FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2008
Contact: Tracy Polovick 
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Media Advisory
Vance to Discuss Details of Opossum Lake Funding

WHAT:     Sen. Pat Vance will announce details regarding the significant funding she secured for repair of the dam at Opossum Lake in Lower Frankford Township. The lake was lowered 14 feet in the fall of 2005 after leaks were discovered in the dam's spillway. 

WHO:      Sen. Patricia Vance; Dr. Doug Austen, executive director of PA Fish and Boat Commission; Rep. Will Gabig; Ed Franco, president of Friends of Opossum Lake Conservancy; Cumberland County Commissioners and Lower Frankford Township Supervisors. 

WHEN:     Saturday, February 9, 2008 

TIME:      11 a.m.

WHERE:  Main Parking area off of Opossum Lake Access Road. (If there is inclement weather, please call 919-7615 for alternate location.) From the Square in Carlisle, proceed west on West High Street. Turn right onto North Orange Street and then make an almost immediate left onto Newville Road. Go a short distance on Newville Road to McClures Gap Road. (It's right before Westminster Cemetery.) Take a right onto McClures Gap Road. Follow that for several miles. Turn left onto Campground Road. At the Y on Campground Road, bear right and this road becomes Opossum Lake Road. You'll go about a mile on Opossum Lake Road, and the entrance will be on the left. If you would like an electronic map, please contact Tracy Polovick at 787-8524 or 919-7615.

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