)77 1 y t f ¥ wi w= Vv TIT ™ HE a Te RR TTR i fe Be Ea i. ec . HEL ¥- i 3 a Fis 0 5 Vol. 77 No. 45 November 23, 1977 Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. RALPIL M R.D. 2 MOUNT / JOY ' SNYDER 13OX 10040 PA. UEHANNA TIMES FIFTEEN CENTS Donegal didn’t get its first place trophy in time for the football banquet last week, but these three young men got big trophies for outstanding individual effort. At left is Scott Mowrer, who won the Jessie Mooney Award for leadership and spirit. Pete Splain (center) won both the Most Valuable Player award and the Most Outstanding Back trophy. Randy Derr (right) won the Most Valuable Lineman award. Indians get title L-L football officials check by-laws, decide best team should win section crown ‘‘1 was the last to find out,”’ says coach Gayne Deshler. The president of the Lancaster-Lebanon Football League announced at a banquet last week that the Donegal Indians were going to be proclaimed Section 3 champions, after all. Everyone had assumed that Lebanon Catholic had won this year’s section crown, even though the Donegal Indians had won more games. The Indians had two losses in league play; Catholic had one loss and one tie. Then somebody noticed that Lebanon Catholic had played only 10 games to Donegal’s 11. According to the league by-laws, a team which plays fewer games than its opponents must have a better ‘‘winning record’”’ to win sole possession of the title. Here's how the two teams stack up: League play Catholic — 6 wins, 1 loss, 1 tie Donegal — 7 wins, 2 losses Overall record Catholic — 6 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie rr v. VY." Donegal’s ‘‘winning per- centage in league play is .777. Catholic’s ‘‘winning percentage is .750. Donegal’s losing per- centage in league play is .223. Catholic’s ‘‘winning percentage is only .125, because of their tie. Donegal won the wins, but Catholic ‘‘won the losses.”’ Under normal circum- stances, Catholic would ‘have won, but because they played one less game, their better ‘‘losing record’ doesn’t count. If you find all this confusing, just look at the overall records, and re- member that the best team is supposed to win. Donegal is the best team, and they're going to get a the trophy. In 11 games, the Donegal defence gave up only 60 points. That’s less than 6 points per opponent. Only 5S teams managed to score against DHS, and only 3 managed to score more than one touchdown. The Indians scored 263 points, or 24 points in an average game. There were plenty of outstanding individual per- formances: PETE SPLAIN who won both the MVP and MOB awards, rushed for 1065 yards in the season on 149 carries. That’s an average of 7.14 yards per carry. On defense, Splain contri- buted 86 tackles and assists. He punted 28 times, sending the ball an average of 33 feet per punt. His 45 kick-offs sailed an average of 48.4 feet, and he booted 29 extra point kicks and one field goal. ARLEN MUMMAU rushed 468 yards on 11 carries. He was also an outstanding defensive player with 98 combined tackles and as- sists. Mummau and Spain gained 210 and 146 yards respec- tively on pass receptions BRIAN NEY rushed 554 yards on 41 carries, and passed the ball 868 yards on 89 throws GARY BYRD hauled in 8 passes for 209 yards [continued on page 8] § Donegal fires Siberski Teacher who charged Donegal Schools with anti-Catholic, anti-Polish bias is ousted on technicality Joe Siberski, the Donegal High School English teach- er who last month charged the school district with dis- crimination against him, is being fired. He has been told not to come to his classes, and is awaiting a formal letter of job termin- ation. The action was initiated at last week’s School Board meeting when Ragnar Hallgren, school superin- tendent, recommended that Siberski be dismissed. The board told him to go ahead. The firing will not change the status of Mr. Siberski’s complaint: State Human Relations investi- gators will begin studying the situation as soon as their workload permits them to take the case. In his complaint, Siberski accused high school princi- pal Donald Drenner of dis- criminating against him because he (Siberski) is a Polish Catholic. State will investigate -Siberski’s complaint The ghost of Joe Siberski’s anger will linger in the halls of Donegal School District for some time. The reason: Siber- ski's complaint of unequal treatment has provoked an investigation by the state Human Relations Commis- sion. Siberski filed a complaint charging that he was being discriminated against be- cause he is a Polish Catholic — then the school fired him. The state investigators will look into Siberski’s complaint, but they will not stop there. The investiga- tors will also be looking for evidence of discrimina- tion against racial minori- ties, women and the handicapped. If the invest.gators de- cide that any of these groups is under-represent- ed on the school staff, the state will take action to change that situation. According to Patrick Kenney, Jr., director of the Lancaster Human Relations Committee, the state inves- tigation will be quite thorough. Anyone who has accused the school of bias (by, for example, writing a letter to a local newspaper to that effect) is likely to be interviewed as a witness. A complete breakdown of the school staff by race, sex, religion, etcetera, will be compiled. If the teaching and administrative staffs are not racially and sexually balanced, the school may find its hiring and firing policies being dictated by the state. Siberski bypassed Mr. Kenney's office when he filed his complaint. Instead, he went directly to state and federal authori- ties. Mr: Kenney's office is funded by the county and city of Lancaster. Mr. Kenney, who lives in Donegal School District, has a reputation for solving The reason given by the District for firing Siberski is that he did not forward transcripts of college courses in time. Mr. Siberski took the legally required post-graduate courses and passed them, but was slow in proving it. The intricacies of which courses Siberski took and just why he didn’t get the transcripts to the District in time were examined in [continued on page 8] uncqual treatment com- plaints quickly and quietly, without going to court. The fact that a state, rather than a local agency, will be investigating Mr. Siberski's complaint, means that the investi- gation will be dragged out for a long time. State Human Relations Commis- sion investigators have a huge work backload, [continued on page 8] Odd vs Even basketball game will pit graduates against graduates —outcome is uncertain Don’t miss the action when the Has Beens battle the Over the Hill boys in an epic alumni basketball struggle for supremacy in a benefit game this Saturday night in the DHS gym. The teams have been picked on the basis of what years the players graduated —even or odd. This should make for a close, exciting game by evening the odds. The Has Beens take on the Over the Hill group at 6:30, and then, at 8:30, the Now Generation will at- tempt to smash the Still Going Strong team. Former DHS team mem- bers from the classes of 1955 onward will strut their stuff for the benefit of the Basketball Activity Fund. The games are sponsored by the Donegal Parents’ Booster Club. Admission is only $1.50 for adults, $.75 for students. There will be a bake sale along with the basketball, and merchan- dise will be raffled off during the evening. Jere Hess and Donald ‘“*Duck’’ Germer are the coaches. Bob Roaten is the president of the Booster Club, and Bill Barto is the treasurer. Any one who wants to join one of the teams can contact Bob or Bill.
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