€ 3 » a p gE . (® al NC & 3 2 i ji Vol. 106 No. 25 Dallas, Pennsylvania Bug solution 7 Do nothing By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff BACK MOUNTAIN - Kids sing songs about inchworms and cat- erpillars, but the bugs aren't cute when hundreds of them are para- chuting down in big clumps onto your roof, yard and clothes day in and day out. The little pests have nearly stripped trees of their foliage in parts of the area, dropping from trees to splatter onto windshields as they drive by. Nothing short of powerful commercial sprays seems to im- press them - hitting them with a broom, blasting them with a hose, Raid, Yard Guard, diluted chlo- rine bleach or even a dose of soapy water. Five different types of leaf-eat- ers have set up housekeeping in the area: the elm spanworm, the fall cankerworm, the Eastern tent and forest tent caterpillars, and the all too familiar gypsy moth. “It's unreal,” said Harveys Lake resident Michele DeLeur. “They're crawling all over the sides of the house and the deck. For the past three weeks we haven't been able to sit outside at all. Last week I couldn't even open my back door because the back of the house was covered with caterpillars.” She said she was outside at least five times a day trying to sweep the little pests away, but within 20 minutes they returned. She has tried flea spray, Raid, Yard Guard, even soapy water, which worked for only a short time. “We killed some, but within an hour the others would come back See BUGS, pg 10 POST PHOTO/GRACE R. DOVE LIKE FISH ON A STRINGER - Dallas Township resident resident Tom Honeywell holds several caterpillars on their - weblike strings, which he pulled from a tree in his yard. The caterpillars have stripped trees of their foliage in many areas of the Back Mountain. Runnin’ for the Gators L The first Gator Run to benefit Gate of Heaven School was held Saturday. The 5-mile race . started and finished at the school. Sixty-seven runners started the race, and all but six leaves from the starting line. At right, Ed Onzik looked pretty loose already as he stretched before the start. At left, he gets + his reward - a kiss from wife Mary Anne - after being the first Gate of Heaven parent to cross the finish line. finished. Above, a crowded field | PHOTOS BY CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Ed Dubill's truck is one-of-a-kind By JACK HILSHER Post Correspondent FOR SALE, 1929 ANTIQUE TRUCK, FULLY RESTORED, ONE-OF-A-KIND. Interested? If so, get your check- book out. Owner Edward G. Dubil, Sr., of Harveys Lake wants to settle up for his children’s college educa- tions and may be agreeable to some modest haggling. Be warned however. Dubil has had his vehicle professionally appraised at a quarter million dollars! That's $250 followed by three more zeros. And he has turned down several interesting offers. One was at $100,000 (Dubil paid $950 for it!) and the other, last year at a show in Hershey, was a swap offer...the truck for a condo in Florida. A Chrysler rep hasbeen nosing around but nothing solid has come up yet. “It's coming for sure,” says Ed. The machine-turned dash has the art deco look of the era. for the capital gains crunch. I've saved every scrap of paper show- ing all I've spent over the years on restoration. You could say I'm ready!” Dubil, 46, is greying prematurely and has one of those evenly pleas- ant dispositions. He has two grown children, Ed Jr., 25, in law en- forcement for the SPCA and Lau- “And don't think I am not prepared _ rie, 23. who works for a child foster care organization. Ed was in the army for three years in security, worked in qual- ity control at a nuclear facility, then spent three years as an army buyer at Tobyhanna until he was laid off. He now “details” cars at Came- lot Car Care on the Dallas Memo- rial Highway, a subject he has been an expert on most of his life. (Camelot will wash and wax your car for $34.95, but would rather you invest in one of their ‘detail’ jobs. There are three, a Regular, a Super, and an Ultimate, where a car becomes so shiny inside and out you can see its past life in the reflections!) Ed's truck is a Chrysler “77” meaning it will cruise at 77 miles per hour. For the technically minded, it has a 268 cubic-inch engine which develops 93 horse- power at 3200 rpm. (There are guys who will understand this.) The truck's “one-of-a-kind” status comes from a Chrysler practice of customizing something once off the assembly line - in this case a two-passenger coupe had its trunk removed and a shortbed installed behind the cab. It was built for German brewmaster Edward Drier in 1929. Shipped to Germany first, the vehicle was sent to the Drier villa in Bologna, Italy. It was used there until 1936 when it was shipped to Ethiopia to beat the forthcoming war. When Mussolini invaded, Drier hid the truck on a cotton plantation, where it sat from 1940 to 1968. An army sergeant found it and paid Drier’s sister $350; at that time it had only 24,000 miles on the odometer. Dubil explains, “My sergeant friend couldn't afford to bring it home. He tried to sell it for $1,450. I offered him $950 and he took it. Getting it back took months, and I See TRUCK, pg 8 By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP- Their community is predominanantly rural and township officials want to keep it that way. The zoning board will meet June 22 at the Orange United Method- ist Church for further work on the proposed amendments to the zoning ordinance, which is being updated to make it conform to county and state regulations. “Our township was formed and built by people in agriculture,” said board chairman Ed Dorrance. “We're not opposed to progress, but we want to make sure our residents have clean air and wa- ter.” The zoning board and supervi- sors also want to keep taxes low while still providing the same level of essential services, he added. “We don't have any traffic lights — we don't need them,” Dorrance continued. “Our township has about 1,500 residents and only a $200,000 annual budget.” The proposed amendments will combine several zoning areas and will change regulations for oth- ers, including the mining, indus- trial and general commercial zones. Minimum lot sizes will be changed to three acres in the agricultural zone, two acres in the suburban zone, one acre in the residential zone and four acres in S Post June 21 thru June 27, 1995 Zoners aim to | save town's rural charms “We’re not opposed to progress, but we want to make sure our residents have clean air and water.” Ed Dorrance Zoning board chairman the conservation zone, Dorrance said. The conservation zone includes the areas around Perrin’s Marsh and Cummings Pond. “We want to preserve the vege- tation, wildlife and water re- ‘sources, especially in these ar- eas,” he said. The zoning board wants to control development and avoid water and septic problems which have occurred in neighboring municipalities, Dorrance said. “We don't want another Crown Hill,” he said, referring to a devel- opment established before. the township had zoning ordinances, where lots are too small to acco- modate wells.and on-site septic systems and roads have caused residents numerous problems. Because of its rolling landscape, the township isn’t suited for grav- ity sewer systems, Dorrance said. Setting up a public sewer system with pumps would cost the tax- payers too much, he added. Sewage outflow fixed, supervisor believes By GRACE R. DOVE Post Staff LEHMAN - The supervisors have received a notice from the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) telling them how to deal with a two-year-old prob- lem which they have already in- vestigated. According to supervisor Doug Ide, neighbors have been com- plaining since 1993 that the Outpost Inn at Lake Silkworth was pumping raw sewage onto the highway during the night. “I've gone up there numerous times, taken samples and sent the sewage enforcement officer up to investigate,” Ide said at the June 19 meeting of the supervi- sors. “The owners told me they have installed a complete new system. I'm 90 percent convinced — not totally convinced — that there isn't a problem up there.” Im 90 percent convinced not totally convinced — _ that there isnta problem up there.” : : Doug ide Letina Twp. supervisor The first page of the letter from DER was dated April 6, while its second page was dated June 6, treasurer Alvin Cragle noted. “It took them two months to type the letter,” Ide joked. Also at the meeting, surveyor Frank Grabowski, representing Dan Cornell, presented a plan for a six-acre parcel of land on Route 118 near Trojan Road which Cornell has requested a zoning See SEWAGE, pg 10 on am a mEme Hl 3-way tie atthe top of the BMT Baseball Boys National League. Rangers took AL title. Page 13. HB Library opens An expanded Penn State library was dedicated in the name of the Nesbitt family. 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