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Thursday, December 27, 2001 3
Band
Jowimen from page 1)
Lake-Lehman employees,
thereby circumventing the dis-
trict’s liability issue and allowing
practices. The band sponsors
suggested the board assume
only a small portion of the
salary, with the band sponsors
responsible for the remainder.
Several band members read let-
ters to the board pleading their
case and defending Richards’
@ position.
“No one doubts Mr. Richards’
dedication or the amount of time
he puts in,” said Charles Boytin,
president of the school board.
“The timing of his ‘resignation,’
so to speak, to Mr. Oliver, was
certainly not appropriate. It
leaves us right in the middle.”
In order for the board to con-
@ cider the request to employ In-
door Guard and Percussion
coaches, the Lake-Lehman Edu-
cation Association would have to
establish these positions, negoti-
ate a contract and the position
would have to be posted for 10
school days.
“We're really stuck between a
rock and a hard place,” Boytin
added. “We just can’t turn a
school activity over to a volun-
g oo person and avoid a tremen-
dous liability to the district.”
- The board continued discus-
sion on the topic after the band
members and sponsors left the
meeting.
Band sponsors fund a large
part of the band’s financial
needs. “It's dedication,” said
Boytin. “They've always adopted
the attitude that says, ‘We'll take
care of ourselves.” Boytin added
the band sponsors have come to
the board for money only once,
concerning a significant trans-
portation cutback.
“If any organization is having
[irouble financially, why can't
i hey come to us?” asked Angelo
DeCesaris, board member. “The
amount of money this school
-district has made over the years,
I'm embarrassed.”
An animated discussion be-
“We just can’t turn
a school activity
over to a volunteer
person and avoid a
Charles Boytin
~ School board president
tween board members ensued
on the financial support given
sports versus other activities,
such as the band, but with no
real resolution to the dilemma.
The matter was held over until
the January work session for re-
view.
In other business, an action
Setormending that Douglas
umbower and Associates pre-
e drawings and specifications
Tor renovations to the Edward H.
Edwards Memorial Stadium for
8 percent of the construction
costs was tabled. This would in-
clude the athletic field, track,
bleachers and artificial turf, but
not a field house.
“There’s needs and there's
wants,” said board member Lois
Kopcha, about the artificial turf.
“We are in a recession. What in
the world are you people think-
ing about?” Kopcha continued
saying the state and the school
will have to come up with the
money to cover this high, and in
her opinion, unnecessary ex-
pense. “I think it's throwing
money away,” she added. She
further warned about recent
teachers’ pension losses and the
inevitable raising of taxes in the
near future to cover expenses
such as these.
Charles Balavage, first vice
president, said he too was ini-
tially against the artificial turf
because of the expense, but
thinks the safety factors make it
a good investment.
Angelo DeCesaris, board mem-
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Lake-Lehman Concert Band members and band sponsors ask
school board for help.
. .. we need to
address the
situation of the
athletic facility.
I just want to know
~ what money
we have.”
Angelo DeCesaris
School director
ber, said he is concerned about
where the money is coming
from. “I have been talking about
that since October.” He ques-
tioned seeming discrepancies in
thé business manager's Dec. 18
available funds estimate show-
ing $1.9 million available for the
athletic facility. “I had thought
in a previous mention it was $3
million. I would like to have the
opportunity to discuss the mat-
ter with the business manager
at a meeting,” he said. The busi-
ness manager was not present.
“I fully recognize that we need
to address the situation of the
athletic facility,” = DeCesaris
added. “I just want to know
what money we have.”
Boytin, the school board presi-
dent, said he had put the stadi-
um renovation item on the agen-
da so that construction could be
possible by summer. The board
agreed to discuss the matter fur-
ther in the January work ses-
sion and Trumbower said he
would do a workup of the athlet-
ic field.
Trumbower also reported the
Ross Elementary School project
is near completion but may not
be finished by the end of the
year due to the delayed arrival of
playground equipment.
The board agreed to throw out
a copier proposal from Golden
Business Machines and autho-
rized the business manager to
develop specifications and solicit
competitive bids for lease or
purchase of copiers for the dis-
trict.
The next Committee of the
Whole meeting will be held Mon-
day, Jan. 8, 2002 at 7 p.m. in
the music room of the Lehman-
Jackson Elementary School be-
cause of the holiday.
County targets
{continued from page 1)
a fact the solicitor for the as-
sessors office claimed to be un-
aware of, Savage said.
) Charles Boytin, school board
board, requesting Savage send a
letter to the assessors office ask-
ling * ‘why were we sent this letter
labout joining them in fighting
this and putting up our money
‘to do it when they didn’t send it
Ito the local townships? ;
“I' know they are singling us
out because our millage is the
@ est” added Boytin.
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\president, questioned this seem- ©
ling discrimination of the school
1 know they are
singling . us out
Peter Savage
Lake-Lehman Solicitor
“We
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have the most to gain or lose.”
In speaking with local munici-
pal solicitors, Savage found
while many had heard nothing
Community Practice network.
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WN atividad earns Service Excellence Award
Nita Natividad, MD, radiation oncologist and chairperson of the
cancer committee at the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Cancer
: Center at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, was recently
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Natividad was one of three physicians in the Geisinger Health Sys-
tent so honored for attaining the highest patient satisfaction scores
{in the three parts of Geisinger 's clinical enterprise-Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Geisinger Medical Center, and the
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of the proposal, most of the
townships felt they could not af-
ford the costs. “One of the best
comments...came. from . the
Lehman Township supervisors
last night when they said this
was kind ‘ofia finger in the ‘dike
attempt when the real issue
should be reassessment on a
county-wide basis,” said Savage.
In a related matter, the board
tabled the action to refund an
overpayment of taxes of over
$12,000 to Richard Maslow, due
to a reduced property assess-
ment, until the next meeting as
Savage said it was unclear if the
refund should go to Richard
Maslow or Stephen and Jennifer
Holtzman, who appear to have
bought the Lehman property
near the reservoir. Savage said
higher legal documents were not
available to him at the time he
inquired and he will follow up on
the matter.
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