i" ® i MRR SL cen en Sunday, June 7, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 DALLAS TOWNSHIP Luzerne County 911 officials to visit residents Township undergoing changes for cuntywide addressing system. REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Township residents can ex- pect a visit from Luzerne Coun- ty 911 officials in the next week or So. The township is one of sever- al municipalities undergoing changes for the countywide ad- dressing system contracted by GeoComim, a communications engineering and GIS mapping firm specializing in enhanced 911 systems for public safety entities. The system will elim- inate rural route addresses and replace them with street names and numbers. Two teams of 911 officials are visiting Bear Creek, Dallas, Kingston, Jackson and Slocum townships and Harveys Lake, Dallas, Jeddo and Laurel Run boroughs. They will assign global positioning system coor- dinates to each home in the municipalities and are seeking the names and telephone num- ber of people living in the homes. The information will assist responders in the event of an emergency. Fred Rosencrans, of Luzerne County 911, estimates that about 30 percent of the town- ship is still using rural route ad- dresses and will likely be affect- ed by the change. It will be up to the township to adopt an or- dinance naming new roads. The project will be coordinated with the United States Postal Service. “Some areas of the township I know are OK,” Rosencrans said. “I know just off of the top of my head that Elmcrest is go- ing to be done.” Rosencrans expects officials to be in the township in about one to one-and-a-half weeks. They will be in a marked, white Chevy Equinox and will not ask to go inside of homes. Resi- dents who miss the officials will find a survey left behind for them to fill out. The county received $480,000, or about 50 percent of the funds needed for the pro- ject, from the state wireless program. The other half of the costs will be paid for by the county. Dust control Patrick McGough, of Fern Street, asked for dust control on his dirt road. McGough says quads and dirt bikes are also a problem on the street. Supervisor Frank Wagner said the road crew has been slow on dirt control because it’s been wet, but mostly because they are busy with piping work. “You don’t even take a street over today unless there’s five houses on it,” Wagner said of Fern Street, which has three homes. “Consider yourself lucky it’s plowed.” Burning ordinance Wagner said he has been see- ing a lot of burning in the town- ship lately despite an ordi- nance that prohibits burning township-wide. Wagner sug- gested sending more press re- leases to the media publicizing the ban. Township Chief of Police Bob Jolley encouraged Wagner to call the police to report burn- ing. Release of financial security A motion was passed based on the recommendation of township engineer Tom Doughton to release financial security in the amount of $74,014.30 to the Masonic Vil- lage of the Grand Lodge. of Pennsylvania. The security was for a senior living apartment project that was completed last fall. Rebecca Bria is a staff writer for The Dallas Post. She can be reached at 970-7436. JACKSON TOWNSHIP Credit card fraud cases reported Eileen Godin Dallas Post Correspondent Three cases of credit card fraud were reported in Jackson Township over the last month. The circumstances surround- ing each case vary greatly but have one common theme - hun- dreds of dollars of unauthorized charges posted to accounts. Police Officer Robert Spencer said one case involves an adult daughter who lifted a credit card from her mother’s purse and charged about $1,000 worth of merchandise at the Wyoming Valley Mall in Wilkes-Barre Township. In another case, a cardholder was shopping in Tannersville. When the cardholder’s state- ment arrived, “a couple of hundred dollars of charges had posted from Europe,” Police Proceeds from Endure for a Cure Chief Jerry Leedock said. The third case is still open but involves a cardholder receiving an undisclosed amount of fraud- ulent charges posted to his ac- count. Since this case is still un- der investigation, Police Officer Ken Kugler cannot release fur- ther details. Even a careful cardholder can become a victim to an unscrupu- lous credit card or debit card thief. There are ways to be vigi- lant and raise the red flag the minute something does not ap- pear to be correct with your ac- counts. Kugler advises the cardholder to notify the bank and the local police force the minute he or she notices a card is missing or fraudulent charges posted to an account. “Contact the police ASAP to report the theft or loss,” Kugler said. “The sooner the police are notified, the quicker we can re- spond and begin to investigate.” Kugler also advises cardhold- ers to cancel the card or place a stop status on the account to pre- vent further use. He said con- sumers should keep track of all credit cards in their name. “Today, with credit card offers so prevalent, people sometimes lose track of how many cards they have,” Spencer said. Financial institutions do their part to help prevent credit card fraud. Many will call the card- holder if uncharacteristic charg- es begin to post to an account. Jim Baum, a Wachovia Bank Corporate Communications rep- resentative, said every banking institution handles fraud cases differently. tomer to a loss management spe- cialist who will work one-on-one with the customer until the problem is resolved,” Baum said. “We will also close compro- mised accounts and reissue (new cards) as soon as the cus- tomer reports a suspected fraud or identity theft.” The Federal Trade Commis- sion’s website, www.ftc.gov, of- fers credit card/debit card fraud prevention tips: “sign cards as soon as they arrive; carry cards separately from wallet; keep a re- cord of account numbers, the banks’ phone numbers, and expi- ration dates in a secure place; watch the placement of the card during transactions and get it back quickly; destroy carbons; save receipts to compare to statements and review state- “Wachovia will assign a cus- First Annual American Cancer Society Endure for a Cure August 16, 2009 The ride will start from Kirby Park, Wilkes-Barre and go iugige Uialat MUP idgl=tr1ale B-Tal = \ViV- Ta igt-E @elBlayalols 65 and 45 mile start: 7:30 a.m. 28 and 12 mile start: 9:00 a.m. @ allel =a @Vialllatel 5 dlllY =iale Soh i= 1aY, Course at Kirby Park: 10:30 a.m. will be used for cancer research, programs and services in the community. 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