FEBRUARY 21-27, 2013 Your Local News
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Allen and Lehigh townships to Jointly use leaf collection gear
By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
1932 Victoria DEUCENBERG owned by Dave Mirro.
Victoria Deucenberg Headed to Chicago
While most of us are still in the winter doldrums, including the groundhog, landscape contractor Dave Mirro, of Bushkill Township, is very busy preparing for the upcoming spring season. Despite the preseason frenzy, however, Mirro finds time for his life-long passion, classic cars. These days he’s focused on The Victoria Deucenberg,, his prized 1932 fivewindow Ford coupe, which has been gathering tributes across the country since 2010 when he completed its fouryear long end to end customization. Mirro and classic car builders Glenn and Craig Smith of Phoenix Rod & Custom, Hackettstown, NJ, are preparing the car for the third biggest show in the country, the Chicago World of Wheels on March 1. After that, the fuschia hot rod, whose name was inspired by a courageous little girl adopted from Russia, is being considered for a six-month display at Hershey Museum. The car won Outstanding Street Rod at the 2011 Philadelphia Rod & Custom Nationals and Best in Class one
year earlier at the AutoRama Car Show in Detroit, the “superbowl” of hot rod shows. Chip Foos, a renowned hot rod designer and star of the TLC show Overhaulin’, won Best in Show at the same event Following the 2010 Street Rod Nationals in Kentucky, Mirro’s car was featured in Streetscene Magazine as one of the top hot rods in the country. In 2011, The Victoria Deucenberg went on to win International Show Car Association awards at the 50th Annual World of Wheels competition in Pittsburgh. These included Best in Class, and Outstanding undercarriage, interior and paint. Dupont Corporation donated the paint for the car to showcase its new “Hot Hues” collection. Mirro’s love affair with cars began in his teens at the local hillclimbs and dirt tracks , but his lifelong dream was to build a show car. “I always liked history in school, which is why I like cars from the past,” he says. The Victoria Deucenberg is a dream fulfilled.
Other Matters • Now that an agreement has been reached with Northampton Borough over the sewage issue, the board discussed what kind of tapping and connection fee should be charged. Supervisor Al Pierce suggested a $4,000 flat fee. The board went along with that for 2013, with Solicitor Lincoln Treadwell noting that it can be changed in the future. • Ms. Eckhart had an ADA Compliance Plan on the agenda. Treadwell said a plan should be in place so it can serve as a guide with side-
board last Tuesday that the signs with four-inch numbers should be on the side of the street where the home is located, on the house or garage. Where there are long driveways, the number should be posted at the end next to the roadway. Supervisor Bruce Frack suggested that a GPS unit on the fire trucks would serve just as well, as long as they know the house number. The matter was tabled for further study, with no action taken as yet. Such house numbers are used in Moore, East Allen and Bushkill townships.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has awarded a grant to Allen Township that will benefit both that municipality and neighboring Lehigh Township. Allen Township Manager Ilene Eckhart, a leading force behind the original joint recycling program in this area, said on Thursday that the $114,316 grant will be used to purchase two pull-behind self-contained leaf collectors; two 30-yard open top containers, and retrofit one existing tandem dump truck to add a J hook roll-off assembly for the multi-municipal yard waste recycling program. All yard waste shall be processed at the facility in Weaversville that operates in compliance with applicable DEP guidelines and regulations. At their meeting last Tuesday, the Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors said they would sign an agreement with Allen Township, so that Lehigh could use the equipment as well. Residential Numbers? The Allen Township fire chief sent a letter to the board asking that they consider having property owners put their street number in front of their homes so they can be identified in case of any fire or rescue emergency. He told the
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NASD re-introduces Dress code proposal style pants, shorts, and capris as well as dress or casual skirts, skorts and gauchos in solid black, tan or navy colors. Both boys and girls will be required to wear polo shirts with color in navy, tan, black, orange or white only. A formal presentation will be heard at the March 25 school board meeting. Want to weigh in on the conversation? Follow us on Facebook to give your opinion on topics like the proposed dressed code and many others!
By ALICE WANAMAKER The Home News
A dress code requiring students to dress for success was proposed at last week’s school board meeting according to the district website. The proposed dress code was originally drafted in 2007 but was not adopted at that time. If passed, students may be required to give up wearing t-shirts and blue jeans to class as early as the fall 2013 semester. The proposed policy calls for dress or casual Docker-
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Seniors...........................8
Dr. Clearie .....................4
Obituaries....................12
Sports ............................6
Classifieds....................14
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