The Dallas Post Dallas, PA Friday, May 9, 2003 ) | @AMA again sues HL. Municipal Authority By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER Special to The Dallas Post WILKES-BARRE — The Dallas Area Municipal Authority has re- newed its legal battle with Har- veys Lake over sewer fees, filing a lawsuit that seeks more than $260,000 the authority says is owed for services provided since January 2000. The suit, filed Friday in Luzerne County Court of Com- mon Pleas, claims the borough and its general municipal author- ity have failed to pay DAMA for pumping the borough’s sewage to the Wyoming Valley Sanitary Au- thority. The court action is the latest in a contentious legal battle that has stretched 10 years. The dis- pute has centered on the amount In 2001, an arbitrator rejected DAMA’s contention that it was owed more than $500,000 for services provided from 1993 to 1999, ruling the General Munici- pal Authority of Harveys Lake owed $13,922. The latest lawsuit covers the period of Jan. 1, 2000 to the present. The Dallas authority pumps sewage for several Back Moun- tain communities to the Sanitary Authority for treatment. DAMA maintains other municipalities have been forced to subsidize Harveys Lake's share of the costs due to the borough's refusal to pay. The suit notes the the Harveys Lake authority paid DAMA $15,000 on March 26 this year, but DAMA maintains it is owed an additional $261,944. attorney for the Harveys Lake au- thority, said the authority main- tains it is being avercharged by DAMA. “DAMA has arbitrarily picked three different prices over the past three years,” Wilson said. “We don’t agree with any one of them for various reasons.” . Wilson said a key issue for the Harveys Lake authority is getting information on exactly what they're paying for. “We don’t know enough about the background. What limited in- formation we understand about the background leads us to be- lieve the prices are still too high.” Attorneys for the Dallas Area Municipal Authority, George Rei- hner and Ben Jones did not re- turn phone messages Tuesday. This article appeared in original DAMA charged the borough. Michael J. Wilson of Camp Hill, form in the Times Leader. @- i from page 1) Carmon, spokesperson for Ti = CO, Ns : sible party.” DEP. : “Dealing with these He said he pulled records back “At this point it's a state matter under DEP, under clean streams law,” he said. The law provides an enforce- ment hierarchy to follow. Carmon said at this stage, the Harveys Lake Municipal Authority will not be fined, but if it fails to be coop- erative or lags behind in making prescribed changes, fines will come into play. “If it takes too long, we could escalate the hierarchy. We don’t anticipate that to be the case here,” said Carmon. In his letter to DEP, Jay Niskey, who owns property next to the authority, said sewage pours out of four manholes in the area of pole 252 often with - such vigor that at times it “pops” the manhole covers off, leaving gaping holes three feet wide in the roadway. The holes have to be barricaded by police to pre- kinds of problems ~ may entail a large capital outlay. It doesn’t happen overnight.” Mark Carmon Spokesperson, DEP vent cars from falling in. He said streams of sewage pouring out of the holes can reach up to two feet tall. Carmon said details about the other complaints were not readily available, but that they would have been treated in the same manner as the newest one. “Normally what would happen is we'd do an inspection, talk to the complainant and the respon- to 1992 and found two com- plaints from 1994, one in 1996 and the recent one last month. He said he didn't know if the earlier complaints were related to the current problem. “One (of the complaints) may have been associated with equip- ment malfunctioning or a break in the sewer line. I really don’t know,” Carmon said. He said he didn’t think the number of complaints was exces- sive The next step in the process is to come up with a solution, which could come from DEP or the authority. Carmon said he couldn't con- firm any time line for solutions to be planned or completed. “Dealing with these kinds of problems may entail a large capi- tal outlay. It doesn’t happen overnight,” he said. Qin work scheduled on Rt. 415 around Harveys Lake The state Department of Transportation (PENNDOT) advises drivers that paving work is scheduled over the next few weeks on PA Route 415 and Lake Avenue (State Route 1415) around Harveys Lake. Crews will be doing shoulder work, paving prep work and paving weekdays between 6:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. each day. The work was scheduled to begin this week and continue through most of the month of May. There will be alternating lane restrictions in the work areas around the lake. Drivers are asked to use extreme caution when traveling through all work zones, and are reminded that it is now state law to turn on headlights in work zones. /ViDrivers can get updates on PENNDOT roadwork in Northeastern Pennsylvania by checking out PEN- NDOT'’s Northeastern Pennsylvania transportation website at www.neparoads.com RESEARCH MATTERS by Dr. David & Madeira [ Inflammation and Type II Diabetes Most diseases are driven by inflam- 4 mation, such as heart disease, cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, osteoporosis, arthritis, endometriosis and most other chronic conditions. For years there has been a clear association between inflammation and insulin resistance, but no clear ‘| connection could be made by experts regarding inflammation as a driver of insulin resistance, and therefore, a driver of type II diabetes. Well, this has recently changed. Dr. Robert Grimble, a well-known nutrition researcher from the United Kingdom recently published a paper, offering the following conclusion: “Evidence at present favors chronic inflammation as a trigger for chronic insulin insensitivity, rather than the reverse situation.” Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) was inflammatory mediator found to have a particularly strong association. However, interleukin-6 (IL-6) and CC-reactive protein (C-RP) are asso- ciated with an increase in insulin resistance. Exercise and nutrition are known to reduce inflammation. Exercise has been shown to reduce C-RP (2). Several nutritional factors are known to reduce inflammation. Omega-3 fatty acids, adequate micro- nutrients (a multivitamin), magne- sium, antioxidants, proteolytic enzymes and bioflavonoids all have been shown to dramatically reduce inflammation. What does this all mean? You should be exercising, eating an anti-inflammatory diet, and taking appropriate supplements. 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