Foster seeking township manager

by James Hunter

Leland, NC, and Walter C. Hess and his wife Jo Ann of Weatherly; grandchildren, Jessica Hampf and her husband Michael, Scott Learn, Jessie Hess, Walter Hess, Crystal Mayernick and her husband Ed, Robert Wisler, and his wife Bobbi Lynn; and 7 greatgrandchildren. Many nieces and nephews also survive Mary.

Mary graduated from Freeland High School in 1946. She was a member of Zions Evangelical Lutheran Church of Weatherly. In addition to caring for her children, she worked for several years at Tung-sol. She later became a caregiver for her husband until his death.

A good cook, Mary was known by her family for her chicken pot pie, potato filling, Sunday roasts and her Christmas cookies. The family would like to thank everyone at Heritage Hill for the wonderful loving care given to Mary during her stay there.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Weatherly.

A graveside celebration of Mary’s Life will be held on Tuesday, June 27, at 11 a.m. from Union Cemetery, Weatherly.

Memorials in Mary’s name to:

Zions Evangelical Lutheran Church

335 Third Street Weatherly, PA 18255

Online condolences may be made to the family at www. griffithsfuneralhomes.com

It’s time Foster Township had a full-time manager, the supervisors feel.

At their most recent meeting June 14, the supervisors voted to advertise to hire the township’s first manager.

“We’re missing opportunities during the day,” said Supervisor Chairman Wilson Malloy. “There are intergovernmental meetings, state and local. There are a lot of funding opportunities I and the other supervisors can’t get to. The manager could do grants, and the budget. Look at all of the municipalities around here who have a manager— White Haven, Conyngham, and Butler Township.”

The summer paving program has begun. Under a contract awarded last month, portions of Washington, Hazle, Ridge and Fern streets will get handicapped ramps, milling and paving.

The township crew will pave Cedar Street and the St. Ann’s Road under a $209,000 Local Shares Account (LSA), or gaming grant.

Part of that grant will also help remediate the site of the former Heller’s gas station along Route 940 at the entrance to Freeland.

“We want to get the gas tanks out of the ground,” Malloy said. “We want to make it site ready, and see if there is any interest in it.”

Work on the extension of the sewer system up Route 940 east will begin soon,.

The supervisors voted to advertise an ordinance for holding tanks.

“The company taking over

H&K (Blaschak Coal Co.)

wants to put in a holding tank for sewage, but the township does not have an ordinance for holding tanks,” Malloy said,

The supervisors also voted to re advertise for bids to reopen the township recycling center, “We want to see what it will cost,” Malloy said. “We got only one bid this time. It would be open to township residents only. It was closed before I was in office,”

The supervisors also approved a reverse subdivision, in which two land parcels are being combined, and referred a request to resolve a situation where two parcels with the same owner in Tannery have boundaries that overlap to the township planning commission.

Scout project at Split Rock goes swimmingly

The Scouts of Troop 25 and Cubs of Pack 25 held their most recent meeting in a different place, a swimming pool. The groups of Scouts were working on Aquatic requirements for Cub Scout ranks while getting the older Scouts prepped up for the annual Summer Camp coming in July. Thanks to the staff at Split Rock Resort who allowed the Scouts to use their large pool, they were able to work on different requirements for the different age groups.

Younger Cubs were working on water safety points while learning how to enter the water safely and use some of the elementary strokes. The older Scouts were working on adding distance and strength to their strokes while attempting to get the Swimmer rating.

Both groups started with the safety points of water activities and learned the basic rescue mantra used by Scouts, “Reach, Throw, Row, Go”. This was by practicing using the proper techniques of reaching while lying flat, use of the hook pole and throwing a rescue line to a “victim” in the water. All the Scouts had a good time and learned how to operate safely in the water thanks to the Split Rock Resort allowing the Pack and Troop to use their facility for this safety related activity.

EMPTY, BUT NOT FOR MUCH LONGER: It appears that a lease has been signed for an international distribution company, ID Logistics, to operate a distribution center from the Kidder Township property. There are recruiting ads on the ID Logistics website for jobs in White Haven. There have been people seen on site recently. The Journal is working to get more information, and ran out of time for this week’s issue.