The Dallas Post NEWS Sunday, March 20, 2005 -~ father-son fishing adventure Garret and Michael Barber, Noxen, a father-and-son ice fishing team, set up on a shallow pond in Lehman last weekend with some surprising results. “We throw away the small ones and some are too big. We just kissed a 19 1/2 inch one and threw it . back,” Michale Barber told the photographer. FOR THE POST/CHARLOTTE BARTIZEK This 14 1/2 inch largemouth bass is a keeper. It fits in a pan. GRANT Continued from Page 1 John Halbing, Attorney Lewis Wetzel said a grade of at least 10 percent would allow for accommodation of a natural gas line that runs through the mid- dle of the proposed 100-lot sub- division. Chairman Phil Walters said, “When you're on a curve, and you've got 10 percent, then you've got trouble.” Halbing’s engineer, George Albert said he has considered the danger. “Our recommenda- tion was to widen the roadway safer.” Vice Chairman Frank Wagner said he is concerned about the extra time to clear the roads after a storm and damage to township vehicles. “There’s a compromise with everything,” Wetzel replied. “Snowplows can’t run the township. They're important. You can’t have a development without a snow- plow, but by the same token, you don’t have the snowplow without the development and the tax base.” “We don’t need the tax base, and we don’t need the develop- ment either,” responded Wagner. & those sections, so it will be SIGNAL Continued from Page 1 said. A target date of April 11 has been set for Bigus’ replace- ment to begin work, a date that Balavage emphasized was ten- tative. : A third opening, caused by the retirement of officer Robert Parrish, has been filled. The department does not use part- time officers. Also at the meeting, the supervisors: e Agreed to let Luzerne County 911 and the Post Office change the addresses of the two houses on Holcomb Street to Roushey Street addresses. Holcomb Street is not a public road, and the action does not commit the township to taking it over, said Solicitor Ben Jones III. e Approved the first reading of an ordinance creating a fee of $5 for each copy of tax certifi- cates and duplicate bills. indows By A Division of Belles Construction Cor Inc. + Proudly Serving NEPA Since 1957. 50% OFF Tipie-pane R-10 Glass Sale ends March 29 SPRING INTO ENERGY SAVINGS SALE! 3 Times more energy efficient than most standard new windows Roofing & Siding Specialists Too! call 824-7220 ror Free Estimates Belles Measuring against an ice popper, Michael Barber estimates the ice thickness at 8-9 inches. Need Window Coverings? We offer the most choices! [FR Wnts 7. 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The most expensive of eight alternatives was building lev- ees and flood walls in Shavertown, at a cost of $8,500,000. The projected annual cost was $439,392, with a benefit of $159,622, a ratio of .36. In contrast, replacing the bridge at Fernbrook, a $298,000 project, yields an annual cost of $15,347 and a benefit of $39,104. : The annual cost of projects was derived from the construc- tion estimate financed by a 20- year bond, with that total divid- ed by the expected useful life of the work, typically 50 years. The benefit is the projected reduction in damages if nothing is changed. Where those savings come from is a mystery to Janine . Hudak, whose family owns Pizza Perfect and the stone bridge behind it. The study estimates it will cost $51,000 to remove the bridge, which spans Snake Creek, which flows downhill parallel to Carverton Road before entering Toby's Creek. 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