PAGE 12 EDITORIAL Sunday, March 25, 2012 BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Back Mountain-area seniors chatting at the Edwardsville Senior Center are, from left, Jack Owens, of Shavertown; Shirley and Joe McDonald, of Dallas; and Joe and Alfreda (Susie) Malak, also of Dal- las. SENIORS Continued from Page 1 came right over,” he said. “No one ever told me there was a problem with it.” Hollywood said a letter was sent to Carroll before the flooring was installed. Now seniors are left to attend centers in other communities, in- cluding Edwardsville, Kingston and Tunkhannock, until a new se- nior center can be secured in Dal- las. Alfreda “Susie” Malak, of Dal- las, said a main concern for her se- nior center friends is traveling costs. She said some locals who at- tended lunch at the senior center every day are now going to other centers just once a week. “Now we go to Edwardsville, but a lot of the older people don’t want to go down the highway and get into the traffic,” she said. “Some people, with the cost of gas, aren't coming to get their meals and might spend it on Burger King instead.” Senior centers offer a hot meal for registered seniors every day for $2. Malak, 69, said with the other locations anywhere from eight to 18 miles away, the costs of travel- ing could put a dent in the budgets of people living on fixed incomes. “It’s like a stake in the heart,” said Malak. : Shirley McDonald, 85, said some of the older center attendees just can’t make the trip. She said county buses will only travel a cer- tain distance so the close group of about 30 seniors keep in touch in CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Tim Carroll pulls on the warped floor covering he says the county installed in his building in 2009. other ways. “We're worried friends,” she said. Sherlene Long, director of the Edwardsville center, said she got her start in the agency at the Dal- las center and welcomes all Back Mountain residents with open arms. “We welcome them, make them feel at home, introduce them to about our PROGRAM Continued from Page 3 the purchase, what is the cooling off rule, and others. You have to know the material.” Palissery said she was roped into the group through West, who was her homeroom teacher a few years ago. She said the in- formation is practical — she has a job now and has a better under- standing of paying taxes. “It’s things I'll remember for the rest of my life,” she said. “It’s useful.” Cerza, 16, of Dallas, said Life- Smarts is fun because of its com- petitive aspect. “I do Science Olympiad, too,” he said. “I like competing when it comes to academics.” Cerza said the knowledge he’s gained from LifeSmarts is infor- mation used in real life, not just something he read in a textbook. “My parents told me they didn’t even know some of the things (I've learned),” he said. Though there are about 20 people in the LifeSmarts club, five are weeded out through in- house competitions to see who will perform at the state level. This year’s group is the young- est in recent memory, said West, with most being freshmen or sophomores. The only state competition veteran is Sara Hudak, 15, of Dal- las, who advanced to the final group in her freshman year. She said the experience was “terrify- ing,” but she admits her Life- Smarts skills are what got her to that point. “I was nervous last year be- cause the seniors were so great, but I guess I'm pretty good at it, too,” she said. “I'm really proud to be a part of a group that made it this far.” During their Philadelphia trip, the students will also tour the city and attend various shows, in- cluding “Freedom Rising” at the National Constitution Center. MOVE Continued from Page 3 projects, including paving, were cut as a result of financial hard- ship, Reino said. The board even voted last year to enact the local services tax and increased taxes slightly to gener- ate extra funds for the township. Board member Frank Natitus said the board looked into chang- ing the township administration after assistant manager Robert Hivish Jr. resigned earlier this month, reporting the board wouldn’t have made the changes otherwise. “Now we can try and strike a different situation, and it’ll work itself out,” he said. The board also voted to autho- rize the township manager to seek requests for proposals for lawn maintenance services for condemned or vacant properties. The board approved a natural gas sales agreement with UGI Energy Services, Inc. with a new rate. Reino abstained from the vote, as he is employed by UGI. Also, a township Easter egg hunt will be held at 1 p.m. on April 7 at the township recre- ational field. people,” she said. “We do things any which way to make them feel at home.” Malak hopes a new center in Dallas will be available soon. Hol- lywood said the bidding process is just beginning and may take months to complete. “I told them, ‘Don’t forget about us,” Malak said. “We need our own place.” CALENDAR Continued from Page 3 and the Award for Excellence in Portraiture; Meghan Maccarone won the Louise Rossetti Award; and Micayla Grey won the Award for Floral Imagery. McGovern said 43 Lake-Leh- man students’ works are on dis- play at the Schulman Gallery un- til March 28. In other news, the board ... e Approved the resignation of elementary librarian Barbara Wall at the end of the school year. e Appointed the following elementary substitutes: Carrie Bella, of Harveys Lake, and Jen- ny Saccone, of Swoyersville. e Appointed the following nurse substitutes: Debra Caster- line, of Shickshinny, and Jennif- er Schell, of Wyoming. e Appointed the following coaches for the 2011-12 school year: Katlyn Cibello, of Wilkes- Barre, as assistant boys’ volley- ball coach with a stipend of $1,800.72, Sherry Metz, of Har- veys Lake, as junior high softball coach with a stipend of $2,592, John Ferdinand, of Shavertown, as varsity assistant softball coach with a stipend of $2,592.60, John Headman, of Dallas, as volunteer assistant softball coach, Wayne Meeker, of Hunlock Creek, as volunteer junior high softball coach, John Davis, of Harveys Lake, as volun- teer baseball coach, Robert Mit- kus as junior high assistant track and field coach with a stipend of $2,592, Scott Summa as volun- teer track and field coach, Bran- don Colletti, of Hunlock Creek, as volunteer track and field coach, Tara Sears, of Wyoming, as varsity assistant cheerleading coach with a stipend of $1,500.24, and Jessica Parsons, of Wilkes-Barre, as volunteer in- door percussion instructor. ¢ Authorized requests for pro- posals for two nine-passenger vans and a 24-passenger gaso- line-powered bus. ¢ Authorized a refund of paid taxes to the following property owners as determined by the court order of the Luzerne County Board of Assessment Appeals: Gerald and Ann McNulty for two properties lo- cated in Harveys Lake in the amounts of $447.98 and $456.36, and Chester Jr. and Heather Browski for a property located in Lake Township in the amount of $307.13. e Exonerated the following individuals from payment of the 2011 per capita tax: Laura Loh- mann, of Ross Township, Jaime Wesley, of Ross Township, and Robert Perry of Ross Township. e Authorized a refund of $100.53 to Jeffrey Hosle, of Har- veys Lake, for homestead ex- emption. e Authorized a refund of paid property taxes to the following Ross Township property owners due to abatements issued at the close of the 2011 tax collection period: Walter and Elenor Buda for $375.96, Carl and Geraldine Bruns for $166, Thomas and Ma- rie DeAngelo for $81.34, Helen Hankey for $23.78, Russell and Shirley Major for $524.04 and $39.90, Dale and Catherine Mas- ters for $8.67, Joseph Sabaluski for $296.72 and Cherub and Jo Straigis for $424.95. e Approved a renewal of the agreement with the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross to utilize the district facilities as an emergency shel- ter during a disaster. e Approved and executed a settlement agreement and re- lease between the Lake-Lehman School District and parent of student No. 861149 on behalf of said student. e Approved the settlement agreement in the matter of Sha- ron John vs. the Lake-Lehman School District, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission case number 200906378, Equal Employment Opportunity Com- mission case number 17F201161411. e Authorized business man- ager Albert Melone and Co. to advertise for bids for the 2012-13 tax anticipation note. e Authorized administration to utilize the Landmark Com- munity Bank Visa Card for the purpose of immediate purchas- ing, emergency purchasing and registration purchasing with no annual fee or associated cost to the district, including a cash re- bate incentive program. e The next Lake-Lehman School Board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. April 16 in the ju- nior/senior high school library. 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