Sunday, October 4, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 11 Back Mountain to revisit historical mansions The Back Mountain His- torical Association is pre- senting, “Town & Country: Downtown Mansions and Back Mountain Summer Homes,” during its fall meeting at 7 p.m. on Tues- day, Oct. 13, in Misericordia niversity’s Lemmond Thea- cer at Walsh Hall. Local architect Carl J. Handman, AIA, and Anthony Brooks, executive director of the Luzerne County Histori- cal Association, will present a collection of images of the city and country homes of many families whose names are well known in the region. The free meeting and pre- sentation are open to the pub- lic. A light reception will fol- lowthe meeting. . Participants are asked to register for the event by call- ing 674-8036 so proper ac- commodations can be made for campus guests. to share their historical pho- tographs of the Back Moun- tain with the regional histor- ical association are asked to bring their pictures with Among the historic homes to be discussed during the presenta- Meeting guests who want tion is the William Hillard Conyngham House. them to the October 13 meet- ing. Digital copies of the pho- tographs will be made for the Judith Simms Dawe Photo- graphic Database and the original pictures will be re- turned to their owner. MARATHON Continued from Page 1 \ “It takes a lot of hard work and discipline,” she said. “I work full time, so there are some days I am so tired from work and training the day be- fore.” Larson ran her first half marathon, 13.1 miles, in the New York Road Runners Half Marathon Grand Prix in Queens on Sept. 20. She was scheduled to run her second half marathon, the Grete’s Great Gallop Half Marathon, yesterday in Central Park. : “It is hard; I won’t lie,” Lar- son said. “But the satisfac- tion that crosses the finish line, that’s a great sense of ac- complishment.” | So far, Larson ‘has raised slightly more than $1,000 to- ward her goal of $3,000. She is thankful to her friends and family for their financial and emotional support. . “I think she would be so proud of me,” Larson said of Connor, who was also a run- ner and a former field hockey coach at Dallas High School. . To donate in support of Larson and her cause, visit http:/ /fredsteam.mskcc.org to find her homepage or e- gr KellyLar- ® |n2009@gmail.com. SUBMITTED PHOTO The late Mary Ann (Mihalick) Connor, who was formerly from Larks- ville, runs a past race. Connor was 48 when she died from breast cancer in March of 2005. Her godchild, Kelly Larson, who is formerly of Shavertown, is running the 2009 ING New York City Marathon on Nov. 1in Connor's memory. SMOKING Continued from Page 1 Air Act because he feels it in- fringes on the rights of smok- ers and restaurant owners. Solinsky believes banning smoking on playground prop- erty would simply cause adults to step outside of the fence to smoke during sporting events or while their children are at play. As a father of an 8-year- old, Solinsky says he and his son have seen adults smoking at the playground occasionally, but he does not feel it is a prob- lem. “I don’t care if they see it,” Solinsky said of children and smoking. “I would never allow (my son) to smoke. He already knows that will bring down the wrath of his mother and (me) if he’s caught.” Kingston Township Supervi- sor James Reino supports such an ordinance. He was one of three super- visors who voted to drafting one and is a proponent of the ordinance to keep children safe. “First, second-hand smoke is a documented problem and I believe every effort should be made to keep it away from chil- dren,” Reino said. “Second, if people are smoking and their smokes are hanging down at their side or being moved from their mouth to their side, a po- tential for children to run into these smokes is a possibility, especially in an area designat- ed for athletic events and space for children to play.” Reino says cigarette butts are toxic and difficult to clean up. He also believes that smok- ing is an individual choice that should not be pushed on those who do not smoke. 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In addition, there is $1 million in contingency that must be spent on a capital project, although it does not have to be the high school construction project. “I'd support a change order to put an intrusion detector in the doorways and have the electrical contractor do the work that needs to be done now in order for that to happen,” Kyle said. “I always feel like were still ahead because we're not paying a construction management company.” Kyle believes the biggest con- cern is that RediChek was used and Crabtree Rohrbaugh and As- sociates official were supposed to have 90 percent of the plan docu- ments complete when they did their final review. RediChek is a construction document review service that prepares checklists to review design documents. The district paid $50,000 to have its documents reviewed by . FRED ADAMS/FOR THE DALLAS POST Construction of a new maintenance building in the Dallas School District is currently under way as part of the new high school construction project. Cameras at the new high school and mainte- nance building will focus only on observation, not intrusion, under the project's contract. Some of the exterior doors to be installed on the school do not have contacts for burglary detection. “The district is always concerned with the budget, especially when change order issues arise. The hard truth and fact of the matter is, although it was mis- sed in the bid it would have been included within cost of the project originally. Now the burden is on the district to make certain the costs are in line and not inflated to include the changes." Mark Kraynack Building and grounds manager RediChek before they went out to bid. It is unknown whether or not 90 percent of the plan documents were complete when RediChek was used. In addition, Kyle is upset that a sign for the high school and dis- trict at Hildebrandt Road and Co- nyngham Avenue was overlooked in the contract. “It’s been bothering me,” Kyle said. “It’s like the playground not being included in the Wycallis project. What happens is theyre trying to bring the project in on budget ... we have a sign out on 309 and Hildebrandt Road. How old is that sign? We don’t have a sign, really, along Hildebrandt and Conyngham Avenue.” A sign could also be purchased using the contingency money, Kyle said. Bob Nesbit, of Crabtree Rohr- baugh and Associates, agreed at the meeting to investigate the matters and prepare a report for the school board’s October work session. Nesbit declined to comment, citing a Crabtree Rohrbaugh and Associates policy that prohibits him from talking to the press. Superintendent Frank Galicki said Nesbit will give an update on the construction project at the board’s Oct. 5 work session. 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