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White Haven proposing police plan to Foster Township by Ruth Isenberg White Haven Borough Council’s first meeting in the John Murphy room at the White Haven Area Commu-

nity Library started with an executive session. After the socially-separated meeting opened on October 26, council approved having Police Chief Tom Szoke prepare and pres-

ent a plan for police protection for Foster Township, with input from the police committee. Details were not provided, but would be voted on by council if the monthly cov-

erage plan is accepted by the Foster Township supervisors. Council approved submitting the plan by unanimous vote. Other business included communicating with Aqua about the need to fully repair and repave Vine Street and the portions of Buffalo Street damaged in the pipe replacement project there. Council members expressed concern

HALLOWEEN DECOR is everywhere, colorful and fun. This display on Louise WH COUNCIL met in its Street in Weatherly is one of the most elaborate, well worth a drive-by. Don’t miss temporary location at the the still-expanding pumpkin patch in the side yard. JH: Ruth Isenberg WHACL on Monday.

about possibe damage to the plow this winter if the roads are left in their current condition. Halloween will be celebrated as usual in the borough. with the police department set up outside the ambulance building to hand out treats. More on this meeting in next week’s paper.

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THE JOURNAL-HERALD (USPS 277-440) Published weekly at 211 Main Street, White Haven, PA 18661 Telephone (570) 215-0204

From the Archives From The Weatherly Herald, October 29, 1970 James Faust and Cletus Milan, Publishers The top of the front page photo is of homecoming queen Paula Gregory as WHA athletic director poses ahead of setting her crown atop her head. Photos of this year’s two Knee-Hi football teams filled the bottom of the front page.

ton Shapp for Governor; Ernest Kline for Lt. Gov.; Daniel Flood for Congress Subscription Price—$40 per year in Luzerne & Carbon Counties, Pennsylvania, and George Demetriades for payable in advance. $45 per year elsewhere, payable in advance. Assemblyman… vote straight Periodicals postage paid at White Haven, PA 18661. Democratic. POSTMASTER, send address change to: Inside the issue, there are THE JOURNAL-HERALD small ads opposing Shapp’s From the Sidelines, 211 Main Street, White Haven, PA 18661 Income Tax, and urging voters by Don Garber (JAY E. HOLDER, Co-Publisher 1954-1997; CLARA HOLDER, Co-Publisher 1954-2014) to vote straight Republican on It was good to see Seth Isenberg, Advertising Sales Ruth Isenberg, Editor November 3 — Scott, “Toro” — Richard KnepSteve Stallone, Sports Editor Broderick, Scalera and Joseph per — turned loose on the Semanoff — “Vote for the Men football field. He played most Member, White Haven Chamber of Commerce of the game, having come back You Can Trust… Men You Can Carbon County Chamber of Commerce Pocono Mountains Chamber of Commerce Believe” from being injured earlier in White Haven Economic Development Association the season. Toro is the nickAlso atop the front page THE JOURNAL-HERALD is printed with U.S. made soy inks on part-recycled newsprint. From The Journal-Herald name given to him by his is a “Laugh In” comic (the © Copyright 2020, The Journal-Herald November 1, 1990 teammates last year. windows in the wall sketch) Clara and Jay Holder, “The pomp and pageantry about Trick-or-Treating for Publishers of a homecoming game and UNICEF. The front page shows a spethe crowning of a queen has cial honor roll put up at the left most of the Wrecker fans Over 200 parents attended Weatherly Lions Club park the open house at the Weath- agog. They thoroughly enthat lists servicemen on duty joyed the whole affair and we erly elementary school on in the Middle East. hope the same thing can be Monday night. planned for next year, only by Seth Isenberg Former East Side borough on a much larger scale… We This election marathon is in its final days. On November 3, The Bell of Pennsylvania council member Ruth Abreu compliment the persons who those of us who choose to vote in person will get into line, folad shows the state-of-the-art lowing COVID-19 protocols, and cast our ballots. Medi-Phone, that can send an handled the details on having was named to fill a vacancy on the East Side council. Abreu done a fine job.” Many Journal-Herald readers will have sent in their votes electro-cardiagram from the did not seek reelection to Garber made a call to get ahead. At the election bureaus, the staffs are as ready as they phone in a doctor’s office to a council in 1989, after serving can be for this year of new rules. It might take a week or more specialist. Also new and avail- the field behind the elemenseveral years. tary school in shape for the to get everything tallied. able are speaker phones. Wreckers football games to This is the big decision vote for Penn Lake… the Lake, not Mountaintop Kids childcare be played on next year. He the borough. If registered voters in that borough choose, the The issue features a wellcenter has opened a location believes that fans will attend borough will take on up to $3 million in debt in order to repair drawn head sketch of Dan and pay an admission. He also at Parc Hall at the White Hathe dam and spillway. Voting in favor means keeping the Lake, Flood in his ad — Dan Flood ven Center. They offer prohopes the field can be used while voting against the borrowing essentially invites the state for Congress. for girls field hockey. “Eurana grams for newborns to prebureau of dams to come and breach it. Yes = new dam and long schoolers, and a school-aged Park was adequate, but” we Bill’s Market offers a comterm Lake, and No = no Lake. It’s a pocketbook and quality of program for children through need something better. plete department of greeting life vote. Best wishes to all involved. As far as we know, the Knee- age 13. The program is open 6 cards, Halloween decorations The directness of the Penn Lake vote is a huge contrast to the national election with all the conflicting pledges and statements and Thanksgiving decorations. Hi football season has come to a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. an end for this year… Needfrom the Presidential candidates. Believe them or not, we are The Weatherly Rotary less to say, the two Weatherly The Pleasant Valley Bears, counting the days until the vote, and then the count. Ruth and hosted state representative teams’ coaches deserve high 1-4, came in to Weatherly as I are also hoping that some form of peace will be restored by Keith McCall at the October praise for the great job they Thanksgiving, as this election has certainly divided our country. the opponent for homecomhave done with the boys, who 23 meeting. McCall is runing weekend. PV scored two ning for a fifth term in the touchdowns in the first half to have only been in organized We’re getting more election mail than we do regular mail. State House. After hearing football two years. the Wreckers none. To start That will be good for the post office. I’m hoping the regionfrom McCall, Rotary member In memory of Don, who the second half, a blocked al mail system holds it together through this rush. We at The George Johnson showed a passed away last October. punt set up PV’s third TD. Journal-Herald have seen signs of strain on the system, with video on the world’s environThe Wreckers scored their some out of town subscribers getting their Journal-Herald ment. An ad on the sports page issues a week or more late. It’s time to modernize the mail sys- only touchdown in the fourth tem, if we can get the leaders in Congress to pay enough atten- quarter on a Nick Lazo pass to promotes electing William Dennis Zink. Both teams were Sesler for U.S. Senate; Miltion to do their jobs. See ARCHIVES, page 5

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evenly matched, but Weatherly turned the ball over three times, two of which led to PV scores. Next week, the Wreckers travel to Northwest H.S.

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Public Notices Notice is hereby given that the Zoning Hearing Board of Packer Township will meet on November 6th, 2020 at 5:00 pm at the Packer Township Municipal Building, 2234 Hudson Drive, Weatherly, Pa 18255 for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the application of Broad Mountain Power, LLC for a special exception and variances pursuant to the Zoning Ordinance of Packer Township for construction and operation of a Wind Farm, as follows: Special Exception Broad Mountain Power LLC has applied for approval of a Special Exception pursuant to Sections 501.3 and 802.28 of the Packer Township Zoning Ordinance for a Wind Farm to be constructed and operated on properties located generally north and west of Dennison Road in the southwest portion of Packer Township and which is in the A-l Agricultural Zoning District. The proposed Wind Farm would consist of 21 wind turbines (to be chosen from 26 possible locations on the project site) and associated infrastructure including, but not limited to, access roads, electrical collector and transmission lines, and up to four meteorological towers. The turbines in the Wind Farm will be of two different models. One model would be approximately 452 feet (137.5 meters) in height and the other model would be approximately 656 feet (200 meters) in height. The meteorological towers are proposed to be approximately 418.5 feet

PUBLIC NOTICE

(127.5 meter) in height. Variances Broad Mountain Power LLC has applied for variances as follows: From the portion of Section 802.28.5.a of the Zoning Ordinance that requires that all access easements be improved with “a durable, dust-free, all weather surface” and Applicant instead proposes a gravel surface plus dust control measures during construction; From those portions of Section 603 of the Zoning Ordinance for relief from certain site plan content requirements such as the scale of drawings and the extent and detail of topographic information; and From those portions of Sections 603 and 802.28 that require or depend on compliance upon the delivery of permits or approvals that must be issued by Federal, State or Township bodies or agencies other than the Zoning Hearing Board. Properties The properties that are the subject of this application are the following tax parcels in Packer Township owned by Kovatch Enterprises, Inc. and Hazleton Electric, Inc. Kovatch Enterprises, Inc. 11345-A2, 113-45-A3, 120-45-A21, 121-46-A3, 121-46-A4, 121-46A6, 121-46-A7, I27-46-A2, 128-46A1, 128-46-A3, and 128-46-A4; and, to the extent of the following parcels are in Nesquehoning, not in Packer, they may be part of the overall project but are not the

location of wind turbines and not subject to the Packer Township special exception and variance application: 121-44-B2 (part of), 121-44-B3, 121-44-B4 (part of), 122-44-A1, 128-44-A2, 128-44B2, 128-44-B3 and 128-44-B4. Hazleton Electric Inc.: 120-45A20. The public may also attend this meeting remotely via zoom at https://us02web.zoom. us/j/82097191172 or by dialing 1-929-205-6099. Enter meeting ID 82097191172. Visit www. packertownship.com. For more information. If you cannot attend but would like to have public comments read into the record , mail to Packer Township Zoning Hearing Board, 2234 Hudson Dr, Weatherly, Pennsylvania 18255. Please call 570.427.8969 with questions or to obtain meeting minutes. Stephanie Stolpe, Secretary.

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE—WHITE HAVEN BOROUGH OFFICES RELOCATION

Borough offices will closed for construction starting on November 2, 2020. It is expected that the building will be closed four months while construction occurs. Garbage billing can be paid by credit card online at the website www.whitehavenborough.org or by mailing to 312 Main Street, White Haven PA 18661. The night deposit box under the window of the building will NOT be available during construction. You will still have access to borough staff by phone at 570-4439129 for the borough offices and 570-443-8888 for non emergency Police calls, The tax collector will continue to have tax hours from 5 to 7 p.m. each Wednesday night at the White Haven Library. The Borough Manager will also be available during those hours at the Library if anyone would like to pay their trash bill in person or speak about any borough business. All council meetings will be held at the Library in the John Murphy room until construction is completed. The pubic will be allowed to attend as social distancing allows by CDC for size of room. Masks are to be worn in the meeting. Linda Szoke, Borough Manager

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Notice is hereby given that the November and December 2020 meetings of East Side Borough Council will be held on Thursday, November 5, 2020 and December 3, 2020 (respectively) at 6:00 P.M. in the White Haven Public Library, 121 Towanda Street, White Haven, PA. For those attending, masks will be required and must be worn. All other COVID-19 requirements will also be in effect. Carol Ann Lenahan, Secretary East Side Borough

Songfest is virtual this year On Sunday, November 29 at 2:30 p.m., an Advent/Christmas Songfest will be broadcast virtually so watch this newspaper for information. Participating will be Janet Hartman, organ; Frank Balon, wind; Christine Liszbinski, strings; Jack James, voice; Dan DeMelfi, piano and voice; Father Michael Colton; Pastor

Jeremy Radsko; and Pastor Glen Hueholt. A freewill offering giving opportunity for Rotary Christmas baskets and YMCA scholarships may be sent to Leone McClellan, 625 Front St. Freeland, PA 18224. For information call pastor Hueholt at 239-672-2706.

Carbon County Voters:

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Death Roll

ANNA L. MILLER Anna L. Miller, mother, sisSurviving are daughter, ter, nana, of 800 Sixth Street, Debbie Kashi and her husWeatherly, band Richard of Weatherly; passed son, George E. Miller, Jr. and away peace- his wife Marion of Weatherly; fully on sister, Margaret Salabasky of Thursday, Saylorsburg; grandchildren, October Nicole Groblewski and her 22, 2020, husband Leonard, Heather at Heritage Snyder and her husband Hill Senior Nathan, Kevin Kashi and his Living Cen- companion Pauline, ter in Weatherly at 94 years Christopher Kashi and his of age. wife Melissa; great-grandchilBorn Thursday, November dren, Leonard, Murphy, 19, 1925 in Weatherly, she Cameron, Sawyer, Jude, was the daughter of the late Grace, Gavin; and many Stephen and Mary nieces and nephews. (Demkovich) Smell. She A member of Our Lady of was also predeceased by her Lourdes R.C.C. of Weatherly, beloved husband, George Anna worked for Tung-Sol, E. Miller, Sr.; sisters, Mary and in the textile industry. A Horvath, Florence Salatalented seamstress, Anna was basky, Dorothy and Helen an avid reader, and enjoyed Smell; brothers, George, playing cards with her card Stephen, John, Robert, and club. Anna was a member of the archery club and bowling James Smell. leagues in Weatherly. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Philip J. Jeffries Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Weatherly. A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated October 28, from Our Lady of Lourdes R.C.C. located at 318 Plane Philip J. Jeffries Street, Weatherly. Interment was in Union Cemetery, Funeral Home & Cremation Services Weatherly. Memorials in her name to: A Branch of Holmes – Griffiths F.H., Inc. Weatherly Area Community 211 First Street, Weatherly, PA 18255 Library 570-427-4231 PO Box 141 Weatherly, PA 18255 E. Franklin Griffiths III F.D. or Philip J. Jeffries F.D./Supervisor St. Jude Children’s Research www.griffithsfuneralhomes.com Hospital A new approach to funeral and 501 St. Jude Place cremation care. Looking forward to Memphis, TN 38105 serving White Haven, Dennison, Lehigh, and Foster Townships. Online condolences may be All arrangements and consultations made to the family at www. from the comfort of your home. griffithsfuneralhomes.com

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MICHAEL D. GARBER Michael D. Garber, 80 years Richard Garber and his wife, Maryann of Hershey; sister, of age, of 215 Sixth Street, Gloria Eroh and her husWeatherly, passed away on band, Ronald of Weatherly; Sunday, October 25, 2020, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Hazle- nieces Laine Hoffman, Linda ton Campus. He is survived by Petruska, Laurie Holland and Michele Sparich; nephhis beloved wife of 50 years, ew, Jon Garber; and several Jo Ann (Kitchen) Garber. great-nieces and -nephews. Born Monday, June 17, Private services have been 1940 in Weatherly, he was the entrusted to Philip J. Jeffries son of the late Michael J. and Martha (Krupka) Garber. Mi- Funeral Home and Cremation chael was also predeceased by Services, Weatherly. Interment will be in Union Cemea brother, Donald M. Garber. tery, Weatherly. Michael attended St. NichMemorials to: olas Parochial School and Zions Evangelical Lutheran graduated from Weatherly Church Area (Schwab) High School, Class of 1959. He retired from 335 Third Street Weatherly, PA 18255 Hazleton National Bank and or also worked at PQ Express in West Hazleton. Michael was a Helping Hands coin collector and was affiliat- 301 Rocky Road ed with Zions Evangelical Lu- Hazleton, PA 18201 To express online condolenctheran Church in Weatherly. es or share a fond memory of He was a former member of Michael please visit www. the Weatherly Lions Club. griffithsfuneralhomes.com Surviving are brother,

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HIROKO BOERGER Hiroko Boerger, 85, of Minnetonka, Minnesota, passed away on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, at Mountain City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Hazle Township. Born in Kumamoto, Japan, she was the daughter of Shigetomo and Kimi Hamada. Over the years, she worked as a dental assistant, a hair and nail stylist, a cosmetologist, and a quality service agent at Northwest and Delta Airlines. She enjoyed gardening, traveling with friends, and making sushi and other Japanese dishes for her friends and co-workers. She was a very creative and talented artist. She especially loved performing and teaching traditional Japanese dance, which she did for many, many years. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey, and his wife, Sherri, of Mountain Top, and her grandson, Alexander, whom she adored. A funeral or memorial service in Minnesota is being planned for a later date. Funeral arrangements are by Desiderio-Lehman Funeral and Cremation, Mountain Top. Visit www.DesiderioFuneralHome.com for additional information.

The 2020 Senior Farmers closing up before that date. Market Nutrition Program’s For further information, voucher/check distribution contact Rhonda Adams at ended on September 30th. 822-1158 Ext. 2337. The Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and Wyoming Counties would like to remind the participants to redeem their vouchers before the deadline date of November 30, 2020. These vouchers can only be White Haven, PA used to purchase PA grown PATRICK M. LEHMAN, PRESIDENT fresh fruits & vegetables at RUSSELL C. TETER, JR., SUPERVISOR Farmers Market stands that Serving White Haven, Weatherly and surrounding communities are participants of the Dept. of Agriculture’s SFMNP. Please Branch of Lehman Family Funeral Service, Inc. keep in mind that there may (570) 443-9816 be Farmers Market stands

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with awards in six categories. New this year, snowmaking equipment will ensure sledding and snowmobiling.

The Mountain Laurel Resort has been nominated for Family Circle Magazine’s Family Resorts of the Year. The 250 room resort on 300 wooded acres is nominated from a total of 125 resorts nationwide,

“Paper can help put out fires,” according to Citizens’ Fire Company fund drive chairman Richard Knepper. “By writing a check to our cause, paper can help put out fires.”

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Arby’s advertised a 99¢ regular roast beef sandwich at their Turnpike location. Freeland’s ShurSave advertised a “spectacular 99¢ sale.” The Crestwood Cheerleaders participated in the Keystone Regional Competition recently, came back with awards. Both of the junior

Veterans Corner Commentary by John Kearns, USCG Ret., chiefkearns@gmail.com It has been a unique year. The pandemic has been hard on older veterans, especially those with other health issues complicating things. The veterans’ healthcare system had to adjust to the threat, denying some younger, healthier veterans care for non-life-threatening conditions to increase survivability for those most affected. I still received vital care, as did most. I did not hear too many complaints. Prescription services saw some changes, but for the most part still functioned well. For some, routine procedures are delayed and will be rescheduled as soon as the vaccine is out and shows signs of working. On the darker side, during the lockdowns there has been a significant increase in drug and alcohol use, and domestic violence. Sadly, the suicide rate of veterans is much higher now than before pandemic. VETS ENCAMPMENT: In spite of the pandemic, White Haven’s annual veteran encampment still went on successfully, raising needed funds for veterans in need. White Haven residents responded and many veterans in need will be provided for. The Valor House continued its fall off road ‘Jeep Runs,’

raising money while providing a great time outdoors in trail rides and off-roading. Veterans Medical Centers started a program where many older veterans are receiving iPads and the training to use them allowing doctor visits at home for non-emergency issues. iPads are available to all veterans free of charge and a paid data service. If a veteran is enrolled in VA healthcare, does not have a modern smart phone or ability to go online with a camera and sound, they need only tell their primary care provider and they will be directed to the office providing the smart devices for an application. Thousands of veterans who never gave a thought to the online world now have impressive iPad, data service and they know how to use them. OPERATION WARP SPEED: The President has authorized our active military to work with government agencies to complete what sounds like an impossible mission within our nation. Once a COVID 19 vaccine is approved and goes into production, the logistics of getting it out the those who need it the most are going to be really difficult. Operation Warp Speed’s goal is to produce and deliver 300 million doses of safe and

effective vaccines, with the initial doses available by January 2021, as part of a broader strategy to accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics (collectively known as countermeasures). Placing USA’s awesome industrial might on a wartime footing will rapidly produce the vaccines. Next question is how you deliver 300 million doses to where it is needed that quickly — our US Military. Every day, our military is training, pilots must fly to keep qualifications, millions of military ships, aircraft and vehicles are moving. The nation will harness this awesome logistical force and use it to insure quick delivery to the American people. As we look to Veterans Day 2020, there were many hard times, and some good times. Some lost loved ones and friends, but we still survive and come out of rough times. As we remember our veterans this November 11th, we also think of those in uniform service right now earning the title of US Military Veteran, fighting all enemies, at home and abroad.

high and junior varsity squads earned excellent ratings. The varsity squad came home with a top honor of ‘outstanding’ which qualifies them to compete in the Keystone Games, to be held this May at Dorney Park. Members of the varsity are Daria Gallagher, Tracy McGeever, Holly Roche — captains; and Amy Sauerwine, Melissa Mahon, Melissa Wodaski, Kendra Biasi, Jill Swank, Kim Kahley, Renee Johnson, Tasha Christo, Lori Perch, Melissa Kovatch and Stephanie Neeld. Coach is Terry Miller.

The next football game is this Saturday at Lake-Lehman, finishing at Bishop Hoban on November 10 with a night game. This past Saturday, the Comets defeated Myers’ Mohawks 27-10, giving up a touchdown before the first of Dennis’ runs tied things back up. The Mohawks then drove down the field but settled for a field goal. From there, it was all Crestwood.

Marty Mrozinski’s Weatherly Area girls’ junior high basketball column wrote about the varsity girls hosting the The Crestwood High School North Schuylkill Lady Spartans, and being swept 34-26, girls filed hockey team won their third consecutive District and then in the JV match, 382, Class AA championship af- 33. For the JVs, Amy Sandt’s ter downing Lake-Lehman 5-2 14 led the way, and Salena Mrozinski led a comeback that this Saturday. fell short — with 9 points all in the second half. The Crestwood Comets On Wednesday, the Lady football senior Gary Dennis Wreckers traveled to Shenanrecently joined only three doah and beat the Blue Devils other Comets to have rushed for more than 1,000 yards. He on their home court in the varsity game 43-22, and then has rushed for 1,180 yards, the JVs cruised to a 43-15 win with two more games to go behind strong defense, Sandt to beat the record held by Dave Schmidt of 1,278. So far, scoring 28 and Mrozinski 12. Dennis has 12 touchdowns and one two-point conversion.

Halupki & Haluski on sale at St. Pat’s November 15 St. Patrick’s Parish in White Haven will hold a food sale Sunday, November 15 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu includes halupki for $3 each, and haluski with homemade noodles for $3 a pint, $6 a quart. Orders can be called in by November 8 to the Parish office at 570 443-9944, or call Linda at 570 401-7925 or to G&A Hardware at 570 4438744. Prepayment is encouraged.

On the 15th, pick up orders at the Parish center kitchen door on Maple Avenue. The sale will follow CDC safety guidelines.

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Mountain Laurel Resort has big plans to upgrade ership of the resort has for its future. With the cabins and possible crowds during sports tournaments, it was suggested by the township engineer and some board members that the plan will need a second

entrance to the property. The addition of hydrants along the new roads was recommended. Some extra parking in the cabins area was suggested, especially near the units with multiple bedrooms.

The presenting team listened, and will add to their plans, then return in 2021 with revisions, and likely some paperwork ahead of the first phase of the upgrade.

Co-Sponsored by

by Seth Isenberg

Another phase of the upgrade, according to the Owners of the Mountain engineers who presented the Laurel Resort brought a set of concept, is to replace the aging grand plans to October’s Kid- two-story wing of the resort der Township Planning Com- with its 90 rooms, with a four mission meeting. These plans story tower with 80 modern show the resort upgrading to rooms. That would free up offer extensive indoor sports part of the property close-in to options, including two sports the building for more parking, domes to be built on the prop- and to locate one of the sports erty just west of the hotel, plus domes closer by. an attractive village of cabins Presenting these plans for spread through the hardwood an early look by members of forest at the south of the hotel, the Planning Commission was around the pond and west a way to get input from everyagain to meet the road to the one present, and as a way to sports domes. share the vision the new own-

SAD SIGN: An out-0f-control car plowed through and destroyed the new sign in front of the Mountainview Community Church on Lehigh Gorge Drive outside of White Haven a couple of weeks ago. JH: Seth Isenberg

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Seth’s Sightings by Seth Isenberg It’s raking season, a non-calendar annual event hereabouts. If we had some doubts as to when our reached past the peak of foliage, looking around my yard right now I have no doubts. The foliage is now spread across my lawn. I got a start to my raking and have created a pile of leaves taller than our new Pointer, Bull. He’s been somewhat helpful, taking sticks out of the pile and peeing upon it, his way of helping keep the leaves from blowing away, I guess. While I raked, both dogs enjoyed some games. Spookie, our little terrier mix, chased the rake, and Bull spent his time digging around in the piles long enough for me to cover him with a shower of leaves.

Even with the cold and wind, the red maples in the back of our yard are still holding leaves — as they usually do. Everything else has shed except some stubborn leaves on our burning bushes, now faded to a dark red. Our town has a leaf vacuum mounted on one of its trucks. I’m waiting for the announcement of the days so I can rake my giant piles from my yard to the curb, or fill trash cans full to then empty at the curb. With more dry weather, I’ll go out again with team Isenberg for more fun, raking included. The audience really does help. There were some pockets of beautiful leaves still hanging on. We sighted some during our weekend drives. One of these is a spot on the north

side of the hill from Conyngham north toward Nescopeck on Route 93 where trees still are brilliant yellow and stunning red. Elsewhere, there are places with some pale yellows of isolated late maples nearby golden browns of oaks — still pretty. The months coming when the trees are completely are not my favorites. Add to that the increasing cold and then, as of this Sunday, the early hour at which the sun sets due to the return of Standard Time. I’m among those who would like us to just keep Daylight Savings as the fixed time for the year. For our weekend, there was a small festival at Hellers Orchards in Wapwallopen we decided to drive to. I’ve written about our fondness for Stamen Winesap apples, and

Hellers has a grove of them. Plus, the festival featured one of our favorite stands from the Bloomsburg Fair, the Bissinger Family’s, who were offering up their famous to fair-goers apple dumplings. We bought some to eat and some to take home. Sports this past weekend were a bit lame. While Thursday was okay with an Eagles win, Saturday’s big game for Penn State went into overtime, where they lost by a possibly botched field call. Sunday, the Patriots, even with their vaunted quarterback Cam Newton, were bad. (Now New England can miss their old quarterback, and the guy who was to be their future quarterback, Jimmy Garappolo.) Watching the G.O.A.T. pitch touchdowns for Tampa Bay was much more satisfy-

Art League schedules annual meeting The Carbon County Art League will hold the Annual Members Meeting, Elections and Volunteer Recognition evening at the People’s EC Church at 216 Wagner St. in Lehighton (Weissport), on November 11, between 6 and 8 p.m.

Visit the CarbonCountyArt.com website for more details posted closer to the event, and any artist in need of assistance, or interested in joining the league, can contact us here: info@carboncountyart.com.

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ing. And for icing on the weekend sports cake, the NASCAR race was rained out Sunday, and again on Monday. Sightings were light, just lots of deer and a racoon, and some vees of geese smartly heading south ahead of the coming cold and possible sleet on Friday. Ruth took a photo of a local bow hunter with the 500 lb. bear he recently shot… which is awesome. There’s going to be a lot of bear stew at his house through the winter. For this coming weekend, on Hallowe’en Saturday, Ruth and I are helping to judge a pet costume parade on White Haven’s Main Street, starting in front of the White Haven Diner just after 4. Everybody who comes gets a gift. We’ll be out taking some trick-or-treat photos when that wraps up. Sunday may be an open day for fun… on the road perhaps, though sunset will be just before 5 due to the switch to Standard Time — ugh. On the bright side of that, we’re adding some LED spotlights in the back yards of home and office for the dogs. Not the same as daylight but it will have to do until Daylight Savings returns. Vote on November 3. Stay safe, but get out and support local businesses.

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Eagle project provides outdoor improvements at Kirby Library

Area before project.

Scoutmaster Herb King, Eagle candidate Jareth Jungermann, and his parents Janet and Brendan Jungermann at the completed project. Jareth Jungermann of Troop 25 recently completed his Eagle Project at the Marion Sutherland Kirby Library. The project consisted of rebuilding and refurbishing the picnic benches currently outside the library, which had deteriorated over the years of outdoor use, and then creating a Pavilion to provide a covered area for outdoor library programs and patron use. This involved setting posts in the rocky soil and then building the framework for the outdoor roofing. The roofing was done by his uncle’s company, Newbauer Construction from New York. Painting all the surfaces to protect the wood from deterioration was finalized, the gravel was laid for the tables to be moved to and the project was complete with over 350 hours of labor. The following day the Library began using the Pavilion for programs and at this time many of the library programs are outdoors so the Pavilion is being utilized a lot. The project was completed through the Help of the Carbon County Community Foundation, New-

bauer Construction, Lowes & Home Depot of Wilkes Barre, Red Rock sales and his family.

Jareth would like to thank all his Eagle project through any the people and companies who hours of hard work and matehelped him achieve the goal of rials donated. This is a project

that will provide many years of service to the Library and the community.

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Rocks that Rolled at Hickory Run State Park Join a DCNR Professional Geologist on an exhilarating talk and walk about the local geology of Hickory Run State Park from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 31. We will begin the program with a discussion about unique geologic features that can be seen throughout the park followed by a field trip out to see some of these landscapes in per-

son. Participants will caravan out to specific spots after an informative Power Point and must have a vehicle to travel to these locations. Some leisurely walking is involved, so participants should wear sturdy shoes to comfortably travel over uneven terrain. Please bring water and snacks. Registration is required and limited to 25 people. Ages 18+. Meet

at the Visitor Center. Register for this special event by calling a park educator at 570-403-2006 or online at https://events.dcnr. pa.gov/event/rocks_that_ rolled_a_talk_and_tour_of_ local_geology Participants are required to wear masks for the duration of the program and should bring their own hand sanitizer.

STAND DOWN: Members of White Haven VFW Post 6615 took part in an overnight encampment at the White Haven Shopping Center on October 17 and 18 to drawn attention to homelessness of the veteran population. Commander Missy Dimmit, above, says the problem is continuing, although numbers are declining somewhat. She added that weekend donors had been generous. JH: Ruth Isenberg

VFW offers Sunday breakfast VFW Post 6615 of White Haven will sponsor an all-youcan-eat breakfast on Sunday, November 8, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The menu includes eggs (made to order), pancakes, French toast, waffles, potatoes, sausage, bacon, toast (white, wheat or rye), orange juice, coffee, and tea.

Price is $8 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. Take-outs are subject to 50¢ extra charge and are not allyou-can-eat. For information call 570443-3333 after 2:00 daily. For everyone’s safety, masks are required to enter and social distancing will be observed.

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Back the Blue with Centenary UMC Faith Church service to honor veterans Centenary UMC of Weatherly invites everyone to join them at the new borough building parking lot, located at 61 W Main Street in Weatherly on November 6, to celebrate and show support for our local police department.

Now, more than ever, we think it crucial that the men and women who put their lives on the line for us know they have the full support of the community which they have sworn to protect. Join us in fellowship, not

to mention free hot dogs and coffee. During the event, Pastor Dan will offer words of prayer, support, and encouragement for our men and women in blue, and will open the floor to anyone in the community who would like to share a few words.

ALA Veterans Dinner to be take-out The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 360 in Weatherly will hold its Veterans Day Dinner on Sunday, November 8. This year the turkey dinner with all trimmings will be take out only. The dinners will be available to all area veterans. Each veteran may reserve up to two dinners - one for themselves and one for a guest. The deadline to reserve your dinner(s) is Wednesday, November 4, by calling Georgia Farrow at 570-427-4527. Pick up is Sunday, November 8, from 2 until 5 p.m. CDC regulations apply when pick-

Harvest Home at Centenary Centenary United Methodist Church, Carbon St., Weatherly, will celebrate Harvest Home from November 1 until November 15. Nonperishable food items, paper products, cleaning supplies, etc. will be collected throughout those weeks for donation to Shepherd House. Everyone is welcome on Sundays at 11 am. For further information see the church Facebook page or visit the church website at www.weatherlycumc.org

ing up dinners. This year instead of canned food donations, we will be

accepting monetary donations for our Thanksgiving food baskets.

Faith Church, Weatherly is pleased to announce we have a new location! Please join us on Sunday evenings at 6 p.m. in the Weatherly Plaza at 202 Carbon Street.

All Veterans in the community are invited to a special Veterans Day Celebration at Faith Church, Weatherly on Sunday, November 15 at 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and all Veterans will receive a special gift.

Light the Night- Faith Church Weatherly will be hosting its annual “Light the Night” extravaganza at 41 Wurana Avenue in Weatherly on Saturday, October 31st from 6-8 p.m. Come enjoy free hot chocolate, cotton candy and pop- corn. There will be lots of safe family fun for everyone. Everyone will be encouraged to follow CDC Guidelines.

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Titans’ Ryan Tannehill is rising to the occasion by Liam Miller

Since arriving in Nashville, Ryan Tannehill has been the pillar of a franchise that’s on

the rise. The Tennessee Titans have been dominant over the past two regular seasons, and part of the reason is the 1-2 punch of Tannehill’s passing

and Derek Henry’s running. Tannehill showed glimpses of his ability during his time with the Dolphins. But (at the time) the Adam Gase-led team

was destined for underperformance. But now, he is showing what he can do with new coaching and playing in a new environment. In over 15 games with the Titans, Tannehill has completed 70% of his passes and has thrown for nearly 3700 yards and 35 touchdowns. This past Sunday, he threw for nearly

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370 yards and had TD passes in beating the Texans. On the other side of the ledgers, since joining Tennessee, Tannehill has thrown only seven picks. His performance in Nashville is proving doubters wrong. No longer is last year’s unexpected end-of-the-season run and playoff performance (especially the big win at Baltimore) seen as a fluke. Tannehill is establishing himself as a franchise QB. Without question, he’s steering Tennessee to make another playoff run. Can an AFC championship be in this team’s future? _____ Liam Miller lives in Alabama and writes for The Sports Column.

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Journal Sports Crestwood football

Comets crush Berwick, go to 6-0 on the season If Crestwood’s win over Wyoming Area the previous game didn’t validate the Comets as legitimate contenders for a district championship, what they did this past Friday night certainly did. Ryan Petrosky ran for a touchdown and threw for two more in his first game back at quarterback since Week 2. The defense came up with a pair of goal-line stands and an interception. Oh, and there was a blocked punt that went for a Crestwood touchdown. The Comets continued their assault on Wyoming Valley Conference competition with a 35-0 rout of Berwick at Crispin Field, dealing the Bulldogs one of their worst home defeats in decades. Crestwood - which already has clinched the top seed in District 2 Class 4A - will take a 6-0 record into its Week

8 showdown with Class 3A top seed and fellow unbeaten Lake-Lehman (6-0). The game will be played at 1 p.m. Saturday at Crestwood High School. Petrosky threw for 190 yards, ran for 70 more, and hardly looked rusty after his return to quarterback following a Week 2 injury. He played briefly in the Week 5 win over Wyoming Area, playing receiver and catching a key touchdown pass. Crestwood head coach Ryan Arcangeli said the win was another huge one for a program that is establishing itself as one of the best in the conference regardless of class. “We’re going into the next decade and I want our guys to think and believe that, for the next 10, 20 years, that we can be a program that brings physical football every week,” he said. “But, you have to

dethrone the people that have been so good at it. “Obviously, a lot of respect for their program. You don’t get up for a game unless you have great respect for a program — and we certainly did.” Coming off a bye week and thinking about last year’s 42-7 defeat at the hands of Berwick had the Comets ready for Friday’s contest with the Bulldogs, who are now 1-4. “I could tell there was a chip on our shoulder all week,” Petrosky said. “We knew what we had to do. We did what we wanted to do.” The Comets scored on their first three possessions, beginning with a Petrosky 7-yard touchdown run just three minutes and change into the game. Although Berwick responded by driving to the Crestwood 1-yard line, the Comets’ defense set the tone for the rest of the game with a goal-line stop on fourth down. Later in the game, Noah Schultz intercepted a Berwick pass in the end zone to halt another scoring threat and

preserve the Comets’ second shutout of the season. “We could have folded a couple times when they were on the goal line, 2-yard line and ran a couple plays — and we didn’t,” Arcangeli said. “That shows the character of a really good football team.” The Comets wasted no time getting back to the end zone, with Petrosky and Brenden DeMarzo hooking up on a 79-yard catch-and-run for the game’s second touchdown and a 14-0 Comet lead at 1:11 of the first quarter. Jimmy Hawley (12 carries, 71 yards) punched it in on a 12-yard scoring run with 5:08 to play before halftime to push the Crestwood lead to 21-0 at intermission. Berwick quarterback Ben Knorr rushed for 104 yards and added 82 through the air before he was knocked from the game with an injury. Star athlete Shawn Sheptock was also injured and forced to leave the game. Three minutes into the second half, Crestwood’s Lo-

gan Arnold blocked a Berwick punt, picked it up and returned it 32 yards for a touchdown and a 28-0 lead. Arnold’s 21-yard touchdown catch from Petrosky with just under three minutes to play finished off the 35-0 whitewash. “This is a big one,” Petrosky said of the Berwick win. “I think this is going to help propel us into the postseason; big momentum win for us.” The Comets will be home for the District 2 Class 4A playoffs in two weeks.

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WVC Cross Country Championships

Crestwood girls golden at WVC championships Holy Redeemer’s Madison Dewees pulled a stunner to win the girls’ individual championship, but could not hold off Crestwood’s run to the team title at Wyoming Valley Conference Cross Country Championships last week at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds. Dewees knocked off Crestwood ace and two-time race champion Molly DeMarzo, posting a winning time of 20:14 to edge DeMarzo (20:23) by nine seconds. The two were running stride for stride until Dewees made a push with about a halfmile to go. Wyoming Area’s Madelyn Keating was third in 20:39. “Molly has been training hard and she’ll be ready to go for districts,” Crestwood head coach Robert Moulton

promised. “Molly’s done excellent the last few years for us and she had a great race, just didn’t have her best race today. But you take it as a learning experience.” Still, DeMarzo led the Lady Comets to an incredible team victory, placing four runners in the top seven. Jaden Weiss was fourth in 20:49, Maggie Kozich (21:08) finished sixth and Julia Johnson (21:13) seventh. Regina Pirolli rounded Crestwood’s five with a 17thplace finish in 22:59. Crestwood edged Redeemer 29-34 for the team title, with Dallas (78) a distant third. “There’s only five of them, so it’s been nice in a way where you’re very dependent on one another,” Moulton said of his Lady Comet runners. “It kind of creates more of that team aspect.”

Crestwood’s junior high girls’ placed second to Lake-Lehman (45-56). Lake-Lehman’s Kendall Borger won that race in 12:57, just ahead of Crestwood runner-up Ella Novelli (13:09). Crestwood’s Ellie Kozick was fifth in 13:54, and Emily Leicht (14:36) was 14th. Crestwood’s varsity boys finished a solid fifth in their race, which was won by Lake-Lehman (56). Wyoming Area (85), Holy Redeemer (121), Hazleton Area (125) and Crestwood (130) rounded out the top five. Holy Redeemer’s Chris Hine ran away with the boys’ individual title in a time of 16:30. Valley West’s Tavian

McKenna (17:04) was a distant second. For Crestwood, Weston Medvetz was the first Comet to the finish line in 18:06, good for ninth place. Teammate Nash Greene (18:30) was 13th. Crestwood’s junior high boys captured their championship with ease, beating runner-up Tunkhannock 24-75. Hazleton Area’s Franklin Ritz (11:23) edged Crestwood’s Mason Staude (11:27) for first place overall, but the Com-

ets took four of the top six spots to rule the meet. Ryan Kozick (12:46) was third, Clark Groth (12:49) fifth and Nick Danishefsky (12:59) sixth for Crestwood. Nate Higgins (13:21) completed the scoring in 12th place. The District 2 Cross Country Championships will take place over two days this week back at the Wyoming County Fairgrounds in Meshoppen. The girls’ races are scheduled for Thursday, and the boys’ races Friday.

Crestwood sports roundup

Puzzle Zabroski, Comets win soccer showdown Answers with Cougars Trey Zabroski scored the game’s only goal as Crestwood outlasted visiting Hazleton Area 1-0 in Wyoming Valley Conference boys’ soccer action last Thursday night at Crestwood. The game was scoreless until Zabroski and Michael Zaleski teamed up for the tally deep into the second half. Will Smith’s goalkeeping kept the Cougars close throughout, as he accounted for 21 saves to only one for the Comets’ Cole Kranson.

Field Hockey Crestwood 6, Hanover Area 0 - Gabby Ambosie scored a pair of goals and assisted on a third, leading Crestwood past Hanover Area in WVC field hockey ac-

tion last week. Mallory Moratori, Taylor Yeager, Emily Delvecchio and Aubrey Colo also scored goals for the Comets, with Morgan Koons and Emily Davidson notching assists. Four different Crestwood players shared in the shutout as goalkeepers. Crestwood had a 24-3 shots-on-goal advantage and a 12-1 lead in penalty corners. Crestwood was scheduled to compete in the District 2 Class 4A playoffs this week. The Comets were to play Berwick Tuesday in a quarterfinal round game. A win would put Crestwood into the semifinals at Wallenpaupack on Thursday.

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Wreckers to compete in district soccer playoff

BIG BRUIN: Lynn Hoffman bagged this 544 pound bear in Lehigh Township on October 20 during crossbow season. It’s his seventh JH: Ruth Isenberg bear; he will be mounting it for display.

The Weatherly Area boys’ soccer team will look to extend its season on Saturday as the Wreckers take part in the District 11 Class A Tournament. The fourth-seeded Wreckers will take on top seed Moravian Academy (8-1) at a site and time that had not yet been announced at press time. The winner will advance to the November 7 title game against the winner of number 2 Minersville (12-6) and number 3 Schuylkill Haven (9-7). The

Wreckers went 5-8 during the season, including 5-6 in Schuylkill League play. They finished fourth in Division 2. Weatherly is led offensively by Tyler Veasie (10 goals) and Trevor Lowman (7 assists). Goalkeeper Frankie Willis has been lights-out, with an .848 save percentage (21 goals, 117 saves) this season, which ranked second in the Schuylkill League.

Playing college sports in 2020? Here’s what I think by Anna Newman

regarding the long-term effects of COVID-19. What we How would you feel if your do know is this: the disease season was taken away from will put you out for two weeks you in a blink of an eye? Not and cardiologists are warning having any control over what about the possibility of serious is going on. Having your voice heart issues afterward. not heard. It’s happening, and The prospect scares me as athletes worldwide have been an athlete. Most athletes are (and many still are) in shock. in great shape - never thinkSports seasons have been cut ing that something like that short and pushed back due to could happen. Would you risk COVID-19. There’s more, too. your health for one season? On How would you feel during the other hand, there’s a stark a pandemic--returning to alternative – no college sports campus while having a season until COVID-19 passes – and to play? How would you feel, the financial implications that worrying constantly about your come with it. For revenue-generating sports, playing games health while attending class yields money. And there’s the and engaging in workouts? issue of fans attending games. In response, the NCAA announced regulations giving Fans equal money. No fans equal no gate receipts. Athletes athletes a choice. Because of want their fans in the stands, COVID-19, student-athletes of course, but fans attending have an opt-out alternative. games can increase the likeliIf student-athletes take it, hood of virus-spread. And for then schools are required to athletes, playing could bring a honor scholarship commitspike in COVID cases. ments. Having that option And what about the schools? gives athletes the ability to focus on their health. But that They need students to generate tuition dollars and other choice has implications. If forms of revenue. The main too many student-athletes in issue for schools is whether a sport choose to opt-out, a to have students on campus season could be on the brink or go primarily (if not excluor ended. On the other hand, sively) online. Some schools research isn’t available yet

have switched back and forth based on COVID-19 spread, while others have closed for good. MacMurray College and Franklin University are two. Major universities have been affected, too, having to tighten athletic spending, including cutting sports teams to stay in the black. Stanford cut onethird of its men’s and women’s sports, including several Olympic sports. The University of Kentucky, like many others, announced significant declines in athletic revenues. In UK’s case, it’s about $70 million. And no small matter for many schools is the revenue lost from canceling basketball’s March Madness 2020. But, for me, I come back to the student-athlete. According to the NCAA, there are nearly a half-million student-athletes enrolled at America’s colleges and universities, What’s best for them? As much as I and many others would like to start the season and resume regular college sports action, doing that isn’t right. There’s a bigger challenge before us. With no idea of the path ahead in terms of personal health and our country’s public health, we need to do what we

can–all of us–to prevent future cases and halt the spread of this deadly disease. But here’s the thing: the decision-makers who’ll make the call aren’t student-athletes. There are not the ones putting their health on the line to play

a sport. For me, that makes the right call pretty clear. _________ Anna Newman plays point guard for the University of Evansville women’s basketball team. She wrote this article for The Sports Column.