The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, January 3, 2002 5 ® 2001 in review (continued from page 3) $8 May 30: Smiling for the camera at the Dallas High School junior/senior prom, from left; Brad Balutis, Casey Novajosky, Ron Boback, Sarah Nulton, Roxanne Mahle and Amber Koes. Church completed a project to provide the “Vial of Life” to 500 families. The packages contain pill bottles, emergency informa- tion sheets, wallet cards and window decals. SPORTS - The Lake-Lehman boys volleyball team advanced to the state playoffs for the ninth straight year. This is the 25th season the team has finished % with a winning record. ’ -»’ “ 2 June 20: Rain didn't stop. these women of Gate of Heaven Church wasn't the end of her involve- ment with sports. She has spent 40 years as a player, coach, manager and clinician of field hockey and lacrosse. Her service was acknowledged with a Life- time Achievement Award from the Killer Bees Athletic Club. DALLAS - Four way stop signs were installed at the intersection of Pioneer Ave. and Overbrook Rd. Safety at the intersection, at from selling hundreds of pierogis at the annual bazaar. From left; Marie Belasco, Dorothy Kolankiewicz and Irene Michaels. June 6: HARVEYS LAKE - The sprawling mansion built by Al Morrow is no more. The house had been listed for sale at $1.3 million in 1996, but had dropped to $850,000. A realtor’s fact sheet listed annual taxes as $19,422 and heating costs of $14,000. DALLAS - The school budget for 2001-2002 projects a tax in- crease of 9 percent, requiring a millage hike to 190 from 174. Projected revenues are estimat- ed at $1 million less than expen- ditures. TRUCKSVILLE - “Mr. Stajews- ki is the man!” shouted Troop 155 Boy Scouts. The veteran leader was stepping down as Scoutmaster. SPORTS - Dallas won the Dis- trict 2, Class AA baseball cham- pionship with a 3-1 victory over Meyers. The Mountaineers dropped their first playoff game, 4-3, to Phoenixville. June 13: LEHMAN - The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced a $500,000 grant to help build a new. regional recreation center. The Back Mountain Recreation Association has earmarked 130 acres of land along Outlet and Firehouse roads for the complex. DALLAS - Kevin Burkhardt, a Penn State senior from Dallas, arrived in Caracas, Venezuela to help people find alternative sources of income. He is going as a member of the Global In- tern Program. SPORTS - Four Back Moun- tain players helped the Wyoming Seminary tennis team win the state championship. They were: Neil “Buddy” Shah, Jordan Koslosky, Tye Morris and Eric Feinstein. June 20: SHAVERTOWN - Homeowners in the Sleepy Hol- low subdivision came to the Kingston Twp. supervisors’ meeting with concerns that the development might never be fin- ished. “Nothing has happened in the course of several years,” said Daniel Tuck. Atty. Ben Jones III said the performance bond on the project had recently been in- creased to $100,000, which could be used to make repairs. HARVEYS LAKE - Marge Garinger won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics, but that which the streets do not meet squarely, has been a concern for many years. June 27: SHAVERTOWN - Af- ter 75 years in Shavertown, St. Paul's Lutheran Church moved to new quarters in Dallas Town- ship. Many parishioners walked the three miles from the old church to the new one. - strong June 27: Lauren Kelly carried the Bible out of the old St. Paul's on the wanted list of top colleges and universities. In addition to being an outstanding student, she is among the top swimmers in the state, having led Hoban to the state championship. July 4: LEHMAN - Plans are moving forward for a regional recreation complex, but not everyone is convinced it will be best for them. Jack Snyder, president of Back Mountain Baseball, said his organization would prefer to buy the fields they now rent from the school district rather than move to ‘the new complex. DALLAS - A feasibility study shows that a combined police force for Dallas Borough and Dallas Township could be effec- tive and efficient. SPORTS - Dylan Seeley smacked a two-out home run to give the Cardinals the Major League championship. July 11: DALLAS - Sonia Manzano, better known as “Maria” on Sesame Street, stopped by the 55th annual Back Mountain Memorial Li- brary Auction. She helped the cause by autographing a Sesame Street book that was bought for Kimberly Fowler, who confessed that “Snuffy” was her favorite character. JACKSON TWP. - Friends and family were hopeful that a spirit would restore health to Eddie Halloran, who was left paralyzed after diving into the swimming pool at Frances Slocum State Park, and striking another swimmer. Eddie was a lifeguard, and dove in to cool off. DALLAS - Because guidance Lutheran Church in Shavertown, starting its journey to the new church building in Dallas Township. LEHMAN - Brian Katyl, Dallas, Cheryl Cavaleri, Trucksville, and Charles Ghilani, Ph.D were giv- en the Hayfield Awards for out- standing contributions to the Penn State Wilkes-Barre cam- pus and the community. DALLAS - Liz Byron, who re- cently completed her junior year at Bishop Hoban High School, is counselors at Dallas Middle School must spend so much time with special education stu- dents, others are shortchanged, said Raelene Olszewski, chair- person of the department. July 18: DALLAS - Bryan Ko- cis, charged with rape, statutory sexual assault and other crimes, was released on bail the day af- ter he was arrested. The charges stemmed from Kocis’s involve- ment with a 15-year-old boy from the Allentown area. KINGSTON: TWP. - The Trucksville Volunteer Fire Com- pany will be getting a new pumper truck. It is expected to arrive in October. SPORTS - Matt Dragon of Har- veys Lake, wrestling for the Ben- ton Tiger Wrestling Club, won the freestyle division at the state wrestling championships. He also finished second in the Gre- co-Roman division. July 25: LAKE TWP. - Appear- ing before an angry audience, the board of supervisors dis- solved the police force effective July 31. State police will then serve the town. DALLAS - It's been rumored for years: Wal-Mart is coming to the Back Mountain. But both a Wal-Mart spokesman and the owner of land it was reputed to be constructed on said there's no deal in the works. LEHMAN - A new conceptual plan for the proposed Back Mountain Sports and Recreation Complex contained fewer base- ball fields, apparently as a result of Back Mountain Baseball's preference to remain in Dallas. August 1: ROSS TWP. - A 14- year-old girl was killed when the all-terrain vehicle she was riding with an 11-year-old boy crashed into a tree. LEHMAN - A state official urged Lake-Lehman school board members to put a referen- he June 27: Cassandra Backes slid under the tag during a Back Mountain softballgame. ough police are asking for help from citizens to stop a wave of burglaries. Chief John Fowler pleaded for anyone seeing suspi- cious activity to call 911. ROSS TWP. - The renovated Ross Elementary School will not be ready for the opening of school. Students will start the year at either Lake-Noxen or Lehman-Jackson, then return to Ross after two weeks. DALLAS - Ruth Tetschner, for- mer principal of Dallas Elemen- tary School, is one of the people running for a chance to review and reform Luzerne County gov- ernment. She is on the Novem- ber ballot as a candidate for one July 4: Pat Murray tried to pull a u-turn in the Back Mountain Baseball championship game when he arrived at home plate and found Cale Charney waiting for him. Murray's Cardinals won on a dramatic home run by Dylan Seeley. dum on tax reform on the next available ballot, so that voters could decide its merits. He sug- gested that the state’s Act 50, which allows reduction of prop- erty taxes, was worth pursuing. SPORTS - The father-son team of Tom and Lynn Kilduff won the 2001 Potentate tournament at Irem Temple Country Club, carding a score of 68. August 8: JACKSON TWP. - People living in the vicinity of a group home on Smith Pond Rd. were on edge after Warren Ren- za, who lived there, escaped and broke into the Morris home on Jackson Church Rd. The Morris- es discovered the break-in when they returned from a vacation. VERNON - It was blueberry time! Sue Alta took a break from picking at Sickler's Blueberry Farm to share her recipe for jam. REGION - Sean Robbins was the top local finisher in the 20th annual Wilkes-Barre Triathlon. Dozens of Back Mountain resi- dents competed in the event, and dozens more volunteer to pull it off. SPORTS - It took two games, but Back Mountain American downed National to win the Ku- bis baseball tournament for 11- year-olds. Matt Ruch had the key hit — a grand slam home run — in the final game. August 15: HARVEYS LAKE - Wherever he goes, “Hot Dog Bob” Prescott stirs controversy. This time his cart was set up on a lot between Jones's Pancake House and Damien’s restaurant, both of whom complained about it to borough officials. HARVEYS LAKE - Graduates of the classes between 1952 and 1959 at Lake-Noxen High School got together to share stories and comradeship. The school existed for only those years. “We would- n't miss it. We're a close-knit class,” said Bernard Dendler, who travels to the reunion from Winthrop, New York. SPORTS - The Back Mountain Big League all-star softball team wound up their careers with a second place finish in the state playoffs. The 17- and 18-year- old players had been together through seven seasons. August 22: DALLAS - Bor- of 11 members on a study com- mittee. August 29: DALLAS = - Stephanie Card, a Lake-Lehman graduate, received a $1,000 scholarship from the Daddow- Isaacs Post 672 of the American Legion. The Legion gives annual scholarships to graduates at- tending two-year technical pro- grams, Since Card was the only qualified applicant this year, the Legion gave follow-up $500 scholarships to last year’s five recipients. REGION - “Drivers are nuts!” said Erika McKeown, Dallas, who gets around on a bicycle. She and other riders commented July 11: Sonia Manzano, “Maria” from Sesame Street, paid a visit - Six juveniles were charged with more than 20 thefts and three burglaries in the township. Five of the suspects were 14 years old and one was 13. TRUCKSVILLE - The “White Church on the Hill,” Trucksville United Methodist, launched a major expansion project of its education building that would include a larger food bank. The Trucksville Nursery School en- rolls 140 children. DALLAS - Retired from her business, J&J Deli, Jan Wert- man has branched out into a new venture, taking up painting. “It is quite a surprise to myself that I can do this,” she said. September 13: LEHMAN - A “rotten thief” stole the cash box containing about $500 from the Harveys Lake Lions Club booth at the Luzerne County Fair. The money represented about half the club’s profits. DALLAS - Members of the Dal- las Junior Mountaineers and Kingston Township Raiders foot- ball teams and their parents filled the meeting room at the school board meeting to ask per- mission to play games on the high school field. The teams had been playing on the middle school field. : KINGSTON TWP. - A prospec- tive buyer of the former West- moreland School hopes to con- vert the building to office use. But first he must get a zoning variance, since the property is designated R-1 residential. September 20: REGION - The Back Mountain responded to the attacks on the World Trade Cen- ter and Pentagon. Students cre- ated patriotic art projects, flags appeared everywhere and a blood drive tripled its goal. In New York, Dave Townsend saw it all from his post on the 15th floor of the American Stock Exchange, while Helen Speziale, in New York for a conference, and was swept up in the chaos that followed the attacks. A service and prayer vigil held on the shore of Harveys Lake at- tracted hundreds of participants September 27: DALLAS - The people of the Back Mountain continued to express their em- pathy with the victims of the ter- rorist attacks while drawing to- to the 55th annual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. A signed Sesame Street book was bought for Kimberly Fowler, who said the character had inspired her to study Spanish. on the lack of “bike-friendly” roads in the Back Mountain, made more dangerous by care- less drivers. SPORTS - Samantha Laskowksi, 15, Harveys Lake, won her second consecutive gold medal at the Keystone State Games in Johnstown. The victo- ry qualifies her for the State Games of American, to be held in 2003. September 5: JACKSON TWP. gether. A special ecumenical ser- vice held at College Misericordia combined mourning and com- fort. “There are more than 6,000 stories,” said Rev. Chuck Nau- gle. “One is enough to break your heart.” KINGSTON TWP. - After 13 years, Jeff Box announced he would step down as township manager to accept a position as Continued on page 6
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