Juvenile probation cleaning Carbon roads

Carbon County is trying to clean up its roads one mile at a time.

Commissioner Thomas J. Gerhard said that he received a memo from Joseph Greco of the juvenile probation department about its community service work program.

“We had reports of extreme amounts of garbage on Lentz Trail in Summit Hill,” he said.

On Sept. 21, juveniles serving probation and in need of community service, cleaned two miles from Route 209 onto Lentz Trail and collected 35 bags of trash.

The group then went out again on Oct. 4 and cleaned an additional two miles of Lentz Trail, this time collecting 25 bags.

On Oct. 11, the juveniles cleaned five miles from Mountain Top Road to Mahoning Drive, collecting 50 bags of trash.

Gerhard said that these juveniles completed a total of 30 hours of community service and cleaned nine miles of roadway.

In other matters, the commissioners approved the following personnel items:

• Resignations: Merritt F. Beck of Jim Thorpe, effective Oct. 16; Kyle B. Minzola of Tresckow, effective Oct. 1; and Brittani L. Thompson of Jim Thorpe, effective Oct. 29. Commissioners noted that Thompson is changing to part-time but a resignation first from full-time is required.

• Hire: Shelley L. Snyder of Jim Thorpe, administrative assistant I, EMA, effective Oct. 30.

• Change of status: Nicholas R. Seaman of Hazle Township, from law clerk temporarily to law clerk, court administration, retroactive to Oct. 6.

• Change of status: Debra J. Evans of Nesquehoning, from part-time corrections officer to part-time corrections officer/Teamsters, effective Oct. 23.