The Blue Mountain

Community
Library
would like to thank
Mike
and
Linda
Cascario, owners of
Cascarios
Beer
Distributor
in
Pen
Argyl, for their thoughtful donation to the
library.
On a recent trip to
Alaska they were able to
purchase a beautiful
childrens book called
Granite, an inspiring
book about perseverance, trust and following
your dreams. The book
was written by the wife
and husband team of
four
time
Iditarod
Champion
Susan
Butcher and Yukon
Quest Champion David
Monson, and is colorfully illustrated by Sarah
Douglas.
It celebrates the unique
bond that Mushers have

with their dogs and is

told through the story of
Susans legendary lead
dog, Granite.
As a puppy, Granite
was a shy, scraggly runt,
easily pushed around by
his littermates. However, Susan saw his
potential and began to
train him for the Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race, a

grueling 1,112 mile race

through arctic blizzard
conditions over the
course of two weeks.
During this training,
Granite became very ill.
She was told that he
would never race again.
Susan refused to give up
on him and Granite
found his inner strength
and courage and went on

to win the race, setting a

new record and becoming one of the most
decorated sled dogs of
all time. Sadly, Susan
was diagnosed with
leukemia in 2005. She
died on August 5th,
2006. She was honored
by the state of Alaska on
March 1st, 2008, and
then Gov. Sarah Palin
signed a bill establishing
the first Saturday of
every March, the traditional start of the
Iditarod each year, as
Susan Butcher Day.
Susans husband David
signed the book for the
Cascarios.
The book
can be found in the juvenile room on the second
floor of the library,
located at 216 S. Robinson Ave., in Pen Argyl.
For more information,
call 610-863-3029 or
visit www.bmcl.org.

The Bangor Boutique,

located in the Bangor
Area High School, is
collecting gently used
formal wear, shoes &
jewelry for men and
women to help students
afford the necessities of
prom. Please drop off
your donations to the
high school before May
8th.
The Bangor Park
Volleyball
Program
will hold its annual
league
registration
from 7pm to 8pm on
May 11th at Bangor
Memorial Park under
the pavilion next to the
volleyball courts. Those
unable to attend may
contact league director
Marc Ennico at 610-

599-6988, 484-819-0898
or
BangorPark
Volleyball@gmail.com.
Deadline to submit
payment and roster is
May 20th.
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 avail-

able. 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.
Bangor High School
"Class of 1966" is seeking the addresses of the
following classmates:
Sondra Buskirk Baier,
Patty Pysher Bennett,
Debbie Hughes Bush,
Patricia Crowley, Richard Danner, Glenda
Dunk, Diana Galatiota,
Susan Rising DeBord,
Tom Kittle, Jim LaBarre,
Bob Mack, Charlene
Pasqualino, Rita Danner
Riley, Linda Repsher
Silvius, Linda Meixsell
Yeakel and Mikael
Turner. Anyone with
information can contact:
Karen Brewer at 610588-8615.
Wilson High School
Class of 1966 is reaching out to their classmates. A group of them
meet for brunch at a local
restaurant each month. If
you would like to be
included contact Austin
"Skip" Remaly at P.O.
Box 21242, Lehigh
Valley, PA 18002, call

610-597-4802 or email
awrem@msn.com. They
are planning their 50th
class
reunion
for
September 17th, 2016
from 4pm to 8pm at the
Bank Street Annex in
downtown Easton.
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.
Looking for something to do with Mom
this weekend? Flip to
page 4 for a list of things
happening
in
the
community.
Happy
Birthday
wishes are sent to Matthew Yeagle and Brian
Saylor,
May
6th;
Melissa Sandt, May
8th; Shannon Cannizaro
and
Nick
Detrick, May 9th; and
Dave King, May 11th.
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you! Send your
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Berg, Elizabeth: The
Dream Lover; Buckley,
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Witness; Gruen, Sara:
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Susan: The Girls Of
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Roberts, Nora: The
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Scottolne, Lisa: Every
Fifteen Minutes; Smiley
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Dangerous Place.
Adult Non Fiction:
Belfort, Jordan: The
Wolf Of Wall Street;
Boyd, Pattie: Wonderful Tonight; Mcgraw,
Robin: Whats Age Got
To Do With It?; Scott,
Stuart: Every Day I

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Shnayerson,
Michael: The Contender.
Young Adult Fiction:
Ashner, Jay: The Future
Of Us; Dowell, Frances: Where Id Like To
Be; Shepard, Sara:
Wicked.
Junior
Fiction:
Greenwald, Tom: Charlie Joe Jacksons Guide
To
Not
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Wheeler, Chase: The
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Easy Fiction: Dean,
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DVDs:
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The Forbidden Kingdom; Pirates Of The
Caribbean: At Worlds
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Starhunter;
Stealth; War Of The
Worlds.

Marissa Kresch of Pen

Argyl High School was
voted as the Lehigh
Valley Sports Hall of
Fame Small School Sr.
Female
Multi-Sport
Athlete of the Year for
2015. She will be
among the honorees
recognized on Saturday
May
9th
at
the
Northampton Community
Center,
1601
Laubach
Ave.
in
Northampton.
Kresch was a two year
varsity defensive back
starter and was Honorable Mention All Colonial League and won
The Shining Knight
Award for Field Hockey
in 2015.
Marissa has been a
four
year
starting
catcher and a main cog
for the Lady Green
Knights Softball team.
Marissa said I have

been a part of winning

the 2012 Colonial
League Title, and 2013
and
2014
District
Titles.

Kresch has played

softball on the National
level with her Pocono
Pride Travel Team placing second in 2014. She

The blue bird of happiness. The bluebird was

linked with happiness
in a song, sung by Jan
Peerce long before
many of us were born.
Some were theres a
bluebird of happiness.:
Wouldnt it be nice if
that beautiful little bird
were to reside near your
home?
The Richmond Lions
Club can help. In 2001

the Richmond Lions

initiated the Bluebird
Project to combat the
declining population of
bluebirds in the area.
Many persons had
never even seen a bluebird.
The
project
proved to be successful,
both in the resurgence
of the bluebird and
providing funds for
humanitarian purposes
through
Lionism.

During the past 14

years the club members
have constructed and
sold over 2,300 bird
boxes.
The units are well
constructed
and
economically priced.
Several types of avian
boxes and bat houses
are available at Ginder
Greenhouses
and
Garden, Millers Egg
Ranch and other local

has been a part of the

prestigious
2014
Lehigh Valley Carpenter Cup team.
I have participated in
many years of community service with my
family helping the
Plainfield
Township
Athletic Association.
I've enjoyed helping
coach many softball
and field hockey clinics
with Pen Argyl High
school for local community children.
Marissa helped the
Pen Argyl Mini-Thon
helping raise over
$416,000 for childhood
cancer research.
I was asked to try out
for the 2015 Bloomsburg University softball
team, Kresch said
while discussing where
she will be attending in
the fall. Marissa is no
stranger to Blooms-

stores, or by calling
610-588-2007.
All
funds earned are used to
support the Lions Club
International programs
locally and world wide.

burg, she attended

many clinics there in
the past.
Lehigh Valley Sports
Hall of Fame has asked
her one last favor, to
collect unused field

hockey and softball

equipment to be given
to inner city youth who
do not have equipment
to call their own, which
Marissa
happily
accepted.

863-7498.
Free Health & Purification Seminar: May
6th, 6pm. 1140 Van
Buren Rd., Suite 101.
FMI, call 800-4551404. Register today!
Delaware-Lehigh
Amateur Radio Club
Meeting: May 7th,
7:30pm.
Bethlehem
Twp.
Community
Center, 2900 Farmersville Rd., Bethlehem.
FMI, visit dlarc.org or
call 610-432-8286.
St. Johns Lutheran
Church Rummage &
Bake Sale: May 8th,
8am-4pm & May 9th
8am-2pm. 12 N. Westbrook Ave., Pen Argyl.
FMI, call Dawn at 610-

Rosary Prayer: May

9th, 9am. Our Lady of
Good Counsel Church,
436 S. 2nd St, Bangor.
Father
DeNisco
Knights of Columbus
61st
Anniversary
Dinner Dance: May
9th, 6pm. W. Bangor
Rd., Bangor.
The Holy Name Society of Our Lady of
Victory R. C. Church
Mother's Day Breakfast:
May
10th,
8:30am-1pm. Cherry
Lane Rd., Tannersville.
FMI, call 570-629-4572.
Safe Haven Pet Rescue
Adoption Day: May
12th, 11am-3pm. Rt.
209,
Brodheadsville.

FMI,
visit www.
SafeHavenPa.org, email
SafeHaven@epix.net or
join them on Facebook.
Pocono Garden Club
Meeting: May 12th,
1pm. FMI, contact Club
President Linda Bender
at 570-977-613l.
Families First Wine
Tasting: May 15th,
4:30pm-7pm. 239 Blue
Ridge Rd., Saylorsburg.
For tickets, call Frank
Jones at 610-863-9095,
ext. 1308. Limited space
avail. All proceeds
benefit Families First
scholarship fund.
Tricky Tray & Bake
Sale:
May
16th,
10am-3pm. Episcopal
Apartments, 684 American
Bangor
Rd.,
Bangor.
Sludge Free UMBT
Yard Sale: May 16th
& 17th. 2150 N. Delaware Dr., Mt Bethel.
FMI, visit facebook
.com/sludgefree.umbt or
email
sludgefree@
gmail.com
Safe Haven Pet Rescue
Adoption Day: May
17th. 11am-3pm. Rt.
940, Mt. Pocono. FMI,
visit SafeHavenPa.org,
email
SafeHaven
@epix.net or like Safe
Haven on Facebook.
Safe Haven Pet Rescue
Meeting: May 19th.
6:30pm. Rt. 209, Kresgeville.
FMI,
visit
SafeHavenPa.org, email
SafeHaven@epix.net or
like Safe Haven on
Facebook.
Lehigh Valley Horse
Council Meeting: May
21st, 7pm. 5289 Rt.
309,
Schneckville.
FMI, call 610-837-7294
or 610-704-4130.

Craft Fair & Flea

Market: May 23rd,
9am-3pm. Rain or
shine. Rt. 940 & Commerce
St.,
Pocono
Summit. FMI, call 570619-6924.
Pen Argyl Memorial
Day Services: May
25th, 9am. Conducted
by Pen Argyl American
Legion Charles Nelson
Lobb Post 502. Fairview
Cemetery. Services will
be held at Grace UMC,
404 E. Mountain Ave.,
Pen Argyl if it rains.
Safe Haven Pet Rescue
Adoption Day: May
31st. 11am-3pm. Rt.
940, Mt. Pocono. FMI,
visit SafeHavenPa.org,
email
SafeHaven
@epix.net or like Safe
Haven on Facebook.
Boomer's Angels Meet
& Greet Adoption
Day: May 31st 11am2pm. Rt. 209, Brodheadsville. FMI, email
boomersangels@gmail.c
om or visit www.
boomersangels.com, on
Facebook, or call 570350-4977.
East Bangor Community Day: June 6th,
10am-5pm. Rain date
June 7th. East Bangor
Park. FMI call Maureen
Cramer at 570-242-9628
or email ebcommunity
day@yahoo.com.
Blood Drive: June
20th, 10am-3pm. One
Way Church, 50 Broadway, Bangor.
9th Annual Youth
Outdoor Adventures
Program: June 20th.
Free for ages 8-15. FMI
or registration, visit
drsfa.org or call David
Carl at 570-325-4336.

May 6, 2015

The PRESS

(NAPSI)If
youre
eligible for Medicare,
you are eligible for
Medicare
Advantage
(MA), a program that
lets you sign on with a
private insurance carrier
that then gets paid by
Medicare to take care of
you. Its popular; over 16
million, or about a third
of
Medicare-eligible
seniors,
chose
this
option. MA is a win-win
for enrollees and insurers because it moves
away from the fee-forservice
model
and
toward a preventative
care form of health care.
Certain
people
in
Washington, however,
decided
they
were
paying too much to the
private insurers for some
of the benefits and
preventative measures,

so, as part of the quest to

find money to pay for
other Washington priorities, they decided to cut
the MA payments. In the
last two years, theyve
cut almost 10 percent
and they are proposing
more cuts in 2016 and
beyond.
A just-released study
by
Oliver
Wyman
indicates that by 2016
these cuts will raise the
premiums for 1.1 million
seniors in New York an
average of more than
$120 a month. Two
million
seniors
in
California will see an
increase of over $100 a
month and 1.5 million in
Florida will pay over
$80 more a month for
MA. Thats a big
increase for people
whose resources are

already stretched.
RetireSafe, a national
grassroots organization
that advocates and
educates on behalf of
Americas seniors, sent
an e-mail to its supporters asking them what
they thought about these
cuts to MA. It was inundated with replies; one
responder said, As a
senior utilizing a Medicare
Advantage
program, I have already
seen
my
benefits
slashed. Another said,
For one thing, it advocates prevention rather
than after the fact usage
of medical coverage.
The
SilverSneakers
program keeps elders up
and moving.
Even many members of
Congress seem to be
having second thoughts

(NewsUSA) - Do you
or someone you know
take a medication to
alleviate a condition
like chronic pain, or
perhaps to treat high
cholesterol or high
blood pressure? Well,
while treating your
issue, the medication
may also cause a side
effect that many of us
don't want to talk
about... constipation.
That's right, while your
medication can effectively manage your
condition, it might also
occasionally cause your
bowels to "clog up."
Constipation is really
not that unusual, so you
don't have to feel
embarrassed to talk
about it with your
doctor or pharmacist.
According to Registered
Pharmacist Jim Morelli,
"Many
people
are
unaware
that
their
prescription, as well as

some over-the-counter
(OTC) drugs, can cause
occasional
constipation."
The list of culprits
include certain products
from classes of medications such as analgesics,
high blood pressure
medications,
and
high?cholesterol drugs.
Occasional constipation
can be uncomfortable,
but there should be no
shame in discussing this
condition with your
health-care provider. It's
important to talk to your
doctor about any side

effects that you may

experience while taking
prescription or overthe-counter products.
If you become constipated, try Senokot-S
Tablets.
Senokot-S
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vegetable
laxative
ingredient, plus a stool
softener, to provide
gentle, overnight relief
from occasional constipation. Please read full
product label before
use.
For more information,
go
to
www.
senokot.com.

I subscribe to the
theory that Mankind never domesticated any animal.
They came in from
the cold and looked
cute until they
were fed.
~David Beard

Page 5

about these cuts, both

Republicans and Democrats; 239 from the
House and 53 from the
Senate signed a letter
saying the cuts should be
stopped. Americans of
all ages and either party
are asking their legislators where they stand on
this issue. You too can
get involved. Call your

representative and senators and tell them not to

cut Medicare Advantage.
Go
to
medicarechoices.org/co
ntact-congress to find
their numbers.
You can learn more
about the problem and
how you can be a part of
the
solution
at
RetireSafe.org.

Episcopal Apartments
of the Slate Belt
A Senior Housing Facility
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR HOUSING
Required HUD Qualifications must be:
62 years or older, handicapped, or
disabled, annual income cannot exceed
$15,000 for 1 person or $17,150 for 2
person extremely low household, very
low applicants cannot exceed $25,000
for one person household & $28,600 for 2
person household,
credit & criminal
reports required.

Apply at :

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Bangor
or Call

610-863-7626

The Independent Fiscal

Office (IFO) released its
statutorily
required
Analysis of Revenue
Proposals that were
included
in
the
governors
proposed
FY2015-16
budget.
House Appropriations
Chairman William F.
Adolph Jr. (R-Delaware)
offered the following
statement in reaction to
the report:
The IFOs report on
the governors proposed
tax increases is a telling
portrayal of how the
governors massive tax
increases will force all
Pennsylvania taxpayers
to pay more for everything from day care,
nursing home care,

utilities, newspapers and

more, yet fail to deliver
on the net tax decreases
promised by the governor.
The report makes a
particularly important
observation when it says
[t]he analysis finds a
net tax increase for all
groups, including a
small net increase for
the
lowest
income
group. This is significant because it directly
contradicts claims made
by the governor in his
budget speech on March
3rd and reiterated again
and again during our
budget hearings by his
top staff.
The governor told PA
residents: My budget

actually reduces the total

tax burden on average
middle-class homeowners by 13 percent. The
IFOs analysis shows
taxpayers that when
taken as a whole, the
governors
proposed
budget is a huge tax grab
that increases state
spending by 16 percent
and fails to deliver on
the promises of net tax
reductions being touted
by the governor.
As we work to get a
sustainable
budget
signed into law by June
30th, we owe it to the
taxpayers of PA to be
completely transparent
about how they will be
impacted by the issues
we address Harrisburg.

The
Stroudsburg
Aglow will meet on
May 14th at 9:30am at
the St. Peters United
Methodist Church in
Saylorsburg.. Refreshments start at 9:30am,
with
fellowship
to
follow at 10am.
This months speaker
will be Paul Weiser.
Paul and his wife, Joan
Weiser, were married
May 30th, 1954. They
will be traveling from
Coopersburg. They have
four children (three boys
and one girl), two granddaughters, nine grandsons and six great grandchildren. Paul graduated
from Drexel University
as a civil engineer and
Joan graduated as a
nurse from Lankanua

Hospital. They served in

Iran; Dallas, Texas;
Cincinnati, Ohio and
Philadelphia.
On April 13th, 1975,
they gave their lives to
Jesus
after
many
challenging events. Paul
coordinated Washington
for Jesus in SE PA and
The Cross and the
Switchblade
TV
Programs in the Lehigh
Valley.
In 1984 Paul was
ordained. Early in their
walk with Jesus, He led
them into a Deliverance
ministry. They also
worked
with
Bob
Nichelson in a Healing
ministry and for 25
years in a Prison Ministry.
The Weisers oversee

about 100 scheduled

meetings monthly in
Lehigh County with the
dedicated work of over
50 other volunteers. One
graduate,
Lonnie
Perkins, autobiography
was published about
three years ago. Another
graduate has planted a
church in South Bethlehem. Several of the
graduates who were
imprisoned in the 70s
and 80s gave their
testimony at our recent
annual meeting.Come
and hear the Word that
God has prepared for
you.
If you have any questions or need directions,
call 610-614-0507 or
e-mail
stroudsburg
aglow@yahoo.com.

St. Lukes University

Health Network has
broken ground for the
new
St.
Lukes
Hospital-Monroe
Campus, adjacent to
Wigwam Road and
Route 611, in Bartonsville. This will be the
first new hospital in
Monroe County in 100
years.
Joining members of St.
Lukes leadership team
were state and local
officials,
regional
business
leaders,
Monroe County physicians, members of the
community, supporters
and friends. Officials
spoke of the new hospital and St. Lukes commitment to enhance the
health care experience in
the region.
Dr. Charles Saunders,
Chairman of St. Lukes
University
Health
Networks Board of
Trustees,
led
the
celebration for the milestone so important to St.
Lukes and Monroe
County. St. Lukes has
been blessed by the
strong support of people
in the community and
today is no exception. I
feel
privileged
to
witness another tremendous outpouring of community support as we
break ground for the
seventh hospital in the
St. Lukes University
Health Network. As a
physician, I am particularly delighted that it is
the physicians in this
community that asked
St. Lukes to build a
hospital where they
could deliver a new
standard in the practice
of medicine. They have
played a key role in the
design and organization
of this new hospital,
Saunders said.
St. Lukes is investing
$80 million into the
180,000-square
foot
hospital that will be
easily accessed from

I-80, Route 33 and

Route 611. The hospital
will have four stories,
108 private patient
rooms including 12 beds
for critical care patients,
a large and efficient
emergency
room,
helipad,
operating
rooms,
a
cardiac
catheterization lab and
the most modern diagnostic technology. The
campus,
which
is
nestled in a beautiful,
natural setting, will
include a large fountain
and walking trails. The
hospital is expected to
open in the Fall of 2016.
The Emergency Room
will be able to treat
60,000 patients a year,
said Dr. Peter Favini,
Vice
Chairman
of
Network
Emergency
Services. My goal is to
provide the best emergency care in the region.
I spent 25 years providing emergency care in
Monroe County and I
am thrilled to return to
direct the care at this
state-of-the-art hospital.
I look forward to
welcoming my friends
in
the
emergency
services community and
the patients and families
I formerly cared for.
With the development
of the new hospital, St.
Lukes is addressing the
communitys need for
additional health care
resources.
Monroe
County is one of the
fastest growing counties
in the state of Pennsylvania. Much of its
growth can be attributed
to the opening of Interstate 80 in the 1960s,
with many metropolitan
residents relocating to
the area to raise families.
Older adults also have
found Monroe County
an attractive area to
retire. Today, nearly
170,000 residents call
Monroe County home.
Exceptional
health
care is one of a

communitys
greatest
assets, said Richard A.
Anderson, President and
CEO, St. Lukes University Health Network.
St. Lukes promises the
residents of Monroe
County that we will do
our best to create an
exceptional health care
experience for you. We
are already working
closely with a large
number of physicians in
Monroe County that
either work for St.
Lukes or have partnered
with us. In fact, it was
these physicians that
first asked us to build the
hospital we are now
breaking ground for. We
are helping them realize
their vision to set a new
standard in higher quality and lower cost care.
We will work with and
support them by bringing the resources and
strength
of
our
nationally-recognized
and integrated health
care network.
St. Lukes HospitalMonroe Campus will
offer patients some of
the
worlds
most
cutting-edge
medical
technologies to diagnose
and treat disease, thanks,
in part, to St. Lukes
long-standing clinical
relationship with GE
Healthcare. St. Lukes
has been an international
show site for GE Healthcare for more than 15
years.
The construction and
opening of this new
hospital will contribute
to the economy of
Monroe County. St.
Lukes held a construction vendor fair on the
hospital site in February,
extending the opportunity to those businesses
and individuals working

in the building trades

locally to be a part of the
project. St. Lukes also
plans to hold an
employee fair later in
the Spring.
We will create 200 to
250 construction jobs
over the next two years,
Anderson said. We are
encouraging the use of
local contractors whenever possible. When the
hospital opens, we will
create over 350 permanent jobs with good pay
and
benefits.
The
number of jobs could
easily double over the
next few years as it has
at
the
Anderson
Campus, and each of
these new jobs typically
creates another new job
in the community.
In addition to employing a large number of
physicians
and
advanced practitioners
in Monroe County, St.
Lukes also operates St.
Lukes Pocono MRI
Imaging & Diagnostic
Center, St. Lukes Heart
& Vascular Center, St.
Lukes Womens Imaging Center and St.
Lukes
Laboratory
Services. I hope that in
the
not-too-distant
future, a St. Lukes facility will be accessible to
all those living in
Monroe
County,
Anderson continued.
I would like to end my
remarks
by
saying
thank you to all those
that have helped make
today possible, said
Anderson. The list
would be quite long if I
thanked
people
individually, so I will
focus on groups. The
first group that saw the
wisdom in constructing
this hospital is the local
group of physicians we

view as our partners.

The second group is our
Board of Trustees who
had the vision to endorse
this project and who
gave their approval to
finance it. And finally,
nothing can be done
without the cooperation
of the regulatory agencies, elected officials
and the Stroud Township Planning Commis-

sion and Board of

Supervisors. We thank
them for all of their
support
and
confidence.
This is a very exciting
day for me. I look
forward to getting back
together with you in less
than two years to cut the
ribbon and to welcome
our newest hospital into
the great St. Lukes
University
Health
Network.

(NAPSI)While
most people know that
energy efficiency is an
important consideration
when purchasing appliances or mechanical
systems for the home,
you may care to
consider how your
interior design choices
can also affect energy
efficiency.
Try these five tips to
help
reduce
your
homes
carbon
footprint and save even
more on your utility
bills:
Furnishings: Your
selection and placement of furnishings can
change how warm or
cool a room feels.
Furniture features such
as high backs or fabric
skirts can help reduce
drafts. Throw blankets
can introduce a fun
color or print while
reducing the need for
heating.
Flooring: If you have
hard flooring such as
hardwood,
stained
concrete, laminate or
the like, as opposed to
carpeting, adding or
subtracting area rugs
can help the room feel

warmer or cooler. In
addition, be careful
about where you position pieces so you dont
block air vents. You can
also get vent deflectors
to redirect the air as it
comes out.
Lighting: If youve
been holding off on
switching to more
efficient
lightbulbs
because you dont care
for the quality of light
they give off, take
another look at whats
available. Newer LED
and compact fluorescent bulbs are getting
closer to the warm light
of incandescents and
their energy savings are
hard to beat.

Fans: As youre
evaluating your lighting fixtures, consider if
you can incorporate a
ceiling fan with an
integrated light into any
room. Fans arent just
for hot weatherthose
with a reversible setting
can be switched to turn
clockwise in the winter,
so they recirculate
warm air that has risen
to the ceiling, which
may also help to reduce
heating bills.
Windows: Draperies
can sometimes block
views to the outdoors as
well as deter the natural
light from coming in. A
newer alternative can
be 3M Sun Control

Window Film, which is

designed to let light in
while keeping heat out.
To determine how
much this could save on
your air conditioner
use, try the Cooling
Savings Calculator at
www.3M.com/Interior
Design.
In addition to rejecting
heat, window films can
help keep sunlight from
fading carpets and
furnishings.
Theyre
even
available
in
versions that dont
change the look of your
windows or your home,
so you can maintain
both clear views to the
outside and the curb
appeal of your house.
The right energyefficient upgrades can
not only help save you
money in the short
term, they can increase
the resale value of your
house, so you may want
to start thinking about
changes you can make
today.
Learn More: For
further information on
Sun Control Window
Film,
go
to
www.3M.com/Interior
Design.

Hello, fellow readers!

Mothers Day ends the
risk of frost, which
triggers our time to plant
veggies and annuals, plus
its the time for spring
babies. From mid-May
through June, fawn are
born and they are so darn
cute; though they grow
into our biggest garden
dilemma ever! Still, I
have a soft spot for their
adorable white spots, big
brown eyes and delicate
little legs.
Mother Nature knows
what shes doing when it
comes to instilling the
trust between Mom and
baby. Mom leaves her
fawn, often two fawns in
different places, while
she forages for food;
typically for four to six
hours at a time. For the
first five days after birth,
fawns lie still when
approached and allow
handling without resistance. But we, as gardeners, lawn cutters and
responsible citizens, need
to keep our hands off!
Fawns are born scentfree, which protects them
from predators. Leaving
a human scent on their

body will put them at

risk.
Jim
and
Kelly
Simonetti, owners of
Antler Ridge in Newton,
New Jersey, maintain
much of their farm as a
wildlife
sanctuary.
According
to
their
website, Many people
encounter what appear to
be sick, injured or
orphaned wildlife. While
a sick or injured animal
may benefit by being
brought to a licensed
rehabilitator, the Division
of Fish and Wildlife urge
us to leave young wildlife undisturbed.
In addition, nearly all
wildlife may not be
legally kept. Only when
they are found injured or
nearby
a
deceased
mother is there a reason
to do something. And
then an animal can only
be legally kept while
being transferred to a
licensed wildlife rehabilitator.
Rather than choosing a
pest or wildlife animal
control company that
charges you a fee, there
are sources funded by our
tax dollars and donations
whose goals are humane
treatment,
and
to
rehabilitate animals to
return them to the wild.
You can search your
states Division of Fish
and Wildlife website or
contact them in NJ at
609-292-2965 or the
Northeast PA Game
Commission at 570675-1143. They will refer
you to a licensed wildlife
rehabilitator.
Happy Mothers Day,
Mother Nature; Happy
Mothers Day to all!
Garden dilemmas?
askmarystone.com

The Council on International

Educational
Exchange is in search of
host
families
for
students who are looking to experience the
education system in the
United States.
Since 1947, the Council on International
Educational Exchange,
has been in pursuit of its
mission, "to help people
gain
understanding,
acquire knowledge, and
develop skills for living
in a globally interdependent and culturally
diverse world."
The CIEE USA High
School program brings
over 1,400 international
students to communities
across the U.S. each
year for 5 or 10 months.
With over 64 years of
experience in international education, CIEE
is the largest and longest
running sponsor of
exchange programs in
the U.S., and our USA
High School program
prides itself in fostering
international exchange
not only through the
participation of high
school students from
around the world, but
also
through
the
involvement of Local
Coordinators, host families, and host schools
here in the U.S.
International students
participating in the
exchange are between

15 and 18 years of age,

have studied English for
a minimum of three
years, have their own
medical insurance &
spending money, and
have
undergone
a
thorough
personal
screening and interview
process. Once here,
cultural
immersion
allows students to gain a
personal understanding
of the American way
of life. Attending
American high schools,
participating in school
and
community-run
clubs, and living with a
host
family
give
students
unique
firsthand access to
American culture and
offers them the opportunity to be ambassadors
of their culture in
American communities.
Many students attain

fluency in English by
the end of the program.
Most importantly, they
will have built American relationships that
will last forever.
Students in need of
host families:
15 year old girl from
Spain whos interested
in music, tennis and
drama club.
16 year old girl from
Slovakia who has a 4.0
GPA and excellent
English skills. Her
favorite class is chemistry and biology. She
enjoys gymnastics and
snowboarding and may
want to try cheerleading
in America.
16 year old boy from
Italy. He is on the water
polo team in Italy and
loves the water. During
harvest time he volunteers in the olive groves

harvesting olives.
16 year old boy from
Spain who loves sailing
and being on the water.
He enjoys robotic and
creating things with his
hands.
16 year old girl from
Ukraine who is a Grants
scholarship
winner.
Shes
an
excellent
student and interested in
nutrition and photography and make-up tips
from American girls.
16 year old girl from
Indonesia with a cheery
personality. She plays
the guitar, likes to swim
and play soccer. Would
like to study economics
and has a 4.0GPA
For more information
contact local coordinator Holly Rausch at
973-271-6166 or visit
their website at www.
ciee.org/highschool

(NAPSI)For many,
cats and kittens can be
an
almost
endless
source of fascination.
It's not uncommon for
people to confess they
can spend hours watching cute cat videos on
the Internet and sharing
cat photos online.
Unfortunately, it seems
this online fascination
with cats is not translating into real-life adoptions. Every year, an
estimated 8 million pets
enter U.S. shelters, and
approximately 4 million
of them are euthanized
because there are not
enough homes.
A recent PetSmart
Charities survey of
people's perceptions of
cats found that the negative opinions some
people have of cats are
hurting their image.
For instance, when
asked about the personality and behavioral
traits of cats, respondents overwhelmingly
described
cats
as
curious,
stubborn,

moody and aloof. Dogs,

on the other hand, were
described in much more
positive terms, such as
friendly, loyal, protective and loving. It's
thought
perceptions
such as these that are
making it more difficult
for cats to be adopted
into permanent homes.
Fortunately, there are
indications that some
people are taking steps
to end these misperceptions once and for all.

Sixty-six percent of
respondents said that
too many people have
negative impressions of
cats and 56 percent said
that the stereotypes
about cats simply aren't
true. Additionally, half
of the respondents
believed that more
people would have a pet
cat if the stereotypes
around
cats
were
removed.
The survey also found
that cat lovers may be

uniquely positioned to
help cats the most.
Research shows that by
sharing more about their
cat online, particularly
through social media,
cat owners can help to
counter the negative
stereotypes surrounding
cats and show them in a
positive light.
The PetSmart Charities cat perception
survey was fielded via
Toluna Analytics to
1,022
U.S.
based
respondents. It has a +/three percent margin of
error. To learn more,
visit
www.petsmart
charities.org.

By Jennifer Lively
What to do when you
stop drinking or drugging? This is a great
opportunity to return to
some of the interests
you had before drugs
and alcohol took over
your life. At first you
may have an increased
desire to use drugs or
alcohol. The best way
to handle the increased
desire to return to your
addiction is to think
seriously about other
ways to enjoy yourself.
They may not seem
very exciting compared
to drinking or drugs, but
keep an open mind, and
think about activities or
experiences you have

always wanted to try but

never
did
(maybe
because
you
were
spending
all
your
money on your addiction). There may even
be things you wanted to
do but never dared or
things you did when
you were younger and
really enjoyed doing.
This is time to think
about that skydiving
holiday,
joining
a
knitting club, or learning a new language.
Spring is here so get
outside - hike, fish, go
to a ball game or read a
good book! The possibilities are endless! See
the people at a Clean
Slate for more ideas.

May 6, 2015

The PRESS

Page 5

Don't Be Embarrassed to Discuss It

(NewsUSA) - Do you
or someone you know
take a medication to
alleviate a condition
like chronic pain, or
perhaps to treat high
cholesterol or high
blood pressure? Well,
while treating your
issue, the medication
may also cause a side
effect that many of us
don't want to talk
about... constipation.
That's right, while your
medication can effec-

tively manage your

condition, it might also
occasionally cause your
bowels to "clog up."
Constipation is really
not that unusual, so you
don't have to feel
embarrassed to talk
about it with your
doctor or pharmacist.
According to Registered
Pharmacist Jim Morelli,
"Many
people
are
unaware
that
their
prescription, as well as
some over-the-counter

(OTC) drugs, can cause

occasional
constipation."
The list of culprits
include certain products
from classes of medications such as analgesics,
high blood pressure
medications,
and
high?cholesterol drugs.
Occasional constipation
can be uncomfortable,
but there should be no
shame in discussing this
condition with your
health-care provider. It's

(NAPSI)If
youre
eligible for Medicare,
you are eligible for
Medicare
Advantage
(MA), a program that
lets you sign on with a
private insurance carrier
that then gets paid by
Medicare to take care of
you. Its popular; over 16
million, or about a third
of
Medicare-eligible
seniors,
chose
this
option. MA is a win-win
for enrollees and insurers because it moves
away from the fee-forservice
model
and
toward a preventative
care form of health care.
Certain
people
in
Washington, however,
decided
they
were
paying too much to the
private insurers for some
of the benefits and
preventative measures,
so, as part of the quest to
find money to pay for

other Washington priorities, they decided to cut

the MA payments. In the
last two years, theyve
cut almost 10 percent
and they are proposing
more cuts in 2016 and
beyond.
A just-released study
by
Oliver
Wyman
indicates that by 2016
these cuts will raise the
premiums for 1.1 million
seniors in New York an
average of more than
$120 a month. Two
million
seniors
in
California will see an
increase of over $100 a
month and 1.5 million in
Florida will pay over
$80 more a month for
MA. Thats a big
increase for people
whose resources are
already stretched.
RetireSafe, a national
grassroots organization
that advocates and

educates on behalf of
Americas seniors, sent
an e-mail to its supporters asking them what
they thought about these
cuts to MA. It was inundated with replies; one
responder said, As a
senior utilizing a Medicare
Advantage
program, I have already
seen
my
benefits
slashed. Another said,
For one thing, it advocates prevention rather
than after the fact usage
of medical coverage.
The
SilverSneakers
program keeps elders up
and moving.
Even many members of
Congress seem to be
having second thoughts
about these cuts, both
Republicans and Democrats; 239 from the
House and 53 from the
Senate signed a letter
saying the cuts should be

important to talk to your

doctor about any side
effects that you may

experience while taking

prescription or overthe-counter products.
If you become constipated, try Senokot-S
Tablets.
Senokot-S
Tablets contain a natural
vegetable
laxative
ingredient, plus a stool
softener, to provide
gentle, overnight relief
from occasional constipation. Please read full
product label before
use.
For more information,
go
to
www.
senokot.com.

stopped. Americans of
all ages and either party
are asking their legislators where they stand on
this issue. You too can
get involved. Call your
representative and senators and tell them not to
cut Medicare Advan-

tage.
Go
to
medicarechoices.org/co
ntact-congress to find
their numbers.
You can learn more
about the problem and
how you can be a part of
the
solution
at
RetireSafe.org.

News for Older Americans: Your Medicare Advantage Could Get Cut

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of the Slate Belt
A Senior Housing Facility
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
FOR HOUSING
Required HUD Qualifications must be:
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disabled, annual income cannot exceed
$15,000 for 1 person or $17,150 for 2
person extremely low household, very
low applicants cannot exceed $25,000
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person household,
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Local
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Slate Belt
Senior Center
American
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Box 3268A,
RD 3, Bangor
8:30am to
4pm
610-588-1224
Lower Mt.
Bethel Twp. Sr.
Center
Rt. 611, Martins
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9:30am to
1:30pm
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Nazareth
Senior Center
Oliver C.
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15 S. Wood St.,
Nazareth
8am to 2pm
610-759-8255
Easton Area
Senior Center
42 Centre
Square, Easton
7:30am to
3:30pm
610-252-5858

Miracle Ear Center

(in Former Slate Belt Optical Building) Stroud Commons (Rear of building)

352 Blue Valley Drive,

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610-838-6637

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570-476-9949

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Slate Belt Senior
Center May Activities:
DAILY: Morning Stretch,
9:15am; Walking Club,
9:30am.
Crafts: Tuesdays, 9am;
Brush Away with Senior
Artists, Wednesdays, 8-11am;
Needles N You, Thursdays,
12:30pm;
Pool Tables available every
morning,
Thursday and Friday
afternoons
Elder Law Information, May
5th, 10am
AARP Meeting: May 11th,
1:30pm
Manufacturer Coupon
Collection for our Troops: May
12th, 9:30am
GAME NIGHT: May 13th,
3-7pm
Card making with Wanda:
May 14th, 12:15pm
Sundaes: May 15th, 12pm

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Insurance

On May 16th, Forks

Area Art Society will
hold its second annual
Art in the Park, "Amp up
the Art!" event. This
outdoor event will be at
Forks Township Community Center Amphitheater. Local artists and
crafters will sell and
display their work under
tents, with food vendors,
and music. A chainsawcarving demo will also
be done. There will be a
Kids Corner and activities for children to have
fun.
For a $3 donation the

public may join in painting a 12 passenger Bus.

A small amount of paint
will be supplied in a
disposable cup, along

with a disposable brush.

This bus will then be
driven for a year to raise
appreciation for art and
highlight the society.
Building on last years
inaugural event, Art in
the Park is designed to
promote awareness of
Forks Area Art Society
and foster relationship
with the community. The

society
recently
celebrated the fifth-year
of its founding. FAAS
has been growing ever
since. From its inception,
the group's motto has
been to have fun with art.
Members utilize conventional mediums such as
oils, watercolors, and
acrylics, as well as mediums like colored pencils,
wood turning, poetry,
writing, stained glass,
wax art, and jewelry
making.
Original Art and handmade crafts will be available for sale. A selection
of artists will be demonstrating their mediums,
including a very popular
wood turning demo.
Enjoy a spring day of art,
with food and music to
add to the fun.