Spring Into Summer at

Bangors Downtown Sidewalk Sales on Friday, June

10th and Saturday, June
11th, sponsored by the 141st
Anniversary
Committee.
Hours for Friday are 3pm to
8pm, and 11am to 3pm on
Saturday.
Participating restaurants
will be giving out free
samples.
Downtown
merchants will be set up
with their products and
services and there will also

be strolling musicians.
On Saturday, Eunikue
Fashions will have models
strutting up and down
Broadway.
At 1pm on Saturday,
Donald Jones will host a tour
of downtown, beginning at
Slate Belt Heritage Center.
Prior to the tour, there will
be a program at the Heritage
Center. The murals will be
highlighted. For further
information, call Bonnie
LaBar at 610-588-2700.

Gallery 23 in Blairstown, NJ
is happy to announce Kathy
Riss and Brooke VanDerzee
as Artists of the Month for
June.
Kathy Riss is a photographer whose work at Gallery
23 consists of canvas photo
wraps, framed prints, and
photo cards. The inspiration
for her work is the beauty of
the outdoors, and also the
people, pets, and places that
are special to her within and
beyond her hometown of
Blairstown. The theme for
her window display as artist
for the month of June is the
Season Of the Fawn.
The season of the fawn, for
me, starts about the middle of
May when I begin to anticipate the first sighting of a
fawn, and it continues
throughout early winter when

the fawns become more

independent of Mother doe
and our Blairstown property.
But spring and early summer
are a special time for enjoying fawns - a time to marvel
at their delicate beauty, their
interactions with other members of the deer family, and
their use of our woodland
yard as their playground. Its
also a beautiful time of the
year with its unfolding, gentle
beauty, said Kathy.
My love of fawns had its
beginning when, as a young
girl, I saw the movie
Bambi. This feeling was
reflected outward when at
age 12, after I received a gift
of a starter oil painting set,
my first attempts at painting
were two small pictures of a
doe with fawn. Through the
years this interest also

June Jones, Bangor Womens

Club
Education
Chair
announced the 2016 Scholarship winners at the May club
meeting.
Elizabeth Bodine, Senior at
Bangor High School was
awarded $1000. Elizabeth is
planning on attending Fashion
Institue of New York in New
York City. Elizabeth is a
member of the National Honor
Society, and is interested in
modeling, design and photography. She volunteered with
Jersey Shore Animal Center
caring for animals and helping
with their socialization.
Alexis Culp, Senior at
Bangor High School was
awarded $400 from the Sandy
Capone Scholarship fund.
Alexis Culp is a graduating
senior from Bangor Area High
School and has received the
Sandy Capone Education
Scholarship. She owes much
of her successes to the
Woman's Club from their
sponsorship of the Hugh
O'Brien Leadership Award.
She is finishing her high

resulted in a small collection

of deer related items. But, it
was when we moved to Blairstown, over 30 years ago, that

school career as Class President, Student Government

President, National Honor
Society Vice President, and the
Community Service leader of
Spanish Honor Society. Alexis
excelled academically at
Bangor as ninth in her class.
She was also involved in
Bangor's Concert Choir,

Chamber Choir, Women's

Chorale, and Musical. She is
headed to Temple University
in Philadelphia this fall where
she will study Secondary
Education: Social Studies and
Spanish Language.
Both of these young ladies are
wished much success in their
future college careers.

I first saw whitetail deer up

close. Lots of them. And now
my deer collection overflows
with photos. My window
display is an attempt to share
with others, through my
photos, some of the beauty
and joy that I have been
blessed to experience in this
most wonder filled season.
Kathleen Riss is a founding
member of Gallery 23 and a
member of the Hillcrest
Camera Club.
Photos of
whitetail deer, and other wildlife, taken by Riss and
renowned wildlife photographer and author, Leonard Lee
Rue III, are available in the
gallery.
Brooke VanDerzee has
always been a collector of
sorts, from buttons and
postage stamps, to old bits of
lace and vintage jewelry. She
loves things forgotten and
discarded. Although her style
has changed over the years
from simple beaded jewelry,
to earthy, natural pieces, she
continues to work these lost

treasures into many of her

designs. An old piece of junky
costume jewelry can be cast
into resin to preserve it and
turn it into something beautiful. An interesting postage
stamp or other paper ephemera, can be collaged inside an
old watch case to tell an interesting story. An old tea tin
can be combined with hand
cut copper using cold connections to create stunning
jewelry. Several of her pieces
are featured in the Stampington & Co publication Jewelry
Affaire since 2012. The
designs that have been
featured in this magazine
reflect Brooke's exploration
into working these found
objects into wearable art.
Finding new uses for these
things and feeling that aha
moment when a new design
idea takes hold is what
inspires her to keep creating.
It is Brooke's goal as a
jewelry artist to make pieces
that are both casual and easy
to wear, but also makes a
statement and creates a
connection to the wearer.
When a customer buys a piece
either for themselves or as a
gift, and comes back to me to
tell Brooke how much they
(or the recipient) loves their
jewelry, that gives her great
joy. Although she is primarily
a self-taught artist, she has,
and will continue to take
classes and workshops in
metalwork and mixed media
techniques to enhance her
skills. This is best summed up
in Brookes words: "To be an
artist in any medium is, I
believe, to be a student for life
and I am excited to see where
future explorations in art will
take me."

Congratulations to Jaron
C. Hughes for making the
Dean's list with a 4.0 for the
last two semesters at West
Chester University.
A birthday card shower
for Clara Schweitzer who
will be 105 years old on
June 3rd. is currently being
held. Please mail cards to:
Clara Schweitzer, Gracedale
Nursing Home, 2 Gracedale
Ave., Nazareth, PA, 18064 Nw2 Room 8.
Family and Friends of the
late Dennis Strouse are
holding a bake sale at Ace
Hardware
in
Capitol
Plazza, Blue Valley Drive,
in Bangor and Main Street
Market, at North Main
Street, in Bangor on June
4th starting at 9am. All
proceeds will benefit the
912 Scholarship fund in
memory of Denny Strouse.
The scholarship is awarded
each year to a Bangor area
High School
graduating
senior.
Upper Mt. Bethel Twp. is
looking to form a community park committee and is
seeking three residents of
Upper Mt. Bethel Twp. to
join.
The committee is
strictly volunteer to oversee
phases of the park and scheduling of events at the park.
Please submit your letter of
interest to Upper Mount
Bethel Township Municipal
Building, Attn: Board of
Supervisors, 387 Ye Olde
Highway, Mount Bethel, PA
18343,
or
email
officesecretary@uppermtbet
hel.org.
The Pen Argyl High
School Class of 1966 will be
holding their 50th Reunion
on September 17th at 6pm

at the Almond Tree in

Alpha, New Jersey. Anyone
with an address for Wayne
Guerro is asked to contact a
committee person. The class
has also been invited to join
this year's graduation on June
7th. You will need to contact
the high school office if you
are planning to attend.
The Bangor High School
Class of 1966 will hold their
50th Reunion at the Delaware Water Gap Country
Club on Saturday October
8th at 6pm. The Class has
also been invited to sit at this
years high school graduation
as guests. The following
addresses are needed: Bruce
Dietz, Carol Ann Reinhart
Hutnick, Peggy Ealey Kish,
Richard Hunt, Natalie Crouse
Donate, Larry Stenlake,
James LaBarre, Marshall
Bailey, Sondra Buskirk Baier,
Patricia Pysher Bennett,
Robert
Mack
Charlene
Pasqualino, Linda Repsher
Silvius,
Linda
Meixsell
Yeakel, Richard Danner,
Glenda Dunk, Diana Galatioto,
Donna
Davidson
Edwards and Thomas Kittle.
Anyone with information
please contact: Karen Brewer
@ 610-588-8615 or 484894-5661. Those who have
received invitations and are
planning to attend the high
school graduation exercises
are also to notify Karen
Brewer so a seat count can be
given to the school.
Pen Argyl High School
Class of 1976 Reunion will
be held on October 1st at
Tolino Vineyard from 5pm
to 10pm. Casual party to
catch up with friends. RSVP
to Cindy (Letson) Cipriani at
238 Whitemarsh Drive,
Sewell,
NJ 08080 or at
Cls4361@hotmail.com.
The Salvation Army in Pen

Argyl has several slots

available for overnight
youth summer camp in the
Poconos. For more information, call 610-863-6677.
The Slate Belt Regional
Police have a drug takeback box at their 6292
Sullivan Trail office in
Nazareth. For more information,
call
their
nonemergency line at 610-7598517, or fax 610-759-8523.
The Washington Twp.
Board of Supervisors is
seeking members for the
Recreation
Committee.
Volunteers are needed to fill
two permanent member
vacancies and two alternate
vacancies. The goal of the
Washington Twp. Recreation
Committee is to enhance the
recreational resources available to residents. This Committee meets the 4th Tuesday
of each month at 7pm. Washington Township residents
interested in filling these
vacancies are asked to submit
a letter of interest to: Washington Township Board of
Supervisors, 1021 Washington Blvd., Bangor, PA 18013.
The BAHS Marching
Band uniforms, which are
modeled
after
Her
Majestys Royal Welsh
Guard, and pay tribute to
the heritage of Bangor,
must be replaced after
years of normal wear and
tear. The new uniforms will
continue to use the same
style. The Slater Band Boosters have initiated a fund drive
to support this effort. The
Boosters will appreciate any
donations, small or large, to
this cause. The names of
contributors will be acknowledged in concert programs
during the 2016-2017 school
year. Names of contributors
at higher levels will be
memorialized on a plaque to
be displayed in the theater
wing of the high school.
More information is available
at
bahsbands.weebly.com.

Send your tax deductible

contributions to: Slater Band
Boosters, Uniform Drive, c/o
Charlie Cole, 608 Shawnee
Street, Roseto, PA 18013.

North Warren Midget

Football will be holding
open registration for all
levels on June 2nd from
6:30pm to 7:45pm at the
Catherine Dixon Hoffman
Library, Blairstown. Board
members will be on hand to
assist with forms or to answer
any questions. Registration
forms can also be found at
nwmfl.org, and can be mailed
to NWMFL P.O. Box 206,
Blairstown, NJ 07825. Deadline for all registrations is
June 2nd.
Please email
nwmfl@yahoo.com with any
questions.
Quality
artisans
and
antique vendors are wanted
for the Belvidere in Bloom
Summer Festival on June
11th, from 9am to 5pm at
Garret D. Wall Park in
Belvidere. For more information, call 908-310-7203 or
visit BelvidereinBloom.com.
The Womans Club of
Belvidere is presenting
Belvidere in Bloom,
a
summer festival of artisans,
antiques and activities.
Castles and Cottages house
tours, Wuthering Heights Tea
and Architectural walking
tours. For information and
tickets, visit belviderein
bloom.com or call 908-8923874.
Delicious foods
offered for sale at churches
around Garret D. Wall Park.
Belvidere Garden Club will
be presenting their Secret
Garden Tours," and Historic
tours are offered by reservation,
to
reserve
visit
www.HardwickTours.com or
call 908-268-6871.
Registration is now open
for the Tri Mountain Lake
Sprint Triathlon taking
place on July 16th, in

Liberty, (Mountain Lake).

The sprint triathlon tours the
surrounding area of Mountain
Lake in Liberty NJ. To register, visit runsignup.com/ace/
NJ/Liberty/TRIMountainLake.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary School is planning for
the 2016-2017 school year.
At this time they would like
to identify as many children
as possible who will be
eligible for kindergarten in
September. To be eligible for
kindergarten, a child must be
five years old by October 1st.
If you have not already done
so, and you have a child who
will be eligible for next years
kindergarten class, call the
school at 908-475-5118, ext.
200. Dates for screening of
next years kindergarten
students will be released at a
later date.
Parents will
receive details in the mail.
Please pass this information
along to anyone in Knowlton
Twp. who may have a child
eligible for kindergarten in
September.
Knowlton Twp. Elementary is now accepting registrations for their preschool
program for fall. Children
must be four years old by
October 1st, and must be
toilet trained. The program
runs Monday through Friday
from 9am to 11:30am when
school is in session. Transportation is not provided for
this program. If interested,
please contact the school
office at 908-475-5118, ext.
200.
Knowlton Seniors is seeking new members 55 or
older
from
Knowlton
Township and surrounding

areas, including PA. They

offer multiple trips to different sights each year. They
meet the first Friday of each
month at the Knowlton
United Methodist Church on
Rt. 94 at 1:30pm with few
exceptions. For more information, call Sue at 908-4964740.
In anticipation of its 30th
anniversary assisting northwestern NJ residents, Project
Self-Sufficiency
is
asking former participants
to contact the agency. Information gathered from former
participants would be used
throughout the upcoming
year as part of the agencys
celebration.
Former adult
participants, as well as the
grown children of former
participants, are asked to call
Project Self-Sufficiency at
973-940-3500 or 844-8073500.
Blairstown
Recreation
Summer Day Camp is now
open for registration. The
camp is open to resident and
non-resident
pre-school
children ages four and five
(age four by October 1st,
2015) and for boys and girls
currently in grades K through
sixth. Summer Camp is held
Monday through Friday, June
27th through July 8th (closed
July 4th), from 9am to noon at
Blairstown
Elementary
School.
Registration is
accepted at the Recreation
Office on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 8am to 1pm,
by mail-in, or by drop-off
box. For additional information visit www.blairstownnj.org or call 908-362-6663
ext. 232.

Adult Fiction: Atherton,

Nancy: Aunt Dimity and the
Summer King; Atkins, Ace:
Robert B. Parkers slow burn;
Backman, Fredrik: My grandmother asked me to tell you
shes sorry; Christie, Agatha:
By pricking of my thumbs; The
hollow; Passenger to Frankfurt;
Dray, Stephanie: Americas
first daughter; Erdrich, Louise:
LaRose; Freudenberger, Nell:
The newlyweds; Harris, Charlaine: Night shift; Harrison,
Kathryn:
Enchantments;
Michaels, Fern: No safe secret;
Norwich, William: My Mrs.
Brown; Patterson, James: 15th
affair; Percer, Elizabeth: All
stories are love stories; Robb,
J.D.: Down the rabbit hole;
Simonson, Helen: The summer
before the war; Sittenfeld,
Curtis: Eligible; Steel, Danielle: The apartment; Sweeney,
Cynthia: The nest; Williams,
Beatriz: Along the infinite sea.
Adult Non-Fiction: Bone,
James: The curse of beauty: the

scandalous and tragic life of

Audrey Munson Americas first
super model; Haig, Matt:
Reasons to stay alive; Larson,
Erik: Thunderstruck.
Young
Adult
Fiction:
Ahdieh, Renee: The rose and
the dagger; DuPrau, Jeanne:
The city of Ember; Maas,
Sarah: A court of mist and fury;
Schrefer, Eliot: Endangered;
Wells,
Dan:
Fragments;
Partials; Ruins.
Young Adult Non-Fiction:
Montgomery, Sy: Temple
Grandin: how the girl who
loved cows embraced autism
and changed the world.
Junior Fiction: Draper,
Sharon: Stella by starlight;
Eddleman, Peggy: Sky jumpers; Gibbs, Stuart: Poached;
Greenwald, Lisa: Dog Beach
unleashed; Hiaasen, Carl:
Chomp; Lloyd, Natalie: A
snicker of magic; Lupica,
Mike: Game changers; The
only game; Weeks, Sarah:
Honey.

Pocono Medical Center

annually contributes nearly
$430 million to the regions
economy, according to information provided by The
Hospital & Healthsystem
Association of PA (HAP).
Pocono Medical Center also
supports more than 2,300 jobs
in Monroe County.
Pocono Medical Center
plays a major role in the
economic and social wellbeing of our community, said
Jeff Snyder, President and
CEO of Pocono Medical
Center. These contributions
are not only a true measure of
Pocono Medical Centers
investment in its community,
but an emphasis on our critical
role in improving the lives of
our community as a proven
regional leader in healthcare.
The nearly $115 billion in
statewide economic impact, an
increase of $4 billion from
2014, includes the support of
634,000 jobs, direct and

indirect.
When announcing the state
information, HAP President
and CEO Andy Carter said:
Hospitals continue to play a
critical role as top employers
and economic engines, at a
time when the state and nation
face great fiscal pressures.
They are dramatically changing the way they meet patient
needs, and in doing so, new
economic opportunities are
being created.
The details of the statewide
information can be found at
HAPs website.
Pocono Medical Center has
served the Pocono Mountain
region for over 100 years,
marking it as one of Monroe
Countys largest employers
with more than 230 physicians
and now over 2,000 staff
employees. Pocono Medical
Center has three comprehensive healthcare centers located
in Bartonsville, Tobyhanna,
and Brodheadsville each offer-

In an effort to help others

understand bats and protect
their environment and wellbeing, the Hope Township
School
Fourth
Grade
STEAM Team has spent their
school year researching,
planning, designing, creating,
and working to spread the
word protecting and keeping
bats in their community. The
focus of their work was the
White Nose Syndrome which
is rapidly spreading and
decreasing the bat population.
Were the Hope STEAM
Team. We want to make a
difference and help others
understand how we can make
our world better - even safer by helping to protect bats,
said Jaida Masker, a tenyear-old who presented her
research to Blair Academy
students at their MakerSpace
on Main Street, Blairstown.
With your help, building bat
houses will help to make sure
we have healthy homes for
bats and that means we have
a chance at being healthier.
The team, a group of 21
enthusiastic environmentalists, have taken their findings
on the road having presented
to Blair Academy, classmates, the Hope Township
Environmental Commission
Green Fair, and in keeping
with their more familiar style
of sharing - created a Kidblog
and website that highlights

the effects of the White Nose

Syndrome on bats and how
that in turn effects their community. The White Nose
Syndrome is a disease that
has spread throughout 28
states. We need to close
public caves and make
people know that we are
spreading
this
fungus,
shared Gianna Nese, a
member of the STEAM
Team.
The fungus, which has been
spread through human hands
within caves that bats dwell
in, is killing off bats every
year.
To date, states
fourth grader Nathan Ciccarelli, More than five million
bats have died from White
Nose Syndrome. We need to
stop this. Build a bat house.
Its so easy. Ciccarelli goes
on to explain how building a
bat house is simple and can
be done with simple supplies
and tools. Just Google it.
Its not a big deal. You can
do it.
To help curve the spread of
this disease, the fourth graders found that building bat
houses and placing them in
strategic places would help to
prevent
White
Nose
Syndrome. Daniella McElrath stated that petitions have
started to protect bats from
this disease.
In our
research, we found that
people in the government
want to work to protect bats

ing imaging and lab services.

In addition, Pocono Medical
Center has 19 primary and
specialty
care
physician
practices
throughout
the
region. Pocono Medical Center
offers a full continuum of care
from clinical and acute care
services to specialized services
ranging from endocrinology,
neonatology and perinatology
to pulmonary, neurology,
bariatric, general, orthopedic,
and even minimally-invasive
surgery with our da Vinci
robotic surgery. Homecare and
hospice services are also available through the Pocono
Health System Visiting Nurse
and Hospice. U.S. News and
World Report recently named
Pocono Medical Center among
the top 10 percent of hospitals
in Pennsylvania and as a Best
Regional Hospital including
two High-Performing Hospital
recognitions in both heart
failure and heart bypass
surgery.

too. I am not at the White

House, but if I were, Id ask
them to build more bat
houses.
In making a connection with
current news and how their
effort helps to protect us all,
STEAM
team
member
William Morse said, We
need to consider the Zika
virus.
It can cause birth
defects
with
pregnant
women. For others it can
cause fever, rash, joint pain.
The disease is in the United
States. We need to do what
we can to help stop this. Our
way to do this is to build a bat
house. Bats will protect us
from Zika because bats eat
mosquitoes and mosquitoes
spread Zika. While Morse
says he hasnt found any

scientific studies to support

the relationship, he thinks it
may be contributing to the
recent spread of Zika, which
was once isolated to a small
geographic area for years.
Natalie Chamberlain, a
self-defined crafty artist who
not only loves bats and any
animal, took a block of
styrofoam and with plastic
cutlery, created a likeness of
a bat with White Nose
Syndrome. She then had her
peers palm their hand with oil
and make hand-prints on
black poster board which
served as the backdrop for
her artwork. Lets make this
look like a cave that people
put their hands on and didnt
know they were spreading
White Nose Syndrome, she

said.
Teacher Lianne Markus said
the idea for this project was
spontaneous. I was heading
into the classroom over the
summer, and when I opened
the door, a bat was circling
around the desks. Markus
said that this was a teachable
moment. I saw this bat
going round and round. I
ran out, shut the door, and
just watched the bat.
I
thought the children would
love it. From such, the
Going
Batty
STEAM
Project began. Markus went
on to garner a group of
professional mentors including Jillian Tullo, a computer
software engineer from
Washington DC who helped
the students learn hypertext

markup language and build a

website
through
Skype
sessions; Andrew Arbes, a
Wildlife Scientist who used
kidblog to share information
on bats, their habitats, and the
White Nose Syndrome; Blair
Academy
Mathematics/
Engineering teacher Jay
Gnanadoss who collaboratively assisted the students in
designing and building the
bat houses; and the Hope
Township
Environmental
Commission which gave a
venue for public awareness.
As the Fourth Grade
STEAM Teams school year
comes to an end, it is clear
that these students are not
done making a difference.
They not only have the
support of Blair Academy in
placing bat houses on their
campus, they also have three
bats houses (which they have
built) to be placed throughout
the Hope community. More
importantly and in keeping
with 21st century learning
skills, these students have
created a blog and website to
promote their cause. This is
a global outreach that will
undoubtedly
reach
far
beyond Hope, NJ.
I never thought that I could
really make the world better,
but I learned I can, said
Fourth Grader Natalie Chamberlain, We should all love
and protect bats! Bats are
the best!

Marine Corps League

Northampton
County
Detachment 298 Meeting:
June 1st, 1900 hours. 1621
Lehigh St., Easton.
All
active duty and honorably
discharged
Marines
welcome.
FMI,
email
jimmineousmc @rcn.com.
Delaware-Lehigh Amateur
Radio Club Meeting : June
2nd, 7:30pm. Bethlehem
Twp. Comm. Cntr., 2900
Farmersville Rd., Bethlehem.
Program: Brian Harrison /
KN4R from North Carolina
with an eye-opening Special
Presentation in Pennsylvania,
How radio played an
integral role in a legendary
mystery.
Hams and others interested
are always welcome. FMI,
visit www.dlarc.org or call
610-432-8286.
Chapter #14 Society PA
Archaeology meeting: June
2nd, 7pm. Palmer Township
Memorial Library, 1 Weller

Place, Easton. Bill Graner,

speaker
,"Spanish
Cob
Coins." Free. FMI call,
Ziegler at 908-750-4110.
Richmond Lions Chicken
Bar-B-Que: June 4th,
4pm-6:30pm. $10. Takeout
available.
St. Lukes Hospice Hosts
6th Annual Charity Bike
Ride: June 5th, 10am. Delaware & Lehigh National
Trail Lehighton Trailhead,
200 N. Main Lane, Lehighton.
Blooming Grove Vol. Fire
Dept. Blueberry Pancake
Breakfast: June 5th, 8amnoon. 484 Rt. 739, Lords
Valley. Adults, $8; Children
(10 & under) $4; Children 3
& under, free. FMI, call
570-775-7355 and leave a
message.
East Bangor Methodist
Church Pastie Sale: June
7th, 3:30pm.
136 W.
Central Ave., E. Bangor.
Choices are beef w/ or w/o
onion & broccoli cheese w/

or w/o onion. FMI, or to

order, call 610-588-1745.

visit www. slatebeltcorvette

club.com.

ter Rd, Corner Rt. 94. FMIs,

call Ginnie at 973-579-1490

E. Bangor UMCC Strawberry Festival: June 10th,

4pm.Blaine Reimel Memorial Park, Park Rd., E.
Bangor. Rain or shine. Food
& "Jacktown" ice cream will
be available. FMI., call 610588-4453 or visit ebumc.org.

Weona Park Pool Pals

Meeting: June 13th, 7pm.
St. Johns Lutheran Church,
12 N. Westbrook Ave., Pen
Argyl. If you are interested
in having a community pool
in Pen Argyl and want to do it
without raising taxes, you
share our goal, so please
come! FMI, visit www.
facebook.com/WeonaPPP.

Senior Bus Trip to Silver

Birches Resort: July 6th.
Escape on the Lake &
Gemini Comedy, Ventriloquism, Magic. Sign up June
1st, 1pm at Town Hall. FMI,
call Mickey at 908-362-8919.

Bangor
Hi-Rise
Flea
Market/Bake Sale: June
11th, 9am-noon.
Portland Borough Town
Wide Yard Sale: June 11th,
Rain or shine. Vendors
wanted. FMI, call Stephanie
Steele at 610-216-6716,
Cindy Fish 973-600-7120 or
email
portlandboroughpa
@gmail.com .
Bangor Memorial Park
Pool Opening June 11th,
noon. Contact the Borough
office at 610-588-2216 for
pool pass information.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Specialty Bingo: June 11th,
1pm. 404 Broadway, Bangor.
Designer bags and more!
Tickets $20 in advance, $25
at the door. Bingo starts 2pm.
FMI, call 610-588-2023 or
email
kcaiazzo24@
gmail.com or jlthomgoff@
gmail.com.
Vettes for Vets Car, Truck
& Motorcycle Show: June
12th, 9am-3pm. Blue Valley
Farm Show, 707 American
Bangor Rd., Bangor. FMI,

Hope Twp. PTA Carnival:

June 4th, 4:30pm-7:30pm.
Hope School. FMI call
Elaine at 973-713-0540 or
email,
Hope
TownshipPTA@gmail.com
Blairstown Youth Soccer &
North
Warren
Travel
Soccer Regestration: June
4th, 4pm-6pm & June 7th,
5pm-6:30pm
Sycamore
Park. Rain or Shine. Ages 3
through 12. Mail in registration is also accepted. Registration forms are available at
Blairstown Municipal Building or by contacting the
Recreation
Department.
Register on or before July
15th and save $15.00. FMI,
email
blairstownyouth
soccer@yahoo.com.
Keepers
of
Coursen's
Corners - Living History
Day: June 4th, 10am-4pm.
Fredon Sussex Co., 8 Stillwa-

Summer Kick-Off Paint &

Sip: June 3rd, 7pm.
Proceeds will benefit the
North Warren Lady Patriot
Soccer Team. Tickets are
required.
FMI,
visit
www.leaguelineup.com/nwl
psoccer.
United Methodist Women
Pastie Sale: June 10th,
4pm-6pm. Pasties are meat
pies filled w/ potatoes &beef,
w/ or w/o onions. $5.50 each.
Orders will be taken thru
June 5th. Call Michelle
Peterson at 908-362-6703.
Orders can be picked up at
the First United Methodist
Church, 10 Stillwater Rd.,
Blairstown.
5th Annual Paws to Pavement 5k: June 11th,
8:45am. Blairstown Elementary School, 1 Sunset Hill
Rd.,
Blairstown.
Free
refreshments to all participants. Lots of raffle prizes!
Free parking avail. at BES
parking lot. Race packet
pickup in the BES Gym
Lobby on June 10th,
3:30pm-5pm. Register at
active.com (search Paws to
the Pavement) or visit

facebook.com/bespaws5k.
6th Annual Groove in the
Grove Songwriter Festival:
June 11th, 1pm-9pm. Headliners: The Grip Weeds.
Vasa Park, 1 Wolfe Rd.,
Budd Lake. FMI, visit www.
grooveinthegrove.com.
Knights
of
Columbus
Council #12430 Blood
Drive: June 18th, 8amnoon. St. Jude RC Church,
McNulty Hall, 7 Eisenhower
Rd., Blairstown. Photo ID
req'd. For appointment call
Robert at 908-382-1525, or
email
rhmt1998
@gmail.com.
Community Yard Sale:
June
18th,
9am-3pm.
Franklin Twp. Municipal
Building, 2093 Rt. 57,
Broadway.
Open
to
residents, $5 & nonresidents, $10. FMI or to
register,
visit
www.franklintwpwarren.org
, or or at the Municipal
Building by June 13th, or
call 908-689-3994 ext. 12.
Walnut Valley Methodists
Take-Out Chicken Dinner:
June 18th, July 16th,
September 17th, 4:30-7pm.
$12/adult; $8/under 10.
Blairstown Seniors Bus
Trip for Hawaiian Luau:
June 23rd. Mt. Haven
Resort, Milford, PA. Signup, May 19th, 1pm at Town
Hall. FMI Call Mickey at
610-362-8919.

The Kinnara Ensemble, an a

cappella choral group, will
present a concert on Sunday,
June 12th at 4:00 p.m. at
Christ Church. The choir
will be joined by classical
guitarist and member of the
music faculty at The College
of New Jersey, James Day.
Repertoire will include
Jeffrey
Vans
haunting
setting of Walt Whitmans
poetry, A Procession Winding Around Me; four Civil
War poems, By the
Bivouacs Fitful Flame,
Beat!
Beat!
Drums!,
Look Down, Fair Moon,
and Reconciliation; and
Romancero Gitano, a set
of seven miniatures for choir
and guitar. Tickets are $15
and can be purchased at the
door.
Christ Church is
located at 62 Main Street in
the heart of downtown
Newton.
Comprising 32 voices,
Kinnara Ensemble is a
professional choir based in
Princeton, New Jersey. Singers who hail from all over the

State Senator Mario Scavello

will host a free Heel Scan
and Bone Density Screening
on Thursday, June 9 from 10
AM to 2 PM at his Pen Argyl
District Office (2 North
Robinson Avenue, Pen
Argyl). The screening is
hosted in partnership with
Easton Hospital.
Bone density screenings are
recommended for women
over 65, men over 70, or
anyone who has broken a
bone after age 50 as a critical
step in recognizing the warning signs for osteoporosis.
Individuals are tested using a
painless procedure called a
heel scan, where the foot is
placed on an ultrasound
device to measure the
mineral density of the heel.
As we age, our bones begin
to break down and cannot
rebuild as quickly, Senator
Scavello said. Osteoporosis

country rehearse together for

a week in residency together
as they prepare for each
concert series. Vocalists in
the Kinnara Ensemble also
perform with other professional groups, such as
Conspirare, The Santa Fe
Desert Chorale, Apollo
Master Chorale, Tucson
Chamber
Artists,
and

Skylark Ensemble.
Kinnara Ensemble Artistic
Director J.D. Burnett enjoys
a varied career as a conductor, singer, and teacher. He is
Assistant Professor of Music
and Associate Director of
Choral Activities at the
University of Georgia Hugh
Hodgson School of Music,
where he conducts the Mens

and Womens Glee Clubs

and the Collegium Musicum,
and teaches courses in choral
literature and conducting.
Tickets will be available at
the door. Advance purchases
can be made by contacting
Christ Church Music Director
Joe
Mello
at
jmello435@gmail.com or at
862-268-4720.

causes bones to become

brittle and leads to greater
risk of fracturing a bone
while doing even the simplest
of tasks. This free screening
is crucial for residents of my
district to prevent future
injuries and protect against
the effects of osteoporosis.
Women are asked to not wear
pantyhose, so as not to interfere with the scan.
To make an appointment for
your free bone density
screening, please call Senator
Scavellos Pen Argyl District
Office at 610-863-1200.
State Senator Mario Scavello
represents the 40th Senatorial
District, which includes
portions of Monroe and
Northampton Counties. To
find out more information
regarding this event or any
state-related issue, please
visit marioscavello.com or
email mscavello@pasen.gov.

By Jana Morris Executive

Director/Founder of RR and
ACS

The 12-step philosophy is a

spiritual framework for learning how to live a healthier
lifestyle.
At Alcoholics
Anonymous meetings, one of
the readings is entitled, The
Promises. Its purpose is to

clearly state what you will

attain from putting work into
a 12 step program. The first
line reads, If we are Painstaking about this phase of our
development, we will be
amazed before we are
halfway through. The word
painstaking is one that
humans want to avoid. It has

been
carefully
selected
though because many people
try to gain recovery by half
measures rather than putting
the effort into changing
behaviors and ultimately
finding peace and serenity.
The saying goes, Anything
worth getting takes a lot of
hard work. This surely

applies to recovery from

drugs and alcohol. If you
have stopped an addiction on
your own and are still miserable, reach out for help.
Serenity and peace are yours
to find. To learn more, stop
by A Clean Slate for more
information at 100 S. 1st
Street, Bangor, PA

The Stockertown Plant of

Buzzi Unicem USA, which
trades as Hercules Cement is
celebrating a milestone anniversary this year. The plant,
although erected in 1906,
didnt become operational
until 1916. The financial
panic of 1907 delayed the
construction until Morris
Kind
and
associates
purchased and finished
construction in 1916.
Over the decades, the plant
has become known as a
survivor embodying its
namesake Hercules by
being an organization of
energy and innovation, able
to measure a situation and the
apply logical solutions in the
face of difficulty and adversity. The Stockertown Plant

has been known for its

contributions to the industry:
closed cement hopper rail
cars, preheater tower, NOx
and SO2 emission advances,
and most recently, researching the growing and use of
switchgrass as an alternative
fuel.
Some of the projects, in and
around the Lehigh Valley,
which included cement
produced from the Stockertown quarry are:
Route 33 Bridge over the
Lehigh River

Bethlehem
Water
Authoritys Penn Forest
Dam
Route 78 Multiple
sections through the south
side of the Lehigh Valley
American Parkway &

Bridge into Allentown

Sands Casino Parking
Garage
Area Logistics Warehouses:
Walmart, Nestle
Waters, Crayola, Zulily
A commemorative magazine will be published
providing documentation of
these 100 years
Headquartered in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Buzzi
Unicem USA is one of the
leading cement manufacturing companies in the US. The
Company operates 7 cement
manufacturing plants and 30
distribution terminals in the
United States. Buzzi Unicem
USA, with approximately
1,400 valued employees,
supplies cement and masonry
cement to over 3,800 ready -

Project
Self-Sufficiency
seeks experienced or novice
gardeners to volunteer in
their community gardens
during the spring and
summer. Volunteer members
of the agencys Sowing
Circle must be 18 years of
age or older. They will work
alongside
experienced
Master Gardeners to maintain vegetable gardens on the
agencys grounds. Responsibilities will include planting,
mulching, weeding, watering
and harvesting fruits and
vegetables; interested volunteers must be available on
Mondays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays, from 9am to

11:30am.
Produce
from
Project
Self-Sufficiencys
five
vegetable
gardens
is
harvested daily and made
available to agency participants
throughout
the
summer. The gardens were
made possible by longtime
benefactor Frances Gould
Naftal and a host of teen and
adult volunteers, including
representatives from the New
Jersey Master Gardeners.
Project Self-Sufficiency is
located at 127 Mill Street in
Newton.
To volunteer to work in the
agencys gardens, or to find
out more about the programs

and services available at

Project Self-Sufficiency, call
973-940-3500 or 844-8073500.

mix concrete, highway and

airport
paving
firms,
concrete block companies
and concrete product firms.

Dear Editor,
On Thursday, June 2nd,
2016, at 7:30pm. there will
be a Hope Township Zoning
Board of Adjustment Meeting to discuss the proposed
application for a gas
station/convenience store at
the Exit 12, Route 80 Interchange in Hope Township.
The meeting will be held at
the Hope Township School,
Hope, New Jersey and area
residents are strongly urged
to attend.
This proposed plan is of
concern for the following
reasons:
The 1.53 acre property is
grossly undersized for the
proposed gas/diesel station
and
convenience
store.
Township zoning requires a 4

acre minimum.
This property sits above
Hopes
ground
water
recharge aquifer, the permeable rock which holds huge
amounts of clean water.
There will be 45,000 gallons
of fuel storage submerged
underwater and underground.
The three individual 15,000
gallon storage tanks will
need to be strapped down to
prevent their floating in the
aquifer. Expert testimony
from a prior meeting
revealed that state-of-the-art
fuel monitoring systems can
and do fail, putting our drinking water at risk.
Beaver
Brook
passes
through the interchange and
then continues on into town.
Excess parking lot runoff

from a severe rainfall would

contain water, oil, gas, &
diesel and would be directed
to the detention basin. Any
overflow from the detention
basin would discharge into
Beaver Brook. Since oil and
water dont mix, the oil will
rise to the surface and be
discharged first, thereby
contaminating Beaver Brook.
Beaver Brook is a Category
1, Freshwater 1 Trout maintenance stream. The next
highest and top category is
Pristine and is found in
places
like
Yosemite
National Park.
Although the tractor trailer
fuel dispensers have been
eliminated, the real possibility remains that they could be
installed in the future. When
the applicants attorney was
asked if the high volume
diesel dispensers could be

added at a later time, he said

that they would have to apply
for another variance.
Properties at the interchange
are zoned for Planned Office
Park (POP) which require the
lightest possible use of the
land.
This parcel has
remained
undeveloped
mainly due to its environmental sensitivity.
Does this project provide
for the health, safety, benefit
or well-being of Hope Township and area residents? As a
resident of Hope, are you
willing to sacrifice Hopes
quality of life for the
applicants ability to make a
profit?
Area residents are strongly
urged to attend the meeting
on Thursday, June 2nd.
Respectfully submitted,
Pete Peterson
Hope, NJ

Pocono Medical Center

today announced that it has
earned
The
Joint
Commissions Gold Seal of
Approval for the Hip and
Knee Certification. The Gold
Seal of Approval is a
symbol of quality that reflects
an organizations commitment to providing safe and
effective patient care.
This Gold Seal of Approval
exemplifies our staffs commitment to our core values of
integrity, respect, and teamwork and their implementation of effective, excellent
care for our total joint
replacement patients, added
Jeff Snyder, President and
CEO of Pocono Medical
Center. Distinct achievements like these help further
establish Pocono Medical
Center as a proven regional
leader in providing the highest quality healthcare for our
community.
Pocono Medical Center
underwent a rigorous on-site

Ciao Amici,
My adaptation of Peter
,Paul & Marys Where have
all the flowers gone.
Where have all the Fig
Trees gone, long time passing?
Where are all the Fig trees,
long time ago?
Where have all the Fig trees
gone?
Italian Grandfathers have
picked them everyone.
Oh, when will we ever
learn you cant turn back the
hands of time?
Oh, when will we ever
learn life is short?
Where are all the Tomato
plants, long time passing?
Where are all the Tomato
plants, long time ago?
Where have all the Tomato
plants gone?

review in April. Joint Commission experts evaluated

compliance with national
disease-specific
care
standards as well as with
orthopedic surgery-specific
requirements.
Clinical
practice
guidelines
and
performance measures were
also assessed.
It takes a specialized, comprehensive approach, attention to detail, and a team that
goes the extra mile to ensure
the best possible outcome for
our
joint
replacement
patients, said Dr. Roger
Componovo, M.D., Orthopedic Surgeon at Pocono Medical Center.
Established in 2002 and
awarded for a two-year
period,
The
Joint
Commissions
DiseaseSpecific Care Certification
evaluates clinical programs
across the continuum of care
and addresses three core
areas:
Compliance
with

consensus-based
national
standards
Effective use of evidencebased clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize
care
An organized approach to
performance
measurement
and improvement activities
Our nurses are committed
to providing excellent care to
our
joint
replacement
patients. Our individualized
program is unique to many as
it consists of patient education, annual patient reunions,
physical therapy at bedside,
and a special team of nurses
and therapists dedicated to
providing the best possible
patient experience, said
Patricia Frazier, RN, BSN,
Manager of 3B Unit at
Pocono Medical Center.
"Pocono Medical Center has
thoroughly demonstrated a
high level of care for patients
with hip and knee replacement, said Wendi J. Roberts,
RN, executive director, Certi-

fication Programs, The Joint

Commission. We commend
Pocono Medical Center for
becoming a leader in hip and
knee care, potentially providing a higher standard of
service for hip and knee
patients in its community.
Founded in 1951, The Joint
Commission seeks to continuously improve health care for
the public, in collaboration
with other stakeholders, by
evaluating health care organizations and inspiring them to
excel in providing safe and
effective care of the highest
quality and value. The Joint
Commission accredits and
certifies nearly 21,000 health
care
organizations
and
programs in the United States.
An independent, nonprofit
organization, The Joint Commission is the nations oldest
and largest standards-setting
and accrediting body in health
care. Learn more about The
Joint
Commission
at
www.jointcommission.org.

Gone for Italian Grandmothers everyone.

Oh, when will we ever
learn you cant turn back the
hands of time?
Oh, when will we ever
learn life is short?
Where have all the Sunday
Macaroni Dinners gone,
long time passing?
Where have all the Sunday
Macaroni Dinners gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the Sunday
Macaroni Dinners gone?
Gone by the wayside everyone is too busy
Oh, when will we ever
learn you cant go turn back
the hands of time?
Oh, when will we ever
learn life is short?
Where have all the Old

Friends and Neighbors gone,

long time passing?
Where have all the Old
Friends and Neighbors gone,
long time ago?
Where have all the Old
Friends and Neighbors
gone?
Gone to graveyards, everyone.
Oh, when will we ever
learn you cant turn back the
hands of time?
Oh, when will we ever
learn life is short?
Con cordiali saluti,
Joe
Growing up in the Butcher
Shop, is available at the
shop or on our web page. To
receive menu specials and
our newsletter, join our mailing list at www.JDeFranco

And Daughters.com, click

on mailing list and enter
your email. Send your
Roseto stories, recipes and
comments to portipasto
@epix.net or call 610-5886991. J. DeFranco and
Daughters is located at 2173
W. Bangor Rd. in Bangor,
PA. Store hours are 7am to
7pm, seven days a week,
with catering available
anytime or by appointment.

The Lehigh Valleys only

pediatric nephrologist Tecile
Andolino, MD, has begun
offering services at St. Lukes
West End Medical Center in
Allentown in early March,
2016.
Pediatric nephrologists treat
patients aged 18 and under
who have kidney, urinary
tract and other related issues
and diseases, including high
blood pressure. Pediatric

Its graduation time and we

get many who come through
our doors with their resumes
fresh and ready to start their
lives as a welder. So this
month Ive handed over the
column to one of our youngest team members Zach
Clark. Hes an exceptional
welder with an amazing work
ethic. I wanted to get his view
point on being a young
person entering our field.
Growing up, you are
continuously asked what you
want to be when you leave
school. The career you chose
seems to change every day.
However, once you hit high
school you realize you have
to make a decision.
After school I used to watch
shows on TV about restoring
cars and motorcycles. Watching them weld in new body
panels, or fabricate a custom
fuel tank for a chopper bike. I
started to realize the endless
possibilities knowing how to
fabricate and weld would

nephrologists also evaluate

and treat problems with
growth and development that
are specifically related to
chronic kidney disease.
Dr. Andolino treats medical
and lifestyle treatments that
manage and often cure pediatric kidney disease to
prevent failure. She provides
comprehensive consultations
and examinations for kidney
diseases, electrolyte disorders

and congenital kidney issues.

Prenatal consultations are
available
for
pregnant
women.
Dr. Andolino will see
patients at St. Lukes West
End Medical Center in Suite
115, 501 Cetronia Road in
Allentown, and also holds
office hours at St. Lukes
Nephrology Associates at
701 Ostrum Street, Bethlehem. She is accepting new

give me. When I received my

papers to set my schedule for
the year at school, I saw that
technical school was an
option. Knowing they taught
welding there was no doubt in
my mind that this is what I
wanted to do.
During my time at technical
school I realized there was
more to welding than I had

thought. There were so many

different welding processes,
stick, mig, tig and oxy fuel. I
used all types of math and
measuring techniques. As a
person that loves a challenge
this made me love welding
more each day. Every pass I
put down, I found myself
critiquing it in the hopes to
produce an even better bead
next time. No matter how
good I got, I knew I could be
better.
Now, after 5 years of working in the welding and fabricating field, Ive come to
learn there is job security
which was such an important
deciding factor. I believe I
live the saying love what
you do and never work a day
in your life. I truly love
welding and everything I
have been able to achieve
through it.
Stop by the shop at 800 Rutt
Road in Bangor, PA or call
610-216-6862 for more information.

mation or an appointment.
Dr. Andolino joins pediatric
gastroenterologist
Leo
Heitlinger, MD, and pediatric
endocrinologist
Pamela
Abrams, MD, to offer
advanced services at the St.
Lukes
Medical
Center
location. Dr. Heitlinger is a
board-certified
pediatric
gastroenterologist, hepatologist and nutritionist. Dr.
Abrams is a board-certified
pediatric endocrinologist, a
physician who provides care
for patients with disorders of
the endocrine system, which
include diabetes, growth or

weight problems, thyroid

disease and early or late onset
of puberty.
St. Lukes Allentown Pediatrics is also located at the St.
Lukes West End Medical
Center.
Pediatric primary
care
practitioner
Akiko
Kawamura, MD, provides
individualized
care
for
children from birth to age 21.
For more information, please
visit the practice website.
For more information about
these doctors and about additional St. Lukes primary care
pediatric physicians, please
call St. Lukes InfoLink at 1866-STLUKES (785-8537)
or visit St. Lukes University
Health Networks website.

Legislation sponsored by
Senator Mario Scavello
(R-40) to establish a legal
definition for increasingly
popular,
three-wheeled
autocycles received final
legislative approval and is
headed to the Governor to be
signed into law.
Senate Bill 1108 will make
clearer
the
distinction
between these newly developed three-wheeled vehicles
with two forward wheels and
the
more
recognizable
three-wheeled,
trike-style
motorcycles which have

Caring for a family member

is complex. While deeply
meaningful, it can be emotionally taxing and often
presents unexpected challenges, often financial ones.
If you may need to step into a
caregiving role, its a good
idea to plan a financial strategy today, before it becomes
an added stressor. Here are
some questions to help you
get started:
What do you know about
your loved ones financial
situation? Knowing the
particulars of your loved
ones disability, life and
health insurance policies,

been around for many years.

Models of the newer
vehicles include the Polaris
Slingshot and the Tanom
Motors Invader.
Specifically, the legislation
will define these vehicles as
an autocycle and register
and title them by creating a
special designation under
the existing motorcycle
definition.
However,
individuals wishing to operate an autocycle will be
permitted to do so with a
Class C drivers license.
This legislation will foster

savings
and
financial
obligations can make it
easier to step in on a
moments notice. Obtain
contact information for the
financial professionals your
loved one works with so you
know who to go to if you
have questions.
What is your strategy to
pay caregiving expenses?
First, think about what bills
and expenses your loved
one is currently paying that
you may need to make on
his or her behalf. Encourage
your loved one to set up
automatic bill pay or to add
you as a second signer on a
bank account to make
handling expenses easier.
Next,
consider
what
expenses you may incur as a
result of your caregiving
role, such as out-of-pocket
medical care or home
improvements needed to
accommodate your loved
one.
What is the financial
impact if you need to take
time off from work? If you
are employed, you may be
covered by the Family
Medical
Leave
Act
(FMLA). With this federally
mandated program, eligible
employees can take up to 12

conformity with other states

in the region that have
already adopted an autocycle
definition, said Scavello.
The result will be more
accurate crash reporting
statistics, clarity for law
enforcement and safer travel
for motorists.
The legislation is the result
of recommendations issued
by the American Association
of Motor Vehicle Administrators,
an
internationally
respected group of motor
vehicle administrators and
law enforcement officials.

weeks of unpaid leave to

care for an immediate
family member while health
benefits continue. Some
companies allow employees
to stockpile sick days and
vacation days; if you can
use this kind of accrued
time off, youll still get
paid. Liquid savings of your
own can help to cover your
expenses if you need to take
unpaid leave from work.
Are your loved ones assets
legally protected? Being
proactive from a legal
standpoint can help ensure
your loved ones wishes are
known and assets are
protected
during
a
prolonged illness. Power of
attorney, or a durable power
of attorney, gives a trusted
party the ability to make
important decisions about
finances and health care.
Another legal document that
can help is an advanced
directive, which outlines
specifics for medical and
end-of-life care. When these
documents are in place, you
have clear guidance on how
to manage your family
members affairs.
Who would you turn to for
support? Talk with other
family members about their

The long hot days of

summer are fast approaching. If youre thinking about
summer camp for your child,
were here to help.
Our staff at NORWESCAP
Child
&
Family
Resource Services (CFRS)
can not only give you free
and confidential referrals to
Hunterdon County summer
day camp programs, but also
possibly help pay for some
of your summer child care
expenses! We currently have
NO waiting list for child
care subsidy assistance for
income-eligible Hunterdon
willingness to help and how
responsibilities might be
divided. Research social
service and community
organizations in your area to
see what support is available for caregivers.
How will you balance your
financial goals with caregiving expenses? Caregiving
often requires more immediate expenses that can
make it challenging to focus
on saving for your childs
college education or your
own retirement. Developing
a plan to continue saving
toward long-term goals may
help you reduce your financial stress down the road.
Financial planning under
the guidance of a financial
advisor can help you anticipate and prepare for caregiving and other future
events that may impact your
finances.

County families.
Please give our staff a call
at 908-782- 8183 or visit our
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(NAPSI)Being prepared
means being in control to
maintain peace of mind. There
is nowhere to hide from
seasonal storms but, because
they are coming regardless, it is
possible to get ready to face
them head-on. Increased
dependence on electronics has
changed the look of storm
safety checklists, so it is a good
idea to review some new tips.
Be sure devices are charged
so they are ready for use. A true
testament to how hurricane
preparedness has changed in
the last two decades, electronic
devices have become a much
more critical part of our lives.
As the forecast becomes more
serious, get all necessary
gadgets powered up and use
only as needed.
Have a family communication plan. Ideally, everyone
will have fully charged
devices, but if they dont and
family members are separated,
have a plan to check in and
share status updates. Text
messages use less bandwidth
than phone calls, so set up a

group text for single message

check-ins. Keep a paper copy
of important contact numbers
in addition to all the contact
information stored on a cell
phone.
Identify someone outside the
community who can serve as a
point of contact if communication within the area is cut off. If
local lines are jammed as the
result of a disaster, it can
actually be easier to make a
long-distance call to someone
in another area.
Be sure the hurricane kit
includes a battery-operated
radio. It will be important to

save power on phones and

tablets, so dont waste it getting
news updates online. Dig out
the old AM/FM transistor and
make sure the batteries are
fresh.
Get the gas tank filled up. If
power goes out for an extended
period, gas stations will be
challenged without use of their
digital pumps. Take action
ahead of time to avoid what is
sure to be a chaotic scene.
Install a backup generator.
Home standby generators like
the Guardian Series by
Generac turn on automatically
when the power goes out and
will stay on until power is
restored. They dont require
refueling so there is no need to
worry about the gas station
situation. A sense of safety and
normalcy can be restored
within moments after the

power goes out.

Severe weather puts a lot of
stress on a homeowner, but a
standby generator reduces that
stress, explained Jodi Marose,
Generac Power Systems, Inc.
spokesperson. Maintaining
power allows you to maintain a
sense of normalcy as you
navigate your way through the
aftermath of the storm.
Homes and families come in
different sizes and so do
generators. Generac.com has a
sizing calculator that will
recommend the best generator
for the users backup power
needs. Household items can be
identified to keep specific
items running during an
outage, from furnace and
refrigerator to sauna and hot
tub. Live representatives are
available to chat online or
backup plans can be designed
and sent via e-mail.
Jeff Friges from Ashland,
Ohio owns a Guardian Series
11kW. Ive had it for over a
year now and it just sits there
quietly until its called upon
when the power goes out. Then
it turns into a power-pumping
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One of the best investments for
my family and my home.
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Hello, fellow readers!

Ive always thought the
reasons to prune are similar
to the reasons of caring for
our families and ourselves.
Improving appearance and
health, training the young,
controlling size, preventing
injury or damage, rejuvenating the old, and influencing
bounty.
Darren from Hackettstown,
NJ is digging in a new foundation planting and asked
about pruning. With proper
plant selection and placement, he wont have to prune
for years. Choose plants
appropriate in size for the
area; allowing space to grow.
Its a common mistake to
plant young plants too close
to the foundation. Find out
the mature widths and
heights and space accordingly. For example, a shrub
that matures to 10 feet high
and 5 feet wide should be
planted 5 feet apart from the
center of the plant. For trees,
spacing them by half their
width at maturity is a basic
rule of thumb, but not a
catchall as there are variables
such as growth rates. For a
fast growing tree you may

wish to space further. Or, if

you are seeking a quick
screen, plant closer together.
So while Darren wont have
to control size for a while,
hes smart to think about the
other reasons to prune. Its
best to train while young
rather than have to rejuvenate
when old; which parallels the
adage of keeping fit. In
general, once your plants
reach the desired size you can
prune the new growth every
year right after bloom to
maintain its size. Wish it
were that easy for us!
Then there are desperate
situations that call for desperate measure. My Viburnum
rhytidophyllum, Leatherleaf
Viburnum,
have
gotten
beyond desperate in terms of
invaders sucking the life out
of their leaves. Over the last
few years, aphids have
caused severe leaf curl
disfigurement and the plants
look bloody awful. Ive
treated them with Neem Oil,
a natural alternative to
synthetic pesticides, but the
leaves curl tightly. If you
dont intervene early enough,
the oil wont successfully
suffocate the suckers. Its
true I didnt apply the oil
often enough either; they say
every five to seven days.
After the bloom, I cut each
stalk down in varying heights
from one to three feet,
removing all remaining
lower leaves. Yes, a desperate measure, but I think
theres enough storage in the
root systems to rejuvenate
the plants.
The topic of pruning cant
go without mention of one of
the top pet peeves - sheering
shrubs into meatballs or
hockey pucks. Meatballs
belong in pasta bowls, not
along a foundation.
Garden Dilemmas?
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The Childrens Chorus of

Sussex County (CCSC) is
celebrating 25 years of serving children in northwestern
New Jersey and eastern
Pennsylvania. A special
anniversary
concert
is
scheduled for Saturday, June
11th, at 7pm at Christ
Church, 62 Main Street, in
Newton. The concert will
also feature the Water Gap
Singers. Former choristers
will join the group during
the performance and attend a
special event prior to the
concert.
Tickets for the
concert are $8 if purchased
in advance, and $10 if
purchased at the door. Tickets can be purchased online
at www.ccscsings.org.
Founded in the fall of 1990,
the Children's Chorus of
Sussex County has provided
an opportunity for children
and young adults from
northwestern NJ and eastern
PA to join together in the
choral art.
CCSC is
currently comprised of two
choir levels, Concert Choir
and Bella Voce, which
welcome young singers from
elementary school through
high school. Planning is
underway for the addition of
an ensemble for young men
in grades seven through 12,
as well as a Musikgarten
program for five to sevenyear old children. Known
for their dedication, teamwork, and artistic excellence, the choristers pursue
an ambitious schedule.
The Childrens Chorus of
Sussex County owes its

existence to Founder and

Artistic Director Deborah
Mello, who decided to form
the choral organization while
she was pursuing a Masters
Degree at Trenton State
University (now the College
of New Jersey). As part of
my degree requirements, I
wanted to do a choral recital,
explains Mello. She gathered
students from various choral
organizations with which
either she, or her husband
music educator Joe Mello,
were already working and
formed the group. The first
performance was for my
Masters recital in January,
1991. The students ranged in
age from fourth to eighth
grade and included two of my
own children, recalls Mello.
The Childrens Chorus of
Sussex County tours domestically and internationally.
Within the United States,
CCSC has performed at Carnegie Hall, The White House,
the National Cathedral and
Disney World, as well as at
venues in New York, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, and
South Carolina.
CCSC has performed at
world-renowned sites including Prague's Smetana Hall,
the Candelaria Church in Rio
de Janeiro, and the Vatican.
Recent international tours
have taken the Concert Choir
to The Netherlands, Belgium
and France where they were
invited by the American
Ambassador to Belgium to
perform for the July 4th
Celebration at the American
Embassy in Brussels. CCSC

also performed at the American Cemetery at Omaha

Beach and other significant
venues
throughout
the
region. In July 2014, the
Concert Choir was an
invited choir at Kathaumixw,
an
international
choral festival held every
two years in British Columbia, Canada where they
placed second in the
childrens choir category.
During summer 2015, the
Concert Choir was invited to
perform at the Festival of the
Aegean in Syros, Greece
where they performed a solo
concert as well as the Pie
Jesu from Requiem by
Gabriel Faure and Agnus
Dei from the Coronation
Mass by Wolfgang Mozart.
The organization has also
traveled
to
Argentina,
Austria, Brazil, the Czech
Republic, and Italy.
National and International
Choral Organizations visit
Sussex County
In addition to traveling the
world, the Childrens Chorus
of Sussex County has hosted
a wide variety of choral
organizations during the past
25 years, including La
Matrisse du Paris; Semboku
Children's Choir of Japan;
Miami Children's Chorus;
Pittsburgh
Girlchoir;
Children's Chorus of Washington; Southern California
Children's Chorus; Drakensberg Boys Choir, South
Africa; and the Portland
Symphonic Girlchoir.
Over the years, CCSC has
performed at music festivals

and other venues alongside

esteemed choristers and
musicians from numerous
ensembles
including
Children's Chorus of Washington; The College of New
Jersey Orchestra & Choir;
Drew University Chorale
and Choral Union; the First
Women's Chamber Orchestra of Austria; Green Bay
Girl
Choir;
Lochgelly
(Scotland) High School
Senior Girls Choir; Los
Angeles Childrens Choir;
Mississippi Girlchoir; Montclair University Singers; the
National High School Mixed
Choir of New Zealand;
Newark Boychoir; New
Jersey Childrens Choir;
New Jersey Youth Chorus;
New Orleans Children's
Chorus and Youth Chorale;
New Sussex Symphony;
Pacific
Mennonite
Children's Choir; Princeton
Girlchoir;
Rutgers
Childrens Choir; St. Louis
Children's Choir; Singing
Sons of Florida; and the
Water Gap Singers.
Locally,
CCSC
has
performed in support of The
Franklin Band, SCARC,
Project
Self-Sufficiency,
Fredon Day, Newton Day,
Byram Day, Branchville
Rotary, and the Newton
Medical Center Festival of
Lights.
CCSC has also been fortunate to have worked with
noteworthy
composers
David Elliott, Bob Chilcott,
Nick Page, Dr. Doreen Rao,
Juan Tony Guzman, and Jim
Papoulis.

Participation
in
the
Childrens Chorus of Sussex
County helps to prepare
students for a variety of
careers, including music.
Former choristers who are
now singing professionally
include Julianne Froelich,
Scott Mello, Gina Mobilio,
and Joseph Turro. Those
working as music educators
include Stephani Baumann,
Kay Leavy, Kate Pasculli
and Adrienne Wills. Jenna
Havelin
is
currently
employed as a choral
conductor with the Boston
Childrens Choir.
Kelli
Shane is pursuing a career as
a singer and songwriter,
while Allison Mello is
employed in the music
industry. Working actors
include Michael Breslin,
Kayla Chirip, and Jenn
Mello.
College music
majors
include
Amber
Blakovich, Jackie Deschidn,
Katie Hoyer, Sharon Kleindienst, Aileen Koch, Isabella
Pazdzierski and Laura Pachnos.
Although former
choristers have gone on to
successful careers in the
field of music, many more
have pursued other professions while using the lessons
of discipline, teamwork,
dedication, practice, punctuality which were honed
during their tenure as a
member of the Childrens
Chorus of Sussex County.
Program
Expansion
Planned
Choral Highlights for the
current 2015-2016 25th
Anniversary Season include
a performance of Benjamin
Brittens Saint Nicolas

with the choirs at Drew

University; a performance at
the 2016 American Choral
Directors
Association
Childrens
Choir
Conductors Retreat in Morristown, New Jersey; a solo
concert at Saint Peters Episcopal Church, Essex Fells,
New Jersey and performances of John Rutters
Mass of the Children with
the Water Gap Singers of
Blairstown, New Jersey.
Plans for the future of the
Childrens Chorus of Sussex
County include broadening
the organizations appeal to
include a special program
for young men, and to
strengthen the programs
base among very young
children. Our goals are to
offer a young Mens Choir,
to continue to offer the
Musikgarten program for
very young children, and to
welcome new singers into
our program, comments
Mello, We also hope to
promote music education
and vocal development, and
explore new collaborations
and repertoire. We are looking forward to exploring
new worlds!
Funding for the Childrens
Chorus of Sussex County
has been made available in
part by the New Jersey State
Council
on
the
Arts/Department of State, a
Partner Agency of the
National Endowment for the
Arts,
through
the
State/County
Partnership
Block Grant Program, as
administered by the Sussex
County Arts and Heritage
Council.

(NAPSI)Heres hot news

for home cooks: You may be
able to get much more out of
the kitchen stove than you
realize. Todays ranges let
you do more than just heat up
a frozen pizza or boil water.
Here are six things you can
do to make meals easier,
faster and more fun to make.
1. Understand the conventions of convection heating:
True European Convection is
a setting that may be a bit
confusing to people who

(NAPSI)If youve ever

wondered where the term
worker bee comes from,
consider this when you sit
down for your next meal: One
out of every three bites of food
you eat exists because of bees
and other pollinators. Without
their contributions to the pollination of flowering plants,
chances are your favorite fruit,
vegetable or nut simply
wouldnt be as plentiful,
economical or nutritious.
The connections among
growing successful crops,
food and pollinator activity
suggest that a healthy bee
population is essential to
meeting
the
heightened
demand for food that accompanies an expanding global

havent used it before.

Simply stated, it means that a
separate heating element
works in conjunction with
the traditional top and bottom
elements along with a fan
that works to evenly distribute heat. This makes for fast,
even baking. Plus, this function limits flavor transfer
between foods so that you
can cook a savory main dish
with a sweet desert without
mixing flavorssaving valuable time and energy, too.

human population. Additionally, beyond their benefits to

crops, pollinatorsand their
habitatspromote enhanced
biodiversity and environmental benefits.
Much like the planets land
and
natural
resources,
however, pollinators face a
host of challengesparasites,
disease, poor nutrition, and
climate change, to name a few.
And just as a varied diet is
important for human health,
nutrition is equally crucial for
the health of bees.
To help support a thriving
environment for bees and
other pollinators, Syngenta, a
global agriculture company,
works with beekeepers and
researchers throughout the

2. Make defrosting delightful: Some ranges, like the

professional-style
Verona,
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lamp simultaneously. This
function allows food to
defrost quickly without
beginning to par-cook, which
is what usually happens
when you use the defrost
setting on the microwave.
The defrost setting also keeps
food from drying out as it
would in a microwave.

world to better understand

pollinators needs, identify
ways to improve bee health
and implement programs to
help restore these vital populations.
One such program is Operation Pollinator, which helps
establish essential habitats and
forage areas on unused
commercial farmland, golf
courses and other landscapes.
Using region-specific wildflower seed mixes, farmers,
land managers and golf course
superintendents participating
in Operation Pollinator cultivate unused areas with native
flower species, attracting
pollinators while simultaneously beautifying community
landscapes. In addition to

3. Create a great personal

pizza: Try the pizza mode
setting for your frozen or
handmade pizza. An exclusive feature of the Italianmade ILVE range, the pizza
mode setting removes the
guesswork by automatically
heating the ovens elements
and setting the temperature to
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crust and flawlessly melted
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you enjoy making your own

Asian foods or just want to
saut
some
vegetables
quickly for dinner, this can
be a great tool. Its especially
designed to cradle the bottom
of a wok and evenly distribute heat for high-temperature
cooking and sauting without
burning.
5. Be up on upper element
mode: This setting found on
ILVE ranges turns on the top
heating element only. Its
great for that last 10 minutes
of cooking lasagna or any
dish that says remove lid so

you can brown, crisp or melt

for a special finishing touch.
6. Get cooking faster: Some
ranges can preheat faster; for
example, ILVE offers an
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which goes from 0 to 350 F
in just eight minutes.
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reviving and restoring pollinator populations, these habitats

help reduce soil erosion while
protecting water sources from
soil and nutrient pollution.
The footprint of Operation
Pollinator, now in its 15th
year, extends to 13 countries.
In the U.S. alone, these
habitats can be found on
hundreds of golf courses and

large swaths of commercial

farmland.
Fortunately, you dont have
to be a farmer, own a golf
course or have a lot of land to
make a difference in pollinator
health.
Pollinator-friendly
gardens and window boxes
with native flowers are
examples of simple, costeffective ways to support a

thriving bee population. Sponsoring community projects

and organizations that plant
wildflowers along roadsides,
in parks or on other unused
land is another way to provide
greater access to diverse
pollen sources.
For more information about
Operation Pollinator, visit
OperationPollinator-US.com.

Sussex County senior citizen

Genevieve Futia spent the
majority of her life assisting
others. Trained as a nurse,
Futia never worked professionally, but she used her
medical background to assist
her family, friends and neighbors. She and her husband
raised five children in their
Wantage
home,
with
Genevieve caring for the
family while her husband
worked in law enforcement.
Once her children were in
school full-time, Futia volunteered with several organizations, often using her nursing
skills to care for others. Everybody was put on earth to
do something, Futia muses.
I didnt get paid for my work,
but I did lots of things. Futia
taught religious education,
served in the VFW, and
volunteered to care for
patients suffering from cancer.
Eventually, Futia became ill
herself and was unable to care
for her home. For the first
time, she was forced to ask for
help. After reading about the

Christ Church Newton Helping Hands program, she

picked up the phone and
called Sussex County Senior
Services. The memory of that
phone call still makes her
tearful, This is the first time I
have accepted anything.
Christ Church Newton
offers the Helping Hands
program to income-eligible
senior citizens in Sussex
County who need assistance

with household projects.

Seniors must be referred to the
church by the Sussex County
Division of Senior Services.
Once identified, a group of
teens and adults from the
parish visit the home and
assist with lawn work, rubbish
removal, light repairs, painting, landscaping and other
maintenance tasks.
With our Helping Hands
program we have the privilege

to live out our mission of

being Christs presence in our
community, explains Terry
Syberg, Pastoral Associate at
Christ Church Newton.
While a team of church
members labor around the
home, additional parishioners
visit with the senior citizen,
offering referrals to parish
organizations and local agencies which can offer more
long-term assistance. Christ
Church has recently joined the
Faith Community Health
Partnership developed by
Newton Medical Center. A
parish nurse offers follow-up
visits and referrals to community resources to those seniors
who have received assistance
by the Helping Hands
program.
Futia was deeply moved by
the group of Christ Church
Newton volunteers who were
assisting her, stating simply,
The care that emanates from
everybody makes you feel
that you belong, and that you
are a human being. Anybody
who needs help should take

There are some problems

that we see very commonly
in veterinary medicine. One
of these is an issue unique to
cats, FLUTD, or Feline
Lower
Urinary
Tract
Disease. More than a
specific disease, it is more of
a group of syndromes that
cause cats to strain to
urinate, have bloody urine,
and often not use the litterbox.
Some of these cases are
caused by crystals in the
urine. These crystals start to
stick together and form sand
or small stones. As these sit
in the bladder, they cause
irritation and bleeding.
Female cats can pass them
but male cats can become
blocked and are unable to
urinate at all. When this
happens, they will be straining in the litterbox (or sometimes outside of it) but not
producing any urine. As it

gets worse, they stop eating,

start vomiting and become
weak. The bladder keeps
getting bigger but since the
urine cant escape, the
kidneys eventually stop
making urine and they go
into acute renal failure. Left
untreated, this is fatal within
days, usually because their
potassium levels become
very high, stopping the heart.
The good news is, this is
generally a reversible condition. Prompt catheterization
of the bladder and relief of
the obstruction, along with
intense fluid therapy, can get
the kidneys functioning
again.
Prevention is key when a
cat has blocked as it can
happen again. Diet can help
accomplish this. Prescription
diets that are low in calcium
and magnesium (which
make up the two most
common types of sand) and

create a neutral pH can

decrease formation. Encouraging water consumption by
feeding canned food or
adding water to dry food
keeps the urine dilute and
discourages formation as
well.
For some male cats, urinary
blockage becomes a repeated
issue despite treatment. For
those cats, a surgical procedure called a perineal
urethrostomy widens the
urethra and allows them to
pass the sand much like a
female cat. They may still
have episodes of straining or
bloody urine but do not get
blocked.
In some cases, urinary tract
disease is not related to
stones or sand. Recent
research has revealed that
stress can be the causative
factor in many cases. Multicat households, change in
environment, adding new

pets, etc, can lead to signs of

FLUTD. Treatment used to
consist
of
antiinflammatories and antibiotics and while these may still
be beneficial, anti-anxiety
medications,
chondroitin/
glucosamine
supplements
(often used for arthritis) and
diets containing calming
agents such as casein may
need to be added to make
these cats comfortable.
Urinary tract disease should
always
be
addressed
promptly to relieve the
discomfort these cats have. If
your cat is showing any of
these signs, please give us a
call so we can evaluate your
pet and formulate a treatment
plan. We at Blairstown
Animal Hospital hope you
have a wonderful summer
and look forward to keeping
you and your four-legged
family members happy and
healthy.

advantage of what God has

given.
Those who are interested in
accessing
the
services
provided by the Helping
Hands program at Christ

Church are encouraged to

contact the Sussex County
Division of Senior Services at
973-579-0555 or seniors
ervices@sussex.nj.us. Information about Christ Church
Newton can be found at
www.christchurchnewton.org.

BELVIDERE, NJ MAY 2016Charlie Makatura, a lifelong

resident of Warren County, is a
Republican candidate for the
2016 Warren County Sheriffs
race. Charlie lives with his wife
in Belvidere, and over the years
has resided in five of the 22 townships within the county. This
makes him uniquely qualified to
understand the concerns and
issues raised by residents during
this election year.
Charlie married his childhood
sweetheart Beth almost 39 years
ago.Together, they raised three
children all of whom are married
and are raising seven grandchildren. They also reside in Warren
County, because they saw the
value in raising their families in
what Charlie likes to call New
Jerseys last frontier. Charlie is a
graduate of Belvidere High
School,
Centenary
College
(Bachelors of Science degree in
Business
Administration
/Management), and a graduate of
the 111th New Jersey State Police
class. He has also served in the
United States Air Force and NJ
Air National Guard earning an
honorable discharge. Part of his
career was spent at the National
Office of M&M Mars in Hackettstown where for 10 years he
developed skills in Information
Technology. In 1988 he left to

follow his desired career path in

Law Enforcement and joined the
New Jersey State Police. After
graduation from the State Police
Academy he served the citizens
of Warren County as a road
trooper at Washington, Hope and
Sussex Stations. During that time
he gravitated towards the field of
conducting criminal investigations and is especially proud of
all the convictions he secured
over those years. Charlie says
Seeing the victims get justice
and closure is a rewarding experience that only makes you work
harder. Before retiring from the
NJ State Police at the mandatory
age of 55 he spent 12 years at
Division headquarters where he
rose to the rank of Lieutenant,
and held the position of Assistant
Bureau Chief within the Information Technology Bureau. During
his tenure at Division Charlie was
project manager for many Law
Enforcement
IT
initiatives
including:
1. Creation of a Lawman search
application that uses only vehicle
descriptors or partial license
plates to identify suspects. This
not only assists NJ but any law
enforcement agency seeking
information on a NJ registered
vehicle or owner. This application is used to solve cases from
homicide, sexual assault, robbery
to hit and runs. It was also use for
the 9-11 investigation.
2. Creation of a time and attendance application used today that
records troopers activities and
bills the appropriate funding
source.
3. Developed their own in-house
Records Management System,
which we created to better serve
the needs of the state.
4. They were also the first in the
state-to create e-ticketing. An
application which allows the
trooper or officer to electronically
print a ticket while simultaneously checking for national wants
and warrants along with Division

of Motor Vehicle. These are just a

sampling of the many projects
accomplished that saved the state
millions of dollars in addition to
promoting officer/trooper safety.
In 2013 Charlie was elected to the
Belvidere Town council. There
he serves as police commissioner
and court liaison. In addition to
his civic
duties, he works as an armed
security officer NJs Department
of Family Services and holds a
private detective license which he
has used to investigate cases both
domestically and internationally.
As an elected official for the
Town of Belvidere some of his
many accomplishments have
included:
Bringing closure to a 36 month
void of not having an appointed
Police Chief.

Successfully
negotiated
contracts for shared court
services bringing two additional
municipalities to Belvideres
Court system. This shared
services agreement will alone
save three municipalities tax
dollars.
Successfully negotiate a stalemated police contract with our
police department, where both
sides were pleased with the
outcome.
Spearheaded an effort to video
recording of our council meetings
so there is more government
transparency.
The Belvidere Town Council
meetings are now recorded for
viewing on a social media
site.Why is Charlie Makatura
running for the position of
Warren County Sheriff at this
point in his career? Charlie is
passionate about keeping Warren
County safe, not only for his
family, but for your family and
for the future of families to come.
In todays world of terrorism,
active shooters, rampant drug
use, and theft to name a few, his
business and law enforcement
experience will make a differ-

BELVIDERE Citing abysmally low usage rates of a life-saving service designed to

protect residents with developmental disabilities and dementia, Warren County Sheriff
candidate Charlie Makatura today announced plans to better serve and assist the Countys
most vulnerable residents.
Its a great thing that Project Lifesaver is offered by the Warren County Sheriffs Office to
protect our most vulnerable residents, said Makatura. However, its a disgrace that the
service has been utilized just three times in the last two-plus years. This poor usage rate is
not due to lack of resident need, but rather due to lack of outreach by the Sheriffs Office to
publicize a critical program to those who need it most. Information obtained via a Open
Public Records Act request shows that Project Lifesaver has been utilized just 1 time since
January, 2016, and only 3 times since January, 2014. Project Lifesaver is a life-saving
service provided by the Warren County Sheriffs Office for residents afflicted with dementia or Alzheimers disease, or with autism, Down syndrome, or cognitive impairments.
Participants register with the Sheriffs Office and wear a special wrist or ankle bracelet
equipped with a small transmitter which emits a signal that law enforcement can track when
someone goes missing, reducing search time from days and hours to mere minutes. According to the official Warren County Sheriffs Office website, the Warren County Sheriffs
Office serves as the lead agency for Project Lifesaver. Makatura noted a March 31, 2016
report issued by the Center for
Disease Control that New
Jerseys rate of children identified with an autism spectrum
disorder is the highest in the
nation 1 in 41 children, compared to 1 in 68 nationally an
increase of 12% from just 2
years ago. Unfortunately,
nearly all of us have been
touched in some way by
autism, Down syndrome,
dementia or Alzheimers,
said Makatura.

ence. The county needs to implement the use of new technologies

that make law enforcement effective and efficient while still
saving on expenditures. Although
the current Sheriff has made
strides in reducing cost, Charlie
will continue to cut costs by
reducing overtime and reduce the
turnover rate of new officers. He
wants to ensure that Sheriff Officers join the department for a
career, not a training ground
where they leave for a larger
police department. He will ensure
that their jobs are exciting and
rewarding.
Sheriff Officers travel the roadways on a daily basis, when was
the last time you saw a Warren
County Sheriff Officer on a
traffic stop? Charlie plans to
outfit Officers vehicles with
radar for additional enforcement
on our roadways and to enable
our Officers to be proactive. This
will provide additional coverage
in the county without incurring an
additional charge and secondly
the Officer is able to utilize the
skillset taught in the academy.
Charlie will also expand the Officers duties to improve the retention rate. Some may question the
need for more traffic enforcement
but Makatura suggestions that
while some motor vehicle stops
are routine its that 2,3,4% that
make a difference. The officer
may find a gun, a fugitive, drugs,
intercept a domestic in progress,
the list can go on and on. Charlie
will partner with Family Guidance of Warren County to sponsor drug awareness not only to
the students and youth of our
communities but also the parents
and grandparents. We need to
educate as many youth and
adults as possible at no cost to
the taxpayers of the county.
Additionally there is a need to
address the security of the
Warren County courthouse. The
scheduled renovations will pose
a challenge to provide security

when the front doors are reopened. The bottleneck that is

prevalent at the entrance
several times
a day is not only unacceptable
but could be dangerous. As
the County Seat we should do
better and Charlie will ensure
that we do. We also need to
bring Warren County up to
date with respects to technology used in law enforcement.
Many of the systems used
throughout the county cant
communicate with each other
and are outdated. With a
comprehensive background in
information technology as it
relates to law enforcement
Charlie will ensure that there
is one county-wide record
management system making
data
sharing possible. This can be
done through the use of grant
monies taking the burden off
of the taxpayer. The residents
of Warren County deserve to
be safe. The status quo is not
good enough for our safety
with the every changing threat.
If you want someone who will
insure the safety of Warren
County and keep it a safe place
for you and your family please
vote June 7th for Charlie
Makatura for Sheriff.
(Paid for by Makatura for Sheriff.)

Its the duty of those in law enforcement to enact a

proactive approach to ensure were protecting those who
need it most, and as Sheriff, thats exactly what Ill do.
Ive been spending time meeting with the families and
caregivers who know these diseases best so I can have
an even keener understanding of the issues that matter
most in this important community, stated Makatura.
As Sheriff, I will personally make sure every resident,
family, caregiver, support group and treatment facility
who can be assisted by Project Lifesaver is fully aware
of the Sheriffs ability to play a proactive, critical role in
better protecting our residents. Charlie Makatura
served for 22 years in the State Police, starting as a Road
Trooper, rising to Lieutenant. Charlie is a United States
Air Force and New Jersey Air National Guard Veteran
who gained private sector business experience at M&M
Mars and currently serves as a Councilman in Belvidere.