L Dallas, Pennsylvania The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 October 17 to October 23, 2002 United We Stand Vol. 13 No. 42 SPORTS Local karate winners at Keystone Games. Pg 11. DALLAS POST SCHOOL Dallas High School crowns 2002 Homecoming Queen. Pg 13. 50 Cents COMMUNITY PTO working to rebuild Lake- Noxen playgrounds. Pg 3. o L.ake-Lehman will play under lights Saturday J Permanent lighting o stalled at football field LEHMAN TWP. — Lake-Lehman will play its first home night football game in 10 years Saturday, and this time the lights will stay put after the game. Lights were erected this fall as part of the renovations made to Edward Ed- wards Stadium, and the district had hoped to use them even sooner. But last week's heavy rains worked for and then Jagainst that plan, as a soccer game be- tween Lake-Lehman and Dallas was first scheduled for Thursday night, then relocated. The rain postponed applica- tion of a new all-weather surface to the track that surrounds the football field, which requires 48 hours to dry. But the lights are fine. “They're up and running,” said Rich Gorgone, ath- See LEHMAN LIGHTS, pg 5 e Sick day buyback retains old cap in new contract . LEHMAN TWP. — The Lake-Lehman Education Association, the teachers’ <4 union, decided not to make an issue of sick day buybacks that threatened to derail the signing of a new employment contract. The former contract paid teachers $42 per day for each sick day they did not use in their careers, up to a maxi- mum of $4,200 that could be collected at retirement. The new agreement raised the daily rate by $3 a day in three steps through its five years, but the maximum was not changed. That a | issue was not included in a list of unre- J solved issues the union submitted to a mediator, so it technically couldn't be “We had hoped to get more,” said Phil Lipski, vice president of LLEA, but he said it was never an issue worth strik- ing about. “It's been a long, hard bat- tle,” Lipski said. “We were happy to say - addressed after all the standing dis- x a n 2 Bt ) oO n agreements were worked out. By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff Ever wonder about the inhabitants of the Back Mountain circa 1800, or where the names Shavertown or Kun- kle originated? Or which of your neighbors had ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War? Find out at the third meeting of the Back Mountain Historical Association. “Buried in the Back Mountain: the Graves of Interesting Historical Fig- ures,” will be presented by Stephen B. Killian Esq. on October 23 in the Mc- Gowan Conference Center on the third floor of the library at College of Back Mountain that contain historic graves. Real-life Peter Pans POST PHOTO/ERIN YOUNGMAN Misericordia. ® rice Cemetery in Dallas is one of several in the Dallas High student’s project rediscovers flight of Cuban children » By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff When Jered Weinstock set out to do his History Day project last December, he never expected he would win the re- gional competition, compete at the state level and that hundreds, if not thou- sands of school children in Louisiana would view his Powerpoint presentation. # A ninth grader at Dallas High School during the 2001-2002 school year, Jered said what he was hoping for was a chal- lenge. “I definitely knew I was going to gain a lot of knowledge other than the plain old stuff,” said Jered about what he expect- ed from joining the History Day Club. “Jered’s experience reinforces the fact that good projects don’t always win, but they can take students in other direc- tions,” said Maryann Storz, Jered's His- tory Day advisor. Jered and Storz agree that it has been the experience, not necessarily the hon- ors, that have been most valuable. Jered has had the opportunity to forge rela- tionships with the people he has been See PEDRO PAN, pg 5 Killian has been conducting ceme- tery research for five years and has Dallas receiver Mike Racoski was brought down by Wyoming Valley West's Tyler Lauri in Monday's game. The game was postponed from Saturday because heavy rains caused concerns that play would damage the field surface at the high school. Valley West handed the Mountaineers a 25-7 loss, putting Dallas's hopes for post-season play. Dallas travels to Tunkhan- it’s over.” nock for a game Friday night. Cemeteries contain buried historical treasure guided cemetery tours for the Luzerne County Historical Association for the last two years. His Powerpoint presentation will highlight some of the history of the Back Mountain through a photo tour of nine of its cemeteries. Killian said his research began when he and Will Conyngham started searching cemeteries looking for members of a specific infantry group from the Civil War. That was about five years ago and since then the pair has located many interesting and cu- rious bits of local history they have documented on film. “Through the course of going ceme- tery to cemetery, I saw other unusual burials,” said Killian. For example, Killian said in the FOR THE DALLAS POST/AIMEE DILGER Br Board takes back high school project Peeved at delays on middle school, directors withhold payment, too By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff DALLAS - The Dallas school board voted Oct. 14 against paying Foreman Architects/Engineers Inc. and Reynolds Construction Management Company, and rescinded the appointment of Fore- man for the upcoming high school reno- vation. In the ongoing saga that is the Dallas Middle School construction project, for the second time since August, Dallas voted to withhold over $28,000 dollars from the project architect/engineers and their construction management compa- ny, due to the board's continued dissat- isfaction with their performance. The board voted 7-0 against payment to Reynolds. Deborah Morgantini and Frank Natitus were absent. The board also voted 6-1 to withhold payment from Foreman. School Board President, Ernest Ashbridge voted for payment. “It's for their non-performance in scheduling, completion dates, the nata- torium,” said Dallas Superintendent Gil Griffiths. Completion dates have changed again since the September meeting when Reynold’s predicted completion dates of October 4. Griffiths said the date changes are due to a breakdown in com- munication between contractors and construction management. The band, chorus and industrial arts rooms and natatorium are now sched- uled for completion on October 21. The swim team is also expected to start Oc- tober 21 and academic swimming class- es for grades 3, 7 and 9 on October 31. See DALLAS PROJECT, pg 5 18 Pages, 2 Sections Beaumont Cemetery lies a man who served 12 years with Napoleon the First. Two Revolutionary War veter- ans are buried in the Ide Cemetery. “I selected cemeteries (for the pre- sentation) where I thought there was someone interesting buried,” said Kil- lian. Hear about the origins of some of the cemeteries, founders of Back Mountain communities such as Phillip Shaver and Phillip Kunkle, forebears of Back Mountain families and local veterans of the Revolution and Black Hawk Wars. There will be a question and answer period directly following the presenta- tion and light refreshments offered. See HISTORY, pg 5 Jered Weinstock sits in front of his Powerpoint presentation, “Save the chil- dren: Operation Pedro Pan.” POST PHOTO/ ERIN YOUNGMAN Calondar......... ci. iinanns 18 Classified.................. 15-17 Crossword.............oec.uvess 12 Editofials.......... csisesrsvesnrves 8 ODbituaries....... ..eeavesersenes 2 SChOOL. civ reside ressevdenaine 14 SPOIS....oiiieiiioniien 11-12 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING E-mail: dallaspost@Ileader.net Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post P.O. Box 366, Dallas, PA 18612-0366 Tomserommne 4 F
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