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Wednesday, March 27, 1996     Page:

KINGSTON — Students once again will have an opportunity to ride the
Luzerne County Transportation Authority buses all summer for $20.
   
The LCTA Board of Directors, at its Tuesday meeting, approved a Student
Summer Pass, which will allow students 18 years of age or younger to use the
LCTA bus system from the end of school to Labor Day.
    This is the third year LCTA has offered this service, said Harold Edwards,
executive director. In the past two years, the authority sold close to 60
passes each year.
   
The passes, not yet available, will be available before the end of school
for $20 at the LCTA office, 315 Northampton St., Kingston, and Commonwealth
Bank, South Main Street, Wilkes-Barre.
   
The board also is considering purchasing water recycling equipment to be
used to wash buses.
   
“Right now, the water just goes down the drain,” Edwards said.
   
The cost of the equipment would be almost $35,000, which would come from
the authority’s capital fund.
   
Bids for motor oil and antifreeze also were awarded at the meeting.
   
A low bid for 2,000 gallons of motor oil came in at $1.94 a gallon from
Parker Oil Co., Stroudsburg. The total amount of the bid was $3,880. Five
companies submitted bids.
   
A bid for 1,000 gallons of antifreeze came in at $2.98 a gallon from East
Falls Co., Frazer. The total amount of the bid was $2,980. Only one bid was
submitted.