Sunday, May 27, 2012
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AIMEE DILGER/THE TIMES LEADER
Mary Jean Tarantini, of Harveys Lake, holds up an ad from the Catholic Light newspaper during a
press conference about the Back Mountain Trail going through Sacred Heart Cemetery off Dorches-
ter Drive in Dallas.
GRAVES
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ing themselves the Concerned
Families of Sacred Heart Cem-
etery. She said the group did
not know about ongoing dis-
cussions for a potential trail
right-of-way through the cem-
etery until reading about it in
a newspaper last December.
The proposed trail is an ex-
tension of the Back Mountain
Trail, which primarily follows
an old railroad bed south of
the cemetery. The trail associ-
ation’s goal has long been to
extend the trail to the Dallas
School District campus fur-
ther north and to Misericordia
University to encourage stu-
dents to walk to and from
chool or to other commercial
@- in the area.
In fact, as Tarantini spoke, a
group of youngsters she said
were Dallas students walked
along the upper edge of the
cemetery.
Tarantini said the bulk of
the proposed trail would run
along the western, or bottom,
edge of the sloping cemetery
but then turns and runs direct-
ly between tombstones before
“We are very concerned and shocked that this has
been planned for eight years and not one plot own-
er knew about it.”
Mary Jean Tarantini
Harveys Lake
veering north and onto an old,
unused wooded roadway. Ta-
rantini and others do not want
the risk of people walking over
graves or littering as they go
by.
“My baby brother died in
1947,” said Nancy Balent,
pointing to a patch of graves
on the edge of the cemetery
the trail would pass. “I don’t
want anyone trampling on my
brother’s grave.”
World War II veteran John
Dinis pointed to American
flags marking the tombstones
of other veterans and said, “I
hope they let those vets rest in
peace.”
Tarantini argued that state
law prohibits running paths
through a cemetery and con-
tended doing so would set a
dangerous precedent. When
contacted after the press con-
ference, trail association presi-
dent Judy Rimple said the as-
sociation is aware of other
places where trails pass
through cemeteries.
Tarantini insisted the group
is trying to work with the dio-
cese, which officially owns the
cemetery, and the trail associ-
ation to find acceptable alter-
natives.
Rimple said there is another
option, though the route
through the cemetery avoids
developed areas.
“We very much would like to
work with these people and go
the safer way,” Rimple said,
but the alternative will be
used if necessary. “It would
just be busier, and we would
have to work it out.”
In an email, diocese spokes-
man Bill Genello wrote that
“the Diocese shares the con-
cerns” of the cemetery associ-
ation and that “the disposition
of this matter is currently in
dispute and dialogue with the
interested parties is currently
taking place so that an appro-
priate and acceptable resolu-
tion is reached.”
Ballet Northeast presents
four works on June 1 and 2
Ballet Northeast will present
four diverse works at 7:30 p.m.
on Friday and Saturday, June 1
and 2 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday,
June 3.
Artistic Director Kristin
Degnan-Boonin’s choreography
of Igor Stravinsky’s score for
“The Firebird” presents a dra-
matic counterpoint to the ele-
gance of her staging of the tra-
ditional classical choreography
for “Paquita” and the whimsi-
cal imagery of her choreogra-
phy for “The Carnival of the
Animals.”
Featured in title roles of “Pa-
quita” and “The Firebird” will
be Julie Degnan, of Harveys
Lake. Mary Sharon Ciaccia, of
Harveys Lake, will appear as a
soloist while Grace Schaub, of
Dallas, will appear in an en-
semble role.
Ensemble roles will be per-
formed by Hannah Bonk, Sha-
vertown; Emma Carlsson,
Trucksville; Contessa Ciarim-
boli, Shavertown; Mary There-
se Ciaccia, Harveys Lake;
Brianne Dempsey, Shavertown;
Madison Dewees, Dallas; Bella
and Sophia Farina, Dallas; Cat-
lin and Cora Finn, Dallas; Car-
oline Pitarra, Dallas; Kathryn
Morgan, Shavertown; Anna
Smagin, Trucksville; Sophia
Snell, Shavertown; Chase and
Julie Degnan, of Harveys Lake, is featured in the roles of “Pa-
quita" and “The Firebird" during Ballet Northeast's perform-
ances June 1-3 at the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the
Performing Arts at Wilkes University.
Peyton Taylor, Shavertown; Ab-
by, Emily and Sarah Williams,
Dallas; Laura and Rachael
Wooditch, Dallas.
Admission is $20 for adults,
and $15 for seniors, students
and children. Advance ticket
reservations may be made by
calling Ballet Northeast at 821-
8525. Tickets may also be se-
cured at the Darte CPA box
office immediately prior to
commencement of each per-
formance.
FACILITY
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last year’s programs did not re-
flect those percentages for each
municipality.
e Supervisor Mike Prokop-
chak, of Franklin Township, said
he called several state officials
to discuss the Prevailing Wage
Act and many did not return his
messages.
He said the proposed legisla-
tion to reform the act has not
been acted upon in the legisla-
ture and the current laws are
hurting municipalities, school
districts and taxpayers.
The current prevailing wage
law, passed in 1961, requires that
workers on government projects
exceeding $25,000 be paid a rate
set by the state secretary of la-
bor and industry rather than a
number based on local market
rates.
House Bill 1329 would set the
project rate at $185,000 to corre-
spond with market inflation.
House Bill 1685 would require
the secretary of labor and indus-
try to develop a uniform list of
worker classification.
Prokopchak told supervisors
that, according to the National
Bureau of Labor and Statistics,
$25,000 in 1963 equals $187,411
in current dollars due to infla-
tion.
He said many legislators are
unsure of the bills because of
concern about labor unions.
e The next Back Mountain
Community Partnership meet-
ing will be held at 3 p.m. on
Thursday, June 21 at Misericor-
dia University. There will be no
meetings in July and August.
OULTRY
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can be like having pets - he finds
the animals “soothing” and en-
joys watching them.
Ayers keeps chickens for about
two years, as long as they're lay-
ing eggs, and turns them into
soup soon after.
Twelve-year-old Derek Siper-
ko, of Franklin Township, still
eats the eggs laid by the well-
loved chickens in his backyard.
“There is one that snuggles up
on me,” he said of the hen he calls
Princess.
“It's more fun than buying
eggs,” said Jackie Siperko, De-
rek’s mom.
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