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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
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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
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