8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, January 17, 2002 Collision ties up Rt. 309 A two-car crash on Route 309 caused traffic problems Monday night. A car driven by Maria Macosky, 33, of Luzerne struck a car driven by Wendy Warrelmann, 18, of Shavertown, after Warrelmann did not yield the right of way while making a turn onto Pioneer Ave. at 5:30 p.m., police said. Macosky and her three children were treated at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and later released, police said. Kingston Township police responded to the scene and were assisted by the Dallas Police Department, Jackson Township ambulance, Kingston Township rescue and the Trucksville Fire Department. FRED ADAMS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Toby Creek (continued from page 1) the Back Mountain communi- ties through which it runs. The creek has been the topic of envi- ronmental discussions since 1996, when heavy rains and melting snow raised the creek water levels high enough to flood property throughout the creek’s path. Since that time, all three mu- nicipalities have been working together to find a solution to the flooding. “The goals of this project are to stabilize the creek channel, and eliminate flood damage,” said Lemmond. Moskovitz has seen the isolat- ed, but nevertheless high levels of damage the creek has caused in certain parts of Dallas Bor- ough. “Toby Creek is fairly small in size, but it runs right through the middle (of Dallas Borough),” said Moskovitz. “We have had many problems with storm drain runoff and flooding throughout the borough, and now the state can help us with the consultant group.” Moskovitz said the municipali- ties were unsuccessful in their attempts to solve the problem, because they lacked knowledge “The goals of this project are to stabi- lize the creek chan- nel, and eliminate flood damage.” Charles J. Lemmond Jr. State Senator on environmental issues, but the consultant group should provide the necessary resources to look at all aspects of the creek. Toby Creek runs through Dal- las Borough, Dallas Township and Kingston Township on its way to the Susquehanna River. The river, which dumps into the Chesapeake Bay, has received much attention concerning cleaning up the water in the riv- er and in the creeks and streams supplying it. “There is a lot of attention be- ing paid to the Chesapeake Bay, so the Susquehanna River has become more of an issue,” said Moskovitz. “This funding should help us in doing our part envi- ronmentally.” Lemmond said concerns with Toby Creek and its role in the Chesapeake Bay watershed is “really very premature. We don’t know what the project will look like yet.” Acting township manager Kathleen Sebastian said Kingston Township does not have a contact person for the study as of yet, because the township is waiting to hire a full-time manager. Barberios announce birth of daughter John and Wendy Barberio, Dallas announce the birth of their daughter Rachel Lynn Barberio. Rachel was born on August 24, 2001 at Mercy Hospital in Scranton. Rachel is the granddaughter of Fran and Helen McGough, Kingston and the late Raymond Wilson, Edwardsville and Vincent and Marlene Barberio, Wilkes-Barre. Rachel is the great granddaughter of Helen Razvillas, Kingston and Ruth Wilson, Edwardsville and Helen Allabaugh, Plymouth. Rachel has a brother Adam, 2. Lake-Lehman (continued from page 1) cial analysis. “I'm working dai- ly,” she said. “I'm trying to rec- oncile numbers that are not working out.” Williams did say she has revised her earlier figure to $1.3 million though. “I think what was agreed upon in that meeting was that the numbers would be provided to us and we would have discus- sion on it before we moved on anything,” said Jim Mahon, board member. “We have to keep things going here. We have to get the numbers right, but also we have to be ready to move to save the taxpayers money.” The board decided to meet in a special work session on Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. to discuss the money issues with all available finan- cial figures in front of them, be- fore meeting with Lowery in a special voting meeting on Jan. 24. at 5 pim. In other business: e Charles Boytin, board presi- dent expressed sadness and re- gret at the resignation of Edward Richards as Marching Band Di- rector and of Maureen Richards as Assistant Marching Band Di- rector effective at the end of the 2001-2002 school year. Both will continue their regular teach- ing positions and are only re- signing from their voluntary, ex- tra-curricular marching band activity. The husband and wife cited personal reasons and a wish to spend more time on their other academic duties. e The board has voted to cre- ate the two new positions of In- door Percussion Instructor and Indoor Guard Instructor. Super- intendent Bob Roberts thanked Mr. Richards for writing up the job descriptions for the new posts. The positions of marching band: director and assistant di- rector, indoor guard and indoor percussion will be advertised at the same time as volleyball coach and soccer coach. The board will re-advertise for soccer coach, as only three applications were received. e A letter was received from the Hanover Area school district business manager, sent to all business managers and superin- tendents in Luzerne County, asking for a meeting to discuss a coalition of school districts to fight tax reassessments having such a negative impact on dis- trict finances. Hanover Area was recently hit with a reassessment of $200,000 on a commercial property. “Wilkes-Barre Area is literally hemorrhaging from these tax rebates,” Roberts said. A meeting date is expected soon. e The board, on the advice of the solicitor, voted to write a tax overpayment check for $12,195 to Attorney Joseph Persico, who represents both Richard Maslow and Stephen and Jennifer Holtz- man in a refund case and allow him to disburse the funds as he finds to be appropriate, as it is still unclear who should receive the monies. e Cavanaugh Electrical Con- tracting has filed a case with the Luzerne County Courthouse against the board and Doug Trumbower, the architect on the senior high school project, re- ported Peter Savage, board solic- itor, saying he does not know the specifics of the suit yet. Ca- vanaugh Electrical contracting was the next lowest bidder for electrical contractor on the high school addition and alterations project if the board had not vot- ed in December to execute an unusual funds administration agreement with Main Electric Supply and ' Contracting Co., Inc., and its bonding company, ACSTAR Insurance Co. e Dave McLaughlin-Smith, principal of Lake-Noxen and Ross elementary schools, pre- sented the board with a review of the PSSA Title 1. scores. McLaughlin-Smith explained that while Title I criteria, one of which is free and reduced lunch counts, have been cited in sta- tistics as explanation for lower scores by schools with a higher percentage of lower income stu- dents, such as Lake-Noxen, a difference of 50 points is not statistically significant and may represent less than one question on the test. The differences in the PSSA scores of the three ele- mentary schools were all smaller than 50 points. e January is School Director Recognition Month. Superinten- dent Roberts offered his thanks and awarded each board mem- ber with a certificate honoring them for volunteering their time and talents to the betterment of the public education of the com- munity. e Roberts reported the school district will be tightening proce- dures to verify children moving into the district and living with persons other than parents are indeed legal residents of the dis- trict. The next regular committee- of-the-whole meeting will be held on Feb. 5, following a spe- cial meeting for general purpos- es to be held the same evening at 7 p.m. The next regular meeting for general purposes will be held on Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. In addition, there will be a special work session, Jan. 22 at 6 p.m. and a special meeting, Jan. 24 at 5 p.m. addressing the bond refinancing issue. 2) =] A. 7 > EERE EEE EEE EEE REE EE EEE EE ER EER EE RE REE EE REE ER EER ER EEE ER EEE ER ER ER ER ERR ER EER ER EERE EE EE fant Large heese Pie i Ty MON.-THURS. 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