Top Stories Headline News
	TRR Archive the Rue Morgue
	Editorials Editorials Columns Letters
	Arts & Leisure Reviews & Schedules
	Outdoors Fishing/Hunting Outdoor Magazine
	Sports Local Scores & Standings
	Food Recipes for culinary delights
	Bridges Bridges of the Upper Delaware
	Back Issues
	Search
	Links
	Commerce Sponsors
	Classified Ads Find it here
	Staff Pages
	Masthead
	Design Studio
	Subscriptions Get your copy delivered

Thursday, June 26, 1986, pp. 1 and 8.

---

Tusten votes to mow ballfield

By TOM RUE


NARROWSBURG - Responding to public complaints and an editorial which appeared in last week's issue of The River Reporter, the Tusten Town Board voted at its June 23 meeting to obtain bids from contractors to mow the grass at the town ball field on the Narrowsburg flats.

Highway superintendent Bud Wells, who has been responsible for mowing the field, defended himself by stating, "I think my priority is building the roads and not mowing the playground.

Wells said that the area had received eight inches of rain over the last three weeks. This not only contributed to the length of the grass on the field, but washed out several town roads which needed immediate repair. He added that he did not have time to keep up with everything.

Supervisor Rick Lander read a letter from Delaware Valley Arts Alliance (DVAA) director Elaine Guigere which said the town will not obtain a summer youth grant for 1987, if a program proposal is not submitted by June 27. Lander quoted Guigere as saying there is an urgent need for voluntary members of the youth commission.

The board approved a request by DVAA to block off Narrowsburg's Main Street for two hours on Saturday evening, July 19, for the celebration of its tenth anniversary.

The town received a letter of resignation from Marian Runge, the addiction counselor at Narrowsburg and Eldred Central schools. she is leaving the post due to administrative difficulties within the program. Reading a letter from Highland Supervisor Andy Boyar, Lander added, "What he's saying is, he's getting out of it. The program is dying, it's almost dead."

With minor changes and the addition of two paragraphs and a summary, the board voted 4 to 1 (Bud Buddenhagen dissenting) to adopt Lander's comments on the draft River Management Plan. The text of the statement appeared in last week's edition of The River Reporter. The new paragraphs called for representatives on the proposed management council to be elected officials, and that the council follow the requirements of the Open Meetings Law.

The board expressed the opinion that elected officials from the 15 river towns should participate in the revision process.

Letters were received: from Tusten resident Kathleen Hector, urging total rejection of the management plan, which she predicted would be "a Pandora's box of everlasting trouble"; and from Joe Garras, complaining about parking congesting caused by canoeists on Ten-Mile River Road. Acknowledging a need for a parking lot there, Lander said that the property is owned by the Boy Scouts. The matter was referred to head constable Les Vincent.

In other business, the board agreed to take bids "at the earliest possible meeting" on a water line for the Tusten Volunteer Ambulance Squad; briefly in executive session to discuss pending litigation concerning the sewer project; and received three applicants for the position of town secretary/bookkeeper, vacated by Melva Tegeler, whose resignation becomes effective on June 30. The meeting recessed until June 27 at 7:30 p.m., when a candidate will be approved.