The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 1, 1998 3 : BD 2 Roads Post PHOTOS BY CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK Keyboard artistry Parents, friends and 13 piano and organ students of Mrs. Jean Purcell gathered June 7 at Lehman United Methodist Church for a piano and organ recital. The students were, John Jogodzinski Il and his son, John lll, organists, and piano ‘students Sara Simms, Andrea Simms, Ryan Morgan, Kelly Kester, Sasha Allen, Williams. Simone Allen, Katie Young, Lindsay Young, Katie Bartizek, Ellen Williams and Katie Shown in hohe, clockwise from lower left; Andrea and Sara Simms performed together; John Jogodzinski Ill at the organ; Mrs. Jean Purcell watched over her charges; John Jogodzinski Il. Pump & Plug Program assist$ underground tank owners : State Sen. Charles Lemmond (R-10) recently said applications are available for a new program that help owners of underground storage tanks clean and plug un- used tanks. The Pump and Plug Program, created under Act 13 of 1998, established a fund of $1 million per year to assist owners of six or fewer underground tanks perform the following activities: e pumping product from regu- lated storage tanks and disposing of it; e cleaning out the insides of the tanks; » grouting fill pipes of tanks to render them inoperable. dl RR " “Unused underground storag tanksarea potential I tal hazard,” said Lemmond. “I encourage tank owners wh qualify to apply for this progrant and prevent spills or leaks.” To qualify for reimbursemen: the approved work must be com- pleted in the fiscal year that the grant is awarded, the senator said. The grant funds cannot be used for the permanent closure or re- moval of tanks. a E 4 Bee However, Lemmond noted that the state Department of Environ: mental Protection urges owners to con- sider taking such permanent aé4* tion on their own at the time ‘ft: “tank is available, and applica- (Continued from page 1) The roads are still in out name,’ “acknowledges JoAnn Ruckno Jones, of the Ruckno Construction Company. But she said the company’s attorney, John Gill, suggests lot owners may be résponsible for repairs. “The way the deeds read, it looks like they were deeded to the center of the roads,” she said. “We were told by our attorney the responsibility for maintenance belongs with the people who use them,” Jones said. “Itis our position that the own- N 1 @ crs have to maintain these roads,” said Paul Grimes, Resource Con- servationist with the Luzerne Con- setvation District. Since Ruckno Construction never transferred the roads to the homeowners, it is the property owner's responsibil- ity'to maintain them, Grimes said. Grimes is trying to force re- pairs because in their present cohdition the roads release large amounts of sediment into Harveys Lake in heavy rains. “We are left with no alternative but to file charges,” says Grimes. State law requires landowners to prevent accelerated erosion and sedimentation from running into the Commonwealth's waterways. Grimes will ask a magistrate for $40,000 in fines against Ruckno Construction, and if he has to refile after an appeal, he will ask J @® Send The Post to a friend .- It makes a great gift ote 0 'Call 675-5211 HE, for details COOK'S ®* PHARMACY C » . a e Computerized Prescription Service ® Russell Stover Candies e Greeting Cards e PA Lottery Tickets e Newspapers ® Magazines 159 N. MemorialHwy., Shavertown, PA J Hemlock Gardens storm drains send sediment to Harveys Lake. “What we would like the public to know is that we would like to solve this problem but we can’t do it without the homeowners and the council,” adds Jones. “We've tried on numerous oc- casions to try to sit down with the council;” Jones said, “but we can’t seem to get a response on this.” “They did call me,” says Martin Noon, president of the Harveys Lake Borough Council. The borough is not ignoring the Rucknos, Noon said. According to the borough, Ruckno Construc- tion created this problem, the development is private, and the council needs Ruckno to present a plan to them. “They are trying to make deals,” ' counters Noon. Accordirig te the borough, Ruckno would need to present a written plan to the so- licitor first. The council can only act on a prepared plan. “They seem like they want to bypass the solicitor,” says Noon. “They're try- ing to bypass the system.” Jones says Ruckno Construc- tion got letters in the past from the borough saying they would take over the roads. Current homeowners had also been told that was a possibility. Noon, how- ever, says the roads would have to be brought up to a high standard before the borough would even consider ownership. Ruckno Construction is pre- pared to debate the accusation that they alone must repair the roads. “The citation was for earth moving, and the last person to do that was the sewer authority,” argues Jones. Floyd Milbrodt, of Lehman, was the contractor who put sewers in Hemlock Gardens. “The roads were better after I got done with them,” says Milbrodt. “It was noth- ing more than a logging road. I can’t tell you how many loads of composite I brought in there.” “At the time it was done it was put back the same way,” argues Richard Boice, the mayor and “We d love to come up with a way to. solve this problem.” JoAnn Ruckno Jones _Ruckno Construction executive director of the General Sewer Authority of Harveys Lake. Recent winters have been severe, and bulldozers were used to clear the roads, says Boice. The dam- age to the roads is not from the sewers, he believes, Several residents disagree on the source of road damage. “Who- ever put in the sewers didn’t ad- equately repair the roads,” says John Pike. Tom Blight says, “The company that dug the roads up for the sewers buried the drain- age system on top.” 3 The sewer installation has also led to profits for Ruckno Con- struction. The Hemlock Gardens subdivision originally was planned asa site for summer cottages, and lots sold for $500. After the sew- ers were laid, lots were selling for 89,000 to $11,000. Currently there are 25 homes, and all the lots are sold. “We'd love to come up with a way ‘to solve this problem,” says JoAnn Ruckno Jones. 311 Market Street Kingston, PA 18704 (717) 331-GIFT (4438) INVITES YOU TO OUR STOREWIDE... CLEARANCE SALE! SAVE ‘retail - Our Loss Is Your Gain. We've reduced prices on selected items. A maximum total of $6,000 per ‘tank cleanup. tions will be awarded on a first- come, first-serve basis, said Lemmond. application packages, please call ni For more information and grant.» PI 1-800-42TANKS (1-800-428:] 2657). Te . 4.1 - Le Shavertown UM changing schedule =~ Shavertown United Methodist Church will be having a change % their summer worship schedule. Saturday evening services at 5:3Q p.m. will be downstairs in the Social Hall. Dress is casual. On Sunday we will go to one service at 10 a.m! in the Sanctuary. The scheduled will be in effect from July 4 through Sept. 6. All are welcome. Kingston Township building closed July 3 : The Kingston Township Board of Supervisors hereby announce that the Township Administrative Office, located at 180 East Center Street, Shavertown, will be closed in recognition of the 4th of July Holiday on Friday, July 3. LL Taxpayers will not meet in July The Lake-Lehman School District Taxpayers Association will not meet during the month of July. The next meeting will be held Thurs! Aug. 6, at the Lehman Township Municipal Building located on Old Route #115. The meeting will start at 7: 20 p.m. Post 672 now taking donations for VA Ladies Aux. of Dallas American Legion Post 672, will have a donation box in the lobby of the legion’s main entrance through the month of July. Members, Associate members and friends are asked to donaté used paperback novels, magazines, video tapes. All donations will be taken to the VA Hospital Library for our veterans. ) Rl ERPAIR IT SEAL IT FOR ALL YOUR PAVING NEEDS FREE ESTIMATES! 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