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ournal-herald THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2022 • Volume 41 – No. 35 ©2022, THE JOURNAL-HERALD. All Rights Reserved
CONTINUING: THE WHITE HAVEN JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 1879–143rd YEAR, NO. 22
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Weatherly Memorial Day Parade return approved by Weatherly Council by Seth and Ruth Isenberg a Memorial Day Parade on May 30. She asked council for Georgia Farrow of the a donation towards expenses, American Legion Post 360 among which are small flags Auxiliary came before for participating kids, and Weatherly borough council hotdogs and refreshments at at their May 25 meeting to the end of the parade. Dan look for borough support for Shields of the Legion is assist-
Lisa Stuart at Thimbleberry.
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ing with plans for the parade and the ceremony at the end at Union Cemetery. Both the parade and a donation were approved. The ALA is working with Weatherly Area Schools DisSee WEATHERLY COUNCIL, page 3
JH: Ruth Isenberg
Thimbleberry brightens White Haven’s Main Street by Ruth Isenberg
that change monthly. Now open more than half a If you are looking for some- year, the Penn Lake resident thing to do on Saturday, April teaches a variety of classes, 30, consider celebrating Local for everyone from beginners Yarn Store Day. Lisa Stuart, to experts. Current classes inproprietor of Thimbleberry clude beginning knitting, beYarn & Craft on Main Street ginning crocheting, and gaugin White Haven is welcoming ing and blocking. One-on-one visitors between 10 a.m. and lessons are available too. 5 p.m. She will have light reLisa says “I have taken the freshments, door prizes, and skills learned in decades of a discounts on in-store kits. professional corporate career Stuart retired from a corpo- and started an independent rate career in logistic support business selling yarn, tools, for Boeing International, and fiber education. I am a and last November opened lifelong knitter and my shop her business on the corner offers a range of luxury and of Main and Berwick Streets. utility fibers as well as inThere, she set about stocking struction. I love the craft of yarn and craft supplies, and knitting, operating my own decorating her shop windows business, and being an active — making them pop with member of my downtown community.” their creativity using themes
NEW POLICE CAR: White Haven Borough put its latest vehicle into service on Monday. The Ford Explorer replaces a unit destroyed in an accident in February, and was paid for by the borough’s insurance company. It was purchased via CoStars. The borough ordered the last available unit on the lot, but still had to wait for delivery because supply chain issues slowed down equipping the car with the needed police package.Shown from left are Mayor Fred Meier, council members Harvey Morrison and Mike D’Agostino, Police Chief Tom Szoke, and council president John Klem. JH: Ruth Isenberg