The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, May 16,2002 3 ontinued from page 1) ) | ®° competing. Lake-Lehman was chosen as the NHD Outstanding School at their regional competi- tion in March on the Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus in Lehman. In the last two years, Comitz has had the pleasure of seeing his kids take the Pennsylvania NHD Outstanding School award and go to national competition y ;) in both years. In 2000, a group of Comitz’s students took second place in the nation in the group documentary category. Melissa Brady, Elizabeth Blidner, Dave Fine, Rob Roderick and Jennifer ‘Sutton presented Yield or Per- ish: The Theft of the Black Hills. Last year, Lake-Lehman junior ‘Jared Salla took eighth place in y a the nation with his individual Ww exhibit and won a special labor ‘history award and $500. Salla will be returning to the national competition for his second year in a row. He won first place in the individual exhibit category at states. “It's such an amazing feeling, winning two years in a row,” said Salla. “I can’t describe it! I didn’t think I would pull it off ® this year but as my judging was Ygoing on, I felt confidence come back. It is a great honor to win again.” This is his third year to compete in NHD. - John Yamrick won a special award and $100 from the Penn- sylvania Heritage Society with his research paper on William Penn. The Society also gave a $100 check and a one-year sub- ° scription to the Pennsylvania Heritage magazine to the high school library. Comitz said he is planning to do something special with the li- brary money. “Something to do with helping historical re- search,” he said. “Some type of resource we can purchase per- haps.” 100 a humanitarian Me POST PHOTO/ELIZABETH ANDERSON Jared Salla took first place last week at the Pennsylvania National History Day state competition in in- dividual exhibit. He and Mother Jones go to the University of Maryland June 9-13 for the national con- test. Among the top six in the vari- ous categories - were Matt Shiskoski’s individual exhibit on John Brown and a group docu- mentary on Nelson Mandela by Justin Boyer, Angelo Georgetti and Jared Janiczek. Christina Lumbis took third place in: individual performance with her piece, Anne Hutchin- son: Innovative, Persecuted, Tri- umphant. She will serve as an alternate in the nationals if the first or second place winners drop out. James Welch will be repre- senting the Dallas School Dis- trict at the national competition. He took second place in individ- ual exhibit at states after win- ning second place at ‘the Penn State Hazleton Campus regional contest. The 2002 NHD National Con- test is only four weeks away. Comitz will accompany Salla to the NHD national competition at the University of Maryland at College Park near Washington, D.C., June 9 through June 13. “Jared and I are definitely go- ing to visit the Library of Con- gress while we are at the Univer- sity of Maryland,” Comitz com- mented. “I always take the stu- dents into Washington because that's my old stomping grounds. That's where 1 went to college. | And I always take the kids to Georgetown to an Italian restau- rant there.” ) | @ Runoff (continued from page 1) the developer, Michael Corrig- an, should take care of immedi- ately. “The township has always act- ed quickly on these matters,” said Borton. “With the severity of ,_ the problem, we have directed the ) 0) developers to get out and fix the. problems as soon ‘as possible. Borton said some of the prob- lems could be easily corrected, such as replacing some curbs which were cut out along the cul- de-sac behind Kolesar's home, and installing a lip along a curb cut close to the cul-de-sac. Mending these would allow water to run a course that would divert it from Kolesar’s home. Borton said he talked to Corrig- an following his investigation, and said the developer has al- ready made arrangements to fix the curbs and curb cut. Borton ‘also recommended a swale be installed along the back of Kolesar’s property to divert rain water away, and to the road- way further down the hill behind the property, and then into drains along the roadway. “The developer seemed very amiable to make the changes,” said Borton. Kolesar could not be reached for further comment. Fire hydrants waived for two new developments BY TIMOTHY J. RAUB Post Staff KINGSTON TWP. — The Board of Supervisors on May 8 approved waivers for three pro- posed subdivisions in the mu- nicipality. Two of the actions allow devel- opers of the Windsor Farms and Forest Acres subdivisions to forego installing fire hydrants. Board Vice Chairman J. Carl Goodwin voted against each of the waivers concerning fire pro- tection in both subdivisions, and voted against a waiver for Windsor Farms that would allow the developer to install the en- trance to the subdivision less than the necessary 800 feet from the nearest intersection. Goodwin was not able to cast a vote on the waivers for the Forest Acres subdivision, be- cause of a question concerning his relationship to the former owners of the land on which the subdivision will be built. Solici- tor Benjamin Jones III suggest- ed Goodwin should abstain from voting on the issue, which he did. Goodwin's first cousin owned the land purchased by the sub- division's developer, and the wife of another cousin is holding land in trust that abuts the land up for development along Harris Hill Road. “Neither of the two people were immediate relatives. There were no financial gains or incen- tives to me voting,” said Good- win. “The people on Rice Street Water runs from an adjoining property under the stone wall that borders David Kolesar’s land. were counting on me to speak out for them. I did at the work session, but I really feel that I was hog tied by the solicitor’s decision.” Numerous residents who live along Rice Street and around the proposed Windsor Farms subdivision spoke out against the waivers, and the decisions of the board members. “Supervisors Sabol, Versari and Allen are cowards for not enforcing the township's subdi- vision ordinance regarding wa- ter supply and fire protection with regards to Windsor Farms,” said Jeffrey Box, township resi- dent and former township man- _ ager. “We had some very difficult is- sues in front of us,” said board chairman Paul Sabol. “It seems that no matter what decision you make, somebody is going to be unhappy with the outcome.” In other business: The supervisors named Ed- mund J. O'Neill permanent township manager, filling the last of what recently were five open positions in the township's administration. 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