East Bangor UMC

will be holding its

monthly pastie sale on
April 7th. Pickup will
be at the church, 136 W.
Central Ave., East
Bangor, at 3:30pm.
Choices are beef with or
without onion and broccoli cheese with or without onion. To place an
order, call 610-5881745 or e-mail loi.s
tucker@hotmail.com no
later than April 5th.
The
Bangor
Womens
Club

(GFWC) Scholarship
Program for seniors at
Bangor, Pius X and
Faith Christian high
schools are now available for students at each
school's guidance office.
The club has funds for
three
scholarships.
Students interested in
applying must submit
their completed applications by April 15th.
The PA East Central
Area Aglow will be
holding a Day Conference on April 18th,

from 9:30am to 3pm at

Faith
Community
Church,
3000
Freemansburg Ave. in
Easton. The topic is
Holding Daddy's Hand.
For more information or
to register, contact Kay
Whipple at 610-9058400.
The Slater Family
Network is offering a
$2,000 scholarship for
a graduating Bangor
Area High School
senior who plans to
attend a trade or vocational
school
or
college. The scholarship
is awarded to a student
who is involved in community service.
The
$1,000 912 scholarship in memory of
Denny Strouse, offered
by family and friends
through
the
Slater
Family Network, is also
available. Applications
are in the high school
guidance office, Slater
Family Network office
or on the school
districts website under
SFN. Both applications
are due in the Slater
Family Network office
no later than May 1st.
For more information,
call 610-599-7019.
The Pen Argyl High
School Class of 1965 is
planning their 50th
reunion. The class is in
need of addresses for
Thomas
Caponigro,
Kim Edwards, Brenda
Lockhart Becker, Jody
Miller, Linda Smith,
Thomas Snyder, Richard Walizer, Walter
Weaver, Gary Wilson
and
Carol
Werner
Miller. If you have any

information about them,

please contact Judy
Piper at 610-863-6326
or
judithpiper65
@gmail.com.
Leck
Veterinary
Hospital is in need of
blanket donations to
help pets in need.
Please drop off donations to 115 W. Pennsylvania Ave., Rt. 512 in
Pen Argyl.
Hope UCC Food
Pantry is in great need
of donations. Items
include any kind of
drinks (in plastic bottles)
or drink mixes, such as
Kool-aid, lemonade and
iced tea; and all canned
fruits and canned meats
(ham, tuna, chicken,
spam, sardines, canned
stew, chili). All donations can be dropped off
Monday through Thursday, 8am to 1pm. All
monetary donations may
be paid to Hope United
Church of Christ, P.O.
Box 425, Wind Gap, PA
18091.
Dont miss out on any
Easter weekend activities! Turn to page 4 for a
list of egg hunts and
Easter bunny sightings.
Birthday wishes are
sent to Ethan Yeagle,
April 1st; Rochelle
Lacey
and
Lexi
Longyore, April 3rd;
and Evan Yeagle, April
5th.
Best Wishes are sent
to Bobby Dotta for a
full and speedy recovery.
We love hearing from
you! Send us your
birthdays, anniversaries, birth announcements and other tidbits
of information to:
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Adult Fiction: Clinch,

Jon: Finn; Enger, Leif:
Peace Like A River;
Strout, Elizabeth: Amy
And Isabelle.
Adult Non Fiction:
Estess, Jenifer: Tales
From The Bed; Griffin,
Kathleen: The Forgiveness Formula; Lower,
Wendy: Hitlers Furies;
Moran, Mark: Ureneck,
Lou: Cabin; Vaughan,
Brendan: What Would
Macgyver Do?; Zesch,
Scott: The Captured.
Young Adult Fiction:
Brozik,
Matthew
David: The Government Manual For New
Superheroes; Langan,
Paul: Blood Is Thicker;
Wilson, Daniel: How To
Survive A Robot Uprising.
Junior
Fiction:
Anderson,
H.C.:
Usborne
Illustrated
Hans
Christian
Andersens Fairy Tales;
Ruggles, Lucy: Camp
Rock; Stine, R.L.:
Whos Your Mummy?;

Usborne
Illustrated
Adventure Stories.
Easy Reader Fiction:
Eastman, P.D.: Are You
My Mother?; Shealy,
Dennis: The Incredible
Dash; Seuss, Dr.: The
Cat In The Hat; Green
Eggs And Ham; Hop On
Pop; I Am Not Going To
Get Up Today!; One
Fish, Two Fish, Red
Fish, Blue Fish; Stone,
Rosetta: Because A
Little Bug Went Kachoo!
Easy Fiction: Barbaresi, Nina: Firemouse;
Carnavas, Peter: Jessicas
Box; Chichester Clark,
Emma: Bears Dont
Read!; Litwin, Eric: Pete
The Cat And His Four
Groovy Buttons.
Audio Books Fiction:
Baxter, Charles: The
Feast
Of
Love;
Connelly, Michael: The
Poet/ Blood Work.
DVDs: The Dangerous
Lives Of Altar Boys;
Gray Matters; Serendipity.

By Maria Cascario

Angel
Feliciano,
owner of On The Spot
Dry Cleaners, located at
229 S. Robinson Ave.,
in Pen Argyl, is
celebrating 10 years in
business.
I want to thank all my
customers for their
continued support for
the last ten years,
Angel said.
In honor of the
anniversary, Angel is
offering a 10 percent
discount
for
dry
cleaning now through
April 15th, 2015.
On The Spot Dry
Cleaning is also in the
AAA magazine and
always offers a 10
percent discount to
AAA members.
We pride ourselves in
giving our customers
quality service. We
have the best shirt
service in the Slate Belt
area, Angel said.
Another service they
provide is pick-up and
delivery
to
local
communities; homes or
businesses in the Slate
Belt area on a weekly
basis. On The Spot also
specializes in prom and
wedding gowns, as well
as preservation and
cleaning of all other
textiles. They also do
all types of leather,
suede and fur cleaning.
Angel is grateful to his

daughter, Angelic, who

works with him.
She is a great asset to
my business, Angel
said. She assists me in
every aspect of the
business.
Throughout the years,
its been a pleasure
doing business with all
the townspeople here in
Pen Argyl and the
surrounding area. I
thank all for their

patronage and we will

continue to strive to
uphold
the
same
qualities in the years to
come.
On The Spot Cleaners
is
open
Monday
through Friday from
9am to 6pm and
Saturday, 9am to 1pm.
For more information
about what they offer,
stop
in
or
call
610-863-5246.

The Blue Mountain

Community
Library
will hold its first
Antiques Appraisal and
Auction Event on April
10th from 5:30pm to
8pm at the Slate Belt
Nazareth
Baptist
Church, 1620 Church
Road in Pen Argyl.
Tickets for appraisals
have all been sold, however, tickets to view the
appraisals and participate in the auctions cost
$5 and can be purchased
ahead of time at the
library or at the door the
night of the event. The
auction will feature both
silent
and
regular
auctions of items, gift
baskets and gift cards
donated by a large
number of area businesses. Lori Biechy,
Christian Answini, and
Les Beyer, all licensed
auctioneers, are generously donating their
time and expertise.
The highlight of the
evening will be the
auction of a beautiful
handmade queen-sized
quilt, pieced together by
patrons Mary Eyer,
Ruth Ann Vough and
library board member
Kathie Romano. The
three spent about 30
hours during January
and February making

the quilt. Its pattern is

called Quick Trip by
Eleanor Burns, and is
based on the type of
traditional pattern called
Trip
Around
the
World, which has
concentric squares of
different colors. It was
then sent to a woman in
Utah, who machine
quilted it in a pattern
called Pretty Posies.
The silent auction for
the donated items will
be held from 5:30pm to
7pm and the winners
will be announced

shortly thereafter. You

must be there to win.
The quilt will be
auctioned between 7pm
and
7:30pm.
All
auctioned items must be
paid for by cash or
check.
Refreshments
will be available for
purchase. All proceeds
will benefit the Blue
Mountain Community
Library. Come for an
enjoyable evening and
help support the library.
For more information,
call 610-863-3029 or
visit bmcl.org.

Delaware-Lehigh
Amateur Radio Club
Meeting: April 2nd,
7:30pm.
Bethlehem
Twp Comm. Center,
2900 Farmersville Rd.,
Bethlehem. FMI, visit
dlarc.org, email ke3aw
@arrl.net or call 610432-8286.

Cub Scout Pack 34

Spaghetti
Dinner:
April 3rd, 4-8pm.
Grace UMC, 404 E.
Maountain Ave., Pen
Argyl.
Rummage Sale: April
3rd & 4th, 8am-1pm.
Plainfield Riding Club,
1053 State Park Rd.,
Wind Gap. FMI, call

610-863-4547.
Second Ward Fire Co.
78th Annual Easter
Egg Hunt: April 4th,
1pm. The Christensen
residence, Blue Ridge
Ave., Bangor. Open to
children 12 & younger.
Washington Twp. Vol.
Fire Co. Ladies Auxiliary Bake Sale &
Easter Egg Hunt:
April 4th, 9-11am, Egg
Hunt 10am. Recreational Fields, Rt. 191.
FMI, call Shirley at
484-661-7187.
Lookout Fire Co. #1
Pen Argyl Easter Egg
Hunt: April 4th, 11am.
Weona Park. Ages 0-10.
50/50, raffles &bake
sale.
Upper Mt. Bethel Twp.
Recreation
Annual
Easter Egg Hunt:
April 4th, 11am. Mt.
Bethel Fire Hall, 2341
N. Delaware Dr., Mt.
Bethel.
E. Stroudsburg Salvation Army Egg Hunt:
April 4th, 12pm. 226
Washington St., E.
Stroudsburg. Children
12 & under. FMI, call
Jayne Marquet at 570421-3050, ext. 19.
Ackermanville UMC
Choir presents Come
Touch the Robe Easter
Cantata by Pepper
Choplin: April 5th,
10am & April 12th,
7pm. 1410 Ackermanville Rd., Bangor. FMI,
visit
www.ackerman
villeumc.org.
Bangor High Rise
Tenant Assoc. Casino
Bus Trip: April 6th.
8:45am, departure from
High Rise, return at
5pm. FMI, call Betty at
610-599-0146.

The Salvation Army

Girl Guards Pancake
Breakfast: April 11th,
9am-12pm. The Salvation Army Citadel, 226
Washington St., E.
Stroudsburg.
FMI,
contact Daina Davies at
Daina_davies@yahoo.c
om.
Krusaderz 4 A Kure
Tricky Tray: April
11th, 11am. Portland
Hook & Ladder Co.,
Portland. Drawings start
at 1pm. All proceeds go
to the American Cancer
Society via Slate Belt
Relay For Life.
Lookout Fire Co. #1
Sportsmans Drawing
& Meat Raffle: April
11th, 1-5pm. Weona
Park community center,
Rt. 512, Pen Argyl.
Camp Papillon Adoption Day: April 12th,
11am-2:30pm. Tractor
Supply, Rt. 209, Brodheadsville. FMI, email
adopt@camppapillon.or
g,
volunteer@camp
papillon.org visit www.
camppapillon.org or call
570-420-0450.
Lehigh & Northampton Counties Boxing
Hall of Fame Induction
Party/Fundraiser
to
Benefit at Risk Youth:
April 18th, 5pm. 1750
Main St., Northampton.
Fees apply. Meet pro
boxers & MMA fighters.
FMI, email roughriderac
@gmail.com or call
484-597-9003.
PA East Central Area
Aglow Day Conference:
April
18th,
9:30am-3pm.
Faith
Community
Church,
3000
Freemansburg
Ave., Easton. FMI, or to
register,
call
Kay
Whipple at 610-9058400.
Eastern Pennsylvania
Chapter
of
the
National Hemophilia
Foundation
36th
Annual Luncheon and
Fashion Show: April
18th, 11:30am. 815
Thomas Rd., Lafayette
Hill. FMI ticket sales or
raffle tickets, call 215393-3611.

(NAPSI)While the
process of planning for
your retirement may
seem daunting, National
Retirement
Planning
Week 2015taking
place from April 1317-may be the opportunity you need to get
back on track. Experts
from
the
National
Retirement
Planning
Coalition, which organizes the week, are
urging Americans to use
this time to develop,
review and/or revise
their retirement plans.
By doing so, they say
that Americans can still
achieve their retirement
goals. If you are not sure
where to get started,
below are five steps you
can take to help you on
your path toward a
financially secure retirement.
Where Do I Begin?
Review your finances
to learn what assets you

have and determine all

your financial commitments. Once you have a
grasp on your personal
balance sheet, you can
then develop a household budget. A host of
budgeting tools, worksheets and apps are readily available for free
online.
Whats The Best Way
To Save?
Begin making regular,

(NAPSI)If you have

been diagnosed with
cancer,
the
Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act provides
new protections and
access to health care
services to help ensure
that you receive highquality cancer care.
Insurance plans, for
example, may no longer
deny
coverage
to
individuals with preexisting conditions. The
new law also eliminates
cost sharing (or co-pays)
for important preventive

services, such as mammograms,

colorectal
cancer screening tests,
and tobacco cessation
interventions.
On the other hand,
concerns are growing
that certain health care
exchanges no longer
include certain cancer
centers or oncologists in
their provider networks
forcing some individuals with cancer to find
other
doctors
with
whom they are not
familiar or who may not
be located in their own

automatic contributions
to
your
retirement
savings
accounts.
Employer-provided
retirement
savings
plans, such as a 401(k)style plan, serve as
excellent vehicles to
save for retirement, as
they are often taxdeferred
accounts,
meaning your contributions and the investment
earnings within are not

taxed until you withdraw them. This allows

your money to build
more quickly. These
plans also often feature a
contribution match from
your employer.
When Should I Retire?
By determining a target
retirement age, you will
have a goal to work
toward and will be able
to monitor your progress. You can also
proceed to answer many
other important questions, such as At what
age do you intend to
start collecting Social
Security
benefits?
Collecting Social Security before your full
retirement age can
permanently reduce the
size of your benefit,
while delaying benefits
can maximize your
Social Security income.
How Much Will I
Need?
The Insured Retirement
Institute, which leads the

National
Retirement
Planning
Coalition,
offers a suite of retirement planning calculators
available
at
www.irionline.org and
www.RetireOnYourTer
ms.org. If you feel
uncomfortable with your
calculations, consider
consulting a financial
advisor, who will have
specialized expertise in
helping clients prepare
for retirement.
Now What?
Achieving a financially
secure
retirement
requires
monitoring
your
progress
and
adjusting your plan to
meet changing conditions. That includes
repeating the abovementioned tips: consistently reviewing your
finances, updating your
budget, adding to your
savings, and making
adjustments as your
plans, needs and circumstances change.

communities.
The ACA also includes
provisions to cover
individuals with low
incomes through the
expansion of the Medicaid programbut this
coverage varies from
state to state, and some
states have elected not to
expand their Medicaid
programs.
To help patients and
physicians navigate the
new law, the American
Society of Clinical
Oncology (ASCO), the
worlds leading profes-

sional
organization
representing physicians
who care for people with
cancer, has created the
ACA
Resource
Center, a collection of
online resources about
the law and its impact on
patients with cancer and
patient insurance coverage.
ASCO is committed
to providing physicians
and their patients with
information and tools
they need to adapt to
health care changes
resulting
from
the

Affordable Care Act,

said ASCO President
Peter Paul Yu, M.D.,
FACP, FASCO. We
hope
that
these
resources will answer
many of the questions
they have regarding the
law and its implementation.
ASCOs
ACA
Resource Center can be
found at asco.org/aca.
Additional resources for
patients can be found at
cancer.net. For more
information, please visit
www.asco.org/aca.

By Tresa Erickson

While some brides and

grooms forgo a large
wedding cake in favor
of a dessert bar or a
cake on every table at
the reception, others
clamor for a the tradition.
They
cannot
picture not having a
magnificent cake to ooh
and ahh over and feed
each other later. If you
are among them, here

are some tips to ensure

you get the cake you
want.
Know what you want.
Do some research well
in advance of any cake
tastings. Browse bridal
magazines
and
websites. Check out
bakery windows and
books. Attend some
bridal shows. Cut, print
or take photos of any
and everything you like.

You might like the shape

of one cake and the
piping of another. Create
a scrapbook of the
features you like, and if
you know the colors of
your wedding, add in
some fabric swatches.
Study your scrapbook in
great detail and rank the
features you like best. If
you have any artistic
skills or know someone
who does, you might
want to have some
sketches done of your
ideal cake. The more
you have to show bakers
in the future, the better

chance you will receive

the design you want.
Set a budget. Generally, the larger the cake
and the more intricate
the design, the more it
will cost to make.
Determine both what
you would like to spend
and what you are
willing to spend. Have a
top dollar in mind, an
amount you absolutely
will not go over, and
stick to it. Understand
that you may have to
make some compromises and be willing to
take some cost-cutting

measures. Opt for a few

faux tiers in favor of
several expensive tiers,
or restrict the more
expensive designs and
flavors to the smaller
tiers. Order a smaller,
more elaborate wedding
cake for the cake table
and inexpensive sheetcakes for guests.
Choose a good baker.
Look for reputable
bakers that specialize in
wedding cakes and set
up appointments with
them. Show them your
scrapbook and sketches
and
discuss
how
feasible your ideal
wedding cake would be.
If you are having your
reception outside in the
dog days of summer, for
example, you may find
out that the intricate
design in buttercream
frosting you have your
heart set on wont work.
The baker might recommend a design in
fondant instead, as it
will hold up better in the
heat. Ask the baker for
an honest assessment of
your sketches and listen
to what they have to say.
Discuss colors and
flavors, and arrange for
a cake tasting if
possible. Discuss timelines and costs. Present
your budget and ask for
an estimate. Good
bakers will do their best
to work within your

budget and find ways to

cut costs.
Order early. Dont
walk into a bakery a few
days
before
your
wedding and expect a
masterpiece.
Good
bakers are busy. Start
the process early and
dont sign a contract
until you are satisfied
with the terms and have
reviewed them in detail.
Know exactly what you
are getting and when it
will be delivered, as
well as what any lastminute changes or addons will cost you.
Check in often. Call the
baker a couple of weeks
prior to your wedding
and make sure the cake
will be ready on time.
Orders can get lost,
especially during the
busy wedding season.
Check back in with the
baker a few days before
and make sure everything is going smoothly.
If possible, drop by to
see whatever may be in
process. That way, you
will know what you are
getting and there will
not be any surprises, like
the wrong color of
icing.
Wedding cakes can be
expensive, and they are
not something that can
easily be redone. Do
your homework. Have a
design and a budget.
Choose a reputable
baker and check in with
them occasionally.

(NAPSI)New
research by UCLAaffiliated anthropologists found that most
American families are
overwhelmed by clutter
and cant even find
room to park their cars
in the garage because of
all the stuff theyve
stuffed in there.
Fortunately, whether
its spring-cleaning time
or any time, you may
not have to spend as
much time, effort or
money as you may think
to get your home clean
and uncluttered, if you
follow these four simple
steps from home organization experts:
1. Get The Kids
Involved: Make housecleaning more like a fun
challenge. List all the
chores that need to be
done. Pick the ones that
are age appropriateorganizing a bookshelf,
hanging things in the
closet, fluffing sofa
pillows and so onand
write them down on
slips of paper or post
them on a wall. Roll a
pair of dice to see who
gets to pick first, and

have everyone (parents

included) choose a
chore. This will give the
kids some autonomy
and they may be more
willing to pitch in.
2. Tackle One Room
At A Time: If you
havent a lot of time to
straighten up and clean
the whole house, just
focus on one room, even
one part of a room, per
day or per weekend.
Keep a list or a chart and
check it off as you go.
At least something will
be clean and you wont
feel overwhelmed.
3. Make Your Appliances Work For YouNot The Other Way
Around:
A
well-

organized kitchen and

laundry room are easier
to keep neat and less
daunting to keep clean.
One help can be a
refrigerator with a separate, convenient door
within a door thats
accessible from both the
inside and from the
outside with a simple
push of a button, such as
the LG 4-door double
Door-in-Door fridge.
The design makes it
easier to load often-used
items, such as snacks,
drinks, lunches and
more, so you dont have
to stop for very long to
fuel up when you need
it. The other side
provides
additional
storage space easily
accessible via a trigger
on the bottom of the
door for more convenience and better organization. That means

your food stays front

and center, while the
reduction in cold air loss
helps keep it fresher
longer.
In the laundry room,
you can have a dryer
with
dual-opening
options, like the LG
EasyLoad dryer, that
lets you open the door
either hamper style (to
easily load in wet
clothes
from
the
washer) or by swinging
to the side as in traditional
front-load
machines (to quickly
unload clothes into the
laundry basket). This
makes it easier than ever
to both drop in and
unload your laundry,
saving your back from
unnecessary strain.
4. Little By Little, You
Can Do A Lot: Break
large chores down into
smaller ones that are
more
manageable.
Instead of thinking I
have to clean the family
room, think The
books have to be
shelved; the floor swept;
the table dusted. Write
it all down and cross off
each job as its done so
you can see how much
youve accomplished.
You can find further
facts on helpful appliances and electronics
online at www.lg.com.

Hello, fellow readers!

I knew little about straw
bale gardening until I
met Peg and Ed who are
entrenched volunteers of
the Kearny Community
Garden. Peg, a retired
6th grade teacher of 52
years I believe she said,
is still teaching; but now
her students are gardeners from age eight to 93.
Straw Bale Gardens by
Joel Karsten is her textbook on the subject.
The new edition includes
directions for making
bales using leaves and
kitchen
waste
that
usually is composted.
Thats a nifty option,
too!
While a trend in urban
areas, straw bale gardening also works for folks
with little space, difficult
rocky or heavy clay soil,
and those with lousy
backs or who garden in a
chair. Dont confuse hay
with straw though and
beware of mislabeling
too. Hay is the entire
harvested plant including the seed heads, while
straw is the plant stalk

left behind after the seed

heads are removed.
Using hay bales will
result in a Chia Pet of
sorts--a
mini-lawn
sprouting from your
bale. And use organically grown straw to be
free of nasty pesticides
especially when growing
food.
The Kearny Community Garden is along the
Passaic River, though the
town installed hose bibs
so the river water (ahem)
is not a factor. They have
62 spots with five bales
each.
The bales are prepped
before planting by watering fertilizer into them
for about three weeks.
Peg says they use Cheep
Cheep by North Country
Organics. Each bale gets
sixteen and a half cups of
the stuff. Thats 5,115
cups over the 310 bales!
The bales then decompose to the point that
they will support plant
growth and the continued
decomposition provides
nutrients throughout the
growing season.
We want our garden to
be a bridge for all the
different groups in our
community. Their Facebook page goes on to
brag, When you come,
you may hear English,
Spanish,
Portuguese,
Italian or Hindi. Regardless of the language we
speak, we can all get
together around food.
Everyone and anyone is
welcome.
United.
Imagine that? There is
Hope! Happy Easter!
Garden dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

Friday, March 20th was

the end of a long process
for medical students,
said Dr. Joel Rosenfeld,
MD, M.Ed, FACS,
Chief Academic Officer,
St. Lukes University
Health
Network.
National Match Day is
truly a milestone for
every medical student
across the country. This
is the day when medical
residency
programs
match
with
their
highest-ranked medical
students, and medical
students learn where
they will continue their
medical training as
residents.
Dr. Rosenfeld continued, The Medical
School
of
Temple
University/St.
Lukes
University
Health
Network is proud to
have trained its inaugural graduating class of
2015, and we are
extremely pleased with
how well they matched.
This is a tribute to their
hard work over the past
four years and to the
excellent
teaching,
advice and counsel of
our faculty.
Eight students, or 20
percent, of The Medical

School
of
Temple
University/St. Lukes
University
Health
Network Class of 2015
will continue their
medical education in St.
Lukes Graduate Medical
Education
programs, according to
Dr. Rosenfeld.
Julia Tolentino, Class
of 2015, The Medical
School
of
Temple
University/St. Lukes
University
Health
Network, representative
to the Student Government Association of
The Medical School of
Temple
University,
said, Its so exciting to
see where everyone is
going and to know that
we made it! Being the
first class, we really
didnt know what to
expect from a new
medical school but we
made it a campus of our
own, and we really
benefitted from being
part of the community
and learning to be
physicians from St.
Lukes doctors.
Trauma Surgeon Brian
Hoey, MD, Program
Director,
General
Surgery
Residency
Program, agreed. We

are very fortunate to

have an incredibly
talented pool of medical
students training right
here in the Lehigh
Valley. As a Program
Director, it certainly
makes it much easier to
recruit the future star
residents and attending
physicians now that we
have an opportunity to
work side by side with
them on a daily basis.
Robert Langan, MD,
Program
Director,
Family Medicine Residency Program, St.
Lukes
University
Health Network, was
also pleased with the
results of Match Day.
He said, St. Luke's
University
Health
Network and The Medical School of Temple
University made a joint
investment in the future
of the health of the
Lehigh
Valley
by
joining together to
produce
a
medical
school with the stated
purpose of attracting
high quality individuals
who will learn, train and
practice in the Lehigh
Valley.
Dr.
Rosenfeld
concluded, Im just so

delighted after working

with these students the
past four years that they
are well-placed with
residency programs, and
I look forward to seeing
their growth into excellent, well-trained physicians. I am confident in
their education and
equally confident that
their patients will be in
skilled hands.
The first class of The
Medical School of
Temple University/St.
Lukes
University
Health Network, will
graduate May 6th at the
Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. In addition, the
medical school will
welcome the incoming
Class of 2019 on August
7th for its White Coat
Ceremony.
For more information
about The Medical
School
of
Temple
University/St.
Lukes
University
Health
Network please see
temple-stlukes.slhn.org/
and for other graduate
medical
education
programs at St. Lukes
University
Health
Network, please see
www.sluhn.org/medical
-education.

By Maria Cascario

Aiyana
Callaway,
founder
of
Horses-4-Hope,
a
501(c)3 organization, is
dedicated to helping
people as well as
animals.
Her farm, located at
927 Laurel Hill Road in
Upper
Mt.
Bethel
Township, is where she
helps maltreated horses
on their path to recovery.
One of the many rewards
in taking care of the
horses is the part they
play in giving rides to
people who have special
needs.
The
mission
of
Horses-4-Hope is to
rescue horses and assist
individuals with special
needs to reach their full
potential
through
interaction with horses.
Horses-4-Hope
Equestrian Center is
devoting its energy to
helping those with
physical and mental
disabilities, victims of
abuse/violence, at-risk
youth, battered women,
our military and youth
after drug rehabilitation.
We are unique in that
we provide all private

therapeutic horseback
riding services free to
those with disabilities, as
well as others in need of
support, Aiyana said.

They are having an

open house and vendor
show fundraiser May 3rd
from 9am to 5pm. There
will be 20 plus vendors,

free pony rides and

20-minute lessons by
appointment. They will
also have a door prize,
bake sale, face painting,
special discounts and
much more.
We are trying to fix up
the barn and the land and
hope to find volunteers
to help and to donate
materials needed for this
project, Aiyana said.
We do pony parties,
lessons and trail rides to
help pay for the free
therapy. We bring our
miniature
horse
or
therapy
bunny
to
schools, hospitals and
nursing homes. Our
program is all about
bringing
joy
and
confidence to people and
to show how a horse
who was given up can
have a second chance to
forgive and give back.
If you can not attend
the fundraiser on May
3rd but still want to help,
the farm can always use
saddles, blankets, hay
and feed donations.
For more information,
visit the Horses-4-hope
website at horses-4hope.com
or
call
610-674-0159.

By Jennifer Lively

Gambling addiction is
sometimes referred to as
the "hidden illness"
because there are no
obvious physical signs or
symptoms like there are
in drug or alcohol
addictions.
Problem
gamblers
typically
deny
or
minimize the problem.
They also go to great
lengths to hide their
gambling.
For example, problem
gamblers
often
emotionally
withdraw
from their loved ones,
sneak around and lie
about where theyve

been and what theyve

been up to.
You may have a
gambling problem if
you:
Have
trouble
controlling
your
gambling.
Feel the need to be
secretive about your
gambling.
Gamble even when
you dont have the
money.
Family and friends are
worried about you.
Not sure? Stop by A
Clean Slate at 100 S. 1st
Street in Bangor and talk
to one of our recovery
specialists.

Registration for the

ride is required at
www.active.com

search: St. Lukes

Hospice. Online registration closes at 10pm
on June 3th.
Event
registration is also
available the morning of
the event from 8:30am
to 9:45am at the Lehighton Trail head.
St. Lukes University
Health Network and
Delaware and Lehigh
National
Corridor
encourage you to get
active with the Get Your
Tail on the Trail

St. Lukes Hospice is

hosting its 5th Annual
Charity Bike Ride as a
way to raise funds and
awareness of hospice
care and to encourage
exercise as part of the
Get Your Tail on the
Trail program. The ride
will be held on Saturday, June 6th beginning
at 10am.
Bike enthusiasts at all
levels of ability will be
able to participate in
either the 15-mile or
30-mile trail ride, which
begins on the D&L
National Heritage Trail,
Lehighton
Trailhead,
200 North Main Lane,
in Lehighton (just south
of Jim Thorpe).
The 15-mile option is a
one-way
ride
that
begins in Lehighton,
heads south and ends
with a shuttle ride,
provided by Pocono
Biking, back to your

starting point. The 30mile ride is a round trip

beginning and ending at
the Lehighton Trailhead. Both rides begin
south of Jim Thorpe and
traverse by riverbeds,
the canal towpath and
some paved sections.

Museums, the Appalachian Trail crossing,

environmental center
and beautiful views of
the Blue Mountains,
Appalachian Trail and
Lehigh Gap will be
seen.
The cost of the ride is

$40, which includes a

participation kit, shirt,
bike loan from Pocono
Biking (if needed) and
shuttle service (for the
15-mile riders and
bikes). All proceeds
benefit the St. Lukes
Hospice program.

The
Stroudsburg
Aglow will meet on
April 9th at 9:30am at
the St. Peters UMC in
Saylorsburg.
This months speaker
will be Patricia Downes.
She has been a church
member at Labor of
Love USA for over 23
years. She volunteers
her time working as the
Church
administrator

under Pastors Charles

and Marilyn Smith. Pat
has served on the Board
at Labor of Love USA as
treasurer and secretary
for over 20 years.
Pat has a unique background as a recovering
alcoholic and drug
addict. She came out of
a very dysfunctional
home where she was
abused from an early

age until she left home

at the age of 18. In
desperation she called
out to God and He came
to her rescue. Pat has
been clean and sober for
29 years.
Pat has been able to
minister to others who
struggle with addictions,
leading bible studies
with focus of Recovery.
Pat has learned to live an

overcoming life in Jesus

Christ. Pat is a prayer
warrior, an intercessor.
She flows in the gifts of
healing and miracles.
She has a passion to
reach the lost and to
disciple others as they
follow Jesus.
For more information,
call 610-614-0507 or
e-mail
stroudsburg
aglow@yahoo.com.

program sign up at
www.tailonthetrail.org.
The Get Your Tail on
the Trail program is free
and when you log the
miles you walk, run or
bike, youll earn prizes!
The 5th Annual Charity
Bike Ride miles count
toward your miles for
the Get Your Tail on the
Trail program. Join
today and help us build
a healthy community
one mile at a time!
For more information
about Pocono biking,
please
see
www.
poconobiking.com.

The Friends of Music

of Bethlehem is pleased
to
announce
the
Outstanding
Young
Artists for 2015 are
Peter Schaedler, clarinet, first place, and
Yuehao Liu, piano,
second place. The organization will hold its
52nd annual recital
featuring
the
two
winners at 3pm on
Sunday, April 19th at
Wesley United Methodist Church on Center
Street in Bethlehem. A
reception will follow the
recital. Admission is
free.
Peter Schaedler is a
student
at
Lehigh
University
studying
computer science and
music with a concentration in clarinet perfor-

mance. He is studying
clarinet with Deborah
Andrus and oboe with
Dr. David Diggs. He has
been studying and playing clarinet for over 10
years and participates in
a variety of Valley
ensembles. In addition
to clarinet and oboe,
Peter plays flute, rock
drum set and electric
guitar. His program will
include the Sonata for
Clarinet and Piano by
Saint-Saens and After
You, Mr. Gershwin by
Bela Kovacs.
Yuehao Liu attends
Allentown
Catholic
Central High School as
an international student
from Xiamen, China. He
has been playing piano
since he was nine years
old and participates in

the Young Musicians of

Allentown Music Club
and various school
musical activities. He is
a student of Robert
Premecz. His program
will include the music of
Copland, Chopin, Tchaikovsky,
Wollenhaupt
and Wang.
Since 1928 The Friends
of Music has identified
outstanding young talent
and
supported
the
performance of quality
music by young people
in the Lehigh Valley.
The organization continues to provide summer
music camp scholarships to middle school
children of talent and
need along with grants
to school music teachers
to purchase needed
supplies.

umbrella, using green

and yellow fresh materials. An accessory is
permitted.
This months horticul-

The Pocono Garden

Club will hold a general
meeting on Tuesday,
April 14th at 1pm. The
meeting will be held at
the Monroe County
Environmental Center,
on Running Valley Road
in Bartonsville.
This months program
will be given by Josh
Murray, who will speak
about medicinal uses for
common plants and
organic gardening.

The monthly design

entry, titled April

Showers, an inverted
crescent, depicting an

Reps. Gary Day (RLehigh/Berks),

Julie
Harhart
(RLehigh/Northampton),
Ryan Mackenzie (RBerks/Lehigh)
and
Justin Simmons (RLehigh/Montgomery/N
orthampton) recently
announced grants totaling more than $100,000
from the Pennsylvania
Historical and Museum
Commission (PHMC)
to organizations in the
Lehigh Valley.
The state funding is
being allocated in the
following amounts:
-Da Vinci Discovery
Center of Science and
Technology, Inc.

$44,937.
-Historic
Bethlehem
Partnership $22,481.
-Lehigh
County
Historical Society
$10,796.
-Northampton County
Historical and Genealogical
Society

$8,373.
-National
Canal
Museum $5,784.
-Schwenkfelder
Library and Heritage
Center $9,850.
In a joint statement, the
lawmakers said:
We firmly believe in
the mission of each of
these fine organizations,
which is to preserve and
portray the rich heritage

of the Lehigh Valley.

We are pleased the
PHMC board of commissioners
has
approved the allocations and helped to
ensure these groups can
continue their important
work, which benefits all
of us who live here.
The PHMCs Cultural
and Historical Support
Grant
Program
provides general operating support to eligible
museums and official
county historical societies in Pennsylvania For
the 2014-15 fiscal year,
$1.9 million has been
awarded to 121 organizations.

ture entry is a single

stem from a flowering
bulb in a clear glass
container. The house
plant entry is a desert
cactus or succulent,
blooming or not.

The
public
is
welcomed to attend. For
more
information,
contact Vlub President
Linda Bender at 570977-6131 or nonnie
0506@yahoo.com

The Boy Scouts of

America, Minsi Trails
Council, announced that
Anthony J. Biondi will
be honored with the
Good Scout Award at
the Annual Slate BeltNazareth Friends of
Scouting Breakfast on
April 24th. Mr. Biondi
will be recognized by
Scouts, friends, family,
business and community
leaders for his significant achievements and
service to the Slate
Belt-Nazareth community. The Good Scout
Award
recognizes
individuals who set
positive examples for
others and demonstrate
selfless concern and care
for their communities.
Mr. Biondi has served

the Slate Belt and

surrounding areas in
many ways over the
years, including helping
to
lead
economic
revitalization
and
regionalization efforts;
advocating and fundraising for Bangor Area
School Districts Leader
in Me Program; and
serving as a representative for the Lehigh
Valley market at the
Community Depository
Institution
Advisory
Council (CDIAC) of the
Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia, where he
shares insights on the
economic and business
trends facing the local
community.
Under
Anthony
Biondis
leadership, the bank he

works for has won two

volunteer
awards
including the Pride of
Forks award from the
Business and Commerce Association of
Forks and the Spirit of
Volunteerism through
the Volunteer Center of
the Lehigh Valley. The
bank prides itself on its
annual philanthropy to
non-profits, including
the funding of Eagle
Scout projects the last
several years.
For more information
on sponsoring or attending this event, please
call Brian Dungan,
District Director, Boy
Scouts of America, at
610-465-8564
or
brian.dungan@scouting
.org.

The American Cancer

Society 2015 Relay For
Life of the Slate Belt
will be held on Saturday, May 16th and
Sunday, May 17th from
10am to 10am at Bangor
Memorial Park. The
theme for this year will
be Ohana Luau, which
means Family Party.
This is an American
Cancer Society event,
which is held every year
to raise money for
cancer research, as well
as various programs that
help people who have
been affected by the
disease.

This is a familyfriendly overnight community walk where

teams of people camp
out around a track.
Members of each team
take turns walking
around the track. There
will be plenty of food,
games, entertainment
and activities provided
to keep everyone going
throughout the night.
The event will be open
to the public, but if you
are interested in signing
up as a survivor, starting
a team or simply
making a donation, you
can still do so by visit-

ing www.relayforlife.
org/paslatebelt.
Registered teams are
reminded to bring a
basket for the basket
raffle tent the day of the
event. Donations of
paper products will also
be accepted throughout
the Relay for Hope
Lodge.
For more information,
contact Bob Weber at
weber54@rcn.com or
484-695-8890, oin the
Facebook group at
www.facebook.com/gro
ups /relayforlifeslatebelt
or visit the event
website.

The
Nature
Conservancy is offering
a free walk and
salamander adventure
for the public at Minsi
Lake in Upper Mount
Bethel Township on
Saturday, April 4th,
from 10am to 11:30am.
Celebrate spring and
explore the forest to
catch a glimpse of
salamanders and frogs
as they emerge from
their
subterranean
slumber to lay their
eggs.
This
family-friendly walk is
free and open to the
community, but space
is
limited,
so
reservations
are
required.
Call
570-643-7922,
ext.
318, or email zgoodrich
@tnc.org to register.
Participants will learn
about the important role
of vernal pools for
amphibians and other

wildlife and enjoy

searching for frogs and
salamanders as they
congregate after the
long, cold winter.
Vernal
pools
are
shallow,
temporary
pools of water found in
the forest. Each spring,
the
pools
become
wildlife
nurseries
teeming with activity.
The
Nature
Conservancy hopes to
share their magic and
foster appreciation for
these special places in
the forest.
The terrain will be

uneven and muddy.

Please wear rubber
boots or old shoes that
can get wet. To prevent
the spread of disease
among the wildlife in
the pools, participants
will be asked to wash
footwear at the site. The
Nature
Conservancy
will
provide
a
veterinary scrub.
The walk will begin at
the PA Fish and Boat
Commissions Minsi
Lake Wilderness Area
on Blue Mountain
Drive in Upper Mount
Bethel Township.

Senator
Mario
Scavello (R-40) recently
introduced legislation to
boost
access
to
communitybased
services for individuals
with mental illness,
intellectual disabilities
and substance abuse
addictions.
Senate Bill 671 would
establish
a
loan
forgiveness program for
qualified
college
graduates entering the
mental
health,
intellectual
disability
and drug and alcohol
treatment professions.
Scavello said that due
to low wages and high
turnover, there is a

critical shortage of
direct
care
staff
members to provide
these services. County
agencies and private
providers
have
difficulty attracting and
retaining
qualified
employees. The results
have undermined the
ability of communities
to provide adequate
services.
The
need
for
high-quality
and
accessible communitybased
services
for
individuals with mental
illness,
intellectual
disabilities
and
substance
abuse
addictions has been a

pressing issue for many

years, said Scavello.
Paying for a portion of
student loans for staff
members in this field
serves an important
public
purpose
by
encouraging
new
graduates to pursue
careers in mental health,
intellectual disabilities
and drug and alcohol
addiction counseling.
Scavello
sponsored
similar legislation in the
previous
legislative
session, when he was a
member of the House of
Representatives.
You
can
follow
Senator Scavello on
Twitter and Facebook.

Ciao Amici ,
Pasqua [Easter] was a
special time in the
butcher shop. After the
fasting with meatless
dishes and a fish diet
during Lent, we could
finally get back to
business which was
supplying meat to the
community. Spring was
here and lamb symbolized spring, as that was
when lambs were ready
for slaughter. Throughout the world the most
popular Easter symbol is
the lamb and so it was in
Roseto, Italy. It was a
popular superstition that
the devil, who could
take the form of all other
animals, was never
allowed to appear in the
shape of a lamb because
of its religious symbolism. In the 7th century
the Benedictine Monks
wrote a prayer for the
blessing of lambs. A few
hundred years later the
Pope adopted it and a
whole roasted lamb

became the feature of

the Pope's Easter Dinner.
When it comes to eating
lamb, most of us opt for
the leg or chops but the
old generation trend for
nose to tail eating which
encourages us all to be a
little more adventurous
with our choices. It is
not just a fashionable
way of cooking; the
Rosetans embraced the
concept of nose to tail
eating long before it was
given its identity. The
origins stem back to the
belief that animals are
sacred and so killing
them to eat should be a
respectful
process,
involving no wastage.
And waste not they did.
As a child helping in the
slaughter house I saw
first hand how absolutely nothing was
wasted. Going into the
walk-in refrigerator in
the butcher shop, I could
see how Grandpop
prepared the meat, it
looked more like going
to a biology class all
waiting Grandmom and
Grandpop per cucinare
[to cook]. The arrival of
spring also meant the
coming of the greens,
dandelion greens that is,
that special tonic that
makes the spezzatta
soup so good. So traditional it encompasses
every thing of what
spring is, the spring
lamb and the dandelion
greens which symbolize

the freshness of spring,

the
egg
signifying
springtime and renewal.
Another popular interpretation is that the egg
is like the Roseto
people: the hotter you
make it for them, the
tougher they get. Sitting
around the Easter dinner
table we all felt we made
it though another bitter
winter and then looked
with optimism for the
rest of the year.
Dalla Mia Famiglia
Alla Vostra Buona
Pasqua
From My Family To
Yours, Happy Easter.
Con cordiali saluti,

Joe
My book, Growing up
in the Butcher Shop is
available at the shop or
on our web page,
JDefrancoandDaughters
.com. To receive menu
specials and our newsletter, join our mailing
list at our web page
under mailing list. Send
us your Roseto stories,
recipes and comments to
portipasto@epix.net or
call,
610-588-6991.
Store hours are 7am to
7pm, seven days a week
with catering available
anytime or by appointment.