Happy Birthday America!

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Happy Birthday America!
Just like
Lady Liberty, Laura
Olsen extends her
American
Flag as
the fire
trucks approached.
No one could miss the Ayer’s Towing buggy in the parade. Having a blast scooting through the parade are
driver Alexandra Ayers and sidekicks Cara Henahan and
Gabby Slucki.
photos by Claudia Strycharz and Sue Gannis
Gianna Cooney sits on one of Michelle Griffith’s
knees as she ate her hot dog while Shannon Griffith
wets her whistle sitting on her mom’s other knee.
The girls were sitting in the shade and enjoying the
day as they waited for the ceremony to begin at the
park on July 4.
Audrey Lewis, 9 shows
her patriotic side with
her beautiful outfit
and the red, white and
blue ice cream at the
fireworks display at
Wright Township
park on July 3.
Uncle Sam
aka Gayle
Dewald
came by
to enjoy
the party
in the
park and
the fireworks with
friends and
family on
July 3.
Venture Crew #461 member Greg Gannis firmly secures the memorial wreath at the stone monument
during a solemn moment of the ceremony.
More 4th of July photos, page 2
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Independence Day celebrated in style in Mountain Top
The 4th of July celebration
in Mountain Top began with
Wright Township’s annual
party in the park and fireworks
celebration on the evening of
July 3. It was a gorgeous evening which brought out the
crowds, all to enjoy the fireworks, eat, picnic and just have
some fun. The annual event
is sponsored by the Wright
Township Supervisors and the
Parks and Recreation department. Snacks were available
at the Kiwanis pavilion as well
as by several local food truck
vendors.
The commemorative day
commenced with the festive
July 4th parade at 10 a.m. The
2.4 mile parade stepped off
from the Chalet Restaurant,
headed south and turned down
South Main Road. The Bikes for
Stripes motorcycle group led
the parade that also included
the Crestwood Marching Band
and Cheerleading teams, business-sponsored floats, honors to our military, fire trucks
and emergency vehicles, and
pounds of candy tossed to
the children. Dave Hourigan
was the Grand Marshal of the
parade that finished at the
Wright Township Municipal
Building.
Hot dogs and cold beverages
were served to the community courtesy of Mountain Top
On the Move at the municipal building while the parade
came to an end.
Immediately following the
conclusion of the parade, a
“freedom” ceremony was
observed to honor those who
fought, and continue to fight
for our liberty. Local dignitaries and community members
offered poignant speeches,
prayers, and musical selections. Members of American
Legion Post 781 raised the
flag and played “Taps” while a
patriotic wreath was placed at
the memorial located directly
in front of the township building.
Throughout the entire celebration, an atmosphere of
pride and community abounded.
photos by Sue Gannis
Sporting a colonist’s wardrobe, William Andahazy led the Crestwood Marching Band in the parade.
photo by Claudia Strycharz
Adrianna Dotzel hula-hooped
her way through the parade.
Sisters Olivia, 4, and Abigail
Grzelaczyk, 7, dance in the
lower parking lot waiting to
see the fireworks.
Players from the American Legion Post 781 baseball teams carried an enormous American Flag in the Independence Day parade.
Mountain Top’s own Matt
Howton mounted his motorcycle and rode with Bikes for
Stripes, waving to folks along
the parade route.
Carl Alber sang his rendition of America the Beautiful which he
crooned acapella.
8 year old Joslynn Burman
waved to all the parade participants. Her grandmother
Bonnie Burman watched the
parade with her.
Retired military members proudly salute the American Flag as
it was being raised.
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Places To Go ... Things To Do
EVERY SATURDAY
JULY 15, 16 & 17
FARMERS MARKET
MT. TOP HOSE CO. BAZAAR
The Nuangola Grove Farmers
Market located at 5177 Nuangola Road in Nuangola will run
Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon
through November 19.
Featuring fresh produce
food, handmade items and
more. Indoor/outdoor spaces
are available for crafters, vendors and farmers. For information call Theresa at 570-2359673.
Mountain Top Hose Co. #1
will hold its annual bazaar
on July 15, 16 & 17 on the
Hose Co. grounds, Woodlawn
Avenue and Lehigh Street in
Mountain Top.
The event will feature a large
menu of delicious foods and
beverages, games and rides,
Big Ticket drawing, silent
basket auction, music, magic
show and much more. A fireman’s parade will be held on
Saturday at 5 p.m. An auction
will be held on Sunday at 5
p.m. Bazaar opens at 5:30 p.m.
on Friday, Saturday at 5 p.m.
and Sunday at 4 p.m.
EVERY SUNDAY
FARMERS MARKET
The Rotary Club of Mountain
Top is excited to bring back the
Sunday farmers market. This
is held every Sunday morning
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front
of Crestwood High School on
Rt. 309 in Mountain Top. The
season will kick off on July 3.
Fresh fruits and vegetables,
local honey, eggs, baked goods
and much more will be offered.
Any questions, please contact
Jo Gulvas 570-762-7587 or Paul
Cwalina 570-881-1722.
JULY 14
MUSHROOM CLUB
MEETING
The Wyoming Valley Mushroom Club will hold it’s monthly meeting on Thursday, July
14 at 7 p.m. in the Advanced
Technology Center on the
Nanticoke Campus of Luzerne
County Community College.
The ATC is found in the lower
portion of the campus. Parking
is available in the lot adjacent
to the ATC. Meeting room is
ATC 214. They will be discussing chanterelles; how to identify them, when to find them,
and what sorts of habitat to
explore.
JULY 16
MEMORIAL CANCER RUN
The Diane C. Heddings
Memorial Cancer Run will take
place on July 16 from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Register at Rich &
Charlotte’s in Harvey’s Lake.
Food and refreshments included at the end of the run in a
private campground. There
will also be a basket raffle. $15
for the rider, $10 for passenger, $10 general admission.
Kids 6 and under are free. The
run will benefit Faith Myers of
Mountain Top, who is battling
cancer.
JULY 17
JACOBS BROTHERS IN
CONCERT
The Jacobs Brothers of Dillsburg, PA will appear at the
Presbyterian Church of Mountain Top, 9 Chestnut Street on
July 17 at 6 p.m.. The veterans
of gospel music are dedicated
to the ministry of spreading
the Gospel through music.
The group is comprised of
two brothers, Bob and Mike
Jacobs, who are original members of the group that started
in 1962. The third member,
Mike Lawver joined the group
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JULY 23
MOVIES IN THE PARK
The Kiwanis Club of Mountain Top will sponsor Movies
in the Park featuring Zootopia!
on July 23 at 8 p.m. Come out
to Wright Township Park for
a free showing of the movie
at dusk in the youth baseball
field and with concessions in
Kiwanis Pavilion. This is a free
event with free popcorn!
STEAM TRAIN EXCURSION
Don’t miss the Mountain
Top Rotary Club’s 2016 steam
train excursion to take place
on July 23. The train boards
in Mountain Top at 8:30 a.m.
and departs at 9:30 a.m. There
is parking and shuttle service
from the Mountaintop Hose
Co. #1. The train will arrive in
historic Jim Thorpe at 11:30
a.m. Enjoy a day of dining,
shopping, taking in museums
and much more. The train
will board at 3:30 p.m. and
arrive back in Mountain Top
at approximately. 5:45 p.m.
The cost is $70 per person
and tickets can be purchased
at the Triangle Pharmacy in
Mountain Top or at Eventbrite.
com. You can also visit www.
rotarytrainride.com. This was
a sold out event in 2014. Get
you tickets now!
Please contact Michelle
Reilly/Club President at 570715-7752 or Michael Pinko/
Club Vice President at 570715-7748 with any questions.
CHICKEN BBQ
Stairville UMC annual Amish
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Continued from page 4
Chicken BBQ will be held on
July 23 from 1-5 p.m. at the
church. That’s when their
friend Elam comes to town
and does all the chicken in
the backyard. Besides the
tasty chicken, they offer baked
beans, corn on the cob, open
salad bar, dessert all for $10.
They will also have an outside stand with hot sandwiches
and Jean’s famous waffles and
ice cream. There will also be
live music with the Mud Pond
Boys.
JULY 24
DANCE PRODUCTION
The Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary
will present the annual PAI
Dance Company Production in
the Kirby Center for Performing Arts, 260 North Sprague
Avenue, Kingston at 3 p.m. on
Sunday, July 24. The performance will feature dance students and faculty performing
classical ballet, modern dance,
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contemporary dance and jazz
pieces. The performance is
free and open to the public.
For more information call 570270-2186.
al mission project and support
of the local food pantry. To be
a part of the excitement at the
Surf Shack, pre-register online
at www.mcfmc.org or call Deb
at 570-868-3324.
JULY 24-28
VBS IN WHITE HAVEN
The White Haven Community churches invite all children ages 3 years through 6th
grade to share God’s love at
the 2016 Vacation Bible School
– Surf Shack: Catch the Wave
of God’s Amazing Love. Discover how to surf through life
with God and others! The fun
begins on Sunday, July 24 and
ends Thursday, July 28, from
6 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Patrick’s
Church on Allegheny Street in
White Haven.
The adventure includes
interactive Bible fun, energizing music, super science, cool
crafts, exciting games, and
delicious snacks, along with
participation in an internation-
JULY 24
SEPTEMBER 25
BASS TOURNAMENTS
The Blytheburn Lake Association is sponsoring two more
bass tournaments this year,
one on Sunday, July 24 and
another on Sunday, September
25. Boats are to be in the water
at 6:30 a.m. and out at 11 a.m.
The fee is $40 for a two member team. It is catch and release
and all bass must be at least 15
inches to qualify. Boats must
be equipped with live wells.
Fifty percent of the entry fees
will be given as prizes. Call
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more information or to register.
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JULY 25
MUSIC RECITAL
The Performing Arts Institute (PAI) at Wyoming Seminary will present Counselor
Solo and Chamber Recitals in
the Kirby Center for Creative
Arts, 260 North Sprague Avenue, Kingston, at 7:30 p.m.
on July 25. The recital will
feature PAI instrumental and
vocal counselors, who are undergraduate and graduate students studying at some of the
nation’s major music universities and conservatories, performing a variety of classical
works. The recital is free and
open to the public. For more
information call 570-2702186.
JULY 25-28
SUMMER ADVENTURE
CLUBS
Mountaintop Family Church
is holding Summer Adventure
Clubs July 25 to 28 from 6 to 8
p.m. for children through 6th
grade. There will be Bible lessons, music, games, dramas,
snacks, human videos, and
much more! All children in
our community are welcome.
Contact the church office at
570-474-0900.
JULY 26
SOCIAL CLUB MEETING
As usual the Social Club
holds its meetings on the second and fourth Tuesday of
the month @ 1 p.m. The next
meeting is July 26 at St. Paul’s
Church, Route 309, Mountain
Top. There will be an ice cream
social at this meeting.
Trips are scheduled as follows: On Sunday, August 7th
they will enjoy a smorgasbord,
bingo and a show on the trip to
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Active Adult Center Menu
Active Adult Centers sponsored by the Area Agency on
Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties offer hot noon
meals Monday through Friday
to people age 60 and over.
This menu is meant as a
guide — some diets may vary,
milk, margarine, and coffee
served with each meal.
If you did not order a lunch
and would like one, call the
center at 570-868-8517 to
check for any cancellations.
graham crackers, mini Rice
Krispie treat
Wednesday: Chicken bacon
ranch salad, garden vegetable
soup, whole wheat dinner roll,
orange, ranch dressing
Thursday: Roast turkey,
brussels sprouts, parsley buttered carrots, bread stuffing,
pumpkin spice cake
Friday: Western Day: Pulled
pork, potatoes au gratin, broccoli and cauliflower, dinner roll
and margarine, oatmeal cookie
Week of July 18
Monday: Chicken picatta, Italian vegetable blend,
mashed potatoes, whole wheat
dinner roll, sugar cookie
Tuesday: Savory pork roast,
sweet potatoes, green and wax
beans, whole wheat dinner roll,
Week of July 25
Monday: Chicken Philly
sandwich, corn chowder,
tossed salad, whole wheat club
roll, apples and berries with
whipped topping
Tuesday: Roast beef, mashed
potatoes, roasted beets and
carrots, whole wheat dinner
roll, apple bread pudding
Wednesday: Pork marsala,
snap peas, brown rice, crackers, fresh fruit salad
Thursday: Whole wheat
penne with meat sauce, Italian
green beans, Italian wedding
soup, sorbet
Friday: Lemon pepper chicken, garlic spinach, mashed
potatoes, whole wheat dinner
roll, blushing pears
Seniors are invited to attend
lunch daily. Regular and health
plus menus are available. The
suggested donation is $2.
Make your reservations at
least one day in advance by
calling 868-8517 before 1 p.m.
The Center is located at 460
South Main Road, and is open
Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m.
Holy meatballs!
Recently, after a call for help, the Good Shepherd parishioners
shown responded to roll over 1,300 meatballs to be used at the
church’s annual festival on July 9 and 10.
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News In Brief ...
Area projects get
boost from grants
Projects ranging from a
farmers’ market in Nuangola to
a storage shed at the Mountain
Top Council of Governments
(COG) received a financial
boost recently through grants
from the Local Share Account
(gaming) program.
Five Mountain Top area
communities received funding from the program which
receives gaming revenue generated by casinos including
Mohegan Sun Pocono.
Rice Township received
two grants. The township was
awarded $85,415 to be used for
repairs to the Ice Lakes dam. A
13 inch pipe in the dam began
draining water from the lake
last August, causing the water
level in the lake to drop considerably. At that time, township
engineer Andrew Pasonick
of Penn Eastern Engineers,
described the problem as a
“plumbing issue,” not related
to the integrity of the dam.
The engineer reported last
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fall that the state Department
of Environmental Protection
had denied the township’s
request for an emergency
permit to make repairs to the
pipe which is located in a dam
that separates the two lakes.
Pasonick said he was notified
by Kirk Kreider, chief of DEP’s
Construction, Inspection and
Monitoring, Dam Section, that
the agency determined catastrophic failure of the dam was
not imminent and there were
no immediate public safety
concerns.
At last week’s township
supervisors meeting, supervisors acknowledged receipt
of state funding to repair the
pipe, but they did not have a
timetable.
Rice Township also received
$200,000 for road repair and
a backhoe. Last March, Penn
Eastern prepared a report for
supervisors on 15 roads in
need of what it described as
major repair. Cost for the work
was estimated at close to $1
million.
Additionally, the township
was the recipient of a $40,000
award on behalf of the COG.
The money will be put toward
a storage building at the compost site in the Crestwood
Industrial Park.
Nuangola Borough was
awarded $34,225 which will
be used by the Nuangola Grove
Theater for a farmers’ market.
The market will be open Saturday mornings from 8 a.m.
to noon through November.
Besides fresh fruit and vegetables, honey, homemade
candles, handcrafted jewelry
are available.
Fairview Township received
$50,000 for a pickup truck
with plow and other equipment for winter maintenance.
Last year, Ayers Towing and
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Sledziewski Excavating, two
companies the township had
hired for years to assist with
snow removal declined the
work due to a hike in their
insurance fees if they took on
the snow removal work. The
township handled the work inhouse so the new vehicle with
plow will come in handy.
Dorrance Township received
$120,000 for a dump truck
and plow. Wright Township
was awarded $125,000 to be
used for drainage improvements and paving of six roads
in Walden Park.
Rice Township looks
at donation history
A request by a representative of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
Church for an increase in Rice
Township’s donation to the
church’s annual kite festival prompted supervisors to
decide to take a look at how
much the township donates to
community organizations.
Last year, the township
donated $500 to the festival
which will be held October 1 at
the township park. The church
official pointed out last year’s
donation did not cover the cost
of kites which are given to children for free. He asked supervisors to consider increasing
the township’s donation to at
least $600. Supervisor Bob
Pipech said he favored continued support of the festival,
but had reservations about
increasing the donation. He
pointed out the township faces
some significant, unbudgeted
expenses this year and did not
want to set a precedent that
might prompt other organizations to ask for an increase in
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Woodloch Pines. Seats are still
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From September 6-9 you can
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25 and September 22.
New members 50 years
old and older are always welcomed. For additional information about the club, call
Grace at 570-474-0250. For
information on trips, call Otto
at 570-407-0056.
JULY 28 & 29
FLEA MARKET
The White Haven United
Methodist Church will hold its
annual flea market on Friday,
July 28 and Saturday, July 29
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Baby items, toys, books,
kitchen items, DVDs/CDs, jewelry, linens, tools, furniture,
holiday items, some antiques/
collectibles, and much more
will be available. Refreshments
are also available.
The church is located on
Buffalo Street (The road leading to the White Haven Center)
in White Haven.
JULY 29, 30
AUGUST 5, 6, 7, 12,
13, 14
FUNNY GIRL AT GROVE
THEATRE
The Theatre at the Grove
presents Funny Girl on July 29,
30 and August 5, 6, 12 and 13
at 8 p.m. and July 30 and 31,
August 7, 13 and 14 at 3 p.m.
Cost for adults is $20 and
MOUNTAINTOP
ANIMAL HOSPITAL
Our Goal Is To Keep Your Pet Healthy
Karen H. Spiece, D.V.M.
Gregory J. Werger, D.V.M. • Rachel Wenzel, D.V.M.
50 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountaintop
474-5273 Hours by Appointment
Happy Tails Too!, LLC
Boarding Facility & Feed Store
Mon.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Fri. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. & 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
Sat. & Sun. 7 a.m.-12 p.m. & 4 p.m.-6 p.m.
570-868-5082 www.happytailstoo.com
Large Variety of Dog Food
at Reasonable Prices!
Come On In & Check Us Out!
students thru high school
are $15. You are advised to
reserve tickets early for this
popular musical comedy by
calling 868-8213 and leaving
the required information. You
pick up and pay for your tickets the date you plan to attend
with cash or check only. This
includes a reserved table. You
are welcome to bring your own
drinks and snacks although
there is a snack bar with light
refreshments. Doors to the
lobby open 45 minutes before
curtain time.
The Friday evening performance on August 5 will feature a catered buffet dinner
beginning at 6 p.m. for those
interested in a delicious meal
before the show begins. You
must reserve and pay $15 separately for the dinner before
August 4 by calling Nancy at
570-868-3582. You can pay for
the $20 performance tickets at
the call window prior to show
time or you can pay for both
ahead of time. Reserve early as
meal tickets are limited.
JULY 30
MUSIC GALA
The Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary will
present its Season’s End Gala
at 7 p.m. on Saturday, July
30. The performance will feature Rich Thompson, Eastman
College associate professor of
jazz, leading the Jazz Band and
Jazz Combos, and will be held
in the Kirby Center for Creative Arts, 260 North Sprague
Avenue, Kingston. This program features the PAI students
and faculty in a variety of vocal
and instrumental classical and
jazz music. The program is
free and open to the public.
For more information call 570270-2186.
JULY 31
CAR SHOW & SWAP MEET
The Sons of the American
Pamper & Indulge Your Pet At
Poochie Cuts Pet Salon & Spa
See what sets us apart!
• Relaxed spa
experience including
aromatherapy and calming
music, all within a quiet setting
• Hand blow drying (No cage
drying here!)
• No overbooking … one-on-one
care and attention for your
pet for a personalized, private
spa experience
• No crating, unless requested
• Pick-up and drop-off available!!!
across from the Wright Township Park
333 South Main Road, Mountain Top
By Appointment Only
570-262-5112 poochiecutssalon.com
Legion, Mountain Post 781 will
host its 3rd annual car show on
Sunday, July 31 at the American Legion grounds on Church
Road in Mountain Top from 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. All vehicles are
welcome. $10 registration fee.
New for 2016 is an automotive swap meet. No household
items. $10 registration or $5
with car show. Free admission
to the general public. Food and
refreshments available.
For advance registration
contact 570-474-2161, email
[email protected] or visit
them on Facebook: salpostseveneightyone.
AUGUST 2
NATIONAL NIGHT OUT
The Wright, Rice and Fairview Township Police Departments will hold the Law
Enforcement National Night
Out on August 2 from 4 to 9
p.m. in the Wright Township
Municipal Park.
In addition to the police
departments, participating in
the National Night Out will be
the Wright and Fairview Township Fire Departments, Mountain Top Ambulance Association along with several other
service groups available to the
public.
There also will be food vendors on hand along with a free
bounce house for kids being
provided by the Moonwalk
Guy.
Police officers from all of the
Mountain Top Departments
will be on hand to speak with
residents, demonstrate police
equipment and will be providing free child identification
kits.
Police encourage residents
to come out and meet the offiSee Places To Go, page 15
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Stop at the golf tourney on July 16 at Blue Ridge G.C. in Mountain Top and make a donation or buy some raffle tickets
Whisker’s World raises money to help spay and neuter animals
Whiskers World is a non
profit, all volunteer organization started by a group of
friends with a passion for animals.
Over many years, they have
collectively spayed and neutered over a thousand cats all
with their own money and
time.
They thought it was about
time they started an organization so they can help even
more animals through the generosity and kindness of your
donations. With your help,
they are going to build permanent housing for homeless kitties, spay and neuter them, get
them proper vet care, and give
them lots of love and warm
place to sleep where they will
never have to feel scared, alone
or cold again.
Last year the organization
held a golf tournament at
Blue Ridge Golf Club. With the
money raised at that tournament they were able to spay
over 500 cats. They found
forever homes for more than
150 animals, including 10 puppies, birds and even a chinchilla, as well as cats. They
purchased dog and cat food for
pet owners who were unable
to feed their pets temporarily
and even delivered the food to
their homes. Whisker’s World,
Inc. also helped with veterinarian bills by contributing funds
for a cat who needed its leg
amputated, three cats in need
of eye removal and for a dog
who needed life or death surgery at a cost of $1800. They
even reunited a cat, Smell Mell,
with its owner who was in a
car accident travelling from
New York to Illinois. Smell Mell
escaped from the car at the
309S/80 intersection. Whisker’s World Inc. found Smell
Mell and transported the cat
to Ohio, the half way point,
and reunited Smell Mell with
its owner.
This year’s golf tournament
is being held on July 16 at Blue
Ridge Trail Golf Club in Mountain Top. Although it is too late
to get into the tournament, the
public is invited to come to the
golf course during the afternoon and buy some 50/50 and
raffle tickets. They will also
be collecting donations if you
would like to do that.
Through this tournament
it is their hope to be able to
acquire the funds needed to
purchase a piece of land at a
very reasonable price so they
can build a forever home for
these unwanted animals. The
best possible dream would be
if someone is able to donate a
piece of property for this very
worthy endeavor. The funds
collected will be used to continue to spay and neuter, provide much needed medical
care, food and a no kill shelter
facility.
Contact Whisker’s World on
their Facebook page at Whisker’s World Inc. Their mailing address is Whisker’s World
Inc., 100 William Street, Plains,
PA 18705.
According
to Whisker’s
World Facebook page,
these two
kitties are up
for adoption.
Two brothers, about
10 weeks
old, sweet
and playful,
looking for a
loving home!
They are
fully vetted.
Please go to
their Facebook page
if you can
help provide
them with
their forever
home!
CATS WELCOME AS WELL AS GERIATRIC PETS!
Liz Hanley-Legas
Mary Knight
Tori Knight
SHOW OFF YOU PET!
Email a photo of your pet to [email protected]. If photos are from
a digital camera, please do not resize
or change resolution. Sending larger
photos makes for better reproduction.
We’ll show off your pet to the area by
publishing it’s photo, don’t forget to
write a little something about him/her.
www.auntieliz.com
TIFFANY M. WAGNER, D.V.M.
South Mountain
HOSPITAL
266 Church Road, Mountain Top
474-5355
Fax: 474-5515
Hours Mon.-Fri. • Call For Appointment
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Class Reunions
AUGUST 6
JULY 30
CHS CLASS OF ‘91
REUNION
The Crestwood High School
Class of 1991 will hold its 25
year reunion on Saturday, July
30 from 5 to 10 p.m. at King’s
Pizzeria in Mountain Top.
There will be a mixer the night
before the reunion, Friday, July
29 at Charlie B’s, 653 Hilldale
Road, Plains from 7 p.m. until
? For more information, e-mail
crestwoodhsclassof91@gmail.
com or visit the Facebook page
– CHS Class 0f 1991 25 Year
reunion.
CHS CLASS OF ‘76
REUNION
Crestwood High School, Class
of 1976, announces plans for its
40th reunion. The reunion will
be held on August 6 from 5 to
11 p.m. at King’s Restaurant, 49
South Mountain Blvd., Mountain
Top. A buffet style dinner will be
served at 6 p.m. Music by Eric
Mellas. Cost is $30 per person.
Please send check or money
order to Susan Roth, 141 Red
Coat Lane, Hanover Township,
PA 18706 by July 1. If you would
like a keepsake wine glass please
include $3 per each glass.
Contact information is needed
for the following: Evalyn Andriola Young, Richard Beach, William Hughes, Joyce Intelicato
Shuleski, James Murphy, Patricia Novicki Lukashewski, Carol
Stewart Welch, Rockford Stout,
Pamela Berger, Michael Borits,
George Jarick, Edward Palsha,
Donald Pettit, David Stucker,
Francis Suhoski, Edward Cooper, Stephen Cooper, Leonard
Joseph, Eugene Price, Thomas
Quinn, Rebecca Swain, Kim
Talarsky, Carol Davis, Christopher Day, Jo Ann Kamionka Cool-
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Sarwat Quli, Rick Rauenzahn,
Jeffrey Tencer, Wayne Van Fossen, Debbie Desiderio, Shirley
Dobitas Hughes, Cindy Donhauser Gelezinsky, Daniel Kephart,
Robert Klack, Joseph Klepacz,
Pamela Reed, Walter Roberts,
Ronald Rogers, Mary Ellen Verbeck, Mary Ann Wajda, Jo Marie
Wallace, David Drum, Dennis Eckrote, Robert Kray, William Lambert, Cynthia Sampson Laporte, Gary Wallenbeck,
Lanny Wildrick, Peter Feisel,
John Laskowski, Andree LeClair
Bresser, Wayne Schoch, Stanley
Seferyn, Mary Wychock, William Flanagan, Lynette Fogelman
Sadowski, Mary Ann Loduca,
Lynn Lorentzen, Michael Sharr,
Mark Siegel, Debra Young, Bruce
Garey, Michael Miatico, William
Marich, Donna Simon Thomas,
Diane Godumski, William Gordon, Cynthia Maslow Cooper,
Michael McNelis, Andrew Skok,
Teresa Guise Raudenbush, Mitchell Hackman, Crystal Meyers
Donyan, Bruce Slivinski, Barbara
Smith, Suzanne Hamilton, Mary
Ann Hollock Price, David Hosier,
John Moyer, Maryann Mrozinski Goodman, Kimberly Mundie,
Jennifer Smith Beck, Madelyn
Space Camasso, Dean Spaide.
AUGUST 6
APPOINTMENTS:
[email protected]
IF EMAIL UNAVAILABLE CALL
570-994-5846
588 HAZLE STREET
NEXT TO TURKEY HILL, TOWARD BRIDGE
CHS CLASS OF ‘96
REUNION
The Crestwood High School
Class of 1996 will hold its 20
year reunion on Saturday,
August 6 from 3-7 p.m. at the
American Legion Post 781 in
Mountain Top. More details,
including ticket information,
will be available soon. A Facebook group has been established to relay information and
share memories, “Crestwood
High School Class of 1996
Reunion”.
AUGUST 13
CHS CLASS OF ‘86
REUNION
Crestwood High School,
Class of 1986, announces
plans for its 30th reunion.
The reunion will be held at 2
p.m., Saturday, August 13 at
the American Legion Post 781,
Mountain Top. For information, email [email protected] or visit
Facebook at CHS 30 Year Class
Reunion.
SEPTEMBER 7
WHITE HAVEN HS
GET-TOGETHER
A 2016 Get-Together Luncheon will be held on September 7 at 1 p.m. at Mountain
Laurel Golf Club for all White
Haven High School graduates.
Share oictures, memories and
just have fun.
Contact Carol Berry at 302737-3933 for more information.
OCTOBER 15
CHS CLASS OF ‘66
REUNION
Crestwood High School Class
of 1966 will hold its 50th Class
Reunion on October 15, at the
Sands Spring Country Club in
Drums.
Contact information is needed for the following: Linda Balliet Evancavich, Linda Barrouk
Thomas, Mary Bezdiecki Starr,
Darlene Dotter Searfoss, W.
Thomas Gregory II, Barbara
Higgs Spencer, John Hochwarter, Sandra Kania Pathak, Susan
Meier Stair, Muriel Musgrove
Reznick, Todd Richwine, Eve
Zambito VanScoy.
Anyone with information on
any of these people can contact
Marian at 570 788-3196 or Maggie at [email protected].
Mountain Peaks
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FRI. & SUN.: R&B DJS
SAT.: DJ TOM EMANSKI
CARL ALBER &
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SUNDAY 4 TO 7 P.M.
GREAT VARIETY OF
DELICIOUS FOODS
AND BEVERAGES
43RD
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BAZAAR
JULY 15-16-17
DOZENS OF GIFT BASKETS
SATURDAY
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MAGIC SHOW AT 7 P.M.
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Rider Basket • Milwaukee Power Tools • GoPro Camera • Beats Pill • Beats Wireless
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Merchandise:
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Certificates:
AUCTION SUNDAY 5:00 P.M.
SPECIAL ITEM:
Bazaar Opens:
5:30 Friday
5:00 Saturday
4:00 Sunday
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Partial List of Auction Items:
Various Home Furnishings............................................................????????...................Kurlancheek Home Furnishings
Toro 721 21” Snow Blower.........................................................$ 779.00...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Stihl MS261CM Chain Saw.........................................................$ 609.95...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Honda HRR2169UYA 21” Lawnmower......................................$ 579.00...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Stihl BR600 Backpack Blower...................................................$ 499.95...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Stihl FS94 Loop Trimmer..........................................................$ 349.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan GroupKing
Apple iPad Air ..............................................................................$ 349.00...................Frank Orloski, Jr.
LG 10,000 BTU Room Air Conditioner.....................................$ 329.00...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
$250.00 A&R Gift Cards............................................................$ 250.00...................Hallmark Homes
Samsung 32” LED Smart TV.....................................................$ 229.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
$200.00 Gift Card .......................................................................$ 200.00...................Button Oil & Propane
Beats Pill+........................................................................................$ 199.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
GoPro Hero Camera......................................................................$ 199.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Miscellaneous Cigar Packs & Gift Certificate........................$ 184.00...................Mountain Top Tobacco
Power Beats 2 Wireless Headphones.......................................$ 149.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Large Aquarium..............................................................................$ 129.95...................P&D Pet Supply & Feed
24” Pro Tilt Fan..............................................................................$ 119.00...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
Lego Fire Station .........................................................................$ 109.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
$100.00 Gift Certificate............................................................$ 100.00...................Cavanaugh’s Grille
$100.00 Gift Certificate............................................................$ 100.00 ...................Isabella Restaurant
$100.00 Gift Certificate............................................................$ 100.00...................Leaf & Ladle
Flex Fitbit........................................................................................$ 99.99...................Century 21 Smith Hourigan Group
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Rowe Door Sales • Joe Thomas Construction • Happy Tails Too! • Screen
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Weis Markets • Lisa’s Beauty Shoppe • Burick’s Service Station • Valley
Seafood • Michael Mootz Candies • Skiro’s Garden Center • Mountain
Freeze • McCarthy Tire Service • Mandy’s Styling Studio • Shooters
Rendezvous LTD • Dunkin Donuts • Steve Shannon Tire & Auto
Barry’s Floral
Albrights Glen Summit Floral • South Mountain
Veterinary Hospital • Steinbrenner Auto Sales & Service
Fun Stuff:
4 Hershey Park Tickets — Frank Orloski, Jr. • Sand Springs Golf – 4
Greens Fee Passes • Jack Frost National – 4 Guests with Cart • Rafting
Trips – Whitewater Challengers • 4 Rail Rider Tickets for 3 Games with
Parking Pass – Pat Curley Detective Agency • 2 Tickets to Oldies Show
12/10/16 — Gallery of Sound • Holiday Inn-East Mountain Inn —
Overnight & Breakfast • 2 Steam Train Tickets — A Friend
Restaurant Certificates:
Crossroads Inn • Mary’s Family Restaurant • The Dough Company • Junie
G’s • Philadelphia Subs • Lucky’s Sporthouse • Luigi’s Pizza • Burger King
• Powerhouse Eatery • Abe’s Hot Dogs • Beaumont Inn • Chalet
Restaurant • Tony’s Pizza • Perkins Restaurant • Sonic • Logan’s
Roadhouse
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Tickets ARCA ModSpace 150 Race – July 29th @ Pocono Raceway
Tickets Craftsman Series Truck Race – July 30th @ Pocono Raceway
Grandstand Seats (100 level) – ABC 500 Indy Car Race – August 21st
Tickets to Mauch Chunk Opera House
Tickets PA Renaissance Faire (Aug.–Oct.)
Tickets PA Wing Festival – 8/13 @ Pocono Raceway
Tickets to choice of one of 4 fun Pocono Events
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CHS baseball participates in Strike Out Cancer weekend
Madison Dompkosky and her flock of flamingos pose for photo.
Student makes a difference by raising funds
for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals
The Crestwood varsity baseball team recently
participated in the Bill Howerton Strike Out
Cancer weekend.
The goal of this exhibition is to raise funds
and awareness for the American Cancer Society.
A large portion of the money raised is donat-
ed to the American Cancer Society, with the
remaining funds used for a scholarship recipient.
Crestwood Baseball proudly supports the
Bill Howerton Strike Out Cancer Foundation,
Candy’s Place and The MS Foundation.
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Under the cover of darkness, Madison Dompkosky visits the
yards of Mountain Top residents. Morning’s light would reveal
20, 30, or 50 pink plastic flamingos scattered throughout the
resident’s front yard.
At the center of the display, she would leave her calling card —
a sign that said: “You’ve Been Flocked to Benefit the Children’s
Miracle Network”.
Starting in mid-April, Madison set out to flock her first yard in
the Greystone Development. Since then, countless flocks have
been spotted in Kingston and Back Mountain but 95% remained
in the Mountain Top area.
Nightly for 8 weeks, Madison’s mother would pull up to one of
the four nominations per day; Madison would stealthy organize
the flock, attach the information to the front door and head back
to the car, bound to flock the next victim.
Flamingo flocks range from $20 to $40. The families that were
“flocked” would pay the nominal fee if they wished to share the
delight in seeing their friends afflicted by a visitation of the pink
pests. “There seems to be something about a lawn full of bright
pink plastic flamingos that appeals to a certain sense of humor,”
Madison’s mother claims.
More than 160 “flockings” took place, raising more than $7,500
for the Children’s Miracle Network hospitals. Donations stay
local and create miracles by funding medical care, research, and
education that save and improve the lives of 17 million children
each year.
Madison is involved with the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen
organization as a local titleholder — Miss Laurelwood’s Outstanding Teen. For the past two decades, the Miss America Organization has teamed up with the Children’s Miracle Network to raise
awareness and funds for children around the country suffering
from life threatening diseases. In 2008, CMNH became the official national platform of the Miss America’s Outstanding Teen
program. Since then, the partnership has raised more than $10
million, benefiting CMN hospitals across the U.S.
“There is no greater feeling than knowing I made every effort to
help raise money to benefit the lives of children in need,” Madison stated. Contestants competing in Miss America-sponsored
pageants are expected to raise a minimum of $100 in donations
for CMNH - it looks like Madison exceeded her goal.
Mountain Peaks
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Farmer’s market at CHS
kicks off season
The peaches are delicious and juicy from O’Hara’s Orchard
as Linda Vivian finds out as she takes a bite out of one. Linda and her husband Bruce decide to purchase some from
orchard owner Joe O’Hara.
Mountain Top on the Move and the Rotary Club of Mountain Top’s seasonal farmer’s market held at the Crestwood
High School kicked off its new season on Sunday, July 3
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors were set up selling everything
from fruit and produce to raw honey, free range eggs and
homemade canned and baked goods. The farmer’s market
will be open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more
information call Jo Gulvas at 570-762-7587 or Paul Cwalina
at 570-881-1722.
Glowacki finishes 20th in
Lake Placid half marathon
Piano students, row 1 from left: Molly Grove,
Spencer Obmann, Louis Verdetto Jr., Lila Verdetto, Madalynn Young, Anthony Lettieri, Rebecca Brandreth, Nathan Thomas, Maddalyn
Boop, Jacob Lettieri, Tyler Cleveland, Ronan
Ness, and Sean Venturi; row 2: Ms. Millington,
Piano students presented in recital
Piano students of Michele Millington of Mountain Top were presented in recital recently for
the annual spring concert.
Certificates and pins were awarded to students who participated in the National Piano
Playing auditions in June.
Emily Shiplett and Paige Allen were awarded
the National Guild of Piano Teacher’s High
School Diploma in Social Music. Benjamin
Dance
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Brubaker was awarded the NGPT’s High School
Diploma in Music. Zachary Brandreth was
awarded the most outstanding student in the
studio this year.
Select students were recognized for their
achievements performing in both the Kirby
Center and Carnegie Hall Honors Recitals sponsored by Northeast Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association.
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merengue, salsa, bachata, line
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Justin Glowacki of Mountain Top, a 10th grade member of the
Crestwood High School Cross Country Team, recently competed in the Lake Placid Half Marathon (13.1 miles). He finished in
1:32, placing him in 20th place overall out of 742 runners and
3rd in his age group. This was Justin’s first half marathon.
Dina Clark, Andrew Murawski, Jennalyn Stuart,
Katie Thomas, Ben Zhao, James Lanning, Benjamin Brubaker, Caleb Sweitzer, Zachary Brandreth, Olivia Kamowski, and Emma Kamowski.
Absent from photo are Emily Shiplett, Kylie
and Kelsie Freiman.
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cers, fire fighters, EMS personnel to get acquainted with
them. Also to become familiar
with other available services to
the Mountain Top area.
Police feel that meeting residents they serve and protect is
an asset when an emergency
situation arises. It allows the
officers to be familiar with and
recognize residents as well as
the residents with the emergency personnel and to promote a
positive experience for all.
As times change and situations occur, most recently
negative impressions are left
when police officers react to a
situation. Mountain Top police
are taking a positive approach
with the National Night Out
and would like to see it become
an annual event in our community.
AUGUST 5 & 6
MUSICAL CHICAGO
The Performing Arts Institute
(PAI) at Wyoming Seminary
will present the Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical
Chicago at 8 p.m. on Friday
and Saturday, August 5 and
6 at the Kirby Center for Creative Arts, 260 North Sprague
Avenue, Kingston. A colorful, high-energy story of love,
murder and fame, the show
is the No. 1 longest-running
American musical in Broadway
history and features music by
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by Fred Ebb. Tickets are $20
for adults and $12 for students
and senior citizens, and are
available in advance and at the
door. For more information
call 570-270-2186.
AUGUST 6
MOTORCYCLE RUN
The 1st annual motorcycle
run sponsored by Boy Scout
Troop 300, Hobbie will take
place on August 6. Registration
10 a.m.-noon. $20/rider, $15/
passenger, breakfast included. T-shirts to first 30 riders.
Begins at St. James Lutheran
Church, Hobbie. Ends at the
Hobbie Fireman’s Carnival.
Breakfast open to the public
from 8 a.m. through noon.
Contact information: 570362-8034.
AUGUST 9
SONS OF THE AMERICAN
LEGION TO MEET
Sons of the American Legion Mountain Post 781 will
meet on August 9 at 6 p.m.
at the Post Home. For information, contact Lenny Biel at
474-2161 or sal781@frontier.
com.
AUGUST 13
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Emmanuel UCC annual golf
tournament will be held on
August 13. Grab your clubs!
They’re heading out to the
Sand Springs Country Club
in Drums. This is a 4 player
scramble, Captain and Crew,
with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
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awards and prizes after the
tournament. The cost to play
is $75 per person, $300 per
team. Non-players can enjoy a
day on the course for $30 and
accompany the golfers to the
dinner and awards banquet.
August 6 is the deadline to
register (golfer or non-golfer),
or until the field is full. To
register or for more information, please see Donnie Myers
(570-371-2037) or Nelson Horwath (570-868-3013), or call
the church office at 868-5675.
AUGUST 20
NVFD CRABFEST
The Nuangola Volunteer
Fire Department is pleased
to announce that the CrabFest 2016 fundraiser will be
held on Saturday, August 20,
from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Nuangola Grove Building (across the
street from the firehouse). The
menu includes all-you-caneat hardshell crabs, peel and
eat shrimp (1 dozen), steamed
clams (1 dozen), pulled pork,
clam chowder, fresh cut french
fries, pasta salad, cole slaw and
beverages.
The donation is $45 per
person. No coolers or outside
food/beverages are allowed.
Tickets must be purchased in
advance by August 6.
Send check/money order
(payable to Nuangola Vol.
Fire Dept) to: NVFD Crabfest
2016, 5175 Nuangola Road,
Nuangola, PA 18707 with a
self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish to have tickets
mailed; otherwise they will be
held at the door. For questions
or ticket info call the station at
570-868-3336 and leave message or email at nvfd164@
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SUMMER CRUISE IN THE
EVERGREENS
Evergreen Raceway in St.
Johns is proud announce that
Summer Cruise in the Evergreens, a Classic/Custom/
Truck/Cycle/Race car show and
everything automotive related
flea market will take place in
the pit area at the speedway
pit area on Saturday, August
20 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
Presented by Northeast
Cruisers, Evergreen Raceway &
Tyler Jett Motorsports Marketing, Summer Cruise in the Evergreens will have food, music
and entertainment for families,
which of course are invited to
attend at no charge.
Dash plaques will be provided for all registered vehicles
and registration is just $10 at
the track on the day of the
event. There will be awards
presented for the best appearing top 10 and a prestigious
Best of Show award will also
be given.
Parts vendors are also urged
to attend. Vendors can sell
nearly everything under the
sun, including classic, custom
and racing vehicle parts. The
fee for a vendor spot is just
$15.
A portion of all proceeds
from the event benefit the
SPCA.
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keystonejamboree.com or
www.evergreenracewaypark.
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Evergreen Raceway is located at 183 Mill Road, Drums.
AUGUST 27
WINE & CRAFT BEER FEST
The Hazleton 5th annual
Wine and Craft Beer festival
will take place on Saturday,
August 27 at Hazle Township
Babe Ruth Field, Hazle Township Boulevard, Hazleton from
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Must be 21 to
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Wyoming Seminary students receive
Carlucci Scholarship Award
Aton receives
promotion to
Supervisory Border
Patrol Agent
In a ceremony conducted on June
23, 2016, Mountain Top native Adam
Aton was recognized by Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Paul A. Beeson
for his recent promotion to Supervisory Border Patrol Agent.
Adam began his Border Patrol
career in Arizona on January 3, 2008.
He previously served as a police officer in White Haven and Ashley. Adam
holds a degree in Criminal Justice
from Luzerne County Community
College which he received after graduating from Crestwood in 2003.
Adam is the grandson of Rodney
and the late Florence Aton and the
son of Rodney and Sheryl Aton. He Adam E. Aton, right, receives a promotion to the rank
currently resides in Tucson with his of Supervisory Border Patrol Agent by Tucson Sector
wife Colleen.
Chief Patrol Agent Paul A. Beeson.
Seen after the announcement of the Carlucci Scholarship
Awards are, from left: Cassandra Kizis, scholarship recipient;
Kevin Rea, Wyoming Seminary president; and Lauren Anderson, scholarship recipient.
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News In Brief ...
donations from the municipality. After some discussion,
supervisors agreed to maintain the 2015 donation level.
They also directed secretary
Jeff Beck to prepare a list of
donations the township has
made in recent years.
Supervisors also voted to
donate $200 to the Yudichak
Family Lighthouse Fund of
the Luzerne Foundation, the
same amount as 2015. The
fund is dedicated to the benefit
of public libraries and youth
programs.
Laurel Lakes residents
get good news
Laurel Lakes residents
received two pieces of good
news at Tuesday night’s meeting of the township’s board of
supervisors.
Supervisors awarded a
contract to Latona Trucking,
Pittston, to replace a damaged
culvert over Laurel Run in the
Laurel Lakes development at
a cost of $157,671.35. The
firm will install a 137 inch
by 87 inch aluminized metal
arch culvert. The township
had advertised for proposals
to install an aluminized metal
arch culvert or a concrete box
culvert. Latona was the lowest
of seven bidders on the metal
arch culvert. The lowest bid to
install the concrete box culvert
was submitted by Fehlinger
Construction, Shavertown, at a
cost of $225,821. Supervisors
noted the contractor indicated
the earliest it would be able to
obtain a box culvert is November.
Andrew Pasonick of Penn
Eastern Engineers, the township’s engineering firm, reported it will take two to three
weeks to obtain the required
bonds from the contractor.
Kirby Library announces adult programs
Women’s Basic Hand-to-Hand
Self-Defense Class
Members of the Mountaintop
Martial Arts Center will hold a
Women’s Basic Self Defense
Class at the Library on Saturday, July 30 from 1-2:30 p.m.
Learn street-proven techniques, based on your size
and abilities that will work
for you to survive and escape
an assault. Wear comfortable
clothing.
The class is open to teens
and adults; however, individuals under the age of 18 must
be accompanied by an adult
in order to participate during
the class.
Call 570-474-9313 to register
or visit the library at 35 Kirby
Ave., Mountain Top. For more
information about Mountaintop Martial Arts Center, visit
www.mountaintopmartialarts.
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Color Me Calm!
Adults are invited to an evening of coloring and creativity while exercising fine motor skills and stimulating the
brain. Join others on Wednesday, July 13 from 6 to 7:30
p.m. to color your way to a
state of calmness. Coloring
sheets, crayons, markers, and
pencils will be available to use
or you can bring your own.
Register at the Circulation
Desk of the Marian Sutherland
Kirby Library at 35 Kirby Ave.,
Mountain Top or call 570-4749313.
Socrates Café
The Marian Sutherland Kirby
Library will host Socrates Café
on Wednesday, July 27 at 6:30
p.m. Adults with inquisitive
minds welcome! The group
regularly meets the fourth
Wednesday of every month.
Socrates Café is a gathering
where people from different
backgrounds get together and
exchange thoughtful ideas and
experiences while embracing
the Socratic Method.
Come prepared to discuss
important ideas thoughtfully
and honestly, to respectfully
question the ideas of others,
and to engage in conversation
and intellectual interaction.
The discussion is facilitated
by Steve Wallace who participates in several Socrates Café
groups locally. The discussion
will take place in the Reading Room of the library. The
library is located at 35 Kirby
Ave., Mountain Top. No need
to register, just show up! Call
570-474-9313 for more information.
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Teachers receive Education and Retention Award
First row: Brittany Hess, Kristina Decowski,
Ashleigh Nowicky, Joan Hutchins, Shaqkita
Powell, Angela Cook, Julie Mosley, Marissa
Blackburn, Trudy Stranko; second row: Kelly
Thomas, JulieAnne Anderton, Victoria Yazwin-
sky, Liz Oliver, Rebecca Spencer, Lisa Carroll,
Masha Ackerman, Heather Zaruta, Nicole Kronenwetter; third row: Michele Kocher, Christina Katchik, Ashlee Rittenhouse, Angela Kane,
Jayne Bromiley.
Congratulations to the educators at Building
Blocks Learning Center who were the recipients
of the 2016 Education and Retention Award
bonus funded by the Keystone Stars Program.
Teachers receiving an Education and Retention Award meet educational and training
requirements, show exemplary work in their
classrooms, and maintain yearly professional
development credits.
The Keystone Stars program is a quality initiative in Pennsylvania to support programs offering high quality early childhood education services. They proudly participate in the Keystone
Stars Program at each of their facilities.
Shown from left in front, Donato Strish, Jack Novelli, Ayhaan
Sayed, and Francesca Basalyga; back: Rose Mary Strish, Tanya Novelli, Arshed Sayed, and Cristin Basalyga.
Storybook Social presented by
St. Jude 4th grade students
Family members and friends of the fourth grade students
at St. Jude School were invited to attend a Storybook Social
where the students were able to showcase original fiction
stories. All text and illustrations were written and designed
by the students in these professionally published books. The
project included the elements of story writing, creative and
descriptive language, character, setting, plot, and computer
skills. A few book titles were The Big Crash, The Checkered
Flag, The Best Week Fishing, A Spy’s Diary, Racing Pig, After
School Adventure, and The Family of Super Heroes. Following
the readings, the books were on display and refreshments
were served.
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Mountain Peaks
Welcome Club awards scholarship
Fairview Class of ‘61 holds reunion
Shown preparing for the day, from left are Jillian Hoppe and
Leah Smith.
St. Jude students prepare for field day
The Fairview High School Class of 1961
met at Cavanaugh’s Grill on Saturday,
July 9, 2016 for their 55th year reunion.
Attending, from left are Steve Hollock,
class president, Joe Kubick, Paula Faye
Yeager Koselnick, George Williams, Helen Mack, Charlie Hildebrand and Jim
Stout.
Red Nose Day held at Crestwood Middle School
On Thursday May 26 Crestwood Middle
School joined Walgreen’s in its Red Nose
Campaign.
Each student purchased a red nose and
wore them in the morning. Fifty cents of each
dollar went to various charities that help children. 502 students and teachers participated
thus earning $251.
Eagerly anticipating Field Day at the end of the school year,
the students at St. Jude School enjoyed painting their t-shirts
in preparation for the team competitions. Faculty, parents, and
eighth grade students volunteered as captains. Students from
PreK through seventh grade were assigned to twelve different
colored teams including the Amazing Azaleas, Orange Crush,
Purple Power, Lazy Leprechauns, Golden Storm Troopers,
Lightning Bolts, and more. The teams rotated through twelve
competitions and stations including an inflatable obstacle
course, football toss, ladder ball, scooter relay, snow cones,
soccer, basketball, water wars, and more. At the end of the day,
a school-wide assembly was held and awards were presented
in a variety of categories.
Women’s Club of Mountain
Top elects new officers
Above: An 8th grade class
at
Crestwood
Middle
School that participated in
Red Nose Day.
At left: 7th graders Kahley
Williams and Lily Glander.
At right: Sydney Karchin sitting in the “Hopper” during
the mock Congress in Mrs.
Kline’s Civics class.
Mountain Peaks
New officers for the 2016-2018 administration were installed by the Women’s Club of Mountain Top recently.
They are from left, President Leigh Michel, Luzerne
County President Gaylene Hunter, Treasurer Lois Gutkowski, Secretary Tina Daley and Vice President Jacquie
Fine. The new officers were installed on June 6 at the
Women’s Club annual May dinner held at Sand Springs
Country Club. Luzerne County President Gaylene Hunter
installed the new officers. As part of the initiation, each
officer was presented with an herb plant that represented the office they are filling.
The Mountain Top Welcome Club is excited to
share. that during the May
potluck luncheon the members of the Club awarded
Jenna Kanyak of Crestwood
High School a $1000 scholarship.
The monies awarded were
raised by the members of
the Welcome Club through
various fund raisers as well
as the night at the races fund
raising event.
Special thank you to everyone who supported the fund
raisers and clubto make this
possible.
From left, Katie Scherbaty, Jenna’s sister; Krissy Kanyak, Jenna’s mother; Welcome Club President Pam McGovern; Jenna
Kanyak and Jenna’s grandmother Maureen Mosser.
Troop 300 celebrates two new Eagle Scouts
Boy Scout Troop 300 based
at St. James Lutheran Church
in Hobbie held an Eagle
Scout ceremony on Sunday,
July 10 at 2 p.m.
Eagle Scout is the highest
achievement or rank attainable in the Boy Scouting
program of the Boy Scouts
of America (BSA). Only four
percent of Boy Scouts are
granted this rank after a
lengthy review process.
The ceremony was to
install two young men, Levi
Conklin and Tristen Johnson
to the rank of Eagle Scout.
Levi and Tristen have been
in scouting together since
they were six years old. They
both have worked long and
hard for this moment.
The final leg to this day was
their Eagle Scout projects.
Levi rehabilitated and added
a roof over his church’s
(Mount Zion) sign for his
Eagle Scout project and Tristen built eight tables and 16
benches for the Hobbie Fire
Company carnival grounds.
Scout Master Bob Commodore related “I watched these
two grow from young boys
into the men they are today”.
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Hopkins chooses Penn State Hazleton
Shown at the signing, first row, from left,
are sister Sara Hopkins, mother Ellen Hopkins, student athlete Robbie Hopkins, father Don Hopkins, brother Donnie Hop-
kins; standing: Athletic Director Jon Kandrick, Athletic Trainer Mike Bannon, Head
Coach Mark Atherton and Principal Chris
Gegaris.
Robbie Hopkins has chosen Penn State
in Hazleton to further his academic and
athletic careers. Hopkins was a member of
the Crestwood basketball team. Highlights
during his career include two time WVC
Division I championship, first team Division I WVC, All Conference WVC voted by
The Citizens Voice, All Conference WVC
voted by The Times Leader.
Nicole Paranich to attend Misericordia
Making Eagle Scout is an
honor, and Tristen and Levi’s
parents, family, friends and
fellow scouts are very proud
of the accomplishment they
have made. In the first row
from left are new Eagle
Scouts Levi Conklin and Tristen Johnson. In the second
row are Marla and Tim Conklin and Danielle Johnson, in
back are Scout Master Bob
Commodore, Eagle Scout
Josh Maron, Assistant Scout
Masters Rich and Gay Maron.
photos by Claudia Strycharz
Tristen Johnson and Levi
Conklin take the oath to become Eagle Scouts in Troop
300.
Shown at the signing, first row, from left,
are mother Kathy Paranich, sister Ashley
Paranich, Nicole, brother Mike Paranich
and father Michael Paranich; back: Athletic Trainer Mike Bannon, Scorekeeper
Betsy Smith, Assistant Coach Justine Yeager, Head Coach Patsy Moratori, Volunteer Coach Elvetta Gemski, Principal Chris
Gegaris and Athletic Director Jon Kandrick.
Crestwood field hockey standout Nicole
Paranich will attend Misericordia University in the fall to further her academic
and athletic careers. Paranich, who played
defense at the left back position, was a
member of the AA championship team
in 2012, the state runner-up in 2013 and
2014, the District 2 AA champions for 20122015. Nicole was named a Times Leader All
Star and was named to the Field Hockey
Coaches Association High School National
Academic Squad.
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Nineteen Crestwood students
participate in state meeting for PJAS
Front row: Alexandra Lipinski, Nick Curry, Nicholas
Matthews, Laura Miller, Nicole Joseph, Victoria Harper;
middle: Jay Bhavsar, Shiv
Patel, Richard Supkowski, Neha Metgud, Brooke
Weiss, Madison Weiss, Zarqua Ansari; top: Mrs. Jean
Zanolini, faculty advisor,
Mr. Michael Stanek, faculty
advisor, Dhruv Patel, Zachary Metzger, Robert Shovlin,
Cataldo Lamarca, Erik Thomas, Michaline Harper, faculty
advisor, Tim Gallagher.
Nineteen students from
Crestwood High School and
Middle School participated
in the State Meeting for Pennsylvania Junior Academy of
Science on May 15, 16, and
17 at Penn State Main Campus.
The students presented
projects in science and math.
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Once the notice to proceed
is issued, the contractor will
have 45 days to complete the
project. Supervisors voted to
borrow up to $100,000, if necessary, to fund the project.
That damaged culvert,
discovered in late February,
has resulted in closing of a
bridge forcing residents of
the development to take a 1.3
mile detour. Residents of the
development had expressed
their concern about the detour
causing delays for emergency
responders as well as adding
to their travel time. At Tuesday
night’s meeting, Chris Rivera,
the unofficial spokesman for
residents, expressed thanks to
supervisors and Pasonick.
Pipech reported officials
of Aqua Pennsylvania have
agreed to pave the section of
Aspen Drive in Laurel Lakes
where the firm had been
installing new water lines.
Pipech said the company has
agreed to mill the roadway
and pave the road from berm
to berm. Residents had complained about the condition
in which the road was left by
the utility’s contractor. Pipech
and Pasonick met with water
company officials at the development to inspect the project.
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Educational programs offered at Nescopeck State Park in August
The following programs will
be offered at Nescopeck State
Park in August 2016. For programs that require registration,
please register by calling 570403-2006 or use our online
events calendar at: http://
events.dcnr.pa.gov/
Saturday, August 13
Star Party; 8 p.m.
Free. Registration required.
Le a r n a b o u t t h e s ta rs
through an informative indoor
presentation and then, weather permitting, you’ll venture
outside and check out the
stars through telescopes. The
indoor portion will take place
regardless of weather. Meet at
the park office.
Tuesday, August 16
Hiking Series #5: Pine Hill
Trail Loop; 9 a.m.
Free.
Join in for a 6 mile hike on
the Pine Hill Trail at Hickory
Run State Park. Wear sturdy
shoes and bring water and a
snack for this hike. Registration is not required, but any
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Meet at the Hickory Run State
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Friday, August 19
Golden Day Out; 10 a.m.-2
p.m.
$10 per person. Registration required. This event is for
seniors only.
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looking to spend more time
outdoors with folks your own
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designed just for you! You’ll
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hike, have some lunch (provided), and round out the day
with a Level One: Introductory kayak experience on 9
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should wear sturdy shoes and
long pants for the morning
hike, and bring shorts (no blue
jeans!) and shoes that can get
wet to change into for the
afternoon kayak session. Participants should be in good
health and able to hike 2 miles
over moderate terrain without
difficulty. The fee is payable
the day of the event, please
bring exact change.
Tuesday, August 23
Volunteer Workday; 5:307:30 p.m.
Registration required so they
can plan projects and equipment accordingly.
They can always use an extra
hand or two ... join them for
a volunteer workday as they
tackle a variety of projects such
as landscaping, litter clean up,
or trail work. Parents/scout
leaders: please have ages and
number of children when you
call to register as it helps them
plan appropriate projects for
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them. Volunteers should dress
in sturdy shoes or boots and
wear long pants. Meet at the
park office.
If you need an accommodation to participate in park
activities due to a disability, please contact the park or
make inquiries through the
Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at 1-888-537-7294 (TTY).
Bureau of State Parks Staff will
gladly discuss how to accommodate your needs. With at
least three days notice, interpreters for people who are deaf
or hard of hearing are available
for educational programs.
For more information on
any of Pennsylvania’s 121 state
parks visit DCNR website at
www.dcnr.state.pa.us (choose
Find a Park) or call toll-free
888-PA-PARKS.
Chair exercise
classes set for
seniors
According to Linda Banos,
Lehigh Valley Health Network
(LVHN) physical therapist,
regular exercise and physical
activity is important for everyone, including older adults. In
some cases, regular exercise
is important for many chronic
conditions such as arthritis,
diabetes and heart disease.
Exercise can help maintain
and improve your strength,
improve your ability to do
household chores and improve
your balance. .
From 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. every
Tuesday thereafter, Banos will
conduct a chair exercise class
at the LVHN Health Center at
Mountain Top, 237 Mountain
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All aboard!! Rotary’s train ride to Jim Thorpe
The historic Borough of Jim
Thorpe is a tourist attraction
known worldwide. Each year,
tens of thousands of visitors
travel to the Pocono Mountain town to explore the Asa
Packer mansion, tour the Old
Jail Museum with its famous
“handprint on the wall,” photograph, the beautiful Gothic
style St. Mark’s and St. John’s
Episcopal Church, or visit the
many shops and restaurants.
While Jim Thorpe is known
for its railroad history, traveling
to the quaint Carbon County
town via rail is something very
few people get to experience.
This month, however, the
Rotary Club of Mountain Top
will offer visitors that unique
opportunity. The Rotary Club,
in cooperation with the Lehigh
Scenic Gorge Railway, is sponsoring a steam engine excursion from the Penobscot Yards
in Mountain Top to Jim Thorpe.
The trip will feature the Reading and Northern Railroad’s
historic steam locomotive No.
425.
The trip will be held Saturday, July 23. Seating will
begin at 8:30 a.m. and the train
will depart for Jim Thorpe at
9:30, arriving at approximately
Members of the Rotary Club of Mountain Top and representatives from the Reading & Northern Railroad get together to
make the final arrangements for the upcoming 2016 Steam Train
Excursion. From left are Jerry Feissner, Representative, Reading
& Northern Railroad; Eileen Kacmarski, member, Rotary Club
of Mountain Top; Toni Fritz, Treasurer, Rotary Club of Mountain
Top; Michelle Reilly, President, Rotary Club of Mountain Top and
Matt Fisher, Representatve, Reading & Northern Railroad.
11:30. Along the way, the train
will pass through the White
Haven and Rockport tunnels
and across four bridges over
the scenic Lehigh River. A narrator will be on board to provide passengers with information on the towns the train
passes through and the history
of the steam locomotive. The
locomotive will have a tender
that holds 18 tons of coal used
to fire the steam boiler. The
train crew will consist of 15
members including three persons in the steam locomotive
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The train will depart Jim
Thorpe at 4 p.m. and arrive at
Mountain Top at approximately 5:45 p.m. The round trip is
The trip will feature the Reading and Northern Railroad’s historic steam locomotive No. 425.
approximately 100 miles.
The Presenting Sponsor for
the trip is DBI, train car sponsors are Orloski’s Car Wash,
Century 21 Smith Hourigan
Group, Benchmark Mortgage,
Cavanaughs Grill and Mountaintop Chiropractic.
Ro ta r y C l u b p re s i d e n t
Michelle Reilly pointed out the
club sponsored a similar trip
in 2014 and that was a sellout.
“It’s a very popular event,” she
said. Matt Fisher of the Lehigh
Gorge Scenic Railway noted
the excursion will be the only
steam locomotive powered trip
from Wyoming Valley to Jim
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Fisher noted the No. 425
locomotive holds a special
place in railroad lore. When
the No. 425 is out, he related, people will come from all
across the country, even overseas, to see it and photograph.
Two years ago, rail fans lined
the route trying to get that
“perfect picture” of the 425.
The steam locomotive that
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will pull the passenger cars
is owned by the Reading Blue
Mountain and Northern Railroad, a sister company of the
Lehigh Scenic Gorge Railway.
Built in 1928 by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works of Philadelphia for the Gulf, Mobile and
Northern Railroad, Engine No.
425 is a type 4-6-2 “light Pacific” steam locomotive. The 425
has been used to pull special
excursions out of Jim Thorpe
on the Lehigh Gorge Scenic
Railway.
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The Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway operates 1 hour rides from
Jim Thorpe to Lehigh Gorge
State Park on weekends, Memorial Day through the weekend
before Christmas. It also operates special excursions such as
the fall foliage trips.
T h e Ro ta r y h a s m a d e
arrangements for riders to park
their vehicles at the Mountain
Top Hose Company No. 1 on
the morning of the trip. Buses
will begin shuttling passengers
to the train yard beginning at
7:30 a.m. Parking will not be
permitted at Penobscot Yards.
Cost is $70 per person and
tickets must be purchased in
advance. The train will run rain
or shine. Tickets can be purchased on line at www.Rotarytrainride.com; at the Triangle
Pharmacy in Mountain Top; or
by sending a check to Rotary
Club of Mountain Top, P.O. Box
244, Mountain Top, PA 18707.
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Drums resident earns
bachelors degree
from Florida Tech
LCCC Honors List
Luzerne County Community
College announces the following Mountain Top (unless otherwise noted) students have
earned recognition for outstanding academic achievement during the spring 2016
semester.
To qualify for the President’s
List, a student must earn a 4.0
cumulative grade point average. Students who attain a
grade point average between
3.5 and 3.99 are included on
the Dean’s List, and those with
an average between 3.25 and
3.49 are included on the Honors List.
Dean’s List: Austin Abild,
Hannah Ackers, White Haven;
Michael Avilla, White Haven;
Bailey Bowman, Patrick
Brennan, Erin Brynok, White
Haven; Sarah Burleson, Noel
Clark, White Haven; Olivia
Conklin, Wapwallopen; Callie Demko, Thomas Detweiler,
McKenzie Dias, White Haven;
Derek Distasio, Raegan Distasio, James Dotzel, Wapwallopen; Brinley Dougalas, Brian
Ferguson, Durga Follmer, Wapwallopen; Brandon Gavin, Allison Geroski, Antonio Grottola,
White Haven; David Havard,
John Hawley, Nathin Holt, Robert Hopkins, Cara Jarmiolowski, Keilly Johnson, Coltin Judge,
Joshua Kaminski, Jennifer Katulka, Sjon Kilbourn, Christian
Kintz, Erin Kline, Jeffrey Kloeker, Jason Klusewitz, Kendell
Kocher, Melissa Kramer, White
Haven; Kimberlee Ladner,
Amy Loveless, Bradley Mailloux, White Haven; Rosemary
Martin, Nathan Mehalick, John
Merrifield, Joanne Monfiletto,
Gavin Morgans, Jacob Niewinski, Irene O’Dell, John Oplinger,
Wapwallopen; Rebecca Ortiz,
April Panas, Tyler Papura, Les-
lie Parker, Yesha Patel, Joan
Pavlick, Taryn Pecile, Grace
Penney, Jacob Peters, George
Peterson, Joseph Petro, Isabella
Possinger, White Haven; Candice Purnell, Daniella Ramirez,
White Haven; Jacob Rebarchak, Lidia Regep, Kyle Sandroski, Brianna Scutt, William
Sechrist, Connor Sheloski,
Robert Shovlin, Joshua Siecko,
White Haven; Taylore Smigelski, Daisy Sosa, Wapwallopen;
Samantha Stasko, Nicholas
Switzer, Wapwallopen; Brianna Tenebruso, Wapwallopen;
Laura Thonus, Abigale Walton,
Jennifer Wells, Tyler Zasada,
and Andrew Zedolik.
Honors List: Adina Andras,
White Haven; Lauren Bunchalk,
Ryan Carter, White Haven; Skyler Davis, Dewayne Dominguez, Wapwallopen; Madison
Emanski, Harrison Espiritu,
; Sarah Estok, Breann Fetterman, Christa Filbert, Jacob Gallagher, Madisen Gavin, Kerstin
Green, Wapwallopen; Shannon
Gulyas, Sydney Kellar, Andrew
Kostin, Holly Lloyd, White
Haven; Abigail Macko, Alexander Makowski, Wapwallopen;
Morgan Melovitz, Amber Miller,
Wapwallopen; Rachel Morgan,
Thomas Muccio, Julie Murphy,
Stacey Paisley, Wapwallopen;
Nicholas Paolucci, Jay Patel,
Kishan Patel, Charity Punko,
Wapwallopen; Chase Riccio,
Brandon Rinehimer, Wapwallopen; Stacey Rodrigues, Tyler
Scott, Wapwallopen; Alexandra Shreckengast, Wapwallopen; Gabriella Slucki, Joshua
Sterling, and Jennifer Trimmer,
White Haven.
President’s List: Lisa Black-
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Worship Together ...
CHRIST UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10:45 a.m.
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.
JP Bohanan, Pastor
175 S. Main Road, Mountain Top
570-474-6060
Rev. JP Bohanan invites you
to join worship on the Lord’s
Day. Children are always welcome in worship; those in kindergarten and younger may
visit the nursery during the
Sunday School hour and the
10:45 worship service. The
contemporary worship service “Open Table” takes place
Sunday at 7 p.m. This includes
contemporary worship music,
anchor hymns, and new liturgical music, with Holy Communion celebrated weekly.
Holy Communion is served
the first Sunday of every
month. Please bring a nonperishable food item which
benefits Mountain Top Community Food Bank.
Youth Group takes place
from 5-7 p.m. Choir practices
on Thursday evening. They
have Adult, Children, Youth,
and Bell choirs.
any of the worship services or
programs, contact the church
office, or visit their website.
Church email: [email protected]. Pastor’s
email: [email protected]
Web: Christonthemountaintop.blogspot.com.
CONYNGHAM
UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
Services: Sunday 10:30 a.m.
Lay Pastor, Cheryl Trent
411 Main Street, Conyngham
570-788-3960
Prayer Circle meets on the
first and third Wednesday at 4
p.m. in the church library.
Brothers in Christ meet every
Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, contact conynghamumcty@ptd.
net, call 570-788-3960, or visit
www.conynghamumc.org.
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Sunday School: 10 a.m.
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The 2016 Vacation Bible School class at CUMC.
Children discover Jesus in the Deep Sea
Christ United Methodist Church in Mountain Top held its
annual Vacation Bible School on Monday, June 27 through
Friday, July 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. This year’s theme was “Deep
Sea Discovery” where the children discovered that Jesus is
always there for them and in all that they see around us. All
children from potty trained age through sixth grade were
invited to participate. On Friday night the children held a little
skit for all family and friends.
Thomas Miller, Pastor
570-678-7231
The nursery opens at 10:45
a.m. and is available throughout the Sunday message.
Cornerstone Food Pantry
is available for anyone in the
community who is in need.
At left: Chelsey Miller sings and dances to a song everyone is
practicing.
Pickups are available Sundays
after the service, around 11:45
a.m. and by appointment.
They have canned goods and
non-perishable items, and
baked goods from area markets.
Adult Bible Study is on
Wednesday evenings at 7 p.m.
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The first Wednesday of each
month they have a fellowship
meal and the last Wednesday
of the month they have personal ministry.
The church’s website is www.
cornerstonechristianfellowship.
org. The church is handicap
accessible. For further information contact Pastor Miller.
EMMANUEL UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Wednesday 6:30 p.m.
Craig Stout, Interim Pastor
7768 Blue Ridge Trail, Dorrance
570-868-5675
See Worship, page 28
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Emmanuel UCC annual golf
tournament will be held on
August 13. Grab your clubs!
They’re heading out to the
Sand Springs Country Club
in Drums. This is a 4 player
scramble, Captain and Crew,
with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
There will be hot dogs at the
turn for lunch and an Italian buffet dinner with raffle,
awards and prizes after the
tournament. The cost to play
is $75 per person, $300 per
team. Non-players can enjoy a
day on the course for $30 and
accompany the golfers to the
dinner and awards banquet.
August 6 is the deadline to
register (golfer or non-golfer),
or until the field is full. To
register or for more information, please see Donnie Myers
(570-371-2037) or Nelson Horwath (570-868-3013), or call
the church office at 868-5675.
During the summer months,
the choirs at Emmanuel take
a break. They then look to
members of the church who
are willing to provide musical
ministry for worship services.
Anyone wishing to perform
special music is asked to see
Denise Dean and she will add
you to the summer schedule.
The church’s newsletter,
The Messenger, is available at
emmanuel-ucc.org, along with
other information about them.
If recycling aluminum cans
for the church, place the cans
in large bags and drop them off
in the large crates at the back
of the lower parking lot.
If you are in need of pastoral
care, call the church office.
E-mail access is emmanuel_
[email protected] and their
website is emmanuel-ucc.org.
The Wapwallopen Ministerium Food Bank is housed at
Emmanuel UCC and is open by
appointment only. All contacts
are kept strictly confidential.
Call them a day in advance.
FAITH UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Sunday School: 9:45
Mark Dodson, Pastor
1448 Slocum Road, Mountain Top
570-868-5640 or 570-954-1547
Pastor Mark Dodson and the
Faith congregation invite all to
join worship service and enjoy
the fellowship. Holy Communion is offered the first Sunday
of the month.
Sunday School is held from
9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. for children ages 4 through 14.
Pastor Mark contact information: 570-868-5640 or 570954-1547; email: mdodson@
susumc.org.
GOOD SHEPHERD
CHURCH
Services: Saturday: 4 p.m.
Sunday: 8 & 10 a.m.
Father Connell McHugh, Pastor
Route 309, Drums
The Hospitality Committee
will meet Sunday, July 17, at
9 a.m. in the St. Joseph Room.
Anyone who is interested in
joining the committee is welcome to attend the meeting.
Rosary is prayed on the first
Saturday of the month until
October.
Bingo at Good Shepherd
Church Hall is held every Tuesday evening. Doors open at 5
p.m.; games start at 6 p.m.
There will not be a meeting in July of the Women of
Good Shepherd. They will be
busy assisting the church festival. The next meeting will
be Monday, August 8, at 6:30
p.m. Membership is open to
all women of Good Shepherd
Church.
GRACE INDEPENDENT
BAPTIST CHURCH
& 6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 p.m.
Brian Korner, Pastor
Blue Ridge Trail, Slocum Twp.
570-868-6298
Nursery service is provided
as well as Children’s Sunday
School and Jr. Church.
They are an old fashion Bible
believing church still using the
1611 King James Version Bible
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Children plunge into Vacation Bible School
The Presbyterian Church of Mountain Top held its annual
Vacation Bible School on Monday, June 27 through Friday,
July 1. The VBS is coordinated and overseen by Steve and
Jennie Koons. This year the theme was “Polar Plunge” where
the children delved into the Living Waters, which means
Jesus Christ will always flow in those who believe Jesus is our
savior and Lord. Besides Bible study, song, and games there
were great snacks during snack time. The fun program was
held in the fellowship hall.
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and singing old favorite hymns.
The church is located at 1164
Blue Ridge Trail in Slocum
Twp. There is plenty of parking. A fellowship will be held
after the a.m. service and all in
attendance are invited.
HARVEST
CONYNGHAM VALLEY
Jeff Butala, Pastor
475 Main Street, Conyngham
788-1055
Come and enjoy a unique life
changing experience on Sunday. Jesus Christ is their focus,
and His love is apparent.
Harvest Conyngham Valley
is a church of small groups.
Small groups meet in men’s,
women’s, couples; mixed and
young adult small groups during the week, throughout the
greater Hazleton area, and
Frackville.
MOUNTAIN TOP
BAPTIST CHURCH
Services: Sunday 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Daniel Hogan, Interim Pastor
865 Church Rd., Mountain Top
570-868-6863
Mountain Top Baptist Church
is a warm-hearted church with
a great gospel message.
The Men’s Prayer Breakfast
meets the first Saturday of
each month at 7:30 a.m. at the
Christian Education Center.
Wednesday evening services
include Prayer Meeting for all
at 7 p.m. along with Adult Bible
Study and the Kids4Truth program for ages 4 through 6th
grade. See “kids4truth.com”
for more information.
Ladies Bible Study and
Prayer group meets monthly
on a Saturday to enjoy prayer
and lunch with a bible study.
If you are in need of spiritual
counsel, call the church office.
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MOUNTAINTOP
FAMILY CHURCH
Services: Sunday 9 & 10:30 a.m.
Brian Knorr, Pastor
209 S. Mt. Blvd., Mountain Top
570-474-0900
MFC invites families to
church on Sundays during the
contemporary services. Come
a few minutes early for a continental breakfast with coffee,
tea, bagels, and danishes.
KidsTown Children’s Ministries takes place during both
services for children 8 weeks
old through 6th grade. The certified KidsTown staff provides a
safe environment for children
to grow in their relationships
with God and with others.
Summer Adventure Clubs
will be held July 25 to 28
from 6 to 8 p.m. for children
through 6th grade. There will
be Bible lessons, music, games,
dramas, snacks, human videos,
and much more! All children
in our community are welcome, call the church office to
register.
A Preschool Play Group
will meet on Friday, July 28
at 10 a.m. in the KinderTown
Classroom. Play Group meets
the 2nd and 4th Friday of the
month and is for all infant
through preschool age children accompanied by a parent
or caregiver.
Ground Zero is for students
Tiffany Maylath of Sugarloaf shares her food with her son
Logan, 9 months.
Summer festival held at Good Shepherd
Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Drums held its 2016
summer festival on Saturday, July 9 from 1-10 p.m. and Sunday, July 10 from 1-7 p.m. The fun festival had something
for everyone, great homemade food, a bake sale, ice cream,
games and a bounce house for the children, entertainment
nightly and much more.
who have just completed
grades 5-6 and meets every
Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the
UpTown classroom.
A Men’s Bible Study is held
every Wednesday from 6:308:30 p.m. in the sanctuary.
All men are invited to attend.
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Small work projects around
the church may be done for a
portion of time.
Contact the Mountaintop
Family Church office or email
[email protected] for
information.
MOUNTAINVIEW
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Service: Sunday 10 a.m.
Brook Selby, Pastor
5126 N. Lehigh Gorge Dr.,
White Haven
570-443-9438
Please join them for worship
on Sundays, when they celebrate the gift and responsibility
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of sharing the life-giving love
of Jesus Christ with each other
and the world. They offer a
blended worship service with
contemporary worship songs
and hymns. They have children’s and youth programs on
Sunday mornings and Thursday evenings, and various
adult small groups throughout
the week.
Awana Clubs (ages 3 years
to 6th grade) meets Thursday
nights at 6 p.m. Youth Group
(7th-12th grade) meets on
Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.
They will be having their 2nd
annual soccer and percussion
camp, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Monday through Friday, the week
of August 15. Also, the White
Haven Ministerium Children’s
VBS will be held evenings,
starting Sunday, July 24-28 at
St. Pat’s in White Haven.
Community offerings held
at Mountainview, such as
AA, Weight Watchers, weekly exercise class, and community lunch programs are
announced on their website.
Find them on Facebook
under “Mountainview Community Church” or view their
website: www.mcfmc.org for
updated information.
Mountainview is located
about 1 mile from the Rt. 437
intersection in White Haven.
MT. ZION UNITED
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Services: Sunday 9 A.M.
Pastors: Bob Thomas and
Rev. Fran Fink
Lily Lake Road, Slocum
Mt. Zion UCC invites you to
come and worship in a real
country church. Built in 1891,
there still is no running water
and an outhouse is used for
restroom facilities.
On Sunday, July 17, Pastor
Paul Brace will lead the worship service.
Everyone is invited to join
them at Moyer’s Grove at 12
p.m. for the annual picnic.
They will eating at 1 p.m. and
are asking everyone to bring a
covered dish, dessert, or other
goodie to share with everyone.
The Friendship Club will be
having their Chinese Auction
and are looking for new or
nice items for the event. They
are looking forward to a fun
afternoon of great food and
fellowship.
Vacation Bible Camp will be
held on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday, July 19, 20, 21
from 10 a.m. to noon with
lunch provided every day. All
youth, friends, and young at
heart are invited to join them.
The theme this year is Samson’s Sin: Binds, Blinds, and
Grinds and will be led by Karen
Alderfer.
Pastor Bob Thomas will lead
the morning worship service
on Sunday, July 24. In the evening they will be hosting the
Old River Church service. Rev.
Fran Fink will lead this service
at 6 p.m. Everyone is invited
to join them for worship in
this old historic church. Following the service, there will
be a time of refreshments and
fellowship.
For more information about
church services and activities
call Diane Webster at 379-3713.
NEW LIFE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10:30
Sunday School: 9:30 am.
Dave Elick, Pastor
570 S. Main Road, Mountain Top
570-868-5155
New Life Community
Dinner and Christian music make an
enjoyable evening out at New Life Church
Dawn Klick from Drums was invited by friends to come out
for a great dinner and music.
New Life Community Church hosted another coffee house
at the Truth Café on Friday, July 8 beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The very talented local artists, Joseph Acor and Justin Robbins entertained everyone during dinner with their beautiful
Christian songs. A $3 donation included a delicious dinner
of homemade sausage and peppers, a pasta salad and entertainment. As always, everyone is welcome to partake in the
Truth Café.
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Church, invites you to come
and worship the way it used
to be. Pastor Dave Elick invites
you to join him and get back to
the Bible.
Mark your calendars now
for the annual church picnic
at Moyers Grove Campgrounds
on Sunday, August 7 starting at
10 a.m. with a worship service,
followed by a cook-out with
hamburgs/hot dogs provided.
Please bring your favorite
picnic food to share. Games
and free swimming in the inground pool all afternoon.
Everyone is welcome!
The next mission outreach at
the Keystone Rescue Mission,
Parkview Circle (just off Coal
St.) is Friday, July 15 from 5-7
p.m. Consider joining them
in reaching out with the love
of Jesus as they provide dinner once a month. For more
information call Sandy at 570474-9805.
NUANGOLA
UNION CHAPEL
Vandermark Avenue, Nuangola
The Nuangola Union Chapel,
Vandermark Avenue, Nuangola
has begun summer worship
services. Dr. Leslie Mullen will
be a guest on July 17 followed
by Mrs. Susan Athow on July
24 and Mr. Bruce Williams on
July 31.
Come join them and hear the
interesting speakers and beautiful music. For further information, please call 868-6096.
OLD RIVER CHURCH
Wapwallopen
Vesper services at the Old
River Church, outside the Village of Wapwallopen, are again
scheduled this summer at 6
p.m.
These services are a peek
into the way our forefathers
worshiped our Lord. The Ministerium invites everyone in
the community to come and
experience these unique and
inspiring services.
The schedule of hosting
churches is July 17: St. Peter’s
UCC; July 24: Mt. Zion UCC;
July 31: St. James Lutheran;
August 7: New Hope United
Methodist; August 14: St.
Mark’s Lutheran; August 21: St.
John’s UCC; August 28: Cemetery Association.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF MOUNTAIN TOP
James H. Shanley, Pastor
9 Chestnut Street, Mountain Top
570-474-9951
Rev. James Shanley leads the
congregation in the worship
service and children’s talk each
Sunday.
Women’s Bible study is the
first Monday of the month at 7
p.m. Senior choir meets every
Thursday at 7 p.m. Bible study
led by the Pastor meets every
other Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Youth group is held every other
Sunday in Fellowship Hall.
The church office is open
Tuesday through Friday 9 a.m.
to 2 p.m. The phone number
is 570-474-9951. Email: [email protected].
Check out their website at
pbychmt.org.
STAIRVILLE UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor: Mark Dodson
Stairville Road, Mountain Top
570-868-5640
Pastor Mark and the congregation invite you to worship
with them this Sunday. Pastor
Mark always has a talk for the
children and the choir sings
every Sunday. Communion is
celebrated every first Sunday of
the month.
On the 17th of this month
they will hold services at the
Slocum Park as they worship
together once again as a Charge
and Slocum UMC is the host for
the morning. Be sure to bring
a covered dish to share and a
place setting enough for your
family. Check with Pastor Mark
for the correct worship time.
The New Hope Charge will be
hosting the worship service at
the Old River Church on August
7 at 6 p.m. The choir is asking
that anyone interested in singing that night please call Jean at
868-8346 or just come to practice on Tuesday night at 6:30 at
the Stairville church. Everyone
is welcome to join in.
Sunday School is closed for
the summer but in the fall it will
be back. There is some interest
in the children’s classes being
held at the same time as church
services. If you are interested,
please get in touch with Janet
or Chris, they are looking for
suggestions.
The church will hold its annual Amish chicken BBQ on July
23 from 1-5 p.m. That’s when
their friend Elam comes and
cooks in their back yard. Beside
that tasty chicken they offer
an open salad bar, corn on the
cob, baked beans, dessert and
an outdoor food stand with hot
sandwiches and Jean’s famous
waffles and ice cream. Dinners
are $10. There will be live music
with the Mud Pond Boys.
The choir practices every
Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. and all
new voices are welcome. Their
motto is Make A Joyful Noise.”
They will be looking for extra
voices to come and practice for
the “Old River Service” August 7
at 6 p.m. Anyone interested can
call Jean at 868-8346.
The planning group, the
J.O.Y. Circle meets every second Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
fellowship hall, new members
are always welcome. They plan
future events for the church.
The next big event will be the
annual Amish chicken BBQ.
Their Amish friend Elam will
come and do all the chicken
in the back yard, along with
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an open salad bar, sweet corn,
baked beans and dessert. There
will be live music too. Mark your
calendars early for July 23.
If you are in need of pastoral
care call Pastor Mark at 570868-5640 or 570-954-1547 or
email at [email protected].
ST. JAMES
EVANGELICAL
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services: 9 a.m.
Oliver Brown, Pastor
827 E. County Road, Wapwallopen
570-379-3878
Pastor Brown will be conducting another Messy Church
Event on July 19 at 6 p.m. in
the pavilion. Last year’s event
was a success with about 35
people attending.
The Youth Group is planning
another trip to Gettysburg on
November 18-20. It is a special
weekend with lots going on.
They will be staying at Christ
Church, site of the only clergy
to be killed in the Civil War.
The youth will attend events
of the weekend which will
include a reenactment of the
Gettysburg Address by Lincoln,
a Naturalization Ceremony
for people who are becoming
citizens of the United States,
and a parade. They will also
take part in lighting luminaries which will mark the walk
to the cemetery where Lincoln
gave the Gettysburg Address.
They will spend the night in
Christ Church and on Sunday
morning they will attend a
worship service there where
Pastor Brown will assist with
the service. They are holding
fund raisers to make money
to pay for the trip. They will
be having an apple dumpling
sale from October 1-16 with
delivery for the dumplings on
or about October 30.
Scout Troop 300 will be
sponsoring a motorcycle run
on August 6 from 10 a.m. to
noon, with registration and
start at St. James Church. Cost
is $20 per bike plus $5 for
each extra rider. T-shirts will
be available for first 30 registered. They will also be serving
breakfast from 8 a.m. till noon
for the bikers and the public
and will be $6 for adults, $4 for
5-10 years and $3 for under 5.
Scout Troop 300 will be
holding a pig roast and square
dance on September 10 at the
church. Tickets are available
from Gay Maron or from any
scout. For more information
on any of these events, contact
Gay Maron at 570-379-3991.
A benefit for Charlotte Farver, who has been dealing with
cancer for over a year, will be
held on August 31. The benefit
will be in the form of bingo
games with basket chances
and food and fun. Watch bulletins and future newsletters for
the time and place and more
details.
ST. JUDE
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Services: Saturday 4 p.m.
Sunday: 7:30, 9, 10:30 & noon
Father Joseph J. Evanko, Pastor
570-474-6315
The parish picnic this year
is August 12, 13 and 14. As
always, they will be looking
for parishioners to participate
by volunteering time at the
picnic and offering donations
of theme baskets and baked
goods. You can win various
types of wine and levels of
spirits. To maximize the fund-
raising potential for this booth,
they need your help! They ask
you to donate bottles of wine
and/or bottles of fine spirits.
You can drop them off at the
parish office.
Grove clean up: Sunday,
August 6 beginning at 1 p.m.
They are looking for people
to help with light clean up in
order to get ready for the picnic. Bring your work gloves,
rakes, leaf blowers, brooms,
rags and any cleaning supplies.
WYD Stateside is an outdoor,
overnight experience for high
school youth and young adults
from the dioceses of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, the
Archdiocese of Baltimore, and
our neighboring and regional
(arch) dioceses.
The celebration will take
place in Lancaster on July 30
and 31. This pilgrimage will
offer a series of events such
as a pilgrimage walk, Stations
of the Cross, opportunities
for confession and adoration,
Mass, concerts, speakers, an
outdoor overnight candlelit
vigil. The cost for the pilgrimage is $200 and includes all
meals and bus transportation
to Lancaster. The overnight
vigil will be held at Clipper
Magazine Baseball stadium
and Lancaster Catholic High
School Stadium. This entire
event is outdoors.
Registration forms can be
found at www.stjc.org and
click on youth ministry. Form
and events and a $100 nonrefundable deposit must be
handed in by June 29. They
will fund raise and then the
balance after fundraising will
be due July 14.
The first Sunday of each
month is Food Bank Day and
you are asked to bring nonperishable food for the food
Mt. Zion UCC presents scholarship
Recipient of the Whitey Webster Memorial Scholarship
from Mt. Zion UCC Church, Levi Conklin holds the plaque on
which his name will be engraved. Diane Webster, President
of the Mt. Zion Consistory presented him with the award.
The scholarship is in honor of Diane’s father.
bank. Please drop off the items
in the annex part of the church.
ST. MARK’S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services: Sunday at 11:15 a.m.
Rev. Debra North, Pastor
285 Pond Hill Mt. Road,
Wapwallopen
570-735-1760
Are you looking for a relaxed
but traditional family church
service? Pastor Debby and
the congregation of St. Mark’s
invite everyone to join them as
they share God’s Word and celebrate Holy Communion every
Sunday. Children are welcome
and will be invited to share in
a weekly Children’s Message
from Pastor Debby.
Sunday School class for ages
4 and up is held at 12:15 following the service.
They are the small country
church with a big Christian
heart!
Like them on Facebook, “St.
Mark’s Lutheran Church, Pond
Hill PA”, to see pictures and
announcements.
ST. MARTIN-IN-THEFIELD EPISCOPAL
CHURCH
Rev. Daniel FitzSimmons, Rector
570-868-5358
The Book Nook is going to
be open on the fourth Wednesday from 5-8 p.m. in addition
to the second Saturday of the
month. They are thinking of
adding a little perusing spot
for your convenience. Inventory has increased substantially in the last few months.
They are diligently working on
alphabetizing the categories to
make it easier for customers.
Helping others in need is
part of St. Martin in the Fields
outreach program. This month
they are collecting canned vegetables for the food bank at St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church. Your
items can be dropped off at the
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church on Sunday morning or
at Barry’s Floral Shop, 176 S.
Mountain Blvd.
The Common Room, located
in the back of the church is
available for use by not-forprofit groups. They have a
40” monitor with either VGA
or HDMI input, guest wireless
access for up to 10 users at a
time, and a bluetooth enabled
stereo allowing you to play
music from your phone or
other wireless device. There
is on site parking, seating for
up to 75 people, has a handicap accessible entrance. For
more information contact Don
Herres at 570-560-0015.
ST. MARY’S OF
DORRANCE
Services: Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 9 a.m.
Father Jeff Tudgay, Pastor
3529 St. Mary’s Road, Dorrance
570-868-5855
Religious Education: Registration forms can be found
in the file holder in the vestibule of the church. Classes
for children in kindergarten
through sixth grade are held
at Saint Mary’s. Seventh and
eighth grade classes are held at
Saint Jude. Catechists and aides
are needed at Saint Mary’s for
the 2016-2017 school year.
Please call Mrs. Heller if you
can donate your time to teach
young Catholics or for more
information.
Altar & Rosary meeting will
be on July 18 at 7 p.m. They
will have a summer picnic
before the meeting. If you plan
to attend please call Pat at 3793107.
The church has quite a few
walker, wheel chairs, crutches, potty chairs, and shower
chairs. All items are available
to parishioners, their family
and friends. Items do not have
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parish office to make arrangements to pick up needed items.
Mission Trip to Reading, PA
July 17-23. A few people have
asked about donations for our
mission trip. This year the
Y-camp that is housing us will
provide all our meals. The
items we would use would be
snacks and dry drink mixes
for the evening, cases of water,
and monetary donations for
gas and/or other miscellaneous
expenses.
Office hours are Monday and
Wednesday 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.;
Tuesday and Thursday 9 a.m.-1
p.m.; Friday, Saturday and Sunday closed or by appointment.
In case of emergency call 570474-6315 and follow prompts
for emergency.
ST. PATRICK’S
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Services: Saturday 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: 8:30 & 11 a.m.
Rev. Michael F. Kloton, Pastor
521 Northumberland Street,
White Haven
570-443-9944
There is a box in the church
vestibule for the donation of
your old cell phones to raise
funds for the charitable work
of a religious congregation.
The Food Pantry’s on-going
needs are pancake mix and
syrup, crackers, cereal, juice
and jello.
If you would like information about joining the Knight
of Columbus, please call Jim
Curto at 570-443-8494.
Al-Anon meets on Tuesdays
7-8 p.m. and Thursdays noon1 p.m. at the White Haven Presbyterian Church. For more
information call 443-7293.
AA meets on Saturday night at
7 p.m. in the Parish Center for a
speaker/discussion meeting.
Attention Eucharistic Ministers and Lectors: If you are
unable to serve, please arrange
for someone to take your place.
Folk Group Choir practices each Monday at 6 p.m. All
adults and children, 3rd grade
and older are welcome. Questions call Linda at 443-7002.
Bible Study is on Tuesday at
5:45 p.m. in the Parish Center.
Weekly Rosary is Wednesday
at 6 p.m. in church and, on
the first Wednesday of each
month, adoration and benediction.
ST. PAUL’S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Services: Sunday 8:30 & 10 a.m.
Rev. Michelle Kaufman, Pastor
570-474-6616
The congregation of St.
Paul’s Lutheran Church of
Mountain Top encourages you
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570-474-6541
to join them for worship this
week. The following is a brief
summary of upcoming worship and service opportunities.
VISION is coming August 22
to 28. The church realizes in
the summer it is difficult for
member to come and make
and serve a meal. This time
they would like to open the
opportunity for members to
donate money to help feed
these men on nights that no
one has signed up for meals.
Any questions, please contact
Gaylene, 751-6144. Sign-up
sheet is located on the bulletin
board.
Every Wednesday, Friday
and Sunday at 7 p.m. AA meetings are held, at 6:15 p.m. on
Wednesdays Weight Watchers
meetings are in session. Every
Thursday evening NA meets at 6
p.m. Stress & Anxiety Management: Every 2nd Tuesday of the
month at 6:30 p.m.
The first Sunday of each
month is Food Bank Day. The
Mountain Top Food Bank is
open on Fridays from 9:30
a.m. until 12 p.m.
The church office is open
Monday to Friday, from 8:30
a.m. to 12 p.m.
ST. PAUL’S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Lynn Rothrock, Pastor
418 Berwick St., White Haven
570-443-9424
Holy Communion is celebrated every Sunday at 9:15.
Sunday School follows at 10:30
for ages 3 to adult. All are welcome.
Activities at St. Paul’s include:
“Next Generation Faith” Youth
Group for those in grade 4
through 12 the first and third
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Sunday evenings at 6 p.m.
Quilters on Monday at 9:30,
Adult Bible Study on Tuesday
at 7 p.m., community lunch is
served each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:30 a.m. in
the Parish House.
ST. PAUL’S UNITED
METHODIST CHURCH
Services: Sunday, 10:45 a.m.
Debra Hebden, Pastor
335 W. Butler Drive, Drums
788-3051
Pastor Debra and the congregation of St. Paul’s invite you
to worship each Sunday. Holy
Communion is offered on the
first Sunday of the month.
St. Paul’s will hold its annual drive-thru chicken barb-que on Saturday, July 16,
from 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. (or
until the dinners are sold out).
The menu includes ½ chicken,
baked beans, cole slaw, macaroni salad, apple sauce, and a
roll. The cost is $10 per dinner.
Following the worship service, members and visitors
enjoy fellowship time. Ongoing ministries include the
weekly prayer shawl ministry,
which meets Tuesdays at 7
p.m. at the church; participation in an outreach effort to
the Latino community, focusing on ESL classes at Diamond
UMC; and support of the Valley
Interfaith Council and the Valley Food Pantry.
For more information, check
www.stpaulsdrums.com or e-mail
[email protected].
VALLEY COMMUNITY
CHURCH
Life Groups: Thursday 7 p.m.
Al Di Salvatore, Pastor
530 W. Butler Dr., Drums
570-578-3252
The congregation meets
every Sunday at 10 a.m. at 52
Mill Mountain Road in Drums.
Find hope in the Valley. Jesus
set the example of love and
compassion offering everyone a second chance. At VCC
you can expect: Hospitality: A
welcoming casual atmosphere
with warm smiles and warm
coffee. Originality: A place
where you can belong and be
yourself. Passion: For people to
know God’s love thru dynamic worship, inspiring teaching
and an awesome kid’s ministry.
Encouraged: is what they hope
you feel when you experience
VCC. For information check
www.valleychurchonline.
WHITE HAVEN
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
305 Berwick St., White Haven
570-443-7293
Al-Anon meets Tuesdays
from 7-8 p.m.
Fireflies Youth Group meets
Fridays at 6 p.m. Open to all
area youth aged 10-18 years.
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Services: Sunday 9 & 11 a.m.
Sarah Jane Fernsler, Pastor
900 Buffalo St., White Haven
443-7153
Sunday school is open to
children ages 3-9 and the
youth group is for ages 10-18.
Both meet every Sunday at
10:15 a.m. in the church hall.
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Worship
Together ...
day of every month at 11 a.m.
Holy Communion is served
the first Sunday of each month
when they collect non perishable food to benefit the White
Haven Food Pantry.
The adult Bible study meets
every Tuesday from 10-11 a.m.
The church volunteers at
the White Haven Food Pantry,
helping with the Community
Lunch program.
If you are in need of pastoral care, call Pastor Sarah at
570-443-7153 or email [email protected].
Everyone is welcome.
On May 18, Crestwood High
School biology and chemistry
students heard firsthand what it
takes to have a career in healthcare. The students assembled
to hear presentations from a
medical student and staff and
faculty of The Commonwealth
Medical College (TCMC).
Michael Ferraro, M.D., associate dean for TCMC’s South
Regional Campus and Michelle
Schmude, Ed.D., associate dean
for admissions, enrollment
management and financial aid,
discussed the academic rigor of
the healthcare education pipeline.
Crestwood High alumnus,
Bhumi Patel, now a third year
student at TCMC, talked about
health and science careers
ranging from LPN to pharmacy
to medical doctor and shared
her personal experiences as a
Seen from left are Mr. Mark Modrovsky, biology teacher at Crestwood High School; Ms.
Desiree Hoyt, chemistry teacher; Ian Beach,
medical student.
The attendees, in grades
10 through 12, were students
of Mark Modrovsky, biology
teacher and Desiree Hoyt, who
teaches chemistry. Both teach-
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Evergreen Raceway releases upcoming schedule changes
Due to the number of divisions that have been run during the hot summer months,
the staff at Evergreen Raceway
has decided to trim back on the
number of divisions.
“Honestly, when we put the
schedule together during the
winter we were worried more
about getting the schedule out
quickly and didn’t consider
how hot the middle of summer could be for the fans and
racers.”, noted speedway promoter, Jason Makarewicz.
He continued, “Our plan is
to give a division or two off on
a rotating basis. A long day in
the heat is rough on everyone
and tempers definitely seem
to flare more when drivers are
out battling for wins in it.”
The Pro Stocks and Factory
Stocks will be off on Sunday,
July 17. The Mid Season Championship for Pro Stocks and
Factory Stocks will now take
place during their next regularly scheduled event.
The track has added Enduro
dates for August 7, September
4 and October 2. They will take
place instead of the regular
shows on those dates. The last
Enduro of the season is slated
for Saturday, October 29. Pre
registration for the August 7
Enduro will be available at the
end of this week.
Continuous behind the
scenes track improvements
have been happening and
coming this Sunday, the fans
should begin to feel a little
cooler, as the track crew has
begun covering portions of the
grandstands.
Grandstand admission is
just $8. Children 10 years of
age and younger are admitted
for free with a paying adult. Pit
gates will open at 10:30 a.m.
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Alma DeRojas authors book on family’s heritage and life in Cuba
The following is taken from
Alma DeRojas’ passage on
Amazon.com. It is her story
about the book she wrote.
“For many years, the country
that my family fled in 1961
was simply an island in my
imagination. After years of seeing Cuba only in my dreams,
I finally witnessed the beauty
of the “Pearl of the Antilles.”
Thirty-eight years after my
family left their homeland, I
spent three weeks in Cuba for
a summer study program at
the University of Havana, a trip
which enabled me to appreciate the island’s beauty, and
more importantly, to witness
the realities of the revolution.
Six months later, in January
2000, I attended the inaugural
U.S.-Cuba Writers’ Conference
sponsored by the Writers of
the Americas. In December
2003, while pursuing my master’s degree in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, I
returned to the island to conduct research for my master’s
thesis on the cultural significance of Cuba’s patron saint,
La Virgen de la Caridad.
My grandparents chose to
leave their homeland not only
because they disagreed with
the radical course of Fidel
Castro’s revolution, but also
because they did not want to
raise their five children in a
country where they could not
practice their Catholic faith
freely. Although they lost all of
their possessions when they
left Cuba, they retained their
faith in God. It is this faith,
I believe, that guided them
through the difficulties of exile
and enabled them to achieve
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which today they proudly consider their home.
Through Alma de Cuba, I
seek to ensure that their story
is never forgotten by future
generations of the DeRojas
family. Alma de Cuba can be
the Director of Writing and Editorial Services at Florida International University. The cover
of the book which features the
DeRojas’ wedding picture was
designed by Alma’s brother,
Michael DeRojas.”
Alma de Cuba: Reflections of
a Cuban Soul can be purchased
in paperback at Amazon.com
for $13.95.
The DeRojas’ left all the
material possessions behind in
search of freedom in the U.S.A.
Although they were faced with
tremendous challenges, they
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and arrived here penniless but
with the determination for a
better life for the family.
Dr. Juan DeRojas became
Chief of Surgery for the Veterans Administration Hospital,
Associate Professor of Surgery
for Temple University School
of Medicine, and Member of
the American College of Surgeons.
Mrs. DeRojas was an elementary school teacher at St. Jude’s
School in Mountain Top.
Dr. and Mrs. Juan DeRojas have five children, Elena
Eichorn, Beatriz Waskevich, Juan DeRojas, Maria Eliana Glenn, and Maria Luisa
Moulton. They have 16 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren.
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Fairway Subaru donates butterfly garden habitat to Hazleton Area Education
Foundation for Life Skills Garden Project at Valley Elementary/Middle School
Fairway Subaru presented
a butterfly garden habitat to
the Hazleton Area Education
Foundation for the Life Skills
Garden Project at Valley Elementary/Middle School.
During the Subaru Loves the
Earth initiative in April 2016,
Subaru sponsored the National
Wildlife Federation’s Butterfly
Heroes program. The National
Wildlife Federation’s Butterfly
Heroes program is designed
to help increase monarch butterfly populations through the
planting and building of habitats butterflies need to survive,
while also raising awareness
that 1 out of 3 bites on our
dinner plates is made possible
by pollinators. To support the
efforts, Subaru and local retail-
ers, like Fairway Subaru in
Hazleton, worked to establish
additional butterfly habitats in
local communities across the
country.
Fairway Subaru has donated their butterfly habitat to
the Hazleton Area Education
Foundation to be used in the
Life Skills Garden at Valley Elementary/Middle School. The
Life Skills Garden, made possible through a Bimbo Bakeries Good Neighbor grant, will
be maintained by the fourth
through eighth grade Life Skills
and Autism Support students.
The goal of the Life Skills
Garden Project is to facilitate
engagement in horticulture
based activities paired with
social skills development for
students with intellectual disabilities. .
The Subaru Love Promise is
a pledge by Subaru to do right
by the communities in which
they live and work. This is
Subaru’s promise to continue
making a positive impact in
the world and our local community.
The Hazleton Area Education
King’s student Julia Stopper awarded fulltuition scholarship to study in Ireland
King’s College student Julia
Stopper of Mountain Top
received a full tuition scholarship to study during the fall
semester at Queen’s University
in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
as part of the Irish-American
Scholars Program.
Queen’s University is one
of the 20 top research-intensive institutions in the United
Kingdom and member of the
Russell Group, which is broadly comparable to the U.S. Ivy
League.
Stopper is a junior majoring in English and secondary
education.
The Irish-American Scholars
Program is sponsored by the
Government of Northern Ireland; Ulster and Queen’s Universities; The Belfast Institute
of Further and Higher Education; and the Catholic, United
Methodist, and Presbyterian
Churches. American
colleges and universities that accept students from Northern
Ireland through the
Business Education
Initiative are eligible
to participate.
Foundation is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit charitable organization
whose mission is to enrich
the Greater Hazleton community by supporting programs
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Mountain Peaks
July 14-27, 2016 39
Sem announces Dean’s List and honor roll
Wyoming Seminary Dean Jay
Harvey has announced the greater Mountain Top area students
named to the Upper School Dean’s
List for the spring trimester of the
2015-2016 academic year.
Dean’s List High Honors: Beyza
Akinci, Mountain Top; Paige Allen,
Mountain Top; Lauren Anderson,
Mountain Top; Ryan Anderson,
Mountain Top; Ameen Bader,
Mountain Top; Garrett Boyd, Sugarloaf; Louise Cornell, Mountain
Top; Sarah Denion, Mountain
Top; Connor Evans, Mountain
Top; Patrick Ganter, Mountain
Top; Michelle Harris, Mountain
Top; Allison Hohn, Mountain Top;
Tara Hohn, Mountain Top; Richard Hughes, Mountain Top; John
Kehl, Mountain Top; Faizan Khalid, Mountain Top; Maheen Mahar,
Mountain Top; Quentin Novinger,
Mountain Top; Avani Pugazhendhi, Mountain Top; Irfan Punekar,
Mountain Top; Kelsey Reznick,
Drums; Christian Rickrode, Mountain Top; Cameron Shedlock,
White Haven.
Dean’s List: Halle Kehl, Mountain Top.
Dr. Kathleen Hanlon, Dean of
Wyoming Seminary Lower School,
has announced the greater Mountain Top/Hazleton area students
named to the Academic High
Honor Roll and Academic Honor
Roll for the spring trimester of the
2015-2016 academic year.
High Honor Roll: Grade 5:
Owen Rowlands, Hazleton. Grade
6: Aarez Khan, Mountain Top;
Mya Pyke, Mountain Top. Grade
7: Tyler Shedlock, Mountain Top.
Grade 8: Jared Bozinko, Mountain
Top; Ashleigh Pyke, Mountain Top;
Kabir Satija, Sugarloaf.
Honor Roll: Grade 7: Jakson
Amend, Mountain Top; Joshua
Wufsus, Drums. Grade 8: Ashley
Tarud, Drums.
square dance sponsored by
Boy Scout Troop 300 will take
place on September 10 at St.
James Church in Hobbie.
Menu includes pork, corn
on the cob, stuffing, sides, desserts and soft drinks. Reservations required for pig roast.
Walk-ins welcome for square
dance. Pig Roast: adults $10,
children $5, children 5 and
under are free. Square Dance
$8, combo ticket $16, couples
combo ticket $30. Pig roast
5-6:30 p.m. Square dance 7-9
p.m. Contact information: 570379-3991.
SEPTEMBER 16
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Cavanaugh’s Grille will host
its 12th annual golf tournament to benefit the Mountain
Top Hose Company and the
Mountain Top Little League on
Friday, September 16 with a 1
p.m. shotgun start at Mountain
Laurel Golf Course. Captain &
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crew format, $90 per golfer
which includes Gatorade at the
course and a NY strip dinner
with 2 hour open bar at Cavanaugh’s Grille on North Main
Street in Mountain Top.
Hole sponsorships are available for $50 for a Silver Hole
Sponsor and $75 for a $75
Gold Hole Sponsor. Make
checks payable to Cavanaugh’s
Grille and mail to P.O. Box 432,
Mountain Top, PA 18707.
For additional information
call Bill at 570-578-4947 or
Kevin at 570-881-6307.
Rose Ostrowski to
perform at festivals
It’s been some time since
11-year old Rose Ostrowski of
Berwick, wrapped up her ‘Adding Tomorrows” Mall Tour to
raise awareness and donations
for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. However, the young
singer is excited to get back on
stage in the middle of July.
Following an article in the
Morning Call, a newspaper
in and around the Allentown
area, Rose was invited to perform at the Historic Bethlehem
Museums & Sites annual Blueberry Festival at the Burnside
Plantation in Bethlehem. The
festival runs on July 16 and 17
and Rose will hit the stand on
Saturday the 16th at 3 p.m.
Rose was very excited and
honored to hear that she’s
been invited to perform a song
with Warrant one of her favorite rock bands. Warrant is set
to perform on Friday, July 15
at the Sherman Summer Stage,
which is located at the Pocono
Mountain Fairgrounds.
Rose Ostrowski, including
download links for her music
and YouTube videos, please
visit www.roseostrowski.com.
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40 July 14-27, 2016
49 graduate from Wyoming Seminary Lower School
Wyoming Seminary Lower
School recently held a graduation ceremony for its class
of 49 eighth-grade students.
The Rev. Charles Carrick, Sem
chaplain, gave the invocation
and benediction, and awards
were presented by Sem President Kevin Rea, Dean of Lower
School Dr. Kathleen Hanlon
and Lower School Coordinator Edward Plaksa. Benjamin
Crispin of Berwick gave the
graduation address, while
Rea served as the graduation
speaker. Jill Bradbury, director
of the Lower School learning
resources program, received
the Frances and Louis Maslow
Lower School Award for excellence in teaching. The ceremony ended with a traditional
punch and cookies reception
for the graduates on the front
lawn of the Lower School.
Lower
School
graduates
are, first row from left: Natalia Hanson-Richart, WilkesBarre; Tyra McCormick, Dallas; Ashleigh Pyke, Mountain
Top; April Kupsky, Bear Creek
Township; Katarina Banks,
Dallas;
Emma
Douthett,
Tunkhannock; Reese Butcher,
Kingston; second row: Diane Friedman, Shavertown;
Georgia Blake, Factoryville;
Haley Their, Dunmore; Nichole Amoachi, Shavertown;
Danielle Reiser, Shavertown;
Bari Lefkowitz, Kingston;
Sarah Maseychik, Dallas;
Emma Bean, Moosic; Evelyn
Mozeleski, Kingston; Elena
Fenster, Shavertown; Nicole
Joanlanne, Dallas; Felix Hammond, Wilkes-Barre; third row:
Tyler Kotowski, Scott Township; Stephen Vanesko, Harding; Kelly Williams, Shavertown; Grace Cimini, Roaring
Brook Township; Chloe Bren-
nan, Inkerman; Ashley Tarud,
Drums; Alexandria Wesneski,
Forty Fort; Kyra Stella, WilkesBarre; Rachel Swaback, West
Pittston; Aishani Chauhan,
Shavertown; Logan McGowan,
Pittston; fourth row: Kameron Williams, Clarks Summit;
Kabir Satija, Sugarloaf; Jaylen James-Thomas, Kingston;
Beau Bartlett, Wilkes-Barre;
Reginald Grayek, Shavertown;
Robert Zaloga, Moosic; Andrew Young, Hanover Township; Adam Rogers, Kingston;
Jared Bozinko, Mountain
Top; fifth row: Jeremy Callahan, Hanover Township; Scott
Lynett, Shavertown; Daniel
Meuser, Shavertown; Alexander Meuser, Shavertown; Kyle
Costello, Plains; Jared Weisenberger, Mountain Top; Benjamin Crispin, Berwick; Harrison
May, Forty Fort; Thomas Michak, Harveys Lake; and Philip
Gristina, Pittston.
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