S The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, March 21, 2002 9 Furniture store opens | Sutliff ’s Back Mountain Furniture has opened in the space formerly occupied by Little Lumber at the intersection of routes 415 and 118 in Dallas. The new store marks a return of sorts for the family furni- ture business. Dana Sutliff Jr. operates the store with help from his father, who operated a store on Memorial Highway in Dallas for many years until the mid-1980s. Sutliff’s Back Mountain Furniture of- fers a full line of better quality furniture for every room in the home, displayed on two levels of the building. Special orders are also available. The store is open onday through Wednesday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays. Dana Sutliff Jr. is shown in an area of the showroom that features leather living room furniture. Teachers (continued from page 1) bonus equal to 80 percent of the employee's final average salary. The district's proposal in- cludes a 2.75 percent wage in- crease, the average increase of other Luzerne County districts, according to the Lake-Lehman School District. It also includes a continuation of the current health insurance program and an increase in the rate to be paid for accumulated sick leave upon retirement. The district also supports a provision that “reduces the district's obligation to pay health insurance on re- tirement by any amount the re- tired teacher receives as a health subsidy from the state retirement system.” The board agreed to reqdest a fact finder from the state Labor Relations Board to provide, com- parative information to aid in the negotiation process. James Mahon cast the lone dissenting vote. The district's report stated no announcements have |been made by the district regarding negotiations because, “It is not the intention of the district to bargain through the media.” John Holland, an attorney with the Pennsylvania State Ed- ucation Association, said bar- gaining through the media is ex- actly what the district is doing. “Your statements are rarely consistent with your actions,” he said. “... It doesn’t surprise me you would behave in such unethical behavior as you did tonight.” This article appeared in origi- nal form in the Times Leader. top of the 40 = 70% discounts everyday! (one day only!) Sat., March 23,2002 ¢ 9 a.m. to 5 p. m. Mundy Plaza Shopping Center 172 Mundy Street Wilkes-Barre, PA 18508 ¢ 570-823-9161 Board members dig into food service By ELIZABETH ANDERSON Post Correspondent LEHMAN TWP. — To bag or not to bag. Teachers and board members at the last school board work session spoke up concerning the quality of the present food ser- vices program while discussing new vendors for the next school year. According to some Lake- Lehman faculty, school district “kids getting lunch in our school are probably getting it because they are on free or reduced lunches, or their parents work and they have nothing else they can do.” Teachers said they see most of the lunches going into the garbage. “For some kids, the only meal they are going to get is the one J i Hotel and Co ? Wilkes-Barre. P they get in school,” said board member Michelle Coombs. “So why not give them the best meal they can get?” she asked. Other board members agreed. “I prefer to serve a quality prod- uct as opposed to throwing money away,” said Angelo DeCe- saris. “Right now it's doing no- body any good, am I correct?” He added, “I'd like to know what the cost of doing it internally is going to be.” Board president Charles Boytin said that while he didn’t “want to reduce everything to dollars and pennies, there were times when the board had to transfer large amounts of money to the cafeteria fund” when it was under in-house control. Business manager Kathleen Williams said those amounts They re Selling Fast! 5:00 poors Sper Bt 7: -00 show starts ice: $9.00 hb on CIEED Sponsore esent! this tie ticket f0 Nui i) “First Federal Home Equity credit financing could put your house in order.” E. Lee Beard, President & CEO for re-enthy_ a On Thursday, April 25, 2002 at 7.00 p.m. the TIMES LEADER brings A Taste of Home Cooking show to the Genetti Hotel and Convention Center, Downtown Wilkes-Barre. 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