By KRISTA GROMALSKI

SHOHOLA - Colleague Fred Ficken was honored by the Shohola Board of Supervisors with a plaque commemorating his 21 years of voluntary service on the township's Planning Commission. "This will go on the top shelf," Ficken said, who received the plaque at the Shohola Township meeting on October 12.

"He served without salary and retired without a pension," said Supervisor George Fluhr. Ficken's plaque contains a quote from a 1998 editorial in The River Reporter on the meaning of volunteerism.

In other business, resident Harry Graber donated a .74 acre slice of land to the township as a permanent location for the old Erie caboose owned by the Shohola Railroad and Historical Society. The township had previously been renting the same land for one dollar per year. Fluhr said the subdivision is smaller than usual but is in compliance with regulations for historical use. A lot consolidation was also approved for George and Georgia Zell on Beach Road in Sagamore Estates.

With no representative present, a conditional use hearing scheduled on a packaging site for liquid candy to be located in the former Grindstone Bakery on Route 6 was opened and will continue at next month's regular supervisors meeting. Fluhr said the board will be forced to reject the permit if no one is present in November.

Township correspondence indicated the township will receive $1,200 from the Upper Delaware Council to cover printing costs of the updated and revised Shohola Township map. It is the first to include the 911 emergency numbers and was "printed without taxpayers' money," Fluhr said.

The board also approved a resolution for an $8,894.91 five-year Municipal Winter Traffic Services Agreement with Penn DOT. According to Fluhr, Penn DOT will pay the township to plow approximately two miles of Knealing and Flagstone Roads.

In old business, the board accepted a $101 bid from Milford Hill Learning Center on 10 pieces of blackboard slate once part of the Shohola school located on the current site of the municipal building. A bid of $5,500 was also accepted from Joseph Katerier on a township police vehicle.

The board will announce its decision on Princeton Towers' conditional use and land development permits for two proposed cell towers on Thursday, October 19 at 7:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building.