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He said although he had
hoped to find one large
source responsible for the
leakage, “That hasn’t been
the case.” Instead, “it’s a
lot of little stuff that’s time-
consuming.”
Over 300 inspections of
homes conducted by the
authority have yielded 10
incorrect sump pump con-
nections and two homes
with rain spouts tied into
the lines. Small cracks lo-
cated in sewer lines near
manholes have been identi-
fied through nightly in-
by the authority. Those re-
pairs still have to be made,
said Boice.
“It's coming along, but
it’s slow and expensive,” he
said.
“It’s not over with from a
long shot,” said Niskey
about the ongoing work.
Jeffrey Metz, vice president of operations, TGI Friday's;
Jessie Hardy, president and CEO, Make-A-Wish and Art
Owens, director of program services, Make-A-Wish
Make-A-Wish Foundation presents Golden
direction.”
Niskey credited Bill ! : <Q vi ¥
Ma paredited + ta Wishbone to T.G.I. Friday’s vice president
Municipal Authori
Board, BR Boice a forty Jeffrey Metz, vice president foundations board of directors
ing diligently on the prob-
lem.
Niskey said Mann has
been working five hours a
day “coordinating the ef-
fort to get it resolved. I
know he is committed.
(And) the mayor (Boice) is
very committed.”
To get home and man-
hole inspections done,
Boice has been working
swing shift and weekends.
There are still 1,000 homes
left to inspect.
“But, when we're done. I
think we’ll have one of the
better systems in the Back
Mountain,” Boice said.
of operations for T.G.I. Friday’s
Restaurants, was recently
awarded The Golden Wishbone
by the Make-A-Wish Founda-
tiona of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania.
This award is the founda-
tion’s highest honor and repre-
sents Metz and TGI Friday's
commitment and dedication
above and beyond that of oth-
ers to the organization’s mis-
sion and the children it serves.
Make-A-Wish Foundation of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
grants wishes of children ages 2
to 18 with life-threatening ill-
nesses to enrich the human ex-
perience with hope, strength
and joy. Metz has served on the
for the past four years.
Since 1998, TGI Friday's has
donated over $100,000 to the
organization. In addition Fri-
day’s sponsors an hour of the
Make-A-Wish Foundation of
Northeastern Pennsylvania
telethon every year. Last year’s
sponsorship included the “Fam-
ily Interview Area” as well as
providing food for the telethon
volunteers.
Friday’s also offers meeting
rooms for Make-A-Wish Foun-
dation of Northeastern Pennsyl-
vania as well as lodging and
food for Wish Families from
around the country who come
to Northeast PA for wish fulfill-
ment.
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Northeast Regional Cancer Institute
The 2nd Annual “It’s All in stations, music, and an working to ease the burden of
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November 13 from 6-9 p.m, at
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The event will feature a fes-
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Last year’s event, the first
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By KALEN CHURCHER
For The Dallas Post
Distressed by what she says is
a lack of participation by some
School Board candidates, the
Lake-Lehman School Board pres-
ident — knocked off the ballot in
May — has put herself back in
the running with a write-in cam-
paign.
In Region One, where two
seats are up for grabs, four votes
kept Michelle Coombs from
clinching the Republican nomi-
nation in the May primary. Mark
Kornoski caught the Democratic
bid and Jeffrey Pauley took a Re-
publican slot. Incumbent Lois
Kopcha won spots on the Demo-
cratic and Republican tickets by
cross-filing.
Coombs said people encour-
aged her to start a write-in cam-
paign when they learned she lost
the primary. The deciding factor
Labor practice charge may block contra
By KALEN CHURCHER
For The Dallas Post
An unfair-labor practice charge
against the Lake-Lehman School
District may block contract nego-
tiations with the union represent-
ing support personnel.
Charles Coslett, Lake-
Lehman’s solicitor and chief ne-
gotiator, said he will not contin-
ue bargaining until the charge is
settled with the state Labor Rela-
tions Board.
If that is the case, the union
will file another complaint, said
John Holland, chief negotiator
for the School District’s support
staff.
Holland said he is filing the
first complaint because the
School District is engaging in
“conditional bargaining.” The
condition is that all past prac-
tices must be removed from the
Schools
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nearest tenth, which meant if a
schools attendance number
slipped from 95.0 to 94.7. for ex-
ample, they would be put on the
list. With the new system, Lake
Noxen, at 94.7, percent atten-
dance, for example, falls off of
the list because although atten-
dance fell from the previous
year, it still rounds to 95 percent.
Being on the warning list ini-
tially carries no consequences. If
a school fails to bring up its
numbers the following year, how-
ever, a litany of consequences
follows.
Next year, if any of the schools
are assessed as failing to meet re-
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was when she realized candi-
dates who had moved on to No-
vember’s election were not at-
tending School Board meetings.
“If you don’t attend the meet-
ings, you can’t understand (the
issues),” Coombs said. “You just
can’t jump into things and try to
proceed. I need to be part of the
solution.”
Kornoski, of Harveys Lake,
said he has missed only two or
three School Board meetings in
the past year.
“l even go to the work ses-
sions, so I'm pretty up on what's
going on with the School Dis-
trict,” Kornoski said.
He too, has noticed the lack of
School Board candidates attend-
ing meetings.
Pauley admits it has been a
busy summer, but he maintains
he is kept informed through oth-
er Board members, newspapers,
and by studying other school dis-
contract before further negotia-
tions occur, he said.
The Educational Support Asso-
ciation represents 70 School Dis-
trict employees including aides,
maintenance workers and cafete-
ria personnel. The association’s
contract expired on June 30,
though negotiations have taken
place much longer.
Eliminating past practices is
the only concession the School
District has asked for thus far,
Coslett said. The elimination
provides an opportunity to start
with a fresh slate. Hired by the
School District last year, Coslett
said he wants to avoid indiscrim-
inately agreeing to past practices
allowed by past administrators or
solicitors.
“I don’t know what mine fields
are lurking out there, but I refuse
to walk through them knowing-
ly,” he said.
dents would be able to move to a
school of their choice and an as-
sessment team would be called
in to help create a specific plan
of improvement. :
McLaughlin-Smith, who is also
principal of Lake-Noxen Elemen-
tary, said the district has already
begun looking at ways to bring
attendance numbers up. He said
at Lake-Noxen, whenever a child
does not show up, a call is made
to the home. He has made the
suggestion to the rest of the dis-
trict to implement the same pro-
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Coombs, who is seeking her
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“I look back at (the primary)
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Though Holland maintains no
bargaining of the issues — hours,
wages or other benefits — has
taken place, Coslett tells a differ-
ent story. He says the two sides
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“I have no idea what their pro-
posal is,” Holland said. “They’ve
been asked on numerous times
to articulate their position and
they have failed to do so.”
Coslett suspects Holland
might be stalling negotiations be-
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thin with Pennsylvania State Ed-
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