Goeringer remains in Ge TEES aes SE == iia —~ T Sa ae I s I A ma ree Eee i Sunday, December 12, 2010 THE DALLAS POST. PAGE 3 DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT By SARAH HITE & shite@mydallaspost.com The Dallas School Board did not change in structure at the boards reorganization meeting Monday evening. Bruce Goeringer main- tained his position as presi- dent and Russell Bigus stayed on as vice president. Charles Preece was named assistant secretary, and Karen Kyle was voted in as the dis- trict’s representative for the West Side Area Career and Technical Center until 2013, joining Bigus and Catherine Wega. Dennis Gochoel Jr. and Preece were named represen- tatives to the Parent Advisory Council, and Maureen Matis- ka and Goeringer maintained positions as representatives for the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library Board. The board also passed a res- olution to require the signa- tures of the president, vice president, board secretary, su- perintendent and business manager by any person who is a depository of the district and to authorize wire trans- fers. At the committee of the whole meeting that immedi- ately followed, the board dis- cussed an ongoing water line replacement project with Marc Kurowski of K&W Engi- neers. ; Superintendent Frank Gal- icki said the water line re- placement was not budgeted for the high school construc- tion project when it began in 2008 because discussions with United Water, the dis- trict’s service provider, did not result in requiring a change from an 8-inch water line to a 12-inch water line. In recent months, United Water has required the dis- UP NEXT The next meeting of the Dallas School Board will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 13 in the adminis- tration building next to Wycallis Elementary. trict to include the replace- ment, which could be pricey for the construction project, said Galicki. Kurowski presented several options at previous board meetings, but those estimates included prices exceeding $50,000 and also endangered the safety of students in terms of fire hydrant placement. Kurowski told the board he is preparing a counter propos- al to the water company, but he has concerns as to whether United Water will agree to the significantly lower-cost plan. Time is of the essence in the water line replacement. Ad- ministrators hope to have the issue settled by spring, before paving begins for roads in- cluded in the construction project. The board also discussed re- placement of the school’s au- tomated external defibrilla- tors (AEDs). The school cur- rently has seven AEDs, how- ever, one is not functional. Matiska discussed the option of buying two new machines and upgrading the others to have one in each school. The discussion will continue at the board’s next meeting. Bob Nesbit of Crabtree Rohrbaugh & Associates, which is overseeing the con- struction of the new high school building, presented four change orders to the board, totaling $10,631 to con- sider for a vote at its next meeting. The changes include reloca- tion of a catch basin and storm line, roof repairs and a change in site lighting on the campus. place as board president CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dr. Bruce Goeringer will serve another term as president of the Dallas School Board. Ele, RX a X NiGyrg BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Moderno Rossi, past president of the Lake-Lehman School Board, - shows off a fleece jacket presented to him by Superintendent James McGovern at the board's reorganization meeting Monday night in appreciation for serving as president. LAKE-LEHMAN SCHOOL DISTRICT Kornoski named school board head Lake Lehman School Board @:oine anew president and easurer among other posi- tions during its re-organiza- tion meeting held Monday night. School Board member Mark Kornoski will replace Moder- no Rossi as school board presi- dent. Other re-appointments are: Peter Farrell as first vice- president, Bo Kreller as sec- ond vice-president and An- drew Salko as treasurer. Other school board members are Ha- rold Cornell, Walter Glogow- ski, David Paulauskas, Kevin Carey and Rossi. New committee chairs are: Farrell, curriculum and in- struction; Paulauskas, athlet- ics and activities; Cornell, building and grounds; Rossi, transportation; Carey, support SCHEDULE Lake-Lehman School Board work session meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the second Monday of the month while voting meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the third Monday of every month. services; Salko, finance; and Kreller, school board. Farrell was appointed as the Pennsylvania School Board Association representative. Paulauskas was elected as an alternate to seats on the West Side Area Career and Techni- cal Center Joint Operating Committee currently occupied by Farrell, expiring in Decem- ber 2011; Kornoski, expiring in December 2012; and Rossi, ex- piring in December 2013. - Eileen Godin DALLAS TOWNSHIP By SARAH HITE ject meets this requirement. shite@mydallaspost.com About 10 worried residents from Fairground Round attended the board of supervisors meeting Tuesday night to express con- cerns about a potential paving project for the dead end road. The supervisors announced the plan to conduct street im- provements to the road at the last meeting. Funds from the project would come from a Luzerne County Office of Community De- velopment grant, but the $100,000 allotted amount would only cover a portion of the im- provements. The grant, set to be received in 2011, must benefit low to moder- ate-income families, and a com- munity survey must be conduct- ed to determine whether the pro- Township Engineer Thomas Doughton told residents that if there was further development to the area, the municipal road is re- quired by law to have Pennsylva- nia Department of Transporta- tion-approved improvements to the road for “safe and acceptable access.” Doughton told the residents that the estimated 4,000 feet of road could leave the township with a $1 million bill to pay if a housing development is created. Safety is an issue for most resi- dents. Wayne Dottor said his three children walk to the Dallas High School every day, and he al- ready worries about their safety as ‘they cross Conyngham Ave- nue. And, while Doughton said the new high school construction project is trying to alleviate traffic UP NEXT The next meeting of the Dallas Township Board of Supervisors will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Tues- day, Dec. 21in the municipal build- ing. issues, residents said there’s no guarantee that increased traffic will not occur on their road. Supervisors proposed the pav- ing plan as a result of a recent bridge replacement at the inter- section of Fairground and Lower Demunds roads. The township received $1 million in funds from the Federal Emergency Manage- ment Agency to complete the work, and supervisors say just one resident steadily uses the new bridge. In other news ... ® Charles Gordon made a re- quest to the board to allow UGI to Paving project sparks residents” concern make a small cut in newly-paved Main Street to connect a property at 219 Memorial Highway to a gas service line. Five years is the allotted time before a cut can be made in fresh- ly-paved roads unless there is jus- tifiable cause, according to town- ship code. Gordon told the board Roda- no’s is planning to open a new piz- za parlor in a building he owns and the many appliances they will use need the service line. e Larry Lebenson announced to the board that the township will receive a reduction in its let- ter of credit with Dorchester Land Development Co. from more than $1 million to $288,898 for the Geisinger construction project. Lebenson said the building still needs to be completed and that the clinic hopes to open in May. Weintraubs preserve property into future Judy and Harvey Weintraub wanted to be sure their scenic 35-acre Dallas Township prop- erty remains just the way it is well into the future. So, they signed papers Tuesday after- noon to make their land the first Back Mountian parcel con- served by the North Branch Land Trust. Also signed by Lynn Aldrich, chairperson of the executive committee of the North Branch Land Trust, the document is an easement to ensure the conser- vation of the Weintraubs’ prop- erty. The easement contains many restrictions and will es- sentially provide the means for the area to become an old- growth forest, said Rick Koval, director of land conservation for the land trust. “We've always felt that we're just borrowing this land,” Judy Weintraub said. “We actually only thought about (conserva- tion) when gas exploration came into the area.” Koval said the land trust en- sures the surface area will not be disturbed and the rest of the property will be conserved. The Weintraubs have lived at their Dallas Township residence for 21 years and are encouraged by their decision, which will en- sure that future property own- ers will not be able to destroy the land they enjoy. See FUTURE, Page 14 BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Judy and Harvey Weintraub, of Dallas Township, sign a conser- vation easement with the North Branch Land Trust to protect their 35-acre property as Director of Land Conservation Rick Koval, left, and Executive Director Lynn Aldrich look on at Northeast Title and Tag in Dallas. HARPIN' ON THINGS Rose at the coffee shop did what she could to make the day better “Two medium coffees, please, one with sugar and extra cream and one with extra everything,” I aid last week to Rose who works at Curry Do- nuts next to the bowling alley in Dallas where 1 stop each morning on the way to work. I watched her pour one cup and turn- ed to look out the window at the dreary, cold morning which matched my mood. As I Heffernan turned back to the counter, she handed me one coffee with a lit- tle ‘xc’ written on the top while the other cup held a dash of cof- fee, a straw, napkin, part of a re- ceipt and other odds and ends. “You wanted extra every- thing,” she said with a smile and a laugh which was all it took to snap me out of that nasty frame of mind. The good mood lasted about an hour and a half until I tried to pound my thumb through a piece of wood instead of the nail at which I was aiming. Following the “Pain Dance,” a combination of the Macarena, the chicken and the Maori Haka, came the laugh- ter of the rest of the guys, bring- ing the smile back to my face but doing nothing for the throbbing thumb. After work, still in a good mood with no further injuries, I made a quick stop at Ochman’s to ask Maryann and Fran about some coins I found in an old box and take a look at the silver dol- lars they have on display. Driving home, thinking about asking Santa for a pair of glasses with bigger reading areas to, hopefully, prevent further finger damage, I decided to inform the Mrs. that, since I had nothing of world-ending magnitude to do Sunday, we could spend the day together in preparation for the holidays. After | making the announce- ment over the meowing of three hungry cats, I received a glare - from the Mrs., not the cats. “By the expression on your face, it must be painful to spend the day with me,” she growled. “No, no, that’s not it,” I stam- mered, holding up my thumb for her to see. “Missed again, huh,” she quipped as she started to laugh. Hoping for some compassion, I moved closer to give her a bet- ter look, stepped on a cat’s tail, spun sideways trying to take some weight off the foot, pinning the screeching creature to the floor and slamming the thumb into the countertop. Now, the cats have disap- peared and the Mrs. is in hyster- ics on the floor, saying, in be- tween gasps, that she wants to get the Christmas tree and deco- rate the house on Sunday. We went to Frank’s Tree Farm on Sutton Creek Road where Frank and Donna Hilstolsky have fields of Christmas trees where you walk around, pick the one you like, cut it down and take it home. Their daughter, Jennifer, makes wreaths and funeral blan- kets while family members and friends, including Eddie, Ray, Christian, Matt, Dave, John, Mike, EJ and Joe help out. The Mrs. and I walked several fields with Joe, looking at fir and spruce trees, finally agreeing on one and, with the help of Chris- tian, cut it down and hauled it to the trail for pickup. We met Dar- rel, Joann and Leigh Ann Esser along the walk - it was a nice scene, watching families search- ing the fields together in prepara- tion for Christmas. It seemed like a very nice way for people to spend quality time together. Happy holidays, everyone. Harp Heffernan was the associ- ate publisher, outdoor editor and chief photographer of the Sun- day Independent, a newspaper that was mn his family for 87 years in Wilkes-Barre, You can e-mail him at news@muydallas- post.com.
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