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WINTER 2015
The Lake Carey
Welfare Association A newsletter for the residents of Lake Carey
President’s Message 1
President’s Message 1
PALMS 1
Winterscapes 2
Art to South Africa 2
The Eagles’ Return 4
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ed Hetzel
A message from the President
Greetings,
I hope everyone has fully recovered from the holidays and everything is
back to normal.
If you were here for the months of November and December you were
treated to a daily show by our eagles (see the related story on p. 4.). A mild
winter and open water for fishing drew them to Lake Carey. Their numbers and
aerial acrobatics were something to see.
So far this winter has been well below normal in the snow category. For
some that may be a good thing. I don’t miss the shoveling and driving in it, but
do miss the beauty of it and long walks in the woods covered in snow.
Recently, we’ve had a prolonged cold spell which has put a pretty good layer of
ice on the lake. Ice fisherman, skaters and hockey players have been seen
enjoying both lakes. With the addition of a little snow the snowmobilers, cross
country skiers and snow shoeing enthusiasts will enjoy it too.
On the news front we have heard nothing concerning the ACT 537 plan. It still sits with DEP awaiting
their decision. Our plan for dam upgrades also sits with the state, so no news on that front as well. We are
working on forming a 501 (c)3 entity to handle donations and fund raising for the dam once a final plan has
been approved. The Growing Greener Grant work on catch basin modifications has been put off until spring.
Unfortunately most of the remaining basins are not suitable for the addition of a silt/phosphorous filter. We
have at least one and possibly two basins, however, which can be fitted with a filter. Lake water samples were
collected this fall and those results will have to wait until the final report, hopefully next fall.
That about wraps things up. Please stay safe, warm and enjoy the remaining winter (unless your relocated
to the south in which case don’t forget the sun tan lotion).
PALMS Text by Walter Broughton; photo by Sharon Templen
The PA Lake Management Society is holding its 25th annual
meeting March 18-19 in State College this year. This non-profit as-
sociation is committed to the management and protection of PA’s
lakes and their watersheds. The annual meeting draws lake resi-
dents, consultants, state & federal water quality officers, educators
and researchers. Topics include algae control, water quality, aquatic
plant management and water fowl controls (geese beware).
Ed Hetzel and I have attended past meetings and recommend them highly. If you’d like to attend as an
LCWA representative, contact Ed. For further information about PALMS and the meetings, check out: http://
palakes.org/
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continued on page 3
TAKING ART TO SOUTH AFRICA Text by Jane Farr Ireland; photos by Kate Somers
Hetty Baiz and Jim Perry get away in February, but they don’t head to Florida for a lazy week on the beach.
They go to a township surrounding Cape Town, South Africa, called Khayelitha.
The townships are mired in unspeakable poverty and violence with a population of two million people.
There is little education, health care, employment, sanitation, just poverty and a sense of desperation. A
Swedish physician, Ingrid LeRoux, was treating wealthy patients in Cape Town when she saw the terrible need
Ivy Rinehimer
WINTER SCAPES
Walter Broughton
Walter Broughton Walter Broughton
in the townships and started a clinic there to treat children,
giving them basic health care. She called the clinic Philani,
meaning good health in the Xhosan language. This clinic
soon expanded to five clinics. Women from the townships
were trained to help and doctors from Cape Town and even
Canada came for several months at a time to help. A pre-
school was started, but still there was no way for women of
the townships to earn money. So Ingrid began an arts
program for women beginning with weaving and silk
screening. The finished products were sold in a store
attached to the clinic in the township. Guided tour buses
from Cape Town came to shop at the store because it is too
dangerous to come alone.
Ingrid comes every other year to teach at Princeton University. There is also a group of people from
Princeton who support her clinics through “Philani Fund USA.” Through these connections, Hetty became
involved in the program.
The first year Hetty went to South Africa, she taught an art class in fresco making. The women each did a
12 in x12 fresco (painted plaster on a wooden panel) using Xhosan inspired patterns and designs. Johnson and
Johnson Co. gave the art project a small grant and then purchased the finished products to display in health
care clinics in South Africa. The art class went on after Hetty left, in fact the women did a portrait of Desmond
Tutu, a photo of which he used in his biography. He is a patron of Philani, along with the Queen of Sweden
and other donors.
Hetty returned the following February to teach a class in
mask making and came back so full of enthusiasm that Jim
joined her this past February on her third trip. That year,
Hetty’s class made African animal collages. I was lucky
enough to see some collages and they were beautiful.
Forty women applied and were interviewed to be admitted
into Hetty’s class, but unfortunately there is only room for
ten. The women see the class as a wonderful opportunity to
improve their economic status and are honored to be chosen
to participate. The classes last four hours a day, four days a
week.
Hetty told me the first week the women are quiet (and
were very amused that Jim was her “helper”), but soon
become very engaged in their artwork. The classes are given in a cinder block building surrounded by shacks.
Jim and Hetty stay in Cape Town and drive everyday to the classroom in the township, which can be quite
dangerous. They must leave the township by 4:30 pm and cannot return until 8:00 am because of violence.
As I spent the afternoon listening to Hetty and Jim talk about this project with such passion, I felt their
commitment and caring for these South African women and their art. It was inspiring!
For more information about Philani and its products or to help in this effort please visit:
www.philani.org.za
www.philanifundusa.org
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The Lake Carey
Welfare Association
Winter 2015
Editor
Walter Broughton
Association Officers
President:
Ed Hetzel
Vice President:
David Rinehimer
Treasurer:
Deb Tierney
Secretary:
Gladys G. Bernet
Fun Facts…
Winter at Lake Carey has long been popular
for ice fishing and skating. (Some even ventured out upon the
ice in automobiles.)
In the 1920s Bill Quinn hosted popular house parties whose
guests skied down the lawn onto the ice in
Raccoon coats and fur hats before racing
across the surface in ice boats at high
speeds. It was the ‘cat’s meow.’
Facts from “Lake Carey” part of Arcadia’s Images of America
series by Walter Broughton
Association Website
lakecareypa.com
Webmaster:
David Rinehimer
THE EAGLES’ RETURN
By Joe DeMarco*
This fall, Bald Eagles have been making a
visit to Lake Carey a real treat. In mid-
December, I was out on our annual Tunkhan-
nock Christmas Bird Count when I received
a text from Alan Thatcher, who usually ac-
companies me on these outings, but had other obligations that Sunday.
Alan alerted me to the scene he was observing at Lake Carey: nine Bald Eagles,
three full adults and six immature, were harassing some of the many Common Mer-
gansers that were on the lake.
Nine! Since then, I’ve had regular reports of as many as ten at a time.
Where’d they all come from? I can’t answer that, but I do know that birders on
the Tunkhannock Christmas count recorded 27 Bald Eagles during that day, the
highest count we’ve ever had for the Tunkhannock circle. For comparison, last
year, we recorded only six.
And, if you’re near my age, you remember when the sight of a Bald Eagle in the
region was really rare … REALLY rare! These days, I see Bald Eagles almost
every day that I go birding, and not just at Lake Carey.
Is there a nest at the lake? Not that I’m aware of; no one has confirmed one yet.
However, there are six active nests in easy fishing range of the lake. I know of nests
at Vosburg, Tunkhannock, Mehoopany, Laceyville, Nicholson, and Falls.
Beyond Wyoming County, it’s also very exciting. The Pennsylvania Game
Commission releases a mid-year inventory of bald eagle nests just before the
Fourth of July, and according to their July 2014 report, there are a record number of
bald eagle nests in Pennsylvania. PGC reported 254 bald eagle nests in the com-
monwealth, with nesting eagles present in at least 59 of the state’s 67 counties.
These numbers are both all-time highs for the mid-year report. See more at:
http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1931628&mode=2
Two local photographers, Jim Borden of Susquehanna County and Sharon Tem-
plin of Tunkhannock Township, have a strong interest in eagles at Lake Carey and
have documented them many times. (One of Sharon’s Lake Carey photos is located
at the top of this page.) You can learn more about Sharon’s exploits at
http://wcexaminer.com/news/photographer-earns-wings-with-eagles-1.1766942.
And, Jim has a website at http://bordenphotography.com/, where you can see a lot
of his work, including photos of eagles.
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*Joe DeMarco, a local birder, compiles bird records in Wyoming County for Penn-
sylvania Birds, a publication of the Pennsylvania Society of Ornithology. Joe also
teaches bird identification and leads bird walks for the Endless Mountains Nature
Center, where he is President of its Board of Directors.
The Nature Center is in the middle of their annual fund drive. Joe encourages all of
you to help support them in their mission to provide education and experiences in
the natural environment to children and adults of the Endless Mountains. You can
learn more at http://www.emnconline.org/