Drug overdose claims life of one

Carroll Valley Mayor Ron Harris informed the Borough Council at their May meeting that an individual lost their life to a drug-overdose in a recent incident that had required police and medical-personnel responses.

According to the mayor, Corporal Clifford Weikert responded and administered NARCAN – medication used to treat victims of opioid overdoses - and assisted emergency medical personnel with the two victims. He stated that one of the victims did not survive. Details of emergency, medically related incidences are generally not released. "Drug overdoses continue to be an issue with numbers spiking during the pandemic," the mayor said.

The mayor also advised the council regarding a new state traffic regulation about passing emergency vehicles. Harris noted that the "Move Over Law," adopted by the state at the end of April, requires drivers to reduce their speed by 20 miles-per-hour less than the posted speed limit when approaching a stopped emergency vehicle.

"Stopped emergency vehicles" could include, for example, a police vehicle whose officer is citing another motorist, or emergency-responders at the scene of an accident.

Mayor Harris said the law indicates that if reducing the speed is not practical, a driver should go around a stopped emergency vehicle in a manner that safely clears the stopped vehicle, and that it is safe to enter into an opposing lane. Harris said that the fines for not complying with the new law can be as high as $1,000 for a first offense, $5,000 for a second offense, and suspension of the driver’s license after that.

Liberty acquires VASCAR units

The Liberty Township Police Department has acquired two used Visual Average Speed Computer and Recorder (VASCAR) units.

Chief Sherri Hansen told the township Supervisors at their May meeting that the two units were purchased from Hamiltonban Township for a total cost of $1. Hansen said the department is going to try and mount the better of the two in one of the police department vehicles.

According to radartest.com, VASCAR units calculate the speed of a vehicle by using two reference points in making the determination. "The cars are timed between the (two reference) marks and the speed calculated," according to the website.

Radartest.com also states the conviction rates of VASCAR speeding citations are higher than with radar. Of course, in Pennsylvania, non-State Police law enforcement departments are prohibited from utilizing radar.

Housing units proposed for golf course

The Hamiltonban Township Planning Commission has received a proposal involving the construction of housing-units at the Gettysburg National Golf Course, previously known as the Mountain View Golf Course.

Township Supervisor Coleen Reamer stated, "The new owners have submitted preliminary.

drawings to add residential-housing," and that representatives from the township Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors are having preliminary meetings with the course owners’ engineering firm.

The project falls under the township’s Conservation by Design zoning Ordinance, which requires a four-step planning process prior to submission of a plan to the municipal Planning Commission.

The placement of any proposed residences and the number of proposed residences has not yet to be determined or discussed. The golf course itself would remain in operation.

Electric waste-disposal scheduled

Residents and businesses will have an opportunity in July to dispose of unwanted electronic items which are not normally allowed to be discarded in the regular recycling waste-stream.

The upcoming e-waste recycling event will be held on July 17 at the Ranch Trail Park, 14 Ranch Trail, in Carroll Valley Borough.

Only Park’s Garbage Service residents and businesses located in Carroll Valley and Fairfield boroughs, and Freedom, Hamiltonban, Highland, and Liberty township may participate; however, proof-of-residency will be required.

Typical items accepted include televisions, computers and related electronics, cell and other telephones, stereo equipment, and internet-related equipment. Televisions must be removed from any cabinets they may be contained within. Any help with unloading will not be provided. Masks and social distancing will be required.

For additional information, contact Carroll Valley Borough at gayle@carrollvalley.org or 717-642-8269.