Sunday, December 30, 2012 THE DALLAS POST PAGE 5 12 Continued from Page 1 Dallas Township received no- tice from the Williams-owned Transco interstate pipeline that two replacements of the line would begin in July and conclude in mid-September. Transco would replace a 2,044-foot sec- tion that runs underneath Hilde- brandt Road and a 193-foot sec- tion that runs between Yalick Road and Highland Boulevard. Though the Dallas Township Police Department’s monitoring of seatbelts among minors was ending, Chief Robert Jolley said officers would still patrol around the Dallas School District cam- pus. The department began pa- trolling the district campus in February to enforce aspects of La- cey’s Law, which was signed into law late last year. Lacey’s Law states that drivers under the age of 18 can be cited for not wearing a seatbelt. For adults, not wear- ing a seatbelt is a secondary of- fense. Nine-year-old Jack Farrell, who played for the Knights in the Dal- las Youth Basketball League, had a whopper of a game. His team won, 44-39, in the semi-finals against the Celtics and Farrell scored all 44 winning points. The Dallas Elementary School stu- dents’ father, Mark, played ball in high school and college and remi- nisced about the time he scored 34 points on his own when Dallas High School advanced to the dis- trict championships in 1985. . The state Department of Transportation completed re- pairs on the Overbrook Road overpass earlier than initially ex- pected. Concrete covering beams underneath the 72-year-old bridge fell onto Route 309 and the agency had planed to close a portion of Route 309 at night for ga weeks to conduct the repairs. Phe loose concrete was re- moved from underneath the bridge and replaced within a 10- hour period. A Dallas Township supervisors meeting ended with the town- ship’s two fire companies ex- changing heated words about dis- puted territories. Dallas Fire and Ambulance addressed the board about contested boundaries within the township after two for- mer supervisors did not approve suggestions made by both the fire companies and Luzerne County 911. cal governments and the s School District were still the bill for the D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Educa- tion) program in the Dallas ele- mentary and middle schools, though costs have increased in difficult economic times. The year, the cost of maintaining the D.AR.E. program at Dallas in- creased by nearly 25 percent, a cost shared by the district and the municipalities located within the district, which include Dallas Borough and Dallas, Franklin and Kingston townships. The Dallas School Board ap- proved changes to course offer- ings at the high school and mid- dle school for the 2012-13 school year. At the high school, major changes included the addition of several classes to accommodate the opportunities made available since the completion of the new high school building last Septem- ber. At the middle school, two for- eign language courses offered in eighth grade - conversational French and introductory French would be eliminated. With a new executive director, the month-old Back Mountain Chamber of Commerce was growing membership and gain- ing a strong foothold in the Back Mountain community and be- yond. Clare Parkhurst, owner of Black Sheep Advertising in Trucksville, was hired as the chamber’s part-time executive di- rector. Two municipalities in the Back Mountain were awarded grant money from gaming fund reve- nues for projects that would ben- efit the entire community. One of the big-ticket items to receive funding was the Back Mountain Community Partnership’s plans for a regional emergency man- agement canter was $975,000 was allocated toward that pro- ject. Harveys Lake Borough re- ceived $78,220 to renovate an un- used recreation center for police department use. Council Presi- dent Larry Radel said no solid plans had been put into place for the project and there were no plans to pursue it if the grant money had not been awarded. The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors voted to join the Back Mountain Regional Emer- gency Management Agency. The agency, which also includes Dal- las Borough and Dallas, Jackson and Lehman townships, was cre- ated in late 2010 as a formal agreement between emergency responders to work together in the event of emergencies. The Dallas Senior Center closed due to safety and visibility concerns and local seniors were worried another center wouldn't come soon enough. The center was a tenant at the 22 Rice St., Dallas location for about 25 years. The building was once the site of the Back Mountain Memo- rial Library Auction and the sur- rounding grounds were used for firemen’s bazaars. Despite parents’ requests, the ‘Lake-Lehman School Board would not make changes to this year’s academic schedule. A reso- lution to change the calendar was printed on the agenda for a board meeting but Superintendent James McGovern said it was re- moved form the recommended action list because of a lack of board support. Gary Booth was unanimously BILL TARUTIS FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Lake-Lehman junior Ashlee Barker, left, and senior Zack Titus arrive at the Lake-Lehman prom. appointed Deputy Emergency Management Coordinator to rep- resent Lake Township in the Back Mountain Emergency Man- agement Agency. APRIL The Dallas Post fooled its read- ers with an April Fool’s edition announcing that former Indiana- polis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning would take his career to a new level by traveling east to Misericordia University where he would play in the Cougars’ first Division III football season. Back Mountain emergency re- sponders gave the new Luzerne County administration two weeks to resolve an ongoing dis- pute with county 911 officials be- fore bringing things to a head with county council. Emergency responders from seven Back Mountain communities attended a press conference called by Har- veys Lake Borough officials to make the public aware of prob- lems they were having with coun- ty 911 dispatch protocols. Andrew Duda, of Grasonville, Md., announced his hopes to pre- serve 17 undeveloped lots on Pineview Road that were owned by his recently-deceased brother, Paul, by creating a wildlife sanc- tuary that could be maintained by the community. The Dallas Township Board of Supervisors mulled the purchase of emergency notification soft- ware to update residents during emergency situations. Alan Pugh, township emergency man- agement coordinator, spoke about the Wireless Emergency Notification system (WENS) at a work session. The Back Mountain Chamber of Commerce held its first busi- ness mixer at Eye Care Special- ists in Dallas. More than 100 peo- ple attended the event which was held to celebrate the opening of the new Eye Care Specialists of- fice in the Dallas Shopping Cen- ter. Members of Harveys Lake Bor- ough Council expressed con- cerns about plans to relocate the police department to Little League Road and a public hear- ing was scheduled to further dis- cuss the issue. The borough re- ceive a $78,200 grant from gam- ing fund revenues to move the po- lice department from its current location on Route 415 to a former recreation building on Little League Road near the public boat launch and Lake-Noxen Elemen- tary School. Later in the month, Harveys Lake Borough Council members voted 4-2 in favor of the project to relocate the borough’s police de- partment. Council members Lar- ry Radel, Boyd Barber, Frank Kopko and Amy Williams voted for continuing with the project while Michell’e Boice and Tho- mas Kehler voted against the mo- tion. CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Marine Corporal Dennis Ellis, of Dallas, sees his 10-month-old daughter, Mia, for just the second time as he returns home from a tour of active duty in Afghanistan as a truck mechanic. SE Kingston Township officials, residents and businesses pre- pared for the start of the East Center Street Bridge replace- ment project — a project that had been 12 years in the making. The section of East Center Street be- tween State Route 309 and Main Street would be closed through late October. The project would replace the bridge, widen the road and create a turning lane from East Center Street to the southbound lane on Route 309. Lake-Lehman senior Matthew Gorski, of Shavertown, was the recipient of the Lake-Lehman Foundation’s first John Peter Far- rell Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, given to a gradua- tion senior at the foundation’s tea event, was named for Farrell who had served on the Lake-Lehman School board since 2008 and who died on April 15, 2011 as a result of a car accident on State Route 29 in Noxen Township. The Dallas Post earned three of 24 Keystone Press Awards won by Impressions Media newspa- pers this year for news, feature and sports stories, photos and co- lumns, special projects and de- sign in 2011. Staff writer Sarah Hite captured first place in the general news category for her sto- ry about the 2010 Kingston Township Holiday House Light- ing Contest. Photographer Bill Tarutis took first place in the Fea- ture Photo category for a photo accompanying a story called “Count & Care.” He also cap- tured an honorable mention for Sports Photo titled “Huge win for the Mountaineers.” Dallas Township supervisors adopted a firearms ordinance that regulates the firing of guns in the township. Spurred by safety concerns related to gas line devel- Mobile Money 1S HERE! Mobile Money lets you: gg * Check your account balances ® Monitor account transactions * Transter tunds between accounts * Pay bills and so much more!!! N7(0):700 200 (00) 23'S IS TOTALLY FREE Log on to enroll today: | www.choiceone.org “Regular messaging rates apply. 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CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK FILE PHOTO/ FOR THE DALLAS POST Rock Solid Academy Head of School Mark DiPippa, is excited by the construction progress in the Twin Stacks Complex , Dallas. opment, the ordinance prohibits the discharge of a firearm within 150 yards of any dwelling, house, school building, above ground natural gas facility or storage lo- cation, across public roads, in cemeteries or burial places, as well as on another person’s prop- erty. MAY Rock Solid Academy, a bud- ding K-8 Christian school in the Back Mountain, was set to hold its first open house and officials announced a more than $2,000 decrease in tuition rates for the 2012-13 school year. Head of School Mark DiPippa said Phase I of the school building project, which included construction of a lobby, front offices and a model classroom, was recently complet- ed. Misericordia University Presi- dent Michael MacDowell an- nounced he would maintain resi- dency in Harveys Lake Borough with his wife, Tina, once he re- tires on June 30, 2013. The 12th president of Luzerne County's ol- dest college announced his retire- ment on April 19 after 14 years in the position. The Back Mountain Commu- nity Partnership continued its discussion about plans for a re- gional emergency management agency building to be construct- ed in Lehman Township. Lehman See 2012, Page 7 FEB 110 3,81010,1510 17,22 to 24 DINNER & SHOW: $34, CHILDREN 12 and UNDER: $28 SHOW ONLY: $16 THE MUSIC BOX DINNER PLAYHOUSE 196 HUGHES ST, SWOYERSVILLE, PA 18704 Call 283-2195 or 800-698-PLAY AES RATA gIWE Tot oTe) Wol(o B (ele RoTelag ol (1 SH IN Rol fS glo VAR [a PAO IK
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