The Flag Code, which

formalizes and unifies the

traditional ways in which we
give respect to the flag, also
contains specific instructions
on how the flag is not to be
used. They are: The flag
should never be dipped to any
person or thing. It is flown
upside down only as a distress
signal.
The flag should not be used
as a drapery, or for covering a
speakers desk, draping a
platform, or for any decoration
in general. Bunting of blue,
white and red stripes is available for these purposes. The
blue stripe of the bunting
should be on the top.
The flag should never be used
for any advertising purpose. It
should not be embroidered,
printed or otherwise impressed
on such articles as cushions,
handkerchiefs, napkins, boxes,
or anything intended to be
discarded after temporary use.
Advertising signs should not
be attached to the staff or
halyard
The flag should not be used

as part of a costume or athletic

uniform, except that a flag
patch may be used on the
uniform of military personnel,
fireman, policeman and members of patriotic organizations.
The flag should never have
placed on it, or attached to it,
any mark, insignia, letter,
word, number, figure, or drawing of any kind.
The flag should never be used
as a receptacle for receiving,
holding, carrying, or delivering
anything.
When the flag is lowered, no
part of it should touch the
ground or any other object; it
should be received by waiting
hands and arms. To store the
flag it should be folded neatly
and ceremoniously.
The flag should be cleaned
and mended when necessary.
When a flag is so worn it is no
longer fit to serve as a symbol
of our country, it should be
destroyed by burning in a
dignified manner.
More information on Flag
Etiquette can be found at
usflag.org/flagetiquette.html

Bushkill Township proudly

presents the 4th Annual
Veterans Remembrance and
Flag Retirement Ceremony at
1:30pm on Sunday, May
29th. All Veterans, both
living and deceased, and
Active Duty and Reserve
Troops are remembered.
This patriotic event is open to
everyone.
Gather at the
Veterans Memorial Flagpole
at the recreation fields
directly across from the
Township Municipal Building at 1114 Bushkill Center
Rd. Nazareth. Parking and
seating are provided at the
flagpole. The rain location is
inside Bushkill Township
Volunteer Fire Co. social hall
behind the municipal building.
The featured speakers are
Kit and John Cotton of Bethlehem Township. They met

in Vietnam in 1969 when Kit

served as a Red Cross Donut
Dolly and John was an Air
Force Fighter Pilot. Their
presentation is called A
Touch of Home in a Combat
Zone.
The Nazareth Community
Band, directed by Ralph E.
Brodt
III,
opens
the
ceremony with a selection of
patriotic music. They also
provide music throughout the
program, including Armed
Forces Salute based on the
theme songs of each branch
of the Armed Forces as those
present stand during the playing of their branch. The Rev.
David Schaeffer, Army
Veteran and Pastor of St.
Johns Lutheran Church,
Nazareth, offers The Invocation.
Other participants
include Emcee Pa. State
Representative Marcia Hahn,

Lizzi Brodt Zimmer singing

The National Anthem, Sam
Miller reading flag dedication names, and Boy Scout
Troop 44 presenting the Flag
Retirement Ceremony. The
program concludes with the
Rifle Squad Detail of the
United States Army Reserve
744th Military Police Battalion and taps played by Randy
Baxendale.
After the ceremony Veterans, Active Duty, and
Reserve Troops are invited to
gather for a group photo, and
to receive a star from Stars
for Our Troops (a special star
for Veterans, active duty, and
reserve troops to serve as a
reminder that they are not
forgotten and to thank them
for their service to our country.
Information on PA
Wounded Warriors, Inc. will
be available as well.

The Slate Belt Heritage

Center is proud to announce
the recipients of its' 2016
Preservation Award. Through
this presentation the Heritage
Center acknowledges those
individuals
who
have
performed exemplary acts
toward
promoting
and

preserving the culture and

heritage of the Slate Belt.
Candidates may be an
individual or a group and
can be self nominated or by
another party. The three
winners and their respective
categories are as follows:
The Initiative Award is
presented to an individual
who has shown exemplary
actions in promoting and
preserving the Slate Belt
Heritage through In-Kind
actions. This years recipient
is Ms. Anna Caldera. Ms.
Caldera played an integral
part in editing all seven (7)
books in the Heritage
Center's "Ethnic Heritage
Series". She volunteered,
working countless hours
advising and making adaptations along with the authors
to
produce
prominent
literary publications without
thought of compensation.
She has shown patience and
guidance every step of the
way, making the ethnic
project a huge success.
Additionally she has coauthored "A Great Miracle

Happened Here": The Jews of

the Slate Belt and has also
authored a book on the "Trail
Trees of the Native Americans".
The Architectural Award is
presented to an individual
who has performed an exemplary act in saving or
conserving a historic building, place or artifact where
restoration is authentic to
preservation. This years
recipient is Mr. Gage Parachos. Mr. Parachos completed, as an Eagle Scout
project, the restoration of the
historic Portland Jail. Mr.
Parachos repaired, plastered
and sealed the stone walls,
rebuilt the wood flooring,
restored the jail windows and
original door (found buried in
the dirt) and placed artifacts
to enhance the replication. He
documented his work from
beginning to end with a
scrapbook of pictures. He
followed up the project with
clearing the grounds, making
the walkway accessible and
did exterior painting which

Bangor Borough will be

holding a borough wide yard
sale on May 27th through
29th. The Borough Yard Sale
permit fee is waived for those
three days if you are interested
in holding your own sale.
Although the fee will be
waived, the following permit
guidelines still apply: No
signage attached to power
poles, signal poles, street or
roadway markers, bridge
railing or any public right of
way sign, pole or device.
Signs may be posted on
private property only; and The
merchandise
being
sold
belongs to the applicant and
the goods have not been
purchased or obtained solely
for this sale.
A birthday card shower for
Clara Schweitzer who will
be 105 years old on June
3rd. is currently being held.
Please mail cards to: Clara
Schweitzer, Gracedale Nursing Home, 2 Gracedale Ave.,
Nazareth, PA, 18064 - Nw2
Room 8.
Family and Friends of the
late Dennis Strouse are
holding a bake sale at Ace
Hardware in Capitol Plazza,
Blue Valley Drive, in
Bangor and Main Street
Market, at North Main
Street, in Bangor on June
4th starting at 9am. All
proceeds will benefit the
912 Scholarship fund in
memory of Denny Strouse.
The scholarship is awarded
each year to a Bangor area
High School
graduating
senior.
Upper Mt. Bethel Twp. is
looking to form a community park committee and is
seeking three residents of
Upper Mt. Bethel Twp. to

join.
The committee is
strictly volunteer to oversee
phases of the park and scheduling of events at the park.
Please submit your letter of
interest to Upper Mount
Bethel Township Municipal
Building, Attn: Board of
Supervisors, 387 Ye Olde
Highway, Mount Bethel, PA
18343,
or
email
officesecretary@uppermtbeth
el.org.
The Bangor High School
Class of 1966 will hold their
50th Reunion at the Delaware Water Gap Country
Club on Saturday October
8th at 6pm. The Class has
also been invited to sit at this
years high school graduation
as guests. The following
addresses are needed: Bruce
Dietz, Carol Ann Reinhart
Hutnick, Peggy Ealey Kish,
Richard Hunt, Natalie Crouse
Donate, Larry Stenlake, James
LaBarre, Marshall Bailey,
Sondra Buskirk Baier, Patricia
Pysher Bennett, Robert Mack
Charlene Pasqualino, Linda
Repsher Silvius, Linda Meixsell Yeakel, Richard Danner,
Glenda Dunk, Diana Galatioto,
Donna
Davidson
Edwards and Thomas Kittle.
Anyone with information
please contact: Karen Brewer
@ 610-588-8615 or 484-8945661. Those who have
received invitations and are
planning to attend the high
school graduation exercises
are also to notify Karen
Brewer so a seat count can be
given to the school.
Pen Argyl High School
Class of 1976 Reunion will
be held on October 1st at
Tolino Vineyard from 5pm
to 10pm. Casual party to
catch up with friends. RSVP
to Cindy (Letson) Cipriani at
238
Whitemarsh
Drive,
Sewell,
NJ 08080 or at

Cls4361@hotmail.com.
The Salvation Army in Pen
Argyl has several slots available for overnight youth
summer camp in the
Poconos. For more information, call 610-863-6677.
The Slate Belt Regional
Police have a drug takeback box at their 6292
Sullivan Trail office in
Nazareth. For more information, call their non-emergency
line at 610-759-8517, or fax
610-759-8523.
The Washington Twp.
Board of Supervisors is
seeking members for the
Recreation
Committee.
Volunteers are needed to fill
two permanent member
vacancies and two alternate
vacancies. The goal of the
Washington Twp. Recreation
Committee is to enhance the
recreational resources available to residents. This Committee meets the 4th Tuesday
of each month at 7pm. Washington Township residents
interested in filling these
vacancies are asked to submit
a letter of interest to: Washington Township Board of
Supervisors, 1021 Washington Blvd., Bangor, PA 18013.
The BAHS Marching
Band uniforms, which are
modeled
after
Her
Majestys Royal Welsh
Guard, and pay tribute to
the heritage of Bangor,
must be replaced after years
of normal wear and tear.
The new uniforms will
continue to use the same style.
The Slater Band Boosters
have initiated a fund drive to
support this effort. The Boosters will appreciate any donations, small or large, to this
cause. The names of contributors will be acknowledged in
concert programs during the
2016-2017 school year.
Names of contributors at
higher levels will be memorialized on a plaque to be
displayed in the theater wing
of the high school. More
information is available at
bahsbands.weebly.com. Send
your tax deductible contributions to: Slater Band Boosters,
Uniform Drive, c/o Charlie
Cole, 608 Shawnee Street,
Roseto, PA 18013.

The St Jude Knights of

Columbus will be collecting
donations after the masses
on May 28th and 29th, and
also along Rt. 94 during the
parade. All donations will be
given to Lyons Veterans
Hospital.
The Walpack Historical
Society will open the Van
Campen Inn for the 2016
season on May 29th and
May 30th from 1pm to 5pm.
You will be able to take free
tours Saturdays and Sundays
throughout the season, as

volunteers are available. This

federally-owned stone farmhouse was built circa 1740's
and has some of the finest
woodwork and hardware of
that period in Sussex County.
The area around the Inn was a
hotbed of activity during the
French and Indian War. It is
located on Old Mine Road in
Walpack Township, Sussex
County within the Delaware
Water Gap National Recreation Area. For more information, call 973-948-4903.
North Warren Midget
Football will be holding
open registration for all
levels on June 2nd from
6:30pm to 7:45pm at the
Catherine Dixon Hoffman
Library, Blairstown. Board
members will be on hand to
assist with forms or to answer
any questions. Registration
forms can also be found at
nwmfl.org, and can be mailed
to NWMFL P.O. Box 206,
Blairstown, NJ 07825. Deadline for all registrations is June
2nd.
Please
email
nwmfl@yahoo.com with any
questions.
Quality
artisans
and
antique vendors are wanted
for the Belvidere in Bloom
Summer Festival on June
11th, from 9am to 5pm at
Garret D. Wall Park in
Belvidere. For more information, call 908-310-7203 or visit
BelvidereinBloom.com.
The Womans Club of
Belvidere is presenting Belvidere in Bloom, a summer
festival of artisans, antiques
and activities. Castles and
Cottages house tours, Wuthering Heights Tea and Architectural walking tours. For information and tickets, visit belviderein bloom.com or call 908892-3874. Delicious foods
offered for sale at churches
around Garret D. Wall Park.
Belvidere Garden Club will be
presenting
their
Secret
Garden Tours," and Historic
tours are offered by reservation,
to
reserve
visit
www.HardwickTours.com or
call 908-268-6871.
Registration is now open for
the Tri Mountain Lake
Sprint Triathlon taking place
on July 16th, in Liberty,
(Mountain Lake). The Sprint
Triathlon tours the surrounding
area of Mountain Lake in
Liberty NJ. After a half-mile
swim in the pristine lake, get
ready for some ups and downs
on the 15-mile bike ride. Then
finish off on the three-mile run
giving a view from each angle
of the lake. Participants can
sign up to compete as individuals or as a team of three. Teams
will compete with each
member completing one leg of
the event, and their time will be
recorded and displayed versus
other team entries. To register,
visit runsignup.com/ace/NJ/
Liberty/TRIMountainLake.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary

School is planning for the

2016-2017 school year. At
this time they would like to
identify as many children as
possible who will be eligible
for kindergarten in September. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must be five
years old by October 1st. If
you have not already done so,
and you have a child who will
be eligible for next years
kindergarten class, call the
school at 908-475-5118, ext.
200. Dates for screening of
next
years
kindergarten
students will be released at a
later date. Parents will receive
details in the mail. Please pass
this information along to
anyone in Knowlton Twp. who
may have a child eligible for
kindergarten in September.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary
is now accepting registrations
for their preschool program
for fall. Children must be four
years old by October 1st, and
must be toilet trained. The
program runs Monday through
Friday from 9am to 11:30am
when school is in session.
Transportation is not provided
for this program. If interested,
please contact the school office
at 908-475-5118, ext. 200.
Knowlton Seniors is seeking
new members 55 or older
from Knowlton Township
and surrounding areas,
including PA. They offer
multiple trips to different sights
each year. They meet the first
Friday of each month at the
Knowlton United Methodist
Church on Rt. 94 at 1:30pm
with few exceptions. For more
information, call Sue at 908496-4740.
In anticipation of its 13th
anniversary assisting northwestern NJ residents, Project
Self-Sufficiency is asking
former
participants
to

contact the agency. Information gathered from former

participants would be used
throughout the upcoming year
as part of the agencys celebration. Former adult participants, as well as the grown
children of former participants,
are asked to call Project SelfSufficiency at 973-940-3500
or 844-807-3500.
Blairstown
Recreation
Summer Day Camp is now
open for registration. The
camp is open to resident and
non-resident
pre-school
children ages four and five
(age four by October 1st, 2015)
and for boys and girls currently
in grades K through sixth.
Summer Camp is held
Monday through Friday, June
27th through July 8th (closed
July 4th), from 9am to noon at
Blairstown
Elementary
School.
Registration is
accepted at the Recreation
Office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8am to 1pm, by
mail-in, or by drop-off box.
For additional information
visit www.blairstown-nj.org
or call 908-362-6663 ext. 232.
North Warren KnitWits
needs new members to
crochet or knit items to be
donated to various charities,
nursing homes, hospice and
the
needy
throughout
Warren County. KnitWits, a
group of mostly senior
women,
have
donated
thousands of items over their
25+ years of existence. They
meet every Tuesday from
9:30am to noon at the Catherine
Dickson
Hoffman
Library, located on Lambert
Road in Blairstown. For more
information, call Anne at
908-459-0453. Donations of
yarn are always needed. For
more information, call Anne at
908-459-0453.

Adult Fiction: Dubois,

Jennifer: Cartwheel; French,
Tana: Broken Harbor; Hite,
Ann: The Story Catcher;
Hyde, Catherine Ryan: When I
Found You; Kenyon, Nate:
Day One; Reichert, Amy: The
Coincidence Of Coconut
Cake; Ripley, Alexandra:
Scarlett The Sequel; Stein,
Garth: A Sudden Light;
Weaver, Michael: Captain
John Bigelow, More Than Just
A Civil War Hero At Gettysburg; Jenkins In Mechanicsburg,
The
Confederate
Attempt On Pennsylvanias
Capital.
Adult
Non
Fiction:
Buchanan, Jessica: Impossible
Odds, The Kidnapping Of

Jessica Buchanan And Her

Dramatic Rescue By Seal
Team Six; Fleming, Thomas:
The Great Divide, The
Conflict Between Washington
And Jefferson That Defined A
Nation.
Large Print Fiction: Fairstein, Linda: Killer Heat.
Easy Fiction: Berenstain,
Stan: The Berenstain Bears
Dollars And Sense; Buckley,
Richard: The Foolish Tortoise;
Carle, Eric: The Mixed Up
Chameleon; The Very Hungry
Caterpillar; Fujikawa, Gyo:
Babes Of The Wild.
Easy Non Fiction: Wild
Animals.
DVDs: Will And Grace
Season 4.

Legislation authored by
state Rep. Marcia Hahn (RBushkill Township) that
would change the penalties
for driving with a suspended
license resulting from a DUI
(driving under the influence)
conviction has passed the
House
overwhelmingly.
House Bill 1861 may now be
considered by the state
Senate.
Current law is essentially
one size fits all and doesnt
take into account repeat
offenders, Hahn said. The
price paid for this type of
criminal activity can be lives
impacted and in some cases
lives lost, and my bill will
change that.
Under current law, driving
with a suspended license
following a DUI carries the
same penalty (a $500 fine and
a prison sentence of not less

than 60 days and not more

than 90 days) no matter how
many times an individual is
prosecuted. House Bill 1861
would amend the Vehicle
Code to create a tiered
penalty system for subsequent convictions.
While sentencing for a first
offense would remain the
same, anyone convicted of
subsequent offenses would

face the following: Second

offense - $1,000 fine and
minimum 90 day in jail; Third
offense - Elevated to a misdemeanor charge, with a $2,500
fine and minimum six months
in jail; Subsequent offenses $5,000 fine and minimum two
years in jail.
It is sad to think we need
such a law carried to the
extreme of placing in statute
penalties for anyone caught
driving on a suspended
license more than once,
added Hahn. This type of
repeat offender unfortunately
exists and doesnt understand
the seriousness of the crime
he or she has committed and
the penalties that go along
with it.
Questions about this or any
legislative issue may be
directed to Hahns district
office at 610-746-2100.

Donovan Grom, Commander

of
MartocciCapobianco
American
Legion Post # 750 in Roseto,
PA has announced the schedule of Memorial Day events
for Monday, May 30th. The
legionnaires, lead by the
Bangor Area High School
Band under the direction of
Mr. Eric Hahn, will depart
from the Post home located
on Garibaldi Ave at 8:30am
and proceed to the New
Catholic Cemetery where
services will be held at 9am
The contingent will then
move to the Roseto Presbyterian Cemetery on Liberty
St for services at 9:30am.
The final graveside services

will be held at the Catholic

cemetery adjacent to Our
Lady of Mt Carmel church at
10am.
From this cemetery the
legionnaires will proceed to
the Municipal Plaza on
Garibaldi Ave for the Community Services at the War
Monuments beginning at
10:45am These services will
also include the clergy from
the area churchesthe
Reverends
James
and
Thomas Prior of Our Lady of
Mt Carmel Church and the
Rev Barry Eng, pastor of
Roseto Independent Presbyterian Church. Northampton
County Court of Common
Pleas Senior Judge Leonard

N Zito will be the main

speaker.
In addition,
students from DeFranco
Elementary and Faith Christian schools will read their
winning essays on the topic
What Memorial Day Means
To Me. Runners up from
the two schools will also
read their essays.
An
oratorical presentation will
be given by Drew Wortman a
student from Bangor Middle
School.
Wreaths will be placed on
the War Monuments by the
Post. In the event of inclement weather, the community
services will be held indoors
at the Post Home at 143
Garibaldi Ave.

The Leader in Me Lehigh

Valley announces Leadership Days on May 27th from
9am to 2:30pm at DeFranco
Elementary, 267 Five Points
Richmond Road, Bangor, PA
18013. Leadership Day
events are held by those
elementary schools going
through The Leader in Me
process. These schools open
their doors to the community
for one day or one-half day
and let others see the amazing transformation that takes
place within their building
for staff and students alike.
Students showcase their
leadership skills, staff share
their successes, and the leadership philosophy driving
the culture of the school is
tangibly seen and felt.
The Bangor Area School
District
currently
has
DeFranco
Elementary
School and Bangor Area
Middle School in the
Program, reaching over 950
students annually. In the
2017-2018 school year, all

three elementary schools

and the middle school will
institute the Leader in Me
Program impacting over
2,000 students.
First introduced in 2011 to
the Lincoln and Governor
Wolf Elementary Schools in
Bethlehem, The Leader in
Me is a whole-school transformation process currently
reaching
over
8,600
students in 18 elementary
schools and one middle
school in the Greater Lehigh
Valley. Before the leadership model, the process was
in 25 percent of elementary
classrooms. With the implementation of this new
model, we have reached
nearly 50 percent of all
elementary school children
in this school year. Our
reach will expand rapidly to
75 percent in the 2017-2018
school year and 93 percent
during the 2018-2019 year.
The Leader in Me has had
a transformative impact in
our elementary school,

said Braden Hendershot,

Director
of
Human
Resources. We have seen a
great impact on the staff, as
they rediscover their true
voice in education and
empower other adults and
children to find their voices.
It is clear that our progress is
directly related to our implementation of The Leader in
Me.
The Leader in Me process
starts from a powerful
premisethat every child
possesses unique strengths
and has the ability to be a
leader, which shapes the
views of staff to value and
develop the whole child. It
presents a holistic, schoolwide experience for staff,
students, and parents, and
creates a common language
and culture within the
school.
The
leadership
principles and lessons are
not taught as a curriculum,
but instead are incorporated
into coursework, traditions,
systems, and culture.

Recently the families and

staff of Alpine Montessori
School in Sparta generously
participated in a Diaper Drive
to benefit the Sussex County
Diaper Bank, which serves
the clients of various Sussex
County non-profit organizations.
The Sussex County Diaper
Bank is a 501c3 nonprofit
charitable organization that
exists to help partner agencies working with families in
crisis meet their need for
diapers.
We provide diapers at no
charge to approved partner
agencies here in Sussex
County who distribute them
directly to their clients without charge. The quantity of
diapers available for distribution is dependent upon the
generosity of donors.
For babies, diapers are as
essential as food and shelter.
A regular change of diapers is
necessary to keep a child
clean, dry, healthy and happy.
For low income families
disposable diapers are cost
prohibitive as they are not
covered by food stamps. For
sanitary reasons, Laundro-

mats dont allow customers

to wash cloth diapers.
Parents who work cant leave
their infants in day care without providing a sufficient
supply of disposable diapers.
If youd like to host a diaper
drive or would like more
information, please contact
Sharon
Giacchino,
at
giacchinos@norwescap.org
or by phone: 973-383-3461.

NORWESCAP is a nonprofit community action

agency established in 1965
that creates opportunities for
over 30,000 low-income
people in northwest NJ by
providing a large portfolio of
self-sufficiency and emergency services. The mission
of NORWESCAP is Creating Opportunities...Changing
Lives.

facebook, or email
Haven@epix.net.

Safe

Free Memorial Weekend

Concert & Dinner featuring patriotic ladies duo
Letters From Home: May
27th, 6:30pm. Mount Eaton
Church, Saylorsburg. FMI
visit, mounteatonchurch.org,
call 570-992-7050 or email
office@mounteatonchurch.or
g.

Memorial Day Service:

May 30th, 1pm. E. Bangor
Cemetery, Park Rd., East
Bangor. Speaker will be Rev.
Paul Milligan. In case of
rain, the service will be held
at the E. Bangor UMCC, 136
W. Central Ave. (Rt. 512), E.
Bangor. FMI, call 610-5884453.

Girl Scout Troop 81 2nd

Annual Community Yard
Sale: May 28th from 7am4pm. Comm. Presbyterian
Church, Rt. 611, Mt. Bethel.
Vendor spaces for only
$10/space or $15 for 2. To
reserve a space or to donate,
call/text Lori at 610-5978483. All proceeds from this
event will help to defray the
costs of their troop's trip to
Alaska in June.

Pen
Argyl
American
Legion Post #502 & Grace
UMC
Memorial
Day
Service: May 30th, 9am.
Fairview Cemetary. In case
of rain services will be held
in the church.

Safe Haven Meet & Greet

Flea Market: May 29th,
11am-3pm. Corner of Rts.
115 & 209, Brodheadsville
(behind CVS). FMI, visit
www.SafeHavenPa.org, on

Bob Washock, Bangor

VFW Post 739 Memorial
Day Ceremony: May 30th,
10am. St. Johns Cemetery,
6th St. & Founders Park, S.
Main St., Bangor. Free
trolley from Bangor American Legion & Bangor Elks to
St. Johns Cemetery. Program
sponsored by the Bangor
American Legion, Bangor
Veterans of Foreign Wars &

Bangor Elks. In Case of rain,

ceremony will be held at the
Bangor VFW.
Mt.
Bethel
American
Legion Post 216 Memorial
Day Parade & Service: May
30th, 11am. Guest Speaker:
Mario Scavello. Slate Belt
Museum, Rt. 611, Mt. Bethel.
Roseto Legion Martoccicapobianco
American
Legion Post # 750 Memeorial Day Service: Monday,
May 30th, 8:30am. Depart
from the Post home located
on Garibaldi Ave & proceed
to the New Catholic Cemetery for services at 9am.
Move to Roseto Presbyterian
Cemetery on Liberty St.
9:30am. Final graveside
services. Catholic cemetery
adjacent to Our Lady of Mt.
Carmel church at 10am. In
the event of inclement
weather, the community
services will be held indoors
at the Post Home at 143
Garibaldi Ave.
Marine Corps League
Northampton
County
Detachment 298 Meeting:
June 1st, 1900 hours. 1621
Lehigh St., Easton.
All
active duty and honorably
discharged
Marines
welcome.
FMI,
email
jimmineousmc @rcn.com.
Delaware-Lehigh Amateur
Radio Club Meeting : June
2nd, 7:30pm. Bethlehem
Twp. Comm. Cntr., 2900
Farmersville Rd., Bethlehem.
Program: Brian Harrison /
KN4R from North Carolina
with an eye-opening Special
Presentation in Pennsylvania,
How radio played an
integral role in a legendary
mystery.
Hams and others interested
are always welcome. FMI,
visit www.dlarc.org or call
610-432-8286.
Chapter #14 Society PA
Archaeology meeting: June
2nd, 7pm. Palmer Township
Memorial Library, 1 Weller
Place, Easton. Bill Graner,
speaker
,"Spanish
Cob
Coins." Free. FMI call,
Ziegler at 908-750-4110.

Richmond Lions Chicken

Bar-B-Que:
June
4th,
4pm-6:30pm. $10. Takeout
available.
St. Lukes Hospice Hosts
6th Annual Charity Bike
Ride: June 5th, 10am. Delaware & Lehigh National Trail
Lehighton Trailhead, 200 N.
Main Lane, Lehighton.
E. Bangor UMCC Strawberry Festival: June 10th,
4pm.Blaine Reimel Memorial Park, Park Rd., E.
Bangor. Rain or shine. Food
& "Jacktown" ice cream will
be available. FMI., call 610588-4453 or visit ebumc.org.
Bangor
Hi-Rise
Flea
Market/Bake Sale: June
11th, 9am-noon.
Portland Borough Town
Wide Yard Sale: June 11th,
Rain or shine. Vendors
wanted. FMI, call Stephanie
Steele at 610-216-6716,
Cindy Fish 973-600-7120 or
email
portlandboroughpa
@gmail.com .
Vettes for Vets Car, Truck
& Motorcycle Show: June
12th, 9am-3pm. Blue Valley
Farm Show, 707 American
Bangor Rd., Bangor. FMI,
visit www. slatebeltcorvette
club.com.
Slate Belt Senior Center
Bus Trip: June 23rd, 9am6pm. Lancaster Area for the
production of "The Perfect
Wedding." FMI, call Joan at
610-588-1224.
16th Annual Bangor Elks
Lodge #1106 Golf Tournament: June 27th. $85 per
golfer. FMI or to register, call
610-588-3420
or
email
bangorelks@gmail.com.
Deadline is June 20th.

Resort. Checks are payable to

the Slate Belt Heritage
Center & can be sent, along
with names to Marc Blau,
280 Halletts Rd., Mt. Bethel,
PA 18343. All checks must
be received by Friday, July
31st.

NJ
Audubon
Society:
Nature
Infused
Yoga:
Saturdays, Now-June 18th,
9:30am-10:45am. 11 Hardscrabble Road, Bernardsville.
Cost per class: $12 members,
$15 non-members. Cost for
all 8 classes: $88 members,
$112 non-members. Registration for full 8 week session
req'd by April 29th. FMI, or
to register, call 908-7665787.
Blairstown Memorial Day
Parade: May 29th, 1pm. Rt.
94, Blairstown
Memorial Day Roast Beef
Dinner: May 30th, 1pm5pm. Free Union Community Center, 3 Marble Hill
Rd., Great Meadows. Adults,
$14; Seniors, $12; Children
6-12, $8; 5 & under, free.
Blairstown Youth Soccer &
North
Warren
Travel
Soccer Regestration: May
31st & June 7th, 5pm6:30pm; June 4th, 4pm6pm. Sycamore Park. Rain or
Shine. Ages 3 through 12.
Mail in registration is also
accepted. Registration forms
are available at Blairstown
Municipal Building or by
contacting the Recreation
Department. Register on or
before July 15th and save
$15.00.
FMI,
email
blairstownyouthsoccer@yah
oo.com.

Slate Belt Senior Center

Bus Trip: July 28th,
9:30am-8pm.
Lancaster
Area for the production of
"Samson." FMI,call Joan at
610-588-1224.

Senior Bus Trip to Silver

Birches Resort: July 6th.
Escape on the Lake &
Gemini Comedy, Ventriloquism, Magic. Sign up June
1st, 1pm at Town Hall. FMI,
call Mickey at 908-362-8919.

Slate Belt Heritage Center

Golf Tournament: August
12th, 7:15am. Shawnee Golf

Summer Kick-Off Paint &

Sip: June 3rd, 7pm.
Proceeds will benefit the

North Warren Lady Patriot

Soccer Team. Tickets are
required.
FMI,
visit
www.leaguelineup.com/nwlp
soccer.
United Methodist Women
Pastie Sale: June 10th,
4pm-6pm. Pasties are meat
pies filled w/ potatoes &beef,
w/ or w/o onions. $5.50 each.
Orders will be taken thru
June 5th. Call Michelle Peterson at 908-362-6703. Orders
can be picked up at the First
United Methodist Church, 10
Stillwater Rd., Blairstown.
5th Annual Paws to Pavement 5k: June 11th,
8:45am. Blairstown Elementary School, 1 Sunset Hill
Rd.,
Blairstown.
Free
refreshments to all participants. Lots of raffle prizes!
Free parking avail. at BES
parking lot. Race packet
pickup in the BES Gym
Lobby on June 10th,
3:30pm-5pm. Register at
active.com (search Paws to
the Pavement) or visit
facebook.com/bespaws5k.
6th Annual Groove in the
Grove Songwriter Festival:
June 11th, 1pm-9pm. Headliners: The Grip Weeds.
Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Rd.,
Budd Lake. FMI, visit www.
grooveinthegrove.com.
Knights
of
Columbus
Council #12430 Blood
Drive: June 18th, 8amnoon. St. Jude RC Church,
McNulty Hall, 7 Eisenhower
Rd., Blairstown. Photo ID
req'd. For appointment call
Robert at 908-382-1525, or
email
rhmt1998
@gmail.com.
Walnut Valley Methodists
Take-Out Chicken Dinner:
June 18th, July 16th,
September 17th, 4:30-7pm.
$12/adult; $8/under 10.
Blairstown Seniors Bus
Trip for Hawaiian Luau:
June 23rd. Mt. Haven
Resort, Milford, PA. Signup, May 19th, 1pm at Town
Hall. FMI Call Mickey at
610-362-8919. Anyone over
55 is considered a senior.

Morgan Thomas, a senior at

Warren Hills Regional High
School received the 2016
George K. Warne Memorial
Scholarship from Warren
County Community Singers
at the Springfest of Song,
Sunday, May 1st at the First
Presbyterian
Church
in
Washington. Pat Warne
presented the scholarship
which is in memory of her
late husband.
Morgan is the first scholarship recipient who also sings
with Community Singers.
The 18-year-old started with
the Childrens Chorus of
Warren County as a 9-yearold and now sings first
soprano with the adult group.
Choral music has been part
of her education since her
elementary years at Mansfield Township School. At
Warren Hills she has participated in the Advanced,
Select, Concert, Rock and
Pop, and Jazz choirs. A cast
member of the spring musi-

cals, she also plays in the

concert and marching bands
and received the National
School Choral Award. She
plays several instruments,
including oboe, which she
will continue in college.
She sings and leads a
worship team at Western
Hills Christian Church in
Tranquility. Her voice teacher
is Jennifer Cagnassola of
Mansfield Twp. Besides
receiving an award for
outstanding achievement in
choir from the high school,

she took the top score for

Soprano 1 in Regions Choir.
Music isnt her only interest.
Morgan is a horseback riding
instructor and counselor at
YMCA
Camp
Bernie,
received her Girl Scout Silver
Award and is a captain of the
Band Together Against
Cancer team for Relay for
Life of Warren Hills.
This fall, she is off to Eastern University in St. Davids,
PA, to study music therapy.
She wants to work with
elderly
dementia
and
Alzheimers patients.
Morgan is the oldest of three
children of John and Megan
Young Thomas. Megan is an
alto and frequent soloist with
WCCS, having joined in
2007. Zach Thomas sang,
now a sophomore at Warren
Hills, sang with the Childrens Chorus for five years.
Abigail, the youngest, started
with the Childrens Chorus at
age five, technically younger
than allowed, but there were

only six members and she

could already read music.
To complete the family
participation with WCCS,
John Thomas was recording
technician for several years.
The scholarship honors
George Warne, the first
executive director of the
Warren County Cultural and
Heritage Commission under
whose auspices WCCS was
created. The Commission
still provides partial funding
for the singers.
The singers are under the
direction
of
Hunter
Chadeayne, assisted by Ann
Hoyt. The Childrens Chorus
is sponsored by the singers
and under the direction of
Mariah Thompson, assisted
by Laura Rader.
A non-audition group,
WCCS begins its fall season
in early September with
rehearsals at 7:30pm Tuesdays at the Washington
church. Find the singers at
www.wcsingers.org.

Having recently attended

several Knowlton Township
Committee
meetings,
several observations were
clear. The 2016 municipal
budget was introduced
without all the committee
members having input or
discussion. Mayor Starrs is
taking the credit for past
Township
Committee
members actions to build a
sizable surplus.
Starrs
has
taken
disciplinary action against
employees based on hearsay
from years before she was a
Township
Committee
member. Even after the
clerk
resigned,
some
Township
Committee
members
continue
to
publicly state negative
comments about her.
Hundreds of thousands of
dollars were spent in legal
fees to force the municipal
clerk to resign. How many
roads could have been

paved with those funds?

How many firetrucks or
rescue vehicles could have
been purchased with that
money?
Why
are
Attorney
Corrigans legal bills being
hidden from the public?
None of these bills are
available after December
2015.
The
Committee
has
violated the Open Public
Meetings Act by taking
action in executive session
to
fire
a
recreation
department employee. It is
not clear how some
members of the Township
Committee can sleep at
night after these actions.
It is now taking two or
three people to do the
clerks
duties.
The
committees latest plan to
have an unpaid college
intern prepare Township
Committee meeting minutes
is both ridiculous and

illegal. Township residents

are entitled to meeting
minutes prepared by a
municipal clerk.
Roads in Columbia were
maintained for years by the
County, Delaware Joint
Toll Bridge Commission
and State. After Starrs
meetings
to
improve
maintenance in the town,
the entities are refusing to
take jurisdiction over the
area. This will result in
higher
costs
for
the
township.

Starrs
and
Mathez
originally endorsed the
Nature
Conservancys
project to remove the
Columbia Dam until public
outrage at their plan to
disturb Columbia Lake and
the Paulins Kill River. Now
they oppose the project.
Why is the Republican
mayor teamed up with a
Democrat? What party is
she really?
Sincerely,
Joyce Farber, Knowlton
Township Resident

The Slate Belt Museum will

reopen for the 2016 summer
season on Memorial Day,
Monday, May 30th, immediately following the Memorial
Day Services in the adjoining
Mount Bethel Presbyterian
Cemetery. After Memorial
Day, the Museum will be
open each Sunday from 1 pm
until 4 pm until the end of
September. The Museum is
housed in the historic old Mt.
Bethel Presbyterian Church

The Washington Farmers'

Market will kick off its
season with plenty of
Green. The award-winning
Washington Borough Farmers' Market opens its 2016
season on Saturday June 4th
with a GreenFest theme, live
music, and a variety of
vendors.
The Market takes place
every Saturday, from June
4th to September 24th,
including holidays,
from
9am to 1pm. The market will
be held along Rt. 57,
anchored in the Downtown
Pocket Park, located at 44 E.
Washington Ave.
On June 4th, the day will
feature a host of educational
and fun games for all ages in
conjunction with the GreenFest. The GreenFest Team
"strives to raise awareness
regarding
environmental
concerns and how consumers
can reduce their impact on
the earth by selecting
sustainable,
eco-friendly
products and services, reducing energy consumption,
conserving water, and limiting their dependence on
fossil fuels."
Among the many activities
and special participating
"Green" vendors and organizations are: Horses for Hope,
Priscilla & Spartacus the
potbellied pig, Sustainable
Sages 4H Club, Feather &
Fur 4H Club, "Bag It" Movie
Screening (site TBA), Bring
an Old T-Shirt - No Sew TShirt Tote Workshop, The

building, and houses an

extensive
collection
of
memorabilia from the greater
Slate Belt area, ranging from
farm implements to antique
doctors tools, and from
cigar-making artifacts to slate
quarry equipment. Of special
interest is a complete collection of the Slate Belts unique
HOMEFRONT
magazine,
dating from World War II, as
well as the continuing exhibit
Charles Newbaker: a Man

ARC
Paper
Shredding
Service at Seredipity $10/box,
Project Medicine Drop Warren County Sheriff's
Office, It Works - all
natural/organic/botanical
beauty care products, Upcycle
it All - repurposed items,
Shop Rite Nutrition Services
with Carly Sopko, Weeble
Wobble Bee Keeping - importance of honey bees & other
pollinators,
Musconetcong
Watershed Association, NJ
Highlands Coalition - Clean
Water Supply, League of
Conservation Voters, Sierra
Club NJ Chapter - environmental issues specific to
Warren and Sussex counties,

and his Bridge, a collection

of items from the PortlandColumbia covered bridge
over the Delaware, the USAs
longest covered bridge when
it was destroyed by flood in
1955. In addition the
Museum is home to a beautifully hand-crafted doll house
made locally. Visitors are
able to view a computer file
of all of the most significant
displays in the museum,
divided by location within

Warren Gardening Club,

Yukchuk,
composting
containers, Earthly Goods
Jewelry, Warren Tech Robotics, and Warren Hills - environmental
clubs
(SAVE/HOTT/ FFA)..
Two special attractions this
year will be: Washington
Boro Clean Communities Free Wildlife Windsock
CRAFT, Critter & Litter
wildlife display, Nature
coloring books, and Free
Nature
Book DrawingDawn Publication nature
stories; and the Karen Nash
Memorial Butterfly Garden Community BUTTERFLY
RELEASE at Noon-Painted

the building, along with

pictures and descriptions of
the items. Included on the
computer is a complete list of
the
museums
HOMEFRONT magazines, crossreferenced by issue number,
cover, and photograph references.
This summer a number of
special programs are scheduled, beginning in late June.
News of these special presentations will be made as more

Lady Butterflies, Pollinator

Plant
info,
and
Exhibit:Memorial School's
Monarch Quilt, and Unique
FREE CRAFT- WILDLIFE
SAND ART DESIGNS
"Critter & Litter craft butterflies & beyond" - sponsored by Warren County
Clean Communities,
In addition to the GreenFest
activities, there will be face
painting and pony rides for
kids, and singer-songwriter
Lee Larson will perform
from 10:30am to 12:30pm.
There is never a cover charge
for the public to attend Farmers' Market events.
This year's weekly Farmers'
Market vendors include:
Zips Fresh Produce: farm
fresh fruits and vegetables,
Asbury Village Farm: certified naturally grown fruits
and vegetables, Weeble
Wobble Honey Farm and
Produce: fresh produce, and
beeswax, pollen and Propolis, Four Fields Farm:
pasture-raised pork, chicken,
heritage turkey and lamb,
Stone Row Acres: fresh cut
flowers, Greenbytes Farm:
fresh picked herbs and
vegetables, and local honey,
The Nutty Baker: nut-based
cookies made with natural
ingredients;
grain/gluten,
sugar, dairy, egg and soy

information is known.
The Slate Belt Museum is
located in the former
Mt Bethel Presbyterian
Church building in Mt
Bethel, a building dating
from 1836 and rebuilt in
1884. It is located at 2214
North Delaware Drive (PA
Route 611) just north of the
intersection with PA Route
512 and 2 miles south of the
Delaware River bridge to
Interstate 80 in New Jersey.
Admission is free but donations are encouraged.

free; Vegan and Paleo

friendly,
Wild
Flower
Designs:
upcycled
and
recycled
hand-decorated
personal accessories and
home dcor, Crafty Diva
Designs: handmade paper
crafts and gifts do good!
Goods: eco-friendly, handmade candles crafted in the
USA
using
non-GMO,
grown in the USA, premium
soy wax with TruScent
fragrance oils made in the
USA; lanterns and candle
holders made from recycled
bottles, Scentsy: wickless
warmers, wax bars, lotions,
air fresheners, room sprays,
and more.
Throughout the season look

for special activities, live

music events, and other fun
programming.
For more information, please
contact the WBID, admin@
washingtonbid.org, via the
BIDs
website
at
www.washingtonbid.org, or
call 908-689-4800.
Visit the Farmers' Market
Facebook Page at www.
facebook.com/WashingtonBo
roughNJFarmersMarket.
Please Note: The Washington Farmers Market and
GreenFest is seeking additional vendors. Craft vendors
are also welcome. If you are
interested in becoming a
Farmers Market vendor
contact Josephine Noone at
washingtonborogreenteam@
gmail.com or 908-310-4959.

Ciao Amici,
The lyrics to a song by
Johnny Cash sums up my
feelings about Memorial

enhanced his work.

The Special Focus Award is
presented to an individual
who has shown exemplary
actions in saving or conserving tradition or a body of
knowledge: that individual
who contributes to educational information via documentation. This years recipient is Mr. Joseph DeFranco.
Mr. DeFranco has always
enjoyed telling stories to
friends, reading articles
about Italy, food magazines
and cookbooks, along with
being surrounded by his
grandparents who had the
greatest influence on him. All
of this has inspired him to
write vignettes for the Blue
Valley times, Slate Belt
Magazine: The Belt and
Beyond and subsequently

Day, hope you enjoy it

I walked through a county
courthouse square. On a park
bench, an old man was sittin'
there. I said, "Your old court
house is kinda run down,
He said, "Naw, it'll do for
our little town".
I said, Your old flag pole is
leaned a little bit, And that's a
ragged old flag you got
hangin' on it.
He said, Have a seat, and
I sat down, Is this the first
time you've been to our little
town?
I said, I think it is
He said I don't like to brag,
but we're kinda proud of That
Ragged Old Flag, You see,
we got a little hole in that flag
publishing his own book
"Growing Up in the Butcher
Shop". Mr. DeFranco strived
to keep the old customs alive
so that the younger generation will have an idea as to
his way of life growing up in
the sixties, in a butcher shop
and also for the older generations to reminisce days gone
by. His efforts to conserve
the Italian traditions via of
educational information and

documentation of his families heritage has earned him

this reward.
A ceremony to honor all
three achievements will be
held on Thursday, June 16th
at 7pm at the Heritage Center
located at 30 North 1st Street,
Bangor, PA The event is free
and open to the public. For
additional
information
contact Karen Brewer at
610-588-8615

there, When Washington

took it across the Delaware.
and It got powder burned the
night Francis Scott Key sat
watching it, writing Say
Can You See It got a rip in
New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson tugging at its
seams, and It almost fell at
the Alamo beside the Texas
flag, but she waved on
though. She got cut with a
sword at Chancellorsville,
And she got cut again at
Shiloh Hill. There was
Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg, and the
south wind blew hard on
That Ragged Old Flag.
On Flanders Field in
World War I, She got a big
hole from a Bertha Gun, She
turned blood red in World
War II She hung limp, and
low, a time or two, She was

in Korea, Vietnam, She went

where she was sent by her
Uncle Sam.
She waved from our ships
upon the briny foam and now
they've about quit wavin'
back here at home in her own
good land here She's been
abused, She's been burned,
dishonored,
denied
an'
refused, And the government
for which she stands Has been
scandalized throughout out
the land. And she's getting
thread bare, and she's wearin'
thin, but she's in good shape,
for the shape she's in. Cause
she's been through the fire
before and I believe she can
take a whole lot more.
So we raise her up every
morning and we bring her
down slow every night. We
don't let her touch the ground,
and we fold her up right.

On second thought I do
like to brag cause I'm mighty
Proud of That Ragged Old
Flag
Con cordiali saluti,
Joe
Growing up in the Butcher
Shop, is available at the shop
or on our web page. To
receive menu specials and our
newsletter, join our mailing
list at www.JDeFranco And
Daughters.com, click on
mailing list and enter your
email. Send your Roseto
stories, recipes and comments
to portipasto @epix.net or
call
610-588-6991.
J.
DeFranco and Daughters is
located at 2173 W. Bangor
Rd. in Bangor, PA. Store
hours are 7am to 7pm, seven
days a week, with catering
available anytime or by
appointment.

On June 2nd, from 7pm to

8pm, the Sussex County
affiliate of the National
Alliance on Mental Illness
(NAMI)
will
host
a
presentation and discussion
on Finding the Road to
Recovery
from
Post-traumatic
Stress.
Cognitive-behavioral

therapist Anne Nedelka,

LPC,
will
cover
the
symptoms of Post-traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD) and
the therapeutic interventions
which have proven successful
in treating it.
Nedelka has been in private
practice in Sussex County for
twelve years. She is an

intensively trained team

member
of
Dialectical
Behavior Therapy. In her
practice, she emphasizes the
importance of Mindful
Learning, a process which
involves a way to dissolve
previously
entrenched
mindsets that are both
non-productive
and
destructive.
Stress is an inevitable part
of life, Nedelka explains.
When we look at the
learning experiences that
come from daily struggles,
we begin to understand that
stress is a natural part of
human growth, and this can
energize us. We can learn to
work with it, understand it,
and find meaning.
The program will be held at
Bridgeway, 93 Stickles Pond
Rd., in Newton. The public is
welcome to attend free of
charge. Pre-registration is
not required. For information
or directions, call NAMI
Sussex at 973-214-0632.

The Friends of the Bangor

Public Library will hold their
annual "Spring House Tour"
on Saturday, June 4th at 10am.
The following houses will be
featured:
House #1 is a turn of the
century house built in 1897 by
the Shimer family and passed
down to their daughter and son
in law. The house features
many one of a kind attributes
like no knobs on the living
room doors and buttons to
open the doors. When closed
the doors seem to disappear.
Pickled pine covers the walls
and the original marble
fireplace is still working.
There is a passage way for the
old time telephone and a built
in china cupboard. A rare
must see collection of over
200 specific articles will
amuse visitors along with
family artifacts.
House #2 is a former carriage
house nestled behind a noted
town Victorian. Decorated
exclusively by the occupant,
this 1800"s building is a step
back in time. Originally

owned by a physician, the

entrance hall reminds visitors
that a horse drawn carriage
was used extensively for house
calls with the second floor
developed as a servant's
quarter. The living room
features Tramp Art (folk
woodworking of untrained
artists) done by the occupants'
father. A reutilized band instrument along with a garden style
lamp adds whimsical style.
Handmade loom rugs and
Penna. German textiles are the
foundation for all rooms along
with extensive hand crafted
collections.
House #3 is a midsized Victorian that was built in 1883 with
ownership being passed down,
through the family. A slate
flagstone porch welcomes
visitors who are received
through leaded glassed doors
with a picture window view
through beveled glass. Original hardwood flooring remains
despite a complete renovation
in 1933. A classical bedroom is
coupled with an art deco refurbished bath containing original

black and white mosaic floor

ties and beveled mirrored linen
closet door. French palladian
doors offer a unique entrance
to all the first floor rooms that
contain vintage and antique
furniture. A former back porch
is converted into a cozy
reading room where a built in
ironing board and crackle
glassed bath door remind
visitor of the houses history.
House #4 is a two-story
frame restored to perfection
and graced with country
charm. Back door guests are
treated to an updated kitchen
that maintains family ties with
vintage dishware displayed on
elevated shelving. The living
area is braced with original
barn beams installed by the
owner. Hand painted pieces by
local artist Jan Delvey along
with a hand made drop leaf
table and coffee table add
historical presence. Visit the
"Cabin Room" which features
a restored spindle bench that
blends well with the outdoor
sporting theme. This is a
special thrown back room for
the man of the house and a
loving reminder for him of his
erstwhile cabin in the
Pocono's.
Jan
Delvey's
artwork is again showcased in
the master bedroom with floral
design that surrounds the

mirrored headboard. A special

surprise awaits visitors in the
back yard garage.
House #5 is a brick Victorian
that was built in 1890 by
Bangor furniture maker, Isaac
Shimer. The home has the
original slate roof with rows of
hexagon tiles and snowbird
cleats. Corbels adorn the eaves
and the apex has the distinction of being made of crushed
bottles and mortar (most likely
a
workman's
creation).
Gingerbread
woodworking
along with an additional
crushed bottle application
crown the front porch.
Entrance, through a double
door portal, opens to a period
hallway with a novel spindle
staircase and newel posts.
Tucked into the foyer is a 1792
writing desk complete with
secret niches and is an inspiration piece the owner has
written into her novels. A
vintage mirror completes the
effect. Pocket window doors
lead into the parlor and original hardwood floors continue
into the dining. area.
Tickets for this event are $15
and can be purchased at the
Bangor Public Library, 39
South Main Street, Bangor,
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Hello, fellow readers!

As I share this weeks
dilemma, delight or discovery
in the garden of life, I can't
help but reflect on the significance of Memorial Day. A
holiday set aside in memory of
those that served. Its heartwarming to see folks setting up
the American flag in their front
lawns; our symbol for the
United States of America,
especially given the divided
state our country seems to be
in.
Which brings me to an observation of two species of birds.
The all -American robin and a
little brown bird, maybe a song
sparrow, I looked up in Moms
bird book. She always had one
on hand to identify her feathered friends. Mr. and Mrs.
Robin were setting up
residence for nesting in the
viburnum right outside of the
kitchen window. They were
fun to watch; each bringing
their collection of yard debris
to build the nest. During the

rainy spell I saw Mrs. Robin

sitting in the nest. In the smoke
bush next door, there was a
cute little brown bird, maybe
two, coming and going. Then,
in the next day or so, Mrs.
Robin was nowhere to be
found. I noticed a much
smaller and tidier nest two feet
from the robins nest that was
new to the scene. The tightly
organized nest mirrored the
compact body of the small
bird, which turns out to be the
visiting brown bird from the
smoke bush. It seems they may
have bullied their way into the
viburnum, kicking Mr. and
Mrs. Robin out. I didn't
witness the invasion though.
Maybe they didn't have an
argument. Maybe the robins
just moved on.
Seems to me there is plenty of
room in the viburnum to share.
Though the birds look different, they are very much the
same. Needing the same nourishment and water. Having the
same instincts to build a nest to
raise their families. They have
the same challenges of Mother
Nature; weather and invaders
that may steel their eggs or
their young.
I reached out to my birder
buddy Dennis of Blairstown.
He shared that hes not sure if a
song sparrow would have
driven the robin away as they
are a lot smaller. But if it did,
the robin will find another
spot. Comforting to know, but
it would have been joyful to
see them living in harmony in
the same viburnum. United in
one neighborhood, one country, one world.
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If there is one phone number

known to every adult and
even most children in
America, its 9-1-1. Urban or
rural, English-speaking or
not, every citizen knows that
in an emergency, you dial
those three digits and expert
help will come.
Help will come in the form
of the EMTs, firefighters,
paramedics and registered
nurses who provide emergency care to anyone and
everyone who calls. This
week we pause to remember
that medical care often takes
place outside of the safe,
insulated and well-lit hospital
environment.
Emergency
care can start in a patient's
home or place of work. It can
start on a busy sidewalk, in
the tangled remains of an
SUV, or down a muddy

embankment in the rain. The

help never takes a holiday,
and it arrives without regard
for time of day, weather or
safety conditions.
This year, EMS week has a
fitting theme of Called to
Care.
Its
also
being
celebrated as the 50th anniversary of the modern EMS
system and its 50 years
marked by great change and
innovation. Easton Hospital
is proud to partner in care
with many EMS companies
across the Leigh Valley. We
have educated them through
brown bag forums, studied
our STEMI patient process
with them and opened our
catheterization lab to them.
This week we celebrate the
people who make the system
strong. Please join all of us at
Easton Hospital in thanking

our local EMS providers and

those across the country who
are Called to Care in a career
that
demands
passion,
purpose and heart. We are
proud to work with them for
patient care!
Easton Hospital is a 254-bed
acute care teaching hospital
serving more than 300,000
residents in Northampton
County
and
the
five
surrounding counties in
Pennsylvania
and
New
Jersey. Founded in 1890, the
hospital celebrated its 125th
anniversary in 2015. Easton
Hospital offers an active
Emergency
Department
which sees more than 32,000
annual visits; a cardiac care
program recognized as an
accredited Chest Pain Center
and one of 55 designated
Heart Attack Receiving

Centers in the country; a

Center for Orthopedics, Joint
and Spine which is accredited
by the Joint Commission for
both total-hip and total-knee
replacement; a certified
Primary Stroke Center; a
Surgical
Weight
Loss
program designated as an
accredited center in Bariatric
Surgery; and the Easton
Regional Cancer Center
which is a member of the
Sidney Kimmel Cancer
Network at Jefferson. In
addition, the hospital maintains two free-standing,
fully-accredited
residency
training programs in surgery
and internal medicine. For
more information and a complete list of services offered
at Easton Hospital, visit the
hospitals website at www.
easton-hospital.com.

On Thursday, June 2nd, PA

State Rep. Marcia Hahn (RBushkill Township) will
host a public meeting to
discuss the severity of the
heroin opioid crisis in
Northampton County. There
is no admission fee to attend
the forum, which will be
held from 6:30pm to 8pm,
in Kopecek Halls Lipkin
Theatre on the campus of
Northampton Community
College, located at 3835
Green Pond Road, in Bethlehem, PA.
Pennsylvania
health
officials have labeled the
opioid epidemic the worst
health crisis of the last 100
years, Hahn said. This is a
problem that has no socioeconomic boundaries and
claimed thousands of lives
statewide in the last few

years. The town hall meeting

is an opportunity to raise
awareness as to the severity
of the epidemic.
Northampton
County
District Attorney John Morganelli, Court of Common
Pleas Judge Craig Dally and
Coroner Zachary Lysek will
serve as guest speakers for
the event, along with parents
affected by addiction and a
recovering heroin addict.
There no doubt are parents
and grandparents who feel
this is something that cant
happen to them, added
Hahn. Hearing from people
who are living this nightmare
will hopefully make them
realize it can.
Questions about this or any
legislative issue may be
directed to Hahns district
office at 610-746-2100.