Vol. 121 No. 21 THE BACK MOUNTAIN'S NEWSPAPER SINCE 1889 I , duly 22 - 28, 2012 www.mydallaspost.com AN EDITION OF THE TIMES LEADER WILKES-BARRE, PA. Deanna Szabo, 17, of Pikes Creek, demonstrates advanced flag Lacey Carey, 12, of Noxen, practices her flag twirling during color twirling techniques at the color guard camp. Learning to be a color guard By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com @ tossing and staying in step is harder than it looks. Lake-Lehman students learned that for themselves at a color guard camp presented by two seniors July 16-21. Color guard is flag spinning combined with dance move- ments, and performances during the outdoor season interpret mu- sic played by the marching band. During the indoor season, sometimes called winter guard, dances are choreographed to se- lected music and are performed in a gymnasium setting. Guard members spin and toss igs, rifles and sabers — whatev- r prop is deemed appropriate for the selected routine. Deanna Szabo, 17, of Pikes Creek, has been part of color guard since she was in sixth grade. She and friend Jessica Campbell, 17, of Lehman, orga- Guard members spin and toss flags, rifles and sabers - what- ever prop is deemed appropri- ate for the selected routine. nized the camp as part of their senior projects. “I was bored and it looked like fun,” said Campbell about join- ing color guard five years ago. “I liked all the bright colors and equipment.” Nearly 10 students attended the camp looking to learn more about the guard or to improve on the skills they've already learned. Twelve-year-old Lacey Carey, of Noxen, has been in color guard for a year and can already toss with the best of them. She and friend Mikayla Kidd, 12, of Harveys Lake, demonstrated their skills during the camp. “When 1 joined, I thought it See GUARD, Page 10 guard camp at Lake-Lehman High School. 3 : RY BILL TARUTIS PHOTOS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lake-Lehman senior Deanna Szabo, front right, of Pikes Creek, meets with 10 students ages 8-13 to begin the color guard camp at the high school gymnasium. Pay increases approved for super and his assistant By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com The Lake-Lehman School Board avoided a Sunshine Act vi- olation and approved a raise for the superintendent and his as- sistant at a meeting Monday. The board voted 5-2 to ratify the Lake-Lehman Education As- sociation and Lake-Lehman Edu- cational Support Personnel As- sociation agreements, extending contracts for another two years. The contracts were approved at a special meeting in June, but that meeting was not advertised 24 hours beforehand, so the board had to revote on the issue to avoid a Sunshine Law viola- tion. Board President Mark Kornos- ki and board member Karen Masters voted against the mea- sures while board members An- drew Salko, Walter Glogowski, James Welby, Richard Bombic 6!"M09815120079 “I think it's a terrible thing to do to the tax- payers.” Mark Kornoski Lake-Lehman School Board member on administrators’ raises and Kevin Carey voted for the motions. Board members Bo Kreller and David Paulauskas were ab- sent. Kornoski also said teachers will received a 2.6 percent raise and “free health care” with this agreement. “I think it’s a terrible thing to do to the taxpayers,” he said. Kornoski also asked Solicitor John Audi if members could vote for the contracts if they have family members employed by the district. Audi said the state ethics com- mission ruled that as long as board members were not voting on individual family members’ salaries, it was ethical. Kornoski said he believed Bombick and Welby have family members employed by the dis- trict. The board approved a 3.5 per- cent raise for Superintendent i James McGovern, which will change his annual salary to $116,763.53. A $0.60 per hour raise was ap- proved for Assistant to the Su- perintendent Mary Jo Casaldi, increasing her salary to $40,081.60. A similar raise was approved for secretaries in the support staff contract, but Casal- di’s position is not included in that negotiating body. Kornoski said those positions are separate contracts from most other administrative positions covered by Act 93, a section. of the state school code that per- tains to administrative wages. He said the superintendent and his assistant participated in a pay freeze last year. The board also awarded a bid to Premium Builders of Wilkes- Barre for the alterations to Leh- man-Jackson Elementary School for a childcare facility in the amount of $156,570. See PAY, Page 10 BILL TARUTIS/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Joey Kraynak of Pack 106, Mountain Top, right, receives the first-place trophy from Scoutmaster John Sepcoski of Troop 316, Avoca, after his race car traveled a record-breaking 457 feet. Derby records By SARAH HITE shite@mydallaspost.com Youngsters started their engi- ness - sort of - at the EBS Derby Day 2012 at Misericordia Uni- versity on June 16. There were no motors in these racers as Scouts from throughout northeastern Penn- sylvania raced weighted wood- en cars on a pinewood derby Track official James Qu track built to drive its way into the Guinness Book of World Re- ick, of Ashley, records the distance of a fisherman race car after a Pinewood Derby heat. track at about 460 feet, and a few Scouts were able to break the Guinness Book K of World Re- ge See DERBY, Page 10 TUR Ra i ¥
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