er salford - Lower Salford Township
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er salford - Lower Salford Township
ER SALFORD III TOWNSHIP NEWSLETTER FaIl/Winter 2012 • Published by the Board of Supervisors • ~1t.i Founded 1741 Update on Bridge Projects •111 -87 4 INSIDE THIS 155 Ut Township Contact Information . Update on Bridge Projects Bench Honors Former Township Manager Township Applies for Grant Where Your Tax Dollars Go Carol Night at the Heckler Fann Santa Thin Winter Diseaunt Tickets Mark Your Calendar ~a Tower Replacement Prepare Your Home for Winter . . Historical Society Series — General Stores in Lower Salford Township Understanding Stor.nwater New Station for Harleysville Area EMS HAEMS Membership Drive HAEMS Offers Training Programs Eye on Development Winter Weater Reminders Burning Regulations Christmas Tree Recycling Leaf and Yard Waste Disposal .. Community Contacts Calling 9-i-I From a Cell Phone .2 3 . . . 3 4 4 .5 5 6 6 6 .6 7-B 9 10 10 10 10 11 11 Ii .11 12 .12 Freeman School Road Bridge open to traffic, Salfordville Road Bridge construction continues, Stoic Road Bridge scheduled for reconstruction in 2013, Bergey’s Mill Road Bridge closed by county. See sto’y on page 3. Message from the Chairman Dear Residents: s this is written, winter looms with its attendant challenges to the safety and well-being of our residents. The Board believes that the Township is well-prepared to meet the challenges, but everyone hopes for a mild season with little or no snow. While the children may miss the time off, as one ages, he learns that the childhood thrill of snow is highly overrated. At present, the Board of Supervisors is working on the budget for 2013. This is never a fun chore. I do think all involved would agree that the 2009, 2010 and 2011 budget seasons were particularly challenging and caused the confrontation of many difficult choices. The Board began noticing the effect of the decisions made during those years with the budget for 2012. This year, all involved appreciate the effects triggered by those austerity measures. For the second consecutive year no tax increase for the General Fund will be needed. This would not be possible without the sacrifices borne by all our employees. The residents should be proud of the performance and willingness to help shown by all involved. The Board has decided to increase the L.ibrary Tax, if all the participating municipalities agree. As of this writing, we are still awaiting a decision from some of our neighbors. Please follow the website and local newspapers for updates on this issue. This decision is needed given the Souderton Area School Board’s decision to stop participating in the funding for the library The Board believes this cultural treasure deserves our support and will continue to seek ways to help the Library succeed. Please let us know if you have questions or concerns. This is your Township. It works best with input from all its residents. A Douglas Gifford, Chairman Lower Salford Township Board of Supervisors Visit our website at: www.lowersalfordtownship.org NASE DENTAL GROUP Family Mkrodentistry & ImpIan~ Dr. John B. Nase in Harl Nate Your CPAfl The Indian Valle~j Po You Gncre? There is an aIternative~ Snore Stop c•i~ I~l j~l % ‘S www.NaseDentalGroup.com Like Us On facebook SLJI”l RIZIY’ S’Y’STEITlS HARNESSING THE SUN’S ENERGY —....- Thinking about going solar for your electrical needs? Now is the time to take advantage of government incentives and tax credits. Contact James Pepe for a free site evaluat on. 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Since 19 2 Lower Salford T.wnship Contact Information 379 MaIn Street, l-larleysvllle, PA 19438• wwwlowersalfordtownship.org Township Office: 215-256-8087 • Fax: 215-256-4869 • Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Police Department: 215-256 9595 • Police and Fire Emergency: 9-1-1 Supervisors Meetings The Board of Supervisors meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Informal work sessions are held at? an. on the day before the regular meeting and the third Wednesday each month. At work sessions, staff updates the Board on Township activities. No formal action takes place at these meetings. of Township Supervisors Douglas A. Gifford Chairman Douglas Johnson Ifice Chairman — — Keith A. Bergman Philip R Heilman Christopher R. Canavan General Township Mailbox township@lowersaltordtownship.org Montgomery County Commissioners Josh Shapiro, Chairman, Leslie I. Richards, yice Chairman & Bruce L Castor, Jr., Commissioner Court House, Swede and Airy Streets Box 311, Norristown, PA 19404 610-270-3000 • web: www.montcopa.org Lower Salford Police Department • Emergencies: 911 379 Main St., Harleysville, PA 19438 Office: 215-256-9500 Fax: 215-256-1212 Administrative Assistant: Police Dispatch: 215-256-9595 Sharon McFarland police@lowersalfordtownship.org smcfarland@lowersaltordtownship.org Chief of Police: Thomas A. Medwid Police Clerk: Barbara Jansons tmedwid@lowersalfordtownship.org bjansons@lowersalfordtownship.org Investigations / Patrol and Traffic: General Police Mailbox S9t. Cory Moyer poli c e@lowe rsalfordtownship .0 rg cmoyer@lowersalfordtownship.org Our Representative in the United States Congress Congresswoman Allyson Y. Schwartz (13th District) 706 West Avenue, Jenkintown, PA 19046 215-511-6572 • fax: 21 5-517-6575 web: www.house.gov/schwartz email: linked through website Our Representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly Matthew Bradford (70th District) 2000 Bustard Road, Suite 6 RO. Box 118, Cedars, PA 19423 610-222-3490 • fax: 610-222-3494 web: www.pahouse.com/bradford email: repbradford@pahouse.net Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett 225 Main Capitol, Harrisburg, PA 17120 717-787-2500 web: www,governorstate.pa.us email: linked through website President of the United States President Barack Obama 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20500 Our Senator in the PA General Assembly Senator Bob Mensch (24th District) 404 Main St. Suite A, Pennsburg, PA 18073 215-541-2388 • fax: 215-541 2387 web: http://senatormensch.com email: bmensch@pasen.gov Pennsylvania Senators in the United Slates Congress Senator Roben Casey Hau;sburg Office: 555 Walnut St., 1st Floor, Harrisburg, PA 17101 717431~540 • fax: 717-231-7542 Washington DC Office. B-40 Dirksen Senate Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 202-224-6324 • fax: 202-228-0604 web: http://casey.senate.gov email: linked through website Senator Pat Toomey William Green Federal Bldg., Suite 9400 600 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 215-597-1200 web: http://toomey.senate.gov email: linked through website Thank Mnt ‘Tb The Businesses: This publication is made available through the generous advertising sponsorship of the businesses listed throughout our newsLetter, We wish to encourage your patronage of these establishments; they play a substantial role in the economLc vitality of our community. I U [‘or ‘[he “Best Deals” In Montgomery County Heather A. Rickerl & Jeff Rickert Ret r,rC’O, i1viIiivi1t~ri1 i’ike tide it Swit~ 9)0 ~t,r1l;1on1L’ryvilic, iS’l i 811:11; 2 iS n:t i a 10 Schoolhouse Road Souderton, PA 18964 215.256.8870 ~w.muichbarnsuppiycom jmoore@mu chbamsuppiy.com UcU: iSSlit)F,-lli icLx: 215 liSi 999) \V.iIUl Jcfi1u~diIvr2(’’v~:T iznri.s:ci iV. [:11,1 srl1uIIi~o,IIcryccnJrl P’wadwtt £andocap~ Ewduth UPDATE ON BRmGE PltOmcTs - ONE OPEN, TWO TO GO! A fter many years of waiting and detours, the Freeman School Road Bridge opened to traffic on ~ September 12. The $2.35 million span replaced the structurally-deficient bridge over the east l~ branch of the Perkiomen Creek and is expected to last 100 years. Meanwhile, construction continues on the Salfordville Road Bridge over the Perkiomen Creek. The bridge, which will include two 11 foot travel lane as well as shoulders and a bike lane, will be a vast improvement to the prior structure. Construction began in May and is expected to be complete in June of 2013. During construction residents are reminded that the posted detour is over Cross Road, Route 73 and Haldeman Road. For more information on the Salfordville Road project, visit www.dot.state.pa.usdistrict6 or call (610) 205-6700. Another bridge project that is expected in 2013 is the Store Road Bridge. The bridge, which is currently one lane, will be replaced with two full travel lanes. Bidding for this project is expected in early 2013, with construction to begin later in the spring. It is anticipated that the Store Road Bridge will be closed for about three months during construction. In August, Montgomery County officials announced the closure of the Bergey’s Mill Road Bridge. No schedule for construction or reopening of the bridge has been announced. Supervisor Phil Heilman noted that while these closures were inconvenient to many residents the new structures, once completed, will provide a safer situation for travel throughout the Township for many years to come. ~[; ~ Bench Honors Former Township Manager he Swartz Family, fourth generation tIlJi; Lower Salford farmers, recently dedicated a bench at the Heckler Farmstead in Honor of Loretta Romanowski s 28 years with the Township. Loretta started as Township Secretary in Piclured left Lo nighi are Jean Swartz, Bony 1968 and became the Swariz, and Lo,-eun Romanowshi. Township’s first Manager in 1979, retiring in 1996. She was a part of the negotiations in 1974 when the Township purchased the house, barn and 36 acres from the Hubicky family for $83,000 and is very happy to see how the farmstead has been cared for and developed over the years. The historic Heckler Farmstead continues to play a meaningful role in Lower Salford’s everyday life by providing trails for family enjoyment, serving as a home to local sports teams, offering a pavilion and playground for small parties and family reunions, and at the same time, still supporting the agricultural heritage of the Township by providing farming opportunities to our farming - £eq.tv~ Seeks a —~ cc M4ows~ CeaatVa ke Gist 40 families. The Swartz family has been farming there for over 25 years. The Heckler Plains Folklife Society holds several events throughout the year and sponsors the annual Hecklerfest” held every August. The Swartz Family dedicated the bench now because they want the Township residents to know how Loretta s hard work and commitment to this Township made such an impact on what the Township is today! For more information about the farm, contact the Township at 215-256-8087 or Joan DiMaria, President of the Heckler Plains Folkli[e Society, at 215-822-7422 or go to wwwhecklerplains.org. hap,n tree FULLY INSURED ~ ItEDICINE UPPER BUCKS ORThOPAEDICS AND SPORTS MEDICINE Sports Medicine • Arthroscopic Surgery Foot and Ankle Surgery • Joint Reconstruction 126 ReIler Road a. 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Design servi es from our own in-house Registered Lan ape A ehitect We grow our own trees and hrubs to ens lop quality hardy insta lations • • Joint Replacement • Spinal Surgery • in-office MR1 and N Ray Services 711 Lawn AveADe • Selletsvllle, PA 215-257-3700 • www.ubaanet.com • 215-257-7650 See ti,e Board certified ortlrapaedic S,ngeo,ss at Uppta BUCKS V STEPHEN REbDING Arborisi www. happytreeltd. corn Experienced, Quality and Advanced Orthopaedic Care Sports Related Concussion Management OlCntOPAEDlCS o ~ & spoais ~‘ ~ Cutting-edge plant health care is-ca ments, including nutritional support. feeding, pest control and treatment of disease Same Day Appointments For lnlurles and Acute Problems “SATISFACTION THAT GROWS!” SI Township Awarded Grant to Reduce Traffic Congestion and Auto Emissions installed under the upcoming PennDOT project to communicate between signals and with the Township Administration Building. T he Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) has awarded Lower Salford Township a competitive grant valued at $731,000 through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program (CMAQ). The grant is provided through federal funding established under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) of 2008. The application process began in the spring 2012 and the award was announced at the end of October. The grant will allow the Township to begin the design process with PennDOT and McMahon Associates, Inc., the township’s traffic engineer, for implementation of a traffic adaptive system along the township’s major corridors: Main Street/Sumneytown Pike (Route 63) and Harleysville Pike (Route 113). The adaptive system will encompass ten (10) intersections along these corridors, using new fiber optic cable along 3,000 feet of Harleysville Pike, as well as fiber optic cable being Traffic adaptive systems revise their timings plans based on real—time information, providing the best possible timing scheme for any given traffic situation. Adaptive systems are shown to reduce congestion, decrease delay, reduce fuel consumption, and reduce emissions, which is a main objective of the CMAQ grant program. Supervisor Keith Bergman advised that the system will be monitored and controlled from the Township Police Department and the PennDOT 6-0 Traffic Control Center to provide better management of traffic flow, quicker response times for maintenance, and incident management. It should take about 2.5 years from the award of CMAQ funding until the completion of the construction and implementation. Where Your Tax Dollar Goes : 11110091 12 ‘ 2 • Luisosiec • - . ~ ea.wL~~ 2 • oNE 110X.ItIc Souilerton Area School Lower Salford Township 2.6065 mills 7.8 percent Montgomery County 3.152 mills 8.3 percent Souderton Area School District 28.005 mills 83.9 percent - - - The average residential assessment in Lower Salford Township is $195,000 District Lower Saltord Township Montgomery County Hot Deals II~© C C EARLY BIRD SPECIALS • MONDAY ~29 Sunrise until 6:59am — FRIDAY $39 7am—8:SOam Must present ad to receive offer. Not valid with leagues, special events, holidays or any other offer Subject to change at any time. Exp res 83112. Improve Your Game with the PDP Card Only ~ per month or 299°° if paid in full INCLUDES: Daily unlimited range practice . Play after 6pm for a players tee of only 14 Call or visit the Golf Shop . 215.513.3034 . .~ c)JE1{AC,4 GOLF’~’~CLUB lederachgolfcluh.com — a + ~ *+ + ~ + r’t~:. Carol Nhfit eckter Farm at You are invited to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas celebration of caroling around the bonfire beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 7. When the caroling ends, you are invited into the candle-lit farmhouse for hot cider, hot chocolate and homemade treats. Admission to the event is a homemade treat for the groaning board or a handmade ornament for the Christmas tree. For more information call the township office at 215-256-8087 SAMEA Rim Santa will tour the Township on December 22 starting at 10 a.m. _c.~ “~~“ Members of the Fire Company will be collecting food Please bring the food to the vehicles that will be following the fire truck. . .4•.. fr~ .. ~ • Toys for Tots he Lower Salford Township Police Department has announced that the U. S. Marine Corps 2012 Toys for Tots campaign is now underway. Included in the Toys for Teens campaign, targeting children in the 12-16 year age group. Items for this age group are desperately needed each year, as well as all sizes/types of batteries. T iF • * or~ Effective immediately, items may be dropped off at any of the following locations in Harleysville until December 19: Lower Salford Twp. Police Dept., Harleysville Savings Bank, Harleysville Ace Hardware, Henning’s Market, First Niagara Bank (Meadowbrook Plaza), Encore Experiences (Senior Center), Park View at Oak Crest, Arbour Square, The Birches, Harleysville Books, Giant, Harleysville Car Wash, Harleysville Hotel, Subway, Isabelle’s Kitchen, Harleysville Eye Associates, Phoenix Rehab, The UPS Store, l-Iarleysville Post Office, Montgomery Woods, and the Indian Valley YMCA. For more information please call the police department at 215-256-9500 during regular business hours (Sam-5:3Opm, Monday through Friday). WINTER DISCOUNT TICKET PROGRAM HIT THE SLOPES THIS WINTER WITH DISCOUNTED SKI LIFT TICKETS TO THE REGION’S BEST SKI AREAS. Tickets will be available to Bear Creek, Big Boulder/Jack Frost, Blue Mountain, Camelback, and Elk Mountain. Stop by the Township Building between 8:30 am. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday All proceeds from the sale of discount tickets are deposited into the Township Park Fund. Mark your Calendar - Spring 2013 Events County Fair Days May 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2013 Herb Sale and WS. Hancock Society at Heckler Farmstead Sat., May 4, 2013 - - PPL Tower Replacement p PL will hold an Open House early next year to update residents on its plan to replace an aging transmission line that cuts through Lower Salford Township. The new line is designed to improve reliability and meet the future power needs of customers in Montgomery County The Open House will be held january 26, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Franconia Heritage Restaurant and Conference Center at Route 113 and Allentown Road in Telford. Members of the PPL project team will be on hand to provide information and answer questions. There is no set agenda or formal presentation planned. Construction is expected to begin in fall 2013 and be completed by spring 2014. Built more than 80 years ago, the Whitpain-Buxmont line is a 230-kilovolt transmission line runs through Salford, Franconia, Lower Salford, and Towamencin townships. The line will be rebuilt in the existing right of way, and work will be conducted under existing easement agreements. The new, single-shaft steel poles will be about 120 feet tall, compared with the current height of 90 feet [or current towers. The additional height is needed to comply with modern power line construction standards. Prepare Your Home for Winter You may also want to take a look at other items that are often overlooked until it is too late. One important item is your home heating system. Most people who are not on a maintenance program forget to have service performed until well into the heating season when the furnace decides to stop working. Unfortunately, this is the time that most heating contractors are busiest and you may have to wait for service. Avoid the headache and plan ahead. A s winter approaches, our thoughts turn to other activities as we plan [or the annual hibernation to the indoors. This is also a good time to plan a safe hibernation for your house as well. The constant change in the weather can have a significant effect on your house that, if left unchecked, may result in major repairs in the future. Items such as your water heater may need your attention as well as other home appliances. Remember to check and make sure water pipes are properly insulated and not exposed to freezing temperatures. Be sure that leaves and debris do not obstruct water flow from gutters and downspouts. Water that freezes and is allowed to back up rooftops often provides you with unwelcome leaks. The lists are endless, but remember your home is a major investment take good care of it. Now is the time to inspect your house for anything that does not appear to be normal. Things to look for include loose siding, missing or torn shingles, broken or sticking doors, missing caulking around windows or any other item that will leave your home exposed to the elements. Now is the time to start addressing these items before the cold weather sets in and these items are forgotten. BAIR’S TREE & LAWN 7am4 Cwaed S4sce for All Your Grocery Needs • Mrs. BenriersScratch Baked Goods Fruit Baskets . Party trays SERVICE . Fresh Flowers Sadie’s Buffet and Food Court Residential 8. Commercial - 7acr4d4 Sewa9 *.oa in 2700 SheIly Rd Fully Insured -Free Estimates 224 CathiU Road jq~g Harleysyille 215-SB 3055 Se]lersville, PA 18960 -2152579425 543 ConstItution Ave Perk asie 215.453 844$ %wi 4ocaUenQ 2685 County line rid 841 Gravel Pike Schwenksville 610.287-7747 www.landismarket.com 6 Telford 215-723-1157 1 Q3enerat Stores in tower Salford towsnl,np By David Hudnut n the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries, general stores were focal points of activity, usually located at an intersection. Anyone over 60 years in age will have a clear picture of several of them: Reed’s, at the intersection of 73 and 202 in Center Square; Allebach’s, at routes 73 and 363 in Center Point, in Worcester; several in Skippack and Lucon; the Lederach and Ziegler family stores in the village of Lederach; and Clemens’s and Bucher’s in Harieysville (not to mention the stores in Mainland and Vernfield). These stores sold everything from sewing needles to bolts of cloth, canned goods, fresh meat, fruits and vegetables in season, etc., to rolls of linoleum for the kitchen floor. These were places where the men of the locality went to hang out for a time every working day to smoke and talk, sharing stories and problems and sometimes getting organized for community work like shoveling snow or cleaning up after storms. They came in their farm and shop work clothes, bearing the smell of manure on their shoes and the memory of daily contact with cows and horses on their clothing. With the post-World War II boom in housing and the decline of the family farm, along with the appearance of the supermarket and the mall, the village general store as the center of action simply went away. In the realm of meeting places, the closest we come to it might be something like the U-shaped counter at the Energy Station in Vernfield, where a mixed bag of men (and a few women), some of whom are still at work in various trades, turn up for breakfast and spend 30 minutes or so each day badgering each other across the open space in the middle. Their clothes are clean, and there’s no detectable smell of manure. For this report, we’re dealing with 458 Main, the large brick house at the west corner of Main and Broad, at present an apartment building~ In the late 19th century I Menno Qemens in the store. Heniy C DeIp’s 1885 fannhouse at 418 Main now Pnident,aI s office. Historic Series of Lower Salfot d low nshtp is ci the history ci lower Saliord lo~~nsliip I ~I s is lie lirs: ci whit may become a series ol reports on elemei early 700s and pi ) eedmg through settlement, land distribution. ‘i-ies U ciii he systetnatic (starting. sa’: in the loom iitg ci local gas erliflient, etc. to tie present na’ at °o rota theic. dealing u Rh the larger historical Instead. ssCll ust cliii) in each ii 1w on a liarro” apic ci interest sne stat ‘si h general stores, and l’~e natruwed - suggested tha pictul’e as we move along. I-or his issue. Ion example. it nsa others tied into m it In laniils oi’ business conneellons. And ii Itirilier to just one store. with relet’cnces to tw ) or tlire~ I-Iarle)svil e enerytlitlig is tied t()~ether or Sc) it seems . The right here. or starlers. is a p~~m iii be made: in a ~illagc like one generation of these related lamiltes to the next. carl’ htinilies interlilarr’. and the earl> businesses pass Iroin derived From the U )tl~ ol a small group ci Serious local \nsthing I say in this series ol reports Icr I e newsletter is These Rlks incltide Jul n and Jan Ruth. Joel Alderier. Alan histoi-ians. and credit will be accorded to them as e go aid g. graiiddaddn b I3uehet and Clarence Kul p. Jr I3ch tnd theta stands the l<es 5cr, M ike I-Ian XI aryJ ane I lershen. and the I’ te Ihe (1886). Fciwnship lanscr Saliord and Iarlevsnille listor’ oil ci all local histo ta 5.- ames N’, I leckler. art ho ~F I e I tht Sahiord. 1_ower coking at I hook Ruth’s Ruih.Jay lrcimJohn Iratnessork of na es a d d’ tes icr this Inst report collies as and John ci archives hum the ale used photographs I he I henning rn iils, at d “I- eckler.~ as ‘ne call James Y~ hlistors Pennss lv: nia. Ruth ‘uid the in se i i o Ic Nhennonite l-Iistorians of baste n Ittcltittt a ~L3eneraL Stores In Lower Satford CowsnlyIp By David Hudnut this was the Nice Main) that is now the last brothers’ store, then place on the right before you later the Menno hit Route 113. Later, the Clemens store, and same place became the A. K finally the first Moyer bakery, and at local Henning family historical events we (the store. It was Historical Society) show its constructed in 1889 photograph, complete with at the edge of a bakery van and horses, to large tract of compare it with the way it farmland belonging looks today (luckily, not too to Henry C. DeIp, much different). I probably a In the next move (John descendant of Hans ...tt Ruth’s notes tell us), in 1902 !U r” nil ,,fl,,,,~ Ill George Delp, oneof John S. Nice bought the the early settlers in ~ ~j~-~—-1 historic store at the west the township. (~We’ll corner of what we now call have to skip over the Maple and Main (more on story of the l3elp Menno S. Clemens store at the corner of Main and Broa this place in future editions family and its of this report), presently the landholdings for now, except to note that Isaac Deip’s Bike Shop, in competition with his brother back at the 1769 stone farmhouse still stands in the midst of modern Broad Street store, which at this point was being homes on Pioneer Drive in Harleysville.) Henry’s 1910 managed by Menno Clemens. obituary (provided by Carey Henning) reports that his In 1906, ownership of the Broad Street store passed to father was Garret G. DeIp. Menno at age 33. In one more step, in l9O9John S. Nice Henry Delp’s brick farmhouse (1885) is at 418 Main, sold the old store at Maple and Main to the Bucher further east, presently the office of Prudential brothers (the Bucher home is the next place west on Rittenhouse Realty Group. He had three daughters, and Main, the one with a barn). thus (according to Carey Henning’s family notes) his The other big event of 1909 was the coming of various businesses at some point passed to them and their electricity to Harleysville, and Menno’s store was among husbands, with the huckster business going to daughter the first to be wired in. Jennie and husband Garret Nice, the farming operation In 1939 Menno Clemens “took sick” (he was in his mid to Katie and Isaiah A. Cassel, and the store (eventually) 60s), and ownership of the store passed to two of his sonsto Ella and Menno S. Clemens. The store was built in-law, Warren Henning (married to Menno’s daughter initially for Garret Nice and his brotherJohn S. Nice. The Ella Mae) and Howard Landes. In 1940 Howard left the first storekeeper was Menno Clemens, who built the partnership and Warren Henning took full control. house (1895) across Broad from the store later occupied He and Ella Mae were the couple we (of a certain age) by the Henning family. associate with Henning’s store in the next phase (early Now we begin to see the dividing and spreading of 1950s) when the business moved across the street to the related family businesses. In 1895, John Nice left the new one-level store that is now the Hoff family’s Ace store partnership and went west along Main to take Hardware Store. possession of H. B. Freed’s bakery in the house (579 From 1965 to 1975 management was in the hands of Warren, his son Bob Henning, and Russell Alderfer; then from 1975-1994 it was Bob and Russell, followed by Bob and his son Carey from 1994 to the present. r,oopIONEER”” Somewhere in there the store was transfigured into a supermarket at the east end of the Hennings’ Meadowbrook shopping center and then into its present larger form at the west end. In this latest manifestation it 0 features a balcony meeting and dining section, which in some measure takes us back to the hangout feature of the ii original general stores, although no one goes there in C. farm work clothing anymore, and there is no pot-bellied stove to gather around. Next time (if we’re called back) we’ll correct any name and date errors in this report and go on to more about The 1952 Henning’s store where the hardware store is now early stores and shops in Harleysville and environs. . 2 - - I Ijft~ - AFTER THE ST Lvi: A Citizen’s Guide to Understanding Stormwater tormwater runoff when occurs precipitation from rain or snowmelt flows over the ground. Impervious surfaces such as driveways, sidewalks, prevent and streets stormwater from naturally soaking into the ground. Stormwater can pick up debris, chemicals, dirt, and other pollutants and flow into a storm sewer system or directly to a lake, stream, river, wetland, or coastal water. Anything that enters a storm sewer system is discharged untreated into the waterbodies we use for swimming, fishing, and for providing drinking water. leaves can wash into storm drains and contribute nutrients and organic matter to streams. Don’t overwater your lawn. Consider using a sprinkler hose instead of a sprinkler. Use pesticides and insecticides sparingly. When use is necessary; use these chemicals in the recommended amounts. Use organic mulch or safer pest control methods whenever possible. Compost or mulch yard waste. Don’t leave it in the street or sweep it into a storm drain or sewet Cover piles of dirt or mulch being used in landscaping projects. Auto Care Washing your car and degreasing auto parts at home can send detergents and other contaminants through the storm sewer system. Dumping automotive fluids into storm drain has the same result as dumping the materials directly into a body of water. Use a commercial car wash that treats or recycles its waste water, or wash your car on your yard so the water infiltrates into the ground. Repair leaks and dispose of used auto fluids and batteries at designated drop-off or recycling locations. THE EFFECTS OF POLLUTION Swnc SYSTEMS Polluted stormwater runoff can have many adverse effects on plants, fish, animals, and people. Sediment can cloud the water and make it difficult or impossible for aquatic plants to grow. Sediment also can destroy aquatic habitats Excess nutrients can cause algae blooms. When algae die, they sink to the bottom and decompose in a process that removes oxygen from the water. Fish and other aquatic organisms can’t exist in water with low dissolved oxygen levels. Bacteria and other pathogens can wash into swimming areas and create health hazards, often making beach closures necessary. Debris plastic bags, six-pack rings, bottles, and cigarette butts—washed into bodies of water can choke, suffocate, or disable aquatic life like ducks, fish, turtles, and birds. Household hazardous wastes like insecticides, pesticides, paint, solvents, used motor oil, and other auto fluids can poison aquatic life. Land animals and people can become sick or die from eating diseased fish and shellfish or ingesting polluted water. Polluted stormwater often affects drinking water sources. This, in turn, can affect human health and increase drinking water treatment costs. Leaking and poorly maintained septic systems release nutrients and pathogens (bacteria and viruses) that can be picked up by stormwater and discharged into nearby water. bodies of Pathogens can cause public health problems and environmental concerns. Inspect your system every three years and pump your tank as necessary (every three to-five years). Don’t dispose of household hazardous waste in sinks or toilets. WHAT IS Sro1l?4IWAmR RLW0FF? S STOIwwATER POLLUTION SOLUTIONS Residential Recycle or properly dispose of household products that contain chemicals, such as insecticides, pesticides, paint, solvents, used motor oil, and other auto fluids. Do not put them onto the ground or into storm sewers. Lawn Care Excess fertilizers and pesticides applied to lawns and gardens wash off and pollute streams. In addition, yard clippings and Pt’ PET WASTE Pet waste can be a major source of bacterta and excess nutrients in local water. When walking your pet, remember to pick up the waste and dispose of it properly. Flushing pet waste is the best possible method. Leaving pet waste on the ground increases public health risks by allowing harmful bacteria and nutrients to wash into the storm drain and eventually into local water supplies. For more information about stormwater visit Environmental Protection Agency~s website www.epa.gov/npdes/stonnwater the at NEW STATION F R HARLEYSVILII AREA EMS F or several years Harleysville Area EMS, Inc. (HAEMS) has been renting a portion of a commercial building at the intersection of Ruth and Clemens Roads Unfortunately, this facility is a less-than ideal home for an ambulance service that protects the community 24/7. Recently, we had the opportunity to purchase the old THP Fleet Maintenance building at 309 Main Street, across from the Henning’s Market. We believe this building will make a great headquarters for our organization well into the future. Looking at the front of the building, one may wonder where we plan to keep the ambulances, but surprisingly enough, this building is not as typical of an office building as it appears from the street. In fact, the building already has three full-size apparatus bays in the back, which are ideal for housing our ambulances. However, our primary difficulty with this building, and the — area for which we’ll need the most help from you, is that it will require some large-scale renovation to make it suitable for operating emergency crews out of it a continually. Still, the purchase price and cost of renovation will be nearly onethird of what it would have been if we were to build a new station from ground up. HAEMS will be doing the renovations in phases as our finances allow. We are currently doing some small-scale renovations that are needed to allow for the permanent housing of our ambulances and crews, projecting that we will be able to move into our new building by the end of this year. As a beginning stage of a capital campaign for our Building Renovation Fund, longtime resident and local historian, John Ruth was kind enough to write a wonderful letter to you, the community, on our behalf. This letter was included in our 2012/2013 Subscription/Membership Drive mailing. —— 2012/2013 Subscription / Membership Drive O The 2012/2013 Harleysville Area Emergency Medical Services (HAEMS) Subscription / Membership Drive have been mailed out. If you have already mailed back your subscription card and tax-deductible membershil, dues, we thank you for your continued support. As a community based emergency ambulance that serves the residents and visitors of the Harleysville area 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, our dedicated career and volunteer Paramedics and EMT’s rely on our yearly subscription drive to help support our organization. Your support allows us to provide the highest level of pre-hospital emergency medical care in the area, replace outdated equipment, and most importantly, ensure that we will always be here if and when you need us. If you have not received a 2012/2013 subscription card or if you have any questions please give us a call at 215-513-1880. — Community Outreach Training Program Harleysville Area EMS, Inc. continues to provide community residents and local businesses First Aid and CPR classes as well as other exciting and educational opportunities. For more information, or to schedule a training class, please contact our Outreach Training Program Director, Nicole Smith, at 215-513-1880 or at CPR@HAEMS.org [YE ON DEvELoPMENT Toll Brothers S 41 Conditional Use approval granted for Land Preservation Overlay District (LPOD) for 48 lot residential subdivision at 381 Landis Road Weaver, Reckner & Reinhart Associates Conditional Use approval granted for construction of a new expanded dental office Ziegler Land development plan for a commercial building and apartments at 196 Main Street — Preliminary and Final Plans Under Review Chinmaya Mission Tn-State Center 9,228-square-foot church at 991 Lucon Road DJC DevelopmentlBerkley Place 15 residential lots on Gruber Road Daughenbaugh two lot residential subdivision at 828 Haldeman Road Gt4f Gas Station land development plan for 160-square-foot expansion at 161 Main Street — — — Sketch Plans Under Review Branch Creek Real Estate four-lot residential subdivision on Kinsey Road Clement 10-lot residential subdivision at Landis and Moyer roads — — Plans in Construction Cross Creek Estates (Phase 2) Salfordville Road family homes remaining — three single- Winter Weather Reminders Snow Specifics H elp us keep the township safe during a snowfall by observing these regulations: Clear your sidewalks within 10 hours of the end of a snowfall. If snow falls after 6 p.m. you have until 11 am. the next day to salt and shovel. SHOVEL SOW IN DIRECTIDN OF TRAFFI SNOW PLOW FROM PAVEMENT 4 Please park all vehicles off the street to allow for safe and efficient removal of snow from curb to curb. Also, please remove trashcans and sports equipment from the street. Shovel snow to the right of your driveway, as you are facing the road. (See diagram) Shoveling or plowing snow onto a street or road is prohibited. Cr HIS AREA 0’ — — — uJ< I 0-0 SUGGESTED LOCATION OF MAILBOX TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE SNOW PLOWED FROVLPAVEMENT SHOVEL SNOW IN DIRECTION OF TRAFHC Be sure your sump pump discharges onto your land or into a storm drain not onto sidewalks or streets, where it can freeze. Please help the Fire Department by keeping fire hydrants clear of any snow from the storm and after a snowplow passes through your road. This is a very critical function that you can do to help save the firefighters valuable time in the event of a fire in your neighborhood or even your own home. — if For Township emergency or meeting announcement, tune to KYW 1060 or WNPV 1440 for updates. lations Re inders urning Re A CLEAR THIS AREA . —— CLEARED ROADWAY — — CLE a-c type fires, which ll types of burning are prohibited in Lower Salford Township with the exception of ceremonial etc. are identified as fires for the purposes of roasting marshmallows, roasting hot dogs, Ceremonial fires are defined as: Any outdoor fire burning materials other than rubbish, where the fuel being burned is not contained in an outdoor fireplace, barbeque grill or barbeque pit and has a total fuel area of 3 feet or less in diameter and 2 feet or less in height for ceremonial cooking or religious purposes. • Chimineas or other type fire pits must be at least 15 feet from a residence. Supervisor Chris Canavan wants to remind residents that authorization from the Lower Salford Township Fire Marshal must be obtained before any burning. Christmas Tree Recycling parking rees free of decorations can be dropped off during daylight hours at Reiff Park at the for used chipped and be will The trees 28. February lot off Upper Mainland Road through mulch throughout the Township’s park system. T I’ Reminder: Leaves and Yard Waste Disposal ~:— .~ .0’ ~ 4i’— ~- ile the curbside pickup of leaves and yard waste has been completed for 2012, the Township will continue to provide a leaf/yard waste no grass clippings) drop-off location. Leaves and yard waste in biodegradable bags may be deposited in the container at the Township Building Parking Lot at no cost throughout the year. Biodegradable bags may be purchased at the Township Municipal Building ($.35 per bag, 3 bags for $1 cr50 bags for $16.50). COMMUNITY CONTACTS Sports and Youth Groups Boy Scouts Harleysville Baseball Joe Cannon, President President@harleysvillebaseball.com Clament Newport, 610-688 6900 www.colbsa.org Sarah Heffner, 215 256-3020 www.mhep.org Girl Scouts of Southeastern PA Marcia Gariano, 21 5-564 2030 Lower Salford Sewer Authority 215-256-8676 Harleysville Branch YMCA Diane Manus, 215-256-0767 Harleysville Girls Softball Frank Ball www.harleysvillesoftball.com Harleysville Eagles Youth Football and Cheerleading Don Lindberger, 610-724-5281 www.leaguelineup.conVharleysville eagles Harleysville Soccer Club Jack Stacy, 215-256-0195 www.harleysvillesoccer.org Harleysville Swim & Dive Team www.harleysvilleswiniteam.com Souderton Area Youth Foothall Association Mike Rowan, 215-570-6599 www.soudertonbraves.com Souderton Area Boys Lacrosse Association (SABLA) Dan Lista, 215-840-1197 www.soudertonlacrosse.com Souderton-Harleysville Youth Baskethall Association Jason Fiorello, 267-625-3297 www.shyba.org Souderton Area Youth Wrestling Association Tom Beckett, President www.soudertonwrestling.com WWW•9S~•OI~ Montgomery County 4H Program Nancy Kadwill, 610-489-4315 Community Organizations Harleysville Area Emergency Medical Services 215-513-1880 http://www.haems.org Harleysville Community Fire Company Jim Kuhns, President 215-256-9657 http://harleysvillefire.org Mennonite Heritage Center Indian Valley Branch YMCA Betty Linko, 215-723-3569 www.northpennymca.org Encore Experiences (Formerly Harleysville Senior Center) Robin Burstein, Executive Director 215-256-6900 www.encoreexperiences.org Meals on Wheels Gerry O’Connell, 215-723-8555 Harleysville Jaycees Dana D. Ziegler, President www.harleysvillejaycees.org Indian Creek Foundation David Crosson, 267-203-1500, extension 307, www.indcreek.org Harleysville Lions Peaceful Living Joe Landis, Director and Founder 610-287-1200, www.peacetulliving.org Tim Clemnier, Secretary 215-723-6678 Harleysville Rotary Greg McGovern, President www.clubrunner.ca/ Cprg/Home/homeD.asp?cid6562 Heckler Plains Folklife Society Joan DiMaria, President, 215-822-7422 www.hecklerplains.org Lower Salford Historical Society Dottie Ashinore, President 215-802-5143, www.lowersaltord.org Montgomery County Lands Trust Dulcie F Flaharty, Executive Director 215-513-0100, www.mclt.org Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy 610-287-9383 www.perkiomenwatershed.org Indian Valley Public Library 215-723-9109, www.ivpl.org The Partnership TMA 215-699-2733, www.ptma-mc.org To see the most current information, visit our website at: www.lowersalfordtownship.org Calling 9-1-1 From a Cell Phone V ice Chairman DougJohnson and the Montgomery County Department of Pubhc Safety asks that anyone who calls 9-1-1 from a cellular phone in communities near the county border immediately state: “I’m calling from Montgomery County” when the call-taker answers the phone. If the nearest cell tower to where the call is placed is across the border in a neighboring county, the call will be routed to the 9 1 1 center in Philadelphia, Bucks, Berks, Chester or Delaware county, depending on where the tower is located. The neighboring 9-1-1 centers will transfer the call to Montgomery County, but the time it takes to figure out the actual location, transfer the call, and then supply the information about the incident again could make a dilference in saving someone’s life. By stating “I’m calling from Montgomery County” at the outset, it will greatly reduce any delay in getting victimes the help they need. Using a landline to call 9-1-1 will result in the call automatically being routed to the proper call center. Lower Salford Township 379 Main Street Harleysville, PA 19438 PRSRT Sf0 U.S. POSTAGE PAID PERMIT #640 DOYLESTOWN, PA Township Officials Douglas A Giflord Douglas M. Johnson Keith A Bergman Philip P Heilman Christopher R. 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