Lake News March-April 2022

LAKE NEWS VOL. 28, NO. 3

Lake Harmony PA

March–April 2022

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Lake News March–April 2022 A CANWIN publication 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 570-215-0204, Seth x1 and Ruth x2 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.

It’s Here!

by Ruth Isenberg

Despite the occasional sleet or snow event, and nights in the 30s, Spring is here. There are birds, including geese flying north, flowers and buds on trees, and thanks to Daylight Saving, light in the evenings.

Regarding Daylight Saving, if the US House of Representatives acts to agree with the Senate, this may be the last time we change our clocks. I’m not sure how I feel about the proposal. At first, I was all in favor, as I hate the “fall back” portion of the equation when it’s getting dark at 4:30 in the afternoon. But as a night person, and definitely not a morning person, it’s difficult enough for me to get moving in the a.m. I can see that it might be even tougher if I can’t count on sunrise until after 8:30 in the winter.

Whatever the ultimate decision, I will adjust, and so will society. The bi-annual handwringing about changing our clocks is really just noise.

Whatever your take on Daylight Saving, I am pretty sure you are in agreement with me that it’s time for a celebration of Spring. It’s here…and it’s a season of light and life, change and challenge, and has arrived just when we need it.

LOCAL CONTACT INFORMATION Kidder Township Office 570 722-0107 Kidder Township Police (non-emergency #) 570 722-0192 Lake Harmony Vol. Fire Co. (non-emergency #) 570 722-8138 Lake Harmony Rescue Squad (non-emergency #) 570 722-1782 For emergencies, call 911. If you do not live in an area served by 911, call 570 325-9111.

KIDDER TOWNSHIP MEETINGS

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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Entertainment Around Lake Harmony At Shenanigans Mar 25 - John Canavo 5 to 9 p.m.

In Boomers Saturday After Ski Party 5 to 9 p.m. and DJ Dance Party 9 to 1 a.m.

Other nights, Karaoke 9 p.m. -1 a.m.

Apr 8 Scott Erickson Apr 9 Tony Alosi Apr 14 Erin McClelland Apr 15 Adam McKinley Apr 16 Ian Kirk Apr 21 Strawberry Jam

At Nick’s Lake House Paint and Sip March 24 6 p.m.

At Boulder View Tavern Mar 24 & 25 Erin McClelland Mar 26 Brian Roder Apr 1 Scott Erickson Apr 2 Brit and Kenny Apr 7 Strawberry Jam

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Taking a “Peak” at the Poconos

by Mark Peterson

People traveling from outside our area know when they have arrived in the Pocono Mountains.

There is no mistaking it. When you drive up the turnpike from Philadelphia, it is the moment you go through the Lehigh Tunnel. When you travel from New York and New Jersey, it is when you cross the Delaware Water Gap Toll Bridge. If you are coming from the west or the north, you are greeted by a “Welcome to the Pocono Mountains” sign (not as dramatic, but welcoming, none the less).

Our area of Lake Harmony and its surroundings are located on the Pocono Plateau, a landscape of forested mountains, rushing streams, scenic lakes, and whitewater rivers. Our mountains are modest in size when compared to the Rockies, which happen to be about 400 million years younger. The Pocono Mountains are a part of the Appalachians, some of the oldest mountains on Earth. Our region was formed during the Ordovician Period, a relatively stable era geologically speaking. This was a coastal plateau where the land was alternately

submerged and raised above the ocean waters, layering deposits over millions of years.

Scientists have theorized that sometime between See PEAK, page 8

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Peak…

Continued from page 6 458-470 million years ago, a collision of tectonic plates pushed up the land that would become the early Appalachians.

This was a period of significant volcanic activity and geologic uplift. Mountain building continued until about 300 million years ago, when our mountains reached a size comparable to the Himalayans.

During that time, these mountains were a part of a massive range that included today’s Scottish Highland and the Atlas Mountains of northwestern Africa.

About 200 million years ago, geologic forces shifted, and the once lofty mountains eroded to almost a flat plain.

The most recent tectonic shift, about 66 million years ago, together with periods of glaciers over thousands of years, produced the mountains that you see today, with glacial lakes and streams flowing along the weak layers that remained from the folds and faults in the rock created many millions of years before.

In the current era, the most prominent peak near us is Lake Mountain. With an elevation of 2,192 ft (668 m), it is the loftiest peak in Carbon County.

The county’s second highest peak is Split Rock at 2,054 ft (626 m). Both mountains are home to local ski areas,

Big Boulder on Lake Mountain, and the now dormant Hazard Run on Split Rock’s slope.

Carbon County alone has 28 named peaks, and many of them are nearby. They include Chestnut Ridge, Bear Rock, Stony Ridge, and the unfortunately named Pimple Hill in Monroe County, our nearest highest peak at an elevation of 2,198 ft

(669 m).

Formerly viewed as resources for the lumber, mining, and tanning industries, our mountains are now places of recreation and natural wonder where people and wildlife coexist. One of the best ways to enjoy our beautiful mountains is by bicycle. At Peterson’s Ski and Cycle, we can provide information

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Penn-Kidder Library Notes Penn Kidder Library Center is hosting a fun Spring Scavenger Hunt at the library, located at 2588 Route 903, Albrightsville. Find the 9 bunnies dressed up as book characters hidden around the library and simply write their names or draw their costumes. Entries have a chance to win a prize.

Dimmick Memorial Library’s Board of Directors meeting is on Tuesday, April 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Library in Jim Thorpe.

The Dimmick Book Club will be meeting on Wednesday, April 13th via Zoom. Please email the library to get more information.

The Coaltown Crafters will be meeting on Thursday, April 14 at 6 p.m. in the Dimmick. Newcomers are always welcome.

The Dimmick Readers Circle will start meeting on Thursday, April 21, at 6 p.m. in the Dimmick.

They will meet on the third Thursdays of every month to discuss a love for books. This new group is looking for excited members.

The Friends of the Library are hosting a Booksale on Saturday, April 23, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Dimmick. Stop by, say Hi, and find a new favorite.

Check the Facebook page for more up-to-date information.

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On the Road Last month’s On The Road column did not get written, as I was only on the road to and from doctors, and then

into the University of Pennsylvania Hospital (HUP) for surgery. Then for over a week, I went nowhere, stuck recu-

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few weeks of sleeping in my own bed before I considered really getting out there.

It took a regional newspaper publishers conference over St. Patrick’s Day weekend to get me On The Road again.

One of our newspaper groups held its first in-person meetings since the COVID time. After enduring months of Zoom meetings on the computer, this would be a return to the face-toface interactions with other publishers that we had been missing. We’ve learned over the past 30 years that an interaction with a publisher whose business is similar in size to ourselves almost always yields an idea that can help us with our work, while we share an idea that helps them.

What you see in our newspapers and LAKE NEWS today is a result of some of those ideas.

So over St. Patrick’s weekend, publishers and their staff from the mid-Atlantic states and Ohio gathered at a hotel in downtown Carlisle for an in-person weekend conference. Since this was just a few weeks after my surgery, I had to pace myself. Ruth attended most everything while I attended what I could. I really drew energy at sessions that ended with the two of us and other publishers sitting around a table, comparing and sharing.

See ON THE ROAD, page 12

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On the Road…

Continued from page 11

I made new friends. There was a lot to learn, and it was a treat to be away.

Carlisle was a bit less than a two-hour drive from our area, down Interstate 81. It’s a beautiful downtown featuring Dickenson College, and the Army War College features a mile long “Heritage Trail” of military history that I want to walk around once I am stronger (tanks and guns and planes and forts and guns…). It was tough to not be back to strength, but I’ll get my strength back, then make a trip there on a nice day.

Our conference wrapped up mid-afternoon on Saturday. Driving home, we were making good time on Interstate 81. Clouds had moved in from the west after a sunny start, and they were beginning to look dark and threatening. Checking the weather, we saw that there was going to be a thunderstorm crossing our path. We picked up the pace and were able to outrun the storm for a time, arriving home minutes before the first heavy raindrops fell. We were inside before the skies opened up.

After unpacking, we continued our day by attending that night’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins hockey game. The sun had come out again, and we were followed by a gorgeous rainbow. We could almost see the rainbow’s end.

A shot of that same rainbow from Saturday, March 19, taken outside of Blakeslee around 7 p.m. by Mathew Lopez.

Once at the arena, we were treated to an exciting win for our guys. It made for a full day, and a full weekend. We returned home to our own soft bed (not soft at the hotel…).

Looking ahead, the April holy days look to be ideal for a visit with family in New England. As long as I continue to get stronger, we’ll be on the road again mid-month for our longest drive since 2020.

Deadline for the April–May edition of LAKE NEWS is Monday, April 11. Send items to lakenewslakeharmony@gmail.com

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Lake Harmony Post Office Notes

by Christine Gilliar

On July 26, 1775, members of the Second Continental Congress, meeting in Philadelphia, agreed “...that a Postmaster General be appointed for the United States, who shall hold his office at Philadelphia, and shall be allowed a salary of 1,000 dollars per annum...”

That simple statement signaled the birth of the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the United States Postal Service and the second oldest department or agency of the present United States of America.

Colonial Times In early colonial times, correspondents depended on friends, merchants, and Native Americans See PO NOTES, page 14

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PO Notes…

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to carry messages between the colonies. However, most correspondence ran between the colonists and England, their mother country. It was largely to handle this mail that, in 1639, the first official notice of a postal service in the colonies appeared.

The General Court of Massachusetts designated Richard Fairbanks’ tavern in Boston as the official repository of mail brought from or sent overseas, in line with the practice in England and other nations to use coffee houses and taverns as mail drops.

Local authorities operated post routes within the colonies. Then, in 1673, Governor Francis Lovelace of New York set up a monthly post between New York and Boston. The service was of short duration, but the post rider’s trail became known as the Old Boston Post Road, part of today’s U.S. Route 1.

William Penn established Pennsylvania’s first post office in 1683. In the South, private messengers — who were usually enslaved people — connected the huge plantations; a hog head of tobacco was the penalty for failing to relay mail to the next plantation.

Central postal organization came to the colonies only after 1691 when Thomas Neale received a 21-year grant from the British Crown for a North American postal service. Neale never visited America. Instead, he appointed Governor Andrew Hamilton of New Jersey as his Deputy Postmaster General. Neale’s franchise cost him only 80 cents a year but was no bargain; he died heavily in debt, in 1699, after assigning his interests in America to Andrew Hamilton and another Englishman, R. West.

In 1707, the British Government bought the rights to the North American postal service from West and the widow of Andrew Hamilton. It then appointed John Hamilton, Andrew’s son, as Deputy Postmaster General of America. He served until 1721 when he was succeeded by John Lloyd of Charleston, South Carolina.

In 1730, Alexander Spotswood, a former lieutenant governor of Virginia, became Deputy Postmaster General for America. His most notable achievement probably was the appointment of Benjamin Franklin as postmaster of Philadelphia in 1737. Franklin was only 31 years old at the time, the struggling printer and publisher of The Pennsylvania Gazette. Later he would become one of the most popular men of his age.

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PO Notes…

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Two other Virginians succeeded Spotswood: Head Lynch in 1739 and Elliot Benger in 1743.

When Benger died in 1753, Franklin and William Hunter, postmasters of Williamsburg, Virginia, were appointed by the Crown as Joint Postmasters General for the colonies. Hunter died in 1761, and John Foxcroft of New York succeeded him, serving until the outbreak of the Revolution.

During his time as a Joint Postmaster General for the Crown, Franklin effected many important and lasting improvements in the colonial posts.

He immediately began to reorganize the service, setting out on a long tour to inspect post offices in the North and others as far south as Virginia. New surveys were made, milestones were placed on principal roads, and new and shorter routes laid out. For the first time, post riders carried mail at night between Philadelphia and New York, with the travel time shortened by at least half.

In 1760, Franklin reported a surplus to the British Postmaster General—a first for the postal service in North America. When Franklin left office, post roads operated from Maine to Florida and from New York to Canada, and mail between

the colonies and the mother country operated on a regular schedule, with posted times. In addition, to regulate post offices and audit accounts, the position of surveyor was created in 1772; this is considered the precursor of today’s Postal Inspection Service.

By 1774, however, the colonists viewed the royal post office with suspicion. Franklin was dismissed by the Crown for actions sympathetic to the cause of the colonies. Shortly after, William Goddard, a printer and newspaper publisher (whose father had been postmaster of New London, Connecticut, under Franklin) set up a Constitutional Post for inter-colonial mail service. Colonies funded it by subscription, and net revenues were to be used to improve the postal service rather than to be paid back to the subscribers. By 1775, when the Continental Congress met at Philadelphia, Goddard’s colonial post was flourishing, and 30 post offices operated between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Williamsburg.

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Janet Schmitt new prez of Western Pocono TU

Janet Schmitt, conservationist, retired high school biology teacher, licensed fly fishing guide and fly fishing enthusiast for over 30 years has accepted the position of president at Western Pocono Trout Unlimited.

Having received her BS from DeSales University in biology, she later obtained her Master’s Degree in biology from East Stroudsburg University. She then taught biology at Catasaqua High School for 34 years where she was among the first teachers in Pennsylvania to start a TU-sponsored Trout in the Classroom project, where students learn the life cycle of wild trout by raising young trout in aquariums in classrooms from eggs to mature adults to be released in local streams. She was also an adjunct professor at various colleges and developed other courses in conjunction with the Hokendaqua Chapter of TU. In 2007 she was awarded the Lehigh County Conservation District Educator of the Year Award.

Since retirement from teaching she works part time at the Evening Hatch Fly Shop, Route 940 Lake Harmony, where she ties flies, teaches fly tying, builds custom wading staffs, provides casting demos and restores fly rods. She also owns her own licensed fly fishing guide service known as Angler’s Refuge.

Shown from left are board member Mike Gondell, board member Ray Youngblood, a founding member, WPtU president Janet Schmitt, PATU State Council president Greg Malaska, treasurer Rich Schwartz, and Northeast Regional VP Todd Burns.

Janet is dedicated to fostering fishing relations with the community, promoting conservation and providing recreational opportunities for everyone.

Janet is the first woman president of WPTU. Anyone interested in joining Trout Unlimited or its Board of Directors can call Janet at 570-5101189 or Mike at 570-454-4862. There is currently a special introductory membership fee for new members of $17.50.

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Libraries provide resources about Traumatic Brain Injury Researched and written by the staff at Dimmick Memorial Library and Penn Kidder Library March is Brain Injury Awareness Month, and Dimmick Memorial Library, along with its Penn-Kidder Branch, are excited to offer the community an array of educational resources to help foster a better understanding of how brain injuries affect the community. This year, The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) has continued its nationwide #MoreThanMyBrainInjury campaign, spotlighting survivors to “increase understanding, reduce stigma, improve care, and showcase the diversity in [the brain injury] community.” In support of this mission, Dimmick and Penn-Kidder will host an educational discussion in the coming weeks, while continuing to offer access to a very wide range of reading material on the subject at our libraries and those in the region. Education is, after all, the only road to understanding.

Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are alarmingly common, as highlighted by the findings of Pennsylvania’s own TBI Advisory Board. The Board’s analyses in 2020 revealed that roughly 138,600 people sustain brain injuries annually. And at the time of the study there were 209,880 adults and children living with disabilities as a result of their injury.

But just what is a TBI? How do we prevent them? And, more to the point of the campaign, what can we do to help those who have suffered one? TBIs are most often suffered by blunt force trauma to the head, causing “a disruption in the normal function of the brain.” Falls, car accidents, violent assaults, athletic activities, and workplace injuries are cited amongst the most common incidents resulting in TBI. Although many people may fully recover from such an injury, others may develop symptoms or disabilities that will impact the rest of their lives.

Because TBIs target the most complex organ of the human body, the effects are completely unpredictable. Even a seemingly mild TBI may result in permanent chemical changes in the brain or severe cell damage.

In some cases brain injury may even alter one’s behavior, such that the person no longer acts quite like themselves. Naturally this will strain relationSee TBI, page 21

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TBI…

Continued from page 18 ships, as it’s difficult for people who’ve not suffered a TBI to understand what the other is going through. Patience and education will help. And it’s worth it, because support is absolutely vital for a good recovery.

Common courtesy is a as good a place to begin as any. When speaking to a person with a TBI, be mindful that their challenges will probably not be visible to the naked eye, nor can they be so easily overcome as, say, a broken leg. Be sensitive to their condition. It’s often tempting to think that a casual or lighthearted comment is helpful, but this seldom the case. Among some phrases commonly endured by those with TBIs include “You sure don’t look disabled,” and “I know someone with a brain injury and they’re fine,” or “Hey, I forget things all the time too!” Regardless how well-intentioned they might be, comments like these are plainly dismissive and unsupportive.

If someone you know has suffered a TBI, the most important thing you can do is to educate yourself on the subject. There are many resources online, available at the BIAA’s website, and cdc. gov. And even more valuably there are plenty of books on the topic as well.

Effectively educating yourself may take a while, but there’s plenty you can do to show your support in the meantime. Be attentive and sympathetic.

Offer to help whenever possible. Remember that a person may not always be comfortable asking for help, but may still need it, and never assume that “no news is good news.” (Let’s face it; that’s almost never true.)

It’s important to remember that no two brain injuries are entirely alike. But even if TBIs were all the same, they would still affect people differently, because people aren’t entirely alike.

And although education is important, support begins with one very simple understanding: People are not defined by a diagnosis. A person is always a person first.

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Sportsmen’s and Outdoor Expo set for March 26 State Rep. Doyle Heffley will host a Sportsmen’s and Outdoor Expo on Saturday, March 26, 2-5 p.m. at the Penn Forest Township Volunteer Fire Co. No. 1, 1387 State Route 903, Penn Forest Township, north of Jim Thorpe. The free expo will include door prizes and feature more than 30 exhibitors.

The expo will be preceded by a hunter/trapper education course, sponsored by the PA Game Commission starting at 8 a.m. The class is available to first-time hunters and children ages 11 and up. Parents are encouraged to attend with their children.

To register visit the commission website at www. pgc.state.pa.us.

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Regarding the Exeter warehouse, the building is projected to be complete in early July. Engineer Chris McDermott spoke to supervisors on accommodating a request by a likely tenant for more parking spaces, adding 255 to the current 280 to have enough spaces for shift changes. The idea McDermott presented was to convert a corner of pavement and concrete pad on the northwest corner of what would have been trailer parking. He said there is ample space there for the new spots.

He too was referred to the Planning Commission for their meeting on April 6, sent along with a request for more landscaping along Route 940.

In other business, supervisors approved the hiring of Patsy DeMarco as an additional township clerk in the township office; approved a contract with Button Oil for gasoline delivery for the police department tank while advertising for proposals from companies to provide gasoline, diesel and See KIDDER TWP, page 26

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Kidder Twp… Continued from page 23

propane delivery for the township for through the rest of this year; approved advertising for a contractor to do tree cutting along township roads; approved the stormwater plan for the new latrines in Hickory Run State Park; and approved the return of six properties onto the tax rolls — all in Golden Oaks — from the county tax claim office.

Lake Harmony Fire Company Chief Ralph Lennon continues to push for any help in getting a dry hydrant installed at the end of Wood Street on Lake Harmony. The process seems to have stalled with Lake Harmony Estates (LHE), the property owner. That dry hydrant would have helped with a call in LHE they had this past month. He also complained about the three-week delay in getting the Company’s QRS medical unit into service (it is now in service).

Kidder Police were approved to have a cadet ride-along program as part of their candidate recruiting. A copy of the ride-along program rules and its liability waiver was included in the night’s documents. Corporal David Mason has submitted his resignation, effective March 15. Police Chief Matthew Kuzma added that as the weather gets warmer, the parties may get louder — so do call 911 for loud music, and about fireworks.

Township Manager Suzanne Brooks has been told by the PA Department of Transportation that the repairs to the washout on River Road are to begin on April 4. The spring electronics recycling day is April 16 at the township building, starting at 9 a.m. until the trailer is filled. A price sheet for TVs and refrigerators among items that need to be

paid for will be available.

Brooks replied to a question about getting emitters installed on the township’s traffic signals, saying a second company is being brought in as the first one stopped responding to calls.

Bills to be paid totaling for March $108,547 were approved.

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Lake Harmony Rescue Squad report The LHRS ambulances were out on calls 49 times in February. 46 of those calls were in Lake Harmony, one was into Monroe County and 2 into the White Haven area.

The LHRS also turned out for nine fire calls.

The two units were on the road 2,648 miles.

The LHRS letter campaign continues to get donations towards buying the new 4-wheel drive chassis. Thanks to those who gave last month, the goal is nearer, with just over $15,000 to go. Please consider sending a check to help the LHRS pay for the new unit to LAKE HARMONY RESCUE SQUAD AND AMBULANCE CORPS, INC., P.O. Box 564, Lake Harmony, PA 18624.

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Lake News Archives MARCH 1998 On the front cover is a black & white photo of a boat frozen into Lake Harmony. The editors joked that it will be the first boat in the water in 1998.

In the 18624 column: At the firefighters and volunteers holiday dinner held January 17, Lake Harmony fire chief was honored for his ten years at the helm. Al was succeeded this year by his son, David. The dinner was interrupted for the second year in a row by a

fire call just as everyone was sitting down to dinner.

The Wednesday Women enjoyed a covered dish luncheon hosted by Eileen Duggan and Margaret Polek.

Polek shares that her grandfathers Thomas Walker and John Atkinson worked on the Titanic when it was built in Belfast.

Donnie and Cheryl Pott of Pott Excavating acquired German Shepherd puppies Zoe and Boca.

Shelly Kalins recently returned from three weeks in Indonesia.

And the rest…

The Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Co. reported they responded to 183 calls in 1997, a 27% increase from last year. Fire protection was enhanced with the addition this February of a 1987 GMC truck from Glenside Fire Co. for $85,000 with just over 10,000 miles on it, featuring a cascade system for See ARCHIVES, page 30

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air bottles, a 30′ telescoping light tower, a diesel generator, and miscellaneous other equipment.

The Scuba Diving Team is raising money by cleaning the ponds of local golf courses of golf courses, and selling these ‘experienced golf balls’ every Saturday at the Fire House. Lake News urges residents to respond generously to the fire company’s membership drive.

A page and a half long article touted the amenities of Jim Thorpe borough, just down the road and down hill from Lake Harmony.

Calvary Chapel of the Poconos held a Christian worship service in the theater at Split Rock Resort at 11 a.m. on Sundays.

State representative Keith McCall will speak to the Jim Thorpe Area PTA on March 18.

Among the ads in this issue are Brenda’s Craft Gallery on Route 940, realtor Judi London, Black Bread Café in Jim Thorpe, The Sportsman, Sparky Electric, LandBank, M&W New York Style Deli, and Kitchens by Kennedy.

Sewage enforcement officer Bill Brior presented a full page on spring cleaning and your septic system. “As spring approaches, include septic pumping as part of your spring cleaning routine…”

Tris Sutrisno wrote a column about some of the ‘ancient’ skiers to be found on Jack Frost, wearing old ski clothes — whatever keeps them warm and comfortable.

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Fire Company reports for February Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company was called out 35 times in February. As usual, the top

number of calls were for alarm system soundings – 13 calls, plus 4 smoke detector activations (no fires), plus anoth-

er false call. Three calls were cancelled en route.

There was a building fire, 3 vehicle accidents with injuries, an EMS assist to an injury incident, an extrication of a person from a vehicle, and one search. Among the rest were two gas leaks, a fuel spill, a water problem and a service call. Four calls were in Albrightsville and the rest in Lake Harmony.

Albrightsville Volunteer Fire Company was called out 39 times in February, 24 of those as mutual aid with Lake Harmony. There were 9 QRS quick medical assists, then one each of a vehicle accident, a search & rescue, an odor investigation, a call to the Turnpike, and a response to an automatic alarm.

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Kidder Code Enforcement Report Kidder Township’s code enforcement officer Noel Torres was for 26 calls in February. Fourteen of those were for accumulation of rubbish, and

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nine more about problems with waste containers, all resolved. He visited three properties about abandoned or unregistered vehicles, again all resolved.

Torres conducted two home inspections, and made four visits regarding tree preservation.

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Statewide Trout Season opens April 2

by Alex Zidock

Pre season trout stocking in the northern Pocono counties can require cutting holes in the ice. For the 2022 trout season the Fish Commission will stock 3.2 million trout, 80 percent of which will be stocked before the season opens on April 2.

The widely anticipated trout season in Pennsylvania will be the first Saturday in April for years to come. The single statewide opening day is Saturday, April 2, with the statewide mentored youth program one week earlier on Saturday, March 26.

In more recent years, fisherpersons in the warmer, 18 southeastern Pennsylvania counties got a jump on the statewide opening of the trout season by a few weeks. The last two spring trout opening events were adjusted as the pandemic complicated pre-season trout stocking and fishing in general.

To simplify planning for future opening days, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) at their October 2021 quarterly meeting passed the resolution that in the future, the statewide opening day of the Pennsylvania trout season would always be on the first Saturday in April.

On opening day, anglers can begin to fish at 8 a.m. After the opening day, the season is open 24 hours a day through Labor Day. Anglers can have in their possession only five trout of combined species.

If you are 16 years of age and older, you must See TROUT, page 35

(Photo Alex Zidock)

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Trout…

Continued from page 34 have a fishing license and a trout permit to fish for trout. If requested by law enforcement, you must have the license on your person and show it and some other positive means of identification. Legal fishing licenses are valid from December 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022. Different types of licenses are available and reviewed online at the Commission’s website or in the booklet provided by license issuing agents.

The PFBC is scheduled to stock 3.2 million legal Brook, Brown, and Rainbow trout, including nearly 14,000 trophy golden rainbow trout that average

1.5 pounds and at least 14-inches in length.

Throughout Pennsylvania, the Commission stocks some 697 streams and about 125 lakes, some of which remain cold enough to support trout all year long. However, many stocked waters warm past the 68-degree mark when trout become stressed. Once water temperatures reach upwards of 70-degrees, trout may not survive.

Many anglers practice catch and release. This is a worthy practice when fishing streams and impoundments that support native Brook trout. The fact is the Commission raises and stocks trout for anglers to enjoy, both in the catching and at the dinner table.

Harvest responsibly.

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Liberty Belles starting season Liberty Belles Golf League will open the 2022 Season at the Mountain Laurel Golf Course, beginning May 2.

All levels of players are welcome.

Cost to join is $35; weekly play is $30.

Contact Jeanne Bingham for more information or to sign up at 570-401-9561.

Kidder Police Report for February 2022 Kidder Township Police had a quiet February, responding to just 128 calls for service.

Among the items on the list were 11 medical emergencies, 6 for hazardous conditions, 6 fire alarms; 10 false burglar alarms (10 home, 1 business); 8 motor vehicle accidents, 3 calls to assist motorists, 7 motorist aid, 4 traffic, 2 parking problems, and 1 suspicious auto; 4 domestic disturbances and 3 fights; 1 death investigation; 6 welfare checks; 7 suspicious persons, 1 fireworks complaints, 1 warrant; 2 mental health, 2 overdoses including one death, 1 runaway, 1 protection order; 2 theft and 1 fraud, and others including vandalism, weapons checks, lost property, administrative tasks and follow-ups.

The department’s four vehicles patrolled a total of 5,423 miles.

LHVFC could use your help Interested in helping the Lake Harmony Volunteer Fire Company — as a volunteer or perhaps even as a firefighter? Stop by the LH fire house on Mondays between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. to meet members.

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