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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Parenthood, Abington Style
mother pried my fingers off of her ankle. I can still see her, due any day and in her nightgown. Years later, a friend of mine and I were looking at our old class pictures and came across the one from first grade.“All I How well do you know the streets where you live? remember of you was that you The Abington Journal puts your powers of observawere the sad one,” she said. tion to the test with our new contest, “Pieces of the The good news is that consishim.” A friend of mine arrived late Abingtons.” Every other week within the paper, we’ll tency finally paid off. I rememMy parents had four children, to our weight training class last feature a photograph of a landmark, architectural ber realizing with relief and all raised by a commuter-busiMonday. She looked frazzled structure or other local item in public view in the Abingtons. We’ll ask you to submit a guess as to delight in second grade that I nessman father and stay-atand when I asked how she was where the photo was taken and what is featured in the doing she responded with a sigh. home mother. I was the second actually liked school. But I can photo. Then we’ll enter each correct answer in a see signs in those early years of oldest and the only one with “My first grader is having a drawing to win a $10 the person I grew up to be. Sure, separation anxiety. It wasn’t that terrible time adjusting to school. gift certificate from I went away to college, several I was treated differently. It was He just doesn’t want to go. He Lynn’s Hallmark in just who I was; supremely bond- hours drive, because that was wants to stay home with me. Clarks Summit. We’ll notify you if you win, ed to my mother, crazy about the what was expected in our family. He’s so sad…it’s killing me.” and we’ll print the I shouldn’t have though. I did comforts of home and very She went on to explain that it’s winning contestant and fairly well and graduated in the his first year of full days and his content to stay there. answer in an upcoming standard four years, but I was The hazy memories I have of big brother has moved up to the issue of The Abington home nearly every weekend. middle school. Last year, he was kindergarten take place in the Journal with the next And I missed home a lot. I misnurses’ office, where they put only going to school for a few contest photo. Winner #131: Carsed my younger siblings, family the kids who cried. It was usuhours and got to follow his big olyn Hickman, of brother on to the bus; now he is ally just me, all alone, on the red dinners and morning coffee with Clarks Summit my mom. pleather couch/bed, sniffing on his own. Answer #131: In the mid-1990s, circumaway in an attempt to stifle my “The first day of school he Crown Beverage stances had me living in the sobs. Once in a while there cried all day; since then he just cries at the bus stop. This morn- would be a boy named Spencer Pacific Northwest. I thought the mountains were breathtaking, there next to me, his eyes red ing, he said his tummy hurt.” the hiking exhilarating and the She told me she and the teacher and puffy like mine. The nurse “Pieces of the Abingtons” wildlife awesome. But it wasn’t could be heard on the phone were working together already contest rules: home. Even in my 20s, I ached behind a curtain. and would be consulting the 1. Identify correct location of Photo #132, at left. for my family. After trying for a “She’s here again, Mrs. Orr. school counselor if needed. 2. Submit your entry by contest deadline on Friyear, I convinced my husband You going to come get her this “My husband thinks maybe day, Sept. 28, 2012. and we tossed the opportunities time? Alright then, she can it’s because I’ve been at home 3. Entry must include the correct location and/or out there to start fresh back in wait.” with him his whole life. With description of the “Piece of the Abingtons” featured the Northeast. First grade didn’t go much our older son, I worked and he in the current week’s photo. 4. Entry should include your name, address, conNow in my 40s, some things better. I remember refusing to went to daycare. He had no tact number (not for publication) and correct answer haven’t changed. I still thrive on get on the bus; just standing problem going off to school. and be sent to: The Abington Journal, 211S. State the relationships with my sibWhen the little one came along, there on the corner, stiff as a Street, Clarks Summit PA 18411 or news@theabinglings and live for family getboard as my mother begged. I I stopped working. Maybe that’s tonjournal.com had her in a compromised posi- togethers. There’s nothing better why he’s so attached.” 5. Contestants can only win once in a 90-day period. “Or it could just be who he is,” tion. She had a younger toddler than chatting over a cup of coffee with my best friend, my in tow and was very pregnant. I interjected. “I was just like mother; and while I outgrew Another flashback has my mother pulling me out of the car cuddling with her several decat the school. It was after the bell ades ago, my children share a bond with her reminiscent of had rung and only the crossing mine so many years ago. guard was witness. I must’ve instilled with pride, disMarine Corps Pfc. Suzanna H. Lapi, daughter of cipline and the core values “missed” the bus again and she Heine and her husband, Doug, own had driven me to school. It was a Adriane Mary Lapi of Clarks Sum- of honor, courage and Dublin’s Pub in West Scranton and are raising their three daughters in Waverly. Contact her at commitment. Training sub- different era, and the crossing mit, earned the title of news@theabingtonjournal.com or with column guard dragged me away as my United States Marine after jects included close-order questions or suggestions.” drill, marksmanship with graduating from recruit CE an M-16A4 rifle, physical training at Marine Corps SIN 7 fitness, martial arts, swimRecruit Depot, Parris Is194 ming, military history, cusland, S. C. For 13 weeks, toms and courtesies. Lapi stayed committed One week prior to graduduring some of the world’s ation, Lapi endured The most demanding entryCrucible, a 54-hour final level military training in test of recruits’ minds and order to be transformed bodies. from civilian to Marine
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THE ABINGTON JOURNAL♦CLARKS SUMMIT, PA
Parenthood, Abington Style with Adriane Heine
Simple life saves money I was never a cable TV person. With so many good shows on the basic networks, I couldn’t even contemplate keeping up with the offerings on hundreds of channels, time-wise or financially. Until five years ago, that is, when the free offer came in the mail. “Sign up now and receive a free laptop!” The phone company had paired with the satellite television company to offer a bundle package; phone, internet and television, all on the same bill. The three major networks and PBS had always been enough for us. I was the only mom around whose kids didn’t know who Sponge Bob was. They had been raised thus far on “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” “Sesame Street” and no commercials. I felt no need for more channels, but the free laptop came at the perfect time. We were opening a business and really needed it. The price to get more channels was within reason and the kids were thrilled. It seemed like the right time to upgrade. In the five years since, our family’s appetite for more and more channels has grown. One Sunday, the Eagles were playing on a sports channel we didn’t receive. So we added it. Then Oprah started her own network. It wasn’t part of our package, so I added it. Then we watched Animal Planet on a road trip and realized we didn’t have it, so we added it. Last fall, after strong storms, repair technicians were to our house more than once to fix the satellite reception. “I can give you HBO free
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for three months,” the tech pitched. I agreed, then neglected to cancel it when the rate increase kicked in. Next thing I knew, this former proud “Caillou” and “Charlie Rose”-watching, budget-conscious mom, was shelling out well over $200 a month for TV. Pretty silly considering we have little time to watch it. Between homework, after-school activities, jobs and chores, we are lucky if we watch an hour a night. It hasn’t gone unnoticed that our nearly one-year-old prefers “Barney,” just as her sisters had, to any slick Disneyfied version of the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. I remember the guilt I felt when her big sisters first left PBS for Disney and Nickelodeon. The worst part had been their reaction to the colorful commercials with the catchy jingles. Our first few Christmases as satellite TV-watchers had brought must-have toys that were systematically played with once and left to collect dust. In addition, the ever-filling DVR had become a source of stress, another thing on the never-ending To-Do List. “Do you know you have 22 episodes of ‘The View’ recorded?” my husband asked. “When are you going to watch them? Do you realize we only have 34 more hours of recording space left on the DVR?” On any given weeknight, as I race to get the kids showered after practice, check their homework and prep their backpacks for the coming day, he could be heard calling out, “Hurry, guys! We have three Glee episodes to watch. Come and sit down, quick!” Then there was the dreaded Tuesday night ritual: “Dance Moms.” Our middle-schooler had heard about it at school and both she and her younger sister were hooked. They would race in from practice,
leave a wake of strewn clothes and unfinished homework in their wake and race to the TV. All so that the entire household could be held captive by a shrill, raspy-voiced dance teacher who berates her young students while their bejeweled mothers look on, whispering bleeped obscenities. “This is what’s breaking our household budget,?” I mused. I don’t know what took me so long, but the $253 bill that came this month finally set me into action. First, I got the husband on board. “I could give up my hunting shows,” he said. “There’s always ‘Pennsylvania Outdoor Life.’” Then he went on, “If you could save us some money, it would be so worth it.” Next, the kids. I knew this would be a tougher sell. I wasn’t seeking their approval as much as hoping to make them understand the changes. “We can’t lose Nickelodeon, Disney or MTV!” one exclaimed. “MTV?” I asked, “I didn’t know you watched MTV.” “ ‘Ridiculousness’! I love that show.” “Honey, it is a funny home video show,” I said, “but, is it worth $50 a month? You watch it once in a while on a Saturday morning.” She shook her head indicating that no, it was not. We talked about how little time we have to watch TV, how many shows we all like on regular TV and how much money we will save. They agreed it was a good idea. The phone call was even more productive than I had hoped. My husband was thrilled with the savings and now the costly extracurricular activities the girls had been asking for became feasible. As we settled down on the couch on Sunday night to watch “America’s Funniest Home Videos” instead of “Honey Boo-Boo,” I was reminded of years gone by, of simpler times. I smiled and sighed peacefully, knowing our lives just became a little bit simpler and a lot less costly. Adriane Heine and her husband, Doug, own Dublin’s Pub in West Scranton and are raising their three daughters in Waverly. Contact her at news@theabingtonjournal.com or with column questions or suggestions.”
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ments on Tuesdays…Even my kids, I tell them not to call me,” Newberry said, laughing. Potenzano said she’s wanted to put together an open house for the group the past few years, but it never worked out. This year, she got the idea to do a service project for Project DJ, and National Quilting Day provided the perfect opportunity. Marjorie Price, of Tunkhannock, has volunteered with Project DJ since moving into the area about 5 years ago, and has been quilting for about 20 years. She said the project was started in Trucksville by a mother who lost her son to cancer, and most of the quilts go to children who are sick in hospitals. She said the group also donated quilts last year to children who were affected by the September flooding in West Pittston, Meshoppen and Tunkhannock. Potenzano said Always in Stitches members also donate quilts and other sewing projects to various charities and organizations. Their latest project involves sewing dresses to be sent to young girls in Kenya, Africa. They also make pillowcases to donate to ConKerr Cancer, a group which then distributes them to children in hospitals. She said the group has completed more than 70 of these pillowcases since mid-January. Always in Stitches also made several quilts which were auctioned to raise money for several community organizations including the Abington Community Library; Curves, for use in their fund raising efforts for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; Griffin Pond Animal Shelter; Ronald McDonald House; the Divali Celebration and more. Members are currently working on a quilt for Geneva School and another for The Sno Mountain Ski Patrol. The group was started by Retired Senior Volunteer Program facilitator Peg Winter, of Jermyn, and is comprised of about 20 members who meet at the library every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon during the months of September through May. Winter said she also teaches a class for “newbies” following the regular group meetings, and many of the current members started off in that class. The group welcomes all skill levels and is always looking for new members. “Anyone’s welcome to join,” Potenzano said. “It’s not a closed group.” Abington Community Library Director Leah Rudolph said the group has done an amazing number of things in the six years they’ve been together. “This Library-based group is so much more than a creative outlet,” she said via e-mail. “It offers friendship, support and community service. Always in Stitches, sewing, laughing, or crying, they do it together.”
A final farewell Actors Circle rehearses for ‘Crimes of the Heart,’ to be presented March 22 - April 1 at Providence Playhouse in Scranton. From left: Cathy Rist Strauch, Megan LoBue, Kelly Ann Walsh and Jessica Marinaccio.
‘Crimes of the Heart’
Actors Circle will present “Crimes of the Heart,” by Beth Henley, directed by Carol Arena and produced by Nan O. Wandalowski March 22 through April 1 at Providence Playhouse, 1256 Providence Road, Scranton. The Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances will begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. This Pulitzer Prize-winner is a delightfully quirky, dark comedy about three eccentric sisters from a small southern town rocked by scandal when Babe, the youngest, shoots her husband. Humor and pathos abound as the sisters unite with an intense new lawyer in town to save Babe from a murder charge, and overcome their family’s painful past. Ticket prices are $12 for general, $10 for seniors and $8 for students. Reservations can be made by calling 342.9707.
One flew over the Dietrich The Dietrich Theater will present the play “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Dale Wasserman this week. The community is invited to experience the story of a rowdy misfit who lands in a mental hospital, where he doesn’t count on the complex psychological society he’s about to upend, the desperate need of the other downtrodden patients for a leader, or the sadistic control of the
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The patients photo, clockwise from upper left: Jericho Hendershot, Owen Frazier, Lucas Nardini, Joe Barone, Eric Lutz.
calm, smiling head nurse. Show dates and times include March 21, 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. and March 25 at 3 p.m.
Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased at the Dietrich Theater ticket booth or by calling 996.1500.
communicate clearly K.D. Heine, 17 (or with her people. She 122 in dog years), was the consummate died Saturday mornlady who calmly ing, March 10, at the backed away from any Veterinary Referral altercation with an and Emergency Cenaggressor. She was ter in Clarks Summit. K.D. Heine gentle from her puppyBorn October 24, hood into old age and 1994 in Issaquah, would let a baby take a bone Wash. at an AKC breeder’s out of her mouth. home, she was the puppy of a K.D.’s passion was her fampure-bred Australian Shepherd ily and her loyalty to them was and a pure-bred Black Labraendless. She followed them dor Retriever. It was an accidental litter and K.D. was sold everywhere and looked after them with the utmost care, off just before Christmas that year at a bargain price. She was even to her own peril. She once given as a Christmas gift; how- scampered up a sheer-faced ever, the woman who received cliff to stay close to her people who were rock-climbing, and her did not want a dog. K.D. another time followed them was chained in the yard day and night as the woman began when they drove up a mountain on a dirt bike, nearly keeping looking to give her away. K.D. spent a short time at the up. When the babies came home to her house, she immeHumane Society of King diately made it her responsibCounty, Washington before ility to guard them crib-side, joining the Heine family. She while they napped and stand lived in Issaquah, Wash. as a watch while they played in the puppy and travelled crossyard. country to settle in the NorthAs the years flew by, you east in 1996. K.D. lived in Concould find her silently cheering necticut and Massachusetts before moving to Pennsylvania her girls on at soccer and softball games or helping them in 1998. In her youth, K.D. enjoyed a catch minnows in a local stream. In her old age she loved variety of outdoor sports. She hiked up mountains, explored to lay in the front yard all day, watching them fly by on their woods and swam in streams bicycles and do cartwheels on and oceans. She was known the lawn around her. wherever she lived for her She leaves behind a brother, athletic prowess. She could run Rusty, a Yorkie mix. Also suracross a football field in secviving are her people, Adriane onds and bound into the air to and Doug Heine, and her spemake a catch. Whether on a beach or at a dog park, crowds cial girls, Danielle, Lauren and Sarah Heine, of Waverly. In would spontaneously form to addition, she leaves a loving watch the beautiful black dog jump straight in the air to catch extended family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, a ball. K.D. wasn’t proud, but both human and canine. K.D. her people were, as exclamations of awe could predictably was preceded in death by her best friend, Sadie, a German be overheard. Shepherd mix, and her human “Mom! Did you see that Opa, Grandma and Nana. dog?! She can fly!” or “Wow! Memorial contributions That dog is just like Michael should be made to your local Jordan! She got hang time!” In addition to her extraordin- animal shelter, or by considering adopting a wonderful pet ary athleticism, K.D. was known for her quiet dignity and like her. kindness. She was wise beyond her station in life. Looking into Adriane Heine and her husband, Doug, own Dublin’s Pub in West Scranton and her eyes, one was left feeling are raising their three daughters in more cared for than caretaker. Waverly. Contact her at news@theaShe was wildly intelligent, bingtonjournal.com or with column using her eyes and head to questions or suggestions.”
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sacrifice. You do not want to miss this show. Tickets are $10 each. For more information about show times or to reserve your tickets, please call us at 570-996-1500. This Saturday, March 24, the Dietrich will also be holding a special yoga class “Yoga for the Spring Equinox” at 10 a.m. Led by Kundalini yoga instructor Barbara Tierney, students will learn proper breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques. This form of yoga is a great way to clear our minds and prepare us for a summer of activity. Admission is $10. For more information, please call the Dietrich at 570-996-1500. Speaking of spring, I can hardly believe that the Dietrich’s 10th Annual Spring Film Festival is less than a month away. Starting on April 13 and running through April 26, we will have the opportunity to enjoy 14 of the finest foreign, independent and art films that have been released over the past few months.
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