Woodward Township Supers discuss usage requests, fallen trees, EMS Week Proclamation for May 19-25
By Christopher Miller
WOODWARD TOWNSHIP – Woodward Township Supervisors met Tuesday night to provide updates on township business in a pretty “business as usual” April meeting.
First up, township supervisors are asking Woodward Township residents to remove their orange snow reflectors from yards, many of which are currently in the township right-of-way.
Supervisors went on to read correspondence from Lock Haven Regatta Foundation requesting use of the boat launch for their May Regatta boat race celebration. “The Regatta Foundation is requesting use of the boat launch and electrical hookups for serving and preparing food,” Supervisor Mike Fetzer said. “We also have another request from Element 26 Wellness looking to hold a 5K run/walk event in Riverview Park on June 15 beginning at 10 AM, which doesn’t interfere with anything planned there.” Township Supervisors approved the requests unanimously.
The Woodward Recreation Committee reported on the egg hunt held last month in the park. “The egg hunt was a success and was held the same day as Flemington’s Hi-Neighbor egg hunt, which was postponed due to rain and helped to cut down on the normal amount of chaos that happens with the egg hunt normally,” said Supervisor Kyle Coleman. “It wasn’t total chaos but there was still a really good turnout.”
“Riverfest planning is hitting high gear with the lining up of bands, donation lists and resending donation letters for offsetting the cost of fireworks,” Coleman said. “We are still looking for vendors for the celebration.”
It was also reported that some trees came down in Riverview Park over the most recent storm event Sunday evening.
“We lost some trees and we are still working on getting it cleaned up, we have been getting calls from people wanting to donate benches for the park but it seems we may be out of room for this, so we want to switch gears and maybe get some nice flowering trees to replace the ones that came down,” Coleman said. “We want to replace it with flowering because we think it will give a nice aesthetic, and instead of benches, people could donate these trees and we could put placards beneath them at the base, you know, something different for the park.”
The annual Road Tour took place at the end of March with township employees and supervisors touring the township and visually inspecting roads after the winter mayhem.
“Two of the biggest areas we witnessed were with trees and drainage,” Coleman said. “We started to tackle South Vista Drive area and that is completed, and Park Drive will be repaired because of the water line break with Suburban Water last year, and Dunnstable Township will be paving Guardlock Drive of which Woodward Township has about 100-200′ of at the end, so we will pay them back for that stretch.”
Township maintenance staff was also seen recently blowing brush off roads, and Saar’s was in to cut trees that fell during the storms. “A massive Silver Maple about 3′ wide fell at the park between the walkway and the bathrooms toward the river,” Coleman said, “I cannot even recall the last time we had wind this bad.”
Woodward Township signed the proclamation declaring EMS Week May 19-25 and the current week 911 Dispatchers Week. “It’s a statewide recognition of all EMS agencies throughout the state, where we sign this proclamation and recognize the hard work they do all year long,” said Supervisor Fetzer. “And with 911 Dispatchers Week this week, and the job they do in any emergency, every day, they are the ones truly on the frontline when they get the call.”
Going hand-in-hand with EMS Week, Dunnstown Fire Company reported that the 75th Anniversary Parade and Celebration will be held on April 29 from 10 AM to 4 PM, parade at 2 PM beginning at Guardlock Drive, going down 150, and ending at Mill Hill and 150,” Fetzer said. “We have a craft show planned with over 30 vendors already signed up, we will be selling food, and Mr. Sticky’s will be there.”
