TRR photo by David Hulse Shohola has a Pike County recycling site at Harry Graber’s Route 434 convenience store. (Click for larger image)

Thanks, Shohola

By KRISTA GROMALSKI

SHOHOLA — Shohola Township accepted a certificate of appreciation for its recycling efforts at the February 8 board of supervisors meeting. County recycling coordinator Christine Obser thanked the township for participating in the program.

Obser, of the Community Planning and Human Development Office, presented a separate certificate to Harry Graber, who hosts the Shohola Township depot at his Midtown Convenience Store on Route 434 near the Shohola-Barryville bridge.

“It’s been a pleasure assisting the county in this community service,” Graber said.

In the continuing effort to correct zoning violations in the Trails End mobile home park on Route 6, solicitor Edwin Abrahamsen reported on District Magistrate D.J. Cooper’s ruling of a $3,500 fine imposed on a resident attempting to construct a permanent structure onto an RV. Abrahamsen said the township has issued 20 notices of violations and will “proceed accordingly.”

Also on the agenda, George Fluhr, Jr., vice president of the Shohola Township Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, implored the community to volunteer with his department. “Everyone is going to need us sooner or later,” he said. “Even if you have two hours [to volunteer], we’ll take it.”

In related business, the board put off a decision on a fire ban request from the state’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) until the March meeting. The DCNR asked the township to pass a ban ordinance, in effect from March 1 through May 25 and October 1 through December 1.

Supervisor George Fluhr, Sr. said the township has a procedure in place that will be “more beneficial to the people of the township” than a ban. “If we need it, it’s there,” he said.

Supervisor Steven Dellert suggested a consultation with the township’s fire and rescue squad prior to a decision.

In other Shohola Township business, the board:

• Approved lot consolidations for Robert J. and Debra Hanrahan, Jr. and Joseph and Ruth Ann Quinn. Both actions are subject to receipt of a deed in a form acceptable to the township solicitor.
• Announced a Shohola/Greeley Watershed Association meeting on Friday, February 16 at 2:00 p.m. at the Pike County Conservation District Office.

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