four years, they came pre-
pared. ;
As she slipped on her clear plastic
safety goggles, Glogowski said with a
grin, “This is great, isn’t it?” and the pie
throwing began. :
Margo Johnson and Kevin Konicki,
8th graders, both spattered Ms. Jill
Broadnix, one of the class advisors who
helped organize the project with John
Jobociaski, the other class advisor re-
See L-L PIE, pg 4
The girl was transported by ambu-
lance to Wilkes-Barre General Hospital,
where she was treated in the emer-
gency. room and released. The driver of
the other car was taken to Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Hospital. A condition
report was not available in time for this
issue.
According to police, the 15-year-old,
driving a Honda Accord with 120 miles
on the odometer, was traveling east on
Warden Avenue and failed to stop at a
stop sign at the intersection with Pio-
neer.
The other driver, Jennifer Savignano-
Jill Broadnix peered through a shaving
cream haze after being “pied.”
Dallas boy scout
restores historic
Legion cannon
By Sandy Peoples
Post Correspondent
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POST PHOTO/SANDY PEOPLES
Paul Luksa, standing at left, posed with scouts who helped unveil the refur-
bished cannon that sits at the front of the Dallas American Legion Post.
DALLAS - Sixteen-year-old Paul Luksa
had to decide on a project that would
help him earn the rank of Eagle Scout. “I
wanted to do something that would make
a real difference in the community,” he
said. And indeed, he touched the lives of
many who have given us so much.
After consulting with Bob Glicini, his
scoutmaster from Troop 281, and his fa-
ther, Ed Luksa, Paul decided to take on
the very large task of restoring the can-
non on display at the Daddow-Isaacs
See CANNON, pg 7
Gay, 26, of 40 Tripp St., Forty Fort, was
traveling south on Pioneer in a Toyota
Camry. She told police she saw the Ac-
cord pull out of Warden, tried to go
around her, but the Accord kept mov-
ing into her path.
The impact of the collision spun the
Accord around and drove it into the
yard of a home on the west side of Pio-
neer Avenue. The other car continued
southbound and ran head-on into a
tree, also on the west side of Pioneer.
“It could have been a lot worse,” said
James Balavage, Kingston Twp. Police
Chief.
BMT Food Bank
provides feasts
for Thanksgiving
J But need continues, and
more donations are sought
By SANDY PEOPLES
Post Correspondent
TRUCKSVILLE - “It was like Thanks-
giving and Christmas rolled into one
around here November 20,” said Bar-
bara DeBellis, food bank coordinator.
“That's when many of our parents and
senior citizens came by the Trucksville
United Methodist Church to pick up
their Thanksgiving baskets so they too
could have a nice dinner for their fami-
lies to come home to.”
The event was made possible thanks
to the generosity of Back Mountain
neighbors who donated food and money
so that others could share in the spirit
of the holiday. “A local department
store gave us some new clothing, and
someone else dropped off a large box of
stuffed animals for the children,” said
DeBellis. “The food baskets contained a
fresh turkey with all the trimmings and
some fresh fruits and vegetables. The
simplicity. of it all was overwhelming —
some new clothes, a turkey dinner and
a toy for a child. Many who came in
gratitude left in tears as they couldn't
imagine that so many people cared.”
The events of September 11 have af-
fected us in many ways. Experts tell us
we seem to have a delayed reaction to
the holidays this year, and this was
true at the food bank as well. On No-
vember 1 The Dallas Post published a
See FOOD BANK, pg 3
Daylight
robbery at
bank branch
DALLAS - Police are seeking informa-
tion that could lead to the apprehen-
sion of a man who stole a bank deposit
from employees of the Rite Aid drug-
store in Dallas.
According to a police report, at about
5 p.m. Sunday, two employees were at-
tempting to make a night deposit of
store receipts at the PNC Bank branch
in the Dallas Village Shopping Center,
across the parking lot from the store,
when a man approached them with a
pistol and demanded money. The em-
ployees handed over the bag, which is
identified by a Rite Aid logo and con-
tained cash and checks written to Rite
Aid. The man then fled on foot in the
direction of Friendly’s restaurant,
where he may have entered a waiting
car.
The suspect is identified as a black
male, approximately 59” tall, with a
medium build, wearing a blue knit hat
with white on it, and a black leather
jacket.
Dallas Borough Police ask that any-
one with information about the inci-
dent call the police at 675-0161.
Frank Townend,
long-time solicitor
and military figure,
dies at age 90
By ANDREW TUTINO
Special to The Dallas Post
DALLAS TWP. — Retired Maj. Gen.
Frank Townend, a man described as a
: the past” and “grandfa-
ther” to all military men
and women in the
Wyoming Valley, died
Saturday night. He was
90.
A veteran of the World
War II and the Korean
War, Townend was the
marshal emeritus at
this year’s annual
Wyoming Valley Veterans Day Parade.
See TOWNEND, pg 8
TOWNEND
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