Editorial

Patch job not enough

by Ruth Isenberg

The road between White Haven and Route 115 is in terrible shape. There have been many complaint voiced at Penn Lake borough council meetings, and attempts to pin down PennDOT about planned repairs.

Senator David Argall’s office provided the following information received from PennDOT to Penn Lake council member David Longmore about the White Haven - Bear Creek Road (officially SR2041).

S.R. 2041 is on our list of roads this year for surface treatment seal coat.

Department Forces will be performing mechanized patching (full lane width), base repairs and crack sealing operations in preparation for the seal coat operation.

The work is scheduled to start the week of April 10, 2023. Please see the tentative schedule and quantities for work to be performed on S.R. 2041:

• April 10th through April 21st - Mechanized Patching operations (full lane width) – 3,200 ton.

• May 9th through May 24th – Base/Subbase repairs –5,150 ton.

• May 16th through May 31st - Crack Sealing – 21.7 lane mile.

• Surface Treatment/Seal Coat– August 8th through August 11th.

In addition there is also side dozing, pipe flushing, inlet cleaning and brush cutting operations planned for White Haven Road. Please understand that the schedule is tentative and may be affected by weather.

That repairs are coming is good news, but a recent ride out past Francis Walter Dam made it clear that road reconstruction is probably needed. That’s a longer process, and officials should start working now to get the road added to PennDOT’s long-range plan.

From The Journal-Herald

Issue of April 1, 1993

Editors & Publishers Jay and Clara Holder

The White Haven Municipal Authority decided to paint WHITE HAVEN on the new water tower.

Daylight savings time starts Sunday, April 4.

A special session of East Side Borough Council to prepare a request for proposals to have a comprehensive plan done failed to get a quorum. Those who did attend completed the work…

The front page photo is of doctor Emilia Secheresciu, director of the Weatherly Satellite of St. Joseph’s, with her son Paul, and St. Joseph’s C.E.O. Bernard Rudegair.

Sports writer Steve Stallone joined The JournalHerald and penned his first columns.

Ed Gower writes of the White Haven Area Sports Association 11 and 12 yearold all-stars who won their first game in the Freeland YMCA tournament versus Frackville 42-29. White Haven plays next against West Hazleton–St. Mary’s.

The White Haven 9 and 10 all-stars were eliminated but played well in their two games.

Phil Engman’s Ramblin’ On was mainly about NCAA basketball, with lots of quips thrown in.

Alberdeen Golf in Mountain Top is open for its season.

Ruth and Seth wrote this week’s review of the Water’s Edge at the Lake Harmony Lodge in Lake Harmony. It was the final week before renovation promising both a new look and new menu… and a new name.

Pete Chapla reviewed the Michael Douglas/Robert Duvall film Falling Down.

Grand Central advertised a huge 8-hour sale this Saturday.

From The Journal Issue of April 1, 1943

Publisher W. C. Taylor

Among the first forest fires of the season was 100-acres at Hickory Run National Park…that threatened East

Side Borough for a time Sunday. There were a couple of other fires, at Tunnel, and at Rita…Fire towers in the Weisser District are manned 24-hours daily.

Honoring ten of their fellow students, members of the White Haven High School will tender a banquet farewell at the Hotel Sterling in Wilkes-Barre this Thursday. The young men have volunteered to enter the service of their Uncle Sam. All but two were processed and will leave Monday morning.

They are: Russell Shupp, David Hosier, John Quigg, Jack Driggs, Ted Grunert, Arthur Wheeler, Kermit Gueiss, John Klem, John Rabe, and Joe Labelle.

George Bushman, another member of the Senior Class, joined the Navy last Thursday.

Fairview Elementary 6th Grade Honor Roll listed

Kevin Seyer, Principal, has announced the following sixth grade students have achieved Principal’s Honors at Fairview Elementary School for the 2nd Quarter of the 2022-2023 school year. The Crestwood School District Elementary Honor Roll (6th Grade) reflects that the student has attained an A in all courses offered. Inclusive are English Language Arts, Math, Social

Studies and Science.

Named to the honor roll are Tyler Barker, Jacob Bechtel, Isla Centak, Ava Coltrane, Reina Coulter, Alexander Dobash, Olivia Fritz, Autumn Grauel, Caden Hoban, Irelyn Iracki, Sophia Kwarcinski, Jacob McLaughlin, Lillian Michael, Lillie Nealon, Cali Oravic, Isabella Smolenak, Mia Turner, and Rocco Zaremba.