Great Valley Little League is holding registration for the spring season. Boys and girls ages 5-18 (players have to be age 5 by April 30, 2010,) who are residents of East Goshen, East Whiteland and Charlestown Townships are eligible. Registration has closed for baseball players ages 9-12. For all other players it will close Feb. 15. Any registrations received after that day will be placed on a waiting list. To register and for more information go to the Web site http://www.GVLL.org. The league phone number is 610-644-7302.

Please post a message regarding two lost and exhausted dogs seen this afternoon on Union Hill Road between Tinkerhill Lane and White Horse Road. Both are medium in size, one white/gray mix, the other golden mix. Both have black collars but we could not get close enough to them to see if they had tags. We were hoping to contain them long enough to find the owners but they continue to be on the move. The SPCA will not come out unless the dogs are confined.
Thank you,
Susan LeMert

CHARLESTOWN Video games and movies were reportedly stolen from a home in the 1000 block of Green Lane Road, according to state police. Forced entry was made through a rear kitchen window at 12:15 p.m. Jan. 7, police said. An Xbox 360, 10 Xbox games and 20 DVD movies were reportedly removed from the home. Investigators ask anyone with information about this incident to call state police at the Embreeville barracks at 484-340-3241.

Tuesday evening at 4:40 pm I saw a hunter in the open space field between my property at 2246 Pikeland and the Ashwood development. When I walked out to ask for his info he walked rapidly between two of the homes in Ashwood to a waiting pickup truck which left the development and headed north on Pikeland. Due to a pressing visitation requirement I was unable to follow and gain more info. The truck was a newer model all white small/medium size like a Ford Ranger or Dodge Dakota. No lettering or cap or rails in the back. The hunter was a white male twenties/thirties with a camo jacket with visible license carrying a crossbow. There was a herd of deer in the field at the time I saw the hunter.
I believe we have a case of "road hunting" here. Guys driving around looking for quick targets of opportunity. Especially with the cold weather if they get one they can let it lie and come back late at night to retrieve the kill without worry about decomposition. I found when I owned Hartman Run I'd see more of this activity now at the end of the season. I notified Ashwood but I thought that you could put it out there if anyone else sees evidence of "scouting" going on.

This dog is now back home. JM
This morning we found a beautiful white dog roaming around our home. It had many tags, but all phone numbers, etc. are leading to dead ends. If you know of anyone missing what appears to be a white Husky (our guess), please give us a call.

This last week many have noticed a light brown dog wondering around the area of the Devault Post Office. The dog has a collar however he is not approachable. If anyone knows of the owner please contact me at Devault Foods. Sure would like to find his owner.

Sec. 2305. Retrieval and disposition of killed or wounded game or wildlife.
(a) General rule. - It is unlawful for any person who kills or wounds any game or wildlife while engaged in any activities permitted by this title to refuse or neglect to make a reasonable effort to retrieve, retain or lawfully dispose of such game or wildlife.
(b) Penalty. - A violation of this section is a summary offense of the fourth degree.

Just to add to Wendy's distress, we caught two hunters on our property Thursday morning. Our land is posted and we don't allow any hunting of any type: rifle, shotgun or bow. It is especially dangerous now, because we placed our land into a conservation easement, there are public trails going through the property, and people could be shot by accident. We have also discovered that several of our posted notices have been torn down - probably by hunters.
We had a hard time making the poachers leave, as they demanded proof that this is our property. I don't know how to do that, especially when looking into the barrel of a gun. Unfortunately, the only police we can call are the state police, and evicting poaching hunters is not their highest priority. When we called the Fish and Game Commission, they gave us a hard time. They demanded to know how our land was posted, where the signs were placed, etc. They made it seem as if we were responsible for not giving the hunters adequate notice. Clearly, they are not on our side of the law. I wish our township had an official who could help enforce hunting regulations. Paul Stevens

I would like all of our neighbors to know that the people who were apparently present at our house on Wednesday were NOT here with our permission. They appear to have used our yard to retrieve a deer from someone else's land. They got stuck in the mud, turfed the lawn, left trash and otherwise made a mess. The evidence suggests that they paused to take a photo of the deer, and then left the empty box from the disposable camera.
We do not permit shotgun hunting on our property. There are no shotgun hunters who have permission to hunt here, park here or walk through here. I heard shots close by this morning, and I suspect that they were hunting where they are not welcome.
If anyone saw the truck that was here on Wednesday, I would appreciate any details you could provide. (wwmclean@comcast.net)