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JANUARY 16-22, 2020
Looking by Back Ed Pany A Legion Meeting (Originally published in 2004)
It’s Wednesday, 7 p.m., and I’m over at the Legion home in Bath. I have never attended a Legion meeting, so I requested permission from Commander Arthur C. Diehl to observe a meeting. When I entered the home, a voice rang out, “It’s Mr. Pany, don’t leave him in, he made me write the dictionary when I was over at Northampton High School. Would someone open the door?” The door opened and to my surprise, I was face to face with a former student who is now the fine steward of the Legion, Mr. Bob Sipple.
With a hearty laugh and a handshake he invited me in. The next man I met was Jim Rice, another former student who now resides in Nazareth and is an active member of the home house committee. The meeting was called to order by Commander Diehl with a moving salute to the flag, pledge to the flag, reciting of the Legion preamble, a prayer and remembering our M.I.A’s from all wars. Discussion and active participation by the members covered Continued on page 2
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Northampton Borough Council reorganizes for 2020
By KERI LINDENMUTH The Northampton Borough Council held their first meeting of the New Year on January 6. Both old and new council members were sworn in during the reorganizational meeting, and the borough appointed several individuals to boards and committees. Mayor Thomas Reenock swore Keith Piescienski, Julia Kutzler, and Anthony Lopsonzski, Sr. in to council. All are returning council members who won reelection for another four-year term. New member Thomas Gehringer was also sworn in for one four-year term. He will be filling the seat of former councilman Ed Pany, who did not seek reelection. Meanwhile, Ronald Spengler
was reappointed for a two-year term on the borough’s Vacancy Board, and Sylvia Wasko was reappointed for a three-year term on the Zoning Hearing Board. Sal Zangari chose not to seek reappointment to the hearing board, leaving it with one opening. Barry Dorshimer was reappointed for a six-year term on the Civil Service Commission and Irene Urban was reappointed for a five-year term on the Board of Health. Both individuals were the only applicants. Edward Hozza did not seek reappointment to the Northampton Borough Municipal Authority Board. This leaves the borough
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St. John’s Lutheran Upper Nazareth Township Church to host sew-aPlanning Commission Thon for animals injured Reviews Project Tadmor In Australian wildfires Renderings By HOME NEWS STAFF St. John’s Lutheran Church in Bath invites you to put your sewing skills to good use this Saturday. The wildfires in Australia are raging to unprecedented levels, and millions of animals have been injured. Rescues are in dire need of sewn items to help comfort and heal the affected kangaroos, wallabies, bats, and other native critters. Sewing patterns for specific wraps and pouches, which have
been approved by the rescues, will be posted and provided. The public is asked to bring the following items: Your sewing machine, thread of any color, scissors and pins. If you have the following, please bring them too: iron/ironing board, rotary cutter, cutting mat, yardstick, fabric and fabric scraps (must be cotton, flannel especially, old sheets, curtains, tablecloths, and t-shirts welcome). Come and go as you please Continued on page 2
By JASON KAMERY The Upper Nazareth Township Planning Commission met on Jan. 9 at 7 p.m. to discuss elevations, stormwater management and 3D renderings for Project Tadmor. Project Tadmor is the construction of an industrial building along Gun Club Road. Jim Vozar of JVI, LLC started his presentation by showing a 3D rendering of a drive- by the building from Gun Club Road. The rendering showed a berm before and after the driveway, the former
being four feet tall, the latter being about seven or eight feet tall. The rendering also showed added shrubbery that was asked for by the township. “The planting there is at time of construction,” Vozar said. “As time goes on the plants will mature and the canopies will get much larger. So the screening will be greater.” Upper Nazareth Township Engineer Sean Dooley discussed with JVI, LLC, how to reroute Continued on page 10
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