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The Weight Lo ss Program at The At hl et ic Cl ubfo r only $7 9! Pa ge 2A ABCD The little church that could Living, 1D For all things New Year’s In Flipside Thur sda y, Dece mbe r 30 , 2 010 I 50¢ Where to ring in 2011, FlipSidePA.com Dalla stown district looks to cut costs Wage freezes and closing an elementary school are among a committee’s ideas for saving money. By ANGIE MASON Daily Reco rd/S unda y News Faced with a potential $4.4 mil- lion budget deficit, the Dallasto wn Area School District is looking at a possible wage freeze and closing an ele men tar y sch ool, amo ng othe r ideas for cutting costs. A bud get stu dy committee in- clud ing adminis tra tor s, par ents , teachers, board members and other communi ty members has been meeting to find ways to reduce costs for the 2011-12 school year. Donna Devlin, the district’s busi- ness manager, said Dallastown has rising costs but decreas ing local rev- enue. “Be cau se our dis tr ict real ly rel ies on loca l rev enue , when the ec ono my tak es a hit like thi s, it rea lly affects us,” she said. In the past two years, the district has been able to cut from capital projects, but “there’ s just no more left to cut.” A pr el imi nary lis t of ways to red uce exp enses was incl uded in the Dec. 17 Supe ri n te nde n t’ s Weekly, a new sle tte r from Sup t. Stewart Weinberg, who was unavail- able for commen t this week. Wein- berg noted in the newsletter that he had asked administrators to look at potential staff reductions but hoped that using some of the committee’s sugge stions could el imina te the need for furloughs. The items that woul d sav e the most money would be a wage freeze for all employees, which could save about $2.3 million, and the Early Re- tireme nt Incentive Program, which could save about $1 million. The school board can authoriz e a freeze for support staff and adminis - tra tor s, Dev lin sai d, but a fre eze wou ld have to be neg otia ted with the teachers’ union. The ear ly ret ire men t pro gra m was anno unce d to emp loye es two • • • See COSTS, page 5A ‘Because our district really relies on local revenue, when the economytakes a hit . . . it really affects us.’DONNA DEVLIN, Dallastown district’s business managerMedicare Ne w Ye ar ’s Revolu ti on Baby boom doom The generation that redefined work and family is afraid of outliving the giant health insurance plan. By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIV ARand JENNIFER AGIESTA Associated Press WASHINGTON — The first baby boomers will be old enough to qualify for Medicare on Jan. 1, and many fear the program’s obituary will be written before their own. A new Ass ocia ted Pre ss- GfK poll finds baby boomers believe by a ratio of 2-to-1 they won’t be able to rely on the giant healt h insurance plan thro ugho ut thei r re- tirement. The boomers took a runni ng dive int o ad ol es c en ce an d went on to redefi ne work and family, but getting old is making them nervous. Now, 43 per cent say they don’t expect to be able to depend on Medicar e forever , while only 20 percent think their Medicar e is secur e. The rest have mixed feelings. Y et , the s ur v ey DAILYRECORD / SUNDAY NEWS —PAUL KUEHNEL Production Express of York enhances the city’s white rose for the annual New Year’s finale on Continental Square. Jason Miller, left, Matt Demascolo, right, and James Heath, top, mount the rose to an aluminum box truss Wednesday while working on the rose at the Strand- Capitol Performing Arts Center. Medicare math Here’s the math: when the last of the boomers reaches age 65 in about two decades, Medicare will be covering more than 80 million people. At the same time, the ratio of workers paying taxes to support the program will have plunged from 3.5 for each person receiving benefits currently, to 2.3. York scales back on performers If you go WHAT: New Year’s Revolution WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday to 12:15 a.m. Saturday WHERE: Continental Square, at George and Market streets in York; Sovereig n Bank Stadium, 5 Brooks Robinson Way in York COST: Free DETAILS: Visit yorkcity.org or call 848-9339 The event, which used to include more than 20 venues, is now free. By LEIGH ZALESKI Daily Reco rd/S unda y News Perf or mi ng on Ne w Year ’s Ev e had become a tradition for Edward Norton and his wife, Frances. bott sto wn lea rned the city changed the event’s format. In past years, up to 70 perfor mers enter- tained at more than 20 venues to ring in the new year. This year, the city and event organizers scaled back the number of per- for mer s and loca tio ns and will off er the event for free. Kim Walsh-Phillips of Inside Out Crea- tive, who helped organize the event for the city, said the changes came from the direc-
