The East Bangor

United
Methodist
Church is looking for
book donations. Contact Lisa at 610-5888881 to schedule dropoff. The church is
located at 136 W.
Central Ave. (Rt. 512),
East Bangor.
Slate Belt Senior
Center is in need of a
pianist for the Swinging Senior Chorus,
which meets on Thursdays, 10am to 10:45am.
Call Wanda at 610588-1224 for details.
The Bangor Borough
Parks and Recreation
Advisory Board, in
conjunction with the

Borough of Bangor,
will be sponsoring a
youth
basketball
summer league beginning in early June and
ending in early August.
Games will be played
each weekend on the
basketball
court,
located in Bangor
Memorial Park. There
will be two divisions
for both boys and girls:
5th and 6th grade, and
7th and 8th grade.
Entry fees apply. For
more information or to
register, contact Asher
Schiavone at bangor
parksummerleague@h
otmail.com or 484894-4115.

Vendors are wanted

for Portlands Community Yard Sale
Daze, Saturday, June
14th, 8am to 2pm. If
you live in the borough,
set up is at your house.
If you do not live in the
borough you can still
participate by setting up
in the William Pensyl
Social Hall parking lot.
For more information,
call Stephanie Steele at
610-216-6716, Cindy
Fish at 973-600-7120 or
e-mail
Portland
boroughpa@gmail.com
Congratulations to
Mr. Eric Hahn, Band
Director of Bangor
Area High School for
beeing named as a
quarterfinalist for the
Music
Educator
Award, presented by
The Recording Academy
and
the
GRAMMY Foundation. Mr. Hahn is one of
fourteen music teachers
in Pennsylvania and
222 from 41 states to be
named a quarterfinalist.
A total of more than
7000 nominations were
submitted from all 50
states.
Dont forget to pick
up a copy of our
graduation edition of

The PRESS on June

18th. Photos of the
graduating seniors from
the Slate Belt Area will
be displayed. You can
also purchase ads to
congratulate
your
graduate. Call 610599-1952 or email the
pressads@gmail.com
for details.
Looking for something to do this
Fathers Day weekend? Look on page four
for some great events
happening in our area!
Having a yard sale
this summer? You can
advertise it for free on
our classified page from
June 25th through
September 17th.
Happy
birthday
wishes are sent to
Frankie Castano, June
12th;
Durwood
Kressler, Blair Moyer
and Courtney Rondeinelli, June 14th.
We love hearing from
you! Send your
birthdays, anniversaries and other tidbits
of information to:
The PRESS
1 Broadway
Bangor, PA 18013
thepressmail@
gmail.com
Like us on Facebook!

Here is a list of the

new items added to the
collection
of
the
Bangor Public Library
during the week of May
29th to June 4th:
Adult Fiction: Christopher, Paul The Templar Conspiracy; Hyde,
Catherine Ryan Pay It
Forward; Kirn, Walter
Up In The Air; Phillips,
Michael An Ancient
Life; Phillips, Michael
Legend Of The Celtic
Stone; Robb, J.D.
Ceremony in Death;
Windsor, Linda Deirdre.
Large Print Fiction:
Woods, Stuart Iron
Orchid.
Junior
Fiction:
Blakemore,
Megan
Frazer
The
Water
Castle; Fairlie, Emily
The Lost Treasure Of
Tuckernuck;
Green,
Tim
Force
Out;
Gutman, Dan Mission
Unstoppable; Grabenstein, Chris Escape
From Mr. Lemoncellos
Library;
Hayles,
Marsha
Breathing

Room;
Korman,
Gordon
Ungifted;
Lubar, David The
Curse Of The Campfire
Weenies; Lubar, David
In The Land Of The
Lawn Weenies; Patterson, James I Funny;
Paulsen, Gary Road
Trip; Raum, Elizabeth
Can You Survive Storm
Chasing? ; Spinelli,
Jerry Jake and Lily;
Sutherland, Tui The
Dragonet
Prophecy;
Timberlake, Amy One
Came Home.
Junior Non-Fiction:
Ganeri, Anita Earth and
Space; Laidlaw, Rob
No
Shelter
Here;
Newman, Aline Alexander Lucky Leopards;
Stout, Stout, Glenn
From Hardships to
Championships.
Pennsylvania Collection: Bethlehem of
Pennsylvania : The
First One Hundred
Years, 1741 to 1841;
Bethlehem of Pennsylvania: The Golden
Years.
DVDs: Die Hard 2.

By Casey Baker

What are you doing

this summer? This is a
question that I'm sure
you've answered numerous times, maybe with a
vacation location or
even with the prospect
of spending time with
family and friends.
Unfortunately, for many
kids and for many different
reasons,
the
prospects for a fun and
safe summer are not
very promising.
This summer, my
answer to the previous
question has shifted
from playing copious
amounts of Lady Slaters
basketball to helping run
and coach for the Jumpball Basketball clinic in
Kingston, Jamaica.
Since 1995, the Jumpball
Baskteball
Programme has focused
its energy on giving
inner-city children the
opportunity to participate in free summer
basketball clinics. This
all-volunteer effort has
grown into a series of
camps throughout the
island of Jamaica and
one site in Leogane,
Haiti, that now serves
approximately 600 boys
and girls each summer.
Despite the growth and
popularity
of
the
program, Jumpball will
always remain free of

charge, thereby allowing

kids from all socioeconomic levels to
participate.
None of this success or
growth
would
be
possible had it not been
for generosity on many
levels.
Experienced
coaches from the United
States and talented
Jamaican coaches generously volunteer their
time and extraordinary
energy. Many sponsors
provide necessary items,
funds and services. The
generous support of
individual contributers is
also crucial. Without
donations, both large
and small, from numerous giving people, the
Jumpball
Basketball
Programme
simply
could not continue.
On behalf of the many
volunteers who make
Jumpball possible and
the hundreds of children
who participate every
summer, I ask for your
support. We truly could
not do it without you.
This summer, things
kick-off early in July in
Kingston. We hope you
can be a part of it.
Three ways to donate:
Visit jumpballbasket
ballprogramme.org to
learn more and to donate
via Paypal;
Find us on Facebook to
stay connected and

donate via Paypal;

Checks can be made
payable to Jumpball
Basketball Programme
and mailed to: William
Maloney, 350 Cabrnin
Boulevard #6A, New
York, NY 10400.
In anticipation of your
support, I offer my
sincere
thanks
for
making this truly extraordinary program possible.
Casey Baker is a 2013
Bangor
Area
High
School graduate and a
member of the Lady
Slater
Basketball
Program all throughout
high
school.
She
currently attends the
University of Notre
Dame, which is where
she became involved with
the Jumpball Program.

Faith Church in Pen

Argyl is pleased to
announce that no matter
how cold or long the
winter was the strawberries are on their way.
The spring weather was
so cold that the strawberries were also slow
to mature, but thanks to
the
recent
warm
weather the unofficial
kick-off
event
of
summer is here once
again. It cant really be
summer in the Slate
Belt until the arrival of
Faith Churchs Annual
Strawberry Festival.
Now in its 20th, year
the Annual Strawberry
Festival will take place
on Saturday, June 14th,
from 4pm to 8pm, rain
or shine.
In spite of the cold
spring there will be
strawberries this year,
so its a good idea to get
to the festival early for
the best selection of
pies and desserts, said
Pat Lambert, chairperson of Faith Churchs
Strawberry Festival.
It has become a tradition to use fresh, local
strawberries and this
year is no exception, as
the strawberries will
come from a Farms
located in Nazareth.
The festival uses straw-

berries hand-picked by
volunteers right from
the farms fields. Eva
Fulmer, one of the
owners of the farm
explained that the very
cold spring weather
made
them
very
nervous as it slowed the
growth of the strawberry crop, but the
recent warm weather
made sure there would
be fresh strawberries.
Pastor
Ruth
Ann
Christopher said We
try to use local produce
from family run farms
as their fresh picked

fruit just seems to have

the best flavor.
Directions to Faith
United for the Strawberry Festival are available
at
www.faith
united.net Also, follow
Faith United Presbyterian Church on Facebook and like us.

Blue
Mountain
Garden Club Meeting:
June 11th, 7pm. Totts
Gap Art Institute. Topic:
getting rid of grubs.
FMI, call 610-588-5764.
The
Stroudsburg
Aglow Meeting: June
12th,
9:30am.
St.
Peters United Methodist Church, Saylorsburg.
St. Elizabeth of Hungary Parish in Pen
Argyl Casino Trip:
Thursday, June 12th.
First
pick-up,
St.
Elizabeth's church parking lot, 8:30am; second
pick-up, old St. Joseph's
parking, Wind Gap,
8:35am. FMI, call Mary
Lou DeRea-Lohman at
610-863-4846 or 610844-4630.

S'more Family Game

Night: Friday, June
13th, 6:30pm. 136 W.
Central Ave. (Rt. 512),
East Bangor. Bring your
favorite chocolate filler
or snack to share, & your
favorite outside games.
Don't forget a chair to
socialize around the
campfire! In case of rain,
bring board games to
play indoors. FMI, call
610-588-4453.
Flea Market & Craft
Fair: June 14th, 21st,
and 28th. 9am-3pm. St.
Nicholas
Byzantine
Church, Rt. 940 & Commerce
St.,
Pocono
Summit. Sponsored by
Knight of Columbus.
FMI, call 570-619-6924
Pack 14 Open House:
Saturday June 14th,
12pm-2pm. Richmond
United
Methodist
Church, 8538 Delaware

Drive, Bangor. FMI,

call John Messina at
610-417-0096 or Skid
Rollison at 610-9847543.
Portland Town-Wide
Yard Sale: Saturday,
June 14th, 8am-2pm.
Pick up your map of
Portland, see vendors
and Mayors Table at
the William Pensyl
Social Hall, State St.,
Portland. All proceeds
benefit
community
events.
FMI, call
Stephanie Steele, 610216-6716,
or Cindy
Fish, 973-600-7020.
3rd Annual Italian
Festival to Benefit
Rocket Elite Special
Stars, a special needs
cheering team: June
14th, 11am-8pm. 1570
Pen Argyl Rd., Pen
Argyl.
Fun
family
activities, hayrides &

music. Tickets available

on site or in advance.
FMI, call Vince at 484547-6127 or Lisa at
610-509-2089.
Faith Churchs 20th
Annual
Strawberry
Festival: June 14th,
4pm-8pm, rain or shine.
FMI, visit faithunited.net.
Mt. Bethel Fire Co.
Ladies Aux. Yard Sale:
June 14th, 8am-3pm.
Inside & outside spaces
available. FMI, call Gail
Kneebone at 570-8976293.
The East Bangor
United Methodist Community Church will
celebrate Fathers' Day
at the 9:10am worship
service on Sunday, June
15th. 136 W. Central
Ave. (Rt. 512), East
Bangor. FMI, call 610588-4453. For an inspirational message, dial
610-588-3896.
Slate Belt Mighty
Mopars 25th Annual
All Mopar Fathers
Day Car Show: June
15th, 9am-3pm. Rain
date: June 22nd, 9am3pm. Reagle Dodge &
Dottas Chrystler Jeep, in
Pen Argyl.
Vacation Bible School:
June 16th-19th, 6pm8:30pm.
Trinity
Lutheran Church, 404
Broadway,
Bangor.
FMI, call Billie Blair at
610-588-9126.
Taste of the Slate Belt
Business Expo: June
18th, 5-8pm. Weona
Park
Community
Center, Rt. 512 & S.
Main St., Pen Argyl.
FMI, call 610-588-1000.
Bus Trip to Resorts
Casino in Atlantic
City: Wednesday, June
18th, 8:30am. FMI,
contact
Debbie
at
specialrecreationservice
s@gmail.com or call
610-751-7692.
Slate Belt Young at
Heart Club Meeting:
June 19th, 1pm. St.
Elizabeth Church basement. FMI, call Mary
Lou Derea-Lohman at
610-863-4746 or 610844-4630.
Bangor Park Board
"Movie Under the
Stars: Saturday, June
21st, starts at dusk on
the grassy area near the
circle. Featured movie:
Monsters
University.
104 minutes & rated G.
Bring your blankets
and/or lawn chairs.
Refreshments available.
Annual
UDGLBT
Family Picnic: Sunday,
June 22nd, 12pm-5pm,
Camp Akenac Park in
Dingmans Ferry, PA.
FMI, visit udglbt.org

(NAPSI)If you are

an older adult, exercise
is one of the best things
you can do for your
physical and mental
health. According to the
Centers for Disease
Control, older adults
should exercise for 150
minutes a week, with a
good mix of cardio and
strength training. Unfortunately, many people
dont get enough exercise to keep them
healthy and strong as
they age. Not only does
exercise help individuals
stay healthy and reduce
the risk of disability and
disease, it has been
proven to reduce the cost
of care for individuals
and their families.
The benefits of exercise
have been realized by
SilverSneakers Fitness
members for more than
20 years. SilverSneakers
Fitness is the nations
leading fitness program
designed for older adults
and has helped thousands of people reach
their health goals. For
Priscilla Farrell, it was to
walk on the beach with
her granddaughter and to
rely less on an oxygen
tank. For George Jacobs,
it was to step foot in a
gym for the first time to
improve his physical and
social well-being. For
Cecil Daniels, it was to
overcome his diabetes
and high blood pressure.
SilverSneakers
Fitness members like
Priscilla, George and
Cecil are not only

changing their lives

through fitness, they are
leading a senior fitness
revolution resulting in
health improvements,
higher quality of life
and fulfillment at every
age, said Joy Powell,
president of the Senior
Solutions Division for
Healthways. Todays
active older adults are
extremely dedicated to
physical health through
fitness, and they are
more passionate and
dedicated than any
previous generation.
Bringing this to life,
the 2013 SilverSneakers Fitness Annual
Member Survey of
more
than
35,000
respondents in 50 states
revealed that SilverSneakers participants
are seeking personalized fitness options in
record numbers, with
nearly
46
percent
joining a fitness center
for the first time as a
result of their SilverSneakers membership.
While
many
are
stepping foot in the gym
for the first time, they
are not doing it alone.
Nearly 60 percent of
SilverSneakers members participate in
classes with a friend
and 41 percent attend
class to socialize, which
can have a great impact
on a persons mental
health and well-being.
The annual member
survey also showed that
todays older adults are
more active than ever

before, with four out of

five participants doing
aerobic activity three or
more times per week.
Physical fitness is vital
to overall health, as 60
percent of SilverSneakers participants rate
their health as excellent or very good, in
comparison to only 47
percent of peer respondents to Medicares
annual
Health
Outcomes Survey.
SilverSneakers Fitness
was founded in 1992
and today serves more
than 11 million eligible
members in more than
11,000
participating
fitness and wellness
facilities nationwide.
For more information,
to see if you are eligible
for SilverSneakers and
to find a class in your
area, call 877-210-1307
or visit www.Silver
Sneakers.com.

(NAPSI)Its wise to
get annual eye exams to
maintain eye health and
catch warning signs
early. Some 11 million
Americans have macular degeneration and 3
million have glaucoma,
but you dont have to be
among them.
An eye exam usually
involves three important
tests:
Visual acuity: using
an eye chart to test your
sight
at
various
distances.
Pupil dilation: widening the pupil with
eyedrops to look for
signs of disease.
Tonometry: testing
the fluid pressure inside
the eye to detect glaucoma.
To help people get the
exams
they
need,
BrightFocus Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to

preserving brain and eye

health through research
and public education,
offers resources in
English and Spanish,
including New Visual
SnapShots,
which
graphically
illustrate
glaucoma and macular
degeneration detection
and treatment; brochures
and fact sheets on
healthy diet and living
with vision disease;
educational videos and
audio; an Eye Doctor
Directory; and Top Five
Questions to ask your
doctor about vision.
You can find them and
more at www.bright
focus.org.

By Tresa Erickson

Father's
Day
is
coming, and this year
with all of the recent
births, it seems like
your family is bursting
with dads, old and new.
You'd like to host a
little get-together for
all of them, but you're
not sure exactly what
kind of event to have.
Here are some ideas.
Pancake
Breakfast:
Do the dads in your
family like sitting
down to a homecooked breakfast but
rarely get the opportunity to do so because
they have so much to
do in the morning
before work? Cook up
some flapjacks, bacon,
sausage and eggs and
serve all of the special

men in your family a

hearty breakfast. This
will work well for
individual
families
who want to get
together later by themselves in the afternoon.
Brunch: Want to let
the dads in your
family sleep in and get
some stuff done before
the celebration? Plan
an 11 o'clock brunch
for them. Serve a
variety of breakfast
and lunch items for
everyone to eat as they
catch up and then let
individual families go
home to spend the rest
of the day with their
dad as they wish.
Cookout: Want a
quick, easy afternoon
outing? Bring every-

Legislation that would

prevent future use of
public assistance for
gambling and purchasing
tobacco products was
moved to the House floor
Monday by the House
Health Committee. State
Rep. Marcia Hahn (RNorthampton), a member
of the committee and a
co-sponsor of the bill,
voted to support House
Bill 907, which passed
largely along party lines.
The welfare system is
intended to support
Pennsylvanians who are
having difficulty with
some of lifes basic
necessities, Hahn said.
Most of us would agree
cigarettes and gambling
are an extravagance,

especially for anyone in

need of public assistance
and on a tight budget.
House Bill 907 would
prohibit the purchase of
tobacco and tobacco
paraphernalia
with
electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards and
EPPI cards that are
issued for child support
payments. In addition,
public assistance may
not be used at any entity
licensed by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control
Board.
The bill was also
amended to prevent use
of these cards at strip
clubs or any establishment that offers adultoriented entertainment,
Hahn added. As was

one together in your

backyard or a nearby
park for a cookout.
Grill some burgers and
hot dogs and serve
them with chips and
cold drinks. Get out the
volleyball net and burn
some calories together
or set up the sprinkler
and let everyone run
through it to cool off.
Formal Dinner: Want
to go all out for the
dads in your family?
Host a formal sit-down
dinner.
Prepare
a
scrumptious meal and
let everyone enjoy each
other's company while
they feast to their
heart's content.
Potluck: Don't have
time to cook a grand
meal? Host a potluck.
Select a theme for the

mentioned
in
the
committee meeting, this
legislation is far from
perfect; however, it is
another step in the effort
to ensure the significant
amount of money we
budget for welfare gets to
the people who truly
need it for things they
truly need.
Questions about this or
any legislative issue
should be directed to
Hahns district office at
610-746-2100.

occasion, invite everyone over and ask them

to bring a dish related
to the theme. Family
like Mexican or Italian
food? Then have
everyone bring a
Mexican or Italian
dish. Make a list of
dishes family members intend to bring to
ensure there will be
enough of everything
and not a lot of
repeats. A meal with
eight rice dishes and
no meats won't make
for happy dads.
These are just five of
the many types of
events you could host
for the dads in your
family. With some
thought, you're sure to
come up with just the
right event. Good luck
and Happy Father's
Day to you and yours.

The
Council
for
Advancement
and
Support of Education
(CASE)
recognized
Northampton Community College (NCC) as
one of six two-year
colleges in the nation
with the 2014 Education
Fundraising Award for
Overall Performance.
The award acknowledges overall performance and overall
improvement in educational
fundraising
programs based on data
submitted to the Council
for
Aid
to
Educations Voluntary
Support of Education
Survey. This is the fifth
time NCC has been
honored for its exceptional
development

program
with
this
award.
This is an especially
exciting award, says
Paul Acampora, NCCs
Director of Development, because it recognizes the work and the
success of both the
college and the NCC
Foundation across all
categories of fundraising.
Winners are chosen
based on solid program
growth, breadth in the
base of support, and
other indications of a
mature,
wellmaintained
program.
Colleges selected for
the award this year also
include Monroe Community College in New
York, Northern Wyo-

ming
Community
College, Northwestern
Michigan
College,
Sandhills Community
College in North Carolina, and Tyler Junior
College in Texas.
CASE is a professional
association
serving
educational institutions
and the advancement of
professionals who work
on their behalf in alumni
relations, communications,
development,
marketing and allied
areas. CASE includes
more
than
3,600
colleges and universities,
primary
and
secondary independent
and
international
schools, and nonprofit
organizations in 76
countries.

(NAPSI)People
around the U.S. are
increasingly
bringing
the green back to their
neighborhoods. In addition to initiatives like
Community-Supported
Agriculture (CSA) and
environmental education through the schools,
residents are starting to
focus much of their
attention on building
long-lasting landmarks
such as community
gardens.
The American Community Gardening Association estimates that
there are already 18,000
community
gardens
throughout the country,
and for good reason.
According to Minnesota
nonprofit
Green
Matters,
community
gardens decrease crime
in urban areas with little
vegetation, increase the
value of properties in
the surrounding area and
can help locals save
money on food through
garden-generated
produce. Instead of
driving to a distant

(NAPSI)More than
$4 million is generated
every week at yard sales,
and the number of yard
sales
continues
to
increase each year by
almost 60 percent. So
whether youre a buyer
or a seller, with a yard
sale, everybody can be a
winner.
For buyers, it can be a
chance to enjoy the thrill
of the hunt by finding a
bargain or vintage item
at a greatly reduced
price, sometimes as
much as 90 percent off
retail.
For sellers, it can be an
opportunity to generate
some casheither for
yourself or a charity. The
good news is that thanks
to two online resources,

supermarket for produce

or a faraway park for
some green space, its
just a matter of walking
over to the nearby
garden.
The health benefits
associated with these
gardens show how
important open garden
spaces can be to otherwise greenless urban
environments. In 2013,
University of Utah
researchers found that
residents
who
get
involved with community garden projects
have recognizably lower
body mass indexes than
nongardeners, with less
chance of being overweight. Not only that,
fresh produce from
community gardens is
less likely to be
contaminated with pesticides than other kinds
and can be used to teach
kids about better nutrition.
Organizations such as
GrowNYC try to make
neighborhood gardens
more prevalent. It has
already helped establish

managing the world of

yard sales just got
easier.
The Virtual Yard Sale
If you love a good
bargain but dont want
to leave your house,
there is an online community that makes it
possible to have the
yard sale experience
whenever,
wherever
you want, from your
computer or mobile
device.
Bookoo.com is a free
online
destination
where visitors can buy
and sell things within
their local community.
Sellers post what they
have for sale, buyers
indicate their interest
and they meet and
exchange the items for

more than 70 community gardens in New

York City, one made
with recycled beauty
waste with the help of
Garnier and recycling
company TerraCycle.
Initiatives like these not
only help establish community gardens in areas
with otherwise sparse
vegetation, but get the
public
involved,
increase environmental
awareness, and educate
the community at the
same time.
Assistant
Director
Lenny Librizzi shared
these tips for getting
involved in a community garden.
Look Online-Wellorganized community
gardens usually have
websites or Facebook
groups.
VisitTake a walk
through nearby gardens
to see which one youre
most drawn to.
Get Your Hands
DirtyBeing a member
of a community garden
is about more than just
growing vegetables. All

members should expect

to help with common
areas,
composting,
watering, or volunteering time.
If At First You Dont
SucceedEach garden
has different rules and
management systems. If
you dont feel like
youre gelling with the
group, try out another
one or consider starting
your own.
Organizations suzh as
the National Recreation
and Park Association
and the U.S. Department of Agriculture
offer grant programs to
communities to help
fund garden projects.
Some companies are
also
helping.
For
example,
TerraCycle
and Garnier will bring
another Garnier Green
Garden made out of
recycled beauty waste to
one of five urban areas
in the U.S. in a contest
decided by a public
vote.
To vote and learn more,
visit
www.green.
garnierusa.com.

an agreed price. Its that

simple.
No need to wait until
the weekends or for
peak yard sale season
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As a buyer, if you want
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and
Yardsalesearch.com.

Hello fellow readers,

I had the privilege of
meeting with Josh of
Stillwater, who adopted
Skippy and Jay Jay in
March at five weeks old,
weighing in at 15
pounds each. His Kids,
the actual name for baby
goats said Josh, are
Toggenburg
goats,
named after the Toggenburg valley in Switzerland where the breed
originated. They are the
oldest known dairy
breed of goats, though
he opted for two males
as milk production was
not his wish. In fact,
Skippy and Jay Jay are
his alternative to having
a dog.
Josh chose two goats
that
were
hanging
around each other at the
breeder as he wanted
them to be friends. They
play by butting heads their horns intact as
opposed to burning the
buds to keep them from
growing. Usually you
disbud kids at four to 10
days of age, which
would have made them
4-H show-worthy.

Josh has attended 4-H

to learn about caring for
his goats, but does not
plan to show them.
Skippy and Jay Jay now
weigh about 30 pounds
in just three months and
will grow 150 to 185
pounds (big dogs!) and
live for 11 to 15 years.
When asked what two
important tips he would
share with a goat
owning newbie, Have
lots of money. He paid
$100 each and would
have paid $350 if he
opted for a pygmy. Plus
the shed and fencing he
and his Dad constructed;
very impressive job I
might add. Then theres
the monthly cost of
grain, hay and pine
bedding at around $55 a
month now, but as they
grow their appetites will
too.
Tip two Dont have
a garden unless you
have a fence, advised
this 12-year-old goat
whisperer. Theyll eat
just about everything as
I witnessed, having a
few less buttons when I
left.
They are charming and
fun to watch as they
follow Dad around the
property;
licorice
flavored goat treats in
hand may have something to do with it.
I shared Joshs goat
wisdom with a Gwili of
Annandale who learned
of a family taking on
goats to clear the invasive Multiflora Rose
that were overtaking
their hillside; awesome
garden application. Goat
get em!
Garden Dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

When
Jessica
Strausss father Ron
Person told her that he
had blood in his urine,
Jessica had a gut
feeling that this was not
just a bladder infection.
Ron met Jessica, a St.
Lukes employee, at St.
Lukes
University
Hospital Bethlehem
and she took him to the
emergency room.
Ron had brought an
overnight bag with
him, just in case he
needed to stay in the
hospital, Jessica said.
After undergoing an
emergency cystoscopy,
St. Lukes urologist
Frank Tamarkin, MD,
diagnosed Person with
Stage
IV
bladder
cancer. The tumor had
invaded the muscle
wall of his bladder.

The Department of
Environmental Protection (DEP) recently
released
the
2013
Susquehanna River Sampling Report, detailing
the latest results from the
aggressive
sampling
effort across the Susquehanna River and many of
its tributaries.
Our efforts on the
Susquehanna River over
the past two years represent an unprecedented
amount of study. The
agency has dedicated a
great amount of staff
time on this river, DEP
Secretary E. Christopher
Abruzzo said. We are
learning more every day,
but there is still work to
be done.
During
the
2013
sampling season, DEP
staff spent 927 staff
working days collecting
samples on the river.

This was September,

2010.
Jessica had never
heard
of
bladder
cancer,
and
after
researching the diagnosis, the family stayed
positive and hopeful.
Her dad underwent
surgery and completed
chemotherapy to an
end result of being
declared cancer free,
until three months later
when
the
cancer
returned aggressively.
Four months later in
December 2011, the
61-year-old
passed
away peacefully at St.
Lukes
Hospice
House.
To help raise awareness about bladder
cancer, Jessica and her
family are hosted an
event on Saturday, May

Major sampling sites

included the Susquehanna
at
Marietta,
Harrisburg and Sunbury,
and the Juniata at Lewistown Narrows and Newport. There were control
sites on the Delaware at
Trenton, the Allegheny at
Franklin and the Youghiogheny at Sutersville to
establish a baseline for
water quality.
DEP staff tested for
various
parameters
including
nutrients,
metals and emerging
contaminates in the water
column and sediment.
This included tests for
hormones, pharmaceuticals and pesticides. Staff
also deployed continuous
in-stream data monitors
and sampled benthic
macro-invertebrates,
fish, mollusks and algae.
Dissolved
oxygen
levels and pH across all

24th at Hugh Moore

Park in Easton. The
event
was
geared
toward family and
included crafts such as
bubble painting, coloring, loom bracelet
making and a short
walk along the canal
path.
All proceeds
from the event were be
donated to St. Lukes
Hospice.
The American Cancer
Societys estimates for
bladder cancer in the
United States for 2014
are:
About 74,690 new
cases of bladder cancer
diagnosed
(about
56,390 in men and
18,300 in women).
About 15,580 deaths
from bladder cancer
(about 11,170 in men
and 4,410 in women).

Susquehanna River sites

were
acceptable
compared
with
the
current dissolved oxygen
criteria.
Phosphorus,
nitrogen and nitrate
levels were higher at the
Delaware River control
site than at any site in the
Susquehanna
River.
Within the Susquehanna
River Basin, sample
results for these pollutants were higher at the

Additional
bladder
cancer facts from the
American Cancer Society:
The rates of new
cancers and of cancer
deaths have been fairly
stable in men and have
been dropping slightly
in women in recent
years.
More than 500,000
people in the United
States are bladder
cancer survivors.
Bladder cancer occurs
mainly in older people.
About nine out of 10
people with this cancer
are over the age of 55.
The average age at the
time of diagnosis is 73.
Men are about three to
four times more likely
to get bladder cancer
during their lifetime
than women. Overall,

the chance men will

develop this cancer
during their life is
about one in 26. For
women, the chance is
about one in 90.
Bladder cancer is the
fourth most common
cancer in men.
Whites are diagnosed
with bladder cancer
almost twice as often as
blacks.
In about half of all
cases, patients are first
diagnosed with bladder
cancer while it is still
confined to the inner
layer of the bladder
(non-invasive or in situ
cancer). About 35
percent have bladder
cancer that has invaded
into deeper layers but is
still contained in the
bladder. In most of the
remaining cases, the
cancer has spread to
nearby tissues outside

the bladder. Rarely (in

about four percent of
cases), it has spread to
distant
sites.
(American
Cancer
Society, cancer.org )
Smokers are more
than three times more
likely to develop bladder cancer, and those
workers who have been
exposed to certain
industrial
chemicals
called
aromatic
amines are also at
higher
incidence.
These chemicals are
commonly used in the
rubber, leather, textile,
paint production, printing industries.
A
higher incidence is also
seen among hairstylists
and truck drivers.
Pennsylvania recently
passed house bill 699
recognizing the month
of May as Bladder
Cancer Month.

collected, the lower main

stem of the Susquehanna
River will be added to the
fish consumption impairment list for channel
catfish larger than 20
inches due to Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
in the fish tissue. The
recommended consumption is no more than one
meal per month.
In 2013, sample collection was at times difficult
due to many heavy rain
events. These rain events
maintained
relatively
high river flows throughout the summer diluting

nutrients and contaminants.

Critical
low
summer flows did not
occur in 2013.
This exhaustive study of
the Susquehanna River is
in its third year. Sampling
for the 2014 season
began in April and will
continue through the fall.
DEP held a webinar to
discuss the results of the
Susquehanna
River
Study on May 28th.
For more information,
visit
www.dep.state
.pa.us and click on the
Susquehanna
River
Updates button.

By Andrew Staub
Employees
at
Pennsylvanias liquor
stores soon could have
even more incentive to
check IDs the buyer
might be part of an
undercover state police
operation.
Legislation that would
expressly authorize the
PA State Police Bureau
of
Liquor
Control
Enforcement to investigate the states liquor
stores for violations is
making its way through
the state House.
If it becomes law, it
could end a double

standard in which state

police
investigate
whether
privately
owned bars and restaurants are selling alcohol
to minors, but not the
states liquor stores.
The rationale for that?
Police have said that
state store employees
are well trained at
checking IDs and that
the stores are not
considered
licensed
establishments, exempting them from the Age
Compliance
Check
Program.
But state Rep. John
Taylor, the Republican

chairman of the House

Liquor Control Committee, said the notion
that the state stores
could have a perfect
compliance rate was
always a bone of
contention.
Private
establishments
could
say that, too, but police
can investigate to see if
its true, he said.
We dont have any
reason to believe that
its a problem (at the
state liquor stores), but
now well know just
like every other establishment, Taylor said
after the legislation
cleared his committee
unanimously on Tuesday.
The House Liquor
Control
Committee
tweaked the bill on
Monday,
removing
language that would
have allowed state
police to issue citations
to state stores for violations. One state agency
fining another would
have no effect, Taylor

said.
In the case of a violation, police would be
required to notify the
PLCB and the chairpersons of the Senate Law
and Justice Committee,
as well as the chairmen
of the House Liquor
Control
Committee.
The PLCB would then
have 30 days to outline
to the committees how
it would rectify the
issue.
That gives lawmakers
oversight in the process,
while
affording
leeway to the board to
decide whether termination or additional training is appropriate, said
Marcia
Lampman,
executive director of the
House Liquor Control
Committee.
State police spokesman Trooper Adam
Reed said the legislation
is being analyzed after

the amendment. It has

been referred to the
House Rules Committee.
Discussion about the
lack of compliance
checks
originated
during talks about
liquor privatization in
2011.
Wendell Young IV,
president of the union
representing the state
liquor store employees,
the United Food and
Commercial Workers
1776, said Tuesday that
hes okay with the legislation, but said it would
create an unfunded
mandate.
Young also questioned
the need for the legislation. He and Stacy
Kriedeman, a spokeswoman with the PLCB,
both said there is no law
prohibiting state police
from conducting compliance checks in PAs
wine and spirit shops.
Beyond that, employ-

ees at state liquor stores

take their responsibility
seriously, knowing that
they could lose their
jobs if they sell to
minors, Young said. He
said there are few
stories about any violations originating from
the state liquor stores.
You dont hear about
that in Pennsylvania
because it just isnt
happening,
Young
said.
If it did, the punishment would be severe,
Kriedeman said.
If we find that an
employee
knowingly
sold alcohol to someone
underage, it would
result in immediate
termination, she said.
We cant stress that
enough.
Staub can be reached
at
Andrew@
PAIndependent.com.
Follow @PA Independent on Twitter for
more.

Have you ever heard the

term food desert or
food insecurity? After
watching this movie you
will hear it a lot more.
The Peanut Butter
Project, a grass roots
organization founded in
2012 to promote awareness of hunger/food
insufficiency issues, will
present the powerful
documentary film, A
Place at the Table on
Sunday, June 29th at
Cross Road Baptist
Church, 201 S. 2nd St. in
Bangor. The film will
start with a light meal of
soup and sandwiches at
5pm. The movie is 90
minutes long and will be
followed by a discussion
and Q & A on local
hunger issues. The public
is invited to attend the
free event. No reservations are necessary, but if
you would like to, call
Bonnie at 484-515-8011
to let make sure a Place
at the Table is saved.
This film presents the
true portrayal of what it is

like to be food insecure

in America today, says
Nancy Walters, a Forks
Township resident and
the founder of the Peanut
Butter Project.
The
movie is powerful and all
too true; the hidden
reality is that hunger is
local. The Lehigh Valley
is no exception, and food
insufficiency
affects
individuals, families and
especially children and
the elderly. Hunger is not
just an urban issue; our
suburbs are also in need
of
food
assistance
programs, and access to
healthy food is a critical
issue. Partnering with
Cross Road Baptist
Church of Bangor to
bring this film to the area
will help connect people
with the information
needed to support local
anti-hunger efforts.
Cross Road is very
active in participating in
the local hunger issues,
and they provide a free
meal twice a month for
anyone in need. Contact

Bonnie Pysher for more

information on their meal
schedule and how to
donate.
The Peanut Butter
Project was founded in
response to an emergency need for peanut
butter at an Easton food
pantry. It has evolved to
promote hunger awareness
and
improve
community understanding of local hunger
issues, which includes
poverty, inadequate food
assistance and the high
cost and availability of
healthy food, which
affects child develop-

ment, education and

health.
The Peanut
Butter Project has established additional food
pantry
collection
locations, organized food
drives, provided speakers
on local hunger issues,
partnered to create a
backpack program for
schoolchildren,
organized collection of priority staples and has
created an app for
Android
phones
to
provide real time information about local food
pantry needs and collection points. Their latest
initiative is to bring

together the Easton

Hunger Coalition.
For more information
about the Peanut Butter
Project or the Easton
Hunger Coalition, contact
Nancy
Walters
at
nancywalters@rcn.com
or at 610-253-0726. For
more information about
the film, please contact
Bonnie Pysher at bobcat
11@epix.net or call 484515-8011.

Some state lawmakers

have eyed a severance
tax on natural gas
extraction
as
the
revenue hero that could
swoop in at the lastminute
to
save
Pennsylvanias struggling budget.
But could it have a
sidekick, too?
Last week, state Sen.
Anthony Williams, DPhiladelphia, raised the
possibility that hiking
the states cigarette tax
to $2 a pack has bipartisan appeal and, like a
severance tax, could be
gaining traction.
When paired with the
severance tax which
Senate Minority Leader
Jay
Costa,
DAllegheny,
believes
could raise $700 million
a higher cigarette tax
could go far in helping
plug a budget deficit
that could be out of
balance by $1.7 billion
next year, thanks in part
to lagging revenue.
A 40-cent increase to
the cigarette tax could
bring in $200 million,

even with an anticipated

15 percent drop in sales
because of the more
expensive
tobacco,
Democratic
staffers
said.
Its another one of
those revenue options
that are on the table,
Costa said.
Asked about the possibility of a cigarette tax,
Erik Arneson, a spokesman for Senate Majority
Leader
Dominic
Pileggi, R-Chester, said,
Its too early to start

speculating about any

specific idea. He said
GOP lawmakers this
week would talk about a
budget sans a revenue
increase.
Beyond that, I can say
that everythings on the
table, he said, adding a
caveat. Nothing is
final, no decisions have
been made.
Steve
Miskin,
a
spokesman for the
House GOP, said members havent discussed a
cigarette tax. Instead,

On the 8th of May the

Slate Belt Heritage
Center
proudly
accepted a new painting
by local artist Doug
Wynne. Over the years
Doug has donated six
pieces of his artwork to

the center for permanent display.

Each paintings born
from scenes or locations
within our Slate Belt
Region. This current
rendering depicts the
Bangor Viaduct, circa

1942, with a Chevrolet

driving over it and a
train passing beneath.
What prompted this
past winters endeavor
was Dougs learning of
the viaducts imminent
demolition.
His
reseacrch on the subject
matter, as with all his
works, brought forth
another rendition of a
unique area structure;
he has also painted
Bangor
Memorial
Parks above ground
pool (with icon Ducky
DeFrank).
In talks with close
friend Donald Jones, a
Slate Belt historian,
Doug realized our area
has twelve different
types of architecture,
which denotes our
diverse
cultural
heritage.
He
cites
Bangors quest for
historical designation.
All you have to do is
look up, and around, to
see why.
Doug believes our area
has muvh to offer,
although people are
busy and tend not to
notice daily surroundings showcasing the
Slate Belt. Dougs art
has a familiar feel, an
Ive seen that factor.

representatives
are
examining every line
item, considering the
future viability of some
tax credits and again
focusing on the possibility of privatizing the
states liquor stores for a
jolt of revenue, he said.
A
severance
tax,
despite having bipartisan support in the state
and state Senate, is
something of a longshot. Republican Gov.
Tom Corbett has been
adamant in his opposition to further taxing the
drilling industry.
The states revenue
was $108 million below
estimates in May, leaving the current fiscal
year shortfall at $612.5
million after adjusting
for a transfer of liquor
store profits. Lawmakers have until June 30th
to pass a budget for
2014-15.
Staub can be reached
at
Andrew@PA
Independent.com.
or
Follow PA independant
@PAIndependent
on
Twitter for more.

That is his intent.

Dougs appreciation of
the Slate Belt is homegrown. A Pen Argyl
native, he got his start
in art as a teenager

As we continue telling
the early history of Trinity UCC we answer the
question, Why do the
locals call Centerville
Stone Church? The
custom started soon
after 1794.
The
original
log
church, built about
1774, was no longer
large enough and had
outgrown its usefulness.
The members voted in
1794 to build a new
stone structure in the
town of Centerville, two
miles south of the
former building. The
location today would be
at the north end of the
old Union Cemetery,
directly north of the
present structure.
Land for the church,
school,
and
burial
ground was donated by
Jacob
Emerich
(Emory). Evidently, a
large portion of the
membership of the
Lutheran and Reformed
congregations
had
located in this area.
John Beck had settled
about one mile to the

east and John Weidman

and Conrad Keyser
about one mile north of
the village. Later, the
name Stone Church
would be conferred to
the area because of this
prominent
building.
(excerpt from history
written by Rev. John
Gulick, 1976)
The Union Cemetery
that evolved for the
congregation
holds
several Revolutionary
War soldiers.
They
marched in Center
Square in Easton on
July 8th, 1776, the same
day the Declaration of
Independence was read.
What makes these men
extremely significant to
us is the fact that they
were the signers on the
charters of both Trinity
UCC and Christ Evangelical
Lutheran
Churches. These men
and their descendants
were the corner stones
and the building blocks
that these churches were
built on. (contributed
by Gail Miller, Revolutionary War researcher)

doing caricatures at a
Labor Day parade. A
1969 graduate, he completed his studies at
Kutztown University.
He adopted Bangor as a

home over 30 years

ago, with his wife Jan.
Doug taught art at
White
Township
Consolidated Schools
for 35 years, retiring
five years ago. Now he
spends time traveling
our
country
side
eyeing what he calls
our fading Americana, with aims to
reproduce it on canvas
in his home studio.
The Slate Belt Heritage Center thanks
Doug for all his contributions, which can be
seen first hand while
touring the museum.

Dont miss the boat!

Register your children
now for the Gangway
to Galilee celebration!
Join the Vacation Bible
School at The First
United
Methodist
Church, located at 55
North Third Street
Bangor. VBS will be
held from Monday July
14th through Thursday
17th from 6pm to 8pm.
Children ages three
through 12 are invited.
Babysitting will be
available for children
under three years of
age. In addition, there
will also be an adult

class for parents, guardians, grandparents and

any other interested
adults.
Bring your friends and
enjoy four fun-filled
evenings learning about
Jesus ministry on and
around the Sea of Galilee. Learn new songs,
do Bible Challenges,
Big Catch Challenge
and make Splashtacular crafts and so
much more, all while
meeting new and existing friends. Of course
yummy snacks will be
provided.
Dont let the summer

go by without attending
this exciting and enthusiastic journey at Gangway to Galilee Bible
School! You can preregister by visiting
firstumcbangor.com or
calling Nancy at the
church office at 610588-4673, Barbara at
610-588-5174, or by
e-mail
at
firstumc
bangor@yahoo.com.
Everyone is welcome,
so mark your calendar
for this special event!
Rusty the Cat at Catfish
Tours and our VBS
Mates look forward to
seeing you there!

I would like to nominate my husband Greg

Findon as the #1 Dad in
the Slate Belt. We have
been married for 32
years. Ours is a blended
family of four children,
Kurt and Kyle Findon,
David Jackson, and Jen
Devine. But to Greg,
there has never been
such a thing as a
stepchild or step grandchild or step in-law. He
loves everyone in the
same way and is the
glue that has held our
family together for 32
years.
The brightest part of

By Tresa Erickson

State Reps. Joe Emrick

(R-Mt. Bethel), Marcia
Hahn (R-Nazareth), Julie
Harhart
(RNorthampton) and Justin
Simmons
(R-Lower
Saucon)
recently
announced the county
will receive more than
$286,000 in revenue
from the collection of an
impact fee on natural gas
drilling activities in the
Marcellus Shale. Distribution of revenue will
take place by Tuesday,
July 1st.
Impact fees under Act
13 are imposed on the
extraction of natural gas
and fluctuate depending
on price and the rate of
inflation.
Fees
are
collected
from
the
drilling companies with
60 percent passed onto
counties
and
local
municipalities affected
by drilling.
The remaining 40
percent goes into the

Marcellus Shale Legacy

Fund, which is administered by the state to be
distributed to conservation districts; the Department of Environmental
Protection for administration of the act and
enforcement of clean air
and water statutes; the
Pennsylvania Emergency
Management Agency for
emergency
response
planning, training and
coordination related to
natural gas production
from
unconventional
wells; and the Office of
the State Fire Commissioner for the development,
delivery
and
sustainment of training
and grant programs for
first responders.
The members issued the
following statement in
response to the announcement:
Pennsylvanias abundance of natural gas and
the fees required by Act

13 are the reasons we as a

county will again be
receiving this funding,
even though Northampton County is not part of
the Marcellus Shale
formation. The three-year
total distributed to local
governments comes to
more than $630 million.
That, coupled with job
growth that has helped
reduce the states unemployment level to its
lowest point in four years,
shows how successful
Act 13 has been.
For more information,
visit the Pennsylvania
Utility
Commission
website, www.puc.state
.pa.us and follow the Act
13 (Impact Fee) link.

Picture it. It is 1909,

just five years before
President
Woodrow
Wilson would sign a
national observance of
Mother's Day into
effect. Several states
had been celebrating
Mother's Day for years,
and while listening to a
sermon about the day,
young Sonora Smart
Dodd wondered why no
day had been set aside
for fathers. Her own
father had raised her
and her siblings singlehandedly after their
mother had died. There
should be such a day,
Dodd thought, and
decided to start campaigning for one.
Dodd selected her
father's birthday, June
5th, for the celebration.
However, this did not
give officials in her
hometown of Spokane,
WA, enough time to
prepare. They selected
the third Sunday in
June, June 19th, to be
Father's Day. On June
19th, 1910, the first

Gregs life are his

grandchildren,
Kane
and Kira Fidon, and
Tommy, David and
Josie
Devine.
He
attends nearly every
one
of
his
grandchildrens soccer,
baseball,
football
games,
plays
and
concerts. Nothing is
impossible for Pop Pop
as he is affectionatelly
called. He has taken the
grandchildren camping
at the shore numerous
times, and spent four
days with Tommy and
David in Cooperstown
NY at the Baseball hall

of fame. He will spend

hours
repairing
anything that his grandchildren bring to him,
and will drive them
wherever they need to
go. He has been a
model for Josies
fashion shows and
never complains when
she styles his hair
while watching My
Little Pony.
Greg is a wellrespected,
generous
man who loves his
family and is a true
blessing in our lives and
truly deserves to be the
#1 Dad in the Slate Belt
Letter submitted by:
Rosanne Findon.

Father's Day celebration took place in

Spokane. Dodd selected
the red rose as a tribute
for living fathers and
the white rose as a
tribute for deceased
fathers. Many young
men wore roses to
church in honor of their
fathers on that day.
Dodd continued campaigning for a national
observance of Father's
Day, and other towns
hopped onboard, throwing their own Father's
Day celebrations. President Woodrow Wilson
gave his support to the
cause, speaking at
Father's Day services in

Spokane in 1916. President Calvin Coolidge

followed this with a call
for a national observance of Father's Day
in 1924.In spite of
Dodd's efforts, it wasn't
until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson
signed a presidential
proclamation establishing the third Sunday in
June as Father's Day.
President
Richard
Nixon
made
the
national
observance
permanent
in
1972.Today, over 30
countries around the
world celebrate Father's
Day. Sonora Smart
Dodd
would
be
extremely proud of how
far her idea has come.

By Ronda Addy
Spending time with
Dad is one way to show
him how special he is.
Here are some things you
can do with dad for
Father's Day.
Make a date once a
week to play some sport
or work out together. If
neither of you belong to
a gym or health club,
find a place you can go
to that doesn't require a
long-term contract like
the local YMCA or park
district. Spas are becoming more popular with
men, so you might want
to take Dad to one. You
can sign up for a variety
of massages or other
types of treatments.
Have a no-girlsallowed night. Invite
Dad's friends over to
watch a movie or game
or play poker. Make sure
you have plenty of
snacks on hand, including chips, salsa, pizza
and drinks. Depending
upon the weather, you

could spend the night

outside.
Take Dad out once a
month for dinner and a
movie. Don't be afraid to
try a different restaurant
each time. If Dad doesn't
like to go out, fix him
dinner and watch a
movie at home. Give
Dad a subscription to a
video store or online
service so he can rent his
own movies.
Take a road trip with
Dad to see someone you
haven't seen in a while,
check out some historical sites or just drive
around and see where
you wind up. There are
plenty of Web sites to
help you select a destination and a route.
Spend time outdoors
with Dad. Sign up for a
white water rafting,
fishing or canoeing trip.
Go camping or hiking.
Visit a batting cage, play
miniature golf or ride
go-carts. See a baseball
game, horse race or auto

race. Attend an outdoor

concert, go bowling, visit
an arcade or check out a
car or boat show.
Do something for Dad.
Detail his car. Clean out
his garage or workspace.
Iron his laundry.
With thousands of
charities and causes to
choose from, why not
donate to one of Dad's
favorites? It will mean
something to him and
help someone else.
Fulfill Dad's childhood
wish or revive an old
tradition. What did the
two of you like to do
when you were younger?
Whatever it was, do it
again. If these ideas don't
sound appealing, you can
always mix or match
ideas or make up your
own, depending upon the
interests you and Dad
have in common. You're
only limited by your
creativity (and wallet).