IL Vol. 115 No. 32 Elementa Page 8 VE TN x iy i! a ed) August 8 to August 14, 2004 n POST. SERVING TH E COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS ~ Water companies work to secure supply In Dallas, a new well. In Trucksville, a tank and connections among small systems are planned. By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff ®.. MOUNTAIN — Besides sun- shine, this summer has lacked the restric- tions on water use that have become common in recent years, as more homes — each with sinks, toilets and showers — have sprung up in the region. Water companies are not waiting for the next drought, though, and the two largest utilities in the region are in the midst of projects they say will assure an adequate, reliable supply. United Water Pennsylvania, which serves more than 8,000 customers in its Dallas and Shavertown zones, is awaiting approval to put into service a new well that a company official says will meet fu- ture needs. “The drilling’s been done,” said Kirby Pack, Operations Director of the compa- ny. Now, the company is finalizing pur- chase of the land where the well sits, and applications are pending with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the state Department of Environ- mental Protection. If all goes as planned, See WATER, pg 3 Fire hydrants like this one in Cedar Lane will be usable once the water company installs a storage tank Old plan made new may cover middle school assistant post By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff Improvements In store for softball field By CHRIS BELL Post Correspondent DALLAS TWP. — WW. Kubis Memorial Field has been the crown jewel of Back Mountain Baseball for decades. If league officials have their way, they’ll soon have a softball field to match. According to league president Jack yder, the softball field located on the upper level of the Back Mountain Baseball complex is in need of repairs and he hopes to upgrade the facility. “We'd like to make several of im- provements to the softball field,” said Snyder. “We have a short-term plan and a long-range plan.” The short-term goal is to improve the drainage system. “We've had some serious drainage problems on the softball field for a couple of years,” said Snyder. “It drains worse than any of our other fields and our softball teams are losing too many games to the weather.” Snyder hopes to get to work on the project immediately and have the @" ready for use again next spring. See FIELD, pg 8 KUBIS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK B Mountain's Travis DeBona threw to first to complete a double play after forcing Northwest runner Justin Cornell at second during a game last week in the Kubis Memorial Tournament, played at the Dallas Little League field. More photos and a youth sports roundup on page 7. By M.B. GILLIGAN Post Correspondent tion during its debut day. I've been waiting for it,” said Donna DALLAS — Much anticipated, the Dallas Farmers’ Market was greeted with apprecia- “I've been reading about it in the paper and Werkheiser, one of the early birds July 31. Dallas “It’s on Saturday, too, Farmers’ which is just great. I can : Market stop here while I'm out Back Mountain doing my other er- tal 1] rands. Memorial Library "Buck ennai Rd. Dallas Memorial Library is 11a.m. to 3 p.m. sponsoring the market every Saturday on the library grounds. & until Oct. 2 It was brought up at a board meeting as a way Farmers’ Market off to a good start Ea DALLAS TWP. — Under a plan being considered by the Dallas School Board, it would be deja vu all over again for middle school principal Anthony Martinelli and su- perintendent Gil Griffiths. The proposal, presented by board mem- ; . ber Frank Natitus prior . to the Aug. 2 work ses- sion, would place an “administrative intern” Bl with Martinelli to take . on some of the functions performed by assistant principal Paul Reinert, who’ has transferred to be principal at Dallas El- ementary School. Griffiths said 13 years ago, that’s how Martinel- li got his start in admin- Anthony Martinelli Dallas Middle School Principal started as an intern istration. “They’e looking at reviving that model,” Griffiths said. He was the middle school principal when Martinelli served as adminis- trative intern for about one and one-half years. At that point, Martinelli was appoint- ed principal and Griffiths moved up to be as- sistant superintendent. See PRINCIPAL, pg 2 Solicitor gets an earful for missed zoning hearing By CAMILLE FIOTI Post Correspondent DALLAS TWP. — Township solicitor Michael Melnick fielded questions at the Aug. 3 meeting of supervisors from chair- man Phil Walter and angry residents as to why he was a no-show at the previous night’s zoning hearing. The second round of testimony between Pulverman Enterprises and Dallas Township continued without the solicitor. In May, Pul- verman was found in violation of the noise ordinance by township engineer Tom Doughton because of continuous thumping sounds coming from the plant. Doughton said a new noise study was per- formed on July 26 by Vibra-Tech of Hazle- ton. It concluded that Pulverman is still in violation of the ordinance. Doughton said See SOLICITOR, pg 2 to raise some money for the library,” said Joe Stager, president of the library board of direc- tors. “We had to increase the insurance cover- age so there is some expense, but we should make some money and it seems like a lot of people were interested in it.” The Post ran a survey several weeks ago and more than 300 positive responses were received. “We've had a wonderful response from local growers who were very interested in coming to a local market,” said Mary Manzoni, a community volunteer with the Penn State Ex- tension program. “We were concerned that they may be too busy with other markets by the time we set this up.” Mark Field of Noxen knows all about that. “I got here a little bit late today because I had FOR THE POST/M.B. GILLIGAN Libby Sutton, Dallas, picked out plenty of fresh vegetables with help from Stanley Szustak from Golomb’s Farm. to set up my other stand in Tunkhannock first,” he said. Four other area growers also set up booths the first day, and there is room for more. Any farmers interested in participating can call the library at 675-1182 for more information. There was a wonderful selection of fresh fruit, vegetables, and plants available, includ- ing corn, green beans, peppers, onions, pota- toes, apple cider, peaches, plums and, of course, tomatoes. “We start our tomatoes in April so we usu- ally have tomatoes three to four weeks before everyone else,” said Vinnie Cotrone of Yost’s See MARKET, pg 2 Slow pace of paving brings questions By CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Post Correspondent JACKSON TWP. — Supervisor John Wilkes explained at the August 2 meeting why some roads have been left unpaved or partially paved. “The town spends money on plastic swans and other stuff ... so why are these roads left partly paved?” asked Fred Murray. Wilkes answered that the roads were paved in a phased process which is expected to be completed next year. He also noted that six or seven roads have been denied fed- eral paving funds because they did not quali- fy. See PAVING, pg 2 ¥ inside The Post Repairs 10 Pages, 1 Section continue CONC tv baits 10 : CAUTEN «crete cena of on Main Editorials... =x Wd A 4 Obituaries... i 5 Street. SCROGE visas sinie so oainis 8 Page 3 ER haste Page 10 Page 6 Lake-Lehman Car Show coming up. Get your fresh peaches. ¥ How To Reach Us News: 675-5211 thepost@leader.net 15 N. Main St. Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 Advertising: 970-7102 Subscriptions and Delivery: 829-5000
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