w Vol. 96, No. 36
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By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
Dallas resident Charles D. Lem-
mond Jr. says he wants to be the
next State Senator for the 20th
Senatorial District recently vacated
by retired GOP Journeyman Frank
0O’Connell of Kingston.
Lemmond, a practicing Wilkes-
Barre attorney and former Luzerne
County Orphan’s Court Judge,
received 40 out of a possible 49
delegate votes during a special
Republican nominating convention
held last week at the Nichlos Village
Inn, Clarks Summit.
The GOP selection of Lemmond
came as no surprise to Luzerne
County politicos as Lemmond is
regarded as a highly experienced
public official with great knowledge
of the 20th district.
State Senate President Pro Tem-
pore Robert C. Jubelirer (R-30th
district) said of Lemmond selection
last week, ‘‘The Republican conven-
tion delegates in the 20th Senatorial
District have selected an outstand-
ing and eminently electable candi-
date in former Luzerne County
Court Pleas Court Judge Charles L.
Lemmond.”
Jubilirer continued by stating,
“Lemmond possesses a fine mix of
legal andjudicial background, local
government experience and civic
involvement.”
Lemmond, a 25-year resident of 58
Lehman Avenue in Dallas, said this
past week that his main concerns
for the 20th district are economic
development, environmental issues
and a strong anti-gambling stance.
“Economie development has to be
the major concern forall -of us,”
Lemmond said. ‘‘Senator O’Connell
and former Senator T. Newel Wood
and others were committed to eco-
Waste
group is
organized
Three Back Mountain municipali-
ties recently formed a special Back
Mountain Solid Waste Committee
(BMSWC) in order to study the
ever-growing problem with solid
waste disposal.
The BMSWC committee consists
of representatives of Kingston
Township, Dallas Township and
Dallas Borough. The committee was
formed August 28 at the Kingston
Township municipal building after
the three communities voiced con-
cern over the recent increases of
“Tipping” fees at the West Side
Landfill Authority (WSLA).
The WSLA increased its “Tip-
ping” fee earlier this month from
$3.50 per cubic yard of garbage to $5
per cubic yard. The $1.50 increase
was the third such rate-hike since
January. One year ago today, the
WSLA charged garbage haulers
$2.50 per cubic yard of garbage.
The increase in “Tipping” fee
increases, which is the charge the
WSLA charges garbage haulers,
prompted many independent gar-
bage haulers to boycott the landfill
in favor of Amity Landfill in Taylor,
Pa.
Many independent garbage haul-
ers asked for help in fighting the
rate hike. The concensus among the
independent haulers and Back
Mountain officials was to find a
long-term solution to the area’s
waste disposal problem.
This past Thursday, members of
the Back: Mountain Solid Waste
Committee attended a solid Waste
Disposal seminar: sponsored by the
Economic Development Council of
Northeastern Pennsylvania at Con-
vention Hall, Pittston Township.
The focus of the seminar was to
discuss current options for waste
disposal. Both new and old techno-
loy was discussed.
“The solution to solid waste dis-
posal will not be found within the
next two weeks or the next two
months,” said BMSWC representa-
tive Fred Potzer, “but this seminar
did offer us a great deal of informa-
tion on the existing technologies
available for waste disposal.”
Potzer is also Kingston Township’s
manager and board secretary.
“One thing we did determine at
the seminar,” said Potzer, ‘‘was
that landfilling is not the way to go.
The trend is to get something (mon-
etary return) out of your garbage.”’
Kingston Township supervisor
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CHARLES D. LEMMOND
nomic development and we need to
continue that effort.”
Lemmond said whoever is elected
for the 20th senatorial district seat
this coming November must concen-
trate on ‘zeroing in on” our main
economic problems. The problems
then need to be corrected, Lem-
“Gambling is another very impor-
tant issue in the upcoming elec-
tion,” Lemmond, a 1955 graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania Law
School, said.
“I am fully aware of the fact that
Senator O’connell was strongly
against any form of casino gam-
bling in this district,” Lemmond
said. “I want it"to be known that I
am strongly opposed to any legal-
ized casino gambling, slot machines
and the like,”” Lemmond stressed.
Another issue Lemmond said
must be considered is that of gun
control.
“This country has over two mil-
lion sportsman clubs,” Lemmond
explained, ‘‘and gun control is a
major issue to these people. As you
know, we live in a district with
many sportsman clubs and gun
clubs. I am firmly against any form
of gun control.”
Lemmond was challenged at the
GOP delegate convention last week
by Monroe County Republican can-
didate Charles Kirkwood. Kirkwood,
who received 19 delegate votes, told
The Dallas Post last week that he
planned to run for election in
November regardless of the out-
come of last Tuesday’s GOP dele-
gate convention.
Said Kirkwood during an inter-
view with The Dallas Post, “I am in
it (Senate race) until the end.”
When asked how he felt about the
possibility of Kirkwood challenging
the GOP choice, Lemmond said, “I
have said in the past that I would
not run against the Republican
party choice. It would be harmful to
the party.
“I am just delighted to be nomi-
nated,” Lemmond added. “I have
lived all my life in this district. I
was born in Hazleton, educated in
Forty Fort and lived in Kingston
before moving to Dallas.
“I do not mean to sound corny,”
he added, “but an elected official
must carry on with business and
must represent the people fair and
firmly. We all want good represen-
tation from our senator and the fact
that I am so much part of this area
was a major reason for me rusising
for this Senate seat.”
Lemmond said if elected he will
work with area GOP. leaders in
pushing for economic revitilization.
left ‘and Pete
their efforts
“‘Buck-A-Bowl’’ fund-raising
and Franklin's Restaurant
The Wyoming Valley Chapter of
the American Red Cross held its
first annual Back Mountain Area
Awards ceremony last Thursday
night with over 200 recipients and
friends in attendance and a total of
195 awards presented.
The Back Mountain awards cere-
mony was the first time the Ameri-
can Red Cross had targeted a par-
ticular community and presented
certificates of appreciation and
plaques for volunteer service to the
Red Cross. The ceremony, held in
College Miericordia’s student cafet-
eria, was a night everyone seemed
to enjoy.
“Tonight we open an entirely new
awards ceremony concept,” said
Awards Chairman Robert Cartier in
his opening address. ‘Our (Red
Cross) goal is to reach out into the
local areas and recognize the many
hours of service volunteers such as
can Red Cross.
Carties said the Awards ceremony
was intended for smaller groups i
order to reach what he called,
close knit family of volunteers al
living in the Back Mountain area..”
“As you know volunteers are the
backbone of a Red Cross Chapter,”
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said Cartier. “And we are all here
tonight to say thanks for a job well
done.” ‘
Gordon Fader, Executive Director
of the Wyoming Valley Chapter of
the Red Cross, said he was encour-
aged with the turnout for the
awards ceremony and that the Back
Mountain volunteers should be
proud of their area.
“I am really pleased with such a
fine turnout tonight,” Fader said.
“To have this many show up is
really encouraging and significant.”
Fader continued by saying, ‘This
(Back Mountain) is a very caring
area and you all should be very
proud of your efforts on behalf of
the American Red Cross.”
Fader explained to those in
attendance that the success of any
Red Cross Chapter is dependent on
the thousands of volunteers. Accord-
ing to Fader, the Wyoming Valley
Chapter had over 50,000 volunteer
hours offered by volunteers this
past year by about 3000 volunteers.
Over 200 of the 3000 volunteers were
from the Back Mountain area.
Said Fader, ‘“‘Our chapter has had
over 3000 volunteers this year. And
all of you here tonight helped play a
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Paving continues
Dallas Post/John F. Kilduff
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
said Friday.
surfacing ovel
Harveys Lake.
engineer.
repair, guard-rails and paint lines.
“Of course, it depends on the
this year’s construction also
intersection.
By JOHN F. KILDUFF
Staff Writer
“We are not free to do whatever
we want. If we continue to believe
we are free to do as'we please, then
we will continue to get a green
lake.”
That is how ' 73-year-old Dr.
Charles Reif of Noxen explained his
feelings about how all of us tend to
ignore our responsibility for keeping
the delicate balance between man
and the environment.
Dr. Reif, who earned his docto-
rate in 1941 at the University of
Minnesota in the field of lake
studies, said many of the problems
currently affecting the water qual-
ity at Harveys Lake are the result
of man’s own doing.
“First, I must say, yes, that the
bacteria (anabaena bacteria which
caused the green tint) will return,”
said Reif. “And it will continue to
return to Harveys Lake until people
stop dumping filthy nutrients into
the lake.”
According, to Reif, some of the
major problem areas for the Har-
veys Lake watershed are the cutting
down of trees, fertilized lawns,
remaining septic tanks and roadway
runoff.
“We have a major polution prob-
lem here in the United States,” Reif
said. “And at Harveys lake, you
have too many people trying to use
the lake.”
Reif, who is an advisor to the
newly appointed Environmental
Advisor Committee at Harveys
Lake, said the application of copper
sulfate to offset the green tint in the
Harveys lake water this past July
was what he called, “a temporary
solution.”
“It (copper sulfate) is like taking
an aspirin to relieve the pain of
cancer,” Reif said. “It will stop the
pain, but will not help alleviate the
cancer itself.”
Reif said the anabaena blooms of
the past few years are due to more
people using Harveys Lake, a lower
water level and the natural aging of
“Years back (approximately 10
years) they built a new sewer
system for the people living on the
lake,” Reif said. ‘Well, their inten-
tions may have been good, but they
now have created a new problem.
There is simply less fresh water
running into Harveys lake because
of the sewer system.”
Reif did say, however, that
returning to the old septic tank
mode of waste disposal would be
even more harmful due to the
increased number of year-round
residents living at Harveys Lake.
“You see, when the lake’s water
level is lowered, the sun’s rays
heats up the water faster than in the
past. And, of course, in the warm
water, bacteria such as the ‘‘ana-
baena’’ thrive and grow much
faster than normal.”
Another problem, according to
Reif, is the use of commercial
fertilizers on lawns around the lake.
The fertilizers contain phosphates
and nitrates which bacteria like the
‘“anabaena’”’ feed on.
“People spend thousands of dol-
lars on making their lawns beauti-
ful,” said Reif. “But when it rains,
the runoff picks up the fertilzers
and washes them into the lake. This
lake’s bacteria problem.”
In addition, Reif said there are
many properties which he suspects
are still using septic tank sewage
disposal.
“I canrot prove it, but if there
was a check made you would proba-
bly find many properties on the lake
which still have septic tanks hooked
up to second bathrooms and such,”
he added. ‘‘Of course, these systems
add more nutrients to the lake.”
When asked what solutions needed
to be made, Reif said, ‘“We must
make sure that the nutrients in
Harveys Lake remain in balance.
“You need a chemist to do a
weekly analysis of the water,” Reif
added. “The only way you can avoid
future water problems is to watch
the organisms on a weekly, monthly
and yearly basis.” 2
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DR. CHARLES REIF
Currently, the Environmental
Advisory Committee is conducting
fund-raising efforts in order to fund
a yearly study of Harveys Lake.
The cost of year-round water testing
is estimated to be about $30,000 to
$60,000
“I think people around the lake
should contribute to its clean-up,”
Reif said. ‘Some people spend $10,-
000 on one party out here. I think
there is enough money on this lake
to set up a year-round surveillance
program.”
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