The Post Sunday, July 11, 2004 4 “, x i The Lake-Lehman high School Jazz Band playing aboard the U.S.S. Wisconsin. The Lake-Lehman Band trav- eled to Virginia Beach, Va., in May for a variety of perform- ances. The concert band performed at Inner Harbor, Baltimore, and the jazz band was invited to perform on the USS Wisconsin. Band members then took a cruise ‘on Chesapeake Bay, fol- lowed by a well-deserved day off at Busch Gardens. Other recent activities were: In March, Lake-Lehman’s Blue Percussion Group, under the direction of Dave Gambel, brought home second place in competition at Hanover, Pa. The Indoor Color Guard placed first in the Scholastic Novice Division at Wildwood, N.J. , April 29-May 2 among 64 groups from nine states. In- structor is John Taggert. The Jazz band, under the di- rection ‘of Michael ‘Robinson, received an “Outstanding” rat- ing at Crestwood High School on April 18. The Lake-Lehman High School Band held its spring concert at the high school, LES May 13. This was Band Direc- tor Michael Robinson’s last concert performance, as he will be leaving Lake-Lehman to be- come band director at Central Bucks South High School in southern Pennsylvania. A successful Ice Cream So- cial was held on April 25, by In- door Percussion, Indoor Guard, and several other Band ensembles. Left photo, Indoor Percus- sion, from left, front row: Evan Scott, Elizabeth Bovee, Heather Perry, Jessica Parsons. busy season Back row: Mike Zimmerman, Curt Bush, Sarah Kidd, Curtis Scharding-Taras, John Doran, Pat Chocllo, Matt Mahoney, JP. Hanish, Eric Ellis, Tim Bendik. Absent from photo: Rachel Chin (Drum Major), and Bri- ana Schweizer. Right photo, Indoor Guard, from left: Diana Gionfriddo, Jess Marchakitus, Skye Nick- alls, Ryan Malarkey, Amber Kenny (captain), Chrissy Stan- ishefski, Kim Peron Courtney Sharp, and Davalyn Schweizer. wba * Beautify Your Home * Lower Your Utility Bills * Increase Your Homes’ Va ASK ABOUT OUR 120 Monahan Ave. Dunmore, PA 18512 1-866-4RENEWAL AAA CT TN || VET TC LT ET RET PHOTO CONTRIBUTED Dallas firefighters Ron Hall, Dave Bloom and Tim Rismondo pulled up a grate at the Meadows Nursing Center in order to through the grate. No fire is too large, and no duck too small ... When Yvonne Mould and two friends heard frantic peeps coming from a drainage grate during last month’s Market on the Pond at the Meadows Nursing Center, they knew what to do, but weren’t sure of the reaction. “We felt a little sheepish” calling the Dallas fire depart- ment. But without hesitation, three firefighters drove right down, removed the grate and rescued a duckling that had fallen in. Not only that, a large rodent was eyeing the baby duck and had already killed another that had tumbled Cheers rang out from vendors and visitors when Tim Ris- mondo pulled the duckling to safety, at which point Mould carried it across East Center Hill Road and released it into the company of the flock that had at that point waddled over to the stream behind Pickett’s Charge. “And then they just got up and went back to the fire sta- tion,” said Mould, who wants to give the men credit for a job well done. The Viltage At GREENBRIAR ar gated wetirement commbitity Assisted Living Private rooms as low as Information and a tour! COMING FALL, 2004 — “The Cottages” for independent living 4252 Memorial Hwy., Dallas * 675-1300 $65/day CALL TODAY for Enjoy ‘Carefree Living and New Beginnings’ Noise (continued from page 1) to present testimony. Ruth St. George, who lives across from the plant on Lower Demunds Road, asked Melnick if he had ever been in the Pul- verman building and what he thought about the noise. “Yes, I have, and it’s deafen- ing,” said Melnick. “If I were a plaintiff’s workmans compensa- tion attorney, I'd probably put up a sign outside that factory that read ‘Hearing Claims.’ They don’t wear any ear protec- tion, theyre next to the ma- chines and theyre deafening. They've tried to take some modest, remedial measures that have been ineffectual.” Downing Drive resident Dr. Michael Kovalick asked for as- surance that the 40-year-old noise ordinance will be changed. He passed out copies of noise ordinances from com- munities similar to Dallas Township such as Tempe, Ari- zona and West Pikeland Town- ship, PA that have industries within residential areas. “The pattern that I found with these ordinances that we don’t have with ours is that there is a decibel limit differ- ence between day and night, there’s a difference between res- idential and industrial. When industrial borders residential, the residential takes prece- dence and a lower decibel limit is required.” Kovalick said the decibel lim- its are not punitive. “These are all levels that any business should be able to operate in but it provides some protection for the housing around these in- dustries. We have to be willing to change, because the Dallas Township that you guys came into is no longer the same,” suggesting that cows were the primary residents of the land surrounding the plant when the building was constructed years ago. Kovalick also read from Kingston Township's noise ordi- nance, which prohibits the use of any construction equipment, power saw, lawn or landscaping equipment or any other me- chanical equipment operated by fuel or electric between the hours of 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. “They’re much more severe,” he said. “Were not looking to do something like that, we're looking for something to be reasonable to all involved.” Melnick said that he would review the ordinances Kovalick presented with the supervisors. “We'll decide what seems palat- able to the residents of the township.” Gilbert Griffiths, who lives in Orchard View Terrace, asked Melnick if the township could look into modernizing all of the township’s ordinances. “What I'm looking at is bringing all of our ordinances into the 21st century so that five years from now when Kanjorski has the trains leaving from Wilkes- Barre and the Back Mountain is being developed more and more that our ordinances are carrying us forward from this point on, so that we have a “We have to be willing to change, because the Dallas Township that you guys came into is no longer the same.” Michael Kovalick Downing Drive stepping stone for the next cen- tury.” Melnick suggested that would take a great deal of time. “What we have tended to do historically is, as issues come up we address that specific is- sue and enact an ordinance to deal with that specific issuc 8) Township Engineer Doughton said the township has sent a letter to the county to see if rewriting the zoning and planning ordinances quali- fies for the 2005 county Com- munity Development Fund. “There’s somewhere between $75,000 to $100,000 available. We got positive feedback on that, so for 2005 the supervi- sors can use that money to pay consultants to rewrite the ordi- nances,” he said. Melnick agreed that redoing all the ordinances is a goad idea, but that the project could take at least six months to com- plete. “When you say six months, to my way of thinking, that’s not a long period of time. When you're talking six years, that would be a long period of time,” Griffiths responded. Chairman Phil Walter cau- tioned against making a big fi- nancial commitment. “I thi the biggest problem is that don’t like to promise anything until the money’s in hand. If we get the funding we’ll work on the whole thing, otherwise it’s going to be just one ordinance at a time. We can’t put 15 mils on new taxes like some people do. We're trying to get by on, 9 mils and everybody’s . crying they want a road paved, they want this done, they want that done. We don’t have that kind of money, so we do a little at a time.” And Melnick warned resi- dents that even if the noise or- dinance is changed, it will n affect Pulverman, which wil grandfathered in to the curren ordinance. In other news: The township’s recycling cen- ter accepts only yard waste such as leaves, grass, branches and twigs. Absolutely no metal, stumps, logs or kitchen trash will be accepted. Some people have been dropping off pieces of metal mixed in with their grass trimmings and brush, re- sulting in damage to machinery parts and risking employee in- jury. The recycling site is pro- vided as a service to the resi- dents of the township. If the service continues to be abused, it will have to cease, the super- visors said. 18 (TVRAA1 1 o=Tq I-Yelu lols NO [A @1V]5 Sicilian Style Pizza, (OI A410 1-0 "SH © 1 T= M [Ts TV I I(T 0 1S Eat In Or Take Out! 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