Sunday, October 25, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 ‘Night Frights continues at library through This year’s Haunted Library, called “Night Frights,” is basked on an original story of a “sleepover” and what happens when teenagers have trouble falling asleep. Although it is geared toward older visitors, the event can always e scaled down for each individual group. Younger children are giv- n the option to carry a small “tap light” to increase their bravery. A donation of $6 per person is requested but a $1 off coupon is available at the front desk of the library. There will also be an outside dance performance throughout each night and food is available at the refreshment stand. “Night Frights” continues from 5 to 9 p.m. today, Oct. 25, and from 6:30 to 11 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. A di rar SY a) Bh Gem g Ee a Sr IE 2 S = (od s Suited N their display. BOTTOM RIGHT: Gabbie Vol- petti, left, and Casidhe Menig get painted up for their roles at the Haunted Library. BOTTOM LEFT: Cameron Shaner, left, and Hunter Davis are demons at the Haunted Library. Oct. 30 CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Ranya Grzyboski,of Dallas, and her mother Vicky saw a picture in National Geographic of a museum in Rome holding the skulls of hun- dreds of Capuchin monks and decided to replicate the museum in great detail for the Haunted Library. There are over 100 skulls in = BACK MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP Members discuss ways to develop By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Members of the Back Moun- tain Community Partnership (BMCP) discussed ways to de- velop a budget on Oct. 15 at Mi- sericordia University. The BMCP is an inter-munic- ipal group composed of Dallas, Franklin, Jackson, Kingston and Lehman townships and Dallas Borough. BMCP President Al Fox said he would like to see the group develop better zoning and plan- ning together in the Back Mountain, as well as a uniform police department. Fox asked other municipalities for input. The Pennsylvania Council of Governments suggests groups such as the BMCP implement a $1 per capita fee in each partici- pating municipality. BMCP a = Al Fox, of Jackson Township; Ray Iwanowski, of Lehman Township; and Dallas Borough Mayor Tim Carroll supported the idea. Phil Walter, of Dallas Town- ship, said the $1 per capita would be costly to the township because it has about 8,000 resi- dents. Jeffrey Box, of Kingston Township, said the township has 7,200 residents and such a fee would likely not pass among the supervisors. Box also said he does not feel the township is interested in a regional compre- hensive plan. Joseph Chacle, of NEPA-ALL- of The Pennsylvania Council of Governments suggests groups such as the BMCP implement a $1 per capita fee in each participating municipality. BMCP President Al Fox, of Jackson Township; Ray Iwanowski, of Lehman Township; and Dallas Borough Mayor Tim Carroll supported the idea. ance, and BMCP solicitor Jef- frey Malak put together a draft for an 18month to two-year budget for $35,000 based on money they hope to receive by applying for a Shared Munici- pal Services Plan Grant through the state. They agreed to revisit the budget. State Sen. Lisa Baker (R-Leh- man Township) and State Rep. Karen Boback (R- Harveys Lake), who were at the meet- ing, offered to assist them. New membership BMCP secretary Tracey Carr reported that Harveys Lake Borough Councilman Clarence Hogan wrote a letter of interest about the borough joining the group. Lake-Lehman School District Superintendent James McGovern also wrote a similar letter on behalf of the district. The BMCP voted to send Harveys Lake Borough officials a letter, informing them that the next step they must take is to pass a resolution in favor of joining the partnership. Thee BMCP will also send Lake-Leh- man officials a letter to notify them thot a School district does aE SU ER a not fit into the BMCP?’s articles of agreement, but that partner- ship members are looking into revising those articles. According to Malak, all mu- nicipalities, school districts and even private universities in the Dallas and Lake-Lehman school districts are eligible to join the BMCP according to the Intergovernmental Coopera- tion Law. However, the BMCP’s articles of agreement refer only to municipalities, so a revision must occur before other enti- ties can join. Malak said he also did re- search on non-voting member- ships. An associate member- ship would not allow a govern- mental body any voting power, but would allow it to participate in programs. An honorary membership would not allow voting power or program par- ticipation. Grant award status Chacke reported that the BMCP has not yet been notified if it will receive any funding it applied for from the Depart- ment of Environmental Protec- Foeray Conservation tion budget Grant. Kingston and Jackson townships and Dallas Borough applied for money for solar pan- els while Kingston and Lehman townships and Dallas Borough applied for funding for energy efficiency upgrades. Chacke said the BMCP should know by the end of Oc- tober if it is to receive any mon- ey. Gaming money The BMCP is concerned that smaller municipalities don’t get as much of a share as larger mu- nicipalities do in the distribu- tion of state gaming funds. BMCP members asked Baker and Boback about the possibil- ity of revising legislation to ad- dress the issue. Boback said right now, the contiguous municipalities of the casino are supposed to get first priority in gaming money. “We can work to try to ad- vance an amendment that would make it more equita- ble....,” Baker said. “I would agree with you that it should be more equitable.” Back Mountain sign Boback said the Back Moun- tain Economic Development Council has come up with an idea to put a “Welcome to the Back Mountain” sign just be- yond Carverton Road. The council would like Kingston See BUDGET, Page dod CaS LE rp Cs LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT Lake-Lehman will form elementary autism class By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com Lake-Lehman School District Superintendent James McGov- ern announced Monday evening that the district has received ap- proval from the state to form an elementary autism class. According to McGovern, the in-school autism elementary au- tism class is expected to have six students and is set to start at the beginning of the 2010-2011 school year. “A lot of research indicates one in 20 students could be diag- nosed with autism in the next 10 years,” McGovern said. A secondary life skills program began in the district two years ago and an elementary life skills class started this school year. McGovern says the district’s goal is to keep more of its special needs students in its own schools as research shows that autism rates may rise to one in 20 stu- dents in the future. The school board authorized the advertisement of an elemen- tary autism teacher with employ- ment to begin at the start of the second half of the current school year. Personnel Maureen Devine, of Harveys Lake, was hired as an elementary teacher at Lake-Noxen Elemen- tary School at a salary of $39,179. Dwayne Kalinay, of Plymouth, was hired as a secondary biology teacher at a salary of $42,291. Others hired include Bertha Ely, of Noxen, as a food service worker at Lehman-Jackson Ele- mentary School at rate of $9.25 per hour; and Leonard Kislavage, of Sweet Valley, as a custodian at the junior /senior high school at a rate of $9.50 per hour. A six-week unpaid leave of ab- sence in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act was approved for Courtney Guiliani- Judge, a secondary foreign lan- guage teacher, for Sept. 21, 2009 through Nov. 2, 2009; and for Pa- tricia McCulloch, an elementary school health assistant, for Oct. 26, 2009 through Dec. 8, 2009. A leave of absence was ap- proved for Elizabeth Tenenbaum, a teacher at Lehman-Jackson Ele- mentary School, for Nov. 16, 2009 through March 16, 2010. The leave will consist of 16 sick days followed by an unpaid leave of ab- sence in accordance with the Family Medical Leave Act for 60 days. The board rescinded its Aug. 17,2009 motion to hire Samantha Parks, of Mountain Top, as a teacher due to Parks’ reversal of decision to accept the position af- ter she was appointed. See AUTISM, (Page 14 CE Eh EL i
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