| | | L Dallas, Pennsylvania The Back Mountain's Newspaper Since 1889 January 9 to January 15, 2003 United We Stand Vol. 114 No. 1 SPORTS Showdown looms in girls basketball. Pg 9. SCHOOL “hands-on.” Pg 3. Dallas elementary science goes 50 Cents | COMMUNITY St. Therese’s youth help others. Pg 35. State seeks to lower enollution in lake By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff HARVEYS LAKE — If the level of phosphorus entering Harveys Lake stays the same in the future as it is now, the lake's water quality could be compromised. The Department of En- vironmental Protection (DEP) has planned a public meeting on January 14 to discuss the issue and possible solutions. “Phosphorus is the biggest problem our studies have identified over the years,” said Mark Carmon of DEP. “We want to try to find ways to reduce or keep stable those levels.” According to Carmon, an excess of phosphorus creates a nutrient rich en- vironment that threatens to cause a multitude of water quality problems from fish kills to severe algae blooms. “We're not raising a red flag at this point,” said Carmon. “We're educating the public and looking for solutions and suggestions from the public.” DEP recently established a total maximum daily load of phosphorus (TMDL) going into the lake by utilizing data from past studies. He said if the that level is exceeded, the lake does not have the natural capability to ab- sorb or assimilate it, causing a buildup that compromises water quali- ty standards. Carmon said the current amount of phosphorus entering the lake is 1600 pounds per year. DEP wants to lower that by 9 percent to just under 1500 pounds per year. “We're not trying to hit anybody over the head with this,” Carmon said. “We're trying to look at what is con- tributing to existing phosphorus levels in the lake and develop strategies to reduce it by 9 percent.” At the upcoming meeting, Carmon said representatives from DEP will ask for suggestions from the public on how to reduce the amount of phosphorus See LAKE, pg 7 Dallas fetes long-time dentist to schools By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff POST PHOTO/ERIN YOUNGMAN Only an empty shell was left of the home at 2 Rhodes Terrace, Harveys Lake, after a roaring fire destroyed it Monday. Lake home is total loss in roaring fire By LAUREN ROTH Special to The Dallas Post HARVEYS LAKE — A fire Tuesday af- ternoon at 2 Rhodes Terrace destroyed “everything” and burned so hot it melt- ed a neighbor's siding at least 75 feet away, said Fire Chief Bill Davis. “We couldn't find a couch or a chair. It was all burned,” Davis said. The fire ignited at the front of the first floor while the homeowner was at work. Davis declined to provide details be- cause the cause has not been conclu- sively determined, but said no foul play or negligence is suspected. By the time emergency crews were notified at 2:59 p.m., the two-floor home was fully engulfed, with flames bursting out every window. The homeowner, a Mr. Titus, will stay with neighbors and friends, Davis said. “There's nothing left. It's a shell,” the chief said. “There's just walls and a front porch standing.” See FIRE, pg 8 tighten policies Post Correspondent Supervisors personnel By CARRIE MATHENY | closing, i 97 jobs to be lost By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff DALLAS TWP. — Energy Converters, Inc. (ENCON)]) in Dallas, which employs 97 people, will close in March. ENCON was acquired in early 1998 by Watlow Electric Manufacturing Com- pany, of St. Louis, Missouri. A press re- lease announcing the closing said the decision is part of its operational plan- ning to “realign and restructure its tubular heater product line.” At the time of the purchase, ENCON had 230 employees. John Ray, General Manager of Encon, said the company that manufactures tubular heating elements has been See ENCON, pg 7 Local stores fared well in holiday sales By ERIN YOUNGMAN Post Staff Personal attention, unique items and friendly service kept Back Mountain re- tailers seeing green over the holidays. Area store owners report they were spared the holiday season selling slump that hit much of the country: While retailers nationwide report dis- appointing sales, local retailers say that despite a late start to the shopping sea- son, earnings were strong and better See STORES, pg 8 INDEX 14 Pages, 2 Sections Calendar... .......c.sseaueinene 14 Classified.................. 12-13 CrosSWOrd........ccevissicensss 10 EAIOalS........ vii reeaneaes 6 ObHUATIIES....... occccsrusasneas 2 SChOOL......c..ocic ici creruernns 11 SPOS... connuiscvisnesssitins 9-10 CALL 675-5211 FOR HOME DELIVERY, NEWS OR ADVERTISING JACKSON TWP. — At their E-mail: dallaspost@leader.net DALLAS TWP. — On Monday, the Dallas school board and su- perintendent Gil Griffiths hon- | ored Dr. Anthony Kutz DDS, for nearly 40 years of service as the Dallas district's dentist. During the presentation Ernest Ashbridge Jr., school board president, thanked Dr. Kutz for his years of service. Surrounded by district nurses Bonnie Kalish, Laura O'Malley, Linda Burd and his wife, Pauline, Dr. Kutz was presented with a clock inscribed with a note of recognition and thanks. “On behalf of the board, in recognition of the 30 plus years that you've been with the chil- dren of Dallas school district we wanted to present you with this clock,” said Ashbridge. | Dr. Kutz thanked Dr. Grif- | fiths, the administration and | many he worked with along the way. “He did an absolutely wonder- Malley who worked with Kutz for more than 10 years. O'Malley said when she start- ful job with the kids,” said O’-* POST PHOTO/ERIN YOUNGMAN Dr. Anthony Kutz right, accepted a clock given to him by Ernest Ashbridge Jr., president of the Dallas School Board, in recognition of Kutz’s more than 30 years of service. ed working at Dallas, the dis- trict ran a dental clinic. “Any cavities, or dental work he would just do at no cost,” said O'Malley. “There was a big gap filled with that service.” Burd, Kalish and O'Malley all remarked about Kutz's sense of humor. They said his humor was just one of the ways he put nervous patients at ease. “He was always very good to the children. He would sing to them — do a variety of things to put them at ease. He took his time,” said Burd. After 38 years, Dr. Kutz re- tired as the Dallas district den- tist at the end of the 2001-2002 school year. He still is in private practice. first meeting of the new year, the board of supervisors passed three resolutions they hope will make their township work more efficiently. The first resolution was to draft employee evaluation forms. Resolution 2 was to de- velop a misconduct form. This form will be used by all of the township's departments before entering the formal grievance process. The township hopes the misconduct form will take care of problems before they get that far. The third resolution estab- lished a department expendi- ture book. At the beginning of each month the secretary will give each department its monthly budget and it is the de- partment’'s responsibility to make sure the money goes where it is needed. The expendi- ture book will also help the township keep track of its bud- get on a day-to-day basis. “The department expenditure See JACKSON, pg 8 Please enclose this label with any address changes, and mail to The Dallas Post P.O. Box 366, Dallas, PA 18612-0366
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