Canfield named interim supervisor

By TOM KANE

DAMASCUS, PA — Jennifer Canfield, a former member of the Damascus Planning Commission, was named interim supervisor, filling the unexpired term of Larry Newport who resigned from the Damascus township board last month.

Canfield, the owner of Calbert Real Estate Agency, will serve until December 31, 2003.

Newport, who is running for re-election as a Republican this November, did not announce his resignation until after thae deadline was passed for names to be removed from the ballot. Therefore, his name will appear.

If he is re-elected, the township board would have to name someone to fill the position, according to Darlene Burnett, director of the Wayne County Bureau of Elections.

The Democratic candidate for the position of supervisor is Fred Haase.

In other board matters, the board rejected the Tyler Hill Farm Country Inn’s application for a liquor license. Since the two-member board was split on the vote, the application was automatically rejected, according to board chairman William Gager.

Canfield was not yet in the position of supervisor and therefore was not available to vote.

“The applicant has the right to take the matter to the Wayne County Common Pleas Court,” Gager said.

A letter was read from Pastor Stewart Hunt of the First Baptist Church, which stated his opposition and several other pastors from neighboring churches to the granting of the liquor license. The letter stated that the combined congregations of the churches number around 900 people who, the letter said, would oppose the re-election of any official that voted to grant the license request.

Steve Nonnenmacher, owner of the inn, said he would consider taking the matter to court and would decide, depending on the projected costs of litigation.