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Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Wednesday, August 7, 1991 District will lease land to rec authority district-owned land. By DAVE SEAMON Standard-Speaker Staff Writer Only three weeks after Hazleton City Council approved a lease agreement with the Tri-Area Recreation Authority, Hazleton Area School District officials appear poised to do the same. District solicitor Pasco Schiavo Tuesday night asked board members to consider a formal arrangement with the authority to develop land near the district's central high school now being built at Maple Manor. Council and the authority in July entered into a lease accord to establish recreational facilities on property near Hazleton Municipal Airport, less than one mile from Thomas Cipriano authority chairman, said he welcomes any cooperation from the school district "We may get only a few acres but they may turn out to be the right acres needed to bridge other properties we want to develop," Cipriano said. "It's always been the authority's desire not to duplicate facilities.

Whatever they give us is promising." The board Tuesday night also agreed to have a wetlands study done on 92 acres of district land near the new school site, including property that would be leased to the authority. "Under state and federal law, if we find wetlands on our land, we can't build on it (without mitigation)," Schiavo said. "We want to plan ahead to make sure anything we construct or develop in the future is constructed legally. We can't afford the expense of having to uproot roads or even buildings because such areas are in violation of state and federal wetland laws." Schiavo said government entities such as the school district are required under law to mitigate other lands to compensate for lost wetlands, meaning the district has to create new wetlands if it builds an athletic field on a tract designated as "wetlands." Hazleton Mayor John Quigley credited the district with making Quigley and council members sparred over leasing the airport land to the authority, however, he didn't veto the lease ordinance. "We just got to make sure we can get the most out that area," said Quigley, when asked if he thought a district lease could sway the authority from developing the airport property in favor of the district land.

"If we approach it properly, we could have the best of both worlds." The mayor said he would like to see industrial development at the airport, connected some way to increased recreational opportunities. "That can be achieved with cooperation," he said. City firm shows process to clean acid mine water "That land is contiguous to land we have here," Schiavo said. "Since we already have tennis courts and ball fields planned for the southwest corner of our property and a track planned for northwest of Hazle Elementary (School), working something out with the Tri-Area Recreation Authority seems logical to serve peripheral needs of our students and the public." Schiavo said should the authority agree to a lease with the district, facilities and maintenance expenditures earmarked for the airport land don't have to be duplicated. "That's saving money for our taxpayers," he said.

sulfuric acid, which dissolves minerals found in coal, such as iron and manganese. The constant flow of water in the Hazleton mine pool will eventually leach out all of the sulfur, and the water would then be usable for comsumption. With the newest portions of the mines over 35 years old, the water has almost reached a usable level. Unfortunately, the process gets slower as the water gets cleaner, and Mother Nature may take a couple of hundred years to finish the job. That's where the new process comes in removing the iron.

Galgon said the water draining from the Hazleton pool at the Jeddo Tunnel has been measured at 6 millions gallons of water per day. The recently-refurbished Hazleton Shaft and pumps are a perfect match for Hazleton's needs. Galgon said a treatment plant could be built to take advantage of the 6 million gallons of water per day the mine pool yields. To remove the dissolved metals from the water, a chemical reagent, such as lime, is added to form insoluble, or solid, metal hydroxides. Aerators, or blowers, are used to aid in the formation.

The hydrated lime reagent is added to the process from a silo that would be built as part of the plant. The metal hydroxides produced are then removed from the water by in a lagoon. The process, using the patented Hazleton Maxi-Strip, combines acid neutralization, oxidation, and precipitation of the metal hydroxides into one step. The metal hydroxide solids are then trapped in a patented deep-bed filter, called the Floe Tunnel. Another patented process, the Hazleton Hydra-Rake System, uses air to blow down the solids into the bed filter.

The advantages of the system, Galgon said, are a low initial plant cost, reduced space requirements; low operating and maintenance costs; variable sludge density control, fully automated operation, and rugged, reliable equipment. Conduct charge A Shenandoah woman faces a disorderly conduct charge after a disturbance at her home Sunday. Police said Florence Woodard, 315 W. Columbus was charged, but did not provide details of the incident. TALENT SHOW Jeremy Hrabovecky lip-syncs a rap song as he was one of 12 performers at the Hazleton Recreation DeDartment's Plavernund Talent Show held Tuesday evening at the Memorial Park, Hazleton.

(Photo by Eric Conover) its land available for recreational purposes. "It's doing its part to see that the land is developed to its highest and best use possible," Quigley said. "That area is potentially a tremendous showcase for the area. We'll already have a significant educational complex with the new high school, the vo-tech school, the (Hazle) elementary school and Bishop Hafey High School on one side. The Penn State Hazleton Campus is within easy sight, yet all this land abuts our airport property.

"If I'm going to bring prospects here, I'll have to look no further than that area," the mayor added. Sarcione. He said that what Corbett said on the witness stand is what was said in the conversation with Wolseiffer. Sarcione said he has not heard the tape of the conversation which currently is being held by Judge Gifford Cappelini, who presided in the case. Cohen agreed that Corbett did not violate state laws against perjury, and said he has asked investigating officers in the case to "look into the wire tapping aspect." Cohen made it clear there is question about the statute of limitations.

This could involve more than one time period, he said. TIGHTROPE THRILLS NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) Charles Blondin, a French acrobat and tightrope walker, astounded a crowd of 25,000 persons here on June 30, 1859, by crossing the falls on a tightrope in five minutes. Four days later, he crossed blindfolded, pushing a wheelbarrow, and on Aug. 19 he carried a man over on his back.

i 4 vX Sl (JJ r- Si Corbett didn't violate perjury laws, Sarcione, Cohen claim Police Woman killed A Schuylkill County woman died from injuries she sustained when the auto she was riding in and another vehicle collided outside of Port Carbon Tuesday morning. State police at the Troop station at Schuylkill Haven said Ann D. Waters, 79, of 217 Pike St, Port Carbon, was pronounced dead at 12:25 p.m. at the Lehigh Valley Hospital Center near AUentown, where she had been flown by the MedEvac helicopter after being taken initially to the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Pottsville. She was a passenger in an auto driven by John Gregor, 85, of 210 E.

Franklin St Clair, which was attempting to turn left from the northbound lane of the Port Carbon-St. Clair Road onto the Mill Creek Road, as Kimberly Ann Davenport, 23, of 378 N. Mill St, St. Clair, was driving south on the Port Carbon-St Clair Road, when the autos collided at the intersection at 10:15 a.m. The Waters woman was trapped in the Gregor auto, and had to be extricated by St.

Clair fire and rescue personnel. Gregor and another passenger in his car, and Davenport and a passenger in her vehicle were not injured in the crash, troopers said. Man SOUght A Hazleton man is wanted on charges related to the assault of another city man last month. Hazleton police have issued warrants for the arrest of Charles Hunsinger, 23, whose last known address was either 560 N. Church St, or 454 E.

Broad St, both in Hazleton, on charges of aggravated assault simple assault disorderly conduct and harassment. The charges were filed as the result of an investigation into an incident July 16 in which Hunsinger allegedly assaulted Edward Medashefski of Hazleton at Fifth and Alter streets. Medashefski had to be treated for injuries he received in the incident After being taken initially to Hazleton General Hospital, he was taken to the Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. In addition to the charges from the assault police are also seeking Hunsinger on a parole detainer. Police said they are seeking Hunsinger, and ask that anyone with information on his whereabouts to call them at 459-4940.

All replies will be handled in the strictest confidence. Hit-run accident Hazleton police are looking for the operator of a white colored vehicle which struck the rear of another car as its driver was making a turn from the westbound lane of West Broad Street to move south on South Vine Street Monday afternoon. Police said Martha Stark of 401 E. Walnut Hazleton, reported the incident to police at 4:45 p.m. after the driver tied the scene.

She described the car as possibly being a Chevrolet and the driver as having red hair. Police ask that anyone knowing the man, or the whereabouts of the car, to notify them at 459-4940. Pickle treated for cancer HOUSTON (AP) Rep. JJ. "Jake" Pickle said Tuesday he began treatment this week for prostate cancer.

"I was fortunate enough to have discovered this problem at its earliest stage when it is most treatable," the 77-year-old Democratic congressman said. "My doctors say that such prostate problems are not at all uncommon. This sure underscores the importance of routine health checkups, so I would encourage everyone to take a regular By JIM DINO Standard-Speaker Staff Writer A Hazleton firm has come up with a way to potentially double the area's water supply by cleaning as much as 6 millions gallons per day of acid mine drainage water. In a presentation to the Hazleton Kiwanis Club Tuesday, Randy Galgon, of Hazleton Environmental Products, a subsidiary of Barrett, Haentjens, Hazleton, discussed a patented process the firm has come up with I to make the abundant waters draining from abandoned area strip mines safe to drink. When underground, or shaft, mines were in operation in the Hazleton area, mine operators drilled many of the shafts below the area's water table.

Mine operators had bored an intricate network of tunnels into ithe mine workings to drain them. hurricanes that struck the during the mid-1950s flooded the mines, and ended their operation. Since much of the mine shafts were drilled below the water itable, the abandoned mines and Idrainage tunnels now drain water from the area's aquifers, creating large pool of water. Groundwater, or wells, only yield an amount of wate according to the rock formations that Isurround it. To get the most out of well, it must be in a place where rock formations are fractured enough to allow water to pass through.

Wells near the most 'permeable sandstone are the best. However, the well must have tthe ability to recharge, or more water filter into it, after water is pumped out. The mine pools can yield a larger amount of water. For the workings below the water 'table, unless there is a well near 'rock formations that can intercept 'the water, it will flow down into the mine pool. The water quality in the mine pool is the problem.

When flow-ling through disturbed coal the water comes in 'contact with sulfur compounds. The result is the creation of Election Board to certify all but one contest The Luzerne County Election Board will meet in special session Thursday at the courthouse in Wilkes-Barre to certify all but one contest of the May 21 Primary Election. Certification will be given on the recounts conducted on certain contested races. Other contests were certified previously. A dispute still exists between Correale Stevens and Charles Bufalino concerning a Democratic party nomination forjudge.

The election board and the county court said there should be a recount. The Commonwealth Court said there should not be a recount The state Supreme Court is currently considering a petition for appeal from the Commonwealth Court decision. The official count of last May 24 indicated Stevens holds a 21 vote lead over Bufalino. Judges Joseph Augello, Hugh Mundy and Stevens have the nomination of both the Democratic and Republican parties. The Democrats also nominated Atty.

Ann Lokuta while the Republican party fourth candidate is William Keller. Election board chairman is Atty. James Reinert. The Luzerne County Voter Registration and Election Bureau is headed by Thomas Pizano, assisted by Deputy Mary Ellen Sacco. WILKES-BARRE Times Leader reporter Steve Corbett did not violate a perjury statute and a printed transcript of a taped conversation substantiates his testimony presented at the murder trial of Dr.

E. Glen Wolseiffer. That seemed to be the consensus of a representative from the state attorney general's office, Luzerne County District Attorney Jerome Cohen and police investigators, following a closed-door conference in Cohen's office Tuesday. Deputy Attorney General Anthony Sarcione, who served as a specially appointed district attorney in the case, stated that those involved in the case's investigation believe that a taped conversation between Corbett and Wolseiffer in no way affects the dentist's guilty verdict in the case. The prosecuting attorneys said that an investigation into the matter of possible wiretapping will continue.

The statute of limitations will have a bearing. Wolseiffer was convicted in November 1990 of third degree murder in the strangulation death of his wife, Betty, Aug. 30, 1986 in the family home in South Wilkes-Barre. Wolseiffer was arrested at his Falls Church, Va. home.

He is free on $300,000 bail pending appeals. Corbett testified at the trial that he did not tape conversations with Wolseiffer but took notes. Corbett told Sarcione on July 25 that he did in fact tape a conversation with Wolseiifer in early 1989. This led to two columns in the Times Leader. Sarcione told members of the news media Tuesday that no one on the prosection team knew anything about the tape of the conversation.

In fact, Assistant District Attorney William Keller said Corbett refused a number of times to confer with prosecutors in the case. "He would not confer, even through legal cousel," Keller said. Sarcione repeated several times that Wolseiffer said to Crobett a taped conversation "has no impact on the verdict" in this case. "Corbett, as a matter of law, did not commit perjury," said 4 I I I 4 i 1 IMA PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY OFFICERS The Greater Hazleton Philharmonic Society recently installed their new officers for 19911992. New officers are, from left: the Rev.

Joseph Ferrara, chairman of the board, Robert Green, treasurer, Gene Acri, vice president and immediate past president, Robert Lagana, incoming president, Zita Scheers, secretary, Melanie Homa, immediate past secretary and Thomas Noonan, solicitor..