Vol. 118 No. 42 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 October 21 - October 27, 2007 *The DALLAS POST. SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF THE DALLAS AND LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICTS “| don't like it at all because | know | have to make them up.” Katie Heindel Lake-Lehman cross country team member el | think teachers de- serve a fair contract, but it's not fair we have to get it off and make it up during the year." Matt Gorski, whose father is a Lake-Lehman teacher iu “It's OK. It's not the best thing in the world. It's kind of bad be- cause we do have to make up the days on the days we have off." Mikayla Orrson, member of the Lake-Lehman cross country team Olivia Anglovich, a mem- ber of the Lake-Lehman cross country team, and her friend are raking leaves during the hours they would be in school to earn money for admission to haunted houses. LAKE-LEHMAN TEACHERS’ STRIKE CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ THE DALLAS POST Members of the Lake-Lehman cross country team were unsupervised during a practice session this past Tuesday because their coach is a member of the Lake-Lehman teachers’ union that went on strike last Monday. Students dealing with strike at LL By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com The Lake-Lehman junior varsity cross country team showed up for practice Tuesday afternoon as usual. But their coach was nowhere to be found. That’s because Coach Regina Tarselli is a teacher in the Lake-Lehman School District. Teachers in the district went on strike beginning Monday, abandon- ing their classrooms and extracurricular activities positions for the picket line. “I don’t like it at all be- cause I know I have to make them up,” cross country team member Ka- tie Heindel said of lost school days because of the strike. Members of the junior high cross country team are still practicing and say that, prior to the strike, Tarselli left them instruc- tions of what to do. The team will be at Dis- tricts this Saturday with- out its coach, but team members expect her to be there as a spectator. A team mother sat near- by the students as they trained but declined to comment on the strike. Students on the team said they are upset vaca- tion time could be lost and the school year may last until the end of June. “It’s OK,” Mikayla Orr- son, a member of the team, said. “It’s not the best thing in the world. It’s kind of bad because we do have to make up the days on the days we have off.” Orrson and many of her teammates have been working on school assign- ments during the days they are not in their class- rooms. Olivia Anglovich, a member of the cross coun- try team, and her friend are raking leaves during the hours they would be in school to earn money for admission to haunted houses. Team member Matt Julie Frederick and her son, Justin, spent some time together Tuesday of this week. Justin had no school because of the Lake-Lehman teachers’ strike. Gorski stays home to watch his 9-year-old broth- er who goes to Lehman- Jackson Elementary School. Gorski’s father is a history teacher at the ju- nior/senior high school. “I think teachers de- serve a fair contract, but it’s not fair we have to get it off and make it up dur- ing the year,” Gorski said. Parents at a junior high school field hockey game on Tuesday had mixed feelings about the strike. Although most did not want to comment about the strike, others did. “I think it’s disgraceful, but I think it’s the school’s fault, not the teachers,” said Julie Frederick, of Sweet Valley. Frederick has a daugh- ter in eighth grade and a son in first grade in the district and feels lucky to have a relative who can watch her son while she is at work. Frederick thinks the so- See STRIKE, Page 13 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Cathy Stanski, of Dallas, thinks wireless Internet access at the Back Mountain Memorial Library may even help young mothers like herself keep up on e-mails and news while at the library. BMT Library has now gone wireless By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timeslieader.com Going online at the Back Mountain Memorial Library just got easier. With the new Wi-Fi hotspot setup, patrons can now take their personal laptop com- puters to the library and have wireless access to the Internet anywhere in the building. Wi-Fi service at the library went into effect October 1. Li- brary director Martha Butler says the decision to obtain Wi-Fi came after students, business men and women and retired people inquired about it. Butler expects a wide variety of library patrons to use Wi-Fi. Visitors who want to use the wireless Internet must bring in their own laptops, as the library does not have any. People are asked to turn off all pop-up blockers before coming to the library. This is because the login window is a pop-up and would otherwise be blocked. Users will log in with a pass- word provided by the library and can stay on the Internet for two hours. If more time is desir- HOMECOMING! Both the Dallas and Lake-Lehman School Districts celebrated Homecoming last week- end. Dallas hosted the Warriors of Wyoming Area while Lehman wel- comed the Comets of Crestwood. For stories and photos, please see pages 10 & 11. Dallas HS returns The title of the play may be “Dead and Deader,” but it’s breathing new life into the acting career of Diane Sherman. Sherman, of Dallas, will play the role of Lilian Durand, an ag- ing Hollywood star, in “Dead and Deader” from October 26-28 at the Music Box Dinner Playhouse in Swoyersville. After being involved in local theater for many years, Sherman has not acted for the past several years. But the secondary guid- ance counselor at Dallas High School was recently asked to take on the role of Lilian Durand. “Dead and Deader” is an audi- ence participation murder mys- tery by Eileen Moushey. The au- dience will be invited to investi- gate, interrogate, search for clues, solve the mystery, unveil the murderer(s) and win prizes. The dinner theatre presenta- ed by someone, the staff will let him or her log in again. “Our objective was to make it convenient for people who wanted to bring in their laptops and use them versus the net- work Internet,” Butler said. Butler says Wi-Fi service al- lows users to be more comfort- able and sit wherever they please. Documents can be saved directly onto a computer in- stead of using a disk or jump drive. Cathy Stanski of Dallas took her daughter to story time Wednesday morning at the li- brary. She thinks wireless Inter- net is a great idea. ‘Pm sure a lot of people would use the library for that,” Stanski said. Mary Rinehart of Dallas stop- ped by Wednesday morning to borrow books. Rinehart agrees Wi-Fi will be useful to patrons and thinks it will allow them to have more freedom. Six desktop computers with Internet access are available for use at the library. Adult comput- er classes are offered periodical- ly throughout the year. NNER are ihe thing here counselor to the stage tion features an extensive buffet catered by A Touch of Class and also features a full cash bar. Ad- mission for all ages for the dinner and show is $30. For further information and reservations, call the Music Box at 283-2195 or 800-698-PLAY. 2 b 7
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