ay @ LURGOLD & ASTEINNE GF VAT Sunday, July 17, 2011 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 11 CHANGE Continued from Page 3 keep the expense because stu- dents are required to take the " tests at the end of Advanced Placement courses. Galicki said, while the item s removed from the budget to save money, students getting free and reduced lunch would have their tests paid for by the district and other students would be giv- en the option to start a savings ac- count with the district credit union in order to pay for the tests. Galicki also said he is unsure how the expense will be funded, but the board will “have to find some extra money to cover for the tests.” In other news, the board... ¢ Approved the farmstead and homestead real state tax reduc- tion for the 2011-12 school year, which will total $52.62. e Approved in a 6-2 vote the formal resignation of Paul Rein- ert as assistant superintendent. Reinert was hired as the Wycallis Elementary School principal and director of curriculum and in-- struction last month. : ¢ Appointed Crys Jennings as a long-term substitute English teacher in the high school, replac- ing Sarah Kashatus at a salary of $39,074. ; ; ¢ Appointed Lissa Munley as a long-term substitute reading/ English teacher in the high and middle schools, replacing Angela Pacini-Carpenter at a salary of $35,295. ¢ Appointed Ed Kelly as head iver of the district mini-bus and ini-van fleet with a raise of an extra $1.50 per hour. Kelly’s cur- rent rate is $13.50 per hour. ¢ Appointed Joan Rakowski as Saturday suspension monitor for the 2011-12 year. e Appointed the following high school faculty as depart- ment chairs for the 2011-12 school year with a stipend of $499 and an additional $60 per person in their respective department: Claire Morris, art; Anne Butler, English; Audrey Ide, family and consumer sciences; Candyce Fike, foreign language; Raelene Daring, guidance; Laura O’Mal- ley, health services; Louise Ro- berts, library services; Sandy Sprau, mathematics; Todd Hun- ter, music; Susan Kotch, science; om Gilroy, social science; Mike Cherinka, technology education; and Ruth Skammer, wellness. The following middle school fac- ulty members were appointed as secondary associate department chairpersons: Robin Moore, sci- ence; Kathleen Dolan, mathe- matics; Cynthia Finarelli, social studies; and Firouzeh Razavi, lan- guage arts. HIGHEST CASH PAID = Receive your best . Offer and come visit us! 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Sam Hockman, a 36-year Northmoreland = Township resident, said his property is less than a quarter-mile away from the proposed site. “We know that we can’t do a thing about it but we're still concerned about the me- tering station and the chem- icals that are going to have to be stored there as part of the process,” he said. “...We can’t do what Dallas did, which is | basically make the process more timely and difficult. | That’s why they kicked them- selves to come here.” Hockman said zoning was studied for about a year and a half about five years ago and the board voted against the measure. “It’s turned around to bite them,” he said. Hockman said he’s con- cerned about losing the tran- quility of his neighborhood and seeing it turn into an in- dustrial site. “Not in my backyard’ is a nice thing, but obviously Dallas Township used zoning and public opinion effective- ly to kick them over to our township, and now we're stuck with it,” he said. “I'm a realist - it’s a done deal.” Resident Jimmy Sickler had some specific questions —.and strong words - for the Williams representatives during the question-and-an- swer period of the session. He wanted to know why the proposed pipeline’s wall thickness was less in North- moreland Township than that of proposed pieces in Dallas Township. The pipeline class pro- posed in Northmoreland Township is Class 2, which would be 0.465 inches thick, whereas the class planned for Dallas Township is Class 4, the highest federally regu- lated class. The class level is dependent upon population density and the population’s proposed impact on the pipe- line — Northmoreland Town- ship has a population of about 1,600 while Dallas Township’s population is more than 8,000 residents. “If there (are) a lot of peo- ple in that area, you have a heavier pipe,” said Sickler. “So for us dumb farmers you just put any old thing there.” Williams representative Lee Andrews said other fac- tors contribute to the pipe- line’s safety other than its class, explaining that exter- nal and internal coatings pro- vide protection from corro- sion, and its safety is not de- pendent on wall thickness. According to the code of federal regulations, a class 2 pipeline is one that is placed in an area in which there are more than 10 but fewer than 46 buildings intended for hu- man occupancy. A class 4 pipeline is meant for an area where buildings with four or more stories are prevalent and should end 220 yards from the nearest 4-story building. “The reason that it’s thick- er in more heavily populated areas is due to just more peo- ple encountering that pipe and that’s why we’re more concerned about folks dig- ging into that line acciden- tally,” said Andrews. While residents continued to ask questions late into the night, some felt that the in- formation wasn’t enough to quell their fears. “My lifestyle might be af- fected,” said resident Elaine McGrady. “I'm not an advo-. cate of this... (my worries are) the impact on the envi- ronment and to (my) health.” DAM Continued from Page 1 getting better at. preparing for flooding on her property. “I had plastic bags filled with decorations hanging on nails in my basement, so nothing got damaged,” she said ofthe most re- cent flooding in April. Huey’s basement got washed out in 2006 and the water heater had tobe removed from her home because of the extent of the dam- age. Now she waits until county offi- cials knock on her door during heavy rain to take action. “When they tell me to get out, I get out,” she said. Huey’s neighbors, Brenda and Robert Spencer, said they lost much more in 2006, and now they’re waiting for a time when they no longer have to worry. “We had four feet of water,” said Robert Spencer. “It ruined our lawn, and we had anything you would see in a basement in our yard, like kids’ clothes, cribs, ev- erything.” Brenda Spencer said she’s now always on the look out for flood- ing anytime there’s a rainy fore- cast in the future. “It’s frustrating because we're always bracing ourselves,” she said. The Spencersand Huey did say that the county and the township have been better prepared to deal with the damaged bridge, includ- ing piling sandbags near the site and warning homeowners before major issues develop. 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