The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, January 2 , 2002 3 ¢02 - A review in words and photos (continued 2% page 1) y The Lake-Lehman School Dis- unlawful concerns related to her 4 trict declined an opportunity to gender. , become an approved provider of Back Mountain highways got a 3 tutoring, citing concerns that little safer for emergency vehi- : ‘the $500 vouchers provided to cles with the installation of an 8 ‘families to pay for services might emergency traffic signal system, d (ot be collected. which allows drivers of police % “February 21 — Rev. Andrew cars, fire trucks and ambu- A Pillarella and his wife, Edith, cel- lances to control signals as they ‘ebrated their 60th wedding an- approach. 1 niversary. The Pillarellas came Kingston Township supervi- # to the Back Mountain in 1962 sors voted to waive the require- S ‘when he was asked to organize a ment for fire hydrants in two 4 .hew Presbyterian church, now proposed subdivisions. Supervi- % Trinity Presbyterian. sor J. Carl Goodwin and many : The Jackson Township Plan- township residents opposed the F ning Commission honored long- waivers. time members William Conyng- May 23 — Angelo Georgetti, a e ham and Beatrice Ray. Ray Lake-Lehman junior, responded * joined the commission in 1973, to personal tragedy by helping 1 and Conyngham came on board others. His senior project is a in 1975. golf tournament that will raise ; Kingston Township supervi- funds to purchase an automated 0 ‘sors voted 4-1 to pass an ordi- external defibrillator for the nance that would waive building Lehman Ambulance Company. 0 ‘fees for churches in the town- The Lake-Lehman School Dis- e “ship. trict planned to buy a 27.5-acres ebruary 28 — Police made property behind to the high 0 arrests and expected more school. It will be used for prac- 3 in a rash of daylight burglaries. tice athletic fields and to accom- ; “As many as 60 burglaries modate future growth. s ‘throughout the area may be con- Katelynn Peters, an eighth nected. grader at Dallas Middle School, The Lake-Lehman Band won first place in a competition Boosters were making progress sponsored by Writing! magazine. in their efforts to convince the “The judge told me that her en- school board that part-time di- try was head and shoulders over rectors were needed for the In- all the other essays,” said Lisa € “door Colorguard and Indoor Per- Niewinski, Katelynn's English ge -eussion groups. But the band teacher. S «director position remained open May 30 — State officials an- /s after Edward Richards stepped nounced steps to make Route 1t ‘down. 118 safer, including the installa- p “A Penn State Wilkes-Barre Ls a {| tion of reflectors and “road > Sladen R 3s hen nse July 18 - Jenna Moskaluk and Dezhannae Gillett rode bikes at the Moskaluk home while Dezhannae spent a few weeks in the Back Moun- Pe Yn : fort, djtveds Dey - pus and struck a tree. tain courtesy of the Fresh Air Fund. Kingston Township supervi- g 2i'March 7 — Bernard Banks Jr. sors voted unanimously to reject s’ ‘was to be honored with the Dis- students went to the Pennsylva- area to qualify. The Pennsylvania Labor Rela- necting it to Fern Ridge Road in the preliminary subdivision plan 3- tinguished Citizen Award at the nia Junior Academy of Science The Lake-Lehman School tions Board appointed a fact- Lehman Township. for Windsor Farms, off Manor it 119th annual Friends of Scouting competition, and every one of Board voted to hire a second finder to help settle the contract Prince of Peace Episcopal Drive, citing concerns about wa- 3, dinner. Banks has been involved them came back with a first full-time music teacher, who dispute between the Lake- Church was finalizing plans for ter supplies and emergency ac- S swith Boy Scouts since he joined prize, earning the school an would also be director for the Lehman School Board and the the 50th annual Antique Show cess. c as a youth in 1946, and has award as the small school with marching band. teachers’ union. and Sale. The state-appointed fact finder served as president of the local . the highest percentage of first April 11 — Developers asked Spiraling health insurance May 2 — The Pump and will deliver his recommendation :- Scout board twice. place winners. for a change in zoning on 34 costs led the list of items that Pantry convenience store and to the school board and | cott Davis was promoted to March 28 — The Dallas Ro- acres along Rt. 309 in Dallas put the preliminary Lake- gas station in Dallas closed its teacher's union, and the two bh geant of the Jackson Town- tary Club celebrated its 75th Township, proposing to build Lehman budget $1 million in the doors, the second gas station to sides will have 10 days in which = ship Police Department. The new year of service with a gala Char- townhouses on some of it, with hole. The other big item was a do so in recent weeks. Scott to respond. The old contract ex- position replaces the former as- ter Night dinner. In addition to the possibility of commercial de- hike in the district's contribution Quigg, president of the chain, pired in August, 2001. sistant police chief slot. its local charitable work, the lo- velopment as well. to the teachers’ pension fund. blamed the entrance of the June 6 — More than 100 After much discussion, the cal club is the originator of the Dallas school officials looked April 25 — Cheryl Oster was Sheetz chain into the area. The Back Mountain residents turned Lake-Lehman School Board vot- Rotary International Youth Ex- forward to the completion of the named the top adult learner in Sunoco station in the center of out for the first public meeting of ed to authorize the district ar- change Program, started by Dr. first phase of the middle school the College Misericordia Ex- Dallas closed a few weeks ago. the “Our Dallas - Today and To- chitect to proceed with drawings Les Jordan. construction project. Once fin- pressway Registered Nursing Shavertown United Methodist morrow” visioning project. They and specifications for recon- Two men from Lackawanna ished, the front administration program. She became pregnant Church is dedicating a new or- shared ideas for improving life in struction of athletic fields, re- County led local police on an areas and second-floor class- after registering, but still man- gan, replacing one that expired. the region, dealing with subjects construction of bleachers and eight-hour chase through the rooms will be available for occu- aged to make it to every class After hearing the sounds from a construction of a new pressbox, fieldhouse and access road. March 14 — A team of five Dallas High School seniors placed third in the state in the LifeSmarts competition, which s students’ ability to deal an array of consumer areness questions. Peter Yurchision, 17, earned his private pilot license. The Dal- las High School junior now had his sights set on earning his in- | strument rating, allowing him to | fly in fog and other difficult | weather conditions. i Bill Gilberson’s 1978 Chevy | Impala was no match for a large itree that fell on it during an Back Mountain before being caught. They were spotted leav- ing Lehman Power Equipment early in the morning and shortly after Lehman Township officer Damian Hoover gave chase, crashed their vehicle. The men then fled on foot, eventually be- ing run down in Kingston Town- ship. April 4 — Kingston Township supervisors pledged to take “cu- rative action” in the appointment of two replacements to the board, which was left with less than a majority of members after two supervisors died and anoth- er resigned. John Versari and Cornelius Allen were appointed pancy.. « April 18 — John Halbing said he was “blindsided” by criticism of his plan to develop 44 home sites off Manor Drive in Kingston Township. The board of supervi- sors recommended denial of his application for Windsor Farms, citing concerns about the water Supply and emergency access. and earn a 4.0 grade point aver- age while holding down a full- time job. Chester Kunigonis held out hope that Dallas Borough would not abandon Italian Road, which runs right by his home on Reservoir Road. Italian Road had been closed since a flood in 1972 washed out a bridge con- RIN TE de Gy loaner last Easter, the congrega- tion decided, to replace the old one, not repair it, said organist Deb Kelleher. Chris Yankovich was appoint- ed to fill out the roster of the Kingston Township Board of Su- pervisors. Yankovich listed land development and water supplies as important issues. May 9 — Rich Butcofski, a graduate of Dallas High School, earned a place on the roster of the new Wilkes-Barre Pioneers arena football team. By a bare majority vote, the Lake-Lehman School Board okayed the restoration and con- struction project on athletic such as traffic, development and the business community. Round-the-clock activity at American Asphalt was blamed on the state's aggressive timetable for completion of re- pairs to Mundy Street in Wilkes- Barre, for which the company has the contract. School taxes in the Dallas dis- trict will go up 8 mills, the third consecutive increase, if the pre- liminary budget passes as it stands. John and Carol Oliver, who met 36 years ago as new teach- ers at Lake-Lehman High School, retired together. Ground was broken for the ex- pansion of the education build- | overnight wind storm. to the board March 22 at a fields to move ahead. ing at Trucksville United March 21 — Lake-Lehman meeting in which no discussion Jackson Township supervisors Methodist Church. Donations to (teachers picketed before a took place. Supervisor Paul were reviewing payment of about the project reached $1.7 million. I school board meeting to protest the lack of a new salary con- | tract. Negotiations have been go- ling on for 15 months. Kingston Township mourned | the passing within a week of two | long- -time supervisors. Herbert ‘Hill had served for 27 consecu- tive years, and William Tippett | for 16. | Twelve Gate of Heaven School Sabol said that he, Supervisor J. Carl Goodwin and Solicitor Ben- jamin Jones III had met prior to that meeting to make the selec- tions, which appeared to violate state law. Eric Danko, a student at Dal- las Middle School, was preparing to compete in the state level of the National Geography Bee. He was the only student from this ls) i —, May 30. U.S. Marine Darrell Hogan was flanked by his parents, Marsha and Clarence, at the Harveys Lake Memorial Day parade. ¢ wins modeling title Adrienne Michelle Box of Shavertown, recently won the title of “Miss Petite Star”, On The Rise” competition at the Chateau Resort -in Tannersville. She won this title in the 7-9 year- 1old-modeling division, placing first in the formal sportswear and novelty/costume cate- -gories, and third place in the swimwear category. Adrienne is a fourth grade student at Dallas El- ‘ementary School and studies modeling under wear, aaa a RS Donna John. a TL She is the daughter of Jeff and Maire Box of Shavertown, Kingston Township and has a broth- er, Christopher. Adrienne is the granddaughter of Hillar and Hella Anton of Houston, Texas, and Kenneth and Jean Box of Honesdale. in the “Stars Lake Township recycling The voluntary recycling drop-off center for Lake Township will be accepting items on the second Saturday of each month. the next opening will be Jan. 11 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the township building on Rt. 29. The following items may be dropped off: aluminum and bi-metal cans, clear, brown and green glass, plastic #1 and #2 only. No motor oil containers or scrap aluminum can be ac- cepted. this month newspaper will be collected at the same time. Pack papers tight in paper bags with the glossy inserts removed. The center asks that persons do not drop off items before it opens. a a li Send The Dallas Post to a friend. It makes a great gift. Call 675-5211. lor fall am oulomole expOrOmCL. "CARNIVAL LEGEND 9/18/03 Glenwood Products) AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE $71,000 in salary and benefits to the township's secretary and assistant secretary last year. May 16 — The assistant town- ship manager for Kingston Township filed a complaint against the supervisors alleging she was a victim of gender dis- crimination. Kathleen Sebastian contended she was passed over for the manager's job because of June 13 — John Yamrick, a Lake-Lehman junior, won first place in the junior division of the 54th Luzerne County Council of Teachers of Mathematics con- test. The victory includes a full scholarship to Wilkes University. 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