Sunday, December 6, 2009 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 ROSS TOWNSHIP Proposed budget has no changes By EILEEN GODIN Dallas Post Correspondent Supervisors are expected to ) @®: a $404,327 proposed budget for 2010 at the end of the month. The proposed budget boasts of no major changes and secretary Terry Davis said the mill rate is esti- mated to be .23. The mill rate is $1 for every $1,000 assessed tax value. Chairman Stanford Davis said the township does not have a per capita tax, but the half a percent tax on earned income will remain. The budget proposal allo- cates $41,000 for a possible equipment purchase; however, the exact piece of equipment to be replaced has not yet been determined. Davis said depending on how brutal the winter is on the snow remov- ing equipment, the money could be used to purchase a new roller or to replace the 1939 tractor used to mow the ball field. Road projects are being planned for a budgeted $140,000; however, Davis said it is difficult to determine which roads will be resur- faced. “We will have to wait and see what roads take the win- ter the hardest,” he said. The proposed 2010 budget is available in the municipal building for public review. In other news, supervisors are looking into joining a lan- downers group to protect well water and other property rights from being violated by Marcellus shale gas compa- nies. Davis said a landowners group is a group of concerned residents offering protection of property rights and well water from gas companies through a well defined lease. “Several gas companies have been spotted within the township,” Davis said. Supervisors have received paperwork from some lan- downers groups but have not made a decision as to which one to join. Supervisors have set the fol- lowing future meeting dates: End-of-year meeting at 3p.m. on Monday, Dec. 28, re-orga- nization meeting at 3 p.m. on Monday, Jan.4 and the regular meeting 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan.b Eileen Godin is a correspondent for The Dallas Post. She can be reached at 675-5211. Kingston Township Recreation Commission is sponsoring Holiday House Contest for residents, judging starts Dec. 6 The Kingston Township Rec- reation Commission is spon- soring a Holiday House Con- test for all Kingston Township residents. Judging will take place be- tween December 6 and Decem- ber 19 and there will be prizes awarded to the four winning houses. Anyone interested in enter- ing their house or nominating another resident's home should call the Kingston Town- ship municipal office at 696- 3809 with the name and ad- dress of the resident before noon on Friday, Dec. 18. ‘Nutcracker, the Musical’ will be performed at Lemmond Theatre NE Youth Theatre Ensemble will present “Nutcracker, the Mu- sical” at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 13, and at 10 a.m. on Mon- day, Dec. 14, at Misericordia’s Lemmond Theatre, Dallas. “Nutcracker, the Musical” is a live stage production based on the original book by ET Hoffman, containing classic Tchaikovsky songs adapted for singers and ac- tors. Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for teens and $6 for children un- der 12 years of age. School groups may obtain tickets for daytime performances at $5 for school groups. “Nutcracker, the Musical” marks the 50th mainstage pro- duction of NE Youth Theatre which has provided live educa- tional theatre for families and schools in the Wyoming Valley since 1994. Principal actors in the produc- tion are Josh Henry, of Dallas, as Marie’s father; Allyson Sebolka, of Dallas, as Marie; Jenna Mor- gan, of Dallas, as Marie’s mother; Cate Metz, of Dallas, as Godfa- ther Drosselmeier; and Madison Woods, of Kingston, as Rudi the Mouse. Preparing for the NE Youth Theatre Ensemble’s production of "Nutcracker, the Musical" arem, from left, Josh Henry, Allyson Sebolka, Jenna Morgan, Cate Metz and Madison Woods. It's doe-si-doe time Second-graders at Wycallis Elementary School pre- sented their annual Hoedown for friends and family members at the school. There were cowboy hats, horses and doe-si-does, all in the interest of creating a western theme. for first-graders at Wycallis Elementary CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Second-graders inging during the annual Wycallis Elementary School Hoe Down are, from left, Gwyn Cruz, Brandon Schultz, Robbie Laur and Shannon O'Donnell. The event is held at the Back Mountain elementary school annually and provides performances by the students for their friends and members of their families. Pe Nathan Spare swings his partner Shannon O'Donnell during the i annual Wycallis Elementary School Hoe Down. Derek Cook, left, and Sydney Penloff enjoy their doe-si-does at the annual Wycallis Ele- mentary School Hoe Down.
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