2 The Dallas Post
Friday, September 12, 2003
Playground —
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sent monetary donations and
those names will eventually be
listed on a plaque at the new
playground.
“It just feels so good to see it
all come together like this,” said
Kocher. Donations are still be-
ing accepted and a special Play-
ground Fund is set up to pur-
chase additional items such as
benches and basketball hoops.
Checks, payable to Lake-Noxen
PTO, can be mailed to the
school.
“It just feels so good
to see it all come
together like this.”
Mary Lou Kocher
Playground committee chairman
Members of the three kinder-
garten classes at Lake-Nox-
en Elementary School pose
in front of their new play-
ground equipment. From left
are: Matthew Durling, Mor-
gan Coburn, Madison Miles,
Bowman Butler, Chelsea
Witter, and Miranda Pace.
POST PHOTO/M.B. GILLIGAN
(continued from page 1)
Sutton said two issues
Lehman is facing would be ad-
dressed in the plan, water sup-
ply and increased traffic. “Al-
most all of Lehman homes are
on private wells,” said Sutton.
And then there’s the in-
creased traffic. He said ever
since a series of lights were
added to Route 309 in other
Back Mountain municipalities,
Old Route 115 in Lehman has
become increasingly busy.
“Everybody’s figured out that
it’s a shortcut,” he said.
Such a situation could be ad-
dressed by a regional traffic
study, he suggested.
Eddie O'Neill, Kingston
“With so many communities so
close together, what one does so
affects the others.”
Kathy Kupstas
President, Dallas Borough Council
Township Manager, said the
main issue there is the high-
ways. “Theyre over-trafficked
and over-utilized — but that’s
just the start. Anytime you
have growth like there is now,
you have to plan for the future,”
he said.
Kathy Kupstas, President of
Dallas Borough Council,
agreed with the consensus, call-
ing the plan a “great idea.” She
cited the example of how Dal-
las Township’s move to clear
the way for a possible “big box”
retail development has dramati-
cally impacted the borough.
“With so many communities so
close together, what one does
so affects the others.”
Kupstas said in the wake of
Dallas Township's decision,
“the borough was left holding
the bag” to figure out how to
accommodate traffic projected
to move through the borough
to the development.
Such a conflict could possi-
bly be avoided by creating a
master plan. In the land use
portion of the plan, municipali-
ties could cooperatively desig-
nate which areas of the Back
Mountain region would remain
rural, be single family homes,
or be commercially developed.
Sutton and other local gov-
ernment officials are strug-
gling, though, with the cost of
the plan.
“That ($8,000-$15,000) could
Franklin Township expected to join COG
By ERIN YOUNGMAN
_ Post Staff
oe
RANKLIN TWP. —
Franklin Township, whose offi-
cials have been on the fence
about whether to join the Back
Mountain Council of Govern-
ments (COG) is ready to join
by the end of the year.
Michael Prokopchak,
Franklin Township Supervisor,
said after sitting in on COG
meetings, he is convinced the
move is the right thing for his
township to do.
Franklin Township will be
the fifth area municipality to
join the council, which strives
to work together to pool re-
sources, plan on a regional level
and carries more clout on grant
applications. Dallas Borough
and Dallas, Kingston, and
Lehman townships formed the
COG last year.
“Cooperation amongst our
communities, for funding and
the ability to capitalize on bet-
ter deals,” are some of the rea-
sons Prokopchak gave for the
decision.
Prokopchak said township
solicitor Ben Jones had already
prepared the needed ordinance
to make the move official. A
voting date has not been set.
“But,” Prokopchak said, “we’ll
definitely join by the end of the
year.”
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The township's discussions
about joining come at the same
time members of the COG are
voting on whether to commit
money to regional master plan-
ning. The planning will evalu-
ate three primary areas: aquifer
capacity, traffic and land use.
Members will report their mu-
nicipalities’ decisions at the
next meeting at which point a
planning firm will be appoint-
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If Franklin doesn’t join until
the end of the year, Carl Good-
win, Vice Chairman of the
COG, said the township will
still have the option to partici-
pate in the planning. “They
could sign on and we would re-
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, Franklin's membership in the
COG will add more strength to
grant applications filed by the
council, for anything from road
equipment to planning.
Frank Wagner, the Dallas
Township Supervisor who is
acting as this year’s COG presi-
dent, said population is the
number one thing an entity
looks at when evaluating such
applications. “So the greater
the number, the better,” he
said.
The COG meets the last
Tuesday of every month at the
Dallas Borough Building. Meet-
ings are open to the public.
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be difficult for us at this point
in time,” he said. Due to budg-
et constraints, Lehman was
forced to resort to State Police
coverage of much of their
shifts.
Carl Goodwin, a supervisor
in Kingston Township, said re-
gardless of the cost to create a
master plan, it is important to
do so.
“This is a unique opportunity
for the township, so I'm sure
we'll find the money.”
If the municipalities get the
financial go ahead from their
respective boards, the consult-
ant will be appointed at the
next COG meeting.
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Shavertown UMC
The Shavertown United
Methodist Church, 163 N Pio-
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hold an open house Sept 13 at
5:30 pm. and 14 at 9 and
1lam. There will be special
visitor recognition during each
service and a job fair and re-
ception, held in the social
room, following all three serv-
ices. The purpose of the job
fair is to inform every one of
the committees represented in
our church, their functions,
and how you can serve the
Lord by committee participa-
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come, review the various work
areas, prayerfully consider how
to best serve, and consider
signing up for committee par-
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tion call Cathy Berkey, 696-
2907, or the church office, 675-
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Trinity Presbyterian Church,
105 Irem Rd., Dallas, on Sun-
day, September 14 at 6 p.m.
The concert is free. The public
is invited. Reception and light
refreshments will follow.
Tent service at
Shavertown UMC
On Sunday, September 21
the Shavertown United
Methodist Church will cele-
brate the gift of land given to
the church 100 years ago. The
community is invited to an old-
fashioned tent meeting in the
church parking lot at 11 a.m.
There will be one service for
the weekend as the congrega-
tion gives thanks for this “®
gift. The worship will include
special message by Rew.
William Summerhill, chaplain
of Wyoming Seminary. He will
portray Theron Furgeson, who
gave the land. Bell and Chan-
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