JE] The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, June 9, 1993 3 » i 5 ® # ao By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff When Stan Davies and his granddaughters Claire and Jessie Newman join nearly 50 other river enthusiasts on the Susquehanna Sojourn June 13, they'll be par- ticipating in a special trip down the river to focus public attention “DD Pon this valuble resource, as well 53 as continuing a family canoeing tradition spanning three genera- tions. When the Dallas Township resident's children were growing up, the family often went canoe- ing on the largely unspoiled up- per reaches of the Susquehanna River, around Wyalusing and Laceyville. Davies’ granddaughters, Claire, BD) 0, and Jessie, 13, of Rochester, NY, are also expert swimmers and canoers who have explored the rivers of Canada. “The girls proba- bly know more about canoe tech- nology than I do,” Davies joked. ~ Another Dallas resident, Eric Turner, 29, will join the sojourn- ers with his sea kayak, a sturdy 17-foot long boat specially de- igned for long overnight trips. DP Local paddlers will join in ~ Susquehanna Sojourn Like the Davies family, Turner canoed the river with his father, Ray, Jr., and friends as a young- ster, crediting the Susquehanna as “one of the main reasons that I've stayed in the area.” Organized by the Pennsylvania Environmental Council and the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, the Susquehanna Sojourn is a 118-mile trek down the river from Nesbitt Park in Kingston to Har- risburg, designed to promote public awareness of the Susquehanna River as one of the Commonwealth's most valuable resources, and the river's rela- tionship to the Chesapeake Bay. In 1991 and = 1992, Susquehanna Sojourners ex- plored the river's upper reaches and its West Branch, including stops along the way for informa- tional programs and opportuni- ties to discuss the river's impor- tance with the public. “The river is a great asset, absolutely gorgeous,” Turner said. “It's a shame what people have done to it through pollution, mine drainage, dams and chemical wastes that sleazy people dumped SO%Hy, > ps, —_— into mines to get rid of. But I understand that it's improving — they're even trying to reintroduce the shad back into the lower reaches.” “We must make more people aware of the river as a valuable asset that must be protected, as vacationers shift their focus west from the Poconos to this area,” Davies said. “We must plan fu- ture growth around it so that it doesn’t end up like some stretches of the Delaware River, which to- day resemble Coney Island.” Both Davies and Turner are acutely aware that pollution from agricultural runoff and industry affects the condition of the Che- sapeake Bay, the river's end point. “We're one of the bay's largest polluters,” Turner said. This will be the first Sojourn for both Turner and Davies, who are looking forward to the experience. “The Sojourn is valuble public education — and it’s also a great trip,” Turner concluded. By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff As more than 50 canoers embark from Nesbitt Park Sunday, June 13, on the eight- day 118-mile Susquehanna Sojourn, they will participate in a unique program designed to focus public attention dur- ing Scenic Rivers Month (June) on the Susquehanna River's importance as a valuable re- source which must be pro- tected. “It’s very important for pub- liceducation,” said Back Moun- tain residents and Susquehanna sojourners Stan Davies and Eric Turner. “It's also a great trip.” Called “large muddy river” or “mother of the waters” by the area’s indigenous inhabitants long before the arrival of Euro- pean settlers, the Susquehanna has literally brought life for centuries to those who lived along her shores. Beginning at Otsego Lake in southern New York, the river travels 444 miles to its termi- nus at Havre de Grace in the Chesapeake Bay — one of the longest rivers in the northeast- ern United States. Along the way, itdrains a substantial part of southern New York, approxi- mately two-thirds of Pennsyl- vania and a narrow section of Maryland. The Sojourn’s itinerary in- cludes stops in Shickshinny, Berwick, Catawissa, Herndon, Millersburg Ferry and Fort Hunter, ending on City Island in Harrisburg Sunday, June 20. Stopping every afternoon for riverside “town meetings” at evening campsites, the sojourn- ers will learn and share infor- mation on the area's prehis- tory, legend, indigenous plant species and the state's shad restoration program. As the canoers gather at Nes- bitt Park the day before the trip, Saturdav, June 12, the 118-mile trip will show off the river's value to state public will have an opportunity to meet them and learn more about the river through “Meet the Susquehanna — a Riverside Picnic” sponsored by Susquehanna River Watch and the Pennsylvania Environ- mental Council. J Beginning at 9:30 a.m., the varied program will include ca- noeing and boating safety work- shops, the Warriors’ Path Fun Run and Fun Walk, Native American legends, folk musi- cians and a formal presenta- tion on the Susquehanna So- journ, the future of the river- front parks and the Lenni- Lenape, the area's’ original inhabitants. The public is invited to bring a lunch and share a pleasant afternoon with the Susquehanna sojourners. Previous Sojourns explored the North Branch's upper reaches in 1991 and the West Branch in 1992. Dallas High School student to face charges for bringing homemade bombs to school 3) By GRACE R. DOVE 9 Post Staff According to Dallas Township = police chief Carl Miers, a 17-year- c ‘old Dallas Senior High School 2 ‘student was arrested May 26 af- 9) (ed 11 homemade explosive de- Vi "vices were found in his locked ‘bookbag. School authorities learned of ‘the presence of the devices after a ‘teacher had overheard several ‘students discussing them in class ‘and alerted the office. Miers said that the devices were made from spent shotgun shells in which a hole for a wick had been drilled, then filled with some type of explosive material and sealed with wax. “These things aren't hard to make. You can go to the library and find out how to make gun- powder,” Miers said. “The ingredi- ents - charcoal, sulphur and salt- peter — are easily obtained.” The student, aresident of King- ston Township, will be charged in juvenile court with possession of weapons on school property, a violation of the Criminal Code, Miers said. Dallas High School principal 288-3500 Mark Plaza, Edwardsville, Rt. 11 586-6000 Rts. 6 & 11, Clarks Summit N.E. 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