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Slatington Library News

submitted by Louise Bechtel

Slatington Library is still open to the public. The option of curbside delivery is still available. There will be limited use of the computers. Library hours are still shortened, Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9-5, Tuesday 9-3 and Sat. 8-Noon. FACE MASKS MUST BE WORN.

There is still time to participate in the Slatington Library Scavenger Hunt sponsored by the Greater Northern Lehigh chapter of the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce. The last day to enter is May 8th. Find and solve 15 clues that are scattered throughout the library. A $5.00 donation will give you a chance at one of 3 prizes. You can also play for free. All proceeds will be given to the library. Treasure maps can be picked up at the library or found online for you to print at www.lehighvalley chamber.org/greaternorthernlehigh.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the Donald Owens Reading Incentive Program. The winners will be listed in the next Gazette.

The library and the Woman’s Club of Slatington

North Whitehall Township Tax Collector

Paid for by the Candidate

wish to thank everyone who participated in the 2021 Art Contest. The entries and the announcement of the winners can be seen on the library’s facebook page and web site as well as the Woman’s Club facebook page. We have one correction to the video announcement. 1st place in 2-dim. Art, grades 3-6 went to Mya DeSousa. Please stop by the library and pick-up your art work.

The Slatington Library Book Club is now reading “The secret life of bees” by Sue Monk Kidd. The book club will meet on Monday, June 7, 2021, at 1:00 pm. via Zoom. Copies of this title are available at the library. Contact the library if you wish to join in.

Remember to check out the links on the library’s web page. You can connect for free to: Power library, Rosetta Stone, Brainfuse, NoveList and ComicsPlus, e-books and audiobooks, Heritage Quest, Ancestry (in library use only),Lawdepot and Newspapers (Morning Call). All you need is a library card.

Data base of the month: Rosetta Stone:

Do you want to learn a new language? Rosetta Stone Library Solution offers your library the first level of Rosetta Stone courses for 30 different languages. It allows you to choose between 7 different combinations of focus involving reading, writing and speaking the language.

You can sign-up for a library card in our online catalog and select e-books and audio books from the Carbon Lehigh Downloadable Library. Both links are on our web page.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Mike Martin - 70 on April 21

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Did you know that tents are the most popular type of shelter when people go camping? Or that the average camper age is 35 years old? Now, you might have figured that tents were the most popular shelter type – used by 69% of campers, but did you think 35 was the average age, or did you think younger (or did you think older)? Here are some other interesting “did you know?” facts about camping.

The Numbers

There are 13,000 vehicle accessible campgrounds in the United States and Canada. In the United States alone, approximately 40 million people go camping every year and 2.7 nights is the average length of camping trips for tent campers. The average trip for an RV camper is 3.5 nights.

In the United States, on average, campers take 3.8 trips per year. They drive 146 miles to their destinations and set up camp about 1/4 mile from their cars. Approximately 42% of campers in the United States choose to camp at state park campgrounds.

Campers spend an average $128.26 on their first camping trip. Around 68% of adult campers in the United States are married or living with a partner, which suggests that camping is a family activity.

Up In Canada

Clayoquot Wilderness Resort in Vancouver Island, Canada, is the world’s most expensive luxury camping experience. A single night costs $3,900. The camp can only be accessed by a 30-minute boat ride or by taking the scenic route, a 45-minute private charter plane.

There are no televisions or phones at the resort. The goal is for the camp’s guests to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and really be entertained by the great outdoors. Each tent has everything a person would need to create their very own outdoor adventure. In addition to scuba gear, fishing poles, and horseback riding equipment, the rooms are decked out with massage chairs, hot tubs, and saunas.

The camp offers tons of activities including yoga classes, horseback riding, kayaking, whale watching, bear watching, hot spring swimming, archery, rifle shooting, zip-lines and much more. However, one of the most popular activities is a hiking and fishing expedition aided by helicopter to ensure the guests can plunge deep into the wilderness.

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Other Surprising Facts

• Millennials go camping more than any other age group. They cite a love of outdoor activities, an appreciation of nature, a love of music festivals, and a love of sharing photos on social media as motivations for camping. • The flashlight is the MOST popular camping purchase of all. • The Mountain Region of the United States, from Montana down to Arizona and New Mexico is slightly more popular as a camping destination than other parts of the country. • The father of the modern outdoor movement is widely considered to be author, preacher, and sportsman William H. H. Murray. He published the watershed book on camping called Adventures in the Wilderness; or, Camp Life in the Adirondacks. That book made camping accessible to the masses for the first time – might be an interesting read.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Debra Schuster - 55 on April 30 Bill Mack - 55 on April 24 Jennifer Rowden - 45 on May 9

Post 16 Preparing for Memorial Day Services:

The American Legion Allen O. Delke Post 16 in Slatington has started planning this year’s Memorial Day activities and schedule according to Post commander George Burke.

Dennis Ziegler, president of the Veterans Day and Memorial Day Committees of the Allen O. Delke Post 16, held their recent planning meeting. The following officers were elected. Dennis Ziegler, President; George Burke, Vice President; and James Gourniak Jr., Secretary.

Last year the Post had to cancel most of the public events because of Covid 19 restrictions. This year we plan to return to most of the events with the public following Covid 19 precautions. As conditions improve more and more events are becoming feasible.

Events discussed at the meeting included replacing flags on veteran’s graves, Memorial Day weekend services, Memorial Day parade and services and participants and speakers for Memorial Day which is on May 31 this year at Memorial Park located at Second and Main street

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