The worst shortages are in Florida, Mississippi, parts of Texas, the Baltimore-Washington area, Pennsylvania, Chicago and the Northwest, including Washington, Oregon, Nevada and Northern California, he said Wednesday. Sue Billett, donor resource consultant with the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank, confirms that supplies are low in this region but stresses all blood donated here stays in the area. The project would be the largest of its type to date in Cumberland County. A similar complex of four housing units is nearing completion in West Fairview Township. County Redevelopment Authority Executive Director Chris Gulotta declines to identify the Newville property until the purchase is final, but says he expects construction could begin in the fall.
Officials say there is an unoccupied building on the target property.
A recent youth substance abuse survey by the Cumberland-Perry Drug and Alcohol Commission offers disturbing information about parents' failure to educate their children about drug and alcohol use. Survey results are included in the commission's plan for fiscal 1997-98. The Pennsylvania Department of Health, Office of Drug and Alcohol Programs, requires the commission to complete the plan. The three problem areas with parents indicated by the survey include poor parenting skills, parents who are current substance abusers and parental approval of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. Recycling is back on the drawing board in Middlesex Township.