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Group recognized for keeping a part of Lock Haven beautiful

LOCK HAVEN — City Council thanked the Dogwood Circle of the Lock Haven Garden Club for serving the community.

For years, the circle members have planted and maintained the attractive landscaping at the Main Street traffic triangle in front of The Express, as well as at the monument triangle a block away, up Bellefonte Avenue.

The plantings were particularly beautiful this year, and Jack Bailey, the city’s recreation director, asked that council recognize the volunteers for their hard work.

Circle President Judy Walker, treasurer JoAnn Bowes, charter member Marion Hoffman and Hazel Myers, who designs the plantings, attended council’s meeting Monday, when Mayor William E. Baney III officially thanked them for their dedication.

The Dogwood Circle was established in December 1960. Other current members are Vice President Svitlana Jones, secretary Pam Fiorentino, Connie Barker, Jeannie Bennett, Ruth Chase, Sue Daniels, Sherry Dwyer, Zonda Gregory, Bonnie Hannis, Jane Pool, Dot Taormina and Mary Vairo.

Bowes thanked the city for providing water, doing mulching and taking out the damaged shrubs at the Main Street triangle.

“We have gotten many, many compliments on it, and it’s because of the water,” she said.

Funding for the landscaping comes from the Clinton County Community Foundation. Members volunteer their time to plant in the spring, then maintain the plants throughout the growing season.

They planned their fall cleanup today, council heard.

In other business, council voted to prohibit parking in front of Avenue 209 Coffee House because of the new CVS store that will open soon, up the block. This prohibition was recommended by state Department of Transportation.

The restriction means there will be no parking on the north side of Bellefonte Avenue from Willard’s Alley, near the former Town Tavern, all the way to the city limits.

Council also voted to align parking enforcement procedures for the on-street meters and the meters in the parking lots. Some parked vehicles at on-street meters reportedly have received more than one ticket for being in the same space on the same day. This “double-ticketing” procedure was spelled out for parking lot meters but not for on-street meters — until now.

Under the new wording, it is possible for a vehicle to get a ticket for every hour it sits at an expired meter.

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