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Fashion warm accesso-ries, shown left, for the cold months ahead with wool gatherer Emily Rancier at the Abington Area Community Classroom. Page 5.

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Willing RECRUITS

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afety awareness is the main theme of the up-coming children’s event, “Safety4ALLKIDS Confer-ence,” organized by the Par-ents Loving Children through Autism Foundation (PLCTA) in conjunction with the Dun-more Fire Department. But, According to PLCTA Founder and President Kathleen Walsh, safety is not the only goal. Having fun is another big part.

“We try to bring the training in a fun, non-threatening way,”

she said. The free bi-annual event, now in its fifth year, is to be

held at the Dunmore Commu-nity Center Sept. 29 from noon to 4 p.m. It will include various stations for emergency safety training, which will accommodate children with special needs. It is geared toward children ages 3-13, but is open to the public, accord-ing to Walsh. The conference will feature a variety of chil-dren’s activities, such as a bounce house, face painting, crafts, food and prizes.

The Dunmore Fire Dept. will prepare the Scranton Fire Dept. Fire Safety House, a two-level trailer which func-tions as a house fire simulator to give children hands-on training and experience in what to do in case of a fire.

Dunmore Fire Dept. Chief

Christopher DeNaples said the Fire Safety House is “a good opportunity to

learn about safety.”

Anoth-er oppor-tunity at the event for families who have children with special needs, such as those associ-ated with Autism, will be a signup for First Alert. The program, run through the 911 system, notifies emergency responders of special needs before they arrive on scene. Walsh said First Alert is proven effective, and just one way PLCTA is trying to make the area a safer place to live for children with Autism. A lot of safety aspects must be taken into consideration, she said, and the Safety4ALL-KIDS Conference attempts to address as many as possible.

Walsh said she firmly be-lieves “knowledge is power,”

Kids event to take to

the fear out of danger

BY ELIZABETH BAUMEISTER

[email protected]

What: Safety4ALLKIDS

Conference

When: Sept. 29 from noon – 4

p.m.

Where: Dunmore Community

Center

Who: Open to the public and

geared toward children ages 3-13 and those with special needs.

Cost: Free

More info: plcta.org

See Danger, Page 7

CLARKS SUMMIT- Turn your thoughts for a moment to an old-fashioned holiday card depicting small- town America blanketed in freshly fallen snow with holiday lights twinkling beneath a dusting of snowflakes.

Less than a week after ap-proaching members of her committee, Clarks Summit graphic designer, Ellen Beechko reported that they are excited and eager to get busy with a plan, already in the works, that will light up downtown Clarks Summit during the upcoming holiday season.

“I think this is going to be a win-win situation,” Beechko said, “There was a lot of con-troversy in the community about the lights last year. They weren’t complete. I’d like it (downtown Clarks Summit) to have the quaint-ness of an old Christmas card with a nostalgic feeling to it.”

One idea under consid-eration includes installing tube lights to outline the buildings in the downtown area; Plan B is to go back to outlining the trees.

“We are going back to the way the trees originally looked – doing the whole

COURTESY ELLEN BEECHKO

A rendering of Our Lady of the Snows Church in Clarks Summit before, left, and after, the planned holiday light building outline.

A holiday glow

BY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI Abington Journal Correspondent

See Holiday, Page 7 CLARKS SUMMIT- Jim Maria, Abington Heights Education Association Presi-dent, thinks teacher negotia-tions are moving in the right direction.

“I’m really encouraged by the recent negotiations that we’ve had and the way that we’ve been able to open up communications a little bit,” Maria said. “Hopefully, we can continue along that vein and come to some reasonable settlement.”

Abington Heights Superin-tendent of Schools Dr. Mi-chael Mahon concurred that talks have intensified.

“Both sides are working very hard to try to come to a good solution,” he said.

Maria voiced concern over problems that may emerge from public use of the high school track during school hours.

“There’s a policy in the district that allows the public

Abington

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move

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BY ROBERT TOMKAVAGE [email protected]

See Negotiations, Page 6 “He basically was just a good citizen,” said

Warren Watkins, who currently serves as secretary for the Clarks Summit Fire Compa-ny No.1, but has served in a variety of roles over the years. “He would see things that he felt should be addressed and he would do it.”

Sometimes Perry’s addressing of issues drew flak from critics, according to those who knew him. They described the mayor as unwavering in the face of criticism because he did what he thought was in the best in-terest of residents.

Perry’s son, Scott Perry, 45, provided a glimpse into his father’s philosophy on public service.

The elder Perry told his son, “Whatever

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flagpole dedication served as a

testa-ment to a past mayor’s legacy nearly 10 years after his death.

Clarks Summit Mayor Anthony “Tony” Perry, who died in 2002, at 65, was remem-bered by friends and family in a Sept.17 dedication ceremony at the Clarks Summit Fire Station on Bedford Street.

Those who knew him recalled a public servant who was devoted to keeping resi-dents safe and helping anyone in need.

“Tony was a friend to many, and a genuine, good, honorable man who always lived up to his word,” said longtime friend Chris Calvey. “He did many kind deeds for area residents.”

‘Honorable man’ receives his due

BY GERARD E. NOLAN Abington Journal Correspondent

PHOTO COURTESY PAMELA ORUE During the primary race for a Clarks Summit Bor-ough Council position in May of 1969, Tony Perry enlisted the campaign assistance of son Scott, left, and daughter Pamela.

ABINGTON JOURNAL/JASON RIEDMILLER

A flagpole at the Clarks Summit Fire Station, Bedford Street, was dedicated Sept. 17 in trib-ute to the former Clarks Summit Mayor Anthony ’Tony’ Perry. Perry, who died Dec. 11, 2002,

served three terms as mayor of the borough. See ‘Honorable’, Page 7

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he Rotary Club of the Abing-tons 8th Annual Taste of the Abing-tons was held Sept. 23 at Nichols Village Hotel and Spa. According to Rotary of the Abing-tons Presi-dent John Hambrose, each year there are new favorites among the public. “Some want dessert, some want unusual and some want new,” he said. For addi-tional pho-tos, see Page 6.

ABINGTON JOURNAL/DANIELLE ANTONELLO-SMOLLEY

Executive Chef Matthew Vinetti of Camelot Restaurant scoops out a spoonful of Seafood Paella.

SCOOP OF DELICIOUSNESS

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PAGE 2A www.theabingtonjournal.com The Abington Journal♦Clarks Summit, PA WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

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The Abington Senior Community Center is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., serving lunch daily at noon. It provides area seniors with exercise, self-improvement, recreation and educational programs throughout the year. New classes for the fall include Latin language, meditation, and Mahjongg instruction.

The Center is funded in part under a contract with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging and the Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners through the Lackawanna County Area Agency on Aging. It is managed by Telespond Senior Services, Inc. For additional information, got to abingtonseniorcommunitycenter.com or call 570.586.8996.

Shown, from left, seated are members of the 2012-2013 Abington Senior Community Cen-terAdvisory Council. : Elizabeth Schumacher, Ann Dickinson, Ceil Alfano, Joan Berkoski, Wilma Kreher. Standing: Clara Kozlosky, Shirley Lowrie, Rose Ann Aveline, Mary Leiber, Charlie Gian-netta, Chet Lowrie, Bob Gilbert, John Romanowski, Tony Bolthouse, Richard Kranick, Jim Shemanski, Bertha Baranowski, Mary O’Donnell, Center Director, Kathy Stark, Center Manag-er, Ken ReinheimManag-er, Richard Berezinsky, Executive Director Telespond Senior Services, Inc.

Senior center announces fall activities

DAILY EVENTS

September 26: “Citizen Scientists: Explore the Uni-verse” Presentation, at

Keys-tone College, Evans Hall, Hibbard Campus Center at 7 p.m. The Keystone College Concerts and Lectures Series welcomes astronomer Dr. Michael Castelaz.

The Viewmont Mall Job Fair, in Viewmont Mall

Cen-ter Court from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sponsored by PA Career-Link Lackawanna County. Businesses and corporations from throughout the region will be on site to become ac-quainted with qualified candi-dates. Participants should come dressed for success, bring a supply of resumes and be prepared for on-the-spot interviewing.

September 27: 11th Annual Northeastern U.S. disAbility Conference: “Traumatic Brain Injury.”on the fourth floor of

the DeNaples Center, Uni-versity of Scranton beginning at 8 a.m. Fees vary. Pre-regis-tration required. Info:

570.941.7819.

ABPA "Business in the Mix" business card exchange, at

ERA One Source Realty, 230 Northern Boulevard, South Abington Twp., South Abing-ton Twp. from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Complimentary hors

d’oeuvres, beverages and cocktails will be provided by ERA One Source Realty. Cost: Free. Info/Reservations: 587.9045 or [email protected].

September 28: Christmas in September, at Saint

Mi-chaels Center, 403 Delaware St, Jermyn, from 4 – 8 p.m., continuing Sept. 29 from 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. and Sept. 30 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Cost: free. Info: 876.1241.

September 29: Hillside Harvest Moon Festival, at

Abington Area Commuinity Park from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Featuring: Pumpkin Chunkin’, Homerun Derby, live music by Quietmen, art opening for the Earth Art Trail, the Plein Air Artists of the Abingtons and more.

Clarks Summit Abington High School Class of 1952 60th Class Reunion, at

Ni-chols Village Hotel and Spa at 6 p.m. Info: Call Steuart Bai-ley at 586.7551.

Ninth Annual Dan Lynott Memorial Golf Tournament, at

the Scranton Municipal Golf Course. Info/register: [email protected].

20th Anniversary of the Weinberg Memorial Library celebration and the 2012 Roy-den B. Davis, S.J. Distin-guished Author Award book signing by Jay Parini at 4

p.m., fourth floor of DeNaples Center, University of Scran-ton. Cost: free. Info:

570.941.7816.

September 30: Corpus Christi Harvest Festival turkey dinner, noon - 5 p.m. at

Cor-pus Christi Church in Mont-dale. Cost: $10 for adults and $5 for children. Takeouts available. Tickets may be pur-chased at the door and include a turkey dinner with mashed potatoes and vegetables, as well as sauerkraut slaw, stuff-ing, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pie, and beverages.

Roast Beef Dinner, at SS.

Cyril & Methodius Ukrainian Catholic Church, River Street, Olyphant, from noon - 3 p.m. Take out only. Cost: $10 per meal. Info/Tickets: 489.6206. Deadline Sept 24.

Religious Education Class Moleben Thanksgiving Ser-vice, at St. John’s Russian

Orthodox Cathedral, Mayfield, following the divine liturgy, which begins at 9:30 a.m. After the service, registration for classes will be held. Info/ to register students: 876.0730. Classes begin Oct. 1.

Scout Day, at the

Lackawan-na State Park from 1 – 6 p.m. Topic rotations will include: forestry/tree ID, National Public Lands Day Service Project, Birds and their Migra-tion, Wild Edible and Medici-nal Plants and An All Group: Live Mammal Presentation. Geared for Girl and Boy Scouts ages 7-12. Registration limited and on a first call basis. Cost: $2. Register: 945.7110.

October 1: The Abington Heights Civic League Meet-ing, at the clubhouse, 115

Colburn Ave, Clarks Summit. Speaker: Colleen Gilboy. Info: 587.3101.

October 2: The United

Neighborhood Centers of NEPA and PNC Bank Home-buyers’ Club, will be offered

free of charge to the public continuting Oct. 4, 9 and 11 from 6 - 8 p.m. at UNC’s Community Services Build-ing, 410 Olive Street, Scran-ton. The Homebuyers Club is meant to provide information and education on becoming a first-time homebuyer. Seminar topics include budgeting, credit and shopping for a mortgage. A light dinner will

be provided. Registration (required): 343.8835.

October 3: 5k Zombie Run, Lackawanna Trail High

School at 5 p.m. Part of the annual Homecoming festiv-ities. Race followed by the homecoming bonfire. Award for best costume and best time will be given out. Cost:$15. Info: Katie Lane, marching band director, at [email protected].

COMMUNITY

CALENDAR

Scott Monsky, a dean’s list graduate from Cornell Uni-versity, was omitted from the Sept.19 list of college graduates.

We regret the error.

EDITOR’S NOTE

Editor:

I am a native of Northeastern Pa. and I know that one of the things that make our part of the country unique is the mining of Anthracite Coal and now nat-ural gas. Also there are many manufacturers of equipment to service these industries located in N.E.PA, which employ thou-sands of people. I think we would all agree that these indus-tries are vital to our region’s economy.

My question to your readers is: how can they support Presi-dent Obama’s pledge to destroy the coal industry? How can Vice President Joe Biden, who likes to cite his being a native son of this region and Senator Robert P. Casey Jr., a coal-cracker born

and raised, support this policy? How can unions that represent the miners, machinist and other associated trades encourage their members to vote for an administration whose policy will add more workers to the already too long unemployment lines? Is the Pennsylvania ener-gy industry not big enough to save? Is there no room for coal in the plan to make America energy independent?

I would appreciate hearing the opinions of your readers to help me understand why anyone would vote for a President, Vice President and Senator who are determined for our energy workers to lose their jobs.

Barry Gangwer Weatherly

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

The Lackawanna Heritage Valley National and State Heritage Area will celebrate annual National Public Lands Day with a cleanup event on the Scranton section of the Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Sept. 29. The event will begin at 9 a.m. and volun-teers are asked to gather at the 7th Avenue Trailhead in Scranton, where free parking will be available.

The event’s efforts will focus on cleaning up and beautifying the trailhead area, which the public, stu-dents and service

organiza-tion members are invited to volunteer for. The organiza-tion will provide free gloves, garbage bags, tools and water for all volunteers.

The 7th Avenue Trailhead is located four blocks from the intersection of 7th Ave-nue and Lackawanna AveAve-nue in Scranton and is adjacent to new headquarters at 213 South 7th Avenue.

For more information about the event, contact Owen Worozbyt, Volunteer Coordinator, at 570.963.6730 ext. 8212 or

[email protected].

Trail cleanup planned for

National Public Lands Day

A free raffle at the After Hours Card Exchange Sept. 27 will include a variety of prizes and gift baskets donated by Abington Business and Professional Association members, such as the one shown, above, with Gail Rees, Abington Business and Profes-sional Association Mixer Co-Chairperson and Barry Kaplan, Abington Business and Professional Association President.

The event will take place at ERA One Source Realty, 230 Northern Boulevard, South Abington Twp. from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Sunita Arora, owner of ERA One Source Realty will bring international flair to the business card exchange with themed complimentary hors d’oeuvres and beverages, including wine, sparkling water and soft drinks. A 50/50 raffle will be held dur-ing the event. Each Abdur-ington Business and Professional Associ-ation member is encouraged to bring one non-member Reserva-tions areappreciated and can be made to 570 .587.9045 or [email protected] by Sept. 26.

A raffle in the mixer

As the Abington Journal prepares to award its sixth annual R. Matthew Burne Lifetime of Service Award, we are requesting nomina-tions from the community for consideration. Qualifications of the individual to be nomi-nated for the award would include: affecting a positive change on a small or grand scale in the community; mak-ing a unique difference in the daily lives of others; donating time and ideas to community organizations and taking an active role in shaping the altruistic nature of the area.

The Award was established in the Fall of 2007, with the first honor made posthu-mously to the family of R. Matthew Burne. Burne orig-inated a fundraising event in the Abingtons known as the “Haunt on Sean Drive,” was a lifelong advocate for the St. Joseph’s Center in Scranton and dedicated himself to nu-merous other organizations

and individuals in need. In 2007, the Burne family offered a donation in R. Mat-thew’s memory and has gen-erously agreed to partner with The Abington Journal in continued support of the Lifetime of Service Award. This year, a donation by the Burne family will be made to the charity selected by the recipient of the 2012 R. Mat-thew Burne Lifetime of Ser-vice Award.

To submit a nomination, send the following informa-tion to Editor Kristie Grier Ceruti at [email protected] or Kristie Grier Ceruti c/o The Abing-ton Journal, 211 South State Street, Clarks Summit, PA 18411:

Nominee’s name, age, town and contact information, along with 50-100 words about her or his contribution to the community.

Deadline for submission is October 5, 2012.

Know people who make a

difference? Nominate them.

The Friends of the Abington Community Library will hold its Fall Book Sale Oct. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 pm. at the Clarks Summit United Metho-dist Church, corner of Grove Street and Morgan Highway. Volunteer members are asked to help Oct.13 from 3 p.m. until set up is complete. After the books are ready for perus-ing, members may then pre-view the sale.

Book sale

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After nearly a year of con-struction, the new Parish Center at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clarks Summit is ready to open.

The new center is specifically designed to meet the needs of the growing congregation. Its Sun-day School classrooms, meeting rooms and fellowship hall will soon be bustling with activity. The formal dedication of the new building will be held Sept. 30.

The public is invited to attend an Open House at the new Trin-ity Lutheran Church Parish Cen-ter Oct.14 between1and 3 p.m.

Members of the Trinity fam-ily will be on hand to give tours of the new building and talk about their mission and activ-ities. Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 205 West Grove St, near the intersection of Grove and State Street, in Clarks Sum-mit.

For more information about the Open House, visit

www.trinitylutherancs.com, find them on Facebook (Trinity Lutheran Church, Clarks Sum-mit), email [email protected] or call the church office at 570.587.1088.

The public is invited to attend an Open House at the new Trinity Luth-eran Church Parish Center Oct.14 between 1 and 3 p.m.

Parish Center

set to open

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eptember is National

Honey Month and a perfect time to reap the benefits of this natural sweet gift produced by honey bees from the nectar of plants or secretions of living parts of plants.

Catherine Barry, National Honey Board director of marketing, said of the versatil-ity of honey, “One of life’s simplest pleasures is honey and it’s such a versatile in-gredient that can easily transi-tion from the kitchen to the gym to the bathroom vanity. Not only can honey be used for its culinary applications, but also as a cough suppres-sant, in a beauty routine and as an energy booster. Honey is also unique in its color and flavor profile, as there are more than 300 varietals of honey in the United States alone, each with a distinct flavor and color based on the floral source where the bees collect the nectar.”

More good news from the board: honey contains

nat-urally -flavored sugars, as well as trace enzymes,

minerals, vitamins and amino acids.

“There’s a trick to eating comb honey,” said Ellen McGlynn, Clarks Summit beekeeper and co-founder of Lackawanna Backyard Bee-keepers. “You can’t just put it (honeycomb) on bread and enjoy it the in the same way you would enjoy cheese, be-cause the wax in comb honey does get stuck on your teeth.” She recommended cutting the honey in small bite- size squares and spreading it on a whole grain cracker. Try a cracker with a hint of salt and caraway for a blend of

salty-sweet, she said.

McGlynn is in her third season of beekeeping on her property. Currently, she has eight hives .

“During the spring, that may include adjuga, apples, blueberries, honeysuckle, wild mustard and brambles. The summer honey may include blackberries, su-mac, clover, wild roses, coneflower, milkweed and various asters.” Said McGlynn, “Goldenrod is the largest single floral source in my yard. Gold-enrod is the honey of choice for mead makers.”

Sweet September

ABINGTON JOURNAL PHOTOS/JOAN MEAD-MATSUI

Beekeeper, Ellen Kiballa McGlynn, Clarks Summit.

Honey cakes plated with bay leaf

Kelly Baker, Everything Natural manager, mixes an Organic Honey Exfoliating Scrub.

Make skin

‘bee’have

Use a homemade moisturizing honey exfoliating scrub for face and body, particularly during winter months when skin tends to be rough, dry, flaky and itchy. Kelly Baker, Everything Natural

manager, whipped up a batch using natural and organic ingredients available at the Clarks Summit store and a recipe courtesy of Yahoo

Contributor Elise Marie. To make the scrub:combine 4 cups of sugar, 1 cup organic honey, ¾ cups olive oil and ¼ cup jojoba oil in a large mixing bowl. Spoon the thick golden scrub directly into a glass jar or plastic container with a lid and be sure to keep the scrub nearby a sink, shower or bath. To apply, splash the skin with warm water, take a handful and rub and massage it over skin in a circular motion until exfoliated. Rinse with warm water and pat dry with a cotton towel.

A Taste of

Honey

Ancient Roman Libum or Honey Cakes made by Ellen McGlynn, using a recipe courtesy of Squidoo Ancient Roman Recipes and “PBS: Nova Series.”

Ingredients: 1 cup of plain flour 1 cup of ricotta cheese 1 egg, beaten

bay leaves

half cup clear honey Directions:

Sift flour in a mixing bowl. Beat cheese until soft, stir into flour. Add beaten egg to the flour/cheese mixture, forming a soft dough. Divide dough into four and shape each piece into a bun. Place on a greased baking tray with a fresh bay leaf underneath. Heat the oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit (190C). Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown. Warm honey, pour into a flat plate, remove bay leaves, and place buns in the honey. Allow to rest until honey is absorbed. Makes 4 servings. Nutrition information per serving: Calories: 238; Protein: 11; Carbs: 37; Fat: 6; Fiber: 2; Weight Watchers Points: 6

Cook’s Notes:To divide and shape the dough, a very wet dough, scoop the portion into greased palms (greased with cooking spray) and toss back and forth a few times until a basic disk shape emerges. Gently place on baking stone on top of a bay leaf.

Clarks Summit

beekeeper,

Ellen McGlynn, at

left:

“The big surprise in

my beehives this

year was to find

Japanese Knotweed

honey in there.”

Honey scrub

Stories and Photos By Joan Mead-Matsui

Abington Journal Correspondent

According to Beekeeper Ellen McGlynn, some nectar -producing plants in Northeast Pa. capable of producing distinct monofloral honeys are:

Black locust (spring),clear/white and very sweet, similar to corn syrup in taste,

color and texture. A substitute for recipes that call for corn syrup.

White clover (summer),large honey producers aim for when blending honeys from

around the world for generic sale;

Clover honey,classic table honey, amber in color with a delicately rich flavor. Japanese knotweed (late summer),dark amber with a reddish hue. Similar to

molas-ses, only less bitter and lighter in texture. Perfect for fall dishes like sweet potatoes.

Goldenrod (late summer/early fall),McGlynn’s personal favorite, amber in color with

a warm, butterscotch flavor.

U.S. Air Force recruits and recrui-ters donated time to some furry friends at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter in South Abington Twp. They walked about 30 dogs of all breeds and sizes.

This is not the first time the Air Force has donated time to the com-munity. “Every month recruits who are preparing to leave for Air Force Basic Military Training join together to volunteer in the community. Some-times we work at the Ronald McDo-nald House, Red Cross, 5Ks, disabled veterans homes, etc.,” said Staff Sgt. Timothy Drolet, a local Air Force Recruiter for Lackawanna and Sus-quehanna counties.

There is a reason behind all the community service, Staff Sgt. Drolet said.

“While active in the Air Force, we typically volunteer monthly. I would like to show them what the Air Force is going to be like,” he said. He

ex-plained that it is important for

recruits to become active in the community early on because it takes six to nine months to join the Air Force and afterward the Air Force encourages a lot of community service.

“The second core value of the Air Force is service before self and we intend to live up to that value,” Drolet said.

In the past three months, the local recruits have been busy with the Red Cross, Ronald McDonald House in Scranton and the Scran-ton Police 5K for the K9 Unit. The local Air Force recruits and recrui-ters spend a great deal of time out in the community lending helping hands.

Staff Sgt. Timothy Drolet, Local Enlisted Recruiter at the Ice Box Complex in Scranton, volunteers at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter with Jada, shelter dog.

‘Service before self’

BY KASEY LYNN

Abington Journal Correspondent

Volunteering at the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter, clockwise, from top left: MSgt Juan Villarreal, Enlisted Ascensions Recruiter Supervisor for NEPA; SSgt Tim-othy Drolet, Local Enlisted Recruiter; Jaideep Kaur ; Antho-ny Young; Franky Kerekes, Timothy Vonstorch, 2012 Lake-land Junior /Senior High School; Samantha Dumas; Aaron Mcna-ny, Senior at Baptist Bible Col-lege, leaving Dec. 4 as an Air-borne Cryptologic Language Analyst; and Lee-Anne Sherman

SOUTH ABINGTON TWP. -The South Abington Zoning Board denied a Pennsylvania American Water Company request Sept.19 for approval to build a new water pump station within the township.

The pump station, which would be built next to one currently on site, would be constructed as part of the installation of a public water system for those affected by contamination from the Ivy Industrial Park.

The board felt the water company failed to satisfy the requirements governing the granting of a varia-nce—or special exception—for this property on Griffin Pond Road.

The water company representa-tives said they did not want to post-pone the issue further after the board offered to revisit the issue at later. PAWC Attorney Ed Neyhart claimed the company had gone to greater lengths to accommodate the township than necessary.

“Our project conforms with the ordinance,” he said. “I will not agree to make it one building because I don’t absolutely know what the feasibility is,” he said.

South Abington Twp. resident Mark Steckiel spoke out against the project during public comment. He said17 property owners had at-tached their names to a letter ob-jecting to the water company’s plans.

“We just do not want this facility in our neighborhood,” Steckiel said.

Pennsylvania American Water can appeal the board’s decision in Lackawanna County Court.

S. Abington

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station request

BY GERARD E. NOLAN Abington Journal Correspondent

RANSOM TWP. - At its meeting Sept. 17, the Ransom Township Planning Commission discussed correspondence from members of the Brenneman family, who wish to purchase land on Newton Ransom Boulevard for recreational use.

According to Zoning Officer Bob Lukiewicz, they wish to peri-odically park a recreational vehicle for weekend use.

Lukiewicz said if the vehicle is parked on the property for more than 180 consecutive days, it will be considered a permanent struc-ture and subject to different guide-lines.

Land use

discussed

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The Griffin Pond Animal Shelter, 967 Griffin Pond Rd., Clarks Summit, is open for the adop-tion of pets from noon to 4:30 p.m., daily. Wish list items are always appre-ciated, cat litter and paper towels.

Adopt a cage at the Griffin Pond Animal Shel-ter for one month and your $20 donation will go toward care and feeding of the animal in that cage for the month you choose. A card will be placed on the cage identifying the sponsor for that month.

Send the following Adopt-a-Cage informa-tion, including name, address, city, state and zip, phone number, sponsor month, choice of dog, cat or small animal cage and how you would like your sponsor card to appear, along with $20 for each cage to The

Griffin Pond Animal Shel-ter, 967 Griffin Pond Rd., Clarks Summit, PA 18411.

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About me: I’m affectionate, like being held,

and am compatible with other cats. If you adopt Chesney and his cage mate, Bandito, you get a “buy-one-get-one” adoption discount.

Remember to contact the Griffin Pond Animal Shelter at 586.3700 if your pet is lost or goes astray.

The American Culinary Fed-eration of NEPA is holding its 23rd Annual Progressive Din-ner Oct. 8 at the Westmoreland Club on Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Tickets and further informa-tion can be obtained by con-tacting Chef John Hudak at 570.574.9310.

The American Culinary

Fed-eration, Inc. (ACF), a profes-sional, organization for chefs and cooks, was founded in 1929 in New York City by three chefs’ organizations: the Société Culinaire Philanthro-pique, the Vatel Club and the Chefs de Cuisine Association of America. Since its incep-tion, little has changed in their principal goals.

Committee members shown, from left, first row: Sue Richter,CWPC, John Hudak CEC,AAC, Carmen Allegrucci CEC, AAC. Second row: Bruce Deeble CEC, AAC and Doug Petruzzi CEC ,AAC. Absent from the photo is Jake Hizny CEC.

ACF dinner set for Oct. 8

Scout Day will be held Sept. 30 from 1 to 6 p.m. at Lacka-wanna State Park, Dalton.

Topic rotations will include forestry/tree ID, National Public Lands Day Service Project, birds and their migra-tion, wild, edible, and medici-nal plants, and a live mammal presentation.

The event is geared toward Girl and Boy Scouts ages 7 to 12. Registration is open and is on a first call basis. Call 570.945.7110 to register your pack or troop. The cost is $2 per scout.

The event will provide op-portunities for scouts to earn required environmental badg-es.

Scout Day Sept.

30 in Dalton

For the sixth consecutive year, Keystone College in La Plume has been ranked as one of the nation’s best col-leges in U.S. News and World Report.

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he holiday gift -giving season is around the cor-ner, and for those cre-ative types who prefer to give handmade gifts the Abington Area Com-munity Classroom is offering “Make & Take” classes as part of the fall lineup.

Among the choices that will help to get you motiva-ted to create are “Have You Ever FELT Like This Be-fore?” with wool

gatherer, Emily Ran-cier, who will teach attendees to create a small felt purse using a technique known as “wool roving,” Tues., Oct. 9 and16, 6:30 p.m. at Clarks Green United Methodist Church,119 Glen-burn Road. She will teach “Silk Scarf

Art” with Gwen Harlemen, director of the Verve Vertu Art Studio in Wilkes-Barre, Oct.18, 6:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit, 300 School Street.

To create felt, Rancier uses a technique that has been practiced for thou-sands of years using water, soap and agitation, referred to as “wet felting.”

She explained, “I enjoy the felting process because it is always surprising. Things happen. It’s magical how a wooly mass can transform beneath your fingers into an authentic fabric, whether it is stiff and thick or light as air. And it’s lots of fun to make a design with silk fibers, yarns, glitz, pieces of fabric and prefelts - the list is endless for what you can try.”

To make the purse, partic-ipants will use a resist, or a

thin plastic sheet that will determine the shape of the purse as they form the wool around it.

“...We will also learn how to make cords for the purse straps,” said Rancier, whose past includes being a shep-herd for 25 years and a spinner for 30 years.

The cost of Rancier’s class is $10 plus $15 supply cost; registration deadline-Oct. 2.

According to Dori

Wa-ters, an Abington Area Community Classroom organizer, Harleman’s class, “Silk Scarf Art” will offer an opportunity to produce a scarf using a creative and extremely simple technique an informal class setting.

“You won’t believe how easy these are to make. The possibilities are endless. You can do spirals, circles (designs)…anything you want,” said Waters. The process involves using a piece of freezer paper. “Whatever you do on the scarf is mirrored on the freezer paper, so you not only end up with a beautiful scarf, but also paper that you can either frame, or use as wrapping paper for the gift,” added Waters. Fee is $20 plus a $20 supply cost and registration is open until Oct.11.

For details, visit aacclas-s.org or call 570.954.6650.

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Gwen Harlemen’s “Silk Scarf Art” will produce a scarf using a simple technique with freezer paper.

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BY JOAN MEAD-MATSUI Abington Journal Correspondent

Create a small felt purse with wool gatherer, Emily Rancier, using a technique known as “wool roving.”

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Organizers of St. Mi-chael’s Russian Ortho-dox Church parish festiv-al, Christmas in Septem-ber, can’t rave enough about their event. It will be held inside and out-side of St Michael’s Center, Jermyn, Sept. 26 to 28.

Festivities include antiques and collectibles, a classic car show and a l performance from local country star Dani-elle.

“This is our third year of Christmas in Septem-ber, and it seems every year it’s getting bigger and more popular for the community,” said archpriest Rev. John Kowalczyk. “What we want to do is open this up to the community so it becomes a major happening. The hall will be stocked with nearly a million dollars worth of goods.”

Rev. John Perich, who grew up with Kowalc-zyk in Yonkers, N.Y., will sell collectibles, jew-elry, and Christmas gifts from around the world from his own business called Father John’s World Treasures. He became internationally known when he used to work for QVC.

“I’m appealing to people of all different ethnic backgrounds,” said Perich. “I know if they come here for the festival, they will get unbelievable prices that will not be able to get in local depart-ment stores.”

St. Michael’s is hiring a caterer to provide fes-tivalgoers with homemade Russian and Ukrai-nian foods such as pierogies, Italian sausage, porketta sandwiches, kielbasa

sand-wiches, sopressata and clam chowd-er for sale, along with potato pan-cakes and hot wing pierogies .

“The hallmark of our church is our homemade pierogies,” said Kowalczyk. “They’re the best in the area.”

“The festival will have two tents with ten-foot tables for people to sit and enjoy the food.

“The food that’s brought in and the good that we prepare are excellent,” said hall manager George Pet-orak. “We have a good track record of foods and everything we sell. We ride on tradition.”

One of the main festivities is a classic car show Sunday. Cars displayed will include muscle cars such as Chevelles, Camaros, Pontiacs and Impalas from the1950s and 60s. Motorcycles will also be featured. Dan Kitchura, in charge of the car show, hopes to have more than100 vehicles displayed. Last year, there were 50 to 70.

“I think the event has grown every year,” said Kitchura. “We seem to reach people farther away. I have people coming from Avoca, Moosic, so it’s stretching out pretty quickly.” Anyone with a vehicle to display in the show, can call Dan at 570.876.4610.

Entertainment will be provided by country singer and member of St. Michael’s Center Dani-elle who will perform Christmas tunes and origi-nal songs such as “Dream Big” and “Country Broke” from her album. “God blessed me with he talent that I have and it’s an absolute honor that I can come out and share it with the community, especially my church family, " she said.

DJ Greg Bertholf will also provide musical entertainment.

Church president Joe Krenitsky, president for more than 35 years, has been supporting this event through the church committee. “I’m hoping for a nice day,” he said.

Rev. Kowaczyk calls Christmas in September a social event for the area. “We’re expecting thousands of people for the weekend,” he said. “Someday, we’ll come close to the Italian festival in Scranton. It’s the ultimate holiday festival. We have something for everyone.”

Ample parking and hand-icapped-accessible parking is available.

Want to go?

Christmas in September Sept. 26, 4- 8p.m.; Sept. 27, 9 a.m. - 7p.m.; Sept. 28, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. St. Michael’s Center 403 Delaware St., Jermyn, PA 18433 DID YOU KNOW?

* The word ’pierogi’ is literally translated as ’pie’ in most Slavic languages.

* Matryoshka dolls, Russian nestling dolls, were based on similar dolls made in Japan.

* Ded Moroz, whose name means “Grandfather Frost” is a Slavic fictional character similar to Santa Claus.

Decorations available for sale at last year’s Christ-mas in September event.

‘Ultimate Holiday Festival’

“The hallmark of our church is our homemade pierogies.

They’re the best in the area.”

St. Michael’s Russian Orthodox Church Archpriest Father John Kowalczyk

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Misericordia University recently held a pinning ceremony in Lemmond Theater at Walsh Hall to recognize the 21 students who completed the Part-Time Accelerated Evening Bachelor of Science Degree Nurs-ing Program at MU.

During the ceremony, undergraduate nursing students received the Misericordia University Nursing Pin, a symbol of achievement in the nursing profession. Family and friends attended the event, which also featured the recital of the ternational pledge for nurses and the in-ternational prayer for nurses.

The nursing department also recognized Maria Witkowski of Eynon, Pa., by present-ing her the Clinical Excellence Award, which is presented to a student whose grade point average is greater than 3.0 and who is judged by faculty to administer superior nursing skills in clinical practice. Jeffrey Hartzell of Stroudsburg, Pa., received the

Academic Excellence Award that is confer-red to a BSN student who has attained the highest academic standing overall.

Nursing students who received their pins during the ceremony, included Danielle Belisle, White Haven, Pa.; Justin Bialy, Binghamton, N.Y.; Candace Blasko, Taylor, Pa.; Karen Delay, Mountaintop, Pa.; Koryn Gallagher, Olyphant, Pa.; Michelle Kelleh-er, Mountaintop, Pa.; Laura King, Landis-burg, Pa.; Dixon Kitonyo, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Lori Kolody, Mt. Carmel, Pa.; Louis LaLonde, Archbald, Pa.; Purity Manundu, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; Michelle McDermott, Scranton, Pa.; Amy Mikula, Tunkhannock, Pa.; Marthe Nelson, Albrightsville, Pa.; Bien Xuan Nguyen, Kingston, Pa.; Sarah Ratcliffe, Lake Ariel, Pa.; Diane R. Sher-man, Bloomsburg, Pa.; Julie Simrell, Scran-ton, Pa.; Brian Stecker, Drums, Pa.; El-izabeth Stuscavage, Wyoming, Pa., and Christine Tucker, Dallas, Pa.

Misericordia honors nursing students

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he Rotary Club

assem-bled its 8th annual Taste Sept. 23 and the com-munity came out. Two-thirds of the Rotary members worked together to run the event.

Rotary member Leah Ducato Rudolph said, “It really brings local residents out for a good time and good food. It’s a win-win for everyone, participants, restaurants, Rotary and then our community, as we give back100 percent of the pro-ceeds.”

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Sushi chef Alex Cao, right, of Atami Sushi makes fresh roll as Qin Chen, owner, prepares ingredients at left.

Taste of the Abingtons was held Sunday at Nichols

Village Hotel and Spa. Pat Edwards and George Donaldson of Weis Market

T’Shaiya Stephenson, Newton and Pat Gibbons, Scranton

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to come up to the high school and have access to the track, and that’s a wonderful thing except when it overlaps with the physical education class-es,” he said. “In the middle of a class, members of the public are essentially mingling with those classes. I have a fear that opens up the district to liability and my responsibility is to the teachers. I wanted to bring it to your attention that we have people who have no clearances in the midst of our students. I hope the policy would be revisited to see if that is a reasonable thing.”

The school board has two students representatives this year, Rebecca Fallk, a mem-ber of student council, march-ing band, FBLA, mock trail and Interact and T.J. Murray, student council vice president, public relations officer Inter-act club, member of SADD club, national honor society, and football, basketball teams.

Murray announced the high school has two new clubs, ping-pong and creative writ-ing.

Steuart Bailey, representing Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7069 Clarks Summit, an-nounced that students may enter the 2012-13 Voice of Democracy essay contest.

“It provides the opportunity for high school students to get involved in creative writing,” Bailey said.

This year’s theme, “Is Our Constitution Still Relevant?” “Abington Heights has a history of producing winners in this national contest,” Bai-ley added. “Eight years ago, local students won on the local and state level and fin-ished in second place nation-ally to win over $18,000. The past two years, Abington Heights produced a winner at the district level. This year’s national winner will receive a cash benefit of $30,000.”

Gerard Hetman, Lackawan-na Country Department of Community relations an-nounced that Barbara Giovag-noli, from the county Office of Environmental Sustainabil-ity has asked his office to work on a project called Lack-awanna County Greensylvania school paper competition, a recycling contest to see which school district in the area can recycle the most. It’s a state-wide competition.

The board accepted the resignation of central office secretary Mary Ann Naglak. According to Mahon, the district does not have plans to replace her position. They also accepted the registration of aide Shari Dikeman.

The board accepted the leave of absence of middle school Family and Consumer Science teacher Beth Kelly. They appointed Linda Wall as a longterm substitute Family and Consumer Science Teach-er at a cost of $46,059; Randy Hanyon as Athletic Director for $35,000, Julia Rusak as a nurse assistant, and Lauren Mahler and Karen Senkow as para professional aides.

Lisa Imbriaco was approved as a volunteer junior varsity basketball coach.

Casey Mrykalo, Elizabeth Coviello, Jeanne Arp, Gianna Muracco and Gail Pyre were approved to be added to the substitute list.

Patricia Bumeder was ap-proved as a substitute aide.

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The First Presbyterian church of Clarks Summit will hold its 100th Anniversary Celebration Sunday, Oct. 7 beginning with the 10 a.m. Holy Communion service followed by a banquet at noon

at the Montdale Country Club in Scott Township.

The 10 a.m. service will have a brass quartet, scripture readings and musical numbers by the Senior choir under the direction of Susan Kelly and

the Bell Choir under the direc-tion of Connie Weiss. Rev. William Carter’s sermon will be “Choosing the Church.” Reservations for the church dinner can be made with Con-nie Weiss at 586.0434.

First row, from left: Rev. William Carter, church pastor, Connie Weiss, Reservations and Beverly Bright, Banquet Chairman. Second row: Jack Pittman, Church Historian and liturgist for the 10 a.m. service, Jim McLaughlin, Banquet Toastmaster and Chris Norton, Church Centennial playwright.

Century celebration

The Keystone College Con-certs and Lectures Series will welcome distinguished astrono-mer Dr. Michael Castelaz for a presentation on “Citizen Scien-tists: Explore the Universe” Sept. 26 at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall, Hibbard Campus Center. Citi-zen science, a growing trend in research, allows people to help answer serious scientific ques-tions and provide vital data to

the research community. Castelaz serves as Di-rector of As-tronomical Studies and Education at Pisgah Astron-omical Re-search Institute (PARI) where he conducts astronomical research and teaches high school and university students. The college will host John Seager, president and CEO of the national orga-nization, Population

Connec-tion, Oct.1, at 7 p.m. in Evans Hall, Hibbard Campus Cen-ter. Seager will speak on, “Soaring Past 7 Billion: Pop-ulation Chal-lenges for a Crowded World.”

Founded in1968 as Zero Population Growth, Population Connection focuses on achiev-ing global population stabiliza-tion through universal aware-ness and access to voluntary family planning, together with the full empowerment of wom-en. Keystone College President Dr. Edward G. Boehm Jr. an-nounced that Regina Peters has joined the college as Senior Advisor to the President for Community Relations and Spe-cial Projects.

Peters will work closely with Keystone’s Institutional Ad-vancement team.

Keystone greets

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John Seager

Regina Peters

Rev. Mitred Archpriest John D. Sorochka, superintendent and spiritual director of St. John’s Academy, along with Subdea-con Michael Pavuk announced the Moleben (Service of Thanksgiving) for the opening of the new academic year will take place Sept. 30 following the Divine Liturgy at 9:30 a.m.

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w w w . a n t i q u e s s u s q c o . c o m / m a r y s w w w . a n t i q u e s s u s q c o . c o m / m a r y s decision you make, some people are going

to like it, some people aren’t....as long as you do the right thing, what is best for the community, you never have to worry about it.” In1970s, Perry showed his backbone when he, as police commissioner, ordered the Grove Street Bridge closed after his son noticed dangerous bridge decay.

“I said to him when I was walking over there [the bridge], ‘Dad, I can see the rail-road tracks through the sidewalk,’” Scott Perry said.

His father was skeptical at first, but soon went to the bridge to examine it. Sure enough, it was dilapidated as his son had claimed. Tony Perry became worried about those who crossed the bridge, and especially about students who passed over on buses to and from school.

“He closed it on his own, and when they [state officials] inspected it, they agreed with him,” said Carol Perry, Perry’s wife of 38 years, who explained that others were opposed to closing the bridge.

“A state trooper showed up. It was a big fiasco,” said Tony Perry’s daughter, Pame-la Orue.

“That made a lot of people unhappy,” Scott Perry said, explaining that many didn’t like having to take an alternate route while the bridge was closed. “It was falling

apart. It had to be done.”

“Now you see there’s a brand new bridge there,” said Orue. “He won, right?”

When he wasn’t closing bridges down for public safety or acting in his official capacities as mayor or police commissioner or patrolman over the years, he showed his softer side, his daughter said.

Perry loved to engage with the community. He coached youth sports teams. He played bass in a band, Southern Comfort, formerly The Funtimers. He drank coffee and chatted with residents in diners “throughout the Abingtons,”

according to his obituary.

“If he wasn’t a friend of yours, by the time he was done talking to you, he was,” Carol Perry said. “He would do anything he could to help anybody.”

His daughter said on holidays her father would take shifts for police officers who had small children so they could be home with their families.

“He never forgot what it was like to be the low man on the totem pole,” his son said.

Scott Perry, now an assistant chief in Laceyville, sees himself as retraces his father’s career path. Working as a police-man gives him insight into his father.

“I didn’t realize how much I learned from him until recently, he said. “I have a much better understanding of my father.” His father told him to remember to put helping others above all else in life.

“That stays with me on the job today as a policeman,” he said.

Shortly before his death, Perry won his third term as mayor and celebrated his 65th birthday. In his last years, he was enamored of his grandson, Zachary Perry Karabin. He especially enjoyed taking Zachary fishing and swimming, according to fam-ily.

In 2003, Clarks Summit Borough Coun-cil voted unanimously to adopt a resolution renaming the Carnation Drive Park after Perry.

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Family members of the late Clarks Summit Mayor Anthony ’Tony’ Perry gather after the flagpole dedication in his memory. Seated: Carol Perry, wife of the late Clarks Summit Mayor. Standing: Scott Perry, son of the late Mayor; Zachary Perry Karabin, grandson and Pamela Orue, daughter or the late Mayor.

COURTESY CAROL PERRY

Tony Perry served as police com-missioner from 1977 to 1981.

COURTESY PAMELA ORUE

Mayor Tony Perry, shown, assembles campaign signs for his last mayoral cam-paign in 2001.

Tony Perry, a musician since his teen years, played bass in The Funtimers, which later became Southern Comfort.

‘HONORABLE’

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Through the Years

Family Man

Tony and Pamela Perry circa 1979 during an Abington All Stars Softball Tournament.

Scott, Tony and Carol Perry in 1988 at Scott’s football game at Moravian College.

Tony Perry, right, adored his grandson, Zachary, left, often taking him fishing and swimming.

Lifetime of

dedication

* Grew up in West

Scranton and

attended West

Scranton High

School and later

The University of

Scranton and

Lackawanna Junior

College for his Act

120 certification.

* Served in the U.S.

Air Force.

* Moved to Clarks

Summit in 1967 to

take a job as a

patrolman.

* Served as Police

Commissioner from

1977 to 1981.

* Worked for 24

years as a criminal

investigator for the

DA’s office.

* His career in law

enforcement

spanned 34 years.

* Was Vice

President of the

Lackawanna

Mayor’s Association

* When he served

on Clarks Summit

Borough council for

six years, he was in

charge of parks and

recreation

* Served as Grand

Marshal for the

Memorial Day

Parade for the

Veterans of Foreign

Wars Post.

* Was serving his

third term as mayor

when he died. Had

been mayor since

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trees and not just the trunks,” said Beechko. As part of the proposed plan, the clock tower would be decorated in multi-colored lights, making it a focal point in the hub of the downtown area.”

Committee members are in the process of contacting building landlords for permission to move ahead. “We all want it to happen,” she said. “…And we’re trying to come up with something low maintenance.” According to Beechko, to date, the committee has commitments from Everything Natural, Lawrence E. Young Fu-neral Home, O’Boyle Real Estate, Beta Bread, The Moore Building, Petco building, Gerrie Carey build-ing and Our Lady of the Snows Church and Rectory.

Beechko and her committee are seeking help from the community in the form of monetary donations, additional volunteers and residents or individuals to adopt a vacant building. “My goal is to put a com-mittee together involving the whole community - as possibly adopting a building that’s va-cant…. We can raise to money to buy the lights, and we are given a discount on power from PP&L…. We don’t want this to be a big bur-den on anyone; we’d like to have volunteers of all ages and occupa-tions involved.”

She added, “We have some peo-ple who have come forward, Archi-tect, Kuni Matsui and Highland Associates, who will measure buildings and want to help with the design, and we’re looking for any groups that would like to help line the buildings with lights. A repre-sentative from Walsh Electrical Associates will meet with Virginia Kehoe to determine if power is sufficient for all of the buildings.

Gerrie Carey, Clarks Summit Borough President and committee member said, “What we want is for people to come forward - anybody who has any interest in helping with lighting up of Clarks Summit. The lights will be left up perma-nently and will be available for special occasions such as the Ice Festival.”

Meetings will be held on Tues-days, 9:30 a.m. at the Clarks Sum-mit Borough Building. For more information, contact Ellen Beech-ko at 947.2847. The lighting of the town is scheduled for Nov.15.

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and a goal of the event is to “empower the children with lifesaving safety skills.”

She stressed the importance of not frightening them by adding more fear into danger-ous situations. Walsh said she would like to erase the nega-tive connotations children sometimes have about law enforcement officers and emergency responders, and replace it with the message that those people are heroes who are here to help.

“If you want to empower someone,” she said, “you give them information and take the fear away from them.”

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McGruff the Crime Dog teaches lifesaving tips at a previous Safe-ty4ALLKIDS event.