Standard-Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania • Page 19

1 A Standard'-' Speaker REA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1995 Page 19 Petition challenges three HASB candidates ywi.T ill ERIC CONOVEFVStandard-Speaker TEST RUN Robert Figueiredo, 10, of Hazleton puts the pedal to the metal as he makes a left turn while driving his go-cart around the parking lot next to Bishop Hafey High School Monday. Figueiredo has operated the cart since Christmas under the supervision of his father Robert On this day, they were testing a new set of tires. By JEFF COX Standard-Speaker Staff Writer Five candidates for Hazleton Area School Board are trying to keep two others from entering the November general election. In a petition filed at the Luzerne County Courthouse Tuesday, HASB hopefuls Louis Rossi, Michael DeCosmo and Francis Scarcella, all of Hazleton, Kenneth Temborski of Sugarloaf, and Anthony Bonomo of West Hazleton, want to keep two third-party candidates off the ballot. The petition, authored by Rossi, is aimed at Libertarian candidate Mark Thompson, and Independent hopeful Gloria Pesock.

According to the document, nominating petitions filed by Johnson and Pesock were defective in two ways. First, they failed to "contain names and address of committees authorized to fill vacancies if they occur." Second, the petitions were circulated my more than one person, which the five other candidates charge is improper. "Because of said faults in the nominating papers, your plaintiffs move that said papers be stricken and that said Pesock and Johnson be declared invalid candidates for the office of school director," Rossi wrote. In response to the petition, Judge Gifford Cappellini ordered that Johnson and Pesock file responses as to why the request shouldn't be granted by Friday at 10 a.m. None of those who filed the petition could be reached for further comment Tuesday to elaborate on the claims made.

Rossi, DeCosmo, Temborski and Bonomo all won nominations on both the Democratic and Republican tickets in the May primary. Scarcella gained a Democratic nomination. The other nominee, Betsy Durso, was not a party to the request to have Johnson and Pesock taken off the ballot. Both Johnson and Pesock are members of the Tri-County United Taxpayers Association, and have been critical of the present school board. They said they decided to seek office after being dissatisfied with the candidates who won in the primary.

Asked to comment last night on the petition, Pesock questioned the motives behind it. Please see PETITION, page 20 Stish gets look at state trooper's job By BOB SALITZA Standard-Speaker Staff Writer State Rep. Thomas B. Stish, R-116th, got a first-hand look Tuesday at the workings of the Pennsylvania State Police. Stish rode along on a patrol with a state trooper, toured the troop's barracks in Butler Township, and witnessed preliminary hearings before two district justices.

i No noteworthy events occurred during the "special district workday," as state legislators term such field trips, but Stish saw how police radar works and watched a routine traffic stop. "It was a very informative day," the state representative from Hazleton said at the conclusion of the five-hour tour. Stish. noted that one of Gov. Tom Ridge's priorities is fighting crime and that, as a lawmaker, he has worked with Ridge on a number of crime-fighting measures during the Legislature's special session on crime.

The purpose of the event was to give Stish a new perspective on law enforce ment and, he said, he got what he came for. "Now I can go back (to the Capitol) and understand some of the problems law enforcement officers face in my district," Stish said. Stish accompanied Trooper Daniel Balliet on a patrol throughout the Troop area "to give me an idea of how big an area the troop covers." On Route 940, Balliet gave his guest a demonstration of the radar equipment officers use to track speeders. No one was observed exceeding the speed limit, but on a highway in Sugarloaf Township Stish looked on as Balliet pulled over a motorist whose vehicle had an expired inspection sticker. Also included in the tour was a stop at the office of District Justice Thomas Sharkey in Hazle Township, where a preliminary hearing was being conducted for an individual charged with drunken driving.

A hearing in a domestic harrassment case was held by District Justice Gerald Please see TROOPER, page 20 Superior Court hears Snyder appeal Day care death is ruled homicide hearing. During the trial, they wore T-shirts proclaiming his innocence. Olszewski said the hearing also was unique in that the appeals generally are discussions about matters of law, while the proceeding yesterday focused more on the facts of the case. The Snyder case in itself is unusual in that he wasn't prosecuted until 12 years after the fatal fire. two life sentences without chance of parole for his family's death.

He insisted that his wife started the fire in a desire to commit suicide. But testimony at his trial indicated that he wanted to set a slow fire so he could be back at work at the former Zayre's department store in the Laurel Mall. As at his trial, Snyder had a slew of supporters at the appeal Olszewski said opposing sides are usually given 15 minutes each to make their presentations, but the attorneys yesterday spoke for more than an hour, judges asked a number of questions regarding both sides' arguments. "They were interested when I told them how Snyder made a statement to police that when he left the doors and windows all were locked," Olszewski said. "The judges found it rather interesting that it was July 2, it was hot out, there was no central air conditioning in the house, and all the doors and windows were shut." Unless his convictions are overturned, Snyder will serve THE By JEFF COX Standard-Speaker Staff Writer Opposing attorneys in the case of a Mountaintop man convicted of killing his wife and son by setting their house on fire battled in state Superior Court Tuesday.

The case of Keith Snyder was heard by the judges a little more than a year after he was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder. Victims in the case were his wife, the former Diane Marie Horwath of West Hazleton, and their 37-day-old son, Brian Keith. Following the grueling day in Philadelphia, Luzerne County District Attorney Peter Paul Olszewski Jr. said he was pleased with how things went. "We said everything that could be said," Olszewski commented.

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