Sunday, July 15, 2012 THE "DALLAS POST PAGE 3 © ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL AUCTION Heat and some rain couldn't dampen spirit of 66th annual event heat wave and occasional downpours couldn’t stop the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction from sprawling on li- rary grounds July 5-8. Plenty of food vendors and the auction’s iconic tent sales weath- ered the less than ideal climate to make the auction a success once again. Sue Hand’s annual painting of the auction sold for $4,600. The theme of the painting honored the auction’s many dedicated volun- teers. The following are raffle winners from the library auction: Scott Schuster won the 32-inch Vizio LCD HD TV, donated by the McCarthy family Jennifer Davenport won the Amazon Kindle Fire e-reader donated by the McCarthy family Dalys Castillo won the dark brown Seiko Mantel Clock donated by Ye Olde Clock & Gift Shoppe WNEP’s Renie Workman won the hand-made stone jewelry donat- ed by Sassy Girl Artistry Libby Sutton won the Mohegan Sun gift basket donated by Mohe- gan Sun at Pocono Downs Kurt Sauer won the $100 gas card donated by Durelle and Connie Scott JoAnn Freeman won the $100 gas card donated by Bittner Sun- rooms Fred Paczewski won a 19th century pine desk. The desk has a slant front, two drawers and spool legs. It was donated by David Hall in memory of his wife, Kathryn. Pamela Lauback won a thimbleberries quilt hand-made by an- tiques chairperson Leslie Horoshko. brary Auction. This painting by regional artist Sue Hand, of Dallas, netted $4600 for the library at the 66th An- nual Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. From left, are Gerard Geise, Len and Beth Romanow- ski, Michele Geise, Sue Hand, Dr John Rothchild, Ernie Ashbridge, auction chairmen George and Mary Anne Finch and auctioneer Andrew Santora. The painting celebrated the auction volunteers d particularly the two student painters, Lily Romanowski and Garrett Geise, whose parents con- ted to buying the painting and then giving it back to the library. T—— Peggy Mitchell, of Dallas, has a front row seat and her number ready for auction action on opening night. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Volunteer auctioneers Jeff Townsend, left, and Dr. John Rothchild entice bids from the audience at the Back Mountain Memorial Li- we. TA Wiel ALY AB i bi gw) ed as he tries to figure out where to place this basket. Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. Kim Shina, of Beaumont, couldnt resist this sign she found at the Judy Hertzberg and Rita O'Donnell, both of Dallas, look over trea- sures in the Nearly Olde Booth. Patrick Gelso, a student volunteer at the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction, looks confound- LE 2% gw on BE T £2 EE & EE BE IS $C IUN URRY 5 J : By SARAH HITE 3 shite@mydallaspost.com ® The East Center Street Bridge ‘replacement was a topic of discus- ‘sion and supervisors approved a #partial payment for the project at @meeting Wednesday evening. Jlownship Manager Kathleen Pebastian said demolition plans or the bridge are currently being evised and approved by state offi- ials and engineering firms. A payment in the amount of 713 was unanimously ap proved. The state Department of Transportation is handling 80 percent of the project’s costs, while the township will pay for 20 percent. The project includes replacing the bridge and widening the road to accommodate the amount of traffic that travels through the in- tersection with the street and State Route 309. Construction has been estimated to be com- plete in the fall. In other news, the board... ¢ Approved the township solic- itor to draft an ordinance to revise Supers approve partial payment fo The project includes replacing the bridge and widening the road to accommodate the amount of traffic that travels through the intersection with the street and State Route 309. Construction has been estimated to be complete in the fall. the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Au- thority Industrial Pre-Treatment Ordinance. Chairman James Reino Jr. said the ordinance is a state mandate and every 10 years municipalities must revise their own ordinances to meet updated regulations for industrial waste treatment. There will be a public hearing on the revisions at a hearing at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8. * Renewed the police officers’ liability insurance at an annual payment of $6,711, which was a $473 reduction from last year’s cost. The public officials’ liability insurance was renewed at the an- nual payment of $9,496, which is the same cost as in 2011. e Accepted the receipt for the 2011 independent audit conduct- ed by Bonita & Rainey Certified Public Accountants and released payment of $5,200 for the servic- es. e Approved the request of Becky Emershaw to block the in- tersections of Heights and Pine drives and the intersection at Pine and Pine Drive Extension to hold the Carverton Heights Neighborhood Block Party from 3 p.m. to 12 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8. ° Ap proved the request of the r bridge project Kingston Township Raiders Foot- ball Organization to use the Cen- ter Street Park field to collect yard sale items from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday, July 28 and hold a com- munity yard and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18 contingent upon scheduling with Back Mountain Youth Soccer As- sociation and ensuring the area is clean after the event. ¢ The next Kingston Township Board of Supervisors regular meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 8 in the mu- nicipal building.
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