2 The Post NEWS Sunday, August 2p Red Cross — (continued from page 1) Gol ing for the gold Burkhardt would like to re- spond to hurricanes and oth- er calamities out of the area, but that will have to wait for retirement. “I would love to, but I can’t get away from work for three weeks,” she said. She is a reg- istered nurse at the Mercy Center in Dallas. In addition to human vol- unteers, the Red Cross has agreements with hotels, food stores and restaurants where food and a place to stay are available at a moment’s no- tice, with billing directly to the organization. “I know I can go to McDon- ald’s and order 100 hamburg- ers,” Burkhardt said. Gabriel said most of those arrangements are with larger stores, but in a pinch volun- teers can set up temporary accounts with local business- es. She gave the example of a gasoline leak in 2000 at Chase Corners, when the General Jackson Store was the closest source of supplies. “We want to do what's quickest, and keep it in the community that’s affected,” he Back Mountain T community Vaca- tion Bible School for children ages 3 to 12, was held August 16 to 20 at St. Paul's she said. Lutheran Church in But more human help is al- | Dallas. This year’s ways needed. theme was “Go For The Gold ... Team Up With Jesus,” selected to coincide with the 2004 Summer Olympic Games in Athens. A free-will of- fering taken each day was donated to the Special Olympics of Luzerne County. The VBS was co-spon- sored by five church- es: St. Paul's Lutheran, “They’re really desperate for volunteers,” said Evans, who also spends time at the chapter house in Wilkes- Barre every Monday after- noon. “People drop in and out.” Gabriel agreed with that as- sessment. She said attrition is caused by people moving away, changing working hours or even becoming un- comfortable about going out in bad weather. “Right now, we would add to the teams,” she said, if more volunteers applied. “We're trying to keep those four teams as solid as possi- ble.” Shavertown United Methodist, Trinity Presbyterian, Dallas United Methodist, Huntsville United Methodist and Prince of Peace Episcopal. Above, Rev. Bill Lewis, Dallas United Methodist Church, helps children understand the value of an ultimate goal using “medals.”. At right, Hannah Grube helps, from left, Olivia King, Emma Oley and Sami Pugh make signs. FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Before Richardson's, it was Besecker Ford Louis Richardson established his Dodge dealership on Lake Street in 1938, in a building that previously housed James Beseck- er Ford. Bob Besecker, whose real estate office is at the corner of Main Street and Memorial Highway, said in an interview last year that his father opened the Ford dealership in 1923. The Ford garage operated until 1936, when it closed in the depths of the Great Depression. Memorial Highway (Route 415) didn’t exist when Richardson’s was established and Lake Street was the main route to Harveys Lake. When the new road was built, it went through Louis Richardson’s property, and the dealership had frontage on what is now a busy highway. About 1980, Richardson’s took over the vacant Himmler The- ater next to the dealership, and it has been used for storage ever since. Another dealership, Jim Oliver’s Hudson showroom, once occu- pied the building that is now the Dallas Borough municipal of- fices, and James Besecker worked there in the 1940s. — Ronald Bartizek Send your news to The Post by e-mail. thepost@leader.net Digital photos welcome, too! ENTIRE INVENTORY OF MEN'S AND WOMEN’S NIKE SNEAKERS — WE DO NOT HAVE ALL STYLES IN EVERY SIZE — PENN-LEE FOOTWEAR OPEN MONDAY TO FRIDAY 9-9 « SATURDAY 9-5 « SUNDAY 12-5 161-163 E. MAIN ST. (Miners Mills Section) OF WILKES-BARRE PHONE: 825-5346 Dodge (continued from page 1) pay more heed to expenses. The cost of “floor plan,” alone, the interest dealers pay on ve- hicles until they are sold, was running $7,000 to $8,000 a month, he said. “And we can invest more money,” Jim said, and more time. “I'll be at the office at 7:30 Monday morning.” The seven full-time employ- ees, who Richardson calls “our active team,” will return. FORMERLY Specials 639-5216 S$ MARKET Call for Daily Lunch The inventory of new cars and parts that had been re- turned to Chrysler Corpora- tion is back. Richardson said the company wants to keep a presence in the Back Moun- tain. But in the end, it was the outpouring of support that got to him. “I've had so many calls and letters you wouldn’t be- lieve. It’s the community sup- port you get in a small town.” NOW SERVING: Hoagies Sandwiches Coffee Homemade Salads Soups Chili Deli Meats Groceries HOURS: MON-FRI 8 AM-7 PM SAT.-SUN 7 AM-7 PM DALLAS AUTO PARTS 668 Memorial Hwy., Dallas « 675-2143 When it comes fo hydraulics, Gates hydraulics are NOW AVAILABLE. Spurned candidate for superintendent resigns McLaughlin-Smith takes job as assistant superintendent at Crestwood. By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff LEHMAN TWP. — The Lake-Lehman School Board ac- cepted the resignation of Dave McLaughlin-Smith at its Au- gust 17 meeting. McLaughlin-Smith had last served as principal at Lake- Noxen Elementary. He had been offered and accepted the position of superintendent of the district in May, but was re- buffed after asking for assur- ance that he would be retained in another administrative posi- tion if he did not work out as superintendent. The board appointed Michael Healey, former princi- pal of Lackawanna Trail Jr./Sr. High School, at a salary of $95,000 annually, plus a 10 percent co-pay towards his health insurance. McLaughlin- Smith had agreed to an $85,000 salary. Robert Roberts, who is retir- ing as acting superintendent, was paid approximately $88,000. In July, McLaughlin-Smith accepted the position of assis- tant superintendent in the Crestwood School District at an $82,000 salary. He was un- available for comment. Before voting, board mem- ber Mark Kornoski expressed his appreciation for McLaugh- lin-Smith’s service to the dis- trict. “This is one board mem- ber that is sorry to see him go,” he said. The board agreed unani- mously to accept an offer of $70,000 for the former Middle Level Education Building, which is now closed. The sale - is to the River of Life Fellow- ship Ministries, which intends to conduct services in the building. School board members em- phatically rejected a sugges- tion to deal with false fire alarms by delaying response in order to give maintenance per- sonnel time to check the sys- tem. The system has malfunc- tioned several times through the summer, apparently be- cause of dust in sensors. Dave Madajewski, director of build- ings and grounds, said the fire department threatened a fine after the last false alarm. In or- der to avoid that expense, he asked the board to authorize a- 15-minute window from the time the system alerted the alarm company’s office of a problem during which a main- tenance employee would verify whether or not there really was a fire. “Absolutely, positively no,” said board member Jameg Wel- by, a volunteer e plan. He said he woul her be called out at 3 am. for a false alarm than see a building destroyed by fire. Board president James Ma- hon agreed. “I don’t think there can be a buffer between the fire department and the school,” he said. Board member Charles Bal- avage said the company was at fault, and should be asked to go over the system. “Most buildings don’t have this prob- lem.” Madajewski said after the meeting there had been a prob- lem with dust in the sensors, probably due to the construc- tion project at the school. He said the system had malfunc- tioned twice before the sensors were cleaned and once since. The system has a monitor- ing function that warns when a sensor is becoming dirty. Madajewski said he or another maintenance staff work i check the system cr and if there is any sign o: ble, the offending sensor will be replaced. “They don’t like it, so we're not going to do it,” he said of the plan to delay calling the fire department when a warn- ing is sent to the Simplex of- fice. ~In-other business: e District architect Doug Trumbower hinted that there may*+be a settlement with Johns Manville over problems with the senior high school roof. 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