Sunday, May 30, 2010 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 By REBECCA BRIA rbria@timesleader.com & Members of the Back Moun- tain Community Partnership (BMCP) agreed on May 20 to put together an area emergency ser- vices committee. The partnership is an inter-mu- nicipal group composed of Dallas, Franklin, Jackson, Kingston and Lehman Townships and Dallas Borough. James Reino, vice-president of the partnership, said Kingston Township, of which he is chair- man of supervisors, is putting to- gether an emergency services committee. Reino said the town- ship wants to have specific emer- gency plans in writing, especially BACK MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP Area emergency services committee will be formed with the natural gas drilling com- ing to the area. Reino and other officials from his township thought it would be a good idea if the BMCP com- posed a joint emergency services committee for all of the Back Mountain. “The reality is if something happens in Kingston Township, all the other municipal emergen- cy services in the Back Mountain will be involved,” he said. Reino suggested the school dis- tricts also be represented and BMCP President Al Fox added that the state prison in Jackson Township should be included. Fox is a supervisor in Jackson Township. Phil Walter, chairman of super- “The reality is if something happens in Kingston Township, all the other municipal emergency ser- vices in the Back Mountain will be involved.” James Reino President, Back Mountain Community Partnership visors in Dallas Township, said each municipality’s emergency management coordinator should also participate. Mark Van Etten, president of Dallas Fire and Ambulance Asso- ciation, said the group is starting out too big with its idea. Van Et- ten said the Back Mountain Fire- man’s Association meets once a month and discusses emergency issues. “A lot of the planning that you are looking to do has already been done,” he said. Reino said the group should let the fire and police chiefs and emergency medical services meet first. Van Etten agreed to coordinate a meeting of Back Mountain emergency services officials. Fox said he will also ask John “Jay” Wilkes, a supervisor from Jackson Township who is also a member of his township’s fire company, to help Van Etten. DARE program Reino said Kingston Township has not heard back from other partnership municipalities as to whether or not they are interest- ed in helping the township fund the Drug Abuse Resistance Edu- cation (DARE) program. Reino previously said the state is no longer providing any fund- ing for the DARE program and Kingston Township is providing the money necessary to continue the program in the Dallas School District and at Gate of Heaven School. Kathleen Sebastian, Kingston Township manager, said the pro- gram cost the township about $10,500 for the 2009-2010 school year. Last October, the township pro- posed to share the cost of the pro- gram, based on population, for the 2010-2011 school year as fol- lows: 25 percent each from Dallas School District, Dallas Township and Kingston Township; 15 per- cent from Dallas Borough; and five percent each from Franklin Township and Gate of Heaven School. Raymond Iwanowski, a super- visor from Lehman Township, said he would contact Lake-Leh- man School District to see if offi- See SERVICES, Page 12 ALL 4 EE A [| The Annual Airport Fly-in Breakfast and Craft Show spon- sored by the Skyhaven Pilot Asso- ciation, Tunkhannock, will be held rain or shine, on Sunday, June 6. All you can eat pancakes, eggs, ham, sausage and beverages will be served from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the hangar. Breakfast is $7 for adults and $3 children. Participants will see airplanes, skydiving, a bluegrass band, an- tique and homebuilt aircraft, au- tomobiles, motorcycles, farm equipment and more. Airplane rides will be offered for sale the entire day. Fred Duckloe, 60, of Strouds- g, has flown to Skyhaven’s Fly- in Breakfast with his daughter, Allison, 19, many times. He keeps his privately-owned 1978 Great Lakes biplane at Pegasus Airport, Broadheadsville. “It looks like National Geo- graphic,” Fred Duckloe said. “Fly- ing in from the south, as we do, everything comes in to view once Standing beside a 1978 Great Lake port in Tunkhannock are, from left, Allison Duckloe, Fred Duck- loe and John Evans. The Duckloes will fly to Skyhaven from ; Stroudsburg on June 6 for the annual Airport Fly-In Breakfast and Craft Show sponsored by the Skyhaven Pilot Association. Skyhaven's annual ~ Fly-In is Saturday s biplane at Skyhaven Air- you clear the ridge. The air- port kind of comes up out of nowhere. The town, river and airport all come in to view. “Skyhaven Airport is what it was like at small airports around the country back in the 30’s and 40’s,” he added. “Skyhaven is a real airport,” Allison Duckloe said. “We al- ways see dogs and cats frolick- ing around here.” John Evans, 14, of Tunkhan- nock, who takes flying lessons at Skyhaven, was at the airport last week when the Duckloes stopped by. The young aviator will spend most of the day at the fly-in breakfast walking around the airplanes. Skyhaven Airport is located approximately one mile south of Tunkhannock on Route 29 with plenty of free off-street parking on the airport grounds. A limited amount of vendor space is available by calling Ja- mie at 677-0536 or 836-5236. Dallas School District Super- intendent Frank Galicki con- firmed on May 25 that “Seniors 2010” was spray painted on a y | water storage tank located on district property. Galicki said the damage was discovered on May 25. United Water owns the tower and has an easement on the district's property, he said. am ame Se ag Re SE SETS BE EE EES SSS BE he ERS SHS ‘Seniors 2010" spray painted on water tank near school According to Galicki, this is the third or fourth time “Seniors” followed by the re- spective year was spray painted on the tower in the past 25 years he has worked in the district. Galicki said the matter was reported to the police and an investigation will take place. Dallas Borough residents are @i of the borough ordi- nance that prohibits the storage, selling, keeping for sale or dis- i charging of any kind of fire works, firecrackers, torpedoes, caps, guns, pistols, revolvers, : canes, canons or other substanc- es, things or appliances designed 4 or intended for noisemaking or for pyrotechnic display within the limits of the Borough of Dal- las, except under the issuance of a special permit from Dallas Bor- ough for public exhibitions of <a f § | Fireworks reminder is issued fireworks under the direct super- vision of experts. The Dallas Borough Police Department will patrol and strictly enforce this ordi- nance. Any person, firm or corporation convicted of vio- lating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be sub- ject to fines and penalties. Please refer any questions pertaining to the enforce- ment of borough regulations to the Dallas Borough admin- istrative offices at 675-1389 or police department at 675- 0161. x § Was Then, This Is Now” by H.E. Scott Alexander and his father, Chris, of Wyoming, watch the bobber for some action during Open Fish Day at Frances Slocum State Park. \ ” CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Andrew Estus, of Larksville, and his uncle, Tom Challenger, of Kingston Township, spend the afternoon fishing together. FISH FOR FREE DAY Fish for Free Day in Pennsylvania was cou- pled with a Family Fishing Program at Frances Slocum State Park on May 22 when families with young children ages 8 and up with little or no fishing experience were in- vited to try their hand at the sport. Partici- pants learned about aquatic animals, the need for clean water, outdoor manners, an- gler safety and how to fish. All equipment and bait was provided and no license was required for the program. Dallas English teacher will lead young adult book discussions The Young Adult Book Dis- cussion Group at the Back Mountain Memorial Library will be led by Kristen Andrews, an eighth-grade English teacher in the Dallas School District, and is open to teens 12 to 18 years of age. This group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. on Monday evenings in the Young Adult section of the Reading Room on June 14, June 28, July12, July 26 and August 9. Teens may attend one or all of the five sessions. Those attending the first ses- sion on Monday, June 14 should come prepared to discuss “That Hinton. Snacks will be provided but participants are asked to borrow or buy their own books. The 12th annual “Donuts & Discussion” reading group will once again be held in the back of the Children’s Room with Janet Bauman, Children’s Librarian. Tweens ages 9, 10, and 11 are welcome to join one or all of four discussion group sessions sched- uled for 6 to 7 p.m. on June 28, July12, July 26 and August 9. Participants will discuss char- acters, plot, themes and likes and dislikes of four junior fiction See BOOK, Page 12 Discussing the upcoming summer activities at the Back Mountain Memorial Library are, from left, Kristen Andrews, Maria Sorokin and Janet Bauman.
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