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General Forums => The Mess Hall => Topic started by: YJmechanic on February 07, 2007, 06:30:29 PM
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paragon adventure park in PA is no longer open. the land owner revoked the lease and although taken to court it was ruled the land owner was allowed to revoke the lease for no reason. he is now putting an airport where the park was. this sucks paragon was the best place to wheel in this area and held lots of national comps and events like u-rok and jamborees. hate to see it go but it seems like we are losing more places to wheel everyday.
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never been there, but that is too bad.
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I live 10 minutes away from Paragon and I'm very sad to see it go. Many of my friends used to go there on a regular basis and now we'll all be stuck looking for places to go wheeling.
More info here:
http://www.paragonap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11673&page=1 (http://www.paragonap.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11673&page=1)
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My club was planning a trip there this year :'(.....needless to say we have had to find alternatives. Fortunately, there are a few close to home in MI or not much further than Paragon.
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Here is what's in the news today:
Paragon to keep land through appeals
By STEVE MOCARSKY smocarsky@timesleader.com
WILKES-BARRE – Paragon Adventure Park scored another victory in court Wednesday when a judge ruled that owner Kyle Knosp could keep possession of the land until all appeals on a lease issue have been exhausted.
Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas Judge Ann Lokuta made the ruling after hearing arguments on whether a preliminary injunction she imposed Tuesday, which barred Gladstone Partners L.P. from land occupied by the park, should remain in effect.
Gladstone – a group that wants to build a $1.6 billion cargo airport on land partly occupied by the offroad vehicle park – sued Knosp in June, claiming that he breached his 25-year lease with landowner PCA Corp. The Gladstone Partners want Paragon evicted so they can buy the land from PCA Corp.
Knosp denies breaching the lease and is appealing an eviction order issued by a lower court.
Gladstone had exercised the eviction order on Monday, padlocking the park gate and Knosp’s office trailer. Lokuta’s preliminary injunction on Tuesday returned park access to Knosp.
At the start of Wednesday’s hearing, Gladstone attorney Jill Moran, the county prothonotary, asked Lokuta to recuse herself because the Judicial Conduct Board interviewed Moran in its investigation that preceded the board filing misconduct charges against Lokuta in November.
Lokuta denied the motion, saying she has no prejudice toward Moran.
Knosp testified that he was being hurt financially by being denied access to the land.
After a cross-examination, Lokuta chastised Gladstone co-counsel Jonathan Lang for producing no witnesses of his own. She said she granted Wednesday’s hearing partly because Lang indicated he intended to call witnesses in the case.
Lang detailed six reasons why the injunction should be dismissed, including that Knosp failed to show immediate and irreparable harm to his business.
After taking the case under consideration, Lokuta issued a written order that grants Knosp access to the land and bars Gladstone from interfering with Paragon’s use of the land throughout the appeals process.
She also ordered Knosp to post a $7,648 bond to continue his appeal, rather than honor Gladstone’s request that Knosp post a $40 million bond. Lokuta said Gladstone produced no evidence that it intended to buy the land for $40 million.
Lycoming County Senior Judge Clinton Smith will hear arguments today on whether Knosp can proceed with another form of appeal in the case. Smith dismissed one appeal last week.
Steve Mocarsky, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 459-2005.
http://www.timesleader.com/mld/timesleader/news/16649983.htm
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yea actually pap maybe be open again this weekend :dance:
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Just a little update, Here is a vid of the speech given by Kyle the morning of the raffle benefit.
part 1 (http://www.dazedandconfuzed.com/bmja/benefitride/kylesspeacha.avi)
part 2 (http://www.dazedandconfuzed.com/bmja/benefitride/kylesspeachb.avi)
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If I was living in Baja California, parts of Mexico, Central and South America, I'd still want to go wheeling. Little consolation, but perhaps OHV area closures in the North will bring more people to wheel on the Southern landmasses in the Western Hemisphere. Its a whole 'nother country down there, so to speak.
What might be shunned in some places up here ("I'd like to turn this area in to an OHV Trail") might be welcomed down there :dance:
Course, the guy converting Paragon to an airport is probably just looking to generate more income from the real estate.
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Seems that they might still be open. I've heard some people are going there this weekend. :confused:
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They are, the judge granted a stay through the appeal process with a $7k bond.
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i hope they get through with the process and keep it open but they are fighting an uphill battle. i didn't realize that many people were close to here. we have to meet up at paragon(if it's still open) or rausch this spring.
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i hope they get through with the process and keep it open but they are fighting an uphill battle. i didn't realize that many people were close to here. we have to meet up at paragon(if it's still open) or this spring.
I live about a half an hour north of Paragon, in the Wilkes-Barre area. I haven't been to Paragon yet. A group of friends and myself had plans to go this spring but now it's all up in the air. :'( Rausch? Never heard of it but looks like it's just a quick trip down route 81 from here. :thumbsup:
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cool let me know if you get a trip together and i can bring a couple of guys too.
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Will do! 8)
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Aaarrgghh, double post.