LA... ® special programs. All ages — beh. ster Ao Br MAA el Ha Es J AAA, Lr fb St Stith Sunday, July 17, 2011 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 3 DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT New school change orders now amount to $888,317 By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com The school board approved seven change orders Monday night for the current high school construction project, bringing the total amount of change or- ders approved to $888,317 for the two-year project. Monday night's approved change orders totaled $26,528 and included additional work for anew drainage pipe near the mid- dle school, electrical changes and the relocation of sound equip- ment in the auditorium. During a construction update, Bob Nesbit of Crabtree Rohr- baugh & Associates said the com- pletion of the new high school building is two weeks behind schedule and several issues need to be addressed before it can pass final inspection and be turned over to the district. Those issues include inspec- tion of life safety systems in cer- tain areas, inspection of the roof to determine whether a handrail should be installed and ensuring the kitchen equipment in the home economics room is hand- icapped accessible. Nesbit also said the board will not know how much of the Board member Dennis Gochoel Jr., who has a background in the construction industry, said despite “hiccups” in the process, he is confident the school will open on time. $888,317 in change orders will be repaid to the district until after all work is completed. He said the demolition of the old high school building is on schedule, pending favorable weather, which allows for an overlap of time to complete the project on schedule. Board member Dennis Go- choel Jr., who has a background in the construction industry, said despite “hiccups” in the process, he is confident the school will open on time. “Major construction is not a neat process, but the important thing to note is that there is that overlap, there is lag time,” he said. . Superintendent Frank Galicki also addressed a dangerous issue regarding the on-site demolition. He said there have been trespass- ers near the demolition site who have taken things from the old high school building. Galicki said there are liability issues because the area is very dangerous and trespassing could result in seri- ous injury. He suggested to Nesbit that the site contractor increase the signage at the site in order to de- ter trespassers and onlookers. Business Manager Grant Pal- fey said cameras will be installed near the demolition site in order to better detect trespassers in the area. “Some parts of the building are hanging by a thread,” said Build- ings and Grounds Manager Mark Kraynak. Galicki said the police have been notified and will patrol the area regularly until work is com- pleted. The board approved in a 7-1 vote to reinstate the expense of paying for high school students’ Advanced Placement tests. While the $12,000 line item was removed from the budget earlier this year due to financial con- straints, board member Karen Kyle said it only makes sense to See CHANGE, Page 1 KINGSTON TOWNSHIP Yote on amusement ordinance director express concerns about effects of proposal. By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com The board of supervisors voted to table its proposed public exhibitions: and amusements ordinance Wednesday due to concerns raised by event organizers during a public hearing on the matter. Chairman James Reino Jr. said the ordinance was ini- tially written in 1977 when the township was mostly farmland, and the document and others have been part of a series of updates to the township code. John Gibbons, a pastor at Back Mountain Harvest As- sembly in Trucksville, ad- dressed several concerns about the proposed ordi- nance because of the annual large-scale fireworks display the church sponsors every Fourth of July. He said the ordinance would have “unintentional consequences,” and the ex- isting ordinance shouldn’t be overhauled because of difficulties with certain events. “This ordinance is an atomic bomb trying to kill a flea,” said Gibbons. While Reino said the ordi- wrance is being updated to accommodate the many events that have transpired in the township within the last 34 years, he said in past years there have been park- ing and property destruction issues in conjunction with the fireworks display. Gibbons expressed con- cerns about the need for parking attendants, security and lighting inspections as requirements of the ordi- nance. Gibbons also said there were many undefined terms in the document, which he felt was confusing. “This is not the fireworks ordinance,” he said. There were discussions: among Gibbons and the board about definitions of public versus private events Is tabled “This ordinance is an atomic bomb trying to kill a flea.” Rev. John Gibbons Pastor at Back Mountain Harvest : Assembly and how many attendees constitute a public gather- ing. The proposed document states any event over 350 people in a place for at least two consecutive hours des- ignates a public gathering. It also features a require- ment for a security guard for every 200 people in attend- ance at an event, and per- mitting fees dependent upon the number of attendees. Chet Mozloom, executive director of The Lands at Hillside Farms in Trucks- ville, also raised several questions about the pro- posed ordinance, including whether there is flexibility depending on the type of event. “Our events are usually mothers and children,” he said. “We don’t have a beer tent. We don’t have (the mu- sical group) Anthrax play- ing.” Supervisor Frank Natitus expressed his opposition to the proposed law and sug- gested township officials have a discussion with Mo- zloom and Gibbons to clar- ify the issues in question. In other news, the board... e Voted to switch its ad- vanced life support provider from Trans-Med Inc., of For- ty Fort, to the Dallas Fire and Ambulance per the re- quest of the Trucksville Fire and Ambulance Association. Reino said the ambulance association made the recom- mendation to keep emergen- cy services local and non- profit. : e Authorized the alloca- tion of no more than $15,000 from the general fund to- wards the Sunrise Estates pipeline project. e Authorized taking legal action on matters involving the Sleepy Hollow develop- ment and the Reinert drain- age pipe. Summer reading Summer readers at the Back Mountain Memorial Library are reminded of these upcom- e invited but are asked to call to register. “Around the World” spon- sored by the JCC Day Camp from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, July 22 in the Children’s Room. Receive a passport and get it stamped at all the booths you visit as you travel around the world! “One Humanity, Many Faces” with Dr. Alexander Dawoody” from 1 to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27 in the Children’s Room. program begins Learn about the music, food, language, history, holidays and folklore of the Arabic, Turkish, Kurdish, Persian, Spanish and - Chinese cultures. “Travel to India with Dr. Shamshad Ahmed and Nehal Dandamundi” from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9 in the Chil- dren’s Room. Listen to Chuk Buk Chuk Buk A Jolly Train, a tale about a train that goes around in a jolly mood and picks up children from all countries and brings them over to Disney. In addition, experience the cul- ture of India through pictures and stories! NORTHMORELAND TOWNSHIP Residents have no say about gas station By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com About 85 residents in Northmoreland Township, Wyoming County, attended an informational session July 7 hosted by representatives from Williams Field Services, LLC about a planned natural gas metering station and pipe- line to be built in the area. Mike Dickinson, manager of operations and technical oper- ations for Williams, told resi- dents at the Northmoreland Township Fire Hall on De- munds Road he hopes the pro- posed site off Schoolhouse Road will be temporary until negotiations in nearby Dallas Township are finalized. Helen Humphreys, commu- nications specialist for Wil- liams, said the metering sta- tion project is an “interim” plan for the company’s 33 -mile Springville Gathering Line, which will run from Sus- quehanna County to tap into the Transco interstate pipe- line, located near the Dallas School District campus. Dickinson said work should begin by early August for the pipeline to be operable by Oc- tober. Township supervisors orga- nized the special meeting in order to give residents a chance to ask questions the supervisors couldn’t answer during regular meetings. Supervisor Bill Wagner said the township of Northmore- land has never had a zoning ordinance, which places re- strictions on what can be built where, and the township’s land development is con- trolled by the county. There- fore, he said, there is not much supervisors or residents can do or say that would have influence over this project. “The best way we’re looking at it, as a supervisor, is to make sure it’s done right and safe for the people,” he said. “We want to make sure all the regulations fit.” He said projects like this bring zoning back on the table for the board’s consideration, but Wagner said zoning wouldn’t solve the township's problems. “It will slow them up, but BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST ‘Northmoreland Township resident Jimmy Sickler asks a question of Williams Field Services repre- sentatives concerning gas pipeline thickness at a question and answer session at the Northmore- land Volunteer Fire Company. “If there (are) a lot of people in that area, you have a heavier pipe. So for us dumb farmers you just put any old thing there.” Jimmy Sickler Northmoreland Township resident we can’t stop them,” he said. Despite the township’s lack of zoning, Wagner said Wil- liams representatives have been “super” to work with and he believes there will be in- formation sessions in the fu- ture if residents request them. The company received pre- liminary approval last month from the Wyoming County Planning Commission to build a metering station on 5 1% acres of land off School- house Road. Humphreys said the company hopes to receive final approval later this month. The metering station plans include a metering facility, a flow control facility, in-line in- spection receiver and launch- er, two 3,000-gallon under- ground tanks filled with the flammable odorant mercap- tan, a 10-foot flare, a 100-foot communications tower and various valves and tanks. Dickinson added there is a possibility for a third 3,000- gallon tank for mercaptan, de- pending on the future needs of the site. During the meeting, resi- dents expressed their con- cerns about the projects’ safe- ty and asked why the facilities need to be built in their town. One resident who didn’t wish to reveal her name said she felt residents in Dallas Township were “very wise to fight” against the project and the fact that the project is on track for Northmoreland Township is the residents’ See GAS, Page 11 Back Mountain Library has plenty of new books The following new books have been added to the shelves at the Back Mountain Memorial Library, 96 Huntsville Rd., Dal- las, for the month of July 2011: EXPRESS Smokin’ Seventeen” by Janet Evanovich, “Now You See Her” by James Patterson, “The Dog Who Came in from the Cold” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Es- cape” by Barbara Delinsky, “Wa- ter for Elephants” by Sara Gruen, “Lord of Misrule” by Jai- my Gordon, “The Silent Girl” by Tess Gerritsen FICTION “Smokin’ Seventeen” by Ja- net Evanovich, “Now You See Her” by James Patterson, “The Dog Who Came in from the Cold” by Alexander McCall Smith, “Escape” by Barbara De- linsky, “Outrage” by Robert Ta- nenbaum, “The Silent Girl” by Tess Gerritsen, “Betrayal of Trust” by Judith A. Jance, “A Time for Patriots” by Dale Brown, “2030: The Real story of What Happens to America” by Albert Brooks, “The Devil She Knows” by Bill Lehfelm, “Gra- veminder” by Melissa Marr, “The Year We Left Home” by Jean Thompson, “Thunder of Heaven” by Tim F. LaHaye, “Those in Peril” by Wilbur A. Smith, “Vaclav and Lena” by Haley Tanner, “Turn of Mind” by Alice LaPlante NONFICTION “On China” by Henry Kissin- ger, “The Complete Guide to Room Additions”, “Reckless Endangerment” by Gretchen Morgenson, “Berlin 1961” by Frederick Kempe, “The Next Convergence” by Michael Spence, “Dog Sense” by John Bradshaw, “The Internet Book of Life” by Irene E. McDermott, “Great Food, All Day Long” by Maya Angelou, “The Believing Brain” by Michael Shermer, “Surviving After Cancer” by Anne Katz BIOGRAPHY “The Reading Promise” Alice Ozma, “Basketball Junkie” by Chris Herren and Bill Reynolds, “The Long Journey Home” by Margaret Robison, “The Notes” by Ronald Reagan, “The Cap- tain: The Journey of Derek Je- ter” by Ian O’Connor, “Lady Blue Eyes” by Barbara Sinatra SCIENCE FICTION “Divergent” by Veronica Mievelle, “Dragon’s Time” by Todd McCaffrey LARGE PRINT FICTION “Summer Rental” by Mary Kay Andrews, “Georgie on His Mind” by Jennifer Shirk, “A Case of Puppy Love” by Lois Schwartz BOOKS ON CD “10th Anniversary” by James Patterson, “Bel-Air Dead” by Stuart Woods, “Caleb’s Cross- ing” by Geraldine Brooks, “Bos- sypants” by Tina Fey, “If You Ask Me” by Betty White, “One Summer” by David Baldacci, “Carte Blanche” by Jeffery Deaver, “The Greater Journey” by David McCullough, “Dreams of Joy” by Lisa See, “The King- dom” by Clive Cussler Roth, “Embassytown” by China pe ma
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