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70th Year, Issue No. 4 USPS 248-700

JANUARY 27-FEBRUARY 2, 2011 A General Circulation Newspaper Serving The Community Since 1942

SERVING BATH, CHAPMAN, NORTHAMPTON, NAZARETH BOROS; ALLEN, E. ALLEN, MOORE, LEHIGH, BUSHKILL, LOWER NAZARETH & UPPER NAZARETH TWPS.

Lessons learned in D.A.R.E.

Solar Panels not an issue At School Board meeting By ALICE WANAMAKER The Home News

D.A.R.E. ESSAY WINNERS McKenzie Fritz, Kayla Bills and Tim Antigua were honored and read their essays at Council on Thursday. Standing behind them (l-r) are their instructor Police Chief Ronald Morey, Northapton Borough Mayor Tom Reenock, and Council President John Yurasits. (Story on Page 9) – Home News photo

Boscola bill requires snow removal from vehicles Calling ice on vehicles a “potentially deadly highway hazard,” state Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton/Lehigh/ Monroe) this week reintroduced legislation that would require motorists to clear snow and ice off their cars and trucks before driving. “Leaving snow and ice on your vehicle can be dangerous and even fatal to other

motorists and pedestrians,” Boscola said. “It’s just common sense. My bill makes it the law.” Under her bill, drivers must make “all reasonable efforts” to remove accumulated snow or ice from their vehicles before driving. If a law enforcement officer believes accumulated ice or snow “may pose a threat to persons or property,”

a driver could be fined from $25 to $75. “Too many people let highway winds do their snow removal for them,” Boscola said. “But they don’t realize that soft and seemingly harmless snow can easily freeze, harden and turn into chunks of ice that dislodge from a moving vehicle.”

At their meeting on Monday, the Northampton Area School Board did not have the largely debated proposed solar panels on the agenda. This was the first time in a while that the topic was not discussed at a school board meeting. The board did hear from director Jean Rundle, who commented on the past meetings as they relate to the Solar Panel Project. Mrs. Rundle noted that over the past few months she has sat by and listened to the community talk about the negatives that would come with the solar panels. She feels that the board is doing their best to follow through with what they were elected to do and that is assist and benefit the district anyway they can, and feels that the solar panel addition at the school district would save on electricity costs, especially since the rates caps have been lifted state-wide. Ms. Rundle said that there are 9,700 other residents who live in the school district who have not voiced their opinions either way. She concluded, “It is a great thing, I am proud of the District to be one of the first in the nation to do this.” The Lehigh Township Zoning Hearing Board will rule on the solar project by Me-

troTek and the school district at a meeting on February 3. The township planning commission recently declared that the solar array at Lehigh Elementary School is a commercial project and not an accessory use. Following reports on the 2011-2012 budgets for Northampton Community College from Dr. Arthur Scott and the School District from Terry Leh & Joseph Kovalchik, the Board of Education approved them. Other Matters he first report of the budgets for 2011-2012 budgets for Northampton Community College from Dr. Arthur Scott and the School District from Terry Leh and Supt. Joseph Kovalchik were given Monday night. The school board approved tenure of Alana Heller in the borough schools and Alison Kowalick at the high school, who have completed three years of teaching and six satisfactory evaluations. A new job description was given for the Supervisor for School Psychological Services and School Psychologist. The board also approved the following: •A teachers list that included an additional educator in the after school program for the elementary math and Continued on page 15

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Atlas Cement Memorial Museum had Great community, student ties in 2010 The annual report to the Atlas Cement Memorial Museum trust, given at a December 6 meeting, and submitted by secretary Larry Oberly, showed the year 2010 was very good all the way around for the facility on Laubach Ave. in Northampton and for the community in general. Museum Curator Edward Pany reported on attendance for the twelve months from Dec. 1, 2009 through Nov. 30, 2010 as follows: 311 persons on tours and public visitations; and 478 students and

teachers made educational tours, for 789 total visits. The total number of visitors is indeed larger than shown, Pany said, as not everyone who comes to visit signs the guest book. So, actually, the number was close to 825. Many Donations New artifacts and equipment added to the museum collection over the past year included: • “Railroads in the Cement Industry” by Metro Leshak in memory of his father, George Leshak.

• A collection of rare photos from Coplay Cement featuring World War II production, by Gwen Krempasky in memory of her father, David Uhle, a vice president of the company. • A plaque from Dragon Cement, donated by John Kleppinger. • A set of rare photos of the Dragon quarry and shovels from the 1920’s, by Sterling Rothrock and family. • A charter for Local #14 of the United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers Union, the original charter of the Coplay cement plant, donated by William Walakovits. • Photo of the Atlas plant at Buffington, Indiana, donated by Jack Mander. • 1937 Northampton WonContinued on page 9

FRONT OF MUSEUM located at the Northampton Municipal Buidling.

CHECK OUT: - Classifieds “Where the Deals Are” on Pages 13 & 14 • Sports on Pages 6-8

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