Lambertson`s Daylilies

THE FOREST CITY NEWS, FOREST CITY, PA 18421 * WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016 * PHONE 570-785-3800 * email [email protected] - PAGE 3
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Daylily farm bloom
should be spectacular
By Jennifer Butler
A snowless winter will not keep
the beauty from blooming at Lambertson’s Daylilies in Thompson
Township on Ararat Road.
Richard and June Lambertson
are once again hard at work in
their day lily gardens making the
world a more beautiful place to be!
“The lack of snow cover was hard
on the plants, the freezing and
thawing and bad weather in May
did not help matters either,” said
Mrs. Lambertson. However, with
some babying from the owners the
blooms should be right on time by
mid-July.
The farm each year comes alive
just about the beginning to middle
of July with such great beauty that
passersby will have no choice but
to stop and gaze in awe.
The couple has created their
own world of beauty which they
are more than happy to share with
others. The couple grows day lilies,
a rugged, adaptable, vigorous perennial which endures in a garden
for many years with little or no care
and produces an abundance of
flower buds that open over a long
period of time.
Lambertson’s Daylilies offer
hundreds of different kinds of day
lilies for sale as well as to just gaze
at and has a large variety of perennial homegrown plants to view
and purchase.
Born in New York, Mr. Lambertson purchased his property
in 1969 and has spent most of his
life in the area. He began farming
when he was first married, but said
he got “tired of being tired,” so he
became employed at Hallstead
Magnetics until his retirement 14
years ago.
Both born with green thumbs,
having grandparents who were
great gardeners, the farm shows it
with meticulously planted gardens
of a large variety of plants, and not
a weed in sight! While the day lilies are easy to grow, Mr. Lambertson says he and his wife begin in
the spring, usually after the snow
melts, working in the garden daily
for many hours.
“It is easy to hybridize day lilies
and it is a very good area to grow
them in,” he noted. Although not
true lilies, day lilies bloom from
mid-June until the autumn.
“They are perennials which are
wonderful to use in landscaping,
adding colors where others don’t,”
said Mrs. Lambertson, who has
been an RN for more than 40 years
and continues to work part-time in
the field. Her grandmother was the
first woman to graduate from Penn
State from Susquehanna County
with a degree in horticulture.
This year, the business has an
additional 1,500 of the couple’s
own hybridized plants for blooming for the first time.
The business has also donated
plants to the Lackawanna College Beautification Project; RailTrail trail heads; and this year, the
Thompson playground.
Stop in and introduce yourself
to the Lambertsons and view the
great beauty on the farm, including
a pond, gazebo and more - a great
spot for photographers!
In addition, in the lower level
of the barn, Mrs. Lambertson has
begun to showcase and sell her
beautiful photography as greeting cards, a variety of different size
prints as well as print to canvas gallery wrap works under the name
of Brookside Pics.
To find our more visit Junelambertsonphotography or Brooksidedaylillies on Facebook.
The business will be officially
open daily on July 1 from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and closed Mondays and
Tuesdays the first week in July. Gift
certificates are available for both
businesses and credit cards are accepted. For more information call
570-727-4607.
Picnic-goers are welcome and
on-site facilities are available.
For directions Google search
Lambertson’s Daylillies.
Visitor’s Bureau
events deadline
Sun., July 31
Bailey Hughes of Forest City,
Pa., with a major in financial
accounting, was inducted into
Lycoming College’s chapter of
Sigma Beta Delta, the honor
society for business students in
April.
Sigma Beta Delta encourages and recognizes scholarship and the achievements of
students in the business, management and administration
fields. It also encourages and
promotes personal and professional improvement, and a life
distinguished by honorable
service to humankind.
Events that take place between September 1 and December 31, 2016 are now being accepted for the Endless
Mountains Visitors Bureau
2016 Fall/Winter Calendar of
Events brochure.
The deadline to submit
events is July 31.
Any public event that is
sponsored by a community,
government, or non-profit
organization in the Endless
Mountains Region (Sullivan,
Susquehanna, and Wyoming
counties) can be submitted
for the upcoming calendar
free of charge. Events should
be something a visitor to the
area would be interested in –
festivals, holiday celebrations,
community plays, church dinners, and everything in between.
To submit an event, go to
www.EndlessMountains.org
and click on “add event” under the large rotating photos
on the homepage. This will
pull up the event information
form which includes the option to write a long and short
description on the event, link
to the event website, and upload a photo. All events on the
bureau’s website will also be
included in the EMVB weekly
Happenings Flyer which is
emailed to businesses and individuals, posted on Facebook,
and mentioned on Twitter.
Although there is a deadline
of July 31 for events to be included in the printed calendar,
events can be submitted any
time for the rest of the year.
The Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau will be printing
two events calendar beginning
in 2017. The first calendar will
cover events happening between January 1 and June 30,
and the second will cover July
1 through December 31.
The Endless Mountains Visitors Bureau is the destination
marketing organization for
Sullivan, Susquehanna, and
Wyoming counties.
For
more
information,
please contact the visitors bureau at 570-836-5431, 1-800769-8999, or [email protected]
Festival of Lights
set for Sat., Aug. 6
Forest City is lighting up the
lake in memory of those who
have lost the battle of addiction,
and in honor of those who are
celebrating recovery. The Festival of Lights will be held on Sat.,
Aug. 6, from 6 to 10 p.m. at Kennedy Park lake in Forest City.
There will food, live music
by Crashing Aperture, special
speakers, luminaries, watermelon eating and tug of war contests.
Fireworks will be at 9:30 p.m.
Bring a blanket or some chairs.
The event is a drug education
and awareness event open to the
public.
It is being sponsored by Mayor Pauline Wilcox and the Forest
City Police Department.
Crashing Aperture
On program at
Misericordia
Festival of lights
Dean’s List
The Forest City-based musical
group Crashing Aperture will be
appearing at the Forest City Festival of Lights to be held at Kennedy
Park on Saturday, August 6, beginning at 6PM. Rick Priebe, a faculty
member at Forest City Regional
School, is a member of the group.
The Festival of Lights is a Drug
Education and Awareness event
open to the public at no charge,
and sponsored by Forest City
Mayor Pauline Wilcox and the
Forest City Police Department.
Kelly named to
Dean’s List
Elizabeth
Kelly,
Pleasant
Mount, has been named to the
Dean’s List for the 2016 spring semester at the University of New
England. Dean’s List students
have attained a grade point average of 3.3 or better out of a possible
4.0 at the end of the semester.
Lambertson’s Daylilies
570-727-4607
Gardens Open Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
Located on
State Route 1003,
Thompson,
1\2 mi S of
Prestige Auto
Hughes
Inducted into
Honor Society
Visit us on
Facebook or
lambertsonsdaylilies.com
Now accepting
credit cards
Open July & August
Check out NEW perennials!!!
Photography Gallery on Site!
email [email protected]
Facilities on site!
420 Main Street, Forest City, PA 18421 * 570-785-5400
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REMINDER SERVICE!
Students at Misericordia
University qualify for the
dean’s list with a 3.55 grade
point average or higher. The
following
students
were
named to the dean’s list for the
Spring 2016 semester:
Bryan Boyle, Vandling;
Kelsey Glavich, Browndale;
Christopher Larson, Pleasant
Mount;
Jennifer Natishak,
Carbondale; Michael Palmer,
Forest City.
Clifford UM
Church Dinner
Wed., Aug. 17
The Clifford United Methodist Church, Main Street,
Clifford, will hold a Chickenn-Biscuit or Ham Dinner on
Wednesday, August 17, from
4:00 to 6:00 PM. Take out or
dine with us. Donation $8.95.
Includes dinner, dessert &
drink.
Rachel Christina
graduates WW
Pet of the Week
Leo is just chillin’ at his summer
home on Fiddle Lake! He is owned by
Frank and Diane Sysko.
Petrus celebrates 90th birthday
Louise Petrus was recently honored with a 90th birthday
party at D.G.’S Bar. Over 200 people attended a bar-b-que
cooked by her grandson, J.R. Giddings, with alligator part of
the main course and many other delicious foods served. Her
daughter, Debbie Giddings, honored her with “This is Your
Life”. Born in Herrick Center on July 13, 1926, the daughter of Louise and Elmer Maslar, “Weezie” graduated Herrick
Township High School and went on to numerous jobs. She
met her husband, John Petrus in 1951, married him and had
40 happy years together. She ended her career back in school
at Forest City Regional as the baker for 24 years where she
was affectionately known as Mom or Grandma. Though retirement keeps her busy with a variety of activities, bartending, tending her mini farm of animals and baking every day,
she always has time for family and friends. J.R. honored his
Gram with a week long trip to Maine where the celebration
of her life continued. Her remark to all of the fuss, “Can’t
wait till I turn 100.”
Four Generations of Marcel Family
Daniel Vannan is
teacher of the year
Daniel Vannan, a physics and
robotics teacher was selected as
“Teacher of the Year” at Abington
Heights High School.
Daniel is a graduate of Forest
City Regional High School and is
the son of Al and Sharon Vannan,
Vandling.
Breakfast Buffet
Aug. 7 at Grattan
Singer Hose Co.
A Breakfast Buffet sponsored by the Grattan Singer
Hose Co. #1 will be held on
August 7th from 8 A.M. until 12 Noon at 702 Homestead
Street, Simpson. The cost will
be Adult - $8 – Child (under
12) - $5. Menu will include
Scrambled Eggs, Sausage, Bacon, Home Fries, Pancakes, Orange Juice, Coffee, Tea, Water.
Zembrzycki on
Dean’s List at
Penn State
Katelyn Zembrzycki, Uniondale, has been named to the
Dean’s List for the 2016 spring
semester at Penn State University, University Park. Katelyn
is the daughter of Linda and
Bernie Zembrzycki, Uniondale.
Rachel Christina, of Clinton
Twp., graduated from Western
Wayne High School Class of
2016.
She is the daughter of Mark
and Kindra Christina. Maternal grandparents are Marie
Torquati, Clinton Twp., and
the late Patrick Torquati. Paternal grandparents are Donald and Lourdes Christina,
Browndale.
She will be attending the
University of Pittsburgh.
Four generations from left to right; Kristin (Marcel) Nickle,
James Vincent Nickle, Mark Marcel And Joan Marcel(Slick).
Hist. Society
Museum hours
Listed below
The Forest City Area Historical Society Museum on Main
St. will be open at the following dates and times:
Fri., Aug. 5, 1-4
Sat., Aug. 6, 12-2
Sat., Aug. 13, 10-12
Sat., Sept. 3, 10-12
Sun., Sept. 25, 10-12
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