Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - March 14, 1990, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Inside The M Care to Away from home Cutting the tax fat It's that time again pg. 1 2 pg. s pg. 9 The Wellsboro page 115THYEARNO 18 MARCH School districts seek funds Monies to help identify school student problems by Gayle Morrow The Northern Tioga School Dis- along with school districts in Wellsboro and ern will soon apply for a federal grant if will be used to train staff to be of student Bruce tendent of told the Tioga County Drug and Alcohol Task Force of the intent to apply for the grant applications at their March meeting in The training would involve school and parents and would cus on recognizing drug abuse and problems that Tioga County might said it would be ble to have training sessions in the but noted too that some training might take place in other areas It all depends on what the group wants and decides Bovard said According to if the three districts apply for the grant they stand a much ter chance of obtaining The grant application will also in- volve the Tioga County Human Services he said There is over million available through the federal Drug Free Schools and ties said but added that competition for the money is Bovard said he believes most grants average about but noted that the size of the ty requesting the funds in determine how much money was A state would likely request more money than a school and would also stand a better chance of being awarded the amount requested He added that Dr. Jim curriculum coordinator for has been instrumental in organizing the grant which must be sent by March 30. Carmen associate di- rector of Residence Life at field suggested that there might also be a tie-in with the university's education de- Teachers need more background and training in he said In Bianco told the group that a is being planned for county high schools in the fall Programs in September will focus on a er who is a drug and alcohol con- In students will have the opportunity to hear at- discuss the legal quences of drug abuse In police officials will talk with the kids about driving under the influence rugs and alcohol More information about the fall plans will be available at a later In other Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital sentative Judy Feil told the group that the hospital's smoke-free policy is proceeding fairly She also noted that a joint ture between the hospital and North Penn Health Systems for an employee assistance program is in the planning The program would assist em- ployees who might be having trouble with substance or their personal A pilot wellness program for employees is also being she If it is it could be enlarged to include the In Dr. David superintendent of schools in the Wellsboro Area School said school officials are ing to form a student assistance program team for the Wellsboro Middle Plans call for the team to be trained by Spearly The next meeting of the Task Force is scheduled for April at noon at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Wellsboro students to get information on sexual abuse by Natalie Kennedy A new program at the boro Middle School will teach students how to avoid the serious problem of sexual According to Wellsboro Area School District Superintendent Dr. David the program is greatly needed in the is sensitive material but it is very necessary that schools get involved with said Maxine who will teach the was present at March school board meeting to answer questions from board of education Mills holds a bachelor's degree in education and has taken over 60 hours of training dealing with domestic violence and sexual She is a member of the ga County Women's Coalition which helped implement the gram. Sexual awareness education will be taught during the regularly scheduled health explained The course will cover defining sexual societal myths about sex- ual methods used to make victims each student's rights and and places to get help in the event of they are told the victim is never to blame for the crime committed against said Mills tor is at fault The abuser is to blame Statistics currently show that one out of three to four girls and one of every six to 10 boys is ally assaulted before age 18 In most the victim knows the said Half the the abuser lives in the same she emphasize the importance of saying the importance of getting away and telling added Mills the person doesn't believe the he should keep telling them until they do The program will consist of one class period for two she con- She will teach the and a faculty member will be present during the entire gram. parents have the final say in whether or not their child will take the Mills All material discussed will be available for viewing at the Mid- dle School office by Letters will be sent to all holds of students taking the gram. There is no cost to the district for the she The course met with some re- sistance from board have a special interest group teaching the course which is a real concern for said board member Lawrence West can't introduce a subject like this without introducing I don't disagree with dren being made aware but I'm not sure I want a special interest group Spearly said the program is very similar to the AIDS program that is currently being program that will prevent additional cases of sexual I'm going to look at very very and probably very he fact that a specially trained group is coming in to teach it doesn't raise the same concerns with Board member Willis Tallman asked to refer the program to the Curriculum Committee and riot implement it at this Since it wasn't listed as an tion item on the the move required suspending the rules A 5-4 vote in favor of the suspension wasn't A two-thirds is required for the motion to pass Voting for the suspension were Jerome Craig Craig Devenport and Er win In other the board approved sending 26 students to Penn College of for vocational training for 1990-91 No long-term was recommended The board noted that students will probably go to Bradford County Vocational Technical School in 1991-92 Wellsboro to amend garbage ordinance by Natalie Kennedy Medical care wheth er are for people or animals will soon receive a letter from Wellsboro Borough Council At a meeting council voted to amend the garbage ordinance allowing licensed private haulers to pick up infectious waste Producers of infectious waste would be required to use the ire Wellsboro holds a for garbage hauling within the borough However Northern Tier Solid Waste is not licensed to take infectious waste unless it is in the form of ashes or sterilized officials said earlier Infectious waste includes pro ducts generated in medical services including used needles used bandages animal fluids used rubber gloves and scalpels Concerns were raised at last month s council meeting that in waste producers could be disposing of infectious waste in borough garbage pick ups A list of all potential producers was compiled hy council questioned as to how disposed of their waste Some of it is being disposed of in the municipal waste system said council President David P Burket We don t have the ties to handle it Tier Solid Waste will not take it and we ran t pick ii up Borough Solicitor James E Carlson was directed to draft the amendment two health services Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hospital and Outline Clinic ready have private haulers dis- posing of their infectious waste Skateboarders Council asked Safety Committee to further study the problem of skateboarding in the borough It s becoming a real problem said Burket We need to take a real serious look at it The committee consisting of Peter P Lupkowski John E gan and Thomas L was directed to study the boarding problems and concerns and make recommendations to council for a possible ordinance banning the sport The action was in response to a letter from the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce request mg a skateboarding ban in the business district and on all sidewalks and streets The Wellsboro Department of Parks and Recreation Committee had a similar ban St Council also authorized the re placement of approximately 730 feet of old 4 inch water line on American Street with new 8 inch pipe The project scheduled for will rod approximate Iv in materials and will take about two weeks The construction was sched uled after repeated complaints from the Jim Oberdorf Clothing was often stained by rust in the water said He also asked council to pay for ruined clothing He was directed to take his claim to the borough insurers Co In other council learned Wellsboro wa selected as Tree City S A for the third consecutive year accepted a bid for from Hunter Landscape and Lawn Care of Mansfield to mow Packer Woodland Park Hamilton Lake and Lake locations directed the solicitor to draw up an agreement between the borough and Dunham's Depart ment Store forthe continued clos ing of Van Horn Street to le traffic The roadway is still open for pedestrian traffic authorized bidding for the in of a tile floor in the bor office Tiles for the project have been donated by vania accepted a bid from Diversi fied Environment Inc of Harris burg and North Penn Gas Compa ny for repairs and updating the heating and air tern in the borough office Tve project will cost The is r i old NEVER BEFORE has one so small done so much to make Wellsboro a household name By ling flags and decorative a tree this has brought notoriety to Wellsboro some of it good by Tim Cleveland Media nuts over squirrel by Natalie Kennedy is known throughout the state and east coast as the little town with gaslights it s getting national atten tion because of a misbehaving rodent As reported in the Feh 7 issue of The Wellsboro a squirrel has been removing flags from in the Wellsboro Those flags now decorate A green hung there ir defiance the thief Little did anyone know the lar squirrel of Wellsboro would receive the worldwide attention that soon followed It started Feb 23 when Paul on his Rest of the radio mentioned Wellsboro's rodent on his noon time show Area newspapers ran the sometimes with photo graphs The Journal Star in Ill featured the item in their edition The Associ ated Press picked up the human interest feature and Ralph Rotary to receive recreation honors by Natalie Kennedy The Wellsboro i and an individual who ii and funded several pio grams have been i hosen to re the 1990 Neal Mosher Award next month The Parks and I- Committee voted at their meeting to the avv ards to the and Ralph t. Antrim ad oi SM diet and Sailors i in The ate giver to the id and or lion who en h am d I a tional most Ant- -i i ed i- a tne 1M7M 1986 to Ih w i- a i i in i ne V v i 1- c i He vi as i nst i ir int. An agreement between the e Via School i d see rerri at t irea e t i v r i -i i i n' v I Irt 1 i fur rt i. n t lion H c d w a o 1 v e fl i programs me Ti r s flu High Low M a r r I- al Packer Park Games and other recreation programs have done an outstand ing over the last three said Parks and Heir eat ion Direi tor Peter Herres Its very dif for a serv n e to draw nut to 1 think are tin The commission will plaques to and a i iv e at Iti meeting e- d Mansfield woman saved by the belt M One the common w t a- inn a i- 'M .it be t- HI so urn I sate ei I v i i aii mav be true but i show that the I1 v I i t i i n a rr t c i i it irint i vi i- I of x s h vi hi bi n' -i i. b. v u -i h thi a n b 1 r -I r v s r r T I I i f II v r r I rip K i sib KS i r 7 r c. c. r spread it across the rest of the The squirrely news hit the waves across the seas as Teresa Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs. Eugene Davis of Mid- heard about her hometown on a radio broadcast in Japan Other servicemen and dio listeners in foreign lands also heard of Wellsboro's flag stealing culprit Television never one to lag behind the arrived en masse in Wellsboro to film the thief in action All in it wasn't a bad day's work for a squirrel with thievery in his heart Few humans can claim to have received so much recognition for having done what comes naturally to the now mous squirrel Members hear of Mansfield's many I he of the Mansfield School District was the subject cil tlu hester and Mary at the luncheon meet me 55 Club 1 'n' pi i i ti was held at the i hun b Feb 20 featured many 1 hi first in this v i- John in 1797 The 1 i was in the i Button where x i A a- the teat her The i-e w as built in 1 v v bti i Iding the i w built in 1837 i 1881 various 1 M i Hal 1 on the col i i PUS hunted some of the i The first i du ated in 1 u nr heon V n Marnn A k I in presi t n -t s Fw eel i i i ed h i r 501 h i f- fiv e n i i v cH a special hi i r open r Baptist 1 funice 1 L 1 n f n t at M -i and that be n dis r si and ital i r r a i i thf H M a r Total JEWS PA PER I
