8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, August 6, 1997 i Rain (continued from page 1) The National Weather Service re- corded .2 inch of rain at the air- port, while Williamsport received .66 inch. Donna Grey, agent for the Penn- sylvania State Co-Op Extension, - said the drought is getting seri- ous. “All the farmers are hit hard (by this),” she said. Corn and hay for livestock are two significant crops that are not yielding well due to “the drought. “The second crop of hay wasn’t anything and the corn is so dried up, there won't be any to make grain.” That could mean farmers will be forced to buy feed at costly prices. Grey said many fruits and veg- etables are doomed and she an- ticipates an increase in cost for consumers at the grocery store. “Most (farmers) don’t have irriga- tion because of cost or (lack of) water sources,” said Grey, who said the region has a drought about once every four years. “We have six to seven acres of apple trees that we can't water and they are dropping apples,” said Ted Dymond, of the second ~ generation farm. “It doesn’t look like they will size up at this point. They are stunted.” Dymond said the water level from their three man-made ponds is down three feet and must be used sparingly in this drought condition. Dymond thinks this drought is worse than the one in 1995. “I think the water table is not as high as everyone thinks it is. We didn’t have a slow thaw last win- ter. It's going to take a lot of rain to (raise it again),” he said. “It's scary. Ireally feel bad for . those farmers without any irriga- tion,” said Dymond, who said al- though their farm will harvest, the quality will not be there. Norm Darling, owner of Dar- ling Farms, is one of those with- out any way to get water to his crops. “It’s getting kind of critical. We have no irrigation and no wa- ter pump. We just rely on na- ture,” he said. “We really need rain in the next week or the blos- soms and fruit will start to fall.” Yet, Darling, whose orchard yields all kinds of fruit and ber- ries, understands occasional drought as part of the business. “It’s just one of those things in Tim Dymond stands next to the farm’s irrigation pump. The Dymonds, though hit hard by the drought, are lucky to have an irrigation system to get them through. farming. It's a battle,” “You take what you get.” he said. Myrtle Chamberlain, owner of Lehman Nursery, is also reminded of the drought in 1995. The nurs- ery sells potted trees and shrub- bery. “If we don’t get rain soon, it will eventually do damage to a lot of things,” she said. Chamberlain had a low pres- sure water system installed in 1994, which saves many gallons of water. Although most businesses in the area have not felt the wrath of the drought, some are taking pre- cautions to make better use of the - erations. vital resource. Energy Convert- ers (ENCON) depends on water for cooling its furnaces. “Water is critical to our operations,” said ‘John Lloyd, vice-president of op- “If we had to cut back water usage it would be damaging in our case. We run seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Without water we wouldn't be able to run our (furnaces) and produce prod- uct.” ; ENCON is in the process of completing a recirculation sys- tem which recycles the water in- stead of using fresh water. Lloyd said it is a major step toward conservation. Offset Paperback, Inc., even though it is a large company, is not affected by a drought this size. “We make sure all compres- sors are turned down at night. Water consumption is not that great,” said Joseph Makarewicz, “vice president of operations. Tower (continued from page 1) Russell Newell, also a resident, said that although he had 10 cel- lular phones, he could tolerate the inconvenience of limited ser- vice. “There are dead spots, but we live with it. It seems to me community property should not be used for private enterprise,” he said at the meeting. Cellular One initially claimed the large tower was the only way it could serve its Back Mountain customers, but industry observ- ers say a series of smaller towers could do the job. It has been pro- jected that 100,000 or more tow- ers will be built nationwide. Despiteresidents’ concerns and a promise to take no further ac- tion without notifying residents first, the township supervisors went ahead and signed a lease contract with Cellular One on April 1. The five-year lease has nine renewable five-year terms, dur- ing which the lease price would rise. But it does not contain any language that would require the company to share revenue gained from sub-leasing space on the tower to other users, a common practice. The supervisors had originally believed the tower would need a height variance because Dallas Township zoning ordinances limit _ buildings to 35 feet height. After further research, the township determined that the zoning ordi- nance did not apply to the cellular tower because the township con- sidered it a public utility. Public utilities are exempt from this cri- teria. Landry’s appeal is.based on several precedents that deter- mined cellular phone companies are'not public utilities. The township supervisors signed the lease because they said the tower will be an advantage to the community because of im- proved cellular service and the increased revenue for the town- ship. The supervisors are also pleased they will be able to use the tower. “We can put our stuff on it for free. That's the main thing,” supervisor Frank Wagner said. “I'm glad it’s here.” Kozick also feels it is “good for the community.” Supervisor Glenn Howell said, “It’s income without raising taxes and that’s always good for helping people.” After receiving approval from the zoning officer, Cellular One had to go before the Planning Commission to seek subdivision and land development approval. On June 10, they received the necessary approval and the resi- _ dents had 30 days to appeal the decision. Open House Saturday, August 9th = 10 - 4 The 819-3800 * Field Trips e Socialization iP I i A 4 i he Schoolhouse Early Childhood Education 270 S. 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