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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
BOOTH
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comprised of Dallas, Lehman,
Jackson and Kingston Town-
ships and Dallas Borough. The
agreement started two years ago
to forge a working relationship
between the municipalities to
better serve the Back Mountain
residents.
Also, Lonnie Piatt, supervisor
chairman, announced guide
rails will be installed on the new
Sorber Mountain E. Bridge. He
said supervisors will look to the
county for reimbursement for
the work since the bridge is
county owned.
Secretary Carlene Price an-
nounced the annual Spring
Clean-Up is scheduled for 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on May 12.
The next Lake Township mu-
nicipal meeting will be held at 7
p.m. on Wednesday, April 11 in
the municipal building.
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