the library. DALLAS — Celebrate a life, a - pm — tion or sell it in the bookstore. | e If you'd like to birth, or an occasion like Christ- tions to the library's shelves said Ay; qonations are more than wel: | Know more. or mas. That’s what more than 800 Martha Butler, library director. A Coe ; } ~ Center Mt. bridge project delayed In surprise, land may need to be purchased, perhaps raising cost By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff e KINGSTON TWP. — The Center Street bridge recon- struction project is definitely getting slower. It also may become more expensive. Vol. 115 No. 16 off to strong Page 7 Detlias, Lohman starts in soccer = L pp = The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 April 18 to April 24, 2004 ¢J 50¢ SERVING THE COM MUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS From children’s books to compendiums of cows, memorial and honor books provide years of enjoyment for the many people who check them out of have the desire to donate a book, call the Back Moun- tain Memorial Li- brary at 675-1182. FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Cindy Katyl, Back Mountain Memorial Library employee, arranges recent memorial book additions. Donations of books bring lasting joy, remembrance By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Post Correspondent people did last year when they purchased a memorial or honor book for the Back Mountain Memorial Library. Books of general interest that stand the test of time, classics, or reference books are good addi- List of latest memorial and honor books, page 9 $25 donation lets the librarian purchase and choose an out- standing, timely book for the shelves, but the donation may be specified to buy a book by a spe- cial author or selection in a spe- cific area of interest The library will accept used books but reserves the right to add it to the permanent collec- Commemorative books repre- sent 27 percent of additions to the library’s new book collection every year, Butler said. Gifts can also be arranged through a will or designated by an attorney and See BOOKS, pg 3 The project, which was to begin this month, has been - postponed for a year. “We're waiting for reviews to come back from PennDOT,” said Dave Fetterman of Borton Lawson Engineers. The supervisors learned just a couple of weeks ago that some land may have to be acquired in order to widen the roadway to three lanes as it crosses a bridge at the inter- section with Route 309. This was the first time since plan- ning for the project began several years ago that land ac- quisition was mentioned. Eddie O'Neill, township Manager, said the issue came up when he and Zoning Officer Bill Eck were reviewing Ve i a1 property owned by Dr. Francis Collini, who had asked for . br, FE we 4 a setback variance for an addition. That building is on the Jn 4 ’ south side of East Center Street. zr oo pl i A The supervisors are upset that the issue has come up So FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK late in the game. \ “This is completely news to me,” said Chris Yankovich, Giving spring a boo St chairman, at a meeting last week. He said the subject did- n't come up at two onsite inspections of the area with On a recent chilly day, Norm Darling Sr. sat in one of his greenhouses, preparing plants that will soon be set into warm soil township engineer Chris Borton. Yankovich said he also a Students win History Day awards By M.B. GILLIGAN Post Correspondent LEHMAN TWP. — Lake- Lehman Senior High School sent 52 students to compete against students from seven other local high schools at the Regional Competition of History Day, held on April 3 at Penn State Wilkes-Barre campus. Twenty-three of those students earned the right to move on to the state level of competition. “The students start work- | 1 Lake-Lehman High School students Elyse Benoit, Kelsey Cole and Amanda Gongleski, presented a group exhibit about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. See BRIDGE, pg 3 (we hope!) by gardeners and landscapers who have waited longer than they'd like for seasonal weather to show up. | ing on History Day in Sep- tember and we have a school- wide competition first,” said Michael Novrocki, high school moderator at Lake- Lehman, where freshmen and juniors work on the event in their honors classes. “They are judged and we give them ideas for improving their projects. The best ones move on to the regional competi- tion.” Novrocki, a graduate of See HISTORY, pg 2 BE Re fr: LZ Manhattan Project.” Dallas High School senior Kimberly Reisch took second place in the Senior Individual Exhibit division with her presentation, “Encounter with the Nuclear Bomb: The Volunteer cleanup will lay groundwork for ‘greenway By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff DALLAS — A stretch of Toby’s Creek will be spruced up Satur- day, in what organizers hope is the beginning of a trend. The volunteer cleanup has been organized by the Wyoming Valley Watershed Coalition, a program of the Pennsylvania Environmen- tal Council, with support from a wide variety of other groups and Dallas Borough. Holly Frederick, project manag- er at the council office in Luzerne, said last week the stream and its banks present a lesser challenge than do some remote waterways. “It's not a dumping ground,” she said. She likened Saturday’s event to cleaning up a yard or roadside after the winter. The main focus will be a sec- tion that parallels Lake Street, from Memorial Highway to the Commonwealth Telephone of- fices. That is an area that has been targeted by the Anthracite Scenic Trails Association for con- struction of a walking route be- tween the borough center and College Misericordia. “We could have a beautiful Toby's Creek Cleanup Sat. April 24 on 8 a.m.-12 noon : Pa Meet at Commonwealth Telephone parking lot, Lake St, Dallas To find out more, volunteer, or to donate services, supplies or refresh- ments, call 718-6507. A registration form is available at www.wywc.org Back Mountain Trail Cleanup Sat. April 24 9 a.m.-12 noon Meet at D.AM.A. property, northbound Rt. 309, Trucksville greenway,” said Judy Rimple, ex- ecutive director of the trail group, which is negotiating with adja- cent property owners, including Commonwealth Telephone, for rights-of-way. “Things are going well” in the negotiations, she said. Rimple said Ecumenical Enter- prises, the operator of the Mead- ows Nursing Center, is enthusias- tic about the trail, which would cut through the Meadows proper- ty on its way to the college. 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