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Vol. 122 No. 48
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January 29 - Feb. 4, 2012
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FRED ADAMS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Dallas School Board President Catherine Wega adjourns the spe-
cial meeting held to discuss the football coach position.
Dallas football coach job still open
By SARAH HITE
shite@mydallaspost.com
The Dallas School Board voted
early Wednesday morning to keep
the position of head football coach
open. The vote came two days af-
ter a lengthy hearing for former
coach Ted Jackson Sr.
The board considered two reso-
lutions. One was to rescind the
motion made on Dec. 12, 2011,
which opened the head football
coaching position to the public.
The other was to affirm that origi-
nal motion.
The board voted 3-5 against the
first resolution with board mem-
bers Richard Coslett, Bruce Goer-
inger and Fred Parry voting for re-
instating Jackson and Catherine
Wega, Maureen Matiska, Larry
Schuler, Karen Kyle and Charles
Preece voting against the resolu-
tion.
The board voted 6-2 for the sec-
ond resolution to keep the posi-
tion open with Wega, Coslett, Ma-
tiska, Schuler, Kyle and Preece
voting for the action and Parry and
Goeringer voting against it.
The votes does not mean that
Jackson'is out completely. He re-
See page 12 to learn why the Dallas School Board held an early-
morning meeting.
portedly is one of four candidates
being considered for the position.
Board member Colleen Slocum
was unable to vote on Wednesday
because she did not attend the
hearing for Jackson on Monday.
“Normally, board members do
vote if they’re not here for some-
thing but because of the nature of
this and the significance of it, Mrs.
Slocum will not be voting because
she was out of state on a previous-
ly-planned activity,” said board
president Wega.
Coslett said he voted for rein-
stating Jackson because he felt his
“side was well-stated” at the hear-
ing on Monday, but then voted in
favor of keeping the position open
because the first resolution had
See COACH, Page 12
JoePa remembered
at PSU/WB site
By SARAH HITE
shite@mydallaspost.com
Students on the Penn State
niversity Wilkes-Barre campus
in Lehman Township are mourn-
ing the loss of “one of their own”
after the recent passing of long-
time football coach Joe Paterno.
Jackie Warnick-Piatt, director
of student activities, and mem-
bers of the student government
association jumped into action
once they heard the news that
Paterno had passed away due to
complications from lung cancer
treatments on Jan. 22.
“Within a half hour, we must
have contacted about 500 peo-
ple,” she said. “It’s amazing what
pou can do with technology.”
¥Warnick-Piatt contacted stu-
ents, faculty, staff members and
alumni to wage a final “white
out” on campus, asking support-
ers to wear white in honor of Pa-
terno.
She also made buttons with
Paterno’s likeness on them to
hand out in exchange for dona-
tions to the Special Olympics of
Pennsylvania and Penn State
THON programs, as per a re-
quest from the Paterno family.
“These were his charities,”
said Warnick-Piatt.
Mourners also were given the
opportunity to sign sympathy
cards, which will be sent to the
Paterno family.
Sarah Konopki, of Dallas,
signed several sympathy cards in
honor of the late coach on Mon-
day, Jan. 23.
“When I heard, I was really up-
set,” she said. “I almost didn’t be-
lieve it...I think it hits just as
hard here as it does University
Sarah Konopki, of Dallas, signs
a sympathy card for coach Joe
Paterno’s family at Penn State
Wilkes-Barre in Lehman.
Park.”
Many students wore white on
Jan. 23 after a moment of silence
was held for the late coach near
the Nittany Lion statue on cam-
pus.
“I feel in lieu of everything
that’s happened in the last two
months, students needed a way
to grieve healthily,” said Kate Le-
wis, student government associ-
ation vice president.
In November, news broke of
child sex abuse charges filed
against former Penn State assist-
ant football coach Jerry Sandus-
ky. Paterno was abruptly fired by
the board of trustees soon after
the scandal surfaced for not re-
porting the abuse to police,
though he was not charged with
any crimes,
Lewis, of the Poconos, said the
Wilkes-Barre campus had special
See JOE, Page 12
BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
Buttons sporting the likeness of coach Joe Paterno are on display
at Penn State Wilkes-Barre. Proceeds benefit the Special Olym-
pics and Penn State THON.
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LOOK AT ‘EM GO!
BILL TARUTIS,/ FOR THE DALLAS POST
David Kottler left, of Harveys Lake, and Steven Kollar, of Trucksville, retrieve their pinewood racecars after a heat held during
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backs (Eli Manning and Tom Bra-
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