PAGE6 THE POST NEWS Sunday, October 16, 2005 Keep Toby's Creek a part of Back Mountain community By ALYSSA MENZEL Dallas Elementary School See related story, Page 1 Toby's Creek has been an impor- tant part of the Back Mountain community for many years. How would you like to see it dried out and forgotten? Well, | wouldn't. Toby's Creek in the past was used for fishing, mills, and such. Toby's Creek was well-used in the past by mills powered by the water to produce goods. There used to be many mills that ran along the side of the creek. The mills harmed the environment be- cause many trees had to be cut down to build the mills and make room for them. These trees . helped slow the flow of water in Toby's Creek. The running water supply was also low because of how much the mills were using. Toby's Creek used to be stocked with trout by Rich Adamchick, but he stopped stocking it two years ago when adults started taking nets and catching all the fish. Therefore, the children could not fish. The people that were catching all the fish ruined it for the children. In the future, | hope that Toby's Creek will be cleaner and the water will always be running and it will be a happier, more playful place to be. | want to be able to look into the creek and see chil- clean water. | want to see trout and other kinds of fish swimming down the stream as children are fishing. And most importantly, | want Toby's Creek to be an important part of the Back Mountain com- munity once again. Toby’s Creek has played important role in local history By JAMES DEL PRIORE Dallas Elementary School Through the years Toby's Creek has had different amounts of importance to the Back Moun- tain. The creek starts from Irem Temple Country Club and flows through Dallas, Shavertown, and Trucksville before ending in the Susquehanna River. History records show that as early as 1773 businesses were built along the creek. Water wheels were used to power dif- ferent kinds of mills. Water was directed onto the wheels. There were sawmills, gristmills, paper mills, foundries, tanneries, and the like. The people running these busi- nesses were not aware of the damage they were causing to the creek. By cutting down all of the trees, they caused the water flow STYLIN to the creek to become unde- pendable. In general, at the time people really weren't concerned with environmental problems. The lack of consis- tent water flow led to the end of all of these businesses on the creek. Today, we can improve the vegetation around the creek to help make the water flow more consistent. If there is more vegetation around the creek, it will help keep the flow of water to the creek gradual and the height of the creek will stay more even. Water flows into the creek from above by run- off water. It flows into the creek from below through aquifers. This is porous rock with water in it. 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