CALL IN NEWS.....to Hazel Baker [Marietta] 426-3643 Cherie Dillow [Mount Joy] 653-1609 The Susquehanna Times 426-2212 or 653-8383 SUSQUEHANNA Vol. 80, No. 1, January 2, 1980 County Redevelopment Authority services area The Redevelopment Au- thority of Lancaster County recently issued a program progress report for the cntire county. Those pro- grams of special interest to Susquehanna Times readers are listed below. MOUNT JOY BOROUGH Mount Joy Borough Storm Sewer Project-This multi- vear project will control and collect storm drainage from approximately once fifth of the Borough. The FY 1977 project for S$175.000 was combined with the FY 1978 project for $45,000 and rebid in November, 1978. Martin Excavating. the bidder began work on the project in fanuary, 1979, During May, 1979 the Borough released the FY 1978 grant of $45,000 and reduced the scope of the project accordingly. During this report period, this project was completed. low Reconstruction of North Plum Street-A total of $20.300 from FY 1979 CD funds has been allocated to’ Borough in Mount Jov Township to reconstruct North Plum Stret near Hill Street. Mount Joy Fire Station-A total of $15,000 from FY 1979 CD funds has been allocated to the Friendship Fire. Company No.l of Mount Joy to partially fund Mount Joy the construction of a fire station which will house fire and ambulance equipment and provide a public meeting room. The environ- mental review for this project was completed in November, 1979. A release of funds notice is expected from HUD during the !irst week of January. The Fire Station has notified the Redevelopment Authority of its intent to use the FY 1979 funds to install drainage facilities and construct the rear parking area at their project site. MOUNT JOY TOWNSHIP Traffic Signal at Route 230 and Cloverleaf Road-A total of $23.800 1a FY 1979. CD tunds has been allocated to Mount Jov Township to purchase and install a traffic stenal at the intersection of Route 230 and Cloverleat Road. The Lancaster County Planning Commision is currently completing the environmental review for this project. The expected completion date of the review is January 31, 1980. MARIETTA BOROUGH Marietta Storm Drainage Improvement Project-Funds will provide for the con- struction of a storm sewer on Front Street, from Perry [continued on page 4] Well-Child Clinic in Marietta, Jan. 8, 10 Well-Child Clinic spon- sored by the State Health Center, Lancaster, will be held Tuesday, January 8, 1980 and Thursday, January 10. Clinic hours are 9:00 to 11:30 am at the Community Building, 258 West Market Street, Marietta. Immuaizations, physical examinations, special test- ing and parent counseling are available to the children seen at the clinic. Parents are requested to bring any children who have never been seen at the clinic on Tuesday or to schedule an appointment by calling the Community Building, (426- 3106) during clinic hours. The public health nurses also invite all community persons interested in having their blood pressure checked to come between 11:00 and 12:00 noon on the same days (Tuesday and Thursday). The Well-Child Clinic will be having its final sessions in March. Children will be referred to other health facilities for routine care after the March 11 and 13 conferences. Susquehanna Times & The Mount Joy Bulletin MARIETTA & MOUNT JOY, PA. The Kolp family of Marietta. In front row, left to right; Darin, Tammy and Butch. Ray and Cleda are in The Kolp family of Marietta does a lot of sharing in the house that was, twenty-three years ago, a barn. The family has lived in the house for the past thirteen years, and they have many pleasant mem- ories about their life there. They are also creating new memories. Ray and Cleda Kolp were suggested as parents of the week by Edgar Appley of Appley’'s Newstand in Mar- ietta. ‘The three kids are just about grown now,"’ Mr. Appley told us, ‘‘but I think that they are a fine example of what good parents can do. If anyone deserved to be named parent of the week, it is Mr. and Mrs. Kolp. “Yes, we feel quite at home here in Marietta, in our barn/house,”” Mrs. Kolp tells us. “It’s a place where the children always know they can come for advice, discussion and fun ’ The Kolp family does much of its conversing over the supper table. It is a time when everyone is together and can share the days - events with the other members of the family. The Kolp's oldest daugh- ter is Tammy. She is employed at AMP in Mount Joy and says that she is glad she has a family to share her days activities with. *‘It’s good to talk to someone who cares; someone who wants to know what is going on,’ she says. : Pam, the second daugh- ter, is away at school most of the time at present. Pam, who prefers to be called Butch, attends Harcum Junior College near Phila- delphia. She is majoring in Recreational Leadership and hopes to work with handi- capped children when she is finished with school. This is her last year at the Junior College, and she feels that she will have to attend two years of school elsewhere to do what she wants. She has a great interest with child- re and works at a camp over thc summer. ‘‘I really irissed her when she first went to school,”’ says Mr. Kolp. **It was very difficult to readjust after she 5 x4 Ww ee po 2 A Ree, FIFTEEN CENTS E the back row. Tammy is holding Poopy the Second, their dog. The family also owns a cat named Dummy. Parents of the Week Ray and Cleda Kolp was gone. | still miss her and look forward to the times she can spend at home with the family." The voungest Kolp child is Darin, a junior at Donegal High School. Ray, who works as a truck driver for Roadway Express, helped Darin to secure a job with the company last summer. “We had to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning!."” exclaims Darin. He admits that it was a good experience for him. helping him to learn about the “working world.” Darin and his father road to work together, thus creating time for good conversations while at the same time saving gas. “We've always been a close family,” savs Mrs. Kolp. and 1 am quite thankful that the children always have been able to discuss their problems with us. We have never had an real major discipline pro- [continued on page 3] This week’s calendar Mayvtown Ambulance As- sociation Meeting, May town Firc Hall, 7PM. Fui matica call Secretary Frank Splain, Jr.. 426-1660 There will be a reorganiz- ation meeting of the Mount Joy Borough Council next Monday evening, January 7, mfor- at 7:30 p.m., at the Borough Hall. New “council members John Harnish, -Charies Rice- dorf, and Robert Stoner will be installed. Officers will be elected. Omar Groff, former council president, did not run for another term.
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