By

LuAnn
Principal

Berger,

The students at Faith

Christian School filled
shoeboxes with gifts for
children around the
world. Faith Christian
partners with the world's
largest
Christmas
project of its kind to
demonstrate God's love
in a tangible way to
millions
of
needy
children around the
world. Through Operation Christmas Child,
kids, families, churches
and groups fill shoeboxes with items like
toys, school supplies
and hygiene items,
creating gifts that can
make
a
significant
difference in the lives of
hurting children around
the world.
Students at Faith Christian in all grades kindergarten through 12th
grade filled shoeboxes
on October 9th. The
elementary
students
filled boxes with items
donated to the school
and the older students
went out shopping for
items to fill their shoebox gifts. Over 200
shoeboxes were filled.
Operation Christmas
Child is a project of
Samaritan's Purse, an
international Christian
relief and evangelism
organization headed by
Franklin Graham. Since
1993, Operation Christmas Child has delivered
gift-filled shoeboxes to
more than 113 million
children in more than
150 countries. In 2014,
Operation
Christmas

By Heather Waldron

Child hopes to collect

enough shoebox gifts to
reach another 10 million
children.
We invite you to fill a
shoebox, too. Go to
www.samaritanspurse.or
g [1]/occ to get the
details of packing a
shoebox gift. Faith
Christian is a drop off
center for shoeboxes you
fill. Drop them off at the
school
beginning
Monday,
November
17th, through Monday,
November
24th;
Monday through Friday
between 8am and 1pm,
Saturday and Sunday
from 2pm to 4pm. Faith
Christian is located at the
corner of Liberty Avenue
and Dante Street in

Roseto.
Faith Christian School
serves the Christian
communities of the
Pocono Mountains, Slate
Belt, eastern New Jersey,
and the Lehigh Valley
areas. Children from
eight school districts and
over 50 churches comprise the diverse and
outstanding
student
body. Most public school
districts provide transportation to our school
facility located one mile
north of Bangor and
eight miles south of
Stroudsburg, off Route
191 in Roseto. Please
call the office 610-5883414 to set up a time to
visit. We look forward to
meeting you soon!

At a time when it can

sometimes seem like all
you hear about are
negative
happenings
everywhere, it doesnt
seem odd to me at all
that a community would
come
together
to
support a Flag football
team that just never
gave up.
The Bangor Slaters
2014 Flag football team
was made up of 28
talented
boys
and
trained by six very dedicated
and
patient
coaches. They were
small players with big
hearts who didnt want
to just learn the game,
they wanted to be good
at it, very good at it and
they were.
As
the
season
progressed, it became
very clear that the

Slaters were a team to

be
reckoned
with
because not only were
their skills improving
but they were a team
that rallied around the
most important thing,
each other. The coaches
spent countless hours
teaching the boys plays,
helping them stay strong
and most of all, teaching
them to be a team.
The
moment
the
coaches confirmed that
our boys were going to
the play offs was the
moment I saw an entire
community unite to
support a group of
young kids that had
more spunk and spirit
than any team I had ever
seen. The boys fought
hard and all levels of the
Bangor Slater Football
organization
had
tremendous seasons but

when it came to the

Championship
game
that was to be played on
our field, only one level
moved on - our Flags.
This 2014 Flag team
was the First Flag team
in history to ever make it
to the Championships.
That itself was huge.
Over 50 emails passed
between myself, the
coaches, and the parents
all offering to take on
various tasks to ensure
these kids knew they
had the support of the
entire community. I
created artwork that I
posted on Facebook and
my husband also had
printed on a banner and
the owner of the company I work for,
Prisoner Assistant, all
but shut down the office
and donated materials so

Mount Eaton Church

in Saylorsburg, is hosting a support group
called
Single
and
Parenting. This groups
goal is to offer help and
hope to single parents.
from
7pm
until
8:15pm.The group will
meet for 13 weeks.
There is a registration
fee, with scholarships
available. Childcare is
available upon request.
For more information or
to
register,
please
contact the church office
at 570-992-7050 or
office@mounteaton
church.org and visit
mounteatonchurch.org.
The Slate Belt Heri-

tage Center, located at

30 North 1st Street in
Bangor, is pleased to
announce the return of
Mr. Henry Skirpst as
its' guest speaker on
Thursday, November
13th at 7pm. The topic
will be The Icy Morane,
The Effects of the Ice
Age on the Slate Belt.
The event is free and
open to the public. For
more
information,
please contact Karen
Brewer at 610-5888615.
The East Bangor
United
Methodist
Community Church is
holding a "Gertrude
Hawk" candy fund-

raiser for Christmas.

For more information,
call Diane at 610-5882397. The deadline for
ordering is Sunday,
November 16th.
Trinity
Lutheran
Evangelical
Church
has open altar flower
dates on November
16th, 23rd and 30th, as
well as, December 14th
and 28th. If interested
in these dates, please
call Kay at 610-5882023.
My Brothers Keepers is no longer in
need of fabric, blankets, etc. However,
they still need necktie
donations. For more
information,
please
contact 610-863-7949.
St. Johns Cemetery
is looking for donations. This year the
donations will be used
to repave the cemetery
roads, due to pot holes
and black top breaking
up. Donations can be
forwarded to Carol
Hummel c/o St. Johns
Cemetery, 136 Messinger St., Bangor.
Hope UCC Food
Pantry is in great need
of donations. Items
include any kind of
drinks
(in
plastic
bottles) or drink mixes,

such as Kool-aid,
lemonade and iced tea;
and all canned fruits
and canned meats
(ham, tuna, chicken,
spam, sardines, canned
stew, chili). All donations can be dropped
off Monday through
Thursday, 8am to 1pm.
All monetary donations
may be paid to Hope
United Church of
Christ, P.O. Box 425,
Wind Gap, PA 18091.
Happy
Birthday
wishes are sent to
Miyah Rivera and
Joseph Stadtmueller,
November
12th;
Clifford Bartholomew
and
Sue
Albert,
November 13th; Tracy
DelJanovan, November 14th; Jen Hower,
John Straub and
Karen
Becker,
November 15th; and
Alicia Sebastionelli,
November 16th.
We love hearing from
you! Send us your
birthdays, anniversaries and other tidbits
of information to:
The PRESS
1 Broadway
Bangor, PA 18013
thepressmail@
gmail.com
Dont Forget To
Like Us on Facebook!

Adult Fiction: Austen,

Jane Pride and prejudice; Essex, Karen
Dracula
in
love;
Keohane,
Daniel
Margarets ark; Moning,
Karen Marie Shadowfever.
Adult Non-Fiction:
The essential vegetarian
cookbook; Meyer, Joyce
Do yourself a favorforgive.
Young Adult Fiction:
Chima, Cinda Williams
The dragon heir; The
warrior heir; The wizard
heir; Flanagan, John The
ruins of Gorlan; Paratore, Coleen Forget me
not.
Young Adult NonFiction: Bentley, James
A calendar of saints;
Weinreb, Michael Game
of kings: a year among
the geeks, oddballs, and
geniuses who make up
Americas top high
school chess team.
Junior Fiction: Abbot,
Tony The battle begins;
The ice dragon; Revenge

of the Scorpion King;

When monsters escape;
Grace, N.B. high school
musical 3; Margolis,
Leslie Girls acting catty;
Ogden, Charles High
wire; Repchuk, Caroline
Classic spooky stories;
Weiss, Ellen Trip to the
North Pole.
Junior Non-Fiction:
Galens, Judy The handy
answer book for kids.
Easy Reader Fiction:
Seuss, Dr. I can read
with my eyes shut.
Easy Fiction: Brett,
Jam Christmas trolls;
Breathed, Berke A wish
for wings that work;
Sarah, Duchess of York
Little Reds Christmas
story; Hopkins, JohnBryan The very best gift
of all; Rose, Marion The
Christmas tree fairy;
Seuss,
Dr.
Horton
hatches the egg; Tagg,
Christine The very
special valentine.
DVDs: A Looney
Tunes Christmas: Bah,
humdick!.

On Sunday, November
2nd, Faith United Presbyterian church honored
the volunteers of their
on-going
Saturday
hospitality
lunches.
We have just completed our fifth year of
raising
funds
and
preparing meals said
Diana Newman, one of
the coordinating volunteers at Faith church.
Hard to believe that
five years have gone so
quickly said Karen
Frey who also cocoordinated the meals
for this monthly event.
This monthly program
extends the hospitality
of the congregation
through this Lunch
with
Our
Bunch
Program. People from
all the Slate Belt communities are invited to

attend on the last Saturday of the month

between 11:30am and
1:30pm.
The only requirements are a good appetite, a friendly smile, and
maybe a good story or
two. Said Reverend
Ruth Ann Christopher.
This is something that
has been an on-going
program for the people
in our communities and
I have to say that we
have made many friends
with a wide variety of
people from all over the
area and we have shared
some
pretty
good
conversations as well. I
just want to congratulate
our volunteers for five
wonderful years of your
efforts serving the community. This year to
celebrate the groups

fifth year anniversary

Faith United session
members turned the
tables on this group and
served them lunch in a
ceremony held after
services. Many of the
bunch that make the
Lunch with our Bunch
so special were also in
attendance.
The group has already
started to plan the menus
for the start of their sixth
year in January 2016.
The popularity of this
event will again have
tables full of eager
guests
when
the
program starts up again.
More pictures from the
event are available on
Faith Uniteds website.
For directions to Faith
United; please visit the
churchs website at
www.faithunited.net.

As a result of the kindness and commitment of

the entire community,
the award-winning Cops
n Kids Childrens
Literacy Program has
distributed more than
619,000 free books thus
far. This program pairs
children,
pre-school
through middle school,
with new or gently used
books that have been
donated by individuals
and organizations from
throughout the Lehigh
Valley. In many cases,
the books are the first
that the children have to
keep as their own. This
is all made possible as a
result of an amazing
spirit of giving in our
community.
We are collecting
books the first Cops n
Kids event ever in the
Bangor Area School
District for our Washington
Elementary
School students. We are
hoping to reach our goal
of 1,000 books to
distribute to our Kindergarten through Fourth
grade student in that
building.

The book drive will run

through November 14th
but any books will still
be welcomed after that
date.
Drop-off sites can be
found at all Merchants
Bank locations, Brian
Witmer State Farm

Insurance Company and

Washington Elementary
School.
For additional information on the program,
contact Deb Bowman at
610-599-7013 ext. 3704,
or email bowmand@
bangorsd.org

Mr. Henry Skirbst

Presents: "Our Icy
Past - Living on a
Morane: November
13th, 7pm. FMI, call
Karen at
610-5888615.
St. Elizabeth's Of
Hungary
Church
Casino Trip: November 13th, 9am. The first
pick up location will be
at the St. Elizabeth's
parking lot, second pick
up location will be at
the Old St. Joseph's
parking lot in Wind
Gap,
leaving
by
9:05am. FMI, call
Mary Lou DereaLohman
at
61086304846 or 610-8444630."
Hope UCC of Wind
Gap 2nd Annual Holi-

day
Toy
Bingo:
November 15th, 11am.
Fees apply; must have a
paid ticket to attend.
FMI or tickets, call Jen
at 908-727-0090 or
email
hopeucc@
hotmail.com.
Safe Haven Dog Adoption Day: November
16th, 11am-3pm. Rt.
209,
Brodheadsville.
FMI, visit www.Safe
HavenPa.org,
email
SafeHaven@epix.net
and like them on Facebook.
Safe Haven Rescue
Volunteer
Meeting:
November
18th,
6:30pm. Rt. 209, Kresgeville.
FMI,
visit
www.SafeHavenPa.org,
email SafeHaven@epix
.net and like them on
Facebook.
Surviving the Holidays
free one-day
session hosted by
DivorceCare support
group:
November
18th,
6:30-8:30pm.
Mount Eaton Church,
Saylorsburg. Childcare
is
available
upon
request. FMI, call 570992-7050 or email
office@mounteatonchu
rch.org.
The Slate Belt Young
at Heart Club Annual
Veteran's Day Salute:
November
20th,

12:30pm. St. Elizabeth's

Church, Pen Argyl.
FMI, call Mary Lou
Derea Lohman at 610863-4846 or 610-8444630 or Minnie Thomas
at 610-863-5689.
Pen Argyl 2015 Prom
Committee Hypnotic
Show: November 21st,
7pm. For tickets, call
Krista Campbell at 610863-1293
or
email
Campbell.krista@penar
gylsd.org.
East Bangor United
Methodist Community
Church
Annual
Christmas
Bazaar:
November 21st, 5-8pm
& November 22nd
10am-2pm. 136 W.
Central
Ave.,
East
Bangor.
Handcrafted
Christmas gifts and
ornaments,
"white
elephants", Fall items,
hand-knitted
items,
jewelry, baked goods,
jams, jellies & door
prize drawings. A light
lunch & soup available.
FMI, call 610-588-4453,
or visit ebumc.org.
Mount Eaton Church
Christmas Market &
Bazaar:
November
22nd, 9am-3pm. Mount
Eaton Church, 7277 Mt.
Eaton Rd., Saylorsburg.
FMI, call 570-992-7050
or visit mounteaton
church.org
Surviving the Holidays
free one-day
session
hosted
by
DivorceCare support
group:
November
23rd, 3-5pm. Mount
Eaton Church, Saylorsburg. Childcare is available upon request. FMI,

call 570-992-7050 or
email
office@mount
eatonchurch.org.
Monsignor McHugh
Schools 23rd Annual
Spaghetti Dinner &
Craft Fair: November
23rd, 12-7pm. Monsignor McHugh School,
212 Route 390, Cresco.
Choice of pasta or
Premio Sausage and
Peppers
Sandwich,
tasting of chicken parmigiana, side dish, &
Dessert. Pescatarian and
Vegetarian options will
be available! Basket
raffle, cash raffles &
more. Fees Apply. To
purchase tickets in
advance, contact (570)
588-8068 or email at
mmsannualdinner@gma
il.com
or
visit
facebook.com/MMSSpa
ghettiDinnerAndCraftFa
ir for more info.
Boomer's Angels Dog
Adoption Day: November 23rd, 11am-2pm.
Rt. 209, Brodheadsville.
FMI, visit Boomers
Angels.com, like them
Facebook or call 570350-4977.
Diamond Fire Co. Flea
Market:
November
23rd, 8am-2pm. 110
Main St., Walnutport.
FMI, call 610-767-8476.
Ladies Auxiliary of Mt.
Bethel Fire Co. 26th
Annual Fall Show:
November 29th, 9am3pm. Rt. 611, Mt.
Bethel. Only handcrafted items. FMI, call
570-897-5308 or 570234-6505.

By Griffin P. Rodgers,
M.D., M.A.C.P., director,
National Institute of
Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
(NIDDK)

( N A P S I ) H e r e s
what we know: more
than 29 million Americans have diabetes, up
from
the
previous
estimate of 26 million
in 2010. We also know
that one in four people
with
diabetes
is
unaware that he or she
has the disease. If left
undiagnosed or un
treated, diabetes can
lead to serious health
problems,
including
heart attack and stroke.
Thats why the National
Diabetes
Education
Program (NDEP), a
joint program of the
National Institutes of
Health and the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention,
wants
people with diabetes to
understand that having
diabetes increases their
chances
for
heart
disease.
The good news is that
people with diabetes
can lower their chances
of having diabetesrelated heart problems
by managing their
Diabetes ABCs. These
include:
A for the A1C test
(A-one-C). This is a
blood test that measures
a persons average
blood sugar (glucose)
level over the past three
months.
B for Blood pressure.
C for Cholesterol.
S for Stop smoking.
If you do smoke, you
can
call
1-800QUITNOW for free
assistance.
If you have diabetes,
your ABC goals will
depend on how long
you have had the
disease and any other
health problems you

may have. The important message to remember is that taking care of

your diabetes can also
help you take care of
your heart. Simply put,
we want you to Be
Smart About Your
Heart: Control the
ABCs of Diabetes.
So what can you do if
you have diabetes? Talk
to your doctor and
develop an action plan
that is right for you.
Here are key points to
remember, as well as
some questions to ask
your doctor:
Goals for blood
sugar, blood pressure
and cholesterol are
different
for
each
person and should be
based on your diabetes
and health status.
Ask your doctor:
- What are my blood
sugar, blood pressure,
and cholesterol numbers?
- What should they be?
- What actions can I
take to reach my ABC
goals?
Your action plan
should also include
weight
management
through healthy eating,
regular activity, and
taking medications as
prescribed.
We also know that 86
million
Americans
(more than one in three
U.S.
adults)
have
prediabetes, a condition
where blood sugar
levels are higher than
normalbut not high
enough to be diagnosed
as diabetes. Having
prediabetes puts you at
high risk for type 2
diabetes. It also puts
you at risk for a heart
attack and stroke. If you
have
prediabetes,
research has shown that
you can delay or
prevent the development of type 2 diabetes

by making simple but

important
lifestyle
changes. For instance,
losing
just
seven
percent of your body
weight (which is about
15 pounds if you weigh
200 pounds) and being
more physically active
by walking 30 minutes
a day for at least five
days a week can reduce
your chances of developing type 2 diabetes by
more than half (58
percent).
Whether you have
diabetes or prediabetes,
there
are
similar
lifestyle changes that
can go a long way to
prevent or delay health
problems. For example:
Choose healthy foods
such as fruits and
vegetables,
fish,
chicken and turkey
without the skin, dry
beans and peas, whole
grains, and low-fat or
skim milk and cheese.
Drink water instead
of juices or sodas.
When eating a meal,
fill half of your plate
with
fruits
and
vegetables; one quarter
with a lean protein, such
as beans, or chicken or
turkey without the skin;
and one quarter with a
whole grain, such as
brown rice or whole
wheat pasta.
Every day, write
down what you eat and
drink and the number of
minutes you are active.
Review your meal
and activity plans every
day. This will help you
reach your goals.
The National Diabetes
Education
Program
offers many re sources
to help people with
diabetes take important
steps to stay healthy and
prevent diabetes-related
heart problems. Please
visit
www.Your
DiabetesInfo.org.

With fugitive murder

suspect Eric Frein no
longer on the loose,
Pennsylvania
Game
Commission Executive
Director R. Matthew
Hough,
effective
midnight, will lift the
temporary prohibition
on hunting and trapping
activity in all areas that
had been affected by the
manhunt.
That means hunters in
the previously closed
area will be able to
participate in Saturday
opener of the fall turkey
season, as well as all
other
hunting
and
trapping seasons.
Hough on October 1st
issued an executive
order that temporarily
closed all hunting and
trapping seasons within
seven townships in
northeastern Pennsylvania Price, Barrett and
Paradise townships in
Monroe County; and
Blooming
Grove,
Porter, Lehman and
Greene townships in
Pike County. More
recently, the order was
amended to keep the
temporary closure in
place only in Monroe
County.
With
Frein
now
captured and charged in
the
ambush-shooting
death of a Pennsylvania
state trooper, and with

Pennsylvania
State
Police giving the green
light to reopen those
Monroe County townships to hunting and
trapping, Hough is
rescinding the order.
The decision to lift the
order at midnight was
made to give state
police time to finish
processing the search
area.
It is with great relief
that the search for Eric
Frein has reached its
end without further
incident, and that the
fugitive
has
been
apprehended
and
charged, Hough said.
Im certain justice will
be served.
With the search no
longer active, the Pennsylvania State Police
has advised there no
longer is a need to keep
in place any temporary
prohibition on hunting
and trapping activity in
northeastern Pennsylvania, Hough said. I
personally would like
to congratulate state
police for bringing this
manhunt to a successful
conclusion, and Id also
like to thank our hunters and trappers, who
cooperated and complied with this executive order, and otherwise did their part to
allow
police
to

continue the search that

led to the suspects
apprehension.
Aside from all previously closed hunting
and trapping seasons
being restored, all
portions of State Game
Lands 221 have been
reopened to hunters and
trappers. While the
manhunt was ongoing
access to portions of
the game lands was
closed.
Pennsylvanians are
reminded that the
primary purposes of
state game lands are to
provide wildlife habitat, and hunting and
trapping opportunities
for license buyers, and
secondary recreational
uses
are
tightly
restricted during hunting
and
trapping
seasons.
Pennsylvania Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources
Secretary Ellen Ferretti
noted all DCNR lands
in Monroe County also
are being reopened to
hunters and other recreational users.
Frein is charged in the
September
12th
ambush-shooting death
of Pennsylvania State
Police Cpl. Bryon
Dickson II outside the
state police barracks in
Blooming Grove, Pike

County. Trooper Alex

Douglass was wounded
in the attack.
The temporary closure
of the hunting and
trapping seasons was
made in consultation
with state police after
explosive
devices
believed to be left by
Frein, one of them set

to detonate through a
trip wire, were recovered during the search.
The devices posed an
obvious safety threat,
and Hough exercised
authority granted to
him by the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife
to temporarily close the
seasons because of

safety concerns.
Now that the seasons
have been reopened,
Hough urged hunters
and trappers to remain
alert and cautious, and
report any possible
evidence related to Frein
to the Pennsylvania
State Police TIP Line at
1-866-326-7256.

Community Services
for Children (CSC)
recently
received
$12,500 from Capital
Blue Cross in Educational
Improvement
Tax Credit (EITC)
funding in support of its
innovative Literacy Lab
program.
We are so appreciative
of
Capital
BlueCrosss leadership
in supporting early
education. This is the
building block for
successful high school
graduation and an
educated workforce,
said
Jane
Ervin,
CEO/President
of
CSC.
Capital BlueCrosss

contribution supports
CSCs Literacy Lab.
This innovative program
for preschoolers has
proven to accelerate
young childrens grasp
of early literacy skills
which can help future
success with language,
reading and writing.
Community Services
for Children (CSC) is
approved by the Pennsylvania Department of
Community
and
Economic Development
as an Educational Innovation Organization and
a
Pre-Kindergarten
Scholarship Organization.
Qualifying
businesses may receive
tax credits in exchange

for donations to CSC to

fund students from low
income families attending high quality pre-k
programs. These credits
are obtained through the
program
Educational
Investment Tax Credits
(EITC) and administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic
Development.
CSC is the regions
leader in early childhood education and
family
development,
reaching
40,000
children in 18 counties
annually. For further
information, call Sara
George, 610-437-6000,
ext. 2101.

(NAPSI)If
your
family is like most, its
not like any other, and
your kitchen shouldnt
be either. Every family
has its own distinct
requirements for the
kitchen. Fortunately, a
few simple steps can
help you personalize
your cooking and cleaning space to make it
work best for you.
Some ideas to personalize your kitchen workspace:
While a monochrome
look can be sophisticated and serene, a few
pops of color in
curtains, cushions, door
and drawer pulls can set
it off and point it up.
Use your kitchen to
show off your style.
Display
your
grandmothers famous
pie recipe in a frame.
Its a bright idea to
look to the lighting.
There should be task

lighting, accent lighting

to highlight a special
feature, and general
overhead light. Try a
bright spotlight in the
kitchen over the sink or
stove.
Let that light shine on
a sink youve customized to meet your needs.
The Blanco One collection offers three sinks
and five innovative
accessory kits that combine to create unique
personalized solutions
for cooking, cleaning
and organizing.
Start with the sink
bowl. The Blanco One
base is available in three
model sizes to match
your needsXL Single,
Super
Single
and
Medium bowls. The
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(NAPSI)For many
people, buying a home
is a goal they aspire to
achieve and often the
most significant financial decision they'll
make in their life. If
you're among them,
consider this advice:
Given the mass amounts
of information, data and
tools available, it's
critical to work with a
professional who can
help you make sense of
it all. During the home
buying
or
selling
process, it's wise to

follow these tips:

Work with a local
expert. Realtors are the
most trusted resources
for up-to-date, comprehensive and accurate
real estate information
when it comes to navigating each step of the
complex home buyers
process. More than four
out of five recent home
buyers and sellers used
a real estate professional, according to the
National Association of
Realtors.
Learn about the area.

Looking to move to a
new
neighborhood?
Chances are you're
unfamiliar with some
characteristics of the
area, such as traffic
patterns on busy streets
and the best schools
within the district. Realtors have a finger on the
pulse of each market
where they do business.
They're responsible for
knowing the nuances to
consider before buying
a home and can leverage that expertise to
help you.
Seek accurate information. Many websites
offer to help potential
home owners find the
perfect house. Some
people
have
even
suggested the Internet
will eventually make

buying a home as easy

as buying an airline
ticket or a stock certificate. However, consumers often complain that
some of the information
provided on these sites
is either out of date or
inaccurate,
creating
confusion and frustration.
A Realtor, on the other
hand, can provide valuable counsel, discuss
listings, show you
homes in person, negotiate on your behalf and
help you stay focused
on the emotional and
financial issues that are
most important. That
may be one reason 88
percent of buyers in
2013 used a real estate
agent, up from 69
percent in 2001.

Hello fellow readers,

As requested, heres
some last of the season
gardening to-dos. Protect
your outside pots. Most
concrete, glazed or terracotta pots, with or without plants, will crack if
left out in the winter;
with the exception of the
high-priced ones made to
withstand
freezing.
Generally
fiberglass,
polyethylene, or structural foam pots can
remain outside. However, even plants that are
suitable in our zone will
suffer from the freezing
and thawing of roots if
left unprotected.
You can plant the pots
themselves (if freeze
tolerant) in a holding
spot dug in soil to the top
of the pot. Or gather
them against the north or
east side of your home
and cover with a foot of
shredded
leaves.
Containers moved into
an unheated building
such as a garage or shed
where
temperatures
remain slightly above
freezing is ideal. Potted
herbs such as parsley and

chives can be brought

indoors for winter use.
Heres a to-do that
doesnt requiring doing:
Dont cutback seed
heads of perennials,
biennials and annuals
that you want to selfsow; or spread the seeds
in the garden before
removing the plant
remains. I think birdfriendly seed heads are
showy; especially Ornamental Grasses, Coneflowers and Black-eyed
Susans.
Time
to
prevent
transpiration - the loss
of water from plant parts
particularly
leaves.
When plants are unable
to replenish the water
due to frozen soil or
drought,
dehydration
and damage can occur.
Last
years
winter
wreaked havoc on evergreens. Combined with
this years dry growing
season, they are exceptionally
vulnerable.
Deeply water plants
before
the
ground
freezes, and continue to
water during winter
months when above
freezing if Mother
Nature doesnt provide.
You can create physical
windbreaks with stakes
and burlap; or spray
Wilt-Pruf which is a
natural resin derived
from pine trees. Let that
dry then apply a
systemic Deer Spray
such as Deer Out as
well. A double whammy
of protection!
Its a wrap. For this
growing season that is.
Planning for next is now
unwrapping.
Garden
dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

PNC recently gave a

$10,000 grant to Community Services for
Children
(CSC)
to
expand its role in
providing high quality
science,
technology,
engineering and math
(STEM) education to
children in prekindergarten.
CSC will use the grant
to provide training for
prekindergarten teachers
so they are better able to
help young children
learn methods, vocabu-

lary, and tools of inquiry.

An 18-hour training
course was previously
developed
and
is
currently being piloted
thanks to a grant from
the PPL Corporation.
The PNC grant will
enable CSC to offer the
course to additional
teachers affecting as
many as 400 children.
We are excited to
further our role in
prekindergarten STEM,
because we have experienced a great deal of

success with our Head

Start children in this
arena already. This grant
allows us to expand our
role in preparing and
educating teachers in the
field, said Jane Ervin,
CEO/President of CSC.
CSC is the regions
leader in early childhood
education and family
development, reaching
40,000 children in 18
counties annually. For
further information, call
Sara George, 610-4376000, ext. 2101.

I could make signs to

support the team and my
son, Riley. Bernadette
Merlos old employer,
Haas Packaging and
Design, took the artwork
and also donated a
banner, Cindy Kelton
made a video of season
highlights for all the
families, the Meras
reached out to parents to
work on ordering a
balloon archway for the
boys
entrance
and
balloons to decorate the
Bangor streets and
stadium, Becky Dancho
handed out maroon and
gold balloons for outside
each players home and
the stadium fences were
lined with signs Rachel
Mobley and other families had made to support
the team and their favorite little player. The
support extended beyond
the team to the actual
community when I
showed Mt. Bethel Pizza
the picture of the Flag
team and told the owner
their story. He didnt
even hesitate before
donating enough pizza to
feed the entire team and
the coaches after that
game and Dana Reinhart
quickly donated drinks,
plates and napkins so
that every aspect of game
day was covered. This is
what community is all
about and I am sure there

was so much more that I

am forgetting to mention.
The boys played their
hearts out on November
2nd in cold and windy
weather and rooted for
each other from the
sidelines, the Flag cheerleaders withstood the
bitter weather as well to
cheer on the team and the
crowd in the stands knew
how to make some noise.
The Slaters lost the game
that day in double overtime but showing the true
sportsmanship
that
association
President,
Craig Berger always
insists upon, the crowd,
the coaches and the
players all united to
congratulate the other
team and accept their 2nd

place trophies but it was

clear that no one had lost
that day. Many of these
little
monsters
will
advance to Jr. Pee Wee
next year and I look
forward to their next
season. I have never been
more proud to be a part of
the Bangor Slater Youth
Football organization and
this community and I
know all the parents feel
exactly the same way.
The Championship team
was lead by Head Coach
Jay Mobley, Assistant
Coaches Hutch Waldron,
Jeremy Hurd, Brian
Pysher, Eric Merlo and
Shawn
Kelton
and
consited
of
players:
Corban Couillard, Jeffrey
Cyphers, Cade Dancho,

Jonathon D'Alessandro,
Logan Docherty, Jayden
Dimmig, Jacob Hillis,
Gavin Hughes, Lucas
Hurd, Gavyn Kelton,
Owen Mera, Gino Merlo,
Tyler McCaughy, Jayden
Mobley, Gavin Pysher,
Aaron Nowinski, Preston
Reimel, Nolan Reinhart,
Christopher Robuck, Jr.,
Tyler Scholato, Mason
Stankiewicz,
Jonathan
Striba, Riley Waldron and
Kody Ward.

(NAPSI)This
holiday season, you can
simplify your day-today tasks to focus on
spending time with
family and friends.
Here are tips that can
help:
In lieu of elaborate
dinner parties, invite
friends and family over
for brunch or lunch.
Memberships to a
theater or museum make
great gifts that can bring
pleasure all year and
help support the community.
Donate to a charitable
cause or nonprofit in a
special someones name.
Incorporate your
favorite bakerys bread
or cookies into a gift
basket with tea towels,
fruit and a bottle of an
R.W. Knudsen Family
celebratory beverage.

The first annual Tim

Roper Memorial Engineering
Scholarship
Golf Tournament was
held Saturday, October
25th, in Stockertown.
The team of Jay
Petrella, Joe Volkert,
Lee Costello and Charlie Waters won the
tournament with a score
of 12 under par. Second
flight winners at five
under par were Frank
Herting, Len Kesselring, John Bitzer and
Russ Roper.
Third
flight winners at two
under par were Brian
Salesky,
Glen
Prenchak,
Robert
Lawrie
and
Craig
Roper.
Winners of the longest

R.W. Knudsen Family

believes great juice is
the result of great fruitso for more than 50
years, its produced
quality juice products,
including more than 100
types of natural and
organic
fruit
and
vegetable juices, carbonated fruit beverages and
specialty items.
You can use them in

drive contest were:

Regular golfers - Matt
Blakely; Senior golfers
Len
Kesselring;
Women golfers - Alison
Overdorf.
Tim Roper was a product development manager at Lutron Electronics. 25 foursomes and
100 golfers supported
the tournament. This

such tasty dishes as this

one:
Cranberry Pomegranate Celebration Punch
with Ice Ring
Three
(32-fl.
oz.)
bottles R.W. Knudsen
Family Organic Cranberry
Pomegranate
Flavored Juice Blend,
chilled, divided
One lemon, sliced
crosswise into six to
eight thin slices
18 to 24 small fresh or
frozen cranberries
One (13/4-oz.) package
fresh mint leaves
One tablespoon pomegranate seeds (arils),
optional
Two (25.4-fl. oz.)
bottles R.W. Knudsen
Family Sparkling Cranberry Flavored Beverage, chilled
One (8-fl. oz.) bottle
R.W. Knudsen Family

Organic Orange Juice

from
concentrate,
chilled
Pour one bottle juice
blend into eight cup
fluted tube pan or ring
mold. Arrange lemon
slices in pan. Center
three to four cranberries
and mint leaves over
each lemon. Sprinkle
with pomegranate seeds,
if desired. Freeze until
solid, about four hours.
Combine
remaining
juice blend, sparkling
cranberry beverage and
orange juice in punch
bowl. Unmold ice ring
by dipping mold quickly
into pan of warm water
to loosen. Float ice ring
in punch, fruit side up.
For other recipes and
information,
visit
www.rwknudsenfamily.
com and facebook.com
/RWKnudsen.

included seven foursomes of his colleagues

from Lutron Electronics.
Tim touched the lives
of all who had the
opportunity to know
him. He was a positive
influence who made a
difference in the lives
of those around him
whether it was at work

or coaching young
children in his favorite
sport, basketball.
Tims family, friends
and colleagues are
working to establish the
Tim Roper Memorial
Engineering Scholarship Fund to be
awarded to a Pen Argyl
Area High School
student beginning with
the 2015-2016 school
year. The scholarship
will provide a way to
remember Tim and give
back to the community.
Donations to the fund
may be made to the Tim
Roper
Scholarship
Fund and sent to: The
Tim Roper Scholarship
Fund, 164 East First St.,
Wind Gap, PA.

Misuse and abuse of

prescription drugs are the
number one addiction
problem in the Slate
Belt. Prescription drug
misuse is the intentional
use of a medication in
any way other than the
way it is printed on the
label. Prescription drug
abuse is the intentional
use of a medication that
you do not have a
prescription for, then
using it for the experience or feeling it causes.
The most commonly
misused and abused
prescription medications
in the United States are :
Pain
relievers,
5.1
million, which include
Percocet, Vicodin, and
OxyCodin; and Tranquil-

izers,
2.2
million,
Xanax, Valium, Ativan.
Using a medication
other than as prescribed
can potentially lead to a
variety of adverse health
effects, including overdose, addiction, and
death. Between 1991
and 2010, prescriptions
for opioid pain killers
rose from about 75.5
million to 209.5 million.
Use medications only
as they are prescribed,
don't share medications
and don't mix alcohol
with medications. Let's
keep a Clean Slate!
Additional reading Ray, Oakley Drugs,
Society and Human
Behavior McGraw/Hill
2002.

Going into the election

with 111 Republican
members of the state
House of Representatives, the next session
will have 119 Republican members as a result
of November 4ths
election returns. It will
be the largest majority
the House has seen since
the 1957-58 session,
according to Speaker of
the House Sam Smith
(
R
Armstrong/Indiana/Jeffe
rson) and Majority
Leader Mike Turzai (RAllegheny County) said
today.
Smith, Turzai and
House Republican Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Dave Reed

(R-Indiana)
declared
victory after determining that the House
Republican Caucus will
grow to 119 members
for the 2015-16 legislative session that begins
December 1st. The
current makeup of the
House is 111 Republicans and 92 Democrats.
It will be the third
consecutive session with
Republicans in control
of the House. The new
makeup of the House
will be 119-84.
Our members carried
a strong message of
responsible governing to
the voters, and it was
obviously
well
received, Smith said.
Big government is not

the answer to everything, and the people of

Pennsylvania know it,
and thats why they
voted to strengthen the
House
Republican
majority.
Important victories in
the election included all
Republican
freshmen
and sophomore members winning their reelection races and a
pick-up of eight seats.
The pick-up seats and
the districts are:
Jason Ortitay, 46th
Legislative
District,
Washington and Allegheny counties.
Ryan Warner, 52nd
Legislative
District,
Fayette County and
Westmoreland counties.
Harry Lewis, 74th
Legislative
District,
Chester County.
Jeff Wheeland, 83rd
Legislative
District,
Lycoming County.
David Parker, 115th
Legislative
District,
Monroe County.
Aaron Kaufer, 120th
Legislative
District,
Luzerne County.
Tom Quigley, 146th
Legislative
District,
Montgomery County.
Kate Klunk, 169th
Legislative
District,
York County.
The House Republican
leaders said the election
results were a reflection
of
the
Republican
Caucus work to make a
more prosperous Pennsylvania. The results can
be seen in the states
unemployment
rate,
which has dropped to
5.7 percent from the 8.2
percent in January 2011.
Pennsylvanians spoke
loudly with their votes
yesterday as they clearly
approved
of
our

approach to move this

Commonwealth in the
right direction, Turzai
said. We have been
fiscally and legislatively
responsible. We have to
be stewards of taxpayers hard-earned money,
work to improve the
business climate so we
have family-sustaining
jobs and a robust
economy, and continue
to bring integrity back to
Harrisburg.
Reed said, We were
able to win in districts
all across Pennsylvania,
growing our already
strong majority, because
our candidates understood the work we have
been doing to improve
our Commonwealth. We
won many tough races
against a huge voter
registration edge, and
we are ready to face the
challenges ahead of us.
The House Republican
leaders made it clear.
The voters in 119 legislative districts sent a
clear mandate for each
member to make Pennsylvania
government
accountable and more
prosperous while keeping state spending under
control.
The House returns to
session next Wednesday,
November 12th. A
caucus of next sessions
members will be held to
elect the Leadership
team. The positions to
be elected will be:
majority leader, whip,
Appropriations Committee chairman, caucus
chairman, policy committee chairman, caucus
administrator
and
caucus secretary. The
caucus will also elect its
speaker-designee. The
speaker of the House is
elected by a majority
vote of the full body;
next sessions election
of speaker will be held
on swearing-in day,
January 6th, 2015.

On
Saturday
and
Sunday, November 29th
and 30th, the Pocono
Mountain Arts Council
will present the Tenth
Annual Holiday Arts
Festival
at
Skytop
Lodge.
As always
admission is free. The
show will be held in the
attractive
Executive
Conference Center and
hours are Saturday,
10am to 5pm and
Sunday, 10am to 3pm.
This event, now a
Thanksgiving Weekend
tradition for many, is a
relaxed, pleasant way to
start your holiday browsing and gift-buying,
enjoying the work of,
and chatting with, the
fine artisans and artists
who are offering their
work for your viewing
and shopping pleasure.
An exciting mix of
returning
and
new
exhibitors will add
dimension and interest to
this years event, and the
collection of handcrafted
work
will
include: functional and
artistic pottery and
wood-turned
work;
metalwork, fused and
stained glass; jewelry in
a variety of styles and
mediums; furniture and
wood accessories for the
home; fine woven, knit
and felted womens
apparel and accessories;
and hand-painted silks.
The fine arts will be

represented by photographers working in

traditional and digitally
enhanced modes, and by
artists whose work
ranges over a wide
variety of styles and
mediums,
including
watercolor, oil, acrylics,
and mixed media.
Continuing our tradition
of
supporting
young artists, we will
again showcase the
developing artwork of
students from two of our
area school groups:
members of Pocono
Homeschoolers Association and students
from Evergreen School,
as well as this years
emerging artist, Maria
Sagheddu, a senior at
Notre
Dame
High
School.
Participating exhibitors are: Jane Brown,
Jone Bush, Larry Buss,
Mary Campagna, Stefan
Diaz, Paul Funke, Cate
Gundlah, Bill Hobbs,
Kathy Jeffers, Donna
Kallesser, Mary Kester,
Nancy Knott, Chris
Kroup, Karen, Laposh,
Catherine
Laskaris,
Sandy
Lindstedt,
Michelle Lucas, Kathy
Luciano, Angela McKenna, Milan Melicharek,
Leslie Mulliken, Rocco
Negri, Lucille Norella,
Jay and Mary Ann
Paulukonis,
Nancy
Pitcher, Frank Rehm,
Cathleen
Repholz,
Mariana Russo, Don
Sack, Maria Sagheddu,
Valerie
Sagheddu,
Denise Sandy, Catherine Schratt, Julius
Schratt, Brad Sears,
Sandra Selesky, Pia
Somerlock,
Richard
Sommers, Jill Swersie,
Pat Transue, Myra
Trumpaitzky,
Jeff
Warner, Lisa Weber,
Ralph White, Xian
Hutton, and Susan
Yoder.