! 8 The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Thursday, June 20, 2002 The Lehman Township Su- pervisors have voted to aban- don Fern Ridge Road in the township. Volunteers are hard at work collecting items for the 56th annual The Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction. The life of the library is a year-to-year propo- sition, and the auc- tion is crucial to its operation. Twenty percent of the annual budget comes from the auction. New Goods 40 point Tril- lian cut Tan- zanite ring set in 14 ct. hand- made setting. $550 value. Donated by Ochman’s Jewelers. W-B/Scranton Penguins, warm up jack- et and puck. $100 value. 56th Annual Library Auction Corner Any and all donations of cash or saleable items can help as- sure the continued fine service of the library to our communi- ties. For more information, call the library at 675-1182. Raffle tickets are on sale at the library for this Stainless Steel Free- standing MD BQ Meridian Gas Grill, val- ued at $4,500. It was donated by Mary Ann Sigworth Tickets are $2 or a book of six for $10. JU ND NED SEN NEE NEN NEN SEN SEN NEN SEN NEN SEN NEN NEN SEN SEN NNN NED SEN SEN EN NEN NEN SEN EG SEE SEN NEN SEN SEN SN NE NE SS a Q I'll help the Back Mountain Memorial Library Auction ] ] 1 i 1 t § i : i i ; QO Here's a cash donation of $ t i i i i f Be Name Phone Address City State ___ Zip U1 have an item to donate. Call me for details. Value $ to help the library. Mail or bring to: Back Mountain Memorial Library 96 Huntsville Road, Dallas PA 18612 Call 675-1182 if you have questions. Donations are tax-deductible. This message donated as a public service by The Dallas Post Lehman (continued from page 1) traffic on Trojan Road to Route 118 dangerous, she asked the supervisors if the township could impose limits on the hours worked by the paving company. Hannigan said she had written letters of inquiry to DEP but had received no response as yet. “I hope you will consider some of these things and help us keep some of the tranquility back there,” Hannigan said. Sutton said the township would look into posting limits ‘on truck weight on Trojan Road. “The road wasn’t built for con- tinual running of loaded tri- axles. We don’t want that.” In a related matter, Lehman Township zoning officer Charles Windsor Farms Bartlett responded to a com- plaint letter from Alan and Deb- orah Petroski of Coslett Road in Hunlock Creek regarding the zoning of a 54.5-acre parcel of land owned by Reading Materi- als, Inc. The current zoning of the land is M-2, heavy industrial The acreage was rezoned from A- 1, agricultural in December of 1991 when it belonged to Naugle Sand and Gravel Co. Bartlett also said township zoning ordi- nances permit mining in an A-1 zoning district with zoning hear- ing board approval as outlined in the uses permitted by zoning districts. Bartlett advised the Petroskis to contact Reading Materials, Inc. directly. In other business: e Construction of a new treat- ment center facility will com- mence in July at the Lehman Sunoco gasoline contamination facility on Route 118. Construc- tion is expected to be completed by the end of the year said Thomas R. Hartnett, hydrologist on the Environmental Cleanup Program of the DEP in a letter to the township. The cleanup of a gasoline spill there has been on- going for several years, said su- pervisor and roadmaster Dou- glas Ide. e The supervisors made a mo- tion to recommend James Welby to the governor and the Office of ® Homeland Security to be ap- pointed as Emergency Manage- ment Coordinator as the last EMC resigned two months ago. e A hearing was held prior to the supervisors’ meeting con- cerning the abandonment of Italian Road, also known as Fern Ridge Road, on behalf of Paul Lumia and Fred Valentine. No dissenting parties showed 1 at the hearing. The suprise voted to vacate the road. e Resolution 2002061702 was passed relative to the Municipal Police Officers Education and Training Act to obtain reim- bursement for the training pro- gram offered through Penn State for the Lehman Police officers. ok (continued from page 1) “I think it was the right thing to do,” said Halbing. “We're all after the same thing. It was only a question of how we were going to get there. None of us wanted to go to court over this.” Halbing must also construct a paved emergency access road from Tamanini Drive in Sunrise Estates, complete with an emer- gency gate or fence and a four- foot strip of land for pedestrians to move between the develop- ments. He must also provide the board with a PennDOT Highway Occupancy Permit, a Depart- ment of Environmental Protec- tion wetlands permit since the access road for the subdivision will travel partly through a wet- land area, and prove he has pur- chased the water company. “Mr. Halbing bought the water company and made us think a little more about it,” said board chairman Paul Sabol. “He asked for (reconsideration), and there's always the possibility of a law- suit.” Issues concerning domestic water usage and fire protection have been a key issue in accept- ing the plan since March, and problems with not providing ad- equate fire protection in develop- ments came to the forefront after fire crews attempted to hook up to a hydrant in the Cedar Lane subdivision which did not pro- vide the amount of water needed to fight the fire. : Halbing had received waivers from the board last month which allow him to install domestic wa- ter to the homes without provid- ing fire protection or a storage tank for water needed for the hy- drants. : “I think it's unfortunate that the majority of the supervisors granted a waiver for fire protec- tion and water storage last month, when clearly this month Mr. Halbing was apparently will- ing to agree to most of the town- ship’s demands,” said former township manager Jeffrey Box, who lives in a development close to where Windsor Farms will be built. “I further think it's unfor- tunate that the preliminary plan was granted, given in my opin- ion, there are many more flaws in the plan that aren’t being cor- rected by granting this ap- proval.” Box outlined some of the prob- lems at the meeting. He said an easement should be put into the plan, allowing for a 10-15 foot area to be set aside from the subdivision into neigh- boring Frances Slocum State Park, as well as land to be ® aside which could extend roa®® into undeveloped land for future development. But Halbing strongly disagrees with Box. He said Box was “180 degrees off base.” “It’s ludicrous. It is totally off base,” Halbing said. “This is a development where we are trying to eliminate through traffic. | people want to go to Frances Slocum Park, they can use the main entrance.” Kingston Township police will get bulletproof vests KINGSTON TWP. — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously last week to pro- vide 50 percent of the funds needed to purchase bullet-proof vests for the Kingston Township police department, and voted to allow township manager Ed O'Neill to publicize and hire an administrative assistant for the department. “I thought years ago that we needed them (vests),” said Sabol, who served as the town- ship’s police chief prior to cur- rent police chief James Bal- avage. “Then we had to buy our own. The guys deserve them, but they will have to wear them. We are going to set some rules down so they do.” In other business: e The board appointed 10 people to serve on the town- ship’s long-range planning com- mission. Those appointed in- clude: Justin Bergman, Bob Zaruta, Bill Bachman, Ellen Ferretti Alaimo, Adrian Merolli, Dr. Sam Merrill, Mary Dyleski, board representative J. Carl Goodwin, Sabol and O’Neill. e The board voted 3-2 not to pass a resolution allowing township employees and vehi- cles to voluntarily participate in community events, such as pa- rades. Goodwin and Supervisor Neil Allen cast the dissenting votes. e The board authorized the resignation of Goodwin and ap- pointment of Supervisor Chi Yankovich as liason to the Pu lic Works Department. Goodwin served as interim liason to the department follow- ing the deaths of former Super- visors William Tippett and Her- bert Hill and the resignation of Randall Glidden, who moved to Florida earlier in the year. p> El —r — — ———— —— w— —— — — a— — al —— — —— rl a m— r——— chm i i i Sora WEE Fee Discount Greeting Card Outlet at Cook’s Pharmacy Shavertown 20% OF NOW CARRYING DESIGNER GREETING CARDS ALL CARD EVERYDA Cards for Every Occasion & Holiday Gift Bags ¢ Invitations ® Wrapping Paper Thank You Notes ® Bows (Shavertown Location Only) | | | | | : <5 3 |
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