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Friday, October 30, 1992     Page: 3A QUICK WORDS: LARKESVILLE

LARKSVILLE — An emergency appeal to the borough council to help the
Larksville Junior Basketball League got results Wednesday night.
   
League President Rick Hopple told council it will cost as much as $1,000 or
more in the coming season for gymnasium facilities that previously were
provided free.
    He said he expects about 75 boys from first through sixth grades to play
this year, and about 25 more if seventh- and eighth-graders can again be
included.
   
Hopple said the problem arose because the West Side Vocational-Technical
School Board will begin charging to rent the gym, where the league plays.
   
Wyoming Valley West School District, whose State Street Elementary School
in Larksville would be a logical alternative site, already has similar charges
in its buildings.
   
With the short time until the beginning of the season, Hopple said his
league could not raise all the money, although it will make an effort to come
up with as much as possible through fund raisers and cutting out awards and a
trip.
   
Even if the league secures enough money to pay for use of the Voc-Tec
facilities, Hopple said it is not certain it can get enough gym time this year
to include the older youth because of the demand by so many groups. He said he
had tried every church or other private organization in the Larksville area
without success.
   
After hearing from representatives of the borough’s mini-football program
who were present and asked if every youth sports league would be given
financial help, the council voted $300 for the basketball program from its
recreation budget.
   
Council members also agreed to meet with representatives of all youth
sports to seek fair ways to help them. Member Mike Duda suggested an
additional one mill of tax to be designated for recreation and asked for the
reaction of citizens who were present, which was favorable.
   
In other business, the council:
   
Voted final approval of a new ordinance regulating the use of bicycles,
motorcycles, all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles within the borough. It
specifically bans unlicensed motor vehicles from public streets or grounds and
from any private property without express written permission of the owner or
occupant.
   
The ordinance also prohibits noisy vehicles, and provides for fines and
impounding of vehicles for those violating any provision of the law. The
ordinance will be on display at the borough building for the next few weeks,
according to borough clerk Margaret Wright.
   
Accepted the high bids of J-L Used Auto Parts for the sale of a 1968 fire
truck for $767 and a 1977 packer for $868.
   
Heard official complaints registered by two residents. Former council
member Al Long wants three dilapidated and vacant houses condemned, two on
Schrader Street and one on Warman Street.
   
Emergency management director David Prohaska asked the borough health
officer to force a neighbor to correct what he considers unsanitary
conditions.