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STRs, dam easements and more at Penn Lake council session

by Suzanne Winters This month’s meeting agenda items were discussed briefly at a work session immediately prior to the Penn Lake Borough Council meeting on October 12, including dam easements, short term rentals and the 2023 plowing contract.

Council president Paul Rogan also mentioned at the work session there is to be a waterline replacement on Horseshoe and Williams WHAT RAIN? The weather on Sunday wasn’t perfect, as a sudden shower made marching in the annual White Haven Lions Halloween Parade a soggy situation. But it didn’t stop the fun for the members of Girl Scout Troop 32932, above, the Weatherly Area High School band, below, or even the Lion, at left. You’ll find more pictures from the parade on page 6.

Drives, and plans are available for review. All members were present, council member Shaun Kuter virtually, as well as the mayor, the treasurer, five residents in the audience and several virtually.

Secretary Karen Burden received correspondence advising the borough of an upcoming two hearings regarding short term rentals scheduled for November 2 with District Justice Ferris See PENN LAKE, page 5

Appointments highlight WASB October session

by Seth Isenberg The Weatherly Area School Board held its October meetings as a combined meeting on the 11th, at the new start time of 6 p.m.

On the agenda were personnel recommendations.

Regarding sports, on a 5-2 vote (Board president April Walters and member Chrissie Houser opposed), Jeffrey Kiraly was approved

as Junior High 8th Grade Boys’ Basketball Coach (pending all clearances) for the 2023-2024 school year at a salary of $2,100.

Unanimously approved were Frankie Willis as Junior High 7th Grade Boys’ Basketball Coach (pending all clearances) for the 2023-2024 school year at See WASB, page 4

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Editorial

Hauntingly Familiar

by Ruth Isenberg ChatGPT, along with other artifical intelligence language generators, is the latest trendy tech development. Every week I receive emails explaining how revolutionary these programs are, and how they will soon replace orginal writing by humans.

There are a few problems with this scenario. Educators are concerned that students will use the programs to write papers for them. Employees are worried that the programs may replace them. Those are valid points of view, but perhaps not the most serious drawback.

Creativity is at risk. The programs rely on input from previous works to generate copy. They repackage information that is gleaned from works that have already been produced.

At least so far, the programs are not capable of creating anything new and original.

We already see too many sequels and remakes in popular entertainment. Social media rewards conforming to an ideal, and punishes people who stray from the beaten path. We are encouraged on multiple levels to stop thinking for ourselves, and to follow those with the loudest voices, often with serious consequences.

If as a society we come to rely on artifical intelligence as the prime source for information and entertainment, we will miss out on the flashes of inspiration that create truly moving works of art, and truly thought-provoking reporting and commentary. Without creativity and originality, we will be stuck with the way things are, rather than moving toward the way things could and should be.

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From The Journal-Herald Issue of October 21, 1993 Editors & Publishers Jay and Clara Holder White Haven’s donated Union Pacific caboose arrived at the Lehigh Tannery siding a few weeks ago and was placed onto tracks at its new home beside the White Haven Thriftway parking lot on October 13. A group effort led by White Haven council member Ray Ward worked out the purchase, and the logistics of its final move.

On the morning of the move, a work train brought the caboose up to the intersection of Allegheny and Main Streets where it was off-loaded onto a lowboy to ride to its final home on a donated piece of Wilmot Engineering property. Ray Ward thanked all the people involved, and finished with: “It was a job well done, and there she sits awaiting the next step, refurbishing.”

A Jay Holder photo of the crane moving the caboose into place topped the front page.

This year’s contest for a school board seat for Crestwood is down to one two-year term pitting Paul Hosage of Mountain Top with Louise Fino of Dennison Twp. Chiropractor Dr. Larry Skinner of White Haven was approved to be a workman’s compensation doctor for the Weatherly Area schools.

Security Savings, with branches on Broad Street, at the Laurel Mall and in Weatherly, was offering a 3.09% rate for their ’94

Christmas Club. “Where People Count.”

Fairview Elementary School is planning its Haunted Nature Trail at the school, to raise money for the P.T.A. The Moravian Trombone Choir will perform this weekend at both the White Haven and Weatherly United Methodist Churches.

Kevin Jancewicz, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class, son of Robert and Margaret Jancewicz of Lehigh Township, returned from a six-month deployment in the Mediterranean and Red Seas aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Hue City, homeported in Mayport, Florida.

Bresky Supply of McAdoo placed an ad about baking and candy making supplies.

Weatherly senior Jason Donadi scored three touchdowns for the Marian Colts as part of their 34-0 rout of Exeter.

Scott Coll, Weatherly Area’s cross-country coach, won the Switch-Back Scamper on Sunday.

Josh Sefchick picked up a sixth place medal at the Schuylkill All-League meet last week at the Mountain Laurel Golf Course.

Phil Jeffries writes about running the challenging Fourth Run Trail in Hickory Run State Park.

The dining review this week was of the Lee’s Hibachi restaurant in Bartonsville.

From The Journal September 30, 1943 Publisher W. C. Taylor The Junior Class of the [White Haven] high school held a wiener roast on the east bank of the Lehigh River last Thursday evening.

Miss Grace Hatmaker, class advisor, acted as chaperone.

See ARCHIVES, page 7

Public Notices PUBLIC NOTICE

Penn Lake Park Borough will hold a special meeting on Friday, October 20th, 2023 at 5:00pm to discuss and vote on a payment for Penn Lake Park Borough dam repair permit application fee to the applicable authorities. The meeting will be outside at the Penn Lake Community House, and virtual calling (312) 757-3117 and using Access Code: 384-401-149, or https://global.gotomeeting.com/ join/384401149.

Penn Lake Borough Council

LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Letters Testamentary have been granted in the Estate of Carol A. Berger, a/k/a Carol Berger, late of Banks Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, who died on June 13, 2023. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make payment and those having claims or demands against the Estate are to present the same without delay to: Randal Kessler, Executor c/o Peter O’Donnell, Esquire 305 South Church Street, Suite 175 Hazleton, PA 18201 11/2

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Public Notices LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Borough of East Side, County of Carbon, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania intends to adopt at a meeting to be held on Thursday, November 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the White Haven Community Library located at 121 Towanda Street, White Haven, PA an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOROUGH OF EAST SIDE, COUNTY OF CARBON, COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, AUTHORIZING THE VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, THE VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SERVICES AND OTHER EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS OF THIS BOROUGH TO CHARGE AND RECOUP THE COSTS OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY RESCUE SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT.” A summary of the contents of the Ordinance is as follows: Definitions.

Authorization of Services and Equipment. The Borough is authorizing emergency service organizations to utilize tools, equipment, and materials for providing emergency services.

Authorization to Recover Costs. An Emergency Service Organization is authorized to effect the recovery of costs.

Charges and Invoicing.

Schedule of Fees.

Enforcement.

Penalties and Remedies.

Repealer.

Severability.

Effective Date.

The full text of the Ordinance in its entirety may be examined at the East Side Borough Building located at East Side Borough, PA. A copy of the full text of the proposed Ordinance has also been provided to The Journal Herald at The Journal Herald at 211 Main Street, White Haven, Pennsylvania, and the Carbon County Law Library located at the Carbon County Courthouse, Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania and may be examined there.

CAROL ANN LENAHAN, Borough Secretary East Side Borough JAMES R. NANOVIC, ESQUIRE Borough Solicitor 57 Broadway Jim Thorpe, PA 18229

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Zoning Hearing Board of Lehigh Township will hold a hearing at the Lehigh Township Municipal Building, 1741 South Lehigh Gorge Drive, Weatherly, Carbon County, PA, on October 26, 2023, at 7:00 p.m., prevailing time, for the purpose of hearing the following matter: This is the appeal of Floyd C. Hoffman and Marian Hoffman (Appellants). Appellants seek a Special Exception pursuant to Sections 501.2 and 1501 of the Lehigh Township Zoning Ordinance to operate a private campground for family and friends.

Appellants also seek a review of the Decision of the Zoning Officer dated July 10, 2023, that issued an Enforcement Notice for operating a campground, recreational vehicles and tents without first obtaining a zoning permit. The property is located at 1017 Leslie Run Road, Lehigh Township, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, and is Tax Parcel No. 78-27-B8. This property is in the A-1 Zoning District.

All persons are welcome to attend and be heard. If you are a

person with a disability and wish to attend this hearing, and require an auxiliary aid, service, or other accommodation to participate in the proceedings, please contact Carol Lenahan, Board Secretary at (570) 371-8552 to discuss how Lehigh Township may best accommodate your needs.

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Obituaries

JOSEPH F. BRUNO Joseph F. Bruno, 94, conducted on Saturday of White Haven, passed October 21, at 4 p.m. from away on the Lehman Family Funeral Thursday, Service, White Haven.

October Friends are invited to join 12, 2023 the family for a visitation in Lehigh from 2 p.m. until time of Valley service.

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Hospital or Smith Nursing Born Home, Mountain Top. in Queens, he was the Visit www. son of the late Frank and LehmanFuneralHome.com Josephine Barrato Bruno for additional information. and served his country proudly in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. Joe worked for the Department of Highways in New York City, prior to retiring to White Haven. He was an avid Mets baseball Philip J. Jeffries fan, enjoyed hunting and spending time with Funeral Home family. He loved listening & Cremation Services to music and watching war A Branch of Holmes – Griffiths F.H., Inc. movies.

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Continued from page 1 a salary of $2,100; and Jeff Donadi, Dave Broskoskie, Ethan Broskoskie and Owen Broskoskie as Boys’ Basketball Volunteer Assistant Coaches (pending all clearances) for the 20232024 school year.

Also approved was Tony McKeegan (pending all clearances) as Game Worker for the 2023-2024 school year, also a 5-2 vote.

With the resignation of Erin DeGennaro as Junior Class Advisor, the Board unanimously approved Kristin Wilkinson as Junior Class advisor (pending all clearances) for the 20232024 school year.

Also approved was a leave of absence employees from September 25 to October 10, for medical reasons; and a leave of absence from October 20 to January 2, 2024 for medical reasons; and a leave of absence starting November 20 and returning April 2, 2024 for medical reasons.

Superintendent Daniel Malloy told the Board that these positions are covered.

A service agreement with TRANE Technologies for the heating and cooling control systems at the district’s buildings was approved on a vote of 6-1, Walters opposed.

TRANE representatives gave a report to the Board prior to the night’s business meeting. The amount for the agreement is $10,000 for the school year, about half of what was originally proposed.

In other business, the Board approved the Second Reading of the updated Policies on meetings, supplemental discipline records, and students

experiencing homelessness, foster care and other educational instability.

A transportation contract for Randy Shock to provide services for this school year was approved on a 6-1 vote, Houser opposed. The regular bus contractor, Rohrer, is still short two drivers – a new driver is nearly done with training and will begin shortly.

Student representative Isobel Hoffman, in her report, said it was “a great start for the school year.”

Among the activities were a “fun spirit week,” a pep rally, homecoming, and a senior sunrise event (6:30 a.m.).

Coming up is a semi-formal dance.

Kenneth Mehlig, new maintenance supervisor, has had a fast start to his first few weeks on the job. In his first report, he led his team in the installation of the new hot water boiler, saving the district over $10,000 (if done by an outside contractor).

He reported that five of the six boilers were working (waiting for a part on the sixth). He’s looking for a part-time cleaning person to join his team. He also wants approval to buy new vacuum cleaners as the current ones are “old.” Mehlig received a ‘shout-out’ for his work

by Board member Thomas Connors.

Mehlig reported that there is water near the soccer field again. It had stopped after Weatherly Borough had fixed a water main leak on Sixth Street.

Food service director Jeanine Snyder shared that she and her team had celebrated National School Lunch Week with students.

The week featured healthy snacks that complemented the meals – protein for muscles, dairy for strong

bones, fruits and grains for vitamins for a healthy body.

Samples were free. She also announces that November 16 will be the Thanksgiving feast.

Athletic committee chairman Ken Jacoby III reported that the fall sports season is nearly done. A soccer game was ongoing at meeting time, and so was a cross-country meet. Winter sports will start November 18. There are free physicals

by St. Luke’s Sports Medicine for athletes who need them.

The Board approve the following applications for use of school facilities: Adult Basketball League (contact: Luke Medico) use of high school gymnasium Sundays beginning October 15 from 4 to 7 p.m. for adult basketball games.

The Journal-Herald (contact: Seth Isenberg) use of middle school cafeteria on Monday, October 23 from 5:15 to 9:45 p.m. for Candidates Night.

Weatherly Wellness Council (contact: Rebekah McFadden) use of middle school gymnasium and lobby on Tuesday, November 21 from 3 to 7:30 p.m. for Carbon County Drug and Alcohol Expo.

Weatherly Youth Basketball (contact: Courtney Delman) use of high school gymnasium from Saturday, November 25, to Sunday, March 10, 2024, every Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday for youth basketball games and practices, (time to be worked out with Mr. Zoscin).

Title I (contact: Jessica Ackourey) use of middle school cafeteria, kitchen, and gymnasium on Friday, January 19, 2024, from 5 to 9 p.m. for snacks and a movie.

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Penn Lake

Continued from page 1 Webby. Borough solicitor Kristyn Giarrantano Jeckell clarified both hearings are scheduled for the same time.

Mayor Tom Carter said he has received complaints about feral cats running around and asked that people not feed them.

Kuter gave a goose abatement report saying there are now too many ducks on the lake.

Council member Dave Longmore reported road patching is complete. He also said the Williams Drive ARPA project is complete, and he was happy to report that even with all the recent rain there has been no ponding in this area. There are still $13,000 of ARPA funds remaining.

Longmore also reported all of the drains in the borough have been blown out. Both he and Rogan agreed the drains look good, but that many of the drain outlets have become filled with silt and dirt and should be trenched out.

Rogan asked treasurer Theresa Wojciechowski if the ARPA funds could be used for the drain trenching, or liquid fuels money, or a combination of both. This is permissible assuming they go out for bids.

Regarding sewers, Rogan had nothing new to report, but asked the solicitor about notifying property owners who are in arears with sewer

fees. She assured him she will take care of this and she does send out letters of notification 30 days before placing any liens.

There was nothing to add concerning short term rentals, but council member John Burden advised that the borough’s nuisance ordinance states the borough can hire someone to clean up the garbage dump created by the local bear population out of neglected short term rental trash on Lakeview Drive.

The borough is permitted to bill the property owner for the cost of the cleanup, plus a penalty of 10 percent of the cleanup costs.

Rogan reported the three boats left on the dam were not in very good condition, but he and Longmore moved them off of the dam to the lower parking lot near the dam.

There has been no movement regarding finding a Code Enforcement Officer, or the subject of speed humps per Rogan.

The Council discussed 2023 plowing bids. The borough received only two bids. Kislan Trucking provided an option for a 1, 2 or 3 year contract, and Kislan’s representative was present to explain pricing concerns specifically, how the cost of being insured for municipal plowing plays into things. Insurance costs are constantly escalating and currently Kislan pays a $50,000 insurance premium just to be insured for plowing municipalities.

Kislan’s hourly rates are as follows: Year 1 $138/ hour, Year 2 $140.76/hour and Year 3 $143.58/hour.

The Kislan representative tried to answer all questions from council, but was unable to clarify everything due to poor cell phone service.

There were questions about the bid requiring an up-front good will deposit of $2,500 for materials, and whether or not that was a one time deposit or required each year of the contract. Longmore asked if there was an opt out option.

Regardless, Rogan made a motion to accept Kislan’s bid upon clarification of these items, and said this would again be addressed at the next meeting.

Dam Project activity continues, and Rogan said it has been a busy month. The Dam Advisory Group (DAG) met with their grant writer to discuss further grants.

The borough has submitted an application for a $2,628,000 Luzerne County LSA/Gaming Grant, and will submit another request for a $1,000,000 state LSA grant in the future. Resolution #9 was passed at this month’s meeting affirming the LSA grant submission.

Easement discussions continue, with the Greens and Cronauers agreeing by text to sign easements.

Carolyn Basler’s son is consulting with a local eminent domain attorney and will sign as soon as his attorney approves things.

The Phillips sent an email

agreeing to sign a one-year real estate option.

The solicitor has advised property owners that if signed agreements are not received by October 16, she is authorized to file for condemnation for the easements.

Rogan has solicited letters of support of the Borough’s LSA grant applications from local representatives and organizations.

The DAG had a lengthy meeting with Streamline Engineers and ARM Group, the Geo/Tech company, regarding the prospective dam design. Rogan said the DAG gave a lot of push-back concerning the expensive, huge coffer dam which was part of the design, arguing it is not necessary. They indicated no coffer dam was needed 20 years ago when the dam valve was replaced. The DAG offered that if the work was staged correctly, the dam itself would be sufficient to protect the people downstream during repairs. Rogan noted this change is a significant savings to the borough.

A motion was made and passed to reimburse the Green family $450 for expenses incurred surrounding misunderstandings related to easements and eminent domain. Bill Green provided receipts.

Another motion was approved to write a $500 check to the Phillips for one year of their 2-year real estate option.

Pat Flanagan addressed the council with concerns about his property next to the dam outlet project, again asking for clarification of the easement map. Rogan assured him that according to the most recent easement map, Flanagan’s property was not affected, no easement is required and no clearing will be done to the property. Flanagan asked for an updated map.

One final concern was from Josey Soranno on Lakeview Drive. She submitted pictures to the secretary of the large ruts one of the trucks doing the drain cleaning left along the road across from her house. Rogan said he did email a response to her, but she said she had not received it.

He said he will have the team that does the trenching of the drains even out those ruts.

Rogan presented the 2024 Penn Lake Borough Council meeting schedule. Meetings will be the second Thursday of each month, except for December when they will meet on the third Thursday to allow time for the new budget to be reviewed.

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White Haven Lions Club Halloween Parade scenes

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Seth’s Sightings

Sightings this week include some foxes, a couple of trophy bucks and lots of does and fawns, and geese beginning to form vees and fly south.

We too had a visitor on a southbound journey — stopping by our area on Sunday for an overnight was Nick Chase, whose trip was to take him to Miami to start, and later to Orlando. It was great to see him.

On Friday evening and again on Saturday morning, we attended the Weatherly Area Community Library annual basket raffle and auction. Ruth volunteered. I

enjoyed the fun — trying our luck at the over 130 baskets.

The night and Saturday were a little chilly. We won some mums and a gift certificate.

Saturday afternoon, we packed up and drove to New York City, into Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel. It has been decades since we’ve gone to the City, and entry via the Holland was a rare exercise in patience in dense traffic.

We arrived on time. The wedding was held in a former NYC Fire House. It was lovely, and then there was food, dancing and karaoke. We drove home in a light rain, with traffic

WASB candidates invited to forum The Weatherly Area School Board has competitive races for this election November 7. There are six candidates for five 4-year term seats: • April Walters, D/R i • William Knepper, D/R i • Christy Minor, D i • Ty Harris, R • Bonita Lee Barbush, R • Gerard Grega, R as well as possible write-ins.

There are two candidates to be elected for one 2-year term: • Bonita Lee Barbush, R • Thomas J. Connors Jr., no affiliation, i (i = incumbent) This coming Monday, October 23, all of these candidates are being invited to attend a Meet The

Candidates night. The event will be held in the Middle/ Elementary School Cafeteria, starting at 6:15 p.m., ideally wrapping up by 8:15. Host is Seth Isenberg of The Journal-Herald. A panel of newsmedia members will attend, and ask questions.

Each candidate will be asked to start by giving a fiveminute speech.

There will be light refreshments. The public is encouraged to attend. The event has time to mingle with candidates.

For information about the event, contact Seth Isenberg at the newspaper at 570 215-0204. Questions for the candidates can be sent to journalseth@pa.metrocast. net, and may be used by the panel.

by Seth Isenberg thinning by the time we reached the Poconos.

It seems to have been raining on and off since then. Sunday for Halloween Parade in White Haven, the parade kicked off under overcast skies, and a heavy rain shower blew through about mid-parade.

There was some good picture shooting before the unfortunate rain storm.

It wasn’t a big weekend for winning football among the teams I follow. Penn State won; the shutout was impressive and so too, the score of 63-0. PSU will go up against Ohio State in a battle of unbeatens.

Navy beat Charlotte to even up their record at 3-3.

Incarnate Word U. is #5 in the 1AA rankings, now 5-1 with a road win over Texas A&M — Commerce.

Both the Eagles and 49ers lost, so not much to cheer about there, especially once the Patriots are added to my list. Booo ooo ooo.

Coming up this Saturday is the first Penguins home game in Wilkes-Barre. So far they are 1 and 1 after a twogame visit to Charlotte.

This Saturday afternoon, we’ll attend the Penn State game watch party and soup contest at the Weatherly Museum. Ruth may be entering a soup.

I think that part of my weekend will be yard work and some raking to get ahead of the big leaf drop that’s to come. Most of our leaves are still on the trees surrounding our yard — though the apples have dropped many. Despite the great color show on the surrounding hills, our maples are still hanging in — mostly green with some color on their edges.

Ruth thinks this coming week will be prime leaf season. It’s also nearing prime season for Hallowe’en decorations. There are some excellent decorated properties in White Haven and the townships, and also in Weatherly.

This Monday eve will be a Weatherly Area School Board Candidate’s Night at the school cafeteria, starting at 6:15 p.m. Come out to hear the candidates, who will give a short speech and then answer questions from the panel.

Call or e-mail this newspaper for more information, and to submit possible questions.

Sweet corn and tomatoes as local crops are winding down. Corn we bought from Sernak’s last weekend was excellent.

Best wishes for a good and healthy week.

Mission trip presentation Katrina Dotzel will give a presentation about her mission trip to Africa on Friday, October 20, at 7 p.m. at the Weatherly Area Community Library. All are welcome to attend.

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Continued from page 2 After supper, the group sat around a campfire singing songs and playing games.

During the blackout test on Monday, White Haven had two transgressors reported: one a resident apartment and the other a business place where bright lights remained on throughout the test period…

Having no suitable defense, they each were given a fine of $1 and costs, (then) warned that if caught again, it would be the limit.

The McCloskey Dart Team, composed of Walter Heimbach, Irvin Watson, and John McCloskey, posing as the champion dart throwers of town. Challenge any other local three to a friendly game, or with no limit. Arrangements may be made at Wm. Nauman’s Café any evening.

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River City Brass next up for concert series

River City Brass will headline the third concert of the 2023-24 season of the Greater Hazleton Concert Series, Inc. on Thursday, October 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Hazleton Area High School Auditorium, 1601 W. 23rd Street, Hazleton.

The River City Brass is a modified British-style brass band based in Pittsburgh. The 28-piece ensemble, 25 brass players and 3 percussionists, tours extensively throughout the United States and performs several concerts each year

on the road, enjoy their music featuring: American Tunes, Big Band Swing, Jazz, Broadway, Hollywood, Classical, Contemporary Masterworks, and Traditional Marches. River City Brass is entertaining, enlightening, funny, thoroughly professional, and family friendly.

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to subscribers. Individual tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for students. For concert information or tickets call, Cynthia at 570-436-6615, or Shirley at 570-384-1226. For more information on all GHCS concerts, visit www. hazletonconcertseries.org or visit our Facebook page.

as part of its community concerts series in Western Pennsylvania. It received a standing ovation from a crowd of one thousand after making its public debut in November 1981, during the Pittsburgh’s British Festival.

Within six years of its founding, the ensemble had gained a national reputation as one of America’s most popular touring attractions, and by the mid-1990’s was known as “one of America’s premier brass ensembles.

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Local Scouts wrap up a busy summer, offer invitation for fall Now that the kids are back in school, it’s time to look at the activities the Scouts from Troop 25 and Pack 25 have experienced these past few months.

Summer started with a hike with the Cubs on the Black Diamond Trail where they discovered nature and cleaned up the trail. Then the Cubs were treated to

monkey knots made by the Webelos Scout Den as part of the Cast Iron Chef adventure at a meeting at the VFW grounds. Regular meetings for the Cubs covered history, citizenship, ropes and knots and teamwork.

Summer Camp for the Troop at Camp Trexler was a bittersweet time as we celebrated the 95th anniversary of the camp and the last season of summer

camp, as that camp has been sold to the veterans’ group in Jonas. The Council still has Camp Minsi for its use. The Scouts earned over 60 Merit badges and enjoyed hiking, shooting sports, cooking and camp in general at summer camp.

Following camp the Troop celebrated the awarding of two more Eagle Scout ranks as the Snyder boys held their Court of Honor to receive the rank.

The Troop has been invited to use the Degenhart Farm in Weatherly for camping and has used it twice during the summer for weekends. One was a fishing and cooking related camp while the other was knots & lashings where they constructed a monkey bridge and learned many things to do with ropes.

Both the Cubs and Scouts BSA units meet year-round and enjoy the extended outdoor activity during the summer, but as fall come in, are shifting to more inside activities and community service projects like Scouting for Food and conservation projects. As other youth in the community are back in school we offer

the opportunity for them to join the Pack or Troop and experience the various activities in hiking, camping, woods skills, citizenship, first aid, emergency preparedness and many other skills.

The Units have shifted the meetings from the VFW outdoor area to St Paul’s community center. The Pack meets on Mondays from 6-7 p.m. and the Troop follows with meetings from 7-8 p.m.

Stop by and see what a youth can learn and experience in Scouting. The Pack is a Family Pack and welcomes both boys and girls. The Troop is for boys 11-18 years old. We are looking to start a female Scouts BSA Troop in the area so if young girls are interesting in the Scouts BSA program, they can come see how Scouts work and we will get you information on the new female Troop.

If you have any questions about Scouting and how it serves youth and the community, you can call Janet Jungermann at 570 582-5221 about Cub Scouts or the Female Troop and Herb King at 570 582-8203 about the Scout Troop 25.

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Foster to raze dilapidated structure

by James Hunter A dilapidated double home at the southern end of Centre Street in Foster Township won’t be there much longer.

At their latest meeting October 11, the Foster Township supervisors voted unanimously to purchase the half of the home at 106 Centre Street for its appraised value of $9,000 from the Olivaris family.

Township solicitor Attorney Donald Karpowich said the owner of the other side, 104 Centre Street, was sent an offer of $8,500 – its appraised value. Neither side is livable. “This is the side that is in worse shape,” Karpowich said. “The roof is falling in. The garage is down.”

If the owner does not respond to the offer, the supervisors gave Karpowich the authority to begin eminent domain proceedings to take the house. The supervisors also authorized Karpowich to develop specifications to tear the structure down, and to remove gas tanks still on the property.

Once the house is done, Ksrpowich said the site “will be made pad-ready for sale to a developer” to build something new there.

Supervisor Chairman Wilson Malloy said the entire project – including razing the former Heller’s Gas Station which occupied the corner where Route 940 bends into Centre Street in front of the double home – is being paid for through a grant the township received for the project.

Heller’s was the middle gas station along Route 940 where it becomes Centre Street, with a former Sunoco station on one side – which is also defunct – leaving just the former Orloski’s still in service.

In other news regarding land, the supervisors voted to authorize the repository sale of two properties, at 1279 Woodhaven Drive to Colette Brennan, and a property on Lake Drive to Salvatore and Angela Burgio.

Both, which are empty lots in the Hickory Hills housing development, sold for $500 each.

Karpowich explained property goes through

sheriff’s sale, then an upset sale, then a repository sale, which is the last chance to sell it.

The supervisors also voted to hire Barry Isett and Associates and BHW Construction Services as alternate Uniform Code Construction (UCC) inspectors. “We’ve given people the option to use the township’s inspectors, or they could hire their own,” Karpowich said.. “They don’t seem to want to hire their own.”

The Isett firm will be paid $93 an hour, and the BHW firm will be paid $55 per hour, and $75 per hour if an initial inspection fails.

In other business, the supervisors: Appointed Paul Malloy as the township’s Emergency Management coordinator.

Malloy had been the alternate.

Voted to advertise for bids for recycling, sorting each type of recyclable items into separate dumpsters.

Voted to dedicate a recent sewer extension along Route 940 toward White Haven to the PA American Water Co., which owns the rest of the system.

Library Corner The White Haven Area Community Library invites everyone to enjoy a performance of Sylvia, a play by A.R. Gurney, performed by members of the Legion Theatre Group. It will feature the local talents of Steven Reiss, Rick Markham and Linda Miller as Sylvia.

Performances will be on stage at the Penn Lake Community Building on November 10 and 11 at 7 p.m. and a matinee on November 12 at 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20 and are on sale now at the library and G&A Hardware, or online at http://www. legiontheatregroup.org.

We are once again holding our Gertrude Hawk Chocolate fundraiser.

This is always our biggest fundraiser and we can’t do it without community support.

Candy bars are available at the library and at many of our area merchants.

Commemorative 2024 Calendars celebrating the 200th anniversary of White Haven will soon be available for just $20.

Inside are pages featuring old and new pictures as

Salem UCC plans election day pork dinner Salem United Church of Christ will hold its annual take-out only Election Day Pork & Sauerkraut Supper on Tuesday, November 7, from 4-6 p.m. The menu includes pork, homemade sauerkraut, real mashed potatoes, green beans, apple-

sauce, roll, and dessert.

Tickets are adults - $13, children 4-12 - $6, and children 3 and under – free, advanced tickets only. Deadline to purchase tickets is Tuesday, October 31. Call or text Linda Garber at 570-401-3710.

well as interesting historical tidbits telling the story of White Haven. Stop by the library or call 570-443-8776 to order.

We want to thank the Children’s Program committee for organizing the annual Trunk or Treat.

We had 10 area groups who were the “trunkers” and welcomed 30 kids to the library for games and treats. A big thank you to Joanne and Bernie Perch for providing games and prizes for everyone to enjoy.

Halloween fun continues on October 27. There will be a movie night in the John Murphy Room beginning at 6:30 p.m. The scheduled movie is Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. The event is free. Parental discretion is advised for children under 7.

Plans are in the works for our annual Quilts and Crafts Show to be held on December 2 from 10-3. The quilts will be provided by the Cranberry Quilters and we’ll have many new crafters as well as our favorite crafters from the past. The event will be in the Engine House and also at The Victorian Connection at 231 Wilkes Barre St. More to come on this.

Scrabble continues on the first and third Thursday of each month at 6:00 PM. Fiber Arts meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 10 a.m.

The Black Diamond Sangha Group meets every Sunday at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to check out our Facebook page for up to date offerings and events.

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Cranberry Quilt Guild Fall happenings The Cranberry Quilt Guild will host its October meeting on Monday, October 23, at Faith UCC in Hazle Township with doors opening at 6 p.m. Meeting duration is 6:30 to 8:30.

This month’s program will be a vintage fabric trunk show hosted by member Cindy Hilfiger.

Cindy, a local quilt longarm business owner, and pattern designer; specializes in vintage items, using them in her home’s décor as well.

She will discuss history of items and determining what

truly qualifies as a vintage piece. Some items are distinct, for their historical value or family heirloom qualities. Many counties in Pennsylvania have Quilt societies created for preservation of these pieces of early art and story-telling folklore, pieces archived date back to the 1600’s and even earlier. Quilts have been used chronologically to date historical happenings.

Moving on into another ‘thread’ for the group will be a November workshop on constructing Barn

for officer positions can still be entered by contacting Marie Shulenski.

Plans are also underway for the annual Christmas meeting social held during every November’s meeting.

Many options will be coming to light for the guild’s quilt

Quilts. You don’t have a barn, no farm or animals required. These charming pieces of quilt art work lend themselves well on a porch, garden shed, or even an interior wall. The ‘quilt’ style hardboards, 2 ft by 2 ft, or 3 ft by 3 ft, can be painted in an array of patterns and colors. Members will have the opportunity to purchase a kit and be provided with a supply list for a finished project. Barn quilts are having a resurgence throughout the country.

Many surrounding states, Maryland, West Virginia, New York, and New Jersey all currently have popular Barn Quilt trails. These trails offer spectators an opportunity to view the local countryside, various unique areas, and also local quilt shops available along the trails. Could our local region be added to the list? The Cranberry Guild predicts there will be numerous ones coming into view very soon. Check out the website, www.allpeoplequilt.com, for a state- by-state listing.

October also brings the election of officers for the next two-year term. Candidates include, President, Debbie Kessel, Vice President Mary Brown, Secretary Christine Gresh, Treasurer Kathy Oross.

Nomination of any member

show, presented every 2 years, and tentatively set for Fall of 2024. Members are reminded to bring in finished fidget quilts, or baby quilts for charitable distribution. The meeting will also feature a member favorite, show and tell.

WAMS lists September students of the month

From left, Ada Kresge, Rex Bellizia, Odin Eckert and vice-principal Chris Kimmel Weatherly Area Middle School Principal Anthony DeSpirito has announced the names of the students who were selected as Weatherly Area Middle School “Students of the Month” for September.

The award is based on academic achievement, attendance, extra-curricular involvement, and service to school and community.

Ada Kresge, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Kresge, White Haven, was chosen as the 6th grade Student of the Month. Ada is a member of the Weatherly Middle School Band and the Weatherly Youth Soccer League. Along

with taking vocal lessons she is also active in her church, attending Bible Camp and helping with the Flea Market.

Rex Bellizia, son of Mr. Matthew Bellizia, Weatherly, was chosen as the 7th grade Student of the Month. Rex is a member of the Weatherly Middle School Science Club and takes acting lessons.

Odin Eckert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eckert, White Haven, was chosen as the 8th grade Student of the Month. Odin is a member of the Weatherly Middle School Chorus. He also plays soccer for the Weatherly Youth Soccer League.

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Comets reach .500 with second straight football win The Crestwood High School football team clawed its way back to the .500 mark on Friday night, hammering Hanover Area 50-7 to put the Comets at 4-4 heading into their Week 9 showdown with rival Berwick this Friday.

Featuring a new starting quarterback and a pressuring defense, the

Comets took control of this matchup early, and put the Hawkeyes (3-5) away by halftime.

“The Comets aren’t dead yet,” head coach Ryan Arcangeli said after his injury-riddled team got its second straight win. “We have life. We’re back to .500. We are going to do what it takes to be 1-0 next

week. That’s all we want.”

With rushing leader and sophomore starter Jaden Shedlock suffering a seasonending injury last week, freshman Jack Rodgers stepped in at quarterback and threw a pair of firsthalf touchdowns to Matt Sklarosky to get the Comets rolling against Hanover Area.

Nothing in sports pushes an athlete as much as breaking a world record

by Jenifer Howard

Those of age will remember the incredible accomplishment of Roger Bannister of England when he became the first person to break the 4-minute mile.

But what many people didn’t know then--and still don’t know today--is that longdistance runners often have an advantage in their quest to break world records. A fellow runner, often referred to as “a rabbit,” runs too, setting the pace (but without hope of winning) and helping others in their quest to achieve Guinness glory.

There’s no advantage like that in long-distance swimming, which is a lonely quest to be the best. A stellar example is ultramarathon swimming, and earlier this month, Sarah Thomas set yet another world record by completing a 50-mile swim, navigating the entire length of Lake Mead from the Colorado River to the Hoover Dam. The swim took her 26 hours, 45 minutes, and 45 seconds to complete.

This record was especially

noteworthy because Thomas is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed with breast cancer six years ago at age 35.

Because of that, she swims with another goal: to raise cancer research funds under the auspices of Swim Across America.

Thomas’s most recent accomplishment adds a bullet point to her long list of records. In 2019, she was the first person to complete a four-way crossing of the English Channel (54 hours and 10 minutes). She also holds the world record for the longest continuous, unassisted, non-wetsuit swim in current-neutral conditions. That recordbreaking swim in 2017 covered 104.6 miles over 67 hours in Lake Champlain.

In 2022, Thomas was the first person to complete a two-way crossing of the North Channel in a swim that took 21 hours and 46 minutes. The North Channel is bounded by Northern Ireland to the west, Scotland to the east, the Isle of Man to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the north. Years

earlier (in 2013), she was the first person to complete a two-way lengthwise swim of Lake Tahoe, a swim of 42 miles that lasted 22.5 hours.

Says Thomas, “Despite undergoing chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation therapy, I never gave up on my dream of doing a swim that most people thought was impossible.”

Incredible, isn’t it? Bravo, Sarah Thomas! _______________ Jenifer Howard follows Sarah Thomas’s career, sharing her conquests with readers of The Sports Column. Howard also supports Swim Across America’s cancer research fundraising efforts. You can, too, by going to www. swimacrossamerica.org/ site/SPageNavigator/ WaysToGive.html.

Hanover Area, which also was starting its backup quarterback in Al-Quron Michel, responded when Michel threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Deacon Eisenbach in the first quarter that cut the Crestwood lead to 14-7.

From there, the Comets scored 36 unanswered points, and held the Hawkeyes scoreless the rest of the way.

Crestwood finished the game with 305 yards on the ground and averaged 8.9 yards per carry. Senior running back Logan Rolles rushed for two first-quarter touchdowns and fellow running backs James Barrett and Colin Lazo each added a rushing touchdown in the second quarter for Crestwood, which finished the game with 305 yards rushing

and averaged nearly nine yards per carry.

The Comets can climb back over .500 for the first time this season when they host the Berwick Bulldogs on Friday. They will close the regular season at North Pocono on Oct. 27.

Crestwood is currently fourth in the District 2 Class 4A standings, and can wrap up a first-round home game by closing the season out with two wins.

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Weatherly Area Sports Roundup

Lady Wreckers spike LLA for volleyball victory The Weatherly Area girls’ volleyball team outlasted Lincoln Leadership Academy in a five-set match for a 3-2 non-league victory on Saturday.

The Lady Wreckers won by set scores of 25-12, 19-25, 25-13, 21-25 and 15-9 to improve to 3-16 on the season.

Taylor Davidovich collected 13 service points and nine digs for the winners. Abigail Binder helped with nine kills and nine service points; Abigail Weston (17) and Rachel Rosenlund (11) combined for 28 service points; and Kelly Reiner contributed five service points and five kills.

Weatherly also won the junior varsity match, 2-1.

Marian 3, Weatherly Area 0 - Last Thursday in Weatherly, Abbey Kluck recorded 19 kills, eight digs, five aces and three assists as the visiting Fillies downed the Lady Wreckers 25-7, 25-7, 25-8 in a Schuylkill League Division

III match.

Marian’s Julia Meiss, who recorded her 1,000th career assist last week, contributed 27 assists, three, kills and three digs. Teammate Alena Lombardo added seven kills for the winners.

Taylor Davidovich had a kill and six digs as the Lady Wreckers.

Panther Valley 3, Weatherly Area 0 - Last Tuesday, Riley McArdle had 11 kills, five digs and two aces to lead unbeaten Panther Valley over visiting Weatherly Area 25-18, 25-19, 25-9 in Division III action.

Also for the Lady Panthers (16-0, 12-0 D-III), Maddison Maynard added seven kills, five digs and three aces; Kylah Pinckney contributed five kills and two aces; and Lucy Greco chipped in four aces and one kill.

For Weatherly Area, Rachel Rosenlund had four service points and five digs; Taylor Davidovich added three service points, two

aces and six digs; and Kelly Reiner posted three kills and 10 digs.

Panther Valley won the JV match, 2-0.

Boys’ Soccer Schuylkill Haven 6, Weatherly Area 0 - Luke Smith recorded a hat trick as Schuylkill Haven blanked Weatherly Area last

Wednesday, clinching the third seed for the upcoming Schuylkill League boys’ soccer playoffs Grayson Fessler added a goal and two assists, while Damian Naranjo and Dylan Lipp also scored for the Hurricanes (9-6-2, 8-3 Division II), who broke things open with four goals in the first 10 minutes of the

second half.

Blue Mountain, Pine Grove and Jim Thorpe will represent Division I in the six-team playoff field, while Lourdes, Nativity and Schuylkill Haven will represent Division II. The Wreckers dipped to 0-14 overall and 0-12 in league play.

Crestwood Sports Roundup

Crestwood tennis season ends in district doubles tourney Crestwood’s girls’ tennis season came to an end last Friday, but not before one of the Lady Comets’ tandems reached the quarterfinals of the District 2 Class 3A Doubles Tennis Championships in Kingston.

Crestwood’s Hannah Ziegler, a District 2 singles finalist this season, teamed with Camerone Carlos to eliminate Wyoming Valley West’s Kaiya ReisingerAddison Wood 6-1, 6-4 in the opening round. Ziegler and Carlos bowed out after a 6-4, 7-5 loss to Valley View’s Avianna Santarelli and Emily Moyles in the quarterfinals.

Crestwood’s Olivia Pesta and Mary Kate Banford also competed in the doubles tournament, falling 6-3, 6-3 to West Scranton’s Celia EmilianiKatherine Barnansky in the preliminary round.

Field Hockey

Crestwood 4, Oley Valley 3 - Emily DelVecchio scored on an assist from Aubrey Macri with 7:14 remaining to lift Crestwood over Oley Valley in a non-league game Saturday in Wright Twp. Macri finished with two goals and two assists to lead the Lady Comets while Morgan Koons had Crestwood’s other goal.

Taylor Vaccaro had two goals and an assist for Oley Valley.

Volleyball Crestwood 3, Hazleton Area 0 - Last Thursday at Hazleton Area, the Crestwood girls rolled to a straight-sets WVC volleyball victory over the host Lady Cougars.

Crestwood (9-3) set the tone with a 25-19 win

in the first game, then completed the sweep with 25-21 and 25-18 wins in the second and third games, respectively.

Boys’ Soccer Crestwood 6, Dallas 0 - Six different Comets scored a goal as host Crestwood swept its regularseason series against the Mountaineers.

Lars Stephensson, Kyle Orrson and Cooper Laubach netted first-half goals and Sean Rossi, Ethan Zabroski and Roman DeLallo each scored goals in the second half.

Stephensson, Niko Francisco and Colin Gordon contributed an assist apiece for the winners.

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Harper helps PSU Hazleton golfers to PSUAC title, national runner-up finish Former Comet standout places 14th nationally Crestwood High School graduate Jeremy Harper of Mountain Top capped his stellar college career by helping the Penn State Hazleton golf team to its third Jeremy straight Harper Penn State 3-time University All-American Athletic Conference (PSUAC) championship, and to a national runner-up finish in the process.

One of four AllConference/All-America players on the team, Harper and his teammates claimed another conference title at

the Penn State Blue Course in State College. Nationally, PSU Hazleton placed a program-best second in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association with a two-day stroke total of 606.

Sophomore Dylan Antolick, a Hazleton Area High School graduate from Drums, became the first local Lion to be crowned USCAA national individual champion, topping a field of more than 100 golfers.

Penn State Hazleton’s other All-America and AllConference picks included fifth-year senior Colin Hoy of Harleysville and thirdyear player Joey Rebarchick, a HAHS graduate Hazle Township.

Penn State Hazleton had played some stellar golf

coming into the event. Both Harper and Rebarchick tied for medalist honors in backto-back events at the Blue Course and Valley Country Club in the previous two weeks, while Hoy topped all PSUAC competitors at the Kennett Square Golf and Country Club event just six days before the championships.

Antolick’s best finish in tournament play came at the Blue Course in late September, where he shot an 80 to help Hazleton win the event and set a program record with a team score of 296.

The former Cougar golfer took his game to another level when he returned to State College for the championships. Antolick

ended the first day at 2-over-par 74 to find himself in fourth place overall and second place in the PSUAC individually. Rebarchick followed with a 76, Harper a 77 and Hoy a 79 for a team total of 306.

Team-wise, Antolick’s round powered PSU Hazleton to an 11-stroke advantage over Mont Alto, setting the Lions up for a successful tournament and chance to go after Lyon College, which led the national team competition with a 301 total.

On Day 2, Rebarchick matched his previous day’s score of 76 to finish in a tie for seventh place nationally.

Hoy, meanwhile, shot a 75 for the day to give him a top10 finish overall.

Harper, a two-time PSUAC individual champion and now a three-time All-

American, battled his way through a 78 on Day 2 that gave him a 155 - good for a 14th-place finish nationally in the USCAA. Antolick’s even-par round of 72 was tied for the best of the second day, and his 2-day total of 146 bested Johnson and Wales’s Luke Cochran, Lyon College’s Ryan Kriz and Penn State Mont Alto’s Ryan Small for the national championship.

Penn State Hazleton coach Ryan Aten, who replaced Jason Martonick at the Lions’ helm after Martonick’s sudden passing in June 2022, was named the PSUAC Coach of the Year. The honor and his team’s success and individual accolades were “a fitting tribute” to Martonick, Aten said.