Clara Schweitzer will be

turnining 104 on June 3rd.

Help her celebrate by sending
cards to Clara Schweitzer,
Gracedale Nursing Home, 2
Gracedale Ave., Nazareth, PA
18064.
The East Bangor Methodist Church will be holding
its monthly pastie sale on
Tuesday, June 6th. Pickup
will be at the church, located
at 136 W. Central Ave.
Choices are beef with or
without onion and Broccoli
cheese with or without onion.
Call 610-588-1745 to order.
Roseto Helping Hands will
be holding a hoagie sale
now until June 12th.
Options are Italian, turkey or
ham. Orders must be placed
no later than June 12th to
Dorothy Ruffiero at 610588-1363. Pick up will be
June 17th at 11am at the
Roseto Municipal Building
on Garibaldi Avenue in
Roseto, PA.
Salem UCC of Moore-

stown will be holding their

strawberry festival on June
13th from 3pm to 9pm. In
case of rain, food will be sold
in the church from 3pm to
7pm.
Portland
Community
Yard Sale Daze will be held
on June 27th from 8am to
2pm, rain or shine. Vendors
are still needed. You can also
purchase a yard spot on the
Portland map. Deadline to be
on the map is June 20th. For
more information, call or text
Stephanie Steele at 610-2166716, Cindy Fish at 973600-7120, or email port
landboroughpa@gmail.com.
Bangor High School Class
of 1966 is seeking the
addresses of the following
classmates: Sondra Buskirk
Baier, Patty Pysher Bennett,
Debbie Hughes Bush, Patricia Crowley, Richard Danner,
Glenda Dunk, Diana Galatiota, Susan Rising DeBord,
Tom Kittle, Jim LaBarre, Bob
Mack, Charlene Pasqualino,
Rita Danner Riley, Linda
Repsher Silvius, Linda Meixsell Yeakel and Mikael

Turner. Anyone with information can contact Karen

Brewer at 610-588-8615.
The BAHS Alumni Association is collecting used
musical instruments to be
donated
to
Bangors
elementary band program.
The instruments will be used
as loaners for students who
cannot afford them. For more
information, call 610-5885198.
The Slate Belt Heritage
Center Oral History Project is seeking Slate Belt
senior citizens who would
like to be interviewed. If
you know of anyone who has
a story, contact Marc Blau at
570-897-5459.
Happy birthday wishes
are sent to Lauren Schlegle,
May 27th; Shannon KernSmith, May 28th; Shane
Fulmer, Tony Iudicello and
Gage Lefsyk, May 30th;
Megan Sevi, Jenni Betz and
Davey Cappola, June 2nd.
Do you know a deserving
man who is the best father
around? Nominate him as
The Best Dad for a chance to
win prizes from Cascarios
Beer, Ice and Soda; Little
Creek Bar-B-Cue Co.; and
Pats Classic Cuts! See page
1 for details.

The Lions Recycle for

Sight program is being held
this
month
and
all
unwanted eyeglasses can be
donated to the less fortunate. The glasses will be
distributed to those in need in
developing countries where
eye care is often unaffordable
and inaccessible. In most
developing countries, eye
care can cost as much as one
months wages. There will
be a drop-off box at 104 Rt.
94 in Blairstown during May
for your unwanted glasses.
North Warren Midget
Football will be having a
final in-person registrations from 6:30pm to
7:30pm on June 2nd at the
Catherine Dickson Hofman
Library for all players ages
five through 14 from
Knowlton, Frelinghuysen,
Hardwick and Blairstown.
For more information, email
nwmfl@yahoo.com or visit
www.nwmfl.org.
Registration is now open
for the Fourth Annual

Blairstown
Elementary
School Paws to the Pavement, a Scenic 5K Run/Walk
and One Mile Fun Run and
Preschool Dash benefitting
the Blairstown Elementary
School
Parent
Teacher
Group. Registration is available online at active.com. If
you would like a registration
form,
visit
blairstown
elem.net or email ptg
blairstown@gmail.com. A
free donut and cider will be
provided for all children
participating.
Vendors are wanted for
Franklin Townships community yard sale on June
13th. Register at franklin
twpwarren.org by June 9th.
Fresh, refrigerated and
frozen foods are available
to
northwestern
NJ
residents at reduced prices
through the Jolin Food Box
program. The food assistance program offers a
variety of ordering options,
from breakfast-lunch-dinner
combination packs to boxes
of dinner entrees to special
packages just for children.
Each month features a variety
of high-quality menu items
from seafood and poultry to
baked goods and prepared
meals. The price of a single
box ranges from $20 to $40.
There is no limit to the
number
of
boxes
an
individual or family can
purchase and the menu
changes each month. Interested residents can order
online with a credit card at
www.jolinfoodbox.com or by
calling
Project
SelfSufficiency at 973-940-3500.
Payment is made when the
order is placed. The next
deadline for placing an order
is Tuesday, June 16th; delivery will be made to Project
Self-Sufficiency on Saturday,
June 27th. For more information, call 973-940-3500,
or
visit
project
selfsufficiency.org.
Participants and vendors
can now register for
Blairstowns Annual Car
Show, scheduled for June
20th at Sycamore Park.
Those who wish to enter their
cars, trucks and motorcycles
can pre-register by emailing
jamiedoatley@yahoo.com
for a form or more information.
Register your children
now for Blairstown Recreation Summer Day Camp.

Summer Day Camp is for

pre-schoolers ages four and
five (age 4 by October 1st,
2014) and for boys and girls
currently in grades K through
6th. The day camp offers
weeks
of
socialization,
special
events,
crazy
contests, games, Tidal Wave
Tuesdays, arts and crafts, and
more. Summer Camp will be
held Monday through Friday,
June 29th through July 10th
from 9am to noon at Blairstown Elementary School.
Registration is accepted at
the recreation office on Tuesdays and Thursdays from
8am to 1pm, or by mail-in or
drop-off box. For fees and
more
information,
visit
blairstown-nj.org and click
on Recreation, or call 908362-6663, ext. 232.
Knights of Columbus
Assembly #3125 of Blairstown is holding their
annual flag sale for three
feet by five feet nylon USA
flags with deluxe embroidered stars and sewn stripes.
Donation per flag is $20. Call
908-362-9121 to arrange
pickup.
Warren County Community Senior Centers will be
featuring exercise classes,
including Tai Chi and
Zumba Gold, guest speakers and activities. Lunch is
served Monday through
Friday and transportation is
available upon request. For
more
information
and
locations, call 908-475-6591.
Deer Valley Sportsmens
Association of Blairstown is
looking for land to lease in
the Blairstown, Hardwick,
Knowlton, Hope, Frelinghuysen, Stillwater or White
Twp. areas. All members

belong to the National Rifle

Association and hunt-alongs
are done before new members are voted into this association. Several of the
associations properties are
semi-wild and licensed by the
State of NJ Division of Fish
and Wildlife. They stock
phesants,
partridge
and
sometimes quail. All leased
property is posted and
trespassers are vigorously
prosecuted. If you own property, either wooded or fileds
with brushy cover, and would
like to speak with someone
about leasing the property,
please
contact
Robert
McDowell at 973-948-4001;
James Guild Jr. at 973-8759266; Timothy Cussen at
908-637-4408; Brian Rosemeier at 908-362-6598; or
James Craig at 908-2785149. The association is a
rounded group including
doctors, lawyers, police,
contractors, farmers, a former
director of Fish and Game,
and they are well-known and
respected in the Blairstown
area.
Public Notice: In accordance with the Adequate
Notice provision of the
Open Public Meetings Act,
please be advised that the
2015 meeting schedule for
the
Warren
County
LACA/DA is as follows:
June 9th, August 11th, October 13th and December 8th at
5pm. Watch for details.
Do you know a deserving
man who is the best father
around? Nominate him as
The Best Dad for a chance to
win prizes from Ace Hardware Blairstown, Hunters
Lodge and Knot Just Flies!
See page 1 for details.

Following is a list of books

that have been added to the
library recently.
Adult Fiction: Baldacci,
David:
Memory
Man;
Cramer, W. Dale: Levis
Will; Kane, Andrew: The
Night, The Day; Lewis,
Beverly: The Love Letters;
Martin, Steve: The Pleasure
Of My Company; Phillips,
Arthur: Angelica; Sherwood,
Ben: Charlie St. Cloud;
Trobaugh, Augusta: Sophie
And The Rising Sun.
Adult Non Fiction: Ander-

son, Leith: Jesus; Emerick,

Yahiya: The Complete Idiots
Guide To Understanding
Islam; Grimbol, William:
The Complete Idiots Guide
To The Life Of Christ.
Large Print Fiction: Bunn,
T. Davis: The Turning; Dahl,
Julia: Invisible City; Griffin,
W.E.B. : The Assassination
Option; Kellerman, Jonathan:
The Golem Of Hollywood;
Meier, Leslie: French Pastry
Murder; Michaels, Fern: A
Family Affair; Parker, T.
Jefferson: Full Measure.

Blairstown Farmers Market

is opening for their eighth
season! The Farmers Market
provides truly local food
where all food is sourced
within a 25 mile radius.
On May 30th, the Foodshed
Alliance Farmers Access
Network will host the grand
opening of the Blairstown
Farmers Market, sponsored
by a local medical center and
Remax Ridge Realty. Dedicated to bringing consumers
and farmers together, this
one-of-a-kind market will
feature locally grown foods,
all grown and/or produced in
our beautiful area. On opening day the market will
partner with the Blairstown
Elementary School Paws to
the Pavement runs, information for which can be found at
www.facebook.com/events/1

507935009431320.
Special
market
events
throughout the season will
include cooking demonstrations, festivals, live music,
childrens activities and
seasonal food celebrations.
The market fulfills a major
role in the Foodshed Alliance
Farmers Access Networks
mission to develop a local
food system, where eating
locally and seasonally is the
first choice.
Executive Director Kendrya
Close explains, We want to
provide all residents in our
area with a centralized
location to obtain fresh,
locally grown and produced
meats, cheeses, flowers and
plants all grown by our farmers. Doing this while meeting
your neighbors and helping
to support your local farming

community makes for an

ideal family-focused experience!
Now in their eighth year,
they welcome back vendors
with everything from meat to
cheese, artisan breads to fruit,
eggs, baked goods, prepared
foods and all of the fantastic
products you have all come to
love and rely on. There will
be specialty products such as
Southernstyle
cakes,
prepared dinners, soups and
sauces, local cheeses, coffee
drinks, organic chicken,
berries, pickles of all variety,
local honey and so much
more!
In addition to this years
sponsors, there are also local
businesses providing much
needed assistance. The Blairstown Farmers Market is
grateful to local area

businesses Ace Hardware

and Agway, The Inn at Millrace Pond and The Breathing
Room for their support. The
commitment to local farms
and food enables the market
to continue to provide each
member of the community
with access to local, healthful, nutritious food options
each week and the Blairstown Farmers Market
sincerely thanks these community partners.
The market, located on
Route 521 across from the
Blairstown
Elementary
School next to Blairstown
Agway, will run every Saturday from 10am to 2pm
through October 31st and
feature a variety of local
farmers, artisans and more.
For more, visit Blairstown
FarmersMarket.com.

Come spend a morning

exploring Sparta Mountain
with Stephanie Punnett,
Program Director of New
Jersey Audubons Scherman
Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary,
located at 11 Hardscrabble
Road in Bernardsville, NJ.
This field trip will be held
May 30th from 8am to 11am.
Please call 908-766-5787 to
register and to receive meeting place directions. You
wont want to miss this interesting excursion, emphasizing the flora and fauna of this
unique habitat.
They will visit portions of

NJ Audubon's Sparta Mountain Sanctuary, Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management

Area and surrounding areas
in search of breeding
Golden-winged
Warblers

Prairie Warblers, and other

young forest bird species, as
well as mature forestbreeding songbirds. Other
possibilities include late
migrant warblers, Barred

Owl and Red-shouldered

Hawk. This field trip will
also highlight NJ Audubon's
Stewardship activities to
create young forest habitat.
Please wear sturdy hiking
shoes or boots, and bring
binoculars; loaner binoculars
will be available.
NJ Audubons Scherman
Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary
provides
educational
programs throughout the
year for adults and children.
To find out more information
on the diverse offerings
provided, visit njaudubon
.org or call 908-766-5787.

The Inn at Millrace Pond in

Hope, New Jersey is going
tropic! Well, not quite, but
beginning Monday June 1st
and Mondays thereafter
throughout the summer, it's
Margarita and Tapas Mondays at the Inn.
In addition to margaritas
and other specialty drinks on
the menu, Mondays will

include an array of tempting

tapas and music with DJ
Mitch Hess.
Weather
permitting,
Margarita Mondays happens
on the inn's patio, or if not
there, in the Tavern.
A lot of people have been
asking for a night like this,
said
Sue-Ann
Hansen,
General Manager of the nn.

Its summer, its warm, lets

have some fun!
Margarita and Tapas Mondays starts at 5pm and
continues until 8pm. Each
week will feature special
margaritas by the glass or
pitcher.
The historic inn, located in
the heart of Hope, is a bed
and breakfast/restaurant that

offers entertainment throughout the year. The inn offers

both fine dining and tavern
style menus, and has 17
beautiful and uniquely rooms
for overnight accommodations.
For more information or to
make a reservation for any
night of the week, call 908459-4884.

On March 4th, 2015 we lost

an amazing and wonderful
son, brother, husband, father,
friend and Judge, Todd M.
Strohe.
Our hearts were
crushed as it was unexpected.
We cannot thank the
surrounding Slate Belt community, family and friends
enough for the kind and comforting acts of kindnesses that
were given to us through this
very sad time. The outpouring of love at his services and
the many memories and tears
that were shed was a true
testament of the life he lived.
He will live on through his
children, Taylor, Cam and
Tatum. His birthday is June
2nd, and we would love if
everyone would do an act of
kindness for someone in
honor of Todd. Tell someone

you love them and remember

to live your life as if today
was your last. Heaven is our
goal and we know that's
where Todd is now! Thank
you once again.
In God's Love,
Walt and Carol Strohe
Scott, Tim, Lee and Family

I would like to take this

opportunity to publicly thank
my family, friends, neighbors
and fellow business members
for their love and support
during my hospital stay and
recovery. Without all of you I
would not be able be here to
write this note to express my
sincere appreciation for
keeping me in your kind
thoughts and prayers.
Its going to be several
weeks before my recovery is

complete, but during that

time my store hours will be
modified for retail sales and
appointments may be necessary for team related orders.
Please call our store phone
number, 610-588-2958, or
email us at dukessports
@fast.net before stopping by,
placing an order or picking up
any sporting goods items.
I appreciate your loyalty and
patience.
With sincere gratitude and
appreciation,
Duke Bloodworth, owner
Dukes Sporting Goods

Richmond UMC Annual

Spring Rummage Sale:
May 29th, 9am-2pm & May
30th, 8am-noon. 8538 Delaware Dr. (Rt. 611 & Richmond Rd.), Bangor. Bag sale
on Saturday, bring your own
bag. Hoagies & baked goods
will be offered for sale. FMI,
call 610-588-7317.
Community Yard & Bake
Sale: May 30th, 9am-2pm.
Evergreen
Village,
Mt.
Bethel. Rain or shine.
Safe Haven Pet Rescue
Adoption Day: May 31st.
11am-3pm. Rt. 940, Mt.
Pocono.
FMI,
visit
SafeHavenPa.org,
email
SafeHaven@epix.net or like
Safe Haven on Facebook.
Bangor Block Watch 3rd
Annual
Free
Bicycle
Engraving: May 30th,
12pm-3pm. Bee Hive, 197
Pennsylvania Ave., Bangor.
FMI, visit facebook.com/
BangorBlockWatch.
The
Bangor Block Watch holds
meetings the first Tuesday of
each month at 7pm at the
Heritage Center.
Free Family Night Out:
May 30th, 5pm. Community
Presbyterian Church of Mt.
Bethel & Portland, 1755 S.
Delaware Ave., Mt. Bethel.

Dinner will be served &

bingo w/ prizes will be
played after dinner. FMI, call
570-897-6766.

Park. FMI, call Maureen

Cramer at 570-242-9628 or
email
ebcomunityday@
yahoo.com.

Boomer's Angels Meet &

Greet Adoption Day: May
31st, 11am-2pm. Rt. 209,
Brodheadsville. FMI, email
boomersangels@gmail.com
or
visit
www.boomers
angels.com, on Facebook, or
call 570-350-4977.

Free Electronics Recycling

Day: June 6th, 9am-noon.
387 Ye Old Highway, Mt.
Bethel.

Weona Park Pool Project

Meeting: June 1st, 7pm. St.
Johns Lutheran Church, 12
N. Westbrook Ave., Pen
Argyl. FMI, visit Facebook/
weonaparkpoolproject.
Delaware-Lehigh Amateur
Radio Club Meeting: June
4th, 7:30pm. Bethlehem
Twp. Community Ctr., 2900
Farmersville Rd., Bethlehem.
For
directions,
visit
goo.gl/maps/qKUJC. FMI,
visit dlarc.org or call 610432-8286.
Flea Market & Bake Sale:
June 6th, 9am-noon. Bangor
High Rise.
LWH Foundation Truck &
Car Show: June 6th,
10am-3pm. Weona Park,
Pen Argyl. FMI, visit luke
hahnfoundation.org.
East Bangor Community
Day: June 6th, 10am-5pm.
Rain date June 7th. E. Bangor

Boomer's Angels Meet &

Greet/Dog Adoption Day:
June 14th, 11am-2pm. 101
Pocono Commons, Rt. 611,
Stroudsburg.
Visit,
boomersangels.com for an
adoption application. FMI,
email
boomersangels@
gmail.com, visit boomers
angels.com or Facebook.
com/BoomersAngels, or call
570-350-4977.
Join Safe Haven Dog
Rescue
Meeting: June
16th, 6:30pm. Rt. 209, Kresgeville.
FMI,
visit
SafeHavenPa.org or email
SafeHaven @epix.net.
Blood Drive: June 20th,
10am-3pm.
One
Way
Church,
50
Broadway,
Bangor.
Putts w/ Pop Annual Mini
Golf Tournament: June
20th, 8am-noon. Weona
Park, Pen Argyl. Rain or
shine. Teams will consist of 1
adult & 1 child up to age 12.
This event is not limited to
just dads; Anyone can play.
Prizes will be awarded for
winners in each age bracket,
by the childs age. Prizes for
holes will be awarded as
well. Registration is $25 per
team before June 9th & $35
per team after June 9th. Registration incl. gift bag, golf
ball & hot dog lunch.
Proceeds benefit Families
First of Pen Argyl. FMI,
contact Frank Jones at
jones.frank@ penargylsd.org
or 610-863-9095 ext. 1308.
9th Annual Youth Outdoor
Adventures Program: June
20th. Blue Mountain Fish &
Game Assoc. Free for ages
8-15. FMI or registration,
visit drsfa.org or call David
Carl at 570-325-4336.

NW Democratic
Club
Meeting: May 27th, 7pm.
Meeting room of the Catherine
Dickson
Hofman
Library, 4 Lambert Rd.,
Blairstown. Dem. Assembly
candidate Michael Grace will
speak on PARCC, the state
mandated test that must be
taken by all students in
grades 3-11 & must be passed
in order to graduate. FMI,
call Fred Cook at 908-3626808 or email fpchistory@
yahoo.com.
Free Agricultural & Horticultural Careers Seminar:
May
28th,
6:30-8pm.
Project Self-Sufficiency, 127
Mill St., Newton.. Open to
teens & adults. Questions
from the audience will be
welcome. Registration reqd.
FMI, call 973-940-3500.
Relay for Life of NW Fundraiser: May 30th, 9am11am. Hope Community
Center, Hope. $15 for 2 hrs.
of fitness classes. Mixed
variety incl. Kickboxing,
Interval & Circuit. All
proceeds benefit team All
Night for the Fight. Bring
donation to class or donate on
Relay for Life's website,
North Warren Team All
Night for the Fight & show
proof of donation to team for
entrance. Must be to All
Night for the Fight to count.
FMI, call Ellen at 908-2293981.
Experience the New PSAT
for Free: May 30th, 11am.
Warren Co. Library Headquarters, 2 Shotwell Dr.,
Belvidere. Practice test;
scores will not be recorded.
Results given via email. A
Test Prep Expert will follow
up w/ every student personally to discuss scores & how
they apply to the college
admissions process. Bring
water, a snack & two sharpened #2 pencils. Registration
reqd. at tinyurl.com/head
quarters530. FMI, call 908475-6322.

American Sniper Movie

Night: June 2nd, 6pm.
Warren Co. Library, 2 Shotwell Dr., Belvidere.
Holistic Evening Expo:
June 4th, 5pm-10pm. 313
Hope Johnsonburg Rd.,
Hope. Vendors, healers, readers, artwork & more. Fees
apply. Learn more about the
natural world of holistic
health & wellness. Aromatherapy, Nutrition, Feng Shui,
Holistic Design, Reiki, Roses
& more. FMI, call 908-7975225 or visit www.Holistic
Evening.com.
Old Time Music: June 4th,
6:30pm. Warrem Co. Library
Headquarters. Enjoy an
evening of acoustic music by
The Lost Ramblers, offering
an eclectic mix of Celtic,
Jazz, polka & klezmer tunes.
Registration reqd. FMI, call
908-475-6322 or register
online at warrenlib.org.
Free Body, Mind & Spirit
Connection Presentation:
June 4th, 7pm. 93 Stickles
Pond Rd., Newton. FMI, call
973-214-0632.
Mountain Lake Annual
Barrel Fight: June 5th,
7:30pm. Ft. over 50 men &
women teams competing.
There are teams representing
Hunterdon, Sussex, Morris,
Somerset & Warren Co., as
well as N. & E. Bangor from
PA. Held on Warren Co.
largest natural lake. Rain or
shine. Food & beverages
avail. for purchase w/ all
proceeds going to the Mt.
Lake truck fund.
Boy Scout Troop 2010
Recruitment Day: June 6th,
10am-3pm. The Vass House.
Families welcome for campfire cooking demo, Zombie
Course & more. Boy Scout
age requirement: Must be 11
or older, or have finished 5th
grade.
Strawberry Festival Ham
Dinner: June 6th, 4:307pm. Walnut Valley UMC,
Vail Rd. Blairstown. All you
can eat w/ 1 dessert. Take-out
avail.
Certificate Intro
Rose Therapy:
10am-4pm. The
Rose. Will use

Course on
June 6th,
Awakened
the Rose

Oracle Cards by founder

Sandy Humby. Workshop
will include Energy Training,
dowsing & can be used by
anyone who wants to activate
their spaces, crystals, malas,
spaces, etc. This is a perfect
workshop for anyone who is
interested in expanding their
knowledge or to be used in
conjunction w/ other healing
modalities or therapies. FMI,
call 908-797-5225 or visit
designharmony.com/calendar
.htm.
Rose Bagua Space Clearing
& Dowsing: June 7th,
10am. Spring Meadow Farm,
Hope. FMI, call 908-7975225 or visit designharmony
.com/calendar.htm.
Sacred Feminine Wisdom
Summer
Retreat
for
Women: June 9th, 3pmJune 10th, 5pm. This Rose
retreat will offer time to
pause, come back to centre &
connect w/ your inner power.
FMI, call 908-797-5225 or
visit
designharmony.com/
calendar.htm.
North Warren Lions Club
Spring Golf Outing: June
11th. 700 Strykers Rd.,
Phillipsburg. Fundraiser to
provide scholarships to NW
Regional High School graduates. Shotgun start at 8am.
Cost includes a golf cart,
continental breakfast, buffet
lunch & prizes. FMI, call
Bob Blum at 908-475-3181,
Bob Brandt at 908-496-4500
or Dick Keiling at 908-3626134.
Franklin Twp. Community
Yard Sale: June 13th, 9am3pm. FMI, visit franklin
twpwarren.org.
Certificate Intro Course on
Rose Therapy: June 13th.
Namaste Bookstore, NYC.
Certificate Intro Course on
Rose Therapy using the Rose
Oracle Cards by founder
Sandy Humby. This workshop will include Energy
Training, dowsing & can be
used by anyone who wants to
activate their spaces, crystals,
malas and more. This is a
perfect workshop for anyone
who is interested in expanding their knowledge or to be
used in conjunction w/ other
healing modalities or therapies. FMI, call 908-797-5225

The Warren County Board

of Chosen Freeholders joined
with NORWESCAP as it
commemorates 50 years of
administering
services
leading to self-reliance to
more than 35,000 underresourced individuals in
Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic,
Somerset, Sussex and Warren
Counties.
We wish that our services
were not needed, but were
proud that we started out in
Warren County, and weve
remained committed to helping its under-resourced families to thrive in the community, said, NORWESCAP
Deputy Director, Georjean
Trinkle as she accepted a
proclamation from Freeholders with gratitude at their
April 22nd meeting.
Its a valuable asset to
Warren County and we
appreciate their service, said
Freeholder Director Edward
J. Smith.
Incorporated
by
local

White Township resident

and Warren County Community College student Johnny
Lucchi has been recognized
by a state organization for his
efforts in chemistry education.
The 19-year-old recently
received the New Jersey
Institute of Chemists (NJIC)
Award for excellence in the
study of chemistry. The
award honors outstanding
graduating students in the
field of chemistry, Biochemistry, and/or chemical engineering.
Students from 14 colleges
and Universities around the
state were honored at the
awards ceremony held in
Scotch Plains, NJ. Lucchi
was nominated for the award
by WCCC chemistry professor Dr. Alois Himsl.

citizens in 1965, Northwest

NJ
Community
Action
Partnership
LLC
(NORWESCAP) was established as a result of The
Economic Opportunity Act
of 1964 passed as a part of
President
Lyndon
B.
Johnsons War on Poverty.
Freeholder Deputy Director
Jason J. Sarnoski said he had
the honor of working with
NORWESCAP by volunteering for its food assistance
program in the Phillipsburg
area. You can see the need in
some of the more impoverished areas, he said. Certainly having an organization
like NORWESCAP is helping bridge the gap so that
they can bring themselves out
of poverty and get assistance
that they need, said
Sarnoski.
NORWESCAP is one of 23
community action agencies
in the State of New Jersey,
and one of more than 1,000
nationwide, founded on a

Johnny is a truly deserving

recipient, said Dr. Himsl.
He's a hard worker and a

common purpose: to support

low income households as
they develop their abilities to

be self-supporting, and to
develop family and community relationships to sustain

determined thinker. He has a

great future ahead of him.
This is just the start.

Lucchi graduated from

WCCC with an Associate in
Science degree in Chemistry.
An active student on campus
for the past two years, Lucchi
works in the ISC learning
center tutoring math and
science courses. He is also a
member of the honors society
Phi Theta Kappa, a math
honor society with Mu Alpha
Theta, and he is active in
student government. Lucchi's
interests include gaming,
physics, and science in
general.
Lucchi has been accepted
and will continue his studies
at Rowan University in Physics in the fall.
For
information
about
WCCC Associate in Science
degree, as well as its many
other degree and non-degree
programs, visit warren.edu.

self-reliance. It operates 15
major programs delivered by
270 full and part-time

employees and 1,400 volunteers dedicated to its mission:

Strengthening Communities
by Creating Opportunities to
Impact Poverty.
I think its one of the great
agencies that really empowers people in the right way
and I think it can make a
dynamic difference in families; the quality of their lives,
and empower them to
become more self-reliant,
said Freeholder Richard D.
Gardner.
We dont find poverty to be
acceptable and well continue
to ensure we do everything
we can so that every family in
Warren County can continue
to thrive, Trinkle said.
To find out more about the
portfolio
of
emergency
services and other initiatives
that lead to self-reliance
administered by NORWESCAP, or if you want to get
involved in positive action,
visit norwescap.org or call
1-8-NORWESCAP.

State of the Arc Welding

and Fabricating LLC, located
at 800 Rutt Road in Bangor,
PA, are expanding their capabilities with an OTC Robotic
Welder and a DynaTorch
CNC Plasma table.
These new machines will
enable State of the Arc to
expand in-house output
while being more competitive in the ever changing
welding and fabrication
marketplace.
Mike Baird, owner of State
of the Arc Welding, said,
The OTC Robotic Welder
means faster repetitive welds

with 100 percent accuracy,

while the addition of the
latest Plasma cutter on the
market, will dramatically
reduce turnaround time and
shop costs. Here at State of
the Arc we have become
known for our custom precision welding, and our clients
expect only the very highest
quality from us. These tools
add another dimension to
that level of performance.
For more information, look
to next weeks edition of The
PRESS for the State of the
Arc Welding ad and visit
www.sotaw.com.

Get Your Tail on the Trail,

the community-based initiative geared to promoting
outdoor fitness activities in a
family fun environment,
recently was recognized by
American Trails, the national
nonprofit organization working on behalf of all trail interests.
At the 2015 International
Trails Symposium held May
17-20 in Portland, OR, Get
Your Tail on the Trail won
American Trails Trails for
Health Award for recognizing a communitys commitment to improving access to
trails and promoting their use
and importance for increasing
physical activity.
The program was created in
2013 by Elissa Garofalo,
Executive Director of the
Delaware & Lehigh National
Heritage Corridor, Dr. Bonnie
Coyle, St. Lukes Director of
Community
Health
and

Kenneth Szydlow, Vice

President of Marketing for St.
Lukes University Network
in an effort to get families to
exercise more.
The 165 miles of scenic
trails that makes up the D&L
Corridor seemed a natural
location in which to base a
family friendly fitness initiative.
Get Your Tail on the Trail
was a hit from the get-go. The
initial 165-mile challenge
was launched in May 2013
with the thinking that 250
people participating in the
program would mark the
program as a success. In the
first six months of the
program, 2,455 people signed
up. They logged 255,392
miles.
Further development of the
program saw bike and hike
outings, school field trips,
barge rides, health fairs,
history walks and more.

By Jennifer Lively

According to the National

Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA),
A motor vehicle crash is
considered to be alcoholrelated if at least one driver
or non-occupant (such as a
pedestrian
or
bicyclist)
involved in the crash is determined to have had a blood
alcohol concentration (BAC)
of .01 gram per deciliter
(g/dL) or higher. Thus, any
fatality that occurs in an
alcohol-related crash is
considered an alcohol-related
fatality.
The
term
alcohol-relateddoes
not
indicate that a crash or fatality was caused by the
presence of alcohol. So,
even if you are on a bicycle

or walking, and you run into

a car, it will be consider an
alcohol related crash.
If you have questions or
would like futher information, visit a Clean Slate,
located at 100 South 1st
Street in Bangor, PA, or call
610-452-9348. The office is
open Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 11am to 4pm,
Thursdays from 11am to
4pm, Fridays from 1pm to
5pm and Saturdays from

Ciao Amici,
As friends and family
would come to visit us back
in the day, Grandmom and
Mom always had cookies or
biscotti around to offer them.
Of these, one of the favorites
were the anisette cookies.

They where made two ways:

one was called anisette
sponge, which was soft, and
the other anisette toast,
which was in actuality a
biscotti.
Now
modern
biscotti are associated with
Tuscany in Italy. The popular
Italian cookie traces its
origins to Roman times. The
word biscotto derives from
bis, Latin for twice, and
coctum or baked (which
became cotto, or cooked).
The Roman biscotti were
more about convenience
food for travelers rather than
a pleasurable treat for
leisurely diners. Unleavened,
finger-shaped wafers were
baked first to cook them,
then a second time to completely dry them out, making
them durable for travel and
nourishment for the long
journeys. Biscotti were a
staple of the diet of the
Roman Legions. After the
fall of the Roman Empire the
country was repeatedly

sacked by the Visigoths, the

Vandals and others. The
people did their best to
survive; there was no
culinary development. But
with the Renaissance, the
biscotti
re-emerged
in
Tuscany, credited to a Tuscan
baker who served them with
the local sweet wine. Their
dry, crunchy texture was
deemed to be the perfect
medium to soak up the wine
(and how much more flavorful than dunking a donut in
coffee!) Centuries later,

many still agree that dipping

biscotti into Vin Santo is a
perfect way to end a meal, or
to while away an hour at a
caf.
I remember helping my
Mom make these cookies
and the strong aroma of
licorice filled the air and
everyone coming in to the
butcher shop would comment. I saw a recipe for a
chocolate chip cookie stuffed
with an Oreo. When I told
my wife she said that doesnt
sound Italian. Just on a whim

I checked and Sam J.

Porcello (1935 or 1936
May 12, 2012) was an
American food scientist who
worked at Nabisco for 34
years. He is particularly
noted for his work on the
modern
Oreo
cookie.
Porcello held five patents
directly related to the Oreo.
Porcello was the inventor of
the white Oreo cookie
creme-filling. His was nicknamed "Mr. Oreo."
"Una dieta equilibrata un
biscotti" per mano"
A balanced diet is a cookie
in each hand

Gallery 23, located at 23

Main Street in Blairstown,
New Jersey has annouced
Ellen Mulligan and Sandy
Pancrazi as the artists of the
month for June.
Ellen Mulligan is a ceramic
artist making pottery for
everyday use. She works in
porcelain and stoneware, and
enjoys using imagery on her
work.
I grew up with my
Grandmother's gift to a large
family, a lifetime subscription to National Geographic.
All those beautiful older
issues, with the scrolling on
the front cover, like money.
In a crazy, busy household
somehow sneaking off for
some quiet time, with a cup

of tea, is connected with

paging through those issues,
seeing the world from the
kitchen table. I connected
this peaceful, quiet feeling
with my pottery, and maybe
how I would like to see it
used. So my first attempts
were colored slip brushwork
inspired by images I saw in
the National Geographic
(yes, I got a subscription) birds, children, just a stray
image from a very strange,
exotic world.
Pottery has been unbelievably rewarding for me.
Seeing my tableware in daily
use makes it all fall into
place. I like to imagine my
pots stacked in the dishwasher -- sturdy, dirty and

well-used. They can be used

for a Thanksgiving dinner,
mid-week takeout or morning cereal.
Ellen is a member of
Underground
Potters,
Potters' Guild of NJ, Tomo
Potters and the Potters Council, and is very happy to be a
member of the Gallery 23
family. Ellen can be reached
a
t
ellen.mulligan@gmail.com
Sandy Pancrazi is a studio
potter working out of her
basement studio in Northern
NJ. She works in earthenware and stoneware making
functional pottery.
I love the palate of colors
available in Earthenware
pottery. Those colors com-

Con cordiali saluti, Joe

Growing up in the Butcher
Shop, is available at the
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bined with the rich velvety

color of the clay make an
alluring combination. Painting on the clay gives rise to
an infinite number of designs
and never gets boring. I like
to think of my pottery being
used in the daily rituals of
family life and one of my
favorite pastimes, eating
good food.
Sandy is a member of
Gallery 23 and the Potters
Guild of NJ. She can be
reached at
slpancrazi
@aol.com.
For more information call
Gallery 23 at 908-362-6865
or visit the gallery Monday
through Saturday from 10am
to 5pm or Sunday from 12pm
to 4pm.

Dear Editor,
Many of you may know
about our farm and our
family from Blairstown, New
Jersey. We have lived here for
over 75 years, all of them as
farmers. We have worked
hard to make our business
succeed and have enjoyed
raising our family here.
Having been lifelong citizens
of Blairstown, and having
been involved with local
government for over 20
years, (Mayor 1982 and
1985) wed like to say that
we wholeheartedly endorse
Paul Avery and Cynthia
Dalton.
We find them to be highly
qualified, of strong moral
character, and on the right
track to promote Blairstown
as an excellent place to live,
raise a family and run a
business. What Paul has done

in the time that he has already

served is notable. His work
on the Blairstown Enhancement Committee has been
key to raising agro-tourism
awareness. He is involved in
planning the Tour de Blairstown
bicycling
event
planned for this August. His
commitment to farming and
rural living is strong. His
renewal of the Givens-Belet
building has conserved a
township resource for all
residents to use for years to
come.
We have enjoyed Cynthia
and her husband Jack
Daltons friendship for many
years. We recognize her
talents are varied and well
respected. Cynthias resume
speaks well of her intelligence and her passion for
youth education and leadership. She held the position of

Paid for by the Commitee to

Elect Dalton and Avery.

On behalf of residents and

taxpayers in the 137th Legislative District, state Rep. Joe
Emrick
(R-Nazareth)
is
demanding an explanation
and apology from local engineers for their inability to
make significant progress
toward installing a traffic
light at the dangerous Route
191-Friedenstahl
Avenue
intersection in Upper Nazareth Township.
My only possible role in
this project was to find and
secure potential sources of
funding, Emrick said. I got
involved because I know how
bad this intersection is and am
well aware of the numerous
accidents that have taken
place.
Emrick recently filed a
right-to-know request with
the Nazareth School District.
In it, he asked for the amount
of money engineers have
charged the district to date for
the traffic signal project.
Keystone Engineering has
billed the district $316,866.45
in services, but not one shovel
has broken ground, Emrick
added.
Keystone Engineering
President Al Kortze recently

said patience is the key with a

project this big. Kortze now
says he cant guarantee the
traffic light will be installed
when the 2015-16 school year
begins.
Ive run out of patience and
so have the people.
For his role in the project,
Emrick laid out the following
timetable:
November 2014 Emrick
secured final funding for the
project. He then met with
Nazareth School District
officials and engineers, who
said they would take the fall
and winter to perform
advance work for the project,
including finalizing plans and
designs
for
PennDOT
approval, with the intent of
breaking ground the day after
the 2014-15 school year ends.
February 2nd Emrick
spoke with Nazareth School
District engineer Harold
Bud Newton, president of
Newton Engineering, who
told him another three or
four weeks of advance work
is needed.
March 9th Emrick asked
for an update from Newton,
who said 60 percent of the
projects advance work is

done. Newton added hell

need another two weeks to
finish.
March 25th Newton told
Emrick the advance work was
80-85 percent complete.
April 1st Emrick filed a
right-to-know request in
hopes of advancing the
project.
As of Thursday, May 21st,
no finalized project plans
have even been submitted to
PennDOT for review, even
though charges totaling more
than $316,000 have been
billed to the school district by
Keystone Engineering, said
Emrick. This does not
include any possible bills
submitted by the school
districts engineer, Newton
Engineering. This just leads
to more questions, and the
taxpayers deserve answers.
Sometimes, people earn the
right to be confronted. The
time has come for answers
from the engineers, and no
more excuses.
Emrick noted Upper Nazareth Township supervisors
meet the first and third
Wednesday of every month
and project engineers regularly attend those meetings.

vice principal of students at a

large Warren County high
school for many years. She
works well with others and
readily includes them in the
decision making process. We
know she does not seek this
position for her personal
gain, but with a sincere desire
to serve our community.
Blairstown can only benefit
from her talents!
We respectfully urge you to
go out and vote for Paul
Avery and Cynthia Dalton on
June 2nd because we know
that Paul and Cynthia will
make the right decisions for
Blairstown every time, by
putting Blairstown first and
foremost.
Sincerely,
Carl & Joyce Race
Race Farm, Blairstown, NJ

Palm Bancorp, Inc. (the

Company), parent holding
company for First Northern
Bank and Trust Co. (the
Bank), recently announced
its presentation of the Financial Literacy Program being
held at Bangor Area High
School. Students in grades
nine through 12, along with
participation from Mrs.
Raines, a teacher at the
school, were introduced to

the values of personal credit

scores, lending and banking
terminology, and the disciplines of thrift.
Frank Checho, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
and Co-Chief Executive
Officer for the Company
stated, I am thrilled to join
the Board in applauding the
efforts of our Officers and
Staff with their community
outreach
programs,
in

particular
Todd
Lakey,
Jesenia
Galindez
and
Suzanne Perry, for sharing
their knowledge and expertise about banking and
personal finance with the
students at Bangor Area High
School. We are all proud to
partner with Everfi and
provide practical financial
advice that todays students
will greatly benefit from
knowing.

The Slate Belt Heritage

Center, located at 30 North
1st Street, Bangor, PA is
pleased to announce the
presentation of its first Heritage Awards on June 4th,
7pm. The purpose of the
award is to acknowledge
individuals
who
have
performed exemplary acts
that promote and preserve the
culture and heritage of the
Slate Belt.
Mr. David Blau will be
receiving the 2015 Initiative
Award. This is presented to an
individual who has performed
exemplary acts promoting
and preserving heritage
through in-kind service. He
volunteered to assist with the
Heritage Tour Map project in
2012 and accepted the leadership position of map designer
without thought of compensation. He spent countless hours
designing, drawing, questioning and instructing in order to
create a map that could help
the Slate Belt attract visitors.
He completed the project
ahead of schedule and
showed patience and guidance every step of the way,
making this project a huge

success.
Mr. Blau is a 1964 graduate
of Bangor Area High School
where he was an honors
student. He is a 1968 graduate of Penn State University
and acquired his Masters
from Georgia Institute of
Technology in 1970. He is an
award-winning water and
environmental resource planner and has spent 36 years
with EDAW, an internationally recognized planning and
design firm headquartered in
San Francisco. He lives in
California with his wife
Jennifer and is now retired.
Although 3,000 miles away,
Bangor is still foremost in his
mind.
Mr. James Gloria will be
receiving the 2015 Special
Focus Award. This is
presented to an individual
who saves or conserves a
tradition, artifact or a body of
knowledge through educational programs, exhibits,
documentation, paper, internet publication or archival
preservation. He was nominated for his Olde Home
Week, Soda shop and
Homefront murals, in addi-

tion to the Wisdom Walk in

Pen Argyl. He has empowered local students by teaching research methods, mural
art skills and life skills while
producing professional work.
He has contributed to educational information via this
media and has left the local
communities with lasting
documentation and archival
information.
Mr. Gloria graduated from
Rutgers University's Mason
Gross School of the Arts in
1988. Over the course of a 20
plus years career he completed numerous public and
private commissions, including murals for the Newark
Museum, The Columbus
Citizens Foundation and
various projects from New
Jersey to North Carolina. Mr.
Gloria is director of the Totts
Gap Institute, which he
founded with his wife Angeline in 2006. He has been a
resident of Upper Mt. Bethel
Twp. since 1989, along with
his wife and two children.
The awards event is free and
open to the public. For additional information, call Karen
Brewer at 610-588-8615.

(NAPSI)Heres the buzz

when it comes to backyard
fun: Before you plan those
barbecues, pool parties and
bonfires, you need to transform your outdoors into a
great entertaining environment and stop insects from
making themselves at home.
To keep your backyard
looking its best this season,
try these six tips:
1. Good gardening: Choose
a lively combination of colorful plants and flowers to
brighten your outdoor spaces
during the day and light them
at night to add drama. Try
citronella plants and marigolds to naturally repel
mosquito populations and be
sure to eliminate standing
water as it attracts mosquitoes.
2. Check your equipment:
Make sure the lawn mower,
weed-whacker and the like

Ann Marie Schwartz has

earned a reputation as being
an honest and forthright real
estate agent who cares about
her clients. She has also
earned a well-deserved reputation as someone who
generally cares about people
who need help, one way or
another.
Ann Marie, a resident of
Frelinghuysen Township for
the past 36 years, has been
associated with American
Country Real Estate in Hope
for three years. Her association of helping others, however, goes back many, many
years.
In particular, Ann Marie,
who was in the educational
field before retiring a few
years ago, often gives of her
time with a variety of
projects and organizations,
including Project SelfSufficiency,
reading
programs at the Blairstown
Library and through American Country Real Estate, coat
and food drives, Mayor's

are primed and ready, blades

sharpened, tank refilled and
so on.
3. Rake it in. Get rid of last
years dead leaves and twigs
that can keep your lawn from
soaking up the sun. Consider
composting the debris.
4. Beating the pests: Fortunately, protecting your yard
against insect-borne diseases
such as chikungunya, West
Nile virus and Eastern equine
encephalitis (EEE) does not
have to be a challenge, nor
does it have to involve
chemical sprays. Instead, you
can use environmentally
friendly solutions to keep
bugs at bay while enjoying
the outdoors.
For example, Dynatrap
insect traps can provide relief
from mosquitoes, biting flies
and other flying bugs without
pesticides. Since they come
in a variety of styles and

Book Club, Read Across

America, and Relay for Life.
And as a certified OrtonGillingham teacher, Ann
Marie works with children
with reading issues, particularly those with dyslexia.
I've had many wonderful
moments
helping
train
children to read in a way that
they cannot, Schwartz said,
noting she has worked with
children as young as five

finishes, you can even find

one to match your deck
decor.
5. Grilling idea: Clean the
grill after each use to save
yourself time and trouble
when you want to fire it up
for your next get-together.
That will also help keep bugs
from hovering on the deck.
6. Deck design: Your
outdoor space can make or
break your backyard, so be
sure it reflects your style and

makes a statement. Keep in

mind the primary use of your
outdoor space and remember
to think about mosquito
control as it relates to the size
of your yard. Position the
insect trap where it will draw
bugs away from where you
spend most of your time.
For further facts, visit
dynatrap.com, Frontgate and
other retailers, or on Facebook, Twitter@Dynatrap or
Pinterest.

through young adults. A lot

of people are not familiar
with the Orton-Gillingham
system, but it really is a good
one. A lot of parents with
children with reading issues
are not aware that there are
teachers out there who can
help.
Owner of American Country Real Estate Maria
McDonough said, Ann
Marie is an amazing woman.

She never says no. She wants

to help.
Maria and Ann Marie have
been friends for 35 years and,
three years ago, Maria asked
Ann Marie to join the American Country team.
It's a new learning experience every day, said Ann
Marie, who lives on a 100acre farm with her husband
David. It's always interesting.
American Country Real
Estate represents properties
in Warren, Sussex and Eastern Pennsylvania, as well as
other locations in the region.
American Country Real
Estate
is
conveniently
located in the Village of
Hope, NJ near Exit 12 on
Route 80.
To speak with Ann Marie
about your real estate needs,
call 908-459-9888. For more
information or to learn about
job opportunities at American Country Real Estate, call
the office or visit american
countryre.com.

Hello, fellow readers!

Its the unofficial start to
summer, which brings on
outdoor activities and vacations including tent camping
for diehards. Ben from
Bangor, PA asked what to do
about the wormy things
building tents in the crevices
of his cherry tree, of course
right above his grill.
Eastern tent caterpillars, or
tent worms (Malacosoma
americanum), are the larvae
of a species of moth known
as lappet or snout moths.
Theyre more of an eyesore
than a threat. I think of them
as diehard campers with a
nifty lifecycle. Its true
though when they fall on
your plate at a barbeque
theyre rather icky.
Tent caterpillars prefer to
camp in cherry and other
hardwood trees. While they
can significantly defoliate,
they usually wont kill trees.
They say they can be toxic to
horses, mules and donkeys. If
need be, you can destroy the
nests by dropping them into
soapy water or opening them
with a stick to expose the
critters to the elements (away
from your livestock to be
safe). Or there are environmentally friendly pesticides
such as Neem Oil or Bt
(Bacillus thuringiensis) you
can use.
Eastern tent caterpillars
appear in early spring and

rely on the heat of the sun to

elevate their body temperatures to allow them to digest
food. The tents act as miniature greenhouses that are
water-repellent, trap the heat
of the morning sun, offer
protection from predators,
and provide a respite for
these social larvae who live
in commune with others;
until their last larva stage
when the caterpillars leave
the tent and each construct a
cocoon in a separate
protected spot. The adult
moths emerge about two
weeks later.
The adult moth lays her
single batch of 200 to 300
eggs in late spring. Within
three weeks, fully formed
caterpillars form within the
eggs and lie inactive until the
following spring when they
chew their way out of the
eggs, just as the leaves of the
host tree develop. They feed
three times each day, before
dawn, midafternoon and
sundown. During each bout
of feeding, the caterpillars
emerge and add silk to the
tent, move to distant feeding
sites, eat and then return to
the tent where they rest until
its the next time to eat.
Sounds like a perfect vacation!
Garden dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

(NAPSI)With
warmer
weather upon us, you may be
getting ready to boot up your
irrigation system to return
your landscape to its former
glory. Before you get started,
remember that winter can
take a toll on your sprinkler
system, causing anything
from cracked pipes to broken
sprinkler heads. This type of
damage can result in lots of
wasted water.
Americans use nearly nine
billion gallons of water
outdoors every day, primarily
for landscape irrigation. Up
to half of that is wasted due to
evaporation, wind, and runoff

from overwatering. In fact, a

single broken or missing
sprinkler head can waste up
to 25,000 gallons of water
and more than $90 over a
six-month
irrigation
seasonplus, its not healthy
for your plants!
To reduce water waste (and
avoid rising utility bills) this
summer, consult a certified
irrigation professional to
spruce up your sprinkler
system this spring. An irrigation professional certified by
a
WaterSense-labeled
program is equipped with the
necessary skills and knowledge to get your watering

system in tip-top shape. Go

with a pro to:
Audit: Test your irrigation
system to confirm that it
performs
properly
and
efficiently.
Install, maintain and
repair: Select and service the
appropriate equipment and
site layout, as well as ensure
proper scheduling of your
irrigation system to optimize
performance.
Design: Customize your
irrigation system to best suit
your landscape and account
for local climate conditions.
Even if you dont need a full
irrigation makeover, before

(NAPSI)National Hurricane Preparedness Week runs

through May 30th, it is
important for you and your
family to be ready when a
storm hits.
Properly preparing your
home and family before the
start of this years summer
and hurricane storm season
will help you be ready for
whatever Mother Nature
sends your way. The following five tips can help you and
your loved ones stay safe.
Charge your electronics
before the storm hits. No one
can predict if the power will
go out during or after a storm,
so charge your cell phone,
computer
and
other
electronic
devices
in
advance. Put new batteries in
flashlights and have a backup
case of batteries in a watertight container.
Stock up on essentials.
Having drinking water, three
days of nonperishable food,
extra batteries and waterproof emergency numbers on
hand is a smart idea on its
own and will come in extra
handy if you cant leave your
house or you have no power.
If you have little ones, create
an activity box full of games,
cards and books to keep them
busyand yourself stressfree-during a storm.
Remove all outdoor furni-

ture prior to the storm. Patio

furniture, plants, trash cans
and childrens toys can
become airborne in high
winds and damage your
house. Put them in a garage
or shed.
Invest in hurricane-proof
windows and garage doors.
When hurricane winds blow,
they can damage not only
your windows, doors and
roof, but also the actual
structure of your home.
Invest in wind-load and
impact-resistant garage doors
and
hurricane-proof
windows to protect your
home.
Have a backup generator
installed. Unlike portable
generators, which are another
great option to stay powered

during summer storms, automatic home backup generators, like those from Generac,
turn on automatically when
the power goes out. And they
dont require refueling,
which could be a problem if
local gas stations are also
without power. Automatic
standby generators remain on
until power is returned,
giving you and your family
peace of mind and a sense of
safety and security during
severe storms and extended
power outages.
Preparing now, before a
storm hits, is the best way to
prevent damage, power
outages and stress during
hurricane and summer storm
season. For more, visit
www.Generac.com.

you ramp up your watering

efforts, give your system a
little sprinkler spruce-up with
these four steps: inspect,
connect, direct and select.
Inspect your sprinkler heads
for cracks; look for leaks
where sprinklers connect to
hoses and pipes; direct spray
onto your landscape and
away from driveways and
sidewalks; and, if you are
currently using a clock timer
to schedule watering, select a
Wa t e r S e n s e - l a b e l e d ,
weather-based
irrigation
controller, which uses local
climate data to provide only
the water your plants need.
You can learn more about
how to maintain a watersmart irrigation system, find
a certified irrigation professional, and search for
WaterSense-labeled irrigation controllers by visiting
www.epa.gov/watersense/out
door/watering_tips.html.

The lives and times of New

Jersey soldiers in the War of
Independence
will
be
featured at Shippen Manor
Museum, the restored 18th
century
stone
mansion
located in Oxford, NJ, on
June 6th from 1pm to 4pm.
Members of Helms Company, 2nd New Jersey Continental Line will discuss and
demonstrate drill, tactics and
weaponry, as well as life on
the march. The group, composed of regional reenactors,

For the past eight months,

five
and
six-year-old
children have been gathering
at Christ Church Newton to
participate in the Musikgarten program offered by the
Childrens Chorus of Sussex
County. Classes are offered
on
Wednesdays,
from
4:30pm to 5:20pm parents
participate in the last ten
minutes of each class. The
program is directed by
professional pianist and
early childhood music and
movement specialist Diana
Greene.
Musikgarten is an early
childhood music and movement program which teaches
the fundamentals of music
through singing, movement
and guided listening. Simple
instruments are incorporated
into each lesson.
The
Musikgarten
program
provides a foundation for
children to grow musically
as well as cognitively, emotionally and socially, notes
Greene.
The curricula
teaches active listening,
develops balance, control
and coordination, encourages social interaction and
stimulates the imagination.
It is a developmentally
appropriate activity for
young children, and also a
great start for children who
may wish to progress into
choral and instrumental
programs."
Diana Greene, was recently
elected First Vice-President/
President-Elect of the Early
Childhood Music & Movement Association (ECMMA)
at their 2014 biennial
convention. ECMMA seeks
to promote the best practices
in all areas of early childhood music and movement
and supports early childhood
music and movement practitioners with resources, advocacy, professional development, and collaboration
opportunities. Ms. Greene
holds Level 2 certification
from ECMMA and is a
licensed
and
certified
Musikgarten instructor.
The Musikgarten program
is the latest addition to The
Childrens Chorus of Sussex
County, a comprehensive
choral music program which
serves school-age children in
and around Sussex County,
New Jersey. Three separate
ensembles perform under the
umbrella of the Childrens
Chorus of Sussex County:
Bel Canto for beginning
singers in grades one through

recreates and commemorates

a local unit in Washingtons
army. Musket firing presentations will be offered throughout the afternoon.
Tours of Shippen Manor
will also be available from
1pm to 4pm, along with
ongoing interpretation of
Colonial domestic life by
staff members Bev Altrath
and Lisa Moscatell. The
programs are suitable for all
ages.
Shippen Manor, built circa

four, Bella Voce for intermediate singers in grades five

through eight, and Concert
Choir for advanced singers in
grades seven through 12.
Auditions are not required for
the Musikgarten program,
although they are required for
participation in the three
choirs. All rehearsals for the
Childrens Chorus of Sussex

1766-1770 by Dr. William

Shippen, later a member of
the Continental Congress, is
located a quarter mile west of
the Route 31/Wall Street
intersection in the center of
Oxford, NJ. The museum and
its programs are sponsored
by the Warren County Board
of Chosen Freeholders and
the Warren County Cultural
and Heritage Commission.
There is no admission fee.
For more information, call
908-453-4381.

County, as well as the

Musikgarten program for
children in kindergarten and
first grade, take place at
Christ Church, 62 Main
Street in Newton. To register
a child for the Musikgarten
program, or to schedule an
audition for the 2015-16
season of the Childrens
Chorus of Sussex County,

Since 1947, the Council on

International
Educational
Exchange, has been in
pursuit of its mission, "to
help people gain understanding, acquire knowledge, and
develop skills for living in a
globally interdependent and
culturally diverse world."
The CIEE USA High
School program brings over
1,400 international students
to communities across the
U.S. each year for five or 10
months. With over 64 years
of experience in international
education, CIEE is the
largest and longest running
sponsor
of
exchange
programs in the U.S., and our
USA High School program
prides itself in fostering
international exchange not
only through the participation of high school students
from around the world, but
also through the involvement
of Local Coordinators, host
families, and host schools
here in the U.S.
International
students
participating in the exchange
are between 15 and 18 years
of age, have studied English
for a minimum of three
years, have their own medical insurance and spending
money, and have undergone
a thorough personal screening and interview process.
Once here, cultural immersion allows students to gain a
personal understanding of
the American way of life.
Attending American high
schools, participating in

school and community-run

clubs, and living with a host
family give students unique
firsthand access to American
culture and offers them the
opportunity to be ambassadors of their culture in
American
communities.
Many students attain fluency
in English by the end of the
program. Most importantly,
they will have built American relationships that will
last forever.
Students in need of host
families:
*15-year-old girl from
Spain whos interested in
music, tennis and drama
club.
*16-year-old girl from
Slovakia who has a 4.0 GPA
and excellent English skills.
Her favorite class is chemistry and biology. She enjoys
gymnastics and snowboarding and may want to try
cheerleading in America.

*16-year-old boy from Italy.

He is on the water polo team
in Italy and loves the water.
During harvest time he
volunteers in the olive groves
harvesting olives.
*16-year-old boy from
Spain who loves sailing and
being on the water. He enjoys
robotic and creating things
with his hands.
*16-year-old girl from
Ukraine who is a Grants
scholarship winner. Shes an
excellent student and interested in nutrition and photography and make-up tips from
American girls.
*16-year-old girl from Indonesia with a cheery personality. She plays the guitar, likes
to swim and play soccer.
Would like to study economics and has a 4.0 GPA
For more information, call
local coordinator Holly
Rausch at 973-271-6166 or
visit ciee.org/highschool