A | Sunday, September 13, 2009 PAGE 11 THE DALLAS POST LAKE TOWNSHIP Resurfacing work provides smooth ride By EILEN GODIN Dallas Post Correspondent Lake Township supervisors awarded a road resurfacing bid, announced a' new meeting schedule and new hours for the township secretary at their meeting Wednesday night. A smoother ride will be the outcome of road work on a mile and a half stretch of Loyalville Road. To help conserve expens- es, township road crews are re- pairing the road base and pre- paring the road for paving. Supervisors received four sealed bids for resurfacing of the road. Bids were received from: Popple Construction Inc., Lalfin, $137,822.50; American Asphalt, Shavertown, $134,740; Pikes Creek Site Contractors, Sweet Valley, $129,660.15; and Slusser Brothers, Pittston, $129,514.88. Supervisors unanimously awarded the bid to Slusser Brothers and work will begin next month. Chairman Lonnie Piatt said the expense to have the town- ship road crew preparing the road for paving was budgeted. The cost of resurfacing the road will be covered through funds from the Community Develop- ment Grant and through State Aide for Highway Resurfacing. Bids will be opened next month for work to Wesley Road and Bear Hollow Road. Trying to make the township more accessible to the public, new hours were announced for Residents are urged to take advantage of the Luzerne County Used Tire Recycling Program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.10, at the Hanover Area Junior Senior High School in Hanover Town- ship. For more information, call 331-7049. the township office which will now be open from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursdays. The supervisors’ monthly meeting date has been changed from the third Thursday of the month to the second Wednes- day of the month until the end of the year, Piatt said. The next monthly meeting will be held at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct.14, in the municipal building. In other news ... e Piatt urged residents to take advantage of Luzerne County Used Tire Recycling Program from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.10, at the Ha- nover Area Junior Senior High School in Hanover Township. Tires being collected include those from automobiles, motor- cycles, pick-up trucks and SUVs. Tires cannot be cut or removed from the rims and must be clean of liquids and heavy mud. For more information, town- ship residents can call the Lu- zerne County Solid Waste Man- agement Department at 331- 7049. SARAH Continued from Page 1 According to Kelly, she and Curran were hoping to raise about $5,000 from “Stand by Sa- rah.” Instead, the event raised . $17,000 in one evening and ad-' ditional donations have brought the total to almost $25,000. “I have never, ever received such payment as how it felt to be there that night,” Kelly said. “The support for Sarah...literal- ly at the Jazz Cafe there was a line snaked out to the parking lot to get into this place. We still have such a strong beating heart of generosity in North- eastern Pennsylvania despite all of the headlines. I think we’re so fortunate to live in this area.” The Flannerys were equally surprised at the turnout and support from “Stand by Sarah.” “We certainly never expected anything like that,” Liz Flan- nery said. “When Cindy said she wanted to do something, I was expecting maybe some- thing in her shop, like a basket raffle...It was so overwhelming The Wizard of Oz Whose Live-Anyway? ud Ryan Stiles F.M. 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