MUNICIPAL ROUNDUP

Cherry Tree Borough

Next school year, Cherry Tree Borough police will have use of a car to
help one of its officers get the word out against drugs.

Cherry Tree patrolman Chris Rearick is a certified officer for the
borough's Drug Abuse Resistance Education program (DARE), a part of a
nationwide attempt to discourage youth from using drugs.

Indiana County District Attorney Bob Bell presented keys to the car to
Cherry Tree mayor Randy McKeehen at Wednesday's borough council meeting.

The Indiana County Drug Task Force had seized the Camaro several years
ago during one of its drug raids. For now, the Camaro is in the
garage, getting a facelift. The car will be painted black and have
Daren, the lion mascot for the DARE program, placed on it. Rearick
said he will take the car with him when he visits schools and talks to
students about the evils of drugs.

In the past, Rearick has visited students in the Harmony School
District and made anti-drug presentations. He hopes to take that
message to students in other schools in the coming year.

Borough police will stop providing police protection in Burnside
Township, Clearfield County, at the end of this month.

In a letter, the Burnside Township board of supervisors notified the
council that the township is ending a contract with the borough for
police protection on June 30. In the letter, the supervisors said they
want save money by forming a township police department. State police
also provide police protection for the township. Barbara Frantz,
secretary-treasure for Cherry Tree council, said Burnside Township
paid the borough $3,700 for police protection in 2003.

In other action, the council:

Received a report from Frantz and Monica Beltowski, council president,
that inmates from the Cambria County Jail had completed general
maintenance work on the flood control levies in the borough. The
prisoners cleared debris from inlets and mowed grass for three days on
the levies during the week of May 24.

Agreed to write to the U.S. Postal Service asking for better
maintenance at the post office on Main Street. A group of citizens
complained to the council about the lack of lighting at night and the
general appearance of the post office, including damaged lettering on
the building.

Rayne Township

Thirty-two residents attended the township supervisors meeting
Thursday to oppose the use of biosolids, treated sludge from municipal
sewage plants, as agriculture fertilizer on the Bush and Adams farms
at the intersection of Stadtmiller and Receski roads. The biosolids
would come from wastewater treatment plants in Johnstown.

Robert LaVan, a supervisor and township secretary, said the
supervisors explained to the residents that the township could not
enforce any laws stronger than the regulations of the state Department
of Environmental Protection. LaVan said that to date, no biosolids
have been used at the Bush and Adams farms for Christmas tree
plantations of Musser Forests.

The supervisors also adopted an ordinance and related resolutions
designating the Indiana County Office of Planning and Development as
the administrator of the new state Uniform Construction Code in the
township. The county office will begin issuing building permits and
enforcing the state building regulations on July 1. In other action,
the supervisors voted to advertise for bids for stone, ash and paving
materials for road maintenance projects. The bids will be opened at 7
p.m. July 1 in the municipal building at 140 Tanoma Road.