National Guard Pulls Junk Cars From Carson River

The Nevada National Guard has used a helicopter training exercise to airlift 20 junk cars from the Carson River in Carson City.

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew flew over several miles of the river below the Deer Run Road bridge to remove the illegally dumped cars Friday.

The cars, which could not be removed from shore, were later hauled to the dump.

Carson City officials praised the Guard, saying they had tried for years to find a way to get rid of the cars.

They say the Guard removed dangerous objects and restored the river's natural beauty while charging the city nothing.

Division of State Lands officials say private helicopter companies would have charged $8,000 to $10,000 an hour to remove the cars.

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Vandals damage junk cars and two new vehicles

RANSOMVILLE—Between 15 and 20 junk cars, as well as two new vehicles, were vandalized sometime over the past week at the Youngstown- Lockport Road location of Ki-Po Motors, sheriff’s deputies said.

The junk cars, parked in a rear lot while awaiting demolition, had the fuel filler necks cut off and the gasoline removed. The same damage was done to the two new vehicles, according to deputies.

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Kingston Twp. ordinance takes aim at junk cars

New rule replaces a previous one in effort to make it easier to cite violators.

By Rebecca Bria rbria@timesleader.com
Staff Writer

KINGSTON TWP. – The board of supervisors passed an ordinance on Wednesday evening that will make it easier to enforce the removal of junk vehicles in the township.

According to township Chief of Police James Balavage, the ordinance repeals a previous ordinance that was at times misinterpreted.

Balavage said that under the old ordinance, people who were cited for having junk vehicles read into the ordinance that they were able to ask the supervisors for permission to store the vehicles on their property.

“It was defeating the purposes of enforcement,” the chief said.

He said warnings will not be given in enforcing the ordinance. The fine for a first-time offense for the storing of a junk vehicle is $1,000.

Balavage said the large fine is meant to clean up the township. Residents who wish to report nuisance vehicles may do so by calling township police at 696-1175.

Approval was granted by the supervisors for a water improvement project by Aqua Pennsylvania in a section of Midway Manor.

Aqua Pennsylvania will install approximately 4,000 feet of water mains on Woodbine Road, parts of Greenpond Road and Shadetree Road. An undetermined amount of new fire hydrants will also be installed. Aqua Pennsylvania will also resurface the roads to township specifications when they are finished with the work.

The supervisors also approved having the township manager draft an ordinance that would prohibit smoking at Center Street Park in accordance with the Young Lungs at Play Program through Luzerne County’s Tobacco Free Coalition.

Supervisors David Brodhead, James Reino and Paul Sabol voted in favor of the ordinance, while Jeffrey Box and John Solinsky voted against it.

A plaque was presented to Frances Gavigan and Donny Gavigan in memory of their husband and father, Ambrose Gavigan, by the supervisors. Ambrose Gavigan served on the township board of supervisors for 13 years from January 1976 to February 1989. He also served on the Kingston Township Home Rule Charter Study Commission during the early 1970s.

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Resolution to allow removal of junk cars from properties

By Scott Rawdon

Trustees passed a resolution to allow the township to remove junk cars from properties under certain conditions. Union Township Police Chief and Zoning Inspector Paula Green said a junk car qualifies as three model years or older, apparently inoperable, or extensively damaged. Green said the rule realistically only applies to junk vehicles parked outdoors.

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Amnesty for junk-car owners in Sacramento County, West Sac

Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson Staff writer

Owners of junk cars — or vehicles with overdue fines — in unincorporated areas of Sacramento County and in the city of West Sacramento are being offered junk car amnesty, in cooperation with Pick-n-Pull Auto Dismantlers.

The amnesty runs Wednesday through Saturday.

It doesn’t matter whether the car runs or not, but the vehicle has to be under 18 feet long.

There no charge for car or truck owners, and it will remove potential or existing code violations from their property.

People in unincorporated Sacramento County can call 866-520-9749. Residents in West Sacramento can call the same number to get their car towed, or they can get a $50 gift certificate from Pick-n-Pull for dropping the car off at the West Sacramento Pick-n-Pull location.

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