L | The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 February 6 to February 12, 2005 OST . SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS & LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS Planners critical of proposed subdivision Supervisors and developer discuss the plan in an unadvertised meeting. Library will add a gazebo in honor of Marilyn Rudolph. LOONY AT LAKE-LEHMAN Teens ted’ | | commu party helps fight cancer @ Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre group plans an event to benefit American Cancer Society. r By M.B. GILLIGAN Post Correspondent A group of area high school students are honing their leadership skills to help raise public awareness as well as funds that will be used for research on breast cancer. The 10 girls, along with their student and adult: project advi- sors, have been working for several weeks to organize a Think Pink Tea Party to be held from 2 to 4 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Woodlands Inn and Resort. “We are required to do a community service project as members of Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre,” said Hillary Smith, Shavertown. “We had a Think Pink Day at Dallas High School and By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff os 3 DALLAS TWP. — The plan for a new 101-lot subdivision lacks detail and con- tains many shortcomings, according .to a Luzerne County Planning Commission engineer. In nine pages of comments sent to the township, county engi- Developer neer Joseph Gibbons hopes to clear questions roadway and hurdles by traffic plans, stormwater that worked out well so we followed spring. management and several that idea.” Page 3. other aspects of the development. The mother of one of the girls, Kira Szulborski, Shavertown, is a breast can- & cer survivor. The girls brainstormed various ideas revolving around a moth- er/daughter get together and came up with a tea party, complete with refresh- ments, live piano music, information booths and a special guest speaker. “My mother recommended Chris Yanek, who is a breast cancer survivor,” said Jillian Nataupsky of Dallas. “She knew that Chris had spoken to other groups and is involved with the Relay for Life.” Some of the strongest comments have to do with reliance on a single entrance road, which Gibbons refers to as “nothing more than a long cul-de-sac.” He recommends two independent points of access, in case one is blocked. At the Sept. 21, 2004 meeting, Supervisor Phil Walter said having two entrances would be one of the conditions for approving the development. That way, “If a tree comes down, or something hap- pens, people aren’t stranded,” he said. But the preliminary plan shows a single entrance, off Harris Street, and an emer- gency access dirt road that leads out to Wyoming Road. The proposed Saddle Ridge, located on 73 acres of land between Lower Demunds Road and Wyoming Road, is laid out for See THINK PINK, pg 3 County seeks A Ld FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK & t th t : 101 lots, but that could change, depending 0 SIMoo YO ing uke University has its Cameron Crazies student section, and Lake-Lehman has these folks. on comments from the township engineer, We'll tag them the "Lake-Lehman Loonies." They were out in force when Lake-Lehman zoning officer, the county and the supervi- By GAVIN ROBB hosted Dallas in girls basketbal last week. Leading the cheers were Eric Gronski, bottom sors. Pot nism center; Brittany Hillard, to his right; Stan Brudnicki, middle left; Matt Kosloski, middle cen- There also are concerns about the pro- ter; and Rick Schofield, right center. Phots from the game, which was well worth cheering about, Dallas Township Secretary Len are on the sports pages. Kozick, who has helped with the town- ship elections since the 1970's, said sarennt Ready, set, Kindergarten See SUBDIVISION, pg 3 pletely unexpected. “I've never seen anything like that in all the years I've been here,” said | ake-Lehman program gets youngsters garten teachers for a while and they like that.” RA lines before, but at ease with school, long before fall. The hy was also held at the Lake-Noxen Fortunately for Dallas voters, scenes By M.B. GILLIGAN : The program consists of four parts, with young- such as this may be a thing of the past, Post Correspondent sters and their parents invited for each section. as Luzerne County officials have “In October they do a Reading Readiness pro- recently announced a tentative plan ROSS TWP. — Ready for kindergarten? gram and then Math Readiness in November. In calling for several changes to the num- Thanks to a Kindergarten Readiness Program, April, they get a ride on the school bus,” said ber of polling places throughout the that is one question most Lake-Lehman School Donald James, principal at Ross Elementary. area. District parents can easily answer by the time “The February program is about Health and As the polls officially closed Nov. 2 at their children need to register. Nutrition, and they do cover some preliminary 8 p.m. in Dallas Township, the line of “We've had this program for about 20 years and kindergarten registration information.” voters still waiting to cast ballots it is very nice,” said Patty O'Neill, guidance coun- The children and parents even had an opportu- ; FOR THE POST/M.2. GILLIGAN stretched around the perimeter of the selor for Ross and Lehman-Jackson elementary Macenzie Love and Angela Lockavich enjoyed their first schools. “The children get to go with the kinder- See KINDERGARTEN, pg 3 lunch in the school cafeteria. See VOTING, pg 3 & V Inside The Post COG members plan to press on after administrator quits By RONALD BARTIZEK Post Staff Student artists can sign up for the 24th Rosetti Art Contest 10 12 Pages, 1 Section DALLAS — Members of the Back Mountain Area Council of Governments hope the resignation of Dallas Borough Manager Joe Moskovitz as administrator does not jeopardize the organization. Calendar ........ naani2 In a letter dated January 29, Moskovitz said his decision ChUICh .. ou A, 11 was driven in part by implications that he couldn’t be trust- Crossword =... 8 ed with grant funds. He specifically cites comments made Editorials. io 4 at the most recent COG meeting by officials from Kingston Obituaries ..... 5 Township, one of the four member municipalities along FET with the borough and Dallas and Lehman townships. SOPO0N 42 13021 2.0m evs 10 John Oliver, president of the Dallas Borough Council, Sports ............. 79 said the episode would cause the borough to back off from its leading position in the COG. “Maybe it’s time for us to step back,” he said, and allow other members to take more responsibility. He is particularly hopeful Kingston Township, whose representative takes chairmanship of the ¥ How To Reach Us News: 675-5211 thepost@leader.net 15 N. Main St. - T COG board in April, will become more involved. Wilkes-Barre PA 18711 FORTHE POS/CHARLOTITE BARTIZEK Oliver said he had talked with Moskovitz about his res- ] Advertising: ‘829-7101 T : ; ignation. “He doesn’t want it to be about him. He wants it ay ay u Nn ng up Jim Laviska, Falls, finds a a quiet place in the stacks to rehearse his to be about regionalization.” 4 songs before performing at the Back Mountain Memorial Library's “Wordhorde,” which The COG was formed in 2002, and Moskovitz has helped and Delivery: 829-5000 took on a coffee house atmosphere. More photos on page 2. See COG, pg 3 Vt $3 ¥
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