Pengfei Li, daughter of

Ruiyuan Li and Randall

Goucher of Wind Gap, PA, has
been named Valedictorian of
the Class of 2016. Pengfei is
ranked number 1 in a class of
103 with a Grade Point Average of 103.24 percent. Her
achievements and activities are
Academic
Awards/Honors
Received: Award for Achieving an Average of 92 or Above
for the First Three Marking
Periods, Academic Award in
Mathematics, Top Five in
Class Award, Bausch and
Lomb Honorary Science
Award, Academic Award in
Science, Academic Award in
Social Studies, Honor Roll,
Principals 90 percent Club.
Her Activities include MiniTHON, Envirothon, Scholastic

Scrimmage, Social Tea Time,

Do Something Club. Pengfei is
a also an Assistant Teacher at
Huaxia Chinese School Lehigh
Valley Branch, a volunteer at
Walden III Senior Living Community, and a volunteer at
Faith Alive Church. She plans
to attend the University of
Pittsburgh, in a six-year accelerated program at the University of Science and major in
Pharmacology.
Amanda
Romeiser,
the
daughter of Todd and Eileen
Romeiser of Pen Argyl, PA,
has been named Salutatorian of
the Class of 2016. Amanda is
ranked number 2 in a class of
103 with a Grade Point Average of 102.44 percent. Her
achievements and activities are
as
follows
Academic

Awards/Honors
Received:
Academic Award in English,
Academic Award in Social
Studies, Award for Achieving
an Average of 92 or Above for
the First Three Marking
Periods, Top Five in Class
Award, Frederick Douglass &
Susan B. Anthony Award in
Humanities
and
Social
Sciences, First Honor Roll,
Principals 90 percent Club.
She is involved in the Student
Government, Class Treasurer,
Class Secretary, Scholastic
Scrimmage,
Mini-THON
11,12 Communications
Chairperson), Recycling Club,
Diversity, Tolerance, & Awareness Club, Do Something
Club, English History Tudoring Club, Leo Club, Reading
Olympics, Computer Fair,
National Honor Society. She
played soccer all four years of
high school earning three
Varsity letters and The Shining
Knight Award. Amanda is also
involved in Sunday School and
Vacation Bible School Volunteer at El Shaddai Assembly of
God, American Sign Language
Coach. She will be attending
Stockton University in a
combined
five
year
Bachelor/Master
degree
program in Forensic Psychology.

Melissa Boyer, the daughter

of John and Shirley Boyer, is
the Class of 2016 valedictorian. She has attended Faith
Christian
School
since
second grade. Throughout
the years, she has taken
advantage of the various
offerings of the school.
Melissa has participated in
Ski Club since elementary
school and joined the soccer
and volleyball teams in her
senior year. She has also been
active in the arts, participating in chorus since fifth
grade, the Fine Arts class
since junior year, and yearbook since ninth grade,
serving as editor her senior
year. She has served as class
president since tenth grade
and was the president of
Student Council her senior
year.
Additionally, she has been a
member of National Honor
Society since tenth grade and
served as the secretary her
senior year. Melissa has been
privileged to have been part
of many of the unique opportunities offered by the school,
including participating in
Senator for a Day, serving at
the processing center for
Operation Christmas Child,
and receiving the HOBY
Leadership Award. She is
highly involved at her
church, Christ Hamilton
United Lutheran Church,
where she serves as a VBS
teacher, a Sunday school
teacher, and a junior guide for
the middle school youth
group. She is an active
member of her own youth
group and has gone on the
yearly summer missions trips
since 2012.
Due to her involvement in
the community, she was the

recipient of both the DAR

Good Citizenship Award and
the bronze level President's
Award
for
Community
Service. Melissa plans on
majoring in art history at
Messiah College.
Jessica Trout, the daughter
of Dave and Janel Trout, is
the Class of 2016 salutatorian. She has attended Faith
Christian
School
since
kindergarten. She has participated in soccer since middle
school and served as captain
in her junior and senior years.
She was a member of the
track team during her middle
school years through junior
year. She played volleyball
her sophomore and junior
years and basketball her
junior and senior year. She
also participated in Ski Club
since fifth grade.
Jessica served as the senior
class secretary for all of her
high school years and as
Student Council secretary her
senior year. She has been a
member of the National
honors Society since her
sophomore year, serving as
treasurer her senior year. She
was a member of the chorus
from middle school through
twelfth grade.
Outside of school, Jessica
worked at Twin Pines and is
currently working at Spruce
Lake. She is active in her
youth
group,
faithfully
attending every week and
serving on student leadership. Jessica has a heart for
missions and served in Costa
Rica in 2014, Haiti in 2015,
and Zambia in 2016. She
hopes to pursue missions in
her future, after obtaining her
nursing
degree
from
Northampton
Community
College.

After spending a year at

Phoebe
Richlandtown
Facility,
Becky
Oyer
Hughes is now at Slate Belt
Medical Center. Cards and
visits would be greatly appreciated. Please send them to:
Mrs. Rebecca Hughes at
Slate Belt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Room 318,
701 Slate Belt Blvd., Bangor,
PA 18013.
The Pen Argyl High
School Class of 1966 will be
holding their 50th Reunion
on September 17th at 6pm
at the Almond Tree in
Alpha, New Jersey. Anyone
with an address for Wayne
Guerro is asked to contact a
committee person. The class
has also been invited to join
this year's graduation on June
7th. You will need to contact
the high school office if you
are planning to attend.
The Bangor High School
Class of 1966 will hold their
50th Reunion at the Delaware Water Gap Country
Club on Saturday October
8th at 6pm. The Class has
also been invited to sit at this
years high school graduation
as guests. The following
addresses are needed: Bruce
Dietz, Carol Ann Reinhart
Hutnick, Peggy Ealey Kish,
Richard
Hunt,
Natalie
Crouse Donate, Larry Stenlake,
James
LaBarre,
Marshall Bailey, Sondra
Buskirk
Baier,
Patricia
Pysher Bennett, Robert Mack
Charlene Pasqualino, Linda
Repsher Silvius, Linda Meixsell Yeakel, Richard Danner,
Glenda Dunk, Diana Galatioto,
Donna
Davidson
Edwards and Thomas Kittle.
Anyone with information
please contact: Karen Brewer

@ 610-588-8615 or 484894-5661. Those who have

received invitations and are
planning to attend the high
school graduation exercises
are also to notify Karen
Brewer so a seat count can be
given to the school.
Pen Argyl High School
Class of 1976 Reunion will
be held on October 1st at
Tolino Vineyard from 5pm
to 10pm. Casual party to
catch up with friends. RSVP
to Cindy (Letson) Cipriani at
238 Whitemarsh Drive,
Sewell, NJ 08080 or at
Cls4361@hotmail.com.
The Salvation Army in
Pen Argyl has several slots
available for overnight
youth summer camp in the
Poconos. For more information, call 610-863-6677.
The Slate Belt Regional
Police have a drug takeback box at their 6292
Sullivan Trail office in
Nazareth. For more information,
call
their
nonemergency line at 610-7598517, or fax 610-759-8523.
The Washington Twp.
Board of Supervisors is
seeking members for the
Recreation
Committee.
Volunteers are needed to fill
two permanent member
vacancies and two alternate
vacancies. The goal of the
Washington Twp. Recreation
Committee is to enhance the
recreational resources available to residents. This Committee meets the 4th Tuesday
of each month at 7pm. Washington Township residents
interested in filling these
vacancies are asked to submit
a letter of interest to: Washington Township Board of
Supervisors, 1021 Washington Blvd., Bangor, PA
18013.
The BAHS Marching

Band uniforms, which are

modeled
after
Her
Majestys Royal Welsh
Guard, and pay tribute to
the heritage of Bangor,
must be replaced after
years of normal wear and
tear. The new uniforms will
continue to use the same
style. The Slater Band Boosters have initiated a fund
drive to support this effort.
The Boosters will appreciate
any donations, small or
large, to this cause. The
names of contributors will be
acknowledged in concert
programs during the 20162017 school year. Names of
contributors at higher levels
will be memorialized on a
plaque to be displayed in the
theater wing of the high
school. More information is
available at bahsbands.
weebly.com. Send your tax
deductible contributions to:
Slater
Band
Boosters,
Uniform Drive, c/o Charlie
Cole, 608 Shawnee Street,
Roseto, PA 18013.

Quality artisans and

antique
vendors
are
wanted for the Belvidere in
Bloom Summer Festival on
June 11th, from 9am to
5pm at Garret D. Wall
Park in Belvidere. For more
information, call 908-3107203
or
visit
BelvidereinBloom.com.
The Womans Club of
Belvidere is presenting
Belvidere in Bloom,
a
summer
festival
of
artisans, antiques and
activities.
Castles and
Cottages
house
tours,
Wuthering Heights Tea and
Architectural walking tours.
For information and tickets,
visit belviderein bloom.com
or call 908-892-3874. Delicious foods offered for sale
at churches around Garret D.
Wall Park. Belvidere Garden
Club will be presenting their
Secret Garden Tours," and
Historic tours are offered by
reservation, to reserve visit
www.HardwickTours.com
or call 908-268-6871.

Registration is now open

for the Tri Mountain Lake
Sprint Triathlon taking
place on July 16th, in
Liberty, (Mountain Lake).
The sprint triathlon tours the
surrounding area of Mountain Lake in Liberty NJ. After
a half-mile swim in the
pristine lake, get ready for
some ups and downs on the
15-mile bike ride. Then finish
off on the three-mile run
giving a view from each
angle of the lake. Participants can sign up to compete
as individuals or as a team of
three. Teams will compete
with each member completing one leg of the event, and
their time will be recorded
and displayed versus other
team entries. To register, visit
runsignup.com/ace/NJ/
Liberty/TRIMountainLake.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary School is planning for
the 2016-2017 school year.
At this time they would like
to identify as many children
as possible who will be
eligible for kindergarten in
September. To be eligible
for kindergarten, a child must
be five years old by October
1st. If you have not already
done so, and you have a child
who will be eligible for next
years kindergarten class, call
the school at 908-475-5118,
ext. 200. Dates for screening
of next years kindergarten
students will be released at a
later date.
Parents will
receive details in the mail.
Please pass this information
along to anyone in Knowlton
Twp. who may have a child
eligible for kindergarten in
September.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary is now accepting registrations for their preschool
program for fall. Children
must be four years old by
October 1st, and must be
toilet trained. The program
runs Monday through Friday
from 9am to 11:30am when
school is in session. Transportation is not provided for
this program. If interested,
please contact the school
office at 908-475-5118, ext.
200.
Knowlton Seniors is seek-

ing new members 55 or

older
from
Knowlton
Township and surrounding
areas, including PA. They
offer multiple trips to different sights each year. They
meet the first Friday of each
month at the Knowlton
United Methodist Church on
Rt. 94 at 1:30pm with few
exceptions. For more information, call Sue at 908-4964740.
In anticipation of its 30th
anniversary
assisting
northwestern NJ residents,
Project Self-Sufficiency is
asking former participants
to contact the agency.
Information gathered from
former participants would be
used throughout the upcoming year as part of the
agencys
celebration.
Former adult participants, as
well as the grown children of
former participants, are
asked to call Project SelfSufficiency at 973-940-3500
or 844-807-3500.
Blairstown
Recreation
Summer Day Camp is now
open for registration. The
camp is open to resident and
non-resident
pre-school
children ages four and five
(age four by October 1st,

2015) and for boys and girls

currently in grades K through
sixth. Summer Camp is held
Monday through Friday,
June 27th through July 8th
(closed July 4th), from 9am
to noon at Blairstown
Elementary School. Registration is accepted at the
Recreation Office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8am to 1pm, by mail-in, or by
drop-off box. For additional
information
visit
www.blairstown-nj.org
or
call 908-362-6663 ext. 232.
North Warren KnitWits
needs new members to
crochet or knit items to be
donated to various charities, nursing homes, hospice
and the needy throughout
Warren County. KnitWits,
a group of mostly senior
women, have donated thousands of items over their 25+
years of existence. They meet
every Tuesday from 9:30am
to noon at the Catherine
Dickson Hoffman Library,
located on Lambert Road in
Blairstown. For more information, call Anne at 908459-0453. Donations of yarn
are always needed. For more
information, call Anne at
908-459-0453.

Adult Fiction: Binchy,

Maeve:
Evening
Class;
George, Nina: The Little
Paris Bookshop; Johansen,
Iris: Hide Away; Koch,
Herman:
The
Dinner;
Mitchard, Jacquelyn: Cage Of
Stars; Ware, Ruth: In A Dark,
Dark Wood.
Adult Non Fiction: Grazer,
Brian: A Curious Mind;
Mukherjee, Siddhartha: The
Gene, An Intimate History;
Roach, Mary: Grunt, The
Curious Science Of Humans
At War.
Young Adult Fiction:
Green, John: Will Grayson,
Will Grayson; Riordan, Rick:

The Hidden Oracle.

Junior Fiction: Bell, Cece:
El Deafo; Chambliss Bertman, Jennifer: Book Scavenger; Holub, Joan: Zeus And
The Thunderbolt Of Doom;
Jeter, Derek: The Contract;
Lerangis, Peter: The Colossus Rises; Sutherland, Tui:
The Dragonet Prophecy;
Vernon, Ursula: Harriet The
Invincible.
Easy Fiction: Austin, Mike:
Fire Engine No. 9: Brumbeau, Jeff: The Quiltmakers
Gift; Henkes, Kevin: Waiting; Pilutti, Deb: Bear And
Squirrel Are Friendsyes,
Really!

Easton Hospital is among a

select number of hospitals to
offer patients with atrial
fibrillation a new stroke
prevention therapy with a
newly approved implant
device.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a
heart condition where the
upper chambers of the heart
(atrium) beat too fast and
with
irregular
rhythm
(fibrillation). AF is the most
common cardiac arrhythmia,
currently affecting more than
five million Americans.
People with atrial fibrillation have a five times greater
risk of stroke. 1 Atrial fibrillation can cause blood to pool
and form clots in an area of
the heart called the left atrial
appendage. This is believed
to be the source of the majority of stroke-causing blood
clots. 2 Blood clots can break
loose and travel in the blood
stream to the brain, lungs,
and other parts of the body.
Twenty percent of all
strokes occur in patients with
AF. 3 The most common
treatment to reduce stroke
risk in patients with AF are
blood-thinning medications.
Long-term use of bloodthinning medications is not
well-tolerated
by
some
patients and carries a significant risk for bleeding complications.
The new implant device is
an alternative to bloodthinning medications. The
implant closes off the left
atrial appendage in order to
keep harmful blood clots
from entering the blood

stream and potentially causing a stroke. Over time,

patients are often able to stop
taking
blood-thinners.
FDA-approved in the United
States, the device has been
implanted in more than
10,000 patients and is
approved in more than 70
countries around the world.
This device offers a
potentially-life
changing
stroke treatment option for
patients who want freedom
from the challenges of longterm blood-thinner use, says
Koroush Khalighi, M.D.,
cardiologist and electrophysiologist, an independent
member of the medical staff
at Easton Hospital. Easton
Hospital is at the cuttingedge in delivering the most
current medical advances to
patients in our area.
The device is a one-time
procedure, implanted through
the use of a catheter in about
an hour. Patients only need to
stay in the hospital about 24
hours after the device is in
place, says electrophysiolo-

gist Vadim Levin, M.D., a

member of the medical staff
at Easton Hospital.
Dr. Levin was among the
first physicians in the state of
Pennsylvania to perform left
atrial appendage closure
implant procedure when the
device was approved in 2015.
Based on the number of
devices implanted, he is one
of the most experienced
surgeons in the state.
I have been treating
patients with atrial fibrillation for many years, and I am
excited to offer this unique
option for the patients, he
says.
We strive to have patients
experience the quality care,
close to home that they
desire, says CEO John
Zidansek. This new therapy
and these two physicians help
to elevate us even further.
To schedule an appointment
with Drs. Khalighi or Levin,
call 610-250-4242. To learn
more about the implant
device,
visit
EastonHospital.com

Jacobsburg Historical Society (JHS) is very excited to

host our first World War II
Living History Weekend on
Fathers Day weekend, June
18th and 19th. The Boulton
Historic Site will be open to
the public on Saturday, June
18th from 9am to 5pmand
Sunday, June 19th from 9am
to 3pm for this very special
living history event. Adult
admission is $5.00 with free
on-site parking. Children 12
and under, JHS members,
active duty military and
scouts are free. Bring your
fathers, bring your sons, or
bring your whole family!
This special WWII reenactment weekend is designed to
educate the local community
about the war, honor our
veterans, and provide information for various non-profit
veterans organizations and
the services they offer. Visitors can tour Allied and
German Camps staffed by
reenactors,
see
period
military and non-military
vehicle displays, meet and
talk to WWII veterans, shop
with vendors and learn about
non-profit veterans organizations.
The Pennsylvania Longrifle
Museum, one of several
historic buildings on the
Boulton Historic Site, has a
special exhibit of objects
from and about World War II
that will continue through the
2016 season. The permanent
exhibit room of the Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum
contains a substantial collection of original, hand-crafted
Pennsylvania longrifles and
items related to the making of

longrifles from the eighteenth

and nineteenth centuries. The
Longrifle Museum itself is
housed in the historic Henry
Homestead,
which
was
initially a log cabin in which
the workers who built Boulton in 1812 lived. The Pennsylvania Longrifle Museum
will be open for tours from
noon to 4pm on Saturday and
Sunday.
Other buildings on the Boulton Historic Site include the
1832 John Joseph Henry
House, an ambitious Philadelphia townhouse built on
the Bushkill Creek. Five
generations of the Henry
family lived in this home
from 1832 to 1989, filling it
with musical instruments,
books, tools, paintings, furniture, and numerous other
personal belongings. The
most important history painting produced in colonial
America, the 1756 Death of
Socrates painted for William
Henry in Lancaster, hung in
this home until the Henry

family donated it to the

Historical Society of Pennsylvania several decades ago.
The John Joseph Henry
House and Summer Kitchen
will be open for tours on
Sunday only from noon to
4pm.
Visitors can also see the
Nicholas Hawk Gun Shop, an
authentic, 200-year-old log
cabin gun shop that was
moved from its original
location in Monroe County
and reconstructed on the
Boulton campus. Although
the structure is only 12 by 15
feet, in it Nicholas Hawk
built high-quality longrifles
that are now considered
works of art.
The Boulton Historic Site
and Jacobsburg Historical
Society is located at 402-403
Henry Road near Nazareth
PA. Just take the Belfast exit
off of Route 33 and head
towards the woods. For more
information and directions,
please
visit
www.
jacobsburghistory.com .

Market/Bake Sale: June

11th, 9am-noon.
Stroudsburg Aglow Meeting: June 9th, 9:30am. St.
Peters UMC, 924 Rt. 115,
Saylorsburg. Refreshments
start, 9:30am. $2 donation.
Fellowship starts, 10am.
FMI, call 610-614-0507 or
email
stroudsburgaglow
@gmail.com.
Pen Argyl Community
Wide Yard Sale: June
10th-12th. No permits
required.
Spring
into
Summer
Downtown Bangor Sidewalk Sales: June 10th,
3pm-8pm, & June 11th,
11am-3pm.
E. Bangor UMCC Strawberry Festival: June 10th,
4pm.Blaine Reimel Memorial Park, Park Rd., E.
Bangor. Rain or shine. Food
& "Jacktown" ice cream will
be available. FMI., call 610588-4453 or visit ebumc.org.
Bangor

Hi-Rise

Flea

Portland Borough Town

Wide Yard Sale: June
11th, Rain or shine. Vendors wanted.
FMI, call
Stephanie Steele at 610216-6716, Cindy Fish 973600-7120 or email portlandboroughpa @gmail.com .
Chandler Estate Community Wide Yard Sale: June
11th, 8am-3pm. 1569 Teels
Rd., Pen Argyl. Merchandise and Food. FMI, call
Tina at 610-863-3503.
Bangor Memorial Park
Pool Opening June 11th,
noon. Contact the Borough
office at 610-588-2216 for
pool pass information.
Bangor High Rise Flea
Market & Bake Sale: June
11th, 9am-noon.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Specialty Bingo: June
11th, 1pm. 404 Broadway,
Bangor. Designer bags and
more! Tickets $20 in

advance, $25 at the door.

Bingo starts 2pm. FMI, call
610-588-2023 or email
kcaiazzo24@ gmail.com or
jlthomgoff@ gmail.com.
Vettes for Vets Car, Truck
& Motorcycle Show: June
12th,
9am-3pm.
Blue
Valley Farm Show, 707
American
Bangor
Rd.,
Bangor. FMI, visit www.
slatebeltcorvette club.com.
Chicken BBQTake Out:
June 12th, 12:30pm-5pm.
Christ Ev. Lutheran Church,
703 S. Delaware Drive, Mt.
Bethel. FMI call Chrissy at
610-588-0809.
Weona Park Pool Pals
Meeting: June 13th, 7pm.
St. Johns Lutheran Church,
12 N. Westbrook Ave., Pen
Argyl. If you are interested
in having a community pool
in Pen Argyl and want to do
it without raising taxes, you
share our goal, so please
come! FMI, visit www.
facebook.com/WeonaPPP.
Indoor Strawberry Festival: June 17th, 4pm-7pm.
Hope UCC, 2nd St., Wind
Gap. FMI, call 610-7591066.
Putts w/ Pop - 2nd Annual
Miniature Golf Tournament: June 18th, 10amnoon. Weona Park. Teams
will consist of one adult and
one child up to age 12. This
event is not limited to just
dads.
FMI,
email

jones.frank@penargylsd.org
or call 610-863- 9095, ext.
1308.
Movie night at Bangor
Memorial Park: June 18th,
dusk. Featuring: Barnyard.
3rd Annual Bow Wow Bike
Run & Poker Jam: June
18th, 11am. Indian Trail
Park, 3821 Lehigh Drive,
Northampton. Rain date July
16th. Tickets available at
2202 Main St., Northampton, or calling 610-4400245. FMI visit bowwowbike
jam.com,
facebook.com/ Bow-WowBike-Jam-Poker-Run, or call
Dave at 610-573-0161.
Boomer's Angels June
Meet & Greet/adoption
Day: June 19th, 11am2pm. Pet Supplies Plus in
Stroudsburg. FMI, visit
boomers angels.com, email
boomer sangels@gmail.com
or find them on Facebook.
Deep Sea Discovery Vacation Bible School: June
19th-23rd, 6pm-8pm. E.
Bangor Park. FMI, call
Bangor Church of the Nazareth Church at 610-588-6929
or
register
at
www.
bangornazch.org.
14th Annual Swing at the
Stand: June 25th, 6:30pm.
Weona Park, Rt. 512, Pen
Argyl. Please bring a finger
food to share, your own
beverage, and lawn chair.

Listen and dance to the

"Oldies" and meet with old
friends.
Everyone
is
welcome!
Splashdance: June 24th,
7:30pm-9:30pm.
Bangor
Park Pool. Open to all teens
that will be entering 7th, 8th
and 9th grades. $3. Rain date
is June 25th.

United Methodist Women

Pastie Sale: June 10th,
4pm-6pm. Pasties are meat
pies filled w/ potatoes
&beef, w/ or w/o onions.
$5.50 each. Orders will be
taken thru June 5th. Call
Michelle Peterson at 908362-6703. Orders can be
picked up at the First United
Methodist Church, 10 Stillwater Rd., Blairstown.
Free Movie Night: June
10th, dusk. Tunnel Field,
RT 94. Featuring: ZOOTOPIA. Rain Date: June 11th.
Knowlton Twp. Fire &
Rescue
Company
#1
Annual Chicken BBQ:
June 11th, 5pm-7pm. Company station, Rt. 46 & Roy
Ace St., Delaware. Eat in or
take out. $12 per person. All
profits and donations from
this years Chicken BBQ
will be donated to Junior
Firefighter
Brandon
Norwicke & family to defer
the costs of Brandons fight
against cancer. FMI, email
deputychief@knowltonfirer
escue.com.
5th Annual Paws to Pavement 5k: June 11th,
8:45am.
Blairstown
Elementary School, 1 Sunset
Hill Rd., Blairstown. Free
refreshments to all participants. Lots of raffle prizes!
Free parking avail. at BES
parking lot. Race packet
pickup in the BES Gym
Lobby on June 10th,
3:30pm-5pm. Register at
active.com (search Paws to
the Pavement) or visit
facebook.com/bespaws5k.
6th Annual Groove in the

Grove Songwriter Festival:

June
11th,
1pm-9pm.
Headliners:
The
Grip
Weeds.
Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Rd.,
Budd Lake. FMI, visit www.
grooveinthegrove.com.
Knights
of
Columbus
Council #12430 Blood
Drive: June 18th, 8amnoon. St. Jude RC Church,
McNulty Hall, 7 Eisenhower
Rd., Blairstown. Photo ID
req'd. For appointment call
Robert at 908-382-1525, or
email
rhmt1998
@gmail.com.
Community Yard Sale:
June
18th,
9am-3pm.
Franklin Twp. Municipal
Building, 2093 Rt. 57,
Broadway.
Open
to
residents, $5 & nonresidents, $10. FMI or to
register, visit www.franklin
twpwarren.org, or or at the
Municipal Building by June
13th, or call 908-689-3994
ext. 12.
Free Artists' Outing and
Pot Luck: June 18th,
11am-3pm. Plein air painters and photographers are
invited to Ramsaysburg
Historic Homestead, Rt. 46,
Delaware. Open to amateur
and accomplished artists.
Bring your materials and a
pot luck dish. FMI, call
RamsaysburgHomestead@g
mail.com or 908 475 5352.
Walnut Valley Methodists
Take-Out Chicken Dinner:
June 18th, July 16th,
September 17th, 4:30-7pm.
$12/adult; $8/under 10.
Blairstown Seniors Bus
Trip for Hawaiian Luau:
June 23rd. Mt. Haven
Resort, Milford, PA. Signup, May 19th, 1pm at Town
Hall. FMI Call Mickey at
610-362-8919. Anyone over
55 is considered a senior.

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On Saturday June 18, 2016

Quiet Valley Living Historical
Farm will open for their 53rd
Summer Tour Season starting
with their ninth annual
Summer Garden Party. Visitors
coming to the farm for the
historic tour will experience
guides portraying family members going about a typical day
on a homestead in the 1800s. In
addition to the tour, folks will
have a chance to involve themselves in a variety of gardenrelated activities. Tour a typical
Pennsylvania German kitchen
garden, get help with garden
basics, sample yummy things
made with fresh herbs and
vegetables and take home
some recipes. At the outdoor
brick oven herb breads will be
baked and samples shared.
This year, sign up early (by
Noon) at the Bake Oven and
make a small loaf yourself (one
per family).
This years feature areas,
Pottery with Joan Glusiec and
Pressed Flower Art with Alice
Prall will have demonstrations
taking place periodically
throughout the day.
There will be new adventures
at the party including Foods
with Funny Names, and older
youth and adults will enjoy
fairy garden art. The Childrens
Area will have lots of summer

craft fun and bubble making

for the younger set.
This event is sponsored in
part by a Pennsylvania Council
on the Arts Project Stream
grant.
As a special fundraiser on
June 18th we will be holding a
Victorian Tea during the day at
2:00. Ages eight and up can
enjoy the tea sandwiches, fresh
baked cookies, scones and
cake, along with herbal teas
and lemonade. Quiet Valleys
very own Emma Marsh will
discuss proper table settings
and share some samples of
traditional linen pieces. The
cost is $15.00 per person and

reservations are required.

Deadline June 15th. Tea Party
attendees interested in seeing
the Historic Tour and Summer
Garden Party will receive a
discounted admission. Seating
is limited so call soon to
reserve your spot. All money
raised goes to support the nonprofit historic farm museum.
All activities on June 18 are
rain or shine and are subject to
change. General admission for
the Historic Tour is Adults
$10.00 and Ages 3-12 $5.00
and includes both the historic
farm tour and Summer Garden
Party. The farm is open for
summer tours Tues. - Sat.
10:00am - 5:00pm and Sun.
noon - 5:00pm. Allow 2 to 3
hours for complete farm tour.
Visit
our
website
at
www.quietvalley.org for more
information on Quiet Valley

Living Historical Farm or call

570-992-6161.
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm is a non-profit, educational corporation dedicated to
the preservation and interpretation of Pennsylvanias agricultural heritage. At Quiet Valley
history comes to life on our
19th century farm. Period
dressed family members
reenact the life of the original
Pennsylvania German family
who lived on the farm from the
late 1760s to 1913. The farm
museum is open to the general
public the third Saturday of
June through Labor Day
Monday and for school and
group tours the rest of the year.
Quiet Valley hosts a number of
special events throughout the
year. For more information call
570-992-6161 or visit us online
at www.quietvalley.org.

NORWESCAP Child &

Family Resource Services
(CFRS) is offering a FREE
workshop entitled Interest
Areas: Its All About That
Space on Tuesday, June 14,
2016 at our office on 186
Halsey Road, Newton from
6:30-8:30pm.
This training is especially of
interest to staff and parents
from Grow NJ Kids programs
to benefit through collaboration on designing block play

interest area spaces and

develop systems of accessibility to ensure access to
materials by the children in
care.
Grow NJ Kids is an emerging quality rating and
improvement
system
designed to create universal
standards of quality for all
child care and early education
programs throughout the
State. CFRS provides coaches
to support and guide partici-

pants through this program,

and is currently actively
working with several Sussex
County child care programs.
Please contact our Training
Staff at 973-383-3461 for
more information about this
training and the Grow NJ
Kids Program. Early Care
professionals must register
through Professional Impact
NJ. Parents and interested
members of the public should
contact our office to register

and reserve a seat at the training.

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

The American Cancer

Societys Fundraiser, Relay
For Life of North Warren is
being held this Saturday,
June 11-12, 2016. It is being
held at Sycamore Park,
which is located at 26 Lam-

bert Rd., in Blairstown. The

Event actually takes place
overnight where teams have
members taking turns walking for over 12 hours. The
motto is cancer never sleeps,
so nor do we. Registration

for this Event begins at 2pm,

but
pre-registration
is
suggested at www.Relay
ForLife.org/NorthWarrenNJ.
The American Cancer Society considers you a Cancer
Survivor from the day of
diagnosis on. As of the tally
on Friday, the Relay has
raised close to $12,000.00.
The Opening Ceremony
starts at 4pm where there
will be a butterfly release,
speeches and song followed
by the Cancer Survivors
taking the starting lap around
the track, followed by their
caregivers. This is a celebratory, but sometimes emotional walk for the cancer
survivor, as they reflect on
everything they have been
through to lead them up to
this day. All of the Cancer
Survivors are our honored
guests at Relay For Life.
Therefore, we try to make
Relay an extra special day
for them.

After treating them to a

complimentary
dinner
donated by several local
restaurants, we have many
special treats in store for
them. Every Survivor leaves
with a gift bag filled with
donations
from
local
businesses. This year we
enlisted the aid of the workers at the Clark Center, a
division of SCARC, in
Newton, to personally hand
make the bags that are being
used for the gifts. Each bag is
unique and has been lovingly
made by the workers utilizing paints, stamps and glue.
The workers at the Clark
Center earn their salaries by
handmaking all occasion
cards and gift bags. They are
for sale to the general public
who can call 973-940-3000.
We hope to make this an
annual partnership with them
of bag donations to the Relay
For Life of North Warren.
Survivors are also given a

table centerpiece flower, a

hanging floral basket and
gift certificates to restaurants, and to various other
venues are given out. This
year for the third year in a
row, we will have the
services of Ryan Bond, a
massage therapist with Massage Envy in Chester, who
will be providing complimentary massages to any
Survivor who wishes to have
one. Other Relayers will be
given an opportunity to get a
massage on a donation only
basis.

If anyone has any questions

regarding this Event or to
reister for the dinner, please
call
Susan
Wilson
at
973.583.8866, Chairperson of
the Survivor Dinner or Cheryl
Klouda, Chairperson of the
Relay at 908-283-3024.
The Luminaria Ceremony
takes place around 9:15, as
darkness comes. The track is
then filled with luminaria
bags that are purchased for
$10.00 and are either in honor
of a survivor or in memory of
someone who we lost to this
dreaded disease.

Ciao Amici,
Growing up in the butcher
shop back in the day listening to customers and my
grandparents talk to each
other I was able to discern
different words some were
in Italian some English and
some words were either
made in Roseto Valfortore,
Italy or made up here . I have
nowhere to check the spelling so I will list them
phonetically.
Shut the Sheet --- Be
quiet.

Chic-a-dade
--Cavatelli, pasta shell that
look like miniature hot dog
buns.
Skul-la Mac-a-roon --Colander or macaroni stay
water go away.
Co-ma sta --- How are
you doing ?.
ScusTa- Mod --- To be
bad to misbehave
Cu Pine --- Ladle
Gong--- Large tub
Co-ca Mel-on --- Melon
head hair cut you get for
summer like a crew cut
La Pa-del-la ---- The
frying pan
Foo-Fa-Lad --- A fool a

liar
Mop-pene --- Dish cloth
Scopa --- Broom or
Italian card game
Spez-za-da --- Egg drop
soup made with lamb or veal
and Scar Role(escarole)
Ce-va-dem --- See you
later
Con cordiali saluti,
Joe
Growing up in the Butcher
Shop, is available at the
shop or on our web page. To
receive menu specials and
our newsletter, join our
mailing
list
at
www.JDeFranco
And
Daughters.com, click on

mailing list and enter your

email. Send your Roseto
stories, recipes and comments
to
portipasto
@epix.net or call 610-5886991. J. DeFranco and
Daughters is located at 2173
W. Bangor Rd. in Bangor,
PA. Store hours are 7am to
7pm, seven days a week,
with catering available
anytime or by appointment.

On Saturday June 4th,

Frelinghuysen
Township
hosted its annual Founders
Day event at Town Hall and
the adjoining recreation
fields in Johnsonburg. The
Recreation Committee and
the Municipal Alliance
Against Drug and Alcohol
Use sponsor this event.
Frank Desiderio is the chair
of the Recreation Committee
and a familiar face behind
the grill. Residents were
treated to hot dogs, hamburgers and roasted pork.
During this event the
Mayor and Township Committee presented the Community
Service
Award
which is a continuation of
the Julianne Williams award
which was presented in prior
years by Frelinghuysen
Elementary School. This
award is given to residents
who contribute selflessly to

the Township. In 2015

Wendy Buttgereit received
the award for her contributions to the Frelinghuysen

Forest Preserve.
For 2016, the Township
Committee presented the
award to Charles and Fran
Muller for their service to
Frelinghuysen
Township
since the 1960s. Charles
and Fran are a familiar
feature of Frelinghuysen
Township and own a farm on
Muller
Road.
Charles

Muller was on the Planning

Board for many years and
Fran was on the Election
Board and is the current
Secretary for the Frelinghuysen Senior Citizens
Club. The Mullers have
raised a wonderful family in
Frelinghuysen and this town
would not be the same without them.

The Frelinghuysen Township Environmental Commission also presented

awards for the 2016 Arbor
Day Poster Contest. All
children at Frelinghuysen
Elementary School, grades
K-6 were invited to participate. The theme this year
was Trees are Terrific.
This contest was held in

conjunction with Arbor Day

in April when each child
was given a Douglas Fir
sapling to bring home and
plant. This program represents one of the core values
of Frelinghuysen, which is
preserving our natural environment and rural heritage.
Wendy Goetz from the
Environmental Commission
presented the awards to:
Kindergarten Sophie
Stefankiewicz
First Grade Kirk Perez
Second Grade Riley
Grandin
Third Grade Lyla Perez
and Lexy Marrero
Fourth Grade Mackenzie
Schreiber
Fifth Grade - Joshua
Senyszyn
Sixth Grade John Stracco
A great time was had by all
at this years event.

Pocono Medical Center

announced today that it has
achieved the Healthgrades
2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award, a designation
that recognizes superior
performance in hospitals that
have prevented the occurrence of serious, potentially
avoidable complications for
patients during hospital stays.
The
distinction
places
Pocono Medical Center
among the top 10% of hospitals in the nation for its excellent performance as evaluated by Healthgrades, the
leading online resource for
comprehensive information
about physicians and hospitals.
On average, 270,457 patient
safety events could have been
avoided if all hospitals, as a
group from 2012 from 2014,
performed similarly to hospitals performing better than
expected on each of 13
patient safety indicators
evaluated by Healthgrades.
In addition, during this
study period, patients treated
in hospitals receiving Healthgrades Patient Safety Excel-

lence Award were, on average:

40.2% less likely to experience an accidental puncture
or laceration during a procedure, than patients treated at
non-recipient hospitals.
44.2% less likely to experience a collapsed lung due to a
procedure or surgery in or
around the chest, than
patients treated at nonrecipient hospitals.
54.4% less likely to experience catheter-related blood
stream
infections,
than
patients treated at nonrecipient hospitals.
50.4% less likely to experience pressure sores or bed
sores acquired in the hospital,
than patients treated at nonrecipient hospitals.[1]
It is an honor to receive the
distinct recognition as a
healthcare system committed
to superior performance in
patient safety, said Jeff
Snyder, President and CEO
of Pocono Medical Center.
Earning a distinction that
places Pocono Medical
Center as one of the safest
hospitals in the country is a

direct result of the highlyskilled and dedicated physicians, nurses, and staff committed to providing excellent
care.
The recipients of the
Healthgrades 2016 Patient
Safety Excellence Award
have not only found ways to

reduce patient safety events,

but to outperform expectations in prevention of safety
incidents, said Evan Marks,
Chief
Strategy
Officer,
Healthgrades. We applaud
these hospitals for their
performance and for their
organizational commitment
to delivering high-quality
care.
During the study period
(2012-2014), Healthgrades
2016 Patient Safety Excellence Award recipient hospitals performed with excellence in providing safety for
patients in the Medicare
population, as measured by
objective outcomes (riskadjusted
patient
safety
indicator rates) for 13 patient
safety indicators defined by

the Agency for Healthcare

Research
and
Quality
(AHRQ).
The implementation of
best practice methods and our
healthcare teams willingness
to outperform contribute to
our success in reducing
patient safety events and
providing quality, comprehensive care, said Dr.
William Cors, Vice President
and Chief Medical Officer of
Pocono Medical Center.

Pocono Medical Center also

recently received a Hospital
Safety Score of A from The
Leapfrog Group, ranking
among the safest hospitals in
the United States.
For more information about
Healthgrades or to download
a full copy of the report or to
receive information about
hospital and physician quality,
visit:
www.Healthgrades.com/qual
ity today.

(NAPSI)As a homeowner, few things are more

important than safety and
security, whether referring
to the entry and exit points
of your home or community
at large. Unfortunately,
millions of homes and communities are at risk, with 1
in 15 garages and 3 out of 4
gate systems lacking the
latest safety features, which
ensure protection for everyone who comes into
contact.
As you work to keep your
home and community safe,
keep in mind the following
tips for added safety in your
garage and around your
community.
1. Dont Chance It. Check
It. Beyond your regular
routine of checking the
fireplace, electrical outlets
and carbon monoxide detectors, you should also check
systems often overlooked,
such as your garage door
opener. Because more than
70 percent of homeowners
use the garage as the main

access point to the home, it

is crucial that garage door
openers not only function
properly, but also safely. To
ensure that all family
membersincluding your
children and petsare as
safe as possible, consider
conducting
LiftMasters
3-Step Safety Check. The
check only takes a few
minutes, but it can tell you
if the garage is not functioning properly. To conduct,
check the sides of the
garage door for properly
installed
photo
eyes
mounted no higher than six
inches off the floor; block
photo eyes with an object
over six inches tall and test
the garage doorthe door
should not close. Finally,
lay a 1.5-inch-high object
on the ground, in the doors
path and test the doorthe
door should reverse off this
object. If your garage fails
any steps of the check,
consult
a
professional
garage door dealer.
2. Make sure your family

is prepared under any

circumstancewhether its
a power outage or a storm.
Install a backup power
source or products that have
backup capabilities built in,
so that your daily routine
isnt disrupted. To maintain
access to the home,
consider installing a garage
door opener with a battery
backup system, so you can
still park your vehicle,
reach stored items and
access your home.
3. In addition to checking
or updating your garage
door system, you should
also consider the safety of
your community as a whole.
With more than 11 million
households across the U.S.
located
within
gated
residential
communities,
automatic gates are another
area where safety is often
overlooked, but is vital. Do
your part by speaking to
your community or property manager about the
2016 Underwriters Laboratories UL 325 standards, to
ensure automatic gates in

your community are up to

code. If the gates in and
around your community do
not have the proper safety
equipment, such as photo
eyes, consider replacing
them with ones that do.
4. If you are installing a
new garage door or community gate access system,
make sure to involve a
professional, safety-trained
dealer. Many homeowners
dont realize this, but the
garage door is the heaviest
moving object in the home,
and gates can be even
heavier, said John Villanueva, Vice President of
Marketing at LiftMaster.
This makes the garage and
gate area extremely important in ensuring the safety
of your entire family.
With these helpful tips,
you can ensure that your
garage and communitys
automatic gates are safe and
functional. To learn more
about safety in and around
your home and community,
please
visit
www.
LiftMaster.com.

Hello, fellow readers!

Last week I shared the
desperate measure of hacking
back
viburnums
plagued with aphids. Ironically, Betsy from Stone
Church PA asked about
using castor beans in her
garden which is what I
planted to camouflage the
uglies of the leafless
sticks while the viburnums
recover.
Betsy heard castor bean
plants are dangerously
toxic. Technically, all parts
of the plant are considered
poisonous if eaten. However, the seeds contain the
greatest concentration of
ricin and are especially
toxic.
But then many of our
ornamental plants are toxic
if eaten such as azaleas,
yews, and daffodils to
name just a few. If you
review the list of poisonous
plants including the foliage
of food plants such as
onions, garlic, tomatoes,
lima beans, and potatoes,
youd be nervous about
planting
many
things.
Bottom line, we should
teach our children not to eat

whats not intended to be

eaten.
Castor bean, Ricinus communis, is a tropical plant
native to Africa, which
makes a striking annual
plant in our zone (5b or 6).
The large leaves are reddish
and the plant grows 5 to 7
feet or more creating a commanding presence in the
garden. They prefer full sun
or light shade and can
handle most soil other than
constant wet feet. Their
fuzzy flowers are not their
finest feature; often hidden
by their unusual foliage.
As I write I am in Virginia
tending to Mom who gave
me my garden start. She is
in her last stages of dementia. Just three years ago she
was able to join in a tour of
Thomas Jeffersons Monticello estate in Charlottesville, VA. Jefferson was a
collector of plants and, as
the tour guide explained, he
left his mark in the history
of horticulture as a facilitator and champion of using
plants as an agent for social
change. Meaning, plants
can facilitate a livelihood
for those that cultivate them
and of course provide food.
Its fascinating to learn
about Jeffersons trials and
tribulations. I heard he
deliberately planted castor
beans in hopes of deterring
moles without success;
though oil distilled from the
beans and applied to the soil
may work. As with medicinal castor oil, the poisonous
ricin is removed during the
distilling process. It is told
that Thomas Jefferson cultivated a castor bean plant to
grow 22 feet tall; fitting for
his competitive nature.
Think of all the uglies 22
feet could hide!
Garden Dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

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