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SPRING • 2018 your arborcreek ...something for everyone! plowing through history Harborcreek handles record snowfall from Mother Nature After shoveling over 155 inches of snow... it is time to see a chiropractor. Serving Harborcreek for 15 years. 814.898.2346 krauzachiro.com 4190 East Lake Road | Erie, PA 16511 your arborcreek magazine SPRING • 2018 — Volume 3 • Number 1 Welcome to 2018 and “your Harborcreek’s” Harborcreek Township 3rd year of circulation. In what has become 5601 Buffalo Road a great way to get “all things Harborcreek” Harborcreek, PA 16421 CONTENT out to the community, the folks at your 814-899-3171 Harborcreek” would like to thank all those www.harborcreektownship.org In The Community .................... 2-8 local residents who have contributed to our Park It Schedule........................ 10 magazine. From the Harborcreek Historical Historical Society .................. 11-12 Society to all our dedicated and fantastic Normal Business Hours: advertisers, we are glad you joined us and Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Fire Departments .................. 14-17 are proud to offer a first class publication. Closed Weekends and Holidays Husky Happenings ................. 18-21 Are you new to Harborcreek? Please stop Healthy Around Harborcreek ......... 24 Supervisors: into the Harborcreek Township Municipal Development Update .................. 24 Building at 5601 Buffalo Road to pick up Tim May, Joe Peck, Dean Pepicello your New Resident packet that includes township information about our Roads, Connie Cruz - Zoning Administrator Parks, Township Development, and Shelley Hull - Board Secretary Local Government Offices: Recycling Programs. Welcome – we are Steve Seidler - Comptroller District Justice Lisa R. Ferrick glad you chose Harborcreek as your home. Dave Eades - IT 3921 Buffalo Road Brian Benovic - EMA Erie, PA 16510 Harborcreek Township... Krista Arnold - Code Enforcement and 814-451-6516 Something for Everyone Parks Coordinator Tim, Joe, and Dean Michelle Hannold - Receptionist/Roads State Representative Secretary Curt Sonney - 4th District Wayne Boyd - Operations Manager District Office K-Mart Plaza Interested in advertising in “your 4457 Buffalo Road Harborcreek” magazine and reaching The Road & Parks Crew: Erie, PA 16510 over 17,000 residents of Harborcreek Mike Bean Mike Harrington 814-897-2080 Township? Kurt Heidecker Dave Zellefrow Please contact Stacey Stranko at Bob Hoover Steve Brainard State Senator Dan Laughlin [email protected] John Pearson Ray Beer 1314 Griswold Plaza or call: 814-636-4419 Wayne Peterson Tom Berlin Erie, PA 16501 Greg Rzodkiewicz Don Erbin 814-453-2515 Would you like to contribute content to Steve Salow Ted Harmle “yourHarborcreek” magazine? Please Nick Taccone George Erbin forward information and pictures (if Bryer Sonney applicable) to YourHarborcreek@ harborcreektownship.org or call 814-899-3171. Harborcreek Township Harborcreeek Township Sewer maintains full editorial rights and will Authority include content when content room is 814-899-9191 available. Brian McNamara, HTSA Manager MAGAZINE DEADLINE: The next deadline to submit content to Harborcreek Senior Center/AARP be considered for “yourHarborcreek” Chapter magazine is May 17, 2018. Located in lower level of HC Municipal Building — Hours - Monday & Photo credits in this issue of “your Wednesday — 12:30pm to 4:30pm Harborcreek”, all or in part, courtesy of Monthly meetings normally held the John D. Fox Photography and Kevin Soles. first Tuesday of each month @ 1:00pm. Please call 814-899-3171 to confirm. 1 In The Community A Winter for the Ages….. Beginning in Mid-December 2017 – Harborcreek Township has weathered quite the relentless snow season that as of February 20th, 2018 has totaled over 150” of snow. Hats off to our fantastic Road Crew / Plow Drivers / Mechanics who helped keep over 86 miles of township roads open during what is going on record as the snowiest winter EVER in Harborcreek. In a normal snowplowing season that lasts approximately 4 months and uses around 1200 tons of Anti Skid and Salt Road Material – but due to the incredible amounts of snow, ice, and cold temperatures, that amount has been used in only HALF the season. The 9 snowplows, 2 spreader trucks, and 1 road grader have managed to keep the snow pushed back for safe travels for all. Harborcreek Resident’s Daughter Saluted at State of the Union Harborcreek resident and HCSD graduate (1971) Lana Caylor Leppert is one proud Mom. Her 32 year old daughter Ashlee Nicole Leppert was recently recognized at the Presidential State of the Union. President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump hosted USCG Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashlee Leppert as one of their special guests at the president’s first State of the Union address on Tuesday, January 30th. Leppert, an avionics electrical technician stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans in the U.S. Coast Guard Heartland 8th District, was seated with the first lady during the address. Leppert was chosen for her dedication to duty during the 2017 Hurricane Harvey response in Houston. As her aircrew battled intense rain, gusting winds, and extremely low visibility, Leppert demonstrated exceptional focus, repeatedly performing rescue hoists of people in distress in severely damaged and flooded buildings amid live power lines, towers, and trees. Her actions were instrumental in saving 49 lives. Victoria Stefano, a current senior, was selected as a finalist in the 38th Annual College and High School Photography Contest sponsored by Serbin Communication (publishers of Photographer’s Forum Magazine, among others). Over 12,000 photographer from the U.S. and Canada, and around the world were submitted. Her submission will be published in a hard-bound book, “Best of College and High School Photography 2018.” We are very proud to have Victoria represent Harbor Creek High School. 2 3 Do your part to prevent Storm Water Pollution in HC • Catch basins • Man-made channels • Curbs • Pipes • Gutters • Tunnels • Ditches • Storm drains Ways to prevent storm water pollution: • Never pour any hazardous substance such as used oil, cleaning supplies and paint down any part of the storm sewer system. • Use pesticides and fertilizers sparingly to prevent excess runoff. • Never dump automotive fluids into storm drains. • Correct motor vehicle leaks (vehicles drip fluids such Clean water is important to us because it provides us with drinking water, a place as oil, grease, gasoline, antifreeze, and brake fluid). for recreation, and supports habitat for wildlife. According to the United States • When walking your pet, pick up the waste and Environmental Protection Agency, polluted storm water runoff is a leading cause of dispose of it properly. Leaving pet waste on the ground impairment to the nearly 40% of U.S water bodies which do not meet water quality increases public health risks by allowing harmful bac- standards. teria to wash into the storm drain and eventually into Storm water is water from precipitation that flows across the ground and pavement local water bodies. when it rains or when snow and ice melt. Storm water travels over land. Sometimes • Sweep up litter and debris from sidewalks, drive- the ground absorbs storm water, and it never reaches streams, rivers, and lakes. ways, and parking lots, especially around storm drains Other times storm water traveling over land eventually drains into a system of to avoid having it wash into the storm sewer system. conveyances. This system is referred to as a municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4). By definition an MS4 is a system of conveyances that discharge into waters of the United States that include: When you’re washing your car in the driveway, remember you’re not just washing your Scott C. States, a Harborcreek native, recently earned top distinction for his 1969 car in the driveway. Z/28 Camaro. After working 4 years at restoring his Camaro to Concour conditions by using all genuine factory numbered matching parts, his car earned top honors. Truly, All the soap, scum and oily grit runs along the curb. a Labor of Love. Then into the storm drain and directly into our lakes, streams and coastal waters including Lake Erie. And In Frederick Maryland, at Camaro Nationals, in the top division, “Legends”...Scott’s that causes pollution which is unhealthy for fish. So first year out, after a 4 hour inspection, by several professional judges, he earned over how do you avoid this whole mess. Easy. Was your 93% on his car. At the NEOCC Show (Northeast Ohio Camaro Club), Scott took both car on grass or gravel instead of the street. Or better Best in Class and Best in Show. yet, take it to a car wash where the water gets treated Scott’s 1969 Z/28 is rated in the top 50 restored 1st generation Camaros in the world. and recycled. Save the Date! Senior Picnic News Harborcreek AARP Senior Picnic to be held Tuesday, July 10th at Shades Beach. Please bring table service and a dish to share. Lunch will be served at noon – and the Lake Erie Banjo Jammers will provide musical entertainment before and after lunch. 3 In The Community Harborcreek Township Sewer Waste Management Leaf Recycling Authority Update Week of April 17-20 and May 15-18 Over the last 7 years, the Harborcreek Township Sewer Authority (HTSA) has taken an aggressive approach to eliminating the inflow and infiltration of unwanted and unnecessary water into the sewer system. I\ZpZc`e^n`ccY\Zfcc\Zk\[ every n\\b% Gc\Xj\]fccfnk_\ Once the extra water enters the system through leaky pipes, joints, ^l`[\Y\cfnkfdXb\jli\pflXi\I\ZpZc`e^I`^_k% and improper residential connections, the water still needs pumped =fidfi\`e]fidXk`fem`j`k1nnn%I\ZpZc\F]k\eI\ZpZc\I`^_k%Zfd through the Authority’s pump stations. This pumping of unwanted ;FEFK98>I<:P:C89C<J water dramatically increases financial debt to the authority through RECYCLE OFTEN: higher electric bills and fees payable to the City of Erie, as well as risking overflows of the pump stations which could affect surrounding streams.