Vol. 122 No. 31 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 September 25 - October 1, 2011 The DALLA 50¢ WILKES-BARRE, PA. www.mydallaspost.com AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER Residents } have their say about pipeline By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Residents lined up to testify at the continued zoning hear- ing Monday for Chief Gather- ing LLC’s application to build a metering station about 1,300 feet away from the Dallas @ Prior to the start of the hear- ing, zoning Solicitor Phil Gelso began to explain the process to residents wishing to speak. Af- ter more than half a dozen hearings and five witnesses presented by Chief, residents were prepared to state their case. “We know the drill,” said res- ident Diane Dreier. Seven residents offered testi- mony at the hearing, and their concerns included the proximi- ty of the facility to the four schools, logistics of evacuation if an emergency arose and whether the Transco interstate pipeline’s age will cause an in- crease of danger at the site. Chief is proposing to build a The next Dallas Township Zoning Hearing for Chief Gathering LLC's application to build a me- tering station will be held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 10 in In- salaco Hall at Misericordia Uni- versity. natural gas metering station off Hildebrandt Road about 1,300 feet from the Dallas School Dis- trict campus. The facility would include buildings to host metering equipment, various valves, a “smart pig” receiver and other equipment. The purpose of the facility is to measure gas flowing from wells in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties to the 53- year-old Transco interstate pipeline to be sent to market. Through hearings that have been ongoing since February, Chief’s plans have changed dra- matically. The company agreed to downgrade the site from a See PIPELINE, Page 12 HARVEST FESTIVAL IS BOOMING SUCCESS BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Dallas Harvest Festival-goers enjoy a ride on an antique Dallas‘fire truck. Mother Nature was in all her glory last Sunday, providing beautiful fall weather for the annual event held on Main Street in the borough. For more festival photos, please turn to page 8. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Leona Huntz, Shirley McDonald and center director Shirlene Long dance the hula at the Dallas Senior Center. Joy Yeust helps prepare the Hawaiian feast. gs Warren Peters gets ready to hula. Aloha from the Dallas Seniors “Hawaiian Day” was held at the Dallas Senior Center at 22 Rice St., Dallas. Members dressed in Hawaiian shirts, grass kirts and leis and practiced the hula during the event. A Ha- waiian-themed lunch of pork and pineapple was served. The center will hold a masquerade party on October 31. For more information, contact the center at 675-2179. The center is open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. baugh & Associates told board DALLAS SCHOOL DISTRICT Board addresses traffic concerns By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Pear Tree Lane will be closed to all traffic entering or exiting the Dallas School District cam- pus beginning on Sept. 26, offi- cials announced at a meeting Monday. Superintendent Frank Galicki said he and Supervisor of Build- ings and Grounds Mark Kray- nack met with Dallas Township supervisors, engineer and chief of police and a representative from K&W Engineers on Mon- day morning to discuss and ob- serve traffic patterns at the four- way intersection where Pear Tree Lane meets the campus from a neighboring development. Galicki said it was evident that traffic at the site, which leads to the high and middle schools, had become “difficult to manage in a safe venue.” Parents will now need to uti- lize the entranceway off Hilde- brandt Road to access school grounds. Galicki said the middle school student drop-off route will also be revamped. Parents should take the access road and contin- ue towards the high school in- stead of turning left at the Pear Tree Land intersection. He said parents can drop off students at the lower end of the bus pick-up area. Pear Tree Lane will be closed until officials can further study its effects on campus traffic, Gal- icki said. Construction is ongoing on campus. Galicki said paving will continue and projects such as the middle school track will need more time to be completed. Bob Nesbit of Crabtree Rohr- Pear Tree Lane will be closed until officials can further study its effects on campus traffic. members at a meeting on Sep- tember 12 that a subcontractor had incorrectly set the track and it needed to be redone. Galicki said the track will need 15 days to set once the rubber is laid before it can be used by the public. Nesbit also mentioned a build- ing inspector’s concerns about the high school’s compliance with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act compliance. Gal- icki said materials have been pur- chased to correct issues in art and science labs and work will be completed soon. The board approved several construction change orders for the high school project that total $48,481. Those change orders cover costs for work, including materi- als and labor for the track resur- face, removal and replacement of curbing at the middle school, eliminating a grass area near bus drop offs, creating a larger build- ing dedication plaque, adding electrical work to cafeteria doors, relocation of a dryer and air handling unit and other work. A formal dedication of the building will be held at 5:30 p.m. See TRAFFIC, Page 12 0981512007989 o & w
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