AUGUST 14-20, 2014 Your Local News
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The Home News Moore Twp. will seek bids to Improve number of roads By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
Although bids will be sought, Moore Township Board of Supervisors chairman David Tashner said this past Tuesday that he estimates it will cost $112,000 to improve a number of the township’s roads. Double seal coating will be applied to the following: Smith Rd., Dannersville Rd., E. Walker Rd., S. Oaks Rd., Smith Gap Rd. and Deemers Rd. The same type of improvement will be made on 6,000 sq. yds. of roadway at the recreation center. He estimated that will cost $6,000, but that is already covered in a grant that has been received. Other Matters • The board granted conditional final approval to Point Phillips Hotel for a larger parking lot that will be created from two parcels of land that they are buying. One of the parking spaces is across the street. The zoning hearing board had granted a variance for the work earlier. There will also be grass and landscaping involved. Tanczos Realty representative said they may also pursue a crosswalk as part of the project. Dave Frey of the planning commission sat in on the discussion prior to approval of the parking spaces. • The township has purchased 40 acres of land at E. Beersville and Grouse Dr. at a price of $840,000. It is intended as farmland preservation so that there will be no development and only open space. A farmer is presently paying $175 an acre to cut the grass and is leasing the land until April 2015. • The Environmental Advisory Council didn’t have a report, but Tashner said he recently hiked all the trails to see if there are any problems. He found that some persons using the area had acciden-
tally burned a tent, but fortunately the fire didn’t spread. • The Historical Commission met on July 30, and a member reported that they plan a book of 120 pages, 6x9inches, celebrating the 250th anniversary of Moore Township. It was noted that the commission’s members are very dedicated, but fear they are falling behind, because the anniversary will be on August 29-30, 2015 and there is much work to do. Jen Sterner was appointed a member. The commission’s mission statement was also approved, and a copy of the ordinance creating the commission was provided them. Used bricks have been moved to the former Edelman School for restoration of a sidewalk and wall. The one-room school will be the focal point of the anniversary. It closed in 1957, and Tashner said the commission needs to decide what time period they want the school restored to. • An ordinance is being drafted and will be advertised that deals with alcohol, the consumption or sale of, at the Recreation Center pavilion, providing that the pavilion has to be rented for $50 and a permit issued for alcohol. $40 would be refunded if the pavilion is cleaned up like it was before the pavilion was rented by the person or group. Solicitor David Backentoe said the language of the ordinance allows for the sale of alcohol in very limited circumstances. Supervisor Daniel Piorkowski said that the Historical Commission could sell alcohol during the anniversary, but for the township having to grant permission to themselves to sell alcohol is almost like an oxymoron. • Another ordinance was adopted. Backenstoe had Continued on page 2
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Keith Brenner of Maine hugs Jerelyn Bossard-Baltz of Moore Township, who saved his life 15 years ago with a bone marrow transplant. – Home News photo
Bone marrow recipient Whose life was saved Meets donor 15 years later By BILL HALBFOERSTER The Home News
Being an organ donor, or giving blood, is something that has been a part of the Bossard family’s way of life for a number of years. The late Ronald Bossard, who was an assistant fire chief for the Klecknersville Rangers Vol. Fire Co. of Moore Township until he died in 1993, gave blood at the Miller-Keystone Blood Bank to save lives. It was something they do, because they believe in giving. And a Pennsylvania Governor who received a kidney recognized how much it means when people sacrifice their lives to save others. People who donated organs and the recipients at that time were invited to the Governor’s mansion in Har-
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risburg, where they received a gift certificate and a medal from the Governor. When Ronnie died, his wife, Jerelyn (who prefers being called Jerry), found herself having to make a decision about donating her husband’s organs. Together, the family decided to do it, considering how Ronnie had given his life to helping others. With that decision came recognition for Marcie’s mother from the Governor, who presented the family with a bronze medal for the Gift of Life. At St. Nicholas Catholic Church in Berlinsville some time later it was announced Continued on page 3
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