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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2020 • Volume 41 – No. 11
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White Haven renovations to mean relocations by Ruth Isenberg
checks on the progress of the project. The police departBids on the renovations to ment will find a temporary the White Haven borough home in the fire house, and building were accepted at the borough council meetings council meeting on September for the October and the next 28, and plans got underway to four months will be held in temporarily relocate borough the John Murphy Room of services while the extensive the White Haven Area Comwork is underway. munity Library. Borough manager Linda After various alternatives Szoke will shift to workwere considered, Richard Aning from home, with daily gelo Inc. was the low bidder
at $179,710 as general contractor. Richard Angelo was also the successful bidder for the plumbing on the project at $17,000. The bid for the electrical portion was awarded to Larry McCullion & Son of Summit Hill at $24,420. Manager Szoke will prepare the first draft of budget for the October 26 meeting, so it can be adopted in November and won’t have to be done in De-
cember when she is packing up to move out temporarily. Council opened the meeting by extendong its thanks to the police department, ambulance and emergency management for their service to the borough and its residents “this
unique year,” as council member Bob Lamson said, making the presentation on behalf of the public safety committee. “We appreciate the effort you’re making, the exposure, without pay and willingly,” he added.
Weatherly Area Schools start back up in person by Seth Isenberg
Starting this Monday, October 12, Weatherly Area students in grades pre-K to second grade returned for in-person classes. Asked how the re-start is working in this first week, Superintendent Teresa Young said, “I’m very pleased as to how things are going. It is going smoothly. The Health and Safety plan is working.” The restart of in-person teaching for grades 3 to 6 is planned for Monday, October 26. Students in grades 7 through 12 can return their classrooms starting November 9.
At their caucus meeting on October 7 via Zoom, the Weatherly Area School Board (WASB), voted to recall 14 of their staff who had been furloughed in August, all to restart their work by the 12th. Regular bus runs were approved to begin as well. The WASB hired Anella Grega to fill the vacant school district secretary position starting October 8, at $12.62 per hour. In other personnel matters, one employee was approved for a professional leave of absence for education for one semester; another was given family medical leave; and two more were granted leaves of absences. Brittany
Hess was added to the substitute teacher list, for elementary education pre-K to grade 4. At the request of Superintendent Young, the board raised the pay for a substitute teacher to $110 per day after hearing some comparable numbers from around the area (a range from $105 to $150). In committee reports, board members congratulated the Wrecker Cross Country Team for their great year, and also applauded the Golf Team. The meeting closed with an executive session. The WASB’s regular meeting was the 14th via Zoom.
WEATHERLY’S NEW COUNCIL CHAMBERS will get their first official use Monday, October 19, at noon, when borough council meets in its new space. See more of the facility at 61 West Main Street on page 6 of this issue. JH: Ruth Isenberg