1 Vol. 116 No. 22 AL. o Who's on first? You might be surprised. ( The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 May 29 to June 4, 2005 POST . Rotary plans distinctive clock for Dallas “This Rotary Club service project is sors. aimed at giving a gift to the community and “Ed and Pauline Roth initiated the fund- supporting the borough’s beautification of ing with a donation of $5,000,” said Art Dallas,” said Sandy Peoples, publicity chair- Peoples, “They said that the people of the Fundraising campaign has begun. Roths pledge $5,000. By GAVIN ROBB Post Intern person for the club. The Rotary Club of Dallas has plans for the center of town. The club plans to pur- replicas of the clock as gifts. chase and install a four-sided street clock in the Memorial Triangle across from Fino’s Drug Store, commemorating the 125th anniversary of the borough. She said donors to the project will patronizing their store throughout the recdive commemorative die-cast metal years, and that this was the least they could Rotary Club President Art Peoples said The clock, a centennial project of the the club is working closely with the bor- Dallas club celebrating the 100th anniver- ough and the campaign already has received a helping hand from its first spon- See CLOCK, Page 2 Back Mountain have been very generous in do to show their appreciation.” Artist's rendering of the site locat- ed at the Memorial Triangle across from Fino's Drug Store. PRETTY POSIES FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Norm Darling Sr. lavished water on some of the pansies he will sell at the familty greenhouse. While the past week's weather wasn't any- thing to get excited about, earlier sun had brought out the blooms in this group of flats. DALLAS SCHOOL BOARD It’s official; Galicki Is superintendent Staff report DALLAS TWP. — Little more than a year after he was passed over by the Berwick School District, long-time administrator Frank Galicki was named Superintendent of Schools in the district where he’s worked for more than 20 years. At a special meeting May 24, the Dallas School Board voted 6-3 to give Galicki a five-year contract as superin- tendent at a starting salary of $91,000. Galicki will have one of the lowest Superintendent salaries among Luzerne County’s 11 districts. He will get a $3,000 raise each year, and has 22 vacation days, 12 sick days and three personal days annually. Board Members Maureen Matiska, Dennis Gochoel and James Richardson voted no. Gochoel and Matiska said they F thought the contract should Budget hikes have been for three or four years. taxes. Page 2. Galicki was one of two final- ists for the Berwick job in April 2004. He lost out to James Kraky, who had been assistant superintend- ent of Catasauqua Area School District in the Lehigh Valley. Galicki and Kraky were the two finalists from a list of 15 initial candidates for the Berwick job. Frank Galicki See GALICKI, Page 3 Varied group plots a strategy to A short walk reveals aquatic life and a few historic surprises. By JENNIFER JUDGE YONKOSKI > Post Correspondent TRUCKSVILLE — When it comes to the condition of Toby Creek, the old saying, “There’s some good news and some bad news” certainly applies. On May 18, interested citizens, representatives from municipal gov- & ernment and scientific experts met to walk along the creek, address its current condition and decide their next move toward protecting and preserving this important feature of the Back Mountain. The good news is that the creek is home to many forms of life, mainly insects. The bad news is that some important creatures, such as fish, struggle to survive. “The types of aquatic life indicated that there is runoff into the creek,” Gail Smallwood, a member of the emerging watershed protection group, says. “The creek is not pollut- ed to the point where it can’t hold aquatic life,” but because of soil enrichment from fertilizer, it can’t hold some important kinds. Josh Longmore, watershed special- ist for the Luzerne County Conservation District who also went save creek on the walk, explains. “There is algae, nutrient pollution in the stream. I figured we'd find evidence that stormwater runoff would cause pollution and we did.” Although there is pollution, the creek can be saved, says John Cybulski, a member of the Dallas Borough Road Department. “I was quite confident that it was pretty clean and sustainable. It’s maintain- ing itself, so now we have to keep on it.” Dallas Borough has done numer- ous projects to beautify natural resources, including removing debris from the creek bed and planting trees. The walking tour along a stretch of the Back Mountain Trail started at the corner of Carverton Road and Memorial Highway and followed the streambed to Harris Hill Road. “I found it very interesting having the chance to walk along the creek and see how beautiful it is in this area,” Smallwood says. “It really reinforced the importance of taking care of the creek and making sure we keep its well being in the forefront.” Angel Bestwick, a Dallas Elementary school teacher, agrees. “It was the first time I had the oppor- tunity to see the creek in that loca- See CREEK, Page 3 POST PHOTO/RON BARTIZEK While taking a short walk along Toby Creek, Joseph Ceklosky found a broken stone wheel. He guessed it was a weight that had been attached to a water wheel on one of the mills that operated along the creek from 1800 to the early 1900s. Ceklosky is a member of the citizens advisory committee in the Borough of Kingston. He is concerned about flooding that is made worse by runoff in the Back Mountain. Summer sojurn to D.C. Dallas sophomore will be a Congressional page. By M.B. GILLIGAN Post Correspondent A good part of Rachel Schaub’s summer vacation is already planned out, and it won’t be spent at the beach. A sophomore at Dallas High School, Rachel will head to Washington, D.C. this summer for a stint as a Congressional page. “T’ll be doing things like delivering small packages to the Congressmen, answering phone calls, and doing some secretarial duties,” said Rachel, the daughter of Robert and Julie Schaub of Dallas. She will be working in the Capitol and the surrounding Congressional buildings. Sixty students from ‘across the country were selected to be Congressional pages this summer. All of them are 16-year-olds who will be starting their junior year of high school in the fall. In order to See PAGE, Page 3 Harveys Lake trash dropoff days Harveys Lake Borough will accept discarded items ‘from residents Saturday, June 4 and September 10, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon each day. _Collectoin bins will be set up at the recreation cen- ter ground, off West Point Avenue. There will be a charge of $25 per load in cars or 1/2 ton pickups. Larger trucks will be charged $50 per load. Other charges are: car tires, $5 each; truck tires, $10 each; batteries, $3 each; propane tanks, $3 each; major appliances, $10 each. Shingles, drywall and insulation materials will not be accepted. Permits must be obtained in advance from the borough office. Proof of residency is required. No permits will be granted the day of the dropoff. Call 639-2113 for more information. 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