Lake Harmony, PA

Just a reminder to area residents and visitors alike, LHVFC is still selling tickets for a Gourmet Grill from Chramglow. THis grill has lights, a refrigerator, 36,000 BTU sear burner and other burners/features to make any backyard chef compete like an Iron Chef. Tickets are available through the fire company, area businesses such as The Country Peddlar, Nick's Lake House, The Bradley REALTORS^® Team at Century21 Select Group in Lake Harmony and are only $2 each. Agreat way to support a local organization to get a much needed new truck and popssibly win an extreme gas grill. The Second prize is a round of gold with cart at Split Rock Country Club and Third prize is a $300 gas card! Come on and support a local volunteer by buying a few tickets - they even make great gifts!

Shananigans in Lake Harmony is hosting another golf tournament to benefit the Helping Hands Society. THis a great childrens oriented group and the event is a wonderful way to suppirt their efforts. Registration starts at the Lake Harmony area restaurant with coffe and a continantal breakfast buffet followed by a shotgun start scramble at Split Rock Country Club then a one hour open bar back at Shananigans followed by a wonderful dinner. Golf results prizes and door prizes are also awarded at the dinner. This is a well attended event every year so if you want to participate, call Shenanigans at 570-722-1100 for your reservation and costs information.

Lake Harmony Resuce Squad held its first Annual Family Fun Day and Clam Bake on Saturday 7/19/08 from noon to 10 PM. The event was staged at Nick's Lake House, organized by Joyce Bradley and Maureen Kemmedy and sponsored by the Penn-Kidder Council of the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce. In addition to a CoinToss for passing motorists, the event featured a bake sale with many tasty treats donated by the accomplished bakers in the area, Hot Dogs and drinks, make your own ice cream sundaes, various booths and displays by area vendors and residents, a Rock Climbing Wall and was ended with a Clam Bake with music and dancing.

The booths sold everything from books, tee shirts and sweat shirts, ice cream sundaes, hot dogs, popsicles, candy pops, temprary tatoos, face painting, basket auctions, a basket of cheer raffle, a fifty-fifty raffle, a gourmet Charmglow gas grill raffle, psychis readings, children's craft activities, to Tupperware! Carbon County Commissioner Wayne Nothstein came and seemed to enjoy the activities, especially the Rock Climbing Wall.

The event had something for everyone from the young and fit on the rack wall --

To those older and perhaps less fit seeking relief from the sun ==

the day was hot and humid for the Pocono Mountains but the event was well attended, raised a significant amount of money for the rescue squad and will be held again next year. Maybe we will see you there then!

The new indoor water park at The Resort at Split Rock continues to move toward completion which is set for Fall 2008. Seems that the name will be H₂O..oooh. The new entrance has been connected to the existing Galleria building as seen here below and the building enclosed.

The slide tower is enclosed now and the internal equipment is starting to makes its way indoors as well

The opening should be a gala event for the Resort and the area. I am still trying to be the first one down a slide but know full well that this is an impossible request, I sure plan to be there on opening day and be one of the first day's sliders for sure.

The first Annual Banquet to honor local area Volunteer Firefighters as well as the Rescue Squad & Ambulance Corps was held at the Galleria at Split Rock last Saturday evening. It was well attended by residents and the attendees included Pa State Representative Keith McCall. After a cocktail hour dinner, awards presentations and dancing followed. The event was well supported by local businesses via door prize donations, an ad book, and reduced rates for the venue and food. A good time was had by all and it was an inspiring evening to boot.

The evening was set up as a chance for residents and the community to thank the brave men and women who volunteer their time to do a dangerous job which the Township would be hard-pressed to provide via tax revenues. This is a very serious issue in small rural areas of the state. Volunteering is not as popular as it once was and as the communities grow older in average age, it gets very hard to find new volumteers. Costs for new equipment are astronomical and fundraising becomes a way of life. The Lake Harmony Fire Co is currently lookiing to purchase a new ladder truck to replace the old one they have. It is the only ladder truck in the Township (which has three volunteer fire companies - who support each other as best as possible). This truck is ecpected to cost between $800,000 and $1,000,000!! Think about that - a million dollar expenditure for a single piece of equipment in a community with only about 1000 full-time residents but thousands of vacation and rental properties.