NEWS 2 The Post Sunday, August 29, 2004 MOVERS Remembering ig 5,3 H a, EX i" Fund will host event Be ey Coleg to aid cancer victims Kingston recently presented its annual Joseph C. Donchess Distin- guished Ser- vice Award to four peo- ple who have demonstrat- ed excep : tional serv- ice to the community and Wyoming Seminary, or who have achieved significant ac- complishments in their profes- sions. One of the recipients was Ann Mueller Coughlin, Class of 1947, Dallas, for her work as a community volun- teer. The Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Wyoming Seminary Board of Trustees on behalf of everyone associated with the school. It expresses appreciation for the life and example, sacrifices and devotion of those who are honored. Julie N. Kuschke, a Har- veys Lake native, is the busi- ness manag- er of the fine jewelry department of the inter- national auction house, Bon- hams & San Francisco, Kuschke is the Butterfields, California. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lake. Kuschke’s role includes trav- eling to major cities for client relations and jewelry shows, coordinating off-site auctions, and auctioneering. Kuschke works with high profile deal- ers, supplying jewelry to such celebrities as Madonna and Naomi Watts. Kuschke’s previ- ous position was acquisitions coordinator for the San Fran- cisco Franklin Bowles Gallery. In this role, Kuschke analyzed financial performance of artist programs and was director of the LeRoy Neiman Program. Kuschke was a summa cum laude, Master of Science grad- uate in education, education leadership division, from the University of Pennsylvania, and was a summa cum laude Bachelor of Arts graduate in art history from Lafayette Col- lege. Kuschke, Harveys Sarah Podehl, a 1998 grad- uate of Dallas High School, graduated in May magna cum laude from Temple Uni- versity School of Pharmacy. She has passed the Pa. State Board of Pharmacy exam and has accepted a position with Acme Pharmacies in Philadel- phia. She is the daughter of Ned and Betsy Podehl. Need extra copies of this week’s Post? They are on sale at local news- stands through Saturday | { WET BASEMENT? B-DRYS The B-DRY SYSTEM has been proven to be SO UNIQUE & SO EFFECTIVE at eliminating basement leakage, that it has i been awarded a United States Government Patent! FREE ESTIMATE. Now that's safe driving Dallas letter carrier Daniel Jones is congratulated by Dallas Postmaster Kristen Tucker, after receiving the prestigious Na- tional Safety Council's “Million Mile Club” award for more than 30 years of accident-free driving on the job. FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK The Remembering Jane Fund of the Luzerne Founda- tion will celebrate the life of Jane Yocum with a night of food and entertainment from 6 p.m. to midnight, Sept. 11, 2004, at the Irem Temple Country Club Pavilion, Dallas. The cost is $25 a person, and the cost includes soda and beer. A dinner buffet will be served from 7 to 9 p.m. Enter- tainment will be provided by Big Daddy Dex & the Groove, Mother Nature’s Son, formerly Strawberry Jam, Cat & the Fiddle, Bus 5, No Way Out, and Patrick Temple and Beth Aciukewicz. A cash bar will be available, and 50/50 and gift basket drawings will be held. Proceeds from the event benefit local cancer vict and other local charities. i ets for the event may be pur- chased at the Gallery of Sound, Dallas and Wyoming Valley Mall, Wilkes-Barre; Gino’s Shoe Store, Dallas; Hoss Garden Hut, Dallas; Humphrey’s, Back Mountain Shopping Center, Shavertown; or by calling 674-3377 during the day or 287-3285 at night. : ST PA YSTEM Independent Licensee of B-Dry, Inc. WWW.DRYBASEMENT.NET Sewage (continued from page 1) complaint in recent years. Mark Sobeck, president of the Harveys Lake Protective Association, said he is satisfied with what he has seen — or rather hasn't seen — in recent months. He drives past Point Breeze every day, “where they used to blow off all the time.” He has seen no leakage, and the issue has not come up for months at association meet- ings. “It’s almost out of my mind already,” he said. . Richard Boice, the authori- ty’s executive director, said a complete correction will be nei- ther fast nor cheap. “This is not a quickfix thing,” he said last week. A 13-page Corrective Action Plan that describes a variety of work on the system is avail- able for public review and comment through Sept. 10 at the authority office on Route 415. The plan anticipates work taking place through 2006 be- fore the issue is entirely ad- dressed. How big can the spike in flow be? About one million gallons a day, said Boice. He said a typical day’s volume on clear days is 300,000 to 350,000 gallons, which he says is not much different from 25 years ago. But if there is a three-inch rain storm, the flow can reach. 1.4 million gallons. “And then it stops just as quickly,” he said. The most expensive compo- nent of the action plan is a re- quest from the state Depart- ment of Environmental Protec- tion for six meters to monitor the flow of waste water through the system. The me- ters and installation would cost $120,000, Boice said. “We're looking at several hundred thousand dollars,” he said, to finish the entire proj- & = ect. The authority has already started on some of the ele- ments of the plan, and the re- sults have been gratifying. Sealing manholes and track- ing down basement sump pumps that are illegally con- nected to the sewers has brought the daily flow down by about 250,000 gallons, Boice said. He gave the example of one manhole, since patched, which leaked at a rate of 20 gallons per minute during heavy storms. “We're up to nearly 800 home inspections,” Boice said, and 60 illegal pump hookups have been found, as well as rain gut- ters and*yard drains that were improperly connected. So far, . said there has been no re- “sistance to removing the con- nections. “Many people who 'bought homes didn’t even realize it’s il- legal,” Boice said, and they co- operate when told to direct basement water into their yards and not the sewer. Sobeck said his house was in- spected for a sump pump with- in the past two weeks, and passed. While pleased that the visi- ble leaks have stopped — “We haven't had any outflows; that’s 100 percent ahead” — Niskey isn’t ready to accept Boice’s claim about the reduction. Flow statistics he has seen are much higher than what the au- thority is saying. “The numbers don’t match,” Niskey said. There can be exceptions to the moratorium, but they will be handled on a case-by-case basis. One option may allow use of a holding tank until the moratorium is lifted, but the borough must adopt an ordi- nance allowing the practice. Another source of unwanted See the plan The Corrective Action Plan produced by the Harveys Lake Munici- pal Authority will be available for public review and comment through Sept. 10. It can be seen at the authority office on Rt. 415 weekdays be- tween 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Some highlights of the plan: e Inspect all properties that could be contributing to the flow of storm water into the system. e Set priorities for repairs based on the rates of inflow and Infiltration. ¢ Identify sections of the system requiring construction projects. ® Prepare new ordinances and regulations, particularly regarding new connections and abandoned structures. ¢ Develop a procedure for review, permitting, inspection and testing of proposed connections and disconnections. water is abandoned properties where the sewer line has not been capped. Those lines aren’t exposed, Boice said, but using the original“installation“maps, he has been able to find them. The c Ro plan was drawn up VS Engineering, Yond John Levit- | sky, an engineer involved with waste water for nearly 20 years, also is pleased with the pace of work thus far. “Little by little, they're eating away at all these problems,” he said. “The manholes arent dancing any more.” But there is more work to be done. Levitsky said when he, began to study the problem in May, 2003, he hoped to find a few major leaks that could be quickly repaired. While some large areas of infiltration have been identified, it soon became obvious there were lots of little ones. “You've got a substantial amount of piping,” he said, along with 600 manholes, each a possible source of inflow. Levitsky is encouraged that there have been no overflows this year, but there is still too much water getting into lines. “We still have an increase dur- ing storm events,” he said. Niskey is concerned that more needs to be done. He WINDOWS ¢ ROOFING ¢ SIDING “Providing Since 1957” CONSTRUCTION CO. 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And he thinks taking action now averts stronger measures later. “If the problem was left alone, it would impact the lake and be a great deal more sive.” BH Borton-Lawson has helpe the authority apply for a state Growing Greener grant that would buy a system to monitor the flow of liquid at each of the 14 pumping stations. The application was not funded in 2003 but has been resubmit- ted. ie Levitsky would liké to- us portable flow meters, as ol a as those that are fixed in la “The leaks ‘are out in the He tem,” he said, and portable vices would help to hone in on them. Carmon said DEP is Sus. ing to receive a final actidn plan in September, and wo not step in with its own mands as long as the authority continues to address the prob- lem. I1ere comes the one and only LUZERNE COUNTY yIFARLIR x September 8-9-10-11-12 Route 118, Dallas/Lehman, PA $6.00 ADMISSION Includes rides, parking, entertainment, exhibits, and much more! 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