8 The Dallas Post “Dallas, PA Wednesday, July 28, 1999 The cellular phone tower in Dallas Twp. may be jeopardized by a recent court ruling. Water Tower (continued from page 1) hearing in March, 1998. After the supervisors approved the tower at a meeting March 25, 1998, only the three families remained will- ing to press on. “Alot of people were against it,” McMahon said, “but when it came down to money no one wanted to stay the fight.” She praised the Sabols and Koziels for the deci- sion to continue. “They're the es- sence of community service,” she said of her neighbors. Landry is encouraged by Judge Burke's ruling, and will consider pursuing his appeal further. “I haven't killed it,” he said, refer- ring to his appeal, “I just haven't paid attention to it.” Unlike the McMahons, Landry has received no outside financial support for his case. “I'm not ready to throwin the towel.” 3 The cost to complete the appeal may be modest, but Landry is concerned that Cellular One will take the case to a higher court, which could involve significant outlays, and the company would have a huge advantage in funds. He remains hopeful that other people or an environmental orga- nization will become involved. “I would love to carry it on until they take it down,” he said. Kate Naughton, an attorney with a firm that represents Cellu- lar One in the region, said no decision had been made whether or not to contest Judge Burke's ruling. “The majority of the cases I've been involved in were settled in one way or another,” she said. She said the semipublic designa- tion causes confusion, because each municipality interprets the description differently, or not at all, as in Kingston Township. Susie Koziel didn’t expect the battle over the Kingston Town- ship tower to take this long or cost as much as it has, but she’s still pleased with the result. “We felt it was worth standing up for,” she said. “Itreally didn’t belong there.” RIB cs rc [15 BREATHTAKING.. CELL TOWERS AS FAR AS THE EVE CAN SEF! This editorial cartoon satirizes the proliferation of cellular phone towers. Aside from being “this ugly eye- sore,” Koziel worried that the tower would attract lightning. During public hearings in the townships, Cellular One had ar- gued the tower was necessary to carry signals through the rock cut. A tower had been built earlier behind Rider's World, but the sig- nal could not “see” the tower in Dallas Township, so an interme- diate location was needed. But McMahon questions that argu- ment, since itis illegal to use a car phone while driving and there is no place to pull off the roadway - most of the way through the cut. “That rock cut is dangerous enough,” she\said, without hav- ing people talking on the phone while they drive through it. Naughton said the Dallas tower is still useful. “As far as know, it’s “We for vas worth operational,” she said. McMahon does not have a cel- lular phone, “But I have nothing against someone having them,” she said. “Just don’t put a tower next tohouses.” Her main focus in opposing the tower was a concern about health dangers. She spent “hours and hours” getting infor- mation about the effect of phone signals, and says the government has never ruled exposure to them (continued from page 1) cumstances, priority users would continue to have adequate sup- plies,” said Obleski. “Priority us- ers include businesses, public utilities and farmers.” Governor Ridge’s drought emer- gency declaration also extends authority to local municipalities to issue citations to residents who fail to observe guidelines on non- essential water usage. “I cruise the area periodically and I am keeping my eyes open for viola- tions,” said James DeGeorge, Harveys Lake Zoning Officer. “So far, it seems everyone has been pretty good about it.” Police officers in Dallas Bor- ough are also cooperating in the effort to reduce unnecessary wa- ter consumption. “We're not put- ting extra patrols out there to catch people washing cars but if we hear about a problem were are going to follow up on that,” said Officer William Norris. 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