The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, January 10,2001 3 aa or os couts go rock climbing Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts from Troop 155, Trucksville United Methodist Church, recently enjoyed a day of indoor rock-climbing at North Summit Climbing Gym in Windgap, PA. Pictured above are, from lefft, first row: Dominick Trombetta, Joe Duddy, Tom Price, Sean Smith, Scoutmaster Charles Stajewski, John Gilligan, Sage Rrice and Cubmaster Dave Brakefield. In rear: Chuck Stajewski, Jesse Shrader, Jason Young, Eli Price, Ryan Duddy, Seth Brakefield, Josh Brakefield, Chris Young, Michael Smith, Kyle Baines and Matt lvory. Contra dance Jan. 13 at St. Therese's A New England Contra dance sponsored by the Chicory House and the Folklore Society will fea- ture the Warrington family band with ' Syracuse caller Bob Nicholson. The dance will take experienced dancers through a variety of dances. A dancer and his or her partner dance a series of figures, or moves, with each other and with another couple for a short time. They then repeat the E') at the St. Therese's Church, Pio- 4 gr same figures with another couple, and so on. The figures are com- bined in different ways for each different dance. Contra dancing is a moderately aerobic dance form, so dancers are encouraged to dress in lightweight, casual clothing. A few waltzes and square dances are also usually part of any evening of contra dancing. The Chicory house is an all- volunteer non-profit coffeehouse, sponsoring folk music and dance in the Wyoming Valley. Admis- sion to the dance is $6 for adults and Sh for families. Dancers may bring a snack to share at intermission. Further informa- tion is available at 333-4007. place Saturday Jan. 13, at 8 p.m. neer Ave. in Shavertown. No part- ner or previous experience isnec- essary. The band consists of five mem- bers of the Warrington family of Kingston. lan, the oldest son, plays fiddle as does sister Lucy. Their brother Ben provides: a solid pi- ano accompaniment. Parents Jean and Peter accompany on acoustic guitar and bass. Each of the family has performed at vari- ous benefit performances in the Wyoming Valley, including the Swetland Homestead, and at other dances. The caller will guide new and {Jackson Twp. Ladies' Aux. seeks donations cl The Jackson Twp. Ladies’ Auxiliary, Jackson Twp. Fire Dept., and < ackson Twp. Ambulance Assn. are sponsoring a 'recognition dinner” i it the firehall on Saturday, Mar. 10, to say "thank you" to the volunteers vho give so much to our community. Invitatioris have been sent to the Back Mountain fire depts., ambulance associations, and ladies" auxil- Siaries. The Jackson Twp. Ladies’ Auxiliary is currently seeking dona- {tions from local businesses to help make the evening an enjoyable one. ' Anyone interested in donating to the event may call either Dusty Titus, ‘s Ladies’ Aux. President, at 674-7752 or Chris Lamoreaux, Secretary, at "696-2406. “Fire department web addresses Five local fire departments now have web pages where anyone who Wis interested may find out more about the departments and how to a n-_—y GREE EN BY Wl ——— 2 A | i POR Wee a. Bel EX dss Fl become a volunteer. The are: ‘Shavertown: http://go.to/shavertownfire Trucksville: http://www.trucksvillefire.com Kunkle Fire & EMS: http://home.usnetway.com/~kunkle Harveys Lake Fire & EMS: http: / /www.geocities.com /harveyslakefire Northmoreland Fire: http: //www.geocities.com/station140 Artisan Industries FACTORY DIRECT OUTLET Save 25% to 60%!!! Pool Tables » Bars * Game Tables Air Hockey * Foosball « Ping Pong NE Penna's Largest Showroom! 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Due in part to a pair of tenacious resi- dents, concerned environmental groups, and a cooperative county commissioner, Harveys Lake Bor- ough has received a Growing Greener grant in the amount of $156,550 from the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to take care of the Hemlock Gar- dens runoff problem. BE A Ee _ . ~ PH “I was up there last winter and it was very icy, I don’t know how people get up there.” Fred Lubnow, Ph.D. Princeton Hydro, LLC For years Millie Monk, who lives in Hemlock Gardens, had been trying to draw attention to the situation. “Anything that comes out of here dirty goes into the lake,” she said. “You wouldn't believe what's going in there.” Monk took her concerns to the Harveys Lake Borough Council; they agreed with her, but balked at what the project would cost. Furthermore, the ownership of the road was in dispute, which complicated matters. So Millie and her husband William H. Monk Jr. compiled information: they took photographs, made videos, and did some informal research. Then they started searching in earnest for grants. “I sent my tapes all over the place,” Monk recalled. She knew there was funding out there; it was just a question of finding it. Monk said she initially ap- proached County Commissioner Thomas Makowski for help, but he said the matter wasn’t his re- sponsibility. Nor did she have any luck with then-Commissioner Red Jones. Finally she went to Com- TRUCKSVILLE “Anything that comes out of here dirty goes into the lake. You wouldn’t believe what's going in there.” Millie Monk Hemlock Gardens missioner Stephen Urban, who was far more cooperative. “When I looked at this, I tried to see what I could do,” Urban said. “The goal was to help the residents; I think the role of government is to help people.” Urban, along with some of the residents including the Monks, got in touch with Pam Fedak, the District Manager of the Luzerne County ‘Conservation District. “There's a standing request that they [the DEP] contact the con- servation district for a letter of acknowledgement,” she said, ex- plaining that the DEP needed to keep track of groups applying for grants. Fedak had attended some meetings about the Hemlock Gar- dens situation and seen the road for herself. “This has been kind of a chronic problem in that area,” she said. Before the Conservation Dis- trict could do anything, however, the question of ownership of the ‘road had to be settled. Urban authorized the Wyoming Valley Abstract Co. to do a search. “The subdivision was put together be- fore there was any law,” Urban said. “We had to find a way to do something about the situation.” Results of the search indicated Ruckno Construction, the devel- oper of Hemlock Gardens, was indeed the owner. But even though the road was privately owned, it was a watershed area, so it would qualify for a Growing Greener grant. So Urban wrote a letter to the DEP in Harrisburg. The Harveys Lake Environmental Advisory Council (EAC), which had been very involved with the project, was listed as the grant applicant. EAC member Michael Daley, who had spoken ‘at several meetings with various people about the Hem- lock Gardens road, was one of the two contact persons on the grant application. The other was Fred Lubnow, Ph.D., a Project Man- ager with the New-Jersey-based environmental engineering firm Princeton Hydro, LLC. 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There are two main pollutants being transported into the lake from the Hemlock Gardens run- off, according to Dr. Lubnow: phosphorus and suspended sol- ids (essentially dirt or sediment in water). Phosphorous is particu- larly harmful for the lake because it causes the growth of algae. Dr. Lubnow said the Hemlock Gar- dens project is meant to accom- plish two things: to design a stormwater system that will re- duce the pollutant load and the excessive flow of water; then to install some type of stormwater structure to control the amount of phosphorus going into the lake. The grant lasts two years, which gives time to get the data, put the design down, and by end of year begin work on the project. “The best time to install something like that is late fall, early winter, be- cause there isn't a lot of traffic around, and before the ground freezes.” Also before the spring thaws, so they can do tests to see how effective the measures are. “The first year is for design and installation, the second year will be for monitoring.” The grant was announced just before the holidays; however the DEP has to supply a contract between Princeton Hydro and Harveys Lake Borough. The grant money will be paid directly to Princeton Hydro, which will be doing all the work. “So we envision sometime in the spring for the plan to get un- derway,” Dr. Lubnow said. “When the project gets up and running, what we're going to have to do is go out and map the entire area with surveying techniques, eleva- tions, water quality modelling.” The Harveys Lake EAC will be helping Princeton Hydro by pro- viding maps, surveys, and infor- mation about the area. There will also be the need for obtaining physical, chemical, and biological data on the lake; some of the staff at Wilkes University will be help- ing in this regard by collecting data and samples. This will all be important to gauge how effective the projects are. Results of this grant are going to be used for years, according to Dr. Lubnow, who hopes the bor- ough will seek more grants in the future to maintain the work and do more around the lake. The grant is sufficient to do all the design work and build the stormwater structure; the design plans will be used in the future to get additional funds to further reduce the stormwater load going into the lake. “I'mjustreally glad the money's going to be available,” Pam Fedak said. “A previous grantdidn't come through, so I'm glad the Growing Greener came through for them.” “They're very supportive of the projects and programs. They're definitely committed to the pres- ervation of the lake and the water- shed,” Dr. Lubnow said of the EAC and the Luzerne Conserva- tion District. “One of the things the county never paid much attention to is stormwater runoff,” Commis- sioner Urban said, and added that he hoped there will be more of an effort made by the county in the future to try to obtain grants for necessary environmental projects such as this one. “I believe we're here to improve the condition of the county — it may be a small project, but it’s important to me, and to the people who live there, and to the people who use the lake,” he said. According to Lubnow, there's another round of Growing Greener funds coming up for the spring, so . other groups interested in obtain- ing a grant should contact the DEP for more information. “It's a great opportunity for people to get a lot of watershed work done; I don't know how otherwise they would get some of these projects completed,” he said. 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