LAKE NEWS
VOL. 27, NO. 3
Lake Harmony PA
MARCH, 2021
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Ruth Isenberg, Editor Seth Isenberg, Ads / Distribution Publishers (Continuing the work of founders Frank Pieri and Mary Farnschlader, 1995 – 2018) Lake News is published monthly for the enjoyment of Lake Harmony area residents and visitors. Copies are free and are mailed to Lake Harmony box holders. Find additional copies at The Country Peddler and at selected area businesses. Subscriptions are also available, for $24 by first class mail, or $15 as a PDF via e-mail. Mail your check to CANWIN at 211 Main St., White Haven PA 18661. E-mail us at lakenewslakeharmony@gmail.com Call us at CANWIN’s office, 570-215-0204, Seth x302 and Ruth x304 To submit an article or photo, use the above e-mail, or give us a call. Articles may be accepted or rejected. If accepted, they will be edited. Submitted items can be returned by arrangement. Articles appearing in Lake News may not be reprinted without permission of Lake News or CANWIN newspapers. Mailing address is 211 Main St., White Haven PA 18661.
Vaccinations for vacations by Ruth Isenberg It’s spring—and our long COVID year is nearing an end. Vaccinations have begun in earnest, despite some initial supply glitches. Vacations will soon follow. People have been cooped up for a long time. Although our area has seen plenty of visitors over the past year, this coming season may be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. As soon as people can safely travel, they are beginning to do so. Welcome spring—and welcome friends!
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Kidder Township Supervisor meetings are held the third Thursday of each month at the township building, and unless otherwise noted, begin at 6:30 PM. Notices of special meetings are posted at the township building and advertised. Planning meetings are held the 1st Wednesday at 6 PM; Zoning meetings, the last Monday at 6 PM; EAC, the second Wednesday at 7 PM. The public is welcome. Some meetings are being held online due to COVID restrictions.
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Chrissy Lindsey was recognized for having served the township and its residents for 10 year. Lindsey and all of the office staff receive many compliments for their work from citizens.
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Lake Harmony Post Office Notes by Christine Gilliar
Stamp of approval Royal postage appears on ‘The Crown’ This 1-pound U.K. stamp bearing a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was issued in 1981. The popular Netflix drama “The Crown” recently used postage stamps as a symbolic backdrop to mark a pivotal casting change. (I WATCHED THE SERIES & MISSED THIS, guess who will be watching it again?) The series chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth See PO NOTES, page 8
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II. During its first two seasons, which followed Elizabeth from 1947-1964, the role was played by Claire Foy, but for the newly launched third season, which spans 1964-1977, Olivia Colman takes over the part. The new season begins with the unveiling of a portrait of the queen that has been commissioned to appear on Britain’s postage — an image that better represents the aging monarch. In the scene, Elizabeth stares at side-by-side images of her younger and older self before the opening credits roll. After the episode premiered, the royal family’s official Twitter account posted a series of tweets that explained the history behind the stamps bearing Elizabeth’s portraits. “These photographs taken by Dorothy Wilding, of Her Majesty in 1952, were used as the basis of The Queen’s image on postage stamps from 1953 until 1971. In two sittings, photographer Wilding took 59 images of The Queen,” one tweet reads. Another post explains that Arnold Machin’s effigy of Elizabeth has been featured on U.K. stamps since 1967 and is “widely considered to be one of the most reproduced and iconic images in the world.” The image has been reprinted an estimated 220 billion times, in more than 130 different colors. See PO NOTES, page 10
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“The Crown” scene also caught the attention of the American Philatelic Society, which posted a blog entry about the stamp. The real-life Elizabeth is a fervid philatelist with a collection valued at 100 million pounds, or about $129 million, according to recent news reports.S News Link
Pieces of history Lennon’s stamp collection a museum exhibit John Lennon had a connection with the mail long before the Postal Service honored him this month with a Forever stamp in its Music Icons series. Lennon collected stamps during his childhood, amassing an assortment of more than 550 offerings from around the world. His stamp album is now owned by the National Postal Museum in Washington, DC, which acquired it in 2005. “Many stamps are from places where extended
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members of the Lennon family lived,” said Daniel Piazza, the museum’s chief curator of philately. “There are lots of New Zealand stamps that he took off the mail his family received.” The stamp album bears Lennon’s childhood signature and address. He decorated some of the stamps by drawing beards and mustaches on the likenesses of Queen Victoria and King George VI. The book is a true “boyhood stamp collection — the kinds of stamps kids traded on the playground,” Piazza said. To commemorate the release of Lennon’s stamp, the museum is displaying his collection for the first time since the 2016 World Stamp Show in New York City. Visitors can see the exhibit, “John Lennon: The Green Album,” through Feb. 3. The collection is also available for viewing in “John Lennon: The Lost Album,” an online exhibit.
Renewed value Students at a Massa chusetts school have completed a years-long mission to honor the lives lost during the Holocaust. In 2009, a fifth-grade class at Foxborough ReSee PO NOTES, page 12
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Continued from page 10 gional Charter School read Number the Stars, Lois Lowry’s book about a child’s experience surviving the Holocaust. Moved by hearing what a child their age endured, the students decided to do something to remember the 11 million people who died: Collect one postage stamp for each life lost. “Stamps are valuable, but once used, they’re discarded as worthless,” said Jamie Droste, a community service coordinator who leads the project. “We began to use this as an analogy — all those people were valuable, but were used and discarded.” The Holocaust Stamp Project, which now includes all of the school’s K-12 students, surpassed its goal this year. In addition to using the stamps to create collages and other artwork, the project teaches the students life lessons on tolerance and respect for others. “This project touches on our anti-bullying campaign,” Droste said. “Among those 11 million victims were those who were targeted because of their sexuality, mental health, political affiliation and genealogy.”
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The stamps themselves came from a variety of sources, including donations from individual collectors worldwide, as well as organizations like the American Philatelic Society, which donated more than 1 million stamps. Philatelists often help the school sort the stamps and sometimes help determine their value — an important task because some donations are rare issues from the 19th century. Tarah Valin, a Foxborough senior who has been involved with the project since she was a fifth-grader, said she didn’t fully understand its meaning until last year, when a younger student asked about the bins where the stamps are kept. “That right there is the beauty of the project,” Tarah said. “As long as people can ask, ‘What’s that?’ and there’s someone there who can answer, we as a community are doing our jobs to keep those 11 million souls alive.” As always “We Thank” you for your business. April Shaner, Postmaster Christine A. Gilliar, SSA (fancy for clerk) Window hours, Monday–Friday 8–11:30 a.m. 1–4:45 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.–Noon Lobby hours 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., 365 days a year, 7 days a week 570-722-8524
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by Seth Isenberg
Our adventure early this month was planned for the first day when Daylight Saving went into effect. With the extra hour of sunlight, we planned to drive to see the snow geese that stop during their migration north at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in Lancaster County. Our trip was west on Interstate 80 and then south on I-81. There was a really strong wind, which made driving on the interstates no fun — we got pushed around a bunch by the gusts. Our route took us off of the highway at Pine Grove, then up and over the
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We stopped on a roadside with a good view, and watched as the geese grazed. Every so often, some of them would stir, then fly up, circle and land in a new spot. Later, as we watched nearly the whole flock rose up and swirled before settling again, making a noisy spectacle in doing so. Part of the group did it again as we headed away to our next stop, and we were lucky enough to drive beneath the swirl — hearing the noise, and seeing the shadows the flock created. It was beautiful. Look up Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area on the Pennsylvania Game Commission site. There is a live camera that you can view. The geese will continue to migrate through for several weeks, in smaller numbers. The really big numbers this year include an early March day with an estimated 90,000 geese in and around the site. We had our dogs with, and they did not think much of the geese, but our next stop was for them in Lancaster city. Ruth was researching dog parks in eastern Pennsylvania, and discovered that a woman of the city of Lancaster won a Beneful Dog Food dog park makeover. She directed her award to the City of Lancaster, who got a half million dollars which they used to create an absolutely gorgeous dog park with Astroturf, water on site to fill dog bowls, a sprayer, a pool, a ball launcher, benches for people, and more. This wonderful
place is in the city park beside of the Franklin & Marshall College campus. Spookie, our little schnauzer mix, who is normally very shy, made a friend or two in the small dog area. Bull and I were in the big dog area, but Spookie was unhappy with that so we came over to play with her. Then a number of other dogs came in, including a portly but friendly 7 year-old Chihuahua and a gorgeous black Australian Doodle. Everybody had fun. Bull played with a ball, and also some sticks that had fallen from the trees on site due to the wind. Afterwards we took a bit of a tour of Lancaster, and then headed north towards home to try to stretch the sunset. Just after dark, we stopped at The Diner at the Pine Grove exit off I-81. It’s an old-fashioned silver-sided diner that they told us was bought in Ohio and moved to this site, and then beautifully restored. Over their sound system, they were playing Bobby B of the Doo-Wop Stop of Sirius-XM, adding to the atmosphere. We really enjoyed the music, along with classic diner food. The trip to Middle Creek Wildlife Refuge is a leisurely hour and three quarters from Lake Harmony. The ride through Lancaster County on back roads is a real treat. Home from Lancaster is a two hour trip, mostly highway. With the pandemic easing, we hope to start visiting our older relatives soon — in New England by car soon, then Carolina by plane before summer. Our California relatives are still locked down, but once that opens, and we’re both vaccinated, we will fly.
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On the front page is art from a postcard showing a wooded one lane car path through the woods that was the eastern access into Round Lake, later known as Lake Harmony. The postcard likely dates back to the 1930’s. (Shown at right.) A photo inside shows the Rowe family camping by the lake with a cooking set-up attached to the car’s rear bumper. (Shown next page.) The long-awaited traffic signal at the intersection of Route 940 and Moseywood Road is now operational. In this issue, LAKE NEWS interviewed Dave Bevilacqua, then assistant fire chief of the Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company. The Lake Harmony Association is again hosting a boater safety course June 9 and 10 this year, 4 hours each day. Among the items were: Ages 12See ARCHIVES, page 19
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Continued from page 18 15 will be certified to operate a motor over 10 hp without needed an adult, and 11 and under will be certified…to operate with an adult. Richard Simmons will return to The Resort at Split Rock May 12. A first class stamp is now 34¢. 18624 Lauren Green of Lake Harmony entered the USA Snowboarding Association Mid-Atlantic Series competition held in February here at Jack Frost Mountain. She did very well in her first USASA event, earning a gold medal in her age/gender group in the Slopestyle event, and the next day, bringing home two silver medals in Slalom and Giant Slalom. Lauren has been snowboarding for four years. Inspired by her success, she is looking to compete in the entire Mid-Atlantic Series next year. Township manager Diane O’Brien recently returned from a week in Jerusalem visiting friends.
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Lake Harmony VFC honors Kyle Holman, PennDOT foreman, for saving family by Seth Isenberg Just before dawn on the morning of December 28, PennDOT foreman Kyle Holman was in his truck, working Interstate 80 from the Kidder Township barn. He was east of the Turnpike near Moseywood Road when he came up on a car that had left the road and rolled over. Its engine was compartment starting to burn. He pulled over, as did another trucker. Both grabbed fire extinguishers and headed for the car. They used their extinguishers on the fire, putting it out temporarily. With the car overturned in the snow, the best idea to reach everyone was to break open the windshield. Holman used a sledgehammer from his truck, and the men cleared the glass away. The pair then helped get the family of four, including a baby, out of the car safely. A call had gone out on the rollover, reporting entrapment and fire. Lake Harmony Volunteer See VFC HONOR, page 26
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and ambulances took the family away to the hospital for evaluation. Other news sources say that State police reported that the driver fell asleep. Holman stayed behind to assist the tow truck driver in removing the car, and seeing that the Interstate was again safe to be open for traffic. Holman was recognized for his efforts at a ceremony at the Lake Harmony VFC on March 8. At the event, chief Lennon praised him for “going above and beyond” to help this family.
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Kidder Township looks at short-term rentals by Seth Isenberg Several citizens attended the Kidder Township supervisors March meeting to complain about short term rentals. The first speaker said that there are regular problems with the neighboring home, which is large enough to host over a dozen cars’ worth of guests, some parking along the street. One weekend even had a school bus parked nearby. He said there are fireworks displays almost as often as there are new guests in the place. Garbage left out after a stay is another problem. His primary request was about getting good rules into place, and about how a property’s use becomes a nuisance. This opened a general discussion among supervisors and a couple of other audience members about getting a short term rental ordinance done. Gerald Strubinger, Jr., a Carbon County attorney and Lake Harmony property owner, urged swift action due to the growing number of problems. The owner of a food truck who wishes to open his business outside of Harmony Beverage introduced himself. He was told that while there is not a food truck ordinance, there are a list of rules to follow. There were a couple of questions on the condition of roads within Split Rock. For those, it was suggested they speak with the new owner of the Split Rock resort. As part of regular business, township clerk Chrissy Lindsey was recognized for ten years of service to Kidder Township. Township manager Suzanne Brooks added that the entire office staff has been getting compliments. State fire commissioner Bruce Trego sent a letter congratulating the Lake Harmony Fire Company
for having 75% of their firefighters certified to National Professional Qualifications standards. A certificate of recognition was sent from the fire commissioner’s office. The recognition is good for three years. With the coming of spring is also the coming of roads projects. Roadmaster Bruce Berger announced that this year’s road paving projects are on North Lake, Harmony and Fern roads. Supervisors voted to authorize engineers ARRO to spec out the paving ahead of advertising for bids. Also, ads will be placed to get bids for tree work along township roads, completing the job from last year. Bills of $125,034 were approved. $26,920 of that is the monthly payment to County Waste for trash collection. Of note from the rest is $19,349 for health insurance from Highmark, $15,525 to the IRS, and $9,360 to Wernett Excavating for the snow and ice contract. Police will be looking to add No Parking signs near the Wawa on Route 940, ahead of renewing enforcement of truck parking rules around that location. A resolution was passed to shred or delete a variety of old records from 2013 to 2018, including tax collection records and liens from 2013, change of address records from 2018, and 2018 tax bills and receipts. The next regular meeting of Kidder Township supervisors will be Thursday, April 15, in person, socially distanced, at the municipal building in Lake Harmony, to start at 6:30 p.m.
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Salvation Army receives massive furniture donation from Split Rock The Salvation Army trucks rolled through Lake Harmony March 8 with loads of furniture donated by Split Rock Hotel by Bel Air, as resort-wide renovations continue. From sleeper sofas, tables and chairs, to stoves, and even office items like desks, resort officials felt contributing to the community outweighed any thoughts of resale. “Salvation Army’s contributions to the community across the region gave good reason for Split Rock to propose putting the items toward a cause with real purpose — helping our neighbors in need,” said Split Rock spokesperson Jeanine Hofbauer. COVID-19 has caused disruption of in-home pickups, resulting in a shortage in furnishing shelters and under-stocking stores that sell goods to fund the nonprofit’s programs. Contribution timing couldn’t be better. Since starting transports from Split Rock Resort March 4, sales in stores have increased. Major Mark Unruh, Salvation Army Adult Reha-
bilitation Center Scranton administrator reports, “Furniture buys, plus voucher redemption to acquire items at no cost by families in need continue clearing furniture almost as fast as trucks transfer the donated items in.” “We’re very Major Mark Unruh, Adthankful to Split ministrator at The SalvaRock,” said tion Army Adult RehabilMajor Gilbert itation Center Scranton Parkhurst, Corps surveys furniture donaOfficer at The tions from Split Rock as Salvation Army East Stroudsburg massive resort-wide Citadel. “Need has renovations continue. gone up so this donation helps alleviate the challenge of providing furnishings as families transition into housing from the shelter, as well as providing furniture for the shelter.” Days more of donations will continue at the Galleria Town Center and Split Rock Lodge, as more than 274 rooms receive rejuvenation. Everything, even the kitchen sink, has been removed from suites to make room for new appliances, flooring, painting and decor. “We’re delighted to know the furniture goes toward a worthy cause as we prepare to introduce newly rejuvenated suites to our guests following the completion of this phase of Split Rock’s resort-wide room renovation,” Hofbauer says.
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Exeter Group warehouse breaks ground: On March 17, Kidder Township and Carbon County officials came together with developer, the Exeter Property Group, for a groundbreaking ceremony for a 921,328 square foot Class A warehouse on a 284 acre site on Route 940, about a mile east of the Turnpike. Participating in the groundbreaking for the new warehouse in Kidder Township are, from left, Tom McDermott of project developer Exeter Property Group, Thomas Gerhard of Congressman Dan Meuser’s office, Tom Bradley president of the Kidder Township board of supervisors, Todd Gatlos superintendent of this site for builder ARCO Design/Build, Bruce Beaty president of Blue Ridge Real Estate, Daniel Fetsko of ARCO and Thomas Allman of Exeter. Photo by Seth Isenberg
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Tuesday: $6 Appetizers Wednesday: 2 for $30 Dinner Special Thursday: $7 Burgers
Take-out food & cocktails — Call 570-722-2500 during business hours
Open 7 days a week for dinner, 4 pm
Lunch Saturday & Sunday
April Indoor dining at 75% Take out available
Serving the Best Sunsets!
www.nickslakehouse.com
Open 7 Days a Week for Dinner
Lunch Thursday-Sunday | Breakfast Sunday 8:00-11:45 am April Indoor Dining at 75% Capacity (Reservations Recommended)
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