Seth’s Sightings

Critter sightings are pretty much the usual this week. I sighted a new fox, with short dark legs. I also sighted a canine with coloring that may turn out to be a coyote as it flashed across the road in Lehigh Township.

Fawns are plentiful hereabouts. There is one deer among the homes in the neighborhood where we live, and we suspect it’s a doe looking for a safe place to give birth.

A friend sighted a good sized bear this weekend while he was driving through Foster Township.

by Seth Isenberg

We are among the many fans of Hazleton’s 70’s Flashback Band. The band is composed of 60 and 70 somethings who come together to perform a variety of 70s hits. During Saturday’s concert, we overheard that some of them having been rocking this area for over 50 years. I think we’ve been fans for almost 20 of those years.

The band was the featured night entertainment ahead of Hazleton’s fireworks display on July 1 at City View Park. Here was a chance to see the band, and

ALA to host blood drive

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 in Weatherly is sponsoring a community blood drive to be held at the Citizen’s Fire Company at 107 Spring Street in Weatherly on July 17, from 1:30 until 6:00 p.m.

Unit 360 is asking that everyone consider donating blood in honor of Abby Valentine who is battling an aggressive form of Leukemia called Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. grab dinner at one of the assembled food trucks for a night of food, music and fireworks.

Abby’s hope and special request is that all will make the choice to donate blood or encourage others to donate and help save a life.

For an appointment, please visit RedCrossBlood. org and use sponsor code “WEATHERLY” or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).

We arrived to hear the band complete the first set, and then with the Star Spangled Banner sung live from the park stage, the fireworks began. It was a good display. The fireworks were launched from the top of the tall tailings pile adjacent to the park, the highest elevation in Hazleton by 30 or 40 feet at least, and we were right underneath with a terrific view.

We sampled some tacos and apple dumplings from a couple of the food stands, and finished the night listening to the second set while waiting out the jam of traffic as people exited the park.

We’ve been trying to attend a performance of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Abridged, Revised, Again at DeSales U. On Friday, it was cancelled because of smokey conditions. On Sunday with the air cleaner, we headed down but as we approached the turnoff, our phones toned with an emergency alert about a possible tornado. We were therefore not surprised to arrive to find that the performance, which was scheduled for outside on the steps of DSU’s library, had been cancelled again. So we took ourselves out for a nice meal no tornado…not even a heavy rain, did a little shopping, and went home.

On our way north, we sighted fireworks optimistically being launched just ahead of a line of thunderstorms. We drove into a corner of these while on the Turnpike, and had some ‘exciting’ driving to do as it rained buckets. By the time we collected our dogs and went home, the stars were shining, though more rain did blow through.

We are enjoying the full ‘Buck’ moon.

A friend has a birthday on the 4th, and we plan to go celebrate with a trip to the Blue Mountain Winery to enjoy wine and likely some of their brick-oven pizza.

On the afternoon of the 6th, Congressman Matt Cartwright is coming through White Haven, with a visit to the White Haven Community Library starting at 4.

This weekend has a light schedule, due to it being an infusion week for me. This Saturday in White Haven is an outdoor market, and we’ll be there. We’ll likely try again for the “Complete Works Abridged” performance, ideally with visits to farmers markets.

Next week are St. Pat’s Festival and the Pow-Wow. Good health to everyone.

ALA 360 to meet

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 in Weatherly will hold its monthly meeting Monday, July 10, at the post home starting at 6 p.m.

The 2023-2024 budget will be discussed and voted on. All members are urged to attend this important meeting. Pizza Sale

ALA Unit 360 in Weatherly will hold its monthly pizza sale on Friday, July 21. Pick up is 4-6 p.m. at the post home. Deadline to order pizza is Friday, July 14.

A regular pizza is $11 and all additional toppings are now $3 each. The toppings include Extra Cheese, 3-Cheese, Mushroom, Sausage, and Pepperoni. Contact Georgia Farrow to order your pizza at 570-427-4527.