8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA
Thursday, January 24, 2002
Finances
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lieved the amount would be in
excess of that amount.
According to treasurer's re-
ports, as of Dec. 1999, the
school district showed a surplus
of $3.8 million and ended in
June 2000, the end of the fiscal
year, with a surplus of $1.8 mil-
lion. A December 2000 surplus
of $3.5 million became a $1.4
million surplus at fiscal year
end. This year, as of December
31, 2001, a $3.4 million surplus
shows on the books and a $1.4
million surplus is expected by
June 2002.
Kopcha added that the district
has been showing this surplus
for five or six years. “We overtax
the tax payers by 31 mills.
That's why we got that money,”
she said.
When board member Moderno
Rossi objected that the old
board had raised taxes and he
had not raised taxes in four
years, DeCesaris replied, “We
are on the board now. We con-
tinue to show deficits for bud-
geting purposes and we contin-
ue to make over $1 million actu-
al.” He went on to say it was not
a question of raising taxes, “It is
a question of overtax. The truth
is in the financial reports we get
at the end of the year.”
Kopcha added, “We've been
overtaxed for years and we've
been saying it for years. We are
not in the business of banking
other people’s money. We're in
here to cover expenses for the
next year.”
“This is deceit as
far as I'm
concerned. It's
legalized thievery.”
Lois Kopcha
Lake-Lehman school director
“This is deceit as far as I'm
concerned,” she continued. “It’s
legalized thievery. When you
build up over the years, $5 mil-
lion to $6 million, something is
wrong.”
Williams explained to the
board that the numbers were
“very rough.” She explained, “I
back in a number contingencies
out of the cash balance of De-
cember 31 to come up with this.
The teachers contract is still not
settled. I feel very, very leery of
health insurance payments
which could be in excess of
$100,000.”
The board is expected to vote
to refinance the bond money
with no additional funds being
borrowed in a meeting on Thurs-
day, January 24, at 5 p.m. at a
special voting meeting in the
Lehman-Jackson Elementary
School music room.
The next regular monthly
committee-of-the-whole meeting
will be held on Tuesday, Febru-
ary 5 at 7 p.m. in the Lehman-
Jackson Elementary School mu-
sic room.
Police station
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“(Paglianite) said he would sell
us the property interest-free, but
we are just trying to put it in
black-and-white in the form of a
contract right now.”
The need for a larger police
_ station would help the depart-
ment greatly said Butler, and
would give the police the oppor-
tunity to grow into a more devel-
oped department with the possi-
ble addition of more police ser-
vices.
Right now, Harveys Lake must
rely or. i the, state police investi-
ValpshRs
gators and other such person-
nel, but the new police station
would allow for the addition of
detectives, more room for the
present officers and for an in-
crease in the number of full-
time officers on duty at a given
time. Most of the department is
made up of part-time officers.
Boice agreed.
“Our goal has always been to
make the police department full-
time,” said Boice. “This is a step
in that direction.”
PETE G. WILCOX/FOR THE DALLAS POST
Debris was strewn across Carverton Road after a fatal accident Jan. 18. Two men in the car at right
were killed. The driver and passenger of the SUV suffered minor injuries.
2 killed in Carverton Road collision
Od Driver in fatality
had suspended license
for prior DUI violations
By KALEN CHURCHER
Special to The Dallas Post
KINGSTON TWP. — The dri-
ver killed in a near head-on col-
lision January 18 on Carverton
Road was operating his vehicle
with a DUI-related suspended li-
cense, police said.
His 32-year-old passenger —
who died as well — also had a
suspended license.
Jason Amos, of Monument Av-
enue in Wyoming and Alan Had-
vance, of Pugh Street in Ed-
wardsville, were pronounced
dead by Luzerne County Deputy
Coroner Dan Hughes shortly af-
ter 11 p.m. after what officials
describe as a “violent crash.”
“It took Kingston Township —
through great efforts — over an
hour to extricate the victims due
to the compaction of the car on
them,” said Luzerne County
Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Lis-
man. Volunteer firefighters from
Trucksville also assisted.
Amos, 24, was driving a 1985
Dodge Daytona east when the
vehicle crossed the center lane,
crashing into an oncoming 2001
Chevy Tahoe, said Kingston
Township Police Chief James
+ Balavage.
“There’s a very gentle bend in
the road and the crash occurred
between the Candlelight Lounge
and the entrance to Sunrise Es-
tates,” Balavage said.
According to investigating offi-
cers Frank Buckler and Martin
Maransky, the crash was con-
sidered “wheel to whee
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most severe of collisions be-
cause of the limited area of im-
pact absorption. Buckler said
the front of the Daytona col-
lapsed completely into the men.
Michael and Mary Gallagher, a
husband and wife from Shaver-
town, suffered non-life threaten-
ing injuries, police said. The
couple was able to get out of
their vehicle without assistance.
Both were treated at Geisinger
Wyoming Valley Medical Center
and released.
Depositions will be taken from
individuals who witnessed Amos
driving the vehicle. Buckler said
Amos was seen “erratically dri-
ving” along the roadway prior to
the crash. Investigators are
awaiting toxicology results and
would not speculate on the
cause of the collision.
Hot Dog Bob —¢
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were glad to see he finally
found a home.
“My stand is supposed to be
something quick to stop at, but
with the long lines, people have
to wait, and I feel bad. It is good
for business though.”
Lombardo said he wanted to
offer his customers something
that no other pharmacy did, and
Hot Dog Bob was the perfect fit.
“This is a guy that is just try-
ing to make a buck. He is not
getting rich off selling hot dogs,”
said Lombardo. “I can give him a
place to sell his hot dogs, and
provide for my customers some-
thing that no other pharmacy
does.”
“I was suspicious at
first. It seemed too
good to be true.”
“Hot Dog Bob” Prescott
about offer to set up his cart
in Shavertown
Lombardo admitted the free
publicity that comes with
Prescott does not hurt either.
Prescott is still far from forget-
ting about his troubles at Har-
veys Lake, though. He and his
attorney appealed a ruling that
would have forced him to pay
$8,000 in fines.
But Prescott is happy for now.
“We might ‘file a stay for the
cease and desist order, so I can
go back out to Harveys Lake,” -
“But with how
(at
said Prescott.
good business has been
Cook’s) I am not so sure.”
And Lombardo is not ready to
see him go.
“Customers are saying thank
you to me for giving this guy a
place to sell his hot dogs,” said
Lombardo. “Bob knows that he
can come and go as he pleases.
He sets his own hours, and I
don’t mind if he sells his hot Wa
dogs at midnight if he wanted
£0.”
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