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Pleasant Mount NewsBy Theresa Opeka
570-679-2065 [email protected]
The Forest City NewsFOUNDED DECEMBER 8, 1887
Publication Number 204880Is published weekly on Wednesdays at a subscription rate of $30.00 per year in Susquehanna,
Lackawanna, and Wayne Counties; $40.00 per year in all other mailing zones, and is publishedby The Forest City News Inc., John P. Kameen, President, Patricia M. Striefsky, Secretary; and
the publication office is 636 Main Street, Forest City, PA 18421. Periodical rate postage, paid at Forest City, PA. Phone 570-785-3800; FAX 570-785-9840.
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Heroin task force hot line
The Wayne County Her-oin Prevention Task Force anonymous tip line can be text messaged to 570-391-0657 also like them on FACEBOOK to keep you up to date with activities. The task force’s goal is to provide education to the community.
Paid for by the candidate
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50, 20 & 10 lb. bags
570-679-2811
Zembrzycki’sProduce
Herrick Center, PA
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Please elect
Amy BeanForest City Council
Tuesday, Nov. 7
Paid for by the candidate
Tracey LazierForest City Council
Tracey lives with her husband of 23 years and chose to buy a home because of the great small
town atmosphere and it is a great place to raise her son. She has lived here almost 30 years.
* I want to find a way to lower our monthly sewer bill.
* I want to help clean up the town (drugs etc.,condemned buildings, get on landlords to clean up
properties)
* I want to bring back Old Home Week and how it used to be when I first moved here. It was a small town picnic
almost like a reunion when kids came from college, families would meet up, friends would see each other.
The cheerleaders, school teams andlocal food groups sold food.
Her goal is:“Making Forest City
the Best Mile Around”Paid for by Candidate
A company interested in developing two hydroelec-tric projects in this area got a go-ahead for a feasibility study on one of them from the Federal Energy Regula-tory Commission.
Merchant Hydro Develop-ers LLC, headquartered in Doylestown, PA, was grant-ed a permit from FERC to do the study on the project at Panthers Bluff, Simpson. The
other project in the area was listed several months ago as spanning a portion of Clinton Township and Lackawanna County.
The project involves pumping water from a lower storage area to higher storage area during night time hours when electricity costs less. The water is then directed downhill thru pipes and tur-bines for the generation of electricity during peak elec-tric use times.
The idea has generated op-position from the Lackawa-nna River Conservation Au-thority and from the owner of the Panther Creek Wild Plant sanctuary, located nearby. LRCA Director Bernard Mc-Gurl objects due to possible damage to the Lackawanna River. Michael Yavorosky, owner of the nearby Panther Creek Sanctuary, also fears damage to the Lackawanna River by hindering the flow of Panther Creek.
Under the FERC permit no construction of any kind can take place unless the Mer-chant Hydro feasibility study proves it can fulfill the fed-eral agency regulations.
Hydro project at Panther’s BluffAllowed to do feasibility study
Library Assoc. Annual Meeting Sat., Nov. 11
The Susquehanna County Historical Society and Free Library Association’s Annual Meeting will be held on Sat-urday, Nov. 11 at 2 p.m. in the Community Room of the Susquehanna County Library, 458 High School Rd., Mon-trose.
This year’s speaker is Noel Short, founder and lead inves-tigator of the New York/Penn-sylvania Paranormal Society (NYPAPS). NYPAPS is a non-profit paranormal investiga-tion group that covers north-eastern Pennsylvania, as well as New York’s Southern Tier and Capital District.
Short, formerly of Montrose, now resides in Carlisle, NY. Her talk will cover ghosts, UFOs, and other paranormal events.
Preceding the speaker, board members will present about the Association’s activi-ties this year. Light refresh-ments will be provided by the Library Friends.
Happy Birthday to: How-ard Merklin, Cody Jubin-sky, Charles Saul, Aiden Evanitsky, Beverly Bennett, Pat O’Neill, Ashley Dix, Bill Alexander, Louisa Rodri-guez, Matt Hall, Dakota Ka-minski, Macy Phillips, Chris-tina Buchanan, Bea Termina, Austin Watson, Linda Lee and Molly Clune.
Happy Anniversary to: David and Robin Rosler and Chris and Maxine Mikulak.
Christmas in the Village will take place on Saturday, December 2. Anyone wish-ing to have a table at the craft show should call Tammy Bendyk at 570-448-2496
St. Katharine Drexel’s Al-tar & Rosary Fall Pierogie Fundraiser is fast approach-ing, scheduled for Novem-ber 8 & 9. This is one time only and only 500 dozen. Still only $6 a dozen. Order sheets are in all churches.
Thanks to Tim Hall for the following: Thomas Mer-edith, son of the first U.S. Treasurer and friend of George Washington, Samuel Meredith, was a Justice of the Peace in Pleasant Mount in 1808. Born in Philadelphia and educated at the Pennsyl-vania University, he traveled to China and India, etc. in 1800-1801. Thomas Meredith became an attorney. By 1824, he had opened the first coal mines below Carbondale, had received a charter for a railroad to go from Leggett’s Creek on the Lackawana
River to Great Bend on the Susquehanna River and was also Secretary of the Stock-port Coal and Stone Road Co., of which Samuel Preston was also an officer
Election Day is coming up on Tuesday. Kind of a quiet year compared to last year. Still, it is important to exer-cise your right.
Stay warm and take care!
“Up the Eynon”MarketplaceSun., Nov. 5
“Up the Eynon” Market-place of Crafts, Vendors, & Food Vendors will be held on Sun., Nov. 5 from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. at 801 Romar Plaza Scranton Carbondale High-way, (next to Rite Aid)
Come shop, taste a wine, & enjoy a lunch. Proceeds - Archbald Borough Chil-dren’s Christmas Party. Sponsored by the Eynon Christmas Light Committee
There will be many ven-dors and a homemade bake sale & refreshments by The Eynon Christmas Light Com-mittee. Raffles on Christmas Lantern, Costume Jewelry Tree, & Large Santa.
The event committee will honor the late Harry Suger-man with his picture and a few kind words to the people he served.
WRITE-INTAMMY ROGALSKI
For Forest CityMAYOR
Please Vote for Meon Nov. 7th, 2017 for Re-Election as
your township supervisor.A vote for me is a vote for
the people of Clinton I & II.I will do the job to the best of my
ability for the health & welfare of all.
Thank youRuss Curtis
Paid for by Friends of the Candidate
“Over 25 years experience on roads.”
The Forest City Lions Club observed “White Cane Day” on October 14th & 15th. Members of the club raised money to provide vision and hearing services for those in our community. This year our club raised over $200 thanks to the community kindness.
Money raised allows the Lions to perform vision screening, eye glasses, and other services related to vi-sion loss. All the dollars we raise stay here locally and make this a better communi-ty to live in. It is another ex-ample why we all live here. Thanks to everyone for the support, and for our mem-bers who made White Cane Day successful.
White Cane Day is ob-served worldwide to recog-nize the movement of blind
people from dependency to full participation in society.
Wherever you live, work or travel across United States, you are likely to come across members of Lions clubs and the projects they support.
Lions are ordinary people who do extraordinary things to help others and support good causes throughout the United States. Globally we have more volunteers in more places than any other service club organization and love to help others and make things happen.
The Forest City Lion’s Club is open to any woman or man who would like to help the Lion’s serve the community. If you are inter-ested in joining the organiza-tion, you may contact Lion President, Steven Tourje at 570-785-2216.
Forest City Lions Club Thanks Community
This is a very busy year for the Rail-Trail Council with many projects underway or soon to begin! We are seeking donations from members, businesses and trail users to help provide the needed match for many of these projects. The “Projects in Mo-tion” campaign literature will go into the mail this week.
The long-awaited Phase II D&H Rail-Trail improvement project from Herrick Center to Ararat has begun with clearing and grubbing. The majority of the work will take place in the spring of 2018.
The Buck’s Falls Ravine D&H Switchback project is almost completed on the trail between Thompson and Starrucca. This is the site of the former 450” long bridge called the Little Starrucca Viaduct. A switchback trail now weaves among the original bridge piers.
A new concrete deck and railings for the O&W Brown-dale Bridge is near completion. Fencing and asphalt bridge ap-proaches will finish up the proj-ect in a few weeks.
Engineering and construction plans are being developed for
the northern D&H from Stevens Point to the NY border. Land-scape architect, Tom McLane and engineering firm Colwell-Naegele have the plans almost completed. One more public meeting will be scheduled. The RTC has applied for construc-tion funds. Grant applications are in for redecking the Lanes-boro bridge and for a pre-fab bridge crossing the Starrucca Creek in Stevens Point.
The “Save the Endless Moun-tains Trail” project continues with survey and legal work that is needed prior to seeking grant funds.
Thanks to Brian Zembrzycki Excavating and volunteers, a new railroad siding was built for the D&H Pusher Caboose. Now it needs to be moved to Union Dale for restoration.
The UGI pipeline project is well underway with all the pipe underground and cov-ered. Next will be the drainage improvements with cross pipes and swales. Trail restoration will take place in the spring. As the gasline project contin-ues down into Carbondale, the Lackawanna Heritage Valley has their contractor ready to complete trail improvements from John Street to the “Simp-son Connection”. Next year, trail users will be able to get on the trail in Carbondale and bike all the way to Ararat on a newly resurfaced trail – over 20 miles!!
With all these projects un-derway, the Rail-Trail Council is seeking matching funds of 20-50% for each grant-awarded project. Watch your mail for our “Projects in Motion” campaign request.
Rail-Trail Announces Capital Campaign “Projects in Motion”
Lanesboro Bridge
LIVE MUSICEVERY WEEKEND
GREAT FOOD EVERYDAY
*Mon. - Wing Night ($.50 cents)*Tues. - Trivia Night 7 p.m.
*Wed. - Wine Night*Thurs. - Free Pool Table (6-9 p.m.)
*Sat., Nov. 4 - Q-Ball (7-11 p.m.) *Sun., Nov. 5 - Clarence Spady Band
(3:30 -7:30 p.m.)
char broiled burgers - fresh cut friesdaily specials
Ararat, PA570-727-3970
