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WeeklyF c u s25,000 CIRCULATION
COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERVolume 23, Issue 43 • Friday, November 10, 2017
Join us Friday, No-vember 3rd through Saturday, November 18th for the 2017 Eas-ter PA Shop Hop, fea-turing amazing priz-es including a $1500 Bernina 330 Sewing machine, an Accuquilt GO! Cutter, QUBE Die Set, 2 1/2” Strip Die and Mat, “Everything Mary” Deluxe Roll-ing Sewing Tote Bag, Hand quilting frame
Country Quilterieon a stand from Frank A. Edmunds Co., and more! Featuring the beau-tiful fabric collection “Natural Beauty” by Kanvas Studios, the Shop Hop includes nine participating Quilt Shops. Visit the Country Quilterie and pick up your Passport to the Shop Hop, for $5.00 (no tax), and receive
a free quilt block kit with pattern and all fabric, plus a free Quilter’s Tote Bag. The Passport contains two bonus quilt block patterns and nine cou-pons, one for each par-ticipating store. Hurry in for your passport, while supplies last. While your in the store, be sure to see the Country Quilterie designed Bed Runner, two 38” bed pillows, and four decorative
pillows, made from the beautiful “Natural Beauty” fabric collec-tion, and featuring the blocks from each par-ticipating shop, plus a stunning Lap Quilt made from made the
fabric collection, as well, beautifully quilt-ed by our own Expert Master Quilter, Sha-ron. Drop an entry blank into our fish bowl, during the Shop Hop,
and you may win one of our fabulous door prizes. The Shop Hop hours are Monday to Saturday, from 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, from 12 PM to 4 PM.
The entire “Natural Beauty” collection will be available for pur-chase at the Country Quilterie, 2783 Route 115, Carriage House
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monday, November 13 - Thursday, November 16White elephant items only
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
CHRistMas BazaaRFriday, November 17 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 18 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.bake sale, Jewelry, crafts and more!
serving food all day on Friday and saturdayspecial saturday drawing
136 W. central avenueeast bangor, Pa 18013
Visit our website at ebumc.org
-- Rev. david g. goss, Pastor east bangor united Methodist church
136 W. central avenue east bangor, Pa 18013
(610) 588-4453 ebumc.org
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The Nutcracker
Advance tickets on sale at Notara School of Dance
Tickets also on sale at the box office One hour prior to the performancewww.notaranutcracker.weebly.com
TICKETS: $20 - All Open SeatingCash & Checks Only! No Credit Cards
No Refunds/Exchanges
Holidays!
HOLIDAY TOY BINGO5TH ANNUAL
Saturday, November 18th • Doors Open 11AM • Bingo Starts 1PM
$15 Advance$20 At The Door
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Lunch & Refreshments Available for Purchase All Day!
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Tricky Tray50/50 Drawing
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29th aNNuaLFall Craft Show
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We offer a full range of Home Care Services that includes non medical home care as well as certified care management to assist you and your family. Non medical home care services includes:
Assistance with bathing, dressing, walking, meal prep, lighthousekeeping, transportation, errands, laundry, companionship and now offering “Hair Salon Services in Your Home” Care management
services include overseeing medical appointments, monitoring, chronic conditions, advise on placement and local facilities.
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Forks of the Delaware Bottle Collectors Associationpresents
For Information contact bill hegedus20 Cambridge Place, Catasauqua, PA 18032
610-264-3130
DeaLer & DIspLayset-up 6:00 a.M. to 9:00 a.M.
earLy shoppers 7:30 a.M.
44th Annualbottle and Antique Show & Sale
bEThlEhEm CAThOliC high SChOOlmadison & Dewberry Avenues, bethlehem, PA 18017Located 2 Miles South of Rt. 22 - Center Street - Rt. 512
Sunday, November 26, 20179:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
$2.00 Admission
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(Gift Card & Massage Special good for 1 year)
Great Christmas Holiday Gift for
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MONROE ANIMAL LEAGUE
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holiday giving season Just around the corner
Get aJumpStart Monroe Animal League’s
Sun., Nov. 12th • 9 a.m.-2 p.m.Stroud Twsp. Fire House
sat., Dec. 2, 2017, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 21 Race St., Jim Thorpe, PA
Concert at 3:00 p.m.
Concert SeriesChristmas
Tickets for St. Mark’s Concert Are $15.00, Children Under 10 Are Free
Tickets Available Online at www.lvartsboxoffice.org and at Sound Check Records, Jim Thorpe & Carbon county Music & More, Lehighton, the beacon Diner, tamaqua, the Dimmick Memorial Library, Jim thorpe
for More information contact us, 810 carbon street, Jim thorpe, Pa570-325-4794
sat., Dec. 9, 2017, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 106 Main St., Ringtown, PAConcert at 3:00 p.m.
sun., Dec. 10, 2017, St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 1249 Trexlertown Rd., Trexlertown, PA
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aPPetiZers1. coconut shriMP (7Pcs) w. orange marmalade and horseradish sauce................................................................... $10.002. buffaLo chicken bites w. blue cheese ..................... $8.00sanDWich1. chicken aLa roMano w. red peppers, pesto & mozzarellaon a kaiser..............................................................................$11.00entrees1. 2 LuMP crab cakes baked to perfection w. roasted redpeppers ......................................................................................$21.002. neW york sirLoin w. 3 jumbo shrimp.......................... $17.50
Page 2 Square, Effort, PA 18330. Call 570-620-9707 for additional in-formation. To view the Natural Beauty fabric collection, and our gorgeous bed-runner, pillows and lap quilt, log onto: www.countryquilterie.com/news&information Looking for some great holiday decorat-ing or gifting ideas? Check out the class-es being offered this month at the Quilting Academy, located at 2785 Route 115, Car-riage House Square, Effort, PA 18330or log onto www.countryquilterie.com/quiltingclasses for complete class sched-ule, photos, and de-scriptions of the fabu-lous quilting ideas to decorate your home for fall and winter, and for holiday gifting. This month’s classes include: Stitch & Fold Wreath, Friday, Nov.
3rd from 10 to 4, ($25), Evening Open Sew, Thursday, November 9th, from 6 to 9, ($10)m Christmas Placemats, Friday, Nov. 17th, 10 to 4 ($25). More class-es listed on website. Check them out. Do you have a quilt top that needs finish-ing? Bring it to the Country Quilterie for expert long-arm ma-chine quilting at the lowest cost, highest quality and fastest turn-around. For ex-ample, a 45” X 60” quilt top, edge-to-edge quilted is just $33.75! We have hundreds of patterns to choose from, and we also offer custom border quilting, custom sec-tional quilting, and free motion quilting, all at low, low prices and all expertly done by our experienced, expert long-arm quil-ters. Our computer-ized long-arm quilting machine does it all, right here in Effort, PA. No need to ship
your quilt to some-one’s home. Have your quilt finished in a clean, smoke free and pet free environment of an established quilt shop, in business for thirty years. Before you ship your quilt away, ask yourself: Do you know where your quilt is? Visit us soon and see the recent fabric arriv-als, including luscious new colors of P & B Textiles “Suede” col-lection - cotton fabric that looks like suede! Elegant and perfect for your next project. We love our custom-ers, and everyone who
enters receives our exclusive “Nice Per-son Discount” off our already discounted, first quality fabrics. We also give Military (active and retired) Discounts, Police, Fire, and EMS Discounts, QuiltGuild Discounts, Senior Discounts, too. We are the larg-est quilt and fabric store in the Pocono Mountains, selling hand-crafted quilts, made on the premises, and thousands of the latest fabrics from the USA’s top designers and manufacturers. Are you looking for
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Country QuilterieContinued from
Page 4a custom-made quilt for the holidays? Let us make a quilt for you: t-shirt quilts, photo quilts, memory quilts, theme quilts, and quilts in every style and color from civil war reproduc-tion fabrics to the latest contemporary designs, lovingly made by our own ex-pert quilting staff. Or, choose from our large selection of our own hand-crafted quilts, on display for sale in our Quilt Gallery at less than half the price you would expect to pay for these heirloom quality quilts. We also make table runners and toppers, placemats, valances,
and other decorative quilted accessories for your home or gifting. Here’s a quilting tip from MaryAnn: Use pipe cleaners to clean the nooks and cran-nies in your sewing machine. They grab the lint and dust. Visit us today. We are conveniently lo-cated at 2783 Route
115, at Carriage House Square, Effort, PA 18330. Call us at 570-620-9707 for more in-formation. This month’s Quil-ter’s Quote: “Creative clutter is better than idle neatness.” Until next month, may all of your ups and downs be with a needle and thread. Pound cake is a dense rich cake originally made with
one pound each of flour, butter, sugar and eggs.
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Jerusalem United Church of Christ545 Church Drive, Palmerton (Trachsville), PA 18071
610-681-4412sundays at 9:00 a.m. contemporary service
With god’s house band Special Programs 10:30am • All welcome
See www.jerusalemucc.org
Blue Mountain Community ChurchSunday Morning Services
9:00 & 11:00 AM25 Oak Street • Palmerton, PA 18071
www.bmcc.cc 610-826-8402
Annual Bottle AndAntiques Show & Sale
The Forks of The Delaware Bottle Col- lectors Association is holding its 44th Annual Bottle & An- tiques Show & Sale November 26th at the Bethlehem Catholic High School, Madi- son & Dewberry Ave- nues, Bethlehem, Pa. The show hours are 9:00AM to 2:00PM. Admission is $2.00 to the public. This is one
of the largest shows of its type on the East Coast. There will be a large assortment of local and national bot- tles and antique items from advertising items to stoneware. There are 86 dealers from 8 states setting up at 120 sales table at the show. For more information call William Hegedus (610) 264-3130.
Gift Card BingoNovember 18th
1:00pmDoors open at NoonKitchen will be open
$25.0020 regular games
4 specials1 mid Game $100 &1 Final Game $100
All regular games win a $25 value gift card
All special games win a $50 Value Gift Card
(2/$25)Tie breaker on Games
Win $10 cash
Additional games $2 each or 3 for $5.Good Shepherd
United Church of Christ
3940 Mountain Rd, Slatington, PA 18080
(610)767-9680www.GoodShepherd-
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Fennel is one of our oldest cultivated plants and was much used by the Romans. Gladiators consumed fennel prior to battle to make them fierce, while Roman women ate fennel to prevent obesity.
(NAPSI)—As the days get shorter and the kids go back to school, prepare for the cooler weather by getting organized and completing basic maintenance. You’ll save money, time and space!
Keep It Moving After heavy sum-mer use, clean out gunk from sliding glass door tracks. Then apply WD-40® Multi-Use Product, available in an easy-to-store 3-oz handy can, to lubricate and prevent sticking and squeaking. The handy can is also great for lubri-cating zippers and suitcase wheels, and removing crayon from walls and sticky res-idue from metal and glass.
Clothing Exchange
As the temperature cools, wash summer must-haves like beach towels, swimsuits and summer clothing. Then donate gently used pieces your fam-ily has outgrown; toss stained, ripped or bro-ken items; and store
Prep Your HomeFor Fall
the rest in airtight con-tainers. Now you’ll have more room in clos-ets and drawers for fall must-haves like umbrellas, coats and sweaters.
Cut The Cost Most people only think to run their ceil-ing fans during the summer, but many units come with a switch that reverses the direction of the blades. Switching the blades’ rotation to clockwise from coun-terclockwise makes the room warmer.
Air pooled to the ceiling is circulated back into the living space, which can cut your heating costs as much as 10 percent.
Protect Your Invest-ment
Furnace mainte-nance is key to ensur-ing it stays in good condition throughout the heating season. Dirty filters restrict airflow and increase energy demand. To prevent expensive problems, check filters once a month and re-
place or clean as need-ed. If replacing your filter once a month is a hassle, consider switching to a perma-nent filter, such as an electrostatic or HEPA filter, which can re-move 99 percent of airborne particles. For more informa-tion about how WD-40 Multi-Use Product in the 3-oz can helps make home main-tenance easier, visit wd40.com.
If you eat a polar bear liver, you’ll die. Humans cannot handle that much Vitamin A.
Power tools can dramatically reduce the time it takes to complete home im-
Power Tool Safety Tipsprovement projects. Professional contrac-tors regularly rely on power tools for cut-
ting and sanding, and many do-it-yourself renovators follow suit and invest in powerPower Tool Safety Tips
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Page 7 tools to help get the job done. But power tools, in spite of their usefulness, are not without risk. Accord-ing to the Work Safe Center, power tool injuries account for as many as 400,000 emer-gency room visits in the United States each year. Power nailers, chain saws and table saws account for the greatest number of injuries. Keeping safe is of the utmost prior-ity when using power tools. Here’s how: · Read all manufac-turers’ instructions and guidelines before use. · Keep your tools clean and in proper operating condition. · Use the right tool for the job. · Always wear eye protection, such as safety glasses or gog-gles. · Wear standard cot-ton or leather work gloves to protect hands. · Consider the use of earplugs or earmuffs with loud power tools. · Don’t use power tools in proximity to flammable vapors, dust or construction materials. · Always check that wires are kept away
from blades. · Maintain a tight grip on a tool. · Do not overreach when using tools, and maintain balance. · Pay attention when working with any power tool. · Only use attach-ments specifically recommended for the power tools and en-sure proper installa-tion. · Unplug all power tools during breaks and anytime when tools are not in use. · Routinely inspect tools for damage.
· Keep tools stored in secure locations when
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MS) -- Keeping your home at a comfortable temperature becomes an increasingly ex-pensive proposition with steadily rising energy costs. With the full force of win-ter upon us, you can keep air leakage and energy loss in check with a mini energy au-dit of your home that includes these three quick stops:#1 - Check for drafts
How To Control Air Leakage And Energy Loss In Your Home
Air leakage (espe-cially in the basement, on the main floor or through a wind-ward-facing wall) can make your home drafty, uncomfortable and difficult to heat, no matter how much you turn up the ther-mostat. Address air leakage by plugging the biggest leaks first, such as in the attic
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Page 8 and around electrical holes, plumbing vents, basement rim joists (where the foundation meets the wood fram-ing), recessed lighting, windows and doors.#2 - Check your insu-
lation If you have conven-tional fiberglass or cel-lulose insulation, set-tling and sagging can compromise its per-formance and lead to
a big hit on your ener-gy bills. Look for gaps and signs of moisture problems in your in-sulation, especially in the attic, in the base-ment and in the room over the garage. If you’re planning home improvements or an addition, consider in-stalling an insulation/air barrier (like inno-vative Icynene) for complete air sealing and energy savings of up to 50 percent over conventional
insulation. More in-formation about your insulation options is available online at www.icynene.com.
#3 - Check your furnace
How old is your furnace? If it pre-dates 1992, it might only op-erate at about 55 to 78 percent efficiency. A new Energy Star-qual-ified furnace can oper-
ate above 90 percent efficiency as a result of more efficient heat ex-changers and electron-ic ignition. SH122842 CAPTION: Spray foam insulation can help overcome many issues associated with conventional fiber-glass or cellulose insu-lation, such as settling, sagging and potential moisture problems.
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Grand Thanksgiving Buffet
Let us take care of your Thanksgiving Feast with our Grand Thanksgiving Buffet at Pocono Manor Resort & Spa. Our Grand Buffet has all the traditional
trimmings of the holidays you love plus a delicious seafood bar. Call today to make your reservation or turn this into a family getaway! Enjoy daily fall-themed
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Magical Fireside ChristmasOPENING NIGHT NOVEMBER 23RD 2PM TO 6PM
Walk through a winter wonderland of Holiday light displays, meet Santa Claus, enjoy holiday crafts with the Elves, cookie decorating, live deer feeding and more!
$10 for 8 Activity Tickets | $5 for 3 Activity Tickets
Call Today 800.233.8150 or visit us online at PoconoManor.com/Events
BlUe valley FaRM sHoWall-yoU-Can-eat BReakFastSunday, Nov. 19 • 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Held in the Blue valley Farm show auditorium(off Route 512, Between Bangor & Pen argyl)
Adults: $9 Children: $4 Under Age 6: FRee
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Countries And All Periods Of TimeThis gun Show has been considered One of the Best of 10 in the whole Country by the National Rifle Association
To learn more about our shows & our organization, or to find directions to our events visit:www.allentownshow.net
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COLUMBIA SELF STORAGEwill sell the contents of the occupant’s leased space at public auction to satisfy the owner’s lien on StorageTreasures.com all personal property stored in this facility by: Casey Repsher, unit 156, consisting of boxes, furniture, miscellaneous items. Jennifer Volpe unit 246, consisting of boxes, furniture, misc. items. Kenneth Vargas, unit 339, boxes, furniture, misc. items. Anthony Capersino, unit 221B , boxes and misc. Tiffany Cole, unit 214A, consisting of boxes. Items will be offered for sale by auction to the highest bidder for enforcement of storage liens. Auction will be held at 9 a.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 28th, 2017on StorageTreasures.com. All auction
sales are FINAL. Cash only and paid at Columbia Self Storage,
1059 Pennsylvania Ave., Pen Argyl, PA 18072.
Columbia self storage reserves the right to refuse any bid.
Children’s Christmas Toy Bingo
vIGIlANT FIRe COMPANY110 S. Walnut Street, SlatingtonTickets: $25 includes 25 games of bingo!
Electronics & Toys, 26th Coverall bingo game for a 55” flat screen tv or computer, cash kitchen, Pull
Tabs, Extra game Purchases Availablecall vigilant fire co. at 610-767-3832
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2 Nights of BingoFridays, Nov. 17 & Dec. 1 • 7 p.m.Doors & Kitchen Open 5 p.m.
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November 17th & 18thFriday 5-9 pm
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Baked goods • desserts • Basket Rafflemore info (610) 439-9972
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Every Tuesday • 7 p.m.Doors & Kitchen Open at 6 p.m.
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Annual ChristmasBazaar
The East Bangor United Methodist Community Church will hold its annual Christmas Bazaar on Friday, November 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. and Sat-urday, November 18th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Also, from Mon-day thru Thursday (13th-16th) from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. there will be a sale of “White Elephants Only”. The Bazaar consists of
handcrafted Christ-mas gifts and orna-ments, hand-knitted items, estate jewelry, baked goods, jams & jellies. Sandwiches and homemade soup will be available all day Friday and Sat-urday only. A door prize drawing will be held on Saturday. The church is located at 136 W. Central Ave. (Rt. 512), East Bangor, PA. Call 610-588-4453 or visit: ebumc. org.
Pocono Garden Club The Pocono Garden Club will hold a gen-eral meeting sched-uled for Tuesday, No-vember 14, 2017 at 1 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Kettle Creek Environmen-tal Education Center, Running Valley Road, Bartonsville, Pa.
Club member Peg Zukawski will guide club members in a Fall project creating a Harvest Garland. The garland will be usable inside or out. Mem-bers participating in the project are asked to bring in dried plant materials, wire and
wire cutters. The monthly de-sign, “New Moon” will be a crescent ar-rangement using fresh flowers in Fall colors. No accessory to be in-cluded. Members and guests are encouraged and welcome to par-ticipate. The horticulture en-try is an arrangement of dried plant mate-rials placed in a con-tainer of exhibitor’s choice. The collection must have 3 different species of flowers, grasses and seed pods. A desert cactus, is the Houseplant entry.
All entries must be in and ready for judg-ing by 12:30 p.m. More information available on Facebook. Everyone interest-
ed in plants and gar-dening is welcome. For more information contact club President Sandy Goddeyne at570-517-9795.
Craft ShowWest End Volunteer
Fire CompanyStaurday,
November 25th9am to 3pm
West End FirehouseRoute 715
BrodheadsvilleBehind the Wawa
Free Parking!Free Admission!
Find Us on Facebook under “West End Fire
Company”
The four-spot skimmer dragonfly is the official state insect of Alaska.
37th Annual Christmas House Tour
Governor Wolf His-torical Society will hold its 37th annual Christmas House Tour of historic homes and landmarks 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, starting at the Soci-ety’s historic site, 6600 Jacksonville Road, Bath. This year’s theme is “Coverlets - A Warm Christmas,” with a large display of early woven coverlets from the 18th and 19th centuries. The campus will be open starting at 9 a.m. On the site there will be a free 1800s Histor-ic Family Day (dona-tions accepted). The campus will be filled with 1800s costumed craftspeople doing hearth cooking, pre-senting ancient herbs and their use and ear-ly Fraktur painting demonstrations. There will be demonstra-tions of hand-forged iron kitchen tools, weavers and spinners, wood slab benches, a one-room schoolhouse teacher, carved toys and more. Children’s crafts will be taught. Additional local craft-ers will feature beau-tiful items for sale. Everyone is invited to enjoy these features at no charge. You can also sign up for the craft classes being taught on the campus each month. There will be dis-plays of a large 1800s woven jacquard cover-let and earlier overshot coverlets throughout the three buildings on the site, many dated and signed from early local weavers. The Daily Grind
Café will be open in the Monocacy School, offering soups, snacks and lunches to eat there or take with you on the tour. Seven private homes are featured on the tour this year, plus four other histor-ic structures. All date to the 1800s and early 1900s. Each was select-ed for its amazing his-tory. They include: A large Victorian B and B complete with an
attached early general store, an early 1800s barn that is now a beautiful home, a tiny stone gem that was used by passengers while waiting for a train, a large stone cen-ter hall Georgian, the original slate-walled Chapman School and more. House tour tickets are $25 if purchased in advance, $30 on the site the day of the tour. Tickets go on sale Nov. 11 at: Bath Drug, 310 S. Walnut St., Bath; S. Seem An-
tiques & Artisans, 100 S. Chestnut St., Bath; Miller Supply Ace Hardware, Route 329 and Savage Road, Northampton; Curt’s Cyclery, 182 Bath Pike, Nazareth; and Snow Goose Gallery, 470 Main St., Bethlehem.For further informa-tion, go to govwolf.org, call 610-837-9015 or go to the following Facebook address: Wolf Academy His-toric site and the Gov-ernor Wolf Historic Society.
The metal part on a pencil is called a “ferrule”.
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 23rd, 2017 from noon to 4 PM at the Amer-ican Legion Post 927, 646 Fairgrounds Road, Gilbert, PA.
This is a compli-mentary event serving those in need through-out Our community. All are welcome!
Legend has it that sailors once thought that wear-ing a golf earring would improve their eyesight.
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The Focus
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HelP neeDeD own-er seeking help. on oct. 20, 2017 at an afternoon event a pink wallet was taken when the owner was assist-ing an elderly guest from falling. the wallet contained cash, credit cards and photos. the owner is asking for the wallet photos to be returned, no questions asked. especially one 1950 wedding photo outside of St. Rita’s Church in Gouldsboro. Her grandfather built the church. the pic-ture has sentimental and personal value. Please return to Shaw-nee Playhouse or send to Regina Schedler 378 Scotrun Ave. Scotrun, PA 18355. no Ques-tions Asked. 11/17
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Fight Odometer Fraud (NAPSI)—For a crime that has so much mileage on it, odome-ter fraud not only still occurs, it’s growing. Recent research by Carfax shows there are still over 200,000 new cases of odome-ter fraud every year and that the problem has grown nearly 50 percent in just the last three years—but it doesn’t have to hap-pen to you.Here’s a look at three facts and tips that can
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er miles equals more money. 2. Where it happens: You can find a rolled-back vehicle practical-ly anywhere but the risk is highest in Cali-fornia, Idaho, Nevada, Massachusetts and New York. 3. What you can do: Take the car to your mechanic to ver-
ify its condition. Their trained eye will notice whether certain parts or components show advanced signs of wear that don’t match what the odometer
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Submarine Veterans Meet
The U.S.Subma-rine Veterans, Pocono Base, meet regularly on the third Wednes-day of each month at the Wilson Fisher American Legion, Post 413, Old Route 940, in Pocono Pines, Penn-sylvania. They are a local chapter of the national organization U.S.Submarine Veter-ans, Inc. The purpose of the organization is to perpetuate the
memory of shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their du-ties while serving their country. Submarine veterans from all eras are encouraged to join. This month’s meeting will be on Wednes-day, November 15th at 7:00 P.M. For addi-tional information and directions, visit their website at http://po-conosubvets.org, or call 610-681-2606.
Annual Community Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday November 23rd, 2017 from noon
to 4 PM at the Amer-ican Legion Post 927, 646 Fairgrounds Road,
Gilbert, PA. This is a compli-mentary event serving those in need through-out Our community. All are welcome!
Fairview Senior’s Club Our last meeting was Oct. 24 at Chest-nuthill Park building on Rt. 715 in Brod-headsville. Our pas-tor Brenda starts the opening with a prayer.
Our president June keeps us all happy with her funny stories. We celebrate Hallow-een with hot dogs and sauerkraut. Our next meeting is Nov. 4th
West EndRepubli-can Club
The West End Re-publican Club, meets regularly on the fourth Tuesday of each month. This month we will meet at the Lake-side Restaurant, 5154 S Hamilton Blvd, Say-lorsburg, PA. Repub-lican minded citizens are encouraged to join us to Socialize, Listen, Discuss, and Learn. This month’s meeting will be on Tuesday, November 28th at 7:00 P.M. For those wish-ing to eat prior to the meeting, arrive by 6:00 PM. For additional in-formation and direc-tions, visit the club’s website at http://www.westendgop.com/, or call 443-326-5100.
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